The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 19, 1925, Page 6

Page Six THE DAILY WORKER’ THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING. CO. 1118 W. Washington Biyd., Chicago, I, Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): $8.00 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, 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Illinole SS J. LOUIS ENGDAHL f WILLIAM F. DUNNE MORITZ J. LOEB. a Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. .. Business Manager Advertising rates on application. <= es) Non-Partisan Teaching Attached to the Summers’ annual appropriation bill of the Dis- trict of Columbia, is a provision that no portion of the money ap-| propriated under the bill shall be paid to a school official who per- mits (1) the teaching of disrespect for the holy bible; (2) the teach- ing of partisan political views; or (3) the teaching that ours is an inferior form of government. This is quite interesting but not strange. It simply confirms the Communist contention that this is a class government. There is nothing immoral in a capitalist government taking steps to per- petuate its existence. What is more or less amusing or disgusting according to the state’of a person’s intellectual digestion, is the holy horror expressed by the teachers over this debauching of the political virginity of grand and glorious America. The American Federation of Teachers rise on their heels. in patriotic wrath and repudiates the suggestion that any American teacher could be even suspected of harboring contempt for the bible, or entertaining political views, not to speak of teaching them and above all biting the feeding hand, that is creating the impression that the government on whose payroll they happen to be is anything else but what Mr. John Joseph Babbitt says it is on the 4th of July. So outraged were the feelings of those teachers that they issued a statement so that all the world might know where they stand at this Marne of intellectual freedom. This is what they say: “We object to legislation that inhibits freedom of teaching, not because we desire to retain the opportunity to challenge the religious or other convictions of American citizens, but because such legisla- tion tends to establish the principle that those in control of the state may at their pleasure pass laws to force citizens to accept the views <> 100 of those in power in any field of thought at any time. So far as we know, no teacher in the city of Washington has the slightest desire to teach disrespect for the holy bible. We oppose this provision be- cause we believe it is meant to be used as a club to frighten teachers, while the law is established to control their thinking in some other field.” The teachers say more and wind up with the following gem: “Our confidence in our government leaves no room for fear of criti- cism.” No doubt the “dignity and professional spirit” of the teach- ers is considerably damaged. by the financial precaution taken by their paymasters. They feel insulted because there is so little con- fidence reposed in them. It is indeed regrettable that any govern- ment official should be so stupid as to cause those worms to turn, if only to reiterate their loyalty to their masters. Non-partisan teaching! Who ever heard of it in a class state of society? Capitalist education in some form or other permeates every capitalist institution in some form or other. In a proletarian state like Russia proletarian education is equally omnipresent. Perhaps your intellectual dignity rebels against this “horrible” fact. But you must grapple with reality. If you are a worker you must choose be- tween capitalist education and proletarian education. If you are an intelligent class conscious worker you will choose the latter, Nen-partisan education is a myth not yet exploded. Dollars and Wooden Legs Senator William E. Borah, chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations, may receive the following consignment from Paris in a few days: one tin hat, seven wooden legs, one American decoration. Those articles are relics of the world war and were sent to Borah by a French patriotic organization as a protest against the insistence of the American government that France pay her war in- debtedness to the United States. No doubt this gesture was made with the connivance of the French government. The tin hat was worn by a French soldier at the battle of Ver- dun. The German artillery men ‘put the tin hat on the soldier. He is now buried. The seven wooden legs were worn by seven French soldiers, who have no more use for them, because the soldiers died from injuries received in saving “civilization,” French francs, and Morgan’s dollars. The decoration was the property of a French soldier who is now so sore on the American government, that it would burn a hole in his vest if he wore it any longer. The quarrel between the French and American governments over the debt is only a quarrel between thieves. There is no moral- ity on either side. The French capitalists fought the German capi- talists for pure self-interest just as the British fought for “poor little Belgium” and for the same reason that prompted the House of Mor- gan to line up with the allies. The American government loaned the allies about ten billions of dollars, in order to “crush German militarism,” really to save American imperialism and the dollars the House of Morgan had invested in allied victory. France used part of the money borrowed from the United States to “save civilization” to finance wars waged by Poland, Rumania and other countries against Soviet Russia and also to finance cam- paigné against the people of Morocco and Syria. France is now spending millions of dollars “saving civilization” in Morocco, The United States is spending millions keepng the Flipinos n subjection and sending cruisers and marines to protect Morgan’s investments in South America and in China. Between the imperialisms of the United States and France, there is only a choice between two evils. One is greater than the other, becanse one is stronger than the other. The United States is using the debt as a club over France as she is using it over England and Ttaly. She wants to weaken her imperialist competitors. France is fighting for a favorable settlement of the debt question so as to be in a better position to hold her own in the imperialist scramble. Wooden legs, tin hats and tin decorations will not be accepted by the United States in lieu of eash. Those things had their day. The real losers in the world war were not the capitalists of either the victor of vanquished nations but the men who sacrificed their lives for their masters and their dependents who lived to mourn their loss. « Its pretty tough on the Oregon senator who was arrested for carrying some whiskey under his skin, when Andy Mellon, who is in charge of prohibition enforcement owned a distillery and pays in- come tax on the profits mite Lore Proves Himself Guilty Communist Intergatignal? It may not] A. B,) the party membership knows By. ALEXANDER BITTELMAN, ORE still_contends that he is a good Communist working in har- mony with the Comintern, but as soon as he aitempts to prove the correctness of his contention, he suc- ceeds in proving the exact opposite. He proves not his own contention, but the contention of the Coniintern and of our own party, namely, that Lore- ism is opportunism, Lore’s So-called Defense. OW does Lore defend himself? He does it either by directly evading the issues or by beclouding them with irrelevant matter, which is the same as evasion. Lore does not dare (not for the present, at least) to re- state and defend openly his position on those fundamental points which the Comintern and the party are at- tacking as opportunism. The resolution of the Parity Com- mission on Loreism is quite specific. It enumerates all the chief manifesta- tions of Loreism and proves them to be opportunistic deviations from the Leninist line of the Comintern, The resolution says in effect: Lore holds social-democraticviews on the poten- tialities of the revolutionary class struggle in the United States. He still lives in the world of 1910 and sees no changes in the economic and political situation of America, Lore underestimates the role of our party and would reduce it in practice to a propaganda club. Lore supports the right-wing in the Comintern. holds opportunist views on the colo- be open war (not yet) but it is at least “a state of war” as the late Woodrow Wilson, would have said. In his editorial, of Sept. 1st, Lore writes the following; “The assertion that I am now, or have been in the past, leading a struggle against the C. I. is untrue.” Is it, though? To sup- port consistently the right-wing in the Comintern against its recognized Leninist leadership is, in the opinion of Communists, leading a struggle against the C, I. To advocate persist- jently views and ideas which go con- | trary to C, I. policies (colonial ques- | tion, agrarian, China, McDonald goy- ernment, etc.), this, too, a Communist considers as struggling against the C. I And, last but not least, Lore’s opposition to the: centralized leader- jship of the Comintern is a fight ainst the Comintern. In this in- | stance, as in many others, Lore sel- dom engaged in ’a frontal attack on |the CG. L, but it wag an attack just | the same. In the language of Loreism, it was refusal to accept “blindly” C. I. decisions, opposition to “mechanical” control and leadership, appeal for “freedom” of opinion, a plea for “more democracy”, etc., etc. But, in reality all this liberality was nothing else but an opportunist cloak to cover up real opposition to Comintern policies and tacticss, The Opportunist Veil is Becoming More Transparent. better than the most eminent heads in Moscow or their representatives here .... The comrades in Moscow cannot know and understand the situation in the United States as well as the Communists in the United States.” Lore tells the C. I. to keep its hands off the organizational questions of our party. Excellent Communism, isn’t it? Then he proceeds to advise the C. I. to “limit itself to laying down lines of principle and to look after the carrying out of these prin- ciples”, advice given with much grace and liberality. Here is a classic example of oppor- tunism. Leaving aside for the mo- ment the manner in which Lore