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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22
Rats and Sinking Ships

well known that ships that show tend
ency sink The unsteadness the British tory is
illustrated by the report that several members of the cabinet
backed by the powerful publishers Rothemo and BaverbroOk
leading political conspiracy against Baldwin, to put David Lloyd
George liberal leader the head of coalition
Lloyd George claims that only solution of the land problem
British empire disaster He forward
with proposal naonaze the land with compensation the
extension of facilities for state credit agricultural
munes reclamation of unproducve and development of
small holdings policy
Behind demagoguery Lloyd George scheme enlist
the agaran the side of the capitalists in the struggle
against industrial poetara The British ruling have
better tool at their disposal for this work than Lloyd George His
the that bambOozed the workers into putting their
the manufacture munitions when the German
military machine threatened the empire
The whose names associated with Lloyd George the
coalition the closest supporters
the fascist England and the outspOken enemies of
Communism and the Soviet They Winston Church
ILL., Bkenead Sir Robert Horne and the newspaper
Rothemere who cook all the Boshevk
for British consumption
The proposed political shows that despite the tremendous
majority by the in the last election their strength has
been shaken by the crises thru which England has recently
The victory the miners and the eward swing of British
labor undoubtedly the factor in bringing the charatan
Lloyd George of comparative obscurity again
The British working class will undoubtedly keep close watch
this mountebank's movements.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22

Very encouraging coming from the headquarters Of the
Marine Transport Workers Union of the Industrial Workers of the
World New York Already ships have signed under
with considerable increase and better
working conditions That the shipping companies signed their
in the NJ. r. W. hall makes good reading.
There this strike than increase
There the very important matter of international solidarity
British who betrayed by the traitor Haveock
Wilson strike they call to the American
NJ. w. did take much time reach
cluson. Their reply the communication strike.
Furuset Victor Oander officials
Union affiliated the A F. of waving their
and threatening determination against the
They are twiddng their thumbs while the ship
compelled with the Wobbes who
wise leave the job of fighting Communism to the capitalists
Transport Workers Union only advanced
the international labor their
action but they also made substantial
gains the who followed their lead Which proves
that belly crawling the boss be good thing for labor takers
but not for the rank and file
The strike of the NJ W. and the partial by to
establishes that organization the only organization
American that is willing and capable of leading the
in their struggles for and working conditions The American
doubt will their Andrew Furuseth
Wted spucre of hypocrisy the American ally the notorious
boter Haveloc Wilson Great Britain by lining with the
Marine transport Workers Union the union that fights the employ
nationally and internationally
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22

press from an aggregation of so many
papers into unified whole serving in
a concerted manner the task and
struggles Of the party.
The Bolshevization of our foreign
language press must begin by cor
recting these defects of our press.
There will be created, as part Of the
Agitprop department, a special bu-
reau to centralize and coordinate the
work Of our papers. Party editors
and party writer's must meet in peri
fodic conferences to familiarize them
selves with current party policies and
to bring about the maximum co-ordin-
alton and agreement in the carrying
out of party campaigns.
The Agitprop department will ar
range to unity the political line of all
of our party papers.
To Bolshevize our foreign language
press means at this moment to make
it more American, more political and
more party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22
BY JAY LoVEsToNE.

ITO talk of the role the Communist
L press plays in the class struggle,
is to talk of the role of one Of the
most powerful weapons employed by
the revolutionary proletariat in the
struggle for the abolition Of the bour-
geois order and the establishment Of
a Communist society
The capitalist press is an integral
part Of the state apparatus of the ex-
ploiters. The capitalist press is part
of the whole mechanism. Side by
side with the army, the naval forces,
the institutions for mis-education,
the bourgeois newspapers and maya
zines are used by the ruling class to
maintain itself in power.
TN fact, the development of a class
L press serving against the workers
is as much criterion Of the power of
any national capitalist group as is the
development of its spy system and
military apparatus. The press Of the
exploiting class functions all the more
effectively, with all the more cunning,
as the bourgeoisie tighten their grip
over the proIetariat The press serves
the capitalists as fountain source
for new strength, for winning over
new allies, for poisoning the minds
of the workers.
The poison pen of the employing
class is one of the most dangerous
foes that the proletariat has to con-
tend with in its struggle.
TN the United States, the capitalists
have developed what is perhaps the
most effective subservient press in the
possession of any ruling class. We
do not speak here merely of numbers
Nor do we speak here merely of the
influence that one or a handful of the
so-called national newspapers Yields
in this country. We speak here of the
extremely dangerous role and the
almost Unreasonable dynamic part
played by the American press in mo-
bilizing sentiment for the exploiters
and against the workers. Truly, the
American press has altogether too Of
ten succeeded in painting the Amerl-
can government as government play
ing a neutral and non-partisan role
in the struggles of the working class.
The poison pen of Wall Street has on
many occasions served to paint the
devils of our ruling class as saints in
whose hands the safety of our work
ing mass rested.
One need only recall the part played
by the capitalist press in the great
nationalo strikes of 1922. We have
not forgotten the myriads of sticks
of dynamite that the railway workers
! are supposed to have employed during
the 1922 shopmen's strike. The out
RACES attributed to the striking textile
workers were Understandable, even by
the bourgeois press. The coal min
ers, Of course. we're not spared. In
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22

There is no political agreement, con-
-sistency or uniformity even within the
limits of one paper. Every political
writer has a policy of his own. 1t is
clear that such condition cannot be
permitted to exist in a Communist
Party.
Second, the life of the party is
very poorly reflected in our press.
Judging by the amount of space that
our party life is given in our press,
by the treatment it receives, and by
the general way in which it is handi-
ed, one would think that the party is
sort of a fifth wheel. This is not
only bad, in general way but abb
solutely detrimental to the growth Of
our party and of our press.
Third, the Central Executive Com
mittee has, UP to now not really di-
rected and managed the affairs of our
foreign language press. There has
been no unifying and centralizing or
gan to transform our foreign language
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22

cided to make another bold ste,
We decided to open a school for
worker correspondents where the
green workers will be introduced
to the mysteries of newspaperdom.
Another innovation will be the Living
Newspaper which will be issued pc
riodically. Detailed arrangements
for this are being made at the present
time. 1t will be quite a big Job, but
we are going to do it just the same.
IL would be much easier for the
DAILY WORKER to conduct such a
school than 1t is for us, and we ex.
pect to see this done.
In the meantime we are proud of
the things that have already been
done by the DAILY WORKER in the
field Of inducing workers to write.
We hope that our daily will keep
on in the same direction. We wish
1t more success and power!
Long live the DAILY WoRKERi
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22
Party Novy MIR

tanned correspondence from Chicago
workers. Later on group Of these
correspondents was organized For
the past few years this group has
been functioning as well organized
body. From mere column once in a
while the group has secured full
page two or three times week in the
Novy Mir.
The group OF the worker cor
respondents is not only seeing to 1t
that all important events shall be
recorded in the Novy Mir, but is ac-
tually participating in these events.
At all important events of the Rus
sian colony a worker correspondent
is found not only as correspondent
but also as a delegate playing an inn
portant role. as for instance in the
recent convention of the Russian chill
dren schools.
Lately the Chicago group of the
Novy Mir worker correspondents de-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22
lex ALenANpER alrrELMAN.

BY ALEXANDER BlTTELMAN.
THE Bolshevization of our press is
L only one phase of our general task
the Bolshevization Of the party.
Hence, the Bolshevization of our press
will proceed at the same rate of de-
velopment as the Bolshevization of
the party as a whole. The sooner we
make our party real Bolshevik
party, the sooner shall we have a real
Bolshevik press.
Special Problems Of Our Press.
However, the Bolshevization of our
press offers some special problems.
This is particularly true for our for
eign-language press. And it is these
special problems of our foreign Ian
guage press that we are going to dis
euss in this article
Our foreign language press must
become more American.
In what sense? Naturally, not in
the sense of the imperialist jingoes,
or the American legion, or the ku klux
khan. Their conception of American
ization is not ours. To them Ameri-
canization means loyalty to capital
ism, submission to the government of
Morgan and Rockefeller, betrayal of
the workers and servitude to the CAPT.
talists. While our conception of Amer
icanization is the exact opposite. 1t
is closer contact with the life and
struggles of the American working
class, more attention to and a better
understanding of the problems of the
class struggle in the United States,
closer unity between the foreign-born
and native-born workers of America,
and, above all, more intensive and
more effective struggle against the
rule of American capitalism.
We must be frank about the short
comings of our foreign language
press. We must say very definitely
that most of our foreign language pa
pers do not live In the world OF the
American class struggle. They are
busying themselves with nearly every
thing under the sun but the lives, suf-
ferings, hopes, ambitions and strug-
giles of the American workers.
Considered from the point of view
Of newspapers, our foreign language
papers are not bad. That is, they car
ry lots OF news, good feature articles,
etc, all OF It OF great interest to the
readers. But consider the quality Of
this material from the point Of view
OF the class struggle In the United
States and from the point Of view Of
building in America mass Commun-
list Party and you will have to con-
clude that most of this material, par
ticularly the treatment Of 1t, is no
good.
Our foreign language press must
become more American. It must re-
fleet and explain the struggles Of
the workers In the United States first
Of all and only then, as secondary
proposition, devote its attention to the
particular interests Of the respective
Asii-af
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22
BY M. A. skRoMNY.
THIS is the first Worker correspon

THIS is the first Worker Correspond.
ents' issue Of the DAILY WORK.
Err. 1t is the beginning of a new era
in the labor press, the revolutionary
press Of this country.
The revolutionary press in the Eng.
fish language has lacked the worker
correspondent, altho the revolutionary
press in foreign languages has had
them for many years. The present
issue is great step forward.
The workers correspondents of the
Russian Communist daily, the Novy
Mir are proud to greet the English
speaking comrades with such an
achievement. The Chicago group OF
workers correspondents of the Novy
Mir has been in existence for years
In fact, the first issue Of the Novy
Mir some thirteen years ago con.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22
Andy MELONS Melon

Andrew Mellon secretary Of the treasury in the Coolidge
cabinet When he reeng his brow the problem qu
dating his liquor business he enjoying himself and bringing hap
into wealthy homes with schemes slash the
come payments of the ruling classes
The Chicago Tribune under the caption he Popular Gardener
recently carried cartoon depicting the G. o. by
Mellon garden with his pruning knife followed by group
happy children labelled he payers disconsola jackass
representing the democratic party looking mournuy
fence big melon representing Doodle saved by MELONS
ducon scheme is laying alongside marked ANDREW Mellon
Patch a..s. sas
Men and of wealth. whether they democrats repu
cans rejoice the Of Melons reduction
Even Robert NJ LaFoee J declared recently that the rich
entitled relief from taxation Mellon is their man.
rich prohbtonss will begrudg Andy in
yded he them enuf their income possible
trip Europe where champagne cheaper and accessible
Andy Mellon is concerned with making life
ruling class and automatically making hard life harder for the
working class. 30s
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22

the present anthracite strike, we see
he entire capitalist press loyalty serv-
ng the interests Of the operators
against the miners thru the skillful
propaganda that is now being made.
The anthracite miners are supposed
to be receiving high wages. The an
thracite miners are supposed to have
big bank accounts. Last but not
least, the country's coal bins are just
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22

A working class, to succeed, must
have a fighting press. 1t must be a
press which speaks for the workers
as effectively and as unfiinchingly as
the best of the bourgeois papers do
for the capitalists Class interests,
the interests of the working man,
must be paramount and must serve
as the only source of inspiration for
lighting proIetarian press. This, in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22
The BO|ShGvizatiOn of Our FOreign-L Language Press

language groups The duty of Boil
! shevik is to fight, first of all, the CAPT
talists of his own country. A Boil
shevik press has precisely the same
duties.
Our foreign language press must be-
come more political.
This is true for the party as
whole. In this instance as in many
others, our press merely reflects the
general political imnaturity of our
party. We must become more poll
teal. lb
Merely to report political news
item is not enough, altho it is very
important. 1t is also not enough mere
ly to express indignation or joy, as
the case may be, at particular event
in the class struggle. What is de-
cisive, what really makes a newspa-
per political organ, is the lead and
direction it gives to it's readers for
concrete political action in given
situation.
Some of our foreign language pa
pers carry good deal of political
news, internal and foreign. Nearly
all of them publish editorial COM
ments and special articles on political
events. But very few, if any, are
giving real, systematic direction to
the masses as political organs of a
political party.
The editors Of our language press
forget at times that the task of our
papers is not alone to entertain, not
only to educate. but mainly to crystal
lie sentiment and opinion among the
working masses for definite and con-
crete political struggles against capt.
talism. We seem to be losing sight
OF the fact that our papers are or
gans Of a political party whose motto
is: Fight against capitalism; first,
last and all the time Our press or
gans must therefore, be fighting or
gans. They must bB able to extract
practical lessons rthe workers from
every given situation. They must
be able to. extract Rractical lessons
for the workers fronf every given stu
alton. They must brifg forward party
policies and impresS them upon the
workers for action In every phase OF
the class struggle. Our foreign lam
guage press must become more poll
teal.
A Better Party Press.
Our foreign language press must be.
come more party press. Here we
touch one of the weakest Tor, shall
we say, sorest?) spots In the make
up of our press. Every language pa
per is a kingdom byaitself. OF course,
they all owe loyalty to the party.
None of them will ever think OF con-
sciously going contrary to party pol
icies and decisions. But all this is
besides the point. The fact OF the
matter is that our foreign language
press is not party press in the real
sense Of the word. First, there Is no
uniform political line in our papers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22

overt1IIed with anthracite.
Under these conditions, it is clear
- to the workers that they must
build their own press But precisely
because it is so necessary for the
workers to have their own press, it
appears that the difficulties are not
realized by the workers who suffer
most from the lack Of press of their
own.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22

Cardinal Hayes Of New York declares that nary every
human relation the cradle grave vaua
ton is eactonary step There time when the
tested theory by the rack the humbscrew
iron maiden We prefer the ways Of science.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-22

The chicago Tribune that Americans swallowed
the allied lies during the like
the diet thrown into jail with the aid Of the Tribune
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-25
Miners Strike in Pennsylvania

Our news from Uniontown, Pennsylvania tells
of the strike of coal miners in this stronghold of
the steel trust.
The wages of the workers have been cut from
30 to so per cent and great protest movement
at present embracing about 65 per cent of the
miners is in progress.
This coal field is largely unorganized. During
the strike of 1922 the miners joined the United
Mine Workers of America, but were betrayed by
the Lewis administration and its local henchmen
The Uniontown territory was left out of the Cleve-
land agreement signed after the strike and the
miners and their families left to starve or go back
to work on the bosses terms
The miners continued the strike for many weeks
with relief being furnished by the Progressive
Miners Committee and the Workers Communist
Party.
Now they are on strike again. Unorganized, they
have refused to accept the cooie conditions offered
them by the coal and steel capitalists. They have,
in this challenge to the coal barons set an example
that the organized coal miners would do well to
follow before it is too late
In the organized fields the Lewis administration
and the coal operators association jointly break
down working conditions; jointly they try to drive
the unemployed miners out of the industry Jointly
they make war on the Communists and the left
wing.
But the union is something else than officials
II is the fighting organization Of the coal miners
and the officials must not be allowed to destroy
its effectiveness.
The Workers (Communist) Party will do and is
doing all it can to aid the Pennsylvania strikers in
their fight. But the miners should organize and
demand admission as body to the United Mine
Workers Of America AS members of the union
their splendid fighting spirit and their numbers
will add strength to the already large and deter
mined left wing section.