The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 21, 1926, Page 4

«te no fundamental Four THE DAILY WORKER Workers (Communist) i Party Tenum of Comintern Votes to Support Central Committee of Soviet Union Communist Party (Special Cable to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, U.S.5S. R., Dec, of the Plenum of the Execy International was open te German, French, British, es, read a draft resolution Plenum adopted unanimously with one abstention. Ideolo- > 3 resolution declared: y the opposition in the So 1 Communist Party represents tially a right danger, sometimes ed by left phrases, 9 negation of the possibility of listic construction in the U. S. is an underestimation of the fi 1 forces of development of J. 8. 8. R. and attests to the op- fi jon’s social-democratic~tendency, charge of national li st the C. P. S. U. is.a libe: tm considers that the C. P. rsuing the most correct pc list construction, firmly beli the U. S. S. R. pos necessary and adequate for the | ing of socialism,” at the same | remaining internationalist in and not in words, always main- ng the view of the world revolu- ing | Help Enemies, ve series of the extremely wrong ‘Vibellous anti-party assertions of | Opposition are in effect helping anemies of the proletarian dicta- tip and the renegades of Com- | ism, | e practical result of the position ne chief oppositional leaders in; most important questions of so- 3t construction would be the un- aining of the proletarian dictator- and actual assistance to the bour- 3 elements in the U. S. S. R., for aple, the policy of high prices, ex- fve taxation of the peasantry d wreck the union of workers and ants, | Opportunism. . te frankly opportunistic right ency of the Shlyapnikof and Med-} “ey group shows that the opposi-| al bloc and its allies fostered the} t danger within the party. 1erefore the plenum puts all sec-| 3 of the Comintern under obliga-| to fight resolutely against all at-| ots of the opposition in the C. P.| f, and its supporters in the other | fes to break the ideological and ed on Dec. 17.—As the twenty-seventh ses- itive Committee of the Commu- on the Russian question which organizational unity in the ranks of | the Comintern, and to struggle against he work of the various Communist parties that aim to win over the broad asses of the world proletariat to the volution and socialism. The plenum enjoins all sections and. above all the 3. P. 8S, U. itself to safeguard the Leninist unity of the C. P. 8. U. Confirms Resolution. The plenum confirms the resolution of the XV party conference of the C. P. S. U. on the oppositional bloc con- demning the bloc’s platform and acti- vities, a part of the plenum’s own decision on the Russian question. After Semard’s report the plenum unanimously adopted a resolution ap- | proving the work of the executive and expressing full confidence in it. It approved the position and tactics of the executive on the question of inter- national and national trade union unity, particularly the organization of an international campaign of solidar- ity for the miners’ strike in England, and the Anglo-Russian committee; in its appeal to the world proletariat to oppose the intervention in China; in its measures against the extension of the functional strife of the opposition into the other sections of the Comin- tern; in its strong support of the Ger- man Communist Party in its struggle against the ultra left elements and in other questions, Liquidate Factions, The plenum calls upon the execu- tive to devote the greatest attention to the liquidation of factionalism with- in the Comintern and the creation of | jan unshakable unity and cohesion in its ranks. After hearing Tan Ping Hstiangs re- port on the work of the Chinese com- mission, the plenum unanimously adopted resolutions on organizational | and agrarian questions, .SCHER GROUP OF iXCLUDED FROM C SOUVARINE; BRANDLER REINSTATED ne twenty-eighth session of the putive committee of the Commun- International opened Dec. 16 and ‘he basis of the report of Tanping- ing (China) the resolution on the ‘ese question was unanimously ‘pted. fter Ercoli’s (Italy) brief report the work of the trade union com- sion the plenum unanimously pted the resolution on the tasks of Communist Parties, in the trade ms. Next Kuusinen reported on work of the commission dealing a the appeals of Ruth Fischer, olem, Urbahns, Schwan, against expulsion from the Communist ty of Germany. @Musinen stated that their replies the questionnaire of the commis- 1 again exposed their hypocrisy, Dle-facedness and political foul GERMANY IS OMINTERN WITH Communist, Party, they were expelled from the Comintern, Next, Murphy reported on Souvar- ine’s case. He pointed out that thru his actions Souvarine had shown him- self to be practically already on the other side of the barricades, On be- half of the British delegation he pro- posed to exclude Souvarine definitely from the Comintern. Bernard on behalf of the French delegation and the whole French Party supported the proposition of the British delegation and pointed out that the French Communist Party condemns the oppositional activities of Suzanne, Girault, The plenum una- nimously confirmed the exclusion of Souvarine from the Communist Party and declared that the “Revolution Proletarienne,” the organ of the Mo- natte-Rosmer group, was a counter- 7 and proved them to be utterly un- “thy of being members of the Com- rn, Fischer Excluded. the plenum unanimougly confirmed decision of the central committee the Germany Communist Party and olved to exclude the above persons ™m the party and from the Comin- a 8 the German commission had not ’ finished its work and as there divergencies “hin it, the plenum unanimously ‘ypted Thaclmann’s proposition to ‘er the decision on the question in © German commission to the presi- ‘bn of the executive. Next Semard Worted on the work of the English “nmission. The plenum unanimously the commission’s resolution ‘the English question. Others Expelled. ir Pepper’s report on the fac- work of Wynkoop and Raven- } IG XMAS EVE DANCE TO CELEBRATE EXPANSION OF N. Y. WORKERS’ SCHOOL YEW YORK, Dec. fistmas Eve dance of the Workers’ 19.—-The annual ors which has become a recog- institution among the workers of Ww York, is conceived this year on| web more ambitious scale than pre- usly. The Workers’ School has ‘wn 80 rapidly during the last two ws that, altho this year it doubled floor space by taking the adjoining [ding to {ts old headquarters, it has #ady had to turn away over a hun- workers from the more popular revolutionary instrument, Thalheimer Back, Next Stutchka on behalf of the In- ternational control commission read a draft resolution on the case of Thal- heimer and Brandler, The plenum unanimously adopted the resolution whereby Brandler and Thalheimer were reinstated in their right to work in the Comintern because, since the fifth plenum they had correctly re- nounced their wrong ideas and re- frained from any factional activities. Then Semard in his concluding speech reviewed the work of the VII enlarged plenum of the E, C, C, I. and the tasks before the Comintern. Se- mard’s last words were: “Long live Lenin's international party!” which met with the Jong and loud applause all standing and singing the Interna- tional. After Semard declared the plenum closed the delegates leaving the hall cried: revolution” and sang revolutionary p lormer members of the Dutch | songs. a big success even if they did not bring any of their friends with them. In order to avoid the usual account- ing problems involved in so large an affair, the school has decided to sell 15, Thaelmann, on behalf | Czechoslovakian, and American | eventual harmful effects of the | opaganda of the opposition is the | It embodies that resolution as | “Long live the world }- NENBERSHP MEETING OF WORKERS PARTY TONIGHT, NORTHWEST HALL AT 8 A membership meeting of all members of the Workers (Commun- Ist Party In Chicago will meet to- night at Northwest Hall, North and Western Aves, at 8 p.m. Arne Swabeck, organizer of District 8 urges all members to be present and bring thelr cards,. The meeting will hear a report of the recent plenum | of the central executive committee. | Tuesday night the committee In charge of the blg Lenin Memorial | for Chloago will meet at the District party office, 19 So, Lincoln St, to continue the work of preparation. Representatives from all party units In the district have been elected and are expected to attend the meeting. | Pittsburgh to Hold Lenin Memorial Mass Meeting, January 2? PITTSBURGH, Dec, 19.—Arrang ments are being completed to mak the Lenin Memorial meeting the bis gest ever held in this city. The larg hall of the Labor Lyceum, 35 Mille street, has been secured for Sunday Jan. 23, at 8 p.m. Comrade Willian F. Dunne, editor of The DAIL‘ WORKER and member of the centra executive committee of the Worker: (Communist) Party, will be the prin cipal speaker, A musical program is also being arranged. The Lenin Memorial meeting will be of utmost importance. Following the death of Comrade Lenin, the Rus sian party put on as a memorial a Lenin enrollment, the result of which trebled the membership of the party. The Lenin Memorial meeting this | year must be made the rallying point for the recruiting of new members into the American section of the Com- munist International, for which Lenin gave his life, |Russian Fraction W. P. Will Meet Ttiesday at Workers’ House The Chicago Russian fraction of the Workers (Communist) Party will meet Tuesday, Dec. 21, at 8 p. m., at the Workers’ House, 1902 W. Division St. Final arrangements for the Novy Mir Masquerade Ball to be given 1 Saturday, Dec, 25 at Mirror Hall, will be made. Butler Says Colleges Are Last Stronghold of American Liberty NEW YORK: — Nicholas Murray Butler, the fat apostle of reaction, in his annual report to the trustees of Columbia University, of which he is president ,slopped over by declaring) that the university 1s the “only present home of liberty and apparently its only hope.” Charging that intolerance pre- vails in church and state, he pictures universities, if not himself, as the only bulwark against a new dark age. His report ends on a request for a further endowment of $60,000,000, which will, if granted, presumably save liberty in the nation, Send us the name and address of @ progressive worker to whom we can send a sample copy of The DAILY WORKDR. CHICAGO! Remember INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE Xmas Party and Dance Benefit Political Prisoners at WEST END WOMEN’S HALL Ashland and Monroe Friday Eve.; Dec. 24th Entertainers: Manya Maller - - - Soprano Alex Kotoft Folk Dancer M. Dobkin Baritone Russian String Orchestra GETS FACTS-ON NEGRO MURDER CASE AT AIKEN NAGA C.P. Conducts Lynching Probe CLEVELAND, 0., Dec, 19.—Walter White, national secretary of the Na- tional Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People, spoke in Cleveland on the Aiken lynchings, He gave a detailed account of the triple murder, Has the Facts, The following points» have been clearly established and te can fur- nish proof and witnesses: 1. The innocence of the murdered family of any crimes. 2. The guilt) Of the clan, together with the jail keepers and pol- iticlans. 3, The frightful brutality of the crime for which the only motive was bestiality. J Talks of Work. CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued from page 1.) others’ throats, with France and Italy mobilizing troops at each others’ bord- ers, a dictatorship established in Lithuania, Poland ready to invade Lithuania and the new catholic-fascist dictatorship of the latter country rushing troops to the Polish border, with British warships threatening China, it takes a lot of imperial im- pudence for the viscount to turn such a stream of nonsense loose on the public, ra ad | heedlarnhunce hs parliamentary de- puties are urging on Premier Baldwin the wisdom of refusing to re- ceive a successor to Leonid Krassin, late Soviet Charge d’Affaires in Great Britain. Baldwin, the Coolidge of the British imperialists, advised his call- ers to keep their underwear on, in view of the fact that he was informed the Soviet government would not ap- point a substitute for Krassin in the immediate-future. White told of the work.of the N. A. A, ©, P. and the necessity for build ing up the organization.» He men- se 8 1 HE work at Chesham House would be carried on by the present staff. tioned some of the cases that the or-/In a public statement in support of ganization had been fighting for and|:ne conservative candidate running aid that a spectil fund; had been |against the wealthy socialist Moseley, vated that was to be used only for | Ralawin stated that he was prepared zal defense. to take stern measures against do- An appeal was made for member-| mestic Communist propaganda, and ip and funds to carry on the work, » which the audience of about 600 sople responded generously, Fails Economically, The N. A, A. C. P. is doing good ork as an organization of education. : Is doing good work in bringing to ght some of the frightful crimes ommitted against the American Ne- ro. At times it has been instru- nental in bringing sufficient pressure o convict the white criminals, but he N. A. A. ©. P. fails signally to ffer any solution or any program hat is basically, and therefore econom- ically, correct. The N. A, A. C. P. should go to the bottom of the situation, analyze it from an economic standpoint and lay the basis for a real fight against the enemies, It should fight for trade union organization and for @ political party of the working class. These things are basic and revolu- tionary and any program for the emancipation of the Negro must fail without these demands, FASCISM SPREAD BY TRIBUNE VIA RADIO STATION Chicago was given an, outstanding example of how the radio is used to spread capitalist propaganda by the program broadcast by The Chicago Tribune Tuesday night in which Mus- solini, fascist dictator of Italy, “spoke to the American people.”’ The “en- terprising” Tribune had a phonograph record made of an address by Mus- solini in Italy, and broadcast the rec- ord over its station here. Italian stars of the Chicago Opera company were placed on the air at the same time to attract the radio. public to the speech. U. S, and Italy Together, The speech translated from the Italian said that “America and Italy are bound with close and real ties.” “Intensive relations have been estab- lished between the two nations,” said Mussolini. “And they have nourish- ed a mutual moral comprehension from which naturally spring @ mutual sympathy.” Admires Idea of Labor, “T am a great admirer of American civilization,” he said. “I see in it a new form, rich in powerful elements entirely its own. Its most marked and gripping originality is that it has as its base labor, appreciated with a new and beautiful conception. La- bor is no longer understood as a pun- ishment, but as the true purpose of life.” Now that every financial question is settled, Mussolini said, the “under- standing” between the United States and Italy 1s constantly increasing. | Seth are proud of a victorious war fought together,” he said, “and fash-| jon from it only sources: of satisfac- “ion and remembrances of glory.” Boston Electricians Score Over Phone Co. BOSTON, Dec, 19, — Union electri- cians and other building trades work- men are etriking at the university club construction job because non- union workers employed by the New England Telephone Co, are putting in phone wires. The dispute is similar to that which has been raging over the Hotel Stat- ler wiring and which is now in the hands of an empire. intimated that the government was ready to assist the right wing lead- ers in preventing the Communists from gaining control of the trade un- ions. International capitalism, is in a united front with the labor fakers. eee HARP on the heels of the acquittal of Fall and Doheny came the ac- quittal of Messrs. Hoffman, sheriff of Cook county, Frankie Lake and Terry Druggan, millionaire bootleggers, Our readers probably remember that while serving a term in our local jail for contempt of court the two dapper rum barons spent more time outside of jail than in it, and it leaked out that their excursions from their temporary home cost them something like | CONDUCTED - BY TH A DISTRICT AND NATIONAL SCHOOL By JORMA KANGAS HE National Training School of the Young Workers League has drawn to a close and the students have re- turned to take up the work of the league in their districts. This school, the first attempt of its kind, was held in Chicago and lasted thru November and into the first week of December of this year, In several districts the league has been able to establish dis- trict schools. Many of the comrades are familiar with these schools so we can proceed to compare the two, a district school and the national school, First of all the national school is much more advanced in curriculum and composition. The students attend- ing this school come from various parts of the United States, being mostly those comrades who have had considerable experience. in league work or who show a capacity for lead- ing. These students have been given an advanced training in the principles of Communism, Marxian economics and especially league and party prob- lems in America, Because of its location, the N, L. T. S. has been most fortunate in segur- ing good lecturers. Chicago at’ pres- ent is the hub of the revolutionary movement in America and because of this fact, the students had at their finger tips the well-known big guns of the party for instructors. Thig is quite different from the district courses where we had two instructors thruout the entire course. This latter system, however, has its advantages in that it gives a better sequence to the studies. There is room for argu- ment here as to which form of faculty is better; one or two instructors who follow closely the progress of their charges, or a faculty of ten or a dozen specialists, Organizationally, the differences are $20,000. Hoffman was held partly re- sponsible, but a jury of their com- | peers found all three innocent of | wrong doing, and those oustanding | citizens can now face the public with | unblushing faces, As Ed Doheny said | to his old friend Al Fall, as they} walked unfettered and unstung (ex-| cept by their lawyers) out of the courtroom, “It’s a great country, Al, if you have the money.” eee IG business wants Mayor Dever to throw his hat in the ring for a second term, What Calvin Coolidge is to the capitalists of the United States, Dever is to Chicago’s over-world, as distinct..from ‘the under-world on which the Thompson-Eller-Crowe ma- chine bases its political existence, tho of course serving the interests of the capitalists. Dever has been the will- ing tool of big business since he took office. see (HE packers, the mail order kings and big financiers, the great ma- jority of them republicans, urge Dever to run for re-election, They don’t want Thompson the republican, whose fol- lowers are alleged to have glue on their fingers. The fat boys want to keep what they have stolen from the workers; they don’t want to share any of it with the grafters who go into politics to steal. Big business robs on a large scale. It despises the petty larceny artists. oe © R, MUSTE, head of the Brookwood Labor College, gives Thomas Mc- Mahon, president of the United Tex- tile Workers’ Union and vice-presi- dent Starr of the same organization credit for the settlement forced from the Botany Mills, in Passaic, New Jersey. Muste said: “That paper (terms of settlement) represents a | great victory for the textile workers and a great victory for McMahon and Starr. Many committees have been trying for ten and a half months to bring about a settlement. They ali helped but it was McMahon who broi about the final victory.” But for the solidarity of the strikers and the lead- ‘ership of the Communists who initia- ted the struggle there would be no settlement, and no victory for Mc- Mahon, The latter was shamed into recognizing the strike. This is not the first time a cuckoo took posses- sion of a nest built by others, . French Clerical Bask oat in Pope’s Benediction (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Dec. 19,—Gen. Castelnau has received approval of the pope in having organized the French catholics in a fight inst anti-clericalism in politics, according to a letter he has received from Cardinal Gasparri from Rome. Starting in Brittany, the or- ganization has now extended its prop- aganda to Alsace and Lorraine in an The United Building Trades Council sanctioned the strike order. effort to combat the socialists’ policy of separation of church and state, Dickerson’s Dance Orchestra | tickets for cash only and all tickets |given out to the students in advance of the affair will be paid for by them Chicago Christmas Party Nears slight. The N. L. T. S. is composed of a smaller number of students so there were fewer committees. The | body that was responsible for all the |activity of the school was the school SPEED-UP AT MINE PROVES FATAL TO YOUNG TRIPRIDER By Young Coal Miner. WEST FRANKFORT, IIl., Dec. 19.— James Wayman, 25, of Benton, IIl., died today at the W. F, United Mine Workers’ Hospital, as a result of in- juries sustained while riding trips at the Orient No, 2 of the Chicago, Wel- mington and Franklin Coal company. Riding the front of empties the cars jumped the tracks by, splitting the “frog” and ran over Jimmy. Both legs were smashed and his skull busted as a result. Both legs were amputated but other injuries proved the opera- tion unsuccessful, He leaves a wife and two babies. Out of Work; Youth Starving in Baltimore BALTIMORE—A 23-year-old youth is believed by physicians to be on the verge of death from starvation. The youth, who is believed to be Waldo A. Green, Fitchburg, Mass., was found unconscious on the pave- ment last night, Green, police say, told them he has been without funds for several days, and pride has kept him from begging while he sought employment. Young Worker Nite Is Coming! The Young Workers League of La- cal Boston will have the biggest party ever held. All young workers will meet at the Young Worker Nite, where features will be arranged, January 8 is the date, Refreshments will be served free. Checking 50c, committee. This committee was direct- ly responsible for the functioning of the other committees. The only other committees were the library commit- tee, the social and recreation commit- tee, the publication committee and the discipline committee, Contrast this with the organization of the district school with its student council com- mittees and sub-committees, and you will see that the organizational form is determined largely by the size of the student body. When it comes to recreation we will find that there is a sharp difference indeed, The district school students will always remember the almost un- limited opportunities for sport and re- creation which they enjoyed while at- tending the courses. In Chicago, as is to be expected, such chances are slim. What time was not taken up in studies was spent in attending important meetings and affairs of the league and party, In this way the students were well informed concerning the day’s activities and involved themselves in the work of the league there, The national School is different from tne district schools in the fact that in the former the studies were supplemented by education instead of recreation, However, curriculum, faculty, organ- ization, recreation and other details are not all-important in themselves but are only a means to an end. When we pick up a pencil, we forget for a minute the time and machinery that has gone into shaping and putting the pencil together and we judge the qua- lity of the finished product. After the pencil is completed, it must be shar- pened and only then does its useful- ness begin. Any comrade who has gone thru a polit-minim course, a dis- trict school or a national school must bear in mind that this training is only a part of that training which he ac- quires thru actual work for the move- ment, If every such comrade gets busy and does the work that is re- quired of him, he will sharpen himself into the genuine article—a capable, conscientious league worker, Wins Young Worker Popularity Contest PITTSBURGH, Pa, — John Kasper, the Armenian sub wizard of East Pittsburgh again came to the front by copping the first prize in the “Most Popular Young Worker Contest” con- ducted by the Young Workers League ‘here. Kasper piled up 1802 votes in an- swer to the question: “Who in your opinion among the working class youth in this district renders the most service to the working class?” The votes sold for 5 cents each, Liza Jaffe, Pittsburgh’s hustling fe- male young worker ran him a close second with 1118 votes. For a long time it looked as if she had the con- test cinched. Tynne Kauppula, proved to be the post popular in Monessen and carried off the honors there. The prize was the book, “Whither Russia,” by Trotzky and was auto- graphed by Comrade). E. Ruthen- berg, secretary of the {workers (Com- munist) Party, Get Tickets Now for Y.W.L. New Year Ball NEW YORK CITY—The final ar- Tangements are now being made for the program of the concert and ball to be held here New Years Eve under the auspices of the Young Workers League. The affair will celebrate the “Build the League and Pioneer Cam- paign” and will. take place at the Harlem Casino, 116th St, and Lenox Ave, on Friday, Dec. 31st, Tickets can be secured at 108 East 14th St. for 50 cents, Tickets at the door will be 75 cents, If You Give Christmas Gifts— Give One That Will Last a Whole Year! A SUBSCRIPTION TO THE Young Comrade will delight your children. Your son or daughter will find more than enjoyment in this ‘magazine of and for workers’ children—it is a liberal education presented in an attractive form every month. THE YOUNG COMRADE, If you want your children to become militant fighters in the labor movement—start now by giv- ing them the YOUNG COMRADE to read. It’s Fifty Cents a Year —————— Use This Blank Now — — —— —— 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ll. upon receipt. The same is true of tickets sold to unions and other work- ing class organizations, Tickets pur- chased in advance will be sold at 75 cents. Tickets at the door, $1.00. Hat, iraes because of lack of room./ erefore there are enough students | # year to fill the New Star Cosino ‘A make pow Cbrivtmas Hyy dance ¥y checking free, Why don’t you write it up? It may be interesting to ether workers. Xmas Tree Package Auction Fine Buffet Grab Bag Bring a package to be sold for the Preparations are in full swing to make the Christmas party of the Chi- cago International Labor Pefenne the most enjoyable affair that has been the country by International Labor Defense for the benefit of the class war prisoners behind bars and those Name . who are threatened with imprison- ment, will be held on December 24, benefit of a class-war prisoner to the |held for a long time in looal working Friday, at 8 p, m. in the West Bnd iffair, or to 23 South Lincoln Street. |class cricles. The party, Which is one Women’s Hal Auspioes: Saicoen Low lL fe B on the corner of Asks} of masrlon that are poing Haid wl) over land and Monroe, — AGATOBB sresesssreereernnnseen Enclosed find 60 cents for @ year’s sub. Send the Young Comrade