The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 31, 1926, Page 4

“txea of the party. share their press organs and demand Page Four Three Party Situations Discussed (International Press Correspondence.) OSCOW, U.S. S. R., Feb, 25 —(By Mail)—The ninth session of the enlarged exécutive committee meet- ing of the Communist International, continued the discussion of Zinoviev’s report as follow Com. Thorez (France): “In Fi we have made ultra-left errors, the chief danger lies on the right. | This right danger developed after the fifth congress, that is, after the Bol-) shevization, Engler from the right wing has criticised the slogan of fra- ternization, but we criticised this mis- take ourselves at the Paris confer- ence. This conference caused essen- tial alterations in the course of the} party. We made ultra-left mistakes, in the trade union question, and we do not want to excuse ourselves. \Syndicalist tendencies exist in our party which “are not not reconcilable with Com- munist opinions. In answer to the syndicalist tendencies which over- estimate the importance of the trade unions, another tendency arose which under-estimated them. It is our task to unite the one-time syndicalists and the Communists up- on the basis of Communism. We made mistakes in our trade union unity campaign, but we have remedied these mistakes and we are now ener- getically ci ying on this campaign closely connected with the daily de- mands on behalf of the workers. The right wing protested against the dominance of the party over the trade unions. They represent purely syndicalist opinions. With regard to the re-organization of the party upon the basis of the nuclei, we carried out this re-organization at “first mechan- ically, but it is absolutely incorrect to say that the shop nuclei had no pol- itical life in them. They discuss the political questions, make decisions and bind the party with the masses. oo quoted the example of bad nuclei, but I could quote examples of hundreds of good nuclei. It is in- teresting to see that the right in France and the Bordiga ultra-lefts in} Italy are both against the shop nuclei. The general strike against the Mor- occo was was decided upon by work- ers congresses and despite the forces ot the State, despite the counter-cam- paign of the socialists and the pessim- ism of the rights, the strike embraced almost a million workers. This was the first political strike in France andsrepresented a great event. The strike cost victims, but a fight without victims is unthinkable. The right wing is not homogeneous, it is held together only by a common ha- The rights attempt- ed to use the letter of the E. C. C. I. to the German party against the French party, but in this they were not succéssful, for the French party has never used the methods of double bookkeeping towards the Comintern. The rights are in alliance with Rosmer, Monatte and Souvarine, they the re-acceptance of Souvarine, The decomposition of the right began when from 12 members of parliament, 8 withdrew their signatures. We shall fight ideologically and with energy against the rights, and when they break discipline, then we shall use the weapon of expulsion.. We draw a distinction between the misled work- ers and their leaders, we want to win over the workers.” Thorez then quoted from articles of Souvarine directed against the Comin- tern, against the Russian Party and against almost all sections of the Co- mintern, and declared that the central committee of the French Communist Party was of the opinion that the re- acceptance of Souvarine into the party was not a debatable problem. (Ap- Plause). |OMRADE Skrypnik (Ukraine): “The Plenum is unanimous in its condemnation of the ultra-left devia- tions, even the ultra-lefts themselves recognize their mistakes, only Bordiga ~ THE DAILY WORKER THE discussion of the party clarification in the various @ successful struggle against time avoiding wltra-leftist err question in White Russia is policies. dicative of the growing heal The present sessions of the making for the development well as a party discipline. The speaker thén argued against Domsky and declared that the policy of the Domsky central committee in the West Ukraine was an adventure for it concentrated all its forces upon the boycott. It is not true that the Communist Party of West Ukraine is separatist, it only fights against the ultra-left errors of the Domsky central committee. Domsky pursued an op- portunist policy in West White Rus- sia by placing the demand for auton- |omy in the foreground instead of put- of self-determination even to the point of a breakaway. Naturally, in the stabilization period we must utilize partial demands also in the national question, but the slogan of autonomy is the slogan of the P. P. S. (Polish Socialist Party) and cannot replace the slogan of self-determination. FTER Skrypnik Com, Leschtuhin- sky declared that the slogan of self-determination up to the point of a break-away was and would remain the policy of the Polish party in the national political question. The slogan of autonomy was only a partial de- mand, was only a part of the united front tactic. The support of the move- ment for autonomy would show that autonomy was only possible through the overthrow of the large landown- ers, The serious situation described by Zinoviev put a number of tasks and demanded a clear tactical policy. The Domsky group clouded these tasks and carried on a policy of double- bookkeeping. It policy led to an isola- ition from the masses, which the Speaker proved with various ¢x- amples, If the Domsky leadership had actually achieved some positive suc- cesses, that was due not to its ultradeft policy, but in spite of it and in consequence of the healthy under standing of the masses. Just as in Germany, the chief danger in Poland comes from the ultra-lefts, but the opportunist right dangers will also not be forgotten. These dangers have many points of contact with the lefts and have been strengthened by the fact that, the party leadership only struggled against them in a mechanic- al and non-Leninist fashion. Domsky had declared that the publication of the Valetzky article in the “Pravda” not. All parties must place their best forces at the disposal of the leader- ship of the Comintern in order to form @ Tfeally international leadership.” with » Symphony Conducted by Tickets $1.00, $1-50, $2.00 at “Freiheit” office, 30 Union Square, New York City. FOURTH JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE ‘FREIHEIT’ at the , MECCA AUDITORIUM, 56th Street and 7th Avenue, New York City Saturday Evening, April 3 Oratorio “DIE TZVAI BRIDER” Words by J. L, Peretz———Music by J. Schaffer Freiheit Singing Society and the New York ting forward the demand for the right } Leninist Clarification. situation in France, Poland and Roumania printed herewith shows the great progress made in the enlarged sessions of the Comintern ewecutive towards Jommunist parties. In France, a party leadership is developing that is capable of carrying on the right wing danger repres- ented by Souvarin, who is outside the party, while at the same ors. The struggle in the Polish party against the Domsky ultra-left group on the nationalist very illuminating, showing the manner in which ultra-leftism falls easily into opportunist Both speeches on the Roumanian question are in- thy tendencies in the younger parties of the Comintern to rely upon the world center for solutions of difficult problems. makes all the more patent Bukharin’s criticism of his ultra- leftism and his inability to adapt himself to the present con- ditions in Italy which are not characterized by great mass movements in which Bordiga and his small following delight. Bordiga’s second speech only executive are notable for the strict application of genuine Leninist analysis to all parties, studiously avoiding drifts either to the right or the left and of party leaderships that have faith in and understand the masses, the correct application of the united front, the necessity of effective shop nucleus organization, the importance of trade union activity and that are conscious of the imperativeness of an international as represented a blow against the party, the speaker on the other hand de- clared that the Polish delegation was in agreement with the political line of the Valetzky article with the excep- tion of- the part upon the estimation of the party leadership, which cap be misinterpreted. The present policy of the Polish party made for the internal stabilization of the party. Everyone could join in the work who recognized the correctness of the party policy without reservation. (OMRADE Priu (Roumania) speak- ing in the name of the minority criticised the opportunistic policy of the central committee, chiefly the opinions of Christescu who demanded an unconditional entry into the In- ternational Federation of trade union (Amsterdam). Christescu is anti-Bolshevist in the peasant question and opposed to the policy of the fifth world congress in the national question. The policy of the united front was so opportunistic- ally applied by the party that an in- tervention of the Comintern was ne- cessary. The speaker demanded that the Plenum should examine the Rouman- fan question for on its own without the assistance of the Comintern, the young illegal Roumanian party would never be able to overcome the oppor- tunist dangers, OMRADE Radu (Roumania) de- clared that in the Roumanian party there existed side by~ side, a right, an ultra-left and a Correct tendency. The undisciplined and op- portunistic, actions of Christescu had caused the party great damage. Op- portunistic dangers exist, and amongst other reasons the reason for this is that the Roumanian party is young and that it has had to work illegally almost from its birth. With the as- sistance of the Comintern it will be Possible to create a real Bolshevist Party. This is all the easier as the stabilization of Roumania is begin- ning to wobble. The country has not yet pursued its own bourgeois revolu- tion thru to its end yet. After the close of this speech Com- rade Bordiga requested to speak for the second time in order to defend himself against the criticisms which DEMAND THAT UNION LABOR BE USED AT PHILADELPHIA EXPOSITION GROWS AS APPEAL REACHES UNIONS Hundreds of local unions thruout the nation are being reached in the cam- paign of the Workers (Communist) Party to have all work done at the Phila- delphia Sesqui Centennial International Exposition done by union labor, Vast amounts of printed matter are flooding the country advertising the event that is to held to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the the Orchestra. Lazar Weiner, Declaration of Independence. Most of thé printing does not bear the label, Much of the work in the erection of buildings and of various other needs of the exposition are being done oy non-union and by scab labor, Local unions are urged to write to the committee in charge of the exposi- tion demanding that all work be done by union workers and that the com- mittee set aside a Palace of the Workers, where every workers’ and farmers’ organization that wants to participate in the exposition can do 80. The Workers (Communist) Party realizing that the open shop employ- ers in this country are determined to make this exposition an open shop, anti-union exposition calls on the American labor movement to protest against this attempt and to insist that all work be done by union workers, Demand New Investigation. WASHINGTON, March 29, — A congressional investigation of the alien property custodian’s office was demanded today by Rep, Schaefer (R.), Wisconsin, in a speech in the house, Citing a long list of instances in which he asserted property had been illegally disposed of, Schaefer -de- clared “without the shadow of a doubt there has been, collusion, connivance and @ systematic, organized looting of had been made against his line. He declared that he did not speak person- ally but in the name of the minority in the Italian Communist Party, As Italy has. a great amount of emigra- tion there are supporters of Bordiga almost everywhere, Bukharin contends that my attitude against the nuclei as the organizational basis of the party is opportunism, the central com- mittee of the Italian party contends that the nuclei represent the connec- tion with the masses. We must have a connection with the masses, but to run after the masses at any price would be Menshevism, We must win the masses, but in a revolutionary way. Bukharin simplified my ideas to such an exfent that: was not able to recognize them again-myself. It is. not correct to say that E.only criticize the organizational form of the Comin- tern. I criticize also, its theory and its politics, With regard)to the carry- ing over of Russian: experiences to Western, Europe, I am of the opinion that the existence of strong state ap- paratus and a powerful social-demo- cracy makes the united front tactic impossible. # MINERS UNION IN PITTSBURGH HURT BY CLASS PEACE Reactionary Officials Do Not Fight for Workers By A. HEAVER. (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa. March 29. — Conditions in the coal mining indus- try in this district are gradually be- coming worse. The union coal miners are being compelled to perform labor for a great deal less than that pro- vided for in the so-called Jacksonville agreement, In many cases the miners make a fight for the scale rates provided in the 1924 contract, but the companies dispute the cases, and on appeal to the union officials they are almost always decided in favor of the coal company. The miner who has the courage to fight for his contractual rights is framed and fired, told to get his tools and get out, while the labor fakirs stand quietly by and permit it WH THE Y CONDUCTED - BY. TH LONDON, England.—A committee just returned from Palestine informs us that the British high commissioner, Lord Plumer, alarmed at the rapid strides being made by Communism in Palestine, has taken further steps in order to attempt to stem its progress. Daily arrests are being made of all workers suspected of being connected with, or in any way assisting the spread of, Communism, Ever young boys and girls have been arrested on suspicion of being connected with the Young Communist League of’ Palestine, and are being We can only defeat.a strong enemy thru the direct revolutionary mobiliza- tion of the masses. In accordance with this we must conducts the necessary policy for “Mobilizing the masses for a storm attack. It is wrong to declare that I have no belief im:the revolution- ary force of the masses, Exactly the contrary is the case, and this is proved by my policy which is based upon the revolutionary force of the masses and not upon maneuver. I recognize the necessity for an objective analysis of the situation, but the central commit- tee made a wrong