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Workers (Communist) Party | THE DAILY WORKER TINNEAPOLIS 10 IEAR ENGDAHL ON RIDAY, SEPT, 24 ‘allentire Chairman at | Moose Hall Meeting (Special to The Dally Worker) MINNPAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 13.— is city is planning to give a splen- d reception to J. Louis Engdahl, can- date of the Workers (Communist) | arty for United States senator from linois when he speaks here’ Friday, spt. 24, at 8 p. m. at Moose Hall, 43 outh Fourth street. Minneapolis will be one of the last | ties visited by Engdahi during his vur that is taking him as far east as oston. He will speak on “The Work- *8 and the Old Parties.” Norman H, Tallentire, district or- anizer of the Workers (Communist) arty for the Minneapolis district, will ct as chairman. Other campaign meetings to follow 4il be addressed by Bertram D. Volfe, Friday, Oct. 8, and by ©. E. uthenberg Sunday, Oct, 31. lis is already preparing for the cele- ration of the ninth anniversary of the ussian Bolshevik Revolution Nov. 7. om Engdahi Speaks In Toledo. Engdahl was scheduled to speak last ight in Toledo, Ohio, going tonight > Pittsburgh, Pa., where he will speak | t the N. S. Carnegie Music Hall, Ohio nd Federal streets. His other dates re as follows: The New Haven, Conn., meeting has een changed to Hartford, Conn., Wed- vesday, Sept. 15, at Unity Hall, on *ratt St. A factory meeting has been | Tranged for Thursday noon at J. fodkis, 234 Enfield St. BOSTON—Thursday, Sept. 16. WORCESTER—Friday, Sept. 17. ROCHESTER—Saturday, Sept. 18. BUFFALO—Sunday, Sept. 19, 8 p.| a., Engineers’ Hall, 36 W. Huron St. CLEVELAND—Monday, Sept. 20. DETROIT—Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 8 » m., Finnish Labor Temple, 5969 Ath street. CHIOAGO—Wednesday, Sept. 22, 8/ » m., Miryor Hall, N. Western Ave. and W. Division St. Other speakers: Wiliam F. Dunne and Max Shacht- nan. MINNPEAPOLIS—Friday, Sept. 24, 8 }. M., Moose Hall, 43 So. Fourth St. N st. PAUL—Saturday, Sept 25. x PUUWAUKEE—Sunday, Sept. 26. Arrangements are being made in Detroit to have Engdahl address a aoonday meeting at Packard auto| plant. Engdah! will also hold confer- | moes of worker correspondents in the wities that he visits. Ruthenberg Will Speak at Gary Seventh Anniversary Celebration GARY, Ind., Sept. 13. — A celebra- tion of the seventh anniversary of the Workers (Communist) Party will be held Sunday evening, Sept. 26, at 7:30 Pp. m. at Spanish Hall, 14th Avenue and Madison St., Gary Ind. C. EH, Ruthenberg, general secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party, will speak on “Seven Years of the Communist Movement in America.” | There will also be speakers in Jugo- Slav, Hungarian, and Russian, Besides the speakers an excellent and fitting musical program is being arranged. All militant workers of Gary are urged to attend and hear the inspiring messages that will be delivered them by the various speakers. Admission is free. WORKERS PARTY ENTERS CANDIDATES IN STATE ELECTIONS THIS YEAR In a number of states nominations have been filed by petition while in others the petition campaign is still in progress to place Workers (Com- munist) Party candidates officially On the ballots. Nominations officially filed: Michigan. Michigan—The following candi- dates will appear officially on the ballot in the primary elections to be held Tuesday, September 14: Governor, William Reynolds, Congress, 13th District, William Mollenhauer, Congress, ist Dist., Harry Kish- ner. Congress, 9th District, Daniel C. Holder, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania—The following were the candidates nominated: Governor, H. M. Wicks. Lieutenant-Governor, Hills, Secretary of Internal Affairs, Max Jenkins. United States Senator, E. J. Cary. State Legisiature, first district, Ernest Careathers and Anna Weis- man, Second District, Mike Blaskovitz and Celia Paransky, Seventh District, Margaret Veager. Eighty District, Susie Kendra and Peter te — : Parthenia Minneap- | Resolution of the Org.-Bureau le The Communist children’s move- ‘* ment which developed in most of |the large countries of Europe and | America, and in the Soviet Union and jand the Orient, is of great importance to the Communist parties from the viewpoint of the training of a new | revolutionary generation living under | post-war conditions, For the Commu- nist Parties the Communist children’s movement is a question of the revo- |lutionary cadres of the future. In |addition the uniting of the active | children under the Communist leadership offers the possibility of carrying the class struggle into the school, and thus in the struggle | against the ideology of the bourgeois school, developing proletarian class consciousness in the masses of work- er’s children. For this reason the Communist parties of all countries must devote particular attention to this field of work and aid the Young Communist Leagues to unite broad masses of toilers’ children and train them in a Communist spirit, 2. The Communist Party directs the Communist children’s movement thru the Y. C. L., which