The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 9, 1926, Page 6

Page Six THE DAILY WORKER|An Estimate of the International Situatio Published by the DAILY WCRKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill, 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 en Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ilinols J, LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J. LOEB. Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. Phone Monroe 4712 \ REN RENAN Editors .. Business Manager Advertising rates on application, a} <a 290 = ‘ The Liebknecht Anniversary Seven years have passed since the murders of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg by the soldiers and police of the social-demo- cratic boodhound, Gustave Noske, one of the monstrous triumvirate that included Fritz Ebert and Phillip Scheidemann. Karl Liebknecht who, in the summer of 1917, was acclaimed by Lenin as “the foremost leader of the proletarian revolution,” fought against the monstrous betrayals of the social democrats from the outbreak of the world slaughter until the day he and Rosa were foully murdered in the streets of Berlin. The records of their revolu- tionary activity are known to informed workers thruout the world and need no recounting here. But what of those guilty of the murder of Liebknecht and Luxem- burg after seven years? If ever a crime demanded vengeanc< to the limit it was the wantgn murder of these two leaders of the proletariat, Ebert, one of the foul triumvirate, died in bed, a traitor to labor and servant of capitalism to the last. Scheidemann and Noske still infest the earth, eminent members of the social-democracy which in Germany is today trying to fasten upon the German prole- tariat the imperialist fetters forged at Locarnof The bourgeoisie in Germany is too weakened to support the sociatist renegades in their customary affluence, so the party that murdered the flower of the proletarian revolution in Germany lends itself to the schemes of the British foreign minister, Austen Chamberlain, in his efforts to form an alliance of Huropean nations against the Soviet Union. Just as these social-democratic bandits and prostitutes slaughtered the leaders of the workers in their own country so they now strive to aid the tory government of Britain in a drive against the outpost of the world revolution. But in this attempt against Russia they will fail, for two reasons. In the first place the European powers, if they dare attack Russia, will find that in their own countries are tremendous reserve forces of the proletarian revolution that will strike and strike hard against a government at war with the Soviet Union. Secondly, the German workers, steeled in the fierce fire of revolutionary upheavals since 1919, when Liebknecht and Luxemburg perished, will rise and destroy capitalism in Germany. In. order to destroy capitalism they, will march over the wreckage of the social-democratie party, the leaders of which are the last bulwark of capitalism. The proletarian revolution in Germany and its extension to the rest of the world will be the monument to the lives of Liebknecht and Luxemburg. } The Hungarian Counterfeiters The Horthy government,of Hungary, which came into power by wading thru the blood of the working class, and which is so in- fluential at Washington that it dictates to Secretary of State Kellogg the exclusion from the United States of people antagonistic to the white terror, has proved itself an ingrate to France. The Horthy government is supported. directly by French and American capital, and at a time when the French franc is already hitting the toboggan and threatening to wreck the currency of the French republic, the Horthy government throws upon the market some thirty million 1,000-frane notes. The expose of this affair by agents of the French government has already resulted in the imprisonment of many members of the Hungarian nobility, and certain army officials and, as is usually the case, the men of god—the clergy—also had a dirty hand in the affair. There can be no doubt that Horthy is directly implicated. Some- what more difficult is the question of fixing the motive. Since it is known that the United States is interested in the fall of the franc to a point where a Dawes plan can be imposed upon France, and since counterfeit currency in circulation will further deplete the franc, it might be well to investigate the possible role of the United States in this affair. If such is the case the affair will, like the British spy scandal in Paris, be hushed up, and Horthy will be ad- vised to use less crude methods henceforth. . Armout’s Company Union Not so long ago when employe wanted to reduce wages or Jengthen hours they simply announced the thing to the workers. Such crude and obviously arbitrary decisions often caused ill feeling, resulting in labor disturbances. But of late the exploiters