The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 30, 1925, Page 6

a Sewalis ike Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. Phone Monroe 4712 ——__. Hie SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in Chicagu. only): By mail (outside of Chicago): $8.00 per yea $4.50 six months $6.00 per year $3.50 six months 0 three months $2.00 three months eect : Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1713 W, Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ilindis the act of Mi g rates on application. Adve Vices Ave Med Words The “Daily Metal Trades” published in Cleveland, Ohio, does rding themselves to the extent of d Jabor on matters affecting the not Hike the idea of employers re ni running of their business. Why cannot employers recognize the fact that their business is for them to do with as:they see fit, and hire or | fire any workex they sée fit, squawks this infuriated editor. ‘The wrath of the metal trades organ was aroused over an invita-} tion extended to, John L. Lewis by certain bituminous operators to sit | in, on a conference where difficulties other than wages questions would be ironed out. The operators knew what they were doing, and} a@ Jess brainless tool of the employers than,the editor who wrote the editorial spasm would agree that Lewis would not do the operatory any harm. What this editor has to s conferring with leaders of oi abont union labor; ex- however, pressed the jews of the leading capitalists of the country. It is, that the unions must be destreyed . After telling of the progress of the open shop in the mining fields of West Va., Kentucky, parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania he writes: “The oldtime methods of ‘closed door’ negotiations are looked on askance, in dickering with labor unions, in these days of plain talk... | Tlundreds of coal mines are being operated suc ully and profit- T (Continued from. page 1) (a) Bringing the Membership into, spefnion. Fi he Party shall require “all its pro- letarian members to join trade unions, using the sharpest disciplinary mea- sures, if necessary, to bring this about. To facilitate this there shall be in éach nucleus, branch, C. C. C., D. E, C., and other Party units specific com- rages charged with the responsibility of Supervising the trade union work of the Party in their respective | spheres. (b) Party Trade Union Fractions, While building and strengthening the unions, educating the rank and file, fighting the corrupt bureaucracy and the employers, the Communists must not fail to thoroly organize themselves to secure leadership over the trade un- ion masses. This is to be accom- plished thru Party fractions. At pres- ent the fractions in the trade unions are weak and inadequate. The Party must devote major attention to their xtension and strengthening. The Dis- t Organizers shall be held directly ponsible, in conjunction with the Industrial Department, for the build- ing of the trade union fractions in the ious industria) gepters nd unions. (c).. Trade” “Union ~~ Educationat League. Afi units ‘of the Workers Party shall give active support to the Trade Union Educational Leagtie, which unites the various elements comprising the left wing into a move- ment against the reactionaries in the unions and to transform the trade unions into organs of revolutionary struggle against the capitalist class. In the various localities where the party has local organizations, these tr | shall be held responsible for the build- ably inthe United States on an open shop bas That editorial was written in the city where a decision of the of the league. The members of the supreme court makes the union illegal in a public service corporation, | Party who are also members of trade such a streetcar line. No doubt judges can be found to make|"ions shall be required to take an aie eat zi : | active part in the league, and to sub- similar decision with reg gard to the basic industry like the mining in-| scrine to the class struggle propis The capitalists are out to smash the trade unions, weak tho | ganda fund, which will be initiated by we now thru the negligence, inefficiency and treachery of the| jhe league. Wherever groups exist reaction The emplo re using every method they can avail i ee ee asic ist bens themselves of for this purpc They are rm pidly destroying the min- | i inembans of ths langue bial Peskin s union, thru development of the scab fields. jthe temdéncy, which arises from the ries. The operators are not afraid of Lewis. As long as he permitg! pressure,%6f the reactionaries and them to dig non-union coal in Kentucky, West Va. and other opéim) {Pom the failure of some of our mem- shop regions, why should they not tickle his vanity by letting him bership to distinguish between trac ili hee lead -onfab? The bh Wea the de le BAH f trad tion and T. U. E. L. groups, to restrict | workers Party. on their harmless confab? e only way the deterioration of trad@ill te 7. 