The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 30, 1926, Page 4

5 THE DAILY WORKE 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 im progress to place Workers (Com- Munist) Party candidates officially On the ballots. Nominations officially filed: Michigan. Michigan—The followitig candl- dates will appear officially on the Ballot in the primary elections to be held Tuesday, September 14: Governor, William Reynolds. Congress, 13th District, Willlam 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 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 Petsr 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, O. McSwain, Parthenia 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, Carl Guillod. State Assemblyman, 21st Bisrict, Peter Pichler. eee FARMER-LABOR PARTY CANDI- DATES SUPPORTED BY THE WORKERS PARTY: OHIO Allen County Judge of the Court of Common Pieas, Edwin Blank. Representa- tive to the Generali Assembly, Cor- bin N. Shook. Sheriff, B. K. Mc- 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 of the Farmer-Labor Party. eas PETITION CAMPAIGNS IN PROGRESS TO PUT THESE CAN- DIDATES ON THE BALLOTS: Illinois. J. Louis Engdah!, candidate for United States Senator from Iilinols. S. 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 ‘Lifschitz. Assembly Sth District, Rebecca Grecht. Assembly 17th Dis- ‘trict, Julius Codkind. Assembly 18th District, Abraham Markoff. Con- gress 18th District, Charies Krum- bein. Congress 14th District, Alex- ander Trachtenberg. Congress 20th District, Willlam W. Weinstone. Senate 14th District, Elmer T. Alli- son. (Bronx) Assembly 3rd Dist., Elias Marks. Assembly 4th District, Isidore Stein- zer. Assembly 5th District, Charl 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 Wa ky. Cong 10th District, Bertram D, Wol Benate 7th District, Morris Rosen. Connecticut. Governor, William MacKenzie, ko. Seo'y. Treas. Lieut. Governor, Edward Mr. Comptroller, John Gombos, Fife dane H. Feldman, ‘olfeon, od }editorship of Bucharin, Workers (Communist) Party CHICAGO SCHOOL CLASS TO BEGIN FRIDAY, OCT. 8 Bittelman Bes Conduct New Chicago Course The class in to be conducted by A. Bittelman will be the first class in America to use the new textbook, “Elements of Po- Htical Education,” in its studies, Edited By Bucharin. The book is written by koy and F, Svetlov, under the general The expla- natory notes to the American edition jare by A. Bittelman, The book covers a vast field, and is, at the sathe time, written so sim- ply that it takes up little more than three hundred pages, It is ‘in ques- tion and answer form, supplemented by bibliographies for additional read- ing. The subjects are not dealt with in Iry histor: form, but are illus- rated with events that every student of the subject is familiar with, for many of them have taken place dur- ing his life-time, The first meeting of the class in Elements of Communism. will take place on Friday, October 8th. Enroll- ments for this class can be brought in or sent in at once to the (Chicago Workers School, 19 S. Lincoln St. The jfee for the first semester is $1.50, Gary Celebrates Formation of the Communist Party GARY, Ind., Sept. 28—The forma- tion of the Communist Party of Amer- ica and seven years of struggle for Communism in the United States was celebrated #t a well-attentled meeting of the Gary workers. The meeting was arranged under the auspices of the local. organiza- tion of jhe Workers. (Communist) Party and@the audience in attendance filled the Spanish Hall in which the meeting was held. Speeches were made by C. E. Ruthenberg, general secretary of the Workers (Commu- nist) Party in English; Paul Petras, | | | a member of the first executive com- mittee of the Communist Party, in Hungarian; “Joseph Kowalski, in Polish, and S, Zinich in Croatian, The meeting opened and closed with the singing of the International. The Young Pioneers Group of five’ members, led by Paul Buksa, all added to the evening’s program by speeches and recitations, An or- chestra led the meeting and the sing- ing and rendered musical numbers during its progress. The meeting showed the growing influence of the Communist Party of Gary. Wicks, Weinstone and Carey to Open Party Campaign in Pennsy District Three, Philadelphia, will open the state election campaign with a spirited rally on Thursday, Sept. 30, 8 p. m. at the Machinists Temple 13th and Spring Garden Street. The speakers will be Harry M. Wicks, candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, A, J. Carey