The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 3, 1925, Page 3

( ‘ee NEGRO WRITER, BACK FROM SOVIET RUSSIA, SAYS.REVOLUTION SOLVES RACE PROBLEMS; PEOPLE HAPPY Returning after an eight month visit to Soviet Russia, Lovett Forte- Whiteman, well-known Negro writer and lecturer, emphatically refutes the current lies of the capitalist press, which claims that Russia is a land of Starvation and unrest. “On the contrary,” says Forte-Whiteman, “there is absolutely no such thing. Everywhere, in both the cities and the remotest villages, all are wearing warm, new clothing, are eating substantial food and feel a general contentment with the Soviet regime. “This is not.” says Forte-Whiteman, “the experience of a mere fiying Visit, but of months of the closest contact with the most obscure. peasants and workers in every part of the vast+— territory, covering one-sixth the land area of the globe, ruled by the work- ers and peasants themselves through their. Soviets or councils.” Shared Lives of All. People. “IT had the advantage of extensive travel throughout both European and Asiatic Russia, and’ shared the life of both the great and the humble, the famed and the unknown, from state receptions where I-was greeted with royal welcome as representative vf 12,000,000 American Negroes, to the huts of peasants on the edge of th Black Sea, wher the warm hospita- lity of simple people gave me the best their family life afforded. I have, deed, spent much time among the peasants on the Polish border, in the Ukrainia and Turkestan, and learned intimately just how the peasants live.” Forte- Whiteman attended many ‘peasant conferences, and flatly denies the capitalist lies about the alleged differences between the comfort of the city and the alleged privation of workers and peasants in the country districts, All effort is being made by the Communists and the Soviets to give the country districts, in addition to the material requirement they al- ready have, the benefit of modern culture never before known to them. Culture Taken to Peasantry. “Millions upon millions of books are being carried to the peasantry,” he says, “every village has its school, the use of the radio is widespread and is being rapidly pushed, and the peasants generally know and appre- ciate the vast improvement, of which they could never dream under the ezar. This makes overthrowal of the Soviet power utterly impossible.” Revolution Solved Race Problem. “No country in the world was more burdened with racial problems than was Russia under the czar. In the Crimea it was Tartar against Turk; in the Caucasus it was Georgian against Armenian; in the East a my- riad problems, with Moslem against Obristian;. in Ukrainia, Christians against Jew. All this is gone, the revolution of the workers has blown it away like a dark cloud driven by a clean wind, “I was always convinced that the racial conflict, particularly the prob- lem of the Negro in America, was solely a product of the capitalist sys- tem of exploitation, and that it would and special articles) in $1.50 A Year Chicago, Illinois. Enclosed $ Name: Street: The young workers are mercilessly exploited, they work under vicious conditions and extremely low wages, This Affects You! A large section is organized, militant, fighting con- sciously in the ranks of revolutionary labor. This Also Is Your Concern. Hyery angle of the conditions of youth and their organization you will find (with cartoons, book reviews The Weekly Young Worker Official Organ of the Young Workers League of America “The Paper for the Militant Youth” The Young Workers League of America, 1118 W. Washington Blvd., ° soos OF .... Months subscription to THE YOUNG WORKER, IT’S “LENIN PLACE” NOW IN FRENCH CITY AFTER BITTERLY FOUGHT STRIKE DOUARNENEZ, France, March 1, —As a result of Communist assist- ance given to the striking sardine cannery workers, and the Commun- ist mayor’s attitude toward the strike, in which he led the picket line and forced landlords to remit rentals, bringing down upon his head the storm of capitalist critic- ism and Paris authority with war- rants for his arrest, the ancient Square of Holy Cross in this city has been renamed the Lenin Place by the newly elected city council. vanish with capitalism. My visit to Soviet Russia has proved that my idea is correct, With all its previous race problems no country was more burdened, but—presto! the working class revolution came, and today no country on earth has less race con- flict. In fact there is none. The Negro problem of America will per- sist until it meets the same solution. Forte-Whiteman expressed deep ap- preciation of his reception in Russia as a representative of his race, so terribly oppressed in America. During the recent battles between the nation- alists and the agents of imperialism in China, he was invited by many military divisions of the Red army to lecture on his interpretation of the events. He spoke before many army schools and famous fighting divisions, being made a member of one, the celebrated third cossack cavalry of Ukrania and presented with a his- tory of the division which played such a noble part in the defeat of Wran- gel. Forte-Whiteman, while in Central Asia, was entertained by the presi- dent and cabinet of the Soviet Réepub- lie of Bokhara, feted and received in the palace of the overthrown king, 6? emir,’and in Turkestan; was given royal greetings as a representative ‘of the American Negro workers, thé, Tashkent military school students and faculty officially extending the wel-|* come, before the public building adorned with greetings in English which read, “Long live the American proletariat” and “Long live the social revolution!” 