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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
GIBSON OPPOSES
WAR STOCK CUT
For Motion to Change
It to Publicity"

! GENEVA, May 3.-Count de Mas
figli, speaking for the French dele
cation, announced today their sup
port of the American position for
giving publicity" to the boarding
of war stocks and their opposition
to the Soviet proposal for directly
limiting ornaments:
Immediately following this an
nouncement Nicolas Politis, Of
Greece, introduced a resolution de-
claring that publicity constitutes
the only means of limitation on
which agreement is now possible.
Litvinov Blocks Trick.
The powers tried to put the ques-
ton to a vote immediately, but
Maxim Litvinov stated the dissat-
isfaction of the Soviet delegation
with this evasion of the real ques-
ton. He demanded that measures
be adopted for actual limitation and
declared that publicity means
nothing insofar as actual limiting
Of ornaments is concerned.
Politis then withdrew his resolu-
ton and delivered speech in which
he attempted to make case against
the Soviets for their insistence on
their point of view.
After Politis had withdrawn MS
resolution, Gibson. for the Ameri-
can delegation, demanded permits
sion to re-introduce it. He will
probably do so in the morning. His
purpose is to force vote.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04

the clear, analytic eye of the Marx
ist, the revolutionary general seeing
far and fighting close.-That is
Lenin in this volume!"
When the March Revolution broke
out in Russia, Lenin was an exile in
Zurich. With the first Geographic
news of the upheaval, he began to
write letters, draft resolutions, form
ulate programs, develop tactics and
participate in conferences which
continued through his return to Rus
STA, where he finally guided the pro-
letariat to victory in November.
An analysis of the class compo-
sition and role of the Soviets in the
Revolution, of the Kerensky Govern
ment and the various strata of the
peasantry, of the correct tactics of
the Bolshevik Party, of a thousand
and one problems which arose in the
course of the Revolution and which
had to be solved, animate the vol
! une with the reality of the Revolu-
ton itself.
Contents of Book One.
The first book, covering the period
from the beginning of the March
Revolution to the early part of May,
includes Lenin's reports, resolutions
and speeches in connection with the
Petrograd City Conference of the
Russian Social-Democratic Labor
Party, the historic All-Russian May
Conference of the Bolshevik Party
and materials relating to the revi-
sion of the party program.
Among the outstanding items are
the Letters from Afar" which be-
gin with an analysis of the first
stage of the Revolution, discuss the
relation of the proletariat to the
bourgeois Kerensky Government,
take up the question of proletarian
militia and the conditions for secur-
ing peace, and conclude with dis
cussion Of the problems of the rev.
dictionary proletarian organization
of the state.
Another important study is the
one on the tasks of the proletariat in
the revolution, which deals with the
specific problems facing the Russian
proletariat.
The first book also contains Len
ms speeches on the peasant question,
the political situation and the prob
lens arising out of the war. 1t con-
cludes with Lenin's drafts of a new
party program which are of partic-
ular historic Importance, and con-
tains extensive explanatory notes.
Book Two.
Book two continues Lenin's arti-
cles, letters and speeches to the
middle of July. Lenin's draft reso-
luton and speech on the agrarian
question in connection with the first
All-Russian Congress of Peasant
Deputies from May II to June 10,
! 1917, are two of the larger items in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
u. S. S. r. Buys Plans
Of Baldwin L Locomotives

MOSCOW, May Sit is an
nounced that a few days ago the
Commissariat of Communications of
the U.S.S.R. signed a technical aid
agreement with the Baldwin Loco
motive Works of America.
The Baldwin Co. has agreed to
furnish blue prints of locomotive
car and repair shops as well as OF
big freight cars, freight locomotives
and other technical appliances.
The agreement also provides for
en- exchange of engineering forces.
Another agreement with the same
company was signed by the Amtore
Trading Corporation providing fol
The supply of equipment and rolling
stock of the Soviet railways under
extensive credit terms.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
FORM FAKE union
. IN BUENOS aires
Nothing in Preamble
About Class Struggle

