The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 27, 1928, Page 6

eR Ars, Page Eight THE DAILY WORKER Published by the NATIONAL DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING ASS'N, Inc, Daily, Except Sunday 83 Fiest Street, New York, N. Y. Cable Address: 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 “Datwork” Address and mail out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. Rditor ...-ROBERT MINOR .. WM, F. DUNNE Hdttor.......00e . Assistant Editor. . Entered as second-class mail at the post-office the act of March 3, 18' Jim Reed’s Hat Is in the Ring at New York, N. ¥., under 79. Senator James A. Reed of Missouri is now definitely in the field as candidate for nomination on the democratic ticket as president of the United States. His entrance into the race makes | him the one outstanding formidable opponent of the Tammany Catholic candidate for the nomination, Al Smith of New York. The two opposing democratic candidates personify the two groups that strive for leadership of that party. Smith represents the branch of that party which is consciously imperialist and directly dominated by the House of Morgan; the vast majority of the democratic senators in congress also represent this wing, as was indicated by the famous Wall Street republican-democratic coalition that worked as one party on the world court question, the Mellon tax program, etc., at the last session of congress. Reed, the democrat, and Senator William E. Borah, the re-| publican, were the leaders of the opposition to the world court | program of the Coolidge-Mellon-Hoover administration. | Reed will be the standard-bearer of that section of the demo- | eratic party which more or less corresponds to the wing of an} earlier period which was led by the late William Jennings Bryan. | Reed is not, however, another Bryan, in the sense of being a victim | of all the grotesque petty bourgeois fundamentalist prejudices of | that political mountebank—and not so much of a village yokel as the other anti-Smith man, Heflin of Alabama. But still he is the | outstanding leader of the small capitalist elements of that party. | Naturally that section of the democratic party requires a spokes- | man responsive to the economic changes that are taking place. | The pressure of the new industrialization of the South profoundly | affects the democratic party and is the principal reason the lead- ers of the old section of small capital of the democratic party find common cause with those republican oppositionists who rep- resent the industrialists of the Middle and Far West. The smaller and middle capitalist opposition to imperialist policy is inept and sometimes incoherent, though never silent, ex- cept in the senate when the Mellon-Coolidge outfit shuts off debate by invoking gag rule in order to jam through its program. Like all petty bourgeois elements the Reed-Borah crowd tries for the most part to draw its inspiration from the past, from a by-gone age, to furnish political trappings for the living present. For in- tance, in the famous world court fight the opposition, led by Reed ¢ Borah in the senate, reflecting the weakness as well as the -osts of the class they represent, pictured the United States iful and innocent prey of the malevolent diplomats of the rid. The mightiest imperialist power on earth, bestriding hole world and leaving the imprint of its bloody iron heel weaker peoples in every continent, was pictured as a weak- The class character of the. constituencies of Reed and Borah nted their facing the fact that the drive to enter the world .u.rt had as its objective using the court as a legal cloak for the imperialist depredstions of the league of nations to further the interests of the banking houses of Wall Street. That Reed will realize considerable support from the southern and middle-western states cannot be doubted. His stand against the Volstead act will weaken him in some states, but at the same time it will be a source of strength in others where Al Smith would obtain support on the wet and dry issue alone. There are a num- ber of “favorite sons” in the democratic camp who will go to the eonvention with their state delegations in their pockets who will be able to determine the outcome. If the forces behind Reed are, as they announce, in the fight to the bitter end, his campaign presages a repetition of the Mc- Adoo-Smith deadlock at Madison Square Garden in New York in 1924, where the Morgan attorney, John W. Davis, finally secured | the nomination as a “dark horse.” | In the campaign Reed will endeavor to appeal to the agricul- tural states by offering various panaceas for farm relief. He will be one of a number of similar candidates, who are really a greater menace to the development of an independent class political move- | ment of workers and farmers than the