The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 12, 1925, Page 6

Page Six 44 THE OBICY WORK E THE DAILY WORKER. BA roses anu ow tata Ec canta cae lansaias tina Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, OL (Phone: Monroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall: 33.50....6 months ( vet months By mail (in Chicago only): if $4.50....6 months $2.60...3 months 66.60 per year $8.00 per year Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 4913 W. Washington Bivd. 3, LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F. DUNNE {nnn AILOPS MORITZ J. LOEB....++csverscensseseenes Qntered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post- Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. <p 290 Chicago, IMinele Advertising rates op app”cation Disappointing the Prophets It was not at all nice of Trotsky to return to Moscow after a sojourn at a health resort and don the harness of service to the Soviet government at the moment when his free lance “defenders” in all other countries were using up large quantities of glycerine to bring forth stage tears over the fall of another victim of the Bolshevist machine. The Communist Party of Russia is as great a mystery to the bourgeoisie and their literary hacks as is the persistence of the workers’ repnblics in refusing to fade away at a wave of the bourgeois hand. The enemies of Soviet Russia have always hoped for a split in the Russian Communist Party. Every difference of opinion on questions of policy is seized upon and magnified into the proportions of a serious rupture. During the discussion in the party in 1923, the lying capitalist press had “Zino- viev’ and “Trotsky” armies fighting-each other. That these reports were later on proven false did not bother the purveyors of adulterated news in the least. They know that the Russian Commun- ist Party is the steel backbone of the Soviet Re- public. They know that if the R. ¢. P. was danger- ously weakened, the end of the Soviet regime would be in sight. But the Russian workers and peasants also realize that it is the Communist Party that led them successfully thru the revolution; that it has guided the feet of the young republic thru the trials and dangers of civil war and is now laying the basis for a Communist society that will mean the end of all exploitation and inequality. They know that this party is what stands be- tween them and the howling wolves of capitalism who show their fangs on every frontier. They know that if the Communist Party was broken and its leaders overthrown, the czarist forces would be back again supported by the bayonets of the capitalist class of the world. This fate the work- ers and peasants do not want, so they stand behind the party and behind those who are keeping it along the path marked out by the immortal Lenin. The prophets of Soviet collapse have drawn on the waters of their optimism until the well has al- most run dry. Even Paul Scott Mowrer, who has scoured the sewers of Paris and Berlin for his series of articles exposing “Communism,” has to admit that there is no hope for the fall of the So- viet power. This is the way he wails: “Since there seems no immediate danger of factionalism within the Communist brotherhood or possibility of an anti-Communist uprising; since finally the econ- omic situation, tho bad, has improved somewhat and can continue as at present for a long time to come, it would seem that the hold of the arch- ‘conspirators upon the people and territory of So- viet Russia is as complete and unchallenged as even they could desire.” Paul Scott Mowrer does not think very highly of the leaders of Soviet Russia, but he admits they are there to stay. Which means that the rule of the workers and peasants is built on too strong a base to be shaken by the power of capitalism. All you enemies of the workers’ republic who have te to shed prepare to shed them now! 5 . . Capitalist Hypocrisy Calvin Coolidge, chairman of the executive com- mittee of the capitalist class, which rules this country, is delivering the goods. Tho his name will never be inscribed on the honor roll of those who have contributed something to the progress of the human race, he deserves well of his masters and no doubt will be handsomely rewarded by them. At the very moment when the steel bulldogs of Wall Street were growling at Japan from their kennels in the Hawaiian islands, Coolidge de- livered a speech on world peace in Washington. It was the duty of the United States, he declared, not only to look after American well being, but also to contribute to the organization of all na- tions toward universal peace. “The same humanity that has been able to erect the rule of law and liberty in the scale of great nations, will at last find institutions by which to place international relations in the same sure foundations,” declared the president. This is hypocrisy of the first water. Talking of peace while the greatest armada that the United States ever gathered together was rehearsing for a war with Japan, over the mastery of the Pacific and the other spoils of the Orient! This peace talk is only camouflage to fool the masses into the be- lief that our rulers are peacefully inclined, so that when the clash comes, the responsibility for the carnage can be laid on the shoulders of the Japanese, and the workers can be more easily mobilized to save the world from Japanese militar ism as they were in the last war to free mankind from the German peril. How German militarism was “killed” can be gathered from the election of \ d the militarist Hindenburg to the presidency ot| the “royal” German republic. Our rulers don’t want to