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ments, machining, assembling, paint
ing, packing and shipping depart
ments; and when we have less men
In these departments we would like to
have our forces in the non-productlve
departments 60 down in the same pro-
portion.
But they wont because we have
certain departments such as the
power plant force, that are the same
regardless of conditions in the shop,
and it is impossible to make reduc-
tions in such forces. But there are
ways in which every man can help
reduce IT,"
Grant, after telling the men that
they would probably lose their Jobs
in the near future, strongly limited
that those who are retained are going
to get wage reductions. And this com
pany-union organization is supposed to
benefit the employees!
al think we have been neglectfuI in
enforcing the old rule that the COM
pany pays for good work only" said
Grant. I do noe think there was any
thing improper in the rule that the
company would only be expected to
pay for good pieces"
Piece Workers Protest.
The workers in the piece work
shops certainly disagree with our alt
Rustic superintendent on this point.
Often the defective pieces are worked
on for long periods of time, going thru
several operations such as roaming,
before a blow hole or other defect ia
discovered There is no reason why
the company should not pay us for
this time, which is unavoidably put in,
certainly not for our own interests but
as company time.
Mr.. Grant wants us to do two Jobs
when we get paid for only one. He
said, Lets everyone pass on his own
work--be an inspector" The COM
pany should pay for an adequate force
of inspectors, instead Of making the
piece workers inspect their own work,
and refusing to pay them for unavoid-
able defects.
There is, not very much in sight
for the summer" Grant told the men.
IF It had not been for foreign orders,
the Mccormick works would have had
very slim year"
Company Union Gags Speech.
Along with the use Of the industrial
council as means for issuing orders
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Rail Chiefs in Flop
To LaFollette Can't
Break Wall St. Ties

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Heading big insurance societies and
in some cases coal mines where
strikes are met by strictly business
methods, they have, so to speak, win
dows opening on Wall Street.
Nurtured McAdoo Sentiment.
The railroad union leaders nurtured
the McAdoo sentiment for years. In
union halls and in their press, above
all in their official paper Labor"
they sounded his praise McAdoo was
invited as the guest of honor at rail
road union affairs. On the occasion
of the 5Oth anniversary of the Broth
erhood of Firemen, McAdoo's remarks
were spread over an entire page Of
Labor" The mischief now is done.
This long term propaganda in favor
Of McAdoo has bred confidence in
him among thousands Of the less clear
thinking members Of the brother
hoods. A sudden shift of their lead
ers to another man does not erase
tn effect of this propaganda. The
confidence in McAdoo means conf
dence in McAdoo's pronouncements-
to sufficient extent to swing thou
sands of votes.
Will They Repudlate McAdoo?
Davis managers are chuckling at
this situation. The McAdoo endorse
ment means some additional strength
for them, regardless of what the rail
union leaders do But they will gain
still more votes unless the union Off
Gals are aggressively hostile, not
only to Davis, but to McAdoo Only
by vigorous reputation of the oily
Doheny attorney can the effects of
the McAdoo endorsement be largely
destroyed. That is not expected.
Z In failing to repudiate McAdoo and
all his workers, now that he has
openly allied himself with Morgan's
lawyer, the rail union leaders will
be double crossing any other candi-
date they endorse.
However one of the most powerful
of the brotherhoods, the Brotherhood
OIL halfway lTdluneuf ud5 AOb Gil
dorsed the acts of the G. P. P. A.
convention and is still free to give
full official support to the man Nc
Adoo endorses.
Wall Street To LaFollette.
The rail union leaders have one leg
in the democratic party and another
leg in the LaFollette movement. Thru
the democratic leg they are in very
close footing with Wall Street, with
the big open shop oppressors of union
labor.
That the two old parties are con-
trolled by Wall Street has become an
axiom.
And the LaFollette movement,
backed by the poor relations Of Wall
Street, the railroad labor bankers, Of
fers no hope Of a clear-cut battle
against j. p Morgan.
The only party Of that kind is the
one which has the ticket Of William
2. Foster and Ben Gitlow in the field
1t is uncompromising. It's members
are workingmen, not labor bankers.
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Against Wars of
Capitalism

THIS month marks the tenth anniversary of world capital
isms most bloody conflict, the European of 1914.
In response to the call of the Communist International,
the Communists all over the world will direct whole weeks
effort against the Of capitalism against the
that threaten hurthe workers of the nations against
each other in mutual murder.
The Workers Party of the United States will lead in this
attack capitalist wars in this country
One of the most powerful weapons, in this country in
carrying on this fight will be the SPECIAL EDITION OF
THE DAILY WORKER, dated Saturday, July 26. The
given to exposing capitalist mitars, and revealing
the true nature Of one of its main allies the sociaIdemo
cracies in many lands.
This Special Edition will appear the of the
Special Week for Combating War; July n to August 4th.
Bundles of this issue should be distributed in every city
and hamlet of the land Bundles should be hand for sale
and distribution all meetings and gatherings of
workers. organizations Send in your order the
companylng blank:
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srothsrIy Aid.

PHOENIX. Ariz., July 1s.-Stricken
with paralysis many months ago w.
G. Myers lost hope OF completing the
little adobe home which he had start
ed until members of Local 1889
Brotherhood Of Carpenters and Join
ers OF America, took the matter in
hand. The brotherhood not only CON
tributed the labor but the materials
as we'll The home Is now complete
with both electric and plumbing fix-
tires installed.
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Jaquemott9 (of Belgium laments
the fact that the Executive Commit
tee does not give more consideration
to the Belgian party. The party may
be small, but its activity and its in
fluence are greater than the number
Of its members. The party wishes to
throw itself into the international
struggle against the experts report.
DlspeIIlnp Illusions.
Petrowski (Russian Communist
Party) states that Macdonald is pop
ular with the petty bourgeoisie. The
discomfort of the workers is growing,
the left wing of the trade union move
ment is growing stronger, the wave
of strikes is dispelling muddle-headed
illusions. The Communist Party Of
England has great possibilities. A
break with the Labor Party would be
a mistake, for this would constitute a
break with the trade unions, and
therefore break with the working
masses. The Labor Party and the
trade unions present the fields of ac-
tivity for the English party. The Con-
gress must analyze the situation in a
concrete manner and must help the
English comrades. The establishment
of daily newspaper is to be desired.
Roy (of India) expresses the opin-
ion that the chief task of the Comm
tern is the building up of strong
Communist Party in England. The
labor movement in England is devel-
oping imperialist groups, for the Eng
fish bourgeoisie can corrupt the work
ing class by talking of the economic
benefits derived from the colonial
peoples. The speaker points out that
the faith of the English workers in
Macdonald is still great. The activ-
ity of the English Communist Party
must encircle the world The chief
task is the application of the United
Front policy to the oppressed colonial
peoples, and the waging of a bitter
fight against imperialist theology and
against the betrayal of the English
workers into the hands of bourgeois
democracy.
Fighting RIghtlsm.
Severing (of Germany states that
the German proletariat passed his
toric landmark in October. The chief
fact about this serious breakdown is
the formation Of right wing groups,
so that the main task consists of fight
ing right wing dangers. AS early as
the Fourth Congress an attempt was
made tolcome to some agreement with
the right wing German workers, since
this group has great influence with
the Czech, German and Italian opposi-
ton. Radek has falsified history if he
conceals this fact.
The Leipzig convention struck a
blow at the spirit of the Fourth Con
gress, for Brandler wished to exclude
the organizations from Berlin, Ham
burg and the Ruhr district. Only Tin
oviev and the Executive Committee
prevented split. The German left
wing is not fighting against the use of
maneuvers, but rather against the sys-
tenn of opportunism which the Com
munist parties inherited from the
Social-Democracy. Radek is to be
held responsible for the formation of
right wing groups in the Communist
Party Of Germany even more than
Brandler is.
The basis Of Radekism is lack of
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faith in the European revolution.
Radek and Brandler strove to trim
Bolshevism according to the West
European pattern; they look on So
Hial-Democracy as the deciding factor
of the European labor movement;
they consider workers government
possible within the framework of
bourgeois democracy, which is COM
plete negation Of Lenin's theory OF the
state.
