The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 22, 1925, Page 3

. churches. jt SOLDIERS MUST FIGHT DOPE OF DOLLAR LACKEYS Trumbull Tells of Lot of U. S. Cannon Fodder (Continued from page 1.) us to go back to work and told us that we would go to hell if we didn’t. “After church, we got together and a@ few of us tried to make the rest hold out but they were afraid of what the preacher said. We had proof that the preacher had received money to get them to go back to work but they wouldn’t listen to us, They went back to their slavery at a reduced wage.” ‘ Could any expose be plainer? This man is a typical coal miner of the red-blooded American type. He was fighting against superstitious dogma inbred by the tools of capitalism—the Are you, comrades, going to be thus balked in your ‘fight for freedom? Merely because the preacher said 80 these men went back to slavery at a reduced wage. Too many of us take a thing for granted just because our mother, father, the school teacher or the preacher says so, without ques- tioning the veracity of the statement. Think For Yourself As Comrade Crouch arid I have done (along with millions of Communists thruout the world) so must you. Our motto is: “Tf so, why? If not, why not?” ‘ Think for yourself! ‘Don’t let the greed stained clergy sway your thoughts with fluent language. Use the brain that you were born with. One of the first steps to break the power of the green-headed monsters— the puppets of the church. When the church openly opposes the action of unionized labor and for that opposition receives blood-money, then it is time for all true proletarians to expose and dethrone this vendor of ancient and impossible dogma! How much longer is this curse going to continue in America? How much longer are we going to permit the preacher-wolf to keep the masses in ignorant slavery to the avaricious hand of capitalism? In our war against the monster of class rule, we must not forget its right hand supporter—religious dog- ma! _ Secret Organization Approved by Meeting of Commerce Chamber (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., May 20.— That the federal government trade commission is merely the creature of big business was well illustrated to- day when the spokesman for the ma- jority group of that commission ap- peared and spoke before the conven- tion of the United States chamber of commerce and boasted that the com- mission’s.new policy of secrecy in charges against monopolies was a fine arrangement for business. Formerly, when charges were made, usually upon complaint by one firm against another on the ground of monopoly in restraint of trade, un- fair trade practices, etc., the commis- sion, as a public body, gave out the news of the filing of the charges. Since Coolidge was elected and managed to make additional appoint- ments of the blackest reactionary commissioners, the comm‘ssion has made a rule barring. #"e records of its actions from publicity in the news- papers, and making all charges a close secret. A small minority on the trade com- mission, feeling a responsibility to small business as against the great monopolies, has held that the secrecy is sure to cover up fraudulent prac- tices and criminal business men may escape, punishment and even publicity * by simply promising to do better in the future. OPEN SHOP DRIVE GOING STRONG IN THE ENGLISH BUILDING TRADES AS UNEMPLOYMENT AIDS BOSSES LONDON, May 20.—The scheme of lord Weir to erect standardized steel houses on a Ford mass production basis means a new extension of scientific management and slavery to the machine. The British building trades unions are determined to fight it to the last ditch. Weir’s plan presupposes com- plete disregard of the trade union conditions established by joint agreement in the industry, substituting semiskilled metal workers on a piecework basis. The issue is difficult for the build-¢—————_—_____—- ing trades unions because the Weir ,standards and eliminate skilled crafts- proposal is advanced ostensibly to meet the housing shortage, In 1919 England needed 1,000,000 houses and the shortage has increased to 2,500,000 according to General Secretary Geo. Hicks, Amalgamated Union of Build- ing Trades Workers, In spite of increasing shortage, building programs have been curtail- ed while the union has paid. $1,500,- 000 unemployment benefit. A Plain Open Shop Drive Hicks sees the Weir plan with its rejection of the government fair-wage clause as an attack on wage standards by the federation of British industries. This is supported by Weir's state- ment that he would not pay metal trades wages on his houses if they were higher than the building trade. He admitted he had no wage agree- ment with any union and stated that it would add about $120 per house to observe building trades conditions, This clearcut attempt to take ad- vantage of the widespread unemploy- ment in the metal trades aims at in- troducing cheap labor into building. President Thomas Barron of the Building Operatives Union refers to it as a backdoor