The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 6, 1926, Page 4

Page Four Organization Meetings TH Workers (Communist) Party | "<2 E DAILY WORKER Affairs lutions REPORT OF THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE TO THE PLENUM OF THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 26-28, 1925 Submitted by C. E. Ruthenberg, General Secretary + HE first plenary session of the central executive committee of the Workers (Communist) Party since the August convention was held in Chicago, Dec, 26, 27, and 28. To this meeting were invited the C. E. C. members, candidates and alternates, the district ‘organ- izers and comrades in leading positions in the trade union work of the party. Representatives of certain language propaganda bureaus were also present. The following is the second and concluding instalment of the report on the work of the political committee during the past four months as submitted™by Comrade C. EB. Ruthenberg, general secretary of the party: . z liner Party Life. HE UNITY RESOLUTION: — The greatest achievement of the party so far as its inner life is concerned has been the breaking down of the factional lines in the party thru the adoption of a unity resolution which was unanimously submitted to the central executive committee by the political committee and endorsed by the central executive committee by a vote of 17 to 5. The membership meetings which have been held in all the larger centers of the pary with central executive representatives ad- dressing them have shown that the party is ready for elimination of the factionalism which has hindered us from throwing our whole energies into the work among the masses. Seventy- five per cent of the membership have yoted for the unity resolution. The sharp factional lines existing at the convention and after have been swept away. There is still a very small op- position in the party which persists in carrying on the factional fight but conditions are favorable for the elim- ination of these remnants of the fac- tional struggle. The campaign initi- ated by the political committee for the unffication of the party must be com- pleted. The immediate future must be a mobilization of the membership in the actual mass _ struggles. The achfevement of this will aid greatly in breaking down the factionalism which still remains in the party. EORGANIZATION: The reorgan- ization of the party will be dealt with in a special report. It may be noted, however, that the political com- mitte has taken up the work of re- organiztaion with the greatest energy and striven forward to complete the task as directed by the fourth na- tional convention. In the leading dis- tricts of the party the task of reor- ganization is fairly complete or well under way. There are still many problems to be solved in the work of making the new units of the party function efficiently. The work of or- ganizing the language functions sys- tematically is still to be undertaken and there is every promise that within another month or two the party will no longer consist of language and ter- ritorial branches but of shop and street nuclei with language fractions organized for the work among the various language groups. The reor- ganization has been one of the most important items in our party work since the convention, IHE YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE: The Young Workers (Communist) League has not had sufficient support from the party in the past. The po- litical committee has endeavored to become more closely connected with the work of the league and to aid the young comrades in building up their organization. The relationship be- tween the league and the party are to- day more favorable than at any time in the past and plans are being worked out for a joint campaign by the league and the party to build units of the league wherever the party exists. The work of unification of the league has made even greater progress than that which has been achieved in the party. HE DAILY WORKER: The situa- tion of The DAILY WORKER} immediately after the convention was | that of a deep and serious crisis which threatened the life of our paper. Dur- ing the suceeding two months, this crisis became even sharper so that early in November there was again a great danger that The DAILY WORK- ER would cease to appear. The po- litical committee was compelled to de- vote a great part of the energies of the party to meet this situation, It was necessary to save The DAILY WORKER at all costs. The facts were presented to the party and the response which came from the party is an indication of the life and vital- ity of our organization. Thru the mobilization of the party for The DAILY WORKER, $30,000 has been raised in the “Save The DAILY WORKER Fund” and very likely the amount will increase to $35,000 when all the reports are in. On the editorial side of The DAILY WORKER, a number of conferences of the editors and leading comrades have ben held with a view of improving the character