The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 29, 1926, Page 4

x fi THE DAILY WORKER | 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 stil! 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 ballot in the primary elections to be held Tuesday, September 14: Governor, Wiillam Reynolds. Congress, 13th District, Willlam Mollenhauer, Congress, ist 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 Affairs, Max Jenkins. United States Senator, E. J. Cary. State Legislature, first district, €rnest Careathers and Anna Weis- 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, Colorado. Governor, William Dietrich, United States Senator, James A. Ayers. Secretary of State, Nelson Dewey. State Treasurer, Leonard Forsch- ler, Superintendent of Public instruc tion, Helena Dietrich. State Auditor, 0. McSwain, Massachusetts. Parthenia 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. Seoretary of State, Harry J. Canter. Ohio. Canton, Stark County State Senator, 41st District, Carl Gulllod. State Assemblyman, 21st Disrict, Peter Pichler. s. - “FARMER-LABOR PARTY 7ZANDI- DATES SUPPORTED BY THE WORKERS PARTY: OHIO Allen County Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Edwin Blank. Representa- tive to the General Assembly, Cor bin N. Shook, Sheriff, B. K. Mc- Kercher. County Quditor, c. & Thompkins. County Commissioner, Kart 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 of the Farmer-Labor 4 ee PETITION CAMPAIGNS IN PROGRESS TO PUT THESE CAN- DIDATES ON THE BALLOTS: ae Mlinois. 4, Louls Engdahi, candidate for United States Senator from Iilinols. 8. Hammersmark, for congress- man from 7th congressional district. Mathilda Kalou congresswo- man for 6th congressional district. Blizabeth Griffin, congresswoman _ fer ist congressional district, New York. Governor, Benjamin Gitlow. Lieu- tenant Governor, Franklin P. Brill. Attorney Generali, Arthur S, Leeds. State Comptroller, Juliet Stuart Poyntz. > (Manhattan) Assembly 6th District, Benjamin Lifschitz. Assembly 8th District, Rebecea 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. Weinstons. Genate 14th District, Eimer T, Alll- son. (Bronx) Assembly 3rd Dist., Elias Marks, Assembly 4th District, Isidore Stein- zer. Assembly 6th District, Charies Zimmerman, Assembly 7th District. Joseph Boruchowitz, Congress 23rd District, Moissaye J. Olgin. (Brooklyn) Assembly 6th District, George Primoff. Assembly 14th District, Samue! Nesin. Assembly 23rd Dis tric, Fannie Warshafsky. Congress 10th District, Bertram DO, Wolf Senate 7th District, Morris Rosen, Connecticut. Governor, William Mackenzie. Fr h Lieut. Governor, Edward Mrasko, Seer eee: Ponvension Comptroiier, John Gombos, Sec'y. leans barees@an ete in" .onidigs, of State, Jane H. Feldman, Treas, Aug. 1926, 20 vente H, Wolfson, seh lon Workers (Communist) ST. PAUL LABOR TOLD COMMUNIST STAND AT POLLS Engdahl Reviews Fight for Class Action (Special to The Dally Worker) Union Advocate, theofficial organ of | the trade unions of the city and state, | J. Louis Engdahl,’ editor of The DAILY WORKER, stressed the role | of the Workers (Communist) Party in developing the independent polifi- cal action of the workers and farm- ers, After analyzing the origin and pres- ent position of the republican and democratic parties, the political :in- struments of the present ruling class, Engdahl shewed that the Workers Party is supporting the Farmer-Labor |Party in Minnesota in this campaign jas part of the struggle to win the | workers and farmers away from the {capitalist parties. ngdah] showed that the Minnesota | Farmer-Labor Party, as the largest jand most successful expression of labor’s drive for independent action in the political field, must inspire and encourage workers in all other sec- tions of the country. Engdahl declared that the workers jand farmers of the state should cele- |brate the desertion of such traitor | elements as Emil Holmes, Walter J. | Quigley and others who are trying to |deliver votes to the democratic party | in order to weaken the Farmer-Labor | |Party against its real oppanent, the | | republican party. Engdahl assured |bis audience that no rank and file | | workers would be caught in the net | spread by this sinister plot, | Many officials as well as rank and SAINT PAUL, Minn., Sept. 27.— Before an audience in the Labor | Temple here that included William | | Mahoney, editor og. the Minnesota | | | filers in the Saint Paul labor move- | |ment were in Engdahl’s audience. |Ernest Lundeen, member of congress during the war and now Farmer-La- bor congressional candidate in the |Tenth Minnesota district, was at the Minneapolis meeting. The Workers | Party in this district, under the direc- jtion of District Organizer Norman | Tallentire is planning to exert every possible effort during the campaign thruout the whole state. Pittsburgh Party: in Challenge to S. P. to Debate Election Issue PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 27.