The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 18, 1925, Page 3

—— 3 (oe SHIPS LOSING . CREWS IN BIG MARINE STRIKE I. S. U. Officials Try to Force Scabbing NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 16.—Al- ready about thirty boats, including such important vessels as the Mon- golia, Republic and the American ‘are tled up in the port of New York a result of the strike of seamen called by the Marine Transport Workers Union No. 510 of the I. W. W. on Sept. 9 with the double purpose of sympathy with the striking British seamen and to fight against the un- bearable conditions on American ships. This is an international strike in the real sense of the word. Seamen of, all nationalities are involved, in- cluding a large percentage of Amer- feans. The strikers are making the appeal to the crews of all ships com- ing into port, talking to them in their own language. Strategy to Reach Crews. «For instance, at the headquarters of the Marine Transport Workers Union at 105 Broad Street a striker comes in to report of heroic efforts that he had made to reach the crew of one of the United Fruit company ships with the strike message. When the superintendent of the dock did not allow him to go aboard he got into a tug boat and went by a back way and spoke to the crew in Spanish, “which was the language the most of them understood. The all promised to join the strike. The I. W. W. is very active in the strike. Successful street meetings are held and the appeal is made to all seamen, whether organized or un- organized. A well-attended street meeting was held Saturday evening at 23 Coenties Slip near the Seamen’s Institute. The men are coming off the ships as fast as the ships are touching port. 1. 8. U. Officials’ Betrayals. The International Seamen's Union which is the A. F. of L. union of marine workers is playing a most in- glorious role in the strike as a result of the strikebreaking attitude of the leaders. The union leaders are using the headquarters of the International Seamen’s Union are disgusted with as a strikebreaking headquarters. When the crew of one ship left their ship, the International Seamen's Un- ion officials tried to ship a crew on her for $72 a month. Many of the rank and file of the International Seamen's Union are djsgusted with the leaders. The rank and file sail- ors claim that the officials of the In- ternational Seamen's Union are a bunch of fakers who haven’t been to séa in the last 15 years, and a num- ber of them have never been seamen at all. So far the strike has been peace- ful, altho the strikers are firm in their determination to make this a finish fight for their demands whjch call for a wage increase of $15°a month, a uniform wage scale, the eight hour day and the 44 hour week, pay for overtime, better food and living conditions and recognition of the union. Bad Conditions. The conditions at present on Amer- ican ships are abominable, with the average wage $58 a month, as com- pared with $85 a month for Austral- fan seamen and $90 for Mexican sail- ors. This shows that all the talk of a higher standard of living for Amer- Peasants’ International Calls on Fa (Continued from page 1) ‘master class. The letter follow: To the Tojling P. the World! Brother and Sister peasants: The decline of peasant agricultire, which started since the outbreak of the war, is continuing to stifie the broad masses of nts thruout the world. The great majority of the peasants in all countries are cultivat- ing small plots of land, and they do not raise sufficient to cover the needs jof their families. If there be any- thing, left forsale, the middlemen get it at cheap prices. It stands to rea- son that under euch a state of affairs the peasants cannot hope to accumu- late any savings. They are always in need. They need credits, they need loans of money, seeds and so on. Even if they get the means for the pur- chase of necessary implements, seeds, stocks, fertilizers, etc, the middle- “men again take advantage of the peas- ant's need to sell him the, goods at exorbitant prices. Thus the middle- men cheats the peasant twice; on buying his produce and on selling him To obtain credits from private in- dividuals, the peasant has to pay a high rate of interest. The peasant’s property is practically mortgaged thru the whole of his life. The poor peas- ant cannot hope to get any credit from the state. Noither can he save up any money by his work, The poor ants thruout T. U. E. L. CALLS FOR SOLIDARITY IN STRIKE OF SEAMEN AGAINST “BRITISH AND U. S. SHIP OWNERS The National Committee of the Trade Union Bducational League yester- day issued the following call to all marine workers to support the worldwide strike of the seamen and