The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 25, 1928, Page 8

. Page Eight THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEGRUARY 25, 1928 THE DAILY WORKER . 0 SIE LESS Te a cs A Published by the NATIONAL DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING ASS'N, Inc. Daily, Except Sunday $8 Ficst Street, New York, N. Y. be Cable Address: “Daiwork” ——__,____ os : SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail (in New York only): By Mail (outside of New York): -00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.50 three months. $2.00 three months. rest and mail out checks to Add: THE DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. ecg Editor..... ROBERT MINOR Assistant .WM. F. DUNNE Entered as second-class mail at the post-office at New York, N. ¥. under the act of March 8, 1879. _ New Revolutionary Forces Phone, Orchard 1680 The extension of the big Lenin-Ruthenberg Drive of the} Workers (Communist) Party, which was first planned to end on March 2, but which it is now announced will continue to May 1, is | very significant for the American labor movement, for several reasons. This movement for the enlargement of the membership of the revolutionary party by 5,000 members and to increase the readers of the revolutionary organ, The DAILY WORKER, to the extent of 10,000, is in a sense a counter-offensive. It is a measure of strengthening the front-line trench of Labor as the reactionary drive against the working class grows in intensity, as new meth- ods for enslaving labor are constantly being devised, and as the afficial leadership of the organized labor movement becomes more completely identified with the anti-labor forces. The war danger, the widespread unemployment, the union-smashing campaign against the miners’ union, the wholesale wage-cuts and the gov- ernmental attacks against labor evoke no resistance from the la- bor bureaucrats. Instead it is precisely the reactionary officials of the labor unions that most persistently fight against the at- tempts of the masses effectively to resist the open-shop, union- wrecking campaigns. No one today dares to say what it used to be customary among reactionaries to say, that the Communist Party in the United States is negligible. On the contrary, it is admitted now on all sides that the political party of the American working class is the organizer, inspirer and leader of the left wing, and thus is the key-stone of all effective resistance to the reaction, whether it be in the big mine strike or in the fight against the anti-strike “Taw: The necessity for enlisting and training thousands upon thou- sands of workers for duty in the ranks of the revolutionary Party should spur every member to realize that an important part of the mass struggles of today is precisely the carrying out energet- ically of the Lenin-Ruthenberg campaign to increase the member- ship of the Party by 5,000 and the readers of The DAILY WORK- ER by 10,000 before the close of the drive—May 1st. Imperialism’s Candidates Cornelius F. Kelley, President of the Anaconda Mining Com- pany, one of the biggest of the Standard Oil subsidiaries, and one of the worst labor-hating corporations in the United States, pres- ented the Saunders medal, given to meritorious mining engineers, to Herbert Hoover at the banquet given in his honor in New York recently. Kelley is nominally a democrat but his presentation speech amounted to an endorsement of Hoover’s candidacy and was so interpreted by the capitalist press. The New York Evening Post, closely linked up with the house of Morgan, gave two columns to the story of the banquet. The biggest exploiting interests are backing Hoover’s candi- dacy. So is that section of labor officialdom which is not commit- ted to Governor Smith of New York, under whose regime more anti-labor injunctions have been issued than ever before in the his- tory of the state. Both Smith and Hoover are agents of imperialist reaction, yet Official labor leadership makes war on the militant section of the labor movement, headed by the Communists, which advocates and works for a labor party. ‘ | Milk Bottle in One Hand; Rifle in the Other This policy of labor officialdom keeps the working class tied to the political parties of their enemies, corrupts the labor move- ment and strengthens reaction. Around this alliance of labor’s class enemies and labor officialdom is centered the whole program of betrayal which has plunged the labor movement into the present crisis by opening the way for the attack of the capitalists and their government seen in the drive on the coal miners union, the wave of anti-labor injunctions, mass unemployment without re- lief and the proposal] for a federal anti-strike law. A labor party for the 1928 elections or a united labor ticket | wherever possible is the way out for workers who are given the choice of a Hoover or a Smith by their official leaders. The Communist Party of America says to the working class | that the next big step in the struggle against imperialist reaction | is the organization of a mass labor party. If all efforts in this! direction fail the Communists will run their own national ticket | and ask the support of the working class for its program and| candidates. torious struggle against Wall Street government, the most power- ful imperialistic instrument in the world. : Licking Rockefeller’s Boots The Communist Party alone points the way to vic-| The whole “oil investigation” at Washington has turned into competition in boot-licking with the chairman of the committee, tor Walsh, the “foe of corruption,” and the other members yf the “investigating” committee busy lapping the polish off the hoes of the arch representative of oil-and-politics—John D. kefeller, Jr. The Standard Oil of Indiana, one of the Rockefeller corpora- ions, is just as deep in the mire of corruption as are Edward ,. Doheny, Harry F. Sinclair, and other independents. But Walsh nd the other Standard Oil senators do not dare assail their aster—the pious Sunday school teaching, baby-burning John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Instead it is their job to aid their boss; to utilize he oil scandals in behalf of the interests of the Standard Oil cor- poration and against its competitors, the independent concerns. this accounts for the difference in the attitude of Walsh toward Doheny, for instance, and his belly-crawling before Rockefeller. Thus the “foe of corruption” only opposes the smaller fry in order that the big industrialists, the very top layer of the ruling ‘class, may become more powerful than ever and at the same ‘time to whitewash Standard Oil and conceal its slush funds do- “nated to both the capitalist parties in the 1920 election which re- ‘sulted in the Harding-Coolidge-Hoover-Mellom oil cabinet coming into power. When it comes to a question of defending their masters, ‘party lines disappear and the republican and democratic stand ether as Walsh, the ‘id A, Reed, the P ylvania republi mnt Eg rics 9 | Dohaney admits that officers of the |the Ohio coal fields and kept the gov- | This same Governor Dohaney some ontana democrat, fights side by side with | much the same thing. (Continued from Last Issue.) The Young Communists in the army and navy organize their own groups to assist the party in its political work among its own ranks and among non-Party soldiers. The Young Com- munists are, together ‘with the Com- munists, the model Red soldiers in the army and constitute the most re- liable skeleton in it, guaranteeing its political and moral soundness, and its devotion to the interests of the pro- letariat and the poor and middle class peasants. They help in training the soldiers and instituting discipline in the Red Army. They help to make the Red Army a powerful instrument of the proletarian dictatorship. Be- sides, the Y.C.L. constitutes in the Red Army the principal reserve for the Party organizations. The Y. C. Leaguers are the most active ele- ments in the political-educational work of the army. The most ad- vanced Young Communists lead polit- ical circles in it. They take active part in the issuing of wwall-news- papers and are active elements in the social organizations in the army (Friends of Air Fleet, Prisoners’ Re- lief, and others). | Role of Y. C. L. The role and significance of the Young Communists in the Red Army, and their influence in it, increase to the extent that their number in- ereases. The extent of this influence may be seen from the figures show- “HIS MASTERS’ VOICES” pe + rien — oer lemnmnranins 1? ing that there are 130,000 Young Communists in the army consisting of a little over 500,000. The extent of Young Communist influence among non-Party Red ‘soldiers may be seen from the fact that 23,000 applications have been made for Y.C.L. member- ship in the course of 1% years. The Young Communists constitute 40 per cent of the students in the military schools which train future Red officers. The Young Communist organiza- tions in the Red Army maintain close contact with the civilian Young Com- munist organizations and assist them in their work in defence of the U. S. S. R. Defensive Work. The defen$ive work now carried on by the Y.C.L. among the broad sec- tions of the toiling youth has the following main streams: (a) Participation in the among new recruits. (b) Military propaganda. (c) Patronage over the Red fleet. (d) Participation in the strength- ening of the military, technical strength of the U. S. S. R. (e) Entering the military schools (see decision of Sixth Congress of the Russian Y.C.L.) The work carried on among recruits constitutes the first stage of military training. It is of enormous signifi- cance in preparing the cadres enter- ing the Red Army. The Y.C.L. ex- plains to the toiling youth the signifi- work cance of the preparatory work, ren- ders assistance to the military polit- ieal institutions in organizing train- ing centres and setting up of “mili- tary corners,” supplies the training centre with literature, helps the polit- ical organs of the Red Army by send- ing instructors of political classes, and is extending the influence of the Communist Party among the non- Party elements through its organiza- tions, Military Science. is In the sphere of military propa- ganda, the Y..C. L. urges its mem-~ bers to study the history and struc- ture of the Red Army, as well as naval and military technique. It or- ganizes in the Y. C. L. clubs, military science. classes, military corners, shooting practice. Jt takes active part in the work of the Defense So- ciety (“Osoaviakhin”). It carries on mass military propaganda, organizes Y.C.L. maneuvres with the assistance of the Defense Society, rallies girls to the Red Cross circles, etc. In the sphere of patronage over the Red Navy, the Y.C.L. does the fol- lowing: (a) It maintains permanent con- tact with naval detachments and boats. (b) It trains cadres of physically fit and politically developed Young Communists for the Red Navy. By Fred Ellis Mr. William Green plays the part of “fido” to the two political parties of the bosses, both of them saying pretty The Young Communist League of the U.S.S.R. Strengthens the Red Army technical strength of the U. S. S. R. is carried on by the Y.C.L. in the form of popularizing the Defence So- ciety, in the form of collecting funds for the construction of war aero- planes, in the form of teaching the use of chemical means of warfare, ete, In the sphere of completing the military schools, the Y.C.L. prepares politically conscious and physically fit boys to enter these schools. This guarantees that the Red Army offi- cers will be workers and peasants. Lenin wrote in 1916 (on the dis- armament slogan): “Never will the women of an oppressed class, which is really a revolutionary class, be re- conciled to such a shameful role [i.e., merely “demanding — nt”]. They will tell “sons? ‘You will soon be big. You will be given arms. Take them and learn how to use them well. This knowledge is necessary to the proletarians not in order to use them against their brothers, the workers of other countries, as this is done in the present [i. e., imperialist] war, and as the Socialist traitors tell you to do, but in order to fight against the bourgeoisie of their own countries, in order to put an end to exploitation, poverty and war, not with good wishes, but by defeating and disarming the bourgeoisie.” This lesson, taught by our leader, Urge Drive Against War e Ni A A widespread campaign against the American invasion of Nicaragua is advocated in the resolution adopted at the conference of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League held last Sunday at the Labor Temple, 243 E. 84th St. t The resolution recommends the publication of popular priced litera- ture on imperialism, also the holding of local conferences throughout the nation. It also went on record to col- lect funds to buy bandages and medi- cal supplies for the soldiers of Gen- eral Sandino. The resolution, in full, reads as fol- lows: “Whereas, the Wall Street war against Nicaragua, constituting a di- rect threat to all Latin America and also containing implications which are fraught with dire consequences for the masses of' the people in this coun- try itself, constitutes a challenge to the common people of America; and “Whereas, such a concrete chal- lenge cannot be met simply by gen- eral demands for ‘peace’ but, in this country from which troops have gone forth to invade alien soil, obliges all sincere and serious opponents for im- perialism to grapple earnestly with the problem of actual struggle against the invasion and against those responsible for the invasion; therefore be it “Resolved, that the All-America Anti-Imperialist League local New York conference, meeting in the La- bor Temple, 245 East 84th St., New York City, puts forward the follow- ing program of ways and means to meet the Nicaraguan situation: Widespread Publicity, “1, Widespread publicity among the masses of the people in this coun- try of the facts regarding the war. against Nicaragua. “(a) Organization of a series of public meetings thruout the city. “(b) Organized efforts to secure the inclusion-in open forum programs of speakers dealing with the Nicara- guan question. “(c) Organization of a speakers’ bureau to furnish speakers on this topic to local trade unions and other organizations. “(d) Circulation of popular litera- ture such as the folder entitled ‘De- feat the War Against Nicaragua!’ is- sued by the national office of the All- America Anti-Imperialist League (U. S. section). ‘4 “(e) The conference also recom- mends to the national office of the (c) It popularises the Red Navy|has been realized over one-sixth of|All-America Anti-Imperialist League among the masses of workers. Work in fortifying the military By I. AMTER Governor Vic Donahey, of Ohio, the so-called “popular” governor, the man with sense and reason governing him, has shown himself to be the same tool of the bosses as all others. On Feb. 21 Donahey announced to; a purported committee of St. Claire- ville miners that “it is your right.as it is the right of every citizen of Ohio to be permitted to make his livelihood in any legal manner he may desire, and you are entitled to the aid of all peace enforcement agencies if you are denied that right.” National Guard of Ohio have been in ernor fully informed of the situation weeks ago started a campaign for the relief of the striking miners and par- ticularly their children. Up to the present, no more than $26,500 has been gathered, although Dehaney used every agency in order to reach the ears of the public. However, he used the armories for gathering relief and the Nrtional Guard for disbursing it. “A milk bottle in one hand and a rifle in the other.” Dohaney thought he could demon- strate his humanity on the one hand, and also believed that the striking miners would forget that the milk for their children was brought them by the same National Guardsmen who would be prepared to shoot them down. The miners of Ohio are beginning to demonstrate that they have little regard for the scab. If, up to a short time ago, they did not show sufficient militancy and willingness to fight, to- day, with the “Save the Union” com- mittees leading in the fight for win- ning the strike, for saving the miners’ union and for cleaning out the traitor- cus mine union officials, they are be- ginning to take the steps to clean out the scabs. Hundreds on the picket lines-—despite the court injunctions ter to Judge Benson W. Hough, of the United States District Court, to in- form him that he, Dohaney, stands ready to send,the militia into the coal fields to help the coal operators win the strike and break the union by sending troops. : Any sensible worker could have seen this in advance. Though even: the governor’s milk is not transparent, still the miner could understand that in the final show-down, the governor of the state would ase all the resources of the state to beat down the miners There are two sides to the situation. however. The coal operators gathered an Cleveland a few weeks ago, and de- clared that they would make no con- cessions but would fight on to the bit- ter end. Probably they thought they would demoralize the striking miners, but there was not a flurry in their ranks. The miners, by this time, have learned that this is a life and death struggle and everything is at stake They are preparing for the battle, anc fine, rousing meetings that have been held by the Progressives in Dillonville Yorkville and Lansing indicate tha? the battle lines are being drawn up. In Bellaire the Progressive meetine at the Bohemian Hall was stopped b” the police. According to report, th meeting, which was composed of dele- gates of 60 local unions in the sub- district, quictly disbanded. to recon- vene at the Miners’ Temple, controlled There the Progressives proceeded to denounce Lewis and the entire treach- erous regime, and demanded a general strike, d; Governor Dohaney may think that his milk bottle has made babies of the miners. His National Guard officers can report the contrary. First of all, the relief that he, Dohaney, has raised is a disgrace. With all means at his disposal—the press, church, radio, etc. --he has raised the paltry sum of $26,500. The A. F. of L. likewise has completely failed. The campaign has fi zled out. the A. F. of L. officialdom evidently believing that it has done its duty, not facing the fact that the loss of the stike will mean the destruction of the union and the opening of a frontal attack on all the unions of the country. -The money that the A. F. of L. has raised has not benefited the miners at all. They have not received one xtra penny, so that the miners are justified in their contention that the yoney going throngh the official shannels has been used entirely for vaying the salaries and “expenses” of he union officials. The union offi- ‘ials are getting their full salaries and “expenses,” which amount to hun- dreds of thousands of dollars a month, ‘while miners and their families are atarving—but battling bravely for the ife of their union. In West Point, for instance, a min- by the reactionary administration. ing camp near East Liverpool, the Commemorate Paris Commune The 57th anniversary of the Paris Commune, the first workers’ repub- hlic, drowned in blood by counter-revo- lutionaries, will be commemorated in the United States in connection with the fifth anniversary of the found- ing of the International Red Aid, the world-wide labor defense organiza- indicate that it is one thing to issue »roclamations and injunctions and an- other to enforce them. Dohaney has sent a cony of his let- ‘ ma tion. The International Labor De- fense, 80 E. 11th St., is now arrang- ing Paris Commune meetings in vari- out cities States. The Commune meetings will be utilized as a celebration of the vic- tory of the workers and peasants in establishing the Soviet Union. Meetings have already been ar- ranged in New York, Boston, Chica- go, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Cleve- land, Kansas City, Jamestown, N. Y., Martins Ferry, Ohio, and other cen- ters in which thousands of workers will participate. a throughout the United the glober The rest of the workers of the world are also learning. miners are not getting a single penny of relief from the union. Recently) together with their wives, they went to East Liverpool, to the charity so- cieties, and asked for help. This is the aid that the miners are getting from their union and the proud Ex- ecutive Council of the A. F. of L., which can think of nothing better to do than to fight for an injunction bill, | which will recognize the right of ap- plying injunctions, but will be direct- ed against the “abuse” of injunctions! As absurd as the fight for the Clay- ton law, which ,even the A. F. of L. recoenizes as a scrap of papex! While William Green and Matthew | Woll are in Washington lobbying on |this bill and attending the American Bar Association’s conference on “no strikes.” the miners of Pennsylvania and Ohio are on the REAL battle line FIGHTING in the only manner that will bring. them victory and an end of injunctions. They are against, not only the “abuse” of injunctions, but against the right of the employ- ers to the use of injunctions alto- gether. There is only one way to the right and the injut nction at the same time. ji near St. Clairsville and the rest of |safe, Masses of union miners are tional Guard will take the place of the milk bottle. But not even the back to hunger. The miners are de- smash this right and that is to DEFY | Vasion in all in this country: Make Recommendations. “(1) That it issue a popular-priced pamphlet on Nicaragua and American imperialism in the Caribbean. -“(2) That it try to conclude ar- rangements for a nation-wide speak- ing tour. “2. Organized protest and mass pressure against the government to force unconditional withdrawal of the marines. “ “(a) Holding of popular demon- strations of protest. “(b) Cooperation of all organiza- tions in securing the widest possible circulation thru the mails of the so- called Sandino stamps reading ‘Pro- test Against Marine Rule in Nicara- al? “(c) Adoption of resolutions of protest by trade unions and other or- ganizations. For More Conferences. “(d) The conference also recom- mends to the national office of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League the holding of local conferences, similar to this one, in other cities thru- out the United States, to be followed by a national conference against the Nicaragua war to meet in Washing- on, D. C. at the earliest possible date. “3. Direct aid to the Nicaraguan people in their resistance to the in- forms. “The conference endorses the cam- paign for the collection of funds for The scabs at the Crabapple mine | bandages and medical supplies for tha soldiers of General Sandino, which the the strikebreakers in the strike area |National office of the All-America may believe that they are perfectly |Anti-Imperialist League is about to in this country in coorera- ‘being roused to the seriousness of | tion with the Nicaraguan Red Cross \the situation. The Left Wing is on|‘ivisions in Salvador and Mexico and the march: they are engaging in| the Hands-Off-Nicaragua Fund Com- mass picketing. The rifle of the Na-|Mittee in Mexico City. For Broad. Movement. “4, Drawing in of all possible for- rifle will frighten the miners, To|ces to make this specific struggle return to work on the conditions that count in the general iggle against the coal operators demand is to go| American ii ™m, “The confererite sets. forth its view termined that this condition shall be |that in this country the pre-condition a thing of the past, and they are|for an effective struggle against the fighting. The Pennsylvania-Ohio | separate manifestations of American | Miners’ Relief Committee is keeping | imperialism is the consolidation of @ them on the firing line. The rank | powerful section of the All-America and file all over the country is re-|Anti-Imperialist League in the United sponding to the call of the battling | States, thru affiliation to the g miners. The battle will be won—de- | of Trade Unions and all organ spite the “popular governor,” Vic | 0} Ing any phase of An le , es ae ror —, Ye +e soem in