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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-20
WHAT THE OPPOSITION HAS TO SAY
Executive

It is all very well to talk about "il-
legal printing presses" ETC., but Boil
sheviks should ask themselves what
are the reasons for these things. Why
has Lenin's will, for instance, become
an illegal document? When the GPU
has searched Communists this will
has nearly always figured amongst
the discriminating evidence. In
1918, although Bukharin was actually
in open alliance with the Left Soviet
Revolutionaries against the Central
Committee of our Party, Lenin allow
ed his programme to be printed on
the rotary machines. But now you
are hiding our programme.
In hiding our programme all work
ers will say that you. are frightened
of the truth.
Although you do not like it, let me
remind you that the demonstration of
Leningrad workers on Oct. II, 1927,
was the most important event in the
Party during the last two years.
Noise and roars of laughter.)
USurping Measures.
IF Stain had been strong he would
not have excluded US from the Cen
trail Committee only three or four
weeks before the Congress.
We can imagine how the Leningrad
workers will react to this "reply" of
Stain to their demonstration of Oc-
tober IT. Even if Stain succeeds in
preventing Trotsky and me from at
tending Party meetings and the Con-
'gress itself, it will only show the
workers what usurping measures
Stain is resorting to, how weak he
is politically, and how he fears and
trembles before our feminist truth.
And after excluding US from the
Central Committee you will perhaps
turn to excluding us from the Party
as you already have done with hum
dreds Of our best comrades.
Some comrades of the present
majority often think that we want to
"wind up" the present Central Com
mittee as. being useless, that after re-
ceiving a majority to form a fraction,
etc. This is not true We do want
joint work. Lenin, though pointing
out in his will the errors of all of us,
bade us work together. We are con-
WINGED that this is the only way out.
In conclusion, the present stage of
our struggle in the Party may be
summed up as follows: You must
either let us speak to the Party and
in the Party or else arrest us all.
There is no other choice.
(To Be Contimed)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-20
ARTICLE V.
BY ROBERT MITCHELL.

The Interborough injunction, if
granted, will have the effect of legis-
lating the American Federation of
Labor out of existence. This state
ment, already made several times, is
no mere figure Of speech, as will be
shown in moment.
Earlier in this discussion it was
pointed out that only a relatively
small portion of the A. r. of l.. mem
bership could be mustered in a drive
to organize the New York traction
workers. Yet the marlborough is
seeking to enjoin each and every mem
Der and officer in the Federation. The
question was raised at the time:
What is the meaning of this appar-
emily childish move?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-20
Three Obstacles.

THREE sets of obstacles have so far
prevented the Opposition from get
ting a majority in the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union by normal
means. (Commotion in the hall.)
In the first place, the Party men,
bers are not properly informed as to
our real differences. The apparatus
is DOING everything possible and i'm
possible to distort the meaning of
our differences. You have only to look
at the photography of Congress
material in toaay's A'ravda. There is
not a single Opposition pamphlet.
Naughter.) The only Oppositionist is
Lenin, and even he is only presented
in versions and extracts.
Secondly, there is the repression
and prevention of freedom of express
sion to Party members. Before you
can say a word you are threatened
with expulsion from the Party or the
sack from your job.
Thirdly, there is section of con-
scientious party members who, just
because they do not know how to fol-
low the main substance of our differ
ences, regard the matter merely from
the point of view of formal discipline,
which they think is being infrlnged
by the Opposition. They sometimes
complain of our hostility to the ma
jority on the Central Committee at
our printing and distribution Of docu-
ments against this majority, think it
is detrimental to our international
situation, etc.
Discipline is fine thing. There
can be no proletarsn party without
it, but this is only when the Party
policy is correct. | will quote few
words of Lenins, where he says that
real revolutionary discipline can only
be based on the consciousness of the
proletarian vanguard, its capacity to
link up with the widest masses of
toilers, and the correctness of politi-
cal leadership by this vanguard.
Without these conditions discipline
becomes more empty phraseology.
X The Stalinist leadership" has made
tremendous political errors during the
last two years. On the international
field Stains passive balance is as
follows: 1. The loosing of the Chin
ese revolution. 2. The bankrupt pol
icy of alliance with the traitors Of
The British General Council; 3. The
Fastening of the break between Eng
land and the Union of Socialist Soviet
Republics; a. Semi-rupture with
France; 5. A step nearer to recogni-
ton of pre-war debts; 8. Beginning
of split in the Comintern; 7. Hand
ing over of number of Communist
Parties to right wingers. (Great
commotion and interruption and a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-20
voice: "You forgot the Crimean
earthquake.")
The Home Field.


NEXT we come to the home field. l..
~ Delay in improvement of workers
conditions. 2. Goodness of the work
ing class towards the present policy
of the Central Committee. 8. Growth
of rich peasants. 4. Increased bad
feeling in the countryside and agita-
ton for peasant league" 5. Fail
ure of the campaign to lower prices.
6. Increased unemployment 7. Ac-
centuation of the food problem. s..
Increased economic and political
strength of the new bourgeoisie-
private traders, rich peasants and
bureaucrats.
Besides defeat after defeat and pol
itical bankruptcy, Stains leadership
has only brought the Party to the
verge of split.
We have had heated platform strug-
giles before Congresses even in Len
ms time, but we never had the ex.
pulsion of such fine Bolshevik work
ers as Preobrazhensky,> Sharov, Sere-
briakov, Sarkis, Vuyovitch, etc., not
to speak Of searches and arrests.
Even since the Fourteenth Party
Congress discussion of our differences
have been repressed and we have not
been able to talk with the Party And
you want to prepetuate this for an
other two years. On this basis of
fundamentally incorrect international
and home policy, the present methods
of struggle arise. With Stalin's fund
amentally incorrect class policy he is
compelled to rule by martial law.
Hence all the spicy morsels that Stall
in dishes up such as the military
plot, former Wrangel officers"
ptn
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-20
I. Zinoviev's Speech

(Today The DAILY WORKER publishes the stenographic
port of the speech made by Gregory Zovev at the peary meet
ing of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the
Soue Union last October the subject of the opposition him
self and Trosy against the Por their voaons of discipline
and their Oork against the Party Tomorrow The DAILY
WORKER o publish the speech made By Leon Trosky the
OCCASION On Thursday morning. December 22 The DAILY
WORKER m publish the speech of Joseph Sta Secretary of
the Communist Party of the Sovet Uon In reply to the caI
MES and Inaccuracies Uhich apparent the speeches
Zinoviev and Trotsky. -EDITOR.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-20
Speeches Made at the Soviet Union Communist Party
ZINOVIEV, TROTSKY = AND STAIN
COMRADES:

E@OHhADEo.
Before coming to my main
theme, / am compelled to say few
words regarding the report of Com
rade Menzhinskv.
At the commencement of the Pie
mum, we requested you to insert as
special item on the agenda, the
question of the so-called ,"Wrangel
Officer" You refused us this, but, as
this question has aroused great in
terest and indignation in the Party
it would have been more natural if
you elected commission to examine
the matter, so that the Party could
see whether there really was any
plot at all.
But what did you do instead? You
waited until the question of exclud-
ing two members Of the Central Com
mittee was raised, and by way of an
"intermezzo" Comrade Menzhinsky
was put in with his report. ! ask
you, comrades, would it be necessary
to resort to such methods if the right
cause were being defended? Does not
this method go to show that the peo-
pie resorting to it are defending a
cause that is profoundly wrong?
What did the report prove? It
proved that there was no plot at all,
and that at any rate, as was to be
expected, not one of the Opposition
lists had any relation Whatsoever to
| it.
l will now come to my theme.
We are accused here above all of
fractionalism. On the question of
fractionalism and of the right with
programmes, l first of all want to
refer to Lenin.
Fractions Justified.
At the time of the Tenth Congress
a Lenin commended that if there were
radical and profound differences Of
principle they would justify the most
sharp and fractional attacks---pro-
yided, of course, that the diff renee
were really extremely profound, and
that an incorrect policy of the Party
or working class could not be recti-
fled by any other means.
Lenin wrote at a much earlier date:
"To the question What should we
not do?' What we should not do in
general and what shall we not do to
cause split, l would first of all
reply: Do not hide from the Party
any imminent or growing causes for
split, do not hide any of the cir
cumstances or events which consti-
| tute such causes"
1t would also do you no harm to
remember that.
Only yesterday | cited to you
Lenin's speech at the Tenth Party
Congress in favor of allowing voting
on programmes.
owe cannot deprive the Party and
the members Of the Central Commit
ee," ho said, cot rae r'gh. An9u-,
to the Party if fundamental prob
lem causes differences. The present
Congress cannot bind any voting to
future Congress"
| And you are doing just the opposite
| in regard to the Opposition pro-
gramme.
The objective causes of the present
events in the Party may be summed
up as being the growth of the bour-
geoisie, the increased class struggle,
the economic and political difficulties
of working class dictatorship in a
country with an overwhelming peas
ant majority, while the world revolu-
tion has slowed down. .
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the substitution of union-management
cooperation for company unions.
To accomplish this will require con-
tinued effort over period of time and
out method of approach must be based
upon careful and scientific study. :"
Company Union Pictured AS Superior
But it is the essence of the Inter-
borough claim for the company union
that it has already secured this obiec1
of "union-management cooperationi
which the Federation only now is He-
ginning to advocate;
Here we have built up before us the
imposing case for the company union.
Side by side with it we have presented
the picture of the inefficient, declin-
ing, violent, and illegal movement. In
whose favor will the typical American
judge decide? In whose favor par
ticularly, will Supreme Court Justice
Wasservogel, Tammany politician and
traction tool, decide? And even
though, if by some force of circum-
stances the issue of the Labor Union
versus the Company Union is not i'm
mediately decided by this case, is it
not clear that at the next favorable
opportunity the capitalist class will
seek once and for all to rule out the
Federation as an illegal conspiracy?
These are the fruits of the A. F. of L.
lass-collaboration policy!
(To Be Continued)
(The DAILY WORKER is fighting
Labor's battles on every front. Read
the DAILY WORKER daily. Buy
several copies for distribution among
the traction workers. HELP ORGAN
lie THE TRACTION WORKERSn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13
RAILROAD CAR SEIZED.
Government to Sell Private Coach

III w u1CA 1tuIu w DIS OunuS
NEW YORK, January 13 R).-The
United States Government, for the
first time on record, is to confiscate
and sell a private railway car under
the national prohibition law.
The car Is the property of George
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13
S2,5]O,O(l) SHOALS
PROFIT ESTIMATED
U. S. Officials Set Figure of
Sale of Power to Alabama
Company Is Continued.

BY the Associated Press.
Receipts approximating $2,500,000
annually would accrue to the Govern.
ment within FIVE years from Wilson
Dam and Nitrate Plant No. at
Muscle Shoals if sale of their power
to the Alabama Power Co. were con-
tinued, in the opinion of War Depart
ment officials.
Testifying before the House sub
committee which considerd the War
Department appropriation bill, hear
fngs on which were made public to-
day, they explained the estimate was
based on the assumption that the
company would take the power at
present rates, ranging from to 4
mills per kilowatt hour. Relating
that receipts this year approximate
$S50,00O, Maj. Gen. Jadwin, chief of
Engineers, said they would have been
higher had not heavy rains interfered
with advantageous operation Of
hydro-electric plants of the company.
The Alabama company, which with
several other associated companies
has been recommended as one of sew
eral lessees of the Muscle Shoals
property, now purchases the power
ulluer Il uay-to-udV contract, JadWln
said, in the absence of congressional
action on the various bids offered
The company. he added, would take
more power if it could be assured of
receiving it for a long period under
the present arrangement
Having only this hand-to.mouth
contract" he said, they do not fec
justified in making long-term con
tracts with manufacturers There
are many manufacturers who could
use more of this power and make long
term contracts if they could b,
assured of it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13

The recommendation was in line
with the findings of the court of in
quiry, which investigated the Lake
Denmark, y. j., munitions disaster,
that high explosives should be stored
in isolated regions. Hawthorne Is. q
small settlement in a barren locality.
The new depot, in Mr.. Wilbur's
opinion, also would meet the sugges-
ton of the Lake Denmark court for
an ammunition base to serve the
Pacific Coast and so located as to
have convenient railroad connections
with the Los Angeles-San Diego, San
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13

LIE Boutillier, vice president of the
Long Island Railroad, and was seized
in April, 1924, when large quantities
of liquor were found in it. The stew
ard pleaded guilty to ownership of
the liquor and was fined $500.
The last legal barrier to Govern
nent sale of the car was removed
yesterday when Federal Judge A. n.
Hand signed a decree permitting
United States Attorney Buckner to
amend the libel. Counsel for the
Long Island Railroad had sought dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13
GROCERS ELECT OFFICERS
Vigderhouse Made President of
District Society.

New officers of the District Grocery
Society were elected recently as fol-
lows: NJ Vigderhouse, president; A. X.
Kay, vice president; j. Kogod, treas
urer: f. Dellinger, secretary and the
following members of the board of
directors: j. Seigel, r. Katz, D. A.
Miller. M. Seigel, s. Fig, X. Boetler,
/. S. Burka. NJ. Ruben, j. Hais, E. E.
Dellinger. L. Brooks. w. NJ. Lift, S.
Clipker, A. Kaminsky, S. Levinson
and S. Feldman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13
Majors Are Transferred.

Mais. Norman l.. McDiarmid and
Morrison C. Slayer. Medical Corps,
have been relieved from duty at the
Army War College, Washington Bar
racks. Mai McDiarmid is ordered to
the general intermediate depot.
Brooklyn. N. Y. and Maj. Slayer TO
Fort Benning. Ga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13
$685. Imported Gloria Umbrellas, $2.95

handles and errus
Navy red purple and black We that shop early
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13
BILL FOR NAVAL DEPOT.
Butler Asks SO. 5oO,OOO for Ne
vada Ammunition Base.

A bill for a new naval ammunition
depot at Hawthorne New, to cost
$4,000 600. was introduced yesterday
by Chairman Butler of the House
naval committee Immediately after
recommendation for it's establish
ment had been received from Secre-
tary Wilbur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13
Closing Out-44 Junior Misses Frocl

Styles decidedly desrabe-prices drascally reduced!
and rib
12ss JUNIORS DISTINCTIVE
in
and
unior Mises'Sho bird Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13
SHIPPING NEWS
Arrival At and Sailings From
New York,
ARRIVALS.

President Van Buren-World cruise
Stuttgart--Breherhaven ..... Jan 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13
Council Member Resigns.

Special Dispatch 70 The Star.
WINCHESTER Va. January 13.t
J. George BaetjeI, for eight years ode
of the leading members of the city
council here and chairman OF its
finance committee. rendered bis Eesig-
nation today. Ills req SONS we're not
disclosed. lie was recently reelected
by large Democratic majority
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13
Will Come to Capital.

Mai, James f. Baylis, Medical
CORPS, at the General Staff School,
Fort Leavenworth, kans., has been
ordered to this city for duty in the
office Of the surgeon general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13

Francisco Bay and Columbia River
Puget Sound areas.
He informed Congress that the ap-
preparation would not *confiict with
the Presidents financial. program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13

missal of the libel on the ground that
the seizure of the car was not ,coinci-
dent with the seizure OF the liquor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-13

Statistics indicate that heart disease
increased during 1926. 80
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
MIME. BOROD|N SAYS SENATOR SAVED HER
Hiram Bingham Of Connecticut
 Praised for Intervention

Shanghai Aug. 2S tR - Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, who recently completed tour of China. believes that he was largely instrumental in saving the life Of Madame Michael Borodin. wife of the Russian soviet adviser to the government at Hankow. who was arrested by Chang Tso-Lin, head of the Picking government, charged with taking part in the distribution of Russian communist propaganda in China.
 Mme. Borodin was arrested some months ago while proceeding up the Yangtse river toward Hankow, accompanied by two Russian con- sular couriers. The trio were taken to Picking and imprisoned. They have recently been released and Mrs. Borodin is now believed to have returned to Russia.
 Bingham Gives Warning
 At the time of Mrs. Borodin's arrival in Peking under guard, Chang -Tso-Lln execlted 20 Chinese communists, bringing about their deaths by strangling. Many reports were in circulation that Chang planned to execute Mme. Borodin. About that time Senator Bingham arrived in Picking and held con ference with Chang Tso-Lin. Re gently Senator Bingham here re- called his conversation with Chang
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
TWO YOUTHS TOP
 AMATEUR TOURNEY
New York Players Lead Field at
 MiDikahda Club Course

Minneapolis, Aug. 23 R = Two 10 year old New York youths. fast friends. today topped champions and former champions as they started the second qualifying round Of the national amateur golf cham pionship tournament over the Minikahua club course.
 Foremost was Eugene Homans, who came in at dusk from the first round with 37-34-71, to bowl over the hopes for premier honors of his golfing mate, Phillips Finally, who tsllisd 3s-36-72.
 Paria 35-37-72. Just one stroke behind was Don Carrick of Toron- to. Canadian champion for the sec ond time in three years, although only 20 years old.
 And then came some of the worlds most famous proponents of the game. Chief among these was Bobby Jones of Atlanta. who lost the title last year at Balustrol to George Won Elm of Los Angeles The British open champion took 75 and deserved a larger score. he said. Won Elm took large 79, pulling and slicing as did Jones, but not recovering so well.
 Ahead of Jones, with whom were tied Chick Evans. Francis Ouimet Guy Standifer of Washington, Ray mond Daly of Chicago and Jack Mackie, another youthful New
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23

Yorker, scoring 74 each. were Jimmie Johnston of the home club, Max Marston. formerly titleholder Art Sweet of Chicago. who shot the first six holes in one over 3's, Clarke Corkran of Philadelphia and George Rotan of Houston.
 There were 34 contestants with scores of 77 or better. indicating that the 32 qualifiers would need to total close to 154 to survive.
 Von Elm needed to improve his game, not, only to qualify but for any chance to reach the finals as he has done in the two preceding years. His title will not qualify him. Followers of championships freely predicted today that both Jones and Von Elm stood good chance to be eliminated by someone else be- sides each other as has been the case in this tourney for the last three years.
 Among the spectacular plays of the first round were an eagle by Carrick on the 473 yard 14th and an eagle on the 444 yard second where A. c. Giles of Noroton, Conn.,, sank long iron shot.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
Mother Believes Her
 AyiatOr.BOy Is Safe

Dallas, Tex, Aug. 23 R,-Clinging to hope despite discouraging re- ports of her son, Capt. William P. Erwin, lost with the Dallas Spirit monoplane in the Pacific ocean, Mrs. w. A. Erwin. his mother. to- day said that she did mot feel that my son is lost to the world"
 T believe that he is clinging to the rubber raft or wreckage of his plane and that he is alive"
 Col. William E. Easterwood, jr.. donor of the s25.OOO prize for q Dallas to Hongkong flight. an- nounced today that when it was determined that Captain Erwin was definitely lost or dead, he would send Mrs. Erwin, who is in North Collinswood, N. J., a check for s5,000.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
Five New Laboratories
 Approved in This State

Hartford, Conn.,, Aug. 23 The state department of health has ap- proved of five additional bacterio
 logical laboratories in Connecticut established since June. The five are the Hall-Wilson laboratory at the Hartford hospital under the direc- tion of Dr. Wilmar NJ. Allen: w.. w. Backus Hospital laboratory, Norwich, under the direction of Dr.. John A. Ferguson; Stamford Hos pital laboratory Dr. Bruce s. Weav- CT; Manchester Memorial Hospital laboratory, Dr. Ralph E. Kendall, and the Griffin Hospital laboratory | at Derby, Dr. Charles J. Bartlett.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
Courtney Flight Is
 Postponed by Wind

Southampton, Aug. 23 R9-Cap- tain Frank T. Courtney. British avi- ator. who had hoped to hop of to- morrow morning on his transatlantic flight to the United States. said this yesterday that his hop of probably would have to be postponed because of gale along the channel extend ing 500 miles from the west coast
 Recent reports had indicated q distinct improvement in conditions over the Atlantic and had even rais- ed the hope of good flying condi- tions this evening.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
Holmes Company Plant
 Sold in Shelton Today

Shelton, Conn.,, Aug. 23 = The plant of the Holmes Manufacturing company at Kneen street and Coram avenue has been purchased by the Hemming- Walsh Manufacturing Co. of New Haven, and according to an- nouncement yesterday by new en- terprise committee of the Derby Shelton board of trade the new pur- chasers will occupy the plant at once.
 The Hemming- Walsh Manufactur- ing company has been in business for three and one-half years and en- gagged in the manufacture of table cutlery and novelties at its present