The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 10, 1927, Page 4

Ff La ¥. .., Manner » Party showed conclusively that the Par ~ Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, W YORK, SATURDAY, SEPT. 10, 1927 Daily, Except Sunday $3 First Street, New York, N. Y Cable Address Phone, Orchard 1680 Daiwork SUBSCRIPTION RATES i By Mail (in New York only): By Mail (outside of New York): ear $4.50 six months $6.00 per years $3.50 six months 0 three months $2.00 three months ke out checks te Street, New York, N. ‘i all mail and THE DAILY WORKER, 33 F “J. LOUIS ENGDAHL } WILLIAM F. DUNNE T MILLER... Y. Editors Business Manager 2 at New York, N. ¥. unaer ng rates on application, The Party Moves Forward The Fifth National Convention of our Workers (Communist) y has made giant strides This can be analyzed from several different viewpoin he discussion of the Part trade union work, in the decision to establish national departments for the handling of woman's wor 1 activities in the co-operative movement, in the debate on the anti-imperialist and anti-militarist campaigns the war danger, the defense and recognition of the Union of Soviet Republics, the Chinese Revolution, not to forget the deci- sion to raise local issues, vital to the interests of the working class, in the nation’s municipalities as part of the Party’s par- liamentary strugtle. : ; Rut the Party’s Fifth National Convention becomes historic because it marks the unification of the Party’s forces, the liquida- tion of factionalism and the realization of another big step for- ward in the building of a really Bolshevik Party in this country. Our Fifth Party Convention was held on the eighth anniver- sary of those momentous days in September, 1919, when the Com- munist movement in the United States crystallized into organiza- tional form under the banners of the Communist International. The Communist struggle at that time was waged by elements, not entirely in agreement on policy, that had been expelled from or) left the Socialist Party. These were later joined by many other elements, the most important being adherents won from the mil- itant wing of the trade union movement. The Communist struggle in this country was considerably complicated by the attack of the government, grown especially vicious in January, 1920, that drove our movement into temporary illegality. Thus for a long time the main differences arose over the time and method of abandoning the underground organization and the return to party activities in the open. This was settled by the organization in December, 1921, of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, and by the action the following August, 1922, of the Bridgeman, Michigan, convention of the Communist Party. Fundamental differences, however, quickly developed on other vital problems. Chief among these were the Labor Party, trade union work and the attitude of the Party toward the Third Party (LaFollette) movement, as well as general united front ac- | tivities. Gradually, however, thru the years all differences were 4roned out so that cur Party approached the Fifth National Con- vention with the general opinion of the membership, so carefully pointed out by the Communist International, that there was no cleavage in our ranks on any fundamental principle. Here was the real basis for unity and the creation of a really collective Party leadership. The promise of the pre-convention period, signalized by the acceptance of the decision of the Communist International. on “The American Question” as the victory of the Party and not of any group, was fulfilled in the spirit and effort toward unity that prevailed at the convention itself. The many elements born of the class struggle in America had been forged in the heat of conflict into the promised monolithic Party of Bolshevism. Thi: is the victory of eight years of inner party struggle, that enables the Party in 1927 to move forward to a period of greater work and bigger achievements as a result of the unity that has been won. This does not mean that the struggle for unity is by any means ended. An ideological campaign on behalf of a unified party must be carried on thruout the Party, wherever it is neces- sary, developing the unity spirit that will isolate all who stand in, the way of the unity process that must destroy all the remaining remnants of factionalism in our Party. The situation must gradually develop where all comrades have complete faith in each other. Lenin said, ‘Collective work is an art.” That is an art that must be learned by all comrades. | The Communist International has truly said that the de- veloping problems facing the Communist movement in this coun- try, “will tax the adroitness of our Party.” The s-<p + Bees © Chi eid . attack on The DAILY WORKER, the offensive against t left wing in the trade unions, the threatened re- opening of the Michigan cases, the execution of Sacco and Van-| zetti, all give proof that it would have been a tragedy for our! Party had the convention ended differently from what it did. Instead, however, unity became vibrant with life in the con- vention, blotting out with Party loyalty whatever there may. re- main of group loyalty in our ranks. Every question must be