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Page Four THE DAILY WORKER. -— Organization Meetings Social Affairs Resolutions The Problem of the Language Fractions By JAY LOVESTONE. URING the last few months the or- ganization department has concen- trated on registering the party mem- bership and reorganizing it on the basis of shop and street nuclei, In order to hasten the reorganization and in order to mobilize all our ener- gies for this purpose we have delib- erately laid less stress on the question of language fractions, workers’ clubs and trade union fractions, Our immediate organizational tasks are: 1. The organization of efficient lan- guage fractions of the workers of the various nationalities belonging to our party. 2. The organization of workers’ clubs to draw closer to the party pro- letarians of various nationalities, workers who are not yet Commun- ists. 8. The organization of a trade union fraction apparatus. 4. Putting the shop nuclei, the street nuclei, the language fractions and the trade union fractions to work; energizing or’ activizing them, so to say. In short, we must now make every shop and street nucleus a func- tioning, a working, a living active unit of the party. How Shall We Organize Language Fractions? Every district organizer, in co-op eration with the various language dis- trict organizers in his territory, should proceed immediately to begin or to complete the organization of language fractions in his district. The steps for the” organization of these language fractions should be along the fpllow- ing lines: 1. General membership meetings of all party members of a particular na- tionality should be called in each city. For example, let us say that there are two Jewish branches in the city of Chicago. A meeting of all the Jewish party members found in these two branches should be called in the city of Chicago. In a city like New York, where there are many Jewish branches and where there are several sections and many sub-sections, it would perhaps be better to combine the Jewish membership of several sec- tions and to have two membership meetings of the Jewish party mem-| bers in different sections of the city. Each of these membership meetings would consist of the Jewish party members in several combined sec- tions. The same rule, of course applies to the ‘party members of the other na- strong tionalities. REGULAR MEETING NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS, DAILY WORK- ER PUBLISHING COMPANY, A CORPORATION. To the stockholders of The Daily Worker Publishing company, 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, Ill: You, as stockholders of The Daily Worker Publishing company, a corporation, are hereby notified that, pursuant to the call of the president of said corporation, a regular meet- ing of the stockholders thereof will be held at the office of said corporation at 1113 West Washington Blvd., Chi- cago, Ill, at 8:00 o'clock in the eve- ning on Jan. 11, 1926 for the purpose of receiving reports of the board of directors and officers of the progress heretofore made by the corporation; for the purpose of having certain acts of the board of directors ratified by the stockholders; for the purpose -of considering and voting on the ques- tion of increasing the capital stock of the said corporation from: $75,000 to $100,000 or upwards and for the purpose of electing a board of direc- tors for the year of 1926 and trans- acting any and all other business in connection with the above and fore- going objects and purposes that may properly come before said meeting. By order of the president, JAY LOVESTONE, secretary. Dated at Chicago, Ill, this 24th day: of Dec., A. D. 1925. ce. PROXY FOR THE REGULAR MEET- ING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING COMPANY. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, the undersigned, one of the holders and owners of shares of the capital stock of The Daily Work- er Publishing company, a corpora; tion, do hereby constitute and appoint the bearer, C. E. Ruthenberg, to be my lawful attorney, substitute and proxy for me, to represent me at the reguiar meeting of the stockholders of said company to be held at Chi- cago, Ml, Jan, 11, 1926, and at any adjourned or postponed meeting thereof, and hereby grant my proxy full power and authority to act in my stead and with the same effect as I might do were I present at such meeting in person, and I hereby rat- ify and confirm all that my said at- torney or proxy may lawfully do at such meeting in my place or stead, IN WITNESS THEREOF, | haxe hereby affixed my hand and Workers’ Party of America, No, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il, The strictest and completest pos- sible co-operation between the dis- trict organizer of the party and the particular language district organ- izer in question is an absolute prere- quisite for the success of these