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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-01


TN view of the acuteness OF the situa-
L ton the British government decided
TO beat a timely retreat as the best
strategy Three important dominion
delegations Canada, South Africa and
Ireland) came to the conference deter
mined to raise the constitutional ques-
ton and the question of international
status. The delegates are fully sup
ported by public opinion at home.
Hertzog, who bore arms against the
British during the Boers war and who
even after reconciliation with Britain
stood for an independent South AT
rican republic, completely defeated the
loyalist South African party OF SHUTS
in the last election and became the
head of the government. Ever since
he came to power Hertzog has repeat
eddy put forward the separatist pro-
gram of Boer nationalism. The agi-
tation for South African flag was
the acute manifestation of the sepa-
ratist sentiment. A few days before
the imperial conference met in Lon
don great mass meeting was held in
johannesburg to celebrate the "Afri-
kaaner Day" Four ministers of the
Hertzog cabinet, including the acting
premier, were present. In that meet
ing MaIan Zone of the ministers) de-
clared that the government had de-
cided unanimously to pass the flag bill
next year. Malan accused the South
African press of defending imperial
interests as against national interests
and declared that the press was owned
by peoples overseas and that the edi-
tors are foreigners
Undoubtedly this demonstration OF
nationalism was to strengthen the
hand of Hertzog in the imperial con
ference And Hertzod did not disap.
point his followers at home. He
took the first opportunity to state his
case, and in doing so did not mince
words. He demanded. IL. In prin-
ciple, unrestricted freedom of action to
each individual member OF the com
monwealth; 2. In practice, consulta-
ton with view to cooperative ac-
ton wherever possible
This conception ofiimperial unity, II
accepted, would reduce the empire to
sort Of loose entente likely to drift
apart under the growing pressure OF
economic interests.
canada's Position.
CANADA has not come with any
- friendlier mood. Mackenzie King
may be a better diplomat than the
Boer general from Transvaal but his
diplomatic words are pronounced on
the background of formidable facts.
He has swept the country In the re-
cent election, which was fought with
clear nationalist slogans. The coun-
try has supported him in his challenge
to the authority OF the British gov.
crnor general. He has defeated his
opponents who were lacked by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-01
BY c. E. RUTHEN7ERG, Gen. secy.
Workers (communist) Party.

Editorial Note This is the
third of series of articles on the
discussions and resolution Of the
meeting of the central committee
of the Workers (Communist)
Party announced in The DAILY
- WORKER a few days ago,l
THE summary of the discussions
4 and resolutions Of the central COM
mittee in regard to the opportunities
for developing the revolutionary move
ment-and building the Workers (Com-
munisD Party made in the previous
articles, shows clearly that the great
est opportunity for Communist work
in the present period of imperiahst
development and Capitalist prosper
ity" is among the unorganized, semi
skilled and unskilled workers in the
highly developed machine industry.
The most favorable basis for ap-
proach and contact with these work
ers is thru the program of struggle
for higher wages and better working
conditions-the winning of such de-
mands thru organization of these
workers. This makes the work of or
ganizing the unorganized workers one
of the major tasks of the party at
the present time.
The Importance of the work among
the unorganized in relation to the
Communist work to make the trade
unions organs of militant struggle,
against capitalism, was emphasized in
the resolution on trade union work of
the last convention of the party which
declares:
"The condition existing in the
United States, so far as the trade
unions are concerned, is to a con-
siderable degree, parallel to the con-
ditions which existed in Great
Britain a quarter of a century ago.
There, too a highly reactionary
trade union bureaucracy was in con-
troll of the trade unions and opposed
all progressive measures in the
0AA U.s. AE against TIC plO9 tlbs II
was only the advent of new union
ism" which came into existence
thru the organization of the great
masses Of previously unorganized
workers that the trade unions chang
ed their policy and the labor party
was formed and industrial unionism
developed.
1.-THE organization of millions of
workers in such industries as the
steel industry, the rubber industry,
the automobile industry will bring
into the American trade union move
ment, new and more militant spirit
and will greatly increase the in
fluence of our party and aid mater
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-01

governor general because OF
their imperial orientation. The con-
sentative party, behind which stand
the financial interests closely connect
ed with London banks, has been van
pushed at the polls. The liberal
progressive combination, led by King,
came to power with the following pro-
gram: /. Canada is de facto indie
pendent, but de jure still subordinated
to the sixty-year-old British-North
America act passed by the British par
lament. This state of affairs must be
changed. 2. Canadian parliament
should have the same sovereign right
to manage domestic and foreign affairs
as the British parliament. 8. Canada
should not be reduced to the status Of
a colony by the interference of the
British governor general.
These are very clear issues, and the
government of Mackenzie King is com
mitted to them. When King showed
reluctance to attend the imperial con-
ference to press these vital constitu-
tional issues, he was urged by the
nationalist politicians, who wanted
him to back up Hertzog in the con-
ference.
Irish Problem.
THEN there is Ireland. The Irish
l. delegate, Fitzgerald, expressed his
intention to raise the questions of war
and of the functions of the governor
generals. His views are that the do
minions should not be considered to
be technically or legally in state of
war simply by virtue of the fact that
Britain was at war.
The conference will have to sit
much more than q month If such
grave conflicts of interests are to be
composed. But in this critical period
of its economic existence British i'm.
perialism can hardly afford to sharpen
the issues OF inter-imperial relations
by stubbornly opposing the points OF
view Of the dominions or by insisting
upon London's hegemony over foreign
affairs. Diplomacy is considered to be
the best way out of the crisis.
But neither diplomacy nor conces.
sions in questions of foreign relations
would touch the background OF the
conflicts. Riffs in the background OF
the relations between the dominlons
and the metropolis cause the discord
In the political and constitutional su.
perstructures. The basic relation Is
the economic relation.
Britain Is losing her economic,
financial and political hegemony upon
the countries which formally are. and
will be for some time, still parts OF
the British empire.
Capitalist Decline.
THE growth OF separatist tendency
l. In the dominions Is closely con.
nected with the decline OF British
capitalism. II Is the cause and the
effect at the same time. IndustrialI.
zation OF tho dominions makes them
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-01

progressively independent of the me-
tropolis, but increases their need for
capital II it were possible to keep
up constant and increasing flow of
capital from England to the domin-
ions on the most favorable conditions,
the process of rupture in inter-imperial
relations would not be so pronounced.
The dominions with the exception of
South Africa developed largely with
capital and labor exported from Brit
ain. On the other hand, the large
bulk of the raw materials produced in
the dominions found market in Eng
land.
Now both these basic relations be-
tween the dominions and the mother
country have changed. England is
not able to supply the growing capital
elsewhere on more favorable condi-
lions. For example, no British cap
ital has penetrated deeply into Can
ada. At the same time, chronic in
dustrial depression has caused a
shrinkage OF market in Britain for the
raw materials from the dominions.
Since the latter are obliged TO sell
out of the empire, they must also buy
outside the empire. Consequently, the
program of imperial preference in
which British capitalism seeks a way
out Of the present crisis becomes I'M
realizable.
Britain Weak.
SPEAKING outside the conference
~ hall Mackenzie King succinctly
but clearly formulated the basic con-
ditions for the relations between Can
ada and England in these words: I'VE
want capital. We would take 1t from
Britain; but IL we cannot get 1t here
we must find II elsewhere" In his
opening speech Baldwin cid not fail
to touch this foundation Of inter-impe-
rial relationship. He endeavored to
justify the present inability of London
to supply the dominions with capital
on favorable terms by reference to
what the mother country had done in
the past. He reminded the dominion
representatives that down to the end
Of 1925 London had lent TO the domin-
ions S50,0O0,000. But he was con-
strained to admit 1.-THE reduction in the
wealth and accumulated savings OF
this country (BritainD resulting from
the world war" When Baldwin re-
ferred to the total investment OF
eS50 100000 (of which about e35O,.
100000 went to Canada) Mackenzie
King must have taken a mental note
OF the f40O,O0O,000 OF American cap
ital invested in Canada mostly since
the war.
Recently the South African trade
commissioner in London stated that
every year his country was sending
more raw materials abroad. Last
years balance was &17.000,OO0 He
said that South Africa must increase
her export because she must have cap
ital In return.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-01
How to Carry on the Work of Organ
izIna the Unoraanlzed.

lzina the UnorganIzed.
The work in the field of organiza-
ton of the unorganized must be
carried on by the parity in two ways.
First, thru direct work in the shops
and factories for organization Of the
unorganized workers and second, thru
stimulation of the existing trade un-
ions to take up the work and carry
on the campaign for the organization
of the unorganized.
The reorganization OF the party on
the basis of the shop nuclei has given
us the instrument for direct contact
with the workers In the factories thru
which we can initiate the campaigr
for organization of the unorganized
workers.
The party nov has direct contact
with the workers. between two and
three hundred factories thruout the
country 1t is already publishing shop
papers in some twenty-five to thirty
Of these factories.
While the shop nucleus is political
unit of the party, and must carry on
the work in support of all Of the party
campaigns in the factory, it is par
ticularly strong weapon Of our party
in the work of organization of the un-
organized
q 1t is the task of every shop nucleus
which exists in an industry i'll which
the workers are not organized to be-
gin systematic agitation for organiza-
ton as part Of their work. This agita-
ton must be based upon the expert
ences and grievances of the workers
in the factories, thru taking up the
demands for higher wages, the griev-
ances Of the workers in regard to their
working conditions, that a movement
for organization can be developed.
The first step toward organization is
the crystallization of the demands Of
the workers thru agitation in the fac
tories. Where shop papers are pub
lished by the party nuclei, these pa
pers must make this their first task.
The development of &c greater number
Of shop papers is one Of the steps
necessary to strengthen the campaign
for organization of the unorganized.
Following this campaign of agita-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-01

ton, the shop nucleus must endeavor
to establish contact with the more
militant workers outside of the party
in the shop and endeavor to form a
shop committee. In large industries
this shop committee must extend it.
self by organizing similar committees
in all departments of the industry.
The creation Of such a skeleton or
ganization in the unorganized indus
try, which in the moment when the
workers grievances reach a boiling
point, can call strike and during
the strike, organize the mass of the
workers into a union, must be under
taken by the party shop nuclei in all
the unorganized industries.
1t will require careful persistent
work on the part of the shop nuclei
TO carry out this program but if the
work is undertaken in earnest with a
determination to secure results, the
party can develop scores of "Passaics"
on the basis of its present strength in
the unorganized industries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-01
BY M. N. ROY.

TNHE drama which is being enacted
l. behind closed doors in Downing
street could be characterized as a
comedy had it not been so tragic for
the British empire. It is a comedy
because Of the hypocritical speeches
made for publication. They are talk
ing of imperial unity and loyalty to
the crown while the conflict of inter-
ests becomes ever sharper. Baldwin
virtuously concluded his inaugural
speech with a quotation from St.
Augustine; "In essentials, unity; in
non-essentials, liberty; in all things
charity" But the Boer general Hert-
zog, who lacks Anglo-Saxon polite
ness, brusquely turned the tables and
demanded that the basis of the impe-
rial federation should be liberty in
essentials; unity where selfinterests
permit; charity-to none" The
frankly separatist views of Hertzog
are shared, II not as openly, by Can
ada and Ireland.
Evidently inter-imperial relations
have become so critical that a deter
mined effort must be made to find a
modus vivendi. In political and con-
stitutional issues London seems to be
prepared to make concessions, pro-
vided that economic supremacy re-.
mains unimpaired. That Is, II the do.
minions would sincerely accept the
principle OF imperial preference and
effectively apply II in practice, their
demands as regards internal autonomy
and international status could be re.
lnctantly granted. Altho Chamber.
laln's long report on foreign affairs is
not published, 1t is reported that he
even did not raise the question of
OF the Locarno treaties by
the dominions. That is a great con-
cession Il places the dominion gov.
outside the Jurisdiction OF
Tho BritisB foreign office.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-01

SEND IN A SUE TO-DAY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-01

tally in achieving our end of win
ming the organized masses for the
revolutionary Communist struggle"
The organization Of the Passaic
workers and their entry into the
American Federation of Labor thru
afiliatlon to the United Textile Work
ers, thus creating strong left wing
within the latter organization, is
concrete example of the working out
of the policy formulated in the above
quotation from the convention resolu-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-01

organize in order to achieve these
demands
While not to the same degree, the
present situation Of capitalist prosper
ity presents a similar opportunity for
organization OF the workers. The fact
that there is general employment is
encouraging the workers to make new
demands and TO enter into struggle
for these demands. The boasts about
the great profits of the capitalists are
stirring the demand for a higher
standard OF life among the workers
who are producing these profits.
1t is now, during this period of CAPT
talist prosperity that the movement
for the organization of the morgan
lied can make Roadway. The labor
movement as whole has not taken
advantage of the situation thus far.
Valuable time has been lost in devel-
oping the movement for organization.
By taking up this movement energeti-
cally and taking the leadership in it,
the party can greatly extend its In
fiuence among the workers and at the
same time build the party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-01
The Work in the Trade Unions to
Organize the Unorganized.

simultaneously with the work of the
party nuclei in the factories, the party
must, thru its trade union fractions,
initiate campaigns thru the trade I'M
ons for organization Of the morgan
led
There is a broad field of activity in
carrying on this work. Resolutions
supporting the program for organiza-
tion Of the unorganized can be intro
duced in the trade union bodies, all
the way from the local trade unions
to the convention of the American
Federation of Labor. The party trade
union fractions should carry on the
struggle to have committees for the
organization of the unorganized and
for conduct of campaigns to achieve
this end, set up by the local unions.
by the district councils, the central
labor bodies, state declarations of la
Dor thru the conventions of the inter-
national unions and carry the struggle
to the A. F. Of L. convention.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-01
Favorable Opportunities for Organ.
izatlon Of the Unorganized.

During the period of the world war,
the American Federation OF Labor in
creased its membership to four mil
lion. 1t was possible to organize large
masses Of the workers during the
period of the war when the labor
power of the workers was in demand.
The capitalists needed the workers
services and consequently the position
of the workers was strengthened. The
high rate at which industry was run
ming encouraged the workers to make
greater demands for increased wages
and a higher standard of life and to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-01
Work Among the Unoreanized
Workers.

As pointed out in the resolution OF
the last convention, the work of or
ganizing the unorganized is of the ut
most importance in winning the trade
union movement for the militant class
struggle against capitalism. The work
ers who come into the organized labor
movement from the great machine in
dustry will be a source of new
strength for the left wing in its strug.
gle for militant class struggle policy
by organized labor.
\The central committee resolution,
however, emphatically points out that
there must be no let-up in the work
in the existing trade unions because
of the throwing of the party energy
into the work of organizing the unor-
ganized
The party thus far has brought far
too little Of its strength to bear in the
trade unions. All of the campaigns
Of the party to emphasize the need Of
the struggle to win the organized
workers in the trade unions have re-
suited in approximately so per cent Of
the party membership becoming mem
bers of the trade unions, and probably
less than half of these members ac-
tually carry on systematic work in
their unions.
There is, therefore, still the need of
energetic steps to. have the party mem
bers who are eligible for trade union
membership to Join union. At least
80 per cent Of the party membership
is eligible for union membership and
should become members of trade
union.
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STORM DEATHS 10
Continued from Page One)

sign at Alton, n. H, died later at
Rochester, n. H, hospital.
Miss May Wertella of Bogota, N.
j., overcome while running for bus
at South Deerfield for Mortified,
Mass, where she was attending the
women's missionary conference, died
today at Greenfield hospital.
New England was slowly and
laboriously repairing the damage
caused by last nights storm, which
amounted to several thousand dol
lars. Telephone service to northern
New England, badly crippled by the
fury Of the storm, was being grad
ually restored but during the day it
was virtually impossible to get
through to points north of an arc
drawn from Portland, Maine,
through the New Hampshire lake
district to Brattleboro, Vt, and calls
to Laconia. Wolfsboro and Keene, n.
H, were accepted only on a. delayed
basis.
News of heavy damage by a lorna
do and thunderstorm at Star Island.
Isle of Shoals, N. H, reached here
only today, because the island had
no communication with the mainland
except by steamboat. A sixty mile
gale knocked over chimney and
ripped off doors and windows, scat
tering shattered glass, at the Oceanic
House, and number of delegates
to the conference of the Unitarian
Meetings Association, staying at the
hotel, were badly cut and bruised.
One woman sitting in a chair on the
verandah was blown Is feet into a
corner, chair and all, and was bad
ly shaken up. Gardens were torn up
and the waiting room on the steamer
wharf was wrecked
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Former Premier
King Raps Meighen
AS Campaign Opens

ottawa, July 23-P)-Charglns
that Premier Meighen had "usurped
power" and had "insulted parliament
by sumnarily closing its doors" for
mer Premier w. L. Mackenzie King
tonight opened the Liberal party
campaign for the parliamentary leec-
tons to be held September IA.
For two weeks" Mr.. Mackenzie
King declared, "Mr. Meighen alone
was the government of Canada. If
that is not anarchy and absolutism
in government I should like to know
what category political philosophy
would assign government carried on
under such conditions. 1 know Of
nothing in British history compar-
able to this since the days Of Charles
/. 1t may all be very dramatic, very
daring, but there is not a vestige of
constitutional right that it does not
undermine.
mfr. Meighen says there is no
constitutional issue. Let me tell the
present prime minister that he will
find before the present campaign Is
over that there Is a constitutional
issue greater than any that has been
raised in Canada since the founding
of the Dominion"
The Liberal leader suspended his
action in advising the governor
general to dissolve parliament. but
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End Church Vacation
School at Penney
Memorial with Picnic

The church vacation school which
has been conducted in the Penney
Memorial United Baptist church
closed Friday with picnic at the
Macomber Fairgrounds. The long
line of children marching from the
church to the playground behind the
Christina and American flags was an
impressive picture.
The school opened on July s. under
the direction of the pastor, DIR. Will
liam Wood and adult workers of the
Baptist church. The number Of chill
dren enrolled considerably exceeded
the 100 mark set at the beginning of
the school, with high average daily
attendance.
The two and one half hour daily
session Of the school has been filled
with q varied program consisting of
period Of devotion, Bible stories.
and the memorizing of scripture and
hymn. The children have enjoyed
the handwork period when flower
making, basketry and wood work
classes were conducted. This is the
first church vacation school ever
held in the city and has convinced
the citizens of the great value of the
movement to the children.