kill militarism. They merely want to get rid of a commercial rival. The American fleet was not playing around aii in order to erect the “rule of law and Privates Crouch and Trumbull could y to that. They were openly and ostentatious- ly preparing for the coming war with Japan. And the $40,000,000 proposed to strengthen the defenses of the Hawaiian Islands are not conducive to a feeling of confidence in the-intentions of Wall Street, “to contridute to the organization of all nations toward universal peace.” liberty.” test The Constitution Among Friends Laws are made to be obeyed by some and en- forced by others. The constitution of the United States is honored by the ruling class when it suits their purpose. Any part of it that interferes with their suppression of the working class is treated with contempt. During the war it was treated with hostility and anyone insisting on his consti- tutional rights to express his opinions found him- self enjoying the hospitality of a . government prison. ‘The situation is now different only in degree. The police have no legal right to prevent speak- ers from addressing meetings on the streets of this city, where meetings do not interfere with traffic. But they do it. Members of the Workers (Com- munist) Party have been bundled into patrol wagons and held under an old ordinance which was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court several years ago, for speaking on are corners. But that does not bother the police. They keep on making arrests, and putting the speakers to the trouble of securing bail and spending val- uable time in the courts. The police take action on the request of the busi- ness elements, who do not like to have their petty larceny business tricks exposed to the workers. | But their efforts to suppress the truth will prove as ineffective as the attempt of old King Canute to keep out the incoming tide with a broom. The Workers (Communist) Party will fight for the right to use the streets of Chicago in order to bring the message of emancipation to the working class. The capitalists will undoubtedly continue to violate that part of the constitution which guarantees the right of free speech and free as- semblage. They will do this with the aid of their police. But this is an excellent way to teach the workers something that they need to know very badly. It is that this government is only a fake democracy. That it is the government of, by and for the capitalists, and the workers have no rights except those in the exercise of which the workers do not menace the power of the employers. Only when the workers have their own govern- ment and when they own this country and all its wealth, will they be able to enjoy the right of free speech or any other right. * . * “Equality” in India It must be admitted that England has ruled In- dia quite suecessfully—for the English exploiters. Ever since the first band of business burglars got their pedal extremities on the soil of India, the British government has carried.on a policy which divided the Hindus, into two factions, the ruling class who sold out to the money molochs of London and the masses who were betrayd by the native rulers in return for a guarantee of security in the sion of their wealth. Britain has been very careful not to offend the religious sensibilities or disturb the superstitions of the Hindus. The imperial bagman went after the substance and winked at the shadow. The con- quered could speak" any language they saw fit, worship any god they choose or follow any ancient custom so long as the British capitalists could make profit out of the exploitation of the natural wealth of India and out of the cheap labor of the Hindu workers. When in Rome, Britain does as Rome does, provided Rome lets Britain get away with the silver. But the British ruling class draws the line where the line should be drawn in the interests of its power and prestige. The natives must be shown that the white man is a superior person to the brown man, that the white soldier is above the brown soldier and that the brown soldier who is used as a tool to keep his people in slavery, is somewhat higher in the social scale than the brown native, the fellow Britain wants to keep at the bottom. The relative valne in the imperial eye of a British soldier, a Hindu soldier and a Hindu native can be seen from the fact that whereas only 13 British “Tommies” can be legally seated in a railway coach, 20 Hindu soldiers can be packed into a similar carriage and when used to transport civilians, the railroad company is permitted to jam 48 native passengers into this traveling prison. Thus one British soldier is worth more than three Hindu civilians. But the Hindus are learning that British superiority is largely a matter of more guns and knowledge how to use them. They are rapidly acquiring the knowledge and with knowl- edge will come guns. Before long the British soldier in India will not enjoy special favors. A sixty-year-old resident of Topeka, Kansas, shot and killed his 45-year-old wife and then turned the gun on himself. The double tragedy has excited considerable speculation, Local authorities are at a loss to ascribe a motive. But the last sentence in the news dispatch may supply the missing link. It reads: “Only $3.00 was found in their effects.” Perhaps that is sufficient. very day get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER a member for the Workers Party. ce rewenn: ‘ Fight: Reaction at Capmakers’ Conventio By JOSERM:).MANLEY. bas sitting in thé sessions of the capmakers’ convention one can readily see the steady and rapid prog- ress being made by the left wing in the