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

fagesFour -—~ _ THE DAILY WORKER — Means” | Workers (Communist) Party| Bester: DAILY WORKER | {correwr evens) (OPEN SHOP PACT HEADQUARTERS OF THE PARTY AND THE DAILY WORKER STATEMENT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY 4 ian Central Committee of the party considers it necessary to make the following statement to the member ship on the question of the location of the headquarters of the party and The DAILY WORKER: Rumors have been circulating in the party in regard to the proposed removal of the headquarters of the party and The DAILY WORKER from Chicago to New York City. These rumors ‘have caused some disturbance to the work of the party, some com- rades considering that it was a ques- tion of principle for discussion of the party whether its headquarters were located in one city or another. The headquarters of the party were originally located in New York City. They were removed to Chicago BE- CAUSE AT THAT TOME and under the circumstances surrounding the party work, Chicago offered a better center to the Central Committee from which to conduct the party work. It may well happen that in the future other cities besides New York or Chi- cago will offer the best vantage point from which to conduct the work of the Central Committee, The Central Committee does not be- Meve that the question of where the party headquarters are located or in what city The DAILY WORKER is published is a question of principle. It is a question of what the circum- stances surrounding the party work are, and these circumstances may change from year to year. The ques- tion can only be discussed, therefore, from the standpoint of what location at a given time offers the best op- portunity for conducting the party work in such @ manner that the party may make the greatest progress. The political committee of the Cen- tral Committee considered this matter and came to the conclusion that at present the best location of the party headquarters and The DAILY WORKER would be in New York City. It found, however, a num- ber of obstacles in the way of making any change in the location of the party headquarters and the city of publcation of The DAILY WORK- ER, and therefore decided that no change should be made in the location JOSEPH MANLEY Statement by the Central Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party of the headquarters and the city of publication of Tha DAILY WORKER. With this decision the matter is closed. The circumstances and ob- stacles to any change will make it im- possible to reopen the matter during the present year. Should the question again bea taken up the Central Com- mittee will inform the membership of its views. With the question closed, there comes before the party the task of placing The DAILY WORKER on a sound foundation in its present loca- tion, We must “KEEP THE DAILY WORKER” at all costs, no matter where dt is located. The Central Committee will inform the party membership of its plans to meet the crisis in which The DAILY WORKER finds itself during the next few days, and urges the whole party to take up with energy and enthusiasm the task of safeguarding The DAILY WORKER for the future work of the party. Central Committee, Workers (Communist) Party, Cc. E. Ruthenberg, General Secretary. OSEPH MANLEY died a victim of the dangerous work which capital- Ism compels the workers to submit to in order to gain thelr livellhood. As a structural iron worker he risked his life dally in fulfilling the duties which capitalism requires of the workers of his trade. These dan- gers could be reduced and minimized if capitalist production did not place economy and profits above the lives of the workers. As It is, there Is scarcely a great building which towers toward the sky in the cost of which there is not included the life of some worker engaged In Its erection. OSEPH MANLEY was a proletarian fighter who for many years had taken a leading part In the struggles of the workers. In his early years he became a member of the union of his trade and fought militantly for better conditions for the workers. ber of the socialist party. Fifteen years ago he was a mem- Like thousands of other workers, he was Inspired by the great pro- letarian revolution in Russia. When the workers and peasants of Rus- sla were facing thelr darkest hour, during the period of famine brought n by the destruction wrought by counterrevolution and drought, he took up work as the secretary of the Trade Union Committee for Rellef of the Famine In Russia and rendered valuable services In arousing the trade unlonists of this country to the meaning of the proletarian revolution and raising funds for the assistance of the workers and peasants of the Soviet Union. 