The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 17, 1927, Page 4

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDA'Y, MARCH 17, 1927 Page Four THE DAILY WORKER MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL PAY Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Daily, Except Sunday &3 First Street, New York, N. Y. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in New York only): By mail (outside of New York): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year . $3.50 six months ‘ $2.50 three months $2.00 three months } Phone, Orchard 1680 Address all mail and make out checks to « = THE DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. }+—. re J. LOUIS ENGDAHL ag | H WILLIAM B.DUNNE ([7ortttssetige eee“ ene : BERT MILLER. Business Manager Entered as second-class mail at the post-office at New York, N. Y., und the act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates on ap} sess uns sang the VILLAGE IS PURE, TRIBUTE TO RUTHENBERG'S MEMORY SAYS J. S, SUMNER MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Hundreds of workers of many nationalities gath- ered in Humboldt Hall here to con memorate the life and work of C. E. Ruthenberg, General Secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party.’ The Finnish Worke and the Preibei their best, and t ulienee, deeply moved by the speakers and the music, Internationale. and Lundeen Speak. uded Henry Teigan of of the Farmer- s Verein gave Tei akers he State Committee Labor Party, who said that everybody must e the strength of C. E, Ruthenberg, whose convictions Pi not only of the head, but of the } ’ Band and Chorus! | standing leader of the workers. the evening in Labor Temple. |packed meeting hall gave testimony The St. Paul meeting was held i THE SMUTHUNTER. A } to the fact that C. E. Ruthenberg’s| ’ . |ceaseless service to the working class) Won t Judge Demurity R. Carlgren of the St. Paul Carpen- Union related how he had met de Ruthenberg fourteen years ¢ time and watched and sympathy his con- § 2 the labor movement. ! William Watkins of the Switchmen’s Union spoke with emotion of the loss -a{ Sustained by the workers, and paid tribute to Ruthenberg’s integrity. has fixed his memory-and his example | deep in the hearts of the workers. C. | ; John S,. Sumner, champ. smut- | hunter and former right-hand man of | At New Masses Ball | Anthony Comstock, has decided to confine his activities to plays and books. He refuses to pass judgment on the purity or demurity of “the {other sex,” | In a letter to Egmont Arens, edi- |torvof the New Masses, Sumner de- ened Raale” Coat to Martin Beck April 4 | | George S. Brooks and Walter#B. Lis- |ter, now in rehearsal under the direc- | tion of George Abbott, will be pre- | sented by Jed Harris at the Apollo} Theatre in Atlantic City, Monday eve- ning, Mrach 28th, preliminary to its premiere on April 4th at the Martin | Beck theatre. | Included in a cast of twenty-five | jare Fritz Williams, Osgood Perkins; | Felix Krembs, Aline MacMahon, Don- |ald Meek, Charl {Duncan, Allan Vincent and Elizabeth “Spread Eagle,” a melodrama by! D. Brown, Malcolm | { MLLE. GAMBARELLI Drive Against the Wages of American Workers Is Ou the Cards Slowly but surely, keen competition between American and European manufacturers of steel and steel products is developing. iclines to act as judge of the demur-| pop, i i i and who withstood persecution Bittelman at Both Meetings. ity contest. at Ts Nowe Maines “Agee Panes 3 aa -iherisel Specter imprisonment without weakening. Ex-| Alexander Bittelman, of the Na-| Obscenity Ball, Webster Hall, March} S wooden. Einiono! now at the Mar-| Congressman Ernest Lundeen, “one of | tional Committee of the Workers Par-| 18th, on the ground that he has been |tin Beck, will. be teahateresd to an-/| supporters of the Farmer-j|ty, spoke at both meetings, to audi-| warned by teachings of mythology | other ‘hestna ! Labor movement, voiced his admira-|ences who showed close attention, | to shrink from the mere suggestion | 7 | : $ ASH Ree ah tion for Ruthenberg’s consistent 6ppo-| Bittelman cited Ruthenberg’s efforts | 9 ; 3 judge i vy capa- . has followed France in establishing practically pro-| otion tg imperialist wars, citing his|in every manifestation of the slash this’ whine fs a seats BROADWAY