The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 9, 1927, Page 2

¥ Page Two wy \ THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1927 COOLIDGE SAYS GENEVA IS NOW 4 | § | & | German Workers Feel | |The Loss of Comrade Charles E. Rathenberg ( Go to Sleep, Charlie In Memoriam Charles Emil Ruthenberg. KELLOGG THINKS HE HAS BOUGHT om a to th I BIG PEACE HOPE | Fathers gel th . the | They will carry the ash of the body that was iron, they will carry it fs United States and the Workers a long way. Italy Concurs in Theft| Of Bessarabia » and Japan rel Party in particular by the death of one of the most brilliant and fear- | the working class. Great is our loss, One would question whether redoubled efforts would ever re- | place him, Our work will and must | go on threefold, Hardly since the death of Lenin less fighters in the vanguard of | will carry it a long way. Black leaping railroad trains will the ocean, the strong arms of tight lips will earry them, ereep back again. They will carry the burnt-out coal of the heart that was flame, they They will carry the last cinders of the rebel through cities and coun- trysides, over rivers and mountains. Words will be said, people will creep out of holes to hear, people will They will carry the asit of the body that was iron, the burnt-out coal earry them, the glistening flanks of men walking with bowed heads and Diaz Not Sure At All; Fears Continued War WASHINGTON, March 8. — The department of state has been notified that its intrigues to detach some por tions of the Liberal forces of Juan of a three: r agree- iobk Sacasa, legal president of Nicaragua, nent on naval ahive it 5 chicane | be a one be neoatiyteg yo of the heart that was flame, they will carry them a long way. from their naginnes to him, are iHloake stcbp gaan heii x Luxemburg has 4 if rf Se - at the White House toc hen atsuck. : f td ij poe ate igs ey vie _ The tentative responses to these In behalf of the German Frac- |ff They jailed him, they put him behind steel bars, they branded him with e commissioners who have re- nquiries bh been resident | | tion: of the Workers (Communist) | the felon’s brand. x jturned to Managua after holding a Coolidge informed ing jay, as | Party and the clase cohscious Ger- But there isn’t a jail that’s big enough to hold that which never can [| Conference with General Moncada of to Tead to some hope of success at) | man workers and sympathizers | be chained nor yoked nor trampled down. | the Liberal army, and General Cino, Geneva next June | | with our movement, we want to | They howled at him, they jeered him, they pointed their fingers and [| Sacasa’s minister of war, reported Today’s announcement from the | | expeead the deepest regret “aha | laughed and spat on his name. f ee) jthat General Moncada is willing to white house was contradic- But there isn't a laughter that’s loud enough, there isn’t a derision MJ terminate the conflict by conducting tion to that emanating f source last week. Numerous difficulties, m the same it was ad- berg, the fighter and the man. E. R. Saenger, | loss of our comrade, C. E. Ruthen- Secretary, German Bureau. that’s twisted amd craven enough to cover with the slime of their’ mockery the voice of scorn and contempt and defiance that shall rise up and be as the whirlwind in the seats of the mighty, the negotiations with the forces of Pregi- dent Diaz through Minister Eberhardt, |but is desirious first of securing the mitted, contro: powers in at- nightmare in the beds of the great. \apptoval of his chief, Dr. Sacasa, tempting to an under- | iat nar ! The consensus among Americans anding. G has been my Ae Re ee s jhere is that should Sacasa order acon- represented as unv ree up- VOD TEXAS LAW And I know there will be laughing this day, I know there will be re- jtinuance of the struggle it is ex- di Lmitation of and 1 | essa and fomting and handclapping among the little men, the, pected that Moneada would open ne- other nav: Y long as plunderers, the thieves. % |gotiations independently of Sacasa Penns Sine, an | Pha n 1 know there will be a great jubilation ix the filthy hearts of those | through Minieter Bherhardt, rowers, were left free to build to the limit of their finances. * oa Italy Ratifies Theft GENEVA, March 8.—M, Scialoja, | Italian delegate on the council of the League of Nations, announced at to- | day’s sftting of the league, that the Italian council of ministers yesterday | decided to ratify the Bessarabian con- | vention of October 28, 1920, which | © PRESSERS WILL FIGHT CLOAK, SKIRT AND DRESS PRESSERS’ UNION, LOCAL 35, New York.