The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 25, 1926, Page 4

Page Four ~ THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WCRKER PUBLISHING CO. 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mali (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Illinois \. J, LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F, DUNNE Editors MORITZ J. LOEB. weyers jusiness Manager Entered as second-class mat] September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill., under the act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates on application, World Wide Fight Against Imperialism The Communist International, in a proclamation published else- where in today’s Damy Worker, calls upon the oppressed masses of the whole world to marshal their forces for a determined struggle against the imperialist robbers and murderers of the working class who are conspiring to bring about new and more frightful slaughters. The break-up of the conference of the league of nations at Geneva on March 17 was not the result of any one power’s insistence upon a seat in the council, but of first importance in the break-up was the hand of American imperialism using Brazil as its pawn. “The American imperialists intervened in the Geneva negotia- tions thru influencing Brazil in order to strengthen the contradictiona between the European states and to prevent any opposition on the part of the European states to the exploitation of Europe on the part of the United States, and in order to continue its struggle against British imperialism.” The league of nations, from the close of the Versailles confer- ence that created it to its final achievement at Locarno, has revealed itself as the enemy of the oppressed workers, peasants and colonials of the world. Its pacifist pretenses are smoke screens behind which lurk the instruments of oppression and destruction of the working class. The Communist International calls upon the workers of Europe, | America and the colonies and semi-colonies to unite against the| league of nations. In Europe to form united fronts of all workers’ organizations for a frontal attack against the imperialist league of | nations by proposing the socialist United States of Europe. In the | U. 8. A., the citadel of the mightiest imperialist power the world has ever seen, it is our task to fight, with every means at our com- mand, to prevent the realization of the dreams of Wall Street to reduce all Europe to the semi-colonial position that Germany now oceupies. For the masses of American labor this is.a question of the most | vital concern, for the subjugation of Europe to American bank cap-| ital means the most debasing impoverishment of the European| workers and it means furthermore that the products of European | industries will of necessity gain preference in the world market over American products. The result will be the rapid fall in wages of the workers in American industry and the use of the excessive profits obtained from exploitation of the colonies and semi-colonies to increase the number of bribed and corrupted workers who, for the crumbs that fall from the tables of the imperialists, aid the ruling class hold the working class in stibjection. A fight against the conquest of Europe, the struggle against the world court, the league of nations, Locarno and the fraudulent disarmament conferences can best be waged by creating in this country a powerful class party of labor that will expose the alliance, thru the medium of the old parties, of the Tete labor leaders | °'” with the capitalist class. Unless the workers of this country act in concert with the workers of Europe their future will be far blacker than the present condition of the workers of Britain who have been forced to live on meager state doles. Just as the British exploitation of India and the colonies has thrown hundreds of thousands of English workers out of employment so the continued growth of the imperialist powex, of the United States will reduce millions. of American workers to the status of state dependents. The only alternative is the response to the Communist Inter- national’s call for a determined struggle against war and im- perialism. “Honest” Dollars in Industry Mr. John M. Glenn, secretary of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association, is one of the most persistent propagandists of the scab shop in the country today. He reacts to even the mildest suggestion of unionization of industry as an infuriated bull to a red rag. Recently this worthy circularized all the members of the organ‘ ization of which he is secretary, warning them against the “perni- cious meddling” of certain very meek and mild ladies and gentlemen = who imagine they can align the church behind the labor movement. In order to counteract this, Mr. Glenn incites his assorted butchers, plow manufacturers, lime and cement makers, coal mine “to ascertain whether your church is being delivered in the matter of industrial legislation.” In plain words he suggests that the business men bring pressure to bear upon the churches thru threats to refrain from contributions in order to induce them to support the scab shop propaganda. We suspect he will encounter but trifling resistance in this regard as most apostles of jehovah will readily find the exact quotation that will justify servility to capital- ism and prove that workers who revolt against slavery will be scourged here and damned to hell hereafter. The grave concern of Glenn over such a trivial question as 4 few churches mildly supporting organized labor is only an indica- tion of the extent to which these enemies of labor go in combating real threats to. their exploitation of men, women and children, Most amusing was his observation that those who have “an honest dollar working in industry” should be invited to talk. If he means a dollar that was made honestly by the investor he is totally wrong. Wealth is not produced by investment of money, but by the application of labor power to raw materials and machinery. And money used to employ labor is, as Marx said, “dead labor that thrives upon living labor.” owners, felt and tarrant manufacturers and other eminent matter 4. Official Washington does not care to learn about child labor conditions in New Jersey mills, but is gravely- concerned about “child labor” in White House picketing. Was ever there more nauseating hypocrisy? hy ne WORKERS PLAN UNITED FRONT FOR MAY DAY To Hold Joint Meetings in Many Cities May Day meetings are éeing ar- Tanged in many cities at which work- ers will gather to celebrate Interna- tional Labor Day. Units of the Work- ers (Communist) Party, trades unions and fraternal orders have united in meny cities in an effort to make the May Day meetings in their localities| the biggest ever held. A list of the mass meetings that have been arranged so far follows: April 30. Baltimore, Md., at 7 p. m., at the Con- |servatory Hall, 1029 E. Baltimore St., Ruthenberg, rg and Tallentire. May 1 Chicago, Ill., Coliseum, Wabash and 16th St., Cannon, Foster, Young Work- ers League, Lovestone, Bishop Brown. Boston, Mass., 7 Pim Scenic Audi- torium, Benjamin Gitlow. Gardner and Fitehburg, n Holmes Park, Benjam aitiow, Porn and Raits. Lawrence, Mass., 3 p. m., Benjamin Gitlow. Rochester, N. Y., Darcy. Utica, N.'Y., Rudolph. Katz. Cleveland, Ohio, J. J. Bailam, | Auditorium, 1000 Wainut St. Bentleyville, Pa., 6:30 p. m., Union Hall, D. E, Earley. East Pittsburgh, Pa., 8 p. m., Work- ers Home, cor. Electric and North Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa., 8 p. m., Carnegie Music Hall, cor, East Ohio and Federal Ste. |N. S., J. L. Engdahl, | Jakira. Philadelphia, Pa Hall, Broad and M | Dunne and. Tallen Portland, Ore., 8 p. m., Workers Party | Hall, 2271; Yamhill” St.,”A. Fisleeman. Moose Papeun, Truhar, t 7p. m., at Moose er Sts., Ruthenberg, Alientown, Pa., 2 p. m. New York speaker. Easton, Pa, 8 p. m., New York speaker. | Shenandoah, Pa., BD. M. Sholomskis. Mahoney City, Pa., D. M. Sholomskis. Brooklyn, N. Y., Amalgamated Temple, 21 Arion Place, Ruthenberg, Dunne. New York City, Mecca Temple, 56th | | St. and 6th Ave., Ruthenberg, Dunne; | |also a meeting at Cooper Union, 8th St. |and 4th Ave., Ruthenberg, Dunne, Superior, Wis. Avella, Pa.,.7 p. m., Brownton Granish | Hall, George’ Papeun. New Castle, Pa., 4 p.m, Finnish Hall, | 349 Washington. Lge Ohio, 2 p.m, Carl 7p. m, a Ohio, ie ee Ohio, 7:30 p. m., Hall, 943 Broad street. Toledo, Ohio, 7:30 p. m., ah pause Temple, 131 Michigan St, W. J. Worcester, Mass., |7 Nad oa Belmont Hall, 54 Belmont St., Axel Ohrn. Quincy, ee 7 p. m., Taayi Heino. Keene, N. H., 7 p. m., Fitch Williams Hall, William Marttila. Milford, N. bia? 7 p. m,, Milford Hall, Aaro Hyrs! ‘A. Hamilton, Amesbury, oe Oikmeus. Rockford, | Pp. m., Ida Rothstein. South Bend, Ind., ho sg ae i Workers’ Darnach Bohemian Finnish Home, 1216 Colfax, "West, J A. Hamilton. Wilsonville, Ill., John Mihelic. oo Ww 8 p. m., N. Dozen- berg. jpeateolt, House of Mass Mog be Brockton, Mass., 3 Binghamton, N. Y., PRudelph Katz. — N.Y, 3 p. m, Benjamin jarcy. Endicott, N. Y., 7 p. m., Rudolph Katz. Jamestown, N. ms Herbert Benjamin. Niagara Falls, N. » Franklin P. Brill, Warren, Ohio, 7:30 D. m., Hippodrome , 2646 S. Au- Hall, |. Brahbin, Brownsville, P 7pm Norwood, Ma: 7 p. m, Lithuanian Hall, 14 St. G Ave. Maynard, Mass., 7 p. m., 82 Waltham street. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1. A. Hamilton, Canton, Ohio, 7:30 p. m. Ashtabula, Qhio, 7:30 p. s P, Shat: Daisytown, Pa., 2 p. Akron, Ohio, 2:30 p. m., Heterty J.-L. Engdahi. Minneapolis, Minn, alt, > 8 p. m. J. P. Cannon, Gary, Ind., 2 p. Sophia ster, salt 16th St. and Wathin ,| Ohio, Hall. — " Ohio, 7 2 Pp bo "Bohemian a Erie, Pa., 7 Fa van f Brill, Benjamin, Pursglo 2p. m., Union Hall, 9., 2 p. m., Dunne, Tallen- ‘trenton, N. J 1:30 p. m,, Palace Hall, 179 S. Broad St., Dunne and Fabentice: Washington, D. C. Play- house, 1814 N St. N. Springfield, 11., 2 p. Carpent all, Seventh and Adams Sts., Ale: ittel ‘City, Mo. 8 p. Kan: Hall, Washin: pee Carl Stewart,.H. Grand Rapids, Mich May 3, Schenectady, N.Y. Syracuse, N. Rudolph Katz, Westch: Hartness Hall, 26 Meet’ aay hag rallontire. May 4. Wilmington, yet 8p. Albany, N. Y. Duluth, Minn. May 5. Hibbing, Minn, May 6. Chisholm, Minn. May 7. Ironwood, Minn, ‘ May 8 Hancock, Mich. Marquette, Mich. May 9. Youngstown, Ohio, 7:30 p, m., Ukrainian Hall, 625/ Ww. Rayon St, $ m., Musicians’ vid Coutts, Otto Cook. pm. m., Tallentire. Lithuanian Liberty Chorus Will Stage Opera, Sunday, May 9 Wi telt satisfied it wasn’t wasted. .|would discuss workers’ problems on The Lithuanian Liberty Chorus, af- filated with the Proletarian Art Asso- ciation, will stage an opera, “The Get a member of the Workers Party and a new i sabeeetlacd Chimes of Normandy,” at the Eighth for The DAILY WORKER, c He % icant treet Theater on Sunday, May 9, THE DAICY WORKER ——~__- 2 \Workers (Communist) Party New York Workers’ School Plans to Continue Worker Correspondence Course The big labor battles now going on and the general growth of unrest in the American working class makes Worker Correspondence more import- ant than ever before. The New York Workers’ School has therefore decid- ed to continue the Worker. Corre- spondence Course for some time even tho Joe Freeman, the present instruc- tor, is leaving for Russia this week. Freeman built up, during the course of the five months that he has been an instructor at the Workers’ School, a very able corps of. drker correspond- ents who are supplying The DAILY WORKER, the Frbiheit and various other labor papersjand union journals with news of the clasg striggle in and around New York Cify He has done pioneer work of importance in developing good s' ards of fighting journalism among? the worker corre- ‘spondents of New York, The Workers’ School has, secured the services of a very capable labor journalist, Helen Black, to take the Place of Comrade Freeman. Readers of this paper will remember Helen Black, as the one who conducted the/ very effective publicity campaign for Locals 2, 9, and 22 of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union dur- ing the long left wing fight. She is now conducting the publicity for the Furriers’ strike, In order*to encourage further devel- opment of Worker Correspondence in New York, new registrations for the course will be accepted during the month of May without charge. The New York Agitprop department of the Workers Party is endeavoring to util- ize the month of May for the develop- ment of worker correspondence, and factory newspapers, Any nucleus, that is planning a factory newspaper or that has not yet developed worker cor- respondents of its own to carry the affairs of its shop Into the labor press, should send a representative at once to take this course, ESTHONIAN FRACTION CONVENTION LAYS PLANS FOR GREATER ACTIVITY The Esthonian fractions of the Workers (Communist) Party held a con- yention in New York tie latter part of March. Delegates were present from most important sections of the Hsthonian fractions of the party. ANDREW GRAHAM WILL BE BURIED THIS AFTERNOON | Active Party. Worker Dies of Injuries te By WALTER @cHUTH o (Worker Correspondent) Andrew Graham,“age 41, died Wed- nesday morning, April 21, from in- juries that he received in an accident Oct. 31, 1924, while driying his truck from work to his home for a bite to eat before taking out-candidates and speakers of the Workers (Communist) Party to various street corners during the congressonal campaign in the seventh congressional district. He spent many months in the hos- pital because of a broken spine and other injuries, which caused him pain and suffering beyond éscription. Comrade Graham was born in the *X’ Jefferson Park district of Chicago. Fought For Workers. He has served the working class movement for more than twenty years. These twenty years..of his life were spent for others, always hoping that he might help them ‘understand the class struggle. He was the type who was ready to do the Jimmy Higgins’ work at any time or place. % He received great. enjoyment, pleas- ure and consolation, out, of his work. Andrew Graham was a real rebel. Success to him didn’t mean the ac- cumulation of wealth,! but rather how he could help better. the lot of the workers, No matter where. this comrade traveled he always had some kind of literature with him. He was always ready to use it in such a way that he He the job without fear, He also spent his moneyefreely for the cause. He wasn’t backward in talking about Communism in the hospital or hand- ing out literature to his attendants and visitors and the other patients. He was admired and leved by all com- rades who knew im as well as his many friends. Funeral Services Today. , Funeral service’ will be held. at Mays’ chapel, Milwaukee and Wilson Ave., on Saturday Afternoon, April 24, at 2 o'clock, He will be buried at Union Ridge cemetery on Higgins Road. HONOR ROLL OF WORKERS AIDING PRESS ito, Ha ibeek, Mich.........$ 5.50 Package Party held for The DAILY WORKER, Youngstown, Ohio $40.00 Atlanta Barber Law. ¢ ATLANTA, Ga, April 23—The At- lanta barber law, forbidding Negro barbers from serving white women and white children under 14 years of age, is not being enforced. Civic or- ganizations have secured injunctions against the ordinance pointing out it is In restraint of trade, The bill requires that all barber shops must close at seven each night and nine o'clock on Saturdays. It failed to provide an, opening time. Many of the shops to avoid the or- dinance close their shops on the specified time and then immediately reoper them, 5° The A The convention went on record en- dorsing «the reorganization of the party and declared that the reorgan- ization had brot a new and revolution- ary spirit into the party which was manifesting itself in the struggles the left wing in the American trade unions and also in the fact that the party was taking the leadership of the workers in their everyday struggles. The resolution called on all of the Esthonian members to give earnest support to the reorganization. The conyention discussed the prob- lems of the Esthonian fraction such as workers’ clubs, the building of’ the Bsthonian fraction’s agitation and propaganda work, etc. A new bureau consisting of the fol- lowing comrades was elected: M. Martinson, secretary, P. Kutt, A. Ko- bel, A. Mackie, A, Moller, William Rogerman and Thomas Sepp. John Virkus and A. Artor were elected as alternates for the central bureau. Aviators Rescued. LISBON, April 23—The two Portu- gese aviators, believed to have been drowned when their plane. fell into the sea while enroute to the Azores, ere rescued today by a fishing ves- sel. They were taken to thei sland of Santa Cruz. FORWARD WITH WORKERS’ SPORTS ARTICLE II. In District No, 8 the Young Work- ers (Communist) League has had some experience with sport work. Chi- cago, of course, leads in this respect. But outside of Chicago probably Seuth Bend has done the most. Sev- eral years ago the League unit in South Bend organized and kept in the field for a whole season, a foot- ball team consisting of over twenty members. Followed Wrong Policy. Its work came to naught because it did not follow the right policy. One of its greatest mistakes was that it made the team a part of the League. It named the team the Young Work- ers’ League Football team, and com- pelled.every player to become a mem- ber. The result was, that the com- paratively small League unit could not hold the ideologically undeveloped players within bounds and the branch fell apart. “It was simply a case of a “left deviation.” Had the League unit been satisfied to keep the team as an organization apart from itself, and to control it by setting up a fraction of the most advanced members from within, then undoubtedly, the thing would have assumed a permanent character. The League would have reaped many new members as a re- sult. All of the members of the team were young industrial workers and fine material. In Gary a somewhat similar situa- tion presented itself. “In this instance the mistake committed was that the League did not take the opportunity to launch sport work,. It happened that the League temporarily gained control over a “neighborhood” group of about fifteen boys, thru getting into the League its two main leaders, They were all rg{gious and miseducated, it is true. As young steel workers they were splendid material, Of course, it was impossible to assimilate them at one gulp, The League activities and meetings were too far oyer their headg, They did not appeal to them. {| beautiful curls, her charming yoice WITH TE. Y CONDUCTED = BY TH Sophie Speaks—A Story of the Young Pioneers The graduation of twenty-five Young Pioneers “into. the Young Workers (Gommunist) League was celebrated in New York City on March 27th. Altho delayed we print the story be~ cause of its universal interest to all workers, By I. RIJAK, si happened on Saturday right in the midst of the roaring, multitudinous New York City, which daily out-sensa- tions itself. That which took place on Saturday in one of the numerous buildings on a noisy street can hardly be termed sensational. ‘There were no screaming headlines describing the event in the New York Times; no pic- tures were printed in the News about the affair. Twenty-five workers’ \ children — Young Pioneers—trained in a chil- dren's Communist organization for a year or more, ripened sufficiently to take another step forward in their revolutionary journey, were graduat- ing into the Young Workers (Commu- nist) League. For over a year they had the glorious name “Young Pioneers”; now they were given a newer, a stronger name, “Young Work- ers Leaguers.” The celebration opened with a meet- ing. The chairman in his introductory remarks, spoke of the significance of the graduation, of the responsibilities assumed, of the thorns expected in the road ahead. The first to speak was a young girl Pioneer by the name of Sophie. « Sophie’s glowing face, her and her enthusiasm captured the at- tention of the entire audience. What a pity that her speech could not be recorded stenographically! What keen reasoning and understand- ing Sophie showed in her speech. “Today,” she said, “is a double holiday for me. Promotion from public school into high school and promotion from the Pioneers into the Young Workers’ League. The first holiday, what does it mean to me? Merely a transfer Shop Nuclei 0 from one boss-controlled school into another. On the other hand, my pro- motion from one proletarian organiza- tion into a stronger one of more ‘ma- ture Communists—that's a real holi- day, “It is hard, unbearable, in the capi- talist school. Another year and I’ll drop it, go to the shop and suffer and struggle along with the other millions of proletarian boys and girls. Al ready I can ¢all you Y. W. L., and my place, even Jike all the leaguers, is there in the shop, Today I oblige myself to give more of’ my strength and energy to our organization” (stormy applause). When the ‘applause subsided the Young Pioneers in unison roared: “Bravo, Sophie, Sophie, Sophie.” A young girl Pioneer of Passaic spoke next. Her father and mother are both on strike. She told how she first be- came acquainted with the Young Pior@@rs; how she became interested and later jomed the organization. A deep. impression was created by a six-year-old boy Pioneer from Passaic, who told how the teachers in his school try fo discredit the leader of the heroic textile strikers, Weisbord. One after the other the Pioneers spoke. Vividly, clearly and joyfully they transmitted into words what they felt that evening. The district organ- izer of the league, Comrade Sam Don, gave a clear characterization and cor- rect appreciation of the celebration. It was, not merely a celebration. This evening will become historical. It is another glorious revolutionary page—written ‘in the history book of the American proletariat. Into the revolutionary youth move- ment there flowed a fresh hot stream of life and joy. These were not for- eigners, but American children—who best approach to the broad masses ‘ot the American tolling youth. ur Basic Units HOSE comrades who first favored reorganization in principle ‘but thot that it would not work in prac- tice now begin to see their errors with the start in reorganization. The old territorial branch form was a heritage from the socialist party and did not make for the work among the masses by the entire league. The shop nucleus, on the contrary, assures us of being constantly in touch with the masses of young workers. The shop nucleus assures a better so- parts The problem was how to hold on to! them and gradually win them ideo- logically. / ‘ Need Sports’ Clubs. Since they were all inclined athle- tically, (they all played either base-4 ball or basketball)’ the logical thing would have been to organize them in- to a sports’ club, build a League. frac- tion within it, and thru propaganda and discussion develop their class con- sciousness and prepare them for mem- bership in the League. This was not done. Consequently the entire group even the leaders, dropped, out. Thus the Gary League, thru not making proper use of sports’ work, lost a great opportunity of winning five or ten young steel workers for the Com- munist canse. Probably instances of this sort oc curred not only in District No. 8, but all over the country. However, we are interested in our past. mistakes only in#ofar as they throw a light on our future work. We can and we must. make sports’ work an important part of our activity in District No. 8, Elect Sports’ Directors, In Waukegan (where there is.a pow: erful Finnish workers’ sports’ group), in Milwaukee; and in’ southern Illi- nois, we must place this work on the regular agenda of our meetipgs. “Hach and every unit should elect a sports’ director, or a sports’ committee and, make them definitely responsible for the gathering of all informetion in re- gard to the local workers’ sports" movement, When all the information is in hand, a definite plan of ofgan- ization work should be laid out. The National Sports’ Committee has sent out ‘detailed instructions as to how the work. should proceed, Now that summer is approaching, the time is particularly fayorable for the Jaunching of - sport ; activities.) Every unit in District, (No, § can, make, a real forward stride sby devoting {t- self chergetically. to Ads) work. , Sports’ Committee, er No. 8 = cafl composition for the league and a steady--influx of new members. It makes every member an acfive mem- ber whose tasks are to win'ymembers for the league thru individual ap- proaches, thru the distribution of lit- erature, etc. Here in Philadelphia our shop nu- clei can already show actual\successes in the setting of workers \of their shops into motion for partial dem4ite:-— |, Lazarowitz, M. Epstein, The Workers’ Home _and the Child F parents expect bas: thes children to travel the path towards Com- munism. they must teach them at home, There are many party mem- bers who have children that are as far from Communism as Morgan or the ku klux klan. The reason for this can be traced to the fact that the party parents do not take the children into their confidence, discuss problems with them and»thus give tiem elementary lessons in class consciousness. The party members must start teach- ing their children Communism at home, not in a dictatorial manner, but in'one of comradely understanding, When this is done then they will them- selves line up with the Young Pioneers or Young Workers ~ (Communist) League. Party members! Free your children from the grip of the imperialist ideoi- ogy. H. Singer, Denver Y, W. L. Bratska Sloga Aids the Passaic Strikers PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 23—The Bratska Sloga Beneficial Society its last meeting made a collection $17 for the Passaic strikers. money rajsed was sent to the Inter national Workers Aid, 743 Main Ave., Passaic, ~ e@ society plans to arise more money for the Passaic strikers and in’ a _letter of greeting the strikers ubges them to contifiue their | Ast: ra oe dd living conditions, t your PARTICIPATE IN May Day PITTSBURGH, Pa.-~- International Labor's Holiday, the First of May, will ‘be. celebrated here at the Car: ‘negie Music. Hall, corner EB. Ohio and Federal streets, N. S. Pittsburgh, on ‘Saturday, May 1, at 8 p. m. George Papcun, district organizer of the Young Workers (Communist) ‘League. will be the youth speaker J. Louis Engdahl, editor The DAILY WORKER, will be the party speaker. Freda Truhar, member df the Young Pioneers will speak in behalf of ‘the workers’ children. Besides this an in- teresting. musical sroersan has bert arranged, . 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