The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 24, 1928, Page 2

' 4 t ‘ ’ ‘ 1 THE DAILY WORKER, [W YORK, MONDAY, SEP TEMBIK za, 1920 Textile Trains Mill Workers Women Gunners ORGANIZATIONAL, coat POLITICAL TASKS ARE SET FORTH Stresses Work Among Women, Youth, Children Plan for Education Greet New Union of the Coal Miners Increasing attention is being women the rifle na number maintained to prepare the workers them. Above, Frances Willianis, a the Nationa d. of the 1 cities and d nine} by n the Chief sion con- ons dealing w American militarists. policies new u among these are the re tions on orgar ‘ 1 work, in, ‘tions and indepe political ion and €conomic demands Other resolutions deal with strike STRIKER SPEAKS flief, in con ion with which the affiliation with the Workers Inter- EC national Relief is specifically men- tioned; endorsement of the Interna- tional Labor Defen: and condem nation of “the capitalist murderers of S: and eetings to and endorsement of the new Mine Workers Union recently formed in Pitts zh, Furriers Union and the National O nization Com- mittee of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union, formed to organize a new union, and endorse- ment of labor sports and the Labor Sports Union, an _ organization formed to ymote sports among| workers to build up class solidarity. of The resolution organizational | activity calls for the division of the | textile industry into territorial divi- sions and the ass: izers to each di ion The most detailed res®lution in- troduced and p; s the one on} educational activities. “The A. F of L. and United Textile Worxers | Police on education,” reads tne res- olution, “is one of class collabo! tion,” and in the body of the res- olution detailed planks are laid “for the systernatic and immediate estab- lishment of a comprehensive educa- tiénal system.” The plans provide for speake teachers, research workers, the establishment of al wéekly national textile newspaper anid periodical mill papers, the build- ing up of a system of worker-corre- | spbndents, the establishment of a school for union members ‘with comrses in econom and trade} urtion ory and blems, and for “of : toprs of English and foreign-lan- |New Bedford, but after T had been | Victory. the organization educational eginning with a condemnation ofythe American Federation of La-| bdr’s support of the political parties oft “Andrew W. Mellon, who was| on of the chief breakers of the re-| cept miners’ strike,” John J. Ras- hab and DuPont, the resolution on “Tpjunctions and Independent Polit- ieal Action” calls for the militant carrying on of all strikes i lation of injunctio ing and the formation of a Labor Party “to represent the interests of | Workers and which would not per- mit the use of government machin- ery to break strikes.” The resolutions on social demands and the unemployment problem in the industry call for the organiza- tion of all unemployed textile work- erk into'the new National Textile Workers Union and for the estab- lishment of a fund for the relief of the unemployed, maintained by the employers and controlled by the union. Some of the demands made are for the 40-hour, 5-day week; for the abolition of the speed-up system, overtime work, wage cuts and low wages. The resolution ends with a demand for equal pay for equal work for women and youth workers. Another resolution dealt with work among children and the role of the union’s activity among women who constitute a.large percentage of the total number of textile op- eratives, The resolution on children points out that the mill owners realize well enough the important role played by children in determining the spirit among the workers, shown by their intense activity in propagandizing the ichildren and to poison their minds against the aspirations of the working class. The resolution then calls for the organization of the children into permanent bodies that are to be involved in all activities of the workers. The resolution on women calls for the greatest diligence in organizing women who constitute almost half the total number of workers. "Pes union organizers. MINOR, DUNNE TO BE AT RED RALLY Continued from Page One Opera House rally are: Lovett Fort- Whiteman, candidate for comptrol- ler; Juliet S. Poyntz, running for attorney general; Rebecca Grecht, district campaign manager; Bertram ‘D. Wolfe, director of the Workers ‘School, and Phil Frankfeld, district Sorganizer of the Young Workers (Communist) League. William W. Weinstone, district organizer of istyict 2 of the Workers (Commun- “Lt) Paviy, will preside. gnment of organ- || Figuerido Tells of Mill E Struggle Continued (un Dage One ford from Boston when he was four years old. His schooling, like that of the children of all textile work- ers, was