The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 25, 1927, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Published by tie DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, Daily, Except Sunday 63 First Street, New York, N. Y. Cablo Addrezs Phone, Orchard 1680 | “Daiwork” | SUBSCRIPTION RATES | By mail (in New York only): By mail (outside of New York): | QuAW soniiges iss enon $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year $8.50 six months ly among the Blac! Ils 03 ae $2.50 three months $2.00 three months | Dakota. Its guests, from the frisky | catfish to the wild and rolicking bass, | Address all mail and make out checks to | did not have a care in the world. They | THE DAILY WORKER, 83 First Street, New York, N. Y. By T. J. O7FLAHERTY. |laughed at the hot rays of the sun! which they could see thru the trans- J. LOUIS ENGDAHL Editors parent waters of the creek and they| WILLIAM F, DUNNE {‘'''** Peas cia ats: lived like the happy savages of a} BERT MILLER......... apeenee es business Manager utopian’s ideal state, having nothing $$$ | to do but amuse themselves and wear-| Entered as second-class mai! at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under | ing nothing but what nature provided | the act of March 8, 1879, |them with. a | Sometimes the inhabitants of Squaw Creek got bored and did not know| | what to do with their time between |meals, Living in a state of primitive collectivism, they had no need for gov- The close of the first week of the conference called at Geneva Pues tnettlicn cae te to discuss limitation of naval armaments finds the three partici- | catfish attempted to seize power one pating powers, the United States, Britain and Japan, hopelessly | hundred years ago. A mass uprising deadlocked. ! pect: ann and his bras was Almost overnight the comment of the capitalist press of the Seg pone on iis adtesre two great Anglo-Saxon powers changed from expressions of eX-! his wife in the days before the sash alted sentiment about the manifest destiny of these two powers|weight came into general use as a| defend the achievements of civilization to the most violent | weapon for settling domestic. diffieul- | —————________—. eet ae teerely ene a0 |ties. This ghastly warning served to| ing the South Dakotan farmer’s boat é : : rae |C00l the ardor of other individualists| perilously. His hook would catch in The actual time spent in conference during the week WAS who might feel like destroying the|the sticky slime on the wood and precisely 45 minutes—and that on the first day. The conflict be-|democracy that existed in Squaw|when this was accomplished the finny tween the powers wa 2, Advertising rates on applicaon The Deadlock ai Geneva. CAL ENTICING THE TROUT nstantly manifested and adjournment was | Creek. funsters would give ten additional voted in order that the experts” might discuss the proposals. As far as the United States is concerned its announced pro- posals were simple—an extension of the 5-5-3 ration adopted at the Washington conference to cover cruisers, destroyefs and sub- marines. Britain demanded reduction in cruiser tonnage to such an extent that the United States with its present bases would be crippled as far as activities in the Far East are concerned, while The fish of Squaw Creek were noted all over the plains and hills of South Dakota for their cunning and caution. Their favorite diversion was playing | with the hooks of optimistic farmers who voted the republican ticket in the expectation of bettering their condi- | tion thereby and who fished in Squaw | Creek hoping against hope to provide wags of their tails, cock their ears and with their sides almost bursting with laughter make a drive for shore. The angling farmer by this time thot he had a shoal of fish on his hook and when he had a complete vision of a year’s supply the jokers would sud- denly let go and the impetus of the rush would Jand the farmer and his % * B : A q } F | _ lished headquarters, and the visit of the governor general of the Philippines, Leonard Wood, is of extreme interest in this con- leaving Britain in undisputed control because of its own closely-| their wives with a substitute for salt knit chain of bases. The proposal to establish a six-inch maxi-|pork. The fish of Squaw Creek would mum for guns on all cruisers would also be of tremendous advan- ne Aa ee oe Ge Oa Es tage to Britain because she could then utilize her merchant ships enemy on the surface. for cruisers in case of emergency, which would give her a tre-| This was one of their favorite mendous advantage in naval power over the United States. | tricks: Several of them would grab On the other hand the United States proposals for extension | teen Piel a ped abnickierscl of the 5-5-3 ratio would force Britain to scrap many of her cruisers | the shining bait that danced in the that she has been building since the Washington conference of|water. The impetus of the forward 1921-22. Furthermore the United States sets the minimum for |rush would cause a tidal wave, rock- guns on cruisers at 8-inches, which would be powerful enough to) jcaith of the governor general is such as to make his resignation blast the armed British merchant ships from the seas. |almost certain and when such excuses are given for a rumored As the third party to the deadlock, Japan follows a policy | resignation of a high official we can expect always some far more far closer to Britain than to the United States and flatly refuses | A z | fundamental reason. to consider the American proposals. Pern 3 | General Wood leaves the Philippines