The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 14, 1925, Page 6

~ Page Six nen THE DAILY WORKER. Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, ML \ (Phone: Monroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail: $3.50....6 months ieee months By mail (in Chicago only): i $4.50....6 months $2.50...8 month $6.00 per year 68.00 per year Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 1118 W. Washington Bivd. 2, LOUIS ENGDAHL t Chicago, illineis WILLIAM F. DUNNE ve HAO MORITZ J. LOBB.......0cisnonceee Business Manager Entered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. | <= 20 Wages, Prices and Workers Wholesale prices have risen 10 per cent since August of last year. This means that without lockouts, wage cuts or furore of any kind, the wages of the American working class have been reduced ten per cent. In Chicago the price of pork and pork products alone has risen ten cents per pound in the last three weeks. In the textile and coal mining industries, to speak only of these two instances, there is a well organized drive against the workers’ wages. It is plain that under the wage system the worker is never secure. The bosses reduce his money wages by unemployment and wage cuts, his real wages— purchasing power—-are reduced by increases in the prices he pays for food, clothing and housing. In the old days of competitive capitalism price increases could be discounted by wage increases. Today monopoly control of basic industry is able to make inroads on the living standard of the workers by price fixing and wage cutting at one and the same time. It is true that the average wage of the workers always tends towards the bare sub- sistence level, but the process by which this move- ment is forced is plainer than ever before. The working class no longer overcomes in “good times” the losses suffered in bad times. The living level sinks lower and lower even in the United States where the ubiquitous “tin lizzie” gives an im- pression of working class prosperity. Competition between the national capitalisms is keener than ever before. The capitalist class of every country is impelled,to war on the living standards of the workers. Every wage struggle is therefore a major political struggle in that upon the success of its wage slashing campaigns depends the immediate future success of the capitalist economy. . It is because capitalism is no longer able to grant wholesale wage increases to the working class that the whole power of the capitalist state is mobilized to put down wage movements; it is also for this reason that the yellow socialists and trade union officialdom play such an important role in the class struggle of the present period. Their refusal to fight the most elementary needs of the working class is not simply-a lack Of interest in the workers but an actual betrayal of them to capitalism. They mouth revolutionary phrases, but they support cap- italism. The Communists understand the vital nature of the conflicts over wages and hours. Their attitude is not the static one of mere sympathy for the work- ers who are involved, but dynamic in that Com- munists encourage these struggles on the part of the workers, participate in them and try to give the whole working class movement a concrete pro- gram and direction that leads it to pride in itself, hatred of capitalism and the will to triumph over it thru the organized power of the workers and farmers. Get a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription for the DAILY WORKER. The Reynolds Lave The quashing of the’ contempt charges and the dropping of the injunction secured by the Hutche- son machine of the Carpenters’ Union against Com- rade Reynolds of Detroit as a result of his militant activities in the union, is an example of what organ- ization of the workers’ forces and mass pressure on the courts can accomplish. Comrade Reynolds and the rank and file that sup- ported him never backed up one inch. The moment the injunction barring him from attending union meetings was issued it was violated. When called into a capitalist court to answer the charges of con- tempt of its orders the militants turned the trial into an exposure of Hutcheson and his payroll gang of fakers. The rank and file of the union attended the hear- ings en masse and never for a minute was their attitude in doubt. The defeat of the union reactionaries will strengthen immensely the Workers Party and the ‘Trade Union Edueational League im the Detroit labor movement and nationally. The*militant car- penters are not resting on their laurels, however. They are pushing agitation and organization and using -the interest that has been aroused by the case to build a bigger and more conscious left wing. Japanese women invaded the meeting of the imperial diet the other day and made the rafters ving with demands for equal rights. If the men are as active and fearless as the women, Japanese tyrannical government is going to have a lot of trouble, Every day get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER and a member for the Workers Party. Send in that new “sub” today! . Advertising rates op application | | The Breach Widens Russia and Japan if her demands for a security pact against Germany are not granted. Great Britain retaliates by circulating rumors in London to the effect that the balance sheets of the Bank of France are forged and that $100,000,- |o00 more than the amount of paper money author- lized has been circulated. If continued, the disas- \trous