The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 28, 1924, Page 4

— peepee Me eee AS ee \ by ik. prop. "none W Went i) i DEFENSE COUNCIL TO HANDLE ALL W. P, COURT CASES Roger Baldwin Endorses New "Policy The Labor Defense Council, which raised over $100,000 for the defense of Foster, Ruthenberg and the other Commynists indicted in Michigan, will henceforth handle the defense of all members of the Workers Party who are persecuted for their political acti- | vities involving the rights of free speech, free press and assemblage. This step, which will add enormous- ly to the responsibilities and require- ments of the Labor Defense Council, ‘was proposed by the local executive | committee; approved by Roger N. Baldwin, director of the American | Civil Liberties Union, and unanimous- ly decided upon at a meeting of na- tional committee members in Chicago last week. In addition to the Michi- gan cases, the L. D. C. will now take over the Farrell cases, the Pittsburgh cases, the New York cases and vari- ous deportation cases now on, as well as any new case that comes up. Just yesterday a new deportation arrest was reported, in Superior, Wis. Need for General Defense, The Labor Defense Council, will of course, retain its non-partisan nation- al committee, headed by E. C. Went- worth as chairman, and Eugene V. Debs and Rev. John A. Ryan as vice- chairman. Many supporters of the Labor De- fense Council have expressed recently the need for a general Workers Party defense organization and, altho not party members, have pledged their support in the interest of free Speech. The “National Defense Committee” formerly existed for this purpose, but it practically ceased functioning at the time the Labor Defense Council was formed—due to the absorbtion of the defense energies of the party units into the work of the Labor De- fense Council. Baldwin’s Letter. Roger Baldwin who has been a member of the national committee since its formation, sent the follow- ing communication to the Labor De- fense Council office regarding the change of policy: “Regarding your proposal to extend the work to include all the cases of the Workers Party members prose- cuted in the exercise of their civil rights, let me say that I am in entire accord. “As the situation stands today thru- out the country, the I. W. W. has its own defense organization (General Defense Committee), the Negroes have their defense organization in the Na- tional Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People and various other groups have their own organ- ization defense machinery. Cases of persons outside of these organizations are handled by the Civil Libertigs Un- ion in addition to its general propa- ganda work in behalf of free speech. “But there is no organization at present handling Workers Party cas- es on a national scale. Such a piece of machinery is needed. and the La- bor Defense Council is obviously at band to do it. There would be an advantage in having the work handled by a non-partisan agency free from control by the Workers Party, but working virtually under contract with it and in close co-operation. It would be possible, of course, for the Work- ers Party to organize its own defense machinery composed of its own mem- bers, but it would not be as effective a piece of work from the point of view of their right to agitate their case as if organized under a representative and non-partisan committee, as is the Labor Defense Council. “I can see no reason why those who are committed to the principle of free speech for every group and party should not be willing to partici- pate in getting free speech for a par- ticular party, without committing themselves in any way whatever to that party’s propaganda. “Sincerely yours, (Signed) Roger N. Baldwin, Director, , American Civil Liberties Union.” Secretary George Maurer, calls at- tention to the fact that the change| crs: in policy brings with it a greatly in-|Je creased need for funds. Sympathizers are asked to redouble their efforts to help make effective the demand that there be free speech for Communists in America, Send all contributions to the Labor Defense Council, 166 W. Washington St., Chicago. PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Expert ital Service for 20 Y 645 SMITHFIELD S' ir 7th Ave. erStunter AVE. Arthur St. Store for Sale. r Lease; $60 Rent. F day. Rear jar barns, Archer P, MANUSOS 9872 ARCHER AVE., Cor, Rockwell. BELL'S HOTEL, 1921 W. Park Ave. Wm. Bell, tae tile Our Candidates FOSTER’S DATES | Sloux City, lowa—Labor 608 Jennings St., Friday, August 20, 8 p.m. Lyceum, Des Moines, lowa—Grotto Hall, 721 Locust St., Saturday, August 30, 8 p.m. Omaha, Neb.—Eagles Hall, 17th and Cass Sts., Sunday, August 31, 8 p.m. Kansas City, Mo.