The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
COMING GERMAN
REVOLUTION TOLD
by TRACHTENDERC
Communists Preparing
For Speedy Event.

Chock full of enthusiasm for the
revolution he sees coming soon, Alex
ander Trachtenberg made the North
Side Turner hall audience glow with
some of his own feeling Friday night.
"They are getting ready for the
final conflict in Germany" he declar-
ed when Communists meet, they
aren't talking about social activities,
but the question is How Many Guns
Have you got?'"
German Revolution The Starter.
A united international movement
will back the German revolution, said
Trachtenberg. Today in French pris-
ons, you find the comrades who were
doing work in the Ruhr occupation
army. In France, Belgium, Poland,
Jugo-Slovakia and Czecho-Slovakia
the Communist Parties with their nu-
merous adherents are ready to rise
with their German comrades. They
look on the German revolution as the
starter for the world revolution.
Communist Military Preparation.
Trachtenberg told of a great red fun
eral procession led by Young Com
munist vanguard, every man with his
gun. In the rear were the stretcher
bearers.
Organized preparations are being
made for the armed conflict and the
educational work with the masses is
carried forward with papers and huge
meetings. And the masses are COM
ing to the Communists for leader
ship and inspiration. The speaker
told of an open party meeting attend
ed by 10000, tho there were only D.
900 members in that community.
Socialist Traitors Losing.
German social democracy, which
betrayed the workers during the war
and after is waning. The proletarian
elements are coming over to the Com
munist Party.
With biting sarcasm, he scored the
coalition policy of the yellows. "The
socialist government got lonely and
invited the bourgeois politicians into
the cabinet, he said. Pretty soon
there were no socialists left"
SHINES And The Socialists.
"In Russia" he declared, "the work
ers and peasants under the leadership
of the Bolsheviki confiscated the fac
tories and the land. The power of
the bourgeois was destroyed In
Germany, under the leadership of the
socialists, SHINES made more money
than he had made in his whole life
before. With the rise of his wealth,
his power rose too
The first part of the lecture was
occupied with what Trachtenberg saw
in Russia, the land he was forced to
leave when the Gear reigned.
Every Red Soldier Can Read.
What change now. Every sol
der in the Red Army can read. When
l was in the old Russian army, / had
to spend most of my spare time writ
ing letters for other soldiers"
Trachtenberg told of the Russian
industrial unions,-23 in all, a union
to an industry. He told of the g.
hour day, with overtime absolutely
discouraged and often entirely pro-
hibited. OF the 6-hour day for office
workers and the 4-hour day for youths
between 16 and IS who attend school
the rest of the time Two weeks va
cation with pay for all workers.
Mothers get rest with full pay eight
months before and eight months after
pregnancy. A large percentage Of the
earnings for each industry are put
aside for social insurance of various
kinds and this money is controlled
thru the unions.
Unions Power In Russia.
Lies of Sam Gompers and his rene
gade socialist propagandists, Chester
Wright, WalIing and Co., about the
German labor movement, were
smashed by the speaker. He told OF
the tremendous power OF the unions
in the government of Russia. The
unions are officially part of all so
cial institutions; they have the veto
Of all labor legislation and the rep
resentatives are chosen for the most
important posts, as is shown in the
trade delegation sent to England
which includes the president Of the
Russian Council of Trade Unions.
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