The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-27
An Anniversary for the
Workers and Farmers
of u. S. to Think About
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

than half century ago that first effort to band
together world labor with any degree of
Millions awakened this year the need of International
organization will wonder why not possible Of immediate
achievement.
It was just 60 years ago this day. Sept e. 1864 that
THE First nternatonaI-the International Workngmen's
Assocatonwas organized in London under leadership
of Karl Marx, Iabor's greatest philosopher
The United States gave the world international May
Day But it also the end of "The First International
dissolved after dozen years Of giant struggles in july
1876 at a conference held in Philadelphia
But aho "The First International" lived but IL years.
falling survive Bakuninsm Within and the effects upon
OF the FrancoPrussan war and the defeat OF the Paris Com
without the class conscious of labor grew in
numbers in various lands and made it possible to build
working class parties in many countries. All these drew
their Inspiration from the teachings Of Marx and in
evabe that the struggle for International action should
again soon re-assert ITSELF
Thus in 1882 "The Second Observation-Disclosures Inter-
national Socialist and Trade Union Congress-came into
being 1t loose federation 1.-THE Bureau that func-
toned between the World Congresses did not into
existence until 1900 Each national organization developed
its pecuartes and deviatons There effort at
building centralized world party. Discipline by 1.-The
Second international" its national units un-
heard of thing The crash of 1.-THE Second International
with the opening of the world its first great test
ing.
It is 1.-THE Third Observation-Disclosures Communist Inter
nationa-that has fallen heir the heroic struggle of Karl
Marx and his coworkers in seeking build the first inter-
national organization OF the worlds dspcssessed It is the
Communists of today who the Marxist in theory, and
the Lennists in practice.
1t is the Communist International, organized March,
1912 that leads the world struggle for the liberation of the
last slave class the wage slaves of this goth Century
Socialists capitalists alike on this Goth Anniversary
of the First International hold up the of Moscow
inspired dn nu1 they nope to ge the work
muns International the international of the final victory
united strength Of the Second international socialists and
the big business pirates of captasms Black International"
the League of Nations creature of the Versailles Peace
For the first time in history the farmers of the United
States discovering that the price of wheat not fixed at
ton; but that it world market centralized at
Liverpool England For the first time since land began to
be fenced in this continent the American farmer look
ing beyond his own horizon in studying the problems that
concern him.
compelled to leave their farms and drift into the Cities these
past few years. would read little about the theories of Karl
he organized they would discover the of Of their
TROUBLES And they studied some Of the teachings Of
bems; how to put an end to their woes
Similarly the industrial workers. American capitalism
has taken International action, for its preservation
thru the Dawes Pan American workers will be compelled
by the Dawes plan to think Internationally They will accept
their nernatonasm under the leadership of the liberated
of the Russian Soviet Republic They will do this
socialists of the Second international and the capitalists of
the League of Nations.
their standard Of living will be compelled to recognize
that Wall Streets international bankers are attempting
and make of this continent colony of serfs.
StdIeS
nation can exist half slave and half free The world is
much smaller place this year. 1924 than the United States
when the Civil War began in 1861.
The cable, the RADIO the airpane the steamship. have
put Paris Rome, Berlin and London, just close to New
York is San Francisco.
It these conditions that labor everywhere re-
azes and that this world exist Half
slave and half Free The enslavemen of the workers Of
Western Europe by the House of Morgan, it be
the ensavement of labor the world
the workers of Germany compelled bend their necks
to the Dawes pan then the yoke will fall in time equally
heavy upon the necks of workers everywhere 1t
that the international bandits Of high finance will make
effort to crush the First Workers Republic in Russia
* Hundreds of millions of workers in hundred lands
must be taught their international obligations this Goth
Anniversary of the First International More than ever the
workers and farmers Of the United States that
their greatest strength in International action the world
struggle under the leadership of the Communist Inter-
nathan