The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 25, 1925, Page 3

~ tare wana A a maa: \ | THIS PAGE Is Devoterto the Activity and Interests of the ‘Trade (nion Edacational League (7. G22. BE.) orth American. Section of the RED I/TERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS (R. LL, U.) we : HE T.U.E.L. Repreints the Left Wing of the Labor Movement. ite Purpose 4 to Strengthen the Labor Unions by Amalgamation of Existig Unions, Organization of the Unorganized, and by Replacij Reactionary and Class Collaboration Policies with a Unifid Program for the Transformation of the Unions Into Organsof Revolutionary Cl. Struggle for the Overthrowal of Capjalism and the Establishment of a Workers’ and Farm- Head of Swedish Workers’ Delegation Uf My) ly Ui ( x Se ra i Nr é; Ny ers’ Gvernment. / WORKERS OF WHOLE WORLD ARE DEMANDING TRADE UNION UNITY / AND ONE GREAT INTERNATIONAL ‘That/the organized workers in all countries, and not only in Europe, are | deeply jAterested in the movement for trade union unity is witnessed by the resqlutions and other expressions of opinion which we reproduce. From a vast fndustrial center like Berlin to a mining village in the Asturias, from the far north of Sweden to a little market town on the hillslopes of’ Andalusia from Poland to Portugal, from Belgium to Brazil, from Leningrad to: Monte: video, the unity of the trade union movement is the outstanding vital issue tm the world of labor. — ai Belgium. to adopt the same attitude as the Brit- The Brussels branch of the Belgian |ish in the question of international Teachers’ Union has unanimonsly re- | unity. solved that: Similar resolutions have heen pass- In view of the events in China and } ed by the Drome branch of the Teach- Morocco, we condemn with all our/ers’ Union, and by numerous meet- might the actions of tke capitalist | {ngs in Alsace, at Roubaix, Tourcoing, powers in the colonies. We warn | Boulogne, and in the departments of the working class fo the danger of a/| the Marne, Loir-et-Oher, Allier, Rhone, world upheaval. . . We beg all work- etc. Further references to the recent In the Red Square of Moscow yas Mass meeting at Lenin's Mausoleum in honor of the German and Swedish workers’ delegations to Soviet Russia. Comrade Rykoff is speaking. ing class organizations to work for the reestablishment of trade union unity, and with this in view, to sup- port the efforts of the Anglo-Russian council. developments of the unity campaign in France will be found on another page. Germany. The Berlin branch of the Metal Workers’ Union, the largest of all the trade union branches in that city, have unanimously paksed at a general meeting the following resolution for the German T. U. C. (to be held in August): The international capitalist offens- ive directed against the working class of all countries, and the fact that the capitalists are utilizing all the polli- tical and economic means at their dis- posal in order to lengthen the working day, to cut wages, and to reduce or abolish altogether the meager social rights the worker still enjoys, urgent- ly demand the formation of a united battlefront of all workers in the trade unions and a united trade union or- ganization, nationally as well as in- ternationally, The trade union congress therefore instructs the national executive of the German Trade Union Federation to Propose to the International Federa- tion of ‘Trade Unions that all trade union organizations of the world, re- gardless of whether they are at pres- ent affiliated to trade union inter- national or not, be united into a single The. last sentence was against four contrary vot Brazil. In an article entitled, “Trade Union Unity,” the new labor paper, A Classe Operaria, writes: The struggle for unity gains more and more the confidence of active trade unionists throughout the world. As in Europe and America, the ques- tion of trade union unity is, in Brazil, also the most important question. We must break with the old rout- ine and open up a wider horizon to our trade union organization, nation- al linked with international. France. A joint mass meeting at Lille has resolved to support the campaign of the C. G. T. U, for untiy in France, and has added: Considering the praiseworthy ef- forts of the British trade unions which have resulted in an agreement with the Russian unions on the question of international unity, the meeting de clares its approval of this action of “the British trade unionists, and asks the 0. G, S, trade unionists of France passed Ley, Seer " , Comrade Chilbaum, member of the C. E. C. of the Comintern and editor of Politiken, with the Swedish workers’ . delegation in Moscow. trade union international. The ex- ecutives of the International Federa- tion of Trade Unions (Amsterdam), and of the Red International of Labor Unions (Moscow), shall in joint con- ference decide upon the manner and composition of a world congress to be convened for that purpose. At this general meeting 80 per cent of the members present were social democrats. Vorwarts (28-6-25), the social democratic central organ, com- ments that: The I. F. T. U. has already invited the trade unions of all countries, and particularly the Russian unions, to affiliate. The latter have not only so far refused the invitation, but they have tried to destroy the I. F. T. U. and its affiliated organiaztions under the mask of the united front. It is a pity that the general meeting of the 1 Berlin metal workers was unaware j of these facts. Norway. |' A»national conferences of trades | councils has passed a resolution of which the following are extracts: The conference entirely supports he endeavors of the British and Rus- jian trade unions and of the R. I. i, U. for summoning of an interna- 4an workers have any interest in thi THE DAILY WORKER. TE RENEE A AAA AA come these obstacles, and, with you, to build a powerful world organiza- tion which will anite the workers of all countries! in one trade union inter- national. da | \Spain. The One Big Union of Mineworkers of the Asturias ‘writes to“ us from Mieres la Villa: We are pleased to inform you that we are in complete agreement’ with your campaign, in which we also join. We have received a similar commu- nication from the “Esperanza” So- elety of Agricultural Workers at Tor- redonjimeno (Andalusia). Sweden. The Goteborg Metalworkers’ Union, which with its 7,000 members is the biggest locak union in the Swedish Metalworkers’; Federation, has at its last general | meeting unanimously adopted a resolution supporting the efforts of the; British and Russian trade unions, for international unity. The Luela trades council has similar- ly requested the Swedish T. U. C., the efforts of the British and Russian unions, Uruguay. At Montevideo: (the capital of Uru- guay) the journa! of the printing trades, El Obrero Grafico, declares: The questions of trade union unity is not simply.a, Buropean question. It should also be discussed in other countries. To deny that the Uruguay- question would mean working agains’ unity. R, R, EXPRESSMEN SECEDE FROM R. R. AND S, S. UNION [BARBERS UNION | with is came reinforced with a Sunday school | ° Reactionary Craftism Takes Backward Step (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON, August 23.—Seces- sion of a body of railway expressmen, under the leadership of James J.,For- rester, from the Brotherhood of Rail- way and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Pm- ployes, is announced by President Fitzgerald of that organization in the current issue of Labor, and is con- firmed at ‘the office of President Green of the American Federation of Labor. Green has wired Fitzgerald, in answer to an inquiry: “A. F. of L, will give no recognition to an out- law organization nor will it grant a charter to any seceding group.” Forrester, who was general presi- tional trade union unity congress. ‘The conference appeals to all organ- ized) workers.to support these en- deavors for a united trade union in- ternational. Poland. The.plenary meeting of the Build- ing Workers’ Federation and the last Warsaw district conference of the Chemical Workers’ Union have adopt- ed resolutions in favor of internation- al trade union unity. Portugal. ‘The official organ of the Portuguese Railwaymen’s Union, O Sul e Sueste, writes that: The principle which should, above all, be followed and defended by all trade unionists, whatever their opin- ions may be, is that of trade union unity, national and international. Ru The sixth Leningrad Provincial Congress of Trade Unions, represent- ing 514,000 working men and women, has telegraphed to our géneral coun- cil, and stating: We express our profound satisfac- tion at your formation together with the All-Russian Trade Union Council of an Anglo-Russian council which has taken as its aim+the uniting of the trade union forces of the whole world. We know from our own revolution- ary experience, as well as from the experience of the international work- ing class movement, that the capital- ists, whose interest lies in the divis- ion of the working class, will not hesi- tate to use any means to destroy the united front which is forming be- tween the British and the Russian workers. But we are striving all the more, in common with you, to over- ! | Head of German Workers’ Delegation | Comrade Freiberger, Chairman of the German Workers’ Delegation to Soviet Russig ommend dent during the war, and resigned in order tow a labor member of Board, has been from the broth- according to word from Cin- headquarters, after having cinnati been deprived of his office of nation- al legislative representative in Wash- ington. He is charged: with having held a conference in ‘Chicago,. early this month, with Grover C. Milam, Rich- ardson of Omaha, Walters of Wash- ington, D. C., Heath of Buffalo, Beall and Fletcher of Chattanooga, Geiger of Philadelphia and Gunderson of Chi- cago, at which they chose Forrester as president and Milan as vice-presi- dent of a new organization, to be known as the American Federation of Express Workers. From the Forrester side of the