75 Cents for Six Months Send to: SPIKE LOOSE! THE DALLY WORKER More Blows $3,992! With March 5th but thre: days off, the proposition of com pleting the 1925 insurance driv for the DAILY WORKER b comes a doubtful one. Not hali the necessary amount is hand. With $672.50 coming in over the week-end, the total is only $21,272.49, The last spike is being driven home slowly. Altogether, but 8,992.60 dollar blows have been struck, The Detroit, Mich. English branch stands as a model for other Workers Party branches, having completed Sunday its self-imposed quota of $500.00. As only 75 mem- bers, this means that the aver- age contributed is nearly $7.00, Remittances must be received from other branches March 8, Tuesday, if a credit able record for the campaign's close is to appear in the DAILY WORKER Mafch 6th issue, the special @OMINTERN EDITION, thi¢ branch hi before Send this - Greeting to the Comintern: “The Daily Worker Safe for 1925” at eS SS H I am witn you tor msuring the DAILY WORKER TO THE LAST SPIKE! Here is my dollar to HAMMER IT HOME! Name. HAVE YOU SENT YOUR DOLLAR? MANY ORGANIZATIONS SEND THEIR Page Three DELEGATES TO CHICAGO MEETING FOR, LABOR DEFENSE AND RELIEF More than fifty @ legates answer the Chicago Conferé ice for Labor There were trade uni@.s and @o-oper izations of many differ) at languages. An executive committee was formed ed the roll call at the first meeting of Defense and Relief last Thursday. atives, fraternal and benevolent organ- and various workers’ political groups. of five of the delegates from each of these major component parts of the conference, making fifteen members in all. Among the unions ra presented were the Amalgamated Food Workers, the Wood Turners, Machin\!sts No. 390 and No. 337, Painters No. 276, and the Amalgamated Clothing \Worker® Lo- cal 6. Among the fratern, | organifia- tions were those of the Slovaks, South Slavs, Czechs, Germans, Jews), Litht anians, and Russians, Among the po litical organizations, the Woxkers Party, Slovak Socialist Federation, and the Irish Workers Republi¢an Club. 8. T. Hammersmark was ‘lected ‘chairman and William F. Kruse, 8e¢ retary. After the reading of th» call and list of accredited dele; ates, George Maurer, national secretary of the Labor Defense Council, told the story of the Michigan raids, and of the trials that resulted in the conviction and jailing ef C. E. Ruthenberg, sec. retary of the Workers (Communist) Party. He described the legal pro- cedure up to the present point of ap- peal to the United States supreme court, and dwelt on the political situa-| tion in Michigan as it affects immedi- ate trial for Robert Minor and the other co-defendants. Following his speech the following resolution was adopted: Resolution on Criminal Syndicalist Cases. Whereas, the Michigan criminal syndicalist law and others of its type are deliberate attempts on the part of the bosses to suppress the activ- ity of the labor movement, and Whereas, the use of this law against the Communists on no other charge than the holding of a con- vention clearly proves the anti-la- bor intent and purpose of this law, Whereas, the suppression of any one section of the labor movement, if successful carried out, would en- danger the very existence of all other sections, therefore be it Resolved, that we, the Chicago De- fense and Relief Council, in meet- ing assembled, call upon all organ- izations thruout the country to rally to the ald of these workers who, because of thelr working class ac- tivity were first singled out for at- tack, and be it further Resolve that we pledge our- selves to raise all possible financial and moral support for these defend- ants in the Michigan criminal syndi- calist cases, and to all others in sim- ilar circumstances. The matter of the Sacco and Van- zetti case was gone into. Maurer gave the history of the case and urged support of the nation-wide protest meetings to be held thruout the coun- try, on a united front basis, on March 1. The Chicago meeting was arranged for Emmet Memorial Hall, with Jack Johnstone of the Trade Un- ion Educational League, and Ralph Chaplin of the I. W. W. At other meet- ings Joseph Ettor and Arturo Glovan- itti were speakers. The delegate from the Amalgamated Clothing Workers stated that his union had responded twice to Sacco-Vanzetti financial ap- peals and urged more detailed public- jity on the progress of such cases. Delegate Arnold of the Painters rais- ed the question of the shortness of the time, but it was explained that sincé these meetings were nation-wide on a set date this could not be chang- ed. All delegates took advertising matter for the meeting with them. The following resolution was adopt- id: Resolution on Sacco-Vanzetti Case. Whereas, brothers Sacco and Van- zetti, well known for their activity in the labor movement in M chusetts, were framed up on