The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 6, 1930, Page 4

Published by the Comprodatiy Page Four : New. Can Publishing y Te except Sunday E78 Cable New ¥ at 26-28 1 DAIWO Daily Contral Ly, AW Yorker’ em eck ines U.S.A. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: By mail everywhere: One year $6; six months $3; two months $1; excepting Boroughs of Maprhattan and Bronx, New York City. and foreign. which are: One yr. $8; six mons. $1.50 The Political Report of the Central Committee to the XVI. P arty Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Comrade J. Stalin’s Address on June 27, 1936 \L The Increasing Progress of and the Inner Situation of (Continued) } ‘al comprehen nst bureau- f purging ve, 1 and bureau- uation of sion of the March 1930, on the s in the work of the ment of the under! bered that this car n enormous upsurge and the working ampaign was a e authority of the g masses, the working masses ir th this ak- eds and thousands arty, the resolu- ers to join the Party and at one factories res of this car ign was he liber of our organizatio: from a f rea tic elem T old op- the Central Council of viet Union from the further competitions, n the factor d_ comprehen- > the elan of appeal of | + the stone rolling. } The Leninist eague and the young work- p supplemented by their work of the competitions It must be said that youth has played a great At the present moment that one of the most ors of our economic reconstruc- ost important, is the socialist ng on in our works and fac- made to hundreds and thous- y the results of alist the paign. f t s and wide-spread activities of the shock troops. Only the blind can fail to see th i ychology of the m and in towar wo an enormous ce, fund: mentally alter- ur works and factories. were heard among us ns and shock troops were | ” and already “bankrupt.” people are not even ac- ie, They are simply re- aeuats whose “wisdom” is out-of- e competitions and the shock positions already won and es- | a fact that among us at least | | | gar’ Ba as on workers have been reached by the compe and more than a million by the shock troop: The most remarkable point about the com- pet is that they have brought about a radical change in the views held with regard the Bullgine Up of Soctatiana! the Soviet Union. to work; for they have changed the conception of work from a degrading and heavy burden to a matter of honor, of fame, of virtue, and heroism. In the capitalist countries th ing similar to this, and there is nothing similar. In these countries, among the capitalists, the object most worth striving for, the object uni- re can be noth- versally approved, is to possess a pension, to live on the interest of one’s money, to be free of the work which is regarded as a despicable occupation. Here in the Soviet Union the matter is reversed, and the wish approved by all, is to become a hero of hero of the shock to lead in the work which casts an aureole of honor over millions of workers. Another no less remarkable point about the socialist competition is that it is beginning to extend to the village, and has already reached versal wish, the work, a troops, our Soviet and collective farms. The numerous facts of real working enthusiasm among the million masses on the Soviet and collective farms are known to all. Who would have dreamed, two years ago, of such successes on the part o' petition and the shock troops? The Party further mobilized the financial resources the country for the development of the Soviet and collective farms, supplied the Soviet farms with the most capable organiz ist com- soc’ of sent 25,000 class conscious workers to aid in the collective farms, placed the most capable nts in the collective undertakings at the head of these, organized a network of courses of instruction for the members of collective farms, laid herewith the foundation for the training of experienced and steadfast cadres for the collective farming movement. Finally, the Party reorganized its own ranks to be ready for the fight, re-equipped the press, organized the struggle on two fronts, shattered the remains of Trotskyism, swept aside the Right opportunists, isolated the conciliators, thereby securing the unity of their ranks on the basis of the Leninist line, a unity necessary for the suc ul offensive, and organized the correct leadership of the offensive by calling to order both the “cunct ” from the Right camp and the “Left” sectarians of the collective farming movement. These are the fundamental measures taken by the Party whilst conducting the offensive along the whole front. It is well-known to all that this offensive has been crowned with success in every sphere of our work. We see here the reason why we have been successful in overcoming a large number of the difficulties arising in the reconstruction period of our national economy. We see here the reason why we have been successful in overcoming the greatest difficulty of our reconstruction, the difficulty of bringing about the decisive turn of the peasant masses towards socialism. ar Chicago AF. ot L. Leadership Completely Social-Fascist By SAM DON. | IN the killing of Comrade Weisenberg, the so- cial fascist character and role of the Chicago Federation of Labor came out very clearly. The July 12th issue of the Chicago Federation News, in the most outspoken and brazen man- ner writ Red agitators looking for trouble on the street in the vicinity of 19 W. Adams Street, Local 147 of the Painters Union was holding a ceful meeting found what they were looking for. One of them was killed and another