The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 28, 1926, Page 4

| | | / 4 i T 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 followitig 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, 1st Dist., Harry Kish ner. Congress, 9th District, Daniel C. Holder, Pennsylvania. Pennsylivania—The following were the candidates nominated: Governor, H. M. Wicks. Lieutenant-Governor, Hills, Secretary of Internal Affalrs, Max Jenkins, United States Senator, E. J. Cary. State Legislature, first district, Ernest Careathers and Anna Wels- man. Second District, Mike Blaskovitz and Celia Paransky. For Congress. Seventh District, Margaret Yeager. Eighth District, Susie Kendra and Peter Skrtic. Ninth District, William P. Mikades Thirty Fourth District, Sam Shore. State Senator, William Schmidt. Parthenia Colorado. - Governor, William Dietrich, United States Senator, James A. Ayers. Secretary of State, Nelson Dewey. State Treasurer, Leonard Forsch- ler. Superintendent of Public Instrue tion, Helena Dietrich. State Auditor, O. McSwain, Massachusetts. Governor, Lewis Marks. Lieut. Governor, Albert Oddie. U. S. Sen- ator, John J. Ballam. Treasurer, Winfield A. Dwyer. Auditor, Emma P. Hutchins, Attorney General, Max Lerner. Secretary of State, Harry J. Canter, Ohio. Canton, Stark County State Senator, 41st District, Cari _Guillod. State Assemblyman, 21st Disrict, Peter Pichler. a6 16 . FARMER-LABOR PARTY CANDI- DATES SUPPORTED BY THE * WORKERS PARTY: OHIO Allen County Judge of the Codrt of Common Pleas, Edwin Blank. Representa- tlve to the General Assembly, Cor- bin N. Shook. Sheriff, B. K. Mo- Kercher. County Auditor, C. E. Thompkins. County Commissioner, Karl W. Frey. County Treasurer, Frank Clay. County Recorder, L. L. Landis. Prosecuting Attorney, Carl B. Blank. Clerk of the Courts, Rob- ert J. Kelley. WASHINGTON J. L. Freeman, candidate United States senate Party. “ber ae 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 S, Leeds. State Comptroller, Juliet Stuart Poyntz. (Manhattan) Assembly 6th District, Benjamin Lifechitz. Assembly 8th District, Rebecca Grecht, Assembly 17th Dis- trict, Julius Codkind. Assembly 18th District, Abraham Markoff. Oon- gress 13th District, Charles Krum- bein. Congress 14th District, Alex- ander Trachtenberg. Congress 20th District, William W. Weinstone. Senate 14th District, Elmer T, Alli- son, (Bronx) Assembly 3rd Dist., Elias Marks. Assembly 4th District, Isidore Stein- zer. Assembly 5th District, Charies Zimmerman, Assembly 7th District. Joseph Boruchowitz, Congress 23rd District, Moissaye 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. * Connecticut. Governor, William MacKenzie. Lieut. Governor, Edward Mrasko. Sec'y. Treas, Comptroller, John Gombos, of State, Jane H. Feldman, H, Wolfson, of the Farmer-Labor Workers (Communist) Party BY POLICE ON |Richard Moore Hauled | | Off Box NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Free speech rights were ruthlessly abridged when |Richard B. Moore, secretary of the |New York council of the American |Negro Labor Congress secretary of {the Harlem Educational Forum, and | |director of the Institute fot Social | Study, was arrested last Friday even- lon the northwest corner of 138th St. hana Seventh Ave. upon a charge made | |by Manager Burt of the Lafayette | Theater. | Peaceful Meeting. { Mr. Moore has participated actively | singe 1917 in social movements for tWe | intellectual, political, and economic im: provement of the condition of the working class in Harlem. He was holding a lawful and orderly meeting in conjunction with Dr, Hubert Harri- son staff lecturer of the Board of Edu- cation with whom he has spoken sev- eral times this summer. Drove On Sidewalk, He had just opened the meeting, having spoken not more than ten minutes on the general economic topics when a police car drove up on the sidewalk into the group of 50 or 60 persons who were listening and who had to jump aside to save them- selves. Mr. Moore went quietly to the | police station, *The charge entered against him by the theater manager wag “disorderly conduct” in violating exercising his constitutional rights as a citizen holding a perfectly legal and orderly meeting and that he knew of no injunction which he could in any way be held to have violated went take in custody to the night court. The lawyer who appeared in his de- |fense, moved for an adjournment in for Friday Sept. 24, 1926. The judge released Mr. Moore in the custody of | his attorney. The International Labor Defense is defending the case. |Robert W. Dunn to Give Course at N. Y. Workers’ School Robert W. Dunn, assistant director of Civil Liberties Union and one of |the best students of the American la- bor movement, has been added to the staff of teachers of the Workers’ School of New York City. He will give two courses—the first is “New Tactics of the Employers in the Un- ited States and How Workers Must Meet Them” and the second is “Amer- ican Foreign Investments.” The sec- ond course will be part of a general course on Imperialism which,- besides this course of Dunn’s, will include two short courses by Scott Nearing, “The Decline of the British Empire” and “Post War Problems in Europe.” Robert W. Dunn is both a student of and a participant in the American labor struggles. His books, “The La- bor Spy” (co-author with Sidney Howard), “Company Unionism” and “American Foreign Investments,” are classics in their various flelds. As to his activity in the labor movement, the Passaic strikers and the New York subway strikers can well testify as to his activity in their behalf. The bulletin of the Workers’ School can be secured by writing to Bertram D. Wolfe, director of the Workers’ School, 108 East 14 Street, New York City. “Say it with your pen In the worker correspondent page of The DAILY WORKER.” Bertram D. Wolfe. “Who Owns the Government?” This is the subject of the campaign talks of | Bertram 1D. Wolfe, director of the New York Workers’ School and candidate for congressman on the Workers (Communist) Party ticket, who is now touring the western part of the coun- try. Comrade Wolfe's tour is: PORTLAND, Ore.—Sept. 29 ASTORIA, Ore.—Sept. 30, TACOMA, Wash.—Oct. 1, MT. VERNON, Wash.—Oct. 2, SEATTLE, Wash.—Oct, 8, 2, Wash.—Oct, 5, POLIS, Minn.--Oct. 8. , Minn.—Oct. 9, H. M. Wicks. The New England states are the ter- ritory which H, M. Wicks, well-known labor speaker and candidate for goy- lernor of Pennsylvania, is covering |in a September election campaign tour, Comrade Wicks, who fs speaking on “What Can the Workers Expect From the Elections?” will be«at Lowell, Mass., today and frém there to other cities in Massachusett™ according to this listy | HOYLOKE—Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1 PITTSFIBLD—Wednesday, Sopt, 29. | an injunction. His protest that he was | unheeded by the court and he was | | order to prepare the case which was | granted by the judge who set the case | HE DAILY WORKER SPEAKER NABBED [Are You Registered As a Party Member? 108. ies 1) ae 4330. 4726. 5027 5452. party work in the election campaign dependent political action, is at the bership of the party. to make the registration, the United This means that those members the United Labor Ticket Assessment | must place the United Labor Ticket in order to be registered as members | AFTER EXAMINING THE BOOKS | THE NATIONAL OFFICE. in which to buy a fifty cent stamp. special stamp during such a period. members by November 15, for it immediately, that every member is registered thru stamp, They have already made their registration. more than five thousand members who have not yet paid the assessment | HARLEM CORNER An Important Announcement for Every Party Member. . Jane 1 i Sad. . August | . September 1 . September 8 . September 15 . September 22 has now progressed sufficiently for the party to take a registration of the |membership after the reorganization, The United Labor Ticket Assessment, while made to provide funds for and to advance the movement for in- same time a registration of the mém- The National Office has decided to complete the collection of the assess- ment in the form of a party registration. In place of issuing a new stamp Labor Ticket Assessment Stamp will be considered a registration stamp in the reorganized party. of the party who have already paid ‘WILL NOT have to pay for another On the other hand, the Assessment Stamp in their dues books in the reorganized party, Every party nucleus must immediately make an examination of the dues books of the members belonging to the nucleus and find out whether each member has the United Labor Ticket Asséssment Stamp in his book. If a member has not purchased his stamp the registration must be explained to him and also the reason why he must purchase the stamp. THOSE NUCLEI WHICH HAVE MADE A SETTLEMENT FOR THE STAMPS AND HAVE RETURNED THE UNSOLD STAMPS SHOULD, OF ITS MEMBERS, ORDER A SUF- FICIENT NUMBER OF STAMPS SO AS TO PROVIDE ONE FOR EACH MEMBER WHO HAS NOT PURCHASED ONE. THE NUCLEI WHICH HAVE NOT SETTLED FOR THBIR STAMPS | SHOULD MAKE A SIMILAR SURVEY AND SEE THAT EVERY MEMBER | PURCHASES A STAMP AND THEN MAKE THEIR SETTLEMENT WITH The period for the registration will be extended to November 15. By | that time eyery comrade who considers him or herself a member of the | Party must haye the United Labor Ticket Assessment Stamp in his or her ;dues book. That means that the membership will have had SIX MONTHS Every party member can purchase a There are between TEN AND TWELVE THOUSAND MEMBERS IN THE PARTY AFTER THE REORGANIZATION. The total number of: United Labor Ticket Registration Stamps sold must include every one _of these we The party members can facilitate this registration by examining their dues books, and if they have not a stamp, going to their nucleus secretary The nucleus secretary must assume the responsibility for seeing to it purchasing his stamp, DISTRICT 8 S. S. CONVENTION SUPPORTS PARTY UNIFICATION The following resolution was adopt- ed by a conference of delegates from the South Slavic fractions in District 8 of the Party which was held re- cently: 4 The convention of the South Slavic fractions of District 8, discussing the position of our party, the present poli- tical and economic situation, realizes the great difficulty which confronts the present C. E. C. thru which it must struggle to prevent the disputes left from the recent struggle and which have damaged the development of our party. For that reason the delegates una- nimously declare as follows: 1, The convention is conscious of necessity of the complete unity of phe party and the centralization of the same and for that reason stand unani- mously with the C. BE. C. and will support every action of the C. E. C. for unity and liquidation of all causes for further disputes because if the W. P, Election Campaign Tours Ben Gitlow Ben Gitlow, who is well-known to the workers of this country as a mili- tant fighter in the ranks of labor, be- gins his big election campaign tour under the banner of the Workers Communist Party with a meeting in New Haven on September 29, Work- ers in cities all over the country— Comrade Gitlow’s tour will take him all the way from New Haven to Mil- waukee—will have the opportunity of hearing the 1924 vice-presidential can- didate of the Workers Party and its present gubernatorial candidate in New York on: “WHAT CAN ‘THE ELECTIONS DO FOR THE WORK- ERS?" The complete tour tollows: NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Sept. 29, BOSTON, Mags.—-Sept. 80. WORCESTER, Mass.—Oct, 1, ROCHESTER, N. Y.—Oct. 2. BUFFALO, N. Y.—Oct. 3. CLEVELAND, Ohio—Oct, 4, DETROIT, Mich.—Oct. 5. CHICAGO, Il.—-Oct.” 6 MILWAUKEB, Wis,-<Oct, 10, TOLEDO; Oni 1, PITTSBURGH, Oct. 12. BALTIMORE, M et. 18, PHILADELPHIA, jot. 14, causes are liquidated, this’ guarantees the party’s successful development. 2. The convention greets. the ac- tions of the C. B. C. that it has taken in the mentioned direction and we are of the opinion that it will take it in the future. We declare our willing- ness to support the C. EB. C; in that direction for reaching our aims. 3. For the successful enforcement of the decisions and actions of the ©. BE. C. in the above mentioned direc- tion, the convention demands from the newly elected committee to use all its power and ability to carry out the decisions and actions of the C. E. C. to bring the best understanding to the membership of the South Slavic com- rades in this district and so carry them into practice, 4. The convention unanimously ac- cepts the following goal: Unity above everything! Long live the Workers (Communist) Party of America! Long live the Communist Interna- tional! Chicago, Ill, Aug. 15, 1926, District No, 8 convention of the South Slavic fractions, Workers Party of America. District or- ganizer, Geo, Boyanovich, That worker next door to you may not have anything to do to night. Hand him this copy of the DAILY WORKER. By ROSE PASTOR STOKES 1, Because I am of the working class and know from experience the conditions of slavery under capital- ism, 2, Because | have a free spirit and cannot tolerate these conditions with- out protest, 3. Because I have an active mind that has always sought solutions, 4, Because I have a scientific mind that is content not with half truths but with the facts of history. 5. Because in my search I have come to recognize that all history 1s hut a series of class struggles. 6. Because today I see conditions preparing for the final tet that | will usher in the era of ing class power for the establishnignt of the ci as nociety, , WORKERS PARTY IN MINNESOTA F.-L,P, CAMPAIGN Urge Class Action (Special to The Dally Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 26. — Increased stimulus to develop the Workers (Communist) Party cam- paign in support of the Farmer-Labor ticket in the Minnesota elections, grew out of the mass meeting held here at Moose Hall addressed. by J. Louis Engdahl, Communist candidate for United States senator in Illinois and Norman Tallentire, the party’s district organizer for the Minnesota | district. Engdahl reviewed the recent de- velopments in the attack being made by the republican forces on the Farm- er-Labor movement, in which it was using the democratic party, almost wiped out in this state, as its willing tool. Engdahl urged that the problem now was to hold the farmer-labor lines in- tact against the atgack of the capital- ist parties and thelr kept press, an attack that was getting support from traitor elements within the farmer- labor movement. ‘ is Numerous non-party elements were present at the meeting and new mem- bers were secured for the party. Lunch Club Scene of Debate. Engdahl also addressed the Minnea- polis Saturday Lunch Club at the in- vitation of its chairman, S. A. Stock- well, former state senator. Engdahl followed Lincoln Colcord, contributor for The New Republic, a liberal week- ly, who urged that the farmer-labor- ites capture the democratic party, as the non-partisans had captured the republican party in North Dakota. Colcord also heralded the “Committee of 48,” now defunct, as the leader of the so-called third party movement. Engdahl replied to Colcord by ex- posing the record of the democratic party since it was first established to serve the needs of the southern slave | holding aristocracy. He pointed out that the workers must have a party of their own growing out of their own economic needs. This party must struggle against the two old parties. Engdahl showed the relation of the Workers (Communist) Party to the Engdahl and Tallentiré| Red Army in Soviet Union Is Educator of Its Members, Workers and Farmers A short time ago The DAILY WORKER YOUTH COLUMN pub- Note: MORKER WMG WORKERS LEAGUE lished a letter from the 10th Cavalry Division of the Red Army. The follow- ing is the reply of the representative of the Young Workers (Communist) League in Moscow to this letter, which contrasts the life of the Red Army soldiers with that of the soldiers in capitalist armies, Moscow, U. 8. 8, R. Sept. 1. Liaison Commission, 5 10th Cavairy Army Division. Dear Comrades: Upon my return from my vacation I found your letter awaiting me, and 1 am hastening to answer it, so that we shall be in close contact continually. I wag very glad to get your letter, as I was beginning to think that the one I had sent you had not reached you. Red Army Is Educator. I was particularly pleased—and the comrades in America will likewise be Pleased—to read in your letter of the splendid work you are conducting among the masses of the population in the locality where you are sta- tioned. I have already written to the comrades in America of this phase of your activity, which is so different ; from the activity of an ordinary army. The Red Army is indeed more than an army—tt is also the educator of its own members and of the workers and peasants with whom it comes into con- tact in its work. That is one of the reasons why the Red Army is so much stronger than the bourgeois armies. The bourgeois armies are not inter- ested either in the welfare of the soldiers or of the inhabitants. We therefore find not infrequently that the peasants hate the troops stationed in their neighborhood, because these troops, while not contributing any- thing to the population in any form, still do a lot of harm, such as appro- priating food without paying or by paying very little, interfering with the work on the land, etc. On the con- trary, the Red Army\not only does not interfere with the peasants, but ac- tually teaches them how to become better husbandmen. As a result of this, the Red Army is loved by the peasants. I was also very much pleased with the progress that is being made in drive for the labor party. Colcord Gets Little Support. Even among the liberals who attend the forums of the Saturday Lunch Club, Colcord got little support for his position. ractically every speaker’ that joined in the discussion urged the cause of the Farmer-Labor party, some of them pointing out the failure of the non-partisan league experiment in the republican party in North Dakota, Engdah] was showered with ques- tions as to the situation within the Union of Soviet Republics. The gather- ing seemed satisfied with his answers. Coe or; Engdah! Speaks in St. ee. Following his meeting in Minnea- polis, Engdah! will speak in St. Paul, Minn., Milwaukee, Wisc., and then re- turn to Chicago, Are You Coming to the Russian I. L. D. Affair Next Sunday, Oct. 3rd? What.promises to be the biggest I. L, D. affair of the season is being ar- ranged by the Russian branch of the International Labor Defense for Sun- day, Oct. 3, at Walsh Hall, cor, Noble and Milwaukee Ave. A concert in ‘which some of the best talent of the Russian and Ukrainian colonies of Chicago will participate, a perform- ance and a dance will follow. The well-known Russian actress Miss Sviet, and Mrs. Maller, dramatic sop- rano, are among these who will parti- cipaté in the program, The_names of some of the participants cannot be ad- vertised for certain reasons. A sur- prise is promised to those who will attend the affair. The Russian Work- ers Singing Society, the Mandolin Orchestra and many others will par- ticipate. The 170 members of the Rus- sian branch are working hard to make the affair a moral and financial suc- cess. You can also help by coming to the affair and inviting your friends. Remember the date and place: Sun- day, October 3, at 6:30 p, m. at Walsh Hall, cor. Milwaukee and Noble. WHY I.AM A COMMUNIST 7. Because I have the courage to affirm what I see, regardless of per- sonal consequences, 8. Because much reading and deep thinking (to which I have been driven by my class experience) have given me that vision which renders personal considerations of small consequence and human considerations of first im- portance, 9. Because (owing to these things) I find a greater measure of satisfac. tion in the triumph of the masses than in any personal victory. ‘ 10. Furthermore, because I am a lover of order, a lover of peace, a lover of love, a lover of work in free- dom, of life in security and am con- vinced that but one road leads to these things—the road to proletarian wer. ay That is why 1 am 4 Comm . oS. eomragec ay w educating the Red soldiers. In bour- geois armies the only aim is to make good fighting machines out of the sol- diers.° The Red Army aim is to make good Soviet citifiens out of its mem- bers—men who can do their duty to the workers’ and peasants’ state, whether in fighting its enemies or in reconstructing it economically. In this respect the Red Army is doing a praiseworthy work in eliminating illit- eracy, which before the revolution was an outstanding characteristic of Rus- sia, and teaching the soldiers to par- ticipate in the political and cultural life of the country. The American Youth. I now wish to tell you very briefly something about the work of the Young Workers (Communist) League of America. Since the plenum of the executive committee of the Young Communist International the League in America has begun to work along the lines laid down by the E. C, Y. C. I. and the results are already notice- able. A plenum of the central com- mittee was held not long ago, at which there was complete unity, and at which the tasks of the league were discussed very thoroly and resolutions covering all those tasks were adopted. At the present time the league is, engaged in the following main activi- ties: 1. Getting in the young workers from the heavy industries. This is a very important task, as up to the pres- ent the League has been composed mostly of young workers from the light industries. The League is now beginning a campaign on a national scale among the young coal miners, and as a result of this campaign it will recruit many new membe 2, Setting up a workers’ sport move- ment. Up to the present no workers’ sport movement existed In the United States. Altho there is a mass par- ticipation in sports, it 1s all under the domination of the capitalists. League has begun setting up workers’ sport clubs, working within existing ers and winning the trade unions over to support workers’ sport. A national conference will be held as soon as there are enough organizations, and a ‘|national workers’ sport organization established. 3. Anti-militarist work. I have al- ready given you some idea of the tre- mendous militarization that is going on in America, To counteract this the League is organizing a united front of all workers, students and women’s organizations to carry on a struggle against militarism, This cam- paign is proving quite successful and a large number of organizations have already endorsed the campaign, in- cluding many lMberal and pacifist or- ganizations. In many schools the stu- dents voted against militarism, Increased Mase Work. 4, Mass actvity. The League is be- ginning more and more to participate in the activities of the young workers, in strikes, movements for hig! wages, better conditions, et¢., At the present time the League is very active in the Passaic strike, which has al- ready lasted seven months, and in the garment strike in New York. The also active in the fur The. tiers’ strike, which ended in a vic-| tory for the workers, 5. Schools. The League, in order to! improve the understanding of its mem-! bers, has organized several echools,, which will be attended by the best| comrades in the League during bead | summer. There are four district! schools and one national school. At) these schools problems confront-' ing the League will be taken up andj the comrades taught how to solve; them. Theoretical subjects, Leninism,, etc., will also be taken up. From this you see that the League: is becoming more and more active and if this activity is continued it will be able to develop into a real mase organization of the Communist youth} in America, the leader of all the young! workers, ~ When you answer this letter, please| send me ‘the pictures which we took} while I was in Liska, as I would lke‘ very much to take them back to Amer- ica with me. Also write me of the new developments in the division, when the new recruits are coming iz,: how they are handled at tite beginning’ and what instructions those who are demobilized are given. ‘With Communist greetings, Representative, Young Workers (Communist) League of America, Bronx Workers Defeat. Bushwick Champs, 3 to 1' NEW YORK CITY—tn a hard. fought soccer game, the Bronx Works! ers’ Sports Club defeated the Bush-; wick A. C. by a score of 8 to 1. The game took place at Van Courtland Park. The victory of the Bronx work- ers came as a complete surprise, tha Bushwick A. C. being the champions of the second division in the Empire State League. They were expected to easily defeat the workers. Good team work and excellent shoot- ing won the game, and the entire team played well. The Bronx Workers’ Sports.Club has only been organized for several months and has already made a fine showing against much older. teams. The club meets regularly at 1347 Boston Road, Bronx, and all workers interested in sports are invited to join. Children Slaving Under Dawes Plan BERLIN, Germany.—In Germany child labor is prohibited only in dan- gerous industries. In other industries the law permits the employment of child laborers from 10 years on, In the country children hired by farmers total 1,170,000. Half a million of this number are under 10 years of age. The main mass of children is found in home industry, light industry, ete, The following figures show how the insufficient wages of chillren affects their health: Out of 6,000 children in Schleswig (the most industrial part of Germany) 12% pet. are tubercu- lar, 2 per cent are affected by spinal disease, 30 per cent by lung sickness and 32 per cent by heart disease. According to the latest figures every fourth child (25 per cent) in the age from 7 to 14 sells their labor power and every second child (50 per cent) in the age of 10 to 14, } MARK The Works of Karl Marx For every worker in these books and mphlets is the understanding that leads to an intelligent and greater usefulness in the labor movement. per ee sash by book In |” fi merican publication, Ne is Cloth $1.75 VALUE, PRICE AND PROFIT, $10 WAGE-LABOR AND w-npnciaime, | CRITIQUE OF POLITICAL ECON- omy. Cloth $1.25 REVOLUTION AND COUNTER.- REVOLUTION, Cloth $ .60 MARX AND ENGELS ON REVOLU- TION IN AMERICA, $10 me SPEECHES (1850 and 1864) 8.08 The Daily Worker Pub, Co. 1112 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill.