The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 3, 1926, Page 4

Page Four _ THE DAILY WORKER FORWARD AGENT FEARS WORKERS; BOLTS MEETING “Rule or Ruin” Policy of Yellow Socialists MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Jan. 31.— Rather than lose the presidency of the board of directors of the Labor Lyceum Association, D. Shier, Minne- By ARNE SWABECK. N January 24th the Chicago party membership proved its ability to rally masses of workers. But this task successfully accomplished imposes new duties for the further strengthen- ing of the working class movement. The Chicago Lenin memorial meet- ing became a splendid demonstration, the significance of which has already been emphasized in these columns. apolis agent of the Forward and his/ The further line of activities to be pur- group, bolted the share-holders’ meet-| sued has been indicated. The purpose Ing. Believing that he would be defeat- ed for the presidency, he attempted shortly before midnight to stampede the entire membership out of the hall, | making an issue of the fact that the left wing was putting out a printed slate, Protest Against Shier. Out of a meeting of over two hun- dred share holders, seventy remained until after one A. M. to express their protest against the splitting tactics of Shier locally and of the Forward group nationallyg and to sign a peti- tion censoring the present majority of the board of directors for destroy- ing the meeting and calling for a new i. meeting within two weeks. Many more would have remained, but they had to go to work the next day and they left the meeting. Those that remained were workers, while those that led the stampede were mostly | “all-right- small manufacturers and nicks,” who are trying to gain control of this institution. In the protest meeting immediately following the disturbance it was de- monstrated by Mogelevsky, Supac, Lo- ketz and others that by means of the recent mortgage made out to S. Fried- man, a local lawyer, Shier had com- pleted the sell-out of the association which for fourteen years the work- ers had helped to build. Expose Yellow Socialists. Loketz showed that altho years ago in the old socialist daily, Shier work- ed for progress, he is now allied with an organization nationally and a group locally that attempts to destroy every forward move of the rank and file. He is now a job holder and a publicity hunter. He is detrimental to the Labor Lyceum Association, he declared, and must be eliminated as any parasite in the working class movement. The regular annual meeting of the share holders in the Labor Lyceum Association was called to order at 8:15 by D. Shier, the present presi- dent of the association. After the report of the board of directors it is customary for the membership to ex- press their opinions on the policy pur- sued for the past year. But when Dave Moses raised the pertinent issue of the contract made with the For- wards agency barring all other publi- cations except the Forwars from the Labor Lyceum, he was ruled out of order by the chairman, who began to attack Moses for raising the issue. Meeting Sunday Afternoon. Shier’s maneuver to instigate an un- official election of board of directors and then to take the issue into capi- talist courts was defeated. A new meeting of the share holders will be held Sunday afternoon, Jan. 13, at 2 o'clock, in the Labor Lyceum Audi- torium. Rotary Clubs Like Cal, WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—President Cooliige today was invited to attend the international rotary convention in Denver, June 14-18. The invitation was extended by Senators Phipps and Means, of Colorado, and Bingham, of Connecticut, and Donald A, Adams, in- | of this article,is.only to set down a | few details of the next points for con- | centration of the energies of our mem- bership, in particular the following: | Immediate Steps. | 1. An effective membership drive. | 2. Extended educational activities |—enrollment in the party school. 3. Concentration on expansion of The DAILY WORKER circulation. 4. Increased fraction activities in unions and language organizations. 5. Increased shop nuclei activities —factory campaigns. 6. Greater efforts to reach the Negro workers. 