The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 12, 1927, Page 4

= RAR THE DAILY WORKER Chicago lies Have Opportunity to Increase Knowledge of Labor Problems and Study World Influences at School Workers interested in learning more resent day s0- t deal at the 1 im, nse dm p is of ment, Not only will it deal with labor movements thruout the country, but w pay particular Teference to Chicago. The course will therefore be a practical one. A sec ond course deals with the historical gide, considering not only labor, but ‘also political histo Such a com- bination will be of lasting benefit. Other Worthwhile Courses. how it conti Hlements of m up to 1, The n. The the Epoch of Fi War and the Fate of ourse in Hlementary tbe based on a simple p 4s intended to s mum of knowledge on Marxtst Eco- 1omics. This course is indispensable ; 10 worker can fight his battles intel- igently unless he ts equipped with this knowledge. These courses furnish real draining for the class struggle. Hvery worker of Chicago should avail himself of this opportunity, Schedule of Classes. The following classes are beinng formed: ‘Problems of Labor Movement with cular Reference to Chicago.” Monday night. Teacher Swabeck. “Blementary Economics,” Tuesday night. Teacher, L. Fisher, ements of Pol: 1 Education,” Wednesday night. Teacher, W. Sim- ns. “American Imperialism,” Thursday right. Teacher, M. Shachtman. ‘ an Labor and Political His- y night. Teacher, R. Fri Cooper. Classes in English, night, 1902 W. Division te L. Reiseroff. Thursday night, 1806 S. Racine ave- nue, teacher, L. Beidel. All classes meet at 19 S. Lincoln except the classes in English hich will meet as stated. Dates of asses in English may be changed mutual consent of students and in- tors. The fee is $1.50. Monday Will Unveil Huge Portrait of Lenin at Detroit Memorial Meeting, Sunday, Jan. 23 Jan. 10.— Two whose names are have undertaken to of Le for the 1 meeting wh arranged by the Workers (Communist) ty for Sunday, Jan. 23, at 2:30 p. m. in the Detroit Arm- ory. The portrait, now in the process of ion, will be the largest ever the U: d States, being and nine feet long. will be unveilled at al meeting by the After the event it ‘will be placed in the newly completed Workers Home at 1343 Hast Ferry Ave. mow withheld, paint a huge portra Foster Speaks. __Willigm Z. Hoster will be the prin- “oipal speaker at the meeting. He will talk on “Lenin, His Life and Work.” Other speakers will be Re- beeea Grecht who will talk on “Len- in’s Contribution to the World Revo- lution,” and Walter Trumbull, repre senting the Young Workers League. :30 o'clock a There will be singing, toasts, and re- freshments. The luncheon is held un- der the auspices of the Trade Union Baducational League. Admission will be 50° cents. Change in N. Y. Literature Class. NEW YORK — The course in “So- cial Interpretation of Modern Liter- ature,” conducted by Eli Jacobson at the New York Workers. School, an- nounces a change in schedule of au- thors to be taken up, because of the interruption of the class on Christmas and New Year, On Friday night, January 7, Ernest Toller and Franz Werfel were taken up. Tolstoi is scheduled for Friday, January 14. Dostoyevsky for Friday, January 21; and.Turgenev for Friday, January 28. On the first Friday in February, Gorki and Chekhov will be studied, This course takes place on Friday nights at 8 p. m. Im addition, Com- rade Jacobson is giving a course in Advanced English at. the same-school on Tuesdays and Fridays (Tuesdays at 7 p. m. and Fridays at 9:15 p, m.). A new term of this course will start early in February as will also a new term in the course in Modern Liter- ature. Registration are now being taken for both of these courses, any after- noon or evening at the headquarters »f the Workers’ School, 108 East 14th street, Why don’t you write It up? It may ve interesting to other workers, WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! ‘LABOR Mu + Rote dor THE TRADE UNION FOUCATIONAL [EAGU nO SAA Wachinst onusteevk: oC ERALD LIBRARY No 1g (7) E Iheage: ill, 5 On sale now thru the Daily Worker Publishing Co., 1118 W. Washington ORDER slovak workingclass dally paper in WHAT ARE YOU—SLOVAK OR AN AMERICAN? If you are American read tho fighting labor dally paper—The DAILY WORKER, If you cannot read English, subscribe to the only Czecho- THE DAILY ROVNOST LUDU 1610 W, 18th Street, Chicago, Il. _ Bubseription rates: By mail $6 a year; for Chicago $$ a year. Blvd., Chicago, Ill. NOW! the United States and Canada— Workers (Communist) Party | VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR GOLD'S “STRIKE” RECITAL AT LENIN MEMORIAL HERE Volunteers to take part In the mass recital of Michael Gold’s “Strike,” stirring proletariat play, that Is to be given at the Chicago Lenin Memorlal meeting, are want- ed. Rehearsals will be held on Thursday from 7:30 o'clock to 8:30 o'clock, and on Sunday morning from 10:30 o'clock to 12:30, at the Russian School, 1902 West Division street. Volunteer workers who want to take part In the recitation are urged to appear on