The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 17, 1926, Page 4

¥ ' ; fHE DAILY! WORKER You Wor! this You for! poin Name .». Street ... The Man Behind This Paper-- Twenty thousand more such men and women are behind The Daily Worker every day. LEN Ar Fie Thousand TH = N DRIVE Mew dike Zo THE DAY WORKER Is to add 5,000 more such men behind The Daily Worker in three weeks— To raise the army to put more power in the mighty arm of labor! may believe The Daily ker is the means by which can be done— may believe that the way abor is the road that Lenin ted out— You may be convinced that this way in which one-sixth of the globe is going in Rus: that this is a good way—your way— BUT IT’S NOT ENOUGH! Not simply to believe it—you've got to DO some- thing abcut it! Enclosed to ” mos, subscription to The Dally Worker, $6.00 a Year $3.50 Six Mos, $2.00 Three Mos. Enclosed $. for a bundle of. copies (at 2 cents) of The Daily Worker for: Name crvreeeeers Street... City State wr. Left Wins Metal Workers in Blow at Johnston’s’ Machine (Continued from page 3.) ies to keep himself and the rest of the gang in power. Now comes this same bunch of B. and O. babies and cry like alliga- ors to the membership that a change is very necessary in the lawS due to the irregularities in the last election and submitting two propositions for the January referendum, Two Crooked Proposals. Proposition No. 1 eliminates all election circulars and confines a can- didate to his official announcement in the Machinist Journal, limited to 300 words, forbids redding and ex- hibiting election efrculats in the lo- cal unions, provides for a one day election the first meeting in the month of April and no other day. The joker in this proposition, however, provides that the general secretary-treasurer shall not open the ballots which shall be turned over fo the grand lodge tellers after they,are installed. It would be in place to ask Davi- son the question: “Why are you de- nying the Anderson charge that you tampered with the ballots in the last election? Why wag; the convention decision violated then?” This propo- sition is made to throw,sand into the yes of the membership, but a little .|.00 late, as they are acquained with he history of the last election and nave no confidence in the present ad- ministration, P Wants Referendum ito Abolish Referendum. Proposition No. 2° strikes out the law governing the referndum law for election of grand lodge officers by referendum and returns to the old methods of election in the convention, providing for a “representative con- vention by paying all the expenses of the delegates from each local.” This sounds nice on the surface, but examining it a little closer we find that by voting for this proposi- tion it simply means that the present officialdom will hold power another two years as the convention takes place two years latér than the orig- inal election would ‘acéérding to the present laws. Thus'*the present Johnston machine forées would be able to keep their Stolen office two years longer and carty*out their ryin- ous expulsion policy tntil the fighting elements could be ‘@liminated and they be secure in Office. Of course, by the second part of the proposition, the officialdom would be able to pack and control the convention by so-call- ed blue sky locals, which are so fa- millar to all left wingéts at the I. L. G. W. U. conventiony 0: District No. 8, Chicago, as well as District 15 in New Yoyk, has sent out circulars to all locals,in the country asking the membership to reject these proposals as they are’ only attempts to set aside the decisions of the last convention. Lodge 66,of Milwaukee has also sent out a circular letter recommending to vote against both propositions. This is very significant as it comes from the lodge of executive council member Nicherson, who drew up the Proposed changes. Allmembers must vote down this new attempt of Johns- ton and company to keep themselves in power for another’two years. The Anderson appeal is also sent out for referendum.:; The members are asked to vote to uphold the grand lodge decision suspending Anderson. The ballot is covered by a four-page circular setting forth the position of the executive council. We call upon all members of the international to vote NO on this proposition which |means to vote down the decision of jthe executive council and vote to re- instate J. F. Anderson to membership |in the I. A. of M. Down with the Johnston-Davison ad- ministration and forward to a stronger I. A. of M. INTERNATIONAL ~ COMMITTEE IN THE FOR AMALGAMATION METAL INDUSTRY, George E. ,Pashas COZY LUNCH 2426 Lincoln Avenue One-half block from Imperial Hall PHONE DIVERSEY 0791 CHICAGO Third Anniversary AN INTERESTIN Beginning of the Tickets may be obtained in the re ee Sunday, January 17, 1926 at SCHOENHOFEN HALL, cor. Milwaukee & Ashland Aves. VOCAL PROGRAM. Tickets in advance 60c, at the door 75c—After the concert admission 60 Dancing Until Late in the Night. Division St. and 760 Milwaukee Ave., and at the Workers’ House, 1902 W. Division St. the Sviatogor. ed down to Chicago from the winter, with their cargoes of show clearer the whole profit the workers’ republic. Ice Is No Obstacle to the Existence and Growth of the Workers’ Republics By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. 'ODAY, workers and farmers in the United States should be very much amused over the latest brand of attempt to discredit the Union of Soviet Republics. pouring in to the American kept press, and they are being prominently displayed, to the effect that workers’ and peasants’ rule is responsible for numerous ships being ice- bound in the Gulf of Finland. * * Reports are It is the ambition of Soviet rule to maintain Leningrad as an open port thru the winter. For this purpose the great- est icebreakers in the world have been built—the Lenin and This desire is viewed with alarm by the Letts, Esthon- ians and Finns, who have reaped rich profits thru the trans- ition of goods to the Soviet Union thru the winter harbors of Libau, Riga, Abo, Hango and Reval. the first wail came from the Chicago Tribune's emigre cor- respondent at Reval, Esthonia. When it published its hair raising yarn the Chicago Tribune did not add a note about the numerous ships rush- It is significant that head of the lakes, in the early wheat and iron ore, that are often caught in, the hazardous ice of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, frequently going to the bottom in terrific storms. But that would spoil the story about Soviet Russia. * ° ° * It is no more unusual for ships to be caught in the ice in the Gulf of Finland on the way to Leningrad, than it is for them to be caught in the snow and ice of thé upper American great lakes. The business men of Latvia, Finland and Esthonia must pay the American press correspondents well for their fairy tales cabled to this country, for America is the origin of many shipments going into the Soviet Union. it is worth while in dollars and cents, to frighten American shippers and insurance companies into demanding that all these shipments go thru some Baltic port that still flies the pirate flag of some capitalist government. Nothing can motive of the attack against One of the editorial oversights of the Chicago Daily News, however, directly contradicting the claims of. its morning competitor, appeared as follows: “The criticisms against the Russians seem unfair, as the extra- ordinary weather conditions are sufficient to explain the difficulty. Everyone is agreed that the crews of the Russian Icebreakers are doing everything possible.” Those who have studied the truth in the news that is trickling thru cite the fact that the Finns have three strong icebreakers stationed at Hango, Abo and near Helsingfors, but not a single one of these is assistin the Russians in their attempts to clear the Finnish Gulf for. traffic. * ° * This new effort to build a * new form of blockade against the Union of Soviet Republics will not get far. It is a pitiful echo of the once desperate effort of world capitalism to strangle the Soviet Union on a dozen battle- fronts. It will meet with nothing but derision from intel- ligent workers and farmers everywhere. While the sailors on the icebound ships, waiting for the ice to break or be broken, “amuse themselves with the ‘radio, receiving Stockholm and Copenhagen programs,” the shippers in every land will prepare to send new cargoes to the Soviet Union with the coming of the spring and sum- mer. world’s markets. again in the future. The Soviet Union buys the things it needs in the Icebergs risin water line are the least of its difficulties. ward against greater obstacles in the past. even 15 feet above the It has gone for- It will do so LEFT WING IN NEEDLE TRADES HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING MONDAY NIGHT NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—On Mon- day, January 18, a very important membership meeting will be held of the left wing in the .needle trades including the furriers, ladies’ gar- ment workers, men’s clothing work- ers and cap and millinery workers. This meeting will be held at Web- ster Hall, 109 East 11th street. Speakers will be Ben Gitlow, Joseph Zack, Ben Gold, S. Zimmerman, H. Zukofsky. Important problems con- fronting the needle industry today will be taken up. This meeting is called by the national committee of the needle stercreibieaibaiehaciisa ed Genova Restaurant “ITALIAN-AMERICAN 238 Madison Street N. E. Cor, Elizabeth St. arn Se Ravioli Our al Special Arrangements for Parties on Short Notice =i 4 GRAND CONCERT AND DANCE given by the Russian Workers’ Co-operative Society in honor of the of its organization G MUSICAL AND Concert at 4 P. M staurants of the society at 1734 W. To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all the’ dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. ARTISTS COME TO DETROIT ON SUNDAY, JAN. 25 DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 15. — The Workers (Communist) Party is bring- ing the great Russian symphonic choir back to Detroit. Two years ago under other auspices, the choir sang to a capacity audience in the Arena Gardens here. This year the incom- parable music will be heard in Or chestra Hall, Monday evening, Janu- ary 25. Kibalchich, who was a student of composition and violincello, in the class, with Rimsky-Korsakov at the beginning of this century, is the om ganizer and conductor of the choir. In succession, beginning in 1906, Kibalchich was head of the Archang- elsky Choir of Petrograd, now Lenin- grad; conductor of the choir of the Petrograd Conservatory of Music; choir conductor of the Russian Cathe- dral at Geneva, and conductor of the Russian Cathedral in Paris. Shortly afterward he began touring Europe with his own choirs and was at once acclaimed. The sponsor of this concert, the party in Detroit, expects to net @ substantial sum which will permit the party to purchase the equipment nec- essary for the factory nuclei to issue their own shop bulletins at a frac- tion of the expense now required. this end the entire party in Detroit is being mobilized to assure success for the concert. Tickets are on sale at Grinnell Bros. Music House, 1516 Woodward avenue, and at the box of- fice at Orchestra Hall. Admission is 50 cents to three dollars, plus war tax. Thousands of Workers jto Gather in Memory of Their Teacher—Lenin (Continued from page 8.) Ave., Robert Minor, Jan. 24, 2 p. m. Canton—Canton Muslo Hall, 810 © Tuscon St. Robert Minor, Jan, 24, p.m. Yorkville—Miners’ Hall, J, Willlamson, Jan, 24, 7 p.m. Neffs—J. Wililamson, Jan. 24, 2 p. m. Toledo—Robert Minor, 16, 8p. im Lorain—Jan. 17, 2p. m E. Liverpool—Brahtin, 24, 3p. m. Steubenville—Brahtin, Jan. 24, 8 p.m, BeWaire—S. Amter, Jan. INDIANA Gary—Turner Hall, 14 and Washington, Tom Orianerty, Jan, 24—7:30 p. m. South Bend—Workers’ Home, 1216 Hole fax Ave., Tom Bell, Jan. 24, 2 p. m. E. Chicago—Columbia Hall, MoCook and Vernon St., Max Salzman, Jan, 2 2p. m. MICHIGAN Detroit—House of the Masses, 2646 St, Aubin, J. J. Ballam, Ja 2:30 p._m. Ciret h 2p. Mm, Grand Rapids—Work : ple, 345 Mt. Vernon A and Nat Kaplan, Jan. Pp. Muskegon—Modern ‘'Woodme! ar ace St., J. J. Ballam and Nal! jan. 22, 8 p.m. ILLINOIS: Chicago—Coliseum, W. St. C. E. Ruthenberg Dunne, Jan. 24, Christopher—French Club Mine, near East Dp. m Jack Johnston, Jan. 18, 7 Springfield—Carpenters’ ‘Hail, 7th and Adams, Jack Johnstone, Jan. 17, 2p. me Waukegan—Workers’ Hail, 517 Helms holtz Ave., J. J. Ballam, Jan. 31, 2130 py m. Zeigler—Jack Johnstone, Jan, 19. West Frankfort, Lithuanian’ Hall, B& 4th St., Jack Johnstone, Jan. 20, 7. p. me MISSOURI : St. Louls—Newmeyers’ Hall, &th and +| Lafayette, Jack Johnstone, Jan, 17, 7:30 Pp. m, sas City—Musicians’ Hall, 1017 Washington St., W. F. Dunne, Jan, 3t. WISCONSIN Milwaukee—Freie Gemeinde Hall, 8th and Walnut St., Earl Browder, Jan, 24 CALIFORNIA, San Francisco—Jan. 24, Workers Par- ty Hall, 225 Valencia St.. 2:00 p. m., Tom leming and W. Schneiderman. Oakland and Berkeley—Jan 31, Work. ers’ Hall 1819 10th St., W. Schneiderman, at IN DETROIT! Symphonic Choir BASILE KIBALCHICH DIRECTOR. “The Russian Symphonic Choir is really a body of solo sing- ers jomed together under the able leadership of a master musician.”—The Boston Globe, . ORCHESTRA ‘HALL, Monday Evening, January 25, 1926 Prices 50c to $3,00 Plus Tax. Mail orders now at Grinnells’ and Orchestra Hall. Auspices Workers Party of Detroit. ConceFt*Management, DANIEL MAYER, Inei, “Aeolian Hall, New York. 4