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Page Four —_— PARIS COMMUNE PAGEANT 10 BE GREATEST EVER New York Workers to See Mass Action NEW YORK, March 56.—For the first time in the history of the revolu- tionary movement, a fitting memorial has been arranged for the Paris Com- mune. Madison Square, which housed both Lenin Memorial meetings, and which gave the capitalists something to shiver over, will be the scene of the big Paris Commune celebration, on March 16. The Paris Commune was essentially & product of the youthful revolution- ists of Paris. Liebknecht has ver) well declared that “he who has the youth has the army.” And in revolu- tionary Paris, the youth was with the revolution. The youth, organized in the national guard supplied the dele- gates to the Paris Commune. _ The youth supplied the army in the fight against the monarchists from Ver- sailes. The youth were the motivating force in the Paris Commune. The special feature of the celebra- tion will be the Paris Commune Page- ant, a spectacle in which 15,000 com rades will participate. Additional features will be the big workers’ chor- uses and-orchestras, involving hun dreds of comrades. The Workers Party and Young Workers’ League, which have arrang- ed this affair for the building up of the Communist press, call upon all workers to celebrate the Paris Com- mune in a practical manner by build- ing up a workers press that will carry on the work of the Communards. The Young Workers especially should come to the celebration on March 15. A good deal of the pro- ceeds will be devoted to the Young Worker, the organ of the militant young workers, and the revolutionary youth must remember the traditions of the youth of the Paris Commune and be the foremost in the celebra- tion. Steel Trust Slaves Fail to Buy All Stock Offered Them NEW YORK, March 5—The em- ployes of the United States Steel cor- poration failed to subscribe for the full amount of stock offered them, it Was announced at the steel corpora- tion’s office here. The employes are @ffered 100,000 shares of common stock each year, but this year bought only $2,948 shares. 39,470 employes bought the stock. This is the first time in several years that the employes have refused to buy the company’s stock. Machinery fee: Relief of Irish Famine Sufferers (Continued from page 1) cates that the famine situation is growing in seriousness and that the Free State government is suppressing the news. The west of Ireland was always the chief stronghold of oppo- sition to British rule and 1s today the backbone of the opposition to the Free State government. Those hardy peasants fought the landlords for gen- erations and are now bittely oppos- ed to the hangmen who are outdoing British tyranny in its palmiest days, just as the bandit governments of Fin- land, Latvia, Esthonia, and Poland have outdone the czar in crucifying the workers and peasants of those countries. Readers of The DAILY WORKER willing to assist in raising money for the famine victims should communi- cate with T. J. O'Flaherty, secretary ‘of the Irish Workers’ and Peasants’ Famine Relief Committee, 19 South Lincoln Street, Chicago, Ill. No. 7 Is Here! ‘ The latest issue of “The Communist International” has arrived. The official organ of the Executive Committee of the C. I. is 25 CENTS A COPY. SUBSCRIPTION: $2.50 A Year — $1.26 Six Months Sole Agent The Daily Worker 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. BEGINNING WITH A 1113 W, Washington Bivd. AGNO00044FR00N0NNUOEUELEEELGUOOUOUAUUOOUQSOOTUUUOEOOUUUUOOANEEE USA TO ANE flone in three colors by a new revolutionary artist, the March issue of the Workers Monthly, just off the press, includes splendid contributions on the struggles of the workers in this country amd the world over. All articles are generously illustrated with photographs and cartoons by some of Labor's leading artists—and subyeription rates are ex- tremely low at $2.00 a Year—$1.25 for Six Months. THE WORKER MONTHLY THE DAILY WORKER THESE COMMUNISTS CLOSE RANKS OF BUILDERS ARMY, Several branch and individual con- 2.00 tributions to the Insurance Policy | Nick Nashtas; Watwood, W.Va. 1.00 campaign for the DAILY WORKER | Gustave and Anna Magnus, arrived too late Thursday to be pub-| Warwood, W. Va.... 5.00 lished in the Comintern edition. These | wm, Coachman, Warwood, are herewith added to the previous} W, Va... 1.00 contribution, making‘jthe following|q, p. A., Minneapolis, Minn 1,00 records: Harry Person, Hickville, L. I. Douglas Park Chicago English..$130,00 NS. Wi ono int mae (Bs) Verona, Pa., South Slavic ... . 40.00 | Einar Patterson, Hickville, L. I. Bentleyville, Pa., So. Slavic. . 80.00 Ny. Fonds 1 1.00 Woodlawn, Pa., South Slavic .. 56.00 | Arvid Arvidson Owen, Wis., Finnish.. patie 3900) 3» Sp Gomme eS patois oa. 200 Buffalo, N. Y., Czecho-Slovak.... 16.00 | Fritz Person, Hickville, L. I. Cleveland, O., W. Hungarian. T2000 NG Westhead * 1.00 McKeesport, Pa., Hungaria: 25.00 | Peter Person, Hickville, L, I. Detroit, Mich., Szecho-Slova’ 12.00 N.Y. 1.00 Republic, Pa., Slovak... 25.00 | T. M. Brown, O’Fallon, Ill 5.00 Detroit, Mich,, Dutch-Flemish. 32.00.) S. G. George, Seattle, Wash....... 1.00 R. Weaver, ading, Pa... . 1,00 ]Samuel Weinberg, Philadelphia, J. J. Steinbach, Hiteman, Ia... 1,00! Pa. ... a . 2.00 A. Addie, Brockton, Mass 1.00 | Jas. R. Jones, Brooklyn, N. Y... 5.00 J. Lowy, Chicago, Ill. 1.00 |G. H. 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Pushes Total to $24,462.49 TH the receipt late March 5 of WORKER insurance fund total was brought to $24,462.49. $486.50 from New York, the DAILY This is just a few hundreds less than half the quota of $50,000 at which the drive aimed. Comintern Edition: ENGLISH, Downtown, $204.00; West Side, $236.00; Yorkville, $78.00; Harlem, $435.00; Bronx No. 1, $187.00; Bronx No. 2, $60.00; Bronx No. 8, $17.00; Williamsburg, $137.00; Browns- ville, $50.00; Boro Park, $10.00; Astor- ia, $57.00. ARMENIAN, $24.00. ESTHONIAN, $41.00. CZECHO-SLOVAK, $35.00. FINNISH, Staten Isalnd, $10.00; Inn- wood, $28.00; South Brooklyn, $176.00. GERMAN, Yorkville, $62.00; Night workers, $37.00; Bronx, $20.00; Ridge- wood, $10.00. - HUNGARIAN, Downtown, Yorkville, $88.00. GREEK, $85.00. ITALIAN, South Brooklyn, $15.00, JEWISH, Downtown No. 1, $44.00; Downtown No. 2, $20.00; Downtown No. 3, $20.00; Harlem, $75.00; Bronx, No. 1, $104.50; Bronx No. 2, $14.00; Williamsburg, $11.00; srownsville; $8.00; Bath Beach, $13.00; Boro Park, $20.00. ; JUGO-SLAV, $67.00. LETTISH, $81.00. LITHUANIAN, No. 1 Williamsburg, $43,00; No. 3 Maspeth, $7.00; Boro $29.00; Park, $16.00. POLISH, $9.00. RUSSIAN, Downtown, ‘$74.00; Bronx, $30.00. , SCANDINAVIAN, Uptown, $45.00; South Brooklyn, $91.00. UKRAINIAN, Downtown, $1.00. SPANISH, $10.00. YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE, 1 English, Bronx, $14.00; 2, English, Brownsville, $48.00; 4, Hungarian Yorkville, $61.00; 6, English, Harlem, $9.00; 12, Jewish Bronx, $41.00; 14, Jewish, Williamsburg, $10.00; 21, Hungarian, Downtown, $5.00; 22, Jew- ish, Lower Bronx, $9.00; 27, Greek, $10.00; 28, Russian, Downtown, $3.00; 29, Russian, Bronx, $15.00. BROWNSVILLE SECTION, $50.00, MISCELLANEOUS INDIVIDUALS, $46.00. UKRAINIAN, Jersey City, $21.00. SENT DIRECT TO CHICAGO BY THE FOLLOWING: HUNGARIAN FEDERATION, $100. FINNISH Jamaica, $35.00. RUSSIAN, Wiliamsburg, $25.00. SPANISH, $7.00. Sum total, $3,353.50. | GALA MOVIE SHOW IN MILWAUKEE Following is the record of New York party branches up to March 2, sent in too late to be published in thee WICKS SPEAKS SUNDAY ON ‘GERMANY OF TODAY’ AT || NEW YORK OPEN FORUM NEW YORK, March 5.—H. M. Wicks will speak on “Germany of Today,” at the Brownsville open forum of the Workers (Communist) Party, 1701, Pitkin avenue, Brook- lyn, on Sunday, March 8, at 8 p. m. The death of Ebert has brought Germany again into the limelight of European and international poli- tics, and it is important for the workers to understand the present situation. Comrade Wicks an able and well. Informed speaker, and you will find the lecture highly interesting and. instructive. Workers Party Meets ‘ Abramovich Attack in Omaha, Nebraska OMAHA, Nebr., March 5. — Local Omaha of the Workers Party is be- coming very active in its educational work among the Jewish workers of this city. Meyer Holtman, secretary of the Jewish section of the party, will speak at the Labor Lyceum, Thursday eve- ning, March 12. The newly organized club of Jewish working class women is sponsoring this meeting, which Is a guarantee of its success. In an effort"to counteract the effect of the work carried on by the Workers Party, the “right wing socialists” pro- pose to have the counter-revolutionary traitor, Abramovich, for a “lecture” in Omaha. If they carry’ out their present plans, they will have all the Jewish business men of the city pres- ent to show Abramovich how “differ- ent” they are in Omaha. 8 While in Omaha, Holtman will tell the Jewish people here the trutn about this Abramovich, bom at the mass meeting and also at a banquet which is being arranged in his honor. Does your friend subscribe to the DAILY WORKER? Ask him! The showing of “The Beauty and the Bolshevik,” at the Pabst Theatre next Saturday, March 7, will be a proud and happy occasion for the workers of Milwaukee. The theatre is one of the finest in the city and the committee in charge has been studying the best presentation methods of the leading theatres and is translating them into working class terms. In the place of the stiffly-starched mannikin ushers by which cunning showmen try to give their patrons the illusion of superiority, there will be friendly young workers to guide the audience to their seats. Of course, there will be costumes— but ‘they wil be on the order of Red —————————— Army uniforms. The able and energetic committee in charge'has left nothing undone to assure a crowd. Thougands of invita- tions have been mailed to sympathiz- BEAUTIFUL COVER Chicago, Il. ers and to the school teachers who have on past occasions shown their great interest in educational pictures of Russia. Placards are being dis- played on the street cars and hun- dreds of posters are being put up. The measure of success is usually in direct proportion to the hard work put into the arrangements, On this basis the Milwaukee show should be yery successful indeed. . * ¢ ig Class Movies. To Your Wi “The Beauty Jind the Bolshevik’ will be shown e following cities: Neffs, Ohio,): h 20, San Franci Calif, March 21, Los Angeles) Calif., April 3. Tacoma, Wal April 19, Bentleyville, Pa., May 1, ro , W. W. MARINE WORKERS AT NEW ORLEANS MEETING Agree to Bar Attacks on Political Action (Continued from page 1) to have you sit in conference with the membership of our organization to de- vise ways and means of co-operation and unity of action among the sev- eral unions of the~ western hemi- sphere, attending thig conference, thru their delegation,and hope that we may be able to work,out some def- inite plan of unified action amongst us to the end of industrial solidarity amongst the seamen of the western hemisphere and the rest of the world. Isolation of Past a Failure. “The fundamental cause of our fail- ures in the past has been the lack of unity amongst us, and instead of co- operation we have been acting, each, on our own initiative in matters of strikes, boycotts, and other acts in ‘urtherance of working class educa- tion and advancement to a better no- cial condition in life. “In the past our actions and efforts have failed completely or were only partly successful due to this policy of isolation, and so we meet today in an effort to come to some understanding with you and your membership on this fundamental policy of co-opera- tion which is the only hope for the working class in its battle with reac- tion and oppression. Death to Isolation—Onward to Class Unity! “We plan the death of our former policy of isolation in this conference, and in its place we plan action in our struggles against our oppressors, the capitalistic class. We are carrying out this program based on the class struggle of society. “We have many times received com- munications from you pertaining to boycotts and strikes in the marine in- dustry. Many times: when you and the membership of your respective or ganizations have been on strike or in conflict with the employers, we have been working and unconsciously he!p- ing the employers to defeat you and your fellow workers in wage wars against your employers, and vice ver- sa. Face Capitalist International. “Tf at those particular times we had been working under some definite plan of co-operation an@ unity of ac- ton, we believe that the final results of these conflicts would»have been in- evitable victory for the, workers tak- ing part in these strikes and demon- strations. “The capitalistic ship owners are or- ganized on an international basis, and the United Fruit company, Atlantic Fruit company, Sinclair Oil company, Standard Oil company, Ward Line, Munsen Line, Morgan Line, Lucken- bach Line and several others, oppress all of us in their campaign for profits and industrial autocracy. Workers