The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 24, 1925, Page 5

GARY HUSHES UP HORRIBLE DEATH MET BY WORKER Greed for More Profits Is Responsible By A Worker Correspondent GARY, Ind., Dec, 22.—Another man has sacrificed his life for the profits of the steel barons, The man, Spanish by birth, has worked’ for the steel company just one month as an oiler in the 60-inch plate mill. On Noy, 26th, which was Thanks- giving day, the man went ‘to the oil house, filled two buckets of oil and went underneath the hot bed to oil the gears that run the cold rolls and hot bed chains, This was about 2 o’clock in the afternoon, and the last time anybody saw him alive, While pouring oil on the gears his sleeve caught in the gears, and pulled his entire body in also. No one saw the accident because the place is covered up with steel plates and used as a walkway. About 2:30 a time keéper passed by and thru the open- ing between the plates saw the man turning in the gears. He told the oper- small pieces. This is the worst accident I have seen in my life. So badly was his body mangled, that they had to pick up the Pieces of flesh and bones in a bucket. His right arm was so badly cut up that only the tips of the fingers were found. His legs were cut up into ground meat. There was no stomach to be found. His liver and heart were found on his face, His hair was pulled out, The only thing that was not torn up was his cap and dipper. ‘This is all due to the company’s fail- ure to provide gear ¢overs. The mill has operated for 14 years without covers on the geeis until a man lost his life, then of course covers were provided immediately. This is only one of the many acci- dents that occur regularly in the steel mill, but the workers do not know of this because they are not published in the capitalist papers. Only the workers in the plate mill know of this accident. The coroner and undertaker were called but they were instructed by the bosses not to publish this in the Gary Post Tribune, Gary’s only paper. Worker Correspondence will make The DAILY WORKER a better paper send in a story about your shop. ABC OF COMMUNISM By Bukharin and Preobrazhensky. The authors were commis- sioned by the Russian Com- munist Party to write a complete and simple ex- plahation of Communism, The student will find this book a gem of Communist teachings. 50 Cents _ Supplement to the A BC c of Communism. Questions and notes on the . Z original work for study class use. 29 5 Cents. 7 DAILY WORKER PUB. CO. 1113 W. Washington Blvd, "Chicago, Il, “ELMO GARA Good Wis! ALLEN’S MEAT MARKET i NNA, WYOMING Mrs. Maggie R Mr. Thos. Rees Vea ne roller ae coln Restau ator to stop the roller line, an ere treet s fired for being polite to they found the man all crushed street was f bi HANNA, WYOMING’ Mr. Elmer Tuomi — The prizes offered are as follows: FIRST PRIZE—"Flying Osip,” stories of New Rus: which are now appearing in the New Magazine Section of The DAILY WORKER, SECOND PRIZE—Leon Trotsky’s “My Flight from Siberia,” In which is told the story of Trotsky’s escape from exile. THIRD; PRIZE—An original cartoon framed, a reproduction of whith williappear on the Worker Correspondents’ Page, ‘Serd tn’ your contributions immediately. patimeht;°"The DAILY WORKER, .1113 West Washington Bivd., Chickgo, ff, “LINCOLN” RESTAURANT WAITER. LOSES JOB FOR BEING POLITE TO NEGRO ay, boat '§ copouLos orrespondent) NEWARK, N. Jy Dec, 22.—A waiter working in the Newark Lin- int focated at Market a colored man. A Negro stepped into the restau- rant to buy cigarettes. The waiter walked up to waitson him, The color- ed man said: “Have you any Pied- mont cigarettes?” and the waiter replied, “Yes sir.” Mr, Kurlakos, the proprietor, who uses the name of the erstwhile emancipator of the American Negro slave to adorn his window and at- at once, ‘The walter asked for the reason of his:discharge and the answer was: “l don’t like to hear a white. man-call ‘arNegro 'sir.’” And that was sufficient reason for dis- charging a worker. Workers get:into the union and fight for your rights. How the Daily Builds PRIZES FOR CORRESPONDENTS! VERY week The DAILY WORKER is presenting three prizes for the best stories sent In during the week by its worker cor- respondents. This week's prize winners will be announced, and thelr contributions published on the Worker Correspondents’ Page in Thurs- day’s issue, since there will be no paper on Friday, Christmas Day. some of Address, Editorial De- GIRL HITS BOSS WITH DISEASE SPOTTED FOWL Won't Pluck Chicken and Loses Job By MAX. COHEN. (Worker Correspondent) PEORIA, Ill, Dec. 22,—Virginia Clause, 23 years old, employed as a chicken picker at the Cappel-Garrard Poultry Supply Co., was found guilty of disorderly conduct in a justice of the peace court for striking Charles Hovender, her boss, with the carcai of a disease spotted chicken, Because she refused to pick a sore - spotted carcass she was discharged. Hoven- der admitted that the chicken was a little “pinney” but it was not dis- eased, he said. Virginia wanted to buy the chicken and show it to the health authori- ties, but Hovender refused. The two