The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 10, 1926, Page 6

Page Six Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il, SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in Chicago only): By mail (outsids of Chicago): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Phone Monroe 4712 Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Iilinols —_—— J, LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J. LOEB... Entered 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. —— << 290 i France’s Belated Move in Morocco France is now making overtures to Abd-el-Krim for peace in Morocco. Just at the time the Spring drive is opening Paris de- cides it is best to endeavor to step out of the fight as gracefully as possible. Such an about-face without previous notige is exceedingly puzzling to the bourgeois correspondents. Accustomed to viewing every political phenomenon as a separate thing, without. connection with any other thing, they are usually puzzled about every hap- pening that has not been trumpeted, in advance. It is not possible to contribute any one factor to the change of policy on the part of the Briand government. The tremendous vitality of the Riff fighting forces play an important part in the de- cision to open peace conferences. Instead of the widespread, deser- tion from the ranks of the Riffians and Moroccans that the French and Spanish invaders counted upon, we have seen those few forces that last fall capitulated because of unfavorable military conditions now rejoining the insurgent forces and fighting with all their might against the invaders. But that is not sufficient to induce the French government to change its policy.. While the situation in Morocco is an important contributing factor, the decisive event was without doubt the splendid showing of the Communists in the Paris elections of a week ago Sunday, when they won both contested seats in the chamber of deputies. Because of its colonial wars and the steady decline of the cur- rency at home, which is a reflex of France’s unfavorable economic condition, that government is unable to carry out an effective im- perialist policy. With the inhabitants of the semi-colony in Syria | in revolt and ever larger forces required to hold the colonial world | in leash the imperialist nations of Europe face grave crises at home. When the insurrectionary movement develops thruout Asia and Africa the super-profits that now enable the ruling class to bribe the upper strata of its home working class will be shut off. The economic foundation of opportunism and social-patriotism in the labor move- ment will be destroyed and the whole working class will move toward the left—toward Commuhism and the revolution. France at the present moment is not in a position to realize enough profits from its imperialist ventures to enable it to palliate a sufficiently large*portion of the upper strata of the working class, but it is desperately striving for a breathing space in the hope of devising a means of further prolonging its rule. Its ability, even temporarily, to overcome the crisis depends upon many international factors. One thing, tho, is certain and that is the inability of its ruling class permanently to rehabilitate itself. History is on the side ot the revolution and anything that France or any other nation may do cannot save capitalism from its impending doom. | | | : . Suppressing the Sugar Tariff Report The Coolidge administration ig the most shameless defender of the interests of every organization of predatory capital the country has ever seen. The blunders that were made under the late, Harding have been corrected and the bunglers eliminated. The dual authority of the Harding-Daugherty “Ohio gang” sharing responsibility with the Mellon outfit from Pennsylvania has given way to a unified dic- tatorship known as the Mellon-Coolidge administration. The present alignment is resourceful in always defending the interests of the big capitalists against the petty bourgeois as well as against the workers. Altho for the most part reliable servants of the capitalist rob- bers, the interstate commerce commission and the federal trade com- mission occasionally favored the smaller fry, so the Mellon-Coolidge outfit decapitated both committees by placing them in the hands of pliant tools of Wall Street. The tariff commission also felt the shake-up. ‘Commissioner Glassie, one of the members of the tariff board, is the husband of a woman who has a heavy financial interest in Lonisiana cane sugar. When objections were made to Coolidge that such a person ought not sit on the commission when the ques- tion of the sugar tariff was up, the president refused to remove him and sent word that Glassie would “do his duty as he sees it.” When, after thoro investigation, the commission, in July, 1924, by a yote of 3 to 2, demanded a 30% reduction in the sugar