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

é “ Page Six THE DAIIY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 19ZT s 1 7 | ANOTHER MAY PLA | The Miners Are Demanding | SAN ee ve | eee a Nation By J. S. (A Striking Miner) r is an undisputable fact that the United Mine Workers of America} is the backbone of the American Fed- eration of Labor; but if a member of the American labor movement } ing it stronger. mn which is hich one organiza- Workers of ee that al in the plain to see that their usefulness. eadership of the ation of Labor, who} camprosper today tlon ts the United } But the s American al Strike | to which he was rightfully elected that he would have called a national strike for a’ national settlement and all of the non-union miners would have re- sponded; they have faith and con- fidence that they would not have been left out in the cold as they were left THIS fact has manifested itself the; aw Lewis steal elections fe use to vote; then the Lewis m chine voted them anyway also addi for themselves so many votes they could not s ere the num- ber of members exis More infor- mation about the miners’ election can be had in John Brophy’s circular of May 28th, 1927 to the International | | Executive Board of the U. M. W. of | A. and to the membership, and in the Drawn by WM. GROPPER. eager desire of the workers for organization began to manifest itself, once their chains had been broken. Just , ized movement, and has no definit: | political nature, and as far, as it the election of the miners’ revolutionary character is concerne junion when the miners who did go it could not be blamed for too much to vote, voted for Brophy and the |radicalism. We must understand that | it is only a beginning of a movement which will no doubt in the nearest \ future crystalize itself, and take on |a definite form, a definite program and a definite aim, as well as a more definite organizational basis. © We must therefore greet thig, still spon- | taneous movement of the American students, which expresses itself in such spontaneous risings of discon- tent among the students of one or an- other college, on specific issues which are autoc nt the rank , b : and file to s ial unions | tabulated report of the election in the | ¢ = ¢ b tt d E ya ee ere CREM LCs ans eee Thelen” ae ines meme ow geo De, Zarism Lomoatted Every), 1 pe oh [Eesti anaes cha prone penetit Ae Ae pTBE non-union miners are working | Amassow gave me written answers to several ques-|us only review the activities of the Saba ES of : for the workers, | __ Under such conditions that I have R M tions, one of which will be published each day. The | American students, which are of some sain ; & *__|my doubts as to whether the public | i or @ al at) a a or answer today covers the part the union is taking in the | revolutionary nature, and could be | E can p! ee that their scheme | would believe that human beings can | management of the railways. It follows: used as an indication of the awaken- ‘ is to t unions into effici-| live under such conditions. ing of the American students. to insure the pro- In order to make out of the present | merican Federation of ency orgar fits for the | efficiency ur unions of the / | For instance a man got a job in one | of the mines of the coke region under | the following conditions: If he would:| work in a place to put it in working | To Unite in Old Russia By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. QUESTION.—What part is being taken by the Rail- way Workers’ Union in the management of the railways of the Union of Soviet Republics, and in what. way is stich participation expressed? na Military Training. | The first attempt to organize a strong opposition in colleges and uni- versities has been centered around the if Jook up to the so-called rae |o— ania ry t “leaders” of the / n labor move- | ” . : ’ | ° | ment to | bone of the} Today Lewis and his henchmen have ST UDENT MOVEM NTS IN THE U. S. A. i Movement not the faith and confidence of the Pere Vane oe i the rank rank and file berause the miners feel A. GUSAKOFF. itions there. It is important to H selves with that Lewis and his henchmen are not The movement of the Americar that such trips have been organ- ; able of leading the miners any od on the initiative of the students, about as oe 3 5 ephien i ‘ ration of | cerned. I am|lenger, the miners sentiment towards as the students movements in Chin: not schools or teachers or boards het waking . nt to disrupt | them is that they have mi lead them jor in Soviet Russia, or even in Ger. education. Of course it was met fe “i ve nt but on, long enough, they now want true many, in fact the students movement} with the disapproval of the official- the “aeaaal Sie aes nite Whe ise leaders. in the United States is not an organ-.| lom. Such trips would result in two ‘8; first: It will destroy this anti- et propaganda, the “red scare” payia, tne rrince or Wales can Labor they y all correct | condition; then he would be allowed | A WK ‘ | es ; compulsory military training to|down a scoop of beer and fall of ideas of ind 1 unionism, if they|to work in that particular place to| ie es poe of the largest buildings 4 Ronee ee Comal amr phages renin ea a ca be introduced in the American|horse as clegendily as any ate are to succeed in their program, they | earn his living. There was practically of the Russian trade See ee Licked cats | ss ee pe bis Py as . ache as 6 Ab ee schools. This was the first move to-|the British Empire. This is how the will have to drive all the progressives | three weeks of hard labor in this, (rhe Red International of Labor Unions). eees tig re ae abe lated y u A Toc 7 o 1 arts wards a certain degree of indepen-| prince looked, after he had the last out of the American Federation of| place which this unfortunate miner| Here are the headquarters of the great trade unions | “@WS a8 well as by the general and local collective | gence of the American students. It Labor—which absolutely _ impos- | sible. Then in order to keep the work- | had to agree to do with NO PAY. He} knowing that this was the general | that have been built up in the Soviet Republic since the 1917 Revolution, agreements signed between the union and the manag- ing organs, and at the place of work, by the internal rules and regulations drawn up by the administration created a furror, the deans and the members of the board of education fall off a steed. The prince is now in Canada with Premier Baldwin ped- dling the empire to the Canadians. 2 ers under their control the henchmen | conditions in the non-union mines, got 0: f tk dest achievements is quickly discov- 3 is were shocked. and immediately put : _ of capitalism such as Green, Woll, | down to work and completed it in two | Reiser epee ih Mess Amanaeee the: Geneeat and subject. to approval by the ugion. the accusation on the Young Commu-| which has been created so artistically Lewis, etc., will try to force the work- | weeks time. then the boss told him to | Secretary of the Railroad Workers’ Union, that. num: | The leading staffs of the managing organs are se- nist League of America. The sup-| in the minds of the American student, ers back and many years by | get to hell out of the place which the | Hered 1,087,200 members on Jan. 1, 1927, this year, com- lected and appointed with the direct participation of the| porters of this militarization idea,|as in the minds of the workers, thru forcing the acceptance of efficiency unionism. E see that the leadership of the man was forced to do without any | | appeal, and the bogs put his brother- | in-law in the place which was prom-| pared with 910,386 members on Jan. 1, 1926, a gain of 19.4 per cent. There are many reasons why this Rdilroad Workers’ trade unions concerned, The trade unions take part in working out the economic and financial plans of the managing organs, in order to possess the fullest infor- | claimed that this is another trick of | Soviet Russia, and many articles ap- |peared in the capitalist press, in | which the blame was put on every- the special efforts of the schools, col- leges, press and various other means of propaganda, and secondly: It result, 1s ii ; mation on the economic state of such enterprises, so as might in a campaign for United Mine Workers of America ae Fak sere he we a for! Union of the Sovict Republic may be considered the best | to be able to give the best Be eee Pa yan interests|body but the American students| recognition of Sovict Russia led by has a good weapon in its hands but| aoa ace tee sone spies seagioad Con- | economic organization of workers anywhere in the | of the members of the union. themselves. That has shown us two|students, and much supported by they do not want to use it. We have |)" 0 Fee i Roriae very common) world. One of the most important of these is, of course, | things, which are of great importance | them, and also in a political awaken- seen that the English trade union Pen cele. the fact that the railroad workers have a daily paper * i . jand should be remembered by all of jing of the American youth. ry leadership had the necessary weapon to, win the miners strike but they re- fused to use it. Because in using tl weapon which the rank and ffle| placed into their hands they would | show to the world that the strike in ich the rank and file took the initi- ve and the so-called labor leaders tried to avoid, was a proper way to} fight. The fight against militant trade | ionism is an international problem | ve saw the capite of England bz enforcements, we see the capitalists | in this country on the warpath to de- | stroy all militant trade unionism and | they have their labor lieutenants at | the head of the A n labor move- | ment, the sar the English capi- | talists have their labor lieutenants at | the head of the English labor move- | ment. E see again today the rank and file urging the officials of th UST a short time ago, within the last three weeks, there have been | several spontaneous strikes in the coke | region. At Allison mine over three hundred non-union miners came out | on strike, at Mt. Bradock over two| hundred non-union miners came out | and at other places there are spon-| taneous strikes, but still we see the| officials of the miners’ union paying | no attention to all of this. ie officials are not even trying to offer any help to the unfortunate non-union miners, but they are spread- ing this poison among the rank and file of the union, “We do not want the non-union miners to come out on strike, because if the non-union min- ers come out on strike then they will come to the Pittsburgh Coal Co. and ther coal companies’ mines who are rying to break the union who ran |their mines on union basis before.” of their own, the Gudok, (Whistle) with a circulation of 400,000 copies daily. * * It was Victor Fin, the foreign editor of the Gudok, who conducted me from the offices of “The Whistle” to the headquarters of “The Union,” in this same building that fronts on the Moscow River, with the Kremlin not far away. Here I met Amassow, young, vigorous, en- thusiastic. In this he was much like most other Soviet trade union offieials. Like all others he had small statues of Marx and Lenin on his desk, and there were * huge pictures of Marx and Lenin, anda duplicate of an | impressive painting of the Second World Congress of the Communist International on the walls of this beauti- ful room that contrasted vividly with much that Amas- sow told me, Fin acting as interpreter. For instance, as late as 1914, the year of the opening of the world war, there was no union at all of the rail- road workers in all Russia. Unions were forbidden un- der czaris In that year there was not even an illegal Every effort to build an organization was cutlawed by the government. Amassow had joined in an attempt to organize a little There can be no trade secrets kept by the managing organs from the representatives of the union, and when- ever required they must furnish to the union organs exhaustive data on income, expenditure, profits, pro- ductivity of labor, and so on, and se forth. and Communications is constituted with the participa- tion of the central committee of the Railwaymen’s Union. All appointments to administrative positions on | ject to approval either by the central committee of the union or by its local organs. In the event of a controversy between the union and the managing organs on questions of wages and mate- | rial conditions of the workers, such questions are either referred to a Court of Arbitration at the People’s Com- missariat of Labor composed of referees approved by legium of the People’s Commissariat of Labor. The union and its local organs have the right, either regularly or when required, "to summons the leading officials of the People’s mmissariat of Ways and Communications, or the hé&ds of the various depart- The Collegium of the People’s Commissariat of Ways} | the railways of the Union of Soviet Republics are sub-| both sides, or they are directly submitted to the Col- | us especially the American students. One, the officials who have been con- | fronted with this organized opposi- tion, tried to make the impression, that the entire opposition was an ar- | tificial opposition, some sort of a foreign innovation, which is of no serious character, and of course, that the American students will not be lead away by it, and second: that they were afraid to admit the. opposi- tion is real American and proved in to defend the Country foreign invasion, or internal disorder, is not being swallowed any longer. recognition to the awakening of the American students. Delegations to Soviet-Russia. The next important factor in the its turn that the bunk of being ready in case of Also that they were afraid to give! movement of American students was | the formation of delegations of stu-| dents to go to Russia and learn about /|a certain class character. Organization of Circles Among Stu- dents to Study Social Sciences. This third factor is also one of the most important factors of a new wave | of interests in social studies. It only | new movement among the American students. + This is in brief a review of the la- test developments among the Ameri- ‘can students developments which ishould be encouraged and supported as much as possible and should be considered, as the beginning of a stronger better organized and mors | concentrated movement in the futurs The participation of the students |in the tremendous wave of protests, lagainst the unjustice done to Sacco land Vanzetti, are a new phase of tins {movement. It is shaking the beliefs of 100 per cent Amer! e 1 justice and democracy, and gives the movement ; proves once more the beginning of a Railroad Workers’ Club for social purposes only, in 1913. Amassow was quickly singled out and called to the of- fice of the police and told that he would be arrested if he did not dissolve the club immediately. He lost his | Brothers can you imagine such low| | down rot, such illogical arguments? | | Are we going to sit and allow the | tools ef capitalism to sell us like this? miners’ union to call a national strike for a national settlement. This sen- timent is pra everywhere in the mines, union mines where there ments of the service, such as chiefs of works, inspec- tors, etc., to furnish reports on their work. ~ : YOUNG WORKER STUDENTS PROTEST THE IMPRISONMENT OF SACCO AND VANZETTI * * * roses _ work there. is a strike, where the union mines are working, in the anthracite, and in the non-union mines. Everywhere the sentiment is “a national strike for a national settlement for all mines, and no separate agreement with districts The miners want a contract to e at one time for all the miners. We see this sentiment} manifesting itself through different ‘ways. I will enumerate a few so as to show on what I base my argument: 1—If a member of the United Mine Workers is asked if a national strike for a national settlement would be} better than the present policy of our union, the great majority of the rank | and file would say YES. 2—The sentiment is expressed} through resolutions which are present- | ed to the meetings of local unions, | of which most are suppressed by of- | ficials who are paid by the bureau- | cracy of the United Mine Workers of America, but some of them manage) to reach the International Executive | Board of the miners’ union. I say this | because only on the 22nd of July a meeting held jointly by seven miners’ local unions passed a resolution unan- | or individuals. ng the International | | where folks can accuse me of being If the officials of the miners’ union are not, tools of capitalism consciously | then they are tools of capitalism un-| consciously. | lowing issr, Organize the unor- | ganized. A ne“ onal strike for a na-| tional settlement. Democratization of the miners’ union. Organize a Labor | Party. Get behind the “Miners’ Relief | Conference” of Western Pennsylvania. | No efficiency union out of the pres-| ent union of the miners, but on the} contrary, to make the union a more| militant union out of the present union. Force tne Sfficials to take up the interests of the workers, by bring- ing pressure upon them from the rank and file with the above slogans, by letting the whole wrold kncw what} we the rank and file desire. U. S. Operation of Muscle Shoals Nearer WASHINGTON, (FP) August 3.— Reluctant as he is to “get into a place job and had to seek work elsewhere, which ended the life of this organization effort. Amassow continued his organizing activities, however, with the result that he | was arrested in 1916 and sentenced to two years and | eight months’ imprisonment. | au us all get kesy and raise the fol- | * The Railroad Workers took advantage of the revolu- tionary wave of 1905 and sought to develop an organi- zation at that time. From a small nucleus of about 30 men, the numbers grew to about 30,000 but with the failure of the Revolution, the organization was subjected to the brutal terrorism of those years. It was forbidden * * | and its‘members quickly melted away. * * * There was a different story to tell following the suc- cessful Bolshevik Revolution in November, 1917. In faét, with the overthrow of czarism in March, 1917, the Tomorrow’s question and answer will take"up the part of the railroad workers in winning new economic achievements for the Soviet Union. SEND IN YOUR LETTERS The DAILY WORKER is anxious to receive letters from its readers stating their views on the issues: con- fronting the labor movement. It is our hope to de- velop a “Letter Box” department that will be of wide interest to all members of The DAILY WORKER family. Send in your letter today to “The Letter Box,” The DAILY WORKER, 33 First street, New York City, Fiight From Liner Successfui Box 48, Winlock, Wash. Honorable Alvin T. Fuller, ~ | Governor of Massachusetts: We, the students of the Young Workers’ Summer School of Winlock, Washington$ unite with thousands of other students and citizens of Ameri- ca and foreign countries in protesting against the execution or further im- prisonment of Sacco and Vanzetti. We believe the following reasons are more than sufficient to warrant and demand thei¥ immediate release. First, the indefensibly long period of seven years. in which they have been in jeopardy. . Second, the impressive body of criticism that has been launched against the conduct of the trial by recognized members of the legal pro- fession and by laymen of national repute. ; Third, the accounts of the tri show the conviction to have been uji- fair. It is evidenced beyond bt that the strong prejudice against Sacco and Vanzetti because of their nationality and because of their ac- we urgently request the immediate release of Sacco and Vanzetti. (Signed) William Hummasti, Chair- man of Student Body; Lydia Lauk- kanen, Secretary. The above resolution was passed unanimously by the forty one stu- dents of the school in regular student body meeting. Attend Graduation Ex- ercises Y. W. L. School The graduation exercises of the Winchendon Young Workers League Training School will be held on August 5th, 1927 at Holmes Park, Gardner, Massachusetts. A special program prepared by th« students will be given. Dancing will take place after the program, ac- companied by good music. Some of the features of the pro- gram are: March, Students; International, Students; Opening Speech, Wm. Luo- ma; Piano Solo, Aune Ylijoki; Song, Sylvia Sulonen; Speech, Aili Halme; imously requ for government ownership and opera- | Sah E. Violi: Sol RaGglainen: Fe oad oy es is tivities in the labor movement made] Viclin Solo, Artbur rjalainen Executive sale of the U. M. W. es tion,” nevertheless Chairman James | eerie tctal lie oadsinte Song, Seidantal >) Bante Matin ; A. to call a national strike for a na-|4¢ the house military affairs com- is) ‘: ded tlement. No district or in- v ettlement. 3.—Through spontaneous strikes in the anthracite. 4.—1 ih spontaneous strikes in the Connelsville Coke Region. (Which | is # non-union district), I WILL enumerate a few instances to show the willingness of the non- union miners to come ‘out on strike for a betterment of their working con- ditions, because the conditions they have at the present time are very bad. Just stating the above*would not show the Sentiment of a national strike for a national séttlement in the coke re- gion, but as I live just next to the coke region I have the opportunity to talk to a great number of men who mittee, in charge of Musele Shoals, | may have to report a federal opera- tion bill to congress this winter. If a} “satisfactory bid” is not submitted | by December ist, James says he will) introduce legislation for “temporary” | operation of the huge southern power and fertilizer project by the govern- ment, Bidders, James says, are trying to get the power plant for a song be- cause they will have to turn out fer- tilizers. The department of agricul- ture fears tha the nitrogen-fixing machinery for ‘producing fertilizer | has become so antiquated that federal | operation of the plant will give the! department a black eye. Newer) forms of nitrogen fixation are far | cheaper, asserts Secretary Jardine. ERY non-union miner that I spoke to is of the opinion that if John was alowed to take office ee | THINK OF THE SUSTAINING | FUND AT EVERY MEETING! DARING HOP made from platform of S. 8. than by Clarence Chamberlin, who piloted a Bellanca biplane to shore, demonstrated practicability of landing mail and passerge:s from stea! hours and possibly days ahead of the ship’s schedule. Picture above shows the plane just after leaving the platform, shown just forward of tNe ship’s funnels. Four, new evidence brought for-| ward by the defense since the con-| viction, such as the Madeiros’ con-| fession and other testimony such as affidavits showing strong prejudice | on the part of the judge are enough. in themselves to show the: innocence | of the two men, and the unfairness | of the judge. i | Solo, Aune Kujala; Speech, Nat Kay; Trumpet Solo, Lauri Halonen; Kup- letti, (Comic Song) Lauri Makela; Saxophone Solo, Olave Paivarinta; Song, Students; Poem, Juney Saran- pea, All friends and sympathizers are cordially invited to attend the exer- cises which will be full of pep, spirit For the above reasons and more, | and color. Admission 40 cents; danc- ing included. YOUNG Wo RKERs leg *) (se om ; i . Ho (3 A <i USOC TR National Office: 1113 West Washington Boulevard, Chicago, ml. New York Office: 108 East 14th Street, New York Uity, N. ¥. (