The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 17, 1929, Page 4

DAILY WORKER, NeW LORK, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1929 % rime Daily Central Organ of the Communist Party of the U. S. A. | £ y Publishing -Co., | s Squar k City | DAIWORK | | $8 a New York. New York Workers! Demonstrate Friday Night ‘Against Imperialist Attack on Soviet Union! } ORDES of imperialist mercenaries carrying out the pol- icies of the United States, Britain and Japan are mobil- ian border for an attack against the + Fatherldnd of the workers of the derouus white-guard scum, the offscourings 1 Semenoff campaigns, are again equipped nitions bought with Wall Street and Lom- tetne on. Sov: Wor of t with arm bard Street Witl t doubt the imperialists feel that the hour has ew drive ainst the workers’ and peasants’ Those white-guard emigres, driven out by the eroic army of the masses, the Red Army, and ir imperialist masters hope to invade the Soviet Union, Manchuria, then proceed to mobilize the flunkey ments of the fa: states bordering the Soviet Union west, in order to defeat the revolution and turn the d of the workers’ republics into one vast slaughter house mass murder on an unprecedented sgale and night for years. They hope to launch ackest reaction the world has ever seen. Such plans must be destroyed instantly. It is futile and lish to talk of voluntary arbitration of the question. The guilt of the Manchurian bandit government, backed by the bloody hand of Chiang Kai-shek, in turn supported by the United States government is plain. There can be no arbitra- tion of such monstrous provocation; no arbitration of the ar and deportations of Soviet officials of the Far East- 1; no arbitration of the attacks on the workers’ homes ar The bandit crew must be forced to abandon its provocations. That cannot be achieved by soft words, but only by the power of the masses of the Soviet f the wo iet Union as one man to meet the onslaught! Berlin, Paris, London, Vienna, Stockholm, hagen in Europe are preparing mighty mobi i in defense of the Soviet Union. In China the ng strikes, in India the embattled workers from the blood-bath of last Spring will mass t power in defense of the Socialist Fatherland. And here in the United States we must in no uncertain terms let the im- perialist butchers know that we will defend the Soviet rev- olution with the most determined, bitter and-relentless strug- gle in the history of the labor movement. We will fight with any and all weapons at our disposal because we know that ense of the Socialist Fatherland—the outpost of the world revolution—means defense of the interests of the workers of the whole world. The final decision of war or peace on the Manchurian ‘border is in the hands of the workers of the world! If the bandit government of Manchuria yields it will be solely be- cause of the mass pressyre upon them imperialist ma: Workers of New York! Rally to the demonstration defense of the Soviet Union that will be held throug whole city on this Friday evening, as a prelude to par tion in the world-wide demonstrations that will take place will on August First, when the workers of every country mobilize against imperialist war and in defense of the S Union. Workers of the United States! Support si demonstrations in your different localiti A Conspiracy Against*Textile Workers CRS the pretext of preparing for an organiz e paign among the 300,000 textile workers of the South, a mob of labor fak parlor socialists, preachers and poli- ticians met at the palatial Rye, New York, home of Mrs. Daniel O'Day, one of the ornaments of Tammany Hall, in response to a call ostensibly sent out from the United Textile Workers of America. There was much oratory textile workers in the South, but not one word was uttered about those eleven southern textile workers and the four organizers of the National Textile Workers Union who are in the shadow of the electric chair at Gastonia. _ In spite of the fact that Gastonia was not mentioned, it was really Gastonia and the activity of the National Textile Workers Union that impelled the strikebreakers at the head of the U.T.W. to call the conference. This outfit did not even act as though the southern textile workers were on earth until within the past year when the masses began to revolt against unbearable conditions. At Elizabethton, Tenn., the U.T.W. placed itself at the head of the strike only in order to betray the workers to the bosses. The very end and aim of the officials of the United Textile Workers of America throughout the country has been and is to