The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 16, 1924, Page 5

Thursday, October 16, 1924 mec at mam fTHE-DAILY WORKER Page Five Special Pennsylvania Communist Campaign Page LOVESTONE ON GITLOW, WINITZKY AND OTHER MINERS’ LOCAL TOUR OF OHIO, | GOOD SPEAKERS AT COMMUNIST | FOR FOSTER- RALLY AT THE LABOR LYCEUM (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 15.—Benjamin Gitlow, candidate for vice-president on the Workers Party ticket, well known orator and labor leader will speak Friday, Oct. 24, at Labor Lyceum, PENNSYLVANIA Speaks in Workshops of the World Jay Lovestone, director of the Research Department and mem- ber of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party, will cover a series of cam- paign meetings in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The concluding weeks of the first Communist election cam- paign will prove to have had a lasting effect upon our party. Party Holds Many Meetings. Never in its history has the Work- ers Party held so many meetings within such a short space of time. Every leading party representative has been drawn into active service as & speaker. The Lovestone meetings have been arranged literally in the workshop of the world,—the indus- trial cities of western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. Lovestone has been in the revolu- tionary movement since 1911. He is the author of “The Government— Strikebreakers” “Blood and Steel,” “What's What About Coolidge,” “The LaFollette Illusion,” and “American Imperialism.” As diréctor of the Research Depart- ment of the Workers Party he is ¢s- pecially fitted to deal with the can- didacies of Coolidge, Davis and La- Follette. He will make a telling ap- ;Peal to the industrial workers of Pennsylvania and Ohio to support the Communist candidates, William Z. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow. LOVESTONE DATES PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Bohemian Hall, 1000 Vinial St., N. S., Wednes- day, Oct. 15, 8 p. m. BENTLEYVILLE, Pa. — Miners Hall, Thursday, Oct. 16, 8 p. m. * BROWNSVILLE, Pa. — Monon- gahela Hall, High 8t., So.; Friday, ‘Oct 17, 8 p. m. RURAL RIDGE, Pa.—Saturday, Oct. 18,8 p.m. - i UNIONTOWN, Pa. — Croation Hall, Fraklin St, Sunday, Oct. 19, 3:30 p, m. AKRON, Ohio—Monday, Oct.‘20. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio.—Athletic Hall, 338% W. Federal St., Tues- day, Oct. 21, 8 p. m. Caverly Recovers. Judge John R. Caverly, whose hear- ing of the Leopold-Loeb trial focused the spotlight of public attention on him for weeks, today resumed his duties as a member of the circuit court of Cook county. Sixth and Brown Streets. In addition to'Comrade Gitlow the meeting will also be ad- dressed by Harry Winitzky, candidate for congressman in New York, and by others. Comrade Gitlow is a powerful speaker and is well known in “Philly,” where his meetings always attracted large audiences It is expected that the large hall, which seats about 2,000, FCs EAE PASE EOE R A will be packed as was the meet- ing of Comrade Foster, held in this city about a month ago. Do not fail to come and bring your friends along. PHILADELPHIA YOUNG WORKERS. TO LAUNCH FACTORY CAMPAIGN; ARRANGE BIG MASS MEETING By MORRIS YUSEM, City Organizer, Young Workers League PHILADELPHIA Pa., Oct. 15.—In Philadelphia, as in every other in- dustrial center, thousands of young workers are subject to the worst enslave- ment imaginable.; In its factories, mills and department stores, masses of young workers are wasting their lives away under the illusion that success will finally reward them, It fs the labor of these workers that has a great deal to do with the registering the stock quotations at Wall Street stock exchanges. This is the condition that brought into existence the Young Workers League, the only organization which has. for its object to organize these thousands of the working youth for the struggle against the capitalist system. ‘The young workers here, as everywhere else, are faced with the problem of combating the intolerable’ working condition that prevails in those indus- PHILADELPHIA NEEDLE WORKERS ENDORSE THE COMMUNIST TICKET (Special to the DAILY WORKER) PHILADELPHIA, Pa—Local 139 of the Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers, one of the largest locals of this clty, endorsed the Workers Party candidates for president and vice- president. ‘This action was taken after a long and thoro discussion at a well attended meeting of the local. ‘ ‘An attempt by the officials of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America to get an endorsement of LaFollette by the jointyboard of jthe Amalgamated of this city failed after a prolonged and heated dis- cussion between the followers of La- Follette and those of Foster and Gitlow, despite the fact that Brother Clinton Golden, the state organizer of the union, is a mem- ber of the LaFollette campaign com: mittee. 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A successful fight against these conditions can be launched by the young workers, only it they are well organized. The Young Worker’s League of Philadelphia is now launching a fac- tory campaign. It will take the form of an intense agitation in those fac- tories where young workers are mostly employed. Efforts will be made to organize shop committees, to represent the young workers collec- tively, so that they would face the boss united and.not as individualg, The Young Workers League, not only has for its object a fight against bad working conditions, but. also to carry on education among the young workers and make them understand that all the misery, whether it is in the form of low wages, long hours, unemployment; or war is an effect of the capitalist system and that our ulti- mate aim must be nothing short of the complete abolition of this sys- tem. The young workers of Philadelphia will have the Opportunity to hear the program of the Young Workers’ League explained at a mass meeting and