BRIEFS Germa: hibitive tariffs on these commodities while making intensive ef- forts to break into the American market. ‘ According to Elbert H. Gary of the United States Steel Cor poration the competition in the European market has forced a considerable reduction in prices secured abroad and even on the Atlantic seaboard by his company. Although the export tonnage showed a gain, net profits were lower. In his report to the stockholders Gary said: “The average price received for domestic and export tonnage combined was $1.28 a ton less than in 1925 Prices obtainable in the foreign markets and to some extent for domestic tonnage in mar- kets bordering on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts ; were relatively low owing to the severe competition of the European manufacturers, whose labor costs in production and transportation were materially less than those of the mills in the United States ~ Commenting on these facts the New York Herald-Tribune says editorially: “The increased duties have all the appearance of being re- taliatory.. The Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act was aimed par- ticularly at Germany The promptness with which Ger- many is fighting back calls to mind the recent forecast of. Colonel Leonard P. Ayres, vice president of the Cleveland Trust Company and a notably keen business observer. He predicted that before very long we shall see something which we have never seen be- fore—namely, « procession of manufacturers caiiing upon con- gress to lower the tariff. Our productive capacity is constantly expanding and more and more we shall feel the need of free mar- kets abroad.” The handwriting is on the wall and the American working class needs to take the warning it. gives to heart. American gold saved capitalism in Germany and: that capi- talism now, at the expense of the German working class, is chal- lenging American capitalism for the markets which take the pro-} ducts of basic industry. American finance capital, anxious to _ Protect its loans to Europe, has won a victory over industrial capital—a victory the cost of which industrial capital, backed by the bankers in this instance, will try to make the American working class bear. How will American capitalists proceed to meet this competi-, tion? By the time-honored method of reducing wages, The New "York Times, speaking of this question says: a “Their (the steel manufacturers) greatest disadvatitage in ¥ _ the present competitive struggle was the relatively high cost of ‘labor . . . There has been talk recently of wage reductions in _ the steel centers, but officials of the largest companies have de- 4 nied any general cut is contemplated.” There probably will be no general cut, at least immediately, _ for the reason that this would provoke united opposition by the | affecting various | workers, but that there will be a series of cuts departments there can be no doubt. ‘ America, under pressure of the new world situation, with cg workers crushed down by the Dawes plan and its varia- ms, forced to pay the interest and principal charges on billions war debts, is discovering that the mortgages held on European governments and industries by American bankers cannot be paid “uniess. Europe can sell in this country and other markets now supplied by America. : It is clear that the present tariff wall around America is act- ing as a brake on the further expansion of American finance oaeernee The American working class is in competition with lower id European workers in®spite of the immigration restrictions. next thing on the cards is a steady drive on the wages and living standards of the American working class. This will take place whether there is a downward revision of the tariff or not. The labor leadership that has accepted the worker-employe ' co-operation doctrine and is putting it into practice, that is put- a system that avoids industrial depression by creating an in- exhaustible domestic market, does not see that with increasing foreign competition the same machinery that now gives small wage increases will be utffized to force huge wage cuts on the workers. _ 3 "Now is the time to organize the unorganized, strengthen the _ trade unions, build a laér party and prepare the working class tor struggle. If the task is shirked and sabotaged