at a time when the island Of all conferences yet held since the Versailles treaty this one| boat on shore, Needless to say the ranks of the Squaw Creek inhabitants were only depleted by old age or fac- tional fights among themselves. In- deed the population of the creek was increasing: so rapidly that the Mal- thusian doctrine was gaining in popu- larity as a matter of biological expe- diency when an unexpected disaster fell on the once happy colony. A white man, noted all over the United States for the qualities that case. There is one short week left before Sacco and Vanzetti are to be taken to the death-cell. It should be the immediate objec- tive of the American working class to see that they are not taken to this ante-room to the grave. July 10, the date set for their execution, is not far away. Every day now must be made to count. No day must pass with- out some powerful'mass demand for their unconditional release. The cruelty of those who desire to murder Sacco and Van- zetti knows no limits. The working class must meet this cruelty with an unshakable determination which will set free the two men who have become symbols of the oppression which bears upon their s with crushing weight. : .. population is showing the greatest mass discontent in their his- promises to be the most futile. All previous conferences ended in! tory. Especially among the marine transport workers and large miserable compromises far short of the original aims. The AN- sections of the agricultural workers have there been strikes and tagonisms between the imperialist powers prevented the realiza- uprisings of such magnitude that the capitalist press has been tion of their professed aims, but at least they always contrived to} forced to take note of them. emerge with the pretense of having done something. The pres-! That Wood is intensely disliked and regarded as an open ent conference indicates that a point has been reached where the enemy of Filipino independence and elementary popular rights is antagonism can no longer be concealed from the whole world be- la matter of public knowledge. It-is largely upon his recommenda- cause compromise is impossible. i tion that the Coolidge pronouncement against independence and The outcome of this conference is doubtful, not because there | tho throttling of the colonial governing board has taken place. are any chances of its patching up the differences that are so glar- Wood has not been successful in placating the masses or even ing, but simply because none of the three powers dares at this); establishing better relations with the middle class advocates of time definitely to proclaim the close of the era of pacifism in the j, ilipino freedom. His removal is politically necessary and could service of imperialism. They dare not now admit that these in-| be justified easily. ternational conferences are all so many maneuvers on the checker- It happens that Wood was endorsed for the presidency in 1920 board of international diplomacy preparatory to the time, fast ap-| by the republican party organization of South Dakota. That he proaching, when the last move will have been made and the pres-| .¢i1] has an ambition *to shine in national politics goes without ent conflicts are fought out on the sanguinary field of battle. | saying. BOT e Tenses So he is brought to the Coolidge sanctum while the press 4 plays up the probability of his resignation. Carmi Thompson, The Leopar d Changeth Not His Spo ts. Coolidge’s special commissioner who toured the Philippines, is A Daniel has come to judgment on the B. and O. plan, the| mentioned as his successor. beautiful scheme concocted by William H. Johnston, former presi- Coolidge needs South Dakota support—it might be decisive in dent of the International Association of Machinists and Daniel | determining the attitude of a number of “farm bloc” states which Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Under the| are notoriously cool toward Coolidge. plan the worker lamb would lie down with the capitalist lion in| Wood will probably be told that if he can swing South Dakota peace and security. Or rather he would work for'the kings of the! ¢o). Coolidge he can keep his job—otherwise the high interests of capitalist jungle and be compensated for his trustfulnéss by the) American government—and his poor health—require a change in generosity of the employer. The eight-hour day was one of the} the governorship of the Philippines. keys to the solution of the eternal conflict between capital and Basically, of course, the evidences of mass discontent with labor. 2 | American policy are responsible for the fact that Wood is in ban. The praises of Daniel Willard and his B. and O. were on every |The Chinese revolution has had a tremendous effect among the tongue and William H. Johnston held his precarious position in| yorkers and peasants, and the suppressive measures taken by the the union a little while longer as the result. Other roads adopted American military authorities have made it possible for the Fili- the B. and O. plan and profited thereby. The workers, however, | pinos to make some illuminating comparisons. got nothing out of it but thanks. | By reason of this the liberation struggle in the Far East in- When the railroad bosses came to the conclusion that they had| s1uences the trend of capitalist politics in the United States and extracted the guts from the rail unions they dropped the olive | becomes linked up directly with the struggle of the exploited leaf of peace and assumed the armor of battle. | American farmers. . Now we have Daniel