particularly the strike call and demands of the Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union No, 510 of the I. W. W. which has called a strike on all coasts: oe meas Male To All Seamen and Seafaring Workers, Organized and Unorganized: The seamen of this country have declared a strike, in common with the men of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Denmark, for demands of decent wages and human conditions of labor. The shipping of the British empire is paralyzed. Scores and hundreds of ships are tied up in the harbors of the British Isles, in Danish ports, at Cape Town. and every port in Australia is filled with ships without crews— all demanding that the ship owners who have tried to cut their already miser- able wage a whole $5 a month be ¢—————_________— met with a solid front of the general) stand by you in united action against strike, che ship owners and stevedore bosses. Union Officials Buck Strike, Stand By! Join the Strike! True, Havelock Wilson, detestable Seamen and shore worker, boycott traitor to the interests of the British | all British, Australian, New Zealand, National Sailors’ and Firemen's Union} South African and Danish ships! Sup- again betrayed the interests of the|port the demands of the M. T. W. seamen by agreeing to the wage cut] No, 510 of the I. W. W, on American —after a banquet with the British | ships, which are as follows: ship owners. But the members of} 1. “Wage increase of $15 for all that union are the leaders of the} men licensed and unlicensed on all British strike and have repudiated}; g§ Shipping Board ships. body RUE KE ; UNIT LAUNCHED IN N.Y. CITY Gitlow Makes Report; 29 Unions Present (Continued from page 1) on trumped-up charges, In the an- thracite region, it is impossible for the workers evento hold a meeting. In New York ‘méetings have been broken up bythe’ police—thus, a meeting to express solidarity with the Chinese workers. “All of these facts indicate clearly “that*there is no real freedom of speech in this country,” said Comrade Gitlow. Comrade Gitlow’s Speech “In New York the criminal anarchy law has been testéd, and the decision of the U. S. supreme court in uphold- ing the constitutionality of the law means that a club is held over the head of every worker who expresses the traitor Wilson, who has come to 2. “That the American Steamship the United States to get aid in his Owners’ Association and private own- betrayal from similar traitors in the ers pay the same rate as the U. 8. er sl easyer and the 1,| 5>ipping Board ships; there must not L. A.t_ Members of the Marine Cooks’ | P®, any, difference Frog late leona Ai ea iri ee ae sisi ii vessels of foreign registry signing ers yet unorganized! Do not be de- hte tos cote age a ase ceived by the Havelock Wilsons of fasts for the marine. industry with this country, by the Furuseths, the déhour week in port. Olanders, tie Pet. Sivas, Prvore, 5. “That there be no overtime work Carlsons and Grangers who are try- a without pay. Overtime pay to be at ae. > Set ira Dy SPAS 20: Ye. worNe the rate of sixty cents an hour for all wide strike of the seamen under the banner of unionism! Don’t Scab! Don't be a union scab! Don’t be any kind of a scab! You who are organized, stand up in your locals and demand united strike action not only with British, Danish, Austral- asian and African seamen, but with the Marine Transport Workers Indus- trial Union No. 510 of the I. W. W., who hae led the response to call for resistance to the greedy ship own- ers with a strike which is now tying sea-going and coast-wise vessels. 6. “Better food and living condi- tions. . 7. “That the ship furnish clean bed linen once a week, mess gear, towels and soap also to be furnished by the company. 8. “That logging only be permitted if a member of the crew fails to turn to for a whole work day in port, the same to be at the rate of ‘one for one.” 9. “That the delegates of the I. W. W. shall have access to all ships and dock: 1010. “That all men shall be hired from the Marine Transport Workers (No, 510 hall.” A Unity and Struggle. , Marine workers of shore and sea, | stand by the striking seamen of other Yanids and of this country! Defeat \the ship owners. Repudiate the traitor- ys union leaders who betray the poole of the workers. Instead of cuts, demand higher wages, Shae hours and better conditions. International trade union unity and lgamation of all marine unions in- industrial union. NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ’ Trade Union Educational League. up American ships in Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific ports. i Unorganized seamen, form ship. committees, walk out for the de- mands of the M. T. W. No. 