Daily Worker
January 22, 1925
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255 Be2R° 3 89 33 | of ution, tploit- ollette yyalist on for a con- it was 1. Not could irmers ¢ hold- before r both every all vil- irmers er our e craw e the ie idea rselves lied .tc : lying ot that one oi , tele. cident. ve the munist voter votes.” ' Press ich ex- | “free nuntst) WORK- en dif- se the f : at Ofce at Chicago, Mlinois under the Act of Mareh 3, 1879. Help Insure THE DAILY WORKER , for 1925! RY 22, 1925 =>” Published dafly « vegne 2% Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING , 1118 W, Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il. Piice 3 Cents ~ AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHEATY. replying to & toast got the following sweet mordel.off hig chest; “We all) cherish in our hearts.the memo- ry of thé many. pleasant occasions when. blood of Incland and of France forth.on the same bat- tlefiel against: the same enemy.” Seve en who were present did not appear to relish the prospect of s revival of the happy occasions which Mr. Cosgrave-served up to the| disiers a la carte. * ¢ ® Tae is an alleged. labor paper published in Minpeapolis, with the rather ambitious title of “Minnesota.” Ite principal aim is to get the Com- munists out-of. the. trade unien move- ment; and it looks as if it had a man’s job. cut out of it. Not alone. does it see “red” this rag rayes 4 Adrogy esrgh in- . fiicted on the A, F. of L. disorganizer, Paul. Smith, pecial representative who bas put in three’ + be Meee oo tee yt * 4 fi “ioe a 7 , Smith. ‘and bod of minority. and the as- to oust the Commun- @ j es e applying balm to the | -of. the editor of " He can believe Cramer v for all. we: care, tho it wae be tough on the latter. - charter of the Minneapolis Trades and Labor Assembly,‘says the fake’ sheet. They cannot beat the Communists. in a fair battle on principle before the rank and file. Paul Smith is now gone | to. Washington to mel: his recom- mendations. . >’. s . WN the back: page of the current issue of “Minnesota” is‘an eulogy of the B. and O. plan. It is. rather jnstructive.. It tejls how William H. Johnston, president of the Machinists’ Union, visited Daniel Willard, presi- dent of the B, and O. railroad, some weeks before the 1922. shopmen’s strike was called.. This is Willard’s version of the visit. The railroad jaron reveals that Johnston, on the sve of a strike, proposed that the anion men should join. up with the railroad owners in getting more profit mut of the railroad industry. Willard was quite shocked at firs, and thought fohnston might be kidding him. I yuppose he could not conceive how a bor official should be such a traitor his class. OWEVER, he took a chance and a2 found that Johnston meant every rd of what Ke said. Willard, dur- . ge course of his speech which published verbatim in the fake labor heet, did not say that the employes if the B, and O. made any material »tains out of their co-operation with e bosses, but this is what they got: gives to every employe an en- (Continued from page 2) MILLIONS FOR CHURCH WHILE =: TOILERS STARVE Bulwark of C apitalism Gets Blessing from Cal (Spec'al to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 21.— Twelve thcusand people were seated snugly inMadison Square ‘Garden Sunday listening to ap- eals from the fundamentalist bishop of the diocese of New York for a donation of $15,000,- 000 to complete the cathedral of St. John the Divine, while multitudes of cold and hungry women and children of the working class were shivering in rickety tenement houses. thru- out the city and all over the country, victims of capitalism anddestined to lifelong exploita- tion and suffering. A United Front of Exploiters. Never in the history) of New York has there been such complete co-op- eration between all sorts and condi- .| tions. of men to carry out the program of ‘combined religion and commercial. |ism. as-when the array of representa- tives of greedy and tyrannical capital- \ism- swung into line for the building : of oné of the most elaborate cathed- ' it nu HOC c Merras Biitler, Justice Finch, “(Geerze W.. Wickersham, Hugh Frayne and about 200 bigger and lesser of this city. If at any time there has been any doubt that capitalism is psing relig- jon as a handmaiden the Madison ‘Square Garden meeting dispelled that doubt. From’ the brains of Wall ‘Street to the strikebreaking president _at Washington loud voices sounded. Forgetting the depths of moral ob- liquity to which officialdom of the na- tional capital has fallen and the utter disregard for everything that savors of ‘common decency, Justice Finch “It gives me great pleasure to reac to you the telegram which I have re ceived from the man who more than any one else has called us back to the faith of our fathers and “remindec us that the well-being of our country ourselvez and ‘our children must rest upon morality and religion.” He then read the president’s mes- sage, as follows: “WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17, 1925. +Hon Edw. R. Finch, appelate divisior supreme court, Twenty-fifth street and Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. “It is gratifying to know of the in- terest of the American people in the construction of the cathedral for re ligious worship. I trust the effort: being made for this purpose will meet with the success its importance war- rants. Calvin Coolidge.” ‘Whereup'a special selection was played by the Police Band, which, in addition to donating its service as musical entertainers, gave one h dred bucks to show that the bl coats were not going to bear any grudge against the man who had bro- ken the strike of their brothers in craft some years ago in Boston. Of Course They Attack RlUssia. Elihu Root was the next speaker who combined a warning against the workers’ republic of Russia with a masterly dose of American hypocrisy as follows: “We are here to make an open dem- onstration in behalf of a public ex- pression of faith. We represent widely differing opinions on religioue questions, but we are ae ge to pro mote any one of them. see about us a world in which attention is en- grossed by controversy regarding ma terial things and non-essential differ- (Continued on Page 3) Ruthenberg in prison! Volun 4 7 YOU MUST HELP! ~ r | "166 West Washington Street Thirty-one more trials ahead. Ten thousand dollars wanted by wanted to help mail out tens of thousands of letters for on Michigan defense. Come the ebruary 15. phone State 5959 if you will on Jan. 24, _ mo > aN try | -—~] o = ee |SOVIET RUSSIA 70 SOVIET RU MOURNS DAY OF LENIN'S DEATH School Children Come from Great Distances (Speciat to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Jan. 21.—Thou- sands of visitors streamed thru Lenin's mausoleum ail, day to aze upon the features of the ad Communist leader, Nicolai Lenin, on the first anniversary of his death. Many of the visitors to Mos- cow were school children from all parts of Russia. The Krem- lin walls above the resting place. of the founder of the Soviet state were draped with red flags. A large black and white portrait of Lenin was hung on the Kremlin wall above Lenin’s mausoleum. The por- While the Capitalist D ope ow. Pravda.) OFAHALS OF DC’ | : Coaldiggers Vote on o 2 , District Strike (Special to The Dally Worker) WILKESBARRE, Pa., Jan. 21. —The joint grievance commit- tees of District 1, U. M. W. of A.., were meeting here today ‘to de- termine their course in view of the failure of the district offi- cials to call a special district convention as provided by the U. M. W. of A. constitution to settle grievances against the operators and against the un- ion’s district officials headed by the renegade radical, Cappel- lini. It is nearly certain that 60,000 men will strike. ; These officials, together. with the so- called “special commission” appoint- ed by John L. Lewis to “investigate” the district situation, are bending their chief efforts to keep as many away from, today’s meeting as Dos | sible. However, it is-expected that a! general strike: of the district will be voted. Locals in the district, ninety-four in all, have been holding daily sessions to give each man a chance to vote on a strike. The vote has been compiled and will be made public today at the session of the grievance committees. Prophesy No Response. The international eunuchs of John > © |L. Lewis, joined CappeHini in sneer-. ing at the meeting, prophesying that the call to strike would not be re- sponded to by the miners. | Movies for Workers | “Beauty and the Bolshevik” and “Russia in Overalls” will be shown at’ the following places: Concinnati, Ohio, Jan. 22. Galloway, W. Va.—-Miners’ Union Theater, Jan. 23. Zeigler, Ill., Jan. 28. Chicago, Ashland Auditorium, Feb. Labor ‘Temple, Pittsburgh, Pa., Music Hall, Fab. 7. South Bend, Ind—White Wagle Theater, 1125 W. Division St., Feb. 11. St. Paul, Minn.—444 Rice St., Feb. 20 N. §&. Carnegie Milwaukee, Wis.—Pabst Theater, March 7. San Francisco, March 21. Polikushka. Christopher, Ill, Jan. 22. Lenin Memorial reel to be shown at the Lenin meeting in bil 4 7 - atid | 7“ ore ‘rc of distr b will epee dn “Shop Nuctet: and the Par. ty Political Policy” and its practical application in the Pulman city cen- tral meeti whieh will be held to- night= at 7 Stephenson Ave., Pulman, Uh The Pullman members have been showing more interest in the city central committee, "ahd at the fast mecting voted to maintain Pullman as a separate city central from. the city of Chicago. A cut in wages and an increase in hours in the Pullman shops was discussed at the last meeting. Most of the Pullman city central dele- gates work in the Pullman: company shops. COOLIDGE WANTS CONFERENCE ON THE DAWES PLAN European Nations Asked to Washington — eee (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D.C. Jan. 21—The way was paved for the calling of a new “disarmament conferefice,” today when the senate this. afterhon pagsed a bill calling upon presidenstCoolidge to call for such a conference. At) the same time the senate passed ithe | naval appropriations biil, giving $287,316,000 for the American navy during the year. The last conference, which the state department told us would, solve the problems of the wor]ld and ‘prevent all war seems to have hadyjittle effect judging ffom the clamor for another conference and the large .appropria- tions passed for the nayy and army. Coolidge is anxious to call the Europegn powers together, and under the cloak of the “arms conference,” tal¥ turkey with regard to the Dawes plan. The Morgah-Coolidge admi- nistration holds the money bags of the world, and the countries owing the United States money will be told to cram the Dawes plan down the throat of Germany or come across with her debts. Kind to Bootleggers. Louis Alterie, head of a Chicago bootleg gang failed to appear before Federal Judge Evans, but Evans al- lowed the case to be postponed for another 24 hours. WIil Not Fight Fascist. ROME, Italy; Jan. 21.—-Former Pre- mier Nitti has written friends here de- clining to return to Italy, and declar- ing that he will reniain outside of italy’ . political struggle. “ ee) * eo. —-— | ‘1924-1925,” marking the end of the j'ory of the ‘Communist) International by Lenin. trait was flanked with gilt numerals irst year of Lenin’s death. The newspapers printed articles elling of Lenin’s life, and the his- founding of the Third rhousands of pamphiets explaining Veninism.. were distributed to the workers, and peasants vigiting Mos-. vow to View Lenin’s remains. Fac- ; and all traffic thruout-Rus- ease ed tor eB sy Ae oc pay aN ee ~" “: ‘ 7 j Nil 9 peg elie a4 bet ae taurants were closed for the day. ; TWEEDLEDEE NOT ABLE TO AGREE Job for “Execution”, WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—The sen- ate today adopted unanimously a reso- lution calling on Secretary of State Hughes for complete information re- garding the Kellogg-Churchill agree- ment signed at Paris whereby ‘the United States becomes an official ‘partner in the Dawes plan in return _ 2% per cent of the German reparations payments. That “Public” Interest! As adopted, the resolution follows: “Resolved, that the secretary of state be and is hereby requested, if not incompatible with the public in- terest, to transmit to the senate copy of the agreement signed by Messrs. Kellogg, Herrick and Logan. during the past week at the conference of the allies and associate powers in the world war relating to the Dawes plan and the payment of reparations by Germany, together with such informa- tion respecting the circumstances sur- rounding the negotiations and execu- tion of the agreement as may be relevant to a full understanding of its terms.” Will American Armies Collect Bilis? By inserting a request for informa- TEXTILE MILLS araped with red. The-stores and res-| TWEEDLEDUM AND tion concerning the “execution” of the agreement the irreconcilables hope to obtain from Hughes a statement as to what the American attitude would | be should G ermany default in her | impose, punishment on her. asserted that the United States is not bound ‘“tegally or morally” to partici- pate in any enforcement measures taken with regard to the Dawes plan. Rummy Senator Lies Low. WASHINGTON, Jan, 21—Senator Edward I. Edwards, democrat of New Jersey, charged with being the “head” of the New Jersey rum ring, will not attend the Jersey : city liquor trial uniess his testimony is requested by a “responsible party,” he said this after- Hust Ro | Bog . . payments and the allies undertake to Secretary Hughes heretofore has| SOVIET REPUBLIC NOW RECOSHIZED. BY 21 CAPITALIST NATIONS The complete list of countries that have recognized Soviet Russia fol- lows: 1. Esthonia, Feb. 2, 1920. 2. Lithuania, July 12, 1920. 3. Latvia, Aug. 11, 1920. 4. Finland; Oct. 14, 1920. 6. Persia, Feb. 26, 1921. 6. Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 1921. 7. Turkey, March 16, 1921. 8. Poland, March 18, 1921. 9. Germany, April 16, 1923. 10. Great Britain, Feb. 1, 1924. 11. Italy, Feb. 7, 1924. 12. Norway, Feb. 13, 1924. 13. Austria, Feb. 20, 1924. 14. Greece, March 8, 1924. 18. Sweden, March 15, 1924. 16. China, May 31, 1924, 17. Denmark, June 18, 1924. 18. Mexico, Aug. 24, 1924. 19. Hungary, Sept. 18, 1924. 20. France, Oct. 26, 1924. 24. Japan, January 20, 1925. In addition to the above, Mon- golia ‘established full diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia on November 5, 1921. Czecho-Slovakia signed a temporary treaty with Soviet Russia on July 5, 1921. Nego- tiations are now going on which will undoubtedly terminate in the Soviet government being accorded uncondli- tional recognition. Even in Boston Workers Will Act (Special to The Dally Wor«er) NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Jan. the midst of the con- fusion ahd disorganization pre- vailing in the few weak and divided textile unions, the out- standing fact is that the rule of the American Federation of Textile Operatives requiring a . is effect in forcing recognition of Séviet 21.—In two-thirds vote for a strike, blocking a general strike of the 41,000 cotton workers of New Bedford. Deep resentment is felt among the rank and, file of workers at this rul- ing against majority action, and some suspicion that the officers of the un- jon counted the ballots falsely in or- der to prevent even the two-thirds ma- jority from carrying. A Rule to Break Strikes. Especially is this suspicion being (Continued from page 3) Building Inspectors’ Strike. Seventy-one building and elevator inspectors have gone on strike today The city council refused the increase in the The inspectors want a They claim mechanics in the building they inspect receive bigger pay than they do. They held a conference with build- ing commissioner Frank E. Doherty for a raise in their wages. new budget. flat increase of $600 a year. today. Next Sunday Night and Every Sun-| | day crteutin the Open Forum. | MOSCOW FEELS THAT RECOGNITION BY U.S. IS COMING VERY SOON (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Jan. 21.—World af- fairs demand that the United Statcs recognize Soviet Tchitcherin said here “It is impossible permanently to preserve the artificial system of separation between the two | countries in the world, which was created by Secretary of State Hugbes,.” Tchitcherin said. “The ooty of the Union of Soviet Social- ist Republics into the circle of the Pacific brings it face to face with America on the same ocean. “America will find herself cul-de-sac if the absurd estrange- ment from the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics is maintained.” Russia, George yesterday. aa ee en | ~ Memorial to Lenin IAPAN GRANTS RECOGNITION TO SOVIET RUSSIA Treaty Provides F all Trade Relations (Special to The Dally Worker) PEKING, China, Jan. 21.— etm has formally recognized iet Russia. The treaty signed by the two countries provides 3 Y) full diplomatic and trade rela- tions. Japan is the twenty-first nation to recognize Soviet Rus- sia. The treaty was signed by Soviet Ambassador L. M. Ka- rakhan, representing Soviet Russia in the far east, and M. Yoshizawa, Japanese minister to China, and provides for ex- tensive trade relations between the two countries. Japan is given concessions, providing for the exploitation of half the Sagha- lin Island coal and ofl deposits during a term of fifty years, in return for which Russia receives 10. to 15 per cent royalty on oil, 8 to 10 per cent on coal, and 20 per cent on oil gushers. Treaty Ratified Soon. The treaty is expected to be ratified by both the Soviet government and the ae one ceeainines within the next Seat het ite governments have _. tte. = the proposed contents of months of negotiations carried on by | representatives of the two countries. | The treaty provides for mutual concessions to the nationals of one country residing in the other, and grants trade privileges to such indi. viduals. All Russo-Japanese treaties signetl before 1917 are cancelled except the treaty of Portsmouth which eneded the Russo-Japanese war, — Japanese Evacuate. The Japanese agree to evacuate northern Saghalin in the ‘spring, leaving Russia in charge of the vast area which is rich in natural resources. Big Effect on United States. The recognition of Soviet Russia by Japan is expected to have a profound Russia by the United States govern. ment. Japan is given a supply of oi! thru the terms of.fhe treaty, which is badly needed by the United States. The aim of the American capitalists to secure control’ Of the Pacific, is seriously threatened by the Russo Japanese treaty. Great Britain recognized Soviet Russia on February 1, 1924, and the Wall Street journals declared that “The London.trieaties are a blow to American diplomacy.” Following close on the heels of England's recognition, Soviet Russia was recognized by Italy on Feb. 7, Norway, Feb. 13, Austria, Feb. 20, Greece, March 8, Sweden March 15. Then came another severe blow to the American capitalists, when China re- cognized Soviet Russia on May $1, thus undoing the American intrigue that had been carried on for-control of China. , France Falls into Line. On October 26, France, which under Poincare had made it known that Soviet Russia would “never be recog- | nized,” gave Russia recognition, and bsent an ambassador to Moscow. | Krassin come to Paris to represent ths | Soviets. An agreement was said in he press at the time to exist between | France and America stipulating .that ' America would take her policy toward | Soviet Russia from France. Following ithe recognition of Soviet Russia by | France, Secretary of State Hughee | resigned and Senator Borah; who | favors recognition of Soviet Russia | became important in the councils of Coolidge. a FARMER-LABOR HEAD | OF MINN. BARS OUT WORKERS PARTY MER ST. PAUL. Minn. Jan. 21.—Mem- bers of the Workers Party, Com- munists, were officially read out of the Minnesota farmer-labor federa- tion today by William Mahoney, of St. Paul, chairman of the federation, ln a statement ‘sent to members. oa ry - >. ' - the treaty during the. a