trade union moyement. Fifty-eight delegates are present in the con- vention from the principal cities and cap and millinery centers of the coun- try. A number of these delegates from some of the principal cities are the left wing block in the convention. This left wing block is responsible for progressive resolutions and con- crete proposals for the strengthening of the organization in its struggles with the employers. The reactionary officials have, as is to be expected, a majority of the delegates in the con- vention, but the 1éft wing’ block is on its toes fighting intelligently and per- sistently for the “measures so neces- sary to the welfare of the organiza- tion against the “machine control of President Zaritsky,’ who presides at the convention. In watching the’sessions of this con- vention, one can easily see, dramatic- ally enacted, the whole struggle in the labor movemenit*'between the right wing that stands for class collabora- tion, and the left wing, which fights for class struggle.* At one of these sessions, the financially well estab- lished voice of the right wing, Abe Cahan, editor of the Forward, ad dressed the convention. His speech | was carefully chosen in its avoidance of a direct attack upon the left wing. It was a popular appeal to muddle- headed thinking, for all its well chos- en phrases. Cahan said he “was wafted into the labor movement thru dreams, rather than reality.” “However, unless a man is backed by reality he amounts to nothing. Your union must provide for material- istic wages, hours and working condi- tions and it must also provide for the | religious or idealistic side.” Cahan | cited the conquest by the materialistic emphasis in the trade union move- ment of Germany, and hailed as a great triumph for socialism and the trade union movement, the eight mil- lion, who voted for a)republic against a monarchy. “All this,” he said, “was accom- plished thru them becoming practic- al.” In closing he made a_ veiled criticism of the left wing saying, “in this country, in the various cities we have on the one hand, Tammany Hall politicians, and on the other hand, those who are dreamers. A combina- tion of practical and idealistic things | is necessary, so that you can tome to the synagogue on Sunday—the so- cialist synagogue,” A sharpjstruggle between the right and left wing is‘developing and will occur over questions such as endorse- ment by the convention of the DAILY WORKER: and the Freiheit. But, the big struggle ‘of the convention will be on the subject of a budget providing for the activities of the union for the coming two years: The first item, namely, the endorsement of the DAILY WORKER: has already been disposed of after: a stiff round be- tween the right and left wing, in the midst of which Zaritsky lost complete control of himself:and almost lost con- trol of the convention, The educational committee reported to one of the sessions of the conven- tion, three members in favor of en- dorsement of the DAILY WORKER, and three opposed. »The Zaritsky ma- jority, on finding itself confronted with this deadlocked committee add- ed another delegate, one of its own faction, to this committee. Later the committee reported back, this time three in favor of the DAILY WORK- ER, and four against. On the report of this committee, a sharp clash oc- curred between the right and left wing. Delegate Surin of Los Angeles, argued in favor of the endorsement Will Appeal Arrest of Science Teacher to Highest Court (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, May 10—The first test case under the new Tennessee law prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools and colleges is in the courts of Dayton, Tenn., the Amer- ican Civil Liberttes Union, which of- fered to handiéany such case, an- nounces. J. T.*Scoaps is charged with teaching evolution in his biology class at Rhea Central High School, Dayton, and is appearing before just- ice of the peace’ Squire Benson. The superintéfdent of schools and chairman of Dayton board of educa- tion are co-operating with the high school in the test case and business men of the towH, the Civil Liberties Union says, aré’ ready to go on bond for Scoaps. ‘The Tennessee anti- evolution law i8 the only statute of its kind passed, altho in Florida and North Carolina regulations of the state board of education have the same effect. The case, if lost, will be appealed to the highest court on the basis that it violates the 14th amendment by de- priving a teacher of his livelihood without “due proce: of I Romantic Sky Pilot Weds Actress. SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 10—Ramo- na Weaver Baxter, well-known Syra- cuse actress, aid Rey. Ernest John Bowden, a cleygyman of Atlanta, Ga., following a romance that started in the Liberal church in Atlanta, have obtained license at the city clerk’ R of the DAITY WORKER. He made can be told, the motfon to deny Sazar a splendid argument in favor of unity,| the privilege of the floor was passed J in the trade union movement, and pointed out that the DAILY WORK- ER more than any other English daily in the country advocated trade union unity. In an attempt to an- swer the argument made by Surin, General Secretary Zuckerman took the floor. His entire speech was an, attack upon, and complete misrepre- sentation of the left wing in the Cap- makers’ Union. He made a personal attack upon Delegate Sazar of New York, one of the leading left wingers in the convention. The tone of his remarks were of such a petty and scurrilous character ‘that he was in- terrupted several times by delegates raising point of order, especially when he attempted to say that the left wingers at a meeting in New York tried to bring the whole underworld to the meeting. After several points of order, Zuckerman was forced to confine himself to the question at is- sue, namely, endorsement of the DAILY WORKER. His indictment of the DAILY WORKER consisted of citing the issue of April 30, in which he said the DAILY WORKER had re- iterated its charge that Gompers was a crook. He said. “This is why Sazar and Shafren did not want to rise in tribute to Gompers.” Then he launched into a long tribute to Gom- vers, claiming that Gompers on pain of death went to Mexico, so a8 to see the operation of a real labor govern- ment. Immediately that Zuckerman closed his speech of misrepresenta- tion and personal attacks upon the yaaracter of some left wing delegates, Zaritsky was on the floor pounding with his gavel to quiet the uproar which greeted the closing of Zucker- man’s speech. Several left wing dele- gates were demanding the floor, but were not recognized by Zaritsky. On the contrary, he quickly picked up a motion by one of his own right wing delegates to close the discussion. The impartial and democratic Zaritsky acted just like Major Berry or any other hard-boiled labor skate in ram- ming thru the motion to shut off dis- cussion. He was forced, however, to recognize for a moment or two, the stormy petrel of the convention, Dele: gate Sazar, who asked for the privil- ege of the floor to answer the misrep- resentation and attacks upon his char- acter made by Secretary Zuckerman. Almost in a twinkling Zaritsky again recognized a right. wing motion/'to deny the privilege and faster than it by the Zaritsky’s machine-like major- ity. This did not, however, dispose of the left wing, Delegates Sazar, Shaf- ren, Feingold and Surin all peppered Zaritsky with question, as to the rights of his majority to deny the privilege of answering a personal and slanderous attack, based upon lies, Zaritsky, in the midst of this, lost all the sense of superficial dignity which is the mantle of the average general president. In answer to Sazar he said: “You will sit down or you will leave the hall in disgrace.” Then calling for the sheriff, who did not ap- pear, Zaritsky continued: ‘Who the devil do you think you are?“ Sazar said: “I am a regular delegate to this convention, and if you deny me the It is one of the really insportant ‘widustrial centers in the United States. Only three other states excel Ohio in its production of coal. Entering into the darkness of Ohio’s mines, the workers young and old alike, dig deeply thru the veins of coal in order to get this necessary product for in- dustry. Th eminers have a 100 per cent organization here. They have won this thru many years of struggle, thru long strikes during which they passed thru a most intense suffering. Today these miners face severe un- employment. More than half the mines are shut down. Those that work run one or two days per week. The outlook of Ohio’s coal miners who risk their lives every day they enter the mines is as dark as the coal it; self. Along the northern part of Ohio on the shore of Lake Erie we find the tremendous iron ore docks, when the massive boats of the United States Steel corporation dump the iroa ore which they bring from the iron min- ing towns of northern Michigan and Minnesota. There was a time when the bulk of workers on ‘these boats were older workers, but now the great majority of men employed on the boats are young workers most of whom are still in their teens. Working on the boats as coal pass- ers, as deck hands, doing the most menial work under the brutal direc- privilege now, I'll get even some day.” Zaritsky sajd: “Yes, outside.” Sazay said: “I have no business with you outside,” then Zaritsky, the’ gen president of the International Union| said: “I'll spit in your face.” It is sure that a real struggle will take place over the report of the min- ority and the majority of the budget committee. The majority report.swal- lows wholesale an estimate of expense for the upkeep of the union drawn up by the general officers, The minority report, it is rumored, is a real docu- ment presenting the point of view the left wing in the union for the effi- OHIO MAKES STEEL.—By Max Salzman HIO is a state of many industries.) tion of the captains of these boats cient and economical operation of the union for a militant struggle against the employers. A report of this will be printed’ later in the DAILY WORKER. 4 these young workers fresh from their schools toil thru day and night in order that iron might be brought from the head of the Great Lakes and coal returned there, With coal in the southern part .of the state and iron ore dumped on its northen shore, it is only natural thet Ohio should be a large steel center. Its many steel centers, Youngstown, Cleveland, Martin’s Ferry, Yorkville, and numerous others produce the backbone of capitalist society, Un- der the sweltering heat this black coal and this rusty ore finally merge into steel. No, these steel workers have no unions. At least none to speak of. In most of the small steel towns steel police act as the police of the towns. Union men are taboo, A strange contrast. Scab mined iron ore is brought to scab docks by union railroad men. There it is taken on scab run ships, dumped into union run cars into scab steel mills, where. with the afd of union mine coal it is turned into steel. The outlook might appear black for the steel workers and the coal miners in Ohio who form the most import- ant part of Ohio’s industries. It takes | black coal with red flames to turm iron ore into steel. 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