510 and’ make common cause with the seamen |. of the I. W. W. for the interests of all seafarers against the shipping companies. Unorganized longshore workers, gather your forces together on the docks, elect a strike commit~ tee, demand union wages and hours and conditions, and demand that the ship owners grant the demands of the M. T. W. No. 51@°of the WIOW, for, seamen before you touch your], hands to cargo! An inquiry to one is an injury to all! Stand by the M. T. W. seamen and demand they ican workers is pure bunk, at least as far as American seamen are con- cerned. jerican seamen are refusing to scab on.their British fellow workers. fe Do Something Now! The law which is supposed to pro- Financial aid is needed to make tect the seamen on American ships| it @ success. The Workers Party simply does not function. The La-} 8 throwing its full support to the Follette seamen’s act has been| Strike. At the Conference of the thrown into the discord. An Ameri-| Mternational Labor Defense held can ship is the most disgraceful] 1m New York on Sunday, Sept. 13, a special appeal for funds was made and the jonse was i: ng in its enthusiasm. Anyone desiring to send money directly for the strike fund may send it to the treasurer, Marine Transport Workers’ Union, thing afloat, as far as conditions for the seamen are concerned. The skip- per of the ship is a czar, He fines men a whole month's wages and the government commissioner always sup- the opinion that. a change of govern- ment can and should be effected by other means than jthe ballot. The sanction of the!U. 8. supreme cour makes the criminal anarchy law a national statute. © “These facts make it evident that the workers must have a powerful de- fense organization fighting for the | the necessity of prison relief, Comrade rights of the workers. “Further, let us regard the injunc- tions that have been issued by the|told of the harassment of the work courts against the workers. A recent {njunction against the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union in this city makes it an offense for a ‘worker to be seen within 10 blocks of the Inter- national Tailoring company. What is true of New York is and can become true of any other section of the coun- try. In the coal regions, where every- thing is owned ‘by the coal operators, any miner who ‘goes on strike, can be evicted by the ‘coal company and he and his family left to starve and freeze. The workers therefore, must fight against government by injunc- tion, against arrests during strikes, against the denial ‘of the right to or- ganization, against the use of she- riffs, police and machine guns against the workers. §~ “ Fight Against Imperialism “When men in: prison have wives and children, it ‘becomes the obliga- tion of the workers outside to take care of them. The I. L. D. is the or- ganization that will take care of them. “When Sacco,and Vanzetti faced execution, the workers of Paris and Moscow demonstrated and the execu- tion was stayed. vmd-today we know that these two militants are innocent. “In the Baltic states, thousands of workers have been butchered by the bourgeoisie; In Morocco the Riffs are fighting against French imperialism; in China the workers are being mass- acred by Americ#n, British and Jap- anese imperialism;’in Africa, British imperialism shoots*own the workers. The workers must unite against world imperialism. ] “In this country, again, we have laws against foreign-born workers, against the Negro,.workers; we have the ku klux klan, ... “Therefore, it is;high time that a defense organization has been formed, to combine the interests of the work- ing class. Unity behind the defense means success in,building up the In- ternational Labor Defense, as the re- | | question of deportation therefore be- anal FOUR-DAY RIVE FOR DAILY NETS SEVENTY-ONE SUBS INN. Y. WORKER NEW YORK, N, -¥., Sept, 16—The fourday campaign for the DA(LY WORKER here netted seventy-one subscriptions. Big crowds are attending the special demonstrations addregged by Mother Ella Reeve Bloor, who has just completed a coast to coast @tchhike, DAILY WORKER. The Brownsville Junior 1 eague took part in a meeting last night. rade Goodisman, leader of the Brownsville Young appeal for parents to send their chil- + — dren to the Junior League, and pro- tested against religious instruction in the public schools. Little Comrade Eisman stood beside Mother Bloor on the platform leading the Junior chorus. speaking at meetings for the Com- Pioneers, made a ringing Unprecedented Mother Bloor on the historic crowds greeted Red Corner at Stone and Pitkin streets. | Twenty-two subscriptions poured in. Comrade Mitnick was chairman. | Mother Bloor speaks in Boston