The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 16, 1926, Page 3

[ —— IDLE GERMANS PROVE FAILURE OF DAWES PLAN Social-Democrat Lead- ers Bargain for Places ‘Special to The Dally Worker) RLIN, Feb, 14—The utter failure of the Dawes plan is shown in the alarming growth in the number of un- employed. So serious is the situation that the reichstag has incre: out-of-work allowance by 30 per cent. The total entirely without work of any kind if officially announced as 2,000,000. Part time workers number 2,500,000. As many more who receive unem- ployment doles are looking vainly for jobs in the industrial cities of the country. In addition there are the “white collar” workers whose total brings the proportion of unemployed up to an eighth of the entire popula- tion. In other words, one out of every eight persons have no way of making a living. This is a larger percentage than in England. The distress among the workers places the social-democrats in a diffi- oult, situation for they were among the staunches supporters of the Dawes plan. Instead of organizing the proletariat for the overthrow of the Hindenburg government, ae the Communists are, the social-democratic leaders waste their time bargaining for political positions with Luther, the head of the coalition cabinet. The new finance minister, Dr. Peter Reinhold, is not at all dismayed by the misery among the workers. He is confident that his program, which includes an increase tax on brandy, will ble Germany to survive the eri He proposes a 50 per cent cut in the levy on mergers, believing that in this way the trustification of indus- try and finance will be expedited. His plan, as might be expected, entirely ignores the workers. Little Entente Balks at Soviet Recognition VIBNNA, Feb. 14 -- The foreign ministers of the Little Entente, Czecho-Slovakia, Jugo-Slavia, and Roumanig, meeting at Temsvar, have agreed not to recognize the Soviet Union at this time. Dr. Benes, of Czecho-Slovakia, objected to the recognition because it would enable the Soviets to establish consulates thruout his country. - that a second conference of the min- isters will be held in May. The Balkan pact, which would |), unite Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia, was approved and the hope expressed that the two latter nations would take part. This alignment was a product of the,Locarno pact and all these negotiations represent the ef- fort to establish a solid European bloc against the Soviet Union., The foreign ministers, who _ Indemnity for the Ex-Kaiser —From the Rote Fahne, official organ of the German Communist Party. The “democratic” government of the German “republie,” with the aid of the socialists, is Indemnifying the ex-kalser, returning to him “his” property which has temporarily been taken away from him by the revolution, The once Rusian czar received his just deserts from the revolution, but the Com- munists are In power there. The Communists are not in power in Germany. “REWARDING FRIENDS, PUNISHING ENEMIES” POLICY AIDS THE UNION- HATING BOSSES; FORM LABOR PARTY! By ARNE SWABECK. By official endorsement the Chicago Federation of Labor has now placed itself in support of the Tribune-Crowe-Small candidate for the coming repub- lican party primaries for United States senator from Illinois. It is a strange combination indeed. The Tribune, the special mouthpiece of the big industrial corporations, edited by James Patten, the wheat gambler and McCormick, the king of the harvester trust, the one Chicago daily LABOR UNIONS UNIT OF POWER which is the most outspoken against labor; constantly, vilifying and slan- dering the unions and the publicity of the capitalist dictatorship. Frank party platform. Whether the United States govern- agent of the notorious “citizens’ com- mittee.” The State’s Attorney Rob- ert Crowe, who in company with Dud- ley Taylor takes upon himself to raid union headquarters, arrest union offi- cials and union pickets, put them thru third degree methods and use the power of hig office to attempt to de- stroy the unions. Len Small, the governor of Illinois convicted for a million dollar graft from public funds while holding the office of state treas- urer, now presiding at the “steal” works in Springfield. The special candidate of this combination has ob- tained the official endorsement of the It_is- reported | Chicago central labor body. Candidate of Union Smashers. While politics may make strange edfellows what other results could be *}expected from a policy of “reward- ing friends and punishing enemies” so ardently sponsored by the present trade union officials. What is the difference between Mc- Kinley and Frank L. Smith, the two contending ‘candidates-in the coming republican party primaries? Both are re | members of. the same party, control- each responsible for the very large|ted by the same labor-hating, strike- armies maintained to prevent a labor breaking and union-smashing corpora- revolution in their own countries, | tions. Both are pledged to uphold the hypocritically complained of the size same platform and serve the same in- of the Russian armed forces and al terests which are the mainstay of leged that the Soviets were the bar to| the exploitation and suppression of la- general disarmament. Jen Druca, | bor, To appear “good” or “bad” on foreign minister for Roumania, cre-|minor issues at certain times does ated a sensation by his declaration | not change their hide or alter their that as his own government was li- | fundamental policies, They are both able to be overthrown at any moment, | tools of the republican party and of the decisions reached would not be|the capitalist system. binding so far as his country was concerned. ‘When the Chicago Federation of La- bor still supported the modest efforts made toward independent political ac- “The power of the working ciass is |tion by the workers many delegates organization, Without organization of | would loudly proclaim their disgust the masses, the proletariat—is noth-| with any attempt to make it a tail ing. Organized—it is all. Organiza:|end to the two old capitalist parties tion is unanimity of action, unanimity | and declare their adherence to the -* practical activities.” in the Little Red Library MARX AND ENGELS REVOLUTION IN AMERICA By Heinz Neuman More than fifty years ago the ve minds who first formu lated =Communist principles— also foresaw the development ‘of American Labor. The first’ American publica- tion of this invaluable historical material In the Little Red Lib- rary, brings with it the added advantage of its preparation belng made by one of jay's leading figures in the revolu- tlonary movement of Germany. Ready Soon— No. 7—The Damned Agi- tator and Other Stories by Michael Gold. 10 Cents Each Twelve Copies for One Dollar. ‘Telephone Lehigh 6022 DR. ABRAHAM MARKOFF Surgeon Dentist f . id i ae tm LU Sete A 3 2to 8 Seis Sones 92 Prien se ne Ph memes *y fos B AE | has no intention whatever, -|building of a labor party. Yet the federation has now by its last official action completely reverted to the old time worn political policy of the Ame- rican Federation of Labor bureauc- racy. This despite the many bitter experiences of so-called good capital- ist politicians placed in office and con- tinuing to use the government as an instrument of oppression of the work- ers. Reward’ “Good” Men. For instance, in 1922, the Chicago Labor Committee on Injunctions, cre- ated by Sam Gompers, made endorse- ments of a number of so-called “good” judges on the two ol capitalist tickets, some of whom were elected and have since succeeded in establishing a black injunction record for them- selves. The women's eight-hour bill has been constantly sabotaged by the so-called friends of labor in the MIli- nois state legislature, And surely none of them can be depended upon to op- pose the proposed state constabulary bill whenever the big corporations get ready to use pressure to put it thru, At the last republican party nomi- nation convention Len Small head- ing the Illinois delegation helped to put over the strike-breaker Coolidge and “Hell’n Marid” Dawes. When ‘Samuel Gompers appeared asking for consideration for a labor's bill of particulars to be inserted in the par- ty's platform he was given a cold shoulder, Labors’ demands, of course, were ignored. The republican party ‘|L. Smith, the state chairman of the republican party, despite any labor endorsement will remain loyal to his deviate of Be deen from ite distinct line ment is dominated by the republican or democratic makes no difference whatever, It is an instrument of op- pression of the workers directly aim- ing to break up the trade unions. In 1919, under the Wilson administra- tion, the Anderson injunction was handed down against the miners on strike, In 1922, under the Harding administration, the coal operators were invited to open up their mines, during the strike with scab labor under government protection, The same year the infamous Daugherty in- junction was issued against the strik- ing’ railroad shoperafts” ‘prohibiting any and all legitimate trade union activities. No protests were heard from the so-called labor friends amongst the capitalist politicians. John H. Walker, in pleading for the endorsement of the Keeley Cure magnate of Dwight before the Chicago Federation of Labor, ited some inter- esting statistics on crimes which un- doubtedly were correct. He stated that 47% of all individuals falling on the criminal road could be traced to the fact that their childhood had witnessed the loss of one or both parents and its resulting social neg- lect. The other 53% could be traced to heredity or “defective environ- ments.” Is this not a terrible indict- ment of the capitalist system and its rulers? If parents die society is not responsible for their children, Under the economic conditions of the system parents of working class families are mostly both compelled to work in fac- tories to eke out a meager existence, the children, if not also in.the tangs of dreadful factory slavery are left to care for themselves subject to the sensational, poisonous capitalist pro- paganda in their newspapers and movies, Such are the conditions, the “defec- tive environments,” which are being upheld by the staunch supporters of the old capitalist parties be they Frank L. Smith or McKinley or any- one else. The policy of “rewarding friends and punishing enemies,” amongst the agents of privilege, the so-called policy of political neutrality is in reality no neutrality but becomes outright support to the capitalist par- ties and thus support to the capitalist system regardless of “good” men and “bad” men, Need Labor Party, The class struggle presents a series of cold bitter facts which on so-called theory or policy of neutrality can change. And the only security for the workers, and the trade unionists in particular is to recognize their class position and act politically as a class protecting their class interests, Despite the fact that the movement for a labor party has received tem- porary setbacks the policy to be pursued by the Chicago Federation of Labor should be as a first step to call a conference of all trade unions of the city for the purpose of discuss- ing the possibility of uniting on a slate of labor candidates for the com- ing elections—candidates. pledged to a labor platform and controlled by labor, Laundries Challenge Unions, SEATTLE—(FP)—Twenty-six lqun- dry companies in Seattle have seryed notice that from now on they will op- erate open shop. This cancels the agreement with the unions which has been in existence nine years, The workers are considering strike action. nn mph subi THE DAILY WORKER ~ UNDER SOVIETS Central Labor Bodies Decide Issues By ESTHER LOWELL (Federated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 14—(FP)—“The central labor union, is the unit of) power in Soviet Russia like the bank is in the Unitéd States,” says Scott Nearing, member teachers union and Federated Press correspondent who has returned from an extended trip thru Europe to*lecture in this country. “If you want anything done, you go to the central labor union about it.” 7,250,000 Workers Organized. Seven and a quarter million work- ers in Russia belong to trade unions, a gain of nearly a million last year. | Nearing states: that about 95% of all | Russian industrial workers are union | members and are second only to the coopreatives ih being the largest or- ganized group, The unions have more power because they are aggressive organizations., The unions have a large culture, fund to carry on educa- tional and social work among their members. Theis feature particularly impressed the,German trade union delegation whose report on Russia Nearing brought over. “The basic law of the land is the labor code,” asserts Nearing, “just as the property eode is in the United States and other capitalist countries, It’s as bad to work a man over eight hours in Soviet Russia as it is to steal or otherwise violate the property code here. You have to understand, as the British trade union delegation stresses in its report, that the work- ing class is the ruling class in Russia before you can interpret what is going on there, Outside of Moscow and Leningrad in the smaller communities where the N. £. P. has little influence, the workers are almost 100% in con- trol. if Protect Workers’ Health. “Complete free health service is proyided in Russia like fire protection here. You notify the proper authori- ties— turn fn’the alarm—when you are, ill and need attention. Nurseries are provided as a matter of course for working mothers’ children. There is @ cooperative’-restaurant ' in every factory wi wholesome nourishing food is supp¥ied the workers.” Co- operatives led about 45% of all salesin Ri gst. year, ‘i tween Russian work- », German, Latvian, in fact almost other European work- ers as to rial well-being is ob- vious, Nearing notes. Russian work- ers are wearing whole warm well- made boots other clothes where workers in other countries are clad in well-worn, shabby or ragged gar- ments and shoes. Russian workers get enough d food to eat while other European workers are on slim and poor ratiotis, The apparent apathy of the mass of German workers is due to their undernourishment, their hunger, Nearing says. Europe's Workers Starving. In the spirit of the workers, the contrast between Russia and other countries is even more marked, “Eve- ryone I talked to in Russia believes that they're going ahead—and you can see constructive activities on all sides. They're hopeful. Coming out of Russsia into Germany is like com- ing from a bright spring day into a dark cellar.” In Spain and Italy and Balkan countries the labor movement has been forced underground. Thou- sands of workers are in prisons in these countries for trade union ac- tivities, besides ‘those, in for political opposition. “Primo de Rivera is near- ly as bad as Mussolini. The military dictatorship is ‘everywhere evident in Spain, Each ‘train has its military guards, armed.” : For World Trade Union Unity. Among militant European workers the demand for world trade union un- ity is growing insistent, Nearing found. Unity papers are being start- ed in Belgium’ and Germany and soon in Hollafd, France and Scandi- navian countries. The pioneer Eng- lish paper Trade Union Unity has many British trade union officials constantly cortributing articles in support of its dim—world trade