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Influence Working Union Policy the United States
INTERNATIONAL

of the leadership Of the Socialist
Party.
This does not mean that there were
not, in the trade unions and in the
Socialist Party, groups that carried
on struggle against the opportunism
which dominated the official policies
OF these organizations; but this strug-
gle was not carried on on the basis
of Leninism, which was hardly known
in this country before the war. In
the trade union sphere, the fight
against Gonperism was conducted by
the Industrial Workers of the World,
dominated by syndicalist philosophy
and with sectarian approach to the
workers organized in the A. F. of l..
unions. On the political front, the
Socialist Labor Party, under the lead
erslaip Of De Leon, though carrying
on q fight against the labor lieu
tenants of capitalism, was saturated
with petty bourgeois concepts of con-
stitutionalism, guildism, and sec
tarianiSn.
Lenin's Influence on Left Wing
Before the war, there existed only
small groups within the Socialist
Party and in the trade union move
ment that, to some extent, were de-
veloping towards Leninism on some
questions, while on other questions
they were subject to such unclarity
as differed little from the official So
cialist Party and the trade union
movement. Thus, Debs, on the ques-
ton Of the fight against the A. F.
Of L. bureaucracy, on the question
of class industrial unions; and Ruth
enberg on the question of revolution
airy parliamentarisrn and the fight
against Hillquitism, were among those
who were developing in the direction
Of Leninisn.
The very low theoretical level OF
the working class movement in the
U. s., and the absence Of any knowl-
edge Of the teachings of Lenin, were,
Of course, factors that made it i'm
possible for the cropping revolutionary
forces to develop fully their struggle
against opportunism. 1t was only af-
ter the October revolution that the
Left Wing came in contact with the
teachings of Lenin, and, after the ex-
posure Of tbs role Of the various
groups on the in1perialist war, began
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Young Miners to Demand
Equal Pay for Equal Work
AT UNIV Init Convention

their lack of experience with Lewis,
Pagan and Feeney led them to sup
port these takers, however, this same
lack of tradition in the U.M.W.A.
leadership reacted against the u. M.
w. A. takers when they attempted
to break the strike. These young
miners, now members of the United
Mine Workers, were among the first
to raise aloft the banner OF struggle
against Lewis and Co. The heroic
participation of the youth in the mine
strikes, displays a new force for the
U.M.W.A. bureaucracy to reckon with.
Denounce N.R.A. Discrimination
A youth resolution is being circular
lied throughout the locals of the
U.MW.A. This resolution denounces
the MIRA. discrimination against the
wages of the young miners and calls
for the establishment Of youth
sections in all locals, where the
young miners can take up their spe-
cial grievances and organize their So
cial and sports activities. This reso-
luton has SO far been already passed
in over 80 locals of Western PennSyi-
vania. The delegates from these To-
Gals were instructed to fight for the
passing of this resolution on the floor
Of the convention at indianapolis,
1t is necessary that rank and file
delegates fight for the special youth
resolution that will be presented. This
resolution will herald the beginning
of campaign to elect youth com
mittees and form youth sections II
every U.MW.A. local This will raise
the special youth demand against
discrimination and for equal pay fol
the first time throughout the length
and breadth of the coal fields.
In many U.M.W.A. locals the rank
and file members have elected young
miners into the leadership. From
these locals young miners being elect
ed for this convention will fight FOL
youth in the leadership of the U. M
w. A. The delegates must support
this fight and must extend it fur.
ther to include lower initiation rates
and dues for young miners.
The spirit Of fight in the youth
in the coal fields must be transferred
into the UM.WA. convention. Tit
same spirit that brought young Henri!
Sims into the leadership of the Ken
lucky miners, a spirit that enraget
the coal operators to such insane
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was aggravated by the lack Of sys-
tematic building of fractions. Many
agreements with the progressives of
that time, and the failure of the
Party to bring forward its independ-
ent role, made it impossible to de-
velop the workers along the revolu-
tionary path. Furthermore, the mass
of the unskilled workers remained
unorganized 1t was the influence of
the skilled workers that made itself
felt, not only within the A. F. of L.
in general, but also within the Left
wing movement.
There was much talk about organ
izing the unorganized, calls upon the
bureaucrats to organize the morgan
lied, many resolutions passed, but the
unorganized workers were neither
brought into the A. F. of L. nor or
ganized into independent class unions.
1t became clear that the A. F. of L..
bureacratS were hindering every at
tempt to organize the unorganized,
as had been seen earlier, in the 1919
steel strike led by Foster, at that
time one of the organizers Of the
American Federation of Labor. Thus,
while the Party began to work among
the workers organized in the A. F..
of L., it neglected the organization
Of the main body of the unorganized
workers, and did not carry through a
clear revolutionary policy within the
A. F. of L. unions.
In the year 1926, the first serious
attempt was made to organize the
llnorganized and lead them into
struggle. This was in Passaic where,
under the leadership Of the Party,
some 5000 textile workers were on
strike for many months. But lack
of perspective by the Party as to the
organization of the unorganiged was
responsible for turning these workers
over, after a defeated strike, to the
A. F. Of L. Similarly, this lack OF
perspective created much hesitation
as to our course during the big strikes
of the needle workers and miners in
1926 and 1927, with the result that
only after the movement was on the
decline, did we carry through the adj
vices of the Red International OF
Labor Unions to organize the expelled
betrayed workers into independent
unions
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
BY DAVE DORIAN

PITTSBURGH, Pa.-Many young
miners through the coal fields are
responding to the call of struggle
against the Lewis clique at the In
ternational Convention of the United
Mine Workers of America to be held
at Indianapolis, Indiana, Jan. 90.
Through many tricks, the U.M.W.A.
officialdom tried to make the young
miners feel that what they say is
unimportant and therefore they
should have no voice at all. They
were refused participation in the
leadership 70 the locals. They were
Disseminated against in the mines.
This discrimination against the young
miners also resulted in the Lewis and
coal operator agreement under the
NR.A. which, while calling for a
daily wage of $476 for coal diggers,
gives, however, So a day TO outside
workers, greasers, trappers, flaggers
and switch throwers, which are main
ly youth jobs.
1t was this discrimination and at
tack upon the conditions of the min
ing youth that hurled them into thu
recent strike battles in such large
and aggressive numbers. While frs
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epoch Of imperialism, Lenin made
tremendous contributions Through
out the history of the Second Inter
national, Lenin, and the Bolshevik
Party under his leadership, carried
on a constant and uncompromising
struggle against opportunisn. He
showed how, with the development of
imperialism (the dying stage Of cap
italisn1), the bourgeoisie was able to
corrupt even larger sections Of the
working class, the skilled workers, and
that the whole labor movement, in
most Of the advanced capitalist coun-
tries, dominated by narrow craftism
and the labor aristocracy, made it
possible for the labor bureaucrats to
convert the trade unions from inStru-
ments Of struggle in the interests of
the masses, into instruments ''for ami
able arrangements with the capitalists
at any cost"
In the u S., with the development
Of imperialism and the bribery of
large sections of the more skilled
workers, the labor movement, under
the leadership of Gompers and Green,
was transformed into an instrument
that has betrayed the interests Of the
large masses of the workers in this
country. This bribery of large Sec
tons of the working class was made
possible, not alone through super
profits gained by foreign colonial ex-
ploitation and the material and tech
meal advantages Of the United States
bourgeoisie, but also through the
special exploitation OF the Negro toll
ers and the foreign born unskilled
workers who make up, in the most
important basic industries, the ma
jority Of the working class.
Labor Imperialism
The Socialist Party, under the lead
ership OF Hillquit and Thomas, aided
in the development. Of this labor
imperialism, although 1t continued
to mouth empty phrases about the
fight for socialism. In reality 1t was
dominated by the same reforrnist in
f1uences as was the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor Hillquits stand or
the question of exclusion of immi-
grants TO the U. s., his absolute fail
ure to fight the discrimination against
the Negro toilers, are sufficient to
show the corruption and oppoTtuaiz,,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
I'D. Proposes Action
Negro Given % Years in
Hold-Up Charge, White As