today. was in charge of the deportation cases resulting from the Pallmer raids. She told about the suffering of the prison- ers, how children almost died of hun-| ger; how a woman deportee was taken to the hospital where her pre- maturely born baby died and she followed in a few days. Comrade Baron enumerated various cases of workers who were picked up on the streets or in their shops, and without being allowed to communicate either with their families or lawyer were taken to Ellis Island and deport- ed. At present there are 70 workers facing deportation, who are out on perole or on bail. Even strikers to- day are subject té deportation. The comes one of the most important be- fore I. L. D. Prison Relief “Comrade Kate Gitlow reported on Richard Moore on the sufferipgs of the Negro workers in this country. ite and tenant farmers of the south, who are virtually robbed by the owners, and when they complain are arrested and sent to prison. “There must be an organization that makes no dist- inction between white, black or yellow workers, The capitalists are united in exploiting and crushing the work- ers. There must be no distinction be- tween anarchists, Communists, I, W. W. or any other type of worker. As working class must get behind them.” Honor John Lassen Comrade Felshin spoke on the life and death of John Lassen, who faced deportation for publishing a poem, and who robbed the department of justice of another victim by death. He told of the eminent work that Lassen had done in. the revolutionary movement of France, Hungary, Germany and Russia, till he came to the United States, where the government joined the Horthy regime in hunting him down. The conference rose in honor of Comrade Lassen. Fellow Worker Brazier of the I. W. W., spoke about the 160 members of the I. W. W. who were sent to prison for anti-war activities, many of them being held for deportation. Deporta- tion in many instances means death, starvation or misery. One member of, the I. W. W. was deported to Italy and latest they heard was that the fellow worker had been forced into the army and was sent to Morocco. Brazier said, “I endorse the Interna- tional Labor Defense personally and shall do everything in my power té secure the endorsement of the I. W. W. The united front can be made more sure if we develop the defense organization, which will wield a tre- mendous influence for good in the labor movement. Workers will not hesitate to fight in the front ranks when they know there is a national organization fighting in their interest. It will give not only legal aid, but ports him. The seamen have abso- lutely no redress except a lawsuit which is far beyond their means.’ The strike is spreading. It is a blow at the tyranny of the United States Shipping board as well as the American Steaniship Owners’ associ- ation and other private ship owners. It is a strike of momentous import- ance, coming at this time when the No. 510, 105 South Street, New York City. Hod Carriers Strike. ANSONIA, Conn., Sept, 16.—Hod carriers receiving only 50 cents an hour struck in Ansonia for higher wages at the call of the Hod Carriers’ and Building Laborers’ Union which is seeking to organize the upen shop British seamen are out on strike.! work in this vicinity, peasants could see only one possibili- |.rency inflation, had nearly lost the ty of liberation from the thraldom of usury and exploitation by mutual cre- dit organization and co-operative dis- posal of their produce, eventually leading to the common use of agricul- tural machinery and implements. Thus arose the wave of the co-opera- tive movement. Poor and middle peasants were rapidly building up their co-operative credit organiza- tions, primarily for the sale of pro- duce and the acquisition of supplies and implements. Millions of poor and middle peasants united for mu- tual aid and agricultural ¢o-operatfon. They were joined also by prosperous peasants, usufers, and even by land- owners, who saw the growing force of the movement and | wanted to “help” the co-operatives. Brothers and sisters of the oo-op- erative peasant organizations! Did whole of their capital), the latter be- came financially entirely dependent on financial and industrial capital. This circumstance was particularly responsible for the fact that the co- operatives have fallen under the con- trol of the wealthy peasants, land- lords, and their satellites This is the situation everywhere,, in all countries, ‘Take Germany as an instance, The German landlords, thru their pan-Ger- man “Landbund,” are grabbing the credit societies entirely into their hands (the so-called Reifeisen banks), either supplying them with capital or presentative defense organization of the workers