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ter that he counts himself among the
sold guard of the Bolsheviki, thus de-
claring himself prepared to take upon
himself all accusations which may
possibly be brought against the old
guard, should this really pursue the
path of degeneration. 1t must be adj
mitted that this readiness for self
sacrifice is doubtless proof of no
bility. But / must defend Comrade
Trotzky against Comrade Trotzky
himself, for he cannot and must not,
for comprehensive reasons, take
upon himself the responsibility for a
degeneration in the fundamental core
of the old Bolshevist guard. Self
sacrifice is naturally admirable, but
do the old BolsheviM require it? !
am Of the opinion that they do not
require it.
Why the Comparison?
In the second place, it is quite in
comprehensive that such opportun-
lists and Mensheviki as Bernstein, Ad-
Ter, Kautsky, Guesde and others, can
be named in the same breath as the
old Bolshevist guard, which has been
fighting honorably all this time
against opportunism, Menshevism,
and the Second International, and
will, hope, continue to fight them in
future. What is the cause of this
error, of this confusion; what need
is there for it, if nothing but the in
terests of the Party is held in view,
if there are no Interior motives be-
hind it, aiming by no means at the
defence of the old guard? How are
we to understand these insinuations
as to opportunism with regard to the
old Bolsheviki, who have been reared
in the midst of fight against oppor-
tunism?
In. the third place, am by no
means convinced that the old Bolshe-
wiki are absolutely immune against
the danger of degeneration any more
than / can reasonably maintain that
we are for instance immune against
earthquake. Such a danger can and
must be admitted as a possibility. But
is this intended to signify that this
danger is actual and present? | do
not believe it. Neither has Comrade
Trotzky mentioned any signs indicat-
ing that the danger of degeneration
is an actual danger. However, there
does exist a number of elements
within our Party who are likely to
bring about real danger of degenera-
tion among a section Of the Party.
| am thinking here of those Menshe-
wiki who got into the Party against
their own will, and who have not yet
abandoned their old habits. At the
time when our Party was being
purged, Comrade Lenin wrote as fol-
lows about these MensheviH and the
danger threatened thru them:
Every opportunist is distinguished
by capacity for adaptation, and the
Mensheviki, as opportunists, accomo-
date themselves in a certain sense on
principle to the prevailing trends
among the workers; they take on
protective colors, as the hare takes TO
white fur in winter. 1t is necessary
to be aware of this popularity of the
Mensheviki and to reckon with it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-25
Lusk Probe Lawyer
Resents Effort to
Quiz Big Oil Baron

WASHINGTON, March "a
Senator Dill, Washington, men,
Der of the senate oil committee,
today charged in the senate that
Martin w. Littleton, counsel for
Harry F. Sinclair, was leading "a
fight against all congressional in
vestigations that would be effective"
Dill said Littleton challenged
the right and jurisdiction of the
oil committee in subpoenaing wit
nesses before it and asking private
questions"
when Will Hays is about to
come before the committee and go
under cross examination relative tc
the receipt Of $4,000 shares of Sin
clair oil stock, to wipe out deficit
in the treasury of the Republican
national committee and when Harry
Sinclair is about to be questioned
about the Teapot lease, we find
Littleton here telling us we can't
ask private questions said Dill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-25
Committee Urges
Compromise on
Jap Immigration

WASHINGTON, March ga
new scheme for the settlement Of
the immigration exclusion Quarrel
with Japan is proposed by the Ma
tional Committee on American-Jap-
anese Relations, thru George W.
Wickersham, chairman. The com
mittee proposes a new treaty under
which the Japanese would repeal
all laws creating dual citizenship Of
Japanese children born in the United
States; the migration Of laborers
from each country to the other to
be stopped; and ''most favored ma
ton" treatment to be granted to all
persons of either nationality resid-
ing under the jurisdiction of the
other.
The committee asserts that FOR
the period Of 1908-1923 the net in
crease of Japanese thru immirra-
ton into the United States, includ-
ing Hawaii, has been 1906, OF
which S,031 came to the continen-
tai United States.
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STALTN SAID.

