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

ae | \ Pi es, Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Organization Meetings YOUNG WORKERS TAKE STEPS TO Chicago League Mem- bers Organize Drive To accomplish the two maim tasks set by the Young Communist Interna- tional for all sections of the interna- tional for the month. of December which are: 1, To bring every league member into a trade union To youth fraction in form a every union, the District. Industrial Committee of the Young Workers League called meetings of com- rades jn every trade. Every member of the league who recognizes the necessity of carrying on 0 work in the unions will not let an ng stand in the way of at tending these meetings, which will be TRADES This includes es who work in the men’s i women’s.clothing industry, the millinery workers, fur workers, etc s meeting will be held on Thurs Dec. 3, Road, RIN TIN all co! day at 8 p. m. at 3118 Roose vel RADES: es who work in com- posing, and bindery rooms, or other department. The meeting will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 5 p. m., at 19 S. Lincoln St UILDING TRADES: This includes all comrades working in -the building industry, such as carpenters, painters, bricklayers, etc. The meet- ing will be held at 19 S. Lincoln St., Saturday, Dec, 5, at 5 p. m. This includes FFICE WORKERS: These com- rades will meet at 19 S. Lincoln Sunday, Dec. 6 at 2:30 p. m. ISCELLANEOUS TRADES: This includes all comrades working in trades not otherwise listed, such as shoe workers, leather workers, auto drivers, textile workers, musici- ans, food workers, etc. The meet- ing will be held at 19 S. Lincoln St., Sunday, Dec. 6, at 2:30 p. m. LERKS: This includes all depart- ment store workers, mail order workers, and clerks in small stores. This meeting will be held on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 2:30 p. m. at 19 S, Lincoln St. Here the specific problems of the students will be discussed and frac- tion’ formed in the various schools. DETROIT YOUNG WORKERS | 10 STAGE “FROM OFFICE BOY 10 PRESIDENT” SOON (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich. Dec. 2—The Young Workers League of Detroit will open its campaign for $500.00 for the building of the league and its official paper, The Young Worker, on Dec. 13 at 8 p. m. at the House of the Masses, 2646 St. Aubin; with a playlet, “From Office Boy to Presi- dent” and a dance. The playlet is a satirical comedy ridiculing the theory that any ambitious young American can become president. This play has been staged in many Parts of this country and Canada and in every piace has achieved a great success. Dancing begins at 9 o'clock sharp. The Young Workers League in this city is making a drive to raise $500.00 in order to put it on its feet financially. The campaign will begin Dec. 13, and end with the demons- tration.on Liebknecht Day. During, the interval there will be a concert. and donations will be solicited from party branches and sympathetic or- Qanizations as well as from individ- uals. Donations will be received at the Y. W. L. headquarters, 2646 St. Aubin, Detroit, i e (% Food ¥ ‘Two big cases are scheduled to come to trial on Zeigler frame-up case of 15 we have the money. Workers ( IT" LO wat taeeane Commiinist) Party \ Resplutions SocialiA ffairs VESTONE AND CANNON ON TOUR OF DISTRICTS FOR UNIFICATION AND PARTY TRADE UNION WORK Meetings of the District Executive Committees of the various dis- tricts as well as membership meetings in the main, party centers on the two vital questions of unfication of the party behind the Central Execu- tive Committee, and the intensification of the party's trade union work, are being arranged. 8 p. m., at 113 Dudley St. 9 to 13 incl. ing, Dec. 17. tained. correspondents is being taken up in many comrades have been especially develop this important activity. NEW YORK—D, E. C. meeting and membership meetings, Worker Correspondents Meet Thursday The following are the arrangements for the meetings to be held: DETROIT—D. E. C. meeting, Dec. 5; membership meeting, Dec. 4. BUFFALO—D. E. C. meeting, Dec. 6, 10 a. m., at 213 Williams St.; membership meeting, Dec. 6, 2 p. m. BOSTON—D. E. C. meeting, Dec. 7; membership meeting, Dec. 8, 5 at 159 Grider St. Dec. PHILADELPHIA—D. E. C. meeting, Dec. 14, at 521 York Ave.; mem- bership meeting, Dee. 15, at 1626 Arch St. PITTSBURGH, PA.