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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28

THE period 1S64-1S69 saw the for
nation of the Cooperative Print
ing Society and the Cooperative In
surance company. The first National
Cooperative Congress was held in
London, 1869, and was responsible for
the creation Of the central board, from
which twenty years later sprang the
Cooperative Union. The union is a
propaganda federation of the major
ity of Cooperative Societies in Great
Britain. It looks after the legal In
terests Of the movement, and conducts
the educational side by means of liter
AZURE, lectures, classes, summer
schools, etc, and is advocating and
organizing the formation of Cooper
alive College. Once year It organ
ICES National Cooperative Congress
and exhibition of productions. This
functions in a similar way to the
Trades Union Congress. Many resolu-
tons of a progressive character await
fulhlment in the PARKWAY future, or
else are quietly buried.
Material Progress and Education.
Material progress has handicapped
education. AS long ago as 1888 the
Wholesale Annual stated: I'VE regret
to find that educational grants do not
keep pace with the general growth Of
societies. Necessity led many Of the
old co-operators to study cooperation;
but the growth of profits which has re-
suited from that study appears to
make many young ones care less than
the old ones. Now, unless the young
ones are taught what cooperation
means, and what 1t is calculated to do,
how are we to prepare our future
directors, managers and other officers
Our opinion is that it win pay every
society to devote at least 21s per cent
Of It's net profits to education, and
that, though societies may and do sue
coed without this, yet It is because the
older generation still lives and guides
| them"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
Co.operatIve GuIIds.

Toynbee and Stuart uttered similar
warnings. To counteract this ignoring
of the original aims and ideals the
Women's Cooperative Guild mainly
came to be founded 1883. This has
been a valuable training ground for
women taking an active part in pro-
gressive movements, and it has con-
Quoted an active agitation in the Co
operative movement, particularly in
favor of the cooperative minimum
wage.
The Guild has for its objects; The
organization of women, as eo-opera-
tors, for the study and practise Of
~ cooperation and other methods Of
social reform (2) improved condi-
tons Of domestic life. The Guild had
1.077 branches, and a membership Of
over 81 900 in 1923. There is Mems
Cooperative Guild very much smaller
in membership (only $500 and in
fuence.
1871 saw the birth Of the Co-opera-
tive News, and the publishing side has
5L6dQllg 0GfbAOQGA bALACc lubns nc
movement now publishes two weekly
newspapers, six monthlies, and a
quarterly. The total circulation Of all
these publications was $4,000 copies
in 1921, only about "a per cent Of the
membership Of the whole movement.
(And this is not an exact proportion,
as naturally an interested member
probably subscribes to more than one
paper.)
federalism" and "IndlVldualIsm"
During these years an acute contro-
versy ragged between the advocates Of
federal cooperation, the "federalists,"
and the champions Of production by
the workers, the "individualists." Let
each side speak:-The Federalist:-
1--WE want an organization of the
whole community, and the basis for
this is the retail store. Every one. rich
or poor, should be asked to become a
member, and purchase from it. The
practical question before us is whether
the existing organization founded on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
SPANS Dictatorship
lettering as Infantry
Grows Cold to Primo

PARIS, France, Sept. 2s.-The die.
tatorship Of Primo de Rivera is either
about to end or else Spain is for a
civil war X General Berenguer, COM
'mander OF the kings guard and NOR.
tai enemy of the dictator accepts the
premiership offered to him by AL.
fonso.
The final break came when the king
refused to sign a decree drawn by
de Rivera limiting the powers of the
national assembly to a consultative
status.
The dictator's intention to 90 ahead
with the decision to punish the ring.
leaders of the recent rebellion is said
to have lost Rivera the sympathy OF
the infantry among whom no was
popular because OF his attack on the
artillerists, the aristocrats Of the
army.
It is confidently believed here that
the days Of the dictatorship are mum.
bered. King Alfonso is now hoping
to gain credit for the restoration of
constitutionalism tho he has histerto
supported Rivera.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
VATICAN PEACE
PACT BLOCKED
IN ARGENTINE
Especial to The Daily wOrksr)

