The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 30, 1924, Page 4

\ | | | at eg Page Four COMMUNISTS IN GREECE VICTORS OVER FASCIST Series of Black Shirt Meetings Scuttled ATHENS, Sept. 29.—Plans of Greek Fascisti for a series of public meetings in Salonica, the chief purpose of which was to have been attacks on the mili- tant workers of the country, have gone up in smoke, owing to the active work of the local Communist groups. A personal representative of the Italian Fascist, Mussolini, ' had been sent to Greece to take part in the Salonica demonstra- tions, the chief figures in which were General Kondyles and Metaxis. War on Communism. The avowed design of the meetings was “to fight the growing strength of Comnfunist sentiment among the rank and file of the workers.” The local branches of the Com- munist Party of Greece issued a mani- festo to the workers to stay away from the Fascist meetings and to at- tend instead a mass meeting of labor- ing men and women. Fascist officials and leaders found halls that were practically empty, while an immense throng crowded thru the doors of the Communist meeting halls in the same city. The republican government . of Greece, while not openly avowing its sympathy with the Fascist leaders, is known to be helping them in every way. Premier Sofoulis toured Mace- donia a few days before the proposed Fascist meeting, expressing his fear that “the country is endangered by the Communists” and urging that the citizens do everything in their power to offset Communist influence. Sofoulis recently received a com- munication from Premier Zankoff, Fascist head of Bulgaria, appealing for military aid against the Commun- ist uprisings in Bulgaria. The Greek premier has publicly stated that he fears the Greek workers to be in sympathy with the Bulgarian revolu- tionists. Government Can't Handle Strike. The government has proved itself unable to handle the strike of the railroad workers, the bakers, the * printers, and sections of the sailors, all. of whom quit their jobs two weeks ago. They have since been joined by the government employees, who de- mand increases in wages. The General Confederation of Labor has issued a manifesto to all workers on strike to stand firm against the social-democratic government. Salvation Army Complains of More Beggars This Year Unemployment conditions on the farms in the middle-west are so bad that hundreds who would have been working out in the fields this summer walked up and down Madison street without any prospects of a job in sight according to Adjutant Herbert Burtenshow in charge of the Salvation Army Industrial Home at 1350 Con- gress street. “This summer, for the first time in twelve years, we have had more pleas for ‘handouts’ ‘than usually come in the winter months.” Powder Magazine Blows Up. (Special to The Daily Worker) HONOLULU, Sept. 29.—As gm ironic finale to the Defense Day farce here a large powder magazine at Scho- field barracks ignited, apparently spontaneously, causing a loss esti- mated at $700,000. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. Party Activities Of Local Chicago EEL OR Si ea ADSM te NON Branch Meetings Tuesday, Sept. 30. Roumanian Branch, 2254 Clybourn Ave. ucational Council meeting, § p, m., 166 W. Washington St., Room 303. Wednesday, October 1, T. U. B. L. Local General Group, Ex- ecutive Committee meeting, Room 303, 166 W. Washington St. Thursday, October 2. 1ith Ward Italian, 2439 S. Oakley Blvd. Ft ep har Karl Marx, 2733 Hirsch vd. City Executive Committee, Room 303, 166 W. Washington St. South Slavic No. 1.1806 S, Racine St. Finnish, Imperial Hall, 2409 N. Halsted Street. 3ist Ward Italian, 511 N. Sangamon St. South Side English, 3201 W. Division St. Russian No. 1, 1902 W. Division St. Friday, October 3. Ukrainian No, 2, 10701 Stephenson Ave. Polish North Side, 1902 W. Division St- Lithuanian No. 41, 4138 v Freihett Mandolin Orch: North Wood St., near Division. Italian, Cicero, Circolo Giovanile Hall, 14th between 5ist Ave. and Liberty Club House, Rd., D, P. Jewish. Terra Cotta Italian, 2475 Clybourn Ave., 3rd_floor, Mid-City English, mett Hall, Ogden and Taylor St. 50th Ct. W. Roosevelt Memorial Englewood, 6414 8. ted St. c pvak No. 3, 2548 Homan Ave. Freiheit Singing 20 W Roose- velt Road, rehe: Greek Brinch YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE ACTIVITIES. Tuesday, Sept. 30. Industrial Organizers’ meeting, 1350 N, Campbell Avenue. Cicero Branch, 14th St. and 50th Ct. Frank Buckley, speaking on Communist International.” Wednesday, October 1, Marshfield Branch, Hebrew Institute, Lytle and Taylor Sts. Thursday, October 2. North Side Branct Bridgeport Branch Maplewood Branch E Friday, October 3. West Side Branch, Douglas Blvd. John Reed Branch, S. Albany Ave. Hersch Lekert Branch, 2613 Hirsch Blvd. “The Young Russi Division St. “ Karl Liebknecht Branch, 1500 Sedgwick Street. October 4. , 1641 S. Ridgeway aking. n Performance