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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-03
ARTICLE FOUR.
BY WIN. E. dunno.

The reflection Of official reaction in
the legislative and executive meetings
Of trade union bodies is found in the
fact that nowhere has the official lead
ership taken the initiative in en-
couraging the workers to struggle or
in leading these struggle after they
have arisen more or lass spontaneous
ly or have been initiated by Commun-
lists or the left wing.
On the contrary as in Passaic and
the furriers' strike, the A. r. of L, and
the International union leadership has
hampered the struggle.
In the railway unions the enactment
Of the Watson-Parker bill has served
as an excuse for the oficialdom to
frown on all strike action and insist
that the membership rely solely on
the company-owned machinery organ
lied under the provisions of the law.
But what has been written above
does not give a complete picture Of
the status of the American. There is
another and a brighter side. If this
were not true the picture would be
dark indeed.
Contrasted with the brazen betray-
ais OF the interests Of the masses, and
the rapid drive towards the capitalist
camp on the part Of labor ofloialdom
and the apathy of large sections of the
,rrr,.lriy,o, ologut oIraod,- ,,Okod 4bay.a oro
number Of events which show that
reaction In the upper strata of labor
and the demands for more production
by the bosses which are widening the
gap between the leadership and the
labor aristocracy on one side and the
unskilled and unorganized workers on
the other is producing a counter
movement which even makes itself
felt in official circles and whose signi-
tlcance, If under-estimated, will have
fatal consequences for our party and
the labor movement as a whole.
Theg most important of these de-
velopments are the following:
THE call for aid of the British
4 coal strike sent out by the A. F.
Of L.
This was largely the result Of pres
sure from below and undoubtedly was
a step taken by the officialdom to fore
stall Communist criticism.
The action was not taken until the
United Mine Workers had authorized
relief donations ct should be remem-
bered in calculating the importance of
the A. F. of L. action that prolonga-
ton Of the British strike is not alto
gether displeasing to American coal
capitalists and to American imperial
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ism In general so long as It does not
take on revolutionary character. It
should be remembered likewise that
not the slightest attempt has been
made by the A. F. of L. executive to
prevent shipments of scab coal to
Britain.1
O-The Passaic textile strike and the
- almost unparalleled financial sup
port given to it by A. F. of L. unions
and organized and unorganized work
ers generally. (While the Passaic
strike itself, occurring in an industry
that is being dislocated and is out of
the main stream of development of
American industry, is not so decisive
as indicating a general trend in the
ranks of the working class, 1t is fun
damentally important for the ungrudg-
ing support given It by the masses in
the face of official hostility, the won
derful spirit and determination Of the
strikers, and because Of the leading
role of the Communists in actual or
ganization and routine work of the
strike and in the relief work.
0-The challenge to the official policy
= of the A. F. of L., reafTirmed at
every convention since the Russian
revolution, thrown down by the or
ganization Of trade union delegation
to the Soviet Union composed of a
number of well-known trade union Of
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BY ERNEST HAEckEL.
CONTINUED from previous issue)


We find another series of strong
arguments in favor of our Monistic
psychology in the individual develop
ment of the soul in the child and the
young animal. We know that the new
born child has as yet no conscious
ness, no intelligence, no Independent
judgment and thought. We follow the
gradual development of these higher
faculties step by step in the first years
Of life, in strict proportion to the anat-
omical development of the cortex with
which they are bound up. The inqui-
ries into the child-soul which Wilhelm
Preyer began in Jena twenty-five years
ago, his careful observations of the
mental development OF man in his
early years." and the supplementary
research of several more recent phys
iologists, have shown, from the onto
genetic side, that the soul is not a
special immaterial entity, but the sum-
total Of number OF connected func-
tons OF the brain. When the brain
dies the soul comes to an end.
We have further proof in the stem
history OF the soul, which we gather
from the comparative psychology OF
the lower and higher mammals, and OF
savage and civilized races. Modern
ethnography shows us in actual exist
ence the various stages thru which the
mind rose TO its present height. The
most primitive races, such as the
Veddahs OF Ceylon, or the Australian
natives, are very little above the
mental life OF the anthropoid apes
From the higher savages we pass by
complete graduation Of stages to the
most civilized races. But what gull
there is. even here, between tho genius
Of Goethe, q Darwin, or q Lamarck
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and an ordinary philistine or third
rate official. All these facts point to
one conclusion the human soul has
only reached its present height by
long period of gradual evolution; It
differs in degree, not in kind, from the
soul of the higher mammals and thus
it cannot in any case be immortal.
That a large number of educated
people still cling TO the dogma of per-
sonal Immortality in spite Of these
luminous proofs, is owing to the great
power of conservative tradition and
the evil methods OF instruction that
stamp these untenable dogmas deep
on the growing mind in early years.
II is for that very reason that the
churches strive to keep the schools
under their power at any cost; they
can control and exploit the adults at
will, IL independent thought and judg-
ment have been stihed in the earlier
years
This brings us to the interesting
question: What is the position OF the
ecclesiastical evolution" of the Jes.
uits (the --latest course OF Darwin
ISM as regards this great question
OF the soul? Man is, according to
Wasmann, the image OF God and a
unique, immaterial being, differing
from all other animals in the posses
sion OF an immortal soul, and there
fore having a totally different origin
from them. Mans immortal soul is,
according to this Jesuit sophistry,
spiritual and sensitive" while the
animal soul Is sensitive only. God
has implanted his own spirit In man,
and associatedit with an animal soul
for the period OF life. It is true that
Wasmann believes oven mans body
TO have been created directly by God :
but. in view OF the overwhelming
proofs of our animal descent, he
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workers who actually struck. (Esti-
mated at from 700 to 1000 at various
times.) 1t is Of unusual Importance
because Of the fact that 1t was break
with a well-organized company and
occurred among workers generally re-
garded as backward and was conduct
ed militantly.
G-The assumption of the responsible
y ity for the Passaic strike by the
United Textile Workers and the af-
filiation of the strikers to this A. F.
of l.. organization.
This development Is Of tremendous
significance inasmuch as it is the
first time an A. #. Of L. International
union has taken such action in strike
called and fought under other auspices
when any considerable number of
workers have been involved. The re-
luctance with which the U. T. w. ac-
cepted these workers as members
following the denunciation Of the
strike by the A. F. Of L. executive
council only adds to the Importance
of this development. The inclusion OF
these textile strikers in the U. T. w.
is tribute to the strength of the
mass pressure from workers both In
and out of the A. F. Of L.
7-The recent appearance and speech
of President Green at the meet
ing Of the Anti-Fascist Alliance in
New York in spite of the official so
cialist desertion and the claim of So
cialist and reactionary labor press to
the effect that the alliance was pure
ly Communist organization.
The only mass organization really
| fighting the agents of fascism in Amer
lea among the italian workers, Presi-
dent Green had to recognize the
alliance as the leader Of this struggle.
Q-The strike and victory Of the
= Furriers' Union in the face of
right sabotage.
President Green personally took
charge Of the right wing fight.
0-The strike of the International
y Ladies' Garment Workers Union
and it's militant struggle against the
injunction. (These two latter events,
while having certain effect on the
American labor movement are of more
importance as showing that the needle
trades unions, of much higher politi-
cal consciousness than the rest of the
labor movement, have largely recov-
cred their pre-war militancy. Like
the textile and coal industries the
clothing industry is convulsed by In
ternal shifts (the development Of con-
tracing and jobbing) resulting In a
weakening of union control. The
courageous struggle of the furriers
and ladies garment workers is some
what Offset in the industry as whole
by the fact that in the Amalgamated
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the workers and 46q6 to the capitalist
employers.
This policy means that the worker
cannot secure at any time a greater
share of his product. He can only de-
mand higher wages If thru the i'm
provement in the machinery Of pro-
duction or thru intensified work on
their part they can increase the
amount of wealth produced.
Productivity In Industry.
THIS wage policy of the Atlantic
City convention should be reac-
tionary enough to suit even the most
hide-bound capitalist employer. The
A. F. of L. convention, so far as it
was within its power, that is so far
as labor was concerned, simply gave
the capitalist employers a guarantee
that they need have no fear that their
profits would be interfered, with. Sure
ly, no capitalist employers could ask
more than that his workers should
declare that they would never ask him
to reduce the share Of the product Of
industry which he gets in the form of
profits, in order to increase the work
ers' wages.
While guaranteeing the capitalists
their profits in the ratio in which
they had been receiving them, this
statement OF wage policy did make
one modest demand for the workers.
It asked that If productivity increased
the workers should share in the in
crease product. If the ratio was $40
TO the workers and 46eo to the cap
italists, then the workers should get
54% of the increased productivity
that is, their wages should be in
creased in proportion to the increased
amount Of wealth they produced.
The department OF Commerce in
its year book for 1926, which has re-
Gently been published. throws some
light upon the question Of the pro-
ductivity Of the workers. It's figures
on the productivity of labor should
be of interest TO the A. F. Of L. lead
ers. The Year Book says:
Even in the short period between
1919 and 1923 the output per wage
Garner in our factories increased
about 209o, and there is no doubt
that the census of 1925 will show
continuance Of this basic progress.
A 206 increase in the productivity
4 per worker from 1919 to 1923, a
continued increase in productivity
since that timel Here is something
for the A. F. Of L. leaders who adopted
the reactionary wage policy at the Al
lantic City convention TO consider. Ac-
cording TO even their wage policy la
Dor should fight for an increase in
wages when the productivity of the
workers increases.
No one will dare to contend that
the workers have shared in the 209c
increase in productivity from 1919 TO
1928 and IN the increase in product
ivity OF the workers since 1925 which
tho department Of commerce Year
Book establishes. No one will dare
contend that the real wages OF the
workers have Increased since 1919.
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ficials, trade union economists and
editors and attorneys largely engaged
In pleading trade union and working
class cases.
This represents unquestionably a
split of considerable proportions on
this issue within the official circles of
the A. F. Of L. and the railway
brotherhoods.
This too is the result of pressure
from below.
H-The organization Of broad pow
erful opposition to the Lewis ma
chine in the United Mine Workers of
America expressed in the Brophy.
Stevenson-Brennan slate backed un-
doubtedly by majority of the men,
bership and fighting on militant
program of fundamental trade union
demands and proposals. (The import
ance of this development on the Amer
lean labor movement cannot be over
estimated but it should be remember
ed that the coal mining industry, like
textiles, is being dislocated and that
it is the union fields which are suffer
ing and not the industry as a whole)
S-The strike of the motormen and
- switchmen on the New York In
terborough Rapid Transit company
lines.
This event is of particular import
ance in spite Of the small number of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-03
Germans Inspect u. S.
Industry; Say Dawes
Plan Too Rigorous

NEW YORK, Oct. /. - Thirty-seven
German business men, representing
the publishing, manufacturing. mining
and contracting phases OF German cap
ltalism, have arrived in the United
States to study the methods used in
American industry. They will be en-
tertained by the New York chamber
Of commerce.
Herr Bodo Ronnefeld, traffic man
ager OF the Leipslc Fair, under the
auspices of which the party travels,
declares that the Dawes plan must be
revised.
THE Dawes plan Is too rigorous"
no said. THE organization will realize
some day that too hard a pressure Ia
being brought 10 bear"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-03
BY c. E. RuTHENsERe.

General Secretary, Workers (com-
munIst) Party.
THE Atlantic City convention Of the
L American Federation Of Labor
held last year, adopted a declaration
on the wages of the workers, which
was hailed as a new wage policy. The
section of the resolution on wages
which contains this new statement OF
policy, reads as follows:
Social inequality, industrial in
stability and injustice must in
crease unless the workers real
wages, the purchasing power of
their wages, coupled with continu-
ing reduction in the number of
hours making up the working day
are progressed in proportion to
mans increasing power Of produc-
ton"
This statement of policy by the A
F. of l.. is frank acceptance Of the
existing capitalist system under
which the workers are exploited by
the owners of industry. The A. F. OF
L. accepted the right OF the capital
list employers to take large share
of the product of the workers in the
form Of interest on bonds, dividends
on stock and profits generally.
According to study made by the
National Bureau OF Economic Re
search, in the year 1918, the capital
list employers took 46 per cent of the
net value product Of all industries in
this country, and labor received 81
per cent. The wage policy Of labor
as visualized by the Atlantic City con
vention of the A. F. OF l., was tc
continue to give the capitalist en-
ployers As per cent of the product OF
the workers and that labor should be
satisfied with the 81 per cent which
1t was receiving according to the
calculation of the National Bureau Of
Economic Research, which very like
ly exaggerated labor's share)
THE Atlantic City convention policy
= applied to industry means that the
workers should not fight for a higher
standard Of life so long as there was
no increase in the amount of wealth
produced. 1t conceded to the capital
list employers all that they had grab.
bed in the past. The capitalist en-
ployers in the United States have
thru the exploitation OF labor amassed
great fortunes in the past fifty years
they have achieved thru this exploita
ton the ownership OF tho great In
dustrial machine which the workers
have built in this country.
The A. F. OF L. said, let them have
It. The A. F. of L. said, let them draw
interest dividends and profits on their
certificates Of ownership. altho they
may be absentee owners and contrib
ute nothing 10 the production Of
wealth.
All that the A. r. OF L. asked for Ia
Dor was, that II the amount Of wealth
produced was Increased, then the in
crease should also be divided SAX b
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BANDIT SHOOTS
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OWNER
c. A. Reeh Battles for Life
With Two Bullets
in His Groin.

Battling for his life. with two bull.
let holes through his groin, the result
of struggle with holdup man Wed,
nesday night, c. 4. Reeh. 30. 1903
Roosevelt avenue. showed slight i'm,
provement Thursday.
With the rally. hospital attaches be-
lievc that Reeh has chance for re-
covery.
Entering the filling station operat-
ed by Reeh at Roosevelt avenue and
Mitchell street. the bandit ordered
Reeh and II. b. Ragsdale. 151 FeliSa
street, 10 throw up their hands. They
at first thought he was testing. After
sharp command they complied.
As he approached, Rech grabbed
for the gun held by the bandit. As
they struggled. the pistol. n IS caliber
army type. was discharged three
times. Two shots entered Reeh's
groin. the third missing its mark.
When Reeh succeeded in Wrestling
the gun from his hands the bandit
fled. Weakened by the shots Reeh
was unable to give chase or fire the
pistol.
Descriptions Of the bandit are al
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the holdup man who for the past week
has been holding up storekeepers.
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PHILIPPINE GENERAL
DEPENDS ACTIVITIES

MANILA, April S.-CP)-General
Emilio Aguinaldo issued statement
here today in defense OF his decision
and that Of the Association Of Vet
Grams of the Philippine Revolution,
10 refrain from joining the activi-
ties of the National Supreme Conn
ell. Aguinaldo also replied TO charges
that he is becoming an unconscious
instrument against Philippine indc-
pendence on account Of his friendship
for Govcrnor-gcneral Wood.
1T is said Wood is against indie
pendence and that he having extended
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sarily be anti-independista. ] -cau
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dependence, nor is be the enemy Of
those who are actively working for
realization Of the peoples aspirations.
NY personal feeling is that the
country would gain more and show
more capacity for existence and indc-
pendence in winning Wood over To
our side instead Of antagonizing him.
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Nat Goldsmith. former president
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The Light. attended a rally meeting
held by Karnes City Chamber Of
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nesday night.
The San Antonians delivered ad.
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Paul II. Brown. president Of the
chamber. outlined the organization's
plans. Each merchant was told the
amount be should contribute towards
the upkeep Of the organization and il
was explained that about $500 viii.
be necessary for 2 Secretary's salary.
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