The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 19, 1927, Page 4

Page Four ' ‘Workers (Communist) Party _ BIG N. Y. PARTY MEETING CONSIDERS WAYS TO MEET RIGHT WING OFFENSIVE The gen New Yo. January 5, 1 membership meeting in y held Wednesday night, t Manhattan Lyceum, unanimously approved the report of Comrade Weinstone for the District » Committee, on the new of- against the left wing in the pions. Comrade Weinstone pointed out that the present offensive spreads from the policy of the reactionary bu- yeaucracy of company-unionizing the trade unions and of the class-colla- borationist policy of making the un- jong aides to production by the adop- iion of speed-up systems, as in the B. & O. plan, Hillman’s piece work and standards of production system, Wat- son-Parker bills and similar measures. He pointed out that this offensive is intended to destroy the rank and file opposition to these policies, as ex- pressed by the left wing leadership in the Furriers, I. L, G. W. U., and the opposition in the Miners’ Union, where a reign of terror against the Communists has been conducted in the past few years. The drive is backed by the A. F. of L, bureaucracy, which sees a menace to its leadership in the progressive bloc formed in the Miners’ Union and in the work of organizing the unor- ganized conducted by the left wing in the Passaic strike. Comrade Wein- stone said that a militant struggle must be put up against this drive of the reactionaries in support of the slo- gans of the left wing for unity of the trade unions, for democratization of the unions, for organization of the un- organized, for amalgamation against class collaboration, against company unions, against terrorism, and gang- sterism—these being the chief slogans summing up the present struggle. At this time more than ever, he de- clared, we must carry out the policies adopted by the plenum of the C. E. C. of extending the influence among the American workers and more deeply intrenching the influence of the left wing in the unions. The tasks con- sist of: 1. Intensifying and redoubling the activities within the unions, increas- ing the party membership ih the un- ions and increasing the activities in the daily detail work of union organ- ization and demonstrating that the Communists are the conscious work- ers for the upbuilding and strength- ening of the trade unions. 2. It is necessary to avoid any pol- doy toading toward dualism or which would give any pretext for the reac- tionary bureaucrats to expel Commu- nists from the unions on the fake cry of “dual union organization.” 3. Every effort must be made to expand the left wing in the trade un- ions by building up and formation of opposition blocs, by systematically avoiding the narrowing down of any Cc left wing organization to party frac- tions, and to increase at the present time the vitality of left wing organ- ization by greater circulation of left wing organs, more regularity of meet- ings, ete. 4, For better mobilization of party membership in the struggle, it is ne- cessary that further consolidation of party apparatus be made; that every effort to increase membership be con- tinued, and that every measure be tak- en to increase the activity of leading comrades in sections and sub-sections, either for direct party work or for work in sympathetic organizations, The meeting carried the resolution in support of these propositions and also in support of the appeal of Com- rade Weinstone for the maintenance and extension of The DAILY WORK- ER as a major task in the present period. Comrade Weinstone declared that the arrival of The DAILY WORK- ER in New York places a great re- sponsibility for the paper upon the shoulders of the New York district membership; that the membership must rise to the occasion and suc- cessfully fulfill this responsibility, He pointed out that the strike situation in New York is limiting the raising of funds; that this handicap must be overcome and the quota raised when The DAILY WORKER dinner on Jan- uary 14 and the Lenin Memorial Meet- ing on January 22 are over. He in- structed all organizers to place The DAILY WORKER upon the next order of business in the units and that every member be checked up to see what he did in the present drive and that steps be taken to carry out success- fully this task in respect to The DAILY WORKER. The meeting also went on record for giving greater support to the In- ternational Labor Defense in the building up of branches, in drawing the women into the union fight by improving the apparatus of the Wom- en’s Committee—particularly by as- sistance in this respect from the low- er units; by helping to build up the Y. W. L. and to carry out the instruc- tions