PITTSFIELD, Mass, Jan. i6.-
James Coles, Negro, charged with
Nicholas Waytoyich, white, of hold
up on a buss at Lee, Mass; Dec. 6
last, was sentenced to Is to SO years
by Judge Frank j. Donahue in Su-
perior Court yesterday.
Waytovich was given SO to As years.
Coles sentence is the longest ever
melted out in Massachusetts, court.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20

locals to collect the dues, not the
district offices, and all delegates
should climb on their hind feet" at
the convention to see to it that this
be the future method. There is too
much collaboration now between the
U. M. w. A. officials and the coal
companies and the convention must
be the place to stop it.
This deliberate "Holdup" by the
U. M. w. A. crooks must be fought
vigorously now, at home while there
is still time, though limited as it is.
In the meantime and in the event
Of failure to force payment of what
is due the local unions, immediate
collections should be taken UP
amongst the miners to send the
elected delegates to the convention
in spite Of the attempt to prevent
their attendance. And when in In
dianapolis, the delegates should cause
Hell to break loose" and discard the
corrupt machine Of Lewis to the end
that real unionism can become q
realized desire.
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Communists must Join such unions
in all countries in order to make
Of them efficient organs of the
struggle for the suppression of cap
italism and for Communism. They
must initiate the forming of trade
unions where these do not exist.
Ali voluntary withdrawal from the
industrial movement, every artificial
attempt to organize special unions
without being compelled thereto by
the exceptional acts of violence on
the part of the trade union bureau
cracy, such as expulsion of separate
revolutionary local branches of the
unions by the opportunist officials,
or by their narrow minded aristo-
cratic policy which prohibits the
unskilled workers from entering in
to the organizations. represents a
great danger to the Communist
movement. 1t threatens to hand
over the most advanced. the most
conscious workers to the opportun-
list leaders. playing into the hands
of the bourgeoisie."
The adoption of this resolution did
not at once have its effect on our
Party. AS in number of other coun-
tries, sectarianism continued to dom
mate the trade union policy Of the
Communists. It was this serious stu
alton that moved Lenin to write in
his famous pamphlet left Conmu-
nism--An Infantile Disorder" the
section, Should Revolutionists Work
in the Reactionary Trade Unions?"
in which he flayed all the phrase
mongers and sectarians whose course
would abandon the organized work
ers to the influence of the reformists
instead Of winning them for Com
munism.
Founding of T.U.EL.
With the organization of the Trade
Union Educational League, led by
William 2. Foster, as the Left wing
within the A. F. of L., the Party,
upon its emergence from a prolonged
period of illegality, rapidly began to
work within the reformist unions and
made some serious Roadway in in
f1uencing the workers. But 1t cannot
be stated that the quality Of our
work at that time was that demanded
Of revolutionists. There was still felt
the influence Of opportunism which
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to crystalline in the direction of Boil
shevism. 1t was no accident that
Ruthenberg who, in the Socialist
Party, was the outstanding fighter
against opportunism, and who took a
courageous stand in the war against
both patriotism and pacifism, became
the leader of the left wing, and f.
nally of the Communist Party.
The Communist Party was formed
in September, 1919 (after the found
ing of the Communist internationally :.
The new parties (the Communist
Party and the Communist Labor
Party, which we're later united, made
up, as they we're, Of various cur
rents of the labor movement. Left
elements from the Socialist Party,
from the IW.W., from the SLIP, etc.,
and composed largely of immigrant
masses, had not as yet adopted a
clear line of policy on the trade union
question. There was, in general, an
underestimation of the work in the
trade unions. There was a tendency
to give up work in the reformist trade
unions and to base the work almost
exclusively on the IW.W., and the
small and narrow independent unions
that were existing or then springing
up. At the same time, such work
as was carried on in the A. F. Of L.
unions was in most cases, far from
being of a really revolutionary char
acter.
Connintern Line on Trade Unions
1t was the Second Congress of the
Conintern which laid down the clear
feminist line for work In the trade
unions. The resolution on trade
unions, which was written under the
guidance Of Lenin, laid down clear
analysis of the role of the trade
unions under the epoch Of imperial
ism, exposed the role of the reforrnist
leaders who must be driven out of
the labor movement, and laid down
the tactical line for work in the trade
unions for winning the proletarian
masses. The resolution stated:
Bearing III mind the rush Of
the enormous working masses into
the trade unions. and also the OBJ
jective revolutionary character of
the economic struggle which those
masses are carrying ON in spite Of
this trade union bureaucracy tho
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Thus the struggle against the real
aims Of the N.R-A. is the struggle
for the right Of the working class to
live to get its rights. The outcome
will be either Communism or faScism.
The Tasks of the Communists
What is the task of the Commu-
niStS in this situationP The Thesis
Of the 18th Plenmn of the Executive
Committee Of the Comintern makes
it clear. 1t is to educate, organize,
mobilize, and lead tae workers in a
struggle against the N.R.A. This task
the Party is performing, in exposing
the N.R.A. and its agents in the work
ing class, the leadership Of the A. F..
Of L., the S. P, the Musteites, and
renegades; in organizing and leading
the employed and unemployed in
struggle against it; in educating the
workers as to the real significance
Of the NR-A., and in modelling them
to struggle against the NR.A-,
Our task consists of most rapidly
getting the closest personal contact
with the masses (14th &C. Plenum
Resolution), in the shops and neigh
borhoods, on the C.W.A. jobs, in the
unions and mass organizations, in
the C.C.C. and Civilian Labor Camps;
explaining to them the truth about
the N.R.A., organizing AMI leading
them IN struggle. Our task consists
in building fighting Industrial unions
and the opposition II the reformist
unions, ar" The refo mist and indie
yendent unemployed organizations,
mobilizlng the rank and file to strug-
gle against the N.R.A. and against
their leaders, who obstrlct the strug-
gle. It consists in bringing about
united action against the MIRA. on
common program of demands aris-
ing out Of each particular situation
Our main task however, consists in
notwithstanding the workers, by in
terpreting the struggles in the light
Of the class conflict, by politicizins
the struggles, raising political de-
/ lt1cl4uSs oUC1I dS Ullc WOAAcIS OIlclu-
ployment and Social Insurance Bill
organizing demonstrations and strikes
Of a political nature, raising the class
consciousness of the workers and re-
cruiting them into the Party.
Hence the struggle for unsmploy-
nnent and social insurance as a cen
trail and immediate demand of the
whole working class and all working
class organizations is a struggle alsc
to build up the forces in action thai
will prevent the establishment Of &
fascist dictatorship in the United
States and strengthen the ranks fol
turning inperialist war into civil war
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Miners Propose
MayIStrike for
MooneyReIeose
Demand Unconditional
Freedom for Nine
ScOttsboro Bows

CHICAGO, Resolutions calling
for one-day strike May for the
release of Tom Mooney and Warren
K. Billings, will be introduced to the
United Mine Workers of America ma
tional convention which begins in IN
dianapolis Monday, by represen-
tatives Of locals in Illinois, it was
learned today.
AT the same time, resolutions de-
handing the immediate and uncon-
ditional release Of the nine Scottsboro
boys, condeTnning the attacks upon
the foreign-born workers by the de-
psrtment of labor, demanding can
collation. Of warrants of deportation
issued against militant workers, and
pledging support to the struggles of
the foreign born, will be introduced.
The resolutions have already been
adopted by Local No. $500, U.M.W.A.,
for presentation to the convention,
and it is learned that other locals are
planning similar action.
LID. Proposes Action
NEW YORK-A letter from the
national Office of the International
Labor Defense, urging the unanimous
adoption of resolutions demanding
the freedom of Tom Mooney and the
Scottsboro boys, and pledging SOL
idarity with the struggle of the for
eign-born workers, will be before the
national convention of the U,M.WA.
when it meets Monday in India
napolis, William L. Patterson, ma
tional secretary, said today.
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Jury tnaC gun mugs were oeIaileu W
murder MN, ana mus Dreak tne
strlke, must pc borne IN tne inlIluS
OF the U.M.W.A. rank ana lie oe1e-
gates. Ine llgnt Ior vengeance ~
the Staying OF Harry SIMS must 90
hand IN hand with tne Struggle tor
broad opposltlons IN every local O
the U.MW.A. lncluolng large mum.
bers OF youth, ana tne GUSHING Oh
Lewis and the "A. r. OF l.. purocracy
The resolution 10 De presented &c
the uM.W.A. on tne young miners
is as follows:
WhEkEAS, Inc young miners
working IN ana around tne mines
are performing the same WORK as
adult miners but are beng paio
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-22
March 15-April 1917
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE SALE

Default having occurred in the con-
ditions of that certain mortgage
made by Robert Smith, Bachelor.
James Smith, Bachelor, David Smith
and Esther Smith, his wife, as mort
gagors, to Southern Minnesota Joint
Stock Land Bank of Redwood Falls
lnow Southern Minnesota Joint Stock
Land Bank of Minneapolis), body
corporate, created and empowered by
the Congress of the United States of
America, mortgage, dated October
l, 1924 and with power of sale
therein contained and filed for record
in the Office of the Register of Deeds
in and for Redwood County, Mime
sofa on December %, 1924 at LOS
o'clock P. M, and recorded in Book
"88" of Mortgages on page IS, by
which default the power of sale has
become operative, and no action or
proceeding having been instituted at
law or otherwise to recover the debt
secured by said mortgage or any part
thereof and whereas there is due and
claimed to be due upon said mortgage
at the date of this notice as principal,
amortization installments and inter-
est, the sum of $1O,298.86 and the
further sum of $444.36 as taxes and
penalty thereon heretofore paid witt
interest thereon of $3.45, making a
total amount due on the mortgage
the date of this notice of Ten Thous
and Seven Hundred Forty-six e..
67/100 Dollars ($1O,746.67).
NOW THEREFORE, NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN: That by virtue of
the power of sale therein contained,
said mortgage will be foreclosed by a
sale of the mortgaged premises des-
crlbed in and conveyed by said mort
gage, viz:
The North Half (Nh) of Section
Twenty-eight (28), Township
One Hundred Eleven Old
North, of Range Thirty-seven
(37) West of the Fifth Principal
Meridian, containing 800 acres,
more or less, according to the
Government survey thereof, Red
wood County, Minnesota,
which sale will be made by the
Sheriff of said Redwood County at
the main front door of the Court
House in the City of Redwood Falls,
Redwood County, Minnesota, on April
80, 1884 at ten o'clock in the fore
noon OF InaC DAY, at PUBIC Ven0ue, TO
the highest bidder for cash, to pay
the debt then secured by said mort
gage and taxes if any on said prem
Uses and the costs and disbursements
allowed by law, subject to redemption
within twelve months from said date
of sale.
Dated March 10, 1884.
E. j. FRIEDE, AS RECEIVER OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA JOINT
STOCK LAND BANK OF MIN
NEAPOLS,
Holder of said Mortgage.
]. M. Woodwork,
Attorney for Holder Of said Mort
gage
ia South Ninth Street,
Minneapolis, Minnesota. 37-6ts.
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Wilcox Hardware. supplies

Wilcox Hardware, supplies - 2.2O
.niies : 4.SS
Hultquist Garage, gasoline and stor-
age for Feb. ---- 1890
Pease Heat. & Plumb. Co., supplies
Pease Heat. & Plumb. Co., supplies
New County Shop -----=- 53.40
Pease Heat. & Plumb. Co., supplies
New County Shop ------ 56.41
Botsford Lbr. Co., suplipes New Co.
Garage 1854
Botsford Lbr. Co., supplies County
Highway Shop 2.85
Paffrath Hdwe., supplies 80 1928
Jensen Bros. Garage, gasoline, stor-
age, repairs - 1921
Jensen Bros. Garage, gasoline, stor-
age ----------- ---- 1925
Pink Supply Co., Supplies - 1900
c. 81. Bisbee, supplies ------- Lac
F. w. Black, gravel material 1900
Geo. Amberg, repairs --- 9.75
Mae Hegge, shop rent, March l to
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Excavations in downtown Philadel-
phia recently uncovered cypress
stumps, one II feet in circumference,
which grew there in an earlier geolo-
gical age. !
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p. A. Palmer, Redwood Falls.
Kasper Dahlgren, Walnut Grove.
On motion the Board adjourned
until 1000 o'clock on March %,
1884.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-22
THE CAPITAL
MUTUAL BENEFIT
ASSOCIATION

Denver Colorado
Whole family protection. One men,
bership fee and $1.O0 month per
family. years to 80; pays up to
81 900 for death by any cause. No
medical examination. Consult or
write
Lou Holbrook, Agent
Redwood Falls, Minnesota
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% disallOwed:
=" | Hamann, ST., Lamberton.
Johanna Gehrke, I.amberton.
he following Old Age Pensions
WI be heard at 1000 o'clock April
8, 1884:
John C. Heimer, Redwood Falls.