The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 22, 1925, Page 3

0; one will question ‘ye fact that the deadening spirit of Mr. Samuel. Gompers ruled the delibera- tions and dominated the) decisions of the last, convention of American Federation of Labor. “We'need but look at the indorsement given by the eH gine to the capitalist schemes of jlitarigm, to the vicious anti-Sov- iet Union policy of the Washington governthent, Who is there who can forget the deaf ear turned to the elo- quent plea of Purcell, the chairman of the Amsterdam International, for international trade union unity? The Labor Party Question. ET, in one respect, there was @ new keynote struck at this con- vention of the American Federation of Labor, This was in reference ‘to the labor party. It is true the resolution for a labor party, was overwhelmingly defeated. But the utterances of President Green, in urging the defeat’ of the la- bor party resolution, are instructive as well as significant. In every previ- ous convention of the America Fed- eration of Labor, the leaders of the Gompers’ machine, from Gompers down, denounced the idea of indepen- dent working class political action, the plan for the organization of a labor party, as absolutely incongruous with “American ideals” and absolute- ly impossible for American workers. All the piffle and balderdash about the purity of American, capitalist de- mocracy and about the American workers being constitutionally unfit- ted to act as a class against their exploiters were usually played to death by the loyal henchmen of the Gompers’ clique in their attacks on the labor party at the previous con- ventions of the Amefican Federation of Labor. “Not Opposed to Labor Party in Principle. HIS year, Mr. Green, who sways Gompers’ presidential scepter of reaction as much as the “Grand Old Man” did in his balmiest days, turned just a wee bit aside from the hackney- ed path of discrediting and rejecting the idea of a labor party for the American workers. Mr. Gompers used to denounce the labor party idea in principle. To him the idea of a labor party developing in the United States was synonymous with and the sure forerunner of the collapse of all the glories of the American ruling class which he so loyally served. Mr. Gompers and his aide-de-camp time and again have ca- tegorieally rejected the idea of a la- bor partyin principle, forever, abso- lutely. This year Mr. Green did not reject the labor party idea “in principle,” for the, American workers. Mr. Gompers’ successor fought the labor party re- solution ag violently as it was ever fought at a convention of the Ameri- ap Federation of Labor... But Mr. Green fought ‘the labor party idea mainly on the ground that it could not “bay the’American workers at this time. President Green declared that today a labor party could not success- fully defend the interests of the work- ers -as; well as the time-dishonored Poliey-.of “reward your friends and punish. your enemies,” the so-called non-partisan political * policy of the American Federation of Labor could. This loyal labor lieutenant of capi- tal cited as proof of the correctness of his contentions the experiences of the American workers with the LaFol- lette campaign, which never was a labor party campaign, which in real- ity aimed at destroying the labor party movement then afoot in the United States. Nor must we forget that even the LaFollette movement to which the Gompers’ machine formally pledged some support, was sabotaged and was stabbed in the back by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor. The Gompers’ wrecking crew saw in the LaFollette campaign a movement of the masses towards the left, a movement away from the discredited non-partisan pol- icy. Therefore, the American Federa- tion of Labor leaders secretly under- mined the LaFollette movement to which they publicly proclaimed their allegiance. “A Labor Party May Be Desirable.” But let us listen to the’ words of “wisdom” showered ‘upon’ the dele- gates by Mr. Green in his tirade against the idea of a labor party for vance their political and economic interests, but the great mass of the working people of America do not believe that way. “There may be a time when we in America can