The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 28, 1925, Page 4

’ { — =P COMRADES DOING Page four --——_—_——____ SPLENDID WORK IN SHEBOYGAN Pack Big Hall for Soviet Russia Meet (Spectal to The Dally Worker) SHEBOYGAN, Wis, May 28—One or thé most successful exhibitions of the pictures showing scenes in Russia and Germany staged in any part of the country was given here last week when the local opera house was pack- ed with an audience that enjoyed every minute of the show, The local members of the Workers Party, mostly South Slavs, are pleased with themselves, It was their hard work that mado the affair the success that it waz. Tho few in numbers they covered the town with posters and leaflets, and sold enough tickets before the doors were opened to guar- antes all expenses, Tho manager of the local opera house expressed sur- prise that a few radicals could pull off such an organizing feat. Comrade McCarthy addressed the audience in behalf of Irish Famine Re. Hef and a collection amounting to $48.00 was taken up for the relief of the Irish peasants in the famine re- gion, Last Sunday a meoting was held in the Labor Temple, with T. J. O’Flaher- ty and Comrade Zinnich, of the South Slavic Federation, as speakers. Comrada Matt Shooks, organizer of the South Slavic branch of the Work- ers Party in Sheboygan, presided. Comrade Shooks is a live wire and he and the other comrades tn Sheboy- gan deserve credit for the splendid work they are doing despite the usua! Obstacles that confront pioneers en- gaged in the task of laying the basis for a revolutionary organization. Annual Picnic of Y. W. L. at Beyer’s Grove on June 14 The committee on the arrangements for the coming Young Workers’ League picnic to be held at the Beyer’s Grove, California Ave. and Irving Park Blvd. has made all pre- liminary arrangements for the best at- tended and most interesting gather- ing of young workers and juniors ever held in the city of Chicago. The committees for various tasks at the picnic were elected. Commit- tees for entertainment were especially Picked out to consist of the most ac- tive and inventive comrades, Besides the regular entertainments at the picnic such as the various games and athletics, there will be a short musical Program with mass singing, a few solos and a couple of good speakers. The Juniors who are helping the League to put the picnic across, are instructed by the League to prepare an elaborate program and no_ doubt they will do that with their usual en- ergy and enthusiasm. The grove is easily accessible from every part of the city. Tickets in ad- Vance are 35 cents, at the door 50 cents. They can be secured at either the national or local office of the League, 1113 W. Washington Blvd,, or 19 S. Lincoln St. and at every branch meeting of the Party or League and from every member. Young workers at the factories where the League is carrying on cam- Paigns will be especially invited to this picnic by special pluggers printed for that purpose. MEXICO CITY, May 26.—President Calles has promised American ambas- sador James Sheffield that he will pro- tect the property of the United States mill and sugar cane owners here. He is driving Mexicans off the land, Calles said, and is settling labor troubles for the American Smelting and Refining company. WHITEMAN SPEAKS ON NEGRO LABOR CONGRESS AT CLEVELAND MEETING By NELL*AMTER (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, 0., May 26.—The local American Negro Labor Con- gress committee held a meeting here at Beulah church, East 31st St. and Cedar Ave., at which Lovett Fort-Whiteman was the principal Speaker. He had an enthusiastic audience to hear about the congress. Whiteman proved himeelf an ex- cellent speaker, as the response of the audience showed. A collection was taken by the chairman, Brother Whitlow, representative of the Ne- gro members of the Building Labor- ers’ Union. The retary-treasurer of the Hod Carriers’ Union, ae well as two members of the Workers (Communist) Party spoke, with dis- cussion by various people in the audience. Altogether the meeting was a suc- cess. Seventeen copies of the Young Worker were sold. The Foster meet- ing for Sunday at the Labor Temple Was announced, and the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 o’clcok, This meeting marks the begin- ning of what appears to be a prom- ising career of the American Negro Labor Congress Committee, Local Cleveland mn THE DAILYIWORKER ~~ { WORKING CLASS: WOMEN WILL MARCH TO GRAVES OF TRIANGLE VICTIMS, SUNDAY, MAY 31 Discussion in the Enlarged Executive Commit- fee of the Communist International onthe American Question Statement of tho uetral, Executive Committee, WING to the circulation of many false rumors in the party relative to the stand of Comrade’ Zinoviev re- garding the construction of the cen- tral executive committee of our party at the next party convention; the C. B. GC. finds it necessary to iss the following statement of fact as to what actually transpired in this connection, After the recent party delegation had been In Moscow for over two months, and after the issues involy- ed had been thoroly discussed in the American commission and the deci- sion was about to be made, the repre- sentatives of the C, E. C. (majority), Comrades Foster and Cannon, had a conference with Comrade Zinoviey in which