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

Page Four ‘THE DAILY Workers (Communist) Party COLISEUM AGAIN THE SCENE OF ANOTHER HUGE DEMONSTRATION; PARADE OF AUTOS TO LEAD N the same hall where over eight thousands workers gathered In February to pledge themselves to the cause of revolutionary labor and do homage to the memory of their leader Lenin,, another great demonstration will take place on May Day. The seating capacity has been increased to hold twelve thousand, as a balcony not opened at the February meeting will be ready for use on May first. Parade Leads to Coliseum A huge crowd of automobiles and workers marching behind banners is Part of the great demonstration that will lead thousands to the Coliseum on the night of May first. The meeting opens at 8 p. m. sharp. Noted speakers, a troupe of dancers from the Chicago Opera (Ukrainsky) Ballet and a large band are part of an elaborate program sure to thrill every worker on May first—the day of labor day. Tickets aré now being sold thruout te city and can be obtained at the local office of the Workers (Comm..ist) b arty at 19 So. Lincoln street. Fifty cents by mail to this address will als. wring you one of them. Section Six Secures Regular Headquarters In order the better to organize and systematize their work, section six of the party and the Young Workers League have established permanent headquarters at 1245 N. Rockwell St. It is expected that this step will en- able all the neuclei and concentra- tion groups to function much more effectively. The headquarters is large —@pnt.so that four meetings can be carried on simultaneously and yet give room for the entire section mem- By IDA DAILES. T the section executive committee meeting of Section Six held Tues- day, April 13, the first important steps were taken towards activization of the nuclei within that section. Com- rades reported on nuclei and sub-sec- tions which they had been assigned to visit. Three of the four sub-sections were reported organized and executive committees elected. + Minor Debates with S. L. P. at Waukegan on Sunday, April 25 WAUKEGAN, IIl., April 18.—Wauke- gan workers will have the opportunity of hearing Robert Minor of the Work- ers (Communist) Party debate with a member of the socialist labor party Sunday afternoon, April 25, at 2 o'clock at the Workers’ Hall, 517 Helmholtz avenue. The subject is “Resolved, that the Workers (Communist) Party has the correct program for the emancipation of the working-class in. America.” The affirmative is taken by Robert Minor, editor of the new magazine sec- tion of The DAILY WORKER. The negative will be upheld by Albert Schnabel of the socialist labor party. An admission charge of 25 cents will be charged. bership meeting. Chairs and tables are needed. Any one able to donate such articles is asked to notify the district office, Seeley 3563, and they will be called for. Let every worker know you are with us on MAY FIRST Greetings Trade unions, workers’ benefit societies and other working class. organizations will rally with greetings to The Daily Worker on May Day in special ads. Get your organization" to take some space in The Daily Worker. All ads at the rate of $1.00 An Inch Individuals can join the big parade, and names of work- ers sending greetings will be printed at 25 Cents a Name a JOIN THE BIG PARADE! Sign the Honor Roll! w. ‘Washington Blvd., w« Dut the follow- i names in the May Day Issue, : essssvesecneensensssveenccssnsoneneeercescenncnnsesnnnnees Many roblems were brought to the attention of the section committee in- cluding such important ones as the strong remnants of Federation ideo- logy in the party, veiled and even open opposition to party reorganiza- tion, lack of capable functionaries, etc. However, this did not bring a spirit of pessimism to the comrades, but rather a determination to tackle these problems now that they are brought out into the open. Another difficulty confronted was duplication of meetings so that active comrades find themselves overburdened. These matters are to be worked out in co- operation with higher party commit- tees. The first task facing the yg ws the question of bringing life into newly reorganized sub-sections, Many of the problems which the nuclej have before them will be solved once the sub-sactions can begin to function properly, Emphasis must be placed on shop and factory agitation, San F rancisco ‘youn naan TALE £9 DR. 5. Telephone Armitage 7466 1 guarantee to make your plat natural. Gas or Novol for Extraction. We need more news from the shops and factories. Send It in! Section Six, Chicago, on the Job Representatives from about nine of the fourteen nuclei in the sub-section were present and reported: on their work. All those present had ordered May Day leaflets and badges and set a definite date for distribution of the leaflets. They will also participate in the distribution of the special edi- tion of The DAILY WORKER on May Day. On the whole, the comrades felt that they had begun to get to the root of their problems in Section Six and by close contact with the existing situa- tion had found a basic from which to build for improvement, It was decided to get section head- quarters in conjunction with the Y. W. L. in that part of the city at 1245 