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In return for some slight share in
these profts-then of course the en-
ployers will stop fighting because
they, the employers, have won.
TUST how distinction can be made
y by rail union heads between the
Coolidge administration, which has
given the railways everything they
have asked for, and the railway exc
cutives who have asked for and re-
ceived from the Coolidge administra-
ton practically everything they could
think of asking for, is hard to Nnder-
stand
The complaint made by the rail
union heads amounts to saying that
Coolidge has not appointed men who
are fair" to the railway unions to ad-
minister the Watson-Parker bill. But
this is the same as saying that Wat
son-Parker bill is a good law which
it is not and which the Locomotive
Engineers Journal is forced to ac-
knowledge it is not when it says the
bill "does not give them that more
vital rieht-a direct voice in the con-
troll of the Industry in which they
have invested all that they have, their
labor and their lives"
IuOW explain then the support of
IL the Watson-Parker bill by the
rail union heads?
1t secured their support because
they are weak in two directions:
/. They believe, or profess to be-
lieve, that railway managers, the
spokesmen of the big banks which
control the railways, have interests in
common with the union membership.
2. These rail union heads are awed
by the power of the railway capital
lists and have lost confidence in the
will of the workers to struggle.
THEY want peace even if it means
l. the extinction of the unions as
fighting organizations. These rail
union heads have come to the point
where they fear strikes just as much
as do the railway managers. They are
businessmen, not labor men.
But American railway capitalism is
not content merely with law which
will slowly throttle the labor unions.
1t insists upon further guarantees in
the persons of known agents of the
railways like Winslow and Morrow.
THE enthusiasm of the rail union
L heads for the Railway Labor Board
was Just as feverish when this anti
The daily worker., 1926-06-24
Frame-Ups Must Stop!

Tbs workers of the entire world registering their
the persistent efforts of the Massachusetts, authorities
and Vanzet to their death in spite the overwhelming proof that
they innocent
The chief cme' Of these two workers in the eyes the
iasts and their that they the
the department Of justice against other workers. Ella
sedo Now the workers Of America and the world responding
to the call Of Sacco and Nanze and it fitting tribute
determination Of labor that Sacco and Vanzet shall die
the Mexican workers have pceted the United States
Mexico City, demanding life and freedom the
Tins.
Among the demonstrators in Mexico City
Cuban whose persecution like these Others
labor by workers. that forced his
lease He it sad be returned Cuba and again subjected
to persecution If the world solidarity labor again
invoked
Not only the worlds workers. particularly those America
showing by their demonstrations that Saco Vanzet shall
not die but they showing in the doing this duty
few tmd leaders in the labor who try
re that the day Of demonstrations past and that
the day Of demonstrations in this country just beginning
SUBSCRIBE TO THE DAILY WORKER
The daily worker., 1926-06-24
Then Keep Them At Home

Frazier the farmer senator from North Dakota is the
respond DAILY WORKERS. demand that congress
investigate the death blast the Gary steel mills that brought death
to IA ocal report) and grave injuries to
not hold hopes for investigation The
senators and representatives in hurry return home and get
into the political campaigns locally.
On such occasions it the interests of the workers and farmers
that receive least attention.
But the has shown desire itself
with bor problems under any conditions 1t has had plenty of
time investigate the strike the Passaic textile workers Yet it
has carefully seved every attempt to bring light the facts
rounding this struggle.
had Gary place during the beginning
of the congressional session. would have been
found to push it aside.
This should not the workers. however, in their demands
these agents of the expOrs Every possible must be
brought to bear them while in session. Then when they fail
respond to the demands of labor they WILL it will be easier
convince the of workers forget for them the
election When they will be
labor spokesman will be sent Washington instead raise the
voice of the working class in this den of paamentans protecting
the interests Of Wall Street thieves
The daily worker., 1926-06-24