the latter,-upon his own initia- tive, proposed that the present ma- jority of the C. HB. C. should be given a two-thirds majority in the incoming central executive committee. In ac- cordance with this proposition, the fol- lowing clause was contained in the first draft of the decision on the Ame- rican question: “The central committee of the Workers Party will retain its present composition until the party conference is held and the new central commit- tee is to be so elected at the party conference that the Foster group ob- tains a majority Ruthenberg group is represented pro- portionately at least by one-third. The two leading comrades, Foster and Ru- thenberg, are to be re-elected.” Two or three days after this draft appeared, Comrades Foster and Can- non had another conference with Com- rade Zinoviev, in which the latter stat- ed that opposition had developed to- wards his proposal based upon consti- tutional grounds. He stated that this oppqsition maintained that under the statutes of the Comintern each party had the right to select its own central executive committee and that only in serious crises, where there is a revo- lutionary situation or where the party is in great danger, {s the Comintern justified in organizing the central exe- cutive committee. The claim was made that no such critical situation existed in America and that, there- fore, the direct organization of the C. BE. C. by the Comintern was inadvis- able. Comrade Zinoviev stated that he recognized the force of the objec- tion that there was no critical situa- tion in America, and would, therefore, withdraw his proposal. He agreed to appear before the plenum of the en- larged executive and to state that he had made this proposal upon his own initiative and to give the reason for its withdrawal, which he did. oe B96 Following are the speeches In the enlarged executive committee of the C. I. when the report of the American commission was presented. | Sigios apy KUUSINEN gave a re- Port on the work in the American commission: The American commission, with the American comrades, unanimously de- cided today to recommend that the draft resolution which are submitting here be \adopted. The question upon which the conflict arose in the Amer- ican party was whether the party should fight in the immediate future for a labor party or not. As you know, the majority of the central committee of the American party opposed it, and the minority supported it. In the opin- ion of the commission, the majority based its policy in this respect too! much on superficial temporary pheno- mena, The minority is absolutely right in its confidence in the eas of the labor party movement. But the question has also isgie side. In speaking of the labor party, it was evident that one side has an entirely different conception of the labor party from the other. One side thought of the coming labor party ina much narrower sense than it ought. A revolutionary, or at least semi-revo- lutionary labor party will probably al- ways remain a pious wish. A reyolu- tionary labor party is so long an im- possibility, as long as the Workers Party of America will become this labor party. But it is possible that a labor party will rise earlier’ than that. i a purpose can a labor party serve for us? It will become a field of activity for our revolutionary work among the masses, in order to win them over gradually to the revo- lutionary standpoint. But it will also be ‘a school for the working masses themselves, where they will get the experience of the necessity of class organization, and one other very im- portant experience—the experience of the treacherous role of the reformists, who will in all probability take the lead in this movement. We have al- ready had a clear symptom of this during the last few weeks. The so- cialist party under the leadership of the well-known Mr. Hillquit, was com- pelled recently to oppose the LaFol- lette party on the question of the labor party. The reformists could not form- ally abandon their leading role in the labor organizations. Otherwise they would be politically dead, The commission proposed that the former slogan “Farmer Labor Party” must be changed from now on to that ot “The Labor Party” only, That within it, and the! must be done fn conformity with the change in the objective situation in America. The agricultural crisis was temporarily overcome by capitalism in America, although it was accomplished by the expropriation of the property of a large mass of small farmers. +At present there is no basis for a joint party of the workers and small farm- ers. That naturally does not mean that the Communists must not con- tinue their work among the small farmers with the greatest energy. M working class is approaching great mass struggles. On the whole, however, it must be said that at present the situation is not yet pregnant with revolution. American capitalism seems to be standing at the height of Its power. At present it has overcome the situation created by the superfluity of capital by ex- porting capital to impoverished Bu- rope. The Dawes affair seems a step toward world monopoly to American finance capital This great power is, however, deceitful. When one is stand- ing on top and can stay there, it is a very advantageous position. But when he comes to a slant and begins to slide, then