The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 2, 1928, Page 4

WORKING CLASS: Page Forr THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THU AY, TREASON STRUCK Headed Revolution in Germany By JOHN WILLIAMSON. HE revolutionary worki moveme produced great leade rs in the class but seco: to the Russian eviks headed by Lenin, stand the er of German Spartacans, such workers as Lieb- class little comprisin Knecht, I smburg, Mehring, Jogish- | és and C) r ‘When “great” leader of Second the Ger Social Democracy, be- to the bour- determination working ge, backed g class, to step out against nd the betrayers ef the working cl itself, and pre had been be was not the E h or F ers in uniform, glish, French and German imperialism, and that what was neces y was to fight with r own imper- nize amongst them- a im that the workers d, Is Imprisoned. For this Liebknecht went to jail, but both inside and outside he proved a rallying point for the German work- i For this had not been the ers had heard r years Lieb- first time that the wor! of Karl Liebknecht. Knecht had been opposing the “grad- ual” policies of the leadership of the social democracy. He had written his famous book, “Militarism and Anti- Militarism” in 1906 which resulted in| 'g¢ 18 months in prison. with the social aught him to look h would serve as a nt of that day, and towards *this end Liebknecht during his entire | dife was a champion, a leader of the ‘working class youth movement, even d grown old in t to organize the Socialist Youth International, which finally brought results in Stuttgart in 1907. From that ti on, time to educating and organizing the youth, seeing in them a nucleus for @ real proletarian revolutionary poli- | tical movement. Not a Pacifist. many | up by loyalty to | social democracy } that their enemy | He | he devoted his | Unemployment Wave Soars, Girls “Must Shine Shoes a { The unemployment situation all over the United States is so | acute, that girls seek even shoe-shining jobs, Miss Georgette Dodds i is shown above in a Baltimore barber shop, practicing the new trade to which she was forced te turn on account of inability to secure a livelihood otherwise. | FALL SURPRISES: | | } | larger, while the bread lines extend’ jearnings of the United States steel | basis, of the year’s steady decline, for | ee “ * lof the wife of an Italian capitalist FEBRUARY 2, 1928 ‘STEEL EARNINGS DECLINE RAPIDLY; Ranks of Unemployed | Grow Larger The pronounced industrial depres- sion still sinks lower and the ranks of ‘unemployed workers grow ever) ever longer. The belated report of corporation for the last quarter of 1927 show a decline that far exceeded jeven the expectations of the stock-} |holders, who were prepared, on the | a fall, The requirements for earn-| ings on common stock are $1.75 per! share; ‘the stockholders were pre-| pared .for a reduction at $1.50 a} share, but when the condition of the industry was published Tuesday it} was discovered that the payments would be but $1.05 on common. There has been a steady decline in the steel industry during the entire year, the net drop for the twelve months being $34,760,000, and for the last. quarter $10,126,292. | married couple a visit and when no Kari Liebknecht, Heroic German Workers’ Leader, Waged War on War LED YOUTH WHEN , “So Am I,” From Boc- caccio Misses Fire at the Comedy A PLAY that attempts to be slightly naughty is now at the Comedy Theatre. It is “So Am I,” by ©. M. Selling who has rewritten it from the Italian of Camillio Scolari. After a stupid first act the play continues at a merry pace during the second and third act to the extent of giving the audience a fair amount of amusement in a production of little consequence, In fact, only the second act is important enough to be given any attention. It is a portrayal of Boceaccio’s “Francesca and Her Lover.” The central theme of the play tells | who married him immediately after her graduation from a convent. Much to the disgust of the husband she con- tinues her life of virginity after the marriage. A bold young man who had gained the husband’s friendship pays the one is looking places a copy of Boc- caccio in the place of the wife’s re- ligious book. The second act tells Boccaccio’s tale, the wife. playing the part of the wo- Unemplo (Continued fi m Page One) |dries and machine shops, 11 per cent |out the means of livelihood. jin iron and steel, about 12 per cent in! Competition Sharp. lumber, ete. | That is what is happening today. Particularly hard hit are the work-!American capitalists are curtailing lers in Massachusetts where factory {production. Tremendously sharpened jemployment is 19 per cent below the competition on the world market to- javerage of 1919-1 In some in-|gether with the critical condition of jdustries, such as boot and shoe, from such basic industries as mining, auto- one-third to one-half of the workers | mobiles, oil and the critical condition are out of employment. jof the New England industries, are at Miners Starve. es bottom of the present depression. Very critical is the situation among | z ; - no the miners, in the anthracite as well jas in the bituminous section. Pover- ty and starvation are oppressing the lives of tens of thousands of worker: | Why should hundreds of thousand: jof working men and women, able and | | willing to work, be condemned to walk | the ets in search of jobs in a} t much worried by this situation. They have become great exporters of \eapital into foreign lands. From the ate imperialist war, American capi- m emerged as a first rate imper- alist power, penetrating and subju- gating the countries of Latin-Amer- ica, China, the Near East, Europe, esos saa reas letc. These imperialist exploits bring which boasts the largest ac-|tn4 american capitalists tremendous- ly high rates of profit. Foreign in- jvestments are progressively playing jcumulation of capital, the highest de- [veloped capacity for production an 9 But the American capitalists are | While opposing war, Liebknecht did | untold resources of natural riches hot turn pacifist, as so many do in} Why should workers wh brain ‘these days of struggle and strife.|/and muscle have built up this gigantic Liebknecht understood and thundered |economic system be humbled and ‘hu. Worth his knowledge that militarism |miliated in this outrageous manner? as a part of capitalism, and only thru | The a : the capitalist sys- the class war could the capitalist sys-|tem. Capitalist ip of the a larger role in the activities of Amer- ican capital. Since the home market ceases to bring high enough profits |to satisfy the lust of American capi- | |talism, capital in larger quantities is jexported into other lands, subjugat- ‘ing and exploiting other countries, ved Workers to Meet at Huge Protest Demonstration ut on part time. Hundreds of thou- | The unemployed workers and their) richest and most powerful capitalist ; nds of workers find themselves on) families are entitled to relief in the! class in the world, government unem- Jiron pipe, over 10 per cent in foun- | the streets without work and with-| present emergency. The unemploy-| ment relief funds must therefore be} |controlled by the workers themselves | thru the organizations of the unem- ployed and trade unions. If there is enough money to main- tain large police forces to break strikes with there must be found} enough money to maintain the unem- ployed. Money for Wars. | If there is enough wealth in the country to justify an expenditure of \a billion dollars for an increased navy, las called for by President Coolidge, there is enough wealth to maintain the unemployed workers from gov- ernment funds at union wages. To compel the city, state and fed- eral governments to initiate imme- \diate unemployment relief, the work- ‘ers must organize and fight, ener- | getically. y ( Every trade in the country must join the unem- ployed in the struggle. The trade junion must fight for the establish- |ment and further development of un-| jemployed insurance in their respec- | tive industries. The capitalists of | each industry ‘must be made to bear | ruling class refuses to accept. union organization ployment insurance does not exist. The same is true of all forms of so- cial insurance which the American With unemployment in the United States having become a permanent institution brutally exploited by the capitalists to degrade the whole working class, the workers must fight with redoubled energy for the estab- lishment of government unemploy- ment insurahce. But this insurance must not be per- mitted to become another means in the hands of the government and the capitalists to oppress and demoralize the workers. For this reason the workers must demand government un- employment insurance controlled by the trade unions, together with the organizations of the unemployed. Organize to Struggle Against Unemployment. The Workers (Communist) Party of America calls upon the unemploy- man in the story, while her husband and the bold young man and the wife’s maid the other parts. Winter Garden Artists § Models. PROFESSOR LEON THERE- 'MIN TO GIVE DEMONSTRA- | TION TONIGHT | A demonstration and explanation | of Professor Leon Theremin’s remark- lable invention of “music from ether” will be given by him this evening in the Engineering Auditorium, 29 West 89th St. Theremin brought the in- vention from the State Institute of Technical Physics in Leningrad to Berlin, Paris and London where it was acclaimed by critics in enthusias- tic terms. On Tuesday night he gave a concert demonstration at the Metro- politan Opera House. Theremin evokes music of rare quality, from the radio, it is said, | through the movement of his hands in ‘the air before two radio antennac. The demonstration is conducted under {the joint auspices of the American | Society for Cultural Relations with | U. S. S. R. and the American-Russian | Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction | with the exposition now in progress at 119 West 57th St. ——————— } | following in the footsteps of the story \the wife uses the knowledge she had ‘learned from reading the book to | make love to her own husband. Which jis of course a respectable way to end ja play that attempts to be naughty, ae Bela Lugosi gives an impressive performance in Bram Stoker’s mys- | but never succeeds. tery tale “Dracula” at the Fulton | The acting is far superior to the Theatre. | play. Betty Linley does her utmost jin the part of the wife. Walter Kins- ford is fine as the husband while Vernon Steele is passable as the young man. Possibly the best of all is Louise Carter as the maid. The last act shows how instead of | ag. ALP, Eves. 8:30. Mats, Thurs. & Sat. 2:30, WORLD'S LAUGH SENSATION! Republic Th., W. 42d. Evs. Mats. Wed.&S: ee. WINTHROP AMES presents JOHN GALSWORTHY’S E S G A Pp with LESLIE HOWARD Thea, W. 45St. Evs, 8:40 BOOTH Mats, Sat. & Wed. 2:40 Th.,W.44 St.Evs.8:30 Mats. Wed.& Sat.2:30 Bernard Shaw’s Comedy % DOCTOR’S DILEMMA Week Feb. 6, “Marco Millions” ‘Th., W. 52d St. Evs. 8: GUILD ais. Thurs. & Sat, 2:20 Broadhurst nen AR LT 8S... Geis Strange Interlude John Golden Thea., 58th, Evenings Only at i tre, 41 St. W. of National [Ys‘ors0. Mts. Wed.&Sat.2:30 “The Trial of Mary Dugan” By Bayard Veiller, with Ann Harding-Rex Cherryman of B’way aan Y RACH FULTON Mats. Wed.asat. 2.30 THAN THE BAT” “BETTY! Jos. M, Schenck & Morris Gest present ed, the trade unions and the unor- ganized workers to organize and unite their forces for a struggle against unemployment. Unite and mobilize your forces The ENEMY DW. F LOVE” beanie ee ee ANTI-WAR " LIBERTY 733,22. ‘West of Biway Twice daily, 2:30-8:30 Sunday Matinee at 3. ; tem of which militarism is a part, |means of production. Capitalist dom- | 4 p ithe full burden of maintaining the jagainst the cause of unemployment MUSIC f be abolis He it was who raised |ination of the government. and laying the basis for new imper-' unemployed workers of the industry, |the capitalist system and capitalist ASTOR ‘Theatre, bi way at sith = German: " of “War REARS eg jalist wars, See what American im-|ine funds to be controlled by the | rut Twice Daily, 2: 130, AMERICAN OPERA COMPANY Ww ay | Capitalists Prosper. |perialism is doing in Nicaragua to-j¢,aq ‘ el ule, —— ist NY. SEASON, SUNG IN ENGLISH Ag: WwW had already The Avnerican capitalist cla: the | day. jtrade unions. The trade unions must; Qrganize the unorganized and| BRLANGER’S Thea. W-44 St-Bvs.8.30 | GALLO THEA. Eves. 8:20. ae — Stated present day Com- pier sels ORE Le cae re a { \also-enforce the demand of no over- | strength + fe th Mats. Wed. & Sat. | 54th, W. of Bway. PHONE CO: 1140. ist Tu he Capi. |S#me_as capitalism ge erally, is run- Unemployment Spreads. dtime and division af werk strengthen your unions to defeat the Mon, Wed. Fri, Ev., Sunset Tall and et We: gy yun the Capt | ning industry at a tremendously high| The present industrial depression is | 2 era, offensive of ‘the capitalists. THE MERR Y M ALONES yore y eke a Wad Mat. . talist War into Civil War | Protect Trade Unions. Carry on a_ political struggle Abduction from Seraglio. a * f Se essiaabites aes tees one i During those turbulent days of 1914-1919, Liebknecht reaped the seeds he had sown amongst the work ing class youth. It was the Socialis Youth International who rallied to Liebknecht—who fought the . imper- jalists and their hirelings, the Eberts, the Scheidermans—the Noskes. It was they together with that group of old fighters who fought in the streets of Berlin in these historical 1919 days, they who captured the Town Hall, the police headquarters and Vorwarts buildings. The German social democr nm well take the credit of aving Ger- man Capitalism.” They it was who Suppressed the revolution—they it is who murdered Liebknecht and Luxemburg. Voice Still Heard. The day before their murder at the hands of Noske, in answer to Ebert’s ¢laim that “Order Is Established in| Berlin,” Luxemburg wrote, “You fools, your ‘order’ is built on sand! Tomorrow the revolution will arise again majestic and to your terror an- nounce with a voice of thunder: ‘I was, I am, I am to be!’” This voice of thunder agai talism has been rumbling Yesterday in China—tqday ?agua-—tomorrow in Europe, In this ‘struggle th t Union stands as an inspiration and the Communist Party of the world has replaced the seattered handfuls of Bolsheviks and (particans of 1914. Shoulder to Communist League who have inher- | ited the revolutionary traditions’ of | Liebknecht. Meeting Friday. Tt is fitting that oung Work- (ears (Communist) League of New ‘Work should hold a Liebknecht Mem- S@rial meeting tomorrow night at, the Gabor Temple, 14th St. and 2nd Ave., for this great fighter and leader of the working class. Support th Young Workers 7 League of America! Commemorate the death of that im- iortal fighter—Liebknecht! - 30.000 MILWAUKEE JOBL. MILWAUKEE, (FP) Feb. 1. C: etary Frank J. Weber of the Fede- Council of Milwaukee eclares that there are 30,000 unem- ployed in the city and the workers in great many plants are having their © reduced. 3 shoulder with them march the Young; lrate of profit. To secure these high | responsible for the growing unemploy- profits, in the face of the ever-sharp-|ment. The spreading employment it ening competition at home and /its turn is further undermining the \abroad, the capitalists are introduc-|buying capacities of the working jing systems of speed-up, new machin- |class, This is aggravating the indus- jery, and generally more intense meth- |trial depression still more. jods-of exploitation, The productivity | vicious circle is created which may ré- lof labor is increased tremendously. |sult in a prolonged industrial crisis !The introduction of these labor sav: | accompanied by widespread suffering ing devices creates a reserve of “su-|for millions of American workers. perfluous” labor, a permanent army | Resist the Wage-Cutting and Union- of unemployed. A similar condition | Smashing Campaigns of the results from the growing poverty and | Capitalists. ruin of the exploited farmers. The | The capitalists are taking full ad- jagricultural crisis in America has be- | vantage of this situation. They press Jcome chronic. Big capital, with the | so;ward their wagecutting and union- aid of the government, running | smashing campaigns. They are mak- business to suit the Sente s Saree preparations for even wider at- jbig capital disregarding | tacks upon the standard of living and | the ne f the ma- the trade union organizations of the merican working class. In this they receive the full support of the gov- jernment which operates against the | workers with injunctions, police, mili- ‘tary, jails, ete. Bureaucracy Betrays. “normal” insti- What is the official labor movement tution under ¢ m. It has be-|doing about it? come a permanent institution in the; What is the trade union bureau- United States involving more than a {million workers even in times of high |production. The Present Industrial Depression Is a Menace to the»Workers. But this “normal” unemployment is periodically developing into large scale unemployment. Such a situa- tion prevailed in the United States in |1921 when six million workers were out on the streets in search of jobs. rt The sult’ is that large numbers of bank- rupt farmers are driven to the cities lin search of work, thus swelling high- jer the number of unemployed. Always Unemployment. | Unemployment is \uation? ° The answer is, they have done and jare doing nothing to organize the workers for struggle. They have done ‘and are doing all in their power to weaken and demoralize, still further the ranks of the working class. The workers must resist this attack of the capitalists, Fight for Unemployment Relief. War Menace. The way to meet the present sit- Periodic crisis and large-scale un-| uation is to fight for immediate and ‘employment, which undermine and | permanent relief for the unemployed. ruin the conditions of the working} The American capitalist class and class, are inseparable from the capi-|its government must be made to real- talist order of society. As long as|ize that the working class will not capitalism exists the working class |stand for the misery imposed upon it | lwill continually be exposed to the ‘scourge of unemployment as well as |to. the menace of imperialist war. To |against it. The American workers ido away with unemployment is ta do | will demand that the burden of the ‘away with the capitalist system and |crisis be shifted from themselves to with capitalist rule. the capitalists, Capitalists are running industry for | Demand Relief. ‘profit and not for the welfare of so- Immediate government relief for ciety. Under capitalism, production \the unemployed must become the de- is planned by each capitalist or com-|mand of the American working class. bination of capitalists for their own|The federal government, the various enrichment and not for the better-|state and city governments, must*®be jment of the conditions of the masses. | Consequently, when the market ceases |to offer the capitalist sufficiently high profits, the capitalist slackens |production. A recession sets in. Workers are dicehay-ad Others are \by the present industrial depression. 1 American workers will e and set aside sufficiently large sums of money to relieve the suffering of the jobless workers, This relief must neither be asked { Thus a} leracy undertaking in this critical sit- fight | compelled to immediately appropriate | nor given in the natnre @ charity, id This is necessary not only for the | relief of the unemployed, but also for ithe protection of the trade unions. | The unemployed in every locality must organize themselves into spe- icial organizations. Councils of un-| ‘employed, similar to the one organ- lized in Cleveland, Ohio, will prove of |great practical service in the strug- ‘gle for unemployment relief. These councils of unemployed, to- ‘gether with the trade unions in each ‘locality, must formulate and present |to the local government concrete pro- | grams for immediate relief of the un- | employed. | Fight for Government Unemployed Insurance. Unemployment is no passing event in the life of the workers under the capitalist system. On the contrary, it \is.a chronic and permanent institu- | tion, degrading the lives of the work- ing masses and exploited by the capi- talists to fa&ten and strengthen their domination. Unemployment will dis- ‘appear only with the destruction of the capitalist system. | For this reason, the workers of all ‘capitalist countries have been fight- jing for the establishment of perman- ‘ent unemployment insurance by the government. Such government unem- ployment insurance, though inade- quate, is at present operating in near- ly every capitalist country. U.S. Richest Nation the United States, with the | | ageinst the capitalist parties, organ- ize a political party of your own, a Labor Party, to protect and defend the interests of the workers. Organize Councils of the Unem- ployed to join with the trade unions in the sirutle, saint unemploy- ment. 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