The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 7, 1925, Page 3

ab ts Untsmcanoesda Ht 2 ae ‘GERMAN MANUAL WORKERS BEGIN |GERMANS AND INSPECTION OF SOVIET RUSSIA | SWEDES VISIT ‘WITH PUTILOV WORKS, LENINGRAD; UNION COUNCIL MOSCOW, July 15.—(By Mail.)—On July 15, the German workers’ delegation commenced its practical work by a study of the Leningrad factories. On the proposal of the workers from the Putilov works, the delegation decided to commence with a study of these latter which will take a few days. The, delegation formed itself into various commissions for this purpose, a trade union commission, an industrial commis- Even Socialists Moved by Workers’ Power (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, July 19 (By Mail).—On sion, a cultural and a political commission, The delegation chose nine factories for examination, amongst them the “Max Hdélz” metal works, textile factories, + boot and shoe works, electric stations, etc. : The whole personnel of the Putilov works waited for the German dele- gation in front of the works. The delegation divided itself into six groups. After several hours examina- tion of the smelting shops and after discussions with the workers, a meet- ing took place in the courtyard in which the whole 10,000 Putilov work- ers took part. 51 Years a Manuel Worker, The members of the delegation, Freiberger, Schaudt and Lange, were elected into the presidium, the last named as the oldest workers with 51 years of physical work behind him. The chairman of the shop council of the Putilov works, Matjuchin, greeted the delegation and declared that previously the works had only been ‘visited by high foreign trade union officials and that the Putilov workers valued the visit of the Ger- man workers themselves’ exceedingly. The German comrades should prove for themselves on the spot how much was true of;the lies of the Vorwaerts about the Putilov workers, for these workers who. stood in the front ranks of the revolution already in the eighties of the previous century, were not prepared to allow such calumnies to.be spread about them. Offenhagen greeted the Putilov workers in the name of the Krupp workers and said: No Place. on Earth Like Russia. “We could not have found a morc fraternal. greeting in any part of the world outside of the country of work- | ers. Today we have seen you at work, f In all other countries. work .is. a. torm| “ture because the workers know that | | | | they are only working for the profit of the capitalists. You, however, are working for yourselves and regard the ‘work as your duty, you know that the fruits of your labor will go only to the benefit of the workers’ state.” The speaker further described the Dirth of the delegation, the material and moral difficulties which had to be overcome. Another speaker declared that several members of the delega- tion had already received notice of dismissal from their jobs in Germany, whereupon the Putilov workers shout- ed that they would be proud if the dismissed workers would work with them. Freiberger declared that the very first examination of the shops had destroyed the wild lies and the calumnies about the condition of la- bor and production in Soviet Russia. He declarde further, that only an } enemy of ‘the working class could fail | to recognize the heroism of the } working class could fail to recognize the heroism of the Putilov workers who, after the civil war in which they themselves had taken part, succeeded despite the blockade, despite the dif- ficulties and the shortage, from their own strength without any outside as- sistance, in re-establishing a huge un- dertaking inside three years. lently ih prisoners of the Soviet Union. ‘The proceedings of the fifth session are given below: With regard to Kindermann, Ditt- mar says that the terrorist aims of the expedition to Russia were clearly dealt with in their first discussion al- so. Already then ‘Wolscht was in- troduced to Dittmar as one aware of the secret aims of the expedition. The witness Fink, at present in Moscow, took part in this first discussion as the advisor of the Berlin O. C. “Interested” in Terror Kinderman denies now as before to have had any terrorist intent, he admits however, the order of the meetings as given by Dittmar. Wolscht declares that he has never had any discusion together with Kin- dermann and Dittmar. Kindermann stresses that he has never interested himself in terror, whereupon the pros- Freiberger called for cheers for the international unity of the working class in which the delegation and the huge meeting joined with enhusiasm. Old Russian Worker Thanks Germans. A Putilov worker, Beloussov, who had worked for 50 years in the same factory, then thanked the German workers for their visit to the Soviet Union. A delegate from Hannover then handed a flag emblazoned with the inscription’ “Prepared for the struggle!” to the Putilov workers. The meeting adopted unanimously the following resolution: “The full meeting of the personnel of the Putilov works in the presence of the German delegation, expresses its thanks to the German proletariat for its fraternal attitude to the Rus- sian working class and in particular to the Putilov workers. Will Aid Unity. “It regards the arrival of the Ger- man delegation as an important step on the way to the victory of the united front of the working class