of the paper. Some achieve- ments are to be recorded in this re- spect but further discussion of the problem is still called for and the ef- forts in this direction will be con- tinued. One change has improved the char- acter of the magazine section of which Comrade Minor has been ap- pointed as editor. It is the plan of the political committee to issue the magazine section as a separate weekly paper issued at a low cost, in addi- tion to being issued with The DAILY WORKER, after the subscription cam- paign of the daily has been completed. Such a weekly paper can secure a wider subscription list than The DAILY WORKER and thus bring us in contact with new groups of work- ers and serve as a sphere in strength- ening The DAILY WORKER. HE WORKERS MONTHLY: The Workers Month has undergone a decided change during the past four months. The level of the articles has been raised and our magazine is on the road to actually becoming the theo- While the situation of The DAILY WORKER is not yet a secure one the worst crisis has been overcome, The political committee has initiat- ed a campaign to broaden the support of The DAILY WORKER thru increas- ing the number of readers. Beginning in January the party is to be moblliz- ed for a subscription campaign which has as its goal to add 5,000 readers to the subscription list of The DAILY WORKER, This campaign will be only the first of a number of efforts to pat The DAILY WORKER on 4 is thru broadening its sup- retical magazine of the party which it should be. The progress made in this respect is a great step forward and the efforts must be continued to turn the Workers Monthly into a powerful weapon for the education of the mem- bers and sympathizers, for analysis and discussion of the fundamental problems of the labor movement of the United States. The achievements in the relation to the transformation of the Workers Monthly is an impor- tant factor on the credit side of our work during”’the post four months. ARTY LITERATURE: Three pamphlets have been published on the national convention, one contain- ing an analysis of the party situation, the second the reports, theses and resolutions and a third on reorganiza- tion and the party constitution, It must be admitted. that the pamphlets containing the theses and resolutions has been inexcusably delayed, 3. The Politi NTERNATIONAL SITUATION: The development of capitalism in recent months has shown how partial and temporary has been the stabilization of capitalism. In England, despite all ef- forts of the capitalists to solve the economic problems, unemployment does not decrease and industry finds| itself in a difficult position in relation to the world market. The reaction of the British bourgeoisie is indicated in the measures taken in order to stifle the revolutionary movement of the workers. When the English bour- geoisie resorts to the imprisonment of Communists in a land which has always prided itself on the widest lat- titude of free speech, it is because of the difficulties and dangers which be- set it. The Locarno treaties are ef- forts of England to meet the increas- ing dangers which surround it. To gether with the attack on the Com- munists, the Locarno treaties show that England sees as its enemy the Soviet Union and that it is endeavor- ing to create the conditions for a Struggle against the Soviet union. By settling the problems of conflict in Europe, it hopes to have a free hand to mobilize the forces of capitalism against the Soviet Union. These ef- forts are the proof that English capi- talism has not_overcome the forces un- dermining it let loose by the war. In France, we see one government after the other toppling over and the financial crisis growing more anc more acute. France finds itself in- volved in two wars at the time when there is the gravest danger of a finan- cial crisis. With the frane still on the downward path, the tendencies in France are those which manifested themselves in Germany before the adoption of the Dawes plan, The de- mand for a fascist revolt appears con- tinually in the French press. Such an attempt to seize power would result in a revolutionary crisis which would bring the workers on the march, In Germany, the promise of the Dawes plan of improvement in indus- try and greater employment, seem to be over. Reports of widespread un- employment and misery among the masses are again coming from that country. There is bound to come a new will/to struggle on the part of the workers. In addition to these pamphlets, the party published the speech of Saklat- vala in connection with the Saklatvala campaign. There is now ready for pub- lication and will soon appear, a pamphlet by Heinz Neuman on “Marx and Engels’ Views of the American Labor Problems,’ “The Menace of Op- portunism” by Max Bedacht and also now in preparation, the first volume of the Lenin library which will con- sist of “Lenin on Organization.” INANCES: A financial report for the period from the convention un- til Dec. 19 is appended