The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 18, 1926, Page 6

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LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F t BERT MILLER ... .Editors .Business Manager Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Il, under the act of March 3, 1879. 290 The Soviet Union and British Imperialism The Advertising rates on application, New York eTting the success of the peoples’ government and the peoples’ armies in China as proof of the correctness of its policy of aid to and co-operation with the people’s government agafnst imperialism in | genéral and British imperialism in particular. The Times states: “Out of Moscow comes the report that the Soviets believe their general anti-British campaign in Asia is meeting with success. Not only are they highly pleased with the injury to British trade in China, but they are also delighted with the anti-British feeling in India, for which they take much credit. In fact, they see the British empire dissolved, and presumably themselves falling heir to the fragments the trouble is in harmonizing these views with their periodically renewed appeals to British capital for extensive loans for Soviet Russia. The warm reception of the British miners’ leader in Moscow likewise appéars to the uninitiated to be somewhat at odds with the expressed hopes of the Soviet leaders for the proximate extinction of Great, Britain.” The Times finds contradictions where none exist. It is exactly because the Soviet Union is in opposition to imperialist Great Britain in its attitude toward the British working class and the colonial and semi-colonial peoples like those of China and India that it wel- comes A. J. Cook, the best of the officials of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain, whom the British ruling class hates. The Soviet Union depends upon the working class in the imperialist nations for its support. _ Neither is there any contradiction in this with the policy of seeking loans for Soviet industry. If these loans are made because the Soviet Union has surrendered to imperialism, then the Russian revolution would have been fought in vain. But the Soviet Union’s workers’ and peasants’ government knows that if these loans are made it will be because of the pressure of the working class and because of unsolvable contradictions in the imperialist world struc- ture. The Times itself admits in another paragraph the correctness of the foreign policy of the Soviet Union when it says: “Whatever the absurdities of these contradictions, it cannot be denied that in China the Russians, for the moment at least, have outplayed other nations. *They picked a horse that has every ap- pearance of eing a winner. While encouraging the Chinese to throw off the yoke of ‘foreign imperialists, they have been con- solidating their influence over the Chinege nationalist groups and are preparing to obtain for themselves the influence that formerly belonged to other foreign nations. They have denounced them for assisting various Chinese war lords, and have tried to hide from the world the fact that of all foreign nations Russia has interfered most in the internal affairs of China during the last few years.” If we take into consideration the purely imperialist phraseology if the above utterance, it becomes of more than ordinary significance. Tie Times, of course, wold have us believe that Soviet Russia as a nation has peculiar intere of its own in China. But it is Soviet Rus as the leader of the struggles of the oppressed masses of the world which has won the love and respect of the Chinese people. The first move of the Soviet Union was to abolish all unequal treaties which the ezar’s government had forced on China. Nor does the Soviet Union seek, as do the imperialist powers, concessions of natural resources and business enterprises to plunder the Chinese masses. The Soviet Union appears in China solely as a powerful ally of the Chinese revolution agsynst all enemies. Far from hiding this fact, it has been proud to tell the world all about it. The interests of the Soviet Union, assailed on all sides by the imperialist powers, and those of the colonial peoples under imperial- ist rule, run parallel. This is the fact which The Times is unwilling to admit, but like the growing conflicts between the imperialist nations as the solidar- ity between the colonial peoples, the Soviet Union and the world’s working class increases, it is a fact which cannot be brushed aside by words. It is a fact to whose potency the sudden change of British policy iu China marked by its overtures, to the peoples’ government bears eloquent testimony Right Wing of J re Joins N.Y. Bankers i in “Charity” Field Headed by Oia Kere. a The federation, whieh is under the control of Paul M, Warburg, and powerful group of Jewish bankers, a haven for