The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 7, 1924, Page 5

SUGCESSFUL MAY D’.Y CELEBRATION ‘ Many Speakers at Big Meeting in Capitol WASHINGTON, D. C4 May 6.— Jeadquarters hall ofthe Workers arty was filled with an appreciative wdience that listened to many speeches in celebration of labor's in- ernational holiday. Addresses were nade by Comrades Pearlman, Foley, rvino, Starr, Avant, Hindes, Jacker- ‘on and Powell. A piano solo was ‘layed by eight-year-old Comrade Yewman, Who won great applause at he conclusion of her splendid per- ‘ormance. Comrade Kate W. Foley acted as ‘hdirman, and in her introductory re- 1 “es related instances of May Day “ations in the British Isles, -; She has been active in the Jm jiunist moventent. Comrade Fo- ey Has attended sessions of the Brit- sh Parliament and her reminiscences ot the Communist attitude at those sessions, of Comrade J. T. W. New- sold, M. P., was, heartily enjoyed. Comrade Avant roused the audienco o a high pitch of excitement with ais forceful and eloquent descriptions of labor battles in which he has par- icipated thruout the South and on the Pacific Coast. Comrade Avant is en- zaged at present in spreading Com- munistic propaganda amongst the itreet car employes of Washington, ind his appreciation of these men, aa sompared with the degenerate offi. clals who are conducting the proceed- ings in the various government de partments in the interests of corrup- tion, was earnestly applauded. Comrade Hindes of Boston, Marxist student, delivered a compact and ac- curate history of the Communist movement and its relation to May 1. The Young Workers League was represented by Comrade C. Jackerson, who. explained what her organization 3 doing in preparing its members for «ne time when the farmers’ and work- ers’ government shall replace the rresent Wall Street regime. Announcement was made of the mpletion of arrangements for a se- “3 of lectures to be delivered by omrade Powell every Friday eve nh.g to the members of the Young Workers League. Several application blanks were filled out by members of the audi- ence who desire enlistment in the Workers Party, and many subscrip- tions to. the DAILY WORKER were given to Dr. Pearlman, local agent for the DAILY WORKER. sQN- MONDAY MAY 12TH, the Ger- Motaac will have its meeting, and -*S. = Schaefer of the Engle- .anch will speak there on the subject of “Anti-Alien Laws. The Menace of Super Blacklist.” Comrade Schaefer is an able speaker and has done important educational wot® for the party in the past. This meeting will be held at the Workers Dramatic Club 1665 Bissel. Street. S HERE—SO SAYS SPRING | % Y. WwW. L. bse Date A spring dance will be given in honor of Spring, that most charm- ‘ing Goddess of the Seasons, on May 10th, the official date set by th Young Workers League of Chicago. Music for this breezy and balmy evening will be poured forth by ‘Pan's Pipers who have won fame by their enticing recitations of symphonic jazz poems, via the sax- aphone, trombone and et ta la. There will be no occasion for food riots. However should there be any manifestations of this, re- freshments as only the delicate hands of youth can prepare, will be served in a way which will murder all ravishing appetites and renew any losses for those who come with- out them. Preparations for this ball, which be held at Roosevelt Hall, 3437 ‘est Roosevelt Road, on Saturday ht, May 10th, have shown prom- Nses to make this event the best that the youth of Chicago have un- dertaken. The admission, fifty cents, includes wardrobe. Set—May 10th, 1924, EACH best writ le more in| $2.00 a Year SOVIET RUSSIA PICTORIAL, 19 yr Lincoln Street, NAMB srcsscsensossses STREET NOX srcssssssoen A letter to a group of Finnish com- rades, Authorized by the secretary. of the Workers Party. Dear Comrades: Your statement in regard to the policy which the CEC has instructed the Minnesota com- rades to follow in relation to the Farmer-Labor Party, in which you state your criticisms of the policy out- lined by the CEC has been considered by the CEC and I am instructed to send you the following reply: In the first two paragraphs of your letter you state the fact that our Party has for some time now given the greater part of its strength to the work of building up the Farmer-Labor Party in the United States and con- trast to the policy which the Party has followed the new policy which has ben laid down for the Party within the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota. From your letter it appears that you are under the impression that the Party has been following one policy up to the time of the Minnesota state- ment and has now suddenly adopted a new policy. For, you say in your letter “Then like a thunderbolt we received instructions that the Com- munists must put up their