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Page Four T AMERIGAN AUTOS WIN HIGH PLACE IN SOVIET TEST Reliability of Trucks Sought by Soviets MOSCOW, U.S,8.R.—In the recent reliability contests held in Soviet Rus- sia, the American automobiles were able to win more first places than those of other lands. The American passenger cars made poorer showing in these tests than did American) made motorcycles and trucks. The Russian tests were carried on to de- termine the reliability and efficiency of the various makes of cars and trucks as Russia would like to know which she may buy and get the most service from. In the tabulation of firsts America stands ahead with 10 points to her credit; Germany comes next with 9 1-3; Austria,2 2-3; Czecho-Slovakia 2 1-2; England 2; Italy the lowest with a score of one. Touring Cars Compete : general excellence the German des, the Buick and the Austrian. By ALEXANDER BITTELMAN OW that the party has made up its mind to proceed immediately with the reorganization on the basis of shop nuclei, it is important that we reformulate the role and function of a shop nuclei, This becomes doubly necessary in view of the misconceptions that are already manifesting themselves in our midst. For instance, that the shop nucleus is a special form of party organization to connect the party with the economic struggles of the workers in the shops. Such a conception of shop nuclei is not only wrong but extremely danger- ous. TT\HE shop nucleus is not a special 4 form of party organization, but its main and basic form. When the party is completely reorganized, the | shop nuclei will form the foundation | of the party from which everything else will follow and upon which every- | yer won first prizes in the respect- ive groups of passenger cars, The durability prize was divided. The Stu- debaker and the Cadillac won among the highest powered cars, the Buick and the Pierce-Arrow in the next group, and the Streyer, Austro-Daim. ler and the German Stroewer in the third group; the Czecho-Slovak Tatra and the French Sunbeam in the fourth group. In the economy test the Italian Fiat, the German Benz and the Czecho-Slo- vak Praga and Tatra were the win- ners. In the speed test the Mercedes, the Benz the Austrian Daimler and the German Aga, with Fraulein Stin- nes driving, took first places. Trucks Compete Among the trucks the Mercedes and the German Komnik divided the grand prize for the heavier type. The Stre- yer won in the test of the lighter type. The Pierce-Arrow and the Benz won the durability prizes; the Formag and the German G. M. C. took the economy prize and the White and the Dodge divided honors in the test of ability to traverse bad roads. The Germans won in the autobus class. Among the motorcycles the Amer- an Indian took three prizes, the Eng- B. Z, A. two and the French Gil- lette one. Deport Alien Bootleggers NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Deportation of all aliens convicted twice of prohi- bition law violations will be.the rule from now on, according to announce- ment. Build the DAILY WORKER with subs. ONE MONTH FREE Instruction in English if you bring this ad and enroll in any of our classes. BEST TEACHERS—NEWEST. METHOD QUICKEST RESULTS. Morning, Afternoon and Evening Classes. Also Private Instruction. — Act at Once — SCHOOL OF ENGLISH 4th Floor, Office Room 402 21 E. Van Buren St. 100°, By UPTON SINCLAIR. A splendid propaganda story of a Labor spy—written by a master propagandist. The kind of a book to hand to your shop-mate after you have read it. 25 CENTS Order from THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. thing else will be built. ‘This is what | s meant by the shop nucleus being the basic unit of the party. As a basic unit of the party, the shop nucleus carries on all the party activities, not only economic, parlia- mentary, educational, etc., but every phase of work that our party as a political party is engaged in. How else can it be? If our party were an organization merely for economic struggles, then the shop nucleus as its basic unit would have only econ- omic functions. Or, if our party were merely a parliamentary organization the functions of its shop nuclei would be purely parliamentary. But, since our party is a revolutionary political party of the American working class, the functions of its basic units—the shop nuclei—are revolutionary ard | political in the widest sense of the | word, The shop nucleus, because it is the party unit which stands closest to the masses, is precisely the means by which the party as a whole reaches and mobilizes the workers for all struggles and. for all sorts of cam- paigns, particularly political cam- paigns. T goes without saying that special shop problems, economic, trade union, and others, will play a large part in the life and activities of a shop nucleus. The Communists or- ganized in the.shop