The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 1, 1925, Page 8

Cae at Page Two THE DAILY WORKER RESTORE SOVIET | RAILWAYS UNDER WORKERS’ RULE Mend Damage of World War and Civil Straggle WASHINGTON, D. GC, (Speelat)— The resutt of three years of Intensive effort to restore the Russian raliwaye is summed ep in bulletins recetved from the commissartat of transport In Mosoow by the Russian Information bureau In Washington. The greatest task was the restora- tion of the roadbed, railway structures on rolling stock, which the world war and the civil streggies left im a condi- tion of extreme depletion. Reconstruction Almost Completed Of the 8,672 railway bridges with a total length of 48 miles destroyed dur ing the ctvil wars, 2,301 with a total mainder all but 38 are in use under temporary repairs. Virtually all of the 1,360 miles of woadbed destroyed have been restored to operation and most of the destroy- storage buildings and the 406 water tanks demolished in the period of civil strife have been replaced, During 1924, 17,500,000 new ties were laid, of which about half were im- & In apite of the lows of consiterabie to the border states, railway in the Soviet Union today is than that of the Russia of the beginning of the present (Oct. 1) 45,000 miles of m operation, as compared Ht 8 : E E $3 a Freight cars at the beginning of the year numbered 442,200, of which 70.5 per cent were in good order. In 1913 there were 602,101 freight cars, of which 76 per cent were in good order. The average daily run of freight lo- comotives and cars has- increased rapidly during the past two years and is close to the prewar figure, while the average freight car loading for last year was greater than in 1913. Passenger travel has been brought to pre-war standards. The speed of trains has been increased and they are running on time. The railroad code adepted June, 1922, which gave the raflroads the status of juridical persons and made them responsible for loss and damage and delays to shipments, has aided greatly in the recovery. Under the code a scientific rate system has been worked out, economic surveys of the regions served have been plotted for future development, and modern effi- ciency methods have been applied for operation and management, as a re- sult of which operating costs have steadily fallen. The Radio in Russia. WASHINGTON, April 27.—Six thou- sand workingmen’s clubs in Russia @re being equipped with radio sets and loud speakers, says the Russian information bureau in Washington. Two radio newspapers, containing news, jokes, stories, editorials, etc., are broadcast each day, the sending periods being adjusted to the time when the morning and afternoon halves of the day’s labor are ended. By EARL R. BROWDER. Acting Secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party. HLEBRATION of the First of May, 1925, will be the most wide- spread, best-organized and most en- thusiastic May Day in the history of the American movement, May Day, which was originated as the workers’ holiday in the Unit- ed States, is now being re-estab- Hshed after years of banishment in favor of the capitalist-chosen “La- bor Day” of September. ‘The return of May Day as a day of universal demonstration of work- ing class sentiment and organiza tion is coincident with the coming to leadership of the militant work- ers of America of the American sec- tion of the Communist Five Communist May Days in The Light That Guides! By 4. LOUI8 ENGDAHL. pee MAY DAY, May ‘1, 1925, is the fifth May Day on which Communism in America hurls its challenge in the face of American capitalism. It is the fifth May Day that American Communism broad: casts fts appeal to the whole Ameri- can working class, calling to it to enlist under fts standards, the red flag of the Communist Internation- al. This year, Muy 1, 1925, broader magses than ever before are being reached. More Communist litera- -ture has been distributed, more May Day demonstrations have been planned, there is greater contact of Communist workers with non-Com- munist workers, than ever before, The First May Day. ‘The year 1920 started with the nation-wide “anti-Red raids” of Pal- mers department of justice under President Wilson’s waning regime, that put thousands in jail. This was but an echo in this country of the world-wide capitalist hysteria growing out of the revolutionary un- rest of labor everywhere; an unrest inspired to action by the victory of the Russian workers and peasants. Tt was early in this year that large numbers of workers were deported; that one ship especially, carrying an unusual number of deportees, was christened “The Soviet Ark,” certain indication that it carried a Communist cargo, but also freighted with the fable, that has hovered over this land, that “America is an Asylum for the Oppressed of all Na- tions.” That fiction was forever ex- ploded in the minds of more millions of workers; additional reason why capitalism should be completely obsessed by the fear of Communism. The joy and self-satistaction with which the whole ruling class put thousands of Communists in jail, in those 1920 Palmer “red raids” is best echoed in a whole series of headlines to be found in a single issue of the New York Times as fol- lows: 100 Taken In and Near Buffalo. Raids in 17 Connecticut Towns. Fifteen Taken in Bridgeport. Selze 150 Radicals in Nashua, 65 Arrested in Manchester, Selze 30 Russians in Boston. Seize Elght In Lawrence. Nine Arrests Made In Holyoke. Worcester’s Total Exceeds 50. Take Thirty at Lowell. Twenty-one Arrested in Haverhill. Springfield Rounds Up 65. Several Arrests in Rhode Island. Round Up 18 at Baltimore. Oakland Raid Nets Fifteen. Interna- tional—the Workers (Communist) Party of America. May Day, 1925, witnesses tm the United States more than 260 mass meetings and celebrations organ- ized and led by the Communists. The May Day manifesto of the Workers (Communist) Party 1s dis- tributed thruout the United States in 17 different languages and over a million copies. More than 100,000 workers will directly take part in the celebrations of our party. ee» b Sains renewed life and viger or eur movement, {ts ever increasing volume and enthusiasm, has been fed during the past year on solid food. Since last May Day we Commun- ists have made our first nation-wide election campaign in the United States, supporting the candidacy of Loulsvilles Bag Is Twenty. And that is mentioning only a few; leaving out the savage attacks on the workers in Detroit, Mich., Chicago and scores of other indus- trial centers. PASSING UP THE BOSSES’ “LABOR DAY” Pyne ea Our Party on the First of M Foster and Gitiow, ‘We have polled enethi ef ail the votes east in the national eleo- tien of the United Mine Workers of America, the strongest single union in America, We have established ourselves in a dozen other national unions as a factor of the first importance in the life of the organization, We have united organically with the nationalist movements of the op- Dressed Latin-American peoples, in the Anti-Imperialist League of the Americas. We have established the fraterni- sation of the yellow and white races tim Ameriea, in the joint memorials held in honor of the great Chinese leader, Sun Yat Sen, We have carried Communism into the streets of America in a series of demonstrations for the recogni- The Communist movement had been driven underground, many Communists had been placed on trial in the courts, but this did not in the least lessen the fear that haunted the great capitalists, their kept politicians, their yellow editors and ranting pulpiteers. The sleep- ing giant—American labor—was stirred in his sleep and the Com- munist movement got full credit for it: especially for the outlaw strike of the switchmen of that year, the steel strike of the previous year, both coupled with the beginning of the fight of Alexander Howat, at the head of the Kansas coal miners’ un- ion, against the courts and the gov- ernment of that state. Palmer's “May Day scare” of 1920, will re- celve its due attention in the prole- tarian histories of the future, eeu ge The Second May Day. M’** DAY, 1921, found Ruthen- berg, Winitsky, Gitlow, Larkin and Ferguson in prison in New York state. The trial of the mem- bers of the Communist-Labor Party had taken place in Chicago. The “general strike” in Seattle, Wash., had been dragged thru the courts at Chicago, and outlawed along with Communism. But capitalist fear of Communism had in no way lessened. American labor was demanding recognition of Soviet Russia and the opening of trade relations with the workers’ and peasants’ republic; the political prisoners of the world war were coming out of capitalism’s bastilles and taking their places in the ranks of the class struggle; So- viet rule was crushing each new in- terventionist effort of Yudenitch, of Wrangel, of Denikin, and with them allied hopes; shops and facories, mills and mines were closing down, strikes were increasing in ferocity everywhere thruowt the United States. Muay Day, 1921, marks « period of the solidification of the tion of Soviet Russia, for the Ia- ternational Trade Union Unity Com- mission of the British and Russian unions, and against the Second In- ternational, as a part of the cam- paign to expose the counter-revolu- tionist, Abramovich. We have been an important seo tion of world-wide demonstrations against the threatened execution of Lansuteky by the Polish reaction- aries, which resulted in staying the hands of these, among the most mur- derous of imperialist agents. We have taken a leading part In the mobilization of the struggle against wage cuts which faces the American working class as its most important immediate problem. ‘We have participated in every ac- tion of the most forward sections of the workers. We have consolidated our own organization. We have won ranks of Communism in America, and increasing efforts to develop contact with the masses of Ameri- ca’s workers, Lh eS The Third May Day. M’* DAY, 