of the world against opportunism and reformism, which atempt to weaken the working class in its struggles against capital- ism by a policy of disruption, “We are convinced that the dele- gates of the German workers will rec- ognize after they have seen the suc- cess of our. struggle for Communism, that the cause of the Russian working class is a just cause. “The international bourgeoisie which lost the possibility of exploiting he Russian working class after the Jetober revolution, has ¢arried on since October hand im hand with the leaders of the Second International, a itter.and determined struggle against the dictatorship of the proletariat with weapons and calumnies, with the fabrication of documents, with treach- ery and provocation. . Class Traitors Exposed. “Nevertheless, all their hopes have been in vain. For the working masses of Europe have taken) ‘the cause of: unity into their own hands and they | now wish to learn for themselves the truth of the situation in the Soviet Union. And the working class with- out the slightest doubt will be able to establish the truth about the prole-; tarian revolution. “We are prepared by every possible means to make the study of the Ger- man delegation of our conditions easy. In particular we would be thank- ful to our German comrades if they would study the conditions in our works in order to prove how far the leaders’ of the social democracy afd the Vorwaerts were right when they calymnied the Putilov workers. “German class comrdaes, tell the workers of all countries honestly the truth about the economic and political situation in the Soviet Union! “Long live the united front of the international working class move- ment! . “Long live the alliance of the work- ing classes of Germany and the Soviet Union!” Djerjinsky, in which he interested himself very much in detail im the ter- ror. Wolscht declares he made the ac- quaintance of Kindermann thru the mber of the O. C. Fink, To the question of the prosecutor, how long had the journey to Russia been plan- ned, Wolscht answers, a year to eighteen months. To the question of the prosecutor, what could cause him to interrupt his university study for so long, Wolscht is obviously embar- rassed, cammences to’ stutter and ex- plains that he must find a formul tion for the reason. Finally he says that material cirumstances had com- pelled him to do it. (Amusement.) The prosecutor then suggests that one could hardly better one’s econ- omic circumstances by travelling to Jakutsk without means. Therevipon declares Wolscht suddenly that he had made a contract with the Berliner Tageblatt for a thousand marks a ecutor reminds him of his letter to months during the period of his stay Saturady the German workers’ dele- gation visited the Leningrad trade union council, the industrial adminis tration of the north-east district and various cultural institutions, The poll- tical commission examined the activ ities of the party organizations. In the industrial administration the delegates examined the statistical ma- terial upon the rise of production and the number of workers engaged In Leningrad, industry. They put various questions upon the relations between the economic organs and the trade unions, upon the probtems of export and import and the utilization of for- eign capital, etc. Many of the dele- gates were present at sessions of the various trade union sections, and studied the collective agreements and tariffs. In the evening a session of the En- larged Plenum of the Leningrad trade union council took place in the pres- ence of the German and Swedish workers delegations. The chairman of the German delegation, Freiberger, greeted the Swedish delegation and declared that the meeting of the two delegations was a step to the estab- lishment of trade union unity. In the name of the Swedish delega- tion, Tschilbum presented the Lenin- grad trade union council with a ban- ner emblazoned: “From the Swedish workers to the revolutionary fighters of Leningrad!” Pledges Defense of Soviet Union. A social democratic member of the German delegation, Lehner, thanked the Russian comrades for their readi- ness to assist and declared that there had been no case in which information ‘THE DAILY WORKER }ykit@peemey: : a a . | fit i a Russians Show Proletariat 'Can Live Y visiting us you will be convinced that the proletariat can live without the bourgeoisie, and that it can build up a new socialist economy as well.””—Leningrad Metal orkers’ Shop Council to visiting German Metal Workers’ Delegates. , council’ adopted a resolution which declared: 4 Second International Scored by Council, “The leaders of the Second Inter- national and of the Internattonal Fed- eration of Trade Unions are prepar- ing in this critical moment new treachery against the working class. Tn this moment, when dmperialism has undertaken new adventtires {n Moroc- co and in China, and when {t is pre- paring new attacks upon the Soviet Union, they evade the one step which fs capable of defending the working class from the ever-growing imperial- ist danger, i. e., the creation of inter- national trade union unity. “Still more, they deliberately pre- yent this unity and demand class peace with the bourgeoisie. “This makes the cause of unity the cause of the working masses them- selvés who are proceeding to unity above the heads of their leaders. Visits