The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 14, 1926, Page 4

air. — se Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING ‘CO. 8113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Phone Monroe 4712 x A se ieehahoncen aati te Mt SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mali (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, Mlinols J. LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F. DUNNE (*"" MORITZ J, LOEB. Bntered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, lil, under the act of March 3, 1879. Editors .Business Manager Be 290 — Advertising rates on application. ————————————— A Union for the I. R. T. Strikers The strike of motormen and switchmen against the Interborough Rapid Transit company of New York is a militant display of disgust with and mistrust of the so-called “brotherhood” controlled by I. R. T. officials. It is an important strike, occurring as it does in the largest city in the United States, and it is dramatic and spectacular as. municipal transit strikes always are. But the strike leadership is making what appears to us to be a fatal mistake: That,.of trying to set up_a union independent of the existing union in, the industry—the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes. This is one of the largest unions in the American Federation of Labor, having 100,000 members according to the latest per capita tax figures and, judged by A. F. of L. standards, a well managed union. By that is meant that it has secured substantial improvements in wages and working conditions for its members and altho it follows a policy of making long-term agreements, it has conducted some of the most..bitter strikes and struggles for organization in the history of the American labor movement. There can be no question of this union being the dominant union in its field because it is the only one. : Its charter has industrial features which allows it to organize all workers employed by municipal transit companies and purely craft lines have been eliminated by the preponderance of motormen and conductors in the organization. To try to fight a company union, the company itself and the Tammany government of New York City while at the same time try- dng to organize a parallel union to the A. A. S. E. R. E., thus cutting off what support this union might be willing to give, is poor tactics to.say the least. Those who lead strikes have to take the responsibility and it seems to us the assumption of this responsibility in this case means advising the strikers that the success of the strike depends largely upon affiliation with and support from the existing union in the in- dustry. The Soviet Union’s Monumental Achievement “Remarkable progress 1s shown in’ the Soviet Union budget pub; lished in Economic Life today,” says a special dispatch to the New York Times under a Moscow date line of July 9. ; ..The dispatch points out that for thé second consecytive year the Soviet budget balances and this year shows a@ surplus over all ex penses of $58,906,000. The correspondent continues: On the other hand, tho deprived of the foreign financial assistance, which has helped to balance the budgets of Ger- many and Italy, RUSSIA IS UNBURDENED BY FOR- EIGN OR INTERNAL DEBTS, eacept some 200,000,000 rubles (100,000,000) raised during the last two years. (Emphasis ours.) .», Contrast the tremendous implications of this simple statement —one of them being the fact that 140,000,000 people oceupying one- sixth of the earth’s surface have a government run by themselves ‘80 efficiently that the per capita debt is less than one dollar, the second being that the repudiation of debts to ¢apitalist nations has brought not ruin but the reverse—with the financial crisis which paralyses France, the pawning of Germany and Italy to American im- ‘perialism and the chaos in Great Britain, the collapse of Poland, the succession of puppet dictatorships in Spain and Portugal, and one begins to realize somewhat the tremendous victory the Russian work- ers and peasants under the leadership of the Communist Party have won. After years of struggle the Russian masses begin to reap the fruits of that victory, sown in soil soaked with the blood of the best oftheir class. But it has been worth the price they paid and while all.capitalist Europe, in its dying struggles, inflicts unbelievable misery upon the masses, the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, strong, conscious, alive and glorious, stands both asa monument to the social revolution and an inspiration to the toiling masses of all the world. How plain it is that the Russian workers and peasants chose the | right way and that those leaders of the masses in ‘other countries who came. to the aid of capitalism with reformist phrases have only postponed the inevitable struggle the masses must wage and in so doing -have only added to the sum total of the sacrifices they must make, A Talk with a Southern Gentleman rants, separate places in railroad sta- tions, 3 pooq.. « mini As only. several seats. are reserved * ““By NORMAN BURSLER. ty TO, we don’t hate the niggahs, but ‘ “we ‘dont like the way some northerners come down here and call them Mr, and Mrs. Think I'd call a niggah mister? I'd call him Jim or Joe. And, if he was so old that he deserved respect, I'd call him ‘Uncle.’ “The niggah's all right, but he must stay in his place. I don’t know what ‘we would do without him. Many of the best fortunes of the south go to smash. We need his labor, OW, they tell me you fellows in the north eat in the same res- taurants with them. if a niggah mon occurrence for the rear to be crowded, while most of the seats in the white section are vacant, Free Speech Right _ Tested by I. L. D. NEW YORK—(FP)—Arrangements to test the right of free speech in Fall River, Maass., by holding @ pro- test meeting there are being made by the American Civil Liberties Union of this city and the International La- bor defense bureau of Boston. This move was impelled by the action ov Police Chief Martin Feeney of Fall River in padiocking # hall where the I, L. D. had called @ meeting on June 28 to oppose deportation proceedings against three” Portugese workers charged with publishing ?a radical pa- would come in a restaurant where I was and sit down, I'd shoot him.” the southerner was religious, I PT 3 , “How do you expect to live with the Nexroés fii heaven?” “Huh ah don't goto heaven, ‘When the dies he’s dead=~just like a dog ov Orleans, I sat down in the street that I mi tore cay“ o nove te dis for niggahs only.” intino Texcim* ‘stonlo Paraira and Antonio da Costa, ~ , for the Negroes, it is quite a com- | per, ‘The thfee Portuguese are Diam: o.. THE DAILY WORKER LABOR MEMBERS IN HOUSE FIGHT FOR THE MINERS \Fists and Hard Words Fly in Parliament LONDON, July 12.— The govern- ment’s decision to go ahead with the bill for the longer workday in the mines, brought about a riotous, scene unprecedented in British history in the staid house of lords. While labor members of the house of commons practically mobbed the upper house and were held back by armed guards \erying out the authority of the king, the.bill passed the lords by 44 to four; the, four members of the house of lords fighting the measyre._ inside, while outside the labor members of the commons engaged in. fist fights with the conservatives in the cor- ridors, used the armed guards and the authority of the monarchy to eject members of the commons. Labor mem- bers of the commons crowded into the house of lords and tried by con- | timuous heckling to prevent the vote which ts preceded ‘always ‘by the an- sient ceremonial words, “le roile veut” The King Wills. Drive Out Commons Members. The four labor members ‘in: the house of lords delivered long speeches against the bill, and when Viscount Cecil and Lord Salisbury began to speak for the government, labor mem- bers started shouting: “Four hours for you—eight hours for the miners.” “Clear the bar!” ordered the lord chancellor, and the armed guards be- gan driving out the members of the commons, ‘ “By whose authority?” they began demanding. “The Black Rod's,” was the reply. “The Black Rod,” a government dignitary in flowing black robes, carry the wish of the king for a vote, had to run the gauntlet of the fight- ing laborites who tore at hig robes and shouted that the mine owners in the house of lords who “work” at that task four hours @ day were forc- ing the bill for a,longer workday for miners, Battle In Corridors. In the corridors between the two houses a battle of fists was waged between labor.and conservative mem- bers, wit J. P. Gardner, a laborite from Hammersmith and B. R, Bird, a conservative, beginning the fray! which left several members of par: liament sprawled about the floor. When the house of commons met to cousider the appropriation of three million pounds for the government to import coal and sell it, Lady Astor started a riot when she accused the laborites, who manage the relief for the poor in the municipalities, of “corruption.” “You're a Mar if you say 80,” sang out Jack Jones, and when she per- sisted, he persisted also, “You're a fiar, you’re a Mar.” It Was notable that J. Ramsay Mac- Donald, who recently scolded ‘his la- bor colleagues for conduct that might cause “the public to scorn parlia- ment,” took no part im the demon- stration. . By Upton Sinclair Read it today on page 3, Los Angeles Calls for Never before has the house of lords | whose whose historie mission is to| Workers (Communist) Party — | Mann will take the opposite position League. On July 19 Comrade Lovestone will begin his course entitled: “America Today.” This is a review and analy- sis of the basic economical and po- litical conditions at hand and the problems confronting the workers, There follows a brief outline of the subject matter to be covered by Com- rade Lovestone and the students fn the course of six lessons, 1 Know America First. (1) Background of American Eco- nomic and Social Development. (2) Three main Historical Periods of American Development. | (8) Outline, methods, purpose of course. ‘ i The Development and Organization of American Economy. 