case comes this statement: That when Forrester was asked by Secretary Morrison of the A, F. of L., during clerks, express employes, etc., he un- dertook the job with the understand- ing that the expressmen, who had |twice had independent existence un- der the A. F. of L., should in due time be allowed to “go it alone” again, That the express division in the brotherhood, ever since that time, had caucused to choose a vice-presi- dent in the brotherhood. That before the recent convention they chose Ma- lim; that in spite of his overwhelming majority in the caucus, Malim was de- feated by the larger vote of the clerks in the general convention, dic- tated by President Fitzgerald. That Fitzgerald was not fairly elected president, but won his place by gross illegality. That the express division now is showing an overwhelming ma- jority in favor of leaving the brother- hood. Intrigue—Not Issues, In Forefront. Morrison flatly denies that any dis- cussion of a future charter or inde- pendence for the expressmen was ever discussed with Forrester during the war period. Forrester claims that 15,000 men have thus far voted to join his new organization. A, F. of L. officials point to the long list of secession movements thathave collapsed, and warns the expressmen that it will give them no recognition. Fitzgerald charges the secession to “personal ambition” on the part of a few “blind and ambitious leaders,” who are cha- grined because they failed to defeat him in the convention, Needed Instruction to Keep Scab Cabs from Labor Sheet LOS ANGELES, Calif., August 24.— ‘The central labor council has adopted a resolution to instruct the board of directors of the ‘Citizen, the official or- gan of the C. L. C., to discontinue the advertisement of the Yellow Scab company. t . This action was taken upon the mo- tion of Brothers, Bevan and Cotavos, delegates of the Truck Drivers and Taxi Drivers, IN HOT PROTEST AT-EXPULSIONS Condemn Crime Against Chicago Progressives * (Special to The Daily Worker) BROOKLY Y., Aug. 23.- meeting of Local 913 the memb went on record against the policy of expulsion of the general president | and the general executive board of the Journeymen Barbers’ Union of | members who have other political opinions ‘than these officials. It seems that General Organizer Horline got wind of the intention on the part of the progressives to ac- quaint the membership of Local 913} the Chicago expulsions; so he} nd pres- the teacher who is also a lawyer ident of the Syracuse locaP of journeymen barbers. Progressive Takes the Offensive. The progressives understood that these two gentlemen came to waste the little time left for good and wel- fare, to tire the members with. long speeches until everybody would have gone home and the meeting would close automatically. Therefore as soon as the report of the organizer was over Brother Midella got up and mentioned that seven brothers from the Chicago local had been expelled for their ideas. The good impression of this statement upon the barbers was irresistible. No one would have dared to deny the floor to our brother when freedom of speech was at stake. Brother Midella went on and ex- plained why the Chicago progressives were suspended and mned by the offi- cials of the International. He closed with the declaration that no one has the right to usurp the power of office and trample upon the will of the rank and file. He then read a resolution and moved for its adoption. A large number of seconds were heard. Faker Couldn’t Answer. Horline got the floor. He tried to shield his bosses under the cloak of legality. He was asked a question: “If in the history of the International, the general president and executive board had ever reversed a decision in favor of a rank and filer and against the officials of a local union?” This he could not answer. Several other members got the floor, after which the motion for the adoption of the resolution was put to a vote, A thunderous “yes” greet- ed the victims of the Chicago reaction with only one voting against. Real Aid. At the close of the meeting a collec- tion was taken up at the door for the Progressive Barber which netted $30. Resolution Adopted by Local No. 913, Journeymen’s International Union. “WHEREAS, the general president and general executive board of the Journeymen Bargers’ International Union has suspended and fined seven active and loyal members of the Chi- cago Local No. 548 $50 each, upon charges preferred by some officials of that local union; and “WHEREAS, these seven brothers had been found not guilty of those charges by the membership of Local No. 548 upon which the officials ap- pealed to the general president of the International; and “WHEREAS, it is evident from the facts that in reality these brothers were penalized for their progressive ideas and strong devotion to the best interests of their local union; and “WHEREAS, this penalty inflicted upon these seven brothers for telling the truth about their local officials tends to demoralize the membership at large by alienating