The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 26, 1927, Page 4

ile als sho: ‘ite 08I lesi Nev the rea An pT ing cal Th se? me --_=-sv etme od 4 ae Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1927 THE DAILY WORKER Published by tae DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Daily, Bxceyt Sunday 8S First Street, New York, N. Y. Cablo Addrezs: SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in New York only): By mail (outside of New York): 68.00 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 cnecks to THE DAILY WORKER, 83 First Street, New York, N. Y. J. LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F, DUNNE - Editors BERT MILLER.........s-ceceeess business Manager —_— eS Entered as second-class rai! at the post-office at New York, N. Y., undes the act of Merch 8, 1879. “Daiwork” —_—— >]. Advertising rates on applicaticd. Support the Traction Workers and Build the Labor Movement! Every indication points to a strike of traction workers in New York City. How many workers will join the strike, how far it will take on an industrial character—affecting surface, elevated and s@.b- way lines—to what extent it will be supported by workers in other industri how successful it will be, how firmly a union of traction workers will be established—all these developments will be determined by the sincerity and energy with which the labor movement puts its forces behind the traction workers. That the traction workers are ready to strike to free them- selves from industrial slavery, for the right to organize, recogni- tion of the union, for better wages and working conditions there can be little doubt. Even in the face of the company spy system a substantial percentage of the traction workers have stated that they are ready to fight. The Central Labor Council, the State Federation of Labor— all agencies of the organized labor movement must be put in readiness to mobilise the workers for militant support of the men who are willing to defy injunctions and the blacklist to smash the company controlled “brotherhood.” Mass meetings should be called in every workingclass sec- tion, relief machinery should be set in motion, the legal defense must be in working order. It is no light task the labor movement faces. The traction barons are powerful. They are backed by Wall Street and the local, state and national machinery. bring in strikebreakers unhindered. But before the mighty power of the labor movement, unified in one purpose—to organize the traction workers and establish once and for all the right to organize and strike—the traction barons will meet defeat providing always that the leadership of this great struggle keeps in mind at all times and swerves not at all from the main line—allowing nothing to come before the interests of the traction workers and the labor movement. All the traction workers need to know is that the organized labor movement is with them and they will put up a winning fight that will make labor history and give new strength to the labor movement. All together behind the traction workers and against the traction barons! This is no local struggle. Won by the might of organized Jabor it will give new hope and courage to the millions of Amer- ican workers, will make them better able to meet and defeat the encoming national offensive of the bosses whose full weight the coal miners are feeling now. ° American Ambassadors Lying About Sacco and Vanzetti. Whenever the workers of foreign countries make it unpleas- ant for American ambassadors because of the Sacco and Vanzetti case, these worthies always repeat the contemptible lie that the effair is no concern of the federal government and concerns the state of Massachusetts only. While it. is a fact that the courts of the state of Massachusetts were chosen as instruments thru which to railroad to the electric chair these two workers the co-insti- gators of the affair have been proved to be agents of the depart- ment of justice of the federal government. Sacco and Vanzetti faced double persecution; the deep hatred of the mill owners of Massachusetts whose slaves they tried to organize and the fury of the government agents who wanted these two Italians framed be- cause they knew too much about the murder in New York of the Italian worker, Salsedo, by agents of the department of justice. -Government agents testified against these two victims of capitalist class vengeance and thruout the whole affair the activ- ity of these agents was second only to that of the lackeys of the mill owners. ~ Furthermore, any time the government steps in they can free| Sacco and Vanzetti. The chairman of the national committee of | the republican party is the defeated and discredited exploiter of | women