The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 6, 1927, Page 4

is nit ite gta ak oe n'a c. natn Pra r ne mane ee Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1927 THE DAILY WORKER | Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. | \ Daily, Except Sunday | 8S First Street, New York, N. Y. Cable Addrezs Phere, Orchard 1680 | “Daiwork” | SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in New York only): By mail (outside of New Yori): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year 98.50 six months £2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out enecks to THE DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. J. LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F. DUNNE BERT MILLER py Y y eee eee esesecceeeee Editors business Manager Entered as second-class mai! at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 8, 1879. Advertising rates on application nares Sa am S>.. THE WORKER WHO CELEBRATES AIR FLIGHTS we CEES FOO A Suggestion to the Harassed Farmers and Stockmen in and Around Rapid City. There is taking place in and around Rapid City, South Dakota, a contemptible farce of the most nauseous kind. A New England president, whose every act and utterance has shown that he despises the more liberal West, is cavorting in grotesque attire to prove that he is ‘“‘one of the boys.” Not less disgusting than the antics of Coolidge, is the truckling attitude of the local politicians who are herding—no other word describes the methods used—large sections of the populace into the proximity of the presidential premises to be beguiled with speeches which for sheer inanity set a new record. Consider the situation. Coolidge slapped the whole agricul- tural and stockraising sections of the population in the face when he vetoed the McNary-Haugen bill. But more insulting than the veto itself were the reasons given for his opposition to it. The language of the president’s statement in this connection seemed to be chosen for the express purpose of humiliating its supporters. In almost so many words he told the farmers that they did not know what they wanted and if they did there was no particular | reason why it should be given to them. | The wave of resentment which arose following the veto scared the Coolidge advisers. Rumors of the strength of the Lowden following in the Middle West and West were responsible for the choice of the Coolidge vacation site. Now the stiff and clammy Cal is trying to act like Teddy the Cowboy and cuts a pitiful figure. There is no real glamor to be cast around this juiceless individual above whose peaked face a “ten-gallon hat’ brings joy to the heart of the most mediocre cartoonist. The cynical comments of the correspondents fit in well with the rest of the picture. They do not even trouble to conceal the sneering attitude of the presidential circle toward the farmers and stockmen. Contemptuously they state in so many words a good crop and good prices will allay the discontent provided that the campaign hokum is dished up in rich enough doses. The somber environment of the New England farm is replaced by the gaudy glitter of a period which the westerners themselves barely remember. The stage coach period passed long ago. Barbed wire fences have replaced the open ranges. The ‘‘cowboys” ride in flivvers and not on plunging cayuses. The ranches have be- come farms and the farmer’s margin between income and expendi- ture has been wiped out. Mortgages have replaced bank accounts. The stageplay in and around Rapid City has no connection with reality. It is simply a crude attempt to make the population of this section forget its problems, forget the connection between the banks, trusts and railroads and Calvin Coolidge—who repre- sents these interests, and not farmers and workers, as president of the United States. 500,000 leaflets, summarizing the issues which affect the farmers and stockgrowers, exposing the real role of Coolidge and putting forward its practical program, distributed in the “vacation area” by the United Farmers’ Educational League, would give his campaign managers something to think about. Geneva, China and War. - . . A small American band is keeping in secret conclave at Geneva, preparing to meet the gravest issue that has loomed athwart the horizon of the tri-power conference . . the American delegation is pleased to consider the 606,000 ton total presented to the technical committee as “unofficial” . new proposals more in harmony with the American invitation to limit naval armament. . In the event that the British again present! the same res, American opinion, as expressed today, will be that) “Great Britain is playing a dangerous game.” (Geneva dispatch to Ca) Woe to the Vanquished, “The Streets of Sorrow” | Review By VERN SMITH Another play of post war Vienna, starving, sick, corrupt, and yet heroic. And as usual, since the power | of censorship is still in the hands| of the bourgeoisie, the interest cen- ters around the trials and_tribula- tions of the newly poor, not of those who haye been “always with ye.” I am informed that the play, as | originally produced, had a much more | definite working class emphasis, and | that the censorship here resulted first | |the greedy new bourgeoisie: Labors of the Amsterdam International Meanwhile the drab figure of Coolidge goes thru its paces. aes ee . the British will have time to present’ ci By OLGA FALK. (By Mail).