BUENOS AIRES, (By MaiD.-
The socialist Confederation Obrera
Argentina" with 100000 dues pay
ing members, mainly among the rail
waymen, and the syndicalist Union
Sindical Argentina" with about 49,
900 members in all trades, together
with the Federation Obrera Poll
grafica" of printing trades, have
arranged for the creation of uni
fled trade union federation.
The basis for the new federation,
as expressed in the preamble, was
accepted by socialist and syndical-
ist delegates against the one dis
senting vote of the Communist dele
gate of the Photographic Fedora
ton"
Communist for Class Struggle.
The Communist delegate refused
to sign the preamble because it did
not contain declaration of the class
struggle, and because the Commu-
mist proposal to call a united con-
gress of all declarations was rejected.
The omission of any reference to
the class struggle seems to be a con-
cession Of the syndicalists to the
socialists who are for class colIab-
Grafton and favor government medi-
alton in strikes. The syndicalists OBJ
tanned in return from the socialists
the incorporation of the anti-politi-
cal clause, which Is the first para
graph of the preamble worded as
follows: "In order to maintain per-
petually the organic unity and har-
mony among the members, the CEN
trail labor federation, which will be
formed by the union of the GOA
and the USA, will be independent
Of all political parties and ideologi-
cal groups"
Through the system of represen-
tation adopted for conventions the
5yndicalists will be reduced to a very
small role in this organization,
which probably will join the Am
sterdam International.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
10000 Pledge TO Back USSR;:
SubbOYt the Textile MIL Strike

the single direction of the T. U.
E. L., the American section of the
Red International of Labor Unions.
We greet this convention as the
capitalization of the new revolu-
tionary labor movement in the U.
S.
"We call the attention of the
workers everywhere to the heroic
struggle of the workers of India
now developing to revolutionary
proportions-We extend to them
our Communist greetings-we
pledge them our aid and will or
ganize mass demonstrations of
protest against the white terror
of the Anglo-Indiaa government
which is using prosecutions, re-
pressions and mass murder to
crush the growing revolutionary
movement in India.
eve call the attention of the
Army Of the Chinese workers and
the heroic struggle OF the Chinese
workers and peasants against the
imperialists and their tools, the
Koumintang and the nationalist
government, and pledge our revo-
lutionary solidarity with the
workers and peasants of Mexico,
Nicaragua, Philippines, Haiti,
Latin-America and all colonial
peoples in our common struggle
against world Imperialism.
Hail Socialist Soviet Union.
eve greet the revolutionary
workers and peasants of the U. S.
S. R., the leaders OF the world
proletarian revolutionary hosts.
We hail with pride their success
full efforts to build up socialist
economy in the Soviet Union. The
rapid progress of industrializa-
ton, under the leadership and di-
rection of the Communist Party
of the Soviet Union, on the basis
of its correct program, guaran-
tees to the workers of the world
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04

this book Simple articles written
from day to day for the Pravda;
polemics that talk to the workers
and mold the policy of the Bolshevik
Party, in short, documentary mine
of the principles and practice of
Marxism, the book is provided with
illuminating explanatory notes, and
contains appendices for the volume
as a whole, including biographical
notes historical documents, cal
endar of events and chronology of
Lenin's life during that period all
of which not only give the reader
an historical background and con-
tribute to the understanding of the
course of events, but also make the
volume one of the most valuable
contributions to the study of the
Russian Revolution and it's great
strategist and tactician.
The American working class can
not ignore the lessons of the Rus
sian Revolution, but these lessons
demand to be studied. And we may
be certain that Lenin's Revolution
of 1917" will be studied and re-
studied by every class-conscious
worker who is seriously concerned
about the struggles of the Ameri-
| can working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
'Do1Om NTH Fascism" Slogan
Prominent IN Nav Day March

Assassin of Matteoti," read another.
Matteoti was the representative of
the workers in the Italian parlia-
ment who was murdered by the fas-
cists.
Struggle Against Fascism.
"The Working Class Will Not
Forget the Murder of Gastone
Sozzi," blazed another placard. Sozzi
was murdered in his cell, after in
describable torture by the Italian
fascist and then secretly buried.
Another slogan read ~Fascism
Makes a Prison Out of Italy for
the Workers"
This division represented the
worldwide determination of the re-
volutionary working class to con-
tinue the struggle against fascism
in Italy and in other countries to a
final victory.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
CZECH LABOR IN
united STATES
Have Been Active in
Many Big Strikes
By GUSTAV PIKAL.