N. Rockwell St. Comrade Deer is to get volunteer carpenter workers and @ voluntary fund is to be raised to- ward establishing the headquarters. BALTIMORE AFFAIR. Second anniversary of the Young Workers (Communist) League of Bal- 2H ANITA C. WHITNEY and other active workers, some of whom have “paid the price,” will meet again at the FIFTH ANNUAL PICNIC Sunday, April 25, 1926 at EAST SHORE PARK, Near Richmohd. REFRESHMENTS — DANCING — SPEAKING — GAMES Admission 35 Cents. Auspices, Workers (Communist) Party, District No, 13, DENTIST 2232 WN. California Avenue Near Milwaukee Avenue Logan Square “L,” Milwaukee, Kedzie apd California Ave. cars to door. timore mass meeting and concert Sun- day, April 25, 1926, at 8 p, m., at the Progressive Labor Lyceum, Aisquith and Lexington streets. Interesting ©) program. Tickets 25c. Open your eyes! Look arounar There are the stories of the workers’ struggles around you begging to be written up. Do it! Send it in! Write as you fight! and Bay Cities AT ERLENDDEUTEENG UT NTTOON TET td PTDL LLL LCCC COC ZIMMERMAN fit and make yoyr appearance NO PAIN. House Committee to Hear Pros and Cons of Beers'and Wines (Special to The Dailly Worker) WASHINGTON, April 18.—The long dormant house alcoholic liquor traffic committee decided today to begin next Tuesday an, extensive investigation into prohibition conditions. Treasury department officials will be the first witnesses, . It had been believed that the com- mittee would not go ahead with its scheduled inquiry because of the pro- hibition hearings in the senate. Rep- resentative La Guardia (S.) of New York, a wet, demanded the investiga- tion. CAPITAL GLASS MEETS TONIGHT, SELF-GOVERNED The second meeting of Marx's “Cap- ital” class for the spring term will be held at the usual,time and place, Monday at 8 p. m., at 19 South Lin- coln St., headquarters,of the Workers Party School. Despite the temporary absence of an instructor, the class is continuing its study with interest unabated, A stu- dent chairman is elected at each ses- sion to act for the following class. He or she prepares in advance a long list of questions to cover the material in the lesson. On the basis of these written ‘questions, the other class members are cross-examined, while the chairman has Marx’s book wide open before him. So far, altho there have been argu- ments and disagreements, the class has always arrived at a unanimous de- cision at the end as to|“what Marx meant when he said . ..” Marx, of course, is always the fital authority for all disputed points. Tonight, the lesson ’ from page 457 to 478. Claim Song Writers’ Union Has Manopoly of Copyright Works WASHINGTON, D. C,, April 13 — Federal regulation of sopyrighted songs controlled by the Anerican So- ciety of Authors, composers and pub- lishers was asked of congress by Chas. H. Tuttle, general counse] of the Na- tional Association of Broaécasters, at a hearing before the joint committee on patents, Mr. Tuttle asserted that the Amer- ican Society is actually ‘a monopoly and has, in negotiations ¢onducted for the purpose of reaching ah agreement on license fees, admitted ps much. S0STON COUNCIL GETS ANSWER ON’ WITH WE YO QUERY TO GREEN A. F. of L. 0 Opposed to|, Anti-Alien Laws BOSTON, April 18.—In a letter dat- ed April 10, President William Green of the American Federation of Labor, replies to the Boston Council for the Protection of the Foreign-Born ,and voices the opposition of his organiza- tion to the proposed legislation for fingerprinting, photographing, and registering all of non-citizens, The Letter. The letter reads as follows: “Mr. L, Gilbert, Secretary, Council for the Protection of the Foreign-Born, \ Dear Sir: Your letter of April 2 was re- ceived while I was absent from the city "on official business. ‘In reply permit mé to advise you that the Amer- ican Federation of Labor is opposing the bills providing for registration, photographing and finger printing of aliens coming to America. While we are in favor of restriction of immi- gration legislation and while we are in favor of the maintenance of the present immigration law, we are op- posed to legislation which would pro- vide finger printing and registration of aliens, “The Legislative Committee of the American Federation of Labor has been instructed to oppose the passage of the resolutions submitted to the congress by Representatives Aswell, Johnson, McClintic and others. Very truly yours, William Green, President American Federation of Labor.” Mass Meeting. It is expected that the entire labor movement of Boston will line up sol- idly against the proposed legislation in view of Mr. Green’s statement. Whether action will be taken by the Central Labor Union and the Massa- chusetts State Federation of Labor is not yet clear. In the meantime, a full turnout of workingmen and women will gather at the frotest meeting arranged by the council for the Pro- tectiof® of the Foreign-Born, to be held on Sunday, April 18, at Franklin Union Hall, The speakers at this meeting will be John Van Vaerenewyck, of the Ci- garmakers’ Union, Joseph Bearak of the Socialist Party, H. W. L. Dana, of,the Boston Trade Union College, and Pascal P. Cosgrove of the Shoe- workers’ Protective Union of New York. Dr. Howard A. Gibbs will pre- side. CAPITALIST SPORTS—ADJUNCT OF THE MILITARIST MACHINE Article 1. N November 16, 17 and 18 in the year 1922 a conference was held in Washington which probably contrib- uted more to the process of militar- izing the American youth than any other single event since the close of the World War. It was the so-called man-power conference composed of delegates from various military or- ganizations (the Reserve Officers Training Corps, the Citizens’ Military Training Corps, the National Guard) and patriotic and citizenship bodies. Altho this conference, as its name indicates, was called to deal with the question of providing;.men for war, altho the people who took the leading part in it were outstanding militar- sts, altho the delegates present were overwhelmingly from ,military organi- ations, yet the conference, far from lealing with methods of military in- struction, far from digeussing the set- \ing up of new organizations for mili- tary training, athletics. The as follows: , “The movement for universal physi- sal education was given an addjtional impetus by the action of the man- power conference, The backbone of the speech by Secrétary Weeks was an appeal for the utliversal extension f physical education, including ath- letics and games for all.” What is the explanation of the fact that Secretary of War Weeks, the main sponsor and ideological leader of the conference, devoted the whole of his speech to advocating such a harmless, such a seemingly non-mill- taristic thing as the spread of ath- letics? | General John J. Pershing, who, with Weeks, was the main figure jat the conference, gives us the answer. In his opening speech to the comerence Pershing said: “In the process 6f general physical and mental trajning of our youhg man- hood, and without’ special emphasis here is naturally developed tude of mind which readily an appreciation of: obligatio: = society and govern concerned itself ex- clusively with questions of sports and Playground” magazine, in reporting on the conference, wrote volving the idea of loyalty to our na- tional institutions and their defense against aggression. That we have not adopted the principle of universal military service renders it highly es- sential that training which leads up to and as far as™possible includes preparation for military service should be popularized by all available means. Incident to such training it should be pointed out that there are many ad- vantages not only to the country in improved citizenship, but to the indi- vidual in developing self-discipline and respect for authority as well as physical precision.” These unambigious utterances of Pershing make perfectly clear the rea- son why the man-power conference occupied itself solely with physicat training. It was because this gather- ing of militarists and war-mongers knew that athletics and sports were an ideal means of spreading under- ground military training. They knew that should the conference adopt open and direct means of militarizing the youth it would meet with strong op- position, and that it was therefore necessary for them to achieve their ends thru “democratic and non-Prus- sian methods.” (To be continued.) MP REER CONQUCTED - BY TH STUDENTS AND CHINA By NAT KAPLAN. HE “New Student” (organ of the national student forum) has’ spoken on the present situation in China, Good stuff, say we, but not good enuf. If efforts are going to be exerted to bring pressure to bear against the imperialists and their bloody intervention in China, such ef- forts will have to give birth fo more than a weak appeal. The present situation in China is very acute. When this situation cul- minated in 4 demonstration of 2,000 students, which was fired upon by the soldiers of Tuan Chi-juiin Peking, the American students’ movement opened its ears and eyes. In order to under- stand the events leading up to this demonstration we must understand the present relation of forces in China. There are three main forces in China at the present time. These are: ‘The national revolutionary movement, Jap- anese imperialism and Anglo-Ameri- can imperialism, The war between the various mili- tarists is but the above-board expres- sion of these forces contending ‘for the hegemony over the millions of Chinese workers and peasants and the resources of that country,’ Thus Chang Tso-Lin (himself a represénta- tive of the Manchurian bourgeoisie) is being used as a tool by Japanese imperialism. /Wu Pei-fu represents Anglo-American imperialism. Feng Yu-hsiang, leader of the Kuominchun (national army) is sympathetic to- wards the national revolutionary move- ment and is fighting against the in- vading imperialist forces. HE troops of Feng are at present centered in Peking. The troops of Chang and Wu are moving against Kuominchun forces there. It was only natural that a few months ago Feng should. take military- precautions against the transport of troops of the contending armies to the. territory aroufid Peking. This was. accom- plished by planting mines in the river leading up to Tientsin, the great sea- port of north China and only a few hours by rail from Peking. Then came the ultimatum of the five so-called Boxer protocol powers, the United States among them, demanding the immediate removal of the mines (an “impartial” business act—which inci- dentally means: Crush the Kuomin- chun forces). When this ultimatum came before the central Peking gov- ernment Tuan Chi-jui, acting president (in reality an old pro-Japanese reac- tionary), accepted it. The student demonstration was staged against this shameful betrayal.__The extent of the betrayal of Tuan Chi-jui was clearly shown by a Reuter’s wire to the Lon- don Daily Herald, which declares: “The ministers of the foreign powers in Peking (John Van A. MacMurray is the American minister to China, N. K.) have approved the handing rover of $500,000 to Tuan Chi-jui, the chief executive, to pay the overdue salaries of the police and of his body- guard, and to provide for the disband- ing of the groups of soldiery of the third Kuominchun (national army), who are roaming about withgut offi- cers in the vicinity of the city.” Sal- aries for the’ police and bodyguard paid with the dollars of the imperialist minister; dollars for the soldiers who shot down the students in cold blood! What does the “New Student” pro- pose in the face of this? A weak ap- peal for students to write letters “if they wish to express interest in this crisis. ... .” And the second “mili- tant” measure which is bound to knock the imperialists cold is: “Stim- ulate study on the whole question of the attitude of the United States to- wards other countries (involving eco- nomic imperialism, extra territorial- ity, tariff autonomy and gunboat di- plomacy) and how we can best secure international good will and peace.” GAIN we say: Good stuff, but not good-enuf! A systematic letter writing campaign by thousands of stu- dents and young and adult workers must be organized thruout the coun- try. These letters must come flooding into Washington and bring pressure to bear against “our” representatives before they all run back to their locali- ties to maneuver for their re-election. Yes, the question must also be stud- ied, but at the same time the National Student Forum must also act. The outlook must not be: “Immediate ac- tion by the students might possibly 20,000 copies of this 24-page | booklet have been sent to the readers of The Daily Worker and to many others, If you don’t get one this week— SEND FOR IT! affect the situation,” but the united ’ efforts of the students and the young workers’ against the continuance of the intervention of the United States government in China would make the Morgan-Coolidge regime in Washing- ton think twice before it — its next step. An immediate referendum vote must be organized in all the colleges of the United States which demands: (a) the abolition of all unequal treaties; (b) the immediate withdrawal of United States gunboats and troops from China. Then the National Stu- dent Forum should go on record as- favoring a united front of all student, young worker, etc. organizations which will struggle against the inter vention in China, against compulsory military training in the schools (for the abolition of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps). Trumbull Meet . In New York NEW YORK.—On April 24 at Har- lem Casino, 116th and Lenox avenue, the Y:;W. L,.of:New York will cele- brate the release of Comrade Walter Trumbull from Altcratz prison. Walter Trumbull and Paul Crouch, who is still in prison, were court: martialed and sent to prison for the crime of organizing the Communist League of Hawaii. Since his release from prison Com- rade Trumbull has been touring the country speaking on the conditions of the workers of the Hawaiian Islands, We urge the young workers of New York to come and hear the fighter in the ranks of the revolution expose the iron rule of American imperialism in the Hawaiian Islands. SECTION 6, CHICAGO LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP MEETING WED. Capitalist militarism and the danger of war and the tasks of the Young Workers’ League in fighting them will be the subject of discussion at the membership meeting of Section 6, to be held this Wednesday night at 1902 W. Division street. Comrade Paul Cline will be the speaker. In addition to the educational part of the meet- ing there will be a thoro mobilization of the membership for the May Day meeting. Section 6 of the league is fully aware that it will require a Her- culean effort’ to bring down 10,000, workers™to fill the Coliseum on May Day and it proposes to do its share. It has ordered 700 DAILY WORKERS for distribution, 75 badges and 1,500 leaflets to give out around the facto- fies. The section sold 150 tickets for the Lenin Memorial. It expects to go away over this. mark for thé May Day meeting. Don’t waste your breath, put It on paper. | MAY DAY ISSUE Bundles The May Day Special Issue will be one of 12 pages— filled with news and stories and cartoons—features from the shops, factories and trade unions, The Special will be printed to enable every part of the country to ees it before May Day and in time for distribution and your May Day meeting. Get a bundle at the special price of 2 Cents (= a Copy % THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill, Enclosed §.. -« for a bundle ww Copies of the May Day OF aww Special, wsssvusoasansnnnnonynscossensesnnscessossnseceesenesnsesscastonm (Name) n svenethenveneevennenennennennensnnsnesnsensenseneeneanensnesesens (Street)