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The Meaning of Amsterdam.

What exactly is the effect Of the
Stenhuis-Smit resolution, carried
against the opposition of the British
delegates? It's tone has nothing OF
the blatant hostility of the Oudegest-
bureau resolution. What of its sub
stance? 1t drops the previous stipula-
ton as to formal acceptance of rules
and statutes and substitutes therefore
1.-THE expression of a desire" as sufi.
cient preliminary for admission of the
Russians to the I. F. T. U. More, it
says that once this desire is express
ed, they are prepared to meet the Rus
SLAMS in conference. That is all.
But, to speak paradoxically, it's sub
stance is found rather in the things it
omits. Thus it makes no mention of
the world labor congress, it leaves
out-a significant omission-any refer
ence to the declaration of principles
and policy sent by Tomsky at the
I. F. T. us request, it is silent on the
question of Anglo-Russian relations
Ga matter on which Mr.. Stenhuis had
been sufficiently vocaD, and, most i'm
portant of all, it quietly ignores the
existence of the R. I. L. u, Tomsky's
repeated references to the R. l. L. U.
and the known public attitude Of the
Russian Trade Union Congress>in sup
port of the r. /. L. U. That is to say
by this sudden omission Of the cen
trail issues of the controversy, and by
it's bland acceptance of conference
provided the Russians join the I. F.
T. u, the resolution appears to throw
the onus and odium of rejecting such
conference upon the heads of the
Russian trade unions, while in reality
it represents reversion to the die
hard position of early 1924.
This then would seem to be the
substance of the resolution. Never.
theless it is not quite a reversion to
the situation of nine months ago
There are differences, differences only
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-09
Money, Munitions and War

What manufacturer of steel products but is for
bigger, BETTER blooder and more expensive wars
when he is shown figures giving the approximate
cost of munitions in the next gigantic conflict?
The list of heads Of heavy industry acting as
an advisory ordnance board in cooperation with
the department includes such welknown
patriots Gary and Schwab Trip of the West
inghouse concern and Woodin of the American Car
and Foundry company.
Coupled with the need for markets and military
protection for the exploters is the assurance that
huge contracts for munitions at war prices will
more than make up for any temporary Interrupt
tion of business. Then there are the loans by the
finance capitalists under whose terms the cash
advanced is used largely for the purchase of goods
from the imperialist nation. With enormous
navy and surplus of goods at home, enormous guam
%ties Of liquid capital and complete control of the
national government our robber class plots and
dreams of conquest.
That the Pacific cruise of the navy is more than
mere show is obvious when we connect it up with
the miltarist propaganda Of the capitalist press,
the bowling of the admiras and generals the trial
notifications and training camps and the meeting
of the ordnance advisory board with its personnel
chosen from heavy industry.
The fnance-capitalsts have not yet succeeded
in stopping the flow of gold into the United States
from every corner of the capitalist world. Out Of
total Of approximately $9,OOO,OOOOO in gold
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-09
Texas Is Typical

The fight of the Negroes in Texas for the right
to vote in the primaries preceding elections, the
story of which we carried yesterday, is not a
very clear one but is indicative of the feudal status
of the race in the south. A Texas primary election
in which but Negro votes is by that fact illegal
This puts it up to the authorities to use their
best judgment, the saying goes. 1t meaps that
no Negro will be allowed within gunshot of the
polling places.
In Texas elsewhere in the former slave states
the right of Negroes to vote is purely theoretical
They are completely disfranchised and consequent
ly unable to take any advantage whatever of such
privileges as the franchise gives. Southern poll
ticians therefore felt it necessary to do anything
for the Negro masses. The mild reforms that the
white workers have been able to force affect the
Negro not at all.
In spite of this the Negroes, by mass migration
to the north have been able lately to secure slight
ly more consideration from the southern landlords
and capitalists Not all of them can migrate, how
ever and at best the cessation of some of the worst
forms of persecution forced by this method is
only temporary
Like the white workers were forced to do the
Negroes must organize in the north and south.
They must establish in one form or another a cen
trazed body to combat all kinds of racial persecu-
ton and it's first task must be to force from The
white working class a recognition of the Negro
as an equal and an ally in all struggles of the
working class.
A struggle like that in Texas must be broadened
out and given national character the isolated
efforts made by the Negroes must be connected up
into one mass movement in which the class in
terests of the great majority of the Negroes work
ers and farmers, are recognized as such and made
the basis for the program of struggle
The leaders in such movement, indications of
which are already to be seen, will come from the
class conscious section of the Negro masses-they
will be Negro workers who know that neither their
race the white workers can never be really free
while capitalism lasts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-09

clearly been supplied with misleading
accounts Of what happened. Thus
much publicity was given to the story
that Purcell had repudiated the idea
of a world congress. Mertens at the
close of the discussion proposed that
this alleged Reputation" be recorded
on the minutes, whereupon Bramley
made it clear that the British had not
repudiated the idea of a world labor
congress; but simply were against 1t
being called Immediately.
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The Right Wing Interpretation.

In such case it is best to turn to
those who backed the motion, who
carried it and who presumably were
acutely aware Of its implications.
Here we find at once that the right
wing of Amsterdam have treated the
resolution as very smart piece of
work, a satisfactory solution that
gives them victory over the Russian
trade unions. Vorwarts. for instance,
contained an article on Feb. IL, in
which under the chuckling headline,
"Moscow's Turn to Speak" they put
forward the following Interpretation:
The decision, OF the general coun-
Gil Of the !. T. ". to invite the
Russians to a asnerat conference, if
they previously are, ready to join
the !. T. 7, w r1s a. shrewd blow at
the BoIshevik .spllt-brothers. The
entry Of the, Russian trade unions
into the Amstsrdam international
must be preceded by their exit from
the r, I. l.. U.-whlch means the
end Of that body
How do the French look upon it?
Here we find that Jouhaux, chairman
of one-and not, the largest one-of
the three Tradf Union Considerations
which divide the allegiance of the
French workers. takes up a similar
line to vorwarts.i In the. course of a
long article Tin which he repeats the
false report of the Bramley-Purcell at.
titude towards a world congress) he
says:
"The Russian trade unions have
the opportunity 70 say in a concrete
way whether or not they wish to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-09
Decision Of the British 7. U. C.
General Council.

The whole situation had to be dis.
cussed by the general council Of the
Trades Union Congress at its meet
ing Of Feb. rs and 81. Various alter.
native courses were open to them.
Their own basic policy was clear. 1t
had been laid down in Mr.. Bramley's
letter Quoted above) on Novembe. II.
There was no need for recrimination.
The question was simply that of
choosing the immediate steps that
would eventually lead to the fulfilment
in the most fruitful way of that basic
policy.
After full discussion it was resolved
to remit the whole question to the
standing international committee of
the general council, whose duty il
would be to meet the representatives
of the Russian Trades Union Con-
gress, and discuss with them the diff.
culties arising out of the Stenhuis.
Smit resolution.
Up to September, when the Trades
Union Congress will be held, and the
whole course of the unity negotiations
since the Hull Congress will come
under review, the progress of relations
with Moscow and Amsterdam will now
depend largely on the steps taken and
the policy pursued by the ten repre-.
sentatives of the general council who,
together with is officers, make up the
International committee.
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steinhuIs-smit Resolution.

The general council of the I. r. T.
U. after having examined the cor
respondenee between the !. F. T. U.
and the Al-Russian Council Of
Trade Unions Instructs the execu-
tive committee Of the !. r. T. U. to
inform the AII-Russian Council Of
Trade Unions that the !. =. T. U. is
prepared to admit the All-Russlan
Federation Of Trade Unions, when
they express their desire to this ef-
feet.
The !. r. 7. v, also declares itself
prepared to convene conference In
Amsterdam with, the AII-Russian
Council OF Trade Unions with a
view to an exchange Of opinions as
soon as possible after the AII-Rus-
sian council Intimates its desire to
be admitted to the I. r. T. U.
The British delegation strongly op
posed this resolution, and pressed for.
ward their T. U. c. policy. which was
supported in speeches by Fimmen,
Cook, and Bramley in his reply. The
British proposal was then voted on
and defeated by 10 votes to 6. The
six were: Purcell, Bramley, Cook
Brown, Fimmen and Madsen. A SINH
lar resolution moved by Durr met with
a similar fate. The Stenhuis-Smith res.
olution was then carried by IA votes
to 5. Madsen voting with the majority
The British delegation, making the
best Of a bad job, then moved that
negotiatory delegates be appointed
under the terms OF the resolution that
had been passed. After some demui
this was agreed to, and the bureau
together with q Bramley, Fimmen
Grassmann and Zulawsky, we're thus
appointed. v.r
IL should be hoted that the press
correspondents letters dealing with
the meeting (notably the Manchester
Guardian) were tendencious. and II
some cases the correspondents hat
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-09
British Leaders Urge Trade Union Unity

enter the I. r. r. u; they know
that they must 90 out Of the door of
the r. |. L. U, and the question Of
a united front. (Which is behind the
camouflage of the proposed world
congress on unity cannot be rails
ed"
This attitude is put still more bluntly
in the curt stipulation of Oudegeest
las reported in Vorwarts of Feb. 81:
II they join the |. F. r. u, they
must naturally leave the r. |. L. U.
Even more explicit is the interview
given by Oudegeest to Het Volk on
Feb. 8, where he sets forth his inter-
probation of the compromise" reso-
luton as follows emphasis ours):
am heartily in favor Of the
stenhuis proposal because the only
alteration its acceptance would
make to the position would be TO
STRENGTHEN THE RESOLU-
TON OF THE VIENNA CON-
GREss. The Congress of Vienna
ordered us to enter into negotiations
with the Russians on the basis OF
our statutes and principles. This
however, has been refused by the
Russians WIG in its stead proposed
with the backing of the English dele
gation-to have an unconditional
! conference. The answer given to
that by the general council is, in
short, the same as what has been
proclaimed by us for years in
speech and In writing, and what has
also already been communicated to
the American trade unions, namely:
II you declare yourselves ready to
affiliate with the |. F. T. u, then
THERE is A POSSIBILITY OF
DISCUSSING WITH US THE REG.
ULATlNG OF POSSIBLE POINTS
OF DETAIL.
So the general council has moi
only approved of the attitude of the
bureau. It has taken further
move: either to reach unity THRU
THE APPLICATION OF THE RUS
SIAN TRADE UNIONS TO THE I.
F. T. u, OR TO MAKE AN END
OF THESE FRUITLESS NEGoTIA-
TloNS-fruitIess till now thru no
fault Of ours-as proposed in my
opening speech.
Thus, to sum up, it is abundantly
clear that to the right wing of Am
sterdam the resolution of Feb. is
being interpreted-and presumably
will be acted upon-as a return to the
obdurate attitude of year ago and as
a snub to the unwholesome activities
displayed by our Trade Union Con-
gress in the cause of unity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-09

in staging there. For instonce, in the
first scene, old man Faust, the ascetic,
the philosopher, wore brown monks
robe and under it white kid shoes and
white silk stockings! And the victor
ious army with which Valentine is
associated must have numbered
twenty.
Well. the San Carlo is gone. Their
performances are good. Their sing
ers are good. Let us hope that when
they return next year they stay long
err and play to better houses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-09
Faust Last Opera
Rendered by San
Carlo Performers
By ALFRED v. FRANKENsTElN.


The San Carlo Opera company
wound up its week run at the Audi
forum last Sunday night with much
slashed up performance of Faust.
in the Gounod version. Two scenes.
those of the cathedral and Of the
bracken, were cut out completely, and
other scenes, such as the one in which
occurs the chorus of soldiers, were re-
duced to only fraction of their or
iginal length. And yet this had to
be. For Faust was written to be
given under Partisan conditions,
where opera begins early and is over
late, and not for production under
Chicago Auditorium conditions, where
opera begins late and is over com
paratively early. At that last Sun
days performance was nearly three
hours long.
The opera was excellently cast.
There was splendid sense OF team
work among the FIVE principals. All
the principals were good. Pietro de
Biasi as Mephisto perhaps stood out
little more than the others. He has
has large physique and the compelling
and powerful voice for the part. hi.
anco Saroya has the voice of Mar
guerite, which part she sang, but the
figure Of Brunnhilde. At that she
Is so graceful that when fve-and.a
half foot Marguerite fell into the arms
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-09
FOR WORLD TRADE UNION UNITY

We publish herewith instaIment
Special Supplement the Monthly Circular the Labor Research
Department the British Congress
ing world trade union unity
The Special Supplement began with preface by A. A. PURCELL
president Of the international Federation Trade Unions Amste
dam) largely original
international
right wing oHcadom, reports Of conferences, etc
The publication Of this Special Supplement-
militant its the president
International the complete
rupve tactics Of the right wing which Indicative
hold that the slogan World Unity
gained the British trade union
Of Amsterdam lnternatonal,-Ed
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CONCLUDED from last issue.)
What Happened at
Amsterdam
Meeting Of the I. F. 7. U. General
Council, Feb. 5 to z.

We have now taken up the story
at the point where the official letter of
the Trade Union Congress had been
sent to the /. F. T. U. urging an
unconditional and immediate confer
ence. The general council had also
before it, at this meeting of February
to 7, 1925, Telegram from the All.
Russian Council of Trade Unions
making a similar proposal. The mem
bers of the general council who had
to reach decision on these propos-
ais were as follows;
Bureau:
A. A. Purcell, Great Britain, presi-
dent !. F. T. Y, On the chair).
L. Jouhaux, France, TIL. Lelpart
Germany, c. Mertens, Belgium, vice.
presidents.
J. oudegeest, Johann sassenbaeh,
John w. Brown, secretaries.
Management Committee:
r. 5ramIey, Great Britain.
M. Bulsson, France.
r. SteInhuls, Holland.
L. D'Aragona, Italy.
2. L. cabaIlero, Spain.
X. Durr, Switzerland.
p. Grassmann, Germany.
r. Tayerle, czeeho-slovakia.
C. Madsen, Denmark.
S. Jaszai, Hungary.
z. zuIawsky, Poland.
international Trade Seeretariats:
A. j. Cook, international Miners
Federation.
{. Fimmen, International Trans
port Workers Federation.
c. J. A. Smlt, international Fed
Grafton of Commercial, Clerical, and
Technical Employees.
The discussion on unity in the in
ternational trade union movement
was opened by a speech from Dude
geest, who put forward the following
resolution on behalf of the bureau:
The general council regrets that
the Russian trade unions are not
prepared to accept the invitation of
the Vienna Congress to affiliate with
the |. F. T. U. seH
The general council regrets that
the Russian organizations keep up
their hostile attitude towards the l.
F. T. U. and its affiliated bodies.
The general council is of the OPP
inion that everything possible has
been done on the part of the |. r. T.
U. to induce the Russians to come
in; and that thegbureau should be
instructed to notify the Russian
trade union center that we regard
the whole question as finished; and
that we should refrain from any fur
Their correspondence.
This rather wild proposal, which
would have bolted and barred the door
against any further attempts at inter
national unity, was not, it appears
probable from subsequent events, put
forward except as a stalking-horse
resolution. 1t enabled other resolu-
tions or amendments of the right wing
of the meeting to take on the appear
ance of midway course by contrast
with it; and when its purpose was
served it was withdrawn without hav-
ing been put to the vote.
After Oudegeest had spoken, Fred
Bramley, in long and mastery
speech, put forward the British pro.
posal for an unconditional immediate
conference. ~
After long discussion a new reso.
luton was put forward by Steinhuis
and Smit, which ran as follows:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-09

The Australian workers are threatening to boy
colt the American feet when il reaches there as
a protest against the criminal syndicalism and
sedition laws in the United States. World solidar-
ity Of the working class is not such utopian desire
after all.
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Gale Injuries Ten.

PLYMOUTH, England, April ~
The Cunard liner Antonio, arriving
here today from New York, reported
ten passenges wee slightly injured
during fierce gale.
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-09

Mr.. o NJ Harris. near Bardane
raised 10 barrels Of corn to the acre
on Of sixteen acre field.
DR.. H Ashton Moore. who lives
about three miles north of town
Killed hog last week which tipped
the scales at 507 pounds.
Mr.. Geo. H Hale has sold the old
McCurdy mill property. at Kable-
town. to DR.. Harry Langdon. the
consideration being $1,000. The
place has about Is acres of land at
tached TO it.
Luther Arlington, So, colored.
died at his home at Kearnevsville,
tuesday night. He was from Shen-
andoah county, Va. and leaves a
wife and several children. His body
will be taken to Shenandoah county.
Va. for burial.
L. W Lloyd. local manager of the
Western Union Telegraph office.
reports the business of the company
for the past year or so far exceeds
all those of years past since the Office
has been in existence in Charles
Town, even taking into consideration
the miner trials Of 1922, and only
excluding the press matter that went
through his Office.
the period for discounting taxes
ended on Monday. November 80.
Payments made before the end of
November were subject to a discount
of 2 u per cent. About rs per cent
of all taxes due the corporation of
Charles Town are usually paid within
the discount period. Collector James
A Smith reports having collected
$12,522.16 TO the town treasury be-
fore the end of the discount period
this year. Last year collections dur
ing the corresponding two months
amounted to S12,606.3S, the differ
ence being less than 500 in favor
of 1924.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-09

Geo. r Kern has sold to Lewis r
Edwards a house in Wager addition
at Harpers Ferry. the consideration
named was $500.
Edgar L. Starry and wife have
purchased of the Shafer heirs q
brick house and lot in Shepherds
town. the consideration being $1,000.
Sheriff Moler. last Friday sold a
Grant car captured from a colored
woman bootlegger at the colored hor-
Sc show in August, and also a 1925
Ford runabout captured when the
two young men were caught robbing
the mercantile store of o. NJ. Mer-
chant, at Reedson. month or two
ago.
In levying an attachment on furni-
ture in the home of Leroy Howell.
south of Myerstown, one day last
week. County officers found a moon
shine still, part of tn ehousehold
equipment. Howell and his family
officers visited the premises. The
still was seized and brought to town
to enlarge the collection of moonshine
apparatus on storage in the Court
House.
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea
Company's store which has been in
business in the jefferson County Tele
phone Company building on North
George street. for the past three or
four years has leased the Thomas
store room on Main street. and will
move there in January The Thomas
store room has recently been remod-
eled and enlarged by Burns & Mar
shall, the new owners, and is almost
ideally located for a retail business.
Truant Officers Heck Allen got in
to action last week. and the parents
in at least two families in Charles
Town Distict have leaned that there
is such thing as truancy law in
West Virginia. and that at times it
rises and smites those who violate it
A fine was imposed on the father of
the family in each case for not send
ing his children to school Officers
say that these two prosecutions are
only the beginnong. Others will fol-
low in short order.
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CHARLES TOWN CITY COUNCIL
MET MONDAY NIGHT

The City Council Of the Corpora
ton OF Charles Town met in their
regular semi-monthly session last
Monday night. with Mayor G. K
Nyson presiding. and Clerk y G
Dolly. and Councilmen Webster. Gar
ney. Anderson. Henson. Milev. Phil
lips and Grandstatf present.
L was ordered that contract be let
70 improve Court street from Wash
lngton street to alley north Of said
Washington street.
Only other routine business was
transacted.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-09

5. Lee Phillips. Isaac Herr, and L.
z. Albin. appointed appraisers OF
the estate of the late S. C Young.
have filed their report, estimating
the value of the estate AT s1I536
Mr.. foung's real estate consisted
chiefly of house and lot on South
Samuel street. Charles Town. which
the appraisers valued at SIS. 1000,
Aside from cash in bank, Mr. Young's
personal estate was almost entirely
in Liberty bonds and Treasury Saw
ings certificates.
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