The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 26, 1926, Page 4

Page Four Organization Meetings «HE DAILY; WORKER | Workers (Communist) Party | * tial Affairs esolutions Opportunities for Shop Nuclei Work By ARNE SWABECK. Article V. UICK and decisive action by a Q shop nucleus membership is ne- essary when solutions of real pro- blems are demanded. The class strug- gle is warfare, well planned and well organized from the employers’ side. They never hesitate to use the most drastic measures. The workers must be taught to move in the same tempo and to be*as well prepared. It should not be necessary to em- phasize that whenever the workers of a shop, in which a party nucleus exists, receive notice of wage cuts or some similar infringement upon work- ing conditions, that whenever some- thing of importance occurs, the shop nucleus should meet as quickly as pos- sible and decide its plan of action. The members should always: be, well acquinted with the sentiment of the workers. They should know whether or not a strike is possible, Or if some ther means of demonstration or re- sistance is required they should know to what degree the workers are ready to respond, In all such actions the shop nucleus must obtain the leadership.—‘Impos- sible,” our members may say, “we have no experience—we do not speak English well.” Many other objections or excuses may be brought forward. But to show what acttally can be accomplished in such™ situations it would perhaps be well to cite the ex- perience of the -party membership functioning in a large industrial plant. Incidentally this citation may also Serve as a good example of practical tactics to pursue to gain leadership of strikes of workers in unorganized Plants. In this instance, as we shall See, the party membership assumed complete leadership. First Steps in a Strike. It was in the Pressed Steel Car com- pany’s plant at McKees Rocks, Pa. Ordinarily the plant employs between six and seven thousand workers, It would be no exaggeration to say that for a Communist nucleus it is as dificult a place to work within as NEW YORK PLANS ACTIVE LENIN - WEEK CAMPIAGN Every Nucleus Must Do Its Share “ NeW YORK, Jan. 24 — Lenin week is from Jan. 24 to 31. During that week and the one following, all units | and all sub-sections should engage in the propaganda of Leninism among party and non-party workers. The, principal slogans are: 1. “For the defense of recognition of Soviet Union. Stand by Lenin’s Russia.” 2. “Build a party of Lenin. Carry} on his work.” | The organization department will| endeavor to route speakers and the agitprop department to prepare a bul-| letin for them so that they can lead| discussion in the sub-sections, but as/| the number of qualified speakers is not sufficient, the agitprop director of | each sub-section must endeavor to| prepare himself to lead the discussion | or to select a qualified comrade. | The agitprop directors should, as-| sign one or more comrades to read) each of the following books and re-| Port on it during the discussion on | Leninism. 1, Infantile Sickness of Leftism. 2. State and Revolution, 8. Proletarian Revolution and the } Renegade Kautsky. 4. Lenin and the Trade Unions, | 5. Theory and Practice of Lenin- | ism, by Stalin. | Note:—The one leading the discus- sion should base himself on Stalin's book. The other members should fe- port briefly on the guidance the other | books give to the American worker, Every class in the Workers’ School will be open to visitors during Lenin week and will take some subject con- neceted with Leninism. The nuclei should haye discussions on Leninism, following the same proceedure as. the sub-sections, | Superior, Wis., in Reorganization Move SUPERIOR, Wis., Jan. 24, -—- The comrades of Superior report that they have taken the registration of the membership there for the purpose of reorganizing the existing branches into shop and street nuclei and that successful results have been achieved, Bach comrade was assigned to his or her steet or shop nucleus and the new units are already functioning. One of the first campaigns of the newly reorganized party in this ter- ritory will be The DAILY WORKER campat, | Missing Young Workers. Those comrades who have issues Nos, 9, 10, 15, 29 and 40 of the Young any. It has witnessed severe battles | during its history. In 1909 during a} great strike in the plant some 14) men were killed, most of them work-| ers, but also some Pennsylvania cos- | sacks, who had to bite the dust as a| reward for their atrocities, . | During the latter part of April of} last year notices were posted. in the plant that the regular nine-hour day would henceforth be increased to nine and a half. The workers struck, About two-thirds walked out immediately and more followed. The first day of the walkout two party members came | to the district office, told their story and asked for speakers for the gather- ing which they assumed would take place the following morning. | The two party organizers went out that morning and found’ several thou- sand strikers gathered, Short talks