The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 26, 1928, Page 3

t | ' \ THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1928 Mexican Communist Party Calls Upon Workers ~— Delegation of, Textile. Workers From Erzgebirge SAYS MORONES BETRAYED FIGHT OF OIL WORKERS Calls CROM. Struggle With Obregon “Sordid” MEXICO CITY, June 25.—As a re- sult of the open break between the Méxican Labor Party (PLM) and Obregén, the Communist Party of Mexico has taken a position officially of opposition to the false labor lead- ers and calls upon the workers to throw out intruding politicjans from their otganizations, to work for a united front and for a closer alliance between the city syndicates and the | peasants. The manifesto of the Ex- | ecutive Committee of the Communist | Party declares the present conflict “a| sordid struggle between two political | factions called Obregénism and La-| borism.” ~ | | | Price of Treachery. | The Party points out that the ns federacion Regional Obrre Mexicana} is noW payihg the price for previous | traitorous. acts towards the working | elass, toward iftdependent unions, cit- | ing the breaking of the railway work- | ers’ strike last year, a policy which | has resulted in the weakening of, the} CROM. unions themselves, as in the} ease of the oil strike in Minantitlan. | The CROM has consistently attempt- | ed to break the strikes of independent | unions, and has even, as in the case | of thé mine workers’ strikes in Jal-| iseo, made alliances with the catholi¢s to accomplish this end. ert The Communist Party also points | out the policy of class collaboration, | supported by Morones, notably in the | textile industry, has résulted in. a weakening of the workers’ organiza-| just been submitted to the-senate bf that financial’ policy b tions and has brought about lock-outs “and the unemployment of thousands. _ Morones is denounced for his fail-| ure to protest against the mutilations | of the constitution With respect to} petroleum, and the coneessions made -by the government at the behest of American ambassador. Morrow. The! general alliance of, ‘he CROM lead- ers with American ..nnerialism is vi- gorously denounced. The strugéle in eeneral_is typified, not as signifving any real orientation toward the fundamental problems of the country, but a selfish struggle be- tween the national capitalism and the petty bourgeoisie on the one hand and a stall group of labor politicians hélongitig to even a pettier bourgeoisie on the other. Political Rivalries, The Party declares that Obregon- ism at one time represented the unit- ed front against clericalism, landlord- ism, and imperialism, but that the re- cent split feveals that for Obregén the united front now exists in his own person, and that he has called on the peasants, the middle classes and part } of the upper classes.to aid him. The Obregon group are not motivated by any sincefe desire to destroy the false! labor leadership and strengthen the labor movement but merely to destroy a strong -fival political clique which interferes jwith their own ambitions. There are even those among the Ob- regonistas who wish to destroy the labor movement, reduce salaries, and abolish the social gains of the revo- lution. — The Party declares that Moronism is not the CROM and that the Labor Party does not represent the Mexican proletariat. Within the CROM itself are strong elements eager to abolish the parasitical and yellow leadership. | The Party points out the alliances of } Morones’ group with American impe- rialism, recalling that the CROM leaders compelled the organization to paradé in honor of Lindbergh, that the recent parades have carried no/s banners referring to American impé- rialism, and that the 6fficial machine of the organization is dominated by the American Federation of Labor, which is in turn but another imperi- alistic instrument, as exemplified par-_ ticularly in Puerto Rico. Against Division. In view) of thesé facts the Commu- | nist Party calls upon the revolution-; ‘ary organizziions to unite, to rid Seniselye f s of false leaders and sup- | true class representatives. This a dangerous moment for the work- class, for there are among the pol- s those who are working to_ ¢Feate a new and emasculated organ-| iaation, not merely to fight the CROM leaders, but to destroy the bora fide , workers’ organizations as well, clever- | ly taking advantage of the discontent the bulk of the members of the! CROM ae themselves to political power. e Communist Party, thete- fore, calls upon the workers not to ermit their organizations to be ae , but to work for greater unit; ich canbe achieved by etittingting present. leaders and giving no heed to those who would foment syn- dicalist disunity and the formation of sparatist federations, Class solidar- y is the watchword of the Party in present crisis. hes ¢ _ ‘The — of labor in the states f ‘aila and Durango have with- . from the CROM, denouncing to Eject Union Mislea ders pen Mgt Be ale \ -ERTOEBIRG A veeent convention of the Germ gether workers from all sections of the German working masses. ing shows more plainly than the factories the mass character of the German Communist Party. delegation of militant textile workers is shown in the picture. banner reads: “Textile proleturians TO PASS SEVERE ANTILABOR LAW Colombia Senate to Le- : galize Terror BOGOTA, Colombia, June 25.—Th increasing number of — successful strikes in Colombia is leading to the promulgation of legislation against Colombian labor and labor or- ganizations. The latest measure, al direct attack upon_militant labor, has} cj severe #& commission selected by this. body | from among the majority, the con-| servatives, for the purpose of “study. | ing” the most efficient methods ot! fighting the “Communist dange?.” The commission found the solution by proposing prison terms ranging! from one month to 14 years for ‘meetings or distribution. of propa-! ganda by socialists, anarchists or! Communists.” . The conservatives have a two-thirds | majority in the Colombian senate and| amendments in favor of the small|S0nS injured, some seriously. Prop- there is little doubtthat these recom- | mendations will be accepted. This | law is sufficiently inclusive to sup- press any labor activity. ‘liminary balloting. nan. Communist Party brought to- Noth- delegations from the mines and A The from the Erzgebirge.” TO STABILIZE FRENCH FRANG “Socialists” Vote With Poincaré Regime PARTS, June \25.—Protesting that they were acting “for the good of the country” and were not supporting the the the French chamber yesterday supported government’s financial policy, in French “ “socialist” deputies y voting for The final vote stood 450 to 22 in favor of stab- ilization, the Communist deputies be- stabilization of the franc. jing almost alone in the last struggle | against the financial measure. Covering their action with a play to the workers, thé “socialists” Yoted ‘with the Communists on a number of unimportant measures during the pre- In the course of the day they ‘introduced several bondholders. But the final ballot found the “socialists” voting solidly with the Right parties. ANTWERP HARBOR Mailed Hands Across the Sea; U. S., Chilean | WORKERS STILL TYING UP THE PORT Strikebreakers Fail to Unload Ships ANTWERP, Belgium, June 25, — No immediate settlement of the strike of ten thousand harbor workers which began three days ago was forecast here yesterday asthe men remained firnd in spite of the efforts of the po- lice to disperse the strikers’ meetings and demonstrations along the water- front. Shipping in the largest port in \Belgium is practically paralyzed and there is no immediate prospect that | }loading and unloading of cargoes will \be resumed in the near future. | The attempts of the owners to use | strikebreakers has proved entirely un- | | successful, The picture shows major-general Governor’s Island, greeting the late: Latin American nation. This time who arrived appropriately on a nav ' Militarists Hanson D. Ely, commandant of st “‘good will’ ambassador from a it is Capt. Giulio Allardo of Chile al training ship. i | Belief that the seamen would join| lthe walk-out of the harbor workers is| Jstill held here. The sailors of the |port are enthusiastic in their support of the strikers and are bringing pres- | sure to bear upon their officials to de- | clare a sympathetic strik | Stationery Engineer | Killed in Altoona) ALTOONA, Pa., June 25.—Joseph Mann, 55, an engineer employed by the Harrison Walker Company at | Blandburg, near here, was killed to- | day when stationary engine exploded. |The force of the explosion was so | great that it carried both Mann and | parts of the machine through the roof! of the structure in which the machine |was housed FREAK OHIO STORM. | COLUMBUS, 0., June 25.—Tor-| |nadoes and storms that struck three | central and southern Ohio communi-} ties, several days ago left a toll of one | dead, and more than a score of per-| erty damage to the extent of $750,000 was caused by the freak storm. Donald ee Negro worker, was the one ed. SCAB COAL AND TRANSIT UNITED Both Companies Have Anti-Labor Records The recent, alliance between the yel- low dog TAterboro Rapid Transit Company and the Consolidated and Berwind-White coal companies has prompted an inquiry by the transit commission. Independent producers charge that the Interboro Rapid Transit disregards: low bids and fa- vors the Berwind-White combination. The reason given is that E, J. Ber- nd, head of the coal corporation. is also the chairman of the Interboro’s executive committee, and as such, one of the directors of the huge traction lJ. $. BECKONS TO NEW ‘PEACE’ MEET Many Latin American States Near War The “Conference for Conciliation and Arbitration,” decided upon during the Pan-American Conference Havana, Cuba, in February, 1928, will open pn December 10 in Washington. Invitdtions -were sent by Kellogg on June 19 to all United States diplomat- missions in Latin America for de- livery to the respective foreign of- fices. _ Canada is not invited. The United States will be represented by the segretary of state and Charles E. trust thay controls elevated and sub- | Hughes, way tta tation in Sash and Many conflicting interests may the Bronx. ’ The reeords of both the Interboro and the Berwind-White companies are notoriously anti-labof. The Interboro Rapid Transit has wrapped itself in a series of anti-labor injunctions and its workers in yellow dog contracts to keep the street-car men’s union out of the subways. The Voice of the Communist Movement By JAMES P. CANNON T a recent meeting of. the Political Committee of our Party the report of the management of The DAILY WORKER was the first point on the agenda. It was not a new subject monished by the Executive Commit- {also true, however, that Communist )the class struggle an inspiration to} tee of the Communist International, |journalism ¢an be successfully prac-'|the workers for further endeavors. | and by Lenin personally, that we |ticed only by those who have a cer- |The more accurate it is in handling must take up this heavy task at all|tain minimum of ‘acquaintance with facts, the more the readers depend | |costs. Lenin often said that the pub- the principles of Communism and the jon the truth of its accounts, the bet-; lication of a national, daily political | history of thé labor movement. Work-}|ter will it sue organ was one of the first prerequi- ers can be trained for these tasks. It/|\Issues and events of the class strug-| ed with this aim. | @ Sites” for the consolidation of a real/is easier, as a rule, to make a jour- political party. His maxim that such inalist out of a Communist than to & paper should be “the collective|make a.Communist out of a jour- propagandist, agitator and organizer | nalist. of the movement” is familiar to most | Worker Correspondence, Communists, R - | Worker correspondence — letters Our paper, despite weaknesses and | from workers in the shops and in the shortcomings, is fulfilling this role|fire of struggle—are the cornerstone to a much greater degree than many |of ppoletarian journalism. We have of us realize. Its great authority and | made but little headway in efcourag- jinfluence is especially to be noted by |ing and training workers to write for {one who travels the country and sees|our paper despite the efforts which the movement as a whole. The Daily |have been made. shayes the ideological unity of the along this line, more deliberate and At the meeting of the Political |Party and gives a lead to the entife | systematic stimulation and organiza- Committee to which I have referred, |!eft wing movement on all decisive |tion of worker correspondence is a however, a changing attitude was |questions, even in the farthest out- | necessity. ‘ghown and a new-note of interest and |posts of the class struggle and the! Our paper should have more arti- for all the affairs of the pa- !Temotest sections of our vast countr for us, The material difficulties of our paper have become an old story, We have to admit -that the leading lcommittee of the Party, ovér-bur- dened with duties and responsibilities, hag often taken the existence of our paper too much for granted and has not always given it the direct super- vi jon and support) tefhnically and politically, which its place as_ the voice of the Party demands, This negligence has been reflected in the Party circles also and we all share the blame. gonesrn i ‘ ry. \cles of a political and {general nature par was struck, I was especially| It is needless to say that the Daily |and should not be confined to the isensitive to this new cufrent because jis highly valued by the Party mem-! groove of any established “newspa- f of life to the bers and is the st ‘militants in every eld of the labor struggle, The comrades in the field are of the opinion that the paper