The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 17, 1925, Page 1

»' \ The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Outside Chicago, Resolution Adopted by the Political Commit- tee of, the Central Executive Committee in Regard to the Party Situation and for Unification of the Party’s Forces. THE political Committee of the Central Executive Commit- tee has discussed fundamentally the question of liquidat- ing the remnants of factionalism existing in the party, after the national convention. The following resolution embodies the yiews of the party situation as agreed upon by the political committee. This resolution has been concurred in by the National Executive Committee of the Young Workers (Communist) League. The adoption of this resolution by the political commit- tee, expressing the co-operation of comrades in former sep- arate groups in the party and laying the basis for a unified leadership is of the greatest significance to the whole party. The resolution should be carefully studied by all members and leading committees of the party, and energetic work begun for the unification of all the forces in the party on the basis of this resolution. The Central Executive Committee will, in the near fu- ture, arrange meetings of the District Executive Committees in the party centers and also membership meetings, which will be addressed by Comrades Cannon and Ruthenberg for the purpose of clarifying the situation and securing the sup- port of all comrades who are prepared to follow the lines laid down in the resolution. The District Executive Commit- tees of the party are requested not to take action in voting on the resolution until these meetings are arranged. Other party units should at once begin the discussion and express their viewpoint in regard to this unity resolution. The Political Committee is of the opinion that the party will welcome the political committee’s taking the leadership in bringing our party together for a united fight to extend the party leadership among the masses and‘to draw them into revolutionary class struggle. ° * ° e Resolution on the Party Situation. i The beginning of the process of bolshevizing our. party * has created a very critical situation for the party. Cer- tain right wing elements are opposing the reorganization of the party and this attitude finds encouragement in the at- tack made by Lore and-his followers inst the Commi 2 _udreerrrational: and the party. Elements ide of the party, counting on this situation, are encouraging“those opposing the bolshevization-to™ “" the party and to make a stand against the Communist International. The party for more than a year has been engaged in an inner factional struggle over the question of the correct line of policy and leader- ship of the party. The remnants of factionalism carried over from the pre-convention period have not yet been liquidated. This factional struggle while an expression of the growth of Communist understanding within the party, has seri- ously affected the party work among the broad masses of industrial workers and exploited farmers, so that there has been an actual falling off of the effectiveness of the party in mobilizing these masses for the class struggle against the capitalists. The policy followed by a section of the former majority under the leadership of Comrade Foster objectively leads away from the Communist International and thus pro- vides a rallying point for the right wing of the party. This policy, if not Changed, will do great harm to the party. 2. That section of the former majority which supported * the policy of Comrades Cannon, Dunne and others was right in making an energetic and determined struggle against the policies of Comrade Foster. .In openly combat- ting the policy of Comrade Foster they gave a warning to _ the party as to the direction in which this policy was leading. The i, Sp within the former majority group over the question of the relation of the party, and the party leaders to the Communist International has resulted in a definite and open split in the former majority group. This process is not, however, completed. Many comrades who at first fol- lowed the policy sponsored by Comrade Foster since the con- vention, are beginning to change their course. Continuous efforts must be made to clarify the situation in order to as- sist these comrades to completely adopt the platform of the Communist International and Central Executive Committee. , , 1 * * . * THE BASIS OF UNIFIED LEADERSHIP. 3 The former differences on political questions have been "settled by the decisions. of the Parity Commission and @ national convention: of the party. There is therefore no ger any reason for political groupings in the party on the basis of former differences. The decision of the party con- vention, the decision of the Communist International, deliv- ered to the convention, and the events since the convention > have broken down the old divisions and created new ones. The party leadership must reflect all these decisions and events and must be. based on them. It must represent a unification of all those who follow and fight for the political line of the Communist. International. The party situation requires the unification of all groups within the p which stand for the line of the Communist International for the -unity of the party. The remnants of the factional stru within the party must be quickly liquidated and the whole party drawn into the work among the masses. At the pr ent time, when the opposition to bolshevization and reorgan- ization is developing, when Lore and Salutsky are renewing and intensifying their attacks on the Communist Interna- tional, when the socialists are gleefully speaking of the ‘dis- integration” of the Communist movement in*America, it be- comes obligatory to effect the unification of the party. It would be an error to maintain old factional groupings or to form new ones. This would weaken the str for unity and Bolshevization and would abjectively strengthen the. tendencies which are mobilizing to resist it. Uni hese _ conditions the interests of the party imperatively demand the _ unification of all members of the party who are for the'Com- i i (Continued on, page 4) sinen"o In Chicage, by mail, $8.00 per year. ,jof place in opera. TUESDAY, by mail, $6.00 per year, CAPITALISTS IN ANTHRAGITE COAL REGIONS FAVOR LONG STRIKE TO: WEAKEN THE MINE WORKERS’ UNI By WILLIAM F. DUNNE. ARTICLE Ill. t POTTSVILLE, Pa., Nov. 15.—John L, lis has had a con- ference with Governor Pinchot and the min amps—Tamaqua, Mahanoy, Glendower and the score or of other mining towns to the north and west of Pottsvill buzzing with ru- mors. Little knots of miners stand around and make guesses as to what their officials and the coal operators Wave up their sleeves. Most of them want and expect a quick sett int as do the small- er business men. : But among the officials of the Reading dominant capitalist group in this’ vicinity, men of the branches of the big packing com; 3 7 ——“*\rmour, a ad, which is the from the spokes- ies like Swift and other individuals lie with the big es a different AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'PLAHERTY } the operators would Te now if they have éssions whatever to be foolish to to give any. HANG TSO-LIN has ordered his the union as | longer the strike mercenary troops back to Man- 1 the union is get- churia, which means that the pound to these people th¢ terling of the British capitalists and Migaehed, More thar ‘1e dollars of Wall Street are not able > bolster up bis waning power in hina, Chang is now the favorite on of those imperialists who want to keep that great country divided so hat they can gobble it up at their leisure. Feng, so-called “Christian 3eneral,” with the support of the Sov- let government and the Chinese mass- 28, aims to unite the republic and clip the claws of the imperialists. Soviet diplomacy has recorded great vic- ‘ories in the Orient. The old and oily Nars of the bandit powers met more than their match in the workers’ repre- sentatives from Moscow. We don’t say that this victory can be entirely ac- vounted for by attributing it to su- perior brains on the part of the Soy- iet diplomats: It is more a matter of honesty on one side and the usual treachery that goes with capitalist diplomacy on the other. y the claim that man; willing to leave th ack to work the mo ors open up their contractor who has @ number of miners , and who talked free. rilay, said: “These rs will not fight like 8 men. These fellows (to live in tents for st on strike relief and int to work and they pstrike right now. This id his gang of thugs Ould keep them out of ie Operators open up. enough truth in the t to make it sound the hangers-on of the 2oal barons derive much consolation ly on a train ye anthracite are sick of fellow Lew! are all that the mines eee from repeat it, or similar state- IHE French are busy murdering the} »ents, early id often, in places Druse tribesmen in Syria and it is} “here it. not surprising to see a great cam- paign of horror against this barbarity ime British -preas: It takes Eng- to .cop.the booby prize for hypoc- visy. Not so long ago General Dyer massacred a square full of Hindus be- eause they did not immediately dis- perse at his command. The inhuman outcher was afterwards honored by ‘he government -that now arches its ory eyebrows in indignation over the acts of the imperialist butchers ot gonacjons: ers are tired not be otherwise; with the demand for the . check‘off put in the fore- ground in a district where a closed shop already isin force and with de- mands for increased wages and better working conditions given secondary consideration, Nor are the strikers in receipt o France. What a fine collection of |2¥ Official information from thei crooks are our capitalist rulers are! leaders. They have to depend upor + © the capitalist press foretheir news of conferences and negotiations. It is not surprising: if under these condi- tions there is a certain amount of dis- trust and discontent. One of the most discouraging things. in connection with this strike —a consequence of the class colla- boration tacties-of the union officials —is the pathetic confidence display- ed by large numbers of the strikers in the business men and the local and state official: A statement by Pin- chot arouses a great wave of optim- ism; the rumor that the chamber of commerce is to call a conference heralds an early and favorable settle- ment; the complaint of some coal consumers’ league about high prices produces a great\wave of enthusiasm. The miners for the most part do not see themselves as Warriors im a class struggle; they are fighting the battle of “the American public.” Their officials have told them this and they believe it. Still more dangerous to the union is another opinioncheard even among the miners, whith is an echo of, the capitalist press propaganda to the ef- fect that “The, operators are suffer (Continued on page 2) he any of you ever attended grand opera you might have noticed con- siderable applause occasionally for no apparent reason, other than that the star, if male, finished the operation of telling the prima donna that he liked the dimple in her cheek. While the operatic warrior is recuperating for the next step, applause helps out to keep the audience from going to sleep. This is where the claquers come in. They are paid for their ser- vices, It's hard work but. making a living under capitalism is the main order of business and is no snap. “8 nev it happens that in the chy of Chicago, Samuel Insull, besides having a monopoly on the kind of gas desperate workers commit suicide with, also controls grand opera. Sam, being possessed of a “civic spirit,” thinks that claquers are entirely out He therefore, to use a slang phrase, gives them the gas, Any star employing claquers in the future will fade from Sam’s pay- roll just as expeditiously as an ex- soldier, who never received the price of his glory would pass from this mundane sphere after smoking a gas tube. In the future, wage slaves who attend opera may be able to take a nap in peace, TWO.SPECIAL ARTICLES H. M..WICKS on International Politics “THE CRISIS IN OIL” Lays bare the facts regarding British and American conftict that is approaching breaking point in the Near Hast, * + Wy airixe for a western labor pa- * per of his experience in Soviet Russia, Powers Hapgood, member of the United Mine Workers of Ameri- ca, and relative of Norman Hapgood, well-known journalist, declares that Russia has made tremendous prog- ress under Communist. leadership. He mixed with officials as well as rank and filers. Is there free speech in Russia? Hapgood says there is, with @ vengeance. Some of the : kick and some don't. Those who ad- mit that Russia is yet no land of milk and honey, say that it’s ‘their country anyhow, they run it, and (Continued on page 6), 68 Negroes Charter Hotel Workers’ Union CHICAGO—(FP)-—Sixty-eight char- ter members constitute the Chicago Colored Waiters Local 444, Hotel & Restaurant Employes Intl. alliance, The Negro unfonigts .are employed outh side restau- downtown hotels.” WEDNESDAY, NOV. i8: “The Economic and Polit- ical Significance of the Italian Debt Agreement” SUBSCRIBE NOW! ee 290 RED INTERNATIONAL AND MEXICAN TRADE UNIONS 0 DISCUSS WORLD UNITY (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Noy. 15.—The execut- ive committee of the Red Interna: tional of Labor Unions after receiv- ing a report from the representatives the Mexican Trade Union Federa- tion and the workers attaché to the Mexican embassy in Moscow, adopt- ed a resolution in which. it wel- comes the establishment of direct J contact between the Red Interna- tional of Labor Unions and the Mexi- can Trade Union Federation, “Crom” (Confederacion Regional Obrera Mexicana) and accepting the invita- tion made thru Martines to send a delegation of the Red International of Labor. Unions to the coming Mexican Trade Union, Congress. The executive committee decided to in- form the Mexican Trades Union Congress in written form of the point of view of the Red Interna- tional Labor Union upon the estab- lishment of jnternational trade union unity. NEW YORK LABOR AWAITS PURCELL MASS MEETINGS Workers Eager to Hear| Unity Message : NEW. YORK,. Nov. 15.—The visit to this city of Albert A. Purcell, presi- dent of. the: International Federation of Trade Unions, and official represen- | tative of the British labor movement, brings to the forefront the question of world trade unity. Two huge meet- ‘ngs have been arranged here at New Star Casino and Central Opera House for Tuesday, Noy. 17, to house the snormous. throng which is awaiting Purcell’s appearance. Brother Purcell brought the need of world trade union unity out very ably up a. statement issued recently. He says in part: International Capitalism. , “That; we are witnessing a genuine world wide capitalist attack on workers I do “not think anyone doubt for a moment; In our ow! country there is the onslaught of the’ coal owners on the already starvation standards of the miners and the ac: companying attacks on the railway: men, the engineers and the wool extile operatives, “Abroad we see everywhere the rayest crisis in the mining industry, vith pits closing down, miners being lismissed wholesale, and threats of wage reductionsthis is true of France, Belgium, Germany and America. In Belgium “also there is a national strike in the metal industry, while over a hundred thousand German yuilders are either on strike or locker out, Danger of War. “St is the danger gf war, together with that other great sight-hour day—which literally force some comrades in our movement are apt to decry the attention that is now being paid to international questions, But my recent experiences in the Forest of Dean have opened my eyes to the growing healthy demand among the workers themselves for informa: tion about the international move- ment, and about our brothers in Russia in particular. “There is only one solution to the problem of war, just as there is only one way to secure a universal eight- hour-day, to say nothing of the six- hour day that may be possible when | industry is controlled by the work- r Published Daily éxcept Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING ‘€O,, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, | NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cente KAUFMAN’S TRICKS, INCLUDING FAME TELEGRAM FROM WORKERS." PARTY, FAILS 10 SAVE MACHINE By WILLIAM W. WEINSTONE. (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 15.—The reactionary Morris Kaufman machine in the Furriers’ International Union special convention is crawling before the power of the left wing and progressive bloc. Kaufman has employed every trick to retain a standing, including the use of a sham telegram to divide the opposition, Kaufman succeeded Friday in his maneuvers to some extent by withdrawing the machine’s report against the New York joint board, and putting thru a compromise motion, but the left wing progressives rallied their forces and defeated the machine in the Saturday session. - Counter Maneuver. RUSSIAN WORKERS 70 The last two days’ sessions were one continuous round of excitement. | in the face of the left wing progress- i, tbs id colen tn ey hee INCREASE IN WAGES Joint Board and whose dominant in- aN. fluence controls the Furriers’ conven- (Special to The Daily Worker) tion, changing their tactics from one} Moscow, Nov. 15—In consequence of the general betterment of the economic situation of the Soviet of war to one of peace in carrying out a game of diplomacy, to which weak- ness the Kaufman machine reacted in a last minute effort to divide the pro-| union, wages in almost all brancligs gressive forces by withdrawing the| of industry will be increased by report condemning the New York} from 10 to 20 per cent. This will board and making a peace proposal,| come into force with the new col- justifying the International for “up-] lective agreements which are at holding the constitution” but exoner-| present being negotiated. Today the ating the Joint Board trom those vio-; collective agreement of the wood lations which were alleged grounds] workers gave them an increase of for war against it by the machine. 12 per cent in wages and the agree- Several of. the “progressive” bloc,} Ment of the building workers an in- Winick and Woll among others, voted] °rease of 15 per cent. with the machine for, this comprom ise, and others, among them Sorkin abstained from voting, enabling the Proposal to carry by 37 to 28, with eleven abstaining. The telegram purported to have been sent by the Workers (Commun- ist)..Party to William W. Weinstone, who is’ reporting the convention for The DAILY WORKER. It was alleged Refuse to Postpone Miners’ Convention By A Worker Correspondent DOWELL, Ill, Nov., 15.—Local miners balked efforts of the Farring- ton machine to. postpone the district issue—the | internationalism upon us. I know that | convention by voting against the re- solution when it came up at this week's meeting of Local 3703, Union Mine Workers of America, to advise the left wing regarding the new general executive board, whom tContinued on page 2) WE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO ANYTHING | Human automatons whose slogan is: greatest stupidity of the greatest nuniber.” “The ors. ‘That way is the positive militant international unity of- the organized ‘vorking class, consciously directed to he overthrow of capitalism. In that ay alone can we defend ourselves gainst capitalism's present world of- fensive.” ‘ Rob Cradle and ities to Pile Up Wealth of Those Who Never Work , NEW ORLEANS—(FP)—Capitalist papers are making much of the fact that grandmother Groves, 93, and a resident of west Texas, is one of the most competent cotton pickers in the south, Not to be outdone, Alabama boasts of a boy of 5 who is said to be a erackerjack in filling the bag. The cradle and the grave are robbed that wealth may pile up for the idle rich, Prosperity of Cal Overlooked Miners’ Families in Ohio COLUMBUS, O.—(FP)—Ohio trade junionists are urged to rush clothing and supplies to the miner families of Hocking Valley and Pomeroy, Shoes tor women and @Hildren are particular ly in demand The Gonstifution and ; American Education Week Today marks the beginning of “Educational Week.” Each day ot this week is observed in the schools, churches and other institutions for the purpose of emphasizing some particular delusion employed -by. the capitalist class to hold the workers in ignorance and fear, For each day of this week there have been planned thousands of new assaults upon the minds of the workers and their children by the slimy crew of pen prosti- tutes whose mission it is to try to make the working class believe the thoughts the ruling class wants us to believe. To express our deep resent- ment and utter contempt for everything revered by the capitalist class and its government we rip asunder the veil of Mes and expose the class character of the governmental propaganda during this week. The first day being “Constitution Day” we expose some facts regarding that docu- ment. . * * . By H. M. WICKS. 1 is appropriate that the first day of educational week for the purpose of emphasizing the illusions of the capitalist class should be devoted to the United States constitution, It is the cloak beneath which the ruling class of this country perpetrates eve- ty bestiality tpon the working class. It is the, bulwark of class rule. Within its confines permanent benefit for the working class can ever be realized. It is more frequently referred to in patriotic eulogy than any other docu- ment and it is less understood. Most ‘ people who revere it know nothing about it, To know the facts about the constitution and its purposes is to hold it in contempt as one of the foulest pieces of designed despotism ever concocted, Tt is utilized by the capitalist class . for every reactionary legislative, military or judicial act against the workers, Injunctions aimed to crush organized labor are prepared by ex- pert constitutional lawyers,’ Child (Continued on page 6)