The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 28, 1926, Page 4

pooner = Patten een Nene nen ERR WIE of AEs ‘age Four THE DAILY WORKER Workers (Communist) Party THE WORKERS OF NEW YORK CITY ARE PREPARING TO GREET DAILY WORKER T a conference of trade unions and other workers’ organization rep- resentatives of New York, Boston and Philadelphia, held In Manhat- 4 tan Lyceum, Friday, Dec. 17, the following resolution was adopted: The conference to establish an English working class daily in New York declares that a working class dally In the English lan- Guage is a fundamental and immediate necessity for the workers of New York. The record of The DAILY WORKER proves that it can be de- pended upon to fight for the workers against the bosses and their tools at all times. We therefore welcome the coming of The DAILY WORKER to New York and pledge ourselves to do all in our power to establish it firmly here and to make it an ever more effective and powerful weapon for the working class. As organization measures for this purpose we adopt: 1. Election of a generat DAILY WORKER drive committee, with power to enlarge Itself, to co-operate with the management. 2. Election of a similar committee In every working class om ganization, each such committee to have a member on the general eommittee. 3. Issuing of collection lists, names of all donors to be acknowl- edged in an “honor roll” in the first issue of The DAILY WORKER printed in New York. 4 Another conference at a “dinner” at Yorkville Casino on the anniversary of The DAILY WORKER, Friday, January 14. All collec- tions to be reported at this dinner. 5. Mass meeting to “Welcome The DAILY WORKER to New York” at Madison Square Garden, Saturday evening, January 22. The first Issue, containing the “honor roll” to. be sold at this meeting. Strate We call upon all trade unions and other working class organiza- tions to participate in this campaign to establish a working class dally in New York, to elect immediately a special committes te conduct a campaign and attend the next general conference and dinner at Yorkville Casino, January 14. Every reader of The DAILY WORKER should bring this resolution to the *attention of every working class organization to which he be- fongs, and do his best to secure favorable action. The broader the foundation that can be laid for The DAILY WORKER before it arrives Im New York, the quicker it will become an efficient weapon for New York’s workers in their struggle with the bosses. All names of dele- gations elected and requests for additional information should be sent to The DAILY WORKER conference, 108 East 14th street, New York. HERE IS PARTY UNIT THAT IS ‘ON ITS TOES,’ AND DOING GOOD WORK By MAY KELMANSKY. (Daily Worker Agent.) NEW YORK, Dec, 26.—Much has been accomplished by Factory District Nucleus No, 1, sub-section 5B, in the last few weeks. For example, certifi- cates to Keep The DAILY WORKER have been sold and subscriptions have been solicited; Sacco and Vanzetti meetings have been actively attended; Communist literature has been sold; | Gollections have been made for the Passaic strikers, the British miners, and the International Ladies’ Garment Workers. Also private contributions of money and clothes have been so- licited by the comrades for the Pas- saic stirkers. A considerable amount of money has been collected by the members of the unit in their re- spective unions for the Passaic strik- ers. An Exemplary Comrade. One comrade in particular, the fac- tery district organizer, deserves special mention in connection with this Work. Thru this comrade’s ef- forts he succeeded in securing for the Passaic strikers a donation of $350 from his local of the furriers’ union. . From the same local this comrade also secured a loan of $500 for the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers. This highly-spirited and class-con- scious worker, who, between his dis- ant travels from his home in’ East New York to work in Mount Vernon, Westchester county, N. Y., still finds time to devote to his local of the furriers’ union and to organize a “frac- tion” in his shop, besides selling Com- munist literature and attending all Communist meetings and to help build the Factory District Nucleus No/ ‘1, sub-section 5B. This illustrates the wonderful possi- bilities the workers would have, »pro- vided they were class-conscious work- ers, and provided they were made of revolutionary and Communist mate- rial. Amateur Checka Holds Back Mob at Novy Mir Masque on Christmas A hastily organized checka held back a crowd of over 1,000 people Saturday | night at Mirror Hall, where a masque- |rade was being given for the benefit jof Novy Mir, Russian Communist |Party weekly. But it was a well dis- |posed mob, clamoring for admission |after the hall was already so full that |the sale of tickets had been stopped {at ‘nine o'clock. It was the biggest |affair of the season, The checka held j the fort till 12:30 against a crowd that |pressed, in spite of numerous warn- jings that there was not even standing room inside. Then, as a result of the Christmas spirit, a general amnesty was declared that the disappointed in- vaders were allowed to go peacefully home—or elsewhere. pated in the march at midnight. Com- rade J, Louis Engdahl of The DAILY WORKER, Anatoly Pokatilov, Rus- sian actor, and others acted as judges in awarding prizes to the best masques, The first prize was awarded to the group representing the Novy Mir, leading the workers to the novy mir, (new world.) The second went to the Women’s Mutual Aid Soctety, repres- enting the new and the old world. The other prizes were distributed to-the Sacco-Vanzetti group, the Woman Citi- zen, and the Youthful Soldier of the Revolution, A very good group was represented by the Novy Mir and DAILY WORKER worker correspond- ents, but as they were partly the or- ganizers of the affair, no prize was awarded to them, Cleveland Comrades Will Dance Old Year Out and New Age In | CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 26.—Section |2, Workers Party, will put on an en- tertainment Friday, Dec. 31, New Year's Eve, At Gastos hall, 6006 St. Clair avenue, for the benefit of The DAILY WORKER. A choice program has been arranged for the occasion, and there will be dancing until 1 o'clock, All workers are invited to come and watch one more year between us and the revolution disappear into thin air to the sound of good dance music. Shoe Bosses Fnide for Ignoring Safety Rules. LYNN, Mass., Dec. 26.—Lynn union electrical workers are preparing to follow the policy of Boston and other locals in demanding that telephone wiring work in new buildings be done by their members instead of by non- union telephone: company employes. The aid of all other building trades unions in the fight will be asked, as it has been used effectively in Boston. LENIN MEMORIAL MEETING IN N. Y. WILL ALSO BE WELCOME TO DAILY NEW YORK, Dec, 26.—The Lenin Memorial meeting, arranged by the Workers Party of District 2, wil] be 25,000 { copies of the party statement in leaflet form “A Labor Party in the 1928 Elections” have already been distributed. This statement (in 4-page leaflet form) is the reply of the militant class-conscious workers to Coolidge’s challenge to labor ‘in his presidential message. This Leaflet Must Reach the Working Masses! ‘At Is the Business— Of Every Party Organization— Of Every Militant Workers’ Organization— Of Every Party Member and Militant Worker— To Bring Labor's Message to the Workers! Rush in your orders! The 4-page leaflet sells at $3 a thousand. blank below. National Office, Workers (Communist) Party, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il. Encl@ed please find §. Party in the 1928 Elections. Drive up your quota! Order on 16 LOP srs Leaflets “A Labo, held this year at the New Madison Square Garden, 50th street and Eighth avenue, Saturday evening, Jan. 22, at 8 p.m. At this meeting progressive labor will welcome The DAILY WORKER, the only English labor jdaily in the United States, to New York City, Nationally prominent labor: leaders will speak, and an excellent musical program is being arranged. Plans are on foot to make this a huge demon- stration of the progressive and mili- tant workers of New York, which will even surpass the first memorial meet- ing held in 1924 at the old Garden, Admission is 75 cents and 50 cents. Tickets may be had at the Freiheit, 80 Union Square; Jimmie Higgins’ Book Shop, 127 University place; Workers Party headquarters, 108 Fast 14th street, and at all other party pa- pers. Many interesting masques partici- | Treatment: The Mexican consul, Luis Lupian, makes public a letter which he re- ceived from Chief of Police Collins’ secretary. It was in reply to the con- sul’s protest against the senseless ar- rest of Mexicans in poolrooms, dance halls, and other public ‘places. The reply assured the consul that the chief and his department have no |intention of oppressing people of Mexican nationality and that the abuses complained of will be avoided in the future. The apparent discrimination against Mexicans was brought to a focus when The DAILY WORKER ’ exposed the Reverberations;of Expose of Police Mexicans Come fromthe Office of Chief Collins and Suburbs treatment accorded to 37 Mexicans at The repercussion the suburbs. An editor at Oak Park tried frantically to get Belle Spencer, the attorney for the Melrose Park went to press a few evenings ago, to learn if it were actually true that she intended to ask for bench warrants for the arrest of two Oak Park police- | men, Larsen and Lindblad, for assault on Agustin Moralez, now held in Cook | county jail as the probable murderer | of Officer Stahl. | ONLY ONE PAPER BESIDES DAILY WORKER HAS STORY OF LIBERTY PICTURE FAKE Altho every newspaper in the country received the story of the exposure of Liberty magazine print- ing fake pictures to stir enmity against Mexico, the only newspaper | besides The, DAILY WORKER to publish the exposure isithe Los An- geles Record. Every other news- paper hushed up the story. Liberty published a picture of a large crowd of people’ before the Bank of Mexico, and titled it: “Cath- olics withdrawing deposits as a pro- test against the government.” Mex- ican embassy officials investigated and found that the picture was taken when the bank opened, and in- stead of withdrawing money the peo- ple were depositing it. The picture was taken in September, 1925. An- other picture claimed to show peons hanged as a result of religious riots, was proved to be a picture of ban- dits hanged two years ago. Liberty is owned by the McCor- mick interests, who contro! the Chi- cago Tribune, and have large inter- | ests in Mexico, CONGRESS SEEKS ‘SWEETEST’ WAY TO OUST SMITH All Agreed on Denying % ! Him Seat WASHINGTON, Dec, 26.—Whether Senator-designate Frank L. Smith of Illinois will be barred at the senate door, or be allowed to present his credentials and then expelled, ap- peared to be the only controversial question concerning his status at the capitol, Parly Lines Fade. Both republican and democratic leaders were agreed that the Illinois senator-elect will not be permitted but a brief stay in his seat—if he is even seated at all. There is a sharp differ- ence of opinion concerning the proced- ‘the Illinoisan. Predictions were made that not more than half a dozen votes will be cast in his favor in the final showdown, Want It to Be “Proper.” Some republican and democratic leaders believe it would establish a “bad precedent” for the senate to bar Smith at the door. They contend that any man appointed -by the governor of a state should be admitted tem- porarily, even if he is immediately thrown out, The principal objective of the repub- lican leadership is to accompish Smith’s dismissal as quickly as pos- sible, so as to foretall a possible extra session of the seventieth congress right after March 4, Why not a small bundie of Tho DAILY WORKER sent tod you regular ly to take to your trade unfon meeting? These Comrades Have Been Challenged to State What They Are Doing to Keep The Daily Worker. WATCH FOR THEIR ANSWERS! Emil Honegger, | Rochester, N. ¥ J. Peterson, s Stratford, Conn. Leo Hofbauer, New York, N. Y. Louis Touby, Miami, Fla. Emil Niva, Frederick, S. Dak. William Deitrich, Denver, Colo, George Bloram, Spokane, Wash. EL. Resetar, Woodlawn, Pa. 1, D, Boroff, Juneau, Alaska H.W. Mins, New York, N.Y. YL. Ramey, ello, Inuho { YUU tay Theodore Suderland, Berkeley, Cal. P. Inukachie, Cleveland, 0. Y Herbert Newton, Rowbury, Mass. \; David Milgrom, Philadelphia, Pa. (eo, Rupert, Elko, Nevada. Waino Mellin, Waukegan, Il. iT, Hagenen, Houston, Tex. Nam Cohen, Chicago, 1, Vellic Katilus, Chieago, MH. é Jimmie Gorohs« Chieago, 1. e Next. ure to be followed, but apparently | none as to the ultimate expulsion of | SCHOOL BODY IN THREAT TO HIT AT POOR HOMES Talk of Abolishing Baths| and Lunches | The doing away with baths and pen- ny lunches for the school children of the poor was the threat held over the heads of the council’s committee on schools at its latest hearing. Julius F, Mmietanka, acting president of the school board, waived aside as unim-/ portant the “error” of “$3,800,000 in the board’s estimate of 1927 expens- \es. H. H. Brackett, the board’s aud- itor, admitted that the board would close the year with a surplus of $5,- 000,000. Yet Smietanka insisted at the hearing that unless the board got its increase in the tax rate it would be necessary to curtail in some de- partments, mentioning baths and pen- | ny lunches specifically. Margaret Haley, of the Chicago Teachers’ Federation, insisted, as she has for so long, that the rate should not be increased but the assess- ments made with more reference to real values of property. Her experi- ence is that an advance in rate means | a lowering of assessments on the property of the rich, leaving the man} or woman who is taxed on a small home: or some household goods to bear all of the increased burden. | Meanwhile the committee is still holding up confirmation of the may-| or’s four appointments to the board, | with Alderman Arvey, “the irrepres sible administration short stop”| threatening to take the matter from) the committee to the floor of the council. School Board Steals Miss Haley’s Thunder in Asking Mandamus The Board of Education has filed a petition with the Illinois supreme court fora writ of mandamus that would compel the Cook County board of review to revise its assessments. More than a billion and a half of as- | sessments are involved. | This is a mere duplication of a similar petition filed by a joint com- | mittee of two of tte teachers’ federa- tions, and which was refused by the supreme court. The court may or may not, at its discretion, take jurisdiction | in such a matter, and, in the case of | the teachers, referred them to the courts of Cook County for redress. Why the school board should expect any other outcome to its move is not apparent. Undoubtedly the board has been lashed into this action by the long fight which the Chicago Teachers’ Federation has put up on the tax ques- tion, The board is now stealing some of Margaret Haley’s thunder, The board is under fire and is making a theatrical gesture before the public, Congress Leaders Are Breathing Easier as Extra Session Fades WASHINGTON, Dec, 26,—Adminis- tration leaders who fear an extra session of congress are beginning to breath a little easier now as the work of congress is progressing as rapidly as they expected. They feel that if the same rate of progress can be main- | tained thruout the session as in the | first two weeks, there will be no dan- ger of needing an extra session, The only cloud is the possibility of | the attempt to bar Frenk L, Smith of Illinois from taking his seat, if he should appear and this may lead to jan extended debate, This may delay action on important appropriation bills, and in the last few weeks it would be possible for a filibuster to be staged to force en extra session. Firemen and Police May Get Better Pay | Mayor Dever, Controller Martin J. | )'Brien ahd the flnance committee of te city counell are scratching their ads to raise $2,700,000 with which valve the pay of firemen and police- sat the rate of $800 annually, olicemen recently pointed out that, buying uniforms and paying as }onts to several necessary funds, Melrose Park following the shooting | affair in that suburb on Dec, 7. | has already hit Mexicans, on the telephone before he |) The Champions. A great part of the success of a DAILY WORKER booster is dependent upon his ability to discover the best possible sowrces of help, to discover those peculiarly fitted for the particular work of literature sales and distribution. In this field of activity I be- lieve we have not only failed to recognize the wonderful pos- sibilities of the children of’our movement, but that we have not even given them a fair chance to demonstrate their ability. i \ There are many comrades who feel rather hesitant about al- ‘owing children to do the practical work of literature sales and distribution. While they themselves are ready to shoulder all responsibilities without the slightest murmer, they are inclined to shield their children from the necessary day to day work of the movement. This attitude is unfair to the children, It is im- possible to develop good revolutionists among the youth, unless they are permitted to participate organizationally and intimately in the movement. A soft attitude toward the children will develop either a soft attitude toward the movement, or w bourgeois view- point altogether. During my experience as a district organizer I have found on a@ number of occasions, that children show remarkable ability when it comes to literature distribution. I have in mind a Labor Day parade during which we distributed over 20,000 pieces of Communist literature and in which the Pioneers took a prom- inent part. They showed great cleverness in secreting the liter- ature about their persons. Their speed in distribution could not be matched by the adults. Their ability to slip under the noses of policemen was a marvel. To all this they added all the ardor and enthusiasm which they ordinarily put into a game of base- ball. At the same time they were learning by first hand ea- perience thé elementary lessons in Communism, thru that most efficient of teachers—participation in the struggle. Let’s give the kids a chance. BERT MILLER. WITH THEY | ,CONDUCTED = BY TH WORKERS NG WORKERS LEAGUE 2 - General Wood’s Executive Order No. 37 CONFERENCE for Filipino inde- pendence wl convene in Wash- ington, D. C., next month, which will be attended > bourgeoisie liberals, youth organizations, the All-American Anti-Imperialist League, etc. This month there arrives in the United States Manuel L. Quezon president of the Filipino senate, and Representa- tive Claro M. Recto, who comprise the mission authorized by the Philippine legislature which is coming here, ac- cording to all indications, to plead for “fair play.” These two factors make it necessary to recall to'the:American young work- ers an important recent event in the archipelago. Our brothers in the Phil- ippine Islands,: the young workers, peasants and students are doing their share in the movement for the libera- tion of the islands from the domina- tion of American imperialism. When Thompson sniffed around for rubber possibilities in the islands he, noted the rapid development of the inde- pendence movement gmong the youth. A recent feature is the establishment of clubs in the schools for independ- ence work. This is.a healthy sign, for unless the exploited section of the youth and the workers and poor farm- ers assume the hegemony over the movement for the independence of the | Philippines it will be doomed-to impo- tence; it will be drowned in the hesi- tations, vacillations and talk fests of the petty-bourgeoisie “run wild” who are leading this movement at the pres- ent time. Executive Order No. 37. The center of the stage is now being held by executive order No, 37, issued by Mayor-General Leonard