The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 3, 1926, Page 4

Page Four Pm i lit a rrG e Iain Wal ” LOS ANGELES TAILORS HELP STRIKING DYERS GET INTO STE | WING OF THE | Note.—This is the third in a series ® | of articles written to stimulate the Cleaning Plant Bosses | development of The DAILY WORKER into an effective mass or- Admit Their Defeat THE AMERICAN LEFT WING SHOULD P WITH THE LEFT BRITISH WORKERS mediate needs. , Second. To distribute half a million copies of the pamphlet, “The Workers (Communist) Party—What It Stands For, Why Every Worker Should La | gan of the left wing of American | Join.” LOS ANGBLES, Aug. 1.—The Tailor | j,hor, It shows how the mass of the These are the immediate tasks in Shop Owners’ Association went over-} pitish Jett wing is struggling in the ceaseless campaign to build our pee hon record in tA ¥Or OF Lh the same direction, toward thé same | P&tty into a ma COIS eae striking cleaners, d pressers and and to secure a mass influence for the asi : P i : | goal, in spite of the treacherous party’s official organ. per hele REbt agains: whe woo | acts of acme lett leaders, The resolution on The DAILY sale plant owners’ association. ore WORKER adopted by the last party Albert Bock and William Schneider- By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL plenum truly stated that: man appeared before the mass meet- MERICAN Communists hail the “After two and one-half years the ing to represent the Cleaners’ and |< Dyers’ Union After presenting the |rades and join in wishing them well case of what the strikers are fighting | in the b confronting them, for, they appealed to the tailors not| These tasks are not much. different to send their work to any plants that |ffom those that face the American might try to operate with scabs. The | Party In fact they run parallel in bosses’ representatives, when they | ™any respects, took the floor, became confused at the pied ees hostile greeting they received, stum naUS the last meeting of the central bled about and admitted they were committee of the British Commu losing the strike. nist Party considered the fact that Several plants have signified their 13,000 new members had been brought intention of meeting the strikers’ com- | into the since The general strike mittee to sign an agreement with the |that started on May 1, and that the union, | party is now printing 70,000 copies of its offic publication, “The Weekly It therefore decided: To push forward, sparing no | ottort in'the drive to recruit new mem- | bers for the party. . ond. To increase the struggle for a 100,000 circulation for the party’s , thus paving the way for the I. W. A. Has Mass Meeting in New York for British Miners NEW YORK, Aug. 1.—International Workers’ Aid has arranged a mass |“Worker’s Daily” in England. meeting for Tuesday evening, August ao ae a held at the Ce era 10, to une held at ae ie ane Similarly, two great tasks of the sth St. and Third Ave. e ri ce Oy a ee "€) american party at the present time purpose of the meeting is to give lare the following: workers of New York City an oppo Firs To establish our ‘DAILY tunity to express their support and | WORKER as a powerful expression of solidarity with the 1,260,000 British /ine left wing of the American labor coal miners who have been on strike | movement, capable of effectively join- since May 1. jing in the leadership of the workers lin all their great struggles as well as in combatting their everyday and im- WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! Distribute a half million copies of the pamphlet, “The Workers (Communist) Party—What It Stands For, Why Every Worker Should Join” by the end of this year. What's a Bolshevik?” The guy the boss brought to speak to us at the factory sald that Bolsheviks were crooks who want to steal our wages.” “Say, Bill! “1 dunno! C\F COURSE Bill is wrong. But it’s not his fault! \ YOUR fault! How should Bill know better? He knows what the bosses’ schools tell him. He knows what the bosses’ newspapers tell him. He knows what the bosses’ speakers tell him. And the bosses take good care that he is told the “right thing” for them—the bosses take care of them- selves, don’t you worry! But you—you class conscious workers, you militant workers, you Bolsheviks—what are you doing to show Bill that the bosses’ stuff isn’t on the level? Isn't it YOUR business to see that your fellow-worker Bill thinks straight and knows what's what? HERE'S YOUR CHANCE! The new pamphlet by C. E. Ruthgnberg—THE WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY, WHAT IT STANDS FOR, WHY EVERY WORKER SHOULD JOIN—is just the thing to put Bill straight. This pamphlet sells for five cents a copy—to party units for 2. cents. It tells in simple terms that everyvody can understand just what it sets out to tell—what our party is, what it stands for, and why every worker should join. It is attractively printed and beautifully