at Soviet School, Division St. k 1902 W. Cannon Speaks in Brooklyn. James P. Cannon, candidate for gov- ernor of New -York on the Workers Party ticket will speak to the workers in South Brooklyn, Oct. 4, at 3 p. m., in the FINNISH SOCIALIST Club Hall, 764 40th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. The admission is free.. All workers are invited to come and hear the mes- sage of the Workers Party thru its candidate, doin the Workers Party! AS WE * (Continued from Page 1.) Toryism in England, is waging a los-\ ing battle against the rising power of labor and it wants to hold on to its Irish advance post. Eamond DeVal- lera, chief of the republican party is still babbling about going back to 1921, when he was the head of the Irish re- public. But he has no program that would rally the masses of Ireland un- der his banner. In fact, there is no party at the present time in Ireland with a practical plan to’ organize the workers and farmers. The Labor par- ty lacks militancy and the trade un- ion movement is in a state of civil war, with dual unionists, secessionists, labor faker's and others «fighting over jurisdiction and per capita. It is a sor- ry state of affairs. The fact that the rank and file of the workers judging by their actions are ready for revolution- ary leadership, makes the situation more regrettable. * * « HE Chinese war 1s progressing, with the odds on the side of the forces fighting against Wu Rei Fu, who is supported by the American and Brit- ish governments. The leader who is most feared by the capitalist powers, is Dr. Sun Yat Sen, president of the Canton ‘government. Sen is support- ed by the labor unions and the small business people, while the big plutes and the capitalist powers are against him. Soviet Russia, needless to say, BAKERS’ UNION REPUDIATES NEW YORK VOLKSZEITUNG CONFERENCE OME time ago we published an open letter to the New York Volkszeitung signed by the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party in reply to a communication from that body, in reference to the ap- pearance of the Horthy advertise- ment in the Volkszeitung. The Cen- tral Executive Committee of the Workers Party is now in receipt of the following letter from the Bakers’ Union, Local No, 1, Amalgamated Food Workers which is part of the New York Volkszeitung conference, in which it approves of the position tak- en by the Central Executive Commit- tee of the party: Dear comrades: In answering your letter from the 12th of Septem- ber, according to the statement of Louis Braun, secretary of the Volks- zeitung’s Conference, we would like to see the statement of Bakers’ Lo- cal 1, A. F. W., printed in the DAILY WORKER and in the Volks- zeitung just the same, for the pur- pose, that the bakers of the A. W. F. especially Local 1, Yorkville, and Local 164, Bronx,’ also” Local 3, Brooklyn, with a membership of about 3,800, are the most active sup- porters of the Volkszeitung Confer-.. ence. So far it concerns to support the Volkszeitung with money on all her occasions, Further, we, the del- egates to the Volkezeitung confer- ence from the Bakers’ Locals whom all are members of the Workers’ Party, are going to start a fight against the Louis Brauns and the Alexanders in the Volkszeitung Conference to make the conference a real working class body, and we are going to start this fight right away after the first of September, that means after the big Fall Fes- tival of the Volkszeitung. Confer- ence, This is the reason we want to have the statement published. With best regards, MICHAEL ROSENBERG, Manager. ’ ca et Ma Join the Workers Party! By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. BITLOW URGES CORRECTION IN SPEECH REPORT Not Opposed to Political |- Action for Communists RN, By BENJAMIN GITLOW. (Special to The Daily Worker.) TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 29.—In W. J. White's article on my speech at Gir- ard, Ohio, a gross misstatement ap- pears. He quotes me as stating that the working class could never hope to emancipate itself thru political ac- tion. Workers Must Own Government. I am at loss to know where Com- ;|rade White got that statement be- cause I never made it. 'He probably misinterpreted what I had to say about the election of Foster and Git- low. I stated that when the workers of this country would be prepared to elect Foster and Gitlow they would be prepared to replace the present capi- talist government with a workers gov- ernment, owned and controlled by the workers and serving the interests of the workers. In such a government the workers would not be concerned with presidents and vice-presidents. The workers’ government would be altogether different from the present government of the United States. It would be a government of Soviets |drawing its power from the ranks of |the workers in the mines, mills, shops, etc., and from the workers on the ~|Jand, Embraces More Than Elections. As