these days. The Lenin Memorial will be held In Chicago on Jan. 23, Newark Party to Give Dance to Raise Funds for Workers’ Center NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 10—On Jan. 15, the Workers (Communist) Party of Newark will make the first at- tempt to raise money for headquar- ters and a workers’ center here, A dance will be held that night at the Slovak Workers’ Home, 8 West St., the proceeds of which will go toward the building. Every worker in the city feels the need for, such a center where they will be able to meet, spend an evening reading, listening to lectures, or other recreations, Good snappy orchestra music will be provided for the affair and an in- teresting program has been arranged. Tickets are 50 cents, Benjamin Explains New Government Role at Workers’ School NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—“Uncle Shy- lock, Incorporated,” a study of the present role of our government, will be given by D. Benjamin, assistant director of the Workers’ School of New York, on Friday, Jan. 14, at 8 p. m., at 1347 Boston Road, Bronx, N. Y. Arranged by the Young Workers (Communist) League, Bronx section. “The pen te mightier than thé sword,” provided you know how to use it. Come down and learn now in the worker correspondent! lasses. |NEW YORK LENIN MEMORIAL MEETING WILL BE MIGHTY DEMONSTRATION OF SOLIDARITY AND MILITANT UNIONISM Lenin memorial meeting this year NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—When the progressive workers gather in the new Madison Squans Garden, 50th strect and 8th avenue, on Saturday evening, Jan. 22) to commemorate the death of Nicolai Lenin, it will be more then to pay tribute to the leader and guide of the Russian Revolution, and be- foved master of the workers of the world, This year the Lenin Memor- ial meeting has more significance to the workers of New York than at any other time since 1924, Never before in the history of the New York labor movement have the progressive workers of this city been subjected to such bitter and vicious attacks on the pant of the enemies of labor as at the present e. The general onslaught militant trade unionism and the policies of olass struggle which is now being carried on in the Unite States has been centered on New York, particu- larly against the needle-trades work- ers who have been following a left- wing leadership. Immense Meeting, To these workers, as well as to all progressive workers of (this city, the signifies an opportunity for a mighty demonstration of working-class sol- idarity and support of a Leninist pro- gram of struggle against the bosses and the. reactionary labor bureau- racy. Reports from all sections indicate hat the New Garden will be filled to vapacity, The rank and file among he workers here are determined to show their opposition to the red-bait- ng campaign directed against the Communists and all militant fighters in the New York labor movement, Prominent Speakers, The most prominent revolutionary labor leaders are scheduled to address the meeting, among them C. EB, Ruth- enberg, William Z. Foster, Scott Nearing, Moissaye J. Olgin, J. Louis Engdahl, and others, An excellent musica] program has been arranged. Admission is 50c, 75c and $1.00. Tickets may be had dn ad- vance at the headquarters of the Workers Party, 108 East 14th street, Jimmie Higgins Book Shop, 127 Uni- rersity Place, and at all other party papers, A Suggestion for the Upbuilding of » The Daily Worker A worker correspondent fn Afton, Minnesota, sends in the following ggestion for other workers to in- crease the number of readers of The DAILY WORKER: He writes: “T have been trying out a little plan to teach progressive friends with The DAILY WORKER, and I thought I would pass it along to you, “The thought comes to me that there are a great number of progres- sive workers who would become read- ers of The DAILY WORKER if they came in contact with it, So here is how I make use of my DAILY WORKERS. I write this‘note on the top of page one: “Please hand me to a progressive friend.” I then hand these marked copies 6 my personal progressive friends, with a request that they pass it on to another friend. “This has started. some of my friends to read The DAILY WORKER. Some have sent in for extra copies; others have ordered books, and still others have started to talk about a veal Farmer-Labor party. Build the Front Against Wall Street The call of the Workers (Commu- nist) Party to worker ahd farmer or- ganizations of this country for united action against the Wall Street policies of the American government as mani- fested in the imperialist attacks on Nicaragua, Mexico, and China puts the question squarely before Ameri- can labor, There can be no two opinions as to the significance of these events. In the most brazen and undisguised way the American government is following the instructions of Wall Street and is attempting to suppress the move- ments for emancipation in Latin-Ame- rica and in China. In Nicaragua, Kel- logg and Coolidge are supporting with armed force the reactionary puppet of Wall