union unity, Airplanes Will Spray Weevil Infested Areas WASHINGTON, D, C,, Feb. 14 — The agriculture department will be given $250,000 for experiments with airplanes to devise ecient meang of Spraying poisons on large areas of boll weevil infested cotton in the South, under the Ransdell bill, re- ferred to the senate approriations committee today. Senater Ransdell declared airplanes apparently offer- ers and Pol! ed the main hope of keeping down the ravages of the weevil, These cause an annual loss to cotton plant: ers of tens of millions of dollars, “Efficient tyyes Of planes, which ean thoroly spray arsgenical and oth- er types of poisons Over large areas are what we nee said Ransdell, fd yn of The DAILY R for every meeting Page Three Squeezing Out the Nepman —From Nashe Gazeta, Moscow. Direct trade between the state industries and the co-operatives in Soviet Russia is urged by the ohief of the state industries, Comrade Djerjinsky (shown at the left) and the chief of the co-operatives, Comrade Khinehuk (shown at the right). The nepman, the middieman and profiteers will be squeezed out by this plan. JEWISH COLONIZATION IN SOVIET RUSSIA PROCEEDS MORE RAPIDLY THAN IN ZIONIST-RUN PALESTINE By WILLIAM KRUSE (Special Moscow Correspondent of The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Feb. 14.—Jewish colonization, after 40 years of Zionist effort and eight years of Balfour's “freedom,” shows very poor results in Palestine as compared with the similar movement in Soviet Russia. The Zionist organization reported to the high commissioner representing the league of nations ((according to information published in Moscow), that of the 84,000 Jews in Palestine in 1922, 15,000 or 18%, were engaged in agri- culture, During the last year about 10,000 dessiatins of new land were taken up by Jewish farmers, making 75,000 +——————_________________ in all under Jewish ownership. Colonists Increase. In Soviet Russia, on the other hand, during the last year alone, 5,468 fam- ilies of new colorfists were settled up- on 84,850 dessiatins of new land open- ed to them. While the expenses of buying land and coloyizing in Pales- tine came to 270 roubles pet dessiatin, in Russia the expenses were only 35 roubles per dessiatin. The settlement by districts was as follows: Dessiatins No. Families new land Ukrainia ... 362 45,867 White Russia 10,000 Gomel Gubernia 296 2,411 Crimea .. 26,582 5,468 84,860 Half Funds from America, Somewhat more than half of the money required for this work came from the American Jewish coloniza- tion organ, to be exact, 1,600,000 rub- les out of a total of 2,810,000. It is interesting to note that 100,000 con- tributed by the government came from funds raised thru the sale of Your Union lieeting Third Monday, Feb. 15, 1926, of Local and e of Meetin 123 'N. Clark 1 Bridge and Structural Iron Work- ers, 910 W. Monroe St. Boot and Shoe, 1939 Milwaukee Av Hebrew, 3429 W, Roos ers, 5 1710 N. Winches’r 880 Sherman Ave, 180 W. Washington 8t 4003 Roosevelt Rd, 2705 W. 38th St. 4039 W. Madison 2040 W. North A\ S. C, 9139 Commercial S.C., 1438 W. 18th St, S. C., 1457 Clybourn 222 N. West St., Wa » 2040 W. North Ave, Executive Board, a ton St Roosevelt meeting 7:30 m. 331 aan ged Enginemen, 64th and ve. 698 Firemen and Enginemen, Madison and mento, 18 Glo ‘ors, 1710 N. Winches- 76 riers, 814 W. Harrison St. 8 Pe sdashtiied 328 W. Van ™ 726 8. Western Ave. $74 Congshoremen, Tug, 386 N, Clark 265 Machinists, 78th St, and Dobson Machinists, 1638 N: Halsted St. nance of Way, 1543 W. 103d nance of Way, 202 W. 47th 175 W. Washington St, 635 'N. Cleero & 6 W. Ave. th AN 118th St. Kedzie Ave. ‘ks, 169 N. State St. Metal Workers, 1638 lors’ Union of Great Lakes, $55 . Clark Street ‘* on W. Washington St, ers, 11526 Michigan Av 220 S. Ashland 8 3 p.m. Teamsters, 220 8. Ashiand Bivd. SICK AND DEATH BENEFI SOCIETIES 721 758 772 Frauen-Kranken-Unterstuetaun: rank iarotin 98 Verein fort Meets wivigeer Pak Hain jursday, synagogue treasures seized during the hunger years of 1921-2. About 100,000 only was contributed by the colonists, the rest coming from banks and other institutions. So popular is the colonization-move that 32,000 fam- ilies have already registered for tak- ing up land as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made. The growth of the Jewish agricultural workers is shown to be as follows: 1914, 53,000; 1924, 76,000; 19265, 100,- 000; 1926, 180,000. About 35 per cent of the 2,750,000 Jews now in the confines of the Union of Socialist Soviet Russia are shown to be gainfully employed, of those able to work the figure would be nearer 50 per cent. Of 1,000,000 workers, 300,000 are organized. The remaining 700,000 are «mall artisans, members of the free professions, etc. Of the small artisans, 100,000 are organized, and the growth of their organizations is shown by the fact that in 1924 they had 30 productive organizations and 86 trading groups, while in 1925 there were already 330 productive and 167 - | dominate, trading groups. In Soviet Government. The extent of the political activity of the Jewish minority is also very in- teresting. Thus in 32 towns and 19 village soviets business is conducted in the Jewish language. The same is true in 16 law courts. Of Jewish del- egates to rural soviets in the Ukraine there were 3,906? in the city soviets 2,788 (21.6 per cent) in the district soviets 248. In White Russia Jewish deputies make up 3.8 per cent of the delegates to the rural soviets, There are a large number of schools in which the Jewish language is used, as is‘also that of other national minor- ities in other districts where they pre- This has been covered in a previous story, 4: :G-.@ Red Steamers Between Odessa and Viadivistock, This year saw the beginning of di- rect Soviet steamship connection be- tween Buropean Russia and its tar- flung port, Vladivistock. As a start two large steamers, the “Transport” and the “Dekabrist” are plying the route, each ship making four trips per year. Cargoes for the outward jour ney, toward the Pacific, have always been plentiful, but until recently the return trip could not be made to pay. But now the “Dekabrist” is leaving Viadivistock with a full cargo of tim- ber for Japan, where it loaded 7,000 tons of coal for Singapore, and, stop ping at Shanghai, it took on a large consignment of tea for Odessa. Many Soviet trading firms handling textiles, tobacco, lime, fruit, etc., are urging the increase of the service and plans are being made to add three smaller steamers to the line, which, because of their limited capacity could mgre easily be filled with cargo on the "|return trip. Soviet Professor Invents New Light MOSCOW, U. S. S, R, Feb, 14.-— (Tass)+-The Soviet professor Heckel has constructed a new electric lamp Of 1,000,000,000 candles, without a reflector. The tests of the lamp by the Experimental Electro-Technical Laboratory have shown that, supplied with mirrors, the lamp could give Mbp Do aillert soptien. rg + BIMBA CASE IS SECOND SCOPES TRIAL IN U.S. I. L. D. to Push Case to Highest Court (Special to The Daily Worker) BROCKTON, Feb. 14 — The arrest of Anthony Bimba, associate editor of the Communist daily Laisve, under the 229 year old blasphemy law is creat- ing a sensation around Massachusetts such as the Dayton Scopes case creat- ed. The newspapers have been carry- ing the story of the arrest and of his trials and mass meetings that he has addressed in streamer headlines on the front page with stenographic re- ports of his speeches. Visitors from different parts of the country are flocking in to listen to a case that far surpasses that of the Scopes case in importance. The judge has issued his warning that tho he knows this case will attract nation- wide attention and visitors will come | trom different parts of the country to listen to the trial he will not make the same concessions to the visitors that were made in Dayton, Tenn. Newspaper Reporters Flock to Trial. Newspaper reporters from the big eastern and middle western dailies with their army of photographers were in and around the court room to gather material for their stories | 80 that readers from far distant points might be able to read of how the trial is progressing. The action of the Lithuanian na- tionalists and the clericals in framing up Bimba has caused many of the more progressive Lithuanian workers to line up with the International La- bor Defense and other working clase organizations that are fighting this case. The American Lithuanian Workers Literature Association, tie Workmens’ Circle No. 175, the Mothers’ League of New England, The Lincoln Club, formed by a number of Lithuanian citizens are behind the Workers (Com- munist) Party and the International Labor Defense to push this case thru. Police Hard-up. In an interview Irving Hoffman, rep- resenting the International Labor De- fense and who successfully defended, a@ number of the striking Checker taxi-cab drivers, declared: “The court officials and police of Brockton must be hard put, in order to hang something on my client, when they dig up a corpse that has been buried for 229 years. “The law is undoubtedly on the statute books, but it is my personal opiinon that we have advanced some since the day this statute was in- voked. We will fight this case to a finish.” When Stanley Smith, the vice- president of the Lithuanian National Hall Association, in which the talk for which Bimba was arrested was held, was interviewed he declared: Dirty Frame-up, “It is all a dirty frame-up. Unless the Eudaco witnesses perjure them- selves, the court cannot find our speaker guilty, Eudaco is the last man in the world who should talk about religion. The only thing he is interested in is getting control of the governing board of the Lithuanian Na- tional Hall.” Bimba's trial will be held February |24 and is being handled by the Inter national Labor Defense, ° That worker next door to you may not have anything to do to night. Hand him this eopy of the DAILY WORKER. A Joint Celebration for THE DAILY WORKER and THE FREIHEIT with a GRAND DANCE Westminster Hall, 3806 Olive St, Saturday, Feb. 27 Tickets in Advance 50 Cents, at the Door 75 Cents. MEET ME AT THE Manhattan Lyceum CAFETERIA 66—68 E. 4th St, New York, N. 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