of the Communist International for the building up of Negro organ- ization. Comrade Weinstone finally declar- ed that the’attempts of the reaction- aries to isolate the left wing and the Communists from the unions would be unsuccessful as it had been un- snecessful in the past, particularly if the party membership will put into effect the decisions of the last plenum of the party for more attention to the detail work of the party organization and for successfully reaching out con- sciously and persistently for new groups of workers by the adoption of slogans and tactics which would reach workers still distant from us—espe- cially the American workers, who to- day are under the influence of reac- tionaries but are discontented with the corruption and inactivity of their leaders. Many comrades participated in the discussion, in which support was unanimously given to the policies of the District Committee. Problems of Working Class Women to Be Discussed at N. Y. Workers’ School The second short course in Prob- lems of Working Class Women be- gins at the New York Workers’ School on Monday, January 24, at 9:15 p. m. Theresa Wolfson will give this course, which is entitled: “Woman in Indus- try,” and is part of a series of such short courses. It runs for 4 Monday nights, Theresa Wolfson fs the author of the book, “Woman and the Trade Unions,” which is the most recent and most authoritative work on that subr ject, and has been for many years an instructor in the Workers University of the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union, aswell as in various other institutions, The fee for this course is $1.50, The first course im this series on “Problems of Working Class Women” was a study of the, American family with Arthur W. Calhoun as instructor. The third course, which will follow on that of Theresa Wolfson’s, will deal with the problems of the working class housewife and with the program for Work Among Women of the Workers Party, the instructors being Leona Smith and Margaret Undjus. The whole series of course may be taken together at a special rate of $2.50, Register today at the Workers’ School, 108 East 14th St. The functionaries in the New York district, after listening to the report of Comrade Bert Wolfe on the Russian ‘issue, passed the following resolution of the district committee introduced by Comrade Weinstone by a vote of 141 for, 2 against, 7 abstaining: “The New York functionaries, after listening to the report of Comrade Wolfe on behalf of the D. E, C. on the issue within the Russian Party, adopts the following position: “1, It unqualifiedly approves the action of the C. E. C. endorsing the stand of the majority of the Russian Factory Newspapers--Communist Shop Organs By REBECCA GRECHT. (Continued from yesterday.) PACE must be given.in shop papers for discussion of political issues and such as the labor party, American im- perialism, the role of the state, class war prisoners, etc. The objection is frequently heard that the workers are not interested in these questions, and will not read the factory newspaper which deals with them. The very fact that these workers may be politi- cally backward, however, makes it all the more the task of the party group to develop them thru its newspaper. The difficulty lies not so much in the workers’ lack of concern with po- litical matters, as in the ineffective way in which these are handled, Long theoretical arguments written in a complex style, articles dealing with generalities and abstractions, may well alienate them. The writer re- calls the first issue of a certain fac- » tory newspaper issued in Buffalo, which devoted about two-thirds of its space to an article dealing with al- most every aspect of Communism, from the role of the state and the functions of the labor party to the proletarian dictatorship. That cer- tainly afforded no political approach to the workers But an analysis of political events and campaigns simply and concretely written, linked up with the problems and general experiences of the work- ers in the shop, will assist in their political awakening, and draw them closer to the party, Concrete Example, OR instance, a shop paper in a rub- ber factory can easily relate the policy of the United States in the Ynilippines to the situation of the \orkers in the plant, and from that discuss the question of American im+ perialism. In an enterprise emiploy- ing foreign-born workers, the anti: alien bills can be stressed, The ex- 3 W'AT ARE YOU—SL If yo. sre American r WORKER, If you cann AK OR AN AMERICAN? the fighting labor daily paper—The DAILY ‘read English, subscribe to the only Czecho slovak workingclass dally paper in the United States and Canada— _ THE DAILY ROY