The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 16, 1925, Page 6

ee eS THE Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING 00. 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, ML (Phone: Monroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall: 6 months $2.00...8 months in Chicago only): $2.50...8 months | — $6.60 per year $8.00 per year $3.5 By mail $4.50....6 months Address all mail and make out checks to | THE DAILY WORKER 1918 W. Washington Bivd. 3. LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F, DUNNE reese MORITZ J. LOEB.......nssseneen Business Manager | Entered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post- Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. | <i 290 Advertising rates on app“cation | Chicago, Ilinele Two Supreme Court Decisions The United States supreme court has made two decisions within the last few days that are of vital} importance to labor. One, that will be hailed as a victory by the labor officialdom and used to further fool the workers into believing that the courts are impartial, lays down the rule that com- pulsory arbitration of labor disputes is unconstitu- tional, This part of the decision is incidental, however, to the further ruling in the same case, This is our old friend “state rights” introduced that state bodies have no right to fix the hours of labor. This is our old friend “state rights” introduced in the same garb we saw it wearing in the war on the child labor law. The sedition and criminal syndicalism laws of the various states have not yet been interfered with, but the limitation of the hours a worker can be exploited out of the twenty- four is another matter. It is just possible that the workers might secure sufficient control in one or more states to enact shorter hour bills that would cut down the profits of the bosses. The Kansas industrial court had no such intention, but the precedent it established was a dangerous one. The national government, further removed from the masses than the state authorities, has spoken and we have a new example of how handy a centralized state power is to the bosses, This decision reverses that of a California court and if one is familiar with the reputation of Cali- fornia courts among the legal fraternity, whose moral code is elastic, to say the least, one has a fairly good idea of the class character of the ruling. | It means that when an open shop struggle is on the capitalists can institute a boycott against those | employers who recognize the unions, deprive them of raw material by any and every means and be certain that this action will be upheld by the courts. | Unions that use these tactics are liable to prose- cution for interfering with interstate commerce and a number of union officials are now in jail for this very offense. It is no wonder that the capitalist press always refers to the courts as the “bulwark of OUR liber- ties.” Get a member for the Workers Party and a new |Stroy ‘the revolutionary wing of the labor move- subscription for the DAILY WORKER. Weeks to . X. The help wanted sign may be hanging over the executive office door of the war department within afew days if reports.of the threatened resignation of Secretary of War Weeks are well founded. The departure of Weeks will leave Coolidge free of the Harding cabinet liabilities with the excep-| tion of Hoover, Davis and New, secretaries of com- merce, labor and postal departments respectively. With the exception of Hoover, who is now taken up with the radio, these three relies cut little ice. There is considerable speculation as to who shall succeed Weeks, A likely candidate for the job is General Pershing, the-favorite of Wall Street. jindustry and he said he thought it would enable | trade union officialdom will support any and every jattempt on the part of the capitalist class to de- Selling:Labor at Luncheon In New York City, on April 11, the Civic Feder- ation showed that its influence on the American Federation of Labor did not vanish. with the death of Samuel Gompers. William Green, successor to Gompers, attended and spoke at a luncheon in the Roosevelt Hotel given by the Civic Federation in honor of August Belmont and Samuel Gompers, deceased president and vice-president of that organization. The sub- ject for discussion was, “Eliminate Industrial Waste—Minimize Industrial Controversy.” Those who spoke, in addition to Green and Judge Alton B. Parker, who presided, were Secretary of Commerce Hoover, Gerard Swope, president of the General Electric company, D. L. Cease of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and Marcus Marks, former president of the Borough of Man- hattan. Judge Parker struck the keynote of the meet- ing when he said