internationalism Imperative “It is up to us to combat them with their own weapon, internationalism. They have been able to oppress us in the past thru our lask of organ- ization on the international basis, and as soon as were are able to show an international aspect, they will be help- less to drive us as they have in the past, as our numbers will overwhelm te opposition that they may use against us. “We have many resolutions an sug- gestions to offer for your earnest consideration and approval, and hope that we may be able to look back at this date some time in the future and know that this was the beginning of an international understanding be- tween the marine transport workers for the advancement of the working ¢lass as a whole. Strike Planned for Spring. “We plan a strike im the spring of this year to rectify the abominable conditions prevailing, and hope that the delegates to this conference will consider this question and act favor- ably on it, so that we may have an international strike if, conditions war- rant it, and opportunity affords a suc- cessful termination of jit. “We again wish you success in your efforts and you can rest assured that we and the membership of M. T. W. 510, I. W. W., will ¢o-operate with you to the best of our ability for a sucéessfuly termination of this con- ference, and we will co-operate with you in your economic actions in the future. p “Signed: Ed. Jeppon, general or- ganization committee chairman; Frank Patino, East Coast; Hector Mc- Rae, Gulf District; Apgust Walquist, West Coast; John " Breeze, Great Lakes; T. P, Sullivan, secretary- treasurer.” Excludes Anti-Political Attacks The committee on resolutions then presented the following which was adopted: s “Whereas, the I. W. 'W. is an in- dustrial organization, : and “Whereas, the majot{ty of the other unions represented ve political connections, therefor@ be! it “Resolved, that none of the I. W. W. delegates shall cri the politics of the other untons heir believing in joint political actiOf, as this will not tend to bring hi ny amongst all the delegates asi led.” The conference th® adjourned un- til ten o'clock Tuesday morning. Abe omen he | Communist Before Connecticut Solons | (Continued from page 1) labor unions object to making it ille- gal to strike in violation of an agree- ment between an employer and his employees, or any employer and any labor unions object to making it ille- labor union? Similarly, of what use was an arbitration award if it was not binding?” s Clause D_ provided that on any railroad or public utility a “fair and reasonable offer, of arbitration must first be made to and rejected by the parties against whom the demands are pending”. Wells thought this a necessary protection for the people of the state, since 85 per cent of the food stuffs came from outside of_the state. Clause E required a written request presented to the other party, and “a reasonable time given for their con- sideration”. A strike or lockout is rendered illegal where “there is no trade dispute involving issues of di- rect benefit to the acting parties” and G. “to prevent or terminate the em- ployment of any person because of membership or_ non-membership in any labor union”. Wells declared that all these provisions were already in the common law laid down by the supreme court of the state. Others appearing in favor of the bill were representatives of the Manufact- urers’ Associations of Hartford and Bridgeport. Labor In Opposition. All the labor representatives were opposed to the bill. The main argu- ment by the trade union offictaldom was that there were already sufficient laws to handle anything unlawful; that relations between the employers and employes for the last few years had been quite harmonious. Secretary Egan of the State Federation of La- bor, opened the discussion, and E. C. Hotchkiss of the machinists, conten- ded that the workers and not the courts should have the right to deter- mine when they should strike. Defiant Speech of a Communist. Speaking on behalf of the Workers (Communist) Party, District Organi- zer Simons condemned the tone of harmony between labor and capital shown by both sides, Even the bill was called by the labor baiters one on “unwarranted industrial warfare”. He complimented the bosses on their frankness (which drew an admission later from their representatives that a “strike was in a