The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 21, 1926, Page 3

Page iF Fight for the Workers’ and Farmers’ Program in the Election: BiG ELECTION CAMPAIGN MEETINGS WILLIAM F. DUNNE J. LOUIS ENGDAHL (Contiumed ‘task from page 1.) ents an attempt to make labor an aid | to the capitalists in securing higher rates. The courts continue to use the in- junction as a means of outlawing the | workers’ strikes for higher wages and better working conditions, Legislation ‘ ds pending before congress to register, photograph and fingerprint every for- | eign-born worker in order to make ) these workers afraid to participate in the workers’ struggle because of the danger of deportation, and thus mak- ing them accept lower wages and long- er hours reduce the standard of life of ‘all the workers, native and foreign- ‘born, 3, The workers must fight for the repeal of the Watson-Parker bill and against all similar legislation. They must fight for legislation outlawing the use of injunctions, police and soldiers in industrial disputes, and for laws against private ‘detective agencies operating as spies and strikebreakers in industry. .They must fight against the registration laws directed against the foreign- born worker. | Negro Equality | bl Lp government has taken no action to enforce the constitutional pro- visions granting political equality to the Negro, which are being flagrant- | ly violated. The Negro suffers from racial discrimination of every kind and is subjected to “jim crow” laws and “jim crow” customs, The Negro is exploited as a worker or farmer. He is subjected to the same capitalist ex- ploitation which the white workers and farmers suffer from, but must bear the additional burden of racial dis- crimination, 4, The workers and farmers must fight for the repeal of all laws dis- criminating against the Negro and for complete political, industrial, educational—in a word complete so- cial equality for the Negro, | Fight Child Labor | HE exploitation of children is one of the ‘worst methods of amassing profits for the capitalists. Thru the ex- ; ploitation of children the capitalists ‘are able to reduce the wages and make \worse the working conditions of the adult workers. The children of the workers are entitled to full educa- tional opportunities and should not hawe their lives stunted thru hard toil in{their childhood. . The workers and farmers should fight for the enactment of a coystitutional amendment against labor of children under 18 years of age and for legislation providing for government maintenance of all workers’ and farmers’ children to enable them to attend school up to that age. Wo APITALIST industry and the cap- italist government have system- atically fought against the improve- ment of the position of women in in- dustry and generally, Women in in- dustry suffer from special exploitation thru lower wages paid them, Capitalist society makes no provision to enable women to meet the incapacitation for work during the period before and after childbirth. 6. The workers and farmers must fight for government appropriation to pay wages to working women for 8 period of three months before and after childbirth; for a general forty hours five-day week without night ‘work for women in industry; for the right of women to organize and against the use of injunctions. For equal rights for women, but against abolition of social legislation pro- tecting women in industry, ~ HE government employes are paid low wages, denied the right to Summer New York. Philadelphia, Attention! Celebrate the Seventh Anniversay’ of the Organization of the Workers (Communist) Party at the “ SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1926 NEW MAPLE GROVE PARK Rising Sun Ave. and Olney Ave. SPEAKERS: BEN GITLOW, Candidate for Governor of New York BEN GOLD, Leader of the Victorious Furriers’ Strike in ANTON BIMBA, Defendant in Famous Mass. Heresy Trial, Editor Lithuanian “Laisve” » Refreshments re Music by the Young Workers’ Mandolin Orchestra. Auspices—Workers Party, District Three. Co-operating Organizations: Russian, Ukrainian and Lithuanian Workers’, Clubs. organize in real labor unions and sub- jected to many forms of discrimination and persecution, 7. The workers and farmers should fight for the right of all gov- ernment employes to organization in unions and for their right to strike for better wages and working con- ditions. The government employes should be represented on all civil service commission and other bodies dealing with their wages and work- ing conditions, Government em- ployes should be paid wages equal to the highest trade union stand- ards, [Free the Class War