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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07

At regular membership meet
ing of the Finnish Workers Asso-
citation of New York, held on Dec.
%, attended by over hundred men,
bers, the matter of the Trotskyist
activities of the ex-Party member
Sulkanen among the Finnish work
ers was discussed. After a discus
sion lasting almost three hours, with
% members participating from the
floor, resolution condemning Sui
kanen's actions was adopted. The or
ganization is the New York section
of the national organization of the
Finnish Workers Clubs, where Sui
kanen attempted to lay the organic
ational base for his disruption of
the Party's Communist work among
the class-conscious Finnish workers.
The following is the resolution
which was adopted by a majority
of those present:
Resolution.
Taking into consideration the
fact that a group of members of
this association have taken such a
stand in the past which might lead
to the result that the general activ-
ity of our organization may be
brought to anarchy and general
chaos if this group is allowed to
continue its descriptive actions, it is
high time to present this question
before our membership for general
consideration. Our members must
have an opportunity to decide whe-
Their they accept such action as taken
by Ellis Sulkanen and his group, who
was guilty of organizing an open
mass-meeting against the best in
terests of our organization in this
hall last Sunday, Dec. IA
what was that meeting and
whose interests did it serve? Sui
kanen and other speakers, organized
by him, in their three-hour speeches,
slandered, in the most malignant
manner, the revolutionary labor
movement of America, the Workers
(Communist) Party, the Finnish
Workers Federation, and above all,
the revolutionary and honorable
fighting organization of the prole-
tariat OF the world, the Communist
International.
"For whom did Sulkanen and his
followers speak? For organized
workers, you may ask? No! His
mass-meeting was open for any one
who came in to hear how man
who has been responsible Party
worker for many years-ex-co mrade
Sulkanen-slandered and attacked
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Trotskyism.
The Central Committee recog-
nizes that this belated admission of
some of its errors by the OPPOSE
ton is due to the overwhelming
pressure brought to bear on it by
the membership in the recent dis
cussion meetings throughout the
country. The Central Committee is
confident that the Party member
ship, in the unit elections being held
throughout the country this week
and IN the coming conventions of the
various Party subdivisions, by sup
porting the Central Committee
which follows the line of the Com
intern without reservations, will
bring to bear upon the Opposition
the remaining necessary pressure
which will help them correct all of
their errors, and to join the Central
committee in a united effort for
Bolshevik self criticism, proletarian-
lzation of our Party ranks, and uni
flcatlon of all Communist forces on
the basis of unreserved acceptance
of the Comintern decisions.
CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE,
WORKERS COMMUNIST
PARTY.
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Statement of Central Executive Committee of
Workers Community Party

unhealthy fractional situation" 1t is
correct to state that the Opposition's
attitude was largely fractional in this
matter. This very delay by the OPP
position was further factor in
sharpening the factional situation.
The Party has a right to demand
from the Opposition why it persists
so strenuously in contributing so
much to this unhealthy factional
situation by closed national eau
Gus which admits to and txpels men,
bers from its ranks, which operates
on program of struggle against
the Central Committee as he Right
wing despite the unmistakable deci-
sion of the Communist International
declaring this accusation unfounded.
This dangerously wrong policy of
the Opposition continues despite the
fact that the Comintern has declared
a. The immediate task of the Par
ty is the speedy liquidation of
the fractional situation;
By There is no serious difference
in principle as a basis for a
factional fight in the American
Party;
q The charge against the Central
Committee of being a Right
wing Central Committee is I'M
founded;
d. The absolute subordination of
the Minority to the Majority is
an indispensable prerequisite
for unity.
The Party calls upon the OPPOSE
ton not only to recognize that these
errors which it has made are due to
the unhealthy factional situation"
but also to tell the membership what
It proposes to do to end this unbear-
able situation. When will the OPP
position begin to liquidate its eau
Gus? When will the Opposition be-
gin to accept decisions of the Com
munist international without reser-
Vation? When will the Opposition
drop its common platform with Can
non, "Tha Right danger in the
Party" and unite with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
SAY WILSON TOO
DESIRED BRIDES

