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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-17
PRE-CONVENTION DISCUSSION
Our Agrarian Tasks: Against Oppor-
tunism in Theory and Practice

torically rising class, of higher wages, even if
this means "help to bsorb the surplus"
does not run counter to this criterion of Com
rade Lenin, and cannot be a retrogressive ac-
ton socially considered. The crisis will con-
tinue, the fight will go on, with the prole-
tariat and poor farmers mutually aiding the
struggles of each other, but always as Com
rade Bert correctly says, with the proletariat
offering "unfatering leadership" to the poor
farmers.
The big effort of the finance capitalists, as
shown by Comrade Varga Communist Inter
national Vol VII, No 81, is to get farmers
to diminish production millions are hungry,
are dying of hunger, but capitalist economic
policy is directed not towards increasing the
production of food, but towards its regulated
diminution." Certainly our Party must ex-
pose this horrible anti-social decay of capital
list society to the poor farming masses, MAX
ing them understand the justice of the wage
demands of striking workers
Big capitalists, facing the anger of the agra
rian petty bourgeoisie, "explain"-when they
pretend to explain anything-that the "scis-
sors" (the differential between the prices of
industrial commodities and farm products), is
all t}sese is to the agrarian crisis. and they
explain" further that the sharp side of the
Scissors" the high price of industrial COM
modities. is due solely to what they call the
Outrageous wage demands" of the city pro-
letariat. Our Party must counteract this insi-
dious and false fascist propaganda.
We must make crystal clear to the poor
farmers that even without the Scissors"
which are due not to "high wages" but to
monopoly, there would still be misery and
bankruptcy for the poor farmers, owing to the
exactions of big capital in the form of rentals
borne by the farming masses. Varga, giving
the estimation Of rental costs Tin actual rent
or mortgage interest) for American grain
growers in 1926 shows that:
Calculated on bushel of wheat, rent
amounted to So cents at the selling price of
One Dollar. that is, more than one-thrd of
the proceeds. 1t is quite clear that if 80
per cent of the proceeds from wheat fall to
rent, sum which must be paid without
reference to changes in prices, large num-
bers of farmers must become bankrupt if
the prices of agricultural products fall great
ly during the period covered by the tenancy
agreement or the mortgage"
Our Party must make great effort, espe-
cially now during the elections. to break down
the parliamentary illusions among the poor
farmers, exposing the fakery of the Farm
Board and Hoovers "cooperatives;" and not
making only propaganda, but actually organ
izing committees of action in townships oven
wide regions, committees of poor farmers to
direct genuine struggle around the forms
we have noted and as waged by revolutionary
farmers of other countries. Nor must our
Party be alarmed because the agrarian petty
bourgeois revolutionism expresses itself in
violent and vacllating forms not foreseen by
pedants who want a pure and mechanically
ordered revolution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-17
By HARRISON GEORGE.
Continued

So far as the support of the proletariat, in
side the alliance, to the poor farmers is con-
cerned, Comrade Bert seems to agree that this
support is to take the form of aid to and
leadership of tenants strikes, mass refusal
to pay mortgages or interest upon them, tax
payers strikes and physical struggle against
foreclosures" So far, so good for workers aid
to poor farmers. But what, concretely, are the
farmers to do for the workers? Comrade Bert
doesn't tell US The most we can get from
his article on this is the following generaliza-
ton:
"The alliance between the proletariat and
the poor farmers is based on the fact that
the interests of both are antagonistic to the
exploitation of finance capital and on the
fact that the proletariat through its advance
guard offers to the poor farmers a conse-
quent and unfaltering leadership which cry
stsllizes their antagonisms into revolution
airy forms"
We have no quarrel with this. But if he
here states that "the interests of both are
antagonistic to the exploitation of finance
capital" and if he earlier agreed with the
Draft Program for Negro Farmers" in its
statement of a Community of interests" will
he kindly tell US how, concretely and definitely,
he formulates the poor farmers position to-
ward the struggles of the proletariat for high
er wages?
Does he contend that such struggles, of
themselves. iniure the interests of the poor
farmers? Or does he hold that they injure the
poor farmers interests only insofar as the pro-
tariat is successful in gaining higher wages
by such struggles? If he does either, he takes
a position of the big capitalists. We give him
credit for not being so absurd as to contend
that higher wages for the proletariat don't
make any difference" to poor farmers and
that therefore they may we'll remain neutral"
Hence if he cannot show that higher wages
for the proletariat hurts the poor farmers, he
should concede that it helps them (the degree
to which it helps them is not here the point
of discussion). But if it helps Them then why
should he become so alarmed at the Draft
Program" mentioning it a part land only
a part) of the basis for an alliance? If the
poor farmers are to help the proletariat in
ANYTHING, one would first of all suppose it to
be to win higher wages.
Higher wages in a degree however great
or small, "helps to absorb the surplus" I'm
fortunately, Comrade Bert jumped at the con-
clusion that this means "helping solve the
agricultural crisis within the capitalist sys-
tenn" and has Illuminated at length at this
straw man of his own making, leaning dan
rerousIy toward cleft" sectarian standpoint
in so doing.
eve should be committing mistake" said
Lenin in "Iskra" in 1901, off we advocated
measures which might retard social develop
ment, or artificially isolate the small peas
antry from the growth of capitalism, from
the development Of large scale production"
But the winning by the proletariat, the his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-17