struggled for possession of the chick- en, “I became angry and hit him with the chicken, but I should have stuffed it down his throat,” she said. Up From'the Workers “Maybe 1 aia wrong, but let them Who Drive the Nails By L.P, RINDAL (Worker Correspondent) LOS ANGELES; @alif:, Dec, 22—The bring that chicken here and if he will eat one bit of it, or if you will, then I will work as long as they like and will not ask one cent of pay,” Virgin. la told the judge. She accepted her dismissal calmly essence of two privateJetters from ajaltho it meant walking the. street: carpenter in “Santa Barbara, Calif.,|in search of work as she did only : reads as follows: few weeks ago, when, as a last resort “I promised a friénd here today I| she took the job in the packing com would write “you for’ eopies of The|pany, There will be no happy Christ DAILY WORKER which he likes to} mas for Virginia, all read so much. Send all you have and} stood up for what was right. { will see that-he getis’them.” arrived in due ti able unemploymént where at present. This is undoubtedly, to some extent because most ‘of: the urgent repair work has been completed, “Cooper, the,,noterious scab Los Angeles architect and contractor, has now started constti iction on a pretent- This: job is so yet few carpenters have been employ- scabby there, employed union men because she Because of her vigorous stand, she “The bundle-of-DAILY WORKERS | was released and her fine of five dol” «There is consider-| lars was suspended. ~ Drama, Music, Dance for Russian Workers in Pullman, Saturday By A Worker Correspondent. The celebration by the Russian far unfair, Carpenters are receiving | pranch of the Workers Party of Amer- $8.00 per day.of 8 hours and working |ica on Saturday, Dec. 26th at Stan- Saturday afternoon for straight time. | chick Hall, 205 E. 115 street, Pullman, As the foundation has not been dug | Chicago, will contain a play, concert and ball. Under the direction of the ed up to now, It is believed that the | well known actor Anatoly Pocatilow, job will become unionized. Another |+yJiner Kort,” a revolutionary play outfit from San Francisco, always | about Siberia in 1918, will be given in the Russian language. The affair here. Cooper may find that policy the | starts at 5 p. m. and there will be one best suited to conditions in Santa | qancing till midnight. Tickets are 50 fous $350,000 building on State St., near the Post Offite, | Barbara, “The friend I*spoke of has now made arrangements so he will get The DAILY WORKER regularly.” MOSCOW, U-8.'8. R., Dec, 22.—Ter new coal mines are to be opened in the Don. Te building of homes for the mineys , will “be started at the same time, Fo the dwelling con- struction 4,1000 rlibles per man have been allotted.) Read—Write—distribute The DAILY WORKER, bas Wishes a Merry Xmas and a Prosperous New Year to All Its Customers, for a Merry Christm . Ino. Reese Mrs. Fred Williams cents, CORRESPONDENTS’ CLASS WILL MEET THIS WEEK ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT The Chicago Worker Correspond- ents’ class will meet on Wednesday evening instead of Thursday, this week and next, due to the holidays. There no let up in the work of this cl The DAILY WORK- ER ‘comes out regularly as usual and Worker Correspondents must keep on the job. Send in your con- tributions. New students should enroll on Wednesday, Dec, 23. Class meets at 8 p. m, in The DAILY WORKER editorial room, 1113 W. Washington Blvd. CHICAGO, (Corner Ogden IHONOR ROLL Workers (Communist) Party, District 8 Christmas Entertainment “PROCESSIONAL” Modern Four Act Satire. Played by the Studio Players. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 8 P. M. Also Concert and Dance Until 12 P. M. Lawndale Hall, 3437 Ogden Avy 10 Grand Prizes Given A Admission 50 Cents. OF WORKERS AIDING PRESS Geo. Kapin, Los Angeles, Calif. $ 4.00 Street Nucleus, Spokane, Wash. Workers Party 3.50 J. Enz, Crafton, Pa. 2.00 Geo. Daubenek, Caspar, . 10.00 M. Perkushich, Vestaburg, Pa. (Collected) ... 8.60 Andy Lazar, Zeigler, Ill. 5.00 Workers Party, San Francisco, Calif. ...... . 30.00 Wm, Quealy, Detroit, Mic Rescue Party, Boston, 3.00 Mass., Ukrainian and Polish bran- 75.00 - 1,09 32.50 15.00 2.00 ches, W. P, . Friend Elmer, Dé! » Mic! D. Treschak, Dettdit, Mich. Alex Gauld, Palmetto, Fi Henry Samek, Clifton, N. Finnish Executive” Committee, W. P. Minnesota’ district 20.00 D. Maggio, Oaklénd, Calif. 1.00 Today's Total $212.60 Previously ‘reported $1,330.25 ILY WORKER TotdPto date $31,542.85 Are You Coming to the New Year’s Eve Ball of the.T. U. E. L.7 Chicago workers! Are you coming? On New Year's Eve! The Chicago gfoeup of the Trade Union Educational, League will stage its fourth annual;New Year's Eve ball at eight o'clock on the last day of this year and will finish at two o'clock in the morning on New Year's Day. The dance will be the big end of the affair, altho otker matters have not been overlooked. Refreshments, for instance. Don’t forget the address or the night. The dance will begin at 8 p. m., Thursday night, Dec. 31, at the Italian Hall, 643 North Clark street. All militant trade unionists are cor- dialy invited to attend. The proceeds of the affair will be used to carry on the work of the left wing groups thru 1926. Turn olf @nd enjoy yourself. Coolidge Forces Attempt to Save Bankers from Ruin WASHINGTON,; Dec. 22.