The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 22, 1925, Page 6

“other foreign capital at every opportunity,” Page Six THE DAILY WORKER jj Published by tis, DAILY WORKER DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING co. 1138 W. Washington Blyd., Chicago, Ill, Phone Monroe na amend eadbaate SUBSCRIPTION RATES , By mail (in Chicagy only): By mail (outside of Chicago): $5.00 per year $4.50 six months | $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months #2.50 three months $2.00 three months | ‘ Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Slvd., Chicago, Itlinois | J. LOUIS ENGDAHL NB Editors LOEB. Business Manager s mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- | under the act of March 3, 1879. Entered as second-class ago, Lil, 290 Advertising rates on application. =—— == === = <= ==> = Praise From the Enemy Is No Praise q Daniel O’Connel, famous Irish nationalist leader made a state-| ment which became historic, when he said that whenever the British | government paid him a compliment, he went home and examined his conscience. This is a good thing for the working class to bear| in mind. When their leaders are praised by the capitalists or the agents of apitalism, it indicates that there is something the matter | with the leaders The New York Times in a recent issue showered undiluted ise on Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing, kers of America for establishing the so-called impartial machin- ery in thé men’s clothing industry in New York and also the estab- lisiment of a minimum standard of production, with the union, bound to enforce the terms of the agreement. The editorial, without having any intention of being funny es on the alleged peace which Hillman’s class collaboration policy York men’s clothing industry. Perhaps the editorial writer did not read the story of the strike at the Inter- national loring Company plant or of the vicious injunction ‘ting handed down by Judge Churchill, a “friend of | as endorsed by the New York Trades and Labor Coun- the Times was not intent on providing the workers with It simply putting out propaganda j dile hrot about in the New labor eth No. someth for ce 1y unionism, towards which the policy of Hillman will} inevitably ad the Amalgamated. Hillman’s beautiful dream, of substituting co-operation “with the t for the class struggle did not bring peace. It happens that | the members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers who slave in the rhops have no guarantee of $7,500 a year strike or no strike, employ- ment or unemployment, like their president, Mr. Hillman. This is where Hillman’s class collaboration plan gets pricked by a needle. The tailors must strike or squeeze their belts a litle tighter. Then the courts come out with their injunctions. Or when the courts fail to do this the police arrest on officials and active union members | and frame them up as they did in Chicago, Hillman is undoubtedly head over heels in love with class collaboration, but the rank and file are not smitten. Hence the police raids and the injunctions. The Times editorial carried the following chunk of dynamite which is called ‘to the attention of the members of the Amalgamated Clithing Workers: “The employers have asked. for authority to penalize workers by deductions in their pay when they fall below the established standards of production. It is understood that the inion has consented to the employers’ proposal in return for their pledge to grant the union’s demand and that.a final agreement, will be reached on that basis when the details are hammered out.” This is a nice kettle of fish! If the Times version \is correct, Hillman agrees to stand behind the tailor and see that he maintains a certain standard of production or else submit to having his pay envelope looted. Thus the Amalgamated instead of being. a union to help its members in the constant struggle against the employers, would be- ¢ome a weapon in the hands of the employers playing the same role as the slave drivers of the South in the days prior to the ¢ivil war. The Socialist Party of France The congress of the socialist party of France voted to refuse further support to the Painleve government. The ostensible reason for this action is Painleve’s failure to make public the peace terms offered by the French government to Abd-El-Krim. The real reason | is two fold. First: The socialists were not able to exact satisfactory terms from the Painleve government. Secondly: The campaign carried on by the Communists against the Morocean war which the socialists supported was rapidly alien- ating the remnants of its proletarian following from the socialist party. Hence the gesture of political purity. The hypocrisy of this gesture is apparent. leaders expect to win the Moroccan campaign by October. If they don’t win by