The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 2, 1926, Page 6

Ny Page Six THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING co. 1113 W. Washington Blvd,, Chicago, Il. Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in Chicago only): By mail (outside 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 Address all mail and make out checks to, THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Iinols J, LOUIS ENGDAHL { WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J. LOE! Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. eomneservereres EItOPS Business Manager ite 290 Advertising rates on application, = a ———] lnteveuitivel Labor Day! On the First of May the hosts of labor thruout;the whole world pause to review the struggles—the victories and defeats—of the past year and take inventory of the relative strength of the antagonistic classes in preparation for the struggles that are to come. This May Day is observed in varied forms in different parts of the world. The tempo of development of the revolutionary movement of labor is not everywhere the same. In those mations where the white terror rages unabated the workers secretly:meet and strive to devise means of crushing their murderous.“oppressors. Thou- sands upon thousands of exiles from Horthy’s Hungary and Mus- solini’s Italy, in communication with those valiant fighters still challenging these monsters upon their own soil, eagerly await the accumulation of force that will break thru the black night of reac- tion and bring the dawn of the revolution. In the Balkans similar preparations are going on. The class conscious workers—vanguard of the oppressed and exploited masses—of the colonies and semi- colonies held in subjection thru frightfulness prepare for the day of liberation from the imperialist invaders. May Day in England, long awaited with fear and trembling by the ruling class of that imperialist power is at hand, and the great strike of the miners begins at midnight, accompanied by rumblings of a general strike thruout the British isles that may shake that mighty capitalist nation to its very foundations. In the United States, seat of the most powerful ruling class the world has ever seen, with a vicious, arrogant government that unblushingly carries out to the most minute details the orders of the powerful banking houses of Wall Street, the class conkcious workers realize that their struggle is a part of ‘the world. struggle and also are fully aware of the fact that the struggle to break the power of the ruling class here means challenging the most danger- ous enemy of the proletariat of the whole world. The immediate task confronting us is to strive for a consolida- tion of labor’s forces and unity of action with“the impoverished Yarmers in ordér to throttle the Wall Street government whose rapacity knows no bounds and which is reachifig’ ‘out in an effort to bring the whole world under its domination. Only within the confines of the Union of Sécialist Soviet Re- publics do the workers celebrate the final victory over their op- pressors. The outpost of the world revolution, their May Day lends encouragement to the workers everywhere for renewed as- saults against their mortal enemy—capitalism:‘ The Mellon-Coolidge Debt itécord The administration at Washington is anxious ‘to bring to a close this session of congress so the members of the republican-democrat Morgan coalition can plunge into the election ‘campaigns. Discus- sions with Coolidge at “breakfast” conferences“indicate that the liquidation of the war debts is to be utilized as one of the outstand- ing achievements of the present session. When the immense hoax of the war debts beeomes known to the constituents of the statesmen at Washington Wwe are inclined to think the debt “settlement” record will not be advantageous to! its sponsors. If it were a question of relieving the masses of Europe of the burden of the war debts there would be some merit to the arguments of the coalition congressmen. But not only do the debt settlements not relieve the workers of Europe but they pave the way for still further European exploitation by American finance capital and at the same time place the burden of making up the difference between the actual amount due and the amount realized by the settlements upon the American taxpayers. The servants of Wall Street are going to have a difficult time convincing their former supporters that they deserve to be sent back. To be sure the beneficiaries of these settlements—the Wall Street banking houses—will see that all the faithful have unlimited tampaign funds at their disposal to aid them;Newberryize their territories, but. the voters are likely to consider, another term for the presént congress equivalent to turning the whole’ country over to Morgan. Captain Gilbert Frankau, confessed anglophile tory and would- be novelist, who is now touring the United States, displays a very “low type of intellect when he congratulates the blatant Chicago Tribune, for publishing “the most efficient piece of modern journal- ism” he has ever seen. The article he admired was the report of a ech delivered by himself in London, Additional evidence that movie stars can succeed without even one brain to rub against the other: Douglas Fairbanks, according to his current wife, Mary, Pickford, is afraid to ride in an airplane because two palmists have told him he’ll be killed