that the United States is the only country in the world where such a conference could be held “because in the European countries there is little’ in common between employers and em- ployes.” What a commentary on the American movement! The president of the most reactionary organiza- tion of bosses and bankers in America is able to boast that the American labor movement is still under the influence of the capitalists and to prove his statement produces nothing less than the presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor as Ex- hibit A. President Green was in tune with the topic un- der discussion. He was for elimination of waste in labor the employers to raise the wages of the workers. This epoch-making utterance came at a time when the most casual survey of capitalist industry shows that the elimination of waste goes on apace and that standardization, sepcialization and the intro- duction of improved mechnical devices allowed the capitalists last year to increase production 17 per cent with 12 per cent less workers. But William Green, personification of the slave- minded labor leader, was not satisfied with ex- pressing his approval of the man-killing efficiency | of the ruling class. He had to get down on his bel- ly and grovel in the name of the workers who pay him $12,000 per year to fight their battles. He said: If trade unionism were un-American, unpatriotic or antagonistic to the American form of government or to American institutions, then employers of labor might be justified in vigorously opposing the very existence of such an organization. But they do not have even this excuse, for American labor and Amer- ican labor organizations are loyal to. America, to its traditions and to the American principles of govern- ment. The labor organizations of our country recognize the existing order and have steadily refused to em- brace any imported philosophy no matter how it may be disguised or how seductive and alluring it may appear. What does this mean? Simply that in return for concessions given to a certain selected section of the working class, the ment. It is an oath of allegiance to American im- perialism, a public announcement of perfidy with- jout parallel except in nations where the struggle for power is already in progress and where the labor officialdom has completed the task of selling the working class that Green has just begun. “Imported philosophy.” Is it “imported philosophy” to tell the working class that fraternizing with the enemies ‘of the unions, endorsement of their schemes for squeezing ja little more blood from the workers, is black treason? Is it “imported philosophy” to tell the workers that the road to freedom lies thru struggle, that ithe flag of the workers is red like the open wounds jof the murdered miners in Colorado’ and‘ West Virginia and not white like the luncheon cloths jon the table of the fat-bellied robbers in the Roose- velt Hotel? Pershing has been properly groomed for the posi- tion by the inner circle that controls,the govern- ment and their press has heralded his praises until he has beconie somewhat of a popular hero among the jingoistic elements of the population. "In the event that “Black Jack” steps into Weeks’ shoes, the former’s trip thru South America will stand him in good stead. The United States in- tends to put more teeth in the Monroe doetrine from now on, The dollar sign will be more visible than ever in the folds of the stars and stripes. The republics. to the south possess untold natural wealth, that is waiting the magi@ touch of the ex-| ploiter. Wall Street is willing. It has competitors. And between this exploitation and its fruits stand millions of workers who must be driven to produce profits. This is where the army talks. It must be admitted that Pershing will make’ an ideal candidate for the job. He is fully qualified. He iss well acquainted in» Europe and in South America. He is a rock-‘ribbed reactionary. No liberal idea is ever known to have escaped over his lips. Wall Street has groomed him carefully. A blood clot on Weeks’ brain may send him. back to his counting rooms, Or the squabble over the relative merits of battleships and airplanes may be’ the cause. The workers of the United States have nothing to say in the retirement of one or in the selection of the other. ‘It is not their army, tho they elected Coolidge.” Wall Street, not the work- ers will fill the office of secretary of war, And one of the functions of that-secretary will be to shoot the workers if they get too'fresh with Wall Street. Is it “imported philosophy” to tell the workers that capitalism is the same the world over and that in America the workers must travel the same road as their brothers in other