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

Page Folir ™~ ss ass SR Se THE DAILY WORKER ua : : Workers (Communist) Party “sGirciitsefo. big REVEALS o Ss orke unday . PITTSBURGH AND PHILADELPHIA CLEVELAND, Oct. 21.— Comrade AR RECORD: OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WORKERS SCHEOL GIVEN Unions Are Offered Big Opportunity NEW YORK, Oct. 21—The Work- ers’ School of New York is offering scholarships to trade unions, Work- men’s c fraternal organizations and all other working class organiza- tions. The Workers’ School is doing all in its power to help the workers of this city in their struggle for better condi- es, tions and stronger organization, and | the curriculum it offers is devoted to the needs of the working class, Training Leaders. It hopes to train members of unions for leadership in their organizations For this reason it offers 38 courses, which include such subjects as trade unionism, labor problems, history of the American working class, labor journalism, English and public speak- ing. It has purposely made the fee very low so as to enable all workers to attend the classes. By paging $25 to the Workers’ School union and other labor organiza tions are entitled to send one repre- sentatjve to the school for one year (two terms), the representative hav- ing the right to take four courses each term. Fifty dollars entitles the organization to two representatives; $100 to five; $200 to ten, etc. An Opportunity. Unions should take advantage of this offer to send some of their more capable members for more thoro training. Organizers, business agents, executive board members, shop chair- men, etc., should be given such schol- arships, thus making possible more effective work on their part in the fu- ture. Promising members who are not in a position to register for courses should also be helped and financed by their organizations thru scholarships offered. For the fall catalog of the school and further information, write to Ber- tram D. Wolfe, director of the Work- ers’ School, 106-108 E. 14th street, New York City. Novy Mir Dance to be Held Sat., Oct. 23 District Executive Committees of the endorsed by a group of individuals labor party. Brazen Treachery. We brand the endorsement of the democratic candidates an act of brazen treachery to the masses of workers of the state of’ Pennsylvania | who have been for years moving in | the direction of a powerful labor party that will truly represent their inter- ests. Instead of striving to create an independent party of labor, the people jat the head of the so-called labor |party have used their positions to try to deliver the labor vote into the hands of the democratic political ma- chine, which is notaing more than the expression of the interests of the great banking combine of Wall Street, dom- inated by the House of Morgan. Spurned by Pinchot, The record of the official heads of the Pennsylvania labor party has been one that should discredit them before all intelligent workers. First they of- fered their support to Governor Pin- chot, unsuccessful republican aspirant for the nomination for U. S. senator, and Beidelmann, aspirant for nomina- tion for governor on the same ticket. Both, these men declined the labor nomination with thanks. After being spurned by Pinchot and Biedelmann, these forlorn leaders then hawked their endorsement t6 the democratic machine. As leaders of a labor party, even if in name only, it was the duty of these men to strive to create an independent labor party and to place a ticket in the fleld upon which all labor elements could unite. The Workers (Communist) Party of America used all its influence in order to get these leaders to enter the campaign with a genuine labor slate, instead of endorsing capitalist party candidates. But so bound to the reaction are these leaders, and so afraid to fight in the interests of the class they are supposed to speak for, that they would rather unite with the enemies of the working class in the ranks of the old parties than with a real working-class party. In a choice between labor politics and capitalist politics they line up with capitalism. In face of this situation the Work- at Workers’ House ers (Communist) Party was forced to This Saturday, October 23, at the Workers’ House, 1902 W. Division St., the Novy Mir worker correspondents will give a concert and dance for the benefit of the only Russian Commu- nist paper in the United States, the Novy Mir. in the colony will participate. Details will be announced later. Reserve the date, Saturday, October 23. Some of the best talents enter the field alone as the only de- fender of independent working-class political action. We placed a full ticket in the field against the agents of capital and the enemies of the workers seeking office on both the re- publican and democratic