The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 16, 1926, Page 4

ny Four -~—___—_— _ Workers (Communist) Party THE DAILY WORKER ~ How Should Communists Organize Their Work? By JAY LOVESTONE. The past six months have seen a marked revival in the success our party has been meeting in establish- img contact with non-Communist ‘workers, If anyone desires to consult the most accurate barometer of such progress, all he has to do is to ex- amine the response which masses of mon-Communist workers have given to our campaigns for the protection of the foreign born, the movement to save Sacco and Vanzetti from electro- eution, the drive for relief and de- fense of the Passaic textile strikers, the widespread approval of the his- toric event launched by the New York furriers for a forty-hour week and in other instances of a similar charac- ter. At this time it is entirely appropri- ate to consider certain fundamental questions involved in the party s gy and program in activit' to make the Communist Party the leader of the masses in life, What Is Party Work? Broadly speaking, party work may be said to be those activities which advance the party’s program, W push forth the interests of the work- ing class. Often, the workers tnvolv- red in such @ movement, in such a letruggle for the enhancement of their class interests, are not even conscious fof the direction of the movement in fwhich they are active participants and of which they are the very mak- vers, Any activities the party parti- ‘cipates in, influences in some mea- fwure, directs to some extent, jer to the left, a couple of pegs high- in the development of their class) wetousness, is, in the largest sense Spt the word, Communist activity. Surely those days are gone in our ;party when Communist activities are \those which call for, and at best are | Stransiated fnto, abstract propaganda Neor the proletarian dictatorship, sup- }port for the social revolution, and so ~ Today we measure the results of ‘our Communist activities and we de-| itermine the tmportance of the activi-| ties precisely by the extent to which | they enable us to get masses into mo- | tion, 60 have masses move leftward— the extent to which we develop our influence over these masses and sink ‘our roots among them. . How is the Party to “Cash In.” Some comrades raise a very pertin- ect question. What is the party get out of its different activities? 40 put this question, or sometimes ‘this complaint, more im the parlance of our everyday party functionary, it H ‘would read as follows: “Why should ‘the party spend so much time and ‘money end energy on these. move- of the Workers Monthly Articles About the American Revolution American Civil War Furriers’ Strike Trade Union Insurance Tasks of the American Communist Movement Mexico ' China British General Strike Moscow Uprising, 1905 BY WM. F. DUNNE ; WM. Z. FOSTER 1 BEN GITLOW MANUEL GOMEZ ROBERT MINOR Cc. E. RUTHENBERG % J. SULTAN BERTRAM D. WOLFE and MARX ON TRADE UNIONS and an article by Lenin 25 Cents a Copy $1.25 Six Months $2.00 a Year THE WORKERS MONTHLY 1113 W. Washington Bivd. Chicago, lil, and | ifwhich bring the workers a step near- | pone? Why can’t we “cash in” on hem in some way? Why should we give over our organization and work- ers to th movements?” Of course, that is putting the problem in a very erude and obviously wrong way, but the problem of our party capitaliz- ing organizationally its participation in big working class campaigns has yet to be solved effectively. We have for some time been working in a man- ner which has not at all enabled us to utilize sufficiently for the strength- ening of our organization, for the win- ning of new members, the various po- litical and other campaigns in which we have played an active or domin- ant part. Specifically, there are three ways in which the party can “cash in” and usually does “cash in” thru dts parti- jon in campaigns or in organ- tions in which Jarge masses of non- Communist workers are involved, 1. We have instances where the | party achieves a specific end. Repe- tition has worn threadbare the axio- matic truth which is that the Com- munists have no interests other than the interests of the working class. Let us suppose the party succeeds in arousing enough workers for the sup- port of the striking Passaic textile op- eratives. This is the achievement of a specific end which, considering all the objective conditions at hand is a victory for the Communistg—is a vic- tory for the workers as a class. We have in mind the state of disorganiz- ation in the ranks of the textile work- ers of this country. We have in mind that every blow struck for organiz- ng the unorganized textile workers ‘s a blow struck for better. opportuni- | ties; and the Communists participate actively in and take the lead of all |such movements which will advance the interests of the