act as a company union for the textile barons. The officials of that corrupt organization plan to enter the South not for the purpose of combatting the exploiters of women and children, not to fight for a living wage, shorter hours and decent working conditions, but in order to aid the slave drivers and the police and courts in their efforts to combat the activities of the one militant union in the textile industry that is leading the struggle to organize the unorgan- ized masses. There was also a secondary motive for such a conference. It was no accident that the conspiracy was launched at the home of a wealthy parasite who devotes most of. her time to democratic politics, or that Rose Schneidermann, president of the so-called Woman’s Trade Union League, itself an ad- junct of the women’s department of Tammany Hall, should propose a committee of one thousand, to be known as the “Committee for American Conditions in the Textile Industry.” It will be noted that care was taken to avoid giving even a labor tinge to the name of the committee. Such a committee will be used only for the purpose of campaigning for the democratic party and is interested in the textile industry only inasmuch as that industry is one of the main benefi- ciaries of the republican Fordney-McCumber tariff act. The misery of the textile workers will be utilized not to launch an organizational campaign and fight for elementary de- mands, but as a partisan political football. The textile workers of the South must be warned against this conspiracy anfl its instigators exposed for the slimy politicians and fakers they are, . The one union that is organizing and defending the _ southern mill workers is the National Textile Workers Union. + 2 about the conditions of the * Se gry lorker “WHADAYA WANT THEM THINGS FOR?” By Jacob Burck _ {Enlightenment Campaign on the Comintern Address to the Communist Party HE Polbureau is desirous of securing the broadest pos- sible Enlightenment Campaign on the Comintern Ad- dress and the immediate Party tasks outlined therein. All Party members and particularly the comrades active in the workshops in the basic industries are invited to write their opinions for the Party Press. Resolutions of Factory Nuclei also will be printed in this section. Send all material deal- ing with this campaign to Comrade Jack Stachel, care Na- tional office, Communist Party, 43 E. 125th St., New York City. Proletarian Membership of Communist Party Supports Central Committee in War on Right Wing Opportunists Steel Workers Denounce Lovestone; Approve Organizational Measures Against Him as Necessary to Enable Party to “Organize and Lead American Revolution” ion of the extent to which the great bulk of the proletarian membership of the Communist Party supports the Cen- tral Committee in ght against right wing opportunism is con- tained in the resolution passed by the Stock Yards Nucleus of the Party in Section 2 of the Chicago District. Fully approving the action of the Central Committee in expelling Jay Loyestone from the Party, the resolution, typical of the stand taken by w 's in the great basic industri declares that the Party, under the Bolshevik guidance of the Com: rn, has given a deadly blow to the unptincipled factional fight has given qur Party a correct political line and laid a solid basis for the unity of our Party.” Similarly, steel workers in the Wheeling, Pennsylvania, local of the Party welcome “decisive final steps to eliminate factionalism in cur Communist Party of the United States.” Such measures are neces- sary, these steel workers are cqnvinced, to enable the Party to “fulfill its historic duty of otganizing and leading the American revolution.” A significant expre: et * “No Room in Party For Splitters,” Says Cleveland. “Lovestone not only challenged the authority of the Comintern by refusing. to recognize the political and organizational decisions of the Comintern, but also disregarded the decisions made in regard to his own person,” the resolution, approving the expulsion of Jay Lovestone from the Party, unanimously adopted by the District Buro of District Six, Cleveland, declares. “His actions since returning to this country clearly demonstrate that, on the basis of the cable sent to this country on May 15, Love- stone has been working for a split in the Party. “There is no room in the Communist Party for any apiitter, for the very act of splitting or attempting to split the Party is an act of counter-revolution committed in the interest of the capitalist class. “The District Buro, representing the entire proletarian