The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 1, 1927, Page 11

Pravda Exposes Trotsky’s Errors (Continued from Page Five) Comrade Trotzky clothed this principle (‘‘se long as class antagonisms exist—discontent is unavoid- able,” it is obviously therefore a “discontent” of the classes) it only applies to the capitalist countries, in which revolutionary discontent, the class discon- tent of the toiling masses with the bourgeois regime is actually a driving force. In the country in which the power is in the hands of the proletariat, class discontent with the existing power is expressed in the first place by the bourgeoisie, which conceals itself behind such conceptions as “the people,” “de- mocracy,” “Constituent. Assembly,” and which in the fight against the dictatorship of the proletariat frequently makes use of the immediate help of foreign capital (as we remember in the years of intervention). From the standpeint of the prole- tariat this counter-revolutionary discontent can by no means be recognised as a driving force. But this is what can be inferred from Comrade Trotzky’s words. Precisely in the same way, this “diseontent” with the Soviet regime was no forward driving force in the period of acute struggle (in the years of the civil war) in which various vacillating sec- tions of the working class were under the influence of the bourgeoisie. In the days of the Kronstadt revolt. such vacillations were even a direct menace to the Soviet power. They threatened the country with “retrogression”; they in no way meant “pro- gress.” : It is very remarkable that Comrade Trotzky, In his utterances regarding ‘the “incomparably more complete and more immediate possibility under the Soviet regime of the working masses giving expres- sion to their feelings and interests,” considered it necessary to link up this principle not with the question of the advantages of proletarian as com- pared with bourgeois democracy, but rather with the question of “discontent”. under the Soviet re- gime, whereby he passes over in complete silence the enormous social advance of the working and peasant masses, their active and many-sided par- ticipation in socialist construction, which is certain- ly not rooted in “discontent” but in complete sup- port of the Soviet State as the only socialist State (Comrade Trotzky, in his interview, preferred not CO A CHILD LABOR It might strike you funny to hear that there is child labor in the United States, but that it does exist is indisputable. Only three years ago in 1924, there were two million children under the age of fourteen years, employed in the factories, mills, mines and cotton plantations. But now six million children are so employed. “The Current Events,” a capitalist newspaper in the schools once had an article on child labor, and it said that child labor is rapidly decreasing because ‘the bosses are afraid that when the children grow up they might become union members and strikers. Why shouldn’t they become union members? The bosses are afraid that the children might learn of their oppression. Not being able to get an educa- tion, the young children have to sit in the dirty factories and labor. “The Young Pioneers” are doing their best to organize these children against their oppressors. We need the cooperation of all the workers to help us carry on the work. All working class children should join the Pioneers of America and help us in the struggle. THIS WEEK’S PUZZLE NO. 34 This week’s puzzle is a number puzzle. 1 stands for A, 2 stands for B, etc. Go right to it! 6 15 18 2084 1691514551819 2081855 385518 19 81515 16518 1 209 225 Send all answers to Daily Worker Young Com- rade Corner, 33 First St. N. Y. C., giving your name, age, address and the number of the puzzle. Answers to Last Week’s Puzzle The an er to last week’s puzzle No. 83 is: JOIN YOUNG PIONEERS. There were no correct answers to this puzzle. Comrades Liberto and Luz Vilarino all the way from Inglewood, California sent in the correct an- swer to puzzle No. 31. : = 8 The MRADE Edited by the Young ieee ited to speak of the socialist character of our State, but only of the “non-capitalist” (!) tendency of our government). The replies of Comrade Trotzky can, in the last resort, mislead the American delegation and also others, both as regards Soviet reality and the views of our Party regarding this reality. 3. We cannot avoid calling attention to the fact that Comrade Trotzky, while veiling the true demo- cratic character of the proletarian dictatorship, at the same time permits a superfluous beautifying of bourgeois democracy insofar as he maintains, with- out. the necessary reservations, that the “workers in any democratic State have the right to their own press, to hold meetings ete.” This assertion is contrary to the facts. Every- body knows that in the most “democratic” countries (for example in America, where just recently the “democratic” bourgeois court caused the workers and Sacco and Vanzetti to be executed) the revolu- tionary workers are systematically persecuted (ar- rested, punished etc.) for propagating their views. It is impossible to understand how Comrade Trot- zky could “forget” these political “attractions” of bourgeois democracy and content himself with mere- ly pointing to the purely economic relations which under capitalism prevent the workers from making use of the liberty of the press which is alleged to éxist. 4. Moreover, in our opinion the answer of Com- rade Trotzky to the question: “Can the Soviet Union catch up to the capitalist States whieh are mareh- ing at the head?” is completely incorrect. The ques- tion was formulated in such a manner as to render absolutely necessary a distinction: there are spheres in which we have already long overtaken the ca- pitalist States (the Soviet power as a form of a proletarian dictatorship, as the highest type of de- mocracy; the successes of the socialist methods of economy, which subordinate national economy as a whole to the interests of the proletariat and the working masses). Comrade Trotzky did not say a word regarding this. Even assuming that the ques- tions of the American delegation referred only to the technique of the Soviet industry, Comrade Trot- zky’s answer was likewise incorrect, for he did not openly say that in this field also we are catching THE YOUNG COMRADE By PHILIP CHALEFY. The “Young Comrade” is the official monthly newspaper of the Young Pioneers of America. It is a werkers’ children’s newspaper which is disttibu- ted in the schools, playgrounds, churches, shops and everywhere where workers’ children gather. It is the paper which aids in organizing these children inte the Young Pioneers of America. The cooperative section has done and is doing everything within its power to support this paper. At the recent subscription drive, this section came out first in the city. When the cooperative section was first organized in February, we received twenty “Young Comrades” to sell. As the time went on, we ordered larger amounts. In July, we received one hundred “Young Comrades” to sell. We have al- ready decided to order one hundred and fifty copies for the month of August, because of the rapid sale of this paper. The Pioneers of the cooperative section are going to continue their good work and we hope to make the. “Young Comrade” a weekly paper. We can only do this with the cooperation of all the workers. Subscribe to the “Young Comrade.” Build a large Pioneer movement. PIONEERS : _ By CHARLOTTE FOX. We are a group of workers’ children, We are Pioneers by name. We always help the needy workers And thus we’ve gained our fame. Our mottor is “Always Ready” And it is true you shall see. And if you join a Pioneer group It will your motto also be. Soon all laborers’ children Will have joined the Pioneer group And workers’ children will disperse From boy and girl seout troops. yee up to and can catch up to the capitalist world, pro- vided that our development is not interrupted by the intervention of the foreign imperialists. The guarantees for this are the advantages of the soc- ialist planned economy, which capitalism has not and cannot have at its disposal. 5. And finally, the “reserve” which Comrade Trot- zky displays in his utterances on the unanimity of our Party on the question of war, is exceedingly ambiguous (and after the declaration of the Sth of August of the Opposition very significant). “What separates us (that is the Opposition from the Party —the Redaction) is incomparably smaller (!) than that which unites us.” What.a statement! If-in the question of defending the Soviet Union thé factors dividing were greater than those uniting us; then Comrade Trotzky would find himself outside of our Party. Everybody can understand this. without the statements of Comrade Trotzky. But the fact that Comrade Trotzky replies to the question of a non- Communist delegation with such extremely ambigu- ous phrases (while he knows at the same time that the bourgeois and the social democratic press will take advantage of his assertions against our Party) this fact proves once again that the Opposition, in this most important question has not freed itself from those errors, the impermissibility of which is clear to every Communist. We do not wish to deal here with the other “peculiarities” in Comrade Trotzky’s “Interview,” for example with the “doubts” which Comrade Trot- zky expressed—owing to “alleged lack of informa- tion” (?)—regarding whether the Soviet Govern- ment in any way “goes hand in hand” with the so- ealled living church! It is remarkable that Com- rade Trotzky has forgotten the existence of a number of organs of the Soviet government which are conducting an anti-religious propaganda. Finally, we express our astonishment that ques- tions put by the American delegation, which ac- cording to their very nature are quite simple for every class-eonscious worker and bolshevik, could, according to the words of Comrade Trotzky, prove so “difficult” that he was not “sure of his ground” regarding them and could commit so many unpard- onable errors. SECTION Pioneers of America AMERICAN SCHOOLS. By DOROTHY GREEN. Does the American education benefit the children of the workers? The public grammar schools and high schools were organized with the intention of giving all children a chance to get a free education. But with time this purpose became partially extinct. The capitalist system which backs this free educational system has been the cause for this. Children often pay with their lives for this free education. They have to learn in stuffy and over- erowded rooms in the warm weather and in ill- heated rooms in the cold weather. Their minds are doped with the poisonous propaganda of the capital- ist class. They are taught to break strikes. That strikes are illegal and Bolshevistic and that it might lead in breaking up this wonderful country. They are taught to go against their parents who are workers and join the ranks of their enemies. The children are not given the privilege of expressing their own opinion, They must keep quiet for fear of corrupting the minds of their fellow students. Comrades, we must fight against the doping of children, the children of the workers. We must fight against the doping of future workers. Down with the capitalist system of schools. Join the Young Pioneers of America and help us fight on. YOUNG COMRADE SUB Cooperate with us by sending in your subscrip- tion to the Young Comrade, Fill in this blank and send it to the Young Comrade Corner, 33 First ‘Street, New York City. 1-Year—50 cents Y%-Year—25 cents. (Tssued Every Month).