de- cided definitely on the basis of whether it is good or bad for the Party. All work has but one object: To Build, To Serve the Party. Thus the Party membership best serves the interests of the | American working class, and fulfills its task as the American | section of the Communist International, the leader of world labor | in its struggle for liberation from the profit system. forward. It was revealed in t! sg" Good and Bad Strikes. » New York Times is a very clever spokesman for the cap- s. It opposes all strikes of whatever nature, but it) to emphasize the fact that “the right to strike is) italist ¢ never f inalienab! e; A strike that doesn’t exist is a good one, a real strike is a! It bad one. ‘From this abstract formula it always proceeds to denounce. as uncalled-for the specifie strike under discussion. With its | éustomary sophistry it declared yesterday that the strike of the | truck drivers is “offensive and*destructive, cannot expect to re-| tain the confidence of the employers or win the confidence of the | public, which sees itself needlessly and recklessly inconvenienced.” | Here was a group of workers, performing the most arduous | drudger wing at all hours of the day and night, miserably un- | derpaid, whose demands were treated in the most contemptuous | ny the trucking corporations, Their pleas for decent} whges and conditions had gone unheeded. They were long-suf- ring, but finally reached the point that they justly considered ‘recent months. Communist International on the International Situation (Resolution passed by the Joint|ment shows plainly that the bourge- Plenum of the C. C. and the C. C. C.,) oisie is not capable of solving the after hearing Comrade Bukharin’s| problems of national emancipation report of the 9th August, 1927.) |from the yoke of imperialism, as it * * * \is conducting, a fight against the arene 5 workers and peasants; that it is not (Continuation) capable of conducting a consistent 26, The characteristic features of| fight against foreign imperialism and the present period of the Chinese|is becoming more and more inclined revolution are this severe defeat, and'to a comyromise with the last- a simultaneous radical regrouping of|named—to ;1 compromise which in : A bloc of the workers, peas-|fact-leaves the domination of im- nd city poor is being organ-|perialism almost completely undis- gain all the ruling classes|turbed. The national bourgeoisie is and the imperialists . Seen from this! equally incapable of solving the inner aspect, the revolution is striding for-| problems of the revolution, for the rd to the highest phase of its de-| reason that it not only fails to sup- velopment, to the phase cf direct|port the peasantry, but actively com- struggle for the dictatorship of the|bats them, and in this way inclines ss and the peasantry. more and more to. a bloe with im- perience of the past develop-|perialism, without even having solved beyond human endurance. They went on strike to remedy their conditions and raise their wages to a standard somewhat in keep- ing with their nec of life. Had they waited and endured while the employers endeavored by trickery and deception to dissipate their forces they would have been good, fe and sane American workers, but since they resorted to the trike weapon they are berated by the editorial scribblers of the reptile press. The ancient hoax of inconveniencing the public is brot forth as an argument against these strikers. Just who constitute the “public”? There is no such thing as a “public” with interests of its own separate from labor and capital. Such a conception is a myth in a class society. The vast majority of the public are workers and our interests are identical as against those of the capitalist class. It is to the interest of every worker in New York to do everything possible to aid these striking workers. Naturally this strike is deeply resented by the Times and other spokesmen for the employers who are diligently trying to uphold the illusion that strikes are unnecessary in the United States. It also blasts the lie that strikes are led by “foreign agi- tators”—a charge repeatedly made against the cloakmakers and furriers and other workers who have engaged in strikes during The teamsters now on strike are, for the most part, native Americans, and their union can certainly not be ac- cused of being influenced by “Red agitators.” This strike is also a blow against the labor bureaucracy which tries to discourage all strikes and indulges in treacherous talk! about the identity of interest of capital and labor and substitutes for a militant policy of struggle the deceptive slogans of class collaboration. It is very significant inasmuch as it proves that even in the most conservative unions there is a tremendous: mass sentiment against the fraudulent “higher strategy of labor,” enun- ciated by the Greens, the Wolls, the Sigmans and their supporters in the camp of the yellow socialists. As far as the vast majority of the public—the working class —is concerned, we believe we can speak for them in this case and inform the Times and other enemies of labor that the strike of the truck drivers is recognized as a part of the fight to beat back the offensive that is now being waged