The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 3, 1927, Page 11

_ THE CHAOS IN THEIL FT. U. T. has for a long time been a wéll-known fact that the International Federation of Trade Unions is no real international and that-it has never had a united and” determined leadership, But the picture shown by the congress of the I. F. T. U. on the first day and still more on the second day, of con- fusion, disruption and mutual intriguing in the inner leadership of the I.'F,. T. U. beggars deseription. The frist two days of the Congress already proved one thing beyond dispute, and that is that this in- ternational is absolutely ine¢apable of leading any real action on behalf of the’ proletariat. It would fall to pieces’ at the first step: +0 erti3 ahi Even the way im which ‘the Presidium of the Congress sit together above the Congress illustrates excellently the “unity” of this “international.” In the middle is Purcell, showing stoical calm, right next to him is the second British member of the executive committee, J. W. Brown. Then comes a considerable space and further to the left Oude- geest and Sassenbach.and then, on his own, looking the personification of misfortune sits Leipart. To the right is also a wide space and then comes the fat Jouhaux with his ears lying on the rolls of fat around his neck, together with Mertens. All the national groups keep to themselves and are almest constantly engaged in eager conversation. Only this form of “unity” made it possible for the chairman to open the Congress with a speech which surprised not only the Congress and the gen- eral public, but also. the majority of the executive itself, because the speech said something quite dif- ferent from the policy of the I. F. T. U.; or better than the policy of the majority of the executive committee of the I. F. T. U. And only in this In- ternational could the incredible happen, that im- mediately after the speech of the chairman, the vice-chairman got up and declared before the whole world that he disavowed the chairman and that the latter must be held personally responsible for his speech as he, the vice-chairman, and a number of other members of the executive had directly oppo- site opinions, or as another member of the execu- tive expressed it later in the day, the speech of the : A Page for a Their’ Spirits Shall Never Die! The. capitalists of America thought. that when they murdered Sacco and Vanzetti, their. worries would be over and Sacco and Vanzetti forgotten. But, they reckon without the workers, who never * forget their heroes. The fighting spirit of Sacco and Vanzetti could not be killed. It still lives on in the hearts of all true workers and their children. It is the spirit that shall NEVER die, but will con- tinue to grow until we have wiped out of,existence the murderers of our comrades, Sacco and Vanzetti, and established Workers’ and Poor Farmers’ Gov- ernments thruout the world. We, the children of the American working class, must HELP this spirit to grow. We must gather ‘ together into a real Workers’: Children’s organiza- tion and fight with the rest of the working class with the spirit of Sacco and Vanzetti. Such an or- ganization already exists.. It is called The Young Pioneers of America. All workers’ children whose hearts have bled for Sacco and Vanzetti should join this organization of workers’ children. JOIN TODAY, DON’T DELAY. NOTE:—For information write to Young Com- rade Corner, 33 First St., N. Y. C. Have All Men the Same! I don’t think it fair That men are not the same A poor man’s name isn’t known at all “While a rich man’s name has much fame. a No man is better ~ wif 4 And no man is worse But we always see the poor men last And the rich men first. Have all people alike Believe in what the Communist says. Why have one man slave And the other be idle all days? _ before the whole congress. to burst. With almost incredible calm J. W. Brown, COMRADE Workers’ chairman was an insult to the majority of the executive. If those not in the know were of the opinion on the first day that the speech of Purcell was the expression of a personal anger and annoyance”and represented a personal deviation from the general line, the second day showed them clearly enough that the speech was a deliberate attempt to bring the matters: in question out into the open before the general public. For years the chairman and with him the second British member of the executive, the secretary of the I. F. T. U. Brown, have_ been treated liked puppets by a clique represented by Oudegeest, Jouhaux and Sassenbach; they have been shamelessly deceived and kept in the dark. ~This clique had so estimated the patience and the “sim- plicity” of the British representatives and of the “pro forma” chairman, that they even had the in- solence,and hypocrisy to express through the mouths of Jouhaux and Mertens, moral indignation at the “Russian” methods of the British representatives This caused the bomb who. had been greately slandered, exposed the bot- tomless meanness of Oudegeest and his friends. He showed by mieans of the I. F. T. U. under Onde- geest was