Street, Diaz, against a rising tide of popular revolt, And the rea- son is brazenly announced. We must maintain the security of American in- vestments. This move against Nicaragua is in part also a demonstration against Mexico which is fostering and sup- porting all movements in Latin-Ameri- ca against United States imperialism. Mexico is threatened and even more than threatened with armed force be- cause it has dared to limit the exploit- ation carried on by American oil com panies, American mining companies and American land companies con trolled by the great Wall Street banks, Intervention in favor of Wall Street’s investments is also being planned in China as is evidenced by the concentration of American war- ships in that quarter, The victorious progress of the Chinese national re- volution towards emancipation from the yoke of imperialist oppression has frightened Wall Street and caused it to worry about the regular flow of its profits from the exploitation of China, So again Coolidge steps forward to protect his masters, the Wall Street bankers, and American armed forces are dispatched to be used when neces- sary against the awakening Chinese masses. This situation is full of menace for the American workers and farmers. Who will be called upon to fight the battles of Wall Street in Nicaragua, in Mexico and in China if not they? If the imperialist greed of Wall Street, supported and served by the Wall Street government, plunges us into a new imperialist war, who will stand the sacrifice of lives and suffer- ing if not labor? The cause of the Nicaraguan and Mexican and Chinese people is the cause of American labor. Their ene- mies are our enemies. The imperial- ists that exploit and oppress them are the same capitalists that conduct the wage cutting, open shop union smash- Ing drives here at hom In fighting the Wall Street policies of the govern- ment we are fighting our own boss- es, It is one battle on two fronts. The gituation requires immediate action, The only fores: that can of- fer any effective resistance to the im- perialist adventures of Wall Street and its government is the labor move- ment and the farmers.*’ Only a unit- ed front of all honest and militant ele- ments among the workers and farm- ers in this country in support of the movements for freedom in the op- pressed countries can meet the bru- tal “dollar diplomacy” of the Ameri- can government. American labor must awaken now and face the situation. It must act before it is too late and we find ourselves involved in another bloody war for the sake of the se- curity of Wall Street’s profits. The Workers (Communist) Party has seen the danger and has called upon all labor to unite to demand hands off Mexico, Nicaragua and Chi- na, We do not expect that the lead- ership of every one of the organiza- tions to whom the appeal of the Work- ers (Communist) Party is addressed will respond with any great enthusi- asm or militancy. We know too well that the foreign policies of the A, F. of L, bureaucracy and, in a more dis- guised way, of the Socialist Party of- ticialdom have always been a faith- ful reflection of the policies of Wall Street’s government. But we expect that the imminent danger and the flagrantly imperialistic, direction of Soolidge’s policies will awaken to con- sciousness and action tens and hun- Ireds of thousands of American work- ars and farmers who will, thru rank and file pressure, force their leaders into proletarian lines of action or else act over their heads, ~ The present situa’ puts one course of action before American workers and farmers to fulfill which it is their duty not only to themselves but to the toilers of the whole world: BUILD A UNITED FRONT OF LA- BOR AGAINST THE WALL STREET POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT! The following inspiring letter WORKER, revealing a spirit that “Dear Comrades: quite a while now. surprised that some readers think like to present 1am only 12 years, going on 18, “BEATRICE BROWN,/ Omaha, 8. A happy birthday to The DAILY WORKER and many of ANTI-LYNCH LAW, DEMAND OF 1500 NEGRO DELEGATES N.A.A.C.P. Hears of the Year’s Toll NEW YORK, Jan. 10—Withholding of the Federated Trade Commission appointment from Governor Thomas G. McLeod of South Carolina is ask- ed of President Coolidge by the 1500 delegates to the annual meeting of the National Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People. Gov. McLeod is charged with failing “for family reasons” to proceed against lynchers of three Negro workers at Aiken. Walter White, assistant se- cretary of the N. A. A. C. P., who personally investigated the case, blamed McLeod for the lack of action. White gave the governor the names and addresses of persons involved in the lynching—some of them local of- ficials. Congress Apathetic. More work for the passage of the federal anti-lynching bill was urged upon the delegates by White. “Con- gress is apathetic about lynchings,” he declared, “but it is very much in- terested in baseball scandals. The race problem in this country has re- solved into the saving of the bodies