lands? To hell with this ku klux klan conception of a |100 per cent American labor movement whose official spokesman is greeted and treated by the most powerful capitalists in America while mem- bers of his own union are on strike in the coal fields; when the owners of the mines have just ‘stated that they break the “sacred contract” for which a million betrayals have been perpetrated. Green and his capitalist friends have no dif- ficulty in picking out their enemies, Against the |Communists and the Communist . International ‘these fakers and their robber friends unite, The capitalists know that trade unionism alone is harmless and to prevent interference with their imperialist plots they are willing to buy part of the labor movement—officials especially. . It is the new tendency of the trade unions to see the government of the capitalists as an enemy and not as an impartial agency that is worrying the plunderbund, it is because the Communists tell the workers this unceasingly and prove their conten- tions by a thousand instances that Anierican cap- italism is alarmed. A million grovelling Greens cannot prevent the working class understanding this role of the cap- Sessions of Enla italist state as the pressure of capitalism increases and it will take something more than ‘filling’ the paunch of a labor faker with food and wine to prevent the Communist message reaching the work- ers and bringing them into action. Every day get a “sub? for the DAILY WORKER and @ member for the Workers Party, Get a member for the Workers Party und a new subscription for the, DAILY WORKER. Fisher Speal on Bolehevization. MOSCOW, Mareh 26—(By Mail)— Third session of the enlarged execu- tive. At today’s session of the En- larged Executive Committee of the Communist , International Comrade Ruth Fisher spoke on the political situation and on Bolshevization of the Communist partiés, The main characterization of the present situation in Germany are: the Uquidation of the’ Ruhr crisis, the Dawes plan, and stabilization. In spite of all this however, the bour- geoisie faces great difficulties. The absence of an acute revolu- tionary situation does not mean ces- sation of the class struggle. It will be impossible for the bourgeoisie to fulfill its. promises on the national and economic flelds... The illusions in regard to the Dawes. plan are begin- ning to disappear. The railwaymen’s strike has proven this. The fact that the present govern- ment is able to maneuver very care- fully renders the, work of the Com- munist Party more difficult. A new situation has been created for the social-democracy, The S. D. was until now a governing partner of the bourgeoisie, but.the coalition pol- icy is coming to an end. The S. D. is weakened thereby, for its whole policy was based on participation in bour- geois governments. The rather forced “radical” note in the soeial-de- mocracy is meeting with great diffi- culties in its own camp. Strike Was Widespread. The railwaymen’s strike was more widespread than the bourgeoisie had expected. It is nonsensical to speak of an ideo- political left current within’the so- cial-democracy. Levi and his consorts take advantage however, of the diffi-| culties arising out of the Dawes plan, as well as the Barmat scandal and the |Ebert trial—to proceed against their party executive. As’ soon as the situ- ation becomes mofe’acute, the S. D. will have to drop its*present “radical” tone. The next wave of activity in the labor movement Will arise out of the struggle for the 8-hour day, wage in- creases, and out of the struggle against reaction. It is difficult to ‘prophesy the pace | murdered by of events. geoisie may undergo a rapid change in view of the great market difficul- ties. The Bolshevization of the German Communist Party began with the complete clarification of the situation. The trade union question is in fact a discussion of the future of the Ger- man revolution. The main problem of Bolshevization is: To permeate the Comintern with the Leninist concep- tion of imperialism. The question of Soviet Russia is not only one of sympathy, but also re- quires the theoretical understanding of the essence of the Soviet Republic. The expulsion of certain active workers because of their attitude on the trade union question was abso- lutely necessary. The new shop council policy and the policy of joint lists of candidates (in the shop council elections) is only apparently unfavorable—in ‘real- ity, however, this policy is more -fav- orable. The formal existence of shop nuclei does not suffice. The German Communist’ Party is striving to permeate the shop nucluei with a political spirit by transferring all campaigns to these nuclei. The speaker then points to the work done among