hereto, One of the major difficulties of the party is that of finances. In the past three and a half months, the pasty income has not been sufficient by lmlf to pay for the work under way. During this period an indebtedness of over $5,000 has been incurred in the form of un- paid wages due to party workers in the employ of the national organiza- tion. The situation has also militated| against the aggressive carrying out 6f the party policy and extension of our work. Effort has been made to re- duce the expenditures of the national organization but this can only be done at the expense of reducing the volume of work carried on by the party. There are demands for financial assis- tance to carry on the party work but it has been impossible to meet these because there have been no founds even for the most elemental needs of the organization as it stands today. The party cannot continue on its present scale of work unless the in- come of the party is increased. The fact of the change in the method of dues payments and reorganization has cut down the income of the national organization even below what it was before the convention when the party was already in a financial crisis. The tendency of district’ organizers, to withhold money due the national or- ganization for its share of the dues collécted has aggravated this condi- tion. There is only one remedy for this situation, that is, to initiate a campiagn in the party for funds for the maintenance of the national or- ganization. The political committee recommends that such a campaign be made with the understanding that 50 per cent of the money collected shall go to the national organization, 25 per cent to the district organization, and'25 per cent to the language propa- ganda bureaus. The latter have suf- fered. greatly because the party has been unable to pay any funds for the maintenance of the secretaries and carrying on the work. The campaign for funds can be well connected with the development of the labor party campaign. The political committee proposes such a campaign to begin as early as possible in Janu- ary. cal Situation. try. So long as the fascist regime di- rected its attacks toward the suppres- sion of the revolutionary movement of the workers, it was hailed with joy by the great capitalist interests. Now, however, Mussolini finds it necessary to bring the capitalists under his sway. In the laws recently forced thru the Italian chamber providing for the incorporation and negotiations and agreements between organized capital and labor Mussolini has created a powerful opposition on the part of the capitalists. The actions of the capi- talists is reflected in the American press which generally condemns the efforts to bind capital to the chariot of the new aspirant for the role of Caesar, Mussolini has been compelled to take steps, economically, which will create opposition from the capitalists as well as the existing opposition from the revolutionary workers, promising a development for the overthrow of his regime in a situation where the revolutionary working class movement the guarantors of. thi oa of the international situatioi The struggle over the world court P| it. another ex- pression of the struggle of 1920 with the chances of victory now on the side of the great international bank- ing houses which were worsted at the tithe of the nomination and. election of Harding. The situation continues favorable during the past few months and there are still no indications of a new down- ward trend. Rather the contrary, the tendency is still toward improvement industrially.. This is registered in slight increases in employment and greater increases in production. The favorable conditions in industry and unemployment of the character to create a crisis, are réflecting them- selves in the attitude of the workers. There are definite ‘bigns that the period of submission ‘to’ wage cuts and the worsening of working conditions is over and that the Workers are in a mood of resistance afid in a mood of making demands for improvements of their wages and wofking conditions. This is evidenced if the now four months’ old struggle 6f the anthracite workers for wage incréases and full recognition of their ufiion, It is shown in the demand of the railroad workers for increases in wages. In the rail- road industry, it is reported from our party connections, thatthe slogans of Organize the Uw0rganized,” and Fight for a Wage Increase,” are to- day as potent as was the slogan of “Amalgamation” in 1922. The growth of the léft wing in the needle trades is no doubt an expres- sion of discontent with the situation in the industry and the demand of the workers for a militant struggle against wage increases and for better working conditions. This situation has also been refiect- ed in the textile industry, where there is a movement of a mass character against wage cuts and for organiza- tion of the textile workers. Undoubtedly, if the present eco- nomic situation continues to develop, along these favorable: lines for the capitalists, we may look forward to new struggles on a mass scale by the workers for improvements in their conditions. This probably will not be as spectacular as the great struggles of 1922, but they willhereate a favor- able condition for our party work. The struggles of the’ workers will bring them into neWollisions with the government and! give an impetus to the movement for Political action thru a labor party!’ They will create the basis for organization of the work- ers in the unorganized*industries, In the agricultural’ Hiéld, the condi- tions are not so favorable for the farmers. The golden Ways prophesied as a result of the sli#ht improvement in 1924 at the time of the presidential elections, have not *haterialized for rhe farmers. The one favorably sold crop has not solved%'their economic problems. alte: As a consequence, there is arising a new movement of pfotest and strug- gle among the farméts. The farmer is not content with the’promises and the measures proposét'‘by the repub- lican administration, ¢*This was evi- denced when a conservative farmers’ | organization such as the farm bureau! repudiated the proposal of President Coolidge for solution of the agricul- tural problems. The discontent of the farmer is also expressing itself in a new movement for political action. In a number of the southwestern states, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, efforts for the or- ganization of a farmer-labor party are being made thru recent conferences. A monthly paper, advocating the formation of farmer-labor parties, has been established. In Montana, a drive for the organization of farmers into the Western Pregressive Farmers is under way. In North:Dakota, some of the leaders of the non-partisan league are advocating theoformation of a farmer-labor party amd a recent con- ference was held forethat purpose, A determined effort wijkbe made to have he ngn-partisan league convention on Feb, 22 take a standyfor the farmer- labor party, emg in Italy will again come into its own The great achievements of the Communist International in Czecho- Slovakia, in the mory than nearly a million votes cast for the Communist Party, stands in striking contrast to the great danger to the Communist Party of Czecho-Slovakia which exist- od last spring. In place of the split which was forecast by the social dem- ocrats, the Communist Party of Czech- ‘Slovakia has achieved a great vic- ‘ory in mobilizing the masses for the struggle against the capitalist rule, HE Situation in the United States: The power of American capitalism is still waxing. Behind the scenes in every great international event stand the great capitalists of the United States, At the present time the great banking houses seem to have made a step forward in their plan for international expression of this power. This is expressed in the world court issue. The days of 1920 when the industrial capitalists dom- inated the republican party and re- pudiated the league of nations seem to be over and step by step the great banking houses and international fi- nanciers are achieving their end of in- velving the American government in At the North Dakota conference here appeared representatives of the ‘armers’ organizationg in a number of ‘he northwestern states and a pro- posal was adopted to, hold a confer- ence of the northwestern farmer-labor party organizations for the purpose of | broadening the movement. The conditions which are develop- ing are favorable for our party work, The opportunity forwork among the masses is developing,both among the industrial workers and the exploited farmers, . We must again mobilize our party for this work. This is the most im- portant task before the central execu- tive committee. If we can throw our party into the developing struggles, if we can again direct the energies of the organization toward outside of the party, the conditions are favorable tor the growth of the influence of our party and the growth of the member- ship of the party, - The mobilization of the party for mass work will be the best method of eliminating the remnants of fac- tionalism which still exist in the party, In a stri for the party program among the, masses we will build a new spirit in the party and the international political organization of the capitalists. They feel there In Italy, the Mussolini dictatorship is coming to the inevitable pee with the capitalist class of that coun-|the Amorican goveynment is one of! derstand Communism—s' will be. greater security for their in- terests and the great investments it create the conditions for strengthen- ing and upbuilding of the party, If you want to.thoroughly un- it a ATTEND REORGANIZATION ° MEETINGS! DISTRICT FOUR OFFICE ADVICES MEMBERS (Special to The Dally Worker) BUFFALO, N., Y., Jan. 4 — In accordance with instructions sent to all city central committees and branches, reorganization of the party units in District Four will take place under the direction of the district organizer who will visit every city in the district in the course of a tour as follows: Troy—Wednesday, Jan. 6, 8 p. m. Schenectady—Thursday, Jan. 7, at 8 p. m. Utica—Friday, Jan. 8, at 8 p, m. Syracuse—Saturday, Jan. 9, at 2pm ithaca—Sunday, Jan. 10, at 10 a.m. Binghamton—Sunday, Jan. 10, at 7:30 p. m. Jamestown—Monday, Jan, 11, a’ 8 p.m. ' Erie, Pa.—Tuesday, Jan, 12, at 8 p.m. Niagara Falls, N. Y.—Thursday, Jan, 14, Rochester—Final reorganization meeting Sunday, Jan. 17, at 2 p. m. YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE HOLDS MEMORIAL MEET Remember January 9 at ' Northwest Hall To commemorate the work of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, a Liebknecht-Luxemburg memorial meeting will be held Friday, Jan. 8, 1926, 8 P. M. at Northwest Hall, cor- ner North and Western Aves., under the auspices of the Young Workers (Communist) League of Chicago. Max Shachtman, Earl R. Browder and Sam Darcy will be the speakers at this meeting. In addition to the speakers an interesting program has been arranged. Admission will be 25c. The young workers will always re- member the fight which Liebknecht and Luxemburg carried on in the in- terest of the working masses. Partic- ularly will the young workers re- member Liebknecht who at all time gave aid to the youth in their strug- gles. His book “Militarism and Anti- Militarism,” pointed out to the young workers the menace of militarism. For writing this book Liebknecht was sentenced to prison, During the war when all over the world the leading socialists supported the war, Liebknecht stood almost alone in his opposition to the bloody slaughter of the workers. In spite of the terrorism of German imperialism and in the face of constant threats of punishment for his loyality to the working class, Liebknecht kept up unflinchingly his opposition to the war. The story of his arrest and im- prisonment is known to workers everywhere. The workers will never forget when | with the cooperation of the social | democrats, the tools of German cap- italism murdered in cold blood Lieb- knecht and Luxemburg. But the workers will never torget the work of Liebknecht and Luxem- burg. Their work stands as an in- spiration to the oppressed workers everywhere who are struggling for their freedom. Section Four, Chicago, Committee to Meet on Thursday Night The entertainment committee of Section No. 4, Local Chicago, Work- ers (Communist) Party, will meet Thursday, Jan. 7, 7:30 p, m. at The DAILY WORKER office, 1113 W. Washington Bivd.. Every nucleus of the section must send a delegate, ——_——. Abandon Schooner, HALIFAX, N, S., Jan, —The three nasted schooner Myrtle Piercy has yeen abandoned off Cape Race, ac- vording to a radio picked up from he Dutch steamship Beemsterijk, Rotterdam for Boston. No mention was made of the whereabouts of the crew, Watch the Saturday Magazine Section for new features every week. This is a good issue to give to your fellow worker, SECTION CONFERENCES IN LOCAL CHICAGO Election of delegates to the sec- tion conferences by the shop and street uciei of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, Local Chicago have in most already taken place, id pla of the section conferences are as fol- lows: Section No. 4. Tuesday, Jan. 5, at Freiheit, 3209 W. Roosevelt Rd., Room 14, Section No. 5. Wednesday, Jan. 6, at W. Carmon, 2406 North Clark street. Section N: Thursday, Jan. 7, at Biltmore Theater, 3rd floor, 2046 W. Division street, A. sammecarsosecs DELEGATES MUST ATTEND | | WITH THEY CONDUCTED - BY Thi, CHIEF PROBLEMS OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING CONVENTION TO MAKE YOUTH EFFICIENT SLAVES CLEVELAND, Ohio.—Fifteen hundred teachers of vocational training, avi high schools, rehabilitation schools, and the vocational training department of some of the largest industrial and commercial corporations in the country gathered at the convention of the National Society for Vocational Education, at the Hotel Statler, here. What the purpose of this convention is may be readily understood from the utterances of some of the outstanding figures at the convention. must never neglect to teach the idea of service,” said Vernon Riegel, state superintendent of public instruction. “As long as the idea of service is not taught, there will be dissension between employer and employe.” The chief problems of the convention are how o train the country’s youth to be efficient slaves ind how to make them like it. Said O. W. Rosen- thal, president of the Builders’ Association of Chi- eago and director of the National Association df Building’ Trade Employers, “We do not care how much training you give the apprentices in pounding nails or handling saws. What we want are men who will come to us trained in the right spirit, the right frame of mind, men who will come to us in a spirit of willingness, men who are willing to make sacrifices.” This jovial representative of the class for whom all the vocational train- ing in the public schools is carried on, further bewailed the fact that in Cleveland the apprentice who wants to work in the trade has no choice other than to join the union in his respective trade. “I do not say that this is either good or a bad situation,” he said, “I simply present it as a situation for Toca tion teachers to think about.” x In private, however, Mr. Rosenthal admitted that he was of the opinion that the closed shop was un-American and that workers ought to be permitted to have some “choice as to whether or not they wanted to join the union, WORKERS UNG WORKERS LEAGUE “we Capitalism is Home Breaker, Not Communists PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—The charge is often made by the capitalist apol- ogists that the Communists aim to destroy the home. The following facts cited by the children’s bureau of the department of labor Proves to the con- trary. Broken homes and the absence of the mother from the home during the day are held responsible for a large number of the cases of child delin- quency, dependency, and neglect brought to the notice of the Philadelphia municipal court. Forty-five per cent of the delinquent and 84 per cent of the dependent and neglected children brought before the court in 1924 came from broken homes, and in 21 per cent of the delinquents living with both parents or,with mother, the mother worked away from home during the day. LENIN-LIEBKNECHT MEETINGS START OF SUB-MEMBER CAMPAIGN PITTSBURGH, Pa.—By combining the Lenin and Liebknecht memorial meetings of this district, more meet- ings haye been arranged. They are being held under the joint auspices of the Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers (Communist) League. These meetings will be the signal for the start of an energetic Daily and Young Worker sub drive and member- ship campaign. The slogans will be: Double the membership. For every party unit a unit of the league. The meetings are arranged as follows! Lenin Memorial Dates; Pittsburgh, Pa.—Sunday, 2 p. m. Speakers: A, Jakira, D, EB. Earley of Chicago, John Stose of Canonsburg, M. Vrkljan (in South Slav). East Pittsburgh, Pa.—Sunday, Jan. 24, 7p. m. Speakers: D. B. Earley, Josephson, A. Horvat (in South Slay). Bentleyville, Pa.—Saturday, January 23, 7 p. m. Speakers: George Pap- cun, Charles Fulp, V. Kamenovich (in South Slav). Uniontown, Pa.—Sunday, Jan. 24, 2p. m, Speakers: George Papcun, Charles Fulp, A. Janud (in So. Slay), Republic, Pa—Sunday, Jan. 24, 2 m. Speakers: George Papcun, Charles Fulp, I. Janus (in So, Slay). Verona, Pa.—Sunday, January 24, 2p. m. Speakers: Tom Ray, B, Ljutic (in So. Slay). Rural Ridge, Pa.—Sunday, January 24, 7 p. m. Speakers: Tom Ray, B. Ljutic (in So. Slay), , Coverdale, Pa.—Saturday, Jan, 23, 7 p.m. Speakers: A. Jakira, B, Lju- tic (in So. Slav), Avella, Pa.—Saturday, January 23, 7 p.m. Speakers: J. Okis, P. Kucinic (in So, Slav). Triadelphia, W. Va.—Sunday, Jan. 24, 2 p,m. Speakers: J, Okis, P, Kucinic (in So, Slav). ¥ Glassport, Pa,—Saturday, Jan. 23, 7 p. m. Speakers: D, E. Earley, Frieda Trahar, I, Janus (in So. Slav), and a Finnish speaker, Pa.—-Sunday, Jan, 81, D. E, Harley, Geo, Papcun, recital by Frieda Truhar, New Brighton, Pa.—Sunday, Jan, 31, Speakers: A. Jakira, B, Ljutic (in So, Slay). Purseglove, W. Va.—Sunday, Jan. 31, 2 p m. Speakers: Tom Ray, EB, Zelic (in So, Slay). Meetings will also be held in Daisy- town, Monessen and Renton, Pa. Dates and speakers will be announced, Why Net Become @: Worker Correspondent? _—__ | Come Ahead Into the Young Workers League * Molactrition Ailment oe Among Children Child Under Capitalism. WASHINGTON, D, C.—The physi- cians and nurses hofding child health conferences in 43 states under the fed- eral maternity and infancy act report that malnutrition, or undernourish- ment, is prevailing among the children they examine. The same bourgeoisie gentlemen who give these facts to the world hold their hands up in horror when the Young Pioneers or the Young Workers (Communist) League | p, struggle in the public schools for state maintenance for the children. The low wages of the adult workers, the steady unemployment among large sections of the workers are some direct causes of these conditions. It only goes to show that the struggle for the betterment of the conditions of the childrén is the struggle for the en- tire working class. / Excellent Program Boston Liebknecht Memorial Meeting BOSTON, Mass.—An excellent pro- grom for the Boston Liebknecht mem- orial meeting has been arranged. The meeting will be held on Sunday after- noon, January 10 at 2:30 p, m., at the Paine Hall, 9 Appleton St,, Boston, Mass, i Al Schaap, district secretary of the Y. W. L., will be the principal speak- er, Other speakers from the Young Pioneers League and the Workers Party will also tell of Licbknecht and his activities in Germany. The Pion- eel ve arranged a special program for this occasion. Tho meeting ts being held under the joint auspices of the Young Workers League and the- Young Pioneers League of Boston. 2