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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04
CONVENTION DISCUSSION SECTION

ton declaring that the group of
delegates in this convention led by
Comrade Bedaeht were not worthy
of the confidence of the Party. How
could he get majority for such
motion even from the then Foster
controlled Gee? Knowing the facts
as we know, we do no longer Won
der. After the Fifth World Con-
gress of the C. |. had condemned
Lore as a two-and a-half interna-
tionalist, Cannon manifested fac
tional fears of continuing the open
alliance with Lore and he proposed
TO Foster in letter dated Dee. 20,
1924, to make a fronted attack on
Lore. Foster in a telegram of Dec.
%, to Cannon oppos I'd SUI + a policy,
declaring that From knowledge Of
national situation as well as New
York we feel proposed tactics will
result bad split for u.s." Needless
to say-the "princ.pled" Cannon ac-
guessed. After knowing this little
bit of internal history of our Oppo-
sition, We understand how 3Ittelman
could get away With giving the Ger
man federation to he two-and-a-
half internationslist, Lore, at the
same time condemning the pro-Party
delegates as Internationally. Where,
pray, is Che Bolshevik principle OF
this greatest of all present-day
Marxians? Where is The revolution
airy steadfastaess that iustifies lin
to call persi tent fighters against
ieformism Right wingess?
But this has ever been the prac-
tice OF our Opposition --unprincipled-
ness-alwsys putting into the fore
ground not Party nut fractional con-
siderations. =. Ways spectators on
the conjunctu.e. In 1926, when the
struggle against Trotskyism in the
C. /. called for a serious campaign
against Left phrases, our ''prin-
cipled" Opposition fought against
the Gee as "a leftist bunch" And
no principles whatever stood in their
way, when following the conjuncture,
the crew of the vinyard changed the
charge against the Gee from "a
leftist bunch" to fright wing trail
tors"
Lenin very wisely advised us not
to take words at their face value,
but to look for confirmation in deeds.
This feminist principle applied to the
Opposition will disclose the whole
Opposition and each of its leading
members individually as unprin-
cipled and not in the least qualified
to appear as the judge of Bolsheyik
quality, of the Party, but rather
representing that section of the
Party which in this third period of
postwar capitalism, in this hour of
the Right danger and war danger
must be watched closely so that it
may be prevented from repeating
the disastrous oppertunist Right
wing reformist and outright anti
revolutionary acts of their past.
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The Right Danger and Where to Look for 1t

dominant position gained by Amer
lean Imperialism as result of the
last world war, draws it into the
center of the present vortex of i'm
perialist war.
This puts before our American
Party not only the tremendous task
of mobihzing the politically still
backward working class as a class,
but also the problem of fitting it.
self for the accomplishment of this
task by constant self-correction and
by standardization. In this period,
American Imperialism sings all of
the siren songs of its theological pre-
paration for war. These tunes pro-
mise to find an echo from the cap
italist and democratic illusions of
the masses. Every effort is
made, every form of propaganda is
used, in order to harness the prole-
tariat to the chariot of imperialist
war.
These influences create the great
est danger for the proletariat Es-
pecially SO when they appear as So
cial reformfsm, propagated in the
name of the cause OF proletarian
emancipation. They paralyze the
power of resistance of the working
class and threaten to make it a
helpless instrument and victim of
capitalist aggression.
The only source of resistance
against these dangers and against
Imperialism on the part of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04
LABOR SPORTS

The first mems indoor swimming
meet of the Eastern District of the
Labor Sports Union. held in the
Metropolitan Baths, in Bklyn., Sat
urday night, proved to be real
success. Over so worker athletes
took part, with six clubs being rep
resented.
The records made by some of the
swimmers compare fayorably with
the records of the swimming meets
held under the auspices of the A.
A. u.
The following is the list of the
winners: ~.
10o-Yard Free-StyIe, Senior.
Andy Haapaen, Yesa, A.C. /, IL 1-5
Leo, Kainen, Vesa A.C. /, 18,.1-5
50-Yard 'Free-Styfe. dt
Nelson, Vesa A.C. 90 $40.
W. Pietila, Kisatoverit A.C. 81, 2-5.
50-Yard Breast-Stroke.
Andy Haapanen, Vesa, A.C. SO, $40.
"A. SaRton, Vagabond, A.C. az, 3-5.
Bill Luoma, Vesa, A.C. So, 1-5.
~ Fancy Diving.
Andy Haapanen, Nesa A.C. 43 points
Sacco, Kisatoverit A.C. Al points.
75-Yard Relay, Junior.
Vesa A.C., first team /.
Kisatoverit-2.
Royal Aces.
50-Yard Dash Free-Style, Junior.
Haessel, Royal Aces, 80, b-1e.
Paul Eskola, Fesa A. C. 81, 3d..
Rase, KisatoIerit-35, 4-5.
II 25-Yard Dash, Junior.
Haessel, Royal Aces 10, $40.
Ralph Victor, Vesa A.C. 16, 1-5
Bjurmark, Kisatoverit 16, 20.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04
Many Miners Killed as ..-...'.
&c. Accidents ShOW Increase

WILKES-BARRE, March 3.-The
killing and injuring of miners de-
I,rived of adequate union protection
in the coal fields since the U. NJ.
w. A. sell-out to the bosses, and
during. the interim before the Ma
tional Miners Union becomes
strongly enough organized here to
check the rapacity Of owners, con-
tinues apace.
During the last days of the weel,
Steven Carnak, aged "a, was crushed
between two mine cars and killed
while working as a runner in the
Forty Fort Colliery of the Temple
Coal Co
Poisoned in Mine.
Alexander Piecienski, age6 -35,
was poisoned by gases in No. 3
Mine of the Hudson Coal Co., and
died in the hospital.
John Constantine, aged So, was
sirucx in the abdomen by a hoist
ing rope in No. 4 Colliery of the
Pennsylvania Coal Co., sustained
internal injuries and is critically i'll
in the hospital.
Frank Atsugas, aged II, got sew
eral broken ribs, a fractured arm
and possible spinal fracture by
Icing squeezed between cars in the
Stanton Mine of the Lehigh and
Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. He is in
the hospital and may die.
Marion Tarfnetski had his left
hand crushed by a fall of rock in
the Alden Coal Company's mine. =
All Due to Boss.
All these accidents, gas, too rapit
handling of cars, too fast running
of hosting ropes, bad timbering.
causing fall of rock, are due to
speed-up forced upon employees by
the greed of the coal company and
would be very infrequent if the men
felt secure in their jobs and could
make a living wage by working
slower.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04
Some Others,

Some Offers.
Or take another of the outstand-
ing leaders of our Opposition, one
who only recently had to inyent a
tabor loipg" of the democratic
party in order to give his political
metamorphosis look of revolution
airy responsibility. AS late as 1924
this staunch Bolshevik showed his
immunity from the germ of bour-
geois illusions by singing the praises
tof a capitalist politician, the dem
ocratic senator Wheeler from Mon
tana. And to crown it all, he sang
these praises in the columns of the
official organ of our Party, the
Daily Worker. These victims of
bourgeois illusions of yesterday are
previous guards against these in
fluences tomorrow.
Or take still another of these
leaders, the leader, if you please.
He is proclaimed by the Opposition
as the master of the vineyard of
American Marxism. With rabbini-
cal logic this MARKHAM" dips his
upturned thumb into a mess of dis
sected theses or programs an invari-
ably fishes up enough abstract
phrases to formulate out of them
an indictment against the authors.
But the living and pulsating essence
of such programs or theses he never
| fathoms.
He, too passes as a guardian of
revolutionary purity against the in
| fluences of bourgeois illusions and
of social reformism. But l have
some articles of this manager of
the MARKHAM vineyard in America,
dealing with the problems of peace
and published in 1918. These arti-
cles are reeking with Wilsonian
phrases and conceptions. This self
styled personified guarantee against
the influence of social reformism
and bourgeois liberalism upon our
Party in the coming war presents
himself in these articles as a miser-
able victim of these influences!
Question of Lore.
| This Bolsheyik as a representative
of the Central Executive Committee
to a federation convention was in
strumental in keeping the leadership
of the then German language fedora
ton of our Party in the hands of
Lore, thereby facilitating for Lore
the destruction of the German langu-
age section Of the Party. In order
to justify this act of strengthening
the Social Democrat Lure in the
Party, and incidentally to make diff
ficult a struggle against him. This
"Bolshevik' introduced and passed
in the Political Committee ard pub
lished in the Daily Worker a mo-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04

in it and selected it as an issue for
inner-Party struggles just for these
implications. If true, the campaign
against the Gee must take the
sharpest forms, with the final aim
Of Kidding the Party of this danger.
In our pre-convention discussion
and in the Gee Plenum we have
considered quite thoroughly the
political contents of these accusa-
tions nd the proofs. The Party
has passed its judgment. In this
article, therefore, / will raise diff
ferent phase of this controversy.
Who are POLITICALLY speaking)
the accusers?
The aeeusers want to defeat the
Central Committee, to take over the
leadership of the Party. No phrases
in their mouths of "new leader
ship" can mislead any one about
that. If these comrades demand
leadership, on the ground that the
present period must find the Party
equipped with the best Bolshevik
quality within it at its helm, and il
thereby they imply that they rep
resent this best Bolshevik quality
they must permit the Party to in
vestigate their record and see
whether this record bears out their
contentious.
In War Period.
We are not only facing a war
but we also have war behind us
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04

What was the record in the past
war fthose who demand leader
ship of the Party in the coming
war? Where was the ''leader" of
the opposition during this past war?
With an air of revolutionary right
eousness he challenges the reliability
of the Central Executive Committee
in this period, Does his own reoord
in the past war promise great sac
rifiees on his part II the coming
war? Does his record in the past
war assure reliability in the coming
war? 1t does not.
Where then does he take the poll
teal right to pose as the accuser
of the Central Executive Committee
as an enemy of the proletariat, as
is done in the thesis of the Oppose
ton?
The frequent and rapid changes
of the conceptions of this comrade,
which testify to the absence Of the
unifying influences upon his ideol-
ogy of Marxism, are no guarantee
whatever for his steadfastness in
the pursuance of Bolshevik aims.
Though very glib in his talks about
self-criticism, in his whole hisory
with the Party he has not to this
date with one spoken or written
word confessed these certainly seri-
Gus errors of his past, he has not
at any time or place before the
working class or the Party corrected
these errors of his past-not mere
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04
Chinese White
GUARDS ATTACK
Search Leaders of the
Trade Unions

HARDIN delayed Large forces
of police composed of Russian white
guardists and Chinese surrounded
the headquarters of the Railway
mems Union here and the head
quarters Of two other unions. A
careful search lasting in all seven
hours was made In the head
quarters of the Railwaymen's Union
al the employees present as well
as all visitors who happened to be
on the premises were subjected to a
thorough search. A number Of trade
union officials were arrested, but
very quickly released.
Such police excuses have become
very frequent lately on the territory
of the East China Railway. There is
no doubt that they represent a part
of the general provocative policy of
the Chinese authorities towards the
East China Railway.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04

deviations from but deliberate
abandonment of the path of prole-
tartan revolution. He has not only
not admitted these errors of his
past, but in some of these errors,
he still persists.
In his book on the steel strike,
he propagates a negation of the
role of a revolutionary working
class party by pure and simple A..
F. of L. unionism, thinly tinseled
with syndicalist conceptions. This
same pure and simple trade union
ism dictated his admiration not so
long ago loudly proclaimed for Com
pers; it dictated whole passages of
his pamphlet on dual unionism; and
1T goes like a red thread through
his late book. "Misleaders of Labor"
appearing there in the guise OF a
false and anti-Leninist conception
of revolutionary unions," relegat-
ing the Party to propaganda func-
tons on par with the functions
of the TUEL. His conceptions are
dominated by a trade union theology,
a most virulent form of the very
poison of right danger against
which we must direct our sharpest
fight.
The factual picture of this great
fighter against the right wing G..
E. G. discloses his whole fractional
campaign as simple "stop thief
vancouver intended to mislead the
chase.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04
By VIM. ]. WHITE,

In the third period of postwar
capitalism the productive forces are
developed above the pre-war level
Because of that the contradictions
of capitalism ripen rapidly in this
period, thereby intersifying the
class struggle between the prole-
tariat and the capitalist class on the
one hand and the rivalry between
different imperialist groups on the
other. decentralization is accelerat-
ing capitalist accumulation and in
turn is being accelerated by the pre-
paratiors for war caused by rapid
accumulation. Capitalism is again
trying to solve its problems by
means of war, war of imperialist
groups against each other, war of
imperialism as whole against the
proletariat and its revolutionary
outpost, the Soviet Union.
In this third period all of the
manifold contradictions of capital
ism eliminate more and more clearly
in the primary contradiction: in the
antagonism of the interests of the
working class with those Of the cap
italist class. Thus, the objective
and subjective forces are ripening
which will put the only effective
solution of the contradictions of
capitalism upon the order of the
day; the liquidation of the capital
ist order by revolutionary overthrow
and the construction of socialism
through the proletarian dictatorship.
For the c. P. of the u. S. A.
For t he Communist Party of the
United States, this present develop
ment is of special significance. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04
PASS ANTI-FREE
SPEECH MEASURE
Colorado House Votes
Syndicalism Law

DENVER, Colo, March "a
criminal syndicalism bill similar to
the one made infamous in California
thru Imprisonment for from one to
fourteen years of members of labor
organizations for the sole crime of
membership, has been passed by
the house of representatives of the
Colorado state legislature.
The bill was introduced by Repre-
sentatives Steward, Sylvester, and
Holman, agents of the Rockefeller
owned Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company and various other mining
companies here.
Against Strikers.
1t passed by vote of 40 to IL,
after several hours of discussion in
which were made many wordy at
tacks on militant labor and the
strikers in the coal fields here. 1t
provides penalty of "from one to
fourteen years" for advocating any
doctrine advocating, teaching, aid
ing and abetting the crime of sabo-
tage, or unlawful acts of force and
violence, or unlawful methods of
terrorism as the means of accom-
plishing change in industrial own
ership or control or effecting any
political change"
In other states, especially in Cali
fornia, Kansas, Washington and
Oregon, this language is used to
automatically convict any member
of an organization, based on the
class struggle, and advocating a
change in the social system.
Organization Felony.
Representative johnson termed
the bill unnecessary and claimed it
was tangible evidence of the intol-
erance in our country.
sit will make a felony of the
spoken word" he said. at would
make mere membership in an or
ganization a felony and would
abridge the right of free speech"
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goddam Communists, either. Used
to swing chairs at militant work
ers at meetings. Recently resigned
his job to go into business, it is
understood, and was silent part
ner in firms even while union Of
ficial.
This gang didn't even use left
phrases. Felt perfectly at home.
Want reactionary labor leaders to
be a little careful so that they can
support them and the capitalist
system without too much indigna-
ton from such workers as have
been deluded by their radical
pretensions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04
CLEVELAND WORKERS RELIEF

CLEVELAND, March "a dis
trict conference of the Workers In
ternational Relief was held here Sun
day at 226 w. Superior Ave, with
delegates in attendance from this
and adjoining cities. Many miners
were among the delegates.
John Fromholz, Ohio district sec
rotary of the w. /. R. rendered a
report which was discussed by the
assembled delegates. 1t was voted
to call another district conference,
to be held in about two weeks.
The Ohio district is preparing to
conduct children's camp this COM
ing summer. Arrangements are now
being made, and according to From
holz, full details will be announced.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04
New Anti-Strike Law
for Kansas; Violation
Ended First Measure


TOPEKA, Kansas, March 3.-The
infamous Industrial Court Law" of
Kansas which was fought by mill
tant labor and was finally declared
unconstitutional by the supreme
court of the United States, is to be
revamped, to make it alright and
again introduced in the coming ses-
sion of tie Kansas state legislature.
The way the old bill was upset
was by openly disobeying it and
the new one which undoubtedly will
have the same end in view of ham
stringing strikes, although it's text
is not yet known, will have to be
fought by the same tactics-simple
defiance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04

working class is its revolutionary
vanguard, the Communist Party.
But the influences of bourgeois,
democratic and pacifist illusions
sometimes even find favorable
ground within the ranks of this
very advance guard, resulting in
the appearance of opportunist or
reformist tendencies either in in
dividuals or organized groups, such
manifestations of reformist or OPP
portunist influences weaken the
Party, thus also lessening the re-
sistance of the whole working class
against the bourgeoisie. In the
present period such a development
would be more disastrous for the
proletariat than at any other time.
Therefore the dangers of these in
fluences, of democratic illusions, of
pacifist illusions, of social reform
ism, are the greatest dangers of
the hour.
Fight Right Danger!
This necessitates the most SER
ious and fundamental campaign
against these influences and the
most vigilant guard against right
errors within and by the Party it.
self.
In this period our opposition
sounded the War-cry: "The Gee
represents a right wing leader
shiplN This is a most formidable
accusation. The opposition is fully
aware of the implications contained
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04
MOTION TO IMPEACH WINSLOW

WASHINGTON, March "a mo-
ton to formally impeach Federal
Judge Francis Winslow of New
York, "for high crimes and misde-
meanors" was made in the house of
representatives Saturday. Winslow
is already under investigation for his
connections with the defaulting
Steinhardt for allowing presents
from litigants before him to be made
to his family, and on ten other
charges.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04
POPE DEPORTS SUBJECTS.

ROME, March 3.-The pope's
first act as an independent sover-
eign ruler was to deport about two
thirds of his subjects. All not of
ficers of the church or otherwise
forced to reside in the new papal
state have been ordered to get out.
Citizenship in the State of the
Vatican" is evidently reserved for
those who can pay for it, in money
or services.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04
NEW STEEL JOINT TECHNIQUE

TROY, N. Y, March 3.--Joints
in eight and ten inch steel girders
made by a new system of inter-
locking tongues and grooves today
were subjecte dto hydraulic pres
sure which crushed the beams be-
fore it broke the joints. The new
technique in connecting girders may
have wide usefulness, engineers
said. 1t is the invention of a dem
fist, who never worked on steel I'M
til he began his experiments. He
will be paid nominal sum for his
invention, and the profits will go
to some steel company. Riveters
will lose their jobs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04

Not only has the bOurgeoisit
forged the weapons that bring
death 10 Itself; II bns also called
into existence the men who are 10
WELD those weapOns--the modern
working class--the prOlefnrinps.--
Karl Mars lC0mmunist MNnifesto).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-04

The history of all hitherto cx-
listing society Is the history Of
class struggIes.-Karl Marx (Coi.i-
munfst 4fanifesto).
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The Nome nugget., 1929-03-23

Day entertainment at the Pioneer Igloo, upon the evening of the 18th. The occasion was the biggest in years. All Nome seemed to be there with the visitors from outly- ing sections filling up the spare places.
 The Catholic ladies had exceeded all their former efforts and that fact was apparent in the exquisite lunch served which was topped on by pastry, whose fluffy lightness and delicious flavor proclaimed the expert, while the aroma of the cof- fee was all embracing. Mir. Nj. J. Walsh in a few we'll chosen words introduced Father Savage, who made short address upon the life of St. Patrick and the missionary work of the Irish peo- pie who obeyed the scriptural in functions, "go ye to all nations and teach,'' he also told a few stories that were appropriate to the occa- sion.
 The Irish songs were rendered with such feeling and fidelity that the tendrils of the Irish hearts pre- sent vibrated with memories that seemed long since dead and tears unbidden raised to eyes as visions of the Gem of the ocean passed in review. Both Mrs. Bud Lehman and Miss Helen Erik were applaud ed loudly for their singing. Miss Emily Polet and Miss Kristie Sather in a piano duet, was we'll rendered and received the applause of all present
 Dancing and other amusements were enjoyed until the wee small hours and regrets were expressed that St. Patrick's celebration did not come oftener. The music was furnished the Julian orchestra and their rendition of thought as ex- pressed by music Was perfect.
 In the card games the following ladies were awarded prizes: Mrs. Atchison first prize; Mrs. Fred Rohn second, Mrs. Jas. Hewitt