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Russian Timber
Exports Increase
Rapidly This Year

CHITA, June 29.-4,000,0OO cubic
feet of wood were exported from the
Maritime Area during the last year by
the "Dollesa" Gar Eastern Timber
Board) and about 100000 cubic feet
were exported by private persons
during the same period. rs per cent
of the export went to Japan, and the
rest to China. Most Of the exports
were raw material, only about Is per
cent being worked timber, the timber
exported by private persons was all
raw material.
This year, however, the exports are
increasing immensely: 100000 Gu
bic feet were ready for export by May
1. One-third of 1t has been prepared
on the strength of contracts, while
the other two-thirds will be released
on the markets. Japan will get 65
per cent Of this amount, China-25 per
cent and the remaining 10 per cent
will go to England and Africa. The
quantity Of wood to be exported by
private persons has increased from
one to four million cubic feet. The
OF manufactured wood has
also grown and is double of last years
namely 80 per cent of all "Dolloss"
materials.
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there were not even three
lists. Already on the first day,


che discussion Of the report, sharp
antagonisms made themselves appar.
emit. On the question Of the attitude
to the Russian Trade Unions and to
the r. |. L. u, the compact English
delegation made sharp attack
against the policy conducted hitherto
by the Executive Committee. 1t began
already in the opening speech OF the
English delegate Purcell, who had
been elected as president Of the con-
gress and who very strongly empha-
sized in his opening speech that this
congress must lead to new epoch
and establish unity with the Russians
AS the first speaker in the discussion,
the English delegate Bramley very
sharply condemned the brusque at
titude of the Executive Committee to-
wards the Russian trade unions and
formally proposed the immediate re-
sumption of negotiations with the Rus
sian Central Council upon the basis
of the letter from Tomsky of 7th of
February this year. Those out and
out reformists, Grassmann Germany
and Mertens (Belgium), responded in
furious manner to the English at
tack. Grassmann quoted the official
statement Of the Central of the C. P.
Of Germany in the Berlin "Rote
Fahne," in which it was said that
those Trade Union bureaucrats who
wished to suppress the revolutionary
feeling and speculated upon the work
ers' honesty by enforcing signatures
to counter revolutionary question
aire form, are class enemies of the
proletariat. What do the English col
leagues say now, asked Grassmann
|triumphantly and beloved forth: Only
when the Russian Trade Unions have
severed their connections with the
Soviet Government and the Commun-
lists will they be accepted by US. But
the disrespectful Englishmen clapped
their applause when the passage from
the "Rote Fahne" was translated to
them and called out to Grassmann and
his comrades:
"What have you done with Rosa
Luxemburgw
"What have you done with Karl
Liebkneeht?"
Already in the sitting Of the Execu-
tive Committee held previous to the
congress, it is reported that the Eng
fish delegates said to Sassenbach and
Grassmann, that the latter were not
representatives of the German work
ers but of the German capitalist gov
eminent.
Already in the sitting of the Execu-
tive Committee held previous to the
congress, it is reported that the Eng
lish delegates said to Sassenbach and
Grassmann, that the latter we're not
representatives of the German work
ers but Of the German capitalist gov
eminent.
What is the Underlying reason for
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ess of the Amsterdam International

ing class is particularly injurious to
the English workers. Further 1t is
intolerable to them that while the Eng
lish government is negotiating with
Russia for the purpose of setting up
the closest connections, the West
European trade unions are melted
against Russia. In addition to this
there is the fact that the two worst
reactionaries of the English trade un-
ion movement, ]. H. Thomas and
Frank Hodges, having been appointed
as ministers in the government, they
have had to give place In the trade
unions for the left leaders, Purcell
and Cook.
This attack by the English was sup
ported by a number Of important pro-
fessional secretaries. The Transport
Workers, the Metal Workers, Miners
and other professional internationals
are compelled to recognize more
and more that effective struggles in
their section of industry can only be
carried on by means of the most far
reaching international solidarity, and
that this is impossible without the
Russian and the rest Of the revolu-
tionary unions. They wish to admit
the Russians, but have been prevented
hitherto by the Executive of the Am
sterdam International.
ALI this shows that the power of the
old guard of reformist leaders is
breaking up and that the revolution
airy vital needs of the proletariat are
proving stronger than all the strong
holds Of counter revolution no matter
how cunningly designed.
The Amsterdam International has
no successes for the working class to
record, but only defeat after defeat.
The power of sixteen million workers
is wasted by it, and what is still worse
is placed at the service of the class
enemy. Where the policy of the Am
sterdam International holds sway the
eight-hour day and other social gains
are done away with, the impoverish-
ment of the proletariat grows from
day to day and capitalist reaction be-
comes ever stronger and more inso-
lent. In Russia, on the other hand,
there exists the eight-hour day, wages
are increasing, the position of the
worker is improving and capitalism
lies prone. All the demagogy of the
Grassmanns cannot get rid Of these
facts and they also have their effect
in the trade unions affiliated to the
Amsterdam International
One of the finest show-pieces of the
congress was "the fight against war
and militarism." Here the old me-
thod of the Amsterdamers ~ great
phrases "for the people; and behind
the scenes, abominable cowardice and
betrayal plotted beforehand-were to
be seen in their full splendor. With
none of the many questions on the
agenda could the Amsterdamers better
show the heroic pose of great strug-
gle" as with this.
I. -.
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tarism. Never again imperialistic war!
What proletarian will not enthusiasts
tically Join in this cry? Such is the
speculation Of the Amsterdamers; by
this excellent means they are divert
ing the proletarians from rebellious
thoughts and preventing them from
realizing that they have been betrayed
a hundred times in the urgent ques-
tions Of the eight-hour day, starvation,
wages, etc.
The greatest phrase-monge the Am
sterdamers have in their ranks, M.
Jouhaux from France, was presented
to the astonished audience at the vi
emma Congress as a fierce dragon
killer And this same M. Jouhaux,
who in 1914 suddenly changed from a
radical syndicalist to a rabid patriot,
who was the right hand of the socialist
ministers of munitions, Albert Thomas
and the friend of all munitions manu-
facturers, who not only spurred on
the French, English and American pro-
letarians to greater and greater deeds
for the war gods but also helped to
suppress anti-war revolts of proletari-
ans and mutinies of soldiers - this
same Jouhaux just as at the last con-
gress in Rome so also in Vienna, was
put UP to report upon the fight against
war and militarism. He submitted to
the congress as a written report big
pamphlet, in which was preached the
necessity of the fight against war by
every possible means. M. Jouhaux
did not propose new motion, as he
is of the opinion that the one adopted
in Rome can also serve for the fu-
ture, as it contains the most extreme
measures the proletariat has at its
disposal, the international general
strike in case OF an acute war dam
ger, etc. More than that can really
not be demanded from the Amster-
damers.
The practical value of this boasting
resolution of Rome was to be seen at
the outbreak of the Ruhr conflict in
January, 1928. Jouhaux attempted to
defend the complete failure of the Am
ILLS ny ludhlu6
the boldest assertions. He enumerat-
ed all the beautiful decisions they had
then taken, and added, apparently
himself feeling that in fact they had
done very little:
"What could we have done :.
to enforce results? Perhaps the gen.
eral strike? 1t presupposes a power
full workers organization and the sup
port and the goodwill % of public
opinion. We had the duty to protest
and we have done it with all our
forces"
Can the cowardice of the Amster-
damers be expressed more clearly
than in their own words formulated by
Jouhaux in his written report? Well
hardly. And in spite of it these sorry
heroes have the face to submit to the
public anew their resolution with the
general strike. And Jouhaux consi-
,iered himself compelled to make, a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-30
F ARMER-LADOR
CAMP AIGN TOBE
told TUESDA'
Members Will Hear of
Tasks at Meeting

