The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 10, 1925, Page 4

7 iH - Page Four Res a THE DAILY WORKER. pe eeeaihancri eet. patel lai cate i casas Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING OG. 1218 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, DL (Phone: Monroe 4718) GUBSCRIPTION RATES - By mall: 06.90 per year $8,60....6@ months $2.00...8 months By mall (in Chicago only): $8.00 per year $4.50....6 months $2.50...8 months ABéress all mail and wake out checks to THE DAILY WORKER £448 W. Washington Bivd. 3, LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F DUNNED [nem Ei tOr MORITA J. LOEB.......smrnn-Business Manager TEREST EE SE ARS ET SE oo Rutered as second-class mail Sept. £1, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. <p 290 Advertising rates op app”cation The Irish Famine Renewed efforts should be made to raise funds for the relief of the famine stricken workers and} peasants in the west of Ireland who are con- fronted with the prospect of slow and lingering death thru starvation, unless the workers of the world rally to their aid. Considerable skepticism as to the extent of the famine is met with and this is not surprising in view of the propaganda put out by the Free State government, ably assisted by the catholic clergy of Ireland and the United States. The Free State threw a few sops to the people of the famine region before the last elections. When the elec- tions were over, they locked the treasury door. Because a famine hurts the credit of a capitalist nation which puts the.interests of businessmen above human life, the Free State disapproves of efforts to raise money for the starving peasantry. Officials of that government have warned editors in the west of Ireland to “cut out that famine stuff.” And the Free State government is not particular about the weapons it uses in order to make its wishes respected. Its methods are differ- ent only in degree from those of Zankov of Bul- garia. The Peasants’ International recently issued a manifesto calling on the peasants of all countries to send help to their brothers and sisters in Ire- land. The industrial proletariat must do the same. Let us help and help quickly before it is too late, a people that produced a revolutionary leader like James Connolly who raised the flag of revolt against British imperialism in 1916 when the bodies of the proletariat were being mangled on the battlefields of Europe and their leaders, who had sworn to serve in the international army of labor, had betrayed the cause and the millions who trusted their leadership. On the ninth anniversary of the Communist Chicago, tHlineis x THE . WORKER Outlawing Cleveland Street Railway Union “One of the arbitrators was favorable to the union,” was the excuse given by the Cleveland Street Railway company for refusal to accept the award of a board of arbitration rendered about a year ago. If any doubt remains in the minds of the work- ers as to the fraud of arbitration this utterance of the company, now installing the open shop un- der the protection of the Ohio supreme court, should remove it. In the conflicts between capitalists and work- ers, as in other forms of war, there are moments that are favorable to one or the other of the forces involved, Last summer, during the convention of the republican party in Cleveland, the street rail- way men had a wonderful opportunity to bring the company.to terms. This opportunity was allowed to pass with the usual “welfare of the public” bunk played up plentifully by the officials of the street railway men’s union. The company wanted delay, knowing that such opportunities do not come every day, and succeeded in stalling the strike by “submitting” to arbitration, promptly rejecting the decision of the board after the emergency had passed. The supreme court, that staunch friend of cor- porations in distress, was appealed to. It not only upheld the right of the company to reject the find ings of the board, but went farther and declared the closed shop illegal in public utility enterprises. This is playing both ends against the middle with a vengeance. If the award of an arbitration board is against the workers they must, having bowed to “public welfare,” either accept it or for- feit the sympathy on which they staked so much. The capitalists, however, are bound, by no such restrictions. In nine times out of ten the award will be in their favor, but in the tenth case they can refuse to accept it, appeal to their courts and get a clean bill of health with a ruling outlawing the unions of the workers for good measure. This description of the process by which unions are hamstrung might seem somewhat far-fetched if we had not a concrete example which in com- plete disregard of the so-called right of the work- ers exceeds any product of our imagination. The open shop drive of the Cleveland Street Railway company has now the sanction of the highest body in the state and the street carmen are outlaws if they, strike against its ruling. Let us remember in this connection that the “experienced, practical and legitimate” leaders of the Cleveland labor movement, with one voice, urged the street carmen to remember the “public welfare” and not strike while the