irregular. Whenever times; were bad he had to stop school to aid the family by working in the factories. At the age of thirteen, however, his schooling was def- initely cut short. He entered the factary, where he was employed until the workers walked out in strike more than five months ago. In spite of his meager education, he speaks a clear and concise Eng- l “Tt was only ve weeks after we struck,” he said, “that I entered the Young Workers League. Before then, I had spoken now and then at textile meetings, but not very regu- lar 1 asked him how. he had first heard of the Young Workers League “Well, Gil Green spoke up at New Bedford one day and happened to mention the League. I was inter- ested, even though he said very little about it, and 1 went over to him and asked him about it after the speech was over. Immediately I saw that it was my organization, and the organization of all working class youth; and I gave in my ap- plication for membership. “At that time John Porter was | unit organizer of the™bezxgue in a-méMber for only three weeks he | was arrested. Then I became unit organizer.” “The membership of the League in New Bedford.” he said in answer to my questions, “is now about 140. | Most of the memibers are also mem- bers of the Textile Mills Commit- tee. They are on the picket line day and night and participate in a great deal of union activity. “During Internagjpnal Youth Day | we had two meetin in town. Jack | Rubinstein, Kay, Hareint Lanzoni und 1 spoke. There were almost 300 young workers at each of these meetin, They were so successful that 35 new applications for admis- sion into the League were received that day.” He stopped now and then while we spoke, to greet fellow strikers of his who passed the place where we sat every few minutes. Now it was for a question, now for a hearty handelasp with a young worker he had not seen for several weeks. He was quiet here; only by tho fl ng eyes could I see the fire that had filled his speech a few minutes before. “The spirit of the young workers in New Bedford is the best that any- one could expect,” he said. He em-! phasized the “anyone.” The Young Workers League still continues to fight, to announce its aims of or-+ ganizing all the young workers in! New Bedford. And we will continue to fight with all our strength until the strike is won!” Then he rose to leave. “I’ve got to go now,” he said. “Totworow we have another session of the Con- ference, and I’ve got to get my rest tonight to prepare for it.” ANTLIMPERIALIST LEAGUE TO MEET Robert Dunn and Gannes Will Speak Harriet Silverman, secretary of the New York branch of the All- America Anti-Imperialist League, reports that applications for mem- | bership to the League from indi- viduals and organizations are com- ing in in increased numbers as a result of the circularization pre- paratory to the combined member- |ship and mass meeting which will take place at the Labor Temple, 242 E. 14th Street, Wednesday, Sept. 26, jat 8 o'clock. This meeting will \signalize the beginning of a mem- bership drive of the League in New | York, Harry Gannes, acting secretary of the United States section of the *seague, and Robert Dunn will be the principal speakera, ie \ given to gunnery practice among Women and girls have entered of the Citizens Military Training Camps to fight the bosses’ next war for warded a medal for sharpshooting YOUNG TEXTILE 14 YEAR STRIKER LEADS STRUGGLE E. Rodriques Fights For New Union Continued from Page One a week of her young life and the health of the woman she was about to be for six dollars and seventeen cents, 4 One afternoon when Emma came home from the mill for lunch she found that her father was on strike; outrage, determination and -readi- ness to fight prevailed in the Por- tugese household. Emma did not go back to work. The next morning all spindles in the American Print- ing Company were idle and the mill looked like a huge lifeless mass of steel and concrete. + # Emma Roderiques, a fresh burn- ing spirit in the class struggle, came to New York together with her fel- low delegate strikers from Fall River and New Bedford to join hands with the other determined textile workers of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York into a new National Textile Union. She marched into the convention hall, with the red bandanna of the Pioneers around her neck, and the) walk and look of a fighter who had come to build. When the fourteen- year-old worker, thinned by the bobbins of the textile mill, spoke to the workers in the hall, she. spoke with the weight of 70,000 New Eng- land workers, with the spirit and_ guts of fighters who will gain their and necessary, she was just as much at home as on the picket line in Fall River. Workers can understand Emma, for workers who fight are as close as people of the same fam- ily. And Emma talked the language that is close to the heart of every working class fighter, direct, sim- ple and full of the sincerity of a just struggle. The convention adopted Emma as their child, as their child of genius, for as she stood there she was not only an in- dividual but all the children of the textile strikers. Wants To Be An Organization. Later, when Emma could be in- duced to sit down in a corner and’ talk more intimately, she proudly confessed that her greatest aim and ambition was to be an organizer for the new Textile Union. Now she was going to organize the children, she was going to instill into the workers’ children in the schools the solidarity of all members of the working class. “The teachers hit the Pioneers. When anybody says he’s a Pioneer the teacher slaps him on the face. I tell the children to slap her back. “Teacher says that the T. M. C. flag's got red in it, it’s Bolshevik. I say the American flag’s got red in it, then it’s Bolshevik too. But ’ Convention Adopts Resolutions ‘Concert and Ball of Jewish Bureau of the Workers Party Tonite WORKERS PARTY WILL HOLD MANY OPEN AIR MEETS HISTORY COURSE A concert and ball under the aus- pices of the Jewish Bureau of the, Workers (Communist) Party and} the Hammer, Jewish Communist | WILL FEATURE AT WORKERS SCHOOL Sica) Elementary, Advanced |**. an¢ as ae ae smetuaea SPCAKer's Will Instruction Offered |, string trio composed Entire City string trio composed of N. The American Histcay department | EURHe! Glsskind and Bay. Paes ree Oe e American history departmen i : : | Monday, Sept. 24: Rutgers ot the Workers School which has| 1, ne ee 4 Fn oan’ |Square, N. ¥., Hendin, Wattenberg, become one of the largest and most|Z@mmer, eater will de,{ Silber, Goliger (chairman); 1st important departments in the school, | ™U7St writer and speaker, will de-| ave ‘and 49th St. N. Y. Wm. will offer 10 courses in American|!iver the principal address of the|Wrank, Vern Smith, Donaldson: evening. 28th and history during the coming fall and spring terms. Some of these cour- Lexington Ave. N. Y., Baum, DeLeon, Spiro, B. Gussakoff. ses will be general in nature and _ Tuesday, Sept. 25: Grand St. others will concentrate no specific Ext. and Havemeyer, Brooklyn, phases of American history. The Bimba, Primoff, Joe Cohen, Mer- |shon; 5th Ave. and 125th St., N. Y., course in United States history to be given by James Cork on Thurs-| days, 7 to 8.20 p. m,, will be the elementary course in that subject and will be a prerequisite for the more advanced history courses. This coursé will interpret from a work- Sutter and Williams Sts., Brooklyn, |DeLeon, Lipzin, Chernenko, Julius |Cohen; 63rd St. and Prospect Ave., Bronx, Nessin, I. Zimmerman, G. Welsh, Koretz, Leo Margolis; Lenox | Ave. and 188rd St., N. Y. C., Moore, Roderiques, Figuerido Cover | on All Phases of Its Activities ‘Workers International Relief Urges Aid for |New Bedford Strikers BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 23.—A statement issued last night by the | Workers International Relief to all | workers of Massachusetts from its quarters here at 5 Lowell St. read jas follows: “The dire need of the striking tex- tile workers of New Bedford, the hounding by the police, make it necessary to come to the assistance of the strikers at once. If the strike is to be won, if the new textile union is to grow, we must help with relief. The strike in New Bedford is now 23 weeks old and the suffer- ing is great. “The Workers International Re- lief is arranging a house to house collection Sunday at 9:30 a. m., Oc- toher 7, 1928, at the following sta- tions, where you are expected to re- port: New International Hall, Rox- bury; 113 Dudley St., Roxbury; W. L. R., 5 Lowell St.," Boston; Chelsea | Labor Lyceum, 302 Brayand St.,| Malden. Other stations will be announced In that hall where the and bread, and everybody ate the spirit of determined struggle mixed|T. M. C. food and did not die but with the lightheartedness of people who enjoy the fight because they|in the midst of a solemn mass, and| know that their fight is universal | ing class point of view the impor- tant events in the economic and po- litical developments of this coun- try. A more advanced course, econo- mie and political history of the United States, will be given by D. Benjamin on Wednesday, 8.30 to 9.50 p. m. This course wil Iraise im- portant problems facing the Amer- ican working class today and will seek in the economic and political history of this country, all the forces and factors that throw light upon the important problems under con- sideration so as to prepare the work- ers for a better understanding of their problems. Other courses to be given in the American history department are Marx and Engels on America—A. Landy, instructor, on Friday, 8.30 to 9.50 p. m.; American Imperialism Today—a symposium course to be given on Saturdays from 2 to 3.80 p. m.; Study of American Govern- ment with Joseph Brodsky as in- structor on Thursday, 7 to 8.20 p. m.; History of the American Family, a 4 session course under Arthur W. Calhoun, Mondays 8.30 to 9.50 p. m. For more details workers are ad- vised to come to the office of the Workers School, 26-28 Union Squ., 5th floor, or write for free copy of the school catalog. Registration is in progress at present. Speak | Hundreds of delegates from the striking textile centers of New Bed- ford and Fall River, members of the ‘Workers (Communist) Party and the *Young Workers (Commu- nist) League, crowded the Workers Center, 26-28 Union Square, Satur- day night at a dance held under the auspices of the Young Workers (Communist) League of New York. The affair had been arranged for the purpose of welcoming the youth delegates attending the Textile Conference in New York. Alternating with the dancing and eating and other festivities of the colorful affair were speeches given by two young workers, Joe Figue- vido, district organizer of the New Bedford Young Workers (Commu- nist) League and militant youth} strike leader, and Emma Roderi- | aues, 14-year-old Pioneer leader and striker. Youth Leaders Speak. Philip Frankfeld, speaking 1>r che Young Workers (Coi1z—unist) League of New York, gre@ted the jdelegates in» the name of the dis- triet, after which Emma Roderiques s introduced, The youthful | speaker explained the struggle that |the children of Fall River are un- dergoing at the prefent time, dwell- |ing long on the terrorist tactics of \the mill bosses and police and re- . calling the dastardly murder of lit- tell her that a Bolshevik is a mantic Johnnie Madieros, chased into who works for the working class.” tne. river by a cossack. She was She went to church, at one time! given a tremendous ovation by the as did other of her fellow workers. | workers present, But when the priest said that there/ were worms in the T. M. C. milk) the teacher says nothing to that. I Then Joe Figuerido rose to speak. A small, pale youth of nineteen, but with fire and enthusiasm in his words, he kept the audience listen- ing attentively throughout his pow- never returned to church again. erful appeal fcr action, solidarity wanted more, they all walked out) Stachel, Yusen, Blake; Eagle Pen- later. Please see to it that you are WORKING CLASS “YOUTH RESPOND TO MEET CALLS Many Factories to Send Delegates The Working Youth Conference, which will take place this Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29 and 30, in the Labor Temple, 14th St. and 2nd Ave., has evoked a good response from many hundreds of young workers working in many factories in New York. Tens of thousands of leaflets have been distributed by the Work- ing Youth Conference in conjunction with many local unions. The latest ° leaflet to be put out was by t Knitgoods Workers’ Union, Loca! 55, and‘ the Youth: Conference ad- dressed to all young knitgoods Speakers from the Youth Conference Executive Committee workers. free to give your time for this drive and also get your friends to co-op- | erate. This is most urgent.” | cil Co. (Noon) D. Benjamin, Chas. Wilson. Wednesday, Sept. 26: Second Ave. and 10th St., N. Y. C., Schachtman, a | A. Gussakoff, Suskin, J. Cork,/St.. Ann’s Ave. Bronx, Powers, Abrams; Union Square, N. Y. C.,| Spiro, Suskin, Jessie Taft; 40th St.| Biedenkapp, Suskin, Shapiro, Ross;|@nd 8th Ave. N. Y. C., Bydarian,| Wilkins and Intervale, Bronx,|Cibulsky, Kagan; Steinway and/ Grecht, Jacobson, I. Cohen, Wm.) Jamaica Ave., Astoria, L. I, Wright, Margolies; Fleet. St. and Flatbush|Chernenko, McDonald, Burke, Hed- Ave., Brooklyn, Moore, Padgug, ler. Midolls; 7th Ave. and 18ist St. N.| Friday, Sept. © Y. Co., Alexander, L. Oak, Williams;| cuit Co. (noon) 7th Ave. and 187th St., N. Y. C., Frankfield; Bristol and Pitkin, Powers, Grace Lamb, Rosemond, Ed Brooklyn, Ragozin, Lipzin, Aron- Welsh; Passaic, N. J., M. Summer, berg, Julius Cohen; 5th Ave. and Evelyn Blacker, Ida Starr, Acker-| 110th St., N. Y. C., Ballam, Cod- man; Newark, N. J. (Negro meet- kind, Gillgreen, Moreau. ing) Padmore L. Luke; Lexington| "Frida: : y, Sept. 28: Varet and Gra- ae and/99thr St. (noon) John Sher-| ham Ave., Brooklyn. Reiss, Wm. 5 i | Frank, Lillienstein; 50th St. and Sept. 27: 13 . | . A Ahwradayy Rept. 7:1 488th St Waal Ag caameouniynk MAC KAE De | Leon, Chalupski, Valentine (chair- and relief. He, too, was applauded | man Market Plaza, Near at the conclusion of his speech. J. Wright, C. Martin; 7th St. and One of the features of the eve-| Ave. A, N. Y. Sumner, Paster- ning, which kept the workers in a) nack, Ackerman, Goliger (chair- festive spirit throughout the dance, | man); Bliss Factory (noon) B. Lif- was the singing of youth revolu- | shitz, H. Gordon. tionary songs under the leadership Saturday, Sept. 29: 1st Ave. and of Eric Burroughs, 16-year-old Ne- ero youth and a member of the bleh Bt. Baum, Yusem, Ed Welsh; Prownsyille Section of the Young | West N. ¥., New Sareey: Cath - St Workers (Communist) League. Bur- |" Bergen Line Ave.) Ben Lif- roughs, who acted as a young leader | shitz, Pearlman; Patterson, N. J. during the summer at the Workers | Bert Miller, C. Martin; Perth Am- International Relief. Children’s | oY, N. J. (808 Elm St.). MeDon- Camp at Wingdale, N. Y., led the /9ld, R. Duke, Honig, Cavatez; vathering through such songs as: Elizabeth, N. J. Padgug, Freiman; | Bridgeport, Conn. A. Markoff; Bryant Ave, and 174th St., Bronx. | Jacobson, Castrell, Spiro, Gozigian; Williamsburg, Red Night. (Report | at 46 Ten Eyck St.) Weinstone,| Benjamin, Bimba, Grecht, Bieden-| “It’s good for Hebrew Shamus, |kapp, Nessin, Primoff, LeRoy, | “It's gooa for Norman Thomas, Wright, Vera Bush, Frankfeld (Y. “But it ain’t good enough for me!”|W. L.). National Bis- Bert, Miller, P. “That whole capitalist system, “That whole capitalist system. “That whoie capitalist system, “{t ain’t good enough for me! ‘It’s good for red hot mammas, have addressed many meetings of local unions and youth clubs. Sing- er, a plumbers’ helper, was present last Tuesday night and spoke at a meeting of dental mechanics. Hel- fand, chairman of the Executive Committee, spoke at a meeting of unorganized young millinery work- ers. Letters have been sent in from many young workers in Klein’s department store, from Nabisco, from the American Sugar Refining Co., and other factories, The conference will undoubtedly represent many young unorganized workers in New York City. Many large factories of unorganized youth will be there, and organized shops which include young workers will be represented at this conference. The conference will be an impor- tant step in the direction of organ- izing the unorganized young work- ers in New York City. It will be the beginning of a campaign to bring the message of militant union- ism to the hundreds of thousands of youth workers in the city, and from all indications it has already aroused much discussion and inter- est on the part of the young work- ers. U. 8, RULES POLLS. MANAGUA, Sept. 23.—Registra- tion of Nicaraguans, who will cast their ballots under American super- vision in November, began under American supervision yesterday. Fear that the forces under Gen- eral Augusto Sandino might utilize the occasion to take the offensive was freely expressed by many Americans. You're in the fight when you write for The DAILY WORKER. Afraid of Nothing. 2 3 “Aren't you afraid to go on the picket line?” I asked. | “I afraid? What's there to be afraid of? I’m not afraid to be ar- rested, or anything. Well, I’ll walk on the sidewalks with the pickets if I want to. I’m afraid of noth- ing. When I pass Chief Feeney on] the street I sing, ‘Old Chief Feen- | ey’ and revolutionary songs, and I make up songs of my owy too.” “Well, what are you going to do when you get back to Fall River?” “First I’m going to organize the children, and when they strike in the schools for the right to be Pioneers I’m going to be the first one there to lead them. “And I’m a member of the T. M. C.—that old U. T. W. is no good for nothing— the bunch of crooks. And later I’m going to be an organizer in the new Textile Union.” | And then after a moment’s reflec- tion, and with a toss of her curls she said: “I only wish workers rule, no more capitalists.” iG NIGHTS CLOSE HALLS TO UNION. LYNN, Mass., Sept. 23.—Officers | of Progressive Shoe and Leather) Workers of America complain that they are forbidden to speak in Lynn| halls. Who Rules Election Campaign Rally To Expose Control of City and State Government by Power, Rail, Traction and Banking Barons. William F, Dunne Candidate for Governor Juliet S. Poyntz Candidate for Attorney General Rebecca Grecht State Campaign Manager Bertram D. Wolfe Director Workers School will speak on RIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th, 8 P. M. EVERYTHING FROM A THREAD TO A SET OF FURNITURE at ¥2 Price FREIAHEIT 1,000,000 Articles 4 BIG NIGHTS Worker New York? | BAZAAR Robert Minor Candidate for U. 8, Senate Fort-Whiteman Candidate for Comptroller Philip Frankfeld Young Workers League | Wn. W. Weinstone Chairman Madison S THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY O CTOBER uare Garden at CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE 67th Street near Third Avenue Come in Masses! BIG DAYS Admission 25c DO NOT BUY NOW, WAIT TILL THE BAZAAR » BIG DAYS —