Wood, gov- ernor-general of the islands. Execu- tive order No, 37 meant the nullifica- tion of the Jaws which created the board -of control and thus the func- tions of the board were turned over to the general. The board was composed of three members, two of whom were the presiding officers of both houses of the Philippine legislature and func- tioned as the controller of the gov- ernment-owned enterprises in the islands, such as the Manila Railroad company, the Manila Hotel and the Portland Cement company. This order was craftily issued after the adjourn- ment of the Philippine legislature in order to prevent that body from of- ficially acting on the matter. Indeed, the petty-bourgeoisie, libertarians got mad. To be deprived of a say in their own government (!) enterprises was -going too far, The Philippine Herald began talk- ing about “the awakening.” It began to see that the series of encroach- ments of General Wood was not the actions of an individual, but the policy of the imperialist dominators of their country. They began to see that Wood's action was entirely in line with the capitalist program enunciated by Coolidge in his recent speech be- fore Congress. On Noy. 16 the Philip- ‘| pine Herald wrote: “The abolition of the board of control is but a prelude to the economic absorption of the Philippines, The awakening is a pain- ful one, but it Is necessary that we should face the facts.” Hesitations and Legality. Yet in face of this situation what do the petty-bourgeoisie leaders of the independence movement propose: More legality, a r protest to Wood, a mission to the United States to plead for fair play, a new board of control appointed by Wood and ap- proved by the Philippine senate, a amount, left them: was not suffi to ingure proper lying condi- x wae , hows, Ni Ee Coes . jen to Wood to a special session ier the Teton Ea “Radioal, h y and frantle plans will only hurt ain tg our cause in the eyes of the American people.” What lady-like steps in the face of a strangle-hold on the Philip- pine people! By the “American peo- ple” is meant the petty-bourgeoisie and bourgeoisie who are most interested, directly or indirectly, in the continua- tion of the subjection of the islands. The illusion is entertained that the re- publican party of the United States is anti-independence and the democratic party is pro-independence; that a vio- tory of the democrats means “the dawn of a brighter day, rich with the promise of a grander civilization and a greater liberty and a greater free- dom, and, IT may say, financial inde pendence for the Filipino people.” What nonsense, not to see that both these parties are representatives of the big bourgeoisie and that real po- litical differences, class conflicts, have to be looked for within these two par- ties and not between them. The allies of the movement for Philippine inde- pendence are not the American peo- ple, but that section of the American people which has nothing to gain from the continuation of the exploita- tion of the Filipino masses by the American imperialists and has much to gain in lining up with the revolu- tionary masses of the islands in a struggle against their joint enemy— American imperialism. This section is the American workers and poor farmers. Less Words; More Deede. Less words and more deeds should be the slogan for the independence movement at the preent time. Capit- ulation to Wall Street and the decrees of Wood or a real fight against Ameri- can imperialism! These are the two alternatives facing the movement. The national revolutionary movements and the proletariat and small peasant masses of the world will be the allies of the Fiipino people in a real fight against American imperialism. Ohina has..pointed the way. Chang Kai Shek, leader of the Cantonese forces, recently said: “We consider America as imperialist because she has net given the Philippines freedom.” Can- ton is only 620 miles from Mantle. It will be much closer when the work- ers and small farmers assume leader- ‘ship of the independence movement and when the movement recognises that the American bourgeoisie wil. never grant independence to the Fii- pino people om @ silver platter, but that they will have to fight for it. Interesting Lectures — Scheduled at Youth's Open Forum on Sundays: Four interesting lectures to be gtven. at the Open Youth Forum under the auspices of the Young Workers’ League, held every Sunday, has been announced. On Dec, 26 Nat Kaplan, editor of the Young Worker, spoke on “Child Labor—Its Menace to Labor.” On Jan, 2 Manuel Gomez, secretary of the AlbAmerican Anti-lmperialist League will speak on “Filipino Independence,” - “Negroes and Americdn Labor” will be the lecture subject on Jan. 9 of Irving Dunjee, editor of the Negro Champion, On Jan, 16 Max Shacht- man, editor of the Labor Defender, }will speak on SP Last War—Democ- racy? Autocracy ?” All young persons are invited to at- tend this ‘* and all the lectures. They are held at 1239 South avenue at $ o'clock every afiernoon. Adm! ia tree