of labor have discovered that it is much better to create the illusion in the minds of workers that they themselves, as partners in the industries, reduce their own wages or lengthen hours. The, packing house trust in Chicago maintains company unions or “conference boards” for this purpose. When the management wants to ine y from 54 to 60 as in the case of Armour & Co., they simply call the conference board into session, and there the “representatives” of the workers agree with the bosses to in- crease the hours of labor from 54 to 60. Of course, they do not say they will increase hours of labor; they only decide to pay time and a half overtime after 60 hours, which means that the workers slave for 60 hours at straight hourly wages and if they work more than 60 hours they get a bonus for their overtime. In practice it means the 60-hour ge tho it is not yet called by that name. The only adequate reply to the fake unions controlled by the bosses is organization of the workers into class unions of their own, independent of and against the bosses. se hours New York Daily Worker Celebration Communists and sympathizers of New York City are to stage a birthday celebration for Tur Dairy Worker at the Yorkville Casino next Sunday (January 10) that will be an innovation in affairs of this sort. That no stone has been left unturned to make it a success is cyidenced by the splendid array of talent, including some of the fore- most artists of the world, obtained for the-oeeasion. ‘ Thousands of workers will take advantage of this celebration to veaffirm their allegiance to the one daily Jabor paper in the English language that at all*times fights for the interests of the rank and file. of the working class. This is the first of a series of such celebra- tions that will be held thruout the country during the coming week. — YEAR ago, the international or- ganization of the proletariat, the Communis# International coined the formula, which has since gained great popularity, of “stabilization,” the par- tial stabilization of capitalism. Was this diagnosis correct? Is it true that international capitalism is really passing thru a period of: par- tial stabilization? Yes, the diagnosis was undoubtedly correct. It implies that international capital has gained time, that it has been given longer grace than we originally, expected, for organizing its resistance to the pro- letarian revolution, Now, however, it is evident that only they, not only the capitalists, but we also have gain- ed time. The first victorious revolu- tion in our union has also gained time. Side by side with the partial economic strengthening of the capital- ist countries, an irresistible steadily growing process of real, healthy sta- bilization, of real strengthening of our national economy has been going on for the last few years—as not only our friends but our enemies also bear witness, OR the first proletarian revolution the question of gaining time until the day comes when the troops of workers from other countries hasten o our aid, is of immense importance. dur whole policy during the past ears of the- revolution was chiefly lictated by our endeavors to gain ime. Of course we must not gain (ime by the method of waiting with sur hands folded in our laps to see what may happen, but we must gain time by making the best use of every moment in the interest of social re- construction. We said that capitalism is at pres- ent passing thru a period of partial stabilization. There is still a regular confusion as to this question. Sta- bilization, strengthening, but in com- parison with what period? If we com- pare the condition of capitalist eco- nomics now and at the time of the end of the war, at the time of the treaty of Versailles, in the years 1920- 1921, at the moment of the greatest collapse, of the greatest crisis of capi- talism, then we can say: (Continued from page 1.) off the head so that it hangs from the hog by a slender piece of skin This is not easy work. The heads- man must find the joint in the back of the neck and break it with his knife. He has to do this from 300 to 400 times per hour for five hours at one time with only 15 minutes for relief n the forenoon. This is considered one of the highly skilled jos on the floor and for this work they average 63 cents per hour. For the minimum week of 40 hours they earn $25.20. The company paid out to the four headers $100.80. . Company Saves Dollars. Since the bonus was put in two of the headers have been eliminated. Two headers now have to cut the heads of 600 to 800 hogs per hour. These two headers get 63 cents per hour, Their wages are still $25.20 for the minimum wéek. The company pays these men a bonus which aver- ages about $6 per week. In other words each headsman gets $31.20 per week. The company pays out a total of $62.40 for the two headsmen where before it paid $100.80 to the four. Under the bonus system while the icompany gives each worker a ‘measly {$6 bonus, which is quite hight as com- pared to the other workers who get anywhere from 25 cents to $1.75 per week, the company saves a sum of $19.50, on each man or $38.40 on both. So you see, packing-house worker, while you grow thin the» company waxes fat: Snatchers Speed-Up. Let us now consider the snatchers. Here the company had four men’ at one time. The snatchers must take out the intestines of the hog. They must hold the intestines with one hand (and these ‘intestines weigh from 60 to 90 pounds) and with the other cut them out of the hog. They must then throw the intestines onto a table where a government inspector examines them. This work must be done quickly. There is always a great danger that the men_ will cut their hands. Now instead of four men handling the hogs that come down ‘the chain there are only two. The wages here are 53 cents per hour. .For their minimum week they receive $20.20. The total amount paid to the four was $80:80. Now there are but two men doing that same work. Each man still gets the $20.20 minimum plus an average bonus of $3 to $4. In this way what cost the company formerly $80.80 now costs the company but $48.40. The company saves $32.40 while you, snatchers, only’ get $4 apiece more at the most from the com- pany. Whom does the bonus system benefit? Who Wins, Packing-House Worker? In every operation, at every job we find that the same thing happens, Men jeliminated—put out of work. The company pocketing $10 to $20 each, and every week while the men on the floor are getting measly sum for “breaking their necks.” It is called an ‘incentive’ plan. There is an “incen- tive” in putting this plan across, packing-house worker. But it is not for you. It is for the boss. Mis “in- centive” {s to make you Work harder— at a lower wage. He wants | r hours. You want more wi “Yes, Eu-| Bonus System Helps the Packges a Se 1 THE DAILY: ropean capitalism seems to be work- ing its way out of this state of col- lapse.” The Conference of Locarno and its Significance, i lbs treaty of Locarno is of very serious significance. As a matter of fact, at Lecarno not one treaty, but a whole number of treaties were sign- ed. The chief treaty was concluded between Germany, Poland, France, England and Italy, Apart from this, a number of so-called arbitration trea- ties were concluded at Locarno be- tween the separate countries, between Germany and Belgium, between Ger- many and Czecho-Siovakia, between France and Poland and between France and Czecho-Slovakia. The mat- ter however is by no niéans exhausted by Locarno, It is ‘intended to call two more conferencel:’‘a special econ- omic conference atid! a conference which is to concern itself with Eu- ropean disarmament, ‘a/question which is closely connected With the Locarno treaties. sia During the last feW*years, we have grown accustomed to the innumerable international conferehées which have always developed intola simple diplo- matic tug-of-war, and have ceased to attribute any great’ significance to them, It would however be a mis- take to conclude that the conference of Locarno has no"sérious signific- ance. This is not thé ease. The con- ference of Locarno’ represents the first serious attempt'‘since the treaty of Versailles to brig about an al- liance of the bourgeois world against us, against the Soviet Union. The significance of the Locarno agreement is not yet quite cleared up because there are no doubt a number of secret treaties which were con¢luded in Lo- carno and are, up to now, unpublish- ed, in addition to the-published docu- ments. For this reason, even within international Communism, no clearly crystallized point of view has yet been formed on all questions of detail with regard to the meaning of the confer- ence of Locarno. HERE can be no doubt that Amer- ica was behind tifevaffair of Lo- carno. As is well jown, shorter hours—and 30 that after a dé want to work ‘ork you can mjoy life: and » so “damned tired” to even e supper awaits you when y& Bulldoze When the headsme} And the snatch- ers and the other worgers in the hog killing departhient to cannot handle the ho pace is too fast ant boss tells them in a sarc: “Sure we'll give you. help. If we put someone else on the job besides you, you lose the bonus.” And the sorrow- ful part of it all is, the worker lets himself be bulldozed and cowed by these sarcastic SItifs and threats of the boss. 1 Wa Packing-house worker, in the last issue of the Armour~@val, they pub- lished a picture of the-man who intro- duced this system inithe yards with the able assistance ofthe conference board. In the article that accompanies the picture it states that the bosses ar planning to extend the system*to all of the departments. They are planning to do.the same to all depart- ments in the “yards” as they have done on the killing floors and some of the other departments. In yesterday's article on the confer- ence board, it was pointed out that the workers on the West Side loading dock had lost their bonuses. It was pointed out that this matter was taken up before the beef divisional commit- tee of the conferenceboard and that they referred the matter to the indus- trial survey.department for “adjust- ment”—after the bosses had pointed out that there were mote -workers on that loading dock th#m are usually employed. What’ dojthey mean by “adjustment”? This term is a polite expression that» they!*mean to fire someone. It may BéePyou, who are reading this article It may be your best friend. It may®%é your nearest relative. tOIpe Use Bonus @s*Club, That is the way the bonus system works. First they firé!/Jake and have John and George do the work. They give the two that aré left a bonus—a bribe—to do the wéfk “and to keep Jake out of that job thd on the street. Every time that theyask for better conditions the boss Points to Jake, who is out on the stfeéts and wants a job. “If you don’t want to work here, say so and I'll g#t someone else. There's Jake waiting for this job.” Later John is let go and-George then does the work for the three men, He gets a little higher bonus at first and later that is cut down. The worker gets @ measly sum—but remember the company gets the big money. They save dollars where you get pennies. And when you ask for an increase in wages or even in the “hush” money they pay in the form of a bonus the boss points to the employment office and shows you that Jake and John are waiting for the job. Refuse “Hush’lMoney. Packing house worker, are you go- ing to let beautiful phrases lull you to sleep? Are you ig to let the boss threaten you want better conditions? time you The bonus system is the bosses system. If you cannot make your @ls meet with the low wages you are getting, your Job is to organize and demand more! sand that the for help the America + WORKER LINOVIEW WRITES ABOUT SITUATION FACING THE WORLD GREGORY ZINOVIEV. herself is not a member of the league of nations, She did not take part in the last European conferences for she regarded it as beneath her dignity to do so, She considers it sufficient to send a simple “observer” to these con- ferences as well as to the league of nations, who sits behind the scenes and pulss the European great powers on wires like marionettes. America did not behave differently even with regard to Locarno—of that there can be no doubt. The second fact about which there can be no doubt is that the Soviet Union was the target at which the conference of Locarno was aimed; that this conference was a more or less successful attempt on the part of England, relying on America’s backing, to organize the most import- ant European states against us, against the Soviet Union. four job is to make the boss come .eross with more money in real wag- s and not in “hush” money. Get wise to yourself before it gets too iate. ‘ Expose Profit Sharing Scheme. In tomorrow’s DAILY WORKER there will be a special article dealing with why the company you work for wants you to buy shares—to buy stock—in its company. The DAILY WORKER will expose the drive that is now being carried on in the “wards” to get the workers to buy the company. “paper” and what the real purpose of the sale of that stock is. Get a copy of the paper tomor- row. Edison Strike Settling Down to Long Drawn Out Fight {Continued from page 1.) before the strike was called, lives at 1136 Claremont avenue, Oak Park. Let all the union men in his neighbor- hood know the Judas among them and treat him accordingly. “White Rats.” “Silent Cal” Bushman, the foreman, is serving his masters so well that he is said to be wearing overalls for the first time in many years. In spite of his great efforts the scabs are not able to turn out the work and the production is still at a standstill. Bushman’s lickspitte, Barney Mitch- el, alias Michalsky the straw-boss, who is also known as “Barney the Simp.” is another one of those half-men who for a long time was talking about unionism hut betrayed the cause when action was taken. Barney lives at 3032 S, Keeler avenue for the infor- mation of the union men in his neigh- borhood. Bill Krause is the fourth Judas who was spineless when action was taken and stayed on the job to become straw-boss. He lives at 1325 S. 48th court, In spite of these few betrayals and in spite of the police intimidation the ranks of the strikers remain unbro ken. The unions conducting the strike are preparing for a long fight against this notorious open shop sub- sidiary of the General Electric com- pany. Success in this struggle will pave the way for the organization of all the workers in the electrical industry, The conditions of the workers in this important industry are deplorable and the wages paid in most erable, but. organization is to the spy system maintained by the companies. However with a real sys- tematic organization campaign by the unions in the metal industry there is no doubt that this industry can be organized and forced to pay a living wage. Open New Training Camp. Brig: Gen, Michael J. Lenihan an- nounces that the Citizen’s Military Training Corps members of thé Chi- cago sector will be trained at Fort Sheridan in the futuré instead of at Fort Custer, As there will be twe corps during the summer all member; of the corps will be sent to, the plac nearest where they live to be pri pared for any future@“inperialist ag gressions in behalf of the America) capitalists. , * ' In the third place there is like- wise little doubt that the conference of Locarno has cast a noose round Germany's neck It is usually said that Germany is joining the league of nations, This is not quite the right expression, Germany is not joining but is “being joined.” She is being forced to enter the league of nations, is being dragged in by a lassoo, Ger- many’s independence could only be saved by a proletarian revolution, as the independence of our country was only saved by the proletarian revolu- tion, Germany is now being dragged into the league of nations and is being made more or less openly a vassal of this league of nations, HE fourth fact which arises from Locarno.is that-the France of to- day is, to a certain extent, also a target. against which this conference is directed, From the military point of view, France is now the strongest power on the European continent, It is not easy for England to compete with her:in this respect. The Anglo- Freneh dissessions have existed since the treaty of Versailles and take dif- ferent forms: in different periods. Eng- lands wants to bind the hands of France, whom she regards. as too strong a military power. To a certain extent, England has achieved this aim thru a whole system of treaties. which were concluded in Locarno. ; These are the chief conclusions which can already be drawn from the agreement of Locarno. Probably, in the course of time, many new features of the international situation which has arisen in connection with Locarno will be cleared up. It is an indubit- able fact that the European diplom- ats have also come to an understand- ing with regard to. a united front against the Communists, It is not very easy for imperialists to come to an agreement about disarmament, but they will easily come to an under- standing, and haye probably already come to.one, with regard to the com- mon .fight., against the Communists. Later onewhen their matual quarrels become rather more apparent, we will undoubtedjy,. learn more of the con- (Continued from page 1) to namestwo each. In case that this board of;five: could not agree, the dis- puted: point, is to be referred to one man, am arbiter, to be selected by members ,of the board. °Can They Strike? What is not disclosed in the reports leaking out of the secret session is the almost certain provision: that there shall be no strikes while the interm- inable wed tape of arbitration is being unwound, and the pledge of the union to accept;the dictate of the one man, the anbiter»as final judgement without -Naturally, the unpleasant angles of the plan are glossed over by those who are giving the news of the conference. Both sides must have an apparent “victory” to show to their One-of.the “victories” of the union will be, ,i¢;ig rumored, an increase of five per.cent,in wages, That this piti- able sum; should be granted is merely anindieation that the operators wish to. give Lewis the charity of having a few crumbs to exhibit as a result of his strike policy, But the Progres- sive Miners’ Committee, which insist- ed at the tri-district convention upon a twenty per cent raise, but was de- ne Lewis Proposes Arbitration Plan 1) _ By Gregory Zinoview ference of Locarno, But what we al- ready know, leads us quite definitely to the conclusions set torth above. iFFORTS are being made to repres- ent the conference of Locarno as a victory for pacifism, as a victory for the policy of peace, as a guarantee against war. All the leaders of the Second International are leaping and dancing for joy over Locarno, The Second International is running be- hind the wheels of the chariot of the Locarno conference and declaring right and left that Locarno is a vie- tory of peace, a guarantee against new wars. The whole international bourgeoisie is roaring still more loud- ly in the same tone. They will not however throw any dust in our eyes, Locarno isa further link, a further development of the chain which was originally forged in Versailles, it is a new tangle of con- tractions, a new preparation for war, in any case an attempt to create a united front against the’ Soviet Union. And if we add the fact of the partial stabilization of capitalism, it becomes evident that we cannot dismiss Lo- carno with a wave of the hand. We regard Locarno as a factor which threatens peace. Perhaps Locarno means no immediate threat