The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 1, 1925, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Organization Meetings Workers (Communist) Party | “Resolutions Social Affairs: BOSTON TO HOLD DAILY WORKER RESCUE PARTIES All Party Units Get Behind Drive (Special to The Dally Worker) Boston, Nov. 29.—The Emergency DAILY WORKER Rescue Committee in Boston is busy. At its first meet- ing the committee decided to carry on real agitation in Boston to save the DAILY WORKER, and made the following plans: that every branch in Boston be visited by some member of this committee and urged; 1, to ar- range some sort of concert, banquet, revel, party or dance, for the DAILY WORKOR; 2, to urge every comrade to subscribe and get new subscrip- tions; and 3, to stimulate the sale of stamps. The committee went to work en- thusiastically and at its second meet- ing, the following reports were made. The Boston English Branch arranged | a DAILY WORKER Rescue Party for Thanksgiving night, Noy. 26, at the| Russian Club, 93 Staniford street, Bos- ton. | Arrange Banquet The four Russian branches of Local Boston have arranged a joint banquet to be held on Nov. 29 (Sunday) at the Russian Club, 93 Staniford st. They have planned some surprises in the way of entertainment-and a good time, is assured. The Boston Lettish branch has| planned a party on Saturday, Dec. 19 with Lettish Folk Dances as the big| feature, The chorus will also be there strong and no ome around Boston needs an introduction to the cold ham and “Kartoffel Salat” the Lettish com- rades serve. It’s good, so don’t miss it, " New Year’s Eve Party. | The Roxbury Jewish Branch prom- ises to outdo them all and on New Year’s Eve they will dance and sing, at New International Hall, Roxbury, until midnight. At 1a. m., January 1,| 1926, a catered supper will be served | to usher in the New Year and to gath-| er in the dollars. It promises to be} an all night affair, and their secretary, Morris Lubin, is on the job workin, for its success: The Ukrainian and Polish branches reported a joint party for either the first or second Sunday in December More details about this later. The Scandinavian branch promises the proceeds.from two dances held on two successive Saturday nights. The Armenian branch sent in the proceeds from, a banquet. To Visit Branches ‘The How of Party and Why Fractions By JAY LOVESTONE. UESTION 1: .What is a party frac- tlon? Answer: A party fraction is a group of two or more party members belong- ing to a non-party workers’ or poor farmers’ organization or functioning for a time in a special body. These members work together as a unit for the general purpose of spreading pro- paganda and increasing the party’s influence and for the specific purpose of carrying out special party policies in the particular organization in ques- tion, Question 2: What are examples of such non-party workers’ and poor farmers’ organizations? Answer: Typical workers’ and poor farmers’ organizations where party fractions should beg organized are: The ‘trade unions, co-operatives, edu- cational, benefit and cultural socie- ties, ex-soldiers’ organizations, factory | councils, unemployment councils, and conferences and conventions of labor | and poor farm organizations. Communists who are members of municipal, county, state or national legislative or administrative councils and assemblies also organize them- selves into such party fractions. Question 3: How do the party frac- tions function? Answer: All party fractions get together before the meetings of the organizations in which they function to discuss and consider the various questions that are to come up at the sessions of these organizations. Once 4 decision is made in a fraction, all the party members in the non-party organization must work and vote to- gether as an absolute unit. Any com- |rade who violates this procedure is subject to party discipline in accord- ance with the provisions of the con- stitution. Question 4: How are the party frac- tions organized? Answer: All party fractions elect their own officers subject to the ap- proval of the leading party committee in the section in whith they function. Thus, a district fraction committee functions under the direction of the party district eecutive committee a sub-district fraction committee works under the direction of the particular sub-district committee of the party and so on down the line, The officers of the various party fractions are responsible to the party fractions and to the respective party committees, In order to facilitate co-operation The other branches ot Boston will) 20d to insure the greatest results in be visited by the committee and it} will be insisted on that every branch | get behind this very important task) and make this drive 100 per cent suc-| cessful. Comrades of Boston, remember these Go to all of these affairs | and give them your support. Denver Rescue Party tes. Aids Daily Worker) NA GAINIS. (Worker Correspondent) DENVER, Colo., Nov. 29.—The first rescue party for The DAILY WORKER n in the form of a banquet ish branch of the Workers To say it was a success| n't express the enthusiam that ‘prevailed from both the moral and} 1 standpoint Everything for the dinner was do- nated by members and sympathizers. The proceeds are $50 which we are forwarding and $50 or more to come. Wrap your lunch in a copy of the DAILY WORKER and give _ it (the DAILY WORKER, not the lunch) to vour shop-mate. Zeigler frame-up case of 15 we have the money. involved. National Office, 23 South Lincoln Street, Chicago, III. work the party leading committees may send representatives to the; va- rious party fractions ana “ay call upon these fractions to #¢nd repre- | sentatives to the sessions of the re- | spective party committees when there is a consideration of questions which | concern the party fractions. Question 5: What is a language fraction? | Answer: A langhage fraction is a party fraction consisting of those | party members who, before reorgan- ization, ‘belonged to one of the former language sections of the party. In a | language fraction are found those com- rades who are members of a shop or street nucleus, who speak a certain language and who function together as a unit in a newly organized work- | ers’ club or in any other already ex- isting workingmen’s organization of a | particular nationality. Question 6: What are the functions of language fractions? Answer: The language fraction is | only an auxiliary agency of the party for the purpose of carrying on the party’s general and special activities among the workers of a particular nationality. In the language fractions union miners. are found only those who pay their dues to the party thru’ membership in a shop or street nucleus. No language fraction is allowed to collect dues. With the permission of the Central Executive Committee, language fractions may launch cam- paigns among the workers of their particular nationality to raise funds for their activities. In order to help the language fractions catry on their activities in their special fields, the Central Executive Committee will pro- vide monthly appropriations on the basis of the dues received. Question 7: How are the language fractions organized? Answer: There is no fast and hard rule as to how the language fraction units are to be organized. We should always be guided by the need for the most efficient methods of working in the ranks of the proletariat of a particular nationality. If the language fractions of a par- ticular nationality are numerous and strong enuf we may have sub-section language fraction committees as well as section language fraction commit- tees to direct the activities of these comrades among the workers of their nationality in the territory under con- sideration. In cases where there is more than one sub-section language fraction in a special section, then the members of these sub-section lan- guage fraction. In cities where there are several sections, the members of the various language fractions meet in January and July to elect language fractions city committees, Distrigt conferences consisting of delegates representing the various languagefractions are to be held an- nually for the purpose of electing a district language fraction executive committee, subject to tae approval of | the district executive committee of the party. If the Central Executive Committee of the party thinks it necessary, it may permit the holding of national conferences of delegates representing the language fractions of a particular nationality. These conferences may elect a national language bureau sub- ject to the approval of the Central Executive Committe of the party. In those cases where no national lan- guage fraction conference is held, the Central Executive Committee of the party will appoint a special national language fraction bureau to direct and unify the party’s activities among the workers of a particular nationality. Thus, we see that all the needs for the efficient carrying on of Communist activities among the working masses of a particular nationafity are very well taken care of by the above system of language fraction organiza- tion. The menace of party decentral- ization and language federation auto- nomy is completely removed. In fact, the centralized character of this sys- tem of language fraction organization insures far better results than the old federation system evr could achieve. |WORKERS’ SCHOOL ANNOUNCES MORE STUDY CLASSES WorkersCorrespondence Class Meets Dec. 7 NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—The course in Workers Correspondence is schedul- ed to begin at the Workers School, Monday, Dec. 7. The postponement of the opening. date of this course is for the purpose of permitting the newly forming shop nuclei and reor- ganized party units\to'recommend one or more from each, pait to take the course. History of Revolution. Another, interesting course to begin on Monday, Dec. %,°is entitled the “History of sees! el instructor, Paul Keller. American sith History. Another Monday night course at the Workers School is “History of the American Working Class,” instructor. Anton Bimba, a very {mportant cours particularly for foreign-born worker who wish to take an active part ft the American labér“ movement, anc no less so for Amefidin-born worker who do ‘not know the history an¢ revolutionary traditions of the Am erican working class. Other Courses. Other courses offéred the same eve- ning are: Rusian language, instructor Alexander Chramoff; elementary Eng lish, instructor Ella G. Wolfe; and elementary composition. Philadelphia Pioneers Meeting Is a Success PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 29— Once more have the Philadelphia Pio- neers shown their growing influence upon the minds of working class youth, when a great number of work- ing class children responded to their call and came to the: protest meeting against “American education week’ held under the auspices of the Young Pioneers of Philadelphia. Complete silence reigned in the hall when Comrade Kritser, age 12, mem- ber of the Lenin Picneer group spoke. In a short talk he showed the misuse of education by the .capitalist class, “We are not againstyeducation but we are protesting against the misuse of education by the capifalist class. Real ducation for the “te eh the work- Ing class can only ible under a working class gover" ” A resolu- tion was unanimous adopted de- nouncing the board of education for using the schools to ‘dope the working class children and carrying the follow- ing demands: 1, Out of the militaly boy scouts and linto the Young Pioticers. 2. Demand recognition of the work- ers’ republic, Soviet Russia. 3% Away with cabitalist anti-labor ropaganda in the schools; out with ious training tg dope children’s ds; join the working class strug- le for a workers’-and farmers’ re- jublic. at ON UNITY AND TRADE UNION WORK The national office has received information as to the completion of arrangements in a number of c' the near future on party unification and intensification of trade union work. These meetings are to be Central Executive Committee. The following cities have reported to the national office on their arrangements: Detroit, Mich.—December 4, 8 p. m., at 5969 14th street. Buffalo, N. Y.—December 6, 2 p. m., at 159 Grider street. ‘December 8, 8 p. m., at 113 Dudley street. Cleveland, Ohio—December 19, 8 p. m., Gardinia Hall, 2021 St. Boston, Ma: Cliar avenue. Admission to these meetings by membership card All comrades must attend. ities for the meetings to be held in addressed by two members of the The entire working class is on trial. AC Emergency Call! wae. To All Members and Friends of L—>” fifa International Labor Defense: Two big cases are scheduled to come to trial on November 30th. The Pittsburgh raid case of 10 workers and the The lawyers in each of these eases will not proceed with the defense unless 7 wil} FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS MUST BE RAISED BEFORE DECEMBER 15TH We call upon all members of the I. L. D. to rise to the te&t and raise this sum. Contribute all you can and get your friends and neighbors to contribute. Much depends on the outcome of these two trials. Not merely the 25 workers Rush Your Collection and Make It as Big as Possible. ts Fraternally yours, . ‘ INTERNATIONAL LABOR ‘DEFENSE, J. P, CANNON, Executive Seoretary. AIM FOR WORK ON NATIONAL SCALE Also Educational Plan for Training Leaders By CLARENCE MILLER. NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—The coming district convention of the Young Pioneers of America, District No, 2, is a milestone in the development of our Communist children’s work in this countey. It marks the beginning of a real centralized organization. In the past our groups did not function as a centralized organization altho they had an organizational basis for doing so, One of the main reasons Yor this was that this centralizing apparatus (C. C, C, and ©, E, C.) was meaning- less to the Juniors. They were not drawn into the work on a district or even on a city scale. All of the work for the district and the city was with few exceptions, done by a few of the more active leaders, Shortcomings in the past. The basis for our mistakes was the lack of a national Junior policy, There wag no plan for systematic work with- n the groups or cooperation between he different groups. There were no vell planned organizational cam- aigns. There was no educational dlan for the Juniors nor for training he leaders. As a result of this un- systematic work when a thing was lecided upon it-had to be carried thru in a hurry and our organization was 10t adopted to respond to quick ac- tion. The Juniors on the other hand ‘elt more like members of a group that meets every Saturday than as oart of the Communist movement: We ‘ailed to make the Juniors understand the great significance of the move- nent and the importanec of their part in it. They therefore did not feel re- sponsibility for the work, The fact that some work was accomplished in our district is due to the hard work of a few active comrades both juniors and leaders. Ideological Preparation, Since the plan for reorganization was first formulated and work to- wards this end commenced, a change for the better was immediately notice- able, The ideological preparation now being carried on in our groups, pre- liminary to this reorganization on the basis of school nuclei is making our pioneers feel the full responsibility of young Bolsheviks. Our discussions on reorganization and \bolsheyization center around the following points: 1,. That every Pioneer must under- stand the aims of his organization and know how to achieve them. 2. Every Pioneer places the inter- est of his organization above his own interest. 