pRAISING William Green for his "human
appeal" to the nations lawmakers against
the reds whose "boring from within menaces
the American Federation of Labor" Repre-
sentative Blanton of Texas who blows off
clouds of venom against anything that looks
like workers organization, made plea in
the House of Representatives Friday to help
Green expel the Communists faster by voting
a $4,000 investigation to feret out the class
conscious workers.
Ham Fish, father of the red-bating reso-
luton, declared that the American Federation
of Labor entitled to the gratitude of the
American people because it combats Com
munism.
The even noisier La Guarda, after hectic
flag-waving, pointed out that "other branches
of the government are seeking trade relations
with the Soviet Government of Russia. We
are trading with Soviet Russia to the extent
of 100000 or S500,O00,O00 annually" and
referred to the tremendous unemployment as
a more active force in making Communists,
declared that $4,000 would be enough for
reign of terror Business, well-thats
point.
But, spoke up third representative, his
voice only slightly the din quite usual in
the august assembly, transferring Department
Pooloi
to the jurisdiction of the investigation costs
cash.
So on and on, the resolution comes to a
vote.
"Resolved, That there shall be paid out of
the contingent fund of the House not to ex-
coed $4,000 for the expenses of the select
committee appointed under authority of H.
Res. 220 to investigate Communist propaganda
in the U. S., and the head executive depart
ment is hereby requested to detail to said
select committee such number of legal and
expert assistants from their respective depart
ments as said committee may from time to
time deem necessary"
$4,000 voted to hire more dicks, raid the
offices Of labor organizations, fill them with
agents provocateurs, stir up another j.
Mitchell Palmer terror. Wipe out the Daily
Worker, it doesn't tell the workers what we
want it to. Stir up more propaganda against
the Soviet Unon--the five year plan is really
bounding ahead. Too dangerous Wipe out
the reds. Drive the revolutionary unions I'M
foreground $4,000 special fund to oil up the
machinery.
White on Red Expose
An hour earlier, Assistant Secretary of
Labor White behind closed DOORS made an
expose" of how the reds come in and out
of the country The big show is scheduled
for Monday when Assistant Commissioner of
immigration Harris promises to list specific
instances and make proposals how to keep out
and put out revolutionary workers.
Handling of "aliens" appears to be Fish's
chief interest. Most of the questions he asks
in the investigation chamber deal with those
not quite American" enough to suit him.
Neeley and Bachman are heavy on the "Rus-
sian gold" and Communist atrocities" angles.
McGrady, earlier in the day, laid feast be-
fore them. The favorite red herring was
temptingly displayed. Everything but the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-17

the Soviet Union is being carried out with
the enthusiastic support of the entire work
ing class on the basis of the broadcast demo-
cracy. We have seen the workers in the fac
tories and the enterprises participate in and
initiate every new program of reconstruction.
The II million trade unionists in the Soviet
Union are the driving force behind the Five
Year Plan They organize their shop COM
mittees and factory councils and participate
with the government in the management and
control of industry. They organize shock bril-
gades for socialist competition thus develop
ing the self-activity of the masses The
workers select their own inspection brigades
to investigate all cases of incompetency and
bureaucracy in the leading organs. The Of
fcials of the administration of the enterprises
and of the trade unions are absolutely con-
trolled by the workers from below. We have
seen every institution in the Soviet Union
rests upon the will of the masses. Real prole-
tartan democracy is the basis upon which rests
the whole power of the Soviet Union 1t is
this that makes the Soviet Union invincbka
All this was made pssible because you have
here strong Communist Party which not
only led the workers and peasants in the sue
cessful revolution which overthrow capitalism
and established the proletarian state but is
also guiding the proletariat and peasantry IN
its great work of reconstruction. The Com
munist Party of the Soviet Union is the adj
vance guard of the workers of the world
We talked with Comrade Kainin in the
Kremlin as we have with many of your red
directors; we have been the guests of the
heroic Red Army and we find them all kindly,
sympathetic and patient with US, although we
are only simple proletarian workers of the
u. S. A. This is because the government Of
ficals, Red Army Commanders and directors
of the enterprises are men and women from
the ranks of the working class. AS we again
say goodbye comrades, we pledge ourselves
to expose the lies of the American capitalist
class and their religious and fascist agents
directed against the Soviet Union, and we will
struggle against all attempts of the capital
lists to declare war on the Soviet Fatherland.
In case of war we will do our utmost to rally
the American workers for the defense of the
first Workers Republic-the Soviet Union.
We will tell the working class of America
what we have seen and how the workers have
improved their conditions. And inspired by
what we have seen and learned we will do
our utmost to rally the working class of
America under the leadership of the Commu-
mist Party and the revolutionary unions, to
overthrow the capitalist rulers and establish
a proletarian dictatorship in the land of
Rockefeller, Morgan and Ford.
Long Live the Union of Socialist Soviet Re-
publics!
Long Live the World Revolution
Louis Horwath,
Martin Hendrickson,
Rae Tantlersky.
Richard Irbac,
Joseph Pirka,
Ben Moser,
George Crystal,
John Marinich.
Dorothy Ross,
D. Donovan, Chairman.
John Rushton Secretary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-17
By GUST YANTIES.


