The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 5, 1926, Page 4

Page Four TH THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. | 1113 W, Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Phone Monroe 4713 | —$$<$—______ ana SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): 8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year $3.50 six months 50 three months $2.00 three months ——___. Address all mail and make out checks to | THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chleago, Hl, | ey J. LOUIS ENGDAHL } WILLIAM F, DUNNE BERT MILLER sees Editors: Business Manager ut the post-office at Chi- 3, 1879. Entered as second-class mai] September 21, 192. cago, Il, under the act of Marc <P 200 r ising rates on application | Two Mexican News Stories al On Thursday, December 3, the Associated Press sent out | Washington dispatch stating that the Mexican government had | agreed to a policy of non-interference with the oil land concessions | to foreign capitalists\made previous to the enactment of the consti- tution of 1917. This statement, if true, meant that the Mexican government had surrendered to the American state department and had agreed to yall its demands. The statement was credited to the Mexican embassy by the Associated Press. On Friday, December 4, the Associated Press sent out the fol- lowing dispatch under a Mexican City dateline: The foreign office asserts that it has no knowledge regarding @ statement issued at the Mexican embassy in Washington yes- terday concerning the new Mevican oil lease. It was stated that the Mewican government’s policy regarding oil has not_ been changed, that it remained exactly as defined by the old law and the regulation thereof, which in any case must be harmonized with other Mewican laws. : We can quickly reject the theory that the Mexican embassy in Washington defined the policy of its government without consulting its foreign office and the immediate denial of the story by the Mexi- ean foreign office shows that no such change in policy as the state- ment, implied had been made. From what source did the story come and for what purpose was it distributed thru the biggest press agency in the world? We can conclude only that the Associated Press was tricked} badly, in which case. its reliability on other important international questions is open to question, or that knowing the story to bea fake, it sent it put anyway. The purpose of such fabrications is clear. The Mexican population, with the exception of the catholic hierarchy, foreign capitalists, the big landlords, and the subsidized agents of these three reactionary groups, is a unit against Ameri- can imperialism. | A story'in which the Calles government is pictured as cap- itulating to Wall Street would tend to discredit it among large masses of the population. There is, of course, the possibility that the Calles government contemplated some sort of a compromise on | the question of oil and mineral concessions, but the complete sur- render indicated in the Associated Press statement would destroy its base of popular support. The incident should serve as a warning to.American workers and others who sympathize with the struggle of Mexico for,an inde- pendent existence, to take with several grains of salt the Mexican news sent out by the capitalist press services during this period when the American government is bringing the maximum diplomatic | as represented by pressure on Mexico in order to maintain in that country a system of American capitalist ownership of the natural resources and rigid oppression of the Mexican working class. The Recognition of China For years past, the militant workers of the world have been guided in their attitude towards China and the economic rape of that country at the hands of its imperialist invaders by the slogan, “Hands Off China!” This slogan is still in force. American, Brit- ish, French andJapanese workers must still warn their govern- ments that the working class is so far in sympathy with the struggle for Chinese liberation that it is prepared to go to great lengths to enforce its demand for HANDS OFF CHINA. But with the partial victory of the Chinese revolution and with the setting up of a Chinese independent people’s government at Wuchang only a matter of days, this slogan needs to be supplemented with the demand for the recognition of the new Kuomintang gov- ernment. 6 The establishment of the national people’s government at Wuchang, in the heart of China, the probable choice of Sun Yat Sen’s widow to be the first provisional president, the smashing victories coming in rapid succession to the people’s armies against the militarists and the consolidation of the power-.of the workers and peasants and a section of the bourgeoisie in the struggle against foreign imperialism—these facts mark the first step in the fight tc carry out the will of Sun Yat Sen. This will—a great revolutionary document that is the guiding principle in the liberation movement— urges the Kuomintang party to work for the creation of a people’s government in China. The provisional government is the first step. ~ The announcement of the formation of the provisional govern: ment at Wuchang will be the signal for the workers of the world tc | raise the new slogan, RECOGNITION OF THE NEW CHINA— | the while not forgetting to demand HANDS OFF CHINA. | UNIV ERSITY STUDENTS MAY GOUPIN \ THE AIR, BECAUSE MINERS GO DOWN IN GUGGENHEIM BROS. FAR-FLUNG MINES NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Harry F. Gug- | the proceeds of taxation, it appreciates gevheim, president of the Daniel Gug-| keenly the public-spirited efforts of genheim Fund for the Promotion of |the Daniel Guggenheim fund.” Aeronautics, announces an appropria- The special form of taxation by tion of $78,000 to the University of | which the Guggenheim brothers, some Michigan for the completion of its | six in number, gathered this fund was aeronautic laboratory and the found. | by working the miners of the United ing of the Guggenheim professorship | States, Mexico and points south. Dan- in that department. fel] Guggenheim and his brothers are, This follows a gift of $600,000 to the |or were, interested in the Chili Cop-| California Institute of Technology and | per ., the American Smelting and | Leland Stanford University for a sim-| Refining Co., the American Smelter ilar purpose, and other donations to | Securities Co,, the Yukon Gold Co., the Massachusetts Institute of Tach: | etc. | nology and New York University. So now, while the students of sev- President ©. C. Little of the Univer- | eral technical schools and state uni- sity of Michigan goes somewhat up in | versities go up in the air, the Gug the air in acknowledging this contri- bution to aeronautics. He says that “as a state university, maintained by monoy for the Guggenheim fund, (Hditor's Note: This is the last of the series of articles by Comrade Ruthenbérg on the’ work of the No- meeting of the Central Workers (Com- vember Committee of the munist). Party. eee The fact that the influence of the been extended during the r was ‘strongly emphasized in t ussions and by the resolution of the Central Committee. The party is breaking its isolation and has es- tablished contact with greater mass- }es of workers who are entering into common struggles with it. The party has not, however, thus far. been able to crystallize the influ- ence it won as a result of its cam- paigns into organizational strength. The organized strength of the party, its membership, has not kept pace with its influence among the workers. This fact is strikingly illustrated in the circulation of the party press in comparison with the membership of the party. “The combined circulation of all party papers is over 200,000. There are that many readers of the daily weekly and monthly papers and magazines issued by the party. There may be some duplication in this fig- ure because some of the party mem- bers and sympathizers with our move- ment read both* the English and for- eign language papers of the party, but not a great deal. Yet there are today only 10,000 members organized in the party. ‘The party influence extends beyond the circle of readers of its press. More thousands of workers are reach- ed by the mass meetings held under the party auspices and thru the vari- ous struggles in the workers interest which the party initiates and carries on, Here is a broad field in which to work. to strengthen the. party organ- izationally and thus create a strong- er instrument for revolutionary work. The party activities today in the many fields in which it is working has reached the limit of the present organized strength of the party. The party organization must be broaden- ed in order to enable it to undertake new tasks to reach even a larger number of workers. E DAILY WORKER How to Strengthen the Party The recruiting of jew members: to broaden and strengthen the party or- ganization, therefore, becomes one of its major flelds of work. The party must crystallize, into organization strength the influence which it has won among the workers. Our party has never taken full ad- vantage of its work among the mass- es to win new members. There still exists among the members of the party some remnants of the psy- chology of the days when the pafty was obliged in order to live to exist as an underground organization.. The members of our party are hesitant about approaching the workers with whom they come in.contact and who are sympathetic to the work of the party in order to bringSthem into the party. There are no ipersistent and systematic efforts ite: recruit new members. ee If the whole mémbership of our party were to throw itself into’ the work of winning new members, with the same enthusidsin and energetic work which has be developed in sdme of the party campaigns, we could quickly Gouble the membership of the reorganized party. # With double the hoidniberiuip the party could go forward to greater achievements in the extension of its influence and in mobilizing the work- ing masses for struggle. The same