nuclei will of course take the initiative in organiz- ing and leading the special struggles of the workers in every particular Get Ready for nuclei and international branches. organ of the party. bers in the rebuilding of the party the DAILY WORKER by Comrade ization Department, and other party the comrades in the work activities thru the shop nuclei. These articles will be living ar Watch these columns closely. omic work. The relation of the shop to the shop nucleus is in a sense the same as the relation of the territorial section to the present territorial branch. The present branch of the party, no matter what particular ter- ritorial division it may be located in, is a basic unit of the party carrying on all phases of party work in its respective territory. The same is the case with the shop nucleus. Its loca- tion and base of operations is the particular shop, but its functions are all the functions of a basic party unit. The reorganization of the party is a big and important task. The object of this reorganization is to place the foundation of the party organization where the workers live and struggle —the shop, factory, and mine. And the first prerequisite is a clear con- ception of the role and function of a shop nucleus. SPECIAL MEETING OF RUSSIAN BRANCH THURSDAY, SEPT. 24 A special meeting of the Russian branch of the Workers Party will be held Thursday, Sept. 24, at 8 p. m,, at 1902 W. Division St. The reorganization of the party will be discussed. Only members of the party will be, admitted. shop. But, all this the Communists will be doing not merely as militant fighters in the cause of the workers of that particular shop but as Com- munists, members of the Communist Party of America, That is, they will strive to broaden these special shop struggles and transform them into general struggles of the workers against the capitalists. Moreover, the shop nuclei will bring to the attention of the workers in their respective. shops the wider and bigger problems of the class struggle that originate and develop outside of the shop. In other words, the shop nuclei will fune- tion as full-fledged political units of a revolutionary political party. f hae fact that the shop is the basis of operation of the nucleus should not confine its functions merely to shop problems, It is probably this fact that is responsible for the errone- ous conception of the shop nuclei as special organs of the party for econ- To those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street PITTSBURGH, PA. TTL H. Jacob Zimmerman TEACHER OF PIANO STUDIO: 3234 Hirsch St. Tel. Spaulding 6005 SO ee TTT TTT Help Us Out! A great amount of work has to be done in the office. More work than our office can speedily handle. Tf you can spare a little time—c’mon over. There is folding, inserting, sealing, stamping—just loads of all kind of work. To help the DAILY WORKER when it especially needs help—c’mon over! Chicago Y. W. L. Gives First Dance in Fall The first dance of the, season will be given by the Young Workers’ League, Local Chicago the proceeds of which are to go both for the work of..the league organization in the city. of Chicago and for their weekly national organ, the Young Worker, as a part of the campaign to main- tain and build the Young Worker. The dance will be held on Satur- day, Oct. 10, at the Roosevelt Hall, 3437 West Roosevelt Road. The music for the dancing will be Played by the I. Letchinger’s Mid- West Syncopators beginning at 8 p. m. and continuing uhtil one o'clock. HE Organization Department has announced its plan to mobilize the membership for the reorganization of the party into shop During the conduct of.this campaign to reconstruct our party, a series of articles on organizational questions is being printed in every Questions and problems confronting. our, mem- The DAILY WORKER has also established a special section for the Organization Department. In this section there is being printed ar- ticles on the progress of the organization campaign, the experiences of of organization, and letters and reports from comrades giving their experiences in carrying on the party’s HE DAILY WORKER Reorganization will be answered and analyzed in Jay Lovestone, head of the Organ- members. ticles, and of intense interest. BERT WOLFE TEACHES COMMUNIST SPEAKERS FOR N.Y, CAMPAIGN NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Comrade Bert Wolfe, the director of the Agit- prop Department of the New York district, will start a class, in Polit- ical Issues for the Campaign on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the party head- quarters, 108 E. 14th St. This class, conducted by the Agit- prop Department, will be a series of conferences on the political issues in the present municipal campaign, and will help to make our propa- ganda in the present campaign more effective. All those who are speak- ers and those who want ‘to try it are urged to attend. a A successful conference of the party speakers was already held, WORKERS PARTY MOBILIZES FOR N. Y. CAMPAIGN To Place Municipal Can- _didates in Field NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-%A -success- ful conference of active party mem- bers, at which were also present all the section campaign managers, was held at the party headquarters, The main problem diggu&sed at the conference was how t ssure- the Placing of the party tobe on the ballot in the present mianicipal elec- tion campaign, in which Ben Gitlow is our candidate for mayor. It was pointed out that there is very little time left, and the ‘party membership must. be mobilized for the, work of getting signatures for the, petitions to unable us to place the Communist ticket on the ballot. The headquarters of every section will be open between the, hours of 6 and and 10.30 p. m, for.the com- There will be dances of all varieties. The admission to the hall is only 35c and everyone who wants a good time and wants to help the Young Workers’ League is urged to be pres- ent and bring his friends. MANY MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS IN PARTY'S REORGANIZATION DRIVE The dates of Workers (Commun- ist) Party membership’ meetings ar- ranged in the party’s reorganization campaign are as follows: District Date 1, Boston—Sept. 27. New York—Sept, 25. Philadelphia—Sept 26. Buffalo—Oct, Pittsburgh—Sept, 25. Cle ind—Sept. 27. Detroit—Sept, 27. Chicago—Oct. 7. 9. Minneapolis—Sept. 27. 15. Connecticut—Oct. 4, An organization tour of the west- ern districts is being planned by the Cc. E, C. Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, San Francisco, Los Ang and other party centers of the west will arrange mass membership meetings to be addressed by a rep- resentative of the Central Executive 4. 5. 6. 7 8. rades to come and get. their petitions. The section campaign managers were instructed to mobilize the party mem- bership for this work, which takes precedence over all other work until out ticket is placed on the ballot. In addition to the sections the dis- trict office asks all comrades who are unemployed or who otherwise have spare time to come to the office any time during the day, and. go out for signatures. y Everybody on the job for the next few days. Let us place the Communist ticket on the ballot. ¥ Jewelry Union Loses Most of Membership Internal dissension, leading to the withdrawal of a numberof eastern locals, made the biennial convention of the Intl. Jewelry Workers’ Union in Chicago in September a somewhat circumscribed affair, It was decided to attempt to regain ground, prin- cipally in New York . Conventions will be held every four years instead of biennially as here- tofore provided. Detroit will have the 1929 meet. Per capita remains unchanged, a motion to raise dues having been overwhelited. The jewelry workers reported@ya member- ship of 1,200 to the American Fed- eration of Labor in 1924 The 1920 Committee, peak was 8,100. \ i — Seamen’sStrike Grips British Liners p (Continued from page 1) } White Star line is doing every thing possible to keep its liners from being forced to cancel sailings. From Melbourne, Adelaide. Bris- bane, Sydney and Capetown reports show that authofities are making mass arrests of strikers. But this doesn't seem to get any boats under way and seamen who can live in a forecastle of British steamers can get along nicely in jail. The strike committee of the British seamen have issued the following cir- cular to British labor unionists, stat- ing their position in the so-called “out- law” strike, It says: “The central .strike committee, who have directed the unofficial sea- men’s strike nationally since its com- mencement, sent a deputation to Scar- borough for the purpose of obtain- ing an interview with your General Council and to place before them all the facts leading to and relating to the seamen’s dispute. Unfortunately we were not able to obtain an inter- view as we are regarded as, outside the realm of.the council’s jurisdic- tion. This being so we are reluct- antly forced to issue this circular as the strike is far too important tor us to allow congress to adjourn without hearipg our side of the dis- pute. No Alienation of Union Membership. “We know some good trade union- ists look upon unofficial strikes as leading towards the creation of new unions and the alienation of the rank and file from official decisions. We declare emphatically we are absolute- ly opposed to both. We were forced to enter this dispute because of our sense of responsibility to our wives and families, the trade union move- ment in general and as a_ protest against the autocratic and dictatorial methods of administrating our union affairs. “Mr. Havelock Wilson has said the rank and file were consulted thru the branches. This is a pure fabrica- tion to say the least, as not