The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 26, 1934, Page 4

a. ~~ rations, but that they can well pro- - considerations; this task at times in- DAILY WORKER, Concessions of Ruling Essential Ques This is the seventh of the series of articles on the theories and prac- tices of Austrian Social Democracy delivered as a speech by one of the leading theoreticians of the Com- munist Internationsi before a ses- sion of ths Communist Youth In- ternational more than a year ago. In today’s article, Manuilsky dis- cusses Bauer's Social-Fascist theory that Central Europe cold not tak~ same path as the victorious Russian Reve'ution of 1917. By D. Z. MANUILSKY Was There and Is There 2 Dic‘ator- ship of the Bourseoisie in Austria? In the bourgeois republic, such as Austria, replies O'to Bauer, there is no dictatorship. It does not mean the | unlimited rule of the bourzeoisie. | Here the bourgeoisie rule with the| help of bourgeois parties, the electors of which are the petty-bourzesisie, Office workers and officials, and ‘he bourgeoisie are compelled to make concessions to them, he says. In this reply, Otto Bauer tries to slur over! the fundamental cuestion of in whose hands the power lies by general tolk sbout the “concessions” made by the | hourereoisie, in limiting ‘heir dicta-| torship. | In reality, he neglects the question | of the class essence of power, giving | in its stead a legal distinction be- tween the parliamentary form cf government and dictatorship, and this “legal” (juridical) attitude to the question of “democracy” and “dic- tatorshin” is typical of all interna- tional Social-Fascism. The latter needs it for the infamous purpose of its practical policy, so that it can put into a single ca*egory—the dict>tor- Ship in the U. S. S. R. where the workers hold the power, and the fas- cist dictatorship in Italy or Germany where the bourgeoisie held the power. combining them into the general con- ception of “dicta’orshin” and con- tzast'ns them to “democracy.” HE question of who holds the real power is decided by which class owns the means of produc- tion, “hus—and only thus—have revolutionsry Marxists ivvariabl put the enestion of the character of class rule. The number of “con- sessions” made by the rulinx clac may chanze the fo-m of class dom- ination—but not its essence. The very axtent of these “roncessions” depends on the relatienship of forces as ‘ietermined by the class | struggle of the proletariat, Alike | im monarchies or republics, or fas- | cist dictatorships, the means of Producticn, the banks, the rail- roads, 2 considersble part of the land, etc.. are in the hands of the capitalists, bankers and landlords. The form may change, but the con- tent of class rute under capitalism remains the stme—the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. The Class That Owns Means Of Production Has Power | “democrats” €lass Do Not Change tion of Power The people at the helm of state may change. The political parties of the bourgeoisie may change. The “rights” and “le! may reploce each other. As circumstances de- mand, they put forward the various Political programs of their govern- ments, but all these parties and gov- ernments are defenders of the insti- tution of private property and cap- italism. The bourgeoisie and the landlords, irrespective of any fric- tion that may ‘ake place between them, find it profitable, as the com- mending class, to have two agents— the “rights” and the “lefts,” the and the fascists—so as *o fool the masses the more easily. Capalist Democracy Hides Bour- geois Dictatorship The change of the various bour- geois parties in power does not alter the fact that the whole apvaratus of state violence remains in the hands of the bourgeoisie—he police, the detectives, the army. the jails, etc. In this apnaratus, continuity invariably prevails; only the hicher officia's change, because the party which comes to power, as the result of a general election. provides sinecures as a reward for its orofessional noli- *ielans who sre recruited chiefly from the so-called liberal vrofessions. The whole of the basic versonnel of the state avparatus, the schools and the church, consisting as it does of faithful servants of the bourgeoisie and canitalism formed by years of careful selection, nass from left to rith*. or vice versa. Therefore the tack of the proletariat. as a class which stends for the annihilation of eonitalism, is for the proletarian rev- olntion to destrov this o'd apnaratus of class rule, ard Fuild 2 new apva- ratus of proletarian dictatorship. Because the electors of bourgeois politica! varties are the vetty bour- geoisie. the officials and the peas- antry, the nature of these parties does not change, for these classes and social grovns occuny an ‘ntermed‘ate position. They waver between