—“We express deep condolence at the death of Comrade C. E. Ruthenberg who: fearlessly and mo THAT PROHIBITS NEGRSES VOTING Supreme @ourt Declares Right to Damages * * CORRUPT LEADERSHIP. st courageously fought in the front | sleeves That the ash of the body that was and the rest of the boys. that put on the solemn commiserating face. The judges, the cops, the confidence men, the gangsters, the renegades, Surely they will be smiling this day heart that was flame will be carried a long, long way. Iv Under the walls of the Kremlin the bed will be soft. Lenin and Jack Reed will be waiting to weleome you, Charlie. O they'll be getting up a dandy blowout for you, Lenin and Jack Reed and smirking and laughing up their iron, that the burnt-out coal of the | The usurping President Diaz is not |so optimistic. In an interview with |that he fears the conflict will con- | tinue, becausé Mexico and other coun- | tries have recognized Sacasa as presi- dent. He is calling for more U. &. | marihes to beat down the popular up- | rising against him. | * » * U, S. Must Wreck Constitution. ranks of the working class. | WASHINGTON, March 8.—Dr, L. | hi athe | he " ittil vaiti \s Y, definitely grants Bessarabia to Rou- “We recognize the great lass to the labor movement of this country at Sy Arai id ; e tie ena" diane at's brag rhs ae oD eee Oe eee | mong Urey le ea yr Erma hitely ¢ H r Ss t k ‘ $ A. Nixon, a Negro resident and While the cinders of you ride light as a feather on the glisteni: | the Nicara mstitution stand: VPipienidbens ci aaa | a time when workers with an unbreakable will and persistence are needed qualified voter of El Paso, Texas, flanks of the waves. v3 ie : ee es the France had ratified the convention, | to lead the working class and also to lead unflinchingly in the fight against the boss class and also to le: ad unflinchingly in the fight against has just won in the supreme court | O it'll be a glad day, Charlie, wh en the ship comes in and you'll lie in the way of the program | United States has for setting up @ i of t Jnited States his case against | | ; hy Italy and Japan holding aléof. the corrupt leadership in trade unions. A leadership that sacrifices the /°f,tte United States his ease cote WHR Loe ee Sack REG aid dc RAP a he |peeteaiehin tev the Content Amactean Just Friendly Stealing {| standards of living won by the workers through hard struggle for the whe ibited him from voting at Aud the red flax of the dawn flying tn the East! | | Republic, was poini out here to- M. Scioloja hastened to add that) sake of holding onto their jobs in the unions. : ‘he tle~primary. slectiona 11 . ving . day. 7 ee Italy’s decision “should not be con- “With the death of Comrade Ruthenberg we pledge ourselves to RY Based on Article II of the Nicara- sidered a, hostile act agains® Russia.” | iar The French foreign office declares that the Italian ratification of the Pessarabian convention does not make | it operative, but that Japan’s ratifica-| tion is necessary before it can be put into effect. Read The Daily Worker Every Day Read! Ruthenberg’s Books close our ranks more energetically and to fight unitedly against. all ene- mies of the workers whether inside - * * . Red Guard of Honor Receives Remains Of C. E. Ru*>enberg (Continued from Page One) Union; Charles S. Zimmerman, Rose Wortis and Julius Boruchwiw of the International Ladies’ Garment Work- ers’ Union, the members of the Dis-| trict Committees of the Workers Par ty and the Young Workers League, the editors of party papers, language bureau members, and many other well known trade unionists. All progressive and militant work- ers in the ¢ of New York will as- semble at C: egie Hall and at Cen-| ide the lab 5 ” by + :solmes and unanimously Bye he ise iv beveled concurred in by the other justices, de- jest regret and sorrow on the sudden |¢lares' unconstitutional the Texas death of our beloved comrade, Charles |“White Primary Law”, on which the | E. Ruthenberg. election officials based their action “The Freiheit Singing Society | in the case of Nixon and others. pledges itself to continue the work of; The law upset by the supreme Comrade Ruthenberg. With our re-|court reads as follows: volutionary songs we hope to spread| “In no event shall a Negro be eli- Ruthenberg’s ideas, to help awaken | gible to participate in a democratic the working class to its historic mis- | party election held in the state of sion,” | Texas, and should a Negro vote in | |the democratic primary election such Many More Meetings officials are herein directed to throw out such ballot and not count the same.” Nixon sual for $5,000 damages, It was the “claim for damages that finally brought @eedse within the jurisdiction of the supreme court, a lower federal court having su8tained 3 arranged for