and child labor in his slave pens of New Bedford, Mr. Wil- liam Morgan Butler. This man is also the political boss of Massa- chusetts, heir of the sceptre wielded by the notorious Murray } Crane. He is one of the men chosen by Wall Street to keep Cal Coolidge on the right track, which is the path of puppet of the imperialists. A word from him to Fuller will liberate these two victims of capitalism. The mass demonstrations in foreign countries before the American embassies not only should not be abandoned because of the spurious arguments of American ambassadors, but should be increased until no emissary of Wall Street can remain in any coun- try where the workers are even partially class conscious. The mass pressure on the part of the international working class and the determined stand of the American working class can yet save these two men from instant death in the electric chair or the more grim and ghasty living death in the dungeons of the Char- lestown penitentiary. Tn an attack upon the Soviet Union, Frank Crane in Hearst's papers declares that the Bolshevik government should mind its huisiness, regulate the internal affairs of its own country and let other nations alone. Why didn’t the eminent scribbler place the United States in place of “Bolshevik,” and be more correct as far as facts are concerned? Whoever heard of the Bolsheviks per- forming butcheries such as this country perpetrated in Nicaragua the other day? } . News item: ‘Coolidge is trying to ride a real flesh and blood horse instead of a wooden one.” We resists the temptation to draw _ comparisons between horses and heads, ‘ , ‘ eae > ae s They have been allowed to} Phone, Orchard 1680 | By T. LOAF. |WJHEN we started these articles we thought of presenting in a rather brief space the dangerous plot hatch- ed by Great Britain, with connivance of other capitalist powers, against the very existence of the Soviet Union. We centered our attention up- on the recent session of the League Council because at that moment the British tories directed most of their efforts for an attack upon the Soviet! Republic and also because there were focused there the many bitter an- tagonisms of the imperialist powers among themselves. UT in the course of writing this by | now lengthy estimate two circum- stances changed considerably the ter as well as the length of rticles: One, the new and developments in connection with the danger of war upon the Workers’ Re- public that had to be drawn in and more or less adequately explained; two, the fact that our linking up of the at pon the Soviet Union with antagonisms among the imperialist power: likely to create some mis- understanding or even confusion in the minds of the readers of The DAILY WORKER. We decided there- fore to clear some questions before} presenting more fully the present in- ternational situation and the source of danger to the Soviet Union. HEREIN lies the difficulty for the} clear understanding of the pres-)| ent situation and the possibility of! confusion? Let us consider. | On the one hand we notice clearly | |how the imperialist powers are step | |by step uniting upon a program of | jisolating the Soviet Republic, of bringing an ever stronger pressure | }upon her in order to break through! | the present political and economic or- | ‘der of the U. S. S. R., which inter-| feres with their plans of capitalist | post-war restoration. Such program, | {even tho outwardly not hostile, means | {actually a method of “boring from within,” aiming at changing the Workers’ Republic into a peasant democracy dependent for its existence upon the industrial machinery of the capitalist world, | ]OREOVER we see one of the capi- talist powers, Great Britain, in, this case the most important one, embarking upon a program of open hostilities and of a concerted war at- tack upon the Soviet Union. We see | Britain preparing herself and her vas- sals for such an attack and making all efforts to gather around this pro- jgram all the other imperialist pow- jers. N the other hand we see the shar differences among the imperiali ;powers themselves assuming times a distinctly threatening char- jacter: France against Italy, Italy |against Jugo-Slavia, Germany against | | Poland, United States against Great | Britain and so on. To be sure, Wil- |son’s “idealism” has not brought about the promised “open covenants” be-| tween the imperialist robber diplo- mats of the world, but the cynicism} of the capitalist journalism left in the wake of the world war, that speaks now without any particular \fuss of the most hideous plans of the i governments, permits a cleare sight into these machinations at the time when they are being hatched. MOREOVER, only the semi-stabilized | | situation of the