—When congress reconvenes after the Christ- mas holidays, a,mumber of bills that have been introduced before both houses by admipistration forces wil) ve discussed... 5, and With the tain prize of grains arm~ products; "tas ~ mortgages the armers have inewrred are unpaid and anks that hayei(ent out money, are ‘ow finding themselves in a tight fix. che administration 4n order to save hese banks and‘concerns is plan- aing ways and; means of artifically aoosting prices sgathat the banks will be able to keep their heads above water and be ablesto further exploit the farmers, en Butler Resigns Job in U.S. ine Corps; Mayot Bounces Him PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 22.—Major General Smedley Butler, resigned from the United States marine corps in order to continue “serving” Mayor Kendrick as director of public safety. A few minutes later, the mayor notified Butler that his services were no longer desired. “You put me in a hole,” said the mayor as Butler informed him of his resignation from the marines. “I smoked you out of your hole. Now I know whefe I stand,” retorted Butler as he slammed the door, end- ing his sensational and stormy career as “safety director” of Philadelphia. 1c Wolverine Power Co. Threatens’ to Shut Off Water f from Town DETROIT, Dec.°#2,—The greed for profits of the Wol¥erine Power Co., at Midland, Mich., tHfeatens to dry up the water supply of the little com- munity of Midland, Mich, The dams of the power contfany on the Titta- bawassee River afd its tributaries, by which it operates’ its plants, is im- periling the intaké'to the Midland waterworks system. Protests have failed. The commufity has now start- ed suit to prevent a further lowering of the water, =~ ILLINOIS and St. Louis) cory The Next By JAY LOVESTONE. pes my recent tour of the eight party eastern districts I had occa- sion to discuss the problems of reor- ganization with the comrades actively participating in and directing the re- organization of our party. Many ques- tions were brdt up which we will have to answer on the basis of the experiences of other parties and on the basis of our own experimenting, because of the special conditions we have in the United States; particular- ly the language difficulties, the inex- perience of some of our comrades, and the diffusion of employment exist- ing in certain sections of our mem- bership. Among the immediate problems most pressing we may enumerate the following five: 1, The question of attaching active somrades to ‘shop nuclei. 2. The problems of organizing po- tential shop nuclei. 8. The basis for the organization of sub-sections. 4. The problem of the organization of workers’ clubs. 5. The task of the organization of effective trade union fractions and language fractions. We will proceed to lay down the fundamental principles for meeting each of these problems. 1. Problem of Attaching Active Comrades. Great care should be taken in at- taching experienced party members to newly organized shop nuclei. First of all, we must attach only such active comrades as will function and carry out all duties assigned to them in their role of directors of the newly organ- ized shop nuclei. Quite often we have shop nuclei consisting of good revo- lutionary proletarian members who have insufficient party experience. If experienced party members are at- tached to such nuclei and they fail in their duties of ‘helping the less ex- perienced or inexperienced members, then more harm than good will be done to the shop nuclei. We have had cases where experienced party mem- bers first enthused at the idea of be- ing attached to shop nuclej but when they were assigned certain duties as shop nuclei members, they failed to carry out these tasks because of other party work which had been assigned to them before. It is absolutely im- Workers (Communist) Party Page Five Step in Party Reorganization permissible for experienced comrades We say, no! Why? When we attach to accept an assignment for helping a shop nucleus unless these comrades are prepared to spend the necessary time for these new tasks, Then again, we should be careful not to attach too many comrades who are not employed in the factory in which the shop nucleus is organ- ized. For instance, it would be folly to add, to attach three active com- rades to a shop nucleus consisting of three members, Likewise, it would be bad policy to attach more than two or three experienced. comrades to a shop nucleus consisting of about 20 or so members. To the extent that the shop nucleus must have work done in)the ranks of the non-Communists in their factory, work which they can- not themselves execute. safely and effectively these shop nuclei are to call upon their respective district. of- fices for mobilization of members in street nuclei to carry on such work. As a rule, the street. nucle! located nearest to the factories where such shop nuclei are organzed will