labor machinery was organized. They
went up and down the count y tell
ing the workers that it was a great
victory for labor
But the railway labor board hamp-
cred, fought and helped to plumber
the railway workers. Thea the rail
union heads together with the rail-
way oxecutil es, conceived the brilli-
ant scheme incorporated in the Wat
son-Parker bill. 1t also was hailed
with enthusiasm which will show a
striking decrease as the days pass and
the real purpose of the bill becomes
plain to thousands of rank and file
railway workers who may not be, as
well-acquainted with congressman and
senators as are their officials but who
do not need anything else than the
futile, struggle to make an anti-labor
bill into a weapon for labor to CON
vince them that united fronts with the
bosses are poor methods to secure
higher wages and better working con-
ditions.
THE trouble with the Watson-Parker
L bill is not that Coolidge gives ad-
ditional gifts to Caesar by his appont-
ments but that the bill itself was con-
ceived> in shame and is the fruits OF
an Illicit alliance between labor un-
ions and the exploiters of labor.
When are the heads of the railway
unions going to learn that railway
capitalists do not favor Legislation
that will strengthen labor unions and
that union officials who are SO naive
as to believe that crying peace in a
world of class struggle will earn for
their members anything but the kind
of kicks just administered by Coo
lidge, are playing into the hands Of
enemies whom they alone believe to
be friends?
pUILD the unions into fighting In
- struments is the only way to an
swer the railway executives and the
finance capitalists whose agents they
are. Peace comes only when labor,s
organized power brings it. 1t cannot
and doesg not come by making unions
into bodies more afraid of strikes and
more interested in profits than are
the railroad managers themselves.
AS for Coolidge the strikebreaker.
his appointees to administer the Wat
son-Parker bill are the type one would
expect him to choose but they are no
worse than the bill itself.
The daily worker., 1926-06-24

steadfastness of the rank and file. !;
But clearly the composition of the
council must be changed and that
at once.
Whether it is conscience, con-
stitutionalism', or 'cowardice', that
caused them to do it-those re-
sponsible for the surrender must be
removed from any position in which
these diseases operate to the gen.
eral detriment of the massed mil
lions Of the rank and file.' ~
The writer has tried to give in this
series of articles. the story of the
greatest strike, its history, its out
come, its effect upon the movement,
and the present situation on May oath.
Deep forces are at work, the miners
are still out, and no one can yet say
with certainty just how far the face
of Britain may be changed before the
struggle terminates.
The daily worker., 1926-06-24

"The workers must continue the
pressure, in order to make the COM
rades concerned realize that the
bolder their attempts to reverse the
shameful decision of May IL, the
more resolute and enthusiastic will
be the mass support behind them. -.
"How can our friends on the GEN
eral Council correct their mistakes?
BY carrying the proposals put for
ward by the miners to the railway
and transport unions regarding the
transportation of coal; by making
arrangements to feed the workers,
by insisting that the conference of
executives be held Immediately, in
stead of at the end of June, and that
it take emergency measures to re-
deem the mistake, including the
necessary changes in the General
Council"
"That is the way to overcome
weakness. And the workers will
back you up, if you give them deeds,
not words" Ha
TNHE WORKERS WEEKLY, organ OF
4 the Communist Party, is more out
spoken in saying definitely what is on
the minds of the workers. Under the
heading of Cashier the Cowards," il
makes the demand for an immediate
meoting of the combined executives
which shall receive a reckoning from
the General Council, and plans made
for continuing the fight and backing
up the miners. 1t closes by saying:
1.-THE principle of All power to
the General Council was more than
vindicated by the promptness and
The daily worker., 1926-06-24
BIZ William Z. puNNE.


A WASHINGTON dispatch sent out
"A by the Federated Press informs
lis that "astonishment and indigna-
tion were showh by rail officials"
when the names of the Coolidge ap-
pointees to the Railroad Board of
Mediation. provided for by the Wat
son-Parker bill, were made public.
The disappointment shown by the
railway union officials seems to be
commensurate with their belief in the
Watson-Parker bill as labor" meas
ure.
TT may be that the arrogance of the
4 Coolidge administration and the be-
lief of the industrial and financial
lords whose agent he is, that the re-
cent supine attitude Of the railway
union heads makes it possible to
force them to swallow anything, will
be the salvation of the railway unions
which have been fooled into believing
that the Watson-Parker bill has any
other essential purpose than to
"companyize" the existing unions and
make them mere efficiency and well
fare adjuncts of the great transporta.
tion systems.
THE record of the Coolidge ap-
pointees certainly smells to high
heaven when measured even by con
servative labor standards. n
The general counsel of the Associa.
ton Of Railway Executives, which
united with the heads Of the railway
unions to boost the Watson Parker
bill, states that the appointments
were "a complete surprise" and the
Federated Press correspondent goes
on to state that railway executives
had expected different set of men to
be appointed.
1t is not likely that the railway
managers are disappointed altho they
may be surprised.
ITO Believe that the rail executives
= are anxious for the appointment of
men who would be favorable to rail-
way labor is to believe that the mil
lenium has arrived.
OAMUEL Winslow, who fought the
~ Berkeley railway labor bill as chair
man of the house committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce, is the
Coolidge choice for chairman of the
mediation board.
The daily worker., 1926-06-24