tariff, Coolidge refused to make the findings public and sent a series of trivial notes to the commission asking for insignificant data. He stalled off the report until after his election in November, 1924, and then announced that no reduction would be made. f This piece of down east Yankee peanut politics was too much for some of the republican senators so they started a back-fire against Coolidge and proved that the president deliberately kept the report a secret against the wishes of a majority of the tariff commission. The old guard, as is to. be expected, backs the trick- ery of Coolidge to the limit, but they are going to encounter dif- ficulties explaining the antics of the brigands: at Washington be- fore their constituents in the coming elections. If ever there was a crying demand for a labor party to rally the masses of workers, exploited farmers and other elements of so- ciety against the domination of big capital it is right now. PASSAIC, ATTENTION! || Choice Between Right of Trial by Jury and CHILDREN oF THE strikers! || Enforcement of Dry Law Come to the children’s parade on Saturday, April 10, at 10:30 a WASHINGTON, April 8 — The m. Let us show the bos American people can take their choice even the children of the strikers ||between the right of trial by jury and went a union for their parents, All |jeffective prohibition enforcement, of the “minors” (young workers un- |) Emory R. Buckner, U. 8S. district at. der sixteen) who are striking will ||torney for New York, told a sena tiave a’ special division in the |/sub-committee considering modifica- perad tion legislation today. Come! * Prohibition cannot be enforced, Buckner said, until the right of trial by jury is abolished in the proseeution of dry law violations because the fed- eral court machinery ia not built to handle the avala) f busine Volsteadian conditi ve forced up- on them, Bring your friends! “ee MASS MEETING AND CONCERT for the strikers’ children on Sun- day following the parade at Bel- ‘mont Park Hall, at 2:30 p. m. _ The concert is arranged by the ‘Young Pioneers. nesters —ssreeesns-nes mseeliaersnnpepteeesiansstnani Boag x THE DAILY WORKER) Warters Sparts THE A new department will now appear in The DAILY WORKER. This department is known as the Workers’ Sports. In this section workers will discuss the need of working class sports, expose the nature of cap- italist sports and print news of working class sports. This section will aid in the building up of a working class sports movement In this country as powerful as that in the European countries. Workers are urged to send in their contributions to this section. + CAPITALIST SPORTS—A TOOL OF CAPITALIST MILITARISM With the close of the world war America immediately- began planning and preparing for the next war. Naturally, with the people fed up on Wil- sonian ideas of “democracy” and “war to end all wars” the post-war period was not favorable for @ direct drive toward militarization and preparedness. Indirect methods had to be found to get the militarization campaign under way, to start preliminary work so to speak, To this end the capitalists made use of the experiences gained in training the men during the,war, particularly in the line of sports. Use Sports During War. We have seen that during the war, sports and athletic activity were de- veloped to a tremendous extent -be- cause they helped train the men phy- sically and mentally for military serv- ice. Quite naturally then, the possi- bility of using sports as a peace time means of spreading military training presented itself to the capitalists. In this connection, Major Thummel of the American Expeditionary Forces in an article written shortly. before the signing of the armistice, pointed out: “Much will be learned during the war concerning the significance and value of athletic sports. It is to be hoped that the government will’ see fit to continue the good work which it has started in the army cantonments when the latter are no longer in im- mediate demand, thru some national system of physical training for the future, so that every man shall to some degree become an athlete and therefore a better citizen. The value of American athletics is not merely in the training of individual physical bowers, but also in the creation of loyalty and spirit akin to profound spiritual patriotism.” Major Thummel ds not the highest authority who has recognized the pos- sibility of ‘militarist exploitation of sports activities of the youth. No less a person than Josephus Daniels, secre- tary of the navy, during the war has + expressed himself on this point blunt- ly and unanimously. Daniels wrote: Easily Used by Militarists, “Both the spirit and the training of the athletic field lend themselves readily to military service.” The truth of this statement be- comes apparent when one considers the nature of American sports. Com- petition and rivalry is the life of Ame- rican sport. Individualism is its bas- is. Mass sports are unknown. Vic- tory, victory, victory, is the cry of the participants and spectators. Just as in the financial world, success is con- sidered above all, so in the bour- geois ‘sport world, victory is con- sidered above ail. Any tactic, any method is justified as long as it “brings home the bacon.” Tbe much-heralded American sports- manship is as mythical as the much- heralded American “democracy.” Club and league and team patriotism is the outstanding characteristic of Ameri- can athletes and sport fans and is closely related to the vicious mental sickness known as national patriotism. American Youth and Sports. When we consider that millions of American youths are engaged in sports activity, that every American boy either participates or is interest- ed in some phase of sport activity, then we can begin to realize the im- portance of Daniels’ statement. We can see then that the athletes con- can military machine, The bourgeoisie military experts have not been asleep to the exceptional opportunities for “doing business” in the field of sports. Major Keeberger, writing in the magazine, “Playground,” on “Athletics and the War Game,” has the follow- ing illuminating comment to make: “The great problem of thoro mili- tary training and preparedness mu be solved in a way which will safe- guard democracy from the menace of military caste Apparently Major Keeberger under- stands full well that the aims of his masters are at variance with their declarations. They wish to prepare for another war while at the same time they delude the people with talk mocracy” and “pacific in- Large Military Training Factor, Thus he goes on to develop his scheme for indirect and camouflaged militarization, He writes: “The athletic type of training is becoming a large factor in military training. By this emphasis upon, ath- letic training we are helping to take the sting out of military training and to democratize and humanize it.” Keeberger, like Daniels, recognizes the possibility of uging sports to mili- tarize the youth, But he goes one step farther. He develops his idea along organizational lines. He con- tinues: . “This work best be prompted by the governmé@nt thru a department of physical #duédtion as an integral part of the bureau of education in co-operation with the war depart- ment, The ent should stitute a large reserve of 4he Ameri-! “BLACK JACK’ JEROME GOES TO PASSAIC 10 AD TEXTILE BARONS According to advicés received by The DAILY WORKER trom San Francisco “Black Jack” Jerome, a notorious strike-breaker, is on the way to Passaic. He is being brought by the bosses into Passaic to smash the strike of the textile workers. “Black Jack” Jerome, a Greek, is known for his anti-union activities in the carmen’s strikes of Oakland and of San Francisco. He was one of the stool-pigeons used by the bosses to break the carmen’s strike in San Francisco that was led by Tom Mooney, who is now serving a sentence in San Quentin on a frame- up bomb throwing charge. It is stated by a number of Greek workers that not only will “Black Jack” Jerome be used against the ; Passaic textile workers, but that he will supplement thé strike-breaking activities of the Jewish Dally For- ward and the Greek National Her- ald in the furriers’ strike. sidize physical trainitig in the schools and also in municip@iities thruout the country prescribing! definitely ‘the character of the work to be done, just as it does the work of the National Guard in its training. Such phy- sical training would @evelop discipline, prompt obedience to/€ommands, skill in the specific marching tactics requir- ed for military traiifMig, ete. A sys- tem of government gjthnastic and ath- {letic fields thruout thé country would help to solve the préblem of labor un- rest, dissipation, ete,” Jingoes Develop Suggestion. Major Kleeberger’s suggestion did not fall on barren soil. It was taken up, developed, and @efinitely crystal- lized, thru action being taken on a nation-wide scalé, with leading army and public officials sponsoring it and participating in it. Fruitless Rail Wage Conference: Adjourns The wage scale conference between representatives of railroad unions and executives of mid-western railways was adjourned today after three days of negotiations. The employers re- fused to consider increases from $1.00 to $1.65 in daily wages. They also made counter-proposals to the unions’ submission of certain revisions of the working rules. At the end of the conference the rail executives promised to reconsider the wage question and the union heads agreed to reconsider the matter of working rules, bs “ Special Meeting of Nucleus No,.12 Monday Street Nucleus Ne ers Party of Chicagé, cial meeting at 18 DAILY WORKER Workers Following are a few reports of shop niclei activity outside of the city of Chicago compiled from