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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-19
Four ArtIoIes-ArtIeIe /.

A NUMBER of recent events to
\ which the capitalist press devotes
much space calls for special atten-
ton of our class. Even if considered
separately they are of tremendous
Importance as indicating the express
train speed with which foreign policy,
because of the rapid rise of the Unit
ed States as an imperialist nation
since the world war, is coming to
dominate all other questions Of state,
But the real significance of these
events for the workingclass is reveal
ed only when we consider them to-
gether-as the imperialist mosaic into
which all actions of the American
ruling class now fit snugly and into
which they are firmly fastened with
the golden cement of interest and
dividends flowing in an unbroken
stream from every capitalist and many
colonial countries.
| LNOR the trade unions, the organized
L and therefore most powerful sec
ton of the workingclass, to continue
! to adopt an ostrich-like attitude to-
ward events which point unerringly
to new wars of conquest to be waged
in behalf of the American plumber
| bund, and for which the unions will
be modified after being castrated
and made into eunuch-like organiza-
lions of cannon-fodder, is to court dis
aster. Nor can the trade unions con-
tinue to believe that the onward
march of Imperialism is for them a
matter Of no moment provided they
| formally concern themselves with the
economic interests of their members.
1t is precisely because Imperialism
presents new problems for the trade
unions in their daily struggles that a
| thoro understanding of the meaning
of new developments is necessary as
we'll as strategy and tactics based
on the needs of the new situation.
TINE class peace policy of the A
4 merican trade union bureaucracy,
its denial of the class struggle and its
entry into the field of insurance and
| banking, is direct consequence OF
Americas premier imperialist position
whether the masses of the member
ship know it or not.
The hostile attitude of the A. F. of
L. oficialdom towards Soviet Russia,
its expulsion policy directed against
the Communists and the left wing in
general, statements by President
Green before chambers of commerce
to the effect that American labor has
accepted the existing order, there is
no room for class hatred or the class
struggle in America" the opposition
of the bureaucrats to the drive for
world trade union unity, all of these
things have the closest connection
with such events as the following:
I. Hoover's warning to other gov
ernments - categorical statements
that the United States will tolerate
no monopoles or foreign govern
ment subsidies or raw materials
such as rubber, sisal, nitrates, pot
ash, iodine, quicksilver, tin, silk,
! etc.
2. The joint bill just introduced
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a democratic system of government"
Here is stated plainly enough that
the aims of the socialist leaders asso-
ciated with the Forwards (Which do
inmates over the socialist party are
identical with those of Baldwin, Cham
berlain, Lloyd George, Mussolini and
Morgan and company. Recognition is
advocated not for help to the workers
republic. Support TO Russia by the
socialist leaders it to be a moose with
which to hang the Soviet republic
upon the gibbet of bourgeois demo
cracy
Hoover entered Russia at the time
of the famine, not to help the strug-
Cling proletariat and poor peasantry,
but to peacefully penetrate and des-
troy the revolution. The socialists
now calls for the entrance of Coolidge
and kellogg, of the American dollar
into Russia, so as to destroy the fruits
Of the victorious Russian working
class.
Here is plain speaking. The For
wards wing of the socialist party does
not conceal its real purpose in taking
up the issue of recognition
For this reason it is not sufficient
for the revolutionary workers to adj
vocate recognition of Soviet Russia
alone. To this must be added the
slogan Of defense of the Soviet Union
Recognition and defense Of the Soviet
Union must be. the watchword Of
every friend Of the Union OF Soviet
Republics. Recognition Of Soviet Rus
STA by England, France, Italy, etc. is
2 mask behind which turks the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-19
Community Chest
Heavy on Chest and
Weak on Community

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. II. IT. The
budget OF the community chest organ
lied for sweet charity's sake has
been placed at s1,177,001.14. However,
out of this sum, twenty-five thousand
dollars will be expended for renumer-
alton OF the drones for collection and
necessary expenses, 100000 for
emergency funds and maintenance OF
headquarters" The American legion
is down for s7,9S2.5O, and the boy
scouts, composed of the sons of well
to do parents, receive $20.699.S5 for
the maintemce OF headquarters, and
salaries Of so-called scout masters
Well, as the late lamented p r. Bar
mum said "there is one born every
minute" In this city the clock is
running fast, and going rapidly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-19
WEEK
OF CIVIC OPERA
CLOSES SEASON
Many Attractive Pieces
Feature in Windup

The last week of the current sea-
son of the Chicago Civic Opera Com
pany will be distinguished by excep-
tionally fine programs.
Monday night will be graced by the
merry, tuneful Barber of Seville"
with it's atmosphere of old Spain; its
flowers and mantillas; its caballeros
and senoritas. The cast-Macbeth
Claessens, Rimini, Trevisan, Lazzari,
and the great Tito Schipa. Conductor.
Moranzoni
Tuesday night will witness the
third presentation of Tolstoi's dra-
matte Resurrection" music by AL
lano, with the star cast headed by
Mary Garden that made its American
premiere New Years Eve. an epoch
making artistic trump. Ansseau and
3aklanoff win support, and Moranzoni
will conduct
Wednesday night will feature the re-
turn of Titta Ruffo singing opposite
Charles Marshall in the tragic "Otel-
To-" with Anna Fitziu and Alexander
kipnls. Marshalls triumphant intro
duction to the United States was in
this great opera, of love and intrigue.
Conductor, Moranzoni
Thursday night will be distinguished
by the beautiful, lifting. ever popular
la Traviata," with Muzio, Schipa,
BonelIi, and Ballet advertisement.
Conductor, Moranzoni
Saturdays matinee Jan. 2S) win
attest the tremendous reception al
ready given Resurrection with a
fourth presentation Of this great
work, for the especial benefit OF the
subscribers for that day The cast as
before Garden, Ansseau, Baklanoff,
with Moran2oni conducting.
Then; on Saturday night Jan. 2s)
will come the finale of a wonderful
season in revival of the beautiful
and romantic Lucia di Lammermoor"
with Macbeth. Schipa. Monica, Bonelli,
Lazzari, and Corps de BBallet; St.
Leger will conduct.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-19
Danger Ahead. for Labor

by Senator Capper and Representa-
tive johnson providing for the auto
matte establishment ofiea military
dictatorship in the event Of war or
a Irrational emergency" It gives
the president power to draft all
necessary man-power and to "con-
troll" materials. The bill Is endors-
ed by the war department and the
American Legion and receives the
support Of the most influential cap
itaIist journals.
8. The steady propaganda for the
World Court and the majority of
the senate favoring the entry of the
United States into this body.
a. The systematic boosting Of
the Locarno pact as an instrument
for permanent peace.
5. Wall Street inspired hostility
to the Mexican land law and the
coincidence of another counter-reVo-
luton in Mexico just at the time
when American imperiaIists are
threatening Mexico again.
6. The public denuheiation Of the
Reuter- news agency5b by agents of
American imperialism h In China as
a British propaganda agency engag-
ed Systematically in creating sus-
picion Of Americas purposes in
China.
z. The announcement Of an agree
ment reached between the railway
brotherhoods, the government and
the railway CAPITALISTS which will
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-19
By JOHN PEPPER.

A FTER the recent lengthy letter ad-
I dressed by the Executive Com
mittee of the Communist Internation-
al to the German Communist Party,
our enemies and even many party
members shrieked that in instigating
a new party crisis the executive was
SCATTERING the German party.
The latest events, however, show
more and more clearly that the E. G.
C. I. letter and it's proposed tactics
which are now actually. being applied
by the party, already show good re-
suits. What was really the chief pur-
pose of the letter? Nothing other than
the shattering Of the unbending atti-
tude of the party toward the non-Com-
munist masses, the breaking down of
the Chinese wall with which the c.
P. G. shut. itself off from the social
democratic masses.
Various bourgeois papers can be cit.
ed which most unwillingly, had to &C
knowledge the correctness of the c.
l. tactic in view of its already fine
results. AeA
Concerning the recent Provincial
Landtag, and Kreistag elections we
find the following very interesting
expressions in the bourgeois press.
The Berliner Tageblatt writes:
"The heavy losses which the social
democracy has suffered in many plac-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-19
By William F. Dunno

like the Locarno pact, are peace ges-
lures but they have the kindred and
sinister purpose of demoralizing the
workers Of these unions, by higher
wages and security of employment,
etc, destroying their class connection
and interest with the less privileged
sections of the workingclass. This
tactic, like that of naturalization of
the population, as seen in the Capper-
Johnson bill, is characteristic Of inn
perialist methods.
CPEAKING Of this phase Of imperial
~ ism, Lenin said:
q. ... capitalism has produced
a HANDFUL Of people Qess than
one-tenth Of the population Of the
globe, and with the most liberal
and exaggerated figuring, less than
one,fifth) especially in the wealthy
and powerful nations, who plumber
the entire world by the simpI clip
ping of coupons ......... 1t is
easy to perceive, that from such
large additional profit (for it is re-
ceived in addition to the profit which
the capitalists extract from the
workers of their. own country la
Dor leaders and the upper strata Of
the workers. aristocracy CAN BE
BRlBED. So the capitalists Of the
progressive countries bride them
by a thousand different means, d.
rect and indirect, open and secret.
"This upper strata of workers Of
workers aristocraey,' which Is
wholly petty bourgeois with regard
to their manner of living and the
| size of their earnings as we'll az
with regard to their entire world
viewpoint, constitutes one Of the
main props Of the second interna-
tlonaI, and at present the main
peace-time SOCIAL PROP FOR
THE BoURGEOISlE. For the
truest AGENTS OF THE 5ouR-
GEoISIE. IN THE LABOR MOVE
MENT are the labor Iieutenants Of
the capitalist class. 80. (Empha-
sis in the orlginaI-W. r. d.
MANY workers have been puzzled
4FA by the newborn friendship be-
tween the American labor aristocracy
and bureaucrats and the social trail
tors at the head of the second interna-
tional and the German trade unions
in particular. Here is the reason, J.
e., they are one in their support OF
capitalism, tho they differ on such
questions as independent parliament
tary action. Even on this question
the American and German bureau
Gratis are not so far apart as may
appear because today the German so
cial-democracy forms coalition gov
eminent with the purely capitalist
parties
The debauchery of large sections Of
the American labor movement is
matter of the gravest concern to
every honest worker and it is a part
of the war on the whole working
class conducted by American impe
rialism-it is the corollary of the in
creasing enslavement by American
imperialism of the workers of other
Ito Be continued).
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strument-the American government.
THESE signs are characteristic in
4 that they combine the two tactics
by which imperialism proceeds in this
epoch-gestures OF peace ana open or
disguised threats of reprisals.
Afflliation to the world court and
the praise of the Locarno pact are
peace gestures-hypocritical gestures,
it is true. The threats of Hoover,
Morgan's secretary of commerce, the
browbeating of Mexico, the rift over
Reuters activities in China, are war
gestures. Peace maneuvers are de-
signed to create confusion in the ranks
of imperialist opponents (while
strengthening the imperialist front
against Soviet Russia) war gestures
are for reminding them that behind
the gestures of peace lies the will to
use force to the utmost. @ atf-
The same tactics are used in the
class struggle.
Towards the workers both peace
gestures and threats of war, open or
covert, are made. es.a
TIME Capper-J Johnson bill is a war
4 threat against the workers Git kills
two birds with one stone, however)
it shows the war-like determination
of American imperialism to both the
rival imperialist nations and the A
merican working class.
The agreement between the rail-
ways, the government and the rail
way brotherhoods, the Lewis proposal
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-19
Why the Socialists Advocate Recognition Of Soviet Russia


politically respectable to advocate this
slogan. No one will accuse the social
list leaders of turning Communist
when bankers associated with Morgan
and company, and when such respect
able citizens as Senator Borah pub
Iicly declare for recognition of Soviet
Russia.
But the counter-revolutionary pur-
pose of the socialists, their identity
with bourgeois aims, is openly see in
the resolution adopted by the Jewish
socialist verbond at its convention
held during this week. The resolution
advocates recognition of Soviet Rus
STA so that the industrial develop
ment following therefrom will help to
liquidate the system of dictatorship
and terror and will help to establish
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-19