—The district executive committee ,of Dis- trict No. 5 issued a challenge to the socialist party of Pittsburgh to de- bate Comrade H. M. Wicks, candidate for governor in Pennsylvania on the Workers’ Party ticket on the subject, “Rosolved, that the program and plat- form of the Workers’ Party offers the solution to the political and economic problems of the workers.” A reply from the socialist party is expected in the near future. The action of the district committee of the Workers’ Party came as a result of the recent action of the national executive com- mittee of the socialist party on the application of the united front tactic. The Pittsburgh branch of the social- ists is represented on this national executive committee thru Wm. J. Van Essen, who himself ig taking part in| the united front campaign in this city. Comrade Wm. Weinstone, who will speak at the N. S. Carnegie Music Hall, Federal and Ohio streets, Pitts- burgh, Sept. 28, on the slush funds will also tell an interesting story of the attitude of the New York social- ists towards the united front’ cam- paigns. Every worker should attend this mass meeting to hear Comrade Weilnstone. Comrade H. M. Wicks will start a tour over western Penneylvania with a masa meeting in the N. S. Carnegie Music Hall on Tuesday, October 12, where he will speak, together with Comrade B. Gitlow of New York. Send us the name and address of a progressive worker to whom we can send a sample copy of The DAILY WORKER, THE AMERICAN MUNIST MOVEMENT “The Workers (Communist) Party—What Mt Stands For— Why Workers Should Join’ By C. E. RUTHENBERG 5 cents Party Organization Constitution, organizational charts, 18 cents jeussed by different members of the | sible. | sults. |sulted in the repudiation of the in- Party NEW YORK DISTRICT HAS BIGGESE MEMBERSHIP MEETING ON RECORD The largest membership meeting yet held by the Workers (Communist) Party of the New York District took place on Monday, September 20, at the large hall of the Manhattan Lyceum. Over 1,100 party members came to listen to the report of the general secretary, Comrade Weinstone, on the work of the district in the past few months, Comrade Jack Stachel, the organization secretary of the district, was the chairman of the meeting. This membership meeting demonstrated that in the party in District No, 2, in spite of the fact that there time then before reorganization, the+ number of comrades that are active- ly participating in the work has in- creased to a very large extent. In the past it was only the meetings at which controversial matters were dis- C, E. C, that we succeeded in getting about 900 party members to attend mombership meetings. At this meet- ing the only thing on the order of business was a report on the party activities and this was known to ev- ery member. The large attendance signifies a growing interest on the part of the membership in the work of the party which corresponds to} the activization of larger sections of} the membership than heretofore. Comrade Weinstone gave a detail- ed report on the work of the party in the organization of the unorganiz- ed, the participation of the party di- rectly and thra its members in strike activity, the united front activity of the party, and showed that the party has made tremendous progress in making contact with large masses of workers both organized and unor- ganized. That the party has been in- strumental in organizing large mass- es of workers and bringing them into the fold of the American Federation of Labor. In almost every strike the party was on the job supporting and aiding the workers in every way pos- In the united front activity the party has achieved tremendous re- This has in many cases re- structions of the S. P.|by insurgent locals that send delegates to the con- ferences called by the party and the left wing. The party has been instru- mental in setting large sections of the workers in motion and has brot them nearer to Communism, thanks to thet successful application of the united front tactic. Comrade Weinstone then spoke of the necessity of making this year’s election campaign a real living cam- paign so that the party may in this campaign receive the support of the workers that have supported the party and the left wing in the other campaigns. Comrade Weinstone spoke of the development of the movement for a labor party and the united labor ticket and the refusal of the socialist party to join in a united{the labor ticket in the coming élections. are less dues-paying members at this Resolution Adopted at gNew York Membership Meeting on Sept. 20. 1. The membership h ting after listening to the repo: 1 gem secre- tary on the general activities of the district committee, wholeheartedly endorses fhe general lfte/followed by the district, and notes, ifs successes already achieved: (1) in organizing the unorganized; (2) in. getting a foothold in the basic industries locat- ed in the district, and (3) in its cor- rect attitude adopted toward the A. F, of L, and the flexible tactics pur- sued in the complicated, questions re- lating to organizing the unorganized. 2. It particularly notes .the leading FIGHT TO KEEP DAILY WORKER Stage Big Affair on Sun- day, Oct. 24 As a part of the nation-wide cam- paign to maintain and build up The DAILY WORKER, the Chicago dis- trict has planned an elaborate pro- gram for raising money, selling cer- tificates and getting subscriptions for The DAILY WORKER, A city-wide committee of sixty live wires has been selected to take up this program and carry it into effect. The first meeting of this committee will take place Tuesday, September 27, at 8 p, m. at 19 S. Lincoln street. Present Play. A grand affair has been planned for Sunday, October 24, at the Douglas Park Auditorium, The program in- cludes a play to be given by the Stu- dio Players, entitled “The Adding Ma- chine,” which starts at 4 p.m, The, Studio Players are well known in Chicago for their excellent little thea- ter, which gives its programs every week at 826 N. Clark street. “The Adding Machine” is one of the best things they have presented. The ad- role assumed by the district in strike activities, which has., brought the Communist Party forward as a leader of masses of both organized and un- organized workers. 1 4 8. It greets the successful united front activities of the district in the campaign for Sacco and Vanzetti, Passaic, Negroes, anti-Fascisti, etc., in which new groups of workers were brought into the struggle and new contacts established. The member- ship meeting endorses. wholehearted- ly the campaign to secure organiza- tion benefits for the party from these achievements in the election cam- paign, and in the membership drive, by securing new members for the party, new readers for The DAILY WORKER and new members for The Young Workers’ League and auxil- iary organizations of the party, It calls upon all the members to throw themselves wholeheartedly in. to these campaigns, to give more sys- tematic and detailed attention to the everyday tasks of the party, among the masses and more responsibility and greater discipline of the mem: bership to the units, subse¢tions, sec- tions, fractions, and every other phase of party structure. The membership meeting endorses the 4tand of the district. executive committee presented in the report of greater discipline and greater respon- sibility of all members beth in the mass organization to which, they be- long and particularly at .the present time to the units and Pa ther dit m they tions under whose work. L The membership meeting endorses insistence of the district. for stricter adherence on the part of com- He then pointed out that the party}Tades in mass organizations to the membership must do everything pos-|Party policies. sible to make the membership drive of the party and the keep The DAILY WORKDR campaign a success. Send us the name and address mission to the play is 50 cents.. Banquet. A banquet will be served at 7 p. m. and from 9 p. m. to midnight there will be dancing in the large hall in the auditorium, An extra charge will be made for the banquet and dance. Hold the date open. Not only will you be helping The DAILY WORKER by participating in this affair, but you will be sure of haying a very enjoy- able and entertaining day. Wolfe Holds Good Meeting in Denver DENVER, Sept. 27.—Bertram D. Wolfe, director of the New York Workers’ School, spoke to an audience at Barnes School Auditorium on last Tuesday. His subject was “The Ne- cessity of Independent Political Ac- tion for the Working Class.” ‘He analyzed both the. republican and dem- ocratic parties and showed how they were both run and controlled by the exploiters of labor. Both political parties receive their campaign funds from the big capitalists and there- fore congress and senate obey the wishes of the big money interests. He showed how the Workers’ Party is the only political organization that is taking aggressive action in getting the workers and farmers into a political party separate and opposed to the two old parties and when their repre- in the interest of the workers and quént plea for a large campaign fund able to spread the message of a work- workers in Colorado. ers awake to the-present situation in the United States to join the Workers’ Injof a progressive worker to whom the campaigns of the party militant/we can send a sample copy of The elements have come,to the fore ini D4ATLY WORKE. the organizations of the working class and we must draw the best! of these elements into the party. A lively discussion followed the re- port in which the following partici- pated, Bimba, Garvitt, Benjamin, Ros- man, Nessin, Stachel and others. After the discussion and the sum- mary by the reporter the following}of the working class. resolution was unanimously adopted with four comrades abstaining from voting: + ture Wolfe met with a number of party members. WHY I AM A COMMUNIST By BELLE ROBINS, AM a member of the’ Workers’ Pgrty because I am # member As such, I ve Jearned, by experience, that in isunity thera is weakness, in unity there is strength. A worker fighting W. P, Election Campaign Tours 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 on the Workers (Communist) Party ticket, who is now touring the western part of the coun- try. Comrade Wolfe's tour is: PORTLAND, Ore,—Wed., Sept, 29 at 8 p. m. Workers Party Hall, 227% Yamhill St. e ASTORIA, Ore.