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* february 4, 1924 RED” IS COLOR OF LIFE, WATT TELLS MINERS Only the “Reds” Give FREE FILIPINOS MEETING HELD HERE FIRST TIME Rousing Rally for Phil- THE DAILY WORKEK | THE PARTY AT worK __|/FICHT HOLD-UP Workers Party Begins Campaign for OF JOB HUNTERS Farmer-Labor Party Convention : INWISCONSIN Instructions have been sent to all District Organisers, City Central Employment Shark Is With the Labor Editors (NOTE—Under this head the DAILY WORKER will publish from time te time editorials and articles from the Isbor press of the world. The publication of such articles ‘and editorials does not mean, necessarily, that the DAILY WORKER is in entire agreement with the sentiments expressed. bee, eis Redon be A iv cer of ricpdey literary style ation cont erein, as wel reeme! i DAILY WORKER policy.) : vey Geen ewaiigen dc Committees, Language Section Secretaries and Branehes of the Workers Party by ©. E. Ruthenberg, executive secretary ef the Party, to im- mediately begin work te build up sentiment for the holding of a National Convention, on May 30th, for nomination of Farmer-Labor Party can- ©. s. didates, and the adoption of a national platform. “i md ; ippine Freedom eR fret ellen oe ah we gino RMR Fought Successfully -Lenin Is Dead Hope for Future es sania < wating: te specced Pa the sink Seal made by William Mahoney, one of the leaders By LELAND 0} By R. D, Cramer, in The Mi tis Labor Revi Saeed the ¢ LA! - D. mi in inn '. rae Th rst eet o. @ Farmer-Laber Party of Minnesota, te postpone the May 30th (Federated Press Tedaeenn Ration) ENIN is dena. a eapolis Labor jew. By ANTONIO PRESI 4 United States for Philippine freedom was held under the auspices of the Workers Party and proved to be an (Editor, Alba Nuova.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—The eigh- teen hundred delegates attending the Convention until after the conven- tions of the old parties. The letter of instructions to units Not since the passing of Abraham Lincoln has sorrow come to 80 many humble homes in so.many lands as the news that death at last has » no reason| Exploitation of job seekers by pri- exploited farmers vate employment agencies doesn’t go why they should wait for the deci- impressive demonstration. _ of tha Wekkera tes reads in|sions of the old party convention. in Wisconsin, according to the De-| brought down this mighty figure whom all the desperate fo: 1 ‘ G. E. Ruthonberg, executive secre-| part as follows: bad Sin ince decisions ‘wil be against the |Cember report of the state mdustriel | capitalism had failed to conquer. ’ r pay hades peter wee cored note Weer tary of the Workers Party, Jose To “You have undoubtedly observed| workers and exploited farmers, and | Commission. The private employ- In Lincoln the toilers saw the emancipator of the chattel slaves. In! treme sof limiapp ile ere Bas grec - io Nueno, a representative ef the| from the Party press than an at-|for the capitalists and employers,|ment agency law discourages the|Lenin they beheld the man who most successfully led the way along the| workers in the great coal indus- arm tenants in the Philippine legis-| tempt has boen made by the Or-| irrespective of what particular man harpies of the industrial world from|Tough and trying road toward the freeing of all from the slave if i- latuxe, and Jay Lovestone, addressed | ganization Committee of the Minne. ig named to head the ticket, or what | establishing offices in the state and |talism. . iz mipeskers ps eRe eae hich a Loria the meeting. Robert Minor, editor of| sota Farmer-Labor Party, in charge| Program is adopted as to the plat-|the public employment offices make He was loved and admired by the workers of Russia and the class ‘world stands. They ask iio! plats the Liberator, presided. One of the éontracts granting Colo- nel Procter a eocoanut oil concession in the Philippines was made public for the first time by Jay Lovestone. The meeting unanimously adopted re- solutions for Philippine independence from American imperialist domina- tion. At the close of the meeting Mr. Nueno proclaimed his solidarity with the American working men by formally announcing his joining the Workers Party of America. End Bondage of 11 Million. Ruthenberg aroused the audience te great enthusiasm when he de- clared, “The Workers Party of Amer- ica will do all in its power to end the bondage in which the eleven million Filipinos are now being held by the American capitalist government.” Ruthenberg said: “The only way in which the Filipino masses can secure their freedom lies in their allying themselves with the American work- ers, struggling against the same American imperialists. “We know that our interests as workers are identical with the inter- ests of the working masses of the Philippines who are the overwhelm- ing majority in the islands. We will make common cause with the Filipino people to win our freedom here in the United States and in the Philippines. As foliowers of Lenin we are enthu- siastically joining in this struggle of the calling of the May 30th Con- vention, to delay this Convention until after the conventions of the Republican and Democratic parties. “This proposal was made by Wil- liam Mahoney, one of the leaders of the Farmer-Labor Party of Min- nesota, and a member of the Or- ganization Committee, after confer- ences in Washington with Senators La Follette, Shipstead, Johnson, and others. The fact that this proposal comes after such conferences is an indioation of the danger te the farmer-labor movement in post; ment of the May 30th Convention. “Our Party, as well as the Fede- rated Farmer-Labor Party, stands for the organization at the May 30th Convention of a class Farmer-Labor Party. The forces which are behind the proposal for delaying the May 30th Convention are grou} which stand for the formation of a Third Party, which will represent the mid- dle class, well-to-do farmers, profes- sional interests, and not the class interests of the exploited farmers and industrial workers. “Our Party has taken a firm stand against any delay in holding the May 30th Convention, in order to give the leaders of the petty bour- geoisie in Congress an opportunity to decide whether they will support the Farmer-Labor Party or not. These petty bourgeois leaders want form of these parties. “It is, our immediate duty to be- gin a campaign among the workers and exploited farmers for the May 30th Convention, fer a class farmer- labor party, and against the leader- ship of the La Follettes, Johnsons and Shipsteads. We must stir up the labor movement to an under- standing of the issues involved in the question of delaying the May 30th Convention. “The Party units and Party mem- bership are instructed to at once intensity the agitation in favor of a Farmer-Labor Party. In addition to the campaign of endorsement of the May 30th Convention and against delay, all Party units and Party members are instructed to intensify their agitation in favor of a mass Farmer-Labor Party. In carrying this agitation, the difference be- tween a Third Party, representing the interests of the middle class and well-to-do farmers, and a class Farmer-Labor Party must be ex- plained. The campaign for the Farmer-Labor Party is the greatest issue of our Party. All our forces must be thrown into this compaign at once, or there is danger that the work which we have done thus far for the formation of a mass Farmer- Labor Party will be dissipated. Our slogans should be: “FOR THE MAY 30TH CONVENTION” and “FOR A their service unnecessary, Last year the public employment offices placed 123,269 applicants at a total cost of $59,653. For placing the same number of applicants in similar positions private agencies would have charged fees totaling $404,770 or nearly seven times as much. The average cost of placing applicants on the free public agency basis was therefore only 48.4 cents in place of the $3,28 average foe which would have been exacted by the private agencies. Exorbitant Fees Evil The time was, says the report, when private employment agencies required endless correction by the state. The private. employment agency law of 1913 and the rules ap- plying to licensed employment agen- cies cover abuses such as these: (a) misrepresentation of employment of- fered, (b) agencies splitting fees with employers or shop foreman to whom labor is furnished, (c) appli- cants sent to places of bad repute and (d) exorbitant fees. During the past three and a half years the industrial commission has received 37 requests for private em- ployment agency licenses. But upon being furnished with information as to the conditions of the law to which they would be forcecd to conform all but three of the applicants dropped their applications. Two of the re- conscious workers of all the world. For him the peasants of Russia, their lives for the first time brightened by the opportunity of education, felt an affection and admiration which found expression in the name by which they called him, Papa Lenin. In the trying deep snows to bring him wood and food, They did not want Lenin to be cold or hungry. And when things sometimes went amiss in governmental affairs, the peasants always said, “Lenin will straighten it out.” And now Lenin is dead. A worker and a teacher he has done his work well, _ Russia rising out of the perplexi- ties ‘of reconstruction strong and sturdy, while other nations that de- nied the soundness of his. doctrine, sink deeper and deeper into the mire of their contradictions until their civilization is on the verge of dissolution bear ‘witness that Lenin, cursed and berated by the seers and philosophers of capitalism, was fun- damentally right, Today because of the movement in which he Hara So prominent a part, despite e fact that he is dead, there is more of security and hope for the masses of Russia than they have known for centuries. Lenin was a fighter, a destroyer. Also he was a constructor and an advocate of world peace. He saw the way to the end and did not hesi- lays of establishing the Soviet worked in cold rooms and lived on scanty food, they trudged miles thru the of this epoch. They supply the basie energy and force for this machine age. _ The miners of Ameriea are bril- liant and courageous fighters, men who can resist and fight harder than any other group of workers, They are men who can, and do, abandon their homes and take to the hills for weeks and months while on strike. The men here from the mines can speak. ‘They can tell of their struggles, and they do. One of the delegates, Watt, a miner from [l- linois, told the convention that they should prepare for greater things. fbr) not be afraid if they call you ‘red. is ah inspiring color. It is a eolor that suggests life, hope,” he said. “History remembers\the ‘reds,’ it forgets the ‘yellows,’” John L, Lewis is a defender and friend of the “yellows.” Poor John L. he hates, but it is the fighters he hates. John is like a mad turkey or bull; he hates red. It is too bad, for John. The red roses will not stop their blooming at the bark of this great man, It is a pity. Miners! do not be afraid of the “reds”; the yellows are the ones to watch. They who are friendly to government, when he But so well has he taught, and or- ganized and demonstrated that So- viet Russia will meet and conquer the crisis of his death as it over- came. the famine and the counter- revolution, From his hands other leaders, and the loyal organization which he in- spired and thrilled, will take the rden of continuing the progress of the workers and peasants. Fol- lowing the course he has charted they will sweep on to new victories and new accomplishments. On the stock exchanges, in the offices of international financing cor- porations, and the inner chambers of great industrial corporations there will be that rejoicing that ‘comes to the leaders of an army when a brave and brilliant spirit in com- mand of the opposing forces dies or is killed. But in the homes of the peasants along the steppes and prairies of Russia, out into Siberia, in the work- ing class quarters of far away Japan and China, among the oppressed toil- ers of India, among the boatmen on the Nile, down in the coal mines for the liberation of the Filipinos} ;> “wait till they see what the Re-] CLASS FARMER-LABOR PARTY.” |maining three withdrew before the 7 twhere the miners toil, wherever men| Ur enemies, the bosses. They hate from the imperialist tyranny now publleas aad Duevaie parties do| “The Federated Farmer-Labor | findings of the commission were an- & catiaien, it, to the overthrow! 214 women work there will be a sad- Ke! beso Mabey a Page tes % eir el 0} SS. oppressing them.” Mr. Nueno drew great applause when he said that the bulwark of Communism was in his province. Mr. Nueno’s eloquence, met with a trem- mendous response from his listeners when he deciared: “We have revolted | against Spanish tyranny and we shall fight all oppression. America has bought the Philippine Islands for twenty million dollars from Spain. Spain had no right to sell a free country. The only way for the United States(to redeem itself is to carry out its ‘pledge and give _ the Filipino people complete freedom. Has~prociaimedto the world that she entered the War to fight for the self-determination of nations. Let America now show to the world that she meant what she said and grant us our freedom. The last resort for the Filipino people, before we rise again to fight for our right to exist, is to appeal to the workers of America. “Your pains are our pains; your sufferings are our sufferings. We have no grievance against the Amer- ican people but the desire for human liberty is innate in every self-re- specting nation. America to-day is on trial; the America of 1776 is no longer today. The world is beginning to believe that the United States is turning imperialistic. Let America at] all her colonies, and restore her- self. “The Workers Party of America is helping to free all the people of the world when it fights for Filipino freedom. The America of 1776 was not what the American capitalists and profiteers of today are making of it. The workers of my country still believe that the United States meant what she said when she pro- mised us our freedom. We pe e 2 the Fang working Leryn Imperialist supremacy in the Far, imperialists. 3 mow they alone can compel the poli- i ii Mh rt | eg hundred: thousands kno ILY ticians in Washington to free'us. The| East. He showed that Letom page pie Soe rid eee ee Readers by the i tl. 50 mary dey. Bet Shere ane yee ert oe at ee Oe Workers Party of America will merit the eternal remembrance and grati- tude of the Filipino people.” Hits at Leonard Wood. Lovestone stated that the Philip- pines were the gate-way te American SLIP COVERS Including Labor and Material Davenport - - $9.50 Chair - - - - $5.50 Satisfaction Absolutely Guaranteed Also a wonderful selection of imported Coverings at a tre- y. ‘e your Automobile covers. Order direct from— GOLLIN BROS. before deciding ‘whether they shall go with a Third party movement. “Our Party and the Federated Farmer-Labor Party are for the formation ef a mass class Farmer- Labor Party on May 30th. We are for the May 30th Convention, wheth- er the petty bourgeois leaders, such as La Follette, Shipstead and John- son, go with this movement, or re- tional campaign. Party today is the nucleus of a class Farmer-Labor Party, ‘The work of building up and strengthening the Federated Farmer-Labor Party as a party will materially aid in the fight to bring out of the May 30th Convention a class Farmer-Labor Party in place of a Third party. All Party units are directed to sur- vey the possibilities in their terri- main in the old parties in the na-|tory of assisting in the organization The workers and! of branches. Trachtenberg Lecture Tour The National Office of the Workers Party is arranging a lecture tour in the eastern and middle western states for Alexander Trachtenberg who has just returned Communist Perty. Besides attending the Fourth Congress of the Commun- ist International, he was also pres- ent at the meeting of the Enlarged Executive Committee of the Com- munist International, the Twelfth Congress of the Communist Party of ‘Russia, the Constituent Meeting of the Central Executive Committees of the various Soviet Governments which formed the Union of Socialist, Soviet Republics, and the Congresses of various Russian Labor Unions. Comrade Trachtenberg also visit- ed Checho-Slovakia, Germany, France and Austria, and came into intimate contact with the Communist Parties and labor mevements in these coun- tries. He was in Saxony during the existence of the Socialist-Com- munist Coalition Government. He also had the opportunity of attend- ing the enlarged sessions of the Cen- to this country after a fourteen months’ trip to Europe. Comrade Trachtenberg was one of the delegates of the Workers Party to the Fourth Congress of the Communist International, He spent. five months in Russia and had an exceptional opportunity while there to come | into elosest contact with the activities of the Soviet Government and the tral Committee of the Communist Party of Germany and kept in touch with the German Party thruont the stormy days of October and Novem- ber, when the Party was driven underground. The subject of Comrade _Tracht- enberg’s lecture will be “The Inter- national Communist Movement” and his tour is a part of the comprehen- sive educational program which the Central Executive Committee will undertake to put into operation dur- ing the year 1924. Comrade Tracht- enberg is an excellent speaker and it is expected that his tour will be|¥4 a success from every standpoint. Comrade Trachtenberg’s dates are ea now being assigned. Ali Party units desiring to have the lecture by : ; him should notify the National Of- fice without delay. Philippine question was a class ques- tion Tavelviig the most desperate at- tempts dominate the world. Lovestone de- clared that General Wood, who is the most notorious laber-hater and strikebreaker in the country, was deliberately chosen by the capitalists to govern the Islands, because of his long black record of unfailing serv- jee to Wall Street. Wood’s attempt to hand ever the wealth of the - ippine Islands to American oil, coal and railway magnates was denounc: scathingly by Lovestene. He showed that Procter, who had invested $741,- 000 in Woods’ 1920 Presidential Prim- ary campaign was awarded on March 8rd, 1922, the right to organize a huge vegetable oil corperation in the Philip ines and that there was organ- ized then a co tion ealled “The Procter and Gamble Trading Co.” Resolutions Are Adopted. The following resolution was un- animously adopted by the audience: “We, the working men and work- of American imperialism to} gran dom and we call upon Congress to t the Filipino nation freedom without delay and without dismem-, berment. nounced and the other was denied a license. Wisconsin considers an employ- ment agency as an enterprise of a public utility nature. It puts upon the applicant for a license the bur- den of proving that the existing em- ployment office services are not ade- quate to meet the needs of employes and employers. To quote the report of the commission: “Much as a city finds no advantage in being served by two telephone systems instead of by one, so a multiplicity of private employment agencies could not bene- fit communities or the state.” Tool of Scab Employers Private employment agencies have always been a tool of the anti-union employer. They have been a means to discrimination and the recruiting of strikebreakers. The free employment offices estab- lished by the U. S. department of la- bor during the war were resented by employers as hindering their war on organized labor and were knifed | i as soon as possible after the armis- tice. The experience in Wisconsin in more recent years indicates that in this field~private initiative and pro- tection of the worker looking for a job are not compatible. “We demand that Samuel Gompers | #4 and the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor call/¢4 upon om to grant the Filipino|% tional freedom without dis- a! membering the islands in any way. “We urge all the organizations of | #3 the working and farming masses in ed|the United States to rally to the| 3% Filipinos | 4 and all other oppressed national-| % cause of freedom of the ities.” f At the close of the mecting Mr. Nueno proclaimed his solidarity with the American workers, by joining the Workers Party and offering a special resolution ‘ endorsing the speech of Commissioner Guevara on the floor of congress and the “Filipino Appeal| 4 for Freedom” issued by the Philippine Independence Commission in the United States. This resolution, pro- posed by the Honorable Nueno, was The Daily Worker. RATES: | ? 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