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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-01

ency which tho it served as the basis
of the /. w. w. was in fact much
wider than the l. w. w. in scope and
in volume. The second tendency was
the left wing socialist tendency which
operated mainly within the confines
of the socialist party of America.
The tendency which produced the
I. w. w. was healthy proletarian
revolt against the deadening and
stultifying influences of Gomperism on
the one hand and against the futile,
petty-bourgeois parliamentarism of
Berger and Hillquit on the other hand.
1t was quite natural, in view Of the
conditions that prevailed in America
in those years, that the rank and file
revolt which crystallized in the /. w.
w. should assume the Objectionable
features Of anti-politics and syndical-
ism generally. It was also natural
and unavoidable that the working
class" politics practiced by Berger
and HillQuit should produce among
real proletarian militants a feeling of
revulsion against all kinds Of politi-
cal action. And only later, when the
laundering voice Of the Russian Revo-
luton began to reverberate thru the
immense spaces Of our own continent,
these anti-political proletarians got
their first inkling of what real prole-
tartan politics mean. It then became
clear to many of these rebels that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-01
BY HARRISON GEORGE

Out of the peculiarly complex strug
giles going on all over the world three
major conflicts stand out, according to
G.. Chicherin, commissar for foreign
affairs in the Soviet Union. These are
first, the worldwide struggle be-
tween capital and labor; second, the
antagonisms between the great pow
ers, and, third, the increasing strug-
gle between the mother "robber"
countries and their colonies.
These are often intertwined. 1t
may be said that the greatest conflicts
between capitalist powers arise, dur
ing this period of historical decline of
capitalism, over the struggle for colo
MES. The great powers seek not only
to snatch from each other the prize
of colonial plunder, but to crush and
subjugate each other. Germany. we
see, has become a colony OF, first, the
entente, which, in turn, has been sub
jugated to the suave but arrogant i'm
perialism OF America thru the Dawes
plan. Germany definitely enters the
list of oppressed nationalities.
But, laying aside the enslavement
OF Germany and its political conse-
quences, we see that the position OF
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the colonial oppressed peoples are of
tremendous Importance, particularly
as strategic position in the class
struggle of the proletariat against the
forces of imperialist capitalism.
The Great Slave Empires.
The nine 'colony-holding countries,
England, France. the United States,
Spain, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Portugal
and Holland, hold in colonial lands
five times their own area, and, with
their own total population of 800, 657,-
900, hold as colonial slaves no less
than 560.200,O00 people. Britain has
colonial population eight and a half
times her home population, while
France exploits a colonial population
of 16,60O,OOO more than the popula-
ton of France itself.
The Balkans and the Near East are
imperialist satrapies. The continent
of Asia Qeaving out Soviet territory
has been a bound and blind victim Of
the vultures of the Occident. Africa
from end to end, from Cape to Cairo
is vast slave pen. With whiskey
and opium, the bible and the repeat
ing rifle, the black and brown and
yellow millions carry the burden of
imperialist exploitation, of industry
seeking raw material and cheap la
Dor, Of traders seeking markets, of d.
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plomats looking for oil and man pow
er, of bankers seeking export of CAPT
tai, of all of these seeking super-pro-
fits from subject nationalities in ex-
cess of the profit rate in domestic pro-
duction.
The program of the Communists is
comparatively simple. The solution of
exploitation, of misery and oppression
can be. shortly stated, even if the ac-
complishment is long in reaching. 1t
is, in one word-"revolution." But be-
fore celebrating upon it, a view, or a
review, is necessary of the methods of
imperialist capitalism in the oppres-
sion Of what are called backward
peoples"
The favorite weapon of imperialism
is plain brute force. It does, of course,
moralize in the home country and be-
fore the world. 1t is always "advanc-
ing civilization. developing the coun.
try. building good roads "a favorite
pursuit of General Wood), stopping
the slave traffic. Tin the name Of wage
slavery, forwarding Christianity land
the opium trade) and liberating op-
pressed races (from other liberia
tors)."
The Missionaries Of imperialism.
The American imperiaiists have
their peculiar method. Kafinin, presi-
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Soviet Russia and Oppressed Nationalities

