The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 3, 1926, Page 4

i 3 | Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Ov os sae Workers (Communist) Party WORKERS COMMUNIST PARTY ISSUES STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF SOVIET UNION The resolution adopted by the Central Executive Committee of the Work- ers (Communist) Party of America on the situation in the Communist Party of the Union of Soviet Republics and the withdrawal of Comrade Gregory Zinoviev from work in the Communist HE Cefitral Committee of Workers (Communist) Party has on two occasions expressed its sup- port of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the struggle against the opposition led~by Comrades Trotzky and Zino- ylev. It has endorsed and reaffirms its endorsement of the general-line of policy of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as against that of the opposi- | tion, for development of the Socialist economic system in the Soviet Union and also condemned the effort of the opposition in organizing systematical- ly a factional opposition within our Russian brother Party. It considered these activities the more destructive and subject to condemnation, because the position of Conrade Zinoviev as president of the Communist Interna- tional made his ‘wn-Leninist attitude in breaking the discipline of the Party a bad example which can only have a destructive influence in all the affillat- ed Parties of the Comintern. The Central Committee of the Work- ers (Communist) Party saw in the ac- tions of Comrade Zinoviey a course unworthy of a disciplined member of any Communist Party, and certainly incompatible with the duties of the president of the Communist Interna- tional. While the Central Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party wel- comes the fact that the opposition led by Comrades Trotzky and Zinoviey have now recognized the danger of their course and acknowledged their error in so far as the breaches of dis- cipline are concerned, their belated re- cognition of their mistake in this re- spect cannot serve to excuse their ac- tions. . The Central Committee of the Work- ers (Communist) Party, therefore, ap- | proves the withdrawal of Comrade Zin- oviev by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as & delegate to the} Communist Internationa, The lead- ers of our Communist International must be free fromf*the blemish of eonscious un-Leninist behaviour. Executive Committee of the Com- munist International must be free of undisciplined and therefore harmful elements. ‘The Central Committee of the Work- ers (Communist) Party sees in the ac- tions of the Plenum of the Central Committee and the Control Commis- sion of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union against the ieaders of the opposition, Comrades ,Zinoviev, Trotzky, and others a well earned cen- sure for their disruptive behaviour. It expresses sincere hopes that these comrades will heed the warning and will in the future conduct themselves as disciplined members of the Com- munist International. The unanimity with which the ECCI approved the action of the Plenum of the Central Committee and the Cen- tral Committee of the Communist ee Good Books IN GERMAN We have just received a _.a pment of the following 3 ks in German from the ‘lishers in Berlin: Vekonomie des Rentners, _ Bucharin—Cloth “Imperialismus, Lenin—Cloth .... Komm. 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THE DAILY RO The | International is as follows: ie _ Party of the Soviet Union against Comrades Zinoviev, Trotzky and others is an effective challenge to the lies of the capitalist press and its lickspittles, the Social Democrats who jattempted to picture the struggle of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for unity as a fight of Com- rades Stalin and Bucharin for, and Comrades Zinoviev and Trotzky jagainst the liquidation of the Com- |munist International, The procedure of the Plenum of the Central Commit- |tee of the Communist Party of the |Soviet Union, and of the Executive |Committee of the Communist Inter- national against the opposition in the }Communist Party of the Soviet Union proof of the inner strength and de- termination of victory of the Commu- nist International, In view of the failure of the oppo- sition in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to abandon their un- | Leninist orientation the Central Com- mittee of the Workers (Communist) Party of America feels in duty-bound |to join the Communist Party of the | Soviet Union in an ideological struggle | within its own ranks against these de- | viations, and to help unity the whole |Communist International behind the |Leninist principles and tactics of its |leader, the Communist Party of the | Soviet Union, Daily Worker Booster Not Disturbed by Fine PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1—The case of Benny Siegal, who was arrested for selling DAILY WORKER cetti- ficates, resulted in @ fine of $3.50 with a warning that the act be not re- peated. Siegal is one of the active hustlers |for The DAILY WORKER and expects