The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 5, 1927, Page 4

Page Four , HE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1927 THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING co. Daily, Except Sunday 83 First Street, New York, N. Y. Cable Address SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail (in New York only): By Mail (outside of New York): $8.00 per year 50 six months $6.00 per yee $3.50 six months $2.50 three $2.00 three months Phone, Orchard 1680 THE DAILY WORK t Street, New York, N. Y. B J, LOUIS ENGDABE:.-\ 0 Sigh ocienr hie Editors WILLIAM F. DUN Ay .. Business Manager e at New ¥ 1879 Y., under at the post-off! t of March Advertising rates on application. Labor Bureaucrats Aid War-Mongers Not only does the reactionary bureaucracy of the American Federation of Labor serve the master class in periods of peaceful development, but their role in periods characterized by wars and threats of war brings out in bold relief the most malignant fea- tures of that mercenary crew of agents of capitalism. At a time when it is apparent to the whole world that the imperialist powers are moving toward a new world war; at a time when actual warfare is being waged against the Chinese d war preparations are proceeding against the work- ers’ and peasants’ government of the Soviet Union, the labor lieutenants of capitalism join the war mongers in a policy of trying to crush every semblance of militancy in the ranks o: labor. In this country the labor unions are weak at the best, anc so the crimes of the bureaucrats against labor is manifested not alone in their ual fight against the left wing and the mani- festations of militancy that have not yet assumed organized forms, but also in crimes of omission. The refusal to take ad- vantage of the opportunities to organize the unorganized workers of the great basic industries of the country is also one of the crimes ot the bureaucracy against labor. In the basic industries there is very little organization; the chaining of the railroad workers to imperialistic policy has been legalized by the Watson- Parker bill; John L. Lewis & Co. are aiding the employers in their campaign to destroy the miners’ union. In the marine transport line no organizational work is being done. In the munition, arms, airplane and auto industries nothing is being done in the way of organization by the official leadership of revolution a labor. This negligence is purposeful. It proves again what we Communists have long declared, that the reactionary leadership of labor is the tool of the Wall Street government at Washington. In preparation for an imperialist war the capitalist state must have a completely subdued working ¢ , must be guar- anteed security from industrial upheavals that would have far- reaching political results. Pan It is, of course, absurd to expect the labor leaders to en- deavor to organize the workers in the great basic industries in defiance of the capitalist class, whose pliant tools they are. Therefore that task rests with the left wing of the labor move- ment. It is perfectly proper that the convention of the Workers _(Covavuinist).Party~now in session is discussing this problem and realizes full well the dialectic connection between trade union organization for the elementary everyday demands of the workers and the political struggle against the threat of imperialist war. Powerful labor unions in the basic industries, under militant leadership, will be effective weapons against the murder con- spiracie reaucracy of the American Federation of Labor. The left wing, by devoting a great deal of its energy to organization of the, workers in heavy industry, can do much to aid the general political struggle against the war danger. Judge Paaken’s Friends Urge His Candidacy. Since Jacob Panken, municipal court judge, again a can- didate to succeed himself in that lucrative office, refused the offer of his very good friends of the republican party to run also on their ticket, his friends in the editorial rooms of the kept press have tried to cnnvince him of his error and they have proved that one can be a first class member of the,socialist party and still run as a republican also. representing the leading section of the republican party—the Wall Street bankers and the big industrialists asks: ‘What has socialism or republicanism to do with the duties of a judge?” It then praises Judge Panken as follows: “We have never heard that Mr. Panken, a socialist who was elected to the municipal bench ten years ago, administered