The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 20, 1926, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Organization Meetings 'Workers (Communist) Party Join the Trade Unions! By M. CHILOFSKY. The trade unions organized by the working class to battle for the imme-| diate needs of the workers, such a higher wages, better working condi- tions, etc., are by their very nature organs of the class struggle. Today in the U. as well as in many other countries the unions are| Our party has adopted certain polt- cies. Unless these policies are given |application they are worth nothing. To give life to our party policies and slo- gans we must bring them to the mass- les, by agitation, propaganda, and by Jour deeds show to the working mass- les that we are the party of the pro- letariat. Nearly all of our party policies in By J. Ss. Our members many times have been asked by the party to join the trade unions, It is also true that many lectures were given and many articles written on that subject in an effort to get our members to understand the significance of the trade union work and the opportunity this work gives to our party for carrying on Commun- Fractions in the 1. A. of M. including a better leadership. In the I, A. of M. for the last year and a half, we can show some gains. Yet we have not connected ourselves sufficiently ideologically with that broad movement, which must be set into motion. However, our fractions and party can learn from its past mis- takes in the Machinists’ Union and not repeat them in the-future. Social Affairs Resolutions dominated by a group of reactionary|one form or another are directly con- bureaucrats, who instead of leading |nected up with our trade union work. the trade union movement in the| Can you think of a labor party, with- struggle against capitalism, are on the /out as a basis the industrial organ- ist propaganda, bring about the desired result. The last plenum session of the BE. C. of our party established that Still, all this did not Our fractions must hold regular meetings in order that our members may take up the very life of the or- se ganization, discuss it from every angle contrary turning the unions into ap- pendages of imperialism. We saw the great example in the last world war and we see it today as it expresses itself in the American Federation of Labor's attitude towards Soviet Rus- sia. These reactionary ieaders are day by day developing new forms of class collaboration—the B. & O, plan, the Hillman-Nash agreement, compromis- ed company unions, etc. These plans destroy the purpose of the trade un- ions and destroy their class charac- ter. The Communists must get into the unions and turn them into revolu- tionary organs of the class struggle. There is no Communist Party today. who doubts the necessity of work within the trade unions or whether the trade unions are necessary for the revolution, and after the revolu- tion, Comrade Lenin showed this ne- cessity: “Without maintaining this close contact with the trade unions, with- out their active support, without their self sacrifice and work not only in industries and economic reconstruc- tion, but upon the military field it would be impossible to realize the pro- letarian dictatorship or to govern the country, not only two and one-half} Comrades, become better Commun- ists, Communists of the masses, Com- years, but for two and one-half months.” By being in the trade unions you are in contact with thousands of or- ganized workers, who are ready to listen to you, who are otherwise mis- led by the reactionaries. ized proletariat? aither can you se- |parate the work among the Negroes from the trade unions. Class’ colla- the biggest issue in the boration, American labor movement directly af- }fects the ttade unions. You cannot |fight class collaboration unless you are inside the unions. | This holds good for all our policies, |whether it be a question of labor de- |fense, unemployment, injunctions, etc. The unity of the labor movement is an immediate necessity for the working class. Craft divisions, juris- dictional disputes, separation of the skilled from the unskilled by the re- fusal of the reactionary labor offi- ize the unorganized exist now. An jexample is the refusal to organize the | Detroit automobile workers. All of |these things weaken the labor move- ment. The party is carrying,on an inten- |sive drive to get the party member- \ship to join the union. If you do not belong to a union already, attend \these party meetings to” orgaifize the unorganized—join up! Become {member of your party fraction. Join the T. U. |help to build and broaden the wing in the American |ment. E. L. and left munists who give life to our policies. Join Your Union! |duty as Bolsheviks. Bring the mass: (Communist). Party of America, Red Revel to Be Held on Saturday, Feb. 27 One looked like an angel fair; The other like the devil; But hpth together hopped a car— With tickets for the great