the peasantry, and to the peasant conference which had taken place. She then passes to in- ternal party questions. The party is still suffering from remnants of Luxemburgism, Trotsky- ism and Brandlerism. It is necessary to amalgamate the old forces with the new. Democracy within the party is necessary, and it was actually put into effect; but in certain questions, as in the trade union question and in the question of fractional activities of the right, it was necessary to adopt strict organizational measures. Comrade Semard greets, in the name of the presidium, Comrade Lanzutsky who had to be acquitted by the ‘white Polish court, under pres- sure from the proletarian masses, and moves a protest against the fur- ther imprisonment of Lanzutsky. ee Discuss Situation in Czecho-Slovakia. MOSCOW, March 28—(By Mail)— After opening the session, Comrade Krisch (France) honored the memory of the victims of the .mine catas- trophe in Marlenbach, where French) Polish and Czech workers have been capitalist greed. He ‘The position of the bour /calls upon the German, Polish and |Czecho-Slovakian miners to come to the aid of those left behind. The exe- cutive decides to send a telegram of condolence, The third speaker, Comrade Chru- ska,,of the Communist. Party of Czecho-Slovakia, states that at the present time Czecho-Slovakia is suf- fering from no acute economic or fi- nancial crisis. The bourgeoisie is striv- ing to consolidate itself with the aid of foreign capital, and.at the expense of the workers, This .of course meets with great difficulties because of the over-industrialization, and leads toan intensification of the class struggle. The workers have been cured of the illusion of an “independent state.” The Communist Party of Czecho-Slo- vakia is a good proletarian party which must be Bolshevized. The so- cial-democratic traditions must be overcome; real work must be accomp- lished in Czecho-Slovakia for the pro- letarian revolution. The second party convention im- proved the theoretical basis of the party. The work of Bolshevization is meeting with great difficulties _ be- be retained, but no nationalist preju- dices will.be; permitted. The party is still laboring.under opportunistic traditions,, We still find in it. rem- nants.of the. opportunistic system: as represented by Comrade Smeral, who is also, supported by our good Com- rade Zapototzky. The policy of the party has been laid down by the Fifth Congress. We must all unite on the platform of Bolshevization, (Applause). Youth Delegate Hits Menshevism, Comrade Vuyovitch from the Youth jJnternational, emphasized the need of discarding the social-democratic ideol- ogy. All parties must give more at tention to the youth movement... It was the task of the Communist Youth International to create real mass organizations. In the,Soviet Un- ion we have a real mass organiza- tion, in- France we also have a good organization. Which proves the cor- rectness of-our methods. Comparatively good results. have been obtained in Italy, particularly since the new anti-Bordiga central committee took over the leadership of cause some of the functionaries, like Bubenik, are sabotaging it. The elim- ination of the liquidators and oppor- tunists is the prerequisite for Bolshev- ization. Organize 800 Shop Nuolei. The party has 800 shop-nuclei which must be rendered politically active. A better revolutionary spirit and greater capacity for action are beginning to show themselves, as we have seen in the Prague and Kladno demonstra tions. As to the fractional work in the trade unions—only a beginning has been made.’ We must get into the re- formist trade unions. Our One Big Union (Internationaler schaftlicher Verband) must take up the initiative in the question of re- establishing trade union unity. An- other step inthis direction would be the amalgamation of the Czech with the’German unions. As to the peas- ant movement—it is stronger in the Czech, districts than in the German districts. After the second party congress, the .minority attempted to discredit the central committee. Even Comrade Smeral tried to twist matters as if’ ‘the ‘central com- mittee had~ ‘defended~ unproletar- ian actions. “The workers of Brunn rejected ‘the thesis of the lawyers. The Czech charactet of the party will AS WE. SEE IT py Td O'PLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) nourished by -the.master class in or- der to bind them with invisible strings to their’ chariot of ‘power. b sare x ped question of organized religion is an important one for the Ameri- can working class. Certain radicals are prone to wave'it aside as some- thing of little ‘importance. Every revolutionist, worthy of the name ad- mits that the leaders of the move- ment must possess