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Berger's Lamentations

Tn his daily Bindings" Mr.. Victor Berger re-
Gently found it necessary to bemoan China's fate
as a result of her rapprochement with the Union
of Socialist Soviet Republics
Mr. Berger who is now in alright alliance with
Mr. LaFollette of the Republican Party OF WIS
consin sheds tears the uncomfortable position
Door China finds herself in when she is between
the Imperialism of the capitalist governments and
the riotism of the Bolshevist government"
Poor Victor Berger! In the stress of most
strenuous campaign to put over his old socialist
friend LaFolette he finds time to denounce Soviet
Russia. But Berger calls himself progressive
and therefore his attempt to enmity against
Soviet Russia must be in the interest OF human
itv and madein-Amerca socialism Of the kind
that has 1ourished in LaFolletania for many years.
Yet if Mr.. Berger has shred of honesty in his
being socitous for the welfare of poor China, why
does he overlook those who have aided and Allotted
the robbery of the Chinese people? Why does he
attack the Soviet Republic when he knows very
well that the First Workers and Farmers gov
eminent has done everything possible to help
China by renouncing all the Czarist concessions
and treaties?
We are not surprised to find that Mr.. Berger
is silent about LaFollette and his progressive sena
torial and congressional allies not uttering word
or raising finger against the last naval bill pro
vldlng for the expenditure OF one hunureu anu ~
million dollars for war vessels with which to keep
China and other weak countries in their place.
Nor are we surprised to notice that Mr.. Berger
did not find it necessary to call Mr. LaFollette to
task for not doing saying anything in the senate
against the United States maintaining feet OF
destroyers on the Ynagtze River for hundreds of
miles into Chinese territory.
Berger's tears for China are crocodile tears.
Berger's lamentations only smoke screen be-
hind which there is hidden foul attack on the
only government which is fighting capitalist i'm
perialism to a fnish-the Union of Socialist So
Wet Republics.
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LaFollettism and the Communists By Earl R. slevds1

For example, there is the Ku Klux
Khan. Not even the socialist liars, who
pretend to see a connection between
the Communists and the X. K K, real
ly think that any body of revolutionary
workers can find any common ground
of action with the Khan except the
battle field where we fight against
this miserable aggregation of coward
ly rufffans. Yet the Khan is certainly
a destructive force, the product of cap
italism and assisting to destroy the
capitalist social fabric.
The Khan In the U. S. is quite SIM
liar to the fascist in Italy. Mussolini
was a convenient tool for Italian CAPT
talism, which used him in a pinch,
but Mussolini has FASTENED the pro-
cess Of capitalist decay in that coun-
try also. The recent disclosures of the
terrific corruption in the fascist gov
eminent shows a condition certainly
unfavorable to the continued exist
ence of capitalism in Italy. But Com
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Continued from Last Issue.)


Closely related sterilization the rube was the
problem of balancing the state budget This has been al
accomplished For several years after the revolution
there practically budget The situation chaotic
Questions of state income and expenditure largely
of speculation This the natural result of the ire
mendous revolutionary upheava the civil and the other
factors that shook things up generally However, within the
past three years. only has the budget been built but
expenditures practically balanced with
This year the state deficit will be only 10 per and next
year it is hoped to wipe it out altogether.
accomplishment of these vital financial measures
the stabzng Of the rub and the balancing of the budget
doing much put Russian industry its feet They lead
directly economy and efficiency in every field of activity
AT last it possible make head tail of what 60
ing with regard costs and prices Industry and the
will ahead basis than 1t is
just much solved of the general economic problem that al
most overwhelmed and drowned OUT the Russian revolution
The New Economic Policy.
Early in 1921 the New Economic Policy introduced
The situation desperate The edging proearian
revolution manestly unable to meet all the industrial
burdens placed upon it. So the government monopoly
industry relaxed and domestic trading by private in
dduals allowed to extent 1t admittedly danger
expedient thus introduce degree capitalism into
Russia. Many said that the remedy than the
disease that the revolution doomed Especially
this doorous song sung by the pseudorevoutonss of the
Emma Goldman and Kautsky type But there alter
native The hungry and had to be fed pain
of the immediate death of the revolution
The great problem utilize for revolutionary pur
poses the industry and trade that would develop through the
private initiative thus called upon. This has been definitely
accomplished despite the pessms He is blind who visiting
Russia the tightening effect of private trade upon
the general economic crisis The good effects of the Nep have
outweghed the bad The prophesied poisoning the
voluon has not taken place. although here and there
supposedly sound revoutonars have collapsed under
it. notable being that of erstwhle omrade Tobin
son. who did such good work in the Chicago Workers
sute number of years ago. But while exploiting its
vanages the Communists blinking the unquestoned
dangers of the Nep. Kamenev in the speech mentioned
awhile ago. pointed the of the extensive private
capital employed in the distribution of food clothing
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patriotism dictated by corrupt war
profiteers crammed down their throat.
They are forced to sing my country
it's of thee" so many times in gram
mar school that they never hear the
song without feeling of intense
loathing. The gymnasium courses
which they are required to take in
high school and college are contain
mated with lectures by army officers
who tell the young men that the pur-
pose Of the course is to train them to
be good citizens, who can spring to
the defense of their country at
moments notice"
Boys of IA years OF age all over our
land of the free" are forced to take
military drill under the direct super
vision Of army officers, as is done in
such high schools as the English and
Latin high schools in Boston.
Army Before Honor.
History courses are converted into
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-23
"Depend Upon u. S."

