The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 30, 1925, Page 4

Page Four BISHOP BROWN SPEAKS BEFORE NEGRO CONGRESS Calls For Unity of All Workers (Continued from page 2.) renting and selling of homes shall be taken out of the hands of all private persons and be made a matter of pub- lic administration with the first appli- cant served regardless of race. “2. We demand the full and equal admittance of our people to all theaters, restaurants, hotels, railroad station waiting-rooms, and all other places of public resort, and no separa- tion or recognition of color distinc- tion, and that heavy penalties be im- posed against persons who discrim- inate. “We regard these political and so- cial demands as embodying the de- mand of full social equality for the Negro people.” Bishop William Montgomery Brown, recently expelled by the house of bishops for heresy, in a speech be- fore the American Negro Labor Con- gress at the Tuesday evening session, spoke on International La- bor Defense. In his speech the bishop ridiculed the idea of supernatural gods and called upon the workers of all colors to unite in the common cause to wipe “gods from the skies and capitalists from earth.” In speaking of saints and sinners Brown provoked much mirth by say- ing: @ Workers Greatest Saints. “Bishops and preachers are sin- ners and you are the saints. They do no useful work, that is why they are sinners. You do lots of work. Every strike is a saintly act. That is why you are saints. uHman acts depend upon work. He who works hardest to make a living is the great- est saint.” When he described how he came to leave the orthodox. viewpoint follow- ing the world war he expressed his then arising doubt as to the function of supernattral gods in the follow- ing words: ‘ Gods Fight Wars. “A great war came along. I knew fothing about the facts. I was too busy attending to what has been told me. I was supposed to beliéve that a christian god had sent. this war to punish the imperialism of Germany and give the world democracy. The Germans thot that the christian .god has sent the war to punish the de- mocracy of America and to give the world imperialism. “America came out of the -war with Dance and Enjoy Yourself at Any RESCUE —$—$rrrmnnelice: THE DAILY WORKER NEW HAVEN WORKERS PARTY \ ISSUES PLATFORM TO BE USED | IN CITY ELECTION CAMPAIGN | NEW HAV. Conn., Oct, 28.—Local New Haven of the Workers (Com- munist) Party has printed 10,000 copies of its election program, in the pres- ent city elections. The program condemns the present democratic admin- istration for the poor condition of the workers, referring to the decreasé in | real wages, to high cost of living, high rents, and poor education. It points to the waistmakers’ strike of a few years ago, when pickets were arrested, | to the recent College St. theater building strike, where police were used. The Schleifer case, (where an organ- @———————_____________. izer for the Machinists’ Union, and | blessing of these misleaders.” strike leader was convicted of viola- | call is made for a labor party. |tion of a criminal syndicalist law, The Issues. | during the strike, on evidence which While advocating the full measure a superior court has ruled out, thus |of the Communist program, the plat- | allowing Schleifer a new trial) was |form gives our demands on the im- Pointed out as a classic example of | mediate needs of the workers, cover- the use of, courts to break strikes, by | ing the question of injunctions, public | convicting strike-leaders, utilities, housing the-«cost of living, | It charges that “while either cap-| unemployment, schools, etc. A de- | italist party has been in office, the workers of the New Haven have been compelled to work in huge ‘prisons,’ under spy systems, under the open shop, at inhumanly low wages. Both parties approve of these conditions.” Condemns Non-Partisan Policy. The non-partisan policy, is con- demned, which in New Hayen takes the form of throwing most of labor support to the democratic party. So | intimate are the ties, that the ‘chair- man of the Trades Council, John Murphy, has been chairman of the board of aldermen, and only a few days ago was rewarded with the posi- tion of town chairman of the demo- cratic party. The effect of the non- partisan policy has been “to tie labor leaders to the capitalist chariot which crushes the workers, and obtain the The | criminal