The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 28, 1926, Page 6

Page Six THE DAILY eek S THE DAILY WORKER(|Stalin Reviews the British General Strike aublished by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By maii (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 Bivd., Chicago, HlInols J. LOUIS ENGDAHL iE WILLIAM F. DUNNE {*" MORITZ J. LOEB......sesseeve .. Editors Business Manager * Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at “the post-office at Chi- cago, LiL, under the act of March 3, 1879. Be 290 Advertising rates on application. A Nei Anii- Mexican Campaign rhe powerful propaganda machine of the catholic church has its artillery in one of the most ambitious campaigns the vatican. Its fire is directed against the in- dependence of the republic of Mexico. Mexico has long been a thorn in the side of Rome. The church has steadily lost prestige in South America and its position among the Latin peoples in Europe is extremely weak. Until the papal alliance with Mussolini brought about a favorable change in Italy, the pope could hardly bark in front of his own kennel. But the pope has a more powerful ally than Mussolini. It is American It is not for any spiritual reason that decorations and titles have been conferred on leaders of American business, such as President Farrell of the United States Steel Cor- and on another high official of the Pullman Sleeping Car The church knows what it is doing and so does big unlimbered ever undertaken by big business. poration company. business. The catholic church has been behind every counter-revolution in Mexico since the passing of Diaz. Its influence has always been on the side of reaction and imperialism. Prior to the Mexican revolution, catholic priests and bishops owned immense estates. Many of these were confiscated and the power of the clergy cut to a minimum. They did not like this, even tho they profess to set a low valuation on things earthly. The American imperialists who hungered for the vast mineral | wealth of Mexico found in the dethroned clergy useful allies. They have been in alliance ever since. Now the government has decided to crush the political power of the catholic church completely. The catholics have retaliated by declaring a general boycott against the government. This is rebel- lion and tho the church boasts about its devotion to constituted author- | ity, the boycott has the sanction of the church and orders have gone | out from Rome to its affiliated sections all over the world to open | a propaganda war on Mexico. The part of this propaganda that is intended to arouse the hed of catholic masses against Mexico is In addition there will be wire pulling to be a “universal prayer.” in Washington. We may expect plenty of atrocity stories from the Mexican | border in the near future. Americans are sure to get conveniently | killed and it is possible that the American oil interests may take | advantage of this situation to start another counter-revolution or declare war on some pretext or other. \ That the Mexican government is worried about the situation is shown by the orders of the minister of war that all federal troops be kept én their barracks indefinitely. The American workers and all enemies of American imperial- ism should make it quite clear to Wall Street and its black ally, | Rome, that they had better keep hands off the Mexican republic. They Are Learning to Think Tiearst’s afternoon Chicago sheet reprinted a picture from the New Masses which represented the British workers standing as one in the general strike called to aid the miners. The editorial comment made by the capitalist sheet on the} picture could not have been more stupid even had it been written by Arthur Brisbane. Perhaps it was. The Hearst paper went on to say that the British workers stood as one “for a little while.” Trouble is they did not think before they decided to hold up forty million Britishers. Then after they went on strike, their leaders began to think with the result that the men realized how foolish they were and returned to work. Now for the facts: It is true that the British workers only stood together for a little while, but they stood together for a longer time than ever be- fore and they would not have returned to work if their leaders had not betrayed the miners by calling off the strike. And the workers did not think they acted foolishly in dictating “to a nation of forty million of Britishers.” On the contrary the great majority of those who went on strike are proud of the general strike, much to the chagrin of their right wing leaders and the capitalists in general, who want to discredit the strike weapon. The Hearst editorial goes on to say that the most dangerous enemies of labor are those that “deceive working men” and do not tell them the truth. The nation is one great body in which all have their rights. British labor went on strike against the whole nation. This is like the feet going on strike against the whole body and refusing to carry it further. The head knows more than the feet and will not be allowed to rule the entire body. If the fellow who wrote that stupid editorial,has a head it must be somewhere in the vicinity of his feet. But stupidity aside, what the flunkey is trying to prove is that the workers are good enough to carry the burden of society to fill the bellies of the capitalists and to stagger along under the load without even a grunt. Those who expect that the workers will continue to play the! role of feet to the capitalists forever are bound to have a rude awakening. The labor giant is slowly realizing his power and is} rapidly coming to the conclusion that his head contains as much} gray matter as the head of his master. the work What rs may do to their masters one day may be foreshadowed by the action of a lion in Hamburg, Germany, wh« was cowed into submission