speaks of the Comintern (“eminent heads”, “comrades of Moscow”, etc.) what is the substance of the above quotation? It is this: Lore separates mechanically (and in the good old style of the menshe- viks and opportunists the world over) questions of organization from ques- tions of policy and principle, and then tells the C. I. where to get off at. He says to the C. L: On questions of principle your advice is welcome, but on questions of organization—nothing doing! This point of view has nothing new in it. It is an old menshevik concep- tion. It is precisely the point of view that the Bolsheviks of Russia NO since Lore, has been expelled were militantly fighting against as far from the party, the veil cover- little more transparent. Lore back as 1903. It is this point of view Lore|ing his opportunism has become a] that formed the main base of struggle is | of the late Two-and-a-Half-Internation- nial question and on the alliance be- / gradually opening up to the warm|al against the 21 points of the Com- tween the workers and poor peasants.{ rays of “freedom” from party discip-| munist International. Lore is opposed to the centralized line and is political and organizational leadership | interesting ideas, | of the Communist International. Lore | merely tolerates the Comintern, but] (ironically, of course) to the charge| same leit motiv: does not accept it. What is Lore’s answer? He publish-|TS@nization of the party on es in the Volkzeitung a series of| 8p nuclei basis. Tt is an old exhibiting some very|song, sung by all opportunists to various tunes and with various For instance, he now pleads guilty { modulations, but always having the Do not mix in our that he has been opposed to the re-} internal organizational affairs. the He now admits, It is important to note that the “organizational” question to which articles which by their evasions, con-| What he never openly admitted before,] Lore refers in his editorial and of fusion, and insincerity confirm every-| ‘hat he did not believe in this form of | which he wants the Comintern to keep thing that was ever said about Lore-| T8@nization. He now goes as far as}its hands off, is the question of party ism by the Comintern and by our} ‘® say (Volkszeitung,. Sept. 12) that} leadership nothing more By these} Complete reorganization.of our party] According to Lore’s conception of party. More than that. nor less. articles and by the way he treated|°" the basis of shop.nuclei would] centralization, the Comintern has no months, Lore has been preparing a Political and organizational base from which to fight the Comintern and its American section, And . when the | Party convention goes ahead and takes the only course open to it, | Bamely, the expulsion: of Lore from | the party, Lore assumes the pose of | a martyr and begins to complain of maltreatment. 4 Communist Party is a serious Proposition. Those who take it seri- ously, do not play hide and seek with | it, do not diplomatize with it, and least | of ‘all do they undermine: its prestige and influence. And these are precisely the things that Lore has been doing. | The party refused to be deceived | by the polite diplomacy of Lore, And | what else is it but diplomacy of the | worst kind to maintain even now, as | |Party decisions during the last six|SPell death for our party. business to interfere in determining For this frankness Lore should be|the leadership of one of its sections. congratulated. It, is about time that he speak out clearly In other words, Lore grants the id plainly so}. I. the right to adopt theses and that everybody can| heir and under-1pass resolutions, i. e, “to lay down stand. And when this happens there | the lines of principle”, but the C. L will be very few comrades in our|has no right to determine when ne- party, even of those-that have been|cessary the kind and nature of the following Lore in the past, who will|leadership that is to carry these doubt the wisdom of the decision of | theses into life. This conception of our last national convention to expel (centralization is even more oppor Lore from the party,» Lore says,vhe is not fighting the two-and-a-half-international. Comintern,“ No, he is. doing something | most the same as the one worse. He is trying to destroy its in-|in the second international. fluence in the American party. Here tunistic than the one held by the It is ak prevailing Such is the ideology of Loreisni. is a piece. of opportunistic wisdom | This-is the kind of “realistic” Com. from the pen of’ Lore in the Volks-|munism that Lore has been fighting zeitung of. Sept. 6: for in our party until he fought him- “We stang for a centralized party | self out of the party. The party con- and for a centralistically organized | vention made Communist movement. Lore does “he is not fighting the FOSTER SPEAKS AT MEETING OF NEEDLE TRADES Left Wing Leniins of All Unions Present NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 17.