The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 22, 1925, Page 2

| | i : i 5 { Page Two TH THOUSANDS OF TOWERS ATTEND LENIN MEETINGS Scores of thousands of Amer- ican workers, drawn by the light of Leninism, will attend the Lenin Memorial meetings being conducted by the Workers (Communist) Party during the remainder of the week. The largest outpouring of class conscious workers ever observed in this country is pro- | mised by the advance sale tickets for the Lenin meetings in Chicago, New York, Milwau- kee, Los Angeles, and in fact every large city and industrial town in the country. Leninism shines as the guiding spirit of the American workers more strongly and clearly than ever before, the response to the Lenin memorial meetings shows. Parade In Moscow In Moscow yesterday, hundreds of thousands of workers and peasants paraded in honor .of Lenin, who es- tablished Soviet Russia, the first workers government of the world. Thousands upon thousands marched past the mausoleum to review the remains of the dead Communist lead- er. The demonstrations in Moscow were duplicated by hundreds of thousands of workers in every part of Soviet Russia, in the far east, in Eu- rope and thruout the world. American Workers Respond In America, the Communists, and workers who understand that Lenin- ism is the great liberating force that will finally crush the capitalist op- pressors of the workers, are not be- hind the workers of ther countries. The Lenin Memorial meeting in the Ashland Auditorium last night,brought out thousands of Chicago’s workers. A full report of this meeting will appear in tomorrow’s issue. Thousands Of Tickets Sold Thousands of tickets to the Lenin Memorial meeting in Madison Square Garden on Sunday February 1 at 2 P. M. have already been sold. William Z. Foster and C. E. Ruthenberg, who is expected to be released from Jack- son, Michigan penitentiary on Monday, will be the main speakers. The Freiheit Singing society of 400 voices and a symphony of 100 pieces will furnish the revolutionary music that will ring thru the big amphi-theatre. On Saturday, Jan, 24 at 8 P. M. William Z. Foster and Max Bedacht will speak at the Lenin Memorial meeting arranged in Milwaukee. The meeting will be held in the Milwaukee Auditorium, 500 Cedar St. One hun- dred and fifty people will take part in the Lenin pageant which has been arranged. The Lenin Memorial meeting in the citadel of capitalism, Washington, D. C., will take place Sunday evening, | Jan. 25, at the Play House. Oliver Carlson, now of Philadelphia, will be the main speaker. The Lenin Memorial meeting held in Chicago last night will be fully reported in the Friday morning issue of the DAILY WORKER. The Way to Sickie A Comrade Gone Is To Aid the Defense The Bugarian Branch of Cleveland in order to honor the memory of L. Paneotoff, a former member of the Branch, and all his life a militant fighter against the capitalist system, and who recently died, made a col- lection of $8.00 and sent it to the Labor Defense Council. Help Wanted. WE NEED A GOOD BOOK- KEEPER - STENOGRAPHER IMMEDIATELY, must under- stand English and some Ita- lian. Good salary. Apply to “IL LAVORATORE,” 1113 W. Washington Bivd. (top floor) from 10 a. m. to 5 p, m. PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Sxpert Dental Service for 20 r 645 SMITHFIELD 1627 CENTER AVE. 8. A Near 7th Ave. Cor. Arthur St. of | NO MORE WORRY! Friday, Jan. 23. Niagara Falls, N. Y., at 7:30 p. m., Hippodrome Hall, corner Pine and 19th Sts. Speaker to be announced. Saturday, Jan. 24, Chicago, at 8 p. m. at Soviet School 1902 W. Division St., corncert and Russian speakers. Philadeiphia, Pa. at 8 p. m., at the Lulu Temple, corner Broad and Spring Garden Sts. Speakers: Olgin, Baker, and Carlson. South Bend, Ind., at 8 p. m., at Workers’ Home, 1216 W. Colfax Ave. Speaker, Manuel Gomez. Milwaukee, Wis., at 8 p. m., at the Auditorium, 500 Cedar St. Speakers: Foster and Max Bedacht. Seattle, Wash., Painters’ Hall, Un- jion Record Bl at 8 p.m. Speaker: |Norman H. Tallentire, Passaic, N. J., 82 Rresident St. Sunday, Jan. 25. Washington, D. C. Play House, at 8 p.m. Speakers: Oliver Carlson and Comrade Macintosh. Gary, Ind., 215 W. 18th Speaker: Thurber Lewis. St. Paul, Minn. Commonwealth Rice St., at 8 p.m. Speaker: Earl Browder. Minneapolis, Minn, nish) Hall, 1317 V ern Ave., No., at 2 p.m. Speaker: Earl Browder. Denver, Col., at 8 p. m., Machinists’ Hall, 1715 California St. Speakers to be announced. Omaha, Nebr., at 2:30 p. m., Labor Lyceum, 22nd and Clark Sts. Speak- ers, J. E. Snyder, David Coutts, David Reznick, Tom Mathews, B. M. Mishkis. Grand Rapids} Mich., at 2:30 p. m. Workmen’s Circle Temple, 347 Mt. Vernon Ave. Speakers: E. A. Kosten and Eugene Beshtold. Newark, N. J., Labor Lyceum, 2 p. m., 704 S, 14th street. Hartford, Conn. Labor Educational Alliance, 287 Windsor Ave. at 2:30 Dp. m. Speaker: Joseph Manley. Detroit, Mich., at 2 p. m., House of the Masses, 2101 Gratiot Ave. Speak- er, Robert Minor. Boston, Mass., at 3 p. m., Scenic Auditorium, 12 Berkeley St. Speaker, John J. Ballam. Cleveland, Ohio. Engineers’ Audito- rium, Ontario and St. Clair., at 7:30 p.m. Speaker, Benjamin Gitlow. Youngstown, O., at 2 p. m., speak- ers, Ben Gitlow and others. GOOD BLOODHOUND GETS BETTER KENNEL AND WILL LEAD PACK BOSTON—Harold P. Williams, district attorney of Norfolk county, who served as assistant in the trial at which Nicola Sacco and Bartol- omeo Vanzetti were convicted of first degree murder, has been ap- pointed U. S. district attorney for the Massdchusetts district. His nomination has been confirmed by the senate. It was Williams who got hold of Lola Andrews and Louis Pelzer, after they confessed perjury in their | identiffeation of Sacco at the trial, and persuaded them to swear out statements against Sacco again. | Over Lola he had the power to ex- pose her criminal past and prose- cute her and over Pelzer a perjury indictment threat and his job at the shoe factory. Humboldt (Fin- But You Haven’t the Raise Yet. ALBANY, N. Y.—A $900 minimum will be fixed for all stenographers and jclerks in state pay, says Senator Charles J. Hewitt, chairman of the finance committee. Wages of $600 and $720 are now common, One man’s say, and probably the powers that permit him to be a sena- tor, will not permit him even to vote for such a measure. It’s a long way thro the N. Y. assembly and senate and the “friend of labor,” Governor Al. Smith, has the final say, you know. Labor Board Raises Wages. The United States railroad labor board has granted slight increases in pay to railway clerks, messengers and freight handlers, amounting to | $3,740,000 per year. Whether or not any conditions were attached to the |raise were not announced. The men lare employed on four different rail | roads, Bronx, New York, Attention. Class in A. B. C. of Communism, every Tuesday night at 1347 Boston Road, Dr. L. Stamler, instructor. Patronize our advertisers, The new and improved QUICK- EDGE KNIFE AND SHEAR SHARPENER is an instant relief from the greatest household annoy- ance—dull knives and shears! Easy to operate—indestructible will not injure the finest blade— within the reach of all—guaranteed to do the work! Give this wonderful little ma- chine a trial by ordering one to- day! SEND NO MONEY! Just pay the postman $2.00 and a few extra cents for postage when he deliver: your Sharpener, There is a Money- Back Guarantee on each machine if not satisfactory, THE ELANAY COMPANY P, O. Box 320 CHICAGO -~ ~ ILLINOIS Ave., at 2) LENIN MEMORIAL MEETINGS Los Angeles, Cal., at 2 p. m., Blanch- ard Hall, 233 S. Broadway. Speaker James H. Dolsen. Easton, Pa. at 2 p. m., Lithuanian (Bakers) Tall, N. 7th St., near North- ampton St. Speaker to be announced. Dowell, Ill, at 2 p. m., Rex ‘Theater, Union Ave. Speaker, John Mihelic. Bridgeport, Conn., at 8 p. m., Work- men’s Circle Hall, 310 State St. Speak- er to be announced, Akron, Ohio, at 2 p. m., Zeigler Hall, corner Voris and Miami Sts. Superior, Wis., Workers’ Hall, cor- ner Tower and 5th. Speaker to be announced. Tacoma, Wash., Labor Temple, City Hall Annex, at 8 p.m. Speaker: Nor- man-H, Tallentire, East Pittsburgh at 2 p. m., Work- ers’ Home, corner Electric and North Aves. Speakers, Joseph Knight and A. Blagelavich. Revere, Mass., Eagle’s Hall, Shirley and Walnut Av at 8 p. m. Speaker, I. Amter, January 26. Dillonvale, Ohio. Speaker: min Gitlow. 7 p. m. January 27. Yorkville, Ohio. Speaker: Benjamin Gitlow. 7 p. m. January 28. Bellaire, Ohio. Speaker: Gitlow. 7 p. m. January 29. Powhatan Point, Ohio. Benjamin Gitlow. 7 p. m. January 30. Benja- Benjamin Speaker: Neffs, Ohio. Speaker: Benjamin Gitlow, 7 p. m. : January 31. Christopher, I!!., French Club, at 7 p. m. Speaker: John Mihelic. Sunday, Feb. 1. New York, N. Y., at 2 p. m., Mad son Square Garden. Speakers: Foster and Ruthenberg. New Haven, Conn., Hermanson’s Hall, 15 Crown St., at 8 p, m, Speaker, Joseph Manley. Buffalo, N. Y¥., at 8 p. m., Labor Ly- ceum, 376 William St. Speaker, Ben- jamin Gitlow. Portland, Ore., Yamhill St., at 8 p. m. Speaker: Stanley Clark. Elizabeth, N. J., Sunday, Feb. 8, 7:30 p. m., Turn Hall, 725 High street. Erie, Pa., Russian Hall, 156 E. 3rd St. Speaker: Benjamin Gitlow. 2:30 p.m 227 AS WE SEE IT By T, J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) lightened and enlarged view of his own worth and importance as part, of the great organiation known as the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.” The Communists of Minneapolis are hon- ored in having such enemies as “Min- nesota” and the gang of corrupt stool- pigeons back of it. Their conception of a proper labor policy is one that will enable them to sleep politically and industrially in the same bed as the bosses on the lines of William H. Johnston’s B. and O. plan. eee OHN J. LEARY, Jr., is the “labor expert” of the New Yérk World. While Gompers was living Leary was one of his chief press agents and had the inside track on everything Sammy had to say and on all his plans, Leary is now shining up to Green, In a recent article in the World, this sycophantic hack rubs the butter over the new president of the American Federation of Labor. Sammy was a wet; Green is a dry. But not so offersively dry as Gompers. was wet. At least it takes Green is dry. He does not want to be considered a reactionary, tho he makes it quite clear that he is against the Communists. If Leary’s article is a correct picture of Green, Gompers’ successor is some political trimmer. m _* & ‘HE recent air bombing of the $30,- 000,000 battleship Washington proves that such craft are inviulner, able from the air according to reports made to President Coolidge by the general board of the navy. This is good news for the private shipyards and not good for Arthur Brisbane who wants the government to stop build- ing battleships, in fact doing anything else but build airplanes. The report did not say if the sailors who man the battleships were immune from the air bombs. b oct dads ORD Thomson, secretary for air in the MacDonald cabinet, attended a semi-pacifist convention in Wash- ington a few days ago. The labor lord spurned an out and out pacifist at- titude. Perhaps he favors a moderate amount of bloodletting. It was under Thomson’s regime that British air- ships bombed peaceful Indian villages in order to impress the natives with British might. A report of Thomson's pacifist speech appeared in the New York Times,,and underneath this pious hypoctite’s piffle was a story about the Spanish war in Morocco with the head; “Spaniards Bomb Moors.” The makeup man must have a sense of the ridiculous. attack on the wi of many workers. These workers are be supported in strike by the silk workers elsewhere, become general if it meets no resistance at the " E-DATLY WORKER RUDD PROPOSES ADVERTISING [N ARR BUSINESS Get Them So They'll Beg for War (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—That the canviction of the need of the United States army has to be sold to the American people, is the belief of Major A. G. Rudd, chief of the recruiting publicity bureau, United States army. He uses the advertising cam- paigns of the large corporations as an example of the correct method of moulding public opi- nion; of making cthers think the way you want, and support- ing your ideas. Outlines Propaganda He states in part as follows:—- “Taking the largest activity as, an oxample, if the country is at war the wholehearted co-operation of the pub: Ye is imperative for the successful prosecution of its hundreds of differ ent activities. The people must be taught to see the government's point of view—that its course is for the best interests, In other words, to think as the government wishes then to think—and act accordingly. Butas a’ thot must precede every act, the first course is to start them thinking ‘right’ This is the mission of pub- licity. “In the army our publicity prcblem 7 is not analogus to any other, but still it partakes of the basic principles of fall. We are a government activity and we have something to ‘sell.’ Our general problem deals with the entire population—sort of ‘good-will’ proposi- \tion in which we seck to justify the ‘army’s existence and proper mainten ance, not only as national insurance, but as a distinctly constructive factor jin the economic life of the United |States. Our cue bere is along the line of the institutional publicity so effec tively used by the leading publi: service and other large corporations For years they have not sold insur ance and telephones, etc., in their ad vertisements, but service; mot th: commodity itself directly, but ind! ‘rectly, by showing what their com _peny and its inventions have done for the public by raising its standards of living, ete. “The value of a slogan in moulding thot is universally recognized, But iv America in particular it seems almos‘ a necessity. This has been demon- strated in every national political campaign, every war and countless fadvertising campaigns. A slogan takes a mass of scattered indistinct impressions and boils them down into a single thot which can readily be grasped. “In the army we do not sell a com- modity—we sell serviee, service to the individual and to our country.” “Lenin and Leninism” At Brownsville Open Forum, Sunday, Feb. 25 Lening is dead, but his work goes on. We carry on his work. But we cannot do that well, unless we thoroly understand what itood for. If you want to get a more compre hensive idea of what Lenin taught \then attend the lecture given by Comrade H. Burgin in Yiddish, on "Lenin and Leninism,” on Sunday eve ning, Jan. 25, at the Brownsville Workers’ Hall, 1844 Pitkin Ave., ror . There will be no forum on Sunday Feb. 1, due to the Lenin memoria! meeting at Madison Square Garden The forum is conducted under the auspices of the Brownsville Sectior committee of the Workers Party. OPPOSITION GROUPS IN FRENCH CHAMBER READY WiTli QUESTIONS PARIS, France, Jan. 21.—Thirty- seven interpellators, members of all the opposition groups, will tal part in the chamber of deputies discussion of the ministry of foreign affairs budget which starts today. Questions of France's relations with Soviet Russia is sure to come up for thoro discussion. Other ques- tions will be the Franco-German commercial settlement ard the maintaining of an embassy at the Vatican. Patronize our advertisers. WAGE CUTS BEGIN IN THE SILK MILLS OF NEW BEDFORD, MASS. NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Jan, 21.—The National Spun Silk Company has ordered a ten per cent wage cut for its 1,200 employes at New Bedford, The company Is following the lead of the cotton manufacturers, This cut in wages of the silk workers of Massachusetts presages an of slik workers further In other districts, in th ini expected to be aan ty ie and Nasa PH ME NON ce eK > NV United States is Next to Bow in Recognition of the Soviet Republic By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL TORAY: altho Japanese capitalism has finally succumbed, as was predicted, and has joined. the score of other nations that have given recognition to the Soviet power, the American kept press is as stubborn as ever in its claims that Washington will not follow in the steps of Tokio. | The subsidized editors along with their blood brothers, the old party statesmen at the nation’s capital, try to smile away the assurance with which the spokesmen of Soviet rule at Moscow declare that the United States government not only will, but must also give recognition to the First Workers’ Republic. * There arrives by mail, from Peking, China, the oriental service of the Rosta (Soviet) news agency, dated Dec. 10, 1924, telling of Hughes’ prospects in the Coolidge cabinet. Already, a month before it actually took place, and only a few days after congress had reconvened, this Soviet news agency, predicted the downfall of Hughes. It was at Peking that the Russian and Japanese re- presentaiives met to discuss recognition; where world de- velopmeiits and the relations between nations were weighed in the baiance. From this melting pot of international con- flicts the Soviet news agency declared that: “In rcference to the general expectation of a conflict between Secretary Hughes and the chairman of the senate committee on foreign affairs, Senator Borah, it is learned in well informed circles that, in certain questions of international policy, particularly that of recogni- tion of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, President Coolidge’s position is a more liberal one than that of Secretary Hughes, of whose resignation rumors are becoming more persistent. “The opinion exists in political circles that Hughes will resign on March 4, 1925, on the day-of the president's official assumption of office. * * * * However, there also exists an opinion, not unimportant, that Hughes will go much earlier, as it is said Great Britain desires that Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics be invited to this pending conference (the Second Washington Disarmament Con- ference) which would hardly be feasible if it should be held under Secretary Hughes’ chairmanship. “tt is pointed out here that the British premier, Mr. Stanley Bald- win, is being ever more persuaded of settling relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and that he insists on the United States of America being a party to the solution of the so-called Russian ques- tion, promising in return, Britain’s support to the carrying out of Amer- ica’s financial plan in Europe.” * 8 * ® Thus our Russian comrades not only claim that the United States will in time be forced to recognize the Soviet power, in response to the imperative demand of world affairs, to use the words of George Tchitcherin, Soviet commissar for foreign affairs, but predict that the delegates of the First Workers’ Republic will be invited to the next World Disarmament Con erence, i It is also declared that the tory Baldwin government in Great Britain dare not revoke the recognition granted by the recently deposed MacDonald government. This is inform- ation that the subsidized press grudges its readers, when it does not acutally misrepresent it. The imperialist statesmen at Washington, London and Paris know that they. are help- less before the rising tide of Bolshevism. * * The Japanese may win an oil concession from the Soviet Republic on Saghalin Island in the Northern Pacific. This oil may aid Japan in its rapidly approaching war with the United States. But it will also grease the way for those conditions at home that will make possible the triumphant civil war of Japan's working class fighting to establish their Soviet power. This same war of the pacific must also find the ex- ploited workers and poor farmers of the United States ready to struggle for Soviet rule in this country. d The fact that 21 capitalist nations have now been compelled to recognize the Union of Soviet Republics marks another milestone on the road to the complete victory of the world social revolution. FASCISTS FACE SENATE TEST ON ELECTORAL BILL Say Matteotti Trial Is to Begin Soon (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Jan, 21.—Mussolini is expected to meet strong opposi- tion in the session of the senate which opens today. Mussolini was barely able to scrape thru with a vote of con- fidence at the last session of the senate, Altho he will probably be able to line up enough senators to give him a vote of confidence again, Mussolini’s margin will be so small that his pre- stige will suffer. / Mussolini did not speak before the chamber of deputies, as he was saving his fireworks for the senate. The. opposition is counting on well over 100 votes against Mussolini's electoral bill, which passed the cham- ber of deputies. The reaction of the opposition to the speeches of Communists in the chamber, shows however, that be- tween the dictatorship of Mussolini and the rule of the workers led by the Communists, the opposition will throw its support to Mussolini. The tascistt have decided to hold the trial of the Matteotti murderers in Aquila City, instead of in Rome, as demanded by the opposition. Ny, Menten ecarne ¥ U. $. STEEL TRUST BAITS ANOTHER HOOK FOR GLASS PEACE FISH NEW YORK, JAN. 21—The U. S. Steel corporation today announced it was offering 100,000 shares of common stock to its employes at $125 a share, under the annual sub- scription plan. The stock sold on the open market today around 12556. A year ago the same stock was offered at $100. More than 61,000 @mployes took subscriptions year’é offering, so it is claim ut these were the office and technical staff. How many have sold the stock since, is not revealed. Culture Thursday, January 22, 1925 BIG SIN TYPO UNION ACTS ON CHILD SLAVERY Demands AssemblyPass _ Amendment (Special ‘to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—Tho efforts of ‘Governor Al. Smith, the Tammanyite politician and alleged friend of labor, to stab the movement against child slavery in the back received a rebuke Sunday at the hands of Typographical Union .No. 6, when that organization went on record unanimously for im- mediate ratification of the pro- posed Twentieth Amendment to the U. S. constitution, which will give congress the power to ee child labor legislation. A strong resolution against the enemies of the working clas who are opposing ratification of the amend- ment was presented by H. M. Wicks, who in a speech from the floor of the union uncovered every point involved in the controversy, exposing the fraudulent democracy of the constitu. tion that demands a two-thirds vote of three-fourths of the states, vigor- ‘ously assailing the national associa- tion of manufacturers in the recent Massachusetts elections, lambasting the governor and state legislature of New York for proposing to postpone ratification in favor of a state wide referndum, explaining the widespread ramifications of child labor in the Uited States, dealing with its devas- tating effects upon the earning power of the working class as a whole and relating his recent investigations of conditions of child slaves in their so-called “homes” in New York City and in Jersey City. His presentation was so comprehensive that at its con- clusion the resolution was adopted unanimously and without further de- bate. The resolution follows: WHEREAS, a proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States, to be known as the twentieth amendment and that will empower congress to enact legislation against child labor is now be- fore. the various state legislatures for ratification, and WHEREAS, both tical parties with representatives in the state legislatures of New York had planks in their plat- of child labor, WHEREAS, the state ‘ture is now in session and certain’ sinister influences directly controlled by the National Manu- facturers’ Association are endeavoring to prevent ratification of the amendment by proposing a state referendum, in spite of the fact that all political parties have declared in favor of such amendment, therefore be it RESOLVED, that we, the members ot New York Typographical Union No. 6, in regular meeting assembled, this 18th day of January, 1925, hereby demand of the state legislature immediately to proceed to the ratification of the amend- ment, thereby carrying out their promises to the voters of the state, instead of yielding to the pleas of the enemies of labor to postpone ratification under the Poor pretext of a state referendum, the . Darpase se which sould be to post- me action and encou the exploit of child labor, and be it her eee RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolu- tion be spread upon the minutes of this meeting, a copy sent to Governor Smith, mn the members of the state legislature of Greater New York, to the cal daily Journal, the labor press press. For once in its history the staid and conservative membership of Big Six received @ lesson in the shams of capitalist democracy, by listening tc the expose of the fraudulent nature of capitalist party platforms, who prom. ise the voters anything before elec. tion and do the bidding of the enemies | of labor after election. | In case the state legislature send: the question to referendum there wil, be an unparalleled opportunity foi Communists in the labor movement! to carry their expose of the politica alliances of the labor fakers into every important center of the state. Thy left elements organized around the Workers Party and the T. U. EB. L are preparing to launch a state wid« drive thru the labor unfons and forol the reactionaries, in spite of their fillations with Tammany, to suppor. the fight for the amendment. h For the professional schools in Russia and Ukraina, will be held at Douglas Park Auditorium | Corner Ogden and Kedzie Aves, FOUR DAYS——JANUARY 22-23-24-25 General Admission 50c, for all four days First Class Program—including Children’s Masquerade Ball, also movie from Jewish life in Russia will be shown, Auspices, Jewish Workers’ Relief Committee. 2