syndicalist law. Not Forgetting the Betrayers. The platform does not close with- out paying its respects to the social- ist party, which has candidates in the field in this city, for its betrayal of the workers thruout the world. The platform ends with an appeal to the workers of New Haven to support the program and candidates of the Workers (Communist) Party, who are as follows: For mayor, R. S. Kling; controller, Abraham Horwitz; treasurer, Joseph Schlossberg; city clerk, Rose Markle; tax collector, Joseph Joffe. Before this campaign is over, thousands of workers in this city will know more definitely what it is that |the Communists want. PAINLEVE AGREES TO FORM NEW FRENCH CABINET; CAILLAUX WILL BE OUT; HERRIOT MAY COME IN ® PARIS, Oct. 28—M. Painleve, who yesterday resigned with his cabinet, M. Painleve, it is understood, will include in his new cabinet many of the members of the body which resigned yesterday, but of course M. Caillaux, whose policy as finance minister caused the downfall of the cabinet, will not be included. * \ It is probable that M. Herriot, former premier, whose criticisms of Caillaux, contributed largely to the situation which led to the cabinet’s resignation will be invited to join the new cabinet. , Ue ‘he greatest religious movement is the.international labor movement. » ¥When a man goes to work, he gives--himself to society more com- pletely than mere philanthropists. The, philanthropist gives his money and. goes to play golf all day. The capitalist makes his investment and then starts a trip around the world. But When the worker contributes his labor,;he has to give himself. He cannot send it by special messenger, he hasto go with it himself and stand by it thru every minute of his work- ing hours, every day and every year.” Must Overthrow System. He described the mission of the workers under capitalism in the fol- lowing words: “Your purpose is to overthrow this | system which impoverishes you. They | believe that you are at war with so- ciety, simply because you are trying to liberate it from ignorance.” He ‘ended his speech amidst a great ovation with the slogans of “Down lots of imperialism to burn. been devolved into despotism. “Twenty million young lives were crushed out and the world flowed with blood, before the quarrel of the gods in the sky and the capitalists on earth came to an end. Can’t Depend on Gods. “As long as we look to the gods for help we shall be in a hopeless plight. I thought that if these gods were real they were gods so cruel that a decent man could have nothing to do with them.” In speaking of the International La- bor Defense, he said: “The International Labor Defense is the greatest of all subjects. It has Riffians in the fight for indepen- dence!” and “Long live International Labor Defense!” “ee NOTE: The entire speech made by Bishop William Montgomery Brown before the American Negro Labor congress will be printed in the maga- zine section of The DAILY WORKER, or All of These DAILY WORKER PARTIES | Friday, Oct. 30— Labor | Rescue Party In Pittsburgh Workers League. Saturday, October 31. Be sure and get a copy of The DAILY WORKER containing the stenographic report of Bishop Brown’s speech. Lyceum, 35 Miller St. Auspices Party and Young Workers Start Corn Fund MOSCOW, Oct, 28.—The state plan- ning commission has sanctioned the || Project of creating a special emer- Saturday, Oct. 31— | Rescue Party manag Oct. 31— Rescue Party Saturday, Oct. 31— Rescue Party Monday, Nov. 2— Rescue Party HIKE Sunday, Nov. 8— or at Rescue Party 6c. Sunday, Jan, 16— For tickets or information regard pe ye a Hungarian Workers’ Home, 350 Hast 8ist St., New York. Admission 50c. Yorkville Branches. West Side Workers’ Hall, 301 West 29th St., New York. Admission 35c. West Side Branches. Educational Alliance, 76 Throop Avenue, Brooklyn. Admission 50c. Auspices Jew- ish Williamsburg Branch. Finnish Workers’ Hall, 764—40th Street, Brooklyn. Admission 50c, Auspices South Brooklyn Branches. Jamaica Woods—Daily Worker Builders’ Club Hike. Meet at Daily Worker office, 108 East 14th St., New York, at 10 a. m, maica, 11 a. m. Finnish Workers’ Home, 15 West.126th St., New York. Admission 50c. Auspices Harlem Branches, Manhattan Lyceum, 66 Bast 4th St., New Saturday, Nov.14— Bronx Rescue Barty ar by Sunday, Nov. 15— Rescue Party Friday, Nov. 20— Mag Rescue Party Town Wednesday, Nov. 25— Royal (near