Hoovers and Smiths. TELLS OF SOVIET LIFE Coast Reader Reports on Coyle’s Talk | Sigman |The entire right wing press was full THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1928 ‘IS THAT SO!” By Fred Ellis WORKERS [COMMUNIST] PARTY TO TAKE UP ELECTION CAMPAIGN By JACK STACHEL, ee 1928 election campaign, the prospects for a Labor Party or at east a united-labor ticket and the oarticipation of the Workers (Com- munist) Party in the coming elections will be thoroly discussed at the com- ng meeting of the full Central Exec- utive Committee of the Party to be neld in New York beginning with the ‘th of February. To Discuss Labor Party Sentiment From the report received at the National Office from the field organ- -zers and the Districts, it is very clear already that there exists a grow- ng sentiment among the masses of rganized workers for a labor party n the coming election campaign. The Plenum of the Central Exec- itive Committee, at which there will 9e represented all the districts of the Party covering the most important states, will hear further reports and tpon the basis of these reports it will »e possible for the Central Committee o estimate the possibility for a labor yarty or a united labor ticket in the coming elections. A. F. of L. and “Insurgents” The Workers (Communist) Party does not expect that the labor bureau- eracy, the Wolls and the Greens and Company, will have a change of heart and come out for a labor party. These elements are the labor lieutenants of imperialism in the labor movement and they will continue to serve their masters and do everything possible to prevent the organization of a labor party or a united labor ticket. At the same time we have the La- Folleite, Norris, Borah Group which, while from time to time appearing and acting in the role of insurgents, in reality plays the role for the bour- geoisie in attempts to dissipate all existing sentiment for a labor Party by one form. or another.. These ele- ments are not even ready to break with the old parties and organize a third party. They would do this only if there was a tremendous mass pres- sure for a labor party and then they could turn this sentiment into the channels of a third party under the leadership of these elements in the interests of the capitalist class. The Workers (Communist) Party full well understands this danger and a whole campaign has been worked out by the Party to educate the Party member- ship and the workers of the role that these elements play. Nor is the Workers Party blind to the role that the Socialist Party plays. The Socialist Party stands opposed to a labor party in that it stands op- posed to the development of the class ideology of the workers, to the separation of the workers from the two old Parties, the Republican and Democratic Parties. The Socialist Party is playing right into the hands of the labor bureaucrats by announc- ing that it will run a ticket of its own and claiming that the Socialist Party is the labor party. In this role they do not come in conflict with the labor bureaucrats, but on the contrary com- pletely surrender to the labor bureau- crats, allowing them to continue to betray the masses and to sell them to the two old Parties. The Plenum will discuss the united front and its relation to the Socialist Party. While working out a plan to in- tensify the campaign for a labor Party or at least a united labor ticket in the coming elections, the Workers (Communist) Party will at the same jtime go ahead with its plans, prepar- ing to place its ticket on the ballot, making all the necessary prepara- event it is impossible to have a labor party in the coming elections the Workers Party will be prepared to put forward its own ticket and to carry on a struggle for the immediate demands of the workers and at the same time have as one of its chief slogans the fight to organize a labor party, to include all working class or- ganizations, principally the trade unions. Some Errors. The Plenum will also take up the problem of creating the proper or- ganizational basis for the coming election campaign and to overcome the apathy which exists among the ranks of some comrades to election campaigns. Another problem that will be taken up will be to discuss the errors made by some comrades in the field in the conduct of the labor party campaign thru their failure to always bear in mind that it is the duty of the Com- munists to bring forth the independ- ent role of the Communist Party in these campaigns. All good standing members of the Workers (Communist) Party will be- admitted to the sessions of the Cen- tions for the elections, so that in the |tral. Executive Committee. Sigman’s A few months ago the “Forward” and the “Justice” began a widespread publicity campaign about Sigman’s new plan to save the cloak industry. Discussions went on in the