The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 3, 1926, Page 6

Page Six THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, 1113 W. Washington Blvd,, Chicago, Ill, Phone Monroe 4712 a SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in Chicago only): By mail (outsids of Chicago): $8.00 per year $4.60 six months { $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Illinois J, LOUIS ENGDAHL ‘WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J. LOEB... NES ale ata TA ADO RRR REARS OS EASES NAN ORT eh Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill., under the act of March 3, 1879, .. Editors ..Business Manager Advertising rates on application. ——) << 290 A Spontaneous Auto Works Strike The strike of the workers of the Haynes-Ionia auto body con- cern of Grand Rapids contains two valuable lessons: for labor— that is the necessity for amalgamation and organizing the unorgan- ized workers in the automobile industry. Long neglected by the official machine of the American Federation of Laborbecause the technique of mass production: has wiped out the craft lines upon which the unions are based, the hundreds of thousands of workers in this industry have never been mobilized for struggle against the ever growing power of the great auto magnates. Attempts at or- ganization by the A.’F. of L. always exposed the inherent weak- nesses of craft unionism and placed'upon the order of ‘the day the necessity for amalgamation. ‘ But organization by industry instead of by craft interfered with the various interests of. the leaders of the craft unions. They always place their own petty interests as officials. above the interests of the labor movement as a whole. So, rather than risk the internal dissention aroused in such organizational efforts, the A. F. of L. deliberately ignored this important industry, leaving the workers unorganized. Shunned by the official machine of the labor movement the auto workers have for years feebly groped toward organization, with varying degrees of local temporary relief, but without creating any permanent organization representative of the interests of the masses employed in the industry. The, fact that the industry, even in isolated places, is rotten ripe for organization, is proved by the spontaneous strike in Grand Rapids against the wage cut announced by the employers. The Auto, Aircraft and Vehicle Workers of America has re- sponded to the call for organization of the strikers and is on the job. The strikers are flocking to join the organization. We hope this can be made the starting point for the organization of the in- dustry on industrial union lines and that the Jeaders of that union will then strive to amalgamate their forces with the unions affiliated with the A. F. of L., that claim jurisdiction over ‘certain classes of workers, into one powerful union embracing all workers in the in- dustry. Praiseworthy indeed is the attitude of the local Central Labor Council officials who have joined wholeheartedly in the struggle re- gardless of the fact that an independent union is conducting the strike. This augurs well for the success of the &trike and is a guarantee against the employers being able to use. the machinery of the Central Labor Council ayainst the strikers as was the case in the Paterson silk strike of 1924, when the State Federation of Labor gang, connected with the crooked political machine in control of the state government, tried to break the strike by issuing scur- rilous attacks upon the strikers and their leadership, May the Grand Rapids strike herald the dawn of a new day in the auto industry! Fight Against State Police Again the forces of reaction, the apostles of. nation-wide scab- bery, are endeavoring to establish a system of strikebreaking cos- sacks in Illinois in order to repeat here the murderous assaults that are common wherever these bands of plug-uglies, hooligans and gunmen exist. There is nothing good that has ever been said or scan be said in favor of state constabulary. Some of their supporters, like Representative Ralph H. Hoar of Elgin, try to befog the real motive for the existence of such a force, which, as everyone knows is strikebreaking, by suggesting that their “duties” include enforcement of prohibition. This is ob- viously bunk, and nothing else. Give the state cossack jurisdiction over illicit-booze peddling and you increase his graft. Instead of eliminating booze selling it will simply be organized by the state police, and those who pay enuf graft will get cossack protection. Prohibition enforcement is advocated in order to conceal the strikebreaking character of the proposal. for state police, Organized labor must speak in,no uncertain terms regarding this murderous threat against the labor movement. Authorities Must Protect “Society” Karl Carroll, Broadway showman, who staged the notorious “bath-tnb” party where some 300-¢minent members of the capitalist lass drank booze dipped from a tub containing a naked artist's model, will