member- ship of this important industrial district, warns Gitlow and Wolfe and any others who may be treading the path-gf Lovestone that the test | they are now put to is demonssrating whether they are Communists or not. or secretly, is to help the counter-revolution and will only lead to the destruction of any who attempt it. We call upon the C. E. C. to use a firm hand in this crisis in the Party.” | Steel Workers Support C. E. C. Support for the Central Committee against the Right opposition is expressed in a resolution unanimously adopted by the Communist Party local at Wheeling, Pennsylvania—an important steel_center. “We welcome and pledge ourselves to defend and carry out the Address of the Comintern to our Party, and the decisions of the Pol- com,” the resolution states, “We are glad to note that the Comintern has taken decisive final steps to eliminate factionalism in our Communist Party of the United States, thus making possible a united front of all Gommunist forces in the U. S. A., which is necessary in order that our Party may fulfill its historic duty of organizing and leading the American revolution. “Through a determined struggle against all deviations from the line of the Communist International, we will be able to build the Party as the leader of the American working class. “Long live the Communist Party of America! “Long live the Communist International!” * * . | Rochester Solidly Behind Comintern-Lead Party. | Every member of the Section Executive Committee of the Rochester | branch of the Party voted for the oe resolution which de- clared: “The Rochester Section Committee stata solidly behind our Cen- tral Committee in its expulsion of Lovestone and its fight against all ' {hose who attempt to follow his leadership, ” To follow Lovestone, or to support him in any way, either openly | ! “Lovestone’s defiance of the Comintern proves to every loyal member that even had Lovestone not attempted to split our Party he was not fitted for leadership of the American Communist Party. The American Communist Party is an integral part of the Comintern. Our members fully accept its decisiops and faithfully strive to carry them out. He who does not understand this is an enemy of our Party. “Support of Lovestone now is a blow at the foundations. of Com- munist discipline, It is to intensify factionalism in our midst, to re- fuse to correct the Right errors of our Party, and to leave our Party unprepared during the present period of shaking stabilization and the radicalization of the workers. | “As a Communist Party we must not hesitate to. correct our. mis- takes. Those who refuse to do so, those who*continue to support the Right errors of which Lovestone was gyilty, do not belong to, the Party. The health and growth of our Communist cadres demands that this opposition be cleansed from our ranks. Every Party member must realize this and rally to completely defeat and root out the splitters. “Instead of weakening our Party the action of this former leader must be answered with so éverwhelming a support of our Central Committee as to leave the Party strengthened a hundredfold.” Stock Yards Nucleus Will Fight For Comintern Line. That the line of the Central Committee, under the leadership of the Comintern, has the support of the vast majority of the proletarian membership of the Party is again. indicated in the resolution, unani- mously endorsing the expulsion of Jay Lovestone, passed by the Stock Yards Shop Nucleus of Section 2, District 8, Chicago. “We, the members of the Stock Yards Shop Nucleus of Section 2, District. 8, wholeheartedly and unreservedly endorse the Address of the E. C, C. I. to our Party and pledge ourselve to carry it out in word and sp‘rit,” the resolution states. } “The Address of the Comintern to, our Party has given a deadly blow tv the unprincipled factional fight, has given our Party a correct political ‘ling and laid a solid basis for the complete unification of cur Party, | “We severely condemn Lovesténe and‘all those who give him open | or concealed support in his fight against the C. I. and in his attempts | to split our Party. “We greet the prompt Bolshevik action of the C. E. C. of our Party in expelling Lovestone and givfhg warning to all his supporters. “We pledge ourselves to carry on a fight against the Right Danger in our Party and against any conciliatory tendency. “We endorse the District Executive Resolution on the fepilaen of Lovestone.”” * 8 N. Y. Unit Endorses Measures Against Lovestone. | Unreserved and unconditional acceptance of the Comintern Address | to the Party membership is expressed in a resolutioh, endorsing the | expulsion of Jay Lovestone from the Party by the Central Committee, unanimously adopted by the membership of Unit 6F, Section 3. “The enlightenment campaign must be linked up with the problem of making our units and higher. bodies politically active and organiza- tionally strengthened in order to mobilize the Party against the war danger and rationalization, and its campaign for a successful Trade Union Educational League Conference (Unity Convention) and for a vigorous International Red Day,” the resolution states, Newark Unit Endorses Expulsion of Lovestone. After listening to the report of a representative of the District Executive Committee on the Address of the Comintern and discussing the problems connected with the Address, the Newark Unit of the Party passed a resolution in which it “completely endorsed the organizational measures taken against the right wing opposition to the Comintern { line, (expulsion of Lovestone, ete.) | teday. and after dinner. | Party Congress. EMENT 2.00208 Cc GLADKOV Translated by A. S. Arthur and C. Ashleigh All Rights Reserved—International Publishers, N. Y. Gleb Chumalov, Red Army Commissar, returns to his town om the Black Sea after the Civil Wars to find the great cement works, where he. had formerly worked, in ruins and the life. of the town disorganized. He discovers a great change in his wife, Dasha, whom he has not seen for three years. She is no longer the conventional wife, dependent on him, but has become a woman with a life of her own, a leader among the women of the town toyether with Polia Mekhova, secretary of the Women’s Section of the Commu- nist Party. The town is attacked by a band of counter-revolutionaries and Gleb.is in command of one of the defense detachments and the attack is ;epulsed. The town resumes its routine. Gleb works hard, planning the reconstruction of the cement works, IN the corridor he met Shibis. As usual, Shibis neither greeted him nor shook hands. He was walking jauntily, butsheavily, and looked at him without blinking, as at a stranger. “Oh, there you are. Listen, the Forestry Department has got into a hell of a hole. There’s been such a dust kicked up that the whole Department’s covered with it, and the place is like a madhouse now. Shuk has proved himself to be a damn fool. I haven’t slept I don’t sleep at nights; I usually take a sleep in the morning I’m going to lie down for half an hour, And, you know, your one-armed man was a marvellous specimen of humanity. They shot him down in the cellar. I spent several nights chatting with him with great pleasure. The bourgeoisie knew how to give that youth a high culture, and we have much, very much, to learn, In order to master culture one must know how to use it, and that is not so simple. Bear that in mind.” “Stop, stop, Comrade Shibis! That’s clever! So you walked round and round them, round and round them, and then suddenly got the whole lot. Why, even Shuk gave up loitering and chattering. at that time.” “Ah, that’s because he happens to be in good hands. Out of the twenty we're sure to shoot a good half. With these entertainers we'll fix up a public performance in the State Theatre: I’m passing the affair on to the Revolutionary Tribunal. But we’re going to get it in the neck for the expropriations. Tomfoolery—it was done during the Someone is going to get it; who will it be, do you think?” “I think, Comrade Shibis, that it’s impossible to get the better of Badin without a struggle, and you can only send him up in the air with dynamite.” “Yes, but we've already laid the train. Don’t forget that the re- version to daily youtine means dissensions, and dissensions mean— heroism turned petty bourgeois. I always sleep with open windows and doors. Sleep is very healthy and fresh in the daytime, because it’s saturated with people and the sun. My merriest time is at’ night. Come and see-me sometime and we'll pass some pleasant ‘hours to- gether. At night time, one always sees more than in the day.” “Doesn’t Comrade Lenin sleep at night, Comrade Shibis? heard that he’s as sleepless as you are, and loves artificial light.” “T don’t know. I also think he loves the light.” “Well, what does it mean, Comrade Shibis: on the street they announce that a cafe will open, with an orchestra. Is all the old deviltry going to start?” “Well, has that frightened you? I shan’t be here much longer. I have to leave for the army. And as for you, train yourself. a bit mere and learn the ABC of politics. I’m not worried at all with all this. One must understand to look at the sun and at blood in the same way, without blinking. Not be afraid that the sun will burn one’s eyes, or that blood will poison one’s soul. So that the sun and the blood have to be mixed together in a trough.” He raised his eyebrows and laughed and again Gleb saw in his eyes that childlike clarity, and in the pupil that fiery point which I've moved unceasingly. Shibis went along the corridor with his jaunty but heavy step; and for the first time Gleb felt that Shibis was mortally tired and carrying an unbearable burden. Chapter XIV. THE RETURN OF THE PENITENTS. 