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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
The Soviet Unions or the American Which?

TEE trade unions of Soviet Russia sOih their slogans Of
aoorking struggle against dying capitalism the
unions of the United States ao their policy of "cGss peace
and class collaboration This question be-
fore the organised of impoverished Europe The Rus
sian unions represent the fruits of Uctory gained By the
Itiondry battle of the Russian prOIeGriGt against capital
Soviet Russia there to stay The standard Of uing Of
Russian orkes is rising The pOoer Of the oOers
public grOong. The of Europe looking OloGrdS
the Soviet Union But the reormiSt leaders, the sOcGdemO
cratic traitors of Europe helpless before the mighty and
tain decline of European capitalism look tooGrds America
Their fear of struggle their ove of respecGbit prompt
them to foow in the footsteps Of the American Federation
of Labor Bureaucracy in erUIity to their capitalist masters
cause them emulate the class peace doctrines chGmponed
by bankrupt leadership of uions country 1hOse i'm
periGs the entire capitalist 0orld But the
plotted Europe the end of capitalism and
moving sIO0y surely into the final death grGppe 0b 1T
aohie social patriotic leaders attempt to hide the
cesses of the Russian prOetarGt and seek to blind the
European loorerS and dGmpen their Grdor for the struggle by
DANGLING before their eyes the crumbs that fall from the table
of American imperialism Of the labor CrsocrGcy of the United
States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
Reformists Founder Before
Fascism

THE reformists used to contend that
l. they could overcome fascism with
reformist methods. The Italian re-
formists have, however, been unable
to save even their own organizations
from the general wreck. Many of the
reformist leaders are adaptingg them
selves to fascism. Some Of them have
gone directly into the camp OF the
fascists. The secretary of the print
ers' union in Italy, Tommaso Bruno,
who took the latter course, justified
his action with an appeal to the me
cessity OF saving the cash-box."
In the meantime the reformists car
ried on a strict policy OF expulsion
against the Communists and closed up
the local trades councils. When the
r. I. L. U. appealed to the Amsterdam
international to join with in cam
paign in aid OF the Italian unions
which, as everyone knows, belong to
Amsterdam. the Amsterdam Interna-
tional did not consider II necessary
to answer; instead II directed itself
to the International labor Office, which
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
Successes and Mistakes Of Revolutionary Trade UnOnSn

the case of the Building Workers
Union.
10. A one-sided determination OF
the date for unity.
IA. A lack of relation between the
united front proposals and the daily
needs of the workers.
IS. A substitution Of the question
Of the unity of the Red International
of Labor Unions and Amsterdam by
the question of the unity of the Rus
sian unions and Amsterdam, as this
was done for instance in the resolu-
tion of the enlarged executive Of the
Communist Party of Great Britain.
hope that after the informatory let
ter Of the central committee of tho
Russian Party there will be no more
unclarity about this point.
16. The recruiting of new mem
bers for the reformist unions in coun-
tries where the revolutionary unions
are organized on national scale as
for instance, in Czecho-Slovakia.
II. The desire to liquidate the Red
International of Labor Unions and the
organization affiliated to it.
IS. An underestimation of the diff
ficulties of the struggle for unity and
therefore a following disappointment
and disbelief in the possibility of
unity.
10. An unsystematic struggle for
unity.
20. insufficient elasticity in the
treatment accorded to the oppositional
movement.
81. The application of the same po-
tential forms before the creation Of
the united front and after, during the
carrying out of the joint action.
%. Inability to establish the united
front during strikes, to rally the active
elements and to show them that the
party is doing everything for the cause
Of victory; for instance, in the Amer
lean party during the anthracite min
ers' strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
Americanism Means Class
Collaboration

THE Americanization does not only
L consist in increasing the standard
of productivity, but also in the intro
duction of new forms of the idea Of
cooperation between capital and la
Dor. These new forms are such as can
be seen in the agreements between
trade unions and the employers in the
interests of the increase of produc-
tivity for which the trade unions under
take the responsibility (the & o."
Baltimore and Ohio plan), in the in
PRODUCTION of workers banks, which
are only useful to the trade union
bureaucracy and which in consequence
of its Vaccinations gradually slip
from the control of the workers and,
finally, the drawing in of workers
as shareholders in capitalist concerns.
The European trade union leaders are
beginning to justify these things
"Marxistically. German reformists
are issuing the slogan of economic
democracy" The theological quag
mire of reformism is so deep that the
reformist, Karl Ewing, was able to
write:
"The working class is a part Of
the capitalist system, the eclipse Of
tho capitalist system is therefore
the eclipse Of the working class"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
For an "AII-In" Inter-
national

THE activity Of the workers on the
4 new continent is growing. The
Japanese reformists are attempting to
call a pan-Asiatic trade union con
gress and to face the Red Information
al Of Labor Unions with a colored in,
ternational. The Japanese reformist
leader Susuki tried to win the Shang
hal workers for this plan, but from
them he received the necessary an
swer.
The Chinese workers do not want q
special colored international, but 0
world international. Similar attempts
are being made by the Australian
trade union leaders to call a trade
union congress of the Pacific Ocean
and the trade union leaders Of Ameri
ca are attempting TO form an Ameri
can trade union International under
the hegemony Of the Gompers' unions
The existence of strong working
class movement in India, Cuba and
In the Philippines, etc, shows that
the question of unity is not Europ.
can one but a world one. How 10 this
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02

blow to the Chinese center of British
Imperialism.
The struggle OF the Chinese trade
unions is the greatest event of world
history with the exception of the oc-
tober revolution. The tremendous
strikes in India, the struggle for the
formation of revolutionary trade-un-
ions in Tunis, the formation of trade
unions in Syria and the obstinate
struggle for the unity of the trade
union movement in the Dutch East
Indies show also the development in
the colonial countries. Our press must
therefore direct more of it's attention
in this direction.
Everyone is aware Of the sabotage
of the Amsterdamers of the support
for the Chinese strikers. They sup
ported the textile strike in Bombay
because there the leadership was in
reformist hands. The reformists speak
Of the necessity for the Intervention
of the representative of European
culture" in China. This is the same
as direct support for the imperialists.
The Amsterdam International has no
standpoint whatever in the Morocco
and Syrian wars. And Jouhaux took
part in the suppression of the revolu-
tionary trade unions in Tunis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02

T ATELY the American agents OF
- Mussolini have crystallized their
movement for a struggle against the
American working class. Just as in
Italy, where the fascist have been
firing their heavy ammunition on the
labor unions, so in America we are
witnessing concerted attack of a
similar nature.
The fascist thruout the world have
recognized that the enemy of its ter
rOrist, capitalist-supporting movement,
is the working class. However, in its
struggles against the working class it
aims to have them submit meekly to
the capitalists
In their bi-monthly magazine, "Gio-
vinezza" (Youth), which carries an
English section, it speaks of the re-
cent coal strike and denounces the
fact that the coal miners union is per-
mitted to carry on a strike to better
its conditions. It advocates fascist
methods in dealing with the strikers
and goes on further to say, "This is
lIuQOOSlDlC Va cSAAOfOAhOHSe - -
no longer an experiment in Italy.
There it is a proved success. Why
not in American"
It's attitude on the working class
can be measured by its position to-
wards Russian recognition. 1t is
against recognition of Russia, "un-
less the American administration Sc
cures positive, reliable, satisfactory
pledges from Moscow of the Soviets
abandonment of unsound economic and
political experiments in Russia and
Of absolute non-interference in Ameri-
can domestic affairs" The fascist in
America can we'll afford to take its
own advice and perhaps might ask
the United States government to
break with Italy until the fascist die
tatorship is abandoned and that its
own organization, namely, the Fascist
League of North America, shall stop
it's propaganda in the United States.
In an editorial, "Bolshevism in the
United States" it deplores the fact
that there is much radical activity
among certain foreign elements. Nor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
Reformist Policy One of
Disruption

IETE do not fear to admit our mis-
w takes; let the Amsterdammers
and the eleven internationalists, who
only speak to one another in terms
of politeness and live no, cooperative
international life together, laugh at us
if they want to.
On the basis of examples from Italy,
Belgium and America the speaker then
proved that the reformists are con
tinuing their policy of disruption
They are now preparing a split of the
Finnish trade union movement on a
grand scale and in this action they
are counting upon the support of the
police. We, however, base our hopes
upon the Finnish proletariat. We
hope that it will give the Amsterdam,
mers the answer that they deserve
The cause of the heroic Finnish fight
ers who are working under tremen
dous prosecutions is the cause Of the
whole international.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
Historic Movement in the
Orient

TINE development of the trade I'M
Il ions in the colonial and half-coio-
2 NAL countries in the last eighteen
months is characteristic. The Chi
nese revolution received a special
drive thru the appearance of the work
ers' trade union, which, in spite OF
the prosecutions, the execution of
leaders, etc, developed with unex-
pected speed.
A few years ago the membership OF
the Chinese unions was a feE ten
thousands, today they have over a
million members. In Tientsin there
appears a trade union daily. The Chi
nese proletariat is using new methods
in dts struggle. During the strike in
Hong-Kong, for instance, hundreds of
thousands of workers were taken
away from Hong-Kong and moved to
Canton which represented a great
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
The Struggle for Unity

TN the question of unity we have
4 already accomplished considerable
successes, because an ever greater
number of sections are beginning to
learn how to approach the masses OF
the social-democratic and non-party
workers. The Communist Party of
Great Britain applies the tactic of the
united front most successfully. In
England the small Communist Party
influences many hundreds of thou
sands Of non-party workers.
An example of the successful ap-
plication of the united front tactic is
the Swedish left wing conference
where onethird of all the workers
united upon the basis of the class
struggle and representatives of vari-
Gus parties found a common language
in the solution of the immediate tasks
The Italian Party was able thru an
elastic Bolshevist activity to become
the leader of the anti-fascist move
ment. ~
We have also our weak, side which
consists above all in formal treat
ment of this question of unity. These
mistakes are: 1. An over-estimation
of ones own and an under-estimation
of the enemies forces.
2. An over-estimation of the oppos-
ing forces.
3. A lack Of confidence in the fore
IS of the working class.
A.. The setting up of unacceptable
conditions for common actions.
5. Proposals to the leaders with
out modifying the masses.
8. Unity at any price aeven at the
cost of giving up ones own principles
for instance, in Jugo-Slavia and in
Roumania.
z. Passivity in the face Of the ex
pulsion of Communists from the trade
unions, for instance in the case OF
the expulsion of Lootens from the Bel
gian Brass Workers Union.
8. insufficient mobilization Of so
cial-democratic and non-party work
ers to the organization OF unity.
8. Hostile relations between the
social democratic and Communists
workers.
10. A tardy carrying out Of the
united front decisions, for instance
the Communist Party in Czecho-Slo
vakia is only now beginning to carry
out these decisions. In Germany the
formation Of left wing is only IL
its commencing stages. ft
IL. A united front only between
the Communists OF various organiza
tions instead of with social-democratit
and nonparty workers. "
IL. Unity impatience precipitatef
dissolution Of ones own organizations
for instance in Germanyiin the case
OF the Land Workers Union and II
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
Experiences of Shop Nuclei
and Concentration Groups

IB. letter was addressed to Brooklyn,
and it was Wednesday before he re-
ceived it. K. did not get any letter
at all. C. was present. We don't
know about the other comrades.
Comrades Literature Agent and Or
ganizer complain that they don't get
any instructions whatsoever from the
section, not a plan of activity of the
section. Comrade c. says he has al
ready suggested at the section meet
ing that the section executive shall
call a meeting of the group and nu-
cleus organizers, but no action was
taken.
The comrades have also heard about
factory campaigns in our section Gan
apron factory, Sunshine Biscuit Cor
and the group suggests that the whole
section be modified for such. cam
] paigns.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
ITALIAN FASCIST YOUTH IN AMERICA
a Struggle Against the Workers.

is radical sentiment lacking among
native Americans, particularly the
restless young folks" Not recogniz-
ing that the growth of Bolshevism is
due to economic causes, it continues
its harangue. "Bolshevism comes in
the train of political neglect of duty
and principal, and pandering to the
voting strength of the mob for selfish
maintenance in office"
What could be a clearer picture of
the aims of the fascist in America
when they call for the curtailment of
free speech. 1t concludes its editorial
with a brazen statement calling for
fascism in America. One cannot
doubt that Mussolini with the aid of
the capitalists is endeavoring to set
up reign of terror turnout the world
when the expression of the American
fascist say, "It were better If we
adopt fascist methods here to sup
press such disgusting license. AS
long as we permit such brazen ar
frontery and sedition here, SO long we
suffer. :" That the capitalists Of
America give support to this move
ment can be seen by the compliment
tary statements Of Judge Gary, the
steel magnate, and Louis X. Ligget,
the drug magnate, endorsing fascism
and Mussolini.
AS we have seen In England, where
the fascist have fired their shots
against the workers who are rebelling
against capitalism, so in America we
see the same attempt being made.
The working class must recognize
the dangers of fascism. 1t must carry
ON relentless struggle against it.
So long as. it is a menace to the work
ing class, so long does 1t remain a
menace to the Communists.
AS the vanguard of the working
youth we must expose fascist methods
and take the offensive together with
all the workers against them. We
cannot overlook fascism, for If it goes
forth unchecked it will prove to be a
stumbling block for the success Of
establishing the rule of the working
class. Al Schaap.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
Ford School Boys Doped

DETROIT, Mich.--According TO ].
f. Wright, founder and leader of the
Pathfinders of America, who recently
lectured before the Ford schoolboys,
out of 100 men starting work at the
age of 25, only will be well-to-do or
independent at Go. Discounting the
SO men that died, 1t means that so per
cent will be in direct poverty Mr..
Wright, however, does not use the
above figures as an indictment OF this
absurd capitalistic system, where 8
per cent own the mills, mines, factor
les and resources of the nation, and
by virtue Of this ownership are able
to exploit the 90 per cent and grow
still richer.
Instead of telling the boys, all Of
whom are children of the working
class, that their lot in life Is only to
make interest on rich mems money,
Mr.. Wrights object is, under this
capitalist system, to inspire the boys
with the myth OF getting out of this
90 per cent or working class and into
the 5 per cent owning class-Ths
FORD WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
The Russian Unions and
Amsterdam

THE question of the relations of the
4 Amsterdam International to the
Russian trade unions is not simply
Russian question, but a question of
the relations of the whole revolution
airy movement to Amsterdam. The
slogan of the fifth congress was for
the unification of both trade union
internationals thru an international
unity congress upon the basis of pro-
portional entry into the Amsterdam In
ternational
In order to mislead the workers, the
reformists are spreading various tales,
for instance, the Russian unions want
to leave the R. 1. L. u, they want to
shake off the influence of the Russian
Communist Party, ETC., etc. This is
naturally ridiculous nonsense which
does not even need to be denied. The
unions of the Soviet Union form an
organic section of the R. l. L. U. and
are only negotiating with Amsterdam
instead Of the whole r. I. L. U.
because in the interests of unity we
are not prepared to stand upon for
malities.
The Russian unions have pursued
no policy but that Of the comintern
and the r. !. L. u, and they will in
the future pursue no other policy.
The Amsterdam leaders want to
make believe that their international
| is the only world trade union organi-
cation. In reality, however, it is not
even complete European organiza-
ton, as the whole of the Russian
unions, a quarter of the Czecho-Slo-
vakian, "a half of the French and
a section of the Dutch unions belong
to the r. l. L. U. and the Finnish and
the Norwegian unions are affiliated to
neither international.
Apart from this. there is a serious
revolutionary minority in almost all
the reformist unions. In the Balkans
80 per cent of the organized workers
were in favor of the Red Internation-
al of Labor Unions and the creation
of unions belonging to Amsterdam
was only made possible by the tre-
mendous police persecution.
Outside of Europe the situation OF
the Amsterdam International is ca.
tastrophic. The whole of the Chinese
trade union movement is affiliated to
the Red International of Labor I'm
ions. This is also true of the Dutch
East Indies and of Persia and a mum
Der of other colonial countries. The
left wing of the Japanese trade union
movement is also if not officially and
formally supporter of the Red Inter
national of Labor Unions.
For the Amsterdamers the trade
union movement in the colonial coun
tries is a bagatelle, but for us it rep
resents a new page in the history OF
the international working class move
ment. Soon even the blind will be
able to see that the Amsterdam Inter
national is on the downward and the
Red international Of Labor Unions up
on the upward line of development.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
The Movement Against
Amsterdam

TIME characteristics Of the new op-
Il position inside the Amsterdam In
ternational are: the recognition of the
uselessness of the old Amsterdam pol
icy, the wish for a united front with
the Russian trade unionsy the efforts
for the establishment Of unity both
on a national and International scale
and dissatisfaction with the policy
of coalition and the idea of co-opera-
ton between capital and labor.
Despite the unclarity of the opposi-
ton the Communists must not treat it
as an enemy, but support it to the
full extent of their powers. They
must not reject this opposition by put
ting to it conditions which it cannot
possibly fulfill; they may form a block
with It upon a definite program of
work for definite aims. Another char
acteristic of the opposition is a great
interest for the Soviet Union, which
has led to the stream of workers dele
cations. The Amsterdamers sabotage
the delegations.
The reports of the workers dele
gates show, however, that even when
they still want to retain the old social
democratic ideas, they are compelled
to recognize the services of the Soviet
Union. International reformism is
conducting an unparalleled campaign
against the Anglo-Russian movement
for determination. The first report of
the British trade union delegation was
called by Fritz Adler a dishonest
book" and the Berlin "Vorwaerts"
| Official organ of the German social
democratic party described the dec
laration of the Anglo-Russian COM
mittee as a shameful document.
The formation of the Anglo-Russian
unity committee met with the greatest
enthusiasm upon the part of the work
ing masses, however and various ma
tional organizations affiliated them
selves with it even if not quite Off
cially, as, for instance, in Norway and
Finland. Behind that committee there
are 100000 organized British and
Russian workers. Apart from these,
however, there are very strong minori-
ties in all countries in favor of it. 1t
is quite clear that the majority of
the organized proletariat of the world
stands behind the committee. Inside
the Amsterdam International a bat
tie is being conducted around the fol
lowing questions: % The relation
to the trade unions of the Soviet
Union. (2) The relations to the league
of nations and to the international la
Dor Office. 90 A united front with
the bourgeoisie or with the Commun-
lists. ca The relations to the struggle
of the colonial peoples for their eman-
cipation.
The contradictions are so intense
that the secretary of the Amsterdam
international, Oudegeest, threatened
the chairman, Purcell, with the break
ing off of relations.
Parallel with the growing sympathy
of the working masses for the Soviet
Union is growing the Improvement
between the reformists and the Com
pers' federation OF labor. The reform
lists oppose the unity with the Rus
sian unions with a unity with the
American Federation Of Labor. This
Is particularly the case in Germany.
/ This shows that European reformism
already feels itself weak without
America.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
English Charges Tell
of Arbitrary Acts in
Last Railroad Strike

WASHINGTON, March 31.-Railroad
labor will figure largely in the i'm
parchment trial of Federal Judge Eng
lish of the district court of East st.
Louis, ILL.,, If the house sustains the
FIVE articles of impeachment brought
by the majority of its judiciary com
mittee.
In the first article, charging English
with tyranny and oppression" there
is recited his action in disbarring
Chas. A. Karch, counsel for the strik
ing railroad shopmen, in August, 1922
when English had issued injunctions
to forbid strike activities in his dis
trict.
Then there is recited his action in
illegally summoning, in an imaginary
case trumped up for the purpose, the
sheriffs and prosecuting officers OF
three counties, into his court. He
called them there on August 1, 1922
when the strike was a month old, tc
threaten them with dire but vague
punishment II they did not rigidly en-
force his injunctions against the strik
ers. The charge says that he threat
ened them with removal from theh
ofiices--a thing he could not legally
do-and that he addressed them in oh
scene and profane language and dis
missed them without permitting then
TO speak. II also recites that he de
nounced them in loud and indecen
terms, without reason or Just cause
All OF this IL set forth asDa high mis-
dAnaaannz Hz0aaipit