the American ma will learn only by bitter experience that American capi- talism has solved nothing but has, by forcing down the standards of European workers, lowered the level to which it will try -to shove the American masses. | - The Dawes plan, pictured by capitalist apologists in the guise i \ of the dove of peace, is in reality a vulture which will soon be tearing at the vitals of the American working class. Ld s, ~ 400,000,000 people in China are in revolt after centuries of ive and forégn oppression. There are thousands of foreigners | im China but not a single one has lost his life in the last year ' sitice the nationalist revolution took definite shape. > It is not the lives of their citizens and subjects the imperialist ers are worrying about nor is it for this reason that battle- and troops are sent to China. It is the. power to plunder Chinese masses, the power that is being torn from their nds by these same masses, that brings the threat of armed ervention. Get Another Subscriber for Your DAILY WORKER strong support of the St. Louis reso- lution. “His record,” said Lundeen, “must fought for the building of a Farmer- berg had: been the link between the | foreign-born and native workers of| skill in dancing or any other feature where the other sex is involved.” Branding as a lie the vile allega- | Prima ‘Ballerina of the new movi palace, ‘the Roxy Theatre, whici, “Wolves,” Romain Rolland’s tense |drama of the French Revolution, which _ ting forward the theory that American capitalism has developed | stand as an inspiration to all who the courage of their convictions. an H. Tallentire, Minnesota organizer of the Party, related a few incidents in the career of Comrade Ruthenberg, and V. R. Dunne spoke| on behalf of the District Committee, urging the workers of Minneapolis to redouble their efforts for class soli- darity thus endeavoring to make up in a measure for’ the loss of this out- SECTION SIX IN CHICAGO OPENS THE America, how he .had worked and ought for the buliding of a Farmer- Labor Party, and how he had at all times and in all places opposed the | imperialist wars of aggrandisement. The enrollment of a score of mem- bers at the meetings is indication that |Ruthenberg’s last message to the | workers to close the ranks and fight on has found response in the workers \of these cities. | tion that Greenwich Village is not | spotless in its purity, Mr. Sumner |declares, “Greenwich Village has |been giyen a character by certain |magazine and newspaper writers, |but I am quite sure that the resi- | dents of that section of our city | average as well as do the residents jof any other section from the stand- |point of decency and they are prob- jably,as industrious—in their way.” Tammany Council Tells | RUTHENBERG MEMBERSHIP DRIVE |'Walker to Carry Out CHICAGO.—Ruthenberg Membership Drive mass membership meet- ing will be held on March 17th at Polish Workers Hall, at 1555 W. Division || St., Chicago, at 8 P. M. All members of Section No. 6 0 f the Party are instructed to attend. PITTSBURG DISTRICT COMMITTEE TO DOUBLE PAR MEMBERSHIP IN HONOR OF RUTHENBERG To All Units and Members of the Workers (Communist) Party District Five, Pittsburg, Pa. Dear Comrades: Our beloved Comrade C. E. Ruth- enberg, the general secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party died in | Chicago March 2nd. His death-is an unestimable loss to our party and to, the labor movement of this country; | generally. Comrade Ruthenberg was undoubt- edly, the most courageous and out- standing figure in the Communist movement of this country. A true follower of Lenin and the Leninist policy, he continually carried on the; fight against both the. leftist, sec- ‘tarian dangers and against the right dencies. Always striving to deeply root our influence among the large masses of workers, he was continual- ly on guard that the correct Leninist policy was never lost sight of both inside the party tanks and in the work among the masses. When Most Needed. The passing of Comrade Ruthen- berg came at a time when the capi- talist class, the government and the labor bureaucracy have formed a | solid organized united front with a | view of complete destruction of the |Communist movement in this coun- |try. Our enemies are hoping that | with the passing of this