Prisoners| TERE are, in the prisons of the United States, scores of workers who have dared to, challenge the right of the capitalists to exploit the work- ers and farmers and who have fought for a higher standard of life for the workers, Mooney has been in prison for ten years, altho every one knows he is innocent. of the crime he is charged with, and Sacco and Vanzetti are still in danger of losing their lives because of their fight for the workers. Many other workers are serving long sentences under criminal syndicalist laws, because they expressed their ideas about capitalism, 8. The workers and farmers must fight for the freedom of these class war prisoners and for the repeal of all syndicalist and anti-sedition laws and for the unabridged freedom of speech, press and assembly, Down with Militarism and Imperialism pH capitalists of this country have invested billions of dollars in for- eign countries and are making great Profits out of these investments, In order to secure the most favorable conditions for their investments, they have overthrown governments and set up their puppet rulers as in Haiti, Santo Domingo, Nicaragua and Cuba. They have established colonies and spheres of influence as in Porto Rico, the Philippines, Hawati, Mexico and other Central and South American countries. The present campaign to tighten and perpetuate U. S. imperial- ist rule over the Philippine, Islands, where rubber can be grown “under the American flag” is an effort to.secure an American controlled source of this raw material. Three bills aimed at the liberty of the Filipino people are bBe- fore congress. Similarly, the race for oil leads the government ‘to ‘indulge in constant assaults upon the’ sover- eignty of Mexico, The American cap- italists are attempting to dominate the governments of the Buropéah coun- tries. They are carrying on imperialist exploitation in China, To back these imperialist adventures for their profits they saddle upon the workers and farmers the maintenance of a great army and navy and the expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars for military purposes, All of this leads to a new world war with all its sacrifice and suffering for the workers and farmers, 9. The workers and farmers must fight for the immediate reduction of the army and navy and the abolition of the Citizens’ Military Training Camps. Withdrawal of all American soldiers and marines from foreign territory. Immediate independence for the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico and the right of self-determina- tion for all other American colonies. Non-interference in the affairs of Mexico, Cuba, Central and South American countries, | Nationalization of Industry | HE unity of the capitalists and the government is proven more clearly than ever in the abandonment of even the appearance of a fight against the trusts and the great corporations by the government, The Sherman anti- trust law has become a dead-letter. The combination and ‘consolidation of industry goes on, not only unhindered, but with the approval of the govern- Festival dustry a governm cateurs, prosecutors, courts, et ed at enforcing an unenforceable law. This governmental machinery is also becoming part of the strikebreaking THE DAILY WORKER ~~ Editor Editor DAILY WORKER DAILY WORKER on on Demooracy The Workers and and the Corruption Old Parties NEW HAVEN NEW HAVEN, Wednesday Wednesday Sept. 1. Sept. 15, BOSTON BOSTON Thursday Thursday Sept. 2. Sept. 16, WORCESTER WORCESTER Friday Friday Sept. 3 Sept. 17. ROCHSTER ROCHESTER Saturday Saturday Sept. 4 Sept. 18, BUFFALO BUFFALO Sunday Sunday Sept. 5. Sept. 19. CLEVELAND Monday Sept. 20, DETROIT DETROIT Tuesday Tuesday Sept. 7. Sept. 21, CHICAGO CHICAGO Wednesday Wednesday Sept. 8 Sept, 22. MINNEAPOLIS MINNEAPOLIS Friday Friday Sept, 10, Sept, 24, ST. PAUL Saturday Sept. 11. MILWAUKEE MILWAUKEE Sunday Sunday Sept. 12. Sept. 26. TOLEDO TOLEDO Monday Monday Sept. 13, Sept. 27, PITTSBURGH PITTSBBURGH Tuesday Tuesday oh Sept. 14. Sept. 28, BALTIMORE BALTIMORE Wednesday Wednesday Sept. 15, Sept. 29. PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA. Thursday Thursday Sept. 16. Sept. 30, i capitalists who are primarily interest- ed in American industry are opposing the world court, they favor the Monroe Doctrine and the open door in China. “international entangle- ments” when their economic interests are involved. The world court and the league of nations are directed partic- ularly against the workers’ and farm- ers’ government of Russia, ment, are means of establishing exploitation of the workers and farm- ers. The power to control and direct 1. these great industrial carries with it the power over the liberty and happiness” of the workers and farmers. This power can- not be left in the hands of the capital- “life, ists, 10. The workers workers’ control. These must be operated for service and not tor profit. | Prohibition HE 18th Amendment and the Vol- stead act were supported by the big capitalist interests as measures to help create a working class which would be more. efficient and could pro- duce greater profits, These laws were also advocated by a group of people who believed that the recognized evils resulting from alcoholic liquors could be eliminated by prohibiting by law the use of such drinks. The 18th Amendment and the Vol- stead act have resulted in building up the highly profitable bootlegging in- the creation apparatus, eer eer ener (pn eitasAtroet,, Sea at Olney AY The liquor question cannot be solved by prohibition in a capitalist society. The excessive use of alcohol is an evil which can only be solved thru educ tion and the normalization of our live: which will come with the abolition of the profit system, A large part of the is of the liquor business are trace- able to its character as a highly profit: le capitalist industry; prohibition is unenforceable in a capitalist society. The workers and farmers must carry The great monopolies which are de- veloping on all sides in this country and farmers must fight for the immediate nation- alization of all large scale industries including the railroads and super- power projects, and the establish- ment of the participation of the workers in the management and the On a campaign against the evils of alcoholism within their ranks, but can- not support such methods of banning the liquor business as represented by the Volstead act and its results. The Workers Party favors the repeal of the Vol- stead act and the 18th amendment. It proposes the nationalization of the liquor business and sale only more bitter monopolies, industries trade unions, of a great if The great a viv 5 ab 'N many industries such as textile, mining,.and the clothing industry there is widespread unemployment to- day. Periodically capitalist industry throws millions of workers out of jobs. Capitalist industry must be compelled to carry the burden of maintaining the unemployed workers out of the profits of the capitalists. 12, The workers and farmers must fight for legislation eompelling the capitalists to pay wages to the work- ers to whom they cannot give em- ployment, money to be raised thru contributions to an unemployment fund out of the capitalists’ profits, the fund to be administered by the of Nations court and the league of are instruments of the great imperialist powers for carrying out their plundering of italist countries and for the division of the colonies, spheres of influence, etc. international houses of this country, such as Mor- gan & Co, have succeeded in having congress adopt legislation for our entry into the world court, They wish to make of the world court an instru: ment for the protecti: of dollars they have invested in for- eign countries, While those American LABOR AND LITERATURE By V. F. Calverton IN Pi NEW MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT ReNGassts C. E. RUTHENBERG General Secretary Workers (Com.) Party on What a Workers’ and Farmers’ Gov- ernment Could Do for the Workers and Farmers NEW HAVEN Wednesday Sept, 29, BOSTON Thursday Sept. 30, WORCESTER Friday Oct. 1, ROCHESTER Saturday Oct, 2, BUFFALO Sunday Oct, 3 CLEVELAND Monday Oct. 4 ‘DETROIT Tuesday Oct. 5, CHICAGO Wednesday Oct, 6, BEN GITLOW MINNEAPOLIS Friday Oct, 8. 8T, PAUL Vaturday Oct, 9, MILWAUKEE Sunday Oct, 10. TOLEDO Monday Oct. 11, PITTSBURGH Tuesday Oct. 12, BALTIMORE Wednesday Oct, 13, PHILADELPHIA Thursday Oct. 14, (Communist) thru drug stores and grocery stores. 13. No saloons to be established. The profits to the government from the sale of liquor to be used in an edu- cational campaign against the use of alcoholic liquors. The government refuses to recognize the Soviet Union and to ular relations with it becau viet Union is against the capitalists. The establishment of such relations would be an immediate benefit for the workers and farmers of this country because the Soviet Union needs the products of the American workers in building their new industrial system. 