A Workers party membership
meeting of Local Chicago has been
called for Tuesday evening, July 3
s p. M, at Imperial hall, 2409 N. Hal
sted st. At this meeting Comrades
William 2. Foster and G. e. Ruthen-
berg, chairman and secretary, re
spectively, of the Workers party, will
present review and analysis of the
Farmer-Labor convention in st. Paul
on June II and will outline the pol
icy of the party in building the Farm
er-Labor party and in conducting the
national election campaign. In adj
dition, practical program of work
for the party membership of Distri
8 will be laid down in connects
with the Illinois Labor party *
Cook county Farmer-Labor campalg
Success has been achieved at Il
st. Paul Farmer-Labor convention;
strong base for large and militi
Labor party has been laid. Workel
party members must be wide awak,
to the role of the Workers party il
the growth and development of the
Labor party. The Workers party, the
backbone in the Labor party drive,
has but begun its work in this field
The left and militant elements tina
now make up, for the most part, tn,
Farmer-Labor party, must increase
their work, strengthen and broader
the Farmer-Labor party by a cam
paign to affiliate the trade unions ant
other working class organizations tt
the Labor party so that, as swiftly a
possible, the Labor party may groN
and embrace the wide mass of tn
workers subscribing to Independent
political action.
The national elections campaign
offers a splendid opportunity to di
vorce thousands of workers from the
capitalist parties and bring them into
the stream of working class politi
and working class political parti
The Farmer-Labor party has moi
mated Duncan Mcdonald, a miner,
president of the United States,
William Bouck, proletarian thin
ing farmer, for vice president. Thr
the parliamentary campaign medium
among others great Roadway can be
made for the Labor party.
The Workers party membership he
big task before it, the largest "
Get thoroly acquainted with
Workers party policy and camp
by making sure that YOU attend
membership meeting, on Tue
July s, 8 p. M, at Imperial hal
N. Halsted st. Young wv
=. -. =. -. = &C ,,rl.e ny .sIao
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-30
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
WILL HEAR TASKS IN
COMING FL. CAMPAIGN

Comrades w. z. Foster and c. (.
Ruthenberg, chairman and seereta-
ry respectively, Of the Workers
party, will review the June 18th
farmer-Iabor convention and outline
the work of the Workers party in
the further development of the la
Dor party and the national elections
campaign before membership
meeting Of local Chicago on Tues
day evening, July 8, 1924, at 8 p. m.
at the imperial hall, 24o9 N. Hal
sted st. Members of the Workers
party and Young Workers league
are expected to attend in force. Ad-
mission will be by card only.
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nAACAN ~ 49,
Attorney waaenstein reminded His
Honor that in case the defendant had
made a mistake he would have been
sent to Jail, but that the police evil
IDENTIFY should be permitted to make
mistakes with IMMUNITY.
Police Now on Defense.
The Philadelphia men and women
who arranged the picnic are deter
mined that their affairs shall hereafter
be run without interference from the
police and intend to push the case to
the limit. Mr.. Wallenstein interviewed
superintendent of Police Mills and Sc
cured the admission that the police at
the picnic acted without any semblance
of authority and that no such arrest
should have been made and the picnic
should never have been disturbed. He
has promised a thoro investigation.
Meanwhile damages to the extent OF
some hundreds of dollars will be asked
for the breaking up Of the picnic and
the destruction Of refreshments, liter
ature, etc.
A civil suit for false arrest will also
be instituted as soon as arrangements
can be made.
The Workers Party members now
have assurance that no more meet
ings will be disturbed, and that the
police will cease to play the parts OF
outlaws whenever they hear an attack
upon some politician, even though he
happens to be President Of the United
States.
At a membership meeting, after the
trial. there was more enthusiasm dis
played than has been in evidence
hare in many years. With the right Of
free speech established the work here
will go ahead with more vigor than
ever before.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-30
WOMAN ACTING
MAYOR CLEANS
SEATTLE HOLES
Mayor With Donkeys
Wires Retort
Especial to The Daily worksrl