of blacks and the souls of whites,” he added. Louis Marshall, known for his knowledge of constitutional law, praised White for the Aiken investt- gations in the course.of his address to the meeting. Failure of the senate to take action on the federal anti-lynching bill is “one excellent and reasonable explan- ation” of the increase in lynching dur- ing 1926, James Weldon Johnson, N. A. A, C. P. secretary, stated in con- nection with the organization’s re- port. “While there was a threat of a federal law, with consequent juris- diction. of federal courts over this crime, the lynchers hesitated,” John- son states. Notice of No Interference. “When the United States senate re- fused even to discuss the Dyer anti- lynching bill, that was equivalent to serving notice on the lynchers that they could pursue their pastime vir- tually unmolested. So far only one lynching, and that one in Georgia, has been visited by punishment at the hands of the law.” Lynchings in 1926 very nearly doubled the number in 1925, the N. A. A. C. P. report shows. Against 18 lynched in the United States in 1925, 33 were mob victims in 1926. Florida leads with eight; Texas fol- lows with five; Mississippi with four. Three each are scored against both Louisiana and Tennessee; one against | Kentucky, New Mexico and Virginia. Three of those lynched were white; one was a Navajo Indian; and there were two women among the remain- ing colored victims. One of those lynched had been ordered acquitted by the presiding judge at his trial. One in Texas was shot by white of- ficers while manacled. The majority of lynching victims are usually col- ored workers and small farmers. 12-YEAR OLD OMAHA GIRL HELPS KEEP THE DAILY WORKER; SAVES PENNIES TO MAKE XMAS DONATION has been received by The DAILY means our paper cannot fail: My father has taken The DAILY WORKER for I love to read it and sometimes | wonder what all the readers would do without The DAILY WORKER. 1 wouldn't be the same. “Sometime ago | heard my father tell my mother that he would gift of a few dollars to keep The DAILY WORKER up. 1 did not say a thing to my parents and started saving as much as | could. | had exactly $5.00 on Christmas eve. | am sending you the $5.00 hoping that | will be able to do much more for you in the future. A young comrade, Neb. Beatrice Brown.” Who Was Spartacus? ORE than two thousand years ago, 4¥L the most powerful country of that time spread itself where today the land of Italy exists—the Roman em- pire. In this land, where the power was in the hands of the rich patricians and where the unfortunate plebians were oppressed, ruled for centuries a slavery which was a disgrace to man. Hach time the Roman legions (sol- liers) conquered some new land, the nhabitants, who were called “barbar- lans” by the Romans, were not only nade slaves, but they were forced by he Roman rulers, for their pleasure ind to satisfy the needy plebians, to ght one another in a great circus be- ore hundreds of thousands of people. These fighters, who were compelled ) fight one against the other, even if hey were brothers, were called “glad- ators.” They were trained in special choolg in the art of killing one an- ther and the owners made lots of noney from the human blood that was shed. * “ NCE, in Rome, during the reign of the bloody consul Sulla, a memor- ial incident occurred in the Roman Coliseum, before the eyes of more than a hundred thousand people, In the arena of the Circus, more than thirty gladiators on either side fought their bloody fight. One, by his strength, daring and courage, had drawn the attention of all upon him. He fought like a lion and defended nimself from the combined attacks of a dozen enemies, and at last, many times wounded, he left the fight as the VICTOR! The multitude, astonded at so much strength and bravery, shouted, “Long live Spartacus!” “Freedom for Spar- tacus!” For that was his name, Sulla dared not oppose the will of the peo- ple and he gave to the brave gladiator his freedom. But Spartacus would not accept his freedom whilst his brother remained a slave and was compelled to kill his comrades for the entertainment of the duped plebians and bloddy patricions. So he began to prepare a revolt of all the gladiators against the powerful might of Rome! Re years Spartacus and his friends went from one school to the other. And in other different disguises, they risked being arrested and killed and prepared threir brother gladiators for a determined struggle for their free- dom. One dark and rainy winter's night, Spartacus and his friend Oknome crept into the great gladitorial school in which about 10,000 gladiators were being trained. Earlier they had been divided into ten groups, so that all that remained now was the capture of the weapons, which were kept in an armory guarded by Roman soldiers. The gladiators had nothing but their empty hands, but they believed in the victory of their cause and indeed they had no other way. For them it meant freedom or death! They flung themselves on the guards and seizing their torches they forced them to flee. Only