The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 20, 1925, Page 5

SLOVAK WORKERS | ASK RELEASE OF ) SAGCO-VANZETTI The Slovak Workers’ oe Federation acs passed a resolution demanding the liberation of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were con- victed of the murder ofa South Braintree, Mass., paymaster on trump- ed up evidence. “We the Slovak workers of the Slo- vak Workers’ Federation and the Slovak Workers’ Society gathered at Workers’ Home, 2147 W. Chicago ave- nue are joining with millions of the world proletariat against the gag law and the capitalist injustice of this country and their unhuman action to railroad our fellow workers, Sacco- Vanzetti to the electric chair, Sac- co-Vanzetti must not die, The two labor organizers.must be saved. “Therefore we demand that Sacco- Vanzetti, the two innocent workers and the victims of the present capital- ist system, be given freedom. We call upon all the workers to join us in this protest so that these two men may be returned to their families.” A collection: was made of $48.25 which is sent to Sacco-Vanzett! com- mittee to Boston, Mass. John Zuskar, Chairman, John Vrabel, Secretary. Finnish Federation Conducts Day School at Superior, Wis. SUPERIOR, Wis., March 18.—The Finnish Federation has undertaken to conduct Finnish day courses in Marxian economics, evolution, history of the United States, imperialism, financial capitalism here in Superior. There are 26 students, and the two weeks that have passed since “school” began have kept us busy, Our teachers are V. Boman, Y. Ha- Jonen and H. Askeli.“ They have all shown themselves to be capable and have completely won the confidence of the student body. A mutual feeling of tomradeship exists between ‘the teach- ers and the students, The subjects are scheduled to last six weeks; they will end in mid-April. ‘The students have gathered from as far south as Chicago and as far north as the iron range of Minnesota. Near- ly all have received stipends from thefr various party ‘branches. Study being at 8:00 a. m. and ends at 4:00 p. m., with a brief rest perfod after every hour. Saturday afternoons und Sundays are free. The purpose of these courses is to prepare comrades for better work in the party.” We ate being given a work- ing knowledge and practical training that will make of us more enthusias- tic and more efficient workers for communism. The zéal with which the comrades set themselves to their study every morning is proof of their profound earnestness and of their understanding of the great meaning that these courses ‘have for them, re- garding their work in the future. Such courses as these should be encouraged in all parts of the country, for they serve to open up our eyes to a broader understanding of the foctrines of. Communism. Lore Lectures on Current Events. NEW YORK, March 18.—A series of lectures on Current Events will be given by Ludwig Lore every Friday evening, 8 p. m,, at the Workers’ School, 108 East 14th street. The first of these will take place this coming Friday, March 20, Comrade Lore will present a weekly review of present-day economics and Politics and will analyze events as they occur in the leading countries, This course is important for our members and sympathizers. To carry on effective agitational and organiza- tional activity in the labor movement, militants must be well-informed on the happenings of the day. They must be able to analyze present struggles and achievements in this and other countries with a revolutionary under. standing of the forces at work thru- out the world. “Bears” Drive On N. Y. Exchange NEW YORK, March 18,—Encour- aged by their success in unselling prices in recent sessions and stimul- ated by another violent drop in prices of grain at Chicago’and ‘Winnipeg, the ‘bears continue, .to. “drive” against prices in the stock market today. Concentrating at first on the high priced industrial’ stocks which they pounded down to lower prices levels then at Monday’s close, the bears extended their operations to the oil stocks, then to the motors and finally the rails. Speak Admission 15. PHILADELPHIA NOTICE Commemoration of the Paris Commune and the Hungarian Soviet Republic Saturday, March 21, 1925, at 8 p: m. Eagles Temple, Broad and Spring Garden Sts. EBECCA GRECHT of New Chicago, L. KOVECS of New York. MUSICAL PROGRAM, - Auspices Workers Party and Young Workers League, LABOR DEFENSE BAZAAR Friday and Saturday, April, 9 and 4th New Traymore Hall, Franklin & Co! Auspices, Labor Defense Council, Pt sth Sl erent a cess SE rer rer INTERNATIONAL MAY DAY BE UNITED FRONT DEMONS: OF ALL WORKERS AND FARMERS The Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party has sent a declaration to all party nuclei, branches, city and district committees setting forth rules for the celebration of Inter- national May Day, May 1, 1925, as follows: .- * noe DD amas Comrades: The Central Executive Committee lays down the following rules for the celebration of May Day, 1925: 1, ,The celebration of May Day shall be made a united front demonstra- tion ,of, all organizations of workers and poor farmers. We shall call upon the toiling masses of the United States to lay down their tools on that day and to demonstrate for the following + demands; {a),;,Down with wage cuts, open shop. drives, and child labor. An- swer the capitalist attack with strikes. Strengthen your union thru amalgamation and the building up of, shop committees. (b) Down with the ériminal syndicalist laws, deportation laws, and general persecution of working class militants. Support the Michi- gan defendants by supporting the Labor Defense Council. Demand the immediate release of all class war prisoners. (c) Fight for the protection of the foreign-born. (d) _Down with compulsory re- ligious training in the public schools, (e) Down with imperialism, militarism and war. Fight the Dawes’ plan, Demand complete li- beration of the Philippines, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Mexico and all the other Central and. South American republics from the yoke of Ameri- can imperialism. : (f) Fight for the recognition and support of Soviet Russia. (s) Fight for world trade union unity. Support the Anglo-Russian unity committee. (h) Down with all discrimina- tions against the Negro race. (i) Stand by the victims of in- ternational class struggle by sup-} porting the International Red Aid. (j) Down with capitalism, Down with the government of strikebreak- er Coolidge and open , shopper Dawes. Help the Workers’ and Farmers’ government. 2. The district executive commit- tee shall be instructed to prepare im- mediately for the calling of ufited front May day conferences in every locality under their jurisdiction. These conferences should ‘organize the May day demonstrations. '” 3. May day demonstrations shall take the form of mass meetings, open air and indoor, and street demonstra- tions wherever possible. .. _.. 4, May day and other party litera- ture and the May day button ‘shall be circulated and sold at every, May day gathering. eal uel gg 5. Special committees shall be sta- tioned at factory gates on May day for the distribution of literature and the holding of open air meetings dur- ing lunch hour. 6. A special May day-leaflet,shdli be printed by the central executive committee in preparation for May day. 7. The secretary of the educational committee shall immediately prepare a May day thesis for May day agita; tion, thesis to be based on the policy outlined above to be published in the party press not later than the first week in April. 8 The central executive commit- tee of the Workers Party, jointly with the Communist Parties of central and Latin America, shall issue a state- ment of greetings to all nationalities oppressed by American imperialism, calling upon them to organize for the struggle of liberation from the yoke of American imperialism: 9. The central executive commit- tee of the Workers Party jointly with the Communist Party of Japan, shall issue a May day statement demon- strating the solidarity of interests of the toiling masses of the two coun- tries. 10, The party press shall prepare and publish special issues on May day. Central Executive Committee, - Earl R. Browder, Acting Secretary, Young Workers League, Branch No, 4 of the Young Work- ers League will hold their next meet- ing on Thursday, March 19, at 3118 W. Roosevelt Rd. A class in A, B,C, is bein ee and will be taught by Peter Herd. “Everybody is invited to attend this class which is to start at 8 o'clock sharp. 3 ' Get a’ sub for the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem. ber for your branch, ‘ork, OLIVER CARLSON of jlumbia Ave. CICERO WORKERS T0 HOLD FROLIC. AND DANCE ON SATURDAY An international frolle and, dance will be held at Liberty Hall, 49th Ct, and 14th St. on Saturday eve- ning, Mareh 21, at 8 p. m., under the auspices of the Cicero English Branch of the Workers (Commun- ist) Party. The branch is carrying on an ag- gressive campaign to organize the workers of Cicero into the Workers Party, and many workers from the Western Electric, the Grant Steel works, Hurley Electric company, and other large Cicero factorie expected to be present at the dan H Music will be furnished by the Mitchoff. Orchestra and excellent refreshments will be served. A diligent subscription drive for the DAILY ‘WORKER and the party press is now being conducted in Cicero. Invincible Juniors to Give Bunco Party on Sunday, March 22 On Sunday, March 22, the Invincible Red, Junior Group will hold a Bunco party, entertainment and dance. The doors will open at three o'clock sharp, and from this time to six o’cleok the comrades will enjoy themselves by trying to win some of the beautiful prizes given to the best Bunco play- ers. An elaborate program has been ar- ranged that will last until seven o” clock and then will ceme the eats and the dancing. All radicals are guaran- teed a good time. Enjoy an after. noon and evening with us at the So. cial Turner Hall, Belmont and Paulina Stg.,, Chicago. teffeferevererelereresereselelelelelereleleleleleieielesen fl E i E afefereferere e fererererese That until June “set a sub” to Begin now by “ in on THE DAILY eieelereieiere a fefefeferererens NAME STREET. crry. ) aio. THE DETERMINE-- give your efforts to built for working class power. Go to your shop-mate, your union and to your friends to DAILY WORKER.” GET THIS SUB! : From another worker and the trythg will make a better Communist of you. agave eladewedeleeeeeaee aaa Thursday; "March 19 South Side English, 3201 S. Wabash Ave. 3ist Ward Italian, 511 N. Sangamon a South Slavic No, 1, 1806 S. Racine st Russian, 1902 W. Division St. Friday, March 20. Polish North Side, 1902 W. Division St. Lithuanian No, 6, 3142 S. Halsted St. \ Greek Branch, 722 Blue Island Ave. Chicago League to Organize Factory Work of Branches In our league some of the comrades have been, attending their meetings very irregularly, sometimes missing two or three at a time and thus keep- ing their valuable, assistance to our branches away from the organized activity of the branch. Some of them when approached, say that they are still carrying on activity. But altho individual agitation and activity is better than none, still unless the ac- tivity of all comrades is combined in an organized and conscious effort of a working area branch with its ex- ecutive committee, for the building up of the league thru the organization of shop nuclei, trade union economic work, Young Worker campaign and junior work, those efforts are only very faintly felt by our movement as a whole. To bring those comrades back to their posts and activities in the branch and nuclei, committees are be- ing: elected: by tthe» branches to visit them: and special letters are being written. The working area branches of the Young Workers’ League are having their activity meetings this Friday and the placegicof the meetings are as follows: 9+). 5 Working Area Branch No. 1, 166 W. Washington St., room 507. Working Area Branch No. W. Roosevelt Road. 2, 1910 Working Area’Branch No. 3, 3201 S. Wabash Ave. * Working Area Branch No. 5, 2409 N. Halsted St. °” Workers Ated°Branch No. 6, 2613 Hirsch Blvd. /! Working Area, Rr: No. 4, meets every Thursday,, at 3118 W. Roose- velt Road. boi 4% 15 you will “Build the sending one, WORKER sole Veeeeeeeeeercere fees deseleeeleeeiaeerei teers do for them? activity until today it counts three and a half million members in Soviet Rus- sia alone. Every one of these mem- bers, ‘workers, peasants, teachers, students, even children, pay a regular dues ri and the funds raised have c¥mbed steadily month by month, from 310 rubles in January, 1923, to 225,859 rubles in September of 1924. These fuids come direct from the Russian masses. Entertainments are held at which all talent is given free- ly; the actors perform, the artists con- tribute posters and scenery, the stage hands dress the stage—all for interna- tional solidarity. Factory meetings arrange “Subbotniki,” they decide to work on Sundays and contribute their total earnings to the Red Aid. Students strip themselves of rings, bracelets, and other jewelry—veritably here is “Russian gold” to give nightmares to our imperialfst masters. In Germany and Austria the I. R. A. movement is likewise widely organ- ized. American Activity. In this country certain foreign- speaking sections of the working class have done gbod work in raising funds on behalf of white terror victims in their own home countries. Thus the Letts, Jugo-Slavs, Roumanians and Finns have conducted excellent cam- paigns. What is done with the money raised for the International Red Aid? It is used, to quote the theses of the Fifth Congress of the Communist Interna- tional, “to render material, moral and legal support to the imprisoned revo- lutionary fighters, their families» and children, as well as to the families of fallen fighters... . The I. R. A. sur- rounds the revolutionary fighters with an atmosphere of comradly feeling, and thus sustains their courage and their readiness to go on with the fight.” The Communists and “Red Aid.” From the foregoing it must not be assumed that the I. R. A. is' a) Com- munist Party appendage. Nothing of the kind. It is a mass movement madé up of all militant workers who: recog. nize that thru strnggle|alone can “lite and freedom be won. To quote ‘again On this front the International Red Aid steps in. Organized in 1922 by a group of “old guard” Russian Communists, every one himself a former political convict, it has grown in strength and¢———————___—__________—_ non-party organization which unites large masses of workers and Peasants and employes, without dis- tinction of party affiliations, all those who suffer from capitalist exploitation and national oppression, and who are striving towards the victory of labor over capital.” | Yet, altho its composition must of necessity be on class rather than par- ty basis, the political significance of the movement cannot be overestim- ated, nor the duties of the organized Communists toward it overemphasized. The theses go on to state: “Thus the I. R. A. in developing its activities, becomes one of the important weapons of the united front, because by con- crete activity it constantly organized new