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Page Four IMB VALLI VURAL N UR PATISRLAT A cat RRR aeeRNeMee RET Ra ae = Thursday, March 27, 1924 COMING ITALIAN ELECTION ONLY MUSSOLINI FAKE Wants Constitutional Figleaf for Dictatorship By GIOVANNI. GIGLI (Special to The Daily Worker ROME.—(By Mail.)—Italy is on the eve of a general election, Poll- ing will take place on April 5, and the new “Camera dei Deputati” will be convoked for the State Opening on the 24th of May, that is, on the Aniversary Day of Italy’s. participa- tion in the World War. This latter circumstance is not the result. of a STUDENTS OUT FORLABOR’S OWN POLITICAL PARTY Send Out Call for Organized Action (Special to The Daily Worker) HANOVER, N. H., March 26.—In an open letter to college students, the Dartmouth Club for Independent Political Action calls on the students thruout the country to co-operate with the progressive elements in the American Labor movement who are striving to organize a political party of workers and exploited farmers en- tirely independent of the parties of THE PARTY AT WORK Every Party Branch Must Do Its Part By C. E. RUTHENBERG, Executive Secretary, Workers Party. HE PARTY cannot fulfill its tasks if only a part of our organizations participate in the work we undertake, If only a fourth or a third of our organization shows a fighting spirit, a willingness to perform the work which is assigned, we may get good results as fast as those branches are concerned, but for the party as a whole the campaign will be a failure. This is said for the benefit of those Party Branches which are lagging behind in supporting the campaign for the Farmer-Labor Party Campaign Fund. Many branches are doing excellent work in raising their quota of this fund. For instance, during the last few days the following branches reported: $ 5.00 21,00 -+ 10.00 +» 10.00 Endicott Ukranian Branch . Library South Slavic Branch.... New York West Side Italian Branch. N. S. Pittsburg South Slavic Branch capitalism. N. S. Pittsburg Lithuanian Branch ees mere coincidence, as it would seem. Pointing to the Teapot Dome scan- Binghamton Ukranian Branch .. 5.00 On the contrary, the date has been dal as an’ object lesson in political Edgewater Russian Branch ..... 5.00 chosen by Mussolini himself, out of corruption which smears both Demo- Chicago Czecho-Slovak Women’s Branch. 5.00 its symbolic significance to Rt war crats and Republicans, the letter Leadville Finnish Branch 5.90 mentality of Fascismo. stresses the futility of expecting the Boston English Branch oo From the came motive, Mussolini representatives of organized greed to Michigamme Finnish Bra 7.00 has formed his list of candidates Wilmington English Branch ... A The comrades of these branches are taking their work in the party seriously. They realize that when the Central Executive Committee issues a call for funds for party work of such importance as the Farmer-Labor Party Campaign Fund it is their duty to do their utmost to produce results. s The task set before each branch is not great. Branches with up to members are asked to raise only $10.00 thru sale to the members the Mass, Class Farmer-Labor Party Labels. Branches with over members are asked to raise $25.00. é That is within the reach of every party branch. If the party is make a real campaign in support of the June 17th Farmer-Labor least $15,000 in the present campaign for pass legislation of benefit to the workers. Has Regular Officials. The officers of the club are: Ro- land A. Gibson, president; James S. Wheaton, secretary-treasurer; Rich- ard W. Morin, Norris B. Chipman and Jacob L, Afros, members of the executive committee. The letter is in part as follows: The oil scandal has revealed to all intelligent American citizens the real state of political government in this country. The senatorial investiga- tion has brought to the surface all the sordid details of the political corruption that involves the leading politicians of both the Republican and Democratic parties, and clearly shows that under our present party system the candidates of both parties, no matter how “good” they may be when elected, are controlled after almost exclusively of —ex-service men who have distinguished them- selves in the war. So that, as a result of the new electoral law which enables the fascist govern- ment to gain two-thirds of the seats in ‘the future chamber of deputies, provided they:can only poll 25 per cent of the votes, I think I can safely anticipate that the new “Camera dei Deputati” will include the greatest number of fascist and nationalist hot heads living! under the sun. In such conditions, the struggle for the opposition parties will be extremely difficult and en. tirely useless, and surely they would have withdrawn from the ground already had the Communist party not refused to follow their lead for a general abstention. - A Mussolini Fake. Not only are the opposition par- ties, by cause of the new electoral law, in a_ position which hinders them beforehand from competing for the future parliamentary majority, but, in all probability, the fascist violence will make it impossible for them even to fight for the minority. The forthcoming Itallan eiection must, therefore, be looked upon as an attempt by the fascist dictator- ship to give people unacquainted with the history of the past fourteen months of Italian life the impres- sion that everything here is right at present from a_ constitutional standpoint. But, alas, how far is this from being the truth. Coincident with tne omicial open- ing of the electoral campaign comes today from the Reggio Emilia prov- ince the report that a candidate on the socialist card list, Signor Pic- jcinini, a compositor, was assaésinat- ed-by fascist gunmen yesterday, in circumstances which offer a striking evidence of actual conditions in Italian domestic life. Fascisti Murder Worker, At dead of night, a small gang of fascisti, four in number, fell upon the house where Signor Pi ini and his wife and two children lived, presenting themselves under a friendly guise and asking for ad- mittance on the ground, that they had come with some urgent comuni- cations to make on behalf of a com- mon friend, in this, the _ ruffians, naming a socialist leader well known in the district, and exhibiting identity cards fro which it would appear that they were members of a socialist club. “Give me time to put my clothes on and I'll be with you in a few minutes,”. came the poor man’s voice from within, thru the door His wife, however, who suspected danger, begged him to stay and not to follow the strangers in the street as she did not believe them sincere, but the poor man tried to lessen his wife's pains by pointing 25 of 25 to Convention it must raise at money. ; i ' ee Comrades! The present Farmer-Labor situation is decisive for work which we have carried on for nearly two years. Shall we fail now? Or shall we reap the results of our persistent struggle? The answer depends upon the response the Central Executive Com- mittee receives to the Farmer-Labor Campaign Funds. Without this fund the party cannot carry on the campaign which it must in order to come out victorious. We are in one of the decisive struggles of our work. No Party Branch can hang on. Every party member is urged to bring the election by big business. This yhakes matter up at his next branch meeting and if the branch has not sent fmpossible the passage of any legis- in its quota have4t collected and sent at once. lation which will effect fundamental See cconomic and Politcare ‘tonal the | Amalgamated Shoe Workers of New progressive forces of the country to repudiate the old parties and unite . York Launch Drive (Special to The Daily Worker) to form a party which shall truly represent the majority of the people of the country. To American college students this} RW YORK, March 26.—The challenge should come with special] Amalgamated Shoe Workers of force in view of the example of the| America started a big membership * British Labor Party, which has at-| drive Monday, March 24, which will tained its present position of leader-| continue for four weeks. Five cam- ship largely because forty odd years| paign captains have been elected in ago a group of intellectuals in Eng-| each local and each captain has ten land, revolting from the existing sys-| active members as aides. tem of society, allied themselves} During this campaign the initia- with the working class in its struggle | tion fee has been reduced to one for freedom. dollar and the reinstatement fee of For Independent Labor Party. suspended members has been reduced to two dollars. This will give every shoe worker in greater New York an opportunity to become a mem- The Dartmouth Club for Inde- pendent Political Action has been or- ber of this union and it is the duty of every member to bring in as ganized in response to the challenge many as possible. Keen competition of the present political situation in America, and it welcomes your co- between the different locals for the already Trachtenberg Tour Thursday, March 27, Philadelphia, Penn., Brith Shoenn Hall, 506 Pine St. Friday, March 28, Rochester, N. Y., Amal- gamated Clothing Workers Open Forum. Saturday, March 29, Binghamton, N. Y., at 7:30 p. m., Lithuaniad Hall, 271 Clinton St, ‘Sunday, March 30, at 3 p..m., Utica, N. Yu Labor Temple, 714 Charlotte St. Monday, March 31, Rochester, N. Y., Hall to be announced later. ‘Tuesday, April 1, at 8 p. m., Buffalo, N. Y., Labor. Lyceum, 376 William St. Wednesday, April 2, Jamestown, N. Y., Hall to be announced later. Thursday, April 3, Erie, Penna., Hall to be announced later. Friday, April 4, E. Pittsburg, Penn., Hall to be announced later. Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6, Pitts- burg, Penn., Hall to be announced later. Quaker City Labor Forward Plans for German Workers’ Aid (Special to. The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 26. —Fifty delegates representing many thousands of workers in Philadel- phia were present at the last con- ference for German workers relief held at the Bannater Mannerchor Hall. William Weinstone, representing the International Workers Aid, ad- dressed the conference on the sit- uation in Germany and the work being done by the International Workers Aid. He pointed out that the condition of the German work- ers becomes ever worse; millions of workers are affected by hunger and that the International Workers Aid is the only proletarian. organiza- tion that is feeding the German workers. It is world-wide in organization, having representatives on its inter- operation between labor and learn- ing for the organization of an Ameri- can Labor Party modelled along the lines of the British Labor Party. To realize this object college stu- dents can co-operate with progressive and labor leaders in their community to carry on the movement for the formation of a party which will unite on a program of fundamental eco- nomic and political reform, including the nationalization and democratic management of public utilities and natural resources, taxation of excess profits and inheritances, government aid to farmers, opposition to war and imperialism, abolition of government injunctions in labor disputes, guaran- tee of civil liberties, and other mea- sures which will pave the way for a government based on true political and industrial equality, social justice and world peace. E. W. REIGK LUNCH ROOMS Seven Places 62 W. Van Buren | 42 W. Harrison getting of members has begun. % A bulletin will be issued each week showing the standing of all localg during the drive. If you are a shoe worker and not a member of this union get in touch at once with the local you should join. The locals meet on the following nights at Amalgama- ted headquarters, 158 Waverly Ave., cor. Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn: Mon- day, Lasters, Local 40; Tuesday, Fit- ters, Local 17; Thursday, Cleaners, Packers and Goodyear ~ Stitchers, Local 13; Friday, Cutters, Local 10; first and third Tuesday, Stitch Down and Sandal Workers, Local 2. Meets at 210 E. 104th St. New York City. For further information telephone Cumberland: 4034. Senate Votes to Let national and national committees of 169 N. Clark | 118 S. Clark Congressmen Take all labor .organizations, irrespective | Out that if the strangers really in- 66 W. Washington | 167 N. State Office When Elected|°£ political, representation. He spe- tended to do! him herm he could not 234 S. Halsted ce mt ecte cially emphasized that any work-|Prevent their offenses by his re- PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 Specialties: E. W. Rieck Boston Baked, Beans and Brown Bread Fine Soups and Fresh Made Coffee Commissary and Bakery: 1612 Fulton St. Phone West 2549 maining indoors. So he resolved to go. The poor lady is reported to have concluded her tragie account ‘by adding that when she had follow- ed her husband in the street and had seen him go round the corner, apparently engaged in a friendly talk with the four strangers, she went back to her children upstairs and tried to get them to bed again as the poor little souls had, too, been roused from sleep, and looked now much frightenea. “The poor kids inquired about their father,” stated the widow, “and I told them their father had gone out with some friends, and would soon back with some nice present for them. Body of Worker Found.. “But the little souls were soon tired of waiting and in half an hour were in a sound sleep again.” | ‘The morrow after some passersby discovered the body of a man by the country road in a of blood. Later an officer of and two carabinieri were on the scene and, on examining the dead man’s body, found that the un- fortunate fellow had been shot dead with four revolver bullets in the head and also bore signs that before being murdered he had been knocked in the head and face with a heavy stick by his assassins. It was also discovered at Reggio Emilia not less was Signor Piccinini, the worker candidate on the socialist card list of Reggio Emilia, whom the four ruffians had fetched in his house the night before. ers’ group is welcome to participate (By The Federated Press) the jwork of proletarian solidar- WASHINGTON, Mar. 26.—Lame duck government, insofar as con- gress is concerned, is likely to get a serious setback. Senator Norris’ resolution ‘proposing to amend the constitution to permit newly elect- ed congresses to take office the first Monday in January has passed the senate with only seven dissenting votes. A majority in the house is assured if the measure can be brought to a roll call and there ap- pears no doubt that a majority of the states will ratify the resolution. The favorable vote in the ‘senate is due in part to the effect on the public mind of the lame duck scan- dal in the last house when defeated members controlled and distorted the whole legislative program. Chairman Campbell of the rules committee, who had been _over- whelmingly. defeated in the primary, pocketed a large number of import- ant bills and defied the progressives in the house to challenge his control of the situation, ( ity. The conference reorganized thé’ executive committee so as to give representation to every organiza- tion. A committee of twenty-five was formed. The conference “is making arrangements for the baz- aar which is to be held in May, and all signs point to a very successful affair. Many delegates spoke on the work of the International Workers Aid, pointing out that we must redouble our efforts and thousands of dollars be raised in Philadelphia. Labor Legislation Is Treated Roughly By N. Y. Politicians (By The Federated Press) ALBANY, N. Y., Mar. 26.—With the state legislature approaching adjournment, only the bill favoring a legal 48-hour week obtained a fair e,| hearing and retains a fair chance “ NEW YORK READERS, ATTENTION! I gees eWay der ale yh INTERNATIONAL MASS MEETING = $|workers, ‘also forescos’ a minimum workers, also foresees a -minimum MONSTER RALLY wage and, if accepted, must pass over two other proposals one per- DEMAND FREEDOM FOR THE PHILIPPINES! soning la aug Pe pa OUT WITH GENERAL WOOD! SPEAKERS: regard the 48-hour law, the other allowing employers to institute the Honorable Pedro Guevara, Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States. Telephone Diversey 5129 ED. GARBER QUALITY SHOES For Men, Women and Children 2427 LINCOLN AVENUE Near Halsted and Fullerton Ave, CHICAGO PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Expert Dental Service for 26 Tour $45 SMITHFIELD 8T., Near Tth Ave. 1627 CENTER AVE. Cor, Arthur 6 Phone ities 4670 ASHER B. PORTNOY & CO. inters and Decorsters PAINTERS’ SUPPLI Batimates on Now and Old Work 2019 MILWAUKRE AVE, CBIC. nine-hour day five days a week, with time on the sixth working day. light concessions are promised to Manuel Roxas, Speaker of the Philippine Congress, the trade unions on the workmen’s Beaten For Truth. Scott Nearing, inent Lecturer and Author. compensation issue, but the advo-| Of course, this is only one among Jay Lovestone, Director, Research Department, Workers Party of cacy of a state monopoly of acci-|the numberless acts of terror for dent insurance is foredoomed to de- feat, ae be the influence of the king insurance companies. Little is held out for another measure, iting the use of police or seastepalayy inst strikers to | tha coulis or. America and member of the Editorial Staff “The Daily Worker”. Wednesday, April 2nd, at 8 P. M. WEBSTER HALL, 119 East 11th Street ADMISSION 25c _Auspices; Local Greater New York, Workers Party of America. which the fascisti are making themselves posponaltaieg Pom try On the very same ferocious m c ay hy ited by stot combeiial see The Struggle for the Party quality). In the year 1921 there were only old men and women left in the factories, there was scarcely any life in the enterprises, the workers were in a state of indif- ference, they participated but little in Party, Soviet,. and trade union life. Let us take the Obuchov un- dertaking for instance. F° “True Proletarian Trend. Two years ago the majority of the workers here were old men, grum- blers, who were occupied solely with the manufacture of lighters to be sold in illicit trade., Today the QObuchov workman. is.a very differ-_ ent man. Fora year he has been working at making tractors, he has completely changed as a man and as a workman. ‘That workman who pilfered metal, manufactured. light- ers, and sold them secretly, was no proletarian in the true sense of the word. . It is true that he was very poor, as poor as a church mouse, often enough he had_ not even his daily bread; but he “had not the prole- tarian psychology either. It was another matter «when he Began to work on tractors, and when he be- gan to feel that agriculture, that the welfare of his country, required his work. He is now another man; an impulse towards activity is awak- ening within him. He now takes quite another interest in the affairs of the trade union, the Soviet, and the Party. We may observe the same picture of convalescence in other parts of the country as well. Indifference is van- ishing, or beginning to vanish. This trend of feeling among the masses is having its effect on our Party masses and leaders, and on the whole of our Party life. This is the reason why a quite different situation, and quite differ- ent conditions, have come to pass, just as foreseen by Comrade Lenin. The working class has begun to thaw, so to speak; rank and file are growing and gaining firm foothold: This is the solution of the riddle, the answer to the question as to why. the Central Committee of our |Party in September of this year be- gan to think that the time had come to raise the question of the work- ers’ democracy again. In many re- spects the conditions aré favorable, and the question may well be raised. At times we are obliged to occupy ourselves with diplomacy, as for in- stance when we have to do with Lord Curzon, when we have matters to settle with reference to interna- us and placed us in responsible positions, and in whose midst we have been reared—then we have nothing to do with diplomacy, then we speak as it is proper for revo- lutionists to speak, we say what we have to say as Botsheviki—we say what we think. Should we be in | error, the Party may point this out to us. “We Need Workers’ Democracy.” Thusgthe first complaint which, we have to raise aguinst. our opponents is that they fail to examine into the developments gving on in the work- ing class, as Marxists should, in order to find in these developments the explanation which they seek, and the inspiration for their policy; instead of doing this, they degrade themselves and our whole Party by probing the hearts of the Central Committee, and trying to discover some despicable diplomacy here. At the Tenth Party Conferences, the most important questrons were dealt with by Comrades Lenin and Bucharin, men possessing the full confidence of the Party; and they said precisely the same as we are saying now. We need the workers’ democracy as much as we need the air, without which we cannot breathe, for with- out ity it is not possible to create a real proletarian environment for the growth of a proletarian party. And at the time of the Tenth Con- gress we stated that the realization of this democracy required certain developments in the working class itself. Why Question Was. Raised. We said: one or two years will pass before we can reckon upon the needed support from the workers. It is naturally possible to re- proach us with: But you missed the right moment all the same; the question should have been raised in April or August, not in September. We are, however, of the opinion that we did not miss the right mo- ment, that we took timely action, and were the first to raise the ques- tion. The first artiele supplied on this subject—perhaps a very bad ar- ticle as asserted by many but I do not think it was so very bad—was written, as you know, by me. The whole Party reacted on the article, so that we assume that the moment chosen was not so very unsuitable. There was, of course, no disagree- ment as to why the question had been raised in September and not in August, the discussion on quite an- other matter—about which I shall speak further on. (To Be Continued Friday.) Being the continuation of the re- port given by Comrade Gregory Zinoviev, chairman of the Commun- ist International, at the city meet- ing of the Collective Bureaus of the Leningrad Communist Party Organization. * <_< » * OMRADSS, it: seems to me that these words contain the solu- tion of the riddle offered by the whole situation, At the Tenth Party Congress we passed an ex- cellent resolution on the workers’ democracy, and passed it almpst unanimously. _ And upon this the leader and master of the Party step- ped forward and said; Let us not forget that we need about two years to set the works and factories going again to any extent, and that then we shall receive a hundred times more support from the workers, then the workers will cease to be indiffer- ent, and new conditions will form in the Party. Sole Marxian Reply. Comrades, to me this appears to be the sole correct, the sole digni- fied, and the sole Marxian reply to the question upon which we are en- gaged—why we have raised the question of the workers’ democracy at precisely the present juncture. There are some among us who have lost their faith in the revolu- tion and in their own Party, and who have become a prey to ideas inducing them to suspect some piece of diplomacy behind every decision of the Central Committee of theit own Party, instead of seeking the reason for this or that decision of the Party, as a Marxist should, in the objective conditions, in the eco- nomic situation, and in the position of the whole working class. The Party is nothing more nor less than a part of the working class. All cvents happening in the working class are mirrored in one way or another in our rvarty. The debates within the Party reflect in 99 out of . 100 cases, important events occurring among the working class. This applies equally to our present debate. And Comrade Lenin did not make any mistake as to the time required for the development. He said that one or two years would pass. Just slightly over two years have passed since that time. During this period the situation has changed among the working class. Whole strata of non-partisan workers have developed culturally, and our Party has grown as well (here it is not a question of quan-| tional politics. tity-——-our working class has not in- But when we are speaking with creased much numerically—but of! our own Party, which has. trained pa ne BO PRIORY. ME Ee ER AP AMIENS tit SAE ME I found responsible for having sent to his Rome newspaper a faithful ac- count of the terroristic electoral ac- tivities by the fascisti in his district ‘was summoned by the fascisti to their quarters and received a sever flogging. In another locality, a notary, for having complied with a demand to attest the signature of an opposition candidate, was also flogged and ban- ished from his town, According to the new fascist jurisprudence, people resyonsible for such crimes as I have mentioned do not receive any punishment, and it is a generally established rule in the fascist press to openly justify such crimes on the ground that they are done for “pa- triotie purposes.” Fifty per cent of the crimes are perpetrated with the direct participation of the fascist | militia, so it can be easily realized why in ninety cases out of a hun- dred people responsible for such crimes can elude the sanctions of justice. And this 1s the real ex- planation for the fact that people here very seldom react against their fascist offenders who, as a conse- quence, become every day more and more aggressive and criminal. The Italian people have entirely lost their liberty, and I do not see any sign that the end of their slavery is getting near. Canadians Elect Engineer Mayor. ST. THOMAS, Ont., March 26.— Two locomotive ‘engineers were elected to office, one as mayor and one as alderman, by railroad workers in St. Thomas. ley are George H. Sloggett and J. A. Jagor, both being past grand chiefs of Division 132, Brotherhood of Lo¢pmotive En- gineers. Sloggett has been a railway rag gs his life, starting as call boy at 15. Special Reduction on Books at LEVINSON’S BOOK STORE 3308 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago V. BERNAU REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE of every kind 2034 N. HALSTED STREET Notary Public Lincoln 3208 TO RENT—Steam heated room, 835 Read Court. Every convenience. Phone Humboldt 4609. ‘| RUBBER STAMPS AND SEALS IN ENGLISH AND IN ALL! FOREIGN LANGUAGES INK, PADS, DATERS, RUBBER TYPE,Erc, NOBLER STAMP & SEAL GO. 73 W. VanBurenSt, Phone Wabash 6680 CHICAGO MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY Horseshoer Elected, BLOOMINGTON, Hl., March 26.— In an election here to fill the term} of the mayor, who died recently, | Frank H, Blose of the horseshoers’ union won by a large majority. La- bor has three representatives on the board of alderman and is striving to} capture the reins of power formerly theld by Mayor Jones, who became conspicuous for his anti-labor record. CLEVELAND, OHIO, ATTENTION! ENTERTAINMENT AND DANCE Given by the T. U. E. L. —AT— ASSOCIATION HALL 2105 E, 21st Street, South of Prospect Sunday, March 30, at 3 P. M. How many of your shop-mates read the DAILY WORKER? Get SPEAKER: SUBJECT: one of them to subscribe today. J. W. JOHNSTONE “The Miners’ Convention” 's Gordon Garden Orchestra Admission 50c . Dancing at 8 DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU— Come to my office and get nr eg hg fear. Are you self-conscious about the impression you make on people? pesepiacrcemn hee © he Bale ‘Wont ie way you fee ye g ‘ Geet of cute, Bae | DR. ZIMMERMAN overlook—something that at once Extracting DENTIST... 8 Gas and Onygenext brands them as paraee fastidious or 2000 N. CALIFORNIA AVENUE teeth. Notice today how siach sottant posrtshs sath ss he or she is talking. If the teeth are not well kept they at once become a liability. ; Serres ee ealy 33 cnet yor doe CONCERT AND DANCE Gi by the WORKERS PARTY OF BORO PARK: ‘SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 29TH, 192.