The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 10, 1925, Page 1

| | | Daily Worker Annual Sub- scription Drive Starts on March 15! GET IN ON IT! Vol. Il. No. 49. L ovaSRIPTION RATES: Special Paris Comm THE DAIL Entered as second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the ‘oS Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 4879. in Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside elk det as deh Avon by mail, $6.00 per year, n [0 PACK TUESDAY, MARCH 10, a ws Stance ee 290 ORKER. |‘; Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WO.iKBR SPE CORR SEG hele ch (CO., 1113 W. Washington Blyd., Chicago, Ill. GARDEN” SUNDAY NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents Dainanatrate for Paris Commune March 15 |GIANT CELEBRATION PLANNED FOR SUNDAY TO BENEFIT ALL OUR COMMUNIST PUBLICATIONS By CHARLES KRUMBEIN, District Organizer, Workers (Communist) Party. AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY T requires brains to make money or amass wealth! This is.what we are told. Our “betters” also tell us that in order to get along well in the world and secure the blessing of the bourgeois deity, it is necessary to avoid sin— particularly sins of the flesh But W. KE. D, Stokes, millionaire New York hotel owner, never heard of those re- quirements or if so he paid no heed. This person has taken up more space in the American press for the past) few years than the French debt. Ap- parently he has only started. ie We TOKES is now an old man. Like most old men who marry young wives he courted trouble. Having plenty of money, lawyers were willing to help him out in making more trouble—for Stokes. The old million- aire started the fight with his young wife by suing for divorce. He got lots of evidence, which proves that if Stokes had to depend on his brains for his wealth he would not have to bribe a social-democrat. "2 © VERY half-witted unemployed tout of the. big city sex marts took his money away from Stokes, in return for yarns that a dope fiend would sneer at. Having first started the war on his wife the latter had the Cook coun- ty state’s attorney make a counter- offensive. Stokes has money and a good time. The circulation managers | sters, of the Chicago dailies are~ smiling. ‘There hasn't been a first class murder fo aimcet tw woes ad tales te] DB BGS : GARDEN. ALSO. FOR THE BENEFIT OF “THE YOUNG WORKER” and mouth disease, the supply of men- tal moron food promises to last until some other enterprising capitalist runs away with of the *Yaks in the Lincoln Park zoo. ~ or W* are not so much concerned case. { enable it to fight this case. reactionary right wing in the labor movement on trial The statement | prepared by M. Epstein is as follows: eee Dear Comrades: Charges . have been submitted to the court, against the Freiheit by Harry Lang, labor edi- tor of the Jewish Daily Forward, | Lucy Robbins, close associate of the |late, Gompers, and Congressman N. Perlman, republican ‘politician in New York connected with the right wing machine of the Jewish labor movement. This libel suit against the Frejheit is based upon two articles that ap- peared in the Freiheit on the 8th and 9th of February, exposing the corrup- tion and degeneracy of the right wing clique in the labor movement. The exposure involves the reactionary la- bor leaders in the needle trades and partly in the building trades whose trade union bureaucracy is working hand in hand with the worst elements of the underworld, professional { gang- fakers and swindlers. All this is“being done under cover of socialism NEW WEEKLY, COMMUNIST DAILY “FREIHEIT”, SAYS COURT FIGHT WILL PUT RIGHT WING LABOR HEADS ON TRIAL (Spectal to The Daily \ Worker) NEW YORK, March. 8.—As one of the first broadsides in its reply to the court attack levelled against it by Harry Lang, labor editor of Cahan’s Forward, Lucy Robbins, a Gompers’ agent, and a republican congressman, the Jewish Communist Daily, the Freiheit, has issued a statement revealing the motives back of these charges and calling for the defense fund that will ‘The Freiheit declares that'thru this trial it will be able to put the entire penitent nsioenninnssencestateesnpeean and .working class interests. I do mot propose to go into detail -as to what were the reasons that brot about the prevailing outrageous situa- tion in those unions which contain large numbers of Jewish, Italian, Rus- sian and Polish workers. Suffice it to say that in spite of the comparatively high degree of class consciousness that prevails among the rank and file in the unions, its leadership is per- mitted to perpetuate the most inde- cent outrages against the labor move. ment under thé cloak of progress and socialism. Forward’ Plays Big Part. In this work of betrayal and corrup- tion of the trade union leaders, the Jewish Daily Forward is playing an important part. By means of its pow- erful apparatus of publicity and its large funds, it is capable of covering up the deeds of reactionary labor leaders. Gangsterism and personal corrup- tion are the characteristic features of these labor bureaucrats in the needle (Continued on page 5.) “MADISON SQUARE (By Herbert Zam, District “Young Worker” Agent) NEW YORK, Mar. 8.