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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13
By Alexander BitteIman

to act. And as result of all this, the
beginning of definite, militant Left
Wing in the British trade-unions.
Symptoms Of Awakening.
That we are dealing here with q
new spirit in the ranks of British La
Dor can be seen from the fact that
even the so-called "progressives" felt
compelled to assume a somewhat
more aggressive and militant posi-
ton. When we saw the British dele
cation at the Vienna Conference of
the Amsterdam International (held re-
cently) demand an understanding
with the Red Labor Union Interna-
tional Or. l. L. u, we knew the rea-
son. 1t was because of the restless
ness and demand for action by the
rank and file. When we find that
Robert Williams speaks in Hamburg,
at the Congress of the Transport
Workers International, in favor of
joining hands with the Russian I'M
ions, we know where to locate the
cause: the British rank and file. And
when we see the British trade Union
Congress, in session at Hull, granting
more power to its General Council, au-
thorizing it to call general strikes,
and framing all kinds of demands
upon the capitalists and the govern
ment, we know that the British work
ing class is at last beginning to move.
And in order that there be no mis-
understanding, we want to say right
here that we have very little trust in
the ability of the British progress
sives" to assume leadership Of real
militant movement. Even if they go
along for while, it will be only as
result of pressure-constant pres
sure by the rank and file. All the i'm
portant decisions of the Trade Union
Congress at Hull will not be worth the
paper they were written ON, if there
is no militant Left Wing, based upon
rank and file organization, to compel
and to drive to action. Fortunately
for the British Labor movement and
for the working class the world over
such Left Wing has begun to crys-
tallize. The recent Conference of the
revolutionary minorities in the British
trade unions has laid the basis and
has created the machinery for the
successful development of such a
Left Wing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13

it because it gave them a chance to
force European Imperialism under the
yoke of American bankers. This was
the only available way to prevent the
European imperiaIists from starting
another war right away"
This is where the editorial apologist
knocks Harry Thaw's rabbit" dis
sertation for a head full of ossifed
brains. The capitalists feared that
another war would spell their doom.
Therefore they Matched the Dawes
plan to prevent war or at the worst
postpone it and the socialists, faith
full servants of capitalism stepped up
and told the workers that the Dawes
plan would bring them prosperity and
prevent war.
The scheme worked. Sending the
socialists forward as a smoke screen
in order to cloud their intentions, the
capitalists succeeded. But what I'M
grateful wretches they are. While the
socialists were serving them SO faith
fully, here is what was taking place
in Europe according to Berger's Lead
err"
I'VE know that Hughes, Mellon and
Dawes conspired with the reaction
aries in London, Paris and Berlin to
start a grand fight on Socialism after
the European socialists should have
done Wall Street the favor to have
put the Dawes plan over :"
This is a confession with a ven
geance. But every cloud has a silver
lining and even tho the European So
may have acted as the tools of
Wall Street. out of evil good will
come, because forsooth Ramsay Mac
Donald is Christian and we'll versed
in the ways Of the Lord. The Leader
continuous. 1t is now in the field of
prophecy:
"The Dawes Plan will work out as a
peace plan, but not In the way that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13
Political Horse Thief Confesses

praise on the socialist midwife.
The political horse thief, at his
wits end to get out of a nasty mess,
prepares careful confession. After
beating around the bush and indulg-
ing in windy threats against the fer
ocious Dawes, for his slam at the So
cialists, the Leader in a don't bite
the hand that feeds you" spirit pens
the following:
I'VE call the generals attention
right at the start to the important
fact, that the experts plan would
never have been adopted by the gov
ernments of Europe, if It had not been
for the socialists" bold face ours.
Communist Williams that we are, this
catching of yellow socialist, polite
ally shirtless in the market place
gives us joy.)
The editor proceeds with the con-
"Every European reactionary
fought the plan to the last ditch. It
would never have become the basic
law Of European economy with Poin-
care, Lloyd George or Ludendorf in
power. It was adopted after French
and British democracy with socialist
help had overthrown the reactionaries
and after German socialists had forced
the Marx government to disavow the
At this stage of the confession His
Honor the Infatuated and betrayed
proletariat turns down his thumbs
and mutters ITO the lions with the
vile caitiff', but the Peoples Com
missar of Justice, stop the wrath of
the mass jury. He allows the culprit
to proceed, and asks if he has any
thing to say in mitigation Of his crime.
The culprit says:
But European socialists did not &C
cept the Dawes Plan because they
loved It for itself. They accepted
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY

the House of Morgan figures. It will
be a peace plan without the House of.
Morgan and without Wall Street gen.
erals. -. Thanks to the Dawes plan,
socialism will triumph, first over Eur
ope then over American capitalism"
The culprit began by admitting that
the socialists were the tools of Wall
Street. The oft-made charge of the
Communists is hereby admitted by the
daily organ of the socialist party of
America. The socialists are con-
demned out of their own mouths, but
the sentence cannot be yet ndered.
The betrayed workers of Europe will
deliver it some. day and it will not be
light.
Meanwhile Victor Berger is ham,
mering away at the Dawes plan in his
daily column on the front page of
Milwaukee Leader, blissfully oblivous
of the editorial page viewpoint that
the Dawes plan. will bring peace and
socialism.
European socialists are surely a
pack Of accomplished traitors. Am.
erican socialists, like Barkis in the
Dickens novel are also "willin'" but in
addition they seem to be candidates
for the madhouse.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13
The British Left Wing

were in the British trade-unions land
still are) the so-called "progressives,'
many of them holding very RESPONSE
BILE positions of leadership, men OF
the type Of A. A. Purcell, Will Law.
Their, Robert Williams, who refuse to
be classified in the same category
with the reactionaries of the Hender-
son type and who are accepted by the
rank and file as something different
and better than these reactionaries.
Now, it stands to reason, particu.
larly IL we add to our reasoning a
little of our actual experience in build.
ing the left wing in the American
trade-unions, that the presence of
such a group of progressive" leaders
would, as rule, tend to deter and to
hamper the capitalization and deveI-
opment OF militant Left Wing.
Just one little illustration. If we
ask ourselves, where was it, in what
particular union did it happen that
we found the most difficulties in crys-
tallizing and organizing a definite left
wing? the answer will be; in those
unions that are being led by a So
called progressive" leadership. Take,
for example, the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers of America "a. C. w. Al.
It's president is Sidney Hillman, a
progressive" It's secretary is Joseph
Schlossberg, man of still more pro-
progressive" tendencies.
This progressive" leadership, what
ever its real nature, does one thing
it breeds illusions in the
rank and file, it makes the workers
believe (for time, at least) in its
and ability to do things for
them, to move ahead, and to meet sue
cessfully the new problems of the
class struggle. What happens, under
such conditions, is this, that before a
left wing can begin making real head
way in an organization which is led
by "progressives, the rank and file
must pass thru period of at least
partial establishment in the suffici-
ency of ''progressivism" When the
rank and file has had a chance to
learn the true value of its progress
sive" leadership, it is then that the
rank and file becomes ripe for the
acceptance of the militant policies of
the left wing. And it is then also
that left wing can definitely crystal
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13

ize its theology and organization.
That's what is happening in the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers, and
in the Chicago Federation of Labor
which has the progressive" Fitzpat-
rick at its head, and in many other
similar organizations. The same thing
is beginning to happen in the trade
unions Of Great Britain.
The Illusions Of MacDonaidism.
Another factor that undoubtedly ex-
erted a powerful deterrent influence
upon this disqualification of a definite
left wing in the British trade unions
was the illusion of MacDonaldism
What was it?
1t was the belief in the second com
ing of Christ. 1t was the ardent hope
of the masses that when the Labor
Party comes into power 1t will do
something to make life better, easier
and more secure. That's what it was.
That's what we call the illusion Of
MacDonaldism.
Now, one has got to realize what
this state of mind of the British
masses meant for the development of
Left Wing. 1t meant a state of
comparative tolerance and patience
with the evils of the official trade I'M
ion leadership. Why? Because, we'll
because whatever is wrong with the
trade unions will surely be corrected
when we get a Labor government; be
cause whatever we fail to get thru
the trade unions will certainly be
given to us by a Labor government,
and because the Labor government,
being our government, will surely
stand by the unions with all the ire
mendous powers of the state in any
conflict between ourselves and the
capitalists. Just wait till the Labor
government gets into powerI And
don't do anything to spoil it's chances!
With such state of mind it should
be very difficult, indeed, to arouse the
masses to militant action of any
kind. But now the Labor govern
ment is here. Macdonald has been
in power for quite some time. His
government has begun to show itself
up for allNit is worth. Hence, the be-
ginning of establishment in MacDon-
aldism. Hence, a gradual change of
mind and spirit of the rank and file,
a strong urge to move, to organize and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13

To call man a horse thief is a
serious charge. To accuse a man of
being horse thief without sufficient
evidence to back up the accusation is
a foolhardy venture. But when the
horse thief admits his guilt, no fur
Their prof is necessary and the only
thing left is to pronounce sentence.
The Communists have repeatedly
accused the socialists of the world
and those of Europe in particular of
being the agents of capitalism. Since
the Dawes plan was framed and the
leadership of the capitalist forces that
urged its adoption was handed over to
the socialists, the Communists charg-
es were supported by overwhelming
evidence. But yet, there was some
thing lacking. That was confession
of guilt. Well, it has come at last.
In two editorials unsurpassed for in
conference and crazy logic, by any
piece Of journalism seen by the writer
since the notorious Harry X. Thaw
gave his famous rabbit" interview
to the newspapers after his success
full fight to dodge the insane asylum,
Victor Berger's Milwaukee Leader in
its issue Of Sept. 3, admits that but
for the socialists of Europe the Dawes
Plan would now be as dead as the
shin bone of Saint Anne, yet attempts
to justify this act of treason to the
working class.
Berger has bitterly attacked the
Dawes plan since it was first breach
ed. So have many of LaFoI1ette's
supporters. Denunciation of the Dawes
plan was usually mixed with euloiges
of James Ramsay Macdonald, the
plans chief midwife. Suddenly it
dawned ON Victor Berger and the
LaFollette crowd that in denouncing
Dawes for giving birth to his plan,
they were inconsistent in showering
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13

1T is true that what we are witness
ing at present in the trade union
movement of Great Britain is only
the beginning of a Left Wing, the
first move in the right direction. But
because it is based on the awakening
rank and file, and is prompted to &C
ton by the ever-sharpening critical
position of British Imperialism, and
because it is inspired by the ideals of
the revolutionary class struggle, this
British Left Wing is headed directly
towards victory all along the line in
the not very distant future. We refer
here to the National Conference of
the revolutionary minorities in the
British trade unions recently held in
England.
The Illusions of "Prouressivisn."
Many have been wondering at this
side of the ocean, as to why this Brit
ish left wing was so terribly slow in
crystaIlizing. so late in coming. In
our own party, many have been ask.
ing the question: How is it that the
British militants and Communists do
not make, themselves felt in the
trade unions? Why don't they or
ganize? Why don't they fight. Aren't
conditions ripe for a successful mill
tant Left Wing?
The answer was, it is hard to tell.
On the one hand, conditions in Eng
land seemed to be over-ripe, rotten
ripe for such a left-wing to come into
existence. For didn't we see the Brit
ish trade unions actually going back
wards, losing membership, prestige
and power? Didn't we see a. whole
series of strikes broken and the
workers driven back to the shops in
defeat because of lack of centralized
organization and militant leadership?
And, lastly, did we not hear of
wave of unofficial" 1--WE call them
outlaw strikes having taken place in
England in recent months in opposi-
ton to and in defiance of the ex-
presse will of the official leadership?
All of which would seem to indicate
to us that the conditions were all
there for left wing to make its ap-
pearance and, by organized effort, to
attempt to bring back to life the
British trade union movement.
But then, on the other hand, there
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13
SOCIALIST PREMIER'S
SON PRESENTED TO
STRIKEBREAKER CAL

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-Mal-
colin Macdonald, son of Premier
Macdonald, Of Great Britain, was
presented to President Coolidge to-
day by Secretary Of State Hughes.
Young Macdonald is In the United
States with the Oxford debating
team.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-14

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s room house, east end of
city, easy terms, ........ .$12O0.OO
room house, lights, water,
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city, $4,000 cash, balance,
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beautiful lawn and trees,
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Splendid lot, facing south,
nice trees, $4,000
Dozens of houses and hundreds of
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The biggest bargain in a quarter
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all.
If you are going to buy, don't delay.
You can never again buy so cheap
ly as now.
I also write fire and tornado insur-
ance in good companies. -.
F.E. YOUNG.
8-12-5t.
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Scotland Made Game Of
Golf National Pastirne

Three months before the Pilgrim
Fathers left Deftshaven James vi
approved the contract for the first
municipal golf links ut st. An
drews, Scotland, where game
called 'kOIf," a cross between golf,
hockey and bowling, was played on
the ice, within covered courts and
even in churchyards. If the Scotch
did import the sport they changed
1t greatly. Links for example Is
the Scotch term referring to rolling
close-cropped shore fields which
have become the model for all golf
courses. 'Bunkers' are really cut
banks such as are found along a
graded country road. Such banks
with sand pits are natural to the
Scotch shore. st. Andrews cut
banks are now artiticially created
on golf links wherever golf Is
played. For many years the orig
inal Scotch course consisted OF IL
holes. a match being two rounds,
or % holes, but in 1854 1t was de-
cided to eliminate two holes. SO to-
day the standard course is in null
tiples of nine.-NatiOnal Geograph-
ic Society.
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Mode.t maiden

"John. I want to say something
"Say on, my dear" replied John.
as he looked fOndly at the golden
head that was pillowed on bis
manly bosom.
-aThis Is the year when propos-
ing is done by the women"
Eyes"
II hope you don't expect me to
propose to your"
an "Well, Mary, I have never given
the. matter a thought. 10 tell the
truth, I've only known you for-that
~ to Say" ', n
,i,"I am glad you don't expect me
to propose. I'm not that kind, 1
hope. No, John, I couldn't be- so
immodest. I am going to let you
do the proposing yourself In the
old-fashioned way. The old-fash-
ioned way is good enough for me"
The girl gave her lover beaili-
ing smile, and the youth rejOiced
that he had found such treasure
of m0desty. So.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-14
Early Navigators Dared
Perils of Euery Sort