—D. E. C, meeting, Dec. 16; membership meet- CLEVELAND—D. E. C. meeting, afternoon of Dec, 19; membership meeting, evening of Dec. 18, at Gardinia Hall, 6021 St. Clair St. These meetings are of the utmost importance and the comrades in the various centers must see to it that the maximum attendance is ob- E next meeting of the worker correspondents class in Chicago will be held Thursday night in the editorial rooms of The DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blivd., Chicago, Ill. The question of developing worker the party units thruout the city and selected to join the class and help HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONS CLASS OPENS IN NEW YORK WORKERS SCHOOL MONDAY NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-On Monday, Dec, 7, a course in the. “History of Revolutions” with Paul Keller as instructor will begin at the Workers School. This very important course is a study of revolutionary exper- ience and tactics in past revolutions and of the revolutionary prospects for the present and future. Paul Keller has spent some time :n Ger- many making special studies of the events of the German ‘revolution and the reason for i failures in 1918-19 and '23, Chicago Sectiori « Party Membership Meetings Postponed Owing to a conflict “of dates, the section membership meetings which were to be held in Chicago from De- cember 4 to 11 have been postponed for dates later on in the month, These meetings which were to be held were on the subjptt of unifica- tion and trade union work: Definite dates will be set in the near future and the comraies should watch these columns for such inforth- ation. HELP SAVE THE DAILY WORKER! EXPERT WITNESS FALLS DOWN IN KORACEK TRIAL Judge Intercedes for “Star” Investigator (Continued from page 2.) stoolpigeons in the unions, was then called to the stand as an expert wit- ness. He was questioned on the Work- ers. Party, the Communist Party and the Communist International. He tried to prove that the object of all these organizations was the overthrow of the government, etc. Ferguson then made a lengthy argument against the admission of the evidence of the so-called expert as his testimony was nothing but hearsay and that such testimony cannot be interposed be- fore the jury, but that the jury must be presented with concrete ani actual facts. Case Built on Hot Air, So far the state’s case has been built upon wild charges that cannot be supported by evidence. The work- ers attending the trial are interested in the proceedings as they realize that the right to organize is at stake. ‘se Defense Springs Bombshell. PITTSBURGH, Dec. 2.—When the attorneys for the defense of Edward Horacek, active member of the Ma- chinists’ Union and now on trial for an alleged violation of the state sedi- tion act, threw a bombshell into the court proceedings showing that the indictment under which Koracek was imprisoned did not show any specific charges as to the violation of the sedition law and that the only crime mentioned was organizing, a motion to quash the indictment was im- ;mediately made by Isaac Ferguson. The judge overruled the motion to quash the indictment and showed him- |self in doubt as to whether the trial should be continued. | Judge Regainst Composure. The judge after he ha@ regained his |composure then stated that the case | would continue to the end if the state desired so and then later declared |that he would have the trial go thru |this trial and is one of the visiting | judges from another county, intimated J union miners. to the end. Judge Prather, who is on| that the defendants, in case the jury | convicted Koracek, could on a motion for a new trial have -it decided whether or not the indictment should be quashed before other defendants were brot to trial. The United States attorney general ‘or the Pittsburgh district, who was fromerly assistant prosecuting attor- ney in the Blankenstein case was then called to the stand. He was used to identify some documents ‘that were taken in the raid on Koracek’s room. Among the “documents” that were introduced as evidence against Kor- acek were catalogs, subscription blanks, copies of the Weekly Worker, and a copy of the old manifesto pub- lished in Ohio in 1919. The Jury. The jury which was sworn in to try the case of Edward Koracek is composed of a clergyman, a foreman in a metal factory, bitterly opposed to radicals, and a number of aged wo- men. There is but one industrial worker on the. jury. . This worker is a machinist. The prosecuting attor- ney objected to allowing a brakeman, a miner and a young saleslady to sit jpn the jury. The following individuals are in the jury: Philip Emmett, foreman; Lena Kirk, housewife; Cochran Fall, ima- chinist; Harriet Watson, housekeep- er; Arthur G. Fry, minister; Cordelia Nesbit, housewite; Frank. B, Dyer, engraver; Edw. F. Moony, salesman; Chris Berbman, inspector; W. B. Donnelly, realtor; Wm. Greenwalt, retired, and Donald Hamilton, sales- man. Santa Fe Wins Long Hours Decision. WASHINGTON— (FP) — Federal nine-hour legislation for railroad em- Ployes in yard service does not pro- | tect @ yardmaster, the federal sup- reme court holds. The Santa Fe ap- pealed from a Chicago court which ruled that the company could not work a yardmaster 12 houfs a day. The supreme court says-it can. \British and Japanese Industries Hit. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2,—China will use customs autonomy to protect a great expansion of textile manufac- turing, and will cease buying cloth from Britain and Japan, says a re- port from F. R. Eldridge, Far East expert for the department of com- merce, just returned from a survey there. . WORKERS’ SCHOOL AT CHICAGO HOLDS MANY GLASSES DURING WEEK The following classes are being held now every night at 19 South Lincoln St., unless otherwise noted. They are as follows: © Monday, 8 p. m. Capital, Volume 1, instructor, Earl Browder. Tuesday, 8 p. m., imperialism, in- structor, Manuel Gomez.” Tuesday, 8 p. m., Eléthents of Communism, instructor, Oliver Carl- son, Ai Tuesday, 8 p. m., Englith, 2644 Le Moyne St. ” Wednesday, 8 p. m., American So- cial and Labor History; ‘instructor, Wm, ©. Dunne. . Wednesday, 8 p. mi. ‘Aims and Purpose of the Y. W. es instructor, Max Shachtman (ax 1902" W. Divi- sion St.) 31a 2 Thursday, 8 , im: “@lements of Communism, instructor, Max Be- Pneder dacht. Thursday, 8 p. m., WO¥KéPCorre- spondence, Editorial “RUG; Daily Worker, 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Instructors: J, Louis Engdahi, Wil- liam F. Dunne and Oliver Carlson. Friday, 6 p. m., Elements of Com- munism, instructor, H.’ ML Wicks. Friday, 8:30 p. m.. Piiblic Speak- ing, instructor, H. M. Witks. Friday, 8 p. m., English, 2644 Le Moyne St. Ida Dailes. * Sunday, 10:30 a. mi*History of International Youth Movement, in- structor, John Williamson Teachers to Conyéne. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Dec. 2—Teach- ers, approximately 32,000 in number, will be represented at the convention of the Illinois State Teachers’ asso- ciation which will be held in this city Dec, 28, 29 and 30. Bach official dele- gate will represent 100 teachers in ions. The convention . will decide upon policies for the next year, out- line a legislative policy and discuss their problems of the preceding year. Court Punishes Paddlers, ria 8 NEW YORK, Dec, 2--William Le- vine and Gaspero Pules~peddiers, left their horses unblanketed.in a driving rain for fifteen minutes,,. As punish- ment they were ordergd by Magis- trate Levine to stand _hatless, coat- less in the rain for a similar period, ame ott vole Emergency Call! RS) Zo All Members and Friends of = R= fied International Labor Defense: ~~ 6 ve November 30th. The Pittsburgh raid case of 10 workers and the The lawyers in each of these cases will not proceed with the defense unless FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS MUST BE RAISED BEFORE DECEMBER 15TH We call upon all members of the I. L. D. to rise to the test and raise this sum. friends and neighbors to contribute. Much depends on the outcome of these two trials. involved. National Office, 23 South Lincoln Street, Chicago, Ill. feew Contribute all you can and get your The entire working class is on trial. Not merely the 25 workers Rush Your Collection and Make It as Big as Possible. Fraternally yours, INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE, J. P. CANNON, Executive Secretary. soi Kh some one of the fourteen state divis- | CHARITY WAR ON * FOR SPOILS FROM MOSCOW®-(By Mail.)—At/a plena’ cated to the 200th anniversary of the ese MOSCOW SOVIET CELEBRATES RUSS SCIENCE ACADEMY BI-CENTENARY ry session of the Moscow Soviet, dedi, Moscow Academy of Sciences, which 4 ] | was renamed the Academy of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, held |Unite to Fight Their Competitors | Anyone walking along lower west | Madison street these frosty days see- ing the parade of shivering, thinly clad and hungry looking individuals may be moved to tears of sympathy |for them or to revolt at a system that | produces ‘such results but certainly never would guess that these down and outs are the cause of a bitter feud between human vultures who feed on \them. ‘ | The fact is that they are the cause ‘for a terrific .competition that has sprung up between charitable organ- izations that prey on the misfortune }and wretchedness of the Madison |street hoboes of Chicago. The fight jhas become so severe between these jreligious business