The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 12, 1926, Page 4

Organization Meetings Workers (C ommunist) Pa THE DAILY WORKER Our Experiences With Shop Nucleus Papers The Durant Hayes-Hunt Radiator Ieeued Periodteaily by © Group of Workers of the Durant Hayes-Hunt Plant. By JAY LOVESTONE, (This is the first of a series of ‘articles, dealing with our experience to date with the publication of shop Nuclei papers.) The specific types “of papers gotten out, the methods of @pproach to the workers, the ques- tion of collecting shop news, the methods of putting over the news, the problems of the distribution of the shop papers, and such other questions will be analyzed in the Mght of our own experiences and from the angle of the experiences of other Communist parties which have Many more shop papers and which have had occasion to get out, in certain instances, shop papers hay- ing a genuine mass character, NE of the most hopeful signs of the American Communists increas- ing their influence on the working Masses is to be found in the greater effectiveness with which the shop nuclei of the Workers (Communist) Party are now carrying on their acti- vities in many sections of the country. Unquestionably an excellent means of galvanizing our shop nuclei into life Mes “in the publication of vigorous fighting shop papers. Shop Papers—A Hopeful Sign. Our difficulties of reorganization are not yet overcome by any means. In fact, We haven't even succeeded in cor- recting all of the errors we have made in the reorganization campaign. But the multiplying signs of increased in- itiative by our membership are the finger posts of the transformation our | party is going thru in the process of | its becoming a mass Communist Party Jeading the working class of this coun- try. The getting out of shop nuclei Papers by our units is the most positive proof of the new trend of our development—a trend which is of in- estimable significance for the whole American working class. We now have more than twenty fac- penececegrace: VOL. 1. No. 1. MARC! H, 1926 PRICE, 1 CENT, Why Are We? Yow will no doubt wonder why thie paper ts being published and how it came into existence, We will briefly outline its purpose and aime. Due to the deplorable eonditions in eur shops—low wages, the apeed-up systomi, long hire, and 0 on, ‘we decided to ¢ up the problem ef bettering o1 situation. blishing (his paper.to enlighten end help to organise the workers in these shops, At present, we dare not hold open meetings’ together with you, fellow-workers, because of (the spy-system pre- valent here, which we will expose ferther on and in the future issues of this paper. As a first means, we are taking this step to reach yoo. It is evident that without a mouthpiece through which all the workers can express themselves, dealing with conditions in theve shops, our fight would not be effective. We cannot depend on the ordinary news- papers. They are being published by and for the dossek who own and control society and form the ruling class. Chiefly through this means they shape the thoughts of the workers and turn them away from their own interests. We must therefore have our pwn paper in this plant to voice the demands af the workers and’ unite them in common aims. The Durant Hayes-Hunt Radiator is YOUR paper, fellow-worker. It will deal with our shop problems and all other matters that are important to us as part of the working class. We want you to write for this paper. ‘The Letter Box will gladly publish what you as a worker want eto say to your fellow-workers concerning our shop questions and class problems, Help us to distribute and pay the cost of publish- ing this paper. Support us on the following urgent demands: 2, Abolition of the 9, 12, 12 hour day. . Abelition of the piece-work system. Abolition of night work, ‘Time and one-half for overtime, A llving wage, Restoration of our smoking privileges. - Reduetion of hours and steady employment for 2. - “ 5. 6 7 all Labels for Slaves A notice was put up in the shop: several weeks ago fo the effect that each worker must wear his badge en the outside, so every one can see it, What is meant by this, fellow-workers? Do you know? In the olden days each alave-owner branded his slaves with red-hot fron so as to distinguish them from others, also to impress upon them that they were Anis personal property and he could do as he pleased with them. Today we ar ' ving in on feed world an¢ ~onsear’ Todme ¥ itical concepts and the general issues confronting the working class as a whole. Fine Response by Workingmen. The response to these shop papers has been very good, These shop nuclei papers have instilled confidence in large number of the workers employ- ed in the factories where the papers are published. The shop