The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 4, 1927, Page 5

1000 WORKER CORRESPONDENTS BY JANUARY 13 | 1927 PRIZES FOR More worker respondents are wanted! THIS WEEK. correspondents and more stories from worker cor- Workers thruout the country are anxious to know of conditions as other workers see them, and they look to this page to find out. —KING COAL, by Upton Sinclair. the coal miners. Cloth-bound. Send in that story today, correspondents! prizes are ofiered this week, as an added incentive. Three attractive They a A splendid working class novel of eee TODAY. The famous report of the British Trade Union dele- gation, BARS AND SHADOWS, by Ralph Chaplin. Poems written in Leaven- worth penitentiary, where the author was committed during the w as a member of the I. W. W. Send in that story, workers! The Steel Workers and 1927? By a Worker Correspondent. year just passed has witnessed some gigantic struggles in the American labor movement, The or- ganization of the Passaic textile work- ers after a long struggle with the tex- tile barons showed conclusively that ‘the unorganized and exploited work- ers in the basic industries welcome the opportunity to affiliate themselves with the American Federation of La- bor. The struggle of the left wing in the United Mine Workers of America and in the clothing trades shows further ‘that a new era of militancy is arriving and that Communist leadership in these struggles has demonstrated its worth and the correctness of its tac- tics, The centralization of reactionary leadership as witnessed in the Lewis, Sigman, Woll, McMahon combination ‘points out the necessfty of further ‘preparedness on part of the militants ‘and a clear understanding of the tasks of the future. The issue of amalga- ‘mation and building up the existing ‘unions must be supplemented with the ‘every day struggle of organizing the unorganized. The steel and iron industry still re- mains the greatest organization task confronting the militants. Since the great steel strike a few feeble efforts have ‘been made by such leaders as Mike Tighe to organize the workers and such campaigns have only pro- duced further demoralization and chaos. Each convention of the Amal- gamated Association of Iron, Steel & ‘Tin Workers has on paper recognized the necessity of an organization cam- paign, yet the leadership in the weak end poorly organized progressive movement feebly presented its de- mands and were silenced by “Red Plots” concocted by Tighe and his henchmen. Trade union tradition plays an important part in the con- duct of these officials who base their mode of conduct upon the dead past Years of membership in the Amalga- mated means more to the leaders than the tasks of organizing the unorgan- fzed and presenting a solid front at the conference table, Mislead and disheartened progres- sives labor under the false impression that by organizing a dual union they will destroy the Amalgamated and break the power of Tighe. The combi- nation of the several most powerful lodges in the Amalgamated into a dual union would leave Tighe free from the effects of the progressive campaign and would meet with his hearty ap- @roval. It would be handing Tighe WANTED: syed pianists an to. work ders several eve- vglontl in Chicago and the im- me vicinity. is exceptionally war -class work, only the best of talent il be considered. Adequate remunera- tion, National 8 Exchange Bidg., wit! nin, For particulars writ au, Dept. P-S2, Nashville, Tenn, ust what he wants. The Amalga- nated has a membership of about 1,000 and Tighe holds his power by virtue of his control ‘of the many “con- vention lodges” scattered thruout the steel and iron industry. The organization of 10,000 steel workers by the progressives would give ‘to them complete control of the Union. The organization of several new lodges ‘by the progressives would give to them the machinery of or- ganization and along with it recogni- tion. ‘The most conservative of steel workers agree that a dual union would only produce further disorganization and ‘the leaders of the dual union movement would not have the backing of the lodges they would lead into the dual union. Dual unionism is not the solution of the problem and it would be utter folly on part of its leaders to run from the fight: The key to the situation is organize the unorganized and it is the one task for the progres- sives to take up. There must be but one main task before the coming con- vention of the Amalgamated and that is a campaign to accept into its ranks every worker employed in the indus- try. The progressives must lay aside their dual union campaign and face the facts as they really exist No dual union would ever be recognized ‘by the steel barons as long as the Amal- gamated exists. This was proven in the Girard puddlers’ strike. Mike Tighe is not the issue and his pres- ence under the existing conditions in the union shows plainly that it’s lack of organization, lack of a simple com- mon