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

ANREP tc RDA RE EEE Page Four Ge sian = TH E DAILY WORKER Workers (Communist) Party Work of Party Members in the Trade Unions actionary leadership and substitute a militant leadership for it. 6. Make Communists of the workers with whom we come in contact, in the union as elsewhere, 7. Build the Trades Union Educa- tional League into an organization taking in all left and progressive ele- ments willing to fight for a class policy. 8. Direct the work of the unions and guide its masses thru the giving of the proper sort of leadership, Ill. How to Do It. L Unco-ordinated individual effort is not sufficient. The party members must work in an organized systematic fashion thru fractions, Party mem: bers must not disagree with each other in the union or the Trades Union Educational League, but decide poli- cies in advance and work planfully. 2, General ‘campaigns of the party must be tied up to interests, expe- riences, and practical problems of the workers in the union. 8. Agitation and propaganda are not enough. Only every day practical work in the tasks of the union will win the confidence of backward work- ers. 4. Don’t talk too much. Accept prac- HE New York agitprop department has prepared a list of topics for nucleus discussions at educational meetings. The plan is for each nu- cleus to reserve every other week for discussion meetings. These are not abstract educational meetings, but deal with the concrete problems before the nucleus, giving them, however, a proper setting in the general program and tasks of the party. A comrade is selected from each nucleus to lead the discussion. He is assigned his topic, {f possible, a month in advance so as to have plenty of time to prepare. The New York agitprop department is preparing an outline of each of the topics, together with a suggested list of readings to aid the comrades in pre- paring. As these topics and this procedure fs of great interest to the party as a whole, we are reprinting the first of the outlines, which follow: 1, The Present Situation in the Ameri- can Unions, Conservative leadership, expulsion policy, capitalist politics, weak craft structure which cannot fight the big trusts, tendency to class collaboration in place of class struggle, aristocracy, exclusion of the unskilled, the Ne- tical tasks. Do as much union work groes, etc. as possible, but not so much that it Ml. What Are We Trying to Do in the | prevents your attending the meeting Unions? 1. Substitute class struggle for class collaboration. 2. Working-class politics for capital- fst politics—labor party. 8. Organize the unorganized work- ers, strengthen the union, amalgamate ef the unions of a given industry and unify the unions nationally and inter- nationally. 4. Stop and prevent expulsions, have the unions include all tendencies in the labor movement. 5. Remove the conservative and re- of your party unit and so separates you from the party. 5. Know what you are talking about. a. Learn the history your union. Study its constitution. Know the rules of order. Know the agreements, the policy of of- ficials towards employers, b. Know your industry—its eco- nomics, employers’ associations’ degree of organization in the in- dustry, dual unions, company unions, ce. Study your fellow-unionists CALL ON NEW YORK CENTRAL and learn when and how to work with 1, Left-wingers, 2. Progressives, 4 3. “Honest” trade unions, 4, Anti-machine men, 5. Men with a grievance, 6. Socialists. ALWAYS WORK THRU ‘THE BROADEST POSSIBLE UNITED FRONT THAT A GIVEN I§SUE PERMITS. CLEVELAND HAS VERY SUCCESSFUL SPRING FESTIVAL \Paris Commune Play “1871” Stirs Audience CLEVELAND, April 25—The much | heralded feature of the spring fes- tival at the Moose auditorium, took by storm the entire audience of 800 per- sons who were present. The feature was a dfamatic presentation of the uprising of the Paris Communards en- titled, “1871.” The opening depicts the triumphant Communards cheering Renvier, the leader of the uprising who tells them that only by electing their own representatives to their own governing body can they hold power. Workers’ Council Meets, The second scene shows the meet- ing of the workers’ council at which various matters. of national economy are being discussed. The smooth- ness of the meeting is interrupted by a delegate who points out that the Commune jis not secure ‘so long as the bourgeoisie is not disarmed and completely deprived of political power. The other members of the council re- gard this as something akiz to trea-| NEW HAVEN, tection of Foreign-Born, which has thi tral Labor Council, it taking the int St., Sunday, May 23 at 2 o'clock. City conferences have already been held in Bridgeport, Ansonia, Water- | bury, Hartford, New Britain and other centers. Springfield, Masg., on the | border of Connecticut, plans to send delegates to the state conference. Lithuanian Proletarian Art Groups Send Help to Passaic Strikers PERE A conference of: Lithuanian prole- tarian art groups ‘was held in Vilnis Hall, The actors, singers, authors, etc., affiliated with the Proletarian Art As- sociation assembled *at the confer- ence did not forget the striking Pas- saic textile workers.’ A dgnation of $20 was voted out ‘of the district treasury, A collection in the hall brought in $13.55. The sum of $33.55 was sent to the Passaic strikers’ relief committee, The conference also voted a dona- tion of $20 to the aid of Communist authors and composers in Lithuania, A resolution was unanimously adopted protesting against the reac- tionary Lithuanign government de- manding the immediate release of all political prisoners in Lithuania, The art groups also decided to ar- range a concert for the next season for the benefit of the Communist press. One-half of the proceeds will go to help The DAILY WORKER and | the other half towards the Lithuanian press, The following officers of the society were re-elected: J. Bendokaitis, presi- dent; P. Petrokas, secretary; C. Schultz, treasw! The conference | closed with the singing of the Inter- national. Connecticut Sénds $3,500 to Passaic | Textile’ Strikers NEW HAVEN, CONN., ISSUES CALL FOR STATE FOREIGN-BORN CONFERENCE Conn,, April 25—The New Haven Council for the Pro- e endorsement of the New Haven Cen- itiative in calling a staté-wide confer- ence for the Protection of Foreign-Born at the Machinists’ Hall, 79 Temple ann ae nSnetSnna nNtaT nen Set LAs erm eer Sy BOSSES BOOSTING ANTI-ALIEN BILL IN CLEVELAND, 0. Chamber of Commerce Shifts Position CLEVELAND, April 25—The Cleve- land chamber of commerce has made a virtue of necessity and, in face of the violent protest that has been made against the Aswell bill for registering and photographing foreign-born work- ers, has shifted its position. It now favors the Sosnowsky apd Johnson bills. The chamber of commerce of this city, recognizing that the govern- ment would not be able to undertake a compulsory registration of the for- eign-born without interfering with the “peace” of the American population, retreated from its position and favor- ed bills which in their ultimate effect are as dangerout to the working class as the Aswell bill. On the Sosnowsky bill, the chamber states that “voluntary registration will enable aliens to obtain protection against annoyance, inconveniense by imposters or government officials, and against the danger of deportation pro- ceedings on account of the doubtful legality “of their residence here.” The Purpose. The purpose is clear, It is calcu- lated, that there are about 100,000 for- eign-born in Cleveland who would be affected by the bill. These are not business men, professional men, ete., but workers. With this weapon, the employers will be in a position to ferce the foreign-born workers’ into IROTZKY once wrote that every real Communist should be able to Sway and influence at least two score of the non-party workers with whom he comes in contact as his individual contribution towards making the party a party of the masses. This can be equally applied to a Young Commu- nist, to a member ofthe Young Work- ers’ League. It poses the question as to the individual work which each member can do in the development of our league. Let us take in this connection the important task of the reorganization of the league on the basis of shop nuclei. Our greatest obstacle’ to the accomplishment of this task is, of course, our small and scattered mem- bership. Or, to put it in its practical aspect, it is the difficulty which the concefitration groups meet in winning new members, How does the concentration group— or the shop nucleus—reach the young workers thru its message? In two ways: Thru our paper and shop bulle- tin and thru the personal approach of our members in the shop. The first method, of course, is the mass ap- proach. It has been more or less thoroly dealt with and its importance as well as technique are fairly well understood. But the second method— that of the personal approach—has not been given sufficiently detailed and objective consideration. The great importance of the work of a comrade (or comrades) inside of a shop or factory on which we are concentrating cannot be _ overesti- mated. The comrade must serve as the guide, the eyes, the ears, and, toa certain extent, the voice of the con- centration group. He mist get all the complaints and information. He must carefully notice the reaction to every Dhase of our activity and of every phase of our propaganda. And, above LABOR UNION TO PARTICIPATE son but their criticism of their som| rade is cut short by the entry of a} NEW HAVEN, Coit, April 25.— wounded soldier who breathlessly in-| State wide relief for the Passaic strike submission. Council Will Fight. all, he must make contacts with those ,;young. workers who prove most re- sponsive to our agitation. The young ~@pen air demonstration and then by IN MAY DAY DEMONSTRATION NEW YORK, April 25.—The Conference for the May Day Celebration, which held a meeting at the Labor Temple two Sundays ago at which 46 unions and other workers’ organizations were represented, issued a call on ti Central Trades and Labor Council and its affiliated unions, the United Hebrew Trades, the socialist party, the socialist labor party and the Low. W. to join in an open air demonstration at 11 a.‘m. Saturday, May 1, in Union Square. Permit has been requested ¢——___ for a parade to be followed by the/y 091 2090 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters; Millinery Workers’ Union local 43; Bakers’ and Confec- tionery Workers’ International Union Local 169; Amalgamated Feod Work- ers; Hotel Workers and Bakers Lo- cal No. 164 of the same; Architectural Iron, Bronze and Structural Workers’ mass marching to a half dozen halls for afternoon meetings at 2 o'clock. The principal downtown hall, ex- cept for those workers belonging to the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, will be Cooper Union. It was necessary to divide the forces | forms them that the bourgeois soldiers jare at“the city gates. The meeting) breaks up in confusion as everyone rushes to the barricades. Massacre of Workers, The next scene pictures the confu- sion and terror of the now leaderless | masses as they rush hither and thither in their frenzied efforts to save the city. from the incoming | hordes of bourgeois mercenaries, The iast seéhe shows the execution of some ‘ofthe surviving revolution- ists. One of them with his back to the wall against which he is about to be shot,~enconrages his surviving comrades to remain steadfast to the cause of the working class by telling | has been organized and over $3,500 has been raised in this state. The New Haven organization, composed of trade unions, workers’ fraternal or- | ganizations, socialists,° liberals, etc., has raised over $800. Hartford comes next with a collection of over $500. Stamford follows with’ $400. In Ansonia the Weavers’ Social Club has raised over $300.” Considerable amounts were also raised by Bridge- port, Waterbury, Ne London and South Norwalk. South Norwalk, New Haven and Hartford have large united confer- ences with large numbér of frade un- ions represented. In’!Ansonia, the weavers assessed themselves 25 cents a week and regular contributions are The Cleveland Council for the Pro tection of the Foreign-Born ‘will fight all propositions that are presented in congress to molest the foreign-born: The “yielding” of the Cleveland Cham- ber of Commerce on the Aswell bill is only indicativé of their shrewdness in avoiding a too open fight with the workers, Youngstown, O., Forms Foreign-Born Council YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, April 25—A. Council for the Protection of Foreign=' Born has been formed in Youngstéwn with 12 organizations affiliating. «An executive committee has been organ- workers in a shop, even tho favorably impresged by our activities, are never- theless very reluctant to hand in their names or to strike up a conversation with our comrades on the outside. It is the extremely important function of the comrade inside of the shop to bridge this gap thru personal contact. He should Watch to see who buys the paper regularly, who seems to take the most interest in our shop bulletin, and who comments most favorably on IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUAL AGITATION our activities, and should strive to be- come acquainted with this young’ worker. However, this must be done very carefully, and in a manner cal- culated to inspire friendliness and con- fidence rather than alarm. The ap- proach should not be abrupt and di- rect, but casual and social, Any triv- ial matter can be used as the starter. for a conversation and acquaintancce- ship. Then the friendship can. be nat- urally and gradually developed, and the question of organization and the activities of the league brought in. When we consider that the winning of several young workers from the shop practically assures the transfor- mation of a concentration group into a shop nuéleus, then we can realize the great importance of the individual ap- proach in the shop. Our member in the shop should scout around, should pick out several of the most intelli- gent and militant young workers there and should definitely set himself the task of winning them for the league. After a short period of friendship with these young workers it may be possi- ble to bring them in contact with other members of the concentration group and thus to get them interested in our work. If two or three months of persistent individual propaganda and work result in the winning of these young workers then our com- rade can consider his time well spent. In any case it is impermissible that a member of the league should work in a shop for any period of time with- out mingling with the young workers and making friends with them. Our members must mix with the young workers, must take an active and leading part in any forms of sport or social life which goes on in the fac- tory. Only then will they be able to carry on their Communist work ef- fectively. Another important and hitherto un- mentioned phase of the activities of the individual member in the shop is. that he should stay on the job. Very frequently it has happened that a comrade’s quitting of a job has wiped out all the work of a concentration group and ruined perfectly good pros- pects of building up a shop nucleus. Such .actions. cannot be tolerated. Comrades should not quit their posi- tions when they are “contact mem- bers” for a concentration.group un- less they receive permission from the proper committee. - s P. CLINE. . National Rifle Clubs, Prepare Youth to Be Used as Cannon Fodder of the workers between many halls because it was impossible to secure Union of Greater New York; Window Cleaners’ Local No, 8; United Auto- mobile, Aircraft and Vehicle Workers’ of America Local No, 9. Other important labor organizations affiliated with the conference include Workmen’s Circle Branches Nos, 91, 137, 150, 272, 314, 325, 369, 886, 417, 456 and 491, and the United Workers’ Co-operative Association and many other fraternal organizations. The Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers (Communist) League are also represented. Acc CELEBRATE MAY DAY SATURDAY, MAY 1, AT 1:30 P. M. ~ COOPER UNION 8th Street and 4th Avenue, New York City Madison Square Garden, the Polo Grounds or the Stadium, Among the unions already affiliat- ed with the Labor Conference for May Day celebration, are included The Joint Board of the Cloak and Dress- makers’ Union; Igternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union locals 2, 20, 22, 38, 45, 55, 66; the Joint Board of the Furriers’ Union; District Council of the Shoe Workers’ Protective Un- fons and locals 53 and 54 of the same; Ts Freiheit Gesangs Verein and other musical talent. Speakers: Ruthenberg, Dunne, Weinstone, ) Wolfe, Krumbein and others. Admission 25 Cents. Auspices: Workers (Communist) Party, District No, 2, affiliated with “Labor Conference May Day Celebration 1926.” oMMLASSONOUOUUNNAAANASANAAAAUO EOC UUEUS FUTURAMA Uae aconnnnnne ee TTT TT IN SAN FRANCISCO! Be Sure to Attend the MAY DAY CELEBRATION held under the auspices of the International Labor Day Federation Chairman of Meeting, ANITA C. WHITNEY. Speaker, E. LEVIN SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1926, at 8 P. M. CALIFORNIA HALL, Polk and Turk Streets ENTERT. ENT DANCING 4 ti tt that the mistake for which they are | being made. paying so dearly will be atoned for by| New Haven organization plans to another generation of workers who have a drive for $1000 with a house to will rise more omnipotnet and more | house collection on Sunday, May 2. triumphant by studying the errors of Organizations interested in relief their predeceSsors and correcting| work and wishing to:"have speakers them.' The spectacle, in which one} and organizers for their city should hundred people participated, was di-| address R. Kling? State Relief Organ- rected by Sadie Amter. izer, 50 Miller St., New Haven, Conn. ‘Aside from the presentation, Israel ized with John Landers of the Cat+ STILLWATER, Minn., April 25.— penters’ Union as secretary and Brother Wainwright of the Hoisting Engineers as chairman. Further appeal letters have been sent out to absent fraternal organiza+ tions and trade Wnions and a big mass meeting to be held at an early date is being arranged by the council. Amter, District No. 6 secretary, Work- ers (Communist) Party, and Harvey Murphey, acting district organizer, District No. 6, Young Workers (Com- c munist). Party, addressed the audi- ence, After the meeting, a supper which had been prepared by party comrades was served in the dining room. Dancing occupied the remain- der of the program. 4 Big Boston May Day; Gitlow Is to Speak BOSTON, April 25 — The United May Day Conference, consisting of la- bor and fraternal organizations of the city of Boston, has reported that plans are being made for an unusual May Day celebration this year. It will be held at Franklin Union Hall, Berkeley and Appleton streets. The chief speak- er will be Benjamin Gitlow who ran |>Tot Home to the fans! for vice-president on the Workers| At the other opéning days in the Party ticket of last national election, |40zen or more big league cities, sim- Other features on the program will be | ilar patriotic exercises were observed. some very interesting musical num-|When it is considered that around bers and a short playlet given in the | half a million people turned out for League Team to see the opening gam tionalism of the “National Pastime” kers S ss Sat R. 0. T. C. USES BASEBALL DIAMOND TO SPREAD MILITARIST PROPAGANDA Over 33,000 people packed the baseball park of the Chicago National give any clear picture ‘of ‘the condh most modern prolétarian style, This is the first occasion on which Boston has united for the celebration of the international labor holiday on May First, and it is creating among the workers a spirit of enthusiasm and solidarity which will be reflected in the big turnout in the celebration. Los Angeles Plans Yow! Hayride May 2 LOS ANGELES, Cal., Apri! 25.—The Los Angeles Young Workers (Commu- nist) League will hold their fifth an- nual Yow! hayride at the Arroyo Seco Canyon on Sunday, May 2. The trucks leave Mott and Brooklyn Ave, and Sixth and Los Angeles at 8:30 a. m, Various sport events have been plan- ned for the day: these opening day games, then we can realize, the tremendous popularity of baseball, then we can see what effec- tive a means it is for the spréad of nationalist feeling, In a certain senge, this huge turn- out of people, is an indication of the power of the capitalist press. Thru its sporting columns it is able to work up the interest of the fans to a fever pitch. Beginning with stories from the training camps, about star rook- ies who are going to “burn up the league” and winding up with exagger- ated accounts of the strength of the home team, the baseball writers man- age to keep the fans of the respective cities agog with hope for the victory of their team. Altho the chances for winning this years’ pennant lies only with Pittsburgh and New York in the are wanted to distribute leaflets at |All, or call Seeley 3563, CHICAGO MAY DAY VOLUNTEERS Eyelumtears are also needed to put up stickers and, posters. Report | Immediately to the District Office, 19 South Lincoln street, Chicago, union meetings, and factory gates. e of the season. A significant and typ- ical feature of the preliminary ceremonies was a march around the field by a squad of R. O. T. C. students carrying a huge American flag. The baseball players patriotically. marched after the military students. Thus is the na- National League and with Washing- ton and Philadelphia in the American, yet the propaganda of the sports’ sheets has the partisans of the other teams in each league believing that their favorites have a very good chance of coming out on top. This of course accounts for the packed baseball parks—and makes for mil- lions of dollars profit for the baseball magnates, It is common talk in baseball cir- cles that any sports’ writer who dares to write disparagingly—tho truthfully ~—of the home team, will quickly find himself without a job, On the other hand if he boosts the home team— even tho the praise is unwarranted— then he will find high favor jn the eyes of his chief editor and the sports promoters, And from the latter will be forthcoming many complimetary tickets and past and juicy checks now and then. So does corrupt jour- nalism pander to commercialized American sports, —_—_—_——_. GET THE POINT! 'f you send a sub you will build The DAILY WORKER, and T DAILY WORKER will help to build the woenises Get the point? Judge O. E. Lee of Stillwater is the state secretary of the National Rifle Club. He is working in the state of Minnesota to get the various counties to form county units of the National Rifle Clubs. Thru these National Rifle Clubs the youth will be trained in the use of arms. They can later be brought into the state guard and from there into the regular United States army. Students at Cornell Get Green’s Nanny By Student Correspondent. UTICA, N. Y.—William Green, head of the American Federation of Labor, appeared before a large audience of students of Cornell University. He dA&livered a short written speech which was advertised as being great. The speech, on the contrary, did not tions of the working class or its a: and struggles. Some of the students who were at satisfied with the ambiguous speech asked a few question for Green to answer. “Why does the A. F. of L. fail to give any support to the Passaic strik- ers’ ait Answer by Green: “Because the leaders of the strike belong to the left wing of the labor movement.” “Why did you state in your speech that the A. F. of L. fights for higher wages? Don't the Passaic strikers fight for the same cause?” “Yes.” “Then what difference does it make whether the leaders of the strike are from the left wing or the right wing, if they are fighting for the same cause as you do?” ® The president’ of ‘tle’ A.“F. of L. acted as if his tongue was para’ but he managed to utter a few word “Well, boys, I must catch the train, I can't answer any more questions.’ There was still an hour and a half before train time, but Green left in a hurry nevertheless, heard some clear-minded students ing one another of their sympathy for the their bet “I shiver to think that this man is the leader of four million workers and Ail to be the defender of Le | Are you a worker? Then you belong pretend, interests,” said one student with gre: ‘sorrow to his companions. and their contempt of Debate Against Capital- ism Attracts Young Negroes ‘DETROIT, Mich—A debate held Sunday, April 11, at the Congrega- tional Forum proved to be a victory for the Young Workers League of De- troit on the affirmative over two stu- dents of the Detroit City College on the negative by a vote of 51 to 15. The proposition debated was, Resolv- ed that Capitalism is a Detriment to the Human Race. Most of the audi- ence were young Negroes. Only 25 were whites. Under these circum- stances the vote indicates the effec- tiveness of the Young Workers’ League debaters. More such debates are promised. No doubt because of the success from an educational point of view even more interest will be created. ~ aaa SINK OR SWIM, 4 HE concentration group is really confronted with the alternative: sink or swim. Unlike the old territo- nial branch, it.cannot continue to exist mérely by holding meetings and carry- ing on internal activities. While a well-attended lecture or social affair marked a high tide in the existence of the old branch, and gave it the sem- Mance of life, in a concentration group such things are relegated to secondary importance. Industrial and trate union work, factory campaigns, and the! selling of literature, etc., monopo- lize, the order of business of the con- centration group. The neglect of this work dooms a concentration group to gradual tion and death. And Sretsett it is by doing this work ‘t a concentration group lives, , and fulfills its function of es- tablishing a shop nucleus in its place, ) The task of transforming a concen- tration group into a shop nucleus re- tivity and sacrifice of time than ever before. It requires the doing of dull, arduous and unnoticed work. It re- quires patience and devotion. And whether these requirements will be fortheoming depends to a great extent upon the internal life of the concen- tration group. In laying so much em- phasis upon the outside activities of the’ concentration group we must not ' make the mistake of neglecting its in- ternal life, since without the proper conduct of the latter the concentration group will not carry on its external activity and will break down, to the May Day demonstration, quires from its members greater ac- -