The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 25, 1927, Page 4

masses. The Workers (Communist) Party pa rene’ ses in the work in the an- Workers’ |Communist] Party | What the Communists Want in the Factories By JACK (Org. Sec. Workers pACHEL ) Party, Dist. 2) The Workers (Communist) Party, like every other Communist Party, has adopted the factory group as the} basis of its orgar tion. A factory group is the organization of all the Communists in a given factory into| a unit or branch of the Worker: (Communist) Party, These factory groups are also known as shop nuclei. In addition to organizing factory groups the party also has street nuclei (also known as international branches) in which are organized all members of the party who cannot be organized into factory groups, name- ly those working in small factories, housewives, professionals, etc. The party is centering its attention | at the present time to increasing its influence among the workers in the| | large factories and in the most im-| portant indus Into Basic Industry, The aim of the party is to have the| great bulk of its membership in the} large factories in the basic indus-|{ tries. From this it would follow that | while the party is organized on the | nd street | basis of factory groups s groups the dominant form of the party organization is the factory group. The Workers (Communist) Party | is a political party. Ev e other | political party in this country | nclud- | ing the socialist party is organized on the basis of the state, city, county, | and assembly district. Why is it that the Communist party adopts a dif- ferent form of organization? It is because the form of organization of every political party must be suited | to. the politica! objective ot the party.| Territorial Form Not Ours. | | If the party participates only in} elections, then. the form of organiza- | tion based on the assembly district | is suited for that purpose. The so-} cialist party like the republican and | démocratie parties is merely an elec-} tion machine. ‘The socialist party is} a reformist party and it believes that | it carries tnrough its program by | electing its candidates to fill the posi- | tions in the present day capitalist state machinery. | The Workers (Communist) Party on the other hand while it partici- pates in parliamentary election cam- paigns, dees net stop there, but takes part in every struggle of the working ions, in all the workers’ fraternal or- ganizations, in all struggles against imperialism and capitalist militarism, in the struggles for the interests of} all oppressed races and nationalities, | for tne protection of the foreign} born, for the relief of the unem-/ ployed, etc. In fact in all struggles) of the masses the party is té be} found on the scene playing a leading | role. To Organize. objective of the Workers; (Communist) Party is to organize the American workers and other ex- ploited sections of the population in a struggle against capitalism. In this struggle the workers play the domi- nant role. While the poor farmers The jas their main task the organization) JOIN THE of the workers into the union. Start Unionizing. When no union exists in the indus- | try the Communists try to get con- tact with other workers in other shops and form a union and affiliate it to the American Federation of Labor. When a factory consists of nion men, but the employer has not recognized the union, the Com- nunists mobilize the workers to fight for recognition of their union. When a shop is organized the Communists are always on the job seeing that the shop is strictly union shop, that all rules and regulations of the un- ion are lived up to. Also as to the methods of work—it varies according to the conditions. In those factories where the Com- WORKERS COM- MUNIST PARTY | In the past year the Workers (Communist) Party has been active in many important struggles that have won for it great influence} among the unorganized as well as the organized workers. The Workers Communist Party has great tasks ahead of it. At present the imme- diate tasks before the party are to | stimulate the organization of the un- | organized, to fight against the labor bureaucrats’ scheme of converting the existing unions into semi-company unions by increasing the militancy of the masses in the unions and to |known that ‘they’ are Communists,| Party. The above tasks are of im- they work secretly That is they mediate necessity to the American make it known to the workers that ; Workers. there exists a factory group through the publication of the factory bul- Win