Thursday, March 10, at 8 p. m. at Scenic Auditorium. There wili be a memorial meeting at Springfield, Mass., Wednesday, March 16, at which G. S, Shklar will speak. * | On Friday, March 11, at 8 p. m. in ~~ ling of the court, read} The memorial meeting in ‘Boston |@ ballot shall be void, and election} “Welcome, Charlie,” Lenin will say will be in your hand. And “How're things in the U. 8S. And “Whom have you left in your they get along without you?” voice. boys,” you will say. and hate. world falls, They'll be sure to be on the spot It’s alright, boys, don’t worry. Th That’s what you'll say, Charlie, w They'll lié down'and’rest t | peace, eyes shining straight into yours. And you will look at them with a smile, Charlie. “T left fighters behind me, I left men that are molded of iron, of love I left comrades behind me who will stand up straight when the old They'll do the job, They'll take my place in the jails, they’ll take my place in the factories, in the lecture-halls, on the street corners. to be said and fearless deeds to be done. And Lenin and Jack Reed apd the rest of the boys will be happy. ir limbs and close their eyes with a sWeet , “how are you, boy?” and his hand A.?” Jack Reed will ask with his place?” from Lenin, and “How will will come Jack Reed’s deep anxious “That's all right, wherever there are fearless words ey’ll do the job.” hen they ask, |the memory of C. E. Ruthenberg. tral Opera House tonight to honor|the Labor Institute, the workers of | Philadelphia will assemble. It was impossible to obtain Madison In Youngstown, Ohio, the Workers Square Garden because of the six-day | (Communist) Party hold @ mem- races now going on there and there- rial meeting for Comrade Ruthen- fore Garnegfe Hall was gotten for the |berg on Sunday, March 13th at 8 oceasion. At the meeting at Central |?- m. at 369 East Federal St., Work- | Opera House, there will be the same | ers Hail. : ; speakers and the same program as Pittsburg Arranging at Carnegic Hall. Additional halls, The meeting in Pittsburg will be on have been reserved for overflew meet- March 12 at Labor Lyceum, at 8 ings as it is expected that Carnegie o'clock. In Los Angeles the memorial Il and Central Opera House togeth- | meeting will be on the afternoon of |the demurrer of the defendants, that | it was a political case, and therefore a matter for the state alone to de- jcide. In other southern _ states, | Negroes are disfranchised also. ‘Public Ledger Quite Disgusted With Old Favorite, Kerensky And the red flag of the dawn flying in the East. VI ‘ | Home at last. Lie down quietly, Charlie, stretch yourself, go to sleep. Under the walls of the Kremlin the bed is soft. The voices of children will lullaby you, the voices of men and women, of all workers and hopeful builders will weave a softness and a benediction over your tired sleep. a Lie down gently, Charlie, stretch yourself, go to sleep. Ah, go t osleep, Charlie, go to sleep. . . * * * | | And I know your eyes that are blind shall see, I know your immova- | guan constitution, which asserts that |her sovereignty is “inalienable” and | that “no authority exists to arrange agreements or treaties contrary to the independence’ and integrity of the nation, of whieh, in any way, will impair its sovereignity,” it is main- tained here that President Diaz hasn’t the authority for the negotia- tion of a treaty like the one submit- |ted to the Nicaraguan Congress | without first obtaining a constitu- | tional amendment, which requires a | minimum time of two years. | Dr. Sacasa’s agent,“Pedro Zepeda, | today denied a report from Washing- | ton that the liberals are suspending operations, but declared them re- | solved to continue their struggle. icin }newspaper reporters, he has stated ‘er will be inadequate for the mass of | the thirteenth, and St. Paul’s in the} PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 8.—) ble lips shall greet, the dead depths of the cinders of you shall RUTHANBE A COMMUNIST TRIAL. from the testimony of C. enberg at his trial for viol the Syndicalist Law in 1919. 8 z “ee r New York City municipal courts, has . % - dahl, A. Wagenknecht, J. Stachel,; Paterson Young Workers Mourn, Danton or a Napoleon. He was 1%: * ass in sehen regs yeas ath _, Wolfe. WORKERS’ LBAGUE meeting.—j|a “theatrical and hysterical poseur.” | we J on ; emg fr ata pide sa The Fretheit Gesangs Verein will) «we socal with great sorrow the | Some one else noted that he was WOONS peg sialon pel edith secede MADISON SQUARE Taiked states. The facts in the case “i% the funeral march, and a large | death of our leader, Comrade Ruth-|“only a dictator by rhetoric.” The} gala " and the record of the speech. Price 25 cents. THE FOURTH NATIONAL CON- VENTION. _Resolutions—Theses Deeclaration—Constitution of the Workers (Communist) Party. Adopted at the 4th National Con- vention, held in Chicago, Ill., August 21 to 30, 1925. $ 50 THE SECOND YEAR OF THE WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY. . Ruthenberg. troduction by C. 50 FROM THE 38RD TWROUGH THE =e Lael eperd 7 i Re PLY 5, Sub-section 2-A.