The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 12, 1926, Page 4

—_—_ | | | Page Four Organization Meetings Problems of the Party in Relation to the Youth {the party that the league was an in-| among the masses of young workers. |to the young workers and their prob- By JACK STACHEL. HE Dbolshevization of the party | ment that it was a real factor driving] fact that the league is too small not|must be representatives of the Y. W. to face with party brings the party face many problems that the heretofore neglected, underestimated. for instance the correct approach to- wards the workers on the land, the poor farmers, work among women, Leninist education, and the relation to the youth and the youth movement expressed by its attitude towards the Young Workers’ (Communist) League. The present central executive com- mittee in the short space of time that it has been in power has already brot about a transformation of the atti sude of the leading comrades to these problems. To sum up: the present C. f. C. has set about to seriously solve he problem of the party to transform the American section of the Commun- st International in a Bolshevik party The central executive committee also doing everything possible to edu- sate the broad ma s of the party membership to give them the Lenin- is st approach and attitude to the prob- | lems of the party. In the relation of the party to the Young Workers’ (Communist) League we witness for the first time in the history of the party a real effort to understand and help solve the prob- em of the Young Workers’ (Commun- st) League. In the past a great deal of attention had been paid by the party leaders to the Young Workers’ (Communist) League, but in the main his interest was connected with the interests of the different leaders in the faction fight. Where the interest was not wholly of a factional nature the party comrades looked upon the Young Workers’ (Communist) League as the office boy reserve army of the party. This attitude of the party and its leading comrades towards the league was a remnant of the social-democrat- ie ideology in our party. The partici- pation of the members of the Y. W. &. and the league as a whole in the fast struggle of the party, right and left sectarianism showed to DAILY WORKER STOCKHOLDERS MEETING JAN. 11 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, Il.: You, as stockholders of The Daily Worker Publishing company, a torporation, are hereby notified that, oursuant to the call of the president of said corporation, a regular meet- ng of the stockholders thereof will be neld at the office of said corporation at 1113 West Washington Blvd., Chi- acy aecaclbpnecsondesiee ui against. sepia Ss apaepinarinergrcac Workers (Communist) Party THE DAILY WORKER Social Affairs Resolutions tegral part of the Communist move-| |towards the bolshevization of the; Such problems are|the youth movement is composed in| the size of our party. | the main of the unskilled workers, and | jhas no aristocracy to speak of in its} | ranks, | The party learned to look at the} league more riously and came in} | contact more and more with the real | problems of the youth, The party} learned that the weakness of the} }league weakens the party, that the) building up of a’strong party can not! {be accomplished without the building | up of the youth movement, \ While this progress between the re-}| lation between the party and the} the league has been made it has not yet penetrated deeply into the party | ranks, and furthermore it has ra d many problems which did not exist be- | fore as we know that ‘the solution of a problem always brings forth other problems that require solution. The object of these few paragraphs is to state some of the problems that must be solved in order that the attitude of the central executive committee and the leading comrades shall be- come the attitude of the entire party, and furthermore that this attitude} shall be the attitude adopted when ac- tual work is carried on and not re- main on paper. | That the problem exists, and that} |the progress made in the leading headres of the party has not yet pene- | trated deeply in the ranks of the party can be seen from the attitude of the party membership towards the) | formation of youth fractions in the trade unions, the attitude towards the problem of organizing the youth, their admission into the unions, the atti- tude towards the building up of the! league in the different districts, and | the swallowing up by the party of the} most active comrades in the league} |for party work at the time when the | league’s forces are still weak and lim-| | ited. | The third convention of the Y. W. L. established the correct line of the Y. W. L. and established a leadership that is consciously striving to