The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 19, 1925, Page 4

~ Page Four Organization Meetings Section Four yo Mid-City Industrial Area) Attention! The section membership me Ing of Section No. 4, which tak In the following branches: Ar- menian, Armenian Independent, Greek, Douglas Park English, Doug- las Park Jewjsh, Spanish, Shop Nu- cleus No. 7, Shop Nucleus No. 8, Shop Nucleus No. 5 (Daily Work- er), Czecho-Slovak Branches No, 1, No. 3, Brookfield, North Berwyn, Czecho-Slovak Cicero Men and Wo- men, Italian branche: 1ith Ward, 19th Ward, 31st Ward and Terra Cotta (now in the 31st Ward, Ital- ian Cicero, Cicero English, Cicero Lithuanian No. 74, Lithuanian No. 77 and No. 2, South Slav No. 1, Bul- garian, will be held Wednesday, November 18, 7:30 p, m., at ROOS- EVELT HALL, 3437 West Roose- velt Road. 3 Every member of the Workers (Communist) Party, attached to any one of the above-named units, in the Workers (Communist) Party. must attend this meeting, if he or she wishes to retain membership Registration of all members will take place there. Comrades will be assigned either to shop or street nuclei. It is of the utmost importance to the successful reorganization of the party in the city of Chicago that every member belonging to Section No. 4 attend this meeting. Comrades! Be on time at the meeting. Marxian Economics for Beginners at ginning Thursday, Nov. 26. at 8 p. m., with J, Mindel as instructor. This course begins with a considera- tion of the different schools of econ- omics and takes up the fundamental elements of Marxian economy, such as value, money, surplus value, cap- ital, rate of profit, how capital revolu- tionizes the mode of production, the accumulation and concentration of capital in industry and agriculture, banks, crises, the influence of concen- tration on the working class, and what capitalist accumulation leads to. This course is preparatory to a second course in the economics of the era of financial capital and monopoly. It takes up all the classic concepts of Marxian economics and “American- izes” them, that is to say, it particu- larly studies these economic pheno- mena as they are illustrated in the U. S. An interesting feature, seldom or never treated in a course in Marx- ian economics in the United States, is the study of the concentration of capital in agriculture and the general economics of the agrarian problem. This course is open to any one who has the barest elements of economic knowledge such as can be derived from the reading of the economics section of the “A. B. C. of Commun- ism,” or some work of a similar na- ture. The fee for the three months course is $2.50. Registrations are being taken now at the school office, Room 34, 108 East 14 St. Read—Write—distribute The DAILY WORKER. TTT TIMI LL ed THE FROM THE a0 THRU Aun CONVENTION By C. E. Ruthenberg. = 3 ‘A review of the develop- : ments in the Workers (Com- munist) Party thru its many 2 stages, and a summary of the 3 various problems encounter- ed—from the first differences on the Labor Party policy to the fourth convention. 10 CENTS. - DAILY WORKER PUB. CO, 1113 W. Washington Bivd. Chicago, itl. If you likes tea Half as much as me Yow’re going to be —At the House of the Masses You kin have your tea black, You kin have your tea green At the reddest tea party What's ever been seen —At the House of the Masses We'll has the worst speeches To be got in the town, But we'll use darn good grub To choke it down —At the House of the Masses ’ N. Y. Workers’ School NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—A course in Marxian economics will be given at the New York Workers’ School, be- THE FACTORY THE DAILY WORKER | Workers (Communist) Party NUCLEUS AND THE STREET NUGLEUS By W. ULBRIGHT. ARTICLE I, HE political tasks of the Commun- ist parties demand that factory nuclei be the foundation of party or- ganization, However, we must not forget that it is essential to organ- ize also comrades who are not in in- dustrial enterprises and cannot be at- tached to factory nuclei. These com- rades must be organized and in street nuclei as it is absolutely necessary to work systematically among ‘those employed in small concerns, and among housewives, unemployed and the petty bourgeois classes, in resi- dential districts. The necessity of this procedure is particularly notice- able during election campaigns. In the course of the past few months we had occasion to observe that in two of the most important sections of the Comintern, in the Communist Party of France and the Communist Party of Germany the election campaigns were not carried on quite satisfactorily. The C. P. of F. was not active enuf in the residential districts as it almost entirely depended on factory nuclei and the workers groups proved to be a failure. The C. P. G. on the other hand carried on its election agitation almost entirely in the residential dis- tricts and neglected the factories. Shop Nuclei and Election Campaigns Altho agitation in the residential districts is very important, agitprop work during election campaigns should be first and foremost concen trated on industrial enterprises, for the following reasons: (a) The close connection of factory questions with general political ques- tions brought ‘forward at elections, give a very good opportunity to ex- pose the election trickery of the op- ponent parties. (b) During an election campaign, our first concern is to capture indus- trial workers as completely as pos- sible, because it is they who count most in all labor struggles. (c) With the help of factory news- papers and by selling dailies in and outside the factories, we can easily influence the most important sections of the working class in a systematic manner, (d) Only by carrying on agitation and propaganda in the factories on a large scale during election campaigns is it possible to organize rapidly and successfully factory delegations and mass demonstrations at the opening of parliament. Winning the Sociai-Democratic Workers The same applies to the struggle against the social-democratic party. We will not make much headway if we limit ourselves to general agita- tion against the social-democratic party in parliament. Such agitation leads frequently to a more or less serious clash between the social-de- mocratic parliamentary leaders and Communist parliamentary debaters. But this does very little towards con- vincing and winning over social-demo- cratic workers. In the fatcories, how- ever, we can bring to the notice of the workers the nature of the social- democratic policy in connection with all’ everyday questions. The social- democrats have recognized the im- portance of factory agitation. For in- stance, the report of the district man- aging committee of the Berlin-Bran- denberg district of the socialist party ot Germany contains the following statement: “The factory secretariat has taken measures to supply our represent- atives in the factories with the ne- cessary material in order to bring our Party again into good repute in the trade unions and factories.” This quotation shows the import- ance which the socialist party of Ger- many attaches to factory agitation. It is this which has enabled social- democratic leaders to keep social-de- mocratic members in the party in spite of their betrayal of the inter- ests of the workers. A section of the social-democratic leaders deceived the workers ‘by radical Dhraseology in Parliament, whilst~with the assistance of the influence of social-democratic leaders, they obstructed the workers in the factories in their every action, These experiences are a lesson that we must first of all capture factory workers, in order to take away the ground from under the feet of the social-democratic party. Then Com- munist factory nuclei will be able to act as the active vanguards of the workers in their struggle for their Tea — Grub — Tables — Chairs Sawdust — Gossip — n’Everythin’ at the HOUSE OF THE MASSES, Gratiot at St. Aubin, Detroit, Mich. Friday Night, Nov. 20 at 8 o'clock (Very exclusive--samovar very worst families will be there) everyday needs, when they will know how to treat social-democratic work- ers as deluded class comrades, in order to influence them in a system- atic manner, it will be possible to weaken the social-democratic party. Therefore, leading party organs must always bear in mind that factory work is the most importaht work and that work in the residential districts is only of secondary importance, Factory nuclei should be the basis of party organization, that is to say, the center of gravity of party work is in the factories, Therefore, factory nuclej should be represented at con- ferences in accordance with their strength and importance. But such a formulation of the question does not mean that there should not be any street nuclei. There are organ- izations in which comrades live quite close to the places of their employ- ment, in which there are only a few comrades employed in factoriés and where’ men and women party com. rades can be attached to factory nuclei. In such cases, agitation in the residential district is also ried on by the factory nuclei. Tasks of Street Nuclei. car It is essential to ascertain who be- longs to street nuclei. The French comrades are right in saying that all party. members who not be attached to factory nuclei belong to street nuclei. Does this mean a weakening of work in the residential districts, because a small- er number of members belong to street nuclei than formerly to the groups of ten? Certainly not! For hitherto only a small number of of- ficials carried on the work in the residential districts. If street nuclei are now able to draw all their party members into the work, this would mean a strengthening of work in residential districts. The task of street nuclei consists in carrying on Communist work among the residents of their sphere of activity, especially among those employed in small concerns and among housewives and the middle classes of the local population. They must register Sympathizers and to recruit members and _ subscribers. They organize the sale of Communist newspapers, periodicals and pamph- lets, from house to house and in shops, and institutions. They organ- ize meetings and carry on agitation and propaganda work at the func- tions ‘of our opponents. They pub- lish special wall newspapers for the large- Blocks of flats and ~ compile special agitation material for propa- ganda among the middle classes of the locality linking up this material with local events. They agitate from outside in enterprises where no Com- munists are employed and endeavor to gain sympathy for the purpose of gradually forming a factory nucleus. For such enterprises it is the street nucleus appointed by the nucleus group’s leading organ which makes itself responsible for the factory newspaper, Street'- nuclei turn their attention to all branches of party work and receive membership contributions from party members who cannot belong to factory nuclei. As comrades organized in factory nu- clei who live far from the place of their employment are as a rule not given any, work by the factory nuclei after working hours and on Sundays it is essential to register these com- rades with the nuclei executive com- mittee of their residential district. This executive can give the comrades definite party work to do (reporting agitation in the rural districts, com- Pilation of factory nucleus news- papers for factories without nucleus assistance with definite branches of work in the nucleus section or sub- section executive, etc.) These comrades can also be attach- ed to definite street nuclei for work after working hours and on Sundays. As these comrades are only full fledged members in factory nuclei they cannot of course participate in the making of decisions on party questions in the street nucleus. Wherever street nuclei do not exist comrades ‘can be attached to factory nuclei by the nucleus section or sub- section executive. They can partici- pate in making up factory newspa- pers, can help with the educational work of that factory nucleus, can he members of the commission for ag- itation in the rural districts, ete. Cleveland!.Launches Organization Drive for Working Women CLEVELAND—In order to launch the work’ among women, the District Executive Committee is calling a meeting of all women comrades of Cleveland, to discuss the work and work out plans. Work among women is very im- portant for the party. The attitude that the party has hitherto taken— and that many comrades still enter- tain—must be, _combatted. Work among women hag been considered as of little importance—as a matter 0 secondary importance. This is a big error, for the struggles of the work ers at the present time can be in tensified if the,women are educatec and mobilized to help their husbands and fathers, The backwardness of women pol- Resolutions |/ Social Affairs || he Party Wants The Daily Worker By C. E. RUTHENBERG, General Se¢retary, Workers (Communist) Party. de response which the party has made to the appeal of the Central Executive Committee to save The DAILY WORKER from suspension is a splendid demonstration of the spirit of our movement. The help given The DAILY WORKER in the crisis in which it found itself is conclusive proof that the party is ready to fight for and maintain The DAILY WORKER. The Central Executive Committee found itself face to face with the necessity of raising $7,500 in five days. It had to raise the money or The DAILY WORKER would be suspended. This was the problem before the secretariat of the party on Wednes- day, November 11th. This money had to be on hand, part of it by Friday, the 13th, and the balance not later than Monday, the 16th. The secretariat spent all day of last Wednesday mobilizing the forces of the party to raise the necessary money. The task was all the greater in view of the fact that for two months The itically and in industrial organization | DAILY WORKER had been carrying on a campaign for funds. is again due to:the lack of under standing of the-:big issue involved Half of the proletarian population is to be eliminated from the struggle. The Communist International anc the Workers (Communist) Party hav. decided that women must be educatec dt Bde party responded splendidly to the appeal sent out. The South Slavic comrades raised $700 as a contribution in part ind part in payment of their bills. The Lithuanian comrades nade a loan of $500 to The DAILY WORKER. The Greek com- ades handed in a check of $350 on their account; the Polish com- rades paid $200 in account; the Scandinavian $150. The com- and lined up industrially and politic: | rades of the Finnish section loaned The DAILY WORKER $1,000. ally. The bourgeoisie is doing its)The Lettish bureau loaned The DAILY WORKER $300 from its work well both: among the dames of its own class—and among the work- ing class women, District Six of the party intends to begin the work among women. Every woman comrade of the party in press fund and the Lettish branch of Chicago raised another $200. The comrades of San Francisco sent in a check for $300 raised at a membership meeting. The New York comrades sent a check for $500 on account of the proceeds of the November 7th meeting. Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Boston and many other places Cleveland is instructed to be present | S¢nt in substantial remittances on account of the November 7th at the district office on Sunday, Dec. | Celebration. 6, at 2:30 p. m. This instruction is mandatory. women does not mean ‘work by wo- men members of the party. It is party work among the proletarian masses of women, in which the party as q| United States. whole should participate. Educational Work in Cleveland Will Reach Workers Outside Party CLEVELAND, Nov. 17.—The dis- trict committee of this district has begun its educational work. The agit- prop has outlined the follofing cour- ses: an elementaty and an advanced Men members of the }|the party are also invited for work among | gyg, Today, November 16, The DAILY WORKER has received $7,500 which it was necessary to raise to prevent its instant pension. HE DAILY WORKER is alive. It will continue to appear as the expression of the militant revolutionary workers of the It will continue to serve the party as a weapon to organize the working masses for the struggle against capitalism. The immediate crisis has been overcome. Now it is the task of the party to place The DAILY WORKER beyond the reach of another such crisis. Now the party units thruout the country must complete the task of raising the $40,000 fund which The DAILY WORKER appealed for in September. There is another $20,000 to be raised to complete this fund. We believe that the aoe the party has responded to the ap- peal of The DAILY WORKER in its emergency makes certain that the party will complete this fund. n It will place The DAILY WORKER on a basis so. that it can go forward without further class in English, a public speaking | 42ppeals. class, and a class in the history of trade unionism’ and the Communist tactics in the tride unions, The classes in elementary and ad vanced English will begin on Sunday Nov, 29, at 10 a. m. These classes will hold two $éssions a week—on Sunday” mornings and Wednesday nightsin two séparate classes. The class in public speaking will start on Tuesday, December 1, at 8 p. m. and will meet once a week.sThe fee for either the elementary’ or advanced English class, which “'will last 6 months, is $2.50. The fee for the class in public speaking is also $2.50 and the course will also last 6 months. The class in “trade unionism will begin on Sunday, December 6, at 10 a.m. It will consist of 8 or 9 lectures on the history of-trade unionism, with full discussion. “Po this will be added a lesson for the discussion of action at a trade union meeting. Then will follow three sessions on the tactics of Communists ‘in trade unions. The fee will for this course will be $2.00. All the courses are open to party and non-party workers, with the ex- ception of the three last lectures on the tactics of Communists’ in the trade unions, These courses are very important |" for all party members, and every com- rade should avail himself of them. In January will begin a course on Marx- ism-Leninsm in its theoretical and practical application, As rapidly as possible the agitprop of the district will arrange circuit lec- tures for the cities outside Cleveland. Enrollment for the courses in Cleve- land should take place at once, Genera] Membership Meeting ’in St. Louis _ on Sunday, Nov. 22 ST. LOUIS,«Mo., eral membership meeting of Workers Party in St. Louis, Louis and Ma tion, at which ‘Comrade Jay Love- stone will be present will be held Sunday, Noveinber, 22, at 2 the Labor Lyceum 1243 son St. St. Louis, Mo, - good béok on Communism WL munist. Ac CONNECTICUT DISTRICT ARRANGES FOR REORGANIZATION MEETINGS The following meetings have been arranged in the Connecticut district by the District Executive Commit NAUGATUCK, R, |.—Thursday, November 19. WATERBURY, CONN.—Friday, November 20. TORRINGTON, CONN.—Saturday, November 21, if HARTFORD, CONN.—Wednesday, November 25, SPRINGFIELD, MASS.—Thursday, November 26, NEW LONDON, CONN.—Monday, These meetings are being held for reorganization purpo tremely important that the membership In the respective citie: attend these meetings. November 30," Nov. 17.—A gen- | section the|adopted by a vote of twenty-seven East St.|for the resolution and m, Ill., on reorganiza- | ing. D. m., at}by a vote of 27 for and three abstain- North Garri-]ing. Comrade Onni Saari was expel- make you a better Com-|the Communist International and at- and it is ex-|/unch time in your shop tomor- named above | row—show them what the DAILY COMGARES, continue, the work which has been * shown in the action of the party in The DAILY WORKER crisis. Let every branch:sell the “Save The DAILY WORKER" coupons. Let it complete the quota assigned to the branch atthe beginning of the campaign. Thus we will put our paper on a solid foundation and make it a more valuable instrument for our movement. 0 a ; : _ The Central Executive Committee, thru its sub-committee, : Merve mod eae ci a situation of The DAILY WORKER. inancially and editorially. It is working on plans to improve The DAILY WORKER as’ an organ of the coveumionary mavarnlinss It is working out the détails. of a campaign to increase the ¢ir- culation of The DAILY WORKER and thus put it on a sounder foundation.for the future. BY completing The DAILY WORKER fund, the members and ~ branches of the party place The DAILY WORKER in such a situation that they can carry out the plans which the C. E. C. is formulating. We have had a splendid demonstration of Communist loyalt and work in the prec pen —] appeal of The DAILY WORKER. is continue that spirit and complete the task, insuring T DAILY WORKER for our movement for th Beworng oi scare ree ht leh BOSTON, MASS., FINNISH DISTRICT CONVENTION OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTS PARTY EXECUTIVE (Special to The Daily Worker) MAYNARD, Nov. 17.—The Finnish district convention of the Boston dis- trict was in session here for the past two days, The make-up of the conven- tion showed that the delegates present realized the need for bolshevization and reorganization in the Finnish section, Thoro debate was held on many of the vital questions confronting the Finnish section. "Comrade Puro represented the Central Executive Commit- tee at this convention and the resolition which he presented, for bolsheviza- tion of the Finnish section, for reor-+——. - ganization, for the unification of the * Milwaukee Arranges entire party behind the Central Exe- Bazaar and Dance cutive Committee, for intensive trade (Special to The Daily Worker) union work, and against all right wing manifestations in the Finnish and in the en ee Dery OU ath WAUSEMIN Nove 17 othe. work! ers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers (Communist) League.are ar- ranging a bazaar and dance at Miller Hall, 802 State St., on Saturday even- ing and Sunday afternoon and even- ing, Nov. 28 and 29. , The bazaar opens Saturday even- ing at 7 o'clock and on Sunday atter- noon at 2 o'clock, | so splendidly three abstain- Comrade John Hill was censured for his articles against the labor party led from the Finnish section of the Workers (Communist) Party for de- fending Lore, and opposing the line of Tf you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. Send for a catalogue of all Com. munist literature. tacking the party. The delegates who were elected to the national convention of the Fin- nish section, Comrades Santti, Jan- honen, Lahti, were instructed to stand behind the reorganization and bolshevization program of the party, against all right wing tendencies in our party, and for the unification of the party ranks behind the Central Executive Committee, The vote for the Central Executive Committee, as shown in the election of the delegates, numbered 22; those for the viewpoint of John Hill, num- bered 8, When that argument begins at ' - Auspices, Workers” RENTS INCREASE MILWAUKEE, WIS. HELP BUILD THE WORKERS PARTY! BAZAAR AND DANCE Miller’s Hall, 802 State Street (3rd floor) SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 7 P.M. . SUNDAY, NOV 29, Afternoon 2 P. M. and Evening SINGING, PLAYLETTE & GAMES—LOTS OF FUN FOR EVERYBODY ‘and Young Workers League. aha y + IN NEW YORK AS WAGES DEGRERSE Workers Must Dwell in Firetrapz By ESTHER LOWELL, (Federated Press) NEW YORK—Hundreds of wit- nesses are telling the story of New York’s shameful housing of the ma- jority of its population, the workers, to the state housing commission hearing on the need for continuing emergency rent laws enacted in 1920. Rent increases of 50 per cent to 200 per cent are related. Indifference of landlords to demands for repairs and increasing demands by landlords for disposses proceedings in the courts are told. High Real Estate Values. Captain Harry Ely of Washington Heights Tennants’ association, de- clares that‘ three-fourths of the city’s population live in tenements! Another witness calls attention to the fact that assessed real estate in New York City is now rated $17,119,659,544, a billion dollars over 1924. The witness, a dep- uty county clerk, points out that the burden falls in higher rentals. Fourteen people in one small apart ment; sometimes as many as five fam- ilies in a 6 or 7 room apartment; and almost incredible doubling up to bring rent into reasonable proportion per Person to fallen wages are some of the facts given the commission by wit- nesses. Conditions in Harlem, where most of the Negroes live, are among the worst. Doiible advantage is taken of Negro workers because the area within which they can find accommo- dations is limited. All Expensive Flats. But East Side, West Side, Bronx and Brooklyn workers are suffering as wei from the shortage of moderate rental apartments. Building has been going on since 1920, tenants grant, but show that the new apartments are chiefly more expensive ones and none rent for $10 a room or less. The flock of new two-family houses springing up like toadstools in Queens and outlying dis- tricts are fire-traps, the commission is told by experts; so that they cannot be counted as relieving the housing situation even if they are sold or rent- ed at a more moderate rate than met- ropolitan apartments. Liye in Fire-Traps. With regts rising and wages going down or at least not increasing, riots are predicted, if the rent laws are sud- denly removed, by the Tremont Ten- nants’ association. Joseph W. Rom- ayne, president, asks whether it is “more paternal to spend money to pre- vent tuberculosis, mental deficiency and crime, all of which are prevent- able diseases by proper housing, than to spend huge sums to remedy them?” He declares that “in our own state nothing has been done to provide homes for the workers. Indeed, a very thoro survey proves that the supply grows steadily less.” Wrap your lunch in a copy of the DAILY WORKER and give it (the DAILY WORKER, not the lunch) to vour shop-mate. Fairy Tales fo r ‘ Workers’ Children By Herminia Zur Miihlen, Translation by Ida Dailes. \Illustrated with black and { white drawings from the original German edition and four color Plates and cover designs by. Lydia Gibson. 5 A book that children will treasure and one that will instill in their minds a pride of being in the ranks of the working class, ~~ : For your child—and the child- ren of other workers get this book! ‘ —_—$—$—$—$<—$—$<$ 75 Cents Duroflex: Covers $1.25 Cloth Bound e 10 Cente. f | i \ } \ F