The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 29, 1927, Page 4

: i f a Forr le forms the in- troduction of the new publication of the Workers Library Publishers: “Questions And Answers To Amer- jean Trade Unionists—Stalin’s In- terview With The First American Trade Union Delegation To Soviet Russia.” This book takes on added interest with the meetings now be- ing held at which the second rank and file delegation is making its re- port to American labor. Because of the importance of this publication, this article will be fol- ‘owed by two oth «=: one of the questions asked of Stalin and his an- that Swer; the other a question Stalin in turn asks of the de and their answers. Both questions deal specifically with problems of American labor. | ae ae | By JAY LOVESTONE NE of the most importa’ the history of the American | movement is the visit of the Fi American Labor Delegation to the} Soviet Union. ial observer it is dif- nd why and how it is that the Soviet Union plays such an important role in the development of the American labor movement. In| America, we have the most powerful capitalist system. In Soviet Russia, we have a growing system. In Ame class rules un onged eé: In Soviet Russia the prole unchallenged and uncha' But this sharp difference in * lations and in the econom structure | of the countries does not itself ve to create a gulf between these two labor movements. The American labor movement has | some very worthwhile traditions. Yet, | | when compared with the older labor | movements in some of th ropean aditions of our work- are few. Particularly in aj country where the la : movement is young, and the ons are not many, does the ex: Soviet Republie in important 1 tion and a source of ular momer orker not terest ed in the t Repub: appre- | biab1s“section Pott the American work- | ing cla v in character and eiiing | i , which is keenl interested i e progress and devel- opment c F Worke an Farmers’ Soviet Republic in the world. | 7 Hours In U.S. S. R. | establishment of the 7-hour | day in the Soviet Union, the steady | progress towards building up 1. | ism in the Union of Socialist Soviet | Republics, the increasing importance } of Soviet Russia in the international | arena, the marvelous growth and Strength of the Russian trade union movement in cont with the diffi- cult position and collapse of the labor movement in the capitalist countries, tall of these will serve to increase the THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 29, E921 WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT DOES BEST “/morance, s + Communist ; Party « of the Soviet Union as Comrade Stalin. More Labor Delegations. Labor delegations from the United Statesto the Soviet Union are no lon- ger a novelty. Since the ice has been broken by the delegation headed by James P. Maurer, president of the Pennsylvania State Federation of La- Soviet Union another American Labor | Delegation. This second trade union | delegation is more representative of American labor in certai more of the rank and file in the basic industries of the country. Consequent- ly the growing interest on the part of increasing sections of the American working class in the problems and progress of our Russian brothers should be further stimulated by the contents of this volume. “Questions and Answers to Amer- ican Trade Unionists,” by Comrade Stalin, should go a good deal of the way towards helping lift the fog that has impeded the vision of the Amer- ican working class. The Workers’ Library, publishers, can be thankful to the founders of this series, par- ticularly Comrades Bertha and Sam- uel Rubin, Comrade J. Barry, Dr. B., A. T., and others who have rendered valuable service through their con- tributions to make possible the publi- cation of such timely literature, WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Aroused lution for investigation of the power trust, the Anti-Monopoly League has issued a demand that members of both branches of Congress confess what are their holdings of stock and bonds, and what are their other affiliations with big business. “The biographies supplied for the Congressional Directory are entirely lacking in information of vital im- portance as to the financial, industrial and corporation entanglements of our linterest of the great masses of Amer- ican workers in the progress of the, | Soviet Republic. Precisely because of the potentially powerful influences the progress of the Soviet Union will have on the {United States as a whole and the | American labor movement in particu- lar, have the r tionary trade union |bureaucrats mobilized prejudice, ig- slander representation against the Soviet Union. Herein lies the reason for the trade union bureaucracy’s present pol- icy towards the Soviet Union. Our jan and the vilest mis- | is the specific cause why the official leadership of the American Federa- tion of Labor fights so bitterly again Soviet recognition and why it struggles so desperately against any attempt to bring to the American