The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 9, 1925, Page 2

i Sy Pewee tet Page Two PURCELL, IN MASTERFUL SPEECH URGES WORLD TRADE UNION UNITY BEFORE LABOR FEDERATION MEET (Continued from page 1) join with us in this great confratern- ity of labor. “Just as the governmental repres- entatives of the United States are in practically every country of the world giving effect to the policy of your government; just as the powerful American trusts and combines have representatives and agents in every country of the world, advancing their interests, so must American labor be in a position, also, to safeguard its interests internationally, Isolation a Mistaken Policy “1 tell you that the policy of isola- tion is a mistaken one. You cannot afford to think only in terms of the United States, or the Americans. The Monroe doctrine no longer holds good for your government as its imperial policy in the Phillipines, in China and elsewhere demonstrates. And it no longer holds good for your capitalists. It can no longer hold good for you “Circumstances, the development of capitalism, the establishment of great industrial fabrics in Asia, Africa and Australia, necessarily compels you to take a world view and to act from a world standpoint. “It is a fundamental urge, an insist- ent impulse, of capitalism to go to those places where labor is cheap and where the raw materials are immediate- ly available. Capitalism, the trusts and combines, businessmen generally, know no frontiers, Must Face Colonial Problems “The capitalists aré now concerned about maintaining race purity or the conservation of jobs for the workers of apy particular country. They are merely concerned about profits. Your American capitalist is not concerned whether his factory be in San Fran- elsco or Tokio, so long as he can make the most of it. If these foreign workers working for very low wages, receiving cents where you would be recetving dollars, are working in a Tokio factory or a Shanghai factory, or a Bombay or Calcytta factory, they are none the less competitors to the wage earners of this country, just as if they had heon working in San Fran- cisvo, Chicago, or New Yors. “I want you to let that fact sink deeply into your minds, and to reflect upon it in relation to th» enormous development of industrialixm in Japan, India, China, South Africa and the other parts of the world where there} are inflzite eserves of poor workers —workers of the brown, yellow and black races— anxious and willing to be drawn into. the industrial vortex. “What will the wage earners of America do to maintain their wage and liviag standard? What vill they do by pursuing a policy of isolating, shutting themselves off from the world as though the world did not exist? Must Aid Exploited Races “And here I want to say that the world is a battleground of conflicting industrialisma America aspires to ob- tain the world market for her goods. Britain aspires to obtain the world market for her goods. Japan, Ger- » France, all the capitalist coun- do the same, and the world is woefully circumscribed, re- ed. As things are, the tendency must inevitably be for the world mar- ket to go to those countries where the raw materials are at hand, labor is underpaid, and the costs of production are low. And I say further, that the only hope for the future of American labor, and indeed the world’s white race, is for the trade union movement, internationally, to raise the status of the workers in Asia and Africa, to assist them with trade union organiza- tion so that they may build up their own trade union organization, and thru that means secure higher rates of pay and better working and living conditions. We, all the workers of Burope and the western world, will go down unless we help them to come up. The only way we can help them up 4s to assist them with our move- ment, united in one powerful trade union. international. “Nor is that all. We must now real- ize. that the economy of the world is 80 highly developed, so technically ef- ficient, and so extensive, that infinite ly more can be produced than con- sumed under capitalism. In Britain we have 12 per cent of our workers permanently unemployed, and our ex- perts tell us that unemployment must grow increasingly. Is Proud of Russia “I have been in Ri There I have seen the workers assuming vast responsibilities and duties, cartying thru the reorganization of society un- der frightful difficulties, As a work- man I am proud of the genius for or- ganization and the mtlal grip of things which my class in Russia has displayed. Just as your president sent that warm and helpful jetter on be- half of the Chinese workers, demon- strating thereby a desire to help those Chinese workers in their difficulties, 8o I want you to approach the ques- tion of