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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11
Many Nine Deaths
Force Workers to
Demand Protection
BY W. FRANCIS AHERN.

SYDNEY, n. S. W., April 10
Following several explosions in coal
mines in New South Wa.es hitherto
considered absolutely sale and fool
proof, the miners are demanding
drastic amendments in the coal mine
laws.
Among the amendments demand
ed are that electric cosl cutters. are
not to be worked in gaseous mines.
that electric bells give warning of
coal falling down shafts, and that
automatic steam cutoffs, in the
event Of drivers collapsing during
winding, be provided.
Shot frers are to have certificates,
waste workings to be examined
daily. Sealed areas close to the
working face are to be examined be-
fore every shot, All fallen strata
to be taken out Of the mine to pre-
vent heating. Systematic spraying
Of dry coal dust with water. A
sample Of gases in sealed areas to
be analysed and taken quarterly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11
KH KLUE Khan Is
Petering out on
The Eastern Coast

NEW YORK, April 1O.-The III
Kfux Klan is petering out in the
east. Weakened by internal fights
and no longer able to frighten its
opponents with its night shirt an
tics, the khan is making desperate
efforts to stay in the limeIight. I'm
successful meetings to lure back the
rapidly deserving membership have
been held in New Jersey at Bavonne
Syracuse and Jersey City. A free
for all fight broke up a West Hobo
ken meeting.
Taking advantage Of a students
dispute at Columbia University.
New York. band of klansmen set
10 on the campus and lighted a
cross made of mop handles and
then ran as fast as their brave feet
could carry them. Thev are now
sending letters to a graduate Negro
student, Frederick w. Wells. threat
ening to kill him unless he moves
out of Furnald Hall, college DOR
mltory- The majority of Furnald
Hal, including some Southerners.
have petitioned that Wells remain.
The college officials stand bv Wells
and have placed three detectives in
the building to watch the night
shirters.
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IMPEACH cOOLIDGEl
M-HOur Working
Week Established bu
Low in Queensland
Bv w. FRANCIS AHERN

'cian t~-resn"rdent Of the Federated Press)
BRISBANE, Queensland, April
l0.-The 44-hour workin~ week Is
established by law in Queensland.
Other legal achievements of the
labor government are industrial
conciliation and arbitration with the
public" members not loaded against
labor; statutory protection for trade
unions; wage protection under
which there can be no docking from
the workers wage by the EMPLOYER
at the time of payment; increased
compensation for workers for acct
dents and industrial diseases
The right to work and insurance
against unemployment, government
employment bureaus, guarantee Of
full civil rights for all state EN-.
ployes. homes for workers at rea-
sonable cost. and government mon
opoly Of workers accident insur-
ance are other measures now on the
statute books.
The government proposes legisla-
ton for equal paw for men and
women in like employment. and 10
amend the railway act to SAFEGUARD
the rights of the railroad workers
more completely.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11
Defense Office
RGided In Frisco;
5 WObbLies Seized

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, April
10.-F'ive !. w. w. members were
arrested here when the "Red squad
of the police department raided the
local Office of the General Defense
Committee of Chicago. All were
charged with vagrancy altho they
were employed at the time of ar
rest. The live include Ed Delaney,
defense secretary; Archie Sinclair,
speaker for the committee: Herman
Dreschler, Herbert Mugge and Chas.
Mageson.
Friends Of the defendants see be-
hind this raid the hand Of the
American Ship Owners Association,
which apparently is fearful that the
Marine Transport Workers Union
of the ]. w. w. will call water
front strike May l. Marine workers
in Pacific ports have many griev-
ances, and the union has been stead
lily organizing in all western harbors
since the big strike on the San
Pedro docks last year
Trials of l. w. w. members ac-
cused under the state criminal sym
dicalism law are coming up at
Eureka, Sacramento and Los An
geles in mid-April.
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are immune against degeneration.
C.i.;A n Rn..I- nnI IasIn

are immune against degeneration.
Spirit of Rank and File.
Trotzky naturally clothed this
meme tekel III a more elegant form,
in the form which we are accus-
toned to see him utilize, and which
is admirable when used against the
bourgeoisie, but most unhappy
when applied against the old Boil
shevist guard. Trotzky here oper-
ated with insinuations only, and
believed that nobody would under
stand him, thus proving that he
does not yet thoroly know our Party
Scarcely week has passed after
the publication Of his article, when
storm Of Indignation against
Trotzky's procedure broke out in
the Party.
AS you have seen, Comrade Radek
has confirmed this. The indigna-
tinn was sincere among the ranks
Of our best workers, who declared
openly: "Comrade Trotzky, we all
love you, we all respect you, but
we beg you to let us alone with
such insinuations. We know our
Bclshevist guard, which has created
our Party; we know it thoioly, and
we nnow that You, Comrade Trot-
zky, were a Menshevist for a long
Trotzky came over to us
from the Mensheviki, we did not go
over to hin--so please make an end
of all such insinuations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11
Combat Degeneration.


IF you really seriously believe
that our Old guard could follow in
the footsteps of Bernstein and
Kautsly, kindly state this straight-
forwardly, but not in the form Of
vague insinuations."
As / have already said, real
storm of indignation broke out;
Trotzky was obliged TO publish
three further articles*+, in order to
define his views more precisely.
Now, this clearer definition did not
clear up the matter at all, but
rather aggravated it..
No proofs can be adduced that
our old guard is on the road to de-
generation. To be sure, there exists
no absolute guarantee against de-
generation.
We have said again and again
that, should the speed of social
revolution slow down, seen from the
historical standpoint, we may very
well be threatened by the danger
that our dictatorship gradually as
sumes the aspect Of a petty bour-
geois state. And we repeat it here
once more: This danger exists. AS
Marxists, we observe it, but at the
some time we seek 30 counteract
this danger by every possible
means.
But the final result Of our exer-
ton depends in the end, not upon
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the preventive means adopted by the
Party, but from the course taken
by world events, from the develop
ment of the world revolution. But
Trotzky did not speak Of this gen
eral danger, but permitted himself
to be drawn, in the heat of the dis
cussion, into a concealed attack
against the political bureau of the
Central Committee.
And thus he avoided a detailed
designation If those scholars of
Lenin against whom he directed his
arrows, and omitted to name KAN
eneff, Stain, Zinoviev and Bucharin,
precisely the men whom he had in
his minds eye when speaking of
the degenerated Bernstein, Kautsky,
Guesde, etc.
Now, ! think we are a little bet
ter than Bernstein and Kautsky. and
believe too that precisely this com
parison should induce COmrade
Trotzky to regret having made it.
(To Be Continued Saturday
Tomorrow Economic Questions.
*See letter from Comrade Trot-
ky, "The New Policy in Special
Number, Russian Party Discussions
III, Vol. a, No. L, page 81.
*+See the articles, THE New Pol
ICY in Special Number, Russian Par
ty Discussions Nv, Vol. a, No. 16,
page 1873.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11

Chicago, April 4. 1924
District Executive Committee,
District Number Seven,
21O1 Gratiot Ave,
Detroit, Mich.
Dear Comrades: The Central Elk
ecutive Committee has given careful
consideration to the statement of the
minority of the District Executive
Committee in reply to the instruc-
tions of the Central Executive Com.
mittee that the District Executive
Committee proceed Immediately with
the work of organizing local and Z
state Farmer-Labor Party in the
state Of Michigan.
The objection of the minority Of
the District Executive Council seems
to be based upon the following
points:
The Minority Position.
(a) The Michigan State Fedora
ton of Labor and the Detroit Fed
Grafton of Labor are committed to
the Conference for Progressive Pc.
litical Action and support the July
4th Convention. A campaign for the
organization of local and a state
Farmer-Labor Party will bring us
into immediate conflict with the lead
ers of these organizations and the
minority is against provoking such a
fight. 1t is the opinion of the minor
ity that if we proceed with the or.
ganization of a Farmer-Labor Party
under these conditions that the sup
port of such party from the trade
unions will be of limited character,
(b) The minority argues that if
we wait with this organization cam
paign until after the June 18th Con-
vention and "a man who will be big
enough to grasp the significance of
that convention" is sent to st. Paul
by the Detroit Federation of Labor
it may have much better chance
than now.
In the statement of the minority
we also find the following: "The pri-
maries for the gubernatorial nomina-
tions take place in September. With
in month or two, therefore, a stand
will have to be taken on Bakers
candidacy for governor on the Re-
publican ticket. A decision to fight
his candidacy would involve US in q
fight with the trade union leaders.
But regardless of our possible deci-
sion to make this candidacy an issue
later on, it is the opinion of the min
ority that nothing should be done
now to provoke fight"
c. (. c. Opinion.
The Central Executive Committee
is Of the opinion that in this state
ment. particularly in the phrase IRE.
CARELESS of our possible decision to
make fight" there is a very dan.
gerous manifestation of opportunis.
tic tendencies on the part Of the min.
ority of the District Executive Com.
mittee, tendencies which must be
stamped out wherever they appear ir
our Party.
The Central Executive Committee
believes that the objective condition:
the District Executive Committed
faces should have made clear the
correctness of the policy prescribed
by the Central Executive Committee
even aside from the question of cor.
rect application Of Communist prin.
chile. In the state of Michigan the
situation is the following:
Both the Michigan State Fedora.
ton of Labor and the Detroit FEEDER
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PAPER RUBLE TO
Be WITHDRAWN
AFTER APRIL Is
Prices Dropping to the
Delight of Peasants
BY JEssICA SMITH.