then, they admit the stiuation is hopeless. Parlia- ment does not meet until the middle of October. Therefore the socialist resolution of approval does not affect the government’s policy in Morocco. If the French campaign against the Riffs is successful, Pain- leve will probably retain power despite the socialist defection. If it is a failure the aid of the socialists could not save him. When parliament was in session, only the Communists opposed ihe Riff war. They were arrested and imprisoned for their attitude. Tlie socialists agreed that France must /defend her prestige in ‘Morocco. They only disagreed with Painleve over the manner in ‘which the war should be conducted. The French military | exist as an independent factor, It | to all intents and purposes the Amer- | nomic situation in the United States | | our party must find the best means, | paigns for the accomplishment of this Thus the socialists have given further evidence of their hypoc- “risy and their betrayal of the workers, while making a bluff at differ- entiating themselves from the capitalist partieg, This camouflage _will not forever fool the masses. : Wales in the Argentine His royal highness, the prince of Wales is in the Argentine, on his father’s business; so to speak. That is, he is serving as royal drummer for the imperial bagmen who sell the products of Britain in South America, in competition with the United States and other countries. « The prince is trying to undo the harm done by “Black Jack” Pershing on a previous visit. Pershing was doing for Wall Street what the prince was doing for Threadneedle Street. It is another, proof of the deadly gompetition between the two imperialist powers. ‘His royal highness is scheduled to open the national. livestock show today. This will give him a good opportunity to sling the “bulky That the prince is not traveling mexely to sample various brands of hootch of test the respective terpsichorean merits of the daughters of many lands, is shown by the following paragraph in a news item from Buenos Aires: “The prince finds British capital strongly intrenched and lead- ing all other foreign investments. Investors hope that the present entertainment of the prince will have a beneficial influence on “Argent » politic fiitax who have a tendency toy ize British and te that, The y is out of the bag. canine HE American proletariat is as yet; comparatively far removed from | class consciousness: It does not yet oes not yet function as a class. Thus ican proletariat is not yet formed as a class, In this situation it becomes the ask of the Communists to hasten the birth of the proletariat as a class. In analyzing the political and eco- the most adequate slogans and cam- task. With a convention contemplated, it became the task of the leadership of our organization, to analyze the politi- cal and economic situation” in the country, to give our party the direc- tion for its future work. It is in these analyses where eventual differ-| ences of concept existing fn the party become apparent. ‘Different evalua- tions of existing factors naturally lead to different conclusions and to differ- ent policies, HE thinority of the Central Execu- tive Committee, in analyzing the situation came to the conclusion: First, that the awakening of the American proletariat ot political con- sciousnéss is the most important im- mediate task of our party, and Second, that a labor party slogan and campaign is the best means to accomplish it under existing condi- tions, The majority of our Central tive Cmmittee, on the other hand,| came to different conclusions. It de-| nied both of the contentions of the minority. It claimed: First, that the American working | class is sufficiently class conscious to | Execu- | | kind of a labor party. THE DAILY WORKER | accept. Communist Teadorabip: Second, that the American working class is too backward ‘to accept ala: bor party, and Third, that a labor party campaign and slogan would fet hasten the ac- ceptance of Communist leadership by the American proletariat, but on the contrary, would retard it. This different evaluation of the sit- uation and the resulting difference in proposed orientation for our party be- came the issue before our party. This, and nothing else. The theses of both sides proved that; every article pub- lished in the discussjan, confirms it. Since the decision of the Comintern there has been a consistent effort on the part of the doth pp of the C, B.C. to twist the issue, is tactic of our C. E. C. majority is, only. a manifesta- tion of the lack of Bolshevik qualities of our party. In.a Bolshevik party either the leadership’ would have a sufficient feeling of.political responsi- bility to prevent it.,ffom beclouding the most important political issue be- fore the party, becaysevits duty is to clarify it—or a Bolshevjk:party would have a sufficiently