sense, war”), thus proving the existence of the class struggle. The Kansas industrial court law had been smashed by a strike, and he predicted the same re- sult here. The railway labor board was shown to be a tool of the railroad interests, with no power against the owners but ripping the workers’ or- ganizations full of holes. The present wage cutting campaign in the state of Connecticut revealed the rapacity of the open shoppers in the New Haven Clock Shop and other plants. The monstrous profits of the Scovill Mfg. C. of Waterbury were laid bare. Extra dividents of 103 per cent in 1916 and 140 per cent in-1917, and a stock divident of 200 per cent.in November 1922 proved that wage cut- ting was not justified. Comrade Si- mons demanded to know, since the manufacturers were so zealous in protecting workers as they claimed, why they did not guarantee the wor- ker the right to a job? And if the open shop interests gave financial aids to bosses in other states, and the bosses joined Cham- bers of Commerce. which were even international in their scope, why should not workers be allowed to help WORKER PARTY LOCAL CHICAGO ACTIVITIES FRIDAY, MARCH 6 Polish North Side,-1902 W. Division street, Greek Branch, 722 Blue Island Ave. Meeting of Branch Industrial Organ. izers, Saturday, March the 7th at 2 P. M., in the DAILY WORKER Print- ing plant, 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Many important matters coming up. All Branch Industrial Organizers must attend. Branches which have no in- dustrial organizers: should send sec- retaries or other responsible comrades to this meeting. Join the Workers Party! N. Y. COMMUNISTS INVITE YOU TO PARTY’S WEEK-END HOUSEW ARMING ‘OU are herewith cordially invited to visit our new headquarters at 408 East 14th St., New York City. The house-warming has been arranged for this Saturday evening March 7th., Sunday afternoon 2 P. M. March 8th. and Sunday evening, March 8th., at 8 P, M. We have made arrangements for a real good time—a fine program including: an Italian singer—Mezzini—who will render operatic select ions; a charming young Russian will sing folk songs.» A well known concertinist will play. Interpretive as well as folk dancing will be featured. Of course, there will be an orchestra for social dancing ano possibly a balialaika orchestra. Many other surprises are in store for you. Indeed—this celebration is more than a single house warming—the realization of a better home for our movement in this district, the get- together, the geniality of comrades and a fine program, besides, and need there be any further inducement for you comrade to come along with your friends Saturday or Sunday? Our new home is worth seeing, and since it belongs to you we will only charge you fifty cents for the privilege. Fraternally yours, Headquarters Committee, Charles Krumbein, Joseph Brahdy and Jack Jampolsky. —_— their striking brothers? He justified the Boston police strike (which the labor representatives did not do) showing that after the strike, wages were increased to $1,100 a year (the wage before, the strike being $900). The increase went to strikebreakers, the strikers being refused hteir jobs. He denounced arbitration as a weapon to oppress the workers (while the la- bor leaders pointed out that it was working satisfactorily, and did not re quire the imposition of penalties). Capitalists Warned - The: goal of the Communists was givenas ownership and control of the factories, etc. by the workers, under a workers’, and farmers’ government. | While Comrade Simons was speak- ing, there was a hurried consultation between the commisioner of labor and the members of the committee on la- bor; but. the speech was not inter- rupted, It was the first time in the history. of ocnservative, republican party. dominated Connecticut, that a Communist spoke at a legislative hearing. The speech was well received by some. representatives of a local car- penters’s union, and Comrade Simons was invited to address the local union in the near future. N. Y. Downtown Branch Election 0; Officers. The Downtown English branch will hold its election of officers at its meet- ing on Wednesday March 11 at the new headquarters, 108 East 14th St. All members should be present to take part. AUNONELEOOUUOUUALONONEEENEEUEDUEEEEENGGODAOU OOO UUAanennneee naa neneanE Dr S. 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