jto get subs and donations and sell lcertificates as long as he pleases and predicts that before he puts away his jcane for good he will have six bucks in his fist from the judge for a yearly sub to The DAILY WORKER. So some day court wil Ibe delayed till hizzoner finds out from the pages of The DAILY WORKER how the revolu- tion is jogging in the American com- monwealth. — SLAVE FOR LOW WAGES BUT GLORY IN CHANCE TO ‘KEEP DAILY WORKER’ Many examples of how workers who are slaving for wages that give them a bare subsistence feel that they are not too poor to help keep The DAILY WORKER in its present campaign are coming in. Herbert Benjamin reports one ex- ample: “I raised $57 in a small meeting in Endicott last night for The DAILY WORKER. The signifi- | cance of this fact will be realized, as | réalize it, when | say that of | the eleven members who contrib- uted this amount the nine largest contributors are slaving in the Endi- cott-Johnson shoe factory at from $12 to $22 a week and must support large families on their wages.” One member of this group, he re- ports, lost an arm in a machine In the factory, and has niné*children to support., But he gloried in the privi- lege to help in the campaign. This is the spirit that will keep alive the only working class daily in Americal | WCEL Radio Program | Chicago Federation of Labor radio broadcasting station WCFL is on the air with regular programs. 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Js hea VNOST LUDU » Chicago, Hh Subscription rates; By mai), $6.00;a year, for Chicago ss.iv a year, WORKERS SCHOOL PREPARES PARTY FUNCTIONARIES Courses Are Designed to Develop Leaders NEW YORK, Noy. 1.—The core of the large number of courses offered by the New York Workers’ School this year is to be found in the group of courses that have been designated, “Blementary Party Training Course,” and the group entitled, “Advanced Party Training Course.” They are especially designed to train party furit- tlonaries; to raise the theoretical level of the party membership and to pre- pare workers for proper service to the labor movement. Training Needed. The Workers Party has entered into a period of increased and intensified activity. After a period of defeat and isolation, it has won several notable successes, is breaking down the fsola- tion from which it suffered and is now actually engaged in organizing work- ers, leading certain strikes and devel- oping progressive blocs in their im- portant unions as well as taking part in various united front movements. All these matters place new respon- sibilities upon members of the party. MEETING OF CHICAGO PARTY MEMBERSHIP T0 BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY A Chicago Party Membership meeting will be held at Northwest Hall, Western and North avenue, Wdnesday, Nov. 3. All party mem- Wednesday, Nov. 3. Ali party mem- ance. 6 They are called upon to make swift decisions on practical matters of Policy—decisions implying both a knowledge of our fundamental doctrine and of the concrete problems is found in a proper theoretical training com- bined with the requisite practical, ex- perience. Prepare Leaders, Another cause of the special im- Bortance of the combination party training courses is the fact that the party reorganization has created a great need for additional functionaries! since the new form of organization Tequires many more functionaries than did the old. ‘Therefore the school is bending all its energies to- wards the training of such function- aries, The Courses, The party training courses include the following combinations: Blementary Party Training Course —Marxism-Leninism, B, D. Wolfe, instructor; History of the American ‘Communist Party, William W. Wein- stone, instructor; American Commun- ist Party Organization, Jack Stachel, instructor; Theory and Practice of Work in Trade Unions, Benj. Gitlow, instructor; American Economic and Political History, D, Benjamin, in- structor; History of the American Working Class, Arthur C. Calhoun, in- structor; Elements of the Marxian Economics, instructor to be an- nounced; American Labor Problems, a symposium course. Advanced Party Training Courses— America Today (Problems of Marxism in America), Bertram D. Wolfe; Theory and Practice of Work in Trade Unions, Benjamin Gitlow; History of thé Comintern, W. W. Weinstone; History of the American Working Class, Arthur C, Calhoun; Communist Party Organization, Jack Stachel; His- torical Materialism, J. Mindel; Ad- vanced Marxian Economics, Harry Wicks, ‘ Starts in November. All of these courses are starting dur- ing the first two weeks in November and workers should register now any afternoon or evening at the school or send for free catalog to Bertram D. Wolfe, Director of the Workers’ School, 106-108 EB. 14th Street, New York City, - Power Company Using Insurance Scheme as Collaboration Bait SEATTLE, Nov. 1.