The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 12, 1928, Page 8

Page Fight THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1928 THE D AILY WORKER WALL STREET HELPS THE BLIND Published by the NATIONAL DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING ASS'N, Ine. | : Daily, Except Sunday 83 First Street, New York, N. Y. 2 Cable Address: SUBSCRIPTION RATES ty Mail (in New York only): By Mail (outside of New York): €3.6@ per year $4.50 six months $6.50 per year 3.50 six months $9.50 three months. $2.00 three months. Phone, Orchard 1680 “Dalwork” y Address and mail out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. .-ROBERT MINOR Assistant Editor... ..WM. F. DUNNE ————————$———————————— Eiterea as second-class mail at the post-office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879. The Cash in the Brown Derby “Oh, yes, he is very wealthy. I don’t think $70,000 matters in the least to him. He would do anything for the governor because of his friendship for him.” This ‘is the answer of Al Smith’s campaign treasurer to questions about the $103,310 already officially admitted to have been accepted for use in securing the nomination of Al for the presidency. The wealthy “he” referred to is William F. Kenny, the general contractor who lives in a typical Tammany paradise of riches gathered through contracts more or less similar in form to the Queens sewer contracts. And Al Smith himself, complimented by the investigating committee for his “freedom and candor” in answering questions —gives only one so-called “free and candid” answer: That he knows nothing about the financing of his campaign, such mat- ters being “in the hands of his friends and outside of his knowl- | edge.” This is ideal. Al Smith is pure—purely blind—for the finan- cial aspects of the campaign. “Any number of people” to whom hundreds of thousands of dollars “do not matter in the least” will pay the enormous sums necessary for the purchase of the nomi- | nation for Smith, and the genial Al swears that he knows nothing about it. The essence of the matter is that Smith will receive the| democratic nomination and possibly the presidency through the expenditure of huge fortunes by his “friends” and that only thru} the expenditure of such fortunes is it possible to become president of the United States. | The presidency of the United States is being bought and paid for as surely in 1928 as it was in 1920. It is not being bought} by Smith—why should Al pay for it himself ?—it is being bought by those who buy and own Smith and who own the government. Smith will repay in services to the ruling class while in office. Nor is Al’s real purchaser, Mr. Bill Kenny, Al’s personal friend and a relatively small Tammany sewer-pipe and road contractor. Kenny is putting up only the petty cash. The real wealth which makes presidents is that of the great banks and industrial cor- porations—finance-capitalist power which rules the United States and owns and controls both the democratic and republican parties and Smith equally with Coolidge and Hoover. But his friends handle the petty cash for postage, telephones and railway fare, while the real wealth which is the decisive force works silently in corporation and newspaper offices. This is the “honest”? way—and the only way in the United States—of being elected to high public office. This is capitalist “democracy.”’ In reality élection is by those who have unlimited fortunes—the great bankers and industrialists. The mere con- iributions of money to campaign funds does not constitute the real basis of the ownership of the government by the capitalist class. Election corruption is only an inevitable accompaniment under conditions of today in this country—and one which dram- atizes the fact of capitalist ownership of the state in the eyes of the masses. For the period of 1928 to 1932 the whitewash is being ap- plied while the purchase of the presidency of the United States is being made. Is there any fool who really believes Alfred E. Smith when he says under oath that he does not know anything about the means by which he is securing the nomination to the presidency of the United States? We think this “blind” beggar in Wall Street is not too blind to see the cash in the brown derby- BOSSES BEGRUDGE 3 MEALS IN DELAWARE By PAUL CROUCH. (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) DOVER, Del., May 11.—‘The workers are getting too much money. They are getting too damned independent.” This is the opiniom of land owners near Dover. ¢ : id: “Formerly the ETE 31 cic iad forts were made to reduce wages, a One farmer § | z ; iy workers could afford only two meals, small but effective union of Negro a day. Now, they are not satisfied| farm laborers was formed and suc- With three.” ‘These land owners are| cessfully opposed any wage reduction qiaking a determined effort to reduce| by refusing to work under worse con- Wages and lower the already poor| ditions. standards of living of the agricultural) Even young children are slaves to workers. | the reactionary farm barons. Negroes constitute the bulk of agri-| . In, the southern part of Delaware eulttiral workers in the southern part! the rich land owners are anxious to ‘of Delaware. They are beginning to| continue their semi-feudalistic sys- realize, to some degree, the value ofjtem. They do not desire any large ‘a united front against the bosses and| industries because they would bring show little inclination to accept worse|a working class population and the conditions. Last summer, when ef-*dreaded unions of the workers. Soldiers Must Aid Own Class (By a Worker Correspondent) | give the workers of this vountry hope. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., (By Mail).) And servicemen and_ ex-servicemen A few lines of greetings to all|the sons of workers in the mills ‘workers in the military service. It} mines and factories, ought to strive, behooves all workers to think what) fight, think and study to overthrow . is being done by the workers in Amer-) the capitalist system and establish “ica in the service. Also what is being| afworkers’ and farmers’ government. dene by the soldiers and sailors of} Wis "hava been steathed’ tee tha tuae aig ile ‘ «A ae te being a woekurs!| of guns and have been taught to use antry, and we, being a capitalist| murderous machinery by our. capital- Istate, there is a difference. The dif-| ist exploiters. Now, with this train- id | ing and our knowledge that they are our class enemies, we should be ir ference is that practically all coun-| eee oe Ge te poiet Union, have the thick of the fight. The future be- longs to us. Our children look to us “their own worker-soldiers protecting ~ capitalist investments. Being slaves 7 Por the capitalist owners of industries to free them from oppression. they are also used to oppress other| The workers who do not yet know ‘workers, murdering in China and| that it is capitalism that oppresses earagua to further the interests of| them are the ones who help cause this eir masters. misery, They must be educated to The workers in the Soviet Union,| this fact. And we, servicemen and ex- however, have no foreign investment| servicemen must lead them. Workers | By I. AMTER. The United States senate has ex- pressed its confidence in Calvin Cool- idge’s war policy in Nicaragua. The marines are to remain’ in Nicaragua and see to it that “Chicago” elections are carried on. After that—even Borah has not yet decided, that most noble of all American senators, who could not think of American boys’ blood being shed in an ignoble cause. After that—well, the mine owners and their employes have been cap- tured by Sandino, and they must be released and Sandino be punished. That will take some time, the country will be unruly and—American ma- rines will remain in Nicaragua and rule, the country. War In China. The Chinese nationalist army of Chiang Kai-shek is on the march to- ward Peking. They have captured some important strategic points. On the way, Chiang Kai-shek had the misfortune to have his soldiers but- cher 5,000 people, ineluding an Amer- ican missionary (who must now ,be happy in the Christian heaven!) Japanese troops have been ordered to Manchuria and will proceed to- ward Peking to protect “Japanese rights.” The nationalist students are protesting, but Chiang Kai-shek has warned them and the entire popula- tion that they must show regard for international decency and.provide for the protection of foreigners; and he has warned the people that the Com- munists may take advantage of the against Chiang Kai-shek, the tool of the imperialists. Japanese, British and American warships are kept in readiness, for with the nationalist movement there grow the unrest and eagerness of the people for more liberty and power and Chiang Kai-shek will not be able to stop it. 4 Upheavals in British Empire. Unrest is growing in India. The Swaraj is exerting more pressure on the government, which is keeping 2 large army in India to prevent “col- lisions between the Moslems and the Hindus.” Some more fake reasons for maintaining a big army in India, under British officers, ‘to prevent a nationalist movement from spreading. One hundred twenty thousand textile workers on strike do not indicate a peaceful, happy, prosperous condition for the workers. In Egypt, there is possibility of a revolt, since the British government is taking away autonomy from the Egyptian government, members of which threaten that revolt will break out. England. will- not give up the protection of the Suez Canal—her passage-way to the British posses- sions in the Far East. Sharper Competition. The Standard Oil Co. of New York and the RoyalDutch Shell are start- ing a war. Royal Dutch Shell in- vades the United States with its pro- ducts, while Standard Oil buys more Russian oil to supply Egypt and the Near and Far East. The Imperial Finance Corporation has been formed, consisting of Amer- facturers, to’ “finance enterprise: throughout the world.” The Italian dye manufacturers have entered the international cartel of British, French and German dye manufacturers. The steel cartel of Europe continues to operate, although with natural fric- tion, resulting from the limitations placed upon national production and sale. : Collisions and combinations: the situation ‘seems chaotic, but it sym- bolizes the chaos of the present sys- tem and the present situation. Each of the European imperialist powers realizes its impotency to operate alone and seeks refuge in combination with other imperialists. Each, as.usual, is endeavoring to build up a system of satellites, who will spread their eco- nomic, political and military influence. There is no peace—but constant war- situation to start a revolt—of course By SCOTT NEARING. A million German workers make their living in the Ruhr area, which is probably the most highly indus- trialized patch on the continent of Europe. This week I dined at the home of one of the Ruhr workers— a laborer. Guests are not supposed to write up dinner parties, but I am go- ing to describe this one because so much has been published, during re- cent months, about German prosper- ity. A German Tenement. It was Saturday. The dinner hour had been set for three-thirty, when the man of the house would surely be home from work. I went a bit early, and found my hostess