The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 19, 1928, Page 3

eR Le ds Si THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1928 Call for Struggle Against Capitalist Offensive at World Red Labor Congress TOMSKY { POINTS OUT GROWTH OF MILITANT LABOR More Than 40 Countries Represented (Continued from Page One) House and was attended by represen- tatives of trade union organizatioxs of forty countries. Losovsky, who opened the congress, | pointed out that since the last con- gress of R. I. L. U., a new detach- ment of the working class, Chinese labor, had entered the arena of his- tery. , When the consequences of the Chi- nese struggle became clear, Losov- sky said, the whole capitalist world began a campaign: of repression and persecution of the labor movement. “The onslaught of world capitalism against the Soviet Union toward which the arms of workers and op- pressed peoples of all the world are outstretched is particularly violent. In spite of the more intense interna- tional reaction, the world labor move- ment is growing stronger. The con- gress will lay down better methods cf struggle and will develop work under the following slogans: “Down with capitalism and its lackeys! Fi¢ht for overthrow of capi- talism and for the power of the work- erst” Elect Presidium. The members of the presidium of the congress are Gitlow and John- sen, United States; Cornig and Gos- sip, England; Heckert and Emerich, Germany; Monmousseau and Dudilier, France; Germanetto, Italy; Tomsky. Losovsky, Dogadov, Yaglo, Soviet Union: Dvorsky and Bauman, Czecho- slovakia, and delegates from China, Japan, Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Col- ombia, Poland, Scandinavia, etc. The congress adopted the following agenda:! Losovsky’s report on the in- ternational trade union movement; Heller’s report on the trade union movement in the colonial countries: Monmousseau’s and Dimitrov’s report on the struggle against the fascist and yellow trade union movements and. the drawing in of labor youth trade unions toward the organiza- tional questions, the question of so- cial legislation and the coming elec- tions. Tomsky greeting the eS on behalf of the Central Committee of Trade--Unions. of the Soviet Union characterized the fundamental tasks of the Soviet trade union movement and pointed out that the working class of the U. S. S. R. is facing the greatest task in the rationalization of production, which unlike rationali- zation in eapitalist countries, will bet- ter the condition of the workers. The Soviet trade union movement, he also pointed out, faces the task of cultural revolution, “The world bourgeoisie” he said, “is endeavoring thru blackmail and intimidation, to wreck the work of peaceful construction in the Soviet Union. However, the stronger the capitalist onslaught against the So- viet Union, the more energetically will we proceed with the task of -in- dustrializing our couniry ‘and the sooner will we free ourselves from economic independence on tie bour- geoisie. _ “Millions of workers,” he con- tinued, “are being drawn inxo the struggle for the unity of the trade union movement. The workers’ dele- gations having visited the Soviev Union told the whole truth regarding the Russian revolution. The break- up of the Anglo-Russian Committee disclosed that the reformists are striving for closer cooperation with the bourgeoisie. The Soviet trade unions, having created a fund of geven million roubles for interna- tional solidarity, proved that they are ready to extend their help to inter- national labor not in the form of swords, but in the form of deeds.” Arkansas Valley ‘ears New Flood WASHINGTON, March 18.—While the $296,000,000 flood control plan is being made a political football in con- | gress, and a year has nearly passed since the “father of waters” spread ruin everywhere along its banks, resi. ments of the Arkansas valley and in wcner tributary stream levees which were washed away and have not been fully repaired are living in daily fear of a heavy rainfall. The fact has been brought out by army engineers who have visited the territory that the river banks are in much worse condition now than they were at the time of last year’s dis- aster, Denver. Bricklayers Will Work 5-Day Week —- . DENVER, Colo., March 18.-—Build- ing contractors of Denver have been notified that the organized brick- Jayers of the city will work on a five- day week basis beginning about May 1, By an overwhelming majority, members of the Bricklayers’ Union, Local No. 1, adopted a resolution favoring the five-day plan. Saturday will b> an additional holiday after Me Aide to (War Lords \ Clifford F Fox, American news- | paperman, has returned to China, after serving in Chang Tso-lin’s ministry of esi Fow is one of the numerous “ex- perts” supplied by the imperial- | ist powers to the Chinese war | lords. KUOMINTANG TO BOW T0 DEMAND To Aceept Demands for | Nanking “Damages” | SHANGHAI, March 18. — The Nanking government is willing to pay |both Great Britain and the United | States for alleged damages to foreign property in the capture of Nanking |last Merch, it was learned yesterday. General Huang Fu, foreign