RO ription rates By mal 0 @ year; for port of agricultural machinery to Sov- iet Russia may be the basis for an article on the Workers’ Republic in factory newspapers issued, say, in plants of the International Harvester Company, which has had ‘considerable trade with the Soviet Union. The growing rivalry between Europ- ean and American automobile manu- facturers, to which the New York “Journal of Commerce” has called at- tention, can be utilized by our papers in automobile plants to explain the meaning of the international fight for markets and raw materials. Excellent material for political discussion is pro- vided by the u8e of injunctions and the police force in strikes, recent ex- amples of which have been the Pas- saic strike and the strike of the New York cloakmakers. These are some illustrations of how to connect up political questions with the workers’ immediate interests. It is possible also to write of politics without direct reference to shop prob- lems as in the present case of Ameri- can intervention in Nicaragua, pro- vided this is done with due regard to the degree of understanding of the workers. Learn by Mistakes, FTEN the editors of our factory newspapers let slip excellent op- portunities for political propaganda. In Detroit, for example, the Federa- tion of Labor suffered a miserable de- bacle, a humiliating defeat, in its at- tempt to capture the state and county republican convention, Wide publici- ty was given this maneuver in the capitalist press, and the workers of the city were in general familiar with it. Here was a situation that could have been utilized with splendid ef- fect for pointing out the futility of le- bor’s non-partisan political policy, and drawing the conclusions for a labor party, Our Detroit factory paper: however, failed to take sufficient ad- vantage of this occasion to concret- ize the labor party campaign, and to VNOST rept chleneey Oe th, cy this day, it must be said, have not yet learned to deal with political questions. The problem of getting a correct balance between economic and politi- cal articles, of tying these up with each other, of drawing the revolution- ary implications simply and concrete- ly, is without doubt very difficult. Much thot is required, and a careful estimation of the workers in the shop. None the less, political discussions are an indispensable element of every factory newspaper, or its very aims are nullified. With more experience in this new activity of our party, we shall learn to correctly apply this principle. Organizational Role of Factory News- papers. ERE, then, we have all the essen- tials of the factory newspaper, so far as concerns its general purposes and the character of its contents. This is not the only problem faced in the publication of shop papers. The ac- tual preparation of the paper by the Communist group, the distribution and financing—these are also ques- tions of the utmost importance, and will be taken up in another article. Enough has already been said, how- ever, to show how significant the fac- tory newspapers are in the work of our party. Shop papers must become an insep- arable part of the activity of Commu- nist groups in factories, and every district organization must give this matter serious attention. The factory newspaper has not merely an agita- tional role, acting as the mouthpiece of the Communists, shedding light on the economic and political problems of the workers, raising slogans for the betterment of their conditions. It has also a very definite organizational role. As an effective instrument for extending the circle of sympathizers gathered around the group in the fac- tory, it provides a first step in the direction of rallying the workers around the Communist Party, It makes Communism not an abstrac- tion, but a reality, It makes the par- ty an active bh i the life of the workers, tafe cond work place. must be our stronghold--so. wrote Lenin, Fac- tory newspapers, ping our par- ty to strike its roo! the mass- I fHE DAILY WORKER LENIN’S MESSAGE TO AMERICAN WORKERS MASS MEETINGS The lessons of Leninism as they upply to the crisis with which the American workers find themselves faced thru the imperialist ventures of the Wall Street government in China, Nicaragua, and Mexico will be ex- plained from scores of platforms to tens of thousands of workers in the series of Lenin Memorial Meetings organized by the Workers (Commu- nist) Party in the largest’ cities of the country. More than ever at this moment do the American workers and farmers need a clear understanding of the meaning of American imperialism and the ways and means of fighting it. The Lenin Memorial Meetings will therefore be made into demonstra- tions against