The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 6, 1924, Page 4

Page Four BIG PROTEST MEET AGAINST TATION Pittsburg Workers to Aid Pietro Nigra (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURG, Oct. 5.—More than a thousand Italian work- ingmen and women crowded into the Union Temple of Labor here to protest against the de- ortation of Pietro Nigra, an} italian worker who was active| among the |. W. W., and of| three other workers known in| labor circles. Comrade Enea Sormenti, of the Workers Party, who a few weeks ago led thé demonstra- tion in New York against the Fascist flyer Locatelli, made a ringing speech in which he called upon all the workingmen of the country to prevent the deportation of Nigra. Nigra was arrested in September, 1917, for his labor activities and sen- tenced to five years at Leavenworth prison. After his term had expired he was sentenced for the same offense, in defiance of the constitution, to de- portation ,from the ‘country. The United States department of labor has played the leading part in at- tempting to deport Nigra. Send Telegram. The Italian workers of Pittsburgh | have sent a telegram to secretary of; Jabor Davis, demanding that he pre-| vent-the deportation of Nigra. To deport a worker to Italy today | on charges of radical activities is/| practically equivalent to imposing a sentence of death on him, the speak- ers brought out during the course of | the meeting. Comrade Sormenti re- called the case of lacopo Tori, whom | the United States government de- ported last spring. Tori was seized | by orders of Mussolini immediately | upon his arrival in Italy and thrown into one jail after the other. finally forced to serve in the national militia. Italian workers in this coun- try, with whom Tori used to cor- respondent frequently, say that they have received no news of him for four months. The workers who attended Comrade | Sormenti’s meeting gave $124.35, part of which will be used to defend Nigr: The rest will go to build up “Il Lavoratore,” Italian Communist daily. Tori Is Conscript in Italian Army But Very Much Alive On September 25, the DAILY} WORKER printed an article sent out by the “Defense News Service” of the I. W. W. General Defense Com- mittee, referring to deportation of po-| litica] prisoners, stating in part that:, “Jacob Tori, Italian ex-political who was deported a few months ago, has neve; been heard of since his exile.” We have received a letter dated Oct. 2, from James Morris, secretary of the I. W. W. Geheral Defense Com- mittee saying: “Permit me to cor reet the story printed in the DAILY WORKER a few days ago. It dealt with the deportation of Jacob Tori. This fellow worker is now a con- seript in the Italian army, having been drafted by the Fascisti under penalty of death.” This clears up the ominous disap- pearance of Tori, but illustrates at the same time how ruthless and vio- lent is the reactionary Fascisti in its control of political power. ARE YOU OBTAINING YOUR BUN DLE OF THE DAILY WORKER and CAMPAIGN LEAFLETS to distribute when you are out getting signatures to petitions? OUR DATES Workers Party Units and Friend- ly Organizations do not arrange conflicting dates in Chicago, meauraay, Oct. 11.—Dance—Hersh Lekert Brancl » Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch va. Ashland Oct. Auditorium (after- and Russian and Ukrainian branches of W. P., Schoenhofen Hall, Ashland and Milwaukee Av: ng. Sunday, Oct. 19—Russian performance, and DANCE, given the Society for hnical Aid to S Russia, at 1902 . Division St., beginning at 6 p. m. Saturday, Oct. 25—Freiheit Ball, Ashland itorium, y, Nov. jan Revolution, torlum. 12.—Concert hn Reed Memorial 7—Seventh Anniversary Ashland Audi- Nov. 15.—City Mask Ball. | mber 22.—Marshfield Branch Social.) mber 27-30.—DAILY WORKE La- Defense Bazaar, Workers Lyceum, Hirsch Blvd. Dec, 31—T. U. BE. L. Dance, 21— Lenin Memorial shi Auditorium. ibruary 28, 1925.