leadership and agree most heartily
with its criticisms. Macdonald and
Thomas are in bad standing with the
masses. That the left-wing leaders
themselves are dangerously muddle-
headed is not yet clear to the masses
who are sure, for the time, to follow
those in the highest places who criti-
cize with sufficient vehemence the sur
render Of the General Council.
A LREADY members of the General
"A Council who sense this fact are
preparing themselves for an "about
face" on their own actions. This be-
gan on Friday, May 81, by statement
to the press, signed by members of the
General Council, A. B. Swales, George
Hicks and Ben Tillett; in rather vague
tremendous power demonstrated by
the strike, greets the assistance from
the Russian unions, mildly rebukes
Thomas for signing an admission that
the strike was a wrongful act,' and
concludes that:
1--WE feel assured that our class,
having demonstrated it's oneness,
will again prove a national and in
ternational oneness and courage in
aim and purpose. The capitalists
must realize that the right to live
and the right to greater citizenship
are above any pettyfogging law"
On the following day three more
members of the General Council issued
public statement, signed by Ernest
Bevin, R. B. Walker and A. H. Find
lay, which indicates that these leaders
had been deceived" 1t says in part:
Recognizing our responsibilities
as members of the General Council,
as well as the tremendous feeling
reused by the calling off of the
strike, and very natural desire for
information concerning Mr.. Bald
wins reputation of the Samuel
Memorandum. We therefore
urge Mr.. Samuel to speak without
any reservation. Will he deny that
consultations took place between
himself and Mr.. Baldwin on the
terms of the Memorandum? The
terms of the Memorandum were put
forward to the General Council and
finally accepted in good faith by
them on the definite assurance that
they would be accepted by the gov
ernment as a basis for negotiation.
On that understanding the general
strike would be declared off and the
lockout notices withdrawn
In today's papers MAY 24) Mr.. Sam
uel very cynically denies that Mr.
Baldwin knew anything about the
Memorandum until after the unions
had already surrendered uncondition-
ally.
TOWARDS these timid steps, by
l. by which signers of these state
ments wish to clear themselves of the
stain Of treachery before the labor
movement, the general attitude OF the
membership is reflected in the Sunday
Worker tissue of May 2S). It says:
1--WE welcome the statement
issued by Swales. Hicks, and Tillett
the other day, just as we do the
other declarations in today's Sunday
Worker. It is a sign that the tre-
mendous volume OF protest growing
articulate amongst the workers
against the shocking collapse O. the
General Council on May IL. is and
ing some response amongst .eome
members Of the General Council.
The daily worker., 1926-06-24
BY EARL r. BRoWDER.
part VIZ
Forging a Left Winu.