is jimproving in many respécts. . Thisitures in the paper, especially light The ‘Daily’ in Danger. ‘does not mean that they are blind to !and interesting features, as a balance | The report of the management gave its faults. They criticize it with, ato the heavier material, The tabloids ithe whole conimittes new realization freedom, and often with a sharpness | which have broken away from the old that greater attention and support)Which one only employs toward an newspaper models consist mainly of from the entire Party is a life and institution he feels to be his own. |light features. Without copying their The party members know that, thé substance we can learn from their 'I hed come back from my tout of the country with a higher regard for our daily organ and a greater apprecia- ition of its worth to the movement jthan I had ever felt before. per” standard. We should not fear to blaze a new trail in form as well as in substancé and to make a pattern of our own. Wemust have more fe | death question for the paper, Those: who were present there know, that! 3 the alarming notice of danger which | acles with the resgurees at hand and not be placed on this point if we real- has again been issued to the readers) With the inadequate support they Ye- iy want to extend our cyculation and More hammering | staff of the “Daily” performs mir-|technique. Too much emphasis can- | |of the paper is no “wolf” cry, but aie lit should be understood that we dre) statemefit of actual facts. e discussion on the report -natur- ally ‘covered a wide field and dealt with the yarious aspects of the Daily, are all part of one general proble The discussion eulminated in a mo- tion to consider the political, technical and financial strengthening of The DAILY WORKER as one of the Party’s foremost immediate’ tasks. significant decision, It is true we have passed similar motiohs before the recognition of the overshadowing importance of our central orgah is growing and there is reason to be- lieve this motion will bring positive | results. 4) It is time now, in the light ofthis motion andthe exigencies of thé mo- oronés as an agent of imperialism. ometime ago when Morones called | on Obregin to declare his adher- to the CROM, Obregén refused end sone CAO Ga of the weak- t occur ind the danger of |th ment, to review the whole questions of our leading organ Span Galore the Patty in order that the Party membership will participate in the work of givihg life and substance to ‘ ‘ore we s\ to pub ‘ Bf sinee they are all bound together iy seta as . This was a necessary and a highly I which remained only on paper, but |paper I wish to sé ive. When we criticize the paper lveach new strata of workers. The staff of the Daily is short- eriticizing the Party. The faults of handed and overworked, and under- our Daily are the faults of thesmove- ment and they can be overcome onl: i ie} are freely di se and the improvement of the ta comes the collective responsibility of its supporters. The readers of a Com- munist newspaper’ must help edit it as well as finance and circulate it. Needs of “Daily.” In line with the resolution, of the Political Committee forthe political and technical mote ening of the forth a few ideas of what our daily organ needs and will gain with the help of the work- ers who maintain it. A stronger staff, from a Commu- nist political standpoint, is one of the first prerequisites to the execution of the decision of the Political Com- mittee, The staff as a whole must be nearer to the Party and, for the background of Party experience and olitical understanding. It is, true hat newspaper work is a trade for ‘which certain technical qualifications ‘paid to a scandalous degree. The lack of material resources prevents d/ proper\ and necessary division of la- bor. _ It has already been acknowledged by the leading Party committee that ithe Daily has been greatly handi- ‘capped by the limited number of qual- _ ified Party representatives assigned ‘to work on the paper. Important imatters are too frequently entrusted to politically inexperienced reporters, jor still worse, we depend on reports of the Federated Press, with their in- ‘evitable ‘liberalistie bias, Our daily ‘badly needs, in addition to the-pres- ent staff, a Washington correspond- jent and one or two political feature reporters who can be sent out to re~ port important events, from a conven- ition of a political party to a strike rect political inferences as well as tell the story in a readable and Jin- teresting way. ae ks . The style of our paper must. be. \ he jor a labor convention, with the as-' most part at