1, BE. simply to Communists.) unionigm ¢an be stopped is by action of the rank and file for the pu] Efforts. must be made to extend and to bring non-party elements into the | ing up and maintenance of local groups| HE DAILY WORKER eee com dustria bloc in opposition to the reactionary bureaucrats. For this we must apply the principles of the Every struggle of the workers e' against the employers, directly or against the bureaucrats, as well as all the vital issues of the left wing program, shall be utilized for the development of such united fronts against the reactionaries. Trade union elections’shall be utilized to this end. There is a growing tendency for so- called progressive elements to develop opposition to the reactionary trade union bureaucrats and to put up con- didates against them in the union elections. This tendency must be stimulated and developed by the Workers Party as one means of bringing masses of workers under its direct influence. In tnion elections, whether in local unions, central labor councils, or international unions, the Communists, where not strong enough to win with their own candidates, shall | combine with the “progressives” and support joint candidatse upon a united front basis. The foundation for these united fronts in union. elections shall be agreed upon minimum program. covering the more pressing problems, economic and political, confronting the unions. In such ‘uhited fronts, however, the Communists shall run as Sommunists, and shall‘make this clear by. special statements to the union membership outlining the party trade union program. The danger shall be carefully guarded against of allowing these united front movement to degen- erate into opportunistic scrambles for office. An especially potent slogan for the building of a progressive bloc is the demand for world trade union unity, a slogan which has served as a. strong rallying cry for all the progressive and revolu- tionary elements in the British trade union, movement. Efforis must be made to link up the struggle of the progressive wing of the British move- union bloc in this country in a general demand for world unity as: proposed the Comintern and the Profintern. (e) Financing the Party Trade ° Union Work. To finance the par from dues of the national office of the ODAY ‘in the United States ‘thera or “not. voice the demands of the workers and form the basis for common struggle against capitalism. The shop com- mittees shall be utilized for the or- ganization of the unorganized. One of the main tasks of the shop nuclei ment with that of a progressive trade|{s the formation eventually of shop committees and the support of the shop committees in the organization of the unorganized into the trade i Fi Organize the neragnize Rs must be pushed with vigor. The amal- , a gamation campaign must be more de- ist influence who are in the ranks,of the unorganized, The condition exfst- ing’in the United ‘States so far\ps the trade unions are concerned is ‘to a considerable degree parallel to the conditions which existed in Great Britain a quarter of a century ago. There too a highly reactionary trad union bureaucracy was in control of’ the trade unions and opposed all pro- gressive measures in the struggles against the employers. It was on! with the advent of the “new union- ism” which came into existence thfu the organization of great masses pf previously unorganized workers thpt the trade unions changed their poli¢y j and the labor party was formed agd industrial unionism developed, The organization of the millions $f workers in such industries as the step] industry, the rubber industry, tHe automobile industry will bring in the American trade union movememt new and more militant spirits and will greatly increase the influence of ofr party and aid materially in achievitg our end of winning the organized masses for the revolutionary Comm ist struggle. Shop Commitees. HE party shall carry on an active campaign to organize shop com- mittees in the industries generally. These shop committees shall be elected by all employes of a given, in- dustrial establishment irrespective of sex, color, nationality, skill, etc. The shop committees shall serve to unite all the workers in the various estab- lishments, whether members of unions The shop committees shall inions. 7 se re a work in the trade unions, there shail| Amalgamation. |} be set aside 10 per cent of the income e HE campaign to consolidate the craft unions into industrial unions | Work using their “ififluence to “make the unions of Mexico, Central and Sout! America, subservient to the progra of American imperialism in the couf- tries of the western hemisphere. T! ment, establish contact with the unions and endeavor to win th away from the leadership of the bureaucrats of the American Federa against American imperialism in ¢ operation with the left bloc of th trade unions in this country. The movemehf “for world trade * union unity initiated by the Rus- sian unions in cooperation with tne English trade’ unions which dorsed by the Red International of labor unions offers a great opportu: ership in the American Federation of, Labor. Even Amsterdam has been too “radical” for the Gompers machine. It is our task to familiarize the trade union movement of this country with the movement for world trade union unity and aid in the fight to have the "| American trade unions join in an fn- ternational conference to unify the trade union movement of the worla. 3 We shall also fight for the sup- * port of the Anglo-Russian com- mittee, and for the affiliation of the various national unions to the Inter national Federation in their respect- ve industry. Canadian Autonomy. The party * shall support the movement of the Canadian unions for autonomy within the American trade unions. This au- tonomy shall take the form of the establishment of Canadian sections in all American unions having branches in Canada, these, sections to be united in the Canadian trades and labor con- gress, and to have full right to de- clare strikes, to organize the masses, and to raise all necessary funds. Party Policies for Trade Union Work. genes and Wage Movements. The party must take an active det it’ all. strikes and other wage its... It must have programs of de- ands for all such mass movements, and the Communists must fight for th leadership of these struggles. § The 2 e cutting campaign of the em- Dloyers must be met with a counter party must, thru its industrial deparf~ tion of Labor and for a militant fight} is en- nity for a campaign against the lead-| of the Party corruption and treachery of the reac- tionary bureaucracy. In the matter of labor banks, the policy shall be. to fight against the establishment of new banks upon the present basis, and to lemand that those now in existence be reorganized along cooperative ines. Unemployment. In the unfons the | party shall carry on an active cam- paign against the menace of unem- ployment. It shall, where necessary, advocate and organize unemployment ‘councils. It shall demand that the lemployers and the government -pro- vide work and funds amounting. to full maintenance of the Torker sy x a 1 h oe a Work Among the Negroes Negro workers are a growing factor in in- ustry. The employers are using every ffort to play them off against’ the hite workers and vite versa and thereby to defeat both. The bureau- cracy’ facilitates this scheme of: the | employers by setting up union restric. | tions against Negro workers. This | tendency must be relentlessly combat- | ted: The Workers Party must’ lead an active fight thruout the trade union movement to bring the Negroes intc the unions and to secure for them equa] rights and protection with white workers in the industries and in so ciety generally. Where. white unions refuse to accept Negroes, new unions of Negroes shall be formed. ‘ P Recognition of Soviet Russia) The irty shall carry on an intensive cam- paign in the trade unions for the re. cognition of Soviet Russia, using as» one means to this end the report ot the British“trade union delegation to Russia in abridged form. area —The party reitetates its nti-expulsion policy. Where expelled workers are few in numbers they shall remain in local T. U. E. L. groups. But, where they are numerous they shall be formed into unions of the ex pelled. Those expelled members shall endeavor to fight their way back into the old organizations. In the case of delegates expelled from Central Labor Councils, the policy shall be to insist upon their right to be seated by being | reelected. by their local union, This should be reinforced by securing sup. port from the unions of the locality, bi | and by formal appeals, backed by wide |agitational movements, to the execut: ive boards of the International unions involved, and with appeals taken to ign of strikes. « bean finitely concrete, however, in view of 88 Collaboration. The party must the bitter resistance it is meeting from the trade union bureaucracy. catty gp .8 relentless warfare against L : the many schemes of class collabora. it must be more closely linked up ae nek aa tabor banking, workers’ (the conventions in case of unfavor able action. Injunctions.