The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 4, 1924, Page 4

tlt isonet Page Four THE DAILY WORKER BITTELMAN SPEAKS AT THE NATIONAL COOLIDGE OPENS convention OF GERMAN FEDERATION MOUTH AND OUT) POPS OPEN SHOP’ In Speech to Congress| Thursday, December 4, 1924 , GREEK WORKERS. | INNEWYORKCITY ASSAIL FASCISM Resolution Against the PATERSON SILK STRIKE NAILS UP MORE VICTORIES Communist Aid Proved of Immense Value Allotment of Quotas In Daily Worker Drive Districts and Federations of the Workers Party. to Share Equally in Insuring the Dally Worker for 1925. The goal is $50,000 and not one cent less. there would be great rejoicing in the DAILY WORKER office if the Workers Party members would take this campaign to make the DAILY WORKER safe so seriously and prosecute (Continued from Page 3.) It is a policy that will demand stra- egy and maneuyring such as the party has never knawn before. And we have no doubt that. the party will accept the position of the C. EB. C, Support Without Reservations. In asking support for the position of the C. E. C,, I wish to state that what we request is conscious, »whole- tactics of Leninism. I_need_not..go here. into detail ot how the C. B, ©. proposes. to carry on. the. Bolshevization of the party. The theses of the C. EB. C. treats the matter fully. I must say a few words upon one phase of the Bolshevization of the party, namely the struggle against opportunism and opportunist tendencies. Of. course, (By The Fe ted” Press) Reassures Bosses (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. c ;,, [position of either the €. W. C. or the |Second-and-a-Half Initernational. ‘The | Workers, granting wage increases of} in order to get half as much as is asked for. We are telling NEW YORK, Dec. Penge} 3.—President Coolidge again| minority, this tendency is in duty|/Commimist’ International ‘referred |15 per cent and upward to all of its| all party members very frankly ‘that it: will take’ exactly [Shirt tyranny in Greece an revealed himself as an arch| pound to submit its views to the par-|directly to Comrade Lore's view |S¢Venty weavers and guaranteeing the} $50,000 to INSURE THE DAILY WORKER FOR 1925. We |American imperialism were the strike breaker and upholder of/ty and have the. pary. pass. upon|on a number of -mattera as. ex- chit fs ihr as bccn to ie shall work with might and main. until this $50,000: is forth- target of the same shot at the capital in advocating the sup-| them. pressed in certain editorials in. the | ‘27ee and four loom operation agains : meeting of the Greek branch of ression of strikes, and aeclar-| ‘The theses of the C. H..C..is what|Volkszeitung. The other opportunist perial had fought picketers hard for Every branch member must join in this task by insisting | the Workers Party at Bryant ing in favor of the laws of pri-|the C. B. C. stands for in all the major | variety is the farmer-laboristic. ten-| four months. at every branch meeting that INSURANCE POLICIES re- | Hall, 42nd St. and 6th Ave. phases of our activities. One section vate property, in his message to the second session of the sixty- eighth congress today. Coolidge declared for the re- duction of taxes on business corporations, and against mak- ing public the income tax lists. Coolidge insisted that the debts of foreign nations must be paid, | heartea agreement with our position, | that is, support without reservations, |If there is a tendency in our party which does not fully agree with the of it is inseparable from the others. Consequently, agreement with one part of our theses and disagreement with another part of it is. tantamount in our opinion to complete disagree- ment with the G. E: C, Position of Minority. The minority wants a Farmer-Labor party. And if they cannot have the Of such we have in the Workers Party two varieties. One is the ten- dency which the C. I. characterized as the remnants of the ideology of the dency in our party. I personally would find it difficult to say which of. the two is more dangerous to the growth of the Workers Party into a mass Communist Party. One thing is cer- tain, they are both dangerous and both must’ be relentlessly combatted. I-have already spoken of the char- acteristics of the farmer-laborites in our: party. Now. let's see what are NEW YORK, Dec, 3.