1, The Country's Basic Natural Re- sources, } 2. Growth and Features of Ameri- can Industry. plan and 3. Productivity, Efficiency, Tech- nique, National Wealth, 4, Trustification, monopoly, inte- gration of industry; concentration of ownership and centralization of con- trol; typical industries, 5. Shifts in Industry and “Sectional Interests.” 6. Composition of American Indus- trial Forces. gee (a) Nationatity, race, women and children: 7. Profits, wages, standard of liv- ing ard accidents in industry. 8. “Role and Status’ of and Ten- dencies in Agriculture, 9. Role of Finance Capital in Amer- ican Economy. 10. Foreign Tradé! —: Tendencies and Significance, ttt Pies Class Relations in thé United States. 1, First American Revolution and Economic Basis of Early Class Deve- lopments. a 2. Class divisions today, (a) Numerical ingth. (b) Analysis of ‘Smposition. 8. Tendency ‘Tors Proletarian- ization, A As sons (a) Effect of ropriation of farming masses. */? (b) Effect of exsropriation of urban petty bourgetisie and work- ers. ' (c) Effect of expropriation of Negro migration. : 4. Forces Making for Working Class Homogenity and) Division. 5. Distribution of Income and Con- centration of Wealth. (a) The Myth of Stock Diffus- jon. 6. Economic and Political Class Organizations. 7. Extent of Organization and Or- ganizability of Workers and Farmers. « (a) Influence of company un- spies, welfare jonism, industrial American Government and Political ad Parties. 1, Analysis of American Constitu- tion, (a) ture. t (2) Growth of American Govern- Economic basis and struc- Unification Of All the F orces of Our Party (Special to The Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Upon the re- turn to Los Angeles of Comrade Wil- liam Schneiderman from the sessions of the plenum of the central commit- e. of the Workers (Communist) Party, a membership meeting. was held here for the purpose of listening to. the report of the sessions of the plenum, Comrade Schneiderman re- ported at length and the members par- ticipated in the discussion of the re- sults attained at the notable plenum meeting. : Thereupon the following resolution was submitted to the membership meeting and carried unanimously and with much enthusiasm: “After listening to the . detailed report by Comrade Schneiderman on | the work of the session of the plenum of the central executive com- mittee, the membership of Local Los. Angeles unanimously resolves | the following: “For a considerable period Local Los Angeles has been torn asunder } by factional disputes that were de- moralizing and crippling the local’s progress. “The decision of the Communist International on the situation in the American Party followed closely by | the session of the plenum of the | central executive committee of the | Workers (Communist) rty of America which gathered for the sole purpose of putting into life the deci- sions of the C, |., has had a sobering effect upon the Los Angeles mem- ) bership. A wave of determination is sweéping thru the entire local to “do away with factionaliem, The Los ae ‘ Pei { 1 membership _— endorses. jartedly the work of the plenum of the central executive com- mittee. It pledges itself to prove by actual deeds, not,mere words, that the Local is well pn the road of forgetting petty and baseless fac- tionalism, It is determined in all sincerity to get down With utmost energy to constructive party work. Each comrade resolves to be an active, functioning party member carrying out the various party tasks assigned to him. ae “It deeply realizes’ that only the unification of all thejyparty forces can bring about in capitalist Amer- ica, the creation of a powerful Com- munist Party that will lead the. American workers and farmers to the overthrow of the capitalist sys- tem.” (Signed) Frank Spector, Chairman, © 8, Globerman, Secretary. Dillonvale Co-op Demands Freedom of Sac¢o and Vanzetti DILLONVALE, Ohio, July 12,—The New Co-Operative Association com- pany at its regular ing adopted @ resolution condemning the attempt- ed legalized murder of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti and demand- ing a new trial tor thege two workers, Get your friends to ribe to tiie American Worker Correspondent. The Price is only 60 cents wiyear. eo “AMERICA TODAY” COURSE OPENS AT N. Y. WORKERS’ SCHOOL BY DEBATE WITH SECURITY LEAGUE The special intensive training course at the New York Workers’ School will open with a debate at the Central Opera House on Friday, July 16. The subject of the debate is: “Resolved, that the present form of Amert- can government is not in the interest of the masses.” | Present the affirmative for the Workers (Communist) Party. Jay Lovestone will Mr. G. H. in representing the National Security + ment and Why Present Government Structure. (a) growth, taryism, (b) Numerous ramifications, (4) The Government At Work. (a) Mellonism, (b) . Strikebreaking, (ce) Corruption, (d) The Flag and the Dollar. 5. Who Owns the Government. 6. The Leading Political Parties, 7. Some Outstanding Political Is sues, Courts, executive power fascism and parliamen- (a) Tariff, taxation, prohibl- tlon, foreign policy, farm relief. 