The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 7, 1924, Page 4

THE DAILY WORKER : THE POWER COLUMN CROWDS GREET UNDERPAID GIRLS GIVE DIMES AND QUARTERS TO COMMUNIST CAMPAIGN NEW YORK CITY, Oct, 6.—The shop collections drive is reaching many motive power behind the DAILY WORKER. Here for the interest Page Four HOGLUND GROUP \ DRIVEN OUT OF Tuanteys October: x. We) October 7, 1924 t PLANBIGDRIVE — OF MEETINGS ON «; Spots otherwise untouched by the Communist message. Here is the Lichtenstein & Lieberman millinery shop. The workers in SWEDISH PARTY Membership Is Loyal in Communist Ranks (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) STOCKHOLM, Oct. 6.—An overwhelming majority of the Communist Party of Sweden has voted in favor of the deci- sions of the Communist Inter- national and against the tactics of the Hoglund group, the final count in the party referendum ordered by the Comintern shows. The most important section of the party press remains in the hands of the Swedish Commun- ist party, ‘“Norrlund-Kuriren,” one of the two party organs which still adhered to Hoglund, has come back to the party. Hoglund is now organizing his own group, hoping to take with him a sec- tion of the party. He is already pub- lishing his own organ, a daily news- paper called “Den Nya Politiken,” in opposition to “Den Politiken,” the party organ. It is generally under- stood that, while Hoglund still calls himself a Communist, he is definitely planning to allay himself with the so- cial- democrats. The’ bulletin on the situation in the Sweish Communist Party, issued by the Communist International is as fol- lows: The crisis in the Swedish Party de- veloped in the middle of August into an open split. On August 18, the “Politiken” published a declaration of the majority of the central committee to the effect that it definitely decline¢c and inspiration of every reader—and especially the DAILY WORKER agents and committees—are tried and proven sugges: tions and accomplishments to drive the DAILY WORKER to further conquests. Here Is POWER—the power of brain and effort of men and women of the working class who not only belleve—but ACT! EXTRA! EXTRA! First Locals Organized in the D. W. B. U. EGINNING October 4, the day we announced the special “Build The DAILY WORKER” campaign, the following members have sent in new subscriptions—REAL bricks to “build on it.” These live members of the labor movement are the charter members of the busiest locals that from now on until November 7 have taken ofi their collars and put on overalls to carry bricks to build up YOUR paper. The list of names is the list of live wires sending subscriptions in one and a half days (Friday and Saturday). Some of them have secured more than one as the num- bers near their names indicate. These charter members are entitled to special recognition and they are setting a splendid example for YOU to follow. Under the leadership of the DAILY WORKER agents in their cities whose energy in behalf of the DAILY WORKER entitles them to serve as business agents of the D. W. B. U.—they make fine reading. LOOK 'EM OVER! THE DAILY WORKER BRICKLAYERS’ UNION LOCAL NEW YORK—Business Agent, L. E. Katterfeld; E. Cohen (2), Margulis, Br. 12 Y. W. L..(2), M. L. Malkin (2), Henry Wingradoff, Bronx, Amto Willcox, Staten Island. LOCAL CHICAGO—Business Agent, son (3), S. Potopoff, Sam Hammersmark. LOCAL BALTIMORE—Business Agent, S. Cohan (3). LOCAL DETROIT—Business Agent, Edgar Owens (3); Geo. Erymi- chuk, Hamtramck. LOCAL CLEVELAND—Business Agent, J,. Hamilton; R. Blecher. LOCAL PHILADELPHIA—Business Agent, John Lyman; Nathan Tumarkin. LOCAL MILWAUKEE—Business Agent, J. C. Gibson; 0. R. Zim- John Heinrichson; H,. Jacob- merman, Jos. Vodownik. | LOCAL GARY—Business Agent, John Rusak; J. Geza, |. Kusley. All these active members of the D. W. B. U. have secured NEW sub- | scriptions—new readrs to “The National Labor Daily.” The following are from cities that have no locals and no business agent. This is a group of large proportions where future locals and more POWER for the DAILY WORKER will spring from. As yet they are: MEMBERS AT LARGE: CHRISTOPHER, ILL.—Renaldi Maniz. | REVERE, MASS.—Chas. Schwartz. FLAT RIVER, MO.—Andrew J. McDonald. IN CALIFORNIA Audiences Impressed by Communist Speeches (Specia! to the DAILY WORKER) SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6.