The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 23, 1925, Page 4

“ members of the Workers (Commun- me 7” mer by a vote of 8 to 6 and the latter _FOR PARTY UNITY Page Four Organization Meetings THE DAILY Sa Workers (Communist) Party | Social Affairs Resolutions New York Supports the Unity Campaign He district executive committee of District No. 2 and the general _-Membership meeting of the New York ist) Party have gone on record as supporting the campaign for the uni- fication of the party initiated by the central executive committee, the for- by a vote of 460 to 233. The meeting of the district execu- tive committee was held on Thursday, Dec. 10, and was addressed by Com- rades Lovestone and Cannon on be- half of the unity resolution of the cen- tral executive committee. The two central executive committee repre- sentatives discussed at length the pol- | itical situation in the country and in| the party, pointing out that the growth of atwo-and-a-half international tend- ency both inside and outside the move- ment, the growth of a new left wing inside the socialist party and in the labor movement in general, the seri- ous danger of a split in the party which was prevented only by the en- ergetic and united fight of the central executive committee representatives at the Finnish convention which end- ed in the triumph of the Bolshevik elements in this convention, and the general ‘favorable situation for mass work required the unification of the former factions of the party for united work and that the removal of the political differences, which had divided them, made possible such uni- | fication. The speeches of Comrades | Cannon and Lovestone were followed by a thoro discussion of the entire | question, Comrade Krumbein being | permitted by the central executive | committee representatives, to speak for a half hour against the central executive committee resolution altho the original plans for the meeting, as outlined by the central executive com- mittee, did not provide for any such long speech against the resolution. Comrades Olgin, Mindel, Sjoman, Weinstone, Wolfe, Stachel, Miller, Bimba, Lifshitz and Don supported CLEVELAND GOES OVERWHELMINGLY Membership Meeting Backs C. E. C. , CLEVELAND, Dec., 21.—The. mem- bership meeting held in Cleveland on December 18 resulted in a sweeping victory for the central executive com- mittee. By a vote of 112 to .60, the membership went on record support- ing the unity that has been brought about between the Ruthenberg and the Cannon groups in the party, Comrades Lovestone and Cannon represented the central executive com- mittee; whereupon the Foster group demanded that a representative be allowed equal time to present the Foster position, This was granted and Comrade Karath spoke for the Foster point of view. Show's Ufter Bankruptcy. Without advancing anything con- | structive, Comrade Karath made char- | ges and accusations that showed the | utter bankruptcy of the opposition to the central executive committee in District No. 6. No platform, no pro- gram, but a mere rallying about Com. | Foster as a person. This, the repres- | entatives of the central executive com- mittee revealed to be a dangerous tendency. This/is not a campaign against Comrade Foster but an edu- cational campaign to unify the party and to find the correct policies for the work of the party. Comrade Brahtin, another supporter of Foster, launched into a tirade and even expressed the belief that® the criticism 6f Lore .about the party might be correct, which Com. Cannon exposed in analyzing the results of Lore’s criticism. Comrade Ruthenberg was in the hall and, after receiving an enthusiastic greeting, explained the correctness of the policies of the central executive committee in the Finnish convention, in the unity with one section of the former majority group. The district executive committee which met on Saturday, Dec, 19, went | the resolution and Comrades Krum- bein, Grecht, Siskind, Zack, Undjus and Aronberg voted in the negative. Comrade Olgin, in supporting the res- olution of the central executive com- mittee, declared that he was convinced that the central executive committee was working earnestly for the untfica- tion of the party but that, in his opin- ion, it would still take some time and much earnest conciliatory work to dis- arm all the old prejudices and sus- Picions, and he introduced an addi- tional resolution in the district execu- tive committee in which the district executive committee should express to the central executive committee a fur- ther interpretation of the spirit of har- | mony involved in the adoption of such a resolution. This resolution was adopted by the district