the higher he stands, the worse it is for him. The great task of the American comrades is to help finance capital to slide down. In the resolution the commission stated that both the leading groups have made mistakes in their platform; the party is, however, well on the roac to Bolshevization, but it is still much too weak. The party comrades of both groups must together do every- thing in their power to strengthen the party. One other important task: the party has a right wing led by a comrade named Lore, who may not be alto- gether unknown to you, and of whom there can be no doubt that he is an opportunist. The commission declares in its resolution that there is no room for such an opportunist as Lore in the central committee of the party. The commission did not express an opin- ion on what the right place is for him, that has been left to the congress of the Workers Party to decide. We are convinced that all the comrades of the central committee of the party, ir- respective of the group to which they belong, will deal with this question without ambiguity at the ports con- gress. (Applause). OMRADE ZINOVIEV said: Comrades, I should like to make the following statement.on the Amer- ican question: In the course of the negotiations I myself moved that the composition of the future central committees of the American party be already intimated here in Moscow. I proposed that the present majority retain a majority in the future central committee, but that the present minority be assured re- presentation proportional to its strength, to wit, not under one-third. During the negoitations I then with- drew my motion as inexpedient. We are of the Opinion that after having formulated a unified political platform we may leave it to the party itself to elect its central committee at the next party convention as it sees fit. This is in no way intended to express a pre- ference for one of the two wings of the party. I must emphasize that thd Foster majority did not absolutely insist upon having the composition of the central committee fixed here, That means that my motion was made neither at the initiative of the major- ity nor of the minority, but on my own initiative. ‘OU know, comrades, that the com- mission has put only one condi- tion, that the opposition, that is the social-democratic group headed by Lore, be not represented in the cen- tral committee. We believe that both wings, Foster's as well as Ruthenberg’s, by all means belong in the central committee. \Of course it is not easy for both wings to obtain a majority. Nevertheless, each maintains that it will gain the majority. The future will show which of the two has deceived itself. We can only wish both wings the best of good luck. Let them try to win a victory on the basis of the platform of the Communist International, however, only on the basis of the platform here formulated. The wish was also expressed that both tendencies unite in fighting the social democratic tendency of Lore. If one wing should endeavour to de feat the other thru.collaboration with Lore that would be.disloyalty to the Communist International, After elim- inating the socfal democratic oppo- sition a free-for-all struggle is per- missible, of course in a comradely form within the organization and only up to the party convention. After the convention peace and tranquility must prevail so that an American question should not again require the attention of the Comintern for a long time to come. REPRESENTATIVE of the Ameri- can majority, Comrade Foster, said: On behalf of the majority, I would like to state that we fully accept the resolution of the Américan commis- sion. We believe it provides a solu- tion of all the disputed points in re- lation to the labor party question which have divided the party for the last two years and that it lays down the correct line for the future. From the beginning of the contro- versy which first arose in 1923 over the question of the formation of the Federated Farmer-Labor Party, the present majority has contended that the labor party must be a mass organ- ization with a firm’ basis of trade union support, and should not be merely a combination of the Workers Party and its sympathizing organiza- tions, and fought the théory that the Communists should endeavor to split off a left wing from thé Tabor party as soon as possible to traisform this split-off section into a mass Commun- ist Party. The resolution of the com- mission has olearly upheld this point of view and has declared that we are right in emphasizing it. After the presidential election, the majority of the O. B. ©, in its deter- mined opposition to further attempts to organise a fictitious labor party which could not fulfill the role of a mass labor party in the United States, went to an extreme and rejected the agitation for the formation of a labor party in the present situation. This was a mistake which fg acknowlédged and which will be corrected in accord- ance with the resolution, On the basis of this decision the majority will strive to unite our party to end the factional strife that has weakened our party and to eradicate energetically the right deviations present in the Workers (Communist) Party. REPRESENTATIVE of the Ameri- can minority, Comrade Ruthen- berg, said: The minority of the American party appealed to the Communist Interna- tional on the American, question, be- cause it considered that.there was at stake an issue which.jnvolved the whole question of thé future of the Communist movement in the United States, the question of developing the class consciousness of gy American working class. We see that in ee years a new tendency had arisen which expressed itself in the movement for the labor party. We believed that it was neces- sary for our party to take the fore- front in this struggle and so to move the backward masses, in America a step forward. We believe that to cut loose from this movement would be to take from our party the best ave- nue of its future development. In the decision that been pro- posed here we have the Communist International's approval of this funda- mental viewpoint that the Communist Party in America must remain at the head of and take the lead in. develop- ing this movement; and consequently We can give our full approval to the thesis. In the inner party question also we have a decision to which.we can give our full approval. One of the big dif- ferences in our party was.the question of the struggle against the social- democratic Lore faction in,our party. We insisted upon an uncompromising struggle to eradicate this tendency and this has been approved in the thesis. Thus in the inner paety situation we believe that the thesis follows the correct line for the future good of the Communist Party in the United States. As to the question of the next cen- tral executive committee, we accept Comrade Zinoviev's statement, that he wishes both groups good luck, and 1 can assure you we shall take full ad- vantage to establish a leadership of a good Communist character in the Workers Party of America. + The draft resolution of the Ameri- can commission was unanimously adopted, Charges Copé With-Graft. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 26—Highly incensed ‘over his arrest and subse- quent fine in Chicago last week for parking his automobile over the time limit, Representative Harry Weisbrod of Chicago, introduced a resolution in the house today condemning Captain Patrick Hogan of the Chicago police force, as a “bully,” resenting his verb- al attack on the legislator, and ask- ing for the appointment of a commit- tee of five members to investigat« charges that Chicago traffic police arc selling parking spaces in the loop dis trict to favored customers at $5 an $10 a month. The resolution was lai on the speaker's table, —_—_—— Patronize our advertisers, PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work ‘hard for thelr money, | will save 60 per cent on. all DR dental work, IR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 ae A. Moskalik DENTIST” 8. W. Corner 7th and Mifflin Sts. PHILADELPHIA, PA. a FA / NEW YORK, May 26.—Many workers in New York City recall the horror that befell the 146 working girls who lost their lives in the Triangle Waist factory fire it New York City in March 1911, The Triangle Waist factory was a sweat shop. The factory was a real fire trap. It is not to the interest very inadequate. Fire safeguards were of the capitalist class who employ labor to provide safe working places. The interest of the bosses is to extract as much Profit as possible from the labor of the workers with as little expense ¢———_———__________ as they can get away with. This means low wages and bad: working conditions for the workers, Girls Were Unorganized. The only way to secure safe work- ing shops is thru the organized ef- fort of the workers themselves. The girls working in the Triangle Waist factory were not organized, therefore no pressure was brought upon these employers to install safety fire es- capes. When in March, 1911, fire broke out in the Triangle Waist: fac- tory, 146 girls were trapped in the burning building and actually burned to cinders. Sai The capitalist class in New York City wants no mention made of this horrible disaster. But the workers must commemorate the death of our sisters of the working class who per- ished in the fire becquse of the greedy profit seeking interests of the employ- ing class. We must demonstrate to the workers in New York City what fate may befall them if they fail to fight for the organization of thein shops and factories. Women to Demonstrate on May 31. The women’s committee of the Workers Party District No. 2 in co- operation with the United Council of Working Class Women and other wo- men’s organisations call upon other women of the working class to gather together on Sunday, May 31, between the hours of 12 noon and 1 p. m. at 108 E. 14th street, N. Y. C., room No. 23. From there we will proceed with banners to the Washington cemetery, in Brooklyn, N, Y., to the graves of our sisters, the victims of the Triangle Waist factory fire. Speakers will ad- dress the gathering in thé cemetery. This demonstration is not a wo- men’s affair. It concerns the men workers as well. Men workers are also urged to participate and bring along their women folks and children. The Y. W. L. and Junior section will also participate. NEW YORK, the muse, fighting revolutionaries, class conscious workers, all lovers of. “fling,” a unique and delightful way of spending a week-end, fit for their purse, will go to the First Grand Spring Round-Trip Excursion into the Catskills up the Hudson river, which has -been arranged by the Novy Mir for Decoration-Day week-end. The steamer will leave New York Friday, May 29, 8 p. m. and will re- turn Sunday, midnight. Innumerable ways of enjoyment have been planned. On the steamer there will be dancing, concert, enter- tainment. At the camp, which will be reached Saturday morning, there will be rowing, fishing and more en- tertainment. Everyone is acquainted with the gorgeous scenery along the Hudson by daylight but few have experienced the keen delight in witnessing the sun, adorning herself in all her glory, flirt- ing with the hills before she retires for the night and then the moon, playing peek-a-boo with these hills. Can anything be more sweet to the ear than the sounds of revolutionary songs being carried along for miles and miles along the quiet Hudson? Those who wish to experience these delights—and many more, should ob- tain their tickets as’son as possible, as the number is limited, at the of- fice of the Novy Mir, 30 Union Square. They cost $4.25 and-include, sleeping accommodations on the boat. . May 26—Votaries of A MIDNIGHT TRIP ON THE HUDSON AND CAMPING IS NOVY MIR’S NOVEL WEEK END ENTERTAIMENT PLAN t125 Boy Pupils Are Overcome in School Classroom by Foul Air Twenty-five boy pupils were over- come in the school auditorium of the Blaine elementary public school at Southport and Grace street yesterday morning during a singing exercise. A few recovered after firemen were rushed to the scene, but most of the children had to be taken to the north side hospital for treatment. Panic- stricken parents rushed to the school as soon as news of the disaster spread in the neighborhood. The boys, it was learned, had just come in from a gymnasium session in the playground, They had hardly he- gun singing when the first boy drop- ped to) the floor. Bad ventilation and the presence of noxious gas were responsible for the asphyxiation, it was claimed by the firemen. Rikedag Votes for Reduced Army. STOCKHOLM, May 26.—Recom- mendations for reducing the cost of national defense has been adopted by the riksdag (lower house). They pro- vide for reduction of the army from six corps to four, a decrease in the train- ing period and postponement of any definite naval building program. This will bring the cost of all Sweden's defenses to 96,000,000 kroner as com- pared with 181,500,000 in the 1924 plan. EXTRA! EXTRA! T. U, EL. ISSUES MARCHING ORDERS Red Raia % to Occupy, Altenheim Grove Tt’'¢ a long jump from Dayton, Tenn., to Altenheim Grove, Illinois, But it is a jump that is worth taking. Down in Tennessee they are making the welkins ring about evolution—the most harmless kind, Corrugated pro- fessors will wag thefr chin whiskers, lawyers will break into the front page, evangelists will get the necessray ad- vertising for Chatauqua engagements; the defendant will come off alright. It’s almost as good as a murder case, for the circulation managers. But in Altenheim Grove, on mext Saturday, May 80, the question will not be whether man ascended from an ape, but how long he is going to remain one. We never heard of a hairy ape, outside of Eugene O'Neill's play who ever worked for another. But the ape that walks like a man does that and seems to think it can’t be otherwise. He doesn’t use his head eonugh, , To Use Their Pedale, That cannot be said for those who will be in Altenheim Grove next Saturday, They use their heads so much that some of them are getting flat. For a change they will be given the opportunity to use their feet as well as their heads. To come to a climax, the occasion will be the famous hardy annual T. U. EB. L. picnic. Address: Altenheim Grove. How to get there: Take Madison street car and transfer to suburban car to end of line, or take Forest Park “L” to end of line. Half a@ dollar gets you inside the gate. What you spend on the inside is your own business, tho we will help you make up your mind. Some Brain Food. Fun will be what highbrow writers call the “theme” of the picnic. A-few people go to picnics to learn some- thing. They will not be ignored. Wil- liam Z. Foster is scheduled to speak on his recent experience in Russia. William F, Dunne will act as. master of ceremonies. The writer does not know of any- body who is not coming to the picnic next Saturday, He knows of hundreds who are. They are young and old, male and female. To miss next Saturday's picnic is to miss a chance to enjoy yourslef and to contribute to the treasury of the Trade Union Educational League, which, you may have already guessed, is the reason for the picnic, Railroad Declares Dividend. Directors of the Chicago & North--— western Railway Co. at a meeting here today declared a semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent on common stock and 2% per cent on preferred payable June 30 on stock of record June 5. Subscribe for the DAILY WORKER! Speak Up Comrades! Are you going to allow the paper that is fighting your battles to go along without your help during The Second Annual Sub Campaign? Are you going to allow the paper that is building the Amer- ican revolutionary labor move- ment to go without the strength that more subs will give it? Send in that sub now— Speak Up Comrade! Let us hear you at — f THE DAILY WORKER 1113 _W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, I. THE NEW SUBSCRIPTION TO BULD THE DAILY WORKER ) |