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As the season moved on the San
Francisco boy continued his slug
ging display but the steadiness
which once seemed his at shortstop
was no more.
A hustler all the time and trying
Tor everything, Joe seemed to sac
rifice his alright fielding for that
heavy batting punch and he contin.
ues to do So.
With August we'll under way he is
still meeting the ball for extra bases
and is clouting around .2S0, but his
defensive work is conspicuously be-
low last years standard.
He has gathered six home runs
this season. Four OF these have
resulted since taking the road for his
clubs current jaunt, August 5.
These circuit blasts have been,
without exception, wei timed and
BOLDLY thumped. AS a matter of fact
they so impressed Manager Walter
johnson that Cronin has, Tempo
rariIy at least, been switched to the
cleanup job against left-handed
pitchers.
But, as was before stated. his
less erratic and. in a measure.
offsets this newly found punch,
In the recent Chicago White Sox
berries Joe picked a pair of four
base knocks which played big
part in the winning of two games
Fair enough. These money clouts
made him an extremely valuable
Young man,
But, in that same series he was
charged with no less than seven
brrors. Fortunately they were not
damaging, but /slip-ups of this ma
ture cannot always pan out so
fortunately.
There is no doubt but what his
extra distance awlloping has en-
hanced Joe's value to his club. If
he could only regain the steadiness
which was once his. however, his
worth would be redoubled.
The Washington times., 1929-08-19

Came 1929. Reporting to
Tampa, Cr0nin Immediately dis
played that coveted power and
seemed all set for q banner year.
The Washington times., 1929-08-19

The Times.H Herald Illuminated man
at Loew's Palace Theater shows the
daily position of the Graf Zeppelin
ON her flight round the world.
The Washington times., 1929-08-19

But, as was before stated. his
defensive play remains more or
less erratic and, in a measure,
offsets this newly found punch,
The Washington times., 1929-08-19

"No," he said. "He pitched a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-14
BY M. H. CHILDS.

The bulk Of the contents con-
ined in this discussion article is
aterial quoted from an appeal to
Gee by the Minority of District
1t is more than three months
nee this appeal was submitted to
Central Committee-yet the
&C has failed to give an answer
any of the vital problems and
argos contained therein. For the
st Is months the Minority men,
rs of the Chicago DEC were COM
lied to fight the errors and con-
stent wrong policies of the Ma
rity under the leadership of Com
de Max Bedacht and now under
leadership of VIM. F. Kruse.
The appeal to the Gee was made
,cessary when on Sept. /, Bedacht
troduced a Resolution on Organ
alton" Without adequate discus
on this resolution was adopted,
tho it failed to analyze the dis
let situation properly, nor did it
Divide effective remedies for the
'oblems confronting District 8.
ainly it was a fractional document
vering up Right wing mistakes
mmitted by the Majority. In our
atement of Sept. Goth we said:
What a Resolution on Organization
Should Be-"
"We maintain that resolution on
ganization should analyze the
listing conditions Of the Party IN
is district in a true Bolshevik
,irit of self criticism. 1t should
Init weaknesses. Furthermore, it
lould propose practical remedies
L shortcomings. 1t should exam
the functioning of the various
tits and committees and their or
anizational connections.
1.-THE adopted resolution BE
lcht's) is not a serious document;
fails to analyze the situation
.operly and fails to provide effec-
We remedies"
Before this appeal was submitted
lie Minority comrades, Childs and
reen, proposed a series of amend
ents dealing with the building OF
Top nuclei, politicalization of street
1clei, strengthening and reorgan.
alton of committees; of auXiliaries
C. These amendments, because they
ere proposed by the Minority
ere also rejected without seriou;
scussion. In our appeal we fur
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-14