—The date is approaching when the Communist move- about the right or-wrong of the| ment will see the greatest undertaking in the lines of affairs ever undertaken Whether Mrs. Stokes lived in| by the communist in this country. It is the Paris Commune celebration and the red light district or not before she| Press pageant to be held on March 15th at Madison Square Garden. The most important hing in connection with this affair aside from the fective is,of no account. The sacred| fact that 15,000 workers will attend the Paris Commune celebration is the marriagef system under-capitalism is|fact that thru this means we will have 15,000 workers read the DAILY a farce. Among the upper classes it is} WORKER by becoming subscribers. caught the millionaire mental de- a hypocritical and nauseating~ farce. The burglar who holds you the highway or in an alleyway and separates you from your small change is not a desirable kind of person by any means, but he is a gold nugget compared to the capitalist burglar who robs you of the product of your sweat and blood in the mine or fac- tory, under protection of the law. Prostitutes may bark their wares on the street corners and stand the chance of landing in a prison cell (un- less they take the precaution of fixing up the cop). Others are married in churches, but money and not love is often the basis of the alliance: ee & RS. STOKES is one parasite living on another parasite who in his turn sucks the blood out of thousands (Continued on Page 6) for one month gets a free ticket for up on!the entire affair which will last from 2p. m. to 2 a. m. and will consist of first class entertainment, music, and winding up with a grand ball. But for us the members of the Young Workers’ League this affair has another significance in addition to the ones mentioned as well as the propaganda and educational value of having thousands of young work- ers learn the lesson of the Paris Com- mune, and what we must do to over- throw the system of capitalist ex- plotation. Our official organ the Young Worker has just become a weekly. We must do everything in our power to keep it going and at the same time increase its circula- ye This affair will be one of the eans of raising some money to in- sure the existence of the Weekly 9 P.M. MARCH 15th THE ZERO HOUR 'HE Subscription-ticket Contest for the Press Sunday evening, March 15, All the contests will be based upon the leant ends at 9 o’clock decisions regarding the winners of subscription tickets paid for by that time, and the winners will be announced and the prizes awarded before the ball ends that evening. The percentage of the net proceeds to go to each one of the various publications the subscription tickets paid for by that hour. It is therefore essential will_also be figured on the basis of the respective language branches by that every one selling subscription tickets settle with the agent of his branch before ‘then, Only one point will be allowed in the contest for subscription tickets paid for on the last day at Madison Square Garden. One point and a half will be credited to the contestants for every subscription ticket pald for at the District Office by March ested must therefore to it that, minute, but turned in before, Vth or before. All Comrades inter- the money is not held till the last This ararngement is made because most of the expense of the affair has to be met as collected. “PARIS COMMUNE” A One-Act Dramatic Spectacle. 15, 000 i in the Cast. M. J. OLGIN and BEN GITLOW will speak. FORE the affair, Help out by turning in the cash as fast Every one who,buys a subscription Young Worker. The Young Work- ers’ League and the Young Worker will receive a share of the proceeds of this affair in proportion to the number of subs sold by members of the league before the date of the affair. This is indeed an opportunity of every member of the league as well as sympathizer to help the Young Worker and the Young Workers’ League. We expect every member of the leaguc to sell subs and tickets in his shop, factory, school, club, as well as to his friends. We expect our shop nuclei particularly to make a good showing and show that the shop nuclei is in every way superior to the territorial branch. Comrades let us concentrate this last week, and show what only the youth“can do, Let us have a record of at least 3,000 subs sold before March 165. Remember, it’s for the Young Work- er as well as for our DAILY WORKER. FAREWELL TO THE “GARDEN” Within a few days after our Press Pageant in Madison Square Garden March 15, the historic old building, which has been the scene of so many impressive Communist dem- onstratians, will be torn down, This will be ip last affair there. Let us make it one that will exceed in impressiveness all that have gone before. ‘Give your shopmate this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be get his subscription. Mura VOTE NEW YORK, March 8—Local No. 10, of the Intérnational Fur Workers’ Union, have Yoted down the “expuls- jon” politics fof President Kaufman and are putting prevent him, and bureaucracy mm throwing out mem- bers who v for amalgamation and effective unionism. The Nailers} Local No. 10, at a meet: the reactionary ing that place at Manhattan Lyceum, Febij5, hotly denounced ‘the policy pursued by the officials during the last Neyears in their