escape persecution’ beeause he gave .the grand jury in- vestigating the degenerate affair a dist of names of those present. Among them were well-known ‘and highly respected ladies and gentlemen of: the capitalist’ upper’strata in New York, who pose before the workers as models’of purity, sweetness and light. The workers must never be permitted to know the facts regarding the actual depravity of their “betters.” The authorities are supposed to protect “sociey”—eapialist soeiety—and -hence they must aid in perpetuating the illusions held by workers regarding, the superiority of the ruling class by suppressing facts regarding their debaucheries. Mr. Carroll is a judicious showman and court-jester for the bourgeoisie. He is careful to see to it—as a matter of protection— that his revelries tended by those who dare not let the facts ding their perversions become public property for fear of dis- pelling the illusion that they are superior peope. Every worker who expects to function as a leader in the strug- les of his class should attend the classes at the Workers’ Schools if within veach of those classes; if this is not possible study the classics of the revoiutionary movement until such time as a school ig in your reach, The Dawes plan adyoeates will have a difficult time explaining _ Why Germany today suffers from an unemployed army. of 2,030,000-— the-largest in-history—if the scheme of Wall Streetis,as the social- democrats would have th Vlilieve, a boon to the wey class, What has become of the Geneya disarmament ‘con rence that we heard 80 much about after Locarno? eT, By JOHN PEPPER. NUMBER of new phenomena are to be observed in the internation- al movement. The temporary stabil- ization of capitalism has, in some countfies, given fresh vigor to the ranks of the aristocracy of labor and increased its privileges, with the re- sult that the labor movement has to a certain extent, veered to the right. On the other hand, two powerful fac- tors are more and more driving the masses of workers into opposition to capitalism, and in this way producing a strong current toward the left in the labor movement; these factors are 1) the crisis and the wholesale unemploy- ment in a number of countries; 2) the successful building up of socialism in the Soviet Union. In view of the general veering to the left of the pro- letariat and the crystallization of left groups, we can speak with some justi- fication of a new growth of tendencies in favor of a second and a half inter- national. We will cite the most im- portant signs. The alliance of the English and * Russian proletariat. The joint advisory council for trade union unity of\the working classes of Great Brit- ain and the Soviet Union in itself rep- resents a form of organization of this alliance, The continued unemploy- ment and the hopeless industrial crisis compel the English workers to regard the Soviet Union as the only large market in which it would be possible to sell English wares. The rapid succession of a liberal, conserva- tive and a labor ministry and the re- turn to power of a conservative gov- ernment have given sufficient evi- dence of the impossibility of improv- ing the situation of the English work- er in the capitalistic anarchy. At the same time, the prospects of social construction in the Soviet Union fill Free Kabaktchieff--Bulg By V. KOLAROV. N December 21, 1925, the case of the central committee ‘of the Bul- garian Communist Party was examin- ed in the Sofia appeal court, the charge being that of preparing, de- claring and leading thi September armed rising. For reasons of proced- ure, the case was postponed to an- other date. To the White Guard government and the whole Bulgarian bourgeoisie supporting it in the struggle against the Communist Party and the revo- lutionary movement in the country the moral significance of this trial now is that by means of inflicting a sentence on the central committee, it must justify the provocative policy of the propertied class power which led to the September events. Of all those charged, only Comrade Kabaktchieft is in the hands of ‘‘just- ice,” The man, who for years has been the teacher and leader of the Bulgarian workers, must rot for many more years in white guard exile and is subjected every day to the threat of being shot. Comrade Kabaktchieff is a valuable hostage in the hands of Zankov bands, Their swords continuously drawn above his head, these bands necessari- ly threaten the life of one of the front line fighters of not only the Bulgar- ian Communist Party, but of the whole Communist International. Kabaktchieff, who, in spite of his 47 years" has completely preserved his youthful faith in the inevitability and proximity of the victorious interna- tional revolution with stoical firmness and unshakable spirit has already for two and a half years tolerated in pris- on the heavy trials to which are sub- jected the fighters in the Communist Party. _ Edited Teachers’ Organ. Entering the ranks of the fighters against the capitalist social order att- er a thoro study of the principles of scientific socialism, he has preserved his learning for theoretical deepening of problems of the labor movement right up to the present day. No soon- er had he left the high school when he became the ideologist of the so- clalist left in the Teachers’ Union and edited its organ. Progressive teachers are to a large degree indebt- ed to Kabaktchieff in that from the early days of the movement he went hand in hand with the proletariat and actively participated in the revolution- ary struggle of the latter. » The student years in France and Switzerland, enabled Kabaktchieff to deepen and extend his theoretical knowledge and to study directly the socialist movement in the west. It was here that he was being molded into a future proletarian leader, who understood the significance of — the theory of scientific socialism for cor- rect leadership of the labor move- ment and at the same time was per- meated with the conviction that Marx- ism can be inspired and well-assimilat- ed only by means of active participa- tion in the proletarian struggle. Edits Party Papers. He did not experience any attrac- tion whatsoever for his profession as lawyer, which he took up after leav- ing the university. He left this pro- fession at the first invitation of the central committee of the party to join the editorial board of the party or- gan Rabotnitcheski Vestnik (Labor Herald). During the period that he was assistant editor, and from 1910 as editor, he directed the central party organ right up to the time of its prohibition by the government in September, them with fresh hopes. That the Fin- nish and Norwegian trade unions have joined the unity committee is a fur- ther sign of the growth of this fight- ing spirit. The success of the labor delega- * tions. One of the most impor- tant characteristics of our time is in- dubitably that the European workers have begun to “discover” the Soviet Union, The success of the English delegation of workers was extraordin- ary, and the results of the visit of the German workers’ delegation are grad- ually becoming more and more evi- dent. There were years in which the Soviet Union was amo inexhaustible source of revolutionaryvinspiration to the workers of the whole world. Then came the civil war. /Bdth the famine and living conditions in the Soviet Union began to be use@ as a “terrible warning” by social democratic agitat- ors. A great changé! has now come over the scene. Evéh" in. America, about 200,000 workers ‘have formed committees with the ébject of sending workers’ delegations fo !the country of socialist construction’ aiid of govern- ment by the workers. The formation of 4 left wing of '* social democracy in all countries. There is now hardly’ single country in which there is not an embittered fight going on between’ the left and right tendencies in the ‘bosom of so- eial democracy.. 4 The stabilization of social democ- racy has proceeded parallel to that of capitalism. The Hamburg world con- gress had brought about the amalgam- ation of the Second and the Second and a Half Internationals. The re- joicing over this amalgamation how- éver, did not last long. An embittered fight between the fractions is now rag- ing thruout international social dem- ocracy. The minority movement in the Eng- HIEFF, e Bulgarian COMRADE KABi Imprisoned Leader Working Kabaktchieff was 6 contributors also of cientific or- ‘gan of the party Nov¥*Vremya, edited by the late D, Blagoeff. In the historical str revolutionary soci on one hand and opportunism on the other which to a large extent predestined the pre- valence of revolutionary tendencies in the labor movement that was being born in Bulgaria (1903), he was on the side of the “close socialists” (re- volutionary wing and did a great deal to help to disperse the thick theore- tical fog with which the opportunists were energetically’ shrouding the heads of workers. FighfS Social-Democrats. In all subsequent party crises caus- ed by attempts of ty-bourgeois in- tellectuals to distort ‘the revolutionary ideas of the sodialit‘and the prole- tarian nature of the party, Kabak- tehieff retained witl” ability and eru- dition the party posfffon on the funda- mental principles. “fe also wrote a number of polemical pamphlets in which he revealed*his worth as a forceful dialecticia@hd talented pub- licist. Kabaktchieff alwaf® linked up his theoretical work With the definite practical tasks of @4@ party. When in 1910 the Balkai# socialist parties put forward the sldgan of a Balkan federated republic @s@ began forming a Balkan socialist'f#deration, Kabak- tehieff in a special®{amphlet present- ed the theoreticalasis for this im- portant practical stép and in another pamphlet investigatw@ the ideas of old Bulgarian revolutionaries with regard to a Balkan federation; Later, in con- nection with the struggle of Bulgar- ian’ socialists against the war, he wrote a special book on “Imperialism in the Balkans.” 