The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 12, 1926, Page 4

Page Four —~ ig tenet cetera 1 tne | adhd Workers (Communist) Party | What The Daily Worker Is--- What It Must Become WORKERS’ SCHOOL SUMMER CLASSES START JULY 15 New York Offers Half Month’s Course NEW YORK, June 10,—Teachers from all over the country as well as students fro mall sections of the United States will assemble together for the national summer training course of the Workers’ School, July 15-30, Every effort is being made to make the summer training school an out- standing educational event both in the character of the teachers who give the courses and the workers who come to New York to take them. “America Today.” Jay Lovestone will give the course entitled “America Today,” a study of trustification, class divisions, agrarian problem, changing economic trend, in- ternational relations and national pol- itics of the United States in the post- war period. William F, Dunne will give the course in “Trade Union Work.” This coyrse will deal with the major prob: lems of the American labor movement and the technique of work for the trade unions. * David Saposs, Solon De Leon or An- ton Bimba will give the course in the history of the American labor move. ment, Political History. Alexander Trachtenberg has been secured for the course in the Eco- nomic and Political History of the United States. ‘William W. Weinstone is the in- structor in History and Problems of the Workers (Communist) Party. Jack Stachel is instructor in Struct- ure and Organizational Problems and Bert Wolfe in Marxism-Leninism. Half Month Course. Only workers who intend to do a half month of intensive hard work with five hours of class room work a day and several additional hours of study are invited to make application for the course. Tuition and Expenses. On account of the expenses involved in securing teachers outside of the regular staff of the Workers’ School, it has been found necessary to charge @ tuition fee for the two-week period of $25. However, many scholarships are being offered by friends of the school and no worker who is really capable of benefiting from the course and contributing to the labor move- ment as a-result of his studies will be excluded merely because he lacks the tuition fee. Arrangements are being made to give free scholarships to those requiring it and even room and in some few cases other expenses while in New York City. For further information on the school and the summer course write to Bertram D. Wolfe, director of the Workers’ School, 108 East 14th street, New York City, giving details as to occupation, activities in the labor Movement and possibilities as to financing yourself in connection with the summer cour Nurse Electrocuted. AKRON, Ohio, June 9.—Candace Brollier, 22, of Mt. Gilead, a nurse at People’s Hospital here, was electro- cuted while curling her hair. It was believed the electric curler became short circuited in some man- ner. Chains BY HENRY BARBUSSE. A dramatic story -of the subjugation and oppression of mankind from the dim dawn of history until today. The whole pancrama of universal history, with men as pawns in the hands of oppressors and exploiters thruout the ages, is un- folded in this gigantic epic. 2 vols, 600 pp. $4.00 =o DAILY WORKER PUB. CO, 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, Illinois, By WILLIAM F, DUNNE, Fifth Article. HE importance of accuracy for the Communist press cannot be over- estimated. Our press is read more critically than any other newspaper for obvio reasons. Both friends and enemies read with a keen eye for errors. Unless our news stories and esti- mates of various situations are cor- rect in general and in detail we shake the confidence of our friends, finally lose them and make it possible for our enemies to evade the real ques- tions at issue between them and the working class and make their whole case on our misstatements, HE process by which this is done is quite simple. It consists only in pointing out some obvious tnaccuracy —perhaps of little importance in it- seli—and making the obvious but plausible argument that a sheet or a party which errs on small questions of fact is unlikely to be