clear:membership to sweep from position: of leadership any comrade who would:dare, for the sake of retaining his position, to be- cloud issues instead’: of clarifying them, ob” HE majority of the ‘Central Execu- tive, Committee 1s, trying to make the party believe that, the issue was not whether a labor party but what A cool con- sideration of the circumstances under which the controversy developed, will prove the falseness of that claim. The | question of what kind of a labor party would naturally develop first of all in a situation where the party is con- fronted with a crystallization of a la- hat Is the Issue? bor party. No such condition existed in November, 1924. The sole ques. tion which agitated the Central xe: cutive Committee and the party was the question of whether or not it was advisable under existing ¢ircum- stances to propogate among the Amer- ican workers the formation of a labor party, The answer of the majority | was ng while the minority answered yes. The ever repeated argument of the majority that there is no senti- ment for a labor party proves at once two things: first, that the argument was whether or not a ,labor party; and, second, that the majority did not understand the first postulate of ‘the minority: that the awakening of thé American proletariat to political con sciousness is the most important task of our party. The Confmunist Internatiénal bas: made its decision. The question might be asked here: why is it neces- sary to dig down into the past when ! our future course is clearly prescribed by the decision of the Comintern, Our answer is that while the future course is clearly prescribed our party needs a pilot, a leadership which can navigate the waters of the American class struggle according to the vpre- scribed course to the benefit of»the American proletariat. It is not» suffi- cient for the leadership to declare. their general accept&nce of* the or- ders, but such leadership must also show the qualifications to carry them out. In judging the qualifications past performances become important considerations for the present. FTER we had established the exact nature of the issue we may consider, the present attitude of the majority of the C, E. C. toward it. { have before me the minutes of the American commission of the Cofifin- ern. In its sixth session held April AVALANCHE OF FANCY LYING BY ANTHRACITE OPERATORS PROVEN _T0 BE ANTI-UNION PROPAGANDA By ALEX REID . GSecretary of the Progressive Miners’ Committee.) (ARTICLE I—On Anthracite.) A super-human attempt is being made at this time to misinform the miners and other workers thruout the country of the actual,¢enditions exist- ing in the Anthracite. Volumes of misleading figures are being ‘sent thruout the country in an attempt to influence the workers against “the miners in that part of the mining industry, Thousands of*dollars of blébd’ money wrung Some very. impoftant capitalist papers are quoti: out of the miners’ lives are being spent in this unholy campaign by the coal operators. figures to show that the anthracite, miners’ wages vary from $1,200 to-$6,500. per; year. Truly, a very wide -range,of figures, but a standing reward:will be paid any per- son who can show, that the miners in the anthracite average $1,000 per year. The following table taken from the 1922 official report of the United States Coal’ Cétimission will show the cage epee oF the capitalists’ fake figures. Shaina Classes. Elevewselasses of inside labor earn wages from $890 to $1,400 per year, and since that report was published, 10 per cent increase has been given the miners making the range jump to $990 to $1,500. It must be remem- bered’ that the above figures are gross earnings and fo mention is made about the dedwetions that are aken off them. | § The coal ‘commission figures follow: Bratticemen’ ‘and carpenter Drivers .. 1,290 Doortenders and patchers, boys. 890 Engineers 1,400 Headmen and footmen 1,335 Company laborers 1,345 Company mine: 1,525 Pumpmen 1,430 Car runners 1,300 Timbermen .. 1,780 Tracklayers 1,430 It will be readily noticed that when the miners pay rent, doctor, insur- ance, lights, explosives, keep up their tools, etc., ete. there is very little left to feed a family. The miners in the anthracite do not average $25 per week the year round. Most of the’ miners are burdened with large families. Considering the high cost of living anyone can easily see the condition of the hard coal slaves. The coal.. commission also reports that forty-nine per cent of the miners earned around one hundred dollars per month. Found Miners’ Families Iil-fed. Further on in their report, they state that they investigated five hun- dred and fifty-five miners’ homes, where earnings were low, and they found that the food consumed did not cotifrom in variety to the stand- ards set by experts as essential for healthful living. Why was the coal commission's re- port buried by.the coal operators, and why has the fake leaders of the miners, refused to carry on a cam- paign to have it published and broad- casted? 