executive com- mittee, no one voting against, but six abstaining and referred to a sub-com- mittee for editing. The resolution pro- posed by Comrade Olgin is reprinted at the end of this article. General Membership Meeting. At the general membership meeting, which was held on Sunday, Dec. 13, at Webster Hall, the entire question was discussed at much greater length in an eight-hour meeting. . Comrades Cannon and Lovestone again spoke on behalf of the ceneral executive com- mittee and released Comrade John- stone from his obligation as a central executive committee member to sup- ; Port a unanimous decision of the pcl- itical committee of the central execu- tive committee in order that not John- stone’s right to speak but the unity reso)ution should be the central ques- tion for the discussion during the meeting and that there could be diver- sion of the mein political issue to sub- ordinate questions. The following spoke in favor of the unity resolution in addition to Comrades Cannon and Lovestone: Comrades Dunne, Olgin, Mindel, Weinstone and Wolfe.. ..Com- rades Krumbein, Zack, Brahdy, .Cost- rell and Radvansky spoke against the resolution. Comrades Brahdy and | Radvansky introduced their own reso- jlutions, both resolutions four votes. the central executive committee, in closing the discussion, emphasized the fact that they would continue to work energetically in order to win over those comrades who still opposed the unification of the party and that every opportunity would be given to anyone who supports the line of the central execufive committee and the Commun- ist International to work without dis- crimination in the party. Whereas every effort would be made to win back to the line of the Communist In- ternational those who were now ob- jectively working against that line. Olgin’s Resolution. The resolution of interpretation in- troduced by Comrade Olgin into the district executive committee and adopted by a vote of eight in favor, none against, and six abstaining was referred for editing to a sub-committee of which Comrade Olgin formed a part which unanimously presented it in the following form: “WHEREAS, The abolition of all kinds of factional struggles and fac- tional discriminations is the most im- perative need of our party as a pre- requisite for the Bolshevization and for the growth of our party as a lead- er of the working masses, and “WHEREAS, Some of the comrades of the former majority, in their shock of surprise and in despair over the Communist International cable, have in various instances expressed their opposition to the Communist Interna- tional decision and some have even attempted to organize within the party an opposition to the central executive committee, thus creating an atmos- Phere’ of misunderstanding and con- fusion which must result in a weaken- ing of the party and of the confidence of the rank and file in the Communist International, and : “WHEREAS, The. unity resolution and the spirit behind the resolution as well as the declarations of the re- [tox representatives of the cen- receiving tral executive committee indicate a de- termination to do away with the rem- The representatives for nants of factionalism which were nanifest in some activities of the cen- tral executive committee immediately after the national convention, and .al- so to do away with the factional spirit still manifested by some comrades, now “THEREFORE: The district exec- utive committee, in voting for the unity resolution, requests the central executive committee that this resolu- tion be interpreted by it to mean as follows: “1. That the former majority led by Comrade Foster, notwithstanding mistakes and deviations of some of its members and notwithstanding the recent declarations’ of some of the two-and-a-half international opposi- tion within our party as being in sym- pathy with the Foster group, was and jis in the main composed of the Bol- shevik elements who! must take an in- tegral part in all thé-work of the party, including the fight against the right wing opposition.’ “2, That no diserfminations will be made against Comrade Foster or against any of his folfowers who will bona fide submit to the decisions of the Communist International and relin- quish attempts at organizing a cau- cus, , “3. That the central executive com- mittee will not tolerate any caucuses in the ‘party, m8 4. That the centfabexecutive com- mittee in the immediate future will judge the members of the party not merely by whether they voted for or against the unity resolution, but by the political orientation of their actu- al work in the party. “bd, That the central executive com- mittee, in accordance with declara- tions made by its representatives at the present district executive meeting, will henceforth be guided by the rec- ognition of the fact that a successful and authoritative leadership in our party can be created only thru a com- plete amalgamation “of elements who are willing to follow the line of the Communist Intern#ttonal regardless of former grouping. into the details of the trade :union Policy. Comrade Cannon made’ an analysis of the policies hitherto ap- plied by the party, and the policies intended by the central executive committee. Com. Cannon and Love- stone analyzed the errors made’ and the wrong policies still pursued: by the Foster group. They. explained what the intentions of the central ex- ecutive committee are in regard to the left wing movement, Overwhelmingly for Unity, The opposition in the district ex- ecutive committee was again led by Comrade Karath and Brahtin, which Comrade Cannon in particular had to expose. Comrade Severino and Com- rade Hamilton had a somewhat diver- gent point of view, Comrade Hamilton presenting a resolution which was in- tended to embody his ideas, The discussion was quite lively, and when the vote was taken, 8 voted for the unity res@lution of the central ex- ecutive committee, three for that of the Foster group well-known thruout the country, and Comrade Hamilton voting for his own resolution, The membership meeting and the meeting of the district executive committee prove that District 6 is behind the unity resolution and the earnest at- tempts of the central executive com- mittee to achieve uniiy and lay down correct policies for the party, parti- cularly on the trad®é union question. Ruthenberg and Cannon to Speak at Y. W.L. Membership Meeting Next Friday afternoon there will be a general membership meeting of the Young Workers League of Chicago, Comrade C. E. Ruthenberg, general secretary of the Workers (Commun- ist) Party will speak on the united front campaigns of the party in con- nection with the labor party and the defense of the Soviet Union. Comrade J. P. Cannon, will also speak, dealing with the international situation and world trade union unity. Since Friday is Christmas Day, it is expected that every member of the Young Workers League will be pres- ent. The meeting will be held at 1902 W. Davision St,, at 3 p. m. promply. After the membership meeting there will be a Communist social. TONIGHT! Chicago Party Memberskip Meeting PARTY UNITY AND TRADE UNION WORK Tuesday, December 22, 1925, 7 P. M. SCHOENHOFEN HALL, 1224 MILWAUKEE AVENUE (Milwaukee and Ashland Aves.) This meeting, in place of the section meetings, is of the utmost importance. Every party member must be present. Only party mem- bers who are either in a shop nucleus or street nucleus and members | of the Y. W. L. can be present. Ad mission by membership card only. Representatives of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party will speak on the resolution of the C. E. C. for party unity and trade unlon work. A ea cussion, The “Opposition.” Quite a resentment was shown at the district executive committee meet- ing against allowing Comrade Blank- enstein, who came to Pittsburgh sev: eral days prior to the meeting as spe- cial organizer of the so-called Foster group, to speak at the meeting. By request of the central executive committee representatives, however, Comrade Blankenstein was granted the floor and was given considerable time to present the views ,of his group. A resolution against the cen- tral executive committee unity reso- lution was then introduced by Com- rade Otis who was also given ample opportunity to defend his point of view. D. E. C. Decisive For C. E. C. The discussion on the two resolu- tions was most interesting with mem- bers of both the party and the Young Workers’ League participating. When the vote was taken several members of the district executive committee of the Young Workers’ League, who were previously supporters of the Foster group, declared that they will register their vote next day as they needed more time for a more thoro consideration of the question. Next day they registered their votes for the central executtve committee reso- lution. The final vote, therefore, stands as follows: In the district executive committee of the party, 12 for the central executive committee resolu- tion and 2 for the resolution intre duced by Comrade Otis, On the district executive committee of the Young Workers’ .League, 10 for the central executive committee unity resolution and 1 for Otis’ reso- lution, All the candidates and the out of town representatives voted for the central executive committee reso- lution. The Young Workers’ League district executive committee was or- ganized on the parity basis, and the meeting on the December 16, finally broke down the lines that have pre- viously divided the members into two opposing camps. Membership For C. E. C, At the membership meeting held next day Comrade Otis again intro- duced the same resolution which was 80 decisively defeated at the joint meeting of the party and Young Workers’ League district executive committees. The chairman, together with the central executive committee representatives were in favor of giv- ing Comrade Otis the opportunity to defend the point of view of the “op- position” to, the unity resolution altho Comrade Otis as a member of the district executive committee was duty bound to support and defend the re- PITTSBURGH OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTS UNITY RESOLUTION; VOTES AGAINST FACTIONALISM PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 21,—Continuation of factionalism within the Party received a death blow at both the district e&ecutiyg,;and membership meetings heldjin this city December 16 and 17 with Comr: non and Jay Lovestone present, representing the centra tee. All members of the Young Workers (Communist) mittee and candidates as well as active members of Py) (deg steel and} house recommending impeachment of mining town attended the district executive meeting and 4! es James P. Can- .called progressives, declared that the WICKS TOURS EAST; SPEAKS ON LOCARNO PACT AND RUSSIA H. M, Wicks, editorial writer of ‘The DAILY, WORKER, who is now touring thé east will speak in the following citles on the Locarno “peace” it and its relation to So- viet Russia. These dates are in ad- dition to those already announced. ee a PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Sunday night, December 27, at 8 o'clock at the Grand Fraternity Hall, 1626 Arch St, WITH THE Y CONDUCTED - BY TH ‘OU are to report absolute *« BALTIMORE, Md., Monday night, Dec. 28, at 8 o’clock, at the Progres- sive Labor Lyceum, Asquith and Lexington St. eee WASHINGTON, D. C., Tuesday night, Dec. 29, at 8 o’clock Music- jans’ Hall, 1006 E. St. N. W. ment is located. December 22, 6 p. Browneville (All), -South Brooklyn, Ave., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 6 p. m. Administration Tax Reduction Bill Faces BROWNSVILLE. 14th St. WORKER | WORKERS UNG WORKERS LEAGUE ATTENTICN NEW YORK LEAGUERS! Where and When to Report at Section Membership Meetings: Yo one of the following section membership meetings in the sections listed below according to your place of work. ALL UNEMPLOYED shop, factory and office workers go to the section membership meetings in the sections in which the place of their last employ- BUILDING TRADES WORKERS will attend the section meetings in the sections in which their contracting shop is located. ‘14th St. to 2ard St., 108 Eldridge St., Wed., Dec. 23, 6 p. m. 34th to 59th St., 108 E. 14th St., Wed., Dec. 23, 6 p. m. 59th St. to 129th St., 64 East 104th St., Wed., Dec. 23, 6 p. m. 129th to Bronx Pk., and Van Court and Pk., 1347 Boston Rd., Tuesday, m, 1844 Pitkin Ave., Wed., Dec. 23, Bath Beach, Boro Pk. and Coney Isla 6 p.m nd, 1940 Benson ALL THOSE WORKING IN JAMIACA WILL ATTEND MEETING IN ALL THOSE WORKING IN ASTORIA, LONG ISLAND CITY AND CORONA WILL ATTEND MEETING OF SECTION 5, 108 East STUDENTS WILL ATTEND SECTION WHERE THEIR SCHOOL IS SALESMEN AND AGENTS WILL ATTEND MEETINGS IN LOCATED. * * SECTION WHERE THEY RESIDE. Hot Fight in Senate ALL SECTIONS MEET AT 6 P. M. SHARP. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. — The $325,000,000 tax reduction bill, which has been enacted ‘by the house, faces a stormy future in the senate with both democratic and so-called pro- gressive republicans opposing many of its provisions. Senator Smoot, chairman of the senate finance committee has an- nounced that hearings on the bill would start in the senate Jan, 4, the bill carried to the floor by January 16 and held there until enacted, The democrats declare they will offer a substitute calling for an in- creased slash in taxes amounting to over $100,000,000. Senator Norris, The “Christmas Spirit” and the Young Workers During the month of December we again are faced with a spirit of “brotherly love,” “capitalist benevol- ence, ete, The salvation army can already be seen with their “theatrical Santas” on the ‘important streets pan- handling the pedestrians for their loose change. Chrsitmas dinner so- cieties of “nice ladies,” save-your- money-and-soul missions, basket cir- cles and what not are already prepar- ing to pool interests for the extrac- tion of the pennies from the lucky workers who have jobs. As far as the young workers are concerned not many will be fooled by the “one meal a year” Christmas charity of the bosses. While the bosses are. engaging in this tomfoolery and inoculating the workers with the “religious-supersti- leader of the so- house measure “gives greater tax reduction to Secretary of the Treasury Mellon than to all the taxpayers in the-State of Nabraska,” and declared he would oppose the administration measure, ‘ ecutive commit: ; district com-| port of a special committee of the night previ- tee for further consideration and rec- Federal Judge Refuses to Resign; Congress to Discuss Impeachment tious” bug, the young militant workers are utilizing the month for greater organization and activity in the class struggle. December for us is economic trade union month. It is definitely linked up with the working youth conference be- ing called in eastern Ohio for the end of February. There the immediate de mands, principally of the young EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, Dec, 21. — Federal Judge George W. English of the eastern Illinois district, found guilty by a special house investiga- tion committee at Washington of con- duct “unbecoming a federal judge,” declared that he had not resigned and did ‘not intend to do so. -¢ * WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The re- British Times on the Y. C, L. LONDON—In the series of articles part in the dis: | Judge George W. English has been re-| which ithe Times publishes on Com- executive aio the ferred to the house judiciary commit- niuniém’ in England, there is a shorter ously. He was given practically as|0™Mmendations. It Will be taken up section on the Young Communist much time as was®given each of the] fter the Christmas holidays. representatives ofythe central execu- tive committee. 9} During the discyssion, comrades, a member. of the district executive committee of the party and Young Workers’ League formerly a supporter of the Foster group, pointed out that after a thoro consideration, he was finally convinced of the cor- rectness of the central executive com- mittee resolution and appealed to the members to look upon the question from a political point of view and not from the point of view of past pre- judices or personal likings for this or other individual in the party, The objective ‘conditions and the situation one of the Tonight, Civic Opera Leagu eof Great Britain. By way of introduction an incident is decribed which is alleged to have happened in Manchester and which is i ‘ 7 7) an illustration of the extraordinary ac- Gives Boris Godunoff tivity and unscrupulousness of the al- leged leader of the league. After this introduction the connection between the Comintern and the Y. C. L. is de- scribed in a few words and a few sentences from the program are Tonight Moussorgsky’s operatic version of Pushkin’s historical drama, “Boris Godunoft” will be given at the Auditorium, Wabash Ave. and Con- gress street. The performance will noted constitute the second and last of the| % . x Season of this massive spectacle with| While this is going on-the attack of its seven scenes depicting life in Rus-|the Balwin government on the Com- sia in the days of the czar. munist organizations has aroused an George Baklanoff, the Russian bari-|@2thustastic fighting spirit in the lea- tone, will take the title role. Other| Ste which is resulting in a steady in- in the party, especially in this dis-] ™@¢™bers to be included in the cast| Crease in membership. for the presentation of “Boris” are trict, where the coal operators and oc the steel magnates)are making every Clara Shear, Cyrena Van Gorden, Maria Cleassens, Elizabeth Kerr, An- effort possible to disrupt the party, to Ga demand unity of all Communist forc- be °. i tis, Jose Mojica, Oliviero es loyal to the central executive com- esviing Czech Youth Fight Militarism. PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia, — The Cotreuil, Defrere, Ritch. |communist Youth has published an mittee and the Communist Interna-| slo Polacco, musical director of| appeal to the Czech soldiers. The fol- tional. The comrades of the former] the company, will conduct. minority, he added, have proven their sincerity in raising. the question of unity in this district by actual deeds. Comrades of the were placed in ré8ponsible were even given ¥ lowing demands have also been pub- lished: The Petroleum Industry, 1 Reduction in the number of higher, MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Dec, 21--| *Micers. 