The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 9, 1926, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Organization Meetings WORKERS’ SCHOOL OPENS CLASSES MONDAY NIGHT Students to Get Public Speaking Training The dates for the first session of the Chicago Workers’ School classes are: Monday, Feb, 8. Capital, Vol, I; Pioneer Leaders ‘Training Course Workers Journalism, Tuesday;. Feb. 9. National and Colonial Problems, Ele- ments of Communism (ist term); English (Tuesday and Friday): Wed- nesday, Feb. 10th. American Social and Labor History; Elements of Com- munism (2nd term); Aims and Pur- poses of the Y. W. L. Thursday, 11th. History of the 3 International Trade Union Organization and Tact Fri- day, 12th. Elements of Communism (2nd term) 6:15-8:15; Historical Ma- terialism 8:15-10:15; English (8 p. m.) Tuesday and Friday, Sunday, 14th. History of the International Revolu- tionary Youth; Research. Except where specifically mention- ed, classes start at 8 p, m. sharp at 19 S. Lincoln St. The Pioneer Train- ing, Research, and Workers Journal- fem, are to be held at 1113 W. Wash- ington Blvd.; and English at 2644 Le- Moyne St. One class is scheduled for Tuesday and Friday. Some can spare only one night a week; some are beginners, others advanced. Some want a class on the South Side. The solution to these questions depends on the num- ber of enrollments, All who want English should come to the first class sharply at 8 p. m. School Secretary Simons will be there, A class com- mitee will be elected, with the ‘right to consult the teacher on methods, The working class revolutionary movement is international, But how did it arrive at this stage? What dangers did it avoid? What was the betrayal by the Second International? What did the first International ac- complish? What did Bakunin do? These are among the questions to be discussed by Arne Swabeck, who knows the situation in the various countries and in the Communist Inter- national. Research. On Sunday, Feb. 14, the class in Re- search will begin. No one need be afraid that the class will require too much work. It will train comrades to get material necessary in carrying our pasty work. The class will be of direct assistance to the party cam- paigns in District 8. Each nucleus should be represented by at least one comrade, so as to tie up the research work with the actual work of the nucleus. National and Colonial Problems. The release of Trumbull in America, of Julio A. Mella in Cuba, the Philip- pine Commisison in Washington raise the entire question of the relation of the national and colonial problems to the revolutioonary movement. These will be considered in detail in the class with Manuel Gomez, secretary of the All-American Anti-Imperialist League. All workers who wish to consult the secretary of the Workers School should see William Simons at 19 8. Lincoln St., every evening, Feb. 8 to 12 inclusive, from 7 to 8 p.m. Regis- tration now going on at the same address. Lee TTL ced The Left Wing at Two Conventions DIST. NO. 8, CHICAGO, WILL HAVE Workers (Communist) Party Social Affairs Resolutions AGITPROP CONFERENCE FEB. 21 The work of a still in doubt as to their functions, ation and propaganda, under direction of Agitprop Com- mittees, is comparatively new to the party. Many of these commitees are The relation of Agitprop to the various phases of party work has scarcely been traced. A well planned conference on Agitprop work in the Chicago district would go a long way toward remedying this defect. An agitprop conference has been c tee for Sunday, February 21, beginning at 10 a. m. + and Organiza- six points: 1. Agitprop Work tion, 2. Agitprop and the paigns, 3, Agitprop in the Factories. 4. Propaganda and the School. 5. DAILY WORKER, Language Press, and Literature, 6, Agitprop and the Trade Unions. The reporter on each point will take 20 minutes for presentation, and ten additional minutes for summing up. Each point will be discussed from the floor in six speeches of five minutes each. The entire conference will con- sume six hours, After three hours, there will be an adjournment of one hour for lunch, Units Send Delegates. A letter from the district office is being sent to all nuclei, sub-section, and section committees, giving the agenda, and a series of questions under each point, so as to guide dis- cussion in party units. It is expected that each nucleus will send to the Dis- trict Agitprop Committee a written report on their recommendations .and experiences, before the conference, so as to permit the committee to study them, All members of Agitprop commit- tees of nuclei, subsection and section committees are invited to the confer- In order that the conference may extend its influence, representa- tives from cities in District 8, outside of Chicago, will be invited. The prep- aration for the conference will be thoro; the District. Agitprop commit- tee will come before it with definite proposals, The greater the prepara- tion by the nuclei, the more fruitful the conference will be. Wicks to Speak on World Court at the Northwest Hall, Feb. 25 Party Cam- Party A meeting on the Locarno pact and America’s entry into the world court is being arranged for the workers of Chicago by Section 6, Workers Party, Chicago. The recent vote in the Senate for America’s entry into the league of na- tions thru the back door of the world court, in spite of all the “Keep out of foreign affairs” talk, raises the ques- tion in the minds of the American workers as to why this seemingly sudden change of front. H. M. Wicks; noted Communist speaker and writer who has recently toured the eastern part of the coun- try on this subjeét and has written a series of articles on the Locarno pact for The DAILY WORKER, will-be the speaker of the evening. The meeting is to take place at Northwest Hall, corner North and Western avenues, Thursday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m. Admission will be 25 cents, with the printed card, 15 cents. An- nouncement of thé places where cards can be obtained will be made later. The I. L. G. W. U. Convention By Wm. F. Dunne. The Furriers’ Con- vention By Wm. Weinstone. Two features of the February LENIN MEMORIAL NUMBER OF The Workers Monthly $2.00 a Year ss TMU 25 Cents a Copy = 2 = = 2 : 2 z z = = a = $1.25 Six Months E = 6 leader, cerned | STATE 6 quer ali WHAT THEY Uberation from the yoke of near future,” A new edition in durefiex durable binding. and REVOLUTION By LENIN jon of the relation of a proletarian revolution to the State,” says our great Is an urgent need of the day, being con- with the elucidation for the masses of WILL HAY TO DO for their talism in the very Lenin explains this question simply and beautifully in this booklet which if now @ classic of Com- munist literature, 25 CENTS alled by District 8 executive commit- The agenda consists of NEW ENGLISH CLASSES TO OPEN AT NEW YORK SCHOOL IN NEXT WEEK NEW YORK, Feb. 7—New courses start this week in Elementary, In- termediate and Advanced English, also in Literature and Worker Cor- respondence, The fee for each three months, once-a-week course is $2.50, The schedule of English courses at the Workers’ School is as fol- lows: Monday nights—Elementary Eng- lish and Worker Correspondence. Tuesday nights — Intermediate English. Wednesday nights—Higher Ele- mentary English and Advanced Eng- lish, Thursday nights — Intermediate English. Friday nights—Modern Literature. The teachers are Sonia Waldey, Joseph Freeman, Sonia Ginsburg, Ella G. Wolfe, Eli Jacobson and Paulina Rogers. Additional classes on other nights will be started if registration warrants. If these nights are unsatisfactory for the courses you wish to study, come in and register anyhow and where necessary, the night of the. class will be changed to suit the needs of those who register. You can register any afternoon or evening of the next two weeks in Room 34 of the Workers’ School, 108 East 14th street. DISTRICT EIGHT ENROLLS 1790 IN PARTY UNITS Form 70 Shop and 54 Street Nuclei In District No. 8 Workers (Com- munist) Party, outside of the city oi Chicago, we have 44 shop nuclei or. ganized, with a total membership of 432. There are 14 street nuclei with a membership of 240. Thruout the entire district which comprises all of Illinois and parts of Indiana, Wiscon- sin, lowa and Missouri, there are 12 isolated language branches, that is, units of one branch in each city. These have a total membership of 117. These Tew isolated units have been instructed to transform them- selves into street nuclei and among other things, to begin to conduct their party work in English and draw in members who speak other languages, and so forth. The union metnbership, outside of the city of Chieago, has not been so accurately reported, since many of the units have difficulty in sending in such information, There are 20 miners’ shop nucleus units, with a total mem- bership of 217. These members of course belong to the United Mine Workers’ Union. There are 8 shop nuclei in steel mills, with a total mem- bership of 76. Two railroad nuclei, with 12 members, a shop nucleus in a foundry, one in a brass company, in an oil concern, machine manufac- turing, clothing workers, stockyards, and co-operative. Union afliliation among these is chiefly among the machinists and building trades work- ers, In the city of Chicago over 1,000 members are registered in 26 shop nuclei and 40 street nuclei. In the entire district, therefore there are 70 shop nuclei, with a total member- ship of 612, and 54 gtreet nuclei with a membership of 1060 and 12 isolated units with a membership of 117. A registered membership in the district shows 1,790 members, Tribesmen Submit Peace Terms, BEIRUT, Syria, Feb. 7~The Havas agency reports that Druse tribesmen aro offering the French imperialists opportunity to make peace. The Druses insist on having the mandated territory taken from the French, | | [DETROIT PARTY SCHOOL OFFERS FIVE GLASSES Thursday Night Chosen for Study DETROIT, Mich. Feb, 7—Enroll- ments for all the five classes that are to be given at the Detroit Workers Party School are urged at the earliest possible moment so as nof to interfere with the immediate progréss of all the classes. Thursday evening has been chosen as the most syitable for the giving of all classes @nf while this will limit individual ‘@ngollments — to but one class per term the fact that comrades are all engi in various Party activities is bartier to more than one evening a weék for class work. » The following classes on Thursday evenings*® ” The class in Trade Union Organiza- tion and Tactics will Hold its sesions in the House of the Masses with Wm. Reynolds as instructor. The class in Public Speaking will have Maurice Sugar as instructor and will be held in the Héuse of the Masses, The class in Workers’ Correspond- ents will meet in the House of the Masses and will have as its instructor Owen Stirling. The class in Party Policies and Campaigns will meet as occasion de- mands. This class will take up party resolutions and decisions as they, are issued by the central executive com- mittee, will make a thoro study of them for clarification and then its members will go before the nuclei to lead the discussion on resolution and decisions. All members of the D. B. C. will be enrolled in this class, and as many of the leading comrades of the shop and street nuéléi as possible. This class will have as its major func- tion the leading of the aliscussion on party policies and campaigns before nuclei and should prove of great value in all the party’s actiyities. As has been previously announced in The DAILY WORKER one subject has been set aside for Monday eve- ning, the Elements of Commufism, and t6 enable every party member to take this course a number of classes have been organized.~ Choose your class from the following) Section 1 and 4 in thp House of the Masses. Edgar Owens instructor. Section 2 in the Soi Slavic Hall. 1343 E. Ferry. Raduloff, instructor, Section 3 in Finnish, Hall, 5969~— 14th street. Mollenhauer, instructor. Section 5 and 6 in Grayling Hall, 376 Grayling Hamt. Schmies, in- structor. Comrades wishing to enroll in any of the above classes should register in the district office. Registration forms will be available at all shop and street nuclei meetings and at the dis- trict office. A nominal fee of $2.50 will be charged which Will be used to purchase reference books and to meet other small expenses \which will in- evitably arise. LOUIS HENDIN APPLIES FOR RE-ADMISSION; PARTY EXPELS MAYER RUDINSKY NEW YORK, Feb, 7.—Louis Hen- din, who had been previously ex- pelled from the party for attempt- ing to organize together with Salut- sky and others an organization against the party, has applied, to- gether with Louis Gross, for mem- bership in the party: They were requested by the cen- tral executive committee to reply to certain questions indicating their attitude toward the Party policy and party conduct. The questions and answers were submitted to the central executive committee, and Mt decided that these Were not satis- factory enough for reinstatement in the party. a In view of the fact; fowever, that they show a willingness to work with the party, the central executive committee has decided that for the period of one year they shall co- Operate with the pa under its in- structions, They not be rein. stated in the party yet. If, cur ing this year, they demonstrate that they can act in tl spirit of di ciplined members of the party, the central executive committee may re- consider their case, The district executive committee has acted upon this matter and has expressed its approval of the action of the central executive committe in delaying their reinstatement until their co-operation with the party In- dicates that they are fit for party membership. Hendin has indicated his acceptance of the central exe- cutive committee ruling. " a, Tes Mayer Rudinsky has been expelled from the Workers (Communist) Party on account of conduct unbe- coming a Communist in his local union. ill be held sags oe ar an eR UT MERE OOZES ME RC RENEE OREO NEW YORK WILL HAVE SECOND DAILY WORKER CONCERT ON FEB. 21 NEW YORK, Feb. 7—The Jubilee Concert of The DAILY WORKER last month was-such a success that The DAILY WORKER Builders’ Club of New York has arranged for a@ second concert to be given in the Yorkville Casino, on’ Sunday after- noon, February 21st at 2 o'clock. The same violinist, who entranced the audience at the first DAILY WORKER concert, Elfrieda Boss from Leningrad conservatory, will play again. -Edith Segel will dance. Leonore Rose, piano soloist, has consented to appear on the program. The principal speaker will be J. Louis Engdahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER, Admission will be fifty cents, Tickets on sale at DAILY WORKER New York agency, 108 East 14th Street. The DAILY WORKER banquet will be held at 6 p. m., right after this concert, jn another hall of the same building, Yorkville Casino, 86th Street and Third Avenue. WORKERS REFUSE TO JOIN STRIKE; CRIPPLE FIGHT Unionization Drive on at _ Silk Mill PATERSON, N. J., Feb. 7— Henry Doherty’s 500 broadsilk workers thot they could strike for the 44-hour week just as well without affiliateing with either of the two unions that were co-operating in the 44-hour fight, the Associated Silk Workers, independent and the United Textile Workers, Ame- rican Federation of Labor. The Do- herty workers formed a local asso- ciation instead of a union and struck alone, rejecting the support offered by the unions. The strike is over now. The work- ers are back on the boss’ compromise, a 47-hour week, or 10 minutes work a day less. “If they had accepted our support,” said the unions, “they would have won the 44-hour week by now or be striking, assisted by the relief we would have furnished them.” selected from out of town communi- ties. not wanted. They have never yet stuck with any strike. But the two anions will continue efforts-to win hem and literature in six languages, neluding Syrian, is being printed. For ill the Doherty open shop is unor- sanized the open shop has a big fo- al point in Paterson. Armed Troopers Defeat Lynchers’ Plan to ‘Get’ Hardy, Negro Worker |, SHREVEPORT, La. Feb. 7—At- tempts to break ‘into jail and lynch Joseph Hardy, a Negro workers, for the murder of a plantation owner, John 8S. Glover, failed. ers with guns in their hands kept the mob at bay while the trial of the Ne- gro worker took place. In his first trial at Coushatta, Hardy || showed that he killed the plantation owner in self-defense. The trial ‘ended with a divided jury. At this time one of the members of the mob, that was determined to “get” Hardy and lynch him, shouted “fire” and in the confusion attempts were made to take Hardy from the court-room. ‘This move was frustrated by the sher- iff, On the day preceding his second trial—which ended in a life sentence for Hardy—attempts were made by the lynchers to break into the jail and then lynch Hardy. This also ended in a divided jury—troop- ers with guns in hand guarded court-room, the Michigan Official of Labor Pays Tribute to “Open Shop” Ford (Continued trom page 1) these things but to bring strongly to your mind that what can happen in a plant like Ford's, who wants to do right by his employes, but has not got the time, how about the plants that are operated on the real absentee ownership plan.” Later in his speech Brother Collins who would like to smash the Detroit Federation of Labor open forum, prin- cipally because it is a forum—urged organization by discussing the con- tents of Samuel Butler's ‘Erewhon’ and the fine work done by Qe build- ing trades on the cathedrals in the fifteenth century, He sees the “crucible of your great industrial. plants” as a “psychological battle between machine versus man- kind,” His conclusion was an obscure quo- tation from the humor column of the Detroit Free press, 7 Tobacco Company Closes Doors. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb, Alston Tobacco company, ican concern, was forced loors when ‘it refused The Doherty workers are carefully Paterson men and women are|/ State troop-|| attempt |, failed and at the second trial—which || Cleveland Unites for Miners’ Relief (Continued from page 1) had called a conference, it was the| labor movement.” | duty of the Cleveland Workers’ Con- ference for Miners’ Relief to bring about unity of the two conferences, Call on Workmen’s Circle. A committee of the Cleveland work- ers’ conference called upon the con- ference called by the Workmen's Circle, and altho a few delegates had some fears that a united organization might not be able to function among the various nationalities, these fears were considered of no moment by the conference. Delegate Weisman de- clared that the two conferences must be united for otherwise it would mean a splitting up of forces. “But,” he stated, “we know that there are two sides represented here—our side and the other side. And we declare that if the other side try to’ use this cam- paign for their propaganda we. will not go along.” Comrade I. Amter, one of the dele- gates from the Cleveland workers’ conference to the Workmen's Circle conference, answered by stating that “the purpose of the conference called by the.Workers (Communist) Party is to raise relief for the. striking || miners. We know that the real strug- gle in the anthracite fields;has just begun. Negotiations between the coal operators and the miners have been broken off, If the coal companies suc- ceed in breaking the miners’ strike, then the open shoppers will fight all along the line. We intended by. pro- posing that our conference hold mass meetings, to bring the question of the miners strike clearly before the work- ers of Cleveland, so that they will see that if the coal miners’ strike is lost, the fight will begin against the entire United Rellef Organization. The question of uniting the two con- ferences thru the executive commit- tees, was then put and carried un- animously. About 35 organizations including Carpenters’ Local No. 1750 and four more branches of the Workmen's Circle, are now combined in the new organization, which will begin its work immediately. Mass meetings, collection of clothes, contribution liste and the holding of a tag day will be the activities of the combined relief conference. As the Cleveland work- ers’ conference for miners’ relief is the only organization of international composition, the work of raising relief among the, different nationalities out- side of the Jewish, will fall exclusive- ly upon the organizations originally affiliated to its conference. MEET ME AT THE Manhattan Lyceum CAFETERIA 66—68 E. 4th St., New York, N. ¥. A Labor’s Eating Place That Deserves Your Patronage. Under the Ownership and Manage- ment of the Ukrainian Labor Home, In., a Co-operative Labor Organization Best Quality Food Served. 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