The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 2, 1926, Page 4

Page Four ~~ a ee ee ree Workers (Communist) Party (The Membership Meetings and Party Unity {the report to the membership and the By C. E, RUTHENBERG, policies of the party outlined in de- tail Generat’ Secretary, Workers (Com i Sin band Party, The unanimous vote of the party ea Meade oan sicanbecanl ot | mem at these meetings was Per ee mee Ot She megereny el ont is of such a statement of the in the districts from | policy. The vote was an endorsement | Boston which have | of the political line of the Central | been held d two weeks, ! Committee and not) based upon an| unanimously endor ed the work of the | , onal response to a campaign for | plenum of the Central Committee of | nity, | the party and thie resolutions it adopt 1 that the party could un-| ed as the program for the party work, | nj y endorse such a fundamental | particularly e re solution on “The statement of party policy is the. best Task of the Party in the Light of the/ narantee of the party unity. If the C. I. Decision party is united upon a program and These meetings marked another big | policy, as is shown by the vote at step forward in the un jon of the| these membership meetings, then in- | party and the mobilization of ail its|q there is a sound basts for liquida- forces for work among the masses n of theginternal struggle within The meetings held and the number par of members in attendance were as| jt is n such a rock foundation | follows t the unification of the party is Buffalo 60 sing affected. It is the absence of Boston 200 any fundamental differences of policy wh was exprsesed in the member- pm ings. The membership as a whole accepted the line laid down by the Central Committee and because of that it was possible to get a unan- imous vote at these meetings. Minneapolis .... wo A r In the face of such agreement as to| 3 Jie fundamental line of the party|; ORAL sesssessecseeeeeeeree 2,435 there could be no continuation of a ite “attoatence et theme maniee factional struggle within the party.| ship meetin was as } if not|A factional struggle which has no larger, than at any time during the| basis in political differences would be| heat of the inter party struggle,!an impermissible offense against the altho these meetings were held after|unity of a Communist ty. Just | the reorganiza of the party. Injas much as it is impermissible to ell the membership meetings not a/compromise on political questions, single comrade voted against the|just so impermissible is it to main- ain a factional struggle when there resolution endorsing the work of the} | no political differences plenum in the unification of the party | a and pledging earnest support. Every | The party membership, sr hear- comrade present these méetings|ing the report of the Central Commit- (with the exception of one in Chica-|tee as to thé policies of the party g0, who abstained from voting) re has stamped them with unanimous ap-| tered his vote in support of the r proval. On that b. the party can lution and in endorsement of the work ‘ow its entire united strength into of the plenum d the resolution on|the work of making the -policies a “The Tasks of the Party in the Light | living reality in work among the of the C. I. Decision.” masses of workers and. exploited In all these meetings, there was not a single speech in which a factional note was raised. The discussion took | farmers of this country. Future Party Discussion, { Sa TAK Siascats Mates: ct the There ds one danger which the party e last plenum of the Central Com- Bee © Rs . 4 faces in connection the spirit of ttee and thru the membership meet- party, ite Program of work and Dol-| unity which has developed in the just finished, are a tribute to the | icles. |party. That is that in fear.of,raising|inner strength of the party. Membership For Unity. a factional issue there willbe a; ‘The seca of our party have been Tig. attitude of the members of|tendency to refrain from discussion of prophesying its decay and dissolu-| the party in these meetings was not/the party’s policies, tion. They laughed with glee when| only that of endorsement of the pro-| Such a development would be althe internal struggle developed. They gram of the Central Committee for | detriment to the party. Party unifica- | prophesied that the reorganization of unification of the party and turning |tion does not mean death, it ‘means the party would destroy it. the energies of the membership into work among the ma but it ex- pressed an enthusiastic welcome of the fact that the party at last was on life and activi Our party; even’ in | the heat of internal struggle, has as | yet too little‘ discussed the questions | which it faces in relation t6 American | the path which “led away from in-| capitalism and the labor moyment in| ternal factional struggle and that its Ss country. The party must have | face was turned toward the masses} more discussion rather than less, | of this country—that its streng Now that these cussions can be hereafter, would be directed into e |conducted without the bias which an tending the influence of the party |imner factional struggle gives to them, among the working m Ss, building;the party has much to gain by con- the party organization by draw-|tinued fundamental discussion of ing in new members the basis for the Mass revolutionary country. The party membership was ripe tor|Party Functionaries and development thus laying |every question of the life of the Amer- of alican workers and the development of movement in this h ove! as rea te >| such a movement, was m ady to unite in New York to Hold its strength for the struggle against | the common enemies, the capitalist Conference July 8 Class and the capitalist government NEW YORK, June 30. ence of Workers Party functionaries organizer, secretary, agitprop direc-! erature agent, and every other of the shop and street | It was waiting for the Central Com- mittee to sound the slogan, “Unity and Mass Work” and it rallied behind it in support of that slogan. NO" Fundamental Differences on Policy. At all of the membership meetings A confer. (Communist) including every all or, lit tunctionary “the policies of the Central Committee | ®"Clei, every section and sub-section ihoth insofar as the inner party lif nizer, every member of the sub- fand the policies governing our work |*¢ction executives, every language ction secretary, trade union every ‘smong the masses was presented in ‘detail. The basis for inner party parece secretary, and every member ‘inification, the present economic situ- ¥ bb aan Rober pope ton in the United States, the political | 7PUns, Workers League, wat ee ore ituation,..the situation in the labo race tradt pb the te gigi! a8 | Manhattan Lyceum, 66 Bast» 4th, St. ‘ovement, the program of the party paar or Oreduization of the apcreatan? | This conference’ will discuss the © unorganized, | yroblems of the reorganization and j,the policies governing our work in| ‘he trade unions, the policies of th party for a united labor ticket and | a labor party, the program of build- a 0 the fnembership drive that will ast thruout the election campaign. Jack Stachel, organization secretary of the district will report for one hour ing the party organizationally, tho | A discussion from the floor will follow. DAILY WORKDPR, the Young Work-| Every party functionary must attend. ars (Communist) League, the work| Party members will be admitted. tmong the Negroes, the anti-imperial- Stthovement, were all included in Everyone must have a new member- ship card to be admitted. T e n D a y S T h a t Sthaotan + econetians with introduction by Shook the World’ "ENN By JOHN REED mnonm ) POINTS ween ft | ings. |Chernauskas Grove the capitalist stem in this country. Such dis sion, in place of promot- ing internal struggle, will 80 strengthen the panty that it can avoid bitter internal struggle in the future. The agreement upon policy mani- fested in the membership meetings is to a large degree due to the fact that the party has thrashed out the dif- ferences in relation to policy during the last two years with a resulting clarification and agreement on the main line of the party work. The party will grow in strength if every party tinit participates actively in the discussion of the questions of the party life. Party Activity, In addition to expressing the un- animous support of the membership, of the party’s policies and the slogan, “Unity and Mass Work,” the dis sion at the membership meetings in- dicated that the party energetically taken up its task.of car- rying out the party program. This was evident in the fact that the practical aspect of various panty campaigns were Taised in the meet- The discussions and questions indicated that the party has grasped the central thought of Communist pol- that is, the penetration of all existing workers’ organizations and the rais: of the issues of the class gle in these organizations. The nuclei and fractions ane grow- learning how to carry on party ing, they are their work. This work must be intensified, The must express its unity in more party energetic work, The mobilization of the full strength of the patty for its outer task is now possible and this should mean that every phase of the party work will show greater pro- than any time heretofore. The slogan “Unity and Mass Work” | means greater activity and greater activity for the building of the influence of the party and for strengthening the party organization- ally. A Monolithic Party. The achievements of the party in But the party has met and over- come these obstacles. It has proven that has really Communist strength. It has shown within itself the pos- sibilities of development thru which it will learn the proud name of a “Bol- shevik Party.” Upon the foundation laid by the plenum of the Central Committee and the membership meetings, we can build the structure of a greater and more powerful Communist Party. This is the work to which we must now turn with all our energies. Awaits the Chicsea’ Workers Party Picnic Chernauskas Grove has now been completed and is all ready for the Workers (Communist) Party July 4th Picnic. The grove takes in a territory of 18 acres. It is beautifully located and has a dance floor of 150x75 ft. A new kitchen has been built up and everything is in first class shape. The Russian workers are preparing to come in a group. Enrollments are taking place at 1902 W. Division St., for those that want to join this group on the truck. This will be a practical way for other language groups to get there and enjoy the ride, C. E. Ruthenberg and Alexander Bittelman will speak at the picnic. Admission to the picnic. is 50c. It will be held on the legal holiday, Mon- day July 5, at Chernauskas’ Grove, Justice Park, Ill. Directions: Take Archer Ave, car to end of line, from there, take Justice Park or Willow Springs car and get off at 79th St. Policeman May Die, Shot by a fellow officer when he was mistaken for an auto thief, De- teetive Sheehan is in a hospital with less than an even chance to recover, When a southside resident phoned for police, officers from two different sta- tions responded, scene simultaneously, Sheehan wag mistaken ad the thief and fired upon, e ‘ A BUST OF LENIN WITH FACH 500 POINTS mpaign Closes Midnight July 6 seit aire has already: again | They arrived on the’ \ | | decided by authorities in, Washington. THE DAILY See - NEW YORK TO START FUND FOR SHOP PAPERS, Money Needed to Issue Bulletins (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, June 30.—The Work- ers (Communist) Party of District 2 has started a drive to create a shop bulletin fund for the purpose of secur- ing a first class multigraph to aid the nuclei in the publication of their shop bulletins, A number of shop bulletins are al- ready being published by, the nuclei in the district, but many more must be published within a short time. The bosses thruout the country are spending over $4,000,000 every year for the publication of some 500 bosses’ papers issued for the purpose of poi- soning the minds of the workers against strikes, the improvement of the conditions of the workers and for increasing the exploitatign of their wage slaves, Only material that rer to divert the interest of the worker}jnto other channels is published. Tie purpose of these bosses’ papers can best be characterized by A. J. Haine writing in the Iron Trade Review of April 16, 1925. He says: “The purpose is to create an impression of an associa- tion or mutuality of interest” between the employer and the workers. The material consists of funny stories, crossword puzzles, sports, travelogues, cooking hints for wives, and dress hints for young ladies, lessons in thrift, and other entertaining and di- verting items, These 500 bosses’ papers have a probable circulation of 1,00P,000. A shop bulletin must be establ\shed in every large shop and medium shop where there is a shop nucleus. | Send contributions to Shop Bulletin Fund, Workers (Communist); Party, | 108 BE. 14th, New York City. Magazine Editors Who |Want to Obey Law and Order Don’t Know How NEW YORK, June 30, — (FP) — The July issue of the New Masses is on the news-stands, but the question whether. this issue will "be permitted to go thru the mails ds yet to be Efforts to have the New York post- office pass upon the July number in advance were futile, The offftial in charge refused to look at ‘a dumiay of that edition, saying thatjhis qgpart- ment exercised no cefsorshif’ but merely interpreted the law forhwlding the use of the mails to*publigtions containing obscene mattér. it he would not giye a definitién of opscen- ity. So the publishers Kad to!go to he expense of printing a*whol@ issue without any assurance that they}would be allowed to mail it. The New Masses editors cqntend hat this reticence is improper and nfair. They say they’ have \never d any intention of pttblishing an bscene magazine and do not) con- ede that they have dotie so. hey indicate that the ban upon the§ May issue of their magazine was dup not alone to the postal censors’ obje@ions to offerings by creative artists™ but to utterances in that issue ich questioned the economic basis of our social order, Immigration Officers Keep “Undesirable” Immigrants from U. S. WASHINGTON, June 30, —(FP)— American immigration inspectors wil! henceforth conduct examination of prospective immigrants to the United States in the home countries of Ger- mans, Poles, Norwegians, Danes and Luxemburgers, in addition to British and Irish Belgians and’ Dutch, The latter four countries have had Amer- ican immigration officers on their soil for the past year. Intensive examination, as it is called, will begin July 1 in Germany and Luxemburg, July 15 in Denmark and Norway, and Sept. 1 in Poland. When the new machinery is running smoothly, the state department an- nounces, a total of 153/440 quota and non-quota immigrants will pe exam- ined by technical, medfeal and immi- gration officers before being granted visas to come to the United States by American consuls abroad. This number is 71 percent of the total annual immigration quota for Europe, Many Towns Wiped Out in Earthquakes in Dutch East Indies AMSTERDAM, June 30. — Meager lispatches received from Batavia have, given rise to fears that the sarthquakes in the Dutch East Indies last Saturday dnd Sunday were more serious than at first reported, Batavia dispatches state that a “disastrous earthquake” is reported in the neighborhood of Fort De Kock and that it is feared that a numbor of towns including Knota, Anoe, Tjoepa and Tanarl may have been completely wiped out with a heavy death toll. Communications are severed and it " Brie: ey to pei the actual © of affairy ON TO MOSCOW! SUBS OF JUNE 21, 22, 28, 24 and 25. BOSTON, MASS. B. Clayman H. Gage Clara Hal Peter Polack Elsie Pultur Boris B. Ruben George Seigal R. M. Zieper, Worcester, Mas: Herman Saraupos, E. Wey: mouth, Mass. J. J. Thompson, Peabody, Nicholas G. Katzan, Manches ter, New Hamp. Ivar Nelson, Astoria, L. ELIZABETH, N. Harry Fox 20 S| Johnson 20 Julius Meluzin 45 Jos. Ruich ..., 30 Paul Steubens, Jersey City, N. J. 60 Charles Brendel, Long Island NEW YORK CiTY— Bakers’ Union Local Lotario Bardone 20 H. Boyajian 20 Irma Capko 00 Louis Coli 45 R.Davidson 20 Eve Dorf 00 Leo Droki 00 Harry Eis! 20 Anton Fode 40 Prosepr Goepp Helen Horn Victor Israel Bert Katterfe! Marjorie Katterfe Leo Kling 345 D. Kvitko 20 J. Lapidus 50 S. Leibowitz - 50 Rose Levinson Angelo Lewis Max Manes . Samuel Marx Henry Mautner . T. E. Meade . Nell Mendelson .. H. F. Mins Edward Monoson A. Moreau Paul Muller. Ray Newman . Obrana C. 0, Peterson Einar Peterson .. Anna Podolsky .. H. Ransdell ., Ida Schneider .. M. Schneider Arthur Smith .. M. Spivak G. Szepesi P. Tollerman G. Turich M. C. Underwood Fannie Unterman Francis Vondras S. Yonas .. Michael Ziebel E. A. Furman, Stamford, Conn. James Szepesy, Fords H. Stern, Linden, N. Peter Momo, Union City, N. — Kotchmar, Watervliet, v. E. R. Saeng N.Y. BALTJMORE, MD. Kitt Leibowitz . PHILADELPHIA, PA.— Mary Beard .. Joseph Fediuk Julius D. Love Esther Markeson Steve Stanley . Cc. S. Sherman, Trenton, N. Coopers. J. Jeannette D. Peart, burgh, Pa. J. H. Zeigler, Rowen BUFFALO, N. Y.— M. Elitz M. Garri Max Goldwater J icine E. Pitts! Leo Kauppilo, Mone: PITTSBURGH, PA.— A. Garfinkel Wm. Schmidt W, H. Searville 15 90 Fe Unikle . 100 J. Vrdjuka 90 H. Walker 45 John F. Shober, Darling- ton, Pa. 20 . Janes, Akrion, Ohio }00 Dr. Wm. Wolfram, Cincinnati, RIO reson ..600 CLEVELAND, OHIO— S. Hartley 00 P. Lukachie 160 ChristsHerman, Columbus, Ohio 20 MARTINS FERRY, OHIO— Louis Habunek Joe Janciar . Tony Kuhach . Wm. True, Toledo, Ohio . M. Kapusta, Youngstown, Ohio 45 R. Jurcich, Empire, Ohio... DETROIT, MICH.— Jessie Sirota Wm. Mollenhauer Sarah Victor .. 78 Eugene Bechtold, Grand Rap- ids, Mich. aM J. Zimmerman, Indianapolis, Ind. Helmi Heimonen, Mic MUSEGON, ici Fred Alpers Roy Bon L. Ferris Lansing, , Bay CHICAGO, ILL= Nels Engstrom ‘elsh KANSAS “city, MO.— John Moonan Hugo Oehler wi kin (Balance of subs received on these printed tomorrow.) Shop Nuclei Hold Conference at the Northwest Hall Friday 285 30 2,815 695 | 1,050 | 1,050 20 6,320 340 +1,395 | 4,485 520] WITH THEY jCONDUCTED *-BY TH |testamt Churches of the U. S.) that 49| military training of youth of high |school age “is to be deplored as for- 100 | eign to the alms and ideals of our edu- jcational system” is causing quite a 20| stir among certain well-known exploit re ers of youth labor. As a definite sign of this we have 60|the “holy horror” editorial in the re- 0 |actionary sheet of Henry Ford, The 95| Dearborn Independent. This editorial 105 |States in part: “The Federal Coun- cil’s role as agent to win the Ameri- jean churches to movements which grow up outside the churches.and to | purposes which the churches never conceived or formulated is evident again in its recent discussion of ‘com- pulsory military training’ whatever | that may mean.” Naturally, Henry Ford would look dismayed at any murmer which threatened to stop the military train- 9 | Ins of the youth, the meaning of which he will know. He needs plenty of “patriotic” soldiers to be prepared o|at a moment's notice to protect his 50|investments abroad, or for that mat- |ter, at home (should his workers be- come so indiscreet as to organize 90/themselves and strike for improved mn | conditions. 20| With one point of the Fordized edi- 45 'New York Comrades, Help Workers’ School to House Students NEW YORK, June 30. — New York 400|comrades will play host to: leading | workers of unions and of the Workers $0 | (Communist) Party who will assemble 140|from all over the United States for 45|/two weeks for July 19 to 31 to take i | the National Summer Training Course 110 at the New York School. $°| The reception committee is combing 20\the city for homes at which these 20| workers will “feel at home.” In order ba | to take the course, they will have to 245 | give up their jobs for a period of two weeks, spend fare to come to New York and purchase food at restaurants 4o0| around the city. However, the New 110| York party members and sympathizers |are determined to see that they at 170| least do not have to spend for hotels. 45| All those intending to come to take 80 the course should. communicate at 45 | once. with Bertram D. Wolfe, director | of the Workers’ School, 108 East 14 30 St., New York City, so that the proper arrangements for his lodging may be made well in advance. 100! Everyone who has a bed to spare or a half a bed to spare for a period of |two weeks should send in his name and address and the number of work- ers he can accommodate during that period. 210 ies | Young Communists 100} 100 | Arrested in Britain 45 asl LONDON, England, — May 18, five 409 | members of the Y. C. L. were arrested in Openshaw (Manchester) charged Henry Ford Discusses Military Training C WORKERS NG WORKERS LEAGUE | 9) 20) 1,420 iced ee By NAT KAPLAN, torial ~ve are inclined to partially | i agree; where.dt states: “The Ameri- 430 (sau a se nests ciple ng can churches never instructed the fed- 100 | Churches ‘(spokesman of the -Fro- eral council to take that position and will not permit the federal council to commit them to It.” Neither do we expect many of the American church- es to commit themselves to this view- point. The old gospel. of “peace on . earth, good will towards men,” may sound all right in Sunday school ser- mons, but has nothing in common with the practice of the organized churches. The church policies are dictated by the donations of the ruling plutoc- racy. Its very basis for existence is to dope the workers and make them meek in_ face of the bosses’ onslaught. Not only that but the latest U. 8. census figures on church property (1916) report the total value of church property at $1,676,600,582. A large part of this sum is invested in in- dustries which employ youth and ohild labor under the most miserable con- ditions, Certainly these heavy invest- ments must also be protected by the sons of the working class donned in khaki, No wonder few churches will come out against military training. This makes the progressive stand of the federal council all the more sig- nificant, especially if the council will lend substantial aid to the growing united front movement of youth against militarism. of the Y. C. L., was also arrested (for having a copy of the “Young Striker,” a paper especially issued by the Y. C. L. during the general strike) and sen- tenced to 2 months hard labor. 8. Span, B. Span and @. Miles, were also charged for “being in possession” of the “Young Striker,” the latter being sentenced to a fine of £20. YOUTH STREET SPEAKERS TO BE TRAINED, In the near future a street speakers class will be organized. Comrade Darcy will be the instructor. A max- imum of 25 comrades will be permit- ted to attend this class. Only those who are willing to speak at open air meetings after a short period of in- struction are wanted. Registration is being taken. If you are a Y. W. L. member and think you will be able to give a talk after attending the class you should register immediately. Send registration to Y. W. L., 19 S. Lin- coln St., City. No back-outs wanted. First come, first picked! PHILLY YOUTH ARRANGE BOAT RIDE PICNIC PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—The Young Workers’ League here is giving an ex- cursion on Saturday, July 10, on a boat going to New Riverview Beach. There will be swimming and other amusements. Get your tickets at 521 York Ave. All workerg are invited. FREIHEIT YOUTH RUN TRUCK PICNIC The Freiheit Youth Club of Chicago is running a truck picnic to the Wheel- ing, Ill. Grove on July 18th. There will be plenty of refreshments and 600) with having in their possession “docu- h ‘ " ttractions, Watch f o0| ments lable to cause qisaffection,” | Over Attract! ee 930| The magistrate stated that the ‘docu- 3 20/ ment’ was only an appeal to the rail- 20; Waymen and in no case contradicted a the Emergency regulations, and there- For a Mass Organ Thra | by acquitted all the arrested. 2 tr Springhall, member ot the c. c>| Worker Correspondents TT: 9 — 80 —_ The place of the Chicago Shop Nucleus Conference has been changed to the Northwest Hall, Friday, July 2,at 8 p.m, All shop nuclei members must be present as the proper func- tioning of shop nuclei and in parti cular factory papers will be taken up An detail A emertbe = 00'S nus ‘ IS b-W: WASHINGT O LABOR HERALD LIBRARY 8°16 RBUSFSTIAN WORKKERS WaRK/HOPS THE TRADE UMA FOUCATIONAL LEAGUE PT. Chie aged