The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 4, 1926, Page 3

THIS - ‘fs Devoted to the Activity and Interests of the PAGE é Trade Union Edacational League (7. U. B. L.) North American Section of the RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS (RB. 1. THE T.U.E.L Represents the Left Wing of the Labor Movement. L, U.) * ite Purpose Is to Strengthen the Labor Unions by Amalgamation of Existing Unions, Organization of the Unorganized, and by Replacing Reactionary and Class Collaboration Policies with a Unified Program for the Transformation of the Unions Into Organs of Revolutionary Class Struggle for the Overthrowal of Capitalism and the Establishment of a Workers’ and Farm- ers’ Government. LEFT WING IN J,T.U, SUPPORTS MAX SILLINSKY Progressive Candidate Has Real Program CLEVELAND, Feb. 2 — The pro- gressives in the Journeymen Tailors’ Union are out to build the union. They see that the present administration headed by Sweeney, secretary-treasur- er, is doing absolutely nothing to build up the union. On the contrary, in the past few years, the membership has steadily dropped without any effort being made to strengthen it. The or- ganization once had 11,000 members; today it counts only 7,000. This is a shameful record for a union which has a tremendous field open to organiza- tion efforts. But what do we find? Are capable organizers sent into the field to build up the union? Not at all: Sweeney sends out his henchmen who need a job. They take their salaries, but do not. work. Protest after protest ap- pears in the Tailor, the official organ of the union, against the methods em- ployed by the administration, but Sweeney goes his way, completely ignoring the membership. * What is Sweeney’s stand on the questions confronting the American la- bor movement generally, and the J. T. U; specifically? The lord only knows! He has no opinion at all. The mem- bers of the union generally feel that new life must be brought into the or- ARTICLE I—PART II (Continued from Yesterday’s Issue) We are not going to waste any time here discussing the hypocrisy of Citizen Jouhaux who shouts about in- dependence whilst himself a delegate of the French government in the league of nations. It is a well-estab- lished fact that the more these gentle- men shout about independence, the greater is their dependence on bour- geois government. The speakers at the reformist congress, especially Jouhaux, spoke at great length on the subject that their reformist confede- ration is the ideological and political heir of the pre-war Confederation of Labor. It would be difficult to imagine a@ greater distortion of facts and a greater caricature of commonsense. The pre-war Confederation of Labor, notwithstanding its shortcomings, was founded on the principle of the class struggle. It carried on anti-militarist work, it was anti-parliamentarian in tendency, it dealt with the problem of the destruction of the state, it fought against war, laying stre’s on the pre- datory character of so-called defensive struggle. In a word it carried on a real revolutionary claes struggle, Not a vestige of all this is to be found in the reformist Confederation of Labor. The term itself “class struggle” has long ago disappeared from the voca- bulary of reformist orators and from ‘the pages of their papers. Class co- operation and the class truce are the official symbols of the creed of the re- formist Confederation of Labor—and to parade after this in the role of the ideological-political heir to the pre- war Confederation of Labor requires courage bordering on impudence, The main reason for the reformist Out! ganization if any progress is to be made, Election for secretarytreasurer will soon be held in the J. T. U. The pro- gressives have nominated Max J. Sil- linsky, organizer in Cleveland. Sillin- THE DAILY WORKER Page Three Farrington Lies; About (Continued from page 1) Frank Farrington has no program, other than the advise he gave to the men at the last district convention “to co-operate with the boss, don’t anta- gonize, lessen the cost of production, and load clean coal.” Taxation Without Representation, Farrirfgton states the Progressive Miner is only another name for The DAILY WORKER, Again he lies. The Progressive Miner is the exclusive property of the progressive miners, and was launched, and is kept up by voluntary subscriptions. That is more than Farrington can say about the lillinois Miner. The coal digging slaves are assessed one dollar per year with- ont their consent, to keep up the yel- low personal sheet that Farrington has published in his own behalf. Notice the paper of the Farrington machine. Farrington’s name appears on every page, and his picture adorns its columns about every second issue. Farrington can be seen sitting in his sky has a good record in the labor movement and is a tried progressive. He stands for 100 per cent organiza- tion and for putting efficient, energetic men on the job really organizing the unorganized. He believes in proper economy in the union. He stands for amalgamation 100 per cent, with no ifs and buts. The situation in the needie industry demands. immediate amalgamation and only the reaction- aries stand in the way. Amalgamation in the needle trades as in all other trades, unification of the Ameridan la- bor movement are only steps to world trade union unity, for which Sillinsky stands. Where does Mr. Sweeney stand on these issues? He does not stand at all, for they do not exist for him. The progressives all over the coun- try welcome the cahdidacy of Max J. Sillinsky and must do everything in their power to support his campaign. The Journeymen Tailors’ Union, one of the links in the unification of the garment industry, must be drawn into the units making for progress in the industry. Every live man in the union must agitate for the election of Sillin- sky, so that the union may go forward to better days, to energetic action, to efficient work, “The power of the working class is organization, Without organization of the masses, the proletariat—is noth- ing. Organized—it ts, all. Organiza- tion is unanimity of action, unanimity of practical activities.” Confederation of Labor being the most dangerous and determined opponent of unity was known to everyone, but it was not mooted, This reason is the intimate connection between the lead- ing reformist stratum and the left bloc, The left bloc in France finds support in the socialist party and on the reformist Confederation of Labor. Of what use is trade union unity to Messrs. Herriot, Briand, Caillaux and the other left creatures of the French moneybags? Jouhaux merely carries out the instructions of his masters and that is all. Of course, such things are not spoken of; they are merely done under cover of the Charter of Amiens and the desire for 100 per cent inde- pendence, The intimate connection between the left bloc and the reformist Confe- detation of Labor has prejudiced the question of unity, Reformists Oppose Unity, All the attempts of the unity con- federation to bring about a joint ses- sion of both congresses, or to form a parity commission for the discussion of the unity question, met with strong and categorical resistance on the part of the reformists at which the entire bourgeois press was jubilant. In view of such a governmental bias it was self-evident that the reformist con- gress would reject the invitation of the All-Russian Central Trade Union Council to send a delegation to the U. S. 8. R. “Is it worth while,” asked Jouhaux, “to send a delegation to ex- tract from there (from the U, 8. 8, R.), an impression of impotence to confirm that free existence for organizations is more difficult there than under a bourgeois order? I understand and ex- cuse (!) the Russian revolution and its development and difficulties with FEBRUARY LENIN MEMORIAL OF THE WORKERS MONTHLY With many photographs of the great leader. Art features by Lydia Gibson, Fred Ellis and others. 25 Cents a Copy--GET ONE! witade private office at any time of the day gazing at his picture, and many miners know that is one of the reasons that Frank has no time to give to the hell- ish conditions of the berayed, starving miners in Illinois. Progressive Miner loose from their necks. Frank is trying to excuse himself to the membership by saying that the progressive miners “fail to come out into the open so that they can be held accountable for their attacks.” Again he lies. Every article in the Progres- sive Miner is signed by the writer of the same, and Farrington’s canard in this respect shows the panic in which Frank finds himself, and the awful weakness of his position. Every miner in Illinois knows that Thompson and Watt has challanged the Liddey to de- bate the isgues in Illinois at locals thruout the state, but Farrington was too cowardly, and scared of the wrath of the miners, he betrayed to appear before them in debate with either of the two real leaders of the miners in Illinois—Freeman Thompson and John Watt, i Frank's Poison Pen. It is a waste of time to be forced to answer the, vile articles from the reptile pen of; the faker. Let every miner realize the fact that Farrington is fighting the Progressive Miner. That is the best boost we, or anyone else, could get forztheir publication. All ininer who had any-doubt before, will now support the Progressive Miner, Without Frank’s Approval. Frank states that there is no consti- tutional warrant for the existance of the progressive miners. The Wall Street Journal says the same. “Frank Farrington donated quite a few dollars to the progressive miners a short time ago, when he thought he could use that body of men to support him, and his ambitions,” but when the honest miners refused to be the cat’s paw of the faker he turned against them with a vengence, and has kept up a vicious and cowardly attack on the miners ever since. He has expelled many miners from the organization, and aid- ed the operators in many ways to run: the militant miners out of the union. Frank Squaks. Farrington states that it is illegal for miners to subscribe to the Pro- gressive Miner, Again he lies. There is no law in the miners’ union, or in America, that can stop the miners from subscribing to their own paper or to any other paper, Frank does not want the miners to learn the truth about himself and his faker machine, 80 he is following his usual bull dosing tactics of scaring the miners but it won't work, we are rapidly building up a circulation, that will be heard from in Illinois in the next election, and Frank will holler louder then than he is doing now, when the outraged miners of Illinois pry the bloodsuckér which it has to cope, but what I do not accept (!) is the interference of the Russian government in the affairs of other peoples and in those of our workers,” It is a good thing that Jouhaux after all “excuses,” the October revolution, for I do not know what we should do if he did not, but a thing which he cannot digest is interference in the affairs of other peoples. When the French bourgeoisie lays down the law in Morocco, Syria and in Germany, going to the length of occupying the Ruhr, he was not very aggrieved, but when the Soviet government gives support to all the oppressed peoples, this arouses the wrath of Citizen Jou- haux and he cannot excuse it! This would be terrible if it were not so ridiculous, But this fierce opposition to unity could not but evoke protests within the reformist Confederation of Labor itself. Although it was a packed con- gress, and although the delegates had been carefully primed, there were 118 trade unions which voted against the official resolution and for unity. At the congress 10 per cent of the votes were for unity, but this does not mean that only 10 per cent of the member ship of the reformist unions hold this view. The workers’ congresses held thruout France attracted a consider- able number of workers belonging to reformist unions. The opposition at the congress was badly organized and not sufficiently shaped ideologically; nevertheless it caused many heart- burnings among the reformist bosses of the congress. The most prominent representatives of the right wing of the Amsterdam International had been invited to the congress with a view to exercising the maximum pressure on the delegates and stressing the cor- rectness of the reformist policy. Here the flower of everything that is most reactionary in the. Amsterdam Inter- national assembled and the peroration of all, the representatives was, of course, in the spirit of those of Jou- haux and Co, That this was a mani- festation of the right Amsterdam tend- ency was shown by the absence from this congress of representatives trom Great Britain, One must be very naive to imagine that it was only by chance that the General Council of the British Trade Unions did not send a representative to the congress of the reformist Con- federation of Labor. No, this was a political demonstration, directed against the right wing of the Amster- dam International of which Jouhaux is the most prominent representative. The right wing of the Amsterdam In- ternational was very fully represented Beh oe neta is lon / io the only real miners’ paper in Amer- ica, that will tell the truth whether it results in the political assassination of the faker Farrington or not. It is well we take time to thank Farrington for hig unintentional boost, and his free advertizing. However, he forgot to give the readers our address, and the price of the paper. The Pro- gressive Miner is published at 7020 8. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Ill. Price of the paper is 50 cents per year, in bundles of 10 or more the price is 2% cents per copy. Send all subscriptions to the secretary and editor, Alex Reid, at the above address. Challenges Farrington, Let the miners compare our pro- gram with Farrington’s. Farrington’s program is a8 stated above, The pro- gressive mihérs is the following: Shorter work day and week, increased wages; minimum wage, unemployment benefits, national yearly agreements, to eliminate ;scabbing, nationalization of the mines. with workers’ control, and for a labor party of the workers. Let Farrington put up his program against the progressive miners, that the miners of Illinois will see who has the only real program for the industry. We challange Farrington to publish his program along side of the progres- sive miners im the Illinois Miner that the workers will see it in the next issue he Illinois Miner. reason for this was certainly not only the desire to,.welcome the congress, but mainly the desire to discuss joint- ly ways and; means for coping with the growing demand for unity which is undermining. the very foundations of the reformist. organizations. Left Wing Opposes War. The two congresses could not, of eourse, ignore the colonial wars in Syria and ‘M@rocco; but whilst the Unity Confederation of Labor expres- sed itself strongly and categorically against war, issuing the slogan for the immediate evacuation of Morocco, at the reformist congress all the speeches resolved themselves into at- tacks not on the government for the Moroccan adventure, but on the Com- munists and the Unity Confederation of Labor for their ‘demagogic” slo- gans. The demagogy of the Commun- ist Party and the Unity Confederation of Labor consists in demanding the immediate evacuation of Morocco. One of the speakers proved to the satisfac- tion of the entire reformist congress that the evacuation of Morocco would be a signal for the assassination of all Europeans, From this it was not very difficult to meke a deduction of the “demagogy” of the Communists and the Unity Confederation of Labor... The reformist. congress adopted the viewpoint that, in this war France is defending herself (poor France which was attacked by the Riffs!), and that, therefore, the working class cannot and must not protest actively against the war. iF This viewpoint of the reformist Con- federation of Labor concerning the war, in other: words, the confedera- tion’s sipport; of the Moroccan war, had a rather peculiar influence on the Amsterdam International. It is a well- known fact that the latter has not yet found time to,express an opinion of the war in Morocco, Why? This ques- tion was asked by the social-demo- cratic Berne Tagewacht in an article entitled: “Why is Amsterdam Silent?” The Berne Tagewacht writes: “The working class has a right to know if this silence is connected with the per- sonal views of the second President of the Amsterdam International (Jou- haux), or if other reasons have com- pelled the Amsterdam International to remain passive. It would be intoler- able to think that for the action or in- action of the Amsterdam International the opinion of one of its presidents carries greater weight than the inter- ests of the working class and the reso- lutions of International) Trade Union Congresses.” If a social-dempcratic paper puts tne question thus if is evident that the conduct of the Jeaders of the General Confederation gt Labor is fairly aloes . CARPENTERS IN f Class Collaboration and Company Unions DETROIT, MICH., WIN BIG VICTORY Scab Job Cleaned Up by Expelled Locals (Special to The Dally Worker) DETROIT, Mich., Feb, 2.—The two carpenters’ locals of Detroit, expelled by Hutcheson, reactoinary president of the Carpenters’ Union, have scored another victory by organizing a scab job run by a former member of the union who has taken advantage of the past weakness and lack of militancy of Hutcheson’s organization to turn scab contractor. The gentleman in question, a Mr. Klein, had grown prosperous on the exploitation of carpenters at 65 cents per hour, and had developed an un- healthy disregard for union rules, When a group of militant carpenters appeared on the job led by Business Agents Kaller and Reynolds, and swept his job clear of scabs, his first reaction was to curse the union and send for the police, with the result that Reynolds was arrested. However, Hutcheson and his agents have used police, thugs, injunctions, and the state cossacks against the carpenters of Detroit to the end that they aren’t very easily scared by a show of “force.” Unionize the Job. The “warning” of the police, which is another word for intimidation, when it works, didn’t impede the pro- gress of the strike in the least. With- in two hours of the arrest and release of Reynolds, the strike was settled NE of the most menacing fea- tures of the class collaboration policy adopted by the reactionary trade union officialdom is the linking up of many sections of the trade union movement with the company unions. Ostensibly the American Federa- tion of Labor is opposed to, and fighting against, company unions, actually the trade unions, such as, the Railroad Brotherhoods thru the Watson Parker bill, the Machinist, B. & O., the Amalgamated Clothing Workers by the Nash agreement and many other unions are becoming the twin brothers of the company unions and unless a stop is put to it will be swallowed up by the com- pany unions as far as policy is con- cerned, The fact that General Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania rail- the new scheme of class collabora- tion being put over on the Rallroad Brotherhoods, should be a warning note to all progressives of the In- roads that company unionism \le making in the American labor move- ment, All militants should attend the next meeting of the T. U. E. L. at which this interesting problem will be discussed. Class collaboration and company unions are affinities, they are the weapons used by the employers to disarm the workers, At this important meeting the struggle of the left wing in the I. L. G, W. and furriers’ convention will also be\discussed. No trade unionist who believes that these dangerous tendencies should be understood and combatted will miss this meeting to be held in the Northwest Hall, to- night Feb, 3rd at 8 p. m, Every- toad stands out as a champion of body welcome, of action, which the carpenters have overlooked, and perhaps couldn’t ap- preciate anyway; that is the plan will take a long time and “Brother” Sam is comfortably situated at the Hotel Statler and quite impervious to contemptuous remarks or justified criticism. His serene contentment is a restful contrast to the hungry, anxious concern of the rank and file. Policy of Class Struggle. Locals 2140 and 1191 have been “ex- pelled” from Hutcheson’s private preserve, the Carpenters’ Union, quite against their wishes. They cannot regret losing the childish interference of senile Samuel Botterill and the deadly influence of his 55% nonsense, They have re-embarked on the long- abandoned policy of class struggle and are rapidly proving that struggle alone wlil carry the workers to victory. The carpenters of Detroit are rapidly turn- ing to a leadership which can and with a complete victory of the work- ers, a one hundred per cent union shop. This is the second job straightened out by the strike method by Czar Hutcheson’s outcasts, His agents oc- cupy themselves praying for injunc- tions and a reasonable attitude on the part of the bosses and preying on the rank and file, while the rank and file pray to be relieved of the presence of the obnoxious “Brother” Botterill, whose stay among the carpenters of Detroit has outlasted his welcome by about three years. Botterill has a pet theory that when he has 55% of the carpenters cajoled into the union by his sermons, he will say to the bosses, “Here they are, 55% of them. Count ‘em,” and the bosse will nod approval does show real accomplishments. Eastern Trainmen Demand $1 Increase NEW YORKK, Feb. 2 — Eastern railroads have received demands for increased pay for trainmen and con- ductors and were given until March 2 to make their answer. The increase demanded amounts to about $1 a day. American Legion Wants Ford. MASON CITY, la. Feb. 2—Henry Ford has been invited to attend an old- time dance sponsored by the American Legion Post, which plans to endeavor to popularize the auto makers favorite dances in Iowa. and sign on the dotted line. There is one advantage to this line ngresses at Paris, We should like to remind you that on the eve of the congress, Jouhaux wrote as follows in an article entitled: “Mor- ocean Affairs.” “The government was faced by an accomplished fact and there could be no doubt whatever that the position was dangerous. Let us trust the government. In the Moroc- can war ambitious aims and influences must not exceed that which is neces- sary in the interests of the nation.” Let us trust the government—such is the “independent” philosophy of this “independent” agent of the bour- geoisie, With such close contact with the bourgeois government it was evident that the reformist congress would turn out to be against unity. But this must not be taken as a sign that the work- | ers in the reformist unions have no desire for unity. This is certianly not the case. The desire for unity in France is at present stronger than ever, This is shown particularly clear- ly by the series of workers’ and peas- ants’ congresses at which hundreds of thousands of workers from all the districts of France are represented. These congresses, to which workers of all tendencies are invited, are also attended bl a considerable number of members of socialist parties and by local leaders of reformist trade unions. Together with the Communists and leaders of the unity unions, they dis- cuss and elaborate measures for strug- gle against war. The categorical rejection of the re- formist congress by a considerable majority of votes resulted in the fail- ure to convéne the inter-confederal congress proposed by the Unity Con- federation of Labor. But nevertheless 56 unions attended this unity congress including 19 affiliated to the reformist Confederation of Labor, The others were autonomous unions which ex- pressed the wish to discuss the ques- tion of unity jointly with the repres- entatives of the unity trade unions. The unity congress elected 50 dele- gates, who, together with the repres- entatives of the reformist and auto- nomous unions, discussed ways and means for the further struggle for trade union unity in France. At this conference the anarchists made an at- tempt to bring forward the Charter of Amiens as a platform, but they met with such determined opposition that they withdrew their proposal. The conference carried unanimously a re- solution proclaiming the necessity of struggle for the fusion of all parallel organizations, local, district, national and international, Tiris conference ttended by several powerful auto- nomous unions of civil servants who desire unity only on the basis of the class struggle. This unity ¢onference showed that there is in France within #4] To wake Henry Dubb— Send in that sub! Railway Carmen Fight Open Shop Stockyards Union railway carmen are fighting a@ lockout at the stockyards shop of the Mather Stock Car Co., a concern that makes and 1 s livestock cars to the railroads. The lockout is the second step in the plan of Pres, A. CG Mather to crush the union which has maintained high wages and good cons ditions in plant. The first step was @ similar lockout a year ago in the com- pany’s Ridge plant. The Ridge lockout ended when the long enforced unem- ployment has disorganized the union, The Ridge plant is now working open- shop. The 160 men in the stockyards plant, organized in the Brotherhood of Rail- way Carmen, have agreed to stay out as a body until they can all return, This is to prevent the company from freezing out the active unionists. Union officials will confer with the company in a few days. Wages under the union agreement averages 72c an hour with a return of 85¢ to 90c on hour for piecework. The average for similar work in unorga- nized shops is about 66c. Seniority, shop committees and the usual unino conditions prevailed. The company also has a shop in St. Louis under union agreement. Crown Prince Visits Kaiser. LONDON, Feb. 2.—The former crown prince of Germany arrived at the border town of Oldenzaal, Holland, for a visit to his father, the former \kaiser, at Doorn, according to a news dispatch from Copenhagen. Put a copy of the DAILY WORKER in your pocket when you go to your union meeting. Breslau, Scarborough the reformist Confederation of Labor an earnest tendency intent on putting an end to the split, in spite of machin- ations and maneuvers on the part of supporters of the French government of the type of Jouhaux. If one compares both these congres- ses which have taken place, the ex- tent to which reformism is weakening the labor movement becomes patent. Complimentary reports on the reform- ist congress appeared in the entire re- actionary press which emphasized the good intentions, the common sense, the statesmenlike mind and other virtues of the leaders of the reformist Confederation of Labor. In quite an- other strain were the reports of the congress of the unity trade unions. A Step Forward. The divergence of opinion between the two congresses was not only with respect to questions of unity and war. Even with respect to the practical questions now confronting the labor movement in France there was a gulf between the reformist and the revolu- tionary confederations. The unity unions brought forward the idea of the payment of wages in gold francs, This demand met not only with the flerce resistance of the bourgeoisie, but also with a strictly negative attitude on the part of the reformist congress, And yet it would seem that the =3es ques- tion is a question on which it should be possible to come to an agreement. The unity congress discussed the ques- tion of strike strategy. The discussion concentrated on the strategy of the struggle, with mass actions, whilst the st GA aR ORR AAA BENE Wa oN PN RE reformist congress spent its time in elaborating resolutions which the ad- vanced elements of the people were called upon to execute. No mention was made about the struggle at the reformist congress. The centre of all discussion was the system of negotia- tions, the personal pleasure of those in power, hopes in the league of na- tions, etc. It was no mere chance that the bourgeoisie and the Black Hun- dred press, who scent any signs of de- cay immediately, sang the praises of Citizen Jouhaux, for the well deserved all the nice things which were said by his selfdenying, if not disinterested; advocacy of triffles and real politik. These two congresses threw a vivid) Nght on the main tendencies, not only* in the French, but in the world labor movement. On the one hand reform- ism has reached the logical limit—sup- port for colonial wars, whilst on the other hand Communism has unfolded its programme not. only concerning general, but also practical questions of everyday life. In spite of the refusal of the reformist Confederation of La- bor to amalgamate, the French labor movement has nevertheless made & stride forward. The unity question is now before the masses. ht is discussed among workers in the factories and workshops, and the more it circulates amongst the masses, the more sympa+ thy it evokes, for the consistent and determined adherents of unity—the Communist Party and the Unity Cons federation of Labor. (Article 11 will appear tomorrow.) CO-OPERATIVES A new pamphlet just received from Europe of a brief speech on the subject. Of interest to farmers and all workers. ole ih eH EAA MARAT ARIE "<A