Secretary of State Hughes told the Europeans
who were hanging on his words in breathless sus-
pense that they could count upon the help of the
United States. just carry thru the Dawes plan,
he told them, and everything will be fine and
dandy, with Uncle Sam handing out the long
green to all and sundry. The Dawes plan and
American money will settle all the troubles of
Europe.
There is little doubt that American money will
play great part in European affairs before the
proletaran revolution pushes it out. But that the
European peoples should be anxiously desiring
this Intervention shows that education in disillu-
sionment is still mot complete.
Europeans need not worry about Uncle Sam
leaving them. The U. s. has great deal of in.
vestment in Europe, and great deal more money
to invest. Markets in great demand, and
Europe will continue to be a prospective field Of
investment for American capital, long as the
workers are not in power. American capital can
be depended upon to continue the exploitation of
the European workers just as long as it is al
lowed to do
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-23
When Is a Cut Not a Cut?

In these DAYS of unemployment and "open shop"
drives it is more than ever essential that organized
workers shall keep alert and ready to fight against
cuts in wages or any other lowering of their work
ing standards If union is defeated in struggle
it at least prevents a second cut, while If it ac-
cepts a cut without fight it is due for another
very soon after That is the universal experience
of labor unions. And if there is militancy and
strong organization there is no for accept
ing cut at all.
These remarks are prompted by the fact that
workers in the mems clothing industry have awak-
ened to the fact that wages have been cut without
the general knowledge of the union membership.
1t should have been a suspicious thing when, sew
eral months ago, the manufacturers withdrew their
demand for a general reduction of rates, and &C.
cepted the proposal for 'readjustment' which is
supposed to mean slight changes here and there
that do not affect the general level of the market
The workers should have realized that the bosses
do not give up so easily. There was joker in the
deck that was being dealt from.
What the joker was, is stated by an employers
paper thus "a wage cut would have affected
production and quality of work adversely, while
the unions promise may promote efficient opera
tion.v And further: "a horizontal wage cut
would have led the retailers to expect reduction
in prices" And still further: ''The Chicago
manufacturers have secured what is an equivalent
to an insurance policy for the piece-work system"
"Among the advantages to the manufacturers will
be more rigid enforcement of the rules OF CLASH
6cation, while firms that wish to keep their costs
down will be able to improve quality"
Thus we see that what to the workers was
reimbursement to the employers was wage cut,
camoufaged in order to keep down discomfort
among the workers and to fool the retail dealers
so that they would not demand reduced prices.
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lead the struggle for a definite pro
gram that leads to socialist society
as the first step to Communism. They
accept the realities of the class
struggle, they work on the basis of the
economic system as capitalism ha,
developed it, and they propose, not t.
go backward to a petty bourgeoi.
heaven of 1875, but forward to work
ers' control, naturalization of indus
try, the overthrow of the capitals
dictatorship and the building of tn
Soviet State thru the dictatorship O
the proletariat.
That means the Communists mus
at all times represent, must fight sid
by side with, every movement an
every group that is really movinJ
even IL but for the next step, in tn
direction of laying the foundation {
that working class power. But LaFo
lette is merely part of the poiso
generated by the death of capitalism
he means nothing for the future.
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munists cannot have any attitude to-
ward fascism In any of its forms, ex-
cept that of the bitterest struggle
against II, for it is poison even more
destructive of the labor movement
than Of capitalism.
LaFollette is a sign of dissolution of
the capitalist society. But he is not
the harbinger of the new order that is
to come. He signifies capitalist de-
cay, because, while he will obey, in
the final analysis, the orders from
capitalism, he has no clear-cut pro-
gram of action of any kind that looks
to the future. He is not clear-cut capt.
talist, as Coolidge-and he is distinct.
ly authorizing class. He is faced to-
ward the void of the dissolution of
society that capitalism would mean if
there was no rising working class. But
he represents the new society that is
to come even less than he does the
capitalist system.
The Communists, on the other hand,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-23

"NOU say that the LaFollette move
! ment is a sign of the decay of
the capitalist system. Then why don't
you support LaFollette and help to
hasten the process?"
So questioned an intellectual friend,
in discussing the relation of the Com
munists to the third party" move
ment. My answer to him may be of
interest to others who meet the same
question.
Communists take careful note on
everything that either symphonies the
decay of the capitalist order or assists
in extending that decay. But that does
not mean that we align ourselves with
every destructive force within capt.
talism. There are many signs of So
cial disintegration, products of the
breakdown of capitalism, which have
nothing in common with Communism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-23

THE capitalist class permeates
Americas entire educational sys-
tenn with war propaganda. From the
first grade of grammer school, thru
the last year of college, the immature
minds of our youth are impressed with
the patriotic propaganda of defense
of country above all other considera-
tons"
Millions of grammar school children
are taught the slogan, my country
right or wrong" before they learn
Christ's admonition, Love they neigh
Dor as myself" They learn the salute
to the flag before they become ac-
quainted with the golden rule.
In the grammer and high schools in
New York City, and most other cities,
the children are practically compelled
to recite the rigamorole, II pledge al
legiance to my flag and to the country
for which 1t stands" so many times
that II is deeply instilled into their
minds.
Mllitaristic Education.
In spite Of the fact that 1t is the
fathers and mothers who pay the
taxes which keep the schools running,
their children are forced to buy their
education at the price Of promising to
become future soldiers. Three years
ago desired to take course in Ohio
State University. which, like other
state colleges, requires that the stu
dent take two years of military drill
in view of the fact that there is no
tuition charge.
wrote to the president of the Uni
versity explaining that while con.
sidered war to liberate the working
class inevitable and necessary, could
not conscientiously undergo a course
in military training which was adj
mittsdly for the purpose OF training
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Training Youth for Slaughter

men to defend the capitalistic United
States government. The president re-
piled that since was getting my edu-
cation free, had no right to complain.
IF you think that you should not take
military drill l suggest you go to some
other institution of learning such as
Harvard" he wrote sarcastically,
where you do not have to suffer any
Inconvenience. No one is compelling
you to attend free institution of
learning"
During the year the United States
entered the latest capitalistic slaugh-
ter, attended Boston University.
When acknowledgement Cox, who
is now governor of Massachusetts,.
spoke to us in the auditorium. and
asked us to vote unanimously to sup
port President Wilson, dozen voted
against supporting futile and avoid
able war. We were ostracized and
prosecuted by the.faculty.
Prosecute Blind Scholar.
One of the twelve, Elmo Frieberg,
blind Communist scholar, had won
the Buck scholarship. The Buck
scholarship was the highest honor
given by the university, emitting the
student to four years tuition, trip
to Europe and post graduate course,
with all living expenses paid. Frieberg
had won the scholarship entirely on
his merits. He was teaching Latin
at the Perkins blind institute, was a
splendid writer and an advanced
student Because of Frieberg's Com.
munist anti-war convictions, the
scholarship was taken away from him
by the scholarship committee of Bos.
ton University. l met him two years
ago selling newspapers on the streets
OF Boston.
The armies are recruited largely
from youths of college age. The stu
dents OF this country--grammar, high
school ard collegs-havs the false
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-23
By Karl Reeu

classes propagating the idea that joi
ing the army when the country is
danger" is higher duty than love
home, individual honor, conscienc
conviction or any other considerable
1t is a well known fact that the h
tory books used in the Americ;
schools are 80 per cent glorified b
graphies OF the best slaughterers pl
.duced in America.
The domination of the workers
the Wall Street profiteers prevails
the schools as much as in the pulpit
the press and the work shop. It
compulsory to attend the goose st
schools" of this country. The OF
other alternative the mother m
select for her child is the refo
school. 1t is compulsory for the tea,
ers to fill the minds of the boys q
girls with the damnable patriotism
the war lords. IL they don't do
they are fred.
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| am, with every good wish for
Worker and all to whom we are :
debted for it, very cordially and grs
fully yours, WIN. M. BROWN.
p. S.-The reporters constitute Z
pulse Of public opinion and you n
be interested to know that at the .
ginning of the trial they were almo
equally divided as to sides, but
fore II ended they were all on mi
Brownella Cottage, Gallon, Ohio
w. M.
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Views of Our Readers

From the "Hcreticr Red Bishop.
To the DAILY WORKER Your
letter of June LIST came duly to hand
but at time when was over
whelmed with correspondence and so
1t got buried not to be reached until
today
Regretting that did not get some
thing to you in time for publication,
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More than a thousand copies Of the Young
Worker, sold at the gates Of the National Biscuit
Company factories, gives us another reason to be-
lieve that the workers are waking up. When the
thousands of young workers become class con
scious capitalism may well become uneasy.
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The keynote of Gompers political platform is
"repeal the antitrust laws; of LaFollettes pro
gram it is "rigidly enforce the antitrust laws"
DO YOU think this will keep them apart? Then you
do not understand the "non.partisan" policy
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Government

fOothold. cited the following figures show the
and percentages of capital in this line:
Government Cooperative Private
Wholesale ....r.."..... 1871 80 14%
Wholesale Retail 40% 1919 50%
Retail ..............~.... III 1917 S3%
bad feature of the private control of retail trade which
is largely in the hands of the Nep that very much
is in the villages where the business is small and the ndvid
ual Nepmen operate advantage
cumbersome government and cooperative machinery.
pointed out the political danger in this and declared
would have Communists appear to the peas
ants merely in the role of tax collectors while the private
traders were allowed to bring them the advantages revng
industry The peasants who only from very
things might easily conclude organizer of new
prosperity not the proetaran but the private mid
deman Kamenev maintained conquest peas
ant market is of Importance the revolution he
indicated the cooperative the accomplish
Every effort must be put forth to develop the cooperative
said Gas in the old longpast days. which hope
return when crying Everything transport
Everything for fuel will have the slogan in
the Party Everything the economic struggle against
private capital capture market through the
cooperatives'"
Private capital allowed to resume limited operations
in Russia servant to the revolution an in
dusral sopgap, pending the time when the could
take function of industry 1t is allowed
escape from this role In order that industry may proceed
undstubed the Communist prefer defeat private capital
the Nepmen open economic struggles that is by
ganzaton and service But where these suffice
and where the Nepmen threatening attitude
Communists do not hesitate drastic such
wholesale cutting of rates. open discrimination against
the Nep business and in favor of government places special
taxes and the like And undoubtedly if the situation re-
qured it. still sharper political weapons would be used
Under circumstances will the Communists the cap
alsts to enrench themselves and the revolution
In Russia Nepmen are best looked upon as temporarily
necessary evils Politically they dsranchsed and So
ciay they virtual outcasts except in their
Despite the difficulties has unquesonaby Bred Nep is
the revolution and the difficult problem of at
exploiting it for the Workers Government while avoid
ing its poisonous dangers has been practically solved
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow
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RUSSIA m 1924
By WILLIAM z. FOSTER

etc. the only branches of industry where the Nep has real
foohold He cited the following figures show the kinds
and percentages of capital in this line:
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Personal

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