received injuries which will probably keep him from doing any agitating for some time” (my emphasis). The answer of the fas- cist leadership of the painters’ union to the nizing activities of the T.U.U.L. amongst the building trades workers (where unemploy- ment is daily on the increase and wage cuts the order of the day) is murdering and slug- ging in order to prevent the T.U.U.L. and its members “from doing any agitating for some time.” The killing and slugging was done with the open protection of the police department. This is even hinted, if not admitted openly, by the Federation News. They’ state, “No arrests were made by the police who certainly had no reason for protecting anybody who might be esponsible for what happened.” The killing of eisenberg once more demonstrated the) fas- cist character of the leadership of the A. F. of L. and its complete merger with the govern- ment and the bosses. The Crisi The building trades workers, in many re: pects being most affected by the growing crisi show the greatest number of unemployed. The rank and file membership of the A. F. of L. building les union begins to fight and in its struggle against the bosses it naturally | also turns against the strongest ally of the | bosses, the trade union officialdom of the A. F. of L. And it is precisely because of the growing pressure from below on the part of the building trac workers in the A. F. of L. unions that the leadership of the union is in- creasing the fascist attacks. The T.U.U.L, must particularly increase its activities in the building trades unions of the A. F of L, The answer to the fascist attack of the leadership of the building trades unions must be increased activities and the organiza- tion of the building trades workers, mobilizing them for open struggle with the social fascists. The merest beginnings of the activities of the T.U.U.L, and the Party in Chicago amongst the unemployed, the organization of 12 fune- tioning councils of unemployed (which is merely seratching the surface), the holding of the Na- tional Unemployed Convention in Chicago (in spite of the lamentable preparations) stirred up the unemployed in Chicago. The Chicago Federation of Labor leadership, fearing the growing influence and organizational activities of the Party and T.U.U.L. among the unem- ployed in Chicago, responded by increasing its “activities’—social fascist activities amongst * the unemployed. At the very first demonstra- tion of the Party in connection with March 6, Durkin, the vice-president of the building trades council, urged the police to break up the demonstration of the unemployed. Proyocateurs. On the eve of the National Unemployed Con- vention in Chicago Durkin pronounced all the coming unemployed delegates as hoodlums and once more urged the police to break up the demonstration and arrest the unemployed dele- gates. Oscar Nelson, vice-president of the Chicago Labor Federation of Labor and an im- portant figure in the Thompson fascist admin- istration also happens to be the head of the judiciary committee of the city administration. It is no accident that the demands of the Chi- cago Unemployed Council and the delegation of the unemployed council were referred to Mr. Nelson. The bosses’ udministration delegated to the leaders of the A. F. of L. the active role of fighting the organization of the unemployed. As chairman of the judiciary committee, when he finally, after mass pressure of the Chicage unemployed workers, was compelled to receive the delegation, he carried through the strike- breaking role to perfection, The :'cady growth of unempl_y out the ¢ ent th as * in the big industries eon- in “+0, the growing (but far what the situz.ion demands) activ ‘ies and Party amongst the un- from of the T.U.U.L. employed confronts the bourgeoisie with the necessity of using the social fascists of the Chieago Fede:ation <f J-bo as a break in the struggle of the unemployed and particularly to prevent the Party and T.U.U.L. from gain- ing leadership in those struggles. In the July 12th issue of the Federation News on unemployment we come across the following interesting statement: “. . . but I believe our listeners will agree that there is nothing more dangerous confronting the nation than millions of men an! women searching for work in vain, and if they are forced to accept starvation wages, the problem is not solved by a long shot.” This sentence brings to our minds also, the statement of Green to the Congressional Com- mittee “threatening” that the growing unem- ployment will lead to revolution, The Chicago Federation of Labor is out to save the nation (bosses) from this g owing danger. They are therefore making all sorts of gestures to give the workers the illusion that they are fighting unemployment and primarily taking steps to fight the T.U.U.L. One of these gestures and steps were announced by the Chicago Federa- tion of Labor in connection with Labor Day. At its last meeting, Secretary Knuckles re- porte . » now the price of admission has been made nominal (referring to Labor Day meeting at the Stadium—S.D.) because of the unemployed situation an! because we want to get a birds eye view of how much the people of this city and country are interested in the unemployment problem and if we fill the sta- i | Foreigners sometimes inquire about the in- t ituation in the Soviet Union. But can there be any doubt that the inner uation of the Soviet is firm and unshakeable? We only need cast a glance at the the growing crises capitalist countries, and unemployment in these countries, the strikes and