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LEE SS ORGANIZATION OF IOWA STATENS NOW UNDER WAY Unions Pledge Support in Child Labor Fight SIOUX. CITY, Iowa, Jan, 29—The campaign to organize Iowa state has gotten off to a good start. Comrade David Coutts arranged for a meeting on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 8, at the Sioux City Labor Temple, and also addressed the Machinists’ Local and Women’s Label League on the ques- tion of organizing a conference for @ united front.on the child labor amend- ment ratification. He interested two of the business agents of the Sioux City unions who promised to take it up at once, W. P. Branch Certain. Sioux City has no English branch of the party but from the way this proposition was received by a few of the old time radicals there is very good prospects for a branch when Comrade Snyder arrives for the meet ing at Labor Temple. ‘The unemployment problem in Sioux City is acute. The glamour of the LaFollette fiasco has passed an¢ there is now a seeking after new avenues for expression of discontent The question mark is uppermost in the minds of the workers there and our future success will depend upon how practical our methods are in put ting our party aims and program be- fore them. Iowa, in spite of its reactionary past, offers a fertile fleld for party work today and the comrades of tha‘ diatrict are pushing the work to the lmit. Comrades Get Busy. Comrades close to the eastern line of Iowa are urged to co-operate in that territory with the comrades from the west. Comrade David Coutts will be in Dubuque on Saturday, Jan. 31; Clinton, Monday, Feb. 2; Davenport Wednesday, Feb. 4; Muscatine, Fri- day, Feb. 6, Address him General De- livery at any of these places so he can get in touch with those willing to help with the’ work. Amalgamated Bank Organizes an Opera Season Ticket Club The Amalgamated Trust and Sav- ings Bank of Chicago offers an oppor- tunity to Chicago music lovers to join the Opera Savings Club. Thru the payment Of from one’ to threé 4o! depending upon the ‘section in which the seat is located a season ticket for 12 performances can be secured on @ club payment plan. Tickets reserved now are for November 4, 1925 when the 1925-6 season opens. The pay- ments are divided into nine monthly fleposits. Deposits can be made at once at the Amalgamated Bank and not later than Feb. 28, Full informa- tion can be secured from the Amalga- mated Trust and Savings Bank, 871 W. Jackson Boulevard. Injured Fighting Fire TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 29—Two firemen, Wilbur Brotherton and Frank Moelter, were painfully injured fight Ing the fire whieh destroyed machine shops, store rooms and offices at the car barn of the Terre Haute, Indian- apolis and Eastern traction line here today. OUR DAILY FROCK FOR THE LITTLE MISS PITTSBURGH, PA. ~ DR. RASNICK n DENTIST RAPE Sec or silk could be used for this style. chintz. | COMMUNISM IN (Continued from page 1) great industrial suburbs, is by now almost completely re-organized. There are 500 factory groups organized in nearly 50 industrial locals (Rayons). Some 200 factory newspapers are be- ing published. ‘The party membership has increased from 8,000 in the mid- dle of last year to nearly 15,000. Work in the North In the very important industrial area of Northern France, including the chief coalfields of France and the big textile industry centred on Lille, 196 factory groups have been set up and are working, and another 37 are in course of foundation. Of these groups about 80 are in collieries, and as many again in textile factories and mills. The factory groups are organ- ized in 19 rayons, 20 factory news- papers are published, and the circu- lation of the local party weekly, L’Enchaine du Nord, has increased from 14,000 to 18,000, This progress is the more remark- able in that the northern district is the chief stronghold of social democ- racy in France, the place where the French socialist party is still power- ful. Other parts of the country where the party is not so strong, have na- turally made less progress in the work of re-organization. Side by side with the formation of the factory groups has gone the re- organization of the party districts (federations). Formerly these sim- ply corresponded with the depart- ments, the French local government divisions, Now the old federations have been regrouped in new “re- gions”—each comprising several of the old federations—corresponding to the economic and industrial charac- teristics of the area. For the work of party training “Leninist schools” have been set up. It was the Central Leninist school at Bobigny, @ proletarian suburb of Paris, which was raided by the police of M, Herriot’s “liberal” government