The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-28
WAGE POLICY OF
ALL. EXPOSED
BY RUTHENBERG
Party to Fight Until Vic
tory, He Pledges

NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 26.-Mak-
ing his only public address in the New
York district for the election cam
paign, c. e. R1thenberg, general sec
rotary Of the Workers (Communist)
Party, spoke at the Amalgamated
Labor Temple, Brooklyn. Tuesday
night where an enthusiastic meeting
was held.
A clear analysis Of the American
Federation Of Labor's new wage poll
cy was made by Ruthenberg to the
delight of his hearers.
Explains A. F. Of L. Policy.
"The officials of the A. F. of L. are
not living up to their own policy"
Ruthenberg declared. Sand why not?
Because if they did, If they made the
slightest attempt to increase the
wages Of the American workers, to
start real struggle for more money,
lxhey would find that arrayed against
them would be the whole machinery
OF the capitalist system.
"The A. f. of L. policy" said Ru-
thenberg, "is that the workers should
share in the greater wealth as the
productivity of labor increases by
epeed.up systems and by the, introduc-
ton Of improved machinery. But as
soon as the A. F. of L. attempts to
seize its share OF the Increased wealth
it will find itself faced with the same
problem as enunciated by the Work
ers Party-the mass opposition Of the
employers backed up by the whole
government apparatus"
Party Takes Lead. {,
Ruthenberg made a. clear analysis
of the nature of the class struggle
with special reference to America. He
pointed out that the Workers Party
was the leader of the American labor
movement toward the development of
a more militant struggle against the
exploiters. He pledged the party to
continue the struggle until the Amer
dcan trade unions had been made mill
tant, until the basic industries had
been organized, until the workingclass
mad developed a mass political party
of It's own and received experiences
necessary to ensure success in its
fight to destroy the capitalist system,
to establish a workers and farmers
government and found a new social
order.
Bertram D. Wolfe, Workers Party
candidate in the tenth congressional
district, made pointed talk on who
Owns the Government"
"For president what have we?"
sasked Comrade WnifeSs "A strike
breaker. We have crooked banker
for ice-president. We have a multi
millionaire for secretary Of the treas
ury. This individual pliers the treas
AIRY in his own interests and in the
interests of his associates. In our
senate we have twenty millionaires
and seats are now selling, according
to latest quotations, for between one
and two million dollars apiece"
Wolfe pointed out that the entire
machinery of the government, the
courts, police and army is used against
the workers. When he made an ap-
peal to the audience to join in the
fight against this governmental attack
nine workers joined the Workers Par
ty
Benjamin Gitlow, Workers Party
candidate for governor, denounced
Governor Smiths claims as repre-
sentative of the people. He detailed
the governors record pointing to in
functions against strikers, his arbitra-
zion program always satisfactory to
the employers and blow to the work
ers, the brutality of the New York
police, traceable to the governor as
the highest state authority. Gitlow
showed that both the republican and
democratic parties were controlled by
big business and urged the workers
70 build their own party.
Pascal Cosgrove, former organizer
of the Shoe Workers Protective I'm
ion, also spoke. Sam Nesin, Workers
Party candidate in the 14th assembly
district, was chairman.