powerful leader of the party, it will be much easier for them to disrupt our ranks jand thus make it easier for them to hope that new internal struggles will arise which will tend to weaken our | party. | Can Hardly Be Replaced. Comrades, these facts must be born in mind by every comrade, by every worker.to whom the party is dear. The loss of our leader can {hardly be replaced, except by the joint efforts of the entire party membership. The party is in danger. | We must close our ranks and present a solid front against our enemies. jder to continue the work for which | Comrade Ruthenberg spent years land years in jail and | gave his life. The courage and de- | serve as an example to every one of Montana Farmer -Labor | | Leaders Mourn Death 10 C. EB. Rythenberg | | | (Special To The Daily Worker.) HELENA, Mont., March 16, State Senator Charles Entatler | and Representative Robert Larson, Farmer-Labor Party members of Sheridan country have sent the fol- lowing message on the death of C. E. Ruthenberg:—“We mourn the untimely death of our great com- rade, Charles E. Ruthenberg whose rare ability and great energy have been given unstintingly to the working class, feeling that his de- mise is an irreparable loss to the toiling masses of America and the world and his geparture from the midst of a productive and busy life, a great bereavement to his friends _ and associates whom we sincerely | condole, } wing opportunist and reformist: ten-| carry out their plans of exterminat-/| 2 a | |ing the Communist movement. They | ™#SSes by building the labor party, | Eddy fame and fortune. We must redouble our efforts in or-| for which he} | votion of Comrade Ruthenberg must | _|Memorial Meeting For C. Ruthenberg at Royal Palace, Friday, March 18 The Brooklyn Section of the Workers (Communist) Party will held a Ruthenberg memorial meet- | ing on Friday, March 18th, at Royal | Palace, 16 Manhattan Ave., Brook- lyn. The speakers will be: J. Louis Engdahl, Wm. W. Weinstone, Re- becca Grecht, L. Pruseika and a Jewish speaker. us especially in this district, where we live and work under a czarist rule of the steel and coal barons. Became A Factor. Comrade Ruthenberg was working jhard to make the party grow in membership, in Marxist-Leninist clar- ity, and in its influence ai g the masses. We hoped to see the party become the leading political factor in this country. Comrades, in mourning the death ,of our leader let us double our {membership by initiating a Ruthen- | berg drive for new members. Put the | organizational machinery of the par- jty on a solid working basis. Redou- \ble the efforts to get our members| |to join the unions and thus increase of this country. ' Spread Influence. Spread our influence among the |by active participation in various | united’ fronts and be taking active | part in the political life of this coun- | try. Keep our ranks united and fight jagainst any attempt which might jdivide us and interfere with the legerying out of the correct Leninist policy followed by Comrade Ruthen- peers: f | Remember the last words. of Com- |rade Ruthenberg:— | “Tell the comrades to close® their | Paiiks, to build the party. The Afneri- |can workers, under the leadership of our party and the Comintern will jwin. Let's fight on!” i Fraternally yours, District Organizer, Dist. No. 5. District Executive Committee 805 James St., N. S. Pitts- burg, Pa, Yesterday a Ruthenberg Memorial meeting was held atthe Sons of Italy Hall, Albany, N. Yf Tomorrow meet- ings will be held in Canton, Ohio, and Newark, N, J. The‘ following is a list of meetings arranged for the coming week: | Ohio Meetings. | Canton, Ohio, Friday, March 18th. Warren, Ohio, Sunday, March 20th. 2p. m, Upper New York State. Albany, N. Y,, March 16th, Sons of Italy Hall, 120 Madison Avenue. Troy, N. Y., March 17th. Binghamton, N. Y., March 18th, Jamestown, N. Y,, March 19th. Ithaca, N. Y., March 19th. Niagara Falls, N, Y, March 20th, Newark Meeting. Newark, Friday, March 18th. A. Markoff. Montgomery Hall. Washington Meetin, Washington, D. C., Mond: 21st. » March BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS. jour influence in the labor movement | | ‘" ‘His Traction Program | | The entire much-muddled subway | problem has been left in the hands of |Mayor “Jimmy” Walker by Tammany |Hall, it