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Page Four EE FARMERS’ RUIN JARS SCHOOLS, TEACHERS FIND Educational Association Admits Crisis WASHINGTON, July 6.—Ten thou- sand delegates to the convention of the National Educational Association in session here, are trying to explain to one another how the American pub- lic school system can serve the com- mon good and yet retain the support of all influential elements in the coun- try. They have in open meeting con- fessed that the deflation of the farm- ing industry has dealt a serious blow to the schools everywhere, and that the effects of this weakening of the economic safety of the farmers will be felt for many years in the quality of support given the schools and in the educational opportunites which can be given the families. Can’t Define Democracy. While this deflation problem was under discussion by the main body of the teachers, a special conference on the problem of teaching democracy was under way in another room. This conference was ill-attended, vague and listless. As the result of three years of preparatory skirmishing around the edges of the subject, A. Duncan Yo- eum, chairman of the special commit- tee, offered an elaborate report which | proposed that a permanent organiza-| tion should be created for the purpose of trying to define democracy. He ar- gued that all viewpoints and persons of open minds should be brought into the conference, in order that the| meaning of democracy might be! reached by common agreement thru/ tolerant concession. A committee of | 100 representative Americans, he sug: | gested, could be selected from organ- izations of all kinds, and these 100/ children of farm | article will appear in our next issue. : * (Special to The work incidental to the holding of The meeting of the enla Andreevsky Hall, at 9 P. M., on Thursday. Black draperies re- minded the delegates of the loss the International suffered in the |death of Comrade Lenin. Comrade Zinoviev took the chair and announced the opening of tbe meeting. The old Presidium was |directed to take charge of the meet- jings. The executive was represented by 24 comrades: Russia by 8, .Ger- jmany 8, Checkoslovakia 3, Italy 3, the Y. C. I. 8, France 3, Poland 2, Norway 2, England 2 and America 2, Smaller countries were represented by one delegate each. Altogether 72 delegates, comprising 24 from the executive and 49 from 31 countries were present. Agenda Submitted. The executive committee submitted 2 1, The Fifth Congress. a) Draft of the agenda for the Con- gress and nomination of reporters for | various subjects on the agenda. b) Nomination for the presidium of the Congress. c) Nomination for the secretariat of the Congress. d) Nominations for the various com- missions at the Congress. e) Drafts for manifestos. I. To the Red Army, Fleét and Air Forces. 2, Against the White Terror, and the following agenda to the meeting: | persons could reach a common defini- lene imprisonment of tion of what democracy—American | \. ious countries. brand—really os thease band aged 8. Against persecutions carried out sy ahead Cow: onshiin © lin colonial lands by imperial powers. case vd I. International demonstration on Fr “coke ade pagar glo ex. | the occasion of 10th anniversary of bial “ : |the beginning of the world war. comrades in| plained to Mrs. Potts of the Daughters of 1812, who proposed a flag-pledge | and oath of allegiance for all teach-| ers as a preliminary step, the differ-| ence between equality as understood | by the American democracy and as understood by Communistic Russia, should be made clear. Other’ delegates thought that the preamble to the federal constitution @ good enough definition of de- mocracy. It was safe, and “we all know just what it means.” The conference on teaching democ- racy just sort of evaporated. YES! Subscription price to “The Communist International” Reduced! Now at |e $2.50 | a@ year or 12 issues. Single copy y 25 cents. || It represents officially the views and reflections of the Communist International as the official organ of the Executive Committee, edited by the world rehowned revolution- ary leaders: Gregory Zinoviev-and Karl Radek. Tt surely is read by all who fear an educated revolutionary working- class: by kings, emperors, capital- ists and labor fakers, and there is mo reason in the world why you, as a reader of the DAILY WORKER, should not read it. The subscrip- tion price is within your reach. Do it for your own benefit. Send your subscription to the Literature Department, Workers Party of America, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, til. Communist International F2 HW $2.00 a Year SOVIET RUSSIA PICTORIAL, OS a STREET NO. oroesnns ‘isarcasm to the need for “achieving A Monthly Review on the progress of the world’s first workers’ government Made more interesting by MANY ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS Feature articles by internationally known writers on RUSSIA and working class events the world over. SUBSCRIBE NOW! 19 So. Lincoln St., Chloaga 7. Ill. Opening day of the’ Congress. This agenda was unanimously adopted. French Make Declaration. | The French delegation made a de- | claration to the Executive, charging |that comrade Souvarine, a member of the presidium elected by the Fourth | World Congress, in no way represents |the opinion of the French Party and with being guilty of several breaches of discipline both against the French party and against the International. Refusing to follow the* political direction of the party, he was removed from his post as editor of the “Bulle- tin Communiste” and after his remov- al wrote to the subscribers seeking to discredit the party executive and try- ing to gain subscribers for a new | Political review. He also was accused jot making speeches attacking the par- |ty and the International. There the French delegation re- quested that he be allowed fo take | part in the proceedings of the En- jlarged Executive only in an adwsory capacity. The French delegates fur- |ther stated that but for consideration |for the International more severe |measures would have been already |taken against comrade Souvarine. | Comrade Souvarine requested that |he be given half.an hour in which to |reply to the charges made against him. Comrade Radek opposed the adop- |tion of the French proposal and sug- |gested that Souvarine make his ex- |planation in writing. Zinoviev supported the proposal to set up a commission to try Souvarine for violation of party discipline. He could not be de prived of his vote, however, declared Zinoviev. After considerable discussion in |which comrades Freimuth, Germany, |Radek and Bukharin participated, |Souvarine was given the floor to reply. He claimed that there were no spe- cific charges of breach of discipline made against him. He discussed var- fous forms of discipline and suggested that there were occasions when viola- tions were to be condoned. He re- ferred to what he styled with apparent $1.00 Six Months THE DAILY WORKER . ENLARGED EXECUTIVE OF COMINTERN MAKES FINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR FIFTH WORLD COMMUNIST MEET This is the first of a series of articles from our Moscow correspond- ent, which will give a more complete report of the proceedings of the Fifth World Congress of the Communist International than, the short cable dispatches already published in the DAILY WORKER. The second * * Dally Worker) MOSCOW, June 14.—-(By Mail.)—Most of the preliminary the Fifth World Congress of the Communist International is now accomplished and July 17 has definitely been set as the opening date of the great gathering. rged executive opened in the {aban iecaisl ies alee ts hiss oR as eg that 100 per cent unanimity which at present is the fashion in the organiza- tions of the Communist International.” He promised to give the International the necessary information as to the charges brought against him, Comhiission Appointed. Comrade Zinoviev criticised Souvar- ine for misusing the time allowed him to make a political declaration of a quite definite character. “We do not take ill,” said Zinoviev,” when he uses sharp words but many passages of his lspeech sounded quite un-commun- listic.” The proposal to set up a com- mission to discuss the Souvarine case | was unanimously adopted. The proposed agenda (already pub- |lished in the Daily Worker.—Ed.) was junanimously adopted and the follow- ling nominations for the presidium and |secretariat of the Congress were ac- \cepted. Presidium: Chairman:. Zinoviev. Personally: Clara Zetkin, of Ger- many. Russia: Stalin, Bukharin, Trotsky. Germany: Braun, Gebhardt. France: Treint, Sellier. Italy: Bordiga. Czechoslovakia: Smeral, Muna. Scandinavia: Scheflo. = The Balkans: Kolarov. Poland: Krejevsky. Japan: Katayama. India: Roy. Great Britain: Stewart. America: Dunne. Secretariat. Piatnitsky, MacManus, Doriot, Stirner. The members of the several com- missions were announced and Zino- viev sent the following telegram to Neurath, the Communist Party of Germany: “In the name of the Fifth Congress, |I request you to lay wreaths on the graves of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, of eternal memory, when their monuments are unveiled on June 15.” Erie Newsie Fights Steel Trust Aides to Sell Daily Worker (Special to The DAILY WORKER) ERIE, Pa., July 6.—The Erie Board of Commerce is of coisge, quite in line with the steel trust icy for this state of calling all Workers Party literature and activities “seditious,” as is evident in the latest exploit of the big business men. The young man, A. N. Beldean, who undertook |s: to sell the DAILY WORKER and oth- er publications of the Workers Party in Erie, was accosted by a chamber of commerce man who took a paper and then, on the pretense that he had “no change,” asked the newsboy to step into his office. Inside the board of commerce of- fice, two other men joined the first and began to question the newsie. They locked the door and called the police. A big detective came and took Meldean to the station and the chief continued the catechism. The newsie answered truthfully that he was Roumanian and had been in Erie about eight years and that he had not been able to get work in any of the factories there. The chief told him to get some other work than selling the DAILY WORKER and threatened Beldean with trouble if he did mot cease his sales. Beldean is fighting the issue with legal aid. Brownsville to See Famous Soviet Film With Regular Show NEW YORK, July 6—The film| intensification of industrial work and|!¥ With the party organization as such, “Russia and Germany” will be shown in Brownsville at the Sheffield Thea- tre, Sheffield and Sutter Avenues, Wednesday, July 9th. The perform- ance will begin at 6 p.m. This is the first and only time that the picture will be. shown in Brownsville and should not be missed by those who have failed to see the Russian pic- tures. “Russia and Germany” has drawn Breat numbers of people and has aroused the enthusiasm of all who have n it. In ition to this 8- for the Sheffield Theatre will be shown. The picture will be shown under the auspices of the International Workers’ Aid for the benefit of the starving German children. New Ship Service. nes concern is proposing to establish from next autumn, use firm also plans to undertake the construction, on a concession basis, of corn ele- vators at Vladivostok. by NEW YORK CITY Party Activities Picnio August 10. A meeting of branch representa- tives will take place on Monday, July 14, to make final arrangements for the athletic carnival and picnic to be held} gate of Yellowstone Park. gust 10. All branches,should elect a branch athletic director for the picnic and should see that he attends this meeting. A program of athletic events and|down members of the bourgeoi- blanks ‘for entries have been sent to|sie. There is practically no in- each branch. These blanks should be |tellectual culture in the place, no filled out immediately and sent to the|papers of any account and no logAl office. books or magazines. Every branch should co-operate in| ‘Tne whole enterprize takes on the making the picnic truly representative | usual skin-game atfair of a capitalist of the entire party in Local New York.|sovernment. The fare from Gardner roe or any other port of entrance is $45.00 Dlecuss Our Industrial Work. for a 4%4-days’ trip. Ten dollars and In accordance with a decision made |a half a day for board and lodging and at the last meeting’ of local industrial |25 miles of auto riding is “sum” graft, organizers, branches are arranging | and that isn’t all. Everything is priced special meetings to discuss our indus-|a half more than outside, so that the trial activities. Active trade union-|fat passengers are properly stung be- ists are being provided by. the local jfore leaving. industrial department to lead the dis- No Union Workers. suamion. Labor fares ill of course. The scab Successful meetings have already % girls who do the hotel flunkey work Doan eld “Uy Beeerny BREAN: All are called “savages” and are presumed others that wish to arrange such dis- é qussions should get in touch immedi- to do all the low menial tasks of flunk: ately with the local office eys cheerfully. They get half as much if i as the male help, which runs $100 per se Membership Meet July 11. Ii li gpa season, not includ- The Workers party general mem-| ‘The auto tourists are charged $7.50 of summer tourists, who bership meeting has been postponed each auto for the privilege of camping from Monday, July 7, to Friday, July 11, The meeting will be held in the main hall of Stuyvesant Casino, 142 2d Ave., near 9th St. The district ex- ecutive committee was compelled to postpone the meeting because of the Cleveland conference, which will be in session at that time, and the C. E. C, meeting, which comes just before, and would prevent the C. E. C. repre- |sentatives who led the discussion at the previous members’ meeting from | being present at a continuation of that out in’ dirty camps, and paying double Report of the Last City Central Com- mittee, Local Chicago, Meeting. The last meeting of the city central committee, Local Chicago, took up a number of important matters. Cook County Labor Party to Be | PARTY ACTIVITIES IN. CHICAGO - SCAB LABOR AND HOLD-UP PRICES CHARACTERIZE YELLOWSTONE AND TEAPOT DOME LAND, NOT SCENERY \ By ROBIN E. DUNBAR. (Special to The Dally Worker) GARDNER, Mont., July 6.—This small town is the northern It is a typical western worn-out vil- at Pleasant Bay Park on Sunday, Au-| lage, first existing as a small mining center, then as a feeder for the northern part of the;park. The railroad brings in thousands i are carried here thru the park by auto stages, driven by non-union chauffeurs, students and broken- fresh iti a EO acct I at the stores. The excuse is this charge goes to keep up the roads. But as the roads are no better than those outside, this is a flimsy excuse. The govérnment employes flock everywhere and do very little. They sérve mainly to clutter up the scenery, which to tell the truth, is beautiful here and there, but never awe-strik- ing. like the Grand Canyon of Colo- rado. : Teapot Still Spouts. Asking several Montana exploiters who were the prominent men of this state, the answer was: Senator Wheel- er, Heinz Daly and Clarke. Bill Dunne’s name never was mentioned by such boys. On-the way we passed thru Casper, Wyoming, 35 miles south of Teapot Dome. The sentiment here amongst the bank-busters and busted was fa- vorable to Coolidge. Graft is still king in’ Wyoming. One I..W. W. said they shoot such fellows as him on sight. Times are tight. The oil still flows, but flows thru pipe lines east to be re- fined by cheap labor. ‘will begin his class Monday, July 14, at 2733 Hirsch Blvd. August 10 Picnic. Preparations are going forward on the press picnic on August 10. The city central committee again re- iterates that November 7, May day | discussion. Comrades are urged to spread the |news of the postponed date of the | meeting. * Russian Branch Campaign. Mice and Lenin memorial celebrations shall The call for the formation of the|h. conducted by the city organization Cook’ county Farmer-Labor warty i8)anq not by the separate branches. already being issued and the Workers All branches shall notify the city or- party is getting on the job to get dele- ganization of any affairs proposed. jgates from trade unions and other! otherwise these affairs will not be per- starting the Farmer-Labor party cam-| Cook county Farmer-Labor party con- |peign. An open air meeting will be | Vention. It is to be held July 20, 180 jheld on Wednesday, July 9, on the cor-; W- Washington St., Room 303, begin- the Central Executive Committee of ner of Union Ave, and South 2d St. |The meeting will start at 8 p. m. ¥ All comrades are urged to be pres- ent. see Open Air Meetings. Tuesday, July 8. Section 1—10th St. and 2nd Ave. Speaker: H. Winitsky. Seetion 3—138th St. and St. Anne's Ave. Speaker: Joe Brahdy. Wednesday, July 9. Section 1—ldth St. and 8th Ave. Speaker: Carl Brodsky. Section 2—106th St. and Madison Ave. Speakers to be announced. Section 4—Union and So. 2nd St., Brooklyn. Speaker: Charles Brower. Thursday, July 10. Section 2—110th St. and Sth Ave. Speaker: Rebecca Grecht. Friday, July 11. All open air meetings called off on ac- count of general membership meeting. Saturday, July 12. Section 2-110 St. and 5th Ave. Speak- ers to be announced. Section 4—Grand St. Extension, Bklyn. peaker to be announced. Section 5-—Stone and Pitkin Aves., George Powers. Bkiyn. § er: 25th St. and Mermaid Ave., Coney Island. Other meetings are pone. arranged which comrades will find vertised in the local party press. Young Workers Push Campaign InN. Y. District Since the organization of the New York district, District No. 2, new branches have been formed in the states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Only recently there has been organized an English branch in Hartford, Conn., which is now doing good work. Last week a new branch of the Young Workers League was jning at 10 a. m. Be on the Job in the Coming Elections. The party membership will be en- listed in getting of tens of thousands of petitions that are necessary in or- der to place the Labor party ticket in Cook county. Every branch is elect- enter the elections this coming fall. Industrial Activities Increasing. The Workers party can report prog- ress in many industrial fields. Excel- lent work is being done in preparation for the machinists’ convention in De- troit. The T. U. E. L. groups are be- ginning to-revamp themselves in much better shape. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers are taking up the matter of organizing the party mgm- bers on the basis of shop nuclei. Shop Nuclei Prospects. Local Chicago is also starting to take up carefully the problems of or- ganizing the party. on the’shop nuclei basis. In addition to work in this di- rection among the Amalgamated Clothing Workers party members, ef- forts are also being directed in the stockyards and Western Electric. A more accurate industrial registration is now being kept, giving the place of work, Unemployment. Party members should make it their business to bring up the matter! of un- employment in their trade unions and other working class organizations, at street and mass meetings ad in gen- reel film, the regular motion picture] tawrence. MOSCOW, July 6.—The Hugo Stin-}) 14. direct Hamburg-Vladivostok service as | /7¢ organized in Hudson county, New Jer-/eral everywhere take advantage of sey, and this week a branch in Perth |the situation to present the problem of Amboy, N. J. Both of the last named|ynemployment to the workers and are also English speaking branches. |make them conscious of what they are In New York we are now in the/up against and what needs to be done. Workers Party, Local Chicago, Will off that picnic. The Russian branch, W. P. A., is| Working class- organizations to the} mitted. Because the Italian comrades scheduled a picnic on August 10, the same day as the Workers party press picnic, the city central committee in- structed the Italian comrades to call If the picnic is gone thru with, then the Italian comrades are to donate 50 per cent of the pro- ceeds to the city organization or the DAILY WORKER. Reaching the Children. The party members should get their the field in the state of Illinois and in| children into the junior groups or into the Young Workers league. In order ing a special committee of five to take|to aid this work, party members are charge of getting petitions signed to|instructed to get their children to join the junior section of the Young Work- ers league and branches should make this a special order of business at the coming meetings. At this time it is imperative that every party member shall be an active agitator and .propagandist for Com- munism. We do not want any dead- heads in the Workers party. The par- ty branches must therefore make a systematic effort to get all members in good standing and to see that every member has a job to take care of. If the members are not ready to be in good standing, if they are not willing to do their share of work, then it is better to drop them from the rolls. This is a party of live wire thinkers and workers. Look over your branch and get the members busy. The party is growing numerically and in activity. Seven- teen new members were brought in at the last C. C. C. meeting, among whom were 11 union members from the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, car- penters, printers, cement finishers and laborers’ union. obs e BRANCH MEETINGS MONDAY, JULY 7th:—19: s an, 1103-8: Loomis ac are Teal ifiallan Cicero, 1402 8. 50th Ct., Cicero, pbgmies Park English, 3322 Douglas sorte Side English 2409 N. Halsted « North-West Jewish Branch, 2642 Le- process of organizing two new Eng- T. U. BL. ane iy . ™m. op lish branches. Four branches have aye Be te CeRrege MEBrT gs. Sox ayn MESIBERSHIP been organized in the city the last {n'ai dedenvor 46. g00' the U. Bleed Bt. Im fall, . Hal- three months. ay L. groups, the industrial departments ber a seafitsdatheny dae: Hams aang of the party to work even more close- ing on an intensive campaign fot the the T. U. BE. L. groups are to have representation on the city executive committee of the party, with voice but no vote except on industrial matters. Secretaries of the T. U. E. L. groups are to make written reports to the city zation regarding all activities, sales of literature, etc. This is also done in the case of the city agent of the DAILY WORKER. Sales of litera- the establishment of shop nuclei in particular. BOSTON PARTY ACTIVITIES Open Air Meetings. Thursday, July 10. Blue: Eiil Ave. ture of al kinds, apd especially the Woodrow!”” “Baliam ‘and Wienlombere:|DAILY WORKER, are increasing very Friday, July 11. Heath Eq., Roxbury, | Well in Chicago. oaimens ane Derg temas, Gerber, Street meetings have been more ra Y’ Riley ‘ana Mediocre Share Her gre than ever before in Chicago 2, the election period will no doubt Riley and Rotel ABaeten COMMON. | make them evon more successful. ‘ oblonday, July 14. Speakers’ class at) Arne Swabeck’s class in trade union "Accom list of speakers ana/Conduct and tactics has started suc- nyiny i ed fi Eampaign, “Bach comrade to. report = cessfully. More trade union members 30 |Should take advant: of Swabeck's name is in| xcellent talks and got to the meetings responsible} Which are held regularly at 1902 W. report eh | Division St., every Thursday. This class in trade union conduct and tac- ties will prove invaluable to party trade union members. The speakers’ class, it is expected, will result in the party having a number of additional der, wae, Gomitade Cam ng touch with the commit as to what nights he te avaliable ‘and Show he can be reached on short » phone, ete, al ciate - ly at alton, Send in that Subscription Today. ’ Monday, July 7, 1924 } CANADAPOSTAL WORKERS BOWTO “BOSSES” RULING Rely on Capitalist Goat’s Goodness (Spdclat to The Dally Worker) TORONTO, Ont., July 6.—With the return to work of all striking postal workers, the eleven-day postal strike has been ended in the three cities affected, i. e., Toronto, Windsor and Montreal. Termination of the strike was brought about by negotiations be- tween the minister of labor, Murdoch, and officials of the Canadian Federa- tion of Postal Employes. The workers have returned to work “unconditionally” relying upon the good will of the government not to enforce the cut in wages which caused the strike. This “unconditional sur- render” fneans that the, strikers return to work as “postal helpers” with the loss of their seniority, and with their wages cut to $85 a month. The only concession gained is that there will be no blacklisting of the leaders of the strike. But the postal authorities promise that there will be a reorgan- ization of the service in the near future. Meanwhile the strike breakers hired during the strike are continuing at work. Northwest Mounted On Job. According to the statements“handed out by the leaders of the strikers the return to work unconditidhally is a mere technicality since the minister of labor has assured that all workers will be adjusted within two months by tions, and that all existing differences will be adjusted within two mnoths by @ committee of the federal cabinet. When it is remembered that this min- ister of labor told the strikers at the beginning of the strike that they “could strike until hell freezes over,” it is quite apparent that the postal workers return to work unconditional- ly is no mere technicality but a real defeat for the workers and a victory for the capitalist government. Only the postal workers in Toronto, Windson and Montreal struck when the call was issued eleven days ago. In these three cities strike breakers were hired by the hundreds from the ranks of the unemployed. When the unemployed were applying for the jobs of the strikers they were pro- tected by “red-coats” Of the North- west Mounted Police which is the fed- eral strike breaking force in this coun- try. The government during the strike maintained its position of “no concessions” to the strikers. Railway and U. S. Workers Help. Attempts to get the railway unions to handle mail during the strike were unsuccessful. A fine demonstration of solidarity frpm the postal workers of the United States was given in the shape of a check for $5,000 sent to aid the Toronto strikers. The strikers, most of whom are returned soldiers who got their jobs thru “pull,” de- monstrated their patriotism during the strike by singing patriotic airs at all their meetings even tho they were fighting against the capitalist govern- ment and against a cut in wages. The settlement of the strike is an- other victory of the bosses over the Canadian workers who have been re- treating before the onslaught on their standard of living since 1921. The only militant sign during the strike was the decision of the Toronto Trades and Labor Council last Satur- day to make plans for the calling of a 24-hour demonstration strike on be- half of the strikers. PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST ital Service Rendering Suet PD lor SMITHFIELD ST., Near 7th Ave. Arthur St. CENTER AVE., Cor. ing ; PORTNOY & CO. ‘ators Small black pocket book containing $11.00 at Stickney Park Grove, 4th of July Picnic. Address THE DAILY WORKER, 6 E. NEFFS, OHIO, NOTICE! “ MASS PICNIC will be held on Charlie Perunko's Farm Sunday, July 13 Good Music and Refreshments of all kinds Proceeds for the benefit of THE DAILY WORKER and ~ Federation papers. ADMISSION FREE. We will all be looking for you. Be there,