did absolutely nothing in the situa-
ton, permitting the movement to be
led by politicians and kept in CAPT
talist channels. Similar situations
exist in all sections.
"Since the last Party convention,
the selection of district function
aries was made not on the basis of
capability, but on the basis of fac
tional allegiance.
Miners Campaign.
"The record of the district, di-
rected by Comrade Bedacht, in the
Illinois miners situation, is charac-
terized by wavering and indecision
at the most decisive moments when
decisive action was imperative, by
wrong policy and failure to direct
the work in this district.
Comrade Bedacht from the very
beginning of the miners campaign
had pessimistic attitude on the
possibilities of the miners situation.
He took issues with the policy OF
the GEO. as is seen in his letter to
the GEO. on the question and did
nothing to carry out the c. Z. G.
policy until he was compelled to do
so by pressure from Minority of
the DEC. and from the Gee, and
even then he distorted same. The
district failed to give leadership OF
to maintain contact with the devel-
opments in Indiana and Illinois.
Comrade Bedacht's pessimistic at
titude led to the adoption of wrong
policy by the district in the recent
wage reduction in Illinois. At the
full DEC. meeting held September
1 Comrade Bedacht proposed a de-
featist policy of participating in The
elections inside of the UMWA, al
a time when the new union was
mobilizing delegates for the Septem
Der 9 Pittsburgh convention. This
was in opposition to the Gee. pol
icy. Bedacht even moved that thu
district ask the GEO. to take VI
the question of participation in tn
UMWA elections nationally. A coun
ter motion to expose the election a
fake, calling upon the miners t.
mobilize and elect delegates to tn
Pittsburgh convention was attacke'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-14

called to the attention of the DEC.
Many errors were participated in by
Comrade Bedacht, who acted for the
Party without consulting either the
DEC, Polbreau or the Secretariat.
Those errors were:
/. Underestimation Of possibilities
and failure of the Party to step into
the situation, giving leading role to
the Y.W.L.
2. No work done to develop left
wing or shop committees among the
textile workers or automobile work
ers Mash plant, etc.
8. Wrong policy on organization
of unorganized. Leaflet issued call
ing on the Wisconsin Federation OF
Labor "to do its duty" and organize
the unorganized. When this policy
was challenged, Bedacht violently
defended his position and only after
a debate, lasting through two meet
ings did Bedacht change his stand
4. United front appeal by the Par
ty in Kenosha to the bourgeois com
mittee of 1000.
5. Without any discussion in th'
district as to the state of the strike
a leaflet was printed and sent gu
for distribution which told the work
ers that the strike was lost. Man.
DEC. members pointed out that tn
strikers were still carrying on tn
fight and it would be wrong for u
to take any action which put us Il
a position of being accused of break
ing the strike. Bedacht tried to max
a fractional issue of such a basi
question; instead of admitting nj
mistake, he introduced the following
motion: "Due to the fact that thl
leaflet is in fair way being turne
into a fractional issue, l move tina
this leaflet be revised by a commit
tee of five" This motion was re
iected by the Polbureau due to 1t
fractional implications; and motto
by Green that we withdraw this leaf
let and issue another that does nc
emphasize the loss of the strike, wa
adopted by the Polbureau.
6. In the Kenosha textile and aut
situation, motions made that the dis
trict take the necessary steps to de
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-14
Seven Year Old Sends
Dollar to the Daily

The following letter has been
received from Daily Worker
supporter:
"Dear Daily Worker: / am
only seven and a half and my
little brother, Irving, will soon
be five years old. So we bor-
rowed from our father two dol
lars, and send this to help the
Daily Worker.
Every workers child should
help the Daily, because it pro-
tects the interests of the work
ers from the bosses oppression
and teaches the workers how tc
win freedom and to establish g
Soviet Republic in the United
States.
"Yours for the proletariar
revolution.
miriam and Irving"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-14

provincial Trade Union Council, COW
ering nine industrial unions, on 10
27. the system of conferences had
been introduced in 260 enterprises
employing $4,000 workers. Shop
conferences were held in 131 of the
largest enterprises employing 202,-
600 workers. The general attendance
at shop conferences alone in 1926
27 was 10000. During this period
on the average 2.S meetings were
held in each shop. Even if it is
calculated that the same people at
tended these meetings every time,
and that the staffs in these shops
remained totally unchanged, we can
calculate that out of 100000 work
crs, 10000 regularly attended these
meetings at every shop conference
called. Such regularity, however, is
not observed, and for that reason
it may be said with certainty that
during the half year no fewer than
10000 to $4,000 workers attended
these meetings. 10000 out of 2OO,-
600 is large percentage. Such a
large attendance can be explained
only by the fact that the workers
are keenly interested in these gath
erings.
Attendances at shop conferences
during the past year increased from
1874 per cent to 24.5 per cent. II
is true that the attendances at con-
ferences of the whole factory are
not so good as the shop conferences
and they are not convened so fire.
quently. 1t is becoming clear that
the general factory conference is
passing away, and a new form is
taking its place; factory delegate
conferences comprising delegates
from each shop.
The number of suggestions TO,
improvements in methods of produc
ton are increasing. During the sec
ond half of the present economi
wear, 1865 proposals were made a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-14

Their stated:
"In view of the deplorable situa-
ton in the district it is obvious that
the resolution on organization, sub
mitted by Bedacht, makes no at
tempt to solve the problems in this
district. On the contrary the reso-
luton tends to create situation of
intensified factionalism and to dis
tract the attention of the member
ship from the real problems facing
us.
"The amendments made by Com
rades Childs and Green, if adopted
and put into effect, would be step
in the right direction of recognizing
the shortcomings in the district and
adopting the necessary measures to
strengthen the Party. These amend
ments were rejected by the Pol
bureau without serious consideration
of the points brought forward.
Situation in District"
"The Party in District s has not
grown in the last year in spite of
the favorable situation (miners,
needle trades struggles, Kenosha)
Very few new members have been
admitted. The Party membership is
apathetic. The number of shop nu-
clei has decreased; the existing
shop nuclei function very poorly
not taking up shop problems. The
street nuclei similarly function poor
ly, the main activity being selling
of tickets; they do not take ur
neighborhood political issues. The
section executive committees do moi
act as the political leaders in theil
territory. Neither they nor theii
subcommittee give any direction
to the units. In most cases these
subcommittee do not function a
all; for example, the agitprop com
mittee of Section 6 did not mee1
for nine months. In the recent
Feeder Bus agitation in Section 6
where the inhabitants of the North
west Side were clamoring for feeder
buses to the street car, and de
nounced Mayor Thompson in mas!
meetings and statements for his vet'
of feeder buses and for his 10 cen
fare, Section 6 executive COMMITTEES
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-14
Platform of Trotskyist Opposition in Soviet Union

persons per month were promoted,
and during the period October to
March, 1926-27, So per month. These
facts clearly demonstrate that on
this point also the Opposition dis
torts the actual facts in order to
further it's fractional interests.
Facts and figures completely ex-
pose the falsehoods of the Oppose
ton in regard to the conditions OF
the working class.
The working class is growing and
is becoming stronger; the material
and cultural level of the masses OF
workers in the town is being raised
from year to year; the position OF
the proletariat as compared with
that of other strata of the popula-
ton is improving; the working class
guided by our Party, with firm as
surance and enthusiasm, is building
up socialism.
ITO be continued)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-14

The Daily Worker today reprints
another instalment of the TrotskyiSt
Opposition platform IN the Com
npunist Party of the Souiet Union,
and the aasaOer of the Party to 1t.
While the figures given are not up
to the minute, they deal qcith the
situation at the time the TrotSkylsts
made their proposals.
TrotskyiSns is not only a Soviet
matter, but one q0hich affects the IN
ternationaI qOorking class Increment.
1t is highly important to knoW aOhat
Trotskyisn, stands for IN the SoUiet
Union, and the reasons for ats oUer-
wheEming repudiation by the CPSU
ond the leading Parties throughout
tie Uorld.-EDITOR.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-14

to the DEC. or to the membership
since Bedacht became DO. until
September %, 1928. Then a state
ment was issued for the period of
January to August, 1928 (inclusive).
When the financial statement was
called for to see if there was any
truth in Bedacht's statement that
the district could not contribute $50
a week to the Illinois miners work,
Bedacht replied that his word should
be enough and that the DEC. mem
bers should have faith" in the DO.
6. Extensive speakers tours are
arranged in the district without con-
sulting the DEG, Polbureau or Sec
retariat.
7. Initiative is taken away from
section committees. The organization
committee, without consulting the
section committees, makes arbitrary
additions and changes the compost
ton of these committees to suit fac
tional interests. As an instance, Sec.
5, where Comrade Gersh was re-
moved as secretary, putting Eugene
Bechtold in his place and even re-
moved Gersh from his committee, re-
placing him with comrade only
eight months in the Party. Comrade
Gersh is one of the most active COM
rades in Chicago, an alternate to the
DEC. and member of the Needle
Trades Executive Committee, and
editor of the Chicago Needle Work
er.
8. Assignments to shop nuclei and
street nuclei are made in the same
arbitrary manner by the District Or
ganization Committee and in the
same factional way.
The situation in the Chicago dis
trict is no accident, it is part OF the
national line OF the Gee. Majority.
The opportunist mistakes committed
in District 8 were never corrected
or admitted by the Majority of the
DEC. Comrade Bedacht, an out
standing leader of the Majority gave
leadership to most of these Right
errors. Bolshevik constructive criti-
cism was outlawed by the Majority
and comrades who proposed correct
policy have been punished by sus-
pension and expulsion, as in Mil
) waukee. The kind of leadership
given to the Chicago district by the
: Majority will not build the Party.
A radical departure is necessary
from such opportunist policy and
| factionalism if the Party is to grow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-14

velop Left wing, build shop COM
mittees, etc, were rejected by the
Polbureau, the district functionaries
passing the buck to the national fac
ton leadership.
fractional Protection of Wrong Policy
and Incompetence in Milwaukee.
The Milwaukee subdistrict is of
great Importance in the Party, since
the socialist party has nominal con-
troll of the administration. The Mil
waukee Leader, Berger's organ, is
issued there and the La Toilette IL
fusion is especially strong there.
This situation requires very able
subdistrict organizer. Comrade Sklar
was elected to this position last Sep
TENDER after proving himself utterly
incompetent in the Gary subdistrict,
so much so that the Gary. comrades
were unanimous in demanding his
removal. Since then, Sklar has pro-
posed and pursued wrong policies on
major questions:
1. He opposed the decision of the
DEC. that the Party enter the Mil
waukee election campaign under its
own banner. His opposition influ-
enced the Milwaukee Subdistrict
Committee to resist the DEC. policy
until the very day of the election
Sklar made no real effort to carry
out the DEC. policy, even after
condemnation by the DEC. The
result was that our campaign in the
Milwaukee municipal election was &
complete failure. He issued leaflets
appealing to the socialist party ano
Victor Berger for united front fol
the Milwaukee election campaign
which was an opportunist Righ
wing error.
2. He formed an unprincipled al
lance with the capitalist politician
during the election campaign. Thu
This politician made his headquar
tiers in the Party headquarters; ant
Party members were distributing
his campaign materia'.
8. His wrong policy on the unite'
front led to his support of non
Party Negro candidate (Delroy) TO
municipal office, who was expose,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-14

these conferences, which were sub
mitted to the factory arrangements.
Of these, 1862 proposals were made
at shop conferences and committees
and 1901 by general factory con-
ferences. On the average, 1878
proposals per month were made as
against LISP per month in the cor
responding period of the preceding
economic year, showing an increase
of 10 per cent. The following table
shows that the situation with re-
gard to the adoption of the pro-
posals made is favorable.
Proposals adopted by
the arrangements and
carried out ........8,955 1850
Proposals under con-
sideration .........1, 500 1909
Proposals rejected -. 1875 6.7%o
No replies received -. $50 4.7%o
Total IL, 1868
An equally lively interest is dis
played by the workers in the econ
omic conferences.
In the period between October
and March, 1867, the promotions
to medium and minor administra-
tive and technical posts were as fol-
lows:
Workers promoted to position of
foremen, 239.
Workers promoted to position OF
ganger, 142.
Workers promoted to position OF
business management posts, LAG.
During the preceding nine months
January to September, 1926-61
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-14
THE FACTS.
Standard Oil Jeers
at Congress Probe

CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-With mali
cious affrontery, the Standard Oil
of Indiana has answered Congress
man Sprouts agitation for an in
vestigation of Standard Oil pro-
duct called "tanolax," which, Sproul
says, has only to be boiled with de-
natured alcohol to remove part of
the government poisons and make
the result potable, even if not
healthy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-14
BOSSES FIGHT COMPENSATION

ST. LOUIS, (By MaiD.-A bill
has been introduced in the Missouri
state Legislature to repeal the COM
pensation law. The bill is sponsored
by lawyers in the legislature, and
by large insurance firms.
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Continued from Page One)
81; Demport, 81; r. Radzi,
81; Moskovitz, 81; Shatoff,
81; Spector, 81; Ravlon,
81; NJ. Empstein, So; Stern,
81. Total .,....... 100
action A, Unit 8, City -. 400
os Angeles Sub-District,
Los Angeles, Calf. $3.50. 41.5
D. No. 5, &c, City-Talmi,
S5; Vasco, 50; Bernstein,
81; Rodvansky, 81; Becker,
$40; Ukelson, 81; De Leon,
81; Kalos, 81. Total. 49,. 400
objected in Washington, D.
C.-J. Minkin, SIS; Colodny,
SIS; Plotnik, So; Pearlman,
50; Abushkent, So; Row
bitzky, So; Stolar, So;
Leave, 81; C. Syman, 81;
Malakoff, 81; Nordstein,
2; G. RIMS, So; Helen Col
odny, 81 ..............., 2S.o
1orkers Party, Portland, Ore 2o.O
treet Nucleus No. 10, De-
troit. Mich. ............. 25.0
innish Workers Club, City 25.O
'orkers Party Unit, Norfolk,
Va. 25.C
rmenian Workers Club, City Csc
objected by Mary Ostrow,
Los Angeles, Calif.-M.
NJ. Bell, 81; D. Bell, 81;
I. Saylin, SIS; M. Ostrow,
So; A Friend 81. ...:.... 23.(
tandard Commercial Body
Corp, City-Samuel Levitt,
So; Rose Weissberg, ST.;
Fannie Brachfeld, Gertrude
Steinholz, SOC; Myer Eisen-
berg, Csc; B. Brasch, ST.;
A. Amter, 81; F.. Roseten,
IS; J. Ginararcio, 81; A.
Schipper, 81; D. Ohmando,
81; G. Stone, 81; NJ. Man
anse, 81; S. Lisie, 81; j.
Nartole, so; Frimmir, 81;
Workman, 81; I. Brinor,
81. $50. 80:
objected by Axel Carlson,
Chicago, Ill.-H. Berg
strom, 35c; H Swanson,
50; P. Frojd, 81; F. Nalm,
SOC; E. Carlson, soc; w.
J. Winberg, 81; Axel Carl
son, IS; H. Anderson, So;
G. Carlson, 81; G. johnson,
So; Carl Benson, 25c; Enik
Jansen, So; Swanson, 81;
Ida Peterson, 81; Erick
Peterson, 81. ............ %.
collected a a Party in SYRIA
cuse, N. Y. .......... 81.
Fuchs, Chicago, Ill. ...... 20.
collected by j. Blazinnas,
Harrison, N. J.-American
Lithuanian Wk'rs Literary
ASSN, Branch No, 1856,
Harrison, N. j., $40; ].
Marcinkevicus, 81; A. Ia
visas, $1.20; M. Skucas,
$1.O5; j. Blazinnas, 81;
J. Pakstas, SOC; M. Zolynas,
SOC; j. Bartaska, 25c; S.
Gergelis, 25c; P. Marsonas,
Csc. ....... 16
collected by I. L. Rubin, Chi
cago, ILL.,. L. Rubin, So;
J. Holmquist, So; F. Holm
quist, So; r. Bonati, So; ].
Formosa, 81; A. Petroff,
81; L. Fallick, So; X. Ka-
kut, 81; Mrs. J. L. Beison,
So; Frank Alo, soc; Pete
Petroff, 81. .......... II
Workers Party Nucleus, Den
yer, Colo. ............... 10
section A, Nucleus No. II,
Chicago, Ill. ............ Is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-14
ENGLISH PLAsTERERs STRIKE.

LIVERPOOL, (By MaiD .-Plas-
terers in the Merseyside area are
striking against Pollack and Sons,
Ltd. They are fighting the open
shop.
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The total of todayS contributions
,cill be found IN the appeal on the
first page, IN an effort to auoid
lduplication.
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by Bedacht and his supporters as
giving up the miners to Lewis. Be-
dacht's right wing proposals were
adopted.
And even after the Pittsburgh
committee had rejected this policy,
Bedacht failed to recognize his mis-
take but tried to excuse his wrong
policy because of "lack Of informa-
ton" After the declaration by the
Illinois UMWA takers that the wage
reduction referendum was carried
(when it was actually defeated)
and after thousands of miners went
on strike against the new wage
agreement, still the district voted
down motion to send the industrial
organizer into the mining field to
spread the strike and to give leader
ship in a situation which offered
such favorable opportunities for the
New Miners Union and the Party.
Because the district failed to give
adequate leadership most of the
strikes were given up.
The acting industrial organizer,
Feingold, has completely failed to
give any cooperation, leadership or
participation in any way in this
important situation. Bedacht has
consistently refused to give financial
support to the Illinois and Indiana
campaign, despite decisions by the
Polbureau. He has failed to mobilize
the Party for the campaigns con-
Quoted by the Miners Relief. The
DEC. has failed completely in OBJ
tanning organizational advantages
for the Party from the miners cam
paign, failing to enroll any miners
into the Party in this exceedingly
| favorable situation.
kenOsha.
The strike situation in Kenoshs
assumed great Importance in view
OF the strike wave in the textile
mills of the East. Despite this
many months went by without thu
district paying any attention what
soever to this situation until the Y
WI. sent a representative. Thu
comrade was active in the situation
but due to lack of leadership com
mitted many errors which wer