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The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-14

6.-Trades Unionsm Gas typically expressed in
the American Federation of Labor is impotent to
improve materially conditions of labor or to conquer
power since the division of the workers into craft
trade organizations splits them into inumerabe
unions each antagonstic to the other, making hope.
less the struggle against concentrated Capitalism,
which largely expropriaes the worker of his skill,
eliminates the craft divisions of small industry and
brings Of the proletarat together regardless
of particular occupational functions The general mass
strike alone is capable Of decisive action against con-
centrated Capitalism; but Trades Unionsm in form
and spirit is antagonistic to the strike.
Trades Unionsm comes 10 realize its economic
impotence and proceeds to Parliamentary action,
which, represented by Laborism (as typicay OK.
pressed in the British Labor Party) is as mpotent
Us Trades Uniouism to accomplish fundamental
conquests since Lborsm necessarily accepts the DOM
nant union concepts and practice. Laborsm unitcs
with tho dominant union concepts and practice Labor.
ism unites with petty bourgeois democracy against
tho proetarian revolution-that petty bourgeois do.
mocracy which is seduced by Imperialism.
s.-The governmental form of expression Of La.
borism is State Capitalism the merger in the state Of
the capitalists. the small bourgeois and the upper
layers Of the working class dominant in the Trades
Unions; the state Is used TO regulate equally industry
and labor for purposes of Imperialism, the proletaran
masses being compelled to accept this arrangement
by means Of deception and force.
9.-The tendency is for Laborism and Socialism
to unto (either formally or by means of Trades
Union domination Of the Socialist Party) each necos.
sary accepting social Imperialism, since their activ.
ity Is limited within the limits Of Capitalism and the
nation; and under the ascendency Of monopoly and
finance capital, the prosperity" Of nation depends
on Imperialism
10.-Laborism becomes the final bulwark Of do.
fence of Capitalism against the oncoming proletarian
revolution accordingly, mcrciless struggle against
the oncomining proletarian revolDtion accordingly, a
Laborism is imperative. But while politically Labor.
ian expresses itself State Capitalism and petty
bourgeois democracy its animating impulse and forcc
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-14
ISSUED BY THE BUREAU OF THE THIRD
INTERNATIONALLY

1.-Unions necessary organizations in the
economic struggle of the workers against their en-
ployers, since in spite of their limitations the unions
are means for resisting and often improving the
most inhuman conditions of labor Nor the unions
transtory in character, since they can particularly
industrial unions become active means Of revolu
tionary struggle and factor in the Communist
construction of society,
2.-Tho Trades Unions porssting in the defensive
struggle against Capitalism do not materially improve
conditions The rise of"wages is in general exceeded
by the rise of prices while the policy of compromise
wage agreements and industrial peace wcakens tho
fighting spirit Of the workers.
3,-The Trades Unions arose during the epoch of
small industry, with its consequent division Of the
workers into crafts trades The artisan conception
prevailed that workers. craft skill form Of
property, developing n property and petty bourgeois
that Trades Unions acquired power during n period
Of intense national economic development (1S701900),
produced the concept Of limiting the proletarian
struggle within the limits Of Capitalism and the
tion.
4-Trades unionism represented land still repre-.
sonts) the upper layers OF the working class, ex.
eludng the bulk of the unskiled workers; and where
these workers organized in Trades Unions, they
are dominated by the concepts and practice Of the
upper layers-the 'aristocracy Of labor"
. 5.-The development Of Imperialism merges the
Trades Unions definitely in Capitalism, the upper
layers of the working class being brbed with share
in the profitc Of Imperialism by means Of slightly
higher wages steady employment and labor legisla.
ton. Tho "arstocracy Of labor dominant in Trades
Unionism accepts Imperialism, uses the unions to
assist Capitalism In "stabizing" labor in industry,
and becomes the source Of the corrupt theology Of
social imperialism. The decisive factor In tho
old international was the immersion Of Socialism
in Trades Unionism with It's pratice Of sociaImperal
ism petty bourgeois democracy, and It's fundamental
counterrcvolutionary tendency.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-14
NORTH CHURCH FORUM
MEETINGS. CLEVELAND


Rabbi Louis Wolfey of the Euclid
Avenue Temple will address the open
forum meeting May 10th at the North
Church FORUM. East 72Dd and st,
Clair. His subject will be
AMNESTY FOR POLITICAL
PRISONERS
Lecture will begin at 1880.
The May 23rd meeting at this Fo.
rum will be addressed by Mr.. Conner
ford of Chicago. His subject will be
THE WORK OF THE LOYAL AMER
ICAN LEAGUE
If you have anything either good or
bad to say about the work of this or
ganization you are invited to say it at
this time. Questions and discussions
invited.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-14
Trade Unionm Industrial Unionsm and Workers Committees