own candi- dates.” We are compelled to assume, from these statements, that you have not clearly understood the Party policy in relation to the FLP and are under some misapprehension as to our pur- pose in supporting the Farmer-Labor Party. From the viewpoint of the CEC there has been no change of pol- icy at all. We have been supporting organization of a Farmer-Labor Party thru which masses of workers and farmers could be arrayed in opposi- tion to and would enter into a strug- gle against the capitalist parties and the capitalist government. Our pur- paign. The instructions further stated that if our candidates are defeated in the FLP primaries, we shall then sup- port in the election campaign the can- didates selected by the FLP in the /primaries. We do not understand how anything more could be asked of us by the FLP and how we, as Communists, could do anything less than this. From your letter we gain the im- pression that it is your view that we support the FLP, not as Communists, but as Farmer-Laborites, that is, that we should not, at any stage or at any time within the FLP, advoate more than the program which the FLP stands for. If we follow such a policy, how would we be different from the followers and supporters of the FLP, who are not Communists? What right would be have to call ourselves a Communist Party and distinguish our- seles from the mass of followers of the FLP? We do not become Communists by merely calling ourselves by the name “Communists.” In order to justify our calling our Party a Communist Party we must carry on work in sup- port of Communist principles. The fundamental principles of a Commun- ist Party are the struggle for a prole- tarian revolution, for Soviets, and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. If we are a Communist Party, then we must carry on such a struggle. That is what the CEC directed the comrades in Minnesota to do. Our instructions were, in effect, that while we remain part of the FLP, while we loyally support the FLP in its struggle against the capitalist parties, within the FLP we carry on a struggle to win the workers and farmers for our Program of ‘a proletarian revolution, the Soviets, and the Dictatorship of pose in supporting the building of the FLP and arraying the workers and farmers in a struggle against capital- ist- parties was and is thru the ex- perlences of their struggle to develop their revolutionary consciousness and develop class action against the cap- |talist class and the capitalist system. Now that in Minnesota a FLP exists, we are supporting that Party and en- deavoring to develop revolutionary consciousness and class action by the workers and farmers. The instructions of the CEC to the Minnesota DEC were that our Party must nominate its candidates in the FLP primaries and that these candi- dates must annourice themselves as Communists and must propagate their Communist principles during the cam- the Proletariat. The CEC well understands that the moment that we raise Communist is- sue in the FLP United Front, we vill find ourselves in conflict with the fo-called progressives. Naturally, these progressives want us to be only progressives and not Communists, but certainly you would not argue that we should be mere progressives and not Commuists. The policy which you suggest, however, would lead exactly to that result. Therefore, as Com- munists, in place of becoming fright- ened because we find ourselves in con- flict with certain progressives, we should welcome this conflict as the best indication and proof that we are following a Communist policy. You state in your letter that one of By JAY LOVESTONE. A: new mission on-which are repre- sented some of the ablest and most fearless Filipino leaders, like Quezon and Osmena, has arrived in Washing-! ton to plead for the freedom of the! Philippine Islands. from, the clutches of the Wall Street Washington gov- ernment. We are not particularly anxious to be harsh with these spokesmen for a cause which we indorse wholeheart- edly and for which we have been fight- ing side by side with the Filipino la- boring and farming masses. © Yet there are a few little items to which we desire to draw the attention of the new Freedom mission. As friends of the brave Filipino people in general, and the poor tenant farmers and’ ex: ploited workers of the Islands in par- ticular, we feel we are fully justified in advising, and that our remarks wil) be welcomed by the . newly-arrived representatives of the Philippines. First of all, if the mission has come to Washington to seek freedom for their nation, they are bound to be dis- appointed. Today Washington is the last’ place on earth where national or working class freedom of any sort can be found. On the threshold of the steps leading to the rear of the White House is to be placed