The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 17, 1926, Page 3

eas ,amother decision that didn’t, ener meen or RTI RN HUGE BROPHY VOTE CAST AT SPRINGFIELD Young Miners Boost the “Save the Union” Ticket (Continued from page 1) is divided as to the motives of Walk- er’s action. Machine Asleep, The feature of this election is the determined fight and intelligent acti- vity of the young progressive miners. The machine seems to haye ’ been caught napping. Most of the indus- trious politicians in this election, the lads standing on the, staircases, in couples, passing out tked ballots, the personal cards of candidates, or handing out tiny slips of paper with the sub-district candidates’ numbers upon them, are progressives. Young Miner Busy. The walls of the polling places are gay with the red Brophy-Stevenson- Brennan stickers. Hundreds of marked sample national ballots -have been circulated during the last few days, mostly by energetic young fel- lows, for the first time many of them awakening to the fact that they have a stake in the future of the union, and that honest elections and pro- gressive votes guarantee that future. Young Stands Alone. The only member of the’ Fishwick- Lewis machine (built by Farrington and inherited by the other two) to appear very prominently on the scene in this election is the, notorious “Jower” Young, present member of the district executive board from this sub-district, In the miners’ union a board member is a very important official. He not only acts in the board itself as a court of last resort for eases appealed from subordinate parts of the organization, but is one of the important negotiators deciding “cases” between employers and individual unionists with grievances. “Joker” decisions are favorable to, the boss in 90 per cent of his cases, On election day “Joker” released funny to the members here. The pro- gressives had made « strenuous fight, to elect honest tellers, and in many oases had sticceeded. But the presi- dent of, Klondyke local read-a letter from “Joker” on election day by which he was granted authority to decide what tellers should count each ballot. “Then he decreed that.all the honest tellers should be concentrated,on the sub-district count, while he and «his rats counted the district ballots, The result of what znost miners here hope ts the “Joker’s” last ruling was an angry jangle, in which for hours the sellers and the local officers argued fftercely behind closed doors, and the look. | THE DAILY WORKER ALLIES EVACUATE RHINE IN JANUARY; LEAGUE WILL NOT GONTROL WAR ZONE GENEYA, Dec. 15.—A formula for meetings Germany's ‘demand that military ‘contro! by the allies . in Germany be abandoned, has been practically decided upon, is report- ed, e The formula, which is being dis- cussed_in private . conferences, is outlined as follows; 1. The present system of mili- tary control in Germany would cease in January/ 2. Future control of the Rhine- jand de-militarized zone would be taken from the league of nations and placed in the~hands of the sig- natories to the Locarno pacts, which includes Germany. 3. Control of armaments in the remainder of Germany would .re- main in the hands of the league of nations under, approximately the same conditions as outlined in 1924, GENEVA, Dec. 9.—The league of nations disarmament conference probably will not be convoked be- fore 1928, Sir Austen Chamberlin insisted upon minute preparation details be- ing arranged, which will probably make it impossible for the confer- ence to be-held before 1928. LEGISLATURE OF KENTUCKY VOTES FOR CHILD LABOR Rejects ‘Amendment to Constitution WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. — Ken- tucky’s concurrent legislative resolu- tion rejecting the proposed 20th amendment to the federal constitution —the child labor amendment—has been presented to the senate by Vice- President Dawes. Plead State Rights. “In the opinion of. the majority of the members.of the general assembly of Kentucky,” the resolution declares, “said proposed measure violates the principle of local self-government.” Also, “there can .be’ no real liberty where, such important personal right may be limited, regulated and pro- hibited to the. extent proposed in which it is.sought to give congress the power to.enter the homes for the purpose of regulating the child life, even to the extent of attually prohibit- ing all labor of persons under 16 years of age.” * Therefore the Kentucky legislature rejects this proposed bar to the work- ing of children in factories, mines and flelds, for hire. BRITISH OIL INTERESTS TO OBEY CALLES’ LAND LAWS MEXICO CITY, Dec. 15.—Great Britaln and the British oi! companies operating in Mexico have'reached an agreement with the Mexicdh govern- ment to support Mexico’s position In the land and petroleum controversy with the United States, ‘according to here. reports current in diplomatic circles British oil interests will file claims for revalidatidn and will comply with the terms of the new laws, to which the United States objects, it is reported. Filipmos Lose Hope in’ Coolidge Aid for . Freedom After Message MANILA, Dec. 15.—Coolfdge’s mes- sage to the U. S. congress dealing with thé Philippines is taken here to mean that ‘Coolidge opposes’ ever giving the Filipinos their freedom. Newspapersi here-comment caustically on his mes+ sage, declaring that it is a warning to the islands to not expect anything favorable from ‘the Coolidge adminis: tration. The president’s reference to the vubber industry in the islands, in which he arges-for development on @ latger scalé, is seen as foreeasting an attempt to wrest the control of rub- ber from the islands and place it com- pletely in thé hands of American cap- votes remained uncounted. A mut-|italists: jwering crowd of rank and filers ap- plauded the declaration of one of tell- ers that they had enough of “Joker” and his rulings, and would count their own votes, Keep Off Challengers. | ' ‘The sub-district constitution © per- amits the, candidates to maintain chal- " dengers at the polls to see that the @abdistrict ballet is properly counted. In spite of this clause, the officers of Old Citizen ‘local unjpn refused to @dmit challengers. It is certain that Mhere is a majority of “Save the tna i votes in this local, but, due the treachery of a supposedly pro- The machine is also ‘expected to out on technicalities all the NEW YORK, Dec. Sb-eaientbin 4g an industrial health hazarli for steel workers, a United States public health department survey in Pitts- burgh has found, Dr. William Se White of the department told the A Pittsburgh has a low tuberculosis death rate but the highest constant fia The death rate in the world, he ‘The steel workers aro employ- not only in smoky places but many “fntense heat, so that violent of temperature.as occur in to the home en- : @ small bundle of The LY WORKER sent to you regular i a ly to take to your trade union meeting? Some of. the politicians are attempt ing to assuage the minds of. the Filipinos, telling them that there is no Cause for alarm in the message and that Coolidge has their welfare at heart.” WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! Act Authorizing Probe Into Alien Property Is Defective, Borah Says WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—An inti- mation that the senate will abandon its inquiry into the handling of $350,000,000 worth of seized Austrian and. German propefty by the alien property custodian was given when Senator Borah reported no progress had been made on the investigation ordered last spring because of a de- fect in the authorizing resolution. Indicate No Further Slush Fund Inquiries WASHINGTON, Dec, 15.—The sen- ‘ate ‘slush fund committee discussed the question of initiating new inves- tigations into the recent elections in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio end Maine, but no decision was reached. The committee will meet again to determine a future program, There were indications that, with the pos- sible exception of Pennsylvania, nv further inquiries will be ordered. Kuusinen Assails Pessimism of the Opposition (Continued from page 1) tions they are continuing in the factional work and carrying on a struggle that is patently social-democratic, Under the pressure of all the parties, the oppofition was compelled to separate from Commun- ism’s enemies, but the practical con- sequences of the opposition leaders’ own tactics is disorganizatidn in their own ranks and consolidation of the enemies, Harm Outside, Therefore, he continued, altho the opposition block's activity has actual- ly no danger within the party, it can do much harm'in respect of Commun- ist work among the non-partisan and social-democratic masses. It must therefore bg our task to explain these questions to the broad masses. The failure of the possibility of buil- ing socialigm-in the Soviet Union, Kuusinen said, constitutes the basis | for the failure of socialism as a whole. “We. must intensify,” he concluded, “our activity for the liquidation of Trotskyism and the extirpation of the lack of faith in the possibility of so- cialism,.” Against English Committee. Vuyovitch, of the Young Commun- ist International, attacked the Anglo- Russian Trade Union Unity commit- tee. He said the committee ‘was prac: tically non-existent and was doing nothing; the English members of the committee had betrayed the working class. It has not helped us, he said, and has not served as a tribune for us, Contact, with the British workers is possible only thru a united front, He said the opposition was right in de- manding the dissolution of the Anglo- Russian committee. Unless the right reformist leaders go and revolution- aries take their places on the com- mittee, it cannot be a center of strug- gle against intervention. Against Vuyovitch Next, Shatzkin, of the Young Com- munist International, declared that all seetions of the young Comintern una- nimously supported the position of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union,. remaining true to Leninism. The speaker polemized against Vuyovitch regarding the Anglo-Russian commit- tee. He pointed out that the Com- munists must not incur the respon- sibility forthe committee’s eventual breakdown, He energetically opposed Zinoviev's views on the) Comintern’s attitude to- wards the left and the right. He point- ed out that everything depends on a given set of circumstances.in a given period, Lenin, he said, repeatedly signalled the warning of ultra-left danger. Shatgkin denounced Zinoviev's and the opposition’s attempts to prac tically create a parallel party within the Communist Party. He declared that the opposition, in spite of num berless quotations, had failed to prove the impossibility of building socialism in the U.S. SR. Trotsky spoke of our dependence on world capitalist economy, he, said, but ignored the most.important factor: the conscious will of the proletariat. The speaker pointed out the possi- bility of industrialization of the coun- Helping to Win at Passaic Food Kitchens Were Provided “ADMISSION 25 CENTS by United Council of Working Class Housewives. ALBERT WEISBORD TONIGHT, 8 P.M. try and the fundamental question of socialist construction, The Soviet workers can be proud that they ca: and are industrializing Russia. conclusion, he declared that disco: ing intervéntion, the working cla the U, 8, S, R., in spite of all di: ties, will achieve further progress and will build socialism, Kamaneff Speaks, In his speech, Kameneff of the op- position dwelt on the “right drift” in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union“ and asserted that this right drift was manifesting itself in eulo- sizing the new economic policy in masking the class struggie, in under- estimating the technical economic backwardness of the country, in esti- miating the role and the importance of the peasantry, and in negating the class struggle for the distribution of the national income that is typical of the actual period of the construction of socialism in the U. 8S. S. R. The international right drift was manifest- ed in the attitude towards the Anglo- Russian committee, in ‘the illusion that it could eventually be created as a center of a struggle against inter- vention, The speaker contended that the various aspects of*the right drift were bound up with the theory of so- clalism in one country. We must face the difficulties of, the transition pe- riod; the sotialistic construction of the U. S. S. R. is possible but it must be with the help of the proletarian re- volutions of other countries, The speaker attempted to refute the charges against the opposition: the hegemony of Troskyism, the at- tempt to create a new party, and the question of practical price policy. He contended that the opposition never defended Trotskyism in so far as Tratskyism differed from Leninism; the theory of permanent revolution, the peasant question, etc, Kameneff claimed that the opposition was tak- ing the initiative of restoring Leninist teachings in the party; he contended that some comrades were deviating most seriously from Leninism. Opposition Summed Up. Summing up the creed of the oppo- sition, Kameneff stated: We demand a struggle against the right as well as the left tendencies; we must give the proletariat the outlook of world re- volution, an outlook that will not curb the energy and enthusiasm of the proletariat. The consolidation of the workers’ and peasants’ alliance is im- pogsible without a definite pace. of in- dustrialization, We must raise the share of the working class in the na- tional income, that is, raise wages; we must look upon the poor peasantry as the.sole firm support of the proletar- ian revolution, The opposition recognizes the full validity of the statement of October 6, he said, and will submit to any lirections of the party; it protests the ssertion that the theory and prac- ice of the opposition is a departure ‘rom Leninism; it recognizes the Comintern ag the sole proletarian re- volutionary organization and Lenin- ism as the sole guide to the struggle. Kameneff's speech was constantly in- terrupted by heckling. China’s Position. Tan Ping Hsiang of China declared that the Communist Party of China fully endorses the Leninist central committee of the C. P. 8, U. The Chinese Communist Party and the Chinesg Communist Youth adopted resolutiéms condemning Trotskyism be- cause it was dangerous for the Chi- nese revolution, The events in China are belying, the views of the opposi- tion that imperialism lessens the ir- regularities of capitalist development, If the opposition were right the pros- pects of the Chinese revolution would be hopeless in the face of the common efforts of the imperialists to defeat it, The facts are demonstrating the reverse: each new victory of the Cantonese forces is disintegrating the imperialist front, On the peasant question Trotsky is also wrong. The peasants of China are fighting in the national anti-mperialist struggle un- der the leadership of the proletariat. After the victory of the revolution there will take place. the socialization of the chief branches of industry un- der the alliance of workers and peas- ants. The opposition’s slogan that the C. P. must. leave the Kuomintang is wrong because it would mean the re- nundfation of. the hagemony, of the proletariat and. the liquidation of the Chinese revolution, Meyer, Germany, The next speaker was Meyer of Germany, Who pointed out that the op- position in the ©, P, S. U. had at- tempted to create an international op- positional faction against the C. P. 8, U, Zinoviev’s bloc with Ruth Fisch- er had prejudiced the cause of Com- munism and had benefited the social- democracy in Germany, However, the German Communist Party had emerg- speaks on the Suppo; ed stronger from the struggle against Ura lefts. U. 8, Delegation’s View. omens, ere on behalf of the Ameriogn delegation read a resolution ing the central committee of the OC. P. 8. U. In view of the political backwardness of the American work- Mig class, the example of the success of socialist construction in the Soviet Union was a most important revolu- tionizing factor, he said. The Ameri- can bourgeoisie hated the U. 5. 