American imperialism at which the workers and farmers as- sembled will manifest their determi- nation to fight Wall street and the Wall Street government under the flag of Lenin. The utilization of the Lenin Memo- rial Meetings as demonstrations against the Wall Street poiicies of the government is in response to the statement recently issued by the Cen- tral Committee of the Workers (Com- munist) Party which reads in part: “The mass meetings which have been arranged by our party to hon- or the memory of the great leader of the proletarian revolution, Lenin, will be held this year at a time when the American capitalists and their gov- ernment at Washington are giving the workers and farmers a concrete example of the dangers of new wars and the consequent sacrifice and suf- fering for the workers. There is no better way of honoring the memory of Lenin on the third an- niversary of his death than thru the application of the principles of Lenin- ism in the crisis which American im- perialism has created thru its imper- ialist adventures in relation to Nica- ragua, Mexico and China. “The Lenin Memorial. Meetings must be made great mass demonstra- tions against American imperialism.” The central slogan at these meet-! ings will be the building of a united NEW YORK FUNCTIONARIES’ MEETING DISCUSSES THE RUSSIAN QUESTION Party and against the stand of the opposition, “2. It condemns the action of the opposition in violating its pledge of abandoning its factional struggle by its action at the C. I, pl in which they intended to provide an interna- tional platform fér their opposition. “3. The meeting regards it neces- sary that the party conduct a cam- paign of clarification of the minds of the workers against the propaganda conducted by the capitalist and yellow reformist press, which aims to capital- ize the discussion in the Russian Party against the revolution, and pointing out to the workers the up- ward trend of industry in Russia and the continual consolidation of the re- volution in its progress towards so- cialism, “4, For a better understanding of the issues involved in the Russian question, the functionaries’ meeting endorses the proposal for a thorough- going discussion within the units of the party in behalf of the position of the C. E. C. and of the Russian Com- munist International against the stand of the opposition.” Comrade Wolfe in his report ana- lyzed the nature of the present oppo- sition in Russia; its formation by a coalition of all anti-Leninist tenden- cies; its acceptance of the ideological leadership of Trotsky; the reasons for the problem of the construction of socialism in a single country becom- ing a central problem at this time; the political theory of the opposition manent revolution; the economic theory of the opposition as summed up in Preobrashensky’s theory of the proletarian dictatorship as exploiter and the peasantry as exploited colony, and his proposals for the acceptance of parasitic aspects of monopolist cap- italism rather than the progressive aspects of competitive capitalism; the practical economic proposals of the opposition bloc in the matter of taxa- tion, price policy, wage policy—where- in they tend to the rupture of the alliance of the proletariat and peas- antry and the decline of Soviet in dustry; the inner party line of the op- position; their latest crime against proletarian unity in attempting to build a piatform for opposition tend- encies in the Communist International, Comrade Wolfe terminated with an analysis of such analogous tendencies ag exist in the American party. Many questions were asked and keen interest was shown by the func- tionaries in the Russian issue. In the discussion Comrades Schwartzenfeld, Finger, Markoff, Sherman, Weinstone and others participated, Comrade Wolfe also reported on the agitprop work in the New York dis- trict. Boston Forum Bills Well Known Speakers BOSTON, Jan, 17, —~ This month the speakers of the Open Forum will be, Sunday, Jan, 23, James P. vee ILL BE TOLD IN BIG THRUOUT COUNTRY front of the workers and farmers | of the United State$ to carry on the struggle against American imperial- ism. The chief task will be to carry to the workers and farmers of this country the message of Leninism, the meaning of {mperialism and how to fight it. WORKERS EVERYWHERE SHOULD ATTEND LENIN MEMORIAL MEETINGS All the Lenin Memorial Meetings this year will become tions against Wall Street imperial- ism’s aggression in Nicaragua, Mex- ico and China. Workers and farm- ers everywhere should swell the throngs attending these gatherings. Meetings already announced are as follows: demonstra- | WITH THEY CONDUCTED - BY TH By NAT KAPLAN. (Article 3) 'N our previous articles we have