devoted union- ists and encouraging irresponsible leadership; therefore be it “RESOLVED, that Local No. 913, as- sembled at a general membership meeting, on August 18, 1925, hereby protests against the action of the gen- eral and general executive board in fining and suspending these seven brothers of the Chicago Local No. 548; and be it further Demands Reinstatement. “RESOLVED, that Local No, 913 de- mands the general president and gen- eral president and general executive board in fining and suspending these seven brothers of the Chicago Local No. 548; and be it further An amendment to the resolution was made and incorporated in it to the ffect that Local No, 913 is against all suppression of free speech since it is historically proven that suppres- sion is a cog in the wheel of progress. Two Firemen Killed, 90 Passengers Injured in Canyon Train Wreck SALIDA, Colo., Aug. 23.—Two fire- men, Ji W. Taugutenbaum and ©, E. Phelan, were killed and ninety pas: sengers injured, fifteen of them seri- ously, in a crash between two “Pano: ramic Special” trains on the Denver and Rio Grande Western, which hap- pened in the canyon of the Arkansas at Granite, a little mountain town near here. Great confusion reigned at the scene of the disaster and a complete check- up of the injured was impossible. Both trains were reported filled with tourists and many of the seriously injured were believed to be eastern qummer tourists returning home from vacation on the coast, Page Three I. T.U. CONVENTION VICTORY FOR REACTIONARY LYNCH MACHINE DUE TO PROGRESSIVE SPLIT IN 1924 The 1925 convention of the International Typographical Union, held at Kalamazoo, Michigan, beginning August 10, was one of the most reactionary in years. ‘ &, Old Jim Lynch, who staged a come-back last year, due to a split among the progressives, after an absence of seven or eight years, was in complete control. The little progress won by years of effort was wiped out almost without resistance, so frightened and awed were the delegates, Three Days to Wake Up, It was not until the third day that the progressives rallied themselves to fight, and registered a high vote of 102 against 280 for the Lynch admin- istration. From that, they sunk so+ —— sitesi low that they could not muster 25] The T. U. E. L, members and militant votes to get a roll call and so quit fighting on the fourth and fifth days. In the first few hours of the con vention, before the timid and con- fused progressives could get their wits together, the amalgamation res olution was struck out without a gle voice being raised in objection altho there were several amalgama- tionists seated as delegates. Z Same Old Stuff. Many other progressive proposi- tions were killed in short order and many reactionary measures passed without protest. Some were not, as customary, put in print, but were droned off by the reading clerk and passed without consideration. The progressives were particularly weak in fighting material this year. The last two years that the progres: | control of the union, | sivesy were in they felt ‘so sure of themselves that they began a head hunting campaign against the real militant left wing element, thinking they no longer need- | ed them to hold the un reactionaries. Thus the progressive party deliberately castrated itself and | now it is paying the penalty for its | war on the left wing radicals, Better Tote Fair from Now On. Now they are all shouting for har- mony of all anti-administration fo! KAUFMANISM IN CHICAGO ee against the | | | left wing elements are certainly in favor of a united front against the re- actionaries, but that united front must not be a one-sided affair and must be based upon the following guarantees of no more foolishness and treachery: 1. A joint slate of candidates with an agreed proportio,. >f real left wingers who stan¢ 7% the full program of the amalgamation com- mittee of the printing industry. 2. A public program of principles which mean something. 3. A campaign made on the lat ter rather than on mere personali- ties. One of the significant things, about the convention was, that regardless of the cowardly nature of the opposi- tion, the red baiters failed to register any popular sentiment. * Wise Gets Little Clap. Joe Wise, the “Wise Mr. Wise,” no- torious peddler of “red hysterics” re- quested the floor. When it was given, he began a long harangue against Wm. Z., Foster, Communism and all things revolutionary. The delegates began to get so tired, however, of such cap- italist class propaganda, that they act- ually became discourteous—a rare | thing among the printers—and when he sat down, he sat down to the ap- plause of less than a half dozen per- ons out of the hundreds attending, LOCAL FURRIERS’ UNION STILL STRONG BUT RULES ONLY BY ARITHMETIC (By Worker Correspondent.) The election in Local 45 of the Furriers’ Union, which was held Friday, August 14, is another proof of Kaufmanism control. In no union in the American labor movement is gangsterism such a big factor as in the Furriers’ Union. trol of the organization. The officialdom of the Furriers outbids every other officialdom in the extent of using violence to gain and hold com nai On Last Legs. The International officers are on their last legs today in New York City, where the bulk of membership is found. The New York having successfully overthrown Kaut- = man’s slugger rule and graft. Toronto, Canada, followed sitit. Chi cago today is very much along the way to support of the New York Joint Board which is dead against the Kauf- man gang. This last election proved it beyong any doubt. Counted Out. The progressive candidate, Israel- son, with all obstacles in his way-+ bosses acting as campaign managers for Kaufman's “seventh vice-presi- dent” Milsttein, bosses even voting for him at the meeting—despite all this Israelson polled 168 votes to Milstein's 202, Those of us present could not have been more than 275 people, including bosses and gangsters. Where Mil- stein’s tellers got so many votes is no great mystery, as only one tellér out of the four was permitted to count for Israelson. That itself is enough. D. Schachtman, secretary of the New York joint board was in Chicago a few days prior to the election. He is a former business agent and active member of Local 45. Milstein made every effort to have Schachtman leave town, He went so far as to send a personal courier—with a warning-— that unless Schachtman left town be- fore Friday, he might never be able to be present at another meeting of the Furriers’ Union. Called the Bluff. But Schachtman accepted the chal-! lenge and called the bluff. He and| B. Gold, manager of the New York | joint board appeared at the meeting and received an enthusiastic recep-| tion, | At this meeting the local executive | board brought up a recommendation that the Chicago local invite Kaufman and the New York joint board to dis- cuss the present controversy, and it was unanimously accepted by the lo- | cal, as the Chicago furriers are eager | to seo Kaufman getting the same blow | here ag he got in New York and Tor-| onto. Kaufman Shy. It is very doubtful :f Kaufman will accept the challenge, in spite of his boast that Chicago is supporting him 100 per cent. Out of about 700 furriers in Chicago, only about 400 are organized. No et- fort on the part of the Kaufman in- ternational or local administration headed and controlled by Milstein has been made to organize the other 300 workers, Disorganization _ exists among our own membership. The most active members are discriminat- ed against in shops by bosses and in the union by Milstein, A Beginning. Shops which are supposed to work under the union agreement are send- ing their work out to non-union shops without any protest by our union, The Present policy of our union is to do nothing—except to yield to every de- mand of the manufacturers, But this will not go on much longer, Our brothers are waking up to the membi peed fact that the only way to build up a strong, unified union in Chicago is by throwing off Kaufmanism and to follow the lead of the New York brothers. The first step in p ady taken, at the recent meeting, when @ majority of our brothers voted against Milstein and for Israelson. FRISCO CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL — OVERLY NERVOUS - Assumes Right to Cen- sure Other Bodies By R. BELLIT. LOS ANGELES, Calif., August 23. central labor council of Los Angeles\ received a letter from the central \-% labor council of San Francisto,- asking who was the originator of the resolutions adopted in behalf of the two privates, Crouch and Trumbull, In reply, the newly elected secre- tary, Brother Buzzel should have an- swered “What business do you have to find out? Are you in the service of labor or capital? Are you gentlemen pte 8: jing militarism or the militant class | when has the central labor council of of San Francisco labor council sery- struggle?” Instead of that, Brother Buzzel an. swered that he looked over the re- cords and found no resolution of that — nature ever introduced at the central labor council of Los Angeles, Goad for you, Brother Buzzel, the country is saved! But alas! Since San Francisco become so ridiculously Stricken with terror in case the cen- 2 tral labor council should have adopt- ed resolutions asking the release of Crouch and Trumbull? , Is it not the duty of every worl to demand the freedom of the privates whose only crime was preach- ing Communism? There are hundreds of thousands of — soldiers all over the world that be- lieve that Communism is the hope of the enslaved world. T! is an or- ganized army in Russia where Com- ,.” munist principles are supreme. It is the duty of every central labo! council to demand the release of thi us : two Communist soldiers who have constitutional rights to preach what. ever doctrine they believe, NEW YORK — (FP) — North Caro: lina hosiery workers have struck in_ the Marvin Carr Silk Mills of Durham Hosiery Mills, Inc., 0 to textile trade news. The are seeking wage increases. these demands that the Joint B Ww Build the DAILY with subs, : et