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

$$ Page Six THE DAILY WORKER d by » DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. lvd., Chicago, Tl Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (outside of Chicago): $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.00 three months By mall (in © 88.00 pe b $: months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chleago, fl. .. Editors Business Manager s mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi 0, I1., under the act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates on application, “Greeks” Bearing Gifts is always wise to look a gift horse in the mouth, tho one should not trust his nose to such an animal, Not that # gift horse should be turned down. He might be boiled for glycerine. According to news reports tucked away in inconspicuous corners of the capitalist press open shop coal operators are boasting of boosting the wages of their employes from 20 to 30 per cent. It seems is a concerted plan on the part of the operators to make calculated to convince the miners that a wmion is super- S. Hither the operators granted those wage increases thru fear of a revolt of their employes or they are doing it in order to fore- stall a campaign to organize their slaves into the United Mine Workers of Americ: Very likely the latter reason. . Just now there is great demand for American coal, chiefly be cause of the British coal strike. .The operators can make enormous profits provided the coal diggers do not take advantage of the situa- tion and demand a reasonable wage. But just as soon as the rush is over there is nothing to stop the coal barons from reducing the wages to the former level or lower. Nothing, except a union. The operators are well aware of the fact-that there is an elec- tion campaign on in the U. M. W. of A. with the Lewis machine fighting fdr its life. Lewis machine.is the organization of the unorganized. The operators do not fear an organization campaign so long as Lewis is in the saddle. But if the John Brophy ticket wins, an,organization cam- paign promised that aims to bring every miner in the United States into~the ynion. This is what the coal magnates are afraid of. And it is chiefly because of this fear that they are making this gesture to their non- union employes. Md CAPTURED YAQUIS TO BE SENT TO ISLANDS AS. LIFE PRISONERS (Special to The Daily Worker) NOGALES, Ariz., Oct. 29.—Three hundred and fifty men, women and children of the rebellious Yaqui tribe surrendered unconditionally to troops commanded by Col. Rafael .Buetna at Mapoli, Sonora, according to advices reaching here thru Mex- jean military channels, The Indian band, according to re- ports, was surprised by a troop of 75 soldiers and surrendered after on- ly a few shots had been fired. Due to the fact the Indians sur- rendered passively, officials declared the prisoners would not be killed, altho they will probably be taken to the felon colony on the Tres Marias Islands, from which no one returns, The surrendering Yaquis were identified as a portion of the war Urges More Aid for Passaic Strike In Speech Over Radio clubs was made by Rebecca Grecht, field. organizer of the General Relief Committee Textile Strikers, in a speech broadcast over the Chicago Federation of Labor radio station, WCFL, Organizer Grecht told her “invisible audience” of the nine-months long struggle of 16,000 heroic striking tex- tile workers against wage cuts, stat- vation wages, and the stubborn anti- union attitude of the textile bosses. She described the outrages against the workers, and explained the relief ac- tivities planned to relieve suffering: Fall, Former Secretary * (Continued from page 1) to the extent of. creating fractional underground groupings we call on hem to immediately dissolve same “Ninthly, we consider absolutely s of party » its cen- control binding on us, all’ de: congresses and confe tral committee and central commission and pledge ourselves to fulfill them unconditionally. “With Communist ngs, 1 “Shiiapniko’ ledvedeff.” Cultural Work in Unions. Twenty-five speakers participated in |the debate on Tomsky’s report. The main subject discussed was the ques- One of the slogans of the opposition to the | party of Chief Juan Rivera, which has split into groups since his death in a battle at Ofos recently, Dynamite Frisco Church, of the Interior to Go On Trial Soon WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Defense and government counsel agreed today |tlon of co-operation between. those |directing state enterprises and trade junionists in directing production and {solving labor questions. Speakers also fstressed the importance of cultural work inj the trade unions. | Losovsky