The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 16, 1925, Page 4

Page Four WORKERS PARTY CANDIDATES IN CLEVELAND RACE Circulate Petitions for City Council CLEVELAND, May 14.—The Work- ers Party of Cleveland has begun the work of circulating nomination peti- tions for candidates for city council and school board in the fall election Councilmen are elected from each of four districts, five to seven being the number from each, Elections are held on the proportional representa- tion plan, the voter designating first, second, third choices, etc. Must Get 500 Signers. Candidates to be on the ballot must secure 500 signers to a nominating pe- tition, and a voter is allowed to sign but one petition. The election is non- partisan, the candidates appearing on| the ballot without party designation. | Of course in the campaign party al- legiance is made an issue. The Communist candidates for whom petitions are being circulated are: First district (west side), Alfred Wagenknecht, district organizer of the Workers Party; second district (south-east quarter), Sam Holzman, member of the Auto Workers’ Union; third district (down-town section of the east side), J. A. Hamilton, local organizer of the Workers Party; fourth district (north-east quarter), A. V. Severino, member of the Bricklay- ers’ Union No. 5. John Fromholz is a candidate for the school board. Need Assistance. Anyone wishing to assist in the work of circulating petitions should get in touch with the local Workers Party office, at 5927 Euclid avenue, Room 13, telephone Randolph 4065. A John Reed Junior This is a member of the John Reed Pioneer group of Soviet Russia. The youngster is proudly exhibiting the name of the group, John Reed, which they wear on their caps. In the United States, in the city of Chicago, there is also a John Reed Junior group functioning quite suc- cessfully. To celebrate the first an- niversary of their organization the group is giving a surprise dance, Saturday eve., May 23, at the Workers’ Home, 1902 W. Division St. Thete will be an interesting program | for, children and for adults. promise something new in entertain- ments. Besides that, there is a sur- prise. Admission for children will be 10 cents and for adults 20 cents, Max Shachtman, editor of the Young Worker, will bring greetings from the Pioneers of Soviet Russia. Music furnished by the Y. W. L. orchestra. Don't forget the date and place, Saturday, May 23, at 1902 W. Division street. Railroad Merger Being Pushed. WASHINGTON, May 14 Reports that the interstate commerce commis- sion was planning to order the Van Sweringen brothers to make an ex- tensive revision of their “billion dol- lar’\ Nickel Plate railroad merger be- fore action is taken on their pending unification plans, lacked confirmation at the commission today. Ds. S. ZIMMERMAN BIEN CALIFORNEEAVE Prone ARMITAGE: 7466 , MY NEW LOCATION Special X-Ray ices Ga: to Workers Giveh ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. My Examination is Free My Prices Are Reasonal My Work ts Guaranteed Extracting Specialist party and | They | ANTI-WHITE TERROR MEETING TOBE HELD IN CHICAGO SUNDAY An anti-white terror demonstra- tion will be held on Sunday, May 17, at 2:30 p. m. at the Hod Carriers Hall, 814 W. Harrison street. It is arranged under the auspices of the Workers Party, Local Chi- cago with the main support coming | from the Balkan federation branch- | es of the Workers Party. The speakers for this demonstra- tions secured thus far, are Earl R. Browder, in English; K. Mikalachki, in South Slav; C. Koteff, in Bulgar- ian; K. Kostis, in Greek; M. A. Stolar, in Russian, and other speakers. Admission is free. |Cleveland Left_Wing | Celebrates at Dance | of T. U. E.L., June 21 May | CLEVELAND, 14 ers Party members and sympathiz- |ers; all members of the Trade Union Educational League, and progressive jtrade unioni must mark down | Sunday, June in their calendars, and make absolutely no plans for that day to conflict with the big picnic and dance to be held by the Cleve- laand Trade Union Educational League, at Saxonheim Garden, 7001 Dennison Ave., West Side. The committtee is planning to have one of the biggest*events of the se: son, with lots of sports, chorus sing: ing, and a speech by a_ nationally known speaker in the progressive trade union movement. In the eve- jning a dance will be held, and it jonheim floor is one of the finest in |the city. The floor is covered and the picnic will be held rain or shine. Anyone who wishes to volunteer their services in the line of entertain- ment for this affair, should get in touch with H. Wagenknecht, secre- tary, T. U. E. L., Room 13, 5927 Eu- clid Ave. Tickets Now on Sale for Athletic Carnival in N. Y. NEW YORK, May 14.—Good news for New. York!—The Workers Party, District No, 2, is arranging its Second Annual International Athletic Carni- val and Picnic for Sunday, June 21st, at Pleasant Bay Park, the Bronx. Which means an-outdoor treat for the New York militants as the 1,600 nival held last summer. All athletic events will be under the direction of the Workers’ Sport Al- liance, and are planned on a wider scale than last year. In addition there will be a newspaper popularity con- test and other attractions. * New Yorkers! Keep Sunday, June 21st open. Plan to spend that day with your friends at Pleasant Bay | Park, which is situated on Long Island Sound and has beatiful groves and woodland. Tickets may be obtained at the Workers Party headquarters, 108 East 14th Street, the Freiheit, 30 Union Sq. Jimmie Higgins Book- Shop, 127 Uni- versity Place, and all party branches and newspapers. |Phillips, Negro Organizer, Talks at Y. W. L. Branch Comrade H. V. Phillips, Negro or- | ganizer for the Y. W. L., who has re- | cently been touring the district organ- | izing the Negro youth of Illinois and j adjoining states, will give a talk at | Area Branch No. 5 of the Young Work- jers League tonight, 8 p. m., at 19 So. | Lincoln street. Branch No, 5 has been conducting an, intensive campaign’ among the Negro youth of the west side and 600 copies of the special Negro edition of the Young Worker as well as 1,000 leaflets have been distributed this week, The meeting tonight is one of | the first that will be held thruout all the branches in the present Negro campaign. All league and party com- rades are urged to come and hear Comrade Phillips and help us or- ganize the Negro youth of Chicago. Lerner Lectures at Revere, Massachusetts REVERE, Mass, May 14.—The fourth lecture of the course ‘being given by Max Lerner of the Workers Party in this city was held here to- night. The fifth lecture, the last of the series, will be upon “The Con- trast of the Three Internationals,” on Thursday May 21. The audience, though small, is of those who are intensely interested in the instruction given by Comrade Lerner and feel better equipped for the struggle. The present lecture was on “Communist Tactics and Strategy.” The lectures are held at Hagles Hall. Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or jun will make a better Communist All Work- | should be kept in mind that the Sax- | can testify who attended the first car- | | Vote for Workers | MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 14.—A comparison of the vote counted in this city for the Workers (Commun- jae Party in last year’s election cam- paign, and that credited to the Com- munist candidates in the recent muni- | cipal election, shows a gain in votes, even tho many votes were undoubted- ly stolen from the Workers Party. The total vote counted for Dan Stevens, Communist candidate for mayor, was 1,658, and the vote given for Foster and Gitlow, according to the politician’s count, was 358. By wards the vote given for Fos- ter in the presidential election, was as follows: Ward 1, 16; ward 2, | ward 3, 6 ward 4, 60; ward 5, 2 | ward 6, 10; ward 7, 15; ward 8, 9; | ward 10, ward 11, 62; ward 12, and ward 13, 26. The vote credited to the Commun- jist candidate for mayor in the elec- tion held this week, is given by wards as follows, showing a gain in Com- munist votes. Ward 1, 79; ward 2, 25; ward 3, 129; ward 4, 107; ward5, 86; ward 6, 70; | ward 7, 60; ward 8, 29; ward 9, 134; ward 10, 136; ward 11, 71; ward 12, y168; and ward 13, 19. The comparison shows a gain in | nearly every ward. Workers’ Aid Meets | on Monday, May 18 | NEW YORK, May 14.