if he flies, Get a member of the Workers Party and a new subscription for The DAILY WORKER. Ne The First of May and the Miners HOWELL, I/|—On May First the best elements of the miners will lay aside their tools and along with the workers of all the world celebrate, The First of May, 1926. finds the miners’ union in one of its most danger- us crises that it has ever experienced in years. The defeat of the anthra- cite miners has a very important meaning to the bituminous coal diggers. \ THE DAILY WORKER May Day With the Tailors By MAX J, SILLINSKY. A Dee most important question before the rank and file of all the needle trades is amalgamation, The mem- bers of the Journeymen Tailors’ Union realize that the problem of amalgamation is just as important to their organization as it is for instance, to the largest organization in the clothing industry, Aside from the fact that the exist- ence of six organizations means ex- penses that burden the membership, with separate offices, staffs and or- ganizations; and aside from the fact that this impedes the organization of the unorganized, for thé unorganized look upon the six unions as store- keepers drumming for trades; in addi- tion there has arisen a state of aftag- onism and antipathy of one union of the needle industry toward one an- other which is very harmful and dan- gerous. Furthermore, the existence of the several unions is a detriment to the worker in his securing a live- Nhood. For instance, if there is a slack in custom tailoring and a man is compelled to get work that comes under the jurisdition of the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers, he is obliged to join the Amalgamated and pay a new initiation. If he is unable to pay the initiation fee, he can get no work. OR a long time, the progressives in the Journeymen Tailors’ Union have realized that they can expect nothing from the present administra- tion on the question of amalgamation. No half-hearted measures will be ac-| ceptable to the progressives of the union, The rank and file in the cloth- ing industry must be united on a solid basis and cannot permit itself to be losely webbed together in alliances formed by insincere officials, which at best do not solve the problem of unity for the working class and which proved an abortion when attempted by the officials of the garment work- ers’ union several years ago. What the clothing workers need to- day foremost is a complete amalgama- tion of the six existing unions of the clothing trades into one organization, departmentalized according to the branches of the industry. OR years the workers of the cloth- ing industry have been regarded as the dynamic force in the American labor movement, but today thru the machine@ion of the officialdom we have fallen into the background to such an extent that even conserva- tive unions such as the Carpenters can rightfully claim closer affiliation of the workers in their industry and point out the fact thag they, the Car- penters Union, hage}broadened the scope of organization and to a certain extent have met the™heeds of the times by embodying ‘under one head the piledrivers, boxmakers and even pencilmakers, We; thé clothing work- ers’ unions have. indeéd fallen mighty low in our organization work when we have to take a Back seat on amal- gamation questions trom even the car- penters, who névVet professed to champion that cauge, Desens is no doypt that amalgama- tion is the paramount issue of the needle industry an@ this must be driven home to every, worker in the industry. From contact that I have had with the progressive wing in the Journeymen Tailors’ Union, there is no doubt that the: membership is ripe |for amalgamation. -Itris simply a ques- | tion of stimulating the other organ- izations to prepare’ for it. It is an unforgivable crime that an organization that is composed almost entirely of people of foreign birth, has | not thru its present officialdom, with Thomas Sweeney as its, head, raised a |single voice of protest nationally jagainst the vicious bills that are now {Pending before congress, which are a |death blow not only to the foreign- |born workers but to the «American unions. It appears as if the Journey- men Tailors’ Union has raised protest only in the locals where the progres- |sive wing has been able to push the idea forward, HE organization of the unorganized is another great question before us. There are no less than 100,000 eligible members, On this question, the pro- gressives insist upon the present sys- tem of national organizers being changed. The situation demands that district organizers be put into office who will be responsible for the build- ing up of the organizations under their jurisdiction. They will not, as at the present time, be able to go to some fertile field no matter in what part of the country it’ may be situated, to build up a reputation for themselves and thus perpetgate themselves in of- fice, They will be compelled to de- velop the organization in their own district, and thus we will be able to check up on the results that they at- tain. | eats but not least, the Journeymen Tailor’s Union needs a special con- vention. There has been no conven- tion of the union since August, 1921, and it was upon the advice and urg- ing of the present general secretary that the convention was postponed against the protest of the militants in our organization, who have rightfully pointed