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*s ; : a en Oe a ~ - a ae. » % 4~.4-0°F Fie SE i «Ss TOILERS ATTEND LENIN MEETINGS Scores of thousands of Amer- ican workers, drawn by the light of Leninism, will attend the Lenin Memorial meetings being conducted by the Workers (Communist) Party during the remainder of the week. The largest outpouring of class conscious workers ever observed in this country is pro- mised by the advance sale of tickets for the Lenin meetings in Chicago, New York, Milwau- kee, Los Angeles, and in fact every large city and industrial town in the country. Leninism shines as the guiding spirit of the American workers more strongly and clearly than ever before, the response to the Lenin memorial meetings shows. Parade In Moscow In Moscow yesterday, hundreds of paraded in honor .of Lenin, who es- tablished Soviet Russia, the first workers government of the world. Thousends upon thousands marched past the mausoleum to review the remains of the dead Communist lead- er. The demonstrations in Moscow were duplicated by hundreds of thousands of workers in every part of Soviet Russia, in the far east, in Eu- rope and thruout the world. American Workers Respond In America, the Communists, and workers who understand that Lenin- ism is the great liberating force that will finally crush the capitalist op- pressors of the workers, are not be- hind the workers of ther countries. The Lenin Memorial meeting in the Ashland Auditorium last night,brought out thousands of Chicago’s workers. A full report of this meeting will appear in tomorrow’s issue. Thousands Of Tickets Sold Thousands of tickets to the Lenin Memorial meeting in Madison Square Garden on Sunday February 1 at 2 P. M. have already been sold. William Z. Foster and C. E. Ruthenberg, who is expected to be released from Jack- son, Michigan penitentiary on Monday, will be the main speakers. The Freiheit Singing society of 400 voices and a symphony of 100 pieces will furnish the revolutionary music that will ring thru the big amphi-theatre. On Saturday, Jan. 24 at 8 P. M. William Z. Foster and Max Bedacht will speak at the Lenin Memorial meeting arranged in Milwaukee. The meeting will be held in the Milwaukee Auditorium, 500 Cedar St. One hun- dred and fifty people will take part in the Lenin pageant which has been arranged. The Lenin Memorial meeting in the citadel of capitalism, Washington, D. C., will take place Sunday evening, Jan. 25, at the Play House. the main speaker. The Lenin Temovial meeting held in Chicago last night will be fully reported in the Friday morning issue of the DAILY WORKER. The Way to Honor A Comrade Gone Is To Aid the Defense The Bugarian Branch of Cleveland in order to honor the memory of L. Paneotoff, a former member of the Branch, and all his life a militant fighter against the capitalist system, and who recently died, made a col- lection of $8.00 and sent it to the Labor Defense Council. Help Wanted. WE NEED A GOOD BOOK- KEEPER - STENOGRAPHER IMMEDIATELY, must under- stand English and some Ita- Tran, Good salary. Apply to “TL, LAVORATORE,” 1113 W. Washington Bivd. (top floor) from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. — Oliver | Carlson, now of Philadelphia, will be | PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Ixpert Oental Service for 20 Years. 645 SMITHFIELD ST., Near 7th Ave. 1627 CENTER AVE., Cor. Arthur St. ee TH Friday, Jan. 23. Niagara Falis, N. Y., at 7:30 p. m., Hippodrome Hall, corner Pine and 19th Sts. Speaker to be announced. Saturday, Jan. 24. Chicago, at 8 p. m. at Soviet School. 1902 W. Division St., corncert and Russian speakers. Philadeiphia, Pa. at 8 p. m., at the Lulu Temple, corner Broad and Spring Garden Sts. Speakers: Olgin, Baker, and Carlson. South Bend, Ind., at 8 p. m., at Workers’ Home, 1216 W. Colfax Ave. Speaker, Manuel Gomez. Milwaukee, Wis., at 8 p. m., at the Auditorium, 500 Cedar St. Speakers: Foster and Max Bedacht. Seattle, Wash., Painters’ Hall, Un- ion Record Bidg., at 8 p.m. Speaker: Norman H. Tallentire. Passaic, N. J., 82 Bresident St. Sunday, Jan. 25. ' Washington, D. C. .Play House, at 8 p. m. Speakers: Oliver Carlson and Comrade MacIntosh. Gary, Ind., 215 W. 18th Ave.,at 2 p. m. Speaker: Thurber Lewis. St. Paul, Minn. Commonwealth Hall, 435 Rice St., at8 p.m. Speaker: Earl Browder. Minneapolis, Minn. Humboldt (Fin- nish) Hall, 1317 Western Ave., No., ‘at 2 p.m. Speaker: Earl Browder. thousands of workers and peasants, Denver, Col., at 8 p. m., Machinists’ Hall, 1715 California St. Speakers to be announced. Omaha, Nebr.; at 2:30 p. m., Labor Lyceum, 22nd and Clark Sts. Speak- ers, J. E. Snyder, David Coutts, David Reznick, Tom Mathews, B. M. Mishkis. Grand Rapids} Mich., at 2:30°p. m. Workmen’s Circle Temple, 347 Mt. Vernon Ave. Speakers: E. A. Kosten and Eugene Beshtold. Newark, N. J., Labor Lyceum, 2 p. m., 704 S. 14th street. Hartford, Conn. Labor Educational Alliance, 287 Windsor Ave., at 2:30 p. m. Speaker: Joseph Manley. Detroit, Mich., at 2 p. m., House of the Masses, 2101 Gratiot Ave. Speak- er, Robert Minor. Boston, Mass., at 3 p. m., Scenic Auditorium, 12 Berkeley St. Speaker, John J. Ballam. Cleveland, Ohio. Engineers’ Audito- rium, Ontario and St. Clair., at 7:30 p.m. Speaker, Benjamin Gitlow. Youngstown, O., at 2 p. m., speak- ers, Ben Gitlow and others. Los Angeles, Cal., at 2 p. m., Blanch- ard Hell, 233 S. Broadway. Speaker James H. Dolsen. Easton, Pa., at 2 p. m., Lithuanian (Bakers) Ilall, N. 7th St., near North- ampton St. Speaker to be announced. Dowell, Ill., at 2 p. m., Rex Theater, Union Ave. Speaker, John Mihelic. _ Bridgeport, Conn, at 8 p. m., Work- men’s Circle Hall, 310 State St. Speak- er tobe announced. Akron, Ohio, at 2 p. m., Zeigler Hall, corner Vorig and Miami Sts. Superior, Wis., Workers’ Hall, cor- ner Tower and 5th. Speaker to be announced. Tacoma, Wash., Labor Temple, City Hall Annex, at 8 p. m. Speaker: Nor- man H. Tallentire. East Pittsburgh at 2 p. m., Work- ers’ Home, corner Electric and North Aves. Speakers, Joseph Knight and A. Blagelavich. Revere, Mass., Eagle’s Hall, Shirley ind Walnut Aves., at 8 p. m. Speaker, I. Amter. January 26. Dillonvale, Ohio. Speaker: min Gitlow. 7 p. m. January 27. Yorkville, Ohio. Speaker: Benjamin Gitlow. 7 p. m. January 28. Bellaire, Ohio. Speaker: Gitlow. 7 p. m. January 29. Benja- Benjamin Powhatan Point, Ohio. Speaker: Benjamin Gitlow. 7 p. m. January 30. Neffs, Ohio. Speaker: Benjamin Gitlow, 7 p. m. January 31. Christopher, I!!., French Club, at 7 p. m. Speaker: John Mixelic. Sunday, Feb. 1. New York, N. Y., at 2 p. m., Mad. son Square Garden. Speakers: Foster and Ruthenberg. New Haven, Conn., Hermanson’s Hall, 15 Crown St., at 8 p. m. Speaker, Joseph Manley. Buffalo, N. Y., at 8 p. m., Labor Ly- ceum, 376 William St. Speaker, Ben- jamin Gitlow. Portland, Ore., 227 Yamhill St., at 8 p. m. Speaker: Stanley Clark. Elizabeth, N. J., Sunday, Feb. 8, 7:30 p. m., Turn Hall, 725 High street. Erie, Pa., Russian Hall, 156 E. 8rd St. Speaker: Benjamin Gitlow. 2:30 Pp. TM, | 6000 BLOODHOUND GETS BETTER KENNEL AND WILL LEAD PACK BOSTON—Harold P. Williams, district atterney of Norfolk county, who served as assistant in the trial at which Nicola Sacco and Bartol- omeo Vanzetti were convicted of first degree murder, has been ap- pointed U, S. district attorney for the Massdchusetts district. His nomination has been confirmed by the senate. It was Williams who got hold of Lola Andrews and Louis Pelzer, after they confessed perjury in their identiffcation of Sacto at the trial, and persuaded them to swear out statements against Sacco again. | Over Lola he had the power to ex- pose her criminal past and prose- cute her and over Pelzer a perjury indictment threat and his job at the shoe factory. But You Haven’t the Raise Yet. ALBANY, N. Y.—A $900 minimum will be-fixed for all stenographers and clerks in state pay, says Senator Charles J. Hewitt, chairman of the ‘finance committee. Wages of $600 land $720 are now common. | Qne man’s say, and probably the |powers that permit him to be a sena- jtor, will not permit him even to vote for such a measure. It’s a long way ‘thru the N. Y. assembly and senate and the “friend of labor,” Governor | Al. Smith, has the final say, you know. Ee — — ——— Labor Board Raises Wages. | The United States railroad labor | board has granted slight increases in |pay to railway clerks, messengers and freight handlers, amounting te $3,740,000 per year. Whether or not any conditions were attached to the raise were not announced. The men are employed on four different rail roads. Bronx, New York, Attention. | Class in A. B. C. of Communism, levery Tuesday night at 1347 Boston Road, Dr. L. Stamler, instructor. | i Patronize our advertisers. AS WE SEE IT By T, J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) lightened and enlarged view of his the great organiation known as the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.” The Communists of Minneapolis are hon- ored in having such enemies as “Min- nesota” and the gang of corrupt stool- pigeons back of it. Their conception of a proper labor policy is one that will enable them to sleep politically and industrially in the same bed as the bosses on the lines of William H. Johnston’s B. and O. plan. * - * OHN J. LEARY, Jr., is the “labor expert” of the New York World. While Gompers was living Leary was one of his chief press agents and had the inside track on everything Sammy had to say and on all his plans, Leary is now shining up to Green, In a recent article in the World, this sycophantic hack rubs the butter over the new president of the American Federation of Labor. Sammy was a wet; Green is a dry. But not so Offertsively dry as Gompers. was wet. At least it takes Green is dry. He does not want to be considered a reactionary, tho he makes it quite clear that he is against the Communists. If Leary’s article is a correct picture of Green, Gompers’ successor is some political trimmer. > + + HE recent air bombing of the $30,- 000,000 battleship Washington proves that such. craft are invulmer- able from the air according to reports made to President Coolidge by the general board of the navy. This is good news for the private shipyards NO MORE WORRY! The new and improved QUICK- EDGE KNIFE AND SHEAR SHARPENER is an instant relief from the greatest household annoy- ance—dull knives and shears! Easy to operate—indestructible —-will not injure the finest blade— within the reach of all—guaranteed to do the work! Give this wonderful little ma- chine a trial by ordering one to- day! SEND NO MONEY! Just pay the postman $2:00 and a few extra cents for postage when he delivers your Sharpener. There is a Money- Back Guarantee on each machine if not satisfactory. THE ELANAY COMPANY P. O. Box 320 CHICAGO . .- JLLINOIS ' ’ ’ | | | | | ' and not good for Arthur Brisbane who wants the government to stop build- ‘ing battleships, in fact doing anything ‘else but build airplanes. The report ‘did not say if the sailors who man |the battleships were immune from the air bombs. ee | Gere, Thomson, secretary for air in | the MacDonald cabinet, attended ‘a semi-pacifist convention in Wash- ‘ington a few days ago. The labor lord ‘spurned an out and out pacifist at- | titude. Perhaps he favors a moderate ‘amount of bloodletting. It was under Thomson’s regime that British air- ships bombed peaceful Indian villages in order to impress the natives with British might. A report of Thomson's pacifist speech appeared in the New York Times,,and underneath this pious ihypoctite’s piffle was a story about |the Spanish war in Morocco with the head: “Spaniards Bomb Moors.” The ‘makeup man must have a sense of the ridiculous. ee LENIN MEMORIAL MEETINGS — | xe 8 | ty 3 wv 4 ps E DAILY WORKE Get Then So They'l l Beg for War — (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—That the conviction of the need of the United States army has to be sold to the American people, is the belief of Major A, G. Rudd, chief of the recruiting publicity bureau, United States army. He uses the advertising cam- paigns of the large corporations as an example of the correct method of moulding public opi- nion; of making others think the way you want, and support- ing your ideas. Outlines Propaganda He states in part as follows:— “Taking the largest activity as an example, if the country is at war the wholehearted co-operation of the pub le is imperative for the successful prosecution of {ts hundreds of differ ent activities. The people must be taught to see the gévernment’s point of view—that its course is for the best interests. -In other words, to think as the government wishes then to think—and act accordingly. But as a’ thot must precede every act, the first course is to start them thinking ‘right. This is the mission of pub- licity. “In the army our publicity prcbler is not analogus to any other, but still it partakes of the basic principles of all. We are a government activity and we have something to ‘sell.’ Ou! ‘general problem deals with the entire | population—sort of ‘good-will’ proposi- ‘tion in which we seek to justify the ‘army’s existence and proper mainten. ance, not only as national insurance, but as a distinetly constructive factor ‘in the economie life of the United ‘States. Our cue bere is along the line of the institutional publicity so effec tively used by the leading publi service and other large corporations For years they have not sold insur ance and telephones, etc., in their ad vertisements, but service; not th: commodity itself directly, but ind! ‘rectly, by showing what their com own worth and importance as part. of. pany and ite inventions have done for the public by raising. its standard: of living, etc. “The value of a slogan in moulding thot is universally recognized, But ix America in particular it seems almos' a necessity. This has been demon- strated in every national political campaign, every war and countless advertising campaigns. A_ slogan takes a mass of scattered indistinct impressions and boils them down into a single thot which can readily be grasped. “In the army we do not sell a com: modity—we sell serviee, service tc the individual and to our country.” “Lenin and Leninism”’ At Brownsville Open Forum, Sunday, Feb. 25 Lening is dead, but his work goes on. We carry on his work. But w , ys ’ é i 4 For the professional schools in Russia and Ukraina, will f ‘ | be held at { ; f} . ] | ; | Douglas Park Auditorium j UOUR Corner Ogden and Kedzie Aves. ‘ 4 FOUR DAYS——JANUARY 22-23-24-25 : : aes AR . prt) ; General Admission 50c, for all four days : ; 4) First Class Program—including Children’s Masquerade | 4 Ball, also movie from Jewish life in Russia will be shown. Auspices, Jewish Workers’ Relief Committee. ; een &% & © - "aes > > © >» > t i tion state ture is now tion and do the bidding of the enemies | A
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voring dment | spite ; have iment, ~—ll oeyYNYr:£---rO vt = 25 | PS > ia a os et tt, aaa — : ; a a ne 2 « e : ’ j - ‘ ° s Py 4 ; : ea ’ = bets a 2@ - e & i - Labor Defense C omplet- ing Bail Arrangements C. E. Ruthenberg, national executive secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party will probably be released from ae Mich., prison on Mon- da othe $7,500 bail required by Y ustice Louis Brandeis of the U.S. supreme court, who issued the order for a writ of super- sedeas releasing Comrade Ru- thenberg, has been raised. Yesterday George Maurer, secretary of the Labor Defense Council, was in St. Joseph, Michigan, deposited the re- maining $2,500.00 bail required, with the court at St, Joseph, Mich., where Comrade Ruthenberg was sentenced to from 3 to 10 years in prison for as- sembling with othef Communists at the Bridgeman convention. The bail bond will then be taken to Lansing, Michigan, where the attor- ney general must sign it. The bail bond must then go to Justice Louis Brandeis at Washington. As soon as the bail bond is signed by Justice Brandeis, it will be taken back to Lansing and deposited with the Michi- gan supreme court. Justice Brandeis will then formally issue the writ and Comrade Ruthenberg will be released pending a hearing before the U. 8. supreme court. Muscle Shoals Soon Goes to Morgan’s Electric Trust WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 21—The Underwood Muscle Shoals Bill will be permitted to slumber on speaker Gil- lett’s table in the house until the senate decides on its program for the enference of the joint senate and house committee. Senate Republican leaders failed to give the house assurances as to its conferences on the bill, and the house leaders decided they would not “go where they could not breatlr their legislative desides.” A report issued here by the national iil D will understake the operation of the property.” Coolidge and his backers are winking their eyes at the turning of the $150,000,000 plant over to the Morgan power trust, and are taking their time about it. However, it is agreed by politicians that the power trust is influential enuf to push a bill thru the house similiar to the senate Underwood Dill turning the project over to them. Patronize our advertisers. 2nd Run of Salesmen and Suckers by South Side Players Tonight Tonight the South Side Players will give a second performance of “Sales- men and Suckers” which made such a hit the last time it was shown on the south side. The play was written by Andrew Shelley, a comrade and mem- ber of the Workers Party, South Side branch. Many of the actors are mem- bers of the party. The cast consists of Negro and white players. The play will be given at 3621 8. Federal St. Tickets can be obtained at the box office tonight. Prices: 35c, 50c and $1.00. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” is coming to Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5. war 6, 10°-or 15 years. . | GET MILLIONS FoR N. Y. CHURCH |\M (Continued from page 1) énces of opinion and the personal con- ficts which arise from prejudice and passion. Meantime the more vital ittgpe of the —s upon which we fare all willing to agree, tend to be forgotten. “The rulers of the greatest of Buro- pean nations have proclaimed atheism as the doctrine of the state.and are urging it upon their millions of peo- ple with a vast propaganda. In our own country. materialism grows strong. “A nation cannot live without nobler ideals than mere material prosperity. Its people must have beliefs. They must have aims beyond mere security or comfort or luxury. Without faith a nation is sure to die. “It is not enuf that a truth be de- clared and then left to be taken for’ granted. Men forget. Truth must be continually redeclared and kept in the mind if it is to be maintained ag a living force. Words are feeble in- struments to affect the human mind and heart.” Nicholas Murray Butler warbled forth the following and a lot more of the same lofty nature, which most oi the audience seemed tp believe wax true: : “New York, the great burden-bearer of the western world, others sleep that it may render ser- vice to the poor and unfortunate, to those ravaged by fire, by famine or by flood, and to those whose noble as pirations far outrwh their unaided ca- pacity to achieve, and which strives year in and year out to mold into hon- orable and serviceable American citi- zenship the myriads from all lands speaking many tongues and have come to America’s shores to the gate- way to New York, is now laying the foundations of its lasting fame.” “Realizing that no big capitalist coup can be quite artistic without a labor faker, the bishop had provided for this by introducing Hugh Frayne, gen- toiling while |’ eral organizer of the American Fed- ération of Labor, who said: “I bring you tonight a message from the organized workers of this great city to say for them that they are in most hearty accord with this move- ment to complete the building of the cathedral of St. John the divine, and that they will, individually and ¢ollec- tively, aid in every way possible in the work. of completing this magnifi- cent temple of religion. “Religion and education are the cor- nerstone of civilization. They are the bulwarks and safeguards of individ- ual and collective liberty and the mor- tal enemy of injustice and wrong. “There is nothing that can be built too beautiful for the worship of God; no cost or expense should be tod ‘great for such a purpose. That is why I believe this movement is going to be the success it should be and those who lend their aid to bring it about will have the supreme satisfac. tion of knowing that they had a hand in not only creating this beautiful and wonderful structure, but they can also feel that they have helped to crush out racial hatreds and religious big- otries, substituting a stronger broth erhood and fraternity among men,” “Tex.” Knows His Business. Since nothing is too good for relig- ion, Bishop Manning expressed his high esteem of George L. (“Tex.’’) Rickard, the ring master of prize- fights, for having donated the use o/ the Garden for the meeting, a stroke of policy which will net “Tex” many dollars and cents in form of silence from priests and bishops when bloody fights and high rum running stunts are to be pulled off by this highly moral and religious fellow-christian. Rich women pledged $1,000,000 and the business men’s associations prom- ised to invest upwards of $3,000,000. All of which, according to the rules of capitalism, must come out of the sweat and blood of the workers. Views of Our Readers| To the DAILY WORKER:—In the state of LaFollette a few months ago at the T. B. Yeates factory, an open shop, began to examine every new coming employe, also every person who was employed in the same shop. A good number of employes got fired last week because they happen- ed to hve one eye, either by na- ture or by accident, and some of them lost one eye in the same shop and tho they worked in the same The reason for this is, the employer and the inggirance company are afraid that these workers might lose their other eye by another accident and the companies maybe compefied to pay compensation. Today, as I write this letter, Fatr- banks. Morse & Co., another open shop (they are all open shop in Beloit), laid off about 250 men, with the fake promise that after New Years there will be lots of work and they will be called on the job. All in the home stafe of LaFollette. Fraternally yours, GUST PHILLIPS. ———-S Patronize our advertisers. | KU KLUX KLAN LOSES ITS FIRST FIGHT IN THE INDIANA STATE SENATE (Special to The Daily Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 21.—Legis- lation supported by thé ku klux klan received its first setback In the sen- ate today with the adoption of a ma- jority report from the education committee indefinitely postponing action on a bill prohibiting the wear- ing of distinctive religious garb by teachers in Indiana schools. URIST ay: Report on Junior Work in New York And Leaders’ Class NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—Comrades our Children’s Work is one of our most important branches of work. To carry it on successfully we need your full support. Comrades, send all children you know between the ages of ten to fourteen to the Com- munist Children’s Groups—to the Jun- ior Sections. ; 1. Bronx No. 1—Karl Liebknecht, 1347 Boston Road. 2. Bronx No. 2—Rosa Luxemburg 1847 Boston Road. 3. Harlem—Karl Marx, 64 E. 104th St. am Lower Bronx—535 E. 146 St. 5. Yorkville—350 East 8lst St. 6. Downtown—John Reed, Eldridge street. 7. Williamsburg—Red Guard, 319 Grand St., Brooklyn, 8 Bath Beach—Lenin, 1940 Benson avenue. 9. Coney Island—Young Guards- 105 | 10. Brownsville—Foster, kin avenue. 11. Boro Park, 746, 40th St., Brook- lyn. 12. Upper Downtown, 208 East 12th St. 13. Williamsburg, No. 2, 64 Gra ham Ave., Brooklyn. All the Groups meet Saturday af- ternoon. These are our Groups; see that all working class children you know_be- come Juniors and members of these Groups. Leaders’ Training Class. As comrades interested inthe work are aware, second term, however, was interrupt- | ed thru the establishment of the League Training School. This class is now being reorganized and will hold its first session of the new term on Thursday, Jan. 22 from 6 to §& p. m. at 208 East 12th street, and every other Thursday thereafter. All comrades interested in Junior work sshould come to these classes. All leaders must attend. tor| 1844 Pit- we organized last spring a class for Junior Leaders that has_ already completed its first term. The} Notes on New York | Current Lectures at Workers’ School Lore on Current Events Friday. Ludwig Lore will continue his lec- tures on Current Events at the Work- ers’ School, 208 Hast 12th street, on Friday, Jan. 23, 8 p. m. In these lectures Comrade Lore re- views the important developments of +the week in the political and indus- trial life of the various countries, as well 4s internationally... They are eg-, pécially important for workers active in the labor movement. Lore’s lec- tures are always highly interesting and instructive, and militants should take advantage of the opportunity of- fered by the Workers’ School to hear him “«— * ¢* s Carison Speaks at Vetcherinka Next Saturday. Oliver Carlson will speak on “Com- munist and Labor Education in Great, Britain” at the Workers’ School Ve- tcherinka to be held on Saturday evening, Jan. 24, at 208 East 12th St. Comrade Carlson, who recently spent several months in England, has made a study of this subject, and his talk will be highly instructive. Now that the party has made a beginning in systematic educational work, it will be especially interesting to hear about the educational activities of the revo; lutionary movement in England. The lecture will be followed by en- tertainment and dancing. Rosa Spiro, an active member of the Workers’ Dramatic League, will sing Russian folk songs. All are welcome. A jolly time awaits those who come. Admission is 25 cents. : *» s ®& Olgin at Workers’ School Next Tuesday. NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—Moissaye J. Olgin will lecture at the Workers’ School, 208 East 12th street, next Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 8 p. m., on “The Internal Controversies Within the Russian Communist Party.” This is one of the most important lectures in the series on the Russian Revolution which Comrade Olgin is giving at the Workers’ School on al- ternate Tuesday nights. Every Party Member Interested. The points at issue in the party controversy in Russia some months ago, is of vital consequence to the in- ternational revolutionary movement. Olgin’s lecture is not alone timely, but affords workers an opportunity of learning the truth about developments within Russia from one who had had first-hand contacts in Russia recently, has studied the question, and its well- qualified to analyze and explain the situation. Militant workers should not let this chance pass to hear Comrade Olgin speak on the controversies within the Russian Communist Party next Tues- day, Jan. 27, 8 p. m. Admission for the lecture is 25 cents. Navy After More Advertising. LAKEHURST, N. J., Jan. 21.-—Th« navy dirigible Los Angeles planned ‘today to make a rehersal flight in preparation for its cruise Saturday with government astronomers who will observe the total eclipse of the sun. It is possible that the bik war craft may be moored over night to the mast outside it’s hangar. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” is RILY WORKE S PASSIN TIONS “a 2 =. yo “ (By ‘The. Federated Press) WASHINGTON.—While Col. George Harvey, Sen. Hiram Johnson and pene min: ‘Seah of the senate foreign ittee are opening seen dispute with Secre— tary H Ambassador Kellogg signed in Paris for payments which Ger- many may make, the consequence of the Paris incident is the strengthening | of Borah in dealing with policy. It is not too mich to say that the foreign policy of the United States has passed from the q@ptocratic control of Hughes to the dominant direction of the Idaho senator. Russian recogni- iton, is on the way. resigned. That there would be no return to” Hughes attitude was made clear by the storm of criticism which met the last act of Hughes’ European program—the signing of the reparations allotment pact in Paris. Whatever the outcome of this dispute public sentiment is preparing to wel- come a wide swing away from Hughes in our foreign policy. Borah, the new leader of public opinion on foreign affairs, will be ready, after March 4, to take up with Coolidge the framing of a program of action. . Whether recognition will be direct, through discussions between the American and Russian diplomats in London, Paris or Berlin, or will come after a special commission shal] have studied and reported to Coolidge, is not yet being considered. Borah wants direct recognition, based on the right of amy people to have what type of government they may choose. The commission idea is promoted by diplomats in Washington as a _ rear- guard action. Borah would accept it as better than no action, but thinks it a waste of time. Textile Mills Are’ Facing Many Strikes Against Wage Cuts felt because the ruling is made that not only two-thirds of each local must vote for the strike, but that further blocking of strike action is made by requiring that two-thirds of these lo- vae* “ct ret Results in the affiliated locals are being tabulated and “considered” by the textile councils, which furtively cals must\so vote before strike can We called: votes were cast favoring strike to make up the two-thirds requirement, altho it is admitted a majority voted “strike.” Locals “Barely Fail.” The story is given that the carders, ringspinners, loom fixers, mule skin- pers and ring twisters failed to get a two-thirds vote, the two “barely fail- ing.” The weavers, slashers, and warp twisters’ locals are admitted even by the textile council officials, to have carried more than the two-thirds, the weavers voting “strike” four to one, and they are the largest local. Small strikes are being declared thruout the whole textile district. In East Boston several hundred weavers from the Maverick Mills are out, against the wage cut. Incipient Rebellion. At Tilton, New Hampshire, 250 em- ployes of the Elm Textile Mills walk- ed out, men and women together, when asked to do extra work, which is always a decrease in wages. . At Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 200 workers of the Pawtucket Hosiery company struck against the wage cut as the workers of the Greenhalgh Cot- ton Mills, which had been on strtké’ were reported going back, but de- manding conferences with the bosses by the United Textile Workers’ local officers. At Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 560 weavers on magazine looms are on strike at the Manville-Jackson com- pany, against the wage-cut by means of speed-up system, increasing the looms per weaver; the fines system, which rob them of from $1 to $10 every week. In place of this treat- ment these weavers demand an in- crease in the piece work rats. One thousand looms are idle. U. T. W. Endorses Strike. The Rhode Island Textile Council, affiliated with the Workers, has gone on record in sup- port of the Woonsocket strikers men- tioned above. local in the state were present. At Fall River the Barnard mill workers are reported to have gone back to work, while at Chicopee, Mass- achusetts, the Dwight company, manu- facturers of cotton sheeting and tub- ing, notified 1,200 employes that a ten per cent cut would take place next Monday. In eastern Connecticut there has been no organized protest against the wage cut under which thousands are now working for the last two days. heard from. Fight Over Lake Water. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.