of this country.” Comrade Gitlow’s speech was greet- ed with long applause, which showed that the delegates were united in the determination to build up the I. L. D. Report on Deportations also furnish the small things that help to alleviate the suffering of prison life, Aid to |. W. W. “Comrade Baron has undoubtedly informed you about the aid that has already been given to prevent the de- Comrade Rose Baron made a report| portation of some members of the on the deportation cases. She told of| I. W. W. The resources of the gener- her experiences as secretary of the| al defense of the I. W. W. were sorely National Defense Committee which | taxed and we greeted the aid given us long as they are workers, the whole; the militants is the same the country by the I. L, D. “The I. L, D, should become a gi- gantic organization, to back up with all its influence the struggles of the working class the world over.” Fellow Worker Brazier’s speech met with a hearty response from the conference, which greeted the pres- ence of delegates of the I. W. W. Comrade Bentall spoke on the Crouch and Trumbull case, the case of the two American soldiers who have been sentenced to the federal prison at Alcatraz, California, for be- ing members of the Communist League in Hawail. The Zeigler Persecution Comrade I. Amter spoke about the Zeigler cases, the cases of 18 miners who are charged with “conspiracy to murder” an official of the United Mine Workers’ Union in southern Ili- nois, This is a typical cage of reac- tionary treachery against the rank and file of the militant workers. “Among the most militant workers in the country are the miners, In 1922 5,000 of them were obliged to Peer aeeaenmmaaaane TO DEPORT 134 Page Three MORE CHINESE FROM NEW YORK Bi. ans Government Declares: War on Orientals ri NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—Police and federal agents have selzed 600 more Chinese, and It is announced that 134 will be deported. The government de- clares it is attempting to wipe out tong wars, but many Chinese see the wholesale arrests, raids and deporta- tions as a move against the American section of the Koumintang, which le supporting the striking workers of China who are battling foreign ime perialism. The raid was conducted at the very moment when the national officials of both tongs, meeting at the Chinese consulate, were signing an agreement of peace. A fleet of patrol wagons took the 600 Chinese to the federal bailding. A “special immigration” court was immediately convened in the cham bers of United States Commissioner Garret W. Cotter, which rushed thru) the deportation orders. The 134 Chinese to be deported were taken to the Tombs. United States, Attorney Buckner said the deported! Chinese would not be taken to Hilf) Island, but will be rushed out af they country direct, 4 pcre nergeere cers meeting in the evening at Webster form an army, furnished with guns, to get their constitutional rights. These were American miners, white and black, most of whom had served in the American army in France, and had to return to the United States to| fight for ‘democracy’ here. “In New York City, 30,000 needle workers are in strugg:e against their reactionary officials. The struggle of Hall was one round of enthusiasm. Comrade Bentall was the chairman, the speakers being Joseph R. Brodsky, the attorney for the L L. D., whose re~ marks were greeted with applause especially when he said hé hoped that the day would soon come when the I. L. D. would not meet as a defens- ive but as an offensive organization (| to consider ways and means of taking. over the power by the workers. A Robert G. Dunn, Ben Gttlow, Char les Krumbein and Richard Brazier were the other speakers. After the over. There the workers present must raise the slogan of Zeigler in their trade unions and fraternal organiza- tions. Funds must be raised for their defense; resolutions must be adopted against their persecution. New York must lend all aid possible to Zeigler.” Elect Local Committee Comrade Horowitz reported for the resolutions committee, There were resolutions on Crouch and. Trumbull, on Zeigler, on the Polish white terror, on the 560 Bessarabian workers now being tried by the Rumanian courts, a resolution endorsing the national con- ference of the I. L. D. and an appeal to the workers of New York City to support the I. L. D. There was a fur ther resolution calling upon the in- coming executive committee to seek the cooperation of all sections of the working class with the I. L. D. All the resolutions were adopted unanimously. The conference decided that a copy of the resolution on Crouch and Trumbull should be sent to the war. department, Washington, D. C., copy