dwelt on the big tasks |confronting the Profintern in tearing away the labor masses from the in- fluence of Amsterdam to combat the efforts of the capitalists to sell the “American method” to the European workers. Won by Soviet Spirit. The Europeati labor masses must be won by the spirit of the Soviet trade unions rather than by,the spirit of the American trade union bureau- eracy. In his concluding speech Tom- sky declared: “Numerous speakers; touched several questions on practical trade union work. Those questions |will come up at the coming trade junion congress. Complex questions of jindustry and reconstruction render jvery difficult the tasks of Soviet ad- ministratjon and Soviet enterprises. | Trade Union Support. | “I can State that excellent support | | was given the administration by trade junionists on questions of organiza | tion and direction of production. There | j!s an improvement in the standard of | |living of the workers and their cul- | tural level has been raised. This calls \forth a growing aspiration on the part of broad masses of workers to’ active- ly participate in socialist economic re- construction. Organization of such | mass initiative will be promoted by Proposed workers’ control commis- sions in industry according to Lenin’s teaching, that ever broader proletarian masses should be drawn into state and economic reconstruction. “The interests of young workers | | | | | tention paid to the general education | of the youth.” After concluding his speech which was often interrupted | by applause, the conference wunani-| mously adopted Tomsky’s theses, Help For British Miners. ~In‘an appeal to all working class or- ganizations the Profintern points out jthat- the British miners’ struggle, which has already lasted six months with great stubbornness and pluck*on the part of the strikers, has set a splended example in the way to fight for working class interests. Interna- tional organizations, such as the Amsterdam International and the Miners’ International with which the miners are affiliated, cynically be- trayed them. The Red International of Labor Unions, the Miners’ Interna. tional Propaganda Committee anf! firstly their Soviet sections, namely those organizations with which the | Pledge Support to All-Union Party eS Union Membership Is Growing Says Tomsky MOSCOW, Oct, 31.—This morning's | session of the fifteenth conference of the All-Union Communist Party ended with the debate on Alexis Rykov’s re- port in which forty-eight delegates. took part. After the concluding speech the conference unanimously ap- proved the theses presented by Rykoff. The conference then heard a report by Tomsky on the activity in the labor unions and the immediate tasks In that fleld and then prqceeded to a dis- cussion, During the evening sessions | the debates continued. In the morning s¢ssion on October 29 Rykoff’s concluding speech pointed out that the practical Proposals made by many speakers deserve considera- tion. Rykoy declared that a compari- son between the aecdufulation and ex- tension of the fundaniental industrial capital of the Soviet Union and of the foreign capitalist states leads to the conclusion that our development is twice as rapid ag abread, except America, is A rational direction, is necessary to | ensure the continuance of such devel-| opment. The greatest attention must be paid to the industrialization of each separate region of the U.S. SR. The characteristic feature of the de-, bates was the absence of parallel | separate platforms on economic ques: tions. : 4 After their racent activities the op-| position should have given here from the tribune the reasons for their separating themselves from the party. This was all the more necessary be- cause the platform of the opposition is not only erroneous and inadmissible on principle but also defnagogic’ and therefore dangerous for the party. The acceptance of the opportunist platform of the opposition would mean the rup- | ture of the alliance between the work- ers and the peasants. The opposition |ought to have declared at the confer- jence if it intends to uphold or to drop that platform. Tlie conference adopted in principle Rykoff’s theses | and named a committée for final edi- ting. | Union Membership Grows. Reporting on work in the trade! unions Tomsky, with figures at hand, | A strong plea for a continued flow|should be defended by trade unions |Tefuted the assertions of the opposi- of money to Passaic to bolster up the|and close co-operation should be estab- | tion about the decline in the number strikers in the fight against the ‘com-|lished with the Communist youth.