forces ‘for international solidarity and it draws them directly into the revolutionary struggle of the prole tariat, Furthermore the tremendous political significance of the I, R. A. should be pointed out as that organiza- tion which works in the rear of the| proletarian army, which is always present in the fights of the working class, in the advance as well as in the retreat.” A United Front in Action, All Communist parties support the f. A. R. in every possible way, they devote organization and publicity strength to the upbuilding of this pro- letarian counter-force to the bourgeois Red Cross, and immediately and fit- tingly dedicate the celebration of Paris Commune Day, March 18, to this cause. : The Workers (Communist) Party of America has set aside the week from March 15 to 22 as a Defense and Relief Week. Hundreds of cities will have meetings, some of them drawing erowds of many thousands. The New York demonstration on March 15 was @ great success. In Chicago the Ash- land Auditorium on Sunday afternoon, }March 29, will be jammed to the doors with a cheering audience. Hail the class struggle! Hail the workers’ victory! Hail the Interna- tional Red Aid, organ of battle, and arbinger of world-wide working class from these theses: “The I. R. A. is a|solidarity! Ey rit sefefereresi = — — = — = = : — bol Peewee deeeeeeeeelareta| AND To convince Take money ———— LAITE SS @ pear §3.50~6 montis £200 9 months Fe S450 6 montts § 250 ' NAME battles. fefefetesefesesereleicelefelefesefefeiei elevate BUILD FOR POWER! whom you have often discus- sed the problems of the labor movement— To bring to another worker's attention the principles that ‘you believe in— pocket (if you can) to pay for a sub on THIS BRICK Send this PROPAGANDA SUB to a worker to “Make Another Communist” GIVE THIS SUB! For propaganda to extend the infiu- 7 ence of the paper that is 8ghting your c Sg mua oes enn a aN eS RRO ART EG A eS Ge ES Pa cy Page Five a EeESESESESESEEeEeEeE NTERNATIONAL RED 'AID UNITES MILITANT S\AGAINST THE WHITE TERROR DURING ‘DEFENSE WEEK’ A hundred thousand militant workers were murdered by European white terrorists during the post-war period of 1918-1924; a hundred thousand more are class war prisoners in capitalist dungeons thuout the world today, and at least as many more are fugitives, exiles from their homes and families, dogged at every step by political espionage and economic black-list. With their helpless dependents, it is estimated that the working class victims of the last seven years of bloody reaction number at least @ million. Casualties of the class war What are we doing for them? What can we AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1.) workers care about a dead language? What they are concerned about is get- shelter ting food, clothing and for their families. Some of them know they will never get their due under | capitalism. want to over- throw the system that decrees the greater part of the product of their toil to the boss. So they “ee EITHER DeValera nor Cosgrave mentioned the Irish working class. Some of our critics, whose ig- norance of the Irish movement is only equalled by their conceit, pre- tend to see in the DeValera opposition the political refiex of the interests of the peasantry and little business, and their puny peasant brains reason that we should support the so-called repub- licans, without criticizing them. All the speeches of the leading republi- cans do not reveal any fundamental disagreement with the Free Staters over the economic question. Both ap- peal to business. ee } HE Irish republicans use the same | kind of language that Mussolini jand his merry men used after their first carnival of promises in Italy | They are extreme nationalists, and if |the Free State loses out there is no |doubt but the Irish bourgeoisie will use them as the industrialists of Italy used the fascisti. The republicans tell the Irish workers not to bother with economic questions—the soul of freland is the thing to pay attention to. They want to revive a dead lan- guage but can’t find time to learn % themselves. Mussolini always pointed to Italy’s greatness in the past, and conjured up visions of a golden fu- ture for the Italian people under fas. cism, which did not come. * 28 2 organs of Irish republicanism had words of praise for the fascisti regime and gloated over the close relationship between the pope and Mussolini. Even now, while they are fighting the bishops, they pledge their- loyalty to the pope. Intelligent Irish workers do not see any salvation in either the republican or Free State parties. The forces of Irish labor are now reforming, after the struggle of the past few years. They are begin- ning to heed the lessons taught them by James Connolly, the only practical revolutionary. leader and thinker that thé Irish working class have produced in a ceritury. Under the inspiration of his life an@.armed with his teach- ing they will mareh forward to vic- tory in conjunction. With. their. fellow workers in England and thruout: the Foot. fr areve peu] THEN-- the worker with out of your own