candidate for the U. S. senate and William W. Weinstone, candidate for congress |from the 20th Congressional District of New York running against Con- |gressman La Guardia. From all indications the campaign promises to be a successful one for party activity. Comrades are taking a keen interest in the work. The meet- ing onthe 30th is only one of a.whole series of meetings which will be run in Philadelphia and adjoining towns in the district. Admission to the meet- ing is free, Gitlow in Buffalo, Sunday, Oct. 3, in the Party’s Campaign BUFFALO, N. Y. — Benjamin Git- low, Communist candidate for gov- ernor in New York state, will speak in Buffalo, Sunday, Oct, 3, 2:30 p. m., at Schwabl’s Hall, 361 Broadway, on “What Can the Workers Expect From the Elections?” : Donations DONATIONS Sept, 25, 1026: i ian Workers’ Literat®re 1, 143, Los Angeles, Cal. $37.00 Paul Podieck, Los Angeles, Cal. Joseph Ronnor, San, Francisco, Ca Louls Lagomary John Hell f Ya al 1, Gauld, alan iy Vie on Soap ieients of Commu-| nism of the Chicago Workers School | A. Berdni- | HERBAS, William G. Thompson, an attorney of high standing in the state of Massachusetts, has made public during the trial of Sacco am | Vanzetti certain serlous charges against the local office 6fthe United States department of justice and the |former incumbent of the office of tne jdistrict attorney of Norfolk country, which charges have been supported by sworn affidavits of responsible persons connected with these departments of the government, and Whereas, the charges and the evi- dence submitted give reason to be- lieve: 1, That the machinery-of the Boston office of the department of Justice and of the district attorney of Norfolk |country has been used to secure the conviction and possible execution of Sacco and Vanzetti, two innocent working men. 2, That these two working men were spied upon, arrested and prosecuted by officers of the above named depart- ments of the government solely be- cause of their radical affiliations ang activity in the labor movement, 8. That important evidence tenaing to prove the innocence of the con- victed men was consciously withheld and access to the files of the depart- ment of justice containing such evi- dence was refused. 4, That the department of justice, HALT THIS MURDER! Statement by the Workers (Communist) Party for New England. for reasons of its own, maintains a secret record of certain men apd ‘women who are active in the labor movement and that the machinery of the law is used at times to penalize such men and women for their activ- ity, and Whereas, the labor movement is deeply concerned as to wiether or not public funds are being id to sup- port an organized system ‘of ‘espionage and prosecution directed against those who are actively engagedim the labor movement; therefore be i" - Resolved, by the Workers’ Party, District One, of New England, that we demand an immediate’ ‘investiga- tion into the conduct and activity of the department of justice and the office of the district attorney of Nor- folk county in the Sacco-Vanzetti case, and the policy of these departments of the government toward, the labor movement in general; and be it fur- ther Resolved, that this request be for- warded to Governor Alvan)T. Fuller, State House, Boston, Mass,, and to Senator William Morgan Butler, sen- ate chamber, Washington, D. C3 and to the press; and be it further Resolved, that all labor organiza- tions be urged to take simflar action in order that the interests of the labor movement may be property protected and safeguarded. 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 2 Pp. m., Workers Party Hall, 227% Yi amhill St. ASTORTA, Ore.—Thursday, Sept. 30, at 8 p. m, Tabor 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 av 8 p. m, Labor Temple (Large Hall). SPOKANE, Wash,—Tuesday, - Octo- ber 5 at 8 p..m...Open Forum Hall, Norfalk Bldg. 8164 West Riverside Ave. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Oct. 8. ST. PAUL, Minn.—Oct. 9. BUILD THE DAILY WITH A SUB. Why Every Worker Should By LOUIS SISELMAN, HE fur workers have just gone thru a struggle of 17 weeks, a struggle which was admired by the entire labor movement. The strike was merely for economic demands— to better the living conditions of the workers in the fur industry. How- ever, as soon as the strike started the workers were faced with three kinds of enemies: 1. the bosses, 2, the police, judges and the rest of the state machinery, 3. the right wing, the so- cialist party and its official organ, the Jewish Daily Forward. During the strike, the workers real- ized that the whole state machinery, the police, judges, etc., was mobilized to crush them and break up their picket lines. The gangsters hired by the bosses to slug the strikers, and ‘the bosses were never arrested but the strikers were when they attempt- ed peaceful picketing. Why is it that the entire government machinery is used against workers whenever they attempt to better their miser- able living conditions? It is because the present government is a capital- ist government, supported by the bosses and aiding the bosses in the latter’s attempt to crush the workers. NE of the aims of the Communist Party is to help organize all the workers, irrespective of nationality, TTT LLL LLL LLnL CLL The Drive |Uidnuantan Wo Norwood, M B33 seas. N rhe amon “Sie caeecttene ny NOY, oo ‘Mary Draaioh, Siew Siilis i DAILY WORKE, 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'sgtour will’take him all the way from New «Haven to Mil- waukee—will have the “opportunity of hearing the 1924 vice-presitiéntial can- didate of the Workers Party and its present gubernatorial candidate in New York on: “WHAT) €AN THE ELECTIONS DO FOR THE WORK- ERS?” The complete tour follows: NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Sept. 29, BOSTON, Mass.—Sept. 20., WORCESTER, Mass.—O¢t. 1. ROCHESTER, N. Y.—Oct, 2. BUFFALO, N. Y.—Oct. 3, CLEVELAND, Ohio—Oct. 4. DETROIT, Mich.—Oct. 5, CHICAGO, Ill—Oct. 6. MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Oct. 10. TOLEDO, Ohio—Oct, 11, PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Oct, 12, BALTIMORE, Md.—Oct. 13. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Oct. 14, A LESSON OF THE FURRIERS’ STRIKE Join the Communist. Party race or trade, into a labor ‘party—a labor party that will demand for the workers the right to strike; a‘labor party that will fight the right of boss- es to use gangsters against strikers; a labor party that will not permit the bosses to use the policé and judges against the strikers; a labor party that will be interested in helping and not impeding the right of workers to improve their conditions, Another fsson that the fur work- ers learned from the strike is con- cerning the role of the right wing, the socialist party and its official or- gan, the Daily Forward, The For- ward gave all possible aid to the bosses to break the strike. Repre- sentatives of the S. P., including the late Meyer London, had secret con- ferences with the bosses and went over the head of the workers in an effort to betray the workers. But thanks to the efficiency and sincerity of the Communist leaders, the work- ers were able to withstand attacks from all sides and were victorious. 4 Iegesd fur workers learned a further desson in the strike, that the most militant and sincere fighters for the interests of the workers are the Communists, It is only the ideal that Ben Gold (the leader of, the strike) had as a Communist—to fight to the last drop of blood for the, workers’ in- terests—that gave him and the rest of the leaders the courage and strength to withstand all attacky. and carry the strike to a successful, conclusion. Every fur worker should realize these lessons and join the Commu- nist Party and become a class con- scious fighter for his class, In doing this, he will help improve the condi- tions of the workers and will afd in the organization of a mighty la- bor party that wHl unify all the work- ers for the purpose of establishing a government that will protect the workers and not the busses, By jotn- vv the Workers (Communist) Party, pile tices fur worker will thus ite overthrow the rule of the bosses and bring about the final emancipation of the working class. R BIG OPPORTUNITY IN WISCONSIN FOR THE LABOR PARTY Engdahl Punks Out the Road to Class Action (Special to The Daily Worker) MILWAUKEE, Wis.,.Sept, 28.—Ana- lyzing the anti-labor mle of both the LaFollette movement and the Berger faction of the socialist party in Wis- consin, J. Louis Engdahl, candidate of the Workers (Communist) Party for United States senator in Illinois, ended his tour of nine different states here tonight with an address at Miller Hall, urging the fight in this’ state for independent political acgion under the standards of the Labor Party. All candidates in Wisconsin, from the reactionary Coolidge-Mellon sup- porters, thru the LaFollette political strata and among the socialists, are unanimously parading tnder similar slogans, such as “honest,” “able,” “fearless,” “efficient,” ad nauseum, Engdahl showed that all these fake slogans were merely camouflage un- der which these candidates were try- ing to hide their loyalty to the capi- talist class. Engdahl pointed out that Berger had introduced a resolution in congress demanding the recognition of the Soviet Union with the statement, “Why not, even the bankers in Wall Street are now in favor of recogni- tion.” “Thru his daily, the Milwaukee Leader, Berger keeps up a constant attack not only against the Commu- nist Party in this country and against the Soviet Union, but also against the left wing of the American labor move- ment,” said Engdahl, The speaker reviewed the struggle of the Farmer-Labor Party in Minne- sota and urged a anited labor front of all the workers and farmers in Wis- consin, Every indication points to the rapid disintegration of the La- Follette movement in Wisconsin as a result of the developing struggle on the part of its leading spokesmen for prominént places at the political pie counter. “Labor must ‘develop its own strug- gle as a class in Wisconsin, as every- where else,” said Engdahl. “The op- portunity was never better than now, with the lLaFollette (republican) movement disintegrating and the Ber- ger socialists discredited.” Militarism in N. Y. City College Under Another Name Has Same Smell NEW YORK, Sept. 28. — Incoming freshmen at City College may take a course in “civilian drill” as an alter- native to the hitherto compulsory course in military training, it Was made known yesterday by the facul- ty of the institution. The new course will be under giene department, whereas the class- es in military science are supervised by army officers. In November, 1925, the students’ |mewspaper opposed compulsory train- \ing and suggested a student referen- dum on the subject. In a subsequent yote the undergraduates registered themselves as overwhelmingly against compulsory military courses. The new course in civilian drill will be a “scientific experiment,” accord- ing to Dr. Frederick B. Robinson, act- ing president. It will seek to deter- mine the relative merits of civilian training and military drill. Upper classmen who have already embarked on the two-year military course will have to continue, The entering freshmen may make their choices next week. We will send sample coples of The DAILY WORKER to yauyr friends— Send us name and address, COMMUNIST “The Workers (Communist) Party—What it Stands rie Why Workers Should Join’ By C. E., RUTHENBERG 5 cents Party Organization Constitution, bes ner ng le charts, eto, 16 cents Fourth National Convention Resolutions, Theses, etc, of the las’ convention held in Chicago, Aug. 1925, 50 cents, CINSBERG'S Vegetarian Restaurant 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue, LOS ANGELES, CAL. For Sale: Send ua the name dnd. addreas|200 ACRE FARM in the Ozarks, Good of @ progressive het to whom] we can send a sam ubpew of The living can be made with goats or hogs, $1,200.00 cash by owner, — F. A, Smith, Ozone, Arke swine 9) aa aadaebbbbhbhhhdbeahiidl valaod: Roads to a Mass Communist Party Growing Influence of Shop Nucleus aca (Continued from previous issue) Welcome—the Packard Worker. In the Packard plant, the Workers Party shop nucleus has just issued the first issue of the Packard Worker. It is mimeographed and sells for one cent a copy. The open shop system is exposed. The bonus system is shown up as a means of making more money for the capitalists. A special clever dig is taken in the following lines: “Packards give every worker a gold watch after he has slaved ten years for the company. And if he works long enough, he will be in line for a pair of crutches!” The fall elections, the exploitation of the young workers, an appeal to read The DAILY WORKER, an item about Soviet Russia, are among the direction of the hy-} other features that make up this little paper of the Packard workers. Even Baldwin Locomotive Gets Factory Paper, During the 1922 shopmen’s strike, one of the directors of the Baldwin Locomotive Works boasted that no strike could take place in the Baldwin Works—that no union man or agitator could remain in or get near the plant without finding himself in jail tery soon. Now, in 1926, a paper called the Baldwin Worker, is being issued by a nucleus of the Workers (Communist) Party, composed of workers who ‘toil in the Baldwin Locomotive Works. This paper is being sold to the work- ers of the factory. It is a live sheet dealing blow after blow to the Bald- win interests. Its immediate pro- gram is: * 1. The organization of the workers into unions. 