1922, found the Ameri- can Communist movement bat- tling energetically in the open. The Workers (Communist) Party had been organized but a few months before, and on this year’s May Day our Communist appeal went forth to America’s toiling masses: ‘“Capi- talism and Chains, OR, Social Rev- olution and Freedom.” Our May Day Manifesto of this year reviewed the struggle of the previous two years, It showed that when the railroad men threatened to strike, the government answered their just demands with injunction courts and obligatory arbitration. When the miners struck, they, too, were forced to submit to arbit- ration courts. John L. Lewis, the president of the mine workers, true to the traditions of American labor leadership, which demands peace and class collaboration with capl- tal at any price, called off the strike, because, “he was not fighting the government.” State militia and the police were called out to make war on the New England textile workers opposing wage cuts, Thru laws forbidding strikes, and the launching of a brutal “open shop” campaign, it was sought to rob labor of its weapons and bring the workers to their knees. Many workers were sent to prison under so-called anti-syndicallst laws used especially against the members of the Industrial Workers of the World. Millions of jobless walked the streets. Under these conditions greater masses than ever before Ustened to the May Day | (Speciay International May. Day Edition) ay, 1925 the respect of our enemies and the love of our friends, We have learned to fight effectively and how to make alliances with our natural fellow- fighters. E haven’t brought the revolution yet in America, The road to that goal is still long and rocky. What we have done, however, is to set our feet firmly upon that road and shown to the conscious work- ers that this road, the road of um flinching class struggle, is the ouly road to working-class emancipation. This May Day, 1925, is then the beginning of a new era of educe- tion, organization and stru, which will bring new hundreds of thousands of the American workers into the international army of pro- letarian revolution, and bring closer the day of a workers’ and farmers’ government in America. America the Communists on International Labor Day, in 1922. see The Fourth May Day. ‘AY DAY, 1923, finds the Amert can Communist movement stronger than ever, in spite of the vicious attack launched against it thru the government attack on the Communist Convention, at Bridg- man, Mich. and the indictments levelled at scores of its most prom- inent leaders. The capitalist dictatorship, under the republican administration of President Harding, at Washington, was trying to get “back to normal cy,” by war upon the most militant section—the Communist section—of the working class. Not only the Communist Party but the Trade Union Educational League became the object of the bitter onslaught in an effort to offset the increasing Communist influence over contina- ally growing masses of American workers. The May Day season found the Foster and Ruthenberg trials in Michigan engaging the attention of the workers the nation over. From the court room at St. Joseph, Mich., By BARNEY MASS. Acting Secretary of the Young Workers League. NE of the most important tasks of the Young Workers League of America, is the struggle against cap- italist militarism. In the European countries militarism . stands. more nakedly before the working class’ youth; therefore making it easier to discern it as an institution indispen- sible for capitalism. Compulsory mil- itary training for all young workers, when they have reached a certain age, general discrimination and marked distinction between the soldier and the civilian all contribute to the ex- posure of this most repulsive institu- tion of capitalism. In this country, however, the meth- ods and tactics pursued to develop a powerful capitalist army and navy, are to say the least more subtle. To characterize this, we can point to the inauguration of the Citizens’ Civil Military Training Camps in 1928. Since then, this organization has in- creased its influénce and popularity. Some of the most notorious open shop interests have and continue to con- tribute liberally with money, in order to make the Citizens’ Civil Military Training Camps a permanent and in- fluential instrument thru which will be developed a well trained, discip- lined army to be available to any pur- pose which will suit the interests of American capital. ECRUITING offices to enroll in the Citizens’ Civil Military Training Camps exist in every prin- cipal city. Many thousands of dol- lars have been spent in giving pub- icity to these camps. Many employ- ers influence their employes to enroll in the camps. Compensation for the time to be spent in these camps is extended to many young workers. Other inducements are offered to stimulate the interest of the young American workers in the Citizens’ Civil Military Training Camps. At these camps, a thoro training of militarist discipline and patriotism is inculeated in the minds of the naive recruits. Repetition of such training quickly produces an army of the 100 per cent American philosophy. 