to our union, but it is most ¢ertainly a mine under our union, Chamberlain appeal- ed to Japan, France, America and to the smaller states and tried to get them to mobilize against us. He also tried to persuade our Baltic neighbors to mobilize against us. HHAMBERLAIN however was not successful in his work. Locarno is a slower but at the same time “more solid” attempt to prepare for war against us. For this reason we must make a correct estimate of the present international situation and carefully weigh it; we must render to ourselves a clear account of the fact that Locarno is a new, more or less serious and solid attempt to unite the forces of the international bourgeoisie under the leadership of the Hnglish conservatives, and that in the first place against us. (To Se continued tomorrow.) feated when the Lewis-Cappellini machine. asked for only a ten per cent increase, are bitterly opposed to the five per cent being considered any ém- crease at all, : A Surrender, In view of the fact that the Lewis machine has ‘practically betrayed the miners to arbitration and to the merey of the bosses, the five per cent in- crease is sure to be more than won back by the bosses speeding up the miners and generally taking more out of them than before. The progres- sives claim it is a surrender and not a victory, The other element yet in doubt is the length of the contract period, Since Lewis has already offered to sign a contract for as long as five years, it is thought that the new pact will run for that long at least, maybe longer if the operators press Lewis for a longer term, if they think it to the operators’ interest. There is no report of what the set- tlement may give in the line of a check-off, but if the operators get the surrender reported, they may agree to the check-off, which is not an unmixed blessing for the miners who actually dig coal but who do not draw fat sal- aries as does Lewis, Judge Declares Moritz Loeb Is (C8niihlied trom page 1) syndicalist law that Loeb, in his speechon-May Day,-1923, at Gary, had said “We,must fight for our rights and overthrow the government by forcevand :violence.”: The four witnes- seses' who, had obviously memorized their testimony were A. G. Perry, edi- tor of the;East Chicago News; Tom Tribune?;and; Earl Kidwell and Wm. Bolen, both police officers of Gary. Judge Protects Witnesses. When the,attorney for the defend- ant endeavored to impeach the tes- timony.of the witn by endeavor- ing to present their statements made shortly after. they,arrest, the judge prevented it by. sustaining objections by the pi cution. He sustained most of the prosecu- tions contentions and overruled all the objections of the defendant, The witnesses for the defense tried to testified to what Loeb had actually said but were forced to confine their testimony as to whether or not he did say the words charged to him by the prosecution, The judge remarked so that the jury could hear it that the testimony of the defe witnesses, two girls, didn’t mean anything be- cause the fact that they could not re- member the defendant saying the words charged to him does not mean that he did not say them, 4 Jurora Motley Crew. The jury was a peculiar ation composed of 7 farmers, 1 steél wo? 2 clerks, one auto accessory: dealer and ne salesman, The defense three hallenges and used oneoon 4 spros: yective juror 82 years of age who was leaf. A worse one was selected in his Cannon;; reporter for the Gary Post- place, so the defense decided to let the jury remain as it was, An atmosphere of prejudice and in- timidation permeated the court room. The stenographer who had taken the original testimony of the witnesses for the prosecution had agreed to tell the facts and was asked to testify for the defense, but evidently she had been visited by the prosecution’s agents and her changed attitude caused the defense to decline to place her on the stand. Judge Decides Case, When the case had been concluded the judge decided to take it out of the hands of the jury and render a verdict of guilty. The result was that he fined Comrade Loeb $100 and costs, which can either be paid or new bonds set and the case appealed to a higher court, Packing House Bosses Threaten Workers Who Read Daily Worker (Continued trom page 1) lice seem to think that they can threaten and bulldoze workers not only in the “yatds” but also out on the public streets of Chicago, A num- ber of the stoolpigeons were also near the gates to see to it that The DAILY WORKER distributors did not tress pass upon company property, Volunteers Needed, More volunteers are needed for this work .and all comrades and workers who can spare the time are asked to co-operate by calling up The, DAILY WORKER and leaving their nan telephone numbers and dates that they will be able to aid in this vas 1, Lf Watch the Saturday Magazine Section for new features : week, This is a good issue to to/your fellow worker,