3. Every Pioneer accepts and car- ries out the decisions of the higher committees, 4, Every Pioneer is a propagand- ist and has influence among other working class children. 5. Every Pioneer fs an internation- alist. tionality or race.) (No discrimination against =) Iowa Corn Farmers in Desperate Financial Fix, Admits U. S. Dept. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—(FP)— Iowa farmers are in desperate finan- cial straits, according to a special re- port to the secretary of agriculture by Nils A, Olsen, assistant chief of the bureau of agricultural economics in his department, and Albert ©, Will jams, member of the federal farm loan board, They were sent to Iowa to recom- mend means for saving the farmers from the ruin due to a drop in corn prices from 98 cents in August to 60 or 60 cents in Novembet. They re- commend that the farmers who can get credit should hold their corn for “orderly marketing” or feed it to hogs. “The agricultural situation has im- proved since 1921,” they’ conclude, “but it is apparent that many Iowa farmers still labor under the handicap of large debts, high operating expens- es, high taxes, high interest rates on short term loans, and also widely fluctuating and often. unsatisfactory prices for their products.” WAR FRAUD CASE DISMISSED; RICH GRAFTERS FREED No Jail for Wealthy Thieves, Says Cal WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—(FP)— U. S. District Attorney Gordon, under the.approving eye of Atty. Gen, Sar- gent, has consented to the dismissal of the conspiracy indictment in the local criminal court against Everly M. Davis of New York and Ernest C. Morse of Cincinnati, former director of sales for the war department, in the Old Hickory powder plant case. This* was the first war fraud case to be started by the department of jus- tice, and is th®™last to be dropped. When Sen. Wheeler exposed the Daugherty regime in the department, he showed that suits involving some $55,000,000 of government property, stolen after the war, were still alive and could be prosecuted. President Coolidge declared, in de- nouncing Wheeler's work, that the government would prosecute all the guilty and protect public interests. The Old Hickory powder plant near Nashville, Tenn., cot the nation $50,000,000, It was sold to Davis and Alexander Phillips, who has _ since died, for $3,500,000. The two men cepresented a syndicate of Nashville capitalists. The theory of the indict- ment against Davis and Phillips’ and Morse was the latter conspired with them to sell them the property with- out competitive bidding. A civil suit brought by the govern- ment to recover the property was re- peatedly blocked by orders from Harry ugherty and his‘assistants, accord- g to testimony by the federal dis- ict attorney who had the case in arge. It finally was so handled that / Ane case was lost: CLEVELAND PARTY MEMBERS MUST ATTEND THEIR SECTION MEETINGS CLEVELAND, Nov. 29—Reorgan- ization of the party on the basis of shop and street nuclei will begin Wed- nesday, Dec, 2. Cleveland has been divided into five industrial sections: Section 1. Boundaries from West 25th St., south to Bridge Ave., three blocks east to the river. From West 25th St., east along the lake to Addi- son Road. South along Addison Road ind 79th St. to the Nickel Plate rail- road. Along the Nickel Plate railroad west to the river, including everything north of the river. Section 2, Boundaries: From Addi- son Road and the lake east to the city limits. On the east side of Addison Road south along 79th St. to Wood- lawn Ave., east to thé city limits along Woodland Ave. Section 3. Boundaries from Cuya- hoga river where the Nickel Plate railroad hits it. Along the Nickel Plate railroad east to 79th St. North to Woodland Ave. and east along Woodland Ave, to the city limits. South along the east side of the river to the city limits. Section 4. Boundaries from west 25th St. and tle lake, south to Bridge Ave. along the west side of the river to the city limits, West to West 65th St. from the lake along West 65th St. to the city limits, Section 5, Boundaries from West 65th St. west to the city limits, From the lake south to the ‘city lim- its. All comrades working in shops in one of these sections, and all building trades workers, housewives, profes- sionals, shopkeepers, etc. living in one of these sections, must attend the meeting taking place in his or her section. Secton 1 meets at the district of- fice, 5972 Euclid Ave. on Wednesday, Dec, 2, at 8 p. m, sharp. Section 2 meets at the South Slavic Hall, 5607 St. Clair Ave., on | Thursday, Dec. 3, at 