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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-30
From Portland to Detroit

VVTHAT Samuel Gompers a7ooys referred that great
w parliament of american IGbOrthe convention of the
american Federation of LGbor-OpenS its torySptb
nUGG session October In Detroit
1T aoU be dominated By the eGcOnGrg oficiGEdon of
the most redctondry labor Increment the
ret'o" 'o reflect only in distorted form the needs Of the
American 0OrkingcldSS
1t aoiU make its rUieo Of its GctUities
estimate Of the status Of the american increment dra,0
its oo" conclusions put toroard its program pro-
gram of american labor
the last gear large sections of the ofcoldon Amer
AcGn Federation Of Labor hare made oloards
nent 'ob American capitalism The official
abandoned purely trade union struggles almost entireI
Workerempoyer cooperation has been
opposition to this policy is Developing sotoy surely
There has been certain continuity pollen of A f.
Of L. ofcadom for the last four gears causes and its eff
tects the of the american tOokingcass mast be deter
mined )" order that they be coWneroced Effectively
HESE articles attempt the Atneicon la
Dor increment as 1T is 0nder the leadership f. of L.
OticlGtdo to determine the strength currents
TO the right from above to the left from estimate
the possibilities for party and tong an the eUt
inaroo Jio5on
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cue Morgan's millions is too we'll
known to need description here. But
there followed period in which the
militancy Of American labor reached
high level and which eliminated in
the great steel, coal and railway
strikes of 1922, with substantial be-
ginning of a farmer-labor party as
their political expression.
These strikes we're defeated, a Pc
riod of industrial depression already
had set in and when the labor move
ment began to emerge from 1t mill
fancy was replaced by reaction.
THEN came the boom period when
4 records for industrial activity were
broken ESPECIALLY in building and
transportation but with the sole ex-
ception of the anthracite strike lend
ing in disgraceful boss-dictated set
tlemenD and needle trades strikes
(outside the main current OF the
American trade union movement)
there is no struggle altho there are
signs of desire to struggle.
A LONG series OF statements indi-
n eating policy, and applications of
policy, are to be noted since 1928 be-
ginning with the attack on our party
by the Lewis bureaucracy which was
endorsed by Samuel Gompers and
which, explained by labor oficialdom
as the beginning of a campaign ito
purge the trade union movement" was
an infallible indication that the lead
ership of the American trade union
movement was shaping its policy to
bring it more in line with that OF
American imperialist government.
THERE had been the break with the
4 trade union wing OF the farmer-la-
Dor party movement. in the Chicago
convention of July 8 and this had
shown the tremendous pressure which
the A. F. of L. machine was exerting
on the lower strata of labor official
dom and had our party been skilled
enuf at the time we might have mini
mized the bad results which accrued
not only to our party but to the whole
labor movement.
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ing the total balance of our soviet
elections, we may confidently state
that even where only a small proper
ton of Communists have been elected
TO the lower stories of our soviet
building, this does not signify any
weakening OF our growth, but is rath-
er an expression of our growth, the
proof that we are bdsing our leader
ship upon theological conviction. One
Communist backed up by his whole
village is worth ten Communists stand
ing alone.
LIVERY great maneuver, and every
- considerable change OF course, in.
ours expenses and renders a regroup-
ing necessary. When we declared at
the XIV Party Conference that re.
grouping had become necessary, some
Of our comrades lost their heads. They
did not know what to do. Some aban.
doned their own party opinions and
yielded TO the pressure exercised by
others. Others again completely lost
their bearings and did not know which
way to turn. The real regrouping did
not begin until after considerable
time II Is true that we have admit
ted a great number OF peasants into
the peasants soviets without bring
Ing them everywhere sufficiently un.
der our influence at the same time
This has been our minus. We have
not been able TO rearange our ranks
with sufficient speed, sbut still we had
20 take the nrst steRj b this direction,
we bad to change our course in order
to advance more rapidly upon the new
path. There Ia reslis<nsthing tarribls
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-30
BY N. sucHARIN.

Continued from previous issue)
The Results Of the Election Campaign.
IN this connection 1 must say few
4 words on the recent Soviet election
campaign.
The last election campaign is the
first which we have carried out with
out recourse to administrative pres
sure. We have applied new methods
for the first time, and have transfer
red our preponderant attention to
gaining the convictions OF the voters
and to exercising an theological influ-
ence over them, and thus the various
strata TO whom our constitution ac-
cords the suffrage, enjoyed greater
amount of freedom at this election.
What was the result of the elections
The result was that in the villages the
proportion of Communists elected was
lessened, and that elements have thus
been admitted 10 the village Soviets,
and in part TO the city soviets, which
have hithegto been practically sup
pressed. This circumstance has given
our opposition the opportunity to
maintain that this is evidence Of our
becoming submerged in the petty
bourgeoisie, and that the pressure put
upon us by the petty bourgeoisie is
here expressed by the machine OF
state slipping from the proletarian
rails.
TO this the following may be OBJ
Ascryed. In the first place very
many comrades have observed the fol.
lowing in the provinces II there have
been fewer Communists elected to the
village sovlets than at the last cleo.
ton land in many places this is doubt.
less the case), those Communists who
have been elected this time, are sup.
ported by the whole village, whilst
hitherto they have only been nomin.
ally elected, and in actual fact they
were simply appointed. and possessed
no authority among the villagers. II
is true that there we're more Commu-
nists last time but these Communists
had no contact with the masses and
did not lead tho masses. But at the
present moment, when We are draw.
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about this. Our ranks now rearrang-
ed, we are now beginning to influence
fresh masses hitherto not quite within
our reach.
A T one time Comrade Zinoviev pro-
posed that non-party conferences
should be held. and newspaper pub
lished for the nonparty peasants fac
ton, whilst Comrade Sokolnikov de-
manded the legalization OF the Men
shevists and of the S. r. They made
these proposals when they felt the
ground somewhat insecure beneath
their feet They were prepared to
abandon any position because the viii
lagos actually were grumbling against
the soviet power at that time. But
when we make a carefully calculated
evolution, calmly and collectively,
without fearing anything. and strictly
calculating the proportions, then they
shrek that we are slipping down. We
are not slipping down, we are estab.
fishing the proletarian dictatorship
more firmly. and tomorrow we shall
establish It more firmly still II we do
not deyiate from the line which we
are now following. but pursue cor
rect policy.
In concluding my remarks on the
problem of our power ! repeat and
emphasize that even II the opposition
had no doubts on the class character
OF our power at the time of the xiv
Party Congress, there IA now an unde-
nIable tone Of doubt, Of BIsepticism. Of
disbelief in the proletariah character
Of our power
Continued Tomorrow.)
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ARTICLE 1.
BY WILLIAM F. dunno.


.MTHAT is the present status Of the
" American labor movement?
In what direction is the American
Federation of Labor, as a whole, trav-
cling? Is it going to the right or to
the left?
Is it moving as a solid bloc or are
there divergent tendencies to be seen?
Are the present tendencies in the
labor movement of recent develop
ment or can the process be. traced
over a long period?
In what sections Of the labor move
ment are the dominant tendencies
most marked-where is the clearest
division between left and right?
What issues and demands are
raised by the official labor leadership?
What are the possibilities for the
disqualification of a substantial oppo-
sitional bloc in the trade union move
ment?
What demands will bring the maxi
mum response from the trade unions ?
THESE are questions raised sharp
4 ly by certain recent developments
in the trade union movement and they
are being asked by every worker
alarmed by manifestations which
point to reaction in official labor cir
cles and apathy in the ranks of labor.
The endorsement of Citizens Mill
tary Training Camps by the leading
members of the executive council of
the American Federation Of Labor, the
arbitrary denunciation Of the Passaic
strike, the open warfare waged on the
proposed trade union delegation to
the Soviet Union, the attitude of la
Dor officialdom in the Mexican crisis,
a close approach to purely capitalist
policies and methods by labor lead
ers. all these are matters of grave
concern to the workingclass.
THE manner in which the labor Of
4 ficialdom chained the labor move
ment to the inperialist machine when
America entered the world war to res
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The c. p. S. u. and the
Opposition Block

IHE present controversy tothia the Communist Party of
the Soriet Union is aeither siqhnor the cause
of retreat Of the revolution Quite the contrary 1t
clear indication of its rictorious onscard march,
TO g0e clear understanding tceH of present prob
lens Of the Russian Revolution of the CONTROVERSY
or the solution of these problems, publishing
'oh report made by Conrdde BuchGrin at the function
aries meeting Of the LenngrGd organization of Cont
mist Party The report speaks for itself further
etucdation 1T is clear and convincing lies
about the retreat of the Russian Revolution.
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Youth Fellowship
Demands Remove
Troops from Haiti

President Coolidge was asked TO re-
move American military occupation
from Haiti by the Fellowship of
Reconciliation and the Fellowship of
Youth for Peace, which held Joint
conference at Watch Hill, R. l., Sept.
II. The latter organization has be-
come the youth section of the Fellow
ship of Reconciliation. The Haitian
occupation was designated "griev-
Gus wrong to the independent people
of republic almost as old as our
own" and an impetus to the growing
fear of American power among all
southern republics"
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| Then followed In rapid succession
a series of events which even take1
separately are of tremendous signif-
canoe but of which the cumulative ef-
feet upon the labor movement has
been paralyzing. They cover a pc
Rod Of three years and fit into gen.
eral pattern with all the nicely of an
ancient mosaic:
The unseating of William F..
- Dunno at the Portland conven-
ton for membership in the Commu-
mist Party of the American Fedora
ton of Labor and the nationwide at.
tack on our party turnout the trade
union movement This was accom-
panied by an organized attack on the
Soviet Union.
(a) This was followed by the expul-
sion campaign of Communists and left
wingers in the international Ladies'
Garment Workers, the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers and the United
Mine Workers-the three most pro-
gressive unions in the trade union
movement and for this reason indica-
tive of the wide sweep of the reac-
tionary drive.
(b) Expulsion campaigns against
Communists and left wingers in vari-
GUS central labor councils (Minneapo-
lis and Seattle) and disciplinary meas
ures and threats of disciplinary meas
ures against. central labor councils
and state declarations Of labor thar
boring left wing elements.
- The Ell Paso convention and its
- declaration of the Monroe Doc
trine Of American Labor"-announc
ment OF the hegemony of the A. F.
of L. leadership over the labor move
ments in American colonies in op-
position to the idea Of international
labor solidarity-the extension of the
fight on our party and left wing to
the Mexican labor movement.
(a) The united front set up with
the Dawes plan unions of Germany
the warm greeting to Grassman (the
first fraternal delegate from the Ger
man social-democratic unions since
the war;.
OBJ Official endorsement of the
Baltimore and Ohio" plan.
(c) Endorsement of Tabor bank
ing.
Cd Liquidation of the movement
towards break with the two old cap
italist parties shown in the endorse
men of LaFollette and the return to
the support of old capitalist party
candidates.
(e) Endorsement of c. NJ T. C.
. The Atlantic City convention and
q its insult to the left wing of the
British trade union movement as rep
resented at that time by Purcell-its
reiterated denunciation of the Soviet
Union. 2Aefi2N
(a) The credentials given to the
social-democratic Dawes plan Ger
man union officials for their tour to
study American industrial efficiency
methods. s@
(b) Theorizing and elaboration of
"worker-employer cooperation, i. e.,
the necessity of higher wages because
of increased productivity of the work
ers
(c) Extension of the B. and D. plan
to other railways Northwestern and
Canadian Nationally.
Cd Endorsement of labor" insur-
ance companies.
ITO be continued
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Conflicting Policies in France

The clash OF conflicting policies in France struggle
between BRAND and Poincare.
BRAND is for Francoerman bloc the chief
of which the between German coal and steel in
terests.
Poncae whose policy previously that of French heg
mony IN Europe forced by his struggle with
himself more towards Great Britain.
treat Britain Is faced by trade
and TO her political supremacy Europe and
potentially powerful than prewar Germany IF the ALI
ahce between France and Germany perfected Git
Formative stage and is meeting the opposition the German
onarchsts the English channel Britans first line Of
defense
The German who broke the worlds in swimming tho
channel recently be symbol the grouping on the
continent @a
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Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17

The interesting point is that the
fine was assessed against the man
who was delivering them from the
fishermen to a restaurant. By
bringing out sharply to all who
traffic in understood Holsters the
risk attendant on the mere possess
sion of them, an effective check is
placed on the activity of lobster
bootlegging fishermen. When there
is no demand for their catch, and
when, moreover, it is clear that to
take them is an expensive business,
they will be more ready to throw
them back when they find them in
the traps.
The enormous demand for lob
sters is largely responsible for
their increasing scarcity along our
coasts. For many years Federal
and State agents have been fighting
the taking of understood Holsters.
1t is attacking the source of sup
ply. 1t is not unlike stripping
peach tree of it's blossoms and still
expecting to have large crop. For
tunately, in this Jersey incident the
Holsters were returned to the wa
ter. Some of them may not survive
the eposure to the air, but so hardy
are they that the majority will live
at least until they fall into an
other tran.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
MOON FARMING IS MOONSHINE

Moon farming, according to the
Weather Bureau of the United States
Department of Agriculture, has alb
soluteIy no support from any scien-
tific point of view. By moon farm
ing" is meant sowing or reaping,
breeding or butchering, shingling or
shearing, or any other farm activi-
ties supposed to be affected by the
Ozark" or the Eight" or some other
phase of the moon. For example, up
to the time of the French Revolution,
it was forbidden by law in France to
fell trees between new moon and full
moon. Many old sayings bear wit
ness to the common belief in guiding
farm practice by the state Of the
moon, such as:
"Sow peasen and beans in the wane
of the moon;
Who soweth them sooner, he sOweth
too soon"
The scientist points out that the
chief things affecting the growth of
crops at any stage are: Temperature
of soil and air; composition of ad-
jacent atmosphere; kind and inten-
sity of light; presence or absence,
and severity of plant disease; me-
chanical condition of the soil, loose
or compact; fertility of the soil; and
quantity of other vegetation, or
weeds, present. Meteorologists can
show that the moon has nothing to
do with any of these conditions af-
fecting crops. 1t has no influence on
weather or soil. Even the light of
the full moon is not nearly intense
enough to have any effect on plant
growth or plant diseases.
The conclusion therefore is neces-
sarily that moon farming" is moon
shine" and that the only good it ever
did was through the systematizing
of farm work, fixing time for all
activities, and the force it impaired
to that very necessary injunction,
"Do it now"
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
PARENTS WARNED AGAINST
Installing FEAR In CHILD
Avoid Reference To BOgey Man, DR..
LOdhOlz Urges

Don't teach your child to fear the
bogey mani"
DR.. Edward Lodholz, professor of
physiology at the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine, in
an address to the graduate school of
medicine, stressed the important
place fear plays in human lives.
I'VE are born with enough fears
in our makeup" he said, $50 for
heavens sake don't instill any more
of them in the heart of the child.
There is no doubt that fear does
more good than harm when it plays
a normal part in our lives, but the
foolish mother can ruin the life of
the child by teaching him to be
afraid of the policeman and bogey
man, or most anything"
He explained the sinking feeling
most of us have when we ride down
an elevator as fear that we are de-
scending into empty space and may
never reach bottom"
Fear" the speaker added, "les-
sons resistance to disease and the
fear of an operation may weaken us
but the glorious satisfied feeling af-
terward doubly repays us for the
fear, and then is the time for the
doctor to send his bill"
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
TOPICS OF THE TIMES
New Jersey Now Has a 'Bed of
Justice"

There has long been proud ira
dition of Jersey justice" This has
related to swift and stern methods
of criminal prosecution. But the
neighbor State seems to be devel-
oping a new type of public official
administering justice after the
fashion of Haroun al Raschid, in
his midnight strOlls, or Sancho
Panza on his imaginary island.
In addition to the Jersey Mayor
who arrested a bather for having
violated the "law of common sense"
by risking his life and that of his
rescuers in swimming too far out,
we now have the policeman at AS
bury Park who devised an original
and effective way of making the
punishment fit the crime. Sergeant
Parker pursued a young automo-
bilist who had scattered fragments
of newspapers and pastebOard box
es along the road for a mile or
more, and after overtaking him, on
the muddy road, ordered him to go
back in his holiday white hannels
and pick up every scrap.
There may have been no explicit
law for this, but there was the
higher law of public decency. All
such endeavors to reprove and re-
press light-hearted litterers, who
coolly disregard the rights of 9TH
ers and make work for cleaners
which they ought to do themselves,
are to be highly commended. Not
long ago a similar case was record
ed on the Bronx Parkway. If ev-
erybody could be compelled to
clean up the rubbish which he scat
ters in public places, the effect Of
the punishment would meet the
highest ideals of penologists who
maintain that punishment ought to
be both punitive and deterrent. 1t
is certain that the danneled fool
will not try it again-at least not
in New Jersey.-N. Y. Times.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
Home Education
A HINT TO MOTHERS
Mary Mead Eagleston

Well, it happened that I arrived
early at Dora's card party that eve
ming, and she ushered me stealthily
into the presence of Great Expecta-
ton who, all wrapped around with
blankets and pillows, lay fast
asleep. We were ever so careful in
the slumbering infant, while at the
same time, made few contortions
with my mouth acclaiming some
charming childish characteristic,
which act my guilty conscience other
wise called fattery. The mother sat
isfied, however, we left the cradle
in the quiet of the house, to welcome
the coming guests.
Our friends arrived with little de-
lay and soon all were playing cards,
the high pitched voices of greetings
subdued to the more natural tones
of conversation. The theme, due to
the majority of young parents pres
ent, centered on child life. Each mo-
ther enlarged upon the gifts of her
baby and Dora was by no means
backward in expressing herself:
Little Junior has the sweetest dis
position-tOO cute when awakened in
the middle of the night. He never so
much as whimpers." Late in the eve
ming during the hustle of leaving,
Dora proved her claims by bringing
the warm bundle of blankets from
the serenity of dusk and dreams to
the glare of electricity and reality.
He was in the best of moods and
smiled most generously at all who
managed to tickle soft foot under
the covers. Then there came the eX-
clamations: "The dear little fellow!"
"HOw good he isl" what a sweet
smile!" accompanied by the appro-
pirate gesticulations and the peek
a-boo policy that is the habit among
grown people. Finally the baby was
taken back to his crib, and the
guests departed.
The following night, arriving
home late from a dance. I did what
Dora called "a mean trick"
"Was it mean?" I asked.
"The idea of phoning me this hour
in the morning just to see how I
liked being awakened. was sound
asleep. Besides, yesterday the baby
was peevish all day; 1 couldn't do a
thing with him, and I'm all in"
1 was surprised to hear Dora ad-
nit any error in her child's behav-
ior but knew this slip was due to
her own ill humor.
well, Dora," said, "you expect
more of your son than you do of
yourself. You awaken him in the
middle of the night and are surpris-
ed that he is all out of key the next
day. Continue this habit and it will
ruin his good disposition and add to
your doctors bills. Pardon the lib
erty I've taken, dear. What I've said
is worth thinking over-dont for the
sake of trivial praise, ruin the health
as well as the disposition of the man
to be-"
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
GROW BLACK WALNUT TREES

A valuable tip to farmers in the
upland hill sections of the South, the
Ohio River Basin, and the Central
Mississippi regions, has been issued
by the United States Forest Service.
The Bureau advises farmers to plant
a bushel of black walnuts this fall.
1t says that it will prove good in
vestment. There are about 1,500 nuts
in a bushel, and the farmers are
told to plant them about inches deep
in waste strips, in corners or along
fence rows. The bulletin on the
subject goes on to say that the wal
nut is a tree that requires good soil
and the nut should not be planted in
shallow, dry or poor land. If hogs
or squirrels are running over the
land the nuts should be buried in a
soil pit or kept in damp cellar un-
til spring and then planted.
Walnut is one of the two finest
cabinet woods known to the world,
and it is widely known that logs or
stumps have a market value of from
$3.50 to 5000 thousand feet.