Revel! —From the Red Revel Anthology. ree aa Red Rumors are already flying thick and fast concerning this year’s Red Revel. As is known by all the old inhabitants of this windy town, the Revel has been an institution which} has religiously been attended for the past three years by all intelligent and Toledo Debate Resolved: That Atheism Is the Road to Economic Emancipa- tion of the Workers. Karl E. Pauli Alix Schwarzenfeld Saturday, February 20, 8 P.M. 716 Jeffersor™Avenue, wise workers and intellectuals. multi-colored costumes, the languor-: and the prizes which have been hand. made the with a capital I. remind you: at Marshfield and Van Buren, on Sat sharp. in gate. You shouldn't forget to come’in cos ushers will allow you to enter even i scores of dollars. . And don’t forget ing to lend you his. cents) buy your tickets in advance cents). FOREIGN-BORN By In these days when the question of the Alien Registra- tion Law is threatening to further enslave American Labor— This little pamphlet assumes increasing importance. It is a most valuable little booklet containing facts— essential to intelligent understanding of this question. The Daily Worker Publishing Co. 1113 W. Washington Chicago, Ill. ON with Valuable Prizes for most original costumes. $1.00 Worker. FRIDAY, FEB, 19 admission includes wardrobe and a free sub to The Daily AMERICAN WORKERS Clarissa S. Ware. ,) Cents Blvd., — A MASQUERADE — DAILY WORKER BALL a trade union labor move- Into the unions and execute your es closer to their party, the Workers The ous and lively music, the bonhommie (which is French for goodfellowship) ed from the stage by the judges have Red Revel an Institution Now for the benefit of those who do not yet know where it is going to take place and on what night, we Temple Hall, which’ is urday, February 27, and the strains of music will crash thru the hall at 8:30 Tickets, they are fifty cents advance, and two bits more at the tume and mask—altho fhe generous you don’t—so that you can enter into the grand march for a prize—the sum total of which will run up into the to bring your best girl—for everyone will be too busy having fun and danc- And a final tip: If you. want to save two bits (i. e., and to-wit, twenty-five only four bits (that is to say, fifty the trade union work is a problem which concerns the party as a whole. | The result of this is a campaign by | our party to bring all the qualified! members into the trade unions, | The Aim of our Party in the Trade Unions. The party’s work in the trade un-| ions has as its-aim the winning over j of the working masses organized in| the unions for the revolutionary strug- gle against the eapitalist class and! the capitalist state, that is, for the proletarian revolution. Now that we are conscious of our aim, we must next formylate cor- rect policies and tactics. In order to be able to do. that we must look} back into the history of our work and} the results obtained therefrom. We know that the International Associa- tion of Machinists has in certain} branches of its work a militant, fight-| ing record. The I. A. of M. also went on record for many progressive measures, for instance, for amalgamation and the) recognition of Soviet Russia. Many locals thraout the organization ex-| pressed themselves as in favor of in-| dependent political action and for a labor party. The overwhelming ma- jority of the membership are looking for something new, something better, | of its work, so as to enable us to work out a program appliéable to the immediate burning issues. We must intensify our campaigns for: Amalgamation; organize the unor- ganized; the slogan for a labor party; world trade union unity; defense of Soviet Russia; against jthe B. & O. class collaboration plan, ete, Of course, all of these ‘slogans are empty phrases as long, as they re- main only on paper. Our fraction must take the initiative: in making these slogans live issues.in the organ- ization everywhere. We must continu- ously bring them up on. the floor at the meetings, speak to our fellow un- ion members about them, gain their confidence, organize those who are op- posed to the present reactionary lead- ership into a left wing,block. This would mean a big step forward in de- veloping the I. A. of Mj,into a real militant fighting organization in the class struggle. i Our Members Must Join the Trade Unions. The hundreds of members of our party who are qualified to join the Machinists’ Union wojld certainly strengthen our fraction{, which now are numerically ‘weak, Itlis their Com- munist duty to becomd members of the union and help cirry out the party policy. | Party Nuclei Organized in Many of the Largest New Jersey Factories Passaic, Paterson, Cliffside, Union City and Elizabeth, Néw Jersey are now completely reorganized on the basis of shop and street nuclei. The only important. city of New Jersey where reorganization has not yet been completed is Newark, This will be done in a few days. New Jersey which is part of District 2 has some of the most important in- dustrial plants of the country in the metal and textile industry. Also auto- mobile and railroad shops are an im- portant factor in the industrial life of New Jersey. The nuclej organized thus far in- clude the following plants: In a ma- chine company employing 6,000 work- ers, 18 are members; In a Motors plant, employing 1,500 workers, 5 are members; In a printing machine plant employing 800 workers, 4 are mem- bers; In a wire plant, employing 500 workers, 3 are members, In addition there are other nuclei formed in many industries and a great number of comrades work in the shops in such important plants as the Standard Oil, ©. railroad of New Jer- sey, etc. f t $e Boston Worker? School Opens Sessions March 7 BOSTON, Mass., Feb.\18—Workers of Boston and vicinity ill have an opportunity of studying|various sub- jects that will equip thlm for effici- ent Communist work, wlen the Work- ers’ School of this cif begins its courses on Sunday, Math 7. Regis- tration is now proceedhg at party headquarters, 113 Dudly street and thru the various agitprq@ directors of he units thruout the digrict. These courses are being plannd by the agit- prop department of th district in harmony with the generg plan of bol- shevization and the raisin} of the theo- retical level of the party,\ bership in this district. Every edmtade will be expected to attend one o}more of the courses given and ig, exjected to see to it that he is equipped with the compulsory minimum set by{he party in the Politminimum Cotrs The class which is expectd to draw in a large enrollment is‘thepourse in English, on account of the arge per- centage of foreign comradesh the dis- trict. This will fiet the folign com- rales to take their prope! All those not organized into shop nuclej are organized into international branches. The big job before the party now is to make each one of these nuclei an active shop nuclei. In order to insure this the district executive committee has decided to send in a sub-district organizer into New Jersey to devote his time to the building up of the party in New Jersey and during the Passaic Textile strike, to pay special attention to the recruiting of new members into the party from among the strikers. This mill making up one half of the strikers has a nucleus which will make a special campaign to enroll new members into the party. That there is a tremendous field of work and that the workers are in a militant spirit can be seen from the | fact that in a motor company a nuc }leus has been organized only twe weeks ago, 2 new members have been recruited and 5 six month subs to The DAILY WORKER were obtained. This nucleus is now preparing a bulletin to be published by the nucleus and distributed among the workers of the plant. it a book on Communism! ————— at Mercantile Hall, Broad and Master Streets The biggest, gayest, jolliest event of the year— Are you going to give? Make all party members, the economics of capit course takes up the varioi theory to the present t party, Imperialism: a study ©} in its highest stage, -will b advanced pupils, showing that have taken place in t! cial order since the begin 20th century. It will als¢show the place of the American Inpire in world economics and polit. A course in Leninism 'w} be given for those who are alréad{grounded in the fundamentals of munism, and who wish to master ththeory of our movement in its presq stage. Functionaries of the rty are wged to take the course | Methods of Work in Shop Nuclei; | class of vital importance to all alvé party workers who wish to train emselves tor leadership under the paent form of organization. This eour| Will take ’p in detail how to make o work ef- given for P changes | world so- g of the} GITLOW WILL SPEAK SUNDAY AT N.Y. FORUM Workers’ School Meets Great Success « (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Feb, 18 — Benjamin Gitlow will speak on “Trustification and new Unionism” at the Workers’ School Forum at 108 E, 14th St. this Sunday night at 8 o'clock. billion “dollar bread trusts, the inva- sion of the merger fever into the ‘field of ice cream, “home madé pies,” milk, cut flowers—in short, of every field of that the old forms of fighting the boss are no longer adequate and that either new methods must develop or a system of incredible industrial servi- tude prevail. What new methods should develop and what signs that they are already developing are ‘ob: servable will form the theme of Git- low's talk. Forum Attracts Crowds. This lecture is the fourth in the series inaugurated at the Workers’ School Central Forum on Sunday evenings, Last Sunday night, in spite of a heavy rainstorm, the forum was crowded to the doors. when Bertram D. Wolfe, director of the Workers’ School, spoke on the topic, “Whither America.” The forum is only three weeks old and yet already an estab- lished institution, and the “Sunday night forum habit” is growing among the downtown workers and, in fact, workers come from all sections of the city to attend. The week after Gitlow’s lecture, William W. Weinstone, general sec- retary of District 2 of the Workers (Communist) Party, will speak on the “Red, Black and Yellow Internation- als.” On March 6, as an. “extra,” the forum has organized a talk by. M. J. Olgin on “The Living Revolution,” the study of the reflection of the Russian revolution in Russian literature, at Manhattan Lyceum at 8 p. m. On Sun- day night, March 7, Robt. Dunn will talk on “Company Unionism and the Labor-Spy,” at the Workers’ School, 108 BE. 14th St. Bronx Forum Will Hear Bread Trust Talk NEW YORK, Feb. 18—The Bronx Workers’ Forum is holding its usual Sunday evening lectures and discus- sions at 1347 Boston Road. On Sun- day, February 21, at 8 p. m., a very in- teresting and timely topic is sched- uled. The great bread trust (the Wari Baking Co. merger) is of vital interest and importance to every worker and his family. What. does monopoly of production and sale of our food supply by the Ward bread trust and a few other monstrous com- bines like the Armour trust, which controls over 50% of meat production and almost the same percentage of wholesale-groceries and dairy pro- ducts, mean? It means that the work- | | | | | | opolies ask for the necessaries of life or_bé without, and there are many who are without for this reason. The story of the bread trust and the whole question, therefore, of the ownership of the necessaries of life by a few big capitalist combines will be discussed at 1347 Boston Road on Feb. 21, by two members of the Amal- gamated Food Workers, who are work- ers in the Industry and students of the problems of the industry. They are Dennis Gitz and A. Rosenberger. District 3 Circuit School Opens in Gary 8 Workers’ (Communist) Party. Cir- cuit School opened in Gary with Williams Simons, secretary of the Chicago Workers’ School teaching the Elements of Communism. ‘ective in the shops and/ft6ries of his country, and willigij illustra- tions of nuclei work from jperiences n this and other coumt If there is sufficient d@nd there vill also be a course ii (de union- sm to train comrades forprk in the ‘abor movement. The mogmportant oroblems on the industrf field will ve taken up in detail “agfully dis- cussed, The classes will be s@upporting, a nominal fee being chagl to cover expenses, Courses will @ be given in various cities thruoufe district where registration wants. Ap- plicants should register! once, in order to insure admign to the classes. Send in that sul Telephone Lehigh 6022 DR. ABRAHAM NRKOFF Surgeon De 249 East 115th St., Corfcond Ave, NEW YORK Office Hour Daily, except to W. Members An unusual amount of interest is displayed in this class and one mem- ber of the Junior group in Hammond insists upon having his father bring him to these classes every Monday night. The next class will be held Monday night at 215 West Bighteenth street. MOVIES OF RUSS COLONY WILL BE SHOWN HERE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Moving pictures of the Russian colony will be shown together with the famous Russian comedy “The Miracle of Soldier Ivan,” Sunday, Feb. 21, at Wash's Hall, cor, Mil- waukee and Noble St., at the per- formance concert and dance given by th deration of Russian Chil- dren's Schools of Chicago and vicini- ty. The pictures of the colony were taken this summer at the picnic of the federation, where all Russian la- bor organizations were represented, Beginning at 4 p.m. Tickets in advance 50c., at the door 60c, WITH THE Y CONDUCTED - BY Thi WORKERS ING WORKERS LEAGUE THE MEANING OF OUR DEMAND FOR MORE SANITARY CONDITIONS IN PASSAIC TEXTILE STRIKE By MIKE ELASIK, Young Textile Striker, PASSAIC, N, J.—Many thousands of young and old workers went on strike in the textile industries here in Passaic and the bosses seem not to In view of the formation of two modern life it is becoming obvious ers must pay any price these mon- Anyhow, I'll be very generous about Worker Column, Well, in the first place they tho Boss Winker Police eut t simp! Passaic. man ward and back. Seven workers, including children, women and men, take care of two machines, consisting of four sidetend- ers, each taking care of three hundred and fifty bobbins,-and two spool girls or boys, ranging from fourteen to six- teen years of age, each taking care of the seven hundred. spools, and a spinner which takes care of the motor and regulations of the machines. As being the spinner, the side tenders and spoolers are under his control in a way, besides two foremen and some other work-pushers, The wages of these workers average from $9 to $34 per week of 48 hours. All piece .work. The spool- ers earn from $9 to $14 per week, the side tenders earn for $16 to $19 per week, and the spinners who regulate the’ machines are the highest paid of the conditions here are commonly known as rotten, department. There the machine is run in an up and down motion, that is for- know why or for what reasons we struck, Well, that’s what they all say. it and tell them why thru the Young ught they would get away with it by donating to the workers a ten per cent wage © their already starvation wages. They ly cut them down to a stage where the workers just couldn't stand for it any longer, so a strike was the result. The second reason: The bosses just heaved the speed-up system on the workers by say- ing it is a rush order, or by making one do two men’s work. Third, because I work in the spinning +—. $$ Now to spéak of the sanitary con- ditions, I want to say that there’s not even a leak $f ventilation in the spin- ning rooms and there’s damp, moist artificial air which they try to make the workers believe is healthy, which. is nothing but a draft. There are also dampers from which steam continually pours out thruout the day. and believe me, you can’t work in there with a top shirt without com- ing home soaked with sweat. The floor is so thick with filth and oll that the room fled with bad odor is such that a dog won’t even walk thru for fear he might smother to death, and yet the bosses wonder why the tex- tile workers went on strike, The above facts will prove how miserable the conditions of workers all, they earn from $32 to $34 per week, And they slave for it too, are in the mills here in Passaic, We will fight until we win. . Parents! Send your children to the Young Pioneers of America. Do not send them to thé Boy or Girl Scouts of America. In these organizations they teach the children to go to war when they grow up and kill their fel- low workers. The capitalists let the children have good camps so they can poison a child’s mind quicker. The capitalists tell the children to be good citizens and to fight for their country (the bosses). The children work hard at the Boy Scout camps. We are not doing all this in the Young Pioneers. We don’t teach. them to go to war, or anything like that. The Pioneers learn about the condi- tions of the working class in America, how it is in Russia, and we try to organize a good and strong Junior section, The Pioneers go camping; they AN APPEAL BY PIONEER SECRETARY TO GROUP LEADERS AND PARENTS Scouts, but we learn something worth while. So, parents, I am telling you again to please send your children to the Young Pioneers of America. To group leaders: See that the Pioneers in your group are active in their struggle in the schools, against the Boy Scouts and against religious education in the schools. The teachers in schools know that most of the chil- dren in the United States go to school, many of these children do not go to church, so they are making a religious education in schools. They ask the children if they want to go, and if you don’t want to they even ask us why we don’t. Then they tell the rest of the class not to be friends with us. Make a special campaign against this idea of teaching religious dope to the children. Paul A. Bucha, Age 12, don’t have to work hard like the Boy Glessport I. L. D. and Young Workers League Dance Saturday, Mar. 6 GLASSPORT, Pa., Feb. 18 — The ‘nternational Labor Defense and the Young Workers (Communist) League will hold a dance March 6, on Vernon GARY, Ind., Feb. 18—The District] aye, between 9th and 10th St, Dancing starts at 7 p, m, The Croatian Or- chestra Tamburica will play for the tance, There also be good speakers on the program. EAST OHIO CONFERENCE AFFAIR IN CLEVELAND. CLEVELAND, Ohio.—The Jewish branch of the Young Workers (Com- munist) League has arranged a bas- ket party and entertainment for the young workers’ conference of eastern Ohio. An interesting program con- sisting of musical and vocal solos, story telling, dancing and other features, has been arranged. The par- ty will be given Sunday, February 21, at 5 p. m. at 5311 Woodland avenue. Admission free, PUSH YOUNG WORKER BIRTHDAY PARTIES The center point of this issue will be the Passaic textile strike, The New York D, E. C. is giving minute direction to the work among the young strikers. The Eastern Ohio young workers’ conference scheduled for Feb, 26 in Bellaire will also be featur- ed. The organizers in the fleld report progress, any other important features, special articles and sections will appear. The next issue also marks the second retreat of our official or- Sec’y-Treas. Hammond Pioneer Group. gan. Watch for it. This is a hint that the work for the organization of Fourth Birthday Save the Young Worker affairs must be pushed more energetically than ever. March 7 is the date set for these affairs. At your next. meeting there should appear on the agenda: (1) The Young Worker Birthday Affairs. (2) The Young Worker Sub Drive. (3) Young Worker Correspondents, Come Ahead Into the Young Workers League 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 15c. Bundle Orders 10c. Published by the Young Workers (Commun- ~ist) League of America 1113 W. Washington Bivd., CHICAGO, ILL.