4 The commission clearly pointed out that living conditions at the mines were terrible, and recommended that the following improvements be in- stalled at once; Living conditions to be improved, by water being brot into, the houses; that bath houses should be provided, together with sanitary arrangements, and adequate sewerage facilities. Even the Capitalist Government Dis- proves Lies, The commission's report regarding wages was based on full time work- ed thruout the year, The work of che miners in the, racite is of such a nature that no miner can stand up to it six days per week, Wisom ~ ie a I A cl aa eR li Ng A A A AAA ct Rae Ae Rc and the result is his earnings afe pro- portionately cut, down. In fact,,the commission, referring to this situation, stdtes that the miners, with a few exceptions, earn from $600 to $1,300 against'a cBSt Of living es- timated at $2,000, anda ‘careful read- ing of their report leads’one to some very, very définite cgnelusions,as to the steps to be takgm to solve the coal problem. Another instalment of the anthra- cite will be published in tomorrow's DAILY WORKER. ** Armed Miners Zeigler Def lomes AgainstTerrorists (Continued from page 1) cold feet, and this morning only a few men tried to get into the mine. There are 18 men arrested so far upon the warrants issued charging “conspiracy to murder.” Among these are Henry Corbishley, deposed presi- dent of the Zeigler miners’ local and a foe of the Farrington-klap machine. Others include Corbishley’s two broth- ers and Matt Crjnoeyich, a militant leader of the progressive miners’ of this camp. The bajl, is set at $200 each, and Corbishley and his brother miners are now released. Other war- rants are yet not served. Set Hearing for Aug. 26. The preliminary héaring is set for August 26. Attorney, E. Morgan is retained for the defense. The spirit of the miners is running high.against the labor fakers andy the klan who have thus combined #0; intimidate and persecute them, Nee Warrants Sworn Outyby Labor Faker. Farrington has di d in the pub- lic press that he will, drive the min- ers of Zeigler back,to work, and the attempted armed t of the ku klux klan is evidently first effort. The warrants against union miners were sworn out by. of the officials of the U. M. W. of A.—D. B. Cobb, vice-president of District 9. Cobb and Lon Fox, the sub-district president, are Beg cause of the present trouble, as it was their successful stealing of the election last year which set every honest miner in the sub-district against them, but won to their side the bootleggers, K. K. K. and the secret forces of the mine operators. Miners Organize to Fight inbak: The miners all ‘Over the state are organizing a demand!for a special dis- triet ‘convention, t#*clean house of all such vermin officials and to pro- tect the union agaitist election thieves and official disrupters such as Cobb, who has sworn oubfwarrants against members of his union. Resolutions are pouring into the . from. the locals trev"hery to the demanding re-ine officerr GENERAL STRIKE NEEDED 10 SAVE THE W. VA, MINERS Railroaders Must. Stop Hauling Scab Coal By AN OLD COAL MINER. (Worker. Correspondent.) SHINNSTON, W. Va., Aug,, 20.— From what I see around here. in. West Virginia it looks like the coal miners’ strike will be lost unless John L. Lewis calls a general strike on Sept. lst. I personally know that if the hard coal fields are settled ‘Lewis will not call the general strike. Should Call General Strike. I will say this much: Again us poor miners are waiting for the first of September only. If it’s a general strike it is O. K., and if nbt all of us are returning to work. e have struck better than six months. I do hope that Lewis calls a general strike. Must Stop Hauling Scab Goal, I was talking to a railroadér the other day, and the question of a rail- road strike was brot up. ‘Hg fold me that the laws of the Un eS forbid them from affiliatin® the A. F. of L., as the coal “ih id,’ and that they could not pull! ike as we did, and that they Hine: look out for the people in the large: cities. He said that if they came. out on strike for one week, that thousands of little children would starve. I think it would be better for a few to starve now than for the whole United States to starve the rest of their lives. And they would not have to strike to help us out. All they would have to do would be stop hauling scab coal. Governor to Name Ladd’s Successor, Leaguers Shut Out BISMARCK, N. D., Aug. 20.