The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 10, 1925, Page 6

Wage THE DAILY WORKER . > Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 2118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, I, Phone Monroe 4712 —————— SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (outelde of Chicago): $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.00 three months ‘ By mall (in Chicago only): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $2.50 three months Address all mail and make out checks to . THE DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Illinole = ee et J, LOUIS BNGDAHL arameeesonseereenessemenanceremennees MM ItOPS WILLIAM F, DUNND { MORITZ J. LOEB... ts Business Manager cent Entered ay second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Il, under the act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates on application. Puarcell’s Pointed Remarks A. A. Purcell, chairman of the International Federation of Trade Unions (Amsterdam International}, put his finger on a sore spot in the American labor movement when he said: it has often struck me’ that, while the Americans have been the most advanced—the most receptive—in ideag concerning inventions and business organization, they have been most slow in aceepting new social and political ideas, No truer words were ever spoken. The United States is sp far ahead of other countries in organization of industry, standardization and specialization of labor linked to the most productive machinery that little basis for comparison is offered even with great industrial nations’ like.Great Britain and Germany. The American worker thinks in terms of production—not of class—and when the capitalist propagandists point out the essen- tially “American” character of the workers here, they da, not need to exaggerate. No privileged group of parasites such as the official- dom of the American Federation of Labor would be tolerated if this were not the case. Contrasted with the concentration of industry and governmental power the American labor movement is a pitiful thing. In its present form and with its present policy it is little more than an instrument used by the ruling class to manipulate large sections of the workers and this in spite of the fact that hugé blocs of its membership like the United Mine Workers are purely proletarian in character. The structural férm and the social outlook of the American Federation of Labor is still that of the early competitive period of American capitalism—the period of small scale and separated in- dustry, the period before the rise of monopoly in all basic industries, the period when but little constant capital was required to launch a profit-making enterprise and the growing demand for industrial products brought a rapid turnover that enabled the small producer to meet his wage bills out of the daily profits. The most outstanding fact in American life is that that period has long since passed into history, but the-American labor unions, _ beyond a numerical increase which in all but a few instances is im- measurably behind industrial development, stands where it did in the early 80’s. And how rabidly the entrenched and well-paid officialdom re- sists any attempt to change a condition full of danger to the whole working class! Why? Because their economic and political privileges depend upon the maintenance of the antiquated form and obsolete policy so useful to the ruling class. They resent very much the statement that they <=> 190 are paid to keep the American workers divided into 103 different} unions and chained to the political parties of the bosses, but this is the irrefutable fact. ‘ Crookedness and ignorance predominate inthe councils of the American Federation of Labor. Its officials give the cold shoulder to Purcell, the head of the most powerful body of trade unions in the world and in his reply to the burning words of Purcell, Green mouths only the phrases of American imperialism. He is a cog in its mechanism. | But the same forces that have brought a determined and.class| conscious spirit into the British labor movement are at work in the United States. The Greens, Lewises and Wolls can check but they cannot stop the resistless play of the contradictory forces at work in America and the capitalist world of which it isa part. It is easy for Green, the $12,000 per year spokesman of imperialism in the ranks of labor, to say that American workers will never join with the Russian work- ers, but Green is not the determining factor. What American labor will do in the future will be determined by imperialist conflicts, revolts of colonial peoples, industrial crises and by the left wing of the American labor with its Communist ad- vance guard. British “labor leaders” of the Thomas type still talk in the same tone as Green, byf they no longer speak for the masses of the British workers. f Winter in the Riff and Syria Weather, is something imperialism does not yet control. The rainy season in the Riff begins about October 15 and all major mili- tary operations will have to cease, It does net take a military ex- pert to'discover that the victories of the French and Spanish force: unless they can annihilate the forces of Abd-el-Krim before the rainy season begins, are victories only on paper. The same climatic and military conditions apply in French Syria, where the French government has another nice little war on its hands. - ‘ ‘ The two,campaigns have brought the attention of the civilized world to these regions where most, people had an idea that only’ sand and sheiks: were to be found... fhe,sand and sheiks are there all right—as the imperialists have discoyered to their sorrow—but there is also. in existence very well-organized national liberation movements based on the landless peasantry. In. Syria there is also a small but bitterly exploited working class. . The huge punitive expeditions sent against these tribesmen of the Mohammedan faith, the tremendous array of military and naval equipment needed by the imperialist powers to. make any showing whatever against these colonial peoples, is complete proof that these uprisings are not the mere raiding expeditions the capitalist press would like to have them. Far from it. They have a wide social base and in this lies their strength, These people are fighting for independence and for land. Their efforts may not be successful immediately, but as the working class of the imperialist nations comes to a clearer understanding “of the vital connection between’ these struggles and. their own, it ‘Deconiés increasingly hard for the rulers to continue these wars of conquest. oar 4 The American masses especially should be sympathetic towards these heroic struggles of small nations because’ itywas'by a na- tionalist revolutionary war of the same, character—and treated with the same contempt by the ruling Class at thet time—that the Amer- “dean colonies won their national freedom. “s We hope the Riffian rains, drown all the imperialist rate ae ‘ | | ‘THE DAILY By R. DOMBUSCH (Concluded from last issue) The “Bolshevik Danger.” Already another method of strug- gle by well-known channels has pene- trated to the governments in whose offices already it has been under dis- cussion. This is the famous idea of ‘an international anti-Bolshevist pol- ice. Really a “field of work” in which all the governments, despite their eco- nomic and political competition, can find common agreement. In this con- nection a proposal should be men- tioned which was discussed in detail at the conference, that the govern- |ments ,should draft special laws | against the “Bolshevik danger.” The reporter considered it appropriate also on this point to stress the “objectiv- ity” and “political neutrality” of this white guardist international. He said that “it was not merely a question of drafting special laws against any special party or group, i. e. laws against Communists; laws shbuld be drafted merely for the protection of the country and state against all dis- turbing elements, regardless of their character.” From this we see that the reporter favors nice formula- tions. The fact which is contained in this statement might also have been formulated in a simpler and more ex- act manner. To Organize Peasants. The Aubert crowd did not forget the village. Peasant groups are to California’s Jubilee. To the DAILY WORKER: We, the new arrivals in this glorious country, together with the citizens and resi- dents of this state, were treated to the splendid spectacle of the diamond jubilee in honor of the 75th anniver- sary of California’s admission to the union. In spite of all the Bolshe- vists who preach class division, all sections of the population took part in the celebration; hundreds of thous- ands of dollars were spent, all/to show how the residents of this state appreciate California’s membership in the union of)states which make up this glorious republic. Even the workers, never under- standing their class position, were drawn by:their over-paid, treacherous union bureaucracy in the trail of the ever-idle and fat-bellied money bags, in order to. celebrate the 75th anni- versary. of their. exploitation by Ameri- can capitalism,.and to perpetuate this exploitation.,.,Jn order to show how this capitalist,.paradise of California is appreciated, by the different nation- alities which make up the population of this city, and.in ogder to show the loyalty and attachment of the foreign |groups to. the. institutions of their adopted country, certain well-to-do elements of ,the foreign population formed.,conspicuous divisions of the parade, a « The Bourgeois Line Up. Whether: the Russian colony was in- vited or not) we do not know, but jone thing is:certain—the group to which your «correspondent belongs re- | ceived no imyitation. It is safe to say | however, that: the Russian monarch- | ists of thispeity got very busy; evi- | dently. appreciating the favors they | enjoy: in being allowed to wash dishes and clean out cuspidors in the course | of their janitorial duties; therefore with the moral support of the city fathers they managed to organize a black hundred parade. | We must not forget to mention that the