— The le- gality of the plan to build a canal from Chicago to the gulf by diverting water from the Great Lakes, was questioned before the McCormick waterways committee today by C. S. coming to Ashiand Auditorium Feb. 5. ee ere OR ae Mow Fork. —— The‘corner was turned when Hughes | passes the rumor around that not enuf, United Textile | Delegates from every. No meetings or protests have yet heen | first shop nucleus. Amter and Gitlow Speak with Communist activity will now penetrate the many workers who toil the early hours of the morning in the pleasure palaces of New York’s gay white way while the dollars wrung from the sweat and toil of the work- ers is being squandered. The party members took up the work of organizing themselves into a shop nucleus with enthusiasm. After they had elected an organizer, sec- retary and financial secretary they listened with interest to a _ short ‘talk that Comrade Israel Amter gave them on the activities of the shop nuc- lei in the Soviet Union and in Ger- many. Comrade Ben Gitlow who is carry- iIng-on the work of organizing the par- ty shop nuclei stated that the organ- ization of the shop nucleus is only a start. He said that the work will con- tinue in a systematic manner. He ex- plained how the D. E. C. had adopted plans for a campaign of work that would lead to the reorganization of the whole district on the basis of shop nuclei. When the meeting was over the workers returned to work greatly pleased with what had been accomp- lished. They stated that they would make the Communist shop nucleus the tenter of all activities in the interests of the workers in that restaurant. The organizer said “By our activities in behalf of the workers not only do we expect to make the shop nucleus the center of fighting shop: committee in- cluding the most militant workers in the shop but also‘to draw many of these into the Communist Party by making them members of our Com- munist shop nucleus.” Bankers Dictate Own Traction Terms to City; Dever Quiet The bankers controlling the stock of Chicago’s, traction lines will deliver their ultimatum to the city of Chicago this afternoon, when they tell the city council whether or not they will con- cede the city control of the street car properties when half the debt is paid the bankers by the city. }- The bankers insist upon a control- ling voice in the operation of the lines until the last cent has been paid by the city, Silas Strawn, attorney for the traction lines, told the city council on Monday. A final answer will be given the city today. No thot has been expressed in the city council it seems, that the city has the right to confiscate the traction franchises and dictate the terms of the people of Chicago to the bankers. The candidates for aldermen running on the Workers (Communist) Party platform, demand, on the other hand, that all public utilities be immediately taken over by the city and run not for profit, but for the use of the people of Chicago. Bechtold and Kosten Speak at Lenin Meeting (Special to The Daily Worker) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Jan. 21— The local Workers Party has just completed plans for an effective Lenin Memorial meeting to be held Sunday, Jan. 25th—2:30 P. M. at the Work- men’s Circle Temple, 347 Mt. Vernon Ave. N. W. The principal speakers for that event are both from the local ranks. ‘Comrade E. A. Kosten, for many years an active participant in the revo- ‘tionary and general labor movement will depict the class struggle of present day America, while Comrade Engene Bechtold, general organizer of the local W. P. will speak on Lenin and the Communist International. Among other features the program consists of revolutionary songs sung by the children’s group and the ¥. W. L. recently formed. Comrade Jacob Korf will preside over the meeting. A committee will be on hand to manage the Lenin enrollment for membership in the Workers Party and | Young Workers League and to make this the chief center of interest for the day. | Lenin Meeting in Washington. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—Arrange- ments have been completed for the Lenin memorial meeting to be held in this city Sunday evening, Jan. 25 at th Play House. Comrade Macintosh wil be chairman and Comrade Oliver Carlson, from Philadelphia, will b: the speaker. A musical program ha: been arranged, circulars have beer distributed and announcements will be inserted in the local papers. A large attendance is expected. Call Stop on Miners’ Pension. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Jan. 21.—aAll local unions of the Illinois Mine Workers received telegrams ordering them to stop collection of the new miners’ pension fund assessment fol- lowing instructions from John L. Lewis to State Secretary-Treasurer Walter Nesbit. Lewis says the fund proposition did no treceive sufficient votes for adoption. | |FIRST SHOP NUCLEUS ORGANIZED IN NEW YORK WILL BRING OUR MESSAGE TO 150 FOOD WORKERS | NEW YORK, Jan. 21—The Workers Party of District 2 has organized its The party nucleus was organized in one of New York's gayest and most fashionable restaurants. Communist Party nucleus from now on will function, over 150 exploited workers entertain and serve rich pore seeking jazz crazed parasites. In this establishment, where a The Communist message reget _—-- — MILK WAGON DRIVERS BOOST BOSSES’ UNION In Fact, They ‘Strike to Make Boss Join The attempt of the Milk Wagon Drivers’ Union to organize a so-called “Regular Fellowship Club,” consisting of milk dealers of the city and sub- urbs, may result in various strikes this year, the North Shore Dairy com- pany said today. The purpose behind the fellowship club is to cut out competition among milk firms and make a monopoly re- tail and wholesale price. Soliciting business froin stores already buying from one company is prohibited, ac- cording to club regulations. The Drivers’ Union kept the North Shore drivers from = distributing on tehir routes yesterday until the firm came to terms and paid a $50 initia- tion fee and two months’ dues to the club. Insist Bosses Must Organize. The dues of the so-called club, it was said, are 50 cents a month for each retail delivery wagon and $5 a month for each wholesale wagon. Dairy owners said that spasmodic’ strikes of drivers might be expected unless the club fails because of in- ability to get a majority of the dairy concerns on its rolls. This is the latest idiocy of the Milk Wagon Driver’s Union, known as one of the most reactionary bodies of the whole labor movement. At short time ago the officials of the union were elected to hold their jobs for life, and their salary raised, with per- mission given so that they may go to European resorts, to Florida or Calif- ornia and still draw their pay, A Hard Question to Answer Now they are trying to organize their bosses. A member of the union who disagrees with this class collabo- ration program, says he does not know which is the more foolish, the drivers for trying to organize their bosses, or the bosses who resist being organized. | GALES’ SOLDIERS SHOOT DOWN POOR MEXIGAN PEASANTS (Special to The Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, Jan. 21.—A pitch- ed battle is reported to have taken place Saturday between 200 armed peasants and a troop of soldiers near the town of Huichapan, state of Hidalgo. Seven peasants fell, victims of the treachery of Plutarco Callies, president of Mexico, who has open- ed a campaign of violence and state sanctified slaughter upon the peas- ants who insist upon the division of lands according to the constitution before it was modified to suit the foreign land owners and the Mexi- can ranch owners. These are the same peasants who fought with the same arms against fascist De la Huerta to help this same Calles get the presidency. Five of the soldiers are also re- ported dead, the peasants putting up a spirited battle. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” is coming to Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5. REICHSTAG HEARS COMMUNIST CRIES ‘AGAINST KAISER Expose Luther re Dawes Plan (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Jan. 21.—One of the most German republic occurred when Prest- dent Loebe of the reichstag read the chancellor's cabinet list, As the president paused to empha size each name _ the shouted an insult. Thus the parliia- cabinet as follows: Foreign minister, Stresemann, “turncoat”; minister of the interior, Schiele, “monarchist”; minister of economics, Neuhaus, “re- actionary”; minister of food, Count yon Kanitz, “hunger minister”;. min- ister of war, Gessler, “traitor”; min- ister of justice, Frenken, “crook”; minister of-labor, Brauns, “foolish- ness”; minister of finance, Von Schlei- ben, “down with the monarchits, down with men like him.” The hypocritical statement of Chancellor Luther that his regime is not so awfully reactionary because of his first gesture of official action was a “restoration” of the eight-hour day of a few workers in certain indus- tries, is laughed at by the Commun- ists, who point out that reaction is always willing to give economic con- cessions to block and divert the class struggle for political power, just as they did in the beginning of the 1918 revolution, giving way in industry to the workers but keeping them out of state power. By this means the revolutionary spirit which first existed was diverted into “practical” channels. That is when the workers of Germany got the eight-hour day written into the con- stitution. But after the revolution spirit, the fighting spirit had subsided again, and the traitorous socialists were left in full power in the govern- ment to do the wish of the bour- geoisie, then the employers compelled the workers again to work 10, 12 or more hours, and had them shot down by the government troops if they pro- tested. So Luther’s eight-hour hoax is seen for what it is, a trap. Furthermore, no government of Germany can make the workers be- lieve that it stands for the workers’ interests, so long as it approves of the Dawes plan, as Luther has openly and flagrantly stated that he was among the leading fighters for this slave plan. With 7,000 Communists in prison, with trials to come up at Leipsic on Feb, 11, and the Dawes pian crush- ing German labor, the “Communists paint Luther as a monarchist hypo- crite, and in the great demonstration on Saturday a Communist impersonat- ing Uncle Sam led a shackled Ger- man worker by a chain tru the streets to show what the Dawes plan means. 25,000 were in line, and ban- ners crying “Civil war against capl- talists!” were flaunted openly under the noses of the authorities. Forbes Afraid to Take Stand in Bribery Trial The defense in the Forbes-Thomp- son conspiracy trial will close today without either Col. Charles R. Forbes, former head of the United ‘States veterans’ bureau or John W. Thomp- son, St. Louis contractor, taking the stand. Forbes is charged with bribery and corruption while in office. This announcement was made by de fense counsel just before the noon re- cess. Defense attorneys also said they would not call Mrs. Elias H. Mortimer, wife of the government's star witness, whose name was joined with that of Forbes in Mortimer’s testimony. | NEW YORK BUILDERS NOTES HONOR ROLL. Every week we shall publish in Builders who secure more than one s J. Hirschman, Harlem, Englis J. Toplensky, Yorkville, Engli Maurice Malkin, Downtown, B. Seelen, Russian, Bron~x........ S. Pollack, Bronx 1, English... Rose Pastor Stokes, West Sid our Honor Roll the names of those ubscription. Here's the first list: Re Rie aI TY SRT BN, Ste 7 ah ET oak EE Rcstinesatstsntintnsandansestnniebbdetes 4 ES BTS PII AP STO Re. . 3 PAO ie Se eee CRM Sas 2 BP Be icskdscitninthtcccinstsnensecocienstall 2 Edward Schwartz, Harlern, Jewish..............cccccccccccccccccecccceceneneees 2 P. Karlin, Lettish... Other comrades-who ES in pen 2 ‘ina the first ot January are: grove, Chas. Musil, David Berchence, Goldfield, Papianis, Vondras, Kushnir, Kadla, Horowitz. Is YOUR branch represented in Bertha Shain, P. Cos- Shewanchuk, Meyer S. Zimmerman, J. Newman, F. Miller, J. Pearl, this list? If not, WHY not? This is something that does not depend upon discussion at a meeting and majority votes. It depends upon PERSONAL YOU to GET BDSY. > : ACTION. All that’s necessary is for Correction. In the list of branches published in the Jan. 16 issue as not having paid in anything on the DAILY WORKER Insurance Campaign there were a num- | ber of errors, due to the. fact that some branches remitted direct to Chicago, | (and the list was combined there. Th e Downtown Russian branch and the Jugo-Slav branch should not have been included in that list, as both of them have made remittances and are working to fulfill their quotas. x x Daily Worker evening at the Yiddish Art Theatre, 27 * * Theatre Party. The Brownsville section has-e@rranged a theatre party for this Friday 7th and Madison Ave. The net proceeds will go to the DAILY WORKER Insurance Campaign to help make up the quotas of the Brownsville branches. Splendid idea. Other branches please copy. It’s like sugar coating the pill and making it “taste like candy.” ‘ . —_—_ 5 comical scenes in the history of the Communists mentary stenographers could list the |
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—— ae AR VOLUNTEERS hoa. asmeign to Enlist 1,000 Workers ‘In every capitalist war there are Casualties which are taken care of by the ‘Red Cross,’ a bourgeois class relief organization. In the class war also there are casualties—men jailed or wounded or murdered, their fa- milies in need! We must have relief workers to take care of them. We need a working Class relief organization to match and outdo that of our capital- ist enemy. We must mobilize the ‘Red Star Volunteers.’” This was the decision of the third “Chicago Conference for Defense and Relief” held at 722 Blue Island Ave. A campaign to mobilize a thousand “Red Star Volunteers” in Chicago Whose duty it will be to attend all working class affairs, meetings, etc., and collect funds for the defense of C, E. Ruthenberg and his thirty-one fellow victims of the Michigan Syn- dicalist Case. Name, address, tele- phone number, what days or nights tan be given for this work! Old or young, men or women or children, all can and must help. Volunteers should send their enlistment to Wil- liam F. Kruse, 19 So. Lincoln St. Movie Tickets Sells Fast All delegates reported that tickets were selling fast for the showing of “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” at Ashland Auditorium, Thursday night, Feb. 5th. Several ads for the program were also handed in. All ads must be in Jan. 30th, every branch must put in its own ad. To Organize Language Conference Comrade Kalousek of the Czech Branch reported that her conference with the Slovak comrades for a Joint Conference for Defense and Relief, to embrace all Slavic language groups was successful. The South Slavik delegate reported that her branches would also favor this plan. The conference thereupon instructed the Slavic Conference Committee to proceed with the organization as fast as possible. Delegate Carlson of the Lakeview Scandinavian Branch reported that her language committee had begun functioning and that she would make a special trip to enlist the co-opera- tion of the South Side Scandinavians who thus far have been inactive. No reports from the Lithuanian, Russian, Italian, or Jewish Commit-|: tees. 4 Money Campaign Progresses Two collections from meetings were turned over to Comrade Maurer for immediate pressing needs of the Labor Defense. Prison Cell collec- tion boxes will be prepared for use at all affairs and will be placed on dis- play at restaurants, and other gather- ing of the radical workers. The next meeting of the conference | will be held Saturday, Jan. Dp. m. at 722 Blue Island Ave. | SALTZMAN TOUR IN DIST. 5 | Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 23. Daisytown, Pa., Jan. 26-27. Monessen, Pa., Jan. 28-29. Bentleyville, Pa., Jan. 30. Marriana, Pa., Jan. 31-Feb. 1. McKeesport, Pal Feb. 3-4. Ez. ee Feb. 5. Rural Ridge, Pe., Feb. 7-8. Dates for Houston, Cannonsburg, Meadowlands and other places will be published in a few days. Party Activities Of Local Chicago 24, 3:30 Russian Branch W. P. Meets Thursday A meeting of the Russian Branch of the Workers Party will be held this Thursday, at 8 p. m., at the Soviet School, 1902 W. Division St. All mem- bers who took petitions for the alder- | manic campaign must bring them to) this meeting. ss a —- Ng ©, [es D> GE Ler? 6 4 w CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | OF THE WORKERS PARTY STATES ELEVEN MEMBERS DISCIPLINED The statement of the Workers Party on the disciplinary action taken’ against members who signed a statement injurious to the trade union left wing is as follows: The Workers Party has found it necessary to discipline a group of its members who gave a signed document to the administration officials of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers,’ during the elections within that union, whi document was used to influence the elections against the left wing and in favor of the reactfonary candidates and policies. ’ At a time when union members are deciding by their votes within their labor union, between right wing candidates and policies on the one hand, and left wing candidate and policies on the other, it is the duty of Communists, members of the Workers Party, to support the left wing whether it be composed of Communists entirely, or whether it be a common movement of Communists and non-party workers. Under no conditions is it permissable for a Communist to give support in any way to the right wing and against a left wing group. To do so is trea- son to the whole progressive and revo- lutionary left wing of the American labor movement. Some eleven members of the Work- ers Party, ty signing a document at the solicitation of a right wing official while elections were going en, com- mitted such an act. The central execu- tive committee of the party has inves- tigated the matter fully. It finds that while there was some confusion exist- ing in the minds , of many of these comradcs which caused them to make this mistake without having any in- tentions to injure the left wing, yet these excuses do not mitigate the harmful consequences of the act it- self. The Workers Party cannot remain the unchallenged champion of all_pro- gressive and revolutionary elements within the labor movement unless it sharply rebukes and corrects all such mistakes as this one. The central ex- ecutive committee therefore called up- on the comrades in question to ad- mit their mistake as an assurance that the lesson of the present would prevent a repetition of the same thing in the future. The following comrades refused to admit that a mistake had been made, and defended their action in signing a document against the left wing: H. which could not be defenacé Schneid, K. Don, H. Witt, B. Weiss, and M. Sussman. They were thereupon declared ex- pelled from the Workers Party. Five others admitted that a griev- ous mistake had been com,..itted and must be corrected. Their names and the disciplinary action on each ordered by the C. E. C. are as follows: I. Sonkin and S. Rissman, censure and reinstatement in party; J. Lie berman, suspension for three months; A. Gavlin and M. Berson, suspension for six months. Comrade C. Rubenstein has not yet appeared before the committee. The central executive committee makes this statement to the party in the hopes that the damage done to the left wing movement generally may be offset to some extent by the lessons the party membership may learn from this incident. In the choosing of poli- cies and leadership within the labor movement, members ef the Workers Party may never, under penalty of / parting company with our organiza- tion make common cause with the right wing elements against the poli- cies and candidates of the left wing supported by the Workers Party, whether these have any direct con- nection with the party or otherwise, The Workers (Communist) Party le always the party of the left wing, of the progressive and revolutionary workers. Central executive committee, Work- ers Party of America. William Z. Foster, chairman, Karl R. Browder, acting sec’y. Decisions of the Central Executive Committee At esting» Held January 7, 12, 14 and 19. Close Party Discussion. Party dis- cussion was closed on January 9 in the press and no further general-mem- bership meetings other than those al- ready scheduled to be arranged. The issues in the. discussion are referred to the enlarged executive committee of the Communist International. Liquidation of Factionalism. Motion ‘adopted to appoint sub-committee to work out plans to abolish caucus or- ganization and to liquidate factional- ‘ism in the party and mobilize the par- convention of the C. P. ‘upon the ty for active work. Campaign, Against Wage Cuts. Adopted a comprehensive policy and program of propaganda and organiza- tion to combat wage cuts. Conference for Progressive Political Action. Decided “to carry on an in- tensive campaign of criticism and at- tack against the forthcoming national P. A. on the ground that it represents another at- tempt to betray the workers; to call workers to support the Workers Party united front cam- paigns; that we oppose sending of delegates to the C. P. P. A. by any labor organization.” Michigan Defense. Intensive mobil- \ization of the party to support the La- ‘bor Defense Council campaign toward the release of Ruthenberg and raising funds for the forthcoming Michigan cases. Acting Executive Secretary. Com- rade Browder was elected acting sec- retary during the absence of Comrade Ruthenberg. ° South Slavic Federation. C. E. C. upholds the decisions of the South Slavic Bureau and expresses the opin- A LETTER FROM JACOB DOLLA To the DAILY WORKER: DAILY WORKER. They are living in a state blood-thirsty steel corporation. spirit. I am on the job trying to help circulate the It seems hardest among the English speaking workers. of chronic The foreign-speaking workers have more fright under the iron heel of Gary’s Several Hungarian families here are getting the Hungarian Communist paper, Uj Elore, and Slavic families are getting the Slavic Communist paper. Several German families take Volkszeitung. I am going forward preaching the} gospel of our cause without fear. They may frame me up and send me to prison, but they cannot kill my spirit nor my principles. We another hearing-again yesterday. It has already cost me over $50. We have hopes of licking the steel corpo- ration again when the case comes to court in March. The case will come had | the @ before the Reading court, Berks coun- ty, where the steel corporation does not have justice by the throat as it ‘does here in Lebanon. The workers are better organized in Reading. [ herewith enclose a check for five dollars to insure the DAILY WORK- ER for 1925. The DAILY WORKER is OUR paper. It fights our battles and gives us the truth about the work- ing class.—Fraternally. Jacob Dolla. MILITANTS ATTENTION! The Chicago Trade Union Educational League is arranging several cam- paigns which will require the services of about a hundred people for the distribution of leafiets. If you recognize the necessity. of the battie against the labor bureaucrats volunteer for this work. Get in touch with Martin Abern, Room 303, 166 W. Washington St. or Tom Bell, 1113 W. Washington Bivd. Send in your name, addreas, and phone number. ‘ differences are essential to the party and must work harmoniously together. Russian Federation. C. E. C. author- ized convention of the Russian section with full powers of a regular conven- tion and charges it with the special duty of preserving and strengthening Novy Mir as ‘the datly paper. Lettish Section. Lettish . branches requesting convention are notified that this will be permitted immedi- ately after the party convention. Italian Section. Settlement of differ- tences existing #ithin the Italian sec- tion arranged by a sub-committee of the C. BE. C. im consultation with the Italian comrades was approved. German and Hungarian Section Con- ventions. Reports of Comrade Bittel- man on the two section conventions were approved and the bureaus elected by them were confirmed. Irvine Case. Matter of E. J. Irvine, member of Washington branch, who is engaging in active religions pro- paganda, issuing manifestos in the name of “Red Bahaism” and “Irvinism” brought before the committee with Ir- vine’s letters. The C. E. C. declared. that Irvine’s activity and views are incompatible with membership in a Communist Party and instructed the Washington branch to drop him rons membership. Campaign Against Abramovich, Em- issary of Second International. The C. E. C. ordered an active, persistent campaign against the propaganda launched by R. Abramovich, emissary sian counter-revolutionist, to America. Cleveland District Organizer. Re- lease of Comrade Lerner for educa- tional work was approved and Com- rade Alfred Wagenknecht appointed as district organized for Cleveland. EARL R. BROWDER, Acting Secretary, Workers Party ee ———— Workmen's Circle Honors Lenin. OMAHA, Nebr., Jan. 21. — David Coutts and Tom Matthews, represent- ing the Workers Party, presented a large-sized, framed picture of Lenin to Workmen's Circle Branch No. 626 last Sunday evening. The occasion was the fifth anniver- sary of this live-wire branch. When the picture was presented the branch members and their friends arose and sang the International in expression of their solidarity with Leninism. Correction. The vote of the New York mem- bership meeting of the Y. W. L. was as follows: WN. E. C. majority 74, statement of the district executive /committee 83, (the statemeht of Com- |rade Kaplan was not presented and the vote of 83 was in support of a statement drawn up by a group of the New Yorw district committee.) Third position under the leadership of Comrade Glass 11. The latter votes fon that all outatahes involved in the s} of the Second International ahd Rus-! were in favor of the N. E. C. state- ment dealing with organization. | : Candidates nomi by the Workers (Communist) Party for the spring altertinnne gerione are as follows: 3rd WARD—E, ‘.: Doty, candi- date; R. Minor and Gordon Owens, captains. Branches ee South Side E ean Eng- lish, South Side avian and Polish South Side. © participating: South Slav No. and Y. W, Nee 22nd wan coe candidate; A. Overgaard, ci . Branches participating: Czecho-Slovak Nos. 1 and°3, Lithuanian No. 6 Y. W. L. No. 4, Lithuanian No. 77, Douglas Park Jewish. 24th WARD—H, Epstein, candi- date; William oe Kruse, captain. Branches particip : D. P. Eng- lish, Italian Weet- e No. 2 and Y. Ww. ™ No. Te ‘ 28th WARD—N. Dozenberg, candi- date; W. Ozol, captain. Branches participating: Lettish and West Side- Scandinavian, | 32nd WARD—Peter M. Lucas, candidate; M. A. Stolar, cgptain> Branches participating: Ukrainian No. 1, Polish N. &. oo Y. W. L. No. 5. 33rd WARD—J. We, ‘Engdah!, can- didate; N. J. Christensen, captain. Branches participating: N. W. Eng- lish, Karl Marx Scandinavian, and the Armenian Branch. 34th WARD—Harry Brooker, can- didate; |. L. Davidson, captain. Branches participating: N. W. Jew- ish, Italian Terra Cotta, Y. W. L. No. 6, and the Roumanian Branch. 44th WARD—J. W. Johnstone, candidate; Walt Carmon, captain. Branches participating: Finnish, Lakeview, Scandinavian, North Side English, German and Y. W. L. jbeautiful Lulu Temple MEETING GREAT AFFAIR IN PHILA. Best Music, and Speakers Singers Philadelphia workers will have their first opportumfity to see the new Rus- sian film “In Memorium—Lenin” at the great Lenin memorial meeting Saturday, Jan. 24, at 8 p. m. at the located at Broad and Sping Garden streets. Moissaye J. Olgin, well known and appreciated by the Philadelphia work- ers, will be the principal speaker at the meeting. Olgin’s ability to paint word pictures of the great accomplish- ments of Lenin and the Russian prole- tariat which he has witnessed while in Russia as the American delegate to the Commupist International, will be’ an outstanding feature of this great meeting. Oliver Cirtocks of Chicago, who is at present conducting a successful series of lectures on the “Elements of Com- munism” in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Chester, will speak in League in his usual magnetic style. Secretary of the Workers Party of Philadelphia, Comrade R. Baker, will act as the chairman. The»Freihéit Singing Socitey under the leadership of Mr. Z. Haber will sing the famous Russian Pohorodny March which will give this great dem- onstration a true revdlutionary spirit. Friend of the Freiheit Singing So- ciety who have followed the marvel- ‘ous progress and development of this group of working class singers will not fail to be present at this meet- ing. For the first time the workers of Philadelphia will see the film of Lenin addressing the Russian workers in the first proletarian republic, and the tremendous, solemn funeral ofthis great leader and teacher of the world revolution; and above all the great spectacle of the May day demonstra- tion of the Russian Communists at the tomb of Lenin. The admission to the meeting will be 26c. The meeting will start promptly at 8 p. m. See “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” at Ashiand Auditorium Feb. °5. the name of the Young Workers’ |. A Lenin ete meeting will be held by the Society for Technical Aid to Soviet Russia and the Rus- sian branch of the Workers Party on Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Soviet School, 1902 W. Division St. A beautiful concert appropriate to the occasion will be given and speakers in Russian will address the meet- ing. Besides the musical program the well-known and justly popular Russian actors, Pokatilov, Luganov, Lijes, Namgova and others will participate-“It will begin at 8 p. m. sharp and admission is 26c. All who understand the Russian language are wor to attend. } Are You Going to the Open siercsa! Sunday Night? — NEW YORK WORLD |FIGHTS AGAINST CHILD LABOR LAW / NEW YORK.— Owen’ R. Lovejoy, secretary national child labor commit- tee takes issue with the New York World’s préphecy that the child labor amendment is doomed to defeat. The World’s forecast was miade ih a page- length feature article, based on state- ments of governors and ‘the néwspa- per’s own correspondents. Lovejoy shows that the enemies of the amendment have’ swamped the country with misrepresentation and caustitally adds that the child-slavers have had no lack of funds for this purpose. Emphasizing the need for federal protection of the child worker he cites the fact that 1,000,000 children under 16 are gainfully employed, with 400,- 000 of them subject.to-industrial dis- ease and accident, Jong hours, night work and depri ohn of adequate schooling. ' None of the backward states have! laws to protect theif little toilers, since the national child labor laws were suspendéd, he says, refuting the rights” opponents’ of the amendment that the séveral commonwealths would work out their own children’s salvation. claim of the World and: other “states’ (Special to The Dally Worker) © DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 21-—Lenin Branch No. 553, Workmen’s Circle of Detroit, celebrated its tenth anni- versary Sunday, Jan. 18, by giving a sumptuous banquet of the House of the Masses. Representatives for many, Jewish organizations were present to congra- tulate Lenin branch for the spirit which has always been manifest in this branch. Edgar Owens, district organizer of the Workers Party, was called on and he told of the efforts of the Labor Defense Council on behalf of Comrade Ruthenberg and the others jindicted with him and ealled on the banqueters to rally to the support of the men and women who were facing prison for their participation in the struggle in this country for the prin- ciples that have come to be known as Leninism. The response was $34.50 Working Women Aid Defense. The Women’s Educational Circle of Detroit is always on the job in sup- port of working class activities. They established an enviable record for themselves for famine relief. They throw themselves whole-heartedly into all the affairs given by the Workers Party. They are a constant source of support to the Freitheit. , On the heels of Comrade Ruthen- berg’s imprisonment in Jackson these women pledged themselves to send $25.00 to the Labor Defense Council. They are now busily engaged mak ing preparations for the Defense Bazaar which will be held in the House of the Masses Sunday, March 8, under the auspices of the Detroit Fed- eration. of Working Women’s Organ- izations which they are affilfated with. Russian Women to the Fore. The working women’s organizations of Detroit are rallying to the Labor Defense Council. The latest is the Russian Women’s Progressive Associa . tion which adopted a motion at its last regular meeting to send $10.00 for the defense of the victims of the class war, and pledged themselves to render yoeman service at the Defense Bazaar on March 8. Places 0} | pesapdd: nah MUNIN MUAla a gonereucsces ih of the’ tetat’ amount of policies so far purchased for the safe keeping of the DAILY WORKER. The district has 2,917 members and therefore it also, together with Dis- tricts 6 and 7, averages better than one dollar per member in remittances. The district membership must, however, keep the quota assigned in mind. The minimum. quota for District 8 is $8,751. the members still have a short distance to travel. cover it on the run. * * Branches That Have To reach this quota We hope they will Helpe d Lay a Better Foundation for the Daily Worker for 1925 Bulgarian, Madison, at $ 50.00 Bulgarian, Chicago, | 24.00 Czecho-Slovak, a i 44.00 Czecho-Slovak, Chicago, II! 8.00 Czecho-Slovak, Chicago, II! 25.00 Czecho-Slovak Women’s Branch, Cicero, Ill. ........ . 25.00 Czecho-Slovak, Cicero, Ill 5.00 Czecho-Slovak, Milwaukee, Wis. 5.00 Czecho-Slovak, Christopher 28.00 English, Douglas Park, Chicago 103.00 English, Irving Park, Chicago 41.00 * _ English, Englewood, Chicago 35.00. English, Mid City, Chicago 51.00 English, North Side, Chicago 103.00 English, North West, Chicago ‘ 53.00 English, South Side, Chicago 43.00 English, Dowell, til 6.00 English, Duluth,. Minn 36.00 English, Joliet, Hl 11.00 English, Milwaukee, Wis. - 39.00 English, Orient, I 4.00 English, St. Louis, Mo 6.00 English, South Bend, Ind..... 4.00 English, West Frankfort, III 20.00 English, Christopher, I!!! 3.00 Finnish, Kenosha, Wis. 13.00 Finrish, Racine, Wis. 15.00 Finnish, West Frankfort, Ill ; 50.00 Finnish, Waukegan, Hl. 150.00 German, St. aa 4.00 German, Chicago, Ill. ....mm...... 82.00 Greek, Chicago, Ml..............0.0..... 25.00 Hungarian, Chicago, Ill. (Brookfield) 5.00 Hungarian, Chicago, III. 11.00 Hungarian, Milwaukee, Wis. 33.00 Lettish, Chicago, Hi. 56.00 Lithuanian, Royalston, II! te 31.00 Lithuanian, Pullman, til. P actonnctl 31.00 Lithuanian, Chicago, Ill. (3) 14.00 Lithuanian, Chicago, Ii. (5) 33.00 Lithuanian, Milwaukee, Wis. 3.00 Lithuanian, Moline, Ill. 18.00 Lithuanian, Rockford, III... 3.00 Lithuanian, West Allis, Wis 11.00 Lithuanian, West Frankfort, IIl.. 18.00 Polish, Chicago, IM. (20) 129.00 Polish, Chicago, fll. (23) 36.00 Polish, Pullman, Hl 20.00 Russian, Gary, tnd 33.00 Russian, Chicago. til. 71.00 Russian, Davenport, lowa 3.00 Russian, Kenosha, Wis. 14.00 Russian, Milwaukee, Wis 29.00 Scandinavian, Chicago, |i! . 9.00 Scandinavian, Rockford, III. 10.00 Scandinavian, Chieago (Lakeview) 14.00 Scandinavian, Chicago (South) 16.00 - 7720 Scandinavian, Chicago (Kari Marx) South Slavic, Zeigler, fl! ict Eight First hh Point of Returns South Slavic, Kincaid, | 11! South Slavic, Waukegan, II! South Slavic, West Allis, Wis South Slavic, Johnston City, IH. (Slov.) ef South Siavic, Valier, Ill, South Slavic, West: Frankfort, Ill ‘South Slavic,. Racine, Wis South Slavic, Mulkeytown, IIt South Slavic, Kenosha, Wis South Slavic, Milwaukee, Wis South Slavic, Cicero, Ill. South Slavic, Christopher, til South Slavic, South Chicago, II! South Slavic, Chicago, Ill. Ukrainian, Chicago, Ill. Ukrainian, Calumet City, tI (Brnsd) Ukrainian, Chicago, Ill. Ukrainian, Milwaukee, Wis Shop Nucleus 5, Chicago “Educational Committee,” Christopher, Illi Shop Nucleus 3, Chicago Shop Nucleus 1, Chicago DAILY WORKER Buliding, National Office TOTAL REMITTANCES $3,580.00 * of all active District 8 members. WORKER up at the. next .meeting. * ! Single CZECHO-SLOVAK—Oak Park, SPANISH—Chicago, Ill. ill.; North Chicago, Iil.; * 8 tary, and Thurber Lewis, DAILY ance drive in District 8. District 8 has 137 Wotkers Party branches. listed above, branches that realize that the DAILY WORKER is the cen- tral organ of the entire party and that, therefore, the entire membership must give it life and keep it alive. The list of 60 branches that follow now must receive the attention All members of these 60 brancches who ~read this are obligated to bring the question of INSURING THE DAILY ARMENIAN—Granite City, Ill.; BULGARIAN—Indianapolis, Ind. ill.; indiana Harbor, Ind.; South Bend, SOUTH SLAViIC—Buckner, Iil.; Lockport, Iil.; UKRAINIAN—Chicago 2; West Hammond, Arne Swabeck, district organizer; Martin Abern, * * There are 77 brancches \ * * These Branches Have Not Yet Remitted a Dollar! Chicago, Ill. ENGLISH—Shop Nucleus 2, Shop Nucleus 4, Chicago; Cicero, inn) Silvis, Hl.; Springfield, Ill.; Gary, Ind.; Hammond, Ind.; Kincaid, H.; Livingston, Il!.; Peoria, Ill.; Belleville, I1.; Zeigler, Ill.;. New Athens, Ill.; O’Falion, fil. FINNISH—Chicago, Ill.; West Allis, Wis.; Rock Island, III. GREEK—South Bend,. Ind. HONCAAS Oe, Ind.; Indiana Harbor, Ind.; Hammond, tnd.j Racine, Wis. ITALIAN—Chicago, Ill.; Chicago, Ill.; Chicago, IIl.; Chicago, Iil.; Cicero, I11.; Chicago, Il. . be JEWISH—Milwaukee, Wis.; South Bend, Ind.; Chicago, Ill.; Chi ®* cago, Ill. LITHUANIAN—Aurora, II!l.; Chicago 77, Chicago 2, Chicago 47, North Chicago, lil.; Cicero, Ill; Kenosha, Wis.; Racine, Wis.; South Bend, Ind.; East St. Louis, Mo. ROUMANIAN—Chicago, I/II. RUSSIAN—Kensington, Chicago; West Frankfort, lll.; East Chicago, Ind.; Kansas City, Kansas. indiana Harbor, Ind.; Whiting, Ind. ind. East Chicago, a8 36 Chicago citys “gecre- WORKER agent, must receive the co-operation of every active party member (and every party member should be active) in the attpmpt to realize a complete job for the insur the auditorium : 6 ce ee le ee ed wm. t we oe .-_ - Se por . i Rel Re eee Mi hee ee ee ee ee —“——_ — _
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TwvevwVvewa eS + TP Ff ws ree ee COUT et Oe a - — oS hoe - aT Ie es a al F We ve bad * > +> wots t % * - a, eat pag Oy 4 /* te - re pitts ay Tee Ag Sea rats igh a | Fag *% . x - Po SA ye ee ae ae 8 ( RE! Fie ‘ ieee tn TNS. 8 NR 2 ’ , f rt i a. *; Bm acs hk ° wn ity 4 25 a ‘te oy = a meek ee os ie Thursday, January 22, 1925 ; fe THE DAIL : | | Fiestas ee Pane Ee | CLEVELAND ARMY |H!GHT ON ELECTRIC TRUST) TENANTS WORK | OF NOBLES S| "eee rohan ‘66 PER CENT OF ENORMOUS PROFITS YEARLY | U.$, FARM LAND | 30,000 IN MONTH By LELAND OLDs Lack Any Legal Aid or pared ve __ (Federated. Press Industrial Editor) K: ; The vast.contsol over the nation’s electric power exercised by one Morgan Community y Spirit Can’t Proper Schools NEW YORK.—Tho 66.8 pew cent of ary °° power trust has been placed in the spotlight by the financial trick with which Pp ublicity Fill Seis, They Say ws bo Bectrle Co. is trying to slide out from under Senator Norris Makes Its Debut R T i F ny AT W 0 R K CLEVELAND, .Ohio, Jan. 21—At Thru a take atten of the ownership of the Electric Bond & Share Co.| peculiar how iiesrashten) errors the same time that newspapers here| these Morgan interests have simply awakened the public to the fact that|sometimes havé more truth than Every day under this head you will learn not only what BUILDERS the improved agficultural acreage of are devoting many columns of space | one ‘corporation has brot within its+ — —| poetry in them! What should have | thruout the country are ae se ton Sie en ks weak NOU aes the country is being farmed by ten- to advertisement of the “community sphere of influetice over 1,000 com-/pajlias Railway Co. which control the|Tead “red star,” read “red liar” in an dofng—and we will “tell the world.” ants and this percentage is constantly chest,” thousands of unemployed] munities with a ‘Population of more/entire supply of electric light power | issue of the DAILY WORKER last ) increasing, no laws are being passed aa workers are marching on the streets}than 7,200,000. — and street railway service in this city week. -It caused a‘ good deal of com- H Si | W *t 0 it! in the interest of the tenant farmer, looking for work. A few days a0/ prom a nominal investment of|with a 200,000. population. ment. It said, “watch out for the red 4 imp y on uu. the federal council of churches finds 2,000 unemployed workers stormed | $25,990,000 the. General Electric built} Garolina Power & Light fo. which | "** Sat Sie ae ter is coming. x! _ tion |after a survey of rural problems by the city employment bureau in ‘the OMRADE HARVITT of Toledo is a peculiar fellow—no questio up its system of more than 100 elec: |supplies light and.power to more thant] When the Red Revel publicity be- : tit. H t a new job and yet unofficially he justs insists on selina di ere tigi taittis city hall and demanded jobs. tric power, street railway. and gas neo ny ee and mill to break in real earnest, some datdea os his ss pct ¥ ; ; ! : : The survey shows that America ne — oovte caps en mg as combines with a total capital of about tantinn am, the devioping centers of in- | of our readers-who never attended this sf glects her tenant farmers far more a ments say, “Mingling in an our! g¢ 000. ru constant reinvest- annual, event in.the past will begin For a year he has proved one of the outstanding live wires in every than England where the renter is be 4 among the vast throng of humanity ere gabe og nvest- | dustrial. exploitation in tho south. : Weene the epirit of community fané ment of profits, over and above 8 per| f[,ehigh Power Securities Corp.,a ss wt gone the ee, oe at ne one of the DAILY WORKER campaigns and everyday between them as (ginning to get payment for soll and Tlie spirit Seeds lots. of help. Wet cend dividends it raised the value of|holding company controlling: compan- vel press agent, His stuff will soun well. And now the local comrades have taken him off his job. But (|property improvements after his lease give until the chest is overflowing. Jabout $720. .This_increase has been|in the ant A ccematae es Manel This is the red liar the DAILY WORK- ube ' |forfeits his improvements when his But the hungry workers declare! .+ the\expense of the communities |eviyania { h llect | = warned us to be on the look-out I will probably feel lonesome without my job for a while, as I have j+enure ends. Most Ameritah farm that community spirit does not helr served and represents the difference md a 4 . pa o wore wae for.” Bas always at all times had the DAILY WORKER on my mind. However |jeases run for 12 month periods,’ sc them when their stomachs are crying| hetween what they actually paid-and pepalation of at tang 500, vend w+ Now, sometimes a good fiction| 1 will have another party job, as I was elected financial secretary to take the tenant has no incentive to im out for food and no work is to b« ) fice in J what they would have paid if their writer is ten times more interesting omice in January. prove the land and thus soil robbing epg They mpeg the Fright tc public utilities had been publicly Pacer Zener fhe Ce. prnene than a saint: In fact, it is very doubt-| ‘ “I will still do what I can to ‘Build the DAILY WORKER.’ I expect /|s0es8 on at an alarming rate. os rk or =" wag og eyprsenaed by the | owned enterprises, tion, in Knoxville and Memphis, Tenn. ful if we advertised the presence of| to have my ‘Tool Box’ always handy, so that I can help to build our Lack of educational facilities is an ar hens ™ a er The extent of control and the full |in Little Rock, i+ in Houston, Tex., a small army in angels at the-Red/ paper, which we must keep going at all costs and sacrifices. Without outstanding ill of rural life. About Thé ‘jobless hére point to the fact|™@snitude of the profits of Electric|ana in the entire steel district radiat- Revel, that we could get enough at-} tne DAILY WORKER I and thousands of other comrades and workers /6,500,000° children are in the rural. would be very unhappy because we would not have the means of knowing |8chools, with 250,000 teachers. Lese how the class struggle was going from day to day and that Soviet Russia |P¢T capita is spent on the rural chil that in Kokomo, Indiana there arc | 20nd and Share are considered some-|ing trom Birmingham, Ala. F mdance to AB taxicab. The brains Of an arrangements com-| jg gt{i] safe from’ the attacks of the greedy imperialim that still holds |¢™®" 8d country teachers are paid 1 . two thousand people out of work what of a mystery even in the finan- Utah Securities Corp., a holding com- Brains Are Busy that 33,000 peopla made application for|“!@l world. Last year’s known profits | o1¥ controlling Utah Power & Light work in Cleveland in the month of Minn aks thar dior aon oh ti eomtaiiea which reaches 168 communities in pe SC oste cs ftewen the workers in bondage in all the rest of the world.” less then city teachers. November alone. Over 80,000 monere ° are out of work in Ohio, Indiana, and |*tock would be replaced out of profits oo coal See Eee “ms has in evading the law, is busy hatch- This is the way a comrade speaks when he has fully realized the McCormicks Squabble P IHinois,” 150,000 are out of work in| #out once every 3 years. public service of that city. And Pow. ing plans to make the coming Red| importance of the DAILY WORKER to the working class when he has - New York, and 2,500,000 at the very The major public utility combines er Securities Corp., about which facts Revel the biggest and the best ever become a BUILDER. Over Rockefeller s least are out ‘of work in the entire} known to be subject to this Morgan|are not available. — held in Chicago. Every language fed- Standard Oil Money country. company are: eration of the Workers Party will do RE seren rove on [the Sern tt owe gone i erga tary ce ae noe | | SOCIAL EQUALITY FOR THE NEGRO | | The Equitable trust company, which Bi Business which controls companies providing pectric to its stockholders thru a aa will he: tHendly competition and| | - | | holds the Rockefeller foundation, the 4 C ] om electric light, power, telephone se€rv- ynecial corporation ‘¢reated for the ” will PE ees pan ‘ante’ By JOHN H. OWENS. clare conditions in Dixie ideal—for ps socgte tape be. - Indiana, ‘a Indi J ° a ; ea ontro Ss ana ice, etc. to 39 communities in Cuba, Durpose. They will: get as a New promises “ delightful sexton of hein, Whenever the Negro asks for cer- the Negro at least. c 0 e trust committee mem re ° Panama and Guatemala serving ove! te Legis ture Year’s gift a share of thisi¢orporation Sta latur 600,000 people. for each share of Genéfil Electric INDI ANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 21. —| American Gas & Electric which con- | which they own. prises to the adventurous. You can tain... rights and privileges that are However, in Dixie, white men and raat oF ead terion ik cee never tell what’kind of a face may be being, denied him, the white bour-|colored women do enjoy a peculiar 123,824 shares of Standard Oil stock, behind an innocent mask. geoisie attempt to throw a smoke/kind of social equality Many thou- from Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCor- Steam and interurban railroad inter-|tTols public service corporations in 6 ~ - The Red. Revel will be held on|*cTee2 around the issue by screaming / sands of mulattoes have come out of mick, his former wife. ests were. backing the bus regulatory states supplying electric light and When you buy get an an. “Ad’’| February 28, at the West End Women’s “social equality” Deprecatingly. the! the south. within the past decade. It Three injunctions filed by McCor- bill introduced into the Indiana state | POwer to. 137 communities with a pop for the D AILY WORKER. | Club, 37 South Ashland Ave.; corner of | Nesto “leaders” insist that Negroes/is patent that they must have resulted mick’s lawyers would dation Mrs senaté by Senator Moorhead of In- ulation well over 1,770,000. Among Monroe St. ,The proceeds will be de- themselves do not desire social equal-| from closer social contact than the McCorthick from ever " partictpatiad dianupolis! ‘The bill provides for con-|*he communities are Canton and New- voted to alvivies local Chicago with|'ty- “In all things that are purely| mere passage of a white man and a/.,4:, in the administration of the stderation of existence of other forms ark, O., Scranton and Pittston, Pa.., cae Union Meetin the necessary funds to enable it to social we can be as separate as the| colored woman on the same side of trust fund which John D. Rockfeller of ‘transportation in granting licenses Wheeling, W. Va., Rockford, Ill., and 2 carry .om a vigorous organizing and | fingers,” said the late Booker T. Wash-/|the street. ' t established for his grandchildren in to motor bis operators. The bus men | Atlantic City, N. J. educational campaign during the com-|i™ston, “yet one as the hana in all} In its final analysis, social equality | 4917. : McCormick wishes -the trust ‘ ae endeavoring to pass a bill provid-| American Power & Light Co. which Fourth Thursday, Jan. 22,1925. Jing year. | things essential to mutual progress.”;is merely equality of opportunity fund to benefit Matilde Oser, grand . ing for cofisideration’ of autémobile|includes Kansas Gas & Electric, Pa- od pias o0 Saeeel 2o6 Saae “| But can we? within the social order. This, under} daughter of Rockefeller and wife of a transportation separately. cific Power & Light, Portland Gas & |” Amalgamated eo oe Workers, ay W The development and contradictions | capitalism, the Negro can never re-| Swiss riding master. The co-operative marketing bill is}]Coke, Nebraska Power, Minnesota Haleted ren Chicago, 409 &. ea Drinking omen of capitalistic society precluded the | alize. It is also denied the white wage; When the fund was established it éxpected to pass both houses, as it]Power & Light, Florida Power &!/ 548 Barbers, 180 W. Washington St., Say War is Only possibility of any submerged and ex-| worker. perhaps in a less obvious/ consisted of 12.000 shares, but these | is 80 harmless the milling and bank-| Light, Southwestern Power & Light! 57. earneee’ os 3010 E. 92nd St. Natio LP bl ploited group or class enjoying social | degree. have been increased to 123,824 Saye, ing “interests are not opposing it. The|companies. It collects its profits from | 342 Brewery Workers, 180 W. Wash- mmo na FODICM | equality or, for that matter, any equal-| Black and white, you have a com-| the stock dividends paid by the com | bankers declare it will not detract|}396 communities with a population of | 344 Ms an Workers, 190 W. Wash, Cae” rage ity within the social order. Unequality| mon problem! Link up hands against | pany. { from ‘their profits and will stabilize | over 2,000,000. son, St Tish x a Drexel of opportunity is the keystone of any|a common enemy, the capitalistic | the supply. ¢. ‘grain. - cx abeet Power and Light, Lea a and He aise, Fe “ang Ashland Ss capitalistic state. The blacks are the; system of production, that dooms you Fix Pound Sterling Rate, eo ee ee a iad Stee Ot hé |niost intensely @xpléited troup” m'] forever f a life of sdcial ostracism. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—As the es ee ‘ a —— By Brick ant! Clay, Ci Leavitt ‘and at chief bw gf Be ar agg a makes its'America; hence it is not difficult to} Help the rising giant of interna-| British pound is now close to approx- TTE ' rick. an ay, ° © Oppression of smalljunderstand that they must remain| tional Communism bury forever in a|imating its pre-war value, the postof- PHICADELPHIA, 4 NTION! tS “Brick Sha. > 4 Maretene me nations, and held up Theodore Roose-| content with a minimum of social| sea of oblivion, race prejudice. caste | fice department today established the = ° ° 13 Carpenters, 113 S. Ashland Bivd. velt, exponent of militarism, as a god,/rights and privileges just so long as| prejudice, social and religious preju-|rate of $4.87 to the pound sterling, enin emorial Meeting Carpenters, 6416 S. Halsted St. at their session here.. Mrs Carrie|the present system is dominant dice. which has formed the basis for money ) | re} Carpenters, South Shisane. 11037 | CD@pman Catt pleaded for a “calm,| Optimistic Negroes have held forth order transactions between the United SATURDAY JANUARY 24, 1925, H P. M. AA sos oleh igan Averiue. aaa sane and sensibte investigation of the|the opinion that social privileges Ex-Greek Minister Coming. wtates and Great Britain for fifty ’ sae" EY 6878 Carpenters, 100 W. Washington’ st.| Whole thing,” and quoted Roosevelt. | would axiomatically follow the acqui-| LONDON, England, Jan. ‘21. —G)| years. LULU TEMPLE Pr Broad and Spring Gardén Streets HE] 15136 Commission Merchant Helpers, 126 Speakers at the conference have ad-| sition of education and property. The| Roussos, former Greek foreign minis- 1} 865 Cooks, 166 Ww. Washington S&t. vocated every thing from the largest Negro has acquired both; but this has /|ter, is coming to the United States on Fears Foreign Languages. SPEAKERS: _ 798 Riectriea! PF R., 54 S. Went-jarmy and navy in the world to no only intensified the struggle—social|a mission to obtain the balance of | MADISON, Wis., Jan. 21.—A prohi- M. o OLGIN OF NEW YORK, American Correspondent for the 794 Electrical, M., 7ist and Cottage | 4™™my and navy at all. The speak- equality has been pushed further into | $33,000,000 due on the $35,000,000) bition against the teaching of foreign Soviet Press and Delegate to the Fifth Congress, C. I. 115 Enelesers, 9223 Houston Ave. ers have included rabbis, generals, the future In the south, in things|credit extended to Greece by the! janguages in the public schools of the R. BAKER, Secretary, Philadelphia Workers Party. Engineers, Morrison Hotel. Priests, politicians, and plain ordinary - s a i i i Ti i Ti i i i i i i i i i i i “ee eens eee eee 84S 4444 HHH HHH HH SHH SS SG | FORGOT! During January and February of last year hund- reds of workers greeted the birth of the first Eng- lish Communist daily newspaper in the world with a subscription. Later, shorter term subs came that expire at the same time. 556 social—and in everything—the blacks | United States, state, below the universit ] d Enginemen, 9118 , yY classes, OLIVER CARLSON OF CHICAGO, Edueational Director, Dist. 3. er " commere al, Aven. 5058 the “Sania has done nothi and whites are as separate as the will be proposed in a bill to be of- , , ) remen = an » . otning) fingers. Even a bourgeoisie inter-} When you bu t “Ad” \fered b l a Wentworth Ave., 7:30 p. y y, get an ere y an assémblyman Matt Freiheit Singing Society International Orchestra vim wiceneworte : od "Ogden | Constructive since its opening. Mrs.| racial commission could hardly de-| for the DAILY WORKER. Meonien Send 4a Lee. Motion Pictures of Lenin’s Life, Funeral and Communist May Day oe Fey Catt reminded the audience that the 3 Demonstration at Lenin’s Tomb in Moscow. 17010 Gas Mouse \ vYorkers, 180 W. Wash- ial be cae not ene sane ngto 8 ers evidently considered it . hi Meeting starts promptly at 8:15 Admission 25 Cents 33 aay gs eee = © too radical to discuss war as an inter- a _________________. —— , arriso "3 Hod Carriers, $1 Workers, 328 national problem. The — economic oo ) Van Buren St. causés of war were not taken up by 473 Mamtenance of Way, 318 W. 63rd the conference. 253 Machinists, Roseland,, 11405 Michi- 1528 Machinists, R. R., 113 S. Ashland) “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” is 12785 Office Employes Assn., 166 W. coming to Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5. Washington St., R m. Painters’ District. Geunell 1446 Ww. Pr yTvvyvvyVYVYVTeYTeyrevevevrteeTrTTeeo . Adams St. — at ielgnte Dutt’s Hall, Chicago) Return performance of the South Side 266 Piaeterere. 2045 W. North Ave. Players in 597 Piumbers, 20 W. Randolph &t. 763 Plumbers, 417. &. Halsted S&t., “Salesmen and Suckers” 8:30 a 307 Printing “Presemen (Peper Box By ANDREW SHELLEY Wk 180 W. Washington St. 301 Ralnnan'Olerka,’ B49 (WW. ashing- | With a cast of colored and white ton t. players. ‘676 Railway Clerks, 67 E. Van Buren y 668 Railway Carmen, 5445 S. Ashiand THURSDAY, JAN. 22, 8. P. M. 964 Railway Clerks, 19 W. Adame 8t. at 3621 SOUTH FEDERAL STREET. 991 Railway Clerks, C. M. & St. P. R Yours may be among these. Hundreds will expire in two months and if they are not renewed it will be a blow to “our daily.” = es,¢ Don't wait for a card with the picture adjoining to . " "6.9 © 0.90.9 , : q eR. tens describe your feelings when you fail to get the » 424 Raliroad a6, Trainmen, a Tickets 35, 50c and $1 at the door. ay sub. fevered hi ORKER. Don’t wait until your subscrip- 116 ot den and a ote fa BOS. — = well to eee. witchmen, nm and Taylor . enacted.”—Lydia on. } Swiethnee: S82°s, natee "x, WORWER!] <1 forgot” , , 742 Sail 9206 Houston Ave. note Bi 2 ke a nate Thame gn A a P E, W, RIECK LUNCH ROOMS RENEW! . atchmen (Mun.), 113 S&S. Ashian . D4 TWO DAINTY APRONS. 17616 Warehouse Employes, 166 W. Seven Places Just to Remind You of the ee, ee ees = _+***%*+****% ***% ooo oes SS SSS SS SS SSS SSS SSS STSSSTSSTSS SS STS TTS SST Washingt St. : . Pattern 3438 supplies these styles. (Note—Unless “otherwise stated all = My pe ag Pe - Moreioon a os Send in your renewal today to It is cut in one size: medium. No. 1| ™°eU™s® are at § p. m) 66 W. Washington | 167 N. State $3.50 six annie $2.00 — . we Saree Sees oe a ae monthe [he Daily Worker a5 “Lava” dotted yah ae — SICK green ENEFIT Cpeclattios: E. W. powwed Boston Baked In Chicago—$8.00 a year, $4.50 1113 W. Washi : ’ ’ , eans an rea and embroidered materials are at- Fine Soups and Fresh Made Cottes oe See FD Ge monthe + Washington Blvd. Chicago, ll. tractive for these styles. MEETING TONIGNT. ial _Cmaniceney — one. West ids Pattern mailed to any address an Gormnbdtioneita 34 Willow St Spas anaa aa ena hanna aaah haaebhoeeshe ieee eee ayer =. poh agg Portage John nis cert aee 3741 Semi. UNCLE WIGGILY’S TRICKS A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN ; : Lente “\ | , . 4 our UP-TO-DATE SPRING & SUM-| "ry Ave. Ad ‘some } A NG hs CY “I didnt hear : MER 1925 BOOK OF FASHIONS. Swwwwwwewwweree ~ ™ “ what you said, A PRETTY APRON. Address: The DAILY WORKER, 1113|/"". x bs at : Uncle Wiggly ! ' W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. LOS ANGELES 4992. Dotted percale with bands of NOTICE TO PATTERN BUY YERS—The tterns being sold thru the DAI sateen in a color to match the dots, WORKER pattern department are fut. A Responsible Drug Service is a very good suggestion for the de-inished by a New York firm of pattern |. velopment of this style. Oretonne or aor. or ph ys way Ro chintz, unbleached muslin and dotted | ceived, and they are mailed by the man- Brook] n Swiss could also be used. ufacturer direct to the customer. The DAILY WORKER does not keep a stock Drug Co. | 7 ‘a —— x . , # = r ‘ The pattern is cut in four 6izes:|of vatterns on hand. Delivery of pat- Small, medium, large and extra large. | Se™=* ~ ager af will take at ; least 10 ys from the date of mailing the order. A medium size requires 3% yards of | not oe impatient if your pattern is $¢.inch. material. delayed. E. A. Sandler, Prop. eget a _ Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of ie in Silver or stamps. . Brooklyn Ave., cor. St. Louis ae or Send 12c in silver or stamps for Phone: Angeles 6305 ra e Wiggs y- our UP-TO-DATE SPRING & SUM- Lrsune Te Gast, Uceher por M25 LOS ANGELES MER 1925 BOOK OF FASHIONS. : puaseasGee = w 4 a SS ee ed i i i i ef — - : - : | * i ie , | ; ¥ ~
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= DAILY ‘WORKER. by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, ML ' (Phone: Munroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall: $3.50....6 months su months oan mail (in Chicago only tite per year . $4.50....6 months $2.50...3 months Aé@ress all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER ‘3118 w. ‘Washington Bivd. Chicago, Hlinels WILLIAM F. DUNNE} memnate MORITZ J. LOBB.........0-00-----Business Manager — tered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post- os at Chicago, Ill., under the act of March 3, 1879. —-/> 2 Advertising rates on application Japan Recognizes Soviet One more world capitalist power has thrown in the sponge ‘after refusing for seven years to recog- nize the Soviet government. The latest nation to sign a treaty of peace and recognition with the workers and peasants’ government of Russia is Japan, the most formidable military and naval power in the Orient. The United States, alone of all the great capitalist powers now stands out- side the circle of those who have decided that they can no longer ignore a government that governs one-sixth of the earth’s surface and whose stability is not now even a subject for discussion. News of the signing of the treaty appeared in the American press on the first anniversary of the death of Lenin. It is a happy coincidence that the day on which the working masses thruout the world honor the memory of history’s greatest revolu- tionist, should bring new evidence of the per- manency and power of the proletarian government which Lenin’s genius guided thru its critical days. The power that humbled the czar’s government in the dust when it forced the Portsmouth treaty on a defeated bourgeoisie, today bows before the mighty power of the workers and peasants who in the year 1905 were crushed under the iron heel of the ezar’s tyranny. The Red Army of 1925 is not the czar’s army of 1905. One by one the bourgeois powers that would fain join hands to crush the living embodiment of prole- tarian rule, are compelled to face facts. They know that by recognizing Soviet Russia, they are in- creasing the prestige of the workers’ republic and giving the Soviet government involuntary aid in reconstructing its economy along Communist lines. But if they do not recognize Russia an equally un- desirable fate will befall them. Like the proverbial sinner, they’1l be damned if they do and they’ll be damned if they don’t. Japan knows that she will have to fight the United States one of those days. She needs oil. The treaty gives her valuable oil concessions on Saghalien island. This will not look any too good to the United States, but Secretary of State Hughes holds that Soviet Russia is a myth and simply does not exist. Japan does not think so and gets the oil. The treaty will not pour oil on the troubled political waters in which Hughes is sail- ing, tho he is now headed for the dark ocean of po- litical oblivion. There are many reasons why“the United States is liable to follow in the footsteps of Japan and recognize Russia. Not the least are the diplomatic reasons which are closely related to gunpowder. It would not be surprising to hear pithy comment on the Japanese-Russian pact on the floor of the senate in the near future. Lenin is dead, but the Soviet power grows, and the red banner of international Communism which now flies over Soviet embassies, set like oases in the deserts of capitalism, will soon wave over the capitols of the world, when capitalism has been given its death blow by the revolutionary workers under the leadership of the organization that Lenin founded, the Communist International. Graft and C apitalism The latest prominent figure in capitalist politics to burst into the headlines with a graft scandal added to his list of accomplishments is U. S: Senator Edward I. Edwards of New Jersey. The able difference between a man who is partial] te an “eyeopener” or a “nightcap” (as alcoholic libations are tenderly termed by worshippers at the shrine of Bacchus), and one who is prepared to com- promise himself in an effort to bring relief to other thirsty souls. Senator Edwards may or may not have accepted money from two stoolpigeons of the prohibition enforcement department of the treasury, as the testimony showed. He may not have directed the operations of ten policemen and a police commis- sioner in unloading booze off a ship. But consider- ing the number of prominent capitalist politicians being haled into court nowadays on charge of graft, the senator starts out to clear himself under a tremendous handicap. The fact is, that under capitalism “getting the dough” is the main object in life. “Getting away with it” brings honor, but getting caught some- @mes brings jail, provided the grafter makes a poor haul. The whole social fabric under capital- ism is rotten. Honesty is as much out of place in this dog-eat-dog society as flannel underwear in the torrid zone. If the senator accepted graft, what of it? Did he not fall in a worthy cause? A scandal in capitalist political circles is no longer news. Only recently a former governor of Indiana went to jail. He was a fool. He rebbed the bankers. The governor of Illinois was neve: so popular in his life. He got away with a million ~ . - - é fle Sl I it ty, Cl — ee ce A - _ ‘ fram -« senator is known as a “wet,” but there is consider-' . ~~ ——— ee oo es —— ' - ee — — —— ‘ollars. The governor of Kansas is charged wit! eddling pardons. He was kicked out of office. H: was also weak in the head. Fancy dealing in thousands when others were getting away with millions. A. B. Fall of Mexico appears to be in zood health. If he feels hungry he ean take his knife and cut a steak off one of the fat cattle de livered to him by Harry Sinclair in return for the Teapot’ Dome. Senator Edwards has no reason to worry unless he proves go be a piker. This is the era of big capitalism when things are done on a large scale. International © Committee of The Jobless Miners Tales of prosperity sent, out by the rotund Sec- "onsets oe sepa retary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, make pleasant saa ae Slnome reading for the smug and comfortable elements} jp the Industrial Worker of Jan. 10, who feel that they are living in the best of all pos-|the committee ' ‘has control over sible worlds. But while the workers in some in-| the paper submits to the record vote: dustries are kept busy: creating surplus values for the ee rn “A the mares the master class, there are other industries shut rope parr. hy “tore pe a down by the bosses because they cannot see their | ;nqustrial Worker.” The “warning” is way clear to operate them when the prospects for|apparently unofficially added that profits are not sufficiently alluring. “abuse, -personalities or insinuations The miners in southern Illinois report extremely ve ee ee he bad conditions in some mining sections. Several}... mittee itt om BOK ton -tacy mines have been shut down for over one year and | real opéning of the I; W. W. papers of the coal diggers are reduced to desperate straits, |general circulation to discussion of there being no other industry except coal mining | fhe affairs of the ¢ ization, and if in those parts of the state. a price of ‘ea? Podge Last Sunday a conference of miners was-held in| jin) take a aie eare'tn the diecus- Belleville to consider unemployment. There were! sion and endeavor to-bring before the delegates present from eighteen locals. Delegates|workers who read that paper the cau#® from one local reported that their officers“tried to} of the admitted disintegration of the enforce the clause in the district contract providing pees wt ees a. for the sharing of work between the miners unem-|}; w w an eteatioetion bigger and ployed and those working. The bosses attempted | petter than it ever was before. to take advantage of this situation to interpret; The First to Demand Discussion. the clause to their advantage. The miners refused| from its very first statement to the to sign a “yellow dog” contract submitted by the|I. W. W. membership, the Red Inter- bosses and Farrington as usual took the side of the| 2@tional Affiliation Committee has me operators when the local appealed to him for aad the open “harman on Oct. 11, t ; The Belleville conference decided to organize the| teenth reniepal iaetin met pa unemployed in the entire sub-district, and to link| said: its efforts with=those of other conferences organ-| “The fact sidmitted by both sides ized thryout the country. _.While the reactionary metro py oan officials of District 12 of the U. M.-W. of A. are) towever plausible the argument cashing in on their support to Small during the) which ted to the 1921 éonvention bar- election, the rank and file.are taking action'to solve| ring controversies from tee papers of their problems in an organized manner. Besides aiding their unemployed comrades, the organizers of these conferences will gain experience which will prove invaluable in the work of wresting con- trol of the union from the fakers who now use it general circulation, it is a remedy worse than the disease. Every mem- as an auxiliary to the crook Small and the repubr ligan party machine. ber needs and expects to find all vital Abramovich, Here’s Your Hat! news and discussion im the paper he subscribes to with that understanding. Stop treating the membership or even che unorganized as children unable ‘o read and discuss every-policy, prin- ciple and taetic. The press must be free and open. Personal censorsh!} "Then, 2 GRD oe Raphael Abramovich, Russian czarist socialis | | Ara igg ver counter-revolutionist, arrived in the Unitex. States recently, probably to fill the vacancy created in the forces fighting Soviet recognition, by the death of Samuel Gompers. Abramovich is only one of a liberal supply of Russian parasites who have recently been competing with bootleg liquor in getting on the inside of the statute of liberty. This fellow Abramovich is one of the criminals responsible for the recent uprising in the Soviet Republic of Georgia. It took the Red Army oniy a ss a 2 x , ¢ settlir “Internal or- Affairs by a free dis- hint of tag seillabershtp seems to be contagious, ora @ least provocative. There is now a movement on foot to open @ discussion | on the internal affairs of the I. W.W., but limiting it to ohe paper off in the corner, the Industrial Worker of Seattle. The Red the fol- — was set forth as Point Number x: “That.the Il. W. W. press of general circulation shall be opén to any and all members upon matters of policy. That no person or officer shall have nower to deny publication, and that when a responsible committee, which should be given the se St ali ‘Free questionable cases, réfuses asbiitc. b Lo | j .| the adherents of the Red, interna- . C. ingue-a statement: of pri tienes tion, it shall furnish the contributos a statement of the reasons of refusal and publish such statement in the same publication to which the article was sent.” | A Where Was the Industrial Worker Committee? At that time, when the R. I. A. C. was thus advocating a free press within the I. W. W. and a discussion }-. of the headquarters and all other con- troversies, ‘both the Rowan and the Doyle groups were opposed to any such free press and both the Indus- trial Solidarity and the Industrial Worker gad an iron-bound gag against} free expression of anything. Often some chesty official would start an attack on Soviet Russia, the R. I. L. U. or the Communists. and that was all right to go into the fapers, but if members of the I. W. W. wrote replies to these ignoramuses, the replies were “controversial,” or “personal” or “would add nothing to the discussion,” etc.. and either were declined outright or left until they were six months old and then buried in the graveyard called the “General Office Bulletin.” Where was the In- dustrial Worker committee then? Let it clearly .be understood, then, that the-R—L A. C. has been the first to advocate the opening of the I. W. W. press to the I. W. W. membership to discuss anything they please. It was the first and only one, both before and after the controversy arose over head- quarters, to demand and propagate free expression aad an ungaggéed press. Lost, Strayed or Stolen—One G. E. B. This being the case, and as the gen- eral executive board seems to be too pralayzed with .anarcho-syndicalism and incompetence either to know what is behind this sudden passion for free speech of the Rowanite group controll- ing the Industrial Worker, or too lack- ing in frankness or too busy playing the races to explain forge it means to J the membership and fore¢e a real open discussion instead of a fake open dis- cussion, therefore, the Red Interna- tional Affiliation Committee must again point the way to a real open dis- cussion and expose the game of the hypocrite gang of friends of the Rowan-Bowerman and Grady injunc- tionites. This gang is trying to put over-a fake “discussion” in which they will solemnly argue with themselves and shut out the opposition, particularly the only revolutionary opposition which will advance a logical and prac- tical program of organization affairs Then they will “decide” Jim Rowan is an angel of Irish who was badly abused by Pop Ba. wards and should be given the general secretaryship by the unanimous con- sent of himself and company. Why Not an Injunction for Free Speech? Rowan’s little game is as follows: He thinks the referendum is going to ond ‘toh ae ae ae eo ve way poe can keep up Fa "son is by opening the controversy again and, by making it | a fake ‘free discussion,” control. it so that it goes in his favor and regain his lost prestige. | ’ The evidences’ of this tricky schem- ing is quite apparent. © e censors who have bitterly opposed” allowing such a vital subject as international affiliation. to be discyssed, are all of a sudden becoming raging wild for a “free press.” Beware of the Industrial Worker committee’ ‘when it comes hearing gifts of “free speech” to the membership. “‘Thére is an ulterior mo- tive in it, but. the Red Internationalists and the Communists: in the I. W. W. know how to force this’ trick into the open and demand . a real tree press and a fair fight on policies, © rae Is the “Worker” an i. W. W. Paper? “The R. I. ‘A: C: calls attention to the fact that both the Industrial Worker committee and the . editor of that paper in his one-lung editorials completely ignored the général organization and the general organtization’s press The LW. W. as a whole may as well be another planet for all that is said t them in relation to this grave situation and important matter. The R. I. A. Cy challenges the inference that the Industrial Worker is not sub- ordinate to the general organization of the lL. W. W.. - j The R. I. A. C., and‘ every adherent of the Red International, demands and must make their demands known by resolution. in the UWranches and letters to the G.°E. B., the- following program for a genuine discussion and @ prevention of fake discussions: Proposed Rules for Fair Diseussion. 1. A discussion on affairs which concern the I. W. W. must be opened at once, 2. Since it concerns the whole I. W. W. it shall be.’ under the. direct control: of :the G: E. B. and. shall be printed in the official English-organ of the | W. W.—Industrial Solidarity. 3. No member who was in goad standing on. July 1, 1924, shall be de-’ barred from contribyting to the dis- cussion by, any action limiting or cancelling his membership since that Hane This is to give the entire | whee ea’ su right to meet he. arguments - of the } so-called ” “Doyle-Fisher-No. 110 group” ih fair and square debate on the issues of the’ controversy. 4. No manuscript of the discussion shall be refused publication except by a majority vote - against it in the G. E. B., each vote. recorded ‘and pub- see him counted out as expelled. Not | become more to tha tentte tor refusal in the Indus- Li Solidarity. uch statement to be aiso sent. by pbsvndie letter together with the -pefused manuscript to the contributor. 5. The subjects and the duration of the discussion shall be as follows: During February, March and April, the controversy over the headquar- ters; during May, June and July, the pig ee revréution apd the method of zing it, and daring August. September and October. the question of international affiliation. _ Ss 6. No vote shall be taken on any question until after the next conven- tion, which shall be held in Novenibeéf, 1925,.and during the interim the ac- tions of the 16th gen convention shall be binding upon all parts of the 1. W. W. 7 7. The referendum sent out by the 16th convention shall be re ed as valid and the officers elected By it installed and recognized as the gen- eral officers of the I. W. W. Unity—All the Time. 8. The injunction ageinst the headquarters shall be withdrawn by the signers to the petition for it, and Rowan and his group must withdraw by’ notice in Solidarity the so-called “Emergency Program.” Every move- ment to split the I. W. W. either from the left or from the right must be stopped. Unity must prevail, both during and after discussion. 9. Representation to the next con- vention to be from the branches, par ticularly from job branches, and not from the industrial union conventions. one delegate for every 200 members to come from the branches at the ‘ex- pense of the general organization, which shall authorize and collect a special 650 cent Sompurery ASSeBS- ment 10. Articles in I. W. W.. papers other than the Industrial Solidarity shall be similarly under the control of the G. E. B. with the same rules. And no article concerning this discussion shall be printed in either the Indus- trial Solidarity or any other paper until it has been pagsed by the G EB. B. No Fake Discussion! The above rules show how a real discussion of organization tasks must be conducted. Anything short of ‘it will not be a fair deal but a fake. By the above rules the I. W. W. will save its umity and clarify its purpose by reaching some intelligent decision. By the methods proposed and ‘the limitations imposed~by the Industrial Worker, no real discussion can bé had; the split in the I. W. W. will' take on new life, the rye tion will confused and no intelli- gent decision can be obtained. How- ever, if any discussion is opened, how ever limited and censored it may be the adherents of the Red International of Labor Unions will endeavor to fight the split, unify the workers and point the road to revolution. RED INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATION COMMITTEE, lished i together with a statement as 1514 W. Madison St., Chicago, TH, few hours to crush it because it was the work of a collection ‘of bandits paid by the French and British governments thru this dog Abramovich and others from the yellow socialist kennel. Abramo- vich and his co-conspirators against the workers’ and peasants’ government wanted to turn over the vast oil resources of Georgia to the French and British imperialists. was mortally ill. It knew that he His coming to the United States coincides with lwas away from his desk, from con a renewal of the agitatiot®r for the recognition of tact with the active workers of the Soviet Russia. No doubt the capitalist and yellow Soviet government and of the Russiar Communist Party. It-knew that his socialist press will publish his vomit in generous hand no longer guided the Communist portions. He is welcome to the space. International. But there was hope— It does not appear, however, that the workers pe might recover and return to the are so very pleased with “Abramovich’s presence, if | work from which he had ben so rudely we are to judge from the reception given to him at Te eae hae REL Gar pera a meeting called by the socialist party in his honor) iccen low. The friend and in the Star Casino, New York. No sooner had a|onrade of the peasants, the man bureaucrat of the Workmen’s Circle indicated that} whom they loved tho they had neve) he fas going to introduce Abramovich than the|seen him-—the man who exemplified audience cheered for Soviet Russia. By the time ‘everything that the ‘revolution a Abramovith got thru, he wished he ‘was back in brot forth and meant—lase ‘gone. Ch ' ’ dren knew his name. They knew hi: his favorite haunts in Paris. Four hundred police, | picture. The stories°of their fathers and a goodly number of sluggers failed to preserye|and brothers told them of the great “order” and Abramovich left by a side door. Where |ness of the man. Im their imagina can a poor white guard yellow socialist go nowa- tive minds, still filled with the idea: days without running into a lot of Bolsheviks? We suggest that he try hell. of the giants and supernatural heroe:. of the fairy tales, mamy of them re- Perhaps Abramovich will pay us a visit here in Chicago! garded him as some being not of this Our New York Edition earth. But the peasants knew him—althc he was only a name, They knew what he had dong‘’for the poor peas ants. How he had given them the , ‘ laud and furnish them the full Sup Only a little more than a year since The/port of the Soviet government, that DAILY WORKER was launched and we are get-jat last they, the poorest of the poo ting out a special New York edition! The first|peasants, might begin to live. number will be on the streets of the metropolis on |*2¢W life under the czars, under the ‘ 0 . . .|savage nobility and landowners. The) Saturday, January 24. From themuntil a DAILY |, oy ine cossacks and the denial o: WORKER is printed in New York City, the special |tne most ordinary @emands. Th« edition, containing news about the labor movement /great imperialist war, which had in the world’s biggest city will appear on the news- | taken — pes sm Sonya ‘ Tew Vark av rh -4 2. 80nS, na evas c stands of New York on the day on which it is robbed them of theeaaae patches © dated. ‘ground—this great imperialist wa) Comrade J. O. Bentall and a corps of assistants |opened their eyes to the teachings o: will have charge of the editorial work, while Com- rade L. E. Katterfeld has charge of the circulatioh end. A general membership meeting of Local New York will be held next Friday evening. Every member of the party in New York City should at- ‘end this meeting and co-operate in making the special edition a tremendous success, and tape EO a pegttes ng for the day when a Communist daily in the sellin. Shes eaten eB eee By ISRAEL AMTER. HE whole country knew that Lenin ship of the fighting proletariat of the city—under the banner of Lenin. They knew Lenim. Many of thei: sons were in the Red Army whom Lenin had addressed. These son the Bolsheviki. For a short time mis guided by the social revolutionaries ‘nglish language will come a off the |parted to them. These sons in th presses in New York. Red Army were—and -are—the best “e- ae T= . i—_ 4 —_—_- They’ connecting links between the Soviet | government and the villages. But best of all the poor peasante knew that they together with the workers in the city now held power They elected their -village Soviets; they sent their delegates to the higher Soviets and finally to the All-Russian Soviet Congress, the supreme body of the Soviet State. And, Lenin often addressed the congress, telling in simple words which each delegate could understand the facts of the situ- ation within the state, the needs o the state, the situation of the peas ants and the position of the workers. Telling them, above all, the facts o! the international situation, so that for the first time, the peasants real. ized that they were part of a great world. And the delegates reported back tc the peasants in the village; told then how the Soviet government was mak ing the greatest endeavor fo lighten the burden of the peasants; how it was trying to provide them with al) the accessories of modern cultivation how it had plans under way to elec trify the whole country, to introduc uniform taxes, etc. These were the cold, hard facts that the peasants relish—the peasant being a practical man, unused to and uninterested in theory. And _ thes¢« facts were working out well—and th peasants were able to. calculate it. in improved conditions, in a raised stand ard of living, in a new outlook upon life. So Lenin was no myth to them. He was the author of these new facts the fighter for them against the in- credulous. He was not merely the friend of the poor peasants—-he war their leader—one of the first to recog: nize that especially revolution could not succeed, nor tive support of the peasants. This was a revolution not of the prole tariat alone, who needed the peas- antry in order to hold power. This was a revolution of the. workers and peasants, who tho having partly di- vergent interests, had one great in .|terest in common—the fight against exploitation eee la ent — they awoke and followed the leader- in Russia theetévolutionists. could it be maintained without the ac | In the Villages When Lenin Died | And now he. ‘was gone. Soviet Rus- sia shook when _ the news flashed acgoss the country. Lenin was gone —and the rest of the battle must be fought. without him. The peasants gathered at the: Soviet House to discuss Lenin and what wa: to become -of the country. without him. The workers in the factories neglect ed their work, leaning on their ma chines to talk of the great old man Each one, once’ a. soldier. in. the wai or the fight against the counter-revo-. lution knew an anecdote, had heard e speech by Lenin, of a story about him And the time was never too long, t repeat the- stories, weaving fanciful details about them. : In the evenings they gathered at the clubs to hear lectures and speeches. This was the great time to determine whether Lenin had builded well or not. Had he awakened the consclousness of the workers .and peasants, so that they knew. what the revolution meant and how the power of the Soviet government must be maintained? Had he builded in such fashion that when he. was... gone— when his work was finished—it would go on? The Russian’ Communist Party sent out its corps of speakers to the re mote towns and villages. The whole populace gathered at the clubs—men women and children, even babes in arm. They all came—not alone tc pay tribute to the dead leader, but tc her once more the familiar tale of the revolution. and of Lenin’s undying greatness in leading it. Opening with the funeral hymn played by the vil- lage band—which left no eye dry— peasants and workers who®had seen their whole family torn assunder by ti® war and murdered by the counter- Then the peasants and workers themselves, in their sim. ple way told of Lenin, the Soviet gov- ‘ernment, the Russian Communist Party. Then the speaker of the party or the Communist International spoke about the meaning of Lenin to the Communist movement of-the world, of his leadership in the fight of the peo ples of India, China, Egypt, Java | Karea—of darkest Africa. These were not myths of lore. There were the hard, cruel facts of the proletarian revolution that Soviet Russia was the first to solve. Out of the sorrow grew the spirit of militancy. Out of militancy grew the determination to continue the fight. And the Internationale resound- ing thru the village and workers’ club. fin the Red Army barracks, in the uni- versity halls, showed clearly that Lenin has builded WELL—and Soviet Russia was a granite block. On the train,’ when the news came that Lenin died, the train stopped ané the workers alighted in the night, out in the snow and bitter cold, to sing the funeral hymn. They could not sing the mournful song—their throats choked. At the windows sat the N- E. P., who would not, who dared not participate in this funeral offering tc the dead leader. They sat at the win- dows, being apart from the mass and the revolution. The workers, seeing them, were filled with hatred—bn‘ good revolutionists that they were, they knew that they must tolerate these leeches till the day when they may trample them under foot. And yet, in the city of Moscow, the traders’ organization asked permis- ‘sion to march across the Red Square to pay homage to Lenin. | Lenin builded well. The village, the peasant and the worker there, are ‘the best heritage of his great work. The collective and Communal work of the poor peasants, forming the basis of Communism among the peasants in Soviet Russia is the greatest tribute to his genius. The cultural work great deeds. The village knew Lenin. The small factory, town knew him well. Lenin builded well—his death vealed his wonderful genius. : taken to the village is another of his . re 5 "TR" Sr et TT re ITT TOS ELI OE AG ey CN ET Aw “gsterevetgaaveee Of * Seat suTyeestiiiy a 0 i} -