Break Blockade of Lies. “The Leningrad working class be- eves firmly that the workers of the fraternal delegations have also com- menced this way to unity, By your arrival in the Soviet Union you will destroy the last ring of the blockade, the ring of calumny, “The capitalists prevent the estab- lishment’ of connections between the working class of their countries and the working class of the Soviet Re- public. The very fact of your pres- ence in Soviet territory is in itself a blow to capitalism and a step for the emancipation of the working class. “May your visit, despite all the dif- ficulties, make the fraternal solidarity of the workers of all countries still more firm and provide one more stone | Shop councils, the Illness funds, the SECOND VISIT MADE TO THE PUTILOV WORKS Make Exhaustive Sur- vey of Soviet Shops MOSCOW, July 16—(By Mall). To- day the German workers delegation visited the Putilov works for the sec- ond time and studied the work of the workers’ Insurance and the themselves. The delegates declared that such a progressed shop counciis law existed In no. othre country, Further, the trade school of the works was visited shops Without Bourgeoisie Page Thri | 294 SWEDISH WORKERS, FROM ALL ; TRADES, IN DELEGATION LANDING: AT LENINGRAD TO VISIT RUSSIA MOSCOW, July 18.—(By Mail.) —Today the Swedish works ers’ delegation arrived in Leningrad. It consists of 294 members,, 94 of whom are women, 100 are Communists, 100 Social-Demow crats and the rest non-party. { The delegation was greeted enthusiastically at the border) station and fn Leningrad by thousands of workers. On the + ————, and made a great Impression upon the delegates. They examined all the detafls of wages, etc., in the course of some hours’ discussion with the workers. In the afternoon’ various co-opera- tives, trade union and public organ izations were visited. In the evening @ great concert in honor of the dele gates was given. The concert was carried out solely by the workers of the Putilov works, Tomorrow the delegation leaves for Moscow, where it will spend three days. Afterwards the delegation will visit various towns, Three groups will be formed to study the condition of labor fn the central industrial district, the Uural district and the South West district. in the fabric of international proleta- rian unity.” it is the intention of the delegaton to remain in Soviet Russia for a month. SHOP BY SHOP, GERMAN WORKERS PROBE CONDITIONS OF LABOR IN LENINGRAD; MOSCOW, FINDING SURPRISES July 19.—(By Mail.)—The German workers delegation will arrive in Moscow only on Monday, in the meantime it will continue its de- tailed study of the conditions in the Leningrad shops. Apart from the Putilov, the investigation of which was only completed on Saturday, the delegation has visited the electrical works Electrosila, a had been refused or in which the dele-| furniture factory, a textlie factory, the famous rubber factory “Krasny gates had been prevented from study- | Trougolnik,” the tobacco factory “Uri “We leave Leningrad,” declared Lehner, “with the firm conviction that the Leningrad proletariat has accomplished tremendous things and that the German workers have been deceived shamelessly in relation to the conditions in the Soviet Union by the bourgeois press. “We assure you that should an at- tack be made upon the Soviet Union, there is no shop in Germany which would not spring to the defense of your working class country. Whoever seizes Soviet Russia by the throat, will -break his own neck in conse- quence,” Swedish Socialist Praises Russ Workers. In the name of the social democrat- ic fraction of the Swedish workers’ delegation Tschelman declared that one must learn from the Russian pro- letariat and that without sharing in Communist opinion, he joined in the revolutionary enthusiasm of the Len- ingrad_ working class. Other members of both delegations expressed without distinction of poli- tical or trade union tendenoies, their recognition of the Leningrad working class and the will for international working class unity. After these speeches, the enlarged plenum of the Leningrad trade union in Russia. The two thousand mar! paid by the Berlner Tageblatt rep- resented an advance of two months’ pay in the spirit of this agreement, Admit Forged Letters. Dittmar continues and says that at the second discussion, in the home of Professor Thyssen, apart from the dis- cussion of the terror plan, a made-up letter to the Jakutsk Republic wi agreed upon describing the “scien' fic work” planned to maintain the scientific appearance of the expedi- tion. Apart from this, the text of the teldarhGhe already mentioned were agreed upon. Kindermann admits that he received the telegram with the pre-arranged text, “Congratulations on the birth,” he suggests however, that this arose from a beer freak of Dittmar, Reply- ing to the question of the prosecutor who asked him how he could under- stand the meaning of the telegram without previous agreement about the text, Kindermann that he “made German Fascists Confe tzky,” the state printing works, a me- mn and finally, the Leningrad bureau of the metal workers union, where the delegation learnt the activi- ty of a trade union. The visit to each of the shops lasted several] hours and the delegates asked the workers ‘upon all details of the conditions 6f labor, wages, insurance, length