monarchists invited the sectarians to march with them. (The Russian \sectarians are religious sects, and {form the majority of the Russian col- |ony). But when these sectarians, who }Were peasants in Russia, and who ‘are now proletarians, found out that | they would have to march behind the | three-colored flag of the czar, they jall refused to have anything to do with the matter. Police Interfere. The Russian branch of the Workers Party did everything im its power to frustrate the attempts of the monarch- ists.. It.was decided that we should issue a leaflet appealing to the Rus- sian colony not to participate in the parade; but when the leaflet was handed over to the local Russian printing shop, the printing was for- |bidden by the police. However, in spite of this prohibition, the Russian branch got out a mimeographed edi- tion, which was distributed among the members ofthe Russian colony. A week before the celebration, the monarchists held a rehearsal in one of the parks of the city. The police, however, had received information about the activities of the Russian Bolshevists, and had a detachment of dicks on the scene, and a double de- tachment of mounted police and pa- trolmen to do cossack duty, and pro- tect the Russian black hundreds from the wrath of the Russian colony. And on the night of the celebration took these adherents of the late ezar’s double-headed eagle, under the protection of their own one-headed eagle. . Now let us describe the parade proper, The great demigod of the parade was Eli Murometz. Following him were half a dozen great dray horses pulling a dray with a strange load. The load consisted of a dozen boyarin-- Russian noblewomen-~ and an immense double-eagle made of pasteboard symbolizing the Russian p WORK be organized to guard the railways, telegraph and telephone, passive masses should be aroused and propa- ganda should especially, be carried’ on among women workers, “It is a well known fact that women are more credulous than mep; the priesthood should be used in this respect,” was the statement made-by, the represent- ative of enlightened France. Propaganda Ambng Children. Besides, the executive organ of the league, has a permanent consultative bureau and committee composed of people belonging to the various chris- tian sects. This committee is a guar- antee that the fascist idea will be in close contact with that most worthy propagandist, the church. The league of nations, international red cross, etc. give active support to the activities of the league. Propaganda is carried on among workers’ childrén, young work- ers and intelligentsia.’ It should be noted that the conference favored car- rying on propaganda amongst the in- telligentsia without ‘making use of the words “Bolshevism” or “Communism,” It is a reputed method of fascism to initiate “a workers’ movement” in or- der to find a possibility of misleading workérs by their demagogy. The Au- bert league devotes gréat attention to thesc methods, altho it does not for- mally call itself fascist. The enthu- siasm which greeted the appearance of the Italian representative, who de- scribed the activity of Italian fascism, and asked the conference to support ezarist rule; while on both sides of the eagle stood two local white guards armed with pasteboard halbi- ards, The sides of the wagon were cov- ered with the three-colored czarist flag, which was described in great let- ters—RUSSIA. (Without further com- ment, you will know which Russia was meant). Then close behind the wagon marched various society ladies dressed in the folk costume of Ukrai- nia in an attempt to impersonate the common people. Marching along with them were a few sailors from the ezarist fleet, and a few civilians, and these algo carried a huge flag of the old Russia, bearing the sign: “Rus- sia’s contribution to California.” What they mean..by Russia’g con- tribution to California js easy to guess. As a result of the revolution, California has received this monarch- ial detritus which is evidenced by its presence here; and secondly the double-headed eagle is a blood rela- tive of the one-heqded eagle of this the fascist moyement in all countries, gives proof that the organization in essence is fascist. The chairman de- clared pathetically: “We are with you both in our own interests and in yours, we Want to struggle against the Third Internationai which is trying to discredit you in the eyes of the re- public. You were and remain our col- leagues!” The Italian representative declared that a difference must be made between the fascist party and theyfascist government; he asked for [support of the party. Petty Bourgeois Gossip. The conference decided-to send a memorandum to all governments and to the league of nations. The mem- orandum was published a short time ago in the fascist press. Its “facts” consist in “statements” which have for their source the gossip of petty- bourgeois fascist information. The fact that “there is a peasant interna- tional in every country,” or the stra- tegic secret that “the Comintern does not usually prepare campaigns in those countries where