'HRU his work In thie field he came closer to the Workers (Com- munist) Party and found In It the expression of the leadership in the struggle against capitalist oppression and exploitation, and became a member of the party. He served the party as industrial organizer, help- ing to develop a militant trade unlonism carrying on the class struggle against capitalism. When the movement for Independent political action by the workers and farmers, which he supported, reached its height in the mass demon- stration for a party of workers and farmers in the convention of duly 3, 1923, which formed the Federated Farmer-Labor Party, he was elected the national secretary of that organization, In which position he worked for the building of a broader party of workers and farmers by supporting the movement for the St. Paul Farmer-Labor convention of 1924. When this movement received a temporary setback thru the LaFollette party, he became the campaign manager of the Workers (Communist) Party in the 1924 eleotion. HE struggle over the policies the party should pursue, during the year 1924-1925, left him dispirited. Altho a good proletarian fighter, Com- rade Manley did not understand clearly that such struggles are part of the life of a proletarian party, and that thru them it clarifies itself and creates greater Internal strength, and that it Is the duty of all revolution- Ists to cling more closely to their party in such a period. Because of this he allowed his membership to lapse and drifted out of the activities of the party. Those closest to him declare, however, that before his death he realized his error, and that he would again, had he lived, take up his work as a party member. Despite the fact of his temporary weakness and that during the last year Comrade Manley was not In the ranks of the party, the Central Com- mittee of the Workers (Communist) Party believes that his long years of service to the working class movement entitie him to the respect of the workers and It makes this statement to do honor to hi: the workers’ cause, vices to CENTRAL COMMITTEE, WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY OF AMERICA, C. E. RUTHENBERG, General Secretary. a TO COMRADES IN DISTRICT ONE IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT The party is in danger of not getting on the ballot this year. We ist get two thousand signatures before September 3rd. All comrades in\ Massachusetts are called upon to report at their city party headquar- ters immediately to work on getting signature: Every minute of Spare time must be given to this work. If necessary special comrades must be employed to do this work. Nomination blanks must be certified in each city and returned to the District Office AT ONCE, DO YOUR BIT! BERT MILLER, District Organizer, Dist. No. 1. PARTY ON THE BALLOT! (Signed) nn nn nr re oe. CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY C. E. Ruthenberg, General Secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party will speak on “Seven Years of the Communist Party” at _ Freiheit Singing Society Hal!, 3837 W. Roosevelt Rd, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1, 8 P. M. The history of the struggle for the organization of the party and HELP PUT THE FRANK CRITICISM MARKS DISTRICT CONFERENCE HERE The most thoro discussion with open, frank criticism of failures and shortcomings ever held at any meet- ing of District 8 marked the district conference held Sunday, August 29. | The effect was a wholesome one. The |comrades could return yet more con- | vinced of the possibilities available for the party and with plans for more sys- tematically organized activities. The conference increased their faith in the ability of the party to respond to its tasks. Delegates In From District. Representatives were present from | the Chicago sections, from most of the | language fractions, and from the cities of Waukegan, Kenosha, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Hammond and Gary. The conclusions arrived at by these repre- sentatives were unanimous. The agenda consisting of only two points: one, the problem of adding more life to the party and the Y. W. L., and the trade union work in connection there- with. Reports were made by the district organizer and the secretary of the trade union committee surveying the Present situation, the period of pros- perity, however, not embracing all in- dustries; the status of the labor move- ment with its official policies becom- ing increasingly reactionary, the in- sufficient participation in active work by many party members and the diffi- culties following the party reorganiza- tion. The results were shown in drop- Ping party membership, insufficient development of functioning party com- mittees and particularly of shop nu- clei, insufficient sale of party propa- ganda material, etc, Encouragement. The reports also stressed the points of encouragement. The results of publication of shop papers, develop- ment of united front activities in sup- port of workers’ struggles, the achievements recorded in many re- spects in trade union activities, and emphasizing the need of much greater concentration on elementary tasks, The delegates agreed unanimously with the estimation of the existing conditions and the lessons to be drawn which were put forward by the reporters. The delegates further- more went deeply into the various Phases of the pending work in view of these lessons and many valuable contributions were made, not only on the theoretical correctness of policies, but more yet by way of giving prac- tical examples of how our objects can be attained the most successfully, Future Program, The following program for the im- mediate future as proposed by the district committee was unanimously agreed to: First in general, give more concentration on developing con- tact in shops, particularly of heavy industries, development of shop nu- clef, extension of shop papers, more systematic organization of mass propa- ganda activities, literature sales, dis- tribution of party papers, and com- plete program of party education for the coming season, proposals in re- gards to work amongst the Negroes, strengthening of the Y, W. L. and pro- viding necessary financial assistance for party activities, More specifically the following points of concentration were proposed and accepted unanimously: | Build DAILY WORKER, 1, Building of The DAILY WORK- BR, 2 Development of progressive movement amongst the coal miners. 8. Participation in the elections with development of certain possibilities for united labor ticket. 4. Initiation of specific campaign to organize the unorganized. A concrete’ program of is On each of these four points ANNIVERS ARY OF WORKERS PARTY |S CELEBRATED Catholic Clergy Also Fail to Make Trouble C. E. Ruthenberg, executive secre- tary of the Workers Patty will be the speaker at an anniversary meeting to celebrate the seventh yeat of the Com- munist movement in America at Fret- heft Hall, 8837 W. Rodsevelt Rd, on Wednesday Sept. 1 at 8 p. m. The conventions which foufided the Com- munist Party and the Communist La- bor Party were held im’ Chicago on Aug, 81 and Sept. 1 respectively in 1919, This meeting is ufider the aus- pices of Section 4 of’ the Workers Party of Chicago. In Buffalo an anntvergary picnic will be held on Sept. 6 at Shaffer's Grove, B, Delavan and City Line. A well known speaker from jthe Workers Party will address the pienic and races and games will be held. Detroit Mich, held its} anniversary on Aug, 28th at the Workers’ Hall. The speakers were R. Baker of Phila- delphia and Jay Lovestone, secretary of the organization department of the Workers Party. The best way—subscribe today. DRIVE STARTS IN PITTSBURG Whole District United in Campaign PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug, 81.—All Plans are completed for the coming special DAILY WORKER drive ar- ranged by the district executive com- mittee of the Workers Party, District 5. In connection with the campaign a special organizational drive is being initiated in order to increase the mem- bership in the party. Special Effort, The nuclet are instructed to com- bine The DAILY WORKER drive with the membership drive. Detailed in- structions were mailed to all nucle}. The nucle{ are also instructed to make a special effort to supply the DAILY WORKER with articles and news items dealing with tha condi- tions in the shops, mills and mines, in the towns where the nuclei are locat- ed, Members Support Drive. Reports reaching the district office and organization drive and the im- portance of the combined DAILY WORKER and organizational drive show that the members will do every- thing they can to make the campaign a success, Members of the party are requested to make special efforts to attend all the nuclei meetings where the details of the campaign are being taken up. Chicago T. U. E. L. Group to Discuss Mexican Charch Struggle Tonight The Chicago General Group of the Trade Union Educational League will meet tonight at the Northwest Hall, corner North and Western avenues. Manuel Gomez, secretary of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League, will speak on “The Role of Mexican Labor in the Present Struggle Against the Catholic Church.” In addition the British strike and other matters of interest for the militants In the trade union movement will be discussed. The meeting will start promptly at 8 P. M. The meeting will also take up final arrangements for the T. U. E. L. picnic, which will be held Sunday, Sept. 5, at Stickney Park Grove. are Invited to attend. All trade unionists MINERS’ EXECUTIVE STILL FIRM AGAINST MACDONALD PRESSURE FOR BETRAYAL (Continued from page 1) the Labor Party parliamentary group, is still going on and so far has not re- sulted in any decisions. being an- nounced. ‘Undoubtedly the MacDonaid- Thomas group is trying;hard to in- duce the miners’ executive to surren- der and lead a betrayal. The parliament, after renewing the “emergency powers act” has ad- journed until Novembery 9, turning down a proposal of MacDonald to meet on Sept. 7, MacDonald having said he hoped that a peace propgsal would be formulated by that time. The resistance of the miners and labor generally to any surrender and their growing resentment at attempts to trick and betray them is shown by the demonstration staged by miners and other militants from the recently adjourned National Minority Confer- ence, in front of the Labor Party or- gan this morning. The demonstrators demanded the editor retract state- ments made in an editorial asserting that the miners should have accepted the Samuel’s memorandum last May and avoided the strike. After regis- tering their protest and singing the Internationale, the demonstration ended. CLEVELAND ATTENTION! * All petitions to put the party ticket on the ballot must be at the district office no later than Friday morning, Sept. 3. Petitions brought in later than that date will be of no value. Every signature will be required so do not fall to turn in your petitions, District Executive Committee, 1. Amter, District Secretary. Raincoat Workers Strike. BOSTON, Aug. 31.—Boston’s 1,000 raincoat workers are striking to get a 42-hour, five-day week instead of the 44-hour, six-day one. The local water- proof garment workers’ union is afiil- jated with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, U, T. W. Convention in September, NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—The 25th an- nual convention of the United Textile Workers of America opens in New York Sept. 13, to last five days. Rep- resentatives from the new Passajc wool strikers’ unions are expected to be present, Shirt Fabrio Workers Strike. PAWTUCKET, R. ],, Aug. 30.— Three hundred union 100m fixers and weavers of Solvay Dyeing and Bleach- ing Co. are striking against wage re- duction: The plant makes men’s shirtings. Workers aif oreaaizea in the United Textile Workers, The size of Th oy WORKER depends on you, da sub, HE editor of the radical maga- zine Rational Living, Dr. B. Liber, has just returned from abroad and will resume the publica- tion of the journal within a short time, Details about its suspension and its future plans will be found in the first issue, Old subscribers are requested to notify us at once in case of a change of address, The editor or manager may be seen by appointment only. Address: 788 Riverside Drive, New York (Corner West 156th Street, Subway station Broadway and 157 it). Tele- phone Wadsworth 5929, Mail address: Box 2, P. O. Sta- tion M, New York. pla copies will be sent free to new readers upon request, Perth Amboy Y. W. L. to Have Mass Meet PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Aug. 31, — The Young Workers’ League here will hold a mass meeting at Workers’ Home, 308 Elm St. on Sept. 5th at 7 p.m. Good speakers will address the meeting, All workers are invited. Ad- mission is free, I. W. A. to Hold Open Air Meetings in N. Y. NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—The follow- ing open air meetings will be held this week by the International Workers’ Aid: Wednesday, Sept. 1st. — 10th St. and Second Ave, Thursday, Sept, 2, — 116 St. and Lenox Ave, Friday, Sept. 8, Stone and Pitkin Avenues, Send us the name and address of a progressive worker to whom we can send a sample copy of The DAILY WORKER, | WCFL Radio Program | Chicago Federation of Labor radio broadcasting station WCFL is on the air with regular programs. It is broadcasting on a 491.5 wave length from the Municipal Pier. TONIGHT. 6:00 to y:0o—-sn ere Federation of La- ber talks and bulletins; Instrumental solo to 7:30—The Florentine String Trio, dinner music, 7:30 to 8:30—Pierson Thal, 14-yea: boy pianist; Arthur Hillquist, bariton to 10:00-—Little Joe Warner, char- ingemb! mui from the Municipal Orche: 10 a, m. to 10 p.m. HELP WANTED AT ONCE! 'HE International Workers’ Ald at 1553 West Madison St., Chicago, needs volunteer workers to help address 25,000 envelopes for British miners’ relief. Wanted every day and evening this week from 5 Give Your Services! By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued from page 1) you see the United States has no monopoly on those little incidents, HE British coal mining industry is in bad shape, It can only be re- habilitated to the satisfaction of the owners at the expense of the miners. The British miners must work longer. hours for less pay so that the owners may be able to compete with German and Polish coal, which is turned out more cheaply because the Dawes plan forced the German miners to work longer hours that hitherto and the Polish government did the same for the miners of that country, i Oe J, COOK stood out against a re- * duction in the miners’ wages or a lengthening of the hours until now. The right wing labor leaders are will- ing to give everything away, The operators insist on Cook’s head. The right wing labor leaders are only too willing. Dark but lively days loom on the British labor horizon. What will the rank and file do? Have they yet developed the necessary leadership to contest the fleld with the MacDonalds and Thomasses? Not yet perhaps, But time is on their side and the British Communist Party which proved its metal during the general strike is growing in numbers and in efficiency. * e * HERE is a revolution in Nicaragua and the still existing government of that republic has protested to the league of nations of which it is a mem- ber against the alleged action of a Mexican warship in aiding the revo- lutionary forces. Sometimes a South American revolution is a good thing to dodge explaining, but we note that the revolutionaries attacked the head- quarters of the Bragman Bluff Lumber company and the Standard Fruit Steamship company of New Orleans. We are for the revolutionaries until further notice, eee i laped implications of Nicaragua’s ac- tion in relation to the Monroe Doctrine completely eclipse the pro- test itself. What if the United States resents the action of the league in in- terfering in a sphere over which the United States has assumed the sole right of political overlordship? The Chicago Tribune points out that Nica- ragua’s action is inconsistent with a recognition of the Monroe Doctrine. Unless the league watches its step Uncle Sam may play with his whiskers and put on that indignant look which was becoming to him’ before he got 50 disgustingly fat. IS TURNED DOWN BY BOSS DYERS Gary Cleaners and Dyers Still Strike GARY, Ind., Aug. 31—An open shop agreement between the Master Clean ers’ Association and the Cleaners and Dyers Union of Lake county signed by officials of each was turned down by the Master Cleaners at a meeting in Gary during which the Gary bosses led a successful fight on the pact, Betrayal of Men. Three members of the executive board of the union signed the agree ment which was to set up open shop conditions in cleaning and dyeing shops of Lake county in wihch the union had called a strike. This was entered into at the exclusiqn of two members of the board, Brothers Har ris and Inkenbrand who went to Chi- ago to see union officials about the validity of such an agreement. They were told, however, that nothing could be done about it since it was signed. But the action of the Masters’ As- sociatiqn puts an entirely different complexion on the affair. And the union members who have been on strike, most of them very indignant about the agreement, will have their say about it at a meeting soheduled for Tuesday night, Open Shop Agreement, The agreement declared for an open shop arrangement to run until Janw ary at which time the dispute was te be arbitrated. In the meantime the bosses would impose their own condi- tions on the men. This agreement was very bad for the men, especially in view of the fact they stood a good chance to win and that the retafl men were sympathetic to the union. A representative of The DAILY WORKER spoke to the latter at a meeting of the retail association in Gary. A speaker was supposed to have been present from the Masters’ Association but failed to appear. Howe ever, the organization took no definite stand. Members of the teamsters’ union have been delivering scab goods dur- ing the strike and the cleaners’ and dyers’ union is going to make an ap- peal to stop this. Why not a small bundle of The DAILY WORKER sent to you regular. ly to take to your trade union meeting? JOSEPH TUMULTY ENTERS CONTEST FOR PRESIDENT OF ILLINOIS MINERS’ UNION TO SU CCEED FARRINGTON (Continued from page 1) rators, published a special article Aug. 5 which lauded Farrington as “an able leader who is highly esteemed by the operators.” It said that 7 years ago the late Francis S. Peabody wanted Farrington to be a “labor representa- tive” on the board of directors of the Peabody interests. The article added sinisterly, “whether Farrington was appointed to the Peabody board, your correspondent does not know. His stock (with the operators) has risen, rather than fallen, since that date, In Others’ Footsteps. Farrington follows the notorious Tom Lewis, Phil Penna and other un- ion officials in the golden path to the capitalist camp. His first utterance of policy after the uncovering of his acts was a statement that union min- ers should take a 33% cut from the present Jacksonville scale. This would bring their wage to $5 a day. By his change of employment Farrington has increased his own wage 500%, bring- ing it to $25,000 a year. The Peabodys have just swung 8 large Pennsylvania mines from the union to the open shop, operating the first to resume work at the low 1917 scale. Big Fight Over Ouster. ‘That a battle royal raged during the meeting of the executive board which resulted in a motion suspending Far- rington from office is whispered around the corridors of the district office in Springfield, The Lewis forces wanted to expel Farrington from office and from the union at one fell swoop. Farrington’s most loyal supporters were opposed to taking any action until the president’s return and the middle- of-the-road boys led by vice-president Fishwick favored suspension, at the same time granting Farrington the privilege of a trial under the consti- tution, This position carried the day. Fishwick, who was closely linked with Farrington in all the former's crooked work during recent years has his eye on the presidency, There is a suspicion that Fishwick knew of Farrington’s intention to go over to the Peabody payroll and that there Was an agreement between the two, that Farrington would stand for re- election and then resign, appointing Fishwick to fill the vacancy. It 1s rumored that Fishwick is urg- ing William Sneed, to withdraw his candidacy for the presidency, offering (| Smith, Verily, indeed, the way of the Sneed the vice-presidency. This is believed satisfactory to the Peabody interests. Sneed is just as reactionary as Farrington. John L, Lewis is mov- ing every ounce of influence he pos- sesses to install his own machine on the ruins of Farrington’s. But those who claim Farrington is thru because of this exposure do not know what they are talking about according to Springfield union politicians. The Pea- body Coal company employs 30,000 miners and the company’s resources are enormous. Farrington with his salary of $25,000 a year and a liberal drawing account for “emergency” work will be able to take over the greater part of his “union organizers” into the Peabody apparatus and con: tinue his union-wrecking policy. Walker Embarrassed, Another political figure in the trade union movement who will be embar- rassed by the Farrington exposure is John H, Walker, president of the Ili+ nois State Federation of Labor, form- er president of the Illinois Miners” Union and crony of Farrington’s. Walker and Farrington were named by Senator Caraway as beneficiaries of the Samuel Insull slush fund in the recent primary elections. Both are influential cogs in the Len Small ma- chine. Both supported Frank lL. Smith, and both are bitter foes of radicalism, Walker resented the impu- tation that he would take money from a capitalist politician and he stated that Farrington was equally pure, Trouble at Convention, The endorsement of Frank L. Smith will come before the state convention of the Illinois Federation of Labor and it is reported that Walker will be seriously handicapped without the presence of Frank Farrington and his army of delegates, The miners’ union, the flat janitors, the building trades and the teamsters’ delegations are the strongest numerically at state con- ventio The three latter have their main strength in Chicago. They are extremely reactionary and as the lead- ers do not always walk in the straight and narrow path, legally, John H, Walker's influence with Small Gom in exceedingly handy when those boys need a pardon for one of their jailed ingsters. Johnny Draws His Pay. In return for those considerations Walker is allowed to retain his post- tion with a salary of over $100 a week, which is looked on as a miserable pittance by 1 highly titled, officials of some unio the Chicago Federation of Labor are finding it more difficult ev day to face thoir old progressive friends. The Frank L. Smith scandal hit them pretty hard and now comes the ex. pose of Farrington with whom they were associated in boosting Frank L. ( John Fitzpatrick and Hd, Nockels of . Lad