The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 4, 1930, Page 4

Page Four ~ STATEMENT OF FINNISH BUREAU OFC. P.U.S. A. news of how ked the UR ¢ the establi Vaassa, ing t Now the f their pl selves in 3 the case 0. was to . On the day blishment I rt of Vassa, filled the city, flogged ful workers out on their atened to show their ion of the press es in the armed b and mal full f “snow white” 1 Finland. e scound zed many Com- ssion of the court th nd t able x outside rels were t workers in the most despi ne d worke¢ in Nieminen, who (Voice of Lat tablishment of which was des'royed by fascists) was badly his clothes were torn to pieces. were threatened and attacked. 1 the t own Pretend “Powerless. by by » Be heir brawl session was called off, because, g with the Police The aim. as the fascist adn fascists, attained their The cour sid on, ganized th: stated, “the pol le to maint or; that the governor, wa police. After the session of the een called off, the fascists abc for the destroyed worke sser Salo, who, followed by t Y the chief of police, left the court house. Salo was thrown in an auto by the fase’ ngsters and taken to an unknown place. It is a stion whether the white guard butchers of land will still have the face inland is a constitutional state. One can hardly think that anyone could take a more impudent despicable attitude towards their own judiciary than what the white but- chers of Finland themselves have taken. The working class of Finland has always known that the so-called ju: and other institutions of the state de not exist in Finland, except as a decoy to m the credulous elements believe that Finland is a country of democracy, where justice is given to all. to claim that The working class has lived there—especia__y sinee the revolutionary uprising of 1918, under a regime of white terror. The liberty of the workers—yes, and all too often even the life— has been at the discretion of the white butchers. And this occ rence proves that this arbitrari- ness is not diminishing, but quite the contrary, takes ever more bold forms of expression. We understand very well that the governors, the chiefs of police and all other local high officials are “powerless” when the defense of the most elementary civil rights of the workers and their spokesmen and attorneys is in ques- tion. Even in this case the governor has given an open declaration in which he expresses his “regrets” for what took place. Efforts are being made to shift the respon- sibility on the shoulders of some individual, ir- responsible members of the fascist defense guard. By this trick the white government of Finland and its apparatus is trying to cover up and hide its own criminal role in the main- tenance of fascist terror. This is not the first time the authorities are using these methods to whitewash their bloody hands. Fascists Armed. No one, however, will believe that this oc- currence was a result only of the brawling of some individual “over-excited” fascists, when, as in th’. case, some 2,000 (1,200 in full arms), were mobilized from a relatively small area in 200 autos No one would believe any such explanation. We know th. t occurrences like the one men- tioned belong to the system of the white but- chers, and they are not isolated occurrences. The regime of the white butchers in Finland, with its gover..ors and chiefs of police, support the moves of the white defense guards and the “okhrana,” a. not only these gentlemen, but also the social democrats, who have become so- cial fascists aid are sanctioning all measures of those in ) »ver, directed against the working class. If the gove_nment, the Diet and the county administratio. (with the exception of the rep- resentative. of workers and small farmers) does not sup: vrt the terr rist acts of the fas- cists, why then are huge appropriations being made annually to the defense guards and the “okhrana” from the general budget? Renegades Aid Fascists. The social democrats have in every respect acted in support and defense of the wite terror- ists. But now, when the role of the social democrats is becoming evident“to the, workers, new recruits have come forward who are in a position to befog the eyes of the workers from @eing the correct state of affairs. This band of renegades which at one time were members of the Communist Party of Fin- land, has now adopted as its program the mak- ing of shameless accusations against the sin- cere advocates of the working class and of giv- ing information to the white government, play- ing a counter-revolutionary role against the cause of the working class. Comrades, the working class of Finland has to meet many kinds of enemies. Now as often before, we have to rush our moral support to our Finnish class-brothers, struggling in a dif- Workers! Join the Party of Your Class! * Party U.S. A. h Street, ve med, want to join the Commu- 1 me more information. emmscos Vity. he Central Office. Communist 25th St.. New York, N. Y. inish