The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 4, 1925, Page 4

pee PE TE oR WORKERS RALLY TO THE DEFENSE OF COMMUNISTS Labor Bodies Donate to Defense Council | } | | The Labor Defense Council is receiving many reports from its locals and from Workers Party units on work done or being done for the Michigan defense. Detroit reports the reorgan- ization and strengthening of} the local defense and at their| January 26 meeting over $120 had already been received. The Finnish W. P. branch stated | that proceeds of their Lenin Memorial | meeting would go to the labor de- fense, the Greek branch announced | $16.00 already collected on lists, and | the Bulgarian, Roumanian and South | Slavic reported that they would hold | an entertainment on February 1, for the defense. Big Defense Bazaar. The Labor Defense Council local and party branches of Detroit are sol- idly behind the big ‘defense bazaar ar- ranged by the Detroit Federation of, Working Women. It is to be held on Sunday, March 8, at the House of the Masses, 2201 Gratiot Ave., and the comrades are determined to raise $500.00 to $1,000.00 by it, At the time of their next meeting, February 11, the Detroit Labor Defense Council ex- pects to report much more. Portland Meeting. Portland is to have a united front defense mass meeting in February at a large theater, with many workers’ organizations participating. The Revere, Mass., W. P. branch sends $26.00 and says “Hold the fort; we are on the job, having a house to house collection next Sunday.” Other Workers Party units have re- mitted as follows: Russian branch, Cleveland, $20.00; Bulgarian, Pontiac, Mich., $11.20; Italian, Philadelphia, $10.00; Englewood, Chicago, $7.50; N. S. English, Chicago, $10.66. Workers’ organizations all over, are responding to the call for a united front defense in Michigan. The Workmen's Sick & Benefit Fund No. 102, San Francisco, which only recent- ly sent a donation, forwards another check for $10.00 with information that, they passed a resolution against crim- inal syndicalism laws and the Michi- | gan attack, and have forwarded it to the governor of Michigan. The Slovak Workers’ Society, No. } 44, Uniontown, Pa., donated $21.20, the S. W. S. No. 51, Glassmere, Pa., $5.00, the “Elore” Hungarian Work- ers’ Singing Association of Akron, O., $11.50, and Lithuarian Alliance, $48.00. Try Once More to Force Voting Machines in N. Y. NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—Attorney Gen- eral Ottinger will ask the supreme court of the state of New York, Feb- ruary 9, for an order peremptorily di- recting the N. Y. city board of edu- cation to buy voting machines and do away with paper ballots for elections. Ottinger made a formal demand on the board of education to convene and select a type of voting machine, but several members disapproved of the machines and nothing has been done. The politicians have always been able to keep out the voting machines in New York state as it might regis- ter too well the voices of the people, and they are anxious to control them im a safer way. Value Electric at 34 millions WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—For rate making purposes, interstate commerce commission today placed a final va- Juation of $34,660,000 on the properties owned and used by the Elgin-Joliet and eastern railroad. Se TTT LIL ML LLLLLL LC LLCO Where Food Is Good And the service is fine, Meet your friends at the Zlotins & Plotkins Restaurant 100 Per Cent Union _ 29 South Halsted St. ‘The best of food at a moderate price | to its appendage. ! tions of the fight. (Continued from last issue) 1. The Pertod of Re-Organization of the Party (March—April). The fundamental facts of this per- oid are: a, the fall of czarism; b, the formation of the provisional govern- ment ‘(dictatorship of the bour- geoisie); c, the rise of soldiers’ and workmen’s soviets (dictatorship of the proletariat and the peasantry); d, the double government; e, the April de- monstration; f, the first crisis of power. The characteristic feature of this period is the fact that side by side, concurrently and simultaneously, there exist both the dictatorship of | the bourgeoisie and that of the prole- | tariat and the peasantry, the latter | showing confidence in the former, be- | lieving in its efforts for peace, volun- tarily conferring the power on the | bourgeoisie and thus turning itself in- | Serious conflicts between the two dictatorships had not yet arisen. Instead of this there was a “contact commission.” This was the greatest change in the history of Russia and a hitherto unex- | perienced turn in the history of our | party. The old pre-revolutionary plat- form of the direct overthrow of the government was clearnand definite, but | was no longer suited to the new condi- It was now impos- sible to aim directly at the overthrow of the government, for it was bound up with the Soviets which were under the influence of the social patriots, and the party would have had to car- ry on an unbearable fight against both the government and the Soviets. But/ it was also impossible to carry out} a policy for the support of the