SEATTLE, Wash, June 29.-Be-
cause chief of police William Severyns
did not obey her ultimatum to effect
certain reforms within "a hours, act
ing mayor Mrs. Henry Landes. wife
of the dean of the University of Wash
ington, has declared herself head of
police with Capt. Claude Bannick her
assistant.
Mayor DIR. Edwin ]. Brown has
wired from the asses convention,
which he is attending that "Severyn's
all right and will be put back as soon
as can get home"
Brown tried for years to get into
the mayors chair of Seattle. using his
dontal ads for political purposes. He
pretended to be a great friend of la
Dor, but has done nothing to prove it
since the people of Seattle. weary of
his constant running for Office, finally
put him in. His widely proclaimed
socialism failed to become evident
when he got into power and even the
wobblies had to show him how to
clean up the, bootleg and gambling
joints when they "dehorned" the town
during their lumber strike.
And now Brown is braying with the
rest in Madison Square Garden, New
York.
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sition." Gov. Pinchot, however, can
not act except on the recommends
ton of the Board of Pardous, which
has recently refused to recommend
pardons for the men in Pennsylvania.
California Blacklist.
Singing out California as the state
which outdistances AL other states
combined in the number of prosecu-
tons and intensity OF the anti-radical
drve," the Civil Liberties Union
charges that scores of men in the
prisons of California today were con-
victed solely on the testimony OF three
professional Witnesses, paid ten dol
lars day each by the prosecution, to
testify that the l. w. w. teaches vio-
lcnce." One of the three witnesses,
the report alleges, confessed in court
that he deserted from the naval and
military forces Of the United States
eleven times and was once confined
in government insane asylum. This
witness appeared at nine trials as
an expert against the l. w. w. The
other two witnesses are also charged
with being self-confessed criminals.
Copies of the report may be OBJ
tanned by addressing the American
Civil Liberties Union, 100 Fifth Ave-
nue.. New York City.
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Chicago and New York
Bus Companies Merge;
Will Run Scab Shop

John Hertz, multi-millionaire head
Of the scab Yellow Taxi companies of
New York, Chicago and half a dozen
other cities, has announced the merger
of the Chicago and New York Motor
Bus companies into S25.000,000 con-
Germ. His announcement said that as
soon as the new organization was
completed 1t would begin expansion
which means that the scab organiza-
ton will try and compete with the
unionized street car, elevated, and
subway systems of New York and
Chicago.
The new organization is already
talking of getting hold OF the bus
lines of st. Louis and other cities.
Hertz is also head OF the Yellow Cab
manufacturing company which manu-
features the cabs for the Yellow con-
Germs and the buses for many bus
companies.
Union officials OF the street Garments
union admitted that the expansion of
a strong scab company in competition
with the unionized street railways and
lines would effect their or
but refused to make
statement about the merger.
For long time the street Garments
union has been trying to organize the
conductors and drivers of the Chicago
bus lines but with out being able to
get an agreement with the company.
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CANNON WILL TEACH
SPEAKERS GLASS
BEGIN ON JULY

The speakers class of local ~.
cago to train comrades for publ
speaking for mass meetings, u
lures, "soap-boxing", ETC., will,
Monday evening, July IA, at
at the Workers Lyceum,
Hirsch Blvd, second floor rea,
der the direction of comrade jar
p. Cannon, associate executive
rotary of the Workers part
comrades who are to parti,
the speakers class, necessa
tied, have already been no
comrade Arne Swabeck
his class on "Trade Union
and Tactics" last night. T.
class will be held on Thursda
3, p. M, at 1902 w. Divlslo
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WICKS WINS and
TURNS TABLES ON
PHILLY POLICE
Picnic Raiders Under
Fire for BrutaIities
Especial to Tho Daily worker,