population on this uation under land lives today. there are Finnish work ave to or protest ould be Finland Iso be sent to the gov- continent the wo! the ficult situation. In this respect our first task is to clarify to the F which of Fi re ere wh armers, where | mee | adopted These resoluti anc we protest resolv ist reg nst the must The but would continent. Finland same net * nd and their « have al eady white churches of the white butche’ on anti-working clas overnment of White us, too, in the al-democrats of > “followers of Wal- her ernment of Finland. In the picnics and fes- | tivals arranged for this sum season by | h workers’ or; ations, this matter | be discussed, c d and protest reso- lutions adopted. Fight Fascist Agent$ Here! | _ These attacks on the workers of Finland are | directly our concern, All kinds of agents of ) the Finnish : ir speakers are | making their appearance in our midst on this i like to papers their here, ates and all other are persistent activity in ov And in some places we must even record the success, For instance in the new “workers' hall enterprise in Chicago, gents of the 2 regi Fi drawing in even some working cl, Again, they have published and 1e of und under way h organ s its fir upport bankrupt w! and as its si government in its pe nist Party and other tions of work 5 p the American ution of the Commu revolutionary organiz: Finland to Attack Soviet. Furthermor., we must not for a minute lose from our sight the fact that fascist Finland is an integral part of the system of buffer states organized by the imperialists of the world ag: et Union; nor the fact that White Finland ever since its birth been living on the los e imp the U. S. A. and Great Britain. It is no secret that finance-capitalism of foreign countries has acquired, through invest- ments, the controlling portion of all important industries in Finland. Under the slogan of “Great lan4,” and with distinct imperialist aspirations, the Finnish bourgeoisie is prepar- ing for an armed attack against the Soviet Union, thus carrying out its role of a lackey of world imperialism. And exactly now, when the severe economic crisis in this third period of post-war ism has driven the economic s; Finland into veritable bankrur working class is faced with Ss unemploy- ment and suffering severely; when the small farmers are en mass being driven into bank- ruptecy under the abnormally growing taxation, due to the ever increasing military prepara- tion; when distinct fermentation is to be noted amongst the working masses as a reaction to tey; when the the ever deepening economic crises —under these conditions the white bourg is mob- ilizing its fascist cohorts and its notorious “okkrana” to squelch this resentment with | brutal violence, and to take decisive steps to make its rear safe in the planned armed at- tack against the Soviet Union. It is our dut. to in an energetic str gle against the manipulations of the Finnis whites in our midst here, against the brutal terror exercised against the working class of Finland and against the vicious war prepara- tions against the Soviet U n. In the protest meetings mentioned above, it is our duty to fight back this black spiracy and merci- lessly to expose Raivaaja, Sulkanen, Halonen and all other social fascists as the supporters and defenders of the white butcher system of Finland, as covert hirelings of imperialism. Comrades: We must not quietly pass over the terror acts of Finland, nor the black con- spiracy of their supporters on this continent. It is our duty now, as a great, compact mass, as workingclass men and women, to raise our voices of protest against the brutal class op- pression directed against the working class in Finland. It would be impossible for the working class of Finland, which during the recent years has gone through hard experiences, ever to for- give us, if we here would fall in the traps set out by the lackeys of the white butchers of Finland, and if we in any form would support their conspiracy, or if we would show indiffer- ence towards their dirty activities. Not a cent from this country for the sup- port of the white butchers of Finland, nor to their supporters in this country! Let us be clear, that even every little help given them will turn into z nail in the coffin of the work ing class of Finland! The cause of the work- ing @mss of Finland is our cause, as well as the cause of the entire proletariat of the world! Comrades, workers and poor farmers! The Finnish Burea) of the Communist Party of the U.S.A. calls upon you, without delay, to rise in struggle against the white butcher re- gime of Finland. Our participation in the struggle will promote solidarity amongst our comrades in Finland and will encourage them to keep on struggling even in difficult situa- tions against our mutual class enemies, until with united’ forces we will be able to overthrow the yoke of capitalism. In spite of all p tions and all the terror practiced by the