Willard, suggesting that the 8-hour day | The Coolidge-Wood parley shows the necessity of bringing be ditched and the basic working day extended to nine and ten| home to the Amierican masses the importance of the world- hours, in order that (this is funny) temporary spells of unemploy- | shaking events in the Far East in which the imperialist policy of ment could be avoided. |the American ruling class has plunged them. Verily, indeed, he that sticketh his head into the lion’s mouth} It seems a far cry from farm taxation, crop prices, mortgages, is liable to find a set of sturdy teeth between it and his shoulders. | ne McNary-Haugen bill and the agricultural crisis to the Filipino And the workers who trust themselves to the tender mercies of independence movement and the Chinese revolution but the con- their masters without any protection other than a childlike trust-| ection is obviously made in Rapid City, South Dakota. fulness in their generosity, need not be surprised if they find them- aia Eres SHWRS ‘ selves deceived. © ae belie . Another pipe dream has been dissipated by the realities of Cruelty Without Limit Characterizes the Treatment of life under capitalism. Business trade unionism received a deadly | ” - blow in the et of the banking and investment companies of the} Sacco and Vanzetti. ~ Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The B. and O. plan has No word as to his intentions in the Sacco-Vanzetti case has heen kicked in the gizzard by one of its joint parents, Daniel|come from Governor Fuller and these two workers will suffer that Willard. |most cruel of tortures—uncertainty as to their fate with the odds Let this news be carried into every local union in the United | in favor of the electric chair. ‘ States as added proof of the Communist contention that the only This barbarous disregard of the most elementary humani- relationship that can exist between worker and employer is one tarian principles shown by the’ official spokesman of the Massa- of struggle and that labor cannot compete with the capitalists in business this side of the social revolution. On ° Rapid City, South Dakota and the Liberation Struggle in the Far East. The 1928 election colors every word of news emanating from Rapid City, South Dakota, where President Coolidge has estab- ah We are told by the capitalist press correspondents that the THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1927 The Cautious Angler —AND THE PICKLED TROUT— made the Squaw Creek fish the mar- vel of South Dakota, appeared on the scene. He was looking for new worlds to conquer. He occupied the “| position of president of the United States and won his way to power, because of no special ability that the wisest could discern but simply owing to his habit of taciturnity and blink- ing his eyes whenever the simplest question was propounded for his con- sideration. His name was Calvin Coolidge. “I have a presentiment of approach- ing calamity” remarked a middle aged devil fish to a mixed company at a social affair one evening in the devil fish’s basement apartment, “I re- member. distinctly having a similar feeling before my father died. It is }a queef trickling sensation on the hip as if somebody was trying to steal |your flask or your pocketbook. I | also have a wicked pain in the head jlike what one gets when he runs up | against a preacher on the radio.” | A tame dogfish, who was being treated for spinal meningitis by the only chiropractor in Squaw Creek, trembled violently and his minnow fell from his mouth, He was just about to shriek hysterically when a crab grawled slowly in as crabs will. “Cautious Cal Coolidge is in the vicinity,” he drawled. A deadly silence fell on the gather- ing. Their tails drooped. “He is having a conference this moment with his spokesman,” con- tinued the crab, “and he has invited |the local farmers to meet him for a discussion on the subject of Squaw |Creek. It is said that he never lost a battle since President Harding died of ptomaine poisoning after eating broiled crab and even tho he owes his present eminence to us, they say that he has a regular phobia against fish. Another case of a mgn biting the hand that feeds him.” “It is a serious matter,” declared an old gudgeon, who had a reputation for wisdom among his fellows, “but I would not be unduly pessimistic. After all one must not gauge the wis- |dom of Mr. Coolidge by the fact that jhe has been elected by the American |voters. Those dumbbells also voted for Wilson and Harding. We have held off alf South Dakota for one hun- dred years and I'll be damned if | Coolidge is going to get the best of | us.” “He will never win South Dakota in the next elections, unless he takes jfish out of Squaw Creek,” muttered |the crab gloomily. “As far as I am concerned I am going .to park my-} self in the deepest hole I can find! }and go to sleep until he returns to Washington. I have been eating too many worms lately anyhow and I am getting so stout that the fair sex don’t like me any more.” The crab ambled off and so did the others when they got a chance, all | except the trout, the best fighters in |the creek. : | “Our crowd dies; we never surren- |der” shouted the chief of the trout |family. The others nodded. Just then a pleasant odor came creeping thru the water. The bass sniffled and began to move slowly | towards the exit. “Smells like Scotch,” said one. “IT am afraid of it,” said another. “T'll look at the bottom of the bottle | and see if it was operated on. It might be from Halsted street, Chi- cago.” “I'd drink shellac now,” said the |head of the family. Without saying another word they moved in the di- rection where the odor came from. “A bottle!” they shouted in unison. There it was, the’strangest looking bottle ever seen in Squaw Creek. It was covered with labels and writing matter which indicated that it came from Pittsburgh. Projecting from the bottle were six bright nipples with worms attached to them by means of specks of cement. The aroma attract- ed the bass to the bottle like moths to a flame. Soon they were fighting for position, Six bass wrapped their lips around the nipples and sucked. This lasted for a few moments. Soon the six trout began to show signs of inebriety. They held on to the nip- ples but their fins drooped and their tails curled up freakishly. The trout that did not have a chance to get at the bottle licked their lips and waited, They figured that the six would soon’ have enough and would stagger to the nearest bed to sleep it off. But just then the bottle began to move upwards, The six drunken trout held on to their nipples. i “It’s a trap!” shouted their now |undeceived comrades, “Coolidge has | got you. Let go and’ swim for your lives.” But the only answer of the six drunken trout was six languid tail wags and the chorus of “Show me the way to go home.” their crevices and went on a vegetable ' diet. chusetts ruling class is now the outstanding feature of the whole). “Prohibition is the best curse that |ever happened to this country,” ex- claimed Calvin Coolidge as he hauled his bottle-fed trout into the boat. It’s a law that gets things for, me com- ing and going. Wayne Wheeler will support me anyhow, and this bottle of booze puts South Dakota on my hip. Bring on the photographers.” That evening thousands. of farmers from all over South Dakota gathered to pay homage to the president, The rest of the trout darted for! CHAPTER VIII.—(Continued). As the leading executive commit- tees grow in size and importance it may become advisable to establish a Political Bureau with full executive powers between meetings of the ex- ecutive committee. Further Departmentalization. While these three departments mentioned are the most necessary ones they do not cover the full scope of Party work. Wherever possible departments should also be created for Women’s Work whose duty should be to establish contacts, direct the propaganda and activities of our members amongst the women in in- dustry, among women domestic work- ers and housewives. It should direct our women comrades to become mem- bers of women’s working class or- ganizations and to be active particu- larly in trade union ladies auxiliaries, If this department actually carries on its function, it will soon find out there are issues aplenty particularly pertaining to the conditions of work- ingclass women, A department should also be es- tablished to direct Party activities amongst Negro workers, to study the special methods necessary to effect- tively approach Negro workers and make contacts with them. To wher- ever possible in general work have special Negro leaflets ‘and special Negro speakers at meetings. Our Party should propagandize in the "true sense of the word social equality between members of the various races, but the Negro depart- ment should also give special atten- tion to have all comrades propagate this issue in all workingclass organi- zations. To help break down the bar- riers to racial, social and economic equality. The organization of frac- tions of Negro members belonging to broader Negro organizations is necessary as any other fraction and their work should be directed by the Negro department. Other departments should be es- tablished as local conditions require. An Approach to an Important Problem In the same manner that our Party Central Executive Committee acts on national political and workingclass is- sues and outlines the necessary pol- icies, our District and City Executive Committee must acg on state and lo- cal issues, A first simple prerequisite is to secure all records of State Leg- islatures, City Councils as well as State Federations of Labor and City Central Labor bodies. These records should be followed closely, all pro- posed legislation should be examined particularly those affecting “working class issues. The purpose and conse- quence of such legislation should be explained to our units, discussed and the correct lessons drawn. The same naturally applies to important actions or issues of Central Labor bodies. This will help greatly in drawing the attention of our members much more toward problems of the American workingclass, political and otherwise. The next steps are to outline con- crete policies for action on the issues, which will mobilize our units and the largest possible section of the work- ingelass for action. It will be quite Pad ERAN LEER $k Ua Bas lai ile Plan Hawaii Flight. WASHINGTON, June 24, —Lts. Lester J. Maitland and Albert F. Heg- enbergern, army air corps, today were officially authorized by Secretary of War Davis to attempt a 2,407-mile non-stop flight from California to Hawaii. Let’s Fight On! Join The Workers Party! In the loss of Comrade Ruthen- berg the Workers (Communist) Par- ty has lost its foremost leader and the American working class ‘its staunchest fighter. This loss can only be overcome by many militant work. ers joining the Party that he built. Fill out the application below and mail it. Become a member of the Workers (Communist) Party and ‘carry forward the work of Comrade Ruthenberg. I want to become a member of the Workers (Communist) Party. Name Address Occupation Union Affiliation... os ’ Mail this application to the Work- ers Party, 108 East 14th Street, New York City; or if in other city to Biv Chien i W. Washington Bly. . Distribute the Ruthenberg pam- “The Workers’ (Communist) phlet, P What f Stands For and Why Workers cS) Join.” This Ruthen- the New York District pamphlets from the Dis- trict office—108 Kast 14th St, Nuclei outside of the New York District write to The DAILY WORK- Co, 33 East First York City, or to the National Office, Workers Party, 1113 fashington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. » who said: ” “How did you do it, Mr. President?” mous bear hunter. “Cal” referred the questioner to the! Dakota cool for asked Hiram Snufflehoffer, the fa-| angling feat the si of the great that drove Lindbergh page and kept South Coolidge, off the front Organizational Problems By ARNE SWABECK, a safe bet that these issues will fur- nish the most splendid basis of ap- proach to the American workingclass. Reaching the Youth. The problems of the young workers have not received sufficient consid- eration by our Party. We have not even yet a regular interchange of delegates to the leading local com- mittees. This, however, must be es- tablished as a regular practice. It is necessary that in all Party campaigns and major Party activities, the Y. W. L. members be fully drawn in. For this purpose alone contact is neces- sary, but while Y. W. L. members par- ticipate in these activities, the Party committees must in all instances stress the question effecting the young workers and thus provide a basis to bring them closer to the Y. W. L. It is just as necessary that Party members take part in major activities of the Y. W. L., help build up units where none exist, and strengthen those that are weak. The Party can assist the Y. W. L. in its factory cam- paigns. It can assist in making ar- rangements that Y. W. L. members make contact with various sports or- ganizations and not only get an op- portunity to function in them, but help create labor sports on a united front labor basis. While the approach to the young American workers can be greatly facilitated thru sports and social connections it should neverthe- less be borne in mind that the way to develop and strengthen the Y, W. L. is to help make it a class organiza- tion, fighting effectively alongside of the Party. The Pioneer Groups must receive the same measure of assist- ance. r (To be continued) CURRENT EVENTS (Continued from Page One) in permitting district instead of na- tional agreements and the “work pending settlement policy.” * * * ER this dispensation several union mines have resumed opera- tions, hiring men as they see fit. The unemployed miners must work so that they may eat and as a settlement may never take place for all the miners know, the unemployed must pack up their belongings and hike elsewhere in search of work. This solves the problem as far ds the operators are concerned. It means nothing else but the liquidation of the union as a pro- tection for the miners. This is as clear a piece of treachery as was ever proven against a trade union leadership. It explains Searles’ at- tack on the radicals, which is an at- tempt to switch attention from the perfidy of the Lewis official family to a new red-baiting campaign. ae, c takes a policeman to be several centuries behind the times, even in the passing stupidities. There was a time when ‘a general belief in the flatness of the earth prevailed. Sci- ence had its work cut out for it for several centuries puncturing super- stitions and some of them have sur- yived even yet. There was one that science did not bother with. It was ‘|the belief that every socialist looked like an inverted broom from the neck up. To wear a full length crop of hair was prima facie evidence that the grower harbored “subversive” ideas. Had this been so, before wo- men bobbed their hair there would be no capitalist system by now. * . . : HOWEVER, this idea went the way of the “nation of fatherless chil- dren” during the war and afterwards. But the New York police are holding the “thin red line” for decomposed superstition. One of them, a warrior of the picket line in the furriers’ strike, informed a judge that several Communists were picketing. How did he know? They had long hair. If this flatheaded fellow ever had a look at the House of David he would ex- perience concussion of the heels. He would find whiskers there in their pristine glory, but not an idea in their vicinity of a vintage later than 200 B.C. * *. * Wey that Miss Anita Whitney has beet? pardoned by the governor of California there is no reason in the world why the I. W. W. victims of California persecution who are pin- ing behind prison bars should not be given the freedom that they should have never been deprived of. Miss Whitney had influential friends ene her age and gentle character made exceedingly inexpedient for the rv“ classes of California to imprison But she is just as guilty as the | W. boys that are fretting behin« gray walls of San Quentin. It is « time for a revival of agitation open the prison gates for every tim of class injustice in the Unite: States. * E date set for the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti is drawing dan- gerously near. July 10th is now only a few weeks away and the fate of these two workers is in bag aie ad one person, the governor Massa- chusetts. We must not be lulled into a feeling of false optimism because a large number of respectable people have urged the governor to pardon. Wet mie tet ¢ i a anzetti or m Ex pins Kor thle anh oe ete eva, Sacco and Vanzetti Shall Not Die! |