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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-24
BY WILLIAM F. dunno
ARTICLE II.

IT'S pre-convention strategy of fore
: ing the left wing to fight for the
right Of Communists to belong to and
hold Office in the union to the exclu-
sion of all other mass issues and thus
narrowing the basis of the struggle,
having failed disastrously, the Sigman
machine decided to make gesture, or
rather a whole series Of gestures, to-
wards the left.
So in the first day of the convention
the machine henchmen moved vote
of protest against the Imprisonment Of
Benjamin Gitlow and thus set the
stage for one Of the most interesting
examples of what mass pressure can
force labor reactionaries to do. The
vote was carried unanimously and the
impartial chairman" hurried to Alba
ny where he remained in conference
with Governor Smith. The release of
Gitlow had been expected around the
Christmas holidays but the Sigman
machine, very close to the governor
by reason of it's acceptance of the
rulings of his imperial commission, "
secured Gitlow's release during the
convention in order to build up its
prestige against the left wing. The
news of the Gitlow pardon was given
to President Sigman over long-dist-
ance telephone and Sigman himself
made the announcement to the con
vention.
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general the output per worker repre-
sents about so per cent of the prewar
figure, as compared with 80 per cent
in Great Britain.
THE improvements in the efficiency
l. Of working have been obtained by
a gradual improvement in the methods
of extraction of coal and in admins
tration, and not at the expense of the
worker. Considerable capital expen-
diture has been necessary to restore
the working efficiency of the mines,
especially in the Donetz basin, the to-
tai amount spent under this head in
the Soviet Union increasing from
100000 rubles in 1929 to 26,500,-
900 rubles in 1924.
Rapid progress is now taking place
in the introduction of mechanical
equipment. In the mines of the DON
etz basin during 1924-25 about per
cent Of the output was obtained by the
use of coal cutters, while in 1925-226
there will be over 200 machines at
work yielding almost double that
amount.
The great advances made in the
general conditions of life and labor of
the workers have been noted in the
report of the British Trade Union
delegation. Coal hewers work only six
hours day, other grades eight hours.
All miners get months holiday with
Sfull pay.
MONEY wages $3.50 rubles per
A'A month in the Donetz basin) rep
resent only half or less than half, of
the real wages of the miners. Hous-
ing conditions have been greatly i'm
proved, no rent for houses being
charged, while all the municipal serv-
ices such as gas, electricity, tram
ways, etc, are free, as are also social
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-24

gods have witnessed no more amusing
sight than the that of Sigmanites, who
have all but wrecked the union by
combination of trucking to capitalist
politicians and expulsion of the most
active and loyal members OF the un-
ion, appearing on the floor as apost-
les of uncompromising revolutionary
morale in the courts of capitalism.
The debate on this question, in
which the Communists came thru with
flying colors by showing that Marks
had acted under instructions from the
party, was one of the high spots of
the convention. Unable to prove that
Marks was a bad Communist the Sig
NANTES were forced to seat him. 1t
having been shown that Marks was
good Communist, the machine was un-
able to expel him owing to its defeat
on this major issue before the conven-
ton. The left wing bloc was APP
parently mistaken by this debate,
mont Communist delegates fought
strongly against the report of the Gre
dental committee and the Sigmanites
were compelled to abandon this direct
line of attack.
No such issue has ever before been
debated on the floor of an A. F. of L.
union convention and in itself is proof
Of the comparatively high level of
political understanding in the l. l..
G. w.
TN the discussions on world trade
L union unity, recognition of Soviet
Russia and the sending of trade
union delegation to the Soviet Union,
the flag-waving and 100 per cent Am
ericanism noticeable in other unions
when these subjects are debated, was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-24
Labor i'm Far East (I1donesja) 1yssne.en

Yolved 250 workers. Continual police
oppression.
8. May 20, strike Of so workers in
the hospital of Sawah-lunt (Sumatra) {,
police prosecutions.
10. June 2, strike of so workers in
the Angtjiwie Hen rice factory at
Babat. The strike ended in victory
for the workers.
IL. June 4, strike of 80 workers in
the military engineers service at XII
pang on Timor Island, where many
deported revolutionaries are living. In
spite of prosecutions strike continues.
IL. June 10, partial strike of 25
porters in the Atjeh tramway service
at Langsa Police prosecutions unsuc-
cessful. Strikers won.
10. June /, strike of so printers in
small printing Office at Djokdja.
IA. June Is. strike of 100 coolies at
the public works in Banjoemas. Strik-
ers won.
Is. July 3, strike OF 40 workers in
the Weltevreden steam laundry.
TT may be added that have no cop
4 les of Apy later than July 3, but
from other papers | read Of the fol-
lowing
From the Algemeen Handelsblad,
Amsterdam, Aug. rs: Armed police
dispersed a demonstration Of 100 work
ers employed at the central hospital
at Batavia on July q. Twenty Of the
demonstrators have been discharged.
Thrty-six workers then went on
strike, arrested.
Twelve of the SO strikers employed
at the Semarang hospital, discharged.
One Of the strike leaders is Darsono.
A later telegram tells OF this com
rade's arrest. He is one of the clev-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-24

The rising of a distinct proletar-
ian class in the countries of the Far
East is of the first Importance to
the working class movement of the
West. The accounts told in this, the
third article of the series by Com
rade Semaoen of Java, of recent
strike movements led by Commun-
lists and Red Trade Unions of Indo-
nesia tell a story far more signifi-
cant than a similar number of
strikes with a similar number of
workers an any occidental country.
For Holland lives upon her colon
les, as do various other imperialist
powers, and once the colonial peo-
pies are imbued with the message
Of Communism, Imperialism is
doomed The fourth and last SER
les of these articles, furnished by
the Trade Union Educational
League. will appear tomorrow.
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output Of Principal coalfields.

/. May 5, general strike of coach
men $500 strikersD. at the town of
Solo, d
2. May Z, strikesbf $50 workers of
the sugar factory Petjanga-an. Police
prosecutions: strike could not be ex-
tended into a, general strike.
3. May 8. strike 6f so porters at the
railway depot at 1'jikampek. Police
compelled the stfskers to work but
the latter refused People of the dis
trict sympathized1 with the strikers.
Railway management unable to get
scabs. Porters We're recruited from
other districts but refused to work
when they knew they were to break
the strike. Strike ended with victory
for the workers.
4. May IL, strike Of 81 women in
the Djombang rubber factory at Ba-
tavia. Ended In q compromise.
5. May IL, strike of 80 workers in
the lime-kiln at Batavia Victory for
the workers.
9. May 10, strike in the II. Burning
printery at Djokdja and in the Indo-
neslsche Drukkery (prints the unoli-
cial propaganda organ of the govern
ment in Malayan, linda BARGE, ed
itor Hadji Salin, leader of the Sarekat
Islam (opposed to Communists) in Ba-
tavia). Strikebreakers recruited re-
fused to work. All told 300 printers
involved.
7. May 16, strike OF so printers in
the De Echo printing Office at Djember
and 40 artists inIthe Tjah ia Semarang
theater in the town of Semarang.
8. May 2s, psftial strike in the
Pakis sugar fact9iy at Patty. Strong
oppression by n9ice. On June the
strike was extended and then in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-24

entirely absent. tm
The phraseodogy of the social revo-
luton is no novelty in the /. L. G. w.
and the machine contented itself with
denouncing the Communists in true
socialdemocratic style. Concessions
were made to the left and only the
Communists were pilloried by the
machine.
In blaming the Communists for
their defeat the Sigmandtes were cor
rect.
AS will be shown later, the Com
munist fraction in the /. L. G. w. con-
vention was far from functioning per-
fectly, not any too clear as to the
political line Of the party and organ
nationally weak, but nevertheless
constituted at once the cement and
revolutionary leaven which bound the
left wing together and enabled 1t
bring class clarity into discussions
where the creation of confusion would
have been a victory for the machine.
MYTH 107 solid delegates out of a
w total of 2S5, and representing a
clear majority Of the membership,
the left wing faced two dangers. One,
the temptation to enter into deal
with the Sigmanites for control Of
the union machinery; two the tempt
alton to secede and leaye.the reaction
aries with third or less of the mem
bership with almost complete control
of the most important center, New
York, in the hands of theeleft.
Following close upon the failure to
split the non-party members from the
Communists, the Sigmanites disclosed
a two-sided strategy. Approximately,
it was supposed to work as follows
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-24
Casual Reviews
BY HENRY GEORGE WEISS

The fact that man may be a
genius in one line of endeavor and
dumb-bell in another, is amply de-
monstrated by e. e. Fourier d'Albe.
d. Sc, F. Inst P, ETC., in his little
book "Quo Vadimus ?-Some Glimpses
of The Future" published by E. e.
Dutton & company, and obtainable
in any public library turnout the
country.
The book is a revelation of the
authors utter ignorance in regards to
MARKHAM economics. He has not the
slightest conception of what consti-
tutes the real values of commodities;
nor the least understanding of the
material definition, of history. OF the
first we can be sure because he never
alludes to it; and in regards to the
second he makes a laughable asser-
ton that is too good not to mention
more fully.
On pages rs and &c he states: THE
two great empires-British and Jap
anese; and the two great republics
France and U. S. A-will, if they can
agree, form good nucleus for fed
Grafton of the world
IF they can agree" Nothing at all
about the forces that might keep them
from agreeing. Nothing about the
economic factors inherent in capital
ism that makes them antagonistic to
one another. If they can agree, he
says, they will. =. Could anything be
richer? 81.
In another part of the book there
is another gem of reasoning, thus:
"A tribe of shepherds requires water.
There is one man who knows the To-
cation OF a WELL His knowledge is
his private property which he offers
to sell for a number of cows. What
should be done if the man is (a) ac-
cessible and undefended; (b) inacces-
sible," Again: "A girl has a beauti-
full head of hair, which could be sold
abroad for a considerable sum. Whose
property is it?"
Such problems expounded In all
seriousness by a man OF science would
be almost laughable, il it were not for
the fact that ignorance-even bour-
geois ignorance is always tragedy.
The whole book would pass very
well for the confessions Of an intel
lec/al moron AS such we ind it
interesting. .s,.
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Together with increased production
there has been a striking improve
ment in the efficiency of working. In
the Donetz basin the amount of coal
used in the industry itself has decreas-
ed from 80 per cent of the gross out
put in 1922 to IA per cent in 1924-25,
the corresponding decrease for the
Moscow basin being from 2S per cent
to per cent, and Similar decreases
are shown by the other coalfelds.
The average monthly output per
worker has gone up enormously, in
the Donetz basin the increase being
from 5.65 tons per worker Excluding
clerical staff in 1922 to S.4 tons
in 1s24-25, while in the Moscow basin
the rise was from sos tons to 14.4
tons during the same period.
THE great advances made in the re-
= vival of the industry and in improv-
ing the yield per worker have been
due in the first instance, to concen-
trating attention on the best equipped
and most productive mines, with a cor
responding reductior in the total num-
Der of employees. In 1924-25 the av-
erage number of workers engaged in
the coal industry was 162,5OO, the
number of hewers being 23,574. There
has been a slight further reduction
during 1924-25, but IN view of the ex-
tended plans for Industrial develop
ment, there is likely to be progress
sive increase in the number of work
ers engaged in coal Production during
the current economic year.
The efficiency OF production, as
measured by the Output per worker,
was in 1924-25 about II per cent OF
the prewar level in the Donetz basin,
and "a per cent Of lthe prewar level
in the Kuznetz basin- (Siberia). In
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-24
BySenaaoen

crest leaders the Communist Party
has. Attended the 1920LR. 1. L. U.
congress. think heawilla be deported
to small island somewhere in the
archipegalo. grf sggst
'TNHE harbor strike at 'Semarang
= (where Comrade Darsono is work
ing) is general, 1900 mem involved;
400 more join in later Harbor serv-
ice completely stopped. Strikebreak-
ers from other places refused to work.
A law forbidding the holding of meet
ings in Semarang province, is being
enforced A general strilSeg of 1000
printers then broke OUT The printing
firms forthwith consented 10 the eco
nomic demands of the strikers SO that
here again a victory for the workers
has to be recorded At the same
time there was a strike OF printers at
Makkasar in the Celebes.
The harbor strike has gone down,
but the port feet is at complete
stanustlll on account OF the sabotage
that is taking place. The Konink.
like Pakketvaart Maatschappij has
therefore established a new service
with its own fleet and better working
conditions. The new STATS include
some Of the strikers.
THE law prohibiting meetings will
be a stumbling block to the rail.
way union congress due to be held at
Semarang. or late there has been a
great deal OF talk about a fresh rail.
way strike. Regarding the congress |
have as yet no news. Perhaps IL has
ben postponed or held up for some
other reason.
Continued tomorrow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-24

OF the coalfields Of the Soviet Union
~ by far the most important is the
Donetz basin, which before the war
produced 80 per cent Of, the total Rus
sian coal output. Unfortunately, 1t
was exactly this area which was the
scene of some of the heaviest fighting
in the civil war; it was at one period
separated from the Soviet Republics,
and the havoc wrought by the white
guards and the destructive effects Of
war operations led to an enormous
diminution in coal production.
BY 1921 the reconstruction of the
industry in the Donetz basin had def
nitely begun, and the succeeding years
have witnessed a steady increase in
output. In the other coalfields of the
union there has been no such devasta-
ton as in the Donetz basin, and the
coal output has remained at a figure
somewhat higher than that of pre-war
years, increasing slightly during the
last few years The progress of the
revival in the coal industry is shown
in the table printed below, giving the
output of the various coalfelds in re-
ent years and before the war.
THE preponderating Importance, of
4 the Donetz basin is clearly seen.
It's relative share in the total produc-
ion has increased during recent years.
Nearly 80 per cent Of its total output
consists of anthracite, as compared
with 1918 per cent before the war.
During the first half of the economic
year Oct. 1, 1924-Sept. 80, 1925, the
total coal output in the Soviet Union
was S,65O,OOO tons, the Donetz basin
being responsible for 100000 tons,
an increase of "a per cent over the
output during the same period of the
previous year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-24
BY THE LABOR RESEARCH Dept.
(England)

the greater part being exports from
Eastern Siberia to Manchuria, the
amount from the Donetz basin being
only 1880 tons. Plans were made for
export of 10000 tons of coal during
1925, but there is reason to believe
that the actual figure will be. about
three times this amount. Over
81 200 tons were exported in June and
July alone.
The first big contracts for coal ex-
port in Europe were made. with Italy
which by one contract alone has
agreed to take $4,000 tons spread
over three years. Negotiations have
ben proceeding for the conclusion Of
agreements for export of coal to
France and Austria.
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Right and Left Wings in the l. L. G. w. Convention

and was based upon the situation OUT
lined above:
ENIRST, the Sigmanites became aHs
Il dent apostles Of unity and tried 20
maneuver the left wing into posi-
ton where It would appear az an OBJ
structionist bloc. It was hoped that
this drive would put the left wing IA
a frame of mind where II would, IN 1ts
honest desire to preserve the union,
enter into compromise ON ofaceS in
the union which 1t would have ahard
time explaining to the rank and Ole
and which would tend therefore 70
confuse and demoralize the mass fol.
lowing.
The other side to the strategy Of
the machine was provocation OF che
left wing, abuse of its leaders, Ca
botage of such provisions OF the peace
agreement as amnesty, the shop dele
gate system, the referendum vote on
important, issues and the matter OF
proportional representation to the
joint boards.
1t was hoped that by such methods
the left wing could be irritated into
open secession or at least into fol-
lowing a policy which would ultimate
ly result in a split for which respon-
sibility could be fastened upon It and
particularly upon its Communist sec
ton.
The most important convention rec
ord is the maneuvers of the machine
in developing the two-sided strategy
and the counter-offensive OF the loft
wing by which it avoided both Of
these disastrous deviations from the
straight line of struggle.
ITO be continued.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-24
Capitalism Will Take Care of Mitchell

conviction martial last week of Colonel
Mitchell that publicity agent for the aircraft trust has been RECALLED
various kinds mostly of political nature Mitchell
during past years the army has played political role
him his hackers hencefor
play politics in the open.
Already the chain of Hearst papers that supports the aircraft
tried make hero Of this gaudy popnay urging him
candidate for United States
separate least focus sufficient
enon the question to enable the aircraft trust to exort
greater of loot from the But then it is question
Mitchell qualified for this of thing He
ineffective and monOtOnOus acka that other military
clown, Mr.. Dawes
Mitchell taken Of So Sol Bloom, Tam
manye from New York City, recommends Mayor
Jimmy Walker that Mitchell be appointed police commissioner
that city, OF late has be the custom select military
directors of police departments In the scab shop city of
Philadelphia the notorious Smedy Butler who commander of
helped dispense the duly elected Haitian
points of bayone for the glory of American Imperialism has
head the police department for the past few He
time when the purity hounds became alarmed at the
in the Butler from the city
ordered the policemen their xhooter outside their
could easily be reached and brought action But
only meodrama Instead of cleaning vice conditions in
Philadelphia the policemen became advertisements for dives
bnighed city policeman standing in front of place
within be found either booegger's joint
brothel
course Buffers administration Philadelphia
police interference with public meetings Of labor
before in the history of the city. His thugs
gunmen when they busy protecting boogges and mps
their time trying public speeches Sunday ue
enforced everywhere but in the saloons dives
churches
York has had affections and would probably survive
siege Of Mitchell which would be why Tammany
Hall be destroyed before the rise Of political party labor
in that city, "a
member the Party a subscription
for DAILY WORKER ~.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-24
ARTICLE Ill

THAT the trade union movement in
4 Indonesia is only active under the
leadership Of the Communists is
proven by the events which took
place in earlier days. The small
strikes which have occurred from the
beginning Of this year prove that our
working class Is willing to undertake
IN offensive movement for increased
wages, guarantees for more certain
work, etc. From last May till the
nd OF August the following strikes
led by the Red Trade Unions above
were registered by the
communist organ Apy. All the strikes
were OF an offensive character:
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AS WE SEE 1T
CONTINUED from page ~.

CONTINUED from page ~.
keep them in Jail. They only tlpn
them loose when labor gives an indi-
cation of what it might do. Mooney,
Billings and scores of other working
class prisoners are rotting In Calf
fornia's dungeons, tho innocent OF
any crime. Yet some alleged radicals
keep on hurting thunderbolts at So
Wet Russia, because renegades who
tried to overthrow the workers gov
eminent are In confinement.
W When enlargement begins at
lunch time in your shop tomor-
row--show them what the DAILY
WORKER says about 1t,
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