justice of a brand differing from that of good republican and good demo- cratic judges.” no one else ever heard that Panken is different an and democratic judges, for the simple reason that he is not nd this is especially significant, not because Panken as an individual is important but because it symbolizes the fact that the sccialist party looks upon parliamentary action, not as a means of hing the masses of workers with a revolutionary message thst will expose the whole system of capitalist democracy as a fraua, bu a means of holding office. The socialists imag- ine that the confines of the capitalist state they can achieve everything necessary. That is true as far as the leaders of the calibre of Panken are concerned. They only fight to get office in order to prove to the capitalist class that they are just! as safe and sane as any other politicians. prove that they are just as good, or better, servants of capitalism as republicans or democrats. As for the observation in the Sun about all judges adminis- tering justice of the same brand, it reminds us of Anatole France’s observation that: ‘The law in its impartial majesty deals alike with rich and poor and prevents them alike from stealing bread or sleeping under bridges.” The administration of justice under capitalism is a class affair—in the interest of the capitalist class. The best that a revolutionary judge under capitalism can do is to prevent in every possible way the enforcement of the law against the working class and use his position to expose before the working masses the class character of law in order to bring the legal institutions of capitalism into dlercspect. But a revolutionary judge would not sit on a municipal bench for ten years for the simple reason that capitalism would resort to impeachment in order to protect itself, The very fact alone that Panken occupied a twelve thousand dollar a ‘year judgeship for ten years is evidence of the fact that he is no revolutionist, but like the rest of the socialist party bureaucracy, an agent of capitalism, and should be so considered by the working class, | of the capitalist class and its labor agents, the bu-| The New York Sun, a republican sheet | That is to say they} By J. BERLIOZ. The National Conference of the Communist Party of France, which took place at the end of June, was held under the shadow of the cam- paign of suppression on the part of the French government. A number of those attending the Conference, among others the reporter on the in- ternational question, Comrade Ber- nard, had long been sought for by the police; others, as Comrade Semard, are again to be placed behind prison, ba Se Wide circles of the French working class, even including certain elements in our own Party, do not yet know; how to estimate correctly the offen-|, sive of the Poincare government. Even if the proceedings of the French government of “N tional Unity” against the revolution- ary portion of the working class andj} its organizations are intended to pre- pare the ground for the elections next ; og- | A Sl unions (to be held on Jul year, it must neverthel be r nized that the off re ag the working masses has a far wider objective; i. e., to deprive their class organizations of their leaders and to weaken the resistance and power of the wor! s. By this means the bourgeoisie hope to achieve three thing: 1. the carrying out of in- dustrial rationa i 2. to enforce the new mili to prepare for war on the Union. The National Confere Communist .Party of fF E thoroughly alive to the war dange: Both the opening speech of Cachin and the report of comrades Semard and Monmousseau, as well as the report of Comrade Bernard and the speech {by Renaud Jeane, in which he clearly and concretely analyzed the coming military laws, which are being ren- dered even worse, if possible, by the counter-proposals of the socialists, clearly illuminated the present situa- tion and characterized all optimism as dangerous. The National Conference was the lead the masses along the way of eco-) of trade union unity on the basis of | nomic struggles as the strike of the! } Breton fishermen, which is now pro- ceeding, or the movement among the} miners and metal workers of the | Mosel distrij:t. These struggles must jbe extende| into great battles with | the governgjent and the rationalizing capitalists. , The Party leadership has therefore | just initiated a broad campaign for jcombating the war measures of the bourgeoisie as well as its economic jand political offensive, which cam- paign is being conducted with