The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 11, 1925, Page 2

| a ny -nomie reconstruction will be slowed Page Two \ RUSSIAN METAL TRADE UNIONS HOLD CONGRESS Conference Stands for Trade Union Unity MOSCOW, U.S. S. R. (By Mail.)—} The seventh national congress of the | Metal Workers’ Union in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics opened in the Trade Union House here with the SOCIALIST WRITER, WORKING ON CAPITALIST SHEET, IN ROLE OF GO-BETWEEN FOR SIGMAN MACHINE By WILLIAM F, DUNNE (Special to The Datiy Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9.—Edward Levinson, member of the editorial staff of the socialist New Leader, convention correspondent for the New York World, and press agent for Sigman, combines here three functions which disclose the complete absence the Sigman machine, the socialist press of any difference in principle between id the capitalist sheet, Aids Capitalist Press. Levinson is the guide, counselor and friend of the capitalist press repre- sentatives at the convention. lements in the International Garment Workers, sent in a crookedly concocted story misquoting Hyman as to the abilities of certain members of the Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Lettish metal workers’ unions present being enthusiastically | elected as honorary members of the} presidium. | Comrade Tomsky, the chairman of | the Trade Union Council of the Soviet | Union delivered a speech of greeting in which he pointed to the unexam- pled development of Soviet industry without outside assistance and to the numerical, cultural and_ political growth of the working class in the Soviet Union. The Soviet unions carry on an immense cultural work and the self-confidence of the working class which takes an active part in the work of socialist reconstruction has developed strongly. The Soviet unions are no longer isolated, the economic blockade of the bourgeoisie has suf- fered the same flasco as the attempt to isolate the working class of the Soviet Union. Thru the fraternal delegations which have visited the Soviet Union the working class has come into direct contact with the working class in al- most all the European countries. The idea of internatiional unity has been accepted by the majority of the inter- national working class. Need of World Unity. Lepse, chairman of the Metal Work- ers’ Union, greeted the metal workers delegated to the congress from abroad. His declaration that altho they were affiliated to the Amsterdam Interna- tional they were nevertheless prepar- ed to fight together with the Russian metal workers for international unity met with loud applause. Djerjinsky, chairman of the sup- reme economic council of the Soviet Union, stressed the importance of the army of metal workers in Russia, 700,- 000 strong, as decisive for the whole economy of the Soviet Union, for the level of industry, and in particular for the level of agriculture. left wing delegates. It is Levinson of a socialist news- paper staff who interprets the conven tion debates and ‘describes personal- ities for the benefit of the capitalist press reporters so that the left wing is made to appear in the worst pos- sible light. The New York World has publish the most vicious stories that have yet appeared and for them the Sigman machine must take responsi- bility. It is noticeable that this organic connection between the socialist and capitalist press and the Sigman ma: chine is carried into the officers re- It was Le nd all around lackey for the+ inson who, in his ca) city as press mended for services rendered. Slimy War on Left Wing, The Sigmanites are using the cap- italist press in their war on the left wi and thru Levinson plan to make he Communists the center of attack in the press by using the columns of the World to which Levinson has ac- cess. The mechanics of the thing will be to play up Zimmermann, a Commun. ist, as the real leader of the left wing and strive to conceal all other basic organization questions by giving Hy man little if any publicity. The des perate situation of the Sigman ma chine and its essentially unscrupulous character’can be shown in no better way than by this truckling to the cap- italist sheets { amidst storms of applause with the cry: “All roads lead to Moscow, to the heart of the world revolution!” Swedish Union For Unity. Eckmann, chairman of the Swedish Metal Workers Union, greeted the congress, thanked the Russian com- rades for their invitation and declar- ed: “Despite various differences of opinion, we greet the achievements of the Russian revolution with all our hearts. It has shown the world an unexampled display of the creative force of the proletariat in the con- struction of their own state. The Swedish proletariat has gone an- other way, but we firmly hope that the idea of internatiional unity will soon triumph and that the Russian metal workers will be able to enter the family of international metal workers as equal and welcome mem- bers.” , Arndsen, the representative of the Norwegian metal workers, stressed the fact that the Norwegian trade movement had completely joined the struggle for unity, He declared that bourgeois Europe was in a state of cultural and economic decay, whilst Soviet Russia was at work upon the construction of a new world. In his “The enemies of the Soviet Union reckoned that it would not be able to re-establish its heavy industries, but the literally tumultuous advance of the metal industry in the Soviet Union in the years 1924-25 has \proved the contrary,” declared Djerjinsky. “This advance created a firm basis for the work of socialist reconstruction. This success is chiefly due to the firm will of the working class which stands at the helm in the Soviet Union. The industrial inheritance from the bour- geoisie is as good as exhausted and a program of wide-scale building, par- ticularly of factories, is now on the agenda. The pre-war level must be overtaken. It is true that without credits from abroad the work of eco- down, but the working Glass of the Soviet Union will nevertheless accom- plish its aims. The alliance of work- ers and peasants remains the basis for the work of reconstruction which is being carried on by the non-party workers unitedly with the Commu- nigts in all trade unions.” R. I. L. U. Greets Congress. Comrade Losovsky greeted the con- gress in the name of the Red Inter- national of Labor Unions, He pointed to the effects of the economic recov- ery in the Soviet Republics, to the growing influence of the Soviet Union in world politics, to the attraction of the Soviet Union for the international working class, to the immense growth of the revolutionary movements in the colonial and half-colonial countries, ete, Losovsky greeted the delegates from abroad in particular and called upon them to take an energetic part in the struggle for international trade union unity and concluded his speech | ——— opinion, the question of international trade union unity would play a decis- ive part in the coming struggles of the European working class. If you\want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. Boston International Labor Defense Arranges Ball to Meet New Year BOSTON. Dec. 9.—The Internation- al Labor Defense of Boston will greet the new year with a dance at Con- vention Hall, for the purpose of rais- ing funds for the release of class war prisoners and others in danger of be- ing sent to capitalist dungeons. The dance committee holds that no more appropriate manner could be found of spending this evening, usually given over to some form of festivity than to attend this affair, when you can at once enjoy yourself and assist our comrades languishing in jail. The committee in charge intends to establish the International Labor De- fense dance as the greatest event on the workers’ social calendar and has engaged one of the finest orchestras in Boston. Tickets are 75 cents each. Committees of the International La- bor Defense are canvassing local unions and other workers’ organiza- tions in Boston seeking their support for this undertaking and asking affilia- tion to the local section. Watch the Saturday Magazine Section for new features every week, This is @ good issue to give to your fellow worker, RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS CONDEMNS TRIAL OF TWELVE BRITISH COMMUNISTS MOSCOW, U.S. S. R., Dec. 9.—The Executive Bureau of the Red Inter- national of Labor Unions addressed a telegram to the condemned English Communists expressing its fraternal solidarity with the Communist Party of Great Britain and with Minority Movement, and describes the attack of the Baldwin government upon the Communist ‘Party of Great Britain and the Minority Movement as the first step in a great offensive against the vital interests of the whole English work- ing class. The attempt to make the Communist Party of Great Britain il- legal is an attempt to make the of- fensive of the employers easier to carry on, This attack takes place after the decisions of the labor party conference in Liverpool against the Communist Party and against the Minority Movement, The internal connection between these decisions and the court sentence is obvious. That section of the Eng- lish working class which honestly voted for the proposals of MacDonald sentence as a blow directed against it and will give the bourgeoisie the necessary answer. ITALIAN POLICE FRAME WORKERS’ ORGANIZATIONS Fascists Attempt to De- stroy Opposition (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Dec. 9.— In a proclamation to the Italian workers and peasants, the executive committee of the Com.nunist International points out that the recent complot against Mussolini was organized by the fas- cist police with the intention of des- troying workers and other organiza- tions. Pauperize Workers. It is further pointed out that in or- der to pay the war debts to America, the Italian ‘workers, who are at pres- ent struggling with high food prices and low wages, will be further paup- erized by the fascisti. The proclamation calls upon the workers and peasants in Italy to unite and ‘overthrow the fascist regime and follow the lead of the Russian work- ere,-- Workers and Peasants Unite! “Peasants and workmen”, declared the..Communist International, “it is impossible to succeed by acting sep- arately. Terrorist acts are the weap- ons of those who are tools in the hands of provocateurs. Peasants and workmen! You will not find salvation by ‘applying constitutional opposition. Your salvation and deliverance from fascist oppressors and murderers rests in your hands. Unite and organize for your defense. By uniting in the de- fense of your freedom and bread, you will conquer the regime of murder which shames your country. Follow Russian Workers Lead. “See how the proletariat and peas- antry of Russia, thru a strong and active organization, abolished the czarist regime. What they did against the czar can be done by you against the tyranny of the fascisti. The pro- letariat everywhere will be with you in your struggle.” GALLES HAS HIS EASY SIDE FOR GAPITALIST OIL WELL INVESTORS MEXICO, CITY, Dec. 9, — That President Calles does not spend all his time showing his teeth to United States imperialism for Mexicans to marvel at his coura is indicated in the interview of of the United States, who says, “Calles un- derstands the necessity of encourag- ing the oil men and attracting oil capital to Mexico, therefore he is trying to make the exploitation of oil easier and more satisfactory to the investors of capital.” At Calles’ order the ministry of Industry yesterday issued a decree to facilitate oil exploitation, making the terms easier and extending the boundaries of oil Wells on the lands of the national railways are producing more than 100,000 barrels a day. The govern- ment has ordered thirty more drill- ed, probabaly to turn over along with the railways, to private own- ers, all ready for them, rage of oil is being made heav- ily along the railway lines to keep in case of strikes and political trouble. A CLASSIC HISTORICAL MATERIALISM—A SYSTEM OF SOCIOLOGY by NIKOLAI BUKHARIN. All the social sciences closely scrutinized and interpreted from the materialist viewpoint. in Liverpool, is now able to see thru the trial of the Communists, for whom it actually prepared the way. ‘The Red International of Labor Unions firmly hopes that the whole English working class will feel the London f 8 vo, 320 pp. $3.25 THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113, W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, Illinois, port wherein the New Leader is com- | THE CAILY | AS WE SEE IT | (Continued trem page 1) themselves. The pacifists gurgled with joy when the pact was signed, just as they did when Wilson declared war on Germany “to crush kaiserism” and later on ‘when he framed the “fourteen points” and again later when he sponsored the league of na- tions. ees HE pacifists are always hoping against hope that the capitalist | tigers will park their claws in cold molasses and go on a milk diet, in- stead of living on the flesh and blood of the working class and oppressed peoples—their natural diet. The pacifists as a rule live on incomes drawn from the same source, so. they would like to continue to do so, while enjoying the thrill of swinging a wicked puff a the cashier now and then. The pacifists want the present system to continue, but they would like to dress it up like a Sunday school teacher. 4 sie ee HE British spies ‘were. commission- ed by the same government that infests Soviet Russia with “intelli- gence experts” to gét’tne facts on the latest developments ii French war aviation, This means that England looks with a jaundided eye on her neighbour across the channel, and the osculatory exchangé between the vol- stile Briand and the” aristocratic ice berg Chamberlain did not halt the ac- tivities of the Britigh{intelligence de- partments for one pepe Of course, this is no news to anybody but a fool or a pacifist. oat qo powers trust each other about gs}much as insur- ance agents. «ae i aes league of nations is in trouble again. And’so is the world court. Both are related. In fact the court is a feeler for the league. Britain wants the oil that is buried genorous- ly in the subsoil of Mesopotamia. The particular spot is Mosul. England has no ‘more right to the oil than “Yellow Kid” Well, of Chicago, our outlawed confidence man, who re- fuses to join the chamber of com- merce and be a regular fellow. Tur- key also wants Mosul, and the natives being a good deal like Turks, appear to havé a reasonable claim to it. Eng- land however, beitlg‘ tender hearted, fears that the Mosullans would be unhappy under thé Turkish “yoke.” “ss Bee of this optition England will have the oil if it costs her the last Hindo soled Ker armies. But in order to have the, support of the good ladies of Fifth Ave., Newport and the Chicago Gold ist, England calls on the lague of natiops to do its duty. but the to a finely chisele tried the wor! ont. haw” from Turkey greeted her new dodge. But Englé¥d continued her efforts to save th’ Mosulians from Turkey, Finally the World court, alias England, decided ‘that Turkey must abide by the unarfinous decision of the league council, ‘thinus the votes of Turkey and England on the question of oil rights in Mosiil, The Turks hav- ing a sense of humr, laughed moder- Fately and then told’ the league to go and chase itself. Mussolini did the same thing, when he suddenly turned loose his cannon on an island full of Greeks. Nothing Happened to him, human beings not being as precious as oil, Just: now it looks like trouble between England and Turkey over Mosul. It will be interesting to watch what will happen to the Locarno pact. It may work for England, but it will not bring peace. eee HE son of a Chicago millionaire was sentenced to life imprison- ment a few years ago for murder. He is now enjoying the open air. Far be it from us to suggest that the family millions had any effect on governor Small's parole board, but one cannot help thinking that had be been a penniless murderer, he would spend the rest of his life behind the bars, or get his neck broken on the gallows. e ere Ry baits what we expected happened to the famous anti-injunction bill, secured by labor ledders, thru the as- sistance of their “friends” in the Il- linois legislature, Judge “Dennie” Sul- livan landed a haymaker on its jaw and it is down for the count. In fact it is not longer of ‘any account. The law provided for peaceful picketing. The labor fakers Boasted that what the workers need fs patience, This virtue would bring’ them relief from the more onerous ‘burdens now laid on them by the entployers. “See the anti-injunction bill” they chortled. But the law is dead, atleast temporarily. Yet it is enouraging’to note with what never failing hope the labor fakers re- new their fight to have another si- milar law placed on the statute books. e238 HOSE labor leaders are sanguine. They have no reason to be other- wise. Even tho capitalist legislators may refuse to pass laws that might benefit the workers, and capitalist judges are sure to kill such laws if passed, the labor fakers, will be given soft berths by the employers, in case the union payroll gets congested. In the meantime, pickets are arrested and strikes are lost while the takers hob nob with the capitalist politicians and if somebody suggests that the workers should organize a labor party, he is frowned upon and told that the non-partisan policy of rewarding ‘riends and punishing enemies has ‘worked.” Yes, for the enemies of the workers and for thé! labor fakers, WORKER C8 a aa a Seen ltl lig I Te et Set A oe RAI TE SE AR Se Sa RE li eR tc cent CEL <2 Re RE AAT Only Soviet Program Can Realize Disarmament and Bring Peace to the World By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. i Pichon an invitation is going forward from the council of the league of nations to the Union of Soviet Repub- lics asking it to send representatives to participate in the work of a special commission to arrange for an international disarmament conference. government will accept. bassador at Paris, says: Indications are that the Soviet Christian Rakovsky, Soviet am- “We are ready to participate in any pacification effort in Europe, in economic conferences, in disarmament conferences, but we cannot enter the league itself because we would be in the unfair position of one lone socialist state facing all the other states united by the same eco- nomic conception and the same social conception.” That short explanation, however, will never seep into the brains of those who edit the kept press, like the editor’ of the Chicago Tribune. They refuse to understand it. Every participation by Soviet rule in the affairs of the cap- italist states is interpreted by them to mean that the Soviet Union is being brought closer to the profit governments, that the Union of Soviet Republics will ultimately join the league of nations. * * Soviet participation in many of the conferences of the league, however, like the gathering called to consider Euro- pean waterways, can be used to benefit and strengthen work- ers’ and peasants’ rule. The greatest service, however, that Soviet spokesmen attending a disarmament conference can render world labor is to blast the peace pretensions of the imperialist governments. This they invariably must do. The Soviet Union alone can enter a disarmament con- ference with sincere intentions. Following its overwhelm- ing defeat, administered to imperialist intervention it reduc-. ed its army to a mere frontier guard. expenditure for huge naval armaments. It makes no lavish It champions an economic order that will eliminate commercial rivalry bet- ween nations, and groups of nations, that alone makes world peace possible. All this the Soviet representatives told the world in the discussion of disarmament at the Genoa conference of the league of nations in 1922. Bolshevik propaganda. It was denounced, of course, as President Harding did not invite the Soviet Union to participate in the disarmament conference held in Washing- ton. Since Coolidge ascended to the presidency, he has been trying to call the gathering that is now to be undertaken by the league, and to which the United States and Germany, as well as the Soviet Union, have been invited. pate. other capitalist nation. * * as long as capitalism lasts. Coolidge indicates that the United States will partici- It will be interesting then to watch the Wall Street political agents squirm under the questions of the Soviet rep- resentatives demanding to know why Coolidge, in his annual message to congress boasts of the formidability of the U. S. army and navy and demands the militarization of the Ameri- can population and industry. will not answer, except to eVade, but the Russians will tell them that it is because dollarocgacy needs naval, land and air armaments to seek and maintain foreign markets for.the sale of its surplus products, and new fields for investment and exploitation. It can only get and hold them thru main- taining greater and stronger armaments than those of any The dollar representatives * . This condition is dawning more and more upon the minds of American workers and farmers. the Soviet method is the one that safeguards their interests and gives real promise of world peace. their backs upon the Wall Street plan that calls upon them to bleed and die for the imperialists’ dollars in They are realizing that They are turning endless wars LANDLORDS TELL OF BEING FORCED INTO SOCIETIES A delegation of fifteen witnesses, members of the Real Estate Owners’ Association of Chicago, appeared be- fore Chief Justice Thomas J. Lynch and placed charges against a number of agents who have virtually control- led their property. They brought out that they were forced by the fear of having their homes and stores bombed to join the association and that after they had joined they were told that the rent- ing of the stores would be in the hands of a business agent. Bombs Emphasize Remarks. The moment any attempt was made to rent the store to someone that the business agent did not approve of, a bomb would emphasize the agents’ re- marks, A number testified as to how whole sale dealers refused to sell goods to them when the association Nad levied 1905- The Rehearsal for 1917 By Aiexander Trachtenberg $1.25 Six Months a fine agajnst them and they had not paid promptly enough. Business Men Use Bombers. Chicago is being treated to bomb trust revelations in which business men are the backers of bombers and have used them quite frequently to bomb their competitors’ stores. The business men’s associations are also using bombers to “liné-up” members into their associations. B. & O. Engine Blast Kills Cabmen; Unusual Incident Investigated (Special to The Daily Worker) ELKTON, Md., Dec. 9—An investi, gation was begun today into one of the most unusual accidents in rail- road history—the explosion of a trav- cling locomotive last night resulting in the death of Engineer R. J. Ryan of Wilmington, Churchman of Philadelphia, and in- jury to ten passengers. The locomotive, attached to B. & O. train No, 49, Philadelphia to Bal- timore, was traveling about 30 miles an hour, when the boiler suddenly ex- ploded. The engine turned turtle and two cars left the track, shaking up the passengers, : In the December Issue of the Workers Monthly The First Negro Work- ers’ Congress By Robert Minor Class War or Class Collaboration By Max Bedacht Professor Carver Makes a “Revolution” By C. E. Ruthenberg And Other Features. - 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. 'LOSOVSKY SHOWS CONSERVATIVES JAILED WORKERS Denounces Class Nature of British Courts MOSCOW, U. 8. S. R., Dec, S—In an article in the Pravda, A. Losovsky, head of the Red International of La- bor Unions, points out that the perse- cution of the Communists in England is directed by the conservatives in power and shows the class character of the British government, In referring to the recent trial of the twelve Communists who were sen- tenced to jail, he declares: “It was the direct work of the conservative and Fireman A. W.| party which is now at the state helm in England and to which both the at- torney general and the judge belong. The only ‘crime’ of the Communists on account of their membership of an alleged illegal Communist Party, a party which has actually existed for 6 years in full publicity, consisted in the fact that the theory and practice of Communism is not taken into” ac- count in the English constitution.” Losovsky then points out how mis- erably the original intention to pro- duce proofs of a financing of the Eng- lish Communist Party from Moscow has collapsed, and been given up by the court, “When one takes into consideration the paternal attitude of the same courts and the same police towards the fascist organizations, then .the whole shamelessness of this ‘justice’ comedy is clear,” writes Losovsky. “The English bourgeoisie, which for years together with the reformists, has contended that bolshevism is an imported article and that it could not win a place on Anglo-Saxon ground, now sees itself faced with a growing Communist Party and it seeks to save itself by fighting with the weapon of intimidating processes. Destroy Democracy Myth. “The English bourgeosie has de- stroyed the whole decorum of formal democracy, of juridical independence, of bourgeois freedom, etc., it goes a- round those sections of the constit\ tion which hamper an oppression of the working class. All English work- ers who still accept the so-called in- dependence and classlessness of the courts as realities, have now received an object lesson and can no longer fail to recognize the true class charac- ter of the juridical vengeance inflicted upon the Communist Party.” Follows Vassals Footsteps. “The English bourgeoisie is follow- ing in the footsteps of its vassals, of Poland, Roumania and Bulgaria, it considers that the time is ripe to in- troduce its colonial regime into Eng: land itself. This is least of all a proof of, the stability of the conservative government and the class which it Topresents. The sentence against the Communists means the opening of a new stage in the history of the Bri- tish working class movement. The task of the conservative government was to disorganize and isolate the Communist Party, but in fact, exactly opposite results have been achieved. Without doubt the whole English working class movement will occupy itself earnestly with this question. “The trial of the English Commun- ists has énded, the trial of the Eng- lish bourgeoisie is beginning!” Illinois Commerce ‘Commission Aids Power Interests . SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Dec. 9.—A cer- tificate of necessity and convenience has been granted by the Illinois com- merce commission to the Public Serv- ice company of Illinois to extend ita power lines on Bradley road, Liberty- ville township, Lake county, and to serve this territory. * 8 A five years extension of the lease by the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railroad to the Central Ulinois Public Service company of certain land in Effingham county also was approved. A lease for five years at $28 a year, by the Wabash railroad to the Kanka- kee and Urbana Traction company of land in Urbana was approved, Wrap your lunch in a y of the DAILY WORKER and give it (the DAILY WORKER, not the lunch) to vour shop-mate, Wall Street’s Congress Convenes By J. Louis Engdahl