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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06
FaSciSm in Greece

General T. H. PangaO for the months actual fascist
Greece overheard all of democracy
joins batch reaconay depos of which the bgan
AIussolini Of Italy is the classic example
Pangalos coup carefully arranged and carried out with
precision All the military gaons had been captured thru bribery
British gold intimidation by British mercenaries and
allegiance Pangaos of the strategic points the
empire complete domination London the result
financial penetration which well developed before the
outbreak of the world
the which Greece put pawn of Great
against Turkey dscenbe in the remark
Pangaos assuming dictatorship that Greece time
gates COnsannOp In carrying forward its designs against
its hands that territory
the Mediterranean and India the
depend Greece The chain of islands
Aegean that controlled by Greece
by naval aplane bases Great Britain hopes
desire control ConstantnOpe and
the Dardaneles.
there still exists nationalist sentiment that
the Of Britain These parties
represent the majority of the population With the approach of
The elections the Pangaos took precautions
arrange the election that the majority could not
boycott Of the elections by the opposition
The the regime TYPICAL the suppression
the opposition press and strict censorship of the news emana
ing from the country.
opposition the fascist dcators of small
acting great imperalst powers mpoten
Only working the leadership of Communist Party
smash the impea pawn Greece other country
similarly While suppression and will the
parties trained in the art of instruction
will devise of strengthening their party the struggle
pcrme deeper the ranks Of the exploited masses and
for the overthrow Of the new fascist power
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06
BY WILLIAM F. dunno.
ARTICLE VI.
Achievements Of the Left Wing and
it's Immediate Problems.

THE left wing in the international
L Ladies' Garment Workers con-
vention, in spite of mistakes emu
merated and criticized in previous
articles, mistakes traceable to condi-
tions which encourage struggle for
power for the first time in one Of
the largest unions in the American
labor movement at time when the
rest of the trade unions lag far be-
hind the development in the l. L. G.
W., made some real gains-gains from
which the whole left wing movement
will profit.
1t would be the greatest mistake in
this period to measure the progress
of and the consolidation of the left
wing by officials elected and organiza-
tional power established. 1t is just
this wrong method measuring achieve
ment which is largely responsible for
the mistakes made by the 1. L. G. w.
left wing as we'll as the disappoint-
ment expressed by some at the re-
suit of the Furriers' convention.
TN estimating the achievements of
1 the left wing in Philadelphia we
must ask, therefore, not how many
officers were captured, but:
Did the left wing broaden it's mass
support?
Did it increase the understanding
of the role of the left wing among
those already accepting its program?
Did it profit by its mistakes?
Did it's convention cadre gain in
ability to organize and direct?
Is it, in a word, stronger, ideologi-
cally and organizationally than it was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06
Right and Left Wing in the l. L. c. W.. Convention

But it has left to the left wing lead
ership a union which is bankrupt but
which is compelled to face the fierc-
est opposition from the international
officials and the bosses.
1t is practically certain that early
in this year the union will be com
PEELED to engage in general strike.
In this struggle, with treasury loot
ed by the reactionaries before their
surrender the New York locals can
expect, at the best, only cynical
sneers from the international officers.
LNVEN in New York among the Ital-
~ ian workers in the unions control
led by Ninfo and Antonini, the left
wing has but a small following. These
locals at present constitute a base of
operations for the Sigman machine
against the left wing. There is also
Dubinsky's following, Local No. 10,
perhaps the strongest Sigman base in
the I. L. G. w.
The left wing will win the general
strike this spring If it is not betrayed
by the machine. 1t is therefore nee
essary to make such a. betrayal inn
possible.
H. can be done by winning substan-
tial sections of the militant Italian
workers who are still confused and
deceived by their leaders, to the sup
port of the left wing and it's program.
TN addition to broadening its support
L in the l. L. G. W. itself the left wing
must also enter into the closest re-
lations with the left wing in the Fur
riers' and the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers Unions. The left wing must
establish clearly among the member
ship that this is no isolated struggle
but that it involves the winning of all
decisive groups of needle trades work
ers for it's program.
The struggle against the bureau
cracy in all the needle trades unions
must be intensified and consolidated
to such an extent that the reaction
aries will have no time to prepare be-
trayals.
The best tactics for the left wing
is an offensive against the bosses and
the bureaucracy on all fronts.
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before the convention?
ITO all these questions the answer
L must be yes. t0r
This answer is correct in spite OF
the fact that the achievements Of the
left wing were considerably less than
the possibilities and that its line OF
achievement represents a deviation,
speaking fundamentally, of an angle
of about 80 degrees from the straight
line of possible accomplishment.
During the convention the attention
of the overwhelming majority Of the
ceedings. 1t was evident, as shown
by the rank and file attendance at
the convention and number of other
concrete incidents, that every man
euver of the left found its response
among the rank ande file and that
the counter-maneuvefsJ of the Sigman
machine aroused deep resentment.
This was especially true of use of
police in the convention by the ma
chine which the News York member
ship answered by mass meetings and
kilograms of protest! Rank and file
delegations were also sent to the con-
vention with messages of encourage
ment for the left wing
IN Philadelphia mass meeting of a
thousand garment workers was ad-
dressed by left wing leaders and, in
a center where the Sigman expulsion
policy has reduced the membership
by two-thirds, the basis was laid for
union and left wing Organization.
The convention Proceedings were
followed eagerly by thousands of
needle trades workers in the Freiheit.
The influence of the Communist press
because of its support of the left
wing was recognized by the Sigman
machine. + Its correspondents were
seated at the press table and altho
whining insults were given by ma
chine speakers from time to time, no
attempt to exclude the Communist
press was made as has been done at
previous conventions.
A LTHO the left wing did not capt.
"A talize it's real mission as the or
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06
METAL TRADES
STUMPED over
AUTO WORKERS
Only Industrial Union
Can be Organized

