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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
BY JACK JOHNSTON.

THE FEDERATION NEWS, official
l. organ of the Chicago Federation of
Labor, again comes to the defense of
Governor Small and launches an at
tack upon the militant garment work
ers' pickets who are now serving
prison sentences for correctly violat-
ing the injunction issued by Judge
Sullivan during the 1924 dressmakers'
strike.
AS usual this attack is covered up
with the convenient drawing of the
red herring across the trail. The gist
of the whole ridiculous position Of the
Chicago Federation of Labor or rather
their camoufaged excuse, Is, that as
long as any members of the Workers
(Communist) Party take up the strug-
giles of the workers, the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor will have nothing to
do with It,
The latest attack upon those men
and women, who did very little talk
ing but went to jail for the labor
movement, is based upon a report
made to the federation by l. L, David
son, organizer of the /. L. G. w. U.
For weeks the joint board of the I. L.
G.. w. U. tried to get Fitzpatrick,
Olander, Walker and other officials to
speak at a meeting called by the joint
board to protest against the imprison-
ment of these pickets and to demand
their immediate release.
Oppose Demonstration.
THEY not only refused to speak
4 themselves but opposed the idea
of a demonstration at all. The Joint
board of the l. L. G. w U. naturally
refused to join the Federation in this
conspiracy of silence and have carried
on a policy of publicity, mass meet
ings and demonstrations as much as
its small organization has been able
Many local unions affiliated with the
federation have assisted to the best of
their ability. But the organizations
that should carry the burden of the
struggle, namely the Chicago Fedora
ton of Labor and the Illinois State
Federation of Labor have been silent
as far as labor demonstration against
the imprisoned injunction violators
are concerned, but they have been
very definite in the defense of Govern
or Small and in their attack against
the men and women who went to Jail,
labelling the public agitation, carried
on under the auspices of the I. L. G..
w. U. joint board, for their release as
Communist propaganda.
News Gets Indignant.
THE FEDERATION NEWS wakes
indignant over Davidson's attack
upon Governor Small. It says, "In a
TRADE, unsound and unwarranted, he
Davidson Ed accused Gov. Small
of being unfair, although he knew that
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Carlstrom was to
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the language or str1kebreaker?
The upper stratum of the executive
Of the Railwaymen's Union refuses
even to answer the miners request
for help and declares that it has no
reason to discuss anything with the
miners. That is quite in Baldwin's
style who also refuses to negotiate
with the miners before they have cap
itulated. Cramp, the Header" of the
railwaymen, now calls the general
strike a "soap-bubble."
At the national conference of the
Shoemakers' Union in Blackpool,
Joseph Simon and Smith have already
made actually fascist speeches against
the Reds"
THE Reds have the habit of agitat-
ing for the proclamation of the gen
eral strike, and when the strike is
proclaimed, they act as strikebreakers
and take possession of the most ad-
vantageous functions" declared Smith.
Is not that the language of a fascist /?
Swales of the left" the only one
OF the members of the general coun-
Gil, who put up a weak Opposition" to
the capitulation, is now finding no
better occupation than trying, in COM
mon with Hicks and Ben Tillet To
gloss over the attitude of the general
council and TO represent the major.
ity OF the members of the general
council as having been led astray by
Baldwin and Samuel. With regard to
the causes of the defeat Of the strike,
this same Swales declares.
"The chief cause Of the defeat OF
the strike is to be laid at the door
Of the miners. Baldwin felt himself
justified in not carrying thru the Sam.
uel memorandum since the miners
had also declined TO accept IL and to
submit to the general council. The
disorganized behavior Of the miners
e.. ." etc.
II Swales Is not a deceiver but
only" deceived, he is in reality more
dangerous than any deceiver.
Frank Marley, member of the exc.
cutlve OF the Miners Federation Ito
say nothing OF Hodges). openly sug
gests a project Of reducing wages and
Of compulsory arbitration for the
miners.
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In these circumstances the English
trade union movement cannot mako q
serious step forward, if the proletar-
ian vanguard does not unmask the
treacherous part played by the bour.
geois and petty bourgeois trade union
leaders, the climax of which was the
treacherous behaviour of the general
council in the recent general strike.
the bankruptcy of the general coun-
Gil means a new bankruptcy of reform
ism both Of the right and of the
left" wing.
The Communists must of course I'M
derstand how to make a distinction
between the right and the left" re-
formists. In the present period the
situation in England is such that the
so-called left" are causing a particu-
larly great amount of harm. Just as
in 1914-191S, the so-called "Kautskv-
ans" were the arch-enemy, so at pres
ent the Center party" who call them.
selves left" are the chief obstacle in
the way of the further DEVELOPMENT of
revolution in the English labor move
ment.
The fight against reformist illus.
ions will now become the chief task in
England. The strike has prepared
the soil for this fight. Il is not out
Of the question that the labor party
even in its present form, will again
nave great success at the elections.
this however will soon result in the
labor party turning against the pre-.
dominance of the right. The by-elec.
lions since the strike have shown
THIS. The task to be performed Is 70
show up to the masses of workers
Just the left reformists, who In real.
ity side with Thomas.
In the summer OF 1920 a delegation
OF English workers visited Soviet
Russia for the first time. Al tina,
time, Soviet Russia was particularly
In need OF support from the English
trade unions. Nevertheless Lenin II
an open letter to the English worker,
Cof May Ord, 1920, says straight out,
Il am not surprised that a number
OF members of your delegation do no
take the standpoint Of the workln,
class but that of the bourgeoisie, Oh,
class OF the exploiters. for the i'm
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perialist war has revealed a fostering
sore in all capitalist countries. I e
that the parliamentary and trade un.
ion leaders OF the workers are going
over to the side of the bourgeoisie."
PoSA LUXEMBOURG, after the 4th
~ of August, 1914, called German
social democracy "stinking corpse. -
Lenin entirely agreed with this de.
scription.
Since the 18th of May, 1926. the
general council in its present compo.
sition, is also sinking corpse.
This does not mean that it no longer
represents force. The sinking
corpse of German social democracy
has continued to poison the atmos-
phere for more than 10 years since
the 4th of August. This may also.
Tor few years, be the case with the
general council. As leader Of the
fghting masses of the workers. the
general council is anyhow a corpse.
The English workers will understand
how to clear 1t out Of the way and TO
elect their own leaders into the gen
eral council; they will understand
how to build up the general council
out of real, fighting labor leaders.
Let us avoid any misunderstanding
After August 4th, 1914, Lenin issued
the slogan of a direct split in the so
cial democratic parties and the crea.
ton OF independent Communist par
ties, OF a split in the Second Interna.
tional and the formation OF the third
International.
Are we now to issue the slogan OF
a'split in the English trade unions. of
secession from the unions? OF course
not! In no circumstances Where
we do this, It would mean forgetting
the difference between party and
trade union, II would mean forgetting
everything that Lenin taught US as
to the necessity OF work In the reac.
tionary trade unions.
Let us multiply our efforts 10 win
over the trade unions from within and
at the same time proclaim the whole
truth regarding the general councils
18th of August" They do not con.
tradict each other; on the contrary,
they support each other.
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Our Suggestions for
a French Cabinet

Premier: J. Pierpont Morgan.
Foreign minister: Charley
Chaplin.
Finance minister: Mr.. Ponzi,
now "summering' at Hunts
vile, Texas.
Minister of war: Rudolph
Valentino.
Minister Of marine: William
Peterson of the M. T. w. $40
of the /. w. w. Like Herriot,
Bill is against any dictatorship.
Minister of Justice: Harry
Daugherty; First Assistant,
Scar Face Al Capone.
Minister of Posts: Big Tim
Murphy.
Minister of Education: Aimee
Semple Mcpherson.
Minister of the interior: Doc
tor Cook.
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"The 4th of August" of the British General Strike

Finally, Purcell, Of the 1eft" pub
fishes, in the Danish Social Democrat
an interview in which he states:
1.-THE great strike was called off as
soon as it had accomplished its task,
that of insuring negotiations in the
coal industry on the condition that the
mine owners, who had dictated terms
to the workers, implying the cutting
down of wages, should withdraw their
demands. 1t is only in this field that
the great strike had aimed at obtain
ing results"
This is a treacherous declaration.
49,
TT is now perfectly established
\ fact that, If during the last year
or two the general council has pro-
fessed in words to be left" it was
only a reflection of the trend to the
left Of the masses. The masses are
liberating themselves from tradi-
tional trade uniorfism which is
saturated with conservative ide-
ology. The masses demand above all
an approach to the Working class OF
the Soviet Union. The fighting spirit
Of the masses is growing. The cleft"
leaders adapted Themselves to this at.
titude of mind of the masses SO as not
to lose their infue1ee. They have
now dropped their "l1ft" mask. THIS
is what should be explained above all
to the broad masses of the English
workers. The broad stratum OF the
leaders of the English trade union
movement from the local and dis
trict officials OF trade unionism to the
upper stratum OF the general council
represent q uniform reactionary case
Il is sufficient 10 remind ourselves
that even the cause OF the fusion OF
the small trade unions, or overcom
Ing craft unionism, OF amalgamatine
the trade unions and reorganizinp
them into industrial declarations Is
everywhere INSTRUCTED by the egotis
teal interests Of the trade union of
iicials, who openly sabotage this
work. The matter went so far tina
It became necessary 10 guarantee the
trade union officials their salaries fol
ten years so as to stop them hinder
ing the fusion Of the. small trade un
ions into large ones. G
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Rx GREGORY zlNoVIEV

The general strike had no clear
aim, no clear program. Whereas in
reality It had, and had Of necessity,
a political character from the very
beginning, the general council per
sisted in asseverating at every street
corner that the strike was only an
economic one, that it was not di-
poCted against the constitution and so
on. In the meantime the government
essiduously organized its strikebreak-
ers. The general council called upon
the striking masses to spend its leis-
ure time in games, dancing and sport
The general council, in which the
masses had at first placed unbounded
confidence, and to whom 1t had with
enthusiasm entrusted the fate of this
great movement, was capable Of vacil-
lating, even in view Of the govern
ment's threat to declare the strike
Illegal, a threat which was coupled
with the promise to confscate the
personal property of the Official trade
union leaders.
The Magdenburg trial recently
proved with absolute certainty that in
1918. when the great strike began In
Germany, the leaders Of the social
democrats, Ebert, Scheidemann and
Noske, deliberately joined in the or
ganization OF the strike In order TO
wreck the strike Of the workers.
They openly admitted before the court
that, whilst they were members Of
the strike committees OF the workers,
they were at the same time IN touch
with the STATS of Hindenburg and the
crown prince. Something OF the same
sort has now been done by the right
leaders Of the general council. Just
as in 1913 the Independent social dem
ocrsts Haase, Dittmann & Co. in the
government OF Peoples Commissar.
les" acted In the same way as Ebert
and scheidemann, so Purcell and
Pugh have no wacted In the same way
as Thomas and Macdonald.
The 18th of May, 1926 (the day Of
the capitulation OF the general coun
eil). is for the general council what
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More A. F. of L. Official TreQchery

splendid struggle against powerful New York R. T.
the strike compelled advice their followers apply
their jobs believing that continuation Of the strike
futile in view of the odds against them
The against the /. r. T. employees
The traction trust; the city governments the capitalist
and the eachery Of the American Federation of Labor ocaom
That the traction magnates and their hrengs in the city
capitalist press should be hostile to the attempt
the part of traction employees organize union
the companys harlot organization need surprise nobody That is
their business.
But is not the American Federation supposed
the organizer the American trade union movement?
business to and aid all efforts on the part Of the
wyrkers to build unions for their protection.
here splendid opportunity organize the employees
very important transportation service And not word
of counsel encouragement was given.
Neither committee the F. of the Off,
Amagamated Association of Street and Electric Rail
Employees moved hand foot help the R. T. employees in
their struggle with the company
The leaders run banks insurance companies coal Mines
with the workers money. What do they
few thousand slaves strike for higher wages
They many members in the F. of L. They have
enough per capita keep them going In short time they
hope destroy whatever mbnce of mncy there left in the
unions and the employers will longer have bother about
company unions.
This is the way the leaders have gone
Ralph Easey of the notorious strikebreakng National Civic
Federation welcome visitor at the headquarters of the Chicago
and official of that body shows him the
labor radio station. FraternizatiOn!
Vol euogized in the Neao YORK. Times for urging
labor scrap its and get out the powder pus
Green assals strikers group
labor men who were planning
workers getting along with the business of running oneh
of the earth
The old leaders L. gone bag bag
gage employers They thru with organizing the
gained
Their ondest hope now that the employers will see the wis
oeratng organization of the highly skilled work
those will be granted mosfavored nation conditions
expense of the great majority of their fellows
leadership of the A F. of L. must give to
organize and lead all workers. skilled and unsked fight
for better now ultimately for ownership and
troll Of industry
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the 4th of August, 1914 was for the
majority OF the leaders Of the Second
International. The behaviour of the
leaders Of the general council after
the capitulaiton completely confirms
this. The majority OF the leaders Of
the general council not only took up
q neutral standpoint Ga la Pontius Pr
late) towards the continuation of the
miners strike, but even directly OPP
posed the miners.
Hicks. the leader OF the left" stat.
sd In a public speech that II was dis.
loyal Of the miners to fight for the
maintenance Of their wages, whilst
IN other trade unions there were cate
gorIes OF workers who arc worse paid
than the miners. What Is that but
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WITH THE STAFF
Being Things From Here and
There Which Have Inspired
Us to Folly or Frenzy
! Thew Live on The Muddy

They Live on the Muddy.
we always had an idea about Kan
sas City that was far from being
either idealistic or sentimental, but
what would you say to the following
gem purloined from the letter of a
correspondent:
'"The residents of this city
are congested and of the worst
type. Some sections are abso-
lUtely unsanitary."
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blame for the pardons not being
granted to the jailed pickets with
out delay" Again in defense of
Governor Small they quote Fitzpatrick
as saying, "The Federation actually
secured the pardon for nineteen of
them. Attorney General Carlstrom
then advised Governor Small that &C.
cording to the law he had no right to
issue pardons in these cases."
In other words the Federation Of
fetal position according to their Off
cial paper is, that Governor Small was
willing to pardon the pickets, Attorney
General Carlstrom told him he could
not do it and he didn't. So therefore
nothing can be done in the matter.
The convicted pickets must serve their
sentence, and any individual who pro
tests publicly is a Communist, or any
union who demands mass meetings
and public demonstrations demanding
the immediate release Of these victims
Of the class war, are carry on Com
munist propaganda which will not
be tolerated or supported by the Fed
Grafton.
"Friend Small"
A CCORDING to the quotations made
"A in the Federation News from the
speeches made by Fitzpatrick and
Nockles, Governor Small is an angel
and Acknowledgement Carlstrom is the
devil. From their progressive posi-
ton for labor party of few years
ago they have become the most ar
dent supporters of the slogan, reward
your friends and punish your enc
miles," In this instance the friend
is Small' and the enemy is Carlstrom.
Nockles is quoted as saying to the
federation: 1--WE heard Davidson's IT,
rade about Len Small. l remember
when he pardoned 10 Communists in
the penitentiary. l do not suppose
that they gave him any credit for
these pardons. was one of those
who saw the governor and urged him
to issue these pardons. And he did
pardon them-nineteen of them"
Deserves No Credit.
You are damned right, Nock1es
Let Small got no credit from the Com
munists and deserved none. 1t suited
his political purpose at that time to
pardon the convicted Communists
just as 1t suits his political purpose
not to pardon the imprisoned pickets.
There is no difference of opinion be-
tween Small and Carlstrom when it
comes to questions concerning labor,
only in the case of the pickets Carl
strom seems to have more gall than
Small in expressing his opinion, or to
put it more concretely, he does not ex-
pect to get the support of the trade
union officialdom, so he does not have
to be as careful as Small, who has
their endorsement.
On the other hand, the credit for the
release Of the 10 Communists and all
other class war prisoners is due to
the workers organizations alone, and
just as they gave you and others
credit for taking a correct working
class position in these cases, so will
they severely criticize you for sink
ing the interest of the imprisoned
pickets to cater to the political ambi-
ton of capitalist politicians, trying
to gloss over the class antagonisms
that exist between the workers and
their eXDlOiters nv snreading tha mi
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A Scion Judgeth

Better indeed for you that q
milestone be tied around your neck
and be cast into the sea, nay, even
scratch mules heel, than be
heard threatening to kick the
breeches off the least of our pro-
phets."-Jeremlah. Verses s-7-77.
Because Elmer Moore neglected
to read the gospels, tho he may
have drank of the spirit of the Lord,
he was forced to stand up In court
before Judge Jack McGoorty and
take his medicine. Not that Elmer
did not need il. In fact, a whole
can of ammonia would not be vast
ed ION his breath.
AND THERE CAME A SOOTH-
ASAYER.
Elmer~was a guard In Cook coun-
ty jail and one of his pleasant du-
ties was to. escort various bootleg
gers to court. Now, II is no secret
that bootlesgers are bad people to
stay away from. Elmer did not do
that, hence the tale.
Now for the facts. Elmer Is an
empIoye Of Sheriff Hoffman, who 10
an empIoye of the G. o. p. of Cook
county. While the sheriff was in
Jail his guards were dancing, even
as mice are in the absence Of mem
bers of the feline species. Having
nothing to do they lowered around
the cells Of the bootleggers, thus
being overcome by alcoholic fumes.
JUDGE NOT, LEST YE BE
TIIRASHED.
Now 1t came to pass that a Phark
see by the name of McErlane, was
taken before the publican McGoorty
for justice. McErlane, like Pontius
plate wished to wash his hands OF
the law and told it to the Judge,
threatening to lay violent hands on
him. The judge mumbIed exceed
ingly
Whereupon the judge driven to
anger by the threats Of the PharI-
see, called upon Elmer to take him
hither. Elmer having looked upon
the bootlegger when he was red,
staggered awkwardly. The Judge
incensed, demanded that he be taxi
en- from hence. But II was easier
said than done.
Elmer Iurched towards the bench.
The muItitudes laughed loudly.
IF A MAN ASKETH THY
TROUSERS
"You are drunk" declared the
court.
Like hell, | ann retorted Elmer,
"and furthermore, II you say II
again, ! shall dlsassocIate your hon.
or's person from his 3. v. D.'s."
Whereupon his honor gathered his
robes around him and retired to His
chambers.
A WISE JUDGE MIXETH
MERCY WITH MOONSHINE,
When Elmer next appeared be.
fore his honor he was sober. TAX.
ing advantage Of his condition, Nc.
ooorty got real nasty and rebuked
him, held him for contempt Of court
and refined the punishment by post.
ponlnu sentence.
Verify indeed, he that RACES .
judge Is looking for trouble.
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Sears, Roebuck
Extends Its Chain
of Retail Stores

Sears, Roebuck and Co. will begin
the construction soon of new gene
raj retail store in Philadelphia. A
plot of three and one-half acres has
been acquired for the. new building
at 64th and Market SITS.
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|. R. 7. OFFICIALS
IGNORE | Av1N;
STRIKERS ANGRY
Bosses Refuse to Treat
with Strike Head
(speeIaI 70 The Daily Workerl

NEW YORK, July 23.--Four hun
dred striking Interborough Rapid
Transit Company employees, who to-
day marched in a body to the com
pany's yards to ask that they be given
back the jobs they quit on July 6,
were met with the announcement that
the company would not treat with Ed
ward P. LAWN, the strike leader.
The strikers shouted a derisive an
swer at the company's officials and re-
turned to their headquarters to dis
euss the new phase of the strike.
They declared they would not break
allegiance to their strike leaders.
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The 18th Of May, 1926 (the day Of
the capitulation OF the general coun
eil). is for the general council what
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