—Thursday, Sept. 30, at 8 p. m., Labor Temple, 416 Duane St. TACOMA, Wash.—Friday, October ist, at 8 p. m., Fraternity Hall, 1117% Tacoma Ave. So. MT. VERNON, Wash.—Sunday, Oct. 3 at 2 (two) p. m., Yeomen Hall. SEATTLE, Wash., Sunday, October 3 at 8 p. m, Labor Temple (Large Hall). SPOKANE, Wash ber 5 at 8 p. m, Norfalk Bldg, Ave, Tuesday, Octo- Open Forum Hall, $1644 West Riverside | MINNPAPOLIS, Minn.—Oct. 8. 1 Oa | PAUL, Minn,--Oct, 9, | H. M. Wicks. The New England states are the ter- jritory which H, M, Wicks, well-known labor speaker and candidate for gov- ernor of Pennsylvania, is covering in a September election campaign tour, Comrade Wicks, who is speaking on “What Can the Workers Expect From the Elections?” will be at Holyoke, | Mass., today and from there to other cities in Massachusetts according to thin Met: se ee HOLYOKE-—-Tueaday, Sept. 28, i PITTSFUSLD—Weduesday, Sept. ao, Ben Gitlow Ben Gitlow, who is well-known to the workers of this country as a mili- tant fighter in the ranks of Jabor, be- gins his pig election ca: ign 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 wil] 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 RLECTIONS DO FOR THE WORK- ERS?” ri The complete tour totlows: NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Sépt. 29, BOSTON, Mass.—Sept. 30. WORCESTER, Mass.—Oot, 1, ROCHESTER, N. Y.—-Oct. 2. BUFFALO, N. Y.—Oct. 3. CLEVELAND, Ohio—Oct, 4, DETROIT, Mich.—Oct. 6. CHICAGO, Ill.—Oct. 6, MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Oct, 10, TOLEDO, Ohio—Oct, 11, PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Oct. 12, BALTIMORD, Md.—Oct. 18. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Oct. 14. ce Read tt today and everyday in Tho DAILY WORKER, It appears today om page five. abn Tok your triongs sbout jdt, bi a * % \ singly for better wages, shorter hours, or better working conditions will be discharged and meet with failure and disappointment. Fighting together as an organization, the workers will gain their demands. power is controlled by the capitalists, and judges, congressmen and senators have shown themselves but too will- ing to serve the employers in their ‘battles with their employes, There- fore laws are passed that will bene- fit the capitalist class; laws favoring labor are declared unconstitutional; and injunctions and police are used to interfere with strikes and picketing and to browbeat the workers into sub- mission, HAT is Labor's remedy? It must use its political power by electing its own representatives to sit in con- gress, in the state legislature, and on the bench, to make and interpret laws in its own interest. It must organize on the industrial fleld; must fight for world trade union unity, for amalga- mation of craft unions into industrial unions, must fight for ever shorter hours and higher wages; must organ- ize the unorganized; must strengthen its forces and thru both political and industrial means wrest the state power from the capitalist class; must form soviets and as its ultimate goal the United Socialist Soviet Republic of the United States. This is the program of the Workers (Communist) Party and I am a mem- ber of it because it is the only po- tical party today that offers a logical program-~an adequate solution for our problems, . Canadian Schools *yeg oe Are Militarized TORONTO, Canada.—-The militari- vation of the public and high schools here is growing thru the cadets, an organization similar to the Reserve Officers’ Tratning Corps of the United States. A short time ago a parade of 7.000 of these militarized youngsters took place here, The Young Commu- nists are carrying on systematic war- fare against the militarization, Agnes W. McPhail and other pacifists have aati, Son° oP Toceus 9 CHICAGO ENTERS |. Roads to a Mass Communist Party Growing Influence of By JAY LOVESTONE Shop Paper In Ford Factory Sets Pace. HE sixth issue of the Ford Worker issued by the Ford sfiop nucleus of the Workers (Communist) Party, has already reached a circulation of 19,000. This is the biggest circulation of any of all the Communist shop papers now being published by the various shop nuclei of the Workers (Communist) Party. The Ford Worker, moreover, is not given away. It is not thrown away. The circulation of 19,000 is a real, bona-fide circulation. The paper is sold at the price of one cent per copy. Opportunity is given, however, for workers to pay ‘more than that sum, in case they wish to support the paper, and to enable it to appear regularly. Best Issue Yet. This sixth issue of the Ford Worker is the best issue that has been pub- lished. It contains much live material. A special appeal is made in this shop paper, to help the British miners. A very live little story brings out the fact that what is needed in the United States is a workers’ and farmers’ gov- ernment. Comment is made on the election campaign in Michigan, where Comrade W. Reynolds is the Workers (Communist) Party candidate for gov- ernor. The Workers (Communist) Party is the only working class party in the field in this state. There are only three candidates—that of the republican party, the one of the dem- ocratic party, and the candidate of the Workers (Communist) Party. Turns Searchlight on Factory Conditions, The Ford Worker deals very fully with the conditions in the factory. It gives some short articles with much accurate information, We quote from this issue— “Ford will get his By lefty-out Since nineteen twenty-six, six days work in five, Some are in such a fix, they barely keep alive. The pay is much smaller, the work is much more. It makes a fellow wonder why the pay isn’t more? For grabbing the money old Hank can’t be beat The “Jew” would look funny with Ford to compete, Each dollar he spends, brings ten in return Not a cent would he lend that others could earn, Speed up is a slogan we hear every day. sentatives are elected will make laws.| put why such a slogan without extra pay? poor farmers. He also made an elo-|-the men are working like HELL it is true, so that the Workers’ Party will be |-he wages they're earning are mighty damfew. ers’ and farmers’ government to all |The raise in production for Henry is fine, He made a strong plea to all work- | put where in the hell is that raise of mine?” A snappy cartoon with a real mess- Party. At the conclusion of the lec- age is placed on the front page, in. order to add more ‘life to the paper. It really is a mighty good little paper in every way. Today one out of every five workers in that Highland Park ‘plant is a reader of the Ford Worker.. Police interference, Fordson thug attacks on the newsboys selling the paper, and the notorious Ford spy system have all failed to stop the distribution of the Ford Worker. Every issue brings However, the state|more and more readers. The first issue of the paper had a circulation of 1,500. It is expected that between 20,000 and 25,000 of the seventh issue of the Ford Worker will be printed. Two More Auto Factory Papers. ‘Two more factory papers are now Shop Nucleus Papers being published by the Workers (Com- munist) Party nuclel, One is called the Workers News, and 1s gotten out by the workers employed in the Dodge Brothers factory in Detroit. It sells for one cent. It is a mimeographed paper with a lot of punch to it, The infamous gang system in use in the Dodge Brothers plant is exposed in this fashion: “In Dept. 53, we have the gang sys- tem, which is a money saving device for the company. If we work on a piece which has to pass through 20 operations and the job is spoiled on the 20th operation all men who have worked on it up to that time lose all time they put in, and if the job comes back for repair we are not paid for the time used im repairing. There is No one satisfied with this damn gang system. But what are we going to-do about it? JOIN THE UNION AND WE'LL SPIKE THE GANG SYSTEM.” Workers News Popular in Dodge Plant LTHOUGH this is only the second issue, of the paper, there is to be noticed a keal response from the work- ers of the Dodge Brothers plant, The editor of the paper who is one of the workers employed in the factory, writes: “Over twenty workers have sent us letters congratulating the Dodge Workers News and many hundreds of workers have read with interest the first issue and they are satisfied and that’s who we are trying to reach and satisty, ° “We hope to print 10,000 of the next. issue and we request your help in two ways. SEND US ARTICLES ABOUT THE CONDITIONS—AND HELP TO FINANCE IT.” The threatening, doubled-up fist of a worker, landing on a scared, fat, Plutocrat is the drawing appearing on the first page of this paper. The car- toon is drawn by-one of the workers in the plant. It makes a real decora- tion for the front page. (To be continued.) 900 workers are sending news of their lives, the job, and their unions to The DAILY WORKER. These workers are organized in many cities—and they issue a small newspaper of their own! fied Rag Oya te re 9 te Rota hn, Ba vk mee ‘Chieadn, Bh, Aun Yee weve Price 8 Ovete SUBSCRIBE Only 50 Cents a Year. The American Worker Correspondent 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, III. Workers! Sympathizers! | The Passaic Strikers’ Children Are Appealing to You Not to Close the Kitchens, not to let them starve, but to help their parents win the strike. Shoes are needed for the child- ren. Help the mothers who have new-born babies. Send funds quickly to the United Council of Workingclass Housewives 80 East 11th Street, Room 237 NEW YORK CITY