reports re- celved recently by District 8, Work- ers (Communist) Party: Christopher, mine nucleus—Attend- anace: 9 absent, 8 present. Discussed following questions: Labor Party, DAILY WORKER, discharge of com- rades from mines, I. L, D. work, bol- shevization of party education, propa- ganda on the job. Distributed foreign- born leaflets and 25 Lenin pamphlets. Obtained 4 subs to DAILY WORKER. $86 raised for I. L. D. at dance, Springfield, mine nucleus—Present at last meeting 4; absent none. Took up complaint against checkweighman; discussed DAILY WORKER and La- bor Defense; took up matter of union fraction organization; distributed “Why Every Worker Should Be a Communist.” Springfield, mine nucleus—Present 5, absent 1. Discussed mine union problems and shop questioris; took up various underground grievances; dis- cussed DAILY WORKER campaign and International Labor Defense. Re- port that they are taking active part in I, L. D. work, raising funds and so forth. Orient, mine nucleus — Present -6, 12 of the Work-|8ub-section meetings. will hold a spe-jhereafter will not serve merely as S. Racine Ave. |#gitprop instruments but will function absent 5. Took up preparations for ss? (Communist) Party , Nacleus Activity in District 8 | Ziegler Defense, mass meeting and disciplinary case in the nucleus; also the quesiton of dues payments; se- cured 3 subs to the Progressive Miner. Reports comrades active in IL. D. work, Johnson City, mine nucleus—Pres- ent 6, absent 3: Discussed difference between Communism and socialism. Took up blacklist application against militants by coal operators; also dis- cussed various mining problems; dis- tributed a few. copies of Workers Monthly. -'They_,organized gne South Slav Ziegler: Defense branch and one French, with ,about 80 members. Made one collection of $40 for Ziegler miners, im Auburn, Ml—Present 6,‘ absent 6. Initiated one“new member. Discussed matter of subscriptions to Delovska Slovenija andy secured 2 subs for it. Distributed “530 President Coolidge leaflets. Arranging mass meeting for Ziegler Def J Sheboygan,‘ Wis.,South Slav branch —Present”6)iabsent 1; is sick in hos- pital. Took’ upyquestion of agitation, and subscniptions .to papers. Dis- cussed question of convention of Croa- tions from..fraternal organizations. Report they ate distributing party lit~ erature. Obtained 12 subs for Rad- nik, South Slav Paper. Report mem- bers take part in I. L. D. work. SECTION THREE HOLDS DANCE AND GET-ACQUAINTED PARTY ON SATURDAY Section 3, Chjcago, is one of the first sections to establish an agitation and propaganda fund. A number of the largest“industries in. the city are located in ths section. The stockyards employing close to 50,000 workers are in this territory. shops. great deal of money is needed. There are numerous mail order houses and railroad In order to fully cover any of these shops in a party campaign a The executive committee of Section 3 has arranged a dance and get- “acquainted party at the Vilnis Hall, 3116 South Halsted street, for Saturday night. An admission of 50 cents will be charged. All proceeds are to be used in various party campaigns in the shop and residential districts. Comrades of other sections are asked to hélp in this work, PARTY FUNCTIONARIES: . - WILL HOLD CONFERENCE ~ ON SUNDAY, APRIL:11; NEW YORK, April 8—Every or ganizer, secretary and agitprop di+ fector of every shop and street nuclei, every member of every ‘sub- section executive, every section 6m ganizer, every member of the dis- trict executive committee, ‘ai all members of all sub-committees of the district such as industrial agit- prop, women’s committee, Negro committee etc., must attend the conference of party functionaries Sunday morning, April 11, “ati 10 | o’clock at Manhattan Lyceum=66 | E. 4th St. William W. Weinstone, general secretary of the New York district, will report on the political activity ofthe district and Jack Stachél, or ganization secretary of the district, will report on the party reorganiza- tion and other organization: prob- lems of the party. A general discussion by the func- tionaries will follow the report of Katterfield who will outline the new subscription campaign of the DAILY WORKER. All party members are invited to attend. Every one must bring his membership card with him. Sub-Section 8, Sect. 6 Meets on Mon. Evening Sub-Section 8 of Section 6, Workers Party of Chicago will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday April 12, 8:00 p, m. at 2147 W. Chicago Ave. A new departure in local organization will be made at this as well as other Sub-sections next Monday evening, April 12, at 1:00/48 directing and guiding ‘bodies for p. m. sharp. Very important business |the nuclei within their territory. will be transacted at this meeting and every member mugt attend without fail, “INTHE WORKERS SCHOOL! worker correspondent. It pays for the workers, It hurts the bosses. All classes meet at 19 S. Lincoln St., except Workers’ Journalism and Trade Union Pro! 2644 LeMoyne St.; at 1113,W. Washington Blvd.; English North Side at nglish South Side at Vilnis, 3116 S, Halsted St. Enrollment Blank for the Workers’ School Third Term: Six Weeks—April 11 to May 21. Jheck here Nucleus No... A eeerecnsesasenssorenaee. 1 hereby enroll for the following class, and pay my fee of one dollar for each class. | am checking the courses | want. (No one may enter mofe than two classes.) Monday—Workers’ Journalism (Engdahl). Begins April 12. Capital, Continuation Class, Trade Union Problems (Swabeck), ‘uesday—Elements of Communism, 2nd term (Dolsen). April 13. .Wednesday—Party Organization and Functioning (Abern). April 14, hursday—-Elements of Communism, 1st term (Simons). April 15. Friday—American Imperialism (Gomez). B ‘uesday fand Thursday—English North Sid junday, n A. M.—English South Si ins April 16, legins April 13, » Begins April 11. eeeenneees Send to Workers’ School, 19 South Lincoln Street, Apt Mm. , _ WILLIAM a Secretary THE CHICAGO MAY DAY COMMITTEE WILL MEET TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. The May Day Committee that is making arrangements for Chicago’s great May Day celebration at the Coliseum will meet tonight at 8:00 o'clock at 19 S. Lincoln St. All units of the Workers (Communist) Party are expected to have their delegates present at this meeting. The com- mittee has the task of turning out eleven thousand people to fill the Coliseum on May Day. PITTSBURGH TO HOLD PICNIC ON. “MONDAY, JULY 5 PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 8. —. A picnic has been arranged by District 5 of the Workers (Communist) Party for Monday, July 5 at John Gajdas’ Farm at Cheswick, Pa. Party units and sympathetic organizations are re- quested not to arrange any conflicting affair on that day. \ 3 Classes Start Monday at the Workers’ School This Monday, Apnil 12, three classes of the Workers School of Chicago commence. Workers Journalism (un- der the guidance of J. Louis Engdahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER) trains workers to write for The DAILY ‘WORKER, The class in Cap- ital is a continuation class of those who. have studied it for the past two terms, Trade Union Problems (with Arne Swabeck, delegate to the Chi- cago Federation of Labor as instrue- tor)* throws open its doors to all workers who wish to be of greater service to their unions. The workers of various industries are being re- cruited into the class, which will deal \ with the practical problems as they come up in Ahe unions, strikes, organti- zation drives, executive boards’ action, etc, Party Organization and Functioning. On Wednesday, April 14, Martin Abern, organization secretary of Dis- trict 8 of the Workers (Communist) Party will start a course in party or- ganization and functioning. This will deal with the role of the party, the various committees, the work in the nuclei, the party campaigns, how to put over a campaign, etc. Hach party nucleus has been instructed to send at least one comrade into this class, » On Friday, April 16, Manuel Gomez, secretary of the All-America Anti-Im- perialist League will begin a course on “American Imperialism” which will deal with the power of the imperial- ists, their control over the govern- ment here, and over the governments of the Western Hemisphere. 2 Elements of Communism (first term) starts om. Tuesday, April 15, ._ with William Simons as the Instrue- tor, Comrade Simons has been teach- ing this course to classes in \Gary, South Bend and Milwaukee for the past few months. The second erm of Elements of Communism will be continued by Com. Dolsen on *4Hes- day, April 13. Sie For the many who wish to improve their English, two classes are offered. Tuesday and Thursday on the North Side; and Sunday at 11 a. m. on the South Side. All courses begin the week commencing April 11. RALLY FORCES FIRST OF MAY! _ Speak Up Thru THE DAILY WORKER! _ Greetings Trade’ unions, workers’ societies and other working ¢ organizations wile pnt greetings to The. Daily Worker on May Day in special ads. Get your . organization to take some space in The Daily Worker. _ All ads‘at the rate of $1.00 An Inch Individuals can join the big parade, and names of work- ers sending, greetings will be: JOIN THE BIG PARADE! Sign the Honor Roll! Bundles The May Day Special Issue" will be one of 12 pages— filled with news and stories and cartoons—features from the shops, factories and_ trade unions. The Special will be printed to enable every part of the | country to receive it before. May Day and in time for distribution and your Day meeting. Get a bundle | at the special price of . 2 Cents a Copy THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd, Chicago, Ill, for a bundle of the May Day sossseansauucesnnnecessnsconeensnnsnsnnesseeheoteegessssngeneey (City)