organize a labor party, but we will have to change from an agricultural into a _ semi-industrial country before we can make a suc- cess along that line.” These are certainly signified words. Mr. Green no longer rejects the la- bor party in principle. Mr. Green is not opposed to a labor,party “in prin- ciple,” that is, not forever. Mr. Green is opposed to a labor party just now, today. Mr. Green no longer denounces the labor party advocates only as dan- gerous destructionists. Mr. Green says he even has respect for the opin- ions of those who are for a labor party. To Mr. Green the class strug: gle is no longer an eternal impossi- bility in the United States. Times do change. * But we know the methods employ- Y WORKER there was ry met, migration of 1,200,- 000 from th@"conhtry to the cities. For the Mp8 fifty years there has been a steady fall in the agricultural proportion of) those gainfully employ- ed in America, From 1900 to 1920 the proportion of the total gainfully em- ployed to be found in agriculture in the United States declined from 35.7 per cent to,2\8 per cent. From 1910 30.8 per cent of the total gainfully em- ployed in agriculture fell 1,705,924. The last five years have seen a fur- ther fall in this direction, At the same time the number gainfully em- ployed in the manufacturing and mechanical industries, in mining, transportation, etc. increased 4,130,- 497, More than) that, Mr, Green, we now have a big, definitely crystallized working class, despite the fact that somewhere in the back of your head there still lurk the illusions of the existence of “free land and untram- meled, equal opportunities” for the THE MACHINE AT WORK THE TRIUMVIRATE: Duffy of the Carpenters, William Green the president, and Frank Morri- son the secretary, whispering among themselves. the American workers. ary labor bureaucrat declared: “Utilization of labor. “When America desirable, but for the must elect our friends on young Bob LaFollette. Come to Grand Dance Given by Workers Party, Local Boston | PAINE HALL, 9 ‘tae St., Boston, Mass. Friday Eve., October 23rd ————— Admission 50 Cents. BRING ALL YOUR FRIENDS Ben Russkin’s Union Orchestra yee ane MASS MEETING Progressive Trade Unionists will be held ~THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 8 P."M. at NORTH-WEST HALL, CORNER NORTH AND WESTERN AVENUES SPEAKER: J. Louis Engdahl, Editor of Daily Worker Subject:\The AR. of L. Convention, and the Left Wing Movement. . Evelybody Welcome——Admission Free Auspices of the Trade Union Educational League, Local Chicago This reaction- existing political parties and indorsement of none is the only wise course for American ceases to be“an agricultural nation and becomes in- dustrialized, a labor party may be present, we existing tickets as we have just done with The workers can make of this government what they wish it to be. There is no need of a class struggle in this country. “We have respect for the opinions of all those who believe that thru a labor party. the workers could ad- ed by the enemies of all policies, the application of which would set masses into motion, into action against Usually they are not opposed tain policy, or a certain principle Plication at a particular time. ly this particular time made. Yet,.the admission by Mr. their exploiters is significant. cially are these words ‘meaningful when they come from the mouth of a member of the royal family of the ruling clique in the American trade union bureaucracy. The writer well re- calls how he saw the same Mr. Green sit as a delegate from West Virginia, side by side with the notorious mur- derer of striking workers, Sheriff Don Chaffin, in the last national demo- cratic party convention in New York City. For such a gentleman and deserv- ing democrat, such words are certain ly blasphemy of the fundamentals of all that is holy to bourgeois America! But let us examine the reasons giv- en by Mr. Green for a labor party not being timely at present. In our examination of these reasons we will resort to the investigations and data prepared by the very capitalist gov- ernment which Mr. Green so anxious- ly wants to maintain. Mr, Green now tells us that a labor party is undesirable today and he is opposed to it at present because