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The daily worker., 1926-12-05
Two Mexican News Stories

On Thursday December g. the Associated out
Washington dispatch stating that the Mexican government had
policy with the oil land concessions
to foreign capitalists previous the enactment of the cons
tuition of 1917
statement true Mexican government had
surrendered the American state department and had agreed to
all its
The statement was credited to embassy by
Associated Press
Friday, the Associated Press the fol
lowing dispatch under a Mexican City datelne:
The foreign office that has knowledge regarding
embassy Washington yeS
terdGy concerning Merican oil lease 1t stated that
the Meroan governments policy regarding oil has not been
changed that egGcty defined by the old l0p and
the regulation thereof Ubich in ony must be bGrmoned
t0tth other MericGn
quickly reject theory the Mexican embassy in
Washington defined the policy its without consulting
its foreign the immediate denial of the story by the Mex
that change policy the
ment. implied had been made.
what did the story and for what purpose
distributed thru the biggest press agency the world?
We conclude only that the Associated Press rcked
badly which reliability other important international
questions question that knowing the story to be fake
it sent it out anyway
purpose fabrcations is clear.
The Mexican population the exception the catholic
hierarchy foreign capitalists big landlords the subsidized
agents these three reaconary groups unit against Amer
imperialism.
storya which Gales government pictured cap
ituatng to Wall Street would tend to among large
population course the possibility that
government contemplated of compromise
question oil mineral concessions but the complete
indicated the Associated Press statement would destroy
its base of popular support.
incident should warning American workers
sympaze with the struggle Mexico inde
pendent existence take with several grains of salt the Mexican
the capitalist services during this period
American bringing the maximum diplomatic
capitalist rigid
oppression Of the Mexican working class
The daily worker., 1926-12-05
How to Strengthen the Party

a grave danger in relation to the
building of a more powerful party.
This attitude, which does not consi-
der every member or prospective
member as precious material for the
npbuilding of the revolutionary move
ment, must be rooted out Of the party.
The work of the party in winning
the workers for its program must re-
elect itself in the growth of the mem
bership. The membership figures of
the party are the best test of wheth-
er the party is conducting its work
In an effective manner. We may have
the most correct program and the
best policies and tactics in carrying
on our work, but If we do not couple
with these the recruiting of the best
elements among the workers who sup
port our party our work will not be
permanent and We are not taking the
fullest advantage of our opportunities.
We Must Recruit New Members.
1t is because of these reasons that
the Central Committee has put into
the forefront of the party work cam
paign for new members, which must
be carried on by every unit of the
party for the next months.
This campaign will have two phas-
es. First, campaign to draw back
into the reorganized party the mem
bers who have been disconnected
from the party or drifted away from
the party organization during the re-
organization.
There are two or three thousand
members who were In the party last
year at this time who are not now
party members, who can be won back
If the proper organizational steps are
taken. The party organizations in
each section or subsection in the
larger cities and the city organizations
in the smaller cities, must immediate
ly make a list of the members who
dropped out Of the party during the
reorganization. If the membership
lists of a year ago have not been
kept, new list can be compiled by
each nucleus having it's members
hand in the names of former mem
bers.
The leading committee in the sec
ton or city must organize~ group
OF the most active party members to
visit these former members and en-
deavor to win them back to the party.
Such a campaign, carried on system
atlcally, will result in adding thou.
sands of members to the party
strength Immediately.
Coupled with this campaign to win
The daily worker., 1926-12-05
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS MAY GO UP IN
THE AIR, BECAUSE MINERS GO DOWN IN
GUGGENHEIM BROS. FAR-FLUNG MINES

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Harry F. Gug-
gsnheim, president Of the Daniel Gug-
genheim Fund for the Promotion Of
Aeronautics. announces an appropria-
tion OF $4,000 to the University OF
Michigan for the completion OF IT'S
aeronautic laboratory and the found.
ing OF the Guggenheim professorship
in that department.
This follows a gift Of 100000 to the
California Institute Of Technology and
Leland Stanford University for a sim.
liar purpose. and other donations TO
The Massachusetts, Institute Of Tech.
nology and New York University.
President G. G. Little Of the Uniyer.
sity OF Michigan goes somewhat up In
the air IN acknowledging this contri.
button TO aeronautics. He says that
''as a state university. maintained by
The daily worker., 1926-12-05

The recruiting of new members to
broaden and strengthen the party or
ganization, therefore, becomes one of
its major fields of work. The party
must crystalline into organization
strength the influence which 1t has
won among the workers
Our party has never taken full ad-
vantage Of its work among the mass
es to win new members. There still
exists among the members of the
party some remnants of the psy-
chology of the days when the party
was obliged In order to live to exist
as an underground organization. The
members of our party are hesitant
about approaching the. workers with
whom they come in,contact and who
are sympathetic to the work Of the
party in order to bripgs them into the
party. There are no persistent and
systematic efforts to- recruit new
members.
II the whole membership Of our
party were to throw itself into the
work of winning new members. with
the same enthusiasm and energetic
work which has been developed in
some Of the party campaigns, we could
quickly double the membership of the
reorganized party.
With double the membership the
party could go forward to greater
achievements in the Sextension of it's
influence and in mobilizing the work
ing masses for struggle.
The same attitudel Which is mani
tested in regard to the recruiting of
new members showed itself in the
reorganization Of the party. Many
members who were in the party be-
fore the reorganization were lost to
the party because of the mechanical
attitude manifested toward these
members in the reorganization.
In place Of considering each work
er who had advanced far enough
to become a member of the party as
precious material for the building of
a powerful Communist Party, which
must be kept by the party at all cost,
thousands of members were lightly
dropped from the membership rolls
because they did not Immediately
take the necessary steps to affiliate
with the shop and street nuclei. In
many instances even the lists con-
tanning the names of these members
have not been kept.
Both the attitude within the party
toward the recruiting of new men,
bers and that manifested in the re-
organization of the party constitute
The daily worker., 1926-12-05
A Workers Experience During
General Strike in Great Britain

the country. Everywhere the work
ers were mad. CONSERVATION reigned
supreme. Why was the strike called
Off when the strength and solidarity
Of workers was so magnificent? Surely
we had not surrendered! 1t must be
mere capitalist dope. We were not
defeated-we had the will to win and
would win.
Alas! 1t was only too true. The
workers had been treacherously be-
trayed. All unions were scrambling
to get back to work on the. best pos
sible terms-but back to work at all
costs. Agreements of many years
standing were being ruthlessly broken
by bosses and trade union leaders. It
seemed as if trade unionism was going
to be irreparably broken up.
Workers Not Defeated.
pUT no! The workers were not de-
- feated. The Communist Party mi
nority movement and the more radi-
cal working class elements urged the
workers not to resume under the
broken agreements. Thursday came,
with the workers still wondering. The
Communist Party and minority move
ment lead was accepted. Few work
ers returned to work under the broken
agreements. If that temporary re-
fusal of the workers had not taken
place trade unionism would have been
done. No official news came from
headquarters Of the General Council.
The localities were left practically to
decide for themselves and that saved
in a small way complete rout of the
workers. Great was the condemna-
ton everywhere Of the attitude of the
leaders. At the meetings anyone try
ing to justify the General Council atti-
tude was not listened to. Away with
them, the traitors" was the general
cry.
It seemed as tho the workers were
The daily worker., 1926-12-05

going to continue the strike in spite
Of their leaders. However, the tradi-
ton of following the leader asserted
itself and the glorious general strike
was ended. 1t ended in the defeat of
trade union leaders. The workers
themselves were not defeated. They
manifested in every way their desire
for better standard of life-and more
than that, their will to fight for that
standard. Everywhere the Commu.
nists were received with open arms.
Necessary Lesson.
THE strike was necessary lesson
l. to the British workers and the work
ers of the world. No half measures
will do when it comes to a class fight
The sham Of democracy was laid bare:
the capitalist expression and basis of
alleged constitutionalism was laid
bare. And the workers are progressing
rapidly on the revolutionary path
which says, only when we fight capi-
talism in all it's phases will we fight
successfully. An organized militant
working class will carry the day. The
strike was not a defeat; it was a vic
tory.
WoRKERs must not lose faith in
W the trade unions. Rather must
they concentrate more than ever on
the question of changing the leader
ship. and objective, and building up a
weapon for the carrying on of class
war;. The class collaboration idea,
which was the basis of previous trade
unionism, must be changed for that OF
class war. definite fight, no compro-
mise. Then and then only will the
workers be able to carry on the real
fight. The British general strike is
a glorious example of working-class
solidarity and will be the inspiration
to the workers of the world to 20
ahead more earnestly and conscien-
tiously than ever before.
The daily worker., 1926-12-05


Editors Note: This is the last
of the series of articles by Comrade
Ruthenberg on the work of the No
vember meeting of the Central
Committee of the Workers (Com-
munist) Party.
The fact that the influence Of the
party has been extended during the
past year was strongly emphasized in
the discussions and by the resolution
Of the Central Committee. The party
is breaking It's isolation and has es-
tablished contact with greater mass
es of workers who are entering into
common struggles with it.
The party has not, however, thus
far been able to crystalline the influ-
ence it won as result of its cam
paigns into organizational strength.
The organized strength Of the party,
as represented by its membership,
has not kept pace with its influence
among the workers.
This fact is strikingly illustrated in
the circulation of the party press in
comparison with the membership Of
the party. The combined circulation
of all party papers is over 100000.
There are that many readers of the
daily weekly and monthly papers and
magazines issued by the party. There
may be some duplication in this fig
ure because some of the party mem
bers and sympathizers with our move
ment read both the English and for
eign language papers of the party,
but not a great deal. Yet there are
today only 10000 members organized
in the party.
The party influence extends beyond
the circle of readers Of its press.
More thousands of workers are reach
ed by the mass meetings held under
the party auspices and thru the vari-
GUS struggles in the workers interest
which the party initiates and carries
on.
Here is broad field in which to
work to strengthen the party organ
nationally and thus create a strong
er instrument for revolutionary work
The party activities today in the
many fields in which it is working
has reached the limit of the present
organized strength Of the party. The
party organization must be broaden
ed in order to enable it to undertake
new tasks to reach even a larger
number Of workers.
The daily worker., 1926-12-05
Italy Makes Treaty
with Albania; VIII
Protect Government

ROME, Dec. 8. - Italy has formed
a virtual military alliance with Alba
mia It is revealed in treaty between
the two countries signed Nov. 27.
The treaty provides that Italy guar
antees to Albania its aid to maintain
the status quo in territory and guar
antees It political and judicial freedom
from foreign interference. BY the
treaty Achmed Zogu, head of the
Albanian government. will be given
aid in case Of revolutionary outbreaks
which he cannot control alone.
Both nations give assurances that
neither will enter into agreements
with other nations that will endanger
the interests OF either.
The daily worker., 1926-12-05

the proceeds Of taxation, 1t appreciates
keenly the public-spirited efforts OF
the Daniel Guggenheim fund"
The special form OF taxation by
which the Guggenheim brothers, some
six in number, gathered this fund was
by working the miners Of the United
States. Mexico and points south. Dan
lei Guggenheim and his brothers are,
or were, interested in the Chill Cop
per Co., the American Smelling and
Refining Co., the American Shelter
Securities Co.. the Yukon Gold Co.,
etc.
so now, while the students OF sew.
eral technical schools and state uni.
versities go up in the air, the Gug
genheim's miners will go down into
the bowels OF the earth to get the
money for the Guggenheim fund.
The daily worker., 1926-12-05
CURRENT EVENTS
BY T. J. o'FIaherty.
Continued from maze II

tContlnued from page II
Mellon, but less than the many who
are never heard of. The machine is
something TO be reckoned with. Mills
pltted his silk hose against AIS fishy
smell, and lost. He is rewarded for
MS temerity by a position. Not that
he needs it, In a financial sense. But
even rich man needs prestige. Else
his ego might defate.
THE latest Impreccor to hand gives
= speech of Premier Rykov in full
speeches, as a rule, make dull reading
matter, but there is one characteristic
about Soviet speeches that is not typi-
cal OF speeches delivered by capitalist
officials, namely, a tendency to self
criticism. The existence of the dicta-
torship OF the workers and peasants
makes candor possible. Soviet poll
ticians, revolutionary politicians, do
not have to keep their ears to the
ground to hearken to the rumbling of
what goes here by the name of public
opinion. They are able to contribute
their best thought to the. solution of
the many problems that are conttn-
ually arising without having to worry
about the effects OF frankness ON the
hand that scratches the ballot.
WITHOUT being aware of the sig.
w nifcance of his anecdote, VIII
Rogers, our cowboy humorist, pulled
off wise crack that is good enough
for reproduction. Here 1t is: "Our
gunboats are all in the Chinese war,
our marines have all landed in Nicara.
qua, Kellogg is sending daily ultima.
tums to Mexico and Coolidge is dedi-
eating memorials to eternal peace.
Which is the next country that wants
their affairs regulated? Look what we
did for Tacna-Arica." What Will for
got to emphasize is that those little
tricks are essential in the imperialist
scheme. Coolidge talking peace and
Kellogg talking war may seem con-
Trajectory, but quite logical to a chris
tian.
THE Federal Council OF the Churches
i OF Christ thinks II Is never too
late to mend. Hope deferred maketh
the heart sick, but hope springs eter.
nal in the human breast. So II is with
the f. c. o. T. c. o. G. Adopting
the slogan, "a chapter day keeps
the tempter away" the council an
nounced that beginning January /
drive would be started that would only
end when the first blasts of the biting
March winds would smart on the nos
trils. In view OF the experience OF
the preachers who have gotten into
trouble recently, despite the bible, we
must admit that our friends are opti-
mistic cusses. But not more so than
those who take them seriously. 4
A WHITE elephant was born in
"A Siam and London brewery has
offered to supply free beer to local
poorhouse. II would appear that there
Is no connection between the two
cases, but there is. The white ele.
phant, in all probability, Is gray, and
the beer that the London brewery
promised may only appear in the col
umns of the daily press
The daily worker., 1926-12-05
By c. E. Ruthenberg
General Secretary,
Workers (communIst) Party.

back the former members must be
a campaign to recruit new members
from among the workers sympathetic
to the party. The mailing lists of our
party papers constitute a valuable as
set in carrying on this work. These
lists have been furnished to the dis
trict organizers, who in turn must dis
tribute them to the sections and
cities.
Here again a strong group OF party
members must be organized to visit
these readers of our papers and en-
deavor to win them for the party or
ganization.
Together with this work among the
workers whose names were on the
party rolls and who are readers of
our paper, the members of the party
must be stimulated to take up a re-
crutting campaign among the work
ers with whom they come in daily
contact. The recruiting campaign
must be carried on in the factories
through the members of the shop nu-
clei, in the trade unions by the mem
bers OF the trade union fractions, in
the fraternal organizations by the
members of the fractions in thesea or
ganizations.
Build the Party.
Build the party" must be the slo-
gan which every member of the party
transforms into reality by active par
ticipation in the campaign to win
back old members and to recruit new
members for the party.
Cast out of the party the attitude
which looks with disdain upon the
idea OF drawing new members into
the party. Let every one of the TO-
600 members Of the party become
recruiting agent for the party, with
the object Of having every worker
who is sympathetic to the party be-
come a member of the party.
Let us set as our goal to add 5000
members to the reorganized party
during the next six months. The ma,
terial to thus increase our member
ship and our organizational strength
Is at hand. 1t awaits the systematic
effort OF the party to work it into the
structure Of our organization.
Let us make every political cam
paign, every campaign In the trade un-
ions a recruiting campaign to win
members for the party.
If we mobilize our party for work
In support of this program the party
will grow in membership, in organisa-
tlonaa strength, even as it has grown
in political influence.
The daily worker., 1926-12-05
BY PAT DEVINE.
ARTICLE ",


TUESDAY was a great day for the
L meetings because Mr.. Justice Asst
bury came out with the statement that
the strike was illegal. About this
time definite instructions were re-
ceived from those unions executive
committees that had not been too def
mite in their stoppage notices to their
members. This gave, the strike a
great impetus. Where formerly some
places were working, every place was
now idle. The spectacle confronting
the British bosses, international
bosses and the trade union bureau
eracy, was one of complete soli-
darity of workers. The dream of years
had become a reality. The strength
Of the sleeping masses was manifest.
Confidence, pride, courage and the will
to win permeated the workers.
THE enthusiasm at meetings was
l. unbounded and the victory Of
workers accepted as an absolute GER
tainty. Wednesday was day of won
derful activity. News had come to the
district of baton charge by police on
workers in Glasgow. Some students
from the university had attempted to
run tramcars and the strikers had
stopped them in no uncertain fashion.
During the confusion a sergeant of
police lost his head and ordered his
men to charge. This action made the
c. o. AS in every locality tighten
up their picket In Lanarkshire no
traffic was allowed and the transport
committee cancelled some permits of
which they were suspicious.
For the first time since the strike
started buses ran in our area under
heavy police protection. Two of us
we're delegated from the G. o. A. to
interview the bus owner who lived a
few miles away. In order to reach
him We stopped the first conveyance
that came along, which happened to
be the food lorry. The driver, who
was also the owner. was indignant
and said he refused to accept instruc-
tions or be dictated to by the C. o. A.
lie stopped his lorry at the first po-
liceman we met and charged us with
intimidation. The policeman was a
raw boy who knew very little. He
evidently was doubtful about the c..
o. A., so be took our names and al
lowed us TO continue the journey.
Everywhere the police were showing
greater activity than at any time dur
ing the strike. II seemed as tho the
attitude OF the police had changed
from a passive conciliatory one into a
directly antagonistic and provocative
one. At noon that day the solution to
the problem came.
THE General Council had called Off
l. the strike. The Emergency Press.
which was the mouthpiece OF the en-
ployers, had n statement from Stanley
Baldwin, prime minister Of Great Brit.
ain, which said: 'It was an uncondi.
tional surrender by the General Coun.
ell" No official news from the Cen
eral Council or Union Il. G. came to
The daily worker., 1926-12-05
BRAND Is Severely
Attacked for Policy
on Italy and Germany

PARIS, Dec. 3. = NJ. BRAND, min
lister Of foreign affairs; was submitted
to a two-hour attack on his foreign
policies in the chamber OF deputies.
He was severely criticized by both the
left and right. His policy toward Ger
many and Italy were especially CEN
sured.
The militaristic deputies demanded
that BRAND show even more aggres.
sion than he has toward both Italy and
Germany.
BRAND defended himself by declar.
ing he was moving cautiously and
was trying to pursue policy OF peace.
When the vote was taken BRAND won
325 to 200. The vote was on the bud
get for foreign affairs. but was really
one OF confidence.
The daily worker., 1926-12-05
Revive Mexican Clerical Dispute.

WASHINGToN,-(FP)-Press cor.
respondents in the capital have re-
ceived from Knights OF Columbu,
headquarters in New Haven a long
statement quoting President Green OF
the American Federation Of Labor on
the religious issue in Mexico. as sci
forth by Frank Duffy In an article in
their official magazine Columbia
Green is quoted as hopeful that Mex
lean disputes as to church and state
will be amicably adjusted. so that
American affiliation with Mexican Ia
Dor may not be threatened
The daily worker., 1926-12-05

The December Issue Of the Amer
loan Worker Correspondent will be
out this week. Got q copy, SUBJ
sori,--' ~
The daily worker., 1926-12-05

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MATTE QUITS
HARDWARE CO.
Business Divorce" is An.
nounced ~ To Start
Chain of Movies

Kennewick is to lose another of
her prominent business men the
first of the month, when M. w.
Mattecheck will leave to take up
other work in Oregon. Announce
ment is being made in this issue
of the business divorce" to take
place in the Washington Hardware
& Furniture Co. Wilmot Craven
slund, present partner in the COM
pany, has purchased Mr.. Matte
checks interest in the concern and
will conduct the business after the
first of December.
The big sale which is announced
this week will clean out the furni-
ture department, it is expected,
and the line will no longer be car
ried.
Mr.. Mattechck is planning to go
into the theatre business extern
sively. He will retain the show
house here, which will be under
the active management of his son
Robert. In McMinnville, his new
home, Mr.. Mattecheck has already
purchased the two theatres and
will add to this string several
more as soon as circumstances and