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The daily worker., 1925-09-30
FAKERS SEEK
FAT JOBS, NOT
CLASS STRUGGLE
Willing to Peddle Labor
to Capital

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept 2S.-On
the eve of the state convention of the
California Federation Of Labor in San
Diego, the labor bosses of southern
Cauifornia are .busily engaged in
feathering their own nests for the
next few years. All the Los Angeles
delegates are being propagandized to
the effect that 'the presidency of the
federation must come to the south
(meaning Los Angeles) and taken
away from the north (San Francis
co.,"
The officials Of the Los Angeles
Central Labor Council are making
every effort to get John S. Horn, their
former secretary, elected to the presi-
dency. Horn, 1t must be remembered,
was the fellow who as secretary of
the Central Labor Council, connived
with the police to raid the meetings
of the T. U. 3. L., seize their records
and get dozens Of militant workers
expelled from their trade unions.
Judas got his Reward.
For this service to the bosses Horn
was rewarded by the city administra-
ton by getting appointed to the board
OF public works, and to show his graft
tude he "lined up" labor's votes to re-
elect the tool of the gamblers trust,
George Cryer. as mayor of the fair
city of sunshine and Jails.
But Horn is not, satisfied. His am'
bition is not satisfied even when he
will be elected president of the State
Federation of Labor. According to
the Citizen, official labor paper Of this
city, this will be the beginning of
campaign for the state elections next
year, in which an attempt will be
made to unseat Governor Richardson
from his throne because he doesn't
"patronize" labor enough.
Refuses TO DIvvy Up.
Richardson's administration is no
toriously anti-labor, having killed
more progressive" legislation than
almost any previous one, but what
Horn seems to be grieved about, is
that he doesn't get as many "favors"
as he deserves, considering how many
thousand votes he is willing to trade
off in return for said patronage. So 1t
Is being noised about that California
labor" is going to fight Richardson
next year.
OF course, the Citizen doesn't come
out openly and say so; it doesn't even
mention Horns aspirations to the
presidency of the federation, except
In the casual words, there appears to
be a strong sentiment to bring the
presidency back to the south. and
Brother Horn is much mentioned for
the honor" One can put two and two
together, and consider this as part
Of Horns publicity campaign.
The daily worker., 1925-09-30
MORSE REJECT
CLASS PEACE
FOR STRUGGLE
Swift Kick for League
of Nations LGckeys
BY Andrew overssard.

The Norwegian Trade Union Con-
eress, which concluded its sessions in
Oslo Sept. I, resulted in several vic.
tories for the Communists and an abb
solute defeat for the reformists, es.
peclally on the question Of the labor
bureau In Geneva which is part of the
league Of nations.
The proposal for representation in
Geneva was voted down 147 to 76.
The proposal that the various affill-
ated unions should be allowed to send
representatives was also voted down
by an overwhelming majority. The
congress also endorsed the Anglo
Russian trade union unity committee
and the seoretariat was instructed TO
appoint representatives to the com
mittee if such would be provided for
Russian Unions Represented.
The Russian trade unions were rep
resented by Comrade Belinsky, who
was received by great ovations in the
congress and who participated both in
the discussion on Geneva and trade
union unity.
The Norwegian unions, in spite OF
the reformist leadership, have main
tanned friendly relations with the
Russian unions which have sent fra.
ternal delegates to the various union
congresses.
Reformlst Fraternal Delegate Insults
Congress.
The fraternal delegate from the
Swedish unions, Johanson, told the
congress that IL 1t would not go to
Geneva It would be impossible to have
any unity Of action with the Swedish
unions, and thus demonstrated that
the reformists are against trade union
unity on the basis Of the class strug
gle, but will rather work to become
part of their respective capitalist gov,
ernments. The struggle against the
labor bureau of Geneva was led BY
the Communists in the congress.
The Communist candidate for presi
dent, Comrade Volan, who led the
minority in the congress received 81
votes as against the Tranmaelite Hal.
ward Olsen, who was elected by 155
votes. The Norwegian unions in this
congress have taken steps to the left
and will no doubt be a great factor
in the efforts for trade union unity
In future congresses they will surely
select leadership which will break
completely with reformism and thus
they will become instruments for the
social revolution.
The daily worker., 1925-09-30

now organizes to defend not only him
self and the other railwaymen, but the
miners and lockers and enginees, to
whose aid he is pledged to go in GER
tain circumstances In other words,
the railway worker joins the railway
union to defend and promote the in
terests of the working class. The same
is true of the miners and lockers and
others.
1T Unless we are willing to go back,
- the possibility of a national
strike has to be faced. We are told
1t may lead to bloodshed. l sincerely
hope it will not, but frankly fear II
may. In such a gigantic conflict, and
all that 1t implies, the capitalists or
this country, in my opinion, would not
hesitate to stave off defeat by the use
of a few bullets.
III fascist organization that can
be obtained by voluntary contribu-
tions of a few thousand pounds year
is sufficient for this purpose, well and
good. The workers, true to their paci-
fist teachers, may turn the other
cheek and, having got bullet in It,,
return to their work, confident that
they have done all that respectability
permits. But II in the ranks OF the
workers there should be fair sprinkl-
ing of heathens, who are not other
checkers 1t may be necessary to en-
ploy machine-guns against them.
This method of conversion has Of
ten succeeded with backward races.
No man can foretell what the future
The daily worker., 1925-09-30
BY EARL R. BRowpER

T,HE question at the head of this ar
ticle is not one of theory. 1t is
not a question which is being arti-
hcially raised by the Communists. 1t
Is question that has arisen out Of
the very nature of the revolutionary
situation now existing in Great Bri-
tain, and which is now being openly
asked and debated by the widest
circles of English workers.
In the Daily Herald, official organ
of the labor party and the Trade
Union General Council, there is now
going ON lively debate, under the
standing headline:
"should the Workers Arm?"
And who argues for arming the
workers? Is It the Communists? But
the Communists are not yet admitted
into the columns of the Daily Herald.
Then who argues for arming?
TN the issue OF Sept. 7th. the advo-
4 cate of arms is none other than
John Wheatley, M. p. former minister
in the Macdonald government, cath.
olic, member of the middle class,
publisher OF books in Glasgow. The
following quotations from wheatley
will give fair idea of the temper of
the discussion on this burning issue:
"Mr. Ernest Bevin, in his article in
the Daily Herald OF Gath of August, in
yited me to be more definite regarding
The daily worker., 1925-09-30
THE T.U.E.L.

We might even suspect that this
same John 8. Horn plans to run for
the governorship Of California, or per-
haps some other hidebound conserv-
ative Of the same type, from the hints
thrown out by the Citizen. The
chambers of commerce are shrewd
enough to know that this is one of the
ways most popular nowadays to de-
tract the workers from thinking of
widespread unemployment, low wag-
es and open shop conditions, and SO
labor" candidate might not have
as much opposition as might be sup
posed by either the ku kluxers or the
Better America Federation.
Got to Have Something to Sell.
To run as a candidate Horn would
have to go on one of the reactionary
party tickets, and would Of course bid
for the support of the capitalists by
promising them harmony" between
capital and labor. This bid for the
leadership Of the labor federation Is
a move to get enough prestige to
make "dear with the bosses, which
means another betrayal Of the work
ers.
The Communists must point out
that the only way labor could be rep
resented in the political campaign
next year is for organized labor
to get behind a united labor ticket
against all the reactionary candidates,
and on a program dealing with the
needs of the workers of California.
Horn or any other labor" candidate
would be merely betraying the work
ers whom he is supposed to repre-
sent IL he fails to run on the basis of
the support Of the labor movement
to protect itself from the attack of
the open-shoppers who are all-power
full in California. g ,ai
Plenty of Issues--WhoIt Fight for
'Em1 etH
There are many important issues at
present which will probably NOT be
discussed at the state convention In
San Diego, but which are Of vital in
terest to the workers, One of them
is racial discrimination against Ne
groes and Japanese, who are not al
lowed entrance into most of the trade
unions and who form the basis for
the open4shop reserve force of the
employers.
The fight against Imperialism will
center in the Pacific. and consequent
ly in California, in the near future,
and the California workers should
take heed of the militant stand re-
Gently taken by the British Trade
Union Congress against imperialism.
Who VIII Organize California?
Another important problem. espe-
cially in southern California, the
open shop paradise" is the organiza-
ton of the unorganized workers.
There are only one hundred thousand
workers organized in the trade unions
of California, and most of these un-
ions are deplorably weak and unable
to do anything to better the condi-
tions in the state, because they are
in the hands of a reactionary trade
union leadership not interested in the
class struggle against the bosses, but
only in perpetuating their own soft
jobs and fat salaries.
Yet the state convention will take
The daily worker., 1925-09-30
AUSTRIAN DELEGATION
OF YOUNG WORKERS ON
VISIT TO THE SOVIETS

MOSCOW, Sept. s-(5y MalD.-
The Austrian young workers. dele
cation consisting Of seven delegates,
has arrived in Moscow. The dele
cation is made up as follows: One
young Communist, three young so.
eiaI-democratle workers and three
young independent workers. The
delegation was enthusiastically well
coined by the Young Communist
League Of Russia and delegations
from the shops. The soclal-demo.
cratic delegates declared that they
had come to learn the truth about
the Soviet Union despite their ex-
pulsion from the socialist working
youth organization.
The daily worker., 1925-09-30

organize miners into the union, who
no doubt will be told afterwards,
when they become members Of the
union, that there are 100000 too
many miners in the industry, and to
get out
THE policy of our leaders keep me
In mind of a dog chasing his tail
around and around. l say that we
have not 100000 too many miners in
the industry. We are organized to
better our working conditions, shorten
our work day, and to secure the full
social value of our toll. The only re-
lief that can be had is that we receive
an equal division of the work avail.
able and take out Of the hands of
the coal barons the ownership of the
mines, and place them in the hands
of those depending on them for a liv.
ing. Yours very truly, John J. Watt
The daily worker., 1925-09-30

does not possess the organizational
spirit A union that can waste its
time and energy only to frame up and
expel Communists is not worthy to be
trusted with the task to organize any
office.
Only such members are respected
in the union who can put up a fight
when the question of a tea-party
comes up, but il member will fight
and try to push the officials to do some
organizational work, he will be framed
up, branded as a Communist and ex-
PEELED from the union.
The members of the Bookkeepers'
Union will have to think about this
and put all their effort to bring the
union to the level Of a real labor
union that will fight the capitalists
for the interest of the workers, other
wise the union will disappear as a
useless organization.
The daily worker., 1925-09-30

against the workers OF other lands.
If the Minority Movement means no
more than this, we'll and good, but II,
on the contrary, its aim is to establish
Red Army in Britain, then much
more than words and high-sounding
phrases are needed. There must be
organized drilling, purchases of arms,
explosives, airplanes, etc.
A ND in the same issue comes the
4 answer in letter from a rank
and filer (reprinted in full in the
DAILY WORKER OF Sept. ~, IN art
icle British Labor Breaks with I'm
perialism") who shows that the en-
ploying class is wild with fear, look
ing upon even moderate" labor lead
ers as Reds and is seriously pre-
pairing to smash the British labor
movement by force. This rank and
filer is a moderate" but he says:
81 would therefore plead earnestly
with all who have the labor cause at
heart that they prepare to meet this
danger while they have still time.
Force must be met by force. Fascism
is purely and simply military organ.
izatiop, and is not amenable to argu.
ment. II can only be successfully
countered by similar organization
on the other side. With luck, we shall
have nine months to perfect our ar.
rangements, so there is no time to be
lost. The thing must be properly or
ganized on national basis. and I
would propose that the 7. u. C. gen.
eral council take up Immediately the
The daily worker., 1925-09-30

has in store for us, or what sacrifices
the workers in a crisis may have TO
make. We are only asked to decide
now whether we should advance or
retreat. | want TO go forward"
MOST of the. "discussion" in the
A'A public press consists OF passion
ate exhortationss by religious right
wingers (and many so-called lefts
also) against the idea of the workers
arming to protect themselves. Why
this flood Of pacidst propaganda for
the workers? ib
Because among the rank and file
the discussion is all going the other
way. Tine workers want to be able
to resist the British fascist, which Is
becoming more threatening every day.
1t Is not prepared TO bow before the
new secret army constabulary that is
being recruited for next springs bat
ties. SO the pacifist leaders are argu-
ing with the workers against this
movement.
Thus we find Lansbury in his Labor
Weekly putting the question:
I'VE would ask our comrades whe-
ther they seriously intend 70 organize
for a violent revolution? II i3 neces-
sary that this question should be faced
and answered ina straightforward
manner. We understand and support
the appeal to all service men not to
take up arms or in any way attack or
blackleg the workers during a time
Of dispute. We 20 further and we urge
British workers pot 70 take up arms
The daily worker., 1925-09-30

creation OF Labor Defense Corps,
centrally controlled, with local head
quarters under each trades council.
The fascist organization is a splendid
example for them to follow as regards
details"
WHAT has brought forward the
w issue of armed struggle so quick
ly and burningly?
The answer is the revolutionization
Of the British labor movement, and
the determination Of the British gov.
ernment to 0n the words OF advice
given it by the Chicago Tribune)
Smash this menace while there is yet
time"
The Scarborough Trades Congress,
representing the. organized millions OF
British labor, decided upon revolu.
tionary course, marked by the follow.
ing:
~ This congress declares that
the trade union movement must or
ganize TO prepare the trade unions
in conjunction with the party Of the
workers to struggle for the over
throw Of capitalism" II warns
against schemes Of eo-partnershlp,
and declares for a shop committee
movement ITO force the capitalists
to reIinquish their grip on Industry
(2) Approved Of the AnsIo.Rus-
sian Unity Commission, and deolar-
cd I'VE consider II our duty to stand
by the Russian workers."
(s) Declared for world unity Of
the trade union movement on the
The daily worker., 1925-09-30
JOHNSTON STOOL
is GIVE N HIS
HAT ATLOCAL
Attack on T. U.E.L. Not
Exactly Appreciated
BY N. H.
(Worker Correspondent

FOREST PARK, nl.-At the meet
ing of the local Machinists' Union a
delegate from the district brought in
the statement issued by J. F. Ander-
son, suspended by Bill Johnston, show
ing that our local was on the list Of
those locals whose ballots were
thrown out by Dawson and Johnston.
This angered our membership to
such an extent that they howled con-
demnation Of Johnston. The ballots
were thrown out on the mere tech
nicality that they we're counted in a
private house" The real reason is
that Anderson received 70 votes and
Johnston only four.
stoopiseon and Proud of Il.
BY Chance" there was present a
Johnston stoolpigeon from another
local, who often comes there to spy.
This bird had the nerve to ask the
floor, altho nobody but the chairman
knew what he was going to speak
about. But before he got the floor
one member asked him the question:
who informed Johnston that our
ballots were counted in q private
house?" This character then answered
II did"
Then when he started to slander the
Communists and the Trade Union
Educational League (real Spolansky
stun he was soon interrupted from
all sides. The meeting became a
turmoil with members yelling epithets
at him. He finally had to pack up and
leave the hall. an.
Trap Waits Another Rat
This bird has been expelled from
the Workers Party a few years ago
and since then has gone so low as to
reach bottom in his attacks against
the Communists. He is employed by
Johnston now-and the devil knows
who else. anyhow, he got an idea Of
what is waiting for him If he shows is
traitorous face again in this local.
OF course there must be someone in
the local who translates for him what
is going on, because he-being q
Swede-cannot understand a word Of
Czecho-Slovak language in which the
meetings are carried on. But this is
a matter of time for the other bird to
show his feathers. 81.
This Is the Spirit. s'~rT~
1t was surprising, when he started
to slander the Workers Party, that he
!, was so quickly stopped. Nobody
wants to listen to such stool pigeon
and it shows that the prestige of the
Workers Party and the T. U. r. l..
grows despite the crusade Of the labor
takers who fear the I. u. E. L. viii
ditch them.
1t is necessary to carry on the fight
against all takers persistently and
with devotion. Communists should
challenge the takers everywhere as
strongly as some Of the progressive
locals do. They wouldn't dare try to
expel them so quickly as when only a
feeble and timid opposition is made.
The daily worker., 1925-09-30
While Amalgamation
Waits Bosses Play
Unions for Suckers

Ralph Budd, president of the Great
Northern Railway company, has been
cited by the United States railroad
labor board to appear before that body
October 5 to explain why his road had
failed to carry out an order calling
for recognition Of the Switchmen's
Union of North America in negotiat'
ing a new wage contract.
The company, instead, negotiated
the new contract with the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, rival
organization. The switchmen had
voted, All to 439 in favor Of the
switchmen's union as against the
trainmen's organization, which had
previously represented them, trying
thus-and successfully-to set one
group of workers more bitterly against
each other than ever before.
The Order of Railroad Telegraphers
has opened a hearing before the board
against three railroads for wage in
creases and changes in working rules.
They ask an increase of cents an
hour on the Great Western, 6 cents
an hour on the Burlington, while on
the Chesapeake & Ohio they are ask
ing only for changes in working rules.
The daily worker., 1925-09-30
Mine PIcketIna EnloIned.

FAIRMoNT, w. Va, Sept. 2s--
Picketing OF the Consolidated Coal
Co.'S New England mine at Watson
is forbidden the United Mine Workers,
in an injunction issued by Judge Me-
edith OF the local circuit court. In the
petition, the claim is made that two
attacks have been made upon the nom
union workers, and that but for the
Intervention of deputies and state po-
lice much damage would have been
done
The daily worker., 1925-09-30
fine set OF N
MENt'DISRUPT
I'LL. MINERS
JOblesS Have Lesson
Before Them
BY ALEX REID
(secretary Of the Progressive
Minors commlttee)


II Is reported that the two mines
situated at lincoln, Illinois, belong
ing to the Brswerton Coal company are
to be Junked, as the coal operators
are unable to compete with the larger
and more economical mines In and out
Of the state.
Some time ago the miners were
offered a chance to work and finance
these mines with their own money,
il they had any, at the rate Of $4,000
each. The company would give no
guarantee that they would get the
money back, or even get much work
It seems now the miners either had
no money or did not intend to invest
in the coal company under the terms
proposed as the mines are now being
dismantled, with hungry miners on
the road looking for work and no work
to be found. ,1tss
Yes, They're a Fine setI
In one Of the Lincoln newspapers,
published a short time ago, Mr..
Brewerton Of the Brewertop Coal COM
pany tells the miners that the dis
trict officers are fine set Of men. ;"
The starving miners at Lincoln un-
derstand by this time that they are
indeed a fine set of men to allow coal
companies thruout the state to oper-
ate the mines in such way that while
many are receiving all the work, and
in many cases more than they want,
others are in semi-starvation and idle.
When coal companies are using the
newspapers to make miners believe
that their officials are fine men, the
miners have good reason to believe
that they may be fine men for the
coal companies, but very poor men
for starving coal diggers.
The following letter to the secre-
tary of the local union at Lincoln is
very instructive and the Lincoln
miners will do well to consider the
substance of the same at this time.
This letter was written short time
ago by Jack Watt to the above men
toned secretary, and will no doubt
bring home the truth contained there
in, in view of the fact that they are
now forced to seek employment in
the mining industry att some other
place than Lincoln. while their fine
set of officers "are living on the fat
of the land at the expense of their
,t,x,v;x,<x ,,v;x,~rt o,~a fo,,,s1e1e ror& &c
the letter follows
Il am sorry to learn that work has
been so poor in that mine, and /
further say, Brother Yates, that can
not see any relief in the future for
the mine workers unless the work
ing hours are reduced, and l feel
that especially, those mines that are
now shut down. or only working a
few days week, must demand that
our officers fight for six-hour day
and five-day week, and the same
must be written into our next con-
tract. Unless this is done the shorter
work day from now on will receive
very little consideration from our Of
ficials. 4s
Somewhat Inconsistent.
"The program of our official
family seems to be the discharge
Of 100000 miners from the industry
and in this process it looks as If
the Illinois miners are to receive
the thinning out in earnest, and
the other fields. At the same time
this is going on we see thousands
Of dollars being spent by the lead
ers In having organizers attempt to
The daily worker., 1925-09-30

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