white butchers of Finland, the Communist Party lives and acts in Fin- land, and with confidence, we may assert that this Party will lead the proletariat of Finland in a decisive struggle to overthrow the pres- ent white butcher system and its regime. The days of capitalism in Finland, as well as throughout the world, are numbered. And ex- actly because this is the fact, it is our duty to struggle with ever greater boldness and courage against it. Down with the white butcher regime in Fin- land! Long live the revolutionary struggle of the working class of Finland! Down with the imperialist war preparations against the Soviet Union! Defend the first Socialist Soviet Republe of the workers and peasants! Long live the Communist Party of Finland! Long live the Communist Party of the United States! Long live the Communist Internat‘enal! FINNISH BUREAU, COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE U.S.A, Baily <g Worker Central Organ of ti. Commuuisi vaiiy of the U.S. A. By mail everywhere: One year $6; six months $3: Machetian and BOBSCRIPTION RATES: two months $1; excepting Boroughs of Bronx. New York City, and foreign. which are: One vear $8: six months $4.50 d, -By FRED ELLIS Fight Against Imperialist War! Prepare for August 1st! Preparing the “Public Mind” for New Imperialist War By S. A. REVEREND RUSSELL, man of god, preached a sermon yesterday in which he apologizes to his congregation for the lack of success of the London “peace” conference. “No one would say that the conference was a failure, although it fell short of the mark,” he said, and then our most reverend follower of the gentle Jesus declares that the reason that peace comes so slowly in the peace conference is because many places on the world’s map are “laid out in red and this spells danger to the world.” He declares that the Soviets have no morals of sex and no sense of private ownership and no belief in god! “Therefore we are slow to disarm,” He also points to the terrible conditions in India as one of the reasons why we hesitate to give up our guns and battle ships. This most reverend gentleman, like:the pope, like Morgan and Mr. Hoover, is preparing the minds of his congregation for war and making them think it is god’s will even now before it starts. And the minister knows why “we” are feverishly arming for war. At the same time he brazingly says the peace conference was a conference for disarmament. He says it in the name of god and Mr. Hoover recently said it in the name of the state. How well they work together. Mr. Hoover declared: “In the event of war the United States will draft every bit of man power and all the wealth of the country for war service.” Mr. Hoover believes in the division of labor. The rich man will give a part of his wealth (like hell!) and the poor man will give his life. Thus history repeats itself, for in the last war, rich men gave their sons to the service of their country safe in a Washington office at a dollar a year (and graft), while the sons of the working class were sent into the trenches to be made into mince meat by cannon and* bombs. : Mr. Hoover is very severe about it—no play- ing around. He knows that the peace confer- ence was a dance. The United States got 323,- 000 tons of battle ships per year for the next few years out of it. Great Britain got hers out of it and per- mission is also given to “our” lesser cousins, Italy and France, to continue to build war machines. The peace conference cost a million doll rs and was heralded with the trcmpets | ‘of the angel of peace all over the world. It is surely a remarkable trick. “Our” delegates went to the peace conference and brought back permission to build more battle ships. . Reverend Russell points claerly to the fact that Red Russia is the main reason why, al- though “we” call a peace conference “we” cannot really talk about disarmament. Capitalism finds itself in the severest crisis in its history. Hoover talks of prosperity and the stock market crashes: Government officials declare that unemployment is passing and more millions of workers are thrown out of work. Indian workers are engaged in a revolution and the “socialist” Ramsay MacDonald sends British troops to shoot them down, being a perfect servant of the British crown and Brit- ish imperialism. The crisis has reached Ger- many and a ten per cent wage cut is made on a national scale. In Spain the workers are fighting wage cuts and getting beaten and shot in the same up-to-date manner as in modern America, and so on around the world. But in the Soviet Union, rapidly and steadily socialism is being built. Opposed to all this bedlam of imperialism and all anarchy of production and all this hell of starvation for unemployed work °s, Soviet Russia stands out, a shining light to the work- ers of the world. While the capitalist govern- 4), ments are rapidly decaying, the Soviet Union is growing stronger. Production is going for- ward at an unheard of rate, and through the tremendous industrialization all unemployment is rapidly coming to an end. For many years the capitalist governments of the world have looked for an excuse to crush the growing power of the Soviets. In order to declare war on the Soviet Union the capitalists of the world, and that means the capitalist governments of the world, must find an excuse that sounds reasonable to the worke of the world and a slogan around ‘ich t! y can rally the masses. Had they been sure of this in the past they would already have attacked the Soviets, but they ere not at all sure that these slogans will have the desired effect. Up to now the slogans have been “Russia eats babies” or “the Soviets are near collapse,” or “Red Russia killed the poor czar.” And the last most elaborate piece of lying propaganda was the world-wide religious frenzy against the Soviets which called upon the masses to begin a holy crusade against “Godless Russia.” In vain, None of this pitch sticks, except to the hands of the capitalist agents. But regardless of slogans the capitalists are preparing to attack the Soviet Union. Hence the “pea ” conference, Eence Mr. Hoover’s statement quoted above. And in this game the mouths of the Communists must be stopped for they are the ones who are show- ing up the whole game of capitalist imperial- ism and the attack on the working class which is intended to break the workers’ resistance to an attack on the Soviet Union, or to slaughter in a war between imperialist powers. The Indian rebellion and the Chinese revolu- tion together with the Soviets are making the “map red.” Reverend Russell says these red spots are a danger. And he is right. These red spots on the map are a danger to capital- ism and mean the extermination of capitalism, imperialism and war. Communist Party of Germany Greets 7th Convention of C.P.U.S. A. To the Convention of the Communist Party of U.S.A: The revolutionary proletariat of Germany greets the convention of the Communist Party of the United States. With pleasure and with pride do we watch the advance of the revo- lutionary mass movement in the stronghold of world imperialism, the successful mass mob- ilization for Unemployment Day, March 6, and the complete licvidation of the renegade group of Lovestone. We wish your gathering creat success in the establishment of a mass base for the Communist Party, for the only force which can organize a proletarian counter-offensive against the capitalist offensive, against im- perialist war and against the empoverishment of the masses, COMMUNIST PARTY OF GERMANY. CENTRAL COMMITTEE, Demand the release of Fos- ‘er, Minor Amter and Ray- mond. in prison for fighting for unemployment insurance. ELECTION By I. AMTER. (Written in Jail.) HE Party cannot yet claim that it has at- tained efficiency in Communist propa- ganda. Recently the Comintern made a sur- vey of the agitation for March 6th carried on in the leading Communist organs and found that the Daily Worker both before and after May First did the best work of the organs of the different Parties. The Daily Worke: not only had good general propaganda and agita- tion about. the scononiic and its de 7actat- upon the American workers, but ce the’ crisis abroad, Not only ‘he editorials but the worker correspondents helped to make the Daily Worker a real mobilizer. After March 6th, the Daily Worker linked up the situation and che demonstration with preparations for May First, thus connecting up the two events and the preparations for May First integrally with the s against the cri; and its effects upon the workers. After May First, but not so effectively, the “Daily Worker connected up March 6th and May First with the conventions of the various revolutionary unions and with the National Unemployment Convention on July 4th. After July 4th comes the election campaign. The agitation since May First has not been what March 6th was—but this was not the fault entirely of the Daily Worker. The work- er correspondents have not been so active since May First (nor before May First as com- pared with March 6th). This indicates that the comrades in the districts have not been on the job, Language Press Falls Down. How the language press functioned in the campaigns has not been thoroughly investi- gated. But we can take it for granted that, with exceptions, our language press has not been up to the mark. The old traditions of our language papers have not developed worker correspondents dealing with the vital questions of the crisis as they should. (The Liberator and the Woman Worker, although in English, are especially faulty in this respect; on the other hand, Labor Unity has tremendously im- proved!) This situation must be radically improved if the entire Party press is to function as part of the election machinery. This has two sides: the editorial staff, and particularly the com- rades in the districts. The-corps of worker correspondents must be increased if the elec- tion campaign ‘is to develop properly. Each district must immediately organize its worker correspondents and develop new ones. Explain thoroughly to them the significance of the election campaign, connecting it up with the fight for unemployment insurance, strikes against wage cuts and for wage increases, for the 7-hour day, 5-day week, for equal rights for Negroes, against imperialist war prepara- tions, for defense of the Soviet Union, and the other Party issues, If this is not done, the campaign will not be what it can be in this period—a real mobilization and organiza- tion of the workers for the struggle—an op- portunity such as the Party has never had. ° If this is not done, we will again find as we have found in the past, that the masses will support the Party in economic struggles and in demonstrations, but not in the parliamentary struggle. Leaflets Are Important. The Party press, by far, does not exhaust our propgaanda and agitation. The districts will issue leaflets. A leaflet is an important document, and just as the Comintern has pointed out that editorials must be short and popular in language, the leaflets must also follow these directions if we want them to be read and produce an effect on the workers. The districts must be aware that such words as “rationalization,” “chauvinism,” “opportun- ism,” ete., are not understood by the American workers. The American working class has, not had the theoretical training that, say, the Ger- man workers have had for 40 years. There is not in the United States the mass of working class literature and popular pamphlets that was issued in Germany and England, We have yet to create ‘"» literature and reach with it the masses of workers that have been permeated by the Parties of Europe. Other objective and subjective conditions make our work more difficult in this field. Therefore, brevity and simplification must prevail in our leaflets if they are to be ef- fective. One should not attempt to deal with everything in a leaflet. The leaflets should be so planned (and they must. be planned) that one or a few important phases are em- phasized in each one, even though there may also be a general leaflet. And most of all—just as in all our work, these leaflets must be concrete. We must deal not only with conditions, national and inter- national, but especially with conditions in the particular states and cities in which the cam- paign is being conducted. Then come shop papers. The report of the organization department of the Party in the June Communist shows a disgraceful situation in regard to shop papers in certain districts. Some long-established shop nuclei do not is- sue shop papers (some refuse to do so, others see no particular conditions in their plants, ete.). The Party must insist that each and eyery shop nucleus establishes and regularly issues its shop paper. During the election campaign special editions should be issued. These shop papers must not merely carry on agitation against conditions in the plant but connect them up with the general condi- tions. The subdivisions of articles into “econ- omic” and “political” must end There is a general practice throughout the districts to put the same political article into each shop paper issued in the district The result is that the political article is almost an abstrac- tin »s far as its relation to the workers of the yarticular shop are concerned. Conse- quently the workers do not well understand their connections with national and interna- tional developments in the working class move- ment. Examples Must Be Cited. For example, when speaking of the Soviet Union, its introduction can he effected best by comparing conditions in the particular in- dustry of the Soviet Union and the same in- dustry of the United States. The same thing in regard to rationalization, war, ete. It is now time that the district sees to it that the sections supervise the issuance of all shop papers issued in the sections. The nuclei must be made responsible for collecting and writing up the material and wherever possible for publishing, the papers, Raa ii | OPAGANDA IN THE CAMPAIGN The present practice of having a comrade in the district office write up the paper must cease. First of all, it deprives the nuclei of initiative and respons!..y and secondly, the papers have one character—devoid of the lan- guage of the shop, etc. Now comes the qu ion of speakers. There ser a ent practice in i ng the dis- trict office to all spea! Tne com- rades of the district are not always available, thus limiting the number of meetings possible. Above all, the nuclei and sections must develop their own’ speakers. These latter speakers familiarizing themselves with conditions in the shops of the section will become leaders among the workers of the section. There is a terrible scarcity of Party speakers (as of all function- aries) and new ones must be developed. Young, live comrades, men, and especially women, must be trained generally as speakers and especially