The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 5, 1925, Page 3

\Né 7 eye } SE eerer er ne Three Months of Comm | THE DAILY\WORKER aus shy, acne Statement of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Commanist ) Party on the Conclusion of the Second Annual Daily Worker Subscription Drive. ‘The Communist Press Is the coltective organizer sof the party and collective organizer of the working olass”. Lenin haa written these ‘words and the Import of them has been emphasized by the history and the development of every Communist party. The DAILY WORKER has concluded Its seoond annual subsription campaign which during a three months period succeeded In adding 3200 new subscribers to the army of DAILY WORKER readers. Three thou- sand two hundred workers have thus been brought closer to the Com- munists. The rnost militant and Intelligent among them will be brought Into the party ranks. Most of the rest will from now on follow the leadership of the Workers Party, will support the Communist program. An important progress In the organization of the party and of the work- Ifg class has been made, Important as they are, however, the results of this campaign give no cause for great elation. An appraisal of the campalgn shows us that one new subsoriber has been gained during the past three months for every ten members of the party. Many of those who were active during the campaign secured many more than one subscription each. It It therefore apparent that less than one tenth of the party membership participated In the campaign. ‘There Is only one DAILY WORKER? It Is the organ upon which the party depends to reach the widest masses of workers. It follows there- fore that the entire party, everyone of Its units, every member must utilize the DAILY WORKER to the utmost, must connect the DAILY WORKER In the most intimate manner with every party activity, That means that In every activity of the party and in every place the party or its mem- bers function the DAILY WORKER must be held to the forefront. If this Is done It will not require three months of Intensive campaign to Secure three thousand new DAILY WORKER readers, but this number and more oan be secured every week. 5 aide How can the party fulfill Its obligations toward the DAILY WORKER? How can the party reap the full benefit from its possession of a dally organ in the English language? s First of all It Is necessary that the party apply itself ‘organization. 2 ally to its DAILY WORKER tasks In the same manner In whigh..Jt under takes all Its major activities. THERE MUST BE COMPLETE AND cOM- PETENT ORGANIZATION. In every unit, every City Central, branch, nucleus, trade union or Industrial fraction there must me a DAILY WORKER representative, competent and active In promoting he clrcula- tion of the DAILY WORKER. At every meeting of these units the WORKER must be on the order of business, reports of acoomplishments made and plans and assignments of work considered. . Secondly the DAILY WORKER MUST BE MADE THE ORGAN OF EVERY STRUGGLE OF THE WORKING CLASS. This does not mean simply that the party shall Issue a manifesto on each of the major working class issues. It means that whereever there Is an attempt of the working class to fight against the enemy, to better its conditions, to increase its strength, whether It be a movement comprising thousands or whether it concerns only a few, there the party membera Involved must make the DAILY WORKER the champion of the workers. By send- ing In news, by securing copies of the DAILY WORKER containing the Pertinent articles and distributing them among the workers, by following up these activities to make steady DAILY WORKER readers. The party depends on the DAILY WORKER more than on any other Institution or weapon for its health and growth. The DAILY WORKER depends on extending its subscription list for the extension of its in- fluence and for its very existence. Our press is the collective organizer of our party and of the working class. In times of campaign and out the party membership, all of it, is charged with the duty of working for our press, writing for it and ex- tending its circulation. The second annual DAILY WORKER subscription campaign has ended. The daily subscription campaigns the membership must wage for the DAILY WORKER goes on every day by instruction of the Commun- let International and the Central Executive Committee, and no member is exempt from participation. CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY OF AMERICA, WILLIAM Z. FOSTER, Chairman, Cc. E. RUTHENBERG, Exec, Secretary. SAN FRANCISCO AND MONESSEN LEAD SUB CAMPAIGN Thirty Two Hundred New Subs Secured The second great attempt to bulld the DAILY WORKER Is over. For approximately three months active workers thraout the country banded together In the happy task of bullding thelr own paper, and 3,200 new subscriptions were added to the list. This figure excludes renewals sent In and subscriptions sent by the subscribers themselves, San Francisco (Bay District), filling ninety percent of its quota of 170 new subs, took the lead In the last two weeks of the campaign, when with the united effort of the local and chlefly thru the guiding activity of Dis- trict Organizer Comrade Lewis and City Agent Comrade P. B. Cowdery, they Instituted the drive which terminated with San Francisco far In the lead. Local Philadelphia is deserving of hardly less credit. City Agent Comrade Lena Rosenberg, leading the work that resulted In 186 new subs to fill seventy four percent of the quota, considering local conditions, did a Communist Job to be proud of. Buffalo, N. Y., a comparatively small local, with the great assistance of the Finnish branch came In third and only one polnt behind second. Here again, the hard work and patient Insistence of City Agent Comrade Dirba was greatly responsible. Minneapolis, followed by Milwaukee, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Detroit and St. Paul did well—and In each of these cities the City Agent, part of the splendidly Improving DAILY WORKER machinery, was chlef- ly responsible for the showing made. New York had a much more difficult problem. Only shortly before the campalgn, this local mainly thru the efforts and good generalship of Comrade L. E. Katterfeld, secured over three thousand new short term subs at a monster meeting held there. The whole city organization from then on was engaged In the gigantic task of securi renew: and the 621 new subs secured In the campaign Is a comparatively good per- formance. All cities, Including those of outstanding campaign performance, have a problem on hand which necessarily becomes now the immediate task. Intense Interest In only one phase of DAILY WORKER activity, that of securing new subs; permitted the overlooking of a careful follow- up of renewals and the close attention to newsstand sales. Both these matters, especially for the large cities, are and must be one of the chief angles of DAILY WORKER activity—supplementing shop and factory Smaller Cities Best Where no city having a quota of over hundred subs has filled its campaign obligations, among these having a quota of less than one hundred, nine locals went over the top. Monessen, Pa., leads them all with 260 per cent. A small group of the Young Workers League was chiefly responsible. Led by Leo Kaup- pila, they have contributed the outstanding performance of the whole campaign. West Allis, Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee came second. In Potts- ville, Pa., and other smaller cities, each performance can be directly at- tributed to a single individual—usually the DAILY WORKER Agent. One of the really splendid showings made was that of Comrade J. C. Das of New Orleans. Single handed, without the aid of any Communist units, this comrade left obligated to fill his quota and did—getting the © ten subs needed. This is the caliber of Communist Builders and sympathetic workers to whom most of the success of this campaign can be traced directly— and with the further election of DAILY WORKER Agents in every single Communist unit in the country, insistance on their proper functioning, and support from every Communist member to these most important activities, the DAILY WORKER can grow to be one of the world’s really great Communist papers. unist Building ——— Se ASWESEEIT -:- ByT.J. O'Flaherty GOVERNMENT DOES NOT DENY THE CHARGE OF TEAPOT DOMER THAT (Continued from page 1) a is only one real government of the workers in existence and that is the Soviet government. It does not pretend to be fair or impart- jal. It openly admits that it exists for the benefit of the workers and peasants and only tolerates capitalist Production until the development of industry and the onward march of the revolution in other countries permits the socialization of all industry and the gradual Communizdtion of society. The antics of the socialist Calles, the tool, of the American capitalists is another eyeopener for the workers. #6 IHINGS are geting blacker in-Italy, The fascisti are getting crazier, During the course of a sermon a Priest urged his parishioners to in- crease their offerings to the church a Penny each because the lira had fal- len, He was immediately arrested by ‘the local fascisti and thrown into jail. He was afterwards released. The lira is going down and so are the blackshirts. , ULL is that page of a capitalist newspaper on which is not featur- ed at least one.story telling of the activities of the Communist Interna- tional or the Soviet government. Four, is the count on one page of last Wednesday’s Daily News. A Soviet “agent” was arrested in Shanghai with instructions on his person for organ- izing strike committees; another story of a stool-pigeon who thot he could fool the Gay-Pay—; a story of a civil war between Zinoviev and Dzerjinsky and another one telling of the great fear which pervades Latvia—fear of the Russian Red Army, o., 9.7% ERB there is much smoke there is liable to be some fire. The capitalists have good reason to fear Soviet Rus: Here is tangible proot of what the working class can ac- complish, The old bunk that the workers would not know what to do with industry if it were handed to them is successfully exploded. The Communist idea is going thru the world like a torpedo and it will finally _ | sini the eapitalist ship. U. S. EXPECTED PACIFIC WAR SOON WASHINGTON, July 3.—Official comment was lacking here today on the statement of Edward L. Doheny that a “war scare” in the Pacific caused the government to contract with him for the building of storage tanks at Hawaii and his oil 1 At the office of the government o! 8 in California, and thus speed war preparations, 1 counsel, it was pointed out that the “national defense angle” referred to by Doheny was brought out in the hear- ings before the senate public land commitee, but that little attention has been paid to it in the trials of Doheny and Harry F. Sinclair as the state and navy departments “did not regard it as important.” Atlee Pomerane and Owen J. Roberts, the oil counsel, are enroute to Cheyenne and Los Angeles to ap- pear in the federal courts in connec- tion with tle civil cases growing out of the Sinclair and Doheny leases, U. S. Spends $11,095,000 In Day WASHINGTON, July 3.—The gov- ernment first day's business showed a deficit of $990,440, receipts having been $10,105,000 compared to expend- itures of $11,096,000 Scopes’ Sister Thrown Out of Job by Paducah, Kentucky, School Board The American Federation of Teach- ers which closed its annual convention at the Webster Hotel here yesterday has taken up the fight of Miss Lela V. Scops, sister of John T. Scopes, who has been refused a position as teacher by the school board of Padu- cah, Ky. because she joing her brother in belief in the theory of evolution. The federation will take her case to the American Civil Liberties Union. Miss Scopes has served two terms under the Paducah board, San Francisco San Francisco, Cal., (Bay District... Philadelphia, P. Buffalo, N. ssomnuenoonsounscsess Mimmeapolle, MUM. cneccnmesnconnsennecarsese Milwaukee, Wis. Kansas City, Mo. Los Angeles, Cal’ Detroit, Mioh. St. Paul, Minn.. New York, N. Y. Boston, Mass. .. Pittsburgh, Pa. . Cleveland, Ohlo . Toledo, Ohio St. Louls, Mo. Chicago, Ill. Monessen, Pa. Sub Sent In Quota 152 170 186 260 73 100 187 200 “4 125 66 100 * 83 160 245 500 59 138 621 1600 80 200 95 250 111 460 49 200 23 100 268 1500 —.. Pagé Three PROF. DOUBTS JULY FOURTH: GETS CANNED Declaration of Inde- pendence Under Glass “When the ‘Fathers’ signed thelr ‘Declaration of Independence’ on duly 4th, 1776, they were not aware that they were not dofng what they thot they were.” This statement wae | made public today by Professor E. M Butterworth of the National Institute for Historic Research at his home in | Mount Olivia, Conn. He bases this not at all startling disclosure on a number of documents In the passes sion of the Institute which, the pro- fessor says, “Indicate that Juty 4th wi an inopportune time chosen by the signatories, since,” he goes on, “April First would have been a far more appropriate date.” Couldn't Write Own Names. In addition, Professor Butterworth said that his own personal researches had led him to doubt very much whether the declaration had been signed at all. The mere existence of such a document, he said, “is by no means convincing to one, like myself, Percent.|who is required to repudiate historic Filled 90 74 73 68 6&7 66 65 49 45 41 40 37 26 24 23 7 Monessen, Pa West Allis, Wi Pottsville, P. North Cohoes, N. Pittsburgh, Kan. Frankfort Heights, III. Denver, Col. .. Youngstown, Ohlo .. New Orleans, L Omaha, Neb. Stamford, Con: Rochester, Minn, Pocatello, Idaho .. Ambridge, Pa. Paterson, N. J. East Liverpool, Ohi: Jamestown, N. Y.. Cincinnati, Ohio Kansas City, Ka Eureka, Cal. Providence, R. Warren, Ohio Blair Sta. Pa. Winlock, W. Galveston, Ti Lawrence, Mass. Four Sta w. Dilles Bottom, Ohio. Amsterdam, Ohio Springfield, Ili. ... Grand Rapids, Mich Canton, Ohio Revere, M Superior, W Dallas, Texas .. Spokane, Was! Angora, Minn. Etna, Pa. Bentleyville, Pa. Kincaid, Ill. Frederick, S. Utica, N. Y. Portland, 0 Hancock, Mich. Indianapolis, Ind. Endicott, N. Y.. Muskegon, Mich. Max, N. D. Erie, Pa, Catfish, P: Binghampton, N. Y. Schenectady, N. Y. San Pedro, C: Bellaire, Ohio .. Astoria, Ore. Rochester, N. Y. New Brunswick, N. J. Hartford, Conn, Cateret, N. Springwell, Mich. Coroapolis, Pa Pontiac, Mich. Barton, Ohio Duluth, Minn, Mt. Vernon, Akron, Ohio ... Christopher, Ill. Hanna, Wyo. South Bend, In Washington, D. C. Baltimore, Md. Rockford, III. Canonsburg, SSSSRraaass BRENNAN @on pease nan dl 2BBaaaaaaaaaed i) SNASSeHHwHwnwHwowwwaan 2 6 4 2 2 2 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 5 7 8 6 6 re re ree ee tre ee ee ee ee een RSBSsssssssSsssSsssssssssSsssssssssssSssssssssssassRsssssss SSassSSSsssRUssssssssssssssss cn en Sl forgeries every day in the year. Fur- thermore, I know of at least two doz- en of the socalled signatories who couldn’t write their own names.” “And,” he concluded, “what better evidence would you need to lead you to doubt the existence of a document than that the purpose for which the document was supposed to have been signed have at no time been achiev- ed.” Prof. Gets Sack, Two hours after the above fnter- view was given, Professor Butter- worth was notified by the board of di- ‘rectors of the Institute by wire that he “would be meking a very great mistake to suppose that he would be allowed to continue fn the services of the institute.” Chicagoans Offer to Listen. As soon as this news was made public another wire was received at Mount Olivia from Chicago, inviting Professor Butterworth to speak at @ great picnic there at Beyer’s grove. This wire said in part “We will have on July Fourth no less than 40,000 people assempled in Chicage who will be glad to hear what you have to say about the declaration of independence. The mere fact th@t most of them know already as much as you do about the matter should not be a de- terrent to your speaking to them.” The professor will not come But it is reported from Chicago that there will be better speakers at the Grove on Saturday. Dr. A. Moskalik DENTIST 6. W. Corner 7th and Mifflin Sts. | PHILADELPHIA, PA. J. KAPLAN MERCHANT TAILOR Suits Made to Order at Reasonable Prices 3546 ARMITAGE AVENUE Phone Albany 9400 2 PITTSBURGH, PA. Te these whe work hard for theld money, | will save 60 per cont on aif their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIST GRIGER & NOVAK GENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS Union Merchandise 1934 W. Chicago Avenue (Cor. Winchester} Phone Humboldt 2707 George E. Pashas COZY LUNCH 2426 Lincoln Avenue One-half ~~ ee Imperial a CHICAGO Madison Pharmacy INC. 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