THE most important task of our Party today
is the building of the revolutionary unions
(Trade Union Unity League). 1t seems to me
that the comrades do not understand how to
proceed with this important work. In the main
we all agree that the workers radicalized,
but we lack understanding of how to get or
ganizational accomplishments.
In the general membership meetings there
is too much confusion as to how to build shop
committees on the part of the Party members.
My opinion on how to proceed in this phase
is this: in places where there is one comrade
working this comrade should become a live
wire and carry on daily propaganda until
he has drawn in two other workers from the
shop into the TU.UL. These three function
as the committee of action, elected by the
TU.UL This committee of action proceeds to
carry on propaganda on the inside, using
stickers, distributing leaflets and general agit-
alton. While from the outside, comrades must
hold factory gate meetings, sell and distribute
the Labor Unity, carry on mass distribution
of leaflets explaining still further the role of
the TU.UL., connected up with the conditions
inside the factory The comrades on the in
side must expose all the bosses schemes in
order to win over the workers for the TU.U.L.
In factory where we have half of the
workers organized can put forward the
demands of the T.U.U.L. and demand the cleo
ton of the shop committee. On the job no
committee can be called the shop committee
unless it is elected by majority of the work.
ers in the shop or factory, so let US not mix
the committees of action with the shop COM
mittees
One big shortening of our Party and es-
pecially in District IS, is the lack of under
standing on the part of our comrades of the
importance of fraction meetings, not only the
rank and file comrades but the leading COM
rades as well. The Party members must not
only learn to attend fraction meetings but to
carry out fraction decisions as well. In many
cases it happens that those comrades who do
not attend fraction meetings, when they come
to the union meetings bring in other opinions
than those which the fraction has agreed upon.
Other cases where where the comrades who do
attend fraction meetings when it comes to
execution do not carry out fraction decisions;
and that is right wing tendency. We must
fight against all right wingers in order to
build the mass organizations of the T.U.U.L.
For Party and League members to argue in
union meetings is detrimental in building the
new revolutionary unions This drives work.
ers away from us instead Of keeping them
lose to our movement. The comrades must
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-17
Fight for the Release of
COmrade SeriO

citing force and violence against the Govern
ment and the law officers Comrade Serio
is being held for deportation under the ex-
orbitant bail of $4,000. This never happened
before. The attack against our comrade is
only prelude of new and more violent at
tacks against the foregn-born workers in gen.
eral.
The International Labor Defense is already
taking care of the judicial defense of comrade
Serio, but we must raise in every locality
the necessary funds for this work. But that
is not enough, there is another way of de-
Tending our comrades which is the most inn
portant, the most effective; that is the mobil-
ization of the masses which will not only
impose the liberation of comrade Serio from
the clutches of reaction; which not only must
stop the deportation of Serio to Italy, where
he will be met by sure death, but it must
also fight against all the anti-foreign-born
workers laws, must demand the right of as
syum for all the political refugees.
The workers, modified by hundreds of
thousands, must demand stop of the in
famous persecution of the foregn-born work
ers. All the workers organizations local
Unions, workers clubs, fraternal organizations,
etc., should join the International Labor De-
Tense in its campaign against the persecution
of foreign-born workers.. Resolutions of pro-
test must be passed Immediately by all work.
ers' organizations and sent to the Congress
through the International Labor Defense, 80
East 18th Street, Room 430, New York City.
Our campaign shall not consist of bowling be-
fore this or the other Senator. 1t shall be
mass pressure and mass struggle not only
against the persecution of foregn-born work
ers, but also against the lynching of Negro
workers, against the rimnal-syndicalist laws,
for the release of all the cass-war prisoners,
against the offensive of the bosses, for the
right to organize and strike, for work
wages, for the 7-hour day. and 5-day week,
against the barbarous system of rationaliza-
ton.
In the coming elections the workers must
rally around the Communist Party, which is
their leader, which fights for said demands
and for the end of the whole system of ex-
ploitation. s %
To those workers who are still under the
illusion of bourgeosie ideas, who are still UNI
der the influence of the social-fascsts, we say:
Only through vigorous struggle organized
and carried relentlessly against the bosses and
their State apparatus, we will be able to
redeem ourselves from exploitation He, who
suggest middle way measures cannot but be
betrayer of our class.
We must organize, by thousands, by mil.
lions, and fight under the glorious banner Of
the Communist Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-17
By L. Candida.

By l.. Candida.
THE arrest of comrade Guido Serio, National
Organizer of the Communist Party, is only
an episode of the infamous campaign of the
bosses to reduce the standard of living of the
workers, to let them suffer all the consequent
ces of the present economic Crisis. 1t is cap
italist logic and practice that IN time OF Crisis
the workers must be exploited more, they must
suffer more misery and ill-lucks, the chain of
slavery must be bound tighter around them
In the democratic" bourgeois republic of
United States of America, the interests of the
bosses in this time of crisis demand also lay
offs which are occurring in ever greater scale,
less pay and harder work by means of the
infamous systems of naturalization.
Against the workers who organize them
selves and fight the economic offensive of the
bosses, the bourgeois State intervenes with all
it's apparatus (the school, the court, the police,
the underworld), and stabs, mprisons, deports,
tortures, especially those workers who more
militantly fight for the interests of their class.
Another sly maneuver of the capitalist
class in time of crisis is the division of the
working class ranks. White workers are put
against Negro workers, native-born against
foreign-born skilled against unskilled, en-
ployed against unemployed workers, and so on.
While the crisis binds fast in its clutches the
capitalist world, the bosses of this country as
a part OF their program of suppression of the
working class, are intensifying their attacks
against Negro workers and foreign-born work.
ers. While at Washington bills pending
designed to transform the foreign-born work.
ers into herd of jailbirds under police vigil
ance, the bosses agents are lynching Negro
workers and the capitalist press incite hatred
and lynchng of the Negro and foreign-born
workers, the authorities increasing at
fast speed the persecution of them. The blows
of reaction against foregn-born workers are,
first of all, centered against the political re-
fugees from the fascist countries and in par
ticular the Communists who are the vanguard
of the workers struggle The cases of de-
portation today already are counted by the
hundreds; there is big campaign to develop
new era of "red hysteria," the bosses are
preparing the ground for repetition of the
infamous actions of 1920, through which
thousands of workers were imprisoned and
deported wholesale and which have brought
the cold blood numbering of Sacco and Van
zett
The arbitrary arrest of comrade Sero, eff
fectuated while speaking in workers mass
meeting in Erie, Pa, represents the thermo-
meter of the ferocious reaction against the
foreign-born workers. Against him were made,
by the policeman Scalsse, a stoo-pigeon of
the Italian consul, charges of anarchy, in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-17

is the Communist duty of every comrade in
side to carry on propaganda Also with mass
work it becomes necessary to change names.
Stool pigeons will always try to get informa-
ton from the outside. Comrades from the out
side must be very careful not to give out any
comrades working in the shop the real name
or address. Such mistake happened here in
District IL last year and also this year in a
basic industry where leading comrade got
fired Members of the shop nucleus must be
in the front line organizing and not become
the back tail of the workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
HOOVER HAS CHOSEN
U. S. TIMBER BOARD
New Agency Will Devote Efforts
Toward Conservation
of Forests.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Hoover has selected Ma
tional Timber Conservation Board, it
became known here today, and ofhcial
announcement of its personnel is ex-
pected momentarily.
The board as presently decided on
comprises Is members and is said to
include three cabinet officers, the Secre-
taries of Commerce, Interior and Agri-
culture; four representatives of organ
lied forest industries, including one each
from the fields Of hardwood, softwood,
pulp and paper, and the timber own
ers; two from research foundations in
Guiding, probably, one each from the
Society of American Foresters and the
American Tree Association, and four
specialists representing the conserva-
ton movement and the public.
The board Is the result OF q confer
ence held with the President by forest
interests some months ago when an
effective weapon was sought with which
to combat major problems of the forest
situation, each of which bear directly or
indirectly upon the productive use Of
forest land.
As contemplated, it will act solely as
a fact-hnding agency, and will make
only such recommendations as the
findings Of iact warrant. 1t was not
proposed W tn tia idea 1t can or will at
tempt to frame a broad national forest
pc icy, but rather to direct its activities
to the national economic problems in
VOWED in the supply and use of forest
products and the maintenance Of these
sources Of employment and national
wealth.