The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 13, 1926, Page 4

Page Four Organization Meetings THE DAILY WORKER Workers (Communist) Party Social- Affairs Resolutions Language Fractions and Work in the Fraternal Societies By MARTIN ABERN. IOMMUNIST fractions being formed in all language fraternal organizations, workers’ eultu- ral societies, sport clubs, What is the purpose of the Communist frac- tions in them? the same work must be performed in them by our Party members and fractions as our fractions perform in the labor unions, central labor councils. Nat- urally, the organizations and prevailing within these language fra- are clubs, etc. Essentially, in form than in the unions, problem before” us is basically com- mon. In* all these organizations our party members, thru the fractions, aim to develop a Communist ideology among the membership. That is not so easy done as said. These organi- zations are strongly rooted with the idea of “no politi in their sick and death benefit, social, etc., organi- zations. Actually, we know that they are sore infested with capitalist ideas and methods; a mixture of the Euro- peanchabits and culture plus the crude Babbitt-like prosperity feeling of the American. The fraction must sys- tetmatically endeavor to smash these “no politics” or capitalist politics ideas in these organizations, and bring “workers’ politics” into them. What shall the Communist fraction and members, concretely, bring into these associations? 1. The fraction \shall endeavor to have lectures regularly by represen- thtives from various working class organizations, political parties, unions, co-operatives, etc. Debates should be encouraged; these offer good opportu- nity for our comrades to discuss the vital issues before the working class. These organizations have speakers often before them. LARGER WORKERS’ SCHOOL TO BUILD FOR MASS PARTY Need to Train Members | in Communist Theory By ELLA G. WOLFE, Instructor in the Workers’ School. NEW. YORK, March 11.—“Comrade teacher, every time I come to school I have to stand up. I can’t study standing up.” This complaint came from a yeung Greek furrier in the Elementary English Class. Hardly were the words out of his mouth | when a young, enthusiastic sweater operator called out, “A fine Commun- | ist you are, complaining because you | have no seat. Come over here, I'll give you my seat. I'll stand up, I don’t mind it.” Similar instances have occurred in other classes, It is true that more than half of the students of the Workers’ School are Communists, Dlackboards to write upon and ade- quate lighting to facilitate studying at night after a long, weary sade! work. ideas | but the} but it is also true | that it would be very much easier for | | all students to study if they all had} + comfortable chairs to sit on, decent | | | There never has been a period in| our moyement as important as the | present for the building of a large Workers’ School. Such a school is the source from which will come the future leaders of our Party, theoreti- eal leaders, practical leaders, for the Workers’ School is forging Marxist, _), Leninist theory and practice into one | harmonious whole. The School teaches i ‘our students that to really under- id the theories of Lenin and Marx ms to be able to apply them to Pi daily struggles in the trade all the other mass movements. Mn the textile strike of Passaic our its are doing practical militant “wWork—in the halls, speaking and on the lines, picketing. Our students are in the present strike of the with research work, speaking d picketing. reorganization of our party on ih basis of shop nuclei is preparing ih way for the building of a mili- tant mass movement in this country. ie » that the leadership of our Party can no longer be restricted to a i group at the center, but every organizer of a shop nucleus must be- come a leader. Our party leadership “must be increased by hundreds, There is only one place where our membership will learn intelligent lead- ership—in The Workers’ School! Conirades! We must bend all our energies to the raising of funds to ‘build such a school! Remember! This is the final week for Jarger and a better equipped Workers’ School, Help Build it, and then use it! Let our slogan be: A larger’ Workers’ School for the building of a mass party in the United States! * SPORTS IN PITTSBURGH. A conterence of various sports bod is being arranged for Pittsburgh, ] will organize the Workers’ Sports Movement of that city, “unions, in strikes, in lockouts and in| | | | | assistance for the press can be made. ternal bodies is somewhat different | ‘pay its per capita. Further, however, |and made up into “Workers Library” | packages were distributed by the shop }and sell them to the agitprop direc- Circulate the Party Press. 2. No doubt the language press of our Party circulates among these lan- guage organizations But still, sys- tematic effort to increase the circula- tion among the members is not made by all our language fractions. All the membérs of the fraction must be held responsible for reaching the member- ship with subscription appeals. If possible, the organization should be gotten to subscribe for thé entire membership, to have the particular paper accepted as the official organ of that organization. Bids for financial If our comrades are on the Execu- tive Board of these organizations, the work becomes easier, Not only should this work be done for the lan- guage press, but this shall also be done as much as ‘possible for the English press, particularly, the DAILY WORKER. In this way the general outlook of the membership can be broadened from the Communist view- point. Party literature, language and English, should be sold regularly in these clubs, leaflets distributed. The fraction should have a live literature squad for this purpose, 8. The work being performed by the International Labor Defense on behalf of class war prisoners should interest easily these organizations. The Party gives full support to this} non-partisan organization of workers’ defense. Hence our fraction must bring I. L, D. and its purposes be- fore the language organizations; en- | deavor to have the fraternal organi- zation affiliate to the I. L. D., send del- | egates to the I. L. D. committee and our fraction must try to draw the members of these bodies into the I. L. D. as individuals, active members, and not be satisfied with only organi- zation affiliation. Collections, con- tributions, etc., can be urged for the defense work. Chicago Organization Conference Will Be Held in Garfield Hall on Sunday Morning, March 14th \ Chicago will hold an organizati 8 South California Ave. (corner of California and Madison), instead of at the Croatian Sokol Hall, on Sunday, March 14. will start at 10 o’clocq in the morn All local Chicago functionaries make it a point to be present. This includes section and sub-section committees, organizers, industrial organizers, a directors of of women’s work, Negro work, etc. ber will be excluded. mittee will report. N.Y. PARTY NUCLEI DISTRIBUTE 8,000 PAMPHLETS IN SHORT TIME In less than a month 700 packages each containing 12 pamphlets each and street nuclei of New York City. The package included the following pamphlets: 1. Amalgamation. 2. Struggle of the Trade Unions Against Fascism. 3. Communism and the Family. 4. Should Communists Participate neactionary Unions—Lenin. 5. American Foreign-Born—Ware. 6. Bolsheviks and the Soviets. 7. Unemployment—Earl Browder. Soviets at Work—Lenin. 9. For a Labor Party—J. Pepper 10, Lenin—by Zinoviev, 11. Where Iron Is There Ig the Fatherland. 12. The Russian Revolution—Wm. Z. Foster, The sub-section literature directors buy the packages from the bookstore > tors of the nuclei. This is the first time that the party is selling pamph- lets in the shops and it shows that the shop nuclei is the only form of or- ganization thru which the party can come into contact with the large masses of workers, The amount of literature sold in this short period as compared with the situation before reorganization shows that already the shop nuclei are functioning and carry- ing on good work, About 500 copies of the Paris Com- mune Album have already been sold the book store reports. The district received 2,500 from the national office Los Angeles COSTUME BALL Saturday, April 3 CO-OPERATIVE CENTER, 2706 Brooklyn Ave. TICKETS NOW ON SALE at Center Book Store, 2708 Brooklyn Ave. and at 138% So, Spring St. from 10 p, m. every evening, Phone Main 4400, ADMISSION 50 CENTS \tions of the members. Representatives of the central executive com- 4, Our fraction must try systemat- ically to bring up general labor and political problems into these bodies: Graphically before the Party language fractions, especially, is the Party campaign for the Protection of the Foreign Born, This arouses wide mass interest, and this campaign can develop a vast mass protest every- where against the continued encroach- ments of American capitalism and government against the workers and specifically the foreign-born workers. On this issue our fraction can easily get before the organization with our speakers, leaflets, papers, propaganda, and urge organization of the Council for the Protection of the Foreign Born... Thus, “too, the Communists demonstrate to the workers in these societies that they are not there cranks, with pet theories, but are the onés who take the lead in the struggle for defense of the elementary needs of the Workers—in this case, protec- tion against aggression, defense of po- litical rights, If our fractions are really on the job in this campaign they should be able to establish them- selves firmly in the fraternal organi- zations and gain respect and confi- dence of the membership. 5. Then, too, there is the question of a Labor Party in America as first steps taken politically for protection of the workers as a class. This issue must be propagated. Soviet Russia no doubt has a hold among large sec- Our fraction must present the issue, not only of recognition, but also of defense of the first workers’ republic. 6. Generally it is the mass of for- eign-born workers that are unorgan- ized into~the labor unions and who are engaged in the basic industries of America. Organization of the un- organized into the labor unions must be propagated, as means of defense and offense in the struggle for more wages, better working conditions, less hours of work, and‘also as a weapon in the struggle against discrimination against foreign-born workers by the government, as exemplified in the pending finger-printing, registration, deportation bills before Congress. Further, the need of closer fraterni- zation and solidarity between the col- ored and white workers must be prop- agated. Against any. form of race discrimination ™s one of our slogans. Organize the Fraction in Every Organization. 7. Our language fractions . shall also deal with the special problems of each fraternal organization, in re- lation to its internal life, relations to the mother country, and so on. Our fractions,. wtih intimate, knowledge thereon, must work out a program of activity and policy. § There are, of course, many more problems and issues which the frac- tions can bring forward, .but these will do for a start, However, further, each fraction shall meet regularly before;the meet- ings of the fraternal organization to lay out its work for the meeting. The fraction shali also elect;,a steering committee to be responsible on the floor of the meeting for the proper carrying out of the work.) | Where there are a number of or- ganizations of the same language, such as Workmen's Circles, the mem- bership meeting of all the Party mem- bers in these organizations shall elect an executive committee’ to be re sponsible for the carrying out of all the work in these organizations to the proper party executive commit- tee. Naturally, the fraction shall carry on a campaign, on the ‘basis of the above issues, to draw. the most ad- vanced and enlightened elements in these fraternal organizations into the shop and street nuclei of the party and as additions to the party frac- tion. on conference at the Garfield Hall, The conference | | ing and last thru the afteroon. nuclei secretaries, | gitprop, DAILY WORKER agents, | | No active party mem- and will surely sell them before the Paris Commune celebration. One of the reasons that the nuclei are on the job Selling literature in the shops is the fact that this is made a point on the order of business of every nucleus. A conference of all the nuclei on the question of The DAILY WORKER and literature was | recently held, which was attended by 175 representatives of shop and street nuclei. Mesaba Range Is Full | of Spies, Says Worker (By a Young Worker Correspondent.) IRONTOWN, Minn., March 11. Working conditions on the iron range | are very bad. The county is full of com- pany spies and many workers are blacklisted. Even the postmasters keep an eye open for agitators. This is not so remarkable for the steel trust alssolutety runs this section. Very many workers are unemployed and have been for months. Many mines have been closed for a long time. An underground miner gets $5 or more a day by piece work, By the day they get $4.50, See the motion picture of class war prisoners’ aid in Eu- rope and America at the Inter- national Labor Defense com: memoration of the Paris Com- mune at Ashland Auditorium on March 19. Daily Worker PRIZES: | movement. | recent scheme of the Ze Chicago District Educational Circuit In Southern Illinois. The Chicago district recently en- larged its educational program by in- cluding in its work a cireuit school in Southern Illinois. It was prompted to do this by the importance of South- ern Illinois for the revolutionary This miners® section, the er frame-up, the home of militant iiers, needs revolutionary leadership, as never be fore. The circuit classes aim to sup- ply this need, by parse fi comrades theoretically for this task: The circuit calls for ® classes in each of ‘five prominént mine centers. The cities covered are:*‘Monday, St. Louis; Tuesday, Springfigld; Wednes- day, Zeigler; Thursday, Christopher; | Friday, West Frankfort. Whe subjects taken up are (1) The Class Struggle and the Role of the States(2) Capital- ist Society and the Capitalist System of Production, (3) Imperialism and the Final State of Capitalism. (4) The Dictatorship of the Proletariat. (5) The International Revolutionary Movement. (6) The Workers Party, Program, Tactics and Problems. (7) Trade Union Movement in America. (8) Party Organization and Functions. The course lasts’ eight weeks. Al- ready, two classes have been held in each city, The course is being given by Comrade John Mihelic, sub-district organizer, Watch the Saturday Magazine Section for new features every week. This is a good issue to give to your fellow worker, | Your Union Meeting Second Friday, Maréh,. 12, 1926. 237 Bakers and Confectioners, 3420 W. ian Roosevelt ve tt Road. Blacksmiths, 64th and 8S. Ashland 429 434 Ave. Boiler Makers, 105tl id Ave. M. Boller Makers, 551 id . Halsted. 633 Boller Makers, 62d id. Halsted, Building Trades Council, 180 4W. ‘Washington St. bie Fl District"@ouncil, 12 EB, St. Carpenters, 4339 S. Halsted 2200 14286 Geemerns Portrait cies Buy 9 Blectricia: +e wr Monroe St. 182 Electriciat Adams St. 683. Engineer vote ison and Sacramento. 845 Ensincers, 180 W, Washington>st. 674 Firemen ‘and Enginemen, 6428 Wentworth Ave... alt Gardeners, and Egy ts, Villas jardeners an 81 ry Hall, Morton G ¥ 21 Garment rege: 416 W. Wash- ington St. 84 os workers, Emily and Marsh- Hod “Carriers, 1850 Sherman St., Lo sine 7 8, 168 W. Washington Ladies’ "Garment , so int Lithogra nor ‘avs Bes nd Biva. 118 yee 38. Ahlan cM 199 Machin’ 4, Blvd. 492 Machin d Sts. 74 Machnia 1225 Machinists,, 63 6 Metal Polishers, +119 Adiamond ring to the lucky number on the night of the dance. 50 DOLLARS in cash will be given for best costumes, — OTHER VALUABLE * PRIZES! 7 to 637 Painters, School and Ape Aye. 78 Pattern Makers. 8 oyFinon ‘as st. closed and | to remedy the situation by absorbing | TRUSTS PASSED VOLSTEAD BILL, STATES PRIEST Measure, Smoke Screen, to Stop Inquiry (Special to The Datiy Worker) BALTIMORE, March 11 — That the Volstead act was passed at the insti- gation of the steel and oil trusts was the statement made here at a lunch-| eon of the local Knights of Columbus branch by the Rev. Joseph A. Ayd, professor of sociology at Georgetown University, “Both these combinations, the United States Steel corporation and the Standard Oil Company,” Ayd de- clared, “decided to wipe out the liquor business in order to divert public at- tention from the threatened federal investigation of their methods and monopoly control. Only by such powerful backing as.these trusts were able to furnish was it possible, the speaker asserted, to secure the wide- spread publicity which preceded the passage of the act. What Greased the Wheels. “No bill favored merely by the churches, whether Methodist, Cathok ic, or others, or by such a motley crew | as the anti-saloon league, or by just the plain people, would have obtained such prompt consideration from our legislative organization,” Father Ayd explained. Money Unit Decline Hits Norway Labor; Many Out of Work! OSLO, Norway, March 11— When the value of the Norwegian kronen, | the unit of currency decreased after| the war to about half and its purchas-| ing power in the same proportion, it| had the same effect as a reduction) in wages. Ateémpts to increase wages | to make up for this met, as might} be expected, great opposition from the employers. The wagé workers as a consequence lost large amounts. During the last two years the krone has made a steady gain, from 18% | cents up to 21%, and the time for the wage workers to regain what they lost seemed at hand. This, however, is to reckon with- out the employers. It does not suit their program. Here are the ship-| owners and the exporters; their busi-| ness is transacted in dollars and pounds, while they are paying wages! in kroner. The higher the krone| goes, the less they get for their dol- lars and pounds, the greater the cost| of labor, So they began to clamof for a cut in wages. The capitalist papers naturally took up the cry and it got} to be a general demand. Most of the) wage agreements expire April 1, and} May 1. Notices of termination from| these dates has been served on a great many unions, even on those working for the state and the com- munities. Unemployment Route. Large numbers of workers have| been laid off.. Some plants have been | unemployment is acute all over the country., The buliding| trades have raised the question} whether the Soviet Republic is going} Norwegian skilled labor. One peculiar phase ofthe situation is that labor also blames its troubles) on the rise in value of the ‘krone’ and demands that this be stopped. The Bank of Norway has~therefore been compelled to try to keep its value down, altho this policy is evi- dently against the interests of the country when it comes to paying for- eign loans and obligations. American Telegraph Trust Swallows Up Mexican Telegraph (Special to The Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, March 11—Wire communication betwen this country and the United States will be greatly improved by the agreement just igned by the Mexican government and the Mexican Telegraph company on the one side and the Western Union Telegraph company on the other, Under the new contract the Mexican Telegraph company becomes part of the Western Ugion. This is the latest link in the chain of eco- nomic and political events which indi- cate the growing domination of Mexico by its powerful neighbor to the north, The new rates which become effec- tive April 1 will be: press day service between this city and New York, 3 cents a word; night service, 2 cents a word, This will be over a direct wire to New York City. In an emergency messages may be sent over the wire- less. Teachers Ask for Money. NEW YORK, March 11—The New York Teachers’ Union, celebrating its tenth anniversary on April 17, is trying to raise $25,000 to give finan- ted | cial security to President Henry R. teler raphe 0. RT. Cort Club, Atlantic mt Up holate iio N. State St. ri, (Stock Yards), 3749 8. Ha i" ted lay 9. Local 269, A. 6. Wa-—Meets every 2nd Friday, Lg No. & obey. (Note-—Unl _ Btated | all meetings ‘are at aD mo Linville’s activities for the union in the next five years. An appeal signed by John Dewey, John Lovejoy Elliott and Florence Kelly asks aid to make a ‘truce with one of the union's worst enemies—financial anxiet; Dr. Linville has given full time to the union for five years, since his resig- nation from the head of a New York high school’s oh daninad jegenrmet CONDUCTED - BY TH UNG WORKERS LEAGUE ABETTER YOUNG COMRADE THIS MONTH! ‘GAIN the Young Comrade is out in eight pages! And these eight pages are even better than last month’s issue that created stch'a stir jamong the thousands. of readers of jour paper, The Passaic textile strike is the great outstanding feature of this issue. The story of the strike, the conditions of the workers’ and the workers’ children, the activities of the Young Pioneers and the demands of the working-class children’ of Pas- saic’ are featured in this issue and il- lustrated by some remarkable pic- tures right from the sceife.of the Pas- saic struggle. March is the month of the glorious Paris Commune and the new issue of the Young Comrade naturally’ tells the inspiring story of the first work- ers’ government that. was set up "e the heroic Paris workers. The: bl revenge taken by the bestial Fronts bourgedisie on the defeated Commune points to the necessity for all mili- tant workers uniting in a strong or- ganization of proletarian defense—the International Labor Defense. The story of the I. L. D. is told to the working-class children in this country in this issue of the Young Comrade and the children are made to realize what an important institution this organization is. There are stories of jhe white terror in other lands and of the persecution of militant work- ers in this country. This issue also sees the beginning |of one of the best and most interest- \ing stories for children that has ever | appeared—‘Jimmy Rides His Thought Horse Thru the Ages!” The story tells of a twelve-year-old boy who, \sick and feverish from an injury re- ceived in his shop, suddenly jumps \astride his thoughts and rides for- ward straight among the Indians of thousands of years ago! No child “| will be able to read the beginning of this story in the March issue of the Young Comrade without longing im- patiently for the next installment. By far the largest part of this issue —even more than last. month’s—is written by the children themselves. The section devoted to the school is ‘Mrs. Poodle vogpetter: Ye, Gods, OUR children are being bolshevized! a true reflection of the life and strug+ gle of the working-class children in the school. More space than ever is devoted to it in the March issue. “Another striking feature of the Young Comrade is the Puzzle Section that was introduced to the thousands of Young Comrade readers two or three months ago. This month’s sec: tion contains a few of the dozens of really splendid answers to last month’s puzzle picture as well as some new puzzles for this month. More than ever before this Puzzle Secfion promises to be popular with the working-class children. It would be impossible to recount all the attractive features of the new issue of the Young Comrade. No working-class child should be without it! Every worker should consider it a duty to himself, his class, and to his children to provide them with the March Young Comrade and with a subscription that will supply them with this splendid children’s paper every month thereafter. ‘GOOSE-STEPPERS FEAR REVO- LUTION BY LIBERAL CLUB LOS ANGGELES, Cal.—The _author- ities of ithe University of California, Southern Branch, have discovered a startling world-wide conspiracy of the Third International to organize Lib- eral Clubs in every univérsity in or- |der to “corrupt the students with Communist doctrines.” A group of 26 students at this Los Angeles univer- sity had applied for recognition as. a campus organization, whefeupon the authorities immediately. issued-a bul- letin forbidding its meetings.at the university, on the grounds that it is spreading “partisan propaganda.” A committee immediately. went to visit the university president, protesting | against the stifling of student. opin- ion, and they were bluntly told that no Liberal Club would be tolerated at the university. The charge of “par- tisan propaganda” is ridiculous in the face of the fact that a Republican club was approved by the university at the time of the presidential elections. A student sentiment of resentment has recently been aroused against mil- itary training; many articles de- nouncing militarism appeared in the student daily publication. A popular young professor was recently. dis- charged for “unbecoming conduct,” and when an article appeared in the students’ paper hinting that the pro- fessor was discharged for his liberal views, the editor of the paper was expelled from the university. Intelligent students are so indig- nant over all these events that the authorities fear thatthe ‘Liberal Club will discuss these things at the Oper Forum they planned to organize. The sham of capitalist “non-partisan” edu- ce tion is exposed, when a Liberal Club is branded as being inspired by the Third International “in a scheme to establish cells in ‘every school to preach revolutionary doctrines.” Chicago | Notes. Section No. 1 Membarenip) Mesting. * Friday, March 12, at 8 p. m., at 180 W. Washington street, Morris Yusem of the N. E. C. will speak on the a tivities of the Y, W. L. in\Philadelphia, Problems of the various concentration groups will be taken up. * 1 YOUTH ANNIVERSARY OF YOUNG WORKER CELEBRATE IN NEW YORK. The young workers of New York celebrate on March 20th the Fourth Anniversary of the establishment of the Communist youth organ, As an in- novation to increase the citeulation of the Young Worker—the Young Workers’ (Communist) League of Dis- trict No, 2 offers a three months’ sub- scription to each young worker buy- ing a ticket for the Spring Dance and celebration, »A short but excellent ‘program, to- gether with the finest dance music, will be the order of the night. aie eaten Casino, 116th Street Lenox Avenue. “pime—Saturday evening, March 20, Program—Many sur} » with the best of dance music, ssahiaad AGAINST CLASS COLLABORATION Exchange of Experiences of Concentration Groups and Shop Nuclei T the first meeting of Concentra- tion Group C, Section 3, of the New York League, as organizer, lit- erature agent and secretary were elected, All the comrades then gave reports on thé conditions in their shops. Com- rade C. pointed out that about 150 workers are employed in her shop, of whom the majority are piece workers. They are as yet unorganized. She expects to bring two néw members into the Y. W. L. The other mem- bers pregent reported along similar lines, stating that in their shops the workers are likewise unorganized, and that a need for organization exists. It was suggested that leaflets be printed and distributed in the“various shops in which the comrades of this group are employed. Four comrades were present at this meeting. At the second’ meeting five com- rades were present. Comrade M. re- potted that he will conduct a class in a Literary Club in which he is a mem- ber. Another comrade had lectured there before at which 50 young work- ers were present, Comrade S§. is active in the organi- zational campaign of the Dressmak- » erg’ Union and her shop is now or ganized. tive’in the Umbrella Makers’ Union. She sold quite a few tickets for the Liebknecht Meeting in the Seminary, which she attends. The Communist fraction-in the sclfool is fighting to” have the school closed on “Lenin | Memorial Day.” YOUNG COMMUNISTS IN FRENCH UNIONS, PARIS, France. — The “Avant Garde" states that a report on year’s youth work was presented at the Cartel session of the C. G. T. U. on January 10th. According to th report the following action were car- ried out by the young workers or- ganized in the C, G, T. U. under the leadership of the Young Communist League of France: Two conferences of young trade unionists, one regional young workers’ conference, campaign against the Morocco War, participa- tion in the general strike, regional young workers’ congress, election of delegates for the Russia delegation, SPORTS IN NORWAY. NORWAY.—The Norwegian Work- ers’ Sports League, a section of the, Red ‘Spotts International, has 12,000° members. your tickets now for the Inter- national concert of the T. U, E. kL.» Sat, March 13, at 8th St, Theater. _ ' Comrade G. reported that she is ac-.