The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 7, 1927, Page 3

CANTON GIVES SOVIET GREAT DEMONSTRATION 100,000 Attended 9th Anniversary Fete The following account of the cele-| bration of the Ninth Anniversary of the Russian revolution Held in Canton | under the auspices of the Kuomintang Party and various other groups, ap-| peared in the “Canton Gazette,” the} official organ of both the Kuomintang} Party and the Kuomintang govern-| ment of China. The DAILY WORKER | reprints it here to show the bonds of sympathy that exist between the re-| volutionary masses of China and the! liberated workers and peasants of Russia. eee CANTON, Noy. 18.—(By Mail.)— “Long live the Russian revolution.” “Long live the Chinese revolution.” “Long live the Russo-Chinese Alli- ance.” That was the enthusiastic cry of a hundred thousand people, who pack- ed the drill-ground of the Chungshan University on Sunday. There were three great platforms decorated with the portraits of Lenin and of Dr. Sun, and with numberless Soviet and Kuo- mintang flags. Before noon, all Can- tonese organizations were there. Each had its banners, band, scrolls of greet-| ings for the “October” revolution, watchwords, and thousands and thou- sands of handbills. Many Speeches. Workers, peasants, soldiers, stu- dents, boy scouts, women organiza- tions, sailors, police, surrounded the platforms. Men and women repre- sentatives of the Russian colony in Canton, of the Kuomintang, of the labor unions, of the International A‘s- sociation of the Oppressed Peoples, of merchant organizations, of women leagues, etc., delivered speeches, re- peatedly interrupted by cheers. Lenin and Sun Yat Sen. The general theme was: After the death of Lenin, leader of the Rus- sion revolution, international reaction- aries thought that the revolution died with him. After the death of Dr. Sun, leader of the Chinese National Revo- lution, imperialists and counter-revo- lutionists' were overjoyed, thinking that the National Emancipation move- ment was down and out, Stand Firm. Fortunately, they were deceived in both cases. Lenin died, but the Rus- Bian masses stood firm with the un- flinching determination to carry on the task left behind by the great lead- er. Dr. Sun is gone, but the Chinese revolutionists united their efforts to accomplish the work commenced by him. Tremendous efforts have been made in Russia and in China; in the former, to consolidate a revolution; in the latter, to continue one. In both countries, revolution goes ahead, to the dismay of the imperialists! Evening Banquet. A great banquet offered by the “Committee of Various Classes of Canton People for the Celebration of the ‘October’ revolution,” was attend- ed Sunday evening by members of the Russian colony in Canton, and se- yeral hundred representatives of Can- tonese organizations at the Central Hall of the Kuomintang headquar- ters, which was brightly illuminated and decked with flags and flowers. Toasts were exchanged and in spite of the great number of the guests, the atmosphere had nothing “ceremonial”, affected, and official about it: One guest concluded his speech by sug- gesting that, next year, this celebra- tion shall be held in Peking: His suggestion was greeted with cheers. Lecture at School. ‘A soiree, with a lecture about the “October” revolution, a moving pic- ture, Russian and Chinese ballet, was held at the Chungshan University af- ter the banquet. The hall was crowd- ed and a great number could enter. The afternoon meeting approved the wording of a wire of greeting to be sent to Russia. We wilt send sample coples of The DAILY WORKER to your friends— , % THE DAILY WORKER Page inree THE CONFERENCE TO SAVE “THEIR” UNIONS Union needle workers will recognize representations of outstanding international officers of needle trades unions in the above cartoon from the Jewish Daily Freiheit in New York depicting Sigman, Hillman, Beckerman et al in conference over what to do about the left wing. SHANGHAI WORKERS SWEAR BY UNIONS|COMPROMISE QN |Harricanes By ANNA ROCHESTER. Organize Under Difficulties SHANGHAI, China—(FP)— About 70%: of the workers in Shanghai are now enrolled in labor unions. Union headquarters are all closed under p lice seal and leaders are closely watched. Li Hwa, a labor leader, was executed a few weeks ago without trial. In spite of the friction between the foreign and the reactionary Chi- nese authorities in Shanghai, the po- lice and secret service of the Interna- tional’ Settlement and of the Chinese city apparently work in effective har- mony against labor. ¢ On the