—Musicians’ Hall, 1017 Washington 8t., Labor Day, Sep- tember 1, 8 p. m. Ziegler, Il.—Pavilion Park on Wed- nesday, September 3rd, 5:45 p. m. Springfield, I1l.—Carpenter Hall, Ad- |ams and Seventh Sts., Thursday, Sept- jember 4th, 8 p. m. | St. Louls, Mo—Triangle Park, 41 South Broadway, Tuesday, September 2nd, 8 p. m. Elizabeth, N. J.—Turn Hall, 725 | High St.. Wednesday, September 10, le p.m. Newark, N. J.—Labor Lyceum, 704 So. 14th St., Thursday, September 11, 8 p. m Philadelphia, Pa—Musical Fund Hall, 8th and Locust Streets, Friday, September 12, 8 p. m. Paterson, N. J.—Halvitia Hall, 56 Van Houton Street, Saturday, Sep- tember 13, 8 p. m. GITLOW’S DATES Comrade Gitlow, candidate for vice- president, will address meetings at the following places: Buffalo, Friday, Aug. 29. Rochester, The Labor Lyceum, 580 St. Paul St.—Saturday, Aug. 30. Daisytown—Sunday, Aug. 31. Canonsburg—Monday, Sept. 1. West N. Y., N. J.—Floral Hall, 11th and Polk Streets, Wednesday, Septem- ber 10th, 8 p. m. Canton, Ohio.—Canton Music Hall, 810 Tuscrawas St., E., Friday, Septem- ber 5th, 8 p. m. Akron, Ohio.—Perkins School Audi- torium, Exchange and Bowery Sts., Saturday, September 6th, 8 p. m. Canonsburg, Pa.—Labor Temple, Monday, September ist, 2 p. m. Bellaire, Ohio — Miners Temple, Wednesday, September 3rd, 7:30 p. m. Providence, R. I.—A. C. A. Hall, 1753 Westminster Street, Monday Septem- ber 15th, 8 p. m. Daisytown, Pa.—Muffet Field,. Walk- ertown, Pa., Sunday, August 31st, 1:30 p.m. Buffalo, N. Y.—Labor Lyceum, Will- iam and Jefferson Sts., Friday, August 29th, 8 p. m. C. E. Ruthenberg executive secre- tary of the Workers Party, will make a series of campaign speeches in the New England States. Two of these meetings already arranged for are: BoSton, Mass. — Monday, Sept. 1, Paine Memorial Hall, 7:30 p. m. New Haven, Conn.—Saturday, Sept. 6, Hermanson’s Hall, 158 Crown St, 8 p.m. coo Party Activities Of Local Chicago BRANCH MEETINGS. Thursday, August 28. Enlarged City Executive Committee— Room 307, 166 West Washington Street. Eleventh Ward Italian—2439 South Oakley Blvd. Scandinavian Karl Marx—27a3 Hirsch Boulevard. Scandinavian, West Side—Zeich’s Hall, Corner Cicero and Superior. Scandinavian, Lake View—8206 North Wilton Street. Friday, August 28 Scandinavian, South Chicago—641 East 6ist Street. w. S. Membership Meeting— Workers Lyceum, 8 p. m. tonne” MEETINGS IN CHICAGO. Thursday, August 28. 62nd and Halsted Sts., et sag Eng- }lewood Y. W. L. and W. ., Speakers, |A. Henderson, Maurer rg K. Harris. 47th and Ashland and Gross, auspices |Polish branch, speakers, C. Miller and Polish comrade. Friday, August 29, North Ave, and Rockwell St., auspices N. W. English branch and Maplewood ¥. W.'L., speakers D. E. Early, C. Miller and others. Lawrence and boned Park Y. L. Hammersmark ‘and citer. Roosevelt and St. Louis Ave., auspices Rykov Y, W. L., speakers, Wm. Kruse and M. Lurye. 14th and 5ist Ct. auspices Cicero branches, speakers, Maurer and Italian comrades: Saturday, August 30, North Ave., and Mohawk, | nels German W. P. and Hungarian Y. é speakers, D. E. Early and C. Miller. Division and Washtenaw, auspices N. y.. Jewish branch and Y. W. L., speak- ; Mr. Gomez, 8. Hammersmark and wish comrade. 14th and Michigan, aus} section W. P., speakers, and Tom O'Flaherty. fore auspices Irving P., speakers, ices Pullman uis Engdahl Halsted and Sebor Sts., auspices Greek branch W. P., speakers F. Buckley and Greek comrade. 30th St.. and geane, auspices South Side W. »., speakers Joe Manley and Gordon Owens. Dickson and Division, auspices i 3 branch, speakers, Max Salzman and Polish comrade. DATES OF -THE CHICAGO AFFAIRS OF THE WORKERS PARTY. Party units and friendly organizations . BE. L. Piente, Al- Sunday, Sept. 7—I i it gigi «it International Youth 12—Fo. Gitlow Campaign et thiand Auditorium (after Oct. 18—John Reed Memorial Saturday, Oct. 25—Freiheit Ball, Ashland Auditorium. tenhein Grove. Friday, Nov. 7—Seventh Anniversary Foes ian Revolution, Ashland Audi- oriu Satur Novi 15 — Young Workers League Ball, Nov. 30—Daily Worker and Labor D Bagaar, efen .. ee, in Dec, 31—T. U. B. L, Dance, and Hi . 21— Lenin Memorial hland Auditorium. 