—The next conference of the International Work- ers’ Aid, New York Division, will take | Place on Monday, May 18, at 8 p. m., jat 108 East 14th St., Room 32. International Red Aid is one of the most pressing tasks of the revolu- tionary workers. The Communists |must be in the forefront in arousing |the interests and support of the work- ers of this country for the revolution- ary workers and peasants in the cap- jitalist prisons of Europe adn Asia. The arrest of our two comrades |Crouch and Trumbull in the United | States army, shows that the task is | coming close at home. Every branch of the Workers Party jand Young Workers League must have a delegate at the conference. Every branch must do its share. Labor Defense to Meet in New York to'Consider Arrests NEW YORK, May 14..— The next |conference ‘of the Labor Defense | Council, New York Section, will take |place on Tuesday, May 19, at 8 p. m., lat 108, BE. 14th St., Room 32. It is absolutely necessary that every branch of the Workers Party and the Young Workers League be represent- ed. The increasing frequency with! which party and Y. W. L. members are arrested demands that reserves |be built upto take care of the cases. This can Only be done by the party jand Y. W. L. branches doing their share in arousing the interest of the workers of this country to the nec- essity of protecting their best fighters, Don’t neglect the Labor Defense Council, meeting. Concert and Ball for Communist Poet Comes Off May 16th NEW YORK, May 14.—Every work- er, young and old, is invited to spend an enjoyable evening with the Rus- j Sian comrades of the Bronx branch of the Young Workers League at their |concert and ball on Saturday evening, | May 16th at 1347 Boston Road, Bronx. | The affair is given in honor of the young proletarian poet Bezimensky | who in his famous “Comsomolis” pic- tures the life and work of the Rus- |sian Comsomol, An exceptional pro- gram is provided. A playlet, recita- tions, songs and scene® from the life of the Russian Comsomol, will be per- formed by a group of young Com- munists. After the entertainment there will be dancing. Come and bring your friends. Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Fund International Picne. The Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Com- mittee has planned for an internation- al picnic, to be held on July 4 next, at the Page Estate, Brookline street, Needham, Massachusetts, in order to raise funds to meet the obligations assumed for the legal defense of the two prisoners. This announcement is made in or- der that other sympathizers may not start any other initiative, around Boston, on the same date for the same purpose. At a later date a detailed program of this event will bé made public.— Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, Amleto Fabbri, Secretary, Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem- ber for your branch. NEGRO WORKERS HEAR WHITEMAN Party in Mpls Shows, AN IMPERIALISM Labor Congress Subject of Cleveland Meeting (Special to The Dally Worker.) CLEVELAND, May 14.—Prepara- tions are being made by the local committee on the American Negro La- bor Congress, for a packed house on Thursday, May 21, when Lovett Fort- Whiteman, of Chi€ago, organizer of the congress, spe&ks in the Buelah baptist church, 3%%t* and Cedar Ave., at 8 p. m. s Fort-Whiteman ‘Ras’ recently return- ed from Soviet Russia, where he de- voted considerable time to the study of the problem of; the colored races, which make up a large percentage of the world’s population, but are sub- ject to the domination of the white imperialistic nations. of Europe and America. ¥ Negroes Must Fight as Workers. Fort-Whiteman’s belief is that the American Negroes must and will fur- nish to a large extent the leadership for the Negroes of: the world in their part of the strugglé of the colored races from imperialistic exploitation and oppression. He believes that this struggle must be carried on, however, only as part of the.general struggle of the working class for freedom from the domination of the capitalist class. Inasmuch as these views are some- what different from any program of- fered té6 the Negroes of Cleveland hitherto, a large amount of interest is expected to be shown in his talk. The Garvey movement is to said to have a large following in Cleveland, but many influential Negroes realize that Garvey’s program is not just what the race demands. Negro Union Members Take Part. The committee arranging the meet- ing include the fqllowing prominent Clevelanders: J.D, Whitlow, mem- ber Cleveland Building Trades Coun- cil; Rev. B. G. Glover, of the Beulah baptist church; ik Fitzsimmons, Gabriel Walters, Building Labor- ers’ Local No. 103 Brothers Small, Thompson, and Cruse; Rev. Mack T. Williams of Antioch Community House; and Henry Lee Moon, of the Cleveland Herald. ,_ The organization work of the American Negro Labor Congress was iniated in Cleveland by H.