ii. Comrade Trotzky's Letter.
THE resolution passed by the G. G.
! and the G. G.. G. Central Control
Commission) on the inner Party de-
mocracy, published in December,
was unanimously accepted. Comrade
Trotzky voted for this resolution. It
might therefore be assumed that the
members of the Central Committee,
including Comrade Trotzky, would
apply unitedly to all members of the
Party and call upon these to support
the G. G. and its resolutions unani-
mously. This assumption has, how
ever, not been realized. Comrade
Trotzky has just published letter to
all Party corporations, which can
only be regarded as an attempt to
weaken the will to unity among the
Party members, with respect to sup
port of the G.. G. and its decisions.
The reader may judge for himself.
Comrade Trotzky mentions the bu-
reaucracy of the Party apparatus and
the danger of degeneration threaten
ing the old guard, that is, the Len
inians, the fundament Of our Party,
diU kOSS Oh W say
Degeneration of Old Guard.
"a degeneration Of the odd guard
is to be observed several times in the
development Of history. Let us take
the most recent and most striking
historical example; the Leaders and
parties of the Second International.
We know perfectly well that Wilhelm
Liebknecht, Bebel, Singer, Victor
Adler, Kautsky, Bernstein, Lafargue,
Guesde and others have been direct
and immediate disciples of Marx and
Engels. We know, however, that all
these leaders-some partially, others
totally degenerated towards oppor-
tunism !. And we must say-we,
the old guard'-that our generation,
which, of course, plays the leading
role in the Party, does not by itself
include any guarantee sufficient in
itself, against a gradual and imper-
ceptible weakening of the proletarian
and revolutionary spirit, if the Party
tolerates the further development of
the bureaucratic methods of the APP
paratus, which transform the young
generation into passive object of
education and unavoidably confirm
the alienation between the apparatus
and the mass, between the old and the
young. !" -. 1.-THE youth is the
Party's surest barometer, it reacts
against Party bureaucratism in the
most energetic manner /" "The
youth must make the revolutionary
formulas their own by fight. !"
! must in the first place dispel a
possible misunderstanding. It may
be seen from Comrade Trotzky's let
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-25
RAILROADS YIELD
WAGE INCREASES
TO ( M | DYES
B. & O., Pennsy, L. /.
And Southern in Line

NEW YORK, March 24.-Wage in
creases similar to those negotiated by
the Big Four railroad brotherhoods
with the New York Central are
spreading in the east.
Agreements have been signed with
the Baltimore & Ohio, the Pennsyl-
vania, the Long Island and the
Southern railways providing increas-
es ranging from per cent to 6.2 per
cent to engine and train service en-
ployes.
80 Cents A Day More.
The new Pennsylvania agreement
with the train service brotherhoods
provides the following increases: 80
cents day to conductors, baggage
men and brakemen in passenger
service; 32 cents day to brakemen
and switchtenders in yard service.
Financial writer's have expressed
some surprise at the fact that other
large roads are following the lead of
the New York Central in view Of the
statement Of railway executives that
the Centrals action was out Of line
with what other roads would grant.
They expect real controversy to de-
veop at the conference now in ses-
sion at Chicago between the train
service brotherhoods and representa-
tives of ten Of the largest western
carriers. These carriers contend that
their last years profits were not up
to those made by eastern railroads.
Poverty Plea the Buck.
The hypocrisy of this poverty plea
is apparent upon examination Of the
1923 financial reports Of the ten
carriers in question. Altogether
they earned total net income Of
1898, 263,988, or enough to afford
return Of per cent on their COM
bined capitalization including stocks,
bonds, equipment notes, etc. As this
capitalization is excessive the return
on actual investment appears to be
nearer 7 per cent. Five of the ten
roads, operating nearly so per cent
Of the total mileage earned profits
in excess of III per cent on their
common stock.
While only two of the ten earned
less than Az per cent for their COM
mon stockholders and these two are
known to represent speculative in
vestment beyond the actual require
ments of the territory served. All
ten carriers earned sufficient profit
to cover their fixed charges so that
no one Of them can claim deficit on
last years operations.
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States. In fact his plea reminded
me of any prosecutor against the
reds in a capitalist court. Defense
in its closing argument pleaded for
dropping of the whole matter mas
much as the charges had no founda-
ton inasmuch as no violation of
the constitution could be proven by
the prosecution, giving the examples
of loyalty of the members of the
Party and the T. u. E. L. in the
Ladies' Garment Workers strike in
Chicago where they are the most ac-
tive on the picket line and also citing
the threatened split in the United
Mine Workers in District which
was presented by the agitation Of the
Trade Union Educational League and
the Party.
Good Union Record Admitted.
The defense also pointed out the
fact that all those defendants had
been participating in one or more
struggles of the working class and
that some of the witnesses appearing
for the prosecution admitted that
they were good and loyal members of
the union. The defense warned the
committee against the expulsion of
these defendants from the union and
pointed out the need of the militants
in the organization and gave exam
pies where their explosions would
lead to the complete destruction Of
the union and also the establishment
of the workers following such strug-
giles.
Defendants--Loyal Unionists.
The final case is to be decided at
the local union meeting Friday the
18th. The defense is of the opinion
that the rank and file has been
aroused sufficiently to turn out in
great numbers and vote down this
dastardly proposal of the interna-
tional officials in fact the members
working in one shop signed
petition to the local union protest
ing against the action in this case,
but it was not considered by the To-
cal. This is in fact not trial of
militants but it is Machinists Union
Local los on trial whether it wants
to develop and become a real fight
ing organization to effectively wage
a struggle against the bosses in the
city Of Toledo and again become
city where organized labor will be
recognized as an economic and poll
tical force. The defendants are de-
termined to carry this fight to its
logical conclusion which will be VIC
tory for the left wing.
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Stain Discusses Russian Party Problems

But to reckon with it means to purge
the Party of 80 per cent Of the total
number of Mensheviki who Joined the
Party after the year 1918, that is,
after the victory Of the Bolsheviki
had first become probable, and then
certain"
Oppose "Old" and Young"
How could it happen that Comrade
Trotzky could disregard this and
other actually existent dangers, and
place possible danger in the fore
ground, the danger of degeneration
in the old Bolshevist guard? How
is it possible for anyone to shut his
eyes to real danger, and to drag into
the foreground a possible danger,
one really not existing at all, if he is
anxious to preserve the interests Of
the Party, and not to undermine the
authority Of the majority of the c.
G., the leading core of the old Bolshe-
visit guard? Is it not perfectly OBJ
vious that such methods Of procedure
are simply grist to the will of the
opposition?
In the fourth place, why does Com
rade Trotzky oppose the "old," thus
liable to degeneration, to the
YOUTH 'the Party's surest baro-
meter; the "old guard which
may become bureaucratized, to the
young, which has to make the rev.
dictionary formulas their own by
fight?" Why this placing in opposi-
ton, and what purpose does it serve?
Have the youth and the old guard
then not always marched in one unit
ed front against internal and exter-
nal enemies? Is the unity between
"old" and "young" not the main
source of strength in our Party?
Then why this attempt to deprive the
old guard Of its glory, and to bring
about demagogic Indictment Of the
vanity of the youth, so that the slight
cleft between these two main groups
of our Party may be widened? WHY
is all this being done, if the interests
and unity of the Party are being pur
sued, and no attempt is being made to
shake this unity in the interests Of
the opposition?
Is this the way to defend the C. G.
and its resolution on inner Party
democracy, which, it must not be for
gotten, was passed unanimously?
It is probable that Comrade Trotz-
ky did not set himself any such task
when he laid his views before the
public in his letter to the Party or
CARNATIONS. Probably he had an
other object in view, the intention of
using the defence of the resolution
passed by the c. G. as a cloak en-
abling him to lend diplomatic support
to the opposition in its contest with
the c. G. of the Party.
The True Meaning.
If we got to the bottom Of the mat
ter, this also explains the ambiguity
permeating Comrade Trotzky's letter.
Comrade Trotzky forms one of. the
block of the democratic centralistsr
and a section Of the '1eft commune
ists"-this is the political meaning
of this letter from Comrade Trotzky.
TOMORROW ZINoyIEv SPEAKS.)
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CANADIAN RAIL
LABOR EXPECTS
WAGE INCREASES
Brotherhoods Conduct
Negotiations

MONTREAL, March 24.-N W
wage schedules are expected to re-
suit from negotiations going on here
between the Canadian railway COM
panies and the various brotherhoods.
Negotiations between the Brother
hood of Maintenance of Way Men
and the railway association were re-
sumed. The strike vote taken re-
Gently among the Canadian member
ship Of the brotherhood resulted in a
majority in favor of a walkout.
More Wages Expected.
The Brotherhood of Railroad En-
ployes and representatives of the
Canadian Pacific railway are in ses-
sion here now to arrive at newrwage
schedule from two different schedules
used on the c. N. r. and on the
Grand Trunk railway. Since the lat
ter has been combined with the C. N.
r. the demand for one single wage
contract for all grades of freight
handlers, clerks, store and ware
house-men, covered by the brother
hood was made. Altho the company
is willing to agree to this proposition
discussion arose over the demand Of
an increase Of SIG a month for
monthly rated men and 8 cents an
hour for hourly rated men. Here
too the final result Of the negotiations
are expected to be favorable for la
Dor.
Amalgation Discussed.
The amalgamation scheme for the
16 standard railway unions will be
discussed in conference expected
to take place here March 23. Altho
in the old craft organizations there is
some strong sentiment against ANAL
gamation it is hoped that the con-
ference at least will succeed in form
ing a central Canadian committee
which shall combine the various sec
tons Of the movement turnout the
Dominion. The fact that the Broth
erhood Of Railway Employees has
voted in favor Of amalgamation and
that the conference is to be held inn
mediately prior to the conference Of
Division 4, Railway Employees De-
partment, A. +. Of L., gives the ANAL
gamation conference a special signi-
fcance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-25
Cleveland Metal
Workers Demand
City Ownership

CLEVELAND, March 24.-Exten-
sion Of the municipal lighting plant
is demanded by union machinists in
answer to attempts of the privately
owned Cleveland Illuminating Co. to
encroach on the municipal field. The
city plant charges 3 cents per kilo-
watt hour while the private company
charges cents. The machinists, or
ganized in Lodge 439 Of the interna-
tional union, declare for public owner.
ship and for development Of the city
plant so that all customers can be
served by it, including the Cleveland
Railway company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-25
United States Sailors
Take OUer Honduras
In Bankers Interests

WASHINGTON, March 24.-The
tropical radio station at Tegucigalpa,
capitol of Honduras, is now manned
by American operators and guarded
by American bluejackets, so that
communications with this country
may be maintained, dispatch from
the commander Of the u. S. Cruiser
Milwaukee to the navy department
said today. Conditions in the Hon.
duran capitol are quiet at present.
State department officials we're
closely watching the situation in
Honduras where serious revolution
airy disorders threaten to hurt the
interests Of United States capitalists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-25
Trachtenberg Tour

Tuesday, March rs, Baltimore. Nd, Work
ingmsn's Hall. 250s E. Madison st.
Thursday, March ~, Philadelphia, Penn,
Birth Shoenn Hall, sos Pine ST.
Friday, March Is, Rochester, n. X. Anal
gamated Clothing Workers Open Forum.
Saturday, March 20. Binghamton, n. y, at
1880 p. m, Lithuanian Hall, 271 Clinton 81.
Sunday, March 80. - 8 p. m, Utica, n. r.,
Labor Temple, ia Charlotte st.
Monday, March 81. Rochester, n. Y. Hall to
be announced later.
Tuesday, April /, at 8 .. m, Buffalo, N. T.,
Labor Lyeeum, 376 William ST.
Wednesday, April 2. jamestown, n. r.,
Hall to be announced later.
Thursday. April 3, Erie, Penna., Hall to be
announced later.
Friday. April 4. r. Pittsburg, Penn, Hall
to be announced later.
Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 8, Pitts
burg, Penn. Hall to be announced later.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-25
Electricians Win
Strike; Scabs and
Police Are Canned

NEW ORLEANS, March 24.-The
strike of electricians and linemen
against the New Orleans Public Serv-
ice, Inc, has been settled. The unions
obtained their demands. According to
the terms the two men in dispute will
be reinstated, and the men who struck
on their account will be given full
seniority rights, insurance, etc. All
men will be in their jobs before 80
days, the strikebreakers to be fired
gradually.
The settlement is the work of Or
ganizer Pollard, Atlanta, who called
on each director Of the public utility.
The board Of directors few days ago
ordered the general manager to make
peace with the unions.
Thirty-eight cops were dropped
from the police department after the
settlement.
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aBlack Jack, Writes Rook

PARIS, March 24.--Incognito,
General John j. Pershing has been
inspecting osce again the battle
fields Of France, obtaining material
for a book on the world war which
he is writing, II was learned today.
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NOTE,-The DAILY WORKER
today concludes publication Of
speech made by I. Stain, Of the
executive committee Of the Rus
sian Communist Party. He takes
issue with the position Of Comrade
Leon Trotsky and his group,
whose views we have already pub
lished.
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The prosecution represented by v.
s. Gauthier in its closing speech laid
emphasis on the fact that these men
intended to overthrow the present
democratic Teapot Dome government
and institute in its place a so-calIed
workers republic in this country.
Also that they were taking instruc-
tons from a one VIM. z. Foster who
had conspired to destroy the organ
ICED labor movement Of the United
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-02-27

fu6 fabricado por la General Electric
Company, de Nueva York. Tiene dos
h6lices, una para la marcha avante y
otra para la marcha atras. Cada una
de elias esta accionada por un motor
de induction de 21ooI1oOHP.
Para el mando de los aparatos hay
un panel de gobierno un combinador
principal, con los reveladores Y CO.
nexiones electricas necesar.as entire
eIlos, para que Sc pueda maniobrar,
cerrando los contactos del panel de
gobierno por medic del combinador
principal. En- case de accidente es-
tos contactos pueden ser cerrados a
mano.
La velocidad de la turbina Sc regu-
la desde ell panel de gob.erno aetuan-
do sobre .su regnlador por medic de un
servomotor, v tambien Sc regula con
la palanca de la valvula de admission,
desde Ell cuadro.
Todos los aparatos con la exception
de las bombas de carena, las de ali
mentaci6n de las calderas, las de in
cendio y los ventiladores del tiro for
zado de los hogares, .estan novidos
electricamente y tolnan corriente de
un circuito auxiliar alimentado por un
generator de corriente continua, de
125 XIV y de 220I11O voltios, cons
truido. por la General Electric. Hay
otro grupo turbogenerador de reserva
para los casos de accidente o para CO.
nectarlos en- parallel con la primera
maQuina en- marcha normal.
Este nuevo barco de pasaje fll6 pro-
yectado por M. G.. Kindlund, de La So
c.edad de construction naval Kind
lund & Drake.
La propulsion termoelectrica Sc
adopt6 despues de un estudio detenido
de todos los differences sistemas de
propulsion, ordenado por ell delegado
municipal Whalen. y llevado a cabo
por G. +. Perry, del Departamento de
obras Municipales de Nueva York.
En- Ell puente inferior hay cuatro ga
lerias corredores para transporter en-
ellos vehfculos ell puente superior es-
ta reservado para los pasajeros,
Al nuevo barco Sc le ha provisto de
un sistema de Illumination serni-indi-
recto, elpcual es un adelanto en- el alum
brado general de esta clase de barcos.
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Exito del primer ferryboat electnco

Hace POGO, en- Nueva York, Sc We
rificaron con exito complete las prue-
bas del w. r. HEART, primero de
los barcos de pasaje barcos tras-
bordadores del tipo namado en- ingles
FERRYBoAT (barco- -balsa) con trans
mission electrical. Las pruebas Sc rea-
lizaron bajo la direction de los repre-
sentantes del municipio.
En- una de elias. Ell nuevo barco que
marchaba a is millas por hora., fue
parade por complete en- 40 segundos.
En- otra cuando .el barco nayegaba
ayante a toda maquina v con su he
lice girando 172 +. p. M, Sc invirti6
el sentido de la Marcia y su h@lice al
canzo 1873 reyoluciones en- Marcia atras
en- menos de 10 segundos.
Ell w. R. HEART, ademas de ser
el primer barco de pasaje. de propul-
sion termoelectrica que ,ha prestado
servicio en- Nueva York. es tambien
el primero de su clase en- que Sc en-
plea turbina de vapor, y corriente al
terna para la transmission electrica de
la fuerza motriz necesaria para su pro-
pulsi6n.
FL barco tiene una eslora de Sc me-
tros, una manga de 20 metros un ca
lado de 8 metros. Esta equipado con
un grupo turbogenerador que puede
producer 22oo HIP en- la helice, y que
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Representatives. de la Camara de
Comercio, en- Comisi6n, Sc entrevis-
taron con ell Hon. Presidente Provi-
.sional de la Repdblica, Sr. Viccini
Burgos, con el fin de conseguir su
ayuda concerniente a que insinue a