The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 2, 1927, Page 4

| | | Ts ee ‘gil those nations in its clutches to pay in its own currency. ge Four THE DAILY WORKER, “ 'W YORK, FRIDAY, S EPTEMBER 2, 1927 THE DAILY WORKER The Southern Conference Finsco af the Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Daily, Except Sunday 83 First Street, New York, N. Y. Ca Address SUBSCRIPTION RATES i 4 By Mail (in New York only): il (outside of New pa) $8.00 per year $4.50 six months years $3.50 six mont 0 three months 0 three months Phone, Orchard 1680 niwork a it checks to "Address il ke t t ss Street, New York, N. Y. THE DAILY WORKER, 3 ~ J, LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F. DUNNE roaras Editors :.Business Manager New York, N, £., under ising rates on application. / American Imperialism in Conspiracy Against Soviet Union. If there was any doubt regarding the malevolent designs of Wall Street against the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics that on of the state department at doubt is now dispelled by the Washington in refusing to permit the shipment of 150,000 rifles to Russia. The state department does not place embargoes, offi- cially or unofficially—as in this case—upon arms to a country leks it views that nation as an enemy and is preparing for war against it. There is one other country which Wall Street has on the arms t, and that is Mexico. In the ease of Mexico the Wash- embargo li ington government that : is doing everything in its power to concoct a case for interven- tion so that the Wall Street bandits can pillage that rich country of its resources. In the c { h : participates in the cons iracies against the workers’ and peas- ants’ government | the at Southport as anything but a de-| erves the interests of dollar imperialism | se of the Soviet Union the United States government | ecause it knows that as long as Russia remains | By NAT WAT Secretary of the Miners’ Minority | Movement. 'T is an extremely difficult proposi- tion in one sense, yet in another a very easy matter indeed, to regard Miners’ Annual Conference held feat for the militant miners, especi- ally when the decisions registered on \the more important issues are con- sidered. A brief description of the nature of the representation at ‘the conference enables one to find the end of the thread before rolling it off the reel.| ee this occasion there were present 150 delegates from the various dis- tricts in the coalfields; on past oc- casions there has been approximately double that number. The decrease did not in the least effect official representation, the of- ficials were present in full force; but the cut was seriously felt by the rank and file delegates, of whom an insignificant number attended. The arguments utilised by the officials in every district for reducing the number of delegates, was the ex- treme financial disabilities under which the districts were laboring. The |conference, therefore, can be classed as purely official in character, as it \consisted of miners’ agents, executive committee members, and checkweigh- men, with only a few delegates actu- ally from the mines. Ace the method (according to rule) of appointing delegates to annual conferences is what is known as the “rota system”, which means the formidable proletarian power that it is the conflicts between | that delegates are sent in turn to the imperialist po held in abeyance. In regard to embargo is place have become vi tionary bloc that shipments of arms it is noteworthy that no upon weapons als of imperialism and that comprise the reac is being created against the Ru: This arbitrary act by the state department must be the signal for new activity on the part of labor in favor of recognition of the Soviet Union and against the world-wide conspiracy that is on foot to again make capitalism supreme thruout the world. By their mass power the workers of the United States must show the imperia that we can fight so effectively against the to those European nations that | ssian revolution. | wers for a new redivision of the world must be \conferences regardless of experience |or debating qualifications. As a re- sult, their inexperience, and (as i |often the case) obvious incapacity, plays into the hands of the reactio- measures which their districts have agreed to support. re lead given in Smith’s presi- dential address was followed by the official element generally, with the exception of Cook, S. 0. Davies, and Arthur Horner (the latter an avowed Communist and President of the Miners’ Minority Movement, re- attacks on the Soviet Union that we will offset a thougandfold the cently elected to the Executive Com- effect of the embargo upon rifles. Wall Street Increases Hold Upo rgentine. On last Saturday the convertibility into gold of the Argen- tine national currency w: country on a gold basis. debts of that nation are to be measured by the gold