workers the fact about the situation in the Soviet Republic. Under these conditions the visit of American labor delegation com- posed of bona fide conservative trade unionists, assumes paramount impor- tance. Soviet Russia, as seen thru the eyes of American trade unionists, | is portrayed in the Report of the | labor lieutenants of imperialism are | |well aware of the fact that once the |‘ great mass of workers would see thru | their lies about the Soviet Union, once this weapon of prejudice ended, then | one of the most powerful bulwarks of capitalist reaction in the United | States—the trade union bureaucracy , —would be dealt a mortal blow. This First American Labor Delegation. ‘Questions and Answers to American Trade Unionists” completes the study very thoroughly and gives the inside into the problems of the working class Russia. This is true despite the fact that the labor delegation did not rep- | resent in a narrow form all the preju- | Hail the Fourth the Daily GREETINGS dices and misconceptions of most of the trade union bureaucracy now dom- inating the labor movement. Stalin Analyses. The gap between the developments of class-consciousness among the American workers and the class-con- sciousness of the workers in the Soviet Union, is clearly evidenced in the questions and answers herewith given. Equipped with a tremendous capacity for Leninist analysis, Comrade Stalin shows a remarkable understanding not Anniversary of Worker! only of the tasks and problems con- CIAL JANUARY SIGN—-SEND YOUR GREETINGS Send not less than 50 cents with every name to The Daily Worker, 33 First St., New York, N. Y. FULL NAME ; | fe emewescccecceme ces GREETINGS—Accepted from workingclass organizations at $200 per full page (fractions of a page on this basis) and $1.50 per inch, Be sure your organization sends its greetings. Order a Bundle of T enclose $.......... for Rates—$1.50 per This List is collected by .... TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE SPE- For the January 13th Meeting and for Distribution. The DAILY WORKER, 33 First St., Anniversary Edition of The Daily Worker. Must be mailed from New York not later than fronting the Russian proletariat, but also of the difficulties and tasks the American working class is facing. In his concfse and lucid manner, Com- rade Stalin explains very effectively the positive contributions of Leninism to Marxism, the development of the science of proletarian revolution, the role of the Communist Party, the proletarian dictatorship, the forms and methods of building up socialism and the effects of imperialism on the working Class, Problems Loom. The discussion between Comrade | Stalin and the American trade union- | ists also focuses attention on certain | basic tasks and problems that our | working class must meet and meet soon. Why are the American work- | | | | | i 13TH EDITION ers so poorly organized? Why is so small a proportion of American work- ers in the trade unions while so large | a proportion of the Russian workers is—over 90 per cent—in the trade unions? What are the relations be- tween the skilled and the unskilled workers in the United States? What | lessons can we draw from these re- | lations? How does it come that the | reactionary labor bureaucracy is often far more black in its conservative ate | titude than even some of the leaders | of the bourgeoisie? the labor party, recognition of the Soviet Union, the Communist society, the role of the peasantry, incentive under Socialist production, the struc- ture of the Soviet system and the de- velopment of genuine working class democracy in the Soviet Union, are | among the many questions briefly but | thoroughly analysed and explained in | TOTAL the Daily Worker New York, N. Y. copies of the Fourth . State brary series. hundred copies. Federation of Labor Executive Coun- |cil has not uttered one word of pro- \test against the recognition of the | land by the United States but has Hom of th- : mm lof the United States as well as Soviet | Social insurance, | this third volume of the Workers Li- | And why is it that the Américan | | fascist government of Italy and Po- | | worked overtime to Aa the hecag:. | solons, declares the League. Similar vital information about cabinet mem- bers, supreme court justices, army and navy officials, the President, of- ficials of the treasury and war and navy, state and commerce depart- ments, interstate commerce and tariff commissions is carefully suppressed.” EDWARDS QUITS BANK. Senator Edward I. Edwards of New Jersey, gave up his chairmanship of a bank here, to devote more time to his political jobs and other holdings. such fundamental problems from so | He owns a large slice of the Banker’s authoritative and able a leader of the | Security Company stock. jeevey Republic of Russia by the jou States? It is seldom that American work- ers, particularly leaders of the Amer- |ican working class, engage in so tho- |rough an examination of such basic | questions as the ones raised in the in- terview of the First American Labor Delegation with Comrade Stalin, The American workers may consider them- selves fortunate to have had some of | their leaders secure an explanation of In January the banks are paying in- terest—transfer your money to the CONSUMERS FINANCE CORP. and do not lose any dividends. Build the Cooperative Movement! Another Gold Bond Issue 00 $290,000 secured by the second mortgage on this SECOND BLOCK OF OF THE COOPERATIVE WORKERS COLONY (Bronx Park East, at Allerton Ave. Sta., Bronx) DWELLINGS | Guaranteed dividends are being paid from the first day of deposit | =26% | QW eeooeatt Subsidiary of the United Workers Cooperative Association . Office: 69 Fifth Ave., cor. 14th St., New York TELEPHONE ALGONQUIN 6900. bor, there has already gone to the} respects in | that it has less of the officialdom and Demand Politicians to State Wealth and Big Business Affiliations by the 40-36 rollcall vote by which the Senate tried to kill the Walsh reso- in Hi HEN Homer. | pce his bloomin’ lyre he wasn’t particular about the facts in the case. He took poetic license with history when he wrote o. the face (of Helen’s) “that launched a thousand ships.” And if you rece he wrote about horses. Knowing the old bard’s imagination got the best of his logic, Prof. Erskine | of Columbia, in writing “The Private Life of Helen of Troy,” took even more liberties with Helen’s reputation The moving picture people, knowing the historical unreliability of both Homer and Erskine, wrote their own version. And here it is in pictures: a gay, sophisticated, splendid even- |ing’s entertainment as far away from the ordinary run of pictures as the story is front the ancient lyre that started this thing. Not only the producers but the sub-title writers went on a hilarious spree. I Troy—and of Helen who ruined them,” the sub-titles keep the audi- ence in a perpetual state of chuckles. They occasionally border on banality. They overstep the quiet cleverness and gentle humor of the story. “the most discreet periods” well known blonde. of the From the first announcement | that “this is a story of the ruins of But they belong. You’ll find them fitting part and parcel of this new version of the ancient escapades, tho only of The First Prefered Blond istory Clever “Helen Of Troy” at the Globe Theatre SASCHA JACOBSEN The joint recital of The DAILY WORKEK anniversary at Mecca Temple on Jan- uary 13. noted violinist will play in Navy and the Marines, who are ever- lastingly pestering him to start “a nice good war” and finally find it in the necessity for the preservation of the national honor when the Prince of Troy, to the great satisfaction of her husband, sneaks away with Helen. The war between Sparta and Troy give the sub-title writer an oppor- tunity for some good-natured kidding. The directing of the picture, the| Yes, even at war. There is no biting first of Alexander Korda, another re-| satire. Neither biting, nor any other cent directorial importation, is a|kind. Under the humorous sallies smooth, nicely done business. The| about buying bonds, doing your bit, settings are splendid and the photo- graphy pleasing. Helen herself is a comely vision. Blonde she is and shapely too. Altho Homer made more of her face, Hollywood saw the pictorial possibilities in the rest of her. Her characterization is not any- thing to write home about, yet it is very well done, plausible and fully suggestive of the beautiful but not so dumb as they might say. By far the best job is Helen’s hubby, Menelaos.. Lewis Stone gives us a character as it hasn’t been our good fortune to see in many movie days. The deviations of Helen do not annoy him too greatly. He’s broad- minded and he’d much rather go fish- ing. Much more of a nuisance are giving until it hurts and other fea- tures of the recent “nice good war” of our own, there is nothing to make a hundred percenter uncomfortable. The main element of humor in al- most all the episodes of the story, are the modern trimmings to this ancient vehicle. Little intimacies between man and wife in ancient days, brought up to date, are delightfully good fun and pleasingly handled. What a relief this is from the thousand and one serious problem films of domestic deviations. All in all the film story of the private life of “Helen of Troy” may not be history. Neither may it be great art. But what a whale of a difference just a few laughs make! —wW. C. LAU | his military leaders: The Army, the Winter Garden ‘thurs. ‘© Sat. WORLD'S LAUGH SENSATION! The Actor-Managers present A Satirical Comedy by R. E, Sherwood COMEDY Theatre, Mats. Thurs. & Sat. Artists Models. Mats. . | Opera Co, in The LOVE NEST West 4ist Street Chanin’s W. 45 St. Tues., Wed., F Winthrop Ames Gilbert & Sullivan “Mikado” Wed. Matinee—“IOLANTHE” Thurs. Eve. “PIRATES OF PENZANCE” ‘ler’ Lhea..W.43 St.E. 1.8.30 Henry Miller’s “\iatinces Wed. &'Sat. Grant Mitchell in Geo. M. Cohan's American Farce The Theatre Guild presents ——, PORGY so Th., W. 42d. 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