program of action on part of the progressives that allows Tighe to head the union, The present organiza- tional machinery .with over a half century of existence must be the fight- ing machine to hurl into the one task of organizing the unorganized steel workers. No fighting machine can be broken up into several parts and thrown into the zone. of action and be expected to. come.out victorious. No genera] staff of labor strategists should undertake the enormous task of waging a campaign on four fronts simply to get away from the influence of a leader like Tighe. The campaign for the organization of the unorganized’ steel and iron workers must be conducted by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers. The progres- sives must press this demand. The campaign of adding more lodges to the present progressive ranks must replace the dual union campaign. The rank and file members in the Amalga- mated lodges must themselves insist upon these demands, They must not be blinded by their leaders into be- leving that a dual union would solve their problems, 1927 should be a year of organiza- tion for the steel and iron workers led by a militant Amalgamated Associa- tion of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers and not a year of demoralization and splits. Our New Year’s Greetings to the Daily Worker It is the duty of every member of the working class to rush and help The DAILY WORKER in its present financial crisis just as quickly as The DAILY WORKER comes to the help of struggling toilers in factories and mills. Let us hope that our DAILY will grow in the year of 1927 to be a most powerful weapon in the hands of toiling masses! Long live The DAILY WORKER! A Group of Esthonian Workers, San Francisco, Cal. WORKERS’ SCHOOL OF NEW YORK CITY BRINGS RESULTS Had Difficult Start Three Years Ago By DAVID GORDON. (Worker Correspondent) HREE years ago the Workers’ School in New York City was struggling with the birth pangs of mustering pupils to study in its classes, It was not a prolific mother; it only bore some four classes. And, as often.happens in the case of the poor, the children were all under- nourished. The classes were fed with the few crumbs of never more than ten comrades. That was the Work ers’ School three years ago. Today, a night in the year 1926, the school is in its kicking adolescence, attracting all those who are interested in active life. Now it has some fifty classes running. f HE school is criticized. Comrades complain that not enough classes are given. Is it the fault of a child that it cannot answer the questions that are to be asked one much older? One {s inclined to think the contrary. Other comrades complain that they are not allowed to take more than a certain number of courses, except in special cases. The complaint is a compliment to the school. It is the policy of the school to have comrades study while they are fighting, not to give up fighting and study alone, That is not to be encouraged. The class- rooms are often packed to capacity. One feels with the poor walls that must be squeezed to death in order to have the necessary comrades where they belong. The partitioned rooms. look like futurist art when the class is in session. (True, this was not the intention of the carpenters.) The partitions flow like regular waves, but they are not disturbing to that degree where comrades find cause to com- plain, An unusual complaint was lodged by a certain comrade. She is busy at day with work and her nights are |taken with Communist activity. She |is able to find some spare time, which she employs with studying in the Workers’ School, Even Sunday is ex- Ploited by her. A class was to be given Sunday mornings. It was very favorable for her, and so she joined that class. After the class she in- tended to devote the remainder of the day to studying her other courses, It came about that the class could no longer ‘be given on that day because the instructor found that he could not devote himself to that class unless the party relieved him of some of the responsibilities he assumed. One is hardly able to find another more dis- appointed than this comrade. It meant just so much more learning in the flood of practical activity. The comrade could not be helped, but her tone proved the work of the school. Here are comrades almost on the verge of tears wanting to take up cer- tain courses but unable to do so. The schoo] has made itself felt as a neces- sity for workers’ education. is interesting to note the attitude of the comrades with respect to their classes. In public speaking, the instructor found it Impossible to come to teach his class. The students were in no way excited by this. They elect- ed a chairman to take the instructor's place. This elected comrade kept or- der while the others delivered the speeches that they were to have pre- pared for that lesson. The end of the season found each and every com- rade wholly satisfied with the class. Then, in the former