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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-23
In the Villages When Lenin Died

connecting links between the Soviet
government and the villages.
But best of all the poor peasants
knew that they together with the
workers in the city now held power
They elected their village Soviets;
they sent their delegates to the higher
Soviets and finally to the All-Russian
Soviet Congress, the supreme body OF
the Soviet State. And Lenin often
addressed the congress, telling in
simple words which each delegate
could understand the facts of the stu.
alton within the state, the needs o.
the state, the situation of the peas.
ants and the position of the workers.
Telling them, above all, the facts OF
the international situation, so that
for the first time, the peasants real
lied that they were part of a great
world
And the delegates reported back tc
the peasants in the village; told then
how the Soviet government was max
ing the greatest endeavor to tighten
the burden of the peasants; how II
was trying to provide them with all
the accessories of modern cultivation;
how it had plans under way to cleo
trify the whole country, to introduce
uniform taxes, etc.
These were the, cold, hard facts
that the peasants relish-the peasant
being a practical man, unused to and
uninterested in theory. And these
facts were working out well-and tn
peasants were able to calculate It IN
improved conditions, in raised stand
ard Of living, in new outlook upon
life.
So Lenin was no myth to them. He
was the author Of these new facts
Ethe fighter for them against the In.
credulous. He was not merely the
friend Of the poor peasants--he was
their leader--one OF the first to recog.
nize that especially in Russia the
revolution could not succeed, nor
could Il be maintained without the &C.
tive support OF the peasants. This
was revolution not OF the prole-
tariat alone, who needed the peas
antry in order TO hold power. This
was revolution of the workers and
peasants, who tho having partly d.
vergent interests had one great in
terest in common-the fight against
exploitation
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-23
Graft and Capitalism

The latest prominent figure in capitalist politics
to burst into the headlines with a graft scandal
added to his list of accomplishments is U. S.
Senator Edward l. Edwards of New Jersey. The
senator is known as "wet" but there is consider.
able difference between a who is partial to an
"eyeopener" a "nightcap" Gas alcoholic libations
are tenderly termed by worshippers at the shrine
of Bacchus), and one who is prepared to com
promise himself in effort to bring relief to other
thirsty souls
Senator Edwards may or may not have accepted
money from two stoolpigeons of the prohibition
enforcement department of the treasury, as the
testimony showed. He may not have directed the
operations of ten policemen and police commits
sioner in unloading booze off ship. But consider
ing the number of prominent capitalist politicians
being hailed into court nowadays on charge of
graft the senator starts out to clear himself under
tremendous handicap.
The fact is, that under capitalism "getting the
dough" is the main object in life. "Getting away
with it, brings honor, but getting caught some
sines brings jail, provided the CRATER makes a
poor haul. The whole social fabric under capital-
ism is rotten. Honesty is as much out of place in
this dog-eat-dog society as flannel underwear in
the torrid zone.
If the senator accepted graft, what of it? Did
he not fall in a worthy cause?
scandal in capitalist political circles is no
longer news. Only recently former governor of
Indiana went to Jail. He was a fool He robbed
the bankers. The governor of Illinois was never
so popular in his life. He got away with a million
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-23
Our New York Edition

Only little more than a year since The
DAILY WORKER was launched and we are get
ting out special New York edition! The first
number will be on the streets of the metropolis on
Saturday, January "a. From then until a DAILY
WORKER is printed in New York City, the special
edition, containing news about the labor movement
in the worlds biggest city will appear on the
stands of New York on the day on which it is
dated.
Comrade j. o. Bentall and corps of assistants
will have charge of the editorial work. while Com
rade L. Il. Katterfeld has charge of the circulation
end A general membership meeting Of Local New
York will be held next Friday evening. Every
member Of the party in New York City should at
tend this meeting and cooperate in making the
special edition a tremendous success, and prepar-
ny for the day when a Communist daily in the
,ngsh language will come humming off the
presses in New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-23

And now he was gone. Soviet Rus
STA shook when the news flashed
across the country. Lenin was gone
and the rest of the battle must be
fought without him.
The peasants gathered at the Soviet
House to discuss Lenin and what wat
to become of the country without him
The workers in the. factories neglect
ed their work, leaning on their ma
chimes to talk of the great old man
Each one, once soldier in the wal
or the fight against the counter-revo-
luton knew an anecdote, had heard o
speech by Lenin, or story about him
And the time was never too long, I,
repeat the stories, weaving fanciful
details about them.
In the evenings they gathered at
the clubs to hear lectures and
speeches. This was the great time to
determine whether Lenin had builded
well or not. Had he awakened the
consciousness of the workers and
peasants. SO that they knew what the
revolution meant and how the power
Of the Soviet government must be
maintained? Had he builded in such
fashion that when he was gone
when his work was finished-it would
go on?
The Russian Communist Party sent
out its corps of speakers to the re
mote towns and villages. The whole
populace gathered at the clubs--men
women and children, even babes in
arm. They all came-not alone te
pay tribute to the dead leader. but tc
her once more the familiar tale Of the
revolution and OF Lenin's undyinp
greatness in leading 1t. Opening with
the funeral hymn played by the vii
lage band--which left no eye dry
peasants and workers who had seen
their whole family torn assunder by
the war and murdered by the counter
revolutionists. Then the peasants
and workers themselves, In their sim
pie way told OF Lenin, the Soviet gov
eminent, the Russian Communist
Party. Then the speaker Of the party
or the Communist International spoke
about the meaning OF Lenin to the
Communist movement OF the world. OF
his leadership In the fight OF the peo
pies OF India, China, Egypt, Java
Koroa--of darkest Africa.
These were not myths Of lore
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-23

There were the hard, cruel facts of
the proletarian revolution that Soviet
Russia was the first to solve.
Out Of the sorrow grew the spirit
Of militancy. Out of militancy grew
the determination to continue the
fight And the Internationale resound-
ing thru the village and workers club
in the Red ARMY barracks, in the uni
versity halls, showed clearly that
Lenin has builded WELL-and Soviet
Russia was granite block.
On the train, when the news came
that Lenin died, the train stopped and
the workers alighted in the night, out
in the snow and bitter cold, to sing
the funeral hymn. They could not
sing the mournful song-their throats
choked. At the windows sat the N.
Il. p, who would not, who dared not
participate in this funeral Offering tc
the dead leader. They sat at the win.
dows, being apart from the mass and
the revolution. The workers, seeing
them, were filed with hatred-bu'
good revolutionists that they were,
they knew that they must tolerate
these leeches till the day when they
may trample them under foot.
And yet, in the city of Moscow, the
traders organization asked permits
sion to march across the Red Square
to pay homage to Lenin.
Lenin builded well. The village,
the peasant and the worker there, are
the best heritage of his great work.
The collective and Communal work OF
the poor peasants, forming the basis
OF Communism among the peasants in
Soviet Russia is the greatest tribute
to his genius. The cultural work
taken to the village is another of his
great deeds.
The village knew Lenin. The small
factory town knew him well.
-Lenin builded well-his death 70.
vealed his wonderful genius.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-23