—Wwil- Mam Z, Foster will be the principal speaker at the mass meeting to be held on Friday evening, Septmber 18, at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East Fourth street, which marks the opening of the third national conference of the needle trades section of the Trade Union Educational League. Remarkable Growth. The recent struggle in the Garment Workers’ Union has indicated the re- markable growth of the left wing in this city and the enthusiastic interest of the workers in the program of the Trade Union Educational League. This interest is stimulated by the Prospect of a growing crisis in the needle industry, which will vitally affect the wages and living standards of the garment workers. The meeting is open to all furriers, cloakmakers, capmakers, millinery workers, dress- makers, journeymen tailors, clothing workers, and garment workers in gen- eral. Admission is free, Among the speakers at this un- usual meeting will be the following noted figures in the needle industry: Ben Gold, manager of the joint board of the Furriers’ Union; Sam Lipzin, members of the executive board of Local 5 of the A. ©. W. A.; Max Sil- linsky of Cleveland, general organ- of the Journeymen Tailors’ Union, and former candidate for general sec. retary of that organization, who re- ceived over one thousand votes in the last election; M, Levin, ex-secretary of the Philadelphia joint board of the LL, G. W, U., and M. Ziebel of the Milinery Workers’ Union of this city, Phil Aronberg of Chicago will be chairman, Everyone of the speakers is a veteran of the class struggle and is well known in the fight against the bureaucrats of the. right wing and against the bosses in the garment trades. It is suggested that workers come early to this meeting as the wonderful program wich has been ar- ranged mal esible that the jate comers ‘pot find seats easily, no mistake in putting But we say |an end to this sort of activity in our that of these organizational questions |}own ranks, Bolshevism and oppor- (referring to the last @, I. decision— | tunism are incompatible. ‘MUSICIANS’ STRIKE DETHRONES ‘VAGABOND KING’; CREW ALSO OUT NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 17.— (FP)—The Vagabond -King lost his throne at the Shubert, Theater in New Haven when the entire stage crew, consisting of car rs. elec- tricians and stage hande, walked out in sympathy with the visiting or- chestra, members of the musicians’ union, called out by the national of- fice of the American Fsaeration of Musicians, ‘The strike of the musiciai cailed to enforce demarids for a weekly minimum for the rank and file of the orchestra, with $75 for SWEATSHOP WORK OF CHILDREN IN N. Y, CONTINUES NEW YORK, Sept. 17—(FP)— Sweatshop work of little children is still a fact in the New York tene- ments. Katherine H. Amend, visiting nurse -tells of visiting a tubercular Italian girl whose father had been in- jured while working on a subway. “Twice I went to the old rat’s nest where they live, quite late in the evening. They were not afraid of in- spectors at 10 at night and the hall door was open on account of the the leader, and a guarantee of 38 | Shastly heat. Two tiny rooms and a weeks’ work a ar. The sympathe- tic strike of je. workers has the closet bedroom; a pale, watery gas- light in the sweaty room; piles and Support of the respective interna. | Piles of cheap pants, half finished; tionals, ‘ The musicians’ original demands for $55 with $85 for the leader, were pared down in a compromise but the union stood pat for the 35 weeks guarantee and when the Shuberts refused the theater shut down. The management had to refund $2,000 to patrons who had tickets for the show the first strike night. Worsted Strikers Compromise Offer — HOLYOKE, Massy. Sept. 17.—(FP) ing —Holyoke Worsted: Mills strikers, for a 15 per cent-raise and the , out | confidence of the family, Mrs, Salinave doggedly sewing, half asleep; Mr. Salinave pulling bastings and dripping perspiration, Josie stick- ing a needle in and out and trying to keep her lids open in a gray green face, Paula snuffiing rebelliously and fastening on buttons, Johnny sitting on @ stool at his mother’s feet with a half-sour bottle of milk clutched in her fist, the baby wailing and nuzzling for food.” Only five of the mother’s 15 chil- dren had survived. Miss Amend com- ments: “Scenes like these occur and will occur as long as labor is allowed in homes where children live. No com- Plaint could be made because these children were found at work only dur- unofficial visits and when in the The family 48-|had to live and no agency could be hour week rejected an offer employers | induced to help them as long as the made thru Fred i; Knight, commis- sioner of the state board of arbitra- tion, for a 2% per cent raise now with another 2% per cent October 1. The strikers declare they average 256 ber cent less than the textile workers elsewhere and that they have been compelled to work 52 hours a week. Wage Cutting Mills Pald Big Tax PROVIDENCE, parents could work at home. The in- come earned by all working together was an existence minimum, so the Parents could not be blamed for mak- ing the children help. No law could brevent work behind closed doors,” Introduction of Universal Education MOSCOW, U. 8, 8, R.—Thé commit . 