of the resolution on the Polish white terror to the Polish am- bassador at Washington, D. C. and the consul in New York City; on the Bessarabian persecution to the Ru- manian ambassador at Washington, D.C, The constitution on the I. L. D. as drafted and adopted by the national conference, was then adopted with the amehdment that the national office of the I. L. D. should submit monthly reports on finances and activities. Thereupon the conference proceed- ed to the election of a local executive committee. Fifteen was recommended as the size of the executive committee but as 19 names were proposed, it was decided that the 19 should stand. Mass Meeting at Night The New York conference of the I. L. D. laid the foundation for a broad collection was taken up for the I. L, D. a second collection of about $47 was taken up for the gtriking Marine Transport Workers, f. W. W., who are engaged in a sympathetic strike to aid the British strikers. At the end, the movie taken at the outing of the I. L. D. at Pleasant Bay Park on August 23, was shown, rounds of applause following each picture. The I. L. D. is launched in New York. City. It must and will have the sup- port of all militant workers and work: ing class organizations. te _> Success at Cleveland, fl An enthusiastic mass meeting wat! aildressed in Cleveland, 0. by Earf! R. Browder, himself an ex-class war; prisoner. Some 25 delegates ‘fro unions and branches of International Labor Defense attended the confer, ence im the evening and started al promising local of International Labor, Defense. John Fromholz was elected! chairman and A. Severino, against whom deportation charges are pend- ing, secretary of the new local unit, Canton and Bellaire 4 The speaker at the meeting at Can- ton, O., was W. J. White. The con- ference on Sunday afternoon was pre- sided over by D. Berger of the Car penters’ Union. Both mass meeting and conference were highly suceess- ful and plans were laid to extend the organization of I. L. D. thruout the whole of Stark County. Carl Guillod, of Canton, was elected secretary of| the Canton local of L. L. D. andBrother! Berger permanent chairman. A livey local was set up at Bellaire, O., in a conference that set immediately to work on the actual task of carrying on I, L. D. work in Belmont County, H .Benjamin of Cleveland was the! organization in this city. The mass | main speaker. tives, instead of byine a weapon for the building up the economy of the poor and middle peasants, has be- come a weapon xy economic and Political interests of the wealthy peas- ants and the landlords. Even as late as-Jast June, at War- saw, the leaders , of the politics of the bourgeoisie and the landlords tried to create an,international amal- gamation of the agricultural co-opera- tives in order to line up the interna- tional agricultural co-operation be- hind the world reaction, against the struggle of the poor peasants for emancipation from the yoke of capi- talism and landlordism. covering their indebtedness to the different banks. Why, the Central Reifeisen Bank itself has been con- verted into a limited liability con- cern, The same is the case with oth- er agricultural co-operative organiza- you ever ask yourselves why the wealthy peasants and landlords joined the co-operatives? Of course, not in order to help the poor peasants, not for mutual gid which they did not need, but in order to gain the leader- ship in the co-operative organizations, and to take advantage of the petty savings of the poor peasants for their own advantage, and also in order to get the poor peasants to follow the Political lead of the bourgeoisie, This they have achieved, Particu- larly after the war, When the eco- nomic crisis gripped both agriculture and the agticultural co-operatives (the credit co-operatives, thanks to cur- tions. The Landbund members in control of the co-operative organiza tions will extend co-operative assist- ance only to those who are mem- bers of the Landbund, which means their belonging to the political parties of the landlords and the bourgeoisie. In economic respect, they are endea- voring to make use of the co-opera- tives to create for themselves a mon- opoly in the sale of agricultural pro- duce and industrial products, to the detriment of the large masses of workers and peasants. It we exatiing ‘the situation in other i get the same icultural co-opera- Working Peasants in Majority. You must put an, end to this state of affairs. You must ask yourselves, what do you get ym the co-opera- tives in which you are in the ma- jority. You get pitiful loans at fair inter and a few purchases at pric- es that are not exorbitant. But most of the funds and all the advantage of co-operative effort are used to serve the interests of the wealthy peasants and landlords. They get big loans, they sell and buy large quantities of goods, and on the other hand, as shareholders in the industrial enter- prises, they draw dividends from the Profits obtained on the co-operative purcases. This they are enabled to do not only because the co-operatives are controlled by the wealthy peas- ants, landlords and their satellites, but chiefly because as Jong a8 capitalism exists and the power is in the bands of the capitalists and the landlords, they own also the greater part of the land, and the big means of production sharing with the industrial and bank- ing enterprises in their profits, which means that they absorb the greater part of the national income, and this enables them to gain control of the state and of the co-operative organ- izations. * Your task is to turn agricultural co-operation into a weapon for build- ing up the property of the poor and middle peasants, into a weapon of the struggle for the interests of the toiling peasants. This you can at- tain only by gaining the leadership of the co-operatives into the hands of rmers of World to Take Over Co-ops mand a rebate of taxation for the co-| duction. Only in this manner will operatives, and special state co-opera-| be removed the power of the land- tive credits for poor peasants; estab-| lords and usurers, which hinders the lish a business connection between | transformation of agricultural co-op- agricultural co-operation and the | eration into a weapon of the tolling workers’ consumers’ co-operation, in| peasants for the building up of their order to avoid exploitation by bank- | economy. ‘ ing and mercantile capital; give your The purpose of co-operation fs to active support to the struggle of the | build up the property of the toiling toiling peasantry in your own and in| peasants, and this can be achieved other countries for a better life and | only after the overthrow of the pow- against war and unbearable militar-|er of the capitalists and landlords, ism. Sincerely working in the cause and the establishment of the power of co-operation, and relentlessly fight-| of workers and peasants. Whether ing for these objects, you will gain the | working in the existing co-operative leadership in the agricultural co-oper- | organizations, or creating new ones, atives and get them to fight for the | this should always be your goal. interests of the toiling peasants. | Long live agricultural co-operation the toiling peasants. Brothers and sisters, peasants and Peasant women! Get hold of the ag- ricultural co-operative organizations, oust the wealthy peasants, the land- lords and their satellites trom the leadership, do not allow your own co- operative organizations, in which you are in the majority, to serve the in- terests of the wealthy peasants and landlords, so that the latter might take advantage of the material and political power of co-operation to fur- ther their own bourgeois interes’ Direct the co-operative struggle against the monopoly enjoyed by financial and industrial capital, which exploits the peasants and their co- operative ‘organizations. both at sell- ing and buying. i Demand cheap and long-term pub- But this is not all. Having gained| as the builder of.the ,rosperity of the the leadership in the co-operatives, | toiling peasants! you will find yourselves confronted Long live agricultural co-operation’ with the hostility of the entire appar-| as the weapon in the struggle of the atus of the capitalist domination. If | toiling peasants! they will be unable to destroy you by the force of economic action, by with- drawing credit, by intimidating you with an industrial and banking boy- cott, they will call in the aid of gov- ernmental power to wreck the co-op- erative organizations, as it has been the case in Italy and Bulgaria. There- fore, your work and your struggle in the co-operatives, as an organization of toiling peasants, should go hand in hand with the struggle of the organ- izations of the toiling peasants and industrial workers who are fighting against the power of the capitalists and landlords, for the nationalization lc credits for the co-operatives; de-|of the land, of al the meang of pro- Long live the united struggle of all the organizations of the toiling peas- ants against the yoke of capitalism and landlordism! i Long live the united front of agri- cultural co-operation and workers’ consumers’ co-operation! Long live the united struggle of the . toiling peasants and industrial work- ers thruout the world against the pow- er of the capitalists and landlords! Long live the government by work- ers and peasants! Peasants and workers of the world, unite! | |