It is.a little more than 4OO years
ago since man made his tirst-known
trip around the globe. The first
voyage took three years. and they
were years of great privation and
discomfort. The early successful
navigator was j. s. del Cano, a
Spaniard. He returned to port on
September 6. 1922. The expedi-
tiOn numbered five vessels, and. OF
the 28O pioneers who set sail only
B1 returned-ragged and broken.
One of the objects Of the adyen-
ture was to test the theory that the
earth was round. and the ships
TOOK q westward course to discover
a passage to the Indies. Ferdinan-
do Magellan, a Portuguese, after
whom the straits are named, was a
leading spirit. in the expedition.
When the task was almost accom-
plished he and 40 others were
killed by natives in the Philippine
islands. Only one ship, the Wit
toria, under del Cano, completed
the Journey.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-14
Poisonous Flo,ver Rulb1

., Dafeodil bulbs, which superficial
IL resemble onions, have sometimes
been eaten for them by mistake
and have caused serious poisoning.
A case was reported not long ago
i'm EdiAburgh, where, a cook took a
.daROdl bulb for an onion and used
1t to flavor q stew subsequently,
eaten by Ave persons. All were
made acutely sick before the end
Of the meal. All recovered In q
few hours and apparently suffered
no after effects Of the dose. rhe
poisoning is supposed to be. due to
q { pflneipie known 40 "narctsstne, J"
found in the bulbs Of daff0dils and
jOnquils. Persons keeping daie0dii
bulbs ip the house n SHOULD take e. care
.3lta4 fffleys. are 3 not Z cOnfuseaM With
onions. -
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Tribune Classified Advertisements
p Ell O N E 3

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FOUR ROOM MODERN BUNGALOW
located near school, east front
hardwood floors, full basement
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THREE ROOM BUNGALOW, ne +
school, water lights, basement, just
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TWO SMALL HOUSES located close
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LARGE. MODERN HOUSE, six bed
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A NEW AlX ROOM HOUSE, located
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FOR SALE

room modern house. east front,
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room modern house including 3
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room modern house with kitchen
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room new modern brick, 3 bed
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5 room partly modern house, close
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Houses for sale and rent.
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PAGE SEVEN

discovered a green blade Of grass
an inch and half long laying be
tween the tissues.
The grass had grown from 4
seed which was also removed
from the eye. The operation was
declared successful in every par
ticular.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-14

OF his eyes.
While working in the fields the
laborer got something in his eye
which he was unable to remove
and as the result of increasing
pain, visited a hospital. After ex-
animation of the eye the surgeons
decided to make an incisiOn and
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-14
Man Has Grass
Growing in Eye

Glouchester, England. Aug. IA
Instead OF allowing the grass to
grow under his feet, a farm labor
er here allowed it to grow in one
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-14
MIsCELLANEOUs

# MISCELLANEOUS
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& First class condition. Sell rea-
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NOR SALE-Ford Speedster. Call
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MEN WANTED at new filtration
plant. 45c an hour. 10 hours a day.
Woodrich Construction Company.
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HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED
WANTED-Men and Women to learn
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FOR RENT-Desirable four room
house, in good repair, centrally To-
Gated. Possession in time for
school. Inquire 406 Third street,
J.. K. Doran. 8-9-1w
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-14

FOR RENT-Modern flat with sleep
ing porch. Woodmansee Apts.
Apply Harris & Woodmansee.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-14

FOR RENT-American Bowling Alley
for the next season.
8-s-tf
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-14

FOR RENT-Modern house, close in.
Inquire at Managers office, Tele-
phone Co. or phone 1000.
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SALESMAN
FOR SALE OR RENT
HOUSES AND FLATS

FOR RENT-Furnished apartments,
two light, good sized rooms with
kitchenette and bath. Garage also
for rent, and single room. 422 Fifth
= street. S-13-1W
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ROOMS FOR RENT
FOR RENT-Three rooms in new
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Also upstairs porch can be used if
desired. One block from High
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Will school. 611-6th st. Phone
826-M. 8-13-2w
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FOR RENT-A two or three room
furnished apartment, also store
room 25x85 for rent. Phone 303.
B. F. Flanagan, Prop.
S-5-2W
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FOR RENT-Modern Groom house
partly furnished, suitable for room
ing house. Phone 536R.
S-9-1W
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FOR SALE-Second hand Baby
Grand Chevrolet parts. Also
32x3h tires. Call after 6 p. m.
400 11th St. 8-13-3t