The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 14, 1925, Page 4

Organization Meetings a THE DAILY WORKER CELEBRATE 8TH YEAR AT GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Good Meeting in Spite of Many Obstacles GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—Efforts of local comrades to make the eighth an- niversary celebration a big demonstra- tion in behalf of workers’ rule in the ¥Soviet Union, resulted in a great re- sponse from Giand Rapids tollers, jseveral hundred of whom attended the meeting held under the auspices of jthe Workers (Communist): Party at jthe S, and D. Hall. information reaching here Late Ps because of his editorial duties on The DAILY WORKER, forcing him to return to Chicago immediately after his Detroit meeting, Comrade J. Louis Engdahl could not. be present at this event as advertised; and the further augmentation of: this disad- vantage thru the failure of two other scheduled speakers to appear at all, made a complete last minute rear- rangement of the program necessary. Comrade B. A. Faulkner, ‘veteran fighter of the revolutionary move- ment in Michigan, acted as chairman. Following his opening remarks he in- troduced,Comrade James Barkin, who, himself well remembering the old Russia of czarist days, made a brief address, treating the relation of the American working class to the Union of Soviets. Bechtold Principal Speaker Comrade Eugene Bechtold, local or- ganizer, reviewed the economic and political developments of Soviet Rus- sia during the last eight years, which today have reached a stage of utmost importance, constituting a victory not merely confined to the Russian work- ers, but a triumph for the proletariat of the entire world. After assailing the Locarno secur- ity pact as the latest scheme for at- tacking the U. S. S. R., the speaker treated in detail the demands formu- lated by the Workers (Communist) Party, the struggles for which will teach the working class the true nature of American capitalist demo- eracy and will lead them onward to the workers’ and famers’ government of the United States. Honor Frunze Bechtold asked the audience to rise and stand in silence in memory of the late red commissar of war, Michael Frunze, following which the speaker made the collection appeal for The DAILY WORKER, which, thru the cooperation of Y. W. L. Comrades Louis Druker and Dena Van Heck on the floor, amounted to $29.50. Copies of the anniversary edition of The DAILY WORKER and the The Young Comrade A Monthly Paper Issued for Work- ing Class Children by the Young Pioneers of America INCLUDING: Articles by children’ of* the lives of the workers, and their children; stories; cartoons; pictures and many other fea- || tures that appeal to children and. teach them the truth of the present system. Make your child a fighter for the workers’ cause—give your children The Young Comrade 50 Cents a Year. 1113 W. Washington Boulevard, CHICAGO, ILL, 14th street, Room 42, 14th street, Room 42, . * must attend this meeting, doctors. dentists, lawyers, ployment) who live in th MEETING. PARTY. » Workers (Communist) Party |" WHAT OUR SHOP NUCLEUS HAS DONE By. ANDREW HOLMES, , Worker Correspondent. After having accepted at the 1923 convention a resolution dealing with the reorganization on a shop nuclei basis, our party had quite a lengthy dis- cussion on this subject. The German, French and Czecho-Slovakian parties, at the time of the last convention of the Workers Party, had reorganized many of their units into shop nuclei, casion, reaffirmed its stand and re- solved immediately to start the task of reorganizing the party on the basis of shop nuclei. In our factory there were enough party members last May to start a nucleus. We therefore ‘proceedéd with the formation of such a shop nucletfs. tion of the nucleus, we were, as party members, working as a unit in this factory. Our union, the Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers which, it is, well known, not only solidly supported LaFollette and the LaFollette movement, but as- sessed the membership of the union one dollar each: for the LaFollette campaign. In our shop, however, we, the party members, put up such a splendid campaign, that many of the workers there, who were members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Féfused to pay their LaFollette as- sessment. We succeeded in collecting $11 among these workers for the Workers (Communist) Party cam- paign. After we were organized into a shop nucleus, we mapped out our activities. Because of the precarious position we were in there was at first difficulty in carrying on intense activity. In the first place, a general attack was launched against the par- ty members. With the assistance of the Jewish Forward and other yellow sheets our- enemies succeeded in spreading prejudice and antagonism against the Workers Party and the Trade Union Educational League. Naturally our struggle was made more difficult by that. Two of our members, as a result of a collaborative frame-up between the boss and the shop chair- man, lost their jobs. However, we soon gained three new members. The conditions in the tailoring in- dustry are very bad. For the past year, the majority of the workers have been employed on the average only half time. In spite of these handi- caps, we succeeded in selling consid- erable literature and tickets for the various party affairs. Two months ago we helped organ- ize a branch, of the International La- Our party, on that oc-+ Previous to the actual forma-; bor Defense in our factory, with- fit- teen members, and are thus forging ahead. What is our activity at present? On the first of May this year a new agreement was concluded with the manufacturers. There was a universal not a general wage cut agreed ‘to. Namely: they took most of the sec- tions in the various shops and, under the cloak of readjusting economy, thousands of members lost their jobs. Those remaining were hardly in a position to eke out a livelihood. This collaborative method carried in itself the germ of another catastroph- ieal occurrence. As stated above, President Hillmarresssisted the manu- facturers in cutting the standard of pay of the workers. The International Tailoring company, which is enjoying huge profits and is still unsatisfied, asked repeatedly for such enormous reductions that even the Amalgamated officialdom could not comply with them because they realized it would mean the loss of their official posi- tion in the union. The result of this was the strike against the firm. This strike has been in force for the last four months. If the Amalgamated officialdom would have rejected the first demand of the manufacturers, for a wage cut, they surely would not have forced the alternative—a general strike because jif the International Tailoring Co.| could not secure scabs, the entire) local market would have its last chance to manufacture garments with scabs. To sum up, what has been the mission of our shop nucleus? Thru education fhe membership was made more acquainted with the meaning of the class struggle. We did everything to familiarize the workers with the class collaboration which exist be- tween the manufacturers and the officialdom of the union, Thru such activities our own membership would be welded into a more militant body. We are now in a better position to withstand and repel every attack against the standard of living of the workers. Workers Monthly were sold, and sev- eral orders taken for the highly in- formative book “Russia Today.” Sokal Speaks in Lithuanian Joe Sokal, particularily well known among Lithuanian workers concluded the meeting with an address to the remaining audience in his native tongue. General satisfaction prevailed among the comrades as to the out- come of the celebration despite all obstacles; it being the third of a series of mass meetings of major im- portance arranged and conducted by local Communists. Bellaire Authorities Forbid Celebration of Bolshevik Revolution NEW YORK, ATTENTION! PARTY REORGANIZATION MEETINGS _ SECTION THREE Will meet Monday, Nov. 16, 6 p. m. at 108 East SECTION FOUR (23rd St. to 34th St., east and west), will meet on Monday, November 16, at 6 p. m, at 301 West 29th St, SECTION NINE (Williamsburg, Ridgewood, Boro Hall), will meet on Monday, Nov. 16, at 6 p. m, at 66 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. NIGHT WORKERS will meet Monday, Nov. 16, at 2 p. m. at 108 East WHO 1S TO ATTEND: Every party member working In thle section All housewives, tradesmen, retail dealers, small. businessmen, agents (who have no steady place of em- ction will attend this meeting, All those who are unemployed, and whose last place of employ- ment was located in this section, will attend this meeting. All those living in this section who did not re know in what section their shop is located, will attend this meeting. LET EVERY PARTY MEMBER ATTEND THE SECTION HELP REORGANIZE THE PARTY. > cee & oe HELP IN THE BUILDING UP OF A STRONG BOLSHEVIK © By A Worker Correspondent BELLAIRE, Ohio. Nov. 12.—The municipal authorities have stopped the eight anniversary meeting ar- ranged by the Workers (Communist) Party on Friday, Nov. 6. The com- rades were notified we night before the meeting that they could not hold the meeting. The hall keeper was intimidated, and was told that he would get a fine of $500 if he allowed the meeting to take place. The district office of the Workers Party is detérmined to get the right of free speech in Bellaire. As far as can be learned, the Wheeling Steel company and the coal operators are HELP SAVE THE DAILY WORKER! »ehind the action of the municipal iuthorities,. , = The Workers Party is preparing to wage the fight for free speeeh. Re- cently a meeting of the party in Cleveland was disrupted by the po- lice. Putting two and two together, it would appear as if the authorities are preparing a campaign against the Workers (Communist) Party, prelimi- ary to a general attack.on the organ- ized labor movement. The open shoppers are carrying on a broad campaign. They are utilizing the-newspapers to the full, and every- where are agitating for the open shop. The coal operagors are work- ing overtime, to beat down the stand- ard of the miners. Only‘ recently it was announced that anthracite coal- fields in West Virginia, which have not been operated for years, will re- open if the international commerce | commission will reduce freight rates. Tis means a regular campaign against the anthracite miners ‘which attacks the bituminous miners ai lutions ffairs OMAHA WORKERS HOLD RUSSIAN REVOLUTION CELEBRATION SUNDAY OMAHA, Neb. Nov, 12, — The eighth anniversary celebration of the Russian revolution will be held at the Labor Temple Bali Room, 19th and Davenport Sts., Sunday afternoon, Nov. 22, at 2:30 p. m., under the auspices of the Omaha Workers (Communist) Party, the Independent Ladies’ Club, and the Workmen's Circle Branches 626 and 258. Comrade Robert Minor,. member of the Central Executive Commit- tee of the Workers (Communist) Party, will .be the main speaker. ‘Minor has been in Soviet Russia a number of times and every Omaha worker should take this opportunity to hear of the conditions as they are in the first workers’ and farmers’ government, A small admission of 25 cents will be charged.” All proceeds are to go to aid our organ, The DAILY WORKER. Y. W. L. Area Branch No. 1 Grand Masque Ball Saturday Night To raise funds to help carry on the league work in District No, 8 and to help maintain The Young Worker, Working Area Branch No, 1 of the Young Workers (Communist) League is arranging a grand ‘masque ball on Saturday, November the 14th at the Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. Young Workers (Communist) League Area Branch No, 1 meets every Friday night at 8:00 p, m. at 166 W. Washington St. and is carry- ing on activity among the young workers employed in the downtown shops and stores. All members of the party and the league are expected to support this affair. The admission charge is only 35c. Music js furnished by I. Letchinger’s Mid-West Syncopators.—“Nuff sed!” Famous Musicians to Play Saturday | for Rescue Dance NEW YORK, Nov. 12-—-Two cele- brated artists will donate their talent for the benefit of .The DAILY WORKER at the Rescue Party ar- ranged for ‘this Saturday, evening, Noy, 14, at the, Bronx headquartérs, 1347 Boston road. i Liese Soskial, violinist, will give two numbers, the Sonata in G Minor by Tartini (first movement), and Tamburin by Rambeau Kreisler. Josephina Arinea will give a num- ber of selections on the piano. Not only residents of the Bronx but music lovers from all .over the city who know of the splendid work of these two artists will flock to the Rescue Party to hear them and in that way help The DAILY WORKER while spending a most pleasant even- ing. And, of course, there will be dancing until early morning, YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE TO HOLD MASQUE BALL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 well. e Rochester, N. Y., Is © Proud of Celebration of Workers’ Republic ROCHESTER, N, Y., Noy. 12.—The anniversary of the Russian revolu- tion meeting in Rochester was one of the very best held. The hall was beautifully decorated with red bunt- ing, large palms adorned the windows anf platform and banners were hung everywhere in the large hall with “Hail to thé Workers Republic” “Greetings to the Communists of the World” and other appropriate slogans, The music was furnished by a large Lithuanian chorus, Speeches were made in Italian, Jewish and English.’' When Mother Bloor, who spoke in English rose to speak, a young comrade stepped out on the rand do not platform and led the large audience in singing The International, Mother Bloor's..address was received with the warmest appreciation, She re- viewed the stupendous achievements of Soviet Russia in the last 8 years and pointed out the significance of this to workers of the entire world. RUSSIAN BRANCH GIVES ‘RETURNED FROM SIBERIA’ AT WORKERS? THEATER NEW YORK, Nov, 12.—The Rus- sian’ Branch No, 2, of the Workers (Communist) Party is arranging a “Returned from Si- for Saturday, Nov. 14, and Nov. 15, at the Russian Workers’ Theater, 431 East 6th St, There will be a symphony orches- tra of 35 pieces to accompany the play. After the play there ‘will be dancing to the wee small hours of the morning. ‘nll To raise funds for The Young Worker and the District No. 8 of- fice of the Young Workers’ League which is planning a wide field of ac- tivity, Working Area Branch No, 1 of the Young Workers’ League Is holding a masque ball on Saturday, November 14, 1925, at the Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Bivd. All the Workers Party and Young Workers’ League members and sympathizers of the Young Workers League and Its activities are urged to attend and to come masked as valuable prizes will be given to best single costumes or a group portray- Ing some revolutionary event or epoch. Admission to the dance is only 35 cents. = —— | PARTY. _ ORGANIZATION — | With Introduction by JAY LOVESTONE. | A most valuable pamphlet on the composition of the American Communist movement containing? The letter of the Commitn- ist International on re- organization; the shop nue- lei; the constitution—in- dexed and with charts. A Communist should not be without it, 15 Cents. The Daily Worker Pub. Co, WOBBLY LUMBER JACKS KNOW A THING OR TWO Don’t Believe Hokum About Communists By W. J. M. (Worker Correspondent) SPOKANH, Wash., Nov. 12.—While walking along the “skidway” (Trent avenue, where the lumber jacks hang out) the Worker correspondent talked with a number of lumber jacks in their hob nailed shoes: and short legged pants. Generally speaking their opinions as expressed by themselvos, as regards conditions in the ‘woods are “rotten”, “bum”, “not worth a dam.” While talking to these “working stiffs,” as many of these old time Wobblies rate themselves, your cor- respondent asked them to explain their reason for condemning the lum- ber camps so severely. One old timer said: “Well, the last job I shipped out to we had to hike 15 miles after we left the train. Be- fore we reached camp we had another hike up a ravine. At the head of this ravine stood a shack, its logs almost ready to crumble down, Too Rotten For Pigs. “Inside was straw in the bunks, the floor was covered with filth; no bull cook to keep the place clean, I never saw a pig pen look so filthy, and the grub was equally rotten. “The wages were a little more than $3.00 per, and out of that you paid $1.25 per for your flop on the straw in the filthy, lousy bunk house and for the stuff they doled out to you for food, and that’s why I say the woods are rotten.” When They Fought The Bosses, When reminded that the I. W. W. once made the lumber barons of the Northwest furnish libraries and show- er baths, and asked why they had failed to maintain these conditions, he replied: ; “In ithose days, the Wobblies fought the lumber kings. Now the Wobblies fight each other, that is, a bunch of pie card artists fight each other while the rank and file are shot to hell.” Don’t Believe Anarchist Bunk. Your correspondent then asked him ato that circulates among e Wobblies that the C Ge Wiahig, Communist split “Communist split hell!” he: repli “Ain't Harrison George, an old vane Wobbly, a Communist? No, its only the. ignorant Wofblies that swaHow that gag. “Any Wobbly that»is posted knows that the Communist did all in their Power to keep the Wobblies from splitting, but because the Communists showed up, same disrupters and pie card artists in the Wobbly movement they sought reyenge by telling the rank and file that the Communist split us, And He Is Not a Communist “If the I. W. W., as an organization would let a handful of Communists split us, then we are not worthy the name of a labor organization, Did ‘the Communists split any of the A. F. of |b. organizations? No, then how in jhell could they split the I, Ww. W.? “The I. W. W. permited theinselves to be split by a bunch of anarchistie pie card artists in spite of the Commun: ists, and that old stuff that the Com- munists split us is an insult to a think- ing Wobbly!” When asked if he was a Communist he replied “No.” Lost Union—Lost Conditions. The above statement as regards con- ditions in the lumber camps of the Northwest was corroborated by other lumber jacks, while a few of them spoke of conditions not quite so bad, but none of them interviewed by your correspondent had any praise for wages, hours and working conditions in the woods, Some laid the bad conditions to the 4 L, a company union, others to the unorganized state of affairs among the ‘umber workers and others to the lack of the fighting spirit of the old time I. W. W., but all agreed that the trade of a lumber jack in the woods of the Northwest was nothing for a slave to envy, Build the DAILY WORKER. by ‘Cloth, $2.00 1113 W. Washington oes CHICAGO, 1th aul es NEW YORK WORKERS’ SCHOOL HAS CLASSES FOR ORGANIZATION WORK FOR MEMBERS OF TRADE UNIONS (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Nov. 12.~—-Many courses of special interest to trade union- ists are offered by the New York Workers’ School in its bulletin of courses offered for this year. A course in trade union work will be offered in which the structure and growth of the American trade union movement and the major political, eco nomic and technical problems met by union officers and union members will be taken up. Some of the problems included are: organization of the un- organized; amalgamation; class col- laboration; shop committees; labor and the law; politics in the labor movement; and the fight against re- action and reformism. Instructor is Bert Miller; leading trade unionists will participate in round table dis- cussion of strike strategy and spectial- ists will take up the problems and technique of wage and price negotla- tions and agreement and other special topics. Teach Garment Union Members. Another special course of great im- portance to the needle trades’ is en- titled “The History and Problems of the Needle Trades Industry.” Twenty- five or 30 of the most active workers in the various needle trades unions will be admitted into this special training course. It aims to prepare active workers in the needle trades industry for responsible work in their respective unions. The various vital problems facing officers, executive board members, business agents, de- partmental heads and the active union workers will be taken up, in- cluding the history of the industry, the problems of seasonal fiuctua- tions, contractors, jobbers, inside shops, etc. and the tasks of shop chairmen, organization committees, campaigns, finances, office manage- ment, ete. This course will be con- ducted by specialists in their respec- tive fields, under the general direction of a commitee of which Alexander Trachtenberg is the secretary and whose other members are Ben Gitlow, Sascha Zimmerman, J. Zack, and Bert Wolfe. Public Speaking. A course in public speaking, in- structor Carl Brodsky, is also attract- ing much attention among organized workers as it is of great practical use oN ER ON os GREE BE SAT to them. For students of an advanced nature, training in research work will be of great use in investigating the conditions in a given industry, wages, profits, and economic trends. A limi- ted number of qualified workers will be admitted to this course; the in- structor is Alexander Trachtenberg. Workers Correspondents, There are courses in English of all grades for such trade unionists as were not born in the United States or whose training for treading, writ- ing and speaking English is some- what limited. A special course in workers’ correspondence or working class journalism should interest all union officials who have the tasks of editing or writing for jour- nals, giving publicity to strikes and meetings and other work of a similar. nature. For those not qualified for this course, a more elementary course in composition is offered. Economics. Finally, there is a general group of courses in economics, politics and history that should interest leading workers in the unions. Among them are especially recommended: “Amer- ican Economic and Political History;” “History of the American Working Class” and “Marxian Economics. The instructors for these courses are Anton Bimba and Jacob Mindel. All of these courses open the last week in November so that workers interested should hasten to register at the Workers School now if they hope to get admited. The fee for each course is $2.50 for three months, Registration takes place every after- noon and evening at the Workers School, 108 East 14 St., Room 34. Courses in English, trade unionism, economics,” politics, and history, are also offered to the unions at their headquarters for small fees and the Workers Schoo] will furnish compe- tent instructors for such courses. INVESTIGATE ANCIENT BATTLEGROUND; LEAVE MODERN SYRIA ALONE Sertlppeettnemencmennatiiaaimeney wintsaedamesiazesillagaataimiecanamtinimatl “TWO RECENT BOOKS ON THE NEW RUSSIA First Time in History Anna Loulse Strong Word from Syria has been receiv- ed in Chicago, but it does not con- cern the sanguinary conflict raging there now, except in a remote man- ner. The Oriental Institute of the University of Ohicagd has received word from Prof. James H. Brea- stead, in charge of the Armagedon expedition of the university, that the uprisings today will not halt the excavation of Megido Ridge, “the battle ground of the ages.” In- vestigations and excavations have been going on here for consider- able time, and preparations are un- der way to slice off the top layer of the battle ground to discover what happened thousands of years ago. If these gentlemen want to find ghastly remains among ruins they could dig into the ruins of Damascus, “the mother of cities,” and discover horrors that the an- cient conquerors never dreamed of._ A, C..S “Threatens” Expose of St. Paul Railroad Financing WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Incensed at accusations that it could have pre- vented the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad being thrown into a receivership if it had approved certain financial plans submitted to it by the road's directorate, the interstate com- merce commission is threatening to disclose some of the secrets as to how the financial end of the road was “managed” at its meeting here on November 30. The commission's threat to expose the St. Paul's finan- clal history and methods used by various banks in railroad financing has made many of the political observ- ers in Washington smile wisely as they remember that the commission has made threats in the past, C0 OC) C30 oco Leon Trotsky has written an ine C30 troduction te this vivid account of Russia is New Russia in the process of Frenc! ore he writer whose personal ox: igh e writer wi - rie in Soviet Russia have been A pict Rich, and whose Enewredne of the writer has land and its people is int! mage and complete, is well known to the - clas American | movement under the it is a pen-name of “Anise.” written, DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113 W.Washington Blvd,, Chicago, III, Romance of New Magdaleine Marx This book of impressions of yd | novell: book aglow with the color, life of R ure of the mary people the met so and women, officlals—people of all Ford Company Agents Tour Soviet Ukraine (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Nov. 12. —_Representa- tives of the Ford Automobile Co. have recently arrived in the Ukraine to study the state of tractor cultivation in the Ukraine, and the working of the tractors manufactured at the Ford factory, The Americans have toured thruout the Ukraine, and on being interyiew- ed, stated their impression that the American tractor has firmly establish- ed its popularity among the Ukrain- ian peasants, who are utilizing the tractor not only for ploughing, but. also for other agricultural purposes. According to the Ford representa- tives, it is already the dream of every Ukrainian Seapant to acquire @ trac- itor. /Radio Stations in Moscow. MOSCOW, Nov. 12.—The Moscow Soviet Has ordered the in&tallation of radio receiving stations thruout the province of Moscow. In evéry town and village where there are radio amateurs, radio re- ceivers and loud speakers will be in- stalled, and consultations bureaus es- tablished for the benefit of amateurs. The whole work of “radiofication” is to be completed by the coming win- ter. The peasants are manifesting intense interest in this work, Russ Tourist Association. MOSCOW, Nov, 12,— The Russian Tourist association of Moscow is completing its 30th year of fruitful activity in the organization of histor!- cal and ethnographical excursions, The activities of the association {n- crease year by year. In 1924 alone the association organized 170 excur- sions in and around Moscow, in which more than 4,000 members took part. At the present time the assootation is preparing for publication a “Guide to Moscow and ~Environs” and a series of informative booklets on mat ters of interest to tourists, Russia by written by the jussia— orking men colorful book, brilliantly Cloth, $2.00 —— ee < teiheBes € 1 a CRS TAMER N ECE SS