quite concrete slogans. | * * The Results of the National Conference of the Communist Party of France the class struggle; 3. organizatory measures in order to create a mass trade union movement. Simultaneously with the National Conference of the C. P. F. there was held the meeting of the National Council of the Socialist Party of France, It discussed Paul Boncour’s law regarding the mobilization of the nation in war time. As is known, the socialist parliamentary fraction voted for this law at the first reading. In the meantime a strong movement’ has | commenced among the socialist work- ing class against the Paul Boncour, law. Hence the leaders were com- lan Artzybashoff and Dunsany Plays Due to the success which “The | Grand Street Follies, is enjoying at |\the Little Theatre, and thé indica- | tions that the revue will continue un- til late in the fall, plans are now be- | ing made for other productions by the | same organization during the season. | The rights to four plays have been ac- ‘quired, with the possibility of a fifth. |The plays already scheduled for pro- |duction are “If” by Lord Dunsanny which was produced five years ago in by Simon Gantillon, which has been London, but not shown here; “Maya” | fighting | The National Conference was ly occupied with the trade union tion. During the whole of the jonal Conference a trade union Committee was sitting which dealt | before all with the question of trade junion uni It is necessary at the present time, on the eve of the Na- tional Congress of the reformist trade 26th), to a strong propaganda among workers for the realization of! pelled to make a number of purely formal concessions and to suggest a qu few amendments to the law, which are not of any practical importance, in order to have a pretext to vote st the law at the second reading. » the rest, the meeting of the } tional Council of the Socialist Pa was entirely dominated by the . As a result the propo united front which our N. ference made to the soc I al Council was not even discusse the latter. In spite of this we will fight unweariedly from below for the united front, and we shall succeed in dding to certain favorable results hich we have alrgady achieved. the Province of Saint-et-0 ere almost all the socialist sec- tions have declared themselves to be in agreement with out fight against e to place the question] the danger of war. ‘Cer Innocent, But Held spoke and the leaders called him “hot or, DAILY WORKER: jhead.” When E. Ldvin was called A recent case brings to light an old| upon to speak for one reason or an- problem, - A laborer was arrested on| other he did not speak. a charge of assault. Unable to ob-)| Must Have Unity. |tain bail, he was held in'the Tombs; Tuesday, was their day, but we |for six weeks awaiting trial. | reviewing all the facts. of the case; We know now more than ever before y Right of a ional Con- | conduct j the ade union unity. The National Con- aid down the following In- ms in this question: 1. c ng the membership and | fluence of the C. G. T: which must | 2 is nable of leading the w Letters From Readers | | E Weeks. running at the Champs Elysees Studio | * Theatre in Paris since last winter; | Al After | traction workers will never forget it.| “Enemies and Lovers” by Artzy and “Flipote”.by Frederic t of these productions will nies and Lovers,” already in rehearsal. This is scheduled for the | middle of September and will be pre- sented at special matinees so as not to interefere with the run of the “Follies.” These matinees, which will be called. “dress rehearsal perfor- mance tumes, make-up and properties but without scenery. This represents a new departure in presentation methods. The idea is to test the ~ | Worth of a play with the greatest ’/ economy in production cost and at the same time permitting full emphasis on acting. The organization will do the new productions in association j with Sidney Ross. The Executive | Staff will’remain as heretofore, with e Bernstein as designer, Agnes an as director, and Helen Arthur i manager, The group will |continue to be run on its present co- operative basis. A new name is be- jing sought for the players. A prize y-five dollars will be awarded , of twenty |for the winning suggestion. | and forever prevent the duplication of a case similar to that of Sacco and | Vanzetti—John Lyons, Brooklyn. | Labor Must Organize. fore perfectly unanimous that an en-| as his Jawyer, I was convinced of his|that the present leadership is in-|Editor, Daily Worker: ergetic campaign must be conducted against