The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 9, 1927, Page 4

Page Four 1 THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1927 The Workers (Communist) Party’ Getting Down to Work ROM the report of the membership |¢ampaign against the injunction and meetings arranged by the Central |for the organization of the tra¢tion | tion of the sc led Socialist Perkins |}by Ray Becker, one of those now|was pursued by some hoodlums who “The Plough and Bert Stara” at thay Hudson a4 Executive Committee that have al-| workers. | whonin reality elected on the re-|serving life terms in Walla Walla|ran from the street thru a vacant lot; ready been received, namely the dis-| In the Philadelphia district the | publican ticket. program was | penitentiary for defending themselves|to the rear of the hall at the same Homil y on Violence triets of New York, Boston, Philadel- | program was outlined for greater ac- | ®orked out wherein our Party will|against murderous assault of the|time the hall was attacked from the eee © ease te ORE phia, Buffalo and Detroit it is very | tivities in the larger plants. particu- more attention to the election|thugs of the lumber magnates. front. Because they gave Wesley|@EAN O’CESEY, the ex-dock wal- with the Party membership the elec- RAY BECKER, |. W. W. WALLA WALLA PRISONER! SEEKS INFORMATION ABOUT MISSING PHOTOGRAPHER feo graphic story of the attack on longer that it would take to empty | the I. W. W. hall in Centralia, Wash-}a six-shooter. jington, on November 11, 1919, by a Pursued By Hoodlums. . | gang of armed hoodlums under the} “Wesley Everest was the first to direction of the lumber barons is told| tear himself out of that hall, and he} | O€asey on the Gat clear that our Party is getting down |lavly the Bethlehem Steel plant was mn and local issues generally | The story is in the form of a letter| Everest all their attention, ave ae loper, one of Ireland’s most f. to work. These meetings discussed mentioned as one of the large plants effecting the workers of the city of |to an anti-militarist organization in| retreated into the ice oe! went erst mous and successful playwrights is | the problems of the labor party cam- where a shop campaign will be under- Buffalo. It will be the business of | Washington with a request that Spobeervees pon from the me Sek in revolt against revolution and the | paign in the 1928 elections and the taken for the organization of the cur Party to prove to the workers of | Protest be made against the Se ee on ec eeene cot ae ante | violence that inevitably accompanies | organization drive that the Party has workers and of the strengthening of Buffalo that the so-called Socialist |onepinacy that is keeping several) the hall like vats. J heard seme flit. In his play “The Plough and the | undertaken. the Party unit and the publication of Perkins is in reality a republican fe ici x sa ae a mae Bae) ee ita i ie aon ty the hall | s' s on the Easter Week | | All of the meetings were very well 2 Party shop:paper in that plant. ¢lected on a republican platform. This |20", daring to defend themselves in} were killed by shots i, | rebellion in Ireland to whip with the | | ini . . |their own headquarters. and another was wounded and dying.|jash of satire the various political attended and the comrades w the Mining Industry. will be done thru issues that will be |" may: #) . s satire e various political | : , tree eae An ae < This letter, which we publish below, Bristling With Guns. groups that united for the time being thusiastic in enter upon the tasks In the Pi nurgh distriet the most raised arising out of the needs of the ‘ ¥ é or the = | yutlined by the Central Commitice important probiem the distriet is fac- | workers of Buffalo, by exposing the | Should help to revive activity in be-| “Being the last that went into the| to strike a blow at British imperialism. § 3 safle ba <a ee hae Beek aka core Ricetivacc thd tars Bethel Socialist Party and Per. | Half of the release of those workers}ice box, because I got d date start % : af | c he represe’ es | ing is r 2 stry. s ist. Pa a - Bee enentative: The Tepres ntativ: ng is in th ane ty Beas wae of the Socialist Party and Per- fie Wallac Walia candiece ores. of land walked backwards out.of the hall, ae is ug tae yey the pene of to' the ay s were as fol- we are facing ma culties as a kins. : others, some less well known who are;T was the nearest to the door in the | the pro-Britis ruit-vendor Be lows: Com tone, New York; |result of the strike. Many of our In the Boston district our Party pining away in the penitentiaries of]ice box. It was opened by a fellow Burgess, the author gives the w W . Dunne, Boston; Wm. W. Wein- | comrades have been unemployed for will pay a great deal of attention to | the connbiy RRR mG ate experi- Prandishiig aie Black-barreled res for “poor little Belgium” a couple of stone, Philadelphia: Comrade Foster, /n long period. Many of' these com- the situation in the textile industry. | enced the terrible monotony of prison] volver. AIG sein Covered “Hig shall: | taps on the wrist, but the green thread | Pittsburgh, Comrade Bittelman, Buf-|rades have been facing persecution | This y in New England is at |iie even for a few short weeks)No sooner did he -see this than he| "ming thru it is intended to show| falo and Detroit. the last few years at the hands | the pre time in a_ The | should feel keenly for those who are! slammed shut the door and simultane- ee struggle is senseless and that | | Local Problems and Labor Party. of » coal barons and the. buyeau- | workers are facing again a decrease | doomed to pass away their lives be- | ously jumped sideways. During the | those ‘who organized the Irish’ volun- | At each of these meetings Central cracy of the. UMWA and some of/|in wages. There is a great deal of|hind those gray walls unless the|brief moment the door was open I teers. were flannel-mouthed blather- Committee represe ntatives both at the them were ipelled to migrate into | unemployment. The workers gener-| workers arouse themselves to compel| saw the yard jfmmed by-a mob brist- skites and their followers a lot of district cx ommittees and at/| other cities order to find employ- | ally are ready to resist and carry on|the authorities to free them. ling with guns and yelling: “Here | cowards who were driven by fear to the general membership meeting out-|ment. This naturally weakened the /a struggle t their exploiters.| Here is Ray Becker's letter: they are”. “They'll kill more of us”,|4iht on the barricades. They had a | i the program for a labor party |Party organization. Plans were laid| Our Party has Jaid plans for greatey Sedks Motion: Pictite: Man: “Don’t do any more shooting” and Rice of evils and they ‘chose the } ' i abor ticket campaign for | to * overcome is diffieulty and | activity in the textile industry. The | “sine, as ae ailea|“Lets burn ’em up.” caer: one. : tions and the organ strengthen the Party organization and | metal trades and building trades in | ts Sine ana Askhoes oat mele ae cae “I was for making a last stand and| © Casey’s play enjoyed the not un- Party must throw our entire Party membership | this district are also faced with | of Truth and Justice who will serve|Shooting it out then and there. But | usual experience of being rotten-egged} “The noted master of the pianoforte abor party ¢ into a campaign in behalf of miners’ severe unemployment. Here too a as a connecting link between me and| two of the four who were in the ice |” its f rst appearance in the Abbey will appear as soloist with the New tional steps)relief and for the strengthening of | definite program of activity has been lthe outside world I appeal to you to box were unarmed. One of them, | Theatre in Dublin. Those of us who |-York Symphony at Carnegie Hall this ugthening of the our Party units in the mining indus-| worked cut. 1 eats pened Behe wit namely, Mike Sheehan, negotiated|have a kindly feeling for plays that’ evening and at Mecca Auditorium § Per “ jaid in securing the rights which I am|"amely é iit , . a party tion of all our | try. Better Organizational Work. Lontiiied ae andeee the lane. with a spokesman of that mob and/arouse the brute in the hearts of Sunday afternoon. yaign. Tr add n the Detroit district, a great deal| At all of these meetings the build-|~ «ye : * ag . ‘ot the promise that ff we would do| those possessed of too deep a regard | pale. i 4 g : ase A ce as If I could find the Pathe motion} ®& F Wor Ws Wolineas abi ae Aa ittee representa-'cf attention was given to the or-) ing up of The DAILY WORKER, the jpicture photographer who, with a|®O more shooting and would handj*or his holiness the pepe, were rather | day, Apri] 24, where the Sinn Feiners, : th the Party mem- ganization of the auto workers. Here | building up of schools for the train-|Gamera stationed across the street{0Ver our guns a Square deal would | paReE Painted owe Plough and the | ig getuced Homelqd(@oaakaleinbeeem problems of the ious !a complete program was worked out|ing of the Party membership, the|from the ill-fated union hall in Cen-|be given to us. | Stars” a weak, jibe) at,, the este? ireland. <2aeized Stephen's Gresn, by the Party for its participation in ew the, tion of the trac- auto- the campaign to organize the training of functionaries, for the gen- eral education of the workers a “Meanwhile the fellow# with the i weaehineesna annie rou pee ’ h ale SAEED Tiade a. Plevna black-barreled gun said about himself record of the attack on that hall by Week revolt. As a picture of slum life, the play is interesting and well ... (emphasis mine. T.J.0’F.) This is incorrect. The British parliament smashing of the injunc- mobile workers. whole were worked out. Plans were | the American Legion catspaws of the |2nd somebody else that they were of-|acted. Indeed I cannot praise the cast | vo oeoq the home rule bi the enti ion ites Soc’ t on G.O.P. Ticket. laid for the publication of shop bul- | timber oe Sr ehi pata North-|ficers of the law. I turned over my’ too highly. But I cannot help chinks | Bes feead: to Pie erate ad 1 at length, and the! In the Buffalo district, the Central | letins, for greater attention to factory | west; he could be of assistance. |gun\to him. But what has been hand-| ng Oe what the tious Was tying (0 (oainad= a= dead Veter when) the Party will be mobilized for a real Committee representative discussed activity, for the sending in of com- Picttives: Destroyed: ed to me is something quite different | Put Pert Mtae ae tie Rahat ae Orange, reactionaries under the pres- = ————— rades from smaller factories to larg-| “Because the pictures were as un-|fTom a square deal. palo id: ot leave the Hudson | cnt Lord: Birkenhead and Siv-Rawarl er factories and generally for greater attention to Party organization work, The enfhusiasm’ that the membership showed and the response that is forth- |coming to the Party campaigns can be shown in the fact that the New York district sold all of the five hun- | dred eopies of the Party Organizers | they received in a few minutes. All Ray Becker, No. 9413, Walla Walla Penitentiary, P. O. Box 520, Walla Walla, Washington. WHO KNOWS THIS COMRADE? ~- | desirable to the lumber interests as the | pictures were truthful, they togeth- jer with the camera, were’ destroyed. | Lhe camera’ man, however, is re- | potted as having later expressed will- jingness to bear witness to what he and his ‘camera saw. Can you visu- alize the effect in winning support for my cause making public the facts Theatre last Tuesday night grieving {because O’Casey introduced us to a Dublin woman of easy virtue, I was sad because this young man, could not see anything worthy of his genius in the Easter Week revolution but the reactions of a few wastrels to that historic struggle. Far be it from me to suggest that bartenders, touts, pimps and _prosti- Carson—now another damned lord— took up arms against it. So much for the political implications of the play. Arthur Sinclair as Fluther Good, a carpenter is good for an evening’s / entertainment if he only had a sermon | by John Roach Straton to deliver. Sydney Morgan, a socialist performs Sirens aoe cones Ot ne pect neat hee bail SAD tutes have not their place in drama.| his undesirable task faithfully. Sara | Party Organizer published are already | Would have? The facts in his posses fee rata ity i sold. ion are of the most transcendent in- But I insist that no population is| Algood as the fruit vendor is excel: | | : Ns Wi complete without a few “decent” per-| lent, whether in her cups or out of | rom the meetings held thus far | ‘e"est and importance. Why has evi- i ‘ ‘ - - Party is wotting |dence so strong been suppressed? |sons, I mean persons who are en-)them—as the fruit vendor of course. | it is clear that our Party is getting | 2 ie 30 pressed dowed wit ial i | Maire O’Neill as Mrs. Cogan, har- 5 oe ip | Truth is on my side, and my day owed with @ social. conscience Janid | 3) 3 See ke ne CEE OFF THE PRESS down to work, that the membership iieat GORE CaM Stuy Soill cove, But who fight to lift the oppressed sec-|woman, does well. J. A. .O’Rourke, SATURDAY, is responding to the Party campaigns joe vial fee Sell. ike witha tions of the human race out of the|is good and Kathleen Drago as Rosie DECEMBER 10 jand thus we can look forward to i Cosa aiehad menial cna j | mire into a place in the sunlight. Sean| Redmond the lady of elastic virtue a i greater activity within the next few | ~ Pavaiio Paced tai. O’Casey is an emacipated proletarian, ;and an unquenchable thirst, knows her Pere ares Oe eee ee months. : “With other workingmen who had but he still makes concessions to his| O’Connell Street, Dublin, in, pre-war : ae Apa oar nies |has as. good a right to be in that hall qormce (social status) Wien ie Boul ake ractically all of the districts are Bae - married recently in the catholic H ‘ as a member of the chamber of com-| _ : The audience was of the respectable t d A t [laying plans for securing a field or-| merce has to ibe in his elubrooms, 1 chureh in London, he, wore a sweater. | trish-American type and they did not ues 10nS an nswers Oo Vieng ie fey ae ne ia ete | was in the fore part of the afternoon “a solar on the bene the jlike Rosie. Indeed “The Plough and ; é 5 vg v t of November 11, 1919, in the Cen- producers inform us that “the Re-|the Stars” is a play that will hardly | district. wee districts of ee tralia hall of the Industrial Work bellion of 1916 begah on Easter Mon-! please outside of London.—T. J. O’F. American Trade Unionists to itabrgh have. Comeses Pha lal Monk belion ples s eyine’ and Grecht respectively for|by a parade which went beyond th , Stalin’s interview with the first American Trade a aR ae Denes ap etal | sual ‘point of march of parades in ' L AS) aaa ' US Wall ak coe See 2 ee ‘ tricts. The other districts of o} ©, | Centralia, and the hall was repassed| Beatrice Siskind is a new ac- Volk " Wey Union Delegation to Soviet Russia— Me Heston, Beta and Minne | |by the marchers, except those form-| quisition at the Jimmie Higgins _ es apolis will receive the services of the | ing the tail end of that parade. Book Shop, 106 University Pi., near | == ———————— SS field organizers in’ the following) “These made a quarter-turn and| 12th Street. When she isn’t oc- ‘BOOTH 45 fi, W. kB ea Eves, 8:40 The Theatre Guild presents | 'OLLOWING on the heels of the report made by the months. Also it is planned by the Or- | yelling “Come on! Let’s get ’em!” a} cupied selling tickets for the DAILY Maunees Wed. & Sat. at 2:40 American delegation of what they saw in the | ganization Department to place more dash for that hall. Their leader] WORKER-Freiheit Ball to be held | Winthrop Amen PO R c. Y world’s first worker’s government, comes this remark- | SrEaniiers in the field before the end |kicked in a front door, yanked out a| at Madison Square Sericn, Satur- | youn Galeworthy's ESCAPE 2 a pa on ibica ° * es lof the year. jgun frdm his left armpit and fired; day, evening, Dec. 17, she serves New Play with Leslie Howar <, Th., W. 42d. Evs.8:40 f able-new book. The questions ‘asked: of Stalinj-leader | Western Tour. |2 shot which slanted rather high. Be-| the intellectually curious with the Republic sais Wea.asa = of the Russian Communist Party, are the kind every | Reports from the other cities where |fore he could five a second time he| latest books, magazines and news- | National Tkentre, 41 St. W. ot B'way e trade unionist, and every worker, is daily asking about mestings were held in Min and | shot by Wesley Everest, who was| papers. o hula eietapaay' Bernard Shaw’s Comedy 2 Russia. The answers given by Stalin are frank, bril- | Chieago where a meeting be. held |in a straight line with, and Tess than In this space in ‘successive issues | x ’ liant and not only give information on HOW the work- in a few days, we are certain will|ten feet from that door,-and so near| of The DAILY ORS ral oe | The Trial of Mary Dugan” DOCTOR'S DILEMMA } ‘aaa ats hae Oe prices SEER e show the same response by the Party|to me that I could have placed my| pear photographs of people in the ANN HARDING—REX GHERRYMA: li 2B W. 524. : ers run their own gov ernment, but is also a, real text- |membership, As for the far Western |hand on his other shoulder, “High Places” who are helping to t ¢ if Guild h book on pre is Corsienient god His = a gift to |cities they have not been covered by | fae Leader Is Hit. make a success f the annual “Red Th D t Ss Ze Se aE every worker you know. We will mail it for you. |Central Committee and membership, “Hit by a bullet from a 40 caliber| Ball” for the labor press. i ’ Py meetings, but we are planning by the |Colt, a large calibered gun fired at} = = == =. ———— ——— i 3 e eser ong Max Reinhardt’s ; middle of December to haye a rep-|S Short a distance, the leader of that | “LUCIA” 10 BE GIV EN BY CIVIC with hsenara Ceol, and maate: pies! “Jedermann” (Everyman) = 95 Cents resentative of the Central Executive pesault eyayee backwards and Was GRAND OPERA IMPERIAL #24; 4¢ St.W.of Brway | CENTURY 2208 Conrad Park West > Committee make 2 Western tour and|kept from falling®by the crush of fig Evenings 8:30 F d'Sat. at 2, : With photographs of lie American delegation visit California, Seattle and Kansas | those he lead in the attack, which was| A new organization, the Civie Grand ey Sexes ropes Shimatani Ry : 2 yraphs of the American deleg G districts. taking in many cities and |#Swered by shots from men who only | Opera Association, will give a special 2 aes dkan Gicsin, ee and of Stalin. | odvering eleven ntaten! ” a tne moments before almost felt| performance of Donizzettis’ lei WALI S: 20 a W. 45 St. Royale. Mis, Wed..Bak oes arty organi- | Ure that it would not be attacked in|“Lucia di Lammermoor” at Hamp- | Wintt Ames . aie fete ee ey Pec a broad day light. den’s Theatre this Sunday’ afternéon with MUNE Wi ISAYPREND niberte sutiven “Mii kado” 1% anc De 2 - | x PI So. in 14 CHRG QF A 7 y % ns RTI scape ain ies yeh ..| “As soon as the shooting started|at 3 o’clock. John Golden We 1OLANTHE? WORKE! RS LIBRARY PUBLI HERS etalieie te Sete ate sete Par-!the front part of the hall began to} Zabelle Aram, well known soprano, | _ = OF PENZANCE = 39 East 125th Street . New York, N.Y. fianbain: mifiere! pellet, the ‘ob ve filled with smoke. From here,|wili sing the title role and T. Venturi) @ARRICK 7 ‘Thea., 65 W. 85th, Ev. 8: : 4 e ve f thi ia Ae) eas with three other fellows, I retreated |the part of Edgar. Sonia Rosova) ats. Thurs, & Sat. fh st | ERLANGER’ Sess iuete St.Bvs,3.30 ; ' ERIC AE ON UR TET TS RD Le RATTLE CEREAL AUG Ee E into a big disused ice box on the back| will give a group of dramatic dances.| |B. ASit, SYDNEY aud MARY ELLIS | Bee Thee ee E meee Ieee ae Bie eatiotn t67 porch, Al the s shooting lasted hardly G. Miceli will condect the opera. 3 n ne THE MER R Y M ALONES } hare cts Crete ams kirniay hae 9} struggle for nce en (een of the BBY jet ak nV in MU s i Cc ms N D C 0 N CE RTS TAMING of the SHREW with G COHAN e able to come into contact with Sea ONE at aie pi Se ei L Defeat the Imperia list. War hod mates nd i the nln |e a — Sa a DEC ~ Henry Miers a ea or a labor party or least a e a a % ne in Geo. Col A ainst Nicar a uc } labor ticket‘in tHe 1928 election cam- ||| P’wa¥, Bet. 62 & 63 /Sts, At3 P.M. oa ant Mitchell American Pod i ga gua. paign, THE CIVIC GRAND OPERA ASSOCIATION ' THE BABY CYCLONE Fi : : SLIGHT INCREASE iN IMMIGRA-} ge dated FULTON ' Pend iWin. Box Sisskhin aaocaeoiOn iseaie 4 LENI NIS TION REPORTED. | Directha by Mt ‘THAC HES US WASHINGTON (FP)..—Secretary | Lucia DiLammermoor| — in‘the - SUNRISE. By HERMANN SUDERM. w. “The victory of the working class in the advanced countries and the |of Labor rants ae the imi aueheoMierace haw ONT ROBDVE Frances Starr sae {geenrnte Movietone Neioabeeatuans iberation of the peoples oppressed by Imperialism are impossible without 8fation statistics in his annual ro-}) ‘ith ZABELLE A M. — Mile. 5! ss H ; goree ‘Thea, 42a St, W./of Bway the formation and con |port, shows that in the past fiscal _ IMMORAL ISABELLA? | Hes Sa. \ lidation of a common revolutionary front. 4 “The formation of a common revolutionary front is possible only if the proletariat of the oppressing countries supports directly and resolutely the @movement for national independence of the oppressed peoples against the | Amperialism of the mother country for a people which oppresses others can | fever be free.” Occupation Or. 7 year there were 284,493 aliens admit- ted in excess of departures, as com- |pared with 268,851 for the preceding |year. Aliens admitted in the y ending June 30 last numbered | 001, while in the preceding year the! United States decreased 10.5 per cent !Mexican increased 66.8 per cent and CAV, PUGLIA axe Director, & will give a group of dramatic dances. Conguctor, G MeVICKER a U (ere . ree w 48th St. Mats, Wed. & sat. | MICY Y atin | BROWNSVILLE. i | i if i \\ ar |! ATTENTION AUSPICES: WORKERS’ YOUTH CENTER Admission 50c. Entire procecds te The DAILY WORKER. Help Organize the Women for the Labor Movement Special for the United Couneil of Workingclass Women | For the benefit of the official organ, “THE WOMAN.” TWICE DAILY, 2:30-8:80 Ef The Workers (Communist) Party asks you to join and help | total was 196,106. Departures Bit SE i 4h the fight for: gene ia ipecti ely i 58, eo for i Ric! Ps . BE The Deteat of Imperialist Warepp: in etme nas” "| CONCERT AND DANCE] The Centuries” a Smashing Government by Injunction. Immigrants arriving this year | | - ik * Organization of the Unorganized: ved to Spehagiolt of arene thre ALURDAY EVENING, DEC. 10th By EM JO BASSHE ; eukis fourths, in the prime of life, 16 to} ne a nae : ie < tnt foe Pe sours Peer mer atice wy dt spears! of ‘age. Half of the new 122 OSBORNE STREET, The Fall and Rise of the EaWside Masses a e Defense of the Soviet Union and Against Capitalist Wars, |comers are from countries in the PROGRAM: i ali 4 A ’ Miri celta ‘ tern hemisphere. Canada sent! RAISER ‘ (ite ais A beautiffl and Thrilling Play at | * jedan ps Sheahan i Sis Sas aE $1800 and Mexiko 67,721. From Ger-|| B. GLASS—-Violin Solo.) SYLVIA GLIMCHER—The | The New Pl hts Th ship in Workers mn Unis ‘ar’ 5 5 fron 2 i , ATS e f r Ki rin out this blank and mail to Workers Party, 43 E. 125th St.. N. ¥. City) ie. Pita: i eee sey shee N. WEISSMAN—Jewish | bee rym Kid. “ € ew aywrig S eatre Name ain 23,669, from the Scandinavian | Poetry. , . | ONE ACT PLAY, | 40 Commerce Street = ceed bis e +: |countries 16,860, from Italy 17, OUNG NEERS--. \ TAN PY a ‘ p ee i dad frum: the rest of Europe #8/076: '| bean OT ae Dance | A. ae F —Concertina }) Friday night, December 9th, - As compared with the previous of the Revolution, & i ecu. | t year, Canadian immigration to the | (Enclosed find $1.00 for initiation fee and one month's cunt) he | European increased 8,2 per cent.