method to lower men from the industry. Another “Impartial” Court of Capitalists The recommendations of the court of inquiry, which practically gives the Weir plan a clean bill of health, produced much protest. The report discounts the fear that such plans will unduly compete with the regular building industry, holds that observ- ance of the fair wages clause is a matter to be determined by the local authorities and asserts that rates of pay on the work should be settled by agreement between Weir and the unions of the men employed, which means the metal rather than the Bulding Trades Union. It then goes out of its way to assert that: “Payments by results—a recognized feature in the metal trades—is parti- cularly appropriate to the methods both of manufacture and assembly followed by Messrs. Weir in house construction.” This opens wide the door to Ford- izing the building industry in spite of the assertion of General Secretary R. Cappock of the Federation of Build- ing Trades Operatives that “British workers are too intelligent to adopt the idea of Henry Ford as it is done in America.” The question is will they be able to resist it. SOVIET UNION EXPORTS OVER 35 MILLION GOLD RUBLES WORTH OF FARM PRODUCTS, NEXT CROP BIGGER MOSCOW, May 20.—According to information gathered after the investi- gation by the department of agriculture the seeded area of the Soviet repub- fies, excluding Turkestan, the Far Eastern region and Transcaucasia, is the and the following: Winter crop, 29,135,000 dessiatins; spring crop, 49,449,000 dessia- costes ans! Ps pte to The total seeded area is 78,584,000 dessiatins, which in comparison | receive at the hands of the authori- with the area of last year is 6 per cent more than that of the spring crop | ties, the Soviet, high official declared and 6.2 per cent more than the area for the spring crop and’4 per cent more | that there was,aboslutely no admin- than .the total seeded area of last ¢————__-________________ | istrative “pressure” brought to bear tins. year. In Ukrainia the area seeded for the winter crop was 10 per cent less than last year; in Siberia, 3.6 per cent less; in Caucasia, 9.7 per cent less, and in Kirgisia, .8 percent. No decrease in the seeded area was noted. The incerase in the area seed- ed for the winter crop in the R. S. F. S. R. is 4.9 per cent; in White Rus- sia, .3 per cent. The increase in the area seeded for spring crops in Ukrainia is 1.1 per cent; in Siberia, 10.9 per cent; in White Russia, 8.4 per cent; North Cau- casia, 3.6 per cent; Kirgisia, 1 per cent. Agricultural College in Siberia The Siberian Agricultural Academy celebrated its first graduation this spring. Diplomas were given to 50 graduates, to 30 agricultural engi- neers and to 25 forresters. Among the graduates were several women. All of those who graduated have already secured positions in the villages. In the future the academy expects to graduate 150 agricultural specialists each year. Progress of Cotton Campaign The Central Cotton Committee re- ports that the cotton seeding camp- aign started in the regions of Fergan and Bukhara during the latter part of March and in Sirdiria the first of April. From the beginning of the campaign to the first of February 67,000 dessiatins were seeded, or 32.4 per cent of the entire area planned upon. In Bukhara 2,300 dessiatins were seeded in March with American seeds, which makes 58 per cent of this year’s program for cotton seed- ing. The results thus far indicate that in Fergan 20 per cent more land will be seeded for cotton than was planned and in other regions 10 per cent. Export of Farm Products. Beginning October 1st, 1924 and up to april 1st, 1925, total export of furs from Russia exceeded 35 million gold rubles. During the same period new furs for export have been prepared in the amount of 15 million rubles. During the last half year over 6,700,000 poods of flax have been pre- pared for export. Exported during the same period over 2,600,000 poods, The export of hemp during the win- ter was in the amount of 270,000 poods. Various oil seeds, such as sun- flower, flax, etc., were exported dur- ing October-November of last year in the amount of about 9% million gold rubles, 3,100,000 gold rubles more than @ year ago. Considerable increase is noted, in ‘| the greatest possible measure of initi- GAINS IN COAL AND GOLD MINES Forestry and Fisheries Also in Good Shape (Continued from page 1.) chan coal mines have progressed es- pecially well, while with regard to gold, it is worth While noting that a gold trust hasbeen organized in the region, 2 A question closely bound with Manchurian interests, Mr. Gamarnik remarks, is the question of Egger- sheld—the port of Vladivostok. The transit part (free harbor) of this port is being opened just now, and a num- ber of vessels have already been char- tered for the new service. In con- nection with the opening of the trans- it part of the pont, a Soviet Chinese corn exchange js to be shortly estab- lished at Vladivostok. Speaking of Saghalien, Mr. Gamar- nik