other hand, the labor unions are all alive to the Chinese nationalist issues. Every labor man with whom we talked omphasized the fact that the Chinese workers are united in wanting the unequal treaties revised. The general strike which followed immediately on the shooting of stu- dents and othors May 30 1925, was pri- marily anti-foreign, but during the last 15 months the straight industrial issues have come more to the front. Since the general strike, about 150 strikes have occurred in Shanghai alone, involving almost 200,000 work- ers, Conditions of work are not worse in foreign-owned mills than in Chinese mills. It does happen, how- ever, that the only silk fiJature near Shanghai, in which the cocoons are taken from the boiling water not by the hands of girls and children but by machinery, and the only factory in Shanghai which has come to anything like recognition of the union, are both under Chinese auspices. In spite of police interference, labor organization work continues under- ground. With the present steady in- crease in the price of rice the de- mand for higher wages wéil be more insistent. ** 6 Welfare Work Can't Stop Them SHANGHAI, China. —(FP)— Com- pany welfare work does not prevent the Chinese workers from organizing their own labor union. The Commer- cial. Press of Shanghai, the largest printing and publishing house in China, with branches in all the prin- cipal cities, spent at its central plant in Shanghai nearly three years ago about $75,000 American money for a spacious club building with tennis courts and playgrounds for employes and their families. Certain privileges were open to all employes without payment, and three classes of mem- bership with graded additional privi- leges were set up for fees of 50c to $2.50 per year. The Commercial Press is a Chinese- owned and Chinese-managed concern, but in the gencral disturbances after May 30 1925 the workers—including printers, offic workers and laborers— organized ‘Punion and presented de- mands for higher wages and shorter hours. After a strike which tied up the plant, the company yielded in pant to the demands of the union and the workers returned to the plant. But 200 mien who had been active in organizing and striking were dis- missed. The ontire body walked out again Dec. 25, demanding reinstate- ment of their loaders. Gen, Sun Chuan Fang supplied troops to guard the plant (which is situated in the Chi- nese city) but when a clash occurred in which 40 strikers were injured and 70 were arrested, the management de- cided this was going too far and agreed to deal with the union. The plant is now working an 8%4- hour day, with pay and a half for overtime and a maximum day of 11 hours. The printers’ wages average even in this plant only $10 American money per month. Women workers are on an equality with men workers within the union. The union—as dis- tinct from the welfare clubs—publish- es a small monthly paper. It also with some financial assistance from the company, conducts evening class- es. The Commercial Press workers form the largest single unit in the Printers union of Shanghai, which claims 13,- 850 members. No other printing plant has yet been brought by the union to this standard of wages and hours, Zinc Workers on Strike. LANGELOTH, Pa.—The workers of the American Zinc & Chemical Co. of this place are on strike, after the company had refused to meet the men to adjust grievances. RADIO CONTROL APPEARS LIKELY Hoover to Be Stripped of Power WASHINGTON, Jam. 5—A_ coni- promise radio bill, creating a federal commission with supervisory powers over the air and stripping Secretary of Commerce Hoover of most of his present autijority, loomed today as the probable outcome of the negotia- tions between house and senate con- ferees on radio legislation. As both the White bill, passed by the house, and the Dill bill, enacted by the senate, contained provisions creating a commission, it was said this phase of the legislation was cer- tain to be retained. The house provi- sion, however, would make the com- mission an appeal board while the ‘senate proviso would give the commis- sion all authority over radio. The compromise probably will make the commission a regulatory body while giving the secretary of commerce power to carry out its decisions, Gary Painters’ Local Re-elects Its Heads By a Worker Correspondent. GARY, Ind. Jan. 5—The Gary Painters, Local ‘No. 8, at their last meeting had election of officers. All the principal officers will con- tinue to retain their positions for the coming year, Those re-elected are: George Sheean, president; Al Pagen, vice-president; James Lions, financial secretary; Fred H, Detrick, treasurer, and Fred Hadin, recording secretary. Out of 244 paid-up members 150 were present at the meeting. Early in February Fred Detrick will go to Washington, D. C., representing the painters and electrical workers of Lake county, Indiana, for the national conference of these two bodies on the painters’ and electrical workers’ con- troversy, » Sweep Caucasus with Loss of Life and Property Damage MOSCOW, Jan. 5. — Hurricanes sweeping the Caucasus have left a trail of death and damage in their wake. Twenty-four known dead and many missing are reported and the property damage is estimated at millions of dollars. Winds reaching a velocity of 120 miles an hour turned over a ten-coach passenger train and levelled 200 oil derricks at Baku. . Fifteen men, working in a stone quarry, were blown by the wind over a precipice to death. Many ships, anchored in Black Sea ports, have been swept out to sea. In the mountain regions many. herds of cattle perished. Telegraph lines were blown down and railroad lines were torn up. In northern Russia great damage has been done by a severe blizzard which has snowed in many trains, causing days of delay. Demand Hands Off China By W. FRANCIS AHERN, SYDNEY—(FP)—The Labor Coun- cil of New South Wales has issued another manifesto demanding Hands Off China. The manifesto reviews the exploitation of the Chinese workers, particularly women and young chil- dren, by British, American, Japanese and French factory capitalists and shows how the oppressed Chinese, through their unions, are opposing the terrible destruction of their child life and the ruthless oppression by the capitalist nations. The manifesto concludes: “We call upon all workers to object to the shedding of working-class blood to get cheap labor in China, and we call upon them not only to refuse to go to China but to as far as possible prevent, by all lawful means, anyone else going. We earnestly request them to join with us in saying Hands Off China. Not a man or a gun to assist the foreign capitalists to get cheap labor in China.” GET A SUB. AMERICAN FINANCIERS ON BOARD OF JAPANESE ELECTRIC BOND COMPANY (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK.—Americans are par- ticipating in the formation of the Japanese Electric Bond & Share Co., with a capitalization of $5,000,000, it is announced here. The company will control electric utilities through- out the empire, While American names appear on the board of directors, including S. Z. Mitchell, president of the Elec- tric Bond & Share Co., it is claimed that their investment is nominal and that they are wanted by the Japan- ese largely to act in an advisory capacity, The Japanese, with some show of astuteness, evidently believe that American financiers can tell them how to grab and keep the control of electrical energy. Default in Payment of Bonds Complicates City Traction Snarl Another knot was tied im the trac- tion tangle when {t was discovered that the Chicago City & Connecting Railway Co. had defaulted in paying the principal of its bonds, which had fallen due. This came just as the traction committee of the city coun- cil was threatening a “showdown” in its dealing with the surface lines, President Leonard A. Busby of the Surface Lines says no importance is to be attached to the default in prin- cipal, as the road will continue to keep up the interest payments. He adds that 70 per cent of the bonds are in the hands of a protective com- mittee. A wag. around the city hall remarks that it is about time the transportation committee of the coun- cil put its affairs in the hands of a similar committee, PAINT "26 WITH GLOOM; BRITAIN BLAD IT'S GONE |Locarno, U. S. Hatred and China ‘Outstanding’ | LONDON, Jan, 5.—British govern- | ment officials and the capitalist press jin reviews of 1926 were strikingly |unanimous in expressing gladness that the year has gone. Practically every public statement made on New Year's Day was filled with expre- sions bemoaning the fate of the Brit- ish empire in 1926; few had any hope for a better year in 1927. } Baldwin Gloomy, “We have left behind us a year of unhappy discord and industrial de- Ce) pression,” said Premier Baldwin. “Let } us resolve for 1927 to repair the dam- age and to restore our national pros- perity in a spirit of comradeship and good will,” he said. Ramsay MacDonald joined the |chorus. He called 1926 a “terrible | year,” and said that “most people will \be glad to get rid of it. We all hope |there will be more sanity and a little |more businesslike genius in the con- ;duct of the nation’s affairs in 1927.” The financial outlook for England in 1927 is not any brighter than was in 1926, the government announced. It is said there is a deficit of 22, 552,000 pounds more than the pre- vious year. The coal strike was blame for most of the deficit. “Outstanding” Events, Political observers here declare and events that stand out on the 1926 horizon, One is the Locarno paet, which resulted in the bringing of, Germany back into the “fold,” im being expressed in practically every European nation, and the nervousness in official circles because of the suc cesses of the revolutionists in China. by the European statesmen, The other two “outstanding” developments are not sources of jubilation, cause of the United States’ stand on war debts and because it has held 4 aloof from international situations po- litically. Obregon Will Talk to American People MEXICO CITY.—The American peo 4 ple will have an opportunity of hear- ing the Mexican side of present is- } sues when former President Obregon goes on his tour of the United States He will stress the opinion held in Latin-American countries that they have the right to solve their own problems without dictation from the + outside. Obregon’s itinerary will include Chi- cago, New York, and Washington. Free Dental Clinic to ' Commemorate Lenin MOSCOW.—As a memorial to Len- in, the dentists in the Soviet have opened a clinic near the town of Gor- ki, in the Moscow province, where Lenin died. Here treatment at cost or without charge will be given. This results from an action taken at the dentists’ convention last year, when they voted down a suggestion to place a wreath each year on the great leader’s tomb, deciding instead to honor his memory in a more prac- tical way. Brazilian Rebels Disatmed. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, — About 400 Brazilian rebels who crossed inte Uruguay have been disarmed by the Uruguay authorities, The Brazilian government claims that in fighting along the Carvera river they have completely routed the rebels, while revolutionary leaders claim not to have participated at all in the fight- ing there. Dispatches of a few days ago, re- ported a revolutionary movement in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, which is directly north of Uru guay. “Americanization” in Great Britain and in Germany By WILLIAM F, DUNNE, A “CIVIC FEDERATION” patterned on the American model seems to be planned for Great Britain as part of the general process of “American- ivation” of industry which the ruling class is initiating now that the coal miners have been temporarily defeat- ed. As a matter of fact, the war on the miners is part of the “American- ization” process, A London dispatch dated Jan, 2, sent out by the Associated Press, tells of a “get-together” dinner in the best style of American boosterdom, held in the home of Lord Wimborne, former Jord lieutenant of Ireland. ‘This din- ner was attended by Philip Snowden, right wing labor party leader, several officials of the Trade Union Congress, Winston Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer in the present tory govern- ment, and Lord D’Abernon, former ambassador to Germany, big dispatch says: ‘The primary object of the din- ner, concerning which much reserve Is observed, was to listen to a lec- ture on Germany’s industrial rela- tions and schemes for industrial co- operation, but is reported that the FEELING OF GOOD-FELLOWSHIP AMONG THE DINERS DEVEL- OPED SO SATISFACTORILY ... that there is the “possibility of the ESTABLISHMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE OF AN ORGANIZATION COMPRISING REPRESENTA- TIVES OF LABOR AND EMPLOY- ERS. Its object will be to discuss labor and wage conditions, PREVENT DISPUTES, AND THUS SECURE GREATER STABILITY FOR BRIT- ISH INDUSTRIES, (Emphasis mine.) is well known .that German cap» talists have been experimenting with “Americanization” schemes for their industry and a number of “la- bor” missions, studying efficiency methods here, have toured the coun- try and have been officially welcomed by A. F. of L, leaders. German indus- try, tied to the chariot of American finance-capital, is “rationalizing” ite methods, which, ip plain Mnglish, means placing all the burden of re- building industry and making it profit- able upon the working masses, the lower sections of the middle class and the poor farmers, hg effects of this policy in Ger- many are seen in two ways in a report of the National Congress of Working People, attended by 2,000 delegates, in session from Dee, 3 to 5. Writing of this congress, an event of tremendous significance for the labor and revolutionary movement of Europe, Fritz Ruck says in Number 87 of the International Press Corre- spondence: It demonstrated the existence of a broad mass movement in Germany fed from the most various sources, which, however, have a common ori- gin: Intensified exploitation and oppression of the masses by large capital, growing pauperization of ever widening circles, who are be- ginning to combine for organized resistance, f iggy paper read by Fritz Heckert, cepted by the congress with but three dissenting» votes, depicted, the present situation of the workers, the small peasants and the working middle class and brought, evidence to the effect that the permanent deterioration of the standard of living of the working classes was a necessary condition for the rationalization of large cap- ital, that the latter would involve a new danger of imperialist wars and that fresh strengthening of German imperialism would mean nothing more than the advance of reaction In all fields, see then that “to secure greater stability” for industry, as the united front of tory capitalists and im- perialist labor agents is trying to do, involves an attack ‘on the living stand- ards of the masses all along the line and brings’ into being a mass move- ment im) opposition to it of a far broader character than any yet seen except in actual periods of revolution- the--main line of whith was ac-|ary struggles, The officialdom of the British labor party and Trades Union Congress, to- gether with their capitalist pals, are greatly interested in the “Americani- zation” process in Germany. Having delivered a blow to the labor move- ment by the betrayal of the general strike and the defeat of the miners, it seems to them that nothing stands in the way of “stability’—the capitalist word for a condition in which the rul- ing class is strong and the working class organizations weak—except a consolidation of the forces which made the previous betrayals possible. 'HILE the capitalists and labor of- ficialdom are organizing to “Americanize” Great Britain, with the recent improvements made by Ger- man capitalism, the Communist Party and the national minority movement, are telling the British masses of the danger and organizing them for strug- gle. We shall see soon in Great Britain, in answer to the new phase of the drive against the working class, of which the Wimborne “get-together” dinner was the beginning, a great mass movement of protest with but a single purpose—that of protecting the workers by abolishing capitalism. HE concluding paragraph of the report of the National Congress of Working People in Berlin can serve alike as a challenge to British capi- talism and an inspiration for the Brit- ish working class: The congress was a flaring bea- con acting as a signal to the Ger man working class that it should, in alllance with the small peasants and the working middle classes, take up and carry thru with re- newed energy the fight against the danger of war, capitalist rationaliza- tion and pauperization. Even the representatives of the middle class and the small peasants acknowl- edged without reservations that THE LEADERSHIP IN THIS FIGHT IS IN THE HANDS OF THE INDUSTRIAL PROLETA- RIAT. The congress created the preliminary conditions for a mighty FIGHTING BLOC OF ALL THE WORKERS'IN GERMANY. It was a tremendous advance along the path of gathering together the masses in order to defeat capitalism and establish socialis (Emphasis in original.) HE absence of any considerable peasantry in Great Britain and the more favorable position of the trade union movement, together with the complete ruin of hundreds of thou- sands of the middle class, should make easier there the task of rallying all sections exploited by capitalism, The answer to the united front of the capitalists and labor officialdeom in a British civic federation will bea united front of the trade unions, the exploited farmers and the ruined sec- tions of the middle class, “Americanization” does not work in countries which have lost or are los- ing their imperialist character, Even in America it is working with much creaking and groaning and it works less smoothly as larger and larger masses of workers discover that the | promissory..notes issued by ism are paid only to a minority ef working class, : ~- or = e340 ® there are three outstanding situations " creased hatred of the United States, 2 Locarno is pointed to with much pride 4 Hatred of America is increasing be- +