The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 29, 1925, Page 1

Special Lenin Edition Heip insure NEW YORK | EDITION Published Daily except Sunday’ by THE DAILY WORKHR Price 3 Cents oi In Chicago, by mail, $8. ‘ ‘ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Gussie fice sy 40 4.7%... THURSDA | onateeanrememnnen rare ? PUBLISHING ‘CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. i ie hath che EN : swe seeit || LENIN—(4870-1924) |ECOhuni TAiN | Lenin and the Workers |THE BRONXILY,, demonstration at Madison Square Garden on the first anni- versary of Lenin's death mean to those who toil in the shops and factories of the Empire City? Why do these demonstra- BY ABRAMOVICH tions take place in every large city, in every country in the H, Chi¢ago: police are still: hunt. | ing for the gunmen who Shot at Johnny 'Dorrio, evideatly with intent to, kilk (Torrio is reputed to be the General’ Foch of Chicago's bootieg- gern and vice barons, owning se¥ertal city blocks almost entirely deveted to the business of prostitution. And yet his nicture looks like that of # church deticon or a highly respectable Idan shark, You meyer can tell. Evolution were? hat is the significance of Lenin to the working a class? site Scheme to Withhold Pay CRO TTR sd ct cf Sore) oc “Socialists” Try to Beat Md efore the spirit of Lenin sprang like a guiding beacon 4° from Maimed Workers light before abe eyes of the iaterniatlosas working class, the Up Opposition i eerhihl eA oe workers of the world struggled blindly against capitalist tila eistanee sae Cpsalakeae THE Dally. Worker) oppression, lost in the maze of the many problems which New VCR CH, Janos ; ray pay , j %e : : ALBA N.Y., Jan. 27—j) daily confronted them. Oftentimes they conflicted with each The ineotine deraneed tan ake OSH who go tothe movies oc| ff * : ; # ers” (read Wall] other. Oftentimes they fought against their own interests agent of Pri g cba (socialist) ery for economy in| thru lack of understanding. But with the coming of Lenin, has rendored in-| the entire class struggle took on a new phase. The Russian n the measiyWork-| revolution stood as the mighty example to the working class ingation Act, which| of the worid, as a guide to its future action. The principles of ed workers the muni-| Leninism give it direction and leadership, and to that extent of from one-half to| made the resistence of the workers, so much the more dan- ‘of their starvation| gerous to the ruling class. Now for the first phen Nate hater £ een’) Beven days incapa-| ers saw the way, the common way, the way of solidarity an eri ays! cameltoe ty ‘A well E unity, the path of the entire workat class, the path of Lenin taflored” man, weil’ shaved and well } 2,000 Anjured Get No Pay. and Leninism. casionally “(and who dossn’t?) cannot fail-to note that the screen banker, who rarely ever plays the role, of -villain, is ‘well dréssed, clean shaved and/has a little fringe of sray sround the head, to add respectabil- ity perhaps. "When thé’ banker ap. pears upon the scene, : your’ villian International, Rafael Abram- ovich, in Hunt’s Point Palace, the Bronx, again proved to be a huge demonstration for Soviet Russia. Drunken gangsters brought in by the “socialists” beat up women and chiliren, using knives and clubs on the work- ers in the audience. shined can rob an orphanagé and: get } fore be being rigor- On to Madison Square Garden. Gangsters Wear “Socialist” Badge. away with it until he steps on some workers’ agencies, . . “2 F ie i competitor’s-corns. Whit is more nat. to politicians’ pork The Memorial meeting, to commemorate the first anniver The hired gangsters wore socialist : ‘| sary of, the death of Nicolai Lenin, to be held on Sunday | varty badges. Abramovich could not ee ene tad Ge ateernabn, February 1, at Madison Square Garden, therefore, | be heard -abave the shouts for Soviet army and-navy, has| takes on a particular significance for the workers of this eer Sieh. Ailed the hall, and the of the state lebor de-| city. From every portion of the city and from miles outside i oma between the audience and, ty per cent, with the re-| of the city, the workers will wend their way to the meeting epee Sonmen brougns i by the k falists. Abe Cahan, edit injured workmen who| to pay their respects to the man, who has been such a leader varena, triod 6 gether “ee poor ural than our Johnay Torrios should dress like bankors, shave lke benk- ers, contribute to charity Hke bank- ers and rob like ‘bankers?: } . ee ‘"HIS reminds us that the murder- derers.of Déan O’Banion still been legally awarded and such an inspiration for the international working class. greeted with shouts of “traitor.” jat large. | dew spar vortutea| Hom a year or eighteen| Tickets are still on sale for the meeting at 208 E. 12th St., One woman was seized by the throat \a reward’ tor thesola} af nthy aso, aro still awaiting pay-) 453 E. Broadway, 1817 Pitkin Ave., 46 Ten Eyck St., and at | and dragged thra the aisle, and when ition of the mystery | Soe ees —— mente’ of this pittance. : the offices of all Workers Party branches and newspapers. one of the workers who could not see iatugtt ver ail vfs Twit - ‘The situation is further complicated: such a’ spectacle without protest sna tia zevees otcs| COME TO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN | a ms ‘coups ‘sto FEB, I, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN Sa tava come or oe cores Ls a E THOUSANDS WILL. __jiccwsssey. wes trom AGAIN: WILL RING WITH SLOGANS... tc 'se tines cacy: nfs bin, nears ERTOHON | he indo oer, conowed OF THE PROLETARIAN STRUGGLE txcue: “* "Boots jot three “prominent citizens,” mamn-|. . Tries to Spread Lies, facturera and bankers appointed by By ROSE PASTOR STOKES. The base and false statement made thi avpeais."in Both fustances the labor| A Year ago, in the Madison Square Garden thore gathered fifteen thow-| 27 Spranovich that the Peasants are “é i! e sf eviks ud pre department has no counsel to defend | 8824 workers—with ten thousand on the outside for whom halls had to be tents and voveral of the andieace wane its awards thus spelling sure reversal | Procured. taken out via the route of the slug- and defeat. The oceasion was the Lenin Memorial meeting. For Comrade Lenin, :or; who struck them one after the d-deposit a consignment.of lead in By-BEN GITLOW. orrio's/ amatomy. on suspicion: that] \ (Special to The Daily Worker) : ‘orrio directed ae inating of O'Ban.| NEW YORK, Jan. 2%-—The capitalist world war ushered in herter cap on. Crowe is: not that kind: ofa pe: italists ‘the period of capitalism’s decline and collapse and for the workers n. / haga e4 the period of ‘the proletarian revolution and the coming into power of the working class. 5 ' om y From Bad to Worse. the comrade of every worker and peasant in the world—had died. other as they were shoved out by the igh etre —_ puree | Mord perigee eee bes 9 hog natch A legislative committee, headed by As the meeting was opened and the vast mass responded to the name | police . ¥e bi Sa rose ndin; ering into oblivion the. whole ‘3 4 ‘ re i lered a few days afterwards. The as.’ politcal ‘struéture of the old order, ‘ J Senator James L. Whitley, republican,| of Nikolai Lenin with a mighty cry of love and grief, one lone voice trailed That the enthusiasm evidenced is of Rochester, will today begin in-| after, with a cry of hate. eo depron Sas to his spon- vestigating the workings of the com- : A ; sors was clearly shown when less pensation act with a view of relicving ee eee Hy of Sue Pings iniem ives! than half of the audience rose to their the situation, so they claim. enemy: “We are many, they are few!” As thruout the world again, so again | feet upon the appearance of Abramo- The result of this investigation may To thousands ‘of workien whose |" New York City, in Madison Square vich at the meeting. Thugs all along be forecast by the statement of Sen- hearts loved and grieved for their Garden on February first, 2 P. M. the | the aisles and police stationed in the ator Whitley made last week deciar- dead Comrade, Lenin, there was one workers are “memorializing Nikolai | building urged those who sat still to ing &s quasi-socialistic and. therefore exploiter, one lickspittle retainer, one Lenin. Again Madison Square Garden | get up, but this was in vain and as unaceeptable the mild proposal that| yellow “leader” who hated him, who will ring with the slogans of the pro-|the hall would have been more than the state take the compensation in- was glad that Lenin, the beloved Com- letarian struggle. The workers will | half emptied if the disobedient ones surance out of the hands of private| rade, the cus aal leader, the clearest | C°oMe again on. this, the first anniver-| had been put out they were not mo companies.and carry it by itself en- eid in the struggle of the world's sety of Lenin's death to show their | lested excont, in a few cases. tirely as it now does in part, thus be- working masses, lay dead. solidarity and class-consciousness and Here’s the Roll Gall. coming both the judge and the in- F u Be pee See to reaffirm their faith in their united | “On the platform were “Abe” Cahan, surer and obviate protracted and can- h had emg . at" meet hedits, that strength and their will to Soviet|of the Forward, Jacob Panken, “so- celing appeals that render the act thousands of proletarian hear power. (Continued on page 2) useless to starving families of crippled loved. There was literally not a remote NEW YORK BUILDERS’ CORNER breadwinne! corner of the earth where oppressed Conducted by KATTERFELD. sins were never apprehended. It - P A not likely they ever will-be. Ar CEPR Star ipont tr Avarkets. he DAILY WORKER so often de-| The workers and peasants of Russia |its share in the United States in thie Jared, there is profit in the illegal |CUld never have sucvessfuly made the |respect. In every big city and wher- ale of booze and in organized prosti- revolution ifthe capitalist war had not/ever the party has an organization ution, and because of that, protection |crested the. favorable conditions for |Leninist demoustrations will be hel ban Ve purchased. While strikers |!t-, The proletarian revolution in Rus-|The workers attending those meetings nd trade union-leaders, who fight for sia did more than wipe out the old | will hear who Lenin was, what he ac- heir class are thrown into prison on |°Tder in Russia. It set'in motion the | complished and how. he devoted, hi: ho. most trivial’ excuge, gunmen are movement for the world proletarian |life/and services in the interest of wactically immune from punishment Concer a st ned hipetcincs, - the | their class. tthe; m: 0} asses is now}. ioe ee bere cutvod y Seen Bin proceeding -with more -or less. vigor What Meetings Wil! Teach. Miance between the ‘underworld ‘thai |224 success in all countries. Its cul-| At these.meetings they learn wha} toes’ buditiess ill@gally and the capi.|™ation will end with the abolition|Leninism means. At these meetings alists. who need. the’ gunmen’ to'shoot |°f c@Pitalism the world over and the | they will become acquainted with the id beat. up striker beginning of the, Communist order of |Party that is leading the workers ir * society. Like every important histori. |all their struggles against their op workers failed to note with grief Com- HE gunman, Torrio, is treated lke|°*! Period this period of the proletar-|pressors and preparing them for the ‘ers Mislead Again. rade Lenin’s passing and whose class @ potentate, as’ he’ lies in a ‘hos | ‘82 revolution has produced in Lenin |time that it will lead the: workers In ty ‘The’ senator's opinion is shared by| consciousnces and revolutionary will ital’ He has’a suite of rooms, ‘with |°R¢ of the world’s greatest oustanding | successful assault against capitalism | Jim Holland and the rest of the labor| were not quickeried by the loss. Their loveral attendants: and as many ‘po. |{8¥res; & man’ who: will live: forever From, the platforms thie workers wii! |{kers in the State Federation of spirite trafled behind the unnumbered F you are one of the twenty-five thousand people to whom this issue jcemen as he “needs®to protect him |!" the-hearts of the exploited and op-|be exhorted to join the only Leninist { Workers. Party of America is doing bor, whose strongest demand for re!| \Susands in. Moscow who for many ofthe DAILY WORKER is distributed free by the New York “ rn n 7 Het inthis situation is to tak is life is’ prectous, ’He is scheduled | essed masses everywhere. . {Organization in the United States, the 6 com-| days in the bitter cold came, in a organization of the Workers Party, then please consider this an in- .serve nine months in’ jail for vio-] _ .Leninism Leads Workers. bi hea ha (Communist) Party. From leet wie ct. sm) “there| mighty stream that thrilled the world, vitation to subscribe. ing the prohibition law. He is given| Among the exploited and oppressed| “8°. meetings will. issue ringing ned oe ie con | to the House of the Unions where'their) = + mi narLy WORKER celebrates its first anniversary with the cheers for the’ Communist Internation. |'asted with the demand of the Work-| dead leader lay. al and for the ‘Soviet Union. ‘The |®TS Party for full pay and expense, workers wil give their answer to every | directly, continuously and immediate- enemy of the workers by making a|!% for every moment of incapacity, ‘0 days to. set-his ‘business affairs | masses. Lenin does not exist only as His business is prostitution |the memory of a great and beloved according ‘to the ‘papers. |mah who died serving his class. Lenin hile this type is granted extraordin-|to the millions who sweat and toil un establishment of a regular New York edition. From now on it will carry the live news of the New York Ixbor movement that the capi- talist press distorts or suppresses. Whether you agree with it or not, But Leninism lived! In the year since Lenin’s passing, the world’s conscious proletarian hosts p : reece tremendous demonstration for the re-|'®°OVery and recuperation from in- i ds of thousands you will find it interesting and worth while. ee eo fio sbsdhnerne ry aia a ool ea Megas Sp cue cognition of only , working clase mie or illness ‘sustained on’ the job. ns eloMarer ail yunspota have joined Tear off the attached coupon, fill in your name and address, and union “organizers; men of good |for them still lives. For Lenin’s spirit fae the world, the Soviet Astore bale the Raa the proletarian hosts marching under send it with a two-dollar: Bill for a three month’s trial subscription. aracter ‘whose only crime is to have | awakens the slumbering masses to de- it NEW YO! wiiiaey, the Communist standard. And if you should be a subscriber already, what better way could empted to-improve the ‘conditions On to Madison Square Garden. | o¢ Now Se a ag 27.—The actors} Capitalist Europe trembles, its gov- you honor the memory of Lenin during this Lenin Week than to send thé workers’ or‘in having advocated The Lenin memorial meeting in New | Actors Equit aarerrictt union, the}ernmients totter before the swelling} the DAILY WORKER, the establishment of which he encouraged, to change of society: "This is the un: |upylelding to slavery, victorious even |York City will take place in Madison 4 on, are launch-| hosts of the revolutionary working-| sme workingclass friend? .Do.it right now, while you think of it. ing-a drive to organize the entire class, The imperialist powers are des- theatrical indusiry to resist the radio| perate before the revolting masses and to compete with moving pictures. | of India, Egypt, China. DAILY WORKER New York Agency, ‘There was a time when actors did} In America, as elsewhere in the 208 Eost 12th Street, New York. rgivable sin under capitalism. } leat and unconquerable. Square Garden on Feb, 1, at 2:p.m i)! tee ety Ps ® _ The Communist International recog-|Thousands of workers will gather at 'HE MORNING POST, the nizing that Leninism is the guide that aye re fl Workers Party of Dis- ‘stupid ‘paper published in will lead ‘the proletariat to victory in| trict 2 to honor the memory of Lenin. | not consider themselves of the w 4 countries has decided that all sec |A program befitting the occasion has| class but now they do. Ths is y} oe 24.4 abuakerre tanga beard Send the DAILY WORKER, New York Edition, for the enclosed tions of the Communist International |beon arranged. Last year thirty thou- forward for them, or complete, has flooded the mind of two dollars to the following address for three months: use tes occasion of the first anniver-|sand people packed Madison Square contains other demands. | thousands of workers and farmers. gary the death of Nicolai Lenin for|Garden at the Lenin momorial meet-| They demand the repeal of the tax or Everywhere, the first. anniversary NBIC cocsaiccocnncnaseesoscensesoven ainephoneiovaioccsossccbonssuagivendanensestosedcensistilineisicllsiiiliil holding of huge mass demonstra-|ing. ‘This year a demonsiration .of| tickets, the legalizing of chillren" | of Longe aceth mace ike aed ne, i i 8 of workers to commemorate his | @qual, if not greater magnitude is ex |@cting and the creation of a propagan-| mont of the workers-—the Communist Street sssesssssssscerionsveenscesereeseesenesenssnnnneceesssnments vo CATH susnrnnssscenscoserrees coos to‘apread: hisiteachings.” The pected. a department for the spoken play. | movement, intensely more alive. 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