The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 23, 1926, Page 4

> Page Four THE DAILY WORKE Workers (Communist) Party © W. P, Election Campaign Tours J. Louis Engdahl. Over two hundred workers crowded to hear J. Engdahl, editor of The} DAILY WORKER, speak at an open| alr mee here at Worcester, Mass., n “Th rs and the Old Parties.” | eat deal of enthustasm and a le collection was made as well as a good deal of liter} ature sold. Max Lerner also spoke from the same platform with Com- rade Ex 1 The that make up the big campaign tour ahi is now en- ing will be in a@ whole se country-wide ¢ me ning meetings of his )—Wednesday, Sept. 23, oLIS—Friday, Sept. 24, 4th St. ST. PAUL ay, Sept. 25, MILWAUKEE—Sunday, Sept. 26, 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 candl- dates will appear officially on the baliot In the primary elections to be held Tuesday, September 14: Governor, William Reynolds, Congress, 13th District, Willlam Molienhauer, Congress, ner. Congress, 9th District, Daniel C. Holder, 1st Dist, Harry Kish- Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania—The following were the candidates nominated: Governor, H. M. Wicks. Lleutenant-Governor, jess Secretary of Internal Affairs, Max Jenkins. United States Senator, E. J. Cary. State Legislature, first district, Ernest Careathérs and Anna Wels- man. Second District, Mike Blaskovitz and Celia Paransky. Seventh District, Margaret Yeager. Parthenla Eighth District, Susie Kendra and | Peter Skrtic. Ninth District, Willlam P. Mikades Thirty Fourth District, Sam Shore. State Senator, William Schmidt. Colorado. Governor, Willlam Dietrich, United States Senator, James A. Ayers. Secretary of State, Nelson Dewey. State Treasurer, Leonard Forsch- ler, Superintendent of Publio Instruc- tion, Helena Dietrich. State Auditor, O. McSwain, ee PETITION CAMPAIGNS IN PROGRESS TO PUT THESE CAN- DIDATES ON THE BALLOTS: Illinois. J. Louis Engdahl, candidate for United States Senator from Illinois. 8. Hammersmark, for congress man from 7th congressional district. Mathilda Kalousek, congresswo man for 6th congressional] district. Elizabeth Griffin, congresswoman for 1st congressional district. New York. Governor, Benjamin Gitlow. Lieu- tenant Governor, Franklin P. Brill, Attorney General, Arthur 8, Leeds. State Comptroller, Jullet Stuart Poyntz. (Manhattan) Assembly 6th District, Benjamin Lifschitz, Assembly 8th District, Rebecca Grecht. Assembly 17th Dis trict, Julius Codkind. Assembly 18th District, Abraham Markoff. Con- Gress 13th District, Charles Krum- bein. Congress 14th District, Alex- ander Trachtenberg, Congress 20th District, William W. Welnstone. Senate 14th District, Elmer T, Alll- son, (Bronx) Assembly 3rd Qist., Elias Marks, Assembly 4th District, Isidore Stein- zer. Assembly 5th District, Charles Zimmerman, Assembly 7th District. Joseph Boruchowitz, Congress 23rd District, Molssaye J. Olgin. (Brooklyn) Assembly 6th District, George Primoff. Assembly 14th District, Samuel! Nesin. Assembly 23rd Dis tric, Fannie Warshafsky. Congress 10th District, Bertram D, Wolfe. Senate 7th District, Morris Rosen. Winans Make it a weekly habit, @NE DOLLAR A YEAR. er 1l proceed west: | Bertram D. Wolfe. “Who Owns the Government?” This is the subject of the campaign talks of | Bertram D, Wolfe, director of the New |York Workers’ School and candidate \for congressman the (Communist) Party ticket, who is now touring the western part of the coun- try. Comrade Wolfe's tour is: SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—Sept, 23, LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Co-operative Hall, 2706 Brooklyn Av SAN FRANCISOO, Cal. PORTLAND, Ore.—Sept. | ASTORIA, Ore.—Sept, 30, TACOMA, Wash.—Oct, 1. MT. VERNON, Wash.—Oct, 3, SEATTLE, Wash.—Oct, 3, | SPOKANE, Wash.—Oct, 5. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Oct. 8. ST, PAUL, Minn.—Oct. 9. J. O. Bentall. Flint, Mich., is the place where J. 0. Bentall, who is covering this territory |in the September campaign tour, will |speak tomorrow, Sept, 23, on the sub- ject: “What Can the Workers Expect From the Elections?” The rést of his meetings are: FLINT, Mich.—Thursday, Sept, 23. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich—Friday, Sept. 24. MUSKEGON-—Saturday, Sept. 25, Rebecca Grecht. on state of Ohio in the September elec- tion campaign tour, will speak at subject is: “What Can Workers Ex- | Dect from the Hlections?” | meetings is as follows: YOUNGSTOWN, O.—Sept, 23, WARREN, O.—Sept, 23. CANTON, 0.—Sept. 24. AKRON, O.