The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 5, 1935, Page 5

By MICHAEL GOLD fae agitation for the Workers’ Unem- ployment and Social Insurance Bill still sweéps the nation. In thousands of cities and villages, in mining camps and the dark holds of ships, in secret cabins where thé southern sharécroppérs meet, and in sihoke- ladén A. ¥. of L. locals, the dangerous talk goes on. Yes, it is a dangerous movement—dangerous for the capitalists. If means that millions of men and women in this country who favor the bill at last realize that people who work should not be made beggars. They have a full right to claim life, liberty and happiness as their pay from the industries they have built up. Industry and its fruits bélong to theifi—they have paid the price with years of their blood and sweat. Thé unemployment crisis is not their fault. They worked faithfully, and are still more than willing to work. Why is there no wotk? It must be the fault of those who Claim to own and manage the great machines of production—those who have boastéd that their swollen wealth was a just re- ward for théir superior brains. If there is a breakdown in their system, it must surély be their own fault, and not the fault of their wagé slaves. Let thé capitalists, therefore, be made to pay fof their dwn inéfficiency. Let not the price be paid by those who are not guilty, those who have no wealth, those who often starved during “prosperity,” and now are asked to die. ‘ 4 ‘ An End to Charity THIS Workers’ Bill is a challenge to the whole Systém. Its démand thdt there be an ena to ail this charity relief business, this degrading mis- erly dole that undermines the pride of évery man who récéives it, is a symptom of & great cHafige in the American mass-mind. However slowly and crudely it may be, the Amer- jean masses aré beginning to séé through all the falsé riask§ of “rugged individualism.” The mil- liohairés have told them for mahy years that évery American cotild be president, or could make a mil- lion dollars. They have believed this, and it has been opium to them in their hunger. But now they dre givifig up this pie in the sky, and demand- ing if fio uncértain tonés what is more important than a mythical million dollars—a living wage every day in the year, for employed ahd uném- ployed. Th other words, indtistry oWés them a living ‘This World they havé inade with their clever hands and shrewd Américan brainé réally owes theih a livifg. It owes it to thém, cértainly, as riuth as it doés to thé coupon-clippets, the parasites who flock to Florida and Nice in the winter, the yachts- meh, the night club hounds, the charity ball ladies and the sbendthrift college boys. Fs ‘ * Money Bags it Danger HE Workérs Bill for Social and Unemployment Insurance, thotigh it may have originated in the minds of the Comintiist leadérs, is not a revolu- tionary bill. It is only 2 practical measure to save the work- ing class of Amética from their immediate starva- tion. But its basie viewpoint, that industry owes the workers a continuous living, is what alarms the capitalists. There aré dozéns of other movements for un- employment and social insurancé that shows hew the wifd i8 blowing. Dt. Townsend of California, with his weifd schertie for old age pensions, has beeh given a Hearing in congress’ and has maiiy stipportérs there. ttopians aiid Epic piannérs aiid many other groups are taking up the same cry with millions of people behind them. The money bags of thé capitalists are in danger; and all their politics to- day is directed toward stopping this social insur- ancé drive by giving thé wotkers some kind of in- expensive sop. The Wagner bill is ideally designed for this— @ slick corporation lawyer must have drawh it up. The Hollywood department of capitalism has begun making movie propagatida for this fake, lyiti¢ bill. I was ih a movié hoiise thé other night, and saw He of their little efforts. The atidience laughed at it. Who wouldn't? It seems that under the Wagner bill, if a 20 year old wofket begins paying somé $2 a month out of his pay from 1937 on, in thé yéar 1982, whéh he is 65 years. old, he will réceive the magnificent pension of $40 a month. Th other words, thé Wagnér Bill is all for old Age ifstitance—but it must begin in 1982. i * . . A Stirring Issue {T WOULD bé interésting, I thifik, if in every com- mitinity were set up a kind of permanent People’s Council for Unemployment and Social Insurance. It should meet reguiarly, ahd delegates be in- vited from every group agitating for sueh insur- ance — all thé Utopian cutfits, technocrats, epic planners, Townsend followers, etc. Let them join in discussing this workers’ bill, and comparing it with their own plans. If the American masses win no social insurance, it will be because they have been divided into a