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Secretary
Berries of the metal trades depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor announces that the conference
of metal trades executives which will
plan a campaign to organize the auto
mobile workers in Detroit and other
centers will not be held until the end
of January. This conference was au-
thorized by the Atlantic City conven-
ton early in November, and was to
have been held early in December.
AS set forth in his annual report by
James O'Coinell, president of the de-
partment, the problem of unionizing
the 100000 men now employed in
making automobiles and accessories
in the United States is a difficult one.
Machinery has wiped out craft lines.
Few skilled jobs are left. Most of
the men are doing unskilled jobs at
top speed, racing with machinery con.
trolled by foremen.
These men cannot be brought into
the unions of skilled craftsmen, either
as machinists, sheet metal workers,
electrical workers or others. They
must be gathered into an industrial
union, similar in scope to the United
Mine Workers in the coal industry.
O'Connell proposes to summon to
Washington the executives OF the
craft unions in the metal manufactur.
ing Industry, and to invite them to
determine what part of their present
jurisdiction shall be turned over to
the new industrial union in order that
this danger spot in the line Of the lg-
Dor movement may be eliminated.
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ganizer of the needle trades workers
as against the disruptive policy of
the bureaucracy sufficiently, neverthe-
less it made clear that unity is not a
matter of words but of deeds and
that unity is not fetish, a thing in
itself, which is to be worshipped and
maintained at the sacrifice of all
struggle by and for the masses.
The left wing proved to the hilt, in
the Convention and to the rank and
file, that the Sigman machine is
guilty of cooperating with the po-
lice against the membership and that
it's war on the membership is re-
sponsible for the weakness of the
union.
The left wing appeared in the con-
vention as the only force in the union
which really fights for and not against
the membership.
The mistakes of the left wing were
made in struggle and consequently
their effects were apparent immedi-
ately. That the mistakes were cor
rected and we need cite here only
the fact that the splitting tactics of
the bureaucracy were met and over
come, is proof that the left wing
learned and learned quickly from it's
errors. This is not to say that an
immensely more firm grasp of ele-
mentary policy and tactics is not
needed but only that in the conven-
ton much progress was made in this
direction.
TNHE left wing did not lose a single
l. delegate during the three weeks of
convention struggle. On the contrary,
it showed, in the decisive vote on the
election of officers, that it had actual
ly increased its convention following
casting high vote of 10 as against
an estimated strength of 107
Considering the bitterness of the
convention struggle and the lack of
experience of many of the left wing
delegates this is in itself a real
achievement
These 10 delegates have shown by
their solidarity that they realized fully
their responsibility to the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06
Where Is the Flag of England?

Go! Search for the once glad islands,
Where disease and death are rife,
And the greed of a callous commerce
Now battens on human life!
Where is the flag of England?
Go sail where the rich galleons
,,o, come
With shoddy and loaded cottons,
And beer and bibles and rum;
Go, too, where brute force has tri-
umphed,
And hypocrisy makes its lair;
And your question will find its answer,
For the flag of England is there!"
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thought of their opinions-are only
hardened in their faith and deter
mination by appeals of that kind.
Did Mr.. Justice Swift think that
they were poltroons or towards or so
lacking in elementary character as to
make a public recantation? Was he
not aware that such an appeal to
desert their party was sure to have
the effect of making the party as
such more sacred to them and to the
other members of the party?
oc1ea Helps Communist Cause.
To single the party out for attack
Ito let the workers see that the
object of the prosecution was to break
and dispense the party-to lay it
down definitely, and without ambig-
uity, that the Communist Party is
ilegal-all that is bound to have the
effect of making the Communist Party
more precious to those who are
attached to it, and who sympathize
with it, and to win the ready support
for it of thousands of workers who
otherwise would have remained in
different.
.,cne Government Methods.
The government, with it's spies and
informers, it's eavesdroppers and men
who hide under platforms and creep
behind doors, its shadowers, it's make
believe Communists, its special
branch" intelligentsia who crudely
wrestle with economic and political
theses, it's legal lackeys and adopts at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06
Plutes Deny Workers Right to Think

legal casuistry, has certainly cut .
sorry figure in the whole business.
Not all the pretense Of fairness OF
the judge in his scarlet robe can dis
sipate that ugly and reprehensible
background.
Then the heavy-footed raiding Of
workmen's homes; the snatching and
retention of private correspondence
the opening of letters in the post
highly delectable business for paid
agents of the government to carry on
amongst the free born electorate OF
the kingdom-that also possesses
most unsavory character.
Government methods have been
adopted towards the Communists that
could scarcely be justified against
enemy spies in time of war.
Forget Food Profiteers.
Where are we? In what times are
we living? If the government would
have devoted half the attention-half
the DIGGING and spying-to appre-
bending criminals or food profiteers,
ETC., as it has to prosecuting work
men for holding unpalatable political
opinions this country would be by far
a sweeter and cleaner place to live in.
If it is by such methods the govern
ment is proposing to stimulate a new
spirit in industry and a closer fra
ternal relationship between all class
es in the community, it will get it,
with a vengeance Reprinted from
the London Sunday Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06
Hicks smashes Constitution.


Sir William Representatives. has done
more to undermine, to pull to pieces
and to destroy the constitution in a
few months than the Communist
Party has done since it's inception.
If the workers are driven under
ground to form secret societies; if
they are forced-by the mere express
sion of opinion-into antagonism with
the law if the law itself, the very
heart and mainstay of the constitu-
ton, becomes a matter of contempt
and mockery to broad masses of the
peOple-as is bound to be the results
of Mr.. Justice Swift's Interpretation
then goodbye to constitutional ac-
tion in the future.
Swift Gets Cold Shoulder.
What emphasizes this aspect of the
prosecution is the appeal made by
Mr.. Justice Swift to the seven Com
munists to leave their party in order
to procure their release. We do not
know what was moving in the mind of
the Judge when he made that appeal.
He surely did not imagine that that
appeal would be responded to. He
surely does not imagine that that will
have the effect of frightening workers
away from the Communist Party.
Things do not happen that way.
Men Of faith, will, and understanding
as these seven and the Communists
generally have demonstrated them
selves to be, no matter what may be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06
Trade Unions onee ILLEGAL.

The Communist Party is now in the
same position as trade unions were in
during the early part of last century.
1t is an illegal organization.
That statement blythe judge, in my
opinion, is going to have for the work
ing class movement % greater signifi-
canoe than the Yale decision
also judge-made lawH1had in its way,
in its own peculiar relation to the pro-
gress of our movement.
1t is around thisxquestion of the
legality of free speech and free asso-
citation that the struggle must be
waged by the organized working class
against the forces of reaction.
If any other group of persons,
equally unpopular with the govern
ment and the capitalist class, occa-
sion the animosity of the reaction
aries, they are liable, to be dragged
before the courts and put outside the
pale of ordinary human intercourse,
and denied the right to express their
views, in the same way.
This is a precedent which threatens
the fundamental basis of what we
have come to regard as constitution
alism in this country, Constitution
al progress is only made possible
by freedom of speech and association.
1t will not be the Communists who
will have undermined the constitu-
ton, but the tory governmental party
and its legal instruments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06

That means, in effect, that no mem
Der of the Communist Party dare pro-
claim himself as such. 1t means the
denial of the right to workers of
particular school of thought to come
together, to form a party, and to
express the views of that party.
1t means the suppression of the
right of free speech, free expression,
and free association. That is now the
law-because law in this country is
practically judge-made law
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06
Pittsburgh Labor
Defense Membership
Meeting Thursday

PITTSBURGH, Jan. A general
membership meeting of all members
of the International Labor Defense of
Pittsburgh and vicinity will be held
next Thursday night, Jan. 9TH, 5 p. m.
at the Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St..
Pittsburgh, Pa.
All members of the defense should
be present as an organizer for the
defense will be at this meeting to
take up some of the problems con-
fronting us. All members make sure
to be present and hear what she has
to say.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06
BY HENRY LABoUcHERE

I'm the UNITED States Of India")
And the winds of the world made
answer,
North, South, East and West
Wherever there's wealth to covet.
Or land that can be possess'd;
Wherever are savage races,
To cozen, coerce and scare,
We shall find the Wanted ensign;
For the British flag is therel
Aye, it waves DER the blazing novels
Whence African victims fly,
To be shot by explosive bullets
Or to wretchedly starve and diel
And where the beachcomber harries
Isles of the Southern sea,
AT the peak of his hellish vessel
'Tis the English flag flies free.
1.-THE Maori oft hath cursed 1t,
With the bitterest dying breath;
And the Arab Kissed his hatred
AS he spits at its folds in death.
The hapeless fellah has feared 1t
On Tel-elKebir's parched plain,
And the Zulu's blood has stained 1t
With a deep indelible stain.
ut has floated DER scenes of pillage.
II has Haunted DER deeds Of shame
1t has waved DER the fell marauder
As he ravished with sword and
flame
II has looked upon ruthless slaughter
And massacre dire and grim;
II has heard the shrieks Of the victims
Drown ever the lingo hymn.
where is the flag of England3
Seek the land where the natives rot
Where decay and assured extinction,
Must soon be tho peoples lot,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06
Daily Worker Farmers Section
Will Unity Struggle of Farmers
and Workers Against Capitalism

The following letter received by DAILY WORKER
Section Of DAILY WORKER, appearance daily,
starting Monday Of the big ideas
WORKER
and the workers against capitalism:
kansas City,
~
WORKER Chicago.
"Dear
creetnss WORKER IFS one
Of the great big ideas Of the
"onhaf consists farmers and ~
farmers Il we'll the farmer
fighting the battle o. ae
workers against their cxpIoters.
1.-THE farmer must The DAILY
WORKER will N.
wishing The DAILY WORKER happy and
81
J. -. E. SNYDER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06

Young Communist
League of Great
Britain is contain
ed in the judges
summing up.
n'1t is obvious
rom the evidence"
said Mr.. Justice
Swift, that you
are members of an
Illegal party carry
ing on illegal work
in this country.
And" he added, cit
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06

NOTE.-Thi is continuation of
the series of articles on the recent
International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union convention held in
Philadelnhia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06
BY GEORGE HICKS.

President of the British National
Union of Building Trades Workers.
TNHE most significant and the most
= sinister point about the prosecI-
ton and sentences against leading
members of the Communist Party and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06
No Further Tax Cuts
Insists Mellon After
Reducing Own Taxes

WASHINGTON, Jan. A warning
against reducing taxes more than
$S30,O00,000 was sounded before the
senate finance committee today by
Secretary OF the Treasury Mellon, at
the opening of hearings on the new
revenue bill passed by the house.
Mellon said the nations finances
would not stand further tax reduc-
tions contaminated By a minority SEN
ate faction. He was subjected to
severe grilling by democratic commit
tee members favroing additional tax
cuts in the lower income tax brackets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06

vacation enjoyed by congressman enabled them to
with their constituents and many of the Coo
and have learned that the nation partc
ua belt opposed the governments alleged solution
agricultural crisis Pacific coast senator's report that the
policy the secretary the interior Work will ALLEVIATE all western
states year All in all the Coolidge Mellon gang in for
lively time eliminate the question Of the world court,
the disarmament conference the italian debt seementany
Of which is quite sufficient to cause disaster
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Worker Correspondence win make
The DAILY WORKER better paper
send in a story about your shop.
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eon saws Americas will stand further tax reduc
reducing his and those Of his fellow multi
onares secretary the treasury not concerned
about further reductions
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