1. Through Golgotha To Canossa, | gusls, Shidky, Gleb, Serge and Polia took their place in the boat. Shibis raised. his hand, looked at each one of them, and showed his teeth in a childlike grin. “Ready, Brothers! Hold tight! Let her go, sailor!” And he gave a mighty slap on the back to the sailor, who had a soiled and scarred face, like a kicked-about bucket, and enormous veined hands. Far away in the roadstead through the hot shimmering air could be seen a steamer, lying like an enormous rock atising from the water. This was the first transport of the penitents. The reflections of the quays lay broken on the green swell, they also flew in the blue depths, and were flecked with fat, multi-colored blots and floods of oil. At the prow, the green surf broke with the sound.of glass and was scattered to both sides. Astern, behind Gleb and higher than his head, was a snowy swelling mass of water. Near the mole two dolphins were rolling over and over like wheels of bronze. Sparks shot from their round backs, pricking one’s eyes painfully. . * * IN the quays—a great mass of people. In their movements was a kaleidoscopic play of color. Also in the water were reflected the colors.of the crowd, shifting like flower-petals, flashing in the waves. It was so long since they had seen a steamer. All the steamers had gone away with the Whites when they had fled. It was dull for everybody without steamers in the port, so that when one arrived it was a fete, On the deck of the vessel, from prow to stern, clustered a mass of people. From the distance it looked like a mass of little winged crea- tures, like a lot of cormorants in repose, drying their wings in the sun. Serge looked at the huge black steamer, biting the nail on his little finger. Gleb struck him on the hand, but could not make him stop. “From Golgotha es Canossa. revolutions.” P Shidky squinted at ‘Bates, his nostrils were white. “Stop it, Serge! That’s the raving of an intellectual. Smenoveshovsi speak in that way now.” But Serge went on speaking to himself, or perhaps to everybody at once: « “There were three hundred men on this ship and fourteen. of- ficers, When they wouldn’t let them put in at Tuapse, they said: ‘The steamer will not return. Take us to such and such a place, Let’s land and be shot.’. That was magnificent. They represented an enormous amount of energy, such as we must transform and use.” . Such is the way of counter- Only the 4 e+e) 4 Gunes snapped his teeth. “How much epergy did they take from us? How much of our blood and strength have they swallowed up? Did you reckon that up? It’s enough to make your head swim?” “Well,, and what about it? Suffering. and blood are inevitable. Blood is turned into suffering, suffering is transformed into great ex- ploits and through the masses into world-wide struggle.” Polia looked at Serge and began to laugh. She was once more blooming with spring-time joy, and the sun once more scintillated be- neath her brows. “Ah, little Serge, you’re a fine. hysterical one! How our hefty delegates would have dropped on you if they could have heard your wisdom!” Gleb looked at the dolphins. The two peaacehk one after the other, were turning round and diving under. With graceful upward swings they were cutting the thick milky foam with the ’ ‘sharp swords on their backs. When they disappeared below the surface, the water came ae above them dense, waveless and without @ splash. * . . wrt. the same power the wheels of the Diesel engines in the factory were flashing and charging the soul with their electric floods. Once upon a time many of those wheels revolved, but now only two. Their life was transfused into the mountain gully, where the tortoises —the two trucks—crawled up and down, along the ropeway, approsch- ing and crossing each other. And nearer, below the slope, a long file of such trucks, passing each other, But these two dolphin-wheels, charged with vital animal blood, ee carrying into the sea’s besom the lavish precious energy of the s (TO BE CONTINUED.)