The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 4, 1929, Page 3

~/ MANY DELEGATES DATLY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1929 -” na Be. ES i Page | IN MINSK OPEN UP ; ¥ NEW INSTITUTES C. E. C., Others Send Congratulations (Wireless by “Inprecorr”) MOSCOW, Jan. 3.—The Soviet press today publishes numerous let- ters of congratulations on the tenth anniversary of the existence of the White Russian Soviet Republic, the celebration of which took place on Dee. 80. Among them are letters from the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union, from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, from the Cen- tral Committee of the Communist Party of White Russia, ete. Many new factories and cultural institutions opened on the anniver- sary, including the White Russian Academy of Science. M. Kalinin, president of the So’ iet Union, Rykov, member of the Polit-Buro of the CPSU and Voro-| shilov, head of the Red Army, also | sent congratulations. The letter of the Central Execu- tive Committee of the Soviet Union declares that the White Russian Soviet Republic is advancing stead- ily and developing culturally and in- dustrially, whereas, just over the frontiers, national oppression, ha- tred, inequality, colonial exploita- tion, chauvinism and pogromism dominate. Many delegations from federal republics and working class organ- izations journeyed to Minsk for the celebration. The Workers (Communist) Party demands unemployment Insurance, the amount of compensation te be full wages for the entire period of wnemployment, the administration of this insurance to be in the hands of the work: the coxt to be borne by the state and the employ- “wad 7 RMN ae ht Haggling Tad Santiago with President General has murdered many workers since labor unions. older and until now more favored Over Sale of a Nation Workers Celebrate Tenth Anniversary of Existence of White Russian Soviet Rep bs, President-elect Hoover, in the silk hat, riding thru streets of Carlos Ibanez of Chile. Ibanez seizing power, and suppresses all Ibanez has Chile on the auction block, and British and American imperialism are bidding for it, with Britain as the rival. ‘Obedient Messages to! ‘Hoover From Servile Machado and Moncada | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Di patches from ihe U. S. Battleship |Utah, bearing President-elect Her-| bert Hoover to his rendezvous on} patronage in Washington, report the war vessel crossing the rtopie of Capricorn and ertering the tem- iperate zone, 800 niles east of Florida ‘and sailing directly for Virginia Capes. Hoover is reported enjoying duti-| ful wireless communications from | President Macado, Wall Street’s president of Nicaragua, and Presi- | dent Machado, sugar trust repre-| sentative in control of Cuba, both of whom sent New Year’s greetings and | good wishes. | “Tn an answer to Machado, Hoover 17 U. S. Army Planes Bring Threats for the New Year to San Jose PANAMA, Jan. 3.—Seventeen | United States army planes soaring over San Jose, Costa Rica, brought armored and gunned new year greet- ing today from Yankee imperialism to the Costa Rican workers and peasants. They flew over the city in connection with the new year celebration. President Gonzales Viquez of Costa Rica, accepted the imperialist hospitality by going up in one of} F s mp |Greyhourd bus en route from Cin-|personal representatives of the Solicited Bribe From witz today ordered the Brooklyn the army planes to drop a bouquet of flowers at the home of a friend where a wedding was being cele- brated. promises to visit that province of the American empire at some future date. The Platform of Trotsky Opposition in Soviet Union INCOME IN CHERVONETZ RUBLES (Percentage of Preceding Year) The Daily Worker will print from day to day sections of the platform and other documents of the Trotsky Opposition in the Sov- iet Union, together with replies by the Politbureau of the Com- munist Party of the Soviet Union. The Trotsky question is not a Russian question, but one that af- fects the international working class movement. However, it is highly important to know the platform of Trotskyism in Soviet Russia and the reasons why it