many.
During the last month the number
of unemployed his doubled, it is to-
day one million.
The number of part-time workers
has grown greatly and today includes
many millions.
Hundreds of factories have simply
been closed by the capitalists. The
credit crisis has become a market and
production crisis. Nor can the Ameri-
can credits help in this. Neither can
Locarno conjure bread for the hun
CRY masses.
The governmental crisis adds to the
feeling OF. insecurity and the gifts of
millions now being made by courts,
cabinet and parliament to the deposed
and expelled dynasty will certainly
not add to the contentment of the
hungry and freezing proletarian
In view of this situation the Com
munist Party follows the correct tao
tic when again and again, it calls up
on the social-democratic masses and
also upon the social-democratic party
for a united struggle against Locarno,
for social policies, and an alliance
with Soviet Russia.
The winter of 1928 was tragic
period of severest defeats for the Ger
man revolution movement but all
signs now promise that the winter of
1925 signifies the Introduction to a
period of the c. P. G.'s indignation and
cupcaSc
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make strikes impossible and which
In fact outlaws them.
8. A modification Of the class
peace scheme Of the brotherhood
bureaucracy proposed for the an
thracite miners by John L. Lewis
providing for joint efficiency COM
mission, a "no-strike" board with
the majority appointed by ex-sec-
rotary Of state Hughes, and five
year contract.
ONLY the most important incidents
~ of the last two weeks have been
listed and it will be noticed that of
the eight cited FIVE have to do with
foreign relations and only three with
internal affairs.
But the three domestic events-the
introduction of the Capper-Johnson
bill and the peace pacts between or
ganized railway and mine workers
and the railway and coal capitalists
and the government-are of primary
importance in that they express two
entirely different but inseparable re-
suits for the labor movement at home
of an imperialist foreign policy.
The five other events are surface
signs of the unacceptable contradic-
tions in a capitalist society which is
in its final stage-imperialism, pc
riod of wars and revolutions. They
represent the reactions to, the at
tempts to solve these contradictions
on the part of the American imperial
lists, their spokesman and their in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-19
BY WILLIAM wEINsToNE.

THE leaders of the socialist party
L in their recent declarations adj
vocate the recognition of Soviet Rus
STA and the establishment of trade re-
lations. To this step they have been
driven by the pressure of the working
masses who have come to realize that
Soviet Russia stands for protection
against Imperialism and therefore it
political expediency for these so
eialist leaders to advocate this slo-
ran.
The socialist leaders, however, IA
'or this slogan at time when recog-
lition Of Soviet Russia has been taken
up by groups of bankers and hig bust
less men and when it has become
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-19
Notes of an Internationalist
The German Communists Success!

es, chiefly benefited the Communists.
The new course, demanded by Mos
COW, has clearly made it possible to
overcome the fearsome effect of the
tactics propagated by Ruth Fischer"
The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
says;
"The survey now available shows
that the German national, German
Peoples, Wirtschaftspartei, and cen
trum generally maintained their
standing. Democrats and socialdemo-
Gratis lose, while the COMMUNISTS, at
the expense of the latter, can boast of
a somewhat accelerated vote in
crease"
The Clerical Germania:
"The winners are the Communists
who generally held their ground and
in places even increased the number
of their votes and mandates"
The Liberal Boerenkurier says:
"On the whole the Communists ad-
mittedly seem to have won an in
crease. This increase every
where it makes itself apparent is
gained at the expense of the social
democrats"
Thanks to the new tactics of the
party, thanks to the Intervention of
the Communist International, the Ger
man partys isolation has been brok-
en- down, the growth of the social
democracy has been brot to a halt.
Great potentialities today confront
the Communist movement in Ger
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-19
Fur Workers to Give
Broader View of the
Worldwide Struggle

NEW YORK, Jan. IA broader la
Dor journalism policy to present the
current history of our union and link
our struggle with that OF the workers
Of other industries and countries" is
announced by the Fur Worker. official
organ OF the International Fur Work
ers' Union. to begin with the .Janu-
AIRY issue.
The new program comes with the
accession of o. Shachtman, editor and
general president OF the union, elected
at the recent convention IN Boston
II. Youkelson is the, managing editor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-19

You do the job ttoice as cell--
mhcn you distribute a bundle OF
The DAILY WORKER icith your
story IN IL
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BritQin's Hand in Greek Debt

With its customary subterrhen diplomacy against the grow
of the United States in Europe England striving
its dependent nations repudate settle
ment with the government Washington
The dictator, PangaOs Lombard street who's
duty it is defend the power England, contempates re
fung the latest Greek debt States
Britain relies Greece aid in its struggle
ZION Of Turkey and that territory at the extremity
Mediterranean Greece tool of Britain expected he
blaze the trail domination Constantnope in order
bottle up the Black Sea against Russia.
Now that pawn Of Britain is called upon play new ro,
in resisting the rapid penetration capital into
all parts Of Europe.
Despite the pacfst twaddle about esprit this
conflict between the two great mpeist powers of the por
tends the inevitable clash of wherein the working viii
be called upon defend its rapacous expoiters struggle
domination Of the world
In such situation it emineny the workers every
where take advantage Of the Lenn
effectively to combot these mperiaist conspracies.
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FIX Governor Frank o. Lowden, of Illinois, corrupng
Missouri in effort to obtain the 1920 presidential
on the republican ticket is playing the trying
the bnefacor farmers in the
belt in effort the 1923 While
be described degree
audacty that intelligent do possess.
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-06-04

Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Vincent We're
happily surprised by their grand
son, Grover Vincent, who came
from Dayton, Ohio, accompanied
by a friend, William Stands, stop
ping at all places of interest en-
route. Grover will spend the
summer months with Mr.. and Mrs.
Vincent at their home, 20 N. Sec
ond street.
Rev. and Mrs. J. j. Messler are
attending the commencement ex-
ercises of the "Woman's College, "
New Brunswick, N. j. Miss Mar
garet l.. Messler, their daughter,
is to be graduated with the Bach
elor of Arts degree. Miss Messler
is a graduate of the Bridgeton
Junior High School and Asbury
Park High School.
Frank Swain, of Greenway ave-,
was called to the bedside of his
mother at Laurel, Del, on Sun
day. Mr.. SWANS daughter, Eth
Ign, and his two sons, Franklin
and Charles, accompanied him.
They found Mrs. Swain very low,
but upon their return Monday
night, she was much improved.
James H. Parrish with his son,
Elmont, and daughter Helen, also
went in Mr.. Parrish's car, and
they stopped at Smyrna, Del, and
Ridgely, Md, over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Eldridge
of 317 Franklin blvd, have been
entertaining Mrs. Margaret Pope
and Miss Elizabeth Arthur, of Los
Angeles, CAL; Miss Gertrude
Doyle, of Collingswood; Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Lawley, of German
town, Pa, and son Richard and
Albert, Jr.; Mrs. Dorothy Willets
and son Jack, Ned Heeney, An
drew Shaw, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Seipel, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Will
lam G. Oxley, of Northfield; Miss
Nance Evans, of Atlantic City.
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Celebrate Anniversary.

The first anniversary of the
Ladies Bible class of the North
field NJ. f. Chapel was celebrated
on Tuesday night in the church.
Reports were given that showed
an increase in members and a
large amount of charity work done
during the year. When organized,
the class had but IA members,
and it now has 25 members. not
counting a new one added at the
meeting. Mrs. Effie May hoJgh-
erty was welcomed into the gan
ization Mrs. Abbie Hinmon, tea-
cher, and Mrs. Howard FanDyke
reported their visitaticnS to the
county almshouse during the
month.
Mrs. Abbie Hinmon gave talk
on the spiritual work of the class,
and Mrs. George Stewart, former
ly of Mortified, but now residing
in Vineland, gave talk on her
association with the Sunday
School in Vineland. The Rev. E.
H. Mathis, pastor of the church,
gave an interesting and instruct
i've talk on 1.-THE Book That Mo-
body Knows" giving different
translations of that book. Mrs.
Howard Van Dyke favored with a
reading. An interesting and ANU
sing feature of the affair was how
talent money was earned by men,
bers, which amounted to So and
which was turned into the treas
ury at this time. The program
closed with the serving OF refresh
ments.
Juniors at Convention.
The Junior Club of the Woman's
Civic Club was well represented
in the pageant as Indian maidens,