effect on the frane of this campaign can be jeasily imagined. France would allow Japan, as the basis of the proposed alliance, to use her Indo-China ports in the event of war with England or America, thus making the British Singapore base of little value. {Such an dlliance, however, would be in direct op- |position to Polish interests and the fact that |France even mentions it as a possibility is a cor- roboration of our prediction that Poland*is going to be left to shift for herself one of these days. The alternate proposal, that Germany be one of the signers of the security pact is just as distaste- ful to Poland. She insists that if Germany is taken into the allied family that transportation of muni- tions and troops across Germany must be permitted in the event of war with Russia. ‘ German nationalism hates and fears Soviet Rus- sia, but Poland is the immediate enemy and Ger- many will hardly consent to be another Danzig corridor to the enemy on her eastern frontier. The British dominions have washed their hands of the whole affair and any guarantees made to France by Great Britain will not be endorsed by South Africa, Australia and Canada. In this welter of capitalist diplomatic strife it is of interest to recall the statement of the French press quoted by us recently saying that “France must now choose her allies in the Far East.” It should be recalled also that during the recent in- ternal strife in China, French and Japanese im- perialism united in support of thé same Chinese general. The only thing certain in this complicated European situation is that national rivalries are becoming deeper and the breach between the con- flicting imperialist nations wider. As a result of this, Soviet Russia stands out more and more definitely as the great power without whom even no important temporary settlement can be made. The workers’ and peasants’ government is the biggest force in European affairs. The grape fruit will ‘not be the sourest article at the breakfast party ‘of Warren and Coolidge. “State Police Facts” State senators and representatives in the Illinois legislature have been handed a questionaire en- titled “State Police Facts.” The first question is: “Why does Illinois need a state police force?” The answer, written by some unconscious humor- ist or a living Sherwood Anderson character who has never been iit the metropolis, begins: “To patrol our public highways and give every- body in the state the same police protection as is now enjoyed-in Chitago....” It is pretty well a matter of record that the only people who get police protection in Chicago aré unfair bosses, strikebreakers, gunmen and crim- inals. The most patriotic Chicago babbitt cites this fact as a matter for local pride. Whatever was the intention of the compiler of the questionaire he has certainly made clear the purpose of the state police bill. For “protection” read “persecu- tion” and we are reasonably accurate. Another question asked and answered is: “Will they (the state police) arrest strikers?” Answer: “Yes, if they break the lgw; no, if they don’t. In other words, they will be treated just as all other citizens.” This would be good news—if it were true. If strikers could be sure that they would be treated exactly like “other citizens” owning mines, fac- tories and natural resources they would not care how many police there were. But strikers are al- ways outlawed. If there is no law to cover a par- ticular strike there is always the injunction, auto- matically followed by police or troops. The state police bill is just another attempt, to create a stronger band of mercenaries for the cap- italists of Illinois. They admit this themselves. When this sinister measure has been branded as an assault on the unions and the working class in general one has said all that ean be said. It must be fought just as the injunction and all other special measures of repression are fought —as part of the class struggle. The German railway workers are on strike against the low wage system of the Dawes plan. The workers of Great Britain face a new drive on their unions and wages. The textile workers and coal miners of America are confronted with wage cuts and an open shop offensive. The class struggle has the same basis the world over. As our cartoonist shows, the foreign-born work- ers are the left arm of American labor. Let the rulers cut it off with House Bill 11796 and they will soon be hacking at the other arm—the native- born workers. The government of Belgium has refused to let Eamon de Valera speak in that country, We. hope the Irish workers who fought to preserve “the neutrality of Belgium,” will note the success of their efforts. What could be more appropriate than to have a vice-president named aekey come to Chicago to fight the militant members of the Carpenters’ Union? Heiith ‘ France is threatening to form an alliance a ; he ( , a 8 idol | ; THE DAILY WORK ‘HE anniversary of the proclama- tion of the Paris Commune and the celebrations, demonstrations and mass meetings held to commemorate it, have taken on a world wide revolu- tionary political meaning since the Russian revolution and the organiza- tion of the Communist International the historical offspring of the First International and the revolutions of 1848-71. The Third ¢Communist) Interna- tional has dedicated the anniversary of the commune to the victims of the class war. In all the celebrations held it is the extension of the terror of In- ternational capitatism and capitalist government that must be the subject first on the order of business, O mere recital of the events lead- ing up to ‘the commune and the slaughter of the ‘workers of Paris is permissible. Horrible as was the mass murder of the revolutionists of the Commune,’ modern history, con- temporary events, furnish just as hor- rible examples ‘in’ the rivers of blood pouring from the ‘shattered bodies of housands of Workers and peasants who have risen’ ‘against capitalist tyr- anny. j The anniversary of the commune is a day for hammering at the doors of the jails and dungeons of wortd cap- italism. The prisons of the capitalist. rulers are filled to.overflowing and the crack of rifles, the rat-tat-tat of machine guns, the thud of clubs, the shrieks of the dying and tortured vic- tims of reaction resound thruout the globe. The death toll of workers roll- ER TeTOL Ommune ed up before the wall of Paris is small compared to the list of work- ingelass victims written in blood by capitalism since 1917. ‘HE end is not yet. There is nq unemployment among the jailers and executioners. On March 15 in Madison Square Garden, New York, in Ashland Audi- torium, Chicago, March 29, will be held two!gigantic commune celebra- tions. .A party member who absents himselt betrays those of his class who have been jailed in the world revolu- tionary conflict. \ On page 4 of today’s issue we pub- lish a “Thesis for Agitators on the day of the Paris Commune and Inter- national Red Aid.” Every member of the’ Workers (Communist) Party, especially those comrades who are in charge of these demonstrations and those who. will have the privilege of speaking to the masses that will assemble there, should study the thesis with the ut- most care. ‘HE days are past for academic discussion and oratorical glorifi- cation of the revolutionary heroes of yesterday. We learn from their lives, their struggles and their deaths, but as Communists, we live in the pres- ent and face a future which is ours. It is the struggle of today that must be the major theme at the commune meetings! Nothing is of more import- ance to the world revolution than the army of working class victims of the world wide white terror and the strug- gle in which they died or were sent to a living death. The commune left for its glorious Communists Urging General Strike of All German Unions (Continued from page 1) the Dawes’ plan management and the rail unions. The real reason, ‘however, for the refusal of these’ socialist leaders! of the Berlin unions in other industries than railway work, to meet with the shop committee delegates of rail work- ers, is that thesé Communist control- led rank and file: bodies are determin- ed to spread the*strike beyond the railway workers into all industries. They openly annbtince the purpose to tie up all traffic and all production. Dawes’ Plan Strikes a Snag. The Dawes’ plan management pre- cipitated the conflict by raising the salary of the higher officials at the same time they Fefused the modest demand of thé lowest paid workers for an incréasé of three pfennigs an hour and a_ ré-establishment of the eight-hour day which the Dawes’ plan stole from the Gérman workers. In this demand the lower circle of railway officials, Clerks and foremen are fully supporting the demands of the manual workers, their organiza- tion yesterday having voted to ally itself with the strikers. Complete General Strike Developing. With the militant leadership of the Communists within the unions, the sit- uation is such that if a general rail- way strike is ordéred after today’s conference, the Communist program for a walk-out of all union workers in other industries as well appears certain to develop within forty-eight hours. UIE ove English Spy Spews | Lies About Russia Frederick A. McKenzie, the English spy who was thrown out of Russia tor his lies about the workers’ and peasants’ government there, will speak tonight at Orchestra Hall. McKenzie, who is being toured thru the country by the Russian czarist and counter-revolutionary mensheviks who are also supporting Raphael Abramo- vich, spoke recéntly in Chicago be- fore an audience’of white guard Rus- sians who fled ia rather than go to work. Many interruptions occurred during McKenzid’s talk. Most of the few remaining Chicago socialists are expected to be at the spy’s meeting tonight. Workers Taxed’ For Ebert's Death, BERLIN, Germany, March 12— Frau Ebert, widow of the first German president, will receive a pension of $141.00 a month. The reichstag as- sumed the cost of the funeral of Ebert on behalf of the mation. The Commun- ists protested om the grounds that Ebert represented not the masses of the people, buty the German pbour- geoisie, Ebert's, funeral cost over $10,000, ee a German President Sworn tn. BERLIN, Mareh 12.