The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 27, 1926, Page 4

Page Four Organization Meetings Workers (Communist) Party! THE DAILY WORKER Social Affairs Resolutions Mass Activity in th By J. B. WIRKKULA |Communist Party, especially in the Especially in the third and fourth | younger parties like the American congresses of the Communist Interna-| party is, to “iron out” differences in tional great stress was laid on thejorder to come to a real unanimous problem of how to get nearer to the|bolshevik conclusion. At times this great masses of workers, organized | process takes considerably longer and and unorganized. That is, how to get|is more streneous than expected, but the workers to understand more /jat all times the party comes out of plainly the vital importance for them |them more clearer ideologically and to organize and fight for their inter-|therefore stronger. That means a ests as a class along the lines of aja great deal. Such is the process of revolutionary workers’ movement.|bolshevizing a y. In order to} Especial emphasis was laid on the /achieve this it is a vital necessity to problem of getting near to the work ers organized in economical organiza- | 18s and criticise, Must Join Labor Unions, tions, i, e. the trade unions, etc. Now that we consider our party po- The C. I. adopted the slogan: a united party with a uniform “Back to the masses,” which was| general political line, we must rénew heralded with approval by the Com-/the activities outside of the party a munist parties of all countries, in|hundred fold. This is possible with America as well as elsewhere. The | the additional knowledge and training Workers (Communist) Pa three of its last national convent has made definite decisions in support of united front tactics with workers’ or- ganizations against the bourgeoisie. the party now has. It can more eas- ily and clearly manipulate the diffi: cult problems confronting it. We must renew the labor party campaign, we must energetically carry out the ions These decisions have not beenjother campaigns conducted by the mere “paper” decisions either. Thejparty. These campaigns can now be party has done consid mass |looked to as greater successes than work by the application of this|in the past because of the new de- method thru the ag n and propa-| velopment in’ the capitalist controlled ganda for a labor party, struggle|countries. Again capitalism is be- against white terror in- Europe, sup-|ginning to disintegrate. The party port of Soviet Russia, aiding the|must take advantage of this situa- Russian famine sufferers during the|tion from the beginning. In order great famine and co derabie num-|to do this the party members, in the ber of other campa The result |first place, must join the labor uni- of these campaigns has been that the | ons, because, as it is said in the thes- party has become quite popular/es of the C. I. that the “trade unions mong the workers in the short peri-|are the reservoir of the majority of od of its existence |the socially decisive part of the pro- “To the Masses.” | letariat.” The time is here again to unite the] Now, what does this really mean? forces of the party to carry out the|{t means that the revolution cannot duties of the party in this field) be a success without the workers or- of activity. Some comrades have| ganized in the unions participating in probably forgotten that such is a poli-|it in a real revolutionary spirit and ey of a Communist party always. | understanding. It befalls upon the They have to some extent become in-| members of the party to. influence the stilied in their minds that because} unions in this respect. This ought to “we are a part ofthe masses, why the|be obvious enough to convince afi big noise again about going to the|doubtfyl comrade-of the vital necessi. masses, aren’t we there already?”|ty of joining and belonging to a labor This must be answered very definite-| union and being active in them to the ly and decisively with facts. It must| best of his or her ability. be made clear that some of our com-| Ultra-Left “Purity.” rades really are there in the Com- The tendency that. prevails among munist sense, but it is the task of the/some comrades, which can very cor- party to pull all the comrades who! rectly be defined as Kautskyan “puri- are in any way possible to be pulled|ty,” must be combatted. This tenden- into this fleld of work. The duty of | cy, as a rule, manifests itself in ultra- a Communist or a Communist party | left phrases and ideology. Comrades, is not merely to be a part of a move-| inflicted with it argue that the union ment or an organization. come the influential and guiding lead- | actionary that it is impossible for --r~-gf-the movement with the object|him to belong to it, less to become emancipating the workers from the |active in it. Others argue thet to 7 Age slavery that néw exist. |build up or to assist in building’ up “It must be remembered that the/the reactionary unions is folly to a but to be-|he would be eligible to join is so re-} party has gone thru a period of se vere self-criticism and discussion dur-| img the past two years. Consequently it has not probably been able to ex- ert as much of its influence outside eal revolutionist. “Let the old uni- onus be busted up by the bosses and then we will build up real good ones in place,” they say. To.these com- rades it must be shown that that is pure and simple Kautskyism and has the ranks of the party as could have been done had “normal” conditions | nothing in common with bolshevism. prevailed within it. However, we|Of course Communists do not say should not regard the past inner par-|that in instances where the treachéry ty struggles as a bad feature, but to|of the reactionary leaders~has 80 dis- the contrary. It is necessary in a'couraged the membership that the RED REVEL SATURD TEMPLE HALL 50c in Advance 75c at Door e Unions! members quit the union cold in mass- es 80 great that the “leaders” become “commanders without armies” that it is not advisable in such instances to build new and better ones in place. But Communists, however, do insist that the labor unions are, if not the heart then very close to it at least, of the working class movement and, therefore, the leadership Should be Jconsidered as the mirror of the stan- |dard of development of the member- |ship. Our policy must and is to or- ganize the party members who aré| not as yet members of the unions in- to them with the purpose of revolu- tionizing the unions in order to make it possible for them to do away with tle treacherous leadership instead of | the treacherous leaders doing away | with the members of the unions, It is further the duty of our party mem- bers to organize the non-party unor- ganized workers into the unions, | thereby making the unions real in- struments for the workers. for the | fight against the bos and ultimate- | ly to do away with the boss or capi- talist controlled state power. To strengthen the revolutionary movement the workers must organize economically as well as_ politically, probably economically even to a greater degree, numerically speaking. We must do away with all Kautsky- an “purity,” which only means a lot of lip service, but no real revolution- ary action. It’s better to_“dirty your shirt” at times and do things than to stand pat on the “purity” principle in |fear of making a mistake and not do- ling a thing in action. For, after all, jaction is what counts the most. Er- rors, if committed, can be corrected. The big error of not doing a thing in| fear of making an error, however, | {cannot be corrected in any other way than to begin doing things. The Comintern and Profintern are jasking every party member to| become a member of a union if at all }possible. You cannot be a full| | fledged member of a Communist par- jty without also being a member of j@ union you are eligible to belong. | Every party meniber eligible to be- | jlong to a union must become a mem-| |ber of the union during the “into the unions” campaign! Brooklyn Section 11 | Holds Get Acquainted Party Saturday Night BROOKLYN, N, Y., Feb. 25 —~ Sec- tion 11—sub-section B (Bath Beath, Brooklyn) will hold a Get Acquainted Party, Saturday evening, Feb. 27, at 8 o'clock at 1940 Benson Ave, Brook- lyn, N. Y. Comrades and friends are asked to come and help make this affair a suc- cess, An excellent program has been arranged and a good time is assured to all. E Get your tickets now for the Inter- national concert of the T. U. E. Ly Sat., March 13, at 8th St. Theater. AY MARSHFIELD AND VAN BUREN STREET sire. | The student should at Teast have read “Value, Price and® Profit” and ENROLL NOW FOR ADVANCED CLASS IN ECONOMICS INew York School Opens | Much-Needed Class | | NEW YORK, Feb. 25—A course in ) “Advanced Marxian Economics” is of! fered at the Workers’ School, 108 .E. | 14th street, to selected students only.| The instructor, Jacob Mindel, will give a brief examination to all those who |register, on the opening night ‘of the }course and those who are: not quali- fied, will hate their fees: retirned or} pplied to other subjects: as they de-| “Wage Labor and Capital’-by Marx; | or have taken a previotis) course in Elementary Marxian Economics; or done some equivalent study. The ex-| amination will consist of definitions or elementary economic terms such as value, price, commodity,’ capitdl, sur-, plus value. | The students of the! Workers’| School, including even many of those who are taking the Party Training | Course, have been found to be very weak in the matter of? ‘economics. | Owing to the conditions under which they have developed politically, they are well acquainted with the works of Lenin and very badly with the works of Marx. Yet Marxism teaches us that economies is the key to all of the social sicences because the economic structure of society is the foundation on which all of the social superstruc- ture rests, Any understanding of poli- ties, tactics, etc., must necessarily be defective unless there is a basic knowledge of economics on which to} build. Therefore, the school consid- ers this course of fundamental impor- | tance and will make a special effort to get students who are registering for | other advanced courses tojalso regis- ter for the Advanced Wxian Eco- nomics* course. Partie’ ly those students who are taking Wednes- | day night Party Training) Gourse and | who have shown that theif knowledge | of Marxian economics iss fery defec-| tive, will be obliged to}!take this | course if they wish to cotfteus in the Party Training Course, ay Register at once, for thé Advanced Marxian Economics’ clasgfo be given on Thursday nights at 9 pam. so that you can be present at thi session for examination this ‘Thigfsday. It will be difficult to enter info the class at a later date. N INCREASES ACTIVITY OF FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS NEW YORK, Feb. 25—There were comrades in our midst who believed that with the reorganization of the Party on the basis of shop and street nuclei, work among foreign speak- ing workers of the country would suffer, that it would diminish. To- day everyone can see that exactly the opposite has occurred, Not only has the work not suffered, but on the contrary the party thru its frac- ‘BUILD DAILY! SLOGAN OF THE N.Y. BUILDERS Plan for Future at Big) Concert and Banquet (Continhed from page 1.) from Philadelphia, Lena Rosenberg, | Anna Litvaekoff and N. Beark The out-of-town Builders had to do age tional work in order to win the honor of coming to New York and partici- pating in the celebration. Previous to the banquet, an enthus- jastic gathering had attended The DAILY WORKER Builders’ Concert. In addition to addresses by J. Louis Engdahl, editor of ‘The DAILY WORKER, Moissaye J. Olgin, of The Freiheit, the Jewish Communist Daily, and Abraham Markoff, there was an | interesting program made up of the following: “The International” by the Workers Amateur Orchestra; violin “ solos by Elfrieda Boss; dances by Edith Segal, her interpreta- tion of the “Song of the Volga Boat- men” making a deep impression, and an impressive tableau by The Pio- neers, Many Obstacles Overcome. Engdahl pointed out the many ob- stacles that had been overcome by The DAILY WORKER during the two years of its existence, “The reorganization of our party upon a shop nucleus basis is not only putting our party on the road to be- coming a Mass Communist Party, but also aiding in developing our DAILY WORKER into a Mass Communist Daily,” said Engdahl. “One of the greatest achievements of the past year has been the develop- ment of a growing army of Worker Correspondents,” added Engdahl, urg- {ing the workers to “Write as They | Fight!” Olgin analyzed the various types of English-language newspapers that now exist in New York City, pointing out the necessity of developing the press of the working class. a Enthusiasm mounted high at the concert but Jt overflowed completely | at the banquet as plans were made for enlisting at least 1,000 DAILY WORKER Builders during the next four months. This period of intense activity will come to an end with a three-day celebration, July 3-5, at some camping spot near New York City. £ L. Hirschman’ was the banquet toastmaster. All the out-of-town Build- ers spoke. Leo Kling and Veronica Gloaszewska responded on behalf of the Builders’ ‘board of directors, P. Pascal Cosgrove, of the Shoe Work- ers’ Protective Union, told what The DAILY WORKER meant to the shoe} workers. Engdahl and Olgin, sitting| at The Pioneers’ table, in response} to “We Want Engdahl!” and “We Want Olgind” appeals from the Pio-| neers, spoke to the Builders from an| excellent point of vantage. Katterfeld | told the Builders that they were not} there to celebrate the past but to plan for the future. Only on this basis} Was the holding of a banquet an ac-| ceptable Bolshevik procedure. | The new bodrd of directors of The DAILY WORKER Builders’ Club, that will shoulder the direction of work for the next four months was chosen tions in the different languages is today carrying on more intensive and systematic work among foreign- born workers than ever before. In the past the work that was car- ried on by the language sections of the party was very little known to the party committees. Today for the first time we are aware of the great field of activity for the language fractions, and are actually helping the fractions to carry on this work. In the course of the orgahization of fractions we have found that the lan- guage comrades themsel: in many cases lacked knowledge of the great number of workers’ organizations in their language while in other cases they paid no attention to;them. To- day we are working in th me organizations with excellent results. Your neighbar will appreciate the favor—give him this copy of the DAILY WORKER Trade Union Educational’ League International Concert SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 8 P, M. Eighth Street Theatre. Best Musical and Vocal Talent. lickets for salevat T.U. E. L, office, 156 W. Washington St.; DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd.;Worker’s Horse, 1902 W. Division St. and by all members of the T, U. B, L. Get Your Tickets Now! ————$ Women’s Day Celebration in Chicago SATURDAY EVE., MARCH 6 at NORTHWEST HALL Cor. North and Western Av (8rd floor.) All friendly organizations are requested not to arrange other affairs on that day, as follows: Abe Rubin, Leo Kling, Geza Szepesi, George Ashkenudse, Lil- lian Goodman, Morris Gottfried, Louis Hirschman and Abraham Markoff. ~ Increase Circulation Ten Times? The four months’ campaign started with the putting up of a tremendous “DAILY WORKER” display sign across the front of the New York DAILY WORKER building at 108 East Fourteenth St. New York City now boasts the largest DAILY WORKER circulation of any city in the country, Katterfeld announces, however, that this New York circulation ought to be increased ten times. CHICAGO |. L. D, WILL HOLD MANY MEETINGS DURING THIS WEEK Northside Ukrainian. The Ukrainian branch will meet Saturday night, Feb. 27, at 1532 W. Chicago Ave., at 8 o'clock. J. Ko- walski will speak at this meeting. * * ” Pullman Holds Concert. The Pullman branches of the In- ternational Labor Defense will hold a concert and dance at Stancik’s Hall, 205 East 115th Street, Feb. 27. “Mother” Bloor and Victor Zokaitis will be the speakers at this meeting. * ° * Tom Bell, special I. L. D. cor respondent at the recent Zeigler coal miners’ trial, wil) be the prin- cipal speaker at the joint meeting of the North Side English and Fin- nish branches of the International Labor Defense at Imperial Hall, 2409 North Halsted, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, As this will be an open meeting, members are urged to bring friends and sympathiz Eng- lish branch members are to meet at 2 o'clock for a special business ses- sion, ‘ SEND INA bri | 4 ‘ Wl THE YC CONDUCTED - BY THI WORKEDS UNG WORKERS LEAGUE CHICAGO! WELCOME TRUMBULL BANQUET IMPERIAL HALL, 2409 N. HALSTED STREET on SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, at 7 P. M. Tickets at Door 50 Cents. * The struggle against militarism is primarily the struggle Sf the youth, especially the young workers against their enslavement by the executive the fact that they were being used by release, Turn out in masses! Let Us Show Comrade Trum- bull That We Were Not Asleep While He Was in Jail. \ | @ committee of the capitalist class—the government. Crouch and Trurhbull were both arrested for their activity in the army stationed in the Philippines in arousing the soldiers to the understanding of the bosses against the workers, It is fitting that the youth give Trumbull a real rousing welcome on his Conference of the Chicago Secretaries There will be an organization con- ferenge of all the secretaries of con- centration groups and nuclei Monday, March 1, at 8:00 p. m. at the Freiheit office, 3209 W, Roosevelt Road. All secretaries are instructed to at- tend. Those ocmrades who have other meetings on Monday are excuséd from them by the D. E. C., so that every secretary will be able to attend. This conference will discuss the tasks of the concentration groups and set the machinery’in motion for increhsed activity around the work shops. . Fourth Anniversary Celebration in New York on March 20 at Harlem Casino The New York league will celebrate the fourth anniversary of the birth of the Young Worker at the» Harlem Casino, 116th St. and Lenox avenue on Saturday evening, March 20. A varied program of amusements has_been arranged. The Young Work- er has shown during four years of its existence a vitality which has |meant much to ‘the workers thruout the country who are struggling for bettering their conditions. In New York the Young Worker has played an important role in the building of the revolutionary movement, in uni- fying its ideology, and in the strug- gles for better conditions. In Passaic, at present, the paper is energetically participating in the struggle of the four thousand young workers involved in the textile strike there. It is therefore very fitting that the fourth anniversary celebration should be the gala affaiy of the year—and it will be so, Tickets can be obtained at the district office, 108 E. 14th St., for fifty cents each. ‘Work Hard!’ Is Advice to School Graduates By a Student Correspondent. CHICAGO, ‘Hl,—That the capitalist class controls the public schools and uses them make, the minds of the children “safe for the present class system of society, was one more brot out very clearly\at the graduation ex- cercises held at my school this. week. A play was given in which a king was featured, During one part of it-all of the actors, were compelled to bow before him and sing to the tune of The Star Spangled Banner, a song full of slavish obedience and reve- rence, The action of the play was calculated to bring home the moral that common people must always be abjectly servile before authority, As, the high spot of the graduation excercises we had a speech by the district school superintendent—who by the line of reasoning and the men- ‘|tality he displayed showed that he was a typieal subnormal product of the capitalist miseducation machine. The main body of his speech consisted of advice as to how to make use of the “manifold advantages which surround the young people of to-day,” (the dear fossilized superintendent would be surprised to hear what some of the mail order house, printing trades, and - || Come Ahead Into the Young Workers League NEW YORK MEMBERSHIP TO HEAR TOOHEY AND MILLER The first important membership meeting to discuss strikes in which large masses of youth are involved will be held in New York on Sunday, Feb, 28, at 2 p. m., in the Freiheit Gesangs Ferein Hall, 123 Second Ave., near 8th street. Comrades Pat Toohey, organizer in the anthracite territory and Clarence Miller, organizer in the textile mills will give reports on their work. After ; which a discussion ahd questions will take place, All league comrades are requested to attend. This meeting is extremely im- portant in view of the tremendous problems facing the league in both these struggles. Young Passaic Textile Strikers Fight for Youth Demands PASSAIC, N. J—The thousands of young strikers of the Passaic and vicinity textile mills are™not only in the forefront of the struggle for the general demands of the strikers, but are rallyiffg around the special de- mands of the young workers. The de- mands to be presented to the united front committee for adoption: 1. Wages (1) Equal pay for equal work. (2) A minimum wage for all young work- ers of 18.00 per week. (3) A standard wage scale for all crafts. 2. Hours | (1) All young workers under 18 to be considered as “minors.” (2) A six- hour day all “minors.” (3) A five- day week (30 hours) for all minors. (4) Two 15-minute rest periods dur ing the day. f 3. Conditions. (1) No night work for young work- ers under 21 years of age. (2) Med- ical attention by licensed physicians only. 4. Welfare (1) Four weeks vacation with pay every summer. (2) All recreational facilities ‘to be under workers’ control. (3) Continuation schools to be ex- tended to one day a week and two hours for each week day. (4) More géneral education in the continuation schools. s candy company workers think about the opportunities “which surround them.) In finishing his speech the superintendent said something that pretty nearly knocked me off my feet, and that brought a storm of applause from all the fond mothers and fathers who did not know what he meant anyway. Here is what he said: “In conclusion, dear boys and girls, let me express four wishes for your future welfare. First, boys and girls, I wish you good health. Second, boys and girls, I wish you happiness. Third, boys and girls, I wish you many years of life. And fourth, boys and girls, I wish you plenty of opportunity to use your good health and your long years of life, to obtain real happiness thru plenty of hard work.” Now I ask you comrades wouldn't you have been surprised to hear such profound wisdom, and wonderful ad- vice?—and from a mere school super: intendent at that!