The German left wing is not against
our partial demands, but it is against
the opportunistic Interpretation Of
these partial demands, as, for exam
pie, in the case Of the taxation OF real
property. Brandler's and Smerals for
mutation of workers government is
no accident, but rather a systematic
opportunistic theory. The Commup-
lists must come out into the open, if
they are to win over the Social-Demo-
cratic workers. Zinoviev's formula of
workers government as a propa-
ganda is a happy one, but union or
coalition with Social Democracy must
be declined.
Blames Radeklsm.
Radek's thesis, that Fascism over.
threw the November republic, is OPP
portunistic. Radek wanted to base
our policy on the differences of opin-
ion in the urgeoisie-again oppor-
tunistic. The conduct of the French
and the English parties toward the
MacDonld government, various acts
on the part of the Dutch comrades,
Wynkop and Thalheimer, show that
Radekism is a menace on an interna-
tional scale. Radek was aware that
it was a mistke to enter into the re-
gime in Saxony without the decision
of the shop stewards congress. Ra-
dek five times prevented the calling
together of this congress. Radek for
babe the holding Of anti-Fascist day;
he sounded the retreat for the May
strike in the Ruhr district; he kept
the masses from the fight during the
Cuno strike.
A fight was possible and necessary
in October, but the opportunistic Ra-
dekistic party leadership called off
the battle in Chemnitz, while at the
same time Hamburg decided on a
fight. After the October retreat, Ra-
dek forbade party discussion in the
Communist Party of Germany, and
drove the party toward a split that
was prevented only by the Executive
Committee. The party is now in
sound condition; 1t was saved by the
Executive Committee.
October Almost Forgotten.
Radek's stand in the discussion on
the Communist Party of Russia is con-
sistent with his opportunistic German
policy. Thanks to the new leader
ship, the Communist Party of Ger
mny has almost forgotten the October
debaole and is now welded together
into a unified whole. The leftist ten
dency does not exist as an organized
group; the Central Committee is fight
ing the Menshevist groups. The new
leaders are making mistakes, too, but
they see their mistakes, they try to
rectify them. Their chief error is that
the comrades allow themselves to be
torn away from the voice of the
masses, that they do not yet know
how to be leaders. The new leaders
must wipe out Brandlerism, for right
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with Zinoviev's statements. Currency
imitation and the high cost of living
are forcing the French middle class
into the ranks of the proletariat.
Great class battles are being faced, in
which the workers and farmers bloc,
on one side, win stand in OPPOSITION to
the forces Of Fascism on the other
Concerning the trade Union question,
the speaker explains that the uniflca-
ton of the working class into an inter-
national mass grouping is to be hoped
fer.
ZinovieV's Formulation.
When our enemies say that this is
only maneuver, we answer that it is
maneuver in the interests of the
working class. The French delega-
ton accepts Zinovievs formulation Of
the United Front policy as follows:
United Front policy imposed from
above-this is never to be tolerated.
1t was an error to enter into the gov
2rnment of Saxony, but crooked par
Humanitarian deals arc wrong.
The international right wing ele-
ments supported the mistakes Of the
German right wing; the Russian op-
position forces and the Polish party
acted in the same ! manner. The
French party takes an unconditional
stand, too, against the leftist errors
Of Bordiga. Above all, the develop
ment of the right wing elements into
an international bloc was remarkable
The French party will fight the ex-
perts' report along with the Commun-
ist Party of Germany, of England, of
Belgium. The Congress must formu-
late the methods to be used in this
fight. AS the Third Congress fought
against the dangers of leftism, the
Fifth Congress must fight chiefly
against the dangers Of right wing ele-
ments.
Forgot Lenn's Teaching.
Raul, representing the workers of
Germany, goes on to say that the
German workers believe that they
should have fought in October. The
chief mistake during the October up
rising was that the party leadership
forgot Lenin's lesson concerning the
arbitrary role of the party. The
United Front policy is a correct one,
but opportunistic leadership can ruin
good policy. 1t is to be hoped that
the Comintern will succeed in turning
the parties Of the west to Bolshevism
The October events in Poland prove
that an iron-handed Bolshevik leader
ship is lacking there. The Polish Cen
trail Committee terrorized the Polish
opposition and supported the opposi-
ton of the Communist Party of Rus
STA, and that was big mistake.
For British Mass Party.
Brown (of England) declares that
the Congress must take a decided
stand on the question of the United
Front, for many are blaming this pol
icy, only because of past mistakes in
its use. The Executive Committee is
quite correct, if it feels that the build
ing of mass party in England is the
most pressing problem of the Comm
tern. The speaker points out that in
estimating the situation the Commun-
list Party of England is often wrong.
The English party up to now has not
been in position to criticize the La
Dor Party of England, for that party
has as yet done nothing.
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Communists Discuss World Economic Situation

wing dangers are still imminent. The
policy of the Communist Party of
Germany in Halle, in the Furstenwals,
in the metal trades congress, was cor
rect. In the elections of the shop
stewards the results were particularly
brilliant.
Stay in the Unions.
Retreats occurred only where
Brandlerism rules. The Central Com
mittee hesitated on the question OF
the trade unions, but now it is put
ting up hard fight against the move
ment to get out of the unions. The
experts report is inaugurating a new
period Of struggle in which the party
is putting up fight without quarter,
with power as its object. In the ques-
ton Of the United Front the Congress
must work out a concrete policy for
every country. The present explana-
ton of Smeral is a scholarly trick of
diplomacy. There is danger in the
fact that in Czecho-Slovakia the
events in Saxony are recurring. The
English party must be Communistic
not only on Sundays, but also on week
days, and it must put up sharper
fight against Macdonald. The Com
munist Party of Germany declares for
the fusion Of the Communist Party OF
Italy with the Italian Socialists. The
chief task at present is the fight
against Radel1ism and Bandlerism on
an international scale, and the crea-
ton of a unified Bolshevik party all
over the world.
This speech was often interrupted
by cheering. 1t was loudly applauded.
czecho- slovaks With comintern.
In the name of the minority of the
Czecho-Slovak delegation (Venzell,
Friedfeld, Meierowa, Tschulen, Vert
schik), venzell declares the complete
accord of the Communist Party of
Czecho-Slovakia with Zinoviev's criti-
cism of the Central Committee Of
Czecho-Slovakia. Smeraps present
explanation has not cleared up the sit
uation at all, for he has not sufficient
ly done away with opportunistic ten
denotes, or, rather, he has not done
away with them at all. The Central
Committee of Czecho-Slovakia is in
opposition on the Russian and German
questions indifferently. Thru this the
common task Of the Communist Party
of Czecho-Slovakia and of the Comm.
tern was made more difficult
The speech enumerates further op-
portunistic erroneous groups, which
must be fought in the spirit of Bolshe-
vism. (Applause.)
In the name Of the Balkan Fedora
ton, Boschkowitsch declares its COM
plete accord with the Executive Com
mittee. Danger of war, national prob
lens, agrarian problems, and imperial
list rivalries are threatening the equi-
librium Of the Balkans. The Balkan
Federation accepts Zinovievs formu-
lation Of the United Front policy and
the workers government.
Hirsch (of the Communist Party of
Czecho-Slovakia) makes an explana-
ton in which he shows that the
Czecho-Slovak Communist youth is in
full agreement with the Executive
Committee. Aside from the mistakes
already mentioned, there are serious
opportunistic groupings in the Com.
munistic Party of Czecho-Slovakia on
national and agrarian questions. The
inversion of the party position on the
question of nuclei will be pushed by
every means The party must first
become Bolshevik.
End of the session.
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Why Not Cite Mnraa

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 1S.---The
Urbana Light, Heat and Power COM
pany has been cited to appear before
the Illinois Commission next Tuesday
to show cause why electric servlDe
TO its patrons should not DO improved.
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MOSCOW, July 1S.-It is reported
from Odessa that number of large
freight steamers have been chartered
by the respective state economic or
gans and trusts for shipping large par
ties of Russian timber and cement
from Black sea ports to Syria, with
which trade relations are steadily de-
veloping.
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of the world. On the basis of the
agrarian crisis there is developing
the Scissors" the discrepancy be-
tween the prices of industrial goods
and food products. The scissors" is
universal. The outstanding thing
about the scissors" is the intensified
process of justification and the
monopoly price which industry can
command. A very important thing
about the agrarian crisis is that it
brings back the industrial crisis.
All these circumstances sharpen
the contrast between the classes. The
appropriation of the middle class
took place wherever there was infia-
ton. On the ether hand, there is a
confusion of the interest rates on
gross capital in various countries.
The event which can be foretold as
coming about next is an extraordin-
arily severe crisis in the United
States. The foundations Of American
economic unity have been shattered.
Universal Crisis.
American industry will attempt to
export unsaleable goods to Europe
Germany is facing new crisis, al
though a little less severe than the
last one. The outlook as whole
shows that this year we shall under
go a universal period of crisis. The
meaning of the experts report is that
France is making bad investments
and is promoting as means control
over German economic life.
Germany is not in a position to i'm
port the accumulated money and
goods from the country. This means
an unavoidable holding up Of the repa-
rations payments. The optimistic
ideas of Hilferding and the united
Social-democracy, that with the solu-
ton of the PREPARATIONS question the
crisis of capitalism will be avoided,
are unfounded.
Pseifist Illusions.
The picturing of a better future,
such as the Social-Democrats predict,
raises illusions in the workers minds
that the solution of the crisis is pos
sible without revolution. Prepare
tions for war prove the contrary. At
the present time there are a million
more bayonets than there were be-
fore the war. The crisis Of capital
list economic life cannot be hidden.
In the year 1925 a sharp crisis in
America and a consequent degenera-
ton Of economic life in Europe can
be expected. The great battle be-
tween the proletariat against capital
ism is drawing infallibly nearer. The
outlook is that Of revolution; every
thing else depends on the revolution
airy understanding and the capacity
for war, Of the Communist parties.
Discuss zinovlev's Report.
At the afternoon session of June 20,
a committee was elected to examine
into the affairs of Boris Souvarine.
Another investigation was undertaken,
which is to be directed against the
subsection Of the Chinese peoples, and
against the persecution of the labor
movement in China After this be-
gins the discussion of ZinoYiev's re-
port.
TRENT of France declares the com
plete accord Of the French delegates
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White TERROR
BULGARIAN RULE
MURDERS DEPUTY

Especial to the DAILY WoRKER)
SOFIA, Bulgaria-(B Mail) Bull
garia is aroused at the latest political
murder here. Petko Petkoff, peas
ant member of parliament, was killed
by agents Of the White Guard govern
ment when they failed to frame him
up on charge of conspiracy to muir
der members of the cabinet.
Petkoff, both in his paper, Peoples
Defense, and in parliament, had car
ried on a bold and bitter campaign
against the white terror. For reply
the government charged him with con-
spiracy.
First Frameup Fails.
Two months ago the minister Of the
interior read in the chamber of depu-
ties a declaration signed by many
peasants accusing Petkoff of conspir-
acy. Petkoff rose and produced the
bloody shirt Of a peasant who had re-
fused to sign the charges against him
and who was beaten to death. In a
brilliant and bitter speech Petkoff
completely turned the tables on his
accusers, and the session broke up in
disorder.
Shortly after came the charges from
the same minister of the interior that
Petkoff was plotting the assassination
Of the cabinet
Demands Trial; Killed.
There was no evidence to support
the charges. and Petkoff applied to the
courts to be put on trial and demand.
ed to be shown the proofs Of his guilt.
Three days later he was murdered.
Political murders are frequent in
this country, as they are in Italy, and,
like Italy, when the victim is OF the
opposition the murderers are never
caught Just now the country is
aroused over this latest outrage.
Arrest Secret Police Agent.
Petkoff was man Of international
reputation and had powerful friends
both in this and other European
countries, so something had TO be
done. An agent OF the secret police
has been arrested, charged with the
killing.