5rganzed in industrial unions under Capitalist econo-
mic conditions. The upper layers of the working
classes being the impulse of Lahorism will necessarily
reject revolutionary industrial unionism; while the
lower layers will not very rapidly until thrown
into action by the impact of revolution itself. More
over the concept that the workers under Capitalism
must in their industrial unions acquire the experience
and technical management Of industry, "growing in
to' the new society by the industrial unions
gladual acquisition Of industrial CONTROL is identical
tathough inverted in form) with the proposals of
parliamentary Sociasm-that the working class must
gradually "grow into' Socialism by acquiring cx-
porience Of state affairs and "absorbng control Of
tho bourgeois state. Each concept, in its own way,
rejects The fundamental problem Of the revolutionary
conquest Of state power.
14-The conquest of the power Of the state is
The objective of tho revolutionary proletariat Neither
the pariaments the industrial unions are tho
means for this conquest Of power but action and
the Soviots-mass action to rally the workers, or
Ranized and unorganized, in the open revolutionary
struggle for power, the Soviets TO constitute the
mechanism of tho evolutionary proletaran state,
the dictatorship Of tho prolearat At the moment OF
active revolution the struggle becomes not struggle
for industrial unions, but for the construction Of
Soviets.
15--After the conquest Of political power ana
under the protection Of the Soviet Dctatorship In.
dustrial Unonism actually to function in tho
economic reconstruction Of society on a Communist
basis; and tho stronger tho industrial unions Tho
easier the process Of reconstruction The government
OF Sovios, Of prolctarian dictatorship, is political and
transitory in character the necessary agency of re-
preston 20 appropriate and crush Capitalism, Wbils
industrial in It's constituents and representation. tho
government Of Soviets functions geographically and
politicallyi but alongside Of itself Il constructs
central administration Of industry, wholly economic
in character equality In representation and functions
rerfectng thO organism Of prolctnrian control and
management OF industry on the basis Of tho in.
Gustrially organized producers.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-14

to attack the Third. The Second he
maintains, is still alive; it has done
valuable work. it is "convened on no
narrow doctrinaire basis but in con.
sonance with the principle of working
class solidarity" " The Third on the
other hand is doctrinaire and exclusive
and insists on tactics which can only
lead, as in Hungary, to dictatorship
of reaction. With Henderson is J..
Ramsay Macdonald.
10 Henderson. Clifford Allen, the
leader of the younger members of the
!. l.. P. replies in an open letter in the
Daily Herald that the Second Inter
national has failed because it held
pre-war ideas, that the big fact, which
Henderson cannot ignore, is that Rus
sia. Italy France, United States, the
German Independents and number
of smaller countries have oil left it.
"Without these parties it cannot be
revived" he says.
Therefore" he pleads, "we have
20 create new International machin.
cry" And the first step to that must
bo to get into touch with Moscow.
81 beg you," he writes, "you and
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-14
LabOr's Share Of Products Less
Than Before War
- By Paul Ham,
Staff Correspondent,
The Federated Press .


Observation-Disclosures labor has
taken the offensive in the hearings
at Washington and denied flatly that
wage increase granted since 1917 are
in any degree responsible for high
prices.
Speaking in the name of seventeen
different unions of railroad workers,
w. Jett Lauck opens the issue with
the following flat-footed statement:
ga careful ANALYSIS of the data
bearing ON the causes of high prices
and the relation of cost of production
to prices leads to the following specific
conclusions:
"a. Profiteering-by which is meant
the exaction of porfits greatly in
excess Of prewar profits en- the part
of producers, middlemen and retailers
is a fundamental cause of the high
prices Of practically all commodities.
"2 Increased wages to labor are in
no way responsible for increased
prices.''
Lauck is an economist of many years
training. He served as Secretary for
The National War Labor Board under
former President Taft, Frank P. Walsh
and Basil NJ. Manly. His charge that
"wage advances have been an effect
of pricc advances, not cause, is sup
ported by an array Of facts which en-
ployers strive to ignore but cannot
refute.
Following up his written indictment
of the profiteer as the most con
spicuous curse of modern society, Lauck
took the witness stand late last
week for cross-examination by railroad
attorneys and members of the wage
board.
Gas result of the war;" says this
expert. "1abor as a class is now worse
off than it was before the war. Al
most without exception, day s wages
buys less than it did in 1912 to 1914.
In other words, in the distribution of
the income of the country labor is
receiving a. smaller proportion than il
did before the war, while the capital
in the form of profits. interest and
rent - is receiving a very much larg-
or proportion" i"
Taking the profits listed by such
authorities as Moody's and Poor's,
Lauck cites the net income on capital
earned during the comparative years
1912 to 1918 by typical group of
metal, clothing, food, fuel, light hous.
ing and miscellaneous corporations, and
then makes the following comment:
"The outstanding fact is simply
stated. The corporations listed earned
during the years 1916-191S an aver
age income of nearly $1.250.OO0.0OO a
year. or nearly "a per cent Of their
capital stock. This appears TO he nearly
three times the average for the pre-
war years l912-l914, and the figures
for production show conclusively that
these increased profits were not due to
increased production. In a large mea-
sure they were due to the fact that
the corporations took larger proper
tion of every dollar spent by the con-
The corporations cite in Lauck's list
earned about one-sixth of the total
corporate income of the United States,
and that fact supports his contention
that if the other corporations did as
well then the combined corporations
Of the land scooped up about S4.S000o0
more per year during the war then
they previously earned per year
CONTINUED on page 2.)
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-14

With these words Secretary of Labor
Wilson, on May 9Th ruled that the
Communist Labor Party is legal
political party and that membership IN
it of aliens does not constitute suf-
ficient grounds for deportation.
In ordering cancellation of warrant
under which Carl Miller, a German,
was held because Of such membership,
the secretary declared that. while OK.
tracts from the organization 8 pla5-
form indicated an extremely radical
objective there was no evidence Of
intention to use force or violence to.
ward organized government.
Hundreds of members of the Com
murist Labor Party have been in
!icted and charged with violations of
various states criminal syndicalism
laws on the score of carrying on party
activities. Since the raids of early
January, when these sleuths of tire
Department of Justice swooped down
in. n nation wide raid netting thous.
ands of Communists and Communist
Laborites, the exact status of the
Communist Labor party was in doubt.
A previous ruling by the Secretary CT
Labor practically outlawed the Com
munist Party which, with the Com
muuist Labor Party developed out of
2 split in the ranks of the Socialist
Party at Chicago last September. A
number of members of the Communist
Party have been deported merely On
the grounds of their membership,
while many more are held under in,
dictments on like charges.
Department of Justice disapproves of
Secretary's ruling.
1t is no secret that the Department
of Justice and the Secretary of Labor
have long been at outs regarding the
status of the "reds" of various hue.
Attorney General Palmer has acted
upon. the assumption that even the
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-14
He'll blow 'em as long as You'll Chase 'en,'
John. Try Direct Action!

CHRISTIANA-That trade relations
between Norway and Russia are soon
TO be resumed is indicated by the re-
port of Mr.. Holvold, president Of the
Kirkcnals Cooperative Society, who has
just visited Northern Russian and the
Murmansk district. lie has reported
that complete order exists in these
parts and that therefore "external
conditions constitute no barrier to the
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-14
Battle on for Endorsement Of
3.rd International
By Evelyn Sharp
London Correspondent

TIE FEDERATED PRESS
LONDON.-The battle of the Inter
rationale is still raging in the British
movement. The Independent Labor
Party at its Eastern Conference, de.
eided definitely to leave the Second
International, and equally definitely
not join tho Third. Instead the I. j. P.
is urging the Swiss Party to call as
soon as possible conference to dis
euss the reconstruction Of the Inter
national "with a definitely Socialist
objective" Also it decided to get into
touch with Moscow.
Since the conference the debate has
been shifted to the Labor Press-par-
,icularly to the columns Of the Daily
Herald. Arthur Henderson. Secretary Of
The Labour Party, has come forward
TO defend the Second international AMI
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-14
Communist Labor Party Legal Says Secretary Wilson
Rules cannot depoTt aGans who hold membership

The belief n teaching and advocacy Of hencass strg
g mass action, the conquest Of political power dictator
ship OF the proletarat socialism, communism ~ ne big
mion shop committees, shop stewards and other & en-
dustrial economic and political changes mentioned 81 J,
Communist Labor party platform and program however
prenenbe these things may be to the minds of any or all
our people, do not bring the organization within the purvew
OF the act as long it does not propose to force
violence to accomplish the purpose"
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-14

resumption Of trade relations between
the two countries and that it is to
Tie greatest interest for both parties
that they should be resumed" He
pointed out that Russia would provide
q market for the fisheries of Norway.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-14

LONDON-6ardeners and estate
labourers on King Georges Scottish
estate at Balmoral Castle have demand
ed wages of SIS week and an eight
hour day. Captain Ramsay. the King $
Commissioner. replied by telegram:
"Give men option of working ten
hours or one weeks notice"
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-06-10
The Itching and Sting
of Blazing, Fiery Eczema

SCENT Like The Skin IL on Fire.
Therc IL q harassing discomfort
caused By Eczema that becomes
a torture. The itching is almost
unbearable and the skin seems
on FIRE with the burning irri-
tation. A cure from local appliea-
tions Of salves and ointments IL i'm
possible, because such treatment
can only allay the pain temporar-
lily. Tho disease can only be
reached by going deep down to its
source.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-06-10

Tho source Of Eczema u m INC
blood, the disease being caused oy
an infection which breaks out
through the skin. That Is why the
most satisfactory treatment for all
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for this remedy so thoroughly
eleanses the blood that no impuri-
ties can renair. Get n bottle to-
day. and you will see results from
the right treatment. Write Tor
advice. Address Medical Director.
no Swift Laboratory. Atlanta, Ga.
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Run Down?

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For Colds, Grip or Influenza
and as Preventative take LAXATIVE
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AMERICAN LEGION BOYS
STORM GLOOM'S CASTLE
Cohorts Of Care Flee Before Ousaughs Of Hnses Headed
By Cor BoWeH Fritz LaWless and Corps Of
Jolly old FuHBtnkers

sale ayoc4uen as hat OF selling auto
tires
Charley strehf is. one Of line Younger
local finds ~ the way Of an end man
4 little nervous a. FIRST this Noungster
soon hit his stride and In the first part
as We'll as the clio did himself proud
His song. IN Sc Happy when the
Preacher Makes You Mlpe I'm the first
part was eneored again and again, and
his leadership In the second part or the
dance number, Moonlight on the Mis-
slsslppl vas mkStcrful
But individual mention could be made
q al the artists II space permitted
Brilliantly staged. the first part epded
In = comedy war sketch. The Clio was
replete with novelty, the dance number
closing The hurlesqus baseball game
also was A big feature
Only one criticism could be made Of
tht show II one were captiouS enough
to crtieiEe home talent show. N runs
Too long The Hawaiian act in the sec
ond part could well have been cut, both
for the sake Of the sudience and the
American Legion fund
An added feature was ode McWn.
ter hanjotst from theTaudsvtlls stage,
who was prupg as a surprise He
plinked- plsnked HIS way right through
the hearts cf the audience and kept
most everybody. including one Of the
best-looklng blondes We have ever seen,
who sat the tlard seat from Billy Hack
on the second row and the second seat
from Willard Butler. patting their feet
In time with his Blues" Evidently
his music was a surprise 70 the or.
chestra as well, for the artists had diff
nculty In synehronizing with him, but
despite this fact tho haniolst walked
off with the folks out front calling for
more
Leo Schneider was satisfactory to the
superlative degree as interIocutor and
was compelled TO whistle and sing again
and again the contagious chorus Of "Oh,
What Pal Was Mary"
a relic OF the past, Book hoer
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Before brilliant audience. Mayor
Paine and family occupying one pro
sceniuu box smiling faces Of the wom-
en- Of the War Camp Community serv-
Ice eneouraEing from other boxes,
drRped IN the naticnal colors, the boys
Of the American Legion post No. 7 put
on a minstrel show De luxe Tuesday
night which will long be remembered
N Memphis-~R show thAt went through
two hours and \ half Of brilliant, bang
up fgn, singing and dancing that was
the equal II not superior 20 any tray.
cling Attraction which has visited the
New Lyric thsattr IN several seasons.
ThA performance win be repeated
wednesday night other officers and
members Of the legion will occupy boxes
as was the case Tuesday night, and
ether box parties and social affairs vii
teud 10 give the boys moro encourage b
mant than ever and even better per
Torrance than TUESDAY night 10 IN
store for the tinsi show Proceeds Will
60 to the fund Of the local post
Difficult - it Us 20 pick amy one out
standing feature Yet there we're sew.
crsI numbers. several acts that call for
special mention In the first part Jack
MolouEhuey There Never Was = Pal
Like You" and Keith BIanton's Dear
Old Pal Of Mine Were the bright vocal
gems Moloughrey e. an old favorits.
ut HlilAA WIN lttN hH'Al 8 lAA.' ~ . ~
fessional, with the voice OF = Reese
Prosser. and was compelled 70 answer
number Of eucores Mr.. Blanton ?
rich baritone well suited the beautiful
selection assigned to him.
When Frftz LAwless and Gov Bowen
cstApaulted into the first part, how.
ever, the quick fire comedy was on.
Gov Is the drawlin', shifuess KEEP
lucky niger personifed, No one IN the
audience last night but what would
put HIM next to Bert Swor rs a negro
character actor supreme or would
doubt that with Swor, Bowen could help
corner the market in minstrelsy
Fritz Iaawless has the large, express
siye feet, ears and loose jointed shout
derS OF i Nell O'Brlen and more---the
youth Nell feels fast slipping away.
ooh, How She Can Dance IN which
song are interviewer the loose jolnted
notes OF the negro Jazz, the lure Of the
Indian. the incense laden suggestion OF
the Turk, was the comedy feature OF
tie first part Fritz glides, shakes,
Niasles with the comedy Of Eddie Leon
ard, the grace Of Gertrude Hoffman
ana the eloquence of No. liz shoes OF
a negro roustahout rolled into one Like
Gov Bowen. many wonder why Fritz IN
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