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Page Four Organization Meetings New York City By JACK STACHEL. (HE last registration taken in cen- nection with the reorganization of the party discloses the fact that out of a total of 2420 registered in the city of New York, 1420 belong to the trade unions. The 2420 include man such as housewives, physicians, students, salesmen, etc, who are not eligible to join a union, Of the num- ber eligible akout 2,000—1,420 or 10% are members of unions. This figure is far above the number in the unions only about 6 months ago and shows that during the last few months the industrial department of the district succeeded in making hundreds of comrades join the union. Our aim is 100% of those @ligible must become union members, While it is true that many of our comrades find it difficult to join because of | the many obstacles such as_ high initiation fees, the closing of the books of the union for new members etc. Every Communist must’ make. every Possible sacrifice and. become a member of a union—the mass eco- nomic organization of the workers. In What Industries are Members Employed. The following are chief industries in which members are employed: Total, Inthe unions. Needle trades 7 697 Building trades 9 207 Shoe and leather 150 143 Metal 134 65 Food workers 104 76 Printing 61 10 Public service 52 Office workers 86 Clerks (retail) 61 3 Laborers 32 3 Teachers 29 15 The rest of the membership is in| industries and trades where we have | members, in addition to | 25 Jess than those above mentioned as not eligible to join a union. There are in all about 825,000 work- | ers engaged in manufacturing in New| York distributed in the following in- dustries: Mens’ and ladies’ wear, 243,685; metal workers, 113,021; food workers, 82,677 goods, 24,399; miscellaneous, drugs, 26,379. The percentage of party members in these industries is approximately as follows: Needle trades, 3 «00d workers, 12% metal, 12%. 212,620; chemical and leather, 60%; printing, 7%; % j printing trades, 81,454; leather | wood working, 30,821; THE DAILY WORKER jshoe industry. The needle trades }come next. The party is particularl~ j weak in the printing industry and the {food industry is ‘one third that of the needle trades and one fifth that of the shoe industry. In the chemical and wood working industry the strength of the party is next to nothing. | HONOR ROLL FOR 1926 New York Sets the Pace 'HE magnificent success of the Lenin memorial meetings all over the country show how reorganization on the shop nucleus basis serves | to bring our party into closer contact with the masses. Now the shop and street nuclei must begih to discuss and plan for more mass work. every city in all districts. The party’s program for 1926 must be made the basis for moving large masses of the workers into action. Councils for the protection of foreign-born must be organized in The capitalists’ scheme for the deportation of militant workers and the smashing .of the unions must be defeated by | | | the working class. All workers must be organized to defeat the bill introduced into congress by Representative Oswald calling for the finger-printing, workers. front committee. photographing and registration of the foreign-born Defense and recognition of the Soviet Union must be discussed in every nucleus and all party fractions and brought on the floor of every | trade union and workers’ organization for action in forming a united | A united labor ticket for the elections of 1925 must be made the basis for the campaign FOR A LABOR PARTY. class political action thru a labor party must be discussed in all nuclei and then with the workers in the shops, in unions and everywhere, Organization of the trade union fractions and their proper function- ing in the trade unions; every member of the party a member of a trade | union; get the non-party workers to join the union; this will tie our party up to the mass organizations of the workers, Here is work to do—mass work—the kind of work that counts. Independent working | Let there be an end to sterile factional discussion. | ptogram for 1926. Throw the whole party into mass work upon the basis of the party’s The way to begin is to raise the $20,000 campaign fund for 1926. “Every member of the reorganized party must be an active member.” Every member should be given a party contribution list and a record } Previously acknowledged pro the above two sets of figures | we can readily see that the party | is best represented in the leather and Attendance at Nuclei Meetings NY districts and virtually all of the large cities are now organized on the shop and street nuclei basis. They are now faced with the task of getting the nuclei to carry out the party program of work. Everywhere | the registration of the members has been high. This is encouraging. Nevertheless, every district has found that just good mechanical reorganiza- tion is not enough to start.the party on the upward grade in conducting party work. It was to be expected that there would be difficulties. There are the language problems and inex- perience in the work. But there is an elemental matter, upon which depends the correct solu- tion of many others. That is the ques- tion of the attendance at the shop and Street nuclei meetings. This is of prime political importance. Until, solv- ed, it will result in deep growing diffi- culties for our party. Attendance at the meetings immediately after the reorganization was low, reports show sometimes only 30% This was caused by many reasons Some comrades evidently © believed there was a period of transition be- tween the period of shop nuclei or- ganization and beginning to function in them: this was a vacation period. Many language comrades no doubt hesitated at the beginning, to attend, because of a feeling of inability to function effectively. Some comrades were busy at important'work; others were merely indifferent, Attendance at Nuclei Meetings a Vital Political Problem, Experience of the nuclei nationally Show that this weakness of attend ance is rev:2dying itself gradually and Mr. and Mrs. Domovich announce the engagement and marriage of their daughter Katherine Domovich, Gary to . Pando Markoff, Gary . They will be married Satur- day, January 30, 1926 Congratulations from the Bulgarian Progressive Club of Gary, Indiana. sometimes swiftly. The increase is by 2’s, 3’s and 5’s in the nuclei in the districts where reorganization has beén completed for some time. The attendance has risen to 50% and 75% of the membership rolls and in many cases is already higher than in the old form of territorial organization. Furth- ermore, where the attendance has in- creased to normal and above, the nuclei report an enthusiasm and spurt in activity, such as, union work, Daily Worker and literature distribution, education, etc. The shop nuclei have from the beginning done better, than the street nuclei, However, this problem of attend- ance has been by no means solved. To cdntinue or to assume the con- tinuance of the present situation would involve at once a strong finan- cial crisis in the party, already mani- fested. This would certainly impair carrying out the wide program of ac- tivity outlined by the C. E. C, and result in an inability of the party effectively to conduct its work. To be unable, because of a mass of inac- tive party members, to carry on the campaigns for the defense and recog- nition of Soviet Russia, for protection of the foreign-born, labor party cam- paign, etc., would mean a different course in the political life of our par- ty, and would affect our responsibilit ties and influence among the masses Leninism Demands Every Member Active in Party Work, The presumably simply problem, of | full attendance and individual activity jof every member ‘in party work, re- | Solves itself into a condition involving j the’ very» political life of the ‘party. Attendance at the meetings, drawing every member of the party into some kind of responsible, work, simple or complex, must be demanded. This very question of attendance at the meetings and individual responsibility was a root problem in the great strug- glé finally developing into a split in the Russian party at the London con. gress in 1903 between the Bolsheviks led by Lenin and the menshevics, led by Martov. On the one hand, Martov proposed that the party constitution provide that membership shall in- elude all those who declared their ingness to support the party, nin on the other hand proposed that party membership shall be limk ted to those who not only support the party, but who are individually en- gaged in party work. The right wing, the supporters of Lore, everywhere will take Great, ¢om- fort, if our party does not solve this question, and will feel that a blow has been struck at the reorganization, District No. 2 (New York City), a Worke Street Nucleus No, 1, Pittsburgh (List 3984) kept by the nucleus secretary of the activity of each member in the raising of the $20,000 campaign fund, The speed with which our reorganized party will raise the $20,000 | Workers (Communist) Party | “aaame Has 58 Per Cent of Membership in Unions The party must now pay more at- tention than heretofore to the metal food, wood and chemical manufactur- ers in the city of New York. The party has practically no mem- bership or influence among the sur- face