The labor world., 1922-03-04

- CHANGE Without. Change. !.
Every three months Lenine has
promulgated on paper some new
social SYSTEM. Upon examination,
however, 1t appears that no essen
tial change has has taken place. Al
a part of the Bolshevist campaign to
,entice. foreign capitalists and con-
.cessioA hunters into a big, Russian
loan at the coming Genoa confer
ence, the Soviets have made stren-
uous, effort for several months to
|,foist upon. the world AN idea that
they have concocted. a new eco
nomic policy-witlout, as they
hasten to add, abandoning one iota
OF the power Of the proletarian die
tatorship. -
The radical wing Of European La
bor has been. decidedly disturbed, at
this approaching alliance between
the Soviet dictators and the: reac-
tionary capitalists: The Chief Of the
italian Communist: Party, the world
Arahowned Seratti, has put forth: the
sppposition that Italian labor is. by
End smeans ready to: give its approval
to- any and all deals that Lenine: may
try to-put over at, Genoa The Com-
munists' Of: the European countries
are equally perturbed..,
New Labor Policy
In the hope Of being able to- calm
the rising. storm of indignatior the
;soyiets have now put forth a. docu-
rnent claiming that while. they have
instituted a. new policy + toward
capitaaistic. concesssionf; hunters. they
haves alsor adopted 4 t'"new'. pulley
toward labor. Upon examination OF
this document this latest: :ukase. app
pearssas nothing In. the werld but: a
re-hashr OF the labor union policy
instituted over a. year ago. )
The" new" labor union policy: IS
summed up by. a" pro- Soviet: corres-
pohdetat. Louis Levine: in the Chi
ca9o Daily News. 1t once more
abolishes the fight to- strike ina all
tho Important factories: and services
Of Rps1ia~all these} still being Sow
.febs1fo1erty .. The state factories; -
We read. 'itiustsatfempt 4 speedy set
tlehaentSsof conflicts BY obtaining for
the work ers. the '1daximum benefits
connpatible with the intereststo OF the
state" : What are thess interests OF
tho. Estate ?: Lenine never tires Of as
sertfng that the interests Of the state
ard Those Eof the dictatorship OF the
pr0etafiat,i which lie ALSO, sta tes: on
every occasion means. the dictator
ship of the. Conrdunist 4 Party. Of
which he is the :undisputed boss. .'
-. a. :. Serfs of the State. = =: :: =:
The new :Uenine statement, which
is put out in the nameso the, Execu-
tixe Committee of the Federation
Of Russian Trade Unions" cLenine
being a member, discloses the ma
ture OF these :so-caNed labor organ
izations when it. declares that all
trade union memberships: is to be
.compulsory''- and indeed It has
heen. compulsory for some time; at
least on .paper-though, like all
sther BolsheWst DEGREES; it failed to
work very smoothly. as Trotsky and
other communists have pointed out.
The document makes It, clear: just
how the Soviet. labor. system works:
collective agreerlentss are necessary
but Hthe administratitn,4of n, of factories
must be, free to fix wages and distri-
lb1ee money and clothing. In: other
|sW0rds, Russian workers are deliber.
lately reduced to- the s %positiion Of
:paupers, and serfs Of the state: (,
EDictatoFs Over, Labof. = ~,
In summing up the document,
Levine declares that the labor unions