PHILADELPHIA, Pa After vears
OF defeats and terrorism at the hands
OF CITY, state and federal authorities
the Communists of Philadelphia have
at last turned the tide and are jubilant
over their victory.
Inc latest attack on free speecb
mere was the arrest of H. M Wicks AZ
ene ocheutzen Park Picnic Of last
saturday, following which police broke
ny sne picnic, herding the people out
OF the park like wild animals.
From the first Wicks put the police
on the defensive by challenging their
rlght TO interfere in any way with the
meeting. When commanded TO ceasa
taking against the strike-breaking
PRESIDENT of the United States. Cal
Coolidge, he deliberately repeated the
charges he had made against Coolidge
and insisted that he stood upon his |
constitutional rights to criticize the
PRESIDENT Of the United States at anv
time and place and dared the police
10 snow where he was in the wrong
me ignorant thugs disguised as hu-
man beings (plain clothes mem and
uniformed lackeys of capitalism arres.
ted him, and after many hours of puz- !
cling their feeble minds charged him
with disorderly conduct
At the preliminary hearing, before :
bail was fixed the next day the Judge. :
Just returned from the Republican
convention, where he helped nominate =,
Coolidge, tried to lecture Wicks on the =,
superlative virtues Of silent Cal" =
whereupon Wicks objected and assert. =
ed that the Judges opinion of Coolidge y
had nothing to do with the matter and s
the only thing at issue was the five 80
minutes speech he made before his -
arrest.
Case Is Dismissed. -
The Defense Committee of PhiIadeI- -.
phia was Immediately on the Job and 81
soon secured the release of Wicks. %
Then the Civil Liberties Union took al
land in the case. Attorney David Wal -,
enstein Of Philadelphia, one of the C.
oremost lawyers of the East, was en- =.
aged as attorney for the defense, and -
Then the case came up for hearing he 60,
Immediately carried the fight directly A.. A.,
, the prosecution and in less than -
IN minutes the case was dismissed. 49,
ldge Dugan admitted that the police ~
ere in error. Then in a conciIiatory 49,
ne he said "But we all make mis- al
kes; Mr. Wicks makes mistakes, so -
} |, and so do the policemen, and we ~
O 10y - =. '- 4'"Dio anu urop tue case imp
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or convicted of any crime
against person or property but
were imprisoned "for their opin-
ion on public matters"
Two Communists involved.
All Of the prisoners are members
Of the Industrial Workers of the
World, except three in Pennsylvania
and one in Illinois, the report states.
OF these four, two are members Of
the Workers Party. California leads
with los political prisoners. Wash
ington has FIVE; Idaho 8; Pennsyl-
vania 3; Oklahoma 2; Kansas /; Illi-
nois l, and Arkansas 1. Local BUSH
ness interests opposed to the I. w. w.
and federal authorities seeking to
create red" soares are charged in
the report with being behind these
prosecutions. The defendants in no
case got a fair trial, the report de-
clares, the offence being so bound
up with their radical economic views
that conviction was almost a fore
gone conclusion"
The governors of the seven states
involved have already been appealed
to by the Civil Liberties Union to
release the prisoners, but with the ex-
ception of Gov. Pinchot OF Pennsyl-
vania, they have taken a hostile po-
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Prevent Khan Parade.

OAKLAND. Cal, June 27.-The Ku
Kiux Khan will not hold IFS big parade
here on the Fourth of July. The chief
OF police rescinded the permit, on the
ground that the parade would threat
on the public peace; and between
1905 and 10000 Knights of the
Knightie who had intended to demon
strate their strength in the state VIII
have to find some other place.
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wish to make the body of the Inter-
national big and strong. in order to
produce in it sound mind. Great
organizations, great bureaucratic ap-
paratus and no revolutionary spirit in
the masses, that is the highest ideal of
all reformists.
And still this congress Of the Am
sterdamers was not free from a rebel
lious spirit; altho out of hundred
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-30
RELEASE RADICAL PRISONERS AND
REPEAL ANTI-SYNDICALISM LAWS,
CAMPAIGN CRY OF CIVIL LIBERTIES

NEW YORK. June pa campaign for the release 121
locked in the prisons of states sy for
sion of opinion membership in radical organization
efforts to repeal the laws under which they will
started by the American Civil Liberties Union according
report just issued by the union state Political prisoners
The 121 serving sentences from to % under
criminal syndcalt and peaceme sediton The
report charges that the political indus
character, charged with
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the conduct of the English delegatesy
In the first place, as the result of
five years experience, it is becoming
recognized more and more among the
English trade unions that the anti
Bolshevist Indictment carried on by the
German and French Amsterdamers is
leading the working class into the
abyss, into the arms of reaction, and
that isolation from the russian Work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-30
Useless bal Useless Line.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, June 2s
The King and Queen of Spain ar
to be invited to attend the interna
tional pilgrimage of royalty and biz
business to the Carmel mission ne
Montrey, the site of the first Cath.
in California.
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II 10 u 10 q ~ ~.i~--- - - -
imperialism is heading with greatest
speed towards new and much great
er peoples slaughter than the one we
have passed thru. But as in the year
1914, the broad masses will only recog-
nize the danger when the first shots
are fred. And till then the Amster-
iamers are able to play the role as
the true fighters against war and mill