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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-08
Marines Never LeQve Nicaragua Be RQ OF M0nada Sho
lam Outlines Many Important Tasks Of
the Young Workers Communist League

The general process has been
what? Up to the beginning of 1928
we had Experimentation pro-
cess in the League. We did not see
it. We did not take any measures
to prevent it. At the February plen-
UNI 1928 we first observed the seri-
BUSINESS of this phenomena and took
measures against it. Therefore we
say now, the Experimentation
process has stopped. The percent
age of students in the League has
dropped, but the increase in the per-
centage of industrial workers has
not been appreciate, that has been
about at standstill,
Decentralization.
Consequently the task of the pro-
Naturalization of our League still
remains as the basic problem inso-
far as the social composition of the
League is concerned. However, COM
rades, one factor is noticeable, and
workers has grown from 1048 in
February 1928 to 1475 in December.
And, still more important, the pro-
portion of our membership, of those
workers working in large factories
and in basic industries, has increased.
The only figures we have are for
June and December. In June, Al
per cent of our industrial member
ship worked in large factories lover
500 workers.. In December, 43 per
cent. In June, per cent worked in
medium factories, that is factories
with between two to five hundred
workers, while in December, IS per
cent of our membership worked in
medium sized factories. In June,
81 per cent worked in small fac
tories, in factories with less than
200 workers, in December this had
fallen to 80 per cent.
Therefore, there has been an i'm
provement, insofar as the proper
ton of our members in basic indus
tries has increased due largely to
the influx of members into the
League in connection with the min
ing campaign and with the textile
work.
Comrades, we must note, how
ever, and it is regrettable that a
good many of the workers we got
into the League during these cam
paigns are no longer in the League
at the present time, large factor
being the fractional situation in the
League which resulted in driving
out some of the best proletarian
elements.
Ito Be Continued.)
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Comrades, the Military Commissar,
Comrade Reznikov, will now read
the resolution in the name of the
meeting:"
Reznikov read it.
"Who is for it," A forest of
raised hands.
"Who is against ?"-No one.
"Are there any who have re-
Trained from voting?" Someone in
the rear rows raised his hand. but
seeing that he was alone, quickly
drew it back into the thick of the
crowd.
accepted unanimously" conclud-
ed the chairman.
IN THAT day Andronnikov arrived
Vlate for the conference at the
White Hall.
The general headquarters of the
Cheka.
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HALT ExPUL SION
OF BRITISH R. R,
union militant
Purkis Beats Takers in
Ballot

LONDON, England, April IA
special meeting of the Railway
Clearing House Branch, No. 1, was
convened by the executive of the
Railway Clerks Association to ex-
plain their action in expelling
Stewart Purkis, a Communist, from
the union on account of his activ-
tiles in connection with the Com
munist paper for clearing house
clerks, "The logger. The resolu-
ton endorsing the expulsion of
Purkis was defeated 92 to 70.
Purkis has been a member of his
branch committee for many years
and has also been secretary of the
sectional council, delegate to the
divisional council, and a member of
every staff deputation from his
branch to the local authorities. He
has been chosen to represent his
branch at the annual conference of
the Railway Clerks Association in
May.
I. H. Gill, president of the associ-
alton, and A. G. Walkden, secretary
end a member of the general ccun-
Gil of the Trade Union Congress.
stated the case for the executive.
Gill opened the proceedings by an
nouncing that the Railway Clerks
Association was not revolutionary
organization. Purkis and those as
ISOLATED with him were attempting
to dictate a revolutionary theory to
the MEMBERSHIP issue was revolu-
ton or constitutionalism.
Walkden said he had no personal
quarrel with Purllis and proceeded
to quote various comments upon him
self which had appeared in the
logger"
This paper has constantly at
tackled his acceptance of $50 pound
raise, bringing his salary up to L.
500 pounds a year ($10,500).
Purkis and his friends were at
tempting to eXpel those who had
done most to build up the union cloud
laughter)-he was an avowed Com
munist who took his orders from
Moscow (more laughter).
Purkis said that while as a Com
munist, he objected to the size of
the general secretary's salary, his
main objection was to the fact that
WalkGen had accepted this raise at
time when members of the union
We're being victimized or inadequate
ly compensated because of their
participation in the General Strike.
He had attacked the present lead
ership of the union because it was
destroying unity and the belief of
the workers in the strike as a
weapon.
Toward the end of the meeting it
was suggested by the branch chair
man who was supported by the
president, that if Purkis would give
up contributing to such papers as
the logger" Workers Life, The
Worker, The Communist Review and
the Labour Monthly the matter
would be reconsidered.
Purkis replied that the suggestion
was unthinkable for vital struggle
lay ahead, and these papers were
the life blood of the working class.
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Body of Militarist
Envoy, Herrick, at Sea

BREST, France, April Almost
IL years since the entry of the
United States into the world war,
the body of Myron T. Herrick, i'm
perialist and United States ambas-
sador to France, was taken back to
America today.
The body of the ambassador, who
died last Sunday, was placed aboard
the crack French destroyer Tour
vile.
A drizzling rain was falling.
Three destroyers accompanied the
Tourville to sea.
The other classes decay and finally
disappear in the face of modern in
dustry; the proIetariat is it's special
and essential p-oduct.--XarI Marx
fCoT1munist Mnn.festo).
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tinue until the attacks upon Soviet
Russia ce&sed, and until the Red
Soldiers, instead of clamoring,
would give unanimous, unqualified
support.
"We, the Bolsheviks, are Commun-
lists, and we always rely upon the
masses. Let the masses decide what's
to be done. If different govern
ment is required, come forward and
speak openly: Down with Soviet
rule!"
And he halted. The soldiers heads
swayed as if in gust OF wind, and
the bearded faces became darker
than clouds. :.
"We're not talking about govern
ment, but about boots" -. rumbled
the soldiers.
"We're not against the Soviet
rule"
Sure,--we want the Soviet power.
:. What do we want the bourzhuis
for? We've had enough. d. -
"And if you want the Soviet rule"
Andronnilov caught them up, "then
you must support it, you must lay
down your lives for it, and not
clamor against it. -"
And again he continued to heap
reproaches upon them.
ANDRONNIKOV fitted into the
"A frame of his simple words all the
discomfort of the soldier-masses.
took this discomfort, raised it be-
fore their eyes, showed it to all,
united them all, and having united
them, like a skillful pilot he turned
this discomfort in the other direc-
ton, against the enemies of the
Revolution. He proved that the So
luton of all the hard questions lay
in the victorious end of the civil
war.
Reznikov had argued, while And
ronnikov directed.
Hurry up; write resolution"
Bertenyev nudged Reznikov in the
ribs, at the same time opening be-
| fore him a cigarette-case containing
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Trouble is brewing in the N
regiment and AndronnikOv,
member of the Party Committee,
is summoned to speak to the SOL
diers as a representative of the
Party. His friend, Bertenyev, a
member of the Cheka, goes along
with him. When they enter the
meeting room, ReznikOv, the
Commissar of the regiment, is
seeking Intellectually to pacify the
soldiers with rhetorical phrases.
The soldiers interrupt him with
demands for food and clothing.
Andronnikov is then given the
floor. He speaks in straight
forward manner, admitting that
there are no supplies, but point
ing out the folly of their discon-
tent. He himself has eaten moth
ing for two days.
(Conclusion.)
DERTENYEV and Reznikov sat at
y the back of the stage. Bert
enyev's weakness for observing hu-
man stupidity amounted to sadist
delight, especially when he beheld
stupidity prominent and uncovered
not merely stupidity, but sheer
imbecility. He, therefore, watched
Reznikov greedily, awaiting an OPP
portunity to jump at his stupidity
with some remark or question.
"What do you Think" he at last
asked of Reznikov, "what will be
the outcome of this affair."" And
he pointed to the knobbed field of
soldiers heads.
"The devil knows. At all events,
we must watch out"
"And / think all this is piffle."
"Most likely. The devil knows.
Maybe it is piffle."
Bertenyev bit his lip slightly, and
dimples of laughter trembled on his
left cheek.
Meanwhile, Andronnikov was de-
picting before the now completely
quiet audience the condition of eco
nomic hopelessness that would con-
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! general picture OF the situation and
I believe that the examples chosen
have given you such picture. What
can we say about the general situa-
ton? That the general line has
been for Improvement in the position
of the League and in its activities.
We have corrected serious shortcom-
ings in our work. We have made
general progress as an organization.
But most of the basic shortcomings
with which our League was born,
which it has carried thruout it's life,
still hinder it at the present time
and prevent its development. And
we must set our face sternly and I'M
compromisingly in the direction of
the liquidation of these shortcomings
in order that the League may really
develop as mass Communist Youth
| League, as a real leader of the
young workers in all their strug-
giles.
Some Figures On League.
Comrades, just a few facts deal
L ing with the actual status of the
League, which I believe the Party
comrades should have, because it is
seldom that Party comrades know
precisely what is what in the
League. At the beginning of Deem
Der a registration of the member
ship showed little over 3,400 men,
bers. This was an increase, since
| the last Convention in November,
1927, when we had 1900 members,
of 80 per cent. In March 1926,
we had little more than a thousand
members. Consequently we fin d
that in the period from March 1926
Ito December 1928 about two and a
half years, the League has increased
its membership by about Is per
cent.
Comrades, not all of our men,
bers are in good standing. But the
good standing membership for the
entire year of 1928 averages about
1000, as against 700 in 1927, and
500 in 1926. Therefore, comrades
we say that there has been an ac-
tual increase in the membership OF
the League, not only in the member
ship on the books, but in the number
attending meetings, in the number
paying dues, and in the number actu-
ally drawn into the work of our or
ganization.
Social Composition.
Insofar as the social composition
is concerned, the figures today, in
December 1928, are as follows: in
dustrial workers, working in fac
tories, mines, mills and railways, A
per cent; clerical workers 10 pc,
cent; students 81 per cent; farmers
8 per cent, and domestic service
per cent.
You see, therefore, large per-
centage of students in the League
While some of these students belong
in special category, as for example
the students in district 9, superior
district, which the delegation from
that district understands; neverthe-
less this indicates a very serious
situation for the League, with a
very large kernel of non-proletarian
elements, or at least, elements not
actually engaged in industry. How
ever, the percentage of students ir
the League has dropped. In Febru
airy 1928 it was 81 per cent. There,
fore we have had an absolute DROP
of per cent. The percentage Of
workers in the League in February
1928 was 43 per cent. Therefore.
there has been a slight increase ir
the percentage of industrial workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-08

Editorial Note:-This is the
fifth installment of the report of
Herbert Fam. executive secretary
of the Young Workers Commu-
mist League, at the Party Conven-
ton.
Comrades, / said before that we
have not completely made the turn,
we have not completely reorientated
the League and it's activities toward
the new course. And to the degree
that we were hindered in completing
this turn, to that degree did we fail
to overcome the shortcomings of
the League which are important,
which are basic, and which must be
overcome, which will be overcome
we are confident, if we follow this
new road. y
Basic Shortcomings.
The League is still very small
organization, in spite of the big in
crease in membership. Comrades,
this is big only in percentage; it
isn't so big in actual figures. Our
League is still small organization,
still much isolated from the masses
of the young workers, and does not
respond sufficiently to their needs,
and struggles. AS result, we have
bad social composition. I will give
you the figures later. But our
League has one of the worst social
compositions of any League in the
Cyl. There may be historic reasons
for that, but the fact remains that
this poor social composition hindars
the development of the League and
reorientation forward and participa-
ton in mass struggles.
Poor Composition.
Largely because Of poor social
composition, we have not succeeded
in modifying the entire League in
the struggles in which we have en-
tered, as, for example, the miners
struggle. There still exist pacifism
and an under-estimation of the war
danger thruout the ranks of the
League. We have practically no shop
nuclei, comrades, in country hav-
ing the largest factories in the
world, factories with thousands of
young workers. 1t is a sad fact to
come here and admit that we have
practically no shop nuclei, and I'M
less we succeed in overcoming this,
we shall actually not sink our roots
into the masses of young workers in
industry and participate in their
struggles.
Negro Work.
In the field of Negro work, we
have been very negligent. First,
we have not understood the question.
We have underestimate the i'm
portance of the work. We did not
levote the necessary attention to it,
and we did not assign the necessary
forces to this work.
| And finally, comrades, one of our
hortcomings has been that we have
lad no contact with and have given
10 assistance to the revolutionary
Youth movements in the colonies, in
Latin America, in the Philippines,
where those youth movements play
an important role, more important
role than in the advanced capitalist
countries like the United States.
And one of our big tasks will be to
promote and to strengthen the youth
movements in the American colonies
and semi-colonies.
Comrades, I shall not go into de-
tail to enumerate every achievement
and every shortening and failure.
want to give you more or less of a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-08
Board Still
Giving Vessels Away

WASHINGTON, April THE
U. S. shipping board today author
lied the sale of two steel cargo
steamers for $128,95O and directed
the Merchant Fleet Corporation to
advertise for sclc % vessels row
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-08
Boasts British Troop
Planes Will Soon Be
Vital to Imperialists

LONDON, April 7 (UP).-The
aviation expert of the London Star
predicted today that all-metal aerial
troop planes, capable of carrying
200 soldiers, and speeding from 80
to 100 miles an hour to the remotest
corners of the British empire, twill
have become an integral part of
our service equipment in the not
far-distant future"
The prediction was based on secret
experiments which the writer said
the government was carrying out.
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SOL DI T. r S
A STORY of CIVIL WARS in the USSR.

thin, yellow cigarettes.
ooh, yes, you're right"
Reznikov produced his notebook
and began:
taking into consideration. )"
And he fell to thinking.
mot like this,-that's hackneyed,"
whispered Bertenyev, his face glow
ing with a fiendish smile. And a
dimple appeared on his left cheek.
"Write differently: Having listened
to the report of the Military Com
missar, Comrade Reznikov, this is
absolutely necessary; that's how
you'll at least see your name on the
last page of Pravda, tomorrow"
every well; but then We'll say:
Having listened to the report Of the
Military Commieoar Comrade Rein
kov, and the suppl ,mentary report
of Comrade Andronnikov, we ,"
"Your handwriting is bad" re-
marked Bertenycv. "LoS me write,
and you just dictate to me-"
And in his classically calm. beau
tiful handwriting, Bertenyev began
10 string letter after letter, like
bead upon bead in an old Russian
necklace.
MO SOONER had Bertenyev and
NReznikov finished the resolution.
than Andronnikov ended in his ring
ing voice, inspiring energy and as
surance in the soldiers hearts:
'Long live the Soviet rule! Death
to Kolchak, and the Social volu-
tionists, and to all traitors and
speculators!"
A tall, swarthy, unkempt soldier,
with long arms swinging like two
hairy paws, jumped out on the stage
and yelled like trumpet of Jericho:
"Down with the counter-revolu.
ton and the generals!"
down with them! Hurrahw bel
lowed the Red soldiers, and the
sound was like the breaking Of
stones in the mountains.
"Comrades"--the chairman with
the effeminata face end the hairy
mole en- his chin began to speak
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laid up in New York, Norfolk ant
Philadelphia.
Bids for the % vessels of the laid
up fleet will be opened May 7. it
was stated. The ships are of the
steel cargo type and may be bid
on either for scrapping or for con-
version to barges of Diesel pro-
PEELED boats. They are sold very
cheaply to bolster up American COM
~ct.tcrs Of British firms.
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ASKS AMERICAN
SUPERVISION OF
!. ALL ELECTIONS
Statement Is Aimed at
Great Britain

WASHINGTON, D. c., April r.
Action to consolidate Nicaragua in
to a permanent satrap of the United
States government was taken when
it was announced that President
Moncada will again request" the
United States to supervise all cleo
lions in that country. This means
that the marines are never to leave
Nicaragua.
The announcement was made by
no less a person that DR.. Juan B.
Sacasa, former liberal candidate for
Nicaraguan president, whose chances
were ended when Col. Stimson, now
secretary of state, bought peace
from Moncada with the bait of the
presidency. Sacasa himself has
since been bought with the Nicara-
guam ministry to Washington.
Moncada has made this request"
before, but Secretary of State Kel-
logg, with the onus of the Nicara-
guam invasion lying on the Coolidge
administration did not care to COM
nit himself. ...
U. S. to Control May Elections.
Now Stimson. the man who bought
Moncada at Tipitapa, is secretary
of state and it is believed the time
has come to report the formality of
asking for U. S. supervision. OF
course, the American marines have
no intention of withdrawing from
Nicaragua in any case.
The request, however, will cover
the United States supervision of the
Forthcoming elections in May, when
a number of senators and represen-
tatives are to be elected" In this
case elected" means that, under
the rifles and machine guns of
American marines, the part of the
electorate which is permitted to
vote will register the will of the
American state department.
Similar elections will be held
again in the autumn, when the ma
rines will again supervise"
Princeton Prof. as Chairman.
Prof. Harold w. Dodds, of Prince
ton, author of the 1924 election law,
who was associated with General
Frank R. Mccoy in Supervising"
the last election, is mentioned as
permanent chairman should the new
formality be gone through with.
Sacasa has also announced that
President Moncada is taking the
strictest economic measures $50 as
to be able to obtain an exact idea
of the possibilities of the country
before he asks for another loan. We
must let the buyers know what they
are buying.
Great Britain Beware.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 7.
European interference in Latin
k,.,o~;oo oap ho avoided and the
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Great Britain Beware.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 7.
European interference in Latin
America can be avoided and the
Monroe Doctrine upheld" if the
United States controls the Latin
American republics, President Mon
cada, American agent in Nicaragua,
announced today.
Moncada stated that, of course,
the marines individually suffer
death and privation, but that "the
United States must endure any
thing to vindicate the Monroe Doc
trine."
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| pletion.. For this reason, l am finding
it necessary to decline financial as
sistance to many worthy causes with
which l am in entire sympathy
Local Dealers Bear the Burden
GAS a matter of fact" continues
this preacher, "this paragraph ex-
plains several things to me. Out of
my experiences as a pastor l have
found that great share of the finan-
cial burden of the church, benevolent
and local, has been borne in the past
by our local business men. Today
these same business men are watch
ing the money honestly owed to them
by their debtors being spent at the
chain store.
"And this money is 'thereupon di-
verted away from the community into
channels which are naively designated
our own projects l know that in
this community the chain store is
costing US each year as church the
difference between $500 and $1,000 in
world service money, and perhaps the
difference between an adequate
church building program just now"
This is just fair sample of the
"salve" that is handed out to local
communities that try to pry' loose
some change from the chain store
magnates in aid of community up
building. A polite-exceedingl po-
lite-letter of regret-heartily in
sympathy with the cause, etc.-but
forced to decline owing to other calls
which cannot be ignored.
What Is Total Chain Damage?
A local merchant who refused to do
his part toward the upbuilding of his
community, would soon be spotted
and would suffer accordingly, but
there is no way of ascertaining
whether the "philanthropic" excuses
of the chain store magnates are real
or simply excuses to avoid having to
donate any money to charity.
The statement of this minister that
the advent of the chain stores in his
town is costing his church from $500
to $1,000 year in diminished reve-
nue. raises the question as to how
much the chains are costing alto
gether in that town.
The Interstate Grocer has always
contended that the local merchants
spend far more toward civic move
ments than the difference in prices
between what they charge for their
goods and what the chain store
charges. 1t is becoming more evident
every day that the consumers in chas-
ing the ignis fatuus of few pennies
saved in the chain stores are losing
the dollars donated to the upbuilding
of the community by the local dealers
whose business has been reduced or
lost altogether to the chain stores.