out that to postpone a conven- tion means to further stop activity. Some of the membership believe that the reason of this postponement is that the present officialdom cannot face the membership on a square foot- ing and be re-elected. MALGAMATION being held back and often ridiculed in the official organ of the Journeymen . Tailors’ Union, protection of the foreign-born having been completely ignored, a con- vention postponed till 1929, the organ- izers on the payroll being such as only to suit the whims of the present gen- eral secretary, there is only one thing left for the progressives and that is to clean house. The approaching elections impel every progressive to be on the job and to give the pres- ent secretary a retiring card. The stage of compromise and. of expecting to accomplish anything from the pres- ent officialdom is past, and it is a question of a clear, uncompromising tained in short order. For the Unity of the ‘Workers and Farmers By CHARLES E. TAYLOR, Executive Commiteeman of the Farm- ers’ Educational League. AY DAY! The day of the Interna- tional Festival of Labor. How the very words send a thrill thru the veins of the working masses of the world! This May Way should be the occa- sion and must be thé time of the lay- ing of the foundation for the unity of the organized workers and the toiling masses of farmers in their common struggle to break the chains of their common exploiter and oppressors, as Proposed by the presidium of the Farmers’ International, representing the millions of organized toiling farm- ers thruout the world, in its May Day greetings to the editorial board of the DAILY WORKER, Unity of Workers and Farmers. arse day should by no means be re- stricted to ‘the promotion of the advance in the unity of the organiza- tion of the industrial workers alone, but it must be the occasion for the broadening of the basis of unity to in- clude the idea of the co-ordination of all of the organizations of the toiling masses of farmers and the unity of the organized masses of the working class with the organized masses of the toil- ing farmers, This united front of the workers in the factories with the workers in the field has not in the past been given the consideration that its vital impor- tance demands by the revolutionary movement, which moyement has al- ways been basicly an industrial move- ment, which has ignored and neg- lected the revolutionary sentiment of the farmers, which sentiment has at times assumed mass proportions, and failed to take advantage of and direct it into proper channels, co-ordinate it with the revolutionary sentiment of the city workers to the accomplish- ment of a common purpose—a govern- ment of the workers and farmers, : A Common Problem. ae problems of the workers in the industries and the workers in the fields is a common problem—their des- tiny is a common destiny. Their ene- mies are common enemies. The eman- ecipation of the one group cannot be accomplished without the emancipa- tion of the other. The workers cannot destroy capital- ism without the co-operation of the farmers, not can the farmers destroy capitalism without the aid of the work- ers. The groups march shoulder to shoulder to victory. Until this fact is recognized and this unity accom. Plished, capitalism is safe. Well are the exploiters and oppressors aware of this fact, So they endeavor in every way to retain their influence over the farm- ers, “Consequently the struggle be- tween the workers and exploiters for this mighty ally—the toiling farmers— is the struggle for the victory of thé Hach year with thé) increasing bank- Truptcy and machiniging of agriculture hordes of dispossessed farmers and their families, tégether with the grown-up children of the land owning farmers, find theirarays into the cities to throw their labor power into an already oversupplied market ‘to beat down wages and déstroy labor organi- zations. The poor present standard of living of the workers and his organiza- tion, which is the’ basis of that stand- ard, cannot be maintained much longer without the definite organization of the toiling farmer® thru the accom- Plishment of the wnited front of the two groups, bothgin their economic and political struggles. Must Meet Problem. Yates workers must awake to these facts and take Es caimapeld steps to safeguard theniselves and itheir brother workers on the farm. The consideration of these necessary steps is a proper and timely subject for dis- cussion at the May Day celebrations. The farmer is coming more and more to realize with the progress of the machinizing of agriculture, with the ever increading value of land, and with the passing of the lands into the hands of the mortgage companies, that his social status is that of the work- ing man, mercilessly exploited because of his utter lack of organization and resistance; that he faces the same problems faced by his city comrades He is therefore becoming more and more amenable to organization, more and more conscious of the necessity of organization and of the effecting of the wnited front pwith the city work- ers for the overthrow of their common exploiters. 