workers in the | whole textile industry. We have in |mind that the enhancement of the standard of living and social condi- tions of the textile workers is a step towards the strengthening of the de- mand for better living and working conditions of the whole working class, ps should we forget that the best way of convincing the workers, | whether they be textile or other kinds of workers, that the Communists are future. The basis of representation in those sub-sections that consist only or most- ly of international branches is differ- ent than in the sub-sections that are mixed. For example in the Bronx sub-section and the Bath Beach sub- section where there are only interna- tional branches each of the units elects three delegates, while in the other international branches the bas- is is one for every 15. The basis of representation and the dates of the conferences of the dif. ferent sections are as. follows: Section | will.hold its conference Monday, July 26, at 8 p. m, at 85 Forsythe St. Every shop nucleus of less than 10 members elects 1 delegate. Every nucleus of* more than 10 members, 2 delegates. | Every factory district nucleus one delegate for every 10 registered mem- bers or major fraction, Every international branch one delegate for every 15 registered mem- bers or major fraction. Section I will hold its conference Tuesday, July 27, at 8 p. m. at 108 E. 14 St. The basis of representation ig the same as that of Section I. Section IJ will hold its conference Thur., July 29, at 8 p, m. at 301 W. 29 St. Representation same as in Section L. Section IV will hold its conference Friday, July 30, at 8 p. m. at 81 B, 110 St. The one nucleus in Sub-Section 4-A, ji delegate. | The one factory district nucleus in | 4A, 2 delegates. All international branches, 8 dele- gates, | Section V will hold its conference |Tuesday, July 27, at 8 p. m. at 1847 Boston Road. Basis of representation same as in Section IV. All the nuclei one delegate, the fac- tory district 2 each and all interna- tional branches % delegates. each. Section VI will hold its conference Wednesday, July 28, at 8 p, m, at 66 Manhattan Ave. Basis of representation same as in Section I. Section VII will hold its conference Wednesday, July 28, at 8 p, m. at 1940 Benson Ave. Bach international branch will elect 3 delegates. The following will be the order of NEW YORK NUCLEI URGED TO ELECT DELEGATES FOR SECTION CONFERENCES (Special to The Daily Worker). NEW YORK—(By Mail)The* District Exéeutfve “Comniittee “has laid down the following rules for the holding of section conferences where the election of section committees and officers will take place, These rules have been laid down by the District Executive Committee after a careful examination of thé composition of the membership in every unit of every sub-section and has been agreed upon Unanimously by the secretariat of the District Executive Committee. . These rules and the basis of repfesentation hold only for this conference and is by no means a precedent for the conventions or conferences in the worthy of their trust and faith, to lead them, is in this every-day de- monstration of our (participation) and courage. 2. Another method of the party’s “cashing in” on these activities in non-party mass organizations or cam- | paigns in which great numbers of} non-party workers are involved, is to | be found in the winning over of a certain base of operations for other campaigns than the particular one for the moment under consideration. For instan¢e; we will find that Com- munists active in securing relief for) the striking anthracite miners will in this fashion establish a base for sub- | sequent participation and leadership in another, progressive constructive movements among these miners, Party | members who have won the confi-| dence of the striking anthracite min- | ers because of the efforts which they have put up to help the miners score a victory, will find that when they speak about the nationalization of the mines or the six-hour day, they will get much more of a hearing from these mon-party miners because of previous activities. The more the party members do constructive class work in co-operation with non-party workers, the less the chasm between the Communists and the non-Commu- nists, the more the non-Communist workers will begin to feel faith in, and to act with, the Communists. The laws of sympathetic action ,hold at least as true in politics as in any other social relationship. Furthermore, we will note that con- nections with non-papty individuals established in one united front activi- ty will serve considerably in the es- tablishment of other united front campaigns. 3. The direct winning of new pro- letarian followers of our party and new membership of our party is a most important method of our party’s “cashing in.” Altogether too often we have belittled this task. We do| not sufficiently appeal for member- ship at our meetings. We do not capi- talize adequately the response which non-party workers give to some of our campaigns for the purpose ot drawing these workers closer to us organizationally. Workers’ School to Train Teachers for Communism Classes NEW YORK, July 13.—For a long time, there has been a lack, both in the Workers (Communist) Party ana the Young Workers (Communist) League, of a sufficient number of capable teachers. The reorganization of the party and league with its em- phasis on “Every comrade an active comrade able to carry on Communist work among the masses,” has in- creased the demand for education among party and league members, For this reason, the National Sum- mer Training Schoool, to be held here July 19 to 31, has added an extra course to its curriculum, “Methods of Teaching.” This will consist of—Ob- servation of Model Lessons: how to avoid the lecture system; how to ask questions and develop points; the em- phasis on the concrete and on Ameri- can conditions; the value of students experiences in* class struggles as a basis for data and material; impor- tance of having students express themselves, thus enabling the instruc- tor to note the misunderstandings and errors of the students; the value of class discussion and class expression; the inculcation of the dynamic view- point; necessity of drawing conclus- ions and relating’the lesson to pres- ent day problems in America; how to keep the lessons within bounds and prevent it from disintegration—these are some of ‘the points that will be explained to’and discussed with those who wish to become instructors. Many comrades, especially of the Young Workers (Communist) League, have already signified their intention of attending this “Teachers Institute.” Active comrades who are interested, who feel that they can function in the future as instructors in the party, should communicate with Bert Wolfe, director of the Workers School, Room 48, 103 Bast 14th St., New York City. eines ak business: 1, Vitalization of the units, 2. Functions of the section, 8, Headquarters, 4. Becton ‘Campaign, 5. Mem! ‘ip. drive, 6. Election of the section commit- tee. A district executive committee will be present at.all conforencos, PASSAIC POLICE SEEK TO FRAME FRANK REMBICZ To Raila’: Clubbing : Victim to Prison PASSAIC, N. J., July 13. — Pursued into his own house, his right of dom- |icile violated, his child snatched from his arms, Frank, Rembicz, of 160 Highth street, was terribly beaten after he was forced down on to his own bed. Two drunken Passaic policemen, John Noonan and Abram Geene, saw Rembicz come out on his porch as & bus load of scabs were passing. Peo- ple in the street and children in doorways booed as the scabs passed. With his little four- year-old daughter | Josephine in his arms, he stood watching the scene. Assault Rembicz. Suddenly the two policemen spot- ted this striker. In their drunken an. ger at the demonstration which they could not quell, they ordered him roughly to move on, and struck him a blow in the back to emphasize their orders. Rembicz ran down the hall- way to his apartment, his little girl still in his arms. The policemen fol- lowed. Neighbors crowded down the hall- way and saw the officers begin to batter at the door with their clubs. They broke thru the thin panels and reached inside for the lock, Little Josephine screamed. The ‘women ran into the room and there, thru\the door to a bedroom they saw the po lice tear the child from her father's arms, and rush to attack him. When the terrible struggle was over, and Rembicz had been beaten to insensi- bility they carried him unconscious to the patrol wagon. His little girl ran after him, sobbing, and insisted on going with her father since her mother was not at home. Altho the police took her to the hospital they later refused to tell the frantic motn- er what had become of her. Uses His Rights, Frank Rembicz attacked in his own | home did all in his power to defend | himself but was finally’ overcome by | the two men. Both policemen were cut and bruised by his blows. He is in the Passaic General Hospital, suf- fering from a possible fracture of the skull. After the outrage was committed, leaders from strkie headquarters went to his home where they found evidences of a terrible battle. Brok- en pieces of the door, and bloodstain- od sheets from the bed om which he was beaten were taken as evidence. 3even witnesses have made affida- vits of the affair. The preliminaries for @ frame up are being arranged by the police. The local press has been filled with a wild tale (1) an attack upon the po- lice by Rembicz several blocks from his home; (2) an attack at his door step upon the police with a railroad ear coupling; (3) an attacck upon the police with a hammer, and so forth. All Of these conflicting re- ports have been handed out by the police as a smoke screen under which to charge this innocent man with atrocious assault and frame him for a long term in jail. Club Strikers, Officer Edward Hogan of Passaic attacked Joseph Meka, John Mohas- ky and Joe Mohasky and their wives and children as they were sitting on a bench on their porch. A number of strikers returning from their meeting were dragged in- to the Botany mill and beaten into unconsciousness by Herman Zober, son of the Passaic chief of police, They were later released - without charges being preferred against them, Nancy Sandosky Freed of “Assault LAWRENCE SEEKS TO WIN RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH Workers Fight Ban of Mill Barons LAWRENCE, Mass., July 13.—The United Front Committee of Lawrence has appealed the case of Fred Beal, secretary, arrested by police for speaking at an open air meeting, Two other speakers, Professor. Harry S. Longfellow Dana, of the Civil Liberties Union and Anthony*Ramug- lia, Italian organizer of the United Front Committee, were not arrested by the police. The chief of police refused permits to the United Front Committee to hold its meetings. This action was undoubtedly dictated by the mill owners. According to the city ordi- nance, the ‘chief of police is obliged to grant a permit for open air meetings on application by an individual or an organization. He grants permits to everybody but workers’ organiza- tions, In court Marshall O’Brien, who ar- rested Beal, lodged a complaint against him for violating a city ordi- nance by speaking without a permit. The American Civil Liberties Union and the International Labor Defense are aiding the Lawrence textile work- ers, Peppercorn Uses New Trick in A. C. W. Election (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, July 13. — Elections for the joint board of the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers recently took place in Cleveland. The practice in the Amalgamated has been to put the names on the ballot in alphabetical order. This time, the reactionary busi- ness Manager Peppercorn, struck upon anew method. He put the names of the 17 administration candidates first on the ballot and those of the pro- gressives at the bottom. This would not be so bad but for the fact that many of the members of the Amalgamated cannot read Eng. lish very well and furthermorg do not know the names of the candidates. Peppercorn therefore got his agents on the job and had them go from shop to shop telling the workers to vote for numbers one to seventeen. This ensured his slate a victory and al- most eliminated the progressives from the joint board. » Unquestionably, administration people generally will proclaim this an honest election. The membership of the Cleveland locals will soon have an opportunity of expressing their opinion about it. Textile “Problems” to Be Discussed at Brookwood College KATONAH, N. Y., July 13.—Prob- lems of organizing the textile industry will be discussed at the Textile Insti- tute which opens at Brookwood Labor College today. The United Textile Workers’ executive cpmmittee will hold its annual meeting in connection with the institute. About 40 persons will attend the institute. Speakers will include Hugh Frayne, of the A. F. of L.; Edwin Newdick; Spencer Miller, Jr.; Ethel M. Smith of the Women’s Trade Union League; George Soule; A, L. Bernheim, and Stuart Chase of the Labor Bureau and John Sullivan, president of the N. Y. Federation of Labor. Discus- sion of organization problems will be led by Dr. Arthur W. Calhoun, in- structor of economics at Brookwood. Sheriff Hoffman Ends 30-Day Term on Officer” Charge PASSAIC, N. J., July 13. — Judge William B, Davidson was forced to release Nancy’ Sandosky, her sister Mamie, and Catherine Toth, who were picked up by a special officer, Max Meyer, on the astounding charge that the three frail girl strikers had at- tacked him and beaten him up. Meyer failed to prove that the girls had attacked him or had been disord- erly in any way. Judge Davidson, who had held the girls on $1,600 bail and insisted on cash bail, contrary to the usual custom of the cotfts in accept- ing bond bails, was reluctantly forced to adjudge the three girls not guilty of the stupid charge of assault and battery. The bosses’ papers have given Meyer great praise for his “heroism” for, say they, “single-handed, he ar- rested the girls. A petition presented by tax payers of Dayton Avenue, asking for his re- moval from that beat was thrown into the scrap basket by the notorious Police Chief Zober, Loundry Workers Sign Agreement. SAN FRANCISCO — (FP) — The laundry workers union of San Fran- cisco has signed a new 2-year agree- inent with laundry owners, hours and wages being unchanged, The local industry is paying the highest wages in the country, If you want to thoronghly un- dengtand Communism—study it ape tee . in Wheaton Jail WHEATON, Ill, July 13.—Sheriff Peter M. Hoffman of Cook county was released from the jail here after serv- ing a thirty-day jail term for granting extraordinary liberties to Terry Drug- gan and Frankie Lake, millionaire bootleggers, while they were supposed to be confined in Cook county jail, Hoffman will resume his official du- ties as soon as he gets back to Chi- cago. One Auto to Each Six People in U. S. WASHINGTON, July 13.—There is now one automobile to every six per- sons in the United States, says a re- port by the automotive division of the department of commerce, quoting fig- ures as of January 1, revised to June 30, 1296, The total number of motor cars in the world is found to be 24,589,249, of which 19,954,000 are in the United States, 815,000 in the United King- dom, 725,000 in France, 715,000 in Can- ada, 330,000 in Germany and 115,000 in Italy, Australia has 29,000 and Ar. gentina 118,000 cars of all classes, Afghanistan has only one car to 1,200,000 population, while China has hag one to 31,871, Only 10 per cent of the cars in France and 2 per cent in Italy are of American make, but Germany bought 26 per cent and Hol- land 45 per cont of her supply in the | be United States, * fe oes ‘MEY CONDUCTED - BY TH from Brule and about 40 miles from: Superior, Wis. A large part of the population here are Finns, among whom there is a strong progressive tendency which is led by a compara- tively well-organized and active Work- || follows: ers (Communist) Party and Young Workers League group. We now have 60 students at the school. Most of them are between the ages of 16 and 21, with a few a little younger and four or five beyond 21. Most of the students are from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, but we have one or two from North and South Dakota as well as two boys from Astoria, Ore. Most of the stu- dents are American-born youths of Finnish parentage. It is our hope and purpose to draw into the school more of the youth of other nationalities, also in the schools that will be held in the future. Comrades A, J. Hayes, of Superior and Oliver Carlson are our instruc- tors. Comrade Toivo Tenhunen, who has been very active in building the Young Workers (Communist) League movement in this district, and who was a student at the courses held last year, is now technical manager of these courses and occupies himself in making everyone’s stay here comfort- able, attending to the numerous de- tails that are necessary in the school community, And last but surely not least, we must mention the two cap- able cooks, Comrades Sannah Hill and her assitant, Mrs. Nurmi. Four Periods. The following subjects are taught by Comrade Hayes: Sociology, Public Speaking, American Social and Labor History. In addition he directs in learning red songs, group games and athletics. Comrade Carlson instructs in Marxian or Political Economics, Current Events and Workers Journal- ism, Working Class Theories and par- ticularly revolutionary’ class struggle theory. Both Hayes and Carlson lec- ture on “forum” subjects, that is, subjects that are of special interest but do not require more than two or three periods at the most, such as lec- CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR OF Chiet Factory Inspector Wm. H. Cur- ran admitted in his report. that the Ulinois employers are increasing their violation of the state child labor laws. The Illinois law prohibits children under 14 from working for compensa- tion during school hours, before 7 o'clock in the morning or after 6 in the evening. It also prohibits employ- ers from working children under 16 more than six days a week, eight hours a day and before 7 jn the morning and after 7 in the evening. Another pro- vision debars employers from putting children under 16 to work in a large number of prohibited occupations re- garded as detrimental to health and dangerous to life. Of course all the laws are only on paper. The govern- ment can only use police against work- ers, but against the employers they are helpless and can’t do anything against the violation of laws, Mr. Curran in his statement said as Owners of fruit, vegetable and grocery stores persistently violate the law by employing children under 16 on machines. That violations occur is demonstrated not only by the WORKING CLASS YOUTH RECEIVES _ EXCELLENT TRAINING IN SUMMER SCHOOL AT WAINO, WISCONSIN WAINO, Wis., July 13.—The young workers’ summer school, conducted by the Workers (Communist) Party and the Yqung Workers (Communist) League with the support and co-operation of numerous co-operatives, work- ers’ clubs and women’s sections in the Minnesota-Wisconsin-Michigan dis- trict, opened several weeks ago at Waino, a farming community six miles tures and discussions on religion, workers’ youth and capitalist sports, etc. In the forum period it.is planned to hold debates between students on various subjects. Special lectures on the co-operative movenient have to be delivered by Comrades George Halo- nen, educational director, and Eskel Ronn, manager, of the Co-operative Central Exchange, One of the most important subjects on the curriculum is Young Workers (Communist) League organization and the entire forenoon each Saturday is taken up by the work of the model shop nuclei. The students are divided into nuclei according to their own oc- cupations and the éntire group oper- ates as tho they were an actual local organization of the league. We even have cards, stamps and other supplies, Nuclel Function. Separate from the model league or- ganizations and other activities, which include circle discussions, etc., the student body meets each Friday to discuss and act on matters pertaining to student activities at the school, such as discipline, entertainments, the work of our numerous working com- mittees, etc. The students have elected from among themselves @ Student Council of nine members, which is the highest body in the sys- tem of student control. Chairman of all the important standing committees, as the committees for discipline, the wallpaper or editorial committee, school correspondents committees and others, are members of the executive council, which is a permanent organi- zation for the whole school period but any of its members may be recalled and new ones put in their places whenever that is desired. In the meetings of the student body the in structors have voice but no vote. In disciplinary matters the final dectston rests with the instructors, ‘however, as the short duration of the school does not make it possible to. develop a complete and éelf-reliant system of student control. ILLINOIS STATE ADMITS INCREASING CHILD LABOR work in the factory inspection divi- sion, but also by the fact that not in- frequently children under 16 injured while working on power machinery, are reported to the industrial com: mission. The young workers must raise their fight against the exploitation of chil- dren and do their utmost to put a stop to this evil. Dangers Facing the Working Girl. The young working girl, who is ter- ribly exploited and getting low wages, is facing many dangers in looking for a job thru the various newspaper ads. Some gegtleman advertised for young. girls, He had no office and no jobs to offer, but used this ad as a means of luring the young girls for an entirely different purpose, This happened in New York. The police discovered a whole gang of such “employers.”* Of course it hap- pens mostly with unorganized girls, who do not want to enter the union. Only thru the union, which distributes fobs to its members, are the working girls safe in looking for jobs. Open Letter of the | Italian Youth Sends Y.C. L. G. in Support Delegation to Russia of the British Strike A conference Was held in Italy of The central committee of the Y, C. L. G. has addressed to the central com- mittee of the S. A. J. of Germany an open letter, which begins by the re- production of the telegram of the Y. Cc. L. to the Y. S. L, drawing there- from the deduction of joint active sup- port. The following practical meas- ures are proposed: 1, Formation of committees of ac- tion of the proletarian youth in al] dis- tricts and localities in support of the British struggle. . Organiation ofa campaign for the committees of action with the object of inducing young workers to support the strike of the British workers, espe- cially in the mining districts of Upper Silesia and in Hamburg. 3. Joint sympathy demonstrations and manifestations of the working class youth for the British workers on strike, particularly united participa- tion in the demonstrations to be held on Wednesday thruout the country. 4, Energetic participation in wast | actions, Every Worker Correspondent must subscriber to the American Worker Correspondent. Are you one? )weeks in Russia. at various youth organizations, which de~ ‘cided to send a youth delegation to the Union of Socialist Soviet Russia in order to observe the conditions of the Russian youth, The delegation will ‘soon leave Italy and will spend a few This will be the best means of getting real information about the conditions in Russia, which are hidden by the fascist newspapers. ‘ae 1928 . At Moscow, U. 8. 8. R. in August, 1928, there is to be held a tremendous demonstration of the development of the movement for workers’ sports and athletics at the International Sparta- kiad. All workers’ sports athletic and physical culture clubs are invited to participate, Inquiries and requests for information are flooding the offices ot ee. Red Sports International ot From time to time bulletins t ation and announcements + @ available, the same time, in Amsterdam, the Olympiad will be participated in by bourgeois sports’ organtsations, at ae 1 » Bort