be called upon for such special work.in addi- tion to their regular work. 2. The Problem of Potential Nuctei. In some districts we have found that certain shop nuclei were orgen- ized consisting of three members working in three, different establish- ments of the same trade or craft locat- ed near each other. This is a very bad practice. It almost borders on an industrial branch, The reorganization plan adopted by the central executive committee per- mits, in certain instances, the organ- ization of shop nuclei consisting of two members working in one place and a third party member working in a factory nearby in order to help the two comrades in their work so that new membership may be won and thus a regular shop nucleus should be organized as soon as possible. However, we must make certain qualifications for this practice. Sup- Posing we have a place of employment where the total number of workers engaged is, let us say, five. The in- dustry in which this place of employ- ment is found is not basic and the particular shop is: small. Two of the five workers in this small place are party members; Shall we attach some party member; not working in this place, and thus have three comrades sq as to constitute a shop nucleus? Questions for Lesson Six in Capital (Pages 106 to By EARL R. BROWDER, Instructor, 116, Volume 1) 1. What is the first chief function]stands for value without regard to of money? 2. Is it money that renders com- modities commensurable? 3. What is “price”? 4. What is the difference between a “measure of value” and “standard of price”? 5. Does a change in the value of gold affect its function as a standard of price? Explain. © 6. Does a change in the value of gold interfere with its function as a measure of value? Explain. 7. What are the laws which govern the fluctuations in the prices of com- modities, 8. How did there arise discrepancy between the money names of the units of precious metal, and the actual weights originally represented by those names? 9. Does the discrepancy between the original and the present weights represented by the money names in- terfere with the functioning of money? 10. Is price identical with value? 11. Is it a defect, that the price form inherently allows of deviations between price and magnitude of value? 12. Is it possible for price to exist without at all representing value? Explain. 13, Does a commodity act effective- ly as an exchange value by expressing its value in price? What additional step is necessary? 14, What does Marx mean when he says: “Under the ideal measure of value there lurks the hard cash’? Answers to Questions of Lesson Five. 1. The mutual recognition of the right of private property, whether such contract be part of a developed legal system or not, is a necessary precondition to the exchange of com modities, and is the reflex of the real economic relations between the propri- etors, 2, A commodity has no use-value to its owner, except its capacity of being exchangeable for other com- modities, otherwise he would not bring it to the market. 8. When the various commodities bring them to market, they are faced with the problem of bringing them into relation with one another as values, which requires a common denominator; this is found in some particular commodity, the owners of its specifically useful nature (value in general) while the commodity is brought forward in its specifically use- ful character. 5. When articles are produced primarily for consumption, they be- come commioditiés only accidentally and under special conditions; it is only the constant and systematic repe- tition of the act of exchange that makes it a normal social act; it is therefore only whén articles are pro- duced directly for the purpose of ex- change that commodities become de- cisive factors in social life. 6. The first commodities to be- come money are, either the most im- portant article of exchange from out- side the community, or else the ar- ticle which forms the chief portion of the alienable wealth produced within the community. 7. The commodities best fitted by nature to serve as money are precious metals, because each portion of such metal exhibits the same uniform quality, and is capable of being divisable at will and re-united without losing any of its qualities, 8 The value of gold is as real as that of any other commodity ana has the same basis; but as gold, being money, is the universal quantitative expression of the value of other coin- modities (their price), jt canaot it- self have,such an expression, it can- not have a.price. 9, An expression for the value of gold can only be found in the form of all the other commodities directly exchangeable for it, 10. There is no fundamental differ- ence in the problem of analyzing a commodity, and of analyzing money, the latter being but a specialized form of the former and arising naturally out of the exchange of commodities. Iowa-Nebraska Workers Party Issues Farmers’ Number of “The ns eal OMAHA, Neb., Dec, 22.