everywhere against labor. Every militant worker should see to it that, if necessary, his or her union rallies to the aid of these strikers and aids them win their demands. Socialist Evaluation of Vienna Uprising. International reformism, manifesting itself in its most venal form in the opportunism of the second (social-democratic) inter- national, is always the first force to try to drown in the blood of | any revolutionary attempt to overthrow the} at the head of the broadest masses| the working cl. power of capitalist states. This shameless crew of agents of cap- italism have been villifying the Vienna uprising in every country in the world, but it remained for the official socialist organ of the Argentine to furnish the proper slogan for the heroes of the second international. Said this sheet in a two-line streamer at the top of its first page: “Demonstration of protest in Vienna, DEGENERATES into popular uprising.” From the sccialist point of view it is all right for workers respectfully and humbly to gather in masses and peacefully pro- test against the action of a government in freeing fascist mur- derers of workers in order to encourage them to more bloodletting, but if the wave of indignation reaches the boiling point and de- velcps into political uprisings that challenge the power of the capitalist government, such action must be viewed as degenerate. | The Argentine socialists, in referring to the uprising as an act of depravity on the part of the masses, completely identify themselves with those social democratic traitors in Vienna who used the armed guards they, had created, under the pretext of preparing for a fight against fascism, as auxiliaries of the reg- ular capitalist mercenary police to help crush the popular uprising. In one thing at least the international socialist lackeys of the bourgeoisie are consistent—that is their monstrous enmity against the revolutionary workers of the world. Panken’s Campaign Moves Along Capitalist Lines Totally devoid of the slightest semblance of working class appeal, the campaign of Municipal Judge Jacob Panken for re- lection on the socialist ticket, moves in approved capitalist class annels. Endorsed by the local republican machines which is a part of the national Mellon-Hoover-Dawes-Coolidge combination, hailed as a good judge by the most reactionary section of the ommittee of lawyers from the republican and democratic ranks who. are whooping it up for him, This latest approval of the alleged socialist is significant, inasmuch as it is the customary procedure in behalf of capitalist judges. Judges are approved by capitalist lawyers because of certain political debts based upon special favors granted. The fevutt press, Panken now has been approved by a non-partisan Cc |majority of the lawyers who support Panken do so because they have learned that Judge Panken can hand out judicial flavors with same abandon that other capitalist judges disjense such favors—always, of course, with the expectation that the lawyers will live up to the ethies and shyster traditions of the bar and rally behind him in political campaigns. Certainly no worker who is class conscious will support this socialist candidate for reelection. He has proved himself to be fully acceptable to the enemies of labor of all stripes and from all camps of the capitalist political parties. There is owe party only that is worthy the support of the workers in the elections this fall and that is the Workers (Com- munist) Party which has a class program that challenges alike the avowed capitalist candidates as well as the other agents of the bourgeoisie masquerading as socialists. the elementary problem of the bour- geois democratic revolutien. On the other hand, it is almost impossible for the bourgeoisie to enter into any compromise with the peasantry, since in China even the scantiest land re- form would involve the expropriation of the gentry and small land owners. |an action of which the bourgeoisie is | absolutely incapable. It is therefore defeat of the revolution will be fol- lowede in a comparatively short time by a fresh revolutionary ‘advance. 27. At the present time the Com-! munist Party of China is a Party against which the fire of all the op- ponents of revolution is directed. It is confronted by the most difficult and responsible tasks. First of all it must free itself from the liquida- tory elements in its own ranks, recog- nize the errors which its leaders have committed, consolidate the Party on the basis of the instructions of the Comintern, reform the leadership, ap- point new leaders from among the members possessing actual revolu- tionary experience, and at the same time extend its illegal apparatus in the Wuhan territory. * * * The Communist Party must carry on an energetic and systematic fight against all theories which bring into conflict interests of the class strug- gle of the workers and peasants, These counter-revolutionary ideas, spread abroad by the betrayers of the revolution (Chiang Kai-Shek, Feng Yu Hsiang, Wan Ting-Wei, etc.) who deceitfully hide themselves beneath the cloak of Sun-Yat Senism, have as their object the subjection of the masses of the people to the interests and the leadership of the counter- revolutionary unification of China, and its emancipation from the yoke of imperialism are only possible on the basis of the class struggle of the broadest masses of the workers and peasants against the feudal lords and capitalists. Further, the Communist Party must take all measures necessary to arouse the lower strata of the Left Kuomintang against the upper, and must institute an energetic campaign to this end. At the same time the Communist Party must carry on en- ergetic propaganda for the idea of Soviets. Should the efforts of the Com- munist Party for the revolutioniza- tion of the Kuomintang not meet with success, and should it be found impossible to democratize this organ- ization and to convert it into a broad mass organization of the work- ers and peasants; and should, on the other hand, the revolution make a _fresh advance, then it will be neces-} | sary to change the propagandist slo- |gan of Soviets into a slogan of im- | mediate fight and to proceed at once | to the organization of workers’ peas- |ants’ and artisans’ Soviets | At the same time every effort | raust be made to develop the agrarian movement, to employ every means to eS the workers and peasants, and |to lay the foundations for a really revolutionary workers’ and peasants’ | army. The Party must systemati- cally expose the treachery of Chiang Kai-Shek and Wuhan, ruthlessly tear every mask from their faces, and act jas the real advance guard of the working class, fighting for the hege- mony of the workigg class and march- | ‘ | Tonight the workers of the fur in- | dustry will greet the recently released | young furrier, Oscar Mailloff at the banquet which has been arranged ‘in his honor at Sollins Restaurant, 216 E. 14th St. Mailloff: was a victim \charged by one of the right wingers ‘that he (Mailloff) threatened to beat |him. This happened at the time when \the Sigman-McGrady-Woll-Green ‘clique together with the police and courts were terrorizing the furriers |and making frame-ups; when the in- famous Mineola frame-up occurred; |when the brutal sentences of Judge |Rosalsky were given; Mailloff was | sentenced to six months in jail which he served and was released this week. He was released from. Blackwells Is- land and had to be bailed until his trial in Mineola. Mailloff was greeted by many of his co-workers on the day ‘of his release from jail. A large crowd is expected to be present at the | banquet. Tomorrow Defense Picnic At Pleasant Bay Park. The Defense picnic arranged by the Freiheit Gesangs Verein will take place tomorrow, September 11th at Pleasant Bay Park, Bronx. |sands of workers will come to enjoy | will be the Sigman Follies which will be produced by the Freiheit Gesangs Varein. It was composed, at the time when it was learned that the “presi- |dent” owns large properties in Iowa, ‘and of the doings up there. The en- tire chorus will participate in the production of the Follies. A special platform is being set up for this oc- casion. Lighting effect are under the supervision of Elbaum and decora- tions are by Fonster, One of the other features is Alex Fox, famous giant, who will demonstrate his strength by bending iron bars with bare hands. Dancing all day and evening. A famous jazz band will play the latest song hits. Admission at the park is 50 cents and in ad- vance 40 cents. Directions to Park: Take Bronx Subway or “L” to 177th Street then take Unionport car to Unionport (end of line) Broadway subway to 181 Street then Crosstown car to Unionport. From there buses will be provided to take you straight to the Picnic grounds. Keep Up the Sustaining Fund much more likely that the temporary | |of the peasantry and the city poor.| This is} the last picnic of the season and thou-! a delightful day. The main attraction | HERE is a lot of fun in “Women Go On Forever” now playing at the Forrest Theatre and one ot the two mysteries in the play that re- mained unsolved until towards the end of the piece, is the title. Indeed, Mrs. Bowman, the boarding house im- pressario, played excellently by Mary | Boland, was obliged to allay the curiosity of the audience by making an explanation that did not explain to the colored maid whose husband }was dying and did die as did almost everybody else in the cast. The other mystery that remained unsolved until a few minutes before the curtain went down was Sven the six-foot-and-more | Scandinavian, and potential motorman who in looking for a boarding house saw the “rooms for rent” sign in Mrs. Bowman’s window, said rooms having been just preempted of their tenants during a night of carnage, horror, burlesque, pathos and comedy by well-directed bullets. Mrs. Bowman had a weakness for star boarders and Sven was the latest successful candi- date for the position, into which he stepped before Jake was cold in death. The first act unfolds the popula- tion of Mrs. Bowman’s boarding house, the principal occupation of which seems to be either getting married as a means of existence or otherwise living illegally on their female admirers. Mrs. Bowman fights for her back rent like a tig- ress, but she is a warm-hearted person and when her principal dead beat is taken in marriage by an employed female she consents to his-occupying his wife’s apartment without pressing the matter of a raise in the rent un- til the honeymoon is over. Mrs. Bowman’s star boarder, Jake, is a tough egg and when his land- lady suspects him of unfaithfulness he caveman’s himself back into her good graces. But he does not re- form. He has designs on Mabel, an- other roomer who comes home from work with a tale of woe about a boss who sought her ruin, but only brought down on his own head several chairs, dishes and as much of the general furniture of a private dining room as was not nailed down. But Pete, a rival of Jake’s, has Jake locked up in Mrs. Bowman’s room whither Jake repaired to steal the cash with which to take Mabel At Mrs. Bowman’s Boar House JOHN BARRYMORE In “Von Juan” at Moss’ Broadway be- ginning today. in a way to send the audience out into the fresh air chuckling, and if Hans Lindquist had a trace of inferiority complex in his system before he landed this job it should have vanished by the time the curtain goes down on the last showing of “Women Go On Forever.” Those who insist on an unbroken diet of seriqus dramatics should keep away from this play but radicals who read Life, Judge and the American Mercury for relaxatioh are assured of a hilarious’ evening in return for their money.—T. J. O. F. Theatre Guild Season Opens With “Porgy” October 3 The Theatre Guild’s activities for the new season began today. Philip Moeller is rehearsing the members of out on a bat, Mabel being disgusted with life at not hearing from Eddie who was making a bid for fortune in the golden west. And Pete, who has the dough earns the privilege of get- ting Mabel drunk. Had Mabel gone to bed instead of going out on a toot she would have received a telegram from Eddie re- questing her to meet him at the train preparatory to a trip to the nearest marriage bureau and Pete would not fall dead in the alley before bullets fired by Jake’s brother Louie, a fugi- tive from justice for having killed one of the O’Dowd’s. I almost for- | got to note that Jake was killed by | Mrs. Bowman’s blind son Billy, in re- | venge for a slap on the cheek. After | which ~~ promptly and efficiently jmakes love to an old maid and is | found in her room in the early morn- ing by the infuriated Mrs. Bowman. The murders do not seem to annoy either the roomers or the landlady and a good time is had by all. One | of the bright spots in the play is the | anguish of the colored maid over the |death of a husband whose company | she enjoyed only four days. He was ;a glutton for calomel and kept cry- jing alternately during his last mo- |ments, “Jesus, take my soul” and, |“Mary, don’t let me die.” The inevitable pest who is to be found everywhere is the unfortunate |who played the role of the boarder whose wife brought forth a son. And if sensing this character’s unpopu- larity with the audience the author had him make two trips to a.speak- easy, after which he became delight- fully silent. Osgood Perkins as Pete and Mor- gan Wallace as Jake indulged in! some -good acting, tho blind Billy’s conquest of the old maid was as slick a performance as could be expected from a sighless lover. But in this case blindness was an asset.) Sven, the Scandinavian, has an easy job! and finishes this dramatic crazy quilt! the touring repertory company which will begin their long season in Han- Wover, N. H. on October 12th, under the banner of the Guild. The reper- toire for this company will include “Arms and the Man,” “The Guards- man,” “Mr. Pim Passes By” and “The Silver Cord.” The members of this company will include: Florence Eld- ridge, George Gaul, Erksine Sanford, Molly Pearson, Fredric March and Lawrence Cecil. Rehearsals will begin next week of “Porgy,” which has been dramatized from his novel by DuBose Heyward and his wife, Dorothy. This play will be presented with a cast which is, with three exceptions, colored. Immediately upon the return of Al- fred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne from Europe, rehearsals for “Pygmalion” will be started. This play will be presented by the Guild in Cleveland for one week and in Chicago for two. Mr. Lunt will assume the role of Prof. . Higgins, and Dudley Digges will play Col. Pickering. “The Guardsman” will also be included in the Chicago season of seven weeks. The original cast: Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Dudley Digges and Helen Westley, will be in the production which be- gins September 19th at the Stude- baker Theatre and will be preceded by a week at the Hanna, Cleveland, beginning September 11th. The company will return to New York early in November to present “The Doctor’s Dilemma,” Shaw’s sati- rieal comedy. This play will be re- hearsed and produced in Chicago un- der the direction of Dudley Digges. Its cast will comprise most of the members of the Acting Company. “Porgy” opens at the Guild Theatre as the first subscription bill of the season October 3. “The Second Man” now current at the Guild Theatre’ will continue until that time. RUY THE DAILY WORKER THE NEWSSTANDS AT CORT THEATRE Special Summer Prices—Best Seats, $2.20 (No performances Saturday) LONE AREOLA UNITED ACTORS, Inc. The LADDER' by J. FRANK DAVIS 48th STREET EAST OF B’WAY evening. 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