is able to assign to this work young forces close to the children, and which already possesses considerable experience on this field. ~ | The organization bureau of the E. Cc. C. I. considers correct the organiza- |tional basis of the Communist chil- dren’s movement laid down at the last session of the enlarged executive of the Y. C. L. (nuclei in the schools. attended by the children, and in the |factories where children work; devel- opment of the most extensive initia tive from below and firm direction from above). The transition from the | present narrowly exclusive work with- jin the organization to mass activity }for the winning of the unorganized children, as well as those at present belonging to opponent organizations, must be the chief task in the current activity of the Communist children’s |movement. This mass work must be based upon concrete children’s de- mands on the field of the school strug- gle and for the betterment of the ma- terial situation of the children. The combination of these concrete chil- | dren's demands with the general pro- |letarian demands, and the support of the children by the proletarian adult organizations, are indisputable condi- tions for the success of this whole work, 8. The organization bureau of the | E. C. C. I. records that the attention |thus far devoted by most Communist | parties to questions of the Communist children’s movement has been utterly inadequate. It calls upon all the sec- | tions of the comintern to remedy this ; shortcoming in the immediate future. This attention, and the support to the Y. ©. L. in its work among the chil- dren, must take on the following con- crete forms: (a) A systematic supervision of the work of the Y. C. L. atifong the chil- | dren, by discussion of the questions of NEW YORK WOMEN SEEK TO RAISE MORE FUNDS FOR PASSAIC CHILDREN NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—"Children of the Passaic strike” will be the subject of speeches by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Leona Smith, Jeanette Stuart Poynts, and several women strikers at a big open alr meeting on Saturday evening, Sept, 18, at 110 Street and Sth Ave. More than 1,000 children have been fed daily at the kitchens main- tained by the United Council of Working class Housewlves with the help of the United Women Confer- ence in Passaic, A new kitchen must be opened soon to replace that at the playground which has just been closed. Funds are needed to carry on this work, Whether the strikers will attain the victory which now seems within reach, depends on the continued feeding of the ohil- dren, If the children are left to starve, the strikers will be foreed back into the mills. Contributions for the childrens’ kitchens should be sent to the United Council of Working Class Housewives, 80 E, 11th St. Room 436, | A subscription to The DAILY WORKER for one month to the members of your union is a good way. Try it. THE CHILDREN’S MOVEMENT of the E. C. C. I. on the Com- munist Children’s Movement. the Communist children’s movement in the party executives (from bottom to top), special conferences of party members (particularly of teachers), party conferences with suggestions as to practical ways and means for the support of this activity, (b) Stressing in our propaganda the importance and necessity of extensive work for the Communist training of the children; taking Communist chil- dren into the Communist children’s organizations, printing in the press of articles by well-known party function- aries, special columns devoted to the Communist children’s movement, pub- lication of children’s letters, etc. (c) Assigning of party forces for work on this field primarily in the di- recting organs of the children’s move- ment (in the children’s bureau, chil- dren’s commission, children’s commit tees of the Y. C. L. committees). (d) The training of active workers for the Communist children’s move- ment by means of introducing ques- tions of Communist children’s work into the program of the party schools, and thru the opening of short-term special courses (district and central) for the preparation of Communist chil- dren’s movement leaders from among the active members of the Y. C, L. (e) Questions of the misery, home- lessness, exploitation and chauvinist training of the children should be raised by Communist parliamentary fractions, trade unions fractions, and fractions in the parent-teacher and similar organizations. (f) Propaganda regarding the suc cess of the Communist children’s movement in the Suviet Union, and assistance in establishing contact be- tween the children of capitalist coun- tries and those of the Soviet Union, in conjunction with the general cam- paign on behalf of the Soviet Union. (g) Material support to the activity of the Communist children’s organiza- tions by setting aside a definite per- centage of the regular membership dues or of special assessments and collections. Money at the disposal of the Children’s League should be ap- plied to the publication of literature, support of children’s newspapers and periodicals, and training maintenance of the chief active members (courses, conferences, discussions), and for the initiation of various mass campaigns 4. The organization bureau of the B. C. C. I. is of the opinion that the Communist parties of those countries in which Communist children’s organ izations already exist must, in the im- mediate future, get reports from the Y. C. L. on the status of this work, and on their part adopt a series of practical measures for the indications outlined above. 