has been overwhelmingly rejected by ship and leadership of the C. P. S. U., as well as by the Communist Parties thruout the world. The American aspects of Trots- kyism are being taken up in the general Party discussion now un- der way. Today we are printing the criticisms of the Trotsky Opposi- tion made in relation to the con- ditions of the working ¢ Soviet Union, t actual facts in refutation of their contentions. THE CONDITIONS OF WORKING CLASS. (As presented by the Opposition.) “Taken on the whole during the period of reconstruction, the work- ing class increased numerieally and their conditions improved not only absolutely, but also relatively, i. as compared h other cla During the last few years, however, THE this process has been arrested and) maintained. the same level |The numerical inerease in the work- |ing class and the improvement of | their conditions have come to a stop, while at the same time the enemies of the working class have increased | land continue to increase at an ac- celerated rate, which must inevitably | ‘lead, not only to the deterioration of the conditions of the workers in| the factories, but also to a relative { diminution of the weight of the pro- |letariat in Soviet society. | “During the reconstruction period, | . |up to the autumn of 1925, wages | arose fairly rapidly. The consider- | lable decline in real wages which} |commenced in 1926 was arrested on- ly towards the end of 1927. Monthly wages in the big industries during the first two quarters of 1926-27) amounted on the average to 30) rubles 67 kopeks and 30 rubles 33 kopeks respectively as against 29 rubles 68 kopeks in the autumn of | 1925, In the third quarter of that year, according to preliminary cal-| culation, wages amounted to 31 rub-| les 26 kopeks. Consequently, this year real wages remained approxi-| mately the same level as that of the autumn of 1925.” | | (Extract from the Opposition | Platform.) | Our Reply to the Opposition. 1. The movement of wages during | the past two years. The position in regard to real wages during the past few years is indicated by the returns of the Central Statistical Department of the Supreme Economie Council. The | following table shows the movement sof wages as compared with 1913. 1913 1924-25 1925-26 1926-27 | 1) Not including supplementary expenditures on wages account 100 79.5 90.3 97.1 2) Including supplementary ex- penditure, i. e., insurance, welfare funds, cultural re- quirements, etc........... 100 95.7 108.4 115.3 In 1927 wages in all branches of *~~ - - industry, except mining and metal |is seen from the following figures. working, exceeded the pre-war level. | The rage of increase of real wages 1923-24 137 1924-25 119 (‘Returns of the Central Statistical Dept. of the Supreme Economic Rate of Wages is Continually Rising but the Rate of Increase is Slowing Down. THe decline in the rate of increase is due to the decline in the rate of growth of industry as the comple- tion of the reconstruction period ap- proaches. Expressed in absolute figures of conventional Moscow rub- _okopeks is advanced as follows: Percentage of Monthly Wages of ®Preceding year. 1925-26 1926-27 (1st half) 114.2 107.3 Council.”) les, wages from May 1924 to May 1927, increased from 20.4 to 32.9 rubles, i. e., by 61.5 per cent. A marked “levelling up” process in the wages in the coal, metal- lurgical and textile industries is to be observed. The daily wage ex, pressed in conventional Moscow : ventional Moscow kopeks have 3 icy the! first two ‘quarters’ 0: 10ebe changed as follows: 1925-26 1926-27 - Ast quarter. 122.1| 1st quarter + 126.4 2nd quarter .... 119.3|2nd qvarter ‘. AOL 4 8rd quarter 118.5) April and May . et 187.4 4th quarter es ADB. (“Returns, etc.”) Coal-mining industry | Metallurgical ind. | Textile ind. 1st Quarter—1925-26 125.8 138.0 969 April-May—1927 151.3 162.1 112.5 Increase (Percent) 20.4 18.4 16.1 (Returns, ete.”) WHEN REAL WAGES DE-|26, as a consequence of the rise in CLINE AND WHY. the budget index. ‘ After that, however, wages have During the past two years there Fonte erhic Dat a fs was a slight rettiction idaees only | steadily risen. Daily wages in con- The figures showing the changes in income of various social groups are favorable for the workers, as is seen from the following table. 