and unconsciousness by his tamer, But} the lion woke wp and seizing the tamer by the arm, tore it off. The workers will also wake up. Then the capitalist tamer had better look out. i . The pope is strong fo when it suits the policy of his spiritual joss house, but watch his smoke in Mexico. There, his lieutenants do not, hesitate to organize rebellion against the gov- ernment, because the administration considers the poisoning of the peoples’ minds a-serious offense. ‘lawenorder” The Chicago Tpibune, t made peace with Mussolini, We al i The British capitalists and oa * conservative party, as the course} of the strike revealed, appeared on the whole more experienced, better or- | ganized and more determined, and| therefore stronger than the British workers and their leaders, the gen-| eral council and the so-called labor} party. | he British capitalists and the) * conservative party met the tre-| mendous social conflict completely | prepared and in full armour, whereas the leaders of the British labor move-| ment were taken unexpectedly by sur-| prise by the lock-out of the mine own- | ers, having undertaken no prepara-| tory work, or nearly none, expressing | their conviction only“a week before | the conflict, that there would be no| conflict, 9) The staff of the capitalists, the * conservative party, conducted the | (struggle with closed ranks and in anj; organized manner, directing their! blows at the decisive points of the} struggle, whereas the staff of the la-} bor movement—the general council of trade unions, and its “political com-/ mission,”* the labor party—were in- ternally demoralized and disinte-| grated, for the chiefs of this staff| proved themselves either direct trai- tors of the miners and of the whole working class of England (Thomas, Henderson, MacDonald, & Co.), or characterless fellow-travelers of these traitors, fearing the fight and still more fearing the victory of the work- ing class (Purcell, Hicks, and such- like). NE might ask how it was possible that the powerful proletariat of England, conducting the struggle with unexampled heroism, came to have such leaders—corrupt, cowardly, or \simply characterless, That is a very important question. Such leaders did not arise suddenly, They grew up| from below, from the labor move- ment; they had gone thru the re- | nowned school of education of the |labor leaders of England, the school | of that period when British capital, | raking in the super-profits, could | wheedle the labor leaders and use |them for making compromises with | the British working class, while these | leaders of the working class, approach- | jing the bourgeoisie in manner of life, | thereby cut themselves off from the | masses of workers, turned their backs | on them, and ceased to understand | jthem. That is the kind of leaders | of the working class who were blind- ed by the splendor of capitalism, who were crushed by the power of capital and who dream of “becoming persons who count” and joining “the people of opulence.” It is certain that these leaders (by your leave) are the echo |of the past, no longer adapted to the »|new state of things. » | serious }to the authority of the king, the a ort council doomed the strike to in- HE speech of Comrade Stalin.on®The British Strike” will be published in three installments. It divides nat- urally in three parts—1. The causes of the British strike, 2. The reasons for the collapse of the general strike and 3. The legsons of the strike. The latter section contains some inferences drawn by Comrade Stalin relative to the important tasks of the British workingclass, the Communist Party and the workingelass as a whole. Gives Views On British Strike | general council to accept the financial {and of other countries. | mendous strike as the British general | strike, could give _ | only on at least two fundamental con- shows, a general strike which is not switched onto the rails of political struggle, must inevitably collapse. The general staff of British capi- v. talism“ understood that interna- tional aid to the British strike repre- sented for the bourgeoisie a deadly danger, whereas. ‘the general - coun- cil did not understand or made believe it did not understand that only with international proletarian solidarity could the strike of the British work- ers win. Hence the refusal of the aid of the workers of the Soviet Union Such a tre- palpable results ditions; either by switching the strike onto political rails, or by converting if | I, STALIN, Secretary of Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It is certain that]the constitution, that unless the with time they will be compelled to/troops were mobilized, a state of give way to new leaders who meetjemergency declared, the strike could the requirements-of the militant mood]not bg ended; whereas ‘the staff of and heroism of the British proletar-|the British labor movement—the gen- iat. Engels was right in calling such|eral council—did not understand this | leaders the “bourgeoisised leaders of |simple thing, or did not want to under-| the working class.” stand it, or feared to admit it, assur- 4 The general staff of British cap-|ing each and all that the genpral strike * italism—the consefvative party—|is a purely economic weapon, that they understood that the powerful strike/did not want and did not intend to of the British workers is a fact of tre-j switch off the strike onto the rails of mendous political importance, that a] political struggle, that they did not struggle can be conducted}dream of striking at the general staff against such a strike only by means of British capital, the conservative of a political nature;that to crush]}party, that they did not intend raising the strike required taking recourse|the question of power. Thus the gen- jtarians of all the leading countries | culiar to itself, renounced both these |collapse of the