8S, R. because the latter is a challenge to world capitelism, The American work: ers welcome the complete defeat of the Russian opposition, Bastman’s crushing failute in his “expose” in favor of the opposition is character- istic of the sentiments of the Ameri- can worker's, The present conditions of the revolutionary struggle in the U. 8. A. are objectively diécult, there- fore pessimism is most dangerous. The American Communist Party is struggling resolutely against the pes- simistic echoes of the Russian oppo- sition. The American delegation will return to America still united and ideologically armed. f Austrian Exitemen' Fiala, on behalf of th Auten delegation, made a statement fully supporting the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and protesting against the attempts of the opposition to extend the stritggle into all sec- tions of the Comintern. The pessi- mistic theory of the opposition is wrong’ and -has a weakening effect on the world revolutionary struggle, Duboff, on behalf of the Yugo-Slav- ian, Brilgarian, and Roumanian Com- munist parties, made a statement of full solidarity with the C. P. S, U. The Communist parties in the Balkan Federation will support fully the struggle against the opposition. The opposition has no followers among the Balkans parties, yet the doings of the opposition have caused some confu- sion. The Balkan bourgeoisie was cherishing fresh hopes. The opposi- tion in all sections of the Comintern must be liquidated. 26th Session. At the twenty-sixth session of the enlarged executive of the Comintern opened on December 13 with Kuusin- en’s report on the work of the politi- cal committee) including the amend- ments. It was declared to be the post- plenum task of the presidium to give concrete directions for practical party work, The theses on the interna- tional situation and the tasks of the Comintern were adopted unanimously with one abstention, Stalin, met with prolonged and tremendous ovation and the singing of the International, spoke for three and a half hours summing up the debate on the Russian question. The next session will be the last and will end on the noon of December 15. Reports on the twenty-third and other sessions are following. o 28.8 French Declaration. nder the chairmanship of Roy (India) the twenty-first session of the plenum opened with a speech by Do- riot (France), who, speaking on_be- half of the French delegation, deciared that the French Communist Party entirely agrees with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, He said that the opposition’s program consists of old, outworn and.refuted argu- ments. The Russian workers’ victory over the opposition, he stated, was the victory of the western European proletariat as well. The small oppo- sition within the French party has also been defeated and the same will happen in all parts of the Comintern, despite Trotsky’s and Zinoviev's at- tempt to extend the factional struggle to an international plane. The opposition’s arguments, Doriot declared, for the impossibility of build- ing social together with the peasantry are social-democratic and the best food for “left” social-democrats. Trotsky’s assertion that Russia can- not build socialism owing to its back- wardness ignores the importance of the proletariat, while Zinoviev departs from Marxism when his analysis fails to take into account concrete situa- tions. In conclusion, Doriot pointed out that the most reactionary social-dem- ocratic press was sympathizing with Zinoviev and Trotsky and expressing the hope that the opposition’s fac- tional activities will lead to the break- down of the proletarian dictatorship. Wedding Opposition. Defending the views of the Wedding opposition in the German party, Reise (Germany) contended that the oppo- sition arose because the leaders of the German party had made funda- mental mistakes. He denied the ex- istence of a united oppositional bloc in’ Germany and said that the rap- prochement with Fischer and Maslov ‘was purely tactical, The speaker asserted that the main danger was really from the right and (Continued on page 3) Page Three 2yareralatereveveseraseleverasererergre Sater’ eae wots" * Saturday, December 18 +++ PREACHERS PREACH WHILE ISTATESMEN STEAL By Arthur W. Calhoun In which Calhoun brings “Imperialism and World Poli- tics,” a book by Professor Monnon of Columbia Univer- sity, to your attention, This is not a review. The writer simply excites your curiosity about it. Students of Com- munist theory will be. inter- ested to put this book side by side with Lenin’s theory of imperialism and see what happens, ~++ PRICKED INTO ACTION By C. A. Moseley A short story of a young man who became .a strike leader, the part his young wife played in egging him on. A constructive tale, Also “Proletarian Odes” by the same writer. att hand WHEN HELL BROKE LOOSE e By T. J. O'Flaherty When the devil and his guests learned from a new comer that Dawes won the Nobel peace prize they went mad and killed the man who told the tale. You will meet many of your old historical acquaintances here, includ- ing Woodrow Wilson, Queen Elizabeth, Warren G, Har ding and Napoleon. +++ P CHINESE LESSONS FOR AMERICA AND THE PHILIPPINES 1 By Manue! Gomez The eyes of the world are on China today and the American imperialists are quite Interested in the Phi- lippines. This article is the second of a series of three written specially by Comrade Gomez for the New Magazine, +++ INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY REVIEW By Max Shachtman A bird's eye view of im- portant eyents of the week, with a political analysis of their meaning. oe OTHER FEATURES Poems by Oscar Ryan, Henr: George Weiss, Paul Comal Robert Whitaker. Drawings by Jerger, Bales, Becker. SPORTS — THEATER MOVIES Vose, GINSBERGS Vegetarian Restaurant 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue, LOS ANGELES, CAL. Passaic Strike — Mirror Hall, 1136 N. Western Ave, Auspices Workers ¢ Communist} Party, District No. aie,