for the election campaign. This must be done without delay. Only for special meetings should the district be asked for speak- ers. The speakers must learn how to American- ize their speaches, using simple language. They must understand that the workers’ vocab- ulary is very limited and does not include Party terminology. Lenin laid stress on simpli- city of language, and our Party has yet to learn the method. Where shall our propaganda be carried on? At and in the shops first and above all. Then in unions (A. F. of L, too); fraternal organ- izations, etc. Street corner rallies and hall meetings must be a subordinate consideration. Committees in charge: of the work—chair- men, sellers of the Daily Worker, Labor Unity and Party literature, etc., must be on hand in time. Unemployed comrades can serve in this capacity. Altho Communists working in shops know what punctuality is, in our Party we are slovenly about starting meetings. This prac- tice must stop if we wish to attract and hold the masses. Special Propaganda for Negroes. Special propaganda must be issued for Ne- gro, women and young workers. The Negroes are coming close to the Party. Women and young workers occupy a leading position in industry and must be drawn into the move- ment. This propaganda must not consist of a simple leaflet during the campaign, but a planned series of leaflets. To neglect these three categories of workers would be a serious shortcoming in our work. What has been said of the Party applies equally, and in some respects more so, to the Young Communist League, which must play a prominent part in the campaign. Young comrades can more easily collect, write up, prepare and issue shop papers. They can more readily be trained as speakers—they are less likely to have a foreign accent. Therefore the district of the League must not only cooperate but play a leading role in the campaign. The character of our propaganda should be so different from what it hitherto has been that the district bureaus must see to it that the District Agitprops immediately get on the job and organize it. This election campaign must be a real Com- munist campaign—Communist in organization and propaganda. We must organize ourselves for the work—in a well-planned manner; we must carry on our agitation and propaganda, delegating the respective duties and responsi- bilities to the sections, nuclei and members, urging every member to be active in the every day tasks. We must organize the masses for the sharp struggles coming. We must get a vote according to the influence our Party has attained, influence that will grow if we reach the workers, explaining the situation and dis- secting the system of exploitation that means only misery to them, explaining the situation and leading them in the. struggle. Plan and organize your work! Then—forward! Resolution of the Unemployed Convention on the “Daily Worker” HE unemployment convention held in Chi- cago, June 15, declares: That the Daily Worker, the official organ of the Communist Party of America and the only working class daily paper in the United States, is an indispensable weapon in the class strug- gle. The Daily Worker has rendered to the workers in this country immeasurable serv- ice in many struggles: The Passaic Strike, Gastonia, Struggle to free Sacco and Vanzetti, the Defense of the Soviet Union, ete. In the struggle against unemployment, the Daily Worker has proven to be a real champion of the working class. In the mobilizations for March 6 and May Day demonstrations, the Daily Worker has taken a leading role. The leadership of the international proletariat, the Communist International, in analyzing the work of the leading working class newspapers all over the world, finds the Daily Worker one of the best papers for the mobilization of these demonstrations. The Daily Worker is con- tinuing the struggle against unemployment and is the chief instrument in mobilizing the workers for the big Unemployment Conven- tion, July 4, 5, to be held in the city of Chicago. We declare our unreserved support to the Daily Worker, We will do everything pos- sible to maintain and develop the Daily Worker. 1. We will join the campaign for the $25,000 emergency fund. 2. We will join the campaign for the 60,000 new readers, 8. We will elect in our organizations spe- cial Daily Worker committees to popularize the Daily Worker among the members of our organizations, and get them to support, read, and subscribe for it. 4, The establishment of a Chicago Page will help us greatly in our struggles. We pledge to send workers correspondence for this special edition and in that way bring the Daily Worker closer to the workers of our organizations, mills, and factories, Long live the revolutionary struggle of the working class! Long live the Daily Worker, the official organ of the Communist Party. The Daily Werker is the Party’s hest instrument to make contacts among tte masses of workers, to build a mass Communist Party, —