questionable cases, refuses publica-
ton, 1t shall furnish the contributor
statement of the reasons of refusal
and publish such statement in the
same publication to which the article
was sent"
Where Was the Industrial Worker
Committee?
At that time, when the r. /. A. G..
was thus advocating a free press
within the /. w. w. and discussion
of the headquarters and all other con-
troversies, both the Rowan and the
Doyle groups were opposed to any
such free press and both the Indus
trial Solidarity and the Industrial
Worker had an iron-bound gag against
free expression of anything.
Often some chesty official would
start an attack on Soviet Russia, the
r. |. L. U. or the Communists. and
that was all right to go into the
papers, but if members Of the I. w. w.
wrote replies to. these ignoramuses,
the replies were controversial" or
personal" or would add nothing to
the discussion" etc. and either were
declined outright or left until they
were six months old and then buried
n the graveyard called the General
Office Bulletin" Where was the In
dustrial Worker committee then?
Let it clearly be understood, then,
hat the r. l. A. c. has been the first
to advocate the opening of the |. W.
w. press to the l. W, W. membership
to discuss anything they please. 1t was
the first and only one, both before and
after the controversy arose over head
quarters, to demand and propagate
free expression and, an Engaged
press.
Lost, Strayed or StoIen-one c. E. 3.
This being the case, and as the gen.
eral executive board seems to be too
pralayzed with anarcho-syndicalism
and incompetence either to know what
is behind this sudden passion for free
speech of the Rowanite group controll-
ing the Industrial Worker, or too lack
ing in frankness or too busy playing
the races to explain what it means to
the membership and force a real open
discussion instead of fake open dis
cussion, therefore, the Red Interna=
tional Affiliation Committee must
again point the way to real open dis
cussion and expose the game Of the
hypocrite gang of friends of the
Rowan-Bowerman and Grady injunc-
tionites.
This gang is trying to put over a
fake discussion" in which they will
solemnly argue with themselves and
shut out the opposition, particularly
the only revolutionary opposition
which will advance logical and prac-
teal program of organization affairs
the adherents of the Red Interna-
tional. Then they will decide that
Jim Rowan is an angel of Irish edscen
who was badly abused by Pop Ed
wards and should be given the general
secretaryship by the unanimous con
sent OF himself and company.
Why Not an Injunction for Free
| Speech?
| Rowans little game is as follows
He thinks the referendum is going to
] see him counted out as expelled. No
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-23

THE method of settling internal or
ganizational affairs by a free dis
cussion of the membership seems to
be contagious, or least provocative.
There is now movement on foot to
open a discussion on the internal
affairs of the l. W. W., but limiting it
to one paper Off in the corner, the
Industrial Worker of Seattle. The Red
International Afiliation Committee OF
the l. w. W. has issued the following
statement concerning this phenome-
non;
In the Industrial Worker Of Jan. 10,
the committee which has control over
the paper submits to the record vote
of the northwest branches the ques
ton of resembling the rule against
printing controversial matter in the
Industrial Worker" The warning" is
apparently unofTicially added that
"abuse, personalities or insinuations
will not be printed"
The Red International AfEiliation
Committee will greet with joy any
real opening Of the /. w. w. papers of
general circulation to discussion of
the affairs of the organization, and if
the Industrial Worker is thus opened
the adherents Of the Red international
will take major part in the discus
sion and endeavor to bring before the
workers who read that paper the cause
of the admitted disintegration Of the
l. w. w. and the revolutionary pro-
gram of action which will make the
l. w. W. an organization bigger and
better than it ever was before.
The First to Demand Discussion.
From its very first statement to the
l. w. w. membership, the Red Inter
national Afiliation Committee has
strongly advocated open discussion
And in the headquarters controversy
on Oct. IL, two days before the six
teenth general convention met, we
said:
THE fact admitted by both sides
that 80 per cent of the membership is
uniformed is symptom Of disease
However plausible the argument
which led to the 1921 convention bar
ring controversies from the papers Of
general circulation, it is a remedy
worse than the disease. Every mem
Der needs and expects to find all vita
news and discussion in the paper he
5ubscribes to with that understanding
Stop treating the membership or ever
he unorganized as children unable
20 read and discuss every policy, prin
ciple and tactic. The press must BIZ
free and open. Personal censorship
IS now practiced must be ended"
Then, on Oct. "a, after the conyen
ON was in session ten days, the r. /
4 \. c. issue statement of principle.
Tor the convention in which the fol
lowing was set forth as point Number
Six:
That the /. w. w. press of genera
circulation shall be open to any ant
all members upon matters of policy
That no person or officer shall hav,
power to deny publication, and tina
when a responsible committee, which
should be given the decision on al
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-23

ollars. The governor of Kansas is charged witt
eddling pardons. He was kicked out of office H.
was also weak in the head. Fancy dealing in
thousands when others were getting away will
millions. A. B. Fall of Mexico appears to be in
good health If he feels hungry he can take his
knife and cut steak off one of the fat cattle de-
vered to him by Harry Sinclair in return for the
Teapot Dome.
Senator Edwards has no reason to worry unless
he proves to be piker This is the era of big
capitalism when things are done on a large scale.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-23

because he may not have the votes.
There is chance that a majority Of
the votes which come into the head
quarters may be votes not to expel
Rowan. But because these members
have been 80 fond Of Rowan that they
have paid dues to him and not to the
proper officials, such as Broman, their
little ballots may all be haywire and
be disqualified.
So the alternative way Rowan can
keep up the fight is by opening the
controversy again and, by making Il
a fake free discussion" control it SO
that it goes in his favor and regain his
lost prestige.
The evidences Of this tricky schem-
ing is quite apparent. The censors
who have bitterly opposed allowing
such vital subject as international
afiliation to be discussed, are all OF
sudden becoming raging wild for a
free press" Beware OF the Industrial
Worker committee when it comes
bearing gifts of free speech" to the
membership. There is an Interior mo.
tive in it, but the Red Internationalists
and the Communists in the /. w. w.
know how to force this trick into the
open and demand real free press
and fair fight on policies,
Is the Worker" an |. w. w. Paper?
The r.. /. A, C. calls attention to the
fact that both the Industrial Worker
committee and the editor of that paper
in his one-lung editorials completely
ignored the general organization and
the general organizations press The
l. w. w. as a whole may as we'll be
on another planet for all that is said
about them in relation TO this grave
situation and important matter. The
R. l. A. c.. challenges the inference
that the Industrial Worker is not sub
ordinate to the general organization
of the l. w. W.
The r. |. A. c., and every adherent
of the Red International, demands
and must make their demands known
by resolution in the branches and
letters to the G: E. B., the following
program for genuine discussion and
prevention of fake discussions:
Proposed Rules for Fair Discussion.
1. A discussion on affairs which
concern the 1. w. w. must be opened
at once.
2. Since it concerns the whole l.
w. w. it shall be. under the direct
control Of the G. E. B. and shall be
printed in the official English organ
Of the w. W-Industrial Solidarity
3. No member who was in good
standing on July 1, 1924, shall be de-
barred from contributing to the dis.
cussion by any action limiting or
cancelling his membership since that
time. This is to give the entire
Roman-B owerman-G E. B. group and
every honest rank and file member
who has supported them. full and free
right to meet the arguments of the
so-called Fisher-No. ITO group
in fair and square debate onthe issues
of the controversy.
4. No manuscript of the discussion
shall be refused publication except by
a majority vote against it in the
G. f. b., each vote recorded and pub
lished together with a statement as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-23
For a Free Press In the ]. WV.

to the reason for refusal in the Indus
trial Solidarity.
Such statement to be also sent by
registered letter together with the
refused manuscript to the contributor.
5. The subjects and the duration Of
the discussion shall be as follows:
During February, March and April,
the controversy over the headquar-
ters; during May, June and July, the
proletarian revolution and the method
of realizing it, and during August.
September and October. the question
Of international affiliation,
s. No vote shall be taken on any
question until after the next conven-
lion, which shall be held in November.
1925, and during the interim the ac-
tons of the 18th general convention
shall be binding upon all parts of the
II. w. w.
Z. The referendum sent out by the
10th convention shall be recognized
rs valid and the officers elected by it
installed and recognized as the gen
eral officers of the l. w. w.
Unity--AlI the Time.
s. The injunction against the
headquarters shall be withdrawn by
the signers to the petition for it, and
Rowan and his group must withdraw
by notice in Solidarity the so-called
Emergency Program" Every move
nent to split the l. w. w. either from
The left or from the right must be
stopped. Unity must prevail, both
during and after discussion.
8. Representation to the next con.
vention to be from the branches, par.
ticularly from job branches, and not
from the industrial union conventions.
one delegate for every 200 members
to come from the branches at the ex-
pense of the general organization,
which shall authorize and collect
special so cent compulsory assess
ment
10. Articles in l. w. w. papers
other than the Industrial Solidarity
shall be similarly under the control of
the G. E. B. with the same rules. And
no article concerning this discussion
shall be printed in either the Indus
trial Solidarity or any other paper
until it has been passed by the G E. B.
Il No Fake Discussionl
The above rules show how real
discussion of organization tasks must
be conducted. Anything short of it
will not be fair deal but fake.
By the above rules the l. w. w. will
save its unity and clarity its purpose
by reaching some intelligent decision.
By the methods proposed and the
limitations imposed by the Industrial
Worker, no real discussion can be
had; the split in the l. w. w. will
take on new life, the organization will
become more confused and no intelh-
gent decision can be obtained. How
ever, If any discussion is opened, how
ever limited and censored it may be
the adherents of the Red international
Of Labor Unions will endeavor to fight
the split, unity the workers and point
the road to revolution.
RED INTERNATIONAL
AFFILIATION COMMITTEE,
1914 w. Madison St., Chicago, Ill.
Evening star., 1925-09-07

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, 1925-08-28
Wit and Hurmor.
A RUSHING BUSINESS.

A city-bred man, who had never been
oto the sea shore, decided one day to
make the trip
Arriving there, he remembered an old
saying thai SEA water vas good to battle
aching feet in, and ~straightway he took
a bucket and proceeded 10 the seashore.
He noticed a party of men near the
water, and, thinking they owned the
sea water, he asked, "'wha5 Go you charge
for d bucket Of your warer?"
twenty-five cents" answered one Of
the party, who was out for a joke.
The city man handed over a quarter
and filled his bucket.
After bathing his feet inSthe salt
water and finding same beneficial, he de-
cided later in the Gay TO go and buy him
another bucket for another bath for his
feet, and proceeded again to the shore.
The tide had now gone down and the
water was at low ebb.
HIM he unused; those fellows must
have been doing a rushing business since.
left!'
, 1925-08-28
WOMAN KNOCKs JANTOR OUT

Knocked out: Alexander II. Roett-
ger, cf Nc. 81 Mott sheet, ty Ms Mary
Gon.cy, fly. She's u j5l today Under
three DAYS sen!erce as a result, having
refused to pay $40 fine imposed IN
Ton lbs Court.
R|oepsqer, superjnterCea- of The bu.'d
ing ST No 30 Watts street. protested to
Ter that her children were tampering
with The plumbing. NIs Gorm,ey ne
piled urexpectedly
And to get q coed poke al Roettger's
eye, Mrs. Coruley had % reach across
the shoulder Of her son, who was Just
winding up when his mother settled
things Ibid.
, 1925-08-28

mer i.7e E,en murdered in New York,
CLic@~c, Min eapolis aad Pittsburgh.
AukIaEd, n. /. Niueteensailor from
the j. s.. Fleet were IistS as missing
when The ships left here
eminent formally accepts China's invita-
ton to participate in The Customs Con-
ference in Picking, October 18th
Washington President Palmer of the
Fleet Corporation has been author
lied by the Shipping Board to sell
to aliens for operation surplus the Laker
type Government merchant ships which
cannot be disposed Of readily in Ameri-
can Markets.
Swampscott. - Further indication that
the Federal Government Will make no
move to prevent suspension Of the an
th1.cit operators next few days were
givenout at sumner white house,
WEATHER BROADCAST
, 1925-08-28
SURE THING.

He (as his wife hastens to catch a car
and is putting en- her gloves)-'That's
it, always Iale. And why can't you
dress in The house? ] would just as soon
see d woman put on her stockings as her
gloves"
She so would any other man"
Why is a beefsteak like locomotjve?"
Ma goodness, man! All kant tell
you'll
Because it's no good without ir's ten
der.