the philanthropic aspira- tions of most of the New York gar By BERT MILLER Another strong link has just been established between the right wing of the Jewish labor movement in New York and the bosses in the garment industry, The ties. which ave been built around the confer-|™ent manufacturers, who form api ence table, on matters pertaining |Siderable portion of its New Yor! constituency. The projects carried on by the Federation are, of course, care. fully chosen to act as a counteragen! against radicalism or the growth of organized labor, The Y, M, H, A's. which it supports are as reactionary and anti-labor as Rockefeller’s Y. M. C, A's, The various forms of “charity” which are carried on, are aimed to kill class consciousness and any tend- ency toward class-self-assertiveness. Interesting Move. The move of the right wing toward co-operation with the boss-owned Fed- eration of Jewish Philanthropic So- cleties is all the more interesting, when compared with the action of the same elements in sabotaging relief for the striking cloakmakers and the Passaic strikers. Evidently relief funds from, right wing sources de- pends upon whether the appeal comes from the bosses or from the workers, directly to trade union problems, are being strengthened by a rapproche- ment, in another field, which is none the less worthy of careful note. Join in “Philanthropy” Acting on the recommendation of the executive board of the United Neckwear Makers’ Union of New York, the members of that organiza- tion decided to contribute to the cam- paign of the Vederation for support of Jewish Philenthropic Societies, Lo- cals of the United Hebrew Trades re- ceived a communication from M, Fine- stone, general secretary, calling on the individual ynions to contribute. J. Basken, general secretary of the Workmen's Circle, sent a letter to all New York branches, endorsing the of the federation. The Jewish events | ba ae i | 1, The breaking up of the Temple Times warns the Union of Socialist Soviet Re- pubjics that it will not increase its influence in Great Britain by | Article Il, By WILLIAM F, DUNNE, IXTENSION of the drive against the Communists and the left wing to Ohicago gives the campaign a na- tional character, A rapid succession of incidents shows that the drive is not being con- ducted by needle trades officials alone, but that the Chicago Federation of Labor officialdom is co-operating ‘ac- | tively with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ officials and the right wing in the Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union and the Furriers’ union, These are: Hall. meeting on Friday, Dec: 10, at which Ben Gold, chairman of the Joint Board of the New York Furriers’ Union, and Sacha Zimmerman, man- ager of the dress department of the New York Joint Board of the Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, were to speak on amalgamation and aid for the cloakmakers’ strike. The meeting was under the auspices of the National Needle. Trades. Com- mittee for Amalgamation, a section of the T. U. E. L. This meeting was broken up by a combination of police, sluggers and right wing officials, and a right wing meeting held at which Levin, man- ager, of the Chicago Joint Board of the Amalgamated; Fitzpatrick and let the Chicago Federation of Labor, were the principal speakers. ‘P\HE Chicago Federation of Labor of ficialdom thus gave its sanction to the war on the left wing and the Communists, 2. On Sunday, Dee. 13, another meet- ing under the same auspices, with Ben Gold as the principal speaker, was broken up by the same combina- tion of forces. The manager of Hertz] hall was bought up by the right wing after he had demanded a deposit of $1,000 from the Needle Trades Com- mittee, and the hall turned over to the Amalgamated officials, who were in charge of the fight. The left wing went to another hall and held a meeting, which the gang- sters tried their best to disturb. 3. On Tuesday, Dec. 14, a meeting the furriers’ union, regularly authorized by the executive board, with International President Shacht- man present at the time, was held in | the Odd Fellows hall at 12th and Al- bahy to hear Ben Gold. THIS meeting was likewise broken up by police and gangsters, includ- ing officials from other, than needle trades, unions, The day before the meeting Edward Nockels, secretary of the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor, called the police de- partment, told them that “a Commu- nist agitator by name of Gold” was “disrupting” the labor movement and that he wanted him taken care of. In Boston, Hochman of tho execu- tive hoard of the I. L. G. W., with the assistance of gangsters and demo- cratic politicians, broke up a jeft wing meeting. HE national character of the right wing campaign “is clear, It is necessary now to determine two things: 1, If other sections of the labor moyement outside of the needle trades, in which Communists are ac- Nockels, chairman and secretary of ' Introduction. there Is a more open combination It will also be shown that the tensified attack, centering first on left wing, are (1) the desire of the ganizations which’ the capitalists the capita unionism who are trying to rally gram of immediate and necessary Fi ist development, i. ‘e. its present mate result. the utmost the new offensive of capitalism which, tive, are affected, 2. The immediate’ reason for the launching of the campaign at this time and its connection with the rapid sweep to the right of the official labor novement. NUMBER of recent events in the labor movement have occurred which are strictly at variance with the “worker-employer co-operation” program mapped out for the labor movement by officialdom, It. will be well here before listing the events which have disturbed ,the even tenor of life in official labor circles, to enumerate some of the actions and | utterances of labor officialdom which furnish a background for the present campaign and which gave notice of this offensive. RITING in The DAILY WORKER for Sept. 30 in. the second of a series of twelve articles . entitled “From Portland to, D&troit,” I listed a number of reactionary developments in official labor cireles from the At- lantie City conventiep,of the A. F. of ae to that time..,Dhese are: , . The failure of, lent Lewis to 1 call out the maintenance men in the: anthracite strike, the acceptance of a five-year agreement,..abandoning the union shop, the aceeptance of arbitra- | tion, failure to utiliza,the violation of the bituminous agreement by the coal operators to bring out in sup- ort of the anthracite workers, 2. Legislation of the “worker-em- | ployer co-operation” theory by the en- actment of the Watson-Parker law, supported by labor officialdom and haope managers, ., | 3. Failure of railway, union officials to "male any public opposition to the appointment by President Coolidge o: known representatives of corporation: in the period of imperialism, HE purpose of these articles is to show by documentary evidence, whose authenticity no one can impugn, that the campaign against all progressive tendencies in the labor movement which was launched at the A. F, of L. convention In 1923 has entered a new phase in which than ever before of the trade union officialdom, the capitalist press, the employers and the government. main motives which prompt the in- the Communists and second on the capitalists to suppress all struggles which interfere with the development of American imperialist pros- perity and elther destroy the trade unions or force them to a general dead level of docility, (2) the desire of the trade union officialdom to force on the unions a policy which will make of them the docile or- will accept, (3) the desire of both and their tabor agents to drive the Communists out of the unions and destroy their influence in the labor movement because they are the most conscious and best organized exponents of fighting all workers for struggle on a pro- demands. ally, these articles will show that the policy of the trade union officlaidom, of which the latest attack on the left wing is a logical re- sult, is based on one phase; and one phase alone, of American capital- temporary upward swing, and that because of this neglect of other fundamental factors, can bring nothing but disaster to the labor movement. The more “successful” this policy is, i. e. the more endorsement it receives from the masses now, the more disastrous will be the ulti- The Communists and the organized left wing therefore are fighting the battle of the whole working class when they resist to the combined forces of American include with some minor exceptions the whole bloc of trade union officialdom. —W. F. D. ;to the mediation board provifled by the Watson-Parker law. 4. The eulogy of this collection of Wall Street tools, individually and col- lectively, in the leading journals of lthe railway unions, 5. The welcome extended to a dele- gation of the fake British trade union leaders, organized by the leading Brit- ish imperialist paper, the Daily Mail, by the executive council of the A, F. of L. 6. The organization of a “labor” life insurance company by heads of na- tional and international unions with Matthew Woll as president. 7. The organization of a real estate corporation by a group of New York trade union officials. 8. The fight carried on by the A. F. of L, executive council against the proposed delegation to the Soviet Union, which was to be composed of trade union officials, labor editors, economists and attorneys for labor unions, 9. Sabotage of the Passaic strike, winding up with a public statement denouncing the strike as a “Commii- nist enterprise” and attempting to }stop further financial aid’ to the strik- ers, 10. Woll’s article in the Photo Engravers’ Journal (republished fn the New York Times) proposing a conference of farmer organizations, labor organizations and BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, under the leader- ship of Herbert Hoover, to devise ways and means for SAVING WASTE IN INDUSTRY. 