The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 4, 1925, Page 6

J 1 ‘ i & t 1 wrt ne oh me cepa aeecennnm sh or is 10 g.9338¢8 are THE DAILY YY ORKER. 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Mi. (Phone: Monroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail: $3.50....6 months yee months By mail (in Chicago only): is $4.50....6 months $2.50...8 montha $6.00 per year 68.00 per year Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 1118 W. Washington Bivd. ~ {ane on BAOFS sommereee Business Manager Chicago, Ilinels 3. LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F. DUNNE MORITZ J. LOEB... Entered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post- Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879, <> 290 Advertising rates op application Working Class Women! Join the Struggle of the Working Class! Statement by the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party of America, The capitalist exploiters make no distinction be- tween men workers and women workers except to exploit the latter more brutally and outrageously. Our enemies, the capitalists, are making splendid use in their own interests of the weaknesses and prejudices of those working class women who still continue to stay away from the struggles of their class against capitalist exploitation. Now, on this International Women’s Day, set aside by the Com- munist International as a day of special eftort to or- ganize the working women for the proletarian class struggle, the Workers (Communist) Party of Amer-| ica calls upon every woman of the working class to join the struggle of the workers for the destruction of capitalismh thru the establishment of a workers’ and farmers’ government. Women of the working class, your fate and the fate ofyour families is bound up inseparably with | the fate of the working class as a whole. The vic- tories of the workers in their struggles against eapitalism are your victories. The defeats of the working class are your defeats. You are part and parcel of the world army of the proletariat, op- pressed by capitalism and struggling for liberation. If you are employed in industry, you are directly affected by every manifestation of capitalist mis- rule. If you are oé¢cupied at home, you feel the bitter misery of capitalism just the same. Yow are a worker, whether in the shop or at-home, and you have ‘the same interests as the rest of the working class. Do not listen to the sweet talk of capitalist ladies about your special interests as women against men. You have no such interests opposed to the interests of men. Your only enemy is capitalism, which is ruling the lives of every one that is near and dear to you. Your only grievance is the existing order of capitalist society, against which you must fight shoulder to shoulder with the men workers under the leadership of a revolutionary political working class party. Women of the working class, on this Interna- tional Women’s Day, the Workers (Communist) Party of America calls upon you to consider your situation and your duties. ~ Do you belong to a union? If you are employed in industry, it is your duty to join the union. If you are already a member of a union, you must, in your own interests, join the militant elements in your union, the left wing for common struggle against the reactionary labor bureaucracy and to revolutionize the trade unions. If you are occupied at home as a housewife, it is your duty to organize intospecial unions of work- ing class housewives to bring relief and comfort to those workers who are engaged directly in strug- gles against the capitalists. Whether in industry or at home, you must ac- tively participate in the political struggles of the working class. You must join and be an active member of the Workers (Communist) Party of America, the party that stands for the abolition of capitalism thru the establishment of a workers’ and farmers’ government. At this moment,-the Workers (Communist) Par- ty is carrying on an energetic struggle against child labor exploitation. This is a matter of vital concern to every working class woman... You must therefore join the ranks of our movement for a com- mon struggle against the common enemy. Hail International Women’s Day! Hail the glorious achievements of the working class women in Soviet Russia! Down with capitalism, imperialism and war! Down with child labor exploitation! Hail the Workers (Communist) Party of Amer- ica! Hail the Communist International! Workers (Communist) Party of America, Central Lxecutive Committee, , The railway unions of this country may eventual- v ly, if not now, learn what governments are for. The present instance, of