the proleteriat and the bourvesisi>. They respect force and usually join the side which nossesses and disvlays this force. Though fascism in a number of countries relics on the petty bourgeois, this does not alter the basic fact that fascism is an agent of monopoly capi‘al. (To Be Con‘inued) MINERS BUY “DAILY” Roslyn, Wash. Dear Comrades: Enclosed you will find a money jorder for which please send me a bundle of the Saturday edition of the Daily Worker. The last issue I sold’ out and I sold them at the union meetings of the Western Miners Union of Amer- ica, an independent miners’ union. . HELEN E HAve, .cvious artic.e, pointed out that the activity of | Women in the volutionary labor movement need not differ essentially, from that of men. We have indi- fated that ihe starting point of their * activities may be the tasks in which they have become profi it because | “these tasks ( sewing, and so) ‘have been forced upon them for gen- ceed from these poin @irect struggle beside their men, in unions, on picket lines, at meetings, @nd on the barricades, as in Vienna. “©°Tt is incumbent on us, however, clarify the ques- men and ‘women, which rages continuously in the bourgeois press—and for a good “Yéason too, as we shall see. To argu: w! are “superior’ hot 2 questi Women differ biologically Women have the task of be Children. This is the basic and un alterable faci which w u deal in « sensi This task of bearing children im- poses upon women the need of cer- tain things and certain special health to 2 more capacitates them for the perform- » ance of the labor necessary to pro- duce, distribute, and keep in order the commodities upon which our liv- ' ing depends. (Food, shelter, cloth- ie etc.) as women, require specific Working conditions, just as miners, ‘for instance, require specific work- ‘ing conditions. Despite periodic in- 5 women, as has been out by other writers, are geols women are not particu- interested in securing these ecilal demands, because they are ; faced with problems of factory When they have babies or ill with menstrual pains, they buy the time and care they therefore, though women have demands, special needs, the n of winning them falls upon m, like other groups of work- have special demands to make _ the State in regard to their conditions. This fact must as to who their enemies are. S women’s organizations are fighting for “equal rights.” organizations, and especially ir leaders, are nevertheless enc- of the real emancipation of pro- Nn women, as a close examina- their activities shows. Stevens Sees Feminism g Goal” says a headline in the + York World-Telegram. Doris “A leader of the militant Woman's Party,” returned e United States aboard the Barbara, from a Pan-Ameri- | of Women Voters ama) by LUKE can Conlercice in Montivideo, “where,” she said, “women’s rights were for the first time given the con- sideration they deserve.” Counting the Chickens . . . Miss Stevens is happy because the Equal Nationality Convention was Signed by the United States. We quote: “This treaty guarantees to mothers, equally with fathers, the right to transmit nationality to chil- dren and permits women the rights of voluntary naturalization now en- joyed by men.” (They have always enjoyed the same liability to de- portation in case of working-class activity). “3ut I am happy,” says Miss Stev- | ens, “to side with the government in its decision that the convention} f sufficient value to desorve cur ment, even i special leg- tion within the ious countries is necessary before it becomes law this treaty will abolish old and out- worn distinctions between the sexes in these countries in the matter of administering property, obtaining di- vorce, or entering into business.” Here we have a very sharp, pretty Picture of what the battling bour- geois ladies are fighting for. Matern- ity imsurance for factory workers? No. Socialized creches and restau- rants, to release working women from housework? No. Three days @ month off from work, as is the privilege of women in the Soviet Union? No. Stools, so women in factories and stores can sit down occasionally, as their bi-egic con- stitution demands? No. -’ree birth control clinics, and so on? No. “Administering property — obtain- | the divorce—entering into business.” This is what most concerns the bourgeois ladies. They want the same chance their men have, to exe ploit their proletarian sisters, by ‘en- tering into business’—to open Tea Shoppes and Tipsy Taverns and hire pretty, destitute proletarian girls to entertain the customers for Madam Boss’ profit. And Now for the Laugh “Equal Rights Triumph,” says a | sub-title in the above-mentiontd ar- ticle. And here’s a passage near the end of the article: “Another woman Passenger on the Santa Barbara was Mrs. Cor#2ll Hull, whose husband left the