The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 14, 1925, Page 4

3 1] i : 5 t ‘ x WORKERS IN NEW YORK MUST BOOST BAZAAR FOR CLASS WAR PRISONERS IN UNIONS TO ASSURE ITS SUCCESS NEW YORK, Jan. 13—One thousand revolutionaries have been arrested in Esthonia, scores of them have been murdered. Large numbers have been killed in Lithuania and mbre arrested. Latvia and Finland are the scenes of the wildest black reaction, The revolutionary workers of Germany, Hun- gary, Bulgaria, Poland, Jugoslavia, Greece are being arrested every day. Militant Workers Massacred. Four hundred workers and peasants were recently arrested in Roumania and subjected to the vilest terrorism. is drowning the revolutionary move- ment in blood. Mussolini is sending his blackshirts against the revolution ary workers once more, hoping in this way to crush the revolutionary move ment. In India, Java, China and Japan, the capitalist government is massacring the working masses thinking in this way to keep down the spirit of revolt. The conviction of Charles E. Ruth enberg, secretary of the Workers Party, and his sentence to three to ten years in prison in the state of Michigan; the prosecution of Robert Minor, former editor of the Liberator; the arrest of John Lassen, editor of the Elore, the Hungarian labor paper and of Emmanuel Vajtauer, editor of the Obrana, the Czecho-Slovakian la- bor paper; the contemplated prosecu- tion of more than 30 other workers who attended the convention of the Communist Party convention in Bridgeman, Michigan—and the hun dreds of foreign-born workers whc face deportation—all of this shows clearly that the capitalist government of the United States intendts to do the same with the revolutionary move ment in this country. Who are to aid the class war prison- ers in the capitalist dungeons of Eu rope? Who are to help in the defense of the workers who stand before thc capitalist courts of the United States? Only the workers will do it. Only the sympathizers with the revolutionar; movement will do their share. What is your labor organization do- ing to aid the cause? The Interna- tional Workers’ Aid and the Labor De- fense Council, which are organized to do this work, have arranged a joint bazaar, which will take place at the Lyceum, 86th St. and 3rd Ave., New York City, from Feb. 11 to 14. This bazaar must be made a success. It will be a success, if every worker, every labor organization does its part. We need articles for the bazaar. Every class conscious worker, every trade union, every workers’ organiza- tion, every fraternal organization should do its share. We appeal to all these organizations to take up the matter at once and to do their utmost in procuring as many articles as pos- sible. ’ Send a notice of what you are do- ing to the Joint Bazaar Committee, 208 Hast 12th St., New York City, or call up Stuyvestant 2818. The need is great—Do not. delay. Every trade union must co-operate. “in Memoriam—Lenin” to be shown dan. 15 at Gartner’s Theater. In Spain, the de Rivera dictatorship Finnish Educational Courses Have Begun For Worcester Workers WORCESTER, Mass., Jan. 13.—Our educational courses have now started and will continue for eight weeks. The courses were arranged by the three eastern districts of the Finnish Federation of the Workers Party. These courses will consist of more | subjects and lectures than any of the courses before arranged by the east- ern districts of the Finnish federation. The subjects of biology, sociology, political economy, American history, co-operative movement, history of socialist and Communist movement, trade union movement, imperialism, financial capitalism. From the three eastern districts there are twenty-four students attend- ing the courses. The lectures are being conducted by Comrades E. Sul- hanen, H. Puro, W. Marttila and H. Heino. . OMAHA COMRADES ARE PREPARING BIG LENIN MEMORIAL PROGRAM OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 13. — The Lenin memorial meeting under the auspices of Local Omaha, Workers Party, will be held Sunday after- noon, Jan, 25, at the Labor Lyceum, 22nd and Clark streets, at 2:30 p. m. No admission will be charged and no collection will be taken. J. E. Snyder, national organizer for the Workers Party, will be the principal speaker. The following program has been tentatively agreed upon for this oc- casion: International—Led by Bolshevik Quartet, Coutts, Jonisch, Matthews, Foreman. Opening remarks—Chairman A. PL Kramer. : Address in Russian—“Lenin and Russia,” B. M. Mishkis. Address—“Lenin the Strategist,” David Coutts. Address in Jewish——“Lenin and the Subject Peoples,” David Res- nick. Workers’ Memorial Song, and March—Bolshevik Quartet. Address—“Liebknecht and Lenin- ism,” Tom Matthews . Address—“A_ Leninist Party America,” J. E. Snyder. International—Led by Bolshevik Quartet. in Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge Room, Ashland Auditorium. WITH TIE Y CONDUCTED - BY TH WORKERS UNG WORKERS LEAGUE STATEMENT OF NATIONAL EXECUTIVE | COMMITTEE, YOUNG WORKERS LEAGU N view of the calling of the enlarged executive sessions of the Communist International and Young Communist International called for the near future, the national executive committee of the Young Workers League of America hereby withdraws the call for the convention call until after the sessions of the enlarged executive. The discussion in the Young Worker on the statement of the national executive committee will cease with the Jan. 15 issue of the Young Worker. The discussion in the branches and membership meetings must cease imme- diately except for those meetings. al-¢——————___-_ ready arranged prior to the publica-|the discussion every comrade musi tion of this statement. At these mem- bership meetings already arranged the N. E. C. shall strive to have a representative present and any com- rade representing any other definite opinions be given equal time to pre- sent their viewpoint. With the closing of the league dis- cussion the organization must unite and knit itself more solidly than ever to carry on the work that lies before us. Regardless of differences during ORDER A BUNDLE! Lenin Memorial Day The January issue of The Workers Monthly EDITED BY EARL R. BROWDER ‘ is an issue with splendid articles on the Great Leader in whose memory we meet. From cover to cover it is an issue filled with the principles that Lenin advocated. The splendid article “Lenin, Leader and Comrade” by Alexander Bittelman is only one of the 36 features in this number. PHOTOGRAPHS, CARTOONS AND A GREAT PAINTING ON THE COVER—ALL ARE IN THE JANUARY ISSUE Order a Bundle at 18¢ a copy. Subscription—$2.00 a Year, or $1.25 for Six Months, —— CUT OUT AND SEND INI me me me ee ee ee THE WORKERS MONTHLY, 1118 W. WASHINGTON BLVD., CHICAGO, ILL, for bundle of ..... Enclosed find §..... for subscription £0% ws NAME: empawetiliilie can serra 9) 0 ee COPIES, months, rreseerrsonnecssosese TATE: sssssssssssssmeeeescossoen aman MCLE NRL NERS subordinate these and unite behind the policies and the outline of work adopted by the N. E. C, and see that it is,carried into effect wholeheartedly by every member and unit of the or. ganization. Our immediate tasks are many, our numbers are still small and we must not allow anything to hinder us in our progress towards a real Bolshevized Young Communist League. The entire league must enter whole- heartedly the Lenin enrollment drive to “Double our members during 1925.” This slogan must permeate the entire organization. _This must not be an isolated and member catching drive. It must be linked up closely with the organization of. our league completely upon the shop nucleus basis. Further. more our membership drive must be linked up closely with the economic struggles of the working class youth. We must gain the support of the young factory workers upon the basis of our everyday economic and trade union demands. We must permeate the millions of young Negro workers with our propaganda and bring them into our ranks. We must extend our activities amongst the young agricul- ture workers and thus solidify the city and country proletarian youth During this year we must transform our league completely upon the shop nucleus basis and this can be accom- lished much better by connecting his task directly with our Lenin en- collment drive. ® Another immediate task that lies before us is the issuing of the Weekly Young Worker in the immediate fu- ture. Every member and sympathizer must redouble their energies to collect the necessary $2,000 and secure thou- sands of new subscribers. With our press transformed into a weekly, we will have a powerful weapon to help us reach the masses of young indus- trial workers. “Every member to work! The Weekly Young Worker by March ast!” The many tasks which lie before us have been outlined by the national executive committee in its program of action printed in the Oct. 15 issue and again elaborated and amplified in the national executive statement printed in the Dec. 15 issue of the Young Worker. Altho the convention has been tem- porarily postponed this only gives us an opportunity to build our league and make greater strides forward prior to our third national convention, Let every member step to his post NOW and carry on the necessary work which is required to build our league into a mass organization. The discussion is closed, Now is the time for action. To work, comrades. National Executive Committee. John Williamson, National Secretary, i i : ” - THE DAILY WORKER Yorkville English Branch Endorses the Majority Theses NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—The York- ville English branch at its regular meeting held Jan. 8 voted in favor of tee thesis of the majority, with 12 against 1. Liverpool Branch Unanimous for the Majority Theses LIVERPOOL, 0O., Jan. 13.—At the last branch meeting of Liverpool after a discussion of both theses in which the members took part the branch voted unanimously for the majority thesis, Bulgarian Branch Of Madison, Ill., Is For Majority Theses MADISON, IL, Jan. 13.—Madison Bulgarian branch of the Workers Par- ty, after a discussion of the immediate tasks of the party as set forth in the theses of the majority and minority of the central executive committee, un- animously voted to support the majority of the C, BE. C. Cleveland East Side Y. W. L. English Branch for Minority CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 13.—The |East Side English branch of the | Young Workers’ League indorsed the | thesis of the minority of the C. E. C. of the W. P. and the minority posi- tion of Comrade Kaplan of the N. E. C. of the Y. W. L., by a vote of 7 to |2. Before the vote was taken Com- rades Kaplan and Papeun spoke for the minority and Comrades Lerner and Sacharow spoke for the majority thesis. The branch indorsed the mi- nority thesis after a thoro discussion. One speaker for the Young Workers’ League and one speaker representing |the Workers Party spoke for each side. This is the second branch of the Young Workers League of Cleveland to indorse the Ruthenberg-Lovestone thesis of the W. P. and the Kaplan | minority position of the N. E. C. of |the Y. W. L. Cleveland Greek Branch Indorses Minority, 10 to 0 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 13.—The Greek branch of Cleveland, after hear ing Comrade Jay Lovestone explain the thesis of the minority and Com rade Alexander Bittelman explain the thesis of the majority of the C. E. C. at the membership meeting and afte: discussing both sides of the party con troversy, in the branch, unanimously indorsed the minority thesis by a vote of 10 to 0. At this meeting $46.00 in cash was taken in to insure the DAILY WORK ER for 1925. (Signed) M. Kalogrides organizer, Cleveland Greek branch. Local Toledo Votes For Minority Theses As Correct Position —— TOLEDO, O., Jan. 13—Local Toledo on Sunday, Jan. 11, in meeting as- sembled and after hearing Comrade Lerner, the representative for the majority thesis, and Comrade Benja- min, representing the minority thesis, endorsed the minority thesis as the correct policy for the party to pursue for the coming year. 16 votes were cast for the minority and 11 for the majority. PARTY ACTIVITIES ‘NEW YORK CITY Bronx, New York, Attention. Class in A. B. C. of Communism, every Tuesday night at 1347 Boston Road, Dr. I. Stamler, instructor. ~ Lecture, Sunday, Jan. 25, Bronx open forum. Alexander Tracherberg will lecture on “American Imperial- ism,” at 1347 Boston Road. Bronx Section Affair. Concert and ball, for benefit of library and to pay deficits of section. Saturday, Feb. 28; From Now on--Into Both Ears--Please VERE do.we stand in this campaign to INSURE THE LIFE of the DAILY WORKER so as to the quicker assure the death of capitalism? Yesterday the DAILY WORKER passed its first mile- stone in revolutionary service. It was a very busy year. It was a year of achievement. The major achievement of the DAILY WORKER is that TODAY we have an INFORMED party. * Today the party knows what's going on in the world. Today our party membership can talk interestingly and in- telligently about the Dawes plan and Morgan, about Mac- Donald and India, about Pekin and Karakahn, about Japan and the Shenandoah, about Cappellini and Farrington, about Standard Oil and the Royal Dutch Shell, about Imperialism and Us. Today we have a party membership that is INFORMED. Today we have a party membership that can TALK. In the daily contact the DAILY WORKER reader makes with other workers he is TODAY enabled to TELL THINGS and give the things he tells the RIGHT interpretation, ours, that of our party. 2 THIS IS GOOD! And what is good for us and our party and our aim must be continued. It is for this reason, among others, that the DAILY WORKER must have its LIFE IN- SURED. Where do we stand in this campaign to INSURE THE DAILY WORKER FOR 1925? Right here, comrades! At- tention! As this is being written the adding machine is register- "15,000 DOLLARS IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO DATE in this campaign of ours and yours fot $50,000 to safeguard our daily. Everything considered this is a very satisfactory beginning. This means that we have put the campaign one- third over. In yesterday's Birthday Special we printed the names of the MILITANT BRANCHES and their remittances to date. What Story does this MILITANT PAGE TELL? Read! OUR PARTY HAS 995 BRANCHES. UPON THE MILITANT PAGE IN’ YESTERDAY'S BIRTHDAY SPECIAL THE NAMES AND REMITTANCES FROM 449 BRANCHES APPEARED. THIS MEANS THAT 546 BRANCHES HAVE NOT YET HELPED TO INSURE THE DAILY WORKER FOR 1925. To reach, to awaken, to secure ACTION from these 546 branches now becomes the job of all of us. It becomes the job of every DAILY WORKER reader in these branches. It becomes the job of every C. C. C. secretary who has part of these branches under his jurisdiction. It becomes the job of every district organizer, federation secretary, DAILY WORK- ER agent. From now on, we’re not going to run the risk of having what we say go into one ear and out of the other. From now on we intend shouting into both ears of all these branches; we and the federation secretaries into one ear, the district organizers and all other interested into the other. In this way the importance of this campaign surely will register. The importance of this campaign MUST REGISTER with every branch and party member. We say MUST be- cause we, all of us, have decided, finally, that this campaign is going to be the kind in which EVERY PARTY BRANCH TAKES PART. THE KIND TO WHICH EVERY PARTY BRANCH RESPONDS. good music, good dancing. Comrades keep this date in mind. General membership meeting: Sun- day, Jan, 16, at 1847 Boston Road to discuss organization, shop nuclei, etc., 8 p.m Party Activities Of Local Chicago “Notice C. C. C. Delegates. On account of Lenin memorial day falling on Wednesday, Jan. 21 (the regular date for our city central com- mittee meetings) the C. C. C. meet: ing will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 8 p.m. at 722 Blue Island Ave. Delegates take notice. Settle for “Polikuska” Tickets. All comrades who received for sale “Polikushka” movie tickets must set- tle for them not later than Wednes-’ day night, Return tickets and money to the office where you got them from. Comrades will be held responsible for ticke' time, ‘ which are not returned in’) This is the first day of the second year of the DAILY WORKER. : $15,000 already at hand—$35,000 still to get—and quick! $20,000 in pledges still to collect! Of our 995 party branches.546 have not yet remitted a single dollar. With prospects such as these, a Communist Party should understand its task and turn out a complete job! And We Will! \ Wednesday, January 14, 1925 MANY GOVERNORS IN. SADDLE FOR BIG BUSINESS State Machines. Scrap Over Spoils With the meeting of many state leg- islatures, and the inauguration of the new governors, the state political ma- chines havé settled down to fighting each other to see which political gangs shall control state graft. Small’s Speech Ignores Workers. In Springfield, IL, Governor Small made the usual inaugural gpeech, tell: ing what a splendid man he is: Small did not mention of course, his deals with the ku klux klan during the cam- paign in which he was re-elected. Nor did he have much to say about the case on which he is out on bonds, charged with stealing millions of dol- lars from the state of Illinois. Small was content to harp on good roads and other “safe” issues. He did not refer to his consistent anti-labor rec- ord. Small made no recommedations for laws which would help the work: ers in any way. Governor A. V. Donahey, the only democrat to survive the republican landslide in Ohio, took the oath of office for a second time as governor af Ohio. Donahey is well liked by the corporations, as he does their bidding as quickly as James Cox or Frank Willis, former republican governors, could obey. Bosses Sitting Pretty. Several political cliques are strug gling for final control of the Indiana state legislature, with the odds favor- ing the gang backing the newly in- stalled governor, Edward Jackson. One of the first pieces of business trans- acted by the legislature at Indianapo- lis, rushed thru in almost record time was the passing of the appropriation of $100,000 to pay the salaries of the assemblymen. The speed with which this work was transacted is in marked contrast to the delay ‘accorded bills for better wages and working condi- tions for Indiana’s workers. ¢ One of the hardest legislative bat- tles will’ occur when the republicans who were defeated in the primaries last May attempt to repeal the pri- mary election law. The gang that was ousted from power in the republican party of Indiana have organized a powerful opposition to the present of- fice holders, and are expected to join with the democrats on some issues. In his message to the legislature, Gov- ernor Jackson opposed a repeal of the primary law. Jackson Worst Prison in Country. Governor Groesbeck ‘at Lansing Mich., where the supreme court a few days ago denied Comrade C. E. Ruth: enberg, executive secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party a new trial, delivered the usual governor’s message calling for money. Groesbeck mentioned the dilapidated condition of Michigan's prisons. Ruthenberg is confined in the state prison at Jack- son, Mich. considered one of the worst prisons in the country. The Morgans and Rockefellers are resting easy, as they know that no matter whether the state macihnery belongs to thé democratic or republi- can political camp, it was all bought and paid for by Wall Street money. The state political machines are the servants of the employing class, PaREAE 24: CRONE NS Consider Greco-Turkish Question. THE HAGUE, Jan. 13.—The Hague permanent court of justice will con- sider the Greco-Turkish exchange of populations here today. Tewfik Rou- dishi and Reshad Nouri Bey are here representing the Angora government. Omaha Comrades Start Class in the ABC of Communism OMAHA, Nebr., Jan. 13.—A class in the “A. B. C. of Communism” has been established by Omaha local of the Workers Party with Tom Mat- thews as instructor, assisted by David Coutts. This class will be held every Wednesday evening at the party head- quarters, 206 Crounse Block. This will give the comrades a more thoro understanding of Bucharin’s “A, B. C.” thru. the application of the knowledge gained to problems con- froating the movement in America. Sympathizers and trade unionists in Omaha and Council Bluffs are invited to attend these classes. No admis- sion is charged and no collection tak- en, New Premier for Sweden. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan, 13.— The serious illness of Prime Minister Branting is leading to a struggle over Branting’s successor, Finance Minister Thorson is considered most likely to take control of the govern- ment if’ Branting is unable to return to his post. Branting has been ill sev: eral weeks, and meanwhile there is no one to act as premier, WM. F. DUNNE Patronize our advertisers, It, Ba A Memorial Pageant Commemorating the Death of the Great Working Class Leader. i LENIN MEMORIAL DAY Wednesday, January 21, 1925, 8 P. M. Ashland Auditorium ASHLAND AVE. AND VAN BUREN ST. Speakers: EARL R. BROWDER J. LOUISENGDAHL ARNE SWABECK GORDON OWENS Music by Young Workers League Orchestra, Auspices: Workers Party and Young Workers League, Local Chicago _ ADMISSION 26 CENTS,