The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 26, 1925, Page 4

a we & I ' industrialization of Russia is rapidly proceeding. Page Four SHE DAILY WORKER ~ Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. ‘hs W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): 8,00 per year $4.50 six months | $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to WHE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Illinois J, LOUIS ENGDAHL } WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J. LOEB... ——$—$—$———————— Bntered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879, Advertising rates on application. Hail Czech and Greek Victories Communists of the whole world have every reason for rejoicing in the magnificant showing recently made in the elections in Greece ~-ad Czecho-Slovakia. Against the incredible savagery of the govern- ments of these two countries and in spite of the fact that Communist leaders are being persecuted wholesale, the gains have astonished the ruling class of Europe. In Czecho-Slovakia the Communists have increased their num- ber in the national assembly from 27 to 42, a salutary victory in face of the vicious opposition. In Greece in the recent municipal elec- tions Communists carried every municipality in Thrace, Macedonia and Thessaly. This in spite of imprisonment and exile of most of the known Communist leaders. Premier Pangalos, of Greece, backed by British imperialism, is urging desperate measures to prevent the Communists takirfg the places to which they have been duly elected. Since he failed, thru terrorizing Communist voters and driving them away from the polls, to prevent a landslide against his minions running for office, he has now decided to call a conference to try to devise means of forcibly crushing the Communists. Tho professing to uphold the republic he visualizes hims@lf riding, after the fashion of the braggart fascist of Italy, over the prostrate working class, flaunting his contempt for the democracy he is supposed to uphold. As Communists we expect this. It vindicates our charges ‘that capitalist democracy is a delusion; that it is only maintained by the capitalist class so long as it can be used against the working class. », As that grizzled old warrior in the class struggle, Frederick Engels, said, democracy is merly the barometer that registers the develop- ment of the class struggle and nothing more. He added that when it reached boiling point, we as well as the ruling class would know what to do. And the Greek and Czech workers will know what they must do. Let the fascist governments declare the elections void. The victory that is taken from the Communists on the electoral field will be achieved by the lightning strokes of the infuriated proletariat as they meet force with force in the streets. Tae Darry Worker hails the victories of the Communists in these two countries. The increase in the vote against all odds proves that the time is here, or at least not far distant, when the majority of the working class will rally tothe standard of the revolution. United States Patriotic Society Under the banal title “United States Patriotic Society,” a crea- ture bearing the symbolical name of Mr. Jacob Cash, is hurling tupid inanities at the heads of the Bolsheviks. Leon Trotsky’s pre- ce to his masterful book, Whither England?, has provoked this «ciety, of which Mr. Cash is the founder, to publish a nice little _éd, white and blue pamphlet, bearing the title, Whither America? This Cash person, whom no Bolshevik ever heard of, displays a most grotesque faith in his ability to solve the weightiest problems of the capitalist class within the confines of one gaudy pamphlet. He assures them he has discovered the cause of Bolshevism. The ar- gument is original. No one ever thought of it before. Here it is: Our inhabitants are drawn from all corners of the earth, do‘not speak the same language and do not readily comprehend the blessings bestowed upon them by our sublime nation. The remedy is to combat Comumnistic teachings by exposing the source from which they originate. Methods of combatting Communism are algo unique. They propose hiring speakers to combat those who revile our glorious re- public. Who ever before thought of speakers for this purpose? Numerous other proposals that might have been innovations before the invention of the phonetic alphabet are recommended. We always enjoy seeing these freak outfits spring up. It con fixyns our conviction that the capitalist masters of the nation are of an exceedingly low type in the scale of mental development other- wise such people as the founder of the new patriotic order would have to work for his cash instead of scaring it out of the timid bank- ers and industrial magnates of the country. The booklet is not objectionable to us for the reason that the introduction to Trotsky’s book is reproduced. Workers who obtain it will be impressed with the excerpt from the book and refrain from reading the other part from sheer ennui because of its dullness, If Mr. Cash can get the capitalists to back him while he circulates our propaganda we cannot strongly object to the incorporation of his own twaddle in a futile effort to offset it. As far as his speakers whom he threatens to send out against us are concerned, when they come in this direction we will select members of the junior group of the Young Workers League to dis- pose of them in public debate. It will be fair Bretige for the youngsters. Editors Business Manager Be 290 The Advance of Russia Statistics for the past year regarding the increased productivity of Russia are unusually interesting. They show that in spite of the civil war, the blockade, the famine and the sabotage that the Soviet Union has been forced to overcome, the production of fuel and power has actually exceeded the best years in the history of the old regime. ‘The pre-war years never realized the level of productioy now enjoyed by the Soviet government. What particularly interests students of economies is that the in- ~, crease is to be noted in the heavy industries, which means that the In other branches of industry-—light industry—productiom is _ somewhat lower than pre-war days. But within two more years—the tenth year of the dictatorship— it is certain the wounds of the war and revolution will be com- pletely healed and productivity will far exceed anything ever dreamed of under the old regime. The economic facts of this development are being prepared for the magazine section of Saturday’s Damy Worker, Every reader ld keep this magazine section for reference onthe question of the economic revival of the Soviet Union. Order a special bundle ,of Saturday’s issue. 1 will contain an lent article on the economic recovery of Soviet 1 THE DAILY WORKER The Elections in Czecho-Slovakia ; The following article was written prior to the elections in Czecho- Slovakia in which the Communists were able to poll, according to a partial count, approximately a mil- lion votes. The Communist delega- tion in parliament has been increas- ed from 27 to 42, according to latest Official advices. News stary on Czecho-Slovakian elections on first page. ‘e & By A. NEURATH (Prague). HE coalition government is bank- rupt; it has decided upon fresh elections to the national assembly and the senate, which are to take place on the 15th of November. The new elec- tion of these two representative bodies is takin, place before the ex- piration of the legal term. The coali- tion parties are simply unable to carry on any longer, Since the last parlia- mentary election they have accompl- ished a great deal—against the inter- ests of all sections of workers in Czecho-Slovakia. The so-called social achievements of the revolutionary period have all been abolished by the coalition: government, with the excep- tion of the eight-hour day, which in the most important.branches of indus- try only remains on paper. The social- democrats have been the foremost in this work of abolition. Following the notorious example of the German social patriots, the work- ers’ councils, for example, were “em- bodied” in the legislation, that is to say, they were completely deprived of their political content. With the help of the “elastic” tactics of the reform- ist trade union leaders and of those social-democrats who belong to the coalition government, the Czecho-Slo- vakian exploiters were able greatly to reduce wages in all branches of in- dustry and to worsen working condi- tions. For a considerable time the prices of all food stuffs and articles KAROLYI LAWYER USE CAL'S OMAHA TALK ON KELLOGG Tolerance Necessary He Said; They Agree WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.— “Nerv- ous Nellie” Kellogg, secretary of state, who made Himself the object of world-wide ridicule when he barred the Parsee Communist member of the British house of commons from com- ing to:this country to attend the meet- ing of the interparliamentary union, has: incurred even more serious re- sentment by his refusal to permit the Countess Karolyi to come here to lec- ture. It is altogether likely that the Kar- olyi incident will become a subject of debate in the senate in the next few weeks, and that demands -that President Coolidge dismiss Kellogg will he widely endorsed. The power- ful ‘Seripps press is already conduct- ing @ systematic expose of the royal- ist and boot-licking character of the Kellogg policy, with the idea jn mind of causing his removal. Lawyers After “Nervous Nellie.” In a long letter addressed to Presi- dent Coolidge, in appeal from the re- fusal of Kellogg on Nov. 7, to ex- plain his legal authority for refusing to permit the wife of the former presi- dent of Hungary—a mild democrat but never a radical—to enter the United States, her lawyers indict Kel- logg as a violator of the constitu- tional guaranty of freedom of speech and of thought in the American com- monwealth. “He has arrogated to himself,” they say to Qoolidge, “authority not only to make arbitrary decisions against citizens of friendly countries, but also to decline to permit them to present evidence that the unknown accusa- tions against them are false.” Call Hypocrite. With delightful humor the lawyers then quote Cal’s Omaha speech, on the necessity of tolerance in order that progress may be served by “the ferment of ideas, the clash of dis- agreeing judgments, the privilege of the individual to develop his own thoughts.” With mock solemnity—for they ‘know that Coolidge never meant it— they appeal to him “to take such ac- tion as will place your: administra- tion in harmony with these high ideals so nobly expressed.” Sawyer Biscuit Merges with Union Biscuit Co. The ‘Sawyer Biscuit company, which was the basis of the fortune ac- cumulated by the late Roger C, Sulli- van and which was organized in 1901, has merged with the Union Biscuit company of St. Louis, and are arrang- ing to float a sale of nearly $1,500,000 of the new company’s securities thru a stock syndicate. Find Dead Bandit. DETROIT, Nov. 24—~ The bullet- riddled body of a man found in an automobile here was identified as that of, Jimmie Wright, sought as one of the bandits in the $30,000 holdup of the Brinks Express company, in which Ross Loney, a payroll guard, was kill- nea 9 another wounded. ‘ coor tay of mass consumption have been in-|as Well as the two sections of the creasing. The coalition government has flung thousands of civil servants on the street, and as the bourgeoisie was able to worsen the working conditions of all categories of wage workers, it was also possible to carry out enorm- ous reductions of the staffs of private capitalist undertakings. No wonder therefore that a great portion of the petty bourgeoisie has lost all confi- dence in the coalition government. Tool of French Imperialism. Czecho-Slovakian foreign policy has been carried on entirely in the inter- ests of French jmperialism, that is against the economic interests of the entire population of! Czecho-Slovakia, In the judging and handling of nation- al problems the intompetence of the coalition government. has been re- vealed, so to speak, in its totality. Under such circumstances, it would appear to have been best for the coal- ition parties to postpone the elections as long as possible,,But as a matter of fact the present,situation, altho it cannot be regarded,as very optimistic from the standpoint,of all the coali- tion parties, is still,relatively the most favorable for the following reasons: the coalition parties, and in the first place the social-democratic leaders, anticipate that during the next few months still greater, burdens will be placed upon the Cecho-Slovakian pro- letariat and the petty. bourgeoisie and peasantry than has been te case hitherto. To Worsen ‘Condition. At the Marseilles congress of the Second International the Czech social- democrat, Habrmann, who occupied the position of minister for education and also minister for labor in the coal- ition government openly pointed out that the eight-hour day could not be retained in Czecho-Slovakia unless it was re-introduced in Germany. That means, the Czech national socialists, Organization — Meetings FIRST CLASS IN PUBLIC SPEAKING FRIDAY ‘EVENING To Train Battery of Ef- fective Speakers Friday evening at 30 the first ses- sion of the public speaking class will be held at 19 South Lincoln Street. This class is for thés® who think they can develop into effective speakers. To attend this class.it is not neces- sary to have had prgvious experience in public speaking, =k of those who are experience yuld well efford to attend this c! nd learn how properly to prepart ches that will be effective. The books to be used will be on ha e book store at 19 South Lincolt 4 } Comrade H. M.* Wicks is the in- structor for the pubtie-speaking class. The object of the class is to train a battery of effective speakers that can propagandize and defend the prin- ciples of Communism~at any and all times. The first course embraces eight lessons and those who expect to attend these classes must attend all of them in order to get the desired result. Los Angeles Holds Successful Drive for Reorganization Bane LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 24.—The entire membership is determinedly behind the ‘tonctligales” campaign. Successful functignaries’ meetings and special branch meetings for regis- tration have already been held thru- out the city, andthe percentage of attendance and registration is very high, approximately, 80 per cent. On Nov. 23 ang, 25, four section meetings in all willbe called, where all the members will be assigned to the nuclei to which, they belong. The foreign-language comrades are deter- «mined to facilitate)in every way the ‘building up of the ybarty and its ac- tivities upon the new form of organ- ization, ral idee Your neighborm:will appreciate the favor—give him this copy of the DAILY WORKER. vization,” zation” of capitalism, bers of questions from the floor. duction of a res ist International to lead away The reso! |none against, nas Second International in Czecho-Slova- kia, consider that the Czecho-Slovak- jan bourgeoisie, in view of the pres- ent European situation, is about to deliver fresh economic blows against the whole working population of Czecho-Slovakia, The bourgeoisie argues that if Czecho-Slovakian industry is not to be driven from the field by German industry, then the conditions of work and wages of the Czecho-Slovakian working class must be still further worsened. Things are developing in this direction as a result of the stupid foreign policy of Czecho-Slovakia which, in the interests of French pol- icy, renders impossible any serious and comprehensive economic con- nection with.Soviet Russia. In addition to the reactionary tariff policy adcated by the old parliament, the Czecho-Slovakian bourgeoisie wishes to overcome its economic dif- ficulties by means of fresh wage re- ductions, The social-democrats. fully realize that, as hitherto, they have not only to act as a screen behind which the bourgeoisie can realize these sin- ister plans, but that they have to fight directly on the broadest front as guard-troops of the Czecho-Slovakian counter-revolution against the econ- omic interests of the entire proletariat of this state. The Czecho-Slovakian bourgeoisie does not wish to lose any. time. The whole economic and pol- itical situation thruout Europe de- mands prompt action, If the approaching rigorous meas- ures against the working class are carried out with the help of the soci democratic leaders ‘before the new elections, then the social-democrats will lose their last supporters among the working class. And for this reason, in spite of the almost hopeless situation, they are in favor of the new elections being carried out as soon as possible. WORKERS’ SCHOOL AT CHICAGO HOLDS MANY GLASSES DURING WEEK: The following classes are being held now every night at 19 South Lincoln St., unless otherwise noted, They are as follows: Monday, 8 p. m. Capital, Volume 1, instructor, Earl Browder. .. ~ Tuesday, 8 p, m., Imperialism, in- structor, Manuel Gomez. Tuesday, 8 p. m. Elements of Communism, instructor, Oliver. Garl- son. Wednesday, 8 p. m., American So- cial and Labor History, instructor, Wm. F. Dunne. Wednesday, 8 p, m., Aims and | Purpose of the Y. W. L., instruc! Max Shachtman (at 1902 W. sion St.) Thursday, 8 p. m. Elements of | Communism, instructor, Max Be dacht, Friday, 6 p. m., Elements of Cam munism, instructor, H. M. Wicks. Friday, 8:30 p. m., Public Spea ing, instructor, H. M. Wicks. M Friday, 8 p. m. DAILY WORKER Correspondents’ Group, instructors Dunne, Engdahl, Carlson (at 1113 W. Washington St.) Sunday, 10:30 a. m. History of International Youth Movement, in- structor, John Williamson. Take this copy of the DAILY WORKER with you to the shop tomorrow. Hard Times Party Held on Thursday Thursday night, the Chicago Work: ers’ School is holding a hard times party in celebration of Coolidge’s sup- posed “prosperity.” The novel affair, sure to attract hundreds of workers to Imperial Hall at Fullerton and Halsted St., will be- gin at eight o’clock and proceed to the tune of the lively Finnish orchestra, Prizes will be awarded to costum of the most raggedy individuals as well as to the best school boy and school girl costumes, ° Ww, ‘The Finnish comrades will. be . in «:¥ charge of the dining room where home cooked food will be displayed to tempt the crowd. Admission will be fifty cents, due also to the great tbrOMperityn'sc;-se LOS ANGELES MEMBERSHIP MEETING ENDORSES COMINTERN DECISION LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 24,.—At a well-attended general membership meeting here on Monday, Nov. 16, Robert Minor, member of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party, spoke on “Bolshe- He gave an able address on the present party situation and the tasks before the Communist movement during the period of so-called “stabili- For Communiet International, After speaking for two hours, Comrade Minor answered in detail, num- The last order of business was the intro- i by the representative of the Central Executive Com- mittee declaring for unity of the party behind the decisions of the Commun- a struggle against all right wing tendenctes or attempts authority of the Comintern, . carried overwhelmingly, with 104 votes for the resblution, SRT - ,to the Communist Party and partly to ie |. Fight Communist One can understand that the social- democrats, along with their coalition accomplices, in such a depressing time are resorting to everything that they consider can in any way shake the position of that party which they fear: that is, the Communist Party of Czecho-Slovakia. In the summer, the government and social-democrat newspapers were jubilant; they con- sidered their success and the defeat of the Communist Party of Czecho- Slovakia as certain, And in fact be- fore the meeting of the Enlarged Ex- ecutive of the Communist Interna- tional they had no little cause for look- ing to the future with hope. Rut now they are confronted with the collapse of their policy as regards their inten- tion to shatter. the Communist Party of Czecho-Slovakia, All other meas- ures of the coalition heroes have been wrecked, they finally only served the propaganda purposes of the Commun- ist Party of Czecho-Slovakia, The situation of the Czecho-Sloy- akian bourgeoisie can -be judged by the following data: The national as- sembly consists of 19 parties com- prising in all 294 members. The five coalition government parties have al- together 167 mandates, that is, barely three-fifths of all-the votes. It is only with the heip of the Czech traders’ party that they obtained the three-fifths majority. Communists Will Gain. The Czech social-democrats will lose a numbersof seats, which will go the Czech bourgeoisie. The remain- ing Czech parties will just about main- tain their present strength, while the clericals and national socialists will gain a few seats. In addition to the Czech social-democrats the national democrats will also sustain losses. The German social-democrats will suffer considerable losses, of which the Communist Party of Czecho- | Workers (Communist) Party Slovakia on the one hand and the German nationalists on the other will derive the benefit, The German bourgeois parties will set up a so-called Sudetes united election list. The German _ social- democrats bargained for weeks with the parties of the German manufact- urers for the purpose of setting up their all-inclusive national united front. Finally, nothing came of the negotiations with their German kins- men, It is possible that the coalition parties as a whole will emerge from the election campaign as strong as they are at present. But should they not even maintain their present strength, then they will not hesitate for &@ moment to include represent- atives of the German bourgeoisie in their coalition, whereby they will be able to throw over the German social- democrats altogether, The latter will be forced to beg in order to be in- cluded in the coalition. In this re- spect we shall witness a very enter- taining spectacle, Communist Party Prepared. The Communist Party of Czecho: Slovakia is ready for the contest, All preparations have been made for the election campaign. On Saturday the 17th of October the national assembly and the senate were dissolved, and on the following day our newspapers printed the election manifesto of the Communist Party of Czecho-Slovakia and published the list of our candi- dates in all the constituencies of the republic. In all the other parties a furious quarrel is going on over the candidatures. The German social-de- mocrats have convened a party con- ference, from which the public is to be excluded, in order to decide on the candidates. In four weeks, that is on the 15th of November, the revolution- ary working class of Czecho-Slovakia will show the real strength of the so- called collapsed Communist Party. Resolutions Social Affairs Attention! Worker Correspondents! Every Thursday night 8 o'clock sharp, beginning Thursday Dec. 3rd, The DAILY WORKER Correspond- ents’ school meets at The DAILY , WORKER BEiitorial office, 1113 West Washington Blvd. Because of Thanks- giving day the class has been post- poned this week. Enrollments are accepted there with no charge attached. All, live wire are welcome. The first students enrolled have already submitted their stories which are printed elsewhere in this issue. Biedenkapp Touring Ohio on Organization Campaign for I. L. D. t. L. D. News Service, CLEVELAND, Nov. 24—Fred Bied- enkapp, who is touring Ohio on an organization campaign for the Inter- national Labor Defense will speak at the following mass meetings, Dayton, Nov. 25; Yorkville, Nov. 29; Bellaire, Noy. 29; Canton, Dec. 10; Akron, Dec. 20; East Liverpool, Dec, 22; Youngs- town, Dec. 27, FAMOUS FIGHTER FOR WORKERS SENDS $50 TO SUPPORT PRESS To The DAILY WORKER: | have a sickening feeling at . the thought of the suspension of The DAILY WORKER. So here is my brief answer to the appeal in the last issue that reached me. To have to give up The DAILY WORKER now is an unthinkable calamity. CHARLOTTE ANITA WHITNEY, *. * ks to militant in the 2069 Webster St., Los Angeles, Cal. * * above note to The DAILY WORKER, enclosing $50.00, from the woman who has refused to accept a governor's pardon for violation of the so-called “criminal syndicalist” law of California under which 72 |, W. W. members are now serving sentence. Freedom for all! 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