employ- ers’ circles and in “Women’s Wear.” gave numerous interviews. of hints and comments as to the im- portance of this new plan that was to be proposed by Sigman at a Gen- eral Executive Board meeting. A gen- eral atmosphere of expectancy was created in the entire market and everyone awaited the announcement as to what might be the new panacea Editor, The DAILY WORKER: Russia dominantly indusirial and destined to vie with the United States of America in the very near future for the economic supremacy of the world—such was the word picture of the Soviet Union painted by Albert F. Coyle, American scholar and labor leader, at the weekly luncheon of the City Club in Portland, Oregon, Jan- uary eighth. Mr. Coyle was secretary of the American Trade Union Delegation which made a survey of Russia last summer and fall. Well Fed, “Hungry, demoralized and fearful in’ nineteen-nineteen,” declared Mr. yle, “Iassia today is well fed and . } organized. Eighty-five per cent cultural ten years ago, Russia is -w dominantly industrial, and it is ing and equipping more new faetorvies and providing more “capital goods” than any other nation in the world. {[t has unlimited man-power and t..e greatest natural resources of - any country in the world.” Cal Held to Blame. While looking over a capitalistic vag here known as the “Oregonian” I saw where a man, the father of a n sergeant, sent an open letter te Kool Kat Koolidge from St. Louis, _ He told Silent Kal he was a fu ident for Wall and Sitned Rim for the ” war on Nicaragua and the murder of his to save the cloak industry. son in that little republic. In the The plan was not revealed at the Hearst sheet here known as the Tele-| board meeting, but after months of gram in big red letters it said: “Two|idle speculation we finally learn the marines turn traitor, go over with the| Profound nature of it. He solemnly rebel forces of General Sandino. 1| decreed that all contracting shops be hope two thousand of them go over|banished from the industry and that and knock hell out of Wall Street. large shops be organized in their —D. 8. | place, and the way to accomplish this was simply to convince the employ- ers of the advantages to be derived both by the workers and the employ- ers, by adopting Sigman’s program (Alas, the employers turned a doaf ear to his convincing arguments.) The dress problem is teday ap- proached in much the same manner as Sigman’s previous plan to save the cloakmakers. Tho it is already a few months since a discussion has been started about strikes, stoppages and walkouts in the dress industry the month of January has almost passed but we are still in the dark as to Sigman’s plans, Planned to Liquidate. As far back as last October Sig- man began to confer with the dress contractors. It is a known fact now that the subject under discussion at these conferences was the imminent The skilled building trades workers| dissolution of the Dress Contractors’ are harder hit then usual in this| Association which had in. reality present period of unemployment, and| ceased to function and had become many union men are working for|an organization in name only, as contractors paying half the wages the| frankly admitted by its officers. union scale calls for. The Sigman clique soular”) \ if) GUNS TO KILL WORKERS By JOE PLOTKIN. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 26.—Every district in the city is at present equipped with riot guns, and every policeman on the force taught to handle them. Chief of Police Gerk announced that the guns will be used as a means of protection against gangsters, gunmen, bandits and other law violators. To many it is ob- vious what Chief Gerk means by “other law violators.” At present with the thousands of unemployed in St. Louis it is only a question of time when bread riots will break out. It is for these jobless workers that the riot guns are being prepa'ed. The charity organizations are crowded every day by the needy, and many are not being taken care of. 7 Sk: MACUSER" public announcement of the dissolu- tion of the Dress Contractors’ Asso- ciation, following close on the heels of the liquidation of the Jobbers’ Asso- ciation, particularly at a time when it was proclaiming to the entire world that Sigman had the situation well in hand, It was therefore decided at that conference that during the dull sea- son the International would subsidize the association, and a promise was made that at the beginning of the new season radical steps would be taken to improve the situation. One of the proposals made, was to call a general strike in the dress indus- try, a proposal which Sigman knew could not be carried out because the basic requirements for a successful strike in any industry is a leadership which has the confidence of the work- ers, which exercises control over thern and can mobilize them for the strug- gle; a situation which does not exist in Sigman’s union. The Dress industry Today. The dress industry, which at the beginning of the present struggle had barely recovered from the destruc~ tive effects of the civil war forced on the union by Sigman in 1925, was hard hit by his new expulsion crusade which canie but a few weeks befors the expiration of the agreement in the dress industry. The dress con- tractors, in their greed for profits. grasped the opportunity to press greater concessions from the union and lined up in full support of the Sigman machine, which concluded an agreement with them behind the backs of the dressmakers. “ It is an undisputed fact even in the ranks of the Sigman clique that the overwhelming majority of the dressmakers supported the left ad- ; ministration and only thru the most drastic and ruthless methods was it possible for Sigman with the aid of the jobbers and contractors to ter- | woxige a portion of the workers into registering with his union. For a period of thirteen months the dress- ~wakerg_haye offered the most stub- born resistance to Sigman’s hired gangs. The most desperate and spec- tacular struggles during the ‘past year occurred in front of the dress shops. Every inch of ground was de- fended in a most heroic manner. Faced Starvation. Hundreds of workers were thrown out of the shops, choosing starvation rather than submission to the Sig- man machine. The best union shops were destroyed in the course of Sig- man’s registration campaigns. The open shop spread thruout every nook and cranny of the trade without any check. Wages are now reduced to the lowest level, working hours are un- limited and unemployment is ram- pant. Misery and starvation have be- come the lot of the great mass of the dressmakers. The jobbers, who had extended open arms to Sigman at the outbreak of the struggle, concluding an agree- ment with the International, have used the Sigman machine as a tool to further their ends in destroying the union and shaking off whatever responsibility they carried for the working conditions in the industry. Having accomplished their aim, they no longer saw any: further need for continuing their relations with Sig- man’s union and thereupon completely liquidated their association. Contractors’ Officials Hit. The agreement concluded by the Contractors’ Association with the Sig- man machine, which had no control over the membership, soon began tc show disastrous results not only for the workers but for the contractors as well. The chaos wrought by Sig- man’s pogrom, his failure to enforce the agrsement with the jobbers, the unhampered growth of the open shop. the failure and inability to carry on organizational work, did away with the necessity for contractors to seek protection against the union by join- ing an association, with the result that the Contractors’ Association with a, membership of close to eight hui firms has now been reduced to an insignificant number, and ig(large shop plan) to obli M New Plan to Save Dressmakers chiefly comprised of officers, most of whom are themselves beginning to realize the futility of maintaining an organization in name only. The bitter hatred of the dressmak- ers toward the clique, which had ac- cumulated in the course of many years of persecution and expulsion, has now reached a point of desperation where the workers are ready to risk all in their determination to wipe out the Sigman machine, and any plan undertaken by Sigman under the pre- vailing conditions is doomed to fail- ure at its very inception. For a Catch Phrase. The Sigman clique, in spite of its boasts of having subdued the dress- makers, is well aware of the desper- ate condition in which it finds itself Hence so much time is devoted ir the discussion of various mysterious plans which they are reluctant tc make public. The big chief Hochman and his. new assistant Reisberg have called together joint meetings of their so-called executive boards from the various locals. Sigman and the other chiefs also attended these meetings and jabbered about strikes, stoppages ana organization drives. Some de clared all rthese schemes to be old fashioned. Hochman has set his whole staff industriously exploring dictionaries in an effort to discover some new catch-phrase “that would stir the imagination of the dressmak- ers” as he expressed it. Once more the machinery has been set in motion to arouse the curiosity of the workers as to what exactly the Sigman-Hochman combination. whose “throne” is beginning to shake, are planning for the dressmakers. The same veil of mystery, behind which Sigman’s plan to save the cloak in- dustry was shrouded, has now been transferred to the dress industry. All this hesitancy on the part of the clique to come forth with any pro- posals is an indication of the hopeless situation in which they find them- selves today. Sigman’s new plan to save the dressmakers will in all prob- ability -follow its predecessor (the SPARKS Jrom the NEWS LOYD GEORGE is more and more becoming the real leader of the labor Party in England, “Lib-lab” is no longer an empty, abstract slogan. Snowden has left even the Independ- ent Labor Party in an effort to hasten the fusion of the Liberal Party with the Labor Party—really in an effort to hasten the complete fusion of the workers. It is on this basis that we feel that Mr. Lloyd George, whom Snowden may call Comrade Lloyd George, is) today more than ever an expert on! misleading the workers. Mr. Lloyd George is also therefore to be con- sidered as an-expert on fascism. In a special cable to the New York Sun- day American of January 22nd, Mr. Lloyd George lets the following signi- ficant remark drop: “A leading Ital- ian informed me the other day that Mussolini would probably continue to rule over Italy as long as the finan- cial stability of the country was se- cure. He attributed its present secur- ity to the enormous sums of money advanced by America to Italy in the course of the last few years and he predicted that when these loans ceased to flow into Italian enterprises, there would be a lapse of fascism.” Than this no greater truth has ever been uttered by Lloyd George. This is the role of American imperialism today. Keep fascism alive; smash re- volution everywhere; destroy the for- ces struggling for the freedom of the colonial peoples; wipe out the labor unions—that’s the glory of American imperialism! That’s the shame, how- ever, of the American working class. It’s time we wiped this blot off the map of the United States, s *# 8 T last the President of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor is really excited. At last he is answering an attack of the employers with some punch, sincerity, energy and vigor. But don’t let’s get too sanguine in our optimism. What charges of the employers against labor does Mr. Green deny? As usual, none other than that the workers are planning to fight. Mr. Green, who is a close as- sociate and loyal servant of the big- gest dividend coupon-clippers in the country, has just gone into a tirade against the labor-hating Interborough Rapid Transit is his following words of Wisdom from Miami: “Organized labor has no thought of a strike and no intent of precipitating a strike on the Nw York Subway lines. We are opposed to any strike on the Inter- borough Rapid Transit.” No wonder the corrupt Tammany Senator Wag- ner is talking of the relations between the A. F. of L. and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company of New York, as “establishing a new frontier in the cause of organized labor.” We have more faith in the work- ers, organized and unorganized, than to think that they will for long con- tinue to accept this frontier. Ap- parently there is no limit to the treachery of the Greens, the Wolls, and to the dirty work of their “good men” in politics like Senator Wagner. Gres: BRITAIN is surely working overtime to hit back at the United States» Secretary of State Kellogg’s attempt to draw France away from England is not meeting with success, despite certain concessions which have -been made by the American government. The British imperialist agents are on the job and they are part masters of the chess-board of imperialist diplomacy. We are told that the next oil war clash will be in China. The oil war is a fight to the finish. The battle between Standard Oil of New York and the Royal Dutch Shell interestg is today symbolic of the increasing antagonism between America and England. The Havana Conference is as much a move of Wall Street against Europe as against Latin America. A firmer grip on the resources of Latin Ameri- ca by Uncle Shylock means a bigger supply of oil for the American capi- talists. The insistence of M. Briand that France cannot join America in any anti-war treaty conflicting with her previous commitments, shows clearly the hand and interests of British ime perialism. British imperialist in- spiration is likewise responsible for the outbreak of the influential Italian paper, Il Tevere, when, in character- izing the Havana Conference, it said: “The spread of the power of the Uni- ted States throughout the whole American continent constitutes a mor- tal danger for Europe.... Ameri- canization of the world would be an accomplished fact if the little Latin which still remains in America should be lost.... The Latin coun- tries of the old world must come to the aid—despite the Monroe Doctrine ee Latin countries of the new world.” These are more than words. The heavy guns of the British superdread- noughts stand behind these words ready to enforce them in a show Obviously the Havana Peace Confe and as much peace to Europe, nee will bring no peace to Americs exam