it plans its next attack,” all these and many other. statements in the memorandum bear. the character of the forged docu- ments of Druschelowski and Co, .The memorandum concludes with the pro- posal of organizing a group of states against the Comintern, i? The Blackest Reaction. These are the general‘traits of the “{nternational” of the blackest -reac- tion. The political significance of this Letters from Our Readers on Ma capitalist republic. In the trail of this black hundred procession there marched about a dozen and a half of the ordinary run of white guards in civilian clothes; and judging from the appearance and accent of these men they had once belonged to the high society of that country; while their military signs and decorations were evidence that these men had all waded in the blood of the workers. In conclusion, we will staté ‘that the American capitalists appreciated the services of these black hundreds; and in order to encourage them in future activities, gave them. the sec- ond prize. L : A Worker Correspondent. DAILY WORKER For Them. ... To the DAILY WORKER: «When the membership, constituting three of the largest locals of the ccloak’ and dressmakers’ union, were sdistranch- ised, 14 weeks ago, to many‘a fear- ridden worker it seemed to be but an- other of the usual blows from their Batterséa Workers Praise Saklatvala (Continued ffot page 1) of the workers of this country and of other nationalities. “Not only do they,.themselves ap- preciate his fearlessness and unequiv- ocal expresisons exposing the huge conspiracy against the masses of this country under the misleading senti- ments of ‘Our empire. and our flag,’ but they are conscious of, the fact that thetisands of working class audi- ences in every part of,,Bngland, Scot- land, Wales and Ireland openly ad- dressed by Comrade Saklatvala do the same, and Battersea, workers appeal to these comrades in Great Britain that time and circumstances have now arisen to give our appoval of these services before the public of Great Britain and America. Guarding Workers’ Rights. “This conference feels that Com- rade Saklatvala has faithfully and selflessly carried out his special duty of awakening the workers of this country to the grave danger to their social and economic life and freedom by the soalled glorious British em- pire béing run for creating large masses of enslaved and oppressed ori- ental workers in order to betray and destroy the strength ‘and rights of the British workers, by Appeal to Workers, “They renew their full confidence in him, and appeal''to the working classes of Great Brftain and’ Ameri¢a to treat with contempt the Iies, mis-| representations and “misquotations of the British capitalist” papers against the esteemed membét for North Bat- tersea and to denouifce the fierce at- tack carried upon this true friend of the British people by the British aris- tocrats seeking to ich themselves and to drag Européfm and American workers to the cooli@level by slinging false hallelujahs to the British empire and the union jack “tinder which the idle rich prosper and!the honest work- ers go by the wall.’ “Passed by the “Battersea Labor Club, 9 Elms Ward, “B, W. BAKER, Secretary.” sale Cleveland Workers Protest. CLEVELAND, Oct. 8—Cleveland workers assembled on the public square in this city demanded the ad- mittance of Saklatvala, Speakers rep- resenting the Workers Party, Civil Liberties Union,» Young Workers League, International Labor Defense and resolutions from,the United Irish Republicah — Soefeties of Cleveland drew the applause gf the gathering. Close Rejations. The first speakgr, Sadie Amter, pointed out that tha,exclusion of Sak- latvala, was an afffypt to the entire working class of thig country, and is ot the opening gun in a campaign of discrimination and persecution: of for- eign-born workers. This act) she de- clared, made manifest once/again, the close relations between theyimperial- ist governments of Great Britain and America and their readiness to amite in the struggle against the: workers. _ M. C. Harrison representing the Civil Liberties Union, branded the act of Secretary of State Kellogg,.as a wanton violation of the constitution. No one can give us liberty..he de- clared. Libenty is something which we must beable to take. 4 Irish Attack Exclusion. $ Comrade S. H. Benjamin; éhairman of the meeting, read a reSdlfition from the executive body of the United Irish Republican Societies of Clevée- land which declares that the action of Secretary of State Kellogg in exclud- ing Saklatvala, was hostile to the in- terests of organized labor thruout the world, prompted by the agents of British imperiglism who are compar- able to those now dominating the so- called Free State. The resolution further greets the valiant struggle of Saklatvala in behalf of the exploited masses of Egypt, India, China and par- ticularly for his protest in the British house of commons; against the execu- tion of Irish political prisoners,. by, the henchmen of British imperialism. Futile Attempt by Wall Street. : | Comrade I, Amter, branded the ex- | auson of Saklatvala as a futile at- tempt by the government of Wall Street to prevent the American work- ers from learning of the rapid reyolu- tionary development in England. > But just as the British workers -have lsarned from the experiences of ‘the Russian workers and peasants that the workers can take power and use it to build a state that will serve the interests of the producers, so too, the workers of America will learn from the British workers that thru politi- cal organization, unity and solidarity, they may more effectively defend themselves against the onslaughts of the capitalists. He further pointed out the significance of the action of the recent trade union congress in Scarborough. This action he de- clared is the consequence of the grow: ing revolutionary crisis in Bhgland, resulting from the attempts of the Baldwin government to reduce the already léw living standards of the British workers to compete with the colonial -workers. Unity of All Races, “Unity of labor of all nations and races is necessary in this moment,” declared Amter, The Communists as the militants of the labor movement of the World sheks to arouse the Workers out of their present state of indifference and urge the workers to The Fascist International Holds Secret Conference armed struggle is nothing but the en- deavor of diplomacy to create the necessary attitude to and organiza’ tional support for their anti-Soviet plans. It forms the integral part of the present official international pol- icy; the success with which this pol- icy will be conducted, and in how far these incendaries will profit therefrom is the question of the correlation of forces of the classes. The working class must be on its guard, not only in respect of the reactionary “coun- ter agitation” of the Aubert crowd, but also in respect of social democ- racy. Nothing is more typical of the general policy of social democracy than the statement which the Ger- man delegate made at the Aubert conference. He said: The Big Difference. “Anti-Communist activity was real- ized by thé help of the socialists, for in our country ‘the differences be- tween socialists and Communists is extremely marked and the struggle against the latter can be carried on, on a national ba It must be re. corded that the German socialists have experienced a happy evolution, they have comprehended firstly, the Bolshevist danger from the national point of view, and secondly, the fact that the Bolsheviks are their most dangerous competitors.” This very optimistically-inclined delegate stated further that the mo- ment will come when the Communist Party will “fall to pieces of itself” ny general executive board. Now, how- ever, the members’ understanding seems totally changed. This comparatively sudden turn to the left baffles the mindg of veterans who have never before witnessed such an upheaval among their brothers. To them one phase of the struggle ob- viously, is clear—it’s the left-wing press that succeeded in drawing the attention of the subjugated workers. » While I was listening, the other day, to a seething circle of dressmakers, one of the workers, a cutter in the shop where I work, was attempting to dissuade the other workers by madly shouting: “Here, this is the thing that causes all this trouble,” as he impetuously drew out of my pocket a copy of the DAILY WORKER. “This sheet and your Freiheit are forever stirring your peaceful minds,” he con- tinued. The status quo advocate thus kept on his agitation until one of tle dress- makers put him off with a few straight away questions: “Is it not a fact that realize that this is responsible for the vicious attacks made upon Com- munists everywhere. i A resolution condemnimg the exclus- ion of Saklatvala was then submitted and unanimously passed. Appeal to I. L. D. A. V. Severino, who represented the Integnational Labor Defense called upon the workers to support the ef- forts of the’ International Labor De- fense to defend the workers who are persecuted beeause of their activity in behalf of labor. , The meeting was closed by a rep- resentative of the Young orkers League, Martin Gordon who warned of the imminence of war which will again kill and cripple large sections of the working class youth. New York Workers Protest Exclusion “ of Saklatvala (Continued from page 1) dred other Hungarian Communists by the Horthy government. “The capitalist press already re- Ports that Rakoski’s spine has been broken in a third degree,” said Gar- des. “That is foree and violence. Yet the United States government which shut out Saklatvala has allowed free entry to the representatives of Hor-| thy’s white terror parliament.” , Benjamin Gitlow, Workers Party candidate for mayor of New York, told of the suppression of free speech in the. coal flelds, which he had just visited. . “You nevér h was aif On-nevee hephot tha palies interests chis’ weak ai AteAde City the fering with speeches by Gary or. Mor-, gan, or stopping meetings of a cham-, bey of commerce,” he declared. “That is because bi 88 controls the gov- ernment of the United States, its. army, and ts police. Nevertheless, the socialist party, in its New York municipal platform, includes a de- mand for a larger police force.’ William Weinstone, general secre- tary of the New York district of the Workers Party, was the final speaker. einstone urged the workers to form a united labor front in the present campaign, dnd a labor party in the immediate future, as a safeguard for their rights as workers, Resolutions condemning the Horthy government for its treatment of Rak ski were read by Chairman Robert W. Dunn, formerly a relief worker in Russia which re unanimously adopted, r i Copies ‘of this resolution will be sent to the Hungarian ambassador at Washington,” the interparliametary union, Secretary of State Kellogg, and to Countess ‘Szechenyi, formerly Gladys Vanderbiit, bey te & and then these revolttionary elements will link up with the social democrats, then however, the question will arise whether the struggle should be car- ried on against these parties. ‘ Optimism III-Placed. The chairman, who apparently con- sidered these things from’ a more moderate standpoint, replied that he thought his optimism ill-placed, since the Communists secured 2,000,000 votes at thé last election. When the question for fixing the seat of the next conference was being discussed, the Aubert league displayed its justi- fied sympathy for the social demo- crats; for, of the three proposals, the one suggesting the town Ge was backed by the statement that this was near the town of Amsterdam, the seat of the yellow international. The Yeaders of international socia) democracy cannot maintain that they aré not responsible for all this. The estimate by this extreme right wing war-like reaction of social democracy is objectively taken quite correct. Just at this moment when the im- perjalists are preparing for another bloody world adventure, the leader of social democracy, Karl Kautsky, pub- lishes his pamphlet, which, as regards terminology, could easily serve as the program for the Aubert international. By degrees, every worker wil! realize that the leaders of social democracy bear the full responsibility for the arming of the entire murder battalion against Soviet Russia. Subjects long before there ever was such a newspaper in existence 99 per cent of us were fawning under the hell of our union’s’ leadership? Who doesn’t know of the strong-arm methods ex- ercised by hired hoodlums; whom are you tryin’ to bulldoze? I betcha he is another ‘with-your-money-paid’ agent, sent by usurers to poison your minds.” “Oh, you're a Communist,” inter- jected the cutter. “I don’t know what Tam, and neither do you,” continued the excited dressmaker, “but I now surely know that the misleaders must go, and stay away for good, from our ranks.” The cutter stammered in bewilder- ment, seeking a way out of his pre- dicament but ‘finding himself over- whelmed by indignant workers, he took to his heels. So widespread is this sentiment among the cloak and dressmakers that even avowed read- ers of the Forward, the Jewish yellow sheet, are disgustedly turning away from the deceiving mouth-piece and eagerly scan the pages of the Freiheit or the DAILY WORKER. , Figuratively, the general trend dem- onstrates that the discontented spirit has taken on flesh; and now the cloak and dressmakers have decided once and for all to rid their union of false leadership. William Lupir, New York City. Political Economy and Fakers October 3, 1925. Editor DAILY WORKER, Gov. Silzer, of New Jersey, and to day a Mr. Scott have written to the New York Times hoping that Green of the ‘American Federation of Labor Would follow up his letter to Mr. Pierce of the American Woolen Co. in which he denounced the high tariff, low-wages and unemployment in the cotton and woolen mills of New Hng- land. : Mr. Scott is so anxious to have Green indorse free trade, he states that la- bor leaders are students of political economy, hoping by lieing and flattery to get the fakirs with him. To say the average labor skate is a student of economies is to libel him. Gompers once said he read Marx and found nothing in it and always denied that labor was a‘ commodity, proving he was a fool or a’ faker, I know there are thousands of work- ers that vote a republican ticket be- lieving that a high tariff holds up wages but as Gov. Silzer and this Mr. Scott say, “no matter how. much pro- tection a manufacturer has, he will not‘pay a dollar more in wages than he has to.” interested in peddling the labor move- ment and is very evasive on taking any position on the tarfff question, he watts both capitalist parties bidding ||for his support, thus the taker grows hale and hearty. labor skates will have to work ‘oh, so ‘hard discussing. world courts, war debts, airships, prohibition, ' freight rates and worst of all listening to the sky pilots and politicians. As for dis etissing capital and labor,‘hell no! _ Workers join with the Communists and throw these birds of prey off your | backs, settle your own questions, these fakirs won't settle it for you, they despise you, 7a | J. Carney, New York City ‘To Save THE DAILY WORKER eg But the faker Greem is ~