general strike, 6 It is certain that no insignificant | International and the Amsterdam Fed- \eration of Trade Unions in the matter jis still weak. thority of the house of commons, and|evitable collapse. For, as history LABOR BANKING By SAM FISHER, Student [ Brookwood Labor College. NE interesting development that has taken place in the American |labor movement in the last few years is labor banking. The first labor banks were organized in the year 1920, by the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers, in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Mount Vernon Savings Bank, by the Machinists, in Washington, D. C. The rapid and successful progress of labor banking has aroused a great deal of curiosity on the part of states- men and bankers, and some skeptic- ism in the minds of the rank and file in the trade unions. There are now over thirty labor banks in operation in the United States with a capital of over $150,000,000, and are increasing very rapidly. Some people predict that within a very few years there will be labor banks in every city in the United States. HE left wing in the labor move- ment is opposed to labor banks, But labor banks are here to stay. If the capitalist bankers cannot wipe them out, neither can the left wing. Why should the left wing devote all its time to fighting labor banks? Why not fight the officialdom for not gjv- ing*aid to the labor movement in times of emergency? The left wing must remember that it fights to cap- ture the trade unions. Eventually therefore, it will capture the bank; more interested in making insurance against it. Labor banks can thus be utilized for the good of labor. When the militants attain control of the trade unions, there is one thing we must realize, however, and that is, that the trade union bureaucracy which controls the labor banks at the present does not render any ser- vice to the members, except to put the large amount of union funds in their own banks. OT only has the labor movement in recent years taken up bank- ing, but it has stressed a new’ pan- acea—insurance ventures. At the El Paso convention in 1924 the A. F. of L. favored the formation of a life in- surance company owned and con- trolled by the trade“unions. A con- ference of international officials and the executive council was held in Washington July 21, 1926, The plan was adopted and a committee was au-| thorized to carry it into effect. It} seems that the A. F, of L, 4s inter.) ested in helping the workers when| they are dead, not when they are alive, The A. F, of L. wants to make auxillaries out of the unions instead of militant fighting organizations. The labor movement, must guard it- self against these new ventures of trade union capitalism, just as it does against business capitalism. FE A. F. of L, is not interested in organizing the unorganized, It is companies out of those unons that are rganzed. The militants should fight in Alabama Democratic Primaries Central Press Photos the strike into a fight of the prole- against capital. But the British gen- eral council, in itsown wisdom pe- conditions, thus predetermining the * role was played by thé more than equivocal behaviour of the Second of aiding the British strike. Essen- tially the platonic resohitions of these two social democratic organizations on aiding the strike boiled down to an actual refusal of any financial aid, for in no other way, than by the equivocal behaviour of the social demo¢ratic international can the fact be explained that the trade unions of Europe and America together gave no more than one-eighth of the aid which the trade unions of the Soviet Union found it. possible to give their British brothers. I won’t even men- tion aid of another sort—the aid in the matter of stopping the transport of coal, in which the Amsterdam Fed- eration of Trade Unions are acting lit- erally as strikebreakers. 4 It is also certain that a no in- insignificant role in the collapse of the general strike was played by the weakness of the British Commu- nist Party. It must be said that the British Communist Party is one of the best sections of the Communist Inter- national. It must be said that its at- titude during the whole time of the British strike was absolutely correct. But it must also be admitted that its authority among the British workers And this circumstance could not help but play a fatal role in the course of the general strike, These are the circumstances, at least the principle ones which we are in a position to explain at the present time, which determined the undesir- able outcome of the British general strike. ° (To be continued.) Candidate WITH THE STAFF i : | Being Things From Here and | There. Which Have Inspired | Us to Folly or Frenzy Listen to This. “The Amercan government resembles the fascist’ state more than any liberal democratic government of Europe. We are committed to a war to the death against liberalism and democracy.” — Benito Mussolini. That’s all right, Benito, but you shouldn't make such speeches ao soon after the fourth of Jtuy. SCRIPTURES MADE EASY BOR | as SCISSORBILLS. © Now that we have gotten acquainted someWhat with Christ Jesus, we can af- ford to’ give some further lessons on Jesus as a business man. We hate to admit It, but the papers of William Randolph Hearst, really express them- selves most soulfully on this. From thie morning's Issue we learn that “Jesus wi in executive.” Just what every third assistant manager of the toilet soap and perfumery department aspires to be. We learn firstly that, “The Centurian, a Roman employer, understood Him. were executive Problems and the talked the same langua, Now that you understand the boss is Jesus and ¢ versa—go on with the ‘story, CHAPTER VI—JESUS THE BOSS “And as Jesus passed by, he called Matthew.” “Amazing. No argument; no pleading. A smaller leader would have been compelled to set up the