—(FP)—. Mant festation of the spirit of compan: unionism is revealed in the recent ac tion of the Puget Sound Power & Light Co. in taking out a group iu surance policy Involving approximate. ly $5,400,000 covering 3,000 of its 3,600 employes. The company pays part of the premium for each employe The policies provide for permanen. disability and old age pensions, tt is stated that no compulsion will be ex: ercised in signing up the workers. The Puget Sound company is one of the largest electric light and power monopolies in the northwest. It has an agreement with the electricians’ union covering linemen,and a limited number of skilled workers. BUILD THE DAILY, WiTH A suB. SCIENTISTS NO LONGER CREDIT MARTIAN BEINGS Astronomers Dismiss old Fantastic Notion UNIONIZATION SHOULD FOLLOW COAL ACTIVITY While genuine scientists no longer concern themselves as to the exist- Desire to Write is Only Qualification _ Necessary to Enter Correspondence Class The Chicago class in worker correspondence which gets actively under way this Friday night, i8 open to all workers, regardless of affiliations, The only qualifications a member of the class needs are that he or'she be a worker and has the desire to learn how to write news stories, ence of intelligent life on the planet Mars, that hove into! ¢lear view to their telescopes Tuesday and Wed- nesday, they are still conjecturing about the possibility qf plant life on the little world. The sensational fantasies concern- ing “human life” on Mars concocted by pseudo-scientists apd, fiction writ- ers is gradually giving ‘way to, first, the logical conclusion that “human life” as such is possible only to a world which contains physical envir- ons like our own; second, that the at- mospheric conditions and temperature of Mars make impossible the exist- ence of animated organisms even re- motely akin to those with which we are familiar; and third, that Mars is a “dying world,” a planet that has had its day and that is now grown cold, losing its power of gravitation and its atmosphere with the general conclusion to be drawn that if ani- mal life ever existed there, it has had its day. Mars Closest. This, by and large, is the result of further investigations made of the in- triguing planet in the last few days at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. At present, Mars is as close to the earth as it will be for fifteen years, 43,000,000 miles, and affords excellent opportunities for astronomers who, however, are far more interested in making calcula- tions as to the physical conditions of the neighbor orb than”they are in trying to find further evidence of the kind of life that many people would be eager to hear announced as exist- ing there. Possible Vegetation. The astronomers, however, do not dismiss the possibility of the exist- ence of vegetable life on Mars, altho even with regard to this there {s. con- siderable dispute, The belief that there is such life is based on color changes observed on the planet and that the so-called “canals” may be strips of vegetation. This is opposed by astronomers who are of the opin- ion that both the color changes and the markings taken for canals are due to atmospheric shiftings and pos- sible voleanic activity.© —* SnEEieaieenneeenae Sociology Préféssor Tells Strikers They Need Union to Fight NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—Leroy Bow- man, professor of sociology at Colum- bia University, characterized condi- tions in the paper box industry at “rotten” in an address before striking workers of that industry. Mr. Brown said that as a member of the Teachers’ Union he is a part of the labor movement and the strug- gle to “clean up the glaring evils in the civilization of today,’ “You box workers are struggling against sweatshop conditions in New York,” declared Professor Bowman. “Your demands for a 44-hour week, extra pay for overtime And union rec- ognition are mere elemental demands which other workers have long ea- joyed,” the speaker maintained. “Or- ganize, stick together until you have won this strike,” Mr, Bowman toffl the strikers’ that “freedom does not pervade the atmos- phere of America, Freedom comes to a group of people only after they have come to fruition in the children it improbable that such mind will ever hood and youth, or makes it largely organized to advance their interests.” Lack of Funds Holds up Palmer Probe ’Till After the Elections WASHINGTON, Nov, 1. — Senator Borah’s committee which was author: ized last June to probe the handling of the alien property in this country by Mitchell Palmer, Garvin, Harry Daugherty, Thos. Miller and other custodians, will be unable to get funds for its work until the regular session of the senate begins in December. “Mitchell Palmer, Joseph P, Tumul- ty, J. Harry Covington, a number of former democratic congressmen and some former national committeemen are likely to be summoned to testify in connection with big transactions in alien property during the Wilson ad- ministration, Barber Local Passes Resolution on Debs (By a Worker Correspondent) BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov, 1--Ont of 188 pieces of candy purchased in tie open market, 29 were found to contain bacteria from the human intestine, Prof, John W. Engiril of the Univer- sity of Washington told a group of food and drug experts attending the convention of the public health asso- ciation, ta Prof, Engiril said that atieky candies and those made from unegoked ma rlale show the greatest conamination, Owners Must Produce At Any Cost Now By PATRICK (Worker Correspondent.) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 1— The price of coal in Pittsburgh as in every place else is mounting higher and higher. The Terminal Coal & Coke company here refuses to sell even at $10.00 a ton. The only way they are willing to sell ahead is at a “blind price,” meaning that the buyer will be willing to pay any price that is asked at the time of delivery. The companies are holding all their coal for foreign buyers who, in desper- ation at not being able to get coal, are outbidding each other. Italy, Nor- way, Sweden, all of South America and other Buropean countries are en- tirely dependent on other nations for their coal. Germany cannot furnish enough scab coal to England and still supply home market. England has none to sell because of the British miners’ strike, therefore all countries are turning to America, willing to buy at any price just to get the coal. Admit Price to Raise. All of the companies claim that the price of coal will not go down, but mount even higher. In the Westmore- land and Connelsville fields an in- ‘crease in wages will go into effect Noy. 1. The Keystone Coal & Coke com- pany, the Greensburg Coal company, the Irwin Gas Coal company, and the Berwin White Coal company have posted notices of an increase in wages. Many of these non-union minés have raised the wages higher than, and some almost as high, as the Jackson- ville agreement. However, W. G. Warden, chairman 1 25 cents more than the Jacksonville agreement, says that his company has | no intention of again resuming the use of organized labor. He says that when the demand drops back, the wages will be reduced accordingly. The’ cry of all nations is for coal by fair means or foul. They must have coal to carry on their industries. The coal operators know this and are raising their prices to suit themselves, The increased wages in the non-union mines are only a sham. They will be lowered again as soon as the supply Any worker in Chicago who has this desire is urged to attend the meet: ing of the class on Friday in the editorial offices of The DAILY WORKER; 1113 West Washington Blvd! (third ¢—————_______ floor), at 8 o'clock. The object of the class is to develop in the workers the ability to.put the things that happen in their industrial life in news story form s6 that all workers can know what is going on. It is the aim to develop first class news writers out of the class members, Workers do not have to have the ability to write fine literature to get results. The class is primarily de- signed for those who want training in writing. The “question and answer” method will be used in the instruction so that everyone will get'as much as possible from the course. Actual pieces of work by correspondents will be criticized in order to demonstrate errors and good points in the work. CLASS IN LABOR NEWS WRITING AT N.Y. SCHOOL Worker Correspondence to be Stressed By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—One*of the most important courses offered at the Workers School this year is labor journalism (Workers Correspondence) with Harvey O’ Connor as instructor. The course aims to prepare editors and contributors for our union jour- nals, reporters and correspondents for the Party press, and editors and con- tributors for the factory newspapers. It trains workers in shop, mill and fac- tory to report. the news of the indus- trial struggle in its everyday phases. The technique of simple, direct news- writing, of organizing, editing and managing shop papers and of prepar- ing material for use in the labor press is its main object. z Labor and shop papers will be stu- died closely and students will prepare copy for actual publication, Noted la- bor editors are scheduled to speak on various phases of the labor press. Be- cause this is essentially a laboratory course, knowledge of elementary En- glish composition is required. of coal is disposed off and the demand has ceased. If the miners do not know this, it is time they woke up and looked around them, They cannot let themselves be lulled to sleep by this sudden increase, * Where Is Lewis? Suppose America now joined the British miners with their own demand for a living wage and union organiza- tion of unorganized fields, now at the crucial moment when coal is des- perately needed. Would not the coal operators be forced to give in to rec- ognize the union and assure the miners of continually receiving the wages they are now getting at this temporary short prosperous period? Why does not Lewis and his flunkeys see the splendid opportunities offered? Why does Lewis continue to keep quiet? But the miners know that Lewis has never yet done anything for their good. If they want anything, if they want to be assured of a living wage they must go after it thems¢lves, and fight without Lewis. of the board of directors of the Pitts- burgh Coal company, whose mine pays Why don’t you write it up? it may be interesting to other workers. Celebrate ‘NINTH ANNIVERSARY RUSSIAN REVOLUTION Three Large Meetings EXPRESS YOUR SOLIDARITY WITH THE RUSSIAN’ WORKERS AND PEASANTS, DEMAND THE RECOG- NITION OF SOVIET RUSSIA BY THE UNITED STATES FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5th, at 8 p. m. MILLERS GRAND ASSEMBLY Grand and Havenmeyer Sts. Brooklyn LITHUANIAN CHORUSES Speakers: AND OTHER MUSICAL NUMBERS CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE 67th St, & 3rd Ave, Freiheit Gesangs Verein Lovesto} Olgin, Weinstone, 8. Epstein, chel, Sorment, Don ‘ ADMISSION (Ticket good for any TICKETS ON SALE AT: Workers Party, 108 EB. 14th Street; Book- shop, 127 University Place; Fretheit, 30 Union Square; Laiswa, 46 Ten Kyck St, Brooklyn; Elore, 33 H. 1st Street; Ukrainian ~ Daily News, 17 B. 3rd Street; also at all Party Headquarte ox) enberg, Cosgrove, M, Epstein, also Lithuanian and Italian, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, at 2 p. m. : WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY—DISTRICT No. 2 This course offers the necessary training not merely for those who wish to contribute occasional articles in the form of workers’ correspondence, but also those who are likely to be- come editors of trade union journals or left wing papers and for the con- ducting of publicity campaigns for strikes or left wing fights, organizing drives, union affairs, etc., One does not have to be a fine writer, an ele- gant stylist, in order to take this course, Plain working class English for working class readers is the best style that proletarian journalists can develop. The course begins on Monday, No- vember 8, at 8 P. M. and runs for a period of three months, Registration can be made any afternoon or even- ing at the headquarters of the Work- ers School, 108 East 14th St. New York City. Register for the course in Labor Journalism today, WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! “The pen is mightier than the sword,” provided you know how to use It. Come down and learn how in the worker corresponden: Jay Lovestone, A. Tracht- HUNTS POINT PALACE 163rd St.,.& S. Blvd. Freiheit Mandolin Orchestra Speakers: Lovestone, Gold, Olgin, Poyntz, Zimmerman, R, B. Moore, 50 CENTS of above meetings.) Finnish Hall, 16 W, 126th rm | Woodland, MORE MINES INCREASE WAGES, PRIGE OF COAL ALSO IS SOARING UP By"ROMA (Worker Correspondent) MOUNDSVILLE, W., Va., Nov. 1— Two other non-union mines have fol- lowed the policy of the Panama mine of this city, and the McKeefrey mine of McKeefrey, a short distance from here, and increased the wages Of the miners to equal the scale of the Jacksonville agreement. These last two. mines. were the Con- solidated Fuel company of Creapa and ,the Woco Coal company of This new wage scale affects about "800: miners, ‘4 To date, the three remaining mines in the immediate locality, namely, ‘the Parro .Run mine, the Glendale’ mine, and the First Street mine have not annouriced any wage Increase. i The price of domestic coal soared again at the Panama mine yesterday to 19 cents per bushel. This makes a total rise of sevén cents per bushel since the announcement of the wage increase, a rise of five cents a bushel October 23 and an increase of two cents this week. Needless to say, the coal oper- ators’ profits are not going to suffer any because of any increase In wages the underpaid miners might receive. DAIRY WORKERS IN BOSTON NEED HELP OF UNIONS _ By a Worker Correspondent. BOSTON, Noy, 1.—The Milk Wagou Drivers and Creamery Workers union, Local 380, of Boston has issued an ap- peal to all members of organized labor to aid them-in their fight against the lockout by the ‘Alden Brothers Cream- ery company. The union has been fighting the lockout since July 17 and financial assistance is needed to enable the workers to maintain the fight. Workers are also urged to patronize only fair dairies in Boston. Donations may be sent to Matthew A, Dunn, secretary-treasurer, 1334 Tre- mont street, Boston. One hundred and twenty-two men are affected. $ , Broke. Its Word. The lockout occurred when the Al- den company broke its word to the union*and refused to renew the con- tract with the organization, announc- ing the adoption of the open shop. ‘The. company has been delivering milk with the aid of police, who guard the seabs, The police at first even delivered the milk, but this, was stop- ped after vigorous protest of the union, Fair dealers of Boston and viginity include: Brown and Conant, iting Milk companies, Francis S. Cummins company, Seyen Cake Dairy company, Wm. B. Driscoll and company, J. E. Holden, Cashin Milk company, Herlihy brothers, J. F, McAdams and brothers, Deerfront Farms, Maple Farms Milk company, Cosgrove dairy, and Curley You'll like it. SUBSCRIBE—co as to have a copy handy for yourself and Cs friends. —Do it now— it’s 1.00 a year—50c. 6 months. tty YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE 1113 W. Washington Bivd. Chicago, Iilinois. eee Send the Young Worker for ee months to— —-