The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 14, 1928, Page 3

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK. SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1928 Page Three German Metal Kings Lock (OUTLINES -P WORKERS FIGHT FOR 8-HOUR DAY, WAGE INCREASE Lockout Follows Strike by 26,000 in Saxony BERLIN, April 13.—More than 250,000 metal workers in Saxony will be locked out, according to notices posted by employers today. ~ The lockout followed the refusal of 26,000 strikers, who had walked out after their demand for an eight hour _day and a wage increase had been re- fused, to return to work. The strug- gle in Saxony may involve more than half a million more metal workers in other sections of Germany. The struggle in the metal trades is only one of the nation-wide labor struggles now going in Germany. With wage agreements expiring in many of the basic industries, a drawn out struggle looms in the chemical and mining industries. * * BERLIN, (By Mail).—The left wing candidates won an overwhelm- ing victory in the election of officials in the Metal Workers Union in Hall (Central Germany), where metal workers recently engaged in a six weeks strike. The reformist candi- dates in the metal workers union have been trying to prevent a national strike for an eight hour day. FAMILIES AID IN FIGHT OF MINERS Repudiate Lewis-Fagan Yellow-Dog” * (Continued from Page One) miners sign the yellow-dog-starvation pledge which calls for the repudiation of the Save-the-Union program, the district office will let them starve. This is probably the most cold- blooded and inhuman weapon ever used by a desperate and discredited bureaucracy in the history of the American labor movement to keep an organization in its grip. Fortunately for the Avella miners and the striking coal diggers thruout Western Perinsylvania and Ohio, the Pennsylvania-Ohio Miners’ Relief Committee is coming to their aid with food and clothing. Straining every effort, this relief organization of rank and file miners is mobilizing its forces thruout the nation to make good the relief deficiency caused by the action of the Lewis machine. Misery. A news reporter who visited the barracks in Avella was struck with the extent of the misery that pre- vailed. He went through the flimsy structure where a miner, his wife and five children lived. The mother showed her scanty food supply and pointed out the cracks in the sides of ae wooden walls. Other dwellings wld the same story. Cramped living quarters! Ragged clothing! Nothing to eat! This is the mining camp that drove organizer Woleott of the '*Miners’ Union out of town last Saturday when he tried to force the miners to sign his starvation pledge and failing to do this to distribute $275 worth of relief among the twenty supporters of Lewis in the local. “Do you blame us women for what we did yesterday when that district organizer told us we wouldn’t get any velief?” a mother of five children asked the reporter. 5 Typical Situation. The situation in Avella is. typical of the conditions prevailing in many other mining camps. The gallant bat- tlers, after having fought the opera- tors through a year of suffering, are now facing a fresh onslaught from the reactionary union officials. No more serious duty ever faced the American workers than to renew their efforts to provide adequate re- lief for those brave men and women who are holding the front line trenches for the American trade union movement. Raise money im- mediately and forward it to the Pennsylvania-Ohio Miners’ Relief Committee at 611 Penn Avenue, Pitts- burgh, Pa. New Quake in Smyrna LONDON, April 13.—Five heavy earthquake shocks were felt in the Smyrna district on Thursday, said a Central News Dispatch from Constan- tinople this afternoon. Thirty houses were destroyed. Many persons, still nervous from the recent series of quakes were panic stricken. BROKERS INDICTED FOR FRAUD The federal grand jury Wednesday issued indictments charging three of- ficers of Cameron, Michel & Co. with attempts to use the mails to defraud -in the sale of stock of the Canario Copper Co. by misrepresenting its val Ralph H. Ci , former States senator, is reported to organized the firm. Out 250,000 Workers in Saxony; Struggle gole Grows PARTY TASKS C.I. Resolution on Trade Union Question (Resolution Adopted by Communist International at the Session of Feb, 25, 1928.) I, Industrial Struggle and the Tasks| must not be carried on. A partial of the Communists. | strike can be successful and must be 1. Owing to the particularly rapid | therefore utilized to the utmost. Par- centralization of capital that is tak-| tial strikes serve a revolutionary pur- ing place at the present time, the| pose if they succeed in breaking growth of capitalist organizations| through the reformist ring that en- (trusts, concerns, etc.), and the fu-| circles and strangles the mass move- sion of these organizations with the| ment, if they serve to signalize the apparatus of bourgeois state power,/ state of tension prevailing among the industrial struggles tend to assumé| masses and as a starting point for very quickly a political character inj setting the whole movement into ac- which the forces of the proletariat! tion. Everything depends on the con-| come into collision with the forces of|crete situation, upon a sober appre-| the bourgeois state. Under such cir-) ciation of which every maneuver in cumstances it is the task of the Com-| the industrial struggle must be based. | munists to explain to the masses the| Communists must strenuously com-| prospects of the struggle, to mobilize| bat every attempt made to impede as large sections of workers as pos- | the development of the partial strikes sible, to help in every possible way| movement on the plea of weakness to bring about their .revolutionary|of trade union organizations, the unification and to raise the whole|+isk of repressive measures on the struggle onto a higher plane. |part of the government, etc. | Main Tasks for Party. | 7. To be able to lead the masses| 2. Communists and revolutionary | during strikes, energetic prelimin- workers generally must base their| ary work must be carried on before tactics upon a determined and re-|each strike. Communists must al-! lentless struggle against so-called; ways be with the masses, and prove “industrial peace,” which is nothing|by their continuous everyday work, but one of the modern forms of sub-|and able and energetic defense of jections of the working class to the} workers’ interests that they are bet- bourgeoisie. Therefore, while the,ter than the reformists. Workers jcause Huang, fearing a revolt within| mobilization of the masses must pro- ceed on the basis of concrete demands concerning wages and hours the fol- lowing slogans must be advanced simultaneously: freedom to strike— against compulsory arbitration, against social-democratic adherence to wage agreements and, as a gen- eral rule, for short-term wage agree- ments. 8. Mobilization of the masses on a large scale, now more than ever before, demands the rapid penetration of big concentrated enterprises. To bring about the utmost fighting unity of the working class, to organ- ize the unorganized, to organize the| broad masses of unskilled workers, to improve the state of organization of the workers in big enterprises— this must be the central task of the Communist vanguard. 4. The adoption of new forms of attack against the working class by the bourgeoisie is accompanied by an} orientation to the right on the part of the social-democratic politicians and the trade union leaders who ac- tively support the tactics of indus- trial peace, impede industrial strug- gles or betray them at the most cri- tical moments. For that reason Com- munists must adopt tactics which will make it possible to remove the re- formists from the leadership of the industrial struggle. The utmost must be done to secure the initiative in forming strike committees and to place ourselves at their head. Must Expose Reférmists. 5. The task of the Communist vanguard in each strike is: to mo- bilize broad masses of the workers on the basis of concrete slogans cor- responding to the given stage of the struggle. This means that Commun- ists must not merely try to put for- ward more far-reaching demands than those put forward by the re- formists but must expose the defeat- ist maneuvers of the reformist trade union bureaucracy to the masses by being themselves ready for the fight Every strike must serve as an arena of struggle for leadership between Communists and reformists. Therefore, Communists must aim above all to secure Communist lead- ership in strike struggles. It is essen- | judge Communists not by their words, but by their deeds—that is why the everyday, painstaking political and organization work in enterprises is so important as a preliminary condition |for success and which must be car- |ried on if our claim to leadership in strikes is to be effective. It will be much easier for Communists to se- cure the leadership in the strike movement if prior to the strikes, they | succeed in developing a broad move- ment for the formation of factory committees in enterprises, or capture good positions in factory committees wherever they exist. These commit- tees represent the most suitable basis for the establishment of strike cen- tres, elected and recognized by the working masses. (To be continued) TEXTILE WORKERS STRIKE MONDAY Fight on Wage Cut in New Bedford (Continued from Page One) offer from the employers to postpone the wage reduction for one week if the strike vote was also postponed. This offer came too late for the union