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Page Four THE DAILY WGQRKER CONN. TEXTILE OUR PUBLICAT TEXTILE UNION On the Reichenberg Vorwarts of the Commanist Party of Czecho-Slovakia ~ STRIKERS GAIN Re PART VICTORY Hold Ranks Solid; Co. Signs Agreement (Continued from page 1) by Meekan, the manager. First, all of the strikers were to be taken back without discrimination. Second, the company and a committee of the men were to draw up a method of settling disputes. Third, girls were to get the Same pay as the men. Fourth. No worker was to be compelled to work two.of the 4 wide looms, without his consent. The Terms. An advance was made, when the girls were promised the same pay as men. How to handle disputes has not been settled. Before this, when the repreesntative of the men went to the foreman, hé was often told that these matters were beyond the power of the representative. Now, at least, in theory, the company concedes to the workers the right to take up with the responsible manager any disputed points. And its specifies that it will meet with a committees of the men to decide how disputes shall be ad- Justed. If they fail to agree, the mat- ter hangs in the air. What should have been settled by the past—strike may have to be settled by another. The wage increase of 10 per cent, was dropped. Many men felt that the strike should have been continued, until the wage increase was granted, but there was no unanimity on this point. Not Compelied to Work on 2 Looms. Last and most important is the 2 loom system on the 4 wide loom. The strike was called primarily to abolish this evil, of the two loom system. No such prohibition appears in the agree- ment signed by the company, an ori- ginal copy of which was seen by the writer. The agreement merely states that no worker may be compelled to work 2 looms of the 4 wide. This is a victory for the strikers as individuals. But the company will try to divide the workers, by offering bonuses for such work; it can bring in outside men. Again, the company can ask weavers to run 2 of the 3 wide looms, and thus get increased profits for the company. The com- mitteemen interviewed by the writer on Sunday at their picnic (which was 3 huge success) believe that they can hold the ranks of the men solid, and defeat any attempt by the manage- ment to continue the 2 loom system m the 4 wides. Splendid Fight. It was the spirit of solidarity dis- olayed by the men that accounts for he company coming to some agree- ment. Last January, the company nade a verbal agreement and violated t. This time, the management was sompelled to put it down in writing. zast time, only the weavers were out. “his time, the entire weaving depart- aent, A forward move. On@ vould have liked to see the trikers get all of their demands. But hey were recruits, many entirely new 9 industrial struggle. The commit- 26 realizes that they did not get all hey wanted, that there are loopholes ‘hich the company will try to use; nd they are therefore urging the men > stick to their Weavers’ club and Oomfixers’ Club. The strike has oubled the number of dues paying ‘embers in the weavers’ club. Their resent struggle will mean greater omfidence of the strikers in them- slves, and greater endurance in long- * struggles. Prepare Now. There is no doubt that the company Ml try to get around the agreement ad nullify it. The workers will be ‘ the watch. It is of the greatest ‘portance that closer relations be tablished between loomfixers and savers; the two clubs must be com- _ ned, Had they belonged to one qy- _ nization, the 2 loom system would ie been abolished, without any ubt. It is not too late. It must be ne, and done quickly. And the other orkers in the plant must be drawn © the organizations. The fight is not over. It has just gun. . The company, like all capital- firm, will watch for the moment lower wages, worsen conditions in 2 shop, lengthen hours, etc. It will, the first opportunity, reduce the rkers’ committee to nothing. It seek to regain the full right to adle all questions, without inter- ence from any workers’ committee. foreman may again become the Must Unite. Ve must be ready. We must unite. - must unite the workers in Blum- hal’s. We must get together with workers in the other textile cen- 3. We cannot stand alone. We st have one organization of all the vkers inthe textile industry. This | give the textile workers power. ver to challenge the bosses’ con- _ over industry—to introduce work- control of industry. To have the owned and operated by a | government. This the tex- must prepare for. And step, committees of workers . department j ‘ Stl go Report of the Agitprop Department of the Executive Committee of the Communist International. 1. ROM the journalist’s point of view, the Reichenberg Vorwarts is the best conducted paper run by the Czechish Communist Party. Its style of diction is full of life, it strives to raise the level of its readers in inter- national questions, and shows a decid- ed tendency to rid itself of the pro- \characteristic of the whole Czechish }party press). For instanee, the Vor- | warts publish@s the decisions arrived jat by the congress on the question ot |unity, and presents them in a form ex- cellent for purposes of agitation. But {instead of continuing the campaign thus commenced, not merely in the form of articles, but with the addi- |tional aid of headlines, snort notes, jete.,, the Vorwarts permits the unity jcampaign to disappear from its col- umns for days and weeks, and it only vincialism which is one of the unhap-|reapears when some external cause piest legacies bequeathed by a social | brings it to the surface again. There democratic past to the party press of |is @ lack of concrete application of in- the Czechish Communist Party. But | ternational decisions to Czechish con- the Vorwarts is too much under the in-| ditions. There is an almost: entire fluence of the labor movement inthe |lack of agitation for the unity of all German reich. Without doubt it is its |Czechish trade union centrals. The duty to act as connecting link be-|slogan of unity is not carried into the tween the revolutionary German work- {actual struggle, for instance in the ers of Czecho-Slovakia and those of ]recent wage struggle in the Mahrisch Germany, but this should not by any |Ostrau district. The result of this is means be done at the expense of the |that the agitation made by the Vor- actual and urgent problems of Czech | warts for the unity of the trade unions politics. The Vorwarts gives the im-|is stereotyped and abstract in charac- pression of inability to follow the ter. Czechish Party press or the pres In this connection it may be pointed printed in the Czechish language. It|out that much too little significance reacts slowly and cumbersomely to|was attached to the attitude of the the politics of the Czechish govern- | English delegates in Moscow. Pre- ment. There is a lack of immediate cisely in Czecho'Slovakia much should actual contact with the struggles and have been made of the fact that Pur- peculiar characteristics of the non-'cell is not only an English trade German workers of Czecho-Slovakia. union leader, but at the same time th, The Pdélitical Line of the Paper. HILST the Vorwarts maintains one continuous line in questions of international politics, this cannot |chairman of the Amsterdam Trade Union International. The attitude adopted by the Vor- warts to the factory council move- |ment shows similar faults. The IONS! - on t ad reprint the resolutions and, Gieace in one or two leading articles, The de- | cisions should be impres#ed again and | again upon the memories of the work- ers by popular articles on each sep- jarate demand, by leading headlines, blocked notices, etc. Stich methods {of popularism are an indispensable | prerequisite for the inauguration of so |young a movement as the Czechish factory council movement. But the Vorwarts omits them entirely. The Vorwarts devotes too little at- tention to the politics pursued. by the Slovakia. Polemics against social democracy confined to brief notes or to the local. column. This is a fault. The Vorwarts should catty on a sys- tematic campaign against social de- mocracy, especially against its cen- tral organ, the Prague Sozialdemiokrat. The Vorwarts omits to carry on an energetic and emphatic campaign for the recognition of Soviet Russia by the Czechish government. The recog- nition of the U. S. 8. R, by France should have been used for an eéner- getic campaign. . The second party conférence of the Czechish Communist Party was not sufficiently’ dealt with by the Vor- warts, Géneral articles are absoluetly inadequate. And the same must be said of general appeals to work, etc. Above all, the slogan of “Bolshevi: tion” and the party decisions on the national question are not sufficiently popularized and explained. Precisely at the present juncture the Vorwarts be said of it with regard to Czechish | lengthy decisions of the national exe- politics. Before all there is lacking a|cutive committee have not been suffi- persistent carrying thru of the gen-/ciently popularized in the Vorwarts. eral campaign of the party. (this is a|It is entirely inadequate merely to WORKERS’ SCHOOL GIVES COURSES IN LENINISM Two Weeks, Full Time Class for N. Y. Reds (Special to The Daily Worker.) NEW YORK, July 1. — The spring term of the Workers’ School has come to a close and a program is now being prepared for intensive educational work for the summer, to begin in August, In addition to this, several other courses have been arranged in Public Speaking Workers’ Correspondence, and Advanced English. Workers’ Correspondence Course The course in Workers’ Correspond- ence held its first session on Satur- day, June 20th, with thirty present. This aims to train workers to write up news of their shop and trade, to help them give voice to their thoughts and feelings on their daily life and problems for the Communist press. The text used is “The revolutionary role of Worker Correspondents,” by William F. Dunne. The class is under the direction of Oliver Carlson. It will meet hereafter on Tuesday evenings, 8 p. m., at the school headquarters, 108 East 14th Street. * The course in Public Speaking is given in close cooperation with the local party organization, and has as its definite purpose to prepare cotn- rades for active participation in the municipal election campaign of New York City. The first session of the class, which will be conducted by Wil- liam Weinstone, will be held Saturday afternoon, July 11, 3 p. m., at the school headquarters. Class In English The course in Advanced English is a special summer English course on American problems for advanced stu- dents, which aims to strengthen their powers. of composition, make their style more flexible, enlarge their vo- cabulary, and eradicate defects in grammar and rhetoric. Each student will be assigned one topic for investi- gation and composition. He will read his work to the entire class, after which criticisms will be given by the class as to content and form. Frisco Party Notes At the city central committee meet- ing in Oakland, Calif., June 26, steps were taken to hold a mass Chinese anti-imperialist meeting in a hall in the Chinese’ section of Oakland; at an early date. It will be similar to the very successful meeting June 21, in San Franciseo where tne Chinese and ; Japanese turned out in large numbers. Two hundred letters will be sent to students andsothers. Watch for fur- ther announcement. ne mance The city, ¢éntral committee of San Francisco, Calif., will be called in spe- cial meeting early the coming week to prepare for the fall campaign when city and .county officials are to be elected. The miatter of starting street meetings. immediately will be taken up. Street’ meétings are also under consideration for Oakland. 1,000 leaf- lets “Fight. American Impeftialigm and War” have been ordered for Otkland and Berkeley, Saturday evening dances and enter- tainments and Sunday night propagan- da meetings will be held during July at 225 Valencia, San Francisco, begin- ning July 11. The programs are being arranged. . The drive for “subs” for the DAILY WORKER and other Workers Party publications will continue unabated. The names in San Francisco have been arranged in routes for canvass- ing. A letter is being sent to each asking them call. In the meantime the canvassing ,is progressing to make sure that all are reached with our message. Comrade A. Segal is in charge of this work. Active canvass- ing is also progressing in the East Bay district and in the outside dis- tricts. Several Comrades are giving much of their time to this, Good Time for All at T. U. E. L. Picnic at Akron, O., July 4 AKRON, Ohio July 1—The Inter- national picnic given by the T. U. E. L. at Schocalog Lake Park on Sa- turday, July 4th promises to be the best outing ever held in Akron. An excellent program of entertainment Among the problems to be consider-4 for adults and children will keep ed by the class are: as compared with the socialist party; (3) Relationship between foreign-born and native workers, ete. (1) Basis for}e@veryone happy thruout the day. growth of the Communist movement | There.will be prominent speakers, in America; (2) The Workers Party | ancing, all kinds of amusements and refreshments, To get to the park take W, Ex- Only com-|Change car to the end of thé line rades are eligible to join this class | Where you take the South Maple N. who possess a fair knowledge of En- | 0. T. Bus to the end of the line, where glish grammar, who can read English |Our Special Bus will take you to the prose fluently, and Who are considered | Picnic ground, satisfactory to the instructor. The class will meet once a week for two hours beginning Monday, July 6th, and continuing for eigat sessions, Registration for these courses is still open. Comrades are urged not to delay but to enroll at once at the offi- ce of the Workers’ School, room 34, 108 Bast 14th Street, Doomed Man Attempts Suicide Warden Wesley Westbrook ordered | sTatulate Comrade Grow fo an armed guard stationed around the | termined county jail hospital cot of’ Walter | masses and pledges itself to y Krauser, who during the night at-| tiringly tor Comrade Gitlow'é Jugo-Slav Branch of Workers Party Fights for Gitlow’s Freedom NEW YORK, July 1. — At its last regular meeting the South Slavic branch of the Workers Party, District No. 2, unanimously resblved to con- stand for the ¢ tempted to commit suicide by building | 80 that he may continue his ;/plendid @ funeral pyre of his mattress and| work of building up the setting it on fire in five places. Walter | Party of America into Krauser has been sentenced to*hahg. | Cominunist Party: © - | een \ — should deal energetically and continu- ously with the ideological and organ- isatory aspects of the slogan: “Bol- shevization of the Czec! ist Party.” The phrase longer concerned with speaking of NEW YORK PARTY MEMBERS MUST HELP FIGHT IMPERIALISM NEW YORK.—All employed this week must Gome to the district office at the hours of 11 and again at 4 p. m. to distribute mémbers not ; anti-imperialist leaflets’ at very im- portant plac Comrades come to this office and help in this import- ant work, Also be ready to respond to the call of the section organi: vt Yaad the distribution of this anti-it>erialist leaflet. The sections have made their plans for the distribution of the leaflet and all comrades must follow these plans. Your séction or- ganizer will notify you thru ‘your branch where to get thé leaflets. District Organizer, Charles Krumbein. Young Workers Begin League Educational Courses at) Brule sping } BRULE, Wis., July 1 held Sunday, opened the is Work- ers League Educational ‘ses here. The program was given by the Super- ior members of the Y. W. L. Mondya morning everyone ate a hearty breakfast. After bréakfast the students met in the large hall, where tables and seats, etc. had been ar- ranged. A Y. W. L. branch was formed, the various officers, and com- mittees were elected. Committees were elected for every- thing: Firewood, water, cleanup, work, yard, and K. P, Aid the com- mittees got to working éfficiently, The 40 minute periods for each sub- ject make them more interesting, and lessen the restlessness of the class. program Between each period, there is a 10- minute recéss, which gives one “that peppy feeli: The recess is the time for playing, and other games, ball Armenian Workers of Chicago Invite You to Their Picnic and Feast Would you like to spend a day out in the open air with comrades? Would you like to partake) of feast of a nice juicy barbecued ox with all the trimmings? i . The picnic of the Armenian section of the Workers Party on Sunday, July 5th at Reese Park, 6400 West Grand Ave, offers this treat to you. They in- vite every worker in Chicago and vici- nity to come and partake of this feast while listening to speechés by promi- nent speakers and enjoying a good musi oncert. There is no charge for admission. If you know what’s good for you, you won't miss this picnic! Your neighbor would like to read this issue of the DAILY WORKER. Be neighborly—give it to him! ROOMS WANTED! ~~ Working couple with 4-year-old boy want 2 h eping rooms, with rty willing to take care of the from 9 a. m. to 6 p, m. for 6 days a week, Write to C. Christie, 1113 W. Washington 1, Or tele- pm, Ke: German social democrats in Czecho-} 4gitation. Bolshevization, but with its exe- eution” is wrong. On the contrary. Our Czechish party press must speak and agitate a very great deal more with respect to Bolshevization in or- der to be understood by the masses. The same applies to the national ques- tion. Brief notices and popular para- graphs must draw the attention of the German workers constantly to the new character of the decisions on the national question. Every national movement among other nationalities must be placed in the foreground of The political change ih-the line pursued by the party since the Second Party Conference must be demonstrated by the Vorwarts thru the medium of its application by the new party leadership. ih. The Vorwarts and the Organization Life of the Party. i acta organization life of the party is insufficiently expressed in the Vorwarts. It is frequently relegated to the local reports, and drags. on a wretched existence amidst the munic- ipal and other local affairs. There is an entire lack of a concrete reflection of the organizatory events: in the party, which should be dealt with in | the political column. The supplement for the factories and works is a praise- worthy initiative, bat it published too many general articles instead of re- ports sent directly from the work- shops and factories by worker corre- spondents. The organization of a net- work of worker correspondents is among the first tasks of the Vorwarts, Iv. Technical Questions, E have the impression that the has not been carried out with suffici- ent care. It frequently occurs that the Vorwarts publishes important and ur- gent notices on the ‘last page of the paper, under: “wires.” And it occurs even more frequently that the first page of the Vorwarts is filled with lengthy articles of much less urgency, so that the so important first page is lost as far as agitation is concerned, This is one of the main technical faults of the Vorwarts. Too little at- tention is given to the first page of the paper. The reverse should be the case. The first page is the most im- portant of the paper. The most impor- tant news must be concentrated here as far as possible, The first page must be utilized for agitation. Long articles, filling the whole page, should not be printed as continuous letter- press, but must be made effective for agitation, (Interruptions by means of headlines, étc.) It is incomprehensi- ble to us why the Vorwarts almost in- variably prints the political section in bourgeois or long primer type. The use of smaller types would impart a much more striking appearance to the paper. A further mistake is the pro- vincialist divisions into home, abroad etc, It is a matter of experience that a-division of matter according to sub- ject is much more effective than a geographical division. In our opinion the local section of the paper should be completely re- formed, The reports on the proceed- ings in the local councils, etc. are ac- corded too much space. They should be substituted by reports on events affecting the workers more directly. The local section should accord the greatest possible space to letters from adoption of the new political line PHILADELPHIA, July 1—About a job I answered a newspaper “ad” for | one he wished to employ. | ' time, manager took it into his head to see fifteen or twenty minutes more he informed me that the other fellow was hired and I was not needed that day. Food Unpaltable. The next morning, I received a let- ter from said creature informing me that he desired to see me once more. I went down and he remarked that there was now a vacancy “on the floor.” The hours were to be 9 to 2:30 and 5 to 8 one day and 9 to 7 the next alternating daily. The “salary” was $50.00 monthly and meals were to be furnished. That afternoon I started work. I Spent the time until 4:30 cleaning off the tops of the tables. It is an expensive cafetaria and they must keep things clean-to please the cus- tomers. However, they don't want to pay for this work but thrust it on the underpaid bussmen. With anticipation of a fine meal, I started toward the dining room at 4:30. First of all, I was led by the head bussman to the cellar and found there 1, poorly ventilated room, the “hel, dining room. “Mess hall” would certinly be a more fitting term. They ship down to that room ali the Stale “left overs” from the other parts of the building (there are about thrée cafeterias and a restaurant under the Same roof and management). One of the articles thrown on the counter Was a batch of stale cream puffs. On Friday, they had ho meat all day, but only a lot of cheap and foul tasting fish. In additiom-was some spaghetti which had evidently been incorrectly cooked. The milk which they served was about 60-40 in favor of the water can. I did not taste the coffee. The odor was enough. Gives Out Daily Work. While there I copies of the DAILY WORKER and found several who were interested in the paper. Some, of course, raised cries of Bolshevism. I also ri question of a union. This is certainly a place which needs organization. Friday night was my night to be off at 8, and at 8 promptly I went. The next morning, on niy arrival, the assistant manager “honored” me with an interview, He desired to know the reason why I departed at 8. | politely informed him that according to his statement when I came, my hour was 8. He replied, “Yes, but—” and th went on to explain that the work was not finished. After remarking that the latter tact was a matter of éu- preme indifference to me since I had fulfilled by obligation at the hour Specified, he told me that the com- pany must dispense with my services. So far as the hours are concerned, I also found that one must be in at 8:30 to eat breakfast and on after- noons off must be back at 4:30 to get any dinner. Instead of 8 on every other night, as I was told, one is ex- pected to work putting. chairs up on tables until at least,8:30. This makes @ total of 11% hours: on long days and 10 hours on short days, or 64% hours per