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Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-03
COURTNEY
|. Held BY
WEATHER
English Flyer Forced
To Seek Shelter In
Spanish Port.
SENDS NJ ESS AGE
Headwinds Compel Move
After Successful Hop
From Plymouth
Nv United P-ess Leased Wire

LONDON, Sept. 3.--A wireless
message indicating that head winds
would prevent Captain Frank T.
Courtney's Dornier flying whale
from continuing with the first leg
Of its trans Atlantic hop was inter
cepted today by SS Ada.
The message purported to have
been sent from the whale. 1t was
addressed to the IS British Duchess
and read as follows:
Making for Coruna. Too much
head wind to reach Azores -
The message was signed Down.
err
F. w. NJ. Downer is navigator Of
the Courtney's plane.
Coruna is Spanish seaport on
the Atlantic ocean about 320 miles
northwest of Madrid. There is
fine harbor there suitable to the
purpose of the whale if Courtney de-
sired to alight.
PLYMOUTH, England. Sent. a.
With an elderly man whose identity
is unconfirmed but who was believ-
ed to be E. B. Hosmer of the Bank
of Montreal as a passenger. Captain
Frank It. Courtney today began his
trans Atlantic flight to New York.
After two unsuccessful attempts.
his Dornier- Napier all metal flying
boat whale rose perfectly at $3.50
q. m. today and was off to Horta,
Azores Islands, 1440 miles to tho
southwest.
The large seanlane, which has
wing area of 1000 square feet. ear
ried two other persons, E. F. Little.
engineer and Flight Lieutenant j.
W. NJ. DOwner, navigator, in addi-
tion to Courtnev and his passenger.
Courtney plans were to refud
at Horta. start almost immediately
for New Foundland, refuel there and
take off for New York. If he reach
os New York. he planned to fly
back to England by way of New
Foundland and Valencia, Ireland.
Courtney departure today was
sudden. It came after weeks of
delay caused by unfavorable wealth
er and the need for minor repairs to
the ship. A number Of attempts
had been made previous to today to
take off hut the whale each time
had refused to leave the water.
Cnlv yesterday he piloted the
whale to the Cattewater airdrome
here from the Calshot airdome at
SOUTHAMPTON. He spent the night
at the airdoma. Mrs. Courtney ar
rived at the airdrome shortly before
, midnight and watched until dawn
the last preparations of the whale.
She cheered as the ship started
! and excitedly waved handker.
chief until it passed out of sight.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-03
Aquatic Meet at
San Francisco
ny United P-eas Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO,S ept. 3.-Na
tional champions and aquatic stars
from every section Of the Pacific
coast will participate tomorrow and
Monday in the far western swim
ming championships here.
More than 100 men and women
have entered the IL events and the
carnival should surpass anything in
its class ever held on the coast.
The program for tomorrow lists 4
4i0 yard free style race for men,
100 yard back stroke for women.
900 yard breast stroke for men, 100
yard free style for women, 10 foot
diving for meu, 800 yards medley
race for men and water polo.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-03
NEW INSPECTOR NAMED
nv Vnitea Press Leased Wire

EXETER. Calf, Sept. 3.-Arthur
Hilvard today was the new horticul-
tural inspector for this district
Hilyard was appointed to succeed
Dooley P. Wheeler who resigned to
become Horticultural commissioner
of MADEIRA county.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-03

In June l047 cows were tested in
Monterey county and the average
production was 1913 pounds Of but
terfat,
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-03
AMERICAN
AV|AT0RS
KEEP ON
Schlee and Brock Reach
India on Trip Around
The World.
PRINCESS MISSING
Fate Of Aged Woman and
Companions Remains a
Mystery.