pro- visional government for this was a government of imperialism. A reorientation of the party under the new conditions of the fight was necessary. The party (its majority) approached this re-orientation very cautiously. It adopted the policy of a pressure of the Soviets on the provi- sional government in the question of peace, but did not at once make up its mind to take the further step from the old slogan of the dictatorship of the proletariat and the peasantry to the new slogan of the power of the Soviets. This double-faced policy was calculated to convince the Soviets thru the concrete questions of peace of the genuinely imperialistic nature of the provisional government, and thus to tear them away from the lat- ter. This was an entirely mistaken Policy; for it produced pacifist illu- sions, supplied water to the mills of social patriotism and rendered the re- volutionary education of the masses difficult. This mistaken attitude I shared at that time with other mem- bers of the party, and I only renounc- Leninism T one: 64-PAGE PAMPHLET ON LENINISM OR TROTSKYISM NOW IN PREPARATION This installment is part of a pam- phiet“Leninism or Trotzkyism”’now in preparation. It includes articles by three outstanding figures in the Russian Communist Party: G. Zinoviev, |. Stalin and ©, Kamen- ev, to form a most timely and im- portant contribution to a discussion | of world interest. The pamphlet will be of 64 pages, selling at 20 cents and will be ready at the con- clusion of this serial publication. | amongst us also in the past, thus for instance, in the period of the third Duma, which however, did not inter- fere with the unity of our party. Third- lly it will not be superfluous to ask what was Comrade Trotsky’s attitude at that time, he who now takes malic ious pleasure in long past. differences of opinion. 2. The period of the revolutionary mobilization of the masses (May-Au- gust). Fundamental facts of this per-| iod: a. The April demonstration in Petrograd and the formation of a coal- | ition government with the participa- tion of the “socialists”; b, the demon- stration on May 1, in the most import- ant centers of Russia with the slogan of the “democratic peace”; c, the June demonstration in Petrograd with the chief slogan: “Down with the capital- ist ministers!”; d, the June offensive on the front and the failures of the Russian army; e, the armed July de- monstration in Petrograd and the re- signation of the ministers of the cadet party from the government; f, the bringing up of counter-revolutionary troops from the front, the destruc- tion of the editorial office of the “Pravda,” the fight of the counter- revolution against the Soviets and the formation of a new coalition govern- ment with Kerenski at its head; g, the sixth party session at which was giv- en the slogan for the preparation of an armed insurrection; h, the counter- revolutionary imperial council and the general strike in Moscow; i, the unfor- tunate attack of Kornilov on Petro- grad, the revival of the Soviets, resig- nation of the cadets and formation of the “directorium.” As the characteristic feature of this period we must regard the sharpening of the crisis and the destruction of | that unstable equilibrium between the | Soviets and the provisional govern- | ed it altogether in the middle of April after I had subscribed to Lenin's thes- is.* A reorientation was necessary. ‘This, re-orientation was given to the, part; by Lenin in his famous theses of April. I will not enter into detail as to these theses, as they are known to every- one. Were there at that time differ- ences of opinion between the party and Lenin? Yes, there were. How long did these differences of opinion last? Not more than a fortnight. The conference of the organization of the whole town of Petrograd (second half of April), which accepted Lenin’s. theses, was a turning point in the de- velopment of our party. The state conference at the end of April only completed the work of the Petrograd conference in a measure appropriate to the state gathering, by the united attitude of the party, nine-tenths of the party round itself. Now, after seven years, Comrade Trotsky shows malicious joy at long ment, which in the previous period | had, for better or worse, continued to | exist. The double rule was unbear- able for both sides. The fragile con- struction of the “contact commission” saw its last days. The “crisis of pow- er” and the “ministerial leap frog” were at that time the most fashion- able expressions. The crisis at the front and the disintegration behind the front did their work in that they strengthened the extreme wings and wedged in the social compromisers and social patriots on both sides. The revolution was mobilized, which brot about the mobilization of the coun- ter-revolution. The counter-revolution on the other hand fanned the flame of the revolution by intensifying the re- volutionary conflagration. The ques- tion of the transference of power to a new class became the question of the day. Were there at that time differences of opinion in our party? There were. But, contrary to the statements of passed differences of opinion among the Bolsheviki, by representing these differences of opinion almost as‘a fight of two parties within Bolshevism. But first of all, Comrade Trotsky exagge- rates in an outrageous manner and in- flates the whole subject; for the Bol- shevist Party has outlived these dif- ferences of opinion without being in the least shaken. In the second place our party would be a caste and not a revolutionary party if it did not admit different shades of opinion in its midst, but it is well-known that there were differences of opinion *It is well-known that Comrade Zinov- iev, whom Comrade Trotsky would like to turn into an “adherent of Hil- ferding” entirely shared Lenin’s point of view. The so-called editor of Trotsky’s works, Comrade Lenzner, maintains that the American letters of Comrade Trotsky (March) “completely antict- pate” Lenin’s “Letters from Abroad” (March) which form the foundations Comrade Trotsky who attempted to discover a “right” and a “left” wing of the party they were of a purely ob- jective nature. That is to say, they were differences of opinion of a kind without which no active party life and no real party work can exist. Comrade Trotsky is wrong when he maintains that the April demonstra- tion in Petrograd brought about dif- ferences of opinion within the C. C. The C, C. was in this question abso- lutely unanimous and condemned the attempt of a group of comrades, to arrest the “provisional government” many legends about our revolution another legend about “the anticipa- tion” of Lenin’s famous “Letters from Abroad,” by the American letters of Comrade Trotsky ?** *See Lenin’s works, vol. XIV. page 31-82 (Russian edition).* See also the reports at the conference of the whole of Petrograd and at the imperial con- ference of the R. C. P. (Middle and end of April, 1917). of Lenin’s April theses. He writes verbatim: “completely anticipate.” Comrade Trotsky makes no objection to this analogy, so evidently accepts it with thanks. But first of all, Com- rade Trotsky’s letters “in no way re- semble” Lenin’s letters, either in spir- it or in their conclusions, for they fully reflect Comrade Trotsky’s anti- Bolshevist slogan: “No czar, but a labor government,” a slogan which means the revolution without the peas gantry. It is only necessary to look HELP WANTED! Between the Age of 34 and 85 For further particulars look pl ean by Red vel press agent in the DAILY WORKER. JULIN’S SHOE STORE AND. REPAIR SHOP 8224 W. North Avenue thru these two groups of letters to convince oneself of this fact. Second, how can it be explained in this case that Lenin thot it necessary two days after his return from abroad to draw a line of separation between himself and Trotsky? Who does not know of Lenin’s re- peated declarations, that Trotsky's slogan “No caar, but a labor govern- ment” is an attempt to “overlook the pedsant movement which is not yet out of date,” “that this slogan is play- ing with the seizure of power by the labor government”?* What can Lenin's Bolsheyist theses have in common with the anti-Bolshevist scheme of Comrade Trotsky, with his “ with the seizure of power"? where do these people get the pas- sion with which they compare a miser- Phone Belmont 2713 Chicago jae hovel with = ra ag hy mm a "| Comsede Lenaner have to : i **We must consider as one of these legends the wide-spread version that Comrade Trotsky was the “only” or the “chief organizer” of the victories at the fronts in the civil war. In the interest of truth, comrades, I mus declare that this version is absolutely contrary to the truth. I am far from denying the important part played by Comrade Trotsky in the civil war. 1 must, however, declare with all firm- ness, that the honor of being the or- ganizer of our victories falls on no in- dividual but on the great community of the advanced workers of our coun- try, the Russian Communist Party, Perhaps it will not be superfluous to quote a few examples. You know that Koltschak and Denikin were regarded as the chief-enemies of the Soviet re- public. You know that our country only breathed freely after the victory over these enemies, And history says that our eee defeated these two enemies, Koltschak as well as Deni HE DAILY WORKER or Trotskyism at the moment whenathe, Bolsheviki were in the minority oth in the Sov- iets and in the army. If, Comrade Trot- sky had not written his.“history” of October according to Sicghanow’s ma- terial but on the basis of the actual documents, he could easily have con- vinced himself of the fhebrrectness of his assertion. Comrade Trotsky is undoubtedly wrong when he asserts that the “right” members of the C. C. desig: nated as an “adventure” the attempt, at “Lenin’s initiative” to organize a demonstration on June 9. If Comrade Trotsky had not written in accordance with Suchanow’s information, he would certainly have Knewn that the demonstration of July 9 was postpon- ed in complete agreement with Lenin and that that Lenin defended the post. ponement in an important speech at the well-known meeting of the Petro- grad committee (see.minutes of the Petrograd committee), Comrade Trotzky ig,entirely in the wrong when he speaks,of the “tragic” differences of opinion, within the C. C. in connection with the, armed July demonstration. Comrade Trotzky is simply using his imagination when he assumes that some members of the leading group of the G,,C; “must have regarded the July episode’ as.a harm- ful adventure.” . Comrade Trotzky, who at that time wasinot yet a mem- ber of the C. C. but only our Soviet representative in parliament, could not of course know that the C. C. only regarded the July demonstration as a means for getting information about the opponent, that the C. C. (and Len- in) did not wish to turn nor think of turning the demonstration into an in- surrection at a moment when the So viets of the chief towns were still in favor of the social patriots. It is quite possible that some of the Bolsheviki uctually pulled long faces in connec. tion with the July defeat. I know for instance that some of the Bolsheviki who were arrested were even ready to leave our ranks. But to draw con- clusions from this against some who are said to have been “rights,” to have been members of the C. C., is to distort history in a reckless manner. Comrade Trotzky is wrong when he declares that in the Kornilov days, some of the heads of the party showed a tendency to form a, block with the social patriots in order to support the provisional government. of course the same so-called “rights” are meant, the comrades, who disturb Trotzky’s sleep. Trotzky is wrong; documents exist, suchias the central organ of the party at that time, which upset Comrade Trotzky's statements. Comrade Trotzky refers to a letter of Lenin’s to the C. C. with a warning against supporting Kerensky. But Comrade Trotzky fails-to understan¢ Lenin’s letters, their, ce, their object. Sometimes’ ‘in purposely anticipates in his rs and places in the foreground those) possible mis takes which might , Criticises them in advance, soa to warn the party and deter it mistakes, or he sometimes exag es a “trifle” and “makes a mountain out of a mole- hill” for the same ¢ducational pur- pose. A party leader, especially when he is in an illegal position cannot act otherwise, for he must see further than his companions and it is his duty to warn against. évery possible mistake, even “trifles.” But to draw a conclusion as to “tragic” differences of opinion from these letters of Len- in (and there are plenty of such let- ters) and to blazon it forth, shows a lack of understanding of Lenin’s let- ters, a lack of knowledge of Lenin. This no doubt explains the fact that Comrade Trotzky sometimes entirely fails to hit the mark. To resume There were in the days of Kornilov’s advance, as a matter of fact, absolute ut no differences of opinion in the C. (To be Continued) —_—— them on to the southern front. Heat- ed debates took place, The C. C. did not agree with Comrade Trotsky and found that the Urals With their works, their network of railways, should not be left in Koltschak’# hands, because he could there eas his troops into order, collect large farmers round him and advance tothe Volga, but that tirst of all Koltschak“should be driven back over the ridge of the Urals into the Siberian steps, and that only then should the transference of troops to the south be proceeded with. The C. C, declined Comrade~Trotsky’s plan. The latter resigned, The C. C. did not accept his re: . The com- mander in chief, Wazetis, a partisan of Comrade Trotsky’s plan, retired. His place was take! by a new com- mander in chief, Cotirade Kamenev. From this moment ofward, Comrade Trotsky declined direct participa- tion in the transactions on the east- ern front. 2, Re Denikin, “The affair took place in autumn, 1919, The. attack against Denikin failed. The “steel ring” round Mamontow, (the storming of Mamontow) was an obvious failure, Denikin took Kursk. Denikin ap- proaches Orel. Comrade Trotsky wa: called from the southern front to a meeting of the C. C, The ©. ©. de- clared the situation to be disquieting and resolved to send new military functionaries to . southern front kin in ition to Trotsky’s plans. | and to recall Co ‘trotsky. ‘Th Judge ag ves! functionaries de: be fer. 1 hak. It was in the| ence” on the part of rade Trotsky summer of 1919. Our troops attacked | on the southern front, Comrade Trot- Kol operated before Ufa. | sky withdrew from immediate partic!- M ©. C. Comrade Trotsky | pation in the the southern propo: stop the attack on the/front. The operat | on the’ south- line of ja river (before Ufa), | ern front, up to the of Rostow to I _ Urals in Koltschak’s|on the Don'and of Odessa by our from (he cost ana to en taucanbin ines AN AE RR AE ERI ve “ SIMMONS LOSI KLAN JOB FOR RIVAL SOCIETY Founded K. K..K. Then Lost Fat Salary (Special to the Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb, 2.— A rival organization to the ku klux klan has been started by the founder of the klan, Col. William Joseph Simmons, Simmons established the klan and made himself “Imperial Wizard” at a fat salary. When money to pay his salary and expenses stopped coming in, Simmons hired Edward Young Clarke as publicity agent for the klan. Get Publicity. A few murders of defenseless Ne- groes gave the klan the needed ad- vertisement, and the support of the employers who were anxious to keep the Negroes in subjection. The klan‘then launched into an ac- tive anti-union campaign. In south- ern Illinois the klan made an unsuc- cessful attempt to gain control of the Illinois miners’ union. A gun fight between the union miners and the klan disrupters was narrowly advert- ed in Ziegler, Illinois, when the klans- men broke up several union meet- ings. They were finally defeated in the miners’ elections, however. In Okla- homa the klan has been in control of the miners’ union for many months, and has done much to disrupt and dis- organize the miners of that state. Simmons Kicked Out. Simmons, however, was dispossess- ed of his job of “Imperial Wizard,” by Dr. H. M. Evans, of Dalles, Texas, who, backed by & different gang of srafters, succeeded in gaining control of the klan and its finances. Now Simmons is trying to build up another organization, the “Knights of the Flaming Sword,” which is to be a section of “The Hidden Host.” This organization is to have the same pur- poses as the kian, it is announced, but Simmons is to be its leader. Leginska Lost’ Her Memory. NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—Ethel Legin- ska, planiste, who disappeared mys- teriously a week ago, was reported to- day to be staying with Yriends, “Some where near New York,,” and recover- ing from loss of memory. Earth Trembles in Britain LONDON, Feb. 2.—Karth tremors were felt in Cornwall and Jersey to- day. There was no damage. Patronize our advertisers, AT Every day under this head you will learn not only what BUILDERS thruout the country are doing to build a suggestions to accomplish more for O! doing—and we will “tell the world.’’ fer newspaper, but also practical R paper. us what YOU are *LEVEN LIVE LEAGUERS OU might suspect us of “local patriotism.” But we are only looking for efficient propaganda methods to “Build the DAILY WORKER”— which of course will build our party. In this column, in the Saturday issue, we brought to your attention the activities of the North Side Branch of Chicago in selling literature. And looking for efficient BUILDING we must point out another Chicago branch. This time it is a branch of the “Flaming Youth”—and the flame is revolutionary fervor in Aréa Branch No. 5 of the Young Workers League. A squad of eleven live Leaguers under the direction of Literature Agent Natalie Gomez, during the month of January sold over thirty dollars worth of literature at union and other meetings. This did not include pamphlets sold at factory gates when the Y. W. L.. had a drive. “To the masses” is a slogan that actually is put into practice by these comrades who are going to the shops, union halls and every meeting where workers gather In the group all with the exception of two are girl comrades—most of them working in the National and DAILY WORKER offices. The fact that our comrades are “easy to look at” is not the only factor in their success, They have fully realized the import- ance of this pioneer organizational work and have built up their sales by persistently attending union halls, selling, talking, convincing—until at many local union meetings a session is incomplete when they do not attend. And the comrades are ambitious. This squad, together with the live- wires In the North Side Branch, are actually giving the City DAILY WORKER agent comrade Thurber Lewis no peace. They want a meeting held to map out a plan to cover ALL of the union meetings in town and to drag In willy-nilly the non-active groups in the local. We are giving this tip to the DAILY WORKER agents thruout the country: If there are any Young Workers League members in your local, get them In your work and prepare for a busy season. Teachers Won't Get Wage Boost from New Property Appraisals Albert H. Wetten, chairman of ap- praisals for the board of education starts work on Feb. 8, on revaluation of property in the loop and near. loop districts known as school fund prop- erty. i This property provides revenue on- ly for teachers’ salaries. Neverthe- less, John BE, Byrnes, business mana- ger of the board of education, said that the teachers may expect no in- creases in pay when the revaluations of school property owned by the board of education boost rentals and Increases the revenue. The February issue of Movies for Workers “Beauty and the Bolshevik” and “Russia in Overalls” will be shown at the following places: Chicago, Ashland Auditorium, Feb 6. Pittsburgh, Pa., Music Hall, Feb. 7. South Bend, Ind—White Eagle Theater, 1125 W. Division St., Feb. 11. St. Paul, Minn.—444 Rice St., Feb. 20. Milwaukee, March 7. San Francisco, March 21. N. 8S. Carnegie Wis.—Pabst Theater, Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge Room, Ashland Auditorium. The Workers Monthly “The Left Wing Union Elections” Edited by EARL R. BROWDER Including: in Trade By WM. Z. FOSTER. A vital and timely pen picture of today’s struggles of the trade union militants. Chas. E. 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