11, The failure of the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor to wage any kind of » struggle for the release of 91 mem- bers of the International Ladies’ Gar- uent Workers’ Union imprisoned for VOICES FROM THE SEA ARTICLE It. |i affects everybody, and beneficially, without distinction of flag and na- tionality, Even the prison, the terrible Soviet prison about which so much noise is made by hypocrites thruout the world who fill the capitalist prisons with revolutionary workers, even the Soviet prison harbors. the seed of the red nination, ISTEN to what happened to the | crew of the American ship “Rush- le,” after being carried off by Bol- sheviks to see various places, includ- ing a Soviet prison, during the ship’s stay at Novorossiysk. Just listen to the recital of their experiences: “Wi {, the members of the 8. S. “Rushville,” wish to express our (hanks and deep appreciation for the hearty welcome and hospitality shown us by the club during our stay in Novorossiysk. “We are deeply indebted to the Snglish-speaking delegate of the club for his tireless efforts to enlighten us «nd dispel the lies and illusions which we had formed about the U. S. 8S. R. thru reading capitalistic newspapers. The excursions to the prisons and the rest homes, conducted thru the cour- tesy Of the International Seamen's Club, where highly instructive and entertaining and were greatly enjoyed by us all, “We were greatly surprised to learn that the prisons were run on an edu- cational basis and to see the prisoners treated like human beings instead of wild animals as they are treated in all capitalistic countries, “As for the rest homes, they were a revelation to us, coming from a capi- talistic country, to see workers enjoy- ing a vacation in a place such as only the bourgeoislé % other countries could afford, “For a country tat has been in the throes of a revolution for nine years 1 and now only working three years, conditions were far better than any of us imagined they could possibly be. We leave the U.S. 8. R. with a far dif- ferent impression than on entering. “In closing, we will say that it breaks our hearts that we must return to a capitalist country, but we go back with the determination that some day in the near future America will be a sister republic.” (Juné, 1926.) | They Do Not All Speak in One Voice. O listen to Havelock Wilson, it would appear that not all British- ers are unanimous In their impres- sions of the U. 8. 8. R. In a recent issue of his paper, The Seaman, he gave publicity to the'story of a Brit ish captain who had ‘¥isited the Inter- national Seamen’s Club in one of the Russian ports, under the title of “Rus- sian Reds and British Seamen.” Everything seen the club was not liked by the w y captain, In derisive tones he describes how “a gentleman in military untform” had explained to the British comrades why the Soviet Republic was compelled to maintain a Red Army, and wherein it differed from the armies of the capi- talist states, He hi been much annoyed by the coi it playing of the tune of the Inte nal, and by the er appeals for international proletarian unity made by all the speakers at the club, W Naa this was reprinted by Havelock Wilson in his paper (the organ of the British Seamen's Union) from a capitalist newspaper, But he did not print the two letters sent to him by British seamen and firemen describ- ing the impressions of the rank and file from such visits. Here are ex- tracts of these two letters: ba pe the International Club Novoros- siysk, “Dear Comrades: tunity of thanking for the kind- ness and good -shown to us while in port, also for the tse of the -_ Ww this oppor- ® Seamen's Club, which is one of the finest in the world. There is no re. ligious cant and hypocrisy, also no of- ficers’ and apprentices’ rooms, every- one is treated equal, as fellow-work- ers, in fact, class distinction is non- existent, “We particularly appreciated the visit to the Réd Army to see for our- selves how the soldier is treated, and also the object of having’ an army which, besides defending the fist work- ers’ republic, is to educate the workers in the army so they will be of benefit to themselves and also to their fellow. workers, “Thanking you for everything done for us, we wish the International Sea- men’s Club every success, and are hoping to return soon.” (Signatures.) 