nuclei bul- TWEE AWINERS & AAUP WS WHO IS RESFOMSIBLE POR MINE ACCIDENTS? Every ti.e there is an accident in og us. Remember theterrible mine our brothers lost their lives. Thi less. Th¢ bosses’ newspapers spre: convince people that they are not WE KNOW DIFFERENT. ‘Look around ou: filled with -ubbish, old timbers, ered with eoal dust, and every ti all along the way. ‘aq, the dirt ie piled | for the driv “eB 4 chant a? heerrs tory nuclei papers. We have at least ten in the automobile industry. The mining, machine shops, rubber, elec- tric supplies and steel industries are among the others in which shop papers of the Workers (Communist) Party nuclei are now being published regularly. Cleveland publishes its shop bulletins with greater regularity than any other district. This district also is in the number of shop bulletins lished. Some of the bulletins are printed; others are mimeopraphed @nd some are multigraphed. The cir- culation of these papers varies from Several hundred to as high as eight thousand in one instance. Workers Write and Run the Papers. All the material is collected and written by the workers themselves, . It is significant that these papers are al- most solely gotten out in the big fac- tories, in the basic industries, where many thousands are employed. In the main, the papers deal with the existing working conditions in the particular factory. Nearly all of the papers also {introduce the more broad, deeper pol- Teoued by the wo! { RIRERS ( Oppanum I8T) PARTY EE SS ee WHY "THE HEADLIOH?" Follow Workers! The first 4 ROW oirculating thru the Budd Plant. Have you read it yet? n This shop bulletin te written and published by a ft, workers in this shop’ to tell the truth about thi i oa threw ight upon the rotten conditions in the different ‘The HEADLIGHT IS ALTOGETHER ¢ifferent from the "BUDOETTP which ite owned anc printed by the @f the rich stockholders, who dont work in the shep but get huge profite from our sweat and labor, ‘The HEADLIGHT 16 in the f4e14 to show wr the Giegraceful end inhuman things © by the managomont and tho bossa Alse the HEADLIOWT will » Wilke think end aot. te put shite plant one 00.) to ox 4 theese We, with good cond! Tebow otanstes tn thie eotatis etabit~ Yead the = > THE | mine the boss puts the blame fire on Dec, 25, when nine*ef- ¢ bosses claim that we are care= ads this lie around and try to to blame fod accidents. r mine. The entfies are all stones etc, The rails are cove me the motor starts it scatters so high along side the raile, er to pass and cut cards. f failing under the Sa uerhens bets. “SES CARE? the fire on Dedember 28, vend found that the condie ‘=~: that conditions in ee | "Mee an. letins have aroused the workers to a greater consciousness of their inter- ests as workers. In every factory, the workers have speedily taken up these papers. These papers are a living force in the fac- tory. This is shown by the role play- ed by “The Spark Plug” in Cleveland in the strike of five hundred workers of the Fisher Body plant. “The Dur- ant Hays Hunt Radiator” was certain- ly the most powerful force making for, the increase of wages and the estab- lishment of the eight hour day in one of the department of the plant of the Durant Hays Hunt of Blizabeth, New Jersey. It was primarily the agitation of this very live and excellent paper that brought about the strike of work- ers for these demands. It took the workers only three hours to force their will upon the bosses and to score a victory. Re Bosses Bitter. Because of the effectiveness of the shop papers and due to the response accorded these papers by the: workers in the factories, the ‘bosses have, in mucleus of the avencene us acne AD acres aie of the "Heatlight® te je here and jopartments. Budé Co. to promote the inoterests just the sane, He no tonger keeps you when you get too old, for be can find younger men and women to take your place, We do not work all year round. We are at the mercy of the bosses. When unemployed beca produce, more than the bees can sell weciemer dae us anc fe us come back at still | rages. WE ARE. WAGE SLAVES! sey teh pees TRY no longa drand.+ — “% tems, Torgr several instances, brought to bear heavy pressure against the working- men in the affected plants. Efforts at spying have been redoubled by the owners. The police and the judges have also been called into action against workers distributing such shop bulletins. This was the case in a New Jersey automobile factory where work- ers not employed in the plant were arrested for distributing the shop paper amongst the employees of the factory. Among the leading shop papers are: “The Studebaker Worker,” “The Workingmens’ Shop News” issued by the Fisher Body plant shop nucleus, “The Westinghouse Workers Bulletin,” “The Ford Worker,” “The Hot Burn- .” “The Workers Point” of the Pierce Arrow nucleus, “The Miners Lamp,” “The Head Light,” “The Red Tipple,” “The Durant Hays-Hunt Radiator,” “The Eagle Workers Point,” “The Red Rim,” “The Spot- light,” “The Red Ingot” and the “Rivet”, These papers are published in the Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, New York, Cleveland, Buffalo and Phila- delphia districts. Philadelphia Has Most Enthusiastic May Day Meeting PHILADELPHIA, May 10—The May Day celebration which took place at the Moose Hall was the largest and most enthusiastic demonstration Phil- adelphia labor has seen in a long time. The hall, jammed with about 2,000 workers, resounded with loud and prolonged cheers and applause thruout the meeting. The Young Pioneers, marching in to the strains of the International, were loudly cheered. After the red- kerchiefed youngsters had sung the songs of revolutionary labor, one of their number delivered and excellent talk. i Following the Pioneers, Norman H. Tallentire, — organizer, told of the meaning and significance of May Day. Lyman’s International Orchestra, the Freiheit Gesangs’ Vérein and the Workers’ Mandolin Club, were at their best. Al Schaap spoke for the Young Workers (Communist) League. It was when the chief speaker of the evening, C. BH. Ruthenberg, was in- troduced that the hall echoed with the thunderous applause and cheers of assembled workers. Ruthenberg told of the great change that has taken place in the in- ternational labor movement, in the space of a year from May Day, 1925, and May Day, 1926, He told of his impressions of work- er’s rule in Soviet Russia, of its true representative democracy, and of the part each and every workers plays in the governing of the workers’ repub- le. Italian Workers’ Club Hold Affair on May 16 YOUNGSTOWN, O., May 10. — The Italian Workers’ Club of Youngstown, is arranging a fine affair for May 16. Comrade E, Sormenti, secretary of the Italian Bureau of the Workers (Communist) Party, and Sadie Amter of Cleveland, will be the speakers, In addition a musical program has been arranged. Professor and Mrs. A, A. Netto, graduates of the Royal Conservatory of Music at Milan, Italy, will participate. The entertainment will be held at the Ukrainian Hall, 525% W. Rayen Ave., at 6 p. m, Open your ey Look arounat There are the stories of the workers’ struggles around you begging to be written up. Do it! Send it in! Write you fight}... Social Affairs y ssolutions HOLD MANY MAY DAY MEETINGS THRUOUT NATION Young Pioneers Active in Celebration GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 10.— The two-day International May Day celebration with all Communist forces of Grand Rapids participating, began with a grand cnocert jnetading revolu- tionary recitations, songg and the splendid numbers of Julius Stulberg, the twelve-year-old violin prodigy of Marshal, Mich. The entire program was. enacted by the alent of the “Young Pioneers,” undef whose aus- pices the affair was hel@, = An interested crowd Jistened with keen attention to Nyd@a {Barkin of the Young Pioneers andj J, A. Ziegler of the Young Workers’ (Communist) League present the aimg and objects of their respective org@mizations at Following a campaig present DAILY WORKER drive by lo- cal organizer Eugene Bechtold, Com- rade George Maurer, Chigago, spoke on the significance of May Day. e e@ @ * the May Day mass meefi: held by the local Workers (Commudist) Party. Ik on the Neff Miners Hold Meeting. NEFFS, O., May 10—Neffs had the finest and biggest May Day. celebra- tion this year that was ever held in this mining town. Comrade Kobylak, a young militant coal miner, acted as chairman of the meeting. Pat Toohey spoke on the significance of May Day. Comrade Okraska introduced a reso- lution protesting against the Polish white terror. He also explained how the workers were terrorized by the Polish government. The resolution was adopted unanimously and sent to the Polish representative in Wash- ington. ** © shi Salt Lake City Celebrates. SALT LAKE CITY, May.10. — May Day was celebrated withcoa meeting at the Congregational Chynch on First South street at which, preliminary steps were taken for thecorganization of a “liberal open forum,”) © 9 * oy Denver Celebrates May Day. DENVER, Colo., May 10, — A large crowd of union men and #heir families were present at the Workets (Commu- nist) Party May Day méeting at the Social Turner Hall. ITF The program consi: sot recita- tions and songs. by the ons Work- ers (Communist) Leaguei9: The prin- cipal speech was deliveradjby William Dietrich. Hig topic was,“May Day and What it means to the Workers.” A member of I. W. W. present co-op- erated in the program. . Te a Waukegan Backs Strikers. WAUKEGAN, Ill, May 10—At the Waukegan May Day meeting resolu- tions were adopted pledging solidar- ity and support to the British work- ers and the 16,000 Passaic textile strikers. 3 Wilsonville Mingre Celebrate May Day WILSON, Ill, May 10.—Wilsonville is a little mining town in west central Illinois. The workers who are employ- ed in the one and only mine at Wil- sonville are made up of a number of nationalities. There are many good rebels among them. Every year for the past few years the militants have arranged a May Day celebration at Wilsonville. This year an all day pro- gram had been arranged and altho the mine managers threatened to dis- charge any one not reporting for work, a large number of miners downed their tools and refused to work on May Day. The May Day celebration began in the morning with a parade led by the Miners’ Band. At sfx in’ the evening there was a mass meeting at which J. Mihelic spoke on “May Day and the Labor Situation.” Mihelie»pointed out the lack of unity in the Bmerican la- bor movement and dec! that this May Day should be the starting point for an intense drive to gamate the various craft unions, He also brot out the need for a labor party. After the speech a collection was taken for the International Labor Defense, The mass meeting was followed by an all night dance. is EER D Allentown Holds May Day Meeting ALLENTOWN, Pa., May 10. — The May Day meeting af the Hungarian Home here was the most successful affair ever held in the history of the labor movement here, At this meeting four speakers in various languages told of the meaning of May Day to the workers, Besides the speakers there were a number of recitations in the Slovak and Hungarian languages and songs by the Workers Singing Chorus, Stanley J, Clark was the English speaker, He told of the significance of May Day and brot out the meaning of the Passaic textile workers’ strike, the furriers’ and other sti that are now. going on in this country, J. Musil, manager of the “Obrana,” a Slovak weekly, D. Duranovich, a Ukrainian of Bethlehem, Ra,, and Eber of the “Uj EBlore” spoke;jn their lan- enere to the workers, .y). \ ane CELEBRATES MAY DAY WITH PARADE United Front Celebration After Hard Fight By SAM ESSMAN. Nearly 2,000 workers, about 1,500 of them members of the Amalgamated Clothing workers of America, with crimson colors and militant banners, paraded thru the principal streets of Rochester on May 1, All traffic was stopped while the long line of march- ers demonstrated to the workers that May 1 is the international holiday of labor. Banners calling for recognition of Soviet Russia, support of Passaic strikers, and of the British miners, for the unionization of industries, the improvement of working conditions, and for a shorter workday. were car- ried from end to end of the parade. The Workers (Communist) Party, together with the Young Workers’ League and the Young Pioneers, were the only other organizations to march in the parade. Nearly 100 pioneers, with wide ribbons on which the name “Young Pioneers” was printed, car- tied across’ the chest was the out- standing feature of the parade. How- ever, no banners greeting the Com- munist International or bearing the name of the party was permitted by the Amalgamated officials. Three ban- ners were forced from the line by the police, No Parade Last Year. The Amalgamated officials, who in the past had usually initiated a call for the May Day parade, last year is- sued no such invitations. Instead these officials went to the police and asked that we be excluded from the procession as a distinct organization bearing our own banners. As the whole parade was called off by these officials on the pretext of threatening weather our party did nothing about it last year. Force Parade This Year. This year, these officials, thru the May Day committee, at the head of which is a proletarian partyite, intro- duced a resolution to the Joint Board that the Amalgamated have no parade. Vigorous protests from our party members and the progressives on the board forced them to change their at- titude. However, they again arrang- ed with the police to prevent the Workers Party from participating with our own banners. So fearful were they of the wrath of their own membership that they sought to throw the responsibility for this damnable action upon the police chief who, they claimed, objected to certain banners carried by our Party in past parades. When asked how it was that the chief was perfectly willing that we carry these same banners providing we formed an independent parade, these officials remained silent. All doubts as to where the responsi- bility rested disappeared when @ com- mittee frém the Workers (Commu- nist) Party accidently met with the committee from the Amalgamated Clothing Workers in the deputy chief's office. There, Stroebel, a na- tional organizer and member of the committee admitted that last year he “had been one of the committee that had asked the chief of police not to permit any organization to participate that gave a certain political color to the parade for the Amalgamated con- sisted of Republicans, and Democrats, Socialists, etc.” The chief, according- ly ruled that the Workers_Party mem- bers could participate in the parade providing they carry no objectionable banners, When asked what banners were objectionable, the deputy chief pointed to the Amalgamated commit- tee and said, “They will point them out.” Oppose Use of Police. The Workers Party and many Pro- gressive members in the Amalgamat- ed are up in arms against this use of police to break up the May Day parade. Protests will be raised in every local, At the conclusion of the parade a mass meeting with a program of mu- sic interspersed with speeches was held in Convention Hall. The spirit of the meeting was of a militant char- acter and wholly opposed to the spirit of Judge Pankin, the N. Y. socialist judge, who wanted the workers “to save justice, freedom and liberty” pre- sumably for another war, In the evening an enthusiastic cele- bration was held by the party in th Labor Lyceum. The Young Pionegrs ceived. The Young Pioneers to be a part of our clebrations after. Comrade Darcy, national secretary of the Young ‘Workers’ League, de- livered a splendid attack on the im- perialist designs and military prepa- rations of American capitalism, and called upon the youth to present solid phalanx of class conscious and militant opposition to this program. Comrade LAfshitz, secretary of the Jewish Bureau, pointed out from re- cent actions of the government its, class nature and the need for a work- ers’ government which aabor party is the first stage. After the speakers, refreshments and music was provided for by the Italian comrades who raised consider- able funds for The DAILY WORKER and Il Lavoratore, The best way to support the} DAILY WORKER is to subscribe}, —and get others to subscribe. 0 Rh e ROCHESTER AGAIN | . attention to the necessity of strength- YOUNG WORKERS (COMMUNIST ) LEAGUE PLANS TO HOLD A PLENARY SESSION To All Members of the! Young Workers (Communist) League. Dear Comrades: The national executive committee has already decided to hold a plenary session of national executive committee members, national executive com- mittee candidates and district organizers. All of those concerned have re- ceived official notification already. This session will take place immediately after the party central executive committee plenum. The exact date is not decided upon yet but approximately it will be May 23, This plenary session of the national executive committee will to a large extent take up the work .which the last convention wrongly left undone, namely, the outlining of our youth activities. This has been facilitated by the recent resolution of the: Young Communist International. The national executive “committee has already decided that member- ship meetings be held in the principal cities previous to the national execu- tive committee members leaving, where discussion shall. take place on our activities during the past period and what is necessary to improve It In the future. Beginning with the week of May 10, the Youth Column of The DAILY WORKER will be open for all Young Workers (Communist) League mem- bers to discugs in a constructive manner the problems facing our League and how we can improve our activity. The principal subjects upon which we urge discussion are the’following: 1. Organization activity— a. Membership drives, b. Co-ordination of activities. c. A. B, C. of organization. d. Financial. stabilization of League. Reorganization— |. a. Establishing factory nuclei—completion of reorganization. b. Reaching of youth In large shops and basic Industries. Economié Trade Union activity. Anti-milltarist activity. Workers’ Sport Movement. Negro. Pioneer League. 3. Agit-Prop. 9. Press—increasing circulation and bettering content. 10. Opponent. All members should aim at condensing their contributions to the dle Cussion so that the greatest possible number of members can present thelr opinions based on activity and experience. Let us make this a constructive and wholesome discussion of our activities. Young Workers’ League of America, National Executive Committee. 2 3. 4 5. 6. 7. 8. PLYMOUTH HIGH AUTHORITIES FEAR COMMUNISM AMONG STUDENTS \Evening News published in Wilkes Barre a big story on this article ap- peared. Next day another article on this question. All of this was of no avail, and the writer remained un- known. It so happens that this article had been written by/an ex-student altho it would be a fine thing if students would take to writing articles of this charac- ter. So small a correspondence sub- mitted to The DAILY WORKER was the means of creating a big disturb- ance in the sleepy hamlet of Plymouth lying in the heart of capitalism. Every possible means is used to’sup- press any thot of Communism wher- ever it may raise its head. Just imag- ine how hard they tried to trace the writer of the article. This indeed proves how the High Schools and all the other institutions of learning are at the service of capitalism in.stifiing every attempt of bringing the truth to the surface, Every student should read and understand Communism, Militarists Find it Hard to Get the City Workers Into Camps Industrial workers are much harder to enroll in the citizens’ military train- ing camps than fellows from the rural areas, it is revealed in the annual prop- aganda to militarize the youth. Em- ployers of Chicago are being circular- ized by agencies of the training camps association who complain that “Chi- article had| cago and the other large cities have been written by an ex-stident, altho it| always been below their quota, “the fice to find out who received The| excess in camp enrollment coming from DAILY WORKER in this town. He| the country districts.” “Is there any found that only two persohy”subscrib-| boy you can persuade to go, and then ed to it, neither one having children| persuade his ‘einployers to let him? who go to High School: Not getting the militarists ask., any info: m here, “he sent a tele- 38 ’ Why Not’ Become a gram to the office of The DAILY WORKER asking who had written the Worker Correspondent? article. Of course he received no ans- INTERNATIONAL NOTE wer. In the April ‘21 issue’ of ‘the 0.0 er that purpose was held .by the trades ist ‘League is| Councils at Gorton,on February 9 end ibimith i preg: cal ae t of the} had an attendance of 50 delegates 1904 recruits for the Red Army. In| ‘rom 20 local eee groups. : the Soviet Republic the youth is sub-| On the initiative o the league spe- j lect the call to go. 1 and cial_ youth conferences for those in- Wettloal instruction, fortwo, hours [duatries in which many young work: three times a week. In many of the | °T# are pega aS mctteive planned. provin yu} unists have le been aoiston to supervise thé pollt- The Young Workers’ delegation to ical training among the recruits. The Soviet Russia and numerous con- 2a ha committee of the Young Com-|8Tesses were organized thruout Ger- m™m paying fcular | ™any to listen to the report, Many sabappi kee wer hundreds of organizations were rep- nted at the conferences represent- hundreds of thousands of young rkers. The Young Communist ague is carrying on an active cam- paign among the students for the un- compensated expropriation of the ex- royalty. This activity has enabled the Young Communist League to make By EX-STUDENT. About two months ago a news item appeared in The DAILY. WORKER on Communism in the Plymouth High School. Lately an individual who ap- parently is asmember of the American Legion came across this article. “ Be- ing very much interested in promoting “Americanism” he brot this paper to the principal of the high school. The next morning the students were ordered to hand in a list of all the newspapers that they read. The ingenious principal thot that the au- thor of the article would ‘be foolish enuf to include The DAILY ‘WORKER in the list. During the evening session of the senior class the principle spoke on the matter and asked if any one had writ ten the article in The DAILY WORK- ER. Since the writer of the article was not a member of the class of course there was no response. “The principal pointed out that it was no crime to write the article, but that there were untruths in the article. He said that the article told of a vote that was taken on Communism and thatthe students voted four to one for Communism. He maintained that no such vote was taken. The teacher of this class where the vote was taken, being afraid of her position also main- tained that no vote was taken. ‘The next morning at the chapel ex- ercises he again spoke on the subject but was careful not to mention any- thing of what he had done in the meantime to find out the author of the a ening educational work among the recruits for the Red Army on those days when they have no instruction or drill, Great Britain. ‘The Young Communist League of cet Britain is intensively engaged in mpaign for the 100% organiza tion of the youth into the trade unions, At the posal of-the league many w councils as well as fédera- ions of trade councils of Lancashire and Cheshire have decided to take practical steps for the organization of the youth. The first conference Seanaieweee ree 1925 shows that the Communist League is 455 sections in 37 local tor| taking in a membership of 5,811, . ‘ 4