5. In those countries in which there is as yet no children’s organiza- tion, or in which it is still very weak (Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, Austria, Holland, Belgium, Italy, etc.), it is necessary that the Communist parties take all possible measures for the most rapid development of this work. SMITH TO TOTE SLUSH ODIUM IN SENATE BATTLE (Special to The Daily Worker) DWIGHT, Ml, Sept, 13. — Here in the town made famous by a certain Mr. Keeley of the convalescent home for ‘willing-to-be-reformed alcoholics and of Frank L. Smith, protege of Samuel Insull, the principal topic of conversation is the coming senatorial election, in which the native son, Smith, will play a dominating role. Smith, after returning from the east where he was recuperating from an operation on where his appendix used to be, came out flat-footedly for Sam Insull and his contribution of $200, 000 to the senatorial campaign fund. The candidate declared he will be elected and seated. se 8 Brennan Bedridden. George H. Brennan is in a local hos- pital suffering from an injury to his knee. Brennan is making the pro- hftbition law the chief issue in hts campaign. Smith has not yot com- mitted himself on the question, The latter is oflelally dry, while it is re- ported that in private life he is wet. On the other hand, Brennan fs said to be privately dry tho politically wet, SEC’Y MORRISON OF A. F. OF L. ESTIMATES ONLY $125,000 HAS BEEN SENT TO BRITISH STRIKERS (By Federated WASHINGTON, Sept. Press Service) 13.—-More than $40,000 of trade unionists’ con- tributions to the British miners’ strike relief fund have been forwarded to London by Secretary Morrison of the Américan Federation of Labor, accord- ing to his own account of the matter, fund to the convention which opens Oct. 4 in Detroit. pledged recently in vartods regions visited by members of the British miners’ delegation continue to reach his office, He will make a de Meanwhile the sums Morrison estimated that about $125,000 has been sent to the British strikers from all trade union sources in America, The United Mine Workers and certain other organizations and the Women's Committee have sent their remittances direct to England, Y led report of the | Europe in a few hours, | I. W. A. ‘Anawee | The Central Trades and Labor Council of New York has sent a let- ter to the delegates to that body at- tacking the International Workers’ Aid for its collection ot-funds for the striking British miners. It is the opinion of the International Work- ill grace from the Central Trades and Labor Council in view of the record in regard to the question of support tof the British Miners’ Strike. The International Workers’ Aid is the American section of the Workers’ International Relief, international or- ganization thru which hundreds of thousands of dollars have been sent for the relief of the Britishyminers. Cook's Telegram. 4 After the strike of the miner} had been under way for some weeks, the International Workers’ Aid received the following cablegram from A. J. Cook, secretary of the British Miners’ Union: “On behalf British miners, hearty thanks I. W. A. Collecting money Is great assistance. This action unites workers in their opposition against great capitalists’ offensive. British miners defeat will be followed by de- feat of workers in every country. Therefore miners of Britain must not be defeated. We appeal for further lstance. Trouble reached acute stage against united forces of British government and capitalists. Children suffer most under trouble. 1. W. has been most helpful. We are using your funds to feed our children. They send you everlasting thanks. Our victory will be victory for all work- ers of the world. “A. J. Cook.” Upon receipt of this cablegram, the International Workers’ Aid ‘immedi- ately doubled its efforts for funds for the British miners. It redlized, how- ever that its unassisted ettort would not result fn raising such‘ ald as the British miners have a right to ex- pect from the American labor move- ment and it therefore sent the fol- lowing telegram to the | executive coune!l of the American Federation of Labor, asking it to take up the ques~ tion of British Miners’ Relief: Letter to President Green. June 12, 1926, “Wm, Green, President, “Executive Council, |“American Federation of Labor, | “Washington, D. C, “International Workers’ Aid thru its International organization and Secretary Cook of the British Miners’ Union has received an urgent request to initiate ~ campaign in the United States for relief funds for the British miners. The International Workers’ Ald has complied immediately and will do