|°f rsamized workers in the Soviet pany union, wage cuts, and police|Trade°unions must increase the at-|U@ion and the immense increase of non-proletarian eleménts in the Soviet apparatus. The total of organized workers was 8,768,200ds against 6,950,- 400 last year. The*number of shop committees increased’ during the year from thirty to fitty-sixjthousand. The figures show in the @learest possible way the leading role ofthe proletariat in the trade unions and in the Sovict national economy an@® belie the as- sertions of the opposition about the character of the state apparatus of the U. 8. S. R. od More Active. In general, the workers have cer- tainly been more active of late in the unions. The unions arg stronger organ- izafionally and financfally. In the future the trade uniofis must pay more attention to the everyday matters in the worker's life. Réferring to the Anglo-Russian Commifttee} Tomsky emphasized that the views of the’ op- MEMBERS OF POLITICAL COMMITTEE OF SOVIET UNION COMMUNIST PARTY The following are the members of | the Political Committee of the Com- munist Party of the Soviet Union who are leading the discussions at the conference’ of the meeting In Moscow and belng reported dally In The DAILY WORKER: Joseph Stalin, secretary of the Communist Party. Alexis Rykoff, chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars. ' Nicholas Bukharin, editor of Pravda, official party organ. |. Kalinin, president of the Soviet Union, M. Tomsky, secretary of the All- Russian Trade Union Council. M. Molotov, secretary of the or- ganization department of the C. P. A. Voroshilov, Commissar of War. We will send sample copies of The DAILY WORKER ‘to your friends— send us name and address, BUILD THE DAILY WITH A SUB CURRENT EVENTS By T..J. O'Flaherty. (Continued from page 1) Barrymores. He grouched and gri- maced thru one of the biggest pieces f hokum ‘that I ever groaned thru. ‘he only saving grace of the picture was that the scene was laid in Bel- gium and it was a pleasure to watch the guiltless air with which the sim- ple folks sampled, the juice of the grape. It was a story of a big-hearted businegs man who gave credit until it hurt so badly that the inevitable vil- lain who had loaned him money threat- ened to squeeze him, * * 8 EVERTHELESS, the generous business man threw a little party, ft was a wild night outside. The snow fell and the wind swirled thru the trees. As in the “Shooting of Dan McGrew,” the door suddenly opened and a fur-coated Polish Jew waiked in. Christian scowls met him, but the good-natured man bade him be seated and regaled him with his best wine. I expected there would be dirty work at the crossroads. And there was. While the Jew was putting on his coat, about to leave, his host noticed a Chicago Labor Pays Tribute to ’Gene Debs | (Continued from -pageiT> the supreme cotirt ‘of te’ United States; James P.:Cannony, class. .war prisoner and executive. secretary of the I. L. D, George Maurer, secretary of local Chicago of the I, L. D., was chairman of the meeting. ; Tone of Speecnes. All the speakers dwelt on Debs’ great contribution to the workingclass movement in America. The tote of the speeches was in sharp contrast to the sentimental slobbering of. the socialist lawyers. and «ministers that offictated at the burial services in Terre Haute, Each speaker said some- thing of the great battles that Debs fought on the industrial battlefields of America and, pointed out that great tho his love for the workingclass was, he lacerated the misleaders of labor with as bitter-a tongue ds ever coiled itself around»the English’ lan- guage, Challenge to Militaris| 4 4 C. EB, Ruthenberg; the last speaker, told of Debs’ challenge: to the war: crazy imperialists of the United States in his historic Canton. speech, which was delivered across from the work- house where Ruthenberg» was serving a year’s term for-mobilizing the work- org of Ohio against .the war, Debs went down the line for his principles. Debs’ was always on the side of those elements in the socialist party that were in favor of waging the class struggle militantly, as against the reformists, Ruthenberg read several excerpts from Debs* speeches and let- ters in: proof of. his ‘contention, Visited Debs in Prison. After Ruthenberg was released from Sing Sing prison.he visited Debs in Atlanta and explained to him the dif: ferences of opinion over policy: that brought about the split in the social- ist party, While Debs was in ‘sym- pathy with the position of the Com- munists, there was one point that he could not agree to and that was the ney; Rev. Hahn, liberal pastor of the Salem Evangelical Church, and Her- bert Benjamin, of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, will also speak, It is expected that all Buffalo work- ers will attend, not only to pay re- spect to the memory of a great work- ing-clasg leader, but also to perpetuate his spirit in the unceasing fight to de- fend the victims of capitalist frame- ups and class’ injustice, se 8 Two N. Y. Halls Packed | at Big Debs Meniorial (Special to. The Dally Worker) NEW: YORK, Oct. 29.—With the meeting scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock, the workers began demand ing admission to Carnegie Hall at half’ past six and by seven-thirty the great hall was filled to the topmost Ballery and every available bit of space on the stage as well, for the mass meeting called last Monday by the ‘International Labor Defense in honor, of Eugene V. Debs. Long be- fore eight o’clock the crowds turned away from Carnegie Hall had found their way to the hastily prepared overflow meeting at Central Opera Housé and had packed that hall to the last. seat in the gallery and addi- tional workers kept trying to secure admission‘ to the two halls thruout the evening. i The speakers for these two meet- ings included ~ Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Bishop Brown, Robert Dunn, Roger Baldwin, C. E. Ruthenberg, sec- retary of the Workers (Communist) Party, A. Shapiro of the Furriers’ Union, Carlo Tresca, Enea Sormenti of the Anti-Fascist Alliance, Ben Git- low, Bert Wolfe, M. J. Olgin, Clarence Miller of the Young Workers (Com- munist) League, Alexander Tyachten- breg and Albert Weisbord. Republicans Spend $177,493. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Campaign Communist position that 4 dictator: |expenditures of the republican con- ship of the workers ‘was nécéssary | gressional committee were brought to, during the transition period between che overthrow of capitalist rile and establishment of ‘a Communist so- ciety. ‘ After the meeting James 'P, Can- non left for Detroit where a great DebS “Mémorial Meeting under’ the auspices of the I. L. D. was to be held yesterday with prominent: leaders -of the’ “Detroit Federation® of Labor money belt around his waist. The simple-minded Jewish banker told him it wall full “of shining gold.” OMe ee FELT right then that this Jew would never see Warsaw again; And he didn’t. The generous man killed him and took the dough. Barry- more can writhe thru a picture better than anybody I know of, and he made it quite clear that it does not pay to steal or even to kill. But what got my goat was that this murderer and robber, after marrying his daughter off, and suffering various mental ago- nies, finally threw a fit, in the midst of which appeared the shadow of his victim. “I have suffered enough; I: faave repented,” moaned: the murderer. “Peace be to you,” replied the shade of his victim. That was the end of it. 1 concluded that it is as safe to com- mit murder in Belgiumeas in Chicago, provided you get your victim's money, *e 8 MEXICAN daily contained an in- spired article a few days ago at- scheduled to speak with -Comrade Cannon; ele ew Debs Memorial Meet _ In Buffalo to Show \Frame-up. Protests i t __——_—; ‘BUFFALO, Ni: Y., Oct, .29-At the time when the capitalist courts: have taken a vicious slap at the cause of the working-class prisoners. by deny- ing and Vanzetti the right to a new trial, it ts-expected "that all ‘work- enscapd sympathizers with the labor Movement Will take every opportunity to show their opposition to the capi- talist frame-up system .and their soli- darity ‘with International Labor De- fense, the ‘organization which fights this menace. When one of the great leaders of the workers dies it becomes } doubly necessary to demonstrate, The workers of Buffalo have ar- ranged such ‘a denionstfation in the form of a Gene Debs memorial meet- ing, which is to be held on Friday, $177,493.85 with the filing of a supple- | mental report by the organization to- | day. Total contributions reached | $200,150 on Oct. 28. t th 2¥0 | ST. PAUL GAPIMAKERS WALK OUT TO MAKE THE AGREEMENT STICK By L. LEvi. (Special to The Daily Worker} ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 31.—Local 10 of the Capmakers’ Union has de- clared a strike against the Mc-Kib- ben, Driscoll & Dorzy Co. of this city. The ‘company refused to re- new their agreement with the union which expired on Oct. 30. General Organizer Roberts has arrived to take charge of the strike. Next Lecture of the Proletarian Study Group ire on the Illusions of Civilization A Critique of Class Ideology | By LEON SAMSON on Wednesday Evenings at 8:30 P. M British miners are not affiliated, ful-| position demanding the Tupture of the tacking the Mexican trade union move- filled and are fulfilling to the end their |committee were entirély wrong, point- ment. It must choose between Mos- SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31—A ter-|to bring to trial Ex-secretary of Inter- November 5, at 8 p. m. in the Elmwood Music Hall, ' at f ' THE CARLTON rific explosion tore away the door of|ior Albert B. Fall and Edward L.