meet- ings. 2. If possible, every member of the former language branches of our party should be gotten to attend these language membership meetings. Those language party members who have not yet registered to date should then be registered at the language fraction meeting and thus be brot back into the party. At these meetings all the comrades of the particular nation- ality in question who are already party members thru being connected with a shop or street nucleus and those comrades formerly members of our language branches who register for reorganization at these meetings are to be constituted into the, let us say South Slavic, Finnish, or what not, language fraction of the party in the city. 3. At each of these language frac- tion meetings there should be elected in accordance with the provis- ions of the party constitution, an exe- cutive committee of the language fraction for the city to be working under the direction of the higher party committee in the city, In cases where two or more membership meetings of a particular nationality have to be held in one city, then a language frac- tion executive committee should be elected at each meeting. The person- nel of the combined committees elected at each of these meetings is cutive committee. (b) In constituting the language fraction executive committee we may also take into consideration—but not necessarily—the practicability of hav- ing the committee composed of those party members who are representa- tive of the various fractions function- ing in certain fraternal organizations, national literary associations, national sick and death benefit societies, etc. That is, a language fraction executive committee may be composed of the comrades now functioning in and representative of fractions already working in four or five different fra- ternal organizations of the particular nationality; or a language fraction mdy be composed of the most able comrades, regardless of their being presently connected with fraternal or- ganizations, Willingness and ability to work are the first tests in consider- ing qualifications for membership in the language fraction executive com- mittee. We must point out, however, that the representative basis may also be accepted as a method of constitut: ing the language fraction executive committees. Of course a combination of the two methods is the ideal. 5. The fraction executive commit- tees of the various languages in the different cities should meet at least once monthly and more often if neces- sary. These language fraction city executive committees must make an investigation of the fraternal and be- nevolent organizations to which. their party members are affiliated. For ex- ample, the Jewish language fraction exeetitive committee of New York City should find out how many of the New long to the Workmen's Circle and to to be the eity language fraction pons City Jewish party members be- The party district committee in cit- ies where this committee is located or the city executive committee in the other cities shall attach one of its Members as a representative to each of these language fraction executive committees in the various cities. The party representative has a voice and vote. Constituting the Language Fraction Executive Committee. 4. Our next problem is: what shall guide us in determining the composi- tion of the language fraction execu- tive committees? Who shall be mem- bers of these language fraction execu- tive committees? There are two ways of approaching this question. (a) First of all, our aim should be to have as members of these lan- guage fraction executive committees the leading, the most capable, the most active comrades of the national- ity in question. GREAT MEETING AT other Jewish fraternal and benevolent societies, The other language fraction city executive committees should do likewise. These committees should work in the closest touch and har- mony with their national language fraction bureaus. All findings as to membership in the various fraternal organizations: must be turned over to the national language fraction bureau of the par- ticular nationality. Thus, let us say that the South Slavic fraction execu- tive committee of the city of Detroit finds that in its local membership there are 25 belonging to. one sort of a South Slavic fraternal organization, 15 to a second kind of a benevolent soéiety and three to a thrid*kind of a South Slavie literary society, then it must turn oyer to. the national South Slavic language fraction bureau in icago all of this information. Organizing Fraternal and Benefit Society Fractions. 