the decision today rendered by the supreme court of the capitalist dictatorship, ought to aid materially in the education of the rank and file. ‘ it is an axiom among revolutionary workers, that the government is the executive committee of the ruling class, but this seems to have been en- tirely overlooked by the bureaucrats of the Amer- jean Federation of Labor who, of course, do not share the Communist viewpoint on anything. The union officials, théihearts bursting with trust in the “democracy” ‘of: American capitalist govern- menty even took one eee against the Pennsylvania railtoa 0 2” it from form- ing company “unions . ma * a Pennwylvania rai ) uaturally wishing ‘ 4 ea aR ae for a “fair and impartial’ trial, appealed to the supreme court of capitalism, and as long as the unions accept the idea of trying to’win by playing capitalism’s own game, according to capitalism’s own rules, the railroad quite properly expects the unions to abide by the verdict. The verdict was, of course, that the Pennsylvania railroad can have alt the company “unions” it wants, and even the best lawyers that Bert Jewell or “Bill” Green can hire, can do nothing about it any more. \ This is the legal verdict. This is the net result of having reactionary labor fakers head the unions. This is what governments are for. This is why cap- \italism is solicitous about keeping the government, |with its “infallible? supreme court, before the jeyes of the workers as something sacred. . The |labor fakers loyally aid in this humbuggery. | The lesson is that only when the workers them- jselves run the government can they expect to abolish the abuses they suffer from employers. It happens, moreover, that the only way the workers can get hold of the government is by overthrowing the existing capitalist one, and by fighting the thing out on the program laid down by the Work- ers (Communist) Party. . “Next Thing to a Coal Miner” Everett Sanders, according to the personal organ of John L. Lewis, the United Mine Workers’ |Journal, has put the miners on the map by becom- ing secretary to President Coolidge. “Congressman Everett Sanders, of Terre Haute, Indiana,” says the Journal, “is next thing to a coal miner.” He comes from a family of miners but— he is a “successful lawyer.” In a laudatory vein, the editor tells how this ersatz coal miner became a member of congress just in time “to vote for the declaration of war against the central powers of Europe.” This ought to bring a loud outburst of applause from the miners who were conscripted while this one-half of one per cent “coal miner” drew $7,500 |per year in Washington. It seems that the gentlemen in question in addi- tion to almost being a coal miner, had a hair- breadth escape from being vice-president, as the Miners’ Journal also states that “he came near be- ing nominated” at the republican convention. It is easy to read between the lines that the coal miners did not even come near getting anything by: reason of the support given Ovolidge by their officials unless the appointment of a “near” coal miner as secretary to the president can be con- sidered something substantial. No doubt it is— for the officials. aAnyway, it is well to know that the United Mine Workers officialdom is so shamelessly corrupt that it dares to praise the lawyer secretary of a strike- breaker. president in the official organ of the union. The Mysterious Malady Benitd Mussolini, the Italian fascist brigand, is seriously ill. What the nature of the disease from which he ig,suffering is the public does not know. Without doubt it is dangerous. (Phe clamps have been screwed tighter than ever omythepress and nobody but his physicians and a few ‘lieutenants are allowed to go near the sick eutthroat’s bedside. ‘Many rumors are floating about regarding the cause of his indisposition. At first it was officially stated that he was suffering from influenza. The opposition papers say that he had a paralytic stroke. Others say he is suffering from ulcers of the stomach. Again there is a report that he was shot by the Italian crown prince, who felt humi- lated because the throne was eclipsed more during the Mussolini regime than when the socialists dominated Italian political life. The latest rumor is that Benito’s pet lion scratched him, resulting in. blood poisoning. Another guess, of Amer- ican origin, is that Mussolini is crazy. The blackshirt dictator’s illness coincides with the illness of the fascist dictatorship in Italy, which is nearing its downfall. Mussolini’s death is looked forward to with pleasant anticipation by the Italian working class and by the workers in every part of the world. The only detraction frott the