8 Greet Farmers?, International, tal presidium ofthe Farmers’ In- ternational didjjvell and rendered a great service torthe toiling farmers and the organizedoworkers in calling the attention of the DAILY WORKER and the Workers (Communist) Party ‘o the importancé of unity between rural and city wofkers on the occa- sion of this May Day festival, the day dedicated to the uffity of international labor. iJ congratulate the "presidium of the Farmers’ International; they welcome the promulgation “of the idea of the The farmers of!America greet and” x co-ordination of the organizations of he toiling farmers with the industrial workers in a unified working class and join with the Farmers’ International in urging the setting up at this May Day festival the slogans: a The United Front of the farmers against the dollarocracy. The consolidation of the United Farmers’ Front with the United Work- ers’ Front. Long live the United Front of the toilers of city and farm! Farmers and Workers of all coun- tries, unite! LETTERS FROM OUR READERS ———————— Editor of The DAILY WORKER,— Very glad to see The DAILY WORK- ER making another drive for new subscribers. The drive should be con- tinuous, with no let up for the time and conditions demand that more and more workers should be posted on the great events taking place such as the Passaic textile strike and the New York furriers’ strike and so many other great events taking place all over the world which are of very great importance to the workers. The facts of these events The DAILY WORKER keeps’ before their subscribers daily. What does the hypocritical kept press give of such events? Not an item of news that is of interest to the workers. All they give is lies, scandals, advertisements and comic pictures. Yet there are millions of workers paying $12 or more a year for this corruption when they can get their own newspaper the DAILY WORKER that will benefit them morally and economically for $6 a year. More power to Tire DAILY WORK- ER—Carl Giebe,\ San Diego, Calif, John D. Boosts Oil Price, The Standard Oil company of In- diana today announced that effective tomorrow morning the price of gaso- line wifl be advanced one cent a gallon and refined oil half a cent a BOSSES FEAR FIRST OF MAY By M. PERLIN, Worker Correspondent, HE first of May, the international workers’ holiday, gallon in the eleven states in which it operates, . that was pro- claimed at tHe international socialistic congress in Paris in the year 1889 is the holiday of the class conscious proletariat of the whole world. On this day the proletariat in all the cities of the world demonst: their power. Likewise the capitalists of the world consistently fight this only real international workers’ holiday. In every capitalistic land before the first of May the bourgeoisie line wm THE BIG PRIZE In the Third Annual NATIONAL BUILDERS’ CAMPAIGN .. Ending July 4 ci ' A TRIP TO MOSCOW THIS WAY— The countryis divided into fifteen districts, Every dis- trict is set a certain quota giving all an equal chance. The district securing the highest percentage of its quota will elect a worker _to attend the Sixth Congress of the Commus nist International,in MOSCOW—ALL EXPENSES PAID. “1 PR) Election Only those fre. entitled to vote who have points to their credit. Names of all these and their votes will be published and ballots will be.sent to them. Hach point-will count for a vote. : No one can be a candidate for the trip to Moscow unless he has secured 1,000 points (10 yearly’subs to The DAILY WORKER—or equivalent). “AND THIS WAY— In addition to the district reaching the highest percentage of its quota every district which se- cures a total of 40,000 points to its credit will also be entitled to elect from among the individuals who score more than 1,000 points one comrade to make the trip to Moscow. I DOOK A 24-page pamphlet sent free on request will tell you how you can be a candidate and also win other prizes. Send for.it and LAND ON THIS BRICK! : THE NEW SUBSCRIPTION TO BUILD | THE . DAILY WORKER Had they, side by side, battled the bosses and exhausted the coal supply the struggle would have had, a different outcome, py This is one of the many struggles that the miners Have to wage to main- : “tain a human standard of tiving. Next year we will haVe our share of strug- “i gting to keep our present}dénditions, The contract $ soon and it will net be long before we will ibe in the midst of the inst the bosses « and the hoss’s government. ” Let the First of May Be the beginning of sharpening our instruments for class struggle and the hope of better working conditions and life under em that deprives us of them. up soldiers, police and spies to crush out the revolutionary spirit of the workers, The fear-driven bourgeois: mploy a multitude of schemes and tricks to weaken the influence that the first of May has on the class con- scious workers of the whole capitalist world, For on that day the ex- ploited producers of all the wealth in the world come forth and demon- strate dissatisfaction with the capitalist system, ‘ These hordes of workers warn their exploiters that the end has iM z ? come for the capitalist system, where a small handful of parasites live in Bi al Shea » THE DAILY WOR luxury and riot, while the majority of workers tive in misery and poverty, ween | S88 We Wathington gir * ! ‘ —— ST working class as it is of the toiling farmers.” Recruits for Industry, lJ I gin sources of the reserve supply of labor, the source of urban popu- lation is the farm, which pours its surplus population in’ a constant mighty stream into the cites and the currents of industriak:activity, The agricultural worker of today js the industrial worker of tomo: A by P