1) Total population ¥ 2) Agricultural population ° 3) Wage Workers . 4) Free professions 5) Handicraftsmen (employing wage labor) ...... 6) Propertied group ... (Control fig income of the working population in 1927-28 declined by 7.8 per cent., the rate of increase of incomes for “wage workers” is greater than for all other categories. The incomes of this group increased more rapid- ly than that of all other strata of the population. The figures for in- Agricultural 81 99 1924-25 1925-26 The Wages of Russian Workers? Compared with French and German Workers. The considerable success achieved by the Soviet state in the sphere of wages will be seen by comparing the real wages of the Russian worker with those of the French and Ger- man workers. In 1925-26 the real wages of the Moscow worker lagged behind those of the Paris worker by 10 per cent and of the Berlin worker by 20 per cent. Previous to the war the real wages of the German worker were twice those of the Russian worker. The five-year plan provides for a rate of increase in wages which will, by 1930-81 give the Russian worker from 20 to 80 per cent more in real wages than is received by the Ger- man and French workers. The Working Class’ Share in the National Income. The wage workers’ share in the national income increased from 23.2 per cent in 1923-24 to 29.8 per cent in 1926, which indicates that the economic position of the working class as compared with that of other| strata of the population has im- proved, (Returns of the State Planning Com- mission, Control Figures, 1926-27.) THE OPPOSITION ON THE WORKERS’ BUDGET. “Calculated in real rubles, the budget of the workers’ family has decreased compared with 1924-25, Increase in house rent makes it necessary to sublet dwellings. The unemployed, directly or indirectly, are a burden upon the budget of the workers. The growing consumption of spirits also tends to reduce the budget of the worker. Taken as a whole, we have an obvious deterio- ration in the standard of living.” While the rate of increase of the? ~~olows: INCOME PER HEAD IN RUBLES. NEW FAST SHIPS SELLERS LAUDS — TOFIGHT BRITAIN, WALL ST. JOB BEING BOUGHT IN NICARAGUA $10,000,000 Spent by Moncada Takes Marine | Ward on Havana Run | Officer as Aide | The Ward Line of New York-Ha-| MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 3.—| vane ara ea vy the| The United States, marine and naval | | United States Shipping Board in an| officers in Nicaragua, who had fol- |imperialist plan to drive rival Brit-|lowetl Wall Street orders and run} ish Cunard liners from this part of} Moncada into office, were congratu-| [phe sense is ae down ee @llated yesterday in a message sent | ight of years. This became known|pby Admiral David F. Sellers, com- |with the announcement that Ward/manding the special naval | | Co. had ordered two new, fast pas-| squadron in Nicaraguan waters, to | senger vessels from the Newport| Gen, Logan Leland, commanding the | News _Shipbuilding Co., to be fin-| marines in Nicaragua. |ished in 1930. | Stating that with the approval of Counting on Victory. |the results of the elections by the | They are to cost $10,000,000 andj Nicaraguan congress, the important will cut the Havana run from the | work of the marine squadron had present 72 hours to less than 60 | been accomplished, he congratulated hours. jthe brigade on the “splendid man- | Franklin D. Mooney, president of |&T it had carried out with complete the Ward Line, said that “faith in|Success” the instructions given it. the United States Government,| “Thanks, Supervisors.” |which recently awarded the line a) “It is with pride,” states the mes- | jmail contract, under the provisions | sage “that the squadron commander | of the Jones-White law, and the) congratulates and commends the 432} growth of the Havana trade were!/navy and marine presidents of the | jtwo of the reasons for the new/electoral district who, scattered | vessels.”” thruout the entire Republic of Nica- |ragua, were the actual supervisors! |of the elections on the front lines | being in direct contact with the vot- |ing Nicaraguans.” | Sellers, who had made the agree- |ment with Moncada in which the] |latter agreed to lay down arms on 32 Injured, Seven Seriously When Bus “Crashes Into Truck TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 8.