satisfaction of reading of his demise would be the regret that this black assassin did not die on the gallows with a representative’ of ‘the Ttalian working class springing the drop. Exit Ebert The passing of the traitor Ebert, first president of the imperial German republic, ‘has. unlobsed a flood of eulogies from the capitalist and yellow socialist press atl over the world. This is as it should be. Ebert, the ex-saddlemaker, and prominent leader of the German social-democracy, was as valuable a servant of capitalist imperialism as ever betrayed a cause, So rotten was this politically. putrified renegade that the local union to which he belonged, expelled him for his crimes against the working class. When the great revolutionist Lenin died the heads of the capitalist states did not indulge in the customary diplomatic condolences. Even Ram- say MacDonald, socialist head of the British goy- ernment failed to officially notice the passing of the greatest master of revolution in the history of the working class movement. Lenin was the im- placable enemy of the capitalist system. Ebert was its loyal, if somewhat stupid supporter, Bourgeois etiquette makes a virtue of. speaking well of the dead. This did not apply to Lenin's ease. Neither’ will it apply to Ebert’s death so far as the Communists are concerned. In life we ed him asa traitor and in death we simply ‘One more Judas out of the way.” Capitalism's only regret at the grave of Ebert, of Germany, is that there are not more tike him, Ditto Branting, t } warfare against capitalism. THE DAILY WORKER ipa me e e ‘Drive pos By TOM’ BELL. Il, Bolsheyik View, of Trade Union Unity—Conditions for Unity— Amsterdam's |“Fundamental” Objections to Unity. S unity of the trade union move- ment possible? The two trade un- ion internationals, the Red Interna- tional of Labor Unions and the Am- sterdam International Federation of Trade Unions are separated by adeep gulf of principle and practice, On the one hand, the Amsterdamers have proven themselyes;to be agents of capitalism working»,within the labor movement, defenders of capitalism who stand for unity. with the eapital- ist class. On the other hand, the R. I. L. U. stands for uncompromising Amster- dam has unity with the capitalists to preserve capitalist by sabotaging every struggle of the working class against capitalism, while the R. I. L. U. works to destroy capitalism. /* face of these fundamental differ- ences, why is it that the R. I. L. U. issues the slogan of trade union unity? The objective of the Communists: is to win the masses from the reform- ists for revolutionary struggle against capitalism and the unity of the trade unions will create a broader field in which the Communists will work for winning the masses to the revolution- ary banner. The menace of the Dawes plan, fascism, imperialist war and the capitalist offensive on the workers’ standard of living can only be combatted by a united front of al’ workers. For these reasons the R. I. L. U. has issued the slogan and taken practical steps towards effecting world trade union unity. Bolshevism Against Splits in Trade Unions. 'HE struggle for unity in the trade junion movement flows logically from the Bolshevik attitude towards ‘thc trade unions during ‘the entire history of the Bolshevik Party. The Bolshe- viks fought to ‘ve trade union unity not only whén they were in the majority but. also. when they were in the minority in the trade un- ions. Prior to the Noyember revolu- tion, when the mensheviks were in the majority in le unions, the Bolsheviks co! all splitting tendencies, co! it one of their major tasksgif the proletarian revolution was to be successful, to win the majority—of- the organized workers to the siipport of their pol- icy. When the Bolsheviks won a ma- jority in the tradelumions, they like- wise fought against®all splits. NTERNATIONADUY¥, the .Commun- ist Internationatihas fought consis- tently against those’ misguided Com- munists who have*ffom time’ to, time raised the slogan°0f “Split the trade unions.” The kerféP‘of Lenin's teach- “as & CENTER death to the Commune. They forgot could arm others. Then there was a second “little” point. They forgot that Paris was only the capital of France—but was not the whole ‘of France. The mil- lions of French peasantry was not yet touched by the revolution and it would be’ a simple thing “for the peasants to starve out the fevolution, They forget that the peasantry would be a fertile field for reéruiting the counter- revolutionary army of the bourgeoisie. Failure to consider, these two “lit- Ue” points aided greatly in, breaking the Paris Commune,..It was the very consideration of these two “little,” but most vital that made the Russian revolution a succes: “Dis armament of the rgeoisie,” which means an aggressive policy thru the agency of a Red y, and coalition of the workers peasants in the establishment of “Soviets—these are vital factors in the, proletarian revolu- tion. ety - Do you want to,see the Paris Com- mune enacted—with masses partici pating? Do you to see how the workers of Paris,greeted the Com- mune, how the revolutionary council vacillated, and how finally the Com. mune was broken and the leaders and masses of workers were shot by the counter-revolutionary bourgeoisie? Then March 16 is the day, and Mad- ison Square Garden is the place. Be there at 2 o'clock with the 14,999 other workers of New York City, who will crowd the Gagen to witness the wonderful spectacle, the pageant “The Paris Commune,” which has been ar- ranged for the unist press and will be directed By Dr. Arkatey with the assistance of Amter, One thousand coi participate ir the pageant. The the evening wil) be spent in dan “Do you want to meet the comradamethere? Then get your ticket earlys 4 . . ’ ings on Communist work in the tride unions lies precisely in the necessity of preserving unity, fighting all seces- sionism and dual unionism, and work- ing within the trade unions to win the majority for the revolutionary struggle. Unity of the trade unions is a Bolsh€vik method of winning the masses, HE passionate earnestness with which Lenin combatted all split- ting of the trade unions in his pamph let “Left Wing Communism—An In- fantile Sickness,” shows the import. ance given to trade union unity by. Lenin. Further, his statement that those Communists who leave the trade unions give aid to the reférmist bu: reaucrats by so doing, adds additional emphasis to Lenin’s view on the ne- cessity of trade union unity. Lozov- sky, in his pamphlet, “The Role of the Trade Unions in the Russian Revolu- tion,” states ‘that the revolution is impossible outside of or against the will of the trade unions. INCE its organization the R. I. L. U. has raised the question of trade union unity on an international) scale and in various countries , has fought the Amsterdamers and their disruption of the trade uniom move- ment. An example of this occurred in 1921 when the R. I. L. U. offered as the price of unity of the French trade union movement the liquidation of the revolutionary fractions in the trade ,unions. This the Amsterdam- ers rejected, with the result that the trade unions of France were split in two. It is clear, therefore, that to the Communists trade union unity is not only necessary to preserve the stand: ard of living and cénditions of work of the working class, but is also a prerequisite for the winning of the masses for the world revolution. Conditions for Unity. UT, it will be objected, must not the Communists impose condi- tions upon Amsterdam in order to pre- vent Amsterdam swallowing the Com- munist trade unions in the event of Amsterdam having a majority if unity is effected? It will be said that the R. I. L. U. should insist that the unified trade union international must fight against the Dawes plan, against the capitalist offensive and against imperialist war. "O put up these conditions is tanta- mount to rendering unity impos- sible, because the Amsterdamers will utterly refuse to break their alliance with capitalism. Therefore the R. I. L. U. makes only one demand: The convening of a congress representa- tive of all. trade union workers, whether belonging to Amsterdam, the R. I. Li U., or to neither, in order to found a ‘united trade union interna tional. The R. I. L. U. wants unity of the working class irrespective of whether Amsterdam has the majority MADISON: SQUARE GARDEN TO BE ? OF ANOTHER TREMENDOUS COMMUNIST GATHERING MARCH 15 NEW YORK, March 2.—Fifty-tour years ago, the workers of Paris en- gaged in a bloody struggle to get rid of the rule of the “upper classes.” They drovg out the bourgeoisie and established their power. But they didn’t hold it long. Their council, which was formed of representatives of the workers in the shops and factories, forgot one “little point’”—but the point that meant that the bourgeoisie still existed, and that their power was not broken thruout France. They forgot that the bour- geoisie still was armed—and easily+—————. New York Note. Bronx, New York, Classes. Monday, 523 E, 173d St., Elementary English, 8 P. M. Tuesay, 1347 Boston Road, A. B, C. of Communism, Dr. I. Stamler, 8 P. M. Saturday, 2-4 P. M., 523 E. 173d St., Eli Jacobson, Advanced English. Bronx Lectures." Every Sunday ntght, at 1347 Boston Road, at 8:30 P. M, Harlem Forum Has Fine Program. HARLEM, N. Y.