hundred different groups, each with its oWn ingtown fanati- cist, éach if thé position 6f négating the efforts Of thé other group. The recent great Congress for tuhemployment inguranice in Washington was the finest example of & unitéd front we have yet seen in this countiy. Let thé People’s Councils go on building daily the united front that was begun there, Here is an issue that stirs the Américan nation. It is the issue that affects all of thém moré intimately than any other. You can wiiite thé on this issue, where it may not yét bé possible on the more general political probléms, . . A Possible Mistake I HAVE received two letters saying that I had made a serious mistake if my réports ofthe Uh- @mployinent Coligress in sayifg that two New México delégatés Had jim-crowWed their fellow- This was told me on the best authofity, But if it is a mistake I shall be glad to retract and Pag If the New Mexico cothrades will make an official investigation and send in their findings, I will be more than glad to priftt it LITTLE LEFTY DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 19 You Gorta LAY OFF SELLING hose FILTHY HEARST pavers / Writers’ Union Maps Program for Relief Projects N THE basis of three outlines for relief projects submitted to the Writers’ Union by Afthiit Gold- schmidt, National Director for Pro- fessional Projécts, the Writers’ Union has drawn up a complete program of resolutions, The thrée plans are: (1) F8-1 for work at home. This project al- lows for individual éxeciition of projects based oh thé writers’ own selection of subjects. (2) F8-2, for spétific commissions. This project involves classification and research in contemporary, histori¢al and re- gional fields. ((2) F8-3, for thé préparation of inconographiés. This projéct déals with the doctimefita- tion of communities by means of maps, héwspapers, jail records, ship logs, photographs, vestry minutes, industrial records and other minutta; describing séctional developments. The sticcéss of the Writers’ Union in obtaining government récoghi- tion of its résolutions rests directly upon the strength of the Writers’ Union. On this basis thé Union, therefore, issues @ call for all writers to join and to support its activities, All Wfitérs aré éligible for thember- ship. The Union meets évéfy Fri- day at 66-Léroy Street, New York, at 7:30 p.m. The progtam of résolutions for all three projects follows: 1, Immediate exécution of Proj- ects F8-1, 2, 3, 2. Remiineration to be miadé on @ wéekly basis of hot léss than $38.50. 3. All materials and équipmént to be supplied by the F, E.R A 4. Spoiishorship to be secure by the F E, R. A. 5. The projects shall bé sponsored and administéréd by 4 comimittee in which the Writers’ Unién has Confidence, arid to whith thé writ- ers’ Union shall élect at léast 50 per cent of the mémbétship. Hach member of this 60mithittee shall havé one vote. Final décisich to be made by the members of thé Writers’ Union. This committee shall have full disposition of all problems réla- tive to writers’ projects. Members on the committee shall be rému- neratéd oh sameé maxiniim wage seale as othér Writers. 6. Qualification of applicant shall be based upon prior publication of work, or tendered manuscripts, or general litétaty capacity or expétri- erice. 7. A plan of work to be doné shall be submitted to the supervisory committee. 2. A record of work done shall be kept by the project supervisor. §. These works must be used by the state or local F.E.R.A, and should be made available to the public, 10. These works muyst_be used by the state or local F. EB. R, A. within a period of six months after com- pletioh of work, or the ownership reverts to the Writer. “Use” in this case means the printing and dis= tributing or work at not more than cost. 1. The writer reserves the fight to publish any ot all of the work luring or after the completion of the project. In this event the state shall be reiihbursed up to one himn- dred per cent of the relief money expended on it. 12. No work produced by a writer urider these projects shall be sold by the government for profit. 13. Ownership of the Work shall automatically revett to the author a year after the govétnment has begun to use this work. 14. 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WELL I'k Errors of Leadership) And Tacties Serve As Lessons Today By NATHANIEL BUCHWALD yb current play of thé Théatte Union, “Sailors of Cattaro,” by | Friedrich Wolf, is undoubtediy oné of thé most profound and moving diamas in the revolutionary the- atrée. Bourgedis critics admire it despite the révolutiohats con- tent, the proletarian atidiences | thrill to it precisely because of its stirring revolutionary messagé. Yet in thé gehéral chortis of praise one can discerh a note of dissent sounded by some of our revolutionary critics and echoed by a portion of thé audience to the effect the “Sailors 6f Cattaro” is a | “Gefeatist” play. If you take the meaning of the word “défeatist” | literally, this chatge apparently is | tfié. The heroic revolt of the} Austrian sailors on the flagship St. | Geofgé in the Bay of Cattaro ends im fairuré. Apparently nothing has | been gained and the leadership of | the révolt Was lost to the firihg | squad. What ¢an be more “défeat~ | ist” thah such an ending? | But to view deféatism in litefa- turé from such a naive standpoint ig 6 misunderstand the terin, Friéditich Wolf would have rendered Guéstionablé service to the revolu- tionary movémetit if he had falsi- fiéd History and invented a “happy ending” for the tragedy of Cattaro. While one may not be against wish- fulfilling Happy endings in révolu- tionary plays, wheré the plot is based 68séhtially on the dramatist’s inventioh, one surely would object to falsifying the history of the rev- Ohtitioniary struggle in order to pro- vide a fittitious victory as 4 con- céssion to the seritiment of the audiéticé. Imagine the “revolu- tonary” playwright who would write the dfama of the Paris Commune ahd fépresent it as a complete tfiumph of the proletariat! Not can, we accept the principle that only the victories of the revo- lutionary moverfiétit should be dra- matized, Sorfietimes defeat, viewed in histéric petspéctive, may be as in- spiting and instructive to the pres- ent generation of revolutionists as the victorious moments in the class struggle, Surély, the Paris Com- mune remains as an inspifation to revolutionists today despite its “de- featist” ending; It is from the er- rors of leadership and tactics in the Paris uprising of 1871 that the Russian revolutionists léarned many a valuable lesson that helped thera avoid similar errors in the October Revolution. Life and CHAPTER IV ‘The Heir of Letiin—The Communist International E Bolshevik ReVolution of 1917 opened a néw world era, ‘the eta of thé world socialist revolu- tion. For this reason, its signifi- cancé is not primarily Russian, but international. The léadership of Lenin is not primarily Russian, but an international leadétship. The expréssion of this interna- tional leadéfship is the Communist Thternational. The cofiception of thé Communist International or Third Interna- tional was reached by Lénin al- réady in 1914, imriediatély follow- ing the collapse of the Sétond In- ternational. At that time he wrote of its task in cofitrast to that of the Sécond Interiiational: The Second International did its full share of useful prepara- tory work in the preliminary or- ganization of the proletatian imasses during the long “peaceful” epoch of the most crue! capitalist Slavery and most rapid capitalist Progress itt the last thitd of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. The Third trterna- tional is confronted with the task of otganizing the forces of the proletariat fot a revolutionary onslaught on the capitalist gov- ernments, for civil war against the bourgeoisie of ail countries, for political power, for the vic- tory of Socialism. (V. I. Lenin, “The Imperialist Wat,” p. 89.) The Communist International was founded in 1919. In its first threé Congressés, from 1919 to 1921, Lenin took closest part and led the entire work, both in réspect of or- ganization, formulation of policy and the drafting of the principal documents. In the Fourth Congress i 1922 hé still took part, although he was only able to do so to a limited extent. Lenin was under no illusions as to the heavy task confronting the Communist International, or the long and paififul process necessary before reaching the strength for victory. In August 1921, after the Third Congress, he wrote: or the acting of the play. Can Sailors of Catt Be Called a ‘Defeatist’ Play? pane @ | THRow out Le THINK CT aro Conflict on board the St. Geor, Theatre Union production at the ge. Abner Biberthan, ‘Yom Powers, Ernest Gann, George Tobias, and Robert Reed in “Sailors of Cattaro,” Civie Repertory Theatre. N a Smaller scale the ttagic epi- Sode of Cattaro has for us a Similar significance. The bur- den of the play, in my opin- ion, is precisely the dramatiic presentation of the errors of leadership in the revolt of Cattaro, and if the play contains any me: sage at all it is a message of warn- ing that such errors should be avoided in the futtire; and a message of hope that these errors, will be avoided in the future, For all the tragic mood generated by the surrender of the sailors and the court martial of their leaders, the audience comes away with an op- timistic feeling and a valuable les- Son epitomized in the last words of the leader of the revolt: “next time better, comrades!” It must be said, however, that the basic message of the play has not been brought out with thé néces- sary clatity either if the direction Tt is not brought out as clearly as it should have beeen that the defeat of the sailors was hot due to the institu- tion of the Sailors’ Council as such, but to the empty democratic for- malism fétishized by some of the leaders of thé revolt, Teachings By R. PALME DUTT This is the corticluding instal- ment of the extrémely valuable booklet by R. Palme Dutt, “Life atid Teachings of V. I. Lenin,” published by International Pub- lishérs, We havé how a Communist army throtighout the whole world, though as yét poofly developed and bailly organized. To forget OF seek to conceal this fact would be merely to endanger the caiise. It is our duty to build up and organize this army, to train it in all sorts 6f movements and stritg- gles, in attacks and retreats, in whith great ¢are shotild be ob- served in stutiying the expérieneés of éach moverient. There can be ho vietoiy apart ftom this tedious and hard schooliig. (“Letter to the German Commiiiist Party,” October 1921.) ire 8 ENIN knew that a long provess of struggle was in front, with inevitably many Géfcem, ond terh- porary victories of the counter- revolution in partictilar countries, The bourgeoisie sees in Bol- shevism only one Side . . . insitr- rection, violence, terror; it en- deavors, thetefore, to prepare it- self, especially for resistance and 6pposition in that direction alone. It is possible that in single cases, in single countries, for more or less short periods, they will stc- ceed. We niust reckon with such a possibility, and there is abso- lately nothing dreadful to us in the fact thet the boitgesisie might succeed in this. Commiiiiiism “springs up” from positively all sides of social life, its sprouts are éverywhere, with- out exception—the “coniagion” (to use the favorite and “pleas- antest” comparison of the bour- gevisie and the bourgeois police) has very thoroughly penetrated into the dtganism and has totally impregnated it. If one of the “Vents” wWére to be stopped up with special care, “contagion” Would find another, sometimes most unexpected vent. Life will assert itself. Let the bourgevisie raves let it Confronted with an altertiative of saving either the revolt or the formal procedure of democracy, the {leader decides that the latter 1s more ‘‘sacrecf’ than the fofmér, One of the leaders is exasperated by such formalism and jumps to the hasty conclusion that the Sail- ors’ Council is a bad thing all around; but his comrade corrects him by pointing out that the Sail- ors’ Council is the very basis of leadership, but that the responsible leadets in charge cannot afford .to usé the Sailors’ Council as an ex- cuse for délaying action when delay is fatal, The last three scenes of the play dealing with the contradictions and errors of leadership are difuse and do not drive to the main pooint. In the leading role Tom Powers ap- parently is not alive to all the po- | litical implications of the play and of his part, and this lets the play down a good deal. But these faults are as nothing eoripared to the powérful sweep of the play, its stirring dramatic quality and its ptofound evolutionary message. Louder than the tragedy or defeat rings its lesson and mes- Sage of hope: “Next time better, comrades,” of Lenin work itself into a fretizy, comimit stupidities, take vengeance in ad- vance on the Bolsheviks and en- deavor to exterminate in India, Hungary, Gérinany, etc.. more hundreds, théusands, and hun- dreds of thousands of the Bol- sheviks of yesterday or those of tomofrew, Acting this, the bour- geolsie acts as did all classes con- demtied to death by history. The Communists must kriow that the future at any rate is theirs; therefore, we can and must unite the intensest passion in the great revolutionary strig- gle with the coolest and soberest calculations of the mad ravings of the bourgeoisie. . . . In all cases and in all countries Commrnism grows: its roots are so deep that persecution neither weakens nor debilitates, but rather strengthens it. (“Left-Wing” Communism, Ch. X.) Lee ea “TIFE will assert itself.” In this basic understanding Lenin pro- claimed his confidence in the final victory of the world socialist revo- lutin, despite all reverses and tem- porary defeats, exemplified today in the temporary rule of fascism in Germany, which can ohly pave the way for a new and deeper and finally victorious revolutionary up- | heaval. Only the proletarian, soctinlist revolution is able to lead human- ity out of the blind alley created by imperialisth and imperialist wars. Whatever difficulliés, pos- sible temptitary reverses, and waves of counter-revolution the revelution may encounter, the final victory of the proletariat is ceftain. (“Materials Relating to the Revision of the Party Pro- gram,” “The Revolution of 1917, Book 1, p. 327.) Through the Communist Inter- national it falls to those living after Lenin, iti conditions of deeperiing world cfisis aid urgenty, to be able to carry forward this fight, a fight for no. limited aims, but for a new tory, which it was his triumph to =tuat'S cARRYIN' Sea OUR FRIENDSHIP “Too FAR! GIMME TIME To Organized Work Among Factory | Women Stressed THE ROAD TO WOMAN’S FREE- DOM, by K. Kirsanova. Worker Library Publishers, three cents. Reviewed by MARGARET COWL “IPNLESS we can draw the masses of the proletarian women into active political struggle there can be ni jeeess on our part in the truggle against war and in the struggle for the proletarian revolu- tion.” These true words are written in the pamphlet The Read to Wo- man’s Freedom just published by the Workers’ Library Publishers. It is the speech made by K. Kirsanova at the 13th Plenum of the Execu- tive Committee of the Communist International. This pamphlet should be read and studied by all class-conscious 's, not only women but men ers, and especially used in the organizations of discussions on how to devélop work among women par- ticularly in the factories and in de unions. | It is a guide in teaching us that unless we learn how to utilize spe- cial methods and forms of ap- proach to this great section of the working class—the women, who, be- cause of certain historic conditions, are among the least politically ad- vanced section of the working class, |we canhot expect to successfully blaze the way to the emancipation of the entire working class. The pamphlet points out how work among women should be placed in correct relation to the role of the working wothen in pro- duction and in the coming war. After indicating the increases of the number of women in indiistry in various countries, Comrade Kir- Sanova points out that “the demand for female labor power is in inverse ratio to the rates of pay offered.” This also fits in with the position of women in industfy in the U.S. A. because women’s pay is from 40 to 70 per cent lower than that paid to men for the samé kind of work. The pay to Negro women workers is even lower. “The tremendous reserve army of cheap labor power, and the pres- ence of cheap labor powe: .* the factories themselves, offered the bourgeoisie a fine basis for its of- fensive against the standards of living of the working class,” says Comrade Kirsanova, And now, even this miserable wage of the women workets is being ctit. ae ae LARMED about the increasing numbers of women participating in strikes, the capitalist class is working overtime, “in order to split away these masses of working wo- men from the general front of the working class.” In the light of the attempts to repel] the women away from the class struggle how correct then is |the criticism which Comrade Kir- sanova directs against the Commu- nist Parties for not organizing sys- tematically their work among wo- men, for not as yet shifting the main weight of the work into the factories and for not organizing imeetings of women delegates in the factories which is the principal organzational form for work among women. The Road to Woman’s Freedom should be used in all units of the Party and in all workers’ organiza- tions for discussion of the role of working women in the struggle against capitalism. Bulletins FACTS AND FIGURES ON WAR AND FASCISM, published by the American League Against War and Fascisin, 112 E. 19th St., New York City. ANYTHING like a “fact service” looks good to those of us in the Labor esearch Association who specialize in this field. But some services of this kind tend to be rather dull and carélessly gottén up. Not so the one called Facts and Figutes on War and Fascism put out by the American League Against War and Fascism. It contains the sort of stuff that every editor, writ- er, speaker, worker, fatmér—ih fact ody—-needs who is engaged in | the life and death struggle against | Capitalisi’s twin offspring—war and | fascism. Some of the subjects covered to date have been the profits of the munitions industry, the spréad of military training in the U. S.; the ifiterfiaticnal naval race; the Roose- velt war budget (a good tabular presehtation), some telling “shorts” on the budding fascist Father Coughlin, the conflicts in the Chaco ;and the Saar; the munitions ship- ments to China, Japan and Cuba; the farming 6f Gérmany; the de- velopment of the cofporate state in Italy, and other items on trends to- ward fascism in the U. 8. The material is well chosen ahd a good part of it seems to be from coinparatively rare sources such as technical and foreign periodicals. The service is co-operatively edited by a group of volunteer re- searchers and the editor welcomes suggestions and items of informa- inaugiitate, but which he could not tion which readers may send in. Ee of humanity, to the final vic- live to complete. ROBERT W. DUNN Page 5 Ouestions and Answers This department appears daily on the feature page. All questions showid be addressed to “Ques- tions and Answers,” c/o Daily Worker, 50 East 13th Street, New York City. NOTE: It is gratifying to note that more and more readers are making use of this de- partment. We regret that because of limita- tions of space we cannot answer all questions that are asked by réaders. We do our best to answer those questions that have the most general interest for the readers of the Daily Worker. However, all questions are carefully read and considered, and readers can receive personal ariswers by enclosing @ self-addressed and stamped envelope. The Japanese Invasion What p of Outer Soviet Union? the Japanese Outer rder aimed at Question: Mongolia to asion of is the the U. 8. & Answer: 5 a part of the Soviet U: ic which r Mongolian border is pa ns for an imperiali: t Union. In the f place, es of the Japanese puppet state the Jap- anese imperialists redefine to suit their own pure poses. Secondly, it puts the Japanese military forces in a he ‘ategic position to attack and cut Trans-Siberian Railroad at Chita Thirdly, the Japanésé ariny is now astride the main caravan route from Mongolia to China, and can throttle Soviet trade along this route whenever they choose, For detailed and up-to-date information follow thé the Daily Worker and the many t interpret the news and events in the Literature «othe Masses Conditions for Success of Our Program AST week (Jan, 29) there was announced in this column the beginning of a gigantic program of literature publication nd distribution, including 4 250,000 edition of “Why Communism,” 700,000 copies to be distributed by May 1, a 100,000 edition of “The Communist Manifesto,” to sell at 5 cents each, along with a whole series of low-priced pamphilets dealing with every phase of the class struggle in the United States. In order to carry out this program, in the districts, sections, and units of the Party, the following basic conditions are necessary: 1, Mobilization of the entire Party and all mass organizations for literature distribution. Many sec- tions and units of the Party, particularly in smaller industrial cities outside of the district centers, min- ing fields, etc., as well as trade unions ahd mass organizations are at present not distributing litera- ture. 2. Literature distribution must become a part of the everyday work of each Party member and revo- lutionary worker. The work of the Party in every campaign, every activity in the shops or organiza- tions, every strike or demonstration, every meeting and affair both of our own and opponent organi- zations, every individual assignment of comrades in the units and organizations, must carry with it the distribution of suitable literature. Communist activity without literature distribution cannot achieve a high degree of effectiveness. 3. A mobile literature distribution apparatus must be set up everywhére which quickly reacts to the needs for literature for our work, and sup- plies all Party members and revolutionary workers with the proper literature for their work among the million-masses. 4. A very sharp campaign of criticism must be conducted against every vestige of financial irs responsibility in the handling of literature funds, Every single literature bill must be paid. Payments must be made with the greatest promptness. The publication of all of the literature which is proposed will involve tens and hundreds of thousands of dol- lars. It can be accomplished only if the literature dsitribution is made quickly, and bills paid promptly when the literature is sold. Comrades failing to do this are simply standing in the way — are a stumbling block to out REACHING THE MIL- LIONS with our literature, and they must be ruth- lessly brushed aside. * . . Cleveland Section Sells 20 Lenin Sets Literature Commission, Dear Comrades: Here's the latest news on otif Séction’s sale ot Lenin Sets. Ub to Jan. 27, we have sold 20 sets, Having a quota of éight séts for our six units, we have thus far achieved 250 per cent of our quota, The sets were sold as follows: i to each unit libtary Individual Party members Non-Party membérs ............. seeee 5 Sets TOTAL 20 sets SECTION LITERATURE DIRECTOR, SECTION 3, CLEVELAND. This speaks for itself. What are other sections and distriefs doing? Who will challenge this sec« tion to revolutionary competition? Ready Today! HUNGER and REVOLT: Cartoons by BURCK This beautiful, DeLuxe edition is limited to 100 numberéd and signed copies. Printed on heavy art paper, in large folio size and con- taining 248 pages. Bound in heavy buckram boards, attractively starfiped. Orders aéceptéed now. Five dollars, postpaid. DAILY WORKER, 50 E. 13th St. N. hg RR RES ene eS