—Sept. 25. ERI, Pa—Sept. 26. H. M. Wicks. The New England states are the ter- titory which H. M. Wicks, well-known | labor speaker and candidate for U. S. senator in Pennsylvania, is covering F: Comrade Wicks, who is speaking on ‘What Can the Workers Expect From | |the Elections?” wi be at Haverhill, | Mass, today and from there to other |cities in Massachusetts according to |this Mat: | HAVERHILAL—Wednesday, Sept:.23, LAWRENCE—Thursday, Sept. 23, LOWELL—friday, Sept. 24. FITCHBURG—Saturday, Sept. 25. GARDNER—Sunday, Sept. 26. SPRINGFIELD—Monday, Sept. 27. | HOYLOKE—Tuesday, Sept. 28 | PITTSFIELD—Wednesday, Sept. 29. 1 | | | | | Distribute a half million |EVERY WORKER— In your: shop In your trade union MUST GET A PAMP ‘Workers | Rebecca Grecht, who is covering the | Youngstown, Ohio, today, Sept. 22. Her | Her list of | |{n a September election campaign tour. | Bertram Wolfe to Speak in Frisco Next Sunday Night | SAN FRANCISCO, | Cal., | Bertram D, Wolfe, director of Work- \ers’ School, New York City, will lec- jlecture on “Who Owns Our Goy- jernment?” Sunday evening, Sept. 26, at 8 o'clock at 225 Valencia street. Admission, 25 cents, Friday evening, Oct. 1, at 8 o’clock 225 Valencia street the Young | Workers (Communist) League will }celebrate International Youth Day. There will be good speakers and musi- cal numbers, Admission is free, Sept, 21.— at Cleveland Party Arranges Big Social CLEVELAND, Sept. 21—A fine so- cial evening has been arranged by the Cleveland comrades, This will be on Sunday, Oct. 8, at 6 p.m, at the Jawish Singing Soctety Hall, 3514 B. 116th St. A basket party has been arranged, the comrades being request- ed to bring along the baskets, which will be auctioned off. A burlesque show has been arranged. Admis- sion ts free, Cleveland Will , Discuss Russian Party Controversy CLEVELAND, Sept. 21—The mem- bership .of the Workers (Communist) |Party is interested in what is tran- spiring in the Russian Communist Party. In order that there may be a |full discussion of all the issues in- | volved—which concerns not only the ; Russfan party, but every section of |the Communist International, a meet- ing has been arranged at the Gar- dina Hall, 6025 St. Clair, Room 301, on Saturday, Sept. 25, at 8 p. m. Los Angeles Press Picnic. | LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The United | Worker’s Press Picnic will be held October 10th, eat Rose Hill Park. ‘Young Workers of Los Angeles, please reserve this Sunday for this occasion. | Nekets only fifty cents. Good speak- lers, sports, and games. Leave your lunches at home. We will serve a plate lunch and refreshments. ‘This will be the greatest outdoor celebra- tion of the year, for fourteen different | organizations have participated to, put | this affair across. Remember the date, October 10th. Your patronage of this affair means the success of our most prized agitator, the Young Worker. Ag By rls Sint | ONTO 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. 44000 copies of the pamphlet by C, E. RUTHENBERG The Workers (Communist) Party, What It Stands For, Why Every Worker Should Join already THIS IS NOT ENOUGH!! In your neighborhood COPY OF THIS HLET! To party units 2/,c a copy—Order from: National Office, Workers Party, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, III. end BERTRAM ADMIBBION 26a, BERTRAM D, WOLFE IS COMING TO LOS ANGELES! Director of the Workers’ School in New York will address a POLITICAL MEETING | SATURDAY EVENING, | | } at Co-operative Center, 2706 Brooklyn Ave, Los Angeles D. WOLFE SEPTEMBER 25, 1926 Auspices, Worker's (Communist) Party, | | . ols Action of By C, E. RUTHENBERG, Exeo. Sec’y. Workers (Communist) Party, HE National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party has sound- | ed a note of alarm to the locals and | members of* that organization and made what the St. Louis “Labor” terms “an important request” to the | units of the party, This “important request” is nothing less than a seven point warning to the locals of the Socialist Party not to permit themselves to become part of* united action of the workers in their present day struggles, HE locals of the Socidiist Party, according to the redwest of the National Executive Committee should not enter the fight for the protection lof the foreign-born workers by par- tictpating in the organization of coun- |cils for the protection of the foreign- | born. They must not join in a united |fight egainst discrimination from which the Negroes suffer. ‘They must remain away from the united move- ment for the release of political pris- oners nor should they afd workers in a strike, The Reason For This Warning. HE reason for this warning of the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party is that the Com- munists are often the leaders and the initiators of united front movements to fight in the workers’ interests, For the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party, it is a crime for |the socialists to join with trade union organizations, workers’ fraternal or- ganizations and Communists in a united front struggle to prevent the foreign-born workers from being reg- istered, photographed and fingerprint- ed or to figit against racial discrimi- nation from which the Negro suffers or to take action to help workers who are fighting the bosses for higher wages and better working conditions thru a strike, HIS warning has however, a deeper significance than the mere fear on the part of the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party that the members or units of that organ- ization may really participate in the struggles of the workers.’ Many local organizations of the Socialist Party have ignored the policy of the Na- tional Executive Committee of keep- ing the workers from uniting to fight their immediate battles ‘against the capitalist exploiters. Theré fre, in the Socialist Party, many sincere workers who still believe that thé’ Socialist Party is an organization fighting in the workers’ interests. Branches of the Socialist Party in “Which such workers predominate havé, in spite of all the past warnings, ati@ denuncia- tions by the leaders of thé Socialist Party, joined in united front action in the interests of the workers even tho those actions were initiated and led by Communists. These working class members and units of the Socialist Party dominated by such thembers do not fear to be associated’ with Com- munists in a common struggle to aid striking workers or to protect foreign- born workers against exception laws which would register, fingerprint and photograph them like criminals. OCIALIST locals have joined with trade union representatives, with representatives of tho fraternal organ- izations of foreign-born workers and with the Communists in forming Councils for the Protection of the Foreign-Born Workers. It has been thru the mass pressure of these coun- ceils that the enactment of these ex- ception laws by congress has been prevented, Now the National Execu- tive Committee of the Socialist Party warns its locals to keep out of sxch a struggle to protect the foreign-born workers, J bears same has been true in relation to the great struggle of the strik- ing textile workers of Passaic. Many socialist locals could not be prevented from joining in the united front move- ment to support the Passaic workers in their heroic strike. The socialist locals have joined with trade union- ists, Communists, workers’ fraternal organizations in forming relief oom- mittees for the Passaic strikers, The National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party tells the socialist lo- cals to get out of these relief com- mittees and let the Passaic workers fight their own battles, OCIALIST locals have ‘deen found themselves in united front politi- cal conferences formed for the pur- pose of promoting independent politi- cal action and participated in by trade union representatives, fraternal or- ganization representatives and Com- munists, in addition to the socialists. The National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party is opposed to such a movement to break the workers away from the republican and dem- ocratic parties and to organize them for an independent political struggle thru the formation of a labor party. It warns its locals to keep out of such organizations for united action on the political fleld. HE National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party is even against the united front movement to win complete political, educational, industrial, and social equality for the Negroes of this country, The socialist locals must not patricipate in united action to fight against racial diserim!- nation against the Negro.ic | WIL The Socialist Locals Abandon HE instructions of the National Socialist Party Fights Unity of Workers fore those locals made up of workers who wish to participate in the work- ers’ struggles in this country, the question whether they shall abandon the class struggle or whether they shall abandon the Socialist Party. There could be no greater confes- sion of bankruptcy so far as fighting for the workers’ interests in this coun- try is concerned, than this seven point statement constituting “an important request” by the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party, HE National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party endeavored to confuse the view placed hefore the socialist locals by refereive to finan- cial domination of these organizations by the Communists, But no workers will be deceived by this. The instruc- tions to the socialist locals actually mean that these locals must keep out of every movement of the American workers which represents a fight on the basis of the class struggle, be- cause every such struggle in this country has been either initiated, or is being led or supported by the Com- munists, The issue before the socialist locals is whether they will participate in such united action by the workers against their capitalist. exploiters or give up the idea of the class struggle. HH National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party will fool no one by its reference to the Com- munist leadership of such united front movements. Where the Communists have become the leaders of the united front movement of the workers, it has been because they have won the con- fidence and support of the workers thru their services in the common struggle. If they have initiated united front action thru which the workers have been able to make a better fight against the capitalist bosses, that is to their credit. The fact that this is so, shows that the Communist pro- gram today is a program thru which the workers can achieve results and relieve themselves from some of the oppression and exploitation from which they suffer and against which they are struggling at the present time. What Does Debs Say? HERE is another phase of this statement of the National Execu- tive Committee of the Socialist Party which deserves attention. Eugene V. Debs is the chairman of the National Executive Committee. It is not likely that he participated or approved of the statement of the Socialist Party. He is reported ill at his home in Terre Haute, Ind. But the workers of this country will want to know the opinion of Eugene V. Debs of this statément of the Na- tional Executive Committee of which he is the chairman. HE workers have heard Debs make eloquent appeals for united action against the capitalist exploiters. For more than twenty-five years, he has been an advocate of unity of the work- ing class in their struggle against the capitalists. Will Eugene V. Debs approve of the instructions of his National Executive Committee to refuse to join in united action for the protection of the for- eign-born workers, for the fight against discrimination against the Negroes, for the fight to release politi- cal prisoners and in support of the strikes of the workers? fay socialist locals which, in spite of the reactionary policies of the National Executive Committee of their party, have joined in the workers’ struggles will want to know where Debs stands on these questions, The workers generally who honor Debs for his years of struggle in the work- ers’ cause in spite of his continued adherence to the Socialist Party, will want to know his stand on the effort of the National Executive Committee of his party to divide the workers in place of uniting them, UGENE V. DEBS should not per- mit such a stain to be placed upon his record as will be place@ there if he permits the action of the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party, of which he is chairman, to go unchallenged. The self-respecting workers in the locals of the Socialist Party, if they are sincere in their desire to fight the workers’ struggles, will repudiate this action of the National Executive Com- mittee to divide the workers in place of endeavoring to unite them for the class struggle. Brick and Clay Union Holds Convention on Mississippi Steamer Members of the United Brick and clay workers left Chicago today for Peoria, Ills, where they will board the steamship “Cape Girardeau” for an inspection and observation cruise of the lakes to Gulf Water route. Sessions of their annual convention will be held aboard the boat enroute. A special trip will be made to Belle- ville, Ils., after the delegates Tand in The oldest local of the brick and clay workers outside of Chi- St. Louis, cago, is in Belleville, “Say it with your ae In the worker |BtTeet svn Executive Committaenot the So- Parte te a sages > | SORRAE ee correspondent page Om Sete of The DAILY CONDUCTED = BY Thi the child labor law despite the Under the Maryland law, the r sponsibility for violations of the law rests with the employer. There were 458 violations during the year. The first Maryland child labor law was passed in 1912, with provisions for inspectors under the State Child Labor Bureau to enforce it. Many inspectors, Commissioner In- sley points out, received appointments to the Bureau as rewards for po}itical services. These inspectors he declar- es, has little knowledge of the child labor law and little inclination to en- force it. For a number of years after the first child labor lew was passed, child labor inspectors were unknown in many counties. The police judges of Baltimore, whose children of course never be- come the child elaves of the Mary- land canneries, protected the child la- bor exploiters in their nefarious work. British Youth to Send Delegation to Soviet Union LONDON, England, Sept. 4— (By Mail.)—Comrade Tristram, N. Leeds I. L, P. Guild of Youth, presided over a very keen and representative con- ference at the Morris Hall on Satur- day afternoon in Leeds, Young miners, textile workers, gar- ment workers, engineers were promi- ment among the delegates and all spoke heartily in favor of sending a British young workers’ delegation to look over the situation in the Soviet Union, at the earliest possible mo- ment. The secretary of the Leeds Central Campaign Committee, reported on the activities since the last congress. Finance was coming in well, but more was wanted and many organizations had written requiring further particu- lars. A suggestion was made from the floor of the conference that later on the Russian young workers should be invited to send a delegation to Eng- land to see the conditions of the young workers in capitalist Britain. The suggestion found great favor. ECM tome a Cor! CORRESPONDENT rr Ye nek Chieasin, Mh, Avpuet, 180 qpeme Prine # Cone Bat He Must Also Write! SUBSCRIBE Only 50 Cents a Year. The American Worker Correspondent 1113 W. Washington Blivd., Chicago, Ill. YOUR YOUNGSTER will be just as pleased to receive ‘ THE YOUNG COMRADE SUBSCRIBE FOR HIM! It’s only 50c a year, Fill in this coupon and send it to: THE YOUNG COMRADE, 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, III. Send the Young Comrade to; NAMie cssessnsssesessorronscneesesorsesonsnsnssocossvegsensosonge sovennmerssnvensensannenaneeananan snes Btat@reeens | NG WORKERS LEAGUE POLICE JUDGES PROTECT CHILD LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS IN MD. BALTIMORE, pick! ag ‘employers continue to violate alleged rigid enforcement policy adopted in 1924. The annual report of T. Knox Insley, Commis~ sioner of Labor and Statistics states almost as much. 17 Year Mucker Killed in Tunnel Explosion KANSAS CITY, Mg. Sept. 21. — Eight muckers lost their lives in an explosion that occurred at 5:25 a, m, September 15, in the new intake tun- nel to the Kansas City waterworks that 1s being constructed under the Missour! River. One of the eight muckers was a husky lad of 17 whose life was sacrificed due to carelessness on the part of the construction com- pany. The “graveyard shift’ as the night shift is called, works in a tunnel 250 feet below the Missouri River from 11 p. m. to 7 a.m. .At 12:30 the blow plant broke down and the fan stop- ped. The foreman ordered the men out but at 4:80 he ordered and av companied them back in the shaft to continue work. At 5:25 the explosion occurred that cost the lives of eight muckers; the 17-year-old lad, the fore- man and six others. One was a work- er who came. to the city for a vaca tion and needed a little extra money and decided to work a few weeks as a mucker. The explosion threw two machines weighing 4000 pounds over 20 feet and’ debris was thrown over a thousand feet. The shaft was in no condition for work ‘vhen the men went back. No air was in the shaft and gas had filled the space. The company says it is a mystery as to what caused the explosion. The mother of W. F. Baily, the youth that was killed, had asked the construction company several days be fore to discharge her boy as he was too young to do this kind of work, The company took no steps to comply with the request of the mother and the youth was too glad to make “good money” that is paid for this danger- ous work, Daily Worker CONCERT 2P.M. 2 SUNDAY, OCT. 10 Central Opera House 67th Street and Third Avenue, New York City. ADMISSION 50 CENTS. ee oan Tickets on sale at Dafly Worker Eastern Agency, 108 Hast 14th Street, and by every unit of the Workers Party, the Young Workers League and the Pio~ neers, —— Any Daily Worker Agent, not yet supplied with tickets, should call for them at once, oo. YOU'LL STAY UP NIGHTS —— the new LITERATURE CATALOG of the Daily Worker Publishing Co, Hundreds of books are described and indexed and the cat: oe is sent FREE REQ' , ret |