'N another letter the British seamen write: Mauthner Paved Way for Sophisticated Classical Novelis' In response to many inquiries con- cerning Fritz Mauthner (1849-1923), author of the recently translated “Mrs, Socrates,” International Publishers make the following announcement: In “Mrs, Socrates” Mauthner antici- pated the present vogue of sophisti- cated classical novels of the “Helen of Troy” type, The first half of his long lite was devoted to journalistic and Hterary work, His first produetion was a “Cycle of Sonnets,” printed in his native Bohemia (1871), a spirited attack on the secular and spiritual au- thorities, for which he narrowly escaped indictment for “blasphemy lly recognized eonfessions ; he has since had published a brilliant, though i William II, after the fessor Quidde's “Cal After a long and su The New Drive on Militant Trade Unionism: violation of an injunction against their strike, 12, The failure of the »exectitive council of the American Federation of Labor to give *even ‘sympathetic sup- port to ‘the struggle ofthe Mexican labor movement against catholic. feud- alism and:American imperialism, 18. The: endorsement ofthe .Citi- zens’ Military Training Camps by the A. F, of L.zofficialdom. and the: public offer of its aid in popularizing them, 14, Thevattempt of President, Green of the A. Fyof'L,,to force.a settlement of the» furriers’ strike, .ignoring . the basic demand for, 4 40-hour week. 16. The-investigation. of the turriers’ successtul strike-ordered.by the A. F. of L, executiye, council in violation of all trade, union custom, and law, pus tremendous .masg support re- ceived by the Pagsaic strike forced the A, F..of L, executive council to retreat from its original purely hos- tile position and” accept the strikers as members ‘of’ the United Textile Workers,’ It) was:smarting from this defeat when the’ A, F. of L, conven- tion went into session, Here it met @ broadside from the hard-boiled opea>shop capitalists: of Detroit, who -appeared to: take: se- riously the purely platonie statements relative. to organization of the auto industry by the officialdom. It was impossible in. this: situation, -without abandoning ali. pretense of loyalty to | trade unionism, for officialdom to re- ‘use atd to Passaic, altho Vice-Presi- dent Woll did “his best to postpone consideration of the question. HE Passaic strike was endorsed, aid from international ‘unions pledged and another defeat ‘adminis- tered to an officialdom which a few short weeks before had called it “a Communist enterprise.” It is probable that the report of the committee appointed to investigate the conduct of the furriers’ strike would have been made at Detroit had it not been for the assault made by the open shoppers. ‘E have, then, in connection with the occurrences at the Detroit convention which irked sorely an of- ficialdom whose reactionary tenden- cies can ‘be traced clearly by the se- ries of actions and utterances enum- erated above, a series of militant strike actions by the rank and file sup- porting the Communist and left Bebra policies: 1. The Passaic strike. 2. The Furriers’ strike. 8. The I. L, G. W. strike, ‘ORSE than ‘this for officialdom has ¥ been the splendid discipline and spirit of the workers in these strug. ies and the gains made by the work ers- in spite of the’ sabotage of the right wing, “These develépmenits naturally are a tienace to the policy of worker-em ployer co-operation, and there is no question biit ‘that there ‘have’ been some sharp reprimands administered to their agents in the labor movement by ‘such organizations as the Civic Federation. But'this is not all. There have been other indications of‘a growing organi- zation of left wing forces that did noi fit in with the” plot. of the play. in which imperialist-minded ‘labor of: ficials were to be directors and the workers only actors—most of them without speaking parts. (To be continued.) Who Is Affected by the Red Danger. and How? SS “By our visits to the factories. schools, clubs, and even the Red Army barracks, we could see that the work- ers of the U. S, S. R, are quickly reat- izing the fruits of their’ revolution, notwithstanding the many obstacles that have beset their path, “Now we can see what the workers can enjoy when they become their own rulers.” HUS we see that the rank and file British seamen and firemen: are favorably impressed by. the very things the worthy* captain of Have- lock Wilson’s paper dislikes. We are | delighted to know that the workers’ | and peasants” republic is liked by hon- est British seamen-and firemen, and disliked by commanding officers who are subservient’to'the. interests of ben italist ship owners." “(To be Eohtinued,) career, one of the. Bentaat products of which ig the novel..