minds free from any taint of religious superstition. But not everybody seeg* the tremendous rofe that is being played by the churches in the class-struggle. The catholic church is thé ‘tiost powerful of all churches, because it is the best disciplined an@ ‘tolerates no di- vided allegiance among ‘its “flock, an appropriate designation. one HE weakness of radical propagan- da among workers of Irish, Polish and other nationalities. where the catholic church is powerful in the nomeland is significant. It shows that the religious machine has suc- ceeded in building a stone wall be- tween the workers and the ideas that will give them the vision of a future, different to what they ever dreamed of. This stone wall must be broken thru, Pee | bbs this connection,one of the most encouraging pieees of news that has come out of one.of the European cradles of catholicism and religious bigotry, Ireland, is;the report of the election of three labor candidates to the northern parliament. They were elected in Bel and after the votes were counted, thousands of workers catholics, and protestants, marched together thru the streets carrying red flags and singing revolu- tionary songs. I this common struggle for the mg needs of all workers, and not, anti-religious propaganda that _bring about a better understand! between the workers of all religious creeds, and that will ultimately mean the “ban- ishment of the go@% from the skies and capitalism from ‘the earth.” When that day comes pa titles can be had in the museum#i* => Fear Revolutionary Plot in Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE—Arrests were believed imminent today as the re- sult of police seizure of documents belonging to the sive party. The raid was made on reports of a revolutionary plot, © an thle Fire Starts) iW Rubbish. WILKES BARRE» Pa., April 14,-— Fire, believed to, started in a rubbish pile, swept. the Weitzen- horn building and adjoining proper- ties here today, i two firemen, overcoming three and causing Allgewerk- |- the party. In America too, fairly good results have been obtained. On. the other hand, in those parties where a strug: gle had to be carried on against the opportunists, the results have been negative. When Comrade Smeral reproaches us with the fact that in Czecho-Slo- vakia we have but 12,000 members in the youth organization, \we answer that it is his own fault. No section of the Czech youth supports. the: op- Portunists. In view of the retarded pace of the revolution, our youth must give more attention to the partial de- mands. ‘ Every young Communist must join a trade union and there fight for trade union unity. In view of the danger of war our anti-militaristic work must be intensi- fied. The work among the peasantry > must also be improved. * Particular attention must be given to our activi- ties in the East. The reorganization of the party must be carried out and the membership doubled. ‘We must render the membership more actite, We must improve their theoretical knowledge; and give them good revo- lutionary literature to read). ‘The parties should instruct the* «youth more, and make real mass organiza- tions out of the Youth Leagues. Young Men and Maids Clamor for Chances to Buy Red Tickets In the spring the young man’s fancy —and also the young maid’s—lightly turns to many things they don’t want published in the DAILY WORKER. But the young men and maids of Chi- cago have decided that one thing they want shall receive full publicity in the columns of America’s greatest la- bor daily. For this particular desire of youth- ful hearts, whether said cardiac org- ans be 16 or 60, is the longing to waltze with their sweetie (and some- body else’s) at the spring dance, the grandest affair of the season to be held at the Workers’ Lygeum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd., Sunday evening April 26. Young Communists to Hike. The Young Workers’ League, local Chicago, is holding its first city-wide hike Sunday, April 19. The hike will be held in the Harlem forest preserve at the end of the Grand avenue car line. The comrades will meet at the following headquarters at 9:30 a. m., Sunday, April 19: South Side, 3116 S. Halsted St. West Side, 2118 W. Roosevelt Road. Northwest Side, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. North Side, 2409 N. Halsted St., and from there will proceed to the end of the Grand avenue car line, where all groups will meet at 10:30 and | fairs. march into the forest preserve. Every- one is asked to bring ‘along all the base balls, gloves, jumping rope, etc. they can find around the house. There will be a couple of games of baseball between the league and the party. There will be athletic exercises by the juniors and generally much fun, Comrades are asked to bring their lunches and to bring their friends and fellow workers to this hike. Government Boats of Australia Are Scab and Under Boycott MELBOURNE, Australia— (FP)— The Australian government's charter- ed British cargo boats are on the un- fair list of the Scamen’s Union and other maritime organizations forming he Sca Transport Group. This step was taken because in chartering Brit- ish vessels the Australian govern- ment is getting work done for less than prevaling pay. None of the un- fons will unload or load the vessels and if the crew leaves a ship, no fresh crew will sign on, The Casualties of Peace. ROCHESTER, Kent, Eng.