8 p. m, sharp, Section 3 meets at the Freiheit Hall, 6311 Woodlawn Ave., on Friday, Dec, 4, at 8 p, m. sharp, Section 4 meets at the Hungarian || Hall, 4809 Lorain Ave., on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 8 p. m. sharp. savas Section Membership i Meetings Section meetings to discuss party unity and trade union work will be held in the city of Chicago on the following dates. Nuclei must meet and get their full membership turn out to the section nh hisegud meet- ings. SECTION. I, Saturday, Dec, 5, 8:00 p. m. at the Unity Club, 3140 Indiana Ave. SECTION - IL. Sunday, Dec. 6th, 2:00 Pp om Pullman, Ill, Address will be given later, ‘ » SECTION Il. Thursday, Dec. 3rd,, 8:00 p, m. at the Vilnis Hall, 3116 S. Halsted street, SECTION IV. Monday, Dec. 7th at 8:00 p. m. at the Freiheit Singing Society Hall 3837 W. Roosevelt Road. SECTION V. Wednesday, Dec. 9th, 8:00 p. m. at the Imperial Hall, 2409 N, Hal- sted St. SECTION Vi. Tuesday, Dec. 8th, 8:00 p .m. Northwest Hall, corner North Ave. and Western, 1 —— | Section 5 “meets: at Carpentin: (Finnish) Hall, 1803 West 58th St., (near Detroit Ave.) on Mondaf, Dec, 7 | at 8 p.m. sharp, Every comrade intending to remain in tl arty must attend his or her meeting. Everything must be laid aside. * Russian, Polish and Ukrainian Workers’ Clubs Hold Concert A concert and dance has been ar- vanged by the Russian, Polish’ and Ukrainian Workers’ Clubs for Stinday, Dec. 6, at Schoenhofen Hall, corier Ashland and Milwaukee Aves: begin. ning at 3:30 p, m, 3 nage oi banger | BITLOW PROTEST. MEETING ROUSES NEW YORK LABOR Demand Immediate Re- lease of Fellow Worker (Continued from page 1). Gitlow was that he told the workers a lot of facts and helped them to organize for\their own protection against the oppressing class. “Last time I spoke from this plat- form Gitlow was one of the main speakers. I told you then that Great Britain which was held up as an ex- ample’of free speech would soon fol- low the rest of the world in the per- secution of leaders of the -workers. Today there are a dozen Communists in prison in England for showing the masses the way out of slavery.” Masses Must Demand. Release, Sam Lipzin of the: Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union was the next speaker and addressed the audience in Jewish. “When the masses rise up and protest in organized manner, when they demand their. rights by showing that they are _ intelligent enough to plan for taking over the power of government and become the ruling class, the capitalists will listen quite readily. I call upon the workers to take the power of.government into their own hands as the workers of Russia have done. It is time for the workers in America to realize their power and to protest in earnest when our leaders are placed in jeopardy.” Elizabeth Gurley Flynn summed up the persecutions under the criminal syndicalist laws that now operate in 35 states in the union. She showed how the present law put Gitlow in prison was enacted 25 years ago, dur- ing the hysteria that followed the McKinley assassination. The other laws against labor were mostly passed during and after the war. Now they are being used against workers, when- ever the master class finds it con- venient to put workers away into some dungeon, There are now over 100 men and women in prison in California, where mere membership in the I. W. W. is sufficient to give a worker 14 years in prison, The cases of Anita Whitney, Tom Mooney, Sacco and Vanzetti were cited as cases of outrageous capitalist tyranny, Bertram Wolfe, who represented the Workers (Communist) Party at the demonstration, reviewed the his- toric background for all the -persecu- tions now taking place. He recited the ironical legal terms which declare that “the, people of the of New York” put Gitlow into prison, showing how the laws are made.to mislead the workers, putting them in prison and then blaming it on “thé*péople.” Chairman Cosgrove asked how many would be willing to serve.the term for Gitlow and let him out to con- tinue his. work in. organizing. Many hands went up. “How many would be willing to serve one day?” then asked Cosgrove. A fine response of hands shot up. “One day in prison would be harder than one day’s wages, and you will not be asked to go to Sing Sing, but you are asked to give a ten dollar bill each.” The collection which followed amounted to $220. The meeting was considered one of the best held in New York and the International Labor Defense is push- ing the release of Ben Gitlow and will continue to do so until he fs a free man and in the ranks of the active workers in his union and his party again. PENNSYLVANIA NOTES Toohey Speaks in Cardell, Pa. Cardell, Pa., Nov. 27-—-PatToohey, young leader of the striking coal min- ers in the anthracite will. speak on Dec. 4 at 6 p. m. to the workers as- sembled in Cardell Hall, Cardell, Pa. He will tell of his experiencces during the past months, in the strike region and of his recent imprisonment for his activities in the strike. Radio Dance! Samovar Tea. 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