The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 27, 1926, Page 4

‘Page Four Workers (Communist) Party GROWING-BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH i Se sa aul. oo .. ne 4290 . . . Janel . Jaly 1 . Aug. 1 . Aug. 5_ . Aag. 12 . Aug. 15 . Aug. 24 . Aug. 31 The above is the record of the United Labor Ticket Assésament pay- ments as its stands on August 24, It is a bad record. At the rate the assessment Is being collected and the money being sent In it will take another two months to complete the assessment. Completed it must be. Every party member who wishes to remain In good standing in the party and have a right to vote at party meetings must have the United Labor Ticket Assessment Stamp In his dues book. The date for completion of the assessment was set for August 31. We may reach the 5,000 mark by that date, but not the: 10,000 mark, which must be reached before the collection of the assessment’ will be discontinued. Secretaries of branches who have failed in their duty In not, collect- Ing or remitting the United Labor Ticket Assessment have the opportun- ity during the week ahead to clear their record. Every secretary who does not wish his name to appear on the list of delinquents which: will-be sent to every district organizer to take action upon should immediately fulfil his duty. The collection of this assessment is not merely a matter of the col- lection of the funds needed to finance the work of the party, test of the functioning of the reorganized party. For those reasons it will be carried on until the last nuclel recorded haa made a full and complete report, That will mean hard work and energy used up which could be better used In other work. But it must be NEW HAVEN, Aug. 25. — A large part of the membership of the Work- ers (Communist) Party of Connecticut | was present at a membership meeting held here at which C. E, Ruthenberg reported on the work of the party, The speaker outlined in detail the campaigns the party is conducting, the | work required of the membership and #he successes the party was achieving | in building its influence among the masses of workers, At the close of the discussion a score or more of questions were asked thru which the members were further informed in regard to the - party policies and work. _ Comrade . Ruthenberg -emphasized the need of strengthening the party organizationally, pointing out that while the party was making great progress in building its influence it was not at the same time sufficiently building the membership and strength- ening the functioning of the party from an organizational standpoint. At an afternon meeting with the district committee, the whole i tion in District 15 was discussed and plans outlined for immediate member- ship and organizational campaign to TA SUBSCRIBE NOW TO THE COMMUNIST. INTERNATIONAL Arrangements just completed, Publishing Co. as exclusive agents for the official organ of the leading body of the world Communist movement, . $2.60 a year, $1.25 six months. SUBSCRIBE to be informed on the most important “developments in the world of revolutionary labor, UU It Is a done, The members and secretaries who have made their payments can help lighten this burden and release the energy of the party apparatus for other campaigns by paying and remitting the assessment immediately, NEW HAVEN DISTRICT MEMBERSHIP RALLIES TO BUILD THE PARTY build up the party strength, ‘The results of the meeting were in- dicated in the fact that 200 dues stamps were sold during the meeting to members who were not in good | standing. At the Sunday picnic which followed this meeting ‘three Interna- tional, branches which had disinte- grated were reorganized and put on a working basis. Buffalo Holds Party ' Anniversary Sept. 6 BUFFALA, N. Y., Aug. 25. — On La- bor, Day—the celebration. of the or- ganization of the Communist Party of America seven years ago in September 1919. This is the program of the Buf- | falo organization of the Workers’ Com- munist Party. The picnic that will be held on September 6 at Shafer’s Grove, E, Delavan and City Line, will be one that will, be remembered. for a long time. There. will be a well-known speaker, games; racing, dancing and other attractions, Admission only 25c. WRITE AS YOU FIGHTI ~ establish the Daily Worker peter jin ae HE dom THE DAILY WORKER TWIN CITIES TO HOLD BIG PARTY OUTING SUNDAY Tallentire ‘and Stovel to Be Speakers MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug,. 25, — The Workers Party of Minneapolis an- nounces a Twin City picnic for next Sunday, August 29th, commencing at 10 a. m. Minnéapolis is well known for its natural beauties and the . picnic committee has provided a. beautiful spot, quiet and secluded, along the banks of the Mississippi. Good Speakers, Entertainments. and games. have been arranged, and also excellent speakers, including Norman H, Tallen- tire, organizer of the district; Jean Stovel, I. L. D. organizer of Seattle, Wash., Axel Ohrn, well-known Finnish speaker and editor of Uusi Kotimaa. Bring Lunch. The picnic committee has promised . beautiful day for the occasion and zreat numbers of comrades and sym- vathizers are expected.’ Every Min- 1@apolitan and St. Paulite should be n hand, bringing along his family and riends—and ‘not forgetting his lunch basket. Directions: If you live in St. Paul take the Minn-St. Paul street car to Seven Corners (Minneapolis), change to Lake Nokomis and Camden or 50th & N, Lyndale, going north. Get off at 42 & Washington Ave N. where our auto will meet you. If you live in Minneapolis, go to 42 & Washington N (known as Camden Place). A fleet of automobiles has been mobilized to meet all comers at the end of the street car-line, as above directions indicate. |, FREEMAN GENSURED FOR DESERTING POST IN UNION BY DISTRICT ONE BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 25.—In view of the. fact that Comrade I. Freed- man, a member of the Workers (Communist) Party and ex-chair- man of Upholsterers’ Union, Local 37, Boston, resigned from his post in the midst of a period of negotla- tions with the employers and pre- vious toa possible strike in the up- holstering industry, the Workers (Communist) Party, District One, declares that it considers such ac- tion on the part of Comrade Freed- man as a flagrant desertion of duty and responsibility. The Workers (Communist) Party cannot and will not condone or tolerate the failure on the part of anyone, within or without the party, to uphold loyally his duties and responsibilities to the working class. —Bert Miller, Organizer, District One, Workers (Communist) Party of America. Seventh Anniversary Meeting in Detroit to Be Held Aug. 28 DETROIT, Mich. Aug, 25. — Cele- | ‘bration of the seventh anniversary of the formation of the Communist Party of America will be held in Detroit on Saturday, August 28 at 8 p. m. at the Workers’ Hall, 1343 E, Ferry Ave. Jay Lovestone, member of the central ex- ecutive committee of the Workers (Communist) Party will be the prin- cipal speaker, Comrade R. Baker, district organ- izer of the party in Detroit will outline the plans for future activity of the party, A splendid musical program is being arranged. This meeting will also mark the opening of the state election campaign of the Workers Party. Friends and sympathizers of the Work ers Party are invited to attend. Campaign Committee of Section 6 Meets for Work Next Fri. All agitprop directors of nuclei in Section 6 of the Workers Party of Chicago are urged to attend a meeting to be held at 19 So, Lincoln next Fri- day Aug. 27th at 8 p.m. The object of the meeting is to organize the sec- tion for work in the election campaign this year. It will be necessary to get some three thousand names on nom!- nation petitions in. Section 6 alone. Correction, Kindly make the following correc- tions in the notice printed in the issue of August 19 under the title, “Party Units, Look Out for N, Paley.” Instead of “Nucleus 1 F should sus- pend N. Paley,” it should read, “Nucleus 1 F, suspended N, Paley...” —8, 8. I. A., Brooklyn, N, Y. Jewish Fraction Meeting. All the Jewish Party members are urgently requested to attend the Jew- wish party fraction meeting coming Friday, Aug, 27th at the Fretheit Hall, 3209 W. Roosevelt Rd. Comrade Max Bedacht. and Rubin Salzman will take up very important problems, SEND IN A SUS TODAY TO THE DAILY WORKER, vif 0 sb Pere You Didn’t Hear Much of the Quaker Gubernatorial Race—Slush Fund Also —_ WITH THEY /CONdUCTED “BY TH WORKERS UNG WORKERS LEAGUE SOCIALIST OFFICIALDOM BECOMES “INTERESTED” IN MILITARISM By SAM DARCY. HE New Leader in its current issue carries a leading editorial attack- ing. the campaign , which, the Young Workers (Communist) League is car- rying on against the Citizens’ Military Training Camps. The character of the ck and the circumstances under which it is made clearly show the use John S. Fisher (left), republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, came out of the primaries dripping with as much campaign slush as any of the senatorial contestants in the race that was marked by spending of some $3,000,000 of boodle contributed by Mellon and other capitalists. cratic opponent on the right is following out the policy of his party by “ex-| . His demo- posing” the crookedness of his opponent. This is a democratic party policy for the moment only because that party is not sharing in the slush this year—at least in Pennsylvania. . Below is shown the state house, the sinecure the two politicians are racing for, backed by different groups of vested in- terests. MEDIATION BOARD DELAYS DECISION ON RAILWAY WAGE Hearings Will Reopen Early This Week NEW. YORK, Aug. 25. — The new/ federal board of m tion created by | the Watson-Parker law, has again de- | layed its hearings on the Wage de-| mands which have been the subject | of discussion between the “Brother- hood of Railway Trainmgn gnd the Order of Railroad Conductors and the representatives of the conference com- mittee of fifty eastern rail companies. Discussions were halted without | decision on August 14. It was then announced they would be resumed on Aug. 17. Now they are to open some-} time this week. It is reported that both sides have been unyielding in} their positions, though the mediation board offered a compromise. All dis- cussions are secret, 4 The conference committee of the companies is .authorized to reject finally the demands of thé ‘brother- hoods, it is learned. The wage in- creases derhanded vary frém §1 to $1.64 a day. The conferentée” began August 10 at the WaldorfAstofia Hotel, Salzman to Speak to Chicago Members of ‘Workmen’s Circle Comrade Rubin Salzman will ad- dress the members of the Workmen’s Cirele at a large mass meeting this Saturday, Aug. 28, at the Workers’) Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd, He will speak on the peace proposal in the Workmen's Circle made to the national executive committee of the | Workmen’s Circle. All members of the Workmen’s Circle are requested ‘o attend the meeting. Ford Dispossesses His Tenants to Grow Hemp SOUTH CHARLESTON, O., Aug. 25. —Henry Ford is chasing off of his 2,000-acre farm here all. the tenants who have been on it for the last two years. They have notice towacate on March 1, 1927, after which Ford will turn the land into a hemp plantation. Some of the tenants were under the impression that Ford was going to demonstrate his virtue as a, landlord, but now they realize that he was us- ing them merely temporarily, and with- out regard to their convenience, — Winchester Arms Co, Unfair. The Winchester Repeating Arms ‘o. is unfair to the Metal Polishers’ Union, Local 6 announces. That worker next door to you nay not have anything to do to night. Hand him this copy of the DAILY WORKER. | mobile loads from Stamford, Connecticut Workers Rally at State Labor Picnic Hear Ruthenberg HARTORD, Conn., Aug. 25. —(By Mail)—Two thousand seven hundred workers turned in admission tickets at the state labor picnic held in Schuetzen Park near the city at which C, E. Ruthenberg, general sec- retary of the Workers (Comnmunist) Party was ‘the chief speaker. The picnic was arranged thru the co-operation of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, Scandinavian Society, the Lithuanian Literary Society, -Fin- nish Workers Club and a half dozen trade unions in Hartford, New Haven and other cities, Workers came to the picnic from all over the state of Connecticut and from the Southern ‘part of Massachusetts. The grounds about the picnic’ place looked like a huge garage with be- tween four and five hundred auto- mobiles, busses and trucks parked there, in which the workers had reach- ed the picnic grounds. Groups of work- ers began arriving early in the day and every few moments new auto- Bridge port, New Haven Meridan, New Brit- ain, New London, Hartford, Connecti- cut and from Springfield and . Wor- cester Mass., arrived. The Scandinavian Society of Con- necticut had arranged a fine athletic program and the Freiheit Singing So ciety of New Haven sang revolution- ary songs. Comrade Nelson of the Scandinavian elubs. presided © during the meeting at which a representative of the young Workers League, Mrs. Smith, representing the Passaic strik- ers, J. O, Bentall of the Passaic Relief Committee, and C. E. Ruthenberg spoke. The representatives of the organiza- tions present were enthusiastic with the results of the picnic and will-work out plans to make it an annual affair. The demonstration of the interest of the workers in Connecticut as shown in this picnic is expected to help bring large delegations to the’ United Front Conference to be held next Sunday at which the question of placing a United Labor Ticket in the field will be con- sidered, European Grain Crop Failure Hurts France NEW YORK, Aug. 25.—Offsetting plans of the French government to conserve foodstuffs by causing the pop- ulation to eat stale bread, is the re- ported failure of grain in western Europe. Italy and France are the greatest losers in a continental short- age of 200,000,000 bushels. The crop of grains in the United States is millions of bushels short, taking all five food grains together, but the wheat crop is about the same as last year. The Canadian wheat crop is not harvested yet, but bids fair to equal last year’s crop, tho it certainly will not surpass it much, if any. Bread will be costly this year, particularly in depreciated francs, Get a copy of the American Worker Correspondent. It's only 5 cents, Notice to Party Members in Boston All comrades are asked to report to the District Office to volunteer their services In order to secure signatures to put the party ticket on the ballot. Act at once as we have the required number, 4ys only up to September 3 to secure BERT MILLER, District Organizer, 32 Causeway St. Boston, Mass, a A ene that the socialist party bureaucrats are making of its machinery against the militant workers even tho it plays into the hands of. the bosses. Examine Facts. Let us examine the facts, ‘This year 34,00 young men coming largely either from factories or working class homes have been lured into the camps by the slogans, “Citizens’ Military Train- ing Camps, Let’s Go! and One Month’s Free Vacation!” Anti-Union Propaganda, When they enter the camps t ind an entirely different situa from the one pictured in the adver- tising circulars. There is no vacation for they get four hours and more drill per day which is mighty hard work. The tood is generally rotter. and they {i a while a representative of the ¥. P. 8S, L. refusing to take even the most elementary steps against mil itarism Three years ago at the Bear Moun+ tain conference, the largest of thi kind, for exampie, the socialist party and.the young people’s socialist leagua lined up with Y. M. C. A. and the paci- fists to defeat the proposal to hold demonstrations against militarism and instead adopted a program to hold hikes and dances jointly. Absent in Workers’ Struggle. The young people's socialist league was most conspicious by its absence in great struggles of the workers where young workers were involved. In the Passaic strike there isn’t even an odor of them present, either in the strike or in the building of relief com- mittees. In the Furriers’ strike they were absent. In the coal crisis which y| involves so many thotsands of young miners they are absent. And in thé struggle against militarism they are absent The only time when they appear 18 when the Communist youth attacks the military camps, and then they join 6 fed up on what is kncwn as hip talks which are filled with tilabor and union-hating propa- ganda, By various devices such a5 stepping all activities but church serv- ices on Sunday they are forced to at- tend chapel. No sugyestion of any democracy is allowed them even to the point of refusing them the rignt to wear civilian clothes on Saturday and Sunday when they are supposed to be off duty. Need to Fight in Camps. In this situation the league realized that it Js useless to merely attack the Citizens’ Military T g Camps be- -ause these men already there and raising the slogan, “Boycott the Citizens’ Military Training Camps’ would do them no good. We therefore evolyed a series“of demands for the men which they are to use to fight for better conditions in the camps. Young Workers’ Slogans. The demands were put up in stick- ers and circulars and distributed by our comrades in the camps. We print below some) examples of these cir- culars: “C, M. T, C. RECRUITS! “They told us the camps were for a free one-month vacation. “Do you think that four hours’ drill daily is a vacation? “Demand a maximum of three hours’ drill each day! “The government is supposed to be free from religious influence. “Why are government funds used to maintain chapels in camp? “Demand the doing away with relig- ious services! “The government is supposed to be impartial in labor questions, “Why do the camp officers lecture against organized labor? “Are you a worker? Is your father a worker? “Defend the workers from attack! “Young Workers League of America.” “C. M, T. ©, RECRUITS.. “They told us that the food would be wonderful in the camps. “It's not wonderful—except the food the officers get. “Demand the same quality of food the officers get! “They told us that the camps are not so strict as the army. “But they don’t allow us to wear civvies on weekends if we want. “Demand the right to wear civvies on weekends if you want to! “They told us that camps would be run on a democratic basis. “Why aren't the recruits allowed voice and vote in running them? “Organize meetings to take up your | grievances and opinions! | “Young Workers League of America.” It was thus that the Young Workers (Communist) League fought for the improvement of the conditions of the young men at the Citizens’ Military Training Camps. Some of our com- rades were arrested for leading the fight in the camps, but most of those sent in are yet there fighting the military despots, While we are thus carrying on the struggle on behalf of the youth the New Leader, a so-called friend of the workers, begins to take an interest in the anti-militarist work. How? By attacking the C. M. T..C.? Not the socialist party officlaldom! They car- ry a leading editorial attacking the Young Workers (Communist) League for thus fighting for the interests of Citizens’ Military Training recruits, Y. P. S. Lia Social Club. Their tactics, however, are winning no friends among the working youth and children of workers, The sign of this is, that after all their attempts, they have not succeeded in organizing even a semblance of a socialist youth movement. Theijy pet child, the young people’s sdcialist league, means noth- ing to the young workers anywhere. Their role is that of a social club where nothing of a class nature is done. We tried on several occasions to get them to unite with us on an anti-militarist program, But every time that we called the conference or attended conferences called by other organizations, we found the represent- atives of the socialist party and once with the militarists to repulse our at- tack. Instead of fighting to better the condition of the recruits they devote leading editorials to ridiculing any at- tempt to do so. Thus it is that the socialists serve the boss class. What does the rank and file of the socialist party think about: this? And how about the Y. P. Ss. L.? Boston Truck Party Sunday, August 28th BOSTON.—A truck party has been arranged by the Young Workers League here to which all are invited. Sports and games are on the order of the day. The affair will be held on Sunday, Aug. 28. Trucks will leave from 36 Causeway St. and 42 Wenonah St., Roxbury, to Idel Wood Lake, Mass, “* Plan Youth Ball In Boston, BOSTON, Mass.—The Young Work- ers League of District No. 1 is at- ranging its fourth annual ball, which will be held October 15, at Scenie Ball Room, corner Berkeley and Warren avenues. izations are kindly asked to withhold from arranging any affairs on that date, Waukegan Y. W. L. to Have Dance Next Sat. WEST ALLIS, Wis., Aug. 25. —The Young Workers’ League of West Allis will sponsor an entertainment and dance to be held at the Labor Temple, 5th and National Ave. on Saturday, Aug. 28 at 7:30 p. m. Admission will be 35¢. for gents and 25c. for ladies, SS SSeS Don’t Miss The Special died Anniversary (of the American Com- munist movement) Issue Of The DAILY WORKER WITH UNUSUAL ART WORK AND SPECIAL FEATURES IN The New Magazine Supplement ORDER NOW a bundle of Special Labor Day 4th, at 3/2 cents a copy. All friendly and sympathetic “O6Pgait & i & ; S