attacks on the lett ig in the union. Joint ird Reinstates Gold ition was presented by ie of the general exe- 1 B. Gold, a member ot and a militant against ispended by the Kauf- sharp and true state- ings and in the press about the iers’ convention and against the opposition. The joint board investigating the frameup against Gold found it! necessary to reinstate him. Local No. 4 was the first to approve the reinstatement, but Kaufman con- sidered the action of the joint board a violation of ‘the constitution and in a communication to the joint board ordered it to reverse its decision and suspend Gold again, whose case was in the hands of the sub committee of the general executive board? | Protests to International The Nailers":Local No. 10 defending the autonomy and the jurisdiction of the joint board also approved of the reinstatement of Gold, and passed a resolution of protest against the gen- eral executive board of the Interna- tional-for attempting to interfere with the constitutional rights of all the lo- cals of the joint board. Local No. 15 will hold a meeting to take up the matter as the members of this local also are definitely op. posed to the “expulsion” policy and strong arm tactics pursued by the president of the furriers, Mr. Kauf. man, ments at MOBILIZE EVERY MEMBER. Every branch of the Workers Party and Young Workers’ League is now mobilizing every member in the campaign to pack Madison Square Garden Sunday, March 15, and add 15,000 readers to the DAILY WORKER in New York. Every one of the three thousand members of the party and the six hundred Young Workers’ League members should have one of the special subscription ticket folders in his pocket right now so as to sell the minimum. of five which every member is to sell if hereafter he wants to be looked upon as being in really good tstanding. Every or- ganizer and DAILY WORKER ag- ent must now see to it that during this final week of work there is not a single “slackér” among the members of his organization. If any member has been missed, or if Up a definite fight to! you've sold your share already, or haven't enough subscription folders to go around, then come immedi- ately to the office, 108 East 14th street, and get a supply. EARN TICKET FOR “GARDEN.” Every reader of the DAILY WORKER can earn a ticket for the Great Press Pageant, Concert and Ball to be held in Madison Square Garden afternoon and evening, Sun- day, March 15, by selling five sub- scription cards for the DAILY WORKER at 75c each, every sub- scriber also getting a ticket for Madison Square Garden as a premi- pum, Call at once at the DAILY WORKER New York agency, 108 East 14th street, get a supply of the subscription tickets and pay for them when sold, WORKERS’ SPORT ALLIANCE HOLDS NEW YORK MEET Amter Tells 1,000 of Working Class "Sporte NEW YORK, Mako 8.—The affair of the Workers’ Sport Allianee of America, held here recently, was a great success, over one thousand workers attending. The program in- cluded gymnastical numbers, singing jand speeches. 50 members of the Workers’ Sport Alliance took part in the program. All of the speakers stressed the im- portance of organizing working class sports in this country, to prepare the workers to cope with difficulties en- countered in” everyday ‘struggles against the capitalists and their. strong arm stool-pigeons, who in many instances are the products of ‘the bourgeois sport organizations. Comrade Israel Amter declares that one of the most important reasoiis for organizing the Workers’ Sport ‘Alli- ance is the development of working class physique for the purpose of re: sisting the assaults of hired gang- sters and thugs in strikes and other demonstrations held by the working class. In order that the Workers’ Sport Alliance may be able to do this, the branches of the Workers Party and Young Workers’ League, are asked to settle for all tickets sent to them. Amsterdam Writes to the Russian Unions MOSCOW, Feb. 20. (by mail)—The central council of-the trade unions of the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- lies has received from the Interna- tional Federation of Trade Unions (I. F. T. U.) a letter, signed by Oudegeest in which the question of the affiliation of the trade uniéns of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is brought to the official notice of the Russian unions. Talk is up—your shopmate will subseribe! NEW YORK, March 8—PACK THE GARDEN MARCH 15! This is the aim of every party and Young Workers League member in New York. The kept press was howling with rage when the reds packed the Garden o Sunday, Feb. 1. American Legion, Daughters of the Revolution and all tha professional patriots foamed with fury at the thought that 15,000 working men.and women came to pay their respects to Lenin on the first anniversary of his death. But that is one of the reasons why the comrades in this district wil! again fill the Garden and show this motley crew, henchmen of everything pny, fS evil in capitalism, that the Work-¢——=——______ ers Party is here and will take ad- vantage of every opportunity to de- monstrate in behalf of its own martyrs that it fears not the vitrolic vaporing of this gang of 100 per centers. Madison Square Garden, on Sunday, March 15, will witness the greatest demonstration