—“Factory dis- | Planned Murder Church, told his parishioners not to|peka. The Topeka saved the other ue. mais aria Mars eae ety ins adie ieee trict nucleus number 5, of sub-sec- | ee listen “to outside agitators who were | five members of the Noyes’ crew and . agin af the developments of | Sehenecta March 15th, | tion 2-A, New York District, Work-| (Continued frum Page One) inciting them to strike.” is continuing on its trip to Oslo. The written by Alexander Block. opme: of | c 5th. the Workers (Communist) Party, the different stages it went throu, brief history of the co within the party on the | ies: 1 “tac yo al Tthaeac Me 2 h 19th, : Mazer and Streitenbergor WORKER ; a asic ovis a ihe Nations Niagai Y., March 20th, (of the American workers against) drove around town for about two | SERGEI RODOMSKY {a Convention, ete, etc. $10, Comrade fierbert Benjamin, Dis | Amarone, CAbialies. ana ae fgenté| hours and picked up MeDermott near Ruthenberg and MacManus Commemorated 5 eee Piven By English Speaking Workers in Moscow THE WORKERS PARTY. (COMMUNIST) Wrate stands for. Why workers should jofh. workers who will come to mourn the {death of the outstanding leader of the Workers (Communist) Party. The List of Speakers. Speakers at the various meetings include Jay Lovestone. acting secre- tary of the Party; William Z. Foster, Max Bedacht, William F. Dunne, Wil- liam W. Weigstone, ™ Olgin, Ben- jamin Gitlow, _Renjamin Lifschitz, Sam Don, J. J. Ballam, J. Louis Eng- painting of Ruthenberg. will be ex- hibited. The painting was made by Morris Bortnick, the same artist who | made the Lenin ‘painting which wes displayed at the Lenin memorial mect- ing. This series of mass meetings to pay tribute to the memory of Ruthen- berg will appropriately emphasize the building of the Party and the carry- ing on, of the struggle to which he gave his life. Meetings in| Buffalo District. The following Ruthenberg Memorial meetings have been arrangéd in Dis- speak, also a very good musical pro- M 16th. «+ March 17th. Y., March 18th. Y., March 19th. Albany, N Jamestown, trict Organizer of District Four, will speak at all of the above meetings. Meetings in New Jersey. , Uharsday, March 10, 7:30 evening of the same day. In Duluth|Kerensky hasn't fooled “all of the! there will be a memorial meeting on| American millionaires. The Phila-| March 14, and in Superior on March | delphia Public Ledger gives expres- 15. sion, editorially, to the following ma-| Progressive Workers’ Club Expresses ture judgment, based probably on the Sorrow. ‘experience of often blasted hope: i Middle Village Progressive Work-| “Kerensky, the Russian who had) ers Club—“We express our deepest his chance ad failed, is in ‘mers § TRIKERS CLOSE é “ ‘i a sorrow at the loss of our beloved com-|for a two-month visit. After the! jing attacked by, the Democrats as a | rade, Charles E. Ruthenberg.” "| Czar’s downfall, he was hailed by} * * J jsome of his fellow Russians as a} enberg. and recognizing our tasks,| Whirlwind of Bolshevism blew him) |we will continue the fight for the out of power and out. of Russia, |liberation of the working class and| Lenin and Trotsky took the place| will do our part to carry to a suc-|Kerensky had but was unable ‘to| cessful conelusion the work his death | hold. He comes now predicting the Textile strikers have succeeded closing down the Social Mills, owned | leap up and hail The red flag of the dawn that is flying, that is daneing up the East. be —A. B. MAGIL. Would Provide Life Jobs Albany, N. Y., March 8.—After be- | political move, a Republican _ bili, | providing life jobs for clerks in the ip | Tragedy In Family Affair WOONSOCKET, R. 1., March 3—| RED BANK, N. J.--March 8.— | Michael Stoble collapsed today at the grave of his 16-year-old daughter left unfinished.” |downfall of Communism and a Ts a |change in the Soviet state, Is that his mission? If so, he might as well SAMONAITAS, Pittsburg, Pa,— | have saved his time, his travel and “We express deép regret for the|his breath. Other prophets have death of C. E, Ruthenberg, the great-| foretold the downfall of the Krem- lest leader of the working class of lin regime year by year since 1917, America. We have repeated to the| but the hammer and sickle, white on workers of Pittsburg the last words | 4 red field, remains the Russian flag, Repeats, “Close Ranks.” rry on Ruthenberg’s Work. FACIORY. DISTRICE NUcLBUs S8Y Detective Sergeant ers (Communist) Party of America,| ‘They left in Mazer’s automobile and mourns the loss of our leader, C. E. picked up MeDermott. Ruthenberg, | The latter was posted in the woods “We call upon the party to close; across from th and unify its ranks for the defense | hore. ables rst cig |the reactionary trade union bureau-! {he scene of the murder, later. cracy, and pledges itself t6 carry on! Upon entering the car, Pat ex- the work of freeing the working class! claimed: “I've put that guy where |to which comrade Ruthenberg de-| he will hear the angels,” by the Manville-Jenckes Company. Determined to fight the savage wage cuts administered by the Man- ville-Jenckes Company, and refusing to agree to an increase in hours, em- ployes of the Social Mills, walked out several weeks ago. The mills employe 1,400 workers. a * the Social Mill workers, Rev. Fancois Desmarais, pastor of the St. James’ Most of the parishioners are em- ployed by the Manville’ plant. Roll in the Subs For The DAILY Rosa, as she was buried beside her unnamed baby in Mount Oliver Cemetery. i While Rosa’s mother, who killed her esterday for the honor of the fem- ily, was held in jail charged with ivurder, search was pressed by au- thorities for Rosa’s betrayer. last week, aevording to radio mes- wages received from the steamer To- three men lost were Bailey Torcette, of Nova Scotia, Carl W, Olson, of Norway, and F, Brown of Kentucky. “Read The Daily Worker Every Day MOSCOW, March 8.—The following resolution has been sent to all eBay d| Will Help Awaken Workers. Freiheit Singing Society, New York a ee Paterson.-—“We express our deep- 4 nN ‘ - ( \ Lai esi an Pstlbteind «nei mien — | workers.” Read The Daily Worker Every Day t | crew $200 from his account in a Can- |ton bank and gave it to McDermott that morning. i A brief but complete and attrac- " leer 3’ cone te Houten | voted his entire naatt i | Chad bi ip down mihi ke Communist Party Central Executive Committees: ROSA RAISA et tive explanation of the principles of nd, Ballam and others, | enberger said to Mazer: “I could kiss “We, three hundred English speaking workers, in memorial as- in a special program, | Bi the American section of the world| Passaic, Sunday, March 13, Work-| Mothers’ League Mourns Him. |that kid for what he has done tor || sembled in Moscow share your grievous loss in the death of two outs This will be her first recital Communist movement—its principles, ¢rs’ Home, 27 Dayton Ave. Bertram) JEWISH MOTHERS’ LEAGUY, | night.” f standing leaders of the Communist movement—MacManus and Ruthen- in New York within the last immediate program and reason why |D- Wolfe and others. Musical pro-| Hartford, Conn—“We extend our) The morning following the murde™ |! berg. Your loss—our loss—is keenly felt by the revolutionary prole- 2 years. every worker should join. Illustrated | 6*a™. ha |deepest regrets on the death of Com-| Mazer met Radner in Canton-and they |! tariat of the whole world. We must close up our ranks and carry for- ALL SEATS RESERVED with choice work of the best Ameri-|__Newar Friday, March 18. <A.) rade Ruthenberg, the great revolu-| had breakfast together. Rudner said: || ward the red banner of our fallen fighters.” (Signed) Kruse, Chairman. ii cae artists. Markoff. Montgomery Hal jtionary leader of the American’ “We've got to pay this fellow.” Mazer The meeting, held in the Club of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, was very impressive. The speakers were Dun- can, Kolaroy, Murphy, Katayama, Houwich, and Jubilee SATURDAY EVENING APRIL 2nd, 1927 GARDEN 49th Street & 8th Avenue Freiheit Gesangs Verein accompanied by New York Symphony Orchestra TWELVE Music and Conducted by JACOB SCHAFER. JACOMO RIMINI and The well-known sop: Tickets: $1, $1.50 and $2 at Freiheit, 30 Union Square. 4 A report of the Central Commit. | meet anged in. ot Comrade Ruthenberg: ‘Close There is a kind of glacial slowness Tries to Stop Walkout. Three Lost With Schooner. will present the poem of the 4 tee to the third National Convention trict Four, the Buffalo, N. Y., district, Ranks.’ ” |about the “downfall” so often pre-| MANVILLE, R. I, March SeLtn| the Mohooban Teuite Nope. bad Rreistan Ravelanen | held in Chicago, January 1, 1 Buffalo, N. Y., March 13th, 8 P. M., ee erin | dicted for these same Soviets.” an attempt to prevent workers at the |three of her crew were lost off the Theses—resolutions—program. _In- at the Elmwood Music Hall, Max) vy Nucleus Pledges Itself to Manville mill from walking out with | Virginia Coast in the terrific gale of Bedacht and Herbert Benjamin will!