pointed out that the petty bour- geoisife pacifists not only create illu sions, issue reactionary reformist slo: gans, but that they will not even fight |for their own slogans, That applies |to the whole lineup. The Fellowship jof Reconciliation is going to “love” |war out of existence; John Hayes Holmes and his outfit around the Com- can fight against it legally; the N tional Student Forum is going to “i vestigate” and “experiment” with the question; the Fellowship of Youth for Peace and Jane Addams and her Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom is going to “talk” and “resolve” once, etc. Against Nicaragua Invasion. The petty-bourgeoisie pacifists will not put up a real struggle against cap- JANUARY 19. italst militarism and the new war LAWRENCE, Nass., J. P. Cannon. |danger. This task remains for the JANUARY 20, class conscious workers, the poor ST. PAUL, Minn., Jay Lovestone. ROCHESTER, N. Y., 580 St, Paul St. PROVIDENCE, R, 1., J. P. Cannon, JANUARY 21, HARTFORD, Conn. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., stone. BOSTON, Mass., J. P, Cannon, JANUARY 22. NEW YORK CITY, Madison Square Garden, Ruthenberg, Engdahl, Near- ing, Foster, Olgin and Weinstone. TOLEDO, Ohio. CHISHOLM, Minn, speaker, ssl dase Mass., J. P. Cannon, JANUARY 23. WASHINGTON, D. C., Playhouse, C. E. Ruthenberg. PITTSBURGH, Pa., Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St., W. F. Dunne. PASSAIC, N. J., 8 p. m., 27 Dayton Ave., A. Markoff, Jay Love- Jay Lovestone, BUFFALO, N, Y., 2:30 p. m., Workers’ | Forum Hall. PERTH AMBOY, 308 Elm St., Pat Devine. DULUTH, Minn., 2:00 p. m., Jay Love- stone. SUPERIOR, Wis., Lovestone. CHELSEA, Mass., Jay Lovestone. CHICAGO, Ill, Ashland Auditorium Max Bedacht. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., 8:00 p. m. NEW HAVEN, Conn., 2:00 p,m. DETROIT, Mich., 2:30 p. m., Armory, W. Z. Foster. JANUARY 24. HANCOCK, Mich., Jay Lovestone. JANUARY 28, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., C. E, Ruthen- berg. / PATERSON, N. J., 8:00 p. m., Carpen- ters’ Hall, Bert Wolfe. NEWARK, N. J., 8:00 p. m., J. J. Bal- lam. 8:00 p. m., Jay Youngstown Lenin Meet Arranged for Jan. 23 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Jan. 17. — The Lenin Memorial mass meeting in Youngstown, Ohio, will be held Sun- day, Jan, 23, at 369 East Federal St., 8 p. m., with Ben Gitlow of New York as the speaker. The committee has arranged a fitting program for the meeting and cordially invites all read- ers of The DAILY WORKER to re- member this date and attend the as summed up in the theory of per. meeting, Rothenberg to Address Boston Party Members There will be a general membership meeting on Tuesday, Jan, 25th, in the Dudley St. Opera House, 113 Dudley St., Roxbury. The meeting will be addressed by C. E. Ruthenberg, gen- eral secretary of the party. The sub- ject will be “The Achievements and Future Tasks of the Party.” All party members are urged to attend, Only members in good standing will be admitted to the meeting. WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! MUCH INTEREST HERE IN NEW ART FORM FEATURED AT LENIN’S MEMORIAL “Strike,” the mass recitation by Michael Gold, which will be produced as a feature of the Lenin Memorial on January 23rd at Ashland Audi- torium, is a drama form entirely new to the United States and {s arousing uch interest here. The mags recita- lon has been developed to a place of importance among the dramatic ef- forts of the workers in Russia and Germany, There are no principals, no costumes, no scenery, The suc cess of this form depends upon the rhythm and co-operation of the nu- merous persons participating, | The Ashland Auditorium meeting will be the third observance ot Lenin's death in Chicago and ides, -| “Strike” speakers of national promi- Mors will address the gatherjng, 4 ‘ N. J., 7:30 p, m, | jfarmers and the oppressed colonial masses led by the Communists. Yet bourgeoisie on its opposition to mil- itarism; push them to take a stand and to put up a real striggle shorn of the pacifist slogans and illusions. In this respect the young workers every- |where must raise the demand for the passage of the Wheeler-Huddleston resolutions before the senate which withdraw the American marines from | Nicaragua and the American warships \from Nicaraguan ports, tho it must be pointed out everywhere that these resloutions make the basis of the de- mand that the United States is violat- jing international law thru its inter- \vention and not the fact that the gov- ernment is playing the game of Wall Street thru this invasion, | The United Front. The Workers (Communist) Party s issued the call to the workers and farmers to take the lead in the strug- {gle against the new war danger; which must be fought now when the war is lin preparation. The young workers \ must rally around the slogans, of the lers against the threatening imperialist war. Demand that the United States goverment get out of Nicaragua}. No intervention in Mexico! Hands off China! Our main concentration point will have to be to make the workers the main base, the heart and life of this united front. In all workers’ or- ganizations the young workers must raise this question. In the schools this question should be raised together with the struggle against the R. 0. T. C. We must more closely organize our fractions in the high schools and colleges with direct connection with the national committee of the Y. W. L, Our work to gain contacts in the regular armed and auxiliary armed forces must be continued. Within the arnfed forces thene must be carried on a systematic struggle against militarism. We must Greetings to THE Kunnap, Geo., Anacortes, Wash. Houston, Marie, Chicago, Ill. Val, Paul Du, Murrietta, Calif. Gaigalo, E., San Francisco, Cal. Yiater, L., Monroe, Mich, Saudier, E. A., Los Angeles, Cal. Chopp, F., Los Angeles, Cal, Etler, Louis, Morristown, N. J. Chicago to MAX BEDACHT Revolutionary Music Admission 40¢ in Advance Chicago munity Church in New York and the magazine “Unity” is going to outlaw | war—to declane it illegal, so that they militarism out of exist- | the Communists will goad the petty- |‘ calls upon Coolidge to immediately |S. united front of the-workers and farm- TURN OUT FROM SHOPS AND FACTORIES LENIN MEMORIAL MEETING at the Ashland Auditorium Ashland Blvd. and Van Buren St, SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 8 P. M. SPEAKERS: AND A PIONEER SPEAKER. Chairman: Arne Swabeck. MASS RECITAL AND PLAY “STRIKE” Auspices Workers (Communist) Party, . WORKEDS IMG WORKERS LEAGUE . - PETTY BOURGEOIS PACIFISM prepare ourselves to continue fighting the C. M. T. C, both inside and outside these bodies. Communist Anti-Militarism. Basically the Communist stance against militraism which distinguishes it from petty-bourgeoisie pacifism is contained in the following: (1) Wars are ine ble under the reign of cap; ital, particularly in the epoch of im |perialism, therefore the fallacy and |harmfulness of the idea that wars can be prevented with pacifist slogans. (2) It is necessary for the proletariat not only to fight against the danger of ~w imperialist wars, or for the rapid cessation of such @ war already start- , but to take advantage of the crisis created to turn the imperialist war in- to a civil war, (3) Bourgeoisie pacifism is only a veil to hide the preparations for imperialist wars to which the petty-bourgeoisie succumb. We will {mercilessly expose this bourgeoisie pacifism. (4) We believe that capital- ist militarism and the new war danger |must be fought NOW as against the |general phrases of the reformists whieh promises to reply to a war with a general strike and even a revolution. (5) The slogans, “Defend Your Coun- y” (defend the fatherland), “A War are meaningless to the working class. They have no father- land until thru revolution they have established themselves in power. “Your country” means Wall Street to- day. (6) The need for organizing and agitating within the armed forces against militarism. (7) We must rally around the defense of the U. S. R. from imperialist attacks. Under a workers’ and farmers’ government the U. 8.-S. R. is the leader of the op- pressed masses of the world. There- fore the U. S. S. R. is the only real fatherland for the workers of the world. (The End.) Boston Will Discuss the Russian Party Question; Wolfe Leads Discussion BOSTON, Jan. 17. — A general membership meeting to discuss the situation in the Russian party will be held in Boston on Sunday, Feb. 13. Comrade Bert Wolfe, director of the Workers’ School of New York, will be the principal speaker. Admission to this meeting will be by membership cards only, “Biggest Boob” to Be Staged Friday, Jan. 21, at Marine Workers Ball NEW YORK, Jan. 17. — All New York comrades who have not yet seen “The Biggest Boob in the World” will get a chance to do so on Friday even- ing, Jan, 21, at Webster Hall, 11th St. and Third Ave. On that night the Marine Transport Workers I. U. No. 510, of the Industrial Workers of the World, will give their annual enter- tainment and dance. GET A SUB. DAILY WORKER ON ITS THIRD BIRTHDAY Kummrow, E, A., Sherwood, Ore, Muzzini, G. B., Oakland, Cal. Gould, James, Nokomis, III. Gould, Alex, Nokomis, til. Lawson, Edward, Canton, Ohio. Julios, Tony, New York, N. Y. Shaffer, J., San Antonio, Texas, Rowley, Roy C., Ashland, Wis, Workers the MAX SHACHTMAN Freiheit Singing Society 50c at Door District.