Sunday class in historical materialism, afier some waiting, the instructor called on the telephone to announce that he finds himself unable to be at the class. The comrades did not want to have a morning wasted. They therefore held the class themselves, One comrade read from “Capital” and was always interrupted when a special point needed emphasis or explanation. In this manner two hours of reading and discussion were gone thru, The com- rades were smiling at each other after the class was over, for each one felt that the time was not wasted, That is the Workers’ School today. It hag aroused an almost inconceiv- able enthusiasm for learning. It has been able to meet the majority of things desired by its students despite the fact that it could use to great ad- vantage more forces. The school is filling an historic role—the training of a better leadership and a better membership for the American labor movement, “The pen te mightier than the sword,” provided you know how to use it, Come down and learn now in thr worker correspondent’s clasres, NOTICE TO CHICAGO READERS According to a new and more economical system of newsstand distribution, The DAILY WORKER will be on the stands by noon y. Watch for it. tHe VAILY WORKER Water at Housetops and Still Rising As this Hfigod picture was being t lapping the tops of some of the bung inches an hud, 1 ane ea en =: ’s C |. The Manager’s Corner DROSS eet ee Wishing You a Red New Year. The manager takes ghelscitle in wishing the readers and sup porters of The DAILY WORKER a most active and stirring New Year. To the revolutionist the happiest new year is the one which is most full of struggle and achievement for owr movement. Let us make 192% memorable for its accomplishments. Let us now resolve that 1927 shall be marked by the release of Sacco and aken at Pineville, Ky. with wav alows, the water was still rising six SUSPENSION OF WORK: ADDS TO FLOOD HORRORS Waters Diive 7 7,000 from Their Homes (Special to’ The + ally Worker) NASHVIDEE,:- Tenn.—Stricken by the worst flood in its history, middle Tennessee continues its relief meas- ures among the 7,000 homeless, mean- while hoping and praying that the angry waters of the Cumberland river soon would subside. A slight rise in the river, which al- ready has inundated 250 city blocks in Nashville, was noted today, but the crest is expected soon following which the flood waters will slowly recede. Patiently waiting to return to their water-soaked .homes, were thousands of homeless temporarily housed in tents, churehes and public buildings. Much oftheir personal belongings and furniture have been swept away by the high, waters. Many houses were ruined beyond repair. All previous high water marks have been shattered by the rise of the Cumberland, which reached a height of 55.7 feet. Only once before had the river ever soared above the 55 foot mark and that-was in 1882. Each time the river rises an inch, additional“families are driven from their homes aBd property damage, al- ready esti at $2,500,000, in- creases, ~ The police Gepartment has moved practically all the families out of the flooded district. Hundreds .of. other persons have been forced out of work by the suspen- sion of tactories located in the flooded area. About 1,000, 6 others are homeless in the towns up, and down the Cumber- land valley. DONATIONS—DECEMBER 14 CALIFORNIA— ‘Onni Reinikainen, Fort Bragg P. Cjrubisich, Los Ange! Nuc. No. 30, Los Ane British Columbia .. sein British Coi- COLORADO— A. Milosevich, TriMi@@d srsnnn CONNECTICUT— K. Eskonen, Bloomfield... ILLINOIS— Geo. Ellinger, Chicago ssesaaes John Kasik, Chicago Laslo Katona, Chicago F. Skibinski, eigier MICHIGAN—, Geo. 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About 85 per cent of the suspicion is directed at Negroes. I am asking your paper why this is. If a crime is committed by an un- known person, there is almost always a suspicion that it is by a Negro. If it is a Negro, the headlines of the papers play it up. But if the suspicion | falls on a white person, the same | papers, if they have any news about Sia at all, merely mention that a man (without mentioning his color) com-| mitted the deed. A crime is a crime, { it matters not who commits it. I think all law violators should be treated alike, whether white or colored. Very truly yours, Rev. G. W. Portis. Dry Law Officials in Conspiracy with Wets, | Claims Wayne Wheeler WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. — A con- spiracy exists among certain prohibi- tion officials to “help the beer and wine propaganda,” Wayne B, Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon | League, told President Coolidge, Wheeler criticized those officials who, upon resigning from the dry service, have attacked prohibition as a failure and have said modification is the only way to remedy present pro- hibition conditions. INDIANA— Nuc. No. 1, E. Chicago .... Cc. Nivala, Enfield NEW JERSEY— . Josephson, Brooklyn... A. A. Heller, New