—A new splendid program has been drawn up for the Open Forum of the Harlem section Workers Party, Local New York start- ing with Sunday évening, March 9 and continuing every Sunday evening to For next Sunday evening Israel Amter will lead the discussion on the subject: “Is Revolution Pos- Both the topic and the speaker are expect- May 3. sible in the. United States?” ed to draw a big crowd. The rest of the program for the season is as follows: March 22, Work- ing Class Education, led: by Oliver Carlson; March 29, Can there be Pros- perity for the American Workers?, led by Harry M. Wicks; April 6, Religion as an Instrument of Capitalism, led by H. Bourgin; April 12, The Family— Past, Present and Future, led by Rose Pastor Stokes; April 19, The Capital-| d- ist, Labor, and Communist Press, wig Lore; May 2, Cultural and r ary Evening, and a talk on cult by Eli Jacobson. There no forum on Sunday March 15 on i ly of the big Paris Commune jebration at the Madison S| , -lothes. The rich children} Hall Jranehof the Junior-Group, A and will lead the new trade union in- ternational or. not, knowing that unity ‘of the working class will lay at the basis for a struggle against capitalism and creaté a broader field in which to carry on the ideological struggle to win the workers for Communism. Amsterdams’ Objections. N the contrary, the Amsterdam- ers impose corfditions because they are opposed to unity of the working class and want unity with the capitalist class. For this reason the issuance of the slogan of world trade union unity; by the R. IL. U. pre- cipitated. a campaign of villifications ang have against the unity proposals. The most virulent campaign, was led by the Ger- man’ trade union, bureaucrats, and the leadérs of the German ; social-demo- cratic party, against the R. I. L. U. unity proposals.. In the Berlin Vor- warts, the reformists expressed their Feal opposition to World trade union unity when they demanded: ‘Will this world congréss demanded ‘by the R. I. L. U. be formed by proportional rep- resentation? Will the new trade un- ion international’ allow national au- tonomy for the trade unions?, Will the new trade union international be independent of all political parties? Will the new international be used only to better working conditions or for world revolution? And, as a last refuge, they sought to defend their al- liance with the capitalists by saying that to break with ‘the capitalists will mean that no more wage agreements could be made with the bosses, and that all co-operation with. the labor bureau of the league of nations would be broken. Lozovsky Replles. this the R. I. L. U. replied, thru Lozovsky in his speech at the Sixth All-Russian Trade Union Con gress, that the R. I. L. U. proposed that the labor organizations be repre sented at the unity, congress in pro- portion to their;numbers and the R. I. L. U. would combat, any attempt of the Amsterdamers:to-limit the repre- sentation to’ trade union bureaucrats appointed byr-the officialdoms. Whai the R. I. L. ‘U. desired was the elec- tion of delegates’! répresenting the workers in. theyghops. and factories who really desiré trade union unity. On the question of national auton that under the ation autonomy the Am sterdamers hadeommitted the black- est crimes against the working class, since national autonomy had been util- ized to break,stxikes,in every country thry internatiqnal,. scabbing. Thus British and French,coal was used in 1922 againgt, the, coal miners of the United States on.strike, and, vise versa, United States coal had been used against miners’ of Great Britain and Fre to break their own strikes, The new, international would really be a.co-ordinating center to Will Tell se Travel in Datkest‘Regions of Iowa Wilderness — OMAHA, Neb,,. March 2.—J. E. Sny- der and David Coutts, fresh from their organization and».propaganda cam- paign thru Iowa, will lecture at the local headquarters of the Workers | Party, 206 Crounse Block, Wednesday orld Trade Union ‘Unity bring international unity into the struggles of the workers against the capitalists. ITH an innocent air, these Am- sterdamers pretend that “their” trade unions are independent of all Political parties, ut in those coun- tries in which they are not the back- bone of the social-democratic and la. bor parties and act as the handmaid- ens of capitalism, they are altogether dependent on the bourgeois parties, as in the United States. But what the Communists are advocating is international trade union unity already declared that even tho they are in the minority at the world congress, they will remain in the international, obey its discip- line, and lay their program before the workers