charges of murder, on which charges the 2 prosecution is trying to railroad them to their death, Whereas, labor, thruout the world, has protested against this frame-up and demanded their free- dom, and Whereas, protest mass meetings are being held thruout America on March 1, to demand their release, therefore be it that this conference for Labor Defense and Relief pledge itself to work in every way possible e of the working » and to support the mass meeting to be held in Chicago at Emmet Memorial Hall on March firet. Irish Famine Action Taken. Richard Totten, representing the Irish Workers Republican Club, told of famine conditions now threatening the very lives of 750,000 Irish work- ers and peasants, and of the failure of prominent Irish politicians to ade- quately aid the starving workers. Secretary Kruse reported on the ne- tion taken abroad by various national units of the International Workers Aid, how the Russian, British and other committees were already rush. ing relief into the famine stricken dis- tricts, and of the appeal issued by the American committee, headed by Thos, J. O'Flaherty. The following resolution was adopt- ed: Resolution on trish Famine Relief. Whereas, in Ireland, a famine in feed and fuel, brot on by fl | BLANKET WEAVERS WALK OUT AGAINST SPEED UP AND LOW WAGE SCALE ‘ NORTH ADAMS, Mass., March 1. Twenty-five weavers of the Norad Mills at Brayville walked out on a strike as a protest against the pres- ent scale of wages. ‘The wage of 60 cents a palr for blankets brings their pay to less than that of unskilled labors in the same mil!. The weavers are also re- quired to run two looms on blanket work which is another point of bit- ter discussion amongst them. Pract- ically all weavers of this depart- | ment are out, The plant is better known as the Old North Adams Manufacturing Co. the ruination of the fiehing banks by big British capitalistie syndl- cates, now threatens the very life of 750,000 of our Irish fellow work ers and peasants, and Whereas, for reasons of political expediency, certain Irish ruling pol ticians have failed to take any ade- quate action for relief, leaving this duty entirely to the labor press and the labor movement, therefore be it Resolved, that the Chicago De- fense and Relief Council, respond to the need of the Irish workers and farmers, and pledge ite finan- cial and moral support te them in all their struggles. Plans of Work. Various ways and means of enlarg ing the conference were discussed by practically ever delegate present. Sec- retary Kruse reported on past activ: ity and outlined the program for the big International Unity Demonstra- tion at Ashland Auditorium on Sun day afternoon, March 29. This is te take the form of a gala Labor Show in which all program members will be given by working class organiza tions and the artist friends. Thus there will be Finnish and Czech gym: nasts, Lithuanian Children’s Chorus of 300 voices, a JugoSlav Tambourita Band, a Dance pageant and many oth- er numbers. An Irish play, “The Tinker’s Wedding” will be presented by the Community players. A promi- nent Lettinsh operatic barytone and an Italian basso, as well as a Russian ballet-master and his pupils have vol- unteered program numbers. The fi- nancial proceeds are to benefit the Irish Famine Relief and the Labor De- fense. It was moved that cppies of the res- olution and proceedings of the con- ference be sent to all working class organizations in Chicago. A commit tee of fifteen was elected to carry on the immediate tasks of the conference and another full meeting is to meet subject to the call of the executive committee. Klan Plan to Dope Youngsters with Bible Fails Passage in Ohio By GEORGE PAPCUN, COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 1-—ifforts of the klan to introduce compulsory bible reading in the public schools of Ohio met with defeat in the house of representatives of the Ohio legisla- ture, now in session, when en amend- ment to the original bill was tabled, which under the rules, tabled the or iginal bill as well, The klan element in the legistature is up in arms at this defeat of one of their pet. measures for keeping the children of the workers under the In fluence of religious bigotry. The bi- ble-reading bill provided for the read- ing of at least ten verses of the bible every day, and the memorizing of the ten comamndments by pupils above the fourth grade. In the mining sections of Eastern Ohio, many teachers are acting as re- cruiting agents for the Sunday schools, insisting that their pupils at- tend them. With the intensification of the class struggle, comes an intensification of the weapon of religion as well as of all other weapons, as a meens of keeping the workers in subjection, They should fight these efforts all the more because of the especially strong influence wielded by religious super- stition and tradition. The klan without doubt will strain every nerve to pass the bible-reading bill by some means or other, and all workers should protest as individuals and thru their organizations against the passage of any measure to intro- duce religious propaganda im any form whatsoever into the public schools. Give your shopmate this of the DAILY WORKER—but é sure to see him the get his subscription, “a SF 2 anil