The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 30, 1925, Page 6

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LOBB.......ersemesee-Business Manager | $$$ fntered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post- | Ofice at Chicago, Ul, under the act of March 3, 1879. <p 290 Advertising rates op app*‘cation | The Old Gang Is Back The election of yon Hindenburg as president of | Germany just about completes the cricle of the} re-establishment. of openly reactionary control of | a ae | the vernments of the great capitalist powers, | allied and central, after the socialists were given the job of suppressing the revolutionary upheaval that followed the war. America, to some degree outside the zone of cataclysmic revolt, is, if possible, more reactionary than before. The crafty tories of England, by the simple trick of a fake “Zinoviev letter,’ put Mac Donald out of. office. The French reactionaries dumped Herriot and now, after the social-demo cratic Barmat gang of the Second Internationalists have repeatedly crushed in blood the revolts of the] German workers against capitalism, the yellow| socialist traitors are hunted off into oblivion. The yellow socialist traitors who were given the job of stopping the westward course of Bol- shevsim are now being paid off for their dirty work. They held back, as much as was in their power, the workers of western Europe from fol- lowing the example of their Russian comrades. The result is that the western workers still suffer an} increasingly heavy exploitation, unemployment and threat of new imperialist wars, meanwhile the| Russian workers steadily improve their economic | position behind their armed outposts of the vigi- lant red army. It would be amusing were the effects upon the working masses less of a ghastly tragedy, to ob- serve the antics of the now ousted social traitors. Ramsay McDonald, for instance, has the following | to say about the effects of the Dawes plan which | he himself put over while in the good graces of American imperialism ; “Germany Is the industrial danger spot of Europe. Germany is actively dragging us down. Its low con- sumption is not only reducing our gpportunities to sell products but its own production on low standards is hampering ours. We ought in every way to en- courage the German trade unions to fight for shorter hours and better conditions.” The crocodile weeps. We remember when Mac- Donald called out troops to stop the English work- ers from gaining shorter hours and better condi- tions, and the Second International, of which Ramsay is a leader, is the most active opponent of international trade union unity on the basis of class struggle—the only hope to get the German workers into action against the Dawes plan. This same MacDonald persuaded the Germans that the Dawes plan is a good thing for the Ger- man workers. Now we see that it enslaved» the} | 20,000,000 dollars a year. Being King Is Still a Fairly Good Job Being king in any respectable country {s still one of the best paying jobs going. It is true that the scale has been hammered down somewhat since the Russian workers and peasants performed a surgical operation on the head of their czar and since the Emperor of Austria passed in - his cl -ks and Wilhelm, the kaiser of Germany, took tu Doorn. The combined pay checks of the three above-named gentlemen was in the’ |vicinity of But a worker could live quite comfortably on the pittance’ allowed to the monarchs who still keep their heads polit- ically and physically. Here is the payroll: The King of Siam.. eee sntensesssee+4+9$3) 500,000 The King of Italy.... 3,200,000 The King of England. 2,900,000 The Emperor of Japa 2,250,000 The King of Spain... 1,775,000 The King of the Belgian 1,075,000 The King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 655,500 The King of Roumania.. 500,000 The King of Swede: 463,600 The King of Bulgaria. 400,000 The King of Denmark 300,000 The King Of Norway .rcccssesesssssessiseeces elodiclicad 244,000 The boys are getting good money, tho we think it a shame that King George of proud Albion is drawing less than the King of Siam. What about Mr. Ramsay MacDonald? * The Plots Thicken Another bloody Communist plot has been nipped in the mustache! This time the gore was to be spilled in London and the victim was none other than Austen Chamberlain,. tory . secretary for foreign affairs. The cautious news agency which got the dope from Scotland Yard, lets us in on the. secret in the following language: “The plot against Cham- berlain was developed in a European capital, well known as the center of the plot of a recent bomb murder conspiracy and was believed to be of Com- munistic origin.” : Scotland Yard has a habit of discovering plots every once in a while after the fashion of our own late chief of the investigation department of the department of justice, William J. Burns. And both had the same habit of attributing all their discoveries to the Communists. Both never failed to claim credit for nipped plots and to.cash in on the publicity in some way or other. Without being experts in the art of solving cross-word puzzles, we believe that it is not a difficult task to correctly guess the city and loca- tion of the Chamberlain plot. The ¢ity is London and the exact location is Scotland Yard. May Day is almost here. Sure enough, the yellow socialists did blame the Ydefeat of their capitalist candidate on the German Communists, as we expected they would. Indeed }/ they hardly ever disappoint us. Ernest Unter- mann, in the Milwaukee Leader, squirts the vitrol on us. But, and we say it with due humility, if the socialists did not interpose obstacles in the way of the Communists in 1918 and 1919 it is likely that Hindenburg would now be the object of attentions from kind hearted old women who like to patronize the florist and visit graves. of soldiers known and unknown. ‘ The only way to keep the workers from rebelling under capitalism is “the gatling gun, the armored tank, the companies drilling in the armories and the mounted cossacks with the clubs and ‘rifles,” German workers and uses that slavery to batter down the standards of British, French and Amer-| iean workers. . | Yellow socialists, except as lackeys to capital-| ism, have no function except to furnish a shame-| fnl contrast to the only proletarian fighting or- ganization of the ‘Wworld—the Communist Tnterna- | tionat” aye | Premier Stanley Baldwin does not see any sign | ‘of early disarmament. Neither do we. | le te . . The West Virginia Injunction The injunction is an old method of assaulting the A, R. U. strike. declares the press service of the national office of the socialist party. Perhaps the socialists have a better and cheaper way. Poison gas, for in- stance, the kind that is concocted by the socialist propagandists, or maybe the real stuff. The “yellow peril” may become a reality if Rus- sia succeeds in bringing Japan and China into an entente against western imperialism, writes Lord Thompson, fromer British secretary. for air in Ramsay MacDonald’s socialist cabinet. It is not the yellow peril our Hourgeois masters are afraid of, but the “red peril.” « ! : ‘ : The Giornale d’Italia, commenting on the Ger- the working class, especially since Bill Taft and |man elections, said something that will strike an But it remains for Wesi] answering chord in the heart of American cap- Virginia federal courts to ‘determine whether an| italism. “fiermany, which is mainly industrial, injunction ever dies of old age or whether it is] "¢eds to keep labor costs low to meet foreign com- immortal. Two or thre years ago a judge now departed issued an order against any organizers or mem- the mines of the West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal company at Colliers, West, Virginia. The union came and went again in the section.| 4 petition.” Von Hindenburg can be relied on to let nature take its course in this respect. The m B - hers of the United Mine Workers trying to unionize] poseq la botlathn Setuns Se'ebins oon the kind who thinks “Scarface” Al Capone is a revo- lutionist because he carries two guns around his, ppendix and shoots saloonkeepers who do not The judge who issued itis now supplanted by an-| natronize his needle beer business, other judge. Again theeunfon «tries, if John L. Lewis and Phil Murray can be said to have tried : ‘ The chief editorial writer on the Milwaukee anything, to organize the mines, The moldy injunc-] Leader has taken to anticipating styles in ladies’ tion is resurrected, painted up and 22 officials and} wearing apparel. We hope he will be more guccess- miners are arrested and hauled into court for con-!fy) in this line than in his former role of political tempt. The dispatches say that the union officials en- ered court with an “imposing array” of. lawyers. forecaster, Tt appears that the officials of the barbers’ union ~HE DAILY WORK Sessions of MOSCOW, April 28.—(By Mail.)— The manifesto of the Comintern to all the members of the Czech Com- munist Party reads as follows; “X\HIS year’s actions of the Czecho- Slovakian proletariat have fur- nished new proof of its strength, its organization, and the correctness. of the polfey pursued by the Czech Com- munikt Party, It was not incidental that the right elements led by Bub- nik have delivered the party a treach- erous blow just at the moment of action. The Comintern has already characterized Bubnik’s action as treacherous, and has sanctioned his expulsion from the party. However, Bubnik’s action, especially his, at- tempt to discredit the party leader- ship and its political policy, met with but inadequate resistance on the part of the minority of the Czech Commun- ist Party, and of the leaders of certain district organizations, especially of the Brunn district. The plenum of the Comintern has found that the memor- andum presented by the Brunn organ- ization has nothing whatever in com- mon“with the principles of Commun- ism and Leninism, nor with the deci- sions of the, world congresses and of the party congresses of the Czech Communist Party. This memor§n- dum is but the restoration of ,the bankrupt social democratic views, The danger of a split made imminent thru Bubnik’s treachery, was render- ed still more acute by the indecisive- ness of the minority, Today the Com- intern affirms with satisfaction that fter a thoro discussion of the ques- tion in the..enlarged executive, the minority of the Czech Communist Party has abandoned the policy of Bubnik; the minority has agreed to fight the Brunn opportunists, and has approved of the resolution on the Czech delegation; it has also recog- nized the fight against the opportun- ist mutilations of Communist tactics as the fundamental problem now con- fronting the Czech Communist Party. The Comintern is confident that the slogan of securing the unity of the party at all costs, and the ideological struggle against the right tendencies, will be approved by the whole of the Czech Party. The Czech workers want no split; they will fight the splitters. The Comintern calls upon all party members to support the party leadership which has unani- mously pursued the policy of liquidat- ing all party crises, and has indefa- tigably worked for the Bolsheviza- tion and disciplining of the party. With the active support of the Czecho- Slovakian workers, the party will re- cover from the ailments of growth ‘and from all relapses into opportun- ism.” , This appeal W-signed by Ztnoviev, by the representatives of the major- ity, Neurath, Harus, Haken, Hrushka, by the representatives of the minor- ity, Smeral, Zapototzky and Muna, by the representatives of the control commission, by the delegates from the organizations of Prague, Kladno, Brunn, and Aussig, by the representa- tives of the Communist parliamentary fraction, and by the delegates of the Youth, ak see MOSCOW, April 11—(By Malil.)— f brad executive bureau of the Red International of Labor Unions has adopted the following decision: “The resolution of the second conference of the Reichenberg textile workers’ sec- tion regarding amalgamation with the textile workers’ section of Prague, is in sharp contradiction with the Third World Congress of the R. I. L, U. Instead of carrying out the decisions of the Third World Congress, the res- olution of the Reichenberg conference revives old controversial questions. The conference has rejected the clear and concrete resolution presented by the representative of the Czech Com- munist Party, and has adopted an am- biguous formula, which permits of sabotaging the decisions of the World Congress. Hence the executive bureau of the Red International of Labor Unions has decided that if the Reichenberg textile section should fail to amalgamate with the textile work- ers’ section of Prague, before June Ist, 1925, it shall be considered having severed’ its connections wit! the Red International of Labor Unions. The Red International of Labor Unions will no longer exchange cor- responde: on this qi and consider# this ‘decision as se 4 MOSCOW, April 9.—(By . Mail.)— ESSION of the Enlarged Executive “Today the session of the enlarged executive of the Communist Youth In- ternational was opened in the Kremlin. There were present 24 members of the executive, 32 delegates representing 15 sections, and 21 advisory delegates. Comrade Vuyovitch spoke on the re- sults of the session of the enlarged executive of the Comintern, and on | Hya If they wished either to win the strike or unionize | had a close shave at that mass meeting in Chicago. the mines of West Mirginia, the injunction will,|The yank and file are tired of getting trimmed by of course, have to be fought, But the place for | their leaders. “imposing arrays” if’such injunction cases is on P J the picket line, aud if the officials had any guts} ©, i vity and revolutionary consolidation aes and could rally the miners a eres eR Misgednpn seu og ad of the youth as displayed, dering the y an court,” a synonym for the league of nations, But|-rroteky debate in Germany, Czecho- their leadership, which, they Cannot, there would] while the storm rages in Washington, Morgan and |Sloyakia, Italy, ete,, must he further, be so many thonsand miners violating the musty] his merry bankers are lying down the law to the | strengthened, 'To win over the masses, old injunction that the injunction would be torn} governments of Europe, with more or less success, |t!*® Communtst Youth International to shreds, the mines orgahized and the strike won. ‘ must lead the struggles of the work: We bet that the Lewis gang does nothing of the fig: yout, pertiesine, | Se .bangele kind. - . }mass organizations, The political ac- Every day get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER | for the improvement ot = and a member for the Workers Party. ditions and child labor lowtalaion, Ws ( well as the struggle for trade union unity and for the defense of the in- terests of the youth by the trade unions, To win over the land youth, and the young workers in the east, are tasks of primary importance. The work of disintegrating the bourgeoise armies, as part of the struggle against impertalist dangers, the consolidation of the youth into militant organtiza- tions, and the ideological fight against the enemies, particularly against tho treacherous so-called. socialist youth, must be strengthened. We must fol- low the slogan of Lenin: “Learn.” In the discussion on the report of Vuyovich, Comrade Reinhardt (Ger- many) emphasizes the need for the complete reorganization on the basis of shop nuclel. .Comrade Mehring (executive of the Communist Youth International) de- mands the intensification of the work among the peasant youth and in the sport organizations, also the concreti- zation of the anti-militarist work by formulating definite demands for sol- diers and sailors. Com. Robert (Balkans) points out the importance of the nationality and agrarian questions in the Balkans, where the bourgeoisie influences the recanted peasant youth for reactionary pur poses, ; Comrade Deriot (France) points out the significance of putting up concrete partial demands, particularly accord- ing to industries, ang emphasizes the need for the leadership of the Youth International to utilize the experience of the western countries. Comrade Fuerenberg (Austria) em- j phasizes the need of creating “Jung- sturm” organizations (young storm troops) tnder Communist leadership, and the need of lending a class char acter to the children’s groups move ment, Comrade Michales (Czecho-Slova- kia): The youth.of the various coun- tries must be more drawn into the work of Bolshevization of the whole movement, The youth movement often concentrates its work too much on the youth employed in small trades, thus neglecting the more decisive in- dustrial youth. © Comrade Kamenev (Bulgaria) em- phasizes. the need of retaining the character of the {llegal organizations. This necessitates the reorganization on the basis’of shop nuclel, which in Bulgaria could even take over the functions ,of.thé prohibited’ trade “Savin agp Borsa? Enlarged Executive of the C. |. unions. | Comrade Maques! (Italy): The Ital fan Communist Youth is conducting an energetic struggle against the Bor diga group. In its practical work the Italian Communist Youth follows the policy of the Communist Youth Inter national, and assumes more and more mass character. Comrade Shachtman’ (Am 9 Without’a ‘"eHOo, leaders! 4 success are impossible, In Amen fea, the youth has already begun the reorganization op’ the basis’ of shog nuclei, Comradé vl ‘oysky (Sport Interna tional) emphasizes the need for closer co-operation between the Sport Intern national and the Communist Youth Im ternational. Comrade Miltchakov (Russia) points out the importance of popularizing thru international propaganda the eco nomic and political successes of the Russian working youth. Comrade Rust (England): In “Eng land the youth supports the minority movement. It participates in the life of the trade unions, and has taken up an energetic economic struggle. In England Bolshevization means, above all, to increase the membership. HE NEEDS AMMUNITION | More “Subs” for the DAILY WORKER. TR OOPS BHAI aT By ALFRED V. FRANKENSTEIN. HE Civic Music Association wound up its season with a concert at Orchestra hall in which two activities of the many in which the association is engaged took prominent parts, The Civic orchestra played and a children’s chorus of a thousand voices sang folk songs of seven countries as well as some “art songs” by various compos- ers, The orchestra played some time-hon- ored chestnuts under Frederick Stock’s direction. These were the overture to “Raymond, or the Queen’s cret,” by Ambroise Thomas | (it sounds like a dime novel, but it is an opera); the “Perpetual Motion,” by Franz Ries, and the “Adagio Pathe- tique,” by Benjamin Godard, The Ries composition is a showoff piece for the first violins which the orchestra car- ried off in fine,shape, The chorus, accompanied by the or- chestra and directed by Herbert EB. » Sang their little songs, some The Golf Season Opens, ~ The Golf Links were so near That nearly every day The children could look up And see the men at play. ey ais seventeen in number, with surprising- slip-up in the performance occurred ly good ensemble and spirit. The only when Mr. Hyde's 3-year-old daughter, who was in the audience, insisted upon talking to her father. The pro- gram wound up with three works by Chicago Gomposers, two short and whimsical songs by Edward C. Moore, and a cantata on the: subject of “The Ugly Duckling,” by Granville English. This was. given its first performance, and it proved to be a beautiful little thing that shouldbe popular,’ And then the effect of if ‘all was spoiled bya super-Babbitt named Car- berry who led some “community sing- ing,” which fs probably the most nox- ious effect the world war had on civil- sation, "Kee Four members of the orchestra have been engaged by professional sympho- nic organizations. ‘Three of them will. go to the Minneapolis symphony next season and, one to the Chicago sym phony... These are by no means the first to.go into the professional. sym: the mill from work & , % f ng bates tM berths \\ SBBAEPER, A phonic field from the Civic, and great’ ly is the Civic to be lauded for being the recruiting ground for the large orchestras, Between Waves of | ef TEP on the cur, he is crushed‘ The voice of revolt is hushed —— Friend decelves, foe defeats him, | pr abandons, hate eats him, in, as the ages, - | Seeking work without ® Having life without. living, 4 Getting naught for his giving. va Mother Earth, womb and grave, Fondly takes her final slave, Final slave and first master, In this day of his disaster, She whispers, and she steels himg ” Muscles flex, -his‘eye flashes, = Hope flames from its ashes! i \ Step on the cur? But take care!” He’ wears an ambiguous air, gf ok Reflects—and consorts with hi Is patient—proceeding by plan; And the tools that he chooses Have ominous uses. . . « Politician, employer and king, Take heed—she's recoiling to springt) i —J. W. 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