The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 23, 1925, Page 4

Page Four LABOR DEFENSE GALLS FOR RED STAR VOLUNTEERS Open Campaign to Enlist 1,000 Workers “In every capitalist war there are easualties which are taken care of by he ‘Red Cross,’ a bourgeois class Telief organization. In the class war also there are casualties—men jailed | or wounded or murdered, their fa- milies in need! We must have relief) workers to take care of them. We need | a working class relief organization to} match and outdo that of our capital-| ist enemy. We must mobilize the ‘Red Star Volunteers.’” This was the decision of the third | “Chicago Conference for Defense and} Relief” held at 722 Blue Island Ave. A campaign to mobilize a thousand “Red Star Volunteers” in Chicago whose duty it will be to attend all working class affairs, meetings, etc., and collect funds for the defense of C. EB, Ruthenberg and his thir fellow victims of the Michigan Syn- flicalist Case. Name, address, tele- phone number, what days or nights tan be given for this work! Old or) young, men or women or children, all can and must help, Volunteers should send their enlistment to Wil- Yam F. Kruse, 19 So. Lincoln St. Movie Tickets “Sells Fast All delegates reported that tickets were selling fast for the showing of “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” at Ashland Auditorium, Thursday night, Feb. 5th. Several ads for the program were also handed in. All ads must be in Jan. 30th, every branch must put in its own ad. To Organize Language Conference Comrade Kalousek of the Czech Branch reported that her conference with the Slovak comrades for a Joint Conference for Defense and Relief, to embrace all Slavic language groups was successful. The South Slavik delegate reported that. her branches would also favor this plan. The conference thereupon instructed the Slavic Conference Committée to proceed with the organization as fast as possible. Delegate Carlson of the Lakeview Scandinavian Branch reported that her language committee had begun functioning and that she would make a@ special trip to enlist the co-opera- tion of the South Side Scandinavians who thus far have been inactive. No reports from the Lithuanian, Russian, Italian, or Jewish Commit- tees. Money Campaign Progresses wing is as follows: The Workers Party has found it document was used to influence the At a time when union members a members of the Workers Party, to support the left wing whether it bé composed of Communists entirely, or whether it be a common movement of Communists and non-party workers. Under no conditions is it permissable for a Communist to give support in any way to the right wing and against a left wing group. To do so is trea- son to the whole progressive and revo- lutionary left wing of the American labor movement. Some eleven members of the Work- ers Party, Ly signing a document at the solicitation of a right wing official while elections were going on, com- mitted such ‘an act. The central execu- tive committee of the party has inves- tigated the matter fully. It finds that while there was some confusion exist- ing in the minds of many of these comradcs which caused them to make this mistake without having any in- tentions to injure the left wing, yet these excuses do not mitigate the harmful consequences of the act it- The Workers Party cannot remain the unchallenged champion of all pro- gressive and revolutionary elements within the labor movement unless it sharply rebukes and corrects all such mistakes as this one. The central ex- ecutive committee therefore called up- on the comrades in question to ad- mit their mistake as an assurance that the lesson of the present would prevent a repetition of the same thing in the future. The following comrades refused to admit that a mistake had been made, and defended their action in signing a document against the left wing: H. Close Party Discussion. Party dis- cussion was closed on January 9 in CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE WORKERS PARTY STATES ELEVEN MEMBERS DISCIPLINED The statement of the Workers Party on the disciplinary action taken against members who signed a statement injurious to the trade union left necessary to discipline a group.of its |members who gave. a signed document to the administration officials of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, during the elections within that union, which elections against the left wing and in favor of the reactionary candidates and policies. re deciding by their votes within their labor union, between right wing candidates and policies on the one hand, and left wing candidate and policies on the other, it is the duty of Communists, ‘o~ Schneid, K. Don, H. Witt, B. Weiss, and M. Sussman, They were thereupon declared ex- pelled from the Workers Party. Five others admitted that a griey- ous mistake had been coma.itted which could not be defenict and must be corrected. Their names and the disciplinary action on each ordered by the C. E. C. are as follows: I. Sonkin and 'S. Rissman, censure and reinstatement in party; J. Lie- berman, suspension for three months; A. Gavlin and M. Berson, suspension for six months. Comrade C. Rubenstein has not yet appeared before the committee. The central executive committee makes this statement to the party in the hopes that the damage done to the left wing movement generally may be offset to some extent by the lessons ithe party membership may learn from |this incident. In the choosing of poli- cies and leadership within the labor movement, members of the Workers Party may never, under penalty of parting company with our organiza- tion make common cause with the right wing elements against the poli- cies and candidates of the left wing supported by the Workers Party, whether these have any direct con- nection with the party or otherwise, The Workers (Communist) Party ie always the party of the left wing, of the progressive and revolutionary workers. Central executive committee, Work- ers Party of America. William Z. Foster, chairman, Earl R. Browder, acting sec’y. Decisions of the Central Executive Committee At Meetings Held January 7, 12, 14 and 19. ion that all comrades involved in the differences are essential to the party THE DAILY. WORKER CHICAGO CANDIDATES ENDORSED BY WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY Candidates nominated, by the Workers (Communist) Party for the spring aldermanic elections are as follows: 3rd WARD—E. L. Doty, candl- date; R. Minor and Gordon Owens, captains. Branches participating: South Side English, Englewood Eng- lish, South Side Scandinavian and Polish South Side. 1ith WARD—Victor Zokaitis, can- didate; J. Manus, captain. Branches participating: Lithuanian No. 5, South Slav No. 1, Ukrainian No. 1, and Y. W. L. No. 3, 22nd WARD—L. Cejka, candidate; A Af captain. Branches participating: Czecho-Slovak Nos. 1 and 3, Lithuanian No. 5, Y. W. L. No. 4, Lithuanian No. 77, Douglas Park Jewish. 24th WARD—H. Epstein, candi- date; William F. Kruse, captain. Branches participating: D. P. Eng- lish, Italian West Side No. 2 and Y. W. L. No, 1, 28th WARD—N. Dozenberg, candi- date; W. Ozol, captain. Branches particlpating: Lettish and West Side Scandinavian. 32nd WARD—Peter M. Lucas, candidate; M. A. Stolar, captain. Branches participating: Ukrainian No. 1, Polish N. S., Russian, Y. W. “L. No. 5 33rd WARD—J. L. Engdahl, can- didate; N. J. Christensen, captain. Branches participating: ‘N. W. Eng- lish, Karl Marx Scandinavian, and the Armenian Branch. 34th WARD—Harry Brooker, can- didate; 1. L. Davidson, captain. Branches participating: N. W. Jew- Ish, italian Terra Cotta, Y. W. L. No. 6, and the Roumanian Branch. 44th WARD—J. W. Johnstone, candidate; Walt Carmon, captain. Branches participating: Finnish, Lakeview, Scandinavian, North Side English, German and Y. W. L. Lrsune Ce ast; Varker fr ef Total of $3,580 Places District Eight First In Point of Returns LENIN MEMORIAL MEETING GREAT AFFAIR IN PHILA, Best Music, Speakers and Singers Philadelphia workers will have their first opportunity to see the new Rus- jsian film “In Memorium—Lenin” at ‘the great. Lenin memorial meeting Saturday, Jan, 24, at 8 p.m. at the beautiful Lulu Temple located at Broad and -Sping Gardén streets. Moissaye J. Olgin, well known and jappreciated by the Philadelphia work- ‘ers, will be the principal speaker at the meeting. Olgin’s ability to paint word pictures of the great accomplish- ments of Lenin and the Russian prole- tariat which he has witnessed while in Russia as the American delegate to the Communist International, will be |an outstanding feature of this great |meeting. Oliver Carlson of Chicago, who is at |present conducting a successful series lof lectures on the “Elements of Com- |munism” in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Chester, will speak in the name of the League in his usual magnetic style. Secretary of the Workers Party of Philadelphia, Comrade R. Baker, wil) act as the chairman. The Freiheit Singing Socitey under the leadership of Mr. Z. Haber will sing the famous Russian Pohorodny March which will give this great dem- onstration a true revolutionary spirit. Friend of the Fréiheit Singing So- ciety who have followed the marvel- ous progress and development of this group of working class singers will not fail to be present at this meet- ing. : For the first time the workers of Philadelphia will see the film of Lenin addressing the Russian workers in the first proletarian republic, and the tremendous, solemn funeral of this great leader and teacher of the world revolution; and above all the great spectacle of the May day demonstra- tion of the Russian Communists at the tomb of Lenin. The admission to the meeting will be 25c. The meeting will start promptly at 8 p. m. See “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” at Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5. Young Workers’ |. RUSSIAN COMRADES T0 GIVE FINE CONCERT FOR LENIN MEMORIAL A Lenin memorial meeting will be held by the Society for Technical Ald to Soviet Russia and the Rus- sian branch of the Workers Party. on Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Soviet School, 1902 W. Division St. A. beautiful concert appropriate to the occasion will be given and speakers in Russian will address the meet- ing. Besides the musical program the well-known and justly popular Russian. actors, Pokatiloy, Luganov, Namgova and others will participate. It will begin at 8 p. m. sharp and admission is 26c. All who understand the Russian language are urged to attend. Are You Going to the Open Forum Sunday. Night? NEW YORK WORLD FIGHTS AGAINST CHILD LABOR LAW NEW YORK.— Owen R. Lovejoy, secretary national child labor commit- tee takes issue with the New York World’s prophecy that the child ‘labor amendment is doomed to defeat. The World’s forecast was made in a page- length feature ‘article, based on state- ments of governors and the newspa- per’s own correspondents. Lovejoy shows that the enemies of the amendment have swamped the country with misrepresentation and caustically adds that the child-slavers have had no lack, of funds for this purpose. Emphasizing the need for. federal protection of the child worker he cites the fact that 1,000,000 children under 16 are gainfully employed, with 400,- 000 of them subject to industrial dis- ease and accidént, long hours, night work and deprivation of adequate schooling. , None of the backward states have laws to protect their little toilers, since the national child labor laws were suspended, he says, refuting the claim of the World and. other “states’ rights” opponents of the amendment that the several commonwealths would work out their own children’s salvation. DETROIT WOMEN VERY ACTIVE IN LABOR DEFENSE Whole City | Rallies to Communist Aid (Special to The Dally Worker) DETROIT, Mich. Jan. 21.—Lenin Branch No. 553, Workmen’s Circle of Detroit, celebrated its tenth anni- versary Sunday, Jan. 18, by giving a sumptuous banquet in the auditorium of the House of the Masses. Representatives for many Jewish organizations were present to congra- tulate Lenin branch for the spirit which has always been manifest in this branch. Edgar Owens, district organizer of the Workers Party, was called on and he told of the efforts of the Labor Defense Council on behalf of Comrade Ruthenberg and the others jindicted with him and called on the banqueters to rally to the support of the men and women who were facing prison for their participation in the struggle in this country for the prin- ciples that have come to be known as Leninism. The response was $34.50 Working Women Aid Defense. The Women’s Educational Circle of Detroit is always on the job in sup- port of working class activities! They established an enviable record for themselves for famine relief. They throw themselves whole-heartedly into all the affairs given by the Workers Party. They are a constant source of support to the Freiheit. On the heels of Comrade Ruthen- berg’s imprisonment in Jackson these women pledged themselves to send $25.00 to the Labor Defense Council. They are now busily engaged mak ing preparations for the Defense Bazaar which will be held in the House of the Masses Sunday, March 8, under thejauspices of the Detroit Fed- eration of Working Women’s Organ- izations which they are affilfated with. Russian Women to the Fore. ‘The. working women’s organizations of Detroit are rallying to the Labor Defense Council. The latest is the Russian Women’s Progressive Associa tion which adopted a motion at itd last regular meeting to send $10.00 for the defense of the victims of the class war, and pledged themselves to render yoeman service at the Defense Bazaar on March 8. Two collections from meetings were | the press and no further general mem- | and must work harmonious; oan. parotid rie ssbee ab ne fetal: aqanent South Slavic, Zeigler, I. 12.00 ly together. i i § of policies so far purchased for th fe keepl the DA wi . th 1.00 Reaetec peossing pena : me steer it Pe TAS atten Ms Russian Federation, C. E. C. author- The district has : 7 members ST aeons, tor i ceunpe a pend ae po a bs - mu Dietoned. Prt te ready scheduled to be arranged. The |ized convention of the Russian section at seh mie Veneers rigs La! e. rison Cell collec-|issues in the discussion are referred | with full Dowels Gb am -convlac onnves. tricts 6,and 7, averages better than one dollar per member in remittances. South Slavic, Johnston City, Ill. (Slov.) 27.00 tion boxes will be prepared for use at| all affairs and will be placed on dis- Play at restaurants, and other gather- ing of the radical workers. The next meeting of the conference will be held Saturday, Jan. 24, 3:30) Pp. m. at 722 Blue Island Ave. | SALZMAN TOUR IN DIST. 5 Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 23. Daisytown, Pa., Jan. 26-27. Monessen, Pa., Jan. 28-29. Bentleyville, Pa., Jan. 30. man on thi ° Marriana, Pa., Jan. $1-Feb. 1. tack Aeatakt the tories ae x hoa ete conventions Czecho-Slovak Women's Branch, Cicero, III. 25.00 Ukrainian, Milwaukee, Wis. convention of the C. P. P. A. on the approved and the bureaus elected Czecho-Si McKeesport, Pa. Feb. 3-4. crouse that ie’ vasceaehta abothin at by them were confirmed. zec }0-Slovak, Cicero, Ill. 5.00 “Educational Committee,” Christophe: E. Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 5. Irvine Case. Matter of BE. J. Irvine, Czecho-Slovak, Milwaukee, Wis. 5.00 Shop Nucleus 5, Chicag Rural Ridge, Pa., Feb. 7-8. to the enlarged executive committee of the Communist International. Liquidation of Factionalism. Motion adopted to appoint sub-committee to work out plans to abolish caucus or- ganization and to liquidate factional- ism in the party and mobilize the par- ty for active work. Campaign Against Wage Cuts. Adopted a comprehensive policy and program of propaganda and organiza- tion to combat wage cuts. Conference for Progressive Political Action. Decided “to carry on an in- tensive campaign of criticism and at- {tempt to betray the workers; to call upon the workers to support the pee for pooped Cannonsburg, | Workers Party united front cam-|i8 engaging in active religions pro-| . English, Douglas Park, Chicag Shop Nucleus 1, Chicago.. “e ms confla Ks er places will | viens: that we oppose sending of|Paganda, issuing manifestos in the English, Irving Park, Chicago. DAILY WORKER Building, National Office ie published in a few days. delegates to the C. P. P. A. by any|"ame of “Red Bahaism” and “Irvinism” English, Englewood, Chicago. labor organization.” brought before the committee with Ir- English, Mid City, Chicago. TOTAL REMITTANCE: Party Activities Of Michigan Defense. Intensive mobil- | Vine’s letters. The C. E. C. declared English, North Side, Chicago.» . * ¢ @ & j . jzation of the party to support the La- pease ssh peri a § and views are English, North West, Chicag: District 8 has 187 Workers Party branches. There are 77 brancches Local Chicago hed bememaghinece 1 Re mer pa a ae efhalt Rev yhpein A ihe ~ English, South Side, Chicago. 43.00 listed above, branches that realize that the DAILY WORKER is the cen- | ena for the forthcoming Michigan | Washington branch to drop-him fro { @ Prin igh a 6.00 tral organ of the entire party and that, therefore, the entire membership Russian Branch W. P. Meets Thursday. | cases, membership. é iglish, Duluth, 36.00 must give it life and keep it alive. A meeting of the Russian Branch| Acting Executive Secretary. Com-|, Campaign Against Abramovich, Em- nglish, Joliet, Hi 11.00 The list of 60 branches that follow now must receive the attention of the Workers Party will be held thie|rade Browder was Blected acting sec- issary of Second International. The English, Milwaukee, W 39.00 of all active District 8 members. All members of these 60 brancches who Thursday, at 8 p. m., at the Soviet| retary during the absence of Comrade|©: B. C. ordered an active, persistent English, Orient, Ill. 4.00 read this are obligated to bring the question of INSURING THE DAILY School, 1902 W. Division St. All mem-| Ruthenberg. y campaign against the propaganda English, St, Louis, Mo. 6.00 WORKER up at the next meeting. bers who took petitions for the alder-| “South Slavic Federation. C. E. C. —- by R. Abramovich, emissary English, South Bend, Ind. 4.00 * * & & manic campaign must bring them to| upholds /the decisions of the South|°f the Second International and Rus- English, West Frankfort, 1 20.00 . this’ meeting. |Slavie Bureau and expresses the opin-|S1an counter-revolutionist, to America. English, Christopher, 11 3.00 These Branches Have N ot Yet Remitted a Cleveland District Organizer. Re- Finnish, Kenosha, W 13,00 i aco lease of Comrade Lerner for educa- Finnish, Racine, Wis.. 15.00 Single Dollar! A LETTER FROM JACOB DOLLA tional work was approved and Com- Finnish, West Fr cake rt, 11 Ca rade Alfred Wagenknecht appointed A " rankfo! 50.00 ARMENIAN=Granite City, Ill.; Chicago, III, - as district organized for Cleveland. nnich, Waukegan,’ tlt. 150.00 . BULGARIAN—Indianapolis, Ind. To the DAILY WORKER: I am on the job trying to help circulate the -BARL R. BROWDER, German, St. Louls, Mo 4.00 CZECHO-SLOVAK—Oak Park, Ill. DAILY WORKER. It seems hardest among the English speaking workeps.| | Acting Secretary, Workers Party German, Chicago, II. 82.00 ENGLISH—Shop Nucleus 2, Shop Nucleus 4, Chicago; Cicero, IIl:; They are living in a state of chronic fright under the iron heel of Gary’s Greek, Chicago, III. 25.00 Silvis, I1.; Springfield, 111.; Gary, Ind.; Hammond, Ind.; Kinomid, III." blood-thirsty steel corporation. The foreign-speaking workers have more Workmen's Circle Honors Lenin. Hungarian, Chicago, Ill, (Brookfield). 5.00 Livingston, Jl.; Peoria, 111.; Belleville, I1.; Zeigler, IL; New daha; spirit. OMAHA, Nebr, Jan. 21, — David Hungarian, Chicago, II. 11.00 ML; O'Fallon, I. Several Hungarian families here are getting the Hungarian Communist | Coutts and Tom Matthews, represent- Hungarian, Milwaukee, Wi 33.00 FINNISH—Chicago, III; West Allis, Wis.; Rock Island, til. paper, Uj Elore, and Slavic families are getting the Slavic Communist paper. we af Ybor Duels erg 14 a Lettish, Chicago, III... 56.00 GREFK—South Bend, Ind, Several German families take the 4————————___—_________. | large-sized, framed picture of Lenin to Lithuanian, Royalston, Ill 31.00 HUNGARIAN—Gary, Ind.; Indiana Harbor, Ind.; Hamm Volkazeitung. Ibetore the Reading court, Berks coun- beg ign coordi dg Branch No, 626 last Lithuanian, Pullman, 1! 31,00 Racine, Wis. é : 4 i aie Aa I am going forward preaching the|ty, where the steel corporation does . Lithuanian, Chicago, III. (3 14.00 ITALIAN=Chica 11.; Chicago, 11; ; : gospel of our cause without fear.|not have justice by the throat as it ay ee ha eaten ee ag Lithuanian, Chicago, III. (5 33.00 Cicero, Ill.; Chleago, ilk ; De ae ee They may frame me up and send me|does here in Lebanon. The workers 1 a Lithuanian, Milwauke 3.00 - isH— i : . to prison, but they cannot kill my/are better organized in Reading, pape glean eng Lithuanian, Moline, tI 18.00 ca tip 4 ye Lene ie. Rewth Bends Ntnest “ehleage, fh) (OnE 4 spirit nor my principles. We had| I hereWith enclose a check for five Lithuanian, Rockford, I! Livi Ac A } another hearing again yesterday. It|dollars to insure the DAILY WORK-|*f than goliderity wlth vos Lithuanian, West Allis, Wis Pry RIVED ANAM -Aetere, Ws Chlduse 77, Cplenge 2, Ohidede. 47, has already cost me over $50. We|ER for 1925, The DAILY WORKER me Lithuantan, Waak Prankfort.' 11 B94 North Chicago, Il; Cicero, Ill; Kenosha, Wis.; Racine, Wis.; South { have hopes of licking the steel corpo-|is OUR paper. It fights our battles banertien Polish, Chicagey ill, (20) ...n. Bend, indi; Raat AF Leal Me ‘ ' ration again when the case comes to| and gives us the truth about the work-| >, ca kP Ah q >. Roll i pai ‘go, 4 vets 129.00 ROUMANIAN—Chicago, III, A i court in March, ‘The case will come’ ing class.—Fraternally. Jacob Dolla. hotonssiescltes nf Fivigh Aide i pels Pairk gut ¢ apo RUSSIAN—Kengsington, Chicago; West Frankfort, Ill; East Chicago, : . We Le w a MM. . 5 Indiana Harbor, Ind; South +5 ansas, ae ae Thi ccna Russian, Gary, Ind. 33.00 " SPANISH—Chicage, ill, i ty statement o1 je strict executive } 5 ke MILITANTS ATTENTION! Tamaty oe Gee. cumeoar ete en nee ae 7100 SOUTH SLAVIG—Buckner, Il; Indiana Harbor, Ind.; East Chicago, The Chicago Trade Union Educational, League is arranging several cam-|"ade Kaplan was not presented and " these Mi North Chicago, Il; Lockport, Ill; Whiting, Ind. paigns which will require the services of about a hundred people for the pied blag! 83 was 3 Support of a pipes UKRAINIAN—GChicngo yg her Ped ahr, tnd. F atement | A * distribution of leaflets, rawn up by a group of Scandinavian, @hieago, (Il 306 If you recognize the necessity of the battle against the labor bureaucrats volunteer for this work. Get in touch with Martin Abern, Room 303, 166 W. Washington St. or Tom Bell, 1113 W. Washington Bivd. Send in your name, adarens, and phone number ment dealing with organization. tion and charges it with the special duty of preserving and strengthening Novy Mir as the daily paper. Lettish Section. Lettish branches requesting convention are notified that this will be permitted immedi- ately after the party convention. Italian Section. Settlement of differ- tences existing within the Italian sec- tion arranged by a sub-committee of the C. E. C. in consultation with the Italian comrades was approved. German and Hungarian Section Con- ventions. Reports of Comrade Bittel- \member of Washington branch, who the New Yorw district committee.) Third position under the leadership of Comrade Glass 11. The latter votes were in favor of the N. E. C, state The district membership must, cover it on the run. » * "Branches That ies Bulgarian, Madison, Ill... Bulgarian, Chicago, Ill... Czecho-Slovak, Chicago, Czecho-Slovak, Chicago, Czecho-Slovak, Chicago, Czecho-Slovak, Christopher ... Scandinavian, Rockford, III. mind. The minimum quota for District 8 is $8,751. the members still have a short distance to travel. however, keep the quota assigned in To reach this quota We hope they will Helped Lay a Better Foundation for the Daily Worker for 1925 South Slavic, West Allis, Wis... South Slavic, Valier, Hl. South Slavic, Racine, Wi South Slavic, Mulkeytown, III. South Slavic, Kenosha, Wis.. South Slavic, Milwaukee, Wis. South Slavic, Cicero, my. South Slavic, Christopher, 1 South Slavic, South Chicago, Jil... South Slavic, Chicago, Ill... Ukrainian, Chicago, Ill. (Brnsd Ukrainian, Calumet City, IIl..... Ukrainian, Chicago, Ill... Shop Nucleus 3, Chicago. South Slavic, West Frankfort, I! Arne Swabeck, district organizer; Martin Abern, Chicago city secre. tary,-and Thurber Lewis, DAILY WORKER agent, must receive the peration of every active party member (and every party member should be active)-in the ance drive in District 8 tempt to realize a complete job for the insur