aftalysis. In Sep- tember 1925 the central committee was of the opinion that fascism was already defeated and that Mussolini was preparing to hand over the power to the opposition thru parliamentary channels. After this a democratic era was to follow. The analysis was false and for this reason the policy of the central committee was also false. Fascism can only be defeated in the struggle. The speaker was not in agreement with the policy of the’ French party and criticized the lettet of the execu- tive committee of the Communist in- ternational because of its incorrect tactic and because it lowered the lead- ers who perhaps might’ once again that the open representation of his opinions might be of inte Removed 5d at*Student Head by Principal bmayras wm By V. J. HALLMAN. ASTORIA, Ore., March 29—One of the members of our Yi W. L. here in Astoria has caused qfite a commo- tion in the capitalist pré’s. His prin- cipal in the Captain “Gray Junior High School noticed ‘two pins that Paul Siro had been wearing on his coat: one was a picturé of Lenin and the other a red star with a hammer and sickle on it. Paul Siro told the principal the sig- nificance of the pins and openly ad- mitted his Communist beliefs. The principal then called the city superin- tendent of schools and together they questioned and argued with him for over four hours. Paul was given two alternatives: either to take the but- tons off his coat and give up his Com- munist beliefs or to give up his of- fice as student body president. He chose the latter and im our Y. W. L. meeting the members :that were at- tending the same school decided to put up a@ fight against accepting his resignation when {it came up at the student body meeting..* But it turned out that the principaP’was afraid to let the resignation go to the meeting because it appeared very likely that it would not be accepted. Altho the student body is supposed to be run according to democratic principles this case was not allowed to go thru democratic channels and the principal acted as a dictator sin’ deciding the case, A Is Good St lent. ’ The school cota» cannot find any fault with Paul as"a’student. And he is great favorite wifh schoolmates, which was shown wheft he was elect- ed to his office with an overwhelming majority. All of the local capitalist papers have been carrying big scare headlines of the “stupendous find” and from the local papers it has spread to all the important papers of the northwest and probably of the country, Many of the things they say are lies. One of the papers has been telling of how young Siro has been sent by the adult Com- munist society to all of the important cities of the northwest to address “red” meetings. The bay hasn’t even seen most of the places he is supposed to have been in. Paul is one of our most active mem- bers in the Y. W. L, here and is a very good speaker for such a young boy (he is only 14 years old) and we have great hopes of him for our work, . jaround us thru the class collaboration agreements, and the formation of “a the only class conscious paper .pub- lished exclusively in the interest of the coal diggers, United States army personnel on Jan. 31 totaled 142,598, according to the war department. This figure included 1,017 West Point cadets, 703 nurses, 1,013 warrant officers, 99 commission- ed officers, 6,921 enlisted Philippine scouts, 190 retired officers and men, 133 reserve officers, 209 army field clerks and 160 field clerks in the quartermaster corps, army is given as follows: In continen- tal United States, 14,707; 11,981; China, 982; Porto Rico, 1,085; Alaska, 396, miscellaneous, including military attaches, officers studying Oriental languages abroad, registration service, and troops en route, 1,594. listed men serving under corps area commanders general of the District of Washington, and 29,887 not under their command. Urge ‘Huge Five-Year house military affairs committee to- day unanimously reported its five- year aircraft building program, which will give the air service a total of 2,200 new planes, an enlisted per- sonnel of 6,000 men’ and 1,600 officers, three additional brigadier-generals and a second assistant secretary of war. trolled by qualified pilots,, according to the measure which was, by the committee itself aft lation introduced early, in, when|had been tabled. brutally flogged by the police in order to force confessions which would lead to the betrayal of their comrades. In this beastly work the police have the active co-operation of the reaction- ary Zionist authorities. So much for the hypocritical declaration of the high commissioner in-his report as to the benign and democratizing influ- without raising any objection what- ever, Imposes New Conditions. In one of the largest mines in the Monongahela district the following case occurred, which is a sample of the cases that are taking place all over the district. At the Diamond mine near Brownsville a coal miner was ordered to load a fall of slate on the entry in front of his working place for 50 cents per car. He refused, and then was offered 75 cents per car. He still refused, stating that the con- tract covered the case; that the fall should ‘be loaded out at the contract rate of $7.50 per eight-hour day, which was correct. He was fired, took up his case with the union officials. The charge was switched, and the ‘manage- ment stated he was fired for loading dirty coal. The union officials sus-, tained the discharge and the pro- gressive miner is now on the road looking for a new master. Aiding Bosses, We are losing our conditions all over the district in this manner, while the. union officials are doing nothing but aid the operators in their nefa- rious tactics, to run all the fighters out of the union. After all our stzug- gles and sacrifice we see -the com- pany union being put in operation all “GIVE US A BIG FACTORY.” reorganization, but you could hardly recognize our section of the Young Workers League. Its new form of or- ganization brought a radical change into its ranks. Comparing the league now, with the league a few months ago, we can say that we made a very progressing step, towards becoming a real mass organ- ization, Every comrade of the league, well remembers the activity of the former branches. What was it? Lectures, dis- cussions, affairs, classes, club work and sometimes literature distribution in a mechanical-like manner. No direct connection with young workers at all. .No direct participation in their struggle. No gaining sympathy, of big masses of young workers, to our: move- ment, Of course, now, in this period of our development every one of us knows, why it was so. Because of the old form of organization, which kept us isolated from working masses, from mass activity, What do we find now, at our’units? Now, when you come up to a meet- ing of one of our concentration groups, you find altégether a different atmos- phere. Serious, militant faces, On the order of business—factory reports: a factory of 600 young workers, a fac- tory of 500 young workers, of 300 workers, wages, hours, bad conditions, boss, foreman etc. Then arise a ques- tion of issuing a leaflet, the latter is being drawn up and discussed, then the literature distribution is assigned to distribute the Young Worker at the gates of a certain factory, then com- rades are being instructed to write up an article about conditions of a fac- tory of which information is obtained, ete, As you see, entirely a different char- acter there before. At our section meetings, all the concentration groups get together, and comradés from dif- ferent groups exchange with each other their experiences. Some- times you could hear from a group organizer, whose group did not sut- ceed in obtaining a big factory upon which to concentrate its activity, a cryout, “Please, give us a big shop too.” Simply, tte comrades begin to feel, that if they haven't got a big fac- tory upon which to concentrate their activity, they see no possibility for their concentration group to exist. Of course, at first, and even now, there are someé comrades who are very pessimisti¢. They-cannot get used to the new form of organization. abd don’t see. the good, and the ab: necessity of the new form. They od derestimate the new accomplishments. But these comrades, will gradually, with the help of the more advanced, come up nearer and nearer to the correct road, and together with all the other comrades, help to make the Y. W. L. a real, mass, militant Com- munist organization, LEO MARGULIS Organizer—Bronx Section Y. W. L. of the union officials, who are doing nothing for the miners, but are hang- ing on to the union treasury, Kick Out Betrayers. The miners in most of the camps are disgusted with their officials and are beginning to understand that we will never be any better until we get rid of them and elect progressive min- ers to the offices on the program of the progressive miners of the U..M. W. of A. Many local unions have indorsed nationalization of the mines with workers control, shorter work day and week, all out during strikes, national labor party. The miners around here are also putting on a campaign to get the pro- gressive miners’ paper circulated thru out the field, so that the workers will understand actually what is happen- ing in the mining industry, and learn how to meet the situation. The na- tional program of the progressive min- ers is being indorsed thruout the min- ing field and the miners here must be awakened to the necessity of militant action. Subscribe for the Progressive Miner, 142,598 Men in U. S. 1925 Military Forces WASHINGTON, March 29— The The geographical distribution of the 102,476; Hawaii, Panama, 9,375; Philippines, graves There were 72,591 officers and en- PINCHED YOUNG STRIKER TELLS HIS STORY By Joseph Simicsuk, Young Textile Striker. PASSAIC, N. J.