advantage of the opportunity. ‘Of course, you are doing well where you are and making money. I can’t offer you as much as you are getting; in fact you may have some difficulty in making ends meet, “But I think we are going to have an interesting time and shall probably accomplish a big work” “There was no such trifling with Jesus, As he passed by he called Matthew.” SCRIPTURES MADE EASY FOR SCISSORBILLS. © CHAPTER V1 (In which Jesus, according to the gospel of Hearst, visits the Rotary Club and finds a kindred rh ihe in a Roman slave merchant.) “ “A certain Centurion is one of the anonymous characters. in. his- tory that every business mat would have liked to meet. The disciples brought him to Jesus with some misgivings and apol- ogy. They said: 4 “Of course this man is a Roman employer, and you may re- prove us for imtroducing ‘him. But, really, he is a very good fel- low and a respecter of our faith,’ “Jesus and the Centurion look- ing at each other found an imme- diate bond of union. “Sid the Cen- turion: 6 ““T say to this man “Go” and he goeth; and to another “Come” and he cometh; and to my serv- ant, “Do this,” and he doeth it” “Jesus’ face kindled with ad- miration. ‘I have not found any- where such faith as this,’ he ex- claimed. Both were executives. They had the same problems and the fame power; they talked the same language.” (To be continued) ee Now You Zell One “I shall never marry again,” Peggy by opkins J oyce. too. The question then is: Wil!] ife insurance schemes. We should they when this result has been ac] Jght that unemployment insurance be complished, abolish labor banking or] paid by the employers. Industry use it to aid the interests of labor? should be responsi for the army ‘HAT shall labor do with the large} of unemployed. Th@ A. F. of L. has funds it has? Shall it put them in capitalist banks that help to de- stroy the labor movement, or shall it have its own banks? Because the present labor banks exist for the purpose of investing the union’s funds profitably, they create a business psy- chology among the workers, For this reason the left wing ought to fight copied this scheme mm the company unions, With this thod they will never organize the basic industries. It is impossible, when most of the workers are not in trade unions, to check banking and insurance. Labor should encourage social insurance by the state, and not let private. com- panies monopolize {nsurance for pro- | to force the labor banks to serve the] fit. interests of the workers as well as the poor farmers. In Minnesota, and Michigan, and Superior, Wisconsin, the Finns have a co-operative central exchange, as well as a Mutual Sav- ings Bank. These enterprises are | controlled by Workers Party mem- | bers, and are doing good work in ald- ing trade unions and their members, as well ag tenant farmers. Labors’ aim must be to organize, organize and fight capitalism for its emancipation, Cook Strangles Girl, NEW YORK, July “26 — Kogurro Mogi, 32, a Japanese cook, walked in- to a police station today and announc- ed that he had stgangled to death, HEY took an active part in various] Adelheid Brunges, 2, a German girl, » drives ducted by the class con-| during a quarrel o' Police money, ways thought the break was vuly a love spat. en ili, pe an a scious workérs, and aided the militant labor movement instead of i aa | hor hands tolded g@maper chest, 7 4 MOBILE, Ala., July 26, — A special edition of “Labor,” organ of the rail unions,, was distributed thruout Ala- bama advocating the candidacy of L. B, Musgrove, a wealthy coal operator who “Labor” claims is “sympathetic” to unionism, Musgrove is also a prohi- ition leader, His biggest rival is the andidate of the big corporations of the rapidly industrializing state, John H, Bankhead, a lawyer of Jesper. + Musgrove ran against Underwood, now retiring from the senate, in the 1920 primaries and was defeated by what is considered to have been one of the worst vote frauds in the history of the country. The rail labor group, giving un- qualified endorsement .to Musgrove is acting on its own initiative and is not officially supported. by the A. F. of L. which appears to be taking no stand in the Alabama contest, The.fact that Musgrove is a coal miner and that there are no union mines in the state may or may not have something to do found the girl's body lying on a bed, } with it, But despite this thé rail union heads insist he is @ Sriaus,.of Jaber and say he donated funds to the un- ion during the last strike. Other candidates of less importance being supported by miscellaneous groups of democratic politicians are James Mayfield, lawyer, of Montgo- mery, Hugo Black, lawyer, of Birming- ham, Thomas Kilby, of Anniston, ex- governor, One of the features of an election in a southern state like alabama is the impunity with which the Negro population is disfranchised by the simple albeit illegal expedient of not allowing them to é@nter the polling booths except by permission of politi- clans, GERMAN PIONEER DELEGATION GOES TO SOVIET UNION, BDPRLIN, July 26. — Responding to an invitation extended by the Moscow Bureau of Young ea ak the Gér- man union Eick ig Lin a are sending a delegation ‘ot ho loneers to the Union of Socialist "soviet Re publica, sibel OACOMA, 8. Dak., July 26, — M Ballantyne, agent of the United State department of justice or injustice he himself called it, confronted farm Hanson ‘at his place six miles east Reliance, 8, Dak. with copies of United’ Farmer, a paper published Bismark, N, D, in the interest of exploited farmers of the north asking him if he was the author certain articles published in it his name, and threatened him wi deportation unless he desisted t publishing any more such articles, The agent not being satisfied bluffing started to use slurring insulting language, Hanson o1 him off pla “He suc chasing the agen’ the farm lost a shi