--Red Revel, Women’s Club, 37 So. Ash- fal "tina Ave. WANTED! iho can acquire in printin, He was | Oct. 12—Foster-Gitlow Campaign | dance, | | | Is the socialist party socialist in jname only, as the title of this article indicates? Is the charge correct that the socialist party has stripped itself of the last vestige of socialism, as its |sister parties have done in Hurope? Let the reader turn his eye to Wis- |consin, the present stronghold of the | socialist party. Let. him examine the |developments which have recently jtaken place there, and he will be better able to judge whether the so- cialist party is entitled to be the spokesman of the working class. The socialist party held its bi-an- convention in Wisconsin on June , 22nd, 1924, Here the socialist party was confronted with the major question of, the attitude which should be taken towards LaFollette, should he be supported by the socialist party or should be exposed as a politician and a faker? In spite of the bitter op- position led by Berger, the attitude of the convention seemed to be very clear. By a vote of 113 to 3 the con- vention passed the following resolu- tion: “The socialist party of Wiscon- sin, in convention assembled adheres to the stand heretofore taken by the na- tional organization, that we are un- alterably opposed to the Cleveland conference indorsing any candidate running as an independent, and there- fore resolves that in the event no labor party is formed at Cleveland, we favor the placing on the ballot of @ full national ticket.” Broke Convention Pledge Mayor Hoan made a fiery speech in favor of his resolution. He stated that the socialist party would meet with a great fiasco if it threw its support to some disgruntled individual, “either LaFollette or MacAdoodledoo” May- or Hoan was followed by Quick, the present candidate of the socialist par- ty for the governor of Wisconsin. Quick. urged the socialist party not to tie itself to the tail of some self- Seeking politicians’ kite. His speech was followed by Wm Coleman, state secretary who supported the majority position and criticized the party for not putting up a Candidate against U. S. senator LaFolldtte. District Five in Second Place HE Pittsburgh district of the Workers’ Party has taken second place in the total amount of campaign funds collected by the district office. New York, the largest district in the party, has first place, and as yet there is no district close enough to it to be adjudged a competitor. The contributions for the campaign re- ceived by the New York distritt of- fice total $3,884.08 on Sept. 26. Pittsburgh has collected a total of $613.25 to Sept. 30. There are larger districts than the Pittsburgh district and reports from these any day may take the honor of second place from Pittsburgh. These larger districts are Minneapolis, Detroit, Cleveland, Bos- ton, Chicago. An itemized statement of Pittsburgh contributions follows: Pittsburgh, Jewish $145.00 Finnish 67.75 ‘a N. S. Englis! 61.75 ‘s N. S. So. Slavi 24.00 on Greek 14.50 2 Lithuanian 10.00 ‘9 Lithuanian, 60 10.00 nd Ukrainian 8.00 * Russian 6.00 “ German - 4.00 sd So. Slavic, But. St. 12.25 Rural Ridge, English 20.00 E. Pittsburgh, English .. 15.00 Bulger, English ... McDonald, English Anibridge, So. Slavic . Verona, So. Slavic Woodlawn, So. Slavic. eesport, So. Slavic. New Brighton, So. Slavic. McKeesport & Clairton, Greek 20.50 McKeesport, Russian 8.50 McKeesport, Ukrainian 1.25 Pgh. Slovack Soe. Fed... 5.00 $613.25 Labor Defense Day MELBOURNE, Australia—On the |the world war, the Melbourne Trades Hall council passed the following mo- tion: |rors of the T Two years ago the same speaker discharged a volley in the same direc- tion by referring to “Double crossing progressives as we have them in this state.” Finally, the sentiments ex- pressed by and lead by Hoan and Quick prevailed, and the convention went on record as overwhelmingly op- posed to LaFollette. This might have been due to the ideological integrity of the leaders. It was no secret, how- ever, that it was in the interests of the local political group to oppose the LaFollette movement, as a fussion with the LaFollette forces threatened in the lomg run to deprive the socialist party of a number of responsible po- litical jobs. However that may be no one had dreamed that the situation would change so abruptly and so com- pletely after the Cleveland conven- tion. Harmony in Crooks’ Camp. Peace and harmony reigns now in Wisconsin, among the misleaders of the socialist movement. The battle for ! “revolutionary socialism” is over: The right winger—Mr. Berger and the left winger Mr. Hoan are safely chained to the chariot of the anti-socialist La- Follette, and sing their eulogies to this new founded savior of the work- ing class. Politics make strange bedfellows. Yet many a simple-hearted work- ingmen rubs his eyes and tries to figure out the puzzle of the fierce bat- tles of yesterday and of the strange harmony of to-day. This surrender of the socialist par- ty to the bitterest enemy of socialism manifests itself daily. Here is an ex- ample: Prior to the primary elections the socialist party as a concession to its “left wing” had nominated Bill Quick for governor, but even at that time it gave a tacit approval to the canUidacy of lieutenant governor Cummings and took a great deal of interest in his fight for nomination against Blaine, For Blaine Before Prior to primary elections and be- fore Governor Blaine received an un- qualified endorsement of LaFollette, the S. P. gave a tacit approval to Cum- mings. The S. P’s. attitude towards governor Blaine now changes.’ The HE DAILY WORKER denounced Blaine as an enemy of la- bor, suddenly“becomes silent on this question. There is very little verbal denounciation of Blaine and practical- ly no campaigning is carried on for Quick, while a great deal of energy is devoted toward boosting Berger. It becomes very apparent that Ber- ger’s machine is putting oyer its well planned betrayal of the rank and file of the socialist party, and socialist workers of Wisconsin. Quick Slow To Act. Even if Quick is not withdrawn for fear of forcing a rebellion of the al- ready bitterly dissatisfied group with- in the party, no effective fight will be made on behalf of his election. Quick himself it seems is conscious of betrayal but is willing to be kidded along. It is a well known fact that prominent socialist party politicians are working together with Blaine in planning the LaFollette campaign and in making a drive for his campaign fund. It is only natural that under the circumstances the S. P. would be forced ‘not to put up an active resist- ance to his re-election for governor The betrayal and alliance with middile class politicians on a national scale are inevitably followed by the betrayal of socialism in state politics, Only Election Machine The continuous horse trading with the “progressives” has a demoraiizing effect upon the 8. P. organization in Wisconsin. With the exception of an election machine in Milwaukee, the S. P. of Wisconsin has practically no membership in any other part of the state. In the report of the state executive committee to the last convention of the party Wilson Coleman complaints that “The LaFollette swoop in the Fall of 1922, had also a depressing ef- tect upon the remaining membership of our party.” One can clearly perceive that the “swoop of LaFollette” in 1924, will finally destroy the last ves- tige of the party. For after all the so- cialist party today is essentially a vote-catching machine. The class issue plays no part in its ideology be- yond its possibilities for exploita- tion of workers’ votes. It is to the voter, not to the worker that the so- Milwaukee Leader which only recently ‘HE Central. Executive Committee of the Workers party at the meet- ing of September 29th made decisions |on the following matters: Cleveland Situation: Comrade Max Lerner, District Organizer in Cleve- land appeared before the committee on the question of the suspension of W. Karath for one year for breach of Party discipline and conduct inimical to the Communist movement. The} Central Executive Committee voted to/| sustain the action of the D. E. C. and appointed Comrade Ruthenberg to go to Cleveland to meet with the city central committee of Cleveland to straighten out the matter. Young Workers League Contro- versy.—Central Executive Committee appointed a committee consisting of Comrades Bittelman, Bedacht and Browder to consider questions raised in regard to the activities of the Young Workers League in com- munication from Comrade Nat Kap- ian, member of the N. E. C. of the Y. W. L. and also in relation to disciplin- ary action taken against certain com- rades in connection with proposed anti-military activities, Italian Convention:—The date of the convention of the Italian Section of the Party was postponed to October 11, 12 and 13 with the approval of the Cc. BC, Volkszeitung—The Committee acted upon certain communications from German branches in relation to the Horthy ad. appearing in the Volkszei- tung, by referring them to the state- ment already published and also took up the question of articles appearing in that paper and decided te put the whole question of the Volkszeitung and its policies on the agenda of the full C. E. C, meeting to be held at an early date. Left Poale Zion:—The Central Ex- ecutive Committee decided to accept the coperation of the Left Poale Zion |tenth anniversary of the outbreak of in the Workers Party campaign with the understanding that Workers Party speakers would appear on the plat- form of that organization together “This Council is convinced that with] with its speakers and would have the another great war the horrors and ter- right to appeal for membership in the last one will be eclipsed,| w, P, and to explain the difference of and, fearing that such another war] the position of the W. P. and the Left affirms it to be the duty of the Labor that in no circumstances, compulsory or otherwise, will the workers take up ‘arms in the interests of capitalistic Clothin| rivalries, but, instead, will join with | 1) a+ the organized workers of all countries in striving whole-heartedly for peace by international action directed to the socialization of industry. principles o in RSITY PRE! Incorporated 1006 Burnham Bidg., Chicago. government of Australia to declare B DECISIONS OF WORKERS PARTY CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE cialist party is adapting it propagan- The Socialist Party Minus Socialism da, Class Issues Submerged “The ancestry” plays an important part in the politics of the S, P. in Wisconsin. Berger's machine caters strongly to the German population. Class issues are submerged under the appeal to national sentiment. But in the meantime the S. P. betrays its na- tionalist adherents as well, deluding them into belief that the election of LaFollette group will change the course of American imperialism to- wards Germany. It is indeed éne of the most outstanding crimes of the S. P. which the workers will never for- give—this betrayal of internationalism of the workers’ socialist movement for the nationalism of the bourgeoisie. The workers should well notice that a similar policy is adopted by the na- tional LaFollette committee. The Steuben society and largest bourgeois publications are exploiting the Ger- man population while the socialist democratic party of Germany is as- sisting the international bankers to fasten the yoke of Dawes’ plan upon the toiling masses of Germany. In con- trast to that there is a veiled oppo- sition to the recognition of the first Workers’ Republic, the Union of Fed- erated Socialist Soviet Republics. At the conference of progressive elements in Madison on May 17th where the socialist party has a major- ity of votes, a resolution for recognition of Soviet Russia, was overwhelmingly defeated. The socialist party dele- gates either abstaining from voting or actively opposing the resolution. Not Constructive Program. The same petty bourgeois ideology manifests itself in the socialist party trade union activities. In the report submitted by Frank J. Weber who is very influential in the trade union movement, there is not a single con- structive idea. No plan for the or- ganization of the unorganized, nothing for the improvement of the structural form of organization. In actual experience the socialist party boasts of the fact that there are fewer strikes in Milwaukee than in any other city. As a result of this class collaboration policy the trade union movement is exceedingly weak. One can clearly see that the socialist By G.’S. SHKLAR party, views its trade union activities in the light of utilizing it for its own) political gain and for the activities of the exploiters. A Business Platform, In studying the platform of the so- cialist party and also its major issues in the Milwaukee campaign, one finds most of the space devpted to the question of honesty and efficiency in government, ‘better harbors, cheaper administration, . lower taxes, fewer strikes and all the slogans that ap- peal to the middle class and manu- feturers, but nothing is said about the wages of the workers, trade union movement, housing conditions and the problems of unemployment. Only oc- casionally a few socialistic phrases are used to delude the misguided workers and even these are put into ambiguous language. So, for instance, in con- cluding the report, the state executive committee urges to work for the so- cialist party to the extent that “ig- norance, crime and injustice be wiped from the earth.” Nothing is said of anti-labor injunctions. The above facts clearly illustrate that the socialist party is socialist in name only. For many years past it has been drifting toward the LaFollette position and prior to its official sur- render it has completely surrendered ideologically. For some time back Berger and LaFollette were in the Same camp and it was only a question of the appropriate moment before the entire socialist movement would jump into the LaFollette wagon. There is only one redeeming feature in the latest development. The final bankruptcy of the socialist party of Wisconsin has stripped it of the few remaining socialist phrases and today it stands before the workers of Mil- waukee exposed its in treachery and corruption. The socialist party—minus social- ism. It will not be very long before the few remaining proletarian elements within the socialist party and work- ers following its lead will rebel against the perversion of revolutionary social- ism by Berger and Company and will join the only true party of revolution- ary socialism—the Workers Party of America, er for the year and place it on a safe basis for the coming year. Freiheit Article:—The Central Ex- ecutive Committee congratulated the Executive Committee of the Jewish Bureau for its prompt action in repud- iating an article by Comrade Liliput in which the latter expressed the view that the League of Nations was now making a sincere effort to end war and was on the road to achieving its aim. Paterson Relief Committee:—The Committee authorized the organiza- tion of Paterson Strike Relief Com- mittees in all large cities for the purpose of raising funds for the Pater-| son strikers, District Eighteen Miners Relief: — The Committee also Approved of the sending out of a call for relief for the | strike miners of District eighteen, the Freiheit Singing Society to Give Concert on Dec. 7 A concert will be given by the Frei- heit Singing Society and Man- dolin Orchestra at the 8th Street Theatre, on December 7. This society is well-known to the workers of Chi- cago and its performances at work- jing class meetings and entertainments are always appreciated. Defender Wanted. DALLAS, Tex., Oct. 5—Sam is 13 and is one of seven children. Sam's mother earns $5 per week. Sam wants to go to school and has appeal- ed thru a local paper for help from some kind-hearted defender of the present order. The paper suggests that Sam may have the making of a future governor of Texas. one reco eneeemaemmammememneney terre ene pecan reas ss publication of this call in the DAILY WORKER. Party Activities Of Local Chicago Branch Meetings Monday, October 6 Rehearsal, Freiheit Mandolin North Wood St., near Division. — Park English, 3322 Douglas va. North Side English, 2409 N. Halsted St. 19th Ward Italian, 1103 S. Loomis St. October 7 8! Orchestra, n, gate attend. Cz.-Slovak Town of Lake, Whipple and S. 5ist St. Wednesday, October 8, Enlarged Executive Committee, 8 P. M., Room 303, 166 W. Washington ‘'Blyd. Jeero, Masary! School, 57th Cicero, i. SI } Seed bed Homan Ave, szecho-Slovak* No. 1, Spravedinost Hal), 1825 8. Loomis St. ch ? SACCO-VANZETT! PROTEST MEET. ING, West Side Auditorium, Racine and Taylor St. Thursday, October 9 Rehearsal, Freiheit, Singing Society, 3420 W. Roosevelt d. Lithuavian No, 2, 1900 §. Union Ave. Cz.-Slovak North Berwyn, Sokol Oak Park, Roosevelt and Union Ave. 11th Ward Italian, 2439 5. Oakley Blvd. Scandinavian View, 3206 N. Wil- Cafe Indrot ton St. Scandinavi: West Side, Zeich's Hall, cor, Cleero ahd Superior St. piegandinewian Karl Marx, 2733 Hirsch vd. may be imminent in Capitalism itself,| poaie Zion, Buchwald Resignation:— Comrade uchwald was authorized to resign as one of the contributors of “For. schritt” the organ of the Amalgamated ig Workers in view of the fact is contributions were censured and the paper is carrying on a definite pro LaFollette policy. Daily Worker Campaign:—Comrade Alfred Wagenknecht was appointed to manage the Daily Worker Campaign Subscribe for “Your Daily,”| for tunds which is to be open Novem- the DAILY WORKER. ber 7th, The purpose of the campaign will be to raise the funds necessary Friday, October 10. Scan dlnayian South Chicago, 641 B. 8 61 % Lettish Branch, 4359 Thomas St. C. C, C, Secretaries Attention! The Literature Department of the Workers Party received a money order for $10 for 5,000 campaign stickers. ‘The order is signed City Central Com- mittee, without any additional name or address, ‘This drder cannot be filled because of insufficient directions, where the stickers are to be sent. Will you please furnish the necessary name and address? Vote Communist This Time! |to mect the dofloits of the Daily Work-| Join the Workers Party! \ Kk Branch, Vojt Napras- + ‘The first brick “We'll tell the names, AVAGO NAME STREC’ CITY. world” who ever We want YOU on the list. YOU’RE HIRED! SEND THIS BRICK TO The Daily Worker Danne’s Dates W. Frankfort, Ill.—October 16. Christopher, Ill.—October 17. Du Quoin, Ill.—October 18. Madison, Ill.—October 19, afternoon. St. Louls, Mo.—October 19, evening. Belleville, Ii!l.—October 20. Collinsville, Ill.—October 22. Springfield, Il.—October 22. Help! Help! A campaign for increasing the cir- culation of the DAILY WORKER has heaped loads of work on our force. We need Help—NOW— QUICKLY. Comrades wishing to assist report at the DAILY WORK- ER office any day this week during the day or evening. We have work to spare. We want volunteers quickly —HELP! HELP! Monday, October 6, 1924 GARVEY DRAWS SMALL CROWD IN KANSAS CITY Gives Qualified Praise to Ku Klux Klan (Special to. The Daily Worker) KANSAS CITY, Kans., Oct. 5. —Marcus (Garvey, organizer and czar of the back-to-Africa Universal Negro Improvement Association, spoke here recent- y. There are 60,000 Negroes in the two Kansas cities and the U. N. I. A, claims 500 members here—but not 400 in all turned out. 8 Armed With Toy Guns. The ushers were in brilliant uniform and armed with toy wooden guns. For two hours he pounded away at one idea—be race conscious, fix your thoughts and hopes on Africa and nourish the will to power to TAKE and HOLD Africa. He flayed the race for its inertia. His Shallowness is shown by the fact that he warned against the unions as a grave peril that will force the Negro out of all employment (while giving qualified praise to the Klan!); he lauded Roose- velt, Bryan, Wilson—even the slave- owner Washington—as heroic and all- knowing statesmen! He refused te name his presidential choice, but en- dorsed enthusiastically the millionaire Senator Capper! Make Big Claims. The strength of the Garveyites has been greatly overrated. He opened his speech by the claim that in the past 12 months the U. N. I. A. has grown from 7,000,000 to 11,000,000. If so, why are they unable to keep a daily— or anything more than their 10c four- page weekly—The Negro World? » “Rest” Scattered Around. If you ask where these 11,000,000 are, the list starts out, “10,000 in New York; 5,000 in Chicago; 3,000 in Philadelphia; 1,500 in Detroit; 500 in Kansas City—and the rest scatter- ed around.” ie Upholsterers Strike In “Philly” PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 5.—Up- holsterers of Local Union No. TT, of this city downed their tools in order, to compel their bosses to renew the agreement of last year. This action was taken after all at- temyts of the union to induce the bosses to renew the agreement failed. The ‘strike: is effective one hundred per cent. The old agreement called for a 48- hour week and for the elimination of the most horrible sweat shop condi- tions under which the upholsterers are compelled to work. Several bosses agreed to accept the terms of the union after they con- vinced themselves that the union means business and that it is ready\to tie up the industry thruont the city. Get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER. “The National Labor Daily” 1113 W. 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