attitude! Paton is mani- fested in regard to the recruiting of new members showed itself in the reorganization of the-party. Many members who were in the party be- fore the reorganization were lost to the party because of the mechanical attitude manifested toward these members in the reorganization. In place of considering each work- er who had advanced far enough to become a member of the party as precious material for the building of a powerful Communist Party, which must be kept by the party at all cost, thousands of members were lightly dropped from the membership rolls because . they did not. immediately take the necessary steps to affiliate with the shop and treet nuclei. In many instances eveh ‘the lists con- taining the names of these members have not been kept.) Both the attitude Within the party toward the recruit of new mem- bers and that manifested in the re- organization of the party constitute iA a grave danger in relation to the building of a more powerful party. This attitude, which does not consi- der every member. or prospective member as precious material for the upbuilding of the revolutionary move- ment, must be rooted out of the party. The work of the party in winning the workers for its program must re- flect itself in the growth of the mem- bership. The membership figures of the party are the best test of wheth- er the party is conducting its work in an effective manner, We may have the most correct program and the best policies and tactics in carrying on our work, but if we do not couple with these the recruiting of the best elements among the workers who sup- port our party our work will not be permanent and we are not taking the fullest advantage of our opportunities, . We Must Recrult New Members. It 1s because of these reasons that the Central Committee has put into the forefront of the party work a cam- paign for new members, which must be carried on by every unit of the party for the next months. This campaign will have two phas- es. First, a campaign to draw back into the reorganized party the mem- bers who have been disconnected from the party or drifted awayfrom the party organization during the re- organization, There are two or three thousand members who were in the party last year at this time who are not now party members, who can be won back if the proper organizational steps are taken. The party organizations in each section or sub-section in the larger cities and the city organizations in the smaller eities, must immediate- ly make a list of the members who dropped out of the party during the reorganization. If the membership lists of a year ago have not been kept, a new list can be compiled by each nucleus having its members hand in the names of former mem- bers. The leading committee in the sec- tion or city must organize™a group of the most active party members to visit these former members and en- deavor to win them back to the party. Such a campaign, carried on system- atically, will result in adding thou- sands of -members to the party Strength immediately. Coupled with this campaign to win A Workers’ Experience During General Strike in Great Britain By PAT DEVINE. ARTICLE Iv. i Riva was a great day for the meetings because Mr, Justice Ast- bury came out with the statement that the strike was illegal. About this time definite instructions were re- ceived from those unions’ executive committees that had not been too defi- nite in their stoppage notices to their members. This gave: the strike a great impetus. Where formerly some places were working, every place was now idle. The spectacle confronting the British bosses, international bosses and the trade union bureau- eracy, was one of complete soli- darity of workers, The dream of years had become a reality. The strength of the sleeping masses was manifest. Confidence, pride, courage and the will to win permeated the workers. d igen enthusiasm at meetings was unbounded and the victory of workers ‘accepted as an absolute cer- tainty, Wednesday was a day of won- derful activity. News had come to the district of a baton charge by police on workers in Glasgow. Some students from the university had attempted to run tramcars and the strikers had stopped them in no uncertain fashion. During the confusion a sergeant of police lost his head and ordered his men to charge. This action made the C. O, A’s in every locality tighten up their picket. In Lanarkshire no trafic was allowed and the transport committee cancelled some permits of which they were suspicious. For the first time since the strike started buses ran in our area under heavy police protection. Two of us were delegated “from the C. O. A, ‘to interview the bus owner who lived a few miles away. In order to reach | him we stopped the first conveyance that came along, which happened to be the food lorry. The driver, who was also the owner, was’ indignant jand said he refused to accept instruc- tions or be dictated to by the C, O, A. He stopped his lorry at the first po- liceman we met and charged us with intimidation. The policeman was a raw boy who knew very little, He evidently was doubtful about the ©. O. A., 80 he took our names and al- lowed us to continue the journey. Everywhere the police were showing greater activity than at any time dur- ing the strike. It seemed as tho the attitude of the police had changed from a passive conciliatory one into a directly antagonistic and provocative one. At noon that day the solution to the problem came, HH General Council had called off the strike. The Emergency Press, which was the mouthpiece of the em- | ployers, had a statement from Stanley Baldwin, prime minister of Great Brit- ain, which said: ‘It twas an uncond!- gonheim’s miners will go down into | tional surrender by the General Coun- the bowels of the earth to get the_ cil.” No official news from the Gen- | ¢ral Council or Union B. ©. came to the country. EveryWhere the work- ers were mad. Consternation reigned supreme, Why was the strike called off when the strength and solidarity of workers was so magnificent? Surely we had not surrendered! It must be mere capitalist dope. We were not defeated—we had the ‘Will to win and would win, Alas! It was only too true. The workers had been treacherously be- trayed. All unions were scrambling to get back to work on the best pos- sible terms—but back to work at all costs. Agreements }of many years’ standing were being ruthlessly broken by bosses and trade union leaders. It. seemed as if trade unionismgwas going to be irreparably broke up. Workers Not Defeated. UT no! The workers were not de- feated. The Communist Party mi- nority movement and the more: radi- cal working class elements urged the workers not to resume under the broken agreements. Thursday came, with the workers still wondering. ‘The Communist Party and minority move- ment lead was accepted. Few work- ers returned to work under the broken agreements, If that temporary re- fusal of the workers had not taken place trade unionism would have been done. No official mews came from headquarters of the General Council. The localities were practically to decide for themselves "and that saved in a small way compléte rout of the workers. Great was the condemna- tion everywhere of théattitude of tho leaders. At the meetings anyone try- ing to justify the General Council atti- tude was not listened-te, “Away with them, the traitors,” was the general cry. tho th work Briand Is Severely Attacked. for Policy on Italy Germany eemed wi PARIS, Dec. 3, — M. Briand, min- ister of foreign aff: was submitted to a two-hour attack_on his foreign policies in the cham of deputies, He was severely criticized by both the left and right, His policy toward Ger- many and Italy were especially cen- sured, The militaristic deputies demanded that Briand show even more aggres- sion than he has toward both Italy and Germany, “ Briand defended himself by, declar- ing he was “moving cautiously” and was trying to pursue @ policy of peace, When the vote was taken Briand won 325 to 200. The vote was on the bud- get for foreign affairs, but was really one of confidence, re We will send sa coples of The DAILY WORKER tbe your friende— send us name and * going to continue the strike in spite of their leaders. However, the tradi- tion of following the leader asserted itself and the glorious general strike was ended. It ended in the defeat of trade union leaders. The workers themselves were not defeated. They manifested in every way their desire for a better standard of life—and more than that, their will to fight for that standard, Everywhere the Commu- nists were received with open arms, Necessary Lesson, ee strike was a necessary lesson to the British workers and the work- ers of the world. No half measures will do when it comes to a class fight, The sham of democracy was laid bare; the capitalist expression and basis of alleged constitutionalism was laid baré. And the workers are progressing rapidly on the revolutionary path which says, only when we fight capi- talisfn in all its phases will we fight successfully, An organized militant working class will carry the day. The strike was not a defeat; it was a vic- tory. * wens Must not lose faith in the trade unions, Rather must they concentrate more than ever on the question of changing the leader- ship, and objective, and building upa weapon for the carrying on of class war. The class collaboration idea, which was the basis of previous trade unionism, must be changed for that of class war, definite fight, no compro- mise. Then and then only will the workers be able to carry on the real fight. The British general strike is a glorious example of working-class solidarity and will be the inspiration to the workers of the world to go ahead more earnestly and conscien- tiously than ever before. Italy Makes Treaty ‘with Albania; Will Protect Government ROME, Dec. 3, — Italy has formed a virtual military alliance with Alba- nia it is revealed in a treaty between the two countries signed Noy. 27. The treaty provides that Italy guar- antees to Albania its aid to maintain the status quo im territory and guar- antees it political and judicial freedom from foreign interference, By the treaty, Achmed Zogu, head of the Albanian government, will be given aid in cage of revolutionary, outbreaks which he cannot control alone. Both nations give assurances that neither will enter into agreements with other nations that will endanger the interests of either, Ky The December Issue of the Amer loan Worker Correspondent will be out this week. Got. a, copy, sub- gorth~* ty ge 2 Aaa eaten By C. E. Ruthenberg General Secretary, Workers (Communist) Party. back the former members must be a@ campaign to recruit new members from among the workers sympathetic to the party. The matling lists of our party papers constitute a valuable as- set in carrying on this work. These lists have been furnished to the dis- trict organizers, who In turn must dis- tribute them to the sections and cities, Here again a strong group of party members must”be organized to visit these readers of our papers and en- déavor to win them for the party or- ganization. Together with this work among the workers whose names were on the party rolls and who are readers of our paper, the members of the party must be stimulated to take up a re- cruiting campaign among the work- ers with whom they come in daily contact. The recruiting campaign must be carried on in the factories through the members of the shop nv- clei, in the trade unions by the mem- bers of the trade union fractions, in the fraternal organizations by the members of the fractions in thesesor- ganizations, Bulld the Party, “Build the party” must be the slo- gan which every member of the party transforms into reality by active par- ticipation in the campaign to win back old members and to recruit new members for the party. Cast out of the party the attitude which looks with disdain upon the idea of drawing new members into the party. Let every one of the 10,- 000 members of the party become a recruiting agent for the party, with the object ‘of having every worker who is sympathetic to the party be- come a member of the party. Let us set as our goal to add 5,000 members to the reorganized party during the next six months. The ma- terial to thus increase our meniber- ship and our organizational strength is at hand, It awaits the systematic effort of the party to work it into the structure of our organization. Let us make every political cam- paign, every campaign in the trade un- ions a recruiting campaign to win members for the party. f If we mobilize our Party for work in support of this program the party will grow in membership, in organisa- tional strength, even as it has grown in political influence. CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. ——. (Continued ftom page 1) Mellon, but less than the many who are never heard of. The machine is something to be reckoned with. Mills pitted his silk hose against Al's fishy smell, and lost. He is rewarded for his temerity by a position. Not that he needs it, in a financial sense, But even a rich man needs prestige. Else his ego might deflate, x U tase) latest Impreccor to hand gives @ speech of Premier Rykov in full, Speeches, as a rule, make dull Treading matter, but there is one characteristic about Soviet speeches that is not typt- cal of speeches delivered by capitalist officials, namely, a tendency to self- criticism, The existence of the dicta- torship of the workers and peasants makes candor possible. Soviet poli- ticians, revolutionary politicians, do not have to keep their ears to the ground to hearken to the rumbling of what goes-here by the name of public opinion. They are able to contribute their best thought to the- solution of the many problems that are contin- ually arising without having to worry about the effects of frankness on the hand that scratches the ballot. abel aad: being aware of the sig- nificance of his ahecdote, Will Rogers, our cowboy humorist, pulled off a wise crack that is good enough for reproduction, Here it is: “Our gunboats are all in the Chinese war, our marines have all landed in Nicara- gua, Kellogg ts sending dally ultima- tums to Mexico and Coolidge is dedi- cating memorials to eternal peace. Which is the next country that wants their affairs regulated? Look what we did for Tacna-Arica,” What Will tor got to emphasize is that those little tricks are essential in the tmperialist scheme, Coolidge talking peace and Kellogg talking war may seem con- tradictory, but quite logical to a chris- +} tian, HE Federal Council of the Churches of Christ thinks it is never too late to mend, Hope deferred maketh the heart sick, but hope springs eter- nal in the human breast. So it is with the F.C. 0, T, C. 0. C, Adopting the slogan, “a chapter a day keeps the tempter-away,” the council an- nounced that beginning January 1 a drive would be started that would only end when the first blasts of the biting March winds would smart on the nos- trils. In view of the experience of the preachers who have gotten into trouble recently, despite the bible, we must admit that our friends are opti- mistic cugses, But not more so than those who take them seriously, ‘ ‘A WHITE elephant was born in ‘Siam and a London brewery has offered to supply free beer to a local poorhouse, It would appear that there ls no connection between the two cases, but there ts, The white ele- phant, {n all probability, is gray, and the beer that the London promised may only umns of the daily Dress. . | ANEW NOVEL Gjloe Sinclair (Copyright, 1926, by Upton Sinclair) u Christmas had come, and the quail were calling from the hills at Paradise. There were not so many on the tract, but there was plenty of adjacent land over which an oil prince and his royal sire were wel come to shoot. “And once you were out of sight of the derricks, and out of smell of the refinery, it was the same beautiful country, with the same clear sky and golden sun- sets, and you could get the poisons of bootleg liquor out of -your blood, and the embarrassing memories out of your soul, Tramping these rocky hills, drawing this magical air into your lungs, it was impossible to think that men would not some day learn to be happy! This visit corresponded with a great historic event, which put Par- adise upon the map of California. Eli Watkins, prophet of the Lord, had completed the payments for the land upon which his tabernacle in Angel City was to stand, and he cel- ebrated this event by coming back to the scenes of his boyhood, the little frame temple where the Third Revelation had been handed down to mankind, and there holding a novel and interesting performance of his own invention, known as a “Bible Marathon.” You see, Eli had read in the papers about Marathon Taces, and tho he didn’t know what the word meant, it was romantic sounding, and he had a fondness for strange words, So the disciples of the First Apostilic Church of Para- dise announced that a “Bible Mara- thon” consisted in reading the Lord’s Holy Word straight thru without @ single pause; they would be told off in relays, and day and night there would be a iittle group in the church, and one voice after another would take up the sacred task, re- gardless of ofl wells “on the pump” Just outside the door. This was Big Magic. Not only did it thrill the believers, and bring swarms Ofepeople to town, but it caught the fancy of the newspapers, and they rushed reporters to write up the event. Many new miracles were wrought, and many crutches hung up; and in the midst of the ex citement the Lord vouchsafed a fresh sign of His mercy—Eli, preach- ing to the throngs outside, an- nounced in the Lord’s name that if the reading were completed, Divine Omnipotence would cause the rest of the money to be offered, and the Angel City tabernacle would be erected within a year. After that, of course, nothing could stop the “Marathon,” and the epoch-making feat was accomplished in the time of four days, five hours, seventeen min- utes, and forty-two and three-quar- ter seconds—glory hallelujah, praise the Lord! Bunny saw the shouting thow sands with their heads bared, their faces uplifted and a searchlight Playing upon them; for El had money now, and used it for spectac-- ular effects. His “silver band” was mounted upon a platform with elec- tric lights shining upon the instru- ments; and the prophet would ex hort, and then wave his hand, and the musicians would blare forth en old gospel tune, and the crowd would burst into a mighty chorus, and sway and stamp, their souls transported to glory, the tears run- ning down their cheeks, There were many wives of ofl workers among the audience; and these would plead and pray, and Persuade their husbands to attend. There is not much for a man to do out in a lonely place like Paradise; a third-rate movie was the only form of amusement—and here were the bright lights and the silver trum- pets and. the heavenly raptures, all free—and with a glambler’s chance of heaven thrown in! No wonder many of the men “fell for it;” and Paul and his little bunch of rebels insisted’ that the employers had hired Eli to come there at this crit- ical time, while the struggle to eave the union was impending. Bunny would have thought the idea exag- gerated—but then he remembered the five hundred dollars his father had given to Eli! Also, he remom- bered & remark of Vernon Roscoe at the Monastery—“They can have their pie in the sky, so long as they let me have the ofl.” Annabelle had given a frightened exclamation, “Hush, Verne! What a horril thing to say.” For Annabelle knew that the heavenly powers are jeal ous, and liable to cruel whims, (Continued tomorrow) Revive Mexican Clerical Dispute. WASHINGTON,—(FP)—Press cor: respondents in the capital have re ceived from Knights of Columbus headquarters in New Haven a long statement quoting President Green of the American Federation of Labor on the jous issue In Mexico, as set forth by Frank Duffy in’ an article in their official magazine “Columbia.” — Green is quoted as hopeful that Mex {ean disputes as to church and state will adjusted, so that bor may not be threatened, ;