The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 9, 1927, Page 2

Wage Two USSR COMMUNIST CONGRESS BACKS CENTRAL COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY Declares Support of Opposition Policies Are Incompatible With (Special Cable To Th MOSCOW, Dec. 8.—After a Party Membership he DAILY WORKER.) a Speech by Joseph Stalin, secre- tary of the All Union Communist Party, in which he demanded the complete “ideological and organizational extinction of the Op- position,” the Fifteenth Congr adopted a resolution upholding Central Committee. The resolution, after review- ing the policies of the Party and severely criticizing the tactics policies of the Opposition states: + “The congress declared that affilia- tion with the Trotskyist Opposition and the propagation of its views is incompatible with membership in the Bolshevik Party.” The adoption of the resolution was preceded by a report by Orjonikidze | on the activities of the Central Con-| trol Commission Expulsion Necessary. After short closing remarks by Kurski and Kossior, Stalin declared: “The Opposition speeches to the Con- gress were insincere, Rakovsky said the Opposition supports the Party. The Party needs no Opposition sup- port. It demands that the Opposition shall not interfere with the work of the Party. The Opposition warns the Party against dangers. Yes, just as a small sinking boat warns a huge liner travelling safely. Kamenev’s speech was full of hypocritical | phrases. It shows a two-faced Oppo- sition, one toward the Party, another towards Menshevis. ee “Kamenev is wrong in saying that when the Party demands that thé Op- position cease defending its views the Party contradicts Lenin traditions. Kamenevy may recall that he and Zin- oviev, in agreement with the Party, | formulated similar demands against Shliapnikoy and excluded him from the Central Committee. Concerning Kamenev’s statement on the impos- sibility of renouncing his views, he should have said Kamenev and Zino- viev renounced views for the sake of a bloc with Trotsky, and with more reason were now renouncing their views for the sake of unity in the Party Opposition Hypocritical. “The Of ition is hypocritical. Whereas it speaks peace at the con- gress, it continues its illegal activity. dhorti ore the opening of the con- gress, the Opposition met illegally at Leningrad, and yesterday it met at Moscow. There is no fundamental difference between the Opposition demonstration on the 7th of Novem- ber and the Left Socialist Revolution- ary insurrection of 1918. “The Central Committee should have taken much more repressive measures against the Opposition than it did. The Central Committee showed maximum tolerance in giving the Opposition an opportunity.to re- The Opposition It consider and retreat. must capitulate unconditionally. must unconditionally prop: Party prograrmme and views. Opposition can remain in the Party only on condition of its ideological and organizational extinction. Other- wise, the Party must ekpel the Op- position.” Struggle Sharper. Ordjonikidze reported on the activi- ties of the Central Control Commis- sion and Worker Pe nt Inspection. He said: “The Oppositic against the Party grov sharper and the Party i The Opposition regarded the de of the August Plenum of the Ce Comimittee as a sign of weakness The Opposition believed that the Cen- tral Committee dared not tackle the Opposition leade position ndeavored to wring conces sions from the Central Committee through an accentuated struggle. “The Central Committee’s toward the Opposition w always with the point of view of unity and peace, and the utmost was done for the attainment of that purpose. The Opposition says that this would be im- possible if Lenin were alive. Quite Biggest Hence, the Op-} attitude | ress of the Party unanimously the policies and methods of the so. If the Opposition adopted illegal methods under Lenin, they would have been expelled long ago. Won't Stop Fight. “The Opposition is disinclined to cease the struggle. Consequently our jways part: “When the Central Con- | trol Commission considered the No- vember demonstration inéident, Trot- sky and Zinoviev were told to cease the organization of illegal meetings and defend their views within the Party limits. They refused to acéept our terms. Difficult though it may |be for some Opposition members io | renounce their views, they must do so. Party prestige must be held above personal prestige. Non-capitulation entails expulsion.” The resolution unanimously adopted by the congress fully approving the political and organizational line of the Central Committee follows: “The congress confirms ¢orrect pol- icy of the Central Committee. De- |spite difficult conditions, there is a strengthening of the international position, making the country a fac- tor in international peace, it is rais- ing the authority of the U. S. S. R. as the stronghold of the international | revolutionary movement. “Thanks to the policy of the Cen- tral Committee, great successes are being made in the sphere of socialist construction, a continuous increase is being effected in urban rural produc- tive forces, the socialist elements gaining the upper hand, the matefial and cultural level of the working |masses and peasants improved, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was consolidated on the basis of a correct pursuance