8. Tendency towards two parties, (a) Republican, Democratic Diffusion and Realignment, (b) Towards a Party of Labor. Vv. America as a World Power, 1, Extent of Amerivan Control of World’s Resources, 2. Role today, 3. Milltarism and Navalism. 4. American Colonial System and Methods. 5. Structure of Imperlalist Appara- tus, (a) The Rogers Plan and its significance, 6. Foreign Policy, (a) War Debts. (b) Investments and Foreign trade. (c) Ss. R. (d) In Far East—England, Ja- ) pan, U. &, 8. R. 4 (e) In Latin-America — Eng- land. Semi-colonial Resistance. 7, Imperialism and the American Workers, (a) Splitting-Up of Working Class. (b) (ce) In Europe—England, U, S. Wars. Internationalizing Basis of Class Struggles. Vi. Whither America? 1, Characteristics, traditions; class Los Angeles Daily Worker Builders to Meet on Thursday LOS ANGELES, July 12.—Special meeting of the DAILY WORKER Builders’ Club, Los Angeles, will take place Thursday, Juy 15 at 8 p.-m..at 408 Tajo Building (307 West First St.) Besides the regular order of busi- ness the secretary will give a detailed report on the last DAILY WORKER drive and its outstanding features. The organization of a permanent Worker Correspondent Class will also be taken up. The exécutive commit: tee has engaged J. H. Fisher as a teacher for this class. He was the editor of Labor Unity of San Fran-7 cisco for a number of years. Readers and ‘sympathizers of The DAILY WORKER are invited to attend this meeting. struggles. America’s culture and why. 2. Strength of and Outlook For American Imperialism, (a) Economic Restoration and Unification of Europe. 3. Anglo-American Relations. (a) The Key to Present World Situation, (b) Sources of .Confilet—Ger- many, oil, cotton, rubber, Latin- America, Far and Near East, etc. 4... Next Wars, 5, Impending Class Struggles, (a). Mining, railways, textile. 6. Some: Basic Class. Problems. (a) Class collaboration and company union schemes, (b). Organization of .unorgan- ized. (c) Amalgamation. (d) Building: Left Wing. (e) Labor Party. (b) ‘Coporeation and unity with farming masses. (g) International relations and , world ‘trade union unity. 7. Role and Tasks of Communists in America, (a) Basis for an Communist Party. (b) Immediate problems and outlook. Within a few days The DAILY WORKER will print the complete bib- liography which has been prepared by Comrade Lovestone for each of these lessons, The. well-equipped library of the Workers’ ‘School will be at the dis- posal of the students for reference use, American WITH THE STAFF Being Things From Here and There Which Have Inspired Us to Folly or Frenzy GREAT SAYINGS OF GREAT MEN By. WOODROW WILSON. “All the politics that are in me | learned in New Jer sey.” “lam a fierce partisan of the Open» Shop and of everything that makes for personal liberty.” oe Face to the Wall! LONDON, July 8—J. H. Thomas, parliamentary secretary of the Na- tional’ Railway Union, while attend- ing the union convention at mouth, went. for a swim, After the. first-dip he left his bathing sult to dry and returned to the water in his bathrobe. But the waves carried this ‘away and Thomas had to run thru. the beach crowd absolutely naked, and ‘stood With ‘his face te the wall until clothing came—News item. Ce ee, 3 When J. H. Thomas, labor leader and_ respectable, Arch betrayer of the British. gen- eral strike, Out at Weymouth beach essayed a dip delectable, Something . happened — and. you neyer saw the like. What. of sanctimonious raiment full of gush-a, Had the left wing left with bru- tal words and crude, The seditious waves, no_ doubt they came from Russia, Washed: away and left a lackey in the nude. Crorvs: O, the bathrobe and the British constitution ! O, the bourgeoisie and sacred parliament! 5 0, Baldwin, bring along your retribution, : For the rubles that the bolshe- viks have sent. eee Scepters at $26.72 “Unless,” said the presi- dent of this great and glor- tous land on July 4th, ad- dressing several millions of Resolution of the N .E. C. of the Y.W.L. After a discussion of the British sit- uation, the N. E. C. of the Y. W. L. reaches the following conclusions: 1, The analysis of the last plenum of the Comintern about the character of the stabilization of capitalism is correct, The British strike dealt an- other tremendous blow to this relative stabilization and brought out more clearly the sharp class contradictions within the present situation and the inevitability of a revolutionary solu- tion of the social problems in the near future, The British strike had big influence on the world labor movement, tremen- dous demonstrations in the Union of Socialist Soviet Russia, Germany and other countries. Big response toward the strike proves that this strike strengthens the revival and left ten- dencies in the international labor movement, 2, The English strike has shown the necessity for the development of the economic struggle into a political one and its development to higher forms of struggle. 8. One of the main lessons of the recent events is that the general strike is a decisive phase in the struggle for victory of the British proletariat, The strike has emphasized the outstanding role of the trade unions in England and has shown that they form the basic organizations of the proletariat in its revolutionary struggles and fight for power. 4. At the present stage the imme- diate tasks of the movement are: a, A sharp struggle, especially ideological, against centrist elements (so-called “left wing” leaders, Purcell, Hicks, ete.), j b. A persistent struggle to change the present leadership of the trade unions and to replace it by new ele- ments able to lead the decisive strug- gle against the bourgeoisie and its lackeys. 5. The great role of the trate unions emphasizes very strongly the need for work in the trade unions and for winning infinence and le: in these organizations. ‘Th to leave the trade unions, by the treachery of the leaders, is es- Pecially dangerous at this time and objectively helps the capitalists and, the reactionary leaders. It would be a serious mistake to demand the with- drawal of the Russian trade unions from the Anglo-Russion unity com. es arta a ah on the British Situation vision of the tactic of the struggle for W. T. U. U. : 6. The Hnglish strike has empha- sized again that the Communist Party alone ‘can be the real leader of the proletariat. Hence the task of build- ing a mass Communist Party remains the imperative prerequisite for the victory of the British proletariat. This must be emphasized now because, not- withstanding the mass influence of the party, it is still weak. 7. The British strike proved ‘once more the necessity of the tactic of the united front. Opportunistic mistakes in every form must be-avoided, fought and criticized, but it is fully as neces- sary at the same time to fight. decis- ively against any attempts at revision of the tactic of the united front, a tactic the correctness of which the entire experience of the last few years has proved. 8. The line of the British Commu- nist Party in the recent sirike was correct, The attacks of the ultra-left elements in Germany are utterly wrong. and objectively support the opportunists and. bourgeoisie in Eng- land. The ultra-left elements—many of whom are already outside the com- intern—only weaken the position of the’ English party in its struggle against the opportunist leaders in the labor movement. ae 9. The conduct of the Russian party and of the Russian proletariat gives’ the lie to the charges of the “degeneration” of the Soviet power, of the Russian proletariat and of the Russian party, The events have shown in the clearest manner that the Rus- sian party continues its international- ist, Leninist, revolutionary traditions and remains, as ever, faithful to the interests of the international socialist revolution, ‘ 10. The bitter struggle of the min- ers in England puts ‘before: us the necessity of strengthening tremen- dously the work of rendering them further assistance. The decision of the A, F. of L, to assist the miners is of tremendous importance for the American labor movement. All efforts must be concentrated to raise these issues in all trade union local and other working-class organizations. Besides agitating for the international solidarity of the proletariat, it is nec- essary to organize financial help for the striking. vent the sending of o and to develop a broad mass move. ment in support of the British factory workers whose aver; age tage is $26.72 a week, “unless we cling to things. of ~ the spirit, all our material prosperity, overwhelming tho it may appear, will turn to a ‘en scepter in our grasp.” Ain't our prosperity just OVERWHELMING, fhough! ee Royal Order of Throat _ Cutters. The following tidbits of wis. dom are taken from the best ones advanced. by college boys why they should . have compulsory military training in their uniyers- ity. Said one: “Well, we’re bound to have = another war, and then, you bet, I don’t want to do the dirty work in the trenches. ,That’s why I’m glad to get an officer’s training.” The aboye shows an indication of who’s going to be the guys to do the dirty work—you fellows in the factory who have no time or money for college. But the fol- lowing profound remark is typic- ally collegian: - > “Oh, well,” said a puffy, overfed youth, “I had to do my stuff in the R. O. T. ©. and. I didn’t like it very well, and , now I’m mighty glad to see. the freshies. get theirs!” | Capitalism’s Inherent Contra sa Aanit diction. ‘hy Rich ‘little bay to . pompous “Is everybody in, this country 100- per cent An “Mother?” “Why, of course: not, child. Somebody has.to do the work.” : ist si —From LIF er 3” Curves versus Class Angles. terestedly’ ut "sadly at le “ears “It's damned hard to get a class a FOR THIS THEY DIED AT _ VALLEY FORGE A pair of chiffow legs had been trying for ten minutes to get her boy friend,a bank te on the telephone. Giv- ing it up, she burst forth from the booth with her ty; ternoon complewion fretted by @ frown. Toining her girl” friend, she complained; ~~, rie can’t even raisé the - . Must be a i at ee holiday of op g(t Me Sones