BOSTON, Jan. 4.-Facts damag-
ing to : the case of thirteen city
councilnlen accused of soliciting
$4,000 bride from the Boston
Braves to vote Sunday baseball
bill, continue to develop. a.
President Fuchs of the Braves,
after yesterday duplicating Council
man William G. Lynch as the man
who offered the bride proposition
to him, today tried to save the sit
uation by testifying before the Bos-
ton Finance Commission that he
"did not take the offer seriously"
duplicate Wilson.
A telephone voice, which warned
him that the Sunday sports order
would remain on the table until
thirteen City Councilmen were paid
$4,000 each, closely resembled that
Of Councilman Robert G. Wilson,
Jr, according to Vice-President
Charles f. Adams, of the Boston
Braves.
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81 Communist Party Units Report Support Of
GEO. Against Right Danger and Trotskyisrl

cleus 1B, Philadelphia; Camden, N.
j. unit; N. Y. Mills, MINI. unit;
Ironwood, Mich. unit; Mass, Mich.
Intl Br.
"Street Nucleus Is, Los Angeles,
Street Nuclei 1 and 4 San Francis
CO; Palo Alto-eRdwood City, Calf.
unit; Syracuse unit; Mt. Vernon
unit.
"New York City units: Unit &c
OF; Street Nucleus 1; Unit Of,
SS3C.
''This record is by no means COM
plete, as a number of such resolu-
tions have been sent direct to the
Daily Worker; also many sections
of the Party have passed such reso-
lutions but have failed to send cop
les to the National Office"
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arp! ed. This c'ie, prohibits the ex
ecu.iCE cf work If long duration | J
the repeated discharge and re-en
gagenent of the same workers ir
order to take advantage of the or.
der of the c. E. C. and Council OF
Peoples Commissaries of Jan. l.
1927. 9
Consequently, the abuse of the
system of employing casual labor
automatically results in the partic-
ular worker ceasing to be regarded
as casual worker, he no longer
comes under the casual labor reg
ulation and is employed under the
general conditions provided for in
the code of labor laws.
The Opposition on the Protection of
Labor.
"The appropriation made by in
dustry for the protection of labor
are totally inadequate. According to
the returns of the Peoples Commits
sariat for Labor of the R.S.F.S.R.,
the rate of accidents resulting in
disablement in the large enterprises
is 97.6 per thousand. Every worker
out of ten meets with an accident in
the course of year."
Extract form the Opposition plat
form.)
The Facts
The situation with regard to the
p election of labor continues to be
extremely unsatisfactory. The num-
J of accidents in the factories has
increased, as the following table
shows:
In Leningrad
1926 causing disablement) ..24,673
1927 January to JULY 49,. .13,O46
At the same time, however, the
of severe and fatal accidents
has decliend. In number of fac
tories tendency is observed for
the number of accidents as whole
to diminish. The Labor Statistical
Department of the Leningrad Coun-
ell of Trade Unions publishes the
following figures:
Number of accidents causing dis
ablements per thousand workers
1926 (1st Half) 1927 list Half
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07

The Central Executive Committee
of the Workers (Communist) Party
today issued the following state
ment on further resolutions received
from over so Party units and sub
divisions endorsing it's campaign
against the Right danger and Trot-
skyism:
Statement.
Because of the pressure of the
general Party activities and pre-
convention preparations, the Cen
trail Committee is compelled to pub
lish only tabulated results of the
large number of resolutions which
have been adopted thruout the Par
ty endorsing the campaign against
the Right danger and the Trotsky-
ist outbreak in our Party. We are
unfortunately unable to publish all
of the resolutions or even to make
an adequate digest of them. The
comrades will welcome the splendid
response from the mining and other
industrial centers.
"The tabulation below takes in
such resolutions of endorsement
which have been received since
those already published in the Daily
some time ago.
District 5 (Pittsburgh); Polcom;
DEC YWL District 8 (Chicago);
District Is New Haven) DEC; st.
Louis Sub-Dec; Sub Dist District
5, Brownsville, Pa; McKeesport,
Pa. Sub-District and New Kensing-
ton, Pa. Sub-District.
Membership meetings in Boston,
Gary, Worcester, Omaha, Grand
Rapids, Yorkville, Rockford, ILL.,,
Baltimore, Lima Ohio, and Youngs-
town.
"Esthonian Bureau, Polish Bu-
reau, Greek Bureau, Lithuanian Blu
reau,. Chicago Lettish Fraction, and
three Jugoslav fractions of North
ern California.
SECTIONS 8, and of New York
City; Rochester Executive Commit
tee; Section l, Chicago, and Section
/. Detroit.
"Shop nucleus Subsection "a New
York; Sinons hSop Nucleus Ken
osha Wise; Central Alloy Shop Nu-
cleus District 6; Shop Nucleus 3O3
Corregan Mckinney Steel Co.,
Cleveland; Shop Nuclei 1, 2, 3, a,
md 10 Detroit; Newcastle, Pa, Shop
Nucleus; Bessemer, Pa, Shop Nu-
'leus; Shop Nucleus 1 E. Pittsburg,
Pa, Mine Shop Nucleus 2, Vesta-
burg, Pa; Western Electric Shop
Nucleus Fl and International Har-
vester 20 of Chicago; Creighton,
Pa. Mine Nucleus; White Luggage
Shop Nucleus New York; Shop NJ
,leus ABE, New York.
Chicago Units-Street Nuclei %,
30, 10, 8, IT, 81, Hegewisch, Ill. 2;
So. Bend, Ind.
South Side Nucleus, Milwaukee,
Wise; South Side Nucleus st. Louis,
Mo. Ohio Units: E. Liverpool, War
len, Cincinnati, Nucleus 2O7 Cleve-
land, and Nuclei POI and 81, Cleve-
and.
New England units: Bridgeport.
Conn; Fall Pivcr, Mass; Ansonia,
Conn.,; Hartford, Conn; Street Null
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this hall by Sulkanen's group for
such a purpose, this decision did not
seem to mean anything to Sulkanen.
"Yet, he did not bring his pro-
posal before Our membership meet
ing, altho he had chance to do so.
But he unanswered further and de-
manded that the Building Society
must interfere in this question. One
day after the membership meeting,
Sulkanen forced his demand thru the
board of directors of the Building
Society, to- secure this hall for his
mass meeting. Sulkanen did not
want to wait until today's meeting, +
when our members would have al
CHARGE to express their opinion in
this matter. There never has been
such violent action as taken by Sui
kanen since the time when the Nos
kettles ousted our membership from
the building which was built by theI
proletarian masses for their gath [
ering place.
Therefore, we must strongly con-
denim Sulkanen's action and demand
that these premises must not be CIV
en- for such slanderous meetings as
Sulkanen's meeting was. The board
of directors of the Building Soci-
ETY. must realize the fact that it is
not its duty to interfere in these pol
itical matters, which are not within
its operations.
"We consider the present situation
to be as follows: that we have suf-
ficiently debated and discussed all
possible questions by observing the
rules and decisions of this associ-
alton. Therefore, we must merciless-
ly condemn all destructive Attempts
and place the interests and unity of
our organization and of the whole
labor movement above all individu-
ais and personal pursuits.
Therefore be it resolved:
81. That the Finnish Workers AS
ISOLATION of New York strictly con-
dennis such action as that of a group
of cur members, led by Ellis Sui
kanen, who organized violent mass
meeting on the premises of this
Workers Club, against a definite
decision of the Executive Commit
tee, for the purpose of slandering
and attacking the Finnish Workers
Federation, the American and In
ternational revolutionary labor move
ment.
80. That in the future such things
must moi be allowed, everp one of
our members is called upon to obey
the rules and decisions of the or
ganization. We do not allow any
one to SANDER the Workers Com
munist) Party of, America and the
Communist International, whose
principles have been accepted until
now and will be continued to be fol-
lowed by our association.
SO. That if any one tries to break
any of the rules and decisions, dis
culinary measures must be applied
to such violators with all severity. !
a. That the agitprop committed
be instructed to organize education-
al meetings, where speeches and lee
lures can be delivered and by such
means to refute all destructive plans
made by these disrupters."
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This can be seen in the frequent in.
structions issued by the PEOPLES
Commissariat for Labor, by the
Peoples Commissariat for Workers
and Peasants Inspection, and the
Central Control Committee. (See
"Isvestia" of the Peoples Commits
sariat for Labor of the U.S.S.R.,
Nos. 1918, 1924, and No. 36, 1926;
also the Order on the Regime of
Economy passed by the Central Elk
ocutive Committee and the Council
of Peoples Commissaries of the
U. S. S. R. on 1926. 1t can be
seen also in the last instructions
adopted by the Council of People s
Commissariat of Labor.
1t is true that the law provides
Cor simplified form of discharging
casual workers and for different
rates of discharge payments. 1t is
quite natural that casual worker
employed for only a few days, or
even for few weeks, as an aux
iliary worker, or as a substitute foe
worker on sick leave, cannot OBJ
tain the two weeks discharge pay
Tor two weeks notice in lieu of it,
as permanent wocc,,;ers do.
! Cases &C infringement of the law
may occur. but the law does init
the possibility of abuse in this mat.
ter. The order passed by the Cen
trail Executive Committee and the
Council of Peoples Commissaries of
Jan. 1, 1927, contains special point
point 22) which declares that the
law regarding the condition of cas-
ual labor does not apply in cases
where casual worker is discharged
and then re-engaged within a period
not exceeding one week.
On the 10th of April, 1927, the
Peoples Commissariat for Labor of
the U.S.S.R., in conjunction with the
Supreme Economic Council, the
Peoples Cos missariat for Ways and
Communications and the Cou ,c.l Of
Trade Unions Of the U.S.S.R. issued
an ordc, mo. I'D defining the
limits ir. which the order of the
Genital Exec ,i:sc Commute, and
etc C;uncil IF topples Cor =,
sarics of the U.S.S.R. of Jan. ],
1927. concerning "the conditions of
p,np't wing casual workers" mlv be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07

Extract from the resolution
passed by the Central Committee OF
the c. P. S. U. on the rationale
alton of production.)
This resolution quite distinctly
points out that the increase in the
intensivity of labor must be pre-
coded by "organizational and tech
nical improvements of production, u
and only political spectators could
give utterance to the cries of the
Opposition concerning the alleged
pressure exercised upon the work
ing class.
1t would be as we'll for the OPP
position to remember that in 1923,
led by Comrade Trotsky, it pro-
posed the ultra naturalization of in
dustry; it proposed to concentrate
production by closing down such
proletarian bases as the Red Putilov
Works and the Briansk Works.
The Opposition on the Eight Hour
Day and Overtime
"To cut at the root of every at
tempt to lengthen the eight-hour
day. To prohibit overtime in those
cases where it is absolutely neces-
sary. To prohibit the abuse of en-
ploying casual labor and. the regis
tering of permanent workers as
seasonal To repeal all orders to
lengthen the working day in dan
gerous occupations, infringing pre-
viously issued regulations"
Extract from the Opposition
Fiatform.)
The Facts.
The returns of the Central st
atistical Administration show the
following:
1928 1924 1925 1926
Average duration of working day j
n hours -. 7.8 7.8 7.6 rs
Of which overtime amounted to ;.
............ OPS 0.19 OBS OFT
Percentage of workers empoyed
n overtime ..22.S 1873 17.8 1872
Number OF hours overtime worked p
err worker 1865 22.2 21.5 17.2
1t will be observed "a that the
average duration of the working day,
overtime, is less than eight
hours, and that the working day is
becoming shorter; (2) that there is
a steady diminution in the average
duration of overtime worked per
(3) that the percentage of
workers working overtime is steadily
declining from year to year; (4)
that the average number of hours
Of overtime worked per worker en-
r Dyed on overtime is steadily de.
creasing; (5) that the number of
hours overtime worked as compared
to ordinary time is insignificant.
For example, in 1923 it was $50 per
cent; in 1924 "a per cent; in 1925
"a per cent; in 1926 2.3 per cent.
This reveals a definite achievement
in the efforts to combat overtime.
A certain amount \of overtime, al
though an insignificant percentage,
IS inevitable. Even the Opposition
IS gracious enough to permit over
time, "when it is absolutely neces-
'ary."
The Party, however, is not salts
led with the present situation. This
mas been repeatedly emphas zed in
resolutions and decisions MADE by
Party and leading Soviet bodies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07