— Dr. Walter Simons was officially sworn in as pres- ident ad interim of Germany today, the ceremony taking place in the reichstag. Dr. Simons will take over the duties of the late President Ebert until the presidential elections, Mar, 29, “Third,Degree” Bill. MONTPELIDR; Vt., March 12, — Governor Billings today signed a bill which provides that third degree methods shall.ngt be used on a persor suspected of a ra until the prisoner has had an 0) nity to consult a lawyer, monument the graves of thousands of workers who died rather than surren- der to their oppressors: It was the first breach made \m. the walls of capitalism by, a ‘conscious... working class. We remember these seroic victims with love and gratitude. UT we must not forget that the attle line has been lengthened since the commune. Regiments, bri- gades, whole armies of the workers are on the front where only the hand- ful of Communards onge stood. Like the Communards, the workers of Ger- many, France, Italy,’ Poland, Bulgaria, Esthonia, Finland, Lithuahia, Spain, Egypt, India, China} Indo-China, Java, Philippines, all ‘the countries of the far east, Mexico, Haiti, Chile, even of “democratic” England and Ameri- ca, have had their blood’ baths—have seen their comrades with whom they fought shoulder to shoulder handed over the brutal turnkeys of the rul- ing class. On the anniversary of the’ commune we do not look back with puzzled wonder that ‘such’ ‘atrocities could have happened. ‘We live in a world that has lost all characteristics of the comparatively ‘ peaceful period when capitalism was in its prime. Our world is a bloody World, our rul- ers’ hands are stained a deeper crim- son than in 1848. It is the same class that rules except in Soviet Russia. T rules again by blood and irom. The same class crushed the 1905 revolution. The same class tried to drown in gore the revolution of 1917. It faces now a world wide revolt and its methods are the same in all coun- tries—murder, torture, tombs for the living, shallow graves for the dead. LENIN SCHOOL STUDENTS COMING FROM EVERY SECTION OF STATE enna The Chicago intensive Training School which will open Monday morning, 8:30 at 722 Blue Island Ave.. is assured of a representative student body from all oyer the state, Many of these comrades, among whom is Comrade Voyzey who ran for international president’ of the miners’ union and received 66,000 votes, against Lewis, have written in enthusiastically about the necessity of this course and signified their great willingness to take advantage of this excellent opportunity. Most of the comrades coming from out of town are active members of the left wing of the trade union movement who come to equip.themselves so as to better fight the reactionaries in their organizations and carry on more effective party work. . Comrades attending the ° séhool, come from St. Louis, W. Frankfort, O'Fallon, Zeigler, Christopher, ‘Déca- tur, Dowell, Sesser, Springfield; Gary, Milwaukee, Verona, Waukegan. ent, etc. Among these comrades will be such active workers in the mifiers" union as Staples, who beat Phil Mur- ray in the state of Mlinois in HO “tis ternational miners’ elections,’ Réid Corbisley, Young, etc. There will aise be members of the Young Workérr League coming from Detroit; Gléve- land and from the rest of the district. To be included in the above, of course, are also quite a number of Chicago comrades. ac Will Aid Party Work. Among other things, the wide repre- sentation from all over the ‘state makes it certain that not only the school will be a great success but that the work of the party will be ma; terially aided in that the comrades from all over the district will give the district office first hand information of the work going on in their locali- ties and will in turn carry out plans laid down by the district as a unit when they go home from the intensive training course. There is also, no doubt, that after the intensive course is finished that all the comrades attending will in turn aid in the establishment of edu- cational work in the localities from which they came, and thus make the educational program as well as the other work increasingly effective, We are now able to publish the out- line of the course on Leninism, which will be given in eight lectures. “This course will be a sort of con- necting link between the various other courses given as well as bring forth @ great amount of new material of its own. ' Gomrade M. Gomez who heads the research department of the national office of the party teaches this course and will prove very valuable to the comrades attending. Course in Leninism. 1. Introductory—The Elements of Marxian Theory—(Dealing principally with the dynamics of Marxism—dia- lectic materialism, the class struggle, | ete.) 2. From the Diluted “Marxism” of the Second International to The Revo- lutionar’ Doctrine of Lenin. (Distor tion of Marx’s teachings during period of parliamentarism and stabilzation of capitalism, The world war, Leninism, the Marxism of thé present revolu- tionary epoch; the Marxism of revo- lutionary action.) 8. The State ard Revolution— (Theory. of the state; the state and revolution; decisions due’ to lack of understanding of the nature and func- tion of the state—Germany. I, W. W., ete.) Pin 4. Imperialism es Final 81 of Capitalism—(Economics of im jalism; present view of the world; American impe: i catastro- phic climax of impe Hy 5. “The Vanguard Proletar. iat” (Role of a revolutionary political party; what kind of a party; com- mobile, discipline and democratic con- tralism; Party; ‘the Communist International.) the Russian Communist 6. (a) Workers and Farmers—(The farmers as allies of the struggle, |Recessity of linking up the farmers’ movement against big capital with the proletarian revolution.) (b) The Exploited Colonial Peo- ples—(Importance and necessity of linking up wars for national lbera: tion with the proletarian revolution; historical and economic which the €ommunist colonial pro gram is based; the colonies in mod- ern World economy.) forces on 8. Theory and Practice of the Pro- letarian Dictatorship—(Marx on the Paris Commune; former vague ideas of the revolutionary machinery; the capitalist state and the workers’ state, historical apeparance of the Soviets as the form of the state; the period of transition to Communism; the party in the dictatorship; lessons of the Russian revolution. 