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,araalWa IN naed ears and yes nnn ~
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meats raa q the Classified secslgn.
The daily worker., 1929-02-22

basic approach OF the renegade Can
non to the miners. This policy of
Childs and his friends has led to the
inevitable result Of the desertion of
miners to Cannon. Cannon says that
the leaders of our Party are bunch
of rascals. That is what Rubicki.
Childs and others have been telling
them all along. Is it any wonder
that some miners go to Cannon?
AS against this black record of
Childs and his friends, the misstate-
ments in Childs' articles concerning
the miners campaign are of little
significance. People who could
carry on such anti-Party campaigns
among the miners certainly will con-
slider it of very little importance if
it should be proven that their state
ments are unadplterated lies. The
district modified land modified
successfully for the Pittsburgh con-
vention, under the slogans, Organ
ize New Miners Union," elect
Delegates to the Pittsburgh Conven-
tion." Participation in the elections
in the U. M. W. A. was expressly
proposed as campaign after the
Pittsburgh convention.
The daily worker., 1929-02-22
(Red Aid Press Serpice)

BERLIN, (By MaiD.-A farm
laborer named Schroeder stabbed a
cattle owner named Kruse in a fight
and the latter died. At the trial of
Schroeder the court concluded that
Schroeder had received intolerable
proyocation from Kruse and SEN
fenced him therefore to one years
Imprisonment only. A gendarme
named Oberheide arrested Schroeder
and brought him back to Jaderberg
where the fight had taken place.
On the way Oberheide mishandled
his prisoner and when he arrived in
Jaderberg he abandoned him to the
lynch justice of the well-to-do
friends of the stabbed man. A gen.
darme inspector named Dierks also
openly beat up the prisoner in the
presence of crowd of applauding
lynchers. Encouraged by the exam
pie of the gendarmes, merchant
named Dehlmann distinguished him
self particularly in mishandling the
helpless prisoner. Schroeder was
terribly beaten and kicked. He lost
all his front teeth and suffers still
from internal bodily pains, head
aches and copious bleeding from the
nose.
The trial of the brave lynchers
took place in Oldenburg and the
gendarme Oberheide was acquitted
The daily worker., 1929-02-22

Opposition Fy Light the eC0uvenon Discussion

the better judgment of the DEC it
agreed to the arbitrary assignment
of John Edwards to work in the Pull
man district. John Edwards had to
be expelled as a CannOnite. The
Opposition vigorously opposed the
reorganization of the absolutely i'm
potent Section Committee of Section
except if this reorganization was
carried on on the basis of factional
lines. In spite of the District Com
mittee's better judgment it agreed
to this, with the result that tire
paralysis in the Section Committee
continued and became scandal in
the Party.
Another side of the story of demo
cratic centralism and discipline is
the fact that Opposition members of
the District Committee like Rubicki,
Fisher, and others, never, even for
a moment, respected the discipline
of the'District Committee, but at all
times and everywhere represented
the Opposition against the decisions
of the committee of which they were
members; and this at a time when
there was inner peace throughout
the Party.
The article of Childs is a glaring
example of the attitude of the OPP
position in District 8. Not shred
of sense of responsibility, only lying
and distortion of facts characterize
Childs' article. But this is no sur
prise to those who know the condi-
tions prevailing in District 8 con-
cerning the Opposition activities.
The Opposition in District 8 is a
party unto itself with the sole reason
for existence of fighting and belit
Ting every decision and every act
of the Party. The article of Childs
is merely another manifestation OF
the policy that the Opposition has
followed in this District since the
last convention. This policy is one
of rule or ruin, one of either taking
the Party or destroying it. 1t is my
conviction that even if they took it
they would destroy it. That is why
l fight against the destructive anti
Party tendencies of Childs and his
friends, and against the Opposition.
The daily worker., 1929-02-22