minister in the Nanking government, has been |conferring with Sir Miles Lampson, \the British minister, and Edwin S | Cunningham, ‘American consul gen- \eral here on the American claims. -That the Nanking government will | put in no counter-claims for the im- |mense loss of life and property re- sulting from the bombardment of the city by American and British gun- |boats is regarded as likely in view | of the anxiety of the Nanking gov- jernment to secure the-support of both | powers. The state department, it is reported, has authorized Cunningham to com- pile estimates of American claims, MILLIONS The trade unions of the :Union $15,000,000—one fourth of their inco: How does the Russian worker nar- ticipate in this vast educational work? Chiefly through his club. The work- ers’ club is the center of life and fo- cus of activity for the Russian ma- thinist, textile weaver, blacksmith or clerk. In it he goes to classes, per- forms in amateur dramatics, enjoys movie and radio, joins in discussions. Gets What He Wants. There is no cut and dried pattern in Russian trade union education. The worker ge.s what he wants. If he has enough political economy and Marxism he demands “circles” in music, hygiene, sports, literature, and tech- nical subjects. There is activity to satisfy every taste and to meet every demand for literacy and culture. The first task of the trade unions after the revolution was to “liquidate illiteracy.” This was done in most unions with amazing speed. It is now almost completed. The agricultural ced forest. workers union, and similar unions of unskilled workers, have still this problem’ as one of their main jobs. ‘ Soccer and Movies. = During the ‘summer ~ education moves out from the clubs to the sum- mer “stadiums and athletic fields. We visited one of these glorified prole- tarian country clubs on the outskirts of Moscow last summer. It had a well sodded soccer field and a running track, two moving picture halls, a reading room and library, a long swimming pool under the trees, a gamé Zoom for children, a chess room, an orchestra and band room, an open’ air dining room, places for bowling, boxing, croquet, basket ball, tennis, wrestling and other games. This great park is used by one uniecn. But it is-only one of 60 similar parks around Moscow. 20,000,000 Participate The Russians)are keen for enter- tainments. The Blue Blouses, ama- eur dramatic groups, are organized in hundreds of factories. It is estimated | U.S.S.R. UNIONS SPEND” ON STUDIES By ROBERT W. DUNN (Federated Press). of Socialist Soviet Republics spend me—on workers’ education. What e workers’ education movement the American trade unions could have if they could afford vo spend that amount! ->: that 20,000,000 persong-onlonists and their wives and families—-at- tended various performances and en- tertainments: arranged in the work- ers’ clubs in one month last. winter. reduced priced. tickets to the regular theatres make it possible for city workers also to develop a taste for the new revolutionary drama as well as for the old ballet and opera. The Excursion Boat: Another growing institution is the “excursion.” The country is overrun with trade union excursions both win- ter and summer. There are ex- cursions between one industry and another and one factory and another, excursions on boats, excursions to the tween cities, and excursions to the country. Then there are the innum- erable museums to be visited, The Russian worker is more mobile than other European workers. He travels by autobus, motor truck, trains or carriage. 2,200,000 Subscribers. As he learns to read, the worker | has a wide assortment of trade union literature—popular and pictorial— before him. First the “wall news- paper” edited in his own shop. Then the journal of his own union. After that the general labor dailies. A vast amount of simple pamphlets are pub- lished by the unions for use in classes and circles. Libraries complete the | picture. Almost every factory club has one. There are now some 2,200,- 000 subscribers to trade union libraries. The so-called “Red Corner” is a unique Russian institution. It is simply a room or a corner of a room in a club, workers’ cooperative dining room, union headquarters or factory, where educational work is carried on. The work is usually conducted by the educational subcommittee of the fac- tory committee. There are 30,000 “Red Corners” in the U. 8. 8. R nd about 4,000 clubs TERROR REIGN |$) BEGUN IN AFRICA) Britons Incite Attacks on Workers MARITZBURG, Natal, 8. Africa, March 18.—-A crude attempt to mask the beginning of an organized cam- paign of terror against the native la. | bor organizacions was made by the | British in control of this area. Three African natives were almost killed by. a lynching mob of European petty | officials and foremen, and the Grey- | town and Krantkop offices of-the in- | dustriat. and Commercial Workers | Union, a native workers’ organiza-| tion, was completely wrecked and_ burned by the same mob later. The of- ficial reason given for this attack | is that the Luropeans were infuriated | by “desacration of severat tomb- | stones.” | Two other natives were placed un-| der arrest after dogs had been set on | their trail, and after they were | severely beaten, One of them was any officer of the union. The workers’ organization has aroused the hared of the con- stabulary by carrying on successful) struggles for the improvement of the conditions of the workers here. The) union also agitated against their im- are oper es: 7 aie Philadelphia Meeting For Relief of Miners PHILADELPHIA, March 18.—A mass mee\ing of young workers and students to discuss the question of the miners strike will be held Fr riday, March 23 at 8 p. m. at Grand Fraternity Hall, 1626 Arch St. The speakers will be Sam Domico, versity of Pennsylvania will preside. striker of Curtisville, Pa., and Clar- ence Miller, district organizer, Young Workers (Communist) ‘League. Ss) Anrbach of the silat of the Uni- OF IMPERIALISM, Wall Street to Foist Loan on Nicaragua BALBOA, March 18.—Plans for a $15,000,000 loan to Nicaragua, most of which will go to the payment of American “claims,” have been care- fully worked out, it was made clear yesterday by W. W. Cumberland, who has just completed a survey of Nica- raguan finances for the state depart- | ment. Cumberland has served as “financial adviser” to Haiti Most of the proposed loan to Nica- *\ragua, it is believed, will go for the payment of alleged claims for dam- ages submitted by American citizens and for.the mkintenance of the Nica- raguan national guard, which is com- manded: by American marine corps officers. TORY AIR LINES Persia Refuses Base to Imperialists LONDON, March 18.—In an effort te inerease its power in the Near East, the British government \Pro- poses to subsidize a British air line from London to Delhi. The govern- ment proposal provides for annual subsidies for the Imperial Airways, Ine., until 1989. Difficulty in the establishment of the line has been increased by the refusal of the Persian government to permit the Impcrial Airways’ base on Persian territory. If the Persian government persists in its refusal the line will have to run along the south- ern shore of the Persian Gulf. Another British air line may be established in the Malay Peninsula with the aid of government support. The attitude of the British govern- ment, it is believed, is determined to n large extent by military considera- tions. Most of the planes can be used for military purposes and the air bases are planned with a view to “defense” of India: S-4 Raised, Starts For Boston Navy Yard PROVINCETOWN, Mass., March 18.—Raised to the surface by a sal- vage crew yesterday afternoon the submarine S-4 began its last journey to the Boston navy yard within two hours, cradled by vast air containers and in tow of a slow-moving convoy of naval vessels, with flags at half- mast. It was on December 17 last that the S-4 plunged 42 members of her crew to their deaths. Charges of gross incompetency were made against the navy depart- ment because of its failure to save the lives of men who were alive for days after the sinking of the vessel. Bootleg With Graft Exposed in Testimony Cheese Dairymen’s Association, con- spectors $25 to $50 a week graft to receive favored treatment was re- vealed by Wolf Shamasky, of the as- sociation, in the Kings County Su- preme Court. Justice Arthur S. Tompkins is. sit- ting as a magistrate to hear evidence on graft by milk inspectors. Shamasky also stated that accord- ‘ing to the agreement with the inspec- tors, who were placed on the payroll of the association, all non-members were to be held to strict observance of health department regulations while association members would be allowed to violate the regulations. iAyrep rexI0m <ATTHOM AVG, ® nok ay in the March “Communist. anniversaries, rial, the Hightieth Anniy “Communist.” Other important articles: AFTER THE CANTON UPRISING, by John Pepper. SAVE THE MINERS’ UNION CALL, MARX, LENIN AND THE PA ‘Trachtenberg. THE PROLETARIAT AND WAR, by Len CAPITALIST EFFICIENCY ‘SOCIALISM,’ ‘by _ APHEISM AND EVOLUTION, AMERICA AND RUSSIA, by Marx and Engels. ; LiTkRATURE AND. ECONOMICS, by V. F. Calverton. Tawi hecs. as FIGHTER and LEADER” by JAY LOVESTONE The Paris Commune, Ruthenberg Memo- Manifesto are each commemorated by important ar- ticles in an unusually ri¢h and interesting issue of the rede dl ” March is the month of ersary of the Communist RIS Mees by Alexander William Z. Foster. by Bertram D, Woife. TO AD EMPIRE That the Brownsville Cream and | sisting of lucal dealers, paid milk in- | BOSSES GIVE IN. | BUT TOTRY AGAIN: IN MANCHESTER English . Workers Win 1-Week Struggle MANCHESTER, Eng., March 18.— The management of the Acqueduct | |Mills here has announced that it has | |definitely abandoned its intention of | instituting the 65!4-hour week, ac- | cording to a report received, | The strike that answered the at- tempt of the mill owners to lengthen the working hours several weeks ago, | forced them to capitulate to the work- | ers after a week’s struggle, But at the time they first withdrew their de- mand théy declared that another at- | {tempt would be made in the near fu- |ture. The new announcement comes | jabout 10 days after the first. | A section of the latest declaration | to be made public is considered as ex- | tremely humorous by the workers. | |The part referred to states that the | jonly reason why the 55% | 42-hour week | |demand was withdrawn was the mill owners’ unwillingpess to submit their workers to “unpleasantness.” (19 WORKERS MUST APPEAR IN COURT Charged With Violating Vicious Injunction KENOSHA, Wisc., March 18.