The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 11, 1928, Page 6

Page Six THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1928 a —_—_—_—_—_————— _ ~ os THE DAILY WORKER eee ee UY ee | Published by the NATIONAL DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING ASS’N, Inc. Daily, Except Sunday $3 First Street, New York, N. Y. Cable Address: : SUBSCRIPTION RATES i By Mail (in New York only): By Mail (outside of New York): $3.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.50 per year $3.50 six months $2.50 threa months. $2.00 three months. Phone, Orchard 1680 | “Dalwork” Address and mail out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. Masten: Bditor.... “ROBERT MINOR | oe - Assistant ...WM, F, DUNNE (ea AIRS Qi EU E S EEE ‘entered as second-clasa mail at the post-office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 8, 1879. Workers, Show Your Solidarity! The trial of Sam Bonita, Adam Moleski and Steve Mendola in Wilkes-Barre is a spectacle for the eyes of the working class of the United States and the world. | Everybody knows that these three mine workers are innocent. Everybody knows that they are being tried only and solely be- eause they are militant members of the United Mine Workers’ Union and have been active in trying to prevent the corruption, betrayal and destruction of their Union, and to stop the vicious | contract system which so terribly oppresses the miners of the | Anthracite. Anyone in the mine fields would laugh at the sug- gestion that Bonita, Mendola and Moleski would now be on trial if they were on the side of John L. Lewis and the operators. They | are on trial “for murder” only because they are against John L. | Lewis and his friends, the coal barons. If they had been for Lewis and for the coal operators, they would never have been} arrested. | EMY The court and the whole machinery of the law are acting as | an agency of the coal operators for the removal of three enemies of the coal operators, so as to terrorize the miners into submission | to the operators and to their agents, Lewis and Cappelini. Through ' this court the operators strike at the enemies of John L. Lewis. | Why? | The coal operators fight the enemies of Lewis because they | know that the best way to crush the United Mine Workers is by ; keeping Lewis in power in the Union. now The miners, must have no illusions about the nature or the | wor No justice for Bonita, Moleski and Mendola | Ame: a oe, y justice they may get will come |solidarity in the ( will come from the court; any justice they may g |against American imperialism. actions of the court. from outside of the court—from the masses of the mine workers. vania-Ohio Relief Committee, 611 The miners must eat while they fight. Their fight is the fi; Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. ght of the whole working class. Contributions should be sent to the Pennsyl- _ © By Fred Ellis Weavers Toil - 16-Hour Shift. , PASSAIC, N. J., April 10 (FP).— |“Good strong weavers step out of line. We need you.” ’ Gera woolen mill’s employment clerks looked over the few stronger men who advanced to the counter. | “Can you work hard for 16 hours a day?” they were asked. Broke and | jobless for weeks and even months, they assented. Gera, German-owned and ruthless foe of the Textile Workers’ Union, had a rush order and needed weavers who could stand the gaff in 16-hour relays. When the rush order was filled, the 16-hour workers were laid off, to join the 40 per cent of Pas-' saic woolen mill workers who are! permanently jobless. Politician’s Son Freed | After Injuring Worker | James M. Cox, Jr., son .of former Governor M. Cox, of Ohio, has been freed of all charges arising out of his | running over Peter Lorenzo, a la- borer on Fifth Avenue, March 81. In Yorkville Magistrates Court the charge of simple assault was dis- missed though the arresting officer admitted that he had to fire several shots before Cox would stop his car. When he appeared in Traffic Court, the charge of leaving the scene of an accident was dismissed. ae onvéntion of Mexican Communist Party The Communist Party of Mexico is! holding its convention, The (Communis! Party of has sent g gs pledging | ¢ struggle The a The mine workers must have no illusions that the evidence | *he Mexican Party are'printed below in the trial has anything substantial to do with the verdict. The} evidence of the coal companies’ stool-pigeons is thrown into the Dear Comrades: | In repeating herein the fraternal! number of unemployed workers run over 4,000,000. With customary cyni- | cism, the capitalists are taking ad- ntage of the unemployment situa- tion to redouble their -attacks upon the workers’ organizations, In Penn- sylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Colorado, | |greetings of the American Party to 150,000 striking miners are fighting for the very existence of the trade union movement of this country. Although the situation requires conscious and militant pursuance of for this campaign is: “Enlist With Sandino!” It is characteristic of the socialist party’s betrayal all/ along the line that it has failed to take any clear-cut stand for the defeat of the imperialist armies in Nicaragua. American Imperialists in) Mexico. | American imperialism has not jceased its machinations against Mex- ico. Taking advantage of the coun- guan liberation army. The slogantident Calles and Ambassador Mor- row, in the effusive welcome to the imperialist puppet Lindbergh, in the pitiful sham fight of the Mexican delegation at the Havana conference, one sees the signs of political capi- tulation to Wall Street, the economic counterpart of which is the recently revised oil legislation abandoning basic principles of the conservation of Mexican resources. One by one the things fought for in the revolu- the great tasks confronting it we have no doubt, The steady progress of the Party during the recent period, its growing influence among the masses and its clear-headed resis- tance to the “Obregonista” confus- ionism and the support of open reac- tion by some labor-peasant leaders, already indicate this. Growth of the Mexican Party. We congratulate you upon the or- ganizational advance made by your |ter-revolutionary movement of Gen- case to delude the workers, to make it appear that the question | greetings to your convention as con-|the oe eet ied om she part e a : ‘ egies a : |e heat bats Si | workers, the official trade union lead- i f law and “guilt” or innocence. jveyed to you in our telegram, we} ay eee is some fine point o g |wish to express our sincere regret at /¢"S simply repeat no the capitalist Guilt or innocence have nothing to do with the effort of the |not being able to have a representa- | Phrases calling for “class peace — i rators and their friend Lewis to electrocute these mine|tive of our Party at your sessions, |Which means submission to the capi- cOal operators a - , Our regret is greater because we | talists. The socialist party talks also workers. They are of course innocent according to every stand- |have just seen a copy of your agenda, |in terms of class peace. Only the ard, even the standard of the legal forms. But that will have no| hich includes the colonial and semi- |Communists appear ready to lead the effect upon the outcome of the case. |colonial question, and the question of | Workers to the defense of their class wy ark Sita |the Communists and anti-imperial- | interests. What the court deals in is not “Justice,” but capitalist class|ism, ‘These are questions which in-| Our Party has made important pro- justice. According to the standards of capitalist courts, justice |volve the necessity of exceptionally gress in the period since your last is realized only when the enemies of the capitalists are imprisoned | close cooperation between your Party convention. The miners’ campaign, LER i A ss irs. vhich is one of the principal cam- talis Ss is whatever serves the | #4 ours Nae Pi or electrocuted. Capitalist class justice is t American imperialism is rushing |Paigns of our Party at the present capitalists. toward a crisis, While the U. §. de-|time, has attracted widespread sup- a f are lactane: state is i .|port. We are helping to spread the _ Knowing that there is no real justice to be gotten out of the (eee ene pede cht Jae: trike, to widen its objectives and to eourt, the mine workers everywhere must understand that the lf treaty “to outlaw war,” the U.|Pteak the John L. Lewis machine, only chance that Bonita, Moleski and Mendola have for life and|s_ government representative at Gen.| Which refuses to ca ry on yd than liberty will come from the working class’ support from outside of bea Mr. Hugh Ginso, took ‘ pane bakers strugele aphina ‘ ne op- is is i iners ire | part in opposing the proposals o: Bh ‘ag the court. This is a fight, not of miners alone, but of the entire | Orch Corrente teen Lit | The ‘Siruggie Aue aed working class. jvinov, for disarmament. Meantime, | Imperialism. the U. S. congress has just ‘approp- | jriated $325,000,000 for additional naval armament. It is plain that the U. S. government is girding itself for lintensified imperia aggressions and is preparing for a great imper- | ialist war. Every local of the United Mine Workers’ Union should im- mediately line up in solidarity with Bonita, Moleski and Mendola. And not only Mine Workers, but all other labor bodies. Resolu- tions should be passed, liberal contributions should be voted, and both should be sent to the Bonita-Moleski-Mendola Defense Com- mittee, Room 513, Coa] Exchange Bldg., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. |we have stressed the importance of mobilizing all possible forces, within and without the country, for the com- bined struggle against American im- perialism, At the present time our janti-imperialist activity is concen- jtrated particularly upon working to |defeat Wall Street’s war against |Nicaragua. As a result of our ef- forts a campaign unique in U. S. his- jtory is being conducted, aiming to bring about a defeat of a U. §. mili- | tary expedition, In the course of our, fampaign we have appealed directly Latin America Is Imperialist Base. Latin America is the primary for- eign base of American imperialism as the Sixth Pan American Conference at Havana demonstrated once more. Every stage in U. S. world policy is of direct concern to the Latin Amer- ican masses as well as to the workers A Monument to Slavery Industrialization marches through Georgia along the trail that Sherman’s army blazed in 1864. This has something to do In all the campaigns of the Party, | eral Arnulfo Gomez and \ Francisco Serrano, American imperialism brot all manner of pressure to béar upon {Mexico to accomplish the aims for which Wall Street and Washington had been striving for many ye The appointment of Dwight W. Mor- jrow of the House of Morgan to be U. S. ambassador in Mexico was the symbol of the ever-active Wall Street |drive against Mexico. It would be futile for us to ignore |the fact that these efforts of Amer- ican imperialism have had a certain measure of success in Mexico, In the extraordinary relations between Pres- 'G. O. P. Gives Farmers ‘Talk’ WASHINGTON, April 10 (FP).— Need of immediate enactment of a federal farm relief law was empha- sized by both reactionary and pro- gressive republicans in the senate de- |bate on the MeNary bill. Gooding of \Tdaho deiounced the conspiracy of the banking interests and the Federal Reserve , Board which deflated the jfarmers in 1920. However, Gooding’s long established prejudice against organized labor led tion of 1910-20 are being abandoned. After winning many of his de- mands on behalf of the U. S. oil magnates, Ambassador Morrow an- nounces that he is now pressing for “thorough revision of the agrarian legislation.” And President Calles ects such a time, when the whole question of division of the land is under attack, to institute a new move for disarming the Mexican peasants! Obregon expresses no dissent from this) policy. It seems to us that Calles and Obregon now represent forces work- ing for consolidation of an unequivo- cally bourgeois regime in Mexico at the expense of the workers and pea- sants. It seems equally clear that the bourgeois bloc that they repre- sent is seeking to establish a modus vivendi with Wall Street and cannot be depended upon consistently to re- sist the aggressive aims of American imperialism. Only Communists Can Lead Struggle. Nor do the leaders of the Confed- eration of Labor (CROM) offer any contrary line of policy, The line of cleavage is between the bourgeois bloc on the one side and the class- conscious workers and peasants, led by the Communists, on the other. In Mexico, as in the United States, the | Communist Party is the only party | which can be depended upon to lead the fight against capitalism and im- perialism. Party since the last convention, upon the intensification of your activity in all fields, and upon the mounting cir- culation of your official organ, “El Machete.” We congratulate you es- pecially for your mobilization of all available forces against American imperialism, for your quick realiza- tion of the importance of organizing on a continental scale to defeat the present U. S. imperialist war against Nicaragua. Nicaragua is the rallying center for the anti-imperialist forces throughout America at the present time. We must focus the attention of all Latin America upon it and mobil- ize all possible forces in support of the Nicaraguan soldiers resisting the U. S. invasion. The Sixth Pan American Confer- ence at Havana, whose inaugural ses- sion coincided with the sending of 1,000 additional U. S. marines to Nic- aragua, revealed the conscious deter- mination of American imperialism to subjugate all Latin America, but at the same time tremendously hastened the tempo of the movement in Latin America for unity against imperial- ism. That the Latin American bour- geoisie cannot be relied upon to give vigorous leadership to this movement _ was also adequately demonstrated. It remains for the Communists, the par- ty of the oppressed masses, to build the movement into a powerful or- ganized force, capable of dealing real blows against the imperialist enemy. Common