lockouts, the anti- governmental demonstrations—how can y comparison be drawn between the inner situa tion in these countries and in the Soviet Union? Musteites Sell Out Hosiery Workers By MARTIN RUSSAK. July 8 the national convention of the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers of the United Textile Work- ers, after being in session at Philadelphia for two weeks, closed with the ratification of a new national agreement that had been drawn up by the Musteite officials and the Manufactur- ers Association. The new agreement presents 17,000 member of the Federation and more than 80,000 hosiery workers throughout the country with the most sweeping rationalization dium we can call attention as in no other way to the fact that we are seriously interested in unemployment and things cannot go on as they have been.” It is quite clear that if the unemployed workers begin to fight and the T.U.U.L. organizes them, the A. F. of L. be- comes “seriously” interested in the unemploy- ment problem. Seriously interested in for what purpose? For the definite purpose—through fascist methods to actively break the move- ment of the unemployed workers and to chal- lenge our leadership amongst them. This is the meaning of the recent gestures of the Chicago Federation of Labor. We Must Act! We must not adopt a fatalistic attitude. ; The unemployed workers will not of themselves go and ask for leadership. If we do not go to them the gestures of the social fascists will fool and betray the workers. Nor will we suc- ceed in organizing the unemployed and em- ployed workers merely through propaganda. We must go out to them and organize them and that means, first of all, the building of the T.U.U.L. and unemployed councils. The social fascists propose to utilize Labor Day as a day in which they will, through their gestures, expect the unemployed to come under their influence and thus prevent them from struggling. Labor Day must be turned into a day of unemployed demonstrations that will surpass all of our previous ones and when we say surpass we mean better and more organ- ization. We cannot possibly establish our leadership amongst the unemployed and em- ployel workers if this is not linked up with decisive struggles sgainst the social fascist strureies which must be carried on in open with the broadest mass support of the workers, the | | ‘The Capitalist or the Socialist Economic System We have gained an idea of the inner situ- ation in the Soviet Union. At the same time we have gained an idea of the inner situation in the most important capitalist countries. Involuntarily the question arises: If we com- pare these pictures, what are the results? This question is the more interesting as the bourgeois politicians of all countries, the bour- LLY) By BARD and wage-cut that has ever been attempted in the industry. The new wage schedules force a direct wage- cut of 15 per cent upon the workers. The argee- ment also puts into effect at one stroke the vicious two-machine system. -Hitherto the or- ganized hosiery mills, constituting 40 per cent of the industry, have been, through the mili- tancy of the yank and file union members, the main bulwark of opposition to the increase of machines per knitter which has been carried out in Kenosha, Nazareth, Aberle of Phila- delphia, and many other unorganized mills. (The leggers in the Aberle are now running four machines each.) The Musteite officials have gone over the head of the workers who for years have been fighting bitterly against the speed-up. The fake “progressive” Muste- ites have capitulated completely and on a na- tional scale to the rationalization plan of the manufacturers in its entirety. The hypocritical excuse of the officials, with which they attempt to cover up their betrayal, is: “To compensate the knitter for the lowered rates, he will be permitted to increase his earning capacity by operating two machines.” Drives Out Half. The officials, in cooperation with the bosses, are thus driving 50 per cent of the knitters out of the industry. Another feature of the new agreement will drive out of the mills at least 2,000 young male workers in Philadelphia alone, and thousands more in other sections. In view of these facts, the big noise made about unemployment at the convention was clearly a fake gesture to deceive the masses of hosiery workers who are demanding action on the unemployment question. Furthermore, no unemployment relief is to go into effect until a year from now, and then it is to be administered by the bosses out of | a fund raised costly from the workers! Can't Become Knitters. One of the most significant features of the new agreement is its vicious discrimination of the unskilled young workers, both men and girls. The knitters, who are the skilled workers operating the machines, have one helper per machine. For years these helpers have been young male workers, \.ho are taken n as ap»rentices and become knitters themselves in two or three years. Under the new agreement, these boys are to’ ~enlaced by girls who will be paid (on paper) $15 a week and will not be allowed to become knitters. All these girls geois press of every degree, from the notori- ously capitalist to the Menshevist-Trotskyist, shriek as from one throat about the “prosper - ty” of the ‘decay” and “financial and economic collapse” of the Soviet Union. What, we ask, are the results of an elec of the situation here in the Soviet Union, and there, in the capitalist countries? Let us enumerate the most important and gen- erally known facts. Among the capitalists there prevails an eco- nomic crisis and a decline of production, both in industry and agriculture. In the Soviet Union there is an economic ad- vance and a growth of production in every branch of national economy. Among the capitalists a worsening of the material situation of the workers, reduction of wages, increasing unemployment. In the Soviet Union an improvement of the material situation of the workers, ng wages, decreasing unemployment. Among the capitalists an increasing number of strikes and demonstrations, involving the loss of millions of working days. In the Soviet Union an «bsence of strikes, and a growing enthusiasm for work among the workers and peasants, bringing our economic system millions of additional working days. Among the capitalists the aggravation uf the inner situation, the growth of the revolutionary movement in the working class against the capitalist regime. In the Soviet Union the consolidation of the inner situation and the rally of the millions of the working masses around the Soviet power. Among the capitalists increasing acuteness in the national question, the growth of the national liberation movement in India, Indo- China, the East Indies, in the Philippines, etc., developing into national wars. In the Soviet Union the consolidation of the bases of national fraternity; secure national peace, and the rally of the millions of the peo- ples of the Soviet Union around the Soviet power. Among the capitalists—confusion and the prospect of a further worsening of the situ- ation. With us, in the Soviet Union, confidence in our own powers, and the prospect of a further improvement of the situation. There is much talk of the “decline” of the Union, of the “prosperity” of the capitalist countries, ete. Would it not be more correct to speak of the inevitable decline of those who have been drawn so “unexpectedly” into the whirlpool of the economic crisis and who are still unable to free themselves from the quick- sands of their decay? What are the causes of this serious failure among the capitalists, and of the striking suc- cess in the Soviet Union? It has been said that the status of national economy largely depends upon the superfluity or shortage of capital. This is of course true. Are the crises in the capitalist countries and the rise of the Soviet Union to be explained by our surplus and their lack of capital? Cer- apitalist. countries and about the | tainly not. It is surely known to everyene that the Soviet Union possesses considerably less capital than the-capitalist countries. Were it a question of the status of accumulation, we should have the crisis and the capitalist coun- tries would be enjoying the upward trend. It has been said that economies depend grea ly on the organizational and technical training of the economic cadres, This is of course true, Are the crises in the capitalist countries and the rise of the Soviet Union therefore to be explained by their lack and our superfluity of technical cadres? Most certainly not. It is surely common knowledge that the capitalist countries possess much Jarger technically trained cadres than we do. We have never concealed the fact, nor intend to do so, that in the sphere of technics we are the pupils of the Germans, English, French, Italians, and above all and especially of the Americans. Therefore the surplus or shortage of technical cadres is not the decisive factor here, although the pro- blem of cadres is of serious importance for the development of national econom Perhaps the solution of the riddle is to be found in the fact that our cultural level is higher than that of the capitalist countries? Again this is not the case. Everyone knows that among us the cultural level of the masses of the people is lower than in the United States, England, Germany, etc. No, it is not the culture of the masses which plays the decisive role here, important as this is for the develop- ment of national economy. Perhaps the reason lies in the personal qual- s of the leading men of the capitalist coun- But again the answer is no. The crises have arisen simultaneously with the establish- ment of the rule of capitalism, For more than 100 years there have been periodical crises in capitalist economy, recurring every twelve, ten, eight, or fewer years. All the capitalist parties, all the more or less prominent repre- sentatives of capitalism, from the outstanding “genius” down to the average man, have tried their powers towards “preventing,” or “re- medying” the crises. But all have failed. Is it therefore any matter of wonder that Hoover and his disciples too have failed? No. It is not a question of the leaders or parties of capital- ism, although these leaders and parties are of not inconsilerable importance in the matter. What, then, is the reason? How is it that the Soviet Union, in spite of its cultural back- wardness, in spite of its lack of capital, its lack of technically trained and experienced eco- nomic cadres, is in a state of economic advance- ment, able to record decided successes in the work of economic : construction, whilst the eap- italist countries, i spite of their surplus cap- ital, their surplus of technical workers, and in spite of their higher cultural level, are in a state of growing economic crisis and are suf- fering defeat after defeat in the field of eco- nomic development? The cause is to be found in the difference of the economic system in the capitalist coun- tries and in the Soviet Union, The cause is to be found in the bankruptcy of the capitalist system of economy. The cause is to be found in the advantages of the Soviet system as, compared with the capitalist system, “Prosperity Around the Corner” in Chicago By MARTIN SAILOR sce the unemployed demonstrations in Chi- cago the capitalist press is trying to boister up the morale of the petty shop keepers, little and big bosses, and also attempting to fool the unemployed and starving workers with fake stories about the coming prosperity. The actual facts are hidden behind fake headlines. But the facts, especially on the financial pages, speak louder than the fake headlines. Prosperity Uses*Police to Turn Away Hungry Thousands of unemployed flock every day to Evanston, the suburb of Chicago, where some of the “better class” live, asking for food. “Hun- gry hordes” are besieging the St. Francis hos- pital begging for food — reported Dr. D. L. Hedburg to the chief of police. He asked for police protection against the hungry unem- ployed workers. Two policemen were stationed at the hospital to keep the hungry away. A “veterans’ employment week” was declared in Chicago, in an attempt to pacify the veter- ans of the world war who fought for “democ- racy and prosperity” and are starving today. They are grumbling. Thousands of them par- ticipated in the unemployed demonstration. Something has to be done about it, so a “vet- erans’ employment week” was declared. The city council passed a resolution urging the em- ployers “to help those who helped the country in time of war by hiring a vet.” And how aoout the hundreds of thousands of other starving workers? From eight radio stations they asked for jobs for the veterans, but on most of the gates of the factories they have the Hoover- will be forced to join the “union” and pay high dues, al] dues having been raised by this convention. The policy of the officials is to bare themselves more exclusively than ever upon the highly-paid skilled workers by attack- ing the young and unskilled workers, and to play off the older and skilled workers against the masses of young and unskilled workers who are more militant. Ready to Rebel. The mood of the hosiery workers has been expressed in deeds during the past year. At its previous convention a year ago the officials of the Federation granted the double machine system on 39 “gg” machines and “equalized” wages by means of a series of wage-cuts. The workers in the mills were geners!'y opposed to the decisions of that convention! Spontane- ous walk-outs oeev: 2d in various departments of many union mills. The recent important Aberle strike in Philadelphia alse expressed the mood of both organized and unorgan‘zed workers. Today the hosiery workers are ready co in spite of A demand for a gen- eral strike against the new 4 and the two-machine system is growig the or- ganized workers. (To be continued) ized sign: “No Help Wanted.” On the appli cation ca some of the men stated they were out of work for a year and the numbers de- pendent on them range from one to seven. At the Universal Atlas Cement, a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation, they are introducing the eight-hour shift, until now they are working a twelve-hour shift. The eighthour shift is not heing introduced because the steel trust is becoming more human, but because they are curtailing production. The official explanation for the change is that this “is in atcordance with the eight-hour policy of the Steel Corporation.” But all who remem- ber the steel strike remember how workers were shot down and kllled in Hammond in the struggle for the eight-hour day, how machine guns were planted in the streets of Gary to prevent the workers from obtaining the eight- hour day. But now the stee! trust claims the eight-hour day as its policy. Many factorie have now a “policy” of a five-day week ani less. Many workers are now working only few days a week. Headlines and Financial Sections at Odds As a glaring example of the faked prosperit: in the headlines of the capitalist press we read in the Chicago Tribune financial section: July; Building Gains 81 Per Cent Over Previou: Month,” and in the financial section of the Daily News we read the following about. build- ing construction: “New Chicago construction, contracts let in the period from Jan, 1 to July 25 amounted to $74,016,300, against $225,926, 700 in the ‘same period last year, according t the F. W. Dodge Corporation.” Not man, workers read the financial pages of the capi talist press, and inany of those who read them| will fall for the fake headlines about prosper-) ity waiting around the corner, In the meantime the unemployed workers are] starving. A child died this week in the home o an unemployed worker for the lack of food and| medical aid. The parents had no money fo: the doctor, and no food for the other children. Some of the unemployed are committing sui- cide for the lack of food in the richest coun try in the world, where the government offi cials are advising the farmers to cut down th production of wheat, because we have had too’ much food. The last jobless victim to commit suicide is Frank Schmitz, a carpenter, wh swallowed poison. Class Conscious Workers Organizing But the class conscious unemployed worker: are not going to commit suicide, nor will the; starve. They are organizing into Councils of Unemployed to fight for and demand WORK OR WAGES from the exploiters who made their profits from the toil of the workers, who are now unemployed and starving. They demand all the funds assigned by the govern- ment for armaments be turned over for the re- lief of the unemployed. NOT A CENT FOR WAR — ALL FUNDS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED!