The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 24, 1926, Page 4

Page Four _ _ Workers (Communist) Party WORKERS (COMMUNIST ) PARTY MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS DISCUSS REPORT ON WORK OF THE PLENUM The district offices of the party are taking up energetically the work! of arranging the largest membership meetings of the party to hear the report of pita C. E. Ruthenberg on “the Tasks of the Party In the Light of the C. I. Decision. idcise will be held In the following cities: Chicago, Wednesday, June 23, Northwest Hall, North Ave, and Western | ‘he plenum of the Central Committee |to unify the party under the slogan, Ave., 8 p. m. Minneapolis, Friday, June 25, { Every member of the party in the cities named should attend these Memberg from nearby cities are also invited, The party Is mobilizing to go forward under the slogan “Unity and Work.” ¢ Meetings. PITTSBURGH DISTRICT MEMBERSHIP MEETING ENDORSES WORK OF PLENUM ‘PITTSBURGH. June 22.—Representatives of the party nuclei from all | included in the Pittsburgh district organization as- Ruthenberg on the plenum of the cen- | tral committee and to give their support to the resolution on “The tasks of party in the light of the Communist International decision.” Local Organizations Present. | The local organizations in Pittsburgh, Verina, parts of the territory sembled to hear the report of C. E. Coverdale, Ambridge, Avella, New Brownsville, Kensington, in recent years. Comrade Ruthenberg outlined the | situation of the party and the need for unity of all the party’s forces for the extension of its influence and up- building of the organization. Analyzes Situation. His speech included an analysis of | the economic and political situation | and the work of the party in the light The close of the »Speech, which was the most thoro of these conditions. “On the 150th Anniversary ‘ of the American Revolu- tion—READ Social Forces in American History The standard eco- nomic interpretation of the origin and growth of the Amer- ican nation. A most valuable book for the workers’ library ~\ in an attractive new edition. Cloth bound $1.60 By A. M. SIMONS THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., CHICAGO, ILL. Woodlawn, East Pittsburgh, McKeesport, New Brighton, Cannonsburg, Braddock and | presentation of party policy and tac- McDonald were all represented. The | tics to the membership here, meeting was the largest of its char-| acter held in the Pittsburgh district | Harmarsville, Harwick, was greeted by long extended applause. Questions and Discussion, Questions and discussion dealing with the practical problems of the party in this district followed, thru which the work before the member- ship was clarified, } Daily Worker Drive, | ing two weeks of the campaign. ; Communist International decision.’ | 5 | |imne DAILY WORKER campaign. The} Pittsburgh district is out to win the} trip to Moscow and will devote all of its energiesto, the work of secur- ing subscriptionag@uring the remain-| Resolution Adopted. The meeting was closed with the} unanimous adoption of the following | resolution: | “The Pittsburgh district member- ship meeting welcomes the work of ‘Unity and Mass Work.’ | “We particularly endorse the resolu- tion of the Central Committee on ‘The | Task of the Party in the Light of the | Uno Toni, Qi E DAILY WORKER “ON TO MOSCOW! a8 Subs received June 14, 15 and 16. ‘ | BOSTON,” MASS.— : | And a Banner to Two Leading Cities. Elsie Pultur .. 10 2,645 F, Schachtman 20 20 | Herman Paukama, Mass. .... Jos. Ruich, Elizabeth, N. |“the deepest thanks of the British NO FUELS GOING "TO HELP STRIKE Soviet Wiles Keep'Up Aid to British MOSCOW, June 3.—(By Mail.)— The central committee of the Miners’ Union of the Soviet Union received a telegram from Cook today in which | he acknowledges receipt of the in-| formation that 400,000 more roubles} had been sent off. Cook expressed | miners for the splendid solidarity of “We pledge our earnest support to} the Central Committee in the cam- paign to organize the unorganized, the building of the left wing in the trade | unions, for the united labor ticket, | the membership campaign to build the | party, the extension of the circulation | }of The DAILY WORKER and for the |complete unification of the party] forces for mass work.” Russian Fraction W. P. to Meet Friday Night | at Workers’ House | The Chicago Russian fraction of the Workers (Communist) Party will} meet Friday, June 25, at 8 p. m., at| the Workers’ House, 1902 W. Division | 4 street. Organizational report and other im-| portant questions will come up for} discussion, | SEND IN A SUB! The membership meeting was also | made a means of mobilization for DAILY WORKER READERS URGED TO | FINANCIALLY AID “IL LAVORATORE” The Central Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party has addressed an appeal on behalf of If Lavoratore, ‘the Italian organ of the Workers (Com- | munist) Party. sion is reprinted in The DAILY WORKER with the urgent request that those readers who are able to do |so, come to the aid of the HM Lavora- tore by sending a dollar contribution to the sustaining fund which Il Lavor- |atore is raising. The appeal follows: “Dear Comrades: “The H Lavoratore has been fight- jing for its life for some months. It} | must receive aid from those workers |who are in sympathy with the strug- gle which it is carrying on in or- | der to place itself on a sound founda- | tion and go forward to building a big- | ger and stronger paper. | “The Lavoratore is the only Italian Communist paper in the United | States. The Lavoratore stands for the organization of the American seme eNO ae Three Glorious . Days “M345 Daily Worker Encampment Long Island’s Exclusive North Shore Bathing, Boating, Dancing. Athletic Contests, Water Sports, Sesqui-Centennial Celebration Speakers: Jay Lovestone, Ben Gold, J. Louis Engdahl Concerts: Gregory Matusewitch, Elfrieda Boss, Albert Modiano, H. Kassell Camp Fire Every Night Tickets: $10.00 (Children $6.00) INCLUDING Transportation (from New York or South Norwalk) Entertainment, Sleeping Place in Tent, Meals for Three Days. Partial Payment Plan: $1 down, $5 more by June 27th. Balance before starting. Accomodations limited. To be sure of getting a ticket Pay Your Dollar Now. DAILY WORKER EASTERN AGENCY 108 East 14th Street, New York City. As pointed out in this appeal, the Italian weekly, Il Lavoratore, is of the | greatest importance to the Communist movement in this country. The appeal | to save the Lavoratore from suspen-+ On % Dibainw workers for an uncompromising class struggle against the capitalists of this | country, It is fighting the everyday battles of the workers of the United States and at the same time prepar. ing them for the ultimate struggle to establish a workers’ government in this country. “The Lavoratore must not be lost for the labor movement of this coun- try. It must be built into a more powerful weapon thru the increase of its circulation and its ultimately again becoming a daily paper. “There are in the United States, billions of Italian workers. The Itali- an workers are strongly represented m some of the biggest trade unions in this country. The Lavoratore is fighting for the unorganized Italian workers and stands for the building of a strong militant left wing organiza- tion in trade unions. It would be a great loss to the revolutionary class movement in the United States if it were to lose its only Communist ex- pression in the Italian language. “The central committee of the Workers (Communist) Party calls on every reader of The DAILY WORK- ER to immediately aid im creating a fund to keep Il Lavoratore alive and to build it into a stronger paper. “The needs of Il Lavoratore are ur- gent. Act quickly. Send in your dol- lar to the sustaining fund after read- ing this paper. Carry on agitation among your fellow workers and get them to secure and send in a dollar for the sustaining fund. “Show a spirit of solidarity in sup- port of the fighting organ of the Ital- ian workers, Il Lavoratore. “Central Committee, Workers (Com- munist) Party, “©, E, Ruthenberg, Gen, Secretary.” Socialist Party Head Refuses to Enter Into a Free Speech Fight BOSTON, June 22.—In reply to a letter from the Workers (Communist) Party inviting the socialist party of New England to co-operate in a free speech demonstration on the Boston Commons on July 4, Alfred Baker Lewis, the district secretary, says: “I lo not think that the comrades will co-operate with the Workers’ Party in any way.” In view of the fact that Mayor Nich- ols and the reactionary forces of Bos- ton have practically closed all meet- ing halls to organizations of a radical character, this refusal constitutes a direct encouragement to these black forces to continue their dastardly work, The letter states that the entire matter will come up before Boston Central Branch at its next meeting. It will then be seen whether the so- cialist party wilt-take the opportunity to do anything at all to fight the reac- tionary regime which has been estab- shed in the city of Boston, Rank | CLEVELAND, OHIO— &. BuJacich, Hoboken, N. 45 45 H. Silverstein, Newark, N. J. 20 30 NEW YORK CITY— L. Bogatz 165 185 Louis Coli .. 20 65 W. GIt w. 100 100 A, Fineberg .. 50 50 N. Fishman 100 760 Zolton Freedmi 120 680 | We Gay eos 10 100 | 3S. Goldtarb su ou L. Goodman .. 100 490 Philip Goodma 20 20) Sarah Gostinsky 20 20 Leo Kling . 390 3,850 S$. Leibowitz 20 1,020 Henry Mautner 220 220] H. F. Mins 250 2,800 | H. Owgang 50. 50 M. Pasterna 20 ° 60| Philip Rivkin 20 138} Kari Roos .. M. Sigalowsky Arthur Smith Sonia Winett Peter Cibula, West New N. PHILADELPHIA, P, H. Chydnofsky Martha Gold Esther Markes Joseph Rutkow! s. ua Peariman, Washingtan, ; Steve A. Kurepa W. H. Scarvaile Wm. Schmidt Smajl Catkovich W. J. White, New Castle, P: M. Chelovitz, Akron, Ohio 1, Brody . 20 Leo Hele! Ce) Max Katler 10 J T. Mitsos 300 Helen Shai 10 Joe Janciar, M. 56 Kon Okraska, Ne Ohio 540 A. G. McCaffery, Toledo, O 100 WARREN, OHIO— Eli Kostyshak . 48 | M. Popovich .. 170 | John Hillberg, Geneva, Ohio 10 DETROIT, Mic: L. Escheuk .. 20 Peter Kashkin 100 G. Kristolsky 40 W. E. Wilson, "Terre Haute, er Pi CHICAGO, ILL. N. O. Bull , Nets Engstrom ...... John Heinrichson Pauline Joff A. Karcheski Anna _ Lawre! Ben Levin J. Perlman A. L. Pollock | the working class of the Soviet Un- |ers’ Union today sent 27,000 roubles} |to London as the first instalment of 20| the collections undertaken by the co- 5 | operatives of the Soviet Union. so|being 100% maintained. Dogadov de- vo |industry ought to be nationalized. All jon.” The central éommittee of the Min-| The secretary of the central coun- cil of the Labor Unions of the Soviet Union, Dogadov, declared that fur- ther sums would be sent to the Min- ers’ Federation of Great Britain ac- cording to the receipt of the wage contributions of the Russian work- ers. He also stated that the flow of contributions had not in any way weakened and that in most cases not a quarter of the day’s wage was be- ing contributed, but a still larger sum. The boycott of all forms of com- bustible material for Great Britain is clared: “Naturally, in with the great struggle of the British miners our assistance is not very great, but we are doing what we caa and we will continue to fulfill our class soldiarity towards our: British brothers.” comparison Nationalization of Mines Needed, Says Congressman of N. Y. WASHINGTON, June 22.—During a debate in the house in criticism of the failure of the administration fore es to report a coal control bill from the interstate commerce committee, as pledged April 27 by Chairman Park: er, Rep, LaGuardia of New York de- clared nationalization of coal was necessary. “I do not believe regulation will be enough,” he said. “I believe the coal coal mines ought to be owned and op- erated by the government. I realize that I am a bit ahead of some of my colleagues and that my stand may Jos. Schlesinger Adolph Sednick F. Stasukelus N. Stevens Play Gertrude Welsh . E. at Oehler, Ka 120 260 G. Pd “parh, Milwaukee, Wig... 10 10 431 seem radical today, yet I can remem- ber when water was sold by private MORE FUNDS AND” Note.—This series of articles setting forth the difficulties and pointing out how they can be overcome in the build- ing of The DAILY WORKER into a mass organ of the American work- ing class. eee By J, LOUIS ENGDAHL. FTER two and one-half years of struggle, the period of the exist- ence of The DAILY WORKER, mili- tant labor still stands before the task of developing its spokesman into the mouthpiece of masses of workers. It is not an impossible task. It is not a task that lets opportunity knock but once at the door of militant la- bor. It is a task that every day calls to labor’s vanguard to fulfill its mis- sion—the building of the left wing of labor and the development of The DAILY WORKBER into the mass or- gan of the American working class, Another Blast at Gary. On Monday morning, June 14, the news flashed over the wires, “Many dead and injured in another explo- sion in the steel mills at Gary, In- diana.” There should be only one way for militant labor to look at that bit of news. It should have been a trumpet call to immediate action to give de- finite expression to the great agony + |of steel labor as it saw its numbers murdered and maimed in the death belching inferno known as the by- products plant of the Illinois Steel Co. But It Was Divided. But labor's left wing was not a unit. From the office of The DAILY WORK- ER, we saw it develop two attitudes: First: One of indifference. This attitude considered the Gary disaster “just another explosion.” It didn’t matter much, wag the viewpoint. A steel strike, yes, that is something. A steel mill blast, not worth worrying about. Let it pass. Second: Just the opposite. This attitude declared the explosion, bring- ing acute grief to many working class firesides, but at the same time exposing to the light of day the whole murderous system of the steel trust’s treatment of its workers, was another opportunity for new assaults against the United States Steel corporation. This attitude demanded action, with a definite program and a definite ob- jective. Regrettable But True. It is regretable but true that The DAILY WORKER editorial staff, as on so many other occasions, found :ompanies, and to advocate municipal swnership of waterworks was also zonsidered radical.” He described the nationalization plan reported by the anthracite min- ers in 1913, which provided that 6 per cent bonds be substituted for out- standing capital gtock of anthracite companies, and ‘in’50 years the whole cost could be retired at a charge of 28 cents on each ton of coal. In the past 10 years the anthracite cof- panies have pumped $200,000,000 of water into their capital stock, and now are preparing to pump a further $400,000,000 in—so rich are the pro- fits. Apply Bonus System to Preachers; Will Hays’ Bright Idea NEW YORK, June 22.—Nation-wide plans to raise $15,000,000 to establish a pension fund system in the Presby- terian church have been announced by Will H. Hayes, famous republican party machine politician and now “czar of the movie trust”—also chair- Max Cohen, Peoria, II * - 30 930 S. Svenson, Rockford, Ill. “100 100 s. H. Curlee, St. Louis, Mo. 100 100 Mog H. Shipman, Rock Island, Tt, +100 100 Wis. 45 48 200 490 45 45 20 1,815 30 30 20 50 F. A. Tustison, Parsons, Kan 100 100 Sidney Smith, Denver, Colo. - 10 20 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH— M. Brown .. 10 J. E. Sherren 10 James Gordon, Colorado, Springs, Colo. - 20 John N. Nushe, Granite Falls, Mont. 100 20 40 20 20 100 100 PR od Wiires A} |. Bursier, Berkeley, Calif. Los ANGELES, CALIF sors N. Altshuler 10 Tom Egoian 135 Beatrice Poli 10 Paul C. Rei: 5,905 G. B. Rosenfiel 10 Frank Spector 2,980, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Milton Harlan ~ 46 Carroll Shipman Library, Willat Produos ae tion Co, 130 Workmen 30 Steve Grdin yward, 100 John Eliot, ni Gran 10 M. Shapovalov, Riversids s Oalif, 30 ; Coolidge Favo' i Separation © Against Filipinos WASHINGTON, June 22—President Coolidge is inclined to favor the en- actment of the Bacon bill, framed by Gen. Leonard Wood, ta divide the Philippine Islands thru cyeation of a purely colonial government for the Moro provinces. The puppose of the Wood-Bacon scheme is waderstood to be the blocking of the fmeeing of the Islands from Americanvarule, There may be enough in theimext senate, and posdibly in the house, to enact a law to liberate the Philippines. Wood is trying to divert attention from the main issue to a counter-proposal, Gen, Emilio Aguinaldo, command- er in chief of the army of the con- quered Philippine republic of 1898- 1901, has cabled a protest against the bill, altho recently he had been listed as @ friend of Wood and a luke-warm supporter of the independence move- ment. Byrd May be Assist. Navy Secretary. WASHINGTON, June 22.— Lieut. Com, Richard EB, Byrd, who made the and file members of the socialist party should see to it that their organization | being first air trip over the rth pole, is favorably considered for ap is not led into a policy which will in-| pointment as assistant secretary of evitably enoourage reaction to con-|the navy in charge of #éronautics, it tinue ite work, ‘ was learned here today., man of the laymen’s committee of the Presbyterian church, But it is not to be all velvet for the antiquated brethren; they have to! do something toiget it. First they have to live a long time, for 65 years; then thes have to be good boys for 35 years of that, turning out Christians like sausages at Swift's; besides, they have to pay into the fund 2% per cent of their salaries. This may interfere with them living for 65 years, but it is itself to be the staff of the left wing. Regretable because this should not be so, The DAILY WORKER editor- ial staff cannot lead the struggle. It can only make The DAILY WORK- ER help lead the struggle.. Yet it was The DAILY WORKER correspondent that was first and alone at the scene of the disaster, feeling his way along, planning how best to protect the interests of the workers, raising the demand that “the dead must not have died in vain.” Not An Easy Task, It was not an easy task. The steel trust owns the city government of Gary and Gary’s lone daily newspa- per. It has its own private hospi- tal. The steel trust is well protected against intruders coming to interfere with its business, part of which is to see that the killing and crippling of workers in its plants get as little attention as possible. The DAILY WORKER, therefore, came into Gary as an alien enemy to the native steel trust. But the workers received it as a friend as it arrived in bundles of each new edi- tion hurled into this capitalist fort- Tess, Steel labor read about its sufferings in its own daily. For the moment The DAILY WORKER became the expres- sion of masses of Gary steel workers. The indifference of that part of the left wing that had the wrong attitude ‘ in Hayes’ plan. “The whole plan,” says Hayes, “is an excellent business arrangement which will renew the virility of the church.” Kindergarten to Be Feature of the Russian Women’s Picnic Sunday a In order to give the mothers a chance to have a good time at the pic- nic, the Russian Progressive Women’s Mutual Aid Society has arranged a Kindergarten at the picnic given by the society Sunday, June 27, at River Tavern Grove, Milwaukee Ave, op- posite St. Adalbert’s Cemetery. Mo- thers will be able to leave their chil- dren in case of nurses and go around the park without any worry, Read “OIL” by Upton Sinclair Mad = Qutelde of Chica Six months”. 3:50 Three months.. 2.00 is the first of a [began to melt. An Opportunity Lost ~ at Gary, Indiana A mass meeting was planned, an effort was made to ar- range a mass funeral of all the vic- tims, an expression of working class mourning rather than the grief of a few relatives and friends, a congres- sional inquiry was sought for, to tear aside the veil that obscured the real nature of the steel trust tyranny. An attempt was made to draw other labor elements into the growing protest. But the forces that had been aroused were too weak and got into action too late to take full advantage of the sit- uation. Another opportunity had been lost, Strenuous efforts, to be sure, are now being made to retrieve this error. Something will be accomplished. But when the steel workers gather, ed in mass protest meeting at Turner Hall, in Gary, Saturday might, June 19, applauded the mention of The DAILY WORKER, then I knew that its effort had not been in vain. Rath- er this wag an indication of its great Possibilities, It Grows With the Left Wing. if the left wing had properly ex- ploited the Gary disaster there would have been protest meoetings ablaze thruout the whole steel district, from Waukegan and South Chicago, én It- nois, thru Gary, Hammond and other Indiana steel centers. At this writ- ing the Gary protest meeting stands alone. Gary deserted by labor else- where, is forced to fight its own bat- . RATES: tles. No doubt, dn the other steel districts, in Pittsburgh, and Bethle- hem, Pa,, in the Mahoning Valley, in Ohio, and elsewhere over the land, it would have been impossible to hold effective gatherings, but everywhere there could have been at least an ef- fective distribution of The DAILY WORKER telling the story of Gary at the gates of every steel mill, This is one of the ways of develop ing The DAILY WORKER into the mass expression of the workers. It is simple. It is elemental, But it isn’t done. The result is that there is neither a potverful feft wing mor a mass organ of the left wing. Three hundred copies of the The DAILY WORKER were sold at the gates of the steel plants in Gary last Saturday. But it could have been a thousand. The additional copies had not been provided. Thus are the pos- sibilities undetestimated and lost. A heavy burden falls on the few active militants. They must get. sub- scribers for The DAILY WORKER to maintain the contacts made. These subscribers must renew when their term of subscription ends, Worker Correspondents groups must be organ- ized. Nuclei of the Workers Party must be organized. Shop papers must be issued. Every grievance, some- times seemingly insignificant, must be made the basis of “Agitation! Edu- cation! Organization!” Away with indifference! Forward to greater activity, seizing every op- portunity. Thus will the left wing grow and the day speeded when The DAILY WORKER will become the mass organ of the American working class. Union and Bosses ‘aif Seek Warrants in | Carpenters’ Strike SAN FRANCISCO.—(FP)—The Bay Counties district council of carpenters has countered the move of the Indus- trial Assn. in seeking for conspiracy warrants against striking carpenters by applying in its turn for similar war- rants against non-union guards. The felony warrants demanded by the In- dustrial Assn. are being held up while Dist. Atty. Brady investigates. The carpenters state that only about 1000 of their 13,000 members in the Bay District are unemployed, the rest be- ing at work on union jobs. We need more news from the shops and factories. Sénd It inl Per year ..... Six months ‘Three months, 2.00 SEBVERY POINT Sip aitabibaed FoR. THE > DAILY WORKER te W. WAS NAME. HINGTON BOUL: Ch gor Sean Aeent Rene enn Ann ncn! s+: AO Renae eee oe sane Se mreeen: nee fo SIRE ic TRIE A SI, Shy cenl ERAee Pid | ON ae , l