The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 27, 1925, Page 4

emcees Page Four DAILY WORKER | LEADS PRESS IN GLASS STRUGGLE Lithuanian Papéc Passes Resolution | BROOKLYN, N. Y., Feb. 25.— The | Lithuanian Communist daily newspa- | per “Laisve,” at its annugl meeting held recently, passed a resolution de- | claring the DAILY WORKER a much | more important factor in the class struggle in America than the foreign language workers’ newspapers. The resolution declared: “Greetings to The DAILY WORKER” “Dear Comrades: “The Lithuanian daily Laisve, at its Lithuanian Co-operative Publishing Society, shareholders’ meeting held Feb, 15, 1925, in Brooklyn, N. Y., ac- knowledge, that The DAILY WORK- ER, the only English Communist daily in this country, is a much more im- portant factor in the class struggle, than any other foreign workers’ pa- per. “Therefore Laisve shareholders send their heartiest greetings to The DAILY WORKER and extend their hopes for a complete success to our chief organ. (Signed) J. Nativaika, Laisve Co-op. Pub. Soc. Sec’y.” Ever since the shooting at the Les- ter strip mine in Williamson county, southern Illinois, in 1922, the city of Herrin has been much in the public eye. It was the scene of the great trial in which the capitalists of this state tried to hang the miners who defended their homes and their union against the dregs of the underworld in the role of scabs. The Trouble Started. Shortly after the mine riot the ku klux klan came into Williamson coun- ty and under the leadership of Glenn Young left death and destruction in its wake. Several shootings occurred with considerable loss to both sides, klan and anti-klan. The latest shooting affray resulted in the death of the klan leader Young and his foremost opponent, Ora Thomas, deputy sheriff. What was réally behind the klan fight in Williamson county? Who were supporting it? What was it trying to accomplish? In order to get the facts, the DAILY WORKER sent a correspondent, Thurber Lewis into | “bloody Williamson,” in order to get at the facts. Lewis interviewed most of the im- portant leaders on orn s:des. He talked to Sheriff Galligan and to the klan cyclops who inherited Young's mantle. It was no easy assignment, but Lewis is young and hardboiled. He has an interesting story to tell. The Leading Gunman. It was not so pleasant to interview a baker’s dozen of loaded revolvers to which were attached as many sour looking thugs, presided over by a Kentucky feudist, whose favorite mu- sic is the barking of gats and his fav- orite target a human body. This lead- ing gentleman is Young's successor. He did not say much, but you will like to hear Comrade Lewis tell his story. The story will be told at the Work- ers.Party open forum on next Sunday evening at 8:00 o'clock, in the Ladge Room of the Ashland Auditorium, cor- ner of Ashland and Van Buren Sts. Mid-City English Branch Holds Open Meeting; All Welcome The Mid-City English Branch of Chicago will hold its open meeting to- night at 8 o’clock at the Greek Hall, 722 Blue Island avenue. The speaker will be Thurber Lewis, lecturing on the subject of “The ics of the Communist Internationa! All, work- ers are welcome, especially those not yet members of the Workers Party. There is no admission charged. NOTICE! Comrades and Branches ‘holding Lenin Memorial meeting tickets, please settle for them at once at the local office. We want to close the ac- counts. Come any day or evening to Room 303, 166 W. Washington St. and settle for the tickets, PROPAGANDA PAMPHLETS 25 CENTS EACH 5 CENTS STAGE SET FOR GALA TIME AT RED REVEL BALL Brilliant Make Judges Wary The stage is all set for the grand- est affair yet held by the Workers Party, Local Chicago, the Red Revel | Masquerade Ball. All the branches are participating. The Young Work- ers League will be out in full force as well as the juniors who have con- trived the most cunning and express- ive costumes in their efforts to win the big prize offered for the best group costume. From the reports received from our branches it seems ‘as tho every branch will have a chance at the big prize. The judges at the midnight parade of the masqueraders will no doubt find it difficult to choose from among the many varicolored groups, the twenty to win the prizes.