8 Strategy and» Tactics of Com- munism—(Lenin’s theory; “One step forward, etc., “left sickness;” need for complete severance from opportun- ists; the united front; Lenin’s prac- tice, Brest peace, etc.) Olgin Speaks on the Third International (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 12.— On Sunday, March 15, the workers of Philadelphia will have an opportu ity to hear M. P. Olgin, speak on “The General Staff of the World Revolu- tion,” at the Workers (Communist) Party open forum, It is not necessary to add that by the general staff of the world ‘revolution is meant the Communist Intérnatioriat. Comrade Olgin recently returned from Soviet Russia, after having at- tended the Fifth Congress of the Com- munist International. While there he came in contact with the many Communist delegates from all conn- tries, and had an’ ‘opportunity to study many of the Communist Parties. re 1” Altho’a large hall has been secur- ed for the meet! a capacity audi- ence {s expected. ‘The forum meets every Sunday evening in Grand Frat- |, 1628 ‘Arch street. ernity Hall, r Get a sub for the “DAILY WORKER from your. shopmate and you will make another mem- ber for your branch. sats “Ing for the party schoo! imme in touch with the of Phone: Seeley more comrades and di sel, Party Members! Show Your Hospitality! ‘Lodging for some 30 comrades from out of town will be needed ‘during the duration of:the Party Intensive Training School in Chicago. The school will last for two weeks commencing March 15 and lodg- — comrades Will’ be necessary for that period. 4. Comrades in ‘Chicago who can spare accomodat! d same for this party work will ald the rn you have such accomodations please get Celebrations For those workers who gave their lives ‘in the fight we can do nothing, but honor their memory and pledge ourselves to see. that they did not die in yain. But for the living victims we can and will do something. We will let millions of workers know of the ob- scene tortures they undergo because they are revolutionists and place the interests of the workers and peasants first. . E will demand freedom for them and organize to enforce our de- mands, We will tedch the lessons of the commune by the living examples of today. We will number and name the nations whose jails are filled, we will show the working class what cap- italism has <in/Store for those who will not be slaves and we will or- ganize our class for disciplined action. in a war that it cannot evade ex- cept by allowing: shackles to be weld- ed on its limbs. HE day of the commune is. the day of International Red Relief, It is the day on which the workers mobilize to free the working class victims of the white terror. On the anniversary of the day when the Communards challenged the capi. tilst rulers we renew the challenge and drive against capitalism for free- dom for the imprisoned heroes of the working class. Down with capitalist terror! Freedom for all workers and -peas- ants jailed in the revolutionary strug- gle! Support the International Red Re- lief! Long live the Commun AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. a (Continued from page 1) haven't got their country. They don’t own factories and they never expect to. eee T is rumored that the prince of Wales will get married after his re- turn from his trip to South Africa and South America. The British rul- ing class are very anxious over the prince's objections to the matrimonial knot, tho they know he is no woman hater. The fact is, if reports are rea- sonably correct, that he likes them not wisely but too well. King George is seriously ill and a king without a queen would raise the dickens with royal society. One of the nuts the rince must have to crack is getting a wife whose religion will with the creed of the house of Wet- tin. Most of the available unhitched princesses are catholics, L ee ae NOTHER rumor turned loose in England is.that Ramsay MacDon- ald will return his endowed automo- bile to the tory. millionaire biscuit manufacturer, Sir Alexander Grant. The auto was accompanied by an en- dowment fund of $150,000, enough to keep it in gasoline. The sight of the auto is not pleasing to the eyes of the British working class, and as Mac- Donald is not willing to lose his lead- ership, he may let the auto go. Sir Alexander might let him hold on to the $150,000 worth of.stock until his turn to board in Downing street might come around again. If MacDonald re- Ifnquishes his hold on the biscuit shares he is the first social democrat that ever did such a thing. eof 8 E fascisti press in Italy is joyous over the deep friendship existing between Mussolini and the American ambassador at Rome. Mussolini is il, very ill. Ambassador Fletcher ts con- stantly inquiring about him. So pleased was Benito over this, that he t |} called for the largest picture of him- self that could be found, signed it and sent it to Fletcher. Last year when Wall Street financiers began to hammer the lire, Fletcher wired to the ‘state department to call off the wolves, This was done. It should not be forgotten that Fletcher's predeces- sor Child,: was one of those who gave Mussolini support in his march on Rome. Bs THE BEST YET—The WORKERS. MONTHLY, March Issue \ ee ae ee a aie Ok RU Oe nn a oe Still Available—25e single copies $1.25 six mos., $2.00 year, ions for one or immediately at 19 So. Lincoln St,