relations with the workers of Russia. “Let the same generous spirit pre- vail, The times we live in are too big, too fraught with fate, to permit of little prejudices barring the way to human relationship. Russia is a very big place—the Union of Socialist So- viet Republics occupies one-sixth of the land surface of the globe. It is an enormous factor in the world a tremendously powerful factor in the life of the world. Just recently, I read in the press that a great business con- cession, amounting to millions of dollars, was granted by the Russian government to one of your leading firms, Many American capitalists and financiers have been to Russia, en- deavoring to fix up business deals, There is illimitable potential wealth in Russia. : “The sojl of Russia is rich, the mineral resources of Russia are enor- mous ;the timber, flax, hides and raw materials of Russia generally are plentiful. Given a few good harvest years and Russia will become one of the wealthiest countries in the world. “IT have seen the foundations of the biggest electrification scheme in the world being laid down in Russia, The Russian people are a great people— strong, patient, hard working and clever, And they number 150 millions. These people, these workers and peas- ants, are building up a new economy and a new life, Keenly and rapidly adapting to their use all the latest de- velopments in science and industry, the most up to date machinery, the most modern and technical devices. Must Not Fear New Ideas “I say that you, workers of America, bave got to learn from Russia. We must not be afraid of new ideas. It has often struck me that while the Americans have been the most ad- vanced—the most receptive—in ideas concerning mechanical invention and business organization, they have been most slow in ‘accepting new social and political ideas. I do hope that from now on, the organized workers of Am- erica will establish the closest fratern- al relations with the organized work- ets of Russia. Just as the general council of the Trades Union Congress, representative of the whole trade union movement of Britain, has sent delegations to Russia, so I hope and trust the American Federation of La- bor will do the same. Do not be afraid of being called names. “Once again, I say, let our com- radership.and brotherhood be a real and lasting thing. “The workers of the world hold the future In their hands.” Last midnight was thé final hour for the introduction of resolutions, the limit of time having been fixed for the second day of the convention, after which resolutions can only be put in thru unanimous consent, Pro- gressive resolutions were put in on the subjects of the organization of the unorganized the Sacco-Vanzetti case, the organization of Negro workers, the recognition of Soviet Russia, the labor party, world trade union unity, class collaboration and amalgamation. The delegation of the Cap Makers’ Union introduced a resolution attack- ing citizen's military training camps. ee ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 7—Purcell was the first fraternal delegate to be presented today to the convention. President Green telling of his work in the British and LHuropean labor movement ‘elated how he was head of the Furnitwe Workers’ associa- tion, member ofthe general council of British Trade Union Congress, of which he was president last year, of his being elected to parliament on labor party ticket from a coal miners’ constituency, and of his presidency of the International Federation of Trade Unions, Purcell began by de- claring that diversity of opinion was sign of good health. “If there was no difference of opimion that would be the end of us,” said Purcell. But for the most part the sn cit heard Purcell thru in complete silence. A little applause greeted his moderate plea for world trade union unity. But all references to Russia were received with deathly silence, Green Attacks Left Wing. President Green ‘seized the oppor- tunity in reply to make broadside at- tack against American’ Communist Party. The Trade Union Educational League, and especially against the Red International of Labor Unions, making no mention of the Amsterdam Trade Union International. “The Trade Union Educational League seeks to substitute for our philosophy the principles of Commun- ism,” declares Green. “We ask our visitor from England to take back to the Russian International the mes- sage that we will never affiliate with an organization that preaches that doctrine or stands for that philos- ophy.” President Green also referred to the fact that “some delegate who feels that the doctrines of Moscow are bet- ter than the philosophy of Gompers has introduced resolutions that would come up later.” Green asked that Pur- cell remain in the convention. until these resolutions came up to witness the registration of opinion by the delegates of these subjects. As to the British situation Green also declared that he did not know whether he should recognize the de- cisions of Scarborough or of Liver. THE DAILY" SCENE OF SLAVERY ILLUST | WORKER TING WEAKNESS OF AMERICAN UNIONS By ART SHIELDS (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) ATLANTIC CITY, Oct, 7.—The famous Atlantic City boardwalk that runs past Steeplechase Pier where the American Federation of Labor holds its 45th annual convention has a unique system of transportation that harks back to ancient times when men took the place of horses in hauling pas- sengers. If a boardwalk traveler’s legs grow weary the only vehicles avail- able are chairs pushed by patient human beings. Directly across from convention pier is what might be called a carbarn for the chairs and here delegates can hear the story of how tough it is to work for the Shill company controls most of the chairs on the walk, “Dividing Up.” No wages are paid, a tired chair pusher explained, only a commission and fips. The company gets a dollar an hour from the patrons—one dollar for the two persons that make the standard load, Capital splits this purse with labor, labor taking the loser’s end of 20 cents—and such tips as are gathered. Where three persons ride the com- pany gets $1.25 an hour and labor 25 cents, five cents more for bending the back lower and shoving harder. Hours are a maximum of from 8 a. m. till one the next morning, but actually few work that long. It is humanly impossible to keep such a working day going steadily. Workers’ Poverty Easily Seen. Chairs were in great demand dur- ing the bankers’ convention and sharp contrasts‘appeared with portly and expensively taliored forms in the seats and a ragged Negro pusher be- hind. The chair pushers bear the stamp of their poverty. No natty uniforms, such as might be expected on this smart thoroughfare, are fur- nished by the company, the pushers wearing such clothes as they have. Taxicabs are not allowed on the boardwalk and’ labor men thus are allowed a vacation from the eye sore of the Yellows all over the rest of the town. The Yellow men work 12 hours a day and are not organized. “The company won't permit it,” a driver told the Federated Press re- that¢———__—______________— porter when interviewed on the curb. A small independent!union has mem- bers in the independent cabs and each of the latter hacks—that are organized—displays a carl of greet- ing to the A, F, of L, DuPont’s Dynamite Exhibit. Diagonally across from convention pier the luxurious ‘exhibition rooms of the DuPont chemical products fronts the boardwalk and gives a vivid im- pression of the amazing development of this industry, since the war put the ball and chain on German chemicals. The DuPont display at Atlantic City is richer and more varied than the one they gave at the recent chemical exposition in New York. There are literally thousands of chemical products; explosives of all kinds, dyes, artificial silk, artificial leather, tortoise shell and ivory imi- tations and a whole series of other fancy, hard surfaced synthetic prod- ucts; toilet articles, automobile var- nishes, and so forth. All produced on the open shop plan. No Lueky Strike for Craftemen... Two hundred yards down the line is a demonstration room where Lucky Strike cigarets are turned out by the hundreds of thousands with the same machinery used in the factory. Youths and girls tend the machines. The ma+ chine displaced the old fashioned tobacconist craftsmen with the hand operations. The human hand does not touch the tobacco’from the time it falls into the hoppers till it comes out as a finished “tailér made.” pool. ‘This was the end of Purcell’s plea for world trade union unity for the time being. Fraternal Delegate Ben Smith, members of the British Transport nad General Workers’ Un- ion, used his speech to explain attacks made in the capitalist press against British workers, especiaHy as regards the. dole system of unemployed bene- fits. He said the settlement of the British cal strike was a subsidy of profits not, of, wages. He said British workers were idle jas.a result ofthe war and the huge stream of goods pouring in from Ger- many. . ; “We are ‘told that we are following Communist ‘ doctrines,” said Smith, “put all that we want are the things that should be ours.” . Tells of Fascism. While making no criticism of Com- munists, Smith yrged constitutional action at the ballot box, but explained how the British-fascist movement was growing up planning to use force to keep the workers in submission thru the suppression of their struggles, Smith said the British ruling class was bent ‘on taking its pound of flesh, but the reply of the workers was, “if you take your pound of flesh it will be with every wheel stopped.” Smith closed with a plea for closer attention by the organized labor movement to the young people of the world. Fraternize with Mexican Yellows. A. F. of L. efforts to cater to the Calles’ Mexican government is re- peatedly evident in the convention. Green outdid himself in presenting Roberto Haberman, one of the frater- nal delegates from Mexico, who used his speech in comical attempt to at- tack the DAILY WORKER, the Com- munist parties of both the United States and Mexico and Soviet Rus- sia. Haberman is an emigre Mexican who spends most of his time in this country. The regular delegate, Var- gas, however, accepted Haberman’s speech as his own, The two British delegates are plan- ning to continue their trip to Mex- ico, where they can get information first hand, One of Haberman’s sal- lies for instance was as follows: “There are a few honest souls in Rus- sia. We hope they do not read the DAILY WORKER but the official re- ports of the American Federation of Labor.” Donald Dear, fraternal delegate from Canada, said that unemployment was also growing across the north- ern border. ert tne ceed AeA NP tO ORR SEEN ns 3 ETE te Ante Rs. Mee Stns Representatives of France and Germany Deadlock. Conference (Continued from page 1)°” the French insist 7 hia can be no question ‘of bargain: away ‘treaty rights. e Revive Belgiar) Neutrality the future “status gian treaty and ‘mill relation to the to light the intention to revive the old 1839 treaty guarahteeing Belgium neutrality,’ ‘which the Germans’ are charged with regarding as a “scrap of paper” at thé outbreak of the world war in 1914. vit The role of Britain, if the Rhine pact is completed, “and the treaty of Belgian neutrality i8 revived, will be that of guarantor of both the agree- ments. . In view of England acting as guar- antor in the western pacts, France claims that no objections should be raised regarding her acting guarantor of agreements on the-question of the eastern frontier of Germany, involving the proposed German-Gzech and Ger- man-Polish pacts. France raises this question now becayge in case of ag- gression by Germany against Poland or Czecho-Slovakia they want the priv- ilage of marching troops thru the neutralized and demilitarized zone of the Rhineland, The Germans say that when Ger- many joins the league of nations this will be sufficient guarantee against any aggression of @ military nature, With this proposition the British are incline to agree. Stresemann Reassures Russia Out of the maze of diplomatic in- trigue that is going on, officially and unofficially, but one thing stands out clearly at this time and that is the new assurances of Germany to Russia that no pact will be.signed calling for military aggression against Russia and that under no ¢onditions will Ger- many accept the proposal that France act a8 guarantor of eastern frontiers, This assurance was, officially sent to the Russian foreign office by the Ger- man foreign minigter, which shows that thus far the efforts of the im- perialist' and fascist bandits of Europe to create a pact for the purpose ef endeavoring to stage a new drive against Russia is doonted to fail. — ae Take this copy of the DAILY WORKER with you to the shop tomorrow. ° ENGDAHL TO TELL PHILADELPHIA WORKERS HOW “FAT BOYS” TIED WORKERS TO BOSSES’ APRONSTRINGS (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 7.—The workers of Philadelphia will be able to hear of how the “fat boys’ if the American Federati: down the American workers to the bose’ apron strings by lon of Labor have tied dorsing the infamous Dawes plan, at a mass meeting to be held at Grand Fraternity Hall, 1626 Arch St., Sunday evening, October 11, at 8 o’cloek, m J, Louls Engdahl, editor of the DAILY WORKER and observer at the convention, will tell of how the German and the American delegations worked in cahoots to endorse the Dawes plan thinkin: for themselves, and how the British d the bankers of America to enslave the workers not also of other nations, ~ sar b . ‘to make fat jobs Inst lining up with y of Germany but jates fought ag By J. LOUIS No Class’ Documents’ of Labor in Sight at This Year’s A. F. of L. Meeting ENGDAHL, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Today, a flood of fervid patriotism sweeps thru the annuakconvention of the American Fed- eration of Labor, as if LaFollette were launching another “Back to '76!" campaign. Turning their backs on the, future the officials spell- bind about “revitalizing the U. S. constitution and the declaration of independence,” reaching a climax in President Green's excited utterance “We love our country! We love our government! Such love hath no labor official ever shown for the our flag! tions!” We love We love its institu- capitalist state that enslaves the working class for which he is supposed to speak. * It is a coincidence that while.the delegates were thus heaving their bosoms in star spangled banner protestations, that extracts from numerous letters of George Washington were being published showing just what kind of a man the “father of his country” happened to have been. For instance, the man who is supposed to have laid the basis of American institutions, thru leading the armies of the colonies victorious against Great Britain, is revealed as a shoddy aristocrat, not only as a distiller of whiskey, but also as a seller of it, while those who talk of humane warfare to- day, may learn that Washington was trying to make killing respectable even 150 years ago. ¢ * * * * Washington was an aristocrat; some claim the richest man of his time. Slaveholder and lord of vast estates, which it is shown he secured thru questionable'and sharp methods, he did not like to see-his women folk marry station.” A Mr. Parks, in the “mason trade, “beneath their ” was considered unfit to wed into the Washington family, altho he placed his fortune at $15,000. The value of money at.the time may be judged from the fact that even a Washington talked about paying only $2 weekly for the “schooling; board, lodging and washing” of the son of a friend, whom he advised, to go to school at Andover, Mass. If a man with $15,000 under these circumstances stood beneath the contempt of George Wash- ington, it may well be judged how far below him he con- sidered the ordinary workers of the time, many of whom were enslaved almost to the same extent as their black brothers. e ° Usuallf when one charges inthe open that Washington was a common drunkard, a call is sent in for the police wagon. rels of corn for his whiske haggles again in the sale o since it is evident that, he. could not drink it all himself. But the New York Times publishes a letter show- ing how Washington haggled over the purchase of 500 bar- distillery, and then how he the finished whiskey product, So successful was Washington's whiskey business that he tn- creased the output of his distillery from time to time. * * ° * Washington's efforts at humanizing war were revealed himself as, “Your Lordship's in a letter he wrote'to the British from Camp Middlebrook June 2, eneral, Lord Cornwallis, » in which he signs Most Obedient Servant,” de- claring, “It is with itfinite Ne te | am again compelled to remonstrate against that spir' of wanton cruelty that has in several instances influenced the conduct of your soldiery.” The incident arose over the killing of an officer, not over a private soldier, and. Washington's appeal showed that he felt himself pretty close to the British aristocracy that he was supposed to be warring against most bitterly. * * * * Washington made the fight of his day for his class against the British overseas government that had not yet learned to govern its colonies as cleverly as it does today. .Washington’s class was made up of the’great landlords; the merchants and professional class of his day. Out of this Fuling class of the 18th century has grown the capitalist ruling class of today, the 20th century. Washington and Hancock and Jefferson and all the rest wrote the declaration » of independence and the constitution to promote their class interests, and the capitalist class of today has appropriated those documents to protect their class interests. . . * This the working class of the United States will learn, if the officials of the American Federation of Labor never do. The workers will then begin writing class documents of their own, upon which to build their future class struggles and class hopes. There are no such class documents in sight at this convention of the A. F. of L. British Fascisti Join Police to Suppress Strikers, Communists (Continued from page 1) seriously to challenge this new men- ace that, under governmental sanc- tion, is likely to assume menacing proportions, Already fascist groups in Manchester are preparing to follow the lead of the Liverpool movement into the ranks of the police force. see Hicks Again Assails Communists, LONDON, Oct. 7—For the second time this week, Sir William Joynson Hicks, home secretary, assailed the Communists... In an address in Liver- pool last night he erted: “The destruction of the Communist menace in England is a matter of life and death.” Lord Derby, who presided, de- clared, that widespread efforts are now being made to “Russianize Eng- land.” “The Communist Party my be small in England,” he said, “but it is pow- erful and is definitely. allied with Russia, Men like Saklatvala, Harry Pollitt, Purcell and Gallacher re- ceive their orders from, Zinoviey.” The Liverpool conservatives were properly impressed with these sol- emn warnings, from Sir Hicks, who, next to Ramsay MacDonald has be- come the principal red-balter in the British Isles, ta ‘ Take this copy of the: DAILY WORKER with you to the shop tomorrow, 3 ei ee ofimon) eve a-pleds rose ‘ TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL NOW PUT ON DENBY) Sinclair and Fall Try to Shift Blam \ Wisnene.' WASHINGTON, D, C,, Oct. 7.—The Teapot Dome governmental graft scandal sprung into a new lease of life here Monday when Harry Sine lair, oil magnate, and Albert B. Fall, former secretary .of the interior, charged in the District of Columbia courts with having conspired to de- fraud the government, filed demurrers. the main contention of which that Edwin Denby, former secretary of the navy, and not Secretary Fall, was responsible for handing the Wyoming Teapot Dome to Sinclair. The idea is that Sinclair and Fall wish to shift the blame from Fall to Denby, automatically ending the pro- secution of the former two teapotters, Fall also entered a demurrer to the indictment involving him with Bd Doheny over the Elk Hills, California, lease, The first one of these indict- ments was quashed some months ago by Chief Justice McCoy of the dis- trict supreme court, on the ground that the presence in the grand jury room of Assistant Attorney General Pagan was unlawful, This prevented any arguments on the merits of the ndictment, oh BESTIAL ROUMANIAN GOVERNMENT FEARFUL OF TCHITCHERIN VISIT (Special to The Daily Worker) BUKHAREST, Roumania, Oct. & —The proposal of Count Skryzineki, Polish foreign minister, to go to Moscow to pay a return visit to Commissar of Foreign Affairs Tehit- cherin, who stopped In Warsaw on his way to Berlin, has aroused seri- ous apprehension on the part of the officlal governmental clique in Bukharest. After the world war, un- der the domination of France, the Polish and Roumanian governments signed a joint “ nsive military alliance” to be used against Soviet Russia. Recent developments on the field of international diplomacy have caused Poland to move toward agreement with Russia, without eon- sulting Roumania, The Bukharest government wants to’ know the meaning of these visite and wonders if it Is being left out In the cold. As far as the Roumanian govern- ment is concerned the Soviet gow ernment has made it quite plain that it will have nothing to do with it while the ferocious suppression of Bessarabia continues. It Is the con- tention of the Soviet government that Roumania has no right to rule over Bessarabia, This rule has been maintained by the most appalling excesses of viol- ence, resulting In the bestial slaughter of 2,000 peasants a year ind at this time trials of 500 peasants are going on for their tak-° Ing part In an uprising againet the tyranny of the Roumanian vassals of French imperialism, MELLON OPPOSES ALL TAXES THAT AFFECT BIG BIZ Wants to Cut Down on WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has been in- .| vited to appear before sessions of the house ways and means committee which meets October 19, to present his ideas on the 1925 revenue act. Mellon recommends repeal of the publicity’ clause of the revenue act; abolition of the federal inheritance tax, repeal of the gift taxes, legisla- tion to curb tax exempt securities, and reduction of the surtax to a maximum of 15 or 20 per cent. ‘With the request from chairman Green of the ways and means commit- tee that the treasury take an active part in the new tax legislation, a big corps of experts has been put to work compiling the necessary data on which congress must base its new law. Strong pressure has been brought to bear for repeal of the automobile sales tax, the tax on automobile bus trans- portation and motor accessories. Ex- Derts at the treasury favor the auto- mobile tax, which last year yielded $150,000,000, Elimination of the ac- cessories tax probably will be agreed to. Other “nuisance taxes,” the repeal of which is demanded in some quart- ers are on the following: , Sales by dealers of art works: cameras, photographic firms, use of pleasure boats, fire arms and shelle, Smokers articles, slot machines, jewel- ry, bowling alleys, pool rooms, shoot- ing galleries, riding academies, admis- sions and some of the documentary stamp taxes, Titles to Stick in 4 WINNIPEG, Can., Oct. 7.—~ Titles will not be abolished in England, as they were in Canada, because the sale of titles often replenishes the Tho at present it is a crime te barter for a title, one can still buy @ title for 80,000 pounds sterling. Another im the dele- gation said the only way political parties ever ge’ the useless it rid of timber in their parties is lords of them and then to the house of lords, Wrap your lunch in a copy of the DAILY WORKER and give it (the DAILY WORKER, not the lunch) to your shop-mate. <i a. | To Save THE DAILY WORKER ane ey 2