said that,the first Soviet ship bound for the monthern port of the is- land had sailed from Vladivostok on the eighth of this month, carrying on board sowing material, a detachment of military guard.and a group of offi- cials, Receive Big Concessions. A big number of foresty, mining and other concession propositions have been received from the Japanese since the sighing of the treaty, and ensuing negotiations are now under way. Concession propositions have likewise been received from British, Belgian and German citizens, and have been or are being considered and negotiated. Meanwhile, the Pe, tukhe tin mines have been leased on the basis of a concession contract to | the Bruner company, while the Ayan Corporation, Ltd., an English firm has obtained a concession in the Okhotsk district. . Replying to questions as to the role} of private capital in the economic life | upon private capital in the Far Wast- ern region. On,bthe contrary, he said, ative is being), accorded, in the in- terest of the economic progress of the Far Bastern region, to private capi- THE DAILY WORKER |FAR EAST SHOWS LEATHER WORKERS’ UNION FACES OPEN SHOP MONOPOLY WITH BUT ONE PER CENT ORGANIZATION By CARL HAESSLER Federated Press Industrial Editor. CHICAGO, May 20.—(FP)—Though gradually picking-up strength and buttressing its 50 to 60 locals, the United Leather Workers’ International Union has scarcely scratched the surface in the huge job of organizing the 150,000 to 200,000 tanners in the United States. In eddition to the basic tanning industry, the leather workers enroll men and women in all the leather crafts except boot and shoe making. Among the trades are harness making, machinery belting, leather goods, suitcases and bags and sporting goods including leather put- tees, The Leather Trust Is Open Shop. Gen, V. Pres. I. Gordon of the inter- national reports that business has been bad since 1920 and that the leather trust, the American Hide & Leather Co., has pursued a determin- ed openshop policy. Nevertheless tanner locals are gaining in member- ship and Local 19 is building a healthy nucleus in Chicago. Manufacturers’ Sabotage. Skilled tannery workers have been crowded out by trust methods which turn out notoriously inferior leather by reducing the time allowed to cure hides and by using corrosive chemi- cals. instead of the tanvark which takes longer but produces better wearing leather. Ono reason the post- war shoe soaks up moisture so quickly is that the leather has not been pre- pared by experienced workers by the old tanning methods. Unskilled and semi-skilled men in mass production are replacing the oldtime craft expert. fancy +— Nevertheless locals in many sec- tions of the country report improve- ment. Kansas City, which has Local No. 1 and also the international head- quarters, says all union men there are working, especially harness makers. Younger members are leaving the harness work for fancy leather goods, | probably a reflection of the motor| truck’s and farm tractor’s conquest) of the horse. St. Joseph, Louisville, Chicago, Sioux City and Marietta, O., report fair business. Dallas, Quincy, St. Louis report dull conditions. Locals are organized all over the country and in Canada. Local 126 is chartered for San Juan, Porto Rico. Enormous Loss of Membership. The membership of the internation- al which experienced a mushroom war growth, reaching 11,700 in 1920, as reported to the A. F. of L. executive council, had dropped during the suc- ceeding depression to 2,000 in 1923, but is once more rising. The next triennial convention will be held in June, 1926, at a place to be fixed. ROUMANIAN POLICE TO HOLD BACK TRIAL AGAINST COMMUNIST PARTY BUCHAREST, May 20.—In December 1924 and January 1925 about 600 workers and peasants were arrested of whom 66 will be tried by the Ruma- nian military court. 33 accused are still in prison while the others, among them the whole former local central committee of the Communist Party of Roumania have been released. The Roumanian police needed four months to collect “material” or—as this is the custom in a “modern” police, to make material for this purpose. For this reason the lawyers were only allowed twenty four hours before the trial to look through the accusation @#———_—_______—_ tal working on a sound and solid basis. stoke In conclusion*Mr. Gamarnik stated that, in view of the general economic and industrial progress of the Soviet Far Bast and, also, the growth of the regional budget}and with a view to encouraging thé’ more rapid develop- ment of agriculttire, it was proposed to lower the single agricultural tax levied in t ir Eastern region with a@ correspon raising of non-tax in- come, that is the revenue derived from taxation oftrade and industry. Stabilization of Political Situation, The internal “political situation of comparison with last year, in the ex-| the Far astern region, Mr. Gamarnik port of killed fowl, During the last | Stated, was quite satisfactory, too; year 500 carloads of killed fowl were | the recent local congress of Soviets exported. Eggs were exported in the | had thoroly evidenced that the bonds amount of 1,250 carloads. Sale of Pardons between the peasant masses and the Soviet power, as well as between the urban workers and the farmers, were growing ever stronger. The same may be said, too, about the ties unit- img the ref army with the rest of by Ex-Governor Goes to the Jury | tue toning masses. : Under such conditions, that is, tak- TOPEKA, Kans., May 20.—Former | {ag into cousidération the general Governor Jonathan M. Davis today | gtapilizatidn of the political situation was expected to know his fate by|in the Far Dast, it was decided, at night. The case against him charging | tle last plenary session of the revolu- solicitation of a bribe in connection | tionary committee at Khabarovsk with pardons will go to the jury about | (supreme administrative organ of the six o'clock, it is expected. Evidence | Soviet Far Eastern region), to am- was completed late yesterday after-| nesty and allow to come back on their and its supplements, It is to be ex- pected that “Zinoviev letters” will also appear in Roumania. The character of this trial is quite clear, it is nothing but an attack on Communism in general. The accusation is directed against the following groups of accused: against the former central committee of the C. P, of Roumania, Comrades Kristes- ka, Pauker, Fabian, Stefanov, Dobro- dgeanu, Koblos, Maria Ivanush, Kru- teheanu; against former leaders of tte Young "Communist League, com- rades Patrashkanu, Strominger, Elena Filipovitch, Konstantinesku, etc.; and against many other comrades who, without evidence, are accused of il- legal literary activity for the Com- munist Party and the Young Com- munist League. Paper Discontinued. The central committee of the party is accused of issuing the paper “So- cialismus”. This organ was up to April 1924 the legal central organ of the legal C. P. and nobody dared at that time to accuse this newspaper because of its ideas, Today, however, without consideration of the fact that the legal C, P. does not exist any more (only the social democrats pub- lish now a paper under the above title), they are thrown into jail by the government. When the government prohibited the appearance of the party organ, a further issue appeared (on June 14th, 1924) and informed the readers of the following: noon in one of the most routine ways | lands the peasants who had been de- of the ten days’ trial. ported at the time by the Soviet ad- Judge James A. McClure’s charge is | ministration for participation in white brief and arguments have been limit- | guardist ed to three hours for each side. actions instigated from abroad. be “The existence of the C. C. was pre- vented by means of violence. The party leadership has been taken over by a directing committee.” On June 23rd, 1924 General Holbau issued a regulation in which he stated that “every kind of propaganda against the existing order or participa- tion in it... will be punished with 5 to 10 years of imprisonment.” } General Attacks Party. On the same day a second regula- tion prohibited every meeting of more than five persons. These regulations, which were, as was stated later on by supreme appeal court, contrary to law and were thus declare] annulled, névertheless forced the C. P. to keep its work more secret than before. In the end of July, 1924, the same Gen- eral Halbau addressed a letter to one of the members of the party, which was sent in a very peculiar fashion. It was fastened to the door of the member's house. In this letter it was stated’ that the Communist Party was disbanded. Y: Very soon after a law was adopted by the government “for the protection of internal order” which was nothing else but a law against the Commun- ist Party. The wholesale arrests in December, 1924, were a consequence of the im- patience of the police; they took place some days before the endorsement of the law by the parliament. Therefore the accused can be centenced neither on the basis of the “illegal” regulation of General Halbau nor of the law “for the protection of intrenal order.” Hold Mock Trial. The accused appealed to a number of foreign comrades and writers, as Cachin, Barbusse, Serati, etc., to ap- pear in court formalities. However, the military court abolished all usual formalities and instead of 200 wit- nesses only two appeared; thus the trial which: was fixed for April 1, 1925, had to be postponed. The government will arrange the trial against Communism behind closed doors. However, it will not succeed in doing this, The mask of bourgeois democracy must be torn down from-its face. It is possible, however, that the government will use an old and tried method, i. e. to stop the trial and to arrange a comedy of liberation of the accused after they have been imprisoned for months and years. However, quite without consideration to the results of the trial, the workers and peasants will learn to understand where their real enemies are. Page Three SOVIET UNION HAILS RESULTS OF UNITY DRIVE Urges All Unions to ‘Aid Anglo-Russian Council (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., May 20.— The executive bureau of the Red In- ternational of Labor. Unions,” taktig tote of the report of Comrade Melnitchansky of the Anglo-Russian Trade Union conference in London, adopted the following resolution: “The executive bureau expresses its greatest satisfaction at the results of the London Trade Union conference. “The approchement of the trade unions of Great Britain and of the Soviet Union means a serious step forward on the road to the restoration of international trade union unity, and practically demonstrates that unity is not a dream but a thing which can be realized. “The executive bureau of the R. L L. U. @ttaches the greatest importr ance to the coming together and co- operation of the English and Soviet trade unions and calls upon the revo- lutionary trade unions of all countries to render energetic, all-round and un- conditional support to the Joint Ad- visory Council set up by these trade unions, and also to support all its steps which are directed towards bringing together the workers of vari- ous tendencies and restoring the unity of the national and international trade union movement by creating a united trade union organization in every country and a united fighting interna- tional which would embrace the trade unions of all tendencies in all parts of the world.” AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1.) bring about international unity of the unions affiliated to Moscow and Am- sterdam. see <éVHEIR task is herculean, as one writer in the May issue says: The history of trade unionism is strewn with the wreckage of unity movements.” The trade union move- ments in France, the Scandinavian countries; in fact, in every country are hoping that the British and Russ- ian unions will be successful in forg- ing together an international move-" ment that will mobilize the workers for the struggle against the master class. Such unity was never more needed than now, when the capitalists are signifying their intention to re- tain their power even tho they have to crush the opposition of the wage slaves with an iron heel and drown their efforts at emancipation in a sea of blood. ee @ ILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN is liable to get himself crucified on a cross made out of the bones of monkeys. The cross of gold made a name and much money for him, but Darwin is liable to send him up @ tree. That a man can be an ignor amus and yet make money was be lieved by a few in the past, but by the time Bryan gets thru making ar ass of himself the theory will be at popular as violating the Volstead law ae ae PE ober insists that those religion ists who don’t take their Jehoval straight are not good christians. Hov Bryan can defend a god that mad: Mayor Hylan and Al Smith, is some what difficult to ‘comprehend. Bu there are others who praise god anc damn Bryan, The latter are equall: incomprehensible. But the man wh starts a new religion with the in tention of appealing to reason an ing shoe laces on the street corne and paying for a wooden leg on th installment plan. Ee to emotion will find himself sel! Military Staff of the Border States Plot War Against Soviet Power (Continued from Page 1) ment that a conference of general staffs had taken place, but main- tained that it was merely a case of discussing ment” on the basis of the resolutions of the league of nations. Hardly had he made this declara- tion than it was contradicted by the Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs Skrzynski, who explained that the Riga conference had been summoned on the basis of resolutions of the Helsingfors conference of the govern- ments of the border states (thus there mn of the league is no further. men! of nations.) The ence however, as ‘elsingto e for its object the establishment of a politically united front of the border states against the Soviet Union under the leadership of the imperialistic great powers. Roumanian Sheet Gives Confirmation Finally the Roumanian newspaper Vit gave a report which confirm- e revelations. It wrote that the Riga conference had discussed “measures of defense” against “the ed all “measures of disarma- played out. This is nothing but a The background of this policy of cheap’ excuse, intended to justify the | the imperialists against Soviet Russia war plans which are now being open- ly admitted. As a matter of fact, the war plans are now admitted! The “measures of defense” are obviously war-like measures. As concerns the word “defense,” history has shown that up to now every predatory war has been carried on under the flag of “self-defense.” When the general staffs of the border states which are supported by the entente, speak of “plans of defense” against the Soviet Union which, being a proletarian state, carries on no policy of conquest, but devotes its whole attention to maintaining peace, it means nothing else than preparation for war against the Soviet Union, Needless to say it is not the ruling classes of the border states which are the chief wire-pullers of these pre- parations for war, they are merely tools in the hands of the imperialistic great powers, in the hands of England and France, If any further proof were necessary, it is afforded by the fact that two French officers, one of is clearly exposed. In the few years of peaceful reconstruction, the econ- omic position of the Soviet Union un- der the direction of the proletarian state has tremendously developed. When the attempts to suppress the Russian revolution by military meas- ures had collapsed, the powers of the entente tried to conquer Russia by economic means. They came to the conference of Genoa with a fairly de- tailed plan, Even today they have not yet given up this hope, even today France and England still demand the payment of the old debts of Czarism and the compensation of private pro- perty owners. But the tremendous rise in trade which Russia has deve- loped out of its own forces and the political and economic strengthening as a great powér in two continents, and the progress of socialist recon- struction are palpable evidence of the fact that the whole capitalist stabili- zation is built of sand.. The imperial- ists do not feel’fate as long as the Russian revolution asserts itself vic- toriously, They know that the supre- macy of the bouitgeoisie is not com- pletely whilst the proletariat rules over a sixth of the whole globe; they know that the workers in the capital- istic countries will not permanently allow themsleves to be starved and ex- ploited for the glory and honor of capitalist “reconstruction” and “sta- bilization,” whilst they can watch Russia without exploiters and with- out oppressors, | And finally the natural wealth of how the workers flourish in Soviet, have shown this pretty plainly. When the Georgian Menscheviki attempted to raise an insurrection, the league of nations, in which the interests of England and France are predomin- ant, took up an unmistakably provo- catory attitude towards Soviet Rus- sia. The negotiations concerning the so-called guarantee pact also showed a definite hostility towards Soviet Russia, The paragraphs of this pact concerning common action of the powers of the league of nations against a so-called “disturber of the peace,” were so formulated that any- one could see that it referred to the Soviet Union. The negotiations between the en- tente and Germany regarding Ger- many’s entrance into the league of nations and signature to the guar- antee pact also proved that here it was mainly a question of getting Ger- many into the ranks of the united front against Soviet Russia, Germany which, through the Dawes plan, had been turned into a colony. Only Link in Chain The Riga conference is not an event by itself but one link of one of the most important events of the whole & new war against Soviet Russia. It ig then the duty of the workers, of the toilers in all countries to look the danger straight in the face and to be prepared to meet it. The Second International, the so- cial democracy in all countries has Placed itself entirely at the service of the agitation against Soviet Russia, which is, so to speak, the “moral” war preparation for a future inter- vention. The leader of French social democracy, Renaudel, tried, with the aid of all kinds of demogogic tricks, via Georgia, to prevent the recogni- tion of Soviet Russia by France, The forged Zinoviev letter came into being in MacDonald circles, and without his raising a protest. Finally the Russian menshevik Abramovich is making pro- paganda journeys against Soviet Rus- sia in America. They are all spread- ing the le of “Moscow imperialism,” behind which the general staffs take ambush when they are preparing a war against Soviet Russia. As re- gards German social democracy in particular, it is the most ardent cham- pion in favor of Germany joining the league of nations and subscribing to the guarantee pact. In this respect for |it shows # united front with the Ger- man national Luther governmen This membership of Germany woul, mean the incorporation of German in the front against Soviet Russie the German bourgeoisie hopes to r ceive as payment for its mercenar service against the Soviet Union, tew crumbs from the table of enten’ imperialism and to be given perm sion to enlarge its army. The Riga conference shows in ¥ direction the entente imperialists the states which are depender them, are steering. It must signal to the working class, The ,' ers must know that an attac Soviet Russia would now, more w ever, be an attack on them they selves, " Soviet Russia is today the most t portant factor on the credit side the international working class, T economic development of Soviet sia guarantees to the workers of ; countries that they have, in the fir against their oppressers, an ally + is steadily increasing in power, — Riga conference shows-up the cow revolutionary machinations of th ternational bourgeoisie. These — be answered by the working class to defend om hn