and let the working class de cide whose program and tactics arg right—the R. I. L. U. and the methoa@ of the class struggle, or Amsterdam and co-operation with the capitalists at the expense of the workers. Amsterdam Wants Unity With Bosses, E opposition of the Amsterdam- ers to, the trade unions mobilix ing the working class for the aboli tion of the wage system is expressed in their demand that the trade unions shall be used only to better working conditions and not for the overthrow of capitalism, but under the leader. ship of the Amsterdammers the trade unions have done neither one nor.the other. Not only have these leaders sabotaged the struggles of the work- ers to preserve their standard of. liy- ing and working conditions, but they have also prevented the seizure of power by the working class, as, for instance, in Central Europe in the years 1948-19 and in Italy in 1920. ‘HAT the Amsterdam leaders stoop to the futile argument that ta break with the capitalists will mean that no wage agreements can he made with the bosses shows that they. are desperately fighting against world trade union unity in order to preserve their unity with the capitalists. They conveniently overlook the vast differ: ence between wage agreement forced on the bosses by the struggles of the workers and the voluntary entry Amsterdam leaders into capitalist. g : ernments to stifle working class re- volt, and ‘sabotage of even the most elementary struggles of the working class. They desperately fight against unity since they know that world trade union. unity will lay the basis \for a fight against capitalism which |they will be forced to oppose to. der fend capitalism, and thus expose themselves to the mass of the organ: ized workers. To preserve their so cial standing, the alliance with the apitalist class is absolutely neces. sary for these leaders, and they: will betray every working class action ta preserve it. : aficy "0 BEAUTY INVADES STEEL TOWN TONIGHT! GARY © TO SEE RUSSIAN FILM | GARY, Ind., March 2—The works: ers of the steel mills of Gary, Indy! will have a chance to see the first great Russian feature film made in’ co-operation with the Red army, ,when “The Beauty and the Bolshe- vik” picture is shown at the Eagle evening at 8 p. m. No admission will be charged. Comrades Coutts and Snyder will tell of their. experiences among the “species Americanus” as found along the main streets of Iowa. They will tell first hand of their ideological struggles with 8. P.’s, 8, L. P., K. K. K., bible students, one hundred per- centers, LaFolletteites, Gompersites, and all other “ites’ and “ists” abound. ing out aniong thesé Wilds which have been penetrated and charted for the|, first, time by bona fide representatives of a Communist Party. . While “tired radi¢als” and indi- vidualists stew in their own juice the Communists are going right ahead and laying the fou 8 tor 4 militant mass party of the “American working class.’ The tour of Comrades Coutts and Snyder ‘in Towa is just the begin- ning of our activities ariofig the work- ers in that state; which gave over 4,000 votes for the Workers Party presidential candidatés without a cam- paign. i | Why We Should Join » the Junior Groups by (e , We were debat- ing about America being a free country.. We did not agree with what is being taught in school to ldren are not teacher’s pets Theater, this Tuesday, March 3. In order that workers on both night and day shifts can see the film it will run continuously from noon until midnight. Hunt in Ruins of Beef Cutting Plant for. Clue to Big Fire The ruins of the three-story, beef cutting plant of Armour and company in the Union stock yards here were being searched yesterday for a clue to the cause of the $300,000 fire which threatened the entire stock yards, The blaze raged for more than three hours and all available apparatus in the dis- trict was called in an effort to check it. Three firemen were hurt and*® score of others narrowly escaped in- jury when a wall crashed down vir tually on the same spot where 23.:men were killed in the stock yards fire of Dec. 30, 1910. ed on their side. The fathers of the rich children pay higher taxes for their children’s education. Altho four fathers and mothers work hard with sweat on their brow to give us a good education, . the money they earn is not enough. ' - ‘Let us all join the Junior @ so we will sometimes us, because the workers are slaves|"Uling this country, or at led to the rich, They work hard, but|Siving a start to the mothers au sre small wages. The poor| fathers and children after us. Written by Lillian pas ‘ause they are poor, and wear|years old, member of the Pinaish nneapolis, Minn, iy