men that they have {come to thé “peeple” wjth their prob- |lems. | Other wise guys have gone into the business. So they formed an organ ization known as the Mid-City Wel- fare council. Any charity organization jwhich refuses to join up is fought with reams of propaganda which tells | why those who give their money for |charity should shun them like the | plague. | Incidentally the propaganda gives ;some interesting information on the statue of the jobless workers and their fate during the winter months. Says a statement issued by the Mid- City Welfare Council: “West Madison street’s homeless men population is swelling rapidly as seasonal jobs are terminated in .the middle west’ and northwest... The cheaper rooms in the lodging houses jare all taken... As winter advances and temporary jobs become more scarce there will be real distress among the homeless men.” This tells us what they do for the imen. “There is a group of men hang- ‘ing around Madison street which re- |fuses to work because free food is to jbe had from these badly run missions [ | (their competitors). We insist that | applicants for help PERFORM SOME |USEFUL SERVICE / ABOUT THE | MISSION” (our emphasis). | And then: “There is imperative |need for the municipal lodging house”, |the Mid-City Welfare council declares, | But the council does not even use any |of its money for the operation of the lodging house for: it calls on_the mayor to provide for the operation of the welfare station. Sheedy Resigns Office. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—Joseph E. |Sheedy has resigned as vice-presi- |dent of the Emergency Fleet corpora- jtion. He was in charge of European | work for the corporation. Wrap your lunch in a copy of the DAILY WORKER and give it (the DAILY WORKER, not the | thods for the destruction of human science as of a real festival of all toilers. Soviets Based on Science. The activity of the Soviet govern- ment was based on the methods em- ployed in scientific work. The great scientists had pierced the veil of mysticism and dissected the myste- r of nature into their component parts, discovering the elements of the | solar system and the forces:ofynature. | The Soviet government had torn off the veil from the capitalist system, showing the nature of the exploitation | ot the majority by the minority, and phrase of “national defense’ served only as a.cloak for the interests of a handful of rich people. ‘The repres- entatives of the Soviet government were rebels against all the old super- stitions; they were proud of the fact that in the eyes of the ruling classes chey were the same criminals and dis- curbers of the divine order as had ond been in the eyes of unenlighten- ed society such people as Giordano Bruno, Galileo, Diderot and others. The Soviet government .believed ‘in the formula of “everything. moves” which is at“the bottom of scientific development. In the name of this for- mula had been overthrown the old capitalist order, The difference between scientific work and that of the Soviet govern- ment consisted in that the former was taking place in the laboratories, and the latter’ before the whole world. Science had taught us to verify theories by facts; here again the So- viet government was following the way of science, being unafraid to sub-] mit to the world’s judgement the re- sults of its work. Without conceal- ing the fact that the contemporary Russian reality was not considered by it as ideal, the government could nevertheless claim a record of great economic, social and cultural achieve- ments in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, and the organization of actual participation by thé masses of the workers in the government of the country, The Soviet government had never wanted to destroy the science deve- loped: before the Octobr rvolution; it wanted only to wrest it from the hands of the exploiters and to lead it out of the cul de sac in which it had been landed by the cpitalist system. The goal of Soviet physics and chemistry were not machine guns and new me- beings, but the perfection of the order of government and the increase of the prosperity of the toiling masses. In this there was close connection be- tween the worker’s revolution and real science. Only under the Com- munist order could science gain a real leading position. The representatives of world science should therefore at- tentively watch how the socialist lunch) to vour shop-mate. = (SUAS | General view of the Academy | Fear Poisoning. The body of William Beck, late singer with the Chicago Civic Opera company, was placed in a vault follow- ing continuance of an inquest until December 23 to permit analysis of the vital organs. Altho heart failure was believed the cause of death, attorney Benjamin A, Ehrlich, a_ personal friend, reiterated suspicions that death was not natural. Beck, he said, had enemies and recently was given wine which’ made him ill. Must Return “F, SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Dec. 2. — Re- presentative Otto Sonnemann, met defeat in his effort to escape payment of $3,541.61 received for “special” work for Attorney Leon Oscar Carl- strom while Sonnemann was a mem- ber of the legislature, and $600 at- torneys fees, \ Start on Illinois Waterways, SPRINGFIELD, IL, Dec, 2.