—A,new United States senator, to fill the place made vacant by E. F. Ladd, dece: is to be chosen for Notth Dakota. Governor Sorlie, Nonpartisan leaguer, says he will appoint a Batacsr yok for the post. It has been the custom in the past for the nonpartisan league organiza- tion in North Dakota to name all can- didates for state and national: office and delegates of the league met here some time ago for the purpose,of indorsing a man for the United States senate. It appeared, however, that Sorlie’ was determined to do this job himyelf, | and altho some of the leaguers were against this procedure, the governor's control of jobs was sufficient to whip the majority of the delegates into dine, Women Back Channel Swim. NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—A second at- tempt to swim the English channel by Gertrude Ederle, Ameri¢an girl swim- mer, will be backed financially by the Wome’ Swimming Association of New York, officials of the organization announced today. Electricity to Battie Age. LONDON, Aug. 20.--Now that the world has laughed away the alleged “rejuvenation” claims for monkey glands, an [Wnglish inventor has come forward with the claim that he is able to rejuvenate the ‘and put off the old-age feeling in the middle-aged by the medium of electricity. Laer, 25th, F find Comrade Foster speaking -| thus: “I want to state that‘in general -| the resolution is acceptable to the majority. However, there are some points there we feel should be amend- ed. For example, on ‘page. six, the American text, the last sentence reads as follows: ‘They feel that the slo- gan of a labor party is the general conclusion of all their everyday de- mands and then the slogan will pos- sess irresistible force.’ “We propose,” continues Comrade Foster, “that this sentence be struck out altogether as this sentence will tend. to overstress entirely the role. of the labor party. We tibnk that IT 18° ACCEPTABLE and that the propa gation of alabor party is not going hid work out In that respect. fe Here. we have a pilot accepting or- ders and at the same time showing unmistakable signs that he firstly does not consider the order a good one that he considers essential parts of the or- der as unacceptable, and secondly that he does not understand the order at all. When Comrade Foster says ‘that this sentence “tends to overstress en- tirely the role of the labor party” he proves that he does not yet under- stand why the propagation of a labor party {s an important, revolutionary issue in America. If Comrade Foster and the majority considers this an overstressing of the role of the Tabor party then he cannot consider ‘the labor party an acceptable policy, be- cause only on account of the labor party’s role as a unifying slogan, driv- ing home to the workers the political significance of the class struggle, is the labor party policy an important policy of the American Communist Party. If the labor party propa. : “is not going to-work out in that respect” then the C. I. decision ir GEORGIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY EXPEDITION REACHES TOP OF PEAK. TIFLIS, ‘Aug. 20.—Five girls, ee) the tea they made, were giveri credit today for the successful Mount El! Bruz, Europe’: mountain, by a party of nineteen members of the Seommit} nee? graphic Society. Mount El Bruz is 18,526 hee sea level at the pinnacié, Wi gives it an elevation 3,000 feetig , er than Mont Blanc. | tons During the frequent sto the ascent, the five girls mad of tea and served the weary climbers. TURN FIRE HOSE ON 34 JAILED LW. W, MEMBERS Arrested for Boycott’ of . D. Counties: :«-: FARGO, N. D., , Aug. 20.—The Fargo fire department was called ont, last night to quell a protest of 34.1. W., W. confined in the Cass county jail. The sheriff boasted that “we practically. drowned them.” The men are to ba called before the justice of the peace on charges of “malicious mischief.” The I, W. W. were put in jail be- cause they actively agitated for a boy- cott on Fargo and Cass county, com- Plaining that 16 harvest hands were unjustly arrested on Aug. 3rd. North- west authorities generally have be- come notorious for their disregard of the rights of the harvest workers. Phonograph Work Revives. PHILADELPHIA, August 20.—(FP) —Victor Talking Machine Co. is tak- ing on workers at the rate of 100 a day, bringing its force to 4,500," be- cause of increased productidn ® of phonographs equipped with ‘radio’ ae ceiving sets. British Missionaries Safe.” LONDON, Aug. 20.