five hundred gladiators were successful in leaving the town and un- der the leadership of Spartacus they occupied a Mill in the neighborhood of the town and there planted the red flag of revolution. Twice the Roman troops attempted to take the hill. The first time they were beaten back by the gladiators who flung stones down upon them. The second time a division of the reb- els allowed themselves to be driven with great difficulty down the hill, then they surrounded their attackers and destroyed them, y Upton Sinclair: “Interesting. . » ought to know.” Freeman Hopwo noon at work, Another is the way to write efor YOUNG WORKER PUBLISHING Enclosed please find §.... by Sam Darcy. Pleagg sent it to: WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF YOUTH it is full of facts young workers Secretary, 9 for Advancement of Atheism. “The Challenge of Youth is a gem. best things for propaganda that I have ever seen. I handed it to a Catholic youth and he finished it during the after- bicycle race and read it all there. effective. I hope it is sold by the thousands.” John Kasper, Prize Winning commana Literature Agent. “I want to congratulate Comrade Darcy for putting out a real pacwhlet, The Challenge of Youth. It is a book that a League member could go out and sell with pride, book is real, the best book the League ever put out, That SEND US YOUR ORDERS: Single Copy 15c, Bundles 10¢ 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill, w. for the CHALLENGH OF YOUTH NAMB csssssssccsssssnsvnsnconsserseoessseeosevsensecenennensssnsconsessnsnuannananannnnnsenensesgnnnnsnssnnmanntenmanees ADDRESS ssssesesssssssssssnnnsnssennsonnnneossonsnnnnone CITY vssssesssseeennnnnsnresseosanenassoanansorannsnneesnnes STATED sssssessesssrsssnseeessnnnsaneornssee Spartacus was responsible for this war strategy. He alone never lost his head and called his men continu- ously and with obstinate bravery to the struggle, for he believed in the success of his cause, After he had gavhered thousands of slaves under his flag, he descended in- to the plain and spread fear and dis- may amongst the Romen patricians, These gent their most capable gen- érals and their best legions against Spartacus, but all proved themselves helpless against these “barbarians,” who fought for their freedom. fT heta? ten long years Spartacus end his fellows carried on the strug- gle against the might of Rome. Thousands of gladiators who had fonght for their freedom, perished. Spartacus himself died the death of a hero in the unequal struggle against the more powerful army. Al- most all the gladiators and many, many slaves were killed. ORE than two thonsand years have passed since then. Therich do not like anything to be written about Spartacus, One can find in no history book a section devoted to this great man. This comes from the fact that the struggle Spartacus started continues today, though in @ some- what different form. Then slaves, who could be bought and sold like chattels, fought. Today, proletarians fight, who are bought ‘by the capitalists and at the first chance gung on the streets and left to starve, In Russia the workers have ftung off the yoke of the rich. They have bufit a workers’ and peasants’ government. In Germany in 1919, the workers stood before the same fight. The lead- ers of this struggle were the Commu- nist workers, who had already, on the outbreak of the revolution in Berlin, fought on the barricades and carried the name of Karl Liebknecht, who fe known all over the world amongst class-conscious workers ae that of the Modern Spartacus. He too, Hke Spar. tacus, died at the hands of his enem- ies, It was at the end of the famous and heroic revolt of the workers in Berlin known as “Spartacus Week,” when he was taken unarmed and cruelly murdered by the officers of the German government. This name Spartacus fs holy for all fighters in the cause of freedom and it arouses the fear of all exploiters, We young Communist comrades will take it with pride and we will show that we are worthy to bear the great name—“Spartacus!" LIEBKNECHT MEETINGS. BOSTON—Paine Memorial Hail, 9 Appleton St. Jan. 23rd, 2:30 p, m., S. Bloomfield speaker. CHICAGO—Northwest Hall, North Ave, and Western, Jan 16th, 8 p, m., Zam, Williamson, Bedacht, speakers. NEWARK—Sunday, Jan 28m, 7:80 p. m., Newark Labor Lyceum, 704 So. 14th street, near Springfield Ave. PITTSBURGH—Sunday, Jan 28rd at 8 p. m., at Labor Lyceum. HAMMOND, IND.—Januery 16th, Sunday at 10 @. m., Workers Hall, 1059 Wallace Road, GARY—Saturday, Jan. 165 at 3 9. m., Co-operative Hall, 215 W. 18th street. CLEVELAND—Br, 2—Sonth Slay Hall, Gammet, speaker. Br. 1, Frei- heit Hall, Gammet, speaker. Br, 3, Hungarian Hall, Amter, Gammet, speakers, 2 BUFFALO—January 22, 8 p. m., et Workers Forum Hall, 36 West Hurpn street. Speaker, Sam Essman, WASHINGTON, D. C.—January 14, 8 p. m., at Playhouse, 814 N, St. N. W. Speaker, Darcy. American Association ‘It is one of the took it with him to the six-day The simple style is This the young worker. Keep it up.” co., sovanvonneensneennsennconsonneoneoesneamannns,