“ None of the great men whom we have so far approached for the arduous task of judging the best costume have ac- cepted. We will have to resort to challenges, it is supposed. Get Tickets Early. All Workers Party comrades and branches and all our friends are asked to provide themselves with tickets in advance because they aré only 5¢ cents in advance (75 cents at the door), to get their “costumes and to be out in full force at the masquer- ade. Workers Party branches should also not forget to send their representa- tive to the meeting of the RED REV- EL Committee this Wednesday and to send in to the local office of the Workers Party the names of those comrades who have volunteered to work at the RED REVEL on various committees. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 8.00 P. M. AT WEST END WOMEN'S CLUB HALL, 37 S. ASHLAND BOU- LEVARD is the time and place. Harlem Branch Challenges all in Daily Drive NEW YORK, Feb. 25—The Harlem Jewish branch announces thru the DAILY WORKER and Freiheit agent, Comrade Ed Schwartz, that the branch has raised a total of $2,500.00 for the Jewish daily Communist news- paper. Comrade Schwartz, who was the branch campaign manager in the drive, announces ‘that the branch has so far raised $78.00 for the DAILY WORKER. Comrade Schwartz Issues the following challenge to the other New York branches: A Challenge. “We are going to fill Madison Square Garden to the roof on Sunday, March 15, 1925. And we are going to keep our reputation as a prize winning branch. We intend to show to the comrades that the winning of the DAILY WORKER banner by the Har- lem Jewish branch is no mere acci- dent. It is a result of hard work. The members of the Harlem Jewish branch are in the new circulation drive for the DAILY WORKER with both feet. All our shoulders are to the wheel. “And we challenge all other New York branches-of the Workers Party to wrench the prize from us. Don't let us get away with it. To work, comrades, and we will make this af- fair a success that will overshadow all our previous affairs and entitle us to a New York DAILY WORKER. Yours for 15,000 new subscribers in the city of New York, Ed Schwartz, DAILY WORKER agent, Harlem Jew- ish branch.” SALZMAN TOUR IN DIST. 5 Feb. 27—Bellaire, Ohio. Feb. 28—Powhatan Point, Ohio, March 1—Neffs, Ohio, March 2—Yorkville, Ohio. March 3-—Martin’s Ferry, Ohio, March 4-5—Dillonvale, March 8—Pittsburgh. ganizational conference, Distriet or- Big offer of splendid pamp' your shop-mate, your union friends. buy more than.one set. Each 3—SHOULD COMMUNISTS lai Lenin. timely pamphlet!) 5—WM. F. DUNNE’S SPEECH at the A. F. of L. Convention in 1923. 6—WHITE TERRORISTS ASK FOR By Max Bedacht. (Just off the 5 Costumes _to| price is to enable you to give them away to 1—RUSSIAN TRADE UNIONS. 2—TWO SPEECHES BY KARL MARX IN 1850. REACTIONARY TRADE UNIONS? 4—UNEMPLOYMENT. By Earl R. Browder,, (A me THE DAILLY, The Red Revel ’ The only legitimate excuse the Red Revel mas- querade ball has for breaking into the limelight is that it is primarily intended to provide the munitions of war for the local and district offices ® of the Workers Party. W for the purpose of raising funds with whith, to carry on propaganda against the capitalist system hich means it is organized and to organize the workers for the overthrow of capitalism. justifies the means. One of Marx’s favorite phrenological Their heads, will be used This means a little more money for the local office Get your tickets early examination heads are interesting, at least on the outside, Marx was more interested in the inside. bt Communists and sympathizers will use theif feet as well as their heads on next Saturday } i¥ This is a legitimate excuse. It is an end that Besides, Communists, like to make merry once in a while. It is good for.them. Even Karl Marx and Engels used to make try. pastimes was making a of visitors. Certain ight. as background for masks. mystery and a littleymore of the Workers Party. Don’t forget the date, time and plate. They are: Date—Saturday evening, February 28. ; Time—From 8 p. m. until 1 a. m. Place—West End Women’s Club Hall, 37 South Ashland Blvd., corner of Monroe St. . and save 25 cents. ‘They will cost 75 cents at the door. March 15th Demands Your Best, New York ARCH 15 is the date of the great- est task ever undertaken by the Communist movement in New York City. It is proposed to secure fifteen thousand subscribers for the DAILY WORKER, and to assemble them in Madison Square Garden on that date for press pageant, Paris Commune celebration concert and ball. To fill Madison Square