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er her loans secure, it was also an
attempt to form a block of debtor
states against America under the
leadership of England. Arising from
the growing contradictions between
America and Europe there grows a
certain paralleling OF interests Of
Soviet Russia with Europe, on the
other hand there Is a certain parallel
ing Of the interests of Soviet Russia
with the interests of America in
China, Mosul, etc. Naturally, the
motives are varied The Russian
Mosul policy aims at defending young
revolutionary Turkey against English
Imperialism whereas American Mosul
policy aims at defending Mosul oil
for imperialist reasons against Eng
land.
THE speaker then proceeded to an
i alyze in detail the difference be-
tween the slogan of the United States
Of Europe in 1915 and now. The ar
guments which Lenin used against
this slogan at that atime were abso-
lutely correct. At that time objec-
lively considered, thes slogan direct
ed itself against the colonies and
against the young Japanese and Anne
rican imperialisms. Today the hege-
mony is no longer with Europe but
with American. AT that time the
slogan meant a denial of the posi-
bility Of the victory of the revolu-
ton in a single country, today how
ever, we have the Soviet Union. To-
day we can and must connect this
slogan with the slogans for an alli-
ance with the colonies and with the
Soviet Union. We must not only ex-
pose the swindle of the pacifist slo-
gan of Pan-Europe, but we must our
selves issue positive slogan.
TINE task which the American party
L must place before itself hangs in
connection with this. The chief task
of the American party Is to build
bridges to the masses. Such bridges
are: The left movement in the La
Dor Party, the organization of the I'M
skilled workers, the leadership of
electoral campaigns, the setting up
of a platform of combined struggle
against the power of the state and
trust capital the struggle against i'm
perialism, ETC., etc. A very impor-
tant task for the party is to shift its
main weight from light to heavy in
,dustry. The central Slogan from the
standpoint of the division of work in
the Comintern must be, the alliance
with the suppressed peoples of Latin
America who in the future will play
the role of China, with Mexico in
the role of Canton. Finally, the Com
munists must set up the revolution
airy slogan of open door to revolu-
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tionary propaganda" against the re-
formist workers Monroe doctrine of
the cutting of of the American con-
tinent from revolutionary propa-
ganda."
NOMRADE STEPHANSKI (Poland)
~ was not in agreement with Zinc
view with regard to the revolutionary
possibilities of Poland. The new
events place the party before great
tasks. Fascism grew and proceeded
to carry out mass agitation, even
formed trade unions. On the other
hand, however, the leftward move
ment in the working class also grew
In consequence of the coalition poll
cy, a left wing was formed in the Pc
lish Socialist Party. If the Commun
list Party pursues a correct policy
here this can lead to the breaking
off Of large masses Of workers from
the social-democracy. In the last
session Of the trade union council
under the pressure of the masses, moi
only those in favor of an alliance but
also right railway leaders and min
ers' leaders voted for the proposals
of the left.
The Kulaks are going to the right
all other elements to the left. The
Communist slogan which was issued
over two years ago for the expropria
ton Of the large landowners without
compensation has become the slogan
of large masses of the peasantry. The
Fourteenth Congress Of the party Ii
undated the ultraleft crisis. The Ill
tra-lefts have made very many great
mistakes. Already in 1928 Domsky
accused the Russian Party of oppor-
tunism and when the ultra-left OBJ
tanned influence over the party lead
ership the isolation from the mass
es followed, the united front was
flung overheard, a stupid sort Of re.
evolutionary gymnastics was INDUCED
in without the participation Of the
masses and the social-democratic
workers were rejected.
Altho there are still ultraJleft ten
denotes left over, the crisis has been
passed. The situation of the party is
favorable. In Kalisch the soldiers
refused to shoot upon the workers
The party is nevertheless insufficient
ly active and for this reason the
strike of the Dombrova railway work
ers proved so surprising as result
of the ultra-left policy of isolation
from the masses. The coming eco
nomic struggles can very well raise
the question of the workers and
peasants government, nevertheless, it
is possible for the bourgeoisie to OBJ
tain a breathing space by an impe'
rialist loan, this, however, would be
under hard conditions. On the other
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international Press Correspondence.