of working hours, sickness ar- rangements, state of production, pol- itical rights, cultural work, union work, women’s work etc. In the Electrical Works—Where Profits Go : In the “Elektrosila” works the dele- gates asked how the profits of the un- dertaking were divided, and learnt in reply that 25 per cent was handed over to. the state funds, 10 per cent went for the betterment of the condi- tions of the workers, and the remain- ing 65 per cent for the extension of production. When the delegates were first told that apprentices received two months holiday, they thought that it must be a translation mistake. a Furniture Factory Work and Wages In the furniture factory the dele- gates declared that the quality of pro- duction was not below the qualjty of production in Germany, and that the wages of the Russian wood-workers were on a level with, and partly even above the wages of similar workers in up the correct combination himself (Laughter). Now follows the discussion of the telegram already mentioned very of- ten before-with the name Gruenbaum. This telegram is of great significance for the whole course of the proceed- in Both Wolscht and Kindermann become mixed in endless contradic- tions upon this point. Wolscht ‘admits it is true that he signed the protocol personally in which he ‘recognized the text of this telegram and its purpose, he says however, that he caf no longer con- firm the contents of the protocol him- self, To the repeated questions of the chairman and the prosecutor in this connection he is unable to reply. The prosecutor quotes “Hamlet” to the ef- fect that there are more things in heaven and earth ‘ Kindermann’s Sabotage Facts. Kindermann (with insolent laugh- ter): “Especially in Soviet Russia.” Prosecutor: “Yi especially for “Germany, and at that, under ¢ cost of living. New Things Found in Textile Mills In the textile factory, the delegates discovered that the administrative staff, the director etc., had originally been taken from amongst the workers in the shops. The delegates were sur- prised to learn that women’s work was paid the same wages as men's. The delegation further visited the dis- ry and the club, ete. of the fac- heaper In the rubber factory “Krasny Trou- golnik,” the delegates learnt that in consequence of the danger to health involved in the production of rubber, a six hour day had been introduced and a vacation of one month for each one of the 14,000 workers. 2,000 of tie latter were taking their vacation at the time of the visit of the delega- tion, in health resorts in the country. In 1915, wages were 30 Roubles, in 1925, 35 Roubles, at present the wages are already 20 per cent more than be- fore the war. Printing and Metal Workers Better Off Than in Germany In the state printing works the dele- gates declared that the average wage was 25 per cent higher than in Ger- many and this quite apart from the various privileges etc., provided for by Russian law. fascists.” Kindermann and Wolscht now at- tempt by means of endless requests to speak and to sabotage the negotia- tions. Despite the many previous warnings of Chairman Jaroslavsky, no disciplinary measures were however used. Kindermann attempts in endless speeches to prove that he is an ex- pert in polar science and bases his contention upon haphazardly chosen titles of books from the last century. To the question of the chairman whether or not these literary particu- lars could be found in a lexicon, Kind. ermann answers in the affirmative. Kindermann admits also that he has never studied polar science at the unt- versity. Exploiting the patience of the chairman, Kindermann then pro- ceeds to talk without cease of his hun- ger strike which he alleges that he conitnued for 48 days. There was foud laughter, and then Kindermann explains laughingly, “Naturally with occurred. From Soviet Russia a raflway train consisting of efght carriages was sent to the Esthonian sfatfon. The Esthon- fan frontier officials, withont any| cause, held up the delegation and com-| pelled it to remain fn the carriages | for four hours. manded by telephone the immediate) release of the train, appealing to the existing raflway convention. Finally, the Esthon{ian frontier authorities re- leased the delegation. Despite the late | hour, the delegation was greeted on | Soviet territory by numerous workers’ | delegations with music. | The delegation consists of 55 metal workers, 22 wood, paper dnd building workers, 60 raflwaymen and sailors, 20 municipal employes, 20 commercial workers, 17 printers, 13 tailors, 12 workers in the food industry, 10 miners, 2 post workers, and 2 teach- ers. The delegation consists of Com- munists, socialdlemocrats and non- party trade union officials. The Soviet frontier authorities de-| | SCABBY HEARST PAPER FINALLY SETTLES WITH UNION; TERMS SECRET SEATTLE, August 5&—After 14 months at a_ strikebreaking non- union dally, Hearst's Seattle Post- Intelligencer is again apearing as the product of union printers. The terms are not made public but the cfficial organ of Washington labor says, “It is safe to presume that both sides to the controversy made some concessions.” Hearst had refused to pay unlon wages and observe union conditions. 