MOSCOW, April 1O.--The Rus
sian paper ruble is stabilized at last
For a brief period it will bridge
over the difficulties in getting
enough small change of the new
currency into circulation but by April
20 it will be entirely withdrawn
from circulation and will leave the
field to the new stable treasury
notes, chervonetz, and metal coin
age.
The Russian paper ruble ends its
phenomenal career at the exchange
of one billionth of one cent, accord
ing to the old calculation.
The paper ruble was known in
Russia in the days of the car, when
unbacked paper money was issued at
harvest time each year to meet the
increased demands on circulation
but never in large enough quantities
to endanger the gold ruble. In 1914.
however. began the huge govern
uent deficit which had to be covered
by paper money and was accom-
panied by the disappearance of
metal money.
Initiation Since 1917.
Before 1914 there had been less
than two billion rubles in paper
money in Russia. At the time Of
March, 1917. revolution this increas-
ed to % billions. The civil war.
blockade, destruction Of the old gov
eminent apparatus and creation of
the new all meant enormous ex-
penditures at the beginning of the
soviet regime. Having no other
sources of income, the soviet gov
eminent had to continue the ennis
sion Of paper money, with the re-
suit that the paper ruble decreased
90 billion times in value during the
last years.
During the period Of military
Communism money was not an i'm
portant factor, and the depreciation
did not mean much. But with the
Introduction of the New Economic
Policy, the revival of trade. and the
operation of private capital within
certain limits. some stable unit was
necessary.
Experts have arrived at the sum
Of 100000 gold rubles as the
sum. that may be issued during the
coming year in small denominations
without endangering the stability of
the new money. Future emissions
will be based on the increase in the
turnover and the corresponding de-
mand for more money in circuIa-
ton. The government is makino
every effort &c cut down expenses
and increase its revenue and will
undoubtedly be able to cover the
budget during the coming year.
Prices Coming Down.
The immediate beneficial results
Of the money reform are obvious
Every day the papers carry long
lists Of price reductions, such as
clothing, 20 to 20 per cent; textiles.
10 to Is per cent; metal goods. 90
per cent; butter, 20 per cent; eggs.
30 per cent; milk, 20 per cent:
meat, 10 per cent, etc. Prices on
salt, kerosene and sugar make them
easily attainable for the peasants
The money reform is doing more
than anything else to bring about
the much talked Of "smichka''
lunion) between town and village.
The peasants can save enough
money to buy some of the things
they need, and the prices Of those
things are ht last within their
reach.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11
Trachtenberg Tour

Friday. April IL. 1880 p. M, Cleve-
land, O., Labor Temple, 2536 Euclid
Ave.
Sunday. April 10, 2:SO D. M, Cleve-
land, o., Royal Hall, 5217 Woodland.
Monday, April II, 8 p. M. Toledo,
o.. Labor Temple, Jefferson and Mich
igan.
Tuesday, April Is, 8 p. M. Detroit,
House of Masses, 21O1 Gratiot Ave.
Wednesday. April 16, 8 p. m, Det-
rOit, House of Masses, 2101 Gratiot
Ave. (Russian Trade Unions)
Thursday, April II. Grand Rapids,
full details to appear later.
Friday, April IS, 8 p. m, Chicago,
North Side Turner Hall, 500 N. Clark
st.
Saturday, April 10, Milwaukee, full
details to appear later.
Sunday, April 20, Gary, Ind, full
details TO appear later.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11
RUTHENDERG Will
TELL PARTY ROLE
IN FL. MOVEMENT
Important Meeting on
Tactics April %

c. E. Ruthenberg. Executive Sec
retary Of the Workers Party, will
address the Chicago membership
aeeting Tuesday, April %, 8 p. M,
at the Imperial Hall, 24O9 N. Hal
sted street, on the decisive Stage
Of Our Labor Party" The campaign
for a class Farmer-Labor Party is
the most important task before the
Workers Party today. Rpthenberg
will point out and urge that every
party member must be fully &C.
auainted with the United Front tao
tics and policy Of the Workers
(Communist) Party in the Farmer
Labor Party campaign, the struggle
for the proletarian dictatorship and
a soviet government.
Workers Party and June II
The Workers Party is the driving
force behind the campaign for TIE
formation Of class mass Farmer
Labor Party at the monster conven-
ton to be held in the Ty1n Cities.
on June II. Why is the Workers
Party giving every energy for a
successful June 18th convention
How will the forming of national
mass Farmer-Labor Party affect the
Workers (Communist) Party? What
are you, Party member, doing to
build the Farmer Labor Party and
the Workers Party? These issues
are more alive and important today
than ever before for every Com
munist and for the Workers Party,
and must be made clear to every
Party member.
Every party member is therefore
instructed to be present at the mem
bership nesting on Tuesday, April
%, 8 p. M, at Imperial Hall, 2409
N. Halsted street. Discussion will
be open to all members. Learn to
know why the party is working for
a class Farmer-Labor Party and
thus for the best interest of the
Workers Party and Communism.
Attend the membership meeting
April %.
Edwards-Cannon Debate Sunday.
On Sunday, April 10, 1924. ESQ
y. M, at the North Side Turner
Hall, $40 North Clark street, will
take place the debate between
James P. Cannon, of the Workers
Party, and Forest Edwards, of The
!. w. W., on the subject: Resolved,
That the Workers Party Must Fail
to Achieve Anything of Importance
for the Workers" Affirmative: Ed
wards Negative: Cannon.
The /. w. w. members are going
to be at the debate in full force
Every Wobbly is on the joh and we
can be assured that hundreds of
them will be there. We expect
every member of the Workers Party
to rally to the debate and hear
Communism explained to the Wob-
Bile Admission is 25c IF you
want to be inside, be sure to pur-
chase your ticket in advance.
Trachtenberg Speaks April IS.
Alexander Trachtenberg will
speak in Chicago Friday. April IS,
at North Side Turner Hall, 800 N.
Clark street. The DAILY WORKER
has carried a good deal of publicity
regarding his lecture so it is unnec-
esary to detail here. Admission to
Comrade Trachtenberg' lecture is
25c. Purchase your tickets in ad-
vance Subject to be Conditions in
Germany and Russia and the Inter-
national Situation"
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BERKELEY, Cal, April 10.-W.
w. Campbell, president University Of
California, has refused a lecture date
before the university to Alexander
Meiklejohn, the famous liberal presi-
dent Of Amherst, number of whose
students refused to accept their de-
grees when the trustees fired him.
The University Of California has long
been the center Of goose-step educa.
ton in this state.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11
Italian Communists
Poll Heavy Vote
Despite Violence

ROME. Italy. April 10.--rommun-
lists IN the recent elections polled
over 100000 votes, latest returns
show. In spite Of fascist Killings
and wholesale stealing of votes the
opposition votes counted against the
fascist totallcd over three million
as against the four million fascist
votes.
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HELoINGFUKS, Finland. Apr. To-
Finland is one Of the fen coun-
tries in Europe where employment Il
good. OF 100000 inhabitants crt,
1000 are out OF jobs. The currency
has remained practically stable for
the last few years.
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Send In Your Order!
Here Comes The May Day Special
l64o N. Halsted ST.,

THE DAILY WORKER 1910 N. HaIsted ST.,
Chicago Illinois
Send copies of THE May Day Special"
Edition of the DAILY WORKER to be dated Saturday,
April 20, 1924 at the of FIVE cents per copy; $175
for SO; $3.50 per 100 to help the workers and
the real meaning of the world struggle Of
Labor on its international Holiday.
ADDRESS, -. ...
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Deterioration, q old Guard.

Degeneration of Old Guard.
IN THE midst of the discussion,
1 Trotzky surprised US with an
article something to the following
effect:*
We are being everlastingly both
cred with these accursed scholars Of
Lenin. Were not Bernstein, Kaut-
sky, and Guesde scholars of Marx
and Engels and did they not degen-
crate? Did they not gradually de-
velop into traitors? Who can give
us a guarantee that Lenin's scholars
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11

EDITORS NOTE Today we
continue publication of the famous
report by Gregory zinoviev, chair
man of the Communist Interna-
tional, made to the session Of The
Executive of the Communist In
ternational held on Jan. 6. Elmo
views report deals with the main
points of difference in the Russian
Communist Party, clearly crystal
lizing the discussion that has so
far been published in the DAILY
WORKER. In order that our
readers may get broader view of
this discussion, we are publishing
enlarged installments. This re-
port is divided into seven sections.
Today we publish the fourth Sec
ation. 1t is as follows:
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-21
Water and Light Commits
sion Let Meter Contract
Trident Meters Will Be Installed at
Cost of SIS, 674.38-Used in
Several Nearby Towns

At a meeting Of the Water, Light
and Power Commission on Thursday
afternoon of last week, the bid Of the
company manufacturing the Trident
meters was accepted. The Trident is
one of the highest priced meters of
fered, but it is SO universally used in
this section of the state and is giving
such general satisfaction the board
found, after correspondence, that
they deemed it would be wise to buy
this particular meter for Sank Cen
tire.
The contract calls for 400 odd me-
tiers of various sizes, the gross price
being $5,674.38. The Trident meter
is used exclusively at Melrose, Long
Prairie and Alexandria, in theh inn
mediate vicinity of Sank Centre.
: The work of installation will be
started as. soon as the meters are re-
ceived and all patrons of the Sank
Centre system will pay for exactly
the amount of water they use.
The Water, Light and Power Com
mission are working on an equitable
rate of sufficient size to place the
water department on self-sustain-
ing basis.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-21
Blue Valley Will Build
Second Story Addition
Work Will Start as Soon as Con-
tracts Can Be Let-Will Be Com
pleted in 60 Days

The Blue Valley Creamery Com
pany who opened their Sank Centre
plant the seventh of July, last year,
are asking for bids for the erection
of second story to their plant on
North Main street to care for their
rapidly increasing business. Orders
have been placed for an additional
churn and vat and if the business
keeps on developing, it will be neces-
sary to still further enlarge the
building and equipment.
Manager Krebs stated to the Her
aid on Tuesday that they hoped to
have the improvements completed
and installed in the course of 60 days.
When the second story is completed
the crowded office force will occupy
the entire south portion of the second
floor of the building; the balance of
the second floor being given over for
supplies and stock room. Under the
new arrangement the entire first
floor will be given over to the manu-
facture of butter. The company's ad
in this issue of the Herald shows the
increase in the number of patrons in
five months, to be over 500, coming
as they do, from all portions of cen
trail and northern Minnesota, South
Dakota and North Dakota.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-21
Fast Basket Ball Billed
for Saturday Evening
Legionaires Will Meet Fast Denver
Tigers on the Junior High
School Auditorium Floor

The biggest basket ball game of
The year will be played on the Junior
High Auditorium floor Saturday eve
ming of this week when the Denver
Tigers will meet the local Legion
team. This organization is one of the
fastest professional basket ball teams
in the country. They have had the
same lineup for years and will
bring their full strength to Sank
Centre Saturday evening. They Wis
tied this city year ago and put up
a very classy article of basket ball.
Manager Jim Stricken has booked the
Tigers for the Sank Centre game at
a heavy expense, and the local quiEt
will be compelled to exert themselves
every minute of the time to keep in
the running in this contest. Past
experience has proven that the Sank
Centre aggregation are fighters and
are not startled because Of the size
or the past record Of their opponents.
If you enjoy basket ball you can
not afford to miss the really big game
of the year at the Junior High Aud
itorium Saturday evening. Because
of the extraordinary expense the adj
mission fee will be SOC and 25c. Play
will be called at 8:15.