Broadway}, Brooklyn, Auspices Williamsburg Branches, DAfLY WORKER ANNIVERSARY BAN- QUET, Manhattan Lyceum. (ALL 8 P, M, UNLESS (NOTED) to L. E. Katterfeld, 108 East 14th Street (Tel. Stuyvesant 8100.) ——____—_———__ ——————————— LSS | Sency corn fund for the needs of po- pulation in case of famine or other ;jcalamities. This corn-fund will be || stored during 1925-26 to the amount of 50,000,000 poods, nen itencsereineieitgity Pork Barrel Politics WASHINGTON, Oct. 28—The war department today allotted $1,750,000 for improvements to dams in the Ohio river. Auspices Auspices Send for a catalogue of all Com- munist literature, end of Elevated, Fulton Ave., Ja- Workers’ Hall, 1347 Boston Road, Admission 50c, Auspices Bronx Admission 50c. Auspices Down New York Branches, meeting to be held at - Palace Hall, 16 Manhattan Ave, Admission branches will be regis’ ing any of the above affairs apply mand is made for the repeal of the | tonight accepted the invitation of President Domergue to form a new cabinet. | with Jim Crowism!” “Long live the | | when they mention their attitude to-| |disbelief and that of all China in the| Soviet Russia Asks Seat! in Giisese Tariff Conference (Continued from page, one) into effect from the day, of signature. Laugh at Imperialists’ “Generosity.” The Chinese are openly scornful of the word “generosity” so; frequently used in the replies of the. imperialists | ward the demands of China for auton- omy. Ching Ting-wang flaunted his| faces of the delegates when he came out with a statement which, in part, | is as follows: ‘The powers,” said the Chinese| tariff expert, Dr, C. T, Wang, “are} repeating their policy as, revealed} at Paris dnd at Washington. They are beating around the, bush, seeking to bewilder China in her aspirations and so confuse her that they will be enabled to maintain their special privileges. The powers are seeking to bind China tighter, while the de- sire of all the Chinese people is for more freedom, Cannot Force the People to Buy, “It is like a number-of strong men speaking to one who ig being pinned down by them and asking him why he does not get up, The powers say they will do so and-so when disorders and anti-foreign agitations that embit- ter feelings are put down. If they mean they will treat us fairly when China suppresses the boycott against a certain country (Great Britain) then in the name of justice and fairness I say this is entirely uncalled for. “In commercial transactions no one can compel another man to buy or sell against his wish. There is no law nor convention by which the people may be forced to buy what they don’t want. If the cause of the boycott is analyzed and removed you will find that the boycott will stop by itself. On the other hand, if the powers in- sist upon upholding the inequality be- tween China and foreigners and the continuation of special privileges in China, I am afraid the feeling of the people will become more intense and the result may be more undesirable, jto the detriment of China !and the foréign powers as Well.”’ 4 Soviet Russia Wants ‘Entry. The imperialists are’ also in hot water over the rumored intention of Soviet Russia to demandva seat at the conference in the; near future as an interested nation om account of |the fact that the conference aims to |take up the question,-not only of |tariffs at the seaports*and on the Korean border, but on’tlte Munchurian border, where the whdle of Sino-Rus- sian trade passesi, Unless Soviet Russia is admitted to the conference it contends that the tariffs on these borders* cannot be changed without her consent, and since the imperialist powers.are run- ning China's, affairs, Soyjet. Russia will not discuss the question with China alone, but will insist. on being admitted to the conferenge, altho the jnine powers had carefully left the Soviet Union out of the invitations, on the ground that it was mot a party to the Washington conference—re- gardless of the fact that, it asked to attend but was\denied... , If not admitted to the Peking con- ference, Soviet Russia declares that it will not be bound and may place | prohibitative tariffs on Chinese im- Ports. Arrest Rail Clerk in Booze Graft Quiz EW YORK SEC START MONDAY, TO CARRY OUT REORGANIZATION}: NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Fifty-three out of a total number of sixty-five brancheg were represented at the sec- tion meetings of branch functionaries held here on Sunday and Monday as the first step in the program of reor- ganizatiop as laid down by the Cen- tral Executive Committee for New York City. To this it must be added that the branches absent, altho twelve in number, represent only about 5% | of the membership, they being most- ly branches .of no more than ten mem- bers, whose existence at times as- sumes a doubtful character. ferent sec’ Bronx, Will South Brooklyn, The Bronx’ Section carried off the crown by having 100% attendance, Materia! Distributed. The Reorganization Commission of the District decided that registration is to be taken up in the branches. The section meetings of branch func- tionaries therefore had for their ma- jor tasks in addition to an explana- tion and discussion of the entire plan of reorganization, the instruction of the branch functionaries how to pro- ceed to get a complete registration of the membership of their respective branches, and_the mobilization of the membership for the new section mem- bership meetings which will be called according to the place of employment of the members. Each functionary received a complete set of instruc- tions, together with the necessary material for the branch registration. This included the following material: (a) a form upon Which immediate- ly to furnish the District with a cer- tified list of the membership on the books together with the standing of each member. (b) Enough letters signed by the General Secretary of the District to send to every member notification of a special meeting of the branch for the purpose of taking the registra- tion. (c) A list of the new sections ac- cording to working areas together with the place and date wher each member is to report, according to the place of employment as shown by the registration. (d) Registration cards. (e) A set of complete instructions how to proceed in every step from the time of the beginning of the reg- istration up to the time of the new section membership meetings. In addition to the branch func- tionaries who are in charge and res- ponsible to the District Executive Committee for the completé registra- tion and delivery of every member from the territorial brauch to the new units, a commission of three was’ ap- pointed for each section to be in charge of the work of the section. Ready for Reorganization. The comrades present dfsplayed an extraordinary eagerness to proceed as rapidly as possible with reorganiza- tion, The questions asked were most- ly how to proceed with the reorgan- ization, and how the new units will function. Also who can be formed into a shop nucleus and what will happen to those who are unable to be formed into shop nuclei was fre- quently asked. A good portion of the questions dealt with’ the functions of the language bureatis and the disposi- tion of federation property. As a whole the ¢ estions and dis- cussion showed that the party was ready both ideologically and organ- izationally for the new form of or- ns, Down Town, Harlem, The secs, were held in six dif-| The first formal arrest in the in- vestigation of the $9,000,000 beer ring centering in Chicago, was made when @ warrant charging conspiracy to vio- late the prohibition law was served on Alfred Borener, chief clerk for the New York Central railroad at Elk- hart, Ind. Borener, brot yesterday: to ‘the dis- trict attorney's office by his Chicago superior, has been held by the federal authorities;since. Agents working on the case, said he had made a detailed confession, Esthonian Debt Settled WASHINGTON, October 28.—Docu- Attention—Chicago! Important Section Membership Meeting SECTION THREE ~ (CENTRAL MANUFACTURING AREA) All party members belonging to the following party units: Lithu- anian No, 5, Lithuanian No, 41, Lithuanian No, 93, Ukrainian South Side No. 5, Polish South Side No, 23, Czecho-Slovak Town of Lake, Slovak Town‘of Lake, MUST attend the general section membership VILNIS, 3116 South Halsted Street | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1925, 8 P..M. At this meeting all the party members belonging ta, the above ‘ed for the purpose of being assigned to the new proper party units in the reorganization of the Workers (Com- munist) Party into shop and street nuclei, EVERY PARTY MEMBER BELONGING TO ANY’ OF THE ABOVE BRANCHES WHO WANTS TO RETAIN HIS fe] BERSHIP IN THE WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PRESENT AT THIS MEETING AND BE REGISTERED, _ ments completing the funding of Esthonia’s $13,099,000 “debt to the United States were sighed at the treasury, Mint Coins Copper Money. LENINGRAD, Oct. $8.—(Tass.)— The mint has coined 30,000,000. pieces in new copper money of half-kopeck value of the amount of 450,000 rubles. Y ER ME PARTY, MUST BE ganization. That the problem now was not to proceed slowly so that the membership can gradually become accustomed to the new form, but on the contrary to see to it that the re- organization proceeds as quickly as possible in order not to cause disap- pointment among the membership who are eager and in many cases even impatient for the redrganization. Second Step for Action, Now that the first step in the re- organization has been successful we are concentrating all our energy for the registration which takes place in the branches beginning October 23rd up to November 8th. For this pur- pose special meetings of every branch are called, and a representative of the District Executive Committee sent to every meeting to help take the reg- istration. Each branch will organize special comrades to visit the homes of those who do not attend the branch land and, the U. lamsburg, Brownsville and | Is England’s supremacy threatened? Will there be war between Eng- 8. A? NOVEMBER 16, meetings regularly and bring’ them down to the special registration meet- ing. Every member must make it his or her business to register during the above period. Section headquarters will be open every night so that those who for some reasons failed to attend the special branch meeting will have another opportunity to register. From November 8th to November 16th the registration cards will be classified according to the place of employment and the new working area sections, On November 16th the NEW SEC-| | TION MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS | will begin. ‘d The following is an instruction | sheet that every member will receive prior to the section membership meet- | ings, according to..the new working | areas, giving the.time, and, place as well as any other information bay acd sary: Where and When to Report. You are to report absolutely to one |of the following section membership | meetings in the sections listed below according to your place of work. All employed shop, factory, and of- fice workers go to the section mem- bership mieetings in the section in which the place of their last employ- ment is located. Building trade workers (for the present time), will attend the section meetings in the section in which their contracting shop is located. The following sections meet at: 1—Battery to Houston Street, East and West, 105 Eldrige St., Thursday, November 19th, 2—Houston to 14th Street, E. & W., 66 E. 4th St., Thursday, Noy. 19th, 3—15th St. to 28rd St, E. & W., 108 EB. 14th St., Monday, Nov. 16th. 4—24th St. to 34th St, E. & W., 301 W. 29th St., Monday, Nov. 16th. 5—35th St. to 59th St, E. & W., Bryant Hall, 6th Ave. & 42nd Street, Friday, Noy, 20th, 6—59th St. to 129th St. E. & W., 664 E. 104th St., Friday, Nov.” 20th. 7—129th St. to 149th St., BE. & W., 535 E. 146th St., Wednesday, Nov. 18. 8—1400h St. to Bronx Park and Van Cortland Park; E. & W., 1347 Boston Ra., Thursday, Nov. 19th. tit mmsburg (all), 56 Manhat- | tan Ave,hMonday, Nov. 16th. 101 ville (all), 1844 Pitkin | Ave. esday, Nov. 18th. 1 jouth Brooklyn, Bath Beach, Bord dese and Coney Island, 764 40th, Brooklyn, Sunday, Nov. 22nd, at 3:00 Dy gn. Night workers will attend the meet- ing at 108 East 14th St., Monday, Nof. féth, 2 p. m. Alf’ttiose working in Jamaica will atté#@® theéting in Brownsville. All those working in! Astoria will attend; meeting in Bryant Hall.. Aji those working in Staten Island will.attend meeting at 108 East 14th (Sec. 3). The following will attend the meet- ings{atyjthe. above sections in which they.-gegide: All domestic servants. Alb tradesmen, retail dealers, small business;anen, etc. Doctors; dentists, lawyers, etc. N MEETINGS Studebaker) Nucleus - -Has 40 Members in South Bend, Ind. SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. 28—In South Bend, Ind., the Workers (Com- munist) Party is now completely or- ai The comrades are enthusiastic about the possibilities for real Communist work. There are about 40.members at present in the Studebaker nucleus, but the comrades are confident of get- ting many more. At a meeting with the Executive Committee on Friday, Oct. 28, Comrade Martin Abern, dis- trict organizer, took up the question of shop activitity, printing of a shop paper, workers’ correspondence, etc. South Bend will participate in the district educational circuit and ex- pects to get a large turnout for the lecture course to be conducted by Comrade Carlson. ‘ Prepare Mass Meeting. ts The South Bend comrades are mak- ing preparations for a large'mass meeting on Soviet Anniversary Day. The meeting will be held October 8, 1925, 2 p. m., at Hungarian ‘Hall, 316 South Chafin St. Comrade Lovett Fort-Whiteman, organizer American Negro Labor Congress, will be the main speaker, and a special leaflet is being got out to reach the numerous Negro workers of South Bend. South Bend is a strongly concen- trated and heavy industry town, the Studebaker Motor corporation and the Oliver Chilled Plow Co., being the oustanding industries exploiting thousands of wrokers. The party, or- ganized on the shop nucleus basis, ex- pects to make good headway among these workers, Waukegan Listens to Report on Party . Trade Union Tasks WAUKEGAN, IIL, Oct. 28.—The Workers’ (Communist) Party in Wau- kegan, IIl., is getting on the job with the formation of Communist fractions in the labor unions. Comrade Oliver Carlson spoke before a membership meeting of the party on Thursday, October 22, on the ,subject. of trade union work and took up in detail the campaign the Chicago district is con- ducting to get all party members to join a labor union. Asa consequence, a committee of nine, two each from the carpenters, chauffeurs and team- sters and one each from the other unions, painters, molders, musicians, barbers and steamfitters, represented at the party meeting, was appointed to push the trade, union work and to build a local unit. ofthe Trade Union Educational League, ..This committee is responsible for.the formation of Communist fractions in these and other unions, .This preliminary..work is now being ‘conducted. Progressive and radical elements are being gotten together in order, at an early date,.to hold a general meeting and form a Trade Union Edu- cational League unit. Fifty members were present at, the, meeting, which also took up other important party matters, such as shop-and street. nu- clei reorganization. Salesmen, agents (who have no steady place of employment). All section meetings to be held at 6 p. my sharp. with, the exception of section 11. At the» section meetings temporary section, committees will be formed, and the,work of the new sections will begin. All those who up to that time will still be outside of the new units will be followed up both thru the old branch and the new section commit- tees under whose jurisdiction they will be according to their place of work. z Every member must register. Every member prepare for section meetings. Stockholders Fight inkers Four ag of the Chicago Milwaukes ‘St.Paul railroad, with holdings“ ‘@mounting to $23,000,000, have sought}from Fed. Judge James H. Wilkerso: m to file an entervening »pe' lowing _ them to enter binky) proceedings on the road. "Phé stockholders object to oF Kuhn-Loeb re- certain fe organization’, “forthe road. America” ¥ 12 mo, 192 pp “Mvery well - informed 4 fr reader will want this By Leon Trotsky . ,hook. Order. it now. With a special “Préface for | Springfield Is Now Fully Reorganized on Shop Nuclei Basis Local Springfield, Ill., Workers (Com- munist) Party has been full reorgan- ized on a shop nucleus basis, making an addition to the party units that are being swiftly organized in the Chicago, District No. 8 on the new form. To date, the following units are on a shop and street nuclei basis in District 8: Chicago, 14 nuclei, in- cluding Pullman, Section 1 and isolat- ed nuclei; West Frankfort, three shop nuclei, rest of the party being reor- ganized; Dowell, Ill., entirely; South Bend, Ind., entirely; Zeigler, Ill, en- tirely; Gary, Ind., | ent: ; Spring- field, Il, entirely. The approximate membership organized into shop nu- clei is 300;. into street nuclei, thirty. Klan Jury Complete. NOBLESVILLE, Ind.,.@et. 28— A jury to try D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Indiana ku klux klan; Earl Gentry and Earl Klinck on a charge of murder as a result of the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer was completed here late this afternoon. 4 ‘ganized on the shop nucleus basis. «