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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-19
Fight Imperialism!

bloody Imperialism
of the oppressed colonial peoples today for the first time in history
meeting with almost universal opposition Whether it be south
Rfan of Morocco the
territory China the underdog showing his
teeth.
The mpeas have the dragons teeth and they
repg the harvest Having succeeded in temporarily stavng off
the inevitable revolution home the bougeose hoped that thru
the intensive exploitation of the nduay virgin and
their unorgnized working class populations they could
life capitalism But they reckoned without their
hosts.
The revolt against world Imperialism spreading
like prairie fire. The Chinese led by the Kuo Min Tang
party the party of Sun Vat Sn has ordered the foreign bandits
the Rans putting successful and gallant fight
against French INVADERS the Mexican people have defed the
insoent brutal threat Wall Street thru its executive committee
in Washington. 1t looks Imperialism, temporarily victorious
in Europe and North America has into stone mountain
the colonies
The victims of Imperialism in Asia uniting under the leader
ship Of the Communist international for the struggle against their
America this struggle less keen and needs
ordination The appearance of the AAmecan Antimperast
League therefore timely deserves the support of all class
conscious workers The myth that the United States the friend
oppressed peoples being exploded The initiative in the
fight against American Imperialism the lot of the American work
in alliance with the victims of that Imperialism everywhere
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-19

THIS decision directed against all
labor the Communists realize will
be used against them first because
they represent the most militant sec
ton of hte working class. The Com
munists know that the ground is being
prepared for action against them. In
the recent public statements Of gov
eminent agencies, chamber Of COM
merce, church organizations, of those
interested in establishing religious
training in the public schools, ETC., the
need of combating the Communists is
advocated. Charges undoubtedly will
be made that the Communists advo-
cate force, violence and the use of in
dividual terror. On the basis Of the
charges a demand wiz be made to
either drive the Communists out of
the country or imprison them. 1t is
ridiculous to make such charges
against the Communists. They en-
phatically oppose assassination and
other forms Of individual terror as a
means for the workers to accomplish
their emancipation from capitalism.
The Communists in opposition to in
dividual acts Of terror and violence
stand for mass POLITICAL action by the
working class. Against the organized
power of the capitalists the Commun-
lists seek to organize the power of the
working class. The Communists adj
vocate the building up of the power
of the workers on the industrial field
by the amalgamation of craft unions
into industrial unions and the organ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-19
The Struggle in the /. L. C. W.U.

The International Ladies' Garment Union is
throes Of civil started by the oHcadom.
Police, gangsters officials raided
raid the Offices of Locals 2, and % New City.
The raids conducted in the those Of the
infamous Palmer administration of the department of justice
tant bloc that has been fighting the BOSSES
The machine in the L. g. W. has gone the last years.
greater lengths against the left than other
Federation Labor Left wngers expelled
submit the humiaing
back their rights the union allowed
at their trade.
by the
left wing organized betrayal
the and file by the Of ocadom the The
bosses allowed the union after the left wngers
expelled the brazen
believing that their active critics had been lenced
Local after local has thrown support the left wing program
struggle against officials panic
The raids the three the desperate
the machine swing the left
The leadership of the left wing facing real No doubt
the tactics the ocadom designed provoke split
questonab there will be rise of dual union sentiment The left
wing allow itself be demoralized
drive majority delegation the convention
nued broadened connected and extended local of the
L. w Against the dsrupve policy of the machine the left
should raise the slogan unity the union and the whole
industry
The attack frightened bureaucracy must and we
bring wing thousands
yet active struggle accomplish
Of the machine.
present International Ladies'
will the whole membership the
struggle the the left wing that the interest
aken and give the resentment organizaonal formto
build the broadcast lines left wing that will be the union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-19
2. STRENGTHEN
ING OF THE
UNION

AZ Reinstatement OF .Expelle d
Members. We demand the reinstate-
ment of all members expelled from
the union because Of their political
opinions and the fight they have made
against corruption and reaction in
the United Mine Workers. We de-
mand the reinstatement to full rights,
Of Alexander Howat, August Dorchy,
Jim MacLachlan, Tom Myerscough,
Duncan Mcdonald, Freeman Thomp-
son, John Watt, and the many others
expelled. We insist that the expul-
sion Of progressive elements from the
Miners Union is not only totally un-
worthy Of the history Of our fighting
organization, but it will also lead to
the destruction Of our union.
b. Expulsion Of Edmunds' Group.
We condemn the illegal and unjusti-
fed expulsion OF 100 members Of
Local 500, and the expulsion and depos-
al from office Of Brother Edmunds
because of their fight against the
Cappellini-Lewis machine. This ex-
pulsion constitutes a fragrant VIOLA
ton of the International and district
constitutions and has no other end
than to protect the interests Of the
bureaucracy and to prevent real prog
ress In our union. 1t Is an arbitrary
measure designed to eliminate all OPP
position in the coming Tri-District
Convention 1t is on par with the
ruthless tactics carried on by the
Lewis administration in Kansas and
Nova Scotia. We demand the seating
of the delegates Of the expelled local
at the Tri-District Convention, the re-
instatement of all expelled members
and the replacement to Office of the
deposed local and district officers of
our union.
q Organization Campaign. More
than so per cent of the coal miners
in the United States are inorganic
ed. This constitutes an ever-increas-
ing menace to our union and to our
standards Of living. 1t must be re-
moved by the inauguration of far
reaching campaigns of organization in
the unorganized fields by the Inter-
national. H
d. Dual UnIonlsm. Many times
when the rank and fle membership
are arbitrarily treated by the official
dom and denied justice and their
rights in the organization, they tend
to become discouraged and to break
away into secession movements. This
tendency is a serious mistake and
must be sharply condemned. No mat
ter what the provocation from the
bureaucrats. who are determined to
stay in office at all costs, all members
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-19

THE decision of the U. s. supreme
court is a death blow to freedom
Of speech. Its constitutional guaran-
tees are wiped out by Justice San
fords decision upholding the N. Y.
state criminal anarchy statutes. A
set Of laws are constitutionalized that
can be interpreted to hold as illegal
any expression of opinion in opposi-
ton to those in power. The decision
will unquestionably be utilized to
crush any movement of an economic
or political character that strives to
protect workers against injustices, to
defend their interests and to better
their conditions. This decision is part
of the present move of the powerful
capitalist interests to lower the work
ers' standard of living. This move is
evidenced in the campaign to smash
unions, to prevent workers from
striking, as in West Virginia, to in
crease the hours of employment and
to reduce wages. Characteristic of
this campaign are the many vicious
injunctions that are being issued by
the courts against labor. With this
decision the U. S. supreme court has
definitely arrayed itself in support of
this anti labor campaign.
The U. S. supreme court took al
most two years to arrive at decis-
ion after having heard the arguments
in the case. 1t Is rather unusual for
the court to do so. The only explana-
ton that can be given is that the ma
jority Of the court thinks the time is
now favorable for the rendering of
such decisions. When reaction is in
full swing all over Europe the court
feels 1t is good policy to strengthen
the hand of reaction in the United
States.
THE forces of recation will seize
upon this decision TO begin a cam.
paign of brutal suppression against
the organized labor, radical, and Com.
munist movements. The raiding and
prosecuting parties Of the famous
Palmer and Lusk days will be perse-
cuted, deported and thrown into pris-
on.
This decision further establishes the
fact that the United States supreme
court is not a defender of the rights
and liberties of the people but is the
servile tool of the capitalist interests
who are bent on deprivlng the mass Of
the workers from organizing to com.
bat the attempts OF the capitalists to
further degrade.and subjugate them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-19
3. GENERALPOLIT-
ICAL DEMANDS

az For a Labor Party In order
for the workers to develop the poll
teal power of their class, it is. neces-
sary to build up political organiza-
ton of their own, a Labor Party,
which will draw the millions Of work
ers into political activities and organ
lie them for political struggles against
the capitalists. We repudiate the So
called LaFollette progressive move
ment which is devoted to the interests
of the middle class business elements
and large farmers and which cannot
serve as the party Of the workers. We
propose the formation of labor party
based upon the trade unions and in
Guiding all other political organiza-
lions of working class nature. We
demand that our delegation fight for
this proposal in the A. F. Of L. Con-
vention, and support the labor party
in the various states.
b. Naturalization of the Mines.
The growing justification of the coal
mining industry is threatening to de-
stroy our union and to wipe out our
standards of living. Private owner
ership of the mines has become an
intolerable curse to the miners. 1t
must be abolished. In common with
the miners of the world, we demand
the naturalization of the mines, with
workers control of the industry.
O. Recognition Of Soviet Russia.
The Russian Soviet government is the
first government based Jpn the de-
tense and protection of the interests
of the workers and poor farmers. 1t
has stood in. the face of a worldwide
attack from organized capitalism. The
delegation of the British trade unions
to Russia has just published an ex-
tensive report pointing out the ire
mendous strides forward being made
by the workers and peasants of Sow
let Russia with their newly establish
ed society. We stand for the recogni-
ton of Soviet Russia and for the es-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-19

ization of the unorganized workers.
On the political field they advocate the
uniting Of the forces of labor for po-
litical action thru the organization of
a labor party.
THE Communists however are sufi-
4 ciently aware of the fact that the
capitalists will never give up their
power to the workers without a strug-
gle Whenever the workers fight for
their interests they feel the wrath of
the organized might of the capitalist
class. During strikes workers are
continually brutally treated and often
murdered at the behest Of the capital
ist interests. The organized suppress
sive powers of capitalist governments,
the courts, the police, the militia, and
even the armies and navies are used
against them. All over the world the
workers are more and more realizing
this. In China the imperialist powers,
notably England, Japan and the
United States have sent warships to
China and have landed marines in
Shanghai to suppress the fight of
Chinese workers for humane condi-
tions. AS result many defenceless
Chinese workers have been shot down
in cold blood. In Bulgaria the bloody
zankov regime tortures and massa-
ores thousands of workers. In Poland
the brave fighters Of the workers are
executed or doomed for many years to
living hell in foul dungeons. 5000
workers are behind prison bars in
Germany. Innocent workers like
Tom Mooney, Sacco, Vanzetti and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-19

the asphalt and brick interests, no
work is being let to the contractors,
and the large Chicago companies are
closing down and laying their men off
Thousands of workers are at this
moment out of employment at time
when the season is at its height 1t
not only affects all of the asphalt
workers, most of whom are Negroes
belinging to Local rs, Asphalt work
ers union. but also hundreds Of men,
bers of the cement finishers and
plasterers local No. 502, as well as
plasterers local No. asa, not to men
ton the thousands of members OF the
different laborers local unions.
Business Agents DO Nothing.
The business agents Of the unions
are taking no action in this situatioyl,
but are allowing the cement and a.
phalt companies to weaken the un-
ions and throw thousands out of work
because OF the contractors disputes.
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(Contlnue from PAGE u

CONTINUE from Page u
Of inestimable value to us. The com
mittee is responsive to our needs in
every respect and is in a position to
expose the violation of the constitu-
ton by the officials and the agree
ment by the coal companies. We must
combat the forces that are attempting
to dissolve this committee.
81 The cancellation board is and
has always been manifestly unfair to
the miners and partial to the coal
operators.
1t has shown its impotency to adj
just grievances, with the accumula-
ton of hundreds of cases, some Of
them in their hands for over a year,
while the miners are still working
under the trouble complained of, and
many cases lost sight of entirely.
We demand the rejection of the
Cancellation board as an instrument
Of the coal operators and harmful to
the miners.
We also demand that the local COM
mittee be empowered to settle local
and district disputes, and where I'M
able to do so, appeal shall be taken
direct to the district president or the
district representative acting in his
behalf who will negotiate a settle
ment Of the dispute, with the local
committeeman and the local president
present, and such dispute must be set
tied not later than 80 days from its
inception.
y Yearly Agreements. Because Of
the uncertainty of economic condi-
tions, with the cost of living constant
ly mounting higher, with the introduc-
ton of new machinery, and with the
deep-going changes now taking place
in the mining industry, long term
agreements operate against the min
ers, by making it impossible to adjust
wage scales to meet the changed con-
ditions and to enable the miners to
give support to their fellow workers
who find themselves on strike. Great
injury to our cause in general is the
result. To meet this situation we de-
mand general yearly agreements, ex-
piring August 81, of each year, and
covering all anthracite and bitumln-
GUS fields. We flatly oppose all state
and single district agreements.
81 Unemployment Benefits. AS the
present market for coal consumes
only about so per cent of what the
mines with their present working,
forces are capable of producing. the
result is that we suffer from far-reach-
ing unemployment, while the coal OPP
orators enjoy boundless prosperity.
We protest against this unnecessary
hardship, and we demand that unem-
ployment compensation be paid out
of the profits of the coal mining in
dustry, and that a fund be set aside
for this purpose, the same to be paid
by the employers and to be admins
tered by the union. We further de-
mand that the union insist upon the
government introducing relief for the
unemployed miners. Our campaign
for unemployment relief shall be
based upon the principle of full wages
for the unemployed.
h. The checkoff. We support the
union demand for the checkoff in the
anthracite districts. In the present
state of development the checkoff is
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must stay within the union and settle
our differences there in a practical
and constructive manner.
81 Election of Organizers. We de-
mand the direct election of organizers
and field workers. The appointment
Of such workers is a menace to the
organization and must be abolished
y Proportional Representation.
We demand the elimination Of blue
sky locals and the reduction Of the
payroll vote during elections and in
conventions.
Election Vote. The refusal OF John
L. Lewis to comply with the terms Of
the constitution and publish the tabu-
lated vote of each local union dur
ing the recent election, indicates that
Brother Geo. voyzey received much
higher vote than was officially accred-
tied to him, If he was not actually
elected. We insist that this tabulated
vote be Immediately published.
HI Alliance of Transport Workers.
A real fighting alliance must be Great
ed between the men who dig the
coal and those. who haul it. This
must not be an agreement to pass
resolutions of sympathy to each other
in times of trial and struggle, but an
agreement to actively aid each other,
by striking in support of each others
demands.
u AmalgamatIon. We endorse the
general movement in the trade unions
in favor of the amalgamation of the
craft unions into industrial organize
tions. In this day of trustified indus
try the craft union is obsolete and
cannot protect the interests of the
workers. If we miners had had a
series of craft unions in the mining
industry instead Of one organization,
every semblance Of unionism would
have been wiped out of the coal min
ing industry long ago. We stand
squarely upon the principle Of indus
trial unionism and call upon our off,
Gals to support the amalgamation
movement in the A. F. of L. Con-
vention.
d international Trade U n 10 n
Unity. Capitalism is international
and the workers must likewise organ
ize solidly on an international scale.
In times Of strike the workers in one
country are used to defeat the aims of
the workers in other countries. The
complete unification of the workers is
the only remedy for this situation.
Therefore, we heartily support the
joint movement of the Russian and
British Trade Unions to consolidate
all the trade unions of the world into
one great international. And We also
demand that our delegation support
this proposition in the A. F. of L. con
k) Glass Collaboration. We oppose
the movement for class collaboration
which is now being furthered by the
trade union bureaucracy, and which is
expressed in such movements as the
B. & o. plan, labor banking projects,
workers insurance schemes, ETC. Glass
collaboration is policy of surrender,
1t means to subordinate the interests
of the workers to those of the en-
ployers. We demand q policy of class
struggle. The labor banks, as now
organized, practically make capitalists
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Court Strikes Deathblow at Speech Rights