that this country has ever had for the Paris Commune of 18781, It was in Paris, March 18, of that year that the working class for the first time seized the power and raised the red flag of International Communism upon the city hall. To be sure they lost it then, but the thou- sands of workers who will come to Madison Square Garden will show their sympathy with the 20,000 Co munards of Paris, butchered y “Bloody Gallifet”, for the only crime of daring to establish Communism in France. Re-enact the Commune. The stirring fight of the Commune will again be re-enacted at the Gar- den. The entire arena is being con- structed to look like a public square in Parts. But. that is not all. In order to also give this gathering the carnival at- titude, we have many other featur the Freiheit Singing Society, 400 com- rades, will sing revolutionary songs, new ones and in harmony with the spirit of the day.. The Ukrainian chor. us of 60 voices as well as a troupe of Ukrainian dancers too will be there to help round out the interna- tional character of tne Paris Com- mune celebration. And last but not least, the Greek comrades have prom- ised a number that will be novel from every angle. Profits to Party Press. The profits of the celebration will go to the entire party and Young Workers’ League press. After all, it is the.Communist press that is one of the most potent weapons in the in- terest of the working class. Tickets can still be had at all the party pa- pers, party headquarters, or the dis- trict office, at 108 E. 14th street. Com- rades should not wait until the last minute to secure tickets. Each tick- et is offered as a premium with one month's subscription to the DAILY WORKER. This gives an opportun- ity to gain 15,000 subscribers to the DAILY WORKER with this one affair, NEW YORK COMMUNISTS ARE INVADING THE SHOPS WITH SIX SHOP NUCLEI ORGANIZED By BEN GITLOW, eae to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Mare ’ 8.—Six shop nuclei have already been organ- ized by District No, 2 of the Workers (Communist) Party in the city of New York. Many more are in the process of organization. When the re-organiza- ‘ion in this district will be completed and the party transformed into shop nuclei units we wil have in the metropolis industrial districts hundreds of Communist strongholds in the big and small factories where the armies of New York's wage slaves are exploited. The party members of District No, 2 are enthusiastic over the results obtained. Shop Nucleus No, 1 is organized in one of New York’s fashionable restau- rants that employs over 150 workers. Thru the activities of the shop nucleus (Continued on page 6) Are You Among the 15,000 Who Will Be at the 2 P. M. to Midnight PRESS PAGEANT Sunday;|March 15, CONCERT wo BALL MADISON SQUARE! GARDEN | SUPPORT "YOUR PRESS! Freiheit Gesang Verein (400 Voices) Folk Dances by Ukrainians, Hungarians, Armenians, and ejfelt the need of OPEN LIBRARY AT HEADQUARTERS OF WORKERS’ SCHOOL “Brower Memorial” Will. Satisfy Longfelt Need NEW YORK, Ma: ents of the Workers rades thruout the h 8.—The stud- chool and com- district have long reference library, dealing with the history and problems of the working class in &ll countries, and with the bistory and progress of the international revomttonary\move- ment. In recognition of this need, and as a fitting memorial to the life and death of one of our most active com- rades, Charles Brower, a fund has been ereated by his immediate rela- tives and the comrades of his section —Brownsyille—for the nucleus of »}such a library, to be called the Brower Memorial Library of the Work- ers’ School. Launch Drive for Books. This fund is being increased by do nations from individual comrades and sympathizers, and every branch in District 2 will be expected to launch a special drive for contributions of books, periodicals, and money for the development of the library. The organization of the library i¢ in the hands of the educational come mittee of the district, and is well under way. Several hundred books have been purchased, dealing with history, economics, imperialism, Marxe ism, trade union history r tion, and other valuable source maters ial for the use of comrades who are actively engaged in the revolutionary struggle in America, as well as for those who are now fitting themselves, by study and training, to take an aee tive part in our movement. In addis tion to this material, files will be available of the most important revo- lutionary newspapera,and periodicals of Europe, as well assour own publé cations, and a clipping file of current material will be. bujlt up. At 108 EB. 14th St. The library -wilt*be~housed in the new quarters of'the Workers School, at 108 East 14th St., and a separate room will be dedicated to it. All comrades who cam make donations of books or money, or.-who can volun- teer time to help with the work of the Ubrary, committee, — in cataloging books, clipping and filing newspapers, ete. should get in touch with Com- rade Beatrice, Carlin, who has been designated by the, educational com- mittee to take charge of this work, Hungarian and Freiheit Orchestra (100 Artists) GRAND BALL in the evening. Comrade Carlin ¢an be reached at the Workers’ School. A DAILY, WORKER sub means another Communist, Greeks,