were made and a few organizational | Steps suggested. Actual results could | not be obtained immediately as un-| organized workers in plants where | many nationalities are )employed na-| turally move with difficulty, | On the third day definite organiza- | tional steps were proposed—a strike gommittee composed of one delegate from each of the 17 departments’ of the plant. The strikers, however were | not yet trained to function for such | activities and it became largely a matter of accepting volunteers for the committee. After the meeting the committee got together to formulate its plans and decide to make, the following demands: 1. No further wage cuts. 2. The nine-hour day (instead of the 9% demanded by the company), 3. No discrimination against any striker, 4, Maintenance of the committee a shop committee. A serious mistake occurred in selec- tion of chairman and spokesman of the committee, which, however was | accounted for by the lack of ex- perience of the workers and the mem-| bers of the committee not being well! acquinted with one another. He was | @ company tool and when the com- mittee appeared at the office the man- as | | delegates. The committee was consti | agement refused to see any one but him, On the following day, Saturday, May 1, none of the party organizers could | be present and the chairman of the committee advised the workers to go | back on the old conditions threatening | that otherwise the plant would be} closed down completely for a long | time to come. This created great con- fusion, some decided to go back others not to. The gituation became serious. | Quick action was necessary. Sunday | morning the twenty-two party mem- bers, who then were divided into} three language branches, Russian | Ukrainian and South Slavic, were} called to a meeting and the following | plan of action put into effect. Each | language group was instructed to visit | all active strikers and urge them e] come to the Monday morning: strike meeting organized in groups to first | of all chase the strike committee | chairman off the platform and second- | ly to work up favorable sentiment for | measures to be proposed by the party speaker who would follow on the| platform, Party Leads Strike. Everything went according to plans. On Monday morning about 5,000 strikers attended the meeting. The chairman stepped on the platform, | but did no sooner open his mouth to| speak than he was told in no un-| certain terms to get off and stay off. | This demand came from. groups} scattered in the crowd. It increased | in volume. He grew pale stepped | down and admitted he was thru. The | party speaker got on the platform was greeted by applause, started by. organized groups growing stronger and stronger. A splendid sentiment was created. The speaker proceeded to tell of the necessity to organize a new strike committee by each de- partment actually electing its own tuted, a few party members being| on it, a party member elected chair- man and the previous program again adopted, The strikers meant business, while some, of course, retitrned to work the committee appeared each day to press its demands and finally the management consented to a con- ference, While the company could not be induced to give guarantees against further wage reductions it did agree however that the 9% hour work day would be abolished with the termina- tion of the daylight saving period, that there would be no discrimination against any of the strikers and that the men may maiitain their com- mittee. Bie The strikers votedyto accept these terms and went back; to work in a body. Of course, workers can never rely upon the promises of a manage- ment of unorganized shops as pro- mises are good only ‘When the work- ers themselves have the power to en- force it. Neverthelés§$ the fact that the management in & large plant of this character agreed ~ to negotiate with a committee representing the strikers and agreed’ to some of the terms was a signal #i¢tory for these men. More than that, *the conduct of this fight went a long*Way to establish among these 5,000 strikérs a real con- fidence in their united power. And what is of the greatest significance they learned to appréelate the organ- ized systematic actiyities in behalf of their class interests of the group of Communists. The’ ‘party gained prestige. These men became inter- ested to learn more of its program. Several made application for mem- bership. Only the complete closing down of the plant a couple of months later prevented a real shop nucleus being established at the time. Nuclei Do Real Work. This work was accomplished by twenty-two party members none of whom could speak English very well or had any great experience in con- ducting a struggle of such magnitude, and shows what can be done by active party members working and function- ing as a unit in a shop, It should serve as an encouragement for shop nuclei to concentrate on the very im- portant field of obtaining leadership of the many strikes the unorgan- ized industries and t the strug- gles of these workers against the ex- ploitation