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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06

THE decision to incorporate some
elementary forms of military
training (drill, etc. into the cur
riculum of the Young Workers
(Communist) League Sum m r
Schools has caused a certain amount
of surprise and perhaps trace Of
opposition among even some sec
tons of the party membership. This
reaction is not entirely unexpected.
America, Land of Pacifism.
America is the classic land of
pacifism. In America petty bour-
geois pacifism has unfortunately
left deep traces on the labor move
ment and even on the more advanced
elements. We cannot here go into
the well-known historical reasons
for this, but it is an obvious fact
that until the influence of the pro-
letariat revolution in Russia began
to be left in America practically the
entire opposition to militarisln and
war in the labor movement revolved
within the narrow limits of pacif-
ism; it is characteristic that "con-
scientious objection" developed as
the most popular and recognized
weapon" against the world war.
Really revolutionary ideas on mill
tarism and war came to the fore
only towards the end of the war
when the most elementary lessons
of Bolshevism and the Russian rev.
olution began to absorbed. 1t needs
no long discussion to prove that in
the American movement traditions
of pacifism are strong and tradi-
tions of revolutionary-Leninist
struggle against bourgeois militar-
ism and imperialist war very weak.
Pacifism still exercises it's influence
in the labor and revolutionary move
ments. I.
Pacifist Opposition to Training.
The "shock" some feel when they
hear of the military training in the
league schools is clear manifesto
ton of these pacifist remnants.
Some Immediately raise the ques-
ton: "But isn't the league
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06
"That Is Diplomacy"

The Mexican newspaper Excelsior published
Saturday an editorial in which it licked the
boots of the Wall Street ambassador, Morrow.
Mr. Morrow's work makes us say, that is
diplomacy" says the newspaper in spirit
which makes us want to inquire into it's
sources of income.
The editorial is virtual declaration that the
real successor of the murdered Obregon as
president of Mexico is none other than Dwight
w. Morrow.
To quote few passages:
Mexico can not discard that confidence
which Ambassador Morrow has placed in
since he has among and learned to
know u.s. That dignity, that bravery, that calm
which Mr.. Morrow found in the Mexican people
following the murder of Presdent-elect Obre-
gOn should convert to complete discipline
and unanimous cooperation with legal orders.
Civilized peoples are distinguished from bar
barous races by their acceptance of laws
''The Ambassadors words call us to our re-
sponsbility, and we constitutional coun-
try if we do not heed them.
'"Our great task is to unmask the ideas of
those who are undsciplined and to show our
politicians that their greatest duty is to merit
the confidence of the outside world
So the actions of j. P. Morgan and Co.'S part
ner should convert Mexico to complete dis.
cipline." Whose discipline? Morgan's. "The
ambassadors words call us to our response
bility :" Responsibility" to whom? To
a foreign power-to the United States
And chose who are undisciplined' un-
questionably are those Mexicans who refuse
to accept the discipline that Dwight W. Nor
row, impudent imperialist from Wall Street.
is trying to force upon Mexico The bold truth
is that Morrow in his dual capacity as repre-
sentative of the international Bankers and of
the United States government is pressing
Mexico with carefully yelled military threats
$50 carefully yelled at present that the Ex-
celsior says: Thanks to him the American
government has lost that aggressive attitude
with which at times it confronted us') as we'll
as by the. subtle pressure that the banking
monopoly can WELD upon a nation in financial
need.
The newspaper Excelsior has virtually de-
clared program of punishment of any "un-
disciplined" portion of the Mexican population
that may fail to bend the knee to the Wall
Street ambassador. The suggestion is obvious
that the workers in plants held by United
capitalists and peasants whose demands for
land might conflict with illegal orders" as con-
ceived by Morrow, will very likely come into
conflict with the new discipline
In the few but fast-moving days that have
elapsed since Obregon's assassination, Mexico
has been dragged many degrees toward COM
plete subsection as Wall Street colony under
dictatorship appointed directly from Wash
ington.
The Mexican masses are yet to be heard
from. And there is strong reason to think
that the Gales government is trying to stifle
the voice and still the actions of the masses
by suppressing gatherings and trying to COM
pei both workers and peasants to 'let Gales
do it,
Inactivity of the workers and peasants of
Mexico now would mean to "let Morrow do it."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06
A,1DMk.&

and Oregon favored the importa-
ton of American capital, and the
conciliation of U. S. imperialism.
They did not support the same
groups. Gales supports Wall Street
outright. Morrow has won Gales
over and seems to be bending him to
the Wall Street wind. Obregon had
a weakness for the western brand of
United States bankers. He favors
the Standard Oil of California and
the California bankers.
(To Be Continued.) IN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06
Told You So

/ Y the time this appears in print
the meeting of the executive
council of the A. F. of L. held in
Atlantic City may have adjourned
and some decision reached regard
ing the capitalist candidate to be
supported this year by the "bona-
fide" labor leaders. Or, as is threat
ened, they may postpone final judg-
ment until they hear the acceptance
speeches of Hoover and Smith over
the radio.
THEY decided one important ques-
ton, however. They voted to raise
fund of $150,000 to erect a marble
statute of the late Sam Gompers.
The funny thing about poor Sam is
that since his death the fund to rig
up separate corner in the league of
nations headquarters in Geneva in
his honor is not yet much more than
ninety eight cents. Unless one of
the members of the executive coun-
Gil has sculptor in the family we
fear that marble will not experience
bull market as result of the A, F,
Of L. decision.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06
Military Training at the Leagues Schools

By WILL HERBERG
"An oppressed class that does
not strive to learn to use arms
deserves to remain in slavery"
-LENIN,
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21
A SMASH IN THE NOSE
(From the Minneapolis Labor Review

(From the Minneapolis LABOR REVIEW
Already there seems to be doubt in the minds
of the Minneapolis Journal and the ST. Paul Pioneer
rress and Dispatch as to whether or not Mr. Hoover
Is going to rehabitate the commerce of the North
west or hit it a smash in the nose.
1t will be recalled that it asserted with great
postveness by the Hoover supporters that ne was IN
favor of the inland waterway route that would make
the Twin Cities great port.
Now it appears that Mr. Hoover had another water
way in the back of his head that he was not saying
ANYTHING about 1t seems that business is good at the
present Panama canal. So good that the eastern n-
terests that have long exploited the northwest believe
another canal is needed to handle the traffic.
During his tour Mr.. Hoover conferred with some
Nicaraguan capitalists regard to the route through
Nicaragua for another canal This route the first
one considered for the original canal but later
abandoned.
One Panama canal has so diverted traffic. industry
and commerce from the northwest as to cause great
anxiety among the business interests Apparently an
other Panama canal would just about make it neces-
sary to hand the northwest back to the Indians.
We sincerely hope that the Journal and Pioneer Press
may be successful in their pleadings with Mr. Hoover
and that instead of building another canal the
Isthmus he will see to it that canal is constructed
at the earliest possible moment in order that we may
know the long promised Republican prosperity.
We must confess, however, that we are little fear
full as to just what the outcome might be if Mr. j.
Perpont Morgan and his friends should speak to the
presidenteect in favor of another canal the
Isthmus If the Journal and Pioneer Press really wish
to prevent the construction of this other canal the
Ishmus suggest that they also write editorials
pleading with Mr.. Morgan to speak to Mr. Hoover
against the Isthnus waterway and in favor of ours.
Undoubtedly the generous J. Perpont will gladly
forego any profit and advantage another canal the
Isthmus might bring to himself and other eastern in
erest in order that the Journal and Pioneer Press
be saved from the embarrassing position of having aid
ed in picking lemon for the great northwest.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21
SANTA WILL SOON BE HERE

Next Tuesday is Christmas and the children of
Plentywood and Sheridan county will have of the
best Chrstmases of their lives because Santa has been
fairly prosperous this year and will be liberal
with his toys and Christmas gifts
Many father and mother will be called from their
slumber to witness shining faces of the little
they view the pretty things that Santa has brought
them during the night and they will get much
pleasure as the children in the delight of the young
sters.
But in the happiness of family, let us not
forget that perhaps only little way from is
family with children who have not had good fortune.
Sickness and other misfortune has placed them in
straitened circumstances and probably while not starv
ing the little will face dreary Christmas in the
way of pretty things from Santa Claus Just the other
day story appeared in the papers of Valley county
relating about family near Frazer where a father
and mother and ten children lived in shack
No knew of their dire circumstances until dipheria
broke out and two of the children died. The neighbor
hood around Frazer Immediately took charge of the
sad affair and like the generous people of this pros
porous country doing all they to relieve the
sad situation.
So, on this glad Christmas day. let see if there
is not family near who has not enjoyed our
prosperity and the fulness of Christmas will be en-
joyed by both the giver and the recipients.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21

Capitalist wars past, present and to
come, account for between 500 and
900 of the enormous federal expen-
diture made public by Pres. Coolidge
in his budget message to congress.
Periodically the nations chief execu-
tives call attention to the burden the
workers carry on account of the inn
perialist ambitions of the financiers
who dominate American foreign poll
cy. War expenditures appears to be
increasing.
Exclusive of the cost of postal SER
vice payable from postal revenues
Coolidge asserts that the cost of the
federal government for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1880, will approxi-
mate $3,672, 369,9O5. This amount
must be raised by taxation if the gov
eminent is to break even. $3,140,07O,-
962 will be spent on account of war
War will thus absorb over $3.50 of the
federal income in that year.
The 1880 forecast compares with
actual appropriations for the fiscal
year totaling$3, 643, 519,S75 Far from
tending downward, federal expendi.
lures appear slightly on the upgrade
due almost wholly to increasing de-
mands on account Of war For the
current year war will account for 49,
O95, 784,127 or about $45,000,000 les;
than is expected in 1880.
The 1880 expenditures on account
of war, according to the Coolidge mes.
sage, will include $793, 960,704 by The
war and navy departments, $597 ,375,-
900 by the veterans bureau, $780,
600 for battle monuments and memoir
ials, $640, 100000 as interest on the
war debt and 81 LOG, 1876, 258 for retir
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1928
LECJSLATURE WILL SOON MEET

In about two weeks the State Legislators will meet
at Helena to carry the business of the state and
pass laws beneficial to the people of this great COM
monwealth.
Among some othe important business will be to
place before the people of the state cent increase
on the gasoline tax, making cents gallon to motor
lists using the gasoline the money derived therefrom
to be used for highway purposes.
Eastern Montana feels that it is not getting fair
share of this road building program, not mile of
road having been built in Sheridan county in two years
by the state since the Scent tax went into effect
Other counties also dissatisfied with the dstribu
ton of the State Highway fund in eastern Montana
and are going to make determined fight at the meet
coming session of the legislature to remedy this
dton The Commercial Clubs and other civic organi-
cations Of this county should get busy at and
see that Sheridan county has delegation present to
see that more distribution of this tax money is
given on the state Great road building programs
are being carried out in the western part of the state
and not merely graveled highways but paved roads
are being built specially in counties where members
of the State Highway commission live and others high
in the administration of affairs in Montana.
A determined fight should be made against furth-
increase in the gasoline tax until some definite
form of distribution is arrived at If Eastern Mon
tana will make concerted drive for distribution
of the state highway tax money, we that an
effort will be made to correct the unfair discrimination
but if Eastern Montana shows that it does not care
whether they have good roads not by their lack
of initiative the west will continue to get good roads
at expense and when the 2cent extra tax gaso
line up will send speakers in eastern Montana
to induce the people of this section to vote for it, and
perhaps will induce of leading citizens to get
out and boost it good roads measure, not for
but for roads betwee the larger cities of the west
Now is the time to get busy. We have waited two
years Send a separate delegation for this purpose
beside the regularly elected state representatives and
let the state officials at Helena know. that Sheridan
county is still the map.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21
LAND SPECTATORS BUSY

Land spectators have been busy the past few weeks
in the land adjacent to the Boulder Dam project get
ting options land in the vicinity of the Boulder dam
project with the idea of land boom as as the
Boulder Dam measure passed by Congress. Now
the land is soaring and the man who wants to make
home for himself and family must fill the pockets of
these spectators with meaned money for right to
live in that favored spot The whole people of this
country build the dam that the waters of huge
river may be hanessed to turn the desert into land
of prosperous and happy peoples and few people who
sit around looking for such opportunities do their best
to make it impossible for poor to attain such
home. It's great life isn't it.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21

Billings-G Western Sugar Co.
pays 700 sugar beet &Sowers in Bill
ings-Lovell district approximately ST.
605, 900.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21
e Economic Articles
By Leland Olds, Federated Press
Santa Floats In Oil

Standard Oil dividends are now
more than A times the dividends paid
in 1912, the first year after the So
called dissolution of the trust under
the Sherman act. The owners are now
receiving annually in cash more than
twice the entire par value'of the cap
italization Of the parent company be-
fore dissolution. Today of the 80
companies resulting from the splitup
have market values exceeding $1,000
100000, third is rapidly approaching
the 81 100000 class and the mar
ket value of the combined companies
exceeds $5,20O,000,000.
These enormous values have been
created without additional investment
by the owners. The enormous cash
dividends have been available to ex.
tend their control over other indus.
tries such as tobacco, superpower, au'
tomobiles, etc. Thus multimillionaires
are made by the huge SURPRISES which
workers produce over and above theil
wages.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21
IS Per Cent of Revenue

ing the principal Of that debt War
can also claim a share of the expen-
ditures Of certain other departments,
not included in the present estimate.
About a year ago Secretary Mellon
showed that the percentage of the to-
tai federal budget going for war in
creased from $3.50 in 1915 to a peak
of 902% in 1918. Tt declined to
70.796 in 1920 but was back at 87.49o
in 1922. Since that year, according
to Melons figures expenditures on
account of war have never absorbed
less than 800 of the total raised by
the federal government.
The maintenance of a militant i'm
perial government dominated by cap
italists who aim to extend their pow
er 10 the confines of the earth is thus
costing about $40 a year per gainfuilv
employed person in the population.
Spread on a per family basis this
means that somewhere between 500
and $3.50 Of the average famiiy's an
nual budget must go directly or indi-
rectly to pay for wars of the past or
those which threaten the future. In
fact, small part of this expenditure
goes to pay for the little everyday
wars through which aggressive CAPT
talism maintains its hold over the
workers of Latin America, the Philip
pines or China.
I In a world of worker governments
these huge expenditures now going Ia
support capitalist rivalry could be di-
lerted to unemployment insurance, old
sge and disability pensions, vacations
for all in paradises now open exclu-
sively to the owning class, protection
of motherhood, extension of education
] and culture.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21

The Christmas tribute of Standard
Oil workers to the feudal autocracy
controlling the Standard Oil domain
will again be record. The$54,877,-
432 distributed in che fourth quarter
dividends compares with the previous
record of $62, 6S5,54S in the Christmas
quarter of 1926 and exceeds the final
1927 dividends by $9,152,96O. Mean
while the New York Times is issuing
it's annual appeal for few hundred
thousand dollars for its 100 neediest
cases, samples of the family wreck
age cast aside by the profit system.
Pforzheimer & Co., specialists in
Standard Oil securities, figure the to-
tai Standard Oil dividends for 1923
at 1921, 1914 This is also rec
ord comparing with $213,617,940 in
1927 and $200,327, 1854 in 1926. Since
1915 Standard Oil dividends have adj
vanced steadily, except in 1921 when
in spite of the severest industrial de-
preston dividneds were maintained al
about the 1920 level.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21
CANADA TO REVIEW
ANTI-SMUGGLING PACT
WITH UNITED STATES

Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 13.-Acting soon
after American authorities had called
for. strengthening of the barriers
against liquor running across the bor-
der, the Canadian government Thurs
day agreed to conference with the
the United States for discussion of
revision of the anti-smuggling treaty
of 1924 between the two nations.
No definite proposals have come
from Washington, although in inter
views James M. Doran, American pro-
hibition commissioner, has indicated
he wants Canadian authorities to re-
fuse clearance papers to vessels car
rying liquor cargoes to the United
States.
Parliament may legislate to effect
such change, although any amend
ment affecting, as this proposal would