of Leninist national policy, the worker-peasant alliance has been strengthened, the leading influence of the proletariat and the Party has increased, and generally the positions of the proletarian dic- tatorship were systematically consoli- dated. . Supports C. C. C. “The resolution confirms the acute irreconcilable contradictions of the world capitalist system, the accentua- tion of the unequal rate of develop- ment, in capitalist countries, the sharpening of the international strug- gle for markets, the sharpening of antagonisms between imperialist and colonial countries while the struggle of subjugated countries against im- perialist oppression is assuming form of armed insurrection. The class struggle in imperialist countries is accentuated, with the working class taking counter-offensive against the too reactionary militarist policy of the bourgeoisie. Antagonisms between jthe Soviet Union and the surround- ing bourgeois countries are sharp- ened, The growing socialist elements in the U. S. S. R. and the collapse of bourgeois hopes for degeneration of the proletarian dictatorship with a simultaneous strengthening of the in- | ternational revolutionary influence of |the U. S. S. R. constitute the main factors of the accentuation. Capital- jist development has generally revealed | tendencies for cutting short the peace ‘respite’ and bringing nearer a new «© of great imperialist wars and erating revolutionary world con- Movement Growing. ““T’be congress confirms that, simul. taneously with the growing fas nggressive militarist tendency in im- | perialist countries, the conditions for the revolutionary settlement im na- and internal contradictions | ripen. The temporary ebb of the revo- luvionary wave in Europe is again substituted by a flow of increased fighting activity of the proletariat, \ by greater international solidarity of the’ labor movement, by a consolida- tion of Communist International ranks and a growth of the mass revo- lutionary movement, ‘ tional Event of the Year January 13th i THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, SENATE WASTES DAY DEBATING ON VARE SEAT Wiil Probaby Get the Bum’s Rush Today WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The sen- ate spent the entire day debating over whether William S. Vare should be seated as a member of that body. The final vote will come tomorrow morning. “The congress authorizes the Cen-; tral Committee to carry out a consis-| tent peace policy in the future, to atrengthen every means of fraternal connections of the Soviet workers and workers of western Europe and the toiling masses of oppressed countries, to develop systematically economic connections with capitalist countries simultaneously assuring the growth of economic independence of the U. S. S. R., to constantly strengthen the defensive capacity of the country by Accumulating the necessary economic reserves, “The congress records the successes achieved by the Party and wo: z class toward socialist industrial tion, finding simultancously that so- cialist state industry gained impor- tance in the entire system while com- mapding the pepogaie heights of the | ‘ihe supporters of Ware argued that pererend ctgte: lthe Philadelphia boss. was. legally “The cooperative and state sector of elected, probably fearing that they economy occupied leading positions on themselves might someday be ousted the market, systematically eliminat- under similar conditions. The argued ing private capital. The congress au- {hat he was legally entitled to a seat shorises the Central Committee to eyen though he was iater expelled. continue the same tempo of social-' The opponents argued that the hund- ist industrialization, of developing reds of thousands of dollars expended production by means of production, of in his campaigns were sufficient to developing the production of raw ma- justify the denial of his oath on the terial’ and continuously reducing ground that Ke had bought his seat. pelees, Will Join Smith Outside. “The congress authorizes the Cen-| There is every indication that the tral Committee to take practical mea- yote, when taken, will put, Vare on sures for the development of agricul- the outside, to keep Samuel Insull’s ture, The congress regards the ra- flunkey, Frank L. Smith, company tional distribution of land one of the pending final action after new trials main measures for the still more ener- | before the Reed slush fund committee. getic elimination of the private capi- Vare Requests Early Vote. talist elements in town and country. The Vare people asked for sixty “The congress records a quantita-/ days at the end of which time the tive and qualitative Party growth | committee would have to report back since the 14th Congress and fully ap-' to the senate. Robinson said he was proves the Central Committee policy willing to agree to a shorter limit. of regulation of its social composition,| Senator Caraway of Arkansas in noting the success of the “November a dry sarcastic speech ridiculed the nrollment” of workers in connection efforts of Vare forces. He drew with the Tenth Anniversary of the laughs from both the floor and gal- Soviet power. \lery. “The congress considers necessary | Kids Insull and Thompson. the further development of inner Par-| “If a certificate of election is all ty democracy, of practical criticism of the senate can consider