1, Sept. 17,—]|tee appointed by the government w (FP)—The ManvilleJenckes Co. cot-| Work out plans for the Introduction ton goods make; Der cent wage o) also led the state 1924, the income Manville-Jenckes compared with Mills, which led the 10 | f universal elementary education in year ago, | Soviet Russia has completed its la- textile profits for | bors and submitted its report to the records indicate. | State Planning Commission (Gosplan) $126,246 tax as | According to these plans, universal for the Guerin | education ts to witht period of from 5 tsordce ier eager pree br} r * lon oot iti AVERT IMPENDING CRISIS! ONLY $5,419.23 RAISED SO FAR IN RESPONSE TO DANGER SIGNAL DAILY WORKER DEBTS WAIT FOR SECOND HALF OF QUOTA ITH the first flush of confidence given DAILY WORKER readers by the quick response of workers to the danger call sent out by their paper, a false feeling of security has arisen, Tho $5,000 has been raised, this means only that the’ most immediate’ pressure of debt was relieved. The emergency will not be over, until the second $5,000 Is forthcoming. |) ‘ To get $10,000 iri two weeks: this was the need of the DAILY WORKER. The two weeks will be over tomorrow and yet only half the amount Is on-hand. » Remittances received to date total but $5,419.23, Those DAILY WORKER readers and those branches of the Workers Party who have so far failed to help save the DAILY WORKER will be the ones to bear the blame for its stoppage, unless they immediately take action to avert the crisis They will suffer not only from the loss of the paper, but from the knowledge that they themselves were responsitle for it,—thru their negligence. Following is the list of loyal workers and organizations who have put themselves on record Thursday of having given “all they could” and “as quickly as they could,” to SAVE THE DAILY WORKER, These Have Safe-Guarded Their Communist Guide: Finnish Br., W. P., Conneaut, O...$25.00- City Central Committee, W. P. Pittsburgh, Pa. Textile Workers in ’ New England Organize Against Wage Slashes | BOSTON, Sept. 17.—(FP)—A step that may lead to further strikes 7.06 against wage Cuts in the textile in- 2,00 | dustry was taken by the United Tex- | tile Workers’ Union, at a meeting of 10.00 | the emergency board consisting of na- tional executive officers of the union, The board instructed organizers pres- ent to notify workers to get in touch with international officers immedjate- ly whenever in their opinion there was a chance to restore former wage 90 | scales. 2.00; Plans for further improving the 1.00/ commissariat in the American Thread Jimmie Jaram, Los Angeles. English Br., W. P., Jamestown, mall, Maywood, N. Wore: 1.00 2.00 5.00 Peter Stegner, St. Paul, Min Gust Skandera, St, Paul, Minn... W. P., E. Clevi N. R, Neros, St Paul, Minn Robert A. Smith, Bend, Ore Otto Beiber, Minneapolis, Minn. Louis Kovits, Bloomfield; N. J... 2.00/ Co. town at Willimantic were out- J. Margolius, Cleveland, 0. 10.00/ lined and Organizer Kelleher was dis- V. Chapoff, Cleveland... 1.00| patched there to carry out the plans, Nick Petcoff and Tushkaroff, The feeding of these strikers now out . Cleveland, 0, 4.00/28 weeks against a 10 per cent cut, G. Dotchkopf and T. Bureff, “'Cleveland, 0. an Finnish Br, W. P., Lanesville, , Mass, . Geo, Kmnap, Anacorte: 4 Hingham Br., W. P., East Wey- mouth, Mass. F, S., New Yor! ty Marshall, Cleveland, 0... jorrisoff and Morozoff, New Haven, Conn. wus... is a serious problem for the organiza- tion, _ Weavers Locked Out BROCKTON, Mass., Sept. 17.—(FP) —Seventy-five weavers were locked out.of, the Everlastick Mills when the management heard rumors’ of strike talk inst the 10 per cent wage out. Ukrainian Br., W. P., Stamford, Voituck, New Haven, Conn. 6.00} Conn. .. some 7.65 Beresa, Kroll, Bess and Parfeno- J.C, Das, New Orleans, La......... 2.00 vich, New Haven . Lithuanian Br, 1, W. P., Wil- Hoffman, Chicago, IIl.. 3.00; liamsburg, N.. Y. ccheveatmenee: OD Grebkoff, New Haven, Conn 2,00 | Phil. Rosenbliett, New York... 2.00 S. Slavic Br. thd. James Black, Christopher, 11 Frank Dinkfelt, Royal Oak, Mich. English Br., W. P., W. Chester, W. P., Whiting, Shop Nucleus 11, New York........ 5.60 . P., Harlem, New Jewish Br., W, York ... | Turkal, New York ccccecsermeceerns, Robert Dunn, New York.cnrscccuns J. .N, Golos, New York............ B. G, Kalfides, New York.........0 Shop Nucleus 13, New York....... M. Kushinsky, New York...._.... ison, Cheago, II! r., W, P., Ashburn- ham, Mass. .. §.00|M. E. Kull and 0, Bercy, New Finnish Br., W. P., Rockland, “York .. . Me, . sae 10.00 | Hugh McKiern: L. B., Hartford, Conn.. 1,00 | English Br., W. P., Lower Bronx, Alec McClosky, Butt: 1.50; New York cone Hungarian Br., W. P., Bridge- German W. P., Yorkvi 1. You 12.00 port, Conn, 6.00 | English W. P., Williamsburgh, Fred Melin, Grandy, Minn.. 5.00| New York 8. Slavic Br., W. P., West Allis, Wis. C, Velchov, Chicago, III Henry Gage and Joseph Klin Brockton, Mass. South Slavic fand, O. ws... Jewish Br., W. P., Pittsburgh, poy But by the Combined Efforts of All Will Ii Be Possible to Save THE DAILY WORKER _ I am sending’ you my response to your appeal. I en- close §.... Va ER dd. HO Me Name: senananenanenensnnneeeseerseseneeseesansnneee: Cy 3 ascasoue sR te State: ... Address letters and make checks and money orders payable to THE La WORKER, 1113 W. Washington