6. On the basis of these findings as to the fraternal organizations with which the language fraction member- ship is affiliated there should be or- ganized fractions of party members in the fraternal and benevolent organ- izations of the language group in question, Thus, we may organize frac- tions in the Lithuanian literary so- ciety, in the South Slavic national benefit society, in various Finnish athletic clubs, 7. General membership’ meetings of the various language fractions should be held at certain intervals decided upon by the language fraction execu- tive committees in the Various cities. At these meetings there may be dis- cussed only the problems‘ of carrying on Communist propaganda among the workers of the national group under consideration and the questions of im- proving the activities of’ the Commun- ists in the different fraternal .and be- nevolent societies, 8. The tasks of the language frac- tion executive committées are as fol- lows (a) To guide the general Commun- ist activities in the ranks of the non- Communist workers of the particular national group under the direction of the highest party committee in the city. (b) To organize and guide the ac- tivities of the various fractions set up in different fraterna) organizations of their nationality. (c) To keep regularly and fully in touch with the national fraction bu- reau in question for guidance as tt general policies for their special ac- tivities in the ranks of the non-Com- munist proletarians of their national- ity and in the various benefit societies. (d) To raise funds and secure sub- scriptions among the non-Communist eet ne LENIN MEETINGS TO | BE HELD IN A LARGE NUMBER OF PA. CITIES — PITTSBURGH, Pa. Jan. 6 — Ar- rangements have been made to hold “numerous Lenin memorial meetings thruout the steel and mining region of Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, Watch this paper for fur- ther announcements. Sympathetic organizations are requested to ar- range no other-affairs on the dates on which the Lenin memorial meet- ings will be held. Following are some of the meetings arranged. SATURDAY, JAN. 23, 8 P, M Glassport, Pa. Finnish Hall— Speakers D. E, Earley of Chicago, Freda Truhar, of the Young Work- ers League, A, Janus. Coverdale, Pa. (Hall to be an- nounced) Speakers—A, Jakira and B. Ljutich, Avella, Pa. Granjis Hall, Bron- town, Pa. Speakers—Tom Ray and Paul Kucinic, SUNDAY, JAN, 24, 2 P.M Pittsburgh, Pa. International So- cialist Lyceum, 805 James St. N. S. Pittsburgh, Pa, Speakers, A. Jakira, D, E. Earley, John Stose of Canon- workers of their nationality in order to help finance the national, district and city language fraction executive committees and to se¢ure the main- tenance of their various language or- gans. (e) The language fraction city exe- cutive committees, undef the direction of their’ language fraction, district executives and national bureaus and in the strictest co-operation with the district committees ofthe party, shall take steps to organize; wherever nec- essary, workers’ clubs/of a particular language group either fireach city or in different sections ofthe city as the conditions dictate. The, details of procedure in/ organiz’ workers’ clubs will be elaborate¢ in the forth- coming article. q COLISEUM ON JANUARY 24 WILL DRAW CHICAGO WORKERS TO LEARN OF LENINISM —— By Foe ~~... [nan effort to rally thousands of workers for a mass demonstration on the second anniversary of the death of Lenin to be held at the Coliseum, Sunday evening, January 24, the Chicago Workers (Communist) Party mem- bership is distributing 65,000 leaflets addressed to the workers in the shops, reading as follows: “The Factories for the Workers and the Land for the Farmers.” This was the aim of Lenin. It has been realized in the Workers’ Republic of Soviet Russia, It has become the goal of the awakened workers and farmers of all lands. In Russia the workers have power and have esta- blished their own government, They control thegfactories and determine their own working conditions. Their unions, seven million strong, fix the wages for all, These are main- tained by the Soviet government. The conditions of the workers there are continually improving. The awakened workers of this country are beginning to understand Lenin's slogan. “It Ig in the Shops that the Power of the Workers Lies.” In the United States the factories and shops are owned by a small group of capitalists. They dictate working conditions and use every effort to low- er wages, lengthen working hours and increase the speed-up system, They dominate the government in the inter- est of their class and against the workers, ‘This is recorded in the years of struggles of the workers with in- junctions, suppression of strikes and growing exploitation, While the profits of the bosses have increased the workers have become impoverished and constantly menaced Pes remains to make the ownership so- cial also.” Lenin pointed the way to workers’ control of industry, to the establish- | ment of a working class government. The workers of Soviet Russia have al- ready traveled this path; the workers of other countries are preparing to do likewise. In the oppressed countries of