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eerie cece YOUNG WORKERS JOIN WORKERS SCHOOL BOARD TO) CHARGE RENT FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS * Cal Coolldge’s economy ‘has noth- ing on the Chicago board of education. At its last meeting it leaked out that - for the use of schools for public meet- ings the business manager of the board has ordered a charge for rent. A committee headed by A. B. Halet and George McGowan, from the public affairs association, which is conduct- ing a series of meetings on the drain- age flow problem, a serious matter of water sanitation. for Chicago, came before the board of education meeting to complain against a fee of $25 charg- ed by Business Manager Byrne of the school board for the use of the schools for meetings. The matter was referred to’ the committee of building’ and grounds of which Trustee Fellows is chairman. The committee said it had arranged for a series of meetings in schools in every ward for next Monday night to explain the seriousness of the water drainage question to the people of Chicago. “This action by the board retards our work” said George Mc- Gowan. he Beau Br ee i NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—According to census bureau estimate, the wealth of the United States in 1922 was $320,- 000,000,000, having increased ten times in fifty years. What is your share in these 320 billions? How Taxes Are Dodged Sixty-seven persons in 1922 paid in- come taxes amounting to $48,000,000. These individuals had an income of more than $1,000,000 a year. Their tax exceeded that of 5,000,000 tax- Payers with incomes of less than $8,000. There is a reason—for the Real property and improvements taxed. Manufacturing machinery, tools and implements ... Manufactured products Livestock ..... Farm implements and machinery. Agricultural products A Lesson In Mathematics Every wrker should note the in- crease in the value of property, ma- chinery and manufactured products. And then he should ask himself what share he has received. Every farmer should compare the decrease in the value of livestock, the small increase WHAT IS YOUR SHARE IN IT? PARTY AT OMAHA LENIN MEETING (Special to The Daily Worker) OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 29.—Omaha held a rousing Lenin celebration Sunday afternoon, with a crowd ‘which filled the Labor Lyceum to capacity, The quality of the program, addresses and singing, caused: much ‘fayor- able comment Snyder Makes Strong Address. J. EB. Snyder, national organizer for the Workers Party, made the prin cipal address of the day. He appealed to the workers and young workers - Oto join either the Workers Party or NEWARK PAINTERS’ UNION REPUDIATES THE SPY ABRAMOVICH NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 29,—Paint- ers Local No. 777, of Newark repudi- ated Rapfael Abramovich, spy of world imperialism and the Second International, at its last meeting here. By a vote of 59 to,45 the paint- ers voted down thé secialist party’s request that the Newark painters send delegates to welcome Abramo- vich when he speaks here. Several Speakers exposed Abramovichs’ rec- ord in the interests of the world capitalists. North Side English Notice. Comrade John W. Johnstone, who attended the Pan-American and A. F. of L, conventions, wii} have an interesting account to give us of this gathering at the next meeting of our branch on Monday, at 8 p. m., at the Imperial Hall, 2406 N. Halsted St. Comrades come early so that we can finish our business quickly and give the speaker plenty of time. 5,000,000 have not enough to be taxed, while the wealthy with “tax-exempt” securities manage to escape taxation on a large part of their wealth and cap- ital. Thus John D. Rockefeller 1s rep- uted to be worth at least $1,400,000,- 000, but pays taxes on income from wealth estimated at $500,000,000 anu then he pretends that his income amounts to only $5,000,000. There were a number of other in- teresting items in the census bureau report. The following table reveals noteworthy increases in values: 1922 1912 sseumesrns$155,908,000,000 $96,923,000,000 15,783,000,000 ~ 6,091,000,000 28,422,000,000 — 14,693,000,000 5,807,000,000 —_6,238,000,000 2,604,000,000 —1,368,000,000 5,465,000,000 _5,240,000,000 - When you buy, get an “Ad” for the DAILY WORKER. Building Trades Workers, Attention! in the value of agricultural products and the somewhat larger one in farm implements, and then should ask how it happens that the capitalists in- crease their capital and wealth so much more rapidly. Plenty of wealth and capital—but what is your share in it? Building Trades Worker. the Young Workers’ League and help carry on the message of Leninsm in America. Cards bearing the words of the “In- ternationale” and “Workers Memoriat Song” proved so popular that only one or two could be found after the meet- ing. Those songs were rendered by the “Red Quartet,” Their work pro- duced round after round of applause. As one comrade remarked: “This meeting proved the value of organiz ing party activity systematically.” A Big Program. The program arranged for thie meeting was as follows: International—Red Quartet; Coutts, Jonisch, Matthews, Forman. Accom- panist, Anne Jonisch. Opening Remarks—Chairman A, P Kramer. rar Address—in Russian, “Lenin and Russia,” B. M. Mishkis, Address—“Lenin, the David Coutts. Address—in Jewish, “Lenin and the Subject Peoples,” David Reznick. Workers Memorial Song—Red Quar- tet. Address—“Liebknecht and Lenin. ism,” Tom Matthews. Address—“A Leninist Party in Am erica,” J. E. Snyder. The meeting opened promptly at 3:00 and adjourned promptly at 5:00, with perfect organization thruout. Several young workers signed up expressing their desire to become un part of the Communist youth in Am- erica. A meeting to organize a Y. W. L. branch will be held shortly. War of Words Halts While Coolidge Men’ Fix Up Committee (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—An armis- tice in the fake war of words was de- clared in the senate today in the fight against promotion of Attorney General Harlan F. Stone, to the United States supreme court. Altho democratic leaders declared the fight “not ended” administration spokesmen were confident of obtain- ing confirmation for Stone’s appoint- meni as soon as the judiciary commit- tee again submits his name to the full senate. The committee will meet next Monday for final action on the appoint- ment. Strategist,” A very important meeting of all building trades workers will be held Sunday, February 1, at 10 a. m., at 722 Blue Island Ave. Many important issues are coming up at this meeting, the carpenters’ expulsion, the building laborers’ scab agreement and their trouble in getting into the union. Also the question of our paper, The Progressive Edited by Organ of the Executive Committee of the Com- intern, the leading body of the world revolution- ary Labor movement and the theoretical guide of its membership. This monthly magazine, containing the best work of international leaders and of well-known writers on the history and theory of the world revolutionary Labor movement, appears, ul- taneously in English, Russian, French and.Ger- man and is issued at Smolny, Leningrad, Russia. No worker and student of the world Labor move- ment should miss this journal of great interest and importance. It is the ONLY publication of its kind and the DAILY WORKER is sole agent in this country. THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il. eae sess: Enclosed $...c0e00. for a SRE ea MUNIST INTERNATIONAL. NAME. DAAAAAAAAAAARAARARAA AR kh he THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL Gregory Zinoviev and Karl Radek containing a complete report of the highlights of the Congress of the Communist International, is now on the way to this country. Single copy, 25 Cents; 18 Cents in bundle orders, $2.50 a year. subscription ATHHeeMenes en sonaransseeoanersenensrsssescneenseneneseesneneanaeeeneeesss LENIN MEETING IN MILWAUKEE DRAWS OVERFLOW Kruse and Bedacht Were the Speakers MILWAUKEB, Wis., Jan. 29.—The Lenin memorial meeting held in Mil- waukee Auditorium was well attended. The hall holding approximately 1,000 people was filled to capacity and over 200 people were turned away for lack of space. The program of the evening opened with the Junior group of forty children standing before the large star thru which in glaring red letters was seen a sign, “Lenin is Dead, But Leninism Lives.” The pageant was accompanied by a Russian choir singing the funeral march and the Freiheit Singing So- ciety singing the International. In addition to this the Socialist Maennerchor and the German Socialist Liedertafel choir sang revolutionary Songs in the German language. The South Slavic choir “Buduchnost” also contributed two very fine numbers. Bedacht Spoke. The first speaker of the evening was Comrade Max Bedacht, who spoke in the German language and made a masterful speech. His speech on the achievement of Lenin and his life and work was well received by the au- dience. Life Work of Lenin, Wm. F, Kruse was the principal speaker in the English language. He spoke on the work of Nicolai Lenin and his achievements. He stated that THE DAILY WORKER ——~— . eo TOKIO FACES WATER FAMINE UNLESS RAIN WILL ARRIVE SOON TOKIO, Jan. 29.—Tokio today faced a great water famine. A lightess city was forecast* within the near future unless heavy rains were received. Authorities declared a water famine was, inevitable. unless rains were received within a fortnight. Right water economies have been ordered. The last rain of any consequence fell: here October 27, and the weather bureau has predicted no further rain until after’ Feb. 10. the greatest monument that was built up by Lenin was the existence of a powerful Soviet republic,. and the building up of the Third (Communist) International with parties thruout the world. He also.outlined the .work of Lenin as theoretician and strategist of the revolutionary movement. He laid particular stress on Lenin's strug- gle against reformists and his work in ‘building up, a powerful and’ cen- tralized Communist movement. The great part played by Comrade Lenin in the Russian revolution of 1905 and 1917 in leading the armed insurrection of Russian workers was emphasized by Comrade’ Kruse. He also pointed out to the marvelous: strategy dis- played by Comrade Lenin in: signing the Brest-Litovsk treaty and the in- troduction of the new economic policy. Build the Party. Comrade « Kruse concluded — his speech by calling upon the audience to build up a real monument to Com- rade Lenin ‘by building up the’ party of Lenin in this country—the Work- ers (Communist) Party of America, Our Candidate in the 34th Ward. ARRY BROOKER, candidate endorsed by the Workers (Communist) Party for alderman in the 34th ward, has a long history of service to the labor and revolutionary movements of Russia and America. Brooker is a printer, working at the graphical Union, Local 16, Chicago. Comrade trade, and a member of the Typo- Comrade Brooker is forty years old,’ He started to work for his living at the age of eighteen, In 1903, he became a member of the social demo- cratic party of Russia and six months + later he joined the social revolution- ary party. He remained active in the left wing of this party up to 1908, when he left Russia for the United States. During the period of his activity i: Russia he was arrested ten times onee for working in an undergrounc print shop, and in 1907 he was exiled to the province of Viatka. When he came to the United States he made New York his home. There he joined the Workmen's Circle, then the socialist labor party, and in 191s the socialist party. In 1919 ne joinea member of the Communist movement ever since. He has been very active tions, including that of sub-district or- ganizer. the Typographical Union in 1912 and has always been an active and loyal union man. He assisted in establish- ing the six-hour day for Jewish print- ers in Chicago, was secretary of the United Hebrew Chapels, and shop chairman in the print shop of the Jewish Daily Courier in 1920. The life story of Harry Brooker is a tale of unswerving devotion and sacrifice to the working class move: ment—a tale of hard work, unflinch- ing bravery in the face of czarist op- No.7 (Latest Issue) ifth Rates: SUBSCRIPTION: $1.25 six months, RR ARARARRRRRAROR RRR RRRKRRRRRRRRR RELL } to THE COM- Pees siccccccecccccccccscccccccccccecs ———— pression, and patient striving to serve his, fellow workers. His record is one that wins the respect and confi- dence of every working man and wom- an, one that assures them that he will faithfully fight for their interests at all times and in all places. Build the DAILY WORKER! Prison Yawns Little ‘or, Gary, Ind., Tools Of the Steel Trust HAMMOND, Ind., Jan. 29—Petitions for an appeal to the United States su- preme court were’ filed today by attor- neys of Hammond, representing May- or R. O. Johnson of Gary, and a num- ber of others of the fifty-five defend. ants sentenced to the federal peniten- tiary for conspiracy several months ago. They were found guilty of traf- ficing in illegal liquor and vice deals. The sentences were imposed by the federal court at Indianapolis, and the decision of that court was recently upheld by the United States circuit court of appeals, sitting in Chicago. Other defendants have filed motion for a new trial with the court of ap- peals. Johnson and the other Gary officials were elected to office with the backing of the U. S. Steel corporation, and have slways obeyed the orders of Elbert H. Gary. During a recent accident in Gary Mayor Johnson refused to in- vestigate reports that 13 workers had been killed in the steel mills. The deaths were suppressed, only one be- ing reported killed. Jobs Scarce in Cleveland. CLEVELAND.—Of the 115,000 non- union laborers who applied at the Am- erican Plan Association's Cleveland ot- fices last year for employment, but 7,000 were placed. The city-state of- Placed 55,000 out of 200,000, the Communist Party and has been a | in the Communist movement, having | | held various responsible party Post- | He joined Local 83, New York, of| | | 34th WARD CANDIDATE | ‘ HARRY BROOKER Communist Candidate for Alderman in the 34th Ward. G.0,P. OF HOUSE EXCOMMUNICATES LAFOLLETTE MEN WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—LaFollette insurgents were officially read out of the republican party today. by leaders of the. house. Representative Will R. Wood, repub- lican of Indiana, chatrman of the re- publican congressional committee, notified all republicans of the confer ence to be held here on Feb. 27 to choose a new speaker and floor leader but pointedly omitted the entire Wis- consin delegation. Keller of Minne- sota, Sinclair of North ota, and La Guardia of New York. This action by the house leaders, followed similar disciplinary method: recently taken by senate leaders against LaFollette’s supporters in the senate. ‘ ‘ + Socialist in Chop Suey. Wisconsin has a delegation of eleven members in congress, all of’ whon are a part of the LaFollette organiza tion. Ten of them, Representatives Cooper, Voigt, Nelson, Schafer, Lamp- ert, Beck, Broene, Schneider, Frear, and Peavy are’ republicans, and one, Berger, is listed as a socialist thougn indistinguishable from any other La- Follette. supporter. All the congressmen thus droppe¢ from the republican party rolls sup- ported the LaFollette-Wheeler ticket in the recent campaign. Hold Committee Positions. Most of the Wisconsin delegation hold responsible positions in the pres- ent house republican organization. John M, Nelson, who was LaFollette’s presidential campaign manager, ta chairman of an elections committer, and & member of the rules committee, How their exclusion from the repub- ican organization will affect their committee status in the next congress, could not be determined. . ter Mt | NATIONAL OFFICE TERRITORY = IS N.-0. T. ONLY IN INITIAL; = ~— TTS MIDDLE NAME IS “RED” HERE’S a small group of comrades away out in Wyoming that have sprinkled the sands with the fresh waters of Communism and made the desert bloom like a garden with red insurance policies for the DAILY WORKER. 4 They are the Finnish branch of Hanna, topnotchers In the national office territory with a total remittance of $72.00. This one branch has given almost a sixth of the entire sum raised in the national office district. Just a little over. a dollar.a member average has been forthcoming 80 far from the national office territory branche: With an estimated membership ot 360, the amount of $461.00 has been sent in. Among the pledges, however, is one for $100.00 from Jacksonville, Fla., which will no doubt be filled very shortly. Twenty branches have been militant, while 13 have yet remained Inactive. But the national office territory is N. 0. T. in initial only; In action it has a reputation for being R. E. D. Is it.going to come thru this “test of fire” with its colors stil flying and with the DAILY WORKER insured? ‘Shere isn’t much time left in which to answer this question, right or wrong +.+e * *¢ & ®@ These Branches Are on the Red Map! Omaha, Neb., Bohemian wrnsersassesesvrerss 10,00 Houston, Tex., Jewis'! Centerville, la., English... Denver, Col., English Kansas City, Mo., English. Nashville, Tenn., English. Omaha, Neb., English... Phoenix, Arizona, English. Richmond, Va., Englis! Diamondsville, Wyo., Finnis! Hanna, Wyo., Finnis Leadville, Col., Finnish. Rock Springs, Wyo., Finnis! Denver, Col., Greek. Kansas City, Kan., Russian. Pocatello, Idaho, Scandinavia Kansas City, Kan., South Slavic. Pueblo, Colo,, South Slavic Mystic, la., South Slavi: Canton, O., C. C. C...... seesnerersrasssessescscssserseee 3.00 ersverenesesnecserenescers 50.00 eesenerensrsonsersvenaseers 32.00 Total .... These Haven’t Answered “Present!” CZECHO-SLOVAK BRANCH, Glen Allen, Va. ENGLISH BRANCHES, Birmingham, Ala.; El Paso, Texas; Dening, N. M.; Roanoke, Va. GERMAN BRANCH, Denver, Colo. HUNGARIAN BRANCH, Galloway, W. Va. JEWISH BRANCHES, Denver, Colo.; Norforlk, Va. Texas; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Atlanta, Ga.; Jacksonville, Fla. COMMUNISTS DEFY FASCISTI AT _ LENIN MEMORIAL CELEBRATION (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Jan 29.—With cries of “Viva Lenin,” “Viva Soviet Russia” and “Viva the social revolution,” the Italian Communists defied the iron dictatorship of Mussolini during the Lenin Memorial celebration thru- out Italy recently, Dispatches received here speak of tremendous celebra- ae San Antonio, tions in Milan, Grecd-Milanese, Trieste, Messina and Rome. In Greco-Milanese, the Communists raised the red flag over the impor. tant buildings of the city. The Communists were fiercely attacked by the police and a number of them were 4——————__________. arrested. In Trieste the red flag was raised upon the telegraph poles of the city. Strenuous efforts were made by the fascisti to suppress any form of dem- onstration in honor of the first anni- versary of the death of Lenin. New York Will Be Heard Too. Just as the workers of New York are inspired by the brave example of their brothers and comrades in Italy, so too will the Italian workers take heart when they hear of the formia- able demonstration which the work- ers of New York will make next Sun- day, Feb. 1 at 2 p. m. at Madison Square Garden. To the workers o the world, the fact that the American workers show a real spirit of revolu- tionary enthusiasm, right at the heart of the dictatorship of Morgan, Gary. et al, this fact to them is of tremend- ous importance. While they feel the iron heel of this dictatorship in Italy under Mussolini, in Germany under. the Dawes plan, they are reconciled by the fact that ardent and energetic workers are striving industriously to undermine and overthrow that dicta- torship, and that they liberation will come soon. ‘ Tickets for this international dem. onstration, are now on sale at 208 East 12th street and at all Workers Party newspapers and branch party offices. For further details see the columns of this paper. “SOCIALIST” JUDASES OF LABOR /R more than ten years the social- democrats, the mensheviks, have been active as the rear guard of re- treating capitalism. Fighting desper- ately for the bankrupt cause of their capitalist masters these social-demo crats have elevated treason to the working class to the fundamental prin- ciple of the Second International, At present Raphael Abramovich, a member of the executive committee of the Second International and a member of the central committee of the Russian mensheviks is touring the United States as part of the counter-revolutionary activities of the “socialists.” The Workers Party, the representative and leader of the revo- lutionary workers of America throws all the treacherous acts of the Second International into the face of its Am- erican representatives, the Abramo- viches, the Hillquits, the Bergers, the Cahans and Pankens, and calls w all red blooded workers of this coun- try to show to this coterie of traitors their contempt. Comrade Max Bedacht has written a little pamphlet for they Workers Party about the “Social Judases of Labor.” The pamphlet is one great indictment of the role that interna tional menshevism played in the con- tinuous struggles of the exploited for their emancipation, The pamphlet will be sold for 5 cents a copy in re- Hundreds of thousands of cop {es of this pamphlet ought to be cir- culated and sold by our party thruout the country. The pamphlet supplies ammunition against the “socialisits’ and can be used by our comrades in their activi- ties and propaganda among their fel- low workers. But the little booklet is also of great propaganda value in itself, Distributed among the work- ers in general, and especially among workers still influenced by the social traitors, the pamphlet can speak for the Communists and strengthen our ranks in the struggle against the shock troops of capitalist reaction: the “Socialist Judases of Labor.” Don’t Miss Y. W. L. Entertainmen it to Be Held in Spr SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Jan. 29—The Springfield branch of the Young Workers League will entertain at a “sociable evening” given Feb. 16, at the White Dental Parlor, Hall, at 223 1-8, South Fifth Street, Springfield. Comrade , Sungail . will appear in a selection entitled “Im- personations of a Busy Body” and the German Singing Society will render songs and ,ecitals. The Young Work- ‘ers League Urchestra, an organization that the Youns Workers are justly proud of will-be ,resent and furnish — ocHeen a rere os Fez RL Seervzerce ik - select numbers of “'azz” music for the = “hop” that will tak place immediately d other u after the over, entertainments are iy * '-