The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 29, 1926, Page 4

» = Pittsburgh—Jan. 31, 8 p. m., at the L: Page Four Organization Meetings THE DAILY wo Workers (Communist) Party | RKER Social Affairs REGISTER NOW FOR COURSES AT WORKERS’ SCHOOL New York Classes to Start in Few Weeks NEW YORK, Jan, 27—The Work- ers’ School is offering the following courses for the new spring term be- ginning the middle of February: English, Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced—Of great to importance foreign-born comrades in acquiring the English language towards greater service to their class. Starts ‘last week in January. Party Training Course—Trade Union Work, Party History and Problems,} tives co ades hem for greater | to the party. ng Course—To | educ i the “F nucleus study School. each 1 his nucle al, Vol. I to entral | teaches | one represen e in the nrade then 1e learns at the school tol An advanced course of Communism—An | course for those who com- the elementary course. | pleted History of the American Working | Modern period. | Ch Correspondence, Public g, Modern Literature, Re- History of Revolutions; Rus- sian Language, Elementary Composi- tion, Social Psychology, and other courses. R trations for any of the above courses are now open and can be made any evening or afternoon in Room 34 of the Workers’ School, 108 Register now! E, 14th St. Lenin Memorials MISSOURI. | Kansas City—Musicians’ Hall, 1017) Washington St., W. F. Dunne, Jan. 31. | NEW YORK. | Schenectady—J. O. Bentall and Nat Kaplan, Jan. 29. ¢ | . PENNSYLVANIA. Bbr=cyceum, 35 Miller St. Speaker: D.| &. Earley. | Cannosburg—Faleon Hall, Jan. 30, 8} m., D. E. Earley. Daisytown—Home Theater, Jan. 31, 2 p.m. A. Jakira. New Brighton—D. E. Earely, Jan. 31, 2 p.m WEST VIRGINIA. Pursglove—Union Hall, Tom Ray, Jan. | 31, 2 p. m. j ILLINOIS. | Waukegan—Workers’ Hall, 517 Helm- holtz Ave., J. J. Ballam, Jan. 31, 2:30] —Jan. 28, at 8 p. m., Fraternity Tacoma A Cleveland to Discuss Need of Trade Union Work, Sunday 1 P. M.} AND, San. rade union one of the pillars of Com-| munist work, will be the question to} be discussed at the meeting of the| party me s in Cleveland, on Sun-} day afternoon, Jan. 31, 1 o’clock at| the South Slavic Hall, 5607 St. Clair | Ave All members of the Cleveland party organization belonging to trade unions and members eligible to membership in a trade union are instructed to at-| tend th m ng. Everything else must be laid ie. Members wishing to learn the Communist position on the trade unions should avail them- selves of this opportunity to learn and discuss the question. “The Story of the Earth” and “History of Mankind,” by Samuel Ball, every Sunday, 7:30 P. M., 641 W. Washington St. Every Saturday, 5721 Cottage Grove Ave., 7:45 P. M. Questions an sion from the floor. E. W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Six Places 118 S. Clark discus- | 169 N. Clark By TOM BELL. hee Lenin memorial meeting held last Sunday in Chicago is ad- mitted to have been the greatest de- monstration the party ever had in this city. Eight thousand workers attend- ed. Every mention of the accomplish- ments of Lenin brought forth salvos of applause. Enthusiasm ran thruout the: entire meeting. Thousands of | workers attended who saw in Lenin and the Soviet Union the hope of the working class, and our party as the |representative of the class intereste jof the working class. | The significance of this demonstra- ption must be grasped by every mem- jber of the Chicago organization, and |the tasks facing us following the de- monstration must be carried out. The Lenin demonstration took place.just after the reorganization of the party had been completed so far the placing of the members nto he shop and street nuclei was con- cerned. In this period of more or less confusion resulting in the reorganiza- tion, it was expected that the party work would suffer. Not only this. For more than a year Chicago was in the very center of a factional struggle of great bitterness. These things were beginning to breed in the Chicago membership a spirit of uncertainty which has been effectively dispelled by. the Lenin demonstration. The demonstration proved several things: 1, In spite of the concentration on discussions that were carried on for months the party has great vitality, the mass of the membership are eager to participate in mass work and enthusiastically enter into the organ- ization of mass demonstrations, 2. Even tho the reorganization of internal party matters because of the | the party had just been completed, and the members were just becoming ac- customed to the new form of organ- ization, the organization based on |shop and street nuclei proves to be far superior to the old territorial form of organization in reaching masses of | workers. The thousands of workers | brought out to the Lenin demonstra- \tion were reached thru the factories | |and shops by our members organized |in the nuclei. | 3. The 8,000 workers attending the | demonstration shows that the party | has a wide circle of sympathizers who | recognize in Lenin the great leader of |the working class, who support the Soviet Union and who recognize in our party the standard bearer of Le- |ninism in this country. These sym pathizers present us with the task of recruiting for our party. The demon stration proved that our Chicago mem »bership, which numbers around one thousand, can be greatly strengthened thru proper approach to these sym pathizers. If we are really to take advantage of the demonstration hun- dreds of these non-party workers whu attended the meeting must be en- rolled in our ranks. By the time of the next Lenin memorial demonstration our party should have absorbed the bulk of these sympathizers and again draw to itself another wide circle of | non-pary workers. 4, The large attendance at meeting of Chinese and- Negro work- | ers shows the growth of our influence among them. The two speeches that evoked the greatest enthusiasm were those delivered by the Chinese and | Negro speakers. Their bitter denun- ciation of the exploitation of the colo- nial peoples by the imperialist nations struck a sympathetic note in the audience. In such a fertile soil the | All-America Anti-Imperialist League | should grow rapidly. Upon the shoulders of our members — Our Tasks in Light of Chicago Lenin Meeting falls the carrying out of these tasks. The demonstration in itself is impor- tant, but utilizing the effect of the demonstration for the organization of hundreds of workers into our party is of the greatest importance. The reorganization of the party is an accomplished fact. The nuclei, sub- sections and sections have been organ- ized. The Lenin demonstration show- |ed what can be accomplished thru this |form of organization, The further vitalizing of the nuclei, the further training of the party members and the closer coordination of all party forces will make possible greater successes in the future. t Politically the demonstration was a tremendous victory for onr;party. The labor officialdom has bitterly fought our party and attempterctg isolate us entirely. Every conceivable method has been employed by them—from ex- pulsions to slugging—to., beat down our members and followers in the unions. The Lenin meeting is a fine answer to them, sf Furthermore, the evegt proved the total eclipse of the sogialist party. The starting of a weekly paper by the socialists at the beginning of the year in Chicago contrasted with the second anniversary of our daily paper, and then followed up with this huge | demonstration shows which is the party of the working class; which is the jable to rally thousands of workers to its side; which is the revolutionary workers’ party. The organization of our mass of close sympathizers is our outstanding task in the coming months. Patient hard work made the demonstration possible. Further work among the masses, in every struggle, supplying at every turn in the struggle the proper policy to be pursued—this will \enable us to crystallize the effects of |the Lenin demonstration into organ- izational gains for our party. That latest case is that of Pablo thes Filipino workers in the fields. Fred Makino, editor of “The Bee,” a conservative Hawaiian paper, has written to Senators Quezon and Roxas of the Filipino. senate, as well as the attorney general of the Philippines ahd,the Filipino people, protesting against the brutal treatment of Fili- pino workers in Hawaii. “Pablo Manlapit,” says Makino in his letter of protest, “has been the recognized leader of the Filipinos in Hawaii for a number of years. He is & man of great ability and with a keen sense of justice and an intense love for his people.” Because of his success in organ- izing the Filipino workers to agitate for a living wage, Manlapit is now suffering in jail. Every conceivable up-to-date labor- baiting schéme was used to get Man- lapit. Detectives were set to dog his every step; spies were introduced into sugar | his organization to discredit him, “Millionaire Jury” Indicts Mantapit. Says the letter: “Then he was in- dicted for conspiracy by what is known loeally as ‘the millionaire grand jury.’ He was tried before a jury in an atmosphere of hostility, race prejudice and hatred. The testimony against him was discredited’ by competent witnesses... . His attorney openly charged the prosecution with attempt- ing to railroad an innocent man to prison and accused the Hawail Sugar planters with responsibility for the frame-up in open court.” Bribe Witnesses. Affidavits were given by Filipinos who were bribed to testify against Manlapit. Some of the witnesses were given free transportation back to Manila and upon arriving received 66 W, Washington 42 W. Harrison 167 N, State 234 S. Halsted PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 Bpeciaiti: jaked Fine So Coffer Commiseary and Bakery: Phore West 2549 ICK AND DEATH BENEFI SOCIETIES fFrauen-Kranken-Unterstuetzungs Verein Fortschritt Meets every Ist and 3rd Thursday, Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North Avenue. Secretary. the munificent sum of $100. The letter of protest gives the names of most of the witnesses who are now living in Cebu or Manila, Philippine islands. ‘There is an application for pardon pending before the governor of Ha- wali, but it has as much chance as @ snow ball under the Hawaiian sun- light. The “Philippine Herald,’ prants Makino’s letters as a mild protest against American imperialism, It is recognized on all hands that Manlapit. is not a revolutionist, but merely o trade unionist seeking to organize the poorly paid Filipino workers in the outposts of the sugar trust, if Hear All Bad Speeches and Good Music by; RADIO We build, repair and remodel radio sets of all kinds at reasonab JOHN VARGA W. 18th St., Chicago, III. le rates, All Work Guaranteed. Call or phone your jobs. ‘AMERICAN FRAME-UP METHODS ARE USED IN HAWAII BY IMPERIALIST TOOLS AGAINST PABLO MANLAPIT 5 By HARRY GANNES. American tactics such as were used in railroading Mooney, Sacco and Vanzetti and hundreds of others for their labor activities are being taken up by the straw bosses. for American imperialism in Hawaii and the Philippines. leadér, was sent to prison in Honolulu on perjured testimony, due to his activities in organizing and leading + Manlapit. Manlapit, a Filipino strike MINNEAPOLIS UNION MEMBERS INVITED T0 LENIN MEETING SUNDAY MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 27.— Every local trade union of Min- neapolis has been invited to com- memorate the second anniversary of the death of Lenin. Lenin's famous statement to organized la- bor on how the workers can succeed in their struggle against the bosses was included in the letter to the unions: “The first commandment of every trade union should be: Don’t rely upon the state; rely upon the power I ee DEBATE COMMUNISM IN CLEVELAND, ON SUNDAY EVENING CLEVELAND, Jan. 27,—‘ls Com- munism the only outcome’ of the class struggle? Is thé Workers (Communist) Party the only party that has a program that can help the working class in|the struggle not only for the ema tion. but for improvement of itions to- day,” will be the subject of a debate between Comrade |, Arjter, secre- tary of District Six, and'M. C. Har- rison, a prominent attorney of this city. The debate will be held at the Goodrich Social Settleme: 1420 East 3ist St., on Sunday, Jan. 31, at 8 p.m. Street Nuclei Will Cover Union Meetings | with The Daily Worker Every street nucleus in ‘Chicago has been assigned certain labor unions to be visited regularly with The DAILY WORKER and literature. of your class. The state is the or- ganization of the class in power. Do not rely upon promises, rely on the power of union and upon the consciousness of your class.” Speakers well known in Minne- sota will address this meeting. Wil- liam Watkins of the Switchmen’s Union, K. E. Heikkinen of Superior, editor of Tyomies, the Finnish daily, Matti Tenhunen of Superior, T. R. Sullivan of Buffalo, and others will honor the memory of the great working class leader, Appropriate music, demonstra- tions and entertainment has been arranged for this occasion. The pro- gram begins at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Jan. 31. Supper will be served at 6 o'clock and a dance will be held in the evening. The Lenin memorial mass meeting will be held at the Finnish Hall, Humboldt and Western Ave, N. Investigator of the Aluminum Trust Rank Incompetent or Worse WASHINGTON, Jan. 27—Cro#s ex- amining John L. Lott, special assist- ant to the attorney general, who was directed by Attorney Sargent to inves: tigate the charges made by the fed- eral trade commission against Mel- lon'’s aluminum trust, senators be- came so disguested with his stupidity that they spoke out. They declared that his failure to send his so-called investigator, Joseph EK. Dunn, to the commission to get its documentary evidence against the aluminum trust before proceeding to Pittsburgh to ask questions, was “a poor start.” Walsh said he would not employ Dunn on even a bootleg case, Norris remarked that any lawyer ought to have sense enough to get the facts alleged by the commission before ask- ing the trust whether they were right. The senate judiciary committee, un- der Walsh's resolution, is trying to de- termine whether Sargent used “due diligence” in going after Mellon's pri- vate monopoly jn- aluminum ore and aluminum goods It is necessary for this office to know~ how many of The DAILY WORKER will be needed so a sup- ply can be secured of the paper for the comrades visiting these union meetings, Take this matter up at your next meeting and let us know the night the papers are wanted for and who will-call for them at this office. Quite often it happens that the wrong date or address is’given in the union directory and & result the evening is wasted. We must have an exact report of every gase of this kind so we can correct our list of meetings. 7 With thousands of unton members reading The DAILY WORKER every day there is no excuse Yor incorrect addresses if every one would check up, on their union as listed-in the union list published in the daily, Help us make this list’ exact. There are ten neatly framed..pictures of Lenin in the city oficey.19 So, Lin- coln, for the first ten union members bringing in corrections in this list. Mandolin Club of Los Angeles Gives Concert Saturday LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan, 27.—The Los Angeles Freiheit Mandolin Club is giving its first annual concert on Saturday evening, Jan, 30 at 8:15 o'clock, at the Co-operative Center Hall, 2706 Brooklyn Ave. Forty man- dolin players will participate, Addition- al features are Gloria Blackstone, coloratura soprano, [, Blumenthal, baritone, Alexander itivlin, pianist, Admission 60 cents. The Freiheit Mandolin Society has won many friends by its loyal co operation at every working class af- fair. It is expected that all these workers will show thelr appreciation by a big turnout at this concert. After that talk with your shop- mate—hand him a eopy of The DAILY WORKDR. , It wilt help him, CHARITY DAMES AID COURTS TO TRY COMPETITOR Police and “Associated Charities Co-operate DENVER, Col., Jan. 27—A jury trial resulted in the acquittal of Mrs. Agnes Gross, who had been arrested for soliciting funds on the street for a mission granting aid to needy peo- ple whom the™ Associated Charities and their ilk had refused to help, on a charge of vagrancy. It developed during the trial that Mrs. Gross had persisted in carrying out the orders of Mr. H. H. Marrs, president of the Humanitarian Heart Mission, which stands ready to sup- ply relief to needy workers rejected by the so-called charitable agencies that work so closely with the city and county government as to be at times indistinguishable from the state po- litical machine. Under cross examination witnesses for the prosecution from the Com- munity Chest and Associated Chari- ties were forced to admit that they and the police collaborate to the ex- tent of answering each others’ tele- phone calls, They did not deny that a representative of these so-called charitable agencies may have turned in the complaint resulting in the ar- rest of Mrs. Gross. The prosecution contended that she should have had a license to solicit. But no such license had been required of representatives of the Community Chest, the Salvation Army, the Jim Goodheart Mission and others who re- ceive salaries of several thousand a year and are far from need. Affidavits by Mrs. Gross and her friends show that these so-called charitable organizations had stirred up prejudice, thru the city churches and other religious organizations to such an extent that no trial judge in the county could give her a fair trial. A change of venue was secured and a judge called in from Boulder. The affidavits also show that the same sort of bond as had been accepted before in such cases was refused tho the per- son offering to sign her bond pos- sessed many times the amount of real estate required. The affidavit also states that the prejudiced ‘judge be- fore whom this bond came for ap- proval, stated as his reason for re- WITH THE Y CONDUCTED - BY TH WORKEDS UNG WORKERS LEAGUE Statement of the National Executive Committee on Work Among the Jewish-speaking Youth To All Members of the Young Workers (Communist) League: Dear Comrades:—At this important moment we are appealing to all members of the Young Workers ((Communist) League, especially to those comrades active in the Jewish field or who will be appointed for this work. Our task is to mobilize under the banner of the Young Workers (Com- munist) League the masses of the young workers, the masses of the Jewish young workers included. At this time,+ particularly, when our league is go- ing thru a profound process of reor- ganization, all efforts must be united for this task. But, as Bolsheviks, we do not separate our organizational work from our general work of mass agitation and propaganda. hand with the reorganization, there- fore, must be carried on a broad pro- paganda and agitation work on all the fields of life and activity of the toiling youth. We have entered the stage of close contact with the masses of the young workers. We have learned how to react to the many questions of their everyday life. Our work among the Jewish-speaking youth is but a part of our general mass work and propa- ganda. Our comrades in the Jewish field must watch the special events in Jewish life and on the basis of these events enlighten the young workers as to their tasks and to the necessity of the class struggle. Our comrades must bring the general campaigns of the league to the attention of the Jewish young workers and mobilize them for the struggle. At the same time the national exe- cutive committee wishes to call at- tention to the fact that Jewish work is only a link in the chain of our gen- eral activities. All separatist tend- encies will be combatted. Every tendency to overestimate the Jewish work—bearing within it the germs of nationalist tendencies—will be fought. On the other hand, it will be made clear that every tendency to under- estimate the necessity of work among the Jewish-speaking young workers— leading to the practical liquidation of such work—is against the policy of the national executive committee. The N. E. ©, makes it clear that we Hand in} Young Workers (Communist) Le: must utilize every possible form and jectig the bond was that he did not “feel like adding further ciriticism of the bunch at the city hall.” Mrs. Gross had previously been given a so-called trial in police court by being confronted with representa- tives of the Community Chest and Associated Charities together with city police and plain clothes officers without opportunity to defend her self. When the judge from Boulder open- ed court an effort was made to keep the public from hearing the case. The authorities tried to clear the room of all’ except persons absolutely. neces- sary to the case by asking if all pres- ent were witnesses! Their nerve only failed’ after a vigorous protest by the attorney for the defense. In the trial evidence tending to show co-operation betwen the 60- called charity institutions and the capitalistic state, the nature of the cases rejected by the Associated Charities, Community chest, Salvation Army and Jim Goodheart Mission but helped by the mission employing Mrs. Gross and what the Humanitarian Heart Mission and James Eads Howe's organization have done to feed, clothe and house the unemploy- ed and what Marrs had done to free sane people held in the insane ward of the General Hospital of the city and county of Denver. The testimony of one of the lady representatives of so-called charity showed that only those who believe that few or no able bodied men should receive aid, on the theory that they can get work are employed by the in- stitutions. The husband of Mrs. Gross testified that he had repeatedly sought employment from sources indicated by the Community chest and Jim Goodheart Mission, and was able to secure but one night’s work in many months shoveling snow off the city streets. . Testimony was also given showing that these ‘charitable agencies force the needy to sell their furniture and belongings before aid is given. The .bulk of the money that is collected for these “charitable” institutions and used to pay high salaries for investi- gation, and little is paid out in relief, come from workers. These charity institutions try to keep a maximum number of workers bidding against each other in the labor market to drive wages to the minimum. A good book on Communism will make you a better Com- munist. SETTLEMENTS FOR LENIN MEMORIAL MEETING MUST BE MADE INMEDIATELY The Chicago local office of the Workers (Communist) Party calls upon all the party nuclei, shop and street, and all individual party members and members of other or- ganizations to settle up for the 6,000 Lenin memorial meeting tickets that were sold In advance, «© f means of propaganda in order to strengthen our agitation and influence among the Jewish-speaking youth, The activity of comrades who work among the Jewish youth must not be limited to that field alone. These comrades Pen ee be active in other fields of league work. This will help to develop a correct orientation to © our work among the foreign language working youth. In abolishing the former bureau and in replacing it by an agitprop sub- committee, the N. E. C. took a step forward in liquidating the internal organizational powers and activities of the former committees and in really limiting the sphere of the committee for Jewish ‘work to agitation and pro- paganda. The removal of the commit- tee to Chicago was an expression of the closer co-ordination of the agita- tion work among the Jewish-speaking youth and thé general activities of the league, an actual carrying out of the Communist principles of centraliza- tion. We are sure that every member of the league, every comrade active in Jewish work will look upon our new orientation to this work as a phase of Bolshevization process and will do all in his power to help the league in its activities. Into the work among the Jewish speaking youth! Into activity wherever there are Jewish young workers! Unite for the mass work of the league! National Executive Committe Missing Young Workers, Those cémrades who have issues Nos. 9, 10, 15, 29 and 40 of the Young Worker are requested to send them to the National Office, 1113 W, Wash- ington street, Chicago. THE ECONOMIC TRADE UNION WORK OF THE ENGLISH LEAGUE By HARVEY YOUNG. UR English League, tho numerical- ly quite small, and relatively weak, has nevertheless, conducted systematic economic trade union work, which may justifiably be termed exemplary to the whole International, Insofar as our English brother league has succeeded to strike out in- to directions finding new methods of practical mass work, it has made very many valuable experiences, especially for those leagues working under sim- ilar conditions, i.e. in the first in- stance, Germany, France, America, Czecho-Slovakia, in short, all leagues of large heavy industry. The English League, naturally, has followed the lines of the resolution of the last plenary session of last March, namely, the resolution which is known to all comrades. Generally speaking its tasks in the economic field as for all other leagues may be formulated under the follow- ing four heads: (1) factory groups, (2) young workers’ conferences, (3) industrial campaigns, (4) trade union fractions. While these remain the general eco- nomic tasks of all leagues, it must be frankly admitted that the economic work, generaliy speaking, is abstract, journalistic, and spasmodic. Freely admitting that the last period in England was a favorable period for the economic work during which there took place a great mining crisis, the dockers’ strike, seamen’s strike, tex- tile lockout, in which masses of work- ers were involved, accompanied by @ host of minor, sporadic strikes of lesser importance, but equally signifi- cant, it must be emphasized that the success of the economic trade union work of the English League has been due to the league’s ability, to connect its economic, trade union work with the vital questions of the current struggle of the workers. : This is the first necessity in the task of abolishing the obsolete ab- atract methods. Therefore, in this question the in- dustrial campaign plays a particularly important role. This means that the ~ Anna Louise Strong h world, this 1113 W, Washington Blvd, CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION. By Anna Louise Strong. A new addition to the children’s library. This booklet has proven of tremendous interest to both young and old. spent four years in Soviet Russia, Her work with the Russian children has been praised in every corner of the Her book gives an interesting picture of it. in bated is going on in the first workers’ republic can afford to miss Price 50 Cents. YOUNG WORKERS (COMMUNIST) LEAGUE league must be immediately in the field with its detailed and concrete program of demands on the eve of any dispute, in any important indus- try. The campaign conducted in the mining industry during last May and June offers an excellent example of this kind of activity. As much has already been written and published of these experiences, we will not go into this question in detail. It is only necessary to prove the truth of our contention to show the results of this work, ten new groups, formation of two new districts, winning of 200 new members, and what is more important still, altho not expressed in this con- crete figure, the wide volume of influ- ence established by the league in the coal field districts, in the M.F.G.B., and consequently in the whole trade union and labor movement. Similarly with the league's action in the textile lockout which had similar results. From what we have said, it will be clear that this kind of practical eco- nomic trade union work is the method of the organization of factory groups, By means of such campaigns, the sys- tematic attack of definite objectives is made, and the whole league mem- bership goes consciously into ac- ting to form new factory groups, im- prove the league's social composition, and thus advance on the road to re- organization. ‘We may even state categorically that without such practical economic trade union work all paper schemes for the mechanical reorganization of a league or league district, are use- less. In this sphere one of the chief re sults of the league's conference at Manchester was its clear formulation of the joint tasks of reorganization and recruiting. This means the build- ing of factory groups and filling their young veins with the healthy- life-giv- ing blood of.the practical economic trade union work, which makes pos- sible the reorganization of the league on the basis of the factories and mines, (To Be Continued) No one interes! ag a Chicago, Ilinois