SOCIALIST APPEAL Published Weekly as the Organ of the Socialist Party of New York, Left Wing Branches.
Vol. No.
401 Saturday, September 18, 1937 Cents per Copy Nyon Meet Aids British War Plans Japan Admits Long Fight CIO Tested Trade Union Leaders Ahead To Conquer China In Akron Repeat 1914 Betrayal But Rivals are Preoccupied Gum Mines By James Burnham In West, Soviet Stands Off as that in the Chautemps Rule Shaky Prices Rise means of British Imperialism.
The policy of the British Government is based upon the conEvents of the past ten days ploitation by British capital tho tral aim of preserving for exagain serve to bring out shar. Empire colonial possessions and By Jack Wilson ply the unprecedented depth of the developing world crisis. Out from rival imperialist powers or dominions, against threats By Li Fu jen Marines Smash AKRON, Ohio. The recent standing in their symptomatic Japan latest empire crusade success of the United Rubber importance were the hastily sum from colonial revolt. The British in China is now well in its third Strike Demonstration Vorkers of America, CIO affliate, moned Xyon Conference and the success in this aim rests in the month. Confounding all the op Of Chinese Workers in winning decisively the sole British Trades Union Congress last analysis on armed force.
timistic expectations of the collective bargaining NLRB vote Both represent substantial ric. Such force has been liberally Tokyo military specialists, the American intervention in the at Goodyear and Goodrich, and tories for the delicate strategy used during the past twenty Chinese armies in North China Sino Japanese war at Shang the huge prinary vote years suppression of and at Shanghai have resisted hai has already become a grim Labor Non Partisan League colonial uprisings; but the exthe imperialist invader with re reality according to a United candidates for mayor on the haustion of the rival powers folmarkable tenacity and bravery. Press dispatch from Shanghai Democratic ticket obtained, have lowing the last War enabled Japanese spokesmen are now dated September 14.
turned national attention again Great Britain to maintain its obliged to admit the necessity of Marines, guarding to this rubber center of the warld.
position against these powers, girding for a struggle which may American lives and properFor Akron apidly becoming up to the present, by juridical Jast three or four years.
ty, were reported to have recognized as the testing laborand without resort to The Koumintang government, gone into action to smash atory the labor movement, armed international conflict.
hurled into the struggle against a demonstration of 1, 000 Chi particularly of the CIO. And that will (its entire record since nese flour mill workers on is why Akron deserves close Juridical Solution treaguration of Japan con strike enforce payment Istudy.
Inadequate Pia in 1881 has shown month wages.
Ha prederence for compromise. Sit Down Began Here By Frank Demby five of the strikers were taken Italy invasion of Ethiopia is waging its defensive campaign to hospital suffering from Who will ever forget the bril In the economic sphere the demonstrated, however, that juron a purely military basis, hop scalp wounds and the effects liant wave of sit downs that French Peoples Front has above idical solutions were becoming ing the while that Japan impe of tear gas. The Ma swept the country in 1936. Akron all tried to emulate Roosevelt inadequate. The structure of inrialist rivals, first of all Britain rines, said, cooperated rubber workers developed that New Deal. Given, however, the ternational legality. crowned and America, will step actively with British troops and the weapon. They staged over 100 far weaker financial structure of under the Versailles system by into the picture and save the day Shanghai Municipal Police in successful sit downs that year, France, all the contradictions of the League of Nations, was swept for China. Nanking also looks breaking up the demonstra before the French working class a declining eapitalism are accen away by Mussolini legions in for possible aid from the Soviet tion.
terrified the bourgeoisie of the tuated and little has been done, Africa and Hitler new army in Union.
We trust the Daily Worker world by the May sit down as compared with the United the khineland. The first phase China, largest single potential is satisfied that its demand strikes.
States, in the way of granting of the open struggle for market and field of investment in for imperialist intervention The 75, 000 rubber workers of concessions to the working class. division of the world had begun.
the world outside of the Soviet in China has produced such Akron of 1920 were permanently Moreover, such concessions as the Henceforth the immediate and Union, has been the scene of sharpquick results.
reduced to less than 45, 000 by workers have obtained the 40 determining factor in the policies est imperialist rivalry, especially scarcely have struck at a more ments in the industry. Productiv with pay, etc. are obviously the the concrete preparation for war 1930 due to technological develop hour week, two weeks vacation of all of the great powers was since the end of Japan has, however, an indubit. culating that none of their rivals doubled, wages remained station action of the workers; for, where World War: propitious moment, shrewdly cal lity per rubber worker more than result of the direct class struggle on an international seale.
For Great Britain this meant able advantage over her rivals was in a position to obstruct the ary. The cost of 17 tire price wars the workers have not been well the belated undertaking of: and plans to oust them Ching in order to make country her own exclusive preser the problem of maintaining its in the form of wage cuts.
that Imperialist Britain, beset with was foisted on the rubber workers ments (which settled the strikes program not yet by any means ve. To achieve that aim, all or Mediterranean life line to India of June, 1936) have been violated completed. Meanwhile, Great ganized Chinese resistance with impunity by the bosses.
the Britain is confronted by Japan continental policy would pean fascist powers, is obliged against the attacks of the Euro Role of of It was under the Blum govern tasks. a) of delaying the outhave to be stamped out and a to watch helplessly while Japan ment that compulsory arbitration break of war on a world scale government installed at Vanking damages and wrecks the vast existed only by the grace of the that the first devaluation The of craft unions was made the law of the land, at least until her rearmament which will unquestioningly do British properties and trade in rubber barons and on condition decreed, that the pause in of jockeying for the most favorwas program is well along; and (b)
the bidding of Tokyo.
China. An illuminating test of that no effort would be made to social reforms was proclaimed. able position in the maze of alOpportune Moment Britain helplessness was afford organize the rubber industry. Thus, already under a so called liances and counter alliances.
Jed by the diplomatic exchange and the rubber workers were Socialist The Japanese imperialists could (Continued on page 2)
government, the helpless until the summer of French bourgeoisie badly frightTactic to Delay 1933, when the wave of unioni ened during June of last year In pursuit of the first end, zation that swept the nation had been able to reorganize itself Great Britain first tries to delay during the early days of the and start a smashing offensive as long as possible each new conNRA reached Akron. Thousands which leaves the workers in many flict, and then to localize it when of rubber workers flocked into cases worse oft than before the it breaks out, as in the cases of of federal unions.
The of pursued its has as its objective the wiping now in Spain and China. She Matignon agreement, and which Manchuria and Ethiopia, and reactionary course: workers were out of all the gains made by the tries to do this not merely geoThe Ohio and Chicago organiza. a similar resolution. Both bodies were run autocratically: red eventual dissolution of all their of the fighting to a minimum, divided into craft unions; unions workers and the corruption and graphically, by keeping the area week initiated movement for a mittee of Local Move York (Lett baiting against any form of op organizations.
With the virtual but also diplomatically, by try.
rank and file convention to oust Wing Branches) to act as the trade of the of organi to the omnipotence of the CGT position was the chief stock in abolition of trade union life due (Continued on page 3)
the Altman Thomas Tyler faction organizing committee on conven zers; sell outs were plentiful. The bureaucracy (chiefly Stalinistfor selling out to La Guardia and tion arrangements.
NEWS FLASH!
expelling the left win The Ohio and Chicago organi unions declined in membership controlled now, the workers Harry Milton arrived from By unanimous decision, the zations were the first party bodies from over 35, 000 to less than have found it almost impossible Spain on Tuesday evening.
Ohio State Executive Committee, before whom the proposal 2, 000.
the to fight against the employers. He will appear at the Revoluat its regular September meeting, convention was brought. Their But, as the rising cost of living decided to join with other res speedy action in favor of the left Progressives Learn tionary Socialist Rally, Friday, pinches them more and more, P. September 17, at Irving ponsible party organizations and wing is a harbinger of the genA new factor appeared on the they react. This explains the Plaza, Irving Place and the National Executive Com eral action of the basic units of scene in the fall of 1934. pro number of recent strikes in a Fifteenth Street.
mittee of the Young Peoples the party and the rank and file gressive workers school, agitating country where strikes are now Comrade Milton will be the Socialist League in calling the membership. The so called Na for industrial unionism and class illegal.
main speaker at a mass meetconvention.
tional Executive Committee has struggle policies, was formed The accumulated discontent of ing next week. Dietails will The Executive Committee of proposed; but the rank will be under the influence of the Com the workers is, indeed, ready to appear in the next issue of Cook County. Chicago) adopted the final arbiter. Continued on page Continged on page 3) the Appeal.
to Convention Call Initiated By Ohio State and Chicago