a Communist I have long real- ized that the emancipation of the working class will be accomplished thru political action. To hold other- wise would put me out of the pale of Communists: As a Communist I do not take a narrow view of political action. To me political action is not-con- \fined merely to election campaigns and the casting of a ballot. Political {action includes all forms of action on |the part of the working class that un- |dermines the political power of the jcapitalist class, and prepares the pro- jletariat for the struggle against and final overthrow of the capitalist state. |Parliamentary actioh is only a form |of Communist political action, limited jin its scope, because Communists |maintain that thru parliamentary ac- lenin and the use of capitalist state ma- chinery the workers can never hope |to abolish capitalist rule let alone the capitalist system. SEE IT Sun. is supporting Dr. atk Peery ‘HE socialist party of California, is, no doubt, pleased with the op- portunity of being in a_ position to render the capitalist candidate, Rob- ert M. LaFollette, the favor of giving him their thirteen electors. It will be another “socialist victory!” “Bob” is not so well pleased tho he is not ina position to do otherwise than accept. ordinarily prefer to eat their straw hats for breakfast, than to vote the socialist ticket, he gives the consola- tion that in marking their ballots for this electoral ticket, they are not vot- ing to elect any socialist to public office, as electors, according to a su- preme court ruling, are only messen- gers. The socialists are willing mes- sengers of capitalism. ibis, ee R. Elsa Berger, daughter of Vic- tor Berger, broke into the front page of her father’s Milwaukee Lead- er a few weeks ago, after she had con- sented to give one pint of her blood to save a person who sought to join his fathers in the great beyond, sud- denly and dramatically by drawing the sharp side of a razor blade across his windpipe. Commenting on the in- cident, an ex-socialist member in Washington who appears to have very little love’ to squander on Victor, says: “Dr. Berger is a daughter of Vic- tor Berger. Mr. Berger is a socialist congressman, but no one around here is aware of the fact. Out in Milwau- kee, Victor is a village hero, but in the nation’s law-making body, he is as colorless as a Burmuda onion.” Ta, ta, but the scribe does not read Vic- tor’s speeches delivered in Congress thru the Milwaukee Leader. He could read the same speech with variations many times in the same place. Ac- cording to Berger, Victor makes quite a hit in the capitol. eee HERE is considerable turmoil in Toledo, Ohio, over the inconsi- derate action of the twelve socialists who comprise the socialist party there, in insisting on running their candidate, Thomas C. Devine, for congress against Sherwood who is en- dorsed by the local C. P. P. A. Ata meeting recently held in Toledo, De- vine pleaded with his fellow social- ists to permit him fo withdraw in fa- vor of Sherwood, but they were ada- mant. Devine finally said: “I hope you will not force me to take the matter into my own hands. My heart would not be in the campaign.” It is not surprising that the national of- fice of the socialist party should be worried. over the effects of the soctal- ist “united front” with the capitalists. But |$ To those persons who would | y. THE DAILY WORKER An Evening 0 By JULIUS CODKIND f Raising Campaign Funds apartment, clean and brightly illumin- ated, but almost bare of furniture and Secretary Finance and Outside Organ: | furnishings. I wonder does the family ization Committee. ‘HE work of raising funds.to carry on a political campaign in a large city such as New York, is most varied. One evening one finds himself organ- izing a committee of scores of girls to make the collection at a large mass meeting. The next evening he is ad- dressing some organization, with ten of fifteen present, in the eternal quest for money. Thousands of letters containing our appeals and propaganda together with subscription lists must be sent’ out to all sorts of organizations, trade union locals, and _ individuals. Speakers must be supplied where requested, con- ferences called, committees organized, materials distributed for and wide. And then the thankless, burdensome, task of securing the all-important pub- licity in the press for various drives and tag days that must be carried out. And without this publicity one cannot move, But this story is not one of money so much as one of the life of a cross section of our own movement, and it relates the events of an eve- ning. It is raining intermittently—hard when I am in the streets, but ceasing as soon as I find myself indoors. I must visit three meetings tonight. From one meeting to the other there is first a seven, then a fifteen block walk in the rain. I start early and reach the meeting of Knitgoods Workers before it has been opened for business. As I can- not wait, I confer with the secretary and a few of the active camrades, who agree to organize the Knitgoods Workers campaign comm, of the Workers Party, and carry thru their end of the T. U. E. L. shop collections drive to success. My next stop happens to be in the home of a comrade. I enter a small New York, New Jersey Campaign Fund Now Totals Sum of $3,884 The New York and New Jersey cam- paign fund has now (Sept. 26) reach- ed the sum of $3,884.08. The shop col- lections drive is expected to boost this total to the $6,000.00 mark within the coming week. There is now an ex- cellent prospect of reaching the goal of $10,000 set by the campaign com- mittee, as the shop collections drive, which is counted on for $3,000 is just -' beginning to show results. Steirer Unterhaltungs Club........ David Baumert J. Silberling N. Gitzels Shop Collect! T. A. Finkelstein Fred Derumler S. Felshin, Carpenters Group.. N. Rose Peter Ehlers T. U. E. L. Metal Trades. Freiheit (Olgin meeting c Jewish, Bronx No. 1 Jewish, Harlem ... Hungarian, Yorkville Jewish, eg pacema reid . Slavic 4 ears BSormr Re wom ore we enZs = 2 = ES g a % = 5 a & = v 3 3 § Ea 3 a o German Nightworkers Ukranian DT. English, Bronx Russian, Harlem Russian, Manvi Finnish, Jamaica German, Yorkville German, Passaic. German, Bushwick English DT. Lithuanian German, Ridge'’d, English, Harlem Jewish, Bath. Beac! Jewish DT. 2. Russian DT. Foster Meeting Tickes Cannon Meeting Ticket: Gitlow Meeting Tickets Buttons, Olgin Meeti Buttons other meetin, Streets Collections— Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 6 Rose Stokes Meeting Collection BRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSASRIS=ASSSESSNSSSISE Sehetee - » 1S p91 go mao a BS oBBS RSSon6 2 nSer assssssess: Previously reported .. Total, Sept «26. First Anniversary | of. the “Freiheit”’ Mandolin Orchestra The Proletarian “Freiheit” Mandolin Orchestra is preparing for the cele- bration of its anniversary which will be held on the 7th and 14th of De- cember, at the 8th Street Theatre, tor | merly Grotto Temple, It will be a joint affair of the Mandolin Orchestra. and the “Freiheit” Singing Society, which will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of its existence, ye The-rehearsals of the orchestra are taking place every Monday night at| the North West Side Jewish People’s Institute, 1243 N. Wood St. near Division. Nephew of Late Czar Bankrupt. LONDON, Sept. 29.—Prince Andrew of Russia, nephew of the late czar, has rushed to this haven of the emi- gres when the workers declared “those who eat must work” and has been eating hereto the amount of 8,000 pounds, He was declared bank: rupt by the official London bankrupt- cy receiver, x Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER, rt had eat on the kitchen washtub, for I see no tables. This is the house of a needle worker in New York. Sitting on the floor or standing around the sides of the front room, the only furn- ishings of which is a well stocked bookcase and two or three chairs, are @ score of men and women, the execu- tive committee of the T. U. E. L. group in one of the I. L. G. W. U. local unions, I had supposed from Sigman’s report that those militants had been exterminated, but to me it now ap- pears as tho they had multiplied. They were deeply interested in their discussion. A stockily built, deter- mined comrade, with the jaw of a fighter was speaking. He opposed the tactic of swallowing insults. In his local where he was a member of the executive board, he had attempted to break the head of an official who had called him provocateur. He had ob- tained satisfattion and he urged the comrades in this local to follow his example, At this point the discussion was in- terrupted to give me the floor. I stat- ed my mission. A moment of discus- sion, and a secretary who took over my subscription lists and instructions was-appointed, after it was decided tc act later on my request. Without pause the comrades returned to the subject under discussion, and were immediately lost to everything but this problem—I learned later that it was decided to call a general member- ship meeting of the enttre T. U. E. L. group in this local to carry out the plans*for an extended shop collection drive. The atmosphere was tense, serious and determjned. To many of our party members who find only a record of inactivity and inattention on the part of the rank and file of the comrades, this meeting would have been a revelation. They would find here a well organized, well trained The Campaign group, ‘ready to take over the direc- tion of affairs in a mighty union. My last walk brought me to the headquarters of one of the downtown Jewish branches. The rough, unpaint- ed walls had been covered with red, white, yellow and blue crepe paper, beautifully arranged in panels by the comardes who had used thumb tacks for this purpose. A meeting of the Capmakers group of the T. U. EB. L. was in progress. It had been called specially to consider the plans for the Workers Party cam- paign. A young, rosy-cheeked com- rade, with black sparkling eyes, was speaking of the opportunities lying before the Communists in the present campaign. There are upwards of a million workers in the country who have passed thru a course of training in some one of the many class con- scious organizations. We can make a direct appeal to these workers on the principle that we are the only work- ing class political party in the field. Millions who favor a’ labor party might be reached with the message of the Workers Party, which, in this campaign, is. the only political party standing on the programyof independ- ent working class political action by the exploited workers and farmers. He covers the field in a masterly fash- ion. His talk is; well received. A hundred subscription lists and several score Workers Party campaign stamp books will be circulated in the shops on the morrow. A comrade suggésts that everybody wear a Foster-Gitlow button. It is done, Petitions for the collection of signatures are handed out. Comrades undertake to cover the territory assigned. On the way to supper I think: Is this the movement whose rank and file does not function properly. Well, let me have these inactive sluggards. I guess after all that the three thou- sands dollars pledged to the shop col- lections drive in’ New York will be raised with something to spare. Fund Campaign EXTRA! ALL ABOUT CHECK No. 15! By ALFRED W. Saas SWABECK advised us t to take his advice. AGENKNECHT. : ‘0 tell you about it. We are glad Not because Check No. 15 implied a cool $100.00 from pro- bably that many determined workers who have a clear revolu- tionary vision. But because, with Check No. 15 came a letter that gave us to understand that altho $100.00 had been campaign fund, this first hundred was but a beginning. We salute this Bulgarian branch of Madison, Ill. When its secretary writes: “This $100.00 aign fund stamps sent us. progressing, advancing. Ever philosophize about ‘the merry-go-round? You pay a Please send us ten more books is an assurance to us that we are going some place, that we are given to the election pays for the ten books of cam- nickle and travel around and around, and all you get is dizzy. We must not be merry-go- rounds, It is much more inter- esting to chalk a mark at the point we occupy today, look ahead, decide upon an objective, gain that point tomorrow, and in this manner advance day by day. That's called getting ahead. The Madison branch believes in this policy. Ten books sold, ten books more! Emulate means a conscious effort to equal or surpass. So we say—EMULATE! ee ae : From one of the Workmen's Circle branch we hear that it cannot con- tribute to our campaign fund because they are not Communists. That should excuse them. Karl Marx, Scandinavian, Chicago— this is not the present address of Karl Marx, nor even his topography. It’s a branch that WILL raise $180.00 for the campaign fund. “For more and more I realize why the reds are hated and condemned and more and more I realize that it takes @ real white man to be a red.” A per- sonal contribution of $5.00 suffi¢iently emphasizes this paragraph out, of a letter from J. W.,.New York. A dance. Net $25. Into the cam- paign fund. This is the way the South Slavic branch of Johnson City, Ill, helped to push the revolutionary indicator one notch forward. A houseworker. Out of work. Still she remits a whole dollar. This from S. V., Yorkville. And you? We have a weakness for large con- tributions. But when contribution lists arrive (as No. 16,110-from J. N., of Fords, N. J., No. 612 from B. 8S. of heswick, Pa., No. 10,093 from A. B. of Chicago) chucked full of 50, 25 and 10 cent contributions, and from a hundred workers or more, then we know that we have comrades who take their Communist duty seriously, Ten dollars from the Farmer-Labor Club of Finlayson. Then dollars 4rom F, J. of Rimrock, Wash, Ten dollars from the Slovak Workers’ Society of Kenosha. Ten at a time is really an easy sum to send. “I think the most of the workers who donated this total were I. W. W." J. R., Tuolumna, Cal. Ahd the total sum was $30.00. : A contribution list overflowing with Italian names plus $14.25 sent in by A. G. of Kansas City, attests that ing Foster and Gitlow. “Alle gute Dinge sind drei.” This from A, 8. of Jacksonville, Fla. He had remitted a first contribution, now sends his second of $10.00, and prom- workers of all languages are support- ises a third. He wonders when the t will become wise enough to ue 1 ._._. BUT THEY LET PRINCE OF WALES ENJOY THE FREEDOM OF THE LAND NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—Sven Hallgren, Hilda, his wife, and their daughter Eusonia were deported to for nine y in’ Quincy, Mass. The Haligrens were returning from a visit to Sweden and because the girl was pronounced feeble-minded were not allowed to re-enter the United Sta‘ understand which class they belong to. WE DON’T KNOW JUST WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN, COMRADE. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT GENER- OUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ELECTION .CAMPAIGN FUND OF THE WORKERS PARTY WILL HELP WONDERFULLY TO MAKE THEM WISE. IN WITH THE DOLLARS! “sub” for the DAILY WORKER. THE DAILY WORKER, seesecnennnsnnnnen * Workers Party DAVIS Democratic Party Sweden altho the family had lived ~| WORKERS’ STRAW VOTE 1113 W. Washington Blvd,, Chicago, Il. ' The workers employed in the shop of. on the. presidential candidates, and the vote ‘was as follows: WM, Z, FOSTER wrens VOCOB;) LAFOLLETTE wissen votes; - | certify that this report is correct: sesunesnnvensunensnnnnnnennnsssvnnesennsensnsenneneenees Tuesday, September 30, 1924 NEGRO WORKERS — GREET WORKERS PARTY SPEAKERS Won't Be Fooled Longer by Old Partyites Probably no district of the nine in which the Workers Party, Local Cht- cago, is placing congressional candi- dates is so decidedly proletarian in character as the First District, the one in which Comrade Gordon Owens has already been placed on the bal- lot. This district, stretching from Madi. son street to 43rd street, and from the Lake to Wentworth avenue, compris- es the so-called “Black Belt,” the fam- ous Negro section of Chicago. Politicians Fawn On Them, In this district every man and near. ly every woman are workers. Not of- fice or white collar slaves, but in- dustrial and manual laborers. It is these colored workers who along with those of foreign birth, constitute the backbone of America’s industrial pro- letariat. While suffering even greater the economic oppression and exploitation than'the foreign born workers, the Ne- groes are handed the specious con- solation of citizenry. In this district probably 75 per cent of the adults are qualified voters. As such they have been subjected to constant political propaganda by the capitalist politi- cians. The whole district in infested with petty Negro politicians, ward heelers, precinct captains and innu- merable other political fry who make a living by marshalling the Negro vote for the “fat boys” of the republican machine. Disgusted With Old Parties. Altho the illusion has been system- atically drilled into these workers that their electoral prerogatives are of ‘vi- tal concern to them and should be scrupulously exercised (in the inter- ests of the G. O. P.) yet the comrades found prevalent among them a strong feeling of political scepticism. Quite a few of those questioned expressed distrust for politics and politicians. As one Negro worker succinctly express- edit: “Sure I used to vote. But now I don’t waste my time on it any more. I don’t care what politician is elected. They're all crooks.” Invariably,-such an attitude served as the opening wedge in driving the Communist position home. The com- rades were surprised at the readiness with which these Negro workers grasped the idea of the class strug- gle in society, and the identity of their interests with those of the white workers. : Housing Conditions Appalling. ger in this district, in addition to com- ing out for -the fundamental working class demands, embodies the special interests of the Negro workers. Among these is the demand for the abolition of segregated residential dis- tricts—an item which evoked the hearty approval of every workers who read it. Housing is a burning ques- tion with these Negro workers. Un- able to procure flats outside of the Black Belt, they are the helpless vic- tims of the insatiable greed of the real estate sharks. Terrifig rentals are, exacted for flats in ramshackle frame houses or dirty flat buildings. The stairways in these dwellings are often lighted by gas jets, lanterns, kerosene lamps and even candles. The rooms are small, dirty, and are filled with antiquated, patched-up furniture. Every available chamber is made over into a bedroom, for only by taking in a maximum of roomers can the high rents be met. Inquiries thru the ex- tent of one block, revealed the fact that a five-room flat accommodated on the average of 8 to 10 people. The sanitary conditions are appalling be- yond description. Negro Youth for Communism. Many interesting and instructive personal contacts were ynade by the comrades thru the course of their work, and it is expected that they will result in quite a few new members. The members of the Englewood branch of the Young Workers League, who were very active in circulating the petition in this district, were so fa- vorably impressed with the spirit among the Negro workers that they, are contemplating moving their branch into the colored neighborhood. It is believed that such a move would result in the winning over of large numbers of the young Negro workers to the league. No Party” COOLIDGE Republican Party The Workers Party campaign plug- -