standard. |mittee of the M. F..G. B.) | The vacillating character of Smith was easily discernible in his dis- course. of all future hope for the working | class is no longer the development }and perfection of the industrial ma- s officially established, thus placing that|chine as the most powerful and ef- . niv. fective weapon that the workers ‘can e| It means. that the public and privat |wield against the coal-owners and. |capitalists generally, but urged that Wall Street, by its mastery of the world gold supply, forces | implicit trust in a potential Labor the same day the official decree establishing the gold standar was proclaimed preparations were also made by the Chase Secur- ities Corporation and Blair & Co. to float a $40,000,000 bond issue of the Argentine government. This issue is to be applied to the funding of the floating debt of the Argentine state railroads. It will, of course, be secured by the properties of the railroads. What really happens is that the bankers ‘of New York have a claim on a portion of the surplus wealth produced by the working class of the Argentine forever, or until the bonds are recalled or trans- ferred to new forms. This latest bond issue is only the culmination of a series of inroads made by American bank capital in the Argentine. In June, 1925, the House of Morgan and the National City (the Standard Oil bank) floated a $45,000,000 issue for that country. Since that date the same banking houses have floated five Ar- gentine loans ranging from $17,000,006 to $30,000,000 in round figures. These figures are reasons why the Coolidge-Kellogg-Hoover government of Wall Street is constantly on a rampage somewhere in Central and South America. After the workers of this coun- try have produced suth an enormous surplus that it cannot be dis- posed of within the confines of the United States it is invested in other ccuntries arid then the capitalists have the audacity to demand that we become enthusiastic about fighting to protect their right to exploit the workers of other countries with the in- vestment capital they obtained through exploitation of us. The next time we hear patriots raving about atrocities in any of the Latin-American countries we should remember the investments of Wall Street and demand that American forces not only be not sent to defend their interests but that the gunmen of imperialism get out of those countries and stay out. As for the workers of Latin America, they should do every- thing in their power to create powerful anti-imperialist move- ments against the Wall Street plunderers and join hands with the advanced workers of the United States in a drive to challenge the power of the arrogant ruling class of America. “Curious Form of Censorship.” So notorious and world-wide is the flagrant despotism of American imperialism and so brazenly do the diplomatic agents of the government defend the interests of the capitalist thieves that no conference of any sort can be held anywhere without some of its atrocities coming to light. While discussing the effects of censorship upon the press at the International Press Conference at Geneva the editor of the “Imparcial,’’ of Guatemala, M. Asturias, asserted that a -‘‘very curious form of censorship « s in South American countries, carried out by diplomatie representatives of the United States.” These representatives, according to the Guatemala editor, exer- cise censorship over South American newspapers “every time the national interests of the countries are contrary to the North American concerns established in these countries,” Surely the editor of the “Imparcial” is very innocent if he imagines the diplomatic flunkeys of Wall Street, appointed by the Washington government, are in South America for humani- tarian purposes, or for any reason other than to-defend the in- terests of yankee imperialism. Such exposures will make it more difficult for the pen valets of American capitalism to convince the people of this country that the United States government is held in contempt in Latin America because the natives of those Southern republics are con- d On| Government should be the alpha and | omega of our endeavours to solve | the colossal problems with which we |are confronted, eae unpardonable and deliberate |* omission. of any’ reference in his |address to the splendid financial | support rendered by the Russian | Unions to the British miners is char- | acteristic of his vilifying attacks |upon the Minority Movement, the | Communist Party and the U. S. S. R. | _ The recent successes of members of |the Communist Party and Minority | Movement in the district elections were the responsible generating fac- jabuse. The conference provided the crater for the free flow of the molten lava of official abuse which had been accumulating for several months. ees fully realised that the Minor- ity Movement was not a spook movement materialising when the trained medium