'N the face of this alarming danger for the working class, the official- dom of the A. F. of L. at the last con- vention in Bl Paso, made the organ- ized labor movement thru the usual treacherous tactics pursued by these labor fakers, an abettor for the Citi- zens’ Civil Military Training Camps. By endorsing this institution which was consistent with the policy of the late traitor Gompers, who endorsed the boy scout movement of America together with Hughes, Pershing and Per other hirelings of American capital, it has given the Citizens’ Civil Military Training Camps a more attractive form as it now can pose as an instl- tution endorsed by the American la- bor movement and the latter will ben- efit considerably from ft, Such is the present state of aaffirs in regards to this latest effort of the American cap italists, in trying to develop Ameri- which Americans age of Acam militasem thru May Day Greeting from Our Youth i ri Se Re IE: ct Tra ni DG man Dd De tt sr ln na where the capitalist inquisition was held, the Communist message went forth to labor everywhere, from the lps of Communism’s chosen spokes- men. Our Communist movement was developing its united front strug- gles. The drive for amalgama- tion was winning the attention of great numbers of organized work- ers, while the campaign for the la- bor party, in the political field, was attracting the favorable attention of workers and rousing the hostility of the reactionaries, the whole strength of the Gompers’ regime in the American Federation of Labor being enlisted in the war against the Communists. The Communist counter-attack finally forced the la- bor reaction to show its real colors, Placing it in open alliance with the terror reign of the capitalist gov- ernment itself. This was the first May Day on which the American Communist movement could boast of the exist ence of its English-language daily, the DAILY WORKER, the establish- ment of which constitutes one of its greatest achievements. This was an additional cause for increasing enthusiasm and great rejoicing on the celebration of this May Day. eee ‘The Fifth May Day. ‘AY DAY, 1926, finds the Work- ers (Communist) Party, stand- ard bearer of the struggle for Com- munism in the United States, more aggressive than ever in its chal- Jenge to the capitalist enemy. The reading of this year's May Day Manifesto gives an insight into the many successful activities that the American Communist move ment is carrying forward. The fact that great May Day demonstrations are being organized in hundreds of cities is testimony that these activi- ties are attracting new masses of workers to the Communist ranks. The party still stands before the capitalist courts in Michigan. It stands there as a challenger to cap- ftalism. In simflar manner it stands as the champion of the oppressed in every struggle of the working class. On their Fifth May Day, American Communists eagerly march forward to take up greater -tasks to make their party, the Workers (Commun- ist) Party, an even worthier se0- tion of the Communist Internation- al, labor’s world leadership in the struggle for the overthrow of capi- talism everywhere. a sistently effectively fighting the Citi- zens’ Civil Military Training Camps. The American working class must rally to the support of the Young Workers League in order to make our fight a success. The action of the officialdom of the A. F. of L. by en- dorsing the C, C. M. T. ©. at the El Paso convention must be repudiated. Workers of America, join the Young Workers (Communist) League in its fight, to REVENT the utilization of the la- bor movement by the open shop interests for their ulterior motives. Abolition of capitalist militarism. And to establish a workers’ repub- He in which the working class youth will be trained for the benefit of so- siety and cease to be objects of ex- ploitation. Marxian Principles in Mongolian Peoples Party’s New Program URGA, (via Moscow, by Rost#.— The plenary session of the central committee of the Mongolian people's party was closed here after adopting new statutes and program of the party. With the adoption of the new program, the Mongolian people's party resolutely embraces the Marx- ist principles, and will take a definite orientation on the poorest and lower middle elements of the population. ‘Textile Counoll Alde Thread Strike. PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island. Financial and moral support is pledged to the 2,500 American Thread Company strikers at Willimantic, “onn., by the Rhode Island Textlie -ounell, composed of Rhode Island local unions aMliated with the Unit- ed Textile Workers’ Union. The strike has lasted 12 weeks. THE DAILY WORKER. Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il. 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