7 Greater attention to party campaigns, As has been mentioned in the article by Comrade Bell the many sympathi- zers to our party must be made full fledged members. Thru the shops, thru the unions the working class or- ganizations our members should con- centrate their efforts to bring the party literature before these workers, to invite them into party educational meetings, never forgetting, however, that it is only thru the active fight for the igterest of the workers that they will become definitely attracted to the party and recognize the need of participating in its work. More Educational Work. ; The measure of progress made by the labor movement is largely determ- ined by the ability, the practical and theoretical understanding of its staff of active workers. It is in recognition of that fact that.the Chicago party school has been established and that the membership is urged to extend the educational activities to embrace the broadest possible strata of the work- ers. Not only the members of the Communist Party meed practical and theoretical understanding, militant trade unionists need it as well. The tion, It is of course, expected that the party membership be the driving force to make the enrollments for the second term of the party school still bigger than the first term. The sub- jects taught have been published, Ex- perienced instructors are available and all facilities can be extended if necessary. Daily Worker Drive. Before The DAILY WORKER Lenig drive is completed there is yet time to give it a mighty push in Chicago. While the circulation during last sum- mer decreased, since November Ist there has been a constant increase, altho not nearly to the degree which should be the case. Nothing needs to be said about The DAILY WORKER as a weapon in the ass struggle. That is fully recogn- ized. The effectiveness of The DAILY WORKER as an organizer for the Lenin mass demonstration on January 24th was proven. Methods to be pursued to effectively extend the circulation have been made known to the party members and to all supporters of our daily, All that is needed to give a real finishing touch to the drive is the good will and real determination to put it over. That was the thing that made the Lenin me- morial meeting successful, Party Fractions. Actively functioning party fractions are the only basic guarantee for the ultimate building of the left wing movement within the trade unions. A strong left wing movement means the pursuit of militant policies by the unions and is the only guarantee that the leadership will actually give heed to the needs of the rank and file. Communists who pride themselves of being militants and show that they can put over real mass demonstrations will never fail to take care of their jduties in the trade union fractions. Nuclei should proceed immediately to |call comrades who are lax in such duties to order. A regular and com- plete checkup on functioning and -act- ivities of all nuclei members is the best guarantee for building of live units. Factory Propaganda. Our shop nuclei have not made quite an earnest beginning of concentration on shop propaganda, that is to take up the everyday problems of the work- ers in the shops, to give expression Workers (Communist) Party The Chicago Lenin Memorial and Our Tasks workers in the shops also need educa- to the needs of the wokers and present the proper solution, while at the same time connect these activities up with our general campaign, Factory papers have proven the most valuable me- dium in other countries. The begin- ning has hardly been made here. We now have the shop nuciei, we must take the next step to earnestly push «his work. Work Among Negro Workers. Several hundred Negro workers at- tended the Lenin memorial meeting which shows that thé’party is begin- ning to make connections with the colored race, It will"become easy to convince the Negro workers that the party is their real friend and proposes the correct methods of solution of the problem of any stibjéet race. How- ever, it still remafns’to be actually brought to their atterition. Our members méefé' Negro workers in the shops, some! of our nuclei are located in territoriés populated large- ly by Negro workers and we may rest succeed in bringifig °them nearer tc the revolutionary movement. But wha these methods. Party Campaigns. Our present party campaigns tion of Soviet Russia, international trade union unity, the building of the labor party based on trade unions, and That these measures are necessary needed to unite all those who agree in the struggle for their accomplishment. There is an opportunity everywhere in work shops and in unions to express slogans of these campaigns, We will easily strike a sympathetic cord every- where and it should immediately be utilized to establish d deffnite connec- tion, ae It should be recognized that these activities outlined are essential for the further building, and strengthening of the party. By making a practical com- bination of methods in the pursuance of these various tasks we will succeed in bringing the mo¥ement one step further and a combination of all our efforts and abilities Will in sum and substance become a real drive to con- solidate and stren; m the working class movement. By WILLIAM SIMONS, HIS week of Feb. 1 to 8 has been designated by District 8 of the Workers Party as Lenin educational | week. Not in the sense that education jin Leninism is to be confined to this week, for as a matter of fact, section meetings have been held and are be- ing held where a talk is given on “Lenin and Leninism” followed by dis- cussion. But it is in connection with] the Workers’ School of Chicago. The Lenin memorial meeting was |an inspiration to all clas sconscious | workers. Its significance and the light it sheds on the possibilities of future | party work has been covered in The | DAILY WORKER. The task of the | party was stated to be enrollment in- to its ranks of as many as possible of |the workers who were at that historic | meeting, who were close sympathizers, One of the best means to draw these sympathizers closer to the party and to an understanding of Leninism is the Workers’ School. Many of those who are not ready to join the party ternational president of the rotary | would be ready to join one or more of club. the classes. And since the classes are TTT TUT LLLLLLLLLLLLLL LC EELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLELLLLCLCC LLL TT AUTONOMOUS INDUSTRIAL COLONY Kuzbas Operating coal mines, a chemical farms in Kuznetzky Basin, Siberia Will Need for the Spring the Following Skilled Personnel: Master mechanics and toolmakers Expert repair and erection machinists Moulders and foundrymen Power house and boiler General construction foremen Russian speaking bricklayers and carpenters Mine foremen and firebos: Mine trafficmen and tim Mine machine runners Russian speaking material clerks, bookkeepers and stenographers Etc., etc. Three-year agreement with fare arrangements for the right kind of men. When writing give fullest information as to experience, names of past employers, etc, KUZBAS Room 402, 799 Broadway, New York, N. Y. plant, coke-ovens, a steel mill and house foremen bermen both ways, and special financial Lenin’s Educational Enrollment Week $$ ] not aloof from the class struggle, but are a continuation in theory of the practice of the daily struggle, they are a schooling a training ground for party membership. This week has been designated as Lenin’s educational enrollment week. It is a fitting sequel to the Lenin memorial meeting. The second term of the Workers’ School must be made as great a success as the Lenin memorial meeting. This can be done if the party membership gets behind it as earnestly as it did behind the monster Coliseum meeting. PARTY MEMBERS SHOULD ATTEND WORKERS’ SCHOOL To Start New Course in Communist Theory Albany Meeting Wednesday. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 1—A discus- sion led by Comrade Henricks on The Economic Origin of the United States Constitution and the Right of the supreme court to Invalidate Acts of Congress will be held at the La- bor Hall, 158 S. Pearl street, on Wed- nesday evening, Feb. 3, at 8 p. m. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT WILL COVER THE ZEIGLER | tee Chicago Business Men Try to Organize New Crew of Red Baiters Wwe (Continued from page 1) attempt to launch another “open shop” drive against orgailized labor, and, like every other attempt, the drive starts first against’ the left wing of the movement. One’ of fhe reporters from a well know# capitalist paper declared that he ‘was positive that Samuel M. Insulf street railway magnate, gas and électric monopolist, wife's name in electric lights in front of theatres where ancient wheezes are revived for the edification of the bourgeoisie, is back of the thing. All in all it looks as though a group of former government agents, now out of jobs, are trying to separate the gullible Chiicago babbitts from some of their cash, Among those active in creating the new red baiting organization and who were present at the pow-wow were John J. Mitchell, Jr.. banker, and heir to millions, who never worked a day in all his life; Charles Piez, president of the Illinois manufacturers’ associa- tion and one of the most notorious apostles of the scab shop in the United States; William B. Dawes, brother of the clownish vice president of the United States and president of the Chicago chamber of commerce. One Joseph B. Strpuss, described as a “bridge architeqw’ is president of the “American citizenship foundation” and young Mitchell is treasurer. The one sinistet feature thus far revealed is a conspiracy for a new attack on the foreign born workers by TRIAL BEGINNING TODAY The trail of thirteen of the twenty miners indicted for an al- leged attack on henchmen of Frank Farrington, president of the IIinols district of the United Mine Work- ers, at a union meeting in Zeig- ler opens today. The charges against the defendants are murder and conspiracy to mu Fifty witne) will take the stand for the defense to prove that the charges were the miners. The DAILY WORKER will have @ special correspondent at the trial to report the proceedings. The trial Is of great Importance to the whole labor movement since the prosecution is belng pushed by the state, the K. K. K. and the reac- tionary machine of Farrington In the miners’ union. Watch for the articles from our special corre- spondent. framed up against To wake Henry Dubb— Send in that sub! To wake Henry Dubb— Send in that sub} creating factory organisetion in order to single them out ‘find terrorize them so they will be ‘Afraid to join any sort of labor organization. We Laugtvat Them. As for their anti‘Bolshevik activity, w@ laugh at their twaddle, Grim and immutable economic laws operate to make conditions ever worse for all workers and our party, following a true Bolshevik course, will be able to reach and influence ever larger num- bers of workers who will realize that the only solution for their problems is the revolution, Their talk against us can do no harm, for they thereby atttact atten- tion to us, and when the workers be- gin thinking about Bolshevism they become Bolsheviks, for the simple reason that our facts can blast any manufactured fiction the patriots for profit try to instill into the minds of the working class. 2, 419,927 In lowa, DES MOINNES, Ia., Feb, 1.—lowa's population was officially certified as 2,419,927 by the state executive coun- cil when the absttact of the 1925 cen- sus was filed by'Lou F, Morgans, director, ¥ 4 assured that the methods which suc- ceded in bringing so many of them to the Coliseum mass meeting will alsc is needed is greater intensification of in- clude mainly the questions of recogni- protection of foreign-born workers, recognized by all militant and progres- sive workers, but greater efforts are spends money lavishly to keep his | ANTHRACITE MINERS HAVE | |BEEN BATTLING BOSSES FOR 5 MONTHS; HELP THEM The anhracite strike entered its sixth month Feb. 1. The miners’ lines still remain solid with John L. Lewis doing his best to find some method of giving Into the operators’ demands for a five-year agreement, compulsory arbitration, no wage in- hope of getting the miners to ac- cept it. During the course of the strike the miners have been forced to the conclusion that the policy of the progressive miners in the U. M. W. was correct in demanding the with- drawal .of the maintenance men. This Lewis refused to do in spite of the demand for this step by the general grievance committee, and local unions. The executive council of the A. F. of L. finally woke up to the fact that the labor movement as a whole must do something to aid the miners in their struggle by issuing a call for support to the miners last December. Outside of this the A. F. of L. officialdom has done noth- ing to aid the miners. Negotiatilons are to continue be- tween the union officialdom and the operators. Continual compromises on the question of arbitration have been made by‘Lewis only to be met with a storm of refusal by the miners. The operators are stand- ing firm for their demands which would lay the basis for the destruc- jon of the union in the anthracite gion. Lewis is between the devil ind the deep blue sea—wanting to ‘give in to the demands of the oper- ators and at the same time afraid of the effect on his own position if he comes out openly on the side of the operators. The miners are fight- ing the fight of the whole labor movement and must be supported to the limit by the working class. Lewis Proposal Is Betrayal of Strikers (Continued fiom page 1) tion. The board of conciliation shall dispose of the matter as promptly as possible after the receipt of the report of the fact finding commission. No Strikes—Lower Costs. 5. The board of conciliation shall also investigate and recommend “prac- tical methods for increasing efficiency and reducing the operating costs of !mines and recommend the most prac- tical manner for avoiding suspension jof miinng and for assuring the public of an uninterrupted supply of coal.” 6. In, each district a joint commis- |sion of one miner and one operator |with the conciliators from each dis- trict shall “endeavor in every prac- |tical way to strive for greater co-op- ‘eration, harmony and efficiency in the industry” and have the support of the operators, the district organization and international union of the miners in its work. Modified Checkoff. 7. In consideration of this co-op- eration the operators shall recognize “writen request of any mine work- |ers to assign a portion of his wages or earnings, for the purpose of con- ducting the administration affairs of the mine workers’ organization and paying the pro-rata share of the mine workers to the commission set up in this agreement and for the further purpose of carrying out the provisions of this agreement in general, said amount to be assigned and deducted not to exceed the sum of $14 per an- num.” 8. The board of conciliation shall proceed to equalize wages as agreed in 1923 and handle matters relating to conditions, etc. This proposal is a direct violation of the demands of the tri-district con- vention held prior to the strike. The convention demanded a ten percent increase, a short term agreement, and the checkoff. All of these proposals are sabotaged by the Lewis proposal. Arbitration Carefully Hidden, The proposal agrees to arbitration under carefully worded phrases. The present wages are to continue for two years, and then the recommendation of the fact finding commission will decide whether the miners should get a raise. Only a modified form of the checkoff is asked. The essence of the and six which would turn the. union into part of the operators’ machinery for increasing production and lower- ing production costs not only nation- ally but in each district. This agreement would betray the miners to the operators. But the op- erators are not satisfied. They de- mand even more from Lewis than this, They know that Lewis will not call out the maintenance men, nor call a general strike in the industry. Therefore they can stand pat know- ing that Lewis will finally give in to them. In this respect the Wall Street Journal states: “Whittling Down Demands.” “He (Lewis) is fighting to retain his job at any price. To do so he is probably whittling down his demands to the minimum of what he could claim as a victory.” The only hope that the miners have of forcing settlement that will protect their interests is to enforce their de- mands for the withdrawal of the maintenance men, to carry on nego- tiations openly thru delegates elected by the rank and file until demands formulated at the tri-dis conven- tion have been granted by the oper- ators, B ¢ 4 crease and no checkoff, with some, Proposal is contained in sections five WITH THE. Y CONDUCTED - BY TH By JOHN HARVEY. the correct basis, i. e. making the new units function. in thsi direction. the organization. Regular Sale of Young Worker at Shops. One of the things which should be nucleus and concentration groups is the question of selling the Young rying on its activities, The sale of the “Young Worker” is one of the easiest and at the same time one of our most important activities. The members of the nucleus should decide how many papers they will take and each comrade should take his share to sell o® distribute to the young workers in the shop. The concentration group should ap- point two or three comrades to go one day a week to the factory where they are trying to organize a nucleus, and sell the Young Worker there. Those comrades who are unable to get to the factory when the .young workers leave, should volunteer to go to certain union meetings at least one evening a week, and in this way every member of the groups will have a definite place to go at least once a week and try to sell our paper. Young Workers ELECTION CAMPAIGN OF THE YOUTH ‘ PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia—It is generally known that the Czecho-Slo- vakia won a great victory in the par- liamentary elections recently held. The Y. C. CzechoSlovakia actively participation in the election campaign of the Communist Party. In its spe- cial election call to the youth, it rais- ed the following demands which were followed by the names of the young workers: ri 1. For the legislation of the dis- solved Young Communist League. 2. Raising of wages and unem- ployment maintenance. 3. Maintenance of the 8-hour day and a 4-week vacation with pay for all young workers. 4. For the just demands of the sol- diers. 5. For complete suffrage of young workers in factory council elections. 6. For the Red United Front. 7. Against militarism, reaction and persecution. NEW MASS ARRESTS. BUCHAREST, Roumania—The Y. C. L, of Roumania instituted a manifesta- tion on the 8th anniversary of the October revolution with the result that in the Transylvanian districts masses of young workers were again arrested. They were subjected to tor- ture by the Sigurantza in an effort to extort from them confessions of the existence. of a Communist Youth or- ganization. Those arrested are kept for the present in the military. prison, In view of the ever intensifying persecution of the Communist Youth in Roumania, the B. C, and the B. F, of the Y. C, I. is conducting an in- ternational protest campaign against the bloody oligarchic Roumanian gov- ernment under the slogan: “Libera- tion of all arrested young workers.” 7 THE HORACEK CASE, CHICAGO—Atty, I, E. Ferguson ap- peared before Judge Thomas Prather of Meadville, Pennsylvania last week and argued in behalf of the appeal of Edward Horacek from his conviction on a charge of alleged violation of the Pennsylvania state sedition law. The judge has not yet rendered decision, Ferguson showed that the question involved in Horacek’s conviction was the legality of the Workers Party, a political organization that operated openly thruout the United States, If Horacek’s conviction is upheld it out- laws the Workers Party in the state of Pennsylvania, The International Labor Defense is defending the case. TRUMBULL TO TOUR FOR I. L. D. CHICAGO—It was announced at I. L, D, headquarters that Walter Trum- bull, who was convicted by military court martial in Hawaii with Paul Crouch for professing Communist views and applying for membership in a Communist organization, will start on a nation wide tour for the I. L, D. on his release from Alcatraz prison on February 5th, Trumbull will address meetings in California until the 22nd, He is due im’Chicago on 6th or 7th of March. FTER a League has organized on into shop nuclei and concentration groups, the first problem that the comrades have to meet in order to make the reor- ganization a success, is the problem of What are the first steps necessary They are not hard ones! They are the most elementary activities of the League which must be started in the new nuclei and concentration groups before they will become real units of taken up at the first meeting of every Worker at the shop where the mem- bers of the nucleus are working or where the concentration group is car- WODKEDS UNG WORKERS LEAGUE FIRST TASKS OF OUR NEW UNITS NO. 1—SALE OF “YOUNG WORKER. Agitating While They Sell. The comrades should not merely go in front of the factory gates and stand there like stone statues. Instead they should go up to the young workers as they come out of the shop and talk with them as they try to sell them a paper.. As the young workers see the comrades there regularly on the same day each week, they will become more friendly and it will be possible to get information from them about the shop, to get some young worker to write in to our “Life of the Young Workers” section, and when most suc- cessful to get names and connections for anucleus. Unless the comrades sell the Young Worker at their factory regularly eve- ry week without fail, more than half of the effects of their work will be wasted and they will only discredit the League in the eyes of the young work- ers. Selling the Young Worker at Unions. When comrades are appointed to sell the paper at the shop where the concentration group is carrying on its activities, those who do not volunteer to go to the shop should be assigned to certain unions where they will sell the Young Worker at least one night each wee. If those comrades who cannot be present at the factory when the workers leave, sell in the eve- ning at the union meetings, every member of the concentration group will be selling the paper at some definite place. In this way every com- rade will keep busy. The sale of the Young Worker is one of our most elementary forms of mass work and is one of the first activities that must be started by every League unit. Article No. 2 will deal with the educational Work of the Nuclei-and concentration groups. of Other Lands DISCHARGE OF YOUNG STRIKERS PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia — After the ending of the strike in the Bosko- vitz Iron Works (Moravia) 56 appren- tices were discharged for taking part in the strike, As the discharged ap- prentices tried to make complaints to the political factory administration they were told, “During the negotia- tions over the resumption of work the political factory administration and the employers’ association agreed that the management could discharge 56 apprentices. These apprentices had no business to strike but should have stayed on the job, they had no right to participate in political or trade union organizations. SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS. VIENNA, Austria—According to the | annual report of the Social-Democrat- te-Executive, dated July 30, 1925, the Social-Democratic Student Organiza- tion comprises 1,800 high school stu- dents and 800 intermediate students. The Social-Democratic gymnastic or- ganizations have 27,800 members and in addition 12,168 children gymnasts. The Friends of Nature (Katurfreunde) have 255 local groups, 80,000 mem- bers, There are 402 Workers’ Cycle Societies with 19,862 members. The Workers’ Football organizations have a membership of 40,000 to 50,000, BOURGEOIS YOUTH INSURANCE PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia — The Czecho-Slovakian sfate spends annu- ally on its army 1,935,402,500 crowns, for its gendarmerie, police and polit- ical authorities 568,694,390 crowns, while for youth protection altogether only 20,247,250 crowns are allotted. ONE OFFICER TO 22 GENDARMES For 11,024 gendarmes in Czecho- Slovakia there are 505 officers, They cost the state annually 221,086,870 crowns, Thus for every 22 gendarmes there is one officer. “Imperialism is the beginning of the socialist revolution.”"—Lenin. Pledge yourself against imperialism at the Lenin meetings, Lenin _Liebknecht Luxemburg By Max Shachtman. A pamphlet on the lives of the one most universal and two most heroic leaders of the working class. The only special booklet to be issued for the Lenin-Liebknecht meetings. Well written—attractively : bound—illustrated with three beautiful photos, Single Copy 15¢. Orders 10c, Published by the _ Young Workers (Commun. elt L agus of America 1113 W. Washington Bivd., CHICAGO, ILL, Bundle