appeared, but a con- | erete organization dangerously \threatening the citadels of reaction jand those whe defended them: no longer a bogey to be laughed at and | ridiculed, but a serious competitor for |the leadership of this great organiza- | tion. j In one of the open sessions (to which the press and interested vis- itors were admitted) the conference discussed a pious emergency resolu- tion protesting against the Trade Union. Bill, which reads as follows: “We, representing the over- whelming majority of British mineworkers, hereby emphatically condemn the Government's Trades Disputes and Trade Union Bill as a reactionary measure aimed at the liberties of the people and with the badly camouflaged ob- ject of preventing further demo- cratic, industrial and_ political progresses. “We, therefore, knowing by history and experience that the emancipation of the workers can only be achieved by trad» union and political action combined, urge the workers in all other in- dustries to unite with us to defeat the operation of the nefarious measure.” bbe mover, Straker (Northumber- |4 land) and seconder, Tom Smith (Yorkshire) of this resolution, dealt with the various clauses affecting picketing, sympathetic strikes? and mendation that intensified efforts should. be made td secure a Labor Government at the next election — The following article is written the conference in order to shut o especially for The DAILY WORK- » ER by Nat Watkins, secretary of the Miners’ Minority Movement of Great -BritaM. The article shows the methods used to gerrymander ut rank and file representation— methods which American militants will recognize as familiar ones altho so far unaccompanied by the gangsterism rampant in the Amer- ican lator movement. The effect upon the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain of the betrayal of their strike of last year and the continual evasion of strug- gle by the leaders in the face of the fascist trade union bill and other evidences of growing reaction is set forth clearly in this article. American left wing miners w ill be interested in the fact that as they are fighting here for a national strike and a national agree- ment, the British left wing fights along similar lines—for a national union in place of the federation and for a national agreement of which the betrayal deprived the union.—Editor’s Note. an attitude identical with that of thes Miners’ Unity Committee. “Carmen” has rather a unique | history—and an interesting one. To | the enthusiast who has seen’ and | heard the opera time and again, and |can hum many passages of the melo- |dious score, jt may seem strange to | hear that the opera was a dismal fail-. |ure when first produced in Paris fifty-two years ago. In view of its | world. ‘wide popularity, that failure is | |historic. Bizet, depressed and dis- | couraged, died three months after the| Smith | fitst production. There is no doubt} |the first failure of the opera was} Georges Bizet and His t general council and the Labor Party| stipulated that if any barriers were ary officials to oppose (indirectly) | He inferred that the basis! jtors of his explosion of slanderous, the political levy, with the recom-| in all their demonstrations against) the bill. 'OMRADE HORNER then rose to) support to resolution, and at once) pointed out the absurdity of waiting) two years for a Labor Government) to repeal the bill, when there was no assurance that at the end of that time we should have a Labor Government: even assuming that we should, there was no guarantee that a future Labor) Government would act any differ- efitly from. the last, which fathered} the Dawes Plan (which Smith so! | vigorously opposed), operated the} Emergency Powers Act, and threaten-| ed the London Tramwaymen’s Strike in 1924 with a scab setvice if the| men did not return to work etc. (ORNER declared we must prepare! for action now or admit our im-| potence for two years, not only in} ‘smashing the bill but in defending the status of those districts whose} ‘agreements were terminating this| jyear. He called for action before a} Labor Government comes into power. because the salvation of the miners depends not so much on a Labor Gov: jernment as it does on’ the Miners Federation, and therefore unconsti-| tutional action is necessary. He pro- posed that the E. C. should immedi~ ately approach the general council ;demanding a general strike should} be called to smash the bill. | eau was supported by Mainwaring, | but as an alternative he preferred to wait until penalties for violating | |the act were imposed, and then take | | mass action. | This opened the official sluice-| gates, and torrents of calumny, lies and slanderous abuse were poured | out against the Minority Movement, Communist Party and the U.S. 8. R./ It was Smith’s intention to keep his | firing squad well in hand until the) matter should be raised in closed ses- | sion, but he completely lost control | of himself and the conference, and) the fight took place with the Press in attendance. Smith “said, in the| course of his remarks “if I were/| born in Russia under the Czarist| regime undoubtedly I would have) been a_ revolutionary”. Later he said “I have been to Russia, and if} I was a revolutionary entering there, | T should not be one coming out”. Te three important questions of | the, conference were relegated to the last session. ‘These were, one national union, the formation of an Angilo-Russian Miners’ Unitey Com- mittee, the affiliation of the Com- munist Party to the Labor Party. The defeat of the one national union was obvious. The machination of reactionary officialdom in the dis- tricts had secured the votes against (this principle, on the plea that the ‘immediate task was to get 100 per ‘cent organization before consider- (ing the remodelling of the Federation ‘along the lines of one union, — the |usual official get-out when proposals |for reorganization have been discus- sed during the past months. | The fear of their own displace- |ment gave rise to the vigorous hostil- jity of the district officials, only | Seotland, the Forest of Dean and | Notts being mandated to vote in favor. 'TRANGE as it may seem the is- sues of the one national miners’ union and the formation of an Anglo- Russian Miners’ Unity Committee when raised at lodge meetings and demonstrations are greeted with up- roarious enthusiasm as the two need- ful organizational reforms of the moment. € The district officials themselves are keenly alive to the fact that colossal support for these issues is to be found in every district. Without the least exaggeration it is safe to say were a referendum of the rank and | file to be taken 75 per cent would endorse the proposed transformation of the Pederation and the creation of an Anglo-Russian Miners’ Unity Committee. ‘ s must now he considered by Minority Movement to get the district view of the miners ‘on these all-important matters and to flout the retarding influence of the right wing officials which now dominates district organizations. ("THE decision to form an (All-in World Miners’ Internstional) was carried with acclamation, and this | was used effectively by Smith ana |others as a pretext against the cre- ‘ation of the proposed Anglo-Russian SS aaron —————— ————__ stitutionally depraved and unable to appreciate the disinterested blessings of American democracy. More than ever should the masses of these countries organ- ize to drive out the agents of dollar imperialism and the sub- servient politicians and newspaper editors among the natives who sell themselves to Wall Street. Only the most intense anti-im- perialist agitation and organization will defeat the vultures of Wall Street in Latin America or elsewhere, set up, or existing barriers allowed/| | to remain which prevented the Rus- sian miners from affiliating, then the question of such a committee | should receive further consideration. | HE affiliation of the Communist Party to the Labor Party was re- jected on a card vote by 422,000 to; 220,000 votes. The South Wales | Delegation remained neutral, although | mandated by its district conference to vote in favor of affiliation, thus reducing the vote in favor by 140,000. This act exposed in all its nakedness the trickery of the right-wingers. The plea for remaining neutral ad- vanced by the reactionary officials, who formed a preponderance of the delegation, was that the resolution discussed and carried at the South Wales Conference contained a clause in which the following was stipulated | — “on condition that the Communist | Party accepts the constitution of the Labor Party”. The resolution before the annual conference did not con- tain this reservation. THIS reveals the fact that although mandated by their own confer- ence to vote in favor of affiliation, the reactionaries were prepared to risk censure at a future conference, rather than cast their vote in favor of the resolution. The loophole through which they! escaped actually does not exist, since the Communist Party in its press and official applications to the Labor Par- ty has stated its readiness to accept the constitution. Comrades Horner and S. 0. Davies fought courage- ously to cast the vote in accordance with their mandate, but were out- numbered by the opposition. This episode will surely be raised at the next conference, and steps taken previous to such conference to repudi- ate the action of the delegation. IN summing up, although the con- ference and its decisions were re- trogressive in form,. the militants are to be credited with splendid pro- gress in the districts, although thi: was not reflected at the annual con-| ference owing to the system of elect- ing delegates, and the domination of the federation bureaucracy, The immediate tasks before the Miners’ Minority Movement are, to demand :— 1. Special lodge meetings to discuss the conference decisions, 2. Vigorous repudiation of the un- warranted attacks of S. Smith, Sullivan and Duncan Grahan, etc., upon the Minority Movement, the Communist Party and Soviet Russia. Gold Replies to Hapgood. Editor The DAILY WORKER: In reply to Comrade Powers Hapgood, may I say I am really sorry I seemed too harsh, “Spiteful” and “vindica- tive.” I am not that way by nature, and do not admire anyone else who is. I dislike personal attacks, and have always disapproved of a great deal of the turgid, undisciplined and venomous attacks which are too often found in The DAILY WORKER and which never serve any good purpose, Communist or otherwise. My fault, as I see it, was in being too impulsive. I let my feelings go in a matter which should be conducted as an impersonal fight on the general tactics and policy of the Boston Sac- co-Vanzetti Committee, It has a great deal to answer for, I believe. Most of the people who went to Boston: to help the fight during the past three weeks felt that way, also. They were not Communists, either — there were anarchists, liberals and even socialists who found themselves confronted by the suspicion, narrow jealousy and provincialism of the Boston commit- tee. to be told by somzone. T hope it will be told by some’ anar- chist, however, and not by a Com- munist, so that no one can say the tragic case of Sacco and Vanzetti has been made into a factional struggle. I kpow the Workers’ Party comrades, though insulted and provoked. have splendidly tried to maintain the united front, and have never ceased working for Sacco and Vanzetti. It ‘was about a month ago that the Com- mittee issued its first statement call- ing the Workers’ Party a “lot of ghouls,” and nothing less thieves. But the party comrades did not mind this insult made thru the capitalist press, and made no person- al answer, but went on fighting for the bigger thing—which was to free Sacco and Vanzetti. That was, the right procedure, and I am therefore sorry I became personal in return Bert Wolfe's saol, just and objective ; work of Henri Meilhaec and Ludovic | Paris, March 3, 1875, the title role partly responsible for his hasty} death. In Vienna, four months fol-| lowing his death, the opera had its| first triumph. Brussels, London and| New York acclaimed the production | soon thereafter. In 1883 when the opera was reintroduced in Paris it created a sensation. But Bizet,| mortally hurt in his pride as an) artist, died disconsolate. The Libretto of “Carmen” is the! Halevy-and is based on the novel by} Prosper Merimee. The Opera had its first hearing at the.Opera Comique, being sung by Galli-Marie—a famous! singer of that time. Minnie Hanck | It is a story that may yet have | than | created the role in London and later | sang the part here at the Academy of Music on Fourteenth Street, Oc- tober 28, 1879. Since then “Carmen” has become very popular with the masses. Not a single opera company can afford to keep it from its repertoire. At the Metropolitan the tuneful score is heard again and again during the season. And Bizet died before he had an inkling of the success his master- Piece was to obtain. “Carmen” is one of the very few | operas which has a story dealing with | the people. There is not an aristo- | erat in it. reasons the opera is so popular among the workers, Next Saturday night, at the big Stadium in Starlight | Park, the workers of this city will | have an opportunity to hear the | beautiful and tuneful opera which aristocratic Paris of the Seventies , turned down and thereby sent Bizet to fan early grave, | The production is being given for | the benefit of the Joint Defense Com- |Mittee. Tickets are one dollar, which |also includes the Jamboree and danc- ing at the park, and are on sale at |The DAILY WORKER, the Freiheit, jand Joint Defense office, 41 Union | Square. i 3. Demand that the E. C. of the M. F. G. B. bring forward a scheme for one union, as an essential pre- liminary measure to a national agreement, and nationalization. of mines and minerals. 4. Insist that the E. C. takes steps without further delay to set up - an Anglo-Russian Miners’. Unity Committee. Increased efforts to clear out dis- trict leaders who stand in the way of progress and to secure. real a for all workers in and about the mines, Our Readers criticism of the Boston Committee more than covered the situation, and a temperamental playwright like my- self should have refrained from .the | arena, I guess, v Fraternally, Michael Gold, aes ata Sacco and Wanzetti Will Live. Dear Comrade: Sacco and Vanzetti is the old story. Their martyred bodies are returned to earth, “to mix forever with the ele- ments;” their clear voices will gO ringing down the years, echoed in Perhaps that is one of the| fighting leadership in one union In “The Bush Leaguer” at Moss’ |Broadway Theatre this week. 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