The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 23, 1926, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Workers (Communist) Party J, P. CANNON TO BE ONE OF MAY SPEAKERS HERE 1. D. Sicheey to Be} at Coliseum The appearance of James P, Cannon on the platform at the May Day de- monstration in the Coliseum will help | to make that meeting an historic oc- casion. Cannon has been a part of the working class movement in America for so many years that it is fitting that he take part in a demonstration that recalls the gigantic strike of 1886 for the 8 hour day. Between the years 1911 to 1914, Can- non was an organizer for the Indus- trial Workers of the World (I. W. W.) He took an active part in building the Communist Party. He was indicted in Kansas City for agitation !n connec- tion with the coal strike of 1919, when he aided in the organization work. 1. L. D. Secretary, Since June 19: he has been the national secretary of International Labor Defense, and a member of the national executive committee of that organization. Under his administra- tion, the International Labor Defense, an organization that defends all work- ing class prisoners, and aids them when they are thrown behind the bars, has assumed large proportions. It has succeeded: in enlisting the support | for the I. L. D. of elements of varying shades of opinion, and is continuing | along these lines. Foster and Lovestone, Other speakers will be Wiliam Z. Foster, just returned from Russia after a six months stay, Jay Love- stone, organization secretary of the Workers’ Party, Corinne Robinson, Negro youth organizer, and Arne Swa- beck, general secretary District 8, will act as chairman. Other features are Chicago Civic Opera Ballet, a Panto- mine, and the well-known Freiheit Singing Society. Union Acts to Kill Bonus System. SYDNEY—(FP)—As ‘the rattway. commissioners in New South Wales refused to end the bonus system in the railway workshops, the unions issued notices to their members that no bonus payments must be accepted. Any member working for and earn-; | American Negro Labor Congress, ing a bonus is to be fined $5 for the first offense, $10 for the second and expulsion from the union for the third offense. 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 receive 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 .. copies of the May Day of .. Special, "“(Name) “Btreet) “ity (State) ART, |tvity efficiently they must bh United Front Tactics, He gave major attention in his re- port to the united front campaigns, pointing out that there was continuous progress both in the development of the united front tactic, as well the number of instances upon which it was used, paign, the election campaign, the in- tense drive for a united labor ticket | which showed definitely that the party | was determined to establish unity on he election field, the Russian recogni- ion campaign, the trade union confer- ence in which party members partici- pated, the foreign-born conference, to which 200,000 workers were invited and in which the party participated, the youth conference, the mass meet- ings for the Passaic strikers. Weinstone also spoke on the situa- tion in the socialist party, pointing out that efforts had been made on their part to overcome the demoraliza- tion of the past few years, but that the crisis in the socialist party over the discrediting of the New York ‘For- wards” has caused greater discontent. Organization Campaigns. Weinstone then reviewed the activi- ties in organizing the unorganized, pointing out the lessons of present campaigns going on, that the party was supporting every effort toward organizing the unorganized. He point- | ed out the necessity of the party turn- |ing its attention to heavy industry where workers are concentrated in great numbers, and for that reason stressed the necessity of building up the New Jersey sub-district, where workers are located in oil, steel and in other industries. This must, how- ever, not be done to the neglect of attention to light industry. In reference to the labor party, he pointed out that the district has sys- tematically agitated for the labor party and the united labor ticket, but that in the coming election campaign |we must aim to turn this agitation into a concrete organizational slogan. In reference to trade union work, whichis te be a special topic for a separate conference, the necessity for still greater union activity was stressed. A special organizer has been put on for Negro work and the party has aided in establishing units of the In reference to women’s workysuc- cesses have been achieved by the women’s department, also in the case | of helping the International Labor De- fense he pointed out the need for the party establishing mére organizational units of both women’s, and defense work. Regarding co-operattives, the dis- trict is building up fractions of co- operatives and Weinstone reported that we have a fraction of over 100 members in one co-operative and are building similar fractions in others. Turning attention to the internal sit- uation of the party, he referred to the need for greater democracy and greater initiative in the lower units and that the district would do every- thfhg to establish closer contact in order to develop the work. Time did not permit Weinstone to touch on the two and a half tendency, Young Workers’ League, as well as other phases of party work which the district covered. He closed pointing out that progress has been made in the district in overcoming the sharp fractional situation, that all members willing to work are being drawn into the work, and that the district would do everything to still further stabilize and normalize the party life in the district. Need to Strengthen Party. Following the report of Weinstone, Jack Stachel, organization secretary of the district, reported on the present stage of reorganization and the tasks before the party to strengthen the party apparatus. He pointed out that reorganiation cannot be accomplished by mechanical reallocation of mem- bers, but means that the party must strain itself to the utmost to recruit new members from the basic indus- tries and large shops. In this connec- tion he cited that more attention is being paid to the 30 New Jersey nuclei than to the needle trades nuclei in New York City. Must Train Functionaries. Stachel stressed the importance of training party functionaries and again contrasted the problem of function- aries at present with that in the old branches, He said that in the old branches there were at most five ac- tive comrades in a branch that made about 250 comrades who were func- tionaries in the branches. At the present time there are 750 comrades who are the organizers, secretaries and agitprop director of the shop and street nuclei, Not only must the functionaries be instructed how to carry on organiza- tional activity, but in order that they be able to carry out their Communist receive The Saklatvala cam- PARTY FUNCTIONARIES DISCUSS MANY IMPORTANT PROBLEMS AT MEETING IN NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK, April 21—Four hundred party functionaries—organizers, secretaries and agitprop directors of the shop and street nuclei, organizers of sections and sub-sections as well as all other members of the sub-section | | executives and members of the district executive committee and other func- tionaries attended the conference held in New York at Manhattan Lyceum. These 400 functionaries represented the following party units: 78 shop | nuclei, 75 factory district street nuclei and 36 imternational branches, Comrade Weinstone, general secretary of District 2, opened the confer- ence and after some brief announcements, began his report of the activities of the district im the last six months.¢—————__________ training in the political work of the party and must always be acquainted with the political problems of the party. Stachel then pointed out that wher- ever there was a function sub-section executive the nuclei were functioning and called on the functionaries to strengthen the sub-sections and build up the sections to be able to carry on work more independently and pay more attention to the nuclei and be the connecting link between the nuclei and the district committee. He point- ed out that the work of the nuclei while it has greatly improved is still far from satisfactory. Work in Non-Party Organizations, As to the work in non-party organi- zations, Stachel did not speak on the work in the trade unions, as this was to be discussed at a separate function- aries’ meeting, but spoke on the work in other non-party organizations, par- ticularly the language organizations. He pointed out that after the reorgan- ization and the formatiop of language fractions our work in the different workers’ language organizations has increased tremendously. This can be seen, he said, by the splendid repre- sentation of these organization at the conference for the Protection of the Foreign-Born. Control of Activity. Stachel also pointed out the impor? tant role that the problem of organiza- tion was assuming in the party. The party, he said, is becoming organiza- tion conscious. The party is today discussing the minutest detail of how to carry on the work and is rapidly learning how to use its forces. The party is establishing more and more control over the work of every party member. The party is putting into practice the slogan “every member an active mémber.” The functionaries must go back to their respective units and see to it that every comrade is drawn into ac- tivity, that every member is assigned a definite task, and that the nucleus exercises a control over the activity of every member. If this is done we will soon have an apparatus that will be capable of adapating itself to changed situations that a Gommunist Party may face at any time, and the party will be able to go forward with its campaigns. After the report of Stachel, Katter- field, district DAILY WORKER agent, outlined the DAILY WORKER sub drive. He pointed out that in the past the membership and the party units did not give sufficiient attention to the building up of the DAILY WORKER, and said that if we are to be successful in our work we have to build up a powerful DAILY WORKER. Following the report there was a general discussion of all reports, each speaker getting five minutes. Over 20 functionaries participated in the discusison, and many of them made very valuable contributions to the party by relating their experience in the. shop and in the work of the street nuclei, Many of the comrades discussed the united front tactics and expressed their approval of the report of Wein- stone and the activity of the district in utilizing correctly the united front tactic and in mass’ work. The social- ists in the unions and the socialist party was also discussed. Lively Discussion. The discussion was the best that was ever had in this district, both from the point of view of the number that participated in the discussion and the fact that they were all comrades who were giving their experiences and the general spirit of the discussion. While there was criticism on the part of some of the comrades who were im- patient and did not see the bigger prob- lems involved in reorganization, the discussion was entirely free from any factional spirit that was so character- istic of party meetings in the past. The entire meeting and the discussion was thoroly constructively . The conferenceadjourned after brief summaries by Weinstone and Stachel following the discussion, ‘Another conference similar to this one will be held shortly to discuss the industrial work and agitprop work of the party. Youth Pay Heavy Toll for Bosses’ Profits 38 Killed in Three States During One Year mame Thirty-eight youthful workers were killed, 920 partly disabled for life, and 6,620 temporarily disabled as results of industrial accidents in a single year in Wisconsin, New Jersey, and Massa- chusetts, according to a study just made public by the children’s bureau, department of labor. We need more news from the shops and factories. Send it in! CHICAGO WOMEN MILLINERS. NOW ARE ORGANIZED Large Mass Meeting Is Called for April 29th (By Federated Press.) Unusual weather conditions and other factors that have prolonged the working season in the spring hat in- dustry are responsible for the good response met by the Women Millin- ery Workers Union in their extended Chicago organization campaign. Starting a number of weeks before |the Easter bonnet season was at its height the newly chartered union, which is Local 52, Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers Intefnational Un- ion, continues enlisting the girl work- ers of the industry. ‘A mass meeting for machine operators and trimmers is called for April 29 ‘in the Captal building, timed for 6:30 p. m., when the girls from the Idft shops in the loop have had a bite to eat after work. Agnes Nestor of the.Women’s Trade Union League is to be chairman. The union is taking its broader la- bér duties seriously; having elected Elizabeth Rubin and Edith Killian as delegates to the Women's Trade Union league and Anna EH. David and Ida Muskin to the Chicago Federation of Labor. “Our local is succeeding in break- ing down the prejudice of the girls against men workers in the shops,” says Secy. Anna David. “The bosses have kept the prejudice alive to keep the workers divided. We are begin- ning to see that the only result of prejudice between workers is bigger profits for the boss and lower wages for the workers. “Our best object lesson in solidar- ity is to point out what is going on in many of the shops. Side by side, working at the same bench, doing the same kind of work and turning out an equal amount of it, are men work- ers getting $60 a week and women workers getting $35'n week. Speed, skill, output, endurance, steadiness are the same. The only difference is that the men are fully organized in Local 47 while the women are as yet only partly organized and in many shops not at all. “Local 47 is co-operating with our new local in every way. We are hav- ing joint committee meetings and 47 is prepared to turnjever to us the women members it ennolled before our Local 52 was the Wom The office of the Women Millinery Worker’s Union is in the Federation building, 168 W. Washington street. i you send a oa 2you will build The DAILY WORKER, and The DAILY WORKER wilt help. to build) the movement. Get the point? KENOSHA WILL HOLD MEMBERSHIP MEETING ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON KENOSHA, Wis., April ,21—Sun- day, April 25 at 3 p. m., the Kenosha membership of the Workers (Com- munist) Party will meet at the Ger- man American Home, 665 Grand Ave. A representative of the district executive committee will be ee ent, Among other matters to be Sakari up is that of making a success of the May Day celebration, Sunday May 9, at the above address, Springfield Will Hold May Day Mass Meeting (Special to The Dally: Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April 21 — A May Day demonstration that will sur- pass previous ones will take place Sunday, May 2, beginning at 2 o’clock in the afternoon and lasting until mid- night in Carpenters’ Hall, Seventh and Adams St. At®2 o’clock, Alexander Bittelman, member of the central executive com- mittee of the Workers (Communist) Party will speak on the “Significance of May Day.” This May Day celebration is a united front event, The following or- ganizations are represented: Workers (Communist) Party, Young Workers (Communist) League, German Singing Society, Lithuanian Women’s: Progres- sive Club, the American Lithuanian Workers Literature Association, Ger- man Sick and Death Benefit Society, and the Miners’ Educational League. May Demonstrators on Trial in Vilna, Poland WARSAW, April 21 — (IRA.)—In Vilna a trial has begun against 46 workers who are accused of participa- tion in the May demonstration of last year. Among the 25 witnesses in this trial there are the chief of the polit- ical police, and the inspector of the EXPERIENCES ST. PAUL RE- ‘ ORGANIZATION, IHEN the time for reorganization ‘came, the St. Paul League was a group of young Communists witha fair theoretical understanding (com- pared with other units in the district) and more loyal to the movement. But isolated from the Young Workers. Not merely having no influence, but actually isolated. The leading com- ratles have recognized that, and at- tempted to break thru to the masses. To do that, however, the entire organ- ization was needed and not the action of individuals. We had to change the internal activity and ideology into mass activity. The reorganization of the former branch into more than ohe group, tended to force the comrades to start real Communist work by mak- ing every. member function and to start outside work in an attempt to gain new elements from the sheps. The result is that for the first time thé St. Paul league members are ac- tually cafrying on a shop campaign against a printing compatiy where a few hundred young workers are em- Leaders of Young Pioneers By FANNIE PLOTKIN We want the workers’ children to join one organization, and that is the Young Pioneers. Wherever one looks there are children. Children. who could be drawn into our Young Pio- neers’ League if we had the comrades “defense” (secret police) and other police agents. Despite the fact that the court decided not to exclude the Public.«from its sessions, only press representatives are admitted to th trial. Berger Introduces Anti-Lynch Bill WASHINGTON, April 21— A bill making those who participate in lynch- ings or who fail to take necessary pre- cautions to prevent lynching guilty of. a felony, punishable by a Maximum | fine of $10,000 and subject to 10 years in prison was introduced in the house by Congressman Victor L. Berger, so- cialist of Wisconsin. Berger charged jthe administration with “ducking” legislation, promised in the republican platform of 1924, Czecho-Slovak Workers Have an Interesting Sports Tournament exhibition given by the Czecho-Slovak | workers’ sport organization Omladina, at Pilsen Park, was a splendid suc- cess, Over a thousand workers enthusi- astically applauded every feature of the long and varied program. Cal- isthenic exercises by large groups of boys, girls, men and women composed the major part of the program. The sight of 30 or more proletarian lads, performing their exercise in perfect rhythm and unison, was something | thoroly enjoyable. The girls, gayly costumed in ‘bloom- ers, red blouses and, black ties, featur- ed in various club and want drills. Their graceful and,perfectly co-ordin- ated movements, executed with the use of wands, delighted the audience, The men, who were dressed in tightly fit- ting full length aym trousers, red uv Wabters Sparts The annual athletic and gymnastic} Just Off the Press! A timely publication of great interest to every American worker. | belts and white jerseys, put on Saal bolical drills and horizontal and par- allel bar exercises, Finnish Workers Participate, An additional feature on the pro- gram was a and high jumping event Put on by the Finnish workers’ sport | clubs Vilkas amg Into. This event was especially appreciated. It lent an international aspect to the proceed- ings. Thruout the exercises were con- ducted with the accompaniment of musical airs played by a large orchestra, A representative of the Labor Sports Union, to which the Omladina is af- filiated, addressed the gathering. He |dealt with the role which the work- ers’ sports movement plays in the |class struggle and urged all those | present to support the Labor Sports | Union, Pian Another Meet. A joint Finnish-Czech gymnastic ex- hibition on a larger scale than the one just held is being planned for the near future. 23 maps and $1 00 Postpaid In novel photographs 1 binding to lead them.. We Need Group Lead- ers. We hear very much of the Pioneers. The Passaic strike—how pleased we feel when we hear of the children helping in the relief campaign, agitat- ing among the other workers’ chil- dren, holding mass meetings, selling papers, giving revolutionary programs, raising money. We see them come’ eut in their white blouses and red ker- chiefs at mass meefings singing the ‘International, speaking, shouting “We Are Always Ready.” Yes, we all real- ‘te that they are always ready, that MAY Experiences of Shop Nuclei and Concentration Groups ON TO THE COLISEUM DEMONSTRATION CHICAGO Grand Opera Ballet Pantomime ~ Freiheit Singing Society SATURDAY, MAY FIRST, 8 P. M. Admission: 35c in Advance, 50c at Door. Auspices: Workers (Communist) Party and Young Workers League ployed. And altho no organizational results had been gained yet, we have established contact with young work: ers who give us the information for the shop bulletin which is published every week. But this is done only ‘by one group. The other groups have not started yet; excuses for it may be found but it is not my intention to do so. It is hard to break away from the old habits, and harder yet to start on a new unexperienced road. Like other cities we suffered from the fact that the party took away our best, experineced comrades, but it is remedied to a degree. Our reserve were at hand. We sent into the party the older comrades and retained the younger, so that all of them may at- tend to their work in either the party or league and not to make half baked jobs in both. In carrying on our external work we must also not neglect our internal work (education, etc.) Editorial Note: Write us the rea- sons for the lack of functioning of the other groups (its social compo- sition, what factory concentrating on, etc.) they. are the best bunch of kids we ever saw anywhere and again that feeling of proudness passes over us. But are we ready to lead them? This is an appeal for group leaders, Are you a young comrade with a fair know]edge of English? Do you know why you belong to the Communist movement? Is there any reason at all why you CAN’T be a Pioneer Group Leader? Of course, you will give yourself all kinds of reasons, but you can develop in the work. Come to our Leaders Class, study for a while, take a group together with some other more experienced comrade and then decide whether or not you are not able to be a group leader. Don’t for- get that you will help greatly to build our Pioneer movement, and as a con- sequence the entire party. We meet every Tuesday at 8:00 p. m. at 19 S. Lincoln St. A’ took of cartoons with every hundred points. Get the.point! DAY one who got the sub. getters. will do the rest! This Is Important! To Ail Agents of The Daily Worker! To All Workers! When sending i in subscriptions in this cam- paign, to give the name and address of the We MUST know this to award the votes for the trip to Moscow and to send prizes to sub- Give The Daily Worker agent in your city your subscription—tell him who got it—he tee? .