MOSCOW, March gu. S. S. r.,
(By Mail.)-Feb. 24.-The sixth ses-
sion of the enlarged executive Of the
Communist International was opened
today under the Craftsmanship Of
Comrade Geschke with the speech of
Comrade Pepper who declared:
1.-THE previous discussion has been
rather limited to the internal party
situation. The essence of the devil
ations consist in the mistakes which
have been made in the APPLICATION of
the tactic of the united front, these
in their turn are connected with the
uncertainty of the analysis of the
world situation The analysis of Dor.
Olga: Here is Soviet Russia, there
is the rest Of the world, is extremely
schematic and false, and from it
comes a false tactic.
The all-embracing slogan Of the
theses upon the basis of an analysis
of the world situation is: The Unit
ed States of Socialist Europe. Many
comrades are skeptical of this slo.
gan, they remember the argument OF
Lenin in 1915. At that time, how
ever, both the meaning of the slo.
gan as we'll as the world situation
were different. At that time the slo,
gan meant: A unification of the Eu
ropean state upon a bourgeois-repub
hcan basis thru the overthrow of the
monarchy, today it means socialist
unification. The economic dominance
of America and the growing contra
diction between her and Europe char
acterize the present situation.
The concentration and accumula.
ton of American capital, the clean
ing of the petty bourgeois elements
out of the republican party, the Off
cial abandonment of the antitrust
law by the republicans and further
the widening of connections with Eu
rope and the tendency to abolish the
high customs barrier in which the
farmer and the growing class of cou'
pon-clippers are in alliance with
finance capital, all these factors lead
to a sharpening of the dominant stu
alton of American capitalism and to
a deepening of the contradiction be-
tween America and Europe.
In contradiction to the one-time
policy of isolation from Europe, Anne
rican capitalism now sets up poll
tical and economic conditions, as for
instance the demand presented to
Belgium for a reduction in the
strength of the army. Locarno was
not only an attempt to create a block
against the Soviet Union and an at
tempt on the part of America to rend-
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return to the mills and then submit
to arbitration. ma
"a settlement that asks you to go
to work before your demands are met
is no settlement" it was declared.
One speaker told Of postal workers
strike in Canada in which similar
proposal was accepted. mo sooner
were the workers back at their places
than the strike leaders were weeded
out, the whole movement crushed, and
the strike irrevocably lost" he said.
Roger Baldwin, OF the Civil Liber-
ties Union, made a fiery address at
the same meeting, which was held in
Belmont Park hall. Il am under a
suspended sentence OF six months In
jail that | got for helping the strikers
in Passaic," he said, "and l am ready
to incur another six months sentence
in helping the strikers In Passaic II II
is necessary" He counselled the
workers that "the best resistance is
an attack" and congratulated them up.
on their militant front against Chief
OF Police Zober and his men"
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hand a fight upon the part of fascism
for power is also possible. The most
important task is that of winning
the masses away from the social-de'
mocracy, and the conditions for this
are more favorable than ever they
were.
NoMRADE RUTH FISCHER de
~ clared: 1 am in complete agree
ment with the theses Of zinoviev
The struggle must at the same time
be conducted against both right and
left. The ultra-Ieft tendencies can
unless they are defeated lead to a
liquidation of the party, to a catas
trophe. There is also an information
al right danger. A section of the so
cial-democratic workers who were
led by the stream of the revolution
into the ranks of the German Com
munist Party, are tending back to
wards the social-democracy. The
rights, who support themselves upon
the one-time social-democrats and
upon the aristocracy OF labor, are sit
ting in Noah's ark and waiting pa
tiently until the left food has died
down. The solution of the, German
question is one of the most important
with which the enlarged executive is
faced. The history of the German
party consists Of vaccillations be
tween ultra-left and right. Every
party congress swung the course of
the party round. At the inaugural
congress of the party ultra-lefts voted
down : Uiebknecht and Luxembourg
The Heidelberg party congress ex-
PEELED good workers. Jena was a
weakened ultra-left party congress.
Frankfort was ultra-left, the embodi-
ment Of all ultra-left anti-bolshevist
tendencies in the party. After Frank
fort the Berlin party congress repre-
scented a turn, unfortunately only half
turn. For this reason the E. G. G. l.
letter was necessary and politically
absolutely correct. The letter Of the
E. G. c. I. declared not that the
left was bankrupt, but only few left
leaders. interruption: "You and
Maslov.") The left made tremen-
dous mistake when they failed to
draw an honest balance at Frankfort.
interruption: Instead of balance
it produced double bookkeeping.") 1t
failed to fight the ultra-left mistakes
in the trade union question and in the
tactic Of the united front.
1t did not reject the tactic Of the
united front, but it also did not fight
against the feeling of the majority of
the party membership against this
tactieg The E. C. C. l. was right when
It warned against ultra-left errors in
Frankfort. AS early as September
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What Does Norman Thomas Mean?

Norman Thomas socialist spoke at a strike meeting of
the Furrers Union last Friday The chairman introduced
him representative of the socialist party and
didate for governor the socialist ticket He stated
that in strike the union glad have all who
ested in the of the strike and help along
To this Norman Thomas responded and sad mo honest
socialist work against the strike In strike political
differences must be set aside and the the
workers considered above all else"
What did Norman Thomas mean? Does he not know
that the Jewish Daily Forward which is by the socialists
is fighting the Furrers' Union and this strike? Would he
then say that the Forward and the socialists responsible
it not honest?
Maybe Or. Norman Thomas explain 1t seems that
either Abraham cahan, editor of the Forward is not an
honest socialist that Thomas wrong about the attitude
of socialists in of strike.
Or is Thomas breaking away from cahan?
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derer of women, who teaches Sunday
school classes in plutocratic churches
on Sunday and harms babies on Mon
day.
Young LaFollette was visited and
agreed that he would, if necessary, in
-treduce a resolution urging the ap-
pointment of a committee to investi-
gateathe Passaic strike and the textile
industry.
~ Wheeler of Montana was interview
ed and was almost as cautious as Coo
lidge regarding the proposed investi-
cation, but asserted that in case it
was started he would da all he could
to aid it.
After weary, but exciting day for
the strikers, they secured places to
stay for the night and next morning
started out to the White House to lay
their case before the president. They
got as far as the Office of Saunders,
the secretary of Coolidge, and were
brutally informed that not then or at
any future time would Coolidge listen
to their grievances. The old lady
striker, Mrs. Raznik, was speeches.
and tears came to her eyes as she
realized that the head of the govern
ment she had been told was her own
and had believed was the defender of
the oppressed, would not even conde-
scend to listen for a few moments to
her grievances, Other of the girls and
women also cried when they were
turned away from the White House.
The DAILY WORKER representa-
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Passaic Textile Strikers "See" Washington

tive spent a few moments enlighten-
ing them regarding the true charac-
ter of the government Of the United
States as the executive committee of
the blood-suckers on Wall Street, and
gave the strikers delegation talk on
the blessings of class government, ex-
planning the role of Coolidge as a
strike-breaking president, and told
them that instead of weeping over the
fact that the head of the capitalist po-
litical machine would not see them
they should understand the fact' that
he, like the government, is their bit
ter enemy and that only thru a class
party of labor can they hope to have
government that would represent
them. When this was impressed upon
them their tears turned to bitter hat
red and they vowed that Coolidge was
not a damn bit better than the mill
owners and their thugs and gangsters
in Passaic.
Everett Saunders, at the White
House, told the strikers they should
go and visit the secretary Of labor,
Davis. Davis had been in conference
with the Passaic mill bosses, and had
offered the services of the government
to them as a strike-breaking agency.
He consented to see the committee
and endeavored to break up their
union by fraudulent proposals. But
that will be the subject of the next
story of the experiences of the visit
ing Passaic strikers to the capital OF
Wall Street
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dren that he hopes to be able to keep
in school so they will have the adj
vantage of an elementary education
something few people get in this in
dustrial jungle.
Anna Malick is one of a family of
seven children and is but 16 years OF
age yet has spent a year and halt
of her life toiling in the Dundee tex
tile mills, for which she receives $12
if she puts in the full week of As
hours. Her father gets $40 for full
week, while another sister gets SIS,
but they seldom get a full weeks
wage. Their combined salary must
support a family of nine. Like all
other families in the mill district GER
tain members of the family must
abandon all hope Of being anything
other than mill slaves in order that
some other member of the family may
have chance to struggle, with their
assistance, out of the hell holes OF
New Jersey.
Nancy Sandusky, an 1S-year old girl,
is also in the delegation. She works
in the New Jersey mill with her moth
er and sister and gets on an average
SIS per week.
All except one delegate are citizens
and he has his first papers.
All of the delegation have faced the
terror of the police cossacks in the
streets when they endeavored to
picket the mills on strike.
Try to See Coolidge.
Under the guidance of Frank P.
Walsh, who knows his way about the
labyrinths of the senate building and
who has had varied experiences as
joint chairman with former President
Taft on the war labor board and who
was chairman of the committee on in
dustrial relations that submitted the
famous report of a decade ago, the
committee of Passaic strikers was
taken to the offices of Senator Will
liam r. Borah, who listened to their
grievances and expressed amazement
that industries of such a character
were permitted to operate in this
country. He was particularly inter
ested in the conditions of the workers
in the whole industry because OF the
high protective features of the Ford
ney-McCumber tariff. Since he is the
ranking member of the committee on
labor and education he suggested that
Senator Lawrence G. Phipps, OF Colo
RADIO, who is chairman OF that COM
mittee, be visited. When Phipps was
interviewed he asserted that he could
have nothing to do with 1t at all. or
course, no one expected that he would
have anything to do with such
an investigation as he is the mere
lackey of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company, the Rockefeller concern, re-
sponsible for the butchery and burn
ing alive of women and children at
Ludlow Colorado, in 1914, and which
Walsh exposed in his Industrial rela-
tons report. The Rockefeller sena-
tor was not at all pleased to see the
man who exposed the fact that young
Rockefeller was red hTpded MUIR
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the strike and counter with the state
ment that they will not permit the
employers to deprive them of the
leadership that they are. convinced
can realize their demands in the strug-
gle by outgeneraling the agents of the
employers. Others ingthe delegation
are: rg
Carl Trocolo, who isra dryer in the
United Dye Works at Lodi. He is
American-born of Italian parentage, is
% years of age, married and has one
child and receives thelmiserable wage
Of $23 for full week of 4S hours,
but does not always work a full week
because of slackness in the industry
Gustav Deak, the treasurer of the
relief committee, is a dryer in the
notorious Botany Mill, is American.
born, Fl years of age and is compelled
to expend his energy AS hours a week
for the sum of $22.
Theresa Staudinger, is an 1S-year.
old girl who is a member in the Botany
mill, who was born in this country
and who works As hours for the miser.
able sum Of SIS. She has been work
ing ever since she was of legal age to
work in the mill and helps her father
support the family because he is a
mechanic in the mills, but under the
best conditions of full time work only
receives $50 per week.
Anna Braznak, ffty-year-old
mother of nine children, works in the
Passaic Worsted mills and when she
gets in a full week gets $16.OS in her
pay envelope, while her husband as
common laborer rim the industry
receives but $12.50r per week. Her
oldest daughter is II, years of age and
had to give up her school studies in
order to enter the MILLS and help sup
port the rest of theB family. For her
work she receives the sum of $14 per
week. Thus three penple working full
time are able to realize but SASS
which must support a family OF
eleven. This old woman came to
Washington and has told her story to
senators, the secretary Of labor and
various other officials She is a natur.
allied citizen.
Frank Giacomini, born I'm this coun-
try 80 years ago, and an expert work
man, gets $2S for working As hours
in the Botany mills. He says he does
not get married because conditions
and wages in the textile industry pro-
hibit one supporting a family in de-
cency.
Steven Res, works 4S hours per
week in the Forstmann-Huffmann mill
for $22 per week, on which he must
support one child and a sick wife.
Matyas Haydn gets 500 per week
from the Botany for a 4S-hour week
on which sum he must support a wife
and three children.
Stephan Klepar, a man 4S years Of
age, who looks sixty-fve because Of
the devastation wrohght in human be-
ings by the system of slavery enforced
in the mills, works al the Gera mill
for so cents an hour, on which he
must support his wifo and four chill
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BY H. NJ. WIcKs.
Especial TO The Daily Worker)

WASHINGTON, o. c., March a.
Thousands Of workers come to Wash
ineton every year on excursions, we'd
ding trips and for the purpose of see
ing the sights Of the national capital
They see the show places, the glamor
the shrines Of the patriots, monu-
ments to Washington, Lincoln, historic
tablets adjoining myriad walls carrying
the legends Of past acts, they see the
Potomac river, Arlington military
cemetery and view the capitol build
ing, the treasury and the White House,
Washington for them remains pleas.
ant interruption of their drab exist
ences.
But of all the toiling millions in the
United States a very small percentage
of them ever see Washington. Espe.
cially is this the case with the poorly
paid workers in the grim slave pens
of the wooden centers. So when the
delegation of strikers from the Pas
sale battle front came to this city ii
was the first time for any of them,
Somewhere in their minds they had
very vague ideas Of the United States
government. To most of them 1t ap-
peared something that stood above
the everyday struggles Of Passaic.
And they were coming to Washington
to tell the president of the United
States and other officials of the gov.
eminent, whose pictures they had
seen in the Sunday supplements, of
their long hours of unrequited toll,
of their struggle to maintain a wage
just sufficient to enable them to live
from day to day, of the fierce despot.
ism of the foremen who drive them
to the limit Of human endurance, of
the fact that they have no regular
hours of labor, that they are always
at the beck and call of the bosses and
that some weeks they work two hours
and other weeks they slave from
seven in the morning until late at
night and then get up early and drag
back to the mills for another fifteen
or sixteen hours stretch until the
rush was over and then another period
of short time employment with the
consequent diet OF black coffee and
hard bread. These grievances and
many more, such as the clubbings adj
ministered by the cossacks in the
strike, the turning Of streams Of water
from high-pressure hose upon them
in the cold of winter, were TO be re-
lated to the officials of the government
OF these United States.
The delegation that came from Pas
sale was headed by Albert Weisbord,
leader of the strike. He is a young
man, rs years Of age, and has him
self been an employee of textile mills
and knows the problems OF the mill
slaves. The min owners claim they
will have nothing to do with Weis-
bord or the United Front Committee
that is conducting the strike because
X is "tainteds with Communism. The
strikers are loyal to the leadership of
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W. vicky Bratovsky OF Passaic was
badly beaten by police clubs and was
arrested, and other strikers were
beaten and trampled by horses and
motorcycles when police force Of
As broke up large picket line at Gera
mill, that formed after the meeting in
Mokray's hall. Mrs. Bratovsky was
falling out of the line of six hundred
strikers at the police order when she
was struck with a club, and bruised
about the body so badly that she had
to be carried to the patrol wagon.
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strikers Appeal for Relief.

WHEELING, w. Va March FL
Distress among the striking coal
miners of the four panhandle counties
of w. Virginia caused an appeal to be
issued by the Ohio Valley Trades and
Labor Assembly for shoes, clothing
and food to be distributed to the suf-
fering families. The strikers have
been out since April 1925.
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MAKE BOSSES MEET DEMANDS
.sas.Ss FIRST, THEN RETURN TO WORK"
. as .s4 e is CRY OF THE PASSAIC STRIKERS

~ PAsSAIC N j. March 21Do not
strike based
recognition Of
tile strikers at their meeting Friday
Element Davis suggesting the
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An old editor said cub breaking into the game off dog
bites that news but if bites dog
In Passc the thing be put this M horse kicks
that is not but kicks horse that is indeed
The other day arrested by the cosacks Of that hell
hole charged with kicking Of the horses used to ride down
and children We do whether appeared
in the court the complaining witness not
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