BUENoS AIRES, Argentina, Sept.
26.-The government was prevented
by the socialists from settling the
dispute with the vatican over the
appointment OF an archbishop over
Argentina. The conflict with the pope
is a year old and originated with the
refusal OF the government to accept
a papal appointee who was persona
non grata.
The government had intended to
settle the vatican question by having
the senate select three candidates for
submission to the vatican as candi-
dates for the Office of archbishop, the
vatican TO select his favorite from
the three.
Unless the socialists compromise the
struggle is liable to intensity and pro-
duce internal complications.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
Alfonso and Rivera
Reach Compromise on
Spanish Government

MADRID, Sept. 26.-While the re-
suits of the recent cabinet meeting
with the king are still a profound
secret, it is believed from the an
nouncements so far made that the king
and Primo de Rivera have reached a
compromise that will tend to forestan
any republican revolution.
The king has evidently forced Die
tator de Rivera to yield TO the demand
for constitutional forms of govern
ment. De Rivera had previously in
sisted that his dictatorship must go
on for three years. Now the national
assembly is TO be called for November.
On the other hand nine high of
flcers Of the artillery corps are an
nounced to retire from command. This
apparently is in line with de Rivera's
demand for a reorganization OF the
corps and indicates that the king has
given way TO him on that issue.
De Rivera's own retirement is the
subject OF conjecture. Some rumor he
will be forced TO retire gracefully with
the advent Of the national assembly.
De Rivera's enemy, or one OF them
among the conservative party, Sanchez
Guerra, has been called In by the
king. Senior Guerra opposed de Rivera
so bitterly that he refused to attend
birthday receptions of the king and
queen because they were supporting
the dictator.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
Cooperative Section
NEWS AND
COMMENT
Progress and Poverty---In Ideals

the stores shall, in their confederate
capacity, seek to utilize their rapidly
growing capital by producing for them
selves the staple articles Of their own
consumption, or whether they shall
induce their well-to-do members to
withdraw their dividend from the
stores. and to set up Independent COM
panies. which win seek, Like any or
binary manufacturer or wholesale
dealer, to get the highest prices for
their goods from such stores as choose
to deal with them"
To this the individualist repnes:-
What is the federal system? To have
a body of men like those employed
In the wholesale society's shoe works
at Leicester, governed by a manager
who is appointed by a committee
elected by large number Of voters3
The workmen could not by any pos
sibility become shareholders in the
concern in which they are employed,
and yet they are told that they are
their own employers If, then. few
men share the results Of their own
work, they are their own employers,
but If one or one hundred men hire
number of other men who may be
arbitrarily discharged, and over whom
they have complete control, It is a
mockery TO call such men their own
employers. The effect of such Co
operation would be to make It impos-
sible for any workman ever to be his
own employer. 1t would go on perpe-
tuating trade unions and strikes all
the world over. To the federal schems.
put forward as a general rule for reg
ulating cooperative industry, we make
the objection that the bulk Of the
profits will go, not to the working pro
ducers in any shape, but TO the
wealthy consumers"
Some of the federalists, to overcome
this argument, advocated a bonus to
labor employed in the stores and pro-
ductive societies. But the trend Of
events, and the extension Of the whole
sales productive side, settled the argu-
ment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
ALLIANCE WITH
BRITISH LABOR
WILL NOT BREAK
Russ Union Head Says
Bond Unbreakable
Especial to The Daily wOrksrl

MOSCOW, Sept. 3 by MaiD-In
connection with the refusal OF the
British government to permit the dele
cation Of the labor unions Of the U. s.
S. R. to the British Trade Union Con-
gress in Bournemouth to land, COM
rade Melnichansky, member Of the
Presidium Of the Central Council Of
the Soviet Labor Unions declared:
Strike Was Political.
This fact merely corroborates the
political nature of the events in Great
Britain. From the very first day of
the miners struggle the British bour-
geoisie in the person of the conserva-
tive government grasped the political
Significance of the attitude Of the
workers and put the whole power of
the state into operation IN order to
throttle the general strike.
1.-THE British bourgeoisie and the
conservative government have at
tempted to isolate the miners from
the outside world. The refusal of per-
mission to land is without doubt an
act of revenge against the Central
Council of the labor unions Of the u.
S. S. r. because of their regular as
sistance Of the British miners in their
struggle.
Cannot Break Alliance.
1.-THE British government has the
apparatus necessary to preveRt our
Journey to Great Britain. but It will
never succeed in breaking our alliance
with the British trade union movement
or in preventing us giving assistance
to the fighting working class Of Great
Britain"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
The Funeral Pyre of an Air Adventure /

Thick black smoke, beiehlne,
from a deep red core Of flame,
marked the funeral pyre Of two
Aerial adventures and the famous
slkorsky-Fonck blpIane, three min
utes after It had started on It's
nonstop flight from New York TO
Paris. Captain Fonck and his as
ISOLATE pilot, Lieut.. Curtin escaped
with minor injuries; Charles cIa-
VIer, wireless operator, and Jack
lslamoff, mechanic, died at their
posts In the after fuseiage Of the
machine. An overburden Of gas
ollne and a defective under-carrI-
age were responsible for the ira
eedy. Before the plant plane had
run half the distance necessary for
the take-off, one Of the temporary
wheels broke and damaged a rud-
der. From then on a quick sue
cesslon Of accidents was cIlmaxed
by the planes collapse In a field
depression and the explosion
which ended the career Of the
"New York-Paris."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
Refuse Arms EMBARGO.

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 26.-Directly
contrary to the policy adopted by the
United States, the Mexican govern.
ment has decided against the estab
lishment Of an embargo on the ship
ment Of arms and munitions to Mica.
ragua, the International News Service
learned today. The American gov,
eminent has taken a stand forbidding
such shipments.
Mexican officials are represented as
taking the stand that an arms EN-
barge is not necessary in Mexico be.
cause there are no large private manu-.
facturers OF arms in this country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28

stores from the central league. The
obpective conditions of development
of the German cooperative movement
are at present entirely favorable to
our activities. The immediate task of
the German cooperative movement is
to form a left wing round our Com
munist fractions as its nucleus.
In -Slovakla, the Communists
hold firm positions in the cooperative
movement. About 500 of the mem
bers of the Czech Consumers Cooper
atives. belong to our party or sympa-
thize with it. Our comrades are carry
ing on successful economic cooper
alive work, but the political effect Of
their influence on the cooperative
movement is as yet insuf1ciently felt.
The formation of Communist fractions
in the Consumers Cooperative is pro
ceeding very slowly. In the German
Consumers Cooperative Societies
hardly any fraction work is being done
at present. In the future our com
rades should devote far more atten-
ton to the political side of their CO.
operative work and aim at bringing
about the inclusion Of the co-operat-
i've movement to a much greater ex-
tent in the revolutionary fight Of the
Czecho-slovakian working masses.
England. The party has completely
recognized the necessity Of Commu-
mist cooperative work and has COM
bined it with party work as whole,
It is a fact Of special significance
that even the trade union Minority
Movement is carrying out systematic
cooperative work, thus promoting the
formation of an opposition wing in
the cooperative movement. The fur
Their development Of Communist coop
erative work, still closer alliance with
the left wing Of the trade union move
ment and the comprehension and in-
classification Of the class problems in
the English cooperative movement
will result in the English cooperative
movement gaining firm foothold.
In France, the Communists exercise
the greatest influence in the co-opera-
tives OF the Paris district, where about
is consumers cooperative societies
are in their hands. There is a cen
trail cooperative commission in the
central committee OF the party which
does systematic cooperative work. In
dividual Communist co-operators have
been active since 1920 at the national
congresses OF the cooperative move
ment and display considerable initia-
tive. Nevertheless the cooperative
work Of our French comrades leaves
much to be desired. One of the draw
backs, for instance, is the concentra-
ton Of all their forces on the task Of
creating revolutionary cooperative
,circles parallel TO the existing reform
list cooperative circles, instead Of con.
centrating their attention above all
on the creation OF Communist frac-
tions in the cooperative organs.
Our French Communist co-operators
have also taken the wrong line in the
fight against the increase OF prices.
Instead of modelling the mass Of their
members round the fighting slogan
against the rise OF prcies. our com.
rades took the point OF view that the
committees OF action ought, in the
fight against the rise Of prices, TO en-
force abatement Of prices from priv.
ate traders. This way Of course leads
to bargSinings and agreements with
private trades, and to a misrepresenta.
ton n the sssks q The committees o.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
british I. U. C.
is STIRRED BY
WOMEN'S VOICE
Deliver UItimatun To
FOSSiIized Officials

(FP)-"The British Trades Union
congress still falls to take the women
workers seriously, as was shown at
the Bournemouth sessions early this
month" said Dorothy P. Gary Of the
Minneapolis Teachers union In pass
Ing thru Chicago back to her Job
from a summer In Europe. At the
British labor meet she assisted Scott
Nearing and BIZ Ross, the Federated
Press correspondents who had been
assigned to cover II.
zone Of the liveliest sessions was
that assigned to the women, but It
was the rank and file delegates and
not the ofIicialdom that made it So"
Gary relates. while the number Of
women in industry has reached 4,00O,-
900 only 100000 are organized.
"This large body Of workers, about
one-fourth Of the total British work
ing class, is proving, when morgan
lied, menace to many unions, and
a drag on the entire movement. The
bulk Of the women are in the clerical.
semt-professional, textile and cloth.
ing trades. They drive down the
wages of organized workers and in
time Of strike they scab.
Many Militant Women UnIonists.
"On the other hand, in many la
Dor battles, women unionists have
demonstrated that women make as
militant fighters as the men.
This first annual women's trade
union conference had IS delegates Ia
all, As women and 81 men. Three
resolutions were moved by men mem
bers, and the fourth by woman
member of the council.
Women Waste No Time.
"The protest from the women dele
gates began Immediately. With great
oandor and rather pointed humor,
these women unionists expressed
their disappointment. Ellen Wilkin-
son, labor organizer and newly
elected Labor M. P. led off: Why
did the general council draw up these
harmless resolutions? We unionized
women have some ideas on the sub
ject. Why are so few women on this
program?
Pointed Remarks.
Delegate Koran, National Onion
Of General Workers, stated, This
program savors of a happy evening
for the poor. Too much time is spent
on plans to organize workingmen's
wives, and too little on the woman
in industry
This silly stuff, another woman
delegate said, reminds me of that
Daily Herald poster there: Women
VIII Like the Popular Picture Page
in the Daily Herald.
Want Freedom Of Action.
ruby Part, Women Workers I'm
ion, told her experiences in organ
izing women. She ended with the
statement, This policy Of spoondeed-
ing the women is detrimental to
trade unionism.' She was followed
by Dorothy Evans, Women Clerks
and Secretaries Union. who also dis
cussed methods.
"The conference discussion, which
continued 3 hours, showed that the
British labor movement does not lack
intelligent trained women ready to
tackle the problems which especially
concern the working woman. 1t also
showed a growing independence, and
determination on their part to demand
their full responsibilities in the
movement.
'In all good humor, the women told
the general council, If you would let
us handle this question 1t would be
much better"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
BRAND LOOKS
LONGINCLY AT
POINCARE'S JOB
Stalking Political Life on
German Entente
Especial to The Daily wOrker)

NSPSSiai 70 me Oalty WorNerJ
PARIS, France Sept. 26.-Aristide
BRAND is getting lonesome out OF the
premiership and is greasing the skids
for Poincare according to Indications
BRAND, as foreign minister has more
to do with determining Frances for.
eign policy than any other individual
in the republic and he is now stalking
his political life on a Franco-German
entente.
Preparing a Return.
BRAND is said to be looking around
for timber for a left government head
ed by himself. The Poincare crowd
on the other hand want wholly con-
sentative government. The national
union government has not produced
any results. The franc is still at the
danger point and Poincare's drastic
DEGREES have not satisfied the people.
Notorious Mlltarist.
Poincare, the most notorious sword
RATHER in Europe outside of Mus
solini, has been remarkably pacifist
on the surface since his return to
power, tho 1t is apparent that he is
stiu spending French francs bolstering
up the military machines Of Poland
and Roumania.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
MEXICO CHAMBER
REFUSES PLEA OF
CATHOLIC CLERGY
Insubordinate Bishops
Are Not Citizens

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2s. = The
Mexican chamber of deputies today
formally rejected the catholic epis-
copate's petition for amendment of the
constitution and adopted resolutions
declaring that Archbishop Mora y del
Rio and Bishop Ascual Diaz have for
feited their rights to Mexican citizen
ship by opposition to the constitu-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
Soviet Labor Unions
Send Relief Fund by
Millions to British

MOSCOW, Sept. 8. - (By Mail) 49,
The Presidium OF the Central Councp
of Soviet Labor Unions has decided
to send the British Miners Federation
the amount OF the contributions which
have at present come In together with
an advance upon future collections,
making sum OF 100000 ;roubles, or
sly6oo.ooo,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
WORKER WHO ACCEPTED
LADY ASTOR'S BLUFF
GETS LENINGRAD JOB
Especial to The Daily worksrs

MOSCOW, Sept. 6.-(5y MalD-
The English worker John Morton
who has Iourneyed 20 the Soviet
Union with HE family at the cost
Of Lady Astor has been given work
In the Putllov Works In aeeordsnos
with his qualifications.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
CANTONESE CALL OFF
ANTI-BRITISH BOYCOTT
FOR RECOGNITION, BELIEF

PEKING, Sept. rs. - Reports
reached here from Canton that the
anti-sritIsh boycott In progress there
for long time had been called off.
Opinion here is that such action
must be based on de jure recognI-
tlon of the Cantonese government by
Great Britain.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
U. S. Sailors vlsIt nerIIn.

BERLIN, Sept. 26.--Admiral Robert
Wells, U. s. ~. Commander Delaney,
~. S. ~. and 100 members Of the crew
Of thedU. S. S. Memphis. now in port
at Kielr are arriving in Berlin this
afternoon to be the guests Of the Der.
lin muticipal authorities
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
HIndenbura RseeIves U. s. Admiral.

BERLIN. Sept 26.-President Hin.
denburg today received admiral Roger
Wells. U. S. ~, who has arrived hore
from Kiel, where the U. S. S. Mem.
phis Is in port.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28

PARIS, Sept. 26.-Georges Michel
the Boulogne baker who holds the
record for swimming the English chan
mel, has tentatively accepted the in.
vitation OF the American Bakers AS
sociGiion 20 yisit the Unitod States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28

GER at the Cooperative Conference
held in Moscow, during the sessions
Of the last Enlarged Executive of
the Communist international.
OUR cooperative work is indeed
" still in it's initial stage, and we
cannot yet boast of specially great
success in this field. Nevertheless we
have undoubtedly achieved appreci-
able results in some countries of
Western Europe. Communist cooper
alive work is advancing slowly but
surely in a number of countries such
as Czecho-SloVakia, England, France
and Switzerland. But even in these
countries, the connection between the
Communists working in the Cooper
atives and the centres of the cores
ponding sections of the Comintern is
not yet established In such a way as
would be desirable and necessary. In
no country Of Western Europe is there
so close a contact between the Com
munist CO-operatives and the Central
Committee fthe Communist Parties,
as for example, in Soviet Russia. The
Central Committees of the Communist
Parties do not yet devote sufficient
attention to cooperative work, do not
yet allocate sufficient party forces to
the work and so on.
In the beginning, even the Executive
Committee Of the Comlntern paid com
paratively little attention to our work;
as however we always tried to link up
our work as closely as possible with
the whole labor movement, and as the
work in the separate countries began
to develop more and more actively
and the Communist co-operators also
began to defend their point of view
with energy in the sphere of the Inter
national Cooperative Alliance, the
work Of the cooperative sections has
now become inseparably bound up
with the whole work of the executive.
Recently we have several times had
the opportunity of reporting to the
seeretariat and the Organization Bu-
reau Of the Executive Committee of
the Communist International and we
have received a number of directions
and practical instructions.
In Germany, our comrades have al
ready for several years been working
to carry out the instructions OF the
Comintern Congress and Of the Inter.
national Conferences of Communist
co-operators. The formation OF frac.
lions in the co-operatives has proceed
ed better and more quickly in Ger.
many than in any other country. All
the same, we in Germany, cannot yet
boast OF any decisive success. The
German cooperative movement is in
the hands of extremely counter-revo.
lutionary leaders. The cooperative
bureaucracy is fighting desperately
against Communism and is leaving no
stone unturned to get rid of the Com.
munists. A number Of individual Com.
munist comrades having already been
excluded from the leading bodies Of
the Cooperative movement, the co.
operative bureaucracy 10 now threat
Isninx ~ exclude Ehala aopcerstlrA