—The Iowa- Nebraska district of the Workers (Communist) Party has issued a special farmers’ number of The bodily form of which becomes the form of the socially recognized univer- sal equivalent when all other com- modities represent their values in it; this commodity, excluded from, the]. others by its specific function, he. comes money. ito 4, In the contrast between com- moditiés and money is brought to ex- ternal expression the contrast of use- value and value, inasmuch as money, » 4 al ona | } Spark, a small mimeographed eight page bulletin, in which it points out the necessity of the farmers and the workers struggling together against the capitalist system, The Spark is 35 cents per year. ‘The next issue will be called the “Labor Party Number” and will urge All producers to unite on the political field against the plutes, The address ot The Spark is: The Spark, 212 Crounse Block, Omaha, Nebraska, | ~— to & group of two comrades working in a factory, a third comrade not em- ployed there, we do 80 only to help chese two comrades win over the other proletariangs who are not yet party membegs. It is obvious, there- ‘ore, that the practice of attaching comrades not employed in the shop where the nucleus is organized holds good only for those instances where we have sufficient prospects for organ- izing active, at least fair-sized shop nuclel—hold good only for places where many workers are employed. Comrades should be attached to help organize a shop nucleus in in- stances where there are only two members employed in the same place, only where there are many workers employed there, only where there are prospects of organizing a shop nucleus in this place, only where the attach- ment of such a third comrade will facilitate the organization of a nucleus in which three or more of the mem- bers will be those employed in the factory. 3. Organizing Sub-Sections. It is advisable to subdivide various sections of the reorganized city into sub-sections. In making these sub- divisions the following principles should guide us: a) The location of suitable meeting places to be used by the shop and street nuclei in the area constituting the sub-section must be considered. It must be remembered that, almost without exception, shop nuclei cannot meet in their places of employment, cannot transact their party business in their factories. It is very advisable to find meeting places for shop nuclei and street nuclet other than the homes of party comrades, The meeting places should become the centers of general party life. In view of the fact that the sub-section is really a means for carrying on more effectively party activities, the availability of suitable meeting places should be taken into consideration when sub-section divi- sions are set up. b) The problem of congregating national groups: We should by all means avoid organizing sub-sections which wlil consist of party members, either all of one nationality or even overwhelmingly of one nationality. We should strive, in making our sub- section divisions, to have comrades of as many nationalities as possible work together thru the shop and street nuclei under the leadership of their most experienced members par- ticularly those of whom can speak English. ¢) The size: No sub-sections should contain more than 75 members. If subsections grow too large in mem- bership they become ineffective. In those cases where subsections grow much beyond this number in size, they should be further sub-divided. The problems of the organization of workers’ clubs and party fractions will be dealt with in the next ar- ticles. Shop Nucleus Courses to Train Communists NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 22.— The shop nucleus training courses, sched- uled to start on Thursday and Friday next, respectively, will begin Thurs- day, Jan. 8, and Friday, January 9. They could not be started earlier be- cause many of the shop nuclei were still electing their representatives and because the coming Thursdays and Fridays are Christmas Eve, Christmas New Year's Eve and New Year, which are inopportune times to start class- es. The registration for these courses are very high, since every shop nu- cleus, factory district nucleus and in- ternational branch is sending one representative and paying his fee, therefore, it may be necessary to start many more classes, The school is prepared to start as many shop nu- cleus training courses as are required. Any unit of the party which has not yet elected its representative should put that on the order of busi- ness for the next meeting and send the name of the one elected, imme- diately to the Workers’ School, 108 Wast 14th street. DISTRICT COMMITTEE PLANS MANY LENIN MEMORIAL MEETINGS Lenin memorial meetings are being arranged in the following places by the Workers (Communist) Party, district No. 8: Chicago, Sunday Jan, 24, at 8 p. m, — Coliseum, Gary, Ind., Jan, 24th, 7:30 p, m, Turner Hall, 14 S, Washington. Springfield, Ill, Sunday, Jan, 17, at 2:00 p. m. St. Louls, Mo., Sunday Jan, 17th, at 8:00 p. m, Christopher, lil, Monday, Jan. 18, Wh, Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 8:00 p.m. West Frankfort, Il!., Wednesday, January 20th. — Johnston _ UL, Thursday, January 21st. Hatls will in a later _ issue of TI WORKER,