York OHIO— Joseph Kopec, Cleveland Penteck, Youngstown PENNSYLVANIA: Ivan Zilic, McK a1} SB a8pn BSBRRBS S88ss Bee s J. T. Lucish, Tacoma Anton Morcelja, Tacoma John Kronjseich .. WISCONSIN— Red Granite Superior J. Gebart, ‘West Allis ‘ Albert Weisbord ... “100. DONATIONS—DECEMBER 16 CALIFORNIA— Cloth, Hat, Ci Workers’ ILLINIOS— A Friend, Chicago Clara Garfinkel, Chicago .... H. mbro, Chicago and Millinery 08 ANGeles os 38 388 8 ' A. Frish, Gary .. Steve Imre, Gary Wrks. Coop. Restaurant enesccenesencene, MICHIGAN— Mrs. Dave Meteata, GOON srrsesnins 1 MINNESOTA— Mi Rpg Cloquet 88 3833 ihe = 3S was w 83 8k8 8 8 John Burke, Yorkville Nick Grginich, Yorkville N. M., Shop Nuc. No. 7, Yorkville 2 in Nicolos, Yorkville John Trombitos, Yorkville .. G. T. Tuturer, Yorkville Rada Yoka, Yorkville ENNSYLVANIA— LA! A Hedstrom, Providen: R. Kominsky, Provide: eo Rear aren ice Vanactti and all class war prisoners, The general establishment of the 40-hour week. tertile, The organization of Passaics in the rubber, auto, steel and other unorganized industries, Amalgamation in the needle and metal trades. The building up of @ powerful left wing in the trade unions. The maintenance of the unions as fighting organizations of the workers. The recognition and the building up of Soviet Russia. The overthrow of foreign domination in China. The defeat of American imperialism, and the establishment. of a republic free from its domination, in the Philippines, in Uewico, in Nicaragua and the rest of Latin America. The establishment of world trade wnion unity. The launching of the movement for @ labor party in America. The growth and development of the Workers (Communist) Party to twice its membership and influence, For the successful accomplishment of these tasks for the new year we call for the fullest co-operation of the foreign-born work- ers and the native-born, men and women, the young workers and the children, the Negro workers and the workers of all races. And let us further resolve that we will build on a firm foundation, strengthen and develop The DAILY WORKER, the organ of the struggle for these demands, into a powerful mass paper with a circulation of at least 25,000 by the end of 1927. BERT MILLER. Comrade Buehler Is Challenged EAR COMRADE MILLER: I received your letter.in regard to what “am | doing towards saving The DAILY WORKER.” My report will be very short, as | would rather go out and hustle up a few subs than write a long letter. In the flirst place | must work on the quiet as | am a member of the Machinists’ Union, so that | cannot be a Communist, and second, ! visited every member of my nucleus and gave them a coupon book. We have 20 members. So far four members paid for their books. Two mém- bers paid $1.00, one member paid $2.00 which ie a total of $24.00 (very poor showing) but | am keeping after them every meeting. This evening | went before the executive committee of the Hungar- ian Workers’ Athletic Club and spoke for The DAILY WORKER. They passed a motion that the next entertainment they would hold they would donate 25 per cent of the net profit for The DAILY WORKER. The entertainment will be held some time in February. Then | go around the section among the members to remind them to keep plugging until we raise our quota. There are a lot of our members out of work so that it Is hard to get subs for The DAILY WORKER but | am trying to get all the mem- bers of my nucleus to subscribe for the Sunday Worker. That is the least they can do. As for my doing more it is very hard as | cannot do much running around because | tire very quickly. You can be sure to hear from me again soon. Now, | challenge Comrade Buehler of Toledo, Ohio, to show what he is doing. Yours for the Communist Cause, Comrade from Cleveland, Ohio. Birthday issue Out Next Week On January 13, 1927, there will be a Special Birthday Number of The DAILY WORKER in honor of our Third Birthday. The issue will be devoted to special articles, pictures, stories and a full account of the Sacco-Vanzetti case. We can think of no better service to which to put our Special Birthday Issue than to the cause of Sacco and Vanzetti. We can think of no better way of celebrating our birthday than by making a strong plea for their freedom. We are ask- ing that our readers place their names on the Honor Roll in this special issue to indicate their support of Sacco and Vanzetti as well as their support of the only daily paper which is waging a real fight for their freedom. Send in your dollar for your greeting NOW! Working class organizations may secure advertising space at $100 per page. Pin your dollar to the blank below and mail it to The DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chi- cago, Ill., before January 10, 1927. HERE'S MY DOLLAR, COMRADES, to greet The DAILY WORKER on its third birthday, for which you will please enter my name on the Honor Roll in your Special Birthday Edition. NAMe....ceccsserersseseers seneeseuven PRB Wie ctinns