illustrated. JUST GET THIS PAMPHLET INTO BILL'S HANDS. HE’LL READ IT. AND THEN HE’LL KNOW WHAT A It's BOLSHEVIK IS. AND MAYBE HE’LL WANT TO BE ONE! Party units! Order a supply of these pamphlets im- mediately! Your quota is TWENTY PER MEMBER! Distribute them in the shops, in the neighborhoods, on the trade markets, at mass meetings, at picnics—everywhere there are workers! TELL HALF A MILLION WORKERS WHAT THE PARTY STANDS FOR!. SOMETHING FOR EVERY PARTY MEMBER TO bo! Send your orders to: National Office, Workers Party, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. WATCH THIS SECTION TOMORROW! achievements of our British com- party still stands before the task of building its official organ, The DAILY WORKER, into a mass organ of the party. “This task is inextricably bound up with the struggle to develop the party into a mass Communist Party and the building of a broad left wing in the American labor movement. “It is impossible for The DAILY WORKER to develop on a broad scale unless the party influence among the masses is also widened, and con- versely the party would be seriously handicapped without the development of a mass organ, a daily newspaper in the language of the country.’ It is only thru the full realization of these facts, which are very simple in themselves, that every reader of The DAILY WORKER will give unreserv- edly of his time and energy toward the accomplishmént of these tasks. a, 9), * It is not difficult to analyze the rea- sons why there is a great influx into \the British party at the present time, and why the demand grows for the “Worker's Daily.” The officialdom of British labor did not relish the general strike into which the labor masses forced them. As a result they betrayed the struggle at the first opportunity, using their lead- ership to defeat the interests of the workers. This was not only true of the right wing leaders; it also ap- plied to some who had been called left wing officials. The general strike therefore acted as a great teacher. It showed to large masses of workers that everything the Communists had said about the General Council of the British’ Trade Union Congress was true. As a result there was a further movement to the left of British labor resulting in new fhembers for the party, new readers for the party's of- ficial organ. eee American labor has not yet ad- vanced to the general strike stage Its left wing is still very small. . But it is growing. The ultra-reaction of the labor of- ficialdom in the railroad, mining, steel and other industries will result in the workers developing their left wing to make the fight for them. This devel- opment is slow in the great basic in- dustries. But the ferment is there. oe Already in some sections of the needle trades the workers have turned their backs on the former pre-war left wing leadership of the socialists that deserted the struggle against the bosses as it made war on militancy in the unions. Thus the struggles of the furriers’ union and the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, un- der the new left wing leadership in New York City has resulted in the strengthening of our Communist press, and of an increasing influx of workers from this industry into the party. It was significant that the furriers took an active part in the July Fourth DAILY WORKER encampment and that they pledged themselves to se- cure 5,000 points in the recent DAILY WORKER subscription campaign. Every labor struggle, no matter how small, can yield its proportionate share in building the left wing within the American labor movement. But it de- volves upon the active left yingers to transmute these developments into sterling militancy. “Tired” militants will never secure the desired results. see This situation, of course, calls for greater activities of the readers of The DAILY WORKER in the labor unions, more energetic efforts among the workers on the job. Militants must become better propagandists, better educators, better organizers of the workers than they have ever been. The backwardness of the American labor movement can be successfully fought only by the militants taking advantage of every new development that offers itself as an opportunity for another drive ahead. Let the militants of America join the militants of Great Britain in the wing thru getting more readers for the left wing press, Every new subscriber for tle more as a mass expression of as- piring American labor, Manufacturers Fight tion in an appeal sent out to its mem- bership urges them to do all they can to “enlist public support” against the proposed amendment to the state con- stitution that would give the legisla- ture power to levy taxes on corpora tions and their property. The ,amend- ment is to be voted on in the tall elec- tions. ——_—$<—_——— The American Worker Correspond: ent is out. Did you get your copy? wt drive for more strength for the left The DAILY WORKER helps build it a lit- Income Tax Proposal The Illinois Manufacturers’ Associa- McDonald Seeks to Extend | jJury Quiz Another Month Special Assistant State’s Attorney Charles A. McDonali, ‘vice-president of the Foreman Trust and Savings Bank, has made another request that on the expiration of the month allot- ted the present special grand jury a new one be appointed, Forty indict- ments were made by the grand jury yesterday in the vote fraud quiz, mak- ing a total of 150 indictments on charges of wholesale vote theft. So far the grand jury has confined itself to the 20th, 21st and 27th wards. An investigation of the finances of the Chicago sanitary district board was recommended by the grand jury. The inquiry into expenditures of the sanitary district boatd® was/ declared advisable “in view of the apparent re- lationship of the boarti With the Cook county primary election in April, and politics in general.” Andrews Gets British Accord, LONDON, Eng., Aug. 1.—General Andrews, American prohibition direc- tor, and officials of the British govern- ment have completed 'a new agree- ment for the administration of the Anglo-American treaty for the check- ing of rum-running into the United ; States, it was. announced today. SEND IN A SUBI WITH THEY CONDUCTED = BY Ti Pioneer Work and Pioneer Leaders By A. SUNGAIL After two years of struggle, Com- munist work among children has come into its own. It is now on a plane with the most important phases of league work. We no longer smile in- dulgently at the “arflics of the chil- dren and consider this activity “sen- timental girls” work, meaning by that it was not a Communist’s work and too insignificant to warrant the attention of the Party and of the more ex- perienced comrades. More and more the ‘importance of educating and organizing the workers’ ild is being forcéd on us, With the nereased cost of living and decreasing wages more and mofe’ children are lgoing into the factoriés, mines and mills, Everywhere children are sup- planting adult labor. ‘ In the schools capitalism is shoving its distorted education and anti-red propaganda down the:throats of the child, in a more and more concen- trated and vicious form, Religion is being stressed and reintroduced in the schools where workers’ children at- tend. The anti-red and anti-labor or- THE DAILY WORKERS crenpmeepteeh et mesamlityriors SAY THEY HAVE ‘THE GOODS’ ON VANISHING AIMEE “Innocent Woman’”’ Raps the Investigators LOS ANGELES, Calif., “We have the goods,” say Deputy District Attorney Ryan and City Japtain of Detectives Herman Cline, after returning from an investigation of many days at Carmel-by-the-Sea, where it is charged Aimee Semple McPherson, the evangelist who said she was kidnapped and held for ran- som, and her radio operator, Kenneth Ormiston, spent ten days during the time she was supposed to have been in the hands of the “kidnappers.” The two officers brought several written statements identifying a so-called Mrs. McIntire as Mrs. McPherson, and “Mr. McIntire” as Kennth Ormiston. In addition it is claimed that the famous “green bath- ing suit” which Aimee had on when “kidnapped’ was found at the deserted cottage at Carmel-by-the-Sea, Refuses Fingerprints. District Attorney Asa Keyes says his office is going to issue a public statement ®aying just what it has dis- WORKERS NG WORKERS LEAGUE They looked upon the Pioneers as a rather “cute” idea of keeping their youngsters together and in the com- pany of other little “Reds” and “Com- munists.” To them the children's or- ganization was a social group, another form of the Sunday School. As for the league, when the few that did plunge into this work seriously asked for more and more leaders to take care of the hundreds of children that acually flocked to us, what re- sponse did they get? We sent to them those that we could spare, members that were practically useless in other fields of work, However, we are realizing not only the fallacy of such an idea but also its danger to the Pioneer movement. Many people love children and want to work among children. But how cay they build Communist groups and carry on Communist education and Communist activities among the chil dren or guide them in this work if they are not Communists themselves. A mere desire to be a Communist does not make one a Communist. Without Leninist theory and a Communist ideo- logy a leader cannot make Communists of children that have been brought up under capitalism. At the leader’s conference in New York on the 26th of June, this question came to the forefront and considerable ganization propaganda has become a part of the curriculum pf the school- room. Clubs are being organized for the working children and the workers’ children. Social clubs, athletic clubs dramatic clubs, following the policies of the Y. M. C, A. are springing up in larger numbers. Every conceivable kind of organizational. measure is being taken to bring together the chil- dren in order that capitalism may exert its influence over them even after they have left sehool, In Passaic capitalism showed its shrewd ealization of how to avert future trouble and lessen the effects of its present one by presenting the Boy Scouts organization in New Jersey with several thousand dollars “to carry on its good work.” Mass picketing by children in this strike probably was the cause of such action on the part of the bosses. Capitalism Employs Experts To Train Child. Capitalism exploys shrewd, expert men and women to train and mislead the workers’ child, It's scout leaders, social workers and teachers are picked for their ability to make loyal patriotic slaves of the children and a close watch is kept on them, Capitalism is spending nfillions of dollars annually on thé organization of working children to prolong the exist- ence of the capitalist’ system. Until the league began its organiza- tion of junior groups! organized labor had failed to recognizé the importance of forming children’s»rganizations to counteract the influenée of the capital- ist training. Its Suhday School at- tempts toward this end were weak and ineffective, They fatled to rally the broad masses of workers’ children and working children, The Pioneer Group, put a powerful weapon into the hands of the labor movement. The form of organization appealed to children and made pos- sible an effective centralization of ef- forts to reach and educate the masses of children in the class struggle, It took a little time for us to real- ize the real importance of this work and the care required to carry it on, For some time many of us were un- der the impression that to be a Pioneef leader requifed only a love for the work and that theoretical understand- ing, study of child phsycology, know- ledge of historic events and a true Communist ideology were qualifica- tions to be desired but really not so essential. hs The attitude of the party members was tolerant and patronizing; some- times, even hostile to our methods, a ‘ “ discussion took place. The leading comrades present at this conference agreed that Pioneer leaders and all members engaged in this work must receive theoretical training. Classes must be organized for leaders. Leaders must be urged to take part in the party schools and to read party literature. A higher theoretical understanding among the Pioneer leaders is very es- sential, This policy will draw into this phase of activity more and more of our more capable comrades. With a real Cam- munist leadership the Pioneer move- ment will grow and expand its in- fluence and become a Communist or- ganization of children that will have {mass influence and mass following. Other districts would do well to take note of this and apply it to their work. “Without revoMtionary theory there can be no revolutionary action” applies particularly well to the Pioneer work. We must make the slogan: “A HIGH- ER IDEOLOGICAL AND THEORETI- CAL LEVEL FOR PIONEER LEAD- ERS” a national slogan. Chicago Pioneers Open | Camp at Momence, Ill. On the banks of the Kenaukee River, on Bennett Island, Momence, Ill, the Chicago (District 8) organiza- tion of the Young Pioneers of America has opened its summer camp, to last up to the time school opens. The best of housing, feeding and sanitary arrangements have been made. The International Workers’. Aid has vol- unteered the services of a trained nurse so that the health of the chil- dren will be properly attended to, The camp will run in two periods of 14 days each and one period of 10 days, as follows: Period 1—August 1 to 14, inclusive. Period 2—August 15 to 28, inclusive, Period 4—August 29 to September 6. The first group is leaving this Sun- day, August 1. Registration for the second and third groups now open, Write in to Pioneer Camp Committee, 1113 W, Washington boulevard, Chi- cago, Ill, Nine Are Killed in Alabama Mine Blast BLOCTON, Ala., Aug. 1—Six Negro and three white workers were killed {i+ an explosion in the Dixie mine of the Moffat Coal Company. The men were working overtime at the tithe of the explosion gotwe Aug. 1—] $1 $5 ‘As Little as That le— . May Mean as Much as the Very Life of The DAILY WORKER. ¥ Wy : This is a frank and open Statement to our readers, friends and sympathizers. We are in the danger that faces every working class newspaper in July and August. At this time subscriptions, bundle orders and DONATIONS fall away to the lowest point in the year. The income of the paper is NOT enough to sustain It, and—WE HAVE NO_ SURPLUS TO DEPEND ON! 4 | we So Here’s What We Propose: A Year’s Subscription to the Daily Worker for’ This offer remains good for both- 5 .00 new subscriptions and renewals only * === *, UNTIL AUGUST, 15! If our readers and friends will come to our aid in the next’ two weeks with their own RENEWAL and get new subs THE DAILY WORKER CAN LIVE! —By K. A. Suwanto in Red Cartoons. 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