week. At the rate of $60.00 From about ten others one other fellow and myself were chosen. long and drawn out interview with the.assistant manager we were both told to report again the next morning at 9 o'clock and he would then decide which and talked with him. Finally in about + slgurly wage of about 15 cents. | § not counting time going to and Gahienten eR Ee ens worker correspondents. RESTAURANT WORKER GETS FIFTEEN CENTS AN HOUR, GARBAGE FOR MEAL, FIRED FOR NOT WORKING OVERTIME By E. HAWTHORNE WINNER (Worker Correspondent) a, week ago, while on a search for a “young man to work in a cafeteria.” After a At 9 o'clock promptly we were there, entering the building at the same We then waited for about half’ an hour or more until said assistant \s..| He, first called the other man in This rom work. Does such an industry, ind’ such a vital one too, need or- Yanization? Foreign Exchange. NEW YORK, July 1—Great Britain, pound sterling, demand 4.85%; cable 4.86%. France, franc, demand 4.46%; cable 4.47, Belgium, franc, demand 4.44%; cable 4.45. Italy, lira, demand 3.37%; cable 3.38. Sweden, krone, de- mand. 26.80; cable 26.83. Norway, krone, demand 17.71; cable 17.73. Den- mark, krone, demand 20.03; cable 20.05, Germany, mark, no quote. Shanghai, tael, demand 80.00; cable, no quote. Quake Rocks Potatoes HOULTON, Me., July 1.—Aroostook county, the famous potato belt of the east, was visited by a slight earth- quake and a cloudburst today. No lives were reported lost. CONVENTION IN FORWARD MOVES A. F. of T. O. Endorses Labor Defense (Special to The Oaily Worker.) BIDDEFORD, Maine, July 1.—At the opening of the second session of the tenth annual,convention of the American Federation of Textile Op- eratives here Tom Bell was given the floor on behalf of the Labor Defense Council ‘call for a conference in Chi- cago. After outlining the purpose of the conference the convention unanimous- ly passed the following motion: “That this convention endorse the move of the Labor Defense Council to create a general labor defense or- ganization, and instructs the in- coming executive ‘to co-operate with such organization when formed.” ‘Speed Up Efficiency, The business agent of the Weav- ers’ Local, New Bedford, gave a re- view of the situation confronting the textile workers by the introduction of the miiltiple loom system, and speed- up systems introduced by efficiency experts, The industry is undergoing a second revolution as great as that caused by the introduction of machin- ery thru increasing the number of machines per worker, The efficiency expert has taken the Place of the boss and overseer, and the workers are being carefully timed in every motion to see in what mo- tions he can be speeded up. While thousands of workers are un- employed mills are being worked 24 hours a day in two shifts in some places. As soon as orders are finish- ed the mills are shut down and the workers join their fellows in the streets. Besides the savage wage cuts put into effect during the past two years the manufacturers are now engaged in increasing the exploitation -by means of machinery and speedup sys- tems. Unemployment Balances Speed Up. From every textile center in New England delegates told of this pro- cess being carried on. They painted word pictures of unemployment on one hand and savage exploitation on the other. This process was pointed out as the great problem confronting the textile workers. The convention decided that the resolutions committee be instructed to bring in a resolution on this mat- ter embodying the sentiments ex- pressed by the delegates, Indusctry Largely Unorganized. The report of the organization com- mittee brot to the front the unorgan- ized state of the industry. Great tex- tile centers with thousands of work- ers are practically unorganized. It was decided that the incoming execu- tive should lay plans for organizing the unorganized, ' John P. O'Connell, secretary of the - union sent in his resignation which was accepted. The convention elected W. E, G. Batty, secretary of the’ New Bedford Loomfixers’ Local as acting secretary until elections on the last day of the convention, Tell other workers what happens in your shop. Write a story and send it to the DAILY WORKER. Order a bundle to distribute there. 100% THE STORY OF A PATRIOT By Upton Sinclair, A most interesting story by a master-propagandist, built a- round a red-blooded “he-man,” a hundred-per cent American who turns out to be a spy of big business. A propaganda novel you can hand to your shop-mate to read after you have enjoyed it. Paper, 25 Cents THE DAILY WORKER, Literature Department 1113 W. 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