4lso spread his ideological influence to other Balkan socialist parties, Preached Anti-Imperialist Policy. During the war Kabaktchieff one of the most zealous and cons’ if the regular gle between ent defenders and preachers of an ir- reconcilable anti-war and anti-impe- in Te rialist policy. After the Ru volution he quickly came over to the side of and the central committee entrusted him with drawing,up the basis of a new program for the party, Later, the central comi commissioned him to draw up. final party pro- gram which wag presented for the endorsement of the Fourth Congress of the Ce arian W These works of his Communism and bolshevisni lish trade unions gave rise to the first organized form of the left wing, and now the first steps are being taken to organize a left wing in the British labor party. The social democratic opposition in Saxony which for a long time preserved its local character, has now grown into a movement which embraces the whole of Germany, and organized left groups are opposing the official policy of the party in Frank- fort, Mecklenburg, Hamburg and even in Berlin, We have seen how at the party congresses of French, Polish and Hungarian social democracy, pow- erful opposition movements have si- multaneously come into being. The question of a coalition government and of an understanding with the bour- geoisie is now shaking French, Ger- man, Polish and Hungarian social democracy to their foundations, This left opposition within social democracy is still to a large extent uncertain and wavering. Neverthe- less it exists, and if in the future it continues to grow as it has done in the last-few months, we shall soon be able to say that before long, nothing but two wings—without a body—will remain of social democracy which was once a united whole, The success of the Communists at elections. The last few months have brought success to the Communist Parties at the elections in Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia and Ger- many. The most recent municipal elections in Berlin, the Prussian pro- vincial elections and the elections for the South German Landtag have shown an increase in the number of Communist and a decrease in the number of social, democratic votes. Even the bourgeois press was compel- led to acknowledge that after the let- ter of the E. C. C. I. and after the de feat of the policy of Ruth Fischer- Maslov, the masses have again begun orkers’ Leader In 1905, Kabaktchieff was elected member of the central committee of the party. He has been continually elected to this post till recently. In 1923, he was temporarily the political secretary of the party. Since the Bal- kan war he was regularly elected as parliamentary deputy, and his calm and well-constructed speeches were distinguished by their well-sustained principles and political implacability. He was opposed in principle to all compromises in politigs. He was elected deputy while doing penal ser- .Vitud¢ after the September rising. He remained faithful to the Communist Party even after it was outlawed. The government did not consent to his re- maining in parliament and at the com- mencement of 1925 it annulled his de- puty’s mandate by virtue of the ex- ceptional laws against Communists. At the Basle international congress (1912) Kabaktchieff was a delegate of the Bulgarian “Closists” and there defended their revolutionary position. In 1920, he sailed across the Black Sea in a little sailing boat in order to take part in the second congress of the Comintern. He was a delegate of the Communist Party of Bulgaria to the Fourth Congress of the Comin- tern, At the time of the Fifth Con- gress, when he was elected a mem- ber of the International Control Com- mission, he was already a captive the hands of the Bulgarian white guards, Free Kabaktchieff. One of the oldest fighters of the Bulgarian Communist Party, to which he devoted his inexhaustible energy and rare industry, Kabaktchieff soon understood the great error of the party on June, 1923. He acknowledg- ed it openly in a manly speech before the court, branding the provocative policy of the white guard bourgeoisie. Despite the serious defeats of the party, he completely preserved his bold spirit and warm faith in the cause of Communism, By liberating him from capitalist servitude the in- ternational proletariat will return to the Bulgarian and international revo- lution one of the best fighters devot- ed heart and soul to the movement. Bootlegging and Vice Flourish in Home of » Anti-Saloon League WESTERVILLE, O., March 1. — “Bootlegging, vice and petty thievery flourish here in this town, the birth- place of the anti-saloon league, ac- cording to city manager, L. C. Whit- ney. i Whitney, central figure in a fight to oust City Marshal Harry Nutt, de- clared that “no effort is being made toward suppression, despite the that the citadel of pro-Volstead is coached here.” Whitney pointed out that the’ mar- shal had allowed “bootlegging and vice, verging on debauchery, to flour- ish at the very door of the anti-saloon league here for five years.” Hurry! Page Mr. Voistead! (Special to, Tne Dally Worker) BOMBAY, March 1, — The Mahar- ajah of Wadhwa: state in Kathia- war, western India, has prohibited the construction or operation of any cof- fee or tea shops in the country under his jurisdiction, . hi * i u bring the leade, ithe world munist mi it ur 840; itn the DAILY a Party. The Czech Communists polled about a million votes, and even the Berlin Vorwaerts had regretfully to state that the results of the parlia- mentary elections represented the complete annihilation of Czech social democracy. Even the small Commun- ist Party of Belgium. succeeded in making the first breach in the mighty wall of Belgian social democracy, Attempts to draw nearer to the Ye Third International: Leftward tendencies are making their appear- ance not only in a national but also in an international measure. One of the first signs of. this was Otto Bauer's speech in Vienna, de was forced to acknowledge the. social development of the Soviet Union and emphasized the necessity of an alliance between the international proletariat and the first workers’ republic. ' At the same time, true to his nature, he demanded more or less as a reward, the liquida* tion of the Austrian Communist Party. A second sign’ is given us by an in- teresting article from the pen of Neil- son, the Danish social democratic member of parliament. He writes that, whilst the Russian worker is building up socialism, the situation in Denmark and in the whole of Europe is getting worse from day to day and that wholesale unemployment has be- come a pérmanent phenomenon and that’ revolution is inevitable. In his, opinion however, the Communists are unnecessary because they» are only. disturbers of law and order ‘and be- cause, if revolution should become necessary, it could be carried out by the Danish social democrats alone. The most important sign of the tendency to approach the Comintern is however the latest resolution of the English independent labor party, which consists of two parts. In the first part it. is stated that the. inde- NEW YORK COUNCIL pendent labor party must endeavor to unite the Second and Third Interna- tionals, It will bring up this question: at the next conference of the Second International and at the same time approach the Third International in writing. It proposes to relegate the question of armed force to the back- ground and to concentrate all its strength on the fight against capital- ism and imperialism. The second part of the resolution states that the independent labor party will not in the future absolutely strive to obtain unanimity in the resolutions of the Second International. It no longer conceals its left point of view, and thanks to that “a left wing is being formed and a lively discussion on the new ideas and the new policy will de- velop in the whole international.” All these facts and events are signs of the .movement, the differentiation andthe revolutionizing of the inter- national labor movement. It’ ix: al- ready possible to discern the outlines of tendencies of the nature of those held by the Second and a Half. Inter- national\among the masses of workers, Oncé- more the wind is in thesame direction jas. in 1920 when the inde pendent ‘labor party and the’ German independent social democratic party. sent: representatives. to Moscow to:ne- gotiate as to the conditions of admis- sion. into the Third International, The, significance of these .signs should not of course be exaggerated, on the other hand however we should be guilty of . thoughtlessness if we closed our.eyes to the importance of these facts. It is necessary to maneuver with care, pa- tience and wise tactics, tho of course this involves a certain danger of op- portunism. It would however be a great mistake on our part if we did not get in touch with the masses of workers who are pressing towards the left, FOR THE PROTECTION OF FOREIGN-BORN REPRESENTS 200,000 WORKERS (Continued from page 1). dia, Korea, China, etc.;:and “WHEREAS: These proposed laws would reduce the’ foreign-born - work- ers to a class of outcasts ‘and: indus- trial serfs wholly dependent upon the whims of their employers; and “WHEREAS: The purpose of these proposed laws is to create“ ‘reserve army of foreign-born <workers com- pelled under threat of )deportation to accept work, af the lowest wages or to starve, thus tending? to “lower the level of the standard of living ‘of the whole American working class by practically outlawing. the great masses of foreign-born workéts;* prohibiting their right to organize*and to~ resist their exploiters thru strikes<and other means and constituting:a:menace to the whole American labor*movement; now be it therefore BB OTs Call on A. F. of Leto Protest. “RESOLVED: That’ we, the» Con- ference for Protection ‘of Foreign-born, do hereby call upon ithe? executive ‘Council of the American Federation of Labor, thru its legislative committee at congress, to use all itseresources to defeat these bills and all other similar ones; and we further call upon all trade unions, political, fraternal, labor and farmers’ organizations and all sympathizers to send delegates to the New York Council. for the Protection of Foreign-Born Workers and to pass resolutions. in their local unions and organizations. against the passage of bills: H. R. 5583, \3748, 6523 and 4489 and, be it. further “RESOLVED: That we call upon all foreign-born workers to join the trade unions and we urge that all or- ganized labor unite to fight against this discriminatory, legislation against the foreign-born workers in the inter- ests of the whole American working: elass. The conference goes on record for an organized campaign to defeat: thesé proposed measures’ to Prussian: ‘ize the American ‘workers.’ It calls upon all labor organizations to jom in this campaign. Therefore be it tur- ther. ; agers OF “RESOLVED: “That a copy of these resolutions, be sent“to the representa- tives of this ‘state’ in congress with the demand that they cast their votes against, this discofintiatery legislation against the foreign-born workers and that copies also be sent to the press and to the New York Council for the Protection of Foreign-Born Workers. . RESOLUTION ON. LABOR PARTY, “WHEREAS; ...The,. experience o' the last few, yearg. shown the in- creasing uge,of the government ma- chinery against the,workers in-strikes, the arrest of »pickets, injunctions, use of the militia and other governmental interference, and “WHERBAS: This has been used against the foreign-born workers as in the case of, Sacco-Vanzetti deporta- tions, etc, as well as against the American-born workers as in the rail road strike, miners, etc. and “WHEREAS: The workers have been hampered from conducting a suc cessful resistance by the entire work- ing class against these persecutions, therefore “BE IT RESOLVED that in the in- terests of maffitaitithg the rights of all workers, ment of a labor party aa the trade unions and uniting all sections of organized jak means to fight effectively for the protection of the rights of Tabor.” c #8 RESOLUTION ON DEPORTATIONS. “The Foreign-Born Council calls to the attention of all labor organizations and all workers the proposed recom- mendations of Commissioner Curran of the immigration department to de- port thousands of workers under the pretext of illegal entry into the United States, and provides 1,000,000 ‘for this purpose, Such a proposal would not only be used to deport militant work- ers engaged in strikes, but it would be used against thousands of political refugees that have escaped political persecution at the hands of Mussolini, Horthy,, Zankoff and similar white guard peérsecutors. “The conference protests against these proposals and goes on record in favor of providing legal aid to'any of such workers that come into the clutches of these propesed measures and instructs ‘the executive commit- tee to carry this out.” y a oh RESOLUTION ON UNITED FRONT “WHEREAS: This conference to protect the foreign-born workers has been organized on an issue vitally af- fecting the entire labor movement of the United States, and “WHEREAS: The agitation for these persecution measures in the last few years have shown that the big groups of capitalists are united in fa- vor of these measures, and “WHEREAS: The defeat of these czaristic laws can be accomplished only by the unity of all labor organ- izations, irrespective of political opin- ion. Fi “THEREFORE: The conference goes on record in favor of inviting all organizations that have “not. as: yet sent dejegates and especially, calls upon thé various central labor bodies, such as the Central Trades and. La- bor, Council,, and various. .political ‘Broupings such as the socialist -party and. socialist labor: party to. join: the rqampaign. as a constituent part?of the conference. Representation: shall be offered to-these central bodies and .po- litical ‘parties in accordance ‘with the! ‘®trength’ and influence, ety ‘ORGANIZATION AND WAYS AN SBE ORE MEANS L sOrk “1, Conference shall méet once a ‘month. ‘Next conference shall He held March 21, hon “2. An executive ‘committee "of 25 shall be elected in addition to’ Which vacaticy ‘shall be left for ottier organ- tations, ”* » BOM Borie. ens) ae ‘he executive’ committee ‘shall begin a campaign with agitation, mass meetings, petitions, resolutions, ete, against these measures, 4. An immediate petition campaign for 1,000,000 signatures shall be started. 5. The campaign shall be begun with a mass meeting. 6. When the campaign for 1,000,000 signatures is under way, a monate= mass demonstration shall be arranged in Madison Square Garden or larger place if obtainable. 7. Agitation shall be made for dele- gation to go with petitions to present them toseongress at hearings or when bill ds wnder: final: consideration, 8. Finances shall be raised to cou- duetci ign and) stbscription lists shall ed. An immediate collec. tion and pledges shall be gotten for the petition fund ‘