2) Smaller salaries for these former majority|The reconstruction process in the re-] "cers. 3) Cessation of pensions for Positions | habilitation of the naptha industry|‘2e Officers of the old Austro-Hun- both in the party. the league andj has been completed. Now extensive garian officers, 4) Higher pay for sol- Majority on such | new drilling is to be undertaken. At| “18 @nd non-commissioned officers. important coms as the political| the same time a new petroleum dis-|°) Reintroduction of care commis- and the industri ommittee. The vote that followed the discus- sion, 94 for the central executive com- mittee unity resolution, 12 for the re- solution of the “opposition” and 4 ab- staining from voting—was a most de- cisive blow at any, attempt to carry on an organized -opposition to the party leadership. The membership in this district is united for the central executive committee and the Com- munist International, and it is hoped that the few comrades who are still opposed to unity or are for unity with reservations will soon realize the cor- rectness of the central executive committee resolutioh and policies and will change their yotes, accordingly, To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST : 645 Smithfield Street, PITTSBURGH, PA, WANTED: Furnished Room by Comrade. Humboldt Park district prefe: solution.adopted by the full vais A, Daily Worker, — yin 1 sion. 6) Permission to serve in one’s Seeay4; pore toca angie’ ei apithan’ 1Y SOMME ba tok tok troleumr distillery. Peldiers as strikebreakers; 8) Prohibi- "% tion of deduction from pay as penalty, 9) Free selection of political news- paper and literature. 10) Soldiers’ free participation in the political life at their own discretion. 11) Preven- tion of the abolition of soldiers’ franchise. 12) Liquidation of the church administration in the army, PARTY ORGANIZATION With Introduction by JAY LOVESTONE, A most valuable pamphlet on the composition of the American Communist movement containing: The letter of the Commun- ist International on re- | organization; the shop nuc- lei; the constitution—in- dexed and with charts, -A Communist should not be without it, 4 15 Cents. The Daily Worker Pub. Co, © 1118 W. Washington Boulevard, and shops. The page Leaguer 4 CHICAGO, ILL. MH) Young Workers of Other Lands PRE i Sat ne EN IE OIE, SSSR AS ST Ei A CORE At Come Ahead Into the Young Workers League! TOMORROW! What Do the Young Commanists Want During December, the Economic Trade Union Month? This question answered in an entire page of The DAILY WORKER on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23rd. ; Special articles will appear on various phases of the conditions of the young workers in industry and their special activities in the unions be edited by tthe. "SEND IN SPECIAL ORDERS FOR THIS ISSUE. ers for league and party units 20 per copy, Christmas Spirit. miners will be discussed and a fight- ing program set up. In other parts of the country the Young Communists are organizing themselves into trade union fractions in order to carry on their struggle on behalf of the young workers into the uniong in an organized’ fashion. The league demands that every member become a trade union member and a member of a youth fraction. In New York City the league is also laying the basis for the calling of a general conference of young workers delegated from their shops in order to discuss and formulate demands for their immediate economic interests, against the use of injunctions and for a labor party separate and apart from the bourgeois political parties. German Children’s Congress New Departure. be BERLIN, Germany.—At’ the recent national congress of the Junge Spar- takus-Bund (Communist Children’s Movement) and its leaders’a new de- parture was made for more effective work among the masses of proletarian children. Among the important de- cisions. were; 1) The children’s move- ment must not remain isolated sets of the more advanced children, but must become mass organizations. 2) No isolated groups but a centralized children’s league. 3) Not only the school struggle but an energetic strug- gle against child labor and child misery with economic demands, Austrian Young Socialists for Soviet Russi: VIENNA, Austria-On the return of the Young workers”delegation from the U. S. 8. R. the young socialist workers had organized seven Soviet Russia meetings in Vienna, but the at- tendance at these meetings was only 1,900. It so happened that the majori- ty of the social-democratic members of the audiences favored Soviet Rus- sia, so that at one meeting even the social-democrat Kanitz was compelled to speak of his “warm regard” for the Russian working class. The young so- cialist workers have decided to hold a course on Soviet Russia. This is, ‘of course, to counterbalance the én- lightment on Soviet Russia by the young workers’ delegatiow: Otto Bauer's (!) wife will.lead the course. e% ate é Young Workers (Communist) ccd tse a i ARR A OER