—Two links in Illinois waterway project now are assured, the director of the state department of purchases and supplies, has announced that bids for work at Ottawa and Joliet will be received by the state January 6, Work will begin at as early a date as possible, ‘ i Your neighbor will appreciate the favor—give him this copy of the DAILY WORKER, , _ His commonwealth was being’ built for the first time in the world’s history. of Sciences of the U. S. SR. Toa ; Department to “Curtail’ Dripking i “Blood of the Lamb” WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—Bootleg- gers are going to find it difficult to get sacramental wine’ hereafter. The treasury department has decided to cut the allowance for Jewish families and christian churches in half. Russian-English an revealing the fact that. the ‘cateh- | ~A FEW COPIES OF March of the Workers and Other Songs—with Music Published by the Young Workers League of America, R. W. Postgate’s Revolution From 1789 to 1906. R. W. Postgate’s The Builders History Alexandrov’s Dictionary | at the Grand Theater, at Which Russian and foreign scientists were present, | L. Bs Kameney, vice-chairman of the Council of People’s Commissaries, ¢x- pressed the hope that all the scientists present would carry away the im- pression of ‘this Russiah festival of ¢———————________—_ ROUMANIAN BOYARS INSTIGATE ATTACK ON NOTED FRENCH AUTHOR tle, | BARBU SSE. Our Readers’ Views To The DAILY WORKER: In a recent article on Soviet Russia in the DAILY WORKER, Comrade Manuel Gomez spoke of me (and Comrade Walter M. Trumbull) as having been! guardians of Wall Street’s interests in Hawaii—before our decision to hetp the oppressed natives in their strug- glue against American imperialism. Evidently, Comrade Gomez believes that before a conversion to Commun- ism, I was, like many other soldiers, an ignorant ‘tool of capitalism—uyn- conscious of the class struggle. Such a guess is far'from the facts. From the day I entered the army until I was dishonorably discharged jane sentenced to serve 40 years at hard labor, I never lost sight of the: fact that my first duty was to my class—the workers—and that my im- ‘perialist’ bosses THOUGHT I was just a tool to help suppress any effort to gain freedom on the part of my fellow slaves. To the army czars, I was but (one atom in a machine to enslave the masses for the benefit of a few para- sites; and the defense of these para- sites against their fellow imperialist bandits of other countries. But they were mistaken. I understand their game. ~ At all times, I was a liability —not an asset—to Wall Street! At Ft. Bragg, N. C. (where I enlisted),. at. Ft. Slocum, N. Y., and in Hawaii, 1 spent much time explaining to my sol- aier comrades the true character of the capitalist system that endeavored to use us against our own interests and for the perpetuation of the wage enslavement of our relatives and fel- low workers. For this “crime” the agents of Wall Street branded me a “traitor.” Of course, they ignored their own efforts to make all soldiers traitors to the working class. If it is treason to oppose the efforts of those who seek to ruin the lives of millions so they can fratify their ab- normal desires, I am proud to be “guilty” of it. Since childhood, I have been con- - scious of the neeessity of a Social revolution to abolish wage slavery and bring economic freedom to the work- ers. Would Wall Street’s power be any stronger with several thousand more ~ such “guradians”?—-Paul Crouch, U. S. Military ‘Prison, Alcatraz, Calif, RS ABE ESS Killed by Train, MURPHYSBORO, Ill, Dec. 2.—W Scott Matthews df Murphysboro, form er pure food administratior under the Dunne administration, was instantly killed by a Missouri Pacific Passenger train at Ware Station in Union county, be a Dave Haas Expelled. NEW YORK, Dec. 2—Dave Haas has been expelled from the Harlem English branch of the Workers Party for untrustworthiness.—J. Sorensen, « Branch Organizer, d English-Russian. \|