-Whenever and where. ever an injunction is issued by courts league and, to broaden its field of ac- tivity, The party units must give ac- tive support to the coming national conference of the T. U. E. L. and strive are four, million workers organ- zied in the trade unions while fifteen illion industrial workers and many more milliong of agreyltural and other operdtion with, the employers which is fast turning the unioas intd’ ries of the companies.. The company union differs only in ‘ " organizati at fi : icv ~ollaborati : ith the workers’ everyday struggles ‘ivi th f H i najne from labor organizations that follow the policy of collaborating | to make it,a real representative gather-| workers are, otitside the trade|™ ce, B. & O. plans, ete., now | @sainst strikers, depriving them o: wiah the boss in the runing of industry. As usual the boss gets all !p8 of the lett wing. Efforts shal} be | unions .in the ranic unorgan- cullen rgrion eo mg? gmarogs: isted on’ the workers by the | their rights, the party shall endeavor c 1 profits that flows from the speeding up, that this system the league more of alized. The -organiza-| s1511 be " « eA BS onary bureaucrats, The organiza-| to arouse the strikers and the trade 4 he " kaha: - i Peat i Be * : mass_chara¢ter and_a definite organ-|tion-of. the ‘be arried Ree me am acbihmn avo tion of company) unions and_ sham | union oie eh in Soe we ‘to mass » while the workers get nothing but compliments. izational form by. building up the body | on within the existing 8, @8 welll...» # “|forms of indust#ial democracy has | Violation of the injunctions. ~ The function of trades unionism is to fight the employers. When Nad sein -s ers’ immediate interests. The shop] {0% is it drops that function, it has no excuse for existence. But trades voionism will not down. The workers will have their unions, and ‘unt beter unions than now, despite the opposition of the em- class and the treachery of fake leaders, _ William J. Bryan passing of William Jennings Bryan has unloosed a flood of eulogistic piffle which is usually the last resort of the capitalist babbitry whenever a goodly member of their company passes on to the happy hunting grounds. Bryan being a front page proposition during his political career, it is only proper that he should encumber it for two or three days after his death and give some usually ig- nored politicians the opportunity to slip by the city editors. Of Bryan nothing much can be said except that he could deliver a speech well. The text was not of much consequence. It is doubtful if he ever developed a new idea or made an improvement on an old one. He did little to direct the current of American development. But he was an attractive fly on the wheel of American capitalist progress and sometimes like LaFollette, he tried to put on the brakes. Bryan was the voice crying in the wilderness peopled by classes that are in trouble, but don’t know exactly what is the matter with them. The big capitalist treat them rough. And they found in the The of subscribers to the class struggle propaganda fund and by the establish- ment of yarious forms of left wing trade, union united front committees which are. brought into the closest Dogsible connection with the league. (a) Stpenaeien kta Binipshe oF the Progressive Bloc. The party must stimulate the development and. sup- port the unification of a progressive. munist) Party: RESOLUTION ON WORK AMONG WOMEN. A poe work among women is an im- portant phase of the party activ- ity. This work has been neglected by our party since its organization. Only some local organizations such democratic party for a while, the political arm that represented them in their struggle against the big fellows. From this section has come the assortment political nostrums represented by green backery, free silver, knownothingismg A. P. A-ism and later still by ku kluxism. Bryan was on hand to lend his tongue to all those quack remedies. Lately the democratic party has been crumbling. The big cap- dtalists have gobbled up the north-eastern wing of it and the southern fection took to religion and moonshine, having put over prohibition. Bryan became the philosopher of this latest stage in the degradation of the southern middle classes. He made a gospel out of their disease and appeared in the role of medicine man. It is quite likely that he Was never happier than abont the time death called him away from his business. ; . Within a year three notable figures whom the working class of sthis country can well afford to lose have passed out of the picture. They are: Sathuel.Giompers, Robert M. LaFollette and William Jen- nings Bryan. * as New York, Boston, and Detroit have made a beginning in this res- pect, but there has been no central- ized direction and definite plan of work on a national scale. These con- ditions must be changed. Our party must from now on take up this work systematically in order to establish Communist influence among the wo- men workers and draw them into the general struggles of the workers. 2. Policy for Work Among Women in the Factories. 