—The Intern RLIN dam Amster- tional is now chiefly The in August brings busy with its internal affairs. impending Congress forth questions of finance, the ques- tion of the Secretariat, headquarters of the International, and many other: Questions occupying the foreground in the life of a true International—the struggle of the working the struggle with threatened the fight against imp which have always played a very mod- est role in the life of Am: dam, have now been pushed right into the background. The fact that a month ago during the Italo-Jugoslavian con- flict the meeting of the Amsterdam International’s Executive — which should have worked out the quest of the International’s action in to this conflict, was postponed is ex- tremely characteristic. Oudegeest, ed by the correspondent of such postponement implied that the danger of war had become less, replied phlegmatically: “The danger has not become but it would be better to hold the ecutive meeting in two weeks’ time. Better or worse we do not know, but certainly it comes to the ame thing—nothing will be altered er or later. ee recently passed resolution with regard to the unsuccessful work of the visional commission to the Disarmament Conference bears pre- such a drawn up official docur hastily A document had to be produced, since, try as Amster the League of y their resolution being passed soon- character—that of a , the sterility poe questions of high policy! It is much | more important for them to put their! own house (sadly needing a sprihg cleaning) in order, | In the first place their financial af- fairs are in a disastrous condition. Of 4 organizations affiliated to Amster- lam, 11 have paid no entrance fees and 6 have paid no membership dues for many yea Even England failed | to pay two-thirds of their membership dues during the last years. The In- ternational’s income for the last year did not exceed 100,000 guldens. Their expe were, however, much higher than this. The funds of the Interna- tional which were 114,510 gulden in the beginning of 1926 were only 43,000 by the end of the year. Thus in one year 71,000 gulden in addition to the 100,000 received from membership have melted away. This is a sit- uation tottering on the brink of ruin. The Bureau has had to mortgage the International’s house in Amsterdam, to sell its typography and face the in the most serious manner, penses HAT turn was eh by this cut- ting down? The first thing to feel the axe was cultural work, and it was resolved not to organize the In- ternational Summer School thi ar ‘and to cut down the already trifling amount of publishing that was done. The International’s monthly has been reduced to a slim pamphlet of 16 pages, containing only official notices |affairs are at present anything but oy ouig be an and it was decided to cease the publi- cation of the pamphlet in French and English. All this cannot, however, save the situation, The International’s funds go rather on administrative expenses than on cultural work, assistance to | members on strike and victims of gov- ‘ernment repression. Even before the they have really no time for;fur of its work in this as in all other | Vienna Congress it was stated that | administrative expenses swallow the lion’s share of their funds, The jSeeretaries of the International (of the New York Times July 3.) Ei ‘ ms " % | spheres was a little too obvious. The Taken in connection with the news that president Coolidge International issued on this question his advisers are devoting much time to the consideration of |an appeal to all affiliated organiza- ng at Geneva, that strong pressute is being | tions ea oe bik at acta brought to bear for the speedy recognition of the anti-labor | vars BiG ae aaeeaat es iene Nanking government by the United States, and we have a fairly | by these pugnacious words—the cam- complete picture of the manner in which the question of naval) paign proposed is to be carried on armament and Chinese policy dovetai! in the secret chambers of | chiefly in the press. the state department. HE Amsterdamites contented them- So widely does the British proposal for a 600,000 ton) elves with yet another appeal— cruiser allotment differ from what the American representatives |this time to the League of Nations— are instructed to agree to that, in a situation wherein such ques- |” the question of the ‘danger.ot wer. * a ik bs ES ee ee # Sritibhi caval paselat Si |As for the still more urgent question tions as the attitude of Japan and the British naval base at Singa-|o¢ modern political life—the question | ‘ pore are decisive, it seems hardly possible for an agreement to) of the Chinese Revolution—Amster- be reached. |dam took up a position of blatant =: er rade signa : 4 |mockery. They intend to set up con- As the control of the Pacific area is the immediate prize and) ernons with he Gaikece hac sated as the Nanking government apparently is quite willing to make |and embark upon a campaign in their big concessions to American imperialist policy, in fact has already | favor only after everything is settled shown by its slaughter of workers and suppression of labor unions|4°W" and smoothed over in China, that it is following the best established American procedure, |T°Commending the Chinese workers in a rs ng : itt Sasaetela ae tion, ig eh procedure, the meantime to cease collaboration there is a strong likelihood that recognition of Nanking may fol-| with their bourgeoisie in the national | low because of the necessity of American imperialism for an in-|emancipatory struggle. Chiang Kai- JT turned out, however, not so easy to strument which it can wield in China against both Britain and /|shek’s betrayal of the Chinese revolu- |" overcome all these difficulties. As tion evoked nothing but malevolent|soon as the question of cutting down glee from the Amsterdamites. the number of secretaries arose, the and the problems ari dens a year each, members of the Gen- ‘eral Council get 25 guldens a day for their expenses. The International maintains a staff of well-paid tech- | nical employes. ND there is yet another point which costs the Amsterdam International dear. National hatred between the | tyvade unionists in hostile countries oused by the war made itself so felt at the first post-war s that the International was forced to choose as its headquarters a neutral country. The choice of Hol- ‘land involved unnecessary expendi- jture on interpreters, and translaters |since all documents had to be trans- ilated into Dutch as well as into the three European languages. Holland is, moreover, one of the most expen- sive countzies in Europe. Japan. The recognition of the Nanking government by America| ~ would place it in a position where it could talk decisively to the | growing breach between America and Britain. It is quite proba- other powers, and to Great Britain especially, in view of her huge) ble, for instance, that the international bankers now in confer- interests in the sections under its control, recognition would be|énce here, have met to devise a policy to meet the present situa- a severe blow. tion. It is easy to understand, that with the present proofs of an- But the mere fact that capitalist governments and various tagonism showing themselves at Geneva, such an act by the! powerful sections of the capitalist class are engaging in a whole United States could be interpreted as practically a declaration | series of international conferences which have accomplished noth- of war. ing so far to ease the growing tension, is an unfailing sign that These speculations are made, and they are by no means far-| war plans are being made as the political instability of capitalism fetched, in order to show that the logical result of American and forces itself more and more upon the attention of the foreign British imperialist policy is the creation of a war situation. offices, It is possible, of course, that some formula will be found at Those whe say that there is no danger of war today are Geneva which will serve to conceal for some time longer the|either blind fools, dupes, or conscious agents of imperia!icm. , | | whom there are three) get 10,000 gul-! began to fly. The business af- of the International are actually | d out by Oudegeest, with some | ance by Sassenbach. But the} British who form the biggest Peon of the International will not hear of jthe withdrawal of the British secre-| jtary, Brown, Sassenbach, moreover, | ‘has definitely stated that he will in} | no event agree to act secretary. At the last meeting of the} bureau (2! April) an agreement |was arrived at on this question ac- |cording to the official report, but it is not yet known who is to be sacri- |ficed on the altar of economy. fa: carr |THINGS became still worse when the question of cutting down the ‘secretaries’ salaries was brought for- jward. Oudegeest refuses to take less than 10,000 guldens a year and the} |members of the Bureau are afraid to insist, for Oudegeest in order to be- jeome secretary of the International refused a seat in the Dutch Parlia-| iment, from which his’ accruemtents ch paper “Het Volk” w hether| question of the cutting down of ex-| would have been much greater. | WHAT was to be done? The Neth- erlands Federation of Trade Unions | suggest to raise the dues in the| International from 12 to 18 guldens per 1,000 members. This suggestion, | | however, has met with determined re- sistance, The Austrians and the have already definitely declared | membership dues cannot be ed; the British, whose financial | \r | | bri nt, also to refuse to agree to; |this; the French membership fees are | Jas it is difficult to collect, and they| | a | leannot possibly pay more. | ‘A great struggle went on behind the} i es with regards to the altera- |tion of the International’s headquar- ters. At the previous meeting of the | Bureau the question of its transfer- lence to a more central country was | jdiscussed. The whole labor press un- | | hesitatingly interpreted this as an in- | tention to transfer the International’s | headquarters to Berlin, to which the | {Germans whose influence in the In-| 'ternational is ever on the increase, jhave long aspired. The British and | |the French, however, were against | this. the day. It appears their argument won | At the last session of the | National Council of the reformist! General Confederation of Labor in France Jouhaux declared that the headquarters of the International would remain in Holland. 'HE official reports of the Interna- tional are generally speaking mea- | gre and terse. Most of our informa-, tion on the misunderstandings and | complication going on in the Interna- | tional has been gained from the left, socialist press (Paul Levy’s paper, the organ of the Swiss Federation of | Trade Unions and others), so daring | as to criticise Oudegeest’s economy and endeavor to mend matters. Even the most favorable criticism, however, angers the Amsterdamites. They have not the slightest desire to carry their difficulties into the open, for the judg- ment of their working class members, hoping to smooth everything over in camera. But truth will out and the is already being shouted from the roof-tops, Break Altitude Record. WASHINGTON, July 5.—A new world’s altitude record for seaplanes was written in the records today. Lieut. C. C, Champion took a Wright Apache plane 37,500 feet above the capital yesterday, breaking his own world’s record of 38,455 feet established two months ago. as assistant | § jin in a good deal of this being cut out, and then that after consultation among themselves, those whose busi-| ness it is to make the world safe for Babbit cut out most of the rest of the | “labor angle,” and in general made a mess of the thing, giving it a pe- culiar confused and faltering aspect. | However, it is in its final form as a! product of censorship that it has to be reviewed, since it is in that form that the public sees it. This is the story of the sadness of the “shabby genteel,” the steady de- cline and painful corruption of the old ruling class and of the bureau- | crats especially. Councillor Rumfort | has two daughters, and is so proud that he turns out of his house a pay- ing American roomer when his young- est daughter is charged with stealing two tins of canned meat. Of course she did steal the meat, and the other daughter, Greta (played excellently Ly Greta Garbo) nearly becomes an inmate of a disorderly house in her efforts to keep the family going. That is half of the interest. The other half centers around the rise of those who, like the butcher of Melchior | Street, make Greta stand in line all |night for the chance to buy meat, and then call the police to chase her | away, only because the meat is sold | out, and the higher elements of th new capitalism, like the profiteers Canez and Rosenow, who loot on a huge seale, stealing mines, swindling in the stock market, swilling in the night clubs and clutching down the daughters of the old ruling ‘class for their pleasure. The proletarians who appear in the are not, as such, essential to the plot but serve as background for the crimes and degeneration of their “betters.” Chief of the proletarian characters is the murderess, Maria ner, who might as well have come from any other class in the rotting Vienna society. In the end th re is a bread riot by those who do nv:, as | do the Rumfort family, worry over the change from a meat diet to one | of cabbage, but suffer under a con- stant dimunition of their accustomed cabbage rations. This is treated as an elemental outburst, without leader- ship, merely the hand of fate which punishes certain of the filthiest. of | the rich, There is an indirect slap at the American Red Cross, the officers of which complain that all they see in Vienna is luxury.’ There is a definite touch of anti-semitism, all the worst villians, especially the profiteers, be- | ing given Jewish faces. The play is the European tradition, which holds that an actress should do some- thing more than merely pose beau- | tifully, and that scenery, instead of being the chief attraction in a film appropriate background for the action. Junkers Build Concrete Runway. BERLIN, July 5.—Discussion of a Berlin-to-New York non-stop flight | Was given marked impetus today by | the announcement of the Junkers air- | plane works that they are construc- | ting a concrete runway for planes In “Queen High,’ now in. its eleventh month at the Ambassador theatre. LADD ER All seats are reduced for the sumr Best Seats $2.20, Cort Theatre, 48 St. E. of The Biw Matinee Wedne day. Little Theatre GRAND Even tas ~ STREET MATIN] fi FOLLIES | 3 B. S. Moss | Warner Bros. Present COLONY |“The First Auto” B'way at 53rd|with Barney Oldfield Continuous Noon to an NEW VITAPHONE SENSATION E CAMEO “sex ects ‘of Sorfbw” w WaRNER 124 & B'way ‘Revival of “Madame X” at Earl Carroll Tonight Ben Smith last seen in the role of Neill Sykes in “The Field God,” has been engaged by Jed Harris to play {opposite Helen Hayes in “Coquette,” | the joint work of George Abbott and Ann Preston Bridgers. Sam H. Harris’ first production of the season, “Among The Married,” the new comedy by Vincent Lawrence opens in Atlantic City next Monday. The cast includes Louis Calhern, War- iren William, Helen Flint, Kathryn Givney, William David and Milano Tilden. Murray Phillips will present a re- vival of “Madame X,” the Alexandre Bison’s drama which was so popular here many seasons back, at the Farl Carroll theatre tonight. Carroll Me- Coma: will play the title role and |Rex Cherryman the’ leading male | part. | aeen's | Alfred Lunt and-.Lynn Fontanne, | now appearing in “The Secong Man,” |will leave for a European vacation |Friday night. Earle Larimore and | Emily Stevens will take over the roles. : | Walerie Wyngate, co-adapter of -|“Her Cardboard Lover” at the Em- vire has withdrawn from the cast. The part of Albine is played bv Virgina Chauvenet, last seen in “The Women of Bronze.” New Crop of Fliers. CHICAGO, July 5.—The science of crisis in the Amsterdam International |. aviation and the art of flying are to be taught in the public schools here, according to an announcement made with especially heavy loads that would attempt record flights, Ever since Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine made their great flight from ew York to Kottbus, Germany, there has been considerable talk of a flight from this country to the United States. Coath. 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