The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 10, 1926, Page 3

eee <<enadricoeRhventaarren sn supers cenhande WORKERS HERE. TO “WELCOME” BLOODY QUEEN “Reception” Is Planned for November 13 When Queen Marie of Routhania wteps out of the railroad station in Chicago on Noy. 13 she will be greeted with a reception uplike that with which she has been met in any other city. The queen of the bloody anti- labor monarchy of Roumania will be confronted by a large delegation of Chicago workers, organized by the local International Labor Defense, who will bear banners demanding the cessation of the regime of terrorism against workers and peasants that ex- ists today under the queen's rule. Arrives Next Saturday, The date of her arrival, Saturday, Noy. 13, International Labor Defense will hold a protest mass meeting’ at 38:80 p. m. at Reddfer Hall, 30 North ‘Wells street. At the meeting in Redd- fer Hall William F. Dunne, editor of The DAILY WORKER; Max Shacht- man,. editor of the Labor Defender; George Maurer, secretary of Chicago I. L. D.; George Neder, well-known Rounfanian labor organizer, and oth- ers will speak on the real mission of the queen in America and the condi- tions of the workers and peasants in Roumania, From ‘the mass meeting a delega- tion of workers will proceed to the station where the queen's train is to arrive, the Illinois Central station. She is slated to arrive between 4:30 * pom. and 6:30 p. m. and an unusual welcome will await her there. Goes to Consulate. “If, as has been the case Jin other cities where the queen has stopped, she proceeds from the station to the consulate of the Roumanian govern- ment, at 360 North Michigan, the dele- gation will follow her there to demon- strate their protest against the fright- ful conditions existing in her country, The queen is slated to dine that even- ing at the Drake Hotel, Michigan and Oak street beach} and she will be fol- lowed there as a reminder of the de- mand of American: workers in soli- darity with the demand of the op- pressed toilers of Roumania. Work- ers are urged to be at Reddfer Hall at 3:30 p. m. on Saturday, Noy, 13, in large numbers, Mine Workers Protest Control of Railroads by New York Central WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—The plan of the New York -Central Railroad to acquire control under lease of the Big Four, Michigan Central and Chi- cago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw rail- roads will be vigorously protested be- fore the interstate commerce commis- sion, it was indicated when the com- mission permitted various organiza- tions to intervene in the case. Those authorized to intervene in- clude the Ohio Farm Bureau Federa- tion, Ohio Farm Bureau Service Com- pany, Ohio public utilities commission, the stockholders’ protective commit- tee. of the Big Four, Athens, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce and District No. 6 of the United Mine Workers. BRAZIL REVOLUTIONARIES GAIN IN STRENGTH; LARGE FORCES OF REBELS JOIN (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Nov. 8.—A reported Bra- zillan revolutionary movement is now assuming serious proportions and large forces of rebels are re- ported moving against the town of Bella Vista, according to a Central News dispatch from Buenos Ayres, STRIKE STRATEGY - By WILLIAM Z. . ARTICLE X. © ‘ PRELIMINARY ORGANIZATION An important question of strike strategy is that relat- ing to the matter of preliminary organization of the work- ers in the now unorganized industries before the precipita- tion of strikes. »This raises the problems of how far we can depend upon the spontaneity of the workers and how I and organize them before they can go effectively into action against the employers. Less and less can the strike strategist depend upon the spontaneity of the massés to bring them into revolt against their exploiters, more and more he has to figure on substantial preliminary organization, conceived plan- fully and carried through almost like a military strategy. Within the past 15 years American employers have become very able and skillful in checking spontaneous mass re- volts amongst their workers, To this end they have de- veloped a whole arsenal of means which may be summed up under the general concessions of duplicity, and terror- far’ we can and must stimula ism, Today the powerful employers, when they see a threat- ening discontent among their workers, which manifests itself by a spreading spontaneous strike or an active organ- izing campaign, commonly seek to chevk the agitation by granting concessions to their workers in wage increases, welfare systems, etc. This they are able to do because of A) TieusT roves 40) MANN TELLS OF SUN TO CAPTURE KUKIANG; U. 8. MARINES GIVE HELP PEKIN, Noy, 8—Troops of Mar shal Sun Chuan Fank were in in possession of Kuklang today after a detachment of Cantonese goidiers had made a surprise attack and oo- cupled the city for a short time, ao- cording to reports received here. A number of marines from Amerl- can, French, British and Japanese vessels landed during the engage ment and their presence encouraged the Sun forces, ILEANA PLEADS FOR ‘SWEETIE’ MARIE CHASED Prisoos Royal Fights for Ford Fast Worker ABOARD QUEEN MARIE'S SPE- CIAL TRAIN—(in Montana)—Nov. 8. —Princess Ileana of Roumania today