— Nineteen members of the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery workers, which have been conducting a strike for several weeks against the Allen-A Hosiery Company here, have been served with orders to appear in Milwaukee before Federal Judge Geiger next Thursday, to answer charges of contempt of court, for vio- lating a vicious anti-strike injunction granted recently to the mill owners by the above mentioned judge. Hearings were also begun in the federal court referred to on the ques- tion of making permanent the injunc- tion secured by the bosses. Accord- ing to information the hearings have not as yet ended. Harold A. Steele, vice-president of the workers’ organization and Louis F. Budenz, of New York, editor of the | Labor Age, are named among the 19! cited for contempt. Budenz is on his! way here from New York. It is be- lieved that the union attorneys are to | answer the contempt charges with | counter charges against the manufac- | turers of entering a conspiracy to destroy the union. It was learned htat Gustav Geiger, president of the American Federation of Full-lashioned Hosiery Workers, is expected to arrive here shortly. NEGROES DISFRANCHISED WASHINGTON, March 18.—Con- stitutional government in the United | States is impossible while southern | members of Congress are holding | their seats in violation of the Con-| stitution, Representative Tinkham, of | Massachusetts, declared in a speech in the House Febrdary 28. With the | nullification of the fourteenth, fif-| teenth, and nineteenth amendments, | the elections in the southern states | are not only uneonstitutional, but the presidential elections are tainted with fraud and illegitimacy. \ spread Daily Worker and get a new newsstand i Sympathizers and | yeaders weask youto | | speak to ong! nearest newsdealér. He should order the DAILY | Finds Unknown City Robert J. Casey, explorer and wuthor, told ship reporters upon his arrival in New York, that in} |his travels thru the jungles of Indo-China he had discovered the ruins — a deserted city. BiG NAVY BILL PASSES HOUSE WASHINGTON, March 18.—An- swering the crack of the militarists’ whip the house of representatives yesterday passed the $274,000,000 |navy bill, 287 to 57. The bill provides for fifteen 10,000-ton cruisers and one 13,800-ton aircraft carrier. As a sop ,to the liberal or pacifist constituents of the house members the bill requests the president -to urge another dis- armament conference, Union to Meet Bosses PASSAIC, N. J., March 18.—The executive committee of the district | council of the American Federation | sof Hosiery Workers will hold a con-! ference at an early date with the | hosiery manufacturers of New Jersey | and New York to take up matters of |to Dr. Robert impartance to the trade. FRENCH MOVE 10 CRUSH TRADE OF USSR, IS CHARGED See British Hand | Claim to Gold (Special Cable to DAILY WORKER) MOSCOW, March 18 made by the B; of F | $5,000,000 in Sov: |York is an atte jeconomie relations which h, |developed in the | {tween the Soviet Union and the cap- italist world, ording to the Pravda. “The business men of the Bank of France,” the Pravda says, “simply want to steal from the s of the Soviet union a portion of the gold be- longing to them.” The “Economisheskaia Jisn” be- jlieves that the action of the Bank of | France is dictated by British financial jinterests and considers it possible that. Tyrrel, newly appointed ambassador lin Paris, played a certain role in the preparations for the move. The growth of trade relations be- tween the Soviet and the United States has aroused fear among the leading European capitalists who pushed by London toward a rupture with the Soviet Union are interested in probing the stability of the present Soviet- American relations. The action started by the Bank of France is a touchstone and must re- sult in a reply to this. The “Eco nomisheskaia Jisn” is convinced that tle Soviet gold incident will provoke a sufficiently strong reaction in the United States to prevent a possible repetition of the incident in the fu- ture. in 2 to the in New hh the been few years be~ | Spliaiy , A Changing World PASAL 1., March 18,—Re- |cent discoveries tend to show that ‘instead of being a disintegrating | world, as many have believed, is con- |tinuously changing, its elements be- jing constantly re-created, according A. Mi n, of the ' California Institute of Te nology. Daily Worker Agents A very important meeting to dis- { cuss recent developments and ! plans for the Daily Worker will be held TUESDAY, March 20th, at 8 p. m., at Irving Plaza, 15th Street and Irving Place. Speaker -- W. W. Weinstone * Organization of the unorgan- ized, Miners’ Relief. Recognition and Defense of the Soviet Union. A Labor Party. 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