1 It must be our aim to establish * in the factories where women are for the discussion of the problem of their place of work and forthe dis- cussion of general problems of the working class. As these circles are When Great Men Die \Wwhea great men die, things go on very much as usual, This is What happened on the stock market the day after William Jennings Bryan breathed his last: ; “Stocks of the motor, mercantile and specialities companies led an aggrets.vo rally near the close. Sears Roebuck, Montgomery Ward and many department stores continued their spectacular upward move- ment. Coca Cola made a new high at 135. International Harvester sold up 3 points at 120. Marland Oil broke thru its 1925 high record and sold up to 46!.". But, watch out for some flopping on the stock exchange if the anthracite miners in Pennsylvania go on strike. The moral is, that the wheels of industry don’t stop moving when parasites return to the dust.” But when workers refuse to work they do stop. Victor Berger says there is no instance in history of a genius rtansmitting that gift to his progeny. ArthuryBrisbane who believes his own dather was a wizard, disagrees. . We are inclined, ty, believe that Victor's father was 4 genins and that Vietor is neaver the truth developed in certain industrial sec- tions they should be combined into conferences of delegates from: the cir- cles of that section and later on a city-wide scale. 2. These circles should also be the medium for expression of the social life of women workers and the means of providing educational opportun- ities, Thru the development of this form of their acttvities our party members working within them will be able to influence the social life and the education of the women workers and thus facilitate the work of poli- tical education of these. workers, 3. Wherever the party, has shop nuclei organized in factories where women are employed one gnember of the nucleus shall be chargéd with the responsibility of onion such cir- cles‘of women wofkers. In'those sec- than Artiir. “Romer nny amsemnaUmaRntAa err nm LEYS er al veri tions where nuclei do not yet exist the uf Communist Work The following resolution was unanimously adopted by the Parity Com- mission for submission to the National Convention of the Workers (Com- employed circles of working: women as for the formation of new unions where none exist, is a vital and neces- sary part of our trade union work. This, issue shall be linked up closely with the economic demands of the workers, % 34. It is exactly those workerg in high! mechanized industries who because of _~ conditions under which’ they work will respond most readily to Commun- party organ responsible for work among women shall appoint comrades working in factories where women are employed to take up this work. 5. The work among the women in the factories must be closely coordin- ated with the work among the wo- men in the trade unions, For this purpose there should bé appointed in the party trade un fractions in unions in which there are women workers a comrade charged with the work among the womem frade union members, .who must be in contact with the comrades conducting the work among women in ‘the factories, $$ 3. Work Among the House- wives, . 1 Our party must also seek to or+ * ganize circles of housewives for participation in and support of the struggles of the workers. These cir- cles should be organized in all the working class sections of the cities. 2. The party units!in the various sections of the cities ‘shall appoint from among the patty members a comrade specially charged with car- rying on this work of organization of circles of housewives” : 3. The housewives’ circles shall be combined thruout thé Sections of the city and on city- ferences of delegates from these bodies, q 4, The housewives eircles should carry on social and educational ac- tivities similar to those to be carried on by the circles in the factori They must be drawn into close co- Operation with the en circles in the factories thru initiation of common campaigns | thru confer- ences in which the gembers of both circles participate as, ferences of delegates of organization, cessary in times orkers struggles, 5. The organiza jousewives which > , committees and shop nuclei shall, in their work, always keep in mind the necessity of amalgamating the trade unions into industrial unions. i. the Mothers League of Boston and tions should be made the basis for the development of our work cities, 4. Conferences of Working Women. ene! The reactionary leadets of the |/f American Federation of Labor are | le great headway in American 1n- try during recent years, The em- loyers attempt to set up organiza. tons, under their control to prevent |the workers from joining unions which will actually fight their class ttles. These policies of class colla- ration must be met by a militant it for the policy of class struggle. Party must constantly expose the “\ndependent Unions.—The party dorses ‘the paragraphs relating to the I. W. W. and other independent unions adopted by the Third World Congress of the Red International labor unions providing for the calling of a confer ence of these unions, and contained in the program for the Trade Union Educational League outlined at the congress, Among Women in the U.S. such as the United Council of Work- gles against capitalists. ing Class Women, in New York City,| times of strikes, lockouts etc.) (Relief in j. To combat the high cost of liy- Detroit Proletarian Women organiza-| ing. k. To fight for better housing facil- in these / ities for the workers. 