}V. Phil- ipps, who held a well-attenfed meet- ing on April 23. © r * + ore German Matic Film SHEBOYGAN, Wis., May 14.—For the first time in the history of this city the International Workers’ Aid will show one of its best productions, “Russia and Germany.” The popula- tion of this city ig chiefly German counting among its.members a large number of Russian Germans from the Volga valley. It is expected that a large number of this people will be interested to see the pictures of two countries which are nearest to them by traditions. A Jarge number of tickets have been sold in advance and it is expected that there will be a large crowd. Comrade John P. McCarthy will be the principle speaker at the evening performance. Comrade McCarthy re- cently returned from Ireland and will | give the Irish angle of the general European situation. New York Workers’ Correspondence Are to Hold_ Conference NEW YORK, May 14.—The meeting of worker corresgondents scheduled for the New! York Workers Party headquarters, 108 Bast 14th Street, for Saturday evening may 16th is to begin promptly at/7:30 and adjourn at 9 p. m. so as to give all the par- ticipants the opportunity to attend some other affair on the same even- ing. Therefore be.on time. Press Agent for N. Y. Maypole Dance Assures Good Time NEW YORK, May 14—The Down- town English Brdhnch of New York will give an entertainment and May pole dance Saturday evening, May 16 at the headquarters, 108 East 14th. Admission is 35 its and worth a dollar. Soviets Switch Ambassadors. MOSCOW, May 14—Yureneff, am- bassador of the Union of Soviet So- clalist Republics at Rome, has been appointed as Soviet bassador ‘to Teheran, while, in his stead, Kerjent- zeff, formerly minister of the Union of Soviet Socialist Rusala at Stock- holm, has been transferred as am- bassador to Rom: E DAILY, WORKER (Continued from page 1) the police, acting under Public Safety Director Barry, will also speak. Police Interfere. | Barry made the | that no collection would be permitted when an attempt was made at the April 18 meeting to take the collec- tion anyway, the police dispersed the | meeting. The affair received considerable publicity in the local press, and the American Civil Liberties Union, thru its local attorney, M. C. Harrison, took fthe matter up with Barry as being an unwarranted infringement of civil | liberties. Barry also was severely |criticized by the progressive wing in the city council, where he has quite |@ bit of opposition, - | To Discuss White Terror. This meeting will deal with the white terror in Poland, Bulgaria, and other Baltic and Balkan states; the harsh sentences given Crouch and Trumbull, Communist soldiers in the U. 8. army on Hawaii; the deporta- tion campaign of the government against Communists and radicals; the various oppressive laws on the books and proposed, including the criminal syndicalism laws and laws against the foreign-born; and the Severino case. All these questions are related in being the manifestations of a world- wide offensive against the working class, which is exhibited in a govern- mental policy of suppression of the militants among the workers, both Communists and the more progressive non-Communist elements as well. The Severino case is one which in- volves issues of national importance. The government is making an effort to have his citizenship papers can- celled, which he had held since 1915. The case was begun in October, 1923, but has been postponed from time to time. It has now been set for hear- ing on May 27, in the federal district court in Cleveland. Attempt to Annul Citizenship. The case of the government rests on their contention that Severino’s statement that he was “attached to the principle of the constitution of the United States,” made when he ap- plied for naturalization, was “untrue, Charley Schwab’s Dicks Fail tp Stop By A. BURLAK. (Special to The Daily Worker) BETHLEHEM, Pa., May 13—The International May Day meéting, the first ever held in Bethlehem was a big success. Three speakers addressed the meeting—Comrade Wicks in Eng- lish, Comrade Duranovieh “in Ukran- jan and Comrade Barabosh in Hun- garian. Some workers of Bethlehem worked