car, subway and elevated work- ers. Likewise among the marine workers, The party must devote more attention towards winning over these workers, Must Draw the Best Workers From All Industries Into Party. HE influence of a Communist Par- ty can not be measured by mere numbers only. A party of 100,000 members consisting of mastly needle trades workers, shoe workers, and others, in non-basic industries has less influence than a party of 20,000 or even less that has withinbits ranks workers of all basic industt party must first and fore: of the industrial proletagiat basic and key industries 1% ‘der that it may become the leader Of the work- ingclass. The party mustt, ous of this fact and pa tention towards winning | the workers in the basic ii tries. A conscious and well dirs _ plan in this direction must be followed. Must Form Party Fractions. par party is now directing a great deal of its energies fowards the formation of fractions. No party can call itself a Bolshevik party that has not organized its members: in trades unions and other organizations into fractions to carry out the will of the party in an organized fashion. The organization fractions is one of the five fundamental principles of Lenin- ist organization, The power that the fraction represents is not only meas- ured by the numerical strength of the fraction, but thru organization the influence of the number fs increased one hundred fold says Comrade Lenin, The strength of a Communist frac- tion can be best seen when we re- member that with only 455 members in the I. L. G. W. U. im New York the party exerts an influence among tens of thousands of workers, with fund will be a proof of its effectiveness for the campaign of 1926, Loyalty to the party and to the Communist International will be proven not by words but by DEEDS. The party now calls all Bolsheviks to action. Z Get your section and nucleus on the party's HONOR ROLL FOR 1926. Raise the $20,000 fund. This is the immediate task of the party. NEW YORK AND PITTSBURGH FALL IN LINE $ 16.25 - 100.00 7.00 $123.25 Every Bolshevik on the Job only 56 members in the Furriers’ Un- |ion a party member is manager of the |New York joint board representing |thousands of workers. Similarly in |the hotel workers branch of the | Amalgamated Food Workers with only 25 party members a Commumist has re- |cently been elected organizer of the union by a vote of seven to one. This jis so because every Communist is a leader among the masses. The Com- ;munist Party consisting of the best | trained, most educated, most courage- |ous workers, the leaders among the orkers, is the vanguard of the work- ng class. 4 However, as stated before, the party membership is rallying and proceed- ing to give life to the reorganization. in the meanwhile, some additional measures should be taken to help as follows: 1. Every language paper should, carry articles, impressing the lan- guage comrades with the necessity to attend and confidence in their ability to function effectively in the shop and street nuclei. 2, Every shop nucleus and street nucleus should elect a permanent committee for the mobilization of the members to attend the nuclei meet- ings. These committees of action By Martin Abern ; Should divide the list of the non- |attendants and inactive’ members among themselves and be résponsible to go after these lax comrades, until they draw each and everyone into Party ilfe. Every party member must be put to the task and strike a blow for effec- | tive party organization and function- |ing. Now, especially in this period of |acceleration of the bolshevization of |the Workers (Communist) Party, is | the time to make of each party mem- ber, as Lenin insisted, not only one who supports the party, but is indivi- | dually engaged in party work. (Another Article Tomorrow.) ENROLLMENT IN THE CHICAGO ‘WORKERS’ SCHOOL NOW GOING ON Every day is enrollment day for the Chicago Workers’ School, Five | comrades from Shop Nucleus 20 have enrolled for the class in English. Sev- eral comrades have enrolled for the class in historical materialism, The class in trade union organization and tactics has already a good foundation. Each student of the school during the last term is expected to enroll im- mediately for the second term Feb. 8th o April 2nd, and to act as an agent o secure new enrollments, The work- 218’ School looks forward to a success- ful enrollment, because of the large | number of comrades who attended its | Sessions, and were well satisfled. This is a school conducted by the Workers Party, District 8, and it is the duty of every party member to aid in the enrollment drive. There are only ten days left, which calls for im- mediate response. We wish to remind the comrades that while it is a party school, it aims to satisfy the educa- tional needs of all workers. The enrollment drive should be car- ried on in every factory, union, fra- ternal organization, co-operative, or other working class organization, Every party member should give out the school folder in any organization he is a member of, and secure actual enrollments. If we can get a live bunch of enrollment agents busily at work for the next ten days, we tan get a large enrollment. Get a list of work- ers, addresses, and the courses they select; and bring it in to the School Office at 19 8S. Lincoln Sti, with the enrollment fee, if possible, Folders can be had at 19 EB. Lincoln st, owe Class Committ On Monday evening, meet. Jan, 26th, the class committees and instructors of the Chicago Workers’ School met at the school building. All “of the in- structors were there, but! the class committees were not well represented, The main questions dis¢ussed were enrollment for the coming term; and review of the past term.® Comrades Swabeck and Simons explained the steps taken to ensure a large enroll- ment. A's to the past teriii, the class representatives gave their reactions to the courses, and suggestéd improve- ments, ihe The instructors pres@nt were: Swabeck, Hathaway, Engddhl, Simons, |Gomez, Shachtman, Dolgen, Darcy, Wirkkula, Class committees: Schech- ter, Kaplan, Lohse, Cohen, Amper, Action was taken to make the re- search class an arm of District 8, in carrying out the party campaign. Sub- stitutes are to be arranged for, in case instructors are called out of town. This was the first meeting of class instructors and committees during the present term, It will be followed up regularly to discuss important educa- tional questions, as outlines, text books, method of teaching, kind of courses, requirements of students, ete. Pittsburgh Workers Attention! Come, Saturday night, Jan, 30, at 8 Dp. m, to the International Soctalist Lyceum, 805 James St., N, §, and en- joy the Radio Tea Party given by the International Labor Defepse of Pitts- burgh and I. W. W. This affair is arranged for the purpose of the mem- bers of both groups gettthe acquaint- ed and enjoying @ plea: evening. dmission is free and alsb the eats so me and enjoy the evening, — bé LIBERAL DEBATES WITH COMMUNIST ON GOVERNMENT | WITH THEY CondUCcTED = BY TH WONKEDS UNG WORKERS LEAGUE Prates About Democ-/THE EXPERIENCES OF BRITISH LEAGUE IN ECONOMIC TRADE UNION WORK racy; State Jails Workers By SYLVAN A. POLLACK. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan..28—A debate on the “government ana the new social order,” was held by the league for in- dustrial democracy at the Rand School between Bertram D. Wolfe, director of the Workers’ School and the Rev. Norman Thomas, socialist leader, be- fore a select audience of smug and self-satisfied liberals and ‘socialists. Rev. Thomas prated about: demo- cracy as the only salvation for the world, making one think. that they were in a chureh. He criticized Com- munism and bemoaned the fact that counter-revolutionists are today in the jails of the Soviet Union, In opposi- tion to this reverend’s whining speech, Wolfe, in a concise manner presented the Communist point of view. “Democracy for Whom?” Comrade Wolfe assailed Thomas and his theories of democracy declar- ing: “Government means two things, ad- ministration and the domination of one class over a subject class. When the classes and the distinction be- tween them disappears, then the gov- ernment will disappear: The essential thing in America, where the majority of the workers still support the repub- lican and democratic parties, is to have class-consciousness developed and show the shams of the old parties, and view conditions from a class point of view. Questions such ‘as democracy, political prisoners, etc., must be view- ed from a class point of view.” Wolfe pointed out that during the war a censorship of the press was established. Labor leaders like Frank Little were hung, “And still we talk about democracy, when today the American government is the most dic- tatorial government on the world, with its Dawes plan, subjection of Germany, and penetration into South America. Are we going to change all this by talking about democracy?” Dictatorship or Democracy. Thomas, in speaking for the second time, said that government is not control of one class over another, also that the principal question is, dicta torship or democracy. He continued, “If you think you can talk about the dictatorship of the pro letariat and use it against Mellon, yor will find you will have trouble, Thc Communists are the chief obstacle tc nake democracy effective. You cannot 2xpect the support of the American la- or movement for you mean not the proletariat, but only a part of it.” Wolfe in answering Thomas declar- ed that the reverend was under the impression that western civilization is superior to that of the rest of the world. He showed that no ruling class ever gave up its power without a struggle, He pointed out the ridicul- ousness of the position of expecting to obtain power by the ballot—taking power when you have 51 per cent sup- port—and giving it back when you only have 49 per cent. Daily Worker Not Welcome. The writer, who was covering the debate as The DAILY WORKER re- porter, was a very unwelcome intruder in the midst of the assembled liber- als and socialists. From the very mo- ment he entered the hall, and took a seat in the front row near the stage, until the very close of the meet- ing he was continually harassed by the ushers, who said that The DAILY WORKER reporters’ card “is no good,” and “you must have a police card if you want to stay here.” He ignored their remarks and continued to cover the meeting. Lenin Memorials MISSOURI Kansas City—Musicia Hall, 1017 Washington St., W. F. Dunne, Jan. 31, NEW YORK. Schenectady—J. ©. Bentall Kaplan, Jan, 29. PENNSYLVANIA, Pittsburgh—Jan. 31, 8 p. mi,at the La- bor Lyceum, 35 Miller St. Speaker: D. €. Bartle; Cannosburg—Faleon Hall, 30, 8 m., 0. &. Eark Daisytown—Home Theater, Jan, 31, 2 » A. Jakira. $ New Brighton—O. E. Earely, Jan. 31, 2 p.m. WEST VIRGINIA, Pursglove—Union Hall, Tom Ray, Jan. 31, 2 p.m ILLINOL i Waukegan—Worker: jail, 517. Helm pees Ave, J. J. B lan, 31, 2:30 IMs Tacoma—Jan. 28, at 8 p. m., Hall, 17 Tacoma Ave.” and Nat dan, Pp. Fraternity “Big Masquerade Dance.” Given by South Slavic fraction of Workers Party Chicago, Ill. Jan. 30. 7:30 p. m, at 1926 W. 18th St. Five pri will be given. First | cla music, Do not miss this great time. SETTLEMENTS FOR LENIN MEMORIAL MEETING MUST BE MADE IMMEDIATELY The Chicago local office of the Workers (Communist 'y 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, _ Hat | By HARRY YOUNG. (Contiaued from yesterday’s. issue) RNING to the third question un- der review, that of the work in trade unions, ang the organization of the fractions. On this field, the Brit- ish league has an. exceedingly diffi- cult task, in view of its extremely limited forces, the great difficulty of entering or working in many of the important unions for young workers, and lastly, the diversity of the trade union movement itself, namely, the existence of 1,311 registered trade union societies with, for instance, 49 different unions in the shipbuilding, in- {dustry alone. How did the British league tackle this problem? The first task, it is clear, in the organization of fractions, is to make every member of the league a conscious and active trade unionist. This is an ideological battle, and cannot be accomplished by any disciplinary threats or excommu- nications. Secondly, without the help of the party organization in the trade unions it is clear that our work is rendered extremely difficult, and in some cases even impossible. There fore, the British league undertook a number of measures in connection with the party, particularly with the object of bringing the league. into close contact with the minority move ment of the British trade unions. Among these was a special section dealing with the league’s tasks in the economic trade union work, in the resolution to the party conference in Glasgow, May 31, which pledged the party to the solgan: “By every party fraction, a youth fraction.” Moreover thru this means coupled by its own energetic independent work, the league was successful in organizing a fraction at the Second National Con- ference of the Minority Movement on Angust 31, representative of at least four times its own membership, get- ‘ting its resolution unanimously adopt- ed, calling for the trade union organ- ization of the young workers, and fin- ally securing the election of its can- didate to the executive committee of the minority movement, as the young workers’ representative, The significance of this achieve- ment can only be appreciated when we remember that the Second Annual Conference of the Minority Movement of the British Trade Unions, repre- sent 800,000 org@nized trade unionists, and is fast becoming the leader of the British trade union movement, Further results of this class coop- eration with the minority movement, are to be seen in the resolution of the Scottish trade union congress at Dum- fries, adopting the economic demands of the league in toto, the resolution adopted by the Scarborough trade un- ion conference, calling for the carry- ing out of a campaign for the organ- ization of the young workers in the trade unions, and the resolution of the Liverpool labor party conference in October, embodying two important de- . mands of the Y. C. L,, “abolition of night work for all under 18, and trade union rights and conditions for gov- ernment trainees.” In this question of international and national trade union unity, in the ne- gotiations of the Anglo-Russian com- mittee, as in the question of the in- dustrial alliance, the Y, C, L. and G. B. has consistently brought the question, of the unity of the young and adult workers to the fore, placing this ques- tion as.one of the most importait tasks before the trade unions in the forging of the united front against the capitalist offensive. The further important consideration, in connection with this work is the question of the Young Workers’ Con- ferences, which until now, have not been organized in England. These will probably take two forms, as tw9 possibilities offer themselves, first, the conference of workshop delegates, second, the conferences organized by local trade’s councils, composed of trade union delegates, and unorganiz- ed youth, for the purpose of discuss- ing young workers’ demands, their adoption by the trade unions, and the young workers’ trade union organiza- tions, ¢ (To be continued). The Liebknecht meetings in Phila- delphia, Detroit, Baltimore, New York and many other eastern cities have Proved tremendous successes, In New York one thousand young workers crowded into Central Opera House to demonstrate their solidarity with the organization of Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. In -succession Comrades Fox, Stachel, Don, Darcy and Weinstone told of the lessons and the life and teachings of Karl Lieb- knecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Comrade Gudisman made a stirring appeal for the Young Pioneers who also present- ed a tableau in five scenes portraying the life and death of our martyred leaders. In Baltimore the Labor Lyceum hall was crowded to overflowing. The local comrades. write that it was the most successful demonstration ever held in that city. It has proved a great boon to the youth mdvement there. In Philadelphia’ about two hundred young workers listened to Comrade Sokolov tell of the purpose of the meeting. Comrade Yusem spoke of the tremendous contribution of Liebknecht and Luxembuig to the youth revolu- tionary movement, Comrade Darcy pointed out that the United States at present was the greatest imperialist country in the world and was at pres- ent entering into its last stages The tremendous military expenditures, the loss~in lives, the new poisonous gases all pointed. to the preparations that our master class is making for new wi The all day demonstration of the work with the Russian children hi world, Her book gives an interes! this book, YOUNG WORKERS 1113 W. Washington Blvd, Anna Louise Strong has spent four years in Soviet Russia, ing picture of it. in what is going on in the first workers’ republic can afford to miss Price 50 Cents. ; ' —e (COMMUNIST) Liebknecht Meetings Great Success; No Reports on Western Meetings Received Yet Detroit comrades amazed the entire labor movement here. The meeting hall, The House of the Masses audi- torium, was not only crowded to overflowing but the well prepared pro- gram lasting for four hours brought on many occasions the entire seven hundred or so workers to lusty cheer- ing. This was undoubtedly the great- est demonstration ever held as a me- morial meeting. In the evening a great ball was arranged lasting well into the night. Comrade Barney Mass was chairman of both affairs, Other meetings from which we have already received enthusiastic reports were held in Newark; Albany, and many other of the smaller towns, Re- ports of these will be reported in this column as they come tn, NEWARK YOUTH: ATTENTIONI The Young Workers’ League of Newark, New Jersey, wil hold its third annual dance in, the Newark Labor Lyceum, 704.8, 14th’ street, Newark, on Saturday evening, Jan. 80, 1926. Adnfission is only 35 cents and not only is everybody welcome but a good time is guaranteed or money re funded, Missing Young Workers, Those comrades who have issues Nos. 9, 10, 15, 29 and 40 of the Young Worker are requested to send them to the National Office, 1118 W, Wash- ington street, Chicago, Read—Write—distribute The DAILY WORKER. CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION. By Anna Louise Strong. A new addition to the children’s library, of tremendous interest to both young and old. This booklet has proven Her ed in every corner of the No one interested been pri LEAGUE