The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 10, 1928, Page 6

eS i 4 i Page Six ea hl G Set “ THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1928 THE DAILY WORKER Published by the NATIONAL DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING ASS’N, Ine, Daily, Except Sunday 83 First Street, New York, N. Y. Cable Address: “Daiwork” SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail (in New York only): By Mail (outside of New York): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.50 three months. $2.00 three months. Phone, Orchard 1680 ss and mail out checks to Addre: THE DAILY WORKER, 33 F a: Editor... Assistant Entered us second-class mail at the po the act of M Brailsford’s World Peace Illusion Henry Noel Brailsford, just arrived from England to give a series of lectures at the New School for Social Research on “Prog- | ress and Reaction in Post War Europe” proves in his first inter-| view with the capitalist press that he is totally unfit to deal with | international problems by his inane comments upon what he con- siders the prerequisite for world peace—an understanding between Britain and America on interpretation of international law. He visualizes a world government of which the present league of nations is the Eurdpean nucleus. If the league is to realize | world peace, says Brailsford, it must come to terms with Britain’s | great imperialist rival and the Shylock of the world, the United | States. When Brailsford speaks of Britain and the United States | reaching an understanding preparatory to the establishment of | world peace he recognizes the fact that Britain at present domi- | nates the league. | Such a conception ignores completely the reality of the world | in which we live—a world of declining capitalism—where even | the evanescent nature of its boasted stabilization is becoming ap- | parent to all. The proletarian revolution in Russiadealt a mighty blow to world capitalism. The national revolutionary movements | in the colonies weakens it still further. The present world reac- | tion, the frightful international offensive against the working class in order to “strengthen the rear” as a prelude to the next great world slaughter, appears to the superficial only as evidences of vitality. In reality it is evidence of the frantic straits of the imperialist governments who desperately strive to smash all | dissension, because their position is so precarious that any pow- erfully organized opposition will expose their weaknesses and en- danger their rule. To propose unity between the United States and Britain as a guarantee of world peace is to join the chorus of the British imperialists, who are striving to create a united capitalist front against the Soviet Union and the colonials and semi-colonials, precisely because Britain is most seriously menaced by the imme- diate situation in China, India and Africa. Only a hopeless phil- istine could propose that the American imperialists abandon their crusade to dominate the whole world and agree to live in peace with its most formidable rival, which it is now fighting against for supremacy in every part of the world. An alliance between the imperialist powers of Britain and the United States could only be realized if the yankee imperialists felt their power threatened by the same forces that threaten Britain. Such a pact would certainly not be a guarantee of world peace. t Would be an alliance for the purpose of waging a joint predatory “imperialist war against the nationalist liberation movements and against the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. Such an alliance would, of necessity, be short-lived, for the simple reason that. even in the midst of the joint struggle irreconcilable antagonisms would come to the surface. And no sooner would the objective be obtained for which the alliance was made than these antagonisms would burst forth into a conflict between the imperialist powers for a redivision of the earth—a division of the spoils. Brailsford, like all others of his ilk, is useful to his imperialist masters, inasmuch as he tries to create the illusion that alliances between the rapacious powers are for the promotion of peace in- stead of preparations for new wars. This imperialist agent, a prominent parliamentary represent- ative of the British labor party, even joins the international jackal pack of war-mongers and ravagers of weaker nations, by assail- ing the recent proposal of the Soviet Union for complete disarma- ment. Says Brailsford, the henchman of the imperialist flunkey, J. Ramsay MacDonald: “Regarding the Russian proposal for complete disarmament, the great body of intelligent opinion in England did not consider it very seriously, and undoubtedly if such a program were put into effect at this time, it would precede disorder and world revolution, with the Communists taking control in some countries and the fascisti in others.” We need not here dwell upon Brailsford dragging in the idea of a fascist “revolution” in some countries. He and his cohorts in the labor party have done nothing to expose the fascist tenden- cies of the Baldwin tory government and like all heroes of the second international he tries to lull the working class into a false sense of security by talking twaddle about the pacifism of impe- rialist governments in order more easily to pave the way for fascist tyranny. Brailsford, like the worst of the British tories, talks pacifism so long as it serves the purpose of imperialism, but when pro- posals are made for disarmament, he re-echoes his masters by indulging in dirty sophistry calculated to aid the war-mongers. That proposal of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics for disarmament was a master stroke of diplomacy is more evident every day, inasmuch as it not only exposes the hypocritical paci- fist slogans of the avowed imperialists, but also exposes the shal- low pretenses of the liberai and “laborite” pacifists. Fascism in the Pressmen’s Union ' Major George L. Berry, who acts as liaison officer between the American legion and the American Federation of Labor in their joint assaults upen the demands of the rank and file of la. tor, has achieved one ideal of fascism in the International Print- ing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union of North America—the abo- ition of elections. Waging a campaign of terror against every effort on the part @f the memb ip of the pressmen’s uni uracterized by wholesale ex and denial of the privilege of f i local unions, Be has finally brought the union ic of impotency that a nominating committee choc and his cohorts to remain in power for the ensuing two ; Tn true fascist sty democracy in the union i Glass-collaboration policy of Berry. Simultaneous*with the an- nouncement of the abolition of elections in the union comes a re affirmation of the “principles” of Berryism—aiding the employ- ers increase production, abolition of the right to strike through | compulsory arbitration of disputes and a “determined fight 00-HOO!” By Fred Ellis Mr. Coolidge Goe: YOUTH PROBLEMS IN INDUSTRY AND LEFT WIN workers are extremely poor. Statis- ties on the youth itself are scarce but it is a well known fact that the great bulk of the youth can be listed under the unskilled workers and the Government figures for. July 1926 show that the average wage of the unskilled worker is 18.48 per week. This is calculated on a full year of | steady work which is myth in most cases. It also includes the adults who are unskilled and receive a slightly By JOHN WILLIAMSON. (Continued from Last Issue.) It is not the purpose of this article to make an analysis of the conditions of the working class as a whole. How- ever, in order to bring into the proper place the conditions of the youth, a few words are necessary. s to Havana. is between $15.00 and $16.00 per week and the nine hour day is applicable more than the eight hour day. The average reader can imagine how far $16.00 will go. Even the National In. dustrial Conference Board, a statis- tical bureau representing the Manu- facturers Association, says the mini- mum necessary for an unmarried young worker is $18.00 per week, and a reading of the distribution of this $18.00 as outlined by the N. I. C. B. is In general there is no abrupt down- ward trend of wages of the workers as a whole. There is a tendency in certain industries towards lower wages and longer hours. This tend- ency is augmented in certain indus- tries like coal mining and textile. The outlook is for this process to continue but at what time this will become abrupt and reach a stage of crisis it higher wage that the young worker. (See Table 7) Other general material of interest may be found in Tables 8-9-10 and 11, Government Figure Erroneous Individual experience and investiga- tion as well as contact with young} workers, show that the wages and hours are even much lower than indi- cated in government figures. If we average the wages of the young work- Even under the present conditions ot Ge oe me ts hiwegee eee, ReCre nse Re young scan safely say that the average wage is impossible to state. Poor Wages Table 7—Average Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Wage Unskilled Workers. July, 1926. Industry Hour Day Week (calculated on 8-hour day) Auto $ .46 $3.68 $20.24 Elect. App. 43 8.44 18.92 Leather 40 3.20 17.60 Packinghouse Al 3.28 18.04 Average 42 3.36 18.48 Table 8—Trend Average Weekly Earnings in N. Y. & Ill. New York Illinois Industry 1920 1922 1924 1926 1923 1924 1925 1926 Elect. App. $30.74 $26.50 $30.53 $31.07 $25.26 $26.27 $24.76 $26.68 Paper Box 23.80 23.39 25.85 25.93 24.95 23.78 22.46 25.25 Candy 19.40 19.33 21.04 22.86 22.28 22.17 21.90 19.39 Textiles 23.20 20.26 22.03 23.08 18.87 21.09 18.35 19.24 Table 9—Average Wages & Hours in Cotton Goods Industry. Occupation 1924 1926 Sex 1924 1926 Picker Tender 53.6 54.1 M $17.74 $16.07 Frame Tender 54.9 55.0 M 16.20 15.35 Frame Tender 51.3 51.9 F 15.95 14.58 Frame Spinner 53.2 55.1 M 19.63 15.92 Frame Spinner 53.1 53.5 F 16.94 15.09 Spool Tender 55.0 59.2 M 10.56 11.25 Spool Tender 53.3 53.6 F 15.19 13.19 Trimmers 55.3 53.0 M 16.81 15.64 Trimmers 62.7 52.6 F 14.12 12.94 All Employes 53.5 53.8 M 20.87 18.67 All Employees 52.3 52.8 F 18.15 15.89 All Employees 53.0 53.3 M&F 19.72 17.48 Table 10.