ship at Panama. Mrs, Hull was invited to come north on the warship Richmond, but Mr. Hull felt that for a woman to travel on that ship would be a breach of martime etiquette.” And that, comrade working- woman, is a sample of the “emanci- pation” we can look for under capi- talism. Our demands will not be handed to us on a platter: we'll con- tinue to get less consideration than a hen gets when she lays an egg, The nother in the bourgeois press about the fights for “equal rights” serves a definite purpose for the rul- ing class—to keep proletarian women from fighting for genuine concessions tens of | own. as the League}! Pottery Workers Ont on Strike in Kast Liverpool, 0. By a Worker Correspondent | EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio—The “batterouts,” “mould-r "ard “cun-ballers” came out on strike on Monday, Feb. 18. These are the | names of some of the crafts engazed jin the pottery industry. These men jare engaged directly by the “fieger- | men,” who hid one of the most re-| | Sdonsible and skilled of the pottery | |trades, and also one of the most| | hivhly paid. | Formerly the jiggermen received all | the moneys to pay their help, namzly, | | the above-named s'‘rikers and the/| | “finishers,” who are the women work- | ers on the crew. Now it is the policy| of the industry to issue checks from the ofice to pay the members of the | crew. a'thouch the amount is deter-| |mined by the jiggermen. | | The bat‘er-outs, mould-runners | | and cup-ballers are out on: strike| |for a uniform wage, to be paid | directly bv the firm. | When the workers came out on | strike, thev were affiliated with the | | National Brotherhood of Onerative | Potters. ‘urn is’ affiliated | with the A. F. of L. | After continue! refusals of the} | Brotherhood to adjust the inequali-| | ties of the wages and to set a stand-| | ard price, to be prid by the firm, ‘he | |men welked out, handed their char-| |ter to the president, whom they d>-| | nounced with the rest of the A. F.} jof L. heads, Immediately they were | | denied the vrivileges of the use of} |the Bro‘herhood. hell. and so they| engaged the Eagles Hall and set uw | | an indeperident organization of their Now this organization is called “unfair” by the N. B, of O. P., and the president, Mr. Duffy, issued a 24-hour u'timatum for the men to| {return to their jobs. Bu‘ the men/ met and decided to continue their | struggle. The strike is exte-“int to| other pottery towns in this recion. Although the bosses have adver- ‘ised for men to take the places of | those on strike, they have been un- | successful. A representative from the Youngs- town section of the Sheet and Metal | Workers’ Industrial Union talked to| | a small committee of the men cn strike and expressed the desire of | the organization to render every as- | sistance possible to the struggle. | Leaflets were issued stating this posi- | tion, calling on the workers to | broaden the strike, and to be on ‘heir | guard against the treachery of the) | officials of the Brotherhood and of | the A. F. of L. officials. Canton City Gov't | Aids Bank Against Strike of Bus Men, Rv a Rekervy Truck Driver CANTON, Ohio, Feb. 20—The local city government, ‘nder the leader- shin of Mavor Turrbull. ts sing every possible method to break the strik- of the hus drivers. who hove | Struck eeainst the a~hitration board’s | failure to act. excent to morallv de- fend the position of the bus com- panv, |. To date a few small concessions jhave been offered by the come>y, | het these have not been accented hy | the workers, who demand 6214 and 60) |e-nts an hour. That the ctrike cou'd be successful is beyond question, providing certain weaknesses are eliminated, as fo'lows: 1. The strike | committee must become resvonsible | to all the bus drivers, call daily meet- | ings, if necessary, to smash the rumors in the press and city gov- ernment. The strike committee must be the spokesmen, end not individu- als, such as Oliver Wynkoop, presi- dent ¢? the local. 2. The bus drivers must revudiate “peaceable” conferences and “nesc2- hie” vicketing, as an onlv solution. Ther mut rni orvanized st a few small cons S, only this wil win others. a Tt is the Besceab!= sollehorotion which is ~ 3 2 form cf son-/ es mad> by union cffi- |cials (offer to work for 55 and 54/ cents an hour durin= another revicd of truce). Every bun driver must be mobilized on picket lines. | 3. An answer must be made to the | noison in the vress, which mobilizes | the people against the strikers. The Central Labor Union, while having given lip service to the strike. must be compelled to carry this issue into | every A. F. of L. local, as a first voint on their agendas, for moral and ma- terial supvort. Other organizations, wherever workers are found, must be approached. The bus drivers must understend that the strike belones to all Canton workers, and that a victory here will aid us all 4. A break must be made with city | officta's, who susnend all laws to break the strike. allowing cabs to he imported from other towns and to overate without licenses, als) now Inviting all car owners to turn their cars into taxis, to charge anvthing | thev nlease to haul passengers, and under no oblization to these nassen- vers in case of accidents. This must be emrhacized, since this government enferces drivers’ licenses against bus and truck drivers, 5. But drivers must be on guard against any attemvt to use this strike as a vretext for tekiny away the hus franchise. Recent rumors tell of huge transnortrtion cornorations dickering for the city’s franchise, but these cor- norations want hivher fares. This strike must not resu't in hizher fares, but must result in lower charges by banking cavital, and higher waves to the emn'oyes. The National Bank | would like to‘unload this bus com-) pany stock, due to so much in frozen assets. That something is being hetched behind the se-nes, is proven by the Rerovitory of Feb. 11. where the Canton Rteil Merchants’ Roard cal's uvon the Mayor to take steps to lease or set up a muricinal trans- vortation system. It begins to apnear that the strike fs being used to fur- ther this end, that the city govern- ment, expert wage cutters, shall be- come directly responsible to the bank- ers in enforcing wage cuts on the bus which will cost the bourgeoisie money, ™ drivers, as they have done with all city employes, HOW A. & P. WITH N.R.A. TRICKERY By a Worker Correspondent BROOKLYN.—Just a few lines ex- vosing A. & P. chain store tactics, which I learned through an A. & P. nanager. The former store managers that were getting $35 and 1% per cent per week were taken out so that cheaper priced managers were nut in their stead. After a few weeks lay-off the CUTS PAY | former were taken back as assistant | managers at $18 per week. | After working for $18 for the past two weeks, the Ay & P. superintendent |cerved notice on all store managers |that assistants will report to work daily at 10 a. m. instead of 8 a. m., thereby reducing their wages to $15 | per week. 412 per week are now reduced to two days per week, in other words, $4 per week. They also exnect these same clerks to produce in two days what they produced in six days. This manager, for whom I have the utmost regard, is so discouraged with these tactics that he is constantly prayiny for something to happen to right this wrong. I called his attention last week to the expose of Roulston chain stores that you published in the “Daily” and he thought it was won- derful on your part to expose it. He osked me not to reveal his identity for fear of losing his job. Woolworth and the NRA (By a Worker Correspondent) LYNWOOD, Pa.—(As told by one} of the employees of the Woolworth Stores.) Before the N.R.A., we received from $7.50 to $8. That, of course, depended onthe number of years a girl was employed. The extra girls received $6.25 per week for 54 hours of, work and if one did not work 50 hours she received 13 cents an hour. Then our “beloved” employer sign- ed the N.R.A. code, which, of course, Was a “good” deal to the employees, for then our wages went to $13 a week to the steady girls and $12 for extra girls for 40 hours a week and employed more girls, BUT, the girls did not work 40 hours a week. They had to be con- tent with three hours a day, most of them. Fé2n this was tco good to last. One week later, the working force was |cut in half, one girl doing the work of two. One week after the cut in the working force, we also got a cut in wages from $12 to $10 for the steady girls, and the extras, 20 cents an hour for 48 hours per week, which is a decrease in wages and an in- crease in hours, the girls now doing the work of two. One week after that, the extra girls were cut again to 18 cents an hour. Then the Christmas holidays came when more girls were needed, so the results were another wage cut. The girls were cut to 16c an hour andthe girls that work steady got $10 a week for 54 hours. So the N.R.A. was a good way to bring to us a reduction in wages and an increase in hours, and a cut in the working force, while our employer gives out a press release boasting of & profit of $22,050,346. We work long hours for a starvation wage. Note the clipping taken from the “Wilkes-Barre Evening News” of Jan. 31, 1934. (The clipping reads: “Wool- worth Stores Gain in 1933 Earnings. Reports $2.94 Share Net for 1933, against $2.27 in preceding period. Cash Fund $22,050.346.” The above letter shows how this was done— Editor.) “Five Can Live on $5 a Week and Grow Fat,” Says Diet “Specialist” By a Worker Correspondent PITTSBURGH, Pa.—A family of five may live on five dollars a week. and even “grow fat,” if they spend their money as Inez M. Hobart, Uni- versity of Minnesota specialist in scientific starvation prescribes. The report, featured in the local | press here, divides the money to be spent as follows: milk and cheese, $1.30; vegetables and fruits, $1.20 or jess; cereal, bread and dried beans, $1 or less; leaving $1 for butter, lard, sugar, bacon, molasses, tea, coffee, meat, fish, etc. I would like to see some of these numercus specialists in starvation for workers live on the diets they pres- cribe to “help” the workers. Al- though millions of workers live on less than $5 a week, the specialist who shows the workers how, prob- ably spends more than that every day. Ask your friends and fellow workers to subscribe to the Daily Worker. 421 New Members Per Week Averaged By IWO Last Month By MAX BEDACHT E carrying out of the six months Workers Order is progressing. The general ectivi in most branches are couside: improved. This is shown by the growth of the regular recruiting activities. The branches and members have learned that the building of a proletarian organiza- tion is an important every-day prob- Jem. It cannot be solved by membershi p drives now and then. Itmust be solved by systematic activities of daily the by acat life. of its inner Daag sda conudauels wwVi- ties, we achiev. seVerai advan- tage. iTS Ui Be. we Mc wit aU. OL Aue wwemoers in we waned, Aa sd avuve be O, ovanc.. yeneraics activitics on .2e bare of its .aembersuip. it spzeas up those who are aireauy moving. it sets into mcovion membe.s who nefore have been comp:etely inactive. Then, secondiy, it maxes member- ship in the I. W. O. more attractive for the workers in general. By creating activities and political life in the branches. we therefore create a continuous influx of new mem. bers. That we are moving in this direc- tion is shown by the fact that in the four weeks since the closing of the membership drive, we have’taken in 1,684 new members, or an average of 421 members per week., At the same time, we aave added to our role 435 children, which makes a total of 116 per week. This growth excecds that achieved in many past membership drives, Youth Recruiting March Ist, a general drive of the Order wiil start’ to build cur English, Youth and Children sections. The City Central Ccmmitiees have al- ready made some preparations. How- ever, much is yet to be done. It is of utmost importance that we try to generate collective activi- ties in this drive. For the recruiting of youth mem- bers into the Order, we have an im- mediate reservoir in the sons and daughters of our own members. We must tap this reservoir. During the month of March every branch of the Order should hold a public discus- sion meeting o nthe subject, “The Internaticnal Workers Order and the Young Workers.” We have an out- line prepared as an introduction for the discussion. The cultural diroc- tors of the branches should obtain this outline. The outline can either be read as an introduction with the discussion following, or it can be given to a speaker to be uscd as an outline for an introductory speech on the subject. The branch executives shall carry on an intensive campaign among the members to bring their own sons and daughters to these meetings. The mémbers of the youth branches of the same neighborhoods shall be mobil- | ized to come and bzing their fellow | 4 plan of work of the International| Workers and fellow students along | with them. | The meviing shall thus be made into a piopaganda meeting to saow our mc.uibers way ic is so impo.tant for a workers’ organizat.on ike our Order to organize young worke.s in its ranks. At the same time tae meeting will be an occasion to recrust Irom among the young workers present. ‘ane branches which set about conscientious.y to organize this meei- ang wil cont.ibuce considerably to the success of our campaign for tne bu..uing of the Youth section. whe ovganiz..tion of the meetng w-l cn=b-e us to have every member contribute @ saare to tae Wore; the members oi tac brancn executives Wid b> busy m the preparations of the iiccing. ‘the, wiu propagiadiz2 tae iaems.: sh.p -or tae effective c:gan.zation of the .neeving. The membersaip in tw... whi oe busy propagand.c..g tiaeis chiidzen and tae children of their .viends and ne.ghbors to come to the meeting. The resuit of such collective activities will be much efforts. Social Insurance Campaign The campaign for “Social In- surance” is still lagging. Some con- ferences have been organized. But we have not yet made the campaign @ mass activity of our members. The Workers’ Unemployed and Social Insurance Bill is introduced in Cong.css and is now available in printed form. % The National Office is ready to supply copfes of this veprint upon requesi. ‘these copies must be used to get endorsements by Fraternal Organiz..cions; they must be used to collect signavures de the passage of ths bili by Congress; tncy must be used by delegates to .ocal government bodies ior the demand of resolut-ons from these bodies re- questing the passage of the bill. Every City Central Committee, every Language City Comm:tiee and every branch executive must make the campaign for “social insurance” a permanent point on its order of business. newly won members is primarily a Political problem to be solved by im- proved activities of the branches, yet prompt and efficient dues collection is also an important factor. This dues collection is not only the prob- lem and task of the financial secre- tary; it is the problem and task of the whole branch executive and of the membership. Everyone of our active members sLou:d be mobilized to undertake responsibility for dues collection from one or more of the tardy members living in their neighborhoods. Com- rades who have brought in new members should be responsible for the dues collections from their recruits, By devoting some organizational efforts to this work, we will be able to reduce suspension to an unavoid- able minimum, Assistant clerks that were getting | | Communism. better than individual recruiting | NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1934 | Letters from Our | Readers | | NOT PILLS, BUT FOOD | | New Haven, Conn. Dear Editor: | I was going down Church St. the |other day. I was attracted by a spell-| binder in a large store selling patent} medicine, he was talking to a large crowd of men. He had a large picture | of the human anatomy. “I tell you,” he yelled. “The great trouble with you people, and the rest of the Ameri- an pecple, they eat too much.” To} prove what he said, he wou'd point ct} the intestinss cn the board. “Can't anyone see by this picture what your focd dees to you?” Only a few days ago eleven patriotic | doctors volunteered their services to} examine the applicants for the C.W.A.| program of which there were 20,000| applications. Their report was that) | 64% were utterly unfit for any work | of any kind, cn account of suffering | from malnutrition, | For ,instance, a man goes to the New Haven Dispensary, which is a charitable institution. The Doctcr looks him over, hands him a box of “Take three after exch meal.” the box of pills and “What do you; then at the Dotor. want me to do, eat the box of pills? Why I haven’t had a square meal in three weeks.” The doctor took the pills back, gave him a coin, and told him to get something to eat, GOOD LITERATURE- ‘Wabash, Ind. Dear Comrades: I have just read in Saturday’s ailv Werker the first chapter of M. J. Olgin’s little book, “Why Com- iaunism.” ‘hey is the best thing of ‘his kind I have ever seen. If the entire book is as clear and eluci- dating and definite and simply ex- pressed as this chapter, it is some- thing I have long wished for, both for my own reading and to pass on ‘o others. So many of the ideas on Commu- nism and on revolutionary activity are more or Jess hazy in the minds of many of us, we are so influenced by all our capitalist background that we find it difficult to see correctly ond clearly. This and Jack Conroy’s book have helped me much. Please send me two copies. FROM ELLIS ISLAND Ellis Island. Dear Comrades: Enclosed in this letter is 50 cents in stamps. On Ellis Island, it is very hard to get a copy of the Daily Worker, and I can’t live without reading the Daily Worker. I have meny grave questions to report about this Island. On Monday ‘his week, about 90 workers held for deportation came from many parts of the United States. A comrade from San Francisco and from Chi- cago and other cities told me that the people are starting to understand I am glad of this be- eause in these states the Ku-Klux- Klan was the danger for the work- ine masses, Workers musi learn the Commun- tM a This is the only road of fe WILL HELP SPREAY “DAILY” Slater, Mo. Editor Daily Worker: Enclosed is money for one month's tral of the Daily Worker. You have a fine paper and later on I hore to try and spread the circulation of the Daily Worker here, 1 er Fe Southern Boss Policy “Divide and Rule” Must Be Defeated : Birmintham, Ala. I wish to state that I am a white Southern worker who is conquering his race prejudices. I have my fel- low workers read the “Daily.” I never keen a cop- Now most of the fellows state that itis a good vaper if it was not so strong on the Negro question, I always take this ques- tion up in deta‘l with them, but it is a hard thing to convince them ani overcome their feelings. Almost like givine rm y thing, to buck public s on this quest? cstion in Alabama, 4 but I believe it can be done! Dental Mechanies Prenare Now for Strike Strnggle (By a Worker Corresnondent) NeW YORK—It wonder whether the Dailv Worker can spare anv of its valuable snace to relate the nlights of the dental mech-rics on {ts paves. We are about 50.999 working in the industry throvchovt the country ond ehout 1999 In New York, Mivhly -cill- ed, and therefore concidering our- selves aristeercts in comnerisen “vith other workers, we rever made good ovr mony attemnts to orvanize. The horses. of course, tvok advan- tave cf this sth-tton. ana bent lower. ire ovr living stan?-rds to anoint whore we are forced to work 50. 69 and more hours for $15, $20 and $30 @ week, In the lower brackets, f.e., the less skilled assistants, are worse off yet. Even the old guild system, where ap- prentices are taken in for 6-12 months to work for nothing is being prac- ticed—thereby driving down the weges of assistants to lower and lower levels. With the introduction of the “New Deal,” aftc: ovr yo rs of “risis, wage cuts, stagger system, and unemploy- ment, the dental mechanics, too, were swept with the tide of organizction, Pinning their hopes on the article 7A of the N.R.A., and the good-will of the patriotic bosses. A Technicians Equity was organized (office 125 W. 45th St., N-Y.C.), and hundreds of workers joined with the hops that the N.R.A. will bring them presperity. The leadership partly en- couraged thas (s-f-ne end kent on egotiating with the bosses for a “peaceful and fricnaiy” settlement. But it seems that workers’ griev- ances are not settled throush “friend- ly” conversations. We are preparing now for a strike. Our demands are: 25 hours a week, no overtime. decent wage standards in accordance with | sponsibility for the Serious shortcom- | the |to time, but with the firm conviction | | PARTY LIFE | Detroit Dist. AFL Fraction Discusses Work in Unions “The Party Should Pay Most Serious Attention To Opposition Work” Pienum (No, 7) by the A. F. cf L. | Fraction, Jan. 27th, 1934 | After serious discussion on the re-| cently submitted directives on work within the A. F. of L. and Indepen- dent Trade Unions by the Polburo of | the C.C., to the Party Districts—and | also the Thesis of the 13th Plenum of | the E.C.C1, the A. F. of L. Party| Fraction in Detroit assumes full re- ings in fulfilling the tasks outlined in| 12th Plenum directives. However, v¥ do not do this in the form of,a/| confessional to be repeated from time | that with the steps already taken| and others contemplated, the coming | months will show a considerable im-| provement in our work, In this respect we feel that self-criticism is not an aim in itself, but a means towards an} nd. It i- eee kA >, that we call to the attention c” ‘iis Plenura c......._»+..48 facts and ‘at we immediately liquidate the op- rortunist, defectist neglect of trade snion work, particularly, work inside he roformis . Locally we cannot say that the A. F. of L. leaders have made consider- able preers-~ * ~ Co Ane worke rs in the important industries (steel, | auto and tio - ++ -siv.c38 they, have established new functioning shop locals in these industries, the workers responding to a limited degree to their organizational appeals. Practi- cally no struggles have taken place and none are contemplated by the leaders. On the other hand, the rey- olutionary unions, in the meantime, have gone backward, to the extent that we have failed to build the re- spective indsutrial unions and or- ganize the unorganized for struggle against the attacks of the employers and their agents. This is a serious situation, which should be viewed with the utmost alarm, We do not intend to go into a detailed explanation in this resolu- tion, why we have failed to build the class unions and what are the im- mediate prospects of..accomplishing this task. That the entire Party mem- bership must be made conscious of the fact that the revolutionary unions in the basic industries must be built and the great mass of workers organ- ized into them for struggle against the bosses is understood by the A. F. of L. fraction to be the primary task of the Party. However, the facts and indications are that many workers, for divers reasons, have joined and are joining the A. F, of L, unions locally. As the Polburo correctly points out, “the rapid liquidation of the weaknesses | of our work in the A, F. of L. is in-| dicated by changed circumstances, which are witnessed by the growth of strikes, the desire of workers to enter into trade unions, the policy of the bourgeoisie to transform the A. F. of L. into a mass organization, which will be capable of disorganizing the struggles of the workers, the left man- euvers of the A. F. of L. on the que’ tion of wages and shorter work week, its leadership of strikes, its organiza- tional measures, such as lowering in- itiation fees, which has the aim of facilitating the entrance. of the masses of workers into the A. F. of L. unions, ete. . . .” These we believe are sufficient reasons alone, why our weaknesses must be immecliately liquidated. But, ther are others. One is, that for the first time the reform- ist unions are entering the basic in- dustries locally under favorable con- ditions, that is as an instrument of the employers against the possibility of the revolutionary unions putting un effective resistence against the on- inughts of the bosses. Green’s at- temnt to “expose” the activity of the Porty in the trade union movement in his secret document to Roosevelt in- fertes further why this must be done. Y72 cannot in the present stage of develooment afford to tolerate a no- licy of wait and see. To quote the Polburo onc? mere, “all this mokes it necetszry that the Party in its work should pay the most serious attention to the organization of opposition work within the mass unions, to participate actively in all local A. F. of L. union meetings, to organize opposition work in the unions and in the factories, to establish systematic work for the Party fractions in the A. F. of L., to fight from within for elected officials in the locals and for winning over these locals, to develop the initiative of the membership in placing a num- on a blackboard, showing the organs/ Resolution Submitted to the District union in the struggle against the em- ployers that members of the A. F. of L. unions should demand that the union carry through strikes and the election of strike committees at gene eral meetings of all striking workers, Especially does this most serious strengthening of the work in the A, F. of L. apply to the miners, textile workers, ‘building workers and raile rozd workers, But, it is equally ime perative that we streng:hen the ope position work in the existing A. F, of L. organizations and in every mass organization where the A. F. of L. succeeds in organizing such unions as the Federal unions in the steel and automobile industry.” In order to accomplish our tasks, the A. F. of L. fraction proposes to the Party (D_ That once more the obligation of all Party members to join the trade unions be stressed and ex- plained in the lower Party organs, (2) That the situation in auto, s‘eel, building and transvort be thors oughiv examined in order to give for this work our best forces, to give means for this and to show why it ary to organize the workers e industries. To strengthen and _ extend (3) Perty fraction work in all trade union organizations, especially in au‘o, steel, building and transport. (4) To line up all trade union fraction work in order to carry out a unified procram and to broaden the base of the United Front. This, how. ever, should not lead to stifling the initiative of the lower Party unton fractiors and shop nuclei, (5) Closer con‘act between the fractions in the A. F, of L. and other reformist unions, especially the M. ELS. A. (6) The utilization of the “Daily Worker” by the A. F. of L. and other reformist unions, fractions as an or vanizer, educator and agitator among the masses. Svecial workers’ corre- spondence to increase local interest in local euestions and conditions. (7) The establishment of unton and shop papers, both locally and nationally. (8) The extension of the delegate form of orvanization, depending upon concre‘e sitvations. (9) The immediate establishment of an indevendent local A. F. of L. opvosition center. (10) The establishment of better guidance and understanding between the District Buro and the reformists union fractions, (11) The serious analysis of the faijure to recruit new Par'y members in the trade imions. esvectally the A. F. of L., and the takine of the neces- sarv stens to correct this. (12) The bringing forward and de- yelooment of now cadres, especially in the rewer unions. (13) ‘The special problems of the’> youth. Nero and women workers, to be piven the prover a'tention, in- stead of the total neglect which pre- vat's at present. (14) The immediate formation of a ©. W. A, celezated body from all projects, representing all the workers, to ficht against discrimination, lev- offs and ‘he various problems arising on the projects. (15) The understanding that the ficht for Unemployment and Social , Insurance is the main central issue in the A. F, of L. work, The A. F. of L. fraction is firmly convinced that the carrying out of these provosals will lead to ‘he prover united front actions of the workers under our leadershin and lay the fovndstions for a militant and ynited trade union movement; and the comvulete exposure of the reform- ist leaders and their bankrupt poli- cies. In this we are guided by the teach- ings of in, who has so successfully chorm us the way in which to avoid both opportunism and sectarian iso- lation. 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