leadership to accept. They therefore declared their willingness to halt the count of votes if the employers would postpone the cut. Knowing that the sentiment among \the 30,000 textile workers was over- |whelmingly for strike action, and that jthe workers would demand a public jcounting of votes, the manufacturers |refused to delay the date on which |the wage cut goes into effect | The United Textile Mill Commit- tees thru their New Bedford unit de- \clared their support of the union mem- bership in their fight against the | vicious wage slashes and speed-up \systems.. Tens of thousands of leaf- |lets are being issued by the mill com- |mittees to the workers at the mill gates. The circulars call upon the unorgan- al to mobilize the masses under jzed workers to come out 100 per cent Communist slogans, to endeavor to with their brothers in the unions. They carry out our tactics through the| also call upon the workers in each trade union organization, to expose! mill to organize mill committees and the treachery of the reformists at to establish connections with the cen- every stage of the struggle and, if! tral offices of the organization. conditions are favorable, to organize —_—_- strikes notwithstanding the opposi- COSTES LEAVES SYRIA. 4on of the trade union Witatinicy:| PARIS, April 13. — The French Yor this purpose it is essential to! world-flyers, Di@udonne Costes and zorm strike committees, of which we! Joseph Lebrix, who are making 2 must take the leadership and through’ flight from Tokio to this city hopped them asssme leadership over the/off at Aleppo, Syria, at 9 o’clock this le industrial struggle. | morning (Turkish time), according To be a good Communist cer-| to a dispatch from Aleppo, for Rome. dves not mean to advocate an immediate strike at all times and under all cireumstances. Particular care must be taken not to abuse the slogan of the general strike. Com-| munists must be able to select the’ right moment for the struggle, an! have a clear idea of the correlat’on| TO ALL OUR READERS: of forces; they must neither drag at, the tail of the masses, nor run too! far ahead of them. They must not. decide on strikes lightly, but having! decided they must make use of every | chance and opportunity that offers | to make the fight successful. | Under present conditions, when the strength of the organization of the bourgeoisie and the close connections that exist between the various trusti- fied branches of industry make it extremely difficult to conduct partial struggles, Communists must devote. special attention to the careful pre-| paration of strikes, to the organiza- tion of kindred enterprises, kindred; branches of industry, etc. ! The magnitude of a strike must! not be determined independently of the concrete situation. As a general rule, strikes at the present time must! be conducted on a large scale, this necessitates adequate and timely pre- paration. It would be a mistake, how- ever, to assert that partial egiar| ings, ete. Address Address . 83 FIRST STREET || PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTIZERS Do not forget at all times to mention that you are a reader of The DAILY WORKER. t coupon stating where you buy your clothes, furnish- Name of business place ....... Your MAM) ...seccccccsvceccsvevecovcsccees DAILY WORKER SETUP SOVIETS “RED RAIDS” IN ITAL IN 6 DISTRICTS IN SOUTH HONAN Workers Fight Against General Feng CANTON, April 13.—With six dis- tricts in southern Honan in complete control of worker and peasant gov- ernments and with Swatow in immi- nent danger of capture by Red} Guards the position of the Kuomin- | tang generals in southern China is becoming increasing difficult. All efforts by General Huang Shao- hung to crush the peasants armies above Canton have failed because of the sympathy of large sections of | the army with the peasants and be- | the city of Canton, is reluctant to despatch a large body of troops against the peasants. Struggle Against Feng. Reports received here from Honan state that workers and peasants are actively carrying on a_ struggle against General Feng Yu-hsiang in spite of numerous executions. When Chiang Kai-shek spoke at a meeting arranged in his honor at Kaifung, capital of the province, representa- tives of the Union of Workers of the Paking-Hankow Railway and other workers distributed leaflets denounc- ing Feng, Chiang and the Kuomin- tang. Numerous Communists have been executed in Honan, the reports state. Three hundred and sixty-three work- ers are reported to have been exe- cuted, and about five hunderd jailed at the orders of Feng. Secret Confab. Chiang Kai-shek and General Feng are reported to have held anothe: secret conference at Hsuchow on April 9th. Chiang has promised tc help Feng in his campaign in Shan tung while Feng is reported to hav promised Chiang aid in his strugg): against the Kwangsi group. * * * General Hsu Chung-chi, a membei of the Central Executive of the Kuo- mintang, who is now in this country is believed to be negotiating for ar American loan to the Nanking re- gime. Patent Theft Charged To Telegraph Trust The American Telephone and Tele graph Company is defendant in a sui brought in the United States District Court today by Noah S. Amstutz of Valpariso, Ind., who charges the com- pany with infringement of three of his patents. Amstutz claims that he secured these patents in August, 1911, applied to the device known as tele-photo- graphy by which photographs are sent to publications over telegraph wires. t Bridge Graft Unchecked ,_ WASHINGTON, April 18. — At- tempts to put toll-bridge-permit bills through congress not been stopped, although huge profits from! have mere possession of such free permits } have been Shown. Rep. Dennison and! Sen. Dale are the sponsors of these bills, which represent a new graft growing out of the construction of motor roads. E. M. Elliot, who had 30 bridge permit projects up in congress re- cently, was shown to have made| $260,000 profit on the Gandy Bridge | in Florida in one year. He was in-| dicted and pleaded guilty to failing | to file any income tax return. Fill out this : NEW YORK CITY MACHADO HANGS Arrests Many After Bomb Frame-up GENEVA, April 13.—The wholesale arrests and raids that were expected following the ex- plosion of a bomb at the Milan fair, took place today when more than two hundred per- sons were arrested. According to rum- ors widely cireu- lated here, the bomb was planted by Mussolini! agents as a basis} for wholesale ar- rests of enemies of the fascist regime. With unrest widespread in Italy as the result of low wages and high prices, Mussolini is believed to be planning a new round-up of radical | workers. The Milan explosion would | serve as an excellent basis for a se- ries of “red raids.” Mussolini, murderer ON TO HIS JOB PLAN TO EXPEL MILITANTS FROM iL. BRITISH UNIONS General Council Session Plots New Attack Transport Workers of Berlin Go on Strike BERLIN, April 3 (By Mail).— More than three thousand Ber transport workers went on strike y terday when the employers refu to accede to their demands for a increase. Altho they were offered a six per -A proposal that Communist Party the Minority cent wage incre: ent be ex- for their orig: rom British fifteen percent wage r: nions is ex- SS oe 1 to be made ] ‘| the next meet- | il on April + John Hill, Secre- 4 f the Boiler Society, METAL WORKERS e clear at Protest Murder of Rail meeting 3 General Road Pickets that the ~ - question of LONDON, April -13~More t wing in six thousand Indian “metal le unions have gone on strike in s. »e taken up the 20,000 railway worke a > next session sult of the killing. of. five of the General wounding _of forty © strik Council. Hill’s mo- British police at a demons: ll be sponsored Bamangachi, near Calcuita, ing to reports received here. A storm of protest has risen thru- ‘Alters Constitution to n Turner, con- ile Work- ade union Keep Regime in Power HAVANA, April 13.—With the Machado regime forcing thru an amendment to the constitution which | will extend the presidential term from | four to six years, Machado will be a candidate for re-election in the elec- tions on November Ist, it was an- nounced yesterday. The proposed amendment will come up before the assembly which will | meet within a few days and will in all |probability be approved, since the| ; majority of the assembly is controlled by Machado. Knapp Graft Trial Is Conversation to Date ALBANY, N. Y., April 13—Mrs. ‘lorence E. S. Knapp, former secre- ary of state, who is under eight in- lictments for alleged juggling of the 1,200,000, 1925 census fund, was to ve told today of the exact charge pon which she will go to trial open- ng April 30. Six of the eight indictments charge Mrs. Knapp with the commission of felonies in the handling of the census noney, while two allege misde- neanors. Other lemocratic party committee members | ind office holders were shown to be | nvolved, but were not indicted. Estimate Board Takes Orders From Oil Men John Rockefeller, Jr., and other owners of property on Fort St. George Hill in the Washington Heights section were saved large sums today when the board of esti- mate revised assessments on the property. Rockefeller, who owns 1,000 lots | jin the assessment area, led other | property owners in protesting against | the original apportionment. The board of estimate then reduced the private owners’ assessment from 50 \to 20 per cent. republican and |—— out India and other trade unio: reported to be contemplating pathy strikes. The strikers peacefully picketing a railroad yard when the police opened fire. 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