The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 10, 1926, Page 5

— act prone) ll sens fn bb Seisen- THE DAILY WORKER ope Workers (Communist) Party How Shall We Gain Members for the Party? By |. AMTER. T is a fact in all parts of the coun- try, that there are not enough com- rades to do the work of the party. The party, is handicapped for various reasons: 1) the reorganization of the party, 2) the inexperience of the par- ty comrades in the new form of work, 3) language difficulties, “The Reorganization and the Party. Unquestionably the reorganization of the party has done much to keep the panty from functioning as it should. This is not novel in the Communist International. The recent organiza- tion conference held in Moscow just before the Enlarged Executive Com- mittee demonstrated that the Com- munist parties have to bridge over many difficulties when reorganization takes place, Not that these difficulties should be magnified; on the contrary, if proper co-operation takes place, the reorganization can be brought about with ease. Py The reorganization, however, -cost our party a Jarge number of members, and no comrade should shrug his shoulders and say there is no loss to, the party, if the members who left should not rejoin. On the contrary, either due to misunderstanding or in- ability to think themselves into the new form of organization, some com- rades have left, who would be very valuable to the party. It is true that same of them! may not have been the type that wish to do much work; but party work can be learned, and _will- ingness to do it may be acquired. Hence, in many instances, it will be found—as it has already been found— that members who have rejoined the party become good party members. Therefore, slogan number one:* All former party members possible must be brought back into the party, Recruiting, Inexperience in the new form. of party work has not only hurt us in the performance of the fundamental work of the party, but has also made it difficult for us to get new members, The party membership, during the days of language branches, rarely in- creased thru work in the shops, Most of the members came to the party thru contact in the fraternal organiza- tions, unions, etc. This work must be intensified, and every left winger, who is eligible to membership in the party must be brought in. It must be understood, however, that the work in the trade unions, fraternal organizations, etc., has. not been changed in form. It remains the same, but is intensified and broad- ened. The work in the shops.is the novel part of the reorganization. Work thru the shop and street nuclei gives us more direct contact with the work- ers. It must not be expected, how- ever, that the workers will flock into the party just because we have reor- ganized and now present ourselves to the workers in an organized form in the shops. It must be acknowledged that the broad masses of the workers know nothing about the party. The publication of shop buletins brings us close .to the workers on the question of their daily problems, and wherever there is a shop nucleus, we must have a shop bulletin. Street bulletins or neighborhood bulletins should ‘be {s- sued by the street nuclei, occupying themselves with taking up the ques- tions that harass the workers whero- ever they live. This presents the par- BROKEN EARTH MAURICE. HINDUS An unusual story of Russian life in the village. The author visited this little place where he was — born—and tells the story of Rus- sian life as seen it, $2.00 Cloth Bound, THE DAILY WORKER PUB. CO, 1113 W. Washington BI Chicago, Hl, YOU CAN EAT WELL INLOS ANGELES - at GINSBERG’S VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT - 2324-26 BROOKLYN AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CAL. »| ties on behalf of the working class. | to. eke out a ving wage. ty as the expression of the workers who are fighting for better conditions. But this is not sufficient: whenever there is a condition in the shops, the Communists must be the first to make proposals for the changing of condi- tions and to organize the workers for fighting for the change. This deals with immediate conditions in the shops—whether they are wages, hours, working conditions or anything else. The workers are impressed by nothing-more than leadership—mil- itancy and policy. If in fighting for the interests of the workers, however, we fail to make recruits for the party, we are neglect- ing one of the most important party tasks. Recruiting as a dally task, has not become ingrained in the minds of our party membership, Nor have we yet learned to utilize non-party sym- Pathetic organizations for getting par- ty members. We have acquired too much the “non-party” spirit of these non-party organizations and have for- gotten thdt they are excellent recruit- ing grounds for the party. Slogan number two: Regular recruiting campaigns as a result of ac- tivities of the nuclei must be con- ducted in the shops and residential sections. Language Difficulties, Difficulty of language has impeded the growth of the party. Since the break-up of the language federations, the party members have manifested some loss of interest in the party work, This is due to the common basis thru language have been taken from ‘them, They feel unable to ex- press themselves in English. As Com- munists, we Must provide ourselves with one of the most necessary tools, and that is language. Not that all party members must become public speakers, but they should acqiure suf- ficient command of the English lan- guage, so that they reach practically any worker in the shops. The knowl- edge of foreign languages is advan- tageous, but English must be regard- ed almost as basic. Owing to the dis- advantage of not knowing the English language well, many of our comrades hesitate about speaking to Bnglish- speaking workers. I realize that very frequently they feel exposed to the ridicule of the American-born worker —and that keeps many comrades from being active in the trade unions. But if they realize that the antagonism against the party is in alarge measure due to its being a Bolshevik Party (most workers do not understand the word Communist, but fully understand Bolshevik), they would not be em- barrassed by their inability to master the English language, but would battle thru the barrage of antipathy and fight to gain the sympathy of the workers regardless of this handicap. Slogan three: To the front—as good soldiers—to overcome the language difficulties that many comrades suffer from. Unequal Distribution of Capable Comrades, One further difficulty in the path of the party is that we have at the present time an unequal distribution of the capable comrades in the party, When the party begins to realize the importance of certain districts and certain industries, and seriously con- siders the necessity of distributing comrades thruout the party—particu- larly the young comrades—we will have leadership in each locality and shift the comrades until in each town we have at least one leader to rep- resent the party, direct the party com- rades, who are most eager to do work and are not daunted by defeats, and aid most effectively in getting new workers into the party. Therefore, slogan four: Young mem- bers of the party and of the Y. W. 4. must be trained for party work, must be dispatched to work in the strategic points of certain industries and there- by aid in building up the party and the Y. W. L, + Nothing will contribute more than the leadership of the party as a whole to win recruits for the party—and this leadership can be shown only in the daily struggles of the workers—a leadership in fact and not in theory. WORKERS PARTY ASKS SOCIALIST PARTY OF CALIFORNIA TO UNITE IN MOVEMENT FOR A LABOR TICKET SAN FRANCISCO, July 8. — The California district organization of the Workers (Communist) Party has is- sued an appeal to the Socialist Party of California, and to Upton Sinclair 8. P.' candidate for governor of that state, proposing that the Socialist Party of California join im the is- suance of a joint call to all labor unions and other workers’ organiza- tions to participate jn placing in the field this fall a united labor ticket. The formation of a speciai sub-com- mittee to meet with a similar commit- tee of the Workers Party is suggested, the two sub-committees to be charged with working out a program for the purpose. In a letter to Lena Morrow Lewis, state secretary of the Socialist Party of California, the district organizer of the Workers (Communist) Party of the district says: “We feel that if the Communists and the Socialists make this united front appeal it will go a long way in advancing the formation of a state Labor Party in California.” Appeal To Socialists. The appeal to the Socialist Party says: “Dear Comrades: “The present industrial and agricul- tural situation in California is proving to. the workers and farmers of this state the fallacy of trying to remedy their conditions by means of following the political policy of ‘supporting your friends’ in the old capitalist parties. “The state of California, which for a long time was the leading state for the organized labor movement and the progressive movement in general, is now being definitely controlled by those who are opposed to organized labor, and even the educational insti- tutions of the state are being openly used for the purpose of spreading the ideas of the open shop. “Criminal syndicalist laws and court injunctions have been used as a whip against the organized workers and over 50 innocent workers are now in prison merely because of their activi- interests, _ “Military training has been intensi- fied in the universities, high schools and even the higher grades in the grammar schools. Constant propa- ganda against Japanese workers is being carried on, while ever increas- ing appropriations for military pur- poses are being made for this state. All of these are for the purpose of creating war spirit and making the necessary preparedness for a war on the Pacific. “These conditions and the recogni- tion by the workers and farmers of the fallacy in hoping to get relief from the two capitalist parties, makes this the most opportune time to crystallize the dissatisfaction into a definite independent political expres- sion of the workers and farmers, “Now is the time for the workers to organize themselves independently on the political field. “We, therefore, invite the state ex- ecutive committee of the Socialist Party of California, to issue jointly a call to all labor unions and workers fraternal organizations for the purpose of placing into the field a united labor ticket. We also suggest that a special sub-committee meet with a similar committee of the Workers (Commun- ist) Party to work out a program to this end. “Hoping that you will see the im- portance of this united front and that you will respond favorably to our re- quest, we are “Fraternally yours, . “Organizer, District No. 13, Workers (Communist) Party Workers Party Is to Debate with Security League (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, July 8.—The Workers (Communist) Party and the National Security League will engage in a de- bate July 16 at the Central Opera House. Jay Lovestone, author of the “Gov- ernment Strike-breaker” and of “The First American Revolution,” will rer resent the Workers (Communist) Party. The National Security League is considering Mr, Hyman, Mr. Cash- man or Mr. Mann as their champion. The exact wording of the topic is, “Resolved that our present form of government is not in the interest of the American masses.” The National Security League says that it is, the Workers (Communist) Party says that it is not. The Workers School has named Scott Nearing, who will be one of its instructors for the coming year—as chairman of the debate, The School plans the debate as a sort of welcome to the Summer School students coming in from all over the country to begin their two-week in- tensive ‘training course on July 19. Admission to the debate 35c, “en “The most vicious anti-picketing laws have been on the statute books for.years. and are constantly being used against every attempt of the workers to better their conditions, “Mexican, and Negro workers are being exploited to the limit in the agricultural districts in the south, In the fruit and packing industries, men, women and .children of the same family have to work long hours. in order to earn enough to live on. “Thousands of workers in the lum- ber industry are working long hours with very little pay and are prac- tically deprived of all rights of citizen- ship because of the fact that they are under constant control of the lumber interests and actually live in feudal cities, : “Farms have been left deserted be- cause of the inability of the farmers “The water and power resources of this state are led by the private water and power. ita ener nS ANEW NOVEL i (Copyright, 1926, by Upton Sinclair) WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE, J. Arnold Ross, oil operator, formerly Jim Ross, teamster, drives with his thirteen-year-old son, Bunny, to Beach City to sign a lease for a new oil fleld. Meeting his ‘lkease Hound,” Ben Skutt, in a hotel he goes to meet a group of small property Owners whose land he wants for drilling, But other of concerns have been intriguing and the meeting breaks up in a row. Bunny meet Paul Watkins, son of a Holy Roller, who has run away from home. They beco: friends but Paul leaves for other parts before their acquaintance Dad begins to drill in Prospect Hill near Beach City. He needs t and smooths the patm of a city official. in short order his first 088+ Bank No. 1,” is begun. Dad spends busy days in his little office and Bunny is always with him—learning about oil. Bertie, Bunny's sister, comes home from finishing school on a vacation. She is very snobbish. Her Aunt Emma has been trying to make a lady of her. Bunny tells Bertie about Paul. Bertie doesn’t like Bunny to know such ‘“Horried Fellows.” In the meantime Dad is getting along with his well. Mith many careful and toilsome mechanical operations, Ross-Bankside No. 1 is ready to drill and by noon the next day has filled up the first tank. In a week Dad had several more derricks under way. He was working hard with everything coming his way. Bunny asks his Dad to take a rest and go quail hunting over in the San Elido valley. D: protests that it’s too’ far away and is told that that’s where Paul’s family is and they're up against it and Bunny wants to help them. e e -~ e “I know, son; but then you'll get them on your hands—” “No, they’re not like that, they’re proud; Mrs. Groarty says they wouldn’t take money from you, any more than Paul would. But if you bought the mortgage from the bank, they couldn’t help that. Or you might buy the ranch, Dad, and rent it back to them. Paul says there’s oil on that ranch—at least his Uncle Eby had seen it on top of the ground.” “There’s thousands of ranches jist like that in California, son. Oil on top of the ground don’t mean anything special.” “Well, Dad, you’ve always said you wanted to try some wild- catting; and you know, that’s the only way you’ll ever get what you talk about—a whole big tract that belongs to you, with no royalties to pay, and nobody to butt in. So let’s take a chance on Paradise, and drive through there and camp out a few days and get some quail, and we'll see what we think of it, and we'll help those poor people, and give your kidneys a rest at the same time.” So Dad said all right; and he went away thinking to himself: “Gosh! Funny kid!” ; III The San Blido valley lay on the edge of the desert, and you crossed a —. of the desert to get to it; a bare wilderness of sunbaked said and rock, with nothing but grey, dusty desert plants. You sped along upon a fine paved road, but the land was haunted by thé souls of old-time pioneers who had crossed it in covered wagoms or with pack-mules and had left their bones be- side many a trail. Even now, you had to be careful when you went off into §ide-trails across these wastes; every now and then a car would get stuck with an empty radiator, and the people would be lucky to get out alive. You could get water if you sunk a deep well; and so there were fruit rafiches and fields of alfalfa here and there. There came long stretches where the ground was white, like salt; that was alkali, Dad said, and it made this country a regular boob- trap. The stranger from the East would come in and inspect a nice fruit rantéh, and would think he was making a good bargain to get the lafi@ next door for a hundred dollars an acre; he would set out his friit-trees and patiently water them, and they wouldn’t grow; nothing would grow but a little alfalfa, and maybe there was too much alkali for that. The would-be rancher would have to pull up treg&, and obliterate the traces of them, and set a real- estater to hunting for another boob. Strapped to the running board of Dad’s car, on the right hand side where Bunny sat, was a big bundle wrapped in a water- proof cover; they were camping out—which meant that the mind of a boy was ‘back amid racial memories, the perils and excite- ments of ten ‘thousand years ago. Tightly clutched in Bunny’s two hands were a couple of repeating shot-guns; he held these for hours, partly because he liked’ the feel of them, and partly because they had to be carried in the open—if you shut them up in the compartment they would be “concealed weapons,” and that was against the law. Near the head of the valley a dirt road went off and a sign said: ‘Paradise, eight miles.” They wound up a little pass that seemed to be tumbled heaps of rock, of every size and color. There were fruit ranches, the trees now bare of leaves, with .tunks calcimined white, and young trees with wire netting about them, to keep away the rabbits. The first rains of the season had fallen, and new grass was showing—the California spring, which begins in the fall. The pass broadened out; there were ranch-houses scattered here and there, and the village of Paradise—one street, with a few scattered stores, sheltered under eucalyptus trees that made long shadows in the late afternoon light. Dad drew up at the filling station which was also a feed-store. “Can you tell me where is the Watkins ranch?” “There’s two Watkinses,” said the man. Watkins—” “That's the one!” exclaimed Bunny. “He’s got a goat-ranch, over by the slide. It ain’t so easy to find. Was you plannin’ to get there tonight?” “We shan’t worry if we get lost,” said Dad; “we got a campin’ outfit.” So the man gave them complicated directions. You took the lane back of the school house, and you made several jogs and then there were about sixteen forks, and you must get the right one, and you followed the slide that took the water down to Roseville, and it was the fourth arroyo after you had passed old man Tucker’s sheep-ranch, with the little house up under the pepper trees. And so they started and followed a winding road that had apparently been laid out by sheep, and the sun set be- hind the dark hills, and the.clouds turned pink, and they dodged rocks that were too high for the clearance of the car, and crawled down into little gullies, and up again with a constant shifting of gears. There was no need to ask about the quail, for the hills echoed with the melodious double call of the flocks gathering for the night. “There's Old Abel (To be continued.) JENSEN & BERGSTROM TAILORS SUITS AND OVERCOATS MADE TO ORDER We Clean, Press, Repair and Remodel Ladies and Gents Garments We Furnish the Union Label 3218 North Avenue, Near Kedzie LMONT 9181 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PHONE | jSonoucTEo “BY TH WORKERS NG WORKERS LEAGUE Passaic Young Workers Are Infected with Tuberculosis Due to the Conditions in Shops YOUTH INFECTED FOR PROFIT In the examination of the striking textile workers by the United Front Committee, the physicians discovered that out of 404 workers, 100 cases of tuberculosis in different forms, 28% of the tubercular cases were found among the youngest workers from 14 to 18 years old. Case No, 37 is an example of what happens, when a girl of 14 is forced into the mills. This girl is 14 pounds underweight. For one year she swept dusty floors and cleaned bobbins from 8 to 5 daily, getting from $7.45 to $11 a week, Had to stand constantly breathing dust in a room where the windows were never opened because “the ends of the wool would break.” Result: incipient tuberculosis, She and her brother are the sole support of a family of six, The brother works fr- regularly. When he is out of work, this child must take care of the whole family. Similar cases are with other young workers. No wonder that they are fighting so vigorously for the simplest conditions of work, This heroic fight must find support by every young worker in this country, The Young Miner Must Say His Word The crisis confronting the mining industry of this country presents to the Mining Youth a definite problem. The over-development of the mining industry during the war has created a condition of chronic unemployment thruout the year. The maneuver of the bosses to break the union by moving the fields of production to the unorgan- ized southern territory has aggravated this situation. At the same time the officialdom of the union does not adopt a fighting policy and conducts a campaign against those who even suggest such a militant, fighting policy. In such a situation it is necessary to consolidate a fighting bloc with a definite policy. In such a left wing bloc the young miners can be a power- ful factor, At the present time there exists various discriminations against the young miner in the union agreement. The youth in general is relegated to the background of the local union. Youth in St. Louis Laundry Industry Gets 8 Dollars Wages An investigation of conditions in which the youth in St. Louis industry works, reveals a set of facts which shows the worst exploitation of the working youth in the United States. The St. Louis laundry owners com- bined maintain an iron clad scap shop policy having successfully fought every attempt unionize the workers many of whom bring a pay of 8 dollars for a full week work. No union of laundry workers existed up till now in St. Louis. The official trade union movement did not consider seriously the unionization of the laundry work- érs in St. Louis. Why do the utmost to make a stop to those terrible con- ditions and organize a union in the laundry trade, Terrible Exploitation of Working Girls All Over the U. S. The official statistics of the U. 8S. department of labor shows that the average of the earnings of the working girls in the shops, department stores, and factories are from 10 to 12 dollars aw The minimum sum to make the poorest living amounts from 18 to 20 dollars. Of course, under such conditions the girls must neglect them- selves and frequently suffer while working. The hours of the working girls average over 50 a week. In some states a 10-hour protecting law for women is established, but even this law is violated, which shows in many complaints to the department of labor. Specially the conditions in the department stores are not endurable. WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! Inequalities in economic conditions prevail at present. The coming international elections and convention presents an excellent opportunity for organized action of the young coal miner, The expiration of the Jacksonville agreement presents another opportunity to wage a strug- Ble for elimination of these unfavor- able clauses. Utilizing these favorable circumstan- ces the youth must mobilize its forces and demand recognition within the union, nominating young mmers on the left wing slate and running on a platform calling upon the liquidation of all unfavorable clauses in the con- stitution, agreement with the bosses. and better economic conditions. They will also be assisting the union by waging a determined struggle to or- ganize the non-union fields, Youth conferences will prove an ex- cellent medium of rallying the young miners in this struggle. N. Y. Young Workers Excursion August 1 NEW YORK CITY—On August ist, the first annual excursion ‘on the S. S, Pontiac chartered by the Y. W. L. for that purpose will be held. It is intended that at this excursion all efforts of the league will be made to get outsiders principally to come. The boat will sail up the Hudson to Stony Point where the excursionist will make merry on the spacious and beautiful grounds, The boat leaves at 10 a, m. sharp— Tickets at $1.25, Philadelphia Youth Excursion on July 10 The Young Workers League of Phi ladelphia is giving an excursion on Saturday, July 10, to New Riverview Beach. The trip on the Delaware River is very pleasant and the place is good for bathing and has many other amusements. ‘Comrade W. Trumbull will be pres- ent and tell of his experiences. Tickets can be gotten at 521 York Ave, or of any member of the league, Don’t forget the date, July 10. New York Yowls Hike Sunday, July 18 NEW YORK CITY—Al members of the Young Workers League and those sympathetic to it are requested to set aside July 18th for the Grand Hike and Hot Dog Roast to be held on that day. Announcement as to where to met and where the hikers are bound for wil be announced shortly, Get your friends to subscribe to the American Worker Correspondent. The price is only 50 cents a year. SSS EEE sss I’m Telling You vir aun | WISH | WAS A YOUNG PIONEER! All you have to do is col- lect $5 (Five Bones) on the Big $5,000 Drive of the Young Pioneers And You Get a Swell Hand-Painted Pioneer Tie! —-—- — In the Meantime—t’ll Contribute on the Blank Below — — — Young Pioneer Campaign, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, III. Dear Comrades: I am enclosing j................... to help INSURE THE YOUNG COMRADE, Address City .. Yours in the fight,