the danger of war. It was | quitted. him and he walked out of/We must not become discouraged. | in this spirit that it adopted its de-! court’ a free man—but without em- More than ever we must fill our ranks/| cisions: mobilizing of the working and peasant masses for defence of the Chinese revolution; approval of the) will be-no easy.task for him to re-| the interests of the men at heart and! line of the Comintern with regard to the policy towards the Kuomintang; emphatic condemnation of the Op- position in the C. P. S. U., as its frac- tional activity can only damage the unity of the Bolshevik Party, which unity, however, is the precondition for the fight of the Soviets against en- circlement and against the attacks of the capitalist powers; organizing of the working class defence against the capitalist attack on wages; fight against the new customs tariffs and against the further growth of mili- tarism. In all these resolutions the main attention was directed to ex- tending to the Russian Revolution the tnecessary help. the National Conference, although it provided so much theoretical clarity on this question, was too theoretical. Too little was spoken of the practical work which is to be carried out in the various districts of France, in the workers’ organizations, among the peasant masses, and also among cer- tain sections of the middle class who are pacifistically inclined. The re- cent experiences“were not adequately analyzed, as for example the reduc- tion of the wages of the miners, which was carried out almost without -resist- | ance, and also the defeat in the textile workers’ strike of Roannais. Fur- |ther, sufficient concrete instructions | were not given regarding the methods | of realizing the united front, for |eapturing the big factories, for strengthening our tfade union work and for the organizational activity cf the Party. |. The Left errors of the former jleadership still hamper the Party, in | spite of the new course followed since December 1925. Nevertheless, the re- port of Comrade Thorez, which gave an exhaustive analysis of the politi- cal and economic situation and laid | down the next tasks of the Party, in- dicated the way of approach to the masses. The Party members are |rallying more firmly round their |present leadership, which has their complete confidence. The National Conference unanimously approved the jline of the present leadership, which | coincides with the line of the Comin- | tern, s & The opposition was as good as non- existent. Not a district had sent op- | positional delegates.” There were only a few Ultra-Left present who, through |the mouth of Comrade Calzan, raised oppositional demands, among others the convocation of an extraordinary | World Congress of the Comintern for jthe discussion of differences—as if |they had not been sufficiently dis- cussed in the C.P.S.U. and in the Comintern-—, and who wished to point |out imaginary opportunist dangers in the line of the Party. The fans n gor the rest has jong been insisted on by the Party leadership—is the existence in the working class of a certain passivity Nevertheless it must be said that} |innocence. The jury promptly ac-|capable of gaining anything for us. ployment, without funds and having | and fight against the present leader- |aequired an inescapable stigma. It ship for a better one which shall. have jinstate himself in his small. circle. not the interests of Jim Walker and | Is it not possible that this man,|his Tammany Hall gang. ‘distressed and embittered, may now | _Only thru unity will we achieve our turn to the dishonest practices which |aim.—Pat, a traction worker. he may well have learned in prison and then really become a menace to society? Would it not be a good} public policy for the State to give/ The cartoon by Wm Gropper which such a man a small sum of money? Of | Shows. a worker holding a sign that course, this suggestion is not intended; treads: ‘We will never forget, Never for every acquitted defendant. But) forgive” surely reflects the attitude | in the exceptional case where the trial | of the class conscious workers of this judge is convinced that the accused |and every other country. has undoubtedly suffered a grave in-| If only all workers were one-tenth justice, is he not entitled to some as class conscious as the capitalists consideration?—Allan Taub. jare in regard to their class interests, ae ate 3 _what a different world this would be. ED. NOTE—The case cited is but) But it is only through a working- one example of the whole scheme of Class paper, political party and mili- |legal procedure under the capitalist tant trade unions that the workers The machinery of “justice” W 1 be able to emancipate themselves is not concerned with the welfare of | — a - - Class Conscious. Dear Comrade: | Sacco and Vanzetti have been mur- dered! Two heroes of the working class less. And this is only a little jwarning for every class conscious jworker in the land of liberty. What is the lesson of Saeco and Vanzetti ito every worker in the United States? | In the first place, it shows that the capitalists are international and that they stick together in any emergency. In the second place, labor must or- jganize. Let us build powerful orga- nizations for ourselves and our chil- dren.—Otto Price, New’ York City. Editor, Daily Worker: Sacco and Vanzetti Will Live. Once a writer said that the great- est gift a*hero leaves his race is to have been a hero, and Comrades Sac- co and Vanzetti have been the great- est heroes in history! They have killed their bodies, but their spirits shall ring in the echo! Anna Tabb, Llano Cooperative Col- ony, Newllano, La. human beings but in grinding of the court routine. course, it would be “a good policy for the state to give a small amount of money” to the victim of its brutality, but it would be contrary te the whole spirit of vengeance which By Federated Press. dominates the courts. |. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Legis- It might be of interest to our corre- lation to halt the speculative orgy spondent to know that in the Soviet! on Wall Street before the country is Union even those convicted of a crime | involved in another financial smash- are paid regular wages, the major|up as in 1907 demanded by the portion of which goes to their de-| People’s Leg Service. | The pendents on the outside. And when winter session of congress will be they are released from prison are|asked by the league to amend the to reestablish themselves as workers.) system from advancing money to Traction Worker Teils How Men Feel} tor Basil Manly. ae DAILY WORKER: | Trouble Ahead. | am a traction worker employed) yp, | , p | Yhen the federal reserve b: by the Interboro Rapid Transit Co.) New York cut its See and a member of the Amalgamated] from 4 to 315 per cent recently, it | Association. W hen it became clear encouraged another wild flurry in to me that we were going on strike | speculation with stock prices soaring I was more glad than I have ever) to dangerously high levels entirely been for I knew that by striking we! out of line wi i ne w ait " would gain our demands. | Be ee eee geen , ‘ | Stocks, warns the Commercial and Then on Tuesday I noticed in the| Financial Chronicle, staid Wall Street afternoon papers that the strike was groan, “A, ve vi called off. When I read the report of with danger of reaping whe whan the so-called “settlement” I was very | wind”, asks the Chronicle. H. Parker disappointed for I knew that our! wijlis, international authority on Reet had not acted in our in-) banking and editor of the New York erest. Heate' Tass Maver Tauder? ournal of Commerce is quoted by Manly as assertine: In the evening I went to the mess) A “At the present moment we see in meeting at the Brooklyn Labor Ly- | the stock market a situation in which ceum. soon as the meeting started | the level of values has 1 x x ; j been exag- Tr Baw that it wen all a camouflage | porated beyond wheat is warranted by with the plain purpose of throwing | a i 7 . i t | present or prospective yield, or by sand in the eyes of the honest rank} Gptrinsic’ op ‘ , Tay ati n 5 | ‘intrinsic’ or ‘book’ worth. It is a and file to hide the betrayal. One| 5 | been’ permitted 7 |situation which has after the other the “leaders” got up/ to develop in spite of the presence highly organized and powerful and told us what a good boy our] o¢ mayor, Jim Walker, is and that he! central banking system, and the fact seeped scat a isle and | that it has done so affords a pri Dor the tieat teneeT awe tha tat. | facie answer to the question whether bellied. lad, My, Hugh ‘i!trayne. Albee cena) banking organization is made 2 ssod’speech full of acrobatic | °” ee opnened tee Hoes ae teiskas Alef ian goolalanite ree ARE estas of stock speculation. It is |said nothing. By the appearance of | iy Bind ee latte tot OAS the men w that.they were all dis- | pati ee enero hie ane oietlt cs gusted with the talk of nothing and | of" a, alo of ‘i i, CER eOrOus ere ee |the meeting seemed to drown poesrene on aay “0 CONGRESS WILL BE ASKED given a sum of money to enable them federal reserve act to prevent the! + TO CHANGE RESERVE ACT AS FEDERAL BANKS ENCOURAGE WILD SPECULATIONS °""" “The next session of congress should fix the responsibility for this dangerous inflation and amend the law so as to prevent the resources of the federal reserve system from being used for such purposes in the future.” | | “Too Good” For Sailors. | NEW ORLEANS (FP) Sept. 4— | Residents of the exclusive uptown | against moving the Norwegian Sea- | men’s mission from the lowly section jon Magazine St. to a site opposite ‘Trinity church. City treasurer Wm. iS. Daly says, “Say what you want j about the elevation of sailors, the | proposed site is no place for a sea- mn.” | men’s mi affairs. DOLLAR DIPLOMACY A study in American Im By SCOTT NEARING an& LABOR LIEUTENANTS IMPERIALISM Vale leadership. By JAY LUVESTONE are to be given with cos-| A picture of the role df reactionary trade ounton | | | | Is one of the leading players in |“Mister Romeo” the new comedy opening at Wallack’s Theatre tonight. GRAND | Little Theatre |Svenigcs at 830, | STREET [Ae MONS gr 8 COULIES | Blood Money | CHILLS AND THRILLS HUDSON |Brenx Opera House, 149th § zd Ay. Mts, Wed, & Sat. |v io. ui w IGHT, SEPT. 6 MONDA The LADDER | All seats are reduced for the } summer, Best Seats $2.20. Cort Theatre, 48 Si BK. of | B'way. Matinee Wednesday. Ee Broadway Briefs | Two new productions are scheduled for this evening, “Mister Romeo,” a comedy by Harry Wagstaff Gribble and Wallace A. Manheimer opening jat Wallack’s Theatre and “Pickwick,” ja dramatization of the famous | Dickens character by Cosmo Hamil- |ton and Frank C. Reilly at the Em- | pire. } | | Clayton and Lennie are the head- {liners at Moss’ Broadway this week. | George Choos is presenting “Spot- light Revue” with May and Ray Light |and the Eight Cyclones. The balance | of the bill includes: Gautier and Pony | Boy, Jarvis and Harrison and the !Three Dance Maniacs. \ | The Palace program includes: Joe \Frisco; Louis and Charles Mosconi; |Gay Nell and Nancy Decker; “The | Gigolo;” Odette Myrtil, with Kitzi Kish and Jules Waldeck; John T. Murray and Vivian Oakland; The Three Sailors; Frank ; The Shubert-Riviera Theatre will open its season tonight with “The Barker,” with Walter Huston im the ‘title role. “The Uninvited Guest,” a new play | by Bernard J. McOwen, will be pre- |sented by Sam H. Grisman at the Bronx Opera House beginning this evening. Peg Entwistle, Helen Strickland, Elmer Grandin, Mabel - | Colcord, Robert Conness, John Car- finance security loans, asserts Direc- | S¢¢tion of New Orleans are protesting |mody and Walter Davis are in the | cast. | Paul Stein, the German director who was responsible for many of the Ufa productions will direct Jetta Goudal in the “Forbidden Woman,” this star’s first picture on the Pathe- |De Mille program. B00K BARGAINS AT PECIAL PRICED On American Imperialism This is an unusually attractive offer. These three books offer a valuable lot of reading of the most interesting and impor- tant kind on the role of America in world nperialis JOS, FT OF AMERICAN MAN — 50 —10 which our Party has not succeeded in| silence for a moment until dim Walsh | ‘breaking down. Broad masses of| got on the platform and moved that | workers desire that the “Bloc of Na-| we should strike tili we had a written tional Unity” shall collapse eas a re-| agreement with the traction barons, sult of its own policy, and are waiting | Walsh Squelched, | for the next “Left” elections in which} The leaders on the stage im- they hope for a new Bloc of the Left|medietely parsed word to one of the which will be an improvement on the| “strong guys” to go after Jim, They old and in which the Communists | knew that the men wero all in favor shall also take part. The Party must|of Walsh’s motion so they wouldn't try to overcome this attitude; Jt must’ recognize him. Then some one olse| Reserve Banks Violate Spirit of Act. | : “The federal reserve act”, adds! Manly himself, “as originally enacted | contained language intended to pro-| hibit rediscount of loans made for| speculative purposes, During recent! yoars the federal reserve banks have | not only violated the spirit of the) original act, but have repeatedly en- | couraged speculation by artificially | lowerlng the discount rate, | M ‘RX, ENGELS ON REVOLUTION IN AMERICA What the two great loaders saw as far back as 60 years ago—and what Js still true to —10 ALL FOR 50 CENTS NOTE Books offered in this column on hand * in limited quantities, All orders cash * und filled in turn as received.