pleaded the cause of an exiled friend, a youthful American automobile sales- man, “Bunny” Ayres, known as J. B. Ayres of the Ford Automobile com- pany payroll, who wearg a raccoon coat and has a breezy way. Fired For Talking, Me was fired from the royal train for “making, statements,” but the princess believes it was because he took her out motoring and to the Washington-California football. game in Seattle, “It is a shame,” declared her high- ness today, “He was a nice boy and it was I who asked him to go out driv- ing with me,” The princess has taken the matter to Col. H, Carroll, acting for the rail- roads as host to her majesty, and there is every reason to believe that Ayres will rejoin the party at Denver, Ayres, who is not backward about putting forward the merits of the make of car he is supplying the royal party’ along their transconti- nental route, told newspaper men it was costing Henry Ford $250,000. A press association quoted Ayres as say ing Ford was paying the incidental expenses of Queen Marté’s trip to the extent of $500,000, This all happened Saturday, the same day “Bunny” Ayres with Prin- cess Ileana at the wheel, had a mile a minute ride over 100 mfles of the ic lunch at the side of the road. Circulation of Soviet Press Three Times the Pre-War Figure WASHINGTON—(FP)—Newspapers in the Soviet Union had a tota) cireula- tion of 8,281,820 on Feb; 1, 1926, as compared with a total newspaper cir culation in the same territory before the war of only 2,760,000 copies, These figures are published by the Russian Information Bureau in Washington in the current Russian Review, ‘Circulation of all papers on Jan. 1, 1925, was 6,956,098, The gain in 12 months from that date was 1,325,722, The number of paper increased during the same period from 579 to 599. Last February's press census show- ed 131 peasant papers with 1,913,000 circulation; 58 workers’ papers with 1,276,810 circulation; 8 “leading” pa- pers with 1,309,232 ‘circulation; 17 trade union papers with 870,500 cir- culation; 190 non-Russian papers with 928,943 circulation; 53 Communist youth papers with 471,453 circulation; 15 army papers with 95,980 circula- tion; 21 economic papers with 189,400 circulation, and 106 “other” papers, including co-operative, departmental and mixed worker and peasant papers, with 1,226,502 circulation. FOSTER 1A THE= BAILY WORKER we Page Three MINERS’ SOLID BATTLE FRONT) Veteran English Rebel Writes About Strike (Continued from page 1.) work and to the members of other unions who were pump men, mechan- ics or specialists in any way to con- tinue work to keep the mines jn order Teady for @ start when a settlement should be arrived at, but as the fight grew in intensity the South Wales men at the delegate conference urged that ail safety men should be drawn out, apd all outcrop work stopped, too. They called also for an embargo on the handling of coal; and a special conference of all unions to give a na- tional decision in favor of this, Conference Called. ~ The new General Council of the Trade Union Congress, which is very little different from the old council, has been approached by the miners’ executive asking them to take definite action, and they have agreed to call a national conference of union execu tives on Nov. 8 (about the time this should) appear in The DAILY WORKDER). It ig not too late even now to take action against touching coal, to obtain a levy from all at work equal to £150,000 a week, to resort to effective picketing, to clear the mines of safety men and conduct the fight with the necessary militancy. Minority Movement. We of the minority movement are putting every available man in the field to help the miners, well knowing that government as well as the mine owners and capitalists generally are intending to make an onslaught on other sections of workers should they drive the miners to submission, Little did they expect to find the miners after six months’ fight to be as fixedly resolved to continue, full of confidence that they can last out and come out on top at the finish. The Miners’ International Federa- tion has made a paltry show, and with the ex-secretary of the British min- ers as secretary of the Miners’ Inter- national we have the pitiable spec- tacle of this same person leading the international in hostility to the British miners, himself using arguments en- tirely favorable to the boss class, as tho he were secretary of the owners. Notwithstanding all this, plus very lit- tle financial help coming from the United States, the miners and their wives are fighting cheerfully and spir- itedly, There is very little moaning, even where there is serious poverty. Miners Enter Elections. In some districts the miners have shown the good sense to get returned to the public bodies, such as the county councils, the boards of guard- fans, the education committees, and as members of parliament, and so they not only check the*mischieyous beha- vior of the boss class but effectively contro] the public institutions in the workers’ interests, This struggle will serve and is now serving to educate millions of workers economically and politically, the les- gon being well rwbbed in that, big as this fight is, it is only one in connec- tion with the great class war, and any settlement made cannot be of a per- manent character; it must be made with a consciousness that every coun- try is going thru similar struggles and must continue so to do'until we have finally wiped out capitalism and estab- lished communal ownership and con- trol of all industry. May that day come quickly for the workers of all lands! The “Bloody Queen” of Rou- mania knows what “COTZO- FANESTI” means. Read The DAILY WORKER on Saturday, November 13! of 1918-19 was typical of the new tendency. This gigantic corporation, seeing that the organizing work was succeed- ing, granted four large increases in wages And the, basic 8-hour day to its workers in the course of the campaign in order to block it: The “independents” followed suit.’ This materially made the work of organizing incomparably more difficult. The spontaneity of the workers was weakened. When the strike came it followed closely the lines where intense organization work had been done. In'those mills, such as the Duluth plant of the U. 8. Steel ard the Aliquipa plant of the Jones & Laughlin Co., where been impossible to carry on any agitation or organization, no strike whatever took place in spite of the gigantic char+ acter of the national movement, ; Duplicity and terrorism. In the old days when an em- ployer proceeded to cut labor costs radically he did it openly and brusquely, usually in the form of a sweeping wage cut to go into effect on a certain date. Result, always a uni- versal protest and indignation on the part of the workers and often a bitter strike. But now the employers cut their labor costs in much more and subtle’ ways. Often they ac- complish the same ends as a wage cut by speeding up their workers, which is easy for them to do in present-day indus- try. Aud where they actually do put a money wage eut into effect they commonly do it piecemeal, instead of sweep- ingly as before. They cut department after -departient, the wage cutting campaign over monthy., Or workers and then a steady stream of —German Exchange. FIRING POWER OF PRESIDENT. TO BE FOUGHT Constitutional Change Will Be Attempted Los Angeles, Név. 8. — Asserting that the recent supreme court decision giving the president power to dismiss unfit federal office holders was not in harmony with the principles of consti- tutional government, Senator William H. King 6f'Utah declared here today that a constitutional amendment nulli fying this Gecision will be submitted at the ne¥t session of congress, “Partles Allied King, who is here to conduct the “slush fund” investigation into the Arizona senatorial campaign, declared that both republican and democratic members of. the senate will support the proposed amendment. “I feel that‘the majority opinion of the. supreme court is erroneous and should be altered,” King explained, “The president needs no such un- limited power and the constitutiop does not confer it. upon him. This ruling gives the chief executive the arbitrary right-to get rid of federal office holders, and it is absolutely at variance jwith the fundamental prin- ciples of our government.” Trades Union Congress Scores British Bombardment in China LONDON—(FP)—Condemning Brit- ish imperfalist policy in China the general counell of the British Trades Union Congress adopted the following resolution: “The general council of the Trades Union Congress has noted with regret the provocative attitude adopted by the British government in Chinese af- fairs, and feels compelled to register a strong protest against such acts as the bombardment of the defenseless city of Wahnsien on the 5th of Sep- { had executed. ™ (Steen ae te fo Cook of Miners Ren Long Struggle Ahead By BILL ROSS, Federated Press, GLASGOW — (FP) — Though ex- hausted by his almost superhuman ef- forts during the 6 months of the min- ers’ lockout, Secy. A. J. Cook found time to spend a day in the Clyde dis- trict to address three Keir Hardie memorial meetings, Only two days previous he was attending the Miners’ International in Brussels. He re- turned to England by airplane, spent a@ busy day in London and made thé long journey to Scotland to keep his engagements. Cook's incessant agitation to hold the battle Ines have worn him ‘uf. His voice almost gone, he tortures himself to make his huge audiences hear him. He ignores his doctor's ad- vice to give up speaking and goes on with the oid zeal and enthusiasm, Lines formed before the halls hours before he was due. The crowds which could not get in consoled them- selves by greeting Cook on his ar- rival. Only the determined efforts’ of his escorts kept Cook from addressing the overflows. In the hall everybody rose, handker- chiefs and red flags were waved. When Cook got a chance to speak they heard his hoarse voice. Like one man the thousands murmured, sur- prised and sympathetic, but soon hushed into a dead silence. “Remember that we have been in the front line trenches. deserted by those who should have stood with us,” he said. “If the labor movement breaks faith with the miners it will break the heart of the most valiant fighters the movement ever had.” He explained that while the miners wiil accept wage reductions they will stick te the principle of the 7-hour day and national agreements. Leav- ing the hall for the taxi which was to take him to another meetings, Cook found a crowd waiting to give him an ovation, “We have a lot of fight left in us,” Cook assured The Federated Press fn the taxi. “They still have a long And in addition to these methods of duplicity and conces- sions the employers carry on a stark terrorism against all workers who dare to make a protest, discharging and black- listing them in a way unknown in previous times. Usina Aut ApvaNnTaGns This policy of concessions, duplicity, and terrorism, coupled with the fact that the industries in general have been active for the past few years and have provided at least a modicum of work for the workers, weakens the fac- tor of spontaneity. Determined, organized effort becomes increasingly more necessary, altho an occasional spon- taneous strike still occurs. Hence our strike strategy must contemplate the carrying on of militant and aggressive organizing campaigns, carefully planned and skillfully In my pamphlet “Organize the Unorganized” IT have described in detail the manner of conducting these cam- paigns by “open” methods in those industries where it is possible for the unions to function publicly; and in “closed” industries (by utilization of workers’ clubs, shop commit- tees, Workers Party shop nuclei, company unions, ete.) where the militant “open shop” attitude of the employers prohibits preliminary open union organization, z Advantage must be taken of the company unons, The employers have established these organizations to increase the workers’ efficiency and to check the. growth of class consciousness and trade unionism among them. Neverthe- less the workers’ impulse to organizé and struggle often manifests itsdif in these bosscontrolled bodies. Our policy ake arian CME, Mian MOVEMENT TO BRING ABOUT PEACE IN WORKMEN'S CIRCLE DEMANDS TOLERATION OF ALL TENDENCIES (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Novy, 8.—On Sunday, Oct. 31, over 340 delegates, represent- ing 186 Workmen's Cirele branches gathered at the peace conference called by the National Initiative Committee for Peace in the Workmen’s Circle held in New York. Besides the regular 341 delegates representing 186 branches there were also delegates from four dissolved branches and communications of greet- ings from about 40 branches that could not send in delegates on account of technical reasons, but which were whole-heartedly with the peace movement, started recently in the W. C. Penetrates Membership. The conference proved that the peace movement has penetrated the broad membership of the W. C, branch- es, About one third of the entire W. C. was actually represented at the conference either thru delegates or communications. The delegates represented at the conference were of various political tendencies. There were many of the non-partisan elements, many of the left wing and even many of the right wing elements who are interested in peace in the W, 0. At the beginning of the conference, the right wing dele- gates, who were influenced by the various insinuations and statements of the “Forward,” that the conference is only a scheme of the left wing elements in the W. C., were actually afraid that'the left wing elements would capture the conference. But after a while they convinced themselves, that the left wing ele- ments are not interested in splitting or breaking the W. C., as the Forward often insinuated, but on the contrary, are interested in building up the W. C, and turning it into a strong work- ing class organization, Left Committee There, { At the conference was also present the committee of the left wing, that appeared before the National Execu- tive Committee of the W. C. on July 11, and demanded that peace be creat- ed in the W. C, and that all the tend- encies in the working class movement be tolerafed in the W. C. They were invited to the conference by the Na tional Initiative committee for peace in the W. C. The National Peace committee has also sent an invitation to the N. EB. C. of the W. C, but it failed to come to the conference, » Zaltzman Explains Comrade Zaltzman of the left wing committee explained the entire strug- gle between the right and left wing in the W. C. He pointed out that the left wing does not want to split or break the W. ©. but on the contrary, wants to build it stronger and make it a more powerful red cross auxiliary of the class struggle. But it was the rightwing machine, that was deter- mined to wipe out the left wing by all means and went as far as dissolving over sixty branches and driving away from the W. ©. ranks thousands of members. He also pointed out that the policy of the N. E. C. has lead to a weakening of the organization, and that it fs necessary to ereafe peace in order to strengthen and enliven the W. C. But this peace must not be a Versailles treaty, but @ peace in which all the tendencies in the working class be tolerated and recognized. Radi Talks. Radi, an active worker of the non- partisan Workmen's Circle schools also spoke, In a brilliant speech he pointed out, that the fight of the schools against the N. E. C. of the W. C. was not a result of the fight between the left wing and the right wing in the W. C. but a result of the attitude of the N. HE, C, of the W. C towards the Wormen’s Circle schools. He pointed out that in spite of all the attacks of the N. E. ©, upon the schools, the active school members tried to prevent @ split, But all their efforts were