Mr. Insull shortcomings, etc, might buy one for the King of Eng- Disregard Warning. land and leave it to Mayor Thompson to get him expelled from the senate “Congress records that, despite the Re he die pore Caraway said. warning of the 13th Congress which “Touching on the Pennsylvania cam- noticed the petty bourgeois tendency paign issues, Caraway said: of the Trotsky group, despite the ~“«f rad Vare’s campaign literature. warning of the 15th Conference con- jt simply said ‘we want beer’ and it cerning the social democratic tenden- shouldn't cost. a million dollars to ey united under Trotsky’s leadership, conduct that kind of an educational the Opposition continued deepening campaign. And from what I hear of month to month its revisionist errors Pennsylvania, they dont’ need that by carrying on a struggle against the kind of an educational campaign.” Party and Leninism, building a sepa- Blease Spills the Beans. rate Party, taking up the struggle The best points scored by the sup- outside the Party, appealing to non- porters came when Senator Cole proletarian elements against the ngs Blease, democrat, of South Carolina, gime of the proletarian dictatorship. | declared the exclusion of Vare would “The ideology of the Opposition endanger the seats of southern sen- which openly allies itself with rene-' ators, who won democratic primaries gades of international Communism at from which Negro voters were bar- the present time, took the form of red. He said the senate was setting Menshevism peculiar of the Trotsky a precedent barring Vare that nm brand. The denial of the socialist would haunt it in the future. character of the Soviet enterprises, Blease also scored with a declara- the denial of the possibility of the vic- tion that the senate was giving the vorious socialist construction of the U. junior Pennsylvania ‘senatorial toga 5. S. R., the denial of the policy of to the “biggest spender” in the Penn- working class alliance with the main sylvania primary by ousting Vare masses of the peasantry, the denial of and allowing Governor John S. Fisher organizational Bolshevik principles, to mame his successor. Fisher, he iogically brought the Trotsky Menshe- added, is elected through a $1,000,000 vist Opposition to slander the U. S, campaign fund, while Vare spent but S. R. as a degenerated Thermidolian $600,000. state, to a denial of the proletarian a SE LE dictatorship in the U. S. S. R. and to “SPIRIT OF CALIFORNIA” FAILS. counter-revolutionary struggle against SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 8.—The at- it. Hence, the Opposition ideological- tempt of the plane “Spirit of Cali- 1y broke with Leninism, degenerated fornia” to establish a new endurance into a Menshevist group and took the record ended in failure for a third path of capitulation to the forces of time when the plane was forced to international and internal bourgeoisie, descend at 11.17, a little more than vecoming objectively an instrument of three hours after it had taken off third force against the regime of the tcday. “Bumpy” air caused the fly- proletarian dictatorship. ers. Lieut. George R. Pond, U. S. N., Defeat By Masses. and Captain Charles Kingsford “Precisely because of this, the Smith, to abandon the attempt. Jpposition received such a crushin, pa fee tice dereat on the part of the masses ad HONOR CHESS CHAMP. “arty membership and the working BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 8.—Alexan- eiass. All of the resolutions of tne der Alekhine, who recently defeated Ventral Committee and Central Con- Jose Capablanca, of Cuba, will be of- trol Commission directed against the ficially proclaimed the chess cham- disruptive work of the ‘Troiskyists, pion of the world by President Car- the congress considers absolutely cor- ranza, of the Argentine Chess Club, rect and necessary. at a public ceremony tonight. “{t authorizes the Central Commit- == vee to secure unity in Lenin’s barty more to become a tool of extra-Part; by all means in tne future. Consid- forces. ering that the differences between “The Opposition”, he declared the Party and Opposition developed “Must bear responsibility for the fac from tactical to’ programmatic ail that its strife is opening the way tc that the Trotskyist Opposition objec- thg use of the Opposition by counter. tively. became a factor in the anti- revoltuionavy elements. @ Soviet struggle, the congress declares Work Against Party. affiliation with the Trotskyist oppo-| “Of 2,031 members of the Opposi- sition and propagation ot its views) tion whose case is being considered incompatible with membership in the| by the Central Control Commission, Bolshevik Party. The Congress ex-| 970 have been expelled from the ranks presses a firm proletarian conviction| of the Party. The social make-up of in the victory of Socialism in our/the Opposition is overwhelmingly country despite difficulties. state employé and student, shile very “International historical experience| tow workers are connected with the of the ten years’ and the existence of Opposition. the proletarian dictatorship is a splen-| “The Opposition plan consists in ac- did proof of the correctness of the| {ually maneuvering, going under- Leninist path. ground “The Congress proposes that the Central Committee relentlessly pur- sue the same path, further consoli- dating under the banner of Socialist construction ever greater masses of toilers of our country, sterengthening the fraternal ties and solidarity of the proletariat of all countries, and strengthening the U. S. S. R. yearly as the outpost of world Socialist revolution.” * * we Senate Report. MOSCOW, Dec. 8.—Congress at this morning’s session continued its debate of Ordjonikidze’s report. Numerous provincial delegates ex- pressed their ocmplete approval of the work of the Central Committee directed to the protection of Party unity and, insisted that strong meas- ures be taken against the Opposition. Yaroslavsky read a number of Op- posttionist documents showing that the Opposition was tending more and exciting the working class agains} Party. | “Secret leaflets issued by the Op- position declare that after the Con- gress the Opposition will. attempt. to more and more acute form of the struegle of the Opposition agains! the Party, the Opposition had no right to complain against the’ repressive measures taken against it, Must Abandon Line, “Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Ra- |dek and others held such views with [regard to the workers’ opposition. As to the present opposition which has gone much further in the line of anti- party and anti-Soviet activities, the Party must take more repressive measures, “Unless the members of the Oppo- sition abandon their line, the Party’s attitude toward them cannot be other than the attitude taken toward coun- ter-revolutionaries.” intensify discussion Considering the '|C. H. Hitch, master mechanic, Cov- DECEMBER 9, 1927 Lilliendahl and Beach Guilty of Manslaughter MAYS LANDING, N. J., Dee. 8— A verdict of voluntary manslaughter against Mrs. Margaret Lilliendahl and her friend Willis Beach arrived at after 24 hours of deliberation, was de-| layed by a Negro murder trial which | was in progress in the courtroom. | This verdict sealed the lie which the prosecution claimed Mrs. Lilliendahl! | had told, that two Negroes killed | her husband and attacked he Seven Negroes were arrested dur- ing the course of this trial, and the Ku Klux Klan were actively combing the countryside for any Negro who would answer Mrs. Lilliendahl’s very general description. The widow had identified one Ne- gro, Anderson, who she said, because | of “the look around his eyes.” It was later proved, however, that Ander- son was sleeping in an Atlantie City rooming house when the crime was committed. The verdict of voluntary man- slaughter carries a maximum sentence of ten years’ imprisonment and a fine | of $1,000 in the state of New Jer- sey. Justice Campbell will pass sen- tence ten o’clock Saturday morning, Dec. 10. Unemployed Make Rush For Xmas Jobs In the Cities By IRVING GREEN. (Worker Correspondent.) “Nothing for men today!” This al- ready hackneyed phrase decreased by two the number of those standing in the long, closely packed line outside the employment office of one of Buf- falo’s large department stores. The elevator carried down two more dis- appointed job hunters. This after a wait of fully a half hour while the employment manager busied himself rustling papers and looking import- ant. or the Christmas “rush” is on, and the hordes of unemployed—those of them that posses the necessary suit of clothes to aspire to a depart- ment store job—take on new hope and storm the downtown stores for jobs as “extra Christmas help.” After a long period of “prosperity,” they are\ hungry for jobs indeed. Many of them are down to the last week’s rent, Many are high school and college students sent out to help keep the family going while the father hunts work at the factory gates. There are old men and women too, and little children obviously with- in the school age limits. A few of the latter are taken on; they work hard and cheap. However, to the unsuccessful aspir- ants for a job there is no consolation but to repeat the experiment else- where. My partner in the down-go- ing elevator looks seriously worried. He mutters to himself at first and then says to me bitterly. “This is a hell of a town! A fellow can’t even buy a job!” Then to himself again, “Got to get a job soont~ Damn it, I don’t know what I’ll do if something doesn’t turn up quick,” “Say, bud,’ I address him, “did you try any other stores yet?’ “Hell! The last place I went. there was such a mob waiting I wasn’t even allowed to get in line and wait too!” “This is a hell of a town!” So is Cleveland, Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and every other city. in America, where hundreds of chousands walk the streets. So are he towns in Colorado where workers on the picket line are murdered be- use they resist rotten conditions. Prosperity! Hoover’s prosperity! Soolidge’s prosperity! Rockefeller’s prosperity! No prosperity for vorkers! Workeys must fight! Organize un- mployed councils. Demand relief. ight against capitalism which hrows them out to starve periodic- illye This prosperity’s the bunk! Arbitrators in Rail Road Shepmen’s Wage Dispute Are Selected CHICAGO, Dec. 8 I°P).—Arbitra- tors in the Chesapeake & Ohio rai!