city’s hotels and Connolly’s death, the workers of this country | could honor his memory in no better way than by helping the cause for which he gave his life. They ean do this by relieving the sufferings of the work- ers and peasants whom Connolly loved so well that he gave his life to emancipate them. And in addi- tion they will strengthen the bonds of international solidarity and help bring the Irish workers closer to the revolutionary battalions that are marching forward in spite of all obstacles to the conquest of power and the ownership of their world. . . os “Joking” in Dixie From Bristol, Virginia, comes a story that ex- plains more than the incident with which it deals. A young girl announces that she has been attacked by a Negro, a mob is formed, a man-hunt starts, two Negroes are seized and all is ready for that most enjoyable of southern pastimes—a lynching of a black man—when the girl admits, under pressure from the few sane persons present, that she was only “joking.” How many Negroes have been sent to their deaths in similar cases will never be known, but if the records could be probed and the evidence collected it would be found that with negligible exceptions the crime of rape, the ostensible reason for their murder, was either imaginary or had been fastened on a black man to protect some white seducer by a mental process wtih which all psycho- pathists are familiar. The accusation of rape affords a convenient ex- cuse for the periodical acts of terrorism fomented and indulged in by the southern ruling class to keep the Negro population properly intimidated. The whole southern atmosphere is such that un- balanced white women are the exception rather than the rule and any sensation-seeking female can always aid a mob in securing a Negro victim. In this reeking southern cesspool where sadistic degeneracy is an effective weapon of the white exploiters, where yestigial remains of mediaeval chivalry have crossed with the most disgusting forms of sexual perversion to form a monstrous offspring whose bloody orgies are reported by the capitalist press with favorable comment, only mili- tant organization of the Negro workers and farm- ers and alliance with the conscious white workers who repudiate the persecutoin of the Negroes, can wipe out this result of suppression of one race by another. Such an alliance has more than a sentimental foundation. It must and will be consummated be- cause the whole purpose of these attacks on Ne groes is to keep them a subject class, lower in the social scale than the white workers, and by dis- sension and division. of their forces lower the liy- ing standards of both, leaving the bosses and land- lords supreme. A headline in the Chicago Tribune reads, “Mus- solini gags Italy with new constitution.” What constitution on that of America. party of American imperialism, to have faith in the party of American imperialism, to have faith ni the capitalist courts and confidence in the righteous- ness of their cause. This is the day of reckoning. Max Hays, editor of the official organ of the Cleveland labor movement, finds it necessary to kay: In view of what has happened I don't know whether we did right to advise the men not to strike during the republican convention. We believed we could get a square deal in the courts and took that chance. And-now John Stanley (head of the street railway company) has the upper hand. Such a statement, by a man whose life has: been spent in the labor movement, is an admission of defective mentality. When has labor ever received a “square deal” in the capitalist courts? And why should labor expect a square deal from institutions whose sole function is the protection of property privileges, of the power to rob labor and legalize the methods by which this is done? The Cleveland street railwaymen now must fight an uphill battle where once they held the ad- vantage. They have been fooled by their leaders as all workers are fooled who accept a leadership whose program consists in remaining respectable and amenable to the regulations of labor’s ac- tivities by its class enemies. The Cleveland case is first class example of the poisonous fruits of class collaboration, an example of the complete bankruptcy of a trade union lead- ership which rejects the class struggle. This basic error is responsible for the weakness of the Amer- ican labor movement and as long as the organized workers follow such leadership just so long will they meet defeat after defeat. It is a bitter lesson that the street railwaymen of Cleveland have had to learn, but if they have mastered it they are stronger than they were be- fore. They haye a fight on their hands and they must get the full support of the labor movement. The street car company has mustered its forces and intends to give no quarter. The street railway- men must fight with the same spirit and by mass resistance to exceptional laws prevent their being used to destroy the union. The fight now is to maintain their organization against the conspiracy of the capitalists and their forcible methods of suppression—weapons made more effective by the cowardice and ignorance of labor officialdom, Now that the Spanish have proven their in- ability to carry the “white. man’s burden” in Morocco, the French are taking a hand. The poor French are only acting in self defense of course. Those Moors will insist on claiming the right to live in their own country, “His overwhelming and determined way of utter- ing the most threadbare commonplaces.as if they were striking new discoveries makes conversation with him yery difflenlt even for ‘his, partisans.” This is a sidelight on yon Hindenburg. What excel- lent material for an American labor faker? Se | me eevee N otes of the International Labor Movement conditions in the mining villages were;to share in the revolutionary actfon REESE OR Ey RR Communists {mn German Shop Committees who personally created this will to unity, it was the working masses in the shops, and mills and mines who felt the absolute necessity for unity in the face of the menace of world reac- HE German Communists are stead-| tion, who pushed on their chiefs, the ily extending their influence in the| latter only giving expression to the shop committees, In the recent shop committee elections held in the im- portant industrial Halle district, the majority of members elected were Communists, In the great Schwartz- kopf shops in Berlin the votes were distributed as follows: Social-demo- crats, 691; Hirsch-dunker, 122; Com- munists and sympathizers, 956. In the shop committee of the largest metal works in Reimscheid, the Com- munists obtained 802 votes (five dele- gates); the reformists 237 (one dele- gate); the Hirsch-dunckers and Chris- tian unions, together 759 (five dele- gates). In this last case the victory of the Communists is especially sig- nificant in view of the fact that fol- lowing last year’s strike, all the Com- munist members of the shop commit- tees were dismissed. $$ | Red War Veterans Meet | HE Fifth Congress of the Interna- tional Veteran’ ‘Association was re- cently held inthe Hamburg Trade Union Hall, withy Comrade Pieck, Communist reichstag deputy, presid- ing. There were present 132 dele- gates from all parts of Germany, as well as delegations from Austria, Bel- gium and France. The reichstag Communist fraction, the International Workers’ Aid, and the Red Interna- tional of Labor Unions, were all rep- resented. The reformist trade unions declined the invitation to attend. A large part of the delegates were social democrat and non-party: Col- lective affiliation to the Red Aid was decided on. After the congress a delegation went to the Fuehlsbuttel fortress, to gteet Comrade Urbans, sentenced to twelve years hard labor for leadership of the Hamburg insurrection of 1923, and the other cpa comrades. [coming Struggle of Polish Miners| HE coal bosses of Poland have sig- nified their intention of cutting min- ers’ wages 10 per cent. The workers of the Dombrowa region, who have been suffering intensely for a long time from the exorbitant cost of liv- ing and unemployment, have decided to fight the wage cut. The coal bosses sive the “unproductivity of labor” as justification for the decrease, but sta- istics show that this excuse is in lirect contradiction to the facts. According to official figures, in Jan- uary, 1924, there were 224,000 miners producting 2,964,000 tons monthly, and in November, 1924, 150,000, producing 3,036,000 tons monthly. In other words, after 74,000 miners had been dismissed, monthly coal production rase 72,000 tons, production being raised by 973 kilég/per miner. Wages, however, underwent a 14 per cent re- duction in the yee of the same per- iod. The enormous Phat in profits accrueing to the «coal barons during this period is evidgnt from the follow- ing figures: «—- 1. The total reduction in wage costs, due to the reduction in person- nel, 7,600,000 2! (about, $380,000) monthly. ¥ 2. The total production in wage costs due to the 14 per cent decreases, total: 3. The abolition of the coa} tax, 4,680,000 zloti (about $234,000). This makes a total of, 14,422,000 zloti sup- plementary profits. The demands for a@ wage cut is meeting with bitter op- position on the part of the rank and file of the miners’ unions, and it seems very probable that a general strike will be provoked by this latest at- tempt on the part of the bosses to make the already. wretched condition of the Polish miners still worse, French T. U. Conference and “4 Unity T the recent ‘meeting of the na- tional committee of the French Gen- eral Unity Confederation (left), in Paris, Gossip, general secretary ofl the British Furnishing Trades Union, and Capp, of the British Minority (left) Movement; ‘attended, in order to tell of the efforts of the British militants toward§ international -trade union unity, and to enlist the sup- port of the Fretich workers ih this campéign, The? great enthusiasm which greeted their speeches showed that the delegates’ realized the vital importance of thee problem of unity, and were ready tp carry on the fight together with the»Red International of Labor Unions haa the left wing of the Amsterdam International for the gathering of the working masses into a single international, British Delegate Speaks. In the course of his address, Capp showed how the disillusionment caus- ed by the failure of MacDonaldism and the offensive entered upon by the employers and the conservative gov- ernment