Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-05
NO STRIKES IN RUSSIA,
! cZAR' LENINE ORDERS
=, Rulers Repudiate Ladder on Which They
Climbed to Po,oer- -Demagogues Inaame
Waning Zeal OF People
nv r.. r, K0SPOTH

-,,ordent OF the Evening Public
Special eoii Ledger
Fob. 5.-Strikes are the
os"S sormidable weapon used by the
n,0s' nn,'s.,sviki to capture political power
BoIsn. tbe world, but in the Russian
all O,', renublc, where they have sue
'0Vls. ,,,,v established their rule, the
cess,u", SUN no longer enjoy the right to
T0rA r. Under the dictatorship of the
sulht, l,h..oriat" proletarians are not al
pto,s, I'','d TO lay down their tools if they
NV vs'd dissatisfied with working hours or
wages. ,,sox;oo1 brt II ia
uevcrthecss true ,... !.
Having realized their ambition to
~, Russia. the communist chiefs
goVe,m e,nmnanimous in their condemnation
arc .,n;tes u; Work, work, work. is
OIL 81 4be constant refrain OF Premier
now We exbortations to the workers,
lfnnH san, be seduced into revolt by the
,;oe waoi of life of luxury and 1dleness
,S '.dor the soviet system.
una' snoI decree of the soviet govern
n. "A forbids strikes, setting forth that
mensd mmetlnasdrction is no longer a matter of
P9gnrence PlSGr TO the proletariat and must
NUM- ho hammered by strikes. y The fol-
;nS nos uS Illuminating circular was issued
ON,utii Otiv bv the "Union Of Russian Meta
Workers ;u5,,s+u;o, doos
rd .nd cannot lie in the interests of
~. nv morking classes. We cannot ap-
lns me-, "t The now visible decrease of pro-
grOtH grot;on ~ We are the heirs of CAPT
a.G.,un' o,Nsn, and we must condemn every
.sing si,0 that prevents the development of
production.
Exploit Fears Of Populace
A,otber appeal, circulated among the
-.,Lnoen of the Tchichakine factory in
Moscow, says ,. :.
,,oselv connected with production; if
r~S rrodnction increases the proletariat is
.ho rainer. while its decrease must lead
~ ,nV ,5e onnihilation of the workers.
In snite of these DEGREES and ex-
hortations. strikes are of frequent oc-
",rrsnce. However. most of them fail
u,iserably. for the government now EN-
nlOys ruthless terroristic measures to
snnnress the labor movement, to which
4 owes its rise to power. Whenever
s;,ns Of discomfort manifest themselves
among the workers of an industry the
rirgesders are arrested and thrown
;nto nrison before the unrest has had
time to rlpen.
Two hundred workmen Of the Bogatyr
ruhher works were peremptorily dis
potton haoaisa thpu ha RI
Organized strike in defiance of the
cyocSysrnment's orders. In some cases,
ss recently in Charkoff, where the
workmpn of the Gerlach Pulst works
went on strike. the strikers are simply
nobzed and enrolled in the ranks of
the Red army.
But usually the reduction of their
daily food rations suffices to COW them.
The Red dictators camoutage their
tyrannical treatment of the work
men who are the ostensible rulers
Of Russia by branding all strike move =
mpnts as Counter revolutionary con-
>piracies" which they are bound to sup
press
Strikers Usually Crushed
By adopting dangerously deter
mined attitude and indulging in violent
acts of sabotage, the workers of the
Dainoff textile factories in Moscow
succeeded some time ago in obtaining
a weekly supplement of several yards
of cloth to their wages, but such sue
cess is extremely rare.
All industrial methods in use in
''capitaistic countries" to increase
production have been gradually reintro
duCed by Lcnine into his communist
paradise. Piecework and even the
Taylor system are once more in use
In the metal industry the workers are