on International May Day because they did not know what it means, others worked because of the iron ruling of this city. If they dared to | take one day off for a holiday Charley Schwab would make it~ hot for them. Charley Schwab was among the first to disqualify the child labor amendment. By enslaving the chil- dren he makes the parents slave longer hours and for. lower wages. Charley Schwab employs agents and stool piegons to spy upon and break up Communist meetings. Despite the threats from Charley Schwab’s policemen to break up our ;Meeting it went off successfully. In order to lead them off our track, we \called the meeting at a different hour than the one advertised and every- thing went off in fine shape. The workers all appreciated the meeting. In the evening we held a May Day dance which was attended by all who came to the meeting. They Amalgamate the Unions—in Australia SYDNEY, Australia—(FP)—A move is on to amalgamate the Amalgamated Clothing Trades union and the Textile Workers union, Bulgarian Terror Reaches Women. LONDON, May 14.—Madame Adela Nicolova, whose name has been men- tioned in the investigation into the Sveti Kral cathedral bombing, will be court martialed on a charge of being a member of a secret Communist committee and for allowing her home to be used for Communist purposes, a despatch from Sofia today related, Until June 15—get a sub! THE ROMANCE OF NEW RUSSIA By Magdeleine Marx A vivid and colorful picture of the life of Russia under the * world’s first workers’ government. Price, $2.00 Publishing Co, 1113 W. Washington * j od The Daily Worker — Cleveland Workers Defy Police orders of | arbitrary ruling | for political prisoners in Europe, and | May Day Demonstration false, and fraudulent.” The prosecu- tion maintains that Severino believed since 1907, in “violent revolution and armed insurrection directed against the government of the United States, and all other governments -founded upon the capitalist system of econo- my,” and therefore, the attempt is made to have his citizenship annulled as fraudulently obtained. One issue involved in this case will doubtless be the right of a Commun- ist to United States citizenship. If the government can establish this, many foreign-born workers will be de- prived of citizenship rights, including the use of the ballot, and the right to be a candidate for office. Such a situation would be a_ striking evi- dence of the lack of faith of the 100 per centers in the “democracy” they talk so loudly about. Why do they fear to permit the Communists thé ballot? An Active Unionist. Severino has been gandidate for various offices on the Workers. Party ticket and is in the field in the 1925 election as candidate for city council- | man. He is an active members of Local No. 5 Bricklayers’ Union; and vice-president of the City Co-operative Dairy. He will also speak at the May meeting, as will Carl Weisberg of the Young Workers’ League. The meeting is under the joint auspices of the Labor Defense ‘Council and the International Red Aid. Admission is 10 cents. STORM RELIEF FUND NEARING $900.00 QUOTA Workers’ Aid Calls for “Pay Envelopes” The five hundred dollar quota for the Southern Illinois miners’ relief appeal, is getting somewhat nearer the mark with the additional contri- | butions that are coming in. Within |the past few days the following |amounts were turned in: Irving Park English Br. German branch . N. W. Jewish G. Badrazin ....... H, M. Kaminskas. Ukranian No. 1 South Slav No. 1 (40 en- velopes, second remittance) Douglas Park Eng. (10 en- velopes) Previous collection . $166.16 All “pay envelopes” with the one | per cent of one week’s pay—which is xpected to con- immediately | what each member i tribute—are to e be sent to the local office, 19 S. Lincoln St., +» Chicago, Ill. Ready May 2 , 5 bo : The first book of children’s stories ever is- sued by the Communist movement in this country ath Gide aeid + er ante a Veaey Fairy Tales for Workers’ Children by Herminia Zur Miihlen Translated by IDA DAILES with four beautiful full-page two-color drawings * and cover lama DS inaeat he inal edition. LYDIA GIBSON and many smaller drawings from the orig- design by. A fascinating collection of fairy tales from a working class view-point that you will en- joy and children will be delighted with. 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