consistently maintained that the
Majority of the Party has no rights
except those graciously granted by
the Opposition. Thus, when Com
rade tombstone left the district, he
appointed his successor. When this
successor left the district, she ap-
pointed her successor. When the or
ganizer of Section left the district,
she appointed her successor. When
Comrade Winsburg decided to leave
the office entrusted to her, she ap-
pointed Steve Rubicki as her sue
cessor. All these Opposition family
appointments were made without the
knowledge or consent of the men,
bership or of the district leadership.
The Opposition simply acted as a
Party within the Party.
And when the district committee
pointed to it's right and responsible
ties in these matters, then the ille-
gitimate Vaccinations of the Oppo-
sition were turned into "illegitimate"
removals by the district. The volume
of noise against the district was usu-
ally trusted by the Opposition to
make up for the utter lack of case.
Take for instance the removal of
Gersh. Gersh never was section
organizer and therefore could never
6o,,o boa,, Yo,,ooved
Childs complains that assignments
of functionaries to shop nuclei and
other Party units were made in an
arbitrary manner. Yes, the district
must admit serious errors concern
ing arbitrariness in the selection OF
District and Section representatives.
to the shop nuclei and other bodies
The Opposition vigorously demanded
the assignment of Giganti to the
Harvester nucleus. In spite of the
conviction of the district committee
that this was wrong, it arbitrarily
consented to the assignment to ap-
pease the Opposition. Giganti had
to be expelled from the Party as a
Cannonite.
The Opposition vigorously de
manded the assignment of John Ed
wards to responsible work. Agains'
The daily worker., 1929-02-22

The article by Pilgrim is the child
Of an anarchist mind which tries to
hide its contempt for the very prin-
ciple of leadership behind lying ru-
mors, contemplate gossip and stud
led character assassination, all off
shoots of the whispering campaign
with which an unprincipled Opposi-
tion tries to prove its "bolshevik"
qualities.
The article by Childs, on the other
hand, is pseudo-political discussion
article. conceived in utter contempt
for the truth, and presented in the
certainly un-Communist spirit of a
Tilted lover, who destroys the beauty
of his girl, rather than see her the
sweetheart of another. Childs
sneeringly tells US "what rotten
kind of a Party this is, anyhow" !"
and since facts do not bear out his
contentious, he invents proofs. Such
tactics are not born of loyalty to-
ward and confidence in the Party,
but of contempt and enmity.
Says Childs: "The Party in Dis
trict s has not grown in the last
year."
The fact is that, in spite Of the
moving of the National Office of
cur Party from Chicago to New
York, which took (conservatively)
one hundred comrades out Of the
district, among them many most
valuable and capable organizers and
agitators, the Convention member
ship figures in 1928 were 100 above
those of 1927, which means en ap-
proximate increase of membership
by 200.
Childs asserts: "The number OF
shop nuclei has decreased, the exist.
ing shop nuclei function very
poorly"
The facts are that at the time Of
the 1927 convention there was only
one functioning shop nucleus in the
city of Chicago (Harvester). An
The daily worker., 1929-02-22
1000 WAIT HOURS
TO SHOVEL SNOW
Grey-Haired Workers
Get so Cents an Hour

Continued from Page One)
his worn out shoes complained Bit
terly.
Overalled mechanics, thrown out
of employment by seasonal depres-
sion, waited side by side with the
permanently unemployed of the
Bowery bread lines. Hands were
thrust deep into the ragged pockets
Of poorly clad men who hoped to
get the price of a few "coffee-ands"
from few hours work
"Been out of job long?" one
of the men was asked.
"No, not much" he said bitterly.
"Only two months. You gotta do
something"
The latecomers looked enviously
at the men in front of the line. 81
guess few will be hired" one OF
the late arrivals said, "but there's
no harm in waiting now we're here"
AS he finished the line extended
from nth to 18th SITS. While some
looked greedily at the warm-looking
coats in the tailor shop on the cor
ner, a well-clad cop strolled along
the lines to preserve "order." "Come
on, now, get over" he growled as
he prodded the men away from the
store. They moved meekly away to
the slush of the sidewalks. 1t
wouldn't do to arouse the cops ire
he might force them off the line.
Fifty cents was fifty cents.
The daily worker., 1929-02-22
court FAVORS
SINCLAIR PLEA

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-The
supreme court of the United States
lent sympathetic ear to the argu-
ments of Martin W. Littleton, attor-
ney for Harry F. Sinclair, sentenced
TO three months in prison by lower
court for contempt of the senate in
refusing to answer questions about
mis- Teapot Dome and Salt Creek oil
frauds.
Littleton argued technically that
the senate had transferred the cases
to the courts by it's resolution de-
nouncing the leases Sinclair got
from Secretary of the Interior Fall,
and therefore could not question
Sinclair, and that there was no evil
dence to show what questions the
senate proposed to ask of Sinclair.
He also claimed that Sinclair was
summoned only by telegram, and
that this was not legal.
The daily worker., 1929-02-22
By MAX BEDACHT


Another example of Childs' "Com-
munist" discussion method is con-
tanned in his presentation of the
Kenosha strike. Says Childs: "a
leaflet was printed and sent out for
distribution which told the workers
that the strike was lost"
The facts are as follows: The
Party's struggle against the reac-
tionary leadership of the full-fash-
ioned hosiery workers. strike in
Kenosha was carried on partly un-
der the demand for mass picketing.
The reactionary leadership ap-
preached the manufacturer with a
class collaboration proposal, prom
ising increased production if they
would enter a contract with the
union. Meantime the factory was
manned by strikebreakers, to almost
its full capacity. Instead of organ
izing mass picketing, the reaction
ary leadership of Budenz proposed
to solve the problem of the scabs by
tying to prove to the boss that he
would make more money by employ
ing union members.
Under these conditions the policy
of the Party had to be to i'm
press the strikers with the necessity
of solving the problem of the scabs
thru mass picketing, taking the
scabs out of the factory. The Par.
ty therefore proposed to the strik-
erS to save the strike by replacing
the Budenz policy of collaboration
with the bosses, with policy Of
struggle against the bosses, witt
mass picketing and militant parti
cipation of the strikers in the strike
The Party pointed out in its leaf
lets that the policy of Budenz has
led to the filling up of the factory
with scabs.
Our "full-fashioned Left wingers
of the type of Childs and Rubick
maintained and still maintain tha
pointing out to the strikers the fac
that as a result of Budenz' polio!
the mills are filled up with scab
is defeatism. Any Pioneer coult
The daily worker., 1929-02-22

the Party. This campaign resulted
in the arrangement of neighborhood
meetings by the nuclei and in the
taking up of the campaigns of the
Party by the nuclei within the terri
tory assigned to them.
This campaign is by no means
ended. The transformation of the
nuclei into political units is far from
being completed. Much has yet to
be done and is still being done by
the district; but the decisive point
is that the campaign to politicalize
the activities of the units was initi-
ated and carried through by the Dis
trict Committee, Under the leader
ship of the Central Committee, to
overcome the political paralysis Gre
ated in the nuclei under the leader
ship of Swabeck- Childs- -Maurer- Ru-
hicki.
The daily worker., 1929-02-22
EMERGENCY FUND

Soc; Joe Vargas, SOC. 80. 4.0t
Collected by L. Williams,
Cleveland, Ohio--John Will
liams, 81; J. Gruczolowski,
50c; A. Gruczolowski, Soc;
Steve, Soc; P. Cohen, 81;
Sinezic, SOC ........... 4.0'
Collected by Mary Taitelman,
Brooklyn, N. Y: Betty Es-
binsky, SOC; Mary Taitel-
man, Soc; S. Rubovsky, SOC;
James, 25c; B. Weisbret,
Csc; C. Rosen, Csc; J. An
chor, 25c; Maska, 25c; r.
Samanowitz, 25c; Y. Elman,
Sl ....'.. .............s.. 4.V
Section I, OF, N. Y. C....... 40
Section 1, 5F, N. Y. c. ...... 3.5
Collected by A. Kinbar, Brook
lyn, N. Y: A. Kinbar, ST.;
A. Nelson, 81; H. Spring,
81 ................. 3.U
Denver Street Nue., Denver. 80
Soss Shop Nucleus, N. Y. c.. 80
Collected by N. Cohen, New
York City: J. Weiss, 25c; E.
Handsman, 25c; L. Rogan,
25c; G. Cohen, 25c; ]. Brad
ley, 25c; A. Shakner, Soc;
S. Shakner, 75c; C.E.Z., 25c;
A. Levenstein, 25c ........ 80
Collected by Max Levine,
Bronx, N. Y: I. Fixman,
SOC; C. Bromtsky, Soc; j.
Brolnitsky, SOC; D. Scho-
man, SOC; I. Fixman, SOC;
Bertont, SOC ............. sc
Collected by Anna Turgelsky,
Bronx, N. Y: T. Turgelsky.
81; S. Turalbrose, ST.; Friend
from Wilno .............. 81
Collected by D. Strickman, N.
Y. c.: j. Shachter, B'klyn.,
SOC; B. Alicof, B'klyn., 25c;
B. Lynn, B'klyn., 25c; H.
Kaplan, B'klyn., 25c; w.
Weinberg, 25c; H. Donarf,
25c; B. Podolsky, 25c ...... 2.t
Collected by L. Donk, Unit 8,
| S4, N. Y. c.: A. Resnick,
81; N. Feinstein, 25c; O.
| Quiros, Soc; P. Duanos, 25c;
E. Budanvicnte, 25c; J.
Reyes, 25c; G. Boresoff,
| zoe ........s.s .ssss &.
Section /, IF, N. Y. c. ...... 2.t
L. Marshall, Cleveland, o.. IL
Collected by Comrade Wagner,
Bronx, N. Y: I. Yarock, 25c;
A. Feldstein, 25c; A Friend,
25c; S. Lerman, Jr., 25c;
Altschel, 25c ....,.......- l.:
Section 8, Executive Commit
tee, New York City ...... l.;
Section /, S. Weisberg, City,. H.
Section 1, Thomas, City $50. H.
The daily worker., 1929-02-22

teach Childs (if he were capable of
learning) that one cannot fight
against the wrong policies of the
reactionaries without proving to the
workers the disastrous result of
these wrong policies. Since the aim
of the Party was to win the strik-
ers for militant methods of strug-
gle, it was necessary to prove to
the workers that the methods of
Budenz led to defeat.
1t is bad enough that it should be
necessary to discuss with Childs and
others the correctness of this policy;
but it becomes a tragedy if Childs
begins to peddle his childish "poli-
cies" as the incarnation of Bolshe-
vism and as proof Of the Right wing
line of the CEC.
The Milwaukee Crimes.
| suppose l have to be thankful
to Childs that he lacked the cour-
age to put into print what, at his
instigation, is being peddled not only
in the American Party but even in
the International, concerning Be-
dacht's support of the candidacy of
Victor L. Berger. This outrageous
lie was voiced in my presence in
New York by another famous LEFT
winger" in the ranks of Childs' OPP
position, by Comrade Gomez. After
| told him that it was lie, he prom
ised not to repeat it, but he never
theless repeated it the very next
time he spoke.
Many mistakes were made in the
execution of the correct policies OF
the district committee concerning
the election campaign in Milwaukee
The healthy discussion of these mis-
takes, however, is seriously hamp
cred by the Cannonite policies o1
Childs and his friends of insisting
on repeating the most unfounded lies
against the Party concerning Party
alliances with capitalist politicians
the candidacy of a company unior
organizer, and like inventions. This
Childian propaganda is pure ant
simple mud-slinging-not onl!
against the leadership of the Party
but against the Party itself.
! Our Opposition in District 8 ha
The daily worker., 1929-02-22
Methods and Spirit of the Party Discussion.

The Communist Party carries on
political discussions for the primary
purpose of Standardization and
self-orientation. This aim must de-
termine the methods and the spirit
of the discussion. Lies, rumors, dis
tortions of facts and like methods
(Which may be unworthy tricks of
debater to score a point against
his opponent) will not and cannot
contribute to the Qualification of any
issue or to healthy self-orienta-
tion of the Party.
Viewed from this angle, some dis
cussion articles of our Opposition
contributed nothing to a clearer un-
derstanding Of the Party's tasks and
problems. Some of these contribu-
tions were monumental proofs of
where unprincipled factioralism
must inevitably lead. All sense of
proportion is lost; opposition to
leadership turns into opposition to
the Party itself; under the guise of
political attacks against the leader
ship, attacks are made against the
Party itself in the language of its
enemies; the Party is treated to dis
Cussion contributions in the columns
of its official organ which one could
reasonably expect to find only in the
columns of sheets like "The Mill
tant."
Two articles will illustrate the
point. Discussion contributions like
those Of Comrades Pilgrim and
Childs are unable to indict the lead
ership of the Party, but, on the con-
trary, are indictments against the
writer's of the articles; the articles
Indicate the relative distances which
divide the writers from the Party OF
the one hand and from the Cannon,
ite enemies of the Party on the
other. Such articles play into the
hands of Cannon outside Of the
Party because they tend to under
mine the Party from within.
The daily worker., 1929-02-22
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page On
ford, N. H. ..............
Hungberm Finnish Labor So
ciety, E. Weymouth, Mass.
Progressive Bakers Group,
Local 237, Chicago, Ill. -.
Sec. 1, CT, City ............
Original Association of Rus
sian Workers of America,
Brooklyn. Marinich, ST.;
M. Swarowski, Soc; M. Me-
leskko, 81; A. Zaitz, 25c;
Kokosh, Soc. ............
Jos. Kline, Brockton, Mass.
Sent in by Unit W. C. P. of
Utica, N. Y.-Conference
for Protection Of the For
eign-Born Workers, 81; w.
Goods, 81; S. SkuIski, 81;
P. Kraus, 81; A. Lukashe-
wich, 50c; c. Markowski,
Soc. ....................
Collected by S. Kaukoff, New
York City-Asenbud, 81;
s. Kaukoff, S5; B. Shiri-
nian, 81 ................
Collected by I. Bloom, Spring
field, Mass.-I. Bloom, So;
Krasnow, 81; Gilbin, SILL.
Goldstick, 81; Rose Pinko-
witz, SOC; N. Leavy, Soc;
M. Lenneck, Soc. ..........
Collected by H. Mackie, City
"A. Loo, SO; J. Bergman,
81 ...............
Collected by F. John, Bronx
F. John, So; Eisery, zoe;
J. Mandih, Csc; I. Spitse,
Soc; Rati, Soc; x, Soc;
Frank, 25c; N. Szabo, 81;
Awen, 25c; H., Csc; Ke-
reczi, SOC ...............
Daily Worker Chapel, City.
Sam Karras, Falcon, Idaho.
Collected by Goldie Lacher,
Brooklyn-S. Grros, 81; A.
Waeber, SOC; A. Stein, Soc;
Sarah, 81; J. Ancher, 25c;
B. Weinstein, 25c; S. Cor
don, 81; A. Wolk, Soc;
Weirbed, 25c. ...........
J. B. Weilzenbach, Wolf
Point, Montana .........
Collected by F. E. Mauritz,
Bridge, Oregon-F. w.
Mauritz, So; Mrs. F. E.
Mauritz, $1.50; F. E. Mau-
ritz, $1.5u ..............
J.. A. C. Club, Bayonne, N. ].
Collected by Einar Peterson,
City-Frank Savich, 81;
Bob Roch, 81; T. Bark, 81;
Einar Peterson, 81 $3.50.
Sent in by Virginia Arnott,
Palo Alto, Calf. .-Palo Al
to Redwood Nucleus, $3.50;
q. Soto, 50c; B. Higrierra,
The daily worker., 1929-02-22

Chief Justice William H. Taft as
sisted in bringing out the points in
the Sinclair defense by his leading
questions of the attorney.
The supreme court at today's ses-
sion ruled that the department of the
interior did not have the right to
stop the investigation of the Elk
Hills leases, another scandalous oil
deal during Harding's administra-
ton. But the department has al
ready done this.
The daily worker., 1929-02-22
The Party, District and the Miners Campaign.

The darkest chapter in the story
of the Opposition in the Party in
District 8 is the miners campaign.
If any proof were needed that GER
tain elements of the Opposition are
working against the Party itself,
their activities in the mining cam
psign would furnish that proof. The
major activity of Swabeck, Rubicki,
Winsberg and Chiids consisted in a
systematic recruiting campaign
among the miners against the lead
ership of the Party. Open recruit
ing work was carried on among the
miners with the slogan, "Join the
Party to clean out that rotten bunch
cf leaders,"
The financial difficulties of the
Party in the campaign were used as
basis Of propaganda against the
Party. In the face of the greatest
financial difficulties of the district
miners were propagandized against
the Party and its leadership on the
ground that, not John L. Lewis, but
the Party and its rascally leaders
are starving them. This rropa.
ganda, which is still carried on by
Childs and his friends, is now the
The daily worker., 1929-02-22
German Farm
Lab0rey While Being Jailed

the inspector Dierks was fined so
marks and the merchant Dehlmann
was also fined 80 marks. The fines
which were imposed were ridiculous
and mean in reality an acquittal.
The daily worker., 1929-02-22
It's a Tough World,
Kellogg Whines; His
FakePeaceUn Unmasked

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-Secre-
tary Kellogg took occasion on his
formal receipt today of an honorary
degree of doctor of laws from
Georgetown University, petulantly
to complain of the attack on his
multilateral treaties, the Kellogg
Pacts" as merely a gesture.
He declared that he knew there
are some "who claim that the treaty
has no value and that it is a mere
gesture"
The treaty actually is an attack
by American imperialism on Eng
lish, for it effectually substitutes a
rev league of nations for the one
now pretty well controlled by Great
Britain.
The daily worker., 1929-02-22

other one was in the process Of for
nation against the bitter opposition
of Childs and his friends. At the
time of the present convention, there
are well-functioning shop nuclei in
the Harvester, the Northwestern
Railroad shops, the Western Electric
establishment, and the packing
houses, with a number of new shop
nuclei in other parts of the district,
such as in kenosha, Milwaukee, etc.
Childs declares: "The street nu-
clei do not take up neighborhood po-
litical issues"
The fact is tnat the first act of
the District Committee, elected in
1927, was an extensive campaign in
membership meetings, functioraries
meetings and through propaganda
work in the units, to transform the
politically dead units which under
the leadership of Swabeck and his
friend Childs had developed into
mere ticket selling agencies, into
real, politically functioning units of
The daily worker., 1929-02-22
FINN DOCK STRIKERS FIRM

HELSINGFORS, Finland (By
MaiD The Finnish dock workers,
several thousand in number. who
have been on strike against wage
cuts for five months, plan to con-
tinue the strike until they win. Re
markable solidarity has been main
tanned by tho workers.
The daily worker., 1929-02-22

But every class struggle In poll
teal struggIe.-Karl Marx (Commu-
mist ManifestO).
The daily worker., 1929-02-22

of all the classes that stand face
to face with tho bOurgeOisie today
the proletariat alone is ~ really revO-
IutiOnary class.-knrl Marx Conn
munist Mnnifesto).
The daily worker., 1929-02-22

This the first of two articles the pre-
before the Party for discussion The second will published
within short time.)
The daily worker., 1929-02-22

Section 1, Dreazen, City -. 100
Bander, Unit 1, Section 2,
Boston, Mass. ............ 100
Alfred R. Dearden, New Phila-
delphia, Ohio ............. 100
w. Cherry, Bronx .......... 100
L. Muaritza, City .......... 100
M. Arigline, City ........... 80
v. Jarino, Bronx ............ so
S. Wakkure, Olympia, Wash... 100
Aaron P. Mordcheles, Boston 100
Br. 229, W.G.D.B.G., Danbury,
Conn. .................... -. 100
John Vrlich, Luzerne, Pa. -. so
M. Shapiro, City ............ so
W. Berger, City ............ .25
H. Kennel, City ............. .25
The daily worker., 1929-02-22

Capital II therefore not n personal,
1t is a social power.-Karl Marx
Communist ManifestO).
The daily worker., 1929-02-22
BRITISH ELECTRIC MERGER.

BRITISH ELECTRIC MERGER.
LONDON, (By MaiD.-Two of
the largest manufacturers of indus
trial electric equipment, Electromo-
tors, Inc, and Lawrence and Scott,
Ltd, have merged. Many workers
will be laid off.