On this May Day the Czechoslovak
workers in the United States par
ticipate in all struggles of the Amer
lean working class. During the last
coal miners strike the Czechoslovak
workers in New York alone contrib
uted considerable sums of dollars
for the support Of strikers and their
families. Big collections of clothes,
underwear and shoes were sent to
Pennsylvania coal mine regions.
Czechoslovakian working sections
of other cities all over the country
answered the call for help for the
strikers with the feeling of SYM
pathy and solidarity.
On many other occasions the
Czechoslovak workers lived up to
the traditions of their fellow work
ers in their native land, where there
exists a big Communist Party, in
fact the second largest in the world.
Czechoslovak workers in the U.
S. always take an active part in all
fights against the capitalist class.
They have built up workers organ
izations in many American indus
trial centers; in New York they
have OBRANA (Defense), weekly
printed in the Czech bohemian
language; in Chicago they own a
daily, ROVNOST LUDU Equality
of People,, printed in the Slovak
language.
Next year the weekly OBRANA
will celebrate it's twentieth annivers-
airy. The former weekly, ROVNOST
LUDU, became a daily after a split
in the Czechoslovak workers move
ment in 1924. Then the daily
Spravedlnost (Justice), was stolen
from the workers by the reformists
and traitors of the working class,
much as the Volkszeithng was stolen
from German workers.
Both the Czech weekly and the
Slovak daily have scores of workers
correspondents in different parts of
the country. These correspondents
inform the readers about the con-
ditions in shops, factories, mines
and on farms. They are big help
to the editors, who are able, honest
and spirited comrades from rank
and file.
Never taking backward step
they have to fight against the
poisonous lies about Soviet Russia,
with which the capitalist and re-
formists have taken the devoted
servants part in the capitalistic OPP
preston of the workers. Glass con-
scious workers must fight not only
the capitalists, but also the enemies
from the inside, Socialists" reform
lists and other enemies of working
class.
The largest colonies of Czecho-
slovak workers occupy sections of
Chicago, New York and Cleveland
and other big American cities. They
are busy in all lines of class con-
scious work, and this year they will
again rally on May Day, the revolu
tionary holiday of the militant work
ers, to the defense of proletariat in
this country, in the Soviet Union,
and throughout the world.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
Lenln S Great Book Is a
Pageant Of the Revolution

Long awaited, the two volumes OF
V. I. Lenin's "The Revolution OF
1917" were greeted eagerly upon
their appearance last week. They
were hailed as an event Of the most
enduring Importance by workers
eager to absorb the precious expert,
ences and vital analyses of the
great leader of the revolution.
"The Revolution of 1917 is among
the most significant of Lenin's writ
ings," international Publishers
stated when they issued the two fine
looking books that. constitute the
volume. Every class conscious
worker knows what the Russian
Revolution means to him and his
class; he understands the colossal
Importance of those eight short
months from March to November
1917. He does not have to be told
that those months which began with
the overthrow of tsarism and ended
with the dictatorship Of the prole-
tariat have more than a mere histor-
ical interest to him, that their re-
suits and their lessons are of the
most immediate, practical signifi-
cance.'
Reveals Lenin's Method.
Those who have already read the
volume are categorical in their in
sistance that it is indispensable not
only for an understanding of Lenin's
own role in the Revolution but the
very Revolution itself. Nothing,
they affirm, has so well revealed
Lenin's method of thought and ac-
ton, his supreme generalship and
his greatness as a revolutionary
teacher.
"The fire and passion, the very
genius of the Revolution are en-
bodied in these pages" one ardent
reader stated. "Lenin reacted to the
most subtle changes in the develop
ment of the Revolution; he laid bare
it's gigantic structure and class pro-
cesses; and what is more, he re-
corded every one of it's phases in
language that burned from a molten
passion, and words that spoke with
simplicity and penetration illumi-
mating every part of its inner mech
anism,"
Pageant of Revolution.
at is so real; you see the Revo-
luton moving across the pages; you
feel the energy that hammered out
an historical epoch vibrating in
these articles, speeches, reports and
resolutions; you are electrified with
a revolutionary intensity, an uncom-
promising purpose, an invincible
spirit. A heart that understands sc
deeply the suffering of the masses
from war, and famine and poverty.
Thoughts that burrowed deep in the
class realities. Short words; simple
sentences beating with the fever of
revolutionary life; and through it all
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
TEN XII !. ED IN
MEXICAN FIGHT
Federals Control Most
of Sonora Towns

NOGALES, Sonora, Mexico, May
3.-Tea persons were killed Last
night al Carlo, Sonora, in fighting
between federal and rebel symp2-
thizers, according to reports reach
ing here today.
Four soldiers accused Of disorderly
conduct were reported to have been
executed here during the night.
The federal forces are III contro.
of all the larger cities Of Sonora,
the last state occupied by the cleri-
cal reactionaries. Generals Escobar
and the Yaqui leader, General Yu-
cupicio are the only two of import
ance who have not either crossed
the border or surrendered. They are
hiding with small bands of guer-
riIlas in the Yaqui hills and may
hold out for a long time.
U. S. Boiabars Arrested.
Three American aviators, accused
Of violating United States neutrality
laws in connection with their as
serted activities in Mexico, will be
arraigned here May Q.
They are w. L. Fields, Los An
geles; Pete Stanley, Big Springs,
Tex, and R. II. Polk, leader of the
Yankee Escadrille in the rebel
forces.
The three are charged with con-
spring to take planes across the
border to the revolutionists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04

One of the most striking divisions
in the monster mass parade of 25,-
600 workers in New York City on
May Day was the battalion led by
the Anti-Fascist Alliance Of North
America.
Many Slogans.
A huge banner bearing the in
scription, "Down with Fascism!
Anti-Fascist Alliance of North
America" led the division. Adorned
with red ribbons, the workers march
ing in this division, sang many re-
evolutionary songs and cheered all
along the line of march.
There was not a single worker
in the whole parade who would not
have cheerfully assented to the slo-
gans borne by this group. Down
with Mussolini, the Strikebreaker,"
read enc of them. Down with the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
socialist" Ministers in
Germany Sore Over the
Moscow May | Parade

BERLIN, May 3.-The German
foreign office today gave way to a
childish exhibition of baffled rage
and sent note to the Soviet Union
government against the ridicule of
German cabinet ministers in the
Moscow May Day parade. One float
in the parade showed an armored
warship, manned by persons imper-
sonating Chancellor Mueller, two
other cabinet members and the So
cial democrat chief Of the Berlin
police, among others. The float was
inscribed: Eighty millions for a
hattleship but not one cent for child
feeding, and bullets for the unem-
ployed."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
BRITISH WORKERS
Send GREETINGS
Form New Left Wing
Needle Union

Greeting their brother organiza-
ton from across the sea, the newly
organized left wing United Garment
Workers Union in England writes to
the Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union in this country. The let
ter was received by Ben Gold, ma
tional secretary of the needle union
here. The communication is signed
by Sam Elsbury, leader of the new
British union. The letter states:
Norton House,
ga North Folgate
Bishopgate
London, E. |.
"Gen. Sec.-Treas.
IN. T. w. I. U.
"16 w. 21st Street,
f'New York, u. S. A.
The United Clothing Workers
Trade Union of Great Britain eX-
tends fraternal greetings to it's
brother organization, the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union of
the U. S. A.
"The splendid work being done by
the Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union on behalf of American
needle workers has been watched
with the closest attention and SYM
pathy and, particularly, it's success
full fight against the yellow leaders
of the company unions in the in
dustry and the sham Socialist"
press.
eve extend our cordial congratu-
lations on the magnificent victory
achieved by you in the recent New
York dressmakers' strike which
comes as hearty encouragement to
our own struggle on behalf of the
British needle worker.
Suffering as we do from most
of the curses of the industry which
afflict you, reactionary yellow Off
cialdom, company unionism, and
other adjuncts of the Clothing boss
power, we hail your recent victory
with full recognition Of all that it
implies.
Militant class-conscious unionism,
you have proved to be the only hope
of the oppressed needleworker as is
being proved, also, on this side. We
extend to you our hearty offer of CO.
operation in the international strug-
gle of the needle workers until COM
plete victory is won.
Down with company unionism!
cup with the militant needle
unions!
Cup toward a Needle Workers In
ternational!
Son behalf of the G. e. B.,
"SAM ELSBURY."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
SOUND FILM AGREEMENT

MOSCOW (By MaiD THE Soviet
film company, "Mejrabpomfilm, !"
and the German "Prometous" stock
company have entered into an agree
ment with the British Photo Tone
for the joint production and presen-
tation of a series of pictures and
for the supply of sound apparatus
to the cinema houses of Moscow
and Leningrad. The talking ma
chimes are expected to be installed
in the picture houses of Moscow and
Leningrad by the middle of next
May.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04

the stability and power of our
Socialist fatherland.
"The revolutionary workers of
New York City pledge themselves
to lay down their lives, if need
be, in defense of the U. S. S. R.
against an attack upon it by the
bourQeoisie."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
RELIGIOUS WRANGLE

WASHINGTON, May 8 (UP).-
Called to order twice yesterday by
Vice. President Curtis, Senator Hef-
lin, democrat, Alabama, is prepar-
ing to make another speech on Ro-
man Catholics.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
UNEMPLOYMENT,

SACRAMENTO, Cal. (By Mail)--
The great destruction of fruit crops
by frost has resulted in unemploy-
ment for thousands Of workers en-
gagged in making box boards for the
fruit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04

Women Workers! Take Up the
fmplacabIe Class Struggle Shout
Ter to Shoulder With the Rcvolu-
iionary Workers!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04

The Amsterdam International is
Splitting the Trades Union Move
ment. Long Live a Single Mill
tant Class Trade Union Interna-
tiOnal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
FINANCIAL TROUBLE

BUCHAREST, Rumania, May 3.
(UP) The rediscount rate of the
National Bank of Rumania was
laised today to nine per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04
CHURCH -CIL PACT
Seen AS LIKELY
Rebellion Dwindles to
Guerilla War

WASHINGTON, May 3.-That
attempts will now be made to re-
concile the Catholic Church in Mex
leo with the Portes Gil government
was indicated in a statement issued
by Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz which
was conciliatory in tone and clearly
aimed to give Ambassador Morrow
q pretext for making the U. S. gov
eminent the arbitrator in the situa-
ton.
The archbishop, who left Mexico
when the situation became too
warm" stated that "the church
and her ministers are prepared to
cooperate with President Portes
Gill;"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-04

MEXICO CITY, May 3.-The
complete collapse of the reactionary
instruction was announced here to-
day at Chapultepec Castle. General
Almazan, with $500 men entered
Aqua Prieta and proclaimed the es-
tablishment of federal authority.
He will remain in this area in order
to completely demolish the guerilla
bands which have been formed by
religious fanatics from the scattered
ranks of defeated soldiers.
At the same time General Olachea
occupied the border town of Nogales,
Sonora, with many troops. Recruit
ing for irregular federal troops to
fight the ''rebels" has been ordered
stopped in all but four states. These
are the states of Jalisco, Guiana
juato, Colima and Michocan, where
the religious guerillas have strong
numbers.