became known last night. This decision is a result of a meet- \ing of the “best minds” of the Wig- wam held yesterday at City Hall, un- der the official designation of the | “Sub-Committee on Housing, Zoning, and Distribution of Population of the Mayor’s Committee on City Plan and | Survey.” Conceal Decision. | The committee was very careful that precise information on what they |had discussed should not become | public, but it is known that the mem- |bers present at the confab were defi- |nitely in favor of the administration’s |independent subway system and op- | posed to any plan which included link- ing up of the new lines with the exist- ling lines. ‘Bank Busting President ‘Files Bankruptcy Claim BOSTON, March 16.—Norman H. White, publisher and politician, who was arraigned today in superior criminal court on eight indictments \charging him with larceny of $474,- |500 from Boston banks in connection | with loans he secured in bankrupt en- |terprises filed a bankruptcy schedule |in federal court late today. | Taking adxyantage of the recent ‘change in bankruptcy laws allowing |him to file an unitemized schedule |later, White filed none but a total of |his assets and liabilities. | His liabilities are: Direct, $18,250; contingent $1,200,000. Assets; ordin- ary, not exceeding $100. CURRENT EVENTS | (Continued from Page One) brought Mrs. (Mother) Mary Baker * * * Harvard University on the mov- ing picture industry and particularly on the methods employed by the movie magnates in keeping the pictures clean. Hays may have some definite gest that a little more intelligence fodder below the standards of the in. mates of a home for the feebleminded. * # * DAILY WORKER the De Valera meeting held in Carnegie Hall last Monday evening interrogated individuals who came to hear the speakers. Since the audience was a selected one, mostly politicians, ward heelers, lawyers. and clergymen, the working class followers of the Trish republican movement had to cool the risk of. getting their skulls ac- quainted with the virtues of hickory sticks from policemen who showed as they do for the rights of Jewish cloak- makers. . * . HE replies given to our reporter | & showed that Irish workers in America who hitherto followed De Valera and his kind with open ears and shut brains are now beginning to | do a little thinking for themselves. ‘And while the reporter was asking questions, a so-called publisher of a weekly Irish sheet, scenting danger to his literary tripe business in the thinking aroused by our reporter's questions came along with the unor- iginal suggestion that the newspa- perman was a “British spy.” As long as ‘this type of faker is allowed to pose as a friend of Irish freedom, so long will the wily British diplomats have an easy task keeping Ireland divided and in enhiae-—~, was produced by the Yiddish Art Play- ers'some seasons back, will be revived |by Maurice Schwartz at the Yiddish |Art Theatre for three performances this week, beginning tomorrow night. | “Restless Women,” a new drama by | Sydney Stone will be the attraction |at the Bronx Opera House next week. | The players include Lucille Sears, Val- erie Valarie, Guido Nadzo, Madeline opened last Friday night. Jeanne Eagles will be starred in “Her Cardboard Lover” from the French of Jacques Deval. The sup- |porting cast includes Valerie Wyn- | gate, co-adapter of the comedy, Les- |lie Howard, Stanley Logan, Arthur | Lewis, Terrence Neil, Ernest Stall- ard, Charles Esdale and Henry Vin- cent. The play opens at the Em- pire Theatre next Monday. ILL HAYS delivered a lecture in} ideas on cleanliness but we would sug- | would be a greater attraction to pa- | trons than the imbecilities perpetra- | ted by directors who serve up optical | reporter at | their heels on the sidewalk and run | little respect for Irish republicans as | Gray, Edwin Mordant and Winifred es | Barry. | SCREEN NOTES | A late arrival of the current week |will be Hatcher Hughes’ new play “Honeymooning,” opening at the Bijou |Theatre this evening. Mr. Hughes, | you will reeall, is the author of “Hell- Bent for Heaven,” which won. the Pulitzer prize two seasons back. | Marion Kerby, Reginald Sheffield, | Lorin Raker and Carolyn Humphries Harry Pollard will direct the screen jhead the east of players. adaptation of Edna Feyer’s “Show | | Boat.” “Uncle Tom’s Cabi®,” on which The United Actors, Incorporated,!Mr, Pollard is now engaged, will be | have acquired the interest of Brook| completed some time in July, after Pemberton in “The Ladder.” The play|nearly two years of work, when the {will be continued at the Waldorf | filming of “Show Boat” will begin. | Theatre indefinitely. , 4 Olga Baklanova, here last season with the Moscow Art Theatre Musical Studio, and Fritz Feld of the “Mira- cle” cast, will make their screen debut supporting Norma Talmadge in “The Dove,” on which Roland West has just begun work in Hollywood. Bookings scheduled for the Colony “Crime,” the melodrama by Samuel | Theatre, when Universal takes over Shipman and John B. Hymer, will be | the houseson Sept. 1st, include “The |transferred from the Eltinge Theatre| Cat and the Canary,” “Love Me and |to the Times Square Theatre, Monday |the World Is Mine,” a new version of jnight. |“Les Miserables,” Edna Ferber’s | —— “Show Boat,” “Alias, the Deacon,” | The New. Playwrights repertory | and “The Chinese Parrot.” | program at the Fifty-second Street | | Theatre, for the balance of the week,|. The premiere of “The King. of will include “Earth” on Thursday,| Kings,” Cecil B. De Mille’s spectacle Friday and Saturday, with matinees| based on the life of Christ, will take jon Thursday and Saturday.. Then place at the Gaiety Theatre on April “Loud Speaker” returns to the reper- | 15th. |toire for the entire week of March “Cradle Snatchers” will have its |21 to 28, to be followed by “Earth” premiere at the Roxy Theatre, accord- for the week of March 28 to April | ing to an announcement from the Wm. . Fox office. | |" Wheatre Guild Acting Company in BROTHERS KARAMAZOV sam HARRIS |" HARRIS Trice Dally, 2:00 & 8680 Week Mar. 21—Pygmalion | GUILD THEA, Wee Bets. oas| WHAT PRICE GLORY 1] ee a nn | Mats, (exc. Sat;): 50c-§1. Eve, 504-$2, THE SILVER CORD | Week March 21—Ned MeCobb's j Daughter THEA, West 42nd St. rew PLAYWRIGHTS thea, 52nd Thea. 206 WestiMats. Thurs.&Sat, St, h.,58, B.of B’y |Circle Col.7393|[Evs.8:45, Mats,2:45, |{ John Golden spi tu saad) Gore, VBARTH? 3% Be [EL TIN G Ej” ©. Woods presents | “Londspenker” resumes Mon., March 21. | 2st.) ivi Cor, 6 Av, & 14 St NBven's.96. Mats: $s RI M E Civic Repertory fet: Watkins 7767. |Wed. & Sat. 2:20 j with James Re: EVA LE G ter Morrin | poo, Matinee Toda Vanities | EARL | CARROLL 45 Mats, Thu: Mat ve, & both Stl jovery Bee (axe: Thurs) € Sat. Mats, 1 SRG RE MORON ES RG, Gilbert & TT OF PEN- . Mats. & Eves. “Tolanthe” WALLACK’S West 42nd Evenings - 8:20. Mats. Tues., Wed., Thurs. and Sat. ‘What Anne Brought Ho A New Comedy Drama First National Pictures announces the purchase, for immediate produe- tion, of “Casanova’s Son,” by Rudolph Lothar, and “Baby Face,” by Cosmo Hamilton.. Colleen Moore, will be ‘starred in the latter. Now in its 5th MONTH j WALDORF, 50% St. East of B'way. M: WED. and SAT. BAO 4460S bres BNO Waly ted ont 250 EVES, $1.10 TO $3.85, PRICES ae nia aes 9th Street, Bronx Opera House },!'t) , Steet, Pop. Priges. Mat. Wed, & Sat, MARY NASH J | “BIRDS OF PASSAGE” -_ The M lanager’ s Corner | WHAT'S IN A NAME? Ina Lynn shoe factory there was a comrade who was so active in urging the workers to join the union, he made such a pest,of himself in performing this necessary task, that the workers gave him the nickname of “Union.” In Section One of the Workers Party of New York we have Comrade Kling. Comrade Kling has become so identi- fied with work: for our paper, he has by his devotion w activity stamped himself so plainly as its representative, t as soon as he takes the floor there is a general hum of “Di Worker.” As soon as we develop a battalion of comrades of this type, who make @ specialty of The DAILY WORKER, who take its welfare and progress personally to héart, just so soon will The DAILY WORKER become the serious consideration of thousands of workers throughout the country, who wilt follow the lead of comrades like Kling. f | In the work of securing readers for The DAILY | WORKER, in the work of building up the Ruthenberg DAILY WORKER Sustaining Fund, these comrades will be the steel backbone supporting The DAILY WORKER. The success of The DAI WORKER apr upon the number of such comrades 108 can enlist-—BERT MILLER. ~ malt a Street. |