—Six Dele sons were missing today and believ to have been drowned when a nayy — capsized after colliding with a if waar} Lunt Workers shorty toe Activities 2x 8 p.m. % Czecho-Slovait, 22nd Place, Cicero, Tl. Italian “Cicero, 14th St. between Bist Ave, atid 50th Ct, Italian Terro Cotta, 2475 Clybourn avenue, day, April 16. Russian No..J, 1902 W. Division St. South Side English, 3201 S. Wabash Ave. ¢ South Slavic.No, 1, 1806 S. Racine Ave. eapernc? Scandinavian Karl. Marx, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. Friday, April 17. Polish North Side, 1902 W. Division St. YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE ACTIVITIES. to Chew i Bend Iron at Party NEW YORK, April 13—At last we have it! The first affair of the Work- ers’ Sports Club since its organization. The most novel entertainment that ever a branch produced, including a musician who plays on the saw‘and many others equally interesting. Miss Lee Cohen, a singer of note (high note) will render several selec- tions. Comrade Davidson, and accom- plished cellist will delight us with a few numbers. Irving Shoebe.is the one who will show us how to play Rackmainoff’s preludes on a saw.:; A Communist Breitbart will chew “up nails and bend iron for our benefit. And not only do we have this fine Program, but following it we will have dancing with the jazziest music that can be obtained. Don’t forget. The place is 108 BE. 14th St. The date is Saturday eve- ning, April 18, 1925 at 8 p. m. Be there early for the entertainment will LOCAL CHICAGO, Notice Following Dates The following dates have been taken by the Young Workers League, Local Chicago. Workers’ Party branches and other organizations please do not arrange conflicting af- Thursday, April 16. Area Branch No. 4, 3118 W. Roose- velt Road, Activity meeting. Honey and Beefsteak Combined at Paul Whiteman’s Concert By ALFRED V, FRANKENSTEIN. Paul Whitem: concert at the Au- ditorium last day was just too sweet for words. He turned the hall into a hive, and honey dripped from the ceiling, and great rivers of honey flowed down the aisles. Or, to change the figure, a great muted trumpet did a hoochie koochie dance on the stage and aquawked as. it did so, “Red Hot Mamma, How I Just Adore You.” But in the sea of sweet stuff there ‘was some beefsteak. The first was an excellent dance version of Rimski-Kor- sakov's “Hymn to the Sun,” in the opera, “The Golden Cockerel.” It is perhaps fitting that Whiteman should play Korsakov, for he is much indebt- ed to the Russian and his school for fhesanrprising variety and novelty of is, stral effects. It is too much to say that Paul Whiteman is an art- ndant of the school that be- | Way back with Michael Glinka, start at eight sharp, Probably Cross-Word Puzzles. BEDFORD, Ind., April 14—George _ Cook, 70, was near death in a hospi- tal here today as the result of being struck by a Baltimore & Ohio freight train at Loogootee. Witness said Cook was sitting on the platform, with his feet on the tracks, reading a newspaper, and apparently did not hear the approaching train. and stolen from those who are Glinka’s descendants, A “Synconata,” a piece in free (very free) sonata form for jazz orchestra,, by Leo Sowerby was given its first ; Chicago hearing on this program. It / confirmed the belief (if anyone doubt: ed it) that Sowerby is the outs musi¢ian.of the time in this country. He hag done a wonderful piece of work in this composition, one that stacks up with his “King Estmere” and his sym- phony. .,More pieces like this and the Ameriene anon revolution is accom- plished. The program wound up with the “Rhapsody in Blue” for piano and or- chestra, by George Gershwin, which on second hearing was more beautiful than before, (Whiteman played it | here last fall.) x The rest of the program was blab. Individually and collectively the or- chostra ia ideal. It would be.more so if it had, more bearable stuff to play. the looks bright bowers, for N orchestra on the concert ten im: it works in jazz style tha have been tly, are, it, and others their tale: Ws bigh time thoy