—Average Wages and Hours in Soft Coal Industry. Hours per Day Wages per Hour Occupation 1924 1926 1924 1926 Brakemen 8.4 8.5 11 687 Drivers 8.2 8.3 148 -708 Laborers 8.3 8.4 657 620 Motormen 8.6 8.7 7.52 118 Trackmen 8.3 8.4 737 -705 Trapper Boys 8.0 8.0 408 379 Table 11—Working Hours in Mfg. Industries. Hours 1914 1919 1921 1923 44 and under 11.8 12.3 13.7 9.9 44-48 118 3.8 4.2 4.5 48 11.8 82.6 33.6 81.7 48-54 13.5 16.5 18.2 21.9 54 25.8 9.0 18 8.8 SS oe against doctrines in contravention to Americanism.” Berry’s in- terpretation of Americanism being a system of universal scabbery: In spite of this high-handed tyranny’ there still remains in the ranks of the pressmen’s union sufficient oppositional forces o create a powerful left wing that, if properly organized, can overthrow this petty fascist despot and place the affairs of the union in the hands of the membership, where it belongs. More than ever must the pressmen fight to make reality the lemand that Berry must go, with all his strike-breaking, scab- herding official crew. The other militant workers in the printing trades unions | ould aid the pressmen in their fight against Berry’s fascism. fact the whole left wing of the labor movement should rally to he support of those workers in the pressrooms of the country | ho suffer under Berryism in order to put an end to it, and make | he union a fighting instrument against the bosses. To stand idly by while one union’after another is crushed by its reactionary officials is to indirectly aid those forces of black -eaction that are striving to destroy completely all effective union- 3 better than a Broadway comedy. Turnover of Youth Labor.. Another problem confronting the jyoung worker is the great turnover of labor in the industries in which they are employed. This turnover is largely a result of the high develop- ment of industry, with its consequent intermittent lay-off for a few days or sometimes even hours. The turnover of labor is greater in the U. S. A. than elsewhere and especially in the types of industries where the youth are employed.’ As an indication of this problem the following is im- portant: Rochester, N. Y-—Boys 14-16 change jobs every 17 weeks. New York—Youth change jobs 6 times per year. Chicago (Swifts) — Average length employment youth 3% months. Maryland—51.3 per cent ployed less than 2 months. Indianapolis—Average youth em- ployed less than 2 weeks, 7 per cent; 1 month, 15.8 per cent; 2 months, 380.3 per cent; 3 em- —o months, 48 per cent; 6 months, 70.7 per cent. Unemployment. Unemployment amongst the youth industries is not prevaient altho the total time unemployed per year is higher amongst young workers than adult because of the great labor turn- oer indicated above. In case of a crisis in the coming period and a re- sulting large army of unemployed, the Left Wing must take up the slogan within and without the Unemploy- ment Councils of “Government Main- tenance of the Young Workers at Trade Union Rates.” The Left Wing must also take the initiative in seeing that the unemployed youth have their representatives on such Councils or similar organizations. Summary of Conditions. Summarizing the economic situa- tion of the young workers we see their conditions are very poor—in contrast to the so-called opportunities afforded very young Americans. The trade union movement has not yet even recognized the problem of the young workers, and when strikes do occur, the youth are generally neglected—no attention is given to special demands of an economic or social character, which will improve their lot under the present system. To win the youth for the trade union movement—es- pecially to guide its inherent rebelli- ousness into the organized militancy of the Left Wing, it is the duty! of the Trade Union Educational League to become their champion with the labor movement. AMERICA UEBER ALLES (To the Incorrigible Nicaraguans) America Ueber Why can’t you Alles. understand, You gang of dirty greasers, i The mission of our land? We are the world’s protectors, The home of liberty; We put our chains upon you To teach you to be free. America Ueber Is all you need Alles to know; We rob you and we kill you Because we love you so! WHITE TERROR INCIT Rumanian Government Editor, The DAILY WORKER: Along with the New Year message of the Roumanian premier, V. Brati- anu, in which he claims that Rou- mania has had much to be proud of during the past year, comes a cable which states that the hand of anti- Semitic students arrested for the mur- der of a number of Jews in the pa- groms in Oradea Mare, Cluj, and other Roumanian towns has been set free and that the Jewish victims of the pogroms are instead being tried for resisting the cowardly student- thugs and are being forced to sign papers absolving the student maniacs and naming the Communists as guilty in the pogroms. Tf this is the deed that Bratianu is proud of, if the murder of Jews, raping of Jewish girls, and plunder- ism, in order to reduce thé labor movement to a mere appendage f American imperialism. s ing of Jewish communities makes him proud, then all thugs and murderers may be proud of themselves. A. B. MAGIL. |manian government is guilty of the pogroms on the Jews, as well as it is guilty of massacring the Roumain- ian workers and peasants who dare to stand up for their rights. The po- |Russia and in the “modern” capital- jistie buffer states set up against the only Workers’ Republic, Soviet Rus- |sia, are tricks to foster hatred be- tween the different nationalities, so |as to divide the masses into weak sec- \In this way the capitalist governments jare able to crush them easily. I have lived thru several pogroms of old czarist Russia, and know that whenever the government agents or- ganized a pogrom badly or the police and military failed to give ample pro- tection to the pogrom, a hastily or- ganized self defense of a few Jewish workers was invariably able to repel Wear a Lenin Button Thousands of workers in scores of cities will soon be wearing the bril- liant little Lenin Button that the Workers (Communist) Party organi- zations are distributing among the workers as part of the campaign to mobilize the American working class and lead it along the Leninist way. The Lenin Button is unusually at- tractive and significant this year. It is a brilliant reproduction of the fa- mous “Lenin Directing the Revolu- tion” picture on a background of fac- tories and trucks full of armed Work- ers’ Guards. The cut here gives but a poor idea of how attractive the but- ton really looks. The button is a real symbol of Lenin showing the workers the way to’ freedom. The worker who wears it shows that he is ready to take up the struggle against exploitation and oppression to carry it forward to vic- tory under the flag of Lenin, in the way shown by Lenin. To spread these buttons among the workers is to do an important work in spreading mili- tancy and class-conscidusness among the working class. Every militant and class-conscious worker should wear this button! Every militant worker, every Com- munist, should get his fellow-worker to wear this button! The price is: up to 25—10c per button. Over 25—7e per button. Party organizations should order thru their district organizers. Other working class organizations order from the National Office, Workers Party, 43 East 125th St., New York City. This year the children are not for- gotten. More than once Lenin em- phasized how necessary it is to win the proletarian and farmer children for the class struggle, to organize them. To bring this message home to the millions of American children, the Young Pioneers have issued a special Children’s Lenin Button, a button so attractive that any child who sees it will want to wear it immediately. The button represents a beautiful picture of Lenin surrounded by a the Rou-¢the attacking mob. |groms upon the Jews in old Czaristic | tors hating and fighting one another. | lively group of children. Around the whole scene are the words: “Organ- ize the Children.” Every workers’ child should wear this button and every working class parent should get this button for his children. These children’s buttons may be ordered from the Young Pioneers of America, 43 East 125th St., New York City. The prices are: Up to ten, 10c per button; orders of from 10 to 100, Te per button; orders of over 100, 5c per button. “Socialist” Pays 130 Months’ Back Dues (By Organization Dept., District 2, Workers Party.) In the last issue of the New Lead- er, the local secretary of New York boasts of the fact that one of the former members of the socialist party paid one hundred and thirty months dues and became a good standing member. No doubt this socialist must be a prosperous business man and did not find it necessary to pay one hundred and thirty months’ dues at a time. The above shows the degeneration of the socialist party organizationally. Another comrade has called to our attention that he knows of a case where a member had paid dues for almost as long a period in the so- cialist party and became in good standing. According to the constitution of our Party anyone who is in arrears more than six months is dropped from the roles, Our Party consists only of active members. To be an active member one must not only pay his dues but attend Party meetings regularly and carry on Party activity. Many of our Party members are now much in arrears in their dues and they are advised to become in good standing, and if they are unemployed they will be given exempt stamps. ES ATTACKS Responsible, Says Letter to the Editor ‘, Despite its protestations, If the imbecile Roumanian students were not led and inspired by government agents, pro- jtected by the police and military, these bestial orgies would not have taken place. The degenerate Roumanian govern- ment is not alone guilty. The impe- rialist clique -of big capitalist powers fully approves of the sadistic acts jagainst the Jews, and has made Rou- |mania a favored protege. Soviet Russia has stopped pogroms lin its territory. When the workers take over power in the rest of the |world, persecution of other Jewish minorities will stop. Fraternally yours, CHAIM GOLOSMAN (A Jewish worker.) 8799 21st Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.