—Thirty-|the condition that he be elected two persens were injured, seven se- |president, also commended the mar. viously, when a truck sideswiped a ines for “their loyal support to the jeinnati to Detroit, near Bowling | president of the United, States in |Green, Ohio, last night. |Nicaragua (Brig. Gen. Frank Me- |Coy) who was directly responsible The crash apparently occurred | for the supervision of the registra- when the truck skidded on the icy | tion and election period.” Sellers, |pavement. Those seriously injured thus, in guarded and diplomatic | |were brought to Williams Sanita- | language, covers up the bombing! rium here, and murdering of Nicaraguan work- | jers and peasants, the betrayal of the Nicaraguan “liberals” and the} limperialist project of the United | | States government. | Imperialist Aide. | It was also learned today that one of the first steps Moncada had taken after his inauguration as 1925-26 1926-27 1927-28 | president, was to appoint as his per- | 128.5 110.3 106.5 | sonal aide-de-camp Lieutenant Ar- 123.8 107.2 107.3 |thur D. Challacombe of the United 149.1 118.1 107.7 | States Marine Corps. Challacombe 115.1 106.3 107.5 | will also hold the rank of major, in _ |the Nicaraguan National Guard. 108.0 107.2 106.5 |The measure recently passed grant- 126.7 99.9 98.6 jing diplomatic status to foreign military officers thus assures Gen. Leland that his own right-hand man will be there to dictate to the presi- dent. ures—estimates—for 1927-28.)— come per head of the population also indicate that the working class oc- cupies a favorable position with re- gard to the distribution of income. In 1924-25 and in 1925-26 the in-| lcome per head of the population, | | according to occupation, was as fol-| DENVER, Colo., Jan. 3 (uP)—| Three unidentified men, believed | lost in a blizzard on the slopes of Rescue Party Seeks 3 | Longs Peak, tod: ver‘ i Hake Wy ake Handicraftsmen | sought by a ered coly sae E 257 men, headed by res a a ; Bad le y John Preston, ac- cording to a report ived | (Control figures—1927-28.) wae eee eeu ee Rete THE FACTS. | As an illustration we will take the Park, a resort village in |the report said. Preston and his men left Estes | (UP). a 1 Rocky | segved three Mountain National Park, last night, | tod Where Explosion Threatened Workers’ Lives foment ae Pi, z rd - An explosion set fire to the New York Steam Company plant at 35th Street and 1st Avenue and destroyed two buildings. The lives of the workers in these buildings were threatened by the explosion. CHARGE BOSTON | COUNCIL GRAFT Baseball Club Continued from Page One act without getting paid for it.” He then told of arranging a meet- ing of interested parties at the Copley Plaza, at which Councilman Lynch was present. “Prosecution a Joke.” Fuchs then quoted Councilman Lynch as saying: “I represent a block, have come to the conclusion that if this goes through Adams (vice- president of the Braves and also owner of the Boston Bruins club of the National Hockey League) will have Sunday hockey and they and they | want to be taken care of.” Lynch then told him, Fuchs tes- tified, that the members of the bloc had figured up just how many Sun- days there would be for baseball, and what the -2ceipts would be, and that they had figured that | Fuchs should pay $5,000 for each man, “I asked Lynch,” Fuchs testified, “whether he thought these fellows Men, Lost in Blizzard 4 go on with things like this] with Mr. Foley (the district attor- ney general) in office, and Lynch replied: “As far as prosecution in Suffolk County goes, it’s a joke. We draw our own jurors.” CONGRE IAN DEAD WATERTOWN, N. Y., Jan. Charles Knapp, 81, who in congress, died ay at his home in Lowville of ‘heart trouble. | budget of a working class family in {Leningrad based on the returns of | 1852 THE SAME ADDRESS OVER 75 YEARS 1928 jthe Labor Statistics Bureau of the |Leningrad Trade Union Council. The total expenditure for domestic | | purposes has increased from 81 rub- jles 57 kopeks in 1925 to 105. rubles | 79 kopeks in 1926. Expenditure on food has increased from 39 rubles 76 kopeks in 1924 to 51 rubles 70 kopeks in 1926. Where is the Op- position’s “obvious deterioration in the standard of living?” In 1926 the expenditure on spirits represented 3 per cent of the domes- tie budget or 83 kopeks per head per month. It is true that the con- draws interest from Interest for 3 months ending Dec. 31 1928, at rate of 444% per annum an all sums fro: 85 to $7,500 has been d Open Mondays (all Ranking by Mall” Society Aunt We Sell A. B. ROPOLITAN, SAVIN ASSETS EXCEEDING $30,000,000 Interest starts the Ist of Each Month, Deposits made on or before Jan. 4th, clared payable Jan, 16, 2% io Soclety Accounts Accepted Travelers Certified Checks January ist. 112 P.M. “Police Force Honest,” Judge Tells Jury in Probe of Speakeasies (By United Press.) Federai Judge Grover M. Mosco- y to continue investigating speakeasié partieularly learning how the places can abcund in Brook- lyn without being molested. “T believe that, upon the whole, our police force are honest,” but it is inconceivable how these dens of vice co-operate and exist so openly and notoriously without the knowl- edge and consent of some of the of- ficers whose sworn duty is to en- |force the law,” Moscowitz told the jurors. FLU IN CONNECTICUT. HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 3 (UP). —tThe State Health Department an- nounced today that it had received reports of 258 cases of influenza in connecticut for the first two days of 1929. The department said 129 new cases were reported today. quiet. SIGN TEMPORARY "ARMISTICE. WITE - AFGHAN REBEL Soviet Officials i Kabul Remain Jan. 3. an resul m the rising ribes alor Afghan frontier, remain in the main, unchanged. Kabul egotiations with insurgents hav Jelalabad and has been d reinforcemen ul from Maza ontinually 2 lat childre tion of the E. | ZionistChiefsWrangle ‘Fat Jobs Are at Stak The wrangling among the vario leaders goes me va . Stephen S. V real este dealers and bootleggers, and Lov Lipsky, president of the zionist ¢ ganization of America, came hoi together from Berlin on the Bere: |garia yesterday. The relations h tween the two fellow-travellers « reported to have been somewH |frigid. i Dr. Wise had ready one of well-known manifestoes, chargiy that the recent merger of the zioni and non-zionists is such and suf and such a wicked thing. Tho + eminent divine didn’t y so, g merger practically liquidates ~ zionist movement, but not, of cour, its heavily-salaried leaders, > Lipsky replied with a count blast, accusing Wise of being sx because he was kicked down star. at the last world zionist congresss¢ Basle in 1 Wise is the leaden, the “opposition” in the Americ |zionist movement—that is, he wa ob. Both are 100 per cy e to British imperialisme | —_—_———_ | BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 3 (US —This city’s internationally kno Beau Brummel, Harry Symes Le died today at Johns Hopkins H pital, where he had been a pati ‘for the iast month, i CUT OUT THIS BLANK een en Put Your Name on This List of | GREETING sumption of spirits has risen from 385 kopeks per head in 1924 to 88 kopeks per head in 1925. In 1926, however, no increase in expenditure | on spirits was observed. THE OPPOSITION PRODUCTIVITY AND INTEN. SITY OF LABOR. “All the evidence shows that the rise of wages lags behind the in- crease in the productivity of labor. Increases in wages are always con- ditioned by the increase in the in- tensity of labor. This tendency which is incompatible with a course directed towards socialism, has been given official sanction by the C. C., in its celebrated resolution on “ra- tionalization.” 1927). (Extract from the Opposition Platform.) THE FACTS. In the following table a compar- ison is made between the changes in (Extract from the Opposition Platform.) respectively: | Date Index of real wages Index of productivity 1924 +15 +23 1926 +2.4 +0.9 1926 +0.4 +11 | 1927 (1st half) +19 +19 / (Controlfigures—1927-28). The rise in wages steadily pro-¢— ceeds parallel wit hthe increase in the productivity of labor. 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