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The cotton crop of Texas sells a.
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70 $500. COG 600 q year Just Hhat this
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05

"
II is in his analysis Of Ludovc:'s "Lysistra" that
the catholic apologist reveals that his education
like his church, is several hundred years behind
the times.
Ludovici sets forth that "the tendency will be in
society whose principle is to sacrifice the less
to the greater to proceed to some sort Of controlled
and legalzed infanticide. abnormal defective in
eurahle. undesirable people will no longer be al
lowed to grow up The gradual elimination
of the undesirable dregs Of humanity will clear the
air It is noble and virtuous to sacrifice the
less for the greater the rubbish for the precious"
"Such plant" the holy man excaims in horror
lie calls it, revealing inhibited clerical obses.
sion for Latin phrases, the ultima thule" of pa
ganisn. The "last word" in paganisn, really?
Can it be that the good father has never, having
faithfully limited his reading TO those books not
inscribed in the Index Expurgatorius, heard of
Friedrich Netzche? The German philosophers
doctrines of the "many-too-many" and the "Su-
per-nan" are clearly expOunded in "Zarathustra'
written half century agoI would advise the
reverend TO procure copy
v
An article rambling around the subject Of "pa-
ganism" could not be considered complete if it did
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05

Upon mentioning his attack on Holmes doctrine
as a Composite of ancient and modern pagansm
| said chat the holy scrbbler should pull his own
nose. catholic writer should be careful how he
attacks paganism, for he thereby attacks the very
institutions that the foundations of his Holy
Church
Is a church that has for its sacred symbol the
phalus its highest ceremony the eating of its god
Zone Of the most ancient forms Of worship Fra
ger tells rs in ''The Golden Bough"), its liturgy
almost taken bodily from pagan religious ceremon-
MS its supernatural beliefs concerning heaven ana
ben anG the resurrection Of the body plagiarized
i'oh the Zoroastrian not wholly and unequivocally
pagan?
I'VE are surrounded by pagans" the sanity
eUibhler reterates Perhaps we are, for he a pa
gan preacher of paganism, should know But like
most statements emanating from a clerical source
that one must be taken with grain of salt IN
deed it must be very well seasoned to be accented
~ go VI thinks. for himself and is not afraid
OF radical ideas.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
Structural Worker

Two dimensional in space he stands
Moving arms in broken rythm
Against crimson background.
Now one hand;
Now the other
Going UP and down
Up and down
Making clandestine gestures
To huge beam of steel
That juts and groans
AS it is hoisted to its place
MAX GELTMAN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
A Pox Upon Pagans

upon this point and calling Holmes "weIls-
Shaw-Bergson agnostic" leach epithet, by the way,
contradicting the other). assails his doctrine as
composite Of ancient and modern paganism' The
good father should pull his nose; but more of
this later
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
BY Will de Kalb

not include at least one whack at Communism Tho
exclusion Of Madame Koilontai, Soviet Ambassador
to Mexico, furnished food for Thought given
birth by the Roman writer's vitriolie pen
He raises the question "if the Soviet Ambasso-
dor IS a lady and Scholar why do we debar her
from the country?" He quotes an Associated Press
dispatch which states that Kollontais trunks IN
stead of continuing Paris gowns held library CON
sistlng OF "a wide range Of general literature in
half dozen languages" He attempts to dispute
her classification a scholar by asserting that
the dispatch "does not give us much Of an idea
of what is in her library OF books, largely philo-
sophical"
What the black-cassOcked editor implied but hy-
pocrticaly hesitated to state, was that the books
chiefly dealt with the various aspects of Commune
isu' do not doubt that this may not be true. but
even if it is, may not be a scholar of Com
rnunisna Just as one can be a scholar of catho
cism?
The literary clergyman questions her standing
as "lady' because she has radical views concern
ing the family relation. But is Koontai any less
a lady than Gloria Gould, whose divorce was re-
Gently legalized by the Roman Rota?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05

An article rambling around the subject Of "pa-
gansm" could not be considered complete if it did
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05

MAX GELTMAN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05

mentioned, several paragraphs ago, the
editorialist's wanderings from his subject to
an extra point on the sly. He begins by
cuiing Shaw, proceeds 10 an attack upon
Haynes Holmes, brings In Bohemianism and
suicide Of George Stirring, the poet. and the
a grand finale, analyses Anthony Ludovici's
sistrata, OF The Future Of Woman" by the me,
known as reductio ad absurdum in the impo
science that defends the faith.
The Shavians have no claim upon me. r,
nze Shaw's ability as a dramatist, but appl
superlatives to my critiques Of the man and
work. II che man is open to ridicule, let hir
ridicuicd, say, whether it be by profane
or holy editor.
The attack upon John Haynes Holmes need
answer, for the writer's crude twisting Of on
Holmes literary errors defeats its own pur
Holmes, in reviewing Bishop Lawrence's MEM
Of Happy Life" insists there have been Q
labor troubles within the Bishops barony in
day they are not mentioned" The pater 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-27
Electrification OF the Soviet Union.
40 Millions For New Electric Stations.

The State Planning Commission of the USSR has
decided to assign in the budget for 1929 140 million
roubles for the construction Of electrical stations
large scae-40 millions than last year. This sum
will include 81 millions for the continuation of the
work connected with the putting op Of the Dnieprope
ovsl hydro station % million for the construction of
electric stations in the Moscow district, etc.
Dniepropctrovsk Building Operations.
Work IN connection with the putting up OF the gigan-
tic Dneproperoysk hydro-electrc station goes at
everincreaang pace. Every day. American excavators
and sefloading railway trucks, we'll pneumatic
and other equipment for the mechanzaton Of building
operations, arrive from abroad.
Work the Dneprostro viii continue with unabated
energy throughout the winter. Apart from the build
ing OF dwellings, important building operations will go
on in connection with the erection and equipment of
auxiliary workshops. Work has already started in
connection with the digging of a canal through the
Horsa Island Through this canal ships will pass into
the bed Of the Dnieper,
HydroStation in the Extreme North.
The building of the most northern hydrostaton IN
the USSR in the town Ukhta, Kareia, has just been
completed This station will provide light for Karelian
villages.
New Works.
One of the works being put up in Moscow by
the State Eectro-Technical Trust has just been
Peted This works will for the time being produce high
pressure transformers
In view Of increased production of tramway in
the works Of the State Trust the Ma
onal Economy Soviet Of the USSR has decided not
import any more tramway from abroad.
New Railway.
The railway line Nizhny Novgorod- Kotelnitch, 361
kim. long, will be completed by October LIST.
Social Insurance of Apprentices
The government of the USSR has confirmed the de-
cree obligatory social insurance at the expense of
employers of apprentices working for people engaged in
nome industry and tradesmen.
Decrease of Unemployment.
During the last four months the number of
ployed in Leningrad has decreased by $4,000.
Third Edition of Lenin's Works
10000 people have SUBSIDIZED to the third edition of
Lenins Complete Works which the State Publishing De-
pertinent is issuing, and this before the first vol
umes have appeared.
How the Workers of the USSR Are Preparing For
the Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution
In honor of the Tenth Anniversary of the Nov 1917
revolution, the Textile Workers Union of the USSR
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-27
Workers Excursions See USS.R. Identification

intends to open nine new workers. clubs, number Of
libraries reading rooms creches and workers dwell
ngs.
News has been received from the Tula industrial dis
rict in the centre Of he RSFSR that during the Nov.
T, 1917 celebrations polytechnic will be opened in~the
Chullovo working class district and also an opthamic
dispensary, peoples university, etc 1t is also proposed
to lay the foundation stone Of a workers club
Several schools, hospitals and dental consultation
rooms for peasants be opened in the Gubernia.
In addition to all this the tramway constructed by
the local Soviet will be inaugurated November 7th
international Working Class Solidarity.
Finnish Workers Excursion To Moscow.
Finnish workers excursion, As strong, has arrived
in Moscow
In conversation with representative of the press,
the leader of the excursion Comrade Lenonen member
of the Administrative Board of the Vyborg Builders
Union, said that desire fer closer contact with the
USSR has been noticeable for some time among Finnish
workers The organizers of this excursion the Trade
Councils of Vyborg and other Finnish towns. When
workers registering for this excursion, they en-
deavored to make it coincide with their holiday, and
workers paid for substitutes not to be
kept out of the excursion.
Fairly close contact has already existed some time
between the Finnish workers and Soviet trade unions.
For instance the Finnish Builders Congress held in
May, 1927, attended by representatives of the &C
Of the USSR Builders Union. At this congress it was
proposed to form Norwegian Finnish Soviet Union
Committee and to admit representatives of the Builders
Union of Soviet Russia to the International Builders
Secretariat
Comrade Leionen intends to utilize the stay of the
Norwegian workers delegation in the USSR for fur
Their practical discussion of these questions.
Norwegian Agricultural LabOrers Send Greetings To the
Agricultural Laborers of the USSR.
The Central Board of the Agricultural Laborers'
Union in the USSR has received letter from the chair
of Norwegian Agricultural Laborers Congress held
recently in Kongsvnger containing the following state
ment:
eve have already sent you oral greetings with the
delegation which its way to the USSR passed through
Kongsvnger the day of the opening of congress-
All the members of the congress the railway
station and asked the delegation officially greet the
Russian workers in connection with the Tenth Annver-
sary of their revolution.
"The members of union have strong desire to
establish closer relations between union and yours.
The convocation of a conference would be a great help
in this direction We shall be delighted if you will take
upon yourselves the initiative for the convocaton
such a conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-27
BAT ERING down THE TARIFF Walls

ing here. In the end q reversal of
policy on our part must come"
There is good reason to believe that
is but the first bombardment directed
against the American high tariff pol
icy. No doubt other European coun-
tries will shortly follow suit, and the
American manufacturers will have to
follow the dictates of international
finance, in the interest of the $780,
100000 worth Of merchandise sold an
nually to France, and the millions of
dollars worth of manufactured goods
sold in other countries. The Ameri-
can industrialists are beginning to
feel the heavy hand of international
finance.
The question of the tariff is a con-
crete question before the American
labor movement. At first blush the
average worker would advocate a
strict protectionist policy, and would
be strongly urged toward this policy
by the labor bureaucracy. But such
policy would be a superficial and
short-sighted one, totally at variance
with the laws of economies. The
workers of America will sooner or
later be brought to realize that the
tariff walls will have to crumble be-
fore the assaults of the international
bankers, who have invested heavily
in industry abroad, and who require
the easy importation of products
manufactured in these industrial
plants, in order to receive the ex-
pected profits on the sums invested.
The American workers have there
fore before them again the specter of
competing with the low wages, long
hours and low working standards of
the European workers. Neither the
policy of protectionism, nor the policy
of rivalry against the workers of the
so-called competing countries, will
suffice under the circumstances. The
need of the hour is the immediate es-
adjustment Of strong bonds of inter
national solidarity with the labor
movement of other countries, in Or
der to guarantee to labor thruout the
world the maintenance of its stand
ards, against the attacks of the in
ternational imperialists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-27
VERN SMITH.
SCIENTIFIC STATE MURDER.

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-27
BY BERT MILLER.

Last year a group Of international
bankers signed a startling manifesto
which demanded the lowering of tar
if walls throughout the world, in the
interests Of the coordination of world
trade relations, To this document was
attached the name of J. P. Morgan,
thus indicating its Endorsement by
the leading financial organization of
this country, the dominant power in
the field of international finance.
Coming as it did, after more than
a century and a half of dyed-in-the-
wool protectionism on the part of
American industry, the presence of
Mr.. Morgan's name to such a docu-
ment undoubtedly shocked very deep
ly certain elements in the. American
capitalist class. Hence the outcry of
Mr.. Mellon, in denunciation of this
radical departure from the tradition
al path of American business. Hence
the criticism of Mr. Coolidge. The
Representatives of American industry
made vigorous denial that the mani
fcsto had any significance as far as
the policy of the American govern
n2crt was conceren
In this connection, one reads with
interest in the current number of the
Literary Digest that "The opening
gun of q relentless and well-organ-
lied economic war of all Europe
against the United States is seen by
several political observers in the an
nouncement by the French govern
ment on September 9 of new tariff
schedule which raises the duties on a
variety Of American exports to WHAT
many business men call 'prohibitive'
heights" 1t must be evident to the
observer that the threat made in the
bankers manifesto is being made
good, in spite Of the pooh-poohing Of
both Mellon and Coolidge. Morgan
ct al. mean business. Already the
flank attack upon the American tar
if walls is having its effect, when
the Cleveland Plain Dealer declares:
'From the point of view Of tariff
logic, this country can take no rea-
sonable exception to Frances action.
In spite of the change which
came over our economic position as a
result of the war, we have maintained
officially trade policy which was
contemplated for young debtor ma
ton. We have continued to hope and
have adapted our economic Legislation
to the theory that we can be the
worlds creditor and still close our
doors to the products of debtor ma
tions. And we have hoped that our
debtors would continue to buy our
surplus products, even tho high bar
riers were imposed against their sell
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-27

cided upon at the Berne conference
and takes place annually in Septem-
Der, met with the greatest approval
amongst the revolutionary proletarian
youth of the whole world. In Germany
hundreds of young comrades were
thrown into prison for circulating
leaflets with the slogan "Long live
the struggle against war, Long live
the Youth International. In Italy
and in France similar events took
place. In Italy the agitators of the
youth international were sentenced by
court martial to 6, and 10 years
imprisonment. America sentenced
William Kruse, the secretary of the
youth organization, to a long term of
Imprisonment for anti-war propa-
ganda. Even in neutral countries,
like Norway, Denmark, Switzerland
and Sweden, prosecutions were the
order of the day. The leaders of the
socialist youth organizations. were
sent to prison, or if foreigners de-
ported, But nothing could damp the
enthusiasm of the youth for. the newly
created international organization or
weaken their revolutionary struggle
against war. Temporarily the seat of
the youth international was transfer
red to Kienthal and prior to the vic
torious October revolution and the
foundation of the III. International
it was the centre of all real revolu-
tionary and anti-war parties and
proletarian organizations.
Organizing Revolution.
In addition to the Russian COM
rades, Lenin, Trotzky, Zinoviev, Ra-
dek, the Germans, Liebknecht, Clara
Zetkin, Ruehle, Hoernle, the Dutch
comrade Roland Hoist, the Swedish
Hoeglund, the Italian Toscana con-
tributed to the youth international.
The II copies>of the youth interna-
tional which appeared during the war
are memorable documents, real inter
national, anti-war propaganda.
The youth international and its sec
tons especially in Scandinavia, Hol-
land and Switzerland became the out
posts of the party; they worked to
create the new revolutionary III. In
ternational from the ruins of the II.
International.
AT the Kienthal conference the
delegation of the youth international
definitely supported the Left Wing
of Zimmerwald and became in the
further development of the movement
the most important and strongest
section of the revolutionary left
zimmerwald tendency.
The development of the socialist
youth movement from socialist edu-
cational organizations of pre-war
days through the Berne conference
to political active fighting revolu-
tlonary independent organizations,
found its climax in the foundation
of the Young Communist Interna-
tionaL which took place in Berlin
in autumn 1919. During the years
OF the Russian revolution, so full of
decisive moments, the youth interna-
tional created during the war proved
to be one Of the strongest and most
certain pillars of the Communist
movement, of the international proIe-
tartan revolution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-27
BY WILL NUREMBERG.


The ignominious collapse of the
Second International at the outbreak
Of war dragged the young socialists,
then but loose organization, into
the whirl of the all-prevailing chauv-
inism. The International Federation
of Socialist Youth organizations de-
clared after the outbreak of the war
that during the period Of the war it
could not function, thus faithfully
carrying out the words of the social
patriot Karl Kautsky: "The Labor In
ternational is an instrument of peace
and not an instrument of war"
DR.. Robert Dannenberg, who had
been elected secretary of the Inter
national Federation of Socialist Y outh
organizations at the Copenhagen con-
ference in 1910, and is now a social
reformist town councillor in Vienna,
opposed the convention of an inter-
national conference of socialist youth
organizations, which was suggested
during the first weeks Immediately
after the war by the Swiss, Scandi-
navian and Dutch youth organiza-
tons.
The socialist youth movement
already prior to the war had aban-
doned it's original anti-militarist
struggle, because of the overwhelm-
ing victory of Bernstein's reformism
and had become a petty bourgeois
youth organization in Austria and
still more so in Germany, especially
in the famous youth committees I'M
der the leadership of Fritz Ebert.
The war and the close connection
with the social patriotic party insti-
tutions marlse the complete deteri-
GRAFTON of the German and Austrian
youth organizations and degraded
them in participating in all the dis
graceful deeds of the social patriotic
chauvinists. The Austrian socialist
youth organizations published regu-
larly in it's organ der jugendliche
Arbeiter" a list of the members of
its organization who had received
imperial medals for bravery. In
Germany the youth workers praised
as an example for the proletarian
youth Ludwig Frank. the social
democratic member. of parliament,
who had volunteered for the war and
was one of the first to fall. The an
nual report of the German youth
centre, for 1915, shows that at the
order of the war office 1895 juven-
lies had joined up, 783 had joined
voluntarily.
Turned Militarists.
"Jungvolk", the youth calendar of
the central office for 1916, published
an article entitled "World War" by
Heinrich Schulz, legal advisor of the
central office, social democratic mem
Der of the Reichstag and now ex-
state secretary. In his article it was
pointed out:
"Our demand for peace un-
fortunately has never been heard
on the opposite side. The regret
able result is that force of arms
continues to decide and that also
German workers must for the
present place their hopes for an
early peace only on the success
of the German army. The sooner
this succeeds in convincing Ger
manys opponents by securing
military successes, that it is inn
possible to defeat Germany, the
stronger the victories they gain