“‘Mrs. Socrates’ (New York International Publishers) which, preceded by..moro than forty years the tees mode treating class- ical subjects, Mai er definitely turn- ed his baqk on, diterary novel-writing and spent the rest.of his life in. philosophical - and .. linguistic study. His: principal works. in. this field are a. three-volume “Philosophical Dictionary,” @ three volume “Criticism of Language,” and a. four-volume bad tory of ‘Atheism in Europe." Mauthner ig characterized by a pro- nounced; modernity of standpoint and a sincere appreciation for the human element even in dts former historical manifestations, qualities which, when coupled with his lucid style and mor dant humor, make him a worthy Ger- (Copyright, 1926, by pit Sinclair.) Ix, Well, Paul got out, and Bunny was supposed to be satisfied. To be and Bunny knew them all; but it would have cost fifty-two thousand, five hundred dollars to release them, and that would certainly be carry- ing idealism to unreasonable ex tremes. So. Bunny let Vee carry him and Dad.off to that “camp” on a.lake with a long Indian name, and. there they swam, and canoed, and fished, and tramped the forests, and, took,pictures of moose in the water;, they had. Indian guides, and eve! thing. romantic—and at ‘the sa! time hot, and cold water in the! bedrooms, and steam heat if they! wanted it, all the comforts of Broad- way and Forty-second street, Here, if ever, they had a chance to get “enough of each other; there were no. distractions, no social du- ties, no. visitors dropping in, no dressing to be done; they were to, gether all, day and all night. What Bunny fotnd was that they were perfectly. happy so long ag they were doing physical things: canoe trips to other places, new fishing stunts, hunting with the camera, shooting: rapids, learning to make camp, to start a fire like the In, dians—anything it might be. But they must be playing all the time, otherwise a great gulf opened be- tween them. If Bunny wanted te read, what was Vee to do? Once a day a little steamer came the length of the lake and put off supplies and a packet of mail, There were papers from Angel City, and also, once a week, the strike bulle- tin of the oil workers, which Bunay had very unwisely subscribed for. What was the use of running three thousand miles away from trouble, and then having it sent to you ine mail sack? Reading of the scenes that he knew so well—the meetings, the relief work, the raising of funds, the struggles with the guards, the arrests, the sufferings of the men in jail, the beating up of strike pickets, the insolence of the sheriff and other officials, the dishonesty of the newspapers—it was exactly the same as Jf Bunny were in Paradise. Paul was one of the executive com- mittee, Paul had become Tom Az ton’s right-hand man, and his speeches were quoted, and his ex- periences. in the San Elido county jail—when Bunny had finished that little paper he was so shaken he was not the same all day. Vee found out about it, of course, and began ‘trying to. presuade him to stop reading it. Had he not done his share -by giving the strikers back their leader? And had he not promised to repay her, his darling Vee—Vee, with love and affection for a whole summer? Bunny wrestled it out with his own ‘soul in such free moments as he could get. He told himself that _it was’ to help his father—a more respectable’ excuse than entertain- ing a mistress! But did his father have a right to expect so much? Did any one person have a right to replace all the rest of humanity? If it was the duty of the young. to sacrifice themselves for the old, how could there ever be any progress in the world? As time passed and the struggle in the oil flelds grew more tense, the agony of the workers more evident, Bunny came to the clear decision that his flight had been coWardly. He tried to explain his point ot view to Vee, but only to run into. stone wall. It was not a subject for reasoning, it was a matter of stinct with her, She believed in her money; she had starved for it, sold herself, body and mind, for uit, and she meant to hang onto it. Bunny’s so-called “radical move- ment” meant to her that others wanted to take it away. He discoy- ered a strange, hard streak in her; she would spend money lavishly for silks and furs and jewels for motor cars and parties—but that was all professional, it was part of her ad- vertising bill, But, on the other hand, where no display was Jn- volved, where the public did. x enter--there she hated to 3 money. He overheard he with @ . wasgerwoman over amount for the froning of her erie, and those filmy night-dresses in which she seduced his soul, — (Continued tomorrow.) The December “Plebs.” The December issue of Plebs main tains the high standard of the maga: zine, There is a timely article on the empire and {its policy which will "be of added interest because of the re cent imperial conference. Frank Hor- rabin has drawn a map of China witlr a geographical footnote, There is alsa ‘an interesting article on the next step of capital"by D. G, F. Parsons, No reader can afford to miss the Decom- cap bs. eat ANEW es. sure, seven other fellows were in,’ , wf i ~~