—Going down Pas- saic street one of the detectives called me over and asked me for one of the strikers’ bulletins. I gave him one. He then asked me if I had permis- sion to them out. Even tho I replied “yes” he said: “Come on up with me.” I went with him to the lockup, They took my name and ad- dress and put me behind bars, I was in the cooler for about two and a half hours, Then one of the lawyers came and they let me out. The real reason why they locked me up was because I asked the following drafted | question: “Chief of Police Richard all legis-|O. Zober, is it true that you spent session iterhauser ior APPTO- ont} and the commanding War Airplane Program WASHINGTON, March 29, — The All flying No si Only two months passed since the. WORKEDS ING WORKERS LEAGUE REACTIONARY ZIONIST AUTHORITIES SANCTION POLICE BRUTALITIES AGAINST YOUNG WORKERS Young Worker Zionists of America See What “Back to Palestine” Means ence of British protection of the man- dated zone of Palestine. Egyptian Censorship Scandal. Is it not’ time that the labor M, P.’s took this matter up in the British house of commons and exposed the whole filthy imperialist policy of these satraps of capitalism? If they want further evidence the prison hells of Jerusalem and Jaffa could disgorge plenty of evidence. It is also time that our-labor mem- bers took up the case of the Egyptian comrades who, after spending six months in jail without, trial, were finally tried in Cairo on January 9, and were sentenced, three to three years and one to one year’s imprisonment, all newspapers being forbidden to pub- lish the evidence for the defense. It is well known that the whole frame-up was carried out by the reac- tionary Egyptian government at the instigation of the British residency. With the Young Workers (Communist) League PATRIOTISM IN THE SCHOOLS. By a Student Correspondent. N all the schools thruout the United States of America the week of Feb- Tuary 12 to 22 was proclaimed as the “Patriotic Week.” The teachers and principals of the elementary schools, high schools and colleges were sup- posed to explain and instill patriotie dope into the minds of the students, who are usually pulled along by the most reactionary groups in the schools, whose predominant idea is love for “our country, our own coun- try.” The school I attend (the Harlem Evening High School for Men) was no exception to the above facts; con- sequently on Wednesday, February 17, we, the students of the above named school, of whom there are about four thousand, were called to attend an “assembly” which was to be repre- sented by the leading group of that school,made up of the head teacher and the’ principal. I think it is proper to mention here that there is a big percentage of Negro pupils in this school. It was for this reason that the head of the history department started his speech by re- citing the ‘noble deeds of Abraham Lincoln, particularly how he rescued the Negro workers from slavery; that if it were not for Abraham Lincoln the Negroes would still be slaves, etc. He continued in the same strain about George Washington. What a great man he was! What a great president! this Passaic strikers who have been out on of the YOUNG WORKER, Tribuna Robotnicza, ‘Pravda, Truth, can be secured from Frank alder, 821 Clylesurn St., Milwaukee, Then the speakers went down the line with all the “dead” heroes, I can only tell you a little here of what the board ‘of education does to further our love to this ($) country. Surely it pays them to speak to the students in such manner. It pays them much more than it would totelt them the true stories of all the his- toric events they spoke of. I think this will serve to give the readers of the Young Workers’ Col- umn an idea of what is considered part of our study courses in the schools today. Morgan’s patriotism handed out as educated! THE PICKET LINE TO EAST PATERSON ,By ANTONIO ANNAZONE, (Young Textile Striker.) ° Just a few lines about the picket ine which went to East Paterson. In all the papers of Passaic and New York there was the report that the East Paterson police were to shoot to kill all the strikers who were going to march from Lodi, Passaic, Clifton, and Garfield to East Paterson. The strikers read in the newspapers about the thing that was going to hap- pen at East Paterson, so the strikers called the bluff about the newspapers saying. Monday morning, about 2,000 strik- ers were picketing on the East Pater- son plant which is the National Silk Dying Co. and all was well when three girls of the National Dying company werd fired for telling the people of the plan to.come out on strike, for more money.. When the three girls were fired about 400 workers of the Nation- al Silk Dying Co. came out and joined the picket line. So fellow workers, that shows you was another victory for the trike for the last eight weeks and will stick till they win and also or- ganize one big textile union in the state of New Jersey, FREE LITERATURE SUPPLIED. MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Free copies and Honor and