only were the membership in the branches. not given a chance to register them- selves for or against the reduction, but the executive council was not giv- en an opportunity to vote previous to announcement in the capitalist press that an agreement had been reached by the N. S. F. U. and the ship- owners. Later when the E. C, did meet and ratify the decision, those members who did protest were jeer- ed at and scornfully laughed out of council. “Can the Shipowners Pay? “Mr. Wilson says shipowners can- not pay. Let us see. Here are a few samples. During the first 26 months of the war the combined shipowners of Britain made £246,000,000 profit. From 1920 to 1924 inclusive the Cun- ard company declared 640 per cent dividends. But they paid bonus shares of 100 per cent in 1918, which makes an average total of 1280 per cent on the real capital invested. They have reserves of £1,250,000. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. have made a total £4,165,384 over the same period. The White Star Line (0. S. N. Co.) made from 1920 to 1924 inclusive £5,656,410. They paid in 1916 400 per cent bonus shares and 331-3 per cent in 1920, which enabled them to pay an average dividend over the same ‘period of more than 50 per cent on the company’s actual capital. The P. and O. line announced £1,300,000 profit last year and the latest issue is £750,000 to Furness Withy share- holders. These profits are net pro- fits and over a period of alleged de- pression. Present Wages Mean Poverty. “If we accept a pound and 6-6 re- duction gn monthly and weekly rates respectively, wages of sailors will be 6d. per hour (and less for a 31-day month) and firemen 6-4 a day for a 7-day week. Sailors are working 84 hours a week and altho the firemen are supposed to work only 8 hours a day, in the event of sickness, which often happens in the tropics, they. are called upon to do “ducers”—two extra hours on each watch for no extra remuneration. Overtime is a thing of the past in British ships, “time-off” in lieu of overtime pay is given, thet is: when you get it. Stewards are even worse off as they work, many of them, over 15 hours a day for a wage of £8. 5. 0. a month. “Only those actually going to sea seem to know the state of affairs re- garding our families. A‘seaman sign- ing articles for a voyage lasting 3 months or over, receives an advance note equal to one-half month’s pay; and his wife or dependents also re- ceive an equal amount (£4, 10. 0. for a sailor) for each consecutive month until he returns. Therefore, she must exist by applying to the relieving officer or find herself at the door of the pawnbrokers. The ad- vances made by the Rt. O. are deduct- ed from her husband’s wages when the voyage terminates, and many are in debt when the voyage is concluded. “This is not all: Even while in a more than 308, a week. Therefore, ie is constantly in poverty and deep- y in debt before starting the next voyage. Comrades, this is why we tre on strike, and we mean to con- tinue until the shipowners and the trade union movement recognizes our legitimate and reasonable demands. Not only are we the victims of Have- lock Wilson, and the signatories to this infamous agreement, but the boilermakers and electricians have also suffered drastic cuts in wages. Retreat in Face of the Enemy. “We have one other reason why we regard ourselves justified in taking action. This treacherous betrayer of seamen, Mr. Havelock Wilson, has also betrayed the whole trade union movement. He timed his agreement to take place when the miners were to be attacked. He has ignored com- pletely the fact that we are affiliated to the T. U. C. and the labor party by announcing to the press, on the eve of the recent proposed lock out of miners, that this dispute had noth- ing to do with the seamen. He en- couraged the employers’ attack when many large and important unigns were pressing for increases. “He smashed the unity of the working class movement, by re- treating in face of a ferocious at- tack, and we believe his decision was arrived at in conjunction with the masters, which was intended to aid employers to deliver a smash- ing blow at British trade unionism. “Had the officials of the National Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union acted 4s they ought to have done, and re- mained loyal to their obligations as an afiiliated body to the T. U. C, they would have consulted the general council and allied unions before ac- cepting reductions, and we feel cer- tain ‘that no reductions would have taken place had they sought the co- operation of the trade ufion move ment as the miners did. We Refuse to be Blacklegs. “We nfust also consider the inter national position. Sailors are interna- tionalists as far as their work is con- cerned, Australia, New Zealand and in some American and French lines sailors have the 8-hour day. Aus- tralian wages are £16, 2. 6. for sail- ors, firemen and greasers £18. 2. 6. British rates are now £9 for sailors and £9. 10. 0. for firemen, “We sail the same routes. Tonnage rates are the same. The Australian seamen obtained these rates by fight- ing under loyal leadership. Shall we be regarded as national and interna- tional blacklegs? Not if we can get the support we deserve! at Help Us Win This Fight, “Fellow workers and delegates. This \ is our case. We believe it will be a ia crime against the whole trade union movement if no action is taken by your congress to render us all sup- port possible. Our comrades in Aus- tralia, New Zealand and South Africa are making a magnificent and effect- — ive fight. Do you expect to let. them down? “Fer the Central Strike Committee, Secretary: — Charles W. Harris Thomas Wood Harry Laven Members of N. S. F. Us National Strike Headquarters, Cedds Mission, Beckton Road, London, E. 16, COST OF LIVING IS INCREASING MUCH FASTER THAN WAGES, WHILE EMPLOYMENT REMAINS VERY LOW By LELAND OLDS {Federated Prees Industrial Editor) The worst August as far as factory operations are concerned since 1921, is the verdict of the Illinois department of labor on the employment situation in this state. The department says a gain of one tenth of one per cent over July is negligible for a month which is expected to start industry on its seasonal upgrade. The most disappointing fact brought out by the survey, says the report, has been the tendency for employment to decline among the steel firms. The 120 plants distributed about the state +~ in all the steel producing areas had 6.7 per cent fewer workers in August than they had in July. The condi- tion of the steel industry is generally considered as an accurate business barometer, Can Building Declines, The car’building industry also show- ed a decline of 13 per cent when an increase was expected. Operators in that industry: are about 30 per cent less than a year ago. This indicates that the railroads are not buying. Railroad purchases are among the most important producers of indus- trial activity. - Altogether of the 56 industries rep- resented in the report 28 showed in- creases and \28 declines during Aug- ust. But the general employment sit- uation thruout the state was saved trom falling to the lowest levels by a revival of mining operations in the central and. southern fields and by the continuation of building opera- tions on a large scale. Author of: Lenin—The Great Strate- gist 15 Cents Role of the’ Trade Unions in the Russian Rev- olution “6 Cents International Council of Trade and Industrial Unions 5 Cents ics i Work Among Women try, [ce] pelevererere eee eee see ee THE WORLD TRADE UNION MOVEMENT By A. LOSOVSKY The Daily Worker Publishing Co. Leeeeeee eevee cee: What women are doing in Soviet Russia— In the Communist Party, in indus- education, phases of life. Contractors reporting to’ the depart ment stated that they had 16 per cent more workers on their payrolls in August than in the preceding month. t As a result there was a smaller ex- cess of idle workers over jobs avail- able than in any other month of this year. The record showed 139 appli- cants for each 100 jobs compared with ¥ 15% for each 100 jobs in, July. / Cost of Living Rising. The depressed state of industry has not affected the general. level of ef earnings, according to the report. € j Average weekly earnings: in» manu- >» facturing industry were $28.18 which compares with $27.40 in July and $26.96 in August; 1924. This means a gain of about 14 per cent over the average wage in the 1921-22 depres- sion. But in the same period the cost of living has increased 18% per cent. As a result the purchasing pow- er of wages has fallen nearly 4 per cent in the last 3 years. HIS book offers invaluable information to the worker. The author sums up the forces in the world of labor—the differ. ences in programs—the outlook for the future. A. 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So the average wage does not exceed much Lenin Memorial Album 25 CENTS 35 Cents ‘ The membership meeting of the Pittsburgh district, on the sub- jects of the bolshevization and reorganization of the party, will be held this Friday, Sept. 25, The representative of the Central Executive Committee at this meeting is to be Robert Minor. ce All members of the Workers Party in the Pittsburgh district must attend this meeting, partake in the discussion, and they will gurely go away from this meeting with determinaton to proceed vigoroysly with the reorganization of the party on the basis of shop nuclei, 9; The meeting is scheduled for 8 p, m. sharp, at the Labor: Lyceum, 35 Miller St.,. Pittsburgh, al | $$$ $ $$ satin vodto The only book of its kind issued. i ) A new booklet from Germany with text in English, German and French —~and 33 photographs of the great leader during different periods of his life. At ; erab renee sromAeee vee