post-war capi- | talist world can account for hj} speeches as the recent speech of Mus- | solini compared to which the most | warlike speeches of the worst milita-| |rists and imperialists before the! | world war sound like pacifist ser-| jmons. And it would be absolutely! | wrong to ascribe it to the paranoic state of mind of the Italian ruling | clown: the speech contains actually | | the unblushing imperialist program | of Italy which the latter will be pur- | | suing until the whole thing will ex-| | plode. | t | HUS we see how the campaign against the Soviet Union, which is assuming now an absolutely deter- mined and dangerous character and which, moreover, is coupled with an attack of the capitalists of the world upon the labor organizations and la- | bor standards throughout the world, | |is paralled by ever growing antagon-| isms among the imperialist powers | themselves— reaching now a point of | marked tension. | ND whatever may be the next de- | velopements in the struggle of the| Chinese masses against the imperial- jist oppression and for their own ‘so- cial liberation, there can be no doubt that the course of the Chinese Revo- lution will present all the time a constant danger to the aims and plans | of the imperialist powers and a point | of dangerous struggle among these powers themselves, | FURTHERMORE, if the hostilities | between the capitalist states| themselves are now kept in check by | the fear of internal class antagon- isms assuming an absolutely “un- pleasant” character for the bourgeois rulers, the open outbreaks of such class warfare tend to intensify the danger of war complications, as is being clearly demonstrated by the in- ternal situation in Italy and the pres- ent revolutionary outbreak in Aus- tria. HIS revolutionary outbreak touches at once the political situation of the fascist governments of Hungary and Italy, it rouses at the same time their imperialist ambitions, it empha- sizes the program of a political union | |} time developing a base for a far- some- * DANGER AHEAD! {between Germany and Austria (so-{f¥BVIOUSLY, we make a distinction called “Anschluss”) and brings at | between the two possibilities. On ponte is the PS pa tenis he Toes oe it, the one possDulty ex- jstates o ie ittle Entente”) cludes the other. id we -not say (Czecho-Slovakia, Rumania and Jugo-| that in order to unite for a war on Slavia) and surely also of Poland,|the Soviet union the imperialist it certainly accentuates France's | powers must, for a time at least, set “watch on the Rhine” and her con- | aside their own differences? Can it tinental policy of “guarding” the/be imagined, on the other hand, that ‘sanctity” of the Versailles treaty (in| these powers should be engaged in a this case the St. Germain treaty that) war among themselves and at the Napa an offspring of the Versaille|same time try to override the terri- Aston ‘Wosste tMdkiah ar ies EL Wee aeriiciny eeereeits 12 be all the slumbering animosities and|clear about this question, as the feuds of the war and post-war date.! answer to this question will deter- ft been {mined not only our frame of mind ae ae asset eee ane our attitude with regard to the be e is Be Hie ae NY fae) danger to the Workers’ Republic, but particularly stressed by the Austrian) i+ \i11 consciously or unconsciously }influence our immediate propaganda social-democrats who once more, by, hiding behind “international compli-| nq our immediate tactics regarding cations,” are choking the revolt of | our anti-war activities. the masses and betraying thgse masses to their capitalist fhasters, re- peating the unforgettable treachery | of 1919 when they refused to come to| that it will be constantly the method | he aid of Soviet Hungary and per-|of the social-democrats to cloud the mitted the suppression of the revo-|impending danger to the Soviet lutions in Hungary and Bavaria. | Union from the war plans of Great Britain and other imperialist powers a compens: p behind the pictures of international ti ie Wihicisueane worker @ ques-' differences and collisions (provided ion. ich is it? Are the imperial-} they don’t join actively the anti-So- ist powers preparing a concerted at) viet campaign, but satisfy themselves ae Pace ee ie “that onan] Wied hypocritical lamentations over agains’ oviet Republic that will) “subversive propaganda” of the call for the most decisive actions mad eae spe a the intensification of class war on} Comintern), the part of the revolutionary prole-| tariat, in order immediately to counteract such attack, at the same HERE arises clearly in the mind) E may, as an instance, point out | "" the series of articles by F. S. Cocks lin the “New Leader” which char- |acteristically enough begin the de- flung battle of the proletariat| scription of the present international against the capitalist regime itself;| Situation not With the British war or have the differences between the| Plans against the Soviet Union, nor imperialist powers themselves have| even with the situation in China, but reached a stage that is unmistakingly with the antagonism between France indicating the actual probability of; and Italy. a new imperialist world war, involv-; Our stand by now must be clear: ing necessarily most of the powers! it is a war against the Soviet Union of the world, and imposing upon the| that is looming up as a danger to the entire working class the absolute} international working class at the and urgent necessity of transforming) present moment and not a world war such war into a civil war, a war | between the imperialist powers them- against the capitalist class and the| selves. capitalist government for their final We shall make this point clear in abolition? the next article. WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY SETS AUGUST 31 NEW DATE FOR NATIONAL CONVENTION The Workers (Communist) Party has sent out the following call for a convention on August 31, postponed from July 10. * * * The Convention of the Workers (Communist) Party, originally set for July 10th, had to be postponed because of the delay in the completion of the ings of the American Commission in Moscow. The date has now been y set for August 31st. Elections from the nuclei are to take place curing the week of August 5th. District conventions are to be held during the week of August 21st. No one will be permitted to vote in the nuclei elections who has not al- veady purchased his Convention Assessment Stamp, These Stamps can still be procured by the various units and the individual members in them if they | act promptly. Stamps can be secured by writing to the National Office, 1113 W. Washington Boulevard, Chicago. The cost of these Stamps is $1.00, fifty cents of which is to go to the district to defray thé cost of the district con- vention and fifty cents to the National Office. By the agreement arrived at by our comrades in Moscow, no unit will be N fact, we may see the significance | of this question, if we point out) | Therefore all members of the Party must see to it that they have their Con- | vention Assessment Stamps and that their dues are paid up. If you have difficulty in getting your Stamp, communicate with your district organizer er with the national office. If your unit financial secretary has not a supply of Stamps or has not made remittance for the same, insist upon his doing so at once and report the fact to the national office. There are only a few days left in which it will still be possible to get these Stamps and be qualified to participate in the Con- vention. ACT TODAY. YOUNG WORKERS ON SACCO AND VANZETTI Resolution of Sacco-Vanzetti case, adopted unanimously by the Student Body of the Young Workers League Educational Courses. WHEREAS: After seven long and utilize the forces at their com- mand in the class way, and WHEREAS: The stubborn arro- gance of the judicial and executive branches of the state and national their even after own years of persecution and imprison- ment, by the State of Massachusetts in co-operation with the Federal Government, equalled only with the treatment of workers in Fascist Italy, the workers, Saeco and Vanzetti, are today being sent to the death cell, |there to await their final execution on July 10th, and i WHEREAS: It is a well-known and governments, hirelings. have confessed the case a frame-up and after the ordinary criminals involved in the “Braimtree” erime have confessed to their guilt, show the true soul of the state and national governments as the defend- ers of the interests of the bosses, who are determined to try to attack and terrorize the whole working class of | against these workers is a deliberate accepted fact that the murder charge} America by attacking two of its mili- tant members, Sacco and Vanzetti; frame-up by the state and national} therefore be it governments, in order to be able to railroad these workers to the gal- low, because they were workers who organized their fellow-workers against the shoe bosses of Massa- chusetts and also against the World War—a capitalist war in which the workers of America or elsewhere had no interest in, other than to obstruct RESOLVED: That we, the Y. W. L. E. C. of this district representing 30 communities in the States of Wis- consin, Minnesota, Michigan, North Dakota, condemn this action of the government as an act in the interest of the bosses and against the work- ers, showing more openly than ever before the irreconciable character of BUILDERS ORGANIZE IN CALIFORNIA Oakland, California, July 19, #927. COMRADES:—On Sunday, July ers’ Club of Alameda County was organized in Oakland, California. purpose of this club is to increase the of The DAILY WORKER. 10, 1927, a DAILY WORKER Build- The circulation and further the influence After the preliminary organization was completed, three committees were formed. They are: an Advertising Committee whose duty it will be to popularize The DAILY WORKER among the many workers to whom it is not known at all, or to whom it is little known; a Finance Committee whose duty it will be to finance the cials, entertainments, dances, etc.; an activities of this club by giving so- Organization Committee whose duty it will be to get in touch with working class trade unions, fraternal, and social organizations, and to build up a body of competent speakers, and to arrange for dehates. The general membership of this club shall consider it his or her duty to interest friends and sympathizers in The DAILY WORKER, and, if possible, persuade them to subscribe. be encouraged to yisit factories, mil of workers. They will distribute WORKER, and later sample copies These club members will lls, shops and other meeting places handbills introducing The DAILY of our publication. If practicable, they will make addresses in behalf of our paper, and do everything possible to increase the circulation of The DAILY WORK ER—Edward Cartes, Secretary. | and clearer of vision, as to the neces- {P. S.—This was adapted prior to the | news that Thdge Fuller had granted (2 80 day stay of execution. permitted to participate in the elections or send delegates to the Convention | unless it is a unit in good standing, and the same applies to individuals. | “Tenth Avenue” Slated | for the Eltinge Aug. 15! “Tenth Avenue,” by John McGo- wan and Lloyd Griscom will open at} the Eltinge theatre on August 15th. | The play, a melodrama of the under- world has been running in Chicago for some time. Edna Hibbard, Frank Morgan and William Body head the cast. The second play to be presented by | the Washington Square players will be Bernard Shaw’s ‘Misalliance,” and opens at the University Playhouse, 100 Washington Square tomorrow night. Current Events — (Continued from Page One) interest of the money molochs of both nations. * * * WYeeON T. (Pajamas) Herrick, Uni- ted States ambassador to France, | has written an introduction to Lind- bergh’s book on his successful trans- oceanic flight. The famous lender of night clothes compares the young airman to St. Joan of Arc, Lafayette and “the shepherd boy David.” Her- rick did not point out that Lindy was lucky he did not live in the days of | the noted Joan. For saving France| the lady was burned at the stake on the ground that she was a witch. Lindy will get a million dollars for his feat. Neither did Herrick say that thousands of Joans have been sacrificed all thru history by the re- actionary prototypes of the Herricks for blazing the way to freedom. the struggle between the workers and | the bosses, and be it further | RESOLVED: That we demand the immediate release of our fellow- workers, Sacco and Vanzetti, whose | only crime is that they are fighters of the working class; and be it! further | RESOLVED: That we, the stu- dents of this School, remembering this crime as one more of the thou-}| sands perpetrated against the work- | ers and their leaders, (Tom Mooney, | Centralia Massacre, Colorado Mas- sacre, Everett Blood Bath, Bridge- men Communists, etc.) will return to our communities, hardened of heart sity of our fighting in the front ranks of labor for a world where only the useful class, the workers, will exist and all these capitalist parasites and their Judge Thayers | will feel the revenge of the workers | and be swept aside; and be it still further RESOLVED: That this resolution be sent to the general labor press. July 1. 1927. Waino, Wisconsin. Vanzetti Demonstration. (Special to The DAILY WORKER). | STAMFORD, Conn, July Gathered in large numbers in a dem- onstration before the city hall here | at the call of the Stamford Confer- ence for Sacco and Vanzetti, work- | ers here sent a telegram Sunday to} Governor Fuller, of Massachusetts, | as follows: | “Workers of Stamford, Conn., in mass meeting assembled on the steps | of the Town Hall hereby reaffirm our belief in the complete innocence | of Sacco and Vanzetti, and demand that you immediately and uncondi- tionally release these two victims of the employing class frame-up.” The Stamford Town Hall fronts on Atlantic Square, the center of the city, toward which all traffic con- verges. Large numbers of workers were therefore drawn to the demon- stration that might not otherwise have known of it. Among the speakers were J. 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