all in its power to support the splendid struggle of the million strik- ing miners thru rushing relief funds to them. It has already forwarded the first thousand dollars, We urge that the executive council of the American Federation of Labor come to the ald of the miners by Issuing a onli to ali | unions, central bodies, and inter. ers’ Aid that such action comes with} - during the word war into this belly hovers’ patieiameninal . Christen Trans-Atlantic Plane The great Sikorsky bi-plane Is shown here being christened by Mayor Walker of New York, preparatory to its attempted flight to Paris. cess of this venture will make commercial aviation between this country and Europe an accomplished fact. But It will be many years before anyone but the wealthiest plutocrats will be able to fly at ease over the expansive sea to The suc- THE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ AID ANSWERS ATTACK OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL TRADES JES AND LABOR COUNCIL The International Workers’ Ald in Aid in the toll following statement answers the vicious attack of the New York Central Trades and Labor Council on the I, W. A. for its activities in behalf of the striking British coal miners: tive council of the American Federa- tion of Labor. We will be glad to co-operate in such a campaign. Real- izing that organized labor movement of this country can be put solidly be- hind the fight of the British miners thru your action we urge you to help them win under the slogan, ‘Not a Penny Off, Not a Minute On’, “International Workers’ Ald “Bishop William Montgomery Brown, “Chairman, “Fred G. Biedenkapp, Secretary.” The executive council of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor took no ac- tion until four or five weeks later when it finally sent a circular letter to the local unions asking them to aid the British miners, but made no or- ganized effort to raise. funds, Aided Strikers From Beginning. Now, nearly four mon%hs after the strike. began, the American Federa- tion of Labor has finally been induced thru the delegation of the British min- ers to take active steps to raise funds for the miners’ strike. In contrast, the International Workers’ Aid has carried on an extensive campaign from the very beginning in an effort to aid the miners in their splendid struggle. We repeat, under these circum- stances, ft comes with dll grace from the Central Trades and Labor Coun- ctl of New York which for nearly four months has ignored the British min- ers’ strike to now make an attack up- on an organization which has been A.|aiding the miners from the begin- ning. Eyen so, the International Workers’ Aid weleomes the fact that at last the American Federation of Labor is really doing something to help the British miners, It will support all the strength of its organization the effort of the British miners’ delega- tion to raise funds for the ‘relief of the strikers, Many Unorganized, At the same time, it’ calls atten- tion to the fact that there ‘are mil- lions of workers who are not organ- ized in the trade union movement of this country who are not reached thru the trade union organization and that these workers will aid the British miners in their situation if, this situ- ation of the miners is called to their attention. While lending every aid to the British miners’ delegation to collect funds thru the trade union movement, it will at the same time continue in its work among the un- organized workers to raise money for the striking miners, Hlinols Armect Legion Unit Holds Meet at Springfield SPRINGFIELD, IIL, Sept. 13. — The Illinois department of the American Legion is holding its eighth annual convention at the state arsenal here. Plans have been submitted to the or- wanization’s meet to launch a mem- bership drive in an attenipt to get more of those that were in the service peery WITH THEY j CONDUCTED BY TH MORKERS NG WORKERS LEAGUE seine arene RAH, RAH BOYS eeden LIFE. (Third Installment.) CITY living for the sons of the Ae The news of the world gives way to commencement day in the press, Not news of new scien- tists that are graduating with high honors, not news about professors’ re- sults of the year, but news about the football team, about the fifty-yard dash, about the rubber magnate who came all the way from his summer estate in Florida to be with his son at commencement. A whole state is in the throes of a strike. Men and women are beaten down, childrren are starving. The news is silent on this. A rich man’s son won a football game for a rich man’s school, Two columns dn the daily press. A country is on the verge of re- volt. That’s not worth printing. A rich man’s son pulls a funny stunt during class day. An entire column and a picture on the back page. Two working girls are violated on a state road and they mention the names of a couple of students, Sup- press it! Blackmail! The daughters of the rich weave a daisy chain and march thru their WORKERS WARNED OF VICIOUS OPEN SHOP CAMPAIGN New York Commercial Issues War Cry “Wherever possible, managements should take this opportunity to inau- gurate the open shop,” cries the New York Commercial, mouthpiece of the eastern financial interests, in an edi- torial July 10. The importance to labor of this dec- laration of war demands its publica- tion in full: “Now Is the Time to Open Shop.” “The immediate outlook is for a de- cided increase in the number and im- portance of labor disturbances, Dur- ing the coming few months there will be an increasing number of strikes, and the number of demands for higher wages or sliorter hours will be consid- erably enlarged. Evidence of this in- crease is even now visible, but to- day’s visibility will prove, in our opin- ion, only the start to greater propor- tions that will probably reach their peak in September or October. Caution Is Urged. “In some cases or where particular conditions prevail it would not be wis- dom for managements to precipitate open shop acceptance directly out of a clear, blue union sky. In a great many other cases, however, a demand for advanced wages or the threat of a strike would be all the justification needed to throw overboard the adher- ence to unionism and inaugurate the open-shop American plan. Denounces Union Shop. “Totally disregarding the merits of the open-shop system and the utter lack of merit of the closed shop, such action at this time would be backed by the fact that the status of the em- ployed is better today than at any time since the slump of 1920; that the decline in commodity prices since the first of the year has more than neu- tralized the slight upward trend in liv- ing costs, and that the average num- ber of hours worked and the average weekly earnings have been higher this year than at any time since 1922. All of which means that demands for ad- vanced wages or decreased hours of work are entirely out of place at this time. That such demands will be made, however, abundant evidence in- dicates. “That wherever possible manage- ments should take this opportunity to inaugurate the open shop is also un- questioned by every one having at heart the welfare of American indus- try.”—New York Commercial, July 10, 1926, 200 Italians Caught on Way Into Canada HALIFAX, N. §., Sept, 13. — Cana- dian authorities have balked an at- tempt to smuggle about 200 Italians into Canada, it became known today with the arrival of the Italian steamer Dori. Immigration officials co-operating with the royal mounted police took the Italian immigrants into custody and seized the ship's papers. The im- migrants, all of whom had paid heavi- ly to be smuggled into Canada, had all been landed at Mill Gove, on St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia, Stage Employes Gain Raise, NEW ORLBANS—(FP)—The Al- Hed Stage Employes union signed a 2- year contract with the New Orleans theaters and picture houses provid- ing for a proj ive advance in wages during the life of the contract. About 700 men are aifected, We will send sample copies of The DAILY WORKER to your friende— ee es wel » 9 Dea alt WS ord AHN campus. Every paper in the coun try carries the picture and a story. ee It is late at night. There is a aude den drunken singing on the streets, rioting, wild laughter. The city stirs in its sleep and smiles—“Those col lege boys. They are such a happy bunch.” It is late at night and the factories of the college town blink at the moon with théir wan yellow lights. They are filled with children and young people doing hard and dangerous work, wearing their bones out to lay up a fortune that the owners might send their sons and daughters to cole lege. It is the youth blood of these young people and children that filla the fat money purses of the owners, It is their blood that sends the own- ers to college. It is their blood that stains the wine and buys the cham- pagne with which the rich man’s son celebrates his commencement night It is their blood that keeps him young jwst Mke it was the blood of that shrunken little street sweeper that flushed and filled the cheeks of the class of '81. —AUGUSTA SUNGAILs. (The End.) De Rivera Declares Mutineers Will Be. Severely Punished! MADRID, Sept. 13. — “The leaders | of the rebellion are going to be punish- , eh severely,” says Dictator Primo de Rivera, thus giving a different angle on the matter of punishment of the military mutineers, whom last week it was rumored the king had prevented de Rivera from excessively punishing. Regarding the establishing of a par- liamentary democracy in government, | de Rivera is equally hard-boiled. He | says: “A parliamentary, democratic gow erment may come eventually but thera is still much to do before the people are ready for it.” The “patriotic union” which fs drag ging out reluctant electors to forca a vote supporting the government in the plebiscite now going on, reports that 139,541 “votes” were cast in the first two days, Rivera, who*has ar ranged the rules of the game so that no votes can be cast against the gow ernment, claims a “great success.” PAWTUCKET, R, IL—(FP)— Sok, way Mills strikers, fighting a 10% wage cut, rejected the management's offer of a 5% cut. 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