Morocco, Syria, the Philippines and China, entire peoples are struggling for national liberation and thus help- ing to batter down imperialist capital- ism, The workers of the United States must take their place in the interna- tional working class front. Lenin’s lasting monument is the organization of the Communist International which will lead this struggle to a successful conclusion. The Workers (Commun- ist) Party is the American section of this international party. Every work- ing man and woman is invited to join our ranks. Come to the meeting, work- ers of Chicago. Liebknecht Meeting in Chicago Friday Night, January 8 Arrangements are being com- pleted for the Liebknecht memorial meeting which is being held Friday evening at the Northwest Hall, cor with unemployment. Such are the ac- complishments of capitalism. As Lenin said: “Capitalism has performed its task; it has created a great social industry in which thousands of workers collaborate on a single job; the labor is social and it now only NOTICE TO STUDENTS ner North and Western avenues, In addition to the speakers of the evening who will be Sam Darcy, Barl R. Browder and Max Shachtman, an interesting program has been ar- ranged which includes music, songs, @ speech by one of the Young Pio- neers, the children’s organization of the working class. The poem “Lieb- knecht” by Charles Asheligh will be recited by one of our young comrades, The work of Karl Liebknecht and OF WICKS’ GLASSES HELD FRIDAY NIGHTS The cla in the elements of Communism and public Speaking, conducted by H M. Wicks on Fri- day evenings will be resumed this Friday. The first cl. is held at 8:30, The classes were not held the past two weeks owing to holi- jays occurring on Friday and the act that the instructor was on a lecture tour in the east. Rose Luxemburg and their sacrifices for the working class movement is well known to the workers every- where. In every country in the world meetings in their honor are being held. All workers are invited to attend this meeting, bring other workers with you from the shops and factor- jes. Make the work of Liebknecht and Luxemburg known to as many workers as possible, The doors will open at 7:30 p. m, Admission is 25, cents, \ WORKERS’ SCHOOL HAS OUTBROWN ITS QUARTERS tb NEW YORK, Jan. 6-+The New York Workers School is now the largest Working class school .in respect to registrations for study courses in the entire country. H Large Enroliment. The principal courses now being given with the registration for each jare as follows: ‘ir Elementary English, 91; History of the American Working Class, 25; Workers’ Correspondence, 20; Russian language, 14; intermegiate English, ‘Tuesdays, 69; party traixfig course, ate English, Wednesdays, 74; party training course, I, Wednesdays, 47; party training cour: Il, Wednes- days, 46; fundamentals of Commun- ism, 55; Marxian econotnics, 24; public speaking, 28; materialistic philos- ophy, 20; modern literature, 20 and research class, 30, New courses that are still to start include: History of revolutions, Composition, contemporary drama, shop nucleus training course (funda- entals of Leninism), ‘living revolu- tion (The reflection in Russian litera- ture of the Russian revolution), a new class in elementary \\English and Marx's “Capital,” Volt, _ Outgrows Quarters, The school has outgrown its pres- ent¥facilities and is pl inning a drive for the necessary funds to take care of the immediate needs, such as more rooms, more chairs, black- boards, ete., and to expand the school to meet the growing registrations and desire for education among the work- ers here, : Lenin Committee Meets. Chicago Lenin Memorial Commit- fee meets Friday 8 p, m, at The DAILY WORKER office, All Work- ers (Communist) Party nuclei dele- gates should attend, Delegates from other working class o izations Lenin Memorial meet- ing at the Coliseum Sunday, Jan. 24, 8 p. m. a neemenelsieateclals \ Milwaukee, Wis., Attention! General membership meeting Workers (Communist) Party Wed- nesday, Jan, 13, at Miller Hall, 802 State street, 8 p. m. sharp, Nuclei. organizers a requested to notify their me ip and make sure that all »wup., Very important matters will be discussed. Arne Swabeck, the district organizer will be present, are invited, 48; advanced English, 70; intermedi- | ee I WITH THE Y CONDUCTED + BY TH CHILDREN SUFFER IN PEACE! LEAGUE OF NATIONS CAMPAIGN (Special to the Young Worker Column) GENEVA, Switzerland—A campaign to educate the children of all lands in “world peace, in ideals of international solidarity and in the aims and functions of the league,” is the latest move of the league of nations. Besides securing the co-operation of the gov- ernments aligned with the league;.the bourgeois youth organizations such as Boy Scouts, Y. M. C. A,, etc., will be enlisted in the campaign It can be pointed out to the “peace-loving” league that the first lesson, which would greatly ‘imterest the children can be a one act play en titled: “We Hand Over Mosul Oil to Britain.” This can then be followed up by a drama entitled: The Syrian Mandate” or “How We Love to Shoot. the Druse Tribesmen.” All “peace loving” lessons for the world’s children. And the United States, “Peace and good will” will be taught to over 3,000,000 child workers, grinding out profits for the plutocrats, whose tool the “Peace-loving League” gant chee plea at league of nations is. It will be taught to millions of children who go to school gramme. hungry and ragged in a land of plenty. Not peace but war against such con- Uniontown, Pa. Croatian Hall, | ditions is the demand of the hour. Franklin St. Speakers Geo. Papcum, Charles W. Fulp and A. Janus. Verona, Pal Harraurslie Hall. WEBB MINE DISASTER COSTING 9 LIVES. Harmarville. Speakers John Otis or aslphin We. i (Halt to be | | SHOWS NEED FOR YOUNG WORKERS’ CONFERENCE , W. Va, — . hee Tom Ray and A (Special to Young Worker Column.) “SUNDAY, JAN. 24, 8 P.M. BELLAIRE, Ohio.—On Tuesday, Dec. 22, nine workers were killed in the Republic, Pa» Croatian Hatt, | Webb mine south of here. They died from smoke from coal that was set Speakers Geo. Papcun, C. W. Fulp afire by a trolley wire which was knocked down by a fall of slate. and A. Janus. The coroner’s inquest into the cause of the death, after taking the testi- Rural Ridge, Pa. (Hall to be an- | mony of about 25 witnesses shows nothing. Some witnesses claim that the “Rounced). Speakers John Otis and fire started by some one accidently putting their B. Ljutich. lamps against a strip of canvas stretched across the SATURDAY, JAN. 30, 8 P. M. entry of the mine. seer Cee ee yeiar, This is not probable as no one puts his head Geo Papcun, John Stose. Recital by against a canvas long enough for it to catch fire Freida Truhar, from the lamp. Experienced miners say that prac- New Brighton, Pa. (Hall to be tically the only thing that could have caused this announced), Speakers D. E. Earley disaster was that falling slate knocked down a trol- and B, Liutich. Operator: “Another ley wire thereby making a short circuit and setting Pursglove, W. Va. Union Hall. |disaster, ha! ha! the coal afire. Speakers Tom Ray and |, Zilich, Those things would Reputation Best Mine? PY never happen if the The Webb mine had the reputation of being the P roletarian Theater miners were care- best equipped mine in the state in regards to safety. Will Present Gold’s |‘"” Whether this is true I don’t know, but the fact that Pl “M ” F; . di nine men were killed shows that something was ay joney riday wrong. If the company had put in a few dollars in timbering this disaster ” would never have happened. And, yet the pit boss of the Webb mine is vice- it aie berets Aral cr ee president of the J. A. Holmes First Aid Association, Belmont Chapter. But ~ ested in the second performance o:| ‘© Would not have the mine timbered because of the expense which would the Proletarian Theater which wil] CUt down the company’s profits. He will not timber the mine until the miners’ take place in Tammany Hall, 14th street;-and Third avenue, Friday eve- ning, Jan. 8, under the direction of the Workers’ Dramatic League. — “Money, a startling play written by Michael, Gold, will be presented by the league, and promises a sensa- tion in the drab life of the city. Cut out all other dates for this brilliant event. This is a play that will get under the skin of the capitalists and will especially tickle the workers. Get your tickets early, for the fire marshal will be on hand to keep the crowd out after the capacity of the hall has been reached. You can get tickets at Workers Office, 108 E. 14th street, or from Freiheit, or Novy Mir, or Jimmie Higgins’ Book Store, 127 University place, ‘ This play by the Workers’ Dramatic League will mark an epoch in the American theater. It promises to be of utmost interest as a signal for great productions to be given in the future. Help build the Proletarian Theater. Cleveland Will Hold Big Lenin Memorial 17, Cleveland workers will com- memorate the second anniversary of the death of Lenin. A fitting program has been arranged for the meeting, which is to take place at Moose Audi- torium, 1000 Walnut St., at 2:00 p. m The speakers will be Comrade ,Robert Minor, member of the central executive committee of the Workers (Communist) Party, and Com. Israel Amter, district secretary. Both of these speakers will have much of in- terest and importance to say to the class-conscious workers of Cleveland, who are urged to attend. In addition to the speakers there will be musical selections rendered by the Freiheit Gesangs-Verein and the Hungarian Singing Society, There will also be gymnastic exhibitions of a re- volutionary nature given by the Fin- nish Athletic Society, Finally there will be a revolutionary pantomine giv- en by the Proleteult Drama Club sym- bolizing the class struggle, the final overthrow of the capitalist system, and the liberation of the world pro- letarian, Admission will be 350, Chicago Organizations Asked Not td Arrange Dates for March 7 All labor organizations of Chicago are requested not to arrange any d to conflict with the Polish workers’ celebration in Chicago on March 7, 1926, of the second anniversary of their fighting paper, Trybuna Robot- nicza, organ of the Workers (Com- munist) Party in the Polish language, He will like it! Give your union brother a sub to The DAILY WORKER, i CLEVELAND, Jan. 6 — On January | united strength forces him to. . Situation Demands Action. e The mine is unionized and if the members of the local union would get together and refuse to work until the mine is timbered this disaster will never happen again. The officials of the union will do little or nothing about this until forced by the rank and file. Individual protests will do no good. Pro- tests from a single local will not help much, but if these protests ‘came from quite a few locals and meetings held at’the mines, it will force the officials and“ffiine inspectors to get on the job and see that at the very least the mines~ are made reasonably safe. N Shows Need of Youth Conference. For purposes of this kind a conference of young workers is going to be held here on February 28. The grievances of the young miners and steel workers will be taken up discussed and plans laid for an effective struggle against these rotten cogditions. Mass meetings will be held in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, to secure the expression of the workers in these Places by haying them send delegates to.the conference. Speakers will tell of the conditions of other mills and mines and show the need for united action, The help of everyone who wants to fight for the betterment of the young workers’ conditions is asked. We must get together and show the pile up profits for them. —A Young Miner. |e and steel barons that we will-not be killed and injured in order to other countries every year. Then I told the captain the follow- ing: Your picture of army life brings to mind a coal miners’ strike in West Virginia where the so-called standing army was called out to maintain or- der. Would Isbe called upon to shoot down my own striking father and brothers if I joined your army? When the captain ‘heard this he jumped to his feet, shook hands with me and said: Glad, I met you, must be going, come down and see me later. He knew Iwas not a recruit. I also asked one of the officers: How long will it be before there is another, war? He said, that he did not expect that to happen for a long time. He could not see that even now the next imperialist war is being pre- pared; while colonial wars are taking place in China, Syria, etc. —JOE KOBYLAK, Jr. Red Pep in Newark ~ Army Sharks Snare Unemployed Youth PEDDLE “SEE WORLD”. BUNK By Young Worker Correspondent. CLEVELAND, Ohio.—One day while looking for work, I happened to go down among the employment agencies (there are nine in the section). Right near this outfit there is a recruiting station of the U. S. Army. A good place for them! Outside stand the officers stopping everyone who looks like a prosPect. He stopped me and said: “What are you doing at present?” “Nothing, seeking employment,” I answered. He was right there with his “pretty” talk, saying that he had a good job for me, with a chance to go. to school and learn anything I wish, All this free, of course. Besides this there was the oppor- tunity of being in a warm country (Honolulu, Haiti, etc.) A fine oppor- tunity shooting down the natives in order to protect the investmeats of Morgah, 1 thought. 1 asked the of- ficer, why an army now? He answered | that there must be a stading army in order to protect the interests of American property, Then I wanted to know more so he took me to the office to see the captain, The Liebknecht and Luxemburg memorial meeting will take place on Sunday, January 17, at 2 p. m., at the Newark Labor Lyceum, 704 So, 14th street, The Young Pioneers will _partici- pate in full force and help to put the usually revolutionary pep of these fighting. children into the affair, M. Harrison among others will address the meeting. The Young Workers (Communist) League of Newark, under whose auspices the meeting is being arranged, calls upon the young work- ers to attend en masses. sion is free, Subscribe to The Young Comrade Come Ahead Into the Young Workers League The captain started to tell me all about the army, after which he ques- tioned me. He asked me what I have been doing. I said that I was a coal miner, He said there is no advance in the coal mines but that I was guaranteed a “good time” fighting un- der the red, white and blue, Then he talked “scenery” to me. ‘The army was all one big “vacation” and I eduld see the Panama Canal, Alaska, and The admis-'