correct on the broader questions of policy. Thus relieved of all necessity of meeting such real issues as a labor party, amalgamation, organization of the unorganized, the enemies of the party can go merrily along, satisfied with their success at avoiding all dis- cussion on the real merits of the Communist program, and aided in this by us. HE DAILY WORKER has sinned heavily in this respect, but it will do no good to simply cry “mea culpa” and return to the old carefree way of handling matters of grave concern to the whole labor movement and to our party. Our press must build up a reputa- tion for truth and accuracy which is susceptible to the sternest kind of proof and which both party and non- party workers are willing and able to defend. Our party must change its attitude toward news of the struggles of the workers and developments in the labor movement. Our sins have been of two kinds: (1) Carelessness in reporting events and underestimating the importance of accuracy in detail. (2) A manner ©f approach and a method of chronicling events in the labor movement which, altho no spe- cific inaccuracy could be pointed out in the matter of detail, nevertheless gives an entirely wrong impression of what occurred, its importance in the whole perspective of the labor move- ment and the general tempo and tone of the movement itself. N example of the first type of error is contained in a story I wrote a few days ago dealing with the farmer- labor situation in Minnesota. I at- [tempted to give the position of the various groups in the labor movement of the Twin Cities and in securing the information I talked to forty or fifty persons. I inquired the position of Richard Wiggin, who is influential in the Minneapolis labor movement, and was told by at least a dozen people that he was supporting Davis instead of Johnson, Further inquiry made it clear that while Wiggin had supported Davis openly in the convention he was not doing so now. But I had already written the story and sent it in, I Seeks to Diagnose Disease by the Use of Radio Waves MADISON, Wis., June 10.—Arthur Engel, Milwaukee electrigian, who claims to have invented a system of diagnosing diseases in cattle by the use of radio waves, will be given an opportunity to try out his invention on Badger cows. A special committee of veterinari- ans has recommended to the Wiscon- sin livestock sanitary board that En- gel be given a.chance to prove his claims by diagnosing herds which are about to be tested with the approved tuberculin test. The animals will then be tested in the regular way and the results of the two methods compared with the evi- dence produced at the time of slaugh- ter. Altho Engel claims ability to diag- nose and cure other diseases by the use of his radio waves, he will be confined for the present to diagnosing for tuberculosis, Two Children’ Burned to Death, ST. JOHNS, uQe., June 9.—Two children, Paul Emile and Ghyslaine Cloutre, were Burned to death in their beds when fire destroyed their home here, Their parents were badly burned in trying to rescue the children. ° wired the correction, but the wire was received too late. I am sure that this one inaccuracy will lessen much of the effect of the story in Minneapolis and will be used to show that The DAILY WORKER consciously distorts the facts. A little more care on my part would have prevented this. HE chief reason for our mistakes in this direction, I think, is that we take too much for granted, Even in the American labor move- ment, where development is proceed- ing very slowly, the situation is not static by any means. Persons and groups change their positions from day to day, even tho very slightly, and if we are to understand and interpret correctly events in the labor move- ment we must follow such changes with the utmost closeness. Then again there is the fact that what may seem to us relatively unim- portant is considered something very striking indeed by large numbers of workers, HE second type of error consists principally in attaching too much importance to what, to jone who is part of and knows the American labor movement, is all in the day’s work, Into this category fall many, if not most of what can be called “the