the United States is still an agricultural country. Mr. Green tells us that a labor party may be desirable in the future when the United States be- comes at least “a semi-industrial country,” “when America ceases to be an agricultural nation and be- comes industrialized.” Some Indisputable Facts. We will be very frank and blunt about things with you, Mr, Green, On the basis of the reasons you have giv- en above, your case against the labor party doesn’t have a leg to stand on, It’ won't hold a drop of water. It is full of holes. In plain language: You are off. You don’t know what you are talking about, Mr. President Green of the American Federation of Labor, Here are the facts: You are asleep as to what has been happening in the United States in re- cent years. America is no longer an agricultural country. The United States is no longer a semi-industrial country, The United States left this stage some decades ago. In the last ten years America’s ur- ban population has increased 28.8 per cent and its rural population increas. ed only 3.2 per cent, In 1922 alone, stir proletarian masses the bourgeoisie. “in principle” to an application of a cer- Usually they are opposed to its ap- Usual- is always, whenever the advocacy of the appli- cation of the particular policy is Green that a labor party may come in the United States, that a labor party may be of help to the workers in the de- fense of their economic and political interests, or that the American work- ers even have interests of any kind which differ from the interests of Espe- “One Sip Forward--Two ‘Steps Backward,” for May Green - #1 22y Locestone| ray And the United States official cen- sus figures show that the industrial proletariat—that is the wage workers in mining and quarries, building trades, transportation, manufacturing, stationary engineers and firemen— increased from 12,800,325 in 1910 to 15,540,486’ in 1920, Today, while you are opposed to a labor party, Mr. Green, the industrial proletariat is nearly sixty per cent of the whole wage-earning class and the wage- earning class is nearly sixty-three per nt of the total gainfully employed in the United States. With a wage-earning class of more than 26 millions and an industrial proletariat of more than fiften and a half millions, America is far from be- ing an agricultural country. Under these conditions the time and mater- ial for a labor party are at hand, now, today, and not in some unknown date in the distant future, Mr. Green Asleep at the Switch If we were polite, Mr. Green, we would say that you are a_ sort of a Rip Van Winkle. You have been asleep a good many years—in so far as the development of an American working class and the protection of its interests are concerned. The im- perialist development of America, the world war, the Dawes plan, the rise of America into playing the role of he world’s banker and manufacturer ts well as the world’s pantryman have ell escaped your observation and un- derstanding, to express it charitably. These very powerful social forces with their deep going effects on class relations in the United States, which you profess to be ignorant of, Mr. Green, have for some time been work- ing energetically and against you. The very fact that you are now compelled to take one step forward and tell the world that you are no longer opposed to a labor party in principle, Mr. Green, shows that these social forces working behind your back which you have so shamefully turned on the workers, are driving you to see the hastening collapse of your dastardly policy of reward your enemies and hang yourself, the break- down of your beloved so-called non- partisan policy. Towards a Labor Party. Nor, Mr. Green, will your moving two steps backwards, by urging the American workers to believe that the United States is still in the days of 1870 or earlier and that they should therefore today reject the idea of a labor party, halt the operation of and fermentation by these social forces. Backward or sideward, as you may pecs tee, move, Mr. Green, the reasons you fyi list * contributions for the — atts follows: have given the last American Federa- Rescue Party, N. S, Eng. Br., New Jersey thangs seen 5.00 working masses. tion of Labor convention against a Chicago, Il. .-..$208.50 | John Surbeck, Hancock, Mich 1.00 5 In the years of 1910 to 1920 the to- |) apo, party are shoddy, threadbare,| Warren Carter, San Francisco, Otto Steer, Detroit, Mich. 2.00 tal -Demibercat wage serene manne} The fabric of your case is fullofholes.| California . » 1,00] W. P., pcb digs tage barr and clerical; has increased from 22,-| eonomie and political dévelop-| Walter 8, Mitchell, San ie, ee ee ee 406,714 to 26,080,689. Today, while | ments are weaving a new warp and| California ioe ee oe you are oppased-to-a-labor party, Mr.) woor of Class relationships in the | Chas, Litz, Sandusky, . 3.00 — ae Berra oe Green, on the ground that the United | United states. America is headed : 2.00] W: Ps Northport, Wash. 6.50 States is not yet even a semi-indust- : een pdtate end age | MpoBYmous, Yonkers, N. ¥. 2.00) joe M. Quam, Deer Lod States y S* | wards a labor party, separate and dis- ro sia i i rial country, the,.wage-earning ele-|tinct fr d Russian Branch, Workers Party, 1.00 ments constitute about 63 per cent of bce Rage Ar aul te tel A oe Kansas City; Kans. . ee B 1.00 P itical parties of the capitalists. The|\ Marraccini, Elizabeth, Pa. 5.00 y the total gainfully employed in this | 4merican workers are waki ngs eae hd “ es Ukrainian Down-town Branch, country. ‘ » ba ng UP!/ English Branch, Workers Party, W. P., New York 40.50 a . despite the fact that the Greens, the| Rochester, N. Y. . 8.00 ‘Senin. Wektiaan wae cs The proportion of persons engaged | Wolls, and other high-priced lieuten- S. H. Baboock, Conneaut, Ohio 5.00 ee ey arene Party, a i . + Aes 4 . New Haven, Conn. ... 5.00 in manufacturing and mechanical in-| ants of capital in the ranks of labor Shop Nucleus No. 1, New York " i A bape ae de Hy Weiner, Ybor City, “Fla. 1.00 dustries in the United States has|may be asleep, blind, or bitterly (Collected by A. Christman) 17.00 | 3. _ iM 2 risen from 22.5 per cent in 1900 to|hostile to this forward movement of| 4 woytuk, North Haven, Conn. 15.00 ee ammehbeier, Toledo, 0... 2.00 30.8 per cent of the total gainfully |the working class in the United|paith M. Stratis, Dayton, Ohio 5.00 i a ae ‘ aad J ” be New York ..... - 2,00 employed in 1920. States, ae akland, Calif. 6.50 7 ie Maud Jackson, Oakland, Calif. 50 Zwornar, English Br., W. P. John C. Taylor, Oakland, Calif. 5.00 Denver, Colo. .... . 2.00 Shop Nucleus, Gary, Ind. 8.60 | Jewish Branch W. P., Revere, Maurice Aurback, Chicago, Ii. 50.00 GIFFORD PINGHOT South Slavic Branch, W. ss Mass., (collected by Charles Anna Wolfe, Philadelphia, Pa. 2.00 Detroit, Mich. ......-..00+-.:ssvs. . 57.25 hwartz) . A. C. Makutinas, Oakland, Calif, 2.00 BEGS CAL COOLIDGE Regina -Myroski, “Moundsville, M. Suni, New York, i 4 Newark, N. J., Lithuanian W. P. 6.90 West Virginia .... 1.25 | English Branch, Voom Party, English Branch, Workers Party, - ‘ 10 SPARE BUTLER Alex. Comming, Fort Myers, New Haven, Conn. .......... 5.00] Washington, D.C. ....... ” 45.00 Florida 1,00 | Bnglish Branch, Workers Party, Finnish Branch, Workers Party, F. Lehti, Fort Myers, Fla, . 2.00} Washington, D. ©. ... -- 19.00) " Canonsburg, Pa. "25.00 WASHINGTON, Pa., Oct. 20—Gif- | Geo. Hoffman, Pine Bluff, Ark. 1.00 | J. W. Peterson, Redmond, Ore. 4.00 English Branch, Workers P Party, . ford Pinchot, governor of Pennsyl- | Workers Party, Branch No. 9, A. Rosenblatt, Brooklyn, N. Y. 8.00 East Liverpool, Ohio i 5.00 vania was at the White House N.S. Pittsburgh, Pa. 5.00}C. C. C., Workers Party, East Carl and Laura Branais Cin. , where he requested President Coo- | South Side Eng. W. P., Chicago 12.05 St. Louis, Ml, ............ wwe 25,00 cinnati, Ohio s.......... . 5.00 lidge spare Brigadier General Smed- | Kensington W. P., Philadelphia, German Branch, W. P. East J. Triantofillon, < teate Mo. 10.00 ley Butler of the marine corps and Pennsylvania... 5.00] St. Louis, Ul. ..... 5.001 4. Dobrosni slr 1 Dae m. i allow him to remain in Philadelphia | I. Minkoff, Philadelphia, Pa 10.00 | English Branch, Workers Party, Geo. ig teeny sepech Wash, ie to carry on “law enforcement.” | South Slavic Branch, Workers East St. Louis, Il. -- 200] English N. W. Branch, W. P, President Coolidge made no prom- Party, Cleveland, Ohio ............ 150,00 | Willis L. Wright, Minneapol Lee Green, Chicago 4 5.50 ises to Pinchot. N. W. English Br., Workers Minnesota .. - 5.00 (city Cent: c ° Gifford Pinchot poses as a liberal | Party, Chicago, Ill. .- 48,00 | Rudolph Krauss, St. Louis, Mo. 1.00| honver ole ee P, ui and styles himself “friend of the | English Branch, Workers Party, R. Lieberman, Brooklyn, N. Y. 5.00} siovak Branch No. 6, W.P. laboring classes.” His begging | Rochester, N. Y. ...... 14.00 | H. Feldman, Brooklyn, N. Y. 2.00] Cleveland, Ot Sigetlees President Calvin Coolidge to allow | Mrs. T. M. Nagle, Wesleyville, Lithuanian Workers Literary cgena ne Woikien | Part, a Brig. Gen, Butler, who under Wil- Pennsylvania 5.00 Society, Haverhill, Mass. .... 5.00 Milwaukee, WwW a. ¥, 20.00 son’s regime dispersed the Haitian | Jewish Br, W. P., Trenton, J. M, Sandstad, Hibbing, Minn. 1.00 a sisi ah ‘ congress with the use of United . hd mt oe ane ie land, Ohio ... 3.00 en the “treat.’em rough” attitude 7 Nick Wolfre evel io 1 States marings.and hes aiwayetak | WHO WILL PROVIDE TOMORROW'S _ ick Wottram. coveland, Onio 109 towards the. workers in America x ee if who go on strike for better living PRINT PAPER? Pita aad Ww orkers Party, ps conditio show the workers of a, - . Penneylvania that the interests ot | IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED TO KEEP), ®«.». “ Gifford Pinchot are to defend the H. Schulmai ; » Schul wi ts capitalist class and its institutions. PRESSES RUNNING Keediah Pac ch, Warkers Mise af A Buffalo, N, Y. 10.00 Wm. Biemler, Sandusky, Ohio 1.00 K. A, Stevens, Delta, Colo, 5.00 Lithuanian Comrades, Hudson, Mass., collected by C. Tamo- siunas from A. L, D. L, In this space each day will be recorded the names of those Vie L, (P., and “Audra” 9.65 who have provided print paper to save THE DAILY WORKER. : soem - — v. jf . melis, Torrington, Conn, . 00 Fill out this form and rush it in to 1113 W. Washington Blvd. e M. Yuociunas, A. Masalaitis, . Torrington, Conn. 1.00 Here are Funds to Buy Paper for Our Daily Name +... Address ..... \? THE DAILY WORKER SAFE FOR ANOTHER DAY! In this space each day will be recorded the names of those who have provided print paper to save THE DAILY WORKER. Fill out this form and rush it in to 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Today’s issue of the DAILY WORKER is dedicated to the South Slavic Branch, Workers Party, Cleve- land, Ohio. This branch made possible the purchase of three rolls of print paper by sending $150.00, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MORE ARE NEEDED TO KEEP THE PRESSES RUNNING, THOUSANDS MORE TO SUPPLY THE HUGE ROLLS OF PAPER. ‘OR another day the DAILY WORKER is safe. Paper for today’s issue, three rolls, sufficient for thirty thousand copies spread broadcast over the United States, was supplied by the $150.00 sent by the South Slavic branch of the Workers Party of Cleve land, Ohio, Paper is the food of the press. Like so many slices of bread, the three rolls were swallowed up. Tomorrow three more will be needed to feed the hungry machines and to turn out food for thought for the workers. And paper is but one small item of the multitudinous needs of a daily newspaper. To supply the other demands of a printing plant, DAILY WORKER readers thruout the country have responded generously this week-end, bringing in a total of $1,142.55, Included in this is $208.50, the results of the first DAILY WORKER Rescue Party. This was given Sunday night in Chicago by the North Side English branch of the Workers Party, inaugurating a series of SAVE THE DAILY WORKER parties to be launched nationally. Other branches that have militantly rallied funds to pull the DAILY WORKER thru the crisis are the South Slavic branch of Detroit, Mich., the Workers Party comrades of Springfield, Mass., the City Central Com- mittee of Denver, Colo., and the Ukrainian Down-town branch of New York. Fifty dollars to buy a roll offpaper was sent by Maurice Auerbach Jewish Branch, Workers Party, Cleveland, Ohio ... Wm. and R. Bender, Brooklyn, N. Y¥, 1.00 Shop Nucleus No, 1, Detroit, Mich, ... 3.00 Frank Zulowski, Garden City, L, L, New York ... 3.00 South Slavic Branch, W. P., Rural Ridge, Pa. Hymen Kast, Los Angeles, TOTAL Previously acknowledge