The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 23, 1924, Page 4

At a meeting of the Central Execu- tive Committee, May 14th, the follow- ing decisions were made: Farmer-Labor Assessment. It was decided in view of the lack of funds to carry on the party work effectively at the present time and the failure of the Farmer-Labor Cam- paign Fund to bring in the necessary money to carry on the present party work, to levy an assessment of 50c per member in order to meet the ex- penses of the campaign in con- nection with the June 17th conven- tion. Italian Daily. The question of publication of the Ttalian Daily “Il Lavoratore” was dis- cussed with the Committee of the Italian Section, and the Italian Bureau was authorized to proceed with the publication of the Daily when a cer- tain sum was on hand. American Imperialism: The Committee discussed the ques- tion of Pan-American Imperialism and the organization of a Pan-American Communist Bureau and Congress in the light of a report made by Com- rade Jay Lovestone, who attended the conyention of the Mexican Commun- ist Party as the representative of the Workers Party. Decisions were made covering the work of organizing an immediate temporary bureau and a later Congress of all Pan-American Parties. Philippine Independence. Committee discussed the progress of our campaign in support of inde- pendence of the Philippine Islands and adopted a program of party work in support of the struggle of the work- ers and farmers of the Philippines against the American capitalists as well as the Philippine exploiters. The program will be published in the par- ty press. Greeting to British Communist Party. Committee authorized the Executive Secretary to send greetings to the convention of the Communist Party of Great Britain which began on May 18th. Small Businessmen as Party Members. Following motion to govern the ac- eeptance of small business men as Party members was adopted by the Committee: “That all small business- men as such must be excluded from the party, but great care must be ex- passing upon..such appli- =as. While we can accept work- ers as members of the party who are not yet thoroly grounded in Commun- ist principles, non-workers can only be accepted as members if they have a fundamental grasp of Communist principles and show in their attitude @ desire to work and a readiness to make. sacrifices for those principles even at the expense of their economic interest. “Under no circumstances can we ‘accept as members of our party, em- Ployers who are in conflict or who have the reputation of engaging in conflicts with workers whom they em- ploy. “Small businessmen ‘who are ac- t D ACTIVE STYLE. Costume will be nice materials or in suiting. Braid or ng in a contrasting \asing for trimming. has a convertible finished with wrist Lig portions. shows the new Vint in 7 Sizes: 25, } 37 inches waist ponding hip 48, 45 and 47 01 is cut in 6 and 44 inches this Costume mailed to Me FO! Aa DECISIONS OF CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE WORKERS PARTY cepted as party members shall only under special circumstances be per- mitted to hold party offices.” St. Paul Committee of Arrangements Publicity. The Committee instructed the Edi- torial Staff of the DAILY WORKER and the editors of other party papers to carefully examina the material re- ceived from the Committee of ar- rangements at St. Paul and when this material contains statements contrary to the established party policy, our party editors are instructed while pub- lishing this material in the press to publish in the same number of the paper, editorial comment on the point with which we disagree, stating the party position in relation thereto. Russian Section. The committee approved of the co- operation of Comrade Borisof as a member of the Bureau of the Russian OUR DAILY PATTERNS Section. Research Department Bulletin. The Committee authorized the Re- search Department to issue a bulle- tin from time to time on economic and political facts and also a bulle tin for party speakers. ’ Bedacht Explains ; St. Paul Program To Douglas Park By S. USPRICH. Members of the Douglas Park Eng- lish branch of the Workers’ Party, be- ing rather enthusiastic with the report of the financial secretary, were de- lighted to hear Max Bedacht, who spoke to this branch upon the neces- sity to get behind the June 17 conven- tion and making it a success. Bedacht outlined very clearly the difference between the Opportunists and the Communists, the misconcep- tions of one, and the clear and definite stand of the other. He showed how it is the duty of every Communist to participate in all struggles, no matter how small, consequently when the party enters into this campaign it is not with the contention that our goal has been