several months ago had caused a tremendous development in the tendency toward class struggle. thought of millions of wage workers. “The unity that we wish is not a marriage between red and yellow leaders, it is not a sentimental alli- ance, it is a basic union of the mass- es. And we, the minority, say that in this unity we must keep our abso- lute right to struggle against the so- cial democratic conceptions of class collaboration and for our revolution- ary principles.” “We hope that the delegates to the national committee will return to the laboring masses of France and show them forcibly that it is absolutely necessary to work for unity, which alone will permit the conquest of cap- italism. | Liebknecht’s Murder is Proved | HE bourgeois Vienna newspaper, Die Stunde, publishes sensational revelations in connection with the as: sassination of Karl Liebknecht, com- pletely confirming the version of the shooting which has been consistent- ly maintained by the Communists, The paper gives three photographs which conclusively establish the fact that the evidence given at the trial held after the shooting was abso- lutely false. The photographs, which were taken at the hospital to which Liebknecht’s body was carried after the murder, show that Liebknecht could not possibly have been shot at a distance of six metres while trying to escape from his captors, as was al- leged, but that he was shot point- blank, at the closest quarters, the bullets entering the breast, and not the back, as was claimed. The photographs were given out by a Dr. Jacobi, who was in attendance at the hospital to which the body was brought. Die Stunde declares that the photographic plates are still in the possession of the Berlin po- lice. This absolute confirmation of the fact of Liebknecht’s deliberate mur- der has aroused intense excitement among the German workers. The Rote Fahne is demanding the immediate re- opening of the case, and an ‘investi- gation into the culpability of the for- mer Berlin chief of police, Ernst, who seized and concealed the incriminat- ing plates, Swedish Union Delegation to U.S. S. R. DELEGATION of Swedish trade unionists is now visiting the U. S. S. R., carrying on a searching in- vestigation into factories, trade union organizations and co-operatives. The delegation has been very deeply im- pressed by what they have seen. Mat- lin, one of the delegates, and editor. of a Swedish social democratic pa* per, confessed that he had arranged with his party press to send them ma- terial to be used in attacking the Communists, but that since coming to Russia he had been convinced that his former conception of the Soviet government and Communism was er- roneous, and that the Soviet Union had accomplished tremendous things by the co-ordinated effort of workers and specialists. Leta soai See S 5 SA British Miners Must Fight | HE sub-committee of the executive of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain which has been conferring with the mine owners has made no progress, and the only course now open to the miners is to call a further delegate conference, formulate their wage demands and organize to fight for them. The Minority (left wing) Movement in the unions is keeping up energetic propaganda for the form- ulation of a united front of miners. metal and transport workers against the capitalist offensive on wages and hours which they are all facing. A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners’ Federation, and a leader of the Minor ity Movement presented the situatio: forcefully in a recent address: “This year will see the greatest struggle of British workers. Our on- ly hope lies in a united front both po- litically and industrially,” 2,142,00 zloti {about $107,000). | Industry today, he said, was stag- |" nant, and men, women and children were suffering more acutely than at any time within living experience. The policy of the employers was to get uniformity of conditione based on those of the worst conditions of any body of workers in Burope. It must be understood that the min- ers of Britain were’ not going back. Rather were they going to strive to the utmost to bring their comrades in other countries up to a higher standard, Referring to the state of the mining industry, Cook said it must first be understood that coal, land, machin- ery, and capital assets today belong- ed to private individuals linked to- gether in trusts and combines which controlled industry. The workers in This tendency, ofganized by the Min-| industry had to no-control whatever ority Movement, strength at the had decided to Russia, and to | vor of interna! It is not had shown its |. congress, which a stand in fa- unity, Cook a delegation to| who w over production and consumption, They were simply the wage slaves made use of when the em- ployers so desired. It was now admitted that the wages of the minors were a scandal and dis- Bramley, ont te cee AE On A SE grace to a civilized community, The 4 beyond description. Imagine 300,000 men taking home each week amounts varying between the paltry sums of 20 shillings and 60 shillings. (About $4.84 and $12.18.) On the other hand, during the last ten years the employers had made nearly 800,000,000 pounds of profits, The