Confidence. letins, leaflets, workers’ correspon-} ‘Theat Ade: Huinaanas of: werkees | Minnesota, | an wncommon amount of interest has munists would be fired if it became] Stimulate the formation of a labor cence in The DAILY WORKER, etc., who have fought side by side with| but the members of the yr reese ErOse | the Communists in the past year who} are known only to the closest sym-| have Jearned to place their confidence} pathizers. atic) |in the Workers Communist Party, Always For Workers, | who follow the party in all its strug- In the factories the Communists; gles, help it in every way possible, always fight for the interests of the) attend its meetings, but who have hot workers, They educate the workers | yet joined the Workers (Communist) and mobilize them to struggle for| Party. The Workers (Communist) better wages, better conditions, short-| Party calls upon you in the name of er hours, ete. They utilize every evil| Lenin, to join its ranks, become a} from which the workers suffer to|real fighter for the principles of point out to them the necessity for| Leninism, organization as a protection against all these evils such as bad foremen,| You have received an envelopewith poor ventilation, fines, factory spies,/a@ card to write your name and ad- etc. At the same time the Com-!dress which we will consider as an munists utilize the every day shop} application to the Communist Party. issues to raise the political level of | If you are not yet ready to join make the workers by connecting up the oc-| a cross in the box on the card and we currences and conditions in the fac-! will place you on the* mailing list for tory with the broader political life of | literature meetings, etc. the city, Lage and rg If you are reading this after the Distribute The Worker. meeting look in your pockets and The Communists in the factories, find the envelope with the enclosed distribute and sell The, DAILY/card. Decide to become a real fight- | WORKER, try to get subscriptions to|er for the principles of Lenin by be-| The DAILY WORKER, and also get|coming a member of the Workers as many of the workers as they can| Party. Mail the envelop? now to te become worker correspondents for| 1113 West Washington St,, Chicago, The DAILY WORKER. ior if in New York, to 108 E. 14 St. |Farm, Cotton Lobbyists Boost McNary-Haugen Bill Before Congress bers, have raised their $50 quota in | the Keep The DAILY WORKER WASHINGTON, Jan. 24,—Farm Drive. This is an accomplishment |2"d cotton representatives are urg- worthy of emulation by larger units!ing passage of the McNary-Haugen with more resources at their com- | bill.as the “best farm relief measure,” mand. Angora is a small,, poor | before the senate agricultural com- farming community, in an outlying | mittee. region of the district, where little | Sam H, Thompson, president of money is realized by the farmers | the American farm bureau federation thruout the year. Yet this group of | and P, W. Kilgore, of Raleigh, N. ©.,| determined comrades worked reso-| chairman of the board of trustees of| lutely in spite of these hardships, un-|the American cotton growers’ ex- til they had achieved their purpose, | change, endorsed the measure be- because they were convinced of the | cause “it offers the best solution to necessity for keeping The DAILY |the surplus problem.” WORKER for further service in the | a ee |West Virginia’s Right Thumb Drops on the Anti-Evolution Diseas Angora, Minn., Raises Its Quota for Daily Worker. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—The small Workers Party nucleus in Angora, consisting of ten mem- Lectures by Bedacht, CHICAGO, Ill, Jan. 24.—“The re- cent discussion in the Russian Com- jmunist Party,” a subject in which CHARLESTON, W. VA., Jan. 24.—West Virginia will have none been evinced by Communists and | | he is now trying t convince big busi must be won over as the alltes of the! sympathizers will be fully explained yevolution and many sections of petty by Max Bedacht, member of the tyadesmen will support the revolu-| Central Executive Committee of the tion, the workers in the factories play! Workers (Communist) Party at the the leading role in the struggle, andj next Sunday lecture of the Chicago the workers in the large factories and| Workers’ School. : basic industries must be won over by The school conducts educational the Communist party before Ameri-| lectures on subjects relating to the can capitalism can be overthrown. | Communist cae ia and a work- | pen, a 7 ing-class struggle generally every Per Rene ae ‘Sunday night fat Northwest Hall, | It is for this reason that the Work: ‘orth and Western Aves. C. E. ers (Communist) Party, true to its! puthenberg has just completed a principles and aims, while it partici-| course of three lectures on the his- pates in all the workers’ movements, | tory of the Communist movement in centers its major energies in the fac-| this country. | tories’ It was because the Russian Foster Next. Communists realized the slogan of! william Z. Foster will speak on Lenin, “Every factory must become) three consecutive Sundays. beginning our fortress” that the Bolsheviks| Feb, 6, °The group will be titled, were able to overthrow the Czaristi feudal-capitalistic government and} organize the Soviet system, and build | up socialism is Russia, The Ameri- can Communists following the teach-' the speakers later n the season. ings of Lenin are out to realize this | slogan in the United States. COMMUNIST ACTIVITY IN| THE FACTORIES Strike Strategy” and the lectures, Organizing Strikes,” “Conducting Strikes,” and “Ending Strikes.” J- Weisbord in Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Albert Weisbord, ‘2ater of the Passaic | wi ians’ ito- Wherever there are Communists in| Metahte are rang hoy a factory they organize a eel Vebroney 4th, under the auspices group. If there are not enough to ‘ Party. form a Communist factory group then|°f the Workers, (Communist) : one or more in the factory carries| on Communist work there. | Benefit for District 10 | — ill The Communists are realists and| KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A dance w! “ the work carried on in each factory | be held by the Kansas City Serge is suited to the conditions of the| nists Sunday night, January 30th, a factory. For example when a shop|114 Hunter Ave. (Modern babii y is unorganized the Communists have | Hall), for the benefit of District 10. ad Pinte ne ERENT Saad LLL “BREAKING CHAINS” . A Thrilling Film Russia from 1917 to 1923” LOVE — HATE — REVOLUTION 2P. M.; 4.15, P. M. 4 Showings 7P.M.;9 P. M. re SUN. FEB, 6, 1927 WALDORF THEATRE, 50th St., East of Broadway P. Cannon and Leland Olds will be} | strikers, who is touring the country, | of Tennessee’s anti-evolution laws, at least not before the next session of the legislature two years hence, it became apparent today. The house of delegates squelched the attempt of delegate Street, of Barbour county, to have enacted measures similar to those around which the famous Scopes anti-evo- lution trial centered, defeating it by an overwhelming vote. Tell your friends to buy The DAILY WORKER at the news- stands, CAPITALIST PRESS BEST KNOWN BY OWN EMPLOYES (By a Capitalist Newspaper Reporter) Liberal metropolitan news- papermen should hail the ar- rival here of The DAILY WORKER, for now, news for- merly suppressed by the capi- talist press because it conflict- ed with its “policies,” will find its way into print. Even in this advanced age of journalism, when newspapers loudly proclaim their “indepen- dence,” the New York dailies are published, edited and writ- ten in most cases by men and women too prejudiced to accu- rately mirror the day’s events. I join in welcoming The DAILY WORKER because it will provide me, and all other conscientious newspapermen who still hold a regard for the truth despite the contrary teachings of the school of ex- Advance Sale of Tickets at the Box Office Waldorf Theatre, Jimmie « Higgins Book Store, Daily Worker Office—Ausp.; Int. W'kers Ald Tickets in Advance 75e At the Door 99¢ perience, with a medium for expression whose policy is hu- manitarian, not commercial. Henry C. Ja ington & Quincy, individual stockh Pacific and Sout! mission a propos: largest in the world THE Continued from page 1 s, largest stockhold ness as presidential timber by re- vealing himself jin the garment strike as a strikybreaker and as a man who could fule with an iron hand and force cpmpulsory arbitra- tion upon a militgntly led union, so | ness that he ¢ayj) put across their traction consolidatjon plan and a fare increase, in spité\of popular opposi- tion in the city New York. Walker Mayor Walker, backed, it appears,|by Boss Olvany of the local tamma' organization, is attempting to opjlose the governor. | He and the tami feel, because they |have to deal with it. the pressure of|the city’s masses. They know that Sheir party is in} danger of repudiawjon at the muni- cipal election this year if they openly join in the drive f@@ the big business traction consolida’ increased. fare. smaller busin rest: the_suburban real e Spe that are anxioiis to keep and even) extend the city’s 5e fare system, be- cause it will be difficult to sell rea! estate outside of a second fare limit. Watching His Step. Mayor Walker, however, cannot be expected to make a real fight. A show of resistance he must make if he wishes to retain any possibilities of reelection in the next mayorality campaign. Consequently, he is pre- paring in opposition to the big busi- ness traction consolidation plan, a rather foolish alternative, a system | whereby the B.-M. T. keeps its lines, the I. R, T, its lines and the lines to be constructed are put in the hands of yet a third company, Morecver, Mayor Walker is keenly sensitive to the strong pressure of the financial interests from which money would ny boss seem to} | reat Northern and Northern Pacific), and also largest der in two railroads connecting with them (Western rn Pacific) is presenting to the Interstate Commerce Com- | will get the bus franchise according jer subway, elevated or surface line ler of the “Hill Lines” (Chicago, Burl- advanced in a merger in which Chad- bourne and Dahl who owy the B. M. T., have already -acquired a ma- jority stock in the I. R. T. and thru affiliated companies have a powerful interest in the Fifth Avenue Coach and the New York Railways Cor- poration. Walker has already show- ed the futility of his plans by giving in on his scheme for a four-borough bus system, exempting the Bronx in order to get the support of Borough President McKee of the Bronx. This means that in the Bronx, the Surface Transportation Corporation, a Third Avenue Railway subsiduary, te the modified Walker plan. The Smith plan is the more oppressive and the Walker plan is more full of contradictions and impossibilities. Beth plans mean a strengthening of the hold that the traction interests already have on City politics. The Only Solution. There is only one real solution of the whole transit proven. Thar way is: (1), The organizations of all the tractio nworkers of the city, wheth- employees, in a single powerful union capable of combating the combination of the B. M, T. and I. R. T. that has already been affected and the larger combination of capital implied in the Smith traction consolidation plan; and (2) The municipal ownership of all traction lines, with" workers’ con- trol thru participation in the man- agement ‘thereof. That is the plan which the Workers (Communist) Party proposed in the last electoral campaign and in its efforts to aid the traction workers to organize themselves. That is the plan that this newspaper advocates, That is the plan that the Workers Party calls the masses tom rally, around. have to be raised for the bond issue necessary to building new subways under his plan. The little skirmish now going on concerning bus oa chises is of importance because in it . es Walker must demonstrate his ability Scores Sigman Policies to deliver the board of estimate in CAGECER MAE et his transit plan, but already Walker (Continue from Page 1) is obviously outnumbered by the}that by such : means he will save friends of Smith, Miller, Borough|the union. The union for which we President of Menhattan, who owes! have bled so much? his- nomination to Smith; Comptrol-} It is true that we have never been ler Berry, another Smith appointee; | president's in our union and we have and even the borough presidents of| never held any offices in the union; Brooklyn and Queens ready to disre-| we are all plain shop workers who gard the desires of their population! feel the results of the president’s in this matter at the crack of the stubbornness. We declare here, once Smith whip. The Transit Commis-' more, that no other remedy to save sion also contains such Smith ap-,our union is possible than to give to pointees as John F. Gilchrist, Leon the members the right to chose their G. Godley i Chas. C. Lockwood,' own union leaders. Shop Chairmen Council and behind the whole ‘Smith traction! It would be better for the president consolidation scieme are the brains to answer whether he wants us to of the veter: save the union with a general election Mr. Unter or to force registration, terror, and Would other such things. Walker will make some show of a| Press Committee of the Council. fight but he will probably lose in his} (Signed) I, Beck, M. Cherrin, H, own Board of Estimate. If he should] Reichel, S. Silver, Wm. Cohen, L carry the i beyond the Board of} Brauner, Chairman L, Kleiman, Seey, Estimate, there is still the ition of getting the State Legislat to approve tl r an eorporation lawyer, yer, i lave to Fight Smith, Fight Herrin Mine Case. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Jan. 24,—~ f epee for ee Illinois 6 ‘oal Company filed a petition with hy anor thea the supreme court for a review of Hh ay a ns! the verdict of the Cook County court . Lepinlatate, — meme! awards made by the Il- im, the § linois Industrial Commission as an Governo® Snith’s plan is a vicious one because i means a gigantic cor- ig of ey wap: ea asta: poration merging all-of the traction! T1, review is asked in the case lines of the Citys using the City’s) cy an award of $17 weekly for 250 funds, tr¥Py to erush all attempts) wooks to Bleanor Shoemaker, exe- at labor ofReaizations on the subway,| cutrix of the estate of John E, Shoe- elevated aif svface lines and raising) }-akey, an engineer in the company’s the fare the New York traction mine, the scene of the battle and near system. Weler’s plan is unworkable) where the foray occurred, ending in and even Bovlish, He does not im-|the surrender of the mine guards, prove the®\«w York transit situation! The court was told that a like pe- by adding « third traction company.| tition will be presented in the case lker'g Futile Plan, of C, Kline McDowell, mine superin- Besides) tie transit lines of New| tendent, also killed during the fight- York Cit¥ ore already secretly f , Page Four The Youth Column! SAILOR FROM RED CRUISER “CHERVONA UKRAINE” Dear Comrades, We are sending you this letter from Kharkoy, the capital of the Ukraine, U. S. 8, R. Our nucleus is attached to the Khar- koy Educational Institute which has ever two thousand students. There is also a Workers’ Faculty in this Institute, where young workers and peasants are sent for preparation to the Universities, Almost all the stu- dents previously worked in enter- prises, in agriculture or in the social- politicial field. ‘The proletarian stu- dents are provided with living quar- ters and an allowance. All the stu- dents conduct some kind of work, in! enterprises, among ‘the military ele- ments and in the villages. Our Young Communist Organization has the pat- ronage over the Red Fleet, and the Kharkov organization, as a whole, has patdonage over the cruiser “Cher- vona Ukraine”. Life of Soviet Sailors Meetings take place once a week; questions from current political and economic life are discussed and in- formation reports are made. Recently at one such meeting, a sailor from the cruiser “Chervona Ukraine” made a report. He spoke of the life of the sailors and on the journey to Con- TELLS STUDENTS OF LIFE stantinople and Naples; how the cruiser was met by the Fascisti, about the sailors not being permitted to go ashore. Besides the Leninist Young Com- munist Organization, there is also in the Institute a Party organization, a trade union organization of Educa- tional Workers and a voluntary so- ciety of “MOPR” ICWPA, "AVIAK- HIM” and others. There is in the Institute a club and a reading room. The study period in the Institute lasts 4 years, in the Workers’ Facul- ty—3 years. For the present we shall conculde. On receipt of a reply from you we shall be glad, in ovr future corres- pondence, to describe more fully our everyday work. Let us know, com- rades, about your life, where are you working, wat are the conditions of work and also about your social-poli- tical activities, ‘ Please accept our heartiest ings, With Communist greetings, greet- Signed: Migalo Danilchenko. Our adress: Ukraine, Kharkov, Institute Narodnogo Obrazovania, Komsomolskaya Yacheika, Komsom- oltzam: Danilchenko, Migalo. FARM MACHINE YOUTH IN KHARKOV, SOVIET UNION, LIVE REAL LIFE U. S. S. R. Kharkov, Factory “Hammer and Sickle”. Dear Comrades: In assigning the patronage work in the CC of the LYCL of the Ukraine, the Factory Organization was chosen to be in charge of the work of keeping vnin- terrupted contact with you. Our factory produces agrictltural machinery and implements. Alto- gether there are about 3,500 young workers between the ages of 16 and 23 years. We have a school for fac- tory apprenti ceship where 350 pupiis are being taught. The yuth take an active part in trade union work. The average wage of the young’ workers (including the apprentices) is from 70 to 75 roubles a month. There are many women em- ployed in the enterprise who likewise take an active part in the trade union and social work. The collective of the Lenine Young Communist League is in existence since 1918 and at the present it has £97 members, out of which 47 are girle. , The Collective is divided into 8 shop-nuclei. Recently a school for politicial education was opened in the factory which is being attended regularly by Young Communist Lea- guers. The object of this school is to raise the political level of the LYC Leaguers. The school is attended not only by members of the LYCL, but also by other young workers. Re- cently we celebrated the Nirth An- niversary of the October Revolution. This proletarian holiday was spent in a very pleasant and lively man- ner. On the eve of the holiday there were festive meetings, theatrical per- formanes, radio-concerts and cinema shows. On the morning of the 7th of November the workers began to assemble for the demonstration, then they marched in good order to the building of the AUCEC where speeches were made. The proletariat is building its industry for already nine years without the aid of the bourgeoisie, under the leadership of its Communist Party. Tremendous work has been accomplished along the lines of constructing Peoples economy, and also improving the social condi- tions of the workers and peasants. On the occasion of the celebration of the October Revolution there was issued by the cultural commission of the factory committee a printed news- paper “Molotilka”. Hitherto our fac- tory issued a wall newspaper “Molot” ~ (Hammer) in typewritten form: Dear Comrades, let us know how you are organizing your forces for the struggle against capital, how you are working, write to us about your life and what interests you most. In our next letter we shall write you more and will try to acquaint you with many questions appertain- ing to our life and work. Awaiting your early reply, we re- main With Comradely greetings, Collective of the LYCLSU. Our address: Ukrainia USSR, Khar- kov, Korsikovskaya Ulitza No. 15 Collective LYCLSU Shefskaya Kos- sissia, Nov. 24, 1926 Kharkoy. Thousand Hear Weisbord at Los Angeles Meeting LOS ANGELES, Cal.—A thousand people attended the Lenin memorial meeting here, and,heard Weisbord ex- plain th difference between Kautsky- ism and Leninism. Weisbord brought proof that the workers and oppressed people of Europe, Asia and America are mov- ing leftward. Send German Rolling Stock to Russian Roads. BERLIN, Germany. — German vailroad rolling stock manufacturers are now negotiating to transfer their works completely to Russia. German sales of steel to the Soviet union up to date under the 300,000,- 000 marks export credit scheme ag- gregate 151,000,000 marks. Roll in the Subs For The DAILY Housing Committee Chairman Says Rich Will Not End Slums August Heckscher, chairman of the’ National Housing Committee for con-' gested areas, told his audience in a speech delivered at the town hall last night, that they must not rely on wealthy men to finance the replace- ment of slums by model tenements. Heekscher’ said: “What is in con- templation must commend itself to| the people at large. The people of slender means are more generous! n are the rich. But why should, not the city absorb the unearned in- crement and undertake the job?” He pointed out defects in the re- cent state housing law, and especially that of attempting to gain pyivate; finance for housing. ; REALTORS DON'T Nationalist Religion Has Relics, Says Hayes Characterizing nationalism as a “religion with a special brand of worship,” Prof. Carlton J. Hayes of Columbia university declared that “the fruits of the religion of nationalism are ignorance, intoler- ance and docility of the masses.” He was speaking before the com- mittee on militarism in education, which is attacking the spread of compulsory military training im American colleges. Hayes poked fun™ at patriotic “cults” who pay religious homage ‘to the flag, national anthem and other nationalistic symbols. “The religion of nationalism,” he said, “has its own shrines, images, icons and relics. Take the Liberty belt, for instance, with a crack in its side. Why, when it was, taken across the country by railroads, groups of old ladies flocked to the tracks to interrupt its progress, They kissed it; yes, kissed the brass side of this relic.” Real Estate Money ’ Keeps “Peaches” In Considerable Luxury. “Peaches,” called - Browning a “gold digger,” passed the day at home in her apartment on {West End Ave., and spent the time by receiving a few callers, many tele- phone messages, and a series of gifts. Flowers came in freely, one bouquet consisting of yellow roses and “lucky” Japanese irises, “I'll wear them,” Peaches told her mother, “I want all the luck I can get.” : “Peaches” wore a green satin negligee, trimmed with marabou— one of the garments “Daddy,” the Big Rent Man from West 72nd Stre provided for her. “Daddy” owns real. estate. is 4 ABOLISH SLUMS ‘