The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 31, 1924, Page 5

= — 4 only -atnusiasm resentment full Communist 1 and not one of Il till after mid- sILY WORKERS omen joined the king class wom- any expressed & he announcement ng, Dec. 30, in the “6 would be deliv- ‘ces of the U. C. their intention g their friends. fon was adopt- anding vote: king men and ss meeting as- » not only the fown but, also FIRE-TRAPS ARE MORE BOSSES AND N ARE THE 28 and re convinced that d national govern- > fire-trap conditions the interests of Mords. are more prec- ous to a capitalist government than the interests of the men, women and children of the working class, and ‘WHEREAS, we realize that these terrible conditions will change ONLY WHEN THE WORKERS USE THEIR UNITED POWER TO ‘CHANGE THEM, be it therefore RESOLVED that we do now protest against the conditions in which we are forced to live; and that we fur- thermore pledge ourselves to organiz as workers and to work with determi- nation for the establishment of a gov- ernment of for and by workers and working farmers, to replace the pres- ent government of for and by bosses, Jandlords, speculators and their politi. cal lackeys. Lrtune Tee est, Worker for Meg VOCAL and HARMONY LESSONS MARGARITE LEWIS Experienced Teacher and Concert Pianist Phone for Appointment Drexel 1849 PIANO, RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN CONCERT AND DANGE SUNDAY, JANUARY 11 The concert and dance which was announced by the Russian and Uk- fainian branches of the Workers Party for Dec. 28, was postponed on account of the party membership meeting, to SUNDAY, JAN. 11, at the same hall, Schoenhoffen Hall, take ‘cars to Milwaukee and Ashland | Aves. Tickets sold for Dec. 28 will be accepted on Jan. 11. It is expected that the party mem- bership and sympathizers will help to make the affair a success. {. W.L. Will Mobilize Youth Workers for Leibknecht Meeting Carrying on as they do factory cam- aigns at almost a dozen of the larg- it factories employing youth labor, e Young Workers’ League of Chi- ‘go, will mobilize all. these young orkers to celebrate with them the ternational Karl Ieibknecht day, wsanuary 11, 8 p. m. in the Northwest Hall, They have issued a number of de- mands which have been printed on the posters which will be put up around the factories where these cam- paigns are being carried on and will also appear on the leaflet which will be distributed a couple of days previ- ous to the Leibknecht day. The slogans are: Against capitalist wars and mili- tarism. Against the enslavement of Ger- man workers thruthe Dawes’ plan, For abolition of child labor. For maintenance by the state of all school children of workers under six- teen years of age. For a six-hour day and a five-day week for all youth labor with full pay. And for a Workers’ Republic! The speakers who will give a brief biography of Karl Leibknecht, who will tell of his significance to the youth labor and who will touch upon every one of the slogans enumerated are: Alexander Bittelman of , the central executive committee, Max Shachtman of the Young Workers’ League, N. E. C. and Peter Herd of the Chicago League. There will also be a junior speaker who will give a talk on the “school” struggle. Party branches, language as well as English, should support the Inter- national Karl Leibknecht day arrang- ed by the Y. W. L. Larsine Tee ast, Uecker str Is THE DAILY WORKER BENEFIT BALL TO AID CLASS WAR PRISONERS New YorkWorkers Hold Jan. 11th Open! NEW. YORK, Dec, 30.—Three thous. and class war prisoners are rotting in the vile prisons of Rumania and Bes- sarbia. Three thousand workers and peas- ants who are fighting against the im- poverishment of the whole» working Population of that country have’ been imprisoned and given long sentences. Political Prisoners Tortured. Many more thousands have been shot down in cold blood by the brutal capitalist government. The prisoners are starving and shamefully mistreat- ed and tortured. Many of them have been murdered in prison. ‘Their fam- ilies are starving and to give them relief is to expose them to arrest. These brutal persecutions are only part of the general campaign thruout Europe against the labor movement. The Communists, who are the leaders in the struggle, are the worst suffer- ers from this campaign of fury. The Rumanian government is ‘acting on the orders of the French government, who subsidize them in keeping their army. But the world war left the country so deep in debt that the work. ers and poor peasants must now pay in blood and sweat for what the cap- italists have gained. The International Red Aid is.con- ducting the relief of these brave revolutionaries and ‘their families. The International Workers’ Aid is doing the work in the United States. The Rumanian section of the Interna: tional Workers’ Aid has arranged a concert and ball on January 10, 8 p. m. at 1347 Boston Road, New York City, and calls upon all comrades friends and sympathizers to attend and make the affair a complete suc- cess. The need is great. Comrades and friends, you must do your utmost to help these struggling workers and {peasants and their families—to pre- serve them for the fight that is still to come. Membership meetings at which r minority will present the party policies, NEW HAVEN—Thursday, Jan. 1, a! PHILADELPHIA—Sunday, Jan. 4, Spring Garden streets. BOSTON—Sunday, Jan. 4, 2 p. m., street. PITTSBURGH—Sunday, Jan. 4, 2 805 James St. N. 8S. epresentatives of the ©. E. C, and » Will be held as follows: it 2 p. m., Labor Lyceum, 38 Howe St. 2 p.m. Machinists Temple, 13th and Dudiey St. Opera House, 113 Dudley Pp. m., International Labor Lyceum, BUFFALO—Sunday, Jan, 4, 2 p. m., Finnish Hall, 159 Grider street. Largest of English Branches, District 2, | For Majority Thesis | The Harlem English Branch in Dist No. 2, the largest English branch in this district, by an overwhelming vote endorsed the thesis of the C. E. ©, of the party. The thesis of the minor- ity received 9 votes. Jewish Downtown Branch, No. 1, N. Y. For Majority Thesis | At the last of the three meetings, | where the theses of the party were | discussed, the Jewish Downtown No. 1 branch of New York, the second | largest Jewish branch in District No. 2 by majority vote endorsed the the- sis of the C. EB. C. Douglas Park Jewish Branch of Chicago for Majority, 11 to 6 Dear Comrades:—I am happy to in- form you that at our last meeting, after we had heard Comrades Bittel- man and Engdahl, who presented the majority and minority theses, and after questions by the membership, | mostly to the minority, we have voted 11 to 6 with the majority of the cen- tral executive committee.—Fraternally yours, Isadore Garelick, Recording Secretary, Czecho-Slovak Branch Chicago, Endorses the Theses of Majority The Czecho-Slovak : branch of the | Workers Party, Chicago by a vote of 14 to 2 endorsed the majority theses | on the immediate tasks of the Work- | ers Party as providing an effective program for building up the party into Don’t forget the place and date. are co-operating with the Americ: grand ball which they are giving New Years Eve, Dec. 31 at the Labo Lyceum on Julian St., near West fax Ave. for the benefit of DAILY WORKER. All sub to Workers Party papers are ~urged to attend. LaFOLLETTE BRINGS DONATION TO FREIHEIT AND DAILY MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 30—The Milwaukee csfiregiian have a keen sense of humor, It may have been developed by Pais so much at the mental gymnastics of Vic Berger and tainly can appreciate a comic caper. his LaFollette jalists but they cer- * At a masquerade given by the Workmen's Cirele in this city, where a Jolly time was had by all, Comrade Gus Shkla secretary for Milwaukee, appeared dressed as LaFollette In company with Ostra Sungail dressed as the socialist party, in celebration of the marr class” (7) parties. The workers attending the dance appreci: to the fun of the evening by awarding and Mrs. &. P., 80 they contributed the money won on in their present need and to insure JANUARY : WORKERS 7 prize of five dollars, je of these two “working eclated the take-off that contributed the “working class” couple, LaFollette Comrades Shklar and Ostra Sungail got their money's worth in fun a fifty-fifty basis to help the Freiheit AILY WORKER for 1925. ¢ for the donation. { MONTHLY Edited by Earl R. Browder. sy? Hay Subs Pins * Famous The splendid issue just off the prepa on its cover a three color reproduction of a great painting, “ Comes!” by N. Kravchenko Hs ‘ainting the most) famous picture in the Revolutionary Museum in Moscow. { é i) ‘ The issue tains the second installment of that revolutionary classic Important “The of the Russian Communist Party” by Gregory Zinoviev; ay. OTe ye “The A. B, Of L. and Trade Union Unity” by Wm. Z. Foster and Wm. F. anny in all that form important contributions on many plendid Cartoons in¢luded in this {ssue are also ten cartoons (one of two paies) by such Q hed artists as Art Young, Adolph Dehn, William Gropper, Fred Ellis (| Hay Bales, to the value of this well rounded issue are poems by such well to your yy wn poets as Witter Bynner, Edwin Seaver, Sara Bard Field and ors, * Abtory by Jack Wilgus you will enjoy. An International Review section’ sivos the Labor situation in a nutshell. Editorials bring 0 points of interest to Labor. _ All in the January Issue of i “$2.00 a Year—$1.26 Six Monthe 1113 W. Whshington Blvd. ; vl BATS ir we Lithuanian literary association in the ! WORKER Communist party in accord 4 ofthe. f the C. E. C. was represented by Com- rade Martin Abern, and the opposi- tion by Comrade R. Minor. Coolidge’s Law and Order Prevails in Nation’s Capitol (Special to The ‘Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 30.— Detective Larry O'Dea has been |given a clean bill of health for his assault upon workers who had come to the Typographical Temple, to hear Robert Minor speak April 9, 1923. E. J. Irvine (ex-secretary of the Workers Party of Washington) Clar- ence Rosenberger, W. C. Smelcer, Comrades Louis Brown, and Jakison, along with twelve other workers were manhandled, and held incom- municado, (Irvine for 8 days) Com- rade Irvine's apartment was broke” into, and his mother insulted by O’Dea, who read her person" *-‘torg. The relatives of other victims of the raid were also grossly mistreated. The raid was in reality a catholic raid, O’Cullinane, and O’Dea being incensed by Comrade Irvine defend ing the execution of the-priest Bud- kavitéh thru the Washington pay 4 Rosenberger of Ballston, Va. sued. O'Dea for $25,000 but, today the jury refused damages. Attorney Selig C. Brez, represent. ing Rosenberger, will ask for a new trial. Attorney George F. Curtis ap- peared for the detective. Tickets for Polikushka Performance Are Ready Tickets for the famous moving pic- ture “Polikushka” are ready and are for sale now at Russian Technical at the DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd. and by all mem- bers of the Technical Aid Society, U, 8. 8, R. 1 , In connection with the first anni- versary of the death of Nicolai Lenin there will be an added attraction: “In Memoriam—Lenin” There will also be shown a Russian comedy: “Soldier Ivan's Miracle.” The pictures will be shown only one evening in Chicago, Thursday, January 18, at Gartner's In- dependent Theatre, 3725 Roosevelt Road, near Independence Blvd. All seats are 50c, Get your tick “« in ad- All friendly organizatio quested to postpone their m January 15. forthe paiLy Work: « . Lo of |Bedacht, Engdahl and , Gitlow, © New York City West Side English Branch On Party Discussion ‘Whereas, party organizational work is being neglected, as is evidenced by the 100 turnover in membership, by the failure of the party to get its members into trade union work, by the disruption of the United Council of Working Class Women, and by the traditional neglect or makeshift char- acter of educational work; and, Whereas, the spoils system is be- ing and has been used to turn out competent comrades doing responsi- ble work despite the fact that as dis- ciplined Communists they would faithfully carry out the mandatés of a convention even tho they disagreed, and, Whereas, the first principle of Bol- shevizing the party; namely, no fac- |tions after a convention, has been repeatedly violated by. both minority and majority; and, Whereas, the present and increas- jingly bitter spirit of the factional fight indicates that whichever group wins, it will neglect the party work for which the opposing faction has stood, Therefore, be it resolved by the West Side English Branch of New York City that, while it endorses the labor party policy of the united front, it demands that all important organ- izational work go on despite discus- sion and convention; that no conscien- tious and competent comrade be sacri- ficed to factionalism; that the peren- nial factionalism in the district execu- tive committee, central executive com- mittee, eic., cease; and that the party close ranks for real Communist work despite factionalism, job-seeking, per- sonalities, charges of “menshevik,” “opportunist,” “liquidator,” and the like. Russian Branch in Connecticut for Minority Position re aa called for a continuation of the use of the slogan fora class farmer-labor party as a means of building the Workers Party. Chicago Lithuanian Branch Unanimous For Minority Thesis The Chicago Lithuanian branch, No. 5, unanimously indorsed the minority thesis by a vote of 22 to 0 at their last meeting. A thoro discussion of both the majority and minority theses took place before the vote. No rep- resentative of the majority position was invited to attend the branch dur- ing the discussion, Italian Westside Chicago Branch in Stand for Minority The Italian West Side Branch, No. 2, unanimously indorsed the thesis of the minority, after a thoro discussion. The resolution declared in favor of continuation of the united front class ‘$:\farmer-labor party slogan as an effec- tive means of building the Workers (Communist) Party. The branch mem- bers took out insurance policies to build the DAILY WORKER for the year 1925. Grand Crossing Br. Is Unanimous for Minority Position The minority thesis was unanimous- ly indorsed by the Italian Grand Cross- ing branch. The branch voted that every member must take out an in- surance policy to insure the DAILY WORKER for 1925. No representa- tive of the majority position was in- vited to attend the branch during the discussion, Swabeck to Speak at North Side English Branch Next Monday Open meeting of North Side English branch Monday night, Jan, 5, at Im Perial Hall, 2409 N, Halsted St. Arne Swabeck will speak on: “Strat- egy and Tactics of the Communist In. ternational.” Norwegian Steamer Crew Rescued, “‘WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE, England. “<The remainder of the crew ‘woglan steamer, Atlantic \ water-logged in the vio were safe ashor: were rescued by lo SOME FACTS FOR NEBR. WORKERS | TO PONDER GVER OMAHA, Nebr., Dec. 30.— “Last | year, until November 8, business was | slow,” says a cockroach, “then it pick- ed up and went double. This year it was slow, and since November has been much worse.” ‘* It is estimated that fifty per cent | of the restaurants and pool halls will |go out of business this winter in Omaha. . The harvester has come home broke. One man known to be a good | worker and saving has just returned | after his usual eight months on the road. Last year he had about $80.00; | this year all he could save was $15.00. oe Omaha workers are now leaving $2.50 and $3.00-a-week hotels, and 35- cent restaurants for 25-cent beds, or 15 cents for sitting up, and eating |15-cent meals at the “Workingmen’s Friend.” PSO One of these cheap restaurants, | which serve three rolls and all the | coffee you can drink for ten cents, re- sorts to a despicable fraud upon their patrons. A barrel.is placed outside of the better restaurants for dumping used coffee, three dollars a barrel is paid for this, which is then dished up to the workers — all you can drink. Last week the U. P. railroad laid off over 1,000 workers until after the holidays. No definite date has been set for their return ‘and apparently the great majority will be disappoint- ed. Norfolk, Nebraska, another railroad division: point, is reported having laid off 65 out of 120 employed in the shops there. Council Bluffs, Iowa, ex- pects a lay off of about 75 in the shops this week. Two weeks ago.150 were laid off there. se The unemployed situation in Omaha is the worst in years. Over 100 fam- |ilies applied to the Omaha Welfare Board for food and fuel on Friday, December 19. This in just one day. eee | Armour Packers’ “company union,” known as the “Fifty-Fifty Club,” held la Christmas party last Tuesday. May- or Dahiman, Forst Crook military band and the Keno quartet produc- ed the harmony. Two tons of candy and nuts and several thousand toys }of oné dollar by the majority of.the plant employes, the company donat- ing a like amount. Six thousand were expected to attend the affair at the City Auditorium. Taxi Drivers Threaten Strike. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 30.—Union taxicab drivers in St. Louis are negotiating for an increase of wages, with indications of a strike. ‘The drivers demand an increase of 34 a week,over the present scale of $28.50. The employers offer a $25 a week guarantee and 5 per cent of receipts, which the union has voted down. Both sides are firm. The 600 organized chauffeurs say they will walk out January 1, when present agreements expire, unless the union demands are granted. Upon Of | 2507 Page Five i ee ——— = MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS | Your Union Meeting | Fifth Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1924, Name of Local and Place of Meeting Blacksmiths’ District Council, 115 No. S$. Throop St. Boller Make Carpenters, Carpenters, ton. Monroe and Racine. |? Garfield Bivd. Western and Lexing: 242 1693 1784 Rec. Sec'y., 2253 Irving 7597. 6414 S. Halsted St, 1881 Maple Ave., Evan Workers, 19 W. Garment Workers, 328 W, Buren Street. Cooks, 357 N. Clark St. Machinists, 113 S. Ashiand Blvd. 735 N. Cicero Ave. we of Way, 426 W. 63rd Sherman & Main Sts., , 910 W. Monroe St. [} armen Dist. Council, 5445 8. Ashland Av Railway Carmen, 5445 Ashland Ave. Railway Trainmen, 426 W. 63rd St., m. 777 W. Adams St. tal, 714 W. Harrison St. 175 W. Washington St. (Meat), 220 S. Ashland 8 (Bone), 6959 S, Halsted Str eet. Tuckpointers, 810 W. Harrison St. Tunnel and Subway Workers, 914 W. Harrison St. Note—Uniess otherwise stated meetings are at 8 p. m.) 1922 jon, ttt. 4 104 7:30 p. Roofers, She J. P. Cannon Recites History, Says Jakira (Continued from Page 4.) his Marxism. The open fight against him became necessary not when “he began to assert his right and duty,” but when he began to show a com- plete misunderstanding of the united front tactic, and when he began to apply the united front in Chicago in the wrong way. The Majority and Lore Comrade Cannon denies that the majority had any alliance with any other group. I shall leave this to the C. E. C, members and to the comrades of New York to answer. Just a few facts about the last party convention. Comrade Cannon claims that his group had a clear cut majority at the last convention. The true of the matter is that the Foster-Cannon group had at most 20 delegates solidly on their side. The Finnish block of 13 and the Lore group had the bal- ance of power which helped to elect the present C. E. C, Since the convention the alliance continued both on the C. EB. ©. and way down the line and this helped not so much the Foster-Cannon group as it did the Lore group. Suffice it to paint to New York City to show that since last convention the Lore group has grown in strength and in infiu- ence and now represents a real danger te ThA, AREY, We welcome any attempt to tak up openly the issues involved in- stead of trying to invent “shifting issues” as the majority was doing up to now. Capitaliem’s Chief Labor Lieutenant. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Senator Stanley, of Kentucky, paying tribute to the memory of Samuel Gompers on the floor of the senate, said: “Mr. President, the late lamented Samuel Gompers, in his passing, will be re- gretted by capital and labor alike. He was a sincere patriot. He was the staying hand against the vagaries of socialism and Bolshevism, always sane, well pointed, clear of vision, firm of purpose.” Patronize our advertisers. THE MILITANT BRANCHES THE MILITANT PAGE THE MILITANT BIRTHDAY SPECIAL THE DAILY WORKER was born on January 13, 1924. On January 13, 1925, it will be ONE YEAR OLD. 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