—Paterson broad silk weavers: gained’ another victory when the Imperial Silk com- pany settled with the Associated Silk which the strike was called. The Im- About two thousand are still on strike out of the eight to mine thou- sand originally walking out. The others are back under the two-loom system. Several small sh«ps were recently struck for the second time after the manufacturers attempted to cut wages again. ureat success has been attained by the various strike relief agencies which have been ministering to the minimum of $50,000 set. For once we are not askin; coming. it so determinedly as to make returns register far above the The quota we give below are ABSOLUTE MINIMUM. for twice as much as is needed ceive consideration. Every branch secretary, every city cen- tral committee, every district organizer and. federation secretary is conscripted, by decision, to assist to the limit. DISTRICT QUOTAS. ‘ Each district of the Workers. Party is expected to meet the absolute minimum as quoted below. Full record of all remittances will be kept at campaign headquarters. District 2 (New York) has already pledge $10,000 as its minimum Blackshirts Adopted (Special to the Dally Worker) The Greek workers that crowded the hall enthusiastical- ly listened and applauded. the two Greek speakers, Comrades Socrates Georganteas and George Arvanitis, and Ben Git- low, vice-presidential candidate on the Workers Party ticket in the recent elections, who spoke total contribution. : : ; waised the Dawes plan, and/ : strikers. A total of $40,000 has been galt * in English. altho not mentioning Soviet |P2"ty sive them at teast the slogan. ue Ree ot the | tendency | -eceived, says the union. | Of: this $2,- District Average | Minimum Denounce General Kondylle, A i The minority. stands for the advocacy. Which the C.\I, designates as the rem-) 509 was ‘raised at three tag days held Membershi Quota - The meeting was called in Russia by name indirectly re- umber ip y a of a Farmer-Labor Party, nants of the ideology of the Second-| over the week end a week ago in New 1 . 2,110 $6,330 of ‘the persecutions of the Gréek iterated his opposition to recog-| what is the basis of their position? |and-a-Halt International. Let's enum-| York City and neighboring towns in 2 3.017 9.051 workers by the fascist Geneiaii nition of the Rovat psig ag They have two great ideas—both|erate them: Connecticut and New longer, Beran 5 "786 Base ayiis, ‘who’ only lately: ortaeed! a Promises More Profits wh 4 ae a wrong—upon which they base their) 1. This tendency always sides with pei dollars nee. Tene 4 541 11623 hordes to shoot at workers in thé ee oe th His . pe proposed policy. One is that the only! the right wing in the C. I. Examples: ihoanande Sf Cohinee hive tine trom 5 4.294 ‘31882 port of Cavalla, Greece, because the > coeggenentig Saiats wn siimtotbetee way the American working masses/Levi, Serrati, Trotsky and the Rus- sympathetic labor unions or veen con- 6 4,003 3/009 tobacco workers fought against the : can participate as a class in the po-|sian opposition. tributed direct by friends in and out 2 aaa exportation of raw tobacco from trol of rates and profits at once | 1,4; ‘i 1,107 3,321 ci vee es my ig set deste litical struggle is thru a Farmer-La-|' 2. -Lose conception of discipline. | of Paterson. ‘ z ’ 3, Groene in order’ te save: tha toeee . it oth veers hie rf rate ad.| 0? Party. This is the so-called the-| Free lancing. : 8 2,917 8,751 and provide work for the workers w smell un ong Saad pial 4 ee (Oe of their thesis. The other idea is} 3. Super-critical attitude to the C. 9 1,922 5,766 suffer from long periods’ of / poco aye tebe mae that there is actually such @ move-|I.. and its leaders. Weak sense of 678 2,034 ployment. The speakers assailed the Tas “hal fh ldcieal jst * og | ment on foot and it is our duty to step/foyalty and responsibility to the par- eee 750 2,250 Greek government, which is the t66l congress in its previous enactments. Mato 2 Gnd. SAanine, NORAGCABIE, ty and to the Comintern. 255 765 of the American Tobacco Trust, he- Such consolidation wiN afford |, ied nae prog tinal A 4. Opposition in principle to the 91 273 cause it cares more for the interests eard of among Communists and is|tactics of maneuvering which in i ice Territor \ 360 1,080 of the trust than for the preservat greater element of competition as to|i. giametrical opposition to every|réality is opposition to participation National Offi y ‘ tion service, but it will afford economy of operation, greater stability in railway earnings, and more economical financ- ing.” After assuring his aid to the railroads in securing more stable and higher fundamental of Communism. To say that a farmer-labor party is the on- |!y medium thru which the American | workers can participate as a class in | political action is theoretically the that the Workers ;same as saying in actual struggle. The German organ of our party and its editor, Comrade Lore, have been guilty on many occasions of commit- |ting such offenses against our move- SINGING SOCIETY Sunday evening, Dec. 7, the well |known and justly popular Communist |entertainers, the Freiheit Singing So- The Finnish Federation FEDERATION QUOTAS. ; has pledged its share of the $50,000 required to make sure that the DAILY WORKER will live and grow during the coming year. ations should underwrite their pledges and mail them to us. Other federa- of the industry and the provision of work for the workers. Comrade Arvanitis, himself a tobat- co worker, in his inspiring talk de- j scribed what the exportation of such iH raw tobaccos meant to the workers. ii , Coolidge declared against | //, ment as are enumerated above. Such |ciety and the Freiheit Mandolin Or- Name of Average Minimum He also aroused great enthusiasm hated ha icine awaaiine the ence onthe Poa cannet be the| tendencies as these are totally in-|chestra will give their tenth annivers- Federation Membership Quota when he told the audience about the days when he pushed himself into the | roan te . © class struggle and prac-| compatible with a Communist, Lenin-|ary celebration. The rich’ program Armenian 71 $ 213 reward that the workers gét, when ee GE the “aempiayetss when sa} ically it means to reduce the W. P.|ist organization. You must recognize, jarranged for the occasion promises @ Chacha Slovek:. 250 750 they come back from the battle front Seine ‘ot Massaciiaetts 16 broke |? a Ragtriay club for the final/ comrades, that these are menacing|real treat for lovers of music. Wal- Esthonian 79 227 of the wars of the imperialists. Hé the Boston police strike with the aid |“) °° Conuaae ah tendencies for our party and the|purge's Night by Goethe with music Finnish 7,631 22,893 said that the workers are good and of state troops, “Such legislation| e acorn ea that there is now|sooner we eradicate thetii the better. by Mendelssohn is one of the selec- mnis! 560 1'680 loyal as long as they give ‘thelr Ii¥eb (edliective bargaining), will not meet | actually a mass movement for a farm- Tasks of the German Convention. tions to be rendered by the’ entire German . 213 639 and leave their limbs in the valléys the requirements of the situation,” |°T1#>0r Party or that there is likely} Permit me, in conclusion, to give|cast of the Freiheit Singing Society Greek ... 23 of Macedonia and Asia Minor, where Besliivs uxid yéaterday, “Unless tt rane suck a movement fora new} you a brief outline of what the C.-E.|and the 30 musicians of the Sym: Hungari n 541 i they were sent to liberate’ our: dif. fobgulaes the’ principle that the pab-|P° son party, in the near future, is| (considers the most important tasks phony Orchestra. Another attraction Italian 566 1,698 fedeeniod? christian “brothers ules ii has the rieht to uninterrupted | Vithout any basis or foundation. of this convention of the German | will be the rendering of selections by Jewish 1,506 © 4,518 Turkish and Bulgarian tyranny,” but service of transportation, and there-| The C- E. C. maintains that the| Federation: seems the three artists, Bertha Long, con- Lettish 426 1,278 they get bullets and bayonets when fore a tight to be heard when there is |C°™2S months will see severe strug-|/ 1. To, provide for “Bich a bureau|tralto, L. Lipner, tenor and I. Mish- Lithuanian . 761 2,283 they’ ge wise aid have. ‘the “Ahi } Gahwer' that the nation tay. .cufter gles, of the workers against the capi-|and other responsible workers of the |kin, baritone, who are well known to Polish... 150 450 city” to ‘ask itor a few smppeieramba i great injury thru the biterraption of | ‘sts. but these straggles must nOt | federation and its press as_will loyally | working class audiences. a Russian 918 2,754 > of bread. He accused the Greek gov. : operations because of labor disputes,’ | P°Cessarily express “themselves” in’ ‘&/and effectively carry out the policies] The entertainments - Stvert Wy. thie Scandina 276 828 ernment for having asked the Bul- ‘Taxes Must Go Down—For Rich. movement for a new party. In fact,|of the Communist International and|revolutionary workers’ musical so- South Sla 3,861 garlan goreniuieht aban te GG Im pleading for the elimination of the F.-L. P. idea is the most unlikely] of the C. E. C. of the party. ciety are always looked forward to ar Ukr ini 2. 16 ditary enemy,” how the latter man- excess profits taxes levied on large form that the coming struggles of the} 2. Carry on a systematic education-|a treat. Buy your bide = now at the ra nian "oe8 aufob th “Combatting Céahnlutiitt GHEE corporations and rich individuals toiling masses will take. al and ideological campaign to erad-|Freiheit headquarters, 3837 W. Roose- Roumanian * 5,838 inte heanaanes Coolidge stated, “It would be idle to| _W® May expect a movement for}icate the remnants of the fdeology of |velt Road and come early asthe. con- English branches oe expect any such results (stimulation to business) unless business can con- tinue free from excess profits taxa- tion and be accorded a system of sur taxes at rates which have for their object . . the production of the greatest amount. of. revenue, from large incomes.” Coolidge declared that the basis of taxation on larger incomes, should be “scientifically re vised downward.” Coolidge advised. more power be given the United States «supreme court, “because the docket of the su- preme court is becoming congested.” He advised the supreme court be giv- en power to expedite justice. 4 The wage earner and the Negro are in splendid shape, Coolidge told con- gress, in direct contradiction to the facts, In spite of the fact that reduc tion in the wages of steel workers and railway workers is imminent, and the trend of wages in the building shop committeés “as organs of direct struggle, we may expect a strong re- vival of the movement for amalgama- tion of the craft unions into industrial unions. We should expect and pre- pare ourselves to lead sporadic (out- law) strikes and movements of the unemployed. In short, we should pre- Pare our party and the workers for the creation in the coming fight of direct organs of rank and file strug- gle, and not bother our heads with dead slogans, The minority will, say— in fact they do so—that all this is not political action, that only elec- tion campaigns thru a farmer-labor party is “real” political action. If they really mean it, then the party may at last begin to know who its real right wing is. Bolshevize the Party. The Bolshevization of our party is one of the great tasks of the C. E. C. In a sense, it is the only great task trades is downward, Coolidge said, “It is gratifying to report that the prog ress-of industry and the high rate of wages have all Combined to furnish our people with an abundance of the necessaries and conveniences of life.’ Views Police Lack Originality. To the DAILY WORKER: The po- lee of San Pedro and Ios Angeles lack originality, but they have ac- quired a nation-wide notoriety, firstly as to their rawbone methods in deal- ing with the “reds” and secondly as to the microscopical proportions of} their brain capacity. They certainly fill the bill as far as stout backs and weak heads are concerned. During the past few weeks we have been engaged in sundry election activ- ities here, doing our work as good thembers of the Workers’ Party. In the grand finale to the campaign, dis- tributing literature, we ran into the upholders of the law. Two comrades going from house to house were grab- bed by two policemen who jumped out of a flivver, searched for guns or bombs, and dragged to the police sta- tion, There they were called “damned wobblies,” and plain clothes men hurled obscene insults at them, Their bundles of literature were confiscated, but meanwhile other comrades were doing good work passing out leaflets and putting up posters and other cam- paign work. because the Bolshevization of the Workers Party will mean the making of it a mass Communist Party. It is a process of organization, political training and theoretical education all along the lines of the principles and street, After we had complied, we were arrested, and finally fined $10, altho no witnesses appeared against us. The kings of the past or present can do no wrong, Sueh a thing as rights for the proletariat. do. not exist in our capitalist “democracy.” But we expect nothing less, and far from being a damper on our spirits, it serves on the contrary as an urge to carry on the work of those obnoxious to the master class, a work whose obnoxiousness to the’ master clase and their henchmen will win for. it the stamp of approval from the slaves in industry.—J, Stevenson, Russian Comrade Speaks. _ To the DALLY WORKER.— I don’t claim this letter to be of very great importance (knowing full well your time is valuable), exeépting the fact of its being a mark of gratitude to you for the, splendid work being car- ried on by our.,,.great paper The DAILY WORKER. " Its activity is simply amazing in view of the fact of all the dificultios jeminating and spreading Communistic ideas, and The following night one of the same |its urging upon us working “stiffs”? to cops appeared at our open air ‘meeting | fight, to oppose the dark forces of re- apd ordered us to move 75 feet up theaction in this the Second-and-a-Half International and to instill into the membership the spirit of the teachings of Leninism. 3.. Bolshevize the Volkszeitung. Elect a bureau of the best Bolsheviks in your ranks and place the Volks- zeitung under the direct control, editorial, management and ownership, of the bureau and the party. 4. Educate your membership to the understanding of the necessity of shop nuclei organization and provide for co-operation with the general party units in carry out the reorganization. The above we consider the funda- mental tasks of your convention. Failure to carry out these tasks will mean failure for the German Federa- tion to become a real, living part of our party and of the Communist In- ternational. Prohibition for Dublin. DUBLIN. — Temporary prohibition may strike Dublin tomorrow. The bar- tenders have agreed to quit because their wage demands have been re- fused. Heave the Brick Back! racy,” as well as to fight all other blood suckers the world over. On certain occasions I have listened to remarkable speeches delivered by comrades, no I should rather call them Tovarishchi, Foster, Engdahl, Gitlow, and here lately to Tovarishch Dunne, who spoke’ here in honor of the 7th anniversary of the glorious existence of our dear U. 8. 8. R. Comrade Dunne was magnificant in his stirring appeal to Detroit's work ing class. I am no sentimentalist, for I have seen the real stuff over there, but I must say that it was a masterful cry to-rise, to rebel, to fight for a bet- ter future. I do wonder at times and forces that helped to bring forth such great char- acters as our above-mentioned, gom- rades! How come in this land of “dol- lar grabbism” and sordidness? ‘What are barricades and onslaughts to a class conscious worker und such splendid generalship? = Yours for a better future, ©. Tovarisheh, To the DAILY WORKER: Some weeks ago I happened to ) your article while in Los Angeles about the famous boss-master. I must say land of “dollar demoo- that at present I am out of luck. that cert starts promptly at eight. Blin, hast Be Sg tly Remember These Dates, HE entire New York organiza- tion. is expected to co-operate in the following affairs. All affiliat- ed and sympathetic organizations are requested not to arrange con- flicting dates. Jan. 11, Sunday afternoon and evening, DAILY WORKER Jubilee, New Star Casino. Feb. 1, Sunday afternoon, Lenin Memorial, Madison Square Garden. Feb. 11-14, Defense Bazaar, The Lyceum, 65th street. March 15, Sunday afternoon and evening, Press Pageant and: Paris CITY CENTRAL COMMITTEE QUOTAS — * The quotas of all city branches must be computed central committees. and all upon the basis of $3.00 per member. A branch of 30 members must remit $90. A city committee of 150 members must supervise the campaign until the branches belonging to it remit $450. City central committees must place upon their order of business reports Now to the task! Let’s show a sincerity in this ALL PARTY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS JOT DOWN THIS DATE Fourth international bazaar for political prisoners of Europe, India, and America will be held jointly by International Workers’ Aid and La- bor Defense Council, Feb. 11, 12, 13 and 14. All organizations are re- quested to avoid conflicting affairs. Commune Celebration, Madison Square Garden. ; READ THE DAILY WORKER is I have not a “boss” but am a sol’ dier of the unemployed army of Cali- fornia. Now if it is agreeable to you I will send in occasionally my experi- ences in looking for one, yes looking for “a boss.” But I must sate here that I am not a writer, and that at present living in “the ity 0: knowledge” I have not had the chaner to be inside of the University of California. Besides I am not an Irishman whe handles the English language as you do, but I am one of these foreigners— Russians who are not satisfied with just words but want something more and if they don’t get it they kick like hell, I must many times look in the dictonary if I want to write a letter but I do hope that this letter will meet with your approval and you will not turn me down on account of my Russian accent. 5 Now then as soon as T get an answer from you I shall do | best to translate into words my - experi- ences, I am a machinist by trad@ but God help those who are out of wor) now. In Los Angeles they are work: ing as low as 45 cents per hour-—the scale of the union is 85-cents and 90 cents; the seale in this district) isa little of Our Readers on Many Subjects a clipping of the daily paper on the S. P. men voting for strike. I am yours for Communism. P. R. Ogle Berkeley, Calit. Disillusioned at Last. To the DAILY WORKER.—This is the story of the disillusionment of one socialist and 3 LaFolletteists. I work in a shop with the above mentioned and we had quite some arguments, the writer always taking the Communist position with the usual termination of disruptionists of the progressive. Yesterday (Friday) the socialist, who is a delegate to the Central Trades and Labor Council, came in fuming that he would never porticipate again in the labor movement as the Lefko- vitz bunch of LaFolletteists and any one else who took the opposition to the Holland-Sullivan faction were everything that he (the socialist) had been calling the Communists. The others don’t say much, But I now have some material to work on. Yours for Communism, V., New York. from branches on sale of INSUURANCE POLICIES. \ Fill these quotas to the last dollar! Communist work such ‘as will give all to understand that we mean to win. Party Activities Of Local Chicago Thursday, Dec, 4, South Slavic No. Finnish Branch, Halsted St. lith Ward Italian, 2439 S. Oakley Blvd. ist Ward Italian, 511 N. Sangamon St. South Side English, 3201 S Wvabasn. Russian No. 1, 1902 ‘W., Divi vd. Lithuanian No. 41, 4138‘Areher Ave. Friday, Dec. 5. ; Industrial organizers’ 207, 166 W. Washington ® . IM. Polish North Side, 1902 W. Division St. Greek Branch, 722 Blue. Island Ave. Saturday, Dee. 6. Metal Trades T. U. EB. L. Group, 7:30 D. m., 722 Blue Island Ave. Society for Technical Aid to Soviet Russia, fifth anniversary celebration at the Soviet School, 1902 W. Division St. NEEDLE TRADES GROUP, A special meeting of the needle trades Party and Young Workers’ League members has been called for SUNDAY MORNING, DEC. 7, AT 10:30 A, M. AT 3322 DOUGLAS BLVD. i nea ae Every member of _ Workers’ Party and the Yo Workers’ League in the needle trades is in- structed to be present at this meet- ing. y) There will be a complete discus- sion of the policy in the needle trades, past and present and with this clarification every comrade is expected to put his energies to the end of developing the systematic work and organization within the needle trade unions. ~ stile tat ila ; Comrade! Reserve this date! T. U. E. L, New Year's Eve ball. The Trade Union Educational League, Lo. cal Chicago, will hold its arinual ball and festival on New Year's Eve, Wed: nesday, Dec. 31, 1924, 8 p.m. at thr west end Woman's Club, 37 $0, Ash land Blvd. Admission will be fifty Soe ae Sangeet Way ade hon _|of New York and vicinity, at a meet- Comrade Gitlow in his inspiring speech attacked the American To- bacco Trust, that as a gigantic octopus i has under its influence the goverh- ) ments of the Balkan states, and thru its activities wants to totally sub- jugate the tobacco industry and, there- fore, the workers that get their liveli- hood from it. He added that this po- licy is nothing else but part of a gen- eral program of American imperialist capitalism to enslave the peoples of the tobacco producing countries. A resolution of protest against the Greek government and sympathy to the fighting workers of Greece was adopted unanimously. The resolution follows: Resolution. “We, the Greek workers and toilers ing at Bryant Hall, after having heard the Greek and American speakers resolve: “We protest vehemently against the fascist orgies of the capitalist gow ernment of Greece, and éspecially - against the crimes committed by the arch-fascist General Kondylis, who spills the blood of our innocent broth- ers, persecutes, jails and deports the leaders of the Communist Party of Greece and request the immediate ceasing of these persecutions: “We expose to the parties of the workers of the world the crimes com- mitted against the Greek workérs; “We call upon the workers peasants of Greece to close their ranks and organize themselves in the Communist Party of Greece, the organization that is able to success- tully combat the tyranny, and to pro tect the suppressed rights of thé working masses. We declare that salvation of the working people Greece, as well as of the w peoples of the Balkan states, the ugly paws of fascism are to the -toling masses, lies only in union and solidarity of the’ r and peasants of the Balkans, and this end declare ourselves in favor the Balkan Workers’ Federation; “We stand by the Communist of Greece, the Communist (Wo Party of Aemrica, and the Parties of the world, because we convinced that only Communism’ able to put an end to capitalist ploitation and to bloody fascism, ‘o liberate the working class, f “We resolve that copies of resolution be sent to the Greek Com. munist organ of America, the Bmpro The DAILY WORKER, the Rizos ‘is, the daily Communist paper | Athens, and to the Communist Par Fe