the blame for . valuable record of Labor’s progress in Soviet Russia and the world over. Authentic information and feature articles from the pens of the teresting NUMEROUS AND SPLENDID PHOTOGRAPHS SUBSCRIPTION sanseagmnnpesuenenneasneennveenn the most outrageous crimes that have been committed by the capitalist Mili- tary Governor General Leonard Wood in the archipelago. Secondly, if the new mission ex- pects to learn new lessons in the art of self-government for the masses, it is doomed to the severest disappoint- ment. Washington is a nest of all the employing class agents that have been robbing the workers and farmers of the United States of the most ele- mentary civil rights guaranteed them even by the Constitution. Washing: ISSUE by ? : ‘ ’ ’ ? ’ ’ ; ’ ‘ ’ ’ $1.00 Six Months esoneeannesaccannvemmmanwmen see THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE MISSION ton is the capital of Teapot govern: ment. The Dohenys, Sinclairs, Falls and McLeans are the real rulers. in Washington. More than that, Wash+ ington has been the headquarters from which operations were launched to destroy the first republic in the Orient, the Philippine Republic, and the Republic of Santo Domingo. Here the plot was hatched and the plans were laid for the destruction of more republics than in any other capital in the world today. For today Washing- ton is the real headquarters of inter- national capitalist imperialist reac tion. Finally, we feel sure that Washing- ton is not the place where the Fili- pinos will find their genuine friends congregated. We are with the mis- sion one hundred per cent in its de mand on the Coolidge-Wall Street owned government for complete na- tional. freedom. But we fervently hope that these ardent champions of national Filipino freedom will not fool themselves into the untenable notion that Washington will ever give any oppressed nationality or class any- thing without a hard battle for it. We workers and farmers have had a good deal to do with our capitalist dictators, and we know their tron hand even when it is hidden in the silk gloves of sweet promises. If the Filipino mission, if Quezon and Osmena, want to find their real friends, let them go to the working and farming classes of this country, who are opressed and exploited by the same coterie of financiers and indus- trial magnates as the Filipinos are. Towards this end we are ready to do everything in our power to unite the working and farming masses of the Philippines in one big fight against their one big and powerful enemy-— the American imperialist capitalist ruling class. Fewer Jobs In Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., May 6.—Employ- ment continues to decrease in De- troit. The Employers’ Association an- nounces a further reduction in a week of 1,618 men in the 79 member ps "|of the organization This brings the total force to 235,358, of whom 8,577 in 10 shops are working on reduced schedules averaging 40.1 hours a week. ‘|The Association employs about two- thirds of the, total employes in the city. Paid to Get Jobs. BROCKTON, Mass., May 6.—After an investigation by District Attorney Harold P, Williams, William H, Pierce of this city was arrested and charged with accepting money from five Lithu- anians. Pierce is a foreman at the Diamond Shoe Company of Brockton, and these men worked in his depart- ment. j In the complaint as filed, Pierce charged with receiving $160 from these men as payment to him for the jobs he was giving them. When taken to the district court Pierce pleaded not guilty, | OUR POLICY IN THE FARMER-LABOR PARTY our comrades “has been treated like an enemy instead of a friend by those progressives whom we were expecting to. get into the Party,” as a result of the policy dictated by the CEC. If this is the case, comrades, then you have the best evidence that those pro- gressives whom you expect to get into the Party are far from being ripe for membership in our Party. It is in the conflicts which arise in the United Front that the test is made whether any of the progressives are ready for membership in our Party. Those pro- gressives who stand with us and work with us in spite of the fact that we show our Communist face and fol- low our Communist policies, are the ones who are ripe for Party member- ship, not those who desert us and become our enemies the moment we show in the least that we are Com- munists. In closing your letter, you ask the question, “The question is what is really the policy of our Party in re- gard to the Labor Party. Have we meant anything by all our propagan- da or not?” We answer that we have meant everything that we have said in regard to the FLP. We an- swer that it will be a great step for- ward for the American Labor move- ment if a mass party on a national scale is formed which will throw