completely at the orders of the Interna- tional Labor Office in Geneva and thus under the thumb of the League of Nations and the’ interna- tional imperialists, but also the treachery of Oude- geest-and his friends in sabotaging the unity of the proletariat in order to carry on a campaign against the Soviet Union. With. documentary evidence, Brown proved that Oudegeest, Jouhaux and their friends have sabotaged international trade union un- ity at the behest.and in agreement with world capi- talism, dnd that they have used, all possible means to prevent a union of the western proletariat with the workers of the Soviet Union and of China. “The Russians are honest in their desire for unity, it is time that we should go over to the attack” wrote Oudegeest to his honorable friend Jouhaux. The ee ae ee ee ee ee Cur Letter Box [ They Don’t Discuss Communism Dear Comrades: In our school the teachers are very careful on the Subject of Communism, Bol- shevism and other such beliefs. If a discussion starts on one of them, she or he right away has the class finish writing something or has the discussions stopped, when one who knows starts to talk. Some do not really- subdue it but are very careful as to the kind of discussion. If the children are against it, she encourages us, but if for it, then no niore discussions. .This, shows how very narrow minded the teachers are in our school—_WITOLD CHERAS. Teacher Is Silly Dear Comrades; I would like to tell you that my teacher sure is silly. Every morning she has us say the prayers. I don’t say a word of it. After the children say the prayer we have to pledge al- legiance to the flag. Then she will stand in front of the room and tell us that God made everything on earth. One day a little boy in my room asked how could God make’ the radio and the teacher could ~~ not say anything cause God did not make the radio because someone invented it. 2 —ALMA SAKALAUSKES. FROM PIONEER TO PIONEERS By JOSEPH SHEMETH. Come Pioneers from all the land, Come on along, and we’ll join hands; We will dance and help the workers all, Before our hands each boss will fall. READ THE DAILY WORKER EVERY DAY one 2 Young SECTION Pioneers of .America and Farmers’ Children world has now seen their_aitack clearly enough, it was’ a flood of lies and meanness’ in co-operation with Chamberlain. Now the workers of the world know it, can see it in black and white. That is the only good thing about this stirring up of the stink- ing Amsterdam morass. What are the deeper causes and the consequences of this antagonism which-has shown itself here be- tween the British and the Amsterdam trade union leaders. Is the policy of these two sections towards capitalism so basically different? Are the present leaders of the British trade unions, the Purcells, the Hicks and the Browns revolutionaries while Oude- geest and his colleagues are reformists? No, Oude- geest and his collezgues are no longer “reformists,” they are the conscious agents of capitalism and they act accordingly, just the same as Thomas and Hodges in: Great. Britain. Purcell, Hicks and Brown are real reformists who have still some connection with the class struggle. They are, and that is probably the decisive factor, under the immediate pressure of the British proletariat which is suffering under a severe offensive of capitalism. The British leaders, Purcell and his colleagues, are therefore not able to take part in this conscious treachery at the be- hest of capitalism; they need immediate assistance in their struggle against British capitalism and that explains their conditional urge towards unity with the Russian unions and above all with the workers of the Far East. That is the reason for their revolt against the imperialist methods of the Amsterdam bureau. How will the serious crisis in the I. F. T. U. end? Will Purcell and Brown disappear from the leader- ship of the I. F. T. U. at the will of the German, French, Belgian and Dutch reactionaries? Every- thing depends upon the energy and determination of the British delegation. If the British delegation stands firmly behind Purcell then he will probably remain in the leadership, for otherwise his dis- missal would cause the acute danger of a break between the-British union and the I. F. T. U. Should, however, the British delegation split on the subject, then probably another Britisher will be- come chairman. In any case, the matter will be pushed into the commissions. Answer to Last Week’s Puzzle The answer to last week’s puzzle No. 29 is: THE SPIRIT OF SACCO AND VANZETTI LIVES ON IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WORKERS AND THER CHILDREN. More Answers to Puzzle No. 28 Helen Nichiporcuk, Endicott, N. Y.; Alice Mareus, Chicago, Ill.; Leo Wolin, Chicago, Ill.; Sylvia Horin- stein, Detroit, Mich.; James Mishkis, Chicago, IIL; Homer B. Chase, Washington, N. H.; Jennie Luka- shewich, Utica, N. Y.; Eugene Dauber, New York City; Elianora Ivanoff, Post Falls, Idaho. pains tas More Answers to Puzzle No. 27 Becky Raport, Petaluma, Cal.; Elianora Ivanoff, Post Falls, Idaho. 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