tickets. We urge the workers of Pennsylvania to refuse to support the fake labor can- didates running on the democratic ticket and cast their votes for the Workers’ Party candidates as a re- “Energetic and MANY workers have shown their approval of The DAILY WORKER by subscribing for it.. THOUSANDS 2 our triends are now coming across with liHeral donations in order to help Keep The DAILY WORKER. j j BUT it is not often that an enemy of Commun- ism speaks well of The DAILY WORKER—the daily spokesman of the American Communist movement—the untiring champion of the workers. + EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES EXPOSE POLITICAL BETRAYAL OF WORKERS PITTSBURGH, Oet. 21—The following statement has been issued by the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia districts: In their campaign for election November 2, the leading Democratic can- didates, William B. Wilson for U, S. senator and Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell |for governor of Pénnsylvania, are making much of the fact that they are also calling themselves the Pennsylvania buke to the spurious labor leaders trailing behind the democratic band- wagon. Wilson Consistently Anti. The record of Wilson is consistently anti-labor. As secretary of labor he aided the despotic regime of A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney-general in Woodrow Wilson’s cabinet, deport to lands from which they were political exiles thousands upon thousands of workers who had hoped to find in this country a haven of refuge from politi- cal oppression. It was Wilson himself who had to approve every deportation warrant—many of which proved to be death warrants for workers delivered into the hands of European despotism. William B, Wilson is just as ridicu- lous when he professesto speak in the name of the party of Thomas Jef- ferson as is William S. Vare when he tried to conceal his infamy under the cloak of Abraham Lincoln. Both of them are servants of big capital and enemies of the working class. And either of them will stand with the reaction in the senate arid uphold the | sealants orgy of Wall Street by sup- porting such ventures as the world court, the league of nations and other institutions that exist for the sole-pur- pose of preparing another blood bath for the workers of the world, Each of these senatorial candidates stand for their party’s support of imperialist policies, which, if permitted to con- tinue, will lead the workers of this country onto foreign battlefields again to defend the interests of banking capital on Wall Street. Owns Scab Mine. Wilson, in addition, isan owner of a mine operated by scab labor, which is one of the reasons why he failed to receive the nomination of the Cambria county labor party. Go to the polls on election day and rebuke the fakers at the head of the labor party by supporting the straight Workers’ Party ticket. A vote for the Workers’ Party ‘is a vote for a. class party of labor, A vote for Wilson, Vare, Bonniwell, Fisher or any repub- lican or democrat-is a vote against labor and for the exploiters, the open- shoppers, the Morgan-Mellon combina- tion that dominated the last session of congress and hopes to retain con- trol. DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COMMIT- TEE OF DISTRICTS 3 and 5. Tbat worker next door to you may not have anything to do to- night. Hand him this covy of the ' DAILY WORKER. Cebla: KNOPF» NEW YORK Dear Mr, Lovestone:- ite way, communism, as to be almost insane. Ruthenberg, general secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party, will speak in Cleveland at the Insurance Center building, 1783 HB. 11th street, on Sunday, October 24, at 3 p. m. Comrade Ruthenberg faces a sen- tence in the penitentiary, since his case is now before the supreme court of the United States, which may ren- der its decision in a few weeks, in re- gard to the “criminality” of the Com- munist Party meeting in secret con- vention in Michigan in 1922. All workers are invited to attend the meeting, which wil be under the auspices of the Workers (Communist) Party, District 6. Admission trea. Huge Celebration of Russian Revolution in Detroit Planned DETROIT, Oct. 21—November 7th Committee of 30 is preparing for the greatest celebration of the Russian Revolution ever held in Detroit. One of the largest halls in the city has: been secured, the Detroit Armory, with a seating capacity of over 3,000 people. Ben Gitlow and Rebecca Grecht will be the principal’ speakers at the demonstration. A splendid musical program has been arranged which will include the famous Ukrainian Workers’ Chorus of 80 voices, the Lithuanian Workers’ Chorus of 50 voices and the Finnish Workers’ Or- chestra of 30 pieces. “Recognize Sov- fet Russia!” ig the outstanding slogan of the publicity committee. Every workers’ organization and every worker sympathetic to Soviet Russia is being reached and invited to the huge celebration, Admission is . 25 cents, Needle Trades Rally in Bronx on Oct. 22 NEW YORK, Oct. 21—On Friday night, Oct. 22, the neédle trades cam- paign committee for the candidates of the Workers Party-will hold a monster mass meeting and rally at Hunts Point Palace, 163rd street and Southern boul- evard. This will be the only campaign rally in the Bronx and all needle trades workers are called upon to come to the needle trades rally to hear the candi- dates of the Workers Party of the Bronx who are all members of the needle trades unions. The speakers at this rally will,.be Benjamin Gitlow, candidate for gov- ernor; Gen Gold, manager of the Joint Board of the Furriers’ Union; Charles Zimmerman, of Local 22 of the I. LeG. W. U. and candidate for assmebly in Fifth district; Joseph, Boruchowitz, vice president of the striking cloak- makers and candidate for assembly in the Seventh district; Moissaye J. Ol- gin, candidate for congress in the Twenty-third district; Henry Sazer of the cap makers’ union‘and many other speakers of the party and trade union movement, THE AMERICAN MERCURY 730 FIFTH AVENUE ¥ NEW YORK ‘Tohephones: CIRCLE 1670 + 1679 October 1st As a believer ‘an tree apesch, absolute, universal and wmlimited, Tam delighted to see the Daily Worker making I am, of cours®, no advocate of It seems to me to be so unsound But I am glad that you have set up 80 energetic ant interesting a paper to argue for 1%, and hope that you get enough support to keep it goings Sincerely yours, READ this testimonial and think and act. ML MEN OREN: filer ALPRED A. R NOPE: Pabliher BAMURL KM OPP: Basinas Masapr m aoe DEM, CANDIDATE PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 21.— Speaking before a meeting of miners in Avella, Pa.,, H. M. Wicks, Workers (Contmunist) Party candidate for gov- ernor, dealt with special problems con- fronting the miners and paid his re- spects to William B. Wilson, candi- date for U. S, senator on the demo- cratic ticket, pointing out the fact that Wilson, while secretary of labor, was one of the principal enemies of labor in the country, Tells of Record. Wicks related the role of Wilson during the war and quoted some of his proclamations to labor to refrain from asking for decent conditions during the conflict and promising them anything they desired after the war was over, He then showed how Wilson carried out his promises by signing deportation warrants for thou- sands upon thousands of workers who had come to the United States in the hope of finding a haven of refuge from European political oppression. Exposes Labor Fakers. Wicks exposed the fakers at the head of ‘the Pennsylvania labor party who first tried to get Pinchot to run on their ticket and then endorsed the democratic slate after Pinchot turned them down, The speaker emphasized the fact that the Workers Party alone upholds the,elementary demand for a class party of labor and is fighting against all renegades and traitors act- ing as leeches upon the labor move- ment. Negroes Present. The meeting was held in Miners’ Hall and half the audience were, Negroes. Wicks related his observa- tions while attending a meeting of the republican menagerie at the Henry Hotel the day before where Vare, Fisher, candidate for governor on the republican ticket, and others address- ed a handful of republicans. He re- lated the fact that a number of Ne- groes were there as decoys for the rest of their race, As usual in Penn- sylvania campaign meetings the ques- tion of slush funds as they pertain to Vare, the hooligan candidate, was dealt with. Francis Speaks. W. C. Francis, of Pittsburgh, one of the Negro leaders and prominent in the American Negro Labor Con- gress addressed the meeting, dealing with special problems confronting the Negro in the mining industry. Mrs. Parthenia Hills, candidate for Heutenant-governor on, the Workers (Communist) Party ticket also spoke briefly, dealing with vital problems confronting workers in this section and stating the position of the party in opposition to lynching, segregation, jim-crowism, and other special prob- lems affecting the Negro workers, Boost DAILY WORKER. Besides more than paying all ex- penses of the meeting by contributing to a good collection for campaign pur- poses, there were six new subscribers secured for The DAILY WORKER, WITH THE Y ) _ CONDUCTED *BY TH MEMBER AMERICAN STUDENT DELE- GATION DESCRIBES SOVIET SCHOOLS The following letter written from Moscow by Thomas L. Dabney after a five weeks’ trip thru Russia, con- tains some unusual information about the Russian educational system. Mr. Dabney was graduated from Brook- wood this year and has only recently returned from a four months’ tour thru England and Russia with an American studentydelegation, August 21, 1926, Moscow, U, S. S. R. Our delegation returned to Mos- cow on August 15, after a trip of five weeks thru the southern part of the Soviet Union. Altho our itinerary was covered rather hurriedly, we had the opportunity of gathering some in- formation on the educational develop- ments in the colleges and universities, I was particularly interested In the type of courses given in the technical and academic schools that we visited. Of course the Russian schools have their vacation in summer, but they are open for students who do their practical work. Summer Work, There were many students if all of the colleges and institutes that we visited. All of them were doing spe- cial and practical work which had to be done during the summer. Russian students are required to do some prac- tical work with their theoretical train- ing. We saw 50 school children get- ting practical training in the use of tools and machinéry in an iron factory at Kharhoy. They go to school fout hours, and do practical work four hours a day. I shall never forget the conference which we had with the director at Saratov University, It was from him that we got the human side of the story of educational development prior to the revolution. We could ap- preciate the story of the clash between students and instructors, because we learned much concerning the part which Russian students had in revolu- tionary propaganda from our visit at the Museum of the Revolution in. Mos- cow, Russian students fought not on- ly for the freedom of the peasants and workers, but for more freedom and power for themselves. The director said they demanded too much, but as time passed, both students and in- structors adjusted themselves to the new situation following the revolu- tion, tee 9) GainoMuchey uit Russian students have gained much for themselves by their long struggle for more participation in the affairs of the colleges and institutes which they attend. They are r@presented on all committees dealing with courses, departments and the Council of Administration. Students no lon- ger regard instructors as members of a higher class, but they regard them as comrades. They feel free to make any grievance or complaint to then. that they may have. And as the direc- tor of Saratov University said, they are always given sympathetic and due consideration, Another change which has devel- oped in Russian education since the revolution pertains to the courses im the different colleges and institutes, For example, at Saratov University the school of economic rights has been substituted for the old school of law, In the school in economic rights, law becomes less legal and fdrmal and more economic. and social. In the school of medicine at Saratov Univers sity biology has replaced anatomy as the center of medical science, Technical Needs Great. Altho art, musie and philosophy are included in the curriculum of Rus- sian colleges and institutes, technical and practical training in the electrical; and mechanical arts is emphasized.j This sort of training is emphasized in.the Soyiet Union because there i¢ a dearth of technicans and experts, Russian industries need to be ex- panded and developed, but this can- not be done without well-trained tech- nicians and industrial experts. Practically all Russian“students re-- ceive some financial aid from trade unions. A great many live in student quarters for which they pay nothings They travel on the railroads fot half fare, an get a reduction on theater tickets, ‘text books, and journals. There. are special student mutual ait organizations in Leningrad, Kharhov, Kiev, and other cities, Everything possible is done to encourage students to remain in schoo] and to secure jobs for them when they finish. Halloween Carnival in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES.—The Freiheit Ju- gend, together with the Young Work- érs “League, will give a Halloween Masquerade Carnival on Saturday night, October 30, at the Co-operative Auditorium, 2706 Brooklyn Avenue. 50 Per cent of the proceeds of this af- fair will go for the British striking miners, ¢ We'll insure you of a real 5-piece jazz orchestra, delicious refreshments, mischievous confetti. Besides that you will have the satisfaction of know+ ing that you are contributing towards a worthy cause. Prizes will be givén for the best costumes. We will send sample copies of The DAILY WORKER to your, friends—send us name and ad- dress, nteresting’”’ Says an Enemy of Communism--Read this Testimonial--Act! |“I am delighted to see The DAILY WORKER making its way up.” TH iS is what Mencken says. It is very seldom that Mencken has sia of praise for anybody or anything. NOW do you want to see The DAILY WORKER continue making its way? Then KEEP The DAILY WORKER. 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