2. Working class political action. 3. Fight for the betterment of working conditions and wages. Stories and Cartoons Have Punch. Several bright cartoons liven up this little paper. Many of the stories describe vividly how the workers have to toll in this plant, which is one of the largest of its kind in the country. One of these items follows: “CANNED! By Jim Waters. “To hell with you! You ain’t the whole earth, Not by a dam sight! , “You sneak around shaking your fat paunch, shouting: ‘I’m losing money—hurry up, pull out, Step on it!’—and you ‘can’ anybody that talks back. I've seen your kind before—always losing money— Riding in limousines, showing off on the golf links, And talking open shop at the Union Club. On Sunday you go to church and tell everybody ‘What a nice ethployer you are— beat) On. Monday vite go blue in the facd cursing your men. You can’t bull-doze me! To hell with you! * You ain't the whole earth, Not by a damn sight!” Broad Appeal to Workers. Several other fine items appear Mm the Baldwin Worker. An appeal for the British miners, for organizing the unorganized, the corruption in the capitalist parties, preparation for the fall elections, the Sesqui-centennial celebration, a labor party—-all these are among some of the main features of the first issue of the Baldwin Worker. This paper is meeting with a hearty response from the employes of the Baldwin Works. The next issue 1s to be printed and will be as fine as the first one, First Clothing Workers’ Shop Paper. The first clothing workers’ shop bul- letin has made its appearance in the clothing factory of Alfred Decker and Cohen company in Chicago. It is called the Rebel Worker and is the expres- Sion of the Workers (Communist) Party shop nucleus in the factory. It deals with many items of interest to the workers. in the shop—and also takes up the problem of the organiza- tion of the workers, the conditions in the factory, the role of the workers in the coming congressional elections, the position of the Workers (Commun- ist) Party, etc, Several realistic draw- ings by one of the workers enlivens this first number of the Rebel Worker. New Note in Labor Ranks, These papers are striking a new note in labor journalism. They are written by the workers in the factory and are read by the workers whom the Workers (Communist) Party wishes to reach. The fact that the number of such publications has in- creased and met with such success— about 40 of the party nuclei are now publishing shop bulletins in the United States—points to one outstanding fact. It is proof that the reorganiza- tion of the party on the basis of shop and street nuclei has been a life- saver for the Communist movement in this country. The writer is in a position to know that the reactionary bureaucrats of the executive council of the Ameri- ean Federation of Labor have been giving special attention to the grow- ing influence of these shop papers, which together made a total circula- tion of considerable size, One of the benefits of these shop papers has been that they bring the party closer-to the workers in the shops, and the work- ers in the shops closer to the party. The forty shop nuclei of the Workers (Communist) Party now publishing these shop bulletins are making them- selves felt in the daily life of the workers thruout the country. For the Labor Movement For three years “Our. Daily” has raised the banner of all militant labor. The» ’ DAILY WORKER has made a good fight. The Passaic strikers, the furriers, the garment workers, the miners and every . unit of the working class that has been \ in struggle in the last three years—say ‘ “Keep the Daily Worker.” They know the value of The Daily Worker from ex- perience, To those workers for whom it has strug- gled—and to ALL LABOR—it now ap- _~ peals for funds to be able to continue the fight for another ‘year, months. we can “Keep THE MILITA! * Ten thousand dollars must be collected at once—fifty thousand in the next three If the. no is a success ‘ Worker'’—-FOR LABOR MOVEMENT. Make It a Day’s Pay—TODAY! . Keep the Daily Worker THE DAILY WORKER, - 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, tl. Here's $...0e0e0 to keep The DAILY WORKER. NING wicdsdtocbsssvessessscrcessecnences Beret ..rrsssorerssorsrscscsersoenssonare Ate PEE REAR OU NEES OE EEEA REAR OERAAAHREREOHOREESEGS#ROOE Aeenennnonapeerenneonseneonens ‘ icra EI ciate eile LOL pen ccapaininne Lae 6 hI Reet meet tact ain ' OME AS alg ha / < , * F ——™