14, The workers and farmers should fight for the immediate, un- conditional recognition of the Soviet Union and the establishment of | normal trade relations with that country, 6 lesser cap- banking of the billions They are for and farmers’ upon the bai JAY LOVESTONE Author “Government Strike- breaker,” on What Can the Work- ers Eapect from the Hlections? NEW HAVEN Wednesday Oct, 13, BOSTON Thursday Oct, 14, WORCESTER Friday Oct, 15, ROCHESTER Saturday Oct. 16, BUFFALO Sunday Oct. 17, CLEVELAND Monday Oct. 18, DETROIT Tuesday Oct, 19, CHICAGO Wednesday Oct, 20, MINNEAPOLIS Friday Oct, 22, ST, PAUL Saturday Oct, 23. MILWAUKEE Sunday Oct, 24, TOLEDO Monday Oct, 25, PITTSBURGH Tu Oct, 26. BALTIMOR7 Wednesday Oct, 27, PHILADELPHIA Thursday Oct. 28. The workers and farmers must fight for our withdrawal from the world court and against entry into the league of nations because these are instruments of the capital- ists to carry out their imperialist schemes of exploitation, A workers’ government of the United States should join in an in- ternational association with other workers’ and farmers’ governments. | Recognize the Soviet Union | HE} workers and peasants of the Soviet Union have for nearly nine years maintained a government de- voted to the interests of the workers and peasants, They have beaten off all the attacks of the capitalist pow- ers. They are showing to the workers of the world that it 1s po: create a new social order in which the exploitation and oppression of the cap- italist system is abolished, They are building a social and economic system of service and the high- est possible standard of life for the of wealth—the workers and ible to ablish reg- the So- The farmer labor party, or labor party in alliance with the fai tion is the present fo the united front political str | The War Debts | HE problem of the debts between the capitalist countries growing | gle of the workers and farmers agai out of the world war cannot be solved | the capitalists should take, The We by the capitalists. The debts cannot | © rty calls upon be paid without great danger to cap ers to support italism, Cancellation would mean a} in all states ¢ repudiation of the basic ideas of cap- | stricts in which m italism by the capitalists. For Europe | 4 united front et is on the bal to pay the United States the billions | and to suppor’ e didates of which it owes would mean the ship-| Workers (Com ) Party in th ment of European goods to this coun-| states where no la or fart try on a large scale and consequent | labor party exists kers (Co Stagnation for American industry. For | munist) Party will not place ri Europe not to pay would be for Amer- | candidates field w e a farr ica to pay the cost of the imperialist | labor party or labor party has m: war in Europe and give the European | nomination but will support capitalist countries billions for big | united fro ticket ¢ armies and navies and new war.. the labor In funding these debts, the govern- ticket wh ment has shown the directions where use to supp the capitalists lean by the particularly and vote for the Workers (Comm favorable terms granted to Mussolini's | ists) Party state candidates.) fascist dictatorship in Italy. Even Bel- The inves the sen gium must pay more than Italy. It is| committee in primary election because the American capitalists look to fascism as a means to fighting the | Illinois have hown the workers and farmers in Europe, and| sham of claim of democracy eventually here, that they have treated | government in this country. The ¢ italists spend millions of dollars to cide the elections. They buy and br candidates. Democracy under th cemditions is a sham and a fraud, While the election campaigns ar means to rally the workers and fa ers to the support of the struggle such a government, a workers’ farmers’ government which will fi Mussolini so well. 15. The Workers (Communist) Party declares that the settlement of the international debts is an in- soluble problem for the capitalists. These debts can only be settled thru the victory of the workers and farm- ers in the various capitalist coun- tries and the cancellation of all in- ternational debts, The Workers | the battles of the workers and farm (Communist) Party will fight “} against the capitalists, can only be against any attempts to place the | tablished thr burdens growing out of the debt | against the capitalist government. It will be only thru such & Tew tionary struggle that the capit: power over the government will destroyed and a workers’ and farm government established and re secured for the workers and farm from the evils which the capite system puts upon them. FIGHT FOR THD WORKERS’ 4 FARMERS’ PROGRAM IN THE C GRESSIONAL ELECTIONS, DOWN WITH THE CAPITAL RULE, FORWARD TO THE WO BRS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVE MENT, Workers (Communist) P. Central Executive Commi’ Cc. E. RUTHENBERG, Se funding by the American govern- ment upon the workers and farmers. The Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Workers (Communist) Party calls upon all workers and farm- ers to unite in a struggle for the real- ization of the above program. Such a struggle can only be carried on and ultimately won if the workers leave the old capitalist parties—the re- publican and democratic parties—and enter a political struggle against the capitalists on the basis of their inter- ests as economic classes and to estab- lish a workers’ and farmers’ govern- mtnt, American Left Wingers Greet British (Continued from page 1) warmest greetings to the Conference of the British Minority Movement thru it to the fighting trade unionists of Great Britain, Condemns Surrender, We have watched with intense in- terest the magnificent struggle of you British trade unionists to resist the deliberate attack on your standards of living by the employes supported by the government. We have shared with you your anger and resentment at the betrayal of that struggle by the Gen- eral Council, in which the so-called “left” leaders abdicated all semblance of militant leaders and surrendered to those despicable agents of the bour geoisie, Thomas, MacDonald and eom- pany. The fight of the British trade union- ists, led by the British national minor- ity movement, to replace such weak and traitorous leadership with trade union fighters who will really lead in a militant struggle is approved by all militant unionists as the imperative next step of the British trade unions. Support Miners. The heroic struggle of the British miners, the first section of the British working class attacked by the employ- ers and the government, tho betrayed by the General Council leaders and continually sabotaged by the half measures of the Amsterdam Interna- tional reformists, both British and for- eign, has all possible support from American militants, as it has from the national minority movement and the trade unions of the Soviet Union, whose practical aid has set a high mark of international class solidarity. The Struggle in the U. S. Operating in a very different atmos- phere, the Trade Union Educational League, representing the class-conscl- ous trade unionists of America, faces Const hoot to the enormous task of defeating the de- eopen Perju } structive ideas of the employing class P J ry. Cc. now being instilled into the oak hee NEW YORK, Aug, 19. — 1 American trade unionists thru bes roll, millionaire theateiall Rar at class collaborationist bureaucracy of] tno. nis attorney, Herbert es the American trade union movement, | fq with the United States dis of bringing about the organization of court of appeals an appeal agi the millions of unorganized and rd the conviction of Carroll on om skilled workers, of uniting the anti-| (6 \onjury, growing out of the ya quated craft unions into powerful in- girl in the bathtub of wine 7 dustrial unions, of laying the basis for hearing. the formation of a labor party, and Of} Garnoi) was sentenced iia generally inspiring the forces of labor and a day in Atlanta riage aan to struggle politically and industrially |} 0 a+ liberty pendin rhe against that powerful section of world of the appeal, ¥ D & the oute capitalist class, The American left wing trade union- ists are confident that the British Vegetarian Restaura 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue LOS ANGELES, CAL, — treachery leadership, Inspired by British. ‘We have been inspired by the roism of the British miners and magnificent solidarity of the w British working class in its gen strike. These lessons and this fi ration will be of value to us in great task of marshaling the fo of American Jabor for the great st gle which will finally end in the er cipation of the working class, We wish your conference every cess and trust that one result o deliberations will be to carry to tory the movement to eliminate 1 leadership of the British workers type of reactionary trade union ficialdom which betrayed thé his: British general strike. Fraternally yours, TRADE UNION EDUCATION LEAGUE, Wn. Z. Foster, Secretary-Treas: inherent tm Herriot Gets Support Upon Split of L (Continued from page 1) of his presence in the Belgian cal which obtained full powers for Albert. Gets Vote of Approval. The radicals by a large maj voted a resolution approving him porting the present government placing blame for failure of the bloc’s policies on the desertior other political groups of which it originally composed. workers will rally their forces and march to victory against their exploit- ers. We, too, have learned valuable lessons from your great general strike More graphically than ever we have had driven home to us the menace of reactiom