reached, but rather, as one of the demonstrations of a party of action. Every comrade in the Douglas Park English branch understands the ne- cessity of such a move, and will bend every effort to make the convention of June 17 a great success, and one that wilt voice the attitude of the Workers in America. Russian Picnics. The district committee of the Rus- sian branches, Workers party, has ar- ranged a picnic for Sunday, June 1, at Bergman's Grove, Riverside, Ill. The Society for Technical Aid to Soviet Russia has arranged picnics for Sunday, June 8, at Stickney Grove, and Sunday, August 24, at Na- tional Grove. All friendly organizations are re- quested not to arrange other affairs on those dates. A JAUNTY MODEL 4710. This “costume” is quite up- to-date, and attractive for any of the material now in vogue. The jacket may be omitted, or it, may be made of contrasting material. The Pattern is cut in 4 sizes: 6, 8, 10. and 12 years. A’ 10 year size re- quires 2% yards for the dress, and 1 yard for the jacket of 40 inch material. Mustard color linen with stitching in brown floss would be nice for this model or pongee in a natural shade wih pipings or bindings of white or green. tern majled to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE, SPRING & SUMMER 1924 BOOK OF FASHIONS. Address: The DAILY WORKER, 118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il). BACH pattern in silver or stamps. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE SPRING & SUMMER 1924 BOOK OF FASHIONS. Address: |The DAILY WORKER, 118 W, Washington Blvd., Qhicago, Ill, RUTHENBERG APPEAL LAWYER SEES JUDGE ABOUT PROCEEDINGS Developments in the Ruthenberg Appeal are proceeding repidly. Briefs were filed on May 10. 1. E. Ferguson, one of the defense attor- neys, is going to St. Joseph tonight to confer with Judge White rela- tive to the details of the Appeal Proceedings before the Michigan Supreme Court. He will also confer with the prosecuting attorneys. The actual hearing of the Appeal will take place in June or July, it is un- derstood. Pullman Workers Make New Plans For New Battles Workers in the Pullman shops, re- cently on strike, and workers in oth- er industries on Chicago’s far south side resolved to “carry on” against the big industrial corporations that have their open shop plants in. this section of the city, at a spirited mass meeting held at Stancik’s Hall, East 115th street. Nick Leschner, the first strike pick- et arrested, was chairman of the meeting, that was also addressed by J. Louis Engdahl, editor of the DAILY WORKER, and J. P. McCarthy, its cir- culation manager. The men are determined to stick together. If all the strikers are not taken back, without discrimination, a new strike will, no doubt, be called. “Join your union and get into your political party, the Workers (Com- munist) Party,” urged Engdahl. “You must get ready. for tifé next struggle,” said McCarthy. Plans were made for building the circulation in Pullman, of the DAILY WORKER, and for winning new mem- bers for the Workers Party. * * Organizer Fails; sas Socialists Turn is . To-Communists DENVER, Colo., May 22.—Socialists who were disappointed in the failure of their national organizer, William H. Henry, to speak on the Farmer- Labor Party issue and the June 17th St. Paul convention have asked per- mission to attend meetings of the Workers Party for information on these vital subjects. Henry spoke here to a small au- dience on the same evening Trachten- berg addressed a crowd of several hundred interested listeners. Henry cut his meeting short at the conclu- sion of his speech, giving no oppor- tunity for questions. When approach- ed later by some of the Socialists, Henry angrily. told them that the So- cialist party could not associate with Communists who believed in “the dic- tatorship” and refused to join the June 17th convention for a mass class party of the farmers and workers. Remaining Dates, Places, Announced For Trachtenberg The remaining dates and places for the Trachtenberg tour are as follows: Sunday, May 25—St. Paul, Labor Temple, 416 Franklin St., at 8 p. m. Monday, May 26—Minneapolis, First Unitarian Church, 8th St. and La Salle Ave., at 8 p. m. Tuesday, May 27—Superior, Work- ers’ Hall, cor.. Tower Ave. and North 5th St., at 8 p. m. Previous meetings have been en- thusiastically attended. Trachtenberg’s discussion of the present German git; uation has nevér failed to hold his audiences. NEW YORK CITY Party Activities Coney Island Forms English Branch. NEW YORK, May 22.