28—Red Re Get a member for the Workere Party, _— BRIDGEMAN RAID TEST GASE SET FOR OCTOBER Defense Council Calls for Financial Aid The appeal of C. E, Ruthenberg, executive secretary of the Workers Party of America, will be heard by the Michigan Supreme Court in the first or second week of October. After nine months of inexplicable dilly-dallying on the part of the prosecuting attorneys, during which the date of the hearing was repeated- ly announced, and time after time postponed, formal preliminaries have at last been complied with, making it certain apt Ruthenberg’s appeal from conviction under the Michigan Criminal Syndicalism Law will come up early in the October term of court. Assignment to the October term has already been made by Judge White, following the filing of the Bill of Ex- ceptions in the case last week. Owing to numerous delays on the part of the prosecution, it is expected that Assistant Attorney General O. L. Smith of Michigan has been working up some sort of surprise or other legal trick by means of which he hopes to defeat the appeal and railroad Ruthen- berg to jail. However, the defense has been making good use of the extra time, too; the Labor Defense Council, which is conducting the appeal, has been collecting funds steadily from working class sympathizers, with the result that only a few thousand dol- lars are now lacking to assure Ruth- enberg the benefit of every available legal resource. Funds for the defense should be sent in at once to the Labor Defense Council, 166 W. Washington Street, Chicago. What makes the Ruthenberg appeal especially important to all interested in free speech, is the fact that the court will be asked to pass upon the constitutionality of the Criminal Syn- dicalism law. Radicals and militant labor leaders have been arrested in more than a score of states under hysteria laws closely resembling the Michigan statute. Armenian Section : Holds Convention in N. Y. Saturday The Armenian Section of the Work- ers Party will hold a Convention be- ginning Saturday, August 30th, in New York City. The meetings will be held at the club rooms of the New York Armenian branch, 407 F@urth Avenue. For nearly a year now there have been difficulties in the Armenian Sec- tion due to coritroversies between various groups. Federation and Party Unite. The Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party has endeavored to settle the controversy and build up a functioning organization. To achieve this, it united the Armenian Workers Party and the Armenian Federation, both of which were accepted as affi- lated groups of the Workers Party at the Boston Convention, held in the spring of this year. A temporary Bureau for the com- bined organization was appointed by the Central Executive Committee. This Bureau has been carrying on the work with some difficulty due to the feeling aroused by the factional con- troversy. Start Constructive Work Thru a joint action of the Bureau of the Armenian Section and the Cen- tral Executive Committee of the Party, the Convention which is to be- gin Saturday was called at which all the problems of the Armenian Sec- tion will be taken up and a Bureau elected by the delegates present. The work of the Armenian Section has been improving for some time and it is expected that this Conven- "|tion will mark the ending of the fac- tional controversy and the beginning of constructive work among the Ar- menian workers of this country for the Communist movement. Births in Decline For Year of 1924 In City of Berlin BERLIN, August 27.—The number |” of births in the German metropolis is lagging more and more behind the number of deaths, according to statis- tics recently published by the Berlin health office. In 1920, right after the war, there were slightly more births than deaths. Thereafter was a de. cline, which reached 2.8 per thousand of deaths in excess of births by 1923, and even 4.4 per thousand during’ the first quarter of 1924, This was largely due to the terrible poverty of/ the German masses who are dying off by the thousands. sical Distribute a bundle of the DAILY ey ’ DAILY WORKER EXTENSIVE. PLANS FOR WORK LAID IN BOSTON DIST. Balanced Program Being Carried Out BOSTON; Aug. 27.—Plans for exten- sive work in District No, 1 of the Workers Party have been laid out, ac- cording to the bulletin sent out to the membership by District Organizer John J, Ballam. New district headquarters have al- ready been secured at 158 Broadway, corner of Shawmut Ave., containing a large hall, and branches are urged to send in donations in order to make it self-sustaining. Educational Work, A complete curriculum for educa- jtional work in the fundamentals of Marxian science, the labor movement, public speaking, American politics and a trade course has been laid out to be run thru the old Boston School of Social Science, which has been reor- ganized as a party institution, with Comrade Stevens in charge. The T. U. B. L. is being reorganized, and the DAILY WORKER member- ship drive is being pushed with re- newed vigor. Members are also being urged to aid in the organization of Y. W. L. branches wherever possible, the district organization furnishing any necessary speakers. The Foster-Gitlow campaign is be- ing combined with the Massachusetts political drive, and all efforts are be- ing made to get our candidates on the ballot. Altho Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont will have no state tick- ets this year, Communist campaign meetings will be held in whatever cities it is possible to do so. COP WHO USED 10 CRUSH STRIKERS DESIRES PENSION Wakefield Notorious in 1913 Garment Walkout (By the Federated Press) NEW YORK, August 27.—Captain George R. Wakefield has applied for retirement on pension after 28 years in the police department. Wakefield is said to be aggrieved because Com- missioner Enright reduced him from a deputy inspectorship. This job griev- ance of Wakefield’s brings to mind his activities during the famous garment strike of 1913 when as captain of the old West Seventeenth Street station in the heart of the strike district he did all he could to crush the efforts of the white goods workers to improve their own job conditions. Mass arrests of peaceful pickets were made. Wakefield was a specialist in letting the bosses” thugs finish their job of beating up the girls and then having them rushed to the _ police station in patrol wagons. Patrolmen told newspapermen, among them a re- porter now on the Federated Press, that they were acting under orders from Wakefigld when they made these wholesale arrests which they regarded as unnecessary from the standpoint of law and order. They added that Wakefield was understood to have been “fixed” by the manufacturers. Even Pinched Suffragettes The gallant officer had the suffragette leaders who assisted in the picketing dragged into the police stations and haled before police judges. His ar- resting efforts paused only before Miss Fola LaFollette, the senator's daughter, whom the captain con- sidered it good tactics to avoid, tho he insisted to newspapermen that he would take her in if she stopped mov- ing. NEW YORK CITY. Party Activities OPEN AIR MEETINGS, Time, Place and Speakers. Friday, August 29, PO nea and E. Broadway—Harry loth St. and tnd Ave.—W. W. Wein- ston pani St. and Madison Avenue—J. 8. 163rd St. and S, Blvd.—Rebecca and Simon Felshin. aie cio aetrehnae Street and. “Brook Avenue—John ¢ “3 id _Roeb! Brooklyn— 1 oi tad eke, ry one and Pitkin—Joe_ Bri Graham adi klyn— a eee Lace H ve. an ts we ni s., Brooklyn— ase ve. eae 42nd St.—s. Darcy, 8. 25th St. and M id Island—L. Landy ang ocnere “ant New York City Take Notice. BRANCH ONE (Bronx English) and BRANCH SIX (Harlem English) of the Y. W. L. comradly request the YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE and the WORKERS PARTY Branches, in New York, to refrain from arranging any affair on SATURDAY, 0 BER 18, 1924, because we have already ar- ranged a large affair for that evening at PARK VIEW PALACE, 110th St. and 5th A¥e., N.Y. C. Profits will, be shared with the D. BE. C. & N. B, C. Co-operation will tend towards a suc- cessful affair. em FRENCH AND BRITISH LIBERAL LABOR GOVERNMENTS SUPPRESS COMMUNIST PAPERS IN GERMANY By CHARLES ASHLEIGH is (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON.—(By Mail.)—For the anti-war week in Britain, organized by the Communist Party of Great Britain, Comrade Stoecker, a Communist member of the Gernian reichstag, repre- senting the industrial constituency of Dusseldorf, came to Britain as a representative of the German Communist party. Your correspondent had an opportunity of speaking with Comrade Stoecker, who was most anxious for the workers every- Where to ‘have: the tacts of thee conditions under which the class conscious workers’ movement is compelled to function in the occupied areas. Occupation Halts Revolt. “Since the occupation,” said Com- rade Stoecker, “the revolutionary class-conscious movement in the oc- cupied territories has been greatly hindered and suppressed. »The Com- munist Party, has had’ particularly to suffer, in this connection. In all the occupied areas, and especially the French, the party has been continual- ly persecuted by the occupational au- thorities. Hundreds of officials and members have been arrested, and held for’ varying periods in prisons, some being sentenced to lengthy terms. Large numbers of the leaders have been deported, from both British. and French controlled areas. Suppress Red Dailies. “Then ten Communist daily papers in the occupied areas are continually being prohibited for varying periods. The Communist daily paper, “Die Soz- ialistische Republik,» has been for- bidden to appear seven times, by the British authorities, in most cases the prohibition lasting several weeks. On August 1, the Communist daily paper in Aachen, the “Aachene Arbeiter- zeitung,” was again closed down, this time for a period of four weeks.” “And has there been no diminution of this since the Labor government came to power in Britain, and the French Republican-Socialist bloc BIG SHIFT IN U.S, DIPLOMATIC CORPS EXPECTED Minister to Chins May Go to Persia (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, August 27.—A big shift in the American diplomatic corps to fill existing vacancies in Japan, Mexico and Persia, and possible va- cancies in*Rome and China, may be expected shortly, it was learned at the state department today. Since his return from Europe ten days ago, Secretary of State Hughes has been busy looking over the diplo- matic field with the result that Presi- dent Coolidge will have the opportu- nity in a few days to approve the schedule of appointments and changes contemplated. Important Posts. The most important ambassadorial posts which have to be filled are those at Tokyo and Mexico City, va- cant since the retirement of Cyrus E. Woods and Charles Beecher Warren. Under consideration for appoint- ment as minister to Japan are Edgar A. Bancroft, Chicago attorney, and Jacob Gould Schurman, American min- ister to China, who is no enroute to the United States for conferences with state department officials. It was also reported today that Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania, former under secretary of state, more recently American minister to Belgi- um, and now the ambassador to Italy, would be transferred to Mexico City, a diplomatic post which he held be- fore being assigned to the state de- partment, To Become Rabbi. The Persian vacancy comes about thru, the resignation of Minister Joseph Saul-Kornfeld, who is return- ing to the United States to become the Rabbi of a Jewish synagogue in Toledo, Ohio. It is possible that Minister Schur- man may be transferred to Teheran to succeed Kornfeld in view of the tense situation now prevailing in Persia, fol- lowing the assassination of Major Robert Imbrie, the American vice con- sul. Would Deny Fighters for “Democracy”’ Right to Vote in America PRESCOTT, Ariz., Aug. 27.—More than 200 patients at the U. S. Vet- erans’ hospital at Fort Whipple, near here, are incensed at the action of John B. Russell, local attorney, in his demand upon the county recorder that their names be stricken from the registration lists and they be denied the right to vote in the comming election. The demand is based upon the as- sumption that Fort Whipple patients are not residents of Arizona, or Yapa- vai county, but are living on a govern- ment reservation. Local attorneys claim that there is no basis for the action, as Fort Whipple is not an army reservation, having been turned over to the vet: erans’ bureau more than four years ago. The action will be bitterly con. tested, it is sald, se WORKER'S firat Special Campaign Edition, dated Saturday, August 30. Get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER, h iy saatresnsetinsacssna Lp ees achieved their electoral victory?” I asked. “None at all,” replied Stoecker. “In fact, on August 3, all anti-war demon- strations, organized by the German Communist Party, in the occupied areas were summarily forbidden, both by the French and British authorities. And the Communist member of the Reichstag, elected from Cologne, Flo- rin, has been deported for some time, and the ban has not been lifted. Thus, he is not only unable to visit his fami- ly in Cologne, but he cannot even re- turn to the constituency which: he rep- resents in the Reichstag, to confer with his electors. This should strike the public as being a most curious in- terference with the workings of par- liamentary democracy, by authorities who are supposed to be controlled by a democratic labor government. Communists Successful. “The Communist Party has had great success in the elections in Rhineland and Westphalia. Large numbers of workers havé rallied to its colors. Thereupon the persecution of the party by the occupational authori- ties became still more intensified. The German Communist Party desires that the “proletariat of the world should know of these matters, and should add their protests to the voices which have already been raised against this arbitrary terrorism ex- ercised by the occupational authori- ‘ties against the working class move- ment of these areas.” ILLINOIS BOSSES WILL USE RADIO AGAINST WORKERS Plan Tiki on Patriotic Subjects for Fans By LELAND OLDS. (Federated Press Staff Correspondent.) Organized radio propaganda is, about to be added to the Illinois Man- ufacturers’ Assn. program for making the 800,000 industrial workers of the state more docile. Daily noontime programs will be broadcasted by sta- tion WMAQ Chicago beginning Nov. 11. In the meantime the packers and manufacturers thruout the state are preparing to install radio receiving sets in their plants so that employes can be regaled with employer propa- ganda spiced with music during their lunches. Americanization Bunk. Americanization, interest of employe in total manufacturing output, impor- tance of factory employe to the com- munity, efficiency, wages and produc- tion, health and accidents, thrift and home ownership, sports, taxation and legislation, the popular man in the factory, the agitator, mutual interest of capital and labor, successful manu- facturers who started at the bottom, ete. Another Opium Can. Employers see that the radio in- vention has given their class another means, supplementing the colossal power of the capitalist press, to standardize the mental attitude of the mai{ies of the people. They are plan- ning to use it like the press to main- tain proper wage-slave psychology. An Aid to Illiteracy. The average number of years a pu- pil attends public schools in the States varies from 4.05 and 9.08 years, Illiteracy is highest in those states where the average years of public school life is shorter according to statisticians of the United States Bu- reau of Education, Get a member for the Workers Party. Shoe Workers and Friends Are Cordially Invited to Attend Annual Picnic JOINT COUNCIL No 3 * Amalgamated Shoe Workers of America ATLAS PARK 5025 N. CRAWFORD AVENUE Crawford Ave. Cars mee at Grove SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING August 31, 1924 Tickets S0c a Person Baseball —— Dancing —— Racing —- Games Music by Jansen’s Orchestra Thursday, August 28, 1924 Ee NAME ELECTORS ON PARTY SLATE FOR BALTIMORE ~ Push Drive ve for Foster in Maryland x (Special to “The Dally Worker) y BALTIMORE, Aug. 27:—Baltimord! is on the Communist bandwagon. Pee! titions are now circulated to place Foster and Gitlow on the ballot. Members of the Workers Party’ pledged to contribute a day’s wages to the election campaign. Meetings, including a Foster mass meeting, a being arranged. The poisonous La! Follette propaganda is being counter- acted. Duffy Heads Ticket. Leading the list of eight state eleo- tors on the, Workers Party ticket is: John H. Duffy, a colored comrade, an unusual event in this half southern,) anti-Negro town. The other electors! are: Thomas Sepp, carpenter; Frankj Bernat, tailor; Louis Masek Sr, basket maker; Clement Loskot, sta-{ tionary engineer; Frank Heyduk, tail» or; Isadore Samuelson, portrait art-! ist; Joseph Highkin, dental mechanic, | The working class character of the! Workers Party as compared with the local LaFollette outfit is evident in the comparison of occupations of the} W. P. and the “Progressive”, electoral | ticket. A former judge, a minister, a college professor, are featured as the | saviours. The “Progressives” decided : not to place a negro on the ballot be-; cause it might harm their cause. The only workers on the ticket\are two} highly skilled craftsmen, a locomotive: engineer and a patternmaker. Baltimore Turns a Leaf Altho the Baltimore local has not! been sufficiently active for a long time, | it is now turning a new leaf, with the assistance of the District Organizer, | Comrade Jakira. Further steps to ime| prove local activity will be taken at a/ general membership meeting on; August 29th. The meeting will be held at the Finnish Hall, 701 S. 16th street. The problems before the local are, the reorganization of the T. U. E. L., the increase of circulation of the party press and a more effective English branch. The plan under con- sideration here, is the transfer of English speaking members of the fed- eration branches to the English branch. ¥ Membership Meeting ag of Czecho - Slovaks to be Held Friday, All members of the Czecho-Slovak- ian branches of the Workers Party in Cook County are instructed to be present at a general party meeting Friday, Sept. 29, at Novak’s Hall, Ho- man ave., and 25th. A program of or- ganization and press will be presented there and all Czecho-Slovak comrades | should make it their business to be present and participate in the dis- cussions. / Postal Clerks Discuss Wages. George Reiter, Hugh Long and Mar- tin Callahan were sent as delegates from the Chicago Postoffice Clerks’ Union to their national convention to be held in Minneapolis, beginning Sept. 9, and to last three days. The convention will act on the president’s veto of the demand for increased sal- aries. . SS EnEnnEEEiEnne Killed Hopping a “Fly.” BLOOMINGTON, Ill, August 27.— Joseph Zudor, 17, of Indianapolis, was killed here today in an attempt to hop a train while “on the bum” to, St. Louis to visit two aunts. He was” crushed by the train’s wheels. EDUCATE YOURSELF FOR THE STRUGGLE Class in English (for foreign-born workers) begins September 10; tuiton fee $2.00. Class in Trade Union Tactics be- gins September 11; tuiton fee $1.00. Enroll Now at»Local Chicago Of- fice, 166 W. Washington St, (Phone State 7985) -