in vain. The Charges. The N. E, C, has been maneuvering to expel the school workers, All kinds of hardships and restrictions were placed on the actiye school members, ‘They were, often not even allowed to unions, etc. +— « Bet been keeping quite, because they did not want to have a split in the W, C. schools. The national office went fur. ther and further with its attacks un. til it attempted to remove all active schools workers and replace them by others, not capable to do the werk. This brought about a resistance, and the national office expelled the schools, “But in’ spite of the fact,” he pro- ceeded, “that at present the schools are functioning much better than un- der the previous supervision of the N. B. C, educational committee, yet we ‘are willing to give the schools back if there will only be a guarantee for actual peace in the W, C. because we are also interested in peace.” The conference has adopted the following resolution and elected a committee of 15 to carry out the plans of the conference and the resolution adopted: 1, The conference expressed its desire and demands of the W, C, non- partisan scliools, that they shall pledge themselves to re-unite with the official W. schools. The conference is also of the opinion that during the process of performing unity, The Har- lem House and Camp Kinderland be talfen in, 2. The peace committee pledges tt- self to bring a promise from the N, E. C, and from the National Board of Directors, that the Workmen’s Cirele School will be managed upon the strictly non-partisan basis on which they were organised. 3. The National Executive Commit- tee must give all school workers and parents of the children in the schools, a proper opportunity to proceed with their work for the schools. 4. Reinstate all branches that were dissolved in the U, S. and Canada, without any discriminations. 5. Reinstate all members at-large and allow them to join those branches they desire. 6. To reinstate all expelled mem- bers of branch 24 and Jacob Levin of Branch 96, 7. All groups and members that were separated from their branchess by force be allowed to come back. 8. All tendencies beginning from the right to the extremely left be tolerated within the W. C. provided they recognize the class struggle and are for the abolition of private pro- perty. New York to Seize Funds of Insurance Companies of Czar NEW YORK, Nov. 8.—Attorney General Ottinger has filed a claim with the state insurance department to have surplus funds of five liquidated Russian insurance companies surren- dered to the state of New York. The companies were organized under the czar’s regime, and many of the stock- holders cannot be found, as they fled Russia, : Ottinger claims that, according to Roman and English common law, when owners of funds cannot be found the funds become property of the state, “After all,” says Ottinger, “the companies made big profits from the people of this state. Three million dollars is involved. The companies are the First Rus- sian Insurance Company, Russian Re- insurance Company, Moscow Fire In- surance Company, Second Russian In- surance Company d the Northern tember.” way to go to beat the miners.” express their ‘opinion. But they have |Insurance Company of Moscow. employers were financially unable to bribe such movements Such methods dissolve the opposition of the workers. must be to stimulate these tendencies by precipitating the into stillness and they usually developed into big strnggles.| They prevent the sudden outbursts of discontent and the| demands of the workers in the company union committees, 7 How Emrtoyers Ficur Srrixes rapid intensification of working class solidarity that used} by putting up in the company union elections lists of ean- The way the Steel Trust combatted the big campaign] to be caused by the sweeping wage cuts of pre-war times.| didates who are committed to the formation of trade. Our ultimate aim must be to set movements on foot, both inside and outside of the company unions, whieh will shatter these organizations and result in the establishment _ of trade unions. A skilled leadership will often be able to- strikes, utilize the company unions for thelaunching of effective How Mucu Oncanizavion The question of how to secure preliminary organization of the workers in the great unorganized industries and to determine just how much organization is necessary in @ given situation before the strike should begin- constitutes one of the real problems of strike strategy. In impending strikes of unorganized workers, conserva: tive labor leaders habitually overestimate the importance into the strike. of organization and underestimate the spontaneity of the workers. They smother the fighting spirit of the workers by a dry-as-dustycampaign for excessive organization, On the other hand, a common tendency of left wing leaders is to underestimate the necessity for a certain degree of pre: a liminary organization and to depend too much upon the — spontaneity of the workers. The result is abortive strikes, — The history of the I. W. Our problem is to know just how to combine the spontaneity and organization; to learn to strike the when the workers’ spirits are at their highest and they have énongh organization to at least’ mobilize themt W. is full of such mistakes, = | | i i i ' t a i ] i