300 More Strike In Paterson, PATERSON, N. J-—Announcement of a wage cut of four cents an hour brot 300 employes of Cramer & King, dyers and printers, on strike. Three hundred and fifty silk workers of the Doherty mills are still on strike and two smaller strikes are in progress, A group of metal worker members of the German delegation formed themselves into a party to visit the Leningrad metal works, and they studied carefully the conditions of Production and of labor. After exam- ining the wage lists and after discus- sions with the workers the delegates declared that the wage conditions were considerably better then in Ger- many. In the name of the metal worker delegates of the German delegation, Traus read the following greeting: Metal Workers Delegates Praise Soviet Industry “As delegates of the workers in the German heavy industries, we wish to express our pleasure upon the unity which exists between the workers and the technical staff in your shops. You are very far progressed. If you con- tinue with the same intensity of labor as we have been able to observe dur- ing our visit, you will certainly exper- ience a great revival of your industry. Long Live the working class of Rus- sia and Germany!” The shop council of the metal works requested the delegates to convey the following greeting to the German me- tal workers: “Today your delegates have visited our metal works. They have been able to see our achievements and form an opinion upon the life of the workers in the town of Lenin by dis- cussions with the various workers. They have seen our production, how, far from being in decay, it grows steadily. “Our Foremen Chosen by Workers” “They have met the foremen who have been placed at their posts by the workers themselves. They have learnt the truth about the Soviet Union. “We do not doubt for one moment | but only light food. No white bread, that your delegation will tell you only the truth about us. considerable pauses in between.” Prisoners of Soviet Well Fed. Hereupon the chairman reads the following note of Kindermann to the examining judge upon his epicurian tastes and desires: “Lunch was to- day good, but please, no dessert again, no cheese and no jelly are antipathetic to me.” ecause these | Another note: “A roast and a chicken, not red compote but the earlier form.” A third note: “Please no compote, | but various fresh fruit and some Mal-| aga.” ’ These notes are dated in various months of the arrest under examina- “We are thankful to you for having sent a delegation to our working class land, and we are convinced that the unity between the workers of Ger- many and the workers of the Soviet Union will become ever more firm. “We hope to be able to greet still further delegations of the German workers who will always receive a friendly reception in our metal works and in all the other factories. Can Get Along Without Belng Robbed “By visiting us you will be con- vinced that the proletariat can’ Tive without the bourgeoisie, and thaf\it can build up a new socialist economy as well. “Long Live the fraternal unjty of the metal workers of Germany 7nd of the Soviet Union! \ “Long Live the unity of the interna tional working class movement!” Two Pickets Only. BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Ang. 5— Judge John J. Walsh refases to mod! fy a temporary injunction Imiting the United Hatters’ Union to two pickets in its fight on the big firm of PF. Berg & Co. which went open shop on mov. ing to Norwalk, Conn, from Orange N. J., earlier in the year. In its ap peal for the writ the firm admittec that the union had ft beaten unless th: judge intervened. Building Laborers Strike, NEW HAVEN, N. J. Aug. 5-—Th: Hod Carriers and Building Laborers Union has several hundred men or strike for a wage increase to 75 cent: an hour from the 65 cents previous?) paid. For plasterers’ tenders wage in creases to 85 cents from 75 cents ar asked. JEFFERSON, Mass. — c.caty-fiy eniployes of the Quinapoxet Mill ar striking against a 10 per cent cut. ss to Sending of Forged Letters prison fare. 5 Jaroslavsky declares: “If the pol tical prisoners in Germany wer | treated in the same way, one woul be able to congratulate them on the! imprisonment.” Kindermann Explores With Rear En Dittmar then describes the boastin | declarations of Kindermann to hh about his (Kindermann's) Spitzberge journey, from which it would appee that the “Polar Explorer” Kinde mann had only once walked on the fc and upon that occasion he slipped, fe upon his rear end and tore his trou ers. Since then he had shown no mor tion, The chairman says that he fs in & position to read dozens of the same nature, He then reads a letter from Wolscht in which the latter thanks the examining judge for the excellent food, explains his own taste and de- clares that the food is more in the nature of a fattening course than interest for the polar nature of Spit bergen, but he Had compiled a lor report upon the situation fn the Spit bergen coal mines and upon the e tent of their financing by the Norw gian government, Dittmar declar that Kindermann has always aet from motives of gain. Work Is Torture Under Profit System, Germans Show other countries work is a torture b th ers know that aré only working for the profit of the capitalists. You, however, are working for yourselves, seveanet sai ences dates pon peceoe, Somes of vai gel only to the benefit of the workers’ state.” —Speech of German Shop Workers Delegate to 10,000 Putilov factory workers at Leningrad. P I ALA EAE