—-Kight British being kindly treated, according’ toad- vices received perp today. ‘ political prisoners, ‘In India, China, Japan, Germany, Italy, Poland, Czécho- Slovakia, Hungary gre the United States .thousands.of workers have fallen victims to mn capitalist courts and are dragging out weary months and years in filthy jails from which they ‘will emerge, if death does not first overtake them, ill and broken. Workers ‘are persecuted and jailed wherever capitalism flourishes. From Tom Mooney in a California jail to tured and beaten, théresis no diff ence in the motive of!the bosses a or attempt on the “part! ‘of courageou workers to free their Own <"4ss at the risk of death and the tSonge of ‘the. bourgeois class against those who would wrest from them their power And this revenge in its frenzy knows no-bounds. And it is useless to hope for mercy, Our hope lies only in our- missionaries belonging to the Church’ Missionary Society who were captured | |by bandits in China are safe and are political prisoners in India, jailed, tor¢ | the crime of the priséuers)* It is the’ By Max Bedacht wrong; then the minority is wrong and the majority {s right. But since the majority, thru Comrade Foster's mouth, accepted the decision of the Comintern as correct it must also ac 4 cept the premise upon which the de- cision was made, namely, that the labor party slogan tends to accomp- lish the task of awakening the prole- tarlan m. s in America to political consciousness, The Comintern did not make its de- cision acceptable to the majority. It refused to concede to Comrade Fos- ter’s demands, INCE our majority refuses to ac- cept the premises of the Comin tern its protestations of acceptance of the C. I, decision are meaningless. Especially meaningless do these pro- testations become when they are made asa bid for leadership. Leadership does. not only presuppose the accept- ance of orders but demands also an understanding of the orders and a thoro agreement with them. Our ma- jority has proven beyond doubt that it has neither the understanding nor } is it in ‘agreement with the labor party policy, The majority is conscious of this shortcoming and therefore adopted the policy of switching the discus- sion from the real issue. - This tactic is neither Bolshevik nor is it conduc- ive to the development of Bolshevism in our party. Instead of driving home to the members an understanding of the general political orientation of our party it deliberately blocks such un- derstanding and elevates the raising of fake issues to a political principle. 'f our party was ever confronted with the dangers of any “fake” it is the danger of fake issues raised by a lead- rship which was caught in the act of nisdirecting the party, (BUILDING LABOR WINS STRIKES IN NEW HAEVN : | Some Contractors Give In, Others Weaken NEW HAVEN, Conn., August 20.— (FP)—Twenty or more contractors signed up with striking building labor- ers when all other workers except bricklayers walked out in sympathy. About 200 hodcarriers and laborers are affected by the agreements which give them their wage increases to 75 and 85 cents an hour. The five big- gest contractors, who employ over 400 laborers, are refusing to grant workers’ demands despite the sympa- thetic strike. Union bricklayers are out on the office building job contracted by Leonard Construction Co., headed by former Senator Harry A. Leonard, be- cause the company employs non-union men on another job. Bricklayers are prevented by their agreement with employers from participating in sym- pathetic strikes. The general strike committee is hopeful that because of Leonard’s [layers of contract all union brick- layers will walk off their jobs. Leon- ard is the leader of the builders’ as- sociation fight against building trades anions in New Haven. Soviet Planes Going to Canton. SHANGHAI, Aug. 20.—Two Soviet airplanes, en route to Canton on a flight ffom Moscow, arrived today at Kaifeng, according to reports received here. \ Close Convent in Mexico, MEXICO CITY, Aug. 20.—The con- vent of Guadalajara has been closed by police order and thirteen Spanish nuns ordered expelled under the terms of ‘a law prohibiting foreign teachers in Mexican schools. 4s Calles Trying to Put It Over, » MEXICO GITY, Aug. 20.-.To facili- tate settlement of the controversy rag- ing over the agrarian Jaws, President Calles has announced plans to give the’ leaders. of the agrarian commis- sion diplomatic appointments abroad and to replace them with commission- ‘ers more in sympathy with the pro- 4 Mest DO YOUR PART FOR THE PRISONERS | HIE jails of the woild are filled with | ; defense must be built to fight; and funds must be raised for the wives and chil- dren of class war prisoners; for legal defense and counse) and for affording some material comfort for the victims themselves, who, in black holes of the jails that capitalism has provided for the workers, wait and hove for a mes- ‘sage from the outside. The International Labor Defense has been organized for the great pur- pose of defending and caring for those who fall in the first tren of ae war between bosses and scope is international and its | ie e to defend class. war prisoners ‘ileal where, no matter what their. politica affiliations. In this great work ii (needed. Each one must do his pi means you and your fellow work- elp to make the outing at Pleasant Ray park, New iti. snecess. “ /