bolshe- vize the league. The unity resolution | adopted by the league and thé indorse- | ment of the party unity resolution by the N. E. C. and the endorsement of this resolution by 90 per cent of the} membership has definitely established the unity of our organization. The} {national executive committee is now) |a unified leadership striving to con- | vert the league into a mass organiza- tion of the young workers. But the | factional struggle that has existed in| |the league for almost two years has |ereated a danger of the league center- ing too much attention on internal ae-| | tivity and too little on the activity This danger is made greater by the only when considered in proportion to has |Party, that the league was free from/the mass of young workers in this minimized, or|PPortunism thanks to the fact that) country, but even in comparison with This at once shows that there is not.the correct attitude in the ranks of the party to- wards the Y. W. L., for the reverse should be and must be the case. The membership of the league should be greater than the member- ship of the party, for while the party takes into its ranks only class con- scious workers, the league takes into its ranks young workers whose class consciousness is not yet wholly de- veloped, As long as they have a healthy ¢ instinct we must con- cude that if the entire party member- hip were to carry on their work in such a manner they would help in the building up of the league, the influ- ence of the party would create the ba- sis for the recruiting of thousands of young workers into the ranks of the league. Specifically stated the incorrect at- titude of our party fractions in the unions, our comrades in the shops, their lack of interest in the life and problems of the young workers is re- sponsible for the entirely out-of-pro- portion of size and influence of the party and the league. Of course the incorrect approach and the lack of) sufficient and trained leadership of the league is largely responsible for ; the conditions in the league, but even here it is the duty of the party to help the league in the adoption of the cor- rect line, and the training of the league leadership. The league is now making great ef- forts to transform its activities more and more from the internal field to the work among the great masses of young workers. At the same time the league will pay attention to the inter- nal work—the training of the leader- ship and membership for the great tasks. The party must now do its share in helping the league in this work. In the first place the party rep- resentatives on the league committees must attend regularly the meetings of the league committees. In the past we have the unfortunate experience that while the league representatives attend all the meetings on the party committees the reverse is not the case, This must absolutely be altered, and the party representatives seriously pay attention to the work of the league. Regular reports and discus- sions on the league activity must come at the meetings of the party commit- tees. For in this way only can the party maintain the correct party line in the league and help train the lead- ership and membership of the league. The party must undertake a cam- paign to educate the party member- ship as to the attitude of the party | pat } T was a fine September. morning in the rago, Ill., at 8:00 o'clock in the eve- | year 1924, People trooped aing on Jan. 11, 1926 for the purpose | into the city from all parts to work. of receiving reports of the board of | Streams of people marched from the lirectors and officers of the progress | Central station and were continuously neretofore made by the corporation; | being swallowed up in the giant build- ‘or the purpose of having certain acts of the board of directors ratified by he 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 tonnection 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 af Dec., A. D. 192 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 regular meeting of the stockholders of said company to be hetd at Chi- cago, Ill, Jan. 11, 1926, and at any adjourned or postponed meeting thereof, and hereby grant my proxy full power and authority to act in my réead and with the same effect as I mignt do were I present at such meeting in person, and I hereby rat- ify and confirm all that my sald torney or proxy may lawfully do at such meeting in my place or stead. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereby affixed my hand and seal this Witnesses: ; €, EB, Ruthenberg, Gen, Secy, Workers’ Party of America, No, 1113 WV. pgahionton Bivd., Chicago, ll, | ings of the various commercial houses. It was a little calmer on the Besen- binderhaf; but also here people were ; moving in the direction of the Trade | Union House, and the building of the |German Co-operative Wholesale So- | ciety. The majority were going here for the Co-operative Wholesale Socie- | ty employs 400 men and women, and | it was shortly before eight, the time | when they should be at work, At | first the employees disappeared one | by one thru the gates, and then in | ever-increasing numbers, A young | man stood there and distributed leaf lets. That was nothing new. Every- body took them from him with pleas- ure, and hastened to the dressing room s0 as not to come too late. But what was it all about? The leaflet which they had received was {mot in the least like the usual leaf- lets! In heavy print, on the top they | read: “Der G, E. G. Prolet No, 1” | (The meaning of which is: “The | Co-operative Wholesale Society, Pro- |Jetarian No, 1.”) They were all astonished and shook | their heads, What was the meaning | of all this? To judge from the text, | there must be Communists behind it. The Communists in the establishment knew nothing about it, “Oh that thing won't last. It will only appear once and then disappear.” With phrases like these, they calmed themselves, It was four weeks later and again the time was just before working hours, At the entrance a little wom- an is standing and distributing folded leaflets. People become inquisitive. Yes, right enough it is the “G. BE. G. Prolet” No, 2! And what a lot there was in it! And oh, boy! didn’t the management get a good licking! The 75 per cent opposition employees were spitefully pleased, and thé members of the management who were attack- ed were furious for their lackeys and the social democratic representatives in the factory council were also »at- tack The establishment is all agog! A circular statement was sent The Story of a Nucleus round stating that the undersignec undertake not to accept the “G. EB. G Prolet”*again.. But the circular state ment was withdrawn, because every body refused to sign it. Then there was a secret meeting of the social democratic factory fraction. The so- cialdemocrats organize spokesmen it the actory council. about There was tale the attitude towards Officers of th law appeared in the bureau, Then, twi days after No, 2 had appeared, thre Communists and one non-party work er were fired. It is now quite possible to have meeting of the employees quite ur disturbed, Under the sharpest pre: sure (the manager is present) a reso lution is adopted and the employee: undertake to have nothing more to do with the “G. BE, G. Prolet.” Four weeks later, we see “G, EB. G Prolet” No, 3! The employees, and especially those who were the authors of the above decision, positiveiy wo. their hair Simultaneously this issue is distributed in all Hamburg and Al tona factories. The social traitors who are unmasked in this issue, are simply foaming at the mouth They want at all costs to throw their Com munist colleagues out of the establish- ment, The business management has recourse to new measures, The fac- tory council and the trade union pre- sidium are convened. Measures against the “G. EB. G, Prolet” are de- cided upon, The trade unions promise support. On the following day, an exact report of this meeting appears in the Hamburg Volkszeitung, (a Com munist daily newspaper.) The social traitors implicated are simply fuming. The presidium of the employes’ ex- ecutive is denounced. The secret serv: ice again undertakes house to house searches, Further dismissals ensue. But all in vain! Four weeks later, “G, No, 4! Messengers of the G, BE. G, ployes of the personal department Kluth try to track down the distri- butors. Workers from the Sonnin- trasse try to catch a distributor, They go for him with knives, But this labor of love is all in vain, Private detec- tives appear on the scene. Employes are followed and watched at every turn, February 1925. “G, B, G. Prolet” E. G. Prolet” em- lems. At all party fractions there) L. Even in industries where there is not a single Y. W. L, member but where young workers are employed the question of the young workers | must be taken up in conjunction with | the Y. W. L. representatives. In the question of organizing the unorganiz- |ed the party nrust Pay. special atten- |tion to the problem of youth labor. The party must assis}, the league in working out correct demands that the Y. W. L, fractions will put forward in | every union, 0 itt | The league today has its member- |ship in the light industries only. The party must assist the league financ- ially to help place organizers in the | districts where the ;hasic industries jare located. These organizers sent by |the Y. W. L. must not be: given party | work so that they ,ape taken away |from the very work: for which they | were sent; the league, sacrificing its | limited forces by sending those com- |rades into the field.-}] mention this because of the great danger and the |general practice, that. whenever a comrade of the Y. Wiel, shows ability to organize he is immediately taken for party work. On the whole this principle is a correctyone. The object |of the league is to train recruits for | But at this moment when | the party. |the league is so weak numerically |and has few capable comrades, such ‘a practice would retard the develop- ment of the league and would natur- ally in the long run defeat the very purposes for which these comrades were taken for party work. The dis- trict organizers in the field must bear this in mind, The party must help the league to \establish a central traiming school in ;Chicago. Many league members must |be encouraged to attend the party |schools, but at the-jsame time the league must carry © ope: independent educational work. ‘Pie! comrades in the districts must alsé ‘help the league | |to establish district training schools. On the whole we» ean record a | marked change in thérrelationship of | |the party and the league. This new) | attitude on the part oftthe party lead- jership shows that the party has adopted a correct line on this prob- lem. The party mustimow see to it! | that this new attitudespenetrates into |the ranks of the pi membership and is carried into ‘practice. | The league is facing! * great oppor- | tunities. We are on; the Toa@ to a mass Young Communigt League. With | the guidance and aid of-the party lead- |ership and co-operation of the party |membership in the @istricts, the | league will be able tgfaccomplish its | tasks, and become a Bolshevik league, |@ worthy section of Young Com- | munist International—and a strong | battalion from which»the~ party will ‘recruit its best fightéts, % No, 1—beginning the second year, The fury of the leaders and their ackeys becomes more bitter and bit- er. Social-democratic colleagues even stoop to become spies. Terror reigns n the factory. Anyone who is seen peaking to those under suspicion, oven in the street, are called to the mploying department and threatened vith dismissal. But in spite of all his, the “G. E. G, Prolet” continues to ireulate. The firm makes attacks ‘n the harmless distributors of leaf- ats, March 1925, “G, E. G. Prolet” No. 2! T is afternoon jugé as work has ~ ceased, Two women are standing « the door distributtmg. The officers « the law are called np by telephone, -Vithout revealing their identity, the olicemen fall upon the wdmen and ‘y in a brutal manner to snatch the terature from them.» Passers-by, un er the impression that the women re being attacked, come to their aid she distributors escape. A man anc vyoman are arrested, ‘The result is ar sccusation of the public prosecutoi with a request that the man receive our months imprisonment and the woman four weeks. Judgement on th: oasis of the sworn evitlence of G. E. G employees: 4 weeksjand 1 week re spectivels i In spite of ail thisp#G. B, G. Prolet” No, 3 appears at the shop door! The distribution was carried out without @ hitch, for around the distri- butors there were all kinds of sturdy supporters. One the lackeys of G. BE. G. seized a worker just as he was distributing leaflets and dragged him into the doorway, and delabored the poor fellow in a most abominable manner. That was the signal. A wild MASS METHODS USED TO GET MASS MEETING Chicago Coliseum to Be’ Packed Jan. 24 Some fiifty thousand leaflets in many languages, including Chinese, are being distributed to advertise the Chicago-Lenin. memorial meeting at the Coliseum on Sunday, January 24. This, the committee advises, is only | the first of the flood. | Advertising is being placed in some | twenty different language and race | papers. Who’s Got An Auto? | But the novel feature of this cam-} paign of publicity will be whole par- ades of automobiles decorated with signs and brightened with flares of lights to parade different sections of the city. Charles Erickson in charge of this part of the campaign already has gathered a number of red and sympathetic automobile owners and still pleads with all workers who own machines of any kind from a lowly Ford to an aristocratic Rolls-Royce to call Seeley 3563 or write to 19 South Lincoln street, allowing the use of their car at least for the day of the meeting. % . Thousands of posters in colors are already brightening the windows and decorating the posts in all sections of the city. In addition a special squad of workers are now placing these in thqnsands of other places to bring them to the attention of Chicago workers. Many sympathetic workers’ clubs, among them the Lettish Workers’ Club and different units of the Work- men’s Circle, are, together with many units of the Workers Party, arrang- ing systematic distribution of leaf- lets and The DAILY WORKER from door to door, with the whole mem- bership participating. Never has such a volume of pub- licity flooded Chicago for a single meeting and if indications of the ad- vance ticket sale are a good barome- ter, the possibilities are that the Coli- seum on January 24 will be packed to the rafters with a crowd of at least ten thousand. New York Party Meetings. NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 10 — A meeting of Section 8, sub section B, will be held Tuesday evening, Jan. 12th eight p. m. sharp, at 1347 Boston Road, Bronx, All comrades should come on time so we can finish the meeting early. International Branch No, 2, sub- section 8-B, Monday, Jan. 11, at 1347 Boston Road, Bronx, will have a dis- cussion’ on our work among women led by Anna Chudner, Order a bundle of The DAILY WORKER for every meeting of your union. Paper June 1925 was distributed by the G. E. G. fraction factories without spe- cial difficulties. Now everything was peaceful. The “G. E. G, Prelet” appeared no more. The organized attack had apparently succeeded. “Now we've got them un- der our thumb,” said various ele- ments, rubbing their hands with glee in the factory. “What a pity the ‘G. E, G. Prolet’ is not published any more!” Others remarked. The business management however, was not satisfied with its continued defeats, As the Volkseitung reported, they inaugurated a house search of one of those who had been victimized on account of the “G. E. G. Prolet!” That was on August 13, 1925, August 14, rather murky weather vegan, The working time was over. The employees were going away. There the Communists had not for- gotten the G. EB. G, altogether! This time it was _not the “G, E. G, Prolet,” yut the Hamburger Zeitung, co-oper- ative newspapers and pamphlets, “Co- operation in the Class Struggle” were distributed. The majority took the literature and passed on. But strange to say these were all old numbers! Perhaps... but by all the powers! There, nice and cleanly folded up in- side, was “G, E, G, Prolet” No. 5! Well, you never expected that! And that is the story of the “G. EB. G, Prolet!” PULLMAN WORKERS’ SCHOOL WILL OPEN TUESDAY EVENING battle resulted. Blood flowed; for a lackey of ‘the G, BE. G. has his nose broken, “For blood must flow, the blows of the truncheons rain! Long live the republic!” % The officers of the law and detec- tive force, came on the scene, every- thing was over, Only a pool of blood here witness to the, successful tyran- ny of the soclaldemovratic leaders, The factory counoll in a circular threatened not to support those em- ployes who receive leaflets ‘in the vib and are consequently dismis- sed! No, 4 of the “G, E.G. Prolet” in The Pullman school for workers will open Tuesday evening, Jan, 12 at 7:30 o'clock at 10701 Stephen- son Ave. ind studies will begin Promptly. Students are urged to come on time. Comra Borgeson will come from Chicago to organize the class in English language and begin the studi: A class in the A, B, C. of Com- munism will be organized soon. Workers! Don't fail to take ad- vantage of the opportunity offered you by this school, Join one, or both of the classes, CONDUCTED - BY Thi “BEWARE OF GREEKS BEARING GIFTS” By AUGUST VALENTINE. HE proposed plan by the Luzerne county legislators to end the strike means nothing less than a surrender of the principles upon which the union was founded, and submit to total slavery for the next ten years, which would ultimately lead to the destruction of the United Mine Workers of America. The “Luzerne plan,” as it is called, calls for a ten-year contract, avoiding future strikes by means of arbitra- tion, the arbitrators to be picked by Ku Klux Koolidge and William H. Taft, who receives $10,000 per year from the steel corporation. It is pro- vided that in case the wages are too high (?) that the arbitration board be called together to “adjust the wages,” or plainly speaking to slash the wages. Under the “Luzerne plan” the miners would have to immediately return to work—at the old rate of wages. This plan completely eliminates the miners’ demands that were formulated at the Tri-District convention held in Scranton from June 29th to July 2nd, where the miners demanded: 1. Complete recognition of the union with a two-year contract, 2. Ten per cent increase for contract miners and $1.00 per day for the day men. 3. Uniformity and equalization of the wages. 4. Coal to be paid on the tonnage b 5. Payment for d work. 6. Equalization of distribution of work, etc. John BE. Stavitski, a member of the state legislature and member of Local Union No. 2439, United Mine Workers of America, located at Nanticoke, was one of the sponsors of the “Luzerne county plan.” Proceedings were at once started to give John the gate. In the long run Mr. Stavitski will learn that the miners are not Trojans and will not accept wooden horses as gifts only to find that the “offer” was nothing but a bitter pill from the coal operators. Honor Liebknecht by Building the Young Worker Liebknecht Day should be utilized for the national sub campaign for the Young Worker. Every young worker knows of the struggles of the Young Workers League to carry on the work which Liebknecht for years fought in the social democratic parties to establish, namely the organization of the working class youth into its own organization, One of the most effective organizers of the young workers is the press. The Young Worker is already well known to the readers of The DAILY WORKER as a militant = in thelr] The tive of the young workers in their] The PRESS speaks where we have struggles. This is not enough. Thejno organizers! Young Worker must extend and in One ISSUE says more than fifty crease its influence. propagandists! Therefore the slogan is “Five thou-| The PRESS speaks with authority! sand subs for the Young Worker.” No| The PRESS gives voice to the better method of carrying on the|struggles in the shops! struggle of Liebknecht can be found} The PRESS is half our strength! than helping to increase the influence} Special rates during the Liebknecht of the Young Workers League thru|sub campaign are: SIX MONTHS’ the increasing of the influence of its|SUBSCRIPTION FOR 50 CENTS, Detroit League to Hold Huge Liebknecht Memorial Demonstration Liebknecht Meetings |PUSH the eee f° om’ \SUB DRIVE YOUNG WORKER of meetings. Those young work- DETROIT LIEBKNECHT PoLice ch J ers who are within reach of these meetings should come and hear these problems discussed: Boston: at Paine Hall, 9 Apple- ton St., Jan. 10 at 2:30. Speaker Al Schaap. New York: at Central Opera House. 3rd Ave.’and 67th St., Jan. 15 at 8:15 p.m. Speakers, Sam Darcy, Sam Don, Jack Stachel and others, Philadelphia: January 9—no address sent in—Speaker, Sam Darcy, Morris Yusem, etc, Baltimore: January 10—no ad- dress sent in. y Syracuse: January 15, Educa- tional Center Hall, Jackson and Orange, Speaker, Sol Horowitz. Buffalo: January 10, Finnish Hall, 159 Grider St., Speakers, Isador Grenberg,, John Alquist, Herbert Benjamin, Albany: Jan. 10 at 8 p. m,, at 158 So, Pearl St., Speaker, Sam Rivan and a New York speaker, Detroit: Jan. 17, no address. sent in. Speakers, Sam Darcy, Barney Mass, Bdgar Owens. Hall. cor, North and Western, Speakers, Max Shachtman, John Chicago: Jan. 8, Northwest Williamson, Max Salzman, Earl Browder. Newark: Jan. 17 at 2 p, m,, Newark Labor Lyceum, 704 So. 14th St. Speakers, M. Harrison and ‘others. St. Paul: Jan, 15. Minneapolis: Jan. 16, Superior: Jan. 17. Due to technical difficulties it was impossible to get the list of meetings that are being held in Washington and California, and many other places. We have been informed of meetings in Los Angi Berkeley and other Places but no dates or addresses were sent in, In many cities joint Lenin- Liebknecht meetings are being held without any special Lieb- knecht meetings, A list-of those will be found in our next issue. Additional announcements will be published in the Youth Gol- uma of The DAILY WORKER as they come in. DEMONSTRATION POSTPONED TO JAN. 17th FROM THE 10th! TAKE NOTE. IHE Liebknecht memorial demon- stration which is being held by the local league Sunday, January 17, at the House of the Masses, 2646 St. Aubin, starting at 2 p. m.. promises to surpass by far those held in the past. An elaborate program has been ar- ranged. The speaking will begin at 2 p.m. Sam Darcy, national secre tary of the Young Workers (Commun ist) League of America, will be the principal speaker. Edgar Owens, or- ganizer, Workers (Communist) Party, District No, 7, and Sophie Kushner, from the local Young Pioneers, will also be on the list of speakers, Bar- ney Mass, district organizer, Y, W. L, District No. 7, will act as chairman, After the speaking there will be all kinds of refreshments and supper ser ved to thoge interested. And before the dancing which will start at 8:00 D. ™., some exceptionally interesting side shows have been organized among which figures prominently the “Anti- imperialist baseball outfit.” The slo- gan is “Knock out the imperialists,” A special six-piece orchestra has been engaged to furnish the music for the dancing. Special pains have been tak- en to get the best orchestra to Play. The admission price is only 26 cents, This is extremely reasonable and should make possible the biggest turn- out for the year, Everyone active and connected with the radical movement will be there so COME ALONG THE CROWD. rg Why Not Become a Worker Correspondent? Organize the League in the shop» and mines: ,there is where it Come Ahead Into the Young Workers League