ITO some extent the deep ferment
= going on among the British masses
is reflected by Lansbury's Weekly A
few quotations from the issue of May
% will show the process at work
After critical review of events, il
concludes:
THE fight itself was the victory.
Not to have called the general
strike in the miners aid would have
killed trade unionism in eternal dis
honor. -. What, then, of the Cen
eral Council? In view of their
avowed attitude it is idle to reproach
them for not having carried out a
successful revolution. This was an
object for which they never aimed.
" They hoped to carry thru a
strike for a limited alma strike
within the framework of capitalism.
This hope was clearly vain as soon
as the government had decided to
use all the forces of the capitalist
state to crush it. In the fright
and furry of the end the council
failed. Our job is to overhaul
our own machine, to make certain
that when we march out again, as
before long we shall, there shall be
no failure of courage, or organiza-
tion, or leadership to deny to the
workers the socialist commonwealth
whose achievement alone will be
peace. sfe.,r-
"The determination to keep the
issue purely Industrial meant that
the strike was never intended to be
won. The capitalist state dis
played all its forces against the strilk-
ers; but the strikers were only using
half their forces against the state.
You cannot fight the state with
kid gloves on. Never again
must we make the mistake of enter
ing the struggle unprepared. E.
There are no Industrial or political
questions; there is only the labor
question. And the labor question is
socialism"
THE NEW LEADER, the official or
l. gan of the Independent Labor
Party, edited by H. ~ Brailsford, II
much more clear spoken, tho less emo
tionally left, than Lansburg's. We picl
the following sentences from the issue
of May 21:
'The end was a surrender. II finds
us sore and indignant, because the
General Council has left the miners
to fight on, under the lash of hunger
and alone.
"Above all, It, (the movement)
must seek out leaders who will fear
lessly carry out its will. We are not
defeated-unless we are weak
enough to acquiesce in this defeat
which our leaders inflicted upon us.
1--WE are told that our action was
unconstitutional. The charge falls
upon those who make It. The con-
stitution was not functioning. :.
In such a situation, IL parlia-
ment fails this great body of men,
they must resort to self-help. No
constitution will stand unshaken
while industry resists the demand
for for living wage.
The entire organization OF the
recent strike was weakened by i'll
considered comprises and a COM
The daily worker., 1926-06-24
AMSTERDAM STILL "CONSIDERS" 81
GIVING AID TO BRITISH LABOR

Mai)The of the Soviet labor
the million which
is
great however.
The daily worker., 1926-06-24

be placed upon the shoulders OF the
exhausted British workers, but thru
international subscription or as 1t is
done in the Soviet Union. thru do
nation of part of the wages.
The "Trud" recalls, the words Of
Oudegeest at the beginning Of the
financial assistance from outside or
ganizations and that the question OF
financial support could only arise lat
er and that the strike would hardly
last a month.
Today when the miners have al
ready been locked out for seven weeks
and the number OF the unemployed
after the general strike has increased
considerably, Amsterdam must show
finally whether or not It is really pre-
pared to lead an international support
action. The working class OF the So
Wet Union is doing its best, but its
help alone is not enough.
No Coal to Britain.
Apart from material assistance, It
Is necessary more than ever before to
prevent the export Of coal to Great
Britain, particularly as the British
government has announced its inten-
tion OF encouraging the import of for
eign coal. Unfortunately the lnterna-
The daily worker., 1926-06-24

tional Miners Federation and the In
ternational Transport Workers Fed
GRAFTON whose international action OF
solidarity was, ruined by the treach-
cry of the British railwaymen's union
leaders, is silent on the point. They
must call upon their members in
Great Britain and in other countries
to boycott the transport OF strike
breaking coal. ,r.s
The fighting slogan Of the workers
of all countries must be: mot a ton
OF coal to Great Britain"
The daily worker., 1926-06-24

plete lack of definition as to its in
tended effect 0fu
"The events of the past fortnight
will have strengthened the feeling in
the movement that in all serious dis
putes the general strike must be
frankly used as political weapon.
The two historic cgcases of it's
successful use have left their mark
upon labor's education. The Russian
general strike in 1906 forced the
czar to create the duma, and the
German strike of 1921 1sdecisively de-
feated the Kapp putsch.
"we must realize that general
strike is based just as surely on is
sues of life and death as any other
kind of warfare.
"The nerve of the leaders failed
them, and in their ANXIOUS haste to
end struggle which was too big for
them they snatched at the straw of
the Samuel settlement, and sank"
TNHE GLASGOW FORWARD carries
two opposite judgments on the
strike, one from Mr.. John Wheatley
and the other from Ramsey MacDon
aid. Wheatley says, in part:
mot only had the T. U. C. de-
serted the miners, but they had gra-
tuitously thrown their own members
to the wolves. The T. u. G. had
given Mr.. Baldwin more than he
asked, and surely great deal more
than he expected. Even now their
conduct is incomprehensible.
have no doubt that when every
thing is known, cowardice will oc-
cupy prominent place. -.
From the first moment of the
struggle, and, indeed,c before that,
prominent labor leaders were whin-
ing and groveling. The day before
the general strike Was declared we.
were told by one Of the men who
we're going out to lead us that de-
feat was certain. Others of great in
fuence, instead of going out to pro-
claim the justice of the workers
cause, spent their time damping the
ardor of the courageous by wringing
their hands and talking about the
tragedy The real tragedy was that
in its hour of trial the labor move
ment was deserted by Chose in whom
it had placed its greatest trust"
Mr.. Macdonald, in 8econfused arti
Gle, comes to but one clear conclusion
namely, that the general strike is M
good. He says: apo
"The general strikelcan only be
demonstration, and forsreal help in
long and enduring struggle the best
help that unions can give each other
Is money. We shall hear less in our
generation now Of alliances for fight
ing purposes"
ONE more quotation from an out
" standing right-wing leader will
complete the picture of crystalllzinl
differences within the Labor Party ~
reflected in the leadership. Speaking
at Bournemouth Friday, May Fl, Mr.
j. X. Clynes, M. p, declared:
"The whole idea of trying to settle
anything by such method (as the
general strike) was q delusion.
National progress swould not be
found along the line OF the domi-
nance OF any one class within the
state" AZ
without question the Overwhelming
majority OF the memb{fs Of the British
trade unions support the left-wing
The daily worker., 1926-06-24
FAIRBANKS SAYS HE
IS HIGHLY IMPRESSED
WITH SOVIET FILMS
tspeolaI to The DaIIy work.r,