| class duty. ing out that this would-Jead to masses ow and Washington, runs the article. 4 Sebi St. Pete: l’s cathedral here] Doheny, oil magnate, on charges of} victory for the miners is still pos-|of the revolutionary workers leaving Aah Be wintcdit oc outta fone of diy CNet Gatineion heme ahd nt seg ie hors pmo Saal ‘0 > of the charge} conspiracy to defraud the government) sible if relief on a broad scale is in-|the trade untons. The active eupport| the A. F.of L. is praised, ‘Thie arcicle |e speak, : Me a é broke “nm windows in @he vicinity.}in connection with the Elk-Hills, Cali-| tensiged. No more imyortant task {of foreign workers who are struggling |is no accident. It is part of a con-| The main speaker will be James P. No. 3.—Historical Illusions Police belie a charge of dynamite|fornia, naval oil reserve lease, exists than to help the British miners |against capitalism remains as ever one | certed policy to prepare the way for a | Cannon, national secretary of tlfe In- In He Light OF Historlont: Materialtem was used to‘ wreck the front of the} Justice Hoehling took the question} who tho exhausted are yet strug-!of the main tasks of the ‘Soviet trade break between the A. F, of L, and the CROM. QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION Admission 26 Cen ternational Labor Defense. Bustrace building. of date under advisement, gling. > unions, Reynolds; well-known’ radical attor- industrial strike. Even the conservative trade union lead- {masses into the untons and strikes. There are fundamental tage to them of plying off the skilled workers against the | STRIKE STRATEGY ers are forced to recognize this at least partially and they {divisions in the ranks of the workers themselves that have | unskilled. Especially during these days of a flourishing By WILLIAM Z. FOSTER adopt some sort of an industrial organizational front by |to be overcome. The working’ class is far from being a |American Imperialism, when they are flush with super- * patching up various types of federation. Recent examples homogeneous mass. It is divided against itself in regard | profits wrung from exploited:peoples all over the world, are ARTICLE IIT of national industrial strikes are those of the steel workers | to race, nationality, color, creed, age, sex, skill, ete. they able and willing to bribe the skilled workers with @ Pe eae A cance es. ORR, in 1919, the coal miners in 1920 and 1922, and the packing },.... The differences among the workers in these matters |few concessions in order to have them betray the unskilled. Z A inajor consideration of strike strategy is the broad- |20USe workers in 1921. Many of the railroad strikes and of themselves great obstacles to the complete unifica- The reactionary labor leaders are willing tools in fur- pi ening out of strikes and trade unions from the traditional | ¥@8® movements show the same tendency. tion of the working class in its struggles against the em-|thering’ this employer. strategy, Indeed, their traditional ; craft. basis to that of industry. Even as the ideological Such wide struggles supersede the rigs’ localized ers. But the problem is still further complicated and policy is to support the interests of the skilled labor aristoc- conceptions of the workers must be raised from the’ purely strikes: which ere formerly the type in these industries. ered more difficult because the employers have learned racy at the expense of the gi t masses of unskilled, This economic and opportunistic to the political and revolution- The tendency is to counter the growing power of the em-. ‘ully to play upon these differences and to split up the |is their program before, during, and after strikes. They ary, so must their organizations and struggle be expanded. ployers in all the industries by involving greater numbers workers disastrously on the basis of them. refuse’ to organize the unskilled ;«they refuse to support “Craft unionism and craft strikes can no Ionger cope |°f Workers of the most varied trades and callings in single !* “Moreover, the employers are ably assisted in’ this pol- | their demands in Strikes; they systematically sell them out with American capitalism. The workers’ fighting: front {*¢tions against, the employers. by the reactionary trade union bureaucracy, who divide |at the settlement conference table to the advantage of the must he broadened out to that of the industry or of whole |, The ‘left wing organized in and around the T. U. E. [the workers’ rake by cultivating craft interests, betraying |skilled. workers. Such an-organixed system of betrayal is ftoups of industries. Such a situation as that in the rail-| > must i Sasi this broadening out tendency, which is, he unskilled, playing one nationality off against another, the very essence of craft unionism. . < ’ qe road shop mevhanies’ strike of 1922 when nine of ‘the six- |"°V Beng checked by the reactionary: trade union leaders cluding from the unions Negroes, young workers, and pio greed ~ ey aia Shp cragmediasewe ; teen railroad craft unions stayed at work and helped to | With their program of class collaboration and no fighttwomen, etc. All these tendencies are fatal to success in lone group of skilled workers by another) is an ever-present break the strike of the seven which struck, is a crime against the employers. An important point in our strike strikes. ‘ and m@pacing danger at all stages of a strike struggle. Be tist she: working strategy must be the elimination of the craft strike and Our strike strategy must be skilled in checking and |T¢ must "be combatted by - ing’ the above-stated three. ; In the competitive state of industry the workers can |*h@ development of the national industrial strike. interacting all such splitting tendencies and in uniting |phaked pdlicy of education, organization, and’a defense of ; and do use the craft strike effectively, at least #0 far as This requires a corresponding broadening out of thethe workers, in spite of race; creed,’ color, nationality, skill, |common interests. ie a the skilled tradés are concerned, But with the-concentra- | Workers’ unions from a craft to an ete basis and the'létc,, into one unbreakable proletarian mass. ‘To do this |. ’ The skilled workers must be taught the utter folly of tion of capital, the centralization of industry, and the elim- ee ee Noes ae ni pus os rg oan, we must, briefly stated, have a threephased policy, as fol-| tait’short-sighted policy, for the history of the American” ination of skill, craft strikes become obsdlete, even to pro- “ f tion” and “Organize the Uno: nized” is vital oat labor movement goes to, show that, this policy in the long tect the interests of the skilled workers. The question’ ot | *™Aeamation” and “Organize the Unorga a vital (1) Education; we must carry on an intensive edu-! mn algo: sacrifices the interests of ‘the skilled workers. prerequisite for a successful strike strategy under present | oati illed unorganized for labor unions, day conditions in the United States. } xanization by industry, which is emphasized by the grow. lemand of the uns onal propaganda among the strikers or. prospective. strikers to acquaint and convince them of their common They must: be shown their identity of interests with the unskilled. The masses of unskilled must be brought into becomes a burning necessity for skilled as well as unskilled, Unitina tan Workers’ Forces, interests and to infuse them with a fighting solidarity | ino unions in ‘spite of the opposition of the right wing In American industry. the eraft strike is almost obsolete, VIRST consideration in strike strategy is the develop- against the employers. (2) Organization; we must insist bureaucrats. , Sa ni al. Sd In the clothing trades, which are still competitive, and ment of unity and solidarity among the workers in- ]UPO @ labor organization broad enough to take into its |. The demands of the strikers must fit the needs of all iu localized trades such as building and printing, where }volved-in a given action against the employers, Potentially opm eg ge asing class a aa ha groups, and they must be adhered to at all costs. Uniting the fact that all or most of the work has to be done on |the workers constitute a tremendous force. The 26,000,000 |the struggle. (8) We must have a policy in the stru the skill id axles under present conditi aa te nd : which protects the interests of all these elemtns and which eile La F ry oo the spot gives the unions a special advantage, the craft strike still lingers and has some etfect. But even in these industries it is fast becoming useless. «In the. big, highly organized industries it is almost a stele the past. of 6 4 national : ie, Sage’ *) or more organizable workers, when once united, will be ir resistible, They will eventually sweep away the capitalist a system. ‘ in American industry, into an unbreakable unit of strikers is one ofthe greatest tasks of our strike strategy. But it must and can be ace by systematic application joes not’ allow of any of them being sacrificed for the fit of the others, 2) hye Bui the obstactes-to this unity: are many and d Skiimy ann Unskus | of the foregoing principles, seated. It is morayfan a problem of simply bringing they Pmployers are widely awake to endous advan- re (PO be continued) : \ ae ta / ~ r