1. To fight for better sanitary, fire prevention, and educational facilities for working class quarters. m. To fight for government main- tenance of the school children of the In order to unite the work of| Workers. 1, the women factory circles and the housewives circles, conferences of working cl: women shall be called. 2, These conferences shall be held periodically at least once a month, n, To participate in all struggles of the workers jointly with other labor organizations, 6. These conferences shall be called in each locality by a special and shall discuss and act upon allj Committee to be known as “The Pro- problems arising out of the lives of} Visional Committee of the Conference the working women, 3. The “Conference of Working of Working Women.” The Provisional Committee is to be made up of men Women” shall consist of (a) women|*4 women engaged in or otherwise employed in shops, factories, stores,| °°Dmected with the struggle of the ing wholly or partly of working wo- men; ing cl housewives. be known as “Committees of Working Women.” 5. The following is to be the basis of the program of the “Conferences of Working Women.” tc.; (b) Local trade unions consist-} ¥°"*ing women. 7. Such provisional Committees id (¢) organizations of work-| Shall be established immediately. Be- fore calling the conference, a wide- 4, These conferences shall elect|8Pread agitation must be carried on Executive Committees to carry on the} #™ong women in the shops, factories, work between the meetings of the,Stores, and in the uni Conferences, These committees shall|the task of these conferences, popularizing 5. Party Organization for Work Among Women. a. To carry on an active campagin fas following organizational ap- to unionize the working women, work, ¢, To combat child labor. United States, paratus shall be established in the b. To fight for equal pay for equal|P@rty at once to conduct the work among womer: 1. In all leading committtees of the d, To encourage and asist working] party such as the Central Executive women to become citizens of the|Committee, District Executive Com- | mittees, City Executive Committtees, ®. To fight for government main-Jand after the party reorganization is childbirth, men, ‘ g. To partied te. in an of the workers jointly with other labor organizations. e educa support to engaged h. To provi for cultural, and 1 oft me orl ing into, ing class hou Ss , | partic i, To re tel and moral] The sub in atrug-| ber, .| tenance of working mothers for a spe- affected, the Section Executive Com- ecified period of time before and after] mittee and Sub Section Executive Committee, and at present in the f. To develop, political conscious-| present existing branches and shop ness and activity: among working wo-| nuclei, an. vidual member or sub| committee shall be appointed as re- sponsible head of the work among women. sub committee or in- dividual me: shall be authorized to form a conduct of the work to the leading committee making the appointment. 2. In order to keep before the party the necessity of systematically carrying on the work among women and in order that this work shal! support and be in line with the gen- eral political policies of the party, the question of work among women should be placed on the agenda of the leading committees and regular re- ports on the progress of the work sub- mitted. The Organization Commit- tee of the C. E. C. shall also place the question on its agenda and once each three months at least it should come before the C. B, C, 3... Whenever the party initiates a campaign instructions sent to the | party units shall contain a spectal sec- tion instructing the party units how to apply this campaign to the work among the working women so that the | women are drawn into all the general campaigns of the party, ; 4.-The first step in’ putting this program into effect shall be the cal- ling in each city of city conferences to consist of all the members ‘of the branch and nuclei sub committee on Women Work and also the women /committees from the trade unton frac- tions. These conferences’ shall be made thoroly familiar with the pro- ‘gram and mobilized to carry it out in the following manner, « Similar con- ferences shall be held from time to time and at a later stage of develop- ment: of the work it may. be .possible to“hold these conferences on a larger scale, 5. At all times the party members in the non partisan organizations must form Communist fractions and. work under the direction of the party sub-committee on Women Work in their respective localities, $ ‘| 6. Press and Literature, The party should publish. iter * ature making especial appeal to working women and the