mine owners had opposed every attempt to improve the standard of living of the mine workers, and had even opposed the introduction of legis- lation designed to ensure the safety of men in the mines. Bad as were present conditions, they had only secured them in the teeth of the most violent opposition of the coal owners. Since Black Friday wages in the ma- jority of districts had been reduced by 50 per cent, and, not content. with this, the owners were further attack- ing the basic rates, pit by pit, and district by district. —— “Sadoul Offers Services to French Communist Party N' the evening of his acquittal Cap- tait Jacques Sadoul met with a tremendous ovation from thousands of Paris workers. Sadoul made his first. appearance as a free man at a mass meeting held by the Paris Communist Party to launch the municipal election campaign. sl The meeting was held at the huge Luna Park hall, and was filled to overflowing. Comrade Marcel Cachin ; had opened the meeting, pointing out the necessity of conquering the muni- cipal governments, and directing a stinging attack against the left wing government. “We have gone thru the experience of a radical-socialist government,” he said. “It is dying in impotence—it has accomplished none of the things that it promised. By its weakness, it has left the way clear for fascism.” Comrade Marguerite Faussecauve followed Cachin, and while she was speaking, Sadoul entered the hall, ac- companied by his lawyer, Berthon. Paris Workers Greet Sadoul. As soon as the audience caught sight of Sadoul, thunderous applause swept thru the hall, and he was caught up and borne in triumph to the platform, amidst shouts of “Amnesty” and “The Soviets, the Soviets!” and the singing of the International. Great excitement had been aroused among the French workers by the trial of Sa- doul, who is looked upon not only as a French comrade, but also as a mes- senger from the Russian workers’ re- public. Deeply moved by the demonstra- tion, Sadoul greeted the Paris work- ers after his seven years’ exile. “From a lawyer,” he said, “I have become a man of action. I have come to the proletariat for action I want of the French proletariat ag I did in the revolutionary action of the Rus- sian, You can count on me, and use me. I want to work, and you can count on my complete devotion.” As Sadoul ended, the International was sung again, and shouts for am- nesty and the Soviets again ran bee the hall. Sadoul Trial and Acquittal, Sadoul was acquitted by four votes to three of the charges of desertion and of “intelligence with the enemy” in Russia in 1918, « It was the second court martial. The first, in 1919, condemned him to death in his absence, He returned to France last December to demand a retrial, and was at once arrested. Among those who gave evidence on his behalf were M. Rakovsky, M. Al- bert Thomas and M. Henri Barbusse. A letter was also read from M. Trot- sky. Sadoul’s *aetense was simple and straightforward. He declared himself a revolutionary and acknowledged that he had taken service with the Soviet government. But he had not done so until after the war. At the time when he was serving the best interests of France py urging the Am- bassador M. Noulens, to recognize and help the new Soviet Republic. “From the day of their advent to power,” he declared in court, “Lenin and Trotsky appealed constantly to the French military authorities for help in continuing the war against Germany. But M. Noulens refused, and the peace of Brest-Litovek was signed. “The Noulens-Clemenceau poliey w: responsible for the treaty of pike which prolonged the war. On their shoulders rests responsibility for the deaths of some hundred cbouemabe' Gt of French soldiers.” It was not defense, but a defiant vindication and a remorseless counter- attack. A curious court martial, which was rather the indictment of thie governments by Sadoul than the ecution of Sadoul by a French. go’ ernment. Sadoul launched his’ accusations. His lawyer, Maitre Berthon, arguing successfully that in no legal sense has the Soviet government been the “en- emy” of the French republic, got the charge cut down to simple “deser- tion.” Failure to join M. Noulens in his unnecessary and undignified flight to Finland could scarcely be counted “desertion.” Sadoul could retort with some reason that it was the ambassa- dor who had deserted, he who had stayed at his post, Give your shopmate this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be sure to see him the next day to get his subscription. NE by one and with increasing rapidity the various units of the BUILDERS AT WORK A Way to Conduct a Communist Campaign. Minneapolis Offers Lessons to Our Party. Workers (Communist) Party are learning that the DAILY WORK- © ER is not simply a Communist newspaper of working cla but also and mainly the MEANS by movement. Minneapolis is now in a stirring local election campaign. Stevens, veteran fighter of organized labor in this city and acting city DAILY WORKER agent, is the Communist candidate for mayor. Never has Minneapolis seen such a campaign. Noon-day shop meetings, trade union meetings and open air meetings are reaching workers wherever they gather. 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