Struggle Against Wall jto the marines embarking for Nica-|him continually to complain against Street, |fagua, calling upon them to desert ta|the wage increases secured by rail- organization of all forces of the United States The collapse of the bourgeoisie as with the unveiling of a huge monument to the pro-slavery gen- The a revolutionary factor in Mexico does . ‘ : In the United States, the widely-'fhe Nicaraguan liberation forces |road labor up to 1921, and against : against American imperialism is the eral, Robert E. Lee, carved in rock on the side of Stone Mountain. | gqvertised “prosperity” has already |der General Sandino, Besides, tha |the high Wugsilaetl which he immeined heres pas nor ane ak |common task of the Communists in e southern petty-bourgeois is scrambling into the new en- proved itself a hollow capitalist myth. | work in its own name, our Party has | that most .f the workers in industry | American imperialism, nor will they all countries of the western world. terprises being opened up with the aid of northern capital. The trump card for attracting investments is the cheap labor with no trade unions to interfere with profits. Southern news- papers teem with advertisements calling northern investors to cheap labor, good factory sites, the chance to build “company towns” without incorporation and therefore to be ruled directly from the mill offices. The labor of ruined farmers and their wives and children, forced into seeking work in the new factory system at wages sickening to contemplate from the working class point of view, constitute the pride of the upper class of the South. Wages on which it is necessary for every member of a family to enter the mills, down to the smallest children, lure the half-starved men and women of the rural districts who have never known of the existence of trade unions. This is the new burst of slavery of the South. Fired with new enthusiasm, the ruling class resurrects its old traditions in the monument to the outstanding historical figure of reaction in the war in which “for the first time in history, Slavery was in- scribed upon the banner of revolt.” The stone image of the mil- itary lord of blood and steel and human slavery—old General Lee, one of the vilest figures in all history—-was unveiled by dapper Jimmie Walker, mayor of Wall Street from which the investments come! The revitalization of the labor movement which is to come | through the present struggles against the yellow trade union bu-| reaucracy, must be made to start a wave of trade unionization of the slaves of the South who are being proletarianized by the in- dustrial development. , The statue on the side of Stone Mountain will yet frown its helpless rage upon a new march through Georgia—the march of the labor movement, trade union and political, which will liberate these slaves, black and white. Old General Lee will suffer an- #) wens mt arog tment vem cn romeamensinen ar Wall Street gamblers are treating us | to the spectacle of the maddest orgy | of stock speculation in history, while | on the other hand long lines of hun-! gry workers form in the streets, “breadlines,” as they are called here, | made up of unemployed workers who | actively supported the campaigns of the United States section of the All- America Anti-Imperialist League. At the present time, as you know, the U. S. section of the League is cooper- ating with the Hands-Off-Nicaragua Committee in Mexico City in a cam- are thrown upon public charity for|paign to raise funds for bandages their daily bread. Estimates of the and medical supplies for the Nicara- rete Cultural-Educational Work in U.S. S. R Trade Unions (Epitor's Nove: The following is taken from Robert W. Dunn's new book, “Soviet Trade Unions” to be published this week by the Van- guard Press, New Yor':.) ‘HE vast cultural and educational work being done b ythe unions impresses all visitors to Soviet Rus- sia. Let us examine some of the in- stitutions through which the Russian worker takes part in educational and recreational activities. There is, first, the club. Practically every factory of any size has a club, or a group of factories may have a joint club, or it may be under the supervision of the trades council or the separate union, or be attached to the local Palace of Labor. In these clubs the workers spend their hours in reading, study, and r tion. Here they learn how to enjoy themsevles in a collective, social way. The aver- age club has an assembly room*where some sort of meeting is usually in room, a rest room, sometimes a gym- nasium and a children’s room, a lib- rary and reading room, occasionally a consultation room with a doctor and a nurse, a theatre and movie room which may be separate from the large meeting hall. Most clubs are, of course, equipped with radios, and practically all have a “Lenin corner.” . The administrative board of the club is composed of a group of work- ers elected by the membership of the club which is voluntary and open to eny member of the union or unions involyed. The board consists of a secretary, one member in charge of cultural-educational work, a treasurer and in the larger clubs, special per- sons in charge of theatricals, study circles, and so on. Visit one of these clubs any night in the week and you will find all the rooms in use. Perhaps Geltzer, the great ballet dancer, will be entertain- ing an audience in the theatre, or the progress, classrooms for the various types of lectures and circles, a buffet or dining room, a billiard fog game local branch. of the “Blue Blouses” may be presenting a play of theix own.* Classes will be crowded in the {have maintained. ' It is expected that a McNary- , Haugen bill will pass the senate and ‘House and will then be vetoed by | President Coolidge. The administra- | tion forces are already suggesting an | early adjournment of Congress, in or- | der to minimize public protest against | the veto. smaller rooms. The recreation rooms will also be in full swing with all the various indoor games the Rus- sians have devised in recent years. The radio loud speaker will be con- tributing its share to the entertain- ment. In the summer months the program is no less complete. The workers then go to their summer clubs, gardens or stadiums. In front of a park in Kiev, behind what was formerly the villa of a wealthy merchant, I read the notice on the gate, “Come in to your cultural center, Comrades. Make use of the reading room.” It was the summer garden of the chemical workers’ union of the district. Still more beautiful gardens have been lestablished in Kiev by the metal workers, the educational workers and other unions. In Moscow some ninety of these places are open every night during summer months, the best of them being under the control of the metal, textile and communal workers’ unions, They serve hundreds of allow themselves to be victimized in the interests of petty Mexican capi- talists subservient to imperialism. The struggle has entered a new stage, in which the Communist Party of Mexico will have still greater oppor- tunities than before to serve the in- terests of the masses. That your Party be equal to buffets and libraries. One of the best of these great recreation centers is the summer sta- dium of the Soviet and commercial employees’ union. It serves the mem- bers of sixteen clubs of this organ- ization. The stadium is used thru- out the day by the wives and children of the members, and after work, in the late afternoon and evening, by everybody. Some twenty-five thou- sand workers use it at least once a week. In addition to a well-sodded football and soccer field and a run- ning track, we noticed within this one park the following: one free movie, and one where you pay a few kopeks, a shaded reading room with books, the current magazines and special “wall newspapers” for young read- ers, a long swimming pool under the trees, a game room for children, a chess room, a pavilion for artistic games, a choir, two orchestras, an open air cafe, places for bowling, box- ing, croquet, basket ball, volley ball, tennis, wrestling and other games. thousands of workers with open air It was Saturday night and some of dust Following the line laid down by the Communist International, your Party and ours must take up this task in the spirit of the closest cooperation. We pledge ourselves to do our utmost in our common struggle. With Communist greetings, WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTR Executive Secreta: ing out of the gates of the stadium to the country to spend the Sunday in villages near the city. Here were the members of one union apparently having the time of their lives doing things that only the sons and daugh- ters of the merchants and the nobility dared dream of before the revolution. And specially noticeable was a spirit of orderliness and discipline com- bined with real spontaneity and a quiet friendly fellowship between the workers of both sexes. Not the slightest indication of rowdiness or “hooliganism,” as the Russians call it. This was typical of all the many clubs we visited. | *The “Blue Blouses” are members of |the workers home-talent dramatic movement. ‘That they are capably trained dramatists may be judged by jthe fact that artists from the Grand |Opera and other theatres in Mosco and other cities coach and supervi their activities. The New York Tim nt in Moscow writes, No’ B ‘he dramatic movement marie and omar slips is 01 rf most successful experiments a Soviet regime. 6 2