Cannon's Trotskyist anti-Party
organ, "The Militant" has prom
Used the publication of letters from
workers showing their attitude to-
wards Trotskyism. The renegade
Cannon has not done this. In fact,
he has suppressed some letters from
workers showing their sharp hos
tility to the Trotskyites and their
efforts to wreck the Party and the
Comintern.
We herewith publish two of these
letters from workers in different
parts of the country, which were
suppressed by the Trotskyites:
Oakland, California.
Dec. 4, 1928.
j. P. Cannon & Co.:
Received your trash THE
Militant" All want to say
to you, that you are a traitor
to the working class. You
dare to use the comrades
mailing list for your betray-
ing work. Don't send. me
that bunk for it goes in the
stove just as soon as it
reaches me; where you be-
long is with the other trail
tors of the working class,
that is with Green and
Lewis gang.
Constance Mugianis."
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Oct. 81, 1928.
Dear COmrade Cannon:
Receive your big letter today,
read over and write you answer.
l am against this your things
work. Now is election campaign.
We fight against capitalism. You
raise your question. Why you
don't leave after election? You
i-row Red @-sco,7'; you cccn
all these pictures. Nol seen ric-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
Resolution Adopted by Finnish Workers Asso-
citation Condemns Renegade Sulkanen

NN~=~ ~ ~AA
} the revolutionary labor movement.
Such action is not right and must
be sharply condemned.
Comrades, the members of this
organization surely are not going
to support Sulkanen's disruptive ac-
lions against our organizations and
the Communist labor movement,
when comrades once hear openly
and realize for what interests this
group (Sulkanen and Coz have been
secretly planning this outbreak for
years.
"Another question. Didn't Sulkan-
en- and his group have a chance to
express their opinions freely? They
were allowed to publish their pres
entations (reports) in the Party
press; they have most one-sidedly
held the speaking platforms in the
Workers Clubs in the Eastern
States; all our meetings have been
open for them. But all this has not
been sufficient democracy for that
group.
"After Sulkanen and his group
once came to disagreement with the
leadership of the Communist Party,
and not until the very end were
they placed under Party discipline,
it is obvious that this group is en-
deavoring to develop its actions so
far as to disrupt our ranks, and
perhaps to create a split in this
Workers Association.
But il is self-evident that those
elements in our ranks who are faith
full and sympathetic to the Workers
(Communist) Party of America, will
not silently listen to such Islander as
Sulkanen expressed a week ago in
tbs labor hall. Therefore, Sulkanen
and his group carry all the respon-
sibility for the trouble that may
arise inside Ct this organization.
"Those elements who are loyal to
the Communist Party, do not desire
to be 'bureaucratically' led and DOM
mated in this organization, as Sui
kanen and his group claim. But we
understand this question in this
way, that Communist Party mem
bers must have equal rights, per-
haps better rights, to look after the
general activity of this organization,
to follow correct line of proletari-
an class struggle and help to edu-
cate the workers, than Sulkanen has
by his secret meetings to plan and
orG; nize new attacks against the
Workers Party and its Finnish Sec
ton. Besides that, our very valuable
educational instrument "Eteenpain"
diminish Daily has been threatened
by the persons belonging to Sui
kanen's group.
Comrades! If we are not going
to take strict measures at once
against such actions as these, after
some time it may become a drastic
reality, as threatened by the Sui
kaner group that, If their demands
are not accepted there will be
nothing left but ruins That kind
of information has been spread, as
we have learned, not only in this
locality, but abroad as well.
"In every other district and local
ity this opposition has been defeated
with crushing blows. Now the OPP
position has concentrated all its
power against our Workers Associ-
alton in New York and threatens to
wreck it from within. In spite of
the fact that the Executive Commit
tee of this club refused the use of
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This shows that the number of
accidents is declining.
The funds appropriated by indus
try for the protection of labor are
steadily increasing. According to
the returns of the Peoples Commits
sariat for Labor of the R.S.F.S.R.,
the sums indicated in the table be-
low were spent as capital invest
ments for the ygienic improvement
and technical safety of labor condi-
lions in all the State enterprises of
q federal, republican and local char
acter situated in the territory of the
U.S.S.R.
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CAPTURE STOWAWAYS.

HULL, England, Jan. 6.-Three
stowaways were caught in a boat
coming from Adelaide, Australia.
where they had gone from England
and Scotland, locking for work in
the boosted new land"