- rond ghopmen’s wage case have been selected. They are: for the. workers, Arthur O. Wharion, presidnt of the Tnternational Association of Machin- ists, Felix H. Knight, assistant gen- president of the Brotherhood of way Carmen of America; for the vailroad, J. P. Parrish,-assistant viee president of the Chesapeake & Ohio, ington, Ky. The system federation is asking 37.50 a day for all mechanics now getting $6.08 and $7.10 for freight carmen whose daily rate is now $5.12. Corresponding increases are request- ed for helpers and apprentices, The arbitrators will meet today in Washington to agree on neutral mem- bers of the board. sol Parkersburg, W. Va. Has Prosperity But lis in Poorliouse By A. G. MURPHY PARKERSBURG, W. Va., Dec. 8.— Secretar prosperous and President Coolidge | says the country is on the whole pros- perous in spots, but this industrial town of twenty-five thousand inhabi- tants is not one of the spots. In fact it could not be less prosperous if it were in Italy. For a year now, unemployment. has grown by leaps and bounds and it is said that every third person one meets is looking for work, There is also a large number of people from other places here who have drifted in mis- led by fairy stories sent out by the press and the. town boosters of the plenty of work with big wages to be gotten at the new rayon plant. This plant so far has proved a dud; few getting employment and those who did, getting such starvation wages that it but adds to the general poverty of the town. Since the cold weather has set’ in, the city lock-up has been ‘used as a flop-house and last night seventeen men sought shelter there from the cold weather, leaving this morning without breakfast as the city has no, fund to provide for this. Mayor For Full Poor House. Several months ago the mayor an- nounced that the city poor fund had been exhausted by the many demands made upon it by needy citizens and| this was the first ‘time that had ever happened so early in the season. Since that time the situation has grown worse and in speaking today of the many calls made upon him for help, the mayor said that being with- out funds to help he had advised many of the applicants to enter the county infirmary where they will have at least food and warmth. The mayor, in lauding this goal of the workers, is quoted in a town paper as saying that the infirmary is under splendid management and could easily take care of double its population without added expense to the county. He also said that unless the institution is filled to its capacity it is an expensive proposition without the desired results. “Prosperity” Will Fill it. Just what the desired results of a full poor-house might be, the mayor did not specify, but a few more months of the present brand of Cool- idge-Hoover brand of prosperity, to- gether with the mayor’s laudation of this American institution will fill it and we will find out without further explanation on the part of his honor. Hoover says the nation is} BURNS MANAGER IDENTIFIES THE -_ SPIES’ REPORTS [Trial Adjourned Until ‘Monday to Aid Defense WASHINGTON, Dee. 8.—Hour-by- tivit of the |hour reports on the | Teapot Dome oil con cy jury were |read into the court record today as | the inal contempt trial of Harry |F. Sin the oil magnate, William |J. Burns, the detective, and four of | their colleagues proceeded. | Sinclair is accused of having em- | ployed the Burns Detective A | keep the jury under surveil: |the purpose of bringing about either |an aequittal verdict or a mistrial in |the case against hismelf and former | Secretary of the Interior Fall for con- | spiring to steal Teapot Dome. Ruddy Shews Up Day. Charles G. Ruddy, manager of the 15 detectives who undertook this op- eration, was on the stand and identi- fied the reports that went to Sinclair through H. Mason Day, also on trial. A significant item in each report was the expense account. It cost from $8 to $36 a day apiece appar- ently to shadow the men and women who were sitting in judgment on Sin- clair and former Secretary of the In- terior Albert B. Fall. Trial Off Till Monday. Because of the illness of George Hoover, member of counsel for Harry | F. Sinclair, Justice F. J. Siddons this afternoon adjourned the criminal con- tempt trial of ibe djl magnate and | William J. Burns until Monday. Martin W. Littleton, Hoover’s as- sociate, asked for the adjournment be- cause Hoover is expected to cross- examine the government’s witnesses. General Membership in Cleveland to Discuss Expulsion of Zinoviev CLEVELAND, Dec. 8.—A general membership meeting will be held in {Cleveland on Monday, December 12, at 7:30 p. m. at the District Office, 2209 Ontario Street, to discuss the controversy in the Russian Party, which ld to the expulsion of Trotzky, Zinoviev, Kamenev and others. Every member of the Party and of the Young Workers’ League should be present. As the discussion is to be engaged in by all members. The meeting must begin on time. BUILD THE DAILY WORKER! Dail Worker Indictment Upheld The decision handed down by the Federal Grand Jury upholds the sentence in the case of David Gordon, a contributor to The DAILY WORKER. This decision means 8 years in jail for Comrade Gordon unless The DAILY WORKER can arouse mass sentiment against this attack. In addition to the jail sentence, The DAILY WORKER is fined $500.00. This is not an isolated in- cident but is in line with the policy of the Dollar Patri- ots to stifle every radical movement which might be in their way of involving the workers in another world conflict, Resist the attack on The DAILY WORKER. Maye. Pledge Your Support Today! MY PLEDGE to the Ruthenberg Sustaining Fund. Enclosed $ every week. ——