— With his arrival heralded by headlines in the local capitalist press, William Z,. Foster, presi- dential candidate of the Work- ers Party, held two very suc- cessful meetings here. He spoke in the High School Auditorium in Berkeley to a crowd of 500, of whom probab- ly a hundred were University of California students. A collec- tion of $113.41 was taken, $25 worth of literature sold, besides sixteen of the special DAILY WORKER subscription cards. The'next day he addressed a crowd) of over a thousand which filled Cal- ifornia Hall in this city to the limit. Here a collection of $207 was secured and over $40 worth of literature sold. LaFollittes Crestfallen. The audience in both cities were greatly impressed by his speeches. and the considerable number of La- Follette . Supporters who attended emerged quite crestfallen after listen- ing to Foster’s masterly analysis of| the Wisconsin senator’s reactionary | middle class policy. A special meeting of all party mem- bers was called at 6:30 to hear Foster on the problems facing our organiza- tion. Tho many could not atend ow- ing to the early hour, yet the hall was | crowded before he finished. tics to the present situation left a His re-| marks on the application of party tac-| support, twenty-three girls out of thir was circularized among them by Com: the collection. says that a man comrade is circulari She says: union.” out on behalf of thé Campaign Fund 4, men’s Sick and Death Benefit No. 3 se Is your organization on the list of By WILLIAM F. KRUSE F you are a bright young lawyer chap, anxious to “make your way” in old party politics, listen to the words of an old-timer who knows just how it’s done. He has been there. Joseph G. Cannon, “Uncle Joe”,, who for many, many years faithfully sérved Wall Street from the speaker's desk in the House of Representatives. The most hardened criminals are moved to confession by the approaching rus- |tle of death. So also with “Joe,” as he himself describes it, “only waiting jin the cloakrom of the future life for the final bell to ring.” It will ring just as soon as the Devil needs his vote to put down the insurgents in Hell—no- one ever doubts where “uncle Joe” stands, But the rising young men who are |looking for advice can find out just jhow he got his start by réading his article on “Party Discipline” in a well- He ex- |known reactionary weekly.’ Our informant is none other than) this line are unorganized and underpaid. The radical movement has never succeeded in, establishing a contact with them—still, on the mere call for 'ty-five employed in the shop responded with their dimes and quarters, placing “their names on List No. 21774, which rade Helen Painin, who states that she will get another job just as rotten as this if she is discharged for making There are twenty men employed in the same shop, and Comrade Painin izing a list among these workers also. “First a list, then discussion, then organization—a strike and a Money comes also from other sources. Comrade Storgin has been sent by the Left Actions Committee of the Workmen's Circle and turns in a donation of ten dollars from Branch No. 545 as a result of his first effort. Branch No. 26 sends ten dollars by mail. Work- nds ten dollars more, and so it goes. donors? “Uncle Joe” Tells How to Get On plains how he had just moved into Illinois from Indiana, and that he was a very poor young lawyer, and there- fore presumably honest. The whole town was trying to get on the train to hear the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, but pgor and honest “Uncle Joe” could not go, he had no carfare. But he went down to the station and hung around to see what would turn up. That is the recipe, boys, -wait for something to turn up. Sometimes its the cop and he turns you in. - Not so with “Uncle Joe.” Along came another kind of lawyer, a successful lawyer. He asked Joe if hewas going to the debate and Joe, being still poor and therefore presum- ably honest, told him the truth, This lawyer was a regular magician, other- wise known as a railroad attorney, he ~eached into his pocket and wrote out a railroad pass. This was Uncle Joe’s start in politics. He went to the debate on a free pass, and drew his political inspiration therefrom forever and ever, Amen. NORTHWEST SIDE Workers Party Holds the Right to Speak Efforts are being made to hold bigger open air meetings than ever on the northwest side of the city. In spite of the bluff and bluster of military agents and detectives, speakers for the Workers Party are now untho- lested by outsiders at open air gatherings held at the corner of Lawrence and Sawyer streets, where Peter Herd was arrested last week. Urge Hammersmark for Congress. Th Party’s determination to reach the workers of the district, where Sam Hammersmark is the Communist can- didate for congress, took a little of the starch out of the police, who had expressed their deterination to break up any meetings held by the Workers’ Party at this spot. The fact that five party members: Ben Gitlow, Communist candidate for vice-president of the United States, Paul Cline, Sam Hammersmark, Peter Herd and Karl Reeve addressed the crowd which gathered at the corner and were not troubled, shows that the letter displayed by a detective, which he said was signed by the chief of po- lice, ordering that all future meetings conducted by the Workers’ Party on the corner of Sawyer and Lawrence, be stopped, was a fake. The detective who told George Mau- rer, when he appeared in court on be- half of Comrade Herd, that he would see to it that a “gang” of his own ap- } ? peared whenever the Workers’ Party lasting inipression and there is little) aseamaitatto wall s hk o address a crowd on tha’ to carry out the referendum demanded doubt but that these, with the success! GLENSHAW, PA.—M. J. Wagner. | . the executive. by the Comintern. At the session of the central committee on August 19, the delegation carried the following resolutions of the Comintern:~ (1) Only comrades nominated by the mem- bers of the Party can be Communist vandidates for parliament, and not the opportunists nominated by Hoglund (2) The referendum on the question of the decisions of the Comintern must be carried out immediately. (3) The editorial board of the “Politiken” is to consist of a representative of the Hoglund group, a representative of the opposition and a representative of The Hoglund group refused to carry out the instructions. During the night from August 20 to 21, the proposed alteration in connec- tion with the editing and managing of “Politiken” was carried out. The Hoglund group met this with a com- plete split. The delegation of the executive retaliated with the initia- tion of an energetic campaign against Hoglund and his group. The Comin- tern Executive addressed a manifesto to the Swedish Party to the effect that Hoglund himself had placed himself outside of Communist International, and had gone over to the bourgeoisie. Therefore the Comintern only recog- nized thé opposition led by the minor- ity of the central committee as its section and urged unity against the Party split. Hoglund is now organizing his own party, which he still calls a Commun- ist Party, and endeavors to create the impression that he intends to continue to fight the social democrats. But the tone of his article shows already that he is preparing for organizational -amalgamation with the social demo- cratic party, and the purpose of his party is to provide him with a back- ing when he definitely enters the ranks of the social democratic party. On September 1, Hoglund began to publish a daily organ “Den Nya Poli- »tiken.” The congress of the Hoglund party will take place on September 6 and 7. We are safe in saying that Hoglund could only take away with VESTABURG, PA.—Ivan Ivanac. GAWLEY MILLS, W. VA.—Mrs. Dora Knotts. MONTREAL, CANADA—W. Brown. WORCESTER, MASS.—Eteenpain Co-op Society (2). KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Peter De Young. BIG SANDY, MONT.—Ira Sielbr KINGSTON, PA.—J. M. Nesbit. RICHMOND, VA.—B. A. Hawley. CENTERVILLE, IA.—Jos. Ozanick. * * * * Read ’em and weep—because your name is not here and then get mad about it. Get real peeved and get a subscriber so YOU can “heave that brick back” to the DAILY WORKER paper to better fight the workingman’s battle. ON IT. Within the coming weeks this | to assist in buliding a greater nfws- Its YOUR paper—BUILD ist is going to swell to formidable . proportions and if your mame has not been listed at least once in this campaign you have missed an opportunity to serve the labor movement in an important campaign. GET A SUBSCRIBER—BECOME A MEMBER OF THE D. W. B. U. him a minority of the Party. Most of the hitherto vacillaiing elements have decided in favor of the Comintern. The Party has obtained a majority in all the important districts. The three largest cities, Stockholm, Goteborg and Malmo are solid for the Comin- tern. Also Norbottén, the largest dis- trict which has a membership of 1,700. During the last few weeks the vacilitating districts, Varmland, Eeen- germanland, Uppland, Cestergotland, Skane, Kalmaland and Medelpard have declared themselves in favor of the Comintern. The Hoglund party is also endeavoring to form its own youth league. Of the 350 local youth groups with a total membership, of 12,000, 28 local groups with a total membership of 1,000, will perhaps go over to Hoglund, The most important section of the Party press is in the hands of the Swedish Communist Party. With the help of the entire bourgeois press Hoglund carried on an extensive boy- cott campaign against the press which had remained loyal to the Comin- tern. September 6 was the last day of the referendum. The overwhelming ma- jority of the Party has remained true to the Communist International. One of the two party organis whuch still adhered to Hoglund, “Norrland-Kur- iren” has come back into the Party. The reorganization of the Party, which has been taken in hand very energetically by the new central com- mittee, is greatly favored by the gen- eral growing acuteness of the eco- nomic and _ political situation in Sweden. The election campaign, which has now reached its culmina- tion, is accompanied by a fierce cam- paign against the Communists on the part of all the bourgeois parties. Sim- ultaneously with the election cam- paign serious economic conflicts are taking plage, The strike of the Stock- holm electrical workers was ans- wered by the employers with a gen- eral lockout of all electrical workers. The furriers are affected by a general lockout. The agricultural have declared a sabotage of harvest work in the event of a refusal to raise wages as demanded. these conditions we can expect that the Communist Party, in spite of the difficult circumstances under which it had to carry on the election campaign because of the split, will have consid- laborers In view of of the meetings, will have a most bene- ficial effect on the local movement, Reorganize the T. U. E. L. The reorganization of the Trade Union Educational League for this section will be accomplished at a mass meeting of. all party members who belong to unions, and plans will then be launched for an aggressive industrial campaign. is in a difficult situation. The tidal wave among the workers toward La- Follette is particularly noticeable here. ganization are very active in the La- Follette movement. It was impossible to get the 10,000 names required to place a Communist presidential elector on the ballot.: It was similiarly impossible to get enough names for our congressional candidates. of whom two had been named, EB. Levin,,in Los Angeles, and James H. Dolsen, in San Francisco. Consequently the only Communist to appear officially on the ballot will be Biell for the 66th assembly district of Los Angeles. The District Executive Committee has decided to carry on a “write in” campaign for these candidates who failed in the petitions and to wage a strong fight both in the Los Angeles and San Francisco districts. Distribute Literature Regularly. In the fifth congressional district, comprising a great working class sec- tion of this city, a regular Sunday morning distribution of Communist lit- erature will be carried on. By action |of the District Executive Committee, and with the unanimous approval of the membership mass meeting held recently, all members in San Francis- co are to be required to give at least ‘jan hour each Sunday morning during this month to such work. The DAILY WORKER and our local paper, La! Unity, will be used principally Campaign Meeting Sunday Politically, the party in California |”* Renegade members of the or-|* Sunday night, Oct 12, the first Com- Party Activities Of Local Chicago Branch Meetings Tuesday, October 7 C.C.Cc. MEETING, 722 Blue Island Ave. Every delegate attend. Slovak Town of Lake, Whipple and St. Wednesday, October 8. Axecutive Committee, 8 P, M., 3 W. Washington Blvd. Sicero, Masaryk School, 57th and aond Pl; Cicero, Ti. Czechho- Meek Branch, Vojt Napras- tek School, 2550 S. Homan Ave. Czecho-Slovak. No. 1, 1825 S. Loomis St. SACCO-VANZETTI PROTEST MEET- Taylor St. Thursday, October 9 Rehearsal, Freiheit Singing 3420, W. Roosevelt Rand. pga remo 1900 S. Union Ave. G i Mock Waren Woke OMe Barks Hateassiicainl Unie dae lith Ward Italian, 2439 S. Oakley Blvd. Scandinavian Lake View, 3206 N. Wil- ton St., Cafe Indrott. Scandinavign West ‘Side, Zeich's Hall, cor, Cicero and Superior St. Scandinavian Karl Marx, 2733 Hirsch Bivd. Friday, October 10. Scandinavian South Chicago, Society, 641 EL 61s! it. Lettish Branch, 4359 Thomas St. SpravedInost Hall, | ING, West Side Auditorium, Racine and) YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE ACTIVITIES, HICAGO, LOCAL Tuesday, Oct. 7. Irving Park Branch, 4021 Drake Ave. Wednesday, Oct. 8. Hersch Lekert dance, Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. | Marshfield Branch, Taylor and Lytle St. Thursday, Oct. 9. | North side Brahch’ 2409 N. Halsted St, Maplewood Branch, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. Friday, Oct. 10. General membership meeting, 722 Blue Island Ave. Subject: Reorganization of the league on working area branch basis. Every member must be present. Sunday, Oct. 12, 10 A. M. Literature distribution mobilization day. | Meet with party branch nearest your branch headquarters. COMMUNIST STREET MEETINGS IN CHICAGO. Tuesday, Oct. 7. 16th and Kedzie—Auspices of Douglas Park English Branch. ‘West iith* and 49th Ct—Auspices of Cicero Lithuanian branches. . ‘Wilton and Belmont—Auspices of North Side Knglish Branch. Speakers: J. Louis Engdahl and Tom Bell. Division and Washtenaw—Auspices of Young Workers League branches. Speak- ers: Max Shachtman and others, Wednesday, Oct. 8. 32nd_and Halsted—Auspices of Lithu- anian branches. Roosevelt and Marshfield—Auspices of League Luxemburg Branch. Young Workers WORKER Bricklayers’ Union) who Until November 7 are carrying bricks to “Build the DAILY WORKER.” munist congressional rally will be held at our headquarters, 225 Valencia street. James H. Dolsen will be the speaker. Open air meetings have also been instituted, the first having taken corner, failed to appear at the last meeting. Say Charge Is Frame-up. Comrade Maurer insists that the charge of “inciting to riot” placed against Comrade Herd was a frame- up. The only disturbance during the meeting at which Herd was arrested, up to the time that the police appear- ed, was caused by a group of ex-ser- vice men who overturned the truck from which the party members were speaking, Speakers for the Party who had been assigned to other corners last week-end report large crowds and high enthusiasm, Evevy available copy of the DAILY WORKER was sold, EARN YOUR COMMUNIST MER- IT STAMP BY GETTING A NEW MEMBER FOR THE PARTY AND ANOTHER READER AND SUB SCRIBER TO THE DAILY WORKER. Building Bolsheviks—the D. W. B. U. It’s your paper—Build on it! ARE YOU IN THE D.W.8B.U.§ The first ‘brick you send us automatically places you in this union. “We'll tell the world’) who every live member is by printing their We want YOU on the list. names, place at 21st and Mission street, last Bip 5a RSTRNT SR sR nan + Stir the Shops! The very best place to carry on a working class campaign is in the shops and factories where the workers gather to earn their living. It is there that minds are open to the measures, parties and candidates that stand for concrete solutions of the problems of bread and butter facing the working class. It is in the shops that the workers will see most clearly, for example, the difference between Foster, the union organizer and fighter for the workers, and LaFollette, the lawyer and fighter for the middle class. (Hditorial Daily Worker.) THE ABOVE “HITS THE NAIL” on the head, be added to that. possible to place Nothing could It's up to you reader, to do everything physically a THESE PAMPHLETS erable progress to report. Hoglund has begun negotiations | with Tranmael, the leaders of Nor: wegian opportunists about the forma- tion of a new “International.” Tran- mael’s organ “Arbeiterbladed” is pub- lishing articles acknowledging that this is so. A bureau is to be formed for all independent “Communist” Par- ties and groups. Tranmael’s organ states that the purpose of this new international amalgamation is not by any means “the establishment of a new International, but the bringing to- gether of all clear thinking revolu- tionary workers.” Moscow, Sept, 8, 1924. Saturday. Jack Carney, editor of La- spoke to a good-sized \ ;bor Unity, crowd, Young Workers League in New: Jersey Aiding the Party Campaign PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Oct. 6.— The Young Workers League of this city will follow up its three rousing open air meetjngs of September’ by meetings to be held at Maple and Smith Sts., Oct. 4, Oct./11, and. Oct. 18. The Workers’ Party candidate for U. 8. senator from New Jersey will in the hands of the workers you work together with in shops and fac- a if tories. As_revealed LaFollette, by Jay Lovestone, Sell them everywhere. Now is the time. The LaFollette Ilusion— in an Analysis of the Political Role of Senator . the DAILY WORKER. 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