scrubbing down the hall and steps of the four apartment tene- ment that was situated over a grocery store. The four women who lived in the tenement took turns cleaning down the hall, and this was her turn. My hostess apologized for being busy, led me into her kitchen; gave me a chair with a mended wooden bottom, and went back to finish her scrubbing job. She said that her hus- ‘band would be home any minute, The kitchen was a small room with one window. In it were a stove; a bench; a table; three chairs; a very simple cabinet for holding dishes and groceries; a pail labeled “drinking water;” a metal basin; a hand-face hence no necessity for being in| of the world unite. We must estab- lands. te lish a Workers’ and Farmers’ govern- i" kers| ment of the world. towel; a slop-pail; a coal-gcuttle; two cats; three children. re was a EX-NAVY MAN. row of nails on the inside ¥{ the kit- * ican and British bankers and manu- chen door where I hung my coat when I came in. On the walls there were several pictures of labor demon- strations, and a calendar issued by the Communist Party. One of the child- ren, a girl of seven, was sweeping up the kitchen floor. Through the open door, I saw the other room of the apartment,—a bed- room with three beds; a chest of drawers; a shelf of books, and a very large stove was the only source of |heat in the apartment. There was an electric light in each room, Something about my pronunciation ‘of German led the children to surmise jthat I was an American. A piece of ‘chocolate that I had in my pocket broke the ice. Within five minutes ‘the small boy was writing with my fountain pen, and the two girls (of seven and nine) were learning Eng- lish. “Hot-dog” as a substitute for \“wurst” amused them; they were ‘tickled by the word “toll” applied to ‘a small piece of bread; they went in- to eestasies of delight over “coal- scuttle,” which they forced me to re- |peat again and again, while they imi- jtated, almost perfectly, ¢ My hostess came in; put the floor- ‘cloth on a nail behind the stove; look- ‘ed into two kettles that were cook- ‘ing; poured out a basin of water, and | |washed up. She then fixed her hair. After she had made herself present- ‘able, she emptied the basin into. the slop-pail, poured out a fresh supply \of water, turned to the seven-year-old and said: “Your turn. Come along!” After the girl. who maneaed very I. AMTER well, came the boy of five. He went at the job manfully, but the water was cold, the big cake of soap slip- ped out of his hands, and he went back three times before his nose and ears would pass inspection, Then dinner preparations began in earnest. The third child (nine) who belonged to a neighbor, was sent out to get four cents worth of bacon fat; the hostess ground a very small quantity of real coffee beans in a hand grinder; when the bacon ar- rived, she cut it up into a frying pan, and added a few morsels of pre- viously boiled meat; again the nine- year-old was sent out for a small package of flavoring, and for enough candy to give each of the youngsters a taste. Finally there were the tangles which, the little lad could not get out of his hair. After a bitter struggle in which his mother played the heroine, the comb won over the tangles, and the boy was really ready for dinner. A German Worker. The the host came—three quarters of an hour late. He was sorry, he said. It simply could not be helped. He was working on a job of ore- shifting that had to be done before the gang could quit. His face, hands and clothes were covered with the red-brown of the iron ore. Two com- panions, who came in with him, were equally begrimed. We milled about for three or four minutes—eight of ys in the ten by twelve foot kitchen. Then the decided that they would wash ar By Fred Ellis Al Smith told the senate investigators he was unaware of the kindness of his Wall Street friends who spent thousands of dollars in behalf of his candidacy. } fare, suppressed, sometimes ‘threat- ening to break out into the open. . The best symptom is the effort by the League of Nations to make a pre- tense of peace. The “disarmament” conference—at which the Soviet Union showed up the hypocrisy of the imperialist powers which make a pre- tense of wanting disarmament, but will do nothing to reduce their armies, navies or air fleets. On the contrary, declaring that for “national defense,” they are entitled to and even need larger armies and navies. Or Coolidge’s Havana conference at which America’s “friendliness” to- ward the entire world, particularly Central and South America, was ex- ploded by Central American delegates and by delegates who were not per- mitted to attend the conference and voice their protest against the pres- ence of American armies and against potentates’ ruling under the protec- tion of American warships. Or latterly, the Kellogg ‘“‘peace”’ plan—the greatest hoax of all! Amer- ica, preparing for war, offers peace to the world. France, preparing for war, is delighted with the prospect of peace. England, preparing for war, thinks the plan wonderful. Ger- many, secretly preparing for war can’t think of nothing more beautiful Then they all ridicule it, for the of- fensive and defensive pacts of the European imperialists, and the Mon- roe Doctrine of the American imperi- alists, require such armament that disarmament and peace are but an illusion and a joke! There can be no peace between European and. American imperialism: change in an outside wash-room. “It’s a shame to come home this way,” my host said. “But the work- ers can’t ‘afford a wash-room. They are too poor. They have spent all of their money on new machinery and dividends. So we wash up where we cant He chuckled. His companions laughed. Then all three went out to wash. It was another twenty minutes before they came back cleaned up and ready to eat. When the men entered the kitchen, everyone except the mother sat down. There was the host, a boarder, two children and I, The hostess dished out the soup at the stove and brought jeach of us a dish, Then she took her own soup-plate over by the stove, and stood there eating:it until the others had_ finished. ; The second course, served in the same dishes, consisted of potatoes and cabbage, boiled together,—a great pile of it for each places’ On top of each pile, the hostess laid two very small pieces of the meat that she had prepared. Both of the children looked under- fed and hungry. But they could not eat the food. They did not like the soup. They scarcely touched the po- tatoes and cabbage. The meat they devoured eagerly, and the little girl asked for more, The mother took one of the small pieces of meat from her own plate, and passed it over to the child. We talked all through the meal, ‘mostly about the working conditions f 7 rs wh § Us ) ¥ N.Y. Workers . School Makes Huge Strides By ARTHUR STARR (National Training Student). Tee moving of the Workers School into its new quarters in the Work- ers Center, at 26-28 Union Square, is a great step forward in the develop- ment of workers’ education. The Workers School has grown from a small school of 40 students in 1924 to an institution of over 1,800 stu- dents in 1928. In the new building it will be able to accommodate a much larger number in the near future. One of the greatest achievements of the Workers School is the estab- lishment of a National Training Course for workers from various parts of the United States and Canada. All of these students are being trained so as better to carry on the work in the struggle of the farmers and workers against the capitalist class. Several workers schools have been established in the past few. years among'the most militant workers in other parts of the country, due to the success and growth of the Work- ers School in New York City. It is quite essential that we, the workers and farmers, should help in building up more of these schools thruout the country. Especially in the farming regions are these schools important as agriculture is the largest industry in the United States with its 30,000,- 000 people earning their living on farms. Vast numbers of these farm- ers and agricultural workers are be- ing oppressed and exploited by the same financial oligarchy that exploits the workingclass. Plans are being made for holding courses for workers in some of. the ably in North Dakota, and it is our duty to support these schools to the best of our ability. Each one of them is a step forward in raising the ideo- logical level of the masses in the great class struggle. Imperialist Powers Preparing for War America, the greatest producer, the richest country of the world—Europe sinking into poverty and chaos. There can be no peace between England declining into’a second or third rate power, which means economic and po- litical extinction—and the United States, which is still rising to the zenith of her power. China, India, Asia Minor, northern Africa (into which America has dab- bled of late—in Tangier) Central and South America, are prizes that each imperialist wishes and needs! The smaller states of Europe,- which are dependencies and must seek a pro- tector and exploiter in England, France, Italy or the United States! Who is to win the race? The United States is fast gripping these smaller countries with a chain of gold and driving the European imperialists out. (To Be Continued). Relief Body Warns of Great Danger PITTSBURG, May 11.—An urgent call for food, clothing, contributions for tents for evicted miners was to- day issued by the National Miners’ Ohio Miners’ Relief Committee, 611 Penn Ave. _ At the same time announcement was made of the various sources from which relief has already been received and the various methods which are now in progress to increase the sup- port of the miners which is vital ® the strike is to be saved. Dining Out on the Ruhr -- A German Worker’s Home in the town. The men were both earning eight. marks a day, when they had steady work. The work-day was from eight to eleven hours. They said that there was some unemploy- ment, but mostly of the old men. The young fellows were pretty steadily employed. But rent was high—25 marks for these two rooms—and the cost of food was rising. As for the unions, they had lost many of their members, and they were not in a fighting mood. The leaders had gone back on the rank and file. Periodic- ally, all through the meal, the chil- dren insisted on my repeating “roll” and “coal-scuttle.” They seemed to get just as much fun out of the words each time they heard them. After we had finished with the po- tatoes and cabbage, there was some vague talk of making coffee. But no one “wanted” it. So it was saved till the next time. There was nothing else to eat and nothing to drink, The children ran off to play. The men took their hats and coats, talked for a minute or two about arrange- ments and directions, and tramped off down the stairs. The hostess began clearing -away—six empty plates, a few utensils, two empty ket- tles and an empty frying pan. " As the men left the house, the.five- year-old, who was playing on the side-walk, straightened up, raised his fist in salute, and shouted: “Red Front!” Several other children of also saluted and called after the “Red Front! Comrades, Red Fi agricultural states this summer, not- _ Relief Committee, formerly the Penn- - ten or twelve, who were playing near,