Especial to The Daily Worker)
PARIS, June 22.-DousIas Fair
banks told newspaper men here that
he was very enthusiastic over sew
eraI Russian films he has seen since
he is In Europe. zone Of them was
as fine as picture as | have ever
seen," said the movie star. "A
Soviet representative has been ne
gotlating with our organization for
aid In developing RussIa's picture
industry" he said.
The daily worker., 1926-06-24
Worker Is Killed a~s'
at the Russell Dock
on the East River

NEW YORK (FP)-- June a.
Henry White, employed by the Rus
sell Dry Dock company on the East
River. was killed when rope at
tached to an engine entangled him
and threshed his body about the en-
gine room. ~ ~ M
B SEND IN A. SUBJ
Evening star., 1926-12-16
STUDY APARTMENT DATA

All the data and questionnaires re-
ceiyed by the Commerce Department
on the plan to erect moderate priced
apartment homes for Government
workers in Washington have been
turned over to the unnamed sponsors
for the plan and an intensive study
of the financial aspects of the plan
and it's possible benefits to the Army
of Federal workers in Washington
is now under way. The scheme has
not been dropped, according to Secre-
tary Hoover, although for the present
nothing can be made public on it eX-
cept that progress is being made. The
Commerce Secretary has indicated
that the name of the sponsor or spon
sors for the plan may never be re-
vealed
About 10000 questionnaires were re-
ceived by the Commerce Department
from Government employees, a large
percentage of them expressing ap-
proval of the plan and announcing
the intention of the signers to lease
apartments in the proposed struc-
lures. The apartments, according to
the original announcement, are to be
built within 10 minutes of downtown
Washington.
Evening star., 1926-12-16
.|TAL|AN-GERMAN
PACT COMPLETE
Friendship and Arbitration
Treaty Due to Be Signed
Within IS Days.
BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Dali.
News. Copyright. 1926.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Ddilg
News. Copyright. 1926.
ROME. December 16.-The Italo-
German pact of friendship and arbi-
tration will be signed within ID days.
In order to make the pact more I'm
portant, Premier Mussolini and For
eiGn Minister Stresemann will meet
at a city of northern Italy.
According to the Corriere Della
Sera. the pact will bc similar 10 tha'
concluded by Italy recently with
Switzerland. II will not have non
political secret strings attached. It's
scope is to make each understand the
other peaceably. 1t is. then, a losi-
cal complement to Locarno. not
counterweight to Thoiry.
This pact proves Mussolini's sue
cess in preventing the political iso-
lation of Italy as a result of the new
political intimacy of France md Ger
many, and the solemnity which is TO
surround its signing demonstrates its
importance.
Renewal of cordial activities be-
tween Italy and Germany, adds the
Corriere Della Sera. is unusual be-
cause of the similarity of the prob
lens of the two nations. 1t Indicates
that the quarrel of last Spring be-
tween Italy and Germany has been
completely forgotten.
The pact intensfies the power of
both countries in the League of Ma
tionS. They will collaborate< to re.
vindicate their own claims. especially
TO colonial mandates. The pact Is
essentially political. but it is evident
that important economic questions
also are involved.
Besides collaboration with Germany
in the economic penetration of the
Near East, Italy will turn to Ger
many for raw materials.