Nv United Press Leased Wire
kARACHI, British India,
Sept. 3.-A dispatch from
Benderabbas today said the
round the world monoplane,
Pride Of Detroit arrived from
Bagdad at 5 p. III. Indian time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-19

One of the umnares of the socialist party leadership
gust Caessen its local secretary has repudaed mild
the vicious public statement Of Edward Levnson the staff
the reactonary New Leader the effect socialists
would have nothing to do with the Sacco and Vanzet strike
Monday However, the statement of Caessens is clear enough
and is an attempt to evade the issue. He says:
whether the o City to in
question which will
socialists. the in
councils"
is quite true that the question will be settled by the
socialists Their influence has dwinded microscopic proper
ons among the rank and file but certain members of the
ca bureaucracy officials of unions What must be de
manded of the socialists whether not their members the
unions will fight for strike Monday This cowardy attitude
of passing the buck will fool What required is
definite unequvoca Reputation of the former We
particularly concerned about the socialist bureaucracy
recovering slight degree of all of which they lost
by Lenson statement but vitality concerned about the
question of a united fight for Sacco and Vanzetti.
The socialist wadde about refusing participate
strations with Communists nothing
honest to evade action behalf of the elementary
demands of the working class They know that wherever there
demonstrations organized and fights to be made the
muns will be found in the front ranks fulfilling their duty
the working class their refusal with Communists
would prevent them from participating any
struggles.
There neutral ground in the fight the
hands of the eXecuoners the tortured bodies of
Zett Either you the side of the working
leave stone unturned bring into the
strike the of workers you play the game
capitalist class Either the socialists the side the
cutoners of Sacco and Vanz the side of those who
fight for their liberation. There is third course
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-19
WindowDressing For Tammany Hall

1t old stunt of the petty shopkeeper with store full
of dubious commodities to employ expert wndowdessers put
good 'front.' for him. The rotener the goods
sena to have good advertising agents.
When the old firm falls into utter dsrepute because of
swndng record big announcement before the place
bearing the legend under management"
Capitalist politicians frequently resort to such tricks Espe-
ciay is this the with Tammany Hall today Originating
more than hundred that cesspoo of political
ton became the dominant York politics under
Tweed and Croker When the party
bowling the wake of William Jennings Bryan political
expression of the small bourgeose Tammany Hall New
remained thing apart local political ring existing exclusively
political favosm and plain unadorned obtained
bribery corruption, special privileges criminal elements
When Samuel j. Tden succeeded sending of it's
bright and shining lights including Boss Tweed prison. the
old den of thieves egned profound bjec repentance
it reverted to its old tricks and raked in the swag
Charles F. Murphy in his heydey powerful enough
chief of the wgwam extend the of Tammany the
state house at Albany to put office and
cason to kick out who would the gov
crnment completely to Tammany.
When in 1910 the House of Morgan took democratic
party its political the Tammany organization became
useful and annexed to the section of
democrat machine Before that time had been very ill
smelling parah at democratic conventions In 1912 at the Bal
mor convention stayed thru the whole show spite
indignant beowngs vrtuous Bryan who referred con-
temptuous to the Tammany delegation Of hoogan Charlie
Murphy's tin soldiers"
the chiefs of Tammany tried to capture the demo
cratic convention Wall Street backed it's candidate Smith,
but the middle and far groups William McAdoo
defeated the scheme Now that another democratic convention
approaches and Tammanys Smith, active candidate
the old reprobae has to indulge in lavish expenditures
ceptive windoWdessng The old stunts longer suffice
new front must be put and vast and
of responsibility purchased At time pug-uges from
Cherry Hill HePs looked with disdain upon peope
who spoke anything but the pigeon English barrel houses
but times have changed Now the university
chairs in the city hall in the absence the fppsh
butterfly Jimmy Walker and sombe professors the
country talking learnedy about the neW Tarnmany Hail."
The other day Professor Thomas in rowing trip
through the democratic states of the gaping audience
OF pedagogues that Tamanany leaders re
edos and dress suits the implication being
meet southern gentlemen upon terms of social equality and that
the old Tammany is more.
This political misunderstanding Nationally the Wall Street
avors AL Smith democratic nominee but his Tammany
connections handicap the game Tarnmany with
respectabty Political observers in New York the
Tammany Of today just vena the wgwam of the days
Tweed and that the basis Of the thing municipal
graft order to maintain the of vandas that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-19

turned the central organ of this group
into it's own central organ. There
isn't single important document or
speech made by this or that leader of
the opposition which did not find it's
way into the columns of that unprin-
cipled organ Of the ultra lefts" and
was not distributed at reduced
price.
The ultra lefts" have now become
.Zinoviev-Trotskyist party, receiving
directions and guided by the opposi-
ton. On the other hand the opposi-
ton supports the treacherous right
group of Souvarine and Monatte in
France and in the organs edited by
them where the French rights speak
in general the same language of the
German ultra-lefts the speeches of
the opposition are published.
It must be noted in this connection
that the Souvarine- Monatte organ re-
ceives financial aid from bourgeois
sources, which was proved by unim-
peachable documents.
Anti Communist Tendency.
1t happens that this opposition
grows together with the anti-revolu-
tionary elements expelled from the
Comintern which conducts struggles
with the Communists of Germany
and France and use the organ Of
these anti-revolutionary groups for
attacks upon the Communist Party
and the Comintern.
At the plenum the opposition was
compelled to retreat on the question
of the groups expelled from the Com
intern. This part of the declaration
Of the opposition cannot in any way
be considered satisfactory
1t must not be forgotten that even
here the opposition preserved against
the Party a "stone in it's BOSOM"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-19

tions; their role and their form. The
definition given in the Constitution
Article II, section 7 is the following
.'The; language fraction is an
auxiliary organization of the Party
for work among particular
language group
This is wrong. 1t should be for
mulated:
THE language fraction is an
auxiliary organization of the Party,
for work IN a particular language
ORGANIZATION" ...
FURTHER the Constitution does not
differ between Language Frac-
tons and Language Bureaus. 1t
speaks of two sorts of Language
Fractions: (1) in the party, p in
fraternal and benevolent language or
CARNATIONS. See section 8 Article
IT'D The first form of Language
Fractions" mentioned in this sec
ton 5 are the Language Bureaus
The other form comprises the real
Language Fractions.
Article IT, section 3 says:
''The language fraction shall con-
sist of all the members of the
party who speak certain
language, who are members of
subsection, section or city-Organ-
ization of the Party"
THIS is wrong again. The language
fractions are Communist parts of
a non-party organization. The limits
of the fraction are identical with the
limits of the respective sub-organiza-
tions of the organization, in which
they have been organized. The limits
of the fractions are not identical with
the limits of the Party nuclei, sec
tions, or districts. The Language
Fractions are built up in the same
manner as are the Trade Union
fractions. Consequently they are no
parts of the party-body, but aux
iliary instruments Of the Party for
work outside of the party organiza-
tions.
Of all the sections in Article II
hardly single one is correct, except
the first one. The whole article gives
an absolutely wrong Interpretation
Of the work of the Language Frac-
tions and the way how to organize
them. The sooner the Party can get
rid of this obsolete Article in its Con-
stitution, the better for the Party.
There is no need to re-edit the ar
ticle, it can be scrapped altogether.
1t played role during the reorgan-
ization. Of the Party, but now. it is
only an hindrance for putting down
correct policy for our Language
Fractions.
INSTEAD of this Article II there
can be inserted an addition in the
following article Is (Fractions), in
its first section, where is mentioned
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-19
By ELLIS PETERSON.

THE Language Fractions are still
playing a too important role in
our party. The Language Bureaus
however has not yet started to func-
ton as they should.
Many of the leading Language
/ Bureaus at the Central Committee of
the Party are still isolated to a very
large degree from the real activity of
the American Party, and the Party
on the other side knows little about
the activity of the Bureaus on their
special field of work. The respon-
sibility for this rests both on the
Party leadership and on the comrades
in our Language Bureaus.
IN our constitution a very great at
4 tention is paid to our language
fractions. There is a whole article
90 on the matter. This was neces-
sary and natural at time (1925),
when our party was built up as a cen
tralized Communist Party, earlier be-
ing body" of Is language parties.
Now the situation has changed and
accordingly the Party Convention
must change the constitution on this
point.
Most of our members speak of a
Language Fraction as fraction of
the Party. This is absolutely wrong.
There are no Language Fractions in
the Party. There cannot be any
Language Fractions in a Communist
Party. There must not exist any
Language Fractions in a Communist
Party.
THE Language Fractions are no
fractions of our Party, but con-
sist of party members in non party
organizations, Party members organ
lied for Communist work in those
non-party organizations. Hence the
Language Fractions are Communists
fractions of non-party organizations,
not fractions of the Party. We must
not speak about the Finnish Fraction
of the Party, the Jewish Fraction of
the Party ETC. That is nonsense.
There are Language Bureaus of the
Party. The Central Committee, Dis
trict Committees etc. have their
Language Bureaus for directing the
work Of the Language Fractions in
non-party organizations, nationally or
locally. But in no way are comrades,
speaking certain language, organ
lied together as a group in the party.
They are organized in different frac-
tions in a net of non-party organiza,
tions-these fractions directed by
their respective Bureaus of the
Party
THE responsibility for the prevail
ence of wrong conception in the
Party about our Language Fractions
lies to great deal on our Constitu-
ton, which gives an absolutely false
Interpretation Of the Language Frac-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-19
Our Constitution and the Language Fractions

the sorts of organizations, where
fractions can be organized. There is
no reason why the Language Frac,
tions should be kept in a specific
class for themselves, and not to,
gether with the other fractions. Be.
tween the words "cooperatives" anc
cultural societies" in Section /, Ar
ticle IS there could be inserted "al
sorts of language organizations,
which then will serve the purpose Of
giving the correct status of the
Language Fractions and their role il
the Party, much clearer than did Ar
ticle II.
TO clearly the role of the Language
Bureaus there should be entered
a special section in Article 10:
Section 8. The Central Com
mittee of the Party appoints special
Language Bureaus as subsections of
the Co.'S AgitprOp Dept. The task
of these Language Bureaus shall be
to organize and lead the work of
their respective Language Fractions
in all n0n-party organizations of
workers in their language group.
Likewise every District Committee,
Section Committee etc. will have
the right to appoint-when needed
its Language Bureaus. The ac-
tivity of these Bureaus is under the
control of the respective District,
Section etc. party committees.
There work has to be cO-ordinated
thru the respective Language
Bureaus at the Central Committee
of the Party.
When necessary these Bureaus may
with the authorization of it's Party
committee call together conferences
of language comrades in their terri
tory, appointed by the Party com
mittee, or elected by the fraction
Furthermore it is absolutely neces-
sary that the Organizational Depart
ment Of the Central Committee as
soon as possible puts down rules fo1
the distribution of party work among
the language comrades, who at pres
ent have no knowledge of how best
to organize their activity for the
Party. Very often they are over
loaded with double work, first in
their nuclei and then in their
language fractions. The Party COM
mittees do not yet understand that
the Language Fractions are no party
organizations Of the same kind as
nuclei. We must once and for all
stop our method of looking upon our
Language Fractions as a sort of a
secondary party-organization. The
Language Fractions are fractions
quite in the same sense as are our
fractions in trade unions, co-opera-
tives etc. If we do not realize this
we will not get our Language Frac-
tions to work in a correct way.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-19
Blasts Opposition i'm Russian Party

Workers Pravda," and several
groups of the old workers opposition;
the use of extreme leftist phrases
with a Menshevik content. These
menshevik reiterations testify to no
great originality on the part of the
united opposition, but it is very sig
nificant from a political viewpoint
as far as it happens inside the Party.
The oppositions' approach to men
shevism is explained by the fact
that the basis of it's arguments lies
in Trotskyist theory and that Zinc
view, Kemenev and others stepped on
Trotskyist rails; that Zinoviev and
Kamenev consider it absurd to talk
about Trotsky having preserved
something of menshevism in his
idealogy.
Trotsky Undoubtedly preserved in
himself something of the old Trotsky
His old traits were less salient when
the revolution progressed to tempes-
tuous forms in the period of direct
revolution and during the civil war.
But now, in the period of stubborn
systematic upbuilding of socialism,
these old errors of Trotsky, partic-
ularly on the question of the
peasantry, bulge out conspicuously.
And if the Central Committee de-
tends SO confidently it's positions it
does so in profound certainty that
owing to correct tactics towards the
peasantry the correlation. of classes
changed even during the last year and
a half, but not in the direction
imagined by the opposition, but in
another direction, with definite gains
for the proletarian dictatorship. The
idea of any victorious defense against
the threatening imperialist powers is
absolutely absurd without strength
ening the workers and peasants bloc.
Unsatisfactory Statement.
In it's declaration before the plenum
the opposition retreated on the ques-
ton of thermidore and the question
of the defense of the U. S. S. r., and
the question on Clemenceauism. The
opposition should have said clearly
that it stands for unconditional de-
ASiAoC VI Vic ~ ~ -. N. Oul II ulu
not seperate itself with necessary de-
cisiveness from the Clemencist thesis
Of Trotsky as it did not want to be-
tray its leaders. Only the complete
and unconditional retreat of the OPP
position on all these questions will
signify it's renouncing of the prin4
ciples Of Trotskyism.
The Party invites all members Of
the opposition to make this renuncia-
ton.
Violated It's Pledges.
Bukharin further dwelt upon the
question Of the attitude Of the OPP,
position toward the policy of the
Communist International and it's re-
lations with the expelled groups in
various countries. He recalled that
the declaration Of October 10th of the
opposition SO mnly pledged to
refrain from supporting either direct
~ or indirectly the group of Ruth
Fisher and Maslov expelled from the
Comintern. In reality it kept" it's
promise in such a way that it has
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-19
Letters From Our Readers
Women In Industry.

Dear Comrades:
The tremendous influx into the
modern factory Of women and child
labor; the exodus Of male labor
thereby resulting, presents a big
problem for the labor movement.
One good remedy that l can see
for this grave situation is the or
.ganization, i,e,. the unionization of all
workers, women, men, and young
workers on an industrial basis.
As one the logical by-products of
the present mode Of production, can
foresee the complete liquidation of the
family, that is, the modern family of
today. Even today we can see signs
which testify to this statement. A
new social form Of life is gradually
approaching, but it shall be impos-
sible for it to exist under capitalism;
Communism shall have the privilege
of seeing the dawn of this new form
Of society.--Leo Orsag.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-19

tionary elements, must, with absolute
inevitability, come to the conclusion
that during a war this country will
regenerate thermidorianism still
more. Such an attitude will force it's
apostles to seek for an outcome of
difficulties, not in international revo-
luton, but in making a whole series
of disastrous concessions to enemies
inside and outside the proletarian
country; particularly inside and
finally go over to different class
basis and start on The road of trans
formation to an ordinary bourgeois
country.
If everything uttered by the op-
position would have been true the
idea naturally would arise as to what
way the existing order of things
should be radically changed. From
the viewpoint Of real revolutionary
in this case it would be imperative to
make disssention in the Party, over
throw the government, etc. If the
opposition has not yet come to these
conclusions, they are on their way
thereto
Most acutely the questions concern
ing the war problem were put by
Trotsky. His viewpoint may be
s u m m d up as Conditional de-
fensism." 1t may be formulated
thus: eff the Central Committee will
change its present course to the path
of the opposition everything will be
| quite well; such central committee,
such country, such party and such
| course would be defended. If, how
ever, these organs and institutions
do not change their course every
worker and every peasant must ask
| himself: Is it necessary to defend
such a country. This will be the
test"
Is There Class Shift?
Trotsky clearly Illustrated by his
notorious reference to Clemenceau
pointing out in 1917 the defects in the
imperialist military achine of
France his understanding OF prepare
ton for defense" Of the u. S. S. R.
| The opposition does not agree with
the political line of the Central Com
mittee, therefore the "Clemenceau
revolution" signifies certain politi-
cal shift. All this Clemenceau phil
osophy encounters one basic question
lis it true or not true that state
industry retreats before private in
dustry?
The tremendous majority of the
Party considers this an absolute and
deliberate untruth. Everybody knows
perfectly well that the Importance of
the state industry, trade and coopera-
tives has grown considerably in the
last year and that in a number OF
lines private capital has been driven
out Of very strong positions-for in
stance, grain acquisitions.
A Form of Mensheyism.
In discussing the moral roots OF
the ideology of the opposition Buk-
HARM points out that the united OPP
position headed by Trotsky reappears
now as the same position which was
once takon - Ms-~-.....=ov and the