dent of the Soviet Union, speaking
last year in Eastern Siberia, upon the
expulsion by the red army from that
region of all invading armies, includ-
ing the American, mentioned the
sanity Imperialism of American inter-
ventionists. mot without reason" he
said, did American capitalism appear
as in the highest degree religious,
bringing into the occupied territory
the bible, with Americas own preach
ers, including Baptists and Metho-
dists."
What led Americans to do all this?
The only reason is the following: Thru
these preachers America established
her first advance posts, thru Which
she will in the future exert influence
and develop her commercial business.
America takes this line not only with
us, but in China. American capital in
China has developed a whole series of
institutions making easier the obtain
ing of profit by American capital,
chambers Of commerce, missionaries
organizations and so on. To outside
appearances these serve the Chinese
populace. but 1t bottom they follow
economic interests"
Marx Versus the Gospel.
The chief condensation against
this sanctined imperialism. has been
Continued on page 81
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party was hardly aware of the truth
which later became part and parcel Of
Communist tactics in the United
States, that lit is the duty of Com.
munists Revolutionary socialists)s to
engage and lead the everyday strug-
giles of the workers and to win their
economic mass organizations for the
social revolution.
Only later, when the great tidal
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there is sort of working class po-
litical action which is the very es-
sence of class struggle and without
which no effective, struggle against
capitalism is possible. the sort of po-
litical action that has been practieed
by the Bolsheviks in Russia.
Revolutionary working class poIiti-
cal action, led by a revolutionary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-01
By ALEXANDER BITTELMAN

1T was late in reaching our shores,
l but when the call Of the Russian
Revolution finally came into our
midst it found the soil ready for a
new beginning in the history of the
American labor movement. That be-
ginning was made and 1t found its
immediate expression in the revolt
tionary left wing inside and outside of
the socialist party Of America. A
little while later, after an intensive
process of internal Qualification and
concentration, this left wing definitely
crystallized into the Communist
movement Of America. Thus did the
militant workers of the United States
answer the clarion call Of the Rus
sian Revolution.
From opportunlst Socialism to the
Revolutionary Glass Struggle.
We have been moving for quite a
while from .opportunism to revolution
ism, from class-collaboration and re-
formism to class struggle and Com
munism. AS far back as 1911 and
1912 there was already in existence
in the American labor movement a
widespread feeling of discomfort with
the opportunist and reactionary poll
cies of Gompers, Berger, Hillquit, etc.
Even in those pre-war days, when the
Russian Revolution was yet to come,
when the world looked so deceivingly
peaceful and capitalism quite secure,
even then there was already in the
making the elements of militancy from
which we we're to form later on the
Communist Party of America. These
working class elements in the trade
unions and in the socialist party were
painfully struggling for clear revo-
lutionary theology and a consistent
revolutionary leadership. Bolshevism
ana Communism were as yet very lit
tie known in the United States. Still
the process OF differentiation and
capitalization was slowly going on
thereby preparing the ground for the
stormy and creative days of 1918
1919 when the Communist movement
of America had finally come into ex-
istence.
Two Tendencies in the Left Wing.
Prior to the November revolution
in Russia the left wing could hardly
be spoken of as something definite
and homogeneous. The lefts, the
militants, and the rebels were united
only on what they opposed, namely,
opportunism, reformism and class-coI-
laboratiOn. They were united on the
things that they didn't want but there
was not single common conception
among them of the things that they
wanted to be done. p- x
There were really two basic tend
encies in the left wing of the Ameri-
can labor movement in the days be-
fore the Russian Revolution. One was
the anti-political and syndicalist tend
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answering Call of the Russian Revolution

wave of the Russian Revolution
reached our shores, has the political
tendency in the left wing come to APP
preciate the vital Importance for the
social revolution of revolutionary
proletarian mass party, rooted in and
supported by the economic mass or
ganizations of labor.
Both Tendencies Merged Into One
e Party
Then came the merger of the two
tendencies into Communist Party.
This merger would have been forced
upon us by the logic Of the class
struggle in the United States, but in
stead of three years it might have
taken three decades. The Russian
Revolution accelerated the process.
1t is true that both tendencies were
substantially the same. They were
moved by the same basic forces in
the American class struggle. But
they had different origins, and differ
snt experiences, which made all the
difference in the world between a
rebel in trade union, and a left wing
socialist. The former was concerned
exclusively with the building up Of
militant revolutionary unions, while
the latter had nothing else in mind
but the revolutionizing of the politi-
cal parliamentary tactics Of the So
cialist party Both these tendencies
had been developing for years along
side of each other without ever real
izing that there is common basis for
the two upon which to unite into one
harmonious whole.
The Russian Revolution, which, in
the words of John Reed, shook the
world to its foundations, has also
shaken the left wing of the American
labor movement, purifying its ideo-
logy, strengthening it's will, and ce-
menting its various elements into one
body of revolutionary
workers. Under the stress of the Rus
sian upheaval, the shapeless discon-
tent of the labor militants in America
has taken on definite revolutionary
form. Anti-political rebels became
convinced adherents of class political
action and of a revolutionary political
party of the working masses. So
cialist left.wingers came to realize
more fully the basic and organic con-
nection between the economic strug-
giles of the unions and the political
struggles of working class party.
AS a result of these changes in the
theology of both tendencies in the
left wing, changes which were pro-
duced mainly by the powerful ham,
mering of the Russian Revolution,
these tendencies moved closer to each
other until. they met on the common
basis of international Communism It
was the merger of these two tendenc-
les that produced the Communist
movement in the United States and
later on the Workers Party of Am
erica.
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HORIZONTAL.
1. Old feudal baron OF Japan.
2. Immerse in fluid and Withdraw
3. City in N. w. Of U. s.
4. Speaks extravagantly.
5. Old-tilne conveyance.
8. Usually preceded by "seven
liberal"
Z. Not clear.
s. Male child.
g. To beat.
10. What the cow says.
IL. Delightful dinner guest.
IL. Nickname Of a prominent man.
49, Indefinite article.
IL. Not clergy.
Is. A conjunction.
16. A mild stimulant.
II. All Of US.
Is. A metal.
10. Under the roof.
20. To endeavor.
81. Bad old woman.
%. To soak.
%. Tree protuberance.
"a. Headland near Saloniki.
25. Where balloons go.
26. Combining form in organic chem
h istry.
81. Japanese statesman.
%. A month (abbr.).s
20. Negative.
80. Agile animal
81. Place Of sacrifice.
80. Also.
50. A recluse.
"a. Something precious.
IS. Thin covering.
SO. 1900.
81. Above.
g. The whole.
80. A mans name.
40. Go in haste.
Al. Associate Of arts (abbr.l.
~. A joke.
43. Practiced.
"A. 2240 lbs, or maybe only 1000.
As. Northman.
As. Mans nickname.
a., BlaNk m;xture.
49,. Prefix pertaining to air.
40. Legislate.
so. To talk boringly.
81. Decadent.
So. A conveyance.
So. Cringing animal.
VERTICAL.
1. Representations
2. Brother of Moses.
3. Proposition.
{. Mountains (abbr)
5. Part Of verb ''to be-"
6. Pronoun.
Z. Period Of time,
s. Narrow stripe.
9. Like.
10. Celebrated (abbr.).
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THREE GO TO PRISON
FOR THEFT OF AUTO

Walter e. Bush. Charles H. Gin.
ton and Frank w. Gardner. who
were tried recently for stealing an
automobile in Gary, Ind, and who
on the witness stand accused the
police Of using 1.-THE third degree
methods in extorting confessions.
have been sentenced by Justice Sid.
don. in Criminal Court No. to serve
one year and one day each in the
penitentiary.
The sentence is to begin at
the expiration of a term Of one year
in the Jail imposed on them in the
Police Court for the attempt at
housebreaking.
When the jury returned a verdict
Of guilty, the foreman, John Ihlder,
recommended to- the court an In.
quiry by the grand jury into polic.,
methods. Justice Siddons, following
the suggestion, asked the grand jury
to Investigate charges Of alleged
brutality as told by the accused,
The Washington times., 1924-12-06
FIVE HOUR MUSIC FEST on WRC TONIGHT
ROMPING AROUND.
RADIO DIAL
BY Listener-In

The inclusion Of appeals for
charities in radio programs seems
to be in grave danger Of being over
done.
We are beginning to shrink from
the. program that threatens to ask
US to give.
But without saying = more at
present, there IL one charitable
drive in Washington that should
be completed as quickly as possible.
There Is no doubt In the mind Of
any radio fan of the Capital that
the sum Of $4,000 should be raised
to provide for the installation Of
radio sets In all Of the hospitals Of
the city.
We're there a. device on the side
OF our radio sets into which we
could slip a dime or dollar after
hear ring one OF the many appeals
for this fund, the $4,000 would
have been raised long ago. We all
indOrse the charity and want to see
It so over the top. But unable to
give Immediately upon hearing the
appeal, we have procrastinated.
Plans are now being formulated
for an intensive final drive to
clean up the business by the first
of the year.
Let's get behind tho move and
get the fund out OF the way by
Christmas.
We all will be able to breathe
easier, knowing that we have IA;
tually completed the most essential
Of the radio charities.
Nor have we any complaint to
make regarding the Frederic VIII.
liam Vile fund for the Children'H
Hospital The Children's Hospital
is undoubtedly a pet charity Of
every District resident. And II
there Is any one man who has the
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II. Hurried.
IL. Pertaining to certain type Of
poem.
Is. Beautiful bird.
IA. Fragrant wood.
Is. An ornament.
Is. Spasmodic twitching of muscles.
II. Longer period of time.
IS. Ragged edge Of clothing.
10. Negation.
| 20. A deer
81. What squirrels like.
%. To dip or soak.
| %. Pride.
"a. Signifying acquiescence.
25. Light of the world.
(abbr.).
81. Odor.
| %. Consumed.
| 20. A country.
80. To record.
81. Dwelling.
| 80. Wash.
So. Mouse prov. English).
"a. Encountered.
co. EU8Gs
SO. Among.
81. Avoided quickly.
| 3S. Epoch.
80. Important organ.
40. Feminine possessive.
Al. Artery.
AZ. ABR. for a day of the week.
43. Pirates diet (before Volstead.
"A. Hardwood.
45. Dark deed.
&c. Musical instrument.
At. Flying annoyance.
48. Part of a circle.
40. Combining form meaning outer
wall.
so. A parent
81. Typographical engineer (abbr.).
So. Other parent.
SO. Famous lion tanner.
Solution To Thursdays Puzzle.
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RECKLESS DRIVING.
AND SPEEDING.
n, EnuN rnMpAn
b. JOHN CONRAD

\
The scented son Of q solvent
sire arrested for driving too rapidly
in the direction Of coming-Out
party Is doubtless treated with
more courtesy by the District than
the owner OF the guiding hand Of
Grogan's fish wagon, who Is ar
rested for running az the same rate
|fdown the same street.
The controlling phase Of the al
legged violation Ii often based upon
the locale Many drivers would be
considered reckless IL they drove
down q crowded street at fifteen
miles an hour although they would
not be speeding. The same drivers
In the same cars would be guilty Of
speeding but not reckless driving
IL they drove thirty miles an hour
In secluded district.
The amount Of collateral a be-
posted depends a great deal on the
condition OF traffic.
Joy.riders and unadulterated ma.
MACS including bootleggers, are the
anathema OF the police department.
1t II not to to them that the ser.
mons are preached but rather to
the thoughtless though otherwise
prudent citizen who drives beyond
the limit.
The first impulse, when halted IL
TO try and convince the policeman
how mistaken he is--he rarely n.
He will either tell YOU to "a to
.ne nearest precinct and post col
latera or meet him in court the
next Gay. The information or
paper ne swears to at court the
neM oay may charge you with
golng more than eighteen between
intersections or crossing an inter-
sectlon at more than twelve. In
eitner case you viii be requested
altnougn you may refuse, to tell
the Judge all about Il.
Cohviction may bring fine from
g 70 $oO with the alternative Of
from Iive to thirty days; second Of
tense $lO to 500 Ia default 70
serve from five days to tl1irty.six
oGys IN JAIL. and the third offensc,
Wnicn, Dy the way. is the only case
OF ITS type in the traffic regula-
.lons, brings a straight Jail sen.
Ienoe OF thirty days ind a fine OF
NOT less than $50 or more than $3.50.
Reckless driving, which means to
urlVe your car in such q manner
az TO endanEer the life or property
OF any person, except yourself.
brings a fine, upon conviction. OF
not less than 81 or more than $500
IN default Of which from one day 10
S64 days may be served.
In the matter Of attachments.
the mere forfeiture Of collateral
does not mean immunity from pros
ecution. At the discretion of the
officer q driver may be brought In
and made to stand trial. This Is
sometimes done to preserve the
record Of habitual violato-s.
The Washington times., 1924-12-06
VII | AR[)
CONCERT
LEADS
Famous Hotel Combination,
Under Senior Borguno,
Takes Air at 7:15

A five-hour musical program,
broken up by three short talks,
win be broadcast from WRC TO
night, beginning at z o'clock.
Outstanding features on the
bill will be a dinner concert by
the Myer Davis New Willard
Hotel Orchestra, under Agustin'
Borguno's direction; a concert by
the Lee House Trio, concert by
the Liederlranz Society Chorus
of New York, broadcast jointly
with WIZ; a dance concert by
the Hotel Aston Orchestra, also
broadcast with WIZ, and an organ
recital by Otto F. Beck, organist
Of the Crandall Tivoli Theater.
Football At Baltimore.
This afternoon at 1870 WCAP will
take the air to broadcast a descrip-
ton Of the annual football game be.
tween the Third Corps Area and the
Marine Corps direct from the Balti-
more Stadium. The play by play
story Of the game will be told by
Fred Turbeyville, sports editor Of
the Baltimore Evening Sun. o. p.
0ascoigne will handle the micro
phone for WCAP.
The detailed program at WRC to-
night follows
p: m.-Children's hour by Peg
gy Albion.
tbs p. m.-Dinner music by the
New Willard Hotel Meyer Davis
orchestra.
S:15 p. m.-Bible talk by Chan.
lain Thomas L! kirkpatrick, U. s.
Navy, under the auspices of the
mems organized Bible class.
1926 p. m.-"The Walter Reed
Hospital Chapel by sergt. David
e. Miller.
$3.50 p. m.-Song recital by Caro-
lyn Manning, contralto. Kathryn
M. Crowley at the piano.
8:45 p. m.-"The Stubborness of
Style" by Jerome Myers.
p. m.-Song recital by Marie
G. Deal, soprano. Marie Belt Oza.
bal at the piano.
9n5 p. m.-Concert by the Lee
House trio, under the direction of
Samuel Udrin.
1855 p. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
time signals and weather forecasts.
10 p. m.-Concert by the Lieder-
kranz society, broadcast jointly with
station WIZ, from New York city.
1880 p. m.-Dance program by
the Hotel Astor orchestra, broad.
cast Jointly with station WIZ, from
the Hotel Aston, New York CITY.
11:l5 p. Morgan recital by Otto
u. Beck, broadcast from Crandall's
Tivoli Theater.
Church Services.
Tomorrow morning WCAP will
broadcast church services from the
Grace Reformed Church where the
Reverend Henry H. Ranck, pastor.
Will deliver the sermon. Afternoon
services will be broadcast from the
Bethlehem Chapel, Mt. st. Alban.
Tomorrow evening at 7:SO, Roxy
and his Capitol Theater artists viii
make their debut on a five-station
program, including WCAP.
The two new stations to broadcast
the Capitol Theater programs are
WDBH, Worcester and WEEP, Bos-
ton.
Distant Stations,
Featuring the distant programs to.
night will be the monthly cruise of
the Mite Caps on Lake Erie. from
WAX, Cleveland, beginning at mid.
night and continuing until 4 a. m.
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privilege of using portion Of his
time on the air to make an appeal
for this cause 1t is Mr.. Vile.
We honestly hope that the funds
he receives will be far beyond the
expectations Of the WRC political
analyst And we viii mail our con-
tribution tomorrow. Mr.. Vile.
We have decided whom we would
choose from among the local broad
casters for the next promotion to
two-station stariom. It 10 Miss Ger.
trude Kreiselman, who can give an
much life to the popular tunes an
any pianist OF her kind we have
heard. And good jazz pianists are
hard to find.
II you tuned away from the Navy
Band Orchestra last night You miss.
ed Q good one. Miss Gretchen Hood
sang as an encore, Kiss Me
Again." And the orchestra played
excerpts from 1.-THE Bohemian Girl"
And, Oh, how 1t played them.
WDAF, Kansas City. was celebrat.
ing Its second birthday on the afr
last night. And incidentally we
sent our first radio telegram. After
scratching our head and chewing
our pencil looking for some, differ
emit words. I'VE finally followed the
line Of least resistance and wired,
Congratulations on birthday. Pro.
gram coming In fine. Keep It up
The ether was pretty spotty early
in the evening, but Il haA cleared
remarkably by midnight Looks
like an excellent evening for the
night-owls tonight.
There's to be q mystery station on
the air next week. Ssh!
The Washington times., 1924-12-06

Tomorrow being dies
Georgetown, has obliged with
only into the period
well Sabbath
bit OF obstruction in the Of Japan fol-
lowed closely another little delightful
Laugh then
No home
The Washington times., 1924-12-06
JUDGE ORDERS WlFE'S
TESTIMONY BE. CENSORED

NEW YORK, Dec. e. After
listening to argument on the ap
plication Of Mrs. Helen I. Thielman
for alimony pending her separation
suit against Doctor Henry Thiel
man, dentist. ' 5 West Ninety
second street, Justice Proskauer
announced he would appoint a
referee to hear testimony, as to
the income Of the defendant on
which the court might base q suit,
able alimony award.
Mrs. Thielman said her husbands
practice yielded $4,000 q year and
that he received $4,000 more from
investments. On application by
Doctor Thielman, Justice Proskauer
ordered the elimination Of parts OF