concert, which will be held at Eagles’ Temple, Broad and Spring Garden Sts., Wednesday. Oct. 29, 8 p.m. Jack Stachel, district organiser of the New York District of the Young Workers’ League, will be the main speaker. There will also be speakers in other languages, including Comrade Don of New York in Jewish, and Comrade Flayani Sf Philadelphia in Italian. An attractive musical pro- gram has beep, arranged. Admission will be free. All young workers should join in this campaign and make it a real fight against capitalism. The headquarters of the League are at 521 York Ave., near 5th and Spring Garden Sts., open from 8 p. m. to 10:30 p. m. Come and get acquainted. COMMUNIST LIBRARY IS ORGANIZED FOR PHILADELPHIA LABOR PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—A Com- munist library is being established by the Philadelphia local of the Workers Party at 521 York Ave- nue, near Fifth and Spring Garden Sts. Arrangements are made for a large and interesting selection of books and periodicals in various languages dealing with all phases of the labor movement. The need for such a library has been felt for a long time. The public libraries are completely controlled by the rul- ing class. Any book that looks to be even slightly red is being immed- Jately eliminated. Every effort must be made to make this Work- ers’ library a success, ‘ The committee in charge of the library appeals to all party mem- bers and sympathizers to contribute books pamphlets which they can spare and which may be of in- terest to the workers, The com- mittee also appeals for cash con- tributions to the library fund with which it will be possible to bulld this important institution of the working class, Admission to the library will be free. Those desiring will be able to take books home for a nominal monthly fee. GITLOW TICKET Consign Gompers’ Plea to Waste Basket By JOHN INDOF. (Special to The Dally Worker) FITZ HENRY, Pa., Oct. 15.— That William Z. Foster and Ben- ai Gitlow are the candidates for the rank and file of the min- ers’ union was demonstrated at a meeting of Local Union No. 2353, Fitz Henry, recently, when taking action on a circular ap- peal of the A. F. of L. asking endorsement and funds to fur- ther the candidacy of LaFollette and Wheeler. At a previous meeting some of the district officials of the miners’ union attempted to get the local to endorse the faker but to no avail. The appeal was unanimously voted down and the following motion made and car- ried, “That we condemn the ex- ecutive council of the A. F. of L. for endorsing the little business man-banker-middle class candi- dates, and that we endorse the candidacy ‘of William-Z. Foster and. Benjamin Gitlow as the ‘only candidates worthy of the support of the working class.” Not content with this the miners arranged a mass meeting and invited a speaker of the Workers Party to ad- dress it. Pat H. Toohey the well known radical young mine leader ad- dressed the meeting and it was well attended by the miners, and at the conclusion of the speech a tremendous ovation was given. The speaker, to the satisfaction of all very clearly an- alyzed and exposed the LaFollette il- lusion. Of course the reactionaries will shout that it was the reds at work, but there is not ohe single member of the Workers Party in this place, The exploited miners know that Foster and the Workers Party are for the abolition of the capitalist system, the system which oppresses all workers and all the others are for the capitalist system. The resolution unanimously adopted by local 2353, United Mine Workers of America, fol- lows: , “Whereas, Local Union No. 2353, United Mine Workers of America, is in receipt of a communication from the American Federation of Labor, urging endorsement of Robert M. La- Follette and B. K. Wheeler indepen- dent candidates for president and vice president of the United States, and requesting contributions to further said candidacy and \ “Whereas; this local union has at all times advocated independent po- litical action of the working class, and have taken a definite stand for the formation of a Farmer-Labor rparty, and “Whereas; the International con- vention of the United Mine Workers of America in the 1921 convention took a stand on the question of inde- pendent political action; therefore be it 4 “Resolved that local union No. 2353, United Mine Workers of merica, in regular meeting assembled condemn the action of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor by endorsing the little business man, banker, middle class candidate, and be it further “Resolved that we endorse and work for William Z. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow as the only candidates worthy of the support of the oppressed work- ing class of America; and be it fur. ther “Resolved that copies of this resolu- tion be sent to the secretary of the American Federation of Labor, to the DAILY WORKER and spread upon the minutes of this local union.” John Indof, Jog. Viale, R, Emmet Beattie, Committee. rallies if you'll help them, PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FINDS MANY ACTIVITIES CARRIED ON BY WORKERS PARTY IN PHILADELPHIA (Special _to The Daily Worker) By R. BAKER. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 15.—This year’s presidential campaign w: the first opportunity of taxing to the limit the energies of the Workers Party And the results are more than satisfactory, Opening our campaign with a monster demonstration on Sept. 12 with our presidential candidate, William Z. participated, the party has been advancing like one solid, disciplined army. Three branches that were given up for dead suddenly revived and to- gether with the others kept our secretary busy making out new membership | ecards so fast that we are seriously + members of Philadelphia. considering getting an assitant to re- lieve the rush of work in the office. Over 50 new members were admit- ted into the party during the month of September and the indications are that October will break the record. Our membership in Philadelphia consists almost entirely of industrial workers scattered in over sixty local unions, and our industrial department has succeeded in bringing the Com- munist campaign issues in many un- ions; our comrades showing a splen- did ability to fight. The organization of Trade Union Educational League in various indus- tries is proceeding with satisfactory results. Our comrades were instrumental in organizing two unions and are show- ing an interest and developing ability in the trade union work that prom- ises a healthy future to the party. Distribute Many Platforms. The party discipline in Philadelphia plays a serious and effective part in the ‘movement; it is an instrument that is developing a real Communist organization. Forty thousand party platforms have been distributed during the last eight weeks and 30,000 more are ready to go out. Open air meetings have proven to be a real success and.the number of sympathizers we are recruiting is sur- passing our expectations. Many new speakers were developed during the campaign among them a number of members of the Young Workers League. But the most satis- factory feature of the open air meet- ings is the huge amount of party lit-} erature that we sell and the intense interest shown by the large audiences that linger for hours after the meet- CIGARMAKERS IN PHILADELPHIA TOIL FOR 25 PER CENT LOWER WAGES THAN THEY GOT TWO YEARS AGO By J. G. Special to The Daily Worker) ie 15—The cigarmakers of this city and in PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. Pennsylvania generally are working at unfavorable working conditions. The industry is practically unorganized and the manufacturers con- tinue to cut the wages any time they please. manufacturing industry are so brow beaten that they are even afraid to talk to their fellow workers of the u-————————————_— speakable conditions under which they are compelled to slave day in and day out, The average price the workers are receiving for their work in this city now is 25 per cent lower than the price of two years ago de- spite the fact that the cost of living continues to rise. Yet not a single protest was registered during that time on the part of the workers. Compete with Machines. The cigarmakers who are doing s0- called hand work are compelled to compete with those doing machine work and are able to hold their jobs only in so far as they are able to produce the goods as cheaply as do thie machines. It takes the labor of the entire family of a cigarmaker to earn as much as a single man usually earns in any other industry. The Tampa cigarmakers are on strike now fighting for better condi- tions. In New York the cigarmakers are preparing to strike in order to help their Tampa comrad Yet the conditions of the Tampa cigarmakers were not as bad as those in our city. The Philadelphia cigarmakers by stay- ing on the job, by filling the market with cheap cigars are giving a poor assistance to the Tampa comrades. Workers Must Organize. The time is now more than ripe for the Philadelphia cigarmakers to begin a serious organization campaign. There are at present more jobs than there are workers to fill them. The manufacturers can afford to pay the same wages that prevail in other in- Foster, in which over 2,000 workers ings discussing the campaign issues. But by far the greatest achieve- ment of our Party in Philadelphia during this campaign is our Red Sun- day, Oct. 19, when each of our 17 branches will hold a special meeting after which the distribution of 50,000 copies of the Philadelphia edition of the DAILY WORKER will take plac This will be a double drive; securing of new readers for the DAILY WORKER and advertising our Gitlow mass meeting for Oct 24 at the La bor Lyceum, 6th and Brown streets. And we also know how to enjoy our- selves, First Concert Saturday. On Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Eagle’s Temple, at Broad and Spring Garden streets, all our comrades and sympa- thizers will be at the first concert and ball of the season. Many new faces and all old ones will be seen there en- joying the first rate musical program and dancing to the strains of dreamy music, Our speakers’ class will meet on Sunday mornings at the party head- quarters at 521 York Ave (near 5th and Spring Garden Sts) is proving to be of great educational value and will be the means of organizing fifteen open air meetings for Saturday, Oct. 25. These meetings will be an- nounced in the DAILY WORKER soon, The party offices, located at 521 York Ave., are always buzzing with activity. Busy comrades are always going in and out, reports of activities keep our phone ringing constantly. Here our comrades meet and plan the party work. Our friends and sympathizers are invited to visit us and get acquainted. | | | | 5 H H z 5 2 = E é H a starvation wage and under the most Those working in the cigar dustries. Lack of organization is the only reason why the cigarmakers are being- so ruthlessly exploited. There should be no question as to who should be the first ones to be organized, the machine hands or those doing “hand work.” | It is high time that the Philadelphia | cigarmakers come together and or-| ganize for a serious fight for a living | wage and for human working condi- tions. You're Hired! Until Nov. 7. Se ee TUTTI LLL REAL HAVANA CIGARS for your Christmag Gifts or Personal Use = BEST CIGARS MONEY CAN BUY In Boxes of 25 Cigars Up. Moderate Prices. For more information write to Gonzales Aranda 2755 N. DARIEN STREET, Philadelphia, Pa. Personal Inspection Welcome. TTL LLLLLLL Ns For Drugs, Toilet Articles and Sundries see P. CANTOR e DOCTOR IN PHARMACY 854 N. 10th St., Philadelphia Phone Poplar 5700 WEBER PRINTING COMPANY 350 N. 5th Street, Philadelphia Gustave Klubal, Prop. Ea Printing for people who know what they want and insist on getting it. Phone Market 0786 The Boring Drug Store N. E. 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