many others are still kept in prison in
the United States. These conditions
typify the rule Of capitalism because
capitalism is based on force and vio-
lence. 1t uses force and violence and
individual terror against the workers
on the slightest pretext. The butch
cry of the world war is an example Of
capitalist force and violence. The
Communists opposed to the bloody
regime of capitalism will organize the
workers to overthrow capitalism in
the United States and to establish in
its place a workers and farmers gov
eminent.
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Progressive Miners Propose Program for TDHhict Convention

out Of the handful Of officials who
control them. We demand their re-
organization upon true cooperative
lines with their control in the hands
Of the rank and file and their invest
ments limited to real working class
institutions.
u Against Postponement Of Inter
national Convention. We protest
against the postponement of the In
ternational Convention, which is now
being engineered by the Lewis ad-
ministration. With the union con-
fronted by a thousand difficult prob
lens, to put off the convention for
year means to gravely sacrifice the
interests of the union. We insist up
on the convention being held in Janu-
airy, 1926.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-19
TO ELLA reeve BLOOR

To those who carry and faIter,
To those who parIey betray,
To those who the dungeon and the halter,
To those whose deeds flame to clear the way,
To those whose bleeding feet have walked the path
That only great souIed have dared,
To those whose naked breasts have felt the wrath
OF blazing hate that scorched them and that scared
come Drink toastl They are the gods immortal
Whose flesh may pass, whose spirits never die.
Gomez Drink toast They live within the portal
OF victory, and urge with their cry.
FIJI up the glasses. Ready Drink once more
toast 70 her that joins them-Ella Rloorl
HENRY GEORGE WEISS
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-19
By Ben GitIow

TN conclusion the capitalist interests
= who are jubilant over this decision
should not forget that 1t will not put
a stop to the activities Of the organic
ed workers and especially the revolu-
airy working class movement led by
the Workers Party. The Communists
cannot be gagged by such decision.
In the end the Communists at the head
of all the forces of labor will be vic
torious over all the forces of reaction
and capitalism.
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only temporary expedient to main
tain the organization. eIts cannot and
must not be allowed to serve as
substitute for militant organization
methods and policies. We will relent-
lessly resist It's being used as q weap-
on to discriminate against militant
miners who dare to raise their voices
against the reactionary policies Of the
union offlcialdom.
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Contractors Cause
Unemployment and
Weaken the Unions
Continued from page II
CITY Official Cement owner.

John ]. Sloan has large interests in
granite and Limestone quarries thru
out the state of Illinois, also large
holding in cement plants in the state.
Sloan, therefore, has been fighting
the asphalt paving contractors, such
as the Standard Paving company, the
r. F. Conway construction company,
the American Asphalt company, and
the White construction company.
Sloan m scab Concern.
Sloan is also interested in the I'm
ion construction company. II was this
company, far from being union con-
Germ, that fought with Peter M. Shaun
messy, president Of the Bricklayers UNI
ion No. 2, last summer, when the I'm
ion construction company began to
lay all sewers with cement blocks
instead OF brick as had been done in
the past. (See August, 1924 issue Of
the Progressive Building Trades
Worker). The Chicago police depart
ment was used in this fight to keep
the scabs from having their heads
broken.
THERE'S another fight now going on
between the brickmakers and the tile
makers Ass
Workers Pay For Fight.
The fight going on between. the diff
ferent paving companies and Sloan
and his board Of improvements is
costing organized labor plenty in
wages and in the strength of their
organizations. This is because at the
present timo. because of the fight be-
tween the Sloan cement interests and