—Coney Is- land’s English branch of the Workers Party is the newest in the city, It was organized recently with promis- ing prospects. The next meeting of the branch will be Tuesday evening, May 27, in the attractive meeting rooms of the Work- men’s Circle, 3109 Surf avenue, Coney Island. Jeanette D. Pearl is the branch o ganizer and is urging all: Englis! speaking sympathizers to join the ac- tivities of the lusty new branch, United Workers Sunday Schools of Chicago Eyery Sunday Morning from 10-12. Gabor’s Hall, 634 Willow St. Feinen Hall, 3838 W. Grand Ave. I. O. G. T. Hall, 1041 Newport Ave. National Institute, 1041 Douglas Blvd. Vorwaerts Turner Hall, Roosevelt Road and Western Ave, Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. 4021 N. Drake Ave. Social Turner Hall, Belmont Ave. and Paulina St. THE DAILY WORKE TROTSKY TALKS ON JAPAN, U.S, ~ AND CAPITALISM Europe Rotting Under Capitalist Rule (By The Fed ed Press) MOSCOW.—So long as the ruling class in the United States is unfriend- ly or contemptuous in its “dealings with the yellow races, it tremendous- ly heightens the dangers to world peace, according to Leon Trotsky who has returned to Moscow after nursing his health for. many months.; “War between.,the United, States and Japan is not impossible,” says Trotsky, “but it can be avoided if the anti-imperialist groups in both coun- tries assert themselves. “It must be admitted, however, that both these mighty capitalistic states’ are separat- ed by many hostile interests.” In the opinion of Trotsky, the 1923 earthquake has, by no means pat an end to Japanese imperialism. “Im: perialism depends “upon ‘the social structure of a state,” observed Trot- sky, “and not upon its geological for- mation.” “As long as the question is one of fighting the despicable and shameful attempt to treat the Japanese: peo- ple as an inferior race, the Japanese may expect always to find in’Russia a true, steadfast and unselfish friend. The concept of ‘superior and inferior races’ reflects the conceit of the rul- ing classes of old Europe, which dates back to a time when Asia’ was still fast asleep. Asia has now awakened. And if Europe continues much longer to rot under the conditions brought about’ by the peace of Versailles, the center of historical development will definitely be shifted to America and Asia. “Normal and lasting relations be- tween the Union of Soviet Republics and Japan can and will, sooner or later, be established on the basis of equality and, of course, not at the cost of a third party like China.” The Third Annual Picnic of the Workers Party, Local Chicago, will be held on Friday, July 4, at Stickney’s Grove. Speakers, dancing, games, re- freshments, etc., are being provided. Sympathetic organizations are re- quested not to arrange any other af- fair, byt to give all possible’ support to the July 4th picnic. The La Follette Movement. | To the DAILY WORKER: I am op- posed to the La Follette movement, Not because I do not admire and re- spect the great senator, but because I realize that a political movement must not be based upon gréat mex and lead- ers, but must be based upon broad fundamental principles and issues. The able senator from Wisconsin has shown his mettle and caliber dur- ing the trying days of the war and since the war. He has stood stead- fastly and consistently for the truth and justice; he has fought the battle of the enslaved and the oppressed; he has opposed unflinchmgty and intelli- gently the profiteers and chauvinists, and he has fought for the rights which the constitution of the United States guarantees to all the citizens of this republic. And I greatly admire and respect and revere this noble man for these qualities. But if there is to be a~ political movement built around the senator, there will be~cliques” of men whose interests are not. entirely unselfish it altruistic, © Some of these men il be extremely wealthy, and some millionaires will join in the movement, A large number of rich péople will financially support such a movement, They will do so not because they dom- inantly believe that the government should be operated for all the people and that justice and equality should be administered to all, but they will support such a movement because some of them desire power and pri lege. It is our duty to form and estab- lish a political party which will be for and in the interest of the great mass- es, and such a party should be sup- ported managed and controlled by the working people. We have seen in our.own genera: tion ‘the formation and establishment of progressive and reform political parties, and in every instance such parties were formed around so-called great men and were not based upon fundamental, radical prine THE VIEWS OF OUR READERS ON LIFE, LABOR, INDUSTRY, POLITICS R “Friend of Labor’ Employs Scabs To Save City Money (Special to The Daily Worker) TACOMA, Wasi., May 22.