for an enter- tainment isa real man-sized job in it- self. To fill it with subscribers for the DAILY WORKER is a task truly herculean. It will require the active jco-operation of every Workers Party paper, every party institution, every party and Young Workers’ League unit, every member to measure up to the possibilities of this occasion. Judging from the response to the early announcements this co-opefation will be forthcoming one hundred per cent. As a cénception of what this atlair will mean to New York in the way of Communist propaganda and organization spreads among the mem- bership of the branches they are strat- ing to work with an unprecedented enthusiasm. They realize that the securing of fifteen thousand subscribers for the DAILY WORKER means a tremen- dous propaganda in itself. A good percentage of them can be made per- manent, and will thus become a mighty factor in the ultimate estab- lishment of a DAILY WORKER right here in New York. They also realize that a Madison Square Garden meeting is worth more for propaganda than a hundred ordi- nary meetings. In a hall holding only three or four thousand the bulk of the audience always consists of Workers Party members and their immediate friends. Never more than a few hun- dred non-Communists attend such meetings. But in a Madison Square Garden audience of fifteen thousand DATES AND SUBJECTS OF CIRCUIT SCHOOL IN DISTRICT NO. 8 Max Lerner, who is conducting the Circuit School, will give the following lectures this week. All comrades are urged to attend and if they have not already done so to enroll in the class. GARY, IND. Thursday, Feb, 26, 8 P. M.; 215 W. 18th street, review on “Workers and Farmers,” the exploited colonial peo- ple. MILWAUKEE, WISC. Friday, Feb. 28, 8 P. M., 802 State St., “Trade union history and tactics,’ hlets at a reduced THE brother and your Tell them to “take it home and think it over.” Each contains valuable material—and if you haven't got them all in your library, you should set includes; PARTICIPATE. IN By Nioo- Portland Y. CIPY :.3,;,.:. STATE: Literature Department 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, III. Enclosed §........ son Complete sets of “Six Propaganda Pamphlets”. No. ........ pamphlet only. we ‘Know for a certainty that besides the party members and their families there are at least tem thousand out- siders. Such a meeting is therefore a real achievement th reaching the mass. To make it a success ‘will test the powers of the New York movement. But making it a suecéss will also de- velop the powers oe New York organization as no other effort could or would. i See that your branch puts its shoul- der to the wheel and helps push. Sub- scription tickets for affair have been sent to all branches of the party and Young Workers’ fague. If you have not received yo District Office, 108 Bagi and get a supply and g Incidentally worth offered to the indi making the best re The contest ends Mare and make-use of this nity dur- ing the next three ‘s to make Communist propaganda @nd build the Communist organization, }. Begin now Young Workers. League c.g, Meets Tonight The first meeting of the city cen- tral committee Y. W. L, of Chicago, since the city convention will meet to-night 8 p. m. at 722 Blue Island avenue, $ WORKER MANY NEGROES JOIN PARTY. AT MASS MEETING Workers Must Organize Regardless of Color Twenty-three persons applied for membership in the Workers (Com- munist) Party at the most success- ful mass meeting held among the Ne- groes of the south side in man: months. The speakers told the work- ers present of the demands of the Workers (Communist) Party in the aldermanic. campaign. Gordon Owens, prominent Negro Communist, told of the program of the Workers Party on the Negro prob- lem. He made an appeal to all work- ers of all races to unite to overthrow their exploiters and join the Workers Party. E. L. F. Doty, Communist candidate for alderman who was ruled off the ballot by the election commissioners, declared that the Negroes of the whole world must unite as a class and work shoulder to shoulder with the white workers, in the unions and the Work- ers Party to secure control of the gov- ernment and industries for their class. Comrade Doty told of the pogroms against the Jews in Russia before the revolution, and told how in Russia to. day the Soviet government is a work: ers’ and peasants’ government run for the benefit of the entire working class. Karl Reeve, reporter for the DAILY WORKER, told of the international struggle of all the colonial peoples for power, and told of the growing revolt of the dark races in India, Africa, . |Asia and the entire world, under the Communist banner. Comrade Reeve told how the subject races are ex- ploited by the capitalists at less wag- es than are paid the whites. He told how in America the textile barons exploit the southern Negroes at cheap- er wages than are paid the whites, consequently reducing wages for the same work in the north. The only solution, he declared, was the uniting of the workers under the Workers Party banner as a class. The ku klux klan and similar organ- izations, are used in an attempt to divide the workers into different races and creeds, and any divisiom of the workers is detrimental to their own interests, Reeve told of the housing conditions among the Negroes on the south side, and quoted from the Work- ers Party resolution on the Negro question. Comrade Mahler, who acted as spoke on the d branches! WORKER ‘and its relation to the Ne- this work. Broes’ problems. ____—_. WILKES BARRE MEMBERSHIP MEETING Special membership meeting of all members of the Workers Party in the vicinity of Wilkes Barre is called for Sunday March 1st at 2 P. M. in the Party Headquarters 718 N. Wash- ington St. Wilkes Barre, Pa. Com- tades Joseph Manley, A. Jakira and R. Baker will be present at this meet- ing to outline a plan of action for an important campaign that will be con- ducted in the Anthracite Coal Region. EVERY PARTY MEMBER MUST BE The most important matter before] PRESENT WITHOUT FAIL. the C. C. C.. will be the question of the Weekly Young Worker. A thoro discussion will take plage on the dis- tribution of the Weekly Young Work- er and the organization of the city |. committee of agents. Delegates arg urged to come pre- pared to report on the activities of their branches and the plans made by the branches in regard to the Weekly Young Worker. Other matters of importance will be taken up and all delegates are urged to be present on time. Party members are welcome. branches—Settle for campaign fund stamp books March 1; last date for settlement. 4 Rudquist Speaks in Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS, Mitin., Feb. 25.— Gust Rudquist a well known Swedish | Communist speaker will._speak Thurs- | day Feb. 26, at I, ©. Gj, Hall, 1416 2nd St. So., 8 P. M. ana in the T. U. B. L. meeting to be id at Jupiter Hall 2514 Lincoln St,"N. E. Friday Feb. 27th 8, P. M. Admission to both meetings free, i DAILY WORKER —a en . sosevesseeee LOF Best Recreation at Harlem Dance NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—Next to the Press pageant the biggest party event this month in New York is the Spring Festival and Dance to be given by the Harlem English branch on Satur- day evening March 21 at the Harlem Casino, 116 St. and Lenox Ave. Sinclair Boasts That He Won’t be Caught; Evidence Don’t Count WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. — Harry Sinclair, thru close associates in the capitol, is sending out the word that he will not be caught with any evi- dence of bribery of Albert Fall, for- mer secretary of the interior upon him. It is suggested that the discovery that Fall deposited in his own bank account a lot of coupons from liberty bonds that are traced back to a dum- my corporation in Canada, founded A by Sinclair and a representative of Standard Oil of Indiana, will not prove Sinclair to be implicated. Os- ler, the head of the dummy concern, who fied to Africa to hunt big game when the court got after him, is de- cleared to be ready to say he never met Sinclair. Harlem Open Forum Gives Interesting Lecture on Sunday NEW YORK, Feb. 25.<A symposi- um on literature and art, and the revolution will take place at the Har- lem forum of the Harlem section of the Workers Party, Local New York, next Sunday evening, March 1 at the Harlem headquarters, 64 East 104th street. Three speakers will lead the liscussion, Simon Felshin, Louis Loz- ywick and Joseph Freeman. The topic is a very interesting one. The speakers will treat the subject from 2very angle, as one of them, Felshin, is a poet, Lozowick is a painter, and Freeman a literary critic. Open Forum Popular. The Sunday evening open forum in Harlem will continue for two months, as so far it has proven a success. A tentative list of topics and speakers is the following: “Is a Revolution Possible in the United States?” by Israel Amter; “Working Class Educa- tion” by Oliver Carlson; “Can there be Proseprity for the American Work- ers?” by H. M. Wicks; “Religion as an Instrument of Capitalism” by Bour- gin; “The Family—Past, Present and Future” by Rose Pastor Stokes; “The Capitalist, Labor and Communist Press” by Ludwig Lore; “Cultural As. pects of the Russian Revolution” by Moissaye Olgin; “Proletcult” by Hy- man Jacobson together with a “cultur- al and literary evening. RUSSIAN MOVIES AT GERMAN-AMERICAN HOME KENOSHA, WIS,, FEB. 28 The famous movies, “Polikushka,” a six-reel story made by the Moscow Art Theater, “In Memorilam—Lenin,” showing the life and funeral of Lenin, and a Russian comedy, “Sol- dier Ivan’s Miracle,” will be shown SATURDAY, FEB. 28, from 4 to 11 Pp. m. at the German-American Home, 665 Grand Ave., Kenosha, Wis. These pictures have been drawing the biggest crowds in Chicago, New York and other big cities. They will be shown in Kenosha ONLY ONE EVENING, FEB, 28. There will be three showings on that evening. The first will rt at 4 p. m. sharp. Make sure to attend. Tell your friends about it. Don’t miss the greatest treat in your life. Patronize our advertisers. Get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER JUST ONE HALF! OF THE JOB IS DONE when you send in your remittance for a subscription with one half of _ this ad. The other half we will do when ‘we see to it that you receive each month the best working class magazine ever turned out in this country— WORKERS MONTHLY BANS HAIR BOBS BY OTHER SEX Los Angeles Reports Many Meetings LOS ANGELES, Feb, 25.—The bar- bers of Los Angeles have realized for some time past the necessity of doing something to better their condition. At the present time, legislation is pending in the state legislature that if passed will prohibit barbers from performing barber work upon fe- males, and further prohibit barbers from massaging, shampooing, etc., any person regardless of sex. If this pending legislation should pass, it would no doubt improve the conditions ‘of the workers in China, and would also eliminate a lot of di- vorces as it would also give the bar- bers a chance to realize that without a strong organization unemployment would grow in proportion to the en- forcement of this law. Mark. Down the Date. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik" will be shown in Los Angeles.on April 8 at the Philharmonic Auditorinm at, 8 p.m, under the auspices of the In- ternational Workers’ Aid and the. La- bor Defense Council. Other sympath. etic organizations are requested not to arrange ‘any entertainment or meetings of importance at that date, and individuals are requested not to make any other appointments on that evening. On April 8 the readers of the DAILY WORKER as well as their friends should pack the Philharmonic Auditorium, March 2, United Front Date. On Monday night, 6:30 p. m., March 2, another united front conference of the Labor, Defense Council will be held, of delegates from all local un: ions, workers’ fraternal organizations, and workers’ political organizations to continue the fight for the defense of workers prosecuted under the criminal syndicalism law. Y. W. L. Meeting Nights. The Young Workers’ League in Los Angeles now has three branches. The main branch meets every Friday night at 224 South Spring street, Room 200. Branch No. 2 meets every Monday night in the Co-operative Building, Brooklyn and Mott, at 7:00 Pp. m., and Branch No. 3 (Jewish- speaking), meets évery Tuesday night, also in the Co-operative Building. Will Enter Election, The political committee of the Workers’ Party, Local Los Angeles, is planning | to endorse working-class candidates of their own and sup- ported by other workers’ organiza- tions, in the coming municipal elec- tions in May. SCRANTON MEMBERSHIP MEETING Special membership meeting of all Workers Party members in the vici- nity of Scranton will be held Sunday, March 1, at 2 P. M. at 2727 N. Main Ave., Scranton, Pa, Comrades, Joseph Manley, A, Jakira and R. Baker will be present at this meeting to outline a plan of action for an important campaign that will be conducted in the Anthracite Coal Region. EVERY PARTY MEMBER MUST BE PRES- ENT WITHOUT FAIL. Settle for the Beauty and Bolshe- vik tickets. Bring the money and un- sold tickets either to 19 S. Lincoln St., or Room 307, 166 W. Washing- ton St. THE $2.00 a year $1.25 six months ow SS