last December. L'Humanite has been improved by the introduction of a section for “Workers’ Life” letters, and by the regular publication of a section for party news. The net increase in the circulation over last.year is 11,000; the total remains at about 200,000. Party Campaigns A committee of action has been set up by the party and the C. G, T. U. gress), and this committee has been carrying on campaigns against the Dawes plan, for national and interna- tional trade union unity, against the high cost of living, and against the fascist danger. _ Many. demonstrations and meetings have been held, with great success; particularly the magnificent demon- stration when Jaures’ remaines were transferred to the Pantheon. On this occasion 200,000 Parisian workers camé on to the streets behind the banners of the committee of action; the capitalist press shrieked alarm for days and weeks afterwards. The party has intensified its cam- paign against the infamous French “socialist” leaders whose shameful be- trayal of every principle of socialism becomes every day more glaring, They have supported the Herriot govern- ment all the time, voting for the bud- get, including the secret police funds, sabotaging a complete amnesty for all political prisoners, always meanly at- tacking the Communist Party and the Russian revolution—to the great joy of the capitalist press. ; Monatte-Rosmer “Right” But while our brother party has PATTERNS A NEAT APRON FOR MANY OCCASIONS. 4479. Lawn, batiste, dotted Swiss It is also attractive for cretonne, or MeN aver or ‘iginbn for our fashions showing st ostor plates serpy ghee Bs ington te wis been putting its shoulder to the wheel in such fine style, it has, unhappily, been faced with an attack from with- (the Left Wing Trade Union Con- THE DAILY WORKER FRANCE GROWS in. Certain comrads in leading circles in the party who had been closely as- sociated with Souvarine were dissatis- fied with the latter’s exclusion, and | with the new “left” party lead. Chief | among these comrades were Monatte, the well-known left wing trade unfon- ist, and Rosmer (former foreign edi tor and chief sub-editor of L’Human-| ite). They were also members of the party executive. These comrades supported Trotsky against the Russian C. P. and the In- ternational; and Rosmer made the serious mistake, when the MacDonald “labor” government was formed, of hailing it as if it were only one step removed from the proletarian revolu- tion. He also drafted a letter for the French party to send to the labor party, greeting the labor government and offering it support—without any fundamental criticism or any indica- tion of a revolutionary and Bolshevik line on this question. It is only fair to say, by the way, that this opportun- ist attitude was prevalent in our own party at the time. After the Souvarine affair had been settled, Monatte and Rosmer, with one or two others, formed a little dis- contented “cave” within the party. In party conferences and meetings they occasionaly defended their view-point, and criticized the party lead, but were voted down by overwhelming major- ities. It was absolutely clear that the mass of the proletarian membership was dead against them. An “Open Letter” CITY OF PLUTES HEARS MESSAGE OF LENINISM Theatre By H. 0. WATT. (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D, C,, Jan. 29.— Washingtonians filled the auditorium of the Play House Sunday evening on the occasion of the memorial to our Comrade Lenin, When this may be accomplished in the stronghold of the bourgeoisie, at the high seat of medi- ocrity, our members thruout the coun- try should feel encouraged to fight on, in their more fortunate proletarian environment. Knew American Conditions, Oliver Carlson, fresh from inspiring gatherings in Philadelphia and in Baltimore, held his audience in Close attention as he described his pilgrim- ages to Soviet Russia and of his in- terview with Lenin, who showed him- self to be niore familiar with Ameri- can conditions than was Carlson him- self. The speaker told of the vast im- provement in the conditions under which the workers now live in Russia. as compared with conditions threc years ago, at the time of his first visit to that country. Lenin’s great work in building up a real Communist Party so that the par- ty has carried on his work efficiently and effectively was eloquently and im- pressively stated by Comrade Carlson. The reverence with which almost the For a while they lay low. Then, bers of the party, which they had dis- tributed as far as possible through- out the party. The letter was signed Monatte, Rosmer, and Delagarde, an- other member of\ the party executive. | It contained violent personal attacks on the party leadership, notably on comrades Albert Treint and Suzanne Girault, who were declared to be “au- tocrats” with whom any team work was impossible, The letter attacked the “barrack-room” discipline of the party, and said that its “bureaucracy” French bourgeois state itself. In this strain the letter continued: icy for the party. As soon as the letter became known throughout the party resolutions be- gan to pour in from: factory groups and aggregate, meetings condemning its authors demanding their. ex-: pulsion from tiie party. The seriously'| anticommunist character of the: ac- tic ee with which the’ publication of their and social-democratic press and- party leaders, Both these enemies of Com- munism and. the revolutionary work- class gleefully made use of the Mon- atte-Rosmer letter as a weapon to’ in- jure the Communist party, Expulsion Voted A special and urgent national party council was held on December 5, which voted unanimously (less two abstentions) for the expulsion of Monatte, Rosmer, and Souvarine from the party. This remains to be con- firmed by the forth-coming congress. We in England have had to deal with our right wing opportunists, such as Newbold and Ellen Wilkinson. Our sympathies must be with our French comrads in their fight to make their party solidly Bolshevik, which in- volves a remorseless struggle against the right deviations represented by Monatte and Rosmer. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” is coming to Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5, Dr S. ZIMMERMAN DEwris’[ | NI 66 MY NEW LOCATION oe X-Ray rices - to Gas Workers Given ESTABLISHHD 12 YEARS. My Examination ts Free My Prices Are Reasonable My Work Is Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY would soon be worse than that of the , it did not propose any alternative pol- | {|for our imprisoned comrades. The entire population of Russia grieved at quite suddenly, in November, they |the news of Lenin’s death was cited drew up an open letter to the mem- | ag the reply to the lackeys of capital ism who assert that the workers and peasants of the Soviet government are subjects, against their will, to red domination. Lenin Conquered Enemies. THe skiliful manner with which Lenin guided the fortunes of the Rus- sian people thru the dark years of famine and pestilence and blockade to the successful obliteration of all their enemies so that the Russians today enjoy the highest standard of living of any European country was'describ- ed in Comrade Carlson's masterful, sincere and direct manner. , The speaker repeated several in- stances of his experiences with the na- tives of Russia as evidence of the great love which they held for their devoted and loyal leader. In reply to those who believe that Communism is a cut and dried theory Comrade Carl- son called attention to the fact that tris theory of managing the affairs of the human race must be carried on | thru human agencies and that human feelings are a factor in the struggl- which must be kept in mind. « Anc Lenin was one of the noblest of men. Collection. For Defense. Comrade Carlson in speaking of American conditions mentioned ‘the Michigan persecution to which Com- munists have been subjected. The speaker appealed to the audience to assist us in raising funds with which to employ the best possible legal aid sum of $31.19 was collected. Musical Genius Plays. If Washington is unfortunate in hav- ing no real working class conscious Population it is at least fortunate in another respect. The eleven year old daughter of Comrades Altman is a musical genius, in the real sense of the term, and is recognized uch by the music lovers of the Capitol. Our Lenin memorial meeting was opened by our little comrade, Sylvia Altman, at the plano. Her brother, Julius, nine years of age, accompanied on the violin, in playing “The Interna- tional.” Other selections were played both at the opening and at the close of the evening, and were deeply ap- preciated. Daily Worker Praised. Comrade O'Hara McIntosh presided and spoke of the good work which is being done by the DAILY WORKER in carrying Comrade Lenin’s mes: to the workers of America. He ‘in part: ‘ “In the United States this evening Bcores of meetings similar to this gath: ering are being held. The sentiment which is expressed by these meetings 4s the reply of the class conscious workers of America to the falsehoods which are continually being published in the yellow press of the capitalist class, Perhaps some of those in the jaudience may not be aware of the fact that the mental prostitutes who work under the alfases of ‘foreign corres- pondents’ have been excluded fron Russia because dishonest men are not wanted in that country. Vultures of Capitalism. “Thes vultures of capitalism have gone across the border to the city of Riga where they have established an immense lie factory, for the purpose UNCLE WIGGILY’S TRICK: Washington Crowd Fills. seem that the other countries in which loans were made have been by no means so prompt in payment, shows the hollowness of the outcry ‘which has been raised in some quar- ters against the proposed guarantee of a loan to Russia under the recent treaty. Where Russia recognizes a debt she has shown that she is quit willing to honor her obligations.—La. ‘bor Pross Service. Page Five ao. \\ Min: Every day under this head you will tearn not only what BUILDERS thruout the country are doing to build a greater newspaper, but also practical Suggestions to accomplish more for OUR paper. Tell Gs what YOU are doing—and we will “tell the world.” From the Senate of the State of Montana. N stationery of the state of Montana, Senator Charles E. Taylor, of Sheridan county, editor of the Producers’ News, of Plentywood, sends another subscription for himself on a blank from the Tool Box, It is very natural for a Communist, in the state senate, to carry a Tool Box even there. A Builder carries a Tool Box with him everywhere! But read what he writes; Comrades: Here I am in the senate of the state of Montana. | have been two weeks without a copy of the DAILY WORKER and | feel that 1 have been in the mountains for that length of times So please put me on the list for the enclosed $1.00 and send me three or four back numbers, 1 am getting the paper at Plentywood, Montana, but | want It here also and ! do not care to have the paper changed for so short a time. Best wishes to you pioneers of the better day, CHARLES E. TAYLOR. The Tool Box is a handy thing. Builders thruout the country are learn- ing the trick of having one in their pockets no matter where they go—to the shop or the senate. But we frankly admit, altho we are glad to see the Tool Box taken to a state senate, we are much more pleased to see it go to the shop. Be sure to take yours there—it’s a great place to “Build the DAILY WORKER.” a * @ A Strange Agent From Duluth. Comrade Lund, DAILY WORKER agent for Duluth, asks us In his letter to cut his earnings from the DAILY WORKER sub sales in half. He says he is also agent for the Finnish paper “Tyomles” and can ma age to “get by” with just half of what he gets. A strange agent indeed, but one who appreciates the hard task of existing that the DAILY WORKER has. We are cutting his earnings in half, but we wish we could double them. In addition to his plea he sends us the news that he has secured the support of two live wires, R. F. Rooney and Arnold Arnio of the English branch, to devote two evenings a week to sub getting in order to build their branch. He Is arranging such support from the local Y. W. L. as well. That is sure to bring results in “building.” Have you comrades in other locals, a little live wire In the branches? Send him (or her) to the local DAILY WORKER agent. of defaming the Soviet government. From that factory are cabled flights of fancy to all of the so-called civilized nations of the world. The chief reci- pient of these canards in America is the Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune Lie Factory. “From Chicago the stories are te- legraphed to various cities and Wash- ington receives its share of them. You have all seen these stories and per- haps some ‘of you haye seen’ the offi- cial denials tucked away in some ob- scure corner a few weeks after the sublication of the original story. It may interest this audience to know that there is a daily paper published in this country which is devoted to the interests of the working class and in which these capitalist lies are ex- OMAHA COMRADES SEND GREETINGS TO C. E. RUTHENBERG The City Central Committee of the Omaha branch, Workers (Com- munist) Party of America, has sent the following letter to Comrade Ruthenberg, pledging support to the Labor Defense Council, and con- gratulating the Communist move- ment on the release of Comrade Ruthenberg: “C. E, Ruthenberg, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., | Chicago, Ill. Dear Comrade: “The City Central Committee, representing the Omaha branches of the Workers Party, congratu- lates you on your release from the clutches of the capitalist jallers, who wish to imprison you because of your service to the tollers of this country, and we welcome your return to activity in the Communist movement in America. “Whom the capitalists cannot buy they try to destroy or place behind iron bars. TI exploiters know that you cannot be bought or flat- tered into betraying the cause of the oppressed, and so they try to remove you frem the field of the class war by sentencing you to pri- son. Workers Support Communists. “Regardless of what action the supreme court may take on your case, you will know that the mil- itant workers and farmers of the country are behind you to a man. “May life grant you long years In which to serve the movement of the real people, the workers. That movement is the Communist Inter. national—your movement and ours —the movement of all tne oppress- ed everywhere, Fraternally yours, City Central Committee, Omaha, Nebr. rman; J. E, Sny- The Workers’ Daily. “This paper is the DAILY WORK- ER and is delivered in Washington the day following its publication. We urge upon all of you the necessity of reading this paper if you wish to be correctly informed concerning the struggle between capital and labor which is daily becoming more and more, acute in every capitalist country, “There are agents of the DAILY WORKER in this building tonight who will be glad to take your sub- scription. The paper is on sale every day at the Gale Book store at 606 Sixth street, Northwest.” Repaid by Russia. Responding to urgent appeals made immediately after the war, English co-operators lent nearly a million pounds to co-operative societies in eastern Europe, and particularly Rus- sia. ussia has now practically wiped off nhare of this debt, tho it would Thir Wm, Jonisch, o! der, organizer, Mississippi Wants Scandinavians, BILOXI, Miss.—Believing that Scan- dinavians will do more work for fe money, the Mississippi chamber of commerce and the development board has, through Oscar Hellstrom, combed Canada and the northern section of the United States to secure them to be employed on farms and canning factories in the southern part of the Lrtun0e Tee Sask; Worker po, WS. February 1, “Wait a minute!” “Matthews, secy.” “LIE Knew His Great Historical Mission, But at the Same Time He Was a Man of Great Humanity, Rare Sim- tangy | nd Remarkable Warmth."—Lenin Memorial Meet- ng, Madison Square Garden, New York, Sunday Afternoon, 95,000 CRIPPLED WORKERS IN N.Y, WAIT FOR WAGES Lack of Clerical Help Given As Excuse (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—There are 25,000 workmen’s compensation cases pending in the state of New York and there is no appropriation to meet them. Last year’s legislature con- veniently forgot to make such an ap- propriation. Governor Smith has been forced to do something to make a little showing in view of his position as “labor's friend” and he has started working. on a special message urging an emergency appropriation to cover the cases. These 25,000 appeals are new and the Whitley legislative committee has been sitting to find out why there has been so much delay in taking up these cases. The very lean and pretended excuse as testified to before the com- mittee is lack of hearing stenogra- phers and deputies in the attorney general's office. All this means is that the attorney general wants more jobs for his henchmen. James Donohue, director of the Workmen's Compensation Bureau in New York City declared before the committee that in 371,000 accidents last year 111,000 claims were made. Another witness said the state should spend at least $200,000 more each year to have the compensation law carried out. Besides these 25,000 new cases there were on January ist, nearly a month ago, 2,048 cases on appeal. Steel Workers, Take Notice NEW YORK, Jan. 29,—German and Belgian prices on iron and steel in Argintina are 20 per cent lower than American prices, The American steel manufacturers declare that American production costs are too high and must be reduced. Twent per cent will soon come off the wages of the steel workers. Well, the steel workers can stand it, they are in the millionaire list. Arizona for Amendment. Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 29.—Following favorable action in the house, the child labor amendment was unanimously ratified by the Arizona state senate today. Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge Room, Ashland Auditorium, Movies for Workers “Beauty and the Bolshevik” and “Russia in Overalis” will be shown at the following places: Chicago, Ashland Auditorium, Feb. 6. Pittsburgh, Pa, N. 8. Carnegie Music Hall, Feb. 7. South Bend, Ind.—White Eagle Theater, 1125 W. Division St., Feb. 11. St. Paul, Minn.—444 Rice St., Feb. 20. Milwaukee, Wis.—Pabst Theater, March 7. San Francisco, March 21, ‘ THE BEAUTY AND THE BOLSHEVIK The A. B. C, of Communism and love do mix in Soviet Russia, An officer of the Red Army teaching his sweet- heart Communism. Come and see how it is done in “The Beauty and the Bolshevik,” to be shown at Ashland Auditorium next Thursday, Feb, 6, from 7 to 11 p. m. continuously. Get your tickets now! A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN

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