—A com- mittee from the Building Trades Council hay visited the Cushman dam and power plant being: built to enlarge the municipal electric system, to see what can be done in getting the standard wage scale paid. The contractors refuse to pay the Tacoma scale, preferring the scale used by lumber camps and logging roads in the vicinity, which is much lower. The city commissioner in charge of the work frequently has another an- nouncement of how he has saved some more money for the tax payers. Among other things, he gets all the city printing done by scabs. Yet this same commissioner is supposed to be friendly: to the workers and was re- cently: re-elected bya three to one majority at the primaries. The Building Trades Council and Central Labor Council placed a work- ing class candidate in the field, who fought it out for the other commis- sionship (there are four, only two elected this year), with a man consi- dered to be a mere rubber stamp for the mayor, an eighty-year-old hot- air artist, who has spent about sixty years in politics. He is a “progres- sive” old cuss, very fond of mud- slinging, and very popular. The campaign was marked by an unprecedented amount of slander and lies, mostly . whispered. The labor candidate was variously accused. of belonging to the K. K. K., to the K. of C. (he is neither) and of helping dy- namite the Los Angeles Times (he was never in California). The work- ers failed to support their candidate, and the business. man’s friend got in. Capito! Branch . Active. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22.—At the regular meeting of the English Branch of the Workers’ Party here Dr. S..R. Pearlman was elected Sec- retary-Organizer; Dr. Leon Brodsky was elected recording secretary andsH. O. Watt was elected as press agent. Five new members were admitted to the branch and one member pro- posed, Addresses were made by Comrades 1. F. Shea; J. H. Brasher and J. Powel. At the next regular meeting on May 29. Comrade Brasher. will deliver an address on the mining industry in this country. How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. out which no movement can truly represent the,great' masses of the working people. We need no great leader; we need no Messiah to lead us out of the wil- derness of slavery and exploitation }and oppression. We need only our- selves to become active members of a Political party which shall have as its basis and platform the complete eradi- cation of all injustice, slavery and op- pression of the capitalist system. The workers must learn to unite for their own interests; they must be their own leaders; they must be their own deliverers of the slavery, starvation and abominable evils which flow from the capitalist system. A great man such as La Follette cannot accomplish the complete change of government and the reform of the industrial system under which we live, but the great mass of wage slaves of whatever description must co-ordinate all their energies, must co-operate together in one political group to battle with the opposing forces. This political party shall have as its platform the elemental princi- ples of a new industrial order and a just government, and then only will we accomplish that happy end, the establishment of the co-operative com- monwealth-SAMUEL RAPPAPORT, Los Angeles, Calif. Wants “Iron Heel” Seria To the DAILY WORKER: Just a line to let you know I am still in the land of the living and am completely recovered from the attack of pleurisy and grippe which seized me in Chica- go the latter part of February. I could not get in the County Hospital there. I was “not sick enough,” they said, altho I was not able to ik a block... In asking for suggestions for a serial tory, why not run Jack London's “Iron Heel.” In that story many prophecies are being consummated; many things are occurring now which he describes, as tho he were still alive, watching capitalism rushing to its. destruction, Comrade Louis Grass, BRITISH COMMUNISTS DENOUNCE BETRAYING ‘LABOR’ GOVERNMENT (Special to The Daily Worker) MANCHESTER, Eng., May 22.— The British Communist party now holding its annual congress here, has passed a resolution denouncing the labor government of England. MacDonald and his cohorts were called’ “handrags”’ to ‘the king for their vicious reactionary. slavishness to the rule of things hey are. The “labor” government was called “the willing tool and accomplice of the capitalist exploiters,” and was denounced for its “faithlessness and treachery to the working class.” Russian Imports Won’t Unbalance Trade Advantage (Rosta News Service.) MOSCOW, : May » 22.— The active balance of Russian ,external trade, which insures a ‘successful reform, is to be kept up as firmly as:the foreign trade monopoly, according to a state- ment made ‘at: an! important party rieeting by Mr. Kameneff, Acting Pres- ident of the Council of People’s Com- missaries. At the same time the speaker ex- plained there was.a certain possibility of imports being increased, tho in the limits of an active: balance, with a view, in particular, to assuring the stabilization of prices in the internal market. This question, Mr. Kameneff stated, was presently under discussion. Steel Trust Wanted Pittsburgh Bishop’s Diocese, Eliminated (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, . Mass.,. May 22.— Charges that the steel trust had at- tempted to get rid of Bishop Francis J. McConnell from. the Pittsburgh diocese of the Methodist church were made by Rev. William F. Conner in the Methodist. general conference progressing here. “Bishop. McConnell was the chair- man of the committee that investigat- ed the steel trust and its treatment of employes,” said Dr. Conner (referring to the inter-church world movement's investigation of the steel industry about four years ago.) . “If we elimin- ate the Pittsburg residence it will be said that the church has bowed to the capitalists. and the money power. I don't charge that, but that will be the result.” i The Pittsburg motion was defeated, so that the number of bishops remains intact. For Labor Regent. SAN FRANCISCO.—Once more the San Francisco Labor council heads a move to secure a labor regent for the University of California. The board of regents almost exclusively repre- sents the power interests, bankers and their allies, with Mortimer Fleish- hacker, owner of the “hell fleet” of the salmon industry, as its grand duke. Dancer Hurt in Russia. LENINGRAD, May’ 22.— Isadora Duncan, internationally famous danc- er, was injured in an auto accident on the road from Pskoff when the ma- chine overturned in a ditch. The dancer left America, her native coun- try, when it offered her young Rus- sian husband no hospitality. HUNGARIAN RESTAURANT 215 S. Halsted Street WM. FRIEDMAN CO. PROP. MEETING PLACE FOR THE NEEDLE WORKERS Strictly Home Cooking _ and Baking. Night and Mornin Haye Clean, Healthy Eyes, ; If they Tire, Itch Smart, Burn Friday, May 23, 1924 FROST FREEZES WASHINGTON’S FRUIT HOPES Farmer-Labor Par t y, Thrives On Blight (Special to The Daily Worker) WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 22.— The Farmer-Labor Party in this’ dis- trict is pushing its fight on behalf of the stricken farmers of this state, since the late heavy frost killed from 50 to 80 per cent of the fruit crop, from which so much had ‘been ex- pected, Population Departs. Southeastern Washington has seen high costs and low prices for three years now. Some fruit was canned but much could not be, nor could it be sold for enough to pay transporta- tion charges, Wheat costs more to raise than it sold for and thousands of acres of wheat lands have not been planted this year. Walla Walla had 19,000 population by the 1910 census, only. 13,000 in 1920, and since then conditions have grown steadily worse. “Eight Men Buried Alive.” The leading business of the town is the State Penitentiary, one of the worst prison hells in America, where the victims of the Centralia frameup are held. The state politicians who are running the place are anxious to put in a contract labor system which will increase their loot. The labor movement has so far prevented it. A start was made and then abandoned. The prisoners are held idle in their cells most of the time, and fed on rotten food. The prison administra- tion has changed four times in four years, and as'each new set of offi- cials have been getting their share of what was coming to them, conditions have grown steadily worse. Another riot is not improbable if- conditions get much worse and the food much viler. Such a riot occurred some years* ago and after three, days of it the townspeople interferred. It was caused by rotten conditions, which were then bettered a little. In this town members of the Amer- ican Legion prevented a radical mem- ber of the grange from speaking in 1920, while a farm worker who advo- cated higher wages at the time, was tarred and feathered. Methodist Merger Fight Looms. NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 22.—Five cities today were bidding for the spe- cial conference of the Methodist church South, called by the College of bishops. for July second to act on the proposal to merge with the northern branch. That the fight against the merger will be bitter, was indicated when the College of bishops vote on the merger, was announced as even- ly divided, 7 and 7. COHEN & HORWITZ Well Known Insurance Salesmen Office: 737 W. Roosevelt Road Phone Roosevelt 2500 Harris Cohen, 2645 Potomac Ave. S. M. Horvitz, 1253 N. Hoyne Ave. DETROIT, MICH. Mikel Sherman, N. D. Naturopath & Chiropractor When other methods fail try Nature's road to health. Hours: 11 to 4 and 6 to 8 P. 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