The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 4, 1926, Page 6

*Under capitalism * } eo SES Page Six THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1118 W. Washington Bivd,, Chicago, Ml. Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mali (in Chicago only): By mall (outelde of Chicago): $8.00 per year $4.50 stx month@ | $6.00 per year $3.60 six months $2.50 three monthe $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. Washington Blivd., Chicago, Iilinole 3, LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J. LOE es 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. ene <> 190 A Tribute to Commanist Influence While the gathering of business men and industrialists of Chi- cago at the Palmer House the other day to “combat the red menace,” is utterly incapable of achieving anything other than furnishing , a rather uncertain income for one Mr. Joseph B. Strauss, described as a bridge engineer, who is promoter of the American Citizenship Foundation, the fact that a considerable number of prominent ex- ploiters of labor attended is worthy of consideration. It has been a very long time since anyone aside from the dim- wits in the American Defense Society has tried to capitalize the “red menace” in this country, for the simple reason that no one paid any attention to such agitation. After Palmer and Daugherty the business of red baiting was rather odious. Rykov Spea OSCOW, U. S. S. R., (By Mail), Dec, 23—The last speaker in the debate upon the political and organ- izational report of the central com- mittee to the Fourteenth Congress of the Russian Communist Party was Comrade Rykov. He pointed out that there had not been, was not and could not be any united political line amongst the individual representa- tives of the new opposition, Comrades Kameney, Zinoviey, Sokolnikov, Lash- evitch and Krupskaya who were now together were only held together by a desire to change the party leader- ship whilst in all important questions they were of basically different and mutually exclusive stahdpoints, For instance, Sokolnikoy.. supports the opposition from the right, from the standpoint that in consequence of the existing dangers and the difficul- ties of the work of socialist recon- struction, further concessions must be made. Krupskaya pointed out that the slo- gan “Enrich Yourselves!” had conse- quences as damaging as the tendency to abolish the monopoly of foreign commerce, as this was proposed by no other person than Sokolnikoy. Rykov declared that the basic dis- pute concerned itself with the peasant Hence, it was somewhat of a surprise that so many_so-called| question and the dangers from the commercial and industrial leaders were present at the Palmer | Village. House affair. It is a tribute to the growing influence and activity of the Workers (Communist) Party in this country. At the present moment we are experiencing a period of the revo- lution in which the passive sympathy or the neutrality of the peasantry to- Not inconsequential is the fact that the Communist slogans] wards us is no longer sufficient, we brought into the anthracite strike are now being adopted by the rank and file. Our slogans have become theirs in the struggle ie is now a question of building up socialism together with the peas- against the anthracite trust. In spite of the fact that Lewis, Cap-|#™'TY, of finding effective means of pellini and their henchmen collaborated with the police to stifle our demand for a general strike by bringing out the maintenance political and economic influence in the village to lighten the work of socialist reconstruction. For this reason, the men, the logic of the struggle has forced the rank and file to adopt|question of the relationship to t%& our strategy. Then our growing influence was brought to the very doors of the Chicago exploiters of labor by the magnificent Lenin memorial demonstration in the Coliseum. A whole series of Lenin memorial middle peasantry which was raised in all clarity by Lenin'as early as the Eighth Party Congress, is of such great importance. The necessity of a continued sup- meetings and demonstrations thruout the céuntry indicated the| port for the poor peasants and the revival of revolutionary sentiment and clearly showed that the|!@"4 workers who are our chief sup- party is reaching ever larger numbers of workers, which unquestion- ably alarmed the Chicago exploiters of labor. ports in the struggle for the winning of the middle peasantry, is self-under- stood. The negative sides of the New Conscious of our power we can afford derisively to laugh at the; Economic Policie which some people feeble attempts of Mr. Strauss to enlist the support of big business|*"¢ im the habit of stressing especial- in his scheme to create a permanent job for himself and his sociates. The Anti-Quack Doctor Campaign ly, will exist for the whole period up 48"!to the building up of the whole of so- ciety upon a socialist basis. But our task will not be to cry thru all the years'\of the transitional pe- riod: The negative sides of the N. E. In one of its periodical campaigns to increase its circulation the|?: ™uSt be fought, but they must be Chicago Tribune has launched an attack, against the advertising quacks of the medical profession—those who apply the Taylor speed- fought by examining each time what new tasks have been presented to us thru new alteratiogs in the economic up system to the handling of patients who come to them with’ real | situation and in the relations of the or imaginary ailments. creatures who misinform their patients and obtain sums of ‘money proportionate to the capacity of the victim to pay. We have no objections to the exposure of such fakers, but we suggest that the investigation be carried a step farther and in- elude all the other doctors. The fact that a doctor advertises does not make him more of a quak than the one who does not advertise. people practice medicine in. order to obtain money. It is well known that most doctors when interviewed by a prospective patient, spend much more time diagnosing his pocket- book or bank book than they do diagnosing the illness. They usu- ally make the disease fit the purse. They also terminate the disease, either by curing or killing, when there is no longer any income for medical services, The evil is not confined to those physicians who advertise,. but is inherent in the capitalist system. To bring about a condition where doctors exist for the purpose .of effecting cures instead of making fortunes it is necessary to destroy capitalism. However, we do not expect the Tribune to propose such a remedy. We also strongly suspect that such exposures are en- couraged by the medical trust, known as the American Medical Association, to destroy competitive quacks. Furthermore, a survey of the practicing physicians in any community would reveal their total ignorance of the facts of modern science upon which any syst World Court Decides Labor Cases _- tem of healing must be based. The very fact that most doctors embrace some form of religion brands the profession for the most part’a fraud. No one can pos- sibly be a good doctor or even a good toothpuller without being an evolutionist and knowing something of modern science, which precludes religious superstition. An expose of the whole profession” would help to ‘create a supreme contempt for capitalism, as the most frightful and ghastly results are matters of daily occurrence in physicians’ offices. It is impossible to abolish the quackery of capitalism, without. smash- ing the power of the capitalist system itself. Mr. Bullard Is Promoted Mr: Arthur Bullard, one of the paid government liars eon- nected with Wilson’s propaganda borean at Washington, which existed for the puropse of trying ta eréate the notion that the war was being fought to make the world safe for democracy, instead of safe for Morgan's billions, has been promoted. He is now director of the information service of the league. of nations, In other words he is in charge of the international stoolpigeon agency connected with the league. His association with Mr. Wilson’s chief publicity agent, Mr. George Creel, husband of Miss Blanche Bates, and, until the war referred to in newspaper circles as “My. Blanche Bates,” eminently fitted Mr. Bullard for his present position. A member of the “com- mittee on public information,” from April, 1917,,to June, 1019, Bullard was appointed chief of the Russian division and devoted his warped talents to concocting lies against Soviet Russia. In this work he gained wide experience. The selection of Bullard, the “Russian expert” from the United States, indicates the line to be followed by the league of nations. We may now look for further mendacity against Russia, emanating from the headquarters of the imperialist brignnds at Geneva, where Mr. John Bassett Moore, the jndge on. the world court and other American prostitutes are swarming to better-serve the interests. they have always. served— the House of Morgan. ie Get a member-for the Work for The DAILY WORKER, . Glne s Party and a new subscription The quacks are exposed as most debased | ©lasses. F contradistinction to the past pe- riods, today we have the task of creating a really firm alliance of the working class with the middle peas- antry for the mutual building up of socialism thru the co-operatives, thru the industrialization of agriculture, ete. The real danger of the Kulaks does not at theymoment consist in an ‘immediate danger of a bourgeois res- toration, but in the fact that the Kul- aks attempt to draw the middle peas- antry with them and thus the strug- gle against the Kulaké is a struggle for winning the middle peasantry. The winning of the middle peasantry would be exactly identical with de- feating the Kulaks. We must isolate the Kulaks and gradually draw the middle peasantry into the work of socialist reconstruc- tion. .For this reason Stalin was right when he especially stressed the strug- gle against the digressions which un- dérestimate the middle peasantry. (HE permanent court of interna- tional justice exists for the purpose of devising legal excuses for the pred- atory designs of the league of nations. Since its organization in 1922 it has rendered 18 judgments and opinions, each of which, without a single ex- ception, legalized. a brazen piece of despotism on the part of the league of nations. Two of these directly ef- fected labor and the international la- bor organization, Part 13 of the peace treaty provides for the creation of an international labor organization. The, original states members of the league were the or- iginal members of the labor organ- ization. Every safeguard to defend the interests of the imperialists and stifle labor was provided, The permanent organization con- sists of: (1)—The genéral conference of representatives of the member na- tions: (2)—The international labor of- fice. The meeting of the general confer- ence of representatives of the states members may, by article 389 of the treaty of Versailles, be held from time to time as occasion may_require, but must be held at least once every year, Fraudulent Labor Organization oO" all the swindles arising out of Versailles the so-called labor or- ganization is the worst. Each gov- ernment is entitled to four represen- tatives, of which number two are chosen to represent the government, one to represent the bosses and one to represent orgatiizdd labor. Even tho the labor répreséntative were not a fakir the representation from each nation would be:three to one again labor, Under capitalism goverume: rd ‘ THE DAILY WORKER $$$ $$$—$_____—___—_ [Spoke at Russian, Congress| COMRADE"RYKOV Chairman of the Council of People’s Commiséars. aneneeeneresste fs, CRE Rather many mistakes are being made in the struggle* against the Kulaks for the middle peasamtry, in the ef- forts for the introduction of agricul- ture into the system of the state eco- nonomy, in particular because we have insufficient trained forces at our dise posal and many difficulties to. over- come. Amongst these latter is the op- position inside the party which is sup- ported by one or two party leaders who have their own organ and their own central organization. Zee, made a-polemic against a tendency which allegedly exists in the party to deny the petty bour- geois social nature of the middle peas-. antry. Not only theemiddle peasant but also the small peasant is a petty bourgeois, nevertheless they are diff- ferent from .the Kulgk,,from the agri- cultural bourgeois in this respect that the poor and the middle Peasant can work together with us for the build- ing up of socialism,. something. that the real village bourgeoisie will never do. To identify the middle peasant with the rest of the bgurgeoisie would mean to confuse the -party in an im- portant question and,,to destroy the policy for the winning of the middle peasantry. Kameney attempted to prove to the party gongress that the digression which. underestimates the middle peasantry ijn ¢ontradistinction from a failure to redognize the nega- tive sides of the new economic policy, was not dangerous. . Stalin was right when he stressed the danger of both digressions and particularly the fact that it is of all most<difficult for the party to create the alliance with the middle peasantry, .because we have no experience upon this field and for this purpose all the hindrances for this alliance must be cleared out of the-way. The contention of Zinoviev that there is a tendency in the party which identifies the N..E. P. with so- cialism, is baseless! ...This tendency exist only in the phantasy of Zino- viey. / YKOV pointed touthe falseness ‘of Zinoviev’s thesés* in’ his book “Leninism” according to which after the victory of the proletarian revolu- tion in the other countries the alli- ance of the working class with the peasantry would still remain neces- sary whilst the N, E. P, however, was something temporary, representatives are-always the capitalist classjvtr Even this arrangement does not sat- isty the league of:aations. It picks its own officers whoi sit at Geneva in the international jabor office, as was revealed by the fir#t@ecision of the world court, oac The general conférence at Geneva in 1922 decided that a governing body should be created. and, according to the “International bor Directory” issued by the labor Hace of the league of nations, a new cle 393 was adopted to replace the old article of the same number in the treaty of Versailles, rs. ae, It is provided in: cle 393: that: The internatio; labor office shall be under pe of a gov- erning body consisting of twenty- four persons, appointed in accord- ance with the following provisions: The governing body of the inter. national labor office shall be con- stituted as follows: Twelve persons representing the governments; Six persons elected by the dele- gates to the conference represent- ing the employers; — * Six persons elected by the dele- gates to the conference represent- ing the workers, - y Of the twelve persons represent. ing the governments eight shall be nominated by tl embers which | are of the chief industrial impor- tance, and four sh: be nominated | by the members difected for the purpose by the QGevernment dele- ga’ to the conference, excluding the delegates of the eight members mentloned | abewR tO, \ t 2 agents of | _j Select him ag their Mare Zinoviev’s disbelief,in the building up of socialism thru the N. E. P. comes from his idea that between the N. E. P. and socalism there is still further transitional period. It is also. false to consider the economic struc- ture ag unalterable for the whole pe- riod of the transition in the N, B. P. When industrial production was five per_cent of the pre-war level the eco- nomic system was quite different from what it is today now’ that the pre-war level has been almost reached. The conception of the transitional period assumes an alteration of economic ele- ments, @ continuous process of tran- sitions from capitalism to socialism. oor ney pointed out that one could not call the Soviet state in- dustry completely socialist because there was still so much illiteracy, lack of culture, housing needs, etc, But the work of socialist reconstruction con- sist exactly in the abolition of these negative sides. The. characteristics of the present period of economic de- velopment consist in the fact that the most decisive factors of the socialist reconstructién, i, e.) the state indus- tries, are developing favorably, that the correct way to the socialist re- construction and the correct: class re- lations between the working class and the working peasantry (the necessary condition for a socialist reconstruc- tion) has been found. To the conten- tion that it is mot possible in the technically backward Soviet Union to build up socialism without a proletar- ian revolution in the west, we reply that if a correct policy is adopted, this is abosultely possible. Whether we can preserve the work of socialist reconstruction from foreign interven- tion, does not depend on us, but on our surroundings, noe, then quoted from jZinoviev’s pamphlet “ThePhilosophy of the Epoch” various places according to which the idea which at present is chiefly in the minds of the masses in the Soviet Union, is the idea of equality and according to which the party must put itself at the head of the struggle for equality. In reply Rykov quoted Lenin's words: “As long as there is a class difference between the workers and the peasants, we cannot speak of equality, for if we did, we should bring grist to the bourgeois mill. Those who do not understand that in the transitional period from capi- talism to socialism there can be no equality between the workers and peasants and those who promise such equality, are advancing the program of Koltchak, even when they ‘are ‘not aware of it.” | caren ae pede to the internal party ‘ situation, Rykov réferred to™the words of Kamenev that no digres- sions of any sort from the line of Leninism existed i the central com- mittee but that, however, a group of young red professors had assembled around Bucharin and was setting up false theories Rykoy asked-whether even if this were true it were suffici- ent reason to plunge the party into the present fever of discussion and oppose the central committee with a co-speech. On the eve of the party recognized the possibility of a unani- congress Zinoviev declared that he mous drafting of the resolution to the political speech, and that all the theses of Stalin were acceptable but that, however, no alterations must take place in the present leadership of the Leningrad party organization; With this the differences of opinion revolved themselves into the dispute whether there should be one or two centers in the party. We believe that only one center can exist in the party The seats allotted to the eight mem- bers which are supposed, to be of | chiet industrial importance are occu- pied by represenatives from Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Brit- ain, India, Italy and Japan. The one colony represented is India, but the agent is not a native, but a Britisher named Sir Louis Kerschaw, The six representatives of “labor” are: Leon Johaux (France), Th. Lei- part (Germany), Tom Moore 4Can- ada), E. L. Boulton (Great Britain), Arvid Thornber® (Sweden) and Jan Oudegeest (Netherlands. The Court Decision. HE first Advisory opinion of the permanent court of (international justice rendered upon the request of the league of-nations was in regard to the selection of the labor delegate from the Netherlands, % Jan Oudegeest, long a_ servile lackey of the capitalist class, was wanted to play his role as traitor in the, office of the international labor organization at Geneva, But the rank and file of labor in the Netherlands knew him for a scoundrel and apos- tate, so the government connived wit! three small organizations of labor to representative. The trafe union that was ignored in the selection of Oudegeest protested to, the league of nations, The league referred the case to the world court and the court rendered this unique de- cision: Y “The court aneplmouety’eonaiidpe that in a country where there are several organizi work-peo- all these ng may be taken into conside in the nom- ople dele. raion which Sn name: even only one a man nh a NEAR OME AC ar NE A Ne ce T the fourteenth congress of the | Zinoviev, Kalinin, Molotov, Rykov, SECRETARIAT: Russian Communist Party the name of the party was changed te the All-Union Communist Party. The following is a list of officers of the All-Union Communist Party: MEMBERS OF THE POLITICAL BUREAU: Bucharin, Voroshilov, Stalin, Tomsky and Trotsky. Can- | didates: Rudzutak, Dzerjinsky; Petrovsky, Uglanov and Kamenev. Stalin, Molotov, Uglanov, Kossior and Evdokimov. Candidates: ‘Bubnov and Arpachina. * GENERAL SECRETARY: Stalin. ORGANIZATION BUREAU: Stalin, Molotov, Uglanov, Kosslor, Ev> dokimoy, Bubnov, Arpachina, Andreyev, Dogadov, Smirnov, and Kviring. Candidates: Michailov, Lepse, Chaplin Schmidt and Bychanov, EDITOR, OF THE PRAVDA, the central organ of the party: Bucharin, » Co-editor: Manuilsky. The Politbureau to appoint the editors of the other party papers. The delegation to the C. E. C. of the Comintern will remain as be- fore: Zinovievy, Butharin, Stalin, Kamenev nd Rykov, Candidates: Trotsky, Sokonikov, Lozovsky Piatnitsky, and from Ukraina: Manuilsky and Shumsky. * PRESIDIUM OF THE CENTRAL CONTROL COMMITTEE: Vladi- mirsky, Gusev, Ijin, Kokovichin, Komissarov, Korostelev, Korotkov, Kosarev, Krivoy, Kujbyshev, Lebed, Lengnik, Lisicin, Nazaretian, Pas- tuchoy, Roizenman, Solz, Chuzkaiev, Shkiriatov, Janson, Yaroslavsky. Candidates: Shotman, Enukidze, Sacharov, Yakoviev, Osmov, Av- deyev, Radus-Zenkevich, Kalashnikov Manjara. ‘ Chairman: Kujbyshev.. Secretariat: Janson, Yaroslavsky, Shkirlatov and Gusev. Candidates: Iijin, Chuzkaiev and Lebed. (Interruption: Correct!) and we rejected ‘Zittoviev’s: démands: with ‘Trev gard to Leningrad. ~ For this ‘reason Zinoviey refused to take a part in the work of drafting out the ‘resolutions and demanded, his co-speéch at the party congress, (Interruption. Shame!) YKOV stressed the fact.that if the opposotion had made any practical proposals in the struggle against or for the reduction of the negative ef- fect of the N. E. P., they would have been accepted without discussion, but that, apart from the proposal of Sok- olnikov, to abolish the monoply of for- eign trade;no other practical proposal was made; «60>: It is nonsense, to accuse anyone of underestimating the danger. of the strengthening *of: the Kulaks, let. the dele- gate who failpdto recognize the nega- tive sides’*of (the. N.:B..P..and the growth of the:village bourgeoisie. Ry- kov pointed out that the accusations of an underestimation of. the Kulak danger andthe stressing of the exist- ing diffictities beeome pcrticularly loud in that moment.when it was seen how exaggerated the expectations in the questién\of the provision of cere- als with a°good harvest had. been. Theopposition comrades consider that the opposition of the Kulaks was the reasOn’for the reduction of the provision <of’cereals by 200,000,000 poods. » Imi actuality. the the middle peasants andthesmiall peasants were also unwiling to sell their graim It is not a question of the opposi- tion of the Kulaks, but of the false economic plans which just Kamenev in his capacity ‘as: chairman of the council for labor and defense failed to correct iwitime. Kamenev was in charge. of ‘the general regulation of economic plans, whilst it was exactly the majority) of the central cgmmit- tee which ‘recognized the mistake in time’ and: altered the earlier plans. i Poke opposition think that such an open -discusison as they de- mand could not in the present mo- ment'remain inside the party, for the question of the varied attitudes to the various sections ,of ,.the peasantry would be ‘discussed: by «these sections has ‘the’ largest) membership, even tho that one! May be the mos repre- sentative." Shite ri c On the~basis: of the formation of this general ‘principle’. the court, with Morgan's judge, Mr, John Bass- ett. Moore, sitting on the case, decided in fayor,.of the Netherlands govern- ment ani sie ‘the ‘bonaflde labor organizat: t n' ae It protected its good and taftntin servant, Mr. Jan Oudegéest, even tho it had to perform a-legal’brain contor- tion to sa¥e*his seat for him. No wonder Bill) Green, ‘Morris Hillquit and sompof the other fakirs in the Americanslabor and. yellow. socialist, movement, favor, the world court! © The: second, and last labor decision. of the court had to do with the ques- tion of .whether, the interfiatfonal’ la- hor, org could extend | ité power to the International regulation of the labor of workers engaged in agriculture.” ¥ % This arose over a question of labor in some parts of India and the de- mands of Great Britain were granted, thereby placing the sanction of inter- nationalrlaw upon the plantation ex- ploitation of the colonials, (All the details of the case are not available at this time—H. M, W.) ‘The international labor organization exists, as an adjunct of the league of nations, to ald the insatiable imper- lalists of the world systematically to oxnibl eh te world, and the function of that Other branch of the league’ ot natiois—the “World court—is to~ fur- nish 1 excuses for its plundert jeparable parts of when you dis ‘The DAILY WORKER , with still greater passion and would let loose a political struggle amongst the non-party masses, When the opposition sets up such impossible demands, it has as its aim the intimidation of the majority, for it knows that the party is interested Tin the co-operative work of Stalin, Zinoviev, Rykov, Kamenev and the others, The opposition and all members of the party should know that the party will never give way to such demands and that the party has never nor will it ever bend the knee either to Stalin or to Kameney (Stormy applause), The party has grown, during the years of revolution new and trained forces have grown up and the party will not experience any difficulty should it be necessary to do without one or the other of us (Applause), Rykov quoted several declarations of Zinoviev from last year’s discus- sion against Trotzky in which Zino- viev fought energetically against any faction or formations, against any groupings, Rykov expressed the wish that Zinoviev and the Leningrad del6- gation would repeat their words in fa- vor of the unshakable unity of the party and against the formation of, fractions again today, now that it is twice as necessary (Applause!) YKOV closed: I will not deny that our socialist reconstruction is meeting with difficulties and will con- tinue to meet with them, that the N. E. P. has negative sides and danger- ous characteristics. But each mem- ber of the party must recognize that the actions of the opposition at the party congress can bring a hundred times greater difficulties, should they develop into a fractional struggle. For this reason the party congress must see to it that the future central committee, no matter what its compo- sition may be, shall not be opposed with any other centgr, with any other organization, with its own press and its own connections. Double centers, feudalism and the league of n&tions have no room in our party (Stormy and protracted applause and ovations, Singing of the linternational. Cries: Long live the Unity om the Russian Communist Party). By H. M. Wicks court is the most important part of the machine for the simple reason hat it,makes the decisions that are carried into effect by the armed power of the league, exercised thru one or more of its members. ake see Next ArticlemThe Decisions of the ‘World Court Against t! viet Union, Matteotti Murderers Will Face ‘Trial’ the Early Part of March — , ROME, Feb, 2 — According to the Regime Fascista, the personal organ of Deputy Farinacci, secretary general of the fascist party, the trial of the murderers of Matteotti will take place the early part of March, In the same issue it states that the socialist deputies Gonzales™fnd Modi gliani, who undertook to represent Matteotti's widow and to see to it that “justice” was dealt to the murder- ers have decided not to participate in the trial. Matteotti's widow and chil- dren will not appear as plaintiff's, asts the fascist organ, ; The five murderers are to be defend- ed by five ldwyers and. Amerigo Du- mini, who is pointed out as the slayer of Matteotti, is being defended, by De- puty Farinacci, doubtedly ritewaan the five murder- ers and set them ftee, —_—_—__ , You do they => with you iit SEED “ ory in it. ks at Russsian Party Congress | RUSSIAN PARTY NOW CALLED THE ALL-UNION COMMUNIST PARTY - ) The court will un-*