least, have a stronger surance that he will draw the cor-| |down, but irresponsible exaggeration, which defeats itself, is a faudt to be | lavoided. -A reputation for reliability lis one of the greatest assets of any / publication. The more the workers | learn to depend on the truth of our! reports the greater will our real in- | fluence grow. | A Communist paper cannot take} any other journalistic form for its | jmodel, least of all itt determining the | |make-up of its staff. Journalists em- | |ployed on capitalist and reformist pa- | pers are merely journalists. They lare disconnected from life and strug- |gle and become mere functionaries of a machine without any connection |with its motive forees. they almost always become good-for- |nothing cynids, mere craftsmen whose trade is barren words. | Bureaucra¢y and routine are to a certain extent inherent in the trade | of journalism, but they are alien to ta Communist newspaper. The staff {must be directly and organically con- {nected with general Party activities jand mass struggles of the! workers and the contents, style and tone of the paper must be a true reflection of this party and labor life, } | Our Daily wich, in spite of enor- | ‘mous difficulties and many shorteom- ; ings, has nobly fulfilled its role of | guide and voice of the movement for.) more than four years, is again in the | direst straits. ‘ | management committee was prompted by imminent danger to the life of the paper and we must stake every- thing on the hope.and confidence that the loyalty and ‘self-sacrifice of the |workers who love The DAILY WORKER will pull it through the present crisis. , \ | For the future we must aim to put |a stronger and broader foundation undef the paper. The resolution of {the Political Committee showed the way for this and, it is to be hoped, will lead to a closer unity of the DAILY WORKER and its. editorial | and businéss staff with the entire iParty and the left movement of the jworkers of which it is We voice. If the greater prominence which the affairs of the Daily is to have on the agenda of the C. E» C. as indi- eated in the resolution, is reflected in the Party ranks, there can be no doubt that the new resources and energies drawn into the work for the paper will firmly establish and safe- | Tess necessary. It is|such as to make everv incident in/guard its future. igle must be played up, not played | @ That is why |§ We know that the appeal of the| . |clash at the December conference. | | eral Latin-American countries. Bo- livia prepares to invade Paraguay in order to occupy the “Chaco Boreal,” rich in oil fields. Chile is prepared to hold Taena Arica, in spite of all |protests of Peru. Ecuador protests lagainst Colombia’s transferring to |Peru a territory which Ecuador gave | Colombia under the express condition not to give it to Peru. in} Actual war danger exists between sev- | DIAMOND STRIKE “IN SOUTH AFRICA ~ MAKES HEADWAY iPolice Intimidation | Proves Failure \25.—Failure of provoca tactics to break the |twenty-five thousand Prviyy diamond di the town of Li t ricie prepared d the walk-out. The owners, too, it is reported, are tions to the gov- arousing where they ke any measures to ar jmaking represe jernment, urging an immediate ending {of the strike, fo | Hundreds of r diamond fields began several |Sinee been housed f need be. They have public buildings ,|and the care of feeding and sheltering \them has been taken o argely by native strike relief bodies. The.suf- \fering of many of the workers during | the first few days of the strike was jeonsiderable. 2 | Requests of the native unions to jjoin the South African trade union’ \federation have been repeatedly turn~ ed down. 0 INJURED IN _ TRAINSMASH-UP j IOLA, Kan., June 2 At least, twenty persons were injured, three verhaps fatally the Ra Special, crack ific senger train. © RP near Durand, Kan., today, sending two Pullman cars g ‘ a bridge into a ditch. Seventeen of the injured were brought to a local hospital, the others being taken into Durand. Officials believed the sudden change to cool, wet weather to be résponsible for the MO DIRE ‘ St., Christopher. St.. Bare Hudson Tubes to Hoboken, Li wanna Railroad to Heights, N. J, BERKELEY HEIGHTS NEW JERSEY. Phone, Fanwood 7463 R L. DAILY WORKER CARNIVAL And PICNIC at Pleasant Bay Park SUNDAY, JULY 8th Concert, Dancing, Athletic Exhibitions, Baseball, Soccer, Basketball — Refresh- ments — Games for Young and Old, Women and Children. ADMISSION 50c. BUSINESS OFFICE or THE DAILY WORKER Moved to 26-28 UNION SQUARE NEW YORK, N.Y. STUYVESANT 1696, 1 mail to that address. \ | e time the strike ||