tne workers and farmers into the strug- gle against the capitalist parties, but we answer also that we cannot be satisfied, we Communists, with the attainment of the goal of the forma- tion. of such a party. That is not the goal which we are striving for. Our aim is, for the formation of such a Party, and then to work within that Party and force it forward, step by step, as the lessons of experience make possible, into more revolution- ary action against the capitalist gov- ernment. That is our task as a Communist Party. We cannot fulfill that task unless we raise, in contrast to the FLP program, the Communist program—unless we point out to the worker and farmers, as the struggle goes on, that there is something more to be done than the FLP program calls for. In Minnesota, we have taken the first step to perform this Communist duty, we have made the first move to differentiate ourselves as Commun- ists from the Farmer-Laborites. The result, comrades, in place of bringing the calamity which you fear, has al- ready been to greatly strengthen our Party. For all of those reasons, the CEC has not concurred in your proposal that our candidates in the Eighth Congressional district withdrawn. It instructs the Party membership in that district to carry on a Commun- ist campaign, to nominate our candi- dates as the candidates of the FLP in the FL primaries. If we are defeated in the primaries, then we shall pledge our support in the“election campaign and will vote for, at the November elections, the candidate who is nom- inated by the FLP. We trust that this statement of the Party policy will clarify the issue for you and that you will see the correct- ness of the policy which has ben au- thorized by the CEC. Fraternally your, (Signed) C. E. RUTHENBERG, Executive Secretary. Milwaukee Workers Hold May Day Fest While S. P. Silent MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 6.—One of the largest May Day celebrations was arranged by the Workers Party in Milwaukee, Wis. Over seven hun- dred people attended the United Front May Day meeting. In a masterful speech Browder out- lined the success of the revolutionary movement for the past year. One of the greatest achievements of the In- ternational movement, he said is the creation of the Communist Interna- tional and its sections thruout the world. The workingclass is no longer blindly groping about, but is march- ing forward under the intelligent lead- ership of the Communist Parties. Peter Herd, member of the Young Workers League delivered a very en- thusiastic appeal calling upon the youth to celebrate the May Day by joining the Young Workers League. In honor of Comrade Lenin and other martyrs of revolutionary move- ment, the Russian chorus sang the Funeral March. A very fine musical program was given by two German singing societies. Several organiza- tions have participated in this united front celebration including the entire Arbeiter-Ring organization. In addition to this large demonstra- tion arranged by the City Central Committe, language branches of the Workers Party had also organized May Day celebrations. Hungarians and Russians at Miller's hall, South Slavic at South Side Turner hall. The Workers Party in Action CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF WORKERS PARTY TAKES STAND FOR ‘STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF DISCIPLINE The Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party has rendered the following decision in the case of Ed- ward Hirschler and Sam Dragoonsty charged with failure to carry out party policies in their work: Dear Comrades:—The Central Ex- ecutive Committee of the Workers Party has considered the charges made against you in the letter of the D. E. C. on April 5th and your reply thereto on April 20th and I am in- structed to convey to you the follow- ing decision of the C. E. C.: 1. It is a basic principle of a Com- munist Party that every member of the party must be guided in his work by the decision of the authorized party committees. Whether a party member 1s in agreement with the policies adopted by the party or not, he cannot and must not allow his actions to be influenced by this. When the party adopts a certain line of policy on any question, each and every member is duty bound to strictly adhere to the policy laid down ‘and to work with all his energy to carry out that policy. It is the right, of course, of members of the party to express their viewpoint to the guiding party commitee on any question of party policy. Once the policy is adopted, and as long as the folicy is in effect, party members must conscientiously work in support of the policy adopted. It apears from the statement of the D. E. C. and from the statement in your own letter that you have not, In the past, followed this underlying prin- ciple of our party. The documents in the case, we believe, establish this fact. This fact would, if there were no extemating circumstances, warrant immediate disciplinary action by the c. B.C. lt appears however, from your let ter, that you did not clearly under- stand in some of these instances that the policies which you were asked to put into effect were the policies adopt- ed by the party and in arriving at a decision the C. E. C. has taken this fact into consideration. The decision of the C. E. C. made in the light of the foregoing is as fol- lows; 1. That you must immediately sevet any connections which exist between yourself and any other caucus or or- ganization other than the regular party industrial caucus or the T. U. B. L. group. 2. You are placed on probation as a party member. While your full rights to function in the organization as members are not limited in any way, the C. E. C. considers that you must show by your conduct in the future that you are entitled to remain mem- bers of the Workers Party. The con- dition of such continued membership is that you promptly and fully carry into effect in your work in other or- ganizations all decisions which are conveyed to you as the decisions of the governing party committee. Any future violation of this fundamental principle of Communist discipline will result in immediate reopening of the question by the C. E. C. and prompt disciplinary action. The C. E. C. of the party further instructs that a copy of this commun- feation shall be sent to the D. E. C. and that the D. E. C. invite you to ap- pear before it to state your future in- tentions to carry our party policy as required by the decisions of the C. Fraternally yours, (Signed) C. E. Ruthenberg, Executive Secretary. POLIGE ATTEND BUFFALO MAY DAY MEETING Report Speeches But Do Not Interfere BUFFALO, N. Y., May 6.—The Unit- ed Front May Day celebration was a great success and included umong the audience a squad of police. There was an inspector of police, acting captain of the precinct, two lieuten- ants, half a dozen uniformed bulls, four plain clothes dicks, and two po- lice stenographers to take down the speeches. The bull battalion must have been interested in the Teapot disclosures and predictions of future world revo- lutions, for, in spite of a few jibes directed at them by the speakers, they remained and permitted the meeting to proced with no disturb- ance. The assemblage was in the Tempte Theater and was held under the aus- pices of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Besides John Ballam, Bos- ton organizer for the clothing work- ers, who spoke in English, there were speakers in Italian, Jewish and Polish. The program included several musical numbers and a collection which netted $72.40. Trachtenberg Tour List of Western Dates. The list of Trachtenberg’s western dates follows. Addresses of halls and hours of meetings will be pub- lished later where they are not given here: Friday, May 9, Oakland, Cal., Roof Garden, Pacific Building. Saturday, May 10, Palo Alto, Uni- tarian Hall, Channing and Cooper streets. Wednesday, Ore. Friday, May 16, Tacoma, Wash. Saturday, May 17, Seattle, Wash. Sunday, May 18, Vancouver, B. C., Canada. Monday, May 19, Spokane, Wash. Tuesday, May 20, Butte, Mont. Saturday, May 24, Superior, Wis. Sunday, May 25, St. Paul, Minn. Monday, May 26, Minneapolis, Minn. May 14, Portland, Boost The DAILY WORKER. you are a worker, it is your paper. if UNCLE WIGGLY’S TRICKS Great Relief Film, “Russia-Germany,” Arouses Interest In spite of the efforts of the Cham- ber of Commerce of Decatur, Illinois, to stop the film “Russia and Germany —A Tale of Two Republics,” there was a successful showing there on Friday evening, May 2, at the Alham- bra Theatre. A showing which had been arranged for a previous date and was to be given at the Decatur High School, had to be called off be- cause the superintendent of schools refiised the use of the school, at the request of the president of the local Chamber of Commerce. This film, which shows the ascend- ancy of Soviet Russia under workers’ rule and the ruination of Germany un- der capitalist misrule, aroused great interest in Decatur. Disappointment and indignation were caused when the Picture was stopped, and this indigna- tion was so much the greater because the proceeds of the showing were to go for the relief of the starving work- ers of Germany. And the workers of, Decatur insisted on having their way, they insisted on a showing of the re- lief film. The “Russia and Germany” film has been having much success all over the country. In Boston, $1,000 net profit was cleared at the showing in Symphony Hall, on April 22, which in- cludes a donation of $500 made on that occasion by Mrs. Harriet G. Flagg for the suffering workers of Germany. The picture will be seen in New York on Friday evening, May -9, at 8:30 p. m. at the Central Opera House, 205 East 67th Street. In addition to the picture the Uthmann German Workers’ Chorus of 50 men will sing some excellent selections. The Committee for International Workers’ Aid will present the film “Russia and Germany” tn Chicago, at the Orchestra Hall on Wednesday evening, May 14. This will give a chance to Chicago to see stirring scenes from actual life and doings in the two countries, scenes of pioneer work of reconstruction, of workers toiling happily to make Soviet Rus- sia the greatest country in the world and of turmoil in Germany caused by capitalist incompetence. Civic Opera Announces Plays. Cyrena Van Gordon, contralto, and Forrest Lamont, tenor, have been re- engaged by the Chicago Civic Opera. Gladys Swarthout of Evanston, has also been engaged. NEW YORK CITY Party Activities NEW YORK CITY, May 6.—Despite the fact that a permit for a parade was refused at the last moment, the workers gathered on the streets to show their solidarity with the work- ers the world over, and to protest against the various laws now before Congress aimed to keep out the for- eign born workers. The workers gathered to demonstrate for the for- mation of a Farmer-Labor Party and a workers’ and farmers’ government. The May Day demonstrations this year were the most successful in the history of the radical workers of New York. During the afternoon a num- ber of open air meetings were held, and in each a large and enthusiastic audience gathered to celebrate labor’s international. holiday, Socialists Try to Steal Meeting. On Rutgers Square the Socialist Party tried to hold a meeting on the same spot that the United Front May Day Conference advertised a meeting. The police at first tried to prohibit us from holding the meeting in favor of the 8S. P. When that failed we were informed that neither of us would be allowed to hold a meeting. However, after protracted negotiations, both with the inspector and the chief in- spector, we were given permission to hold the meeting, all the protests of the Forward, notwithstanding. When we were finally permitted to hold the meeting the large crowd that had assembled sent up a mighty cheer, The meetings in Harlem and Brooklyn were also rousing suc- cesses. During the evening a number of in- door demonstrations were held in New York and Brooklyn. At Central Opera House, 67th street and 3rd ave- nue, by 7 p. m., there was a crowd ready to enter. By 8:30 every inch of space was occupied, the balconies were jammed and a good number of people filled the aisles. Even before the meeting there were spontaneous outbursts of singing and cheering. The May Day spirit of internetional solidarity captured the crowd and lasted after the meeting, when a large number of comrades sang on the way to the subway station. Juliet Stuart Poyntz, Harry Winit- sky, Tom Lewis, Becker and Krum- bein were all greeted with enthusias- tic cheers. The Hungarian Singing Society opened up the meeting with the singing of the “Internationule.” Among. -the,-other .-artiete Dahan Imandt played several v Os. Yaroslavsky sang the fina. ag: liacci. In the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum an- other rousing meeting was held. Ev- ‘ery nook and corner of the hall was occupied until there was no more standing room left. The speakers were Cosgrove, Lily Lore, Bimba and Nesin, chairman. An excellent mu- sical program rounded out the eve- ning. The Finnish, Czecho-Slovakian {and Ukrainian comrades held their own meetings. Hearst’s Hiram and Doheny’s McAdoo Win L. A. Labor Councils By MAUD McCREERY. (Special to The Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, May 6.—Organ- ized labor here, at least that portion of it sitting as delegates in the Cen- tral Labor, Metal Trades, and Build- ing Trades councils, is taking a les- son, it appears, from Sinclair, the oil king, and other capitalists who play both ends against the middle politi- cally. Beginning with the joint executive board of the councils of the various trades, a resolution was adopted here recently endorsing both Hiram John- son and William G. McAdoo for presi- dent on the republican and democratic tickets respectively. From the joint board the resolution has been sent to the parent councils, and without much debate or opposition, has been adopted. When asked how a body of dele- gates could endorse two candidates, running on opposition tickets, a labor leader (?) is reported as saying, “Why,” the republicans will vote for Johnson and the democrats for Mc- Adoo.” He might have gone further and said, “It won't make any differ- ence which one you vote for.” Do you want to help the DAILY WORKER? Then get a new sub- scriber, CARTERET NNDB A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN