The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 21, 1927, Page 6

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DUNNE BERT MILLER. | NSS SO Entered as second-c ice at New 1879. p of Ma ch 3, The Issue of Soviet Union Recognition--Defense Against Imperialist Aggression Recognition of the Soviet Union by the United States gov- ernment is once more a major political issue. | The wide publicity given to, and the sympathe ic hearing ac- corded the telling argument for recognition contained in the re- port of the first American trade union delegation to the Soviet Union, together with the sharpening struggle for oil as one-of the central points of the conflict between British and American imperialism, coupled with the approach of a presidential cam- paign year, will inevitably focus the attention of millions of peo- ple in the ranks of the workers, middle class and capitalists upon | this issue. The workers’ and farmers’ movement in defense of the Soviet | Union can and must be broadened and strengthened during this | period. The coming celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Soviet Union on November 7 shatters the fiction of the instability of the Soviet government. A workers’ and peasants’ government | which pursues its revolutionary policy for a decade and grows | stronger every year, cannot be jeered out of existence. | Invasion, blockade and -imperialist-inspired attempts to fo-| ment successful counter-revolution against the Soviet power have} served only to show the unshakable mass foundation of the Soviet: government. Imperialist invasion is the only threat to the safety of the Soviet Union. Production in the Soviet Union is now above the pre-war level and shows a rapid and steady increase from year to year. Soviet Union purchases abroad are now an extremely im- portant factor in the world markets and Russian currency is established on a firm basis. The conditions of the Russian masses, contrary to the situa-| tion in other European countries, are on an upward curve. While| the standard of living of the workers in every other European | country is on the downgrade, the workers in the Soviet Union, | because of socialist construction carried on by THEIR govern-| ment, are being better fed, clothed and sheltered and educated | every year. The announcement by the Soviet government of the estab- lishment of a 7-hour workday is a crushing answer to the cal- umnies of the capitalist class and their agents relative to the hepeless chaos of Soviet Union industry and the “oppression” of ‘he Russian working class. it is certain that no less than 20,000 workers will jam Madi- son Square Garden Sunday afternoon to hear members of the Trade Union Delegation and other well-known labor men and sympathisers, give reasons why the Soviet Union should be recog- nized, and open the campaign for recognition which will be brought irito congress when it convenes. The opponents of recognition, including the heads of the American Federation of Labor, as the principal reason for their opposition, state that normal diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, similar to those had with every other government in the world, would mean that a flood of “Communist propaganda” would deluge, and perhaps submerge, this glorious land of the free, We, of course, would be heartily in favor of such a result and would be overjoyed if the non-recognition of the Soviet Union was the only obstacle in the way of the social revolution in the United States. This, however, as every sane person knows, is not the case. The Workers (Communist) Party is the source of all Com- munist propaganda in the United States. Our task of revolu- tionizing the American working class could be made easier in only one way by recognition of the Soviet Union—by the fact the elimination of all legal barriers to intercourse between the Soviet Union and the masses of the United States would facilitate an estimation of the stupendous achievements of the Russian masses and lead finally to a full appreciation of their meaning for the world’s working class. ‘ But the class struggle in the United States does not spring from any other source than the exploitation and oppression of the American working class by the capitalist class and their gov- ernment, retarded or intensified, of course, by the general status of the international class struggle. We are for recognition of the Soviet Union first, because it is a government of workers and peasants which, because other nations still are ruled by capitalist governments, has to establish and maintain relations with these governments instead of with working class governments like itself. Second, we are for recognition because the abolition of legal chase of the commodities the Soviet Union needs. Third, recognition of the Soviet Union by the United States countries and make more difficult a sudden and arbitrary decision by American imperialism to take a more active part in the war on the Soviet Union which British imperialism is trying to or- ganize. The struggle for the recognition of the Soviet Union in its new phase will set new currents in motion in the labor move- ment. It will stimulate the left wing movement by reason of the, fact that recognition of the Soviet Union cannot be discussed by | workers without at once raising the whole issue of world. class} struggle. The American labor movement will be made more con- scious and therefore stronger. Comparison of the social, econ- be made by wide circles of workers and this inevitably will] trengthen the bond between American labor and the Soviet Union. American workers and farmers will gain a new insight into} and understanding of class relations and the revolutionary role the labor movement in the struggle for the recognition of the} Soviet Union. But defense of the Soviet Union, the fatherland “THIS IS MORE LIKE IT!” —By Fred Ellis Jananese Workers Fight New Capitalist Offensiv {tremely alarming proportions. | general cause of the crisis in Japan By HAJAMA. The economic crisis which Japan has been passing through since 1920 and which had begun to assume a milder form in 1925 and 1926, has again become more. serious in the past few months and assumed ex- The is the disproportion between the gi- gantic development of Japanese in- dustry and the demand for Japanese ware Japan is now a gigantic,fac- tory working up foreign war materi- als into marketable goods (Japan possesses no raw materials of her own.) These goods are exported to countries in which they have to face severe competition on .the part of other industrial countries which oust the Japanese goods. The crisis in Japan has lately been intensified by the revolution in Chi- na, which considerably affected the Chinese market, the most important one for Japanese wares. Bank Failures. In the last few months, a number of banks in Japan (about 30, large and small ones), as well as commer- cial and industrial undertakings linked up with them, have. collapsed, of the we s working class, comes before recognition. will recognition of the Soviet Union end the need for continual ®among them big concerns such as | Susuki, Kawasaki and others. The crisis continues to rage and} is constantly spreading to new| }branches of Japanese industry, such |as the cotton industry, cement, sugar, |paper and other industries. The | number of industrial undertakings | | which have collapsed is constantly growing. | Wholesale Dismissals. The Japanese proletariat is suffer-| |missal of workers which is taking | place in almost every branch of in- | dustry. The following ‘facts bear ; Witness to the extent of these whole- | sale dismissals. The industrial concern “Dainichon | Dzenkoku Boseki Rengokai,” which embraces 80 percent of the whole |of the Japanese textile industry, re- |solved to cut down its production by 15 percent and closed a numbér of factories, whilst in the others pro- duction was reduced to a far greater |extent, is some factories even to as }much as 50 percent. Thousands of jworkers of both sexes lost their means of livelihood. Textile Workers Fired. The concern “Rokugokai”, posses- sing 60 factories in various branches and unqualified support of the Soviet Union against the attacks of world imperialism. The struggle for recognition must be carried on so that it ing above all from the wholesale dis- . Neither | will be not only a campaign for establishment of diplomatic rela- tions but in essence a mighty movement which enlists the Ameri- can workers in the proletarian army for joint struggle against the enemies of the working class and the Soviet Union, and de- fense of the socialist fatherland. | The Battle Lines in the Colorado Coal Fields The Colorado coal fields are once more the scene of struggle. In 1912 it was the United Mine Workers which challenged the tyranny of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Louis Tikas, a Greek miner, was murdered by the thugs of this Rockefeller subsidiary under a flag of truce, by national guardsmen mobilised to drive the miners back to slavery. Wives and children of the miners were shot and burned to death by the forces of “law and order” in Ludlow. In 1927, organizers and members of the I. W. W. are in the forefront of the struggle. Fifteen years seems to have brought but little weakening of the control of the Rockefeller interests for we read that 18 pickets have been thrown in jail without charges against them, that the sheriff of Walsenburg, a notor- ious Rockefeller stronghold, has “investigated reports that the I. W. W. had received a carload of rifles and ammunition... .” The president of the State Federation of Labor announces that his organization will not support the strike and calls the I. W. W. “renegades.” B ; History seems to be repeating itself. Scare stories designed to inflame the patriotic citizenry to whom Rockefeller is a god, re being circulated and the head of the official labor movement is careful to let the bosses and their gunmen know that this is not a “regular” strike. Nevertheless, 4,000 miners whom the United Mine Workers have failed to organize are out on strike and reports state that ethers are coming out daily. | Two thousand miners attended a meeting called by I. W. W.| organizers and pledged themselves to fight for the Jacksonville | scale. It looks like the miners were tired of waiting for the Lewis | machine of the U. M. W. A. to do something and are ready to| go into battle under any leadership that shows it will fight. We doubt that the J. W. W. have the “carload of rifles and} ammunition” the Walsenburg sheriff says he is trying to locate and which he seems to think they will need as they needed it at Ludlow. In the meantime the labor movement must watch develop- ments in Colorado and be ready to furnish the aid that must be forthcoming if the miners of Colorado are to break thru the Rockefeller front and build a militant union, | a \the folle of industry in the district of Tokio and Yokohama, also resolved to cut down production and has resorted to wholesale dismissal of workers in a number of undertakings. The other factories belonging to this concern are also preparing for wholesale dis- missals~but, in order to avoid unrest among the workers, they are dismis- sing their hands, for the time being, jin small groups of eight to ten men. The ship-building work Kawasaki have already dismissed 3000 workers an equal number, if not of more, is to be anticipated. Street Car Workers. Even very profitable undertakings, such as the tramway system of Tokio, are making use of the general of- fensive of capital against the work- ing class and are proceeding with wholesale dismissals in the course of rationalization, At the end of July |250 workers were dismissed. The employers, however, do not confine themselves to the dismissal of workers. They are also reducing wages, prolonging the hours of work whilst at the same time they reduce the number of working days, intro- ducing piece-work, keeping back the wages or paying once a month in- stead of twice, worsening all the conditions of labor, etc. Workers Fight. How does the Japanese proletariat react to this offensive of capitalism? iin general the Japanese workers of- fer a fairly active resistance to the attack of the capitalists. Unfortu- nately, the Japanese proletariat is still weak as regards organization and, owing to political disunity, its organizations, both the political and} trade union ones, are split up into three groups hostile to one another. These are the Right, the Left and the Centre parties. The absence of a united front is very detrimental to the struggle of the Japanese work- ers. and 500 employees; the dismissal of | e As was to be expected, the Left revolutionary wing of the Japanese proletariat, the “Workers’ and Pea- sants’ Party” (“Rodonominto”) and | the revolutionary ,trade union league (“Hyogikai”) display the greatest activity. They responded to the at- tack of capital by organizing a mass movement on a large scale with a view of forming factory committees in the factories and calling confer- ences of factory delegates in the towns and districts. Police Terrorism. Although the Reformist and Centre trade unions opposed the movement |of the factory committees on the {grounds that this movement was not in accord with the trade union move- ment as a whole, was a competitor of the latter and threatened its destruc- tion, all the workers of some_con- cerns who were members of the Centre and even of the Reformist |trade unions joined in the movement of the factory committees and took jan active part in the conferences of the factory delegates. 2 The employers and the police who assist them are carrying on a violent struggle against the factory commit- tees’ movement and against calling conferences of delegates. The police dispersed the delegates, arrested their leaders, etc. Thus, for instance, in | the big industrial centre of Osaka, the \police twice broke up the conference of the factory committees. The same thing happened in other places. The reprisals of the Government did not, however, deter the Left trade unions and the Workers’ and Peasants’ party from continuing their struggle. These organizations called a conference of all proletarian organizations of Osaka on August 8th, at which the methods of repulsing the offensive of capital were discussed. They intend to call a conference of all proletarian organi- zations throughout the country at which the same question is to be dealt with. Our Australian Letter Appeal to Foreign-born. MELBOURNE, Australia. — The executive of the Australian Labor Party has decided to circularize Ital- jan and other immigrants, in their own language, respecting labor condi- tions and the trade union position in Australia, The A. L. P. executive is seeking the cooperation of the various labor councils on the matters, and generally in making a closer approach to foreign immigrants now coming to Australia. a * * Child Endowment. PERTH, Western Australia._Some time ago, the Western Australia State Executive of the Australian Labor Party appointed a special committee to report on the question of child en- dowment. The committee has now drawn up a report, which has been adopted by the executive of the A. L. P. The report urges the labor govern- ment of the e to insist on a child endowment m in accordance with ng principles: hat. wages be so computed to e a reasonable standard of life, 1 en: |having regard to the domestic obliga- tions of the average worker—a man, wife and two children. 2.—That en- |dowment be assured for each child in every family in oxcess of two. 3.— That it be vecognied wages are an economic charge on industry, and en- dowment 2 social obligation on the community. 4—That endowment is related only to the extent of the fam- ily, and is not to be regarded as cor- rective of arbitration deficiences, but as the right of the child, and that child endowment should be entirely in- dependent of wage-margins for skill, 5.—For the purpose of endowment the eecupation of the father should be dis- regarded, as to whether working under an award or not. * ~ * Sugar Strike. BRISBANE, Queensland.—A seri- ous strike has broken out in the sugar industry, owing to the action of sugar- mill employers at South Jchnstone, in the north of Queensland, employing non-union foreigners instead of union labor, despite the fact that under a ruling of the state arbitration court the unionists were to be given pref- erence, in view of their previous ex- perience of the work and employment in the industry, Following upon the picketing of the mills, a union picket named Jack Hines on July 4, The foreigner has not yet been located, being shielded by the employers. After the shooting there was a general rush to clear out the foreigners and for a time things look- ed serious, as everybody was armed | The police intervened, and the Queens. jland state government ordered the disarmament of all persons while the defense department called in all ser- vice rifles and ammunition. The unionists are strong on the field and are picketing the works, Non-unionists brought to the mills are given a rough handling and sent back the -unionists stopping the trains and dragging the “scabs” off, then beating them up. There is every like- lihood of the strike extending as the unionists are determined to carry on the fight till every non-unionist is driven out of the industry. > was-shot dead by a foreign gunman | Current Events By T. J. O'Flaherty ARTIN W. LITTLETON, the patriot who was chief legal gun- ner for the notorious Lusk commit- tee that started out to save the coun- j try from radicalism immediately |after the world war came to an end, jis now chief counsel for Messrs. Fall and Sinclair, also patriots, who almost sueceeded in stealing the igreater part of the United States | government’s naval oil supply while | Harding was occupied with a crap |game. Needless to state, Mr. Little- ton insists that his hijacking clients were animated by the highest patri- otie motives in -taking unto them- selves their country’s oil resources. * * * HE radicals that Mr. Littleton “ex- posed” and helped to get lodged jin Sing Sing would socialize the na- j tional oil resources and use the min- }eral wealth of the country for the benefit of the producing section of the | population and their dependents. The /gentlemen that Mr. Littleton defends |for’ big money would also socialize | the national oil resourees with the dif- |ference that the society benefited | would be confined to the thieves and | their families. * ve Littleton in his anxiety to get * his clients out from under’ the dilemma in which they now find them- selves, because of the _ political exigencies of the democratic party and the importance of oil in the na- | tional economy (as well as the im- portance of Standard Oil in the na- tional government) finds it expedient to squirt some crude petroleum on Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the young man who essayed to douse the glim in. Tammany’s “red light” win- dows. It appears that Mr. Roose- velt’s part in the Fall-Sinclair con- spiracy was that of hush man. He was the precocious fellow who insisted that the less the public knew about this patriotic business the better for the conspirators. Which proves that young Ted is a worthy son of his father. Was it not old Teddy who once said that the consitution meant little or nothing between friends? * * i accepting in behalf of the federal government the statue erected in honor of General Meade of Civil War fame by the state of Pennsylvania, president Coolidge hinted that in some respects at least the famous general possessed qualities akin to those which enabled Mr. Coolidge to rise to the presidency from the lowly position of bill collector on a com- mission basis. Mr. Meade was a “gallant soldier and a christian gentleman.” Mr. Coolidge is no soldier, but he is a christian gentle- man and he may have soldierly qual- ities too. We learn from the presi- dent that Meade did not believe in “leading hopeless charges.” In other words he did “not choose to fight” when the other fellow had the drop on him. Just like Cal. * a RNOtaER go-getter was “Dr.” Franklin, alias Kock, alias Katz. He got them too. His plan was to visit housewives and inform them that he was a physician sent by their husbands to examine them physically with a view to prescribing treatment for some suspected disease. His the- atre of operations was the Bronx. Most of the “Dr.’s” involuntary clients did not stop to question the legitimacy of the “Dr.’s” professional visit so they did as they were bid, and while undressing, the “Dr.” de- parted with whatever jewelry he found laying! around. But most ad- ventures have an end as well as a beginning, and the “Dr.” met his nemesis in a woman who was not sick. He is now on his way to Sing Sing. * * * * * * EASONING correctly that the quickest way to acquire wealth and the easiest way to make a living is to do as little physical labor as pos- sible and make others do as much as possible, “Dr.” made a careful note of feminine vanities, particularly in the matter of clothes and went into training for his chosen profession. He hung around the haunts of doctors and watched their mannerisms. A prospective patient has as much chance of escaping from the atten- tions of an experienced doctor as an. / unarmed diver from the tentacles of an octopus. Not only could the Moe tors, observed by the faker, co} the average person that he but they could also convince hii a cure was possible. This convinced the faker that there was money in the profession, * * * N° matter how ill a doctor may be he manages to create an atmos- phere of salubrity around his person- ality. If he cannot do this he might {as well take down his shingle and become a chiropractor. So “Dr.” Franklin developed a way of holding i his hands as well as those of his “pa- ents” and learned the art of string- ng medical terms together in a con- vincing manner. Most people are afraid to admit they don’t understand synthetic chunks of vocabulary lest they imight he considered ignorant. Human gullibility helps to make life easy for persons of easy virtue. Well, the curtain goes down on the go-getting “Dr.” and for the time he- ing Bronz housewives may be permit- ted to harbor their ailments without outside interference. But “Dr.” Franklin has proved that there is money in that there borough and pioneering spirits will pecs Sin of the yellow metal. v4