reign of terror” type of story dealing with internal struggles in unions, Just why we should be so horrified by a few fist fights in unions or even by fights in which guns and black- jacks are used by opponents of the left wing has always been a mystery to me and, I believe, to many other party members and non-party workers as well, ie is nothing less than pacifist non- sense to raise the cry of gangster- ism and terrorism because some left winger gets hit in the jaw or because a squad of “tough guys” is called in by the bureaucrats. Ordinarily this strongarm work is done by members of the union themselves, Sometimes of course professional gunmen are hired, but in either case a dose of their own medicine is much more ef- fective than two or more columns of hysterical complaint. Our comrades should learn to use their hands as well as their heads, and it is not always true that the pen is mightier than the blackjack. So far The DAIWY WORKER has recorded only defeats of party mem- bers and left wingers in these af- frays, but it will have no objection to giving as much space to some victory stories as it has to incidents where the left wing furnishes only the cas- uaity list. . HEN there is the unqualified use of the word “thousands” when’ de- scribing mass meetings, strikes, demonstrations, etc. Our correspond- ents should not forget that these af- fairs are witnessed by many workers | besides themselves and that it is a| poor policy for the ong pull to contin- ually exaggerate, The capitalist press may lie in the other direction, but when the Commu- nist press says thousands it should | mean something more than 2001. (To be continued.) THE DUA Ws Ree ie een cermmen tan tt sere SOS AE SERRE RO RENT ASTRAL eS ON TO MOSCOW! Subs Received in the oh Annual Na- tional Daily Worker Builders Cam- paign—Subs of June 3, 4 and 5. Points Total BOSTON, MASS.— F. Aissen 45 15! Ciara Halpern 20 265 Bertha J, Leib 100 F. Lundvali 45 «(255 John Orth 90 180 Elsie Pultur 340 2,305 Boris &. Rubenstein 100 100 R. Shohan 100 1,245 1. Bloom, Springfield, M 250 "70! Viad, Pochebit, Newton Upper Falls, Ma: 65 John Stanle 240 Kenneth & Conn, 120 Anna Weissberg, Conn, 40 NEW YORK CITY— David Berchenco 30 90 A. Chorover 240 1,335 Eva Cohen 20 | 40 Chas. Dirba 90 425 Eve Dorf 130 280 R. W. Dunn . 30 30 Leo Kling 100 3,060 S, Leibowitz 150 9 M. Lurie 45 45 H. F. Mins ... 410 2,050 D. Newman’. 20” 20 N. Rapoport 20 Philip Rivkin 20 115 N. Rosenber; 2 20 Arthur Smi 655 3,515 B. Leib, Paterson, 20 PHILADELPHIA, PA Norman Beard 45 185 Anna Kapness 100 © 100 Esther Markes 140 © 330 B. Polshook 20 20 Sam Silver 100 100 BUFFALO, N. Y.— J. Cooper . 100 1,120 Max Goldwater wo qu S. Katz . 45 45 James J. Bonyan, UticayNo¥. 45 45 Theodore Henky,’ Crestwood, 30 mmnih a. Manet Tonawdnda, J. Kasper, Wilkinsburgh, (E. Pittsburgh) ‘ PITTSBURGH, PA— A. Garfinkel 780 W. H. Scarville ooens 750 5,070 M. Esterkin, Cincinnati, Ohio. 10 1 CLEVELAND, OHIO— J. Ecke .. 345848 Gustave Vosberg 100 300 M. Popovich, Warren, Ohio 45 110 J. E. Glozer, Younstown, Ohio 45 45 Joseph Subich, Lexington, 0... 45 DETROIT, MICH.— Joseph Heyna G. Kork .., Wm. Mollenhauer Shasha Salutsky Sarah Victor Eugene Bechtol ~ ids, Mich. CHICAGO, ILL. L. Barocio Nels Kjar .. G. Lott .. John W. Maskell .. Sam Miron # Esther Posteroff Walter Schuth Arne Swabeck Plav Street Nucleus N: ste sene Max Cohen, Peoria, Ill. sme 10 ST. LOUIS, M Frank Buneta Karl Gieb Steve Urlich Jukka Salminen, Waukeg: mas Gaanerien West G. Roger, ; MINNEAPOLIS, ‘MIN Richard Hemingson Dan W. Steven: ST. PAUL, MINN.— Norman Bernick Ruth Fisher... - 10 ° 20 A. W. Saarman, W. Burling- ton, lowa .. 100. 100 Sylvia Bruner, Pittsburgh, Kansa. 30 R. R. Ransom, Denver, Colo, 30 Allen Blomkvist, Pocatello, Ida 45 N. Bursler, Berkeley, Cali 510 LOS ANGELES, CALIF. M. Neidich 120 120 Paul C. Re 395 3,785 Cc. C. Watk 100100 J.C. Taylor, Oakland, 45 J. F. Fox, Blythe, Calif. 100 Chas, Bayles, San Jos 220 George Meinde, ‘Tampa, FI. 100 CLASS COLLABORATION INCREASES PROFITS OF THE B. & 0. RAILROAD By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press. Reports covering the first 4 months of 1926 show Profits of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad running nearly 25% ahead of 1925. 1925 profits stockholders a return of more than 12%. gave common Thru April the B. & O. reports a profit of $11,481,151 compared with $9,194,942 in the first 4 months of 1925, This gives it the largest proportion- ate gain of the big eastern trunk lines.¢———____ ng The first quarter of the year ended with B, & O. profits up 25 per cent, while profits of the Pennsylvania had advanced 18.7 per cent and the New York Central only 6.5 per cent. The part played by B. & O. shopmen in producing these gains for the stock- holders appears in the decreased pro- portion of revenue needed for mainte- nance. The B. & O. maintenance ra- tio fell from 36.9 per cent of gross revenue in the first quarter of 1925 to 35.8 per cent in 1926. This was the most tmportant factor in increasing net income from 12.1 per cent of gross revenue in 1925 to 14.4 per cent in 1926. To Fight Wage incre: Profits of the railroad industry as a whole are running more than 10 per cent ahead of 1926. Propagandists for the owners are busy trying to discount this argument for general increases in railroad wages. Says Editor Griswold of the Chicago Journal of Commerce: PHONE BELMONT 9 JENSEN & BERGSTROM TAILORS SUITS AND OVERCOATS MADE TO ORDER ‘We Clean, Press, Repair and Remodel Ladies and Gents Garments We Furnish the Union Label 3218 North Avenue, Near Kedzie CHICAGO, ILLINOIS “We are coming into ‘what may be 2 long season for the exaggerated in- terpretation of railroad‘ earnings. It is true that the railroads are earning today not only more in dollars but also more in return on invested capi- tal than they have earhed in many years, It is also true that there is a distinct probability that something like the present scale of earnings can be maintained for a confiderable time in the future. It is well’to renew ac- quaintance with facts at?a time when railroad labor proposes Wage increases which would reduce ratltoad. earnings to almost nothing. There is nothing in the situation to make wishes for higher wages prima faci evidence that they are justified,” Railroad Profits. Railroad profits for the first quarter of 1926 amounted to $223,558,765, com- pared with $204,605,982 the same pe- riod of 1925. This means that the roads are earning about 5% per cent on the tentative valuation by the in- terstate commerce commission. If all inflation due to writing up the value of investments could be squeezed out the rate of return would be consider- ably higher. Returns for. April from a majority of the country's railroads indicate that combined prdfits for the month will be about $78,000,000, com- pared with $66,199,236 a year ago. That worker next door to you may not have anything to do to- night. Hand him this copy of the DAILY WORKER. } 4 f Sb 20/ following day, go | Oklahoma NON-UNION COAL OPERATORS RULE U.S, SENATORS is Both Old Parties Join Aid Open Shop By LAURENCE TODD. Federated Press Service. " WASHINGTON, June 10,—Non- union coal operators of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee demonstrated their power in the sen- ate of the United States on June 7, when Copeland of New York lost his fight to secure debate on a Dill estab- lishing a federal fact-finding agency in the coal industry, The bill seeks also to provide some go | Slight degree of federal contro] of the industry in time of strike, but its chief signifieance lies in its proposal to de- 20|termine what are the costs of pro- duction of coal, what the profits, and what are the actual earnings of the miners, Democrats and Republicans Unite. Neely of West Virginia, democrat, objected to taking up the coal control bill. He had warned the senate, weeks before, that the coal industry wanted no governmental interference. Goff, his republican colleague, echoed this opinion, Copeland, after much pala- ver, moved that the coal bill be taken up between noon and 2 o’clock on the in the hope that it could be disposed of in less than two hours. In spite of the fact that he could 60 | Kill the measure by talking against it during that brief time, Neely insisted on a roll call, To get the bill up at | that time, Copeland had to muster a two-thirds majority. He failed, as he got only 43 votes against 25. Both Represent Capital, In this lineup is seen the attitude of defense of the aggressively non-union coal operatogs in the southern fields by both democratic and republican senators from those states. Kentucky just now has two republican senators, two and Missouri one. These all opposed action on coal, So did Tennessee’s two democrats, with one democrat each from Virginia, 200! North Carolina, Alabama and Arkan- 30 | Sas. Since northern capital is developing 80! the southern coal fields by a process which includes gradual abandonment of northern unionized fields in many cases, this senate roll call may be taken as a bid by both the old par- ties in the south for the support of the coal operators. It is accepted by the coal lobby in the capital as a hint that the political bosses in the south are willing to take,a more ex- treme anti-union stand than those in the north with relation to coal as they have with regard to textiles and lum- ber. LOOK OUT FOR THESE ABSCONDERS WITH FUNDS OF A WORKERS’ SOCIETY HAMTRAMCK, Mich., June 10.— The International Workers’ Home Association in the following letter points out that William Kuzyshin and Harry Halluk defrauded the or- ganization of $1,493.88 in 1925 and warns all workers’ organizations to be wary of them: “At its meeting held on Sunday, April 18, 1926, the members of the International Workers’ Home Asso- ciation adopted the following state- ment and ordered it printed in the working class press. “William Kuzyshin and Harry Hal- luk, the first having the position of financial secretary and the other having the position of treasurer, of the International Workers’ Home Association at 3014 Yemans street, Hamtramck, defrauded this organi- zation out of $1,493.88 in 1925. For this they stand expelled from the, International Workers’ Home Asso- ciation. “The International Workers’ Home Association requests that the above statement be given the widest pub- licity to the end that all workers shall be warned against these men, that they are unworthy of any con- fidence from honest workers, and that they shall not again be given an opportunity to fasten themselves upon any worke: organizations, only to betray them.” Dept. of Agriculture Makes Crop Forecast WASHINGTON, Jupne 10,—Based.on a condition of 76.5 per cent of nor- mal on June 1, the United States will have a winter wheat crop this year of approximately 543,300,000 bushels, the crop reporting board of the nounced, The condition of spring wheat on June 1 was 78.5 per cent 6f normal. but no production forecast was made. The condition of other crops, as of June 1, was given as follows: Oats, 78.8 per cent, with no produc- tion forecast. Barley, 81.0 per cent, no production forecast. + . Rye, 73.4 per cent, with an indicat- ed production of 41,131,000 bushels. Hay, 76.0 per cent. Peaches, 74.8 per cent, with an indi- cated production of 58,610,000 bushels, WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! AOVS department of agriculture an- WITH THEY fi jSONdUCTED -BY TH League of Youth Against Militarism Formed at Boston Anti- Military Meet i “CAMPAIGN PLANNED By NAT. KAY. BOSTON, June 10.—The conference to combat militarism, military train- ing, the citizens’ military training camps, the reserve officers’ training camps and the Capper-Johnson con- scription bill was held here last night at the Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation, There were delegates from the fol- lowing organizations: Stat> commit- tee of the Young Men’s Baptist Union, representing over fifteen branches, the Boston Trade Union College, Cap Mak- ers’ Union, Harvard Liberal Club, Young Workers’ League, Roxbury Ed- ucational Institute, American Negro Labor Congress, Independent Work- men’s Circle, United Front Committee of Textile Wogkers, and the South En Boys’ Club. } d War Coming. A. Wirim"of the Fellowship of Yout! for Peace presided over the confer- ence. In his opening remarks he gave a very good characteristic of present day militarism, branding the C, M. T. C., R. O. T. C., the Capper-Johnson bill and the military propaganda as a campaign by the United States govern- ment for another world war. Professor Clarence R. Skinner was then introduced. He made his address on. “Militarism and Its Danger to Youth,” explaining the causes of mili- tarism and its remedies. He called upon the youth to take the initiative to combat militarism in this country. A short discussion took place after Professor Skinner’s address, in which Go West Young Man for Rebel Youth Picnic, Sunday Not the booming west—the west of free lands and so-called opportunities, but the downtrodden, revolting west which is after Coolidge’s hide. West- word Ho! is beckoning to the mili- tant youth of Chicago, At least we can go a few miles west, to the land of the Young Work- ers League picnic. The date is, Sun- day, June 20. There you can expect sports events, dancing to the tune of I, Letchinger’s orchestra. And there will be speeches—Robert Minor, Com- munist cartoonist and writer, and Max Schachtman of the Young Workers League. Other big features are on the program. The place is Chernauskas Grove. GQ WEST! Take any car to Archer avenue, Archer to end of line, then take Justice Park car to 79th and Ar- cher. The doors open at 10 a. m. Admission is 35 cents in advance and 50 cents at the gate. Secure tickets at 19 South Lincoln street. CHICAGO DAILY WORKER AGENTS, ATTENTION! Meeting of all DAILY WORKER Agents will be held on Friday, June 11, 8 p. m., at the WORKERS’ ‘BOOKSHOP 19 So. Lincoln Street. All agents must be present. Very important. Do not fail to be there! Published by THE TRADG UNION WORKERS NG WORKERS LEAGUE the Young Workers League voiced ita opinion and recommendations as ta iteps for combating militarism, mak- ing it quite clear that militarism and imperialism cannot be done ‘away with compigtely unless capitalism is abolished. z Plan After ti-Military Campaign. e discussion the conference went down to work. The following decisions were made: (1) that the incoming executive committee begin a wide campaign to educate the public against militarism, this to be carried out in the following way: (a) public discussions, (b) street mass meetings, (c) issuance of a leaflet against mil- itarism, (d) issuance of a bulletin which would discuss current anti-mili- tarist activities; (2) that the confer- ence be broadened thru: (a) inviting and visiting organizations and asking them to affiliate with the conference, (b) the calling of another conference in September; (3) that the leaflet ed- ited by Mr. Wirin be distributed; (4) an executive committee of eight and a secretary be elected; (5) that the name of the organization be League ith Against Militarism, The Executive. The following were elected on the executive committee: Mr. Burrough, state commander, Young Men’s Bap- ist Union; K. J. White, Harvard Lib- eral Club; M. Sack, Young Workers League; I. Levitt, Boston Trade Union College (Student Body); A. Wirin, member. of Fellowship of Youth for Peace; H. Newton, American Negro Labor Congress; P. Fenningston, ed- itor of Yputh Page, “The New Word”;. S. Weisman, Cap Makers’ Union. L, Gilbert was elected secretary, The conference adjourned great enthusiasm and all presetit felt that a step forward to combat mili- tarism had beén made and that it is the duty of every otganization and in- dividual to participate in the work of this organization, DARCY SPEAKS AT CHICAGO MEMBER MEET The plenum of the National Commit- tee of the Young Workers League has just taken place: This gathering dis- cussed the situation facing the young workers of this country at this time and laid down the program of work for the coming period. The plenum Was unanimous in its constructive- ness, What took place, the decisions ar- rived at, etc., will be reported by the National Secretary of the Y. W. L., Comrade Sam Darcy, at the Chicago League membership meeting on Fri- day, June 11, 7:30 p. m., at 1902 West Division street. Come and bring your membership cards, YOUTH EXCURSION IN PHILADELPHIA Saturday, July 10th, will be enjoy- ‘ment day for the Philadelphia mili- tants. Where at? At New Riverview Beach, That's where the Young Work- ers League excursion is going to, Your nefghbor will appreciate the favor—gtve him this copy of the DAILY WORKER, EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE 186 W. washington St. tte Chicago ill,