of capitalism, HE Workers Now. The raising of the $20,000 fund Twenty thousand rounds of ammunition have been distributed, Twenty thousand CONTRIBUTION LISTS have been issued to the readers of The DAILY WORKER and to every party unit. | With the issuing of these lists goes into action against the exploiters of labor. Against the Capitalist Program The Capitalist Program for 1926 Anti-Strike Legislation; Registration of Foreign-born Workers. Universal Draft Law and Conscription; A Bigger Army and Navy. Opposition to the Workers’ iet Union; Increased exploitatio The Workers’ Program for 1926 A UNITED LABOR TICKET IN THE ELECTIONS. THE FORMATION OF A LABOR PARTY. DETERMINED STRUGGLE AGAINST ALL ANTI-STRIKE LAWS. ORGANIZATION OF COUNCILS FOR THE PROTECTION OF FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS. A UNITED FRONT FOR DEFENSE AND RECOGNITION OF THE SOVIET UNION. UNIFICATION OF ALL TRADE UNIONS, LABOR BENEFIT FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION BODIES FOR A COMMON STRUGGLE AGAINST COOLIDGE’S CAPITALIST PROGRAM. Our party must lead in organizi program. The members of the party must raise the $20,000 fund with which to carry out this program. Now the party must go into action. FORWARD TO MASS WORK! THE CAMPAIGN LISTS. GET MATES, YOUR FRIENDS TO CONTRIBUTE. FILL UP THE CAM- PAIGN LISTS WITH THE NAMES AGE OF ONE DOLLAR ON EACH LIST WILL TAKE THE PARTY “OVER THE TOP” AND FINISH THE FIRST STAGE OF THE CAM- PAIGN OF 1926. This is the imme This bulletin has been issued by the agitprop department of District No. 2, for the guidance and direction of the agitprop activities of the nucle) and sections. It is an excellent ex-| ample of the work every district agit- prop department should be doing and for this reason, as well as for the in- trinsic value of the material contain- ed, we are republishing it in the press. It will certainly prove a valu- able aid and guide to the work of} other districts. “+e National Agitprop Department. 1, Duities and Immediate Tasks. Agitprop work includes all educa- Worker are requested to send them to the National Office, 1118 W, Wash- ington street, Chicago. b a day will help to drive away. bers; (b) education of sympathizers; (c) explaining party campaigns in the units; (4) guiding members in car. THE PARTY IS MOBILIZING! Fall in! Close the Ranks! (Communist) Party opens the campaign for 1926— UNITE ALL FORCES FOR ACTION! 1 FT NO INTERNAL PARTY QUESTION DIVIDE US, Every Bolshevik on the Job! DUTIES AND IMMEDIATE TASKS OF AGITPROP DIRECTORS OF NEW YORK | the nuclei will be responsible to sub- tional work and all campaigns of the) uM. party: (a) education of party mem-| 1. j | | is the first step in the campagin. the vanguard of the working class we present the Workers’ Program. | and Peasants’ Government—the Sov- n of the farmers. iS AND ALL LABOR POLITICAL ng the workers on the basis of this Every member on the job. TAKE OUT YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOUR sHOP OF THE MILITANTS, AN AVER- diate task of the party. Organization—Agitprop directors of section agitprop directors and they to; district agitprop committee. Meetings | will be held by sub-section agitprop) directors with district agitprop direc- tor and bulletins will be sent by the distriet director to sub-section direc-| tors. They in turn should call meet-| ings of the nucleus directors and. ex-| plain bulletins and tasks involved in the nuclei, From time to time, on cam- paigns of fundamental importance, all the nucleus directors as well as sub- section directors will be called to a meeting at -the district office with the district agitprop director. Educational Work, Recruit every worker whose | English is defective for English cours- | divided REORGANIZATION ON THE JUMP IN BOSTON DISTRICT Many Shop ann Street Nuclei Form ® The district organization in Boston informs the organizatign department that the reorganization in that dis- trict is swiftly nearing completion. Local Greater Boston has been sub- 7 sections, and up into 7 date 461 members have registered. Many more are expected te register within the coming period? A total of 29 shop nuclei and 23 | street nuclei has been organized, tem- porary secretaries elected, and the units already beginning to function, Gardner, has been divided into sec- tions and there are three street nuclei and one nucleus there, Fitchburg, has | been reorganized into five shop nuclei, with 45 members. Worcester is re- porting progress- and will confplete registration in a very few days. In Providence, Rhode Island, two shop nuclei and three street nuclei have beeen formed, with a. total member- ship of 45 members. The other parts of @he district not yet reorganized will reorganized within a very short period of time. Communism. 3. See, that unit sends representative to shop nucleus train- ing course and that thru shop nucleus training course every, member of the unit is given a course in fundamentals of Leninism. -4. e that at least one member of unit f taking course in workers’ correspondence, 6. That those capable of beffig trained as speakers take the public speaking course. 6. That lédding comrades take party training course, 7. Famil- jarize yourself with other courses of- fered and see to it that comrades who need tham or can prdéfit by them are registered for them,’ 8. Support the drive for funds for thé building of the central school, 9. Gather a list of comrades qualified “for propaganda work and report to “district agitprop department. 10, Direct discussions in the unit, | IIL, Written Agitation and Propaganda. 1, Secure workers’ correspondents both among members of unit and non- party workers in the shop. 2 Plan and edit shop and factory newspapers and secure contributions for them from members of units and non-party workers, 3. Circulate factory news- papers, party organs and party liter- ature—-The pamphlets to “be circul ated should be chogen according to the needs of specific campaigns, 4. See to it that every member is a sub- seriber to The LY WORKER whatever his native Janguage may be. That is the only official central organ of the party, all ‘foreign language newspapers are for‘fraction work pri- es at centfal school or sections, 2. Recruit © se whose knowledge of rying campaigns into the shops and | fundamerititts of Communism is inade- the masses... quate for courses in Fundamentals of arily, 6. Direct distribution of ur literature ijn th op non- rty organs amon, work- Current Events ] (Continued from onge 1) | waste into a garden. This is positive-| ly the result of the well-known Bri- tish genius for colonization. The Arabs have no cause for complaint. The conduct of the Turks is censur- able but the British have done noth-/ ing but build Palestine into a re-! markably prosperous country.”) Scratch a British right wing socialist and you will jab your fingernails in-| to a simon pure imperialist. What is) the basis of Britain's interest in Pal-| WI THE Y CONDUCTED - BY TH, UNG WORKERS LEAGUE LENIN AND THE YOUTH “"NHE task of the members of the Young Communist League is to learn.” These were the words of Lenin the young Communists of Russia. him must occupy our attention. spoken towards the end of his life to And the fulfillment of the task set us by The theoretical basis of the Young Com- estine, an’ unfertile country without! munist League is expressed in Leninism, An understanding of the funda- any mineral wealth to speak of? 18) mentals of Leninism is a requirement that must be met by every member of it because a mythical personage nam-} ed Jesus came to life there after a| mysterious visit of a ghost to a pretty Jewess, the wife of a good but gullible and ancient carpenter? se 8 OT very likely! Britain has spill- “ed rivers of good Christian blood. enough to irrigate the arid wastes of the Holy Land, but that blood was never squandered to supplant the crescent by the cross. Britain's me-| dieval brigands fought for the trade routes to the orient, under the slogan of defending the sacred sepulchre from the Saracens. Today she is squatting in Palestine because it would be a convenient road for a campaign against British rule in In- dia or Egypt for some power so dis- posed. And the Mosul oil flields are not a million miles away either. So. the’ socialist colonel finds the Arabs happy, tho Earl Balfour would hardly testify that they express their con- tentment in a very lady-like manner, as he learned almost at the cost of his life when the French soldiers had to save him from the “happy and con- | tented Arabs” while on a visit to Palestine a year ago. ee 2 EFORE the socialist colonel got his passports vised and every- thing ready for his American trip, it is very likely that he was invited to the foreign office and received his or- | ders from Austen Chamberlain, re- | garding his imperial duty whilé kid-| ding the Jewish workers in America | the league. The works of Lenin wher ed by the revolutionary working class ein he laid down the road to be travel- should be studied by our members in order that they can grasp the significance of our task and the historical importance of the role of the Com-+ munist Party. His advice to the youth is not mere- ly a platitude. He realized the tre- mendous importance of the Young Communist Leagué ‘as a reservoir of strength for the Communist Party, and the fact that the development of a revolutionary mass organization of young workers and peasants was of paramount importance to the revolu- tionary movement. How are we to determine our ac- tions in times of immediate need? How are we to find out whether or not our program is correct? How are we to know if this or that proposal is the one that will bring us nearer the masses? These questions can be an- swered only by a practical applica- tion of the program, but along with it must go an understanding of the fun- damentals of Leninism, a knowledge of the principles of organization in relation to the Communist movement laid down by him. Lenin presents himself to us as the foremost example of revolutionary in- telligence. Theé clear-cut denuncia- tions of*the social-democrats, the piercing analysis of imperialism and the formulated~tasks of Communist parties in relation to’ that phenome- non remain the basis for our work. Above all things must we remain true ress, but we have not yet learned enough. In our work day by day, we | will pay the price of knowledge by bitter experiences. In our endeavor to dig ourselves deeply into the ranks |of the young workers of these United | States we will be confronted with tre- |mendous. odds. Nevertheless the pro- |gram of the league, with its demands upon every individual member, is pro- |gram that would have been impossible | without the development of Leninism, |It is an expression of the theory of Lenin applied to the actual conditions |in which we are plaved; the carrying jout of that program will in its turn teach us concrete ways of rallying the working class under the banner of Communism, “Our task is to learn.” That is agreed. But only by carrying on the | “unromantic spade work, quietly and steadfastly,”" again to quote Lenin, will we grasp the full significance of that task. In order to learn we will | have to develop a combination of the- oretical understanding and practical work that will leave no room for iso- lation and ignorance. By reorganiz- ing our league on the nucleus basis, by carrying on our activity among the young workers in the unions, by building up our press and carrying on about Palestine, which most of them to the basic principle upon which our| Wr based upon our program will we are not very interested in. It is prob- | able that Chamberlain advised him |vantages of the deal, they say, will to pick up any loose information he found lying around that would bene- fit the pirate empire and also to miss no chance to soak in as much pro-Bri- tish propaganda as he could relative | to the scrap with Turkey over Mosul | oil. Now, this is merely a guess of ours, but we have good reason to be- lieve that all British lecturers, out- side of radicals—and we have not seen a radical British lecturer here for a long time outside of A. A. Pur- cell—are unofficial agents of British imperialism. The same applies to American professors sent abroad by their goose-step universities, tho in a lesser degree. see VER one million German workers and approximately the same num- ber of French are fertilizing the bloody battle grounds of the late war. Over the dead bodies of millions of workers French and German pot- ash mining interests now join hands to control the world market. They are the best of friends. They have not forgotten the workers tho, those they did not murder. One of the ad- be a guarantee against labor troubles. If the German potash workers go on strike the French workers will be available to take their places. That is what the exploiters think, but let us hope they will be disappointed. The workers are certainly reaping the reward of their patriotism. They are getting it in the neck. “Every Workers Party Member in a Trade Union’”’—Cleveland CLEVELAND, Jan. 24 — The dis- trict executive committee of District 6 is determined to get into the unions those members of the party who are eligible to membership. While propa- ganda was being carried on for reor- ganization and thruout the entire re- organization period, the greatest stress was laid upon the members of the party functioning in the trade unions, No powerful Communist movement can be built without the Communists penetrating the mass or- ganizations of the workers, viz., the trade unions, “4 : The district executive committee in- tends now to proceed to the second step: to get the comrades into the unions. On Sunday, Jan, 31, there will be held a meeting of all members of the party in Cleveland who belong to or are eligible to membership in the unions, The meeting, which will be held at the South Slavic Hall, 56-7 St. Clair Ave., and will begin at 1 p. m., will take up the trade union program of the party, which will be thoroly discussed, Then the question of organization will be taken up. Dis- trict No, 6 must be 100 per cent or- ganized as far as the party member- ship is concened! All members of the party should attend this meeting: the categories of members above spoken of MUST attend, Alleged Dynamiter Discharged, BUFFALO, N, Y., Jan, 24 — The de- fense of the four remaining defend- ants on trial here charged with con- spiracy in dynamiting three Niagara Falls high speed cars, scored another point at the trial today, when United States Judge Howe announced the discharge of Joseph White, of Buffalo, revolutionary. philosophy rests; that between the working class and the bourgeoisie there must be waged bit- ter, relentless ‘struggle. We must re- member that we take the full conse- quences of this struggle, and that to renounce it and its consequences is to renounce the reason for the exist- ence of the Young Communist League and the Communist Party. In this country, left prosperous by the world war and still gluttonous for power and profits, the task of the Young Workers (Communist) League will be espegially difficult. Neverthe- less the rapid:decay and decline of the capitalist world will bring, and is bringing inevitably the period of de- cay that Lenin foretold. Since the death of Leninwe have made prog- STEEL WORKERS HAVE SPLENDID LENIN MEETING Small But Enthusiastic Youngstown Memorial (Continued from page 1.) the revolution had died. Soviet Rus- sia wept as a mother grieves for her son, but raised her head with the de- termination to continue the work of the revolution, for altho the leader had gone he had left the greatest heritage that the workers could ever receive: the theory and. practice of struggle called Leninism. Comrade Amter then pictured the situation of the workers in this coun- try, the struggle they face, with the government openly assisting the cap- italists, the campaign of the open shoppers , the campaign. against the foreign-born and the attempt to mili- tarize the country in a form as vic- fous as that in Germany under the Come Ahead Into the Young Workers League learn to build correctly. Lenin is dead. Physically he is ly he is expressed in the ever more powerful Communist and Young Com- munist Internationals, and the revo- lutionary philosophy of both, Lenin- ism. To vindicate our name, to truly build in the fashion laid down by him; in order that we may create a, Young Workers (Communist) League that will be capable of rallying the masses of exploited youth of America to the final overthrow of capitalism, we wilb have to proceed rigidly along the trail blazed for us, and forever endeavor to remain true to the glorious tradi- tion of which Lenin and Leninism is the highest expression. —LESLIE MORRIS, John Lewis Agrees in Principle to New Strike Settlement Plan (Continued from page 1) negotiating committee. The repre- sentatives of the mine workers have likewise accepted the plan in prin- ciple and as a basis for renewed ne- gotiations. Without question the sug- gestions of Mr. Lynnett are of a con- structive nature and. should receive the mature consideration of both sides in conference. Lewis Stung by Critics of Secrecy. “Pursuant, therefore, to the reso- lution of adjournment, I am author- ized to request you to reconvene ‘the joint conference, “The mine workers would agree to the meeting being held in some city in the anthracite region, or in New York, as the operators prefer. In view of the many misleading statements as to what actually transpired in the re- cent conference in New York, and which have caused confusion and mis- understanding in the public mind, the mine workers advise that when the joint conference again convenes’ they, will move that representatives of the public press be admitted to all kaiser. What are the workers to do? Will they submit? Not as long as the Workers (Communist) Party exists! As part of the Communist Internation- al it will continue to build up the la- bor movement. It will organize into its ranks thé revolutionary workers who are prepared to battle for the in- terests of the workers. The situation in Europe indicates that the workers of the entire world face keen strug- gles. War is in the offing, and soon our boys will be called upon to shoul- der guns, What will be the answer of the workers? Will they consent bo support the Locarno pact against So- viet Russia? Will the workers of the United States consent to be shipped across the seas to fight for American bankers against British, French or Japanese imperialism? The workers are beginning to see the light. The sessions, president.” The reference by Lewis to the in+ tention of his group*to move that the next, conference be open to the press on account of the alleged “mis- leading statements” as to what actual- ly transpired at the conference held at the Union League Club in New York, is undoubtedly a motion that has been forced upon Lewis by the persistent demands of the Progressive Miners’ Committee that negotiations be held in the open so that the miners may see what is being done, ‘They have long demanded an end to the policy of secret dickerings in hotel rooms between operators and union officials, Both Officials and Operators Fear British workers are stretching out their hands in fraternity to. the Rus- sian workers. World trade union unity is the slogan of the day. When the workers are organized their power is insuperable. Forward to the struggle! Into the ranks of the Work- ers (Communist) Party! / Prepare for Struggle! The speech of Comrade Amter was Breeted with long applause. The meeting demonstrated that the steel workers of; Youngstown are int front lines of the battle front, Miners. Tn addition the progressives have demanded that the conference be held in the anthracite region where the miners can attend it and see for themselves what their officials’ do or do not do. Lewis mentions this, but leayes the place of meeting up to the operators, who undoubedtly do not want any conference held ‘in the anthracite cities for the same reason that Lewis does not, want the conference to be urrounded by masses of demonstrating their 6 ‘well as their * WORKERS gone, organizationally and theoretical- ~ “Very truly yours, John L, Lewis, » They do not ~ packed and — rex: