The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 7, 1927, Page 2

Page Two MANY WILL NOT WAIT FOR MEETING TO SPEAK REGARD FOR RUTHENBERG, Messages of Grief and Loyalty Continue to Arrive at Workers Party Offices THE DATLY WORKER, NEW YORK, M ONDAY, MARCH 7, 1927 AMERICAN NEGRO LABOR GONGRESS FEELS IT HAS LOST GREAT FRIEND ¥ { real freedom as C, E. Ruthenberg CHICAGO, March 6.—The Ameri-|has proven himself to be. |can Negro Labor Congress, through | “Furthermore, the Negro workers its acting secretary, I. Dunjee, has|in their struggle for a fair show in | sent the following communication to| America have been championed the Central Executive Committee of} chiefly by the Communist Party, and As the memorial meetings for Comrade Ruthenberg begin, many testimonials to his genius, and great heartedness, are heard. But still, some cannot wait for the meetings in their city. | The Workers Party District Organizers all report many mes- sages sent to them by workers who wish to express their regard for Ruthenberg, and wish to promise they will heed his last com- mand, to “fight on.” Many messages come, likewise, from organized bodies, unions, Negro workers, labor defense bodies, and women workers. Some are cabled in from overseas. The DAILY WORKER will print such pf these as it is able to give space to. * * iY “CARRY ON,” SAYS RESTAURANT WORKERS’ UNION. AMALGAMATED FOOD WORKERS OF AMERICA, Executive Board, Hotel and Restaurant Workers Branch, P. P. Cosgrove, Sec’y.— “The working class has suffered a severe loss in the death of Comrade Cc. E. Ruthenberg. For many years he has given his every thought to the emancipation of the workers and his tireless and devoted loyalty will live long in the hearts of the workers. “He could ill be spared, for the need of such a fighter as he has proven himself to be, is great. His intelligent leadership should in- spire every class conscious worker to continue the work as he would desire and the slogan of all should be: Carry on! “FOR THE WORLD’S OPPRESSED,” SAYS WENTWORTH. EDWARD C. WENTWORTH, well known liberal, Chicago, Il.— “A great power for the greatest cause now existent is gone, but his memory will be inspiration for those remaining. His unassuming in- fluence was a directing force with those in his association; his gentle and modest insistence on an undeviating prosecution of a campaign for righteousness of treatment for the millions of the world’s economically oppressed will be to the everlasting credit of Charles Ruthenberg in the minds of all those who knew him well.” * * FOOD WORKERS PLEDGE TO CARRY ON RUTHENBERG’S WORK. % AMALGAMATED FOOD WORKERS, General Executive Board, August Burkhart, Secretary-Treasurer—‘“The delegates of the General Executive Board of the Amalgamated Food Workers assembled in their regular session of March 3rd mourn the loss of Comrade C. E. Ruthen- berg, a devoted champion of the labor cause, and feel that the labor movement has lost one of its most active and devoted fighters for the | ed be condemned to a felon’s cell. liberation of the workers from capitalism. | By JOSEPH R. BRODSKY. , The Maximum Sentence. “In paying respect to our dear Comrade Ruthenberg, we pledge our- | (¢-XHARLES FE. Ruthenberg, what) The judge was writhing in pale| selves to go on with our work in the effort to make the Amalgamated | have you say why judgment! anger; he had failed in his attempt Food Workers a class-conscious organization. In doing this, we feel | could not be pronounced against you|to brow-beat and crush his victim, | we are carrying on the work to which Comrade Ruthenberg devoted his | according to law?” life. The place was the Extraordinary |of a frustrated bully, he pronounced | Trial Term, Criminal Part, of the| judgment. The court was not at all! (“Example of His Devotion Will Help| Supreme Court of the State of New | surprised at the manner and lan- | Solve Tasks.” York; the date was October 29, 1920,) guage of the defendant Ruthenberg. The Novy Mir, Russian Communist /and the speaker was Judge Bartow|He had been already convicted once Weekly, in a statement to the Central| $, Weeks, a typical example of the/ of defiance of the laws of the coun-| | ee pew! of the Workers Party.— rich, ultra-conservative supporter of|try. Therefore, I was not at all sur- |“Grief stricken by the dreadful news’ the present order, bitter and vicious, | prised at his remarks. “The sentence o jof the untimely. death of our beloved | who sat as the presiding judge in all| of the court is that, for the felony! leader, Comrade Charles E. Ruthen-/ of the criminal anarchy prosecutions | of which you have been convicted, berg, we feel, however, confident that |that featured the year of 1920 in! Charles FE. Ruthenberg, that you be! |this heavy blow of the blind forces of | New York, {imprisoned in the State’s Prison at} jnature, while depriving us of our On the Stand. |hard labor for a termythe minimum ONWARD Comannes | Crose. THe Ranks ! * “ Rotweneers Ruthenberg —The AMALGAMATED * Read the Workers (Communist) Party: “The American Negro Labor Con- gress is hastening to send to you and | your entire organization an expres- | sion of sympathy and regret because ‘of the sudden death of the very able |leader of the American Communist | Party, C. E, Ruthenberg. “We of the congress feel it proper to so express our regret over the loss of, C, £. Ruthenberg because we | realizejthat ho was not only the lead- jer of the American Communist Par- ty, but at the same time he wa$ also the ablest championof the entire American working class, “We feel quite sure in making this | statement that we speak one hun- dred per cent the sincere attitude of the Negro people of America over | stru le of American workers for the loss of so able a figure in the | | that, in a very clear-cut manner. We | have always accepted C, E. Ruthen- |berg as one of the upstanding and fearless leaders of the Communist whey who always has taken a very "clear position in defense of the | Negro people of this country as a | submerged class, “We feel that the loss of C. FE, Ruthenberg is a loss that will be severely felt, not only by the Ameri- can Communist Party, but will also be a major loss to the entire work- \ing class group of America. | “Hoping that whatever we have |said in this statement will be taken |as an expression of a group. of work- jers who know their foes, but who | also are at all times able to recognize | their friends, we are Fraternally yours, The American Negro Labor Con- gress, MEMBERS STAND IN CHICAGO, March 6.—The local general group of the Trade Union Educational League held one of its | best-attended meetings Wednesday | March 2 where Brother J. W. John- | stone spoke on the recent convention \of the United Mine Workers and the | Significance of the converition to the ; general labor movement. There was | much interesting discussion from the | floor and considerable literature was put out, | The new Iocal executive reported |that plans were being carried out jfor intensified activity. The meeting was held the evening Defiant , til the appeal was decided; after the | of the day the labor movement suf-| decision I presume he felt that prison! gered the los’ of Brother Charles E. walls would act as a compelling de-| Ruthenberg, honorary member of the terrent. | Railway Clerk’s Brotherhood, and in I told him that I would place the | deference to his memory the assemb- | Now with all the hatred and venom |™atter before Ruthenberg and report /jy stood-in silence for one minute| bn Laeger > him. eh ener adopting a resolution of regard ay I called on “C. E.” and lai - for Ruthenberg. ’ fore hima copy of the leaflet and} hs advised him of the request of the| District Attorney. | > rae ney | Ruthenberg, secretary of the Work- Aber ios Quit Voluntarily. ‘ers (Communist) Party, the Ameri- A moment's thought, against that! can jabor movement has lost one of faint, proud smile and then “C. E.”| its best and most courageous fight- placed his hand on my shoulder and | ers and, said, quietly and gently: “Brodsky, | a long, long time ago I determined! what my path in lite would be... The resolution follows: “Whereas in the death of C. E. “Whereas, Comrade Ruthenberg’s activities as one of the leaders in the i left wing labor movement, extending CHICAGO TRADE UNION EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE — SILENCE FOR RUTHENBERG in the Socialist Party 1917, and from then on as one of the central figures in the building of the left wing in the American labor movement and, “Whereas, The unflinching deter- mination and cburage shown in all lof these struggles by Comrade Ruth- enberg, his term of penal servitude {in the jail at Canton, Ohio for his | opposition to the great world war, | the many months he spent in Sing | Sing Prison, his conviction in the State Court of Michigan will serve us as an inspiration for the great | tasks that confront us in the future. “Therefore be it resolved, that in mourning and in recognition of the | great loss to the labor movement in ‘Yhe death of Comrade Ruthenberg, | we pledge ourselves to carry on more | vigorously than ever the work of building a powerful left wing force that will eventually turn labor move- ment from its path of class collabor- ation into one of militant class strug- gle for the final emancipation” of the working class from wage slavery. Follow In His Footsteps. _ | Workers Party Local, Washington, 'D. C.—We mourn the death of the leader of the Anierican Communist |Party. The loss is too great to be | expressed in’ words. | “We shall follow in the footsteps Ruthenberg’s Book | most prized fighter, who led the Com- | | munist Y in tl 1. Btn The defendant who stood before i 1 i its aig Thergana, iar ey the bie | him was Charles E. Ruthenberg, exe- | years and the maximum 6f shiaaia consolidate the fighting ranks of the cutive secretary of the Communist | shall ndt be more than ten years. | America; tall, broad shoul} The sheriff may remove the pris-| If 1 am compelled to make some en-. of which shall not be less than five | forced stops at various jails along | the the way—-well—then—1l will make stops.” Kept Functioning. for more than a decade, has helped | of our’comrade nd carry on the fight | greatly to make clear to the workers | for our party.” (the irreconcilable conflict between the | working cla.s and the employing’ “Carry On His Work.” party, by imparting to the whole| Party o |elass and, | That was all—except that he con- | From Sub-Section 1-D, District 2 Sideheed |tinued functioning pig executive ees - “Whereas, the T. U. E. L, mourns | (New York).—‘We express deep sor- He had done the worst that the|tetary and driving force of the party | and ee the great loss to the row ae apt Ca Comet rhage spe a ; 3, Bag [Rang vein x |to which he had sworn allegiance. | American bor movement in the) bérg. We will show our devotion to ficing devotion to the cause of the| Charles E. Ruthenberg and I. | = | \death of Comrade Ruthenberg. We) our comrade by carrying on firmly proletarian revolution, which distin-| Ferguson had been in progress; for) Eighteen months later I raced to) The Assistant District Attorney | oo bor him as the leader of the the constructive activities in the move- guished the whole life and work of | several days “C. E.” had sat on the Sing Sing with a certificate of rea-| listened to my report and tapping his| att ‘wide: enka dalle =" t! © te Which he gave bis life.” our uwforgettable comrade and lead-| witness chair fearlessly and earnest-| sonable doubt which had just been|heart, said, “He’s all right here’—-‘“~ “’?S 8” ee OTe ee bint & 3 2 ‘er, C. E. Ruthenberg. |ly exposing the rottenness of the/ issued out of the Court of Appeals|then tapping his head, concluded, The loss of his persénal valor, vir- | capitalist system and simply, intelli-| of the State of New York and which | “but, he’s all wrong here.” i" membership the consciousness of dou-| dered, blue eyed and serene. For | oner.” ble responsibility, by penetrating it, three weeks the trial of the People | with the spirit of the most self-sacri-|0f the State of New York against) ility and experience must be replaced| gently and bravely explaining the| meant that “C. E.” was to be re-| by the collective valor, virility and ex-| principles of Communism, that Com-| leased on bail pending a decision on} perience of the whole party, consoli- ;munism which he eagerly prophesied | his appeal which was to be argued | jdated in one monolithic bloc. From | would bring the dawn of a better and {| shortly before that court. | Case Reversed, The appeal was finally argued be- fore the Court of Appeals and strange to tell that court set aside you, comrades of the C. E. C., the| brighter day for the down-trodden | The day after his release he was the conviction and ordered a new} A COMMUNIST TRIAL. Extracts from the testimony of C, E. Ruth- enberg at his trial for violation of the Syndicalist Law in 1919. ° This book contains the ‘speech de- ed by C. E. Ruthenberg and is considered the most revolutionary challenge made in a court in the United States. The facts in the case and the record of the speech. Price 25° cents. 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Incidentally it is inter- unvacillating militant leadership. calmly and without fear; and then) Appeal to Rise. vesting to recall that the brief upon We are confident that penetrated to | he spoke: z | Several weeks went by and. one day | the appeal was prepared by Fergu- the core by the behests of Comrade | ‘I have merely this to say for ™Y-! 1 received a call from the District |80% While in jail and argued before | Ruthenberg, led by the example of self, that I have in the past held cer-4 Attorney’s office and when I reached | ‘he court by him in person, i his whole-hearted devotion to one|tain ideals for a re-organization of | trove a leaflet issued over the signa- The highest court in the State of ause our party will be able to cope | society on a new basis. I have ™P-jture of Charles E Ruthenberg as |New York decided that the state had \avith the enormous historical tasks,| held those ideals and gone to. Prison | executive secretary. of the Commu- | ™ade a mistake; two years later the | which confront us in the recent de-| for them when they were connected | | :.¢ Patty of Aimeush ak dade it imdietments against the defendants | | velopment of world’s events, and shall | with the late war. I have stood by | had been forwarded by the Depart. | Were dismissed. he District Attor- jlead on the fight against the traitors | those principles in which I firmly be-| ment of Justice's agents from|"Y admitted upon the motion for \of the labor movement—the yellow | lieve, and I still stand for those prin-| rs ener: | dismissal of the indictment that he |bureaucracy of the trade unions,| ciples, irrespective of the result or, Seattle, Wade ati, S00, Cokistes | —Last “Let’s Fight On” Words of C. E. Ruthenberg. " : ” » | of ii ri } elev betrays the working class sad bated particular trial. : i bb. pear Thaker Guenttana to] e capitalist imperialism with the! IT expect in the future, as in the | throw Off ‘the ‘yoke. of the capitalist |very energy we were led before by | past, to uphold and fight for those | y car ” {our unforgetable leader.” | principles that, when the time comes| _ D, A. Threatens, that those principles triumph, and a| The Assistant District Attorney Will Have Important Page in Labor | new society is built in place of the advised me that he deemed it un- History. present social organization. I real-|seemly and improper for a convicted DANIEL F. O'BRIEN, New York ized from the beginning of this trial,| defendant out on bail to engage in | City.—“Charles IE. Rutenberg was|as I have in any other trial that I| the same “crimes” which had caused 'a most consistent heralder of the|have taken part in as a defendant, | his conviction. He urged that Ruth-| cause of working class emancipation. that this court, and all the instru-|enberg stop his agitation and activ-| His life, his material interests and| ments of this court, are ‘merely ality while he was out on bail and un- other important phenomena that de- part of that organization of force! Picture Postcard termines what we say or do cut no| which we call the capitalistic state; | In memory of Comrade \figure with the man. His whole soul| and I expected no other results from | C.E. Ruthienberg was absorbed in his constant bat-|an organization of the capitalistic | tling for the robbed toilers of the class to protect the capitalist system, world. ‘than the result that has been re, “He had the moral courage to) turned by this court in this particu-| fight exploitation of man by man, re-|jar case, and, of course, accepting! |maining true to the last. He chose! this as a case of class justice, a case ‘to battle for the under-dog alwa: of the use of the organized force of | jcome what may, he could always be! the state in order to suppress the} . |found in the front ranks, desires of those who today are suf- Graiatia ave Ebavervanie eb “About the only way American la-| fering under the oppression of the | C.E. Ruthenberg set off with bor can honor him is to carry on the| present system, I will aecept the sen- pi per aer. ne mes, wane | A address gives a brief out- noble work where he left off. It is/| tence in that same spirit of defiance, | line of the history of his Ute. safe to say that when the toilers of | realizing that I go to prison because he world write their own history and! of support of a great principle that | 10 CENTS EACH. {will triumph in spite of all the Order in lots gnéficient to cov- lepurts, in spite of all the organiza- er your meeting#—-to send to | your fri 8, (We suggest you do this at once ag only a Hmited number were printed for special me- morial gevasions,) | build their own monuments to those jwho have been true to their cause Charles E, Ruthenberg will not be forgotten. “His demise is an inspiration.” 9. 8 tions of the capitalist class,” . As he finished he was smiling the, |brave, proud smile of a fearless fighter in a just cause. | | In the Shadows, || ORDERS FILLED ON Day MEMORY OF COMRADE IN The shadows were creeping} RECEIVED, | been struck a great blow. We must| ays RUTHENBERG, R. Chakerian of | through the tall, heavily eurtained | pode our eee to the wheel | Tnvlosod find . «+ dollars .. + . mont |to The DAILY WORKER Sustaining [concodeds his. comrades saw with || DALY WORKER PUB. |maL2".,t0/5 small-way Zor the por] BP Wahecetbuethac’ dtsber,ordse ith aubaarlekion te, tho Belly é oI le : ? + | = pany, ss “ih 8 | Fund. ‘clenched fists, tight throats and with LISHING COMPANY litical and organizational ability that | Free a Copy of B 1927 With Kay AT THE NEWSSTANDS hearts throbbing wildly and eyes) shining with lave and affeetion for | thelr brave leader who was about to/ 33 First St. New York. had not sufficient ground and proot | upon which to convict. They gave |back “C, E.” his freedom—but they | jcould not give him back his 18! |months of soul’s torture in a prison |cell for a crime of which the highest | jcourt in the State of New York ad-| | mitted he was not guilty, Hysteria | ‘and class prejudice had scored again. “C, E.” continued oa the path that! he had chosen long, long ago and there he was traveling with head| high, eyes clear, and heart brave) When the grim reaper beckoned him to an untimely end. Workers’ Club. Extends Sympathy | LOWER BRONX JEWISH, WORKERS’ CLUB, New York.—| “The Lower Bronx Jewish Workers’ | Club, as well as the entire labor movement fecls a great loss in the! passing of the leader of the van-| guard of the revolutionary labor | movement, C. E, Ruthenberg. | | “We send our sympathy to the| Communist Party for the loss of; | their leader and pledge cur support) |to their cause, as a part of the labor) “This is the ringing message of our fallen leader. With his determination and energy as our shining example, we must carry forward the fight for 25,000 readers to The DAILY WORKER. Every subscription is a-splendid monument to the memory of Comrade Ruthenberg.’ Every sub carries forward one step further the great work which Comrade Ruthenberg so ably and devotedly initiated. . ARE YOU FIGHTING ON? ARE YOU SENDING IN YOUR SUBS? SPLENDID PRIZES ARE OFFERED TO THE BEST FIGHTERS. DO YOUR BIi. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Outside of New York) In New | movement.” Per Year . 8.00 Por year a nie Six monthe « , $90 | Bix inontha | | 6 Will Continue the Struggle. a roe iinet nae aa * | SUB-SECTION 1-D,—“By the, west NAMB ADDR ‘ EN Tes | death of Comrade C, tuthenberg, | the leader of our party, the intern: tional Communist movement has Write plainly) vee. BTATE, io the | ven in jhas been taken away from us. Ruth- jenberg is dead but the struggle for } Communism will continue!” i Red one Datly Worker or Six