The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 23, 1928, Page 6

By Pred Ellis The Moribund |A. F. of L.in A Western City | By E. G. | The labor movement in Los An- geles affiliated with the American | Federation of Labor is doomed to \die because of lack of activities on |the part of the members and strong | weight of suppression on the part of the so-called leaders because edu- | cation will create class-consciousness | which may mean “curtains” for the leaders. Nothing new takes place at the | meetings throughout the year. The |same routine of business which is |very uninteresting for members to | listen to, is followed. The only kind | of excitement the members are given | once in a while is an order from the | big chief to expel one or more Com- MR. CONNOLLY IS OUT By Mail (in New York o1 $4.50 six mos. $ By Mail (outside of New York): $2.00 three mos. Address and mail out checks to Te Daily Worker, 26-28 Union Square, New York, N. Y. $ three mos. $8 a year $3.50 si $6 a year ROBERT WM. F. DUNNE 4 VOTE COMMUNIST! For Vice-President BENJAMIN GITLOW MINOR For President WILLIAM Z. FOSTER issue’ or the ‘Negro menace.’ e The activities of the Workers eee Ra DAS a jand Ben Gitlow are being followed] which do not get us better condi- | ; political campaign of a few weeks duration atid ee ee re (Comniunist) Party in Los Angeles up by meetings for Comrade Wolfe. | tions.” must be careful not to undo all that individuals a ” . aa !and South California have been in- i who speaks Tuesday night, October! The labor movement in Los An- Bid ‘ctganizations have brought about di’ the Miracle” Election Publicity (ae eee the, ana OPen-Shop Bosses Fear Growing Influence of 330, ses; pucsiay. mighb, Qcte sia golem hat ee Hee aad at MEER * creation of a spirit of harmony between the i af », |conducted on a clear-cut program of | Hy ° at 730 S. Grand Ave. Whitney has|because every organization seems Seca th the: Seuthern sintea? Al Smith publicity agents flooded Sunday's | fPe“Gies “titusie with © fight Communists Among State’s Wage Slaves spokGn alto; at Sen Barndrint al clea he (weds ieatenaee OMe ¢ The Manufacturers’ Record means what eae hae with bess nore sa fia ageinst imperialiym and war dan: Re ae the members the truth that the boss age : : rs was struc. y an automobile and wou ave | ger. is has calles orth persecu- + rae Shas i y| wants a cut in wages tel ie work- © James Weldon Johnson said some years disd2 ae 4h y TIRE Had Mati vottened. | Gow ly Mteehounds pitaittalstin speakers detained. The capitalist) Because of the extreme difficul-| spoke in Blythe, down in the Im-|ers that it is merely readjustments i oth el a + 1e 1 e Ow ad no’ een soitenes aaa = press has given considerable space | ties of the election laws, the Work- ‘i facet aa ] Ss reement’ * ri erial Valle enthusiastic ago that a “gentlemen’s ag + perialism in the shape of arrests and : : | Pe y, to an that have to take place because of a . . through the miraculous chance that a pack- : to all these cases. ers (Communist) Party will have to| meeting of Negr foilitiixal web ‘ : exists between the democratic and repub- ; : |raids upon homes of Party and Got Workers’ Attenti iti en $ tional | meeting of Negro agricultural work-| heavy defalcation of business, that 4 A : : 2 cats will age of poster pictures of Al Smith were under | young Worker League members. In heart) Gad ott SE Nias tah 3 | Corry on its campaign ‘or nauens'jers. Our speakers at Negro imeet-|the boss cannot withstand the heavy lican parties (and if Mr. Johnson were wide his shirt! the eight days ending October 15,| 1”.the drive for signatures on the and state candidates by broadcasting | ings’ ate warmly. tecelved ond chece- ct titi hich 1d awake he would include the socialist party) dicnaees : » there nore ten arroste Six, at pres,| Petitions for our candidates, Foster, its National Platform and Program| eq pressure Bt Sane es e ich a =a “gentlemen's agreement” under which it | _ This takes the place of the old “miracle” | ort iting, are either still in. jail| Gitlow and Whitney, thousands were| and calling upon workers to “Vote| "Since September 25, street meet-|Imeo tin wether ec te: is pledged that all capitalist political parties | Story of the young soldier whose bible, carried |;e1q for heavy bail or released on|°btained and more thousands of /Communist” by “writing in” the| ings have been held systematically| their jobs and keep from walld Is pledge hat a P et E . ra ‘ f A workers reached with our message| names of these candidates. Com-|; i ; J pt eae , will silently co-operate to suppress every next to his heart, stopped a bullet that other- | bond to the Bureau of Immigration. | °° progagands qiatetial.. Uvergrest eties Rozaman. ails DIE have heen | mameros poste ore ae the streets and starving, must co- | h issue raised by the Negro masses against | Wise would have killed him. | South California, with Los An-| amount of dissatisfaction among the| placed, with sufficient signatures, oc. Thee waetngv ore Mane a phere: Wich tie heen sduriee nee | » their oppression, double exploitation, segre- Instead of such tommyrot, why does not |geles as its center, is a home of Ge workers of Los Angeles county Was legally on the ballot here in Los An-| vertised by pluggers. As a rerult, ie Wee ee trat ea Ree + This “gentlemen’s agreement” tacitly in- | who is also one of the chiefs of the open shop | yicitation, republican sdraiuietered | pavceutugd of registered ‘waters. whol... lhe suctesetal olaai mestinge foros eae Sear boss and themselves from destruc- 4, @ludes the “reform” parties of capitalism, | movement, tell the workers frankly that the | “democracy” and class justice. It is| declined to state party affiliation. |Comrades Anita Whitney, Foster) oy hendera atthe Daily Worker Be | Hoe j : * for in 1924 the LaFollette party followed the | election of Smith, just as much as the election |the home of extensive propaganda Hatned. “Nimndtown suesnathizeen tel Too, Much Readjustment. : gnwritten law in suppressing William | of Hoover (or of Thomas, if there were such aaa sah baa erg aca "i helping farthe Camutanlet ‘election ince petites alamel agen Ha Pickens, the Negro leader who came to ap- | @ chance), would mean a free hand for the | oie propaganda. The Communist | z gata cee : iment periods and geting tired of + Peal to its convention, and remained silent on | scab automobile and other manufacturers to | Party stands out ever so sharply| ‘ Ls | Revolution Anniversary Meet. iting the bait from time to time. * the issues of life and death to the Negro } use even more than ever before the full |as the only clear-visioned leader of| | For the occasion of the Eleventh) They become/ restless and demand masses. And now the socialist party which | power of the government to smash the trade | the working espe sat teed IN [ OS ANG ELES CAL Fiera aha Sirti eee eiadger edie of fen ane meee a1 aeee ‘ ad by ‘ aoe . . {all illusions, 1» eX- 2 © save the little bit that is left o % boasts of inheriting the remnants of the | unions, to jail and shoot discontented work- | > sing social reformism and all| , * |held by the party in Los Angeles is| their weekly wages. Th ri ' ih S | ges. Then the fakers 't LaFollette movement, while putting up a few | ers and to carry on a reign of terror against | forms of class-collaboration. | a \planned to take place Sunday night,| become busy and begin to concoct v 5 Ue “store front,” carefully | the working class at home while preparing y i , | Bs 4 a thetic £ the bi ; November 11th, at Music Arts Hall,|new answers such as “You're not in it Negro speakers as a ‘store fron . 6 : Aes Professional Patriots Excited. Within the last few days the Losjone of the biggest affairs of the) y ‘ | ri : 4 abstains from demanding full social equality | more imperialist wars abroad? | Angeles capitalists have again con-| year. Many well-known artists, head- | 2) a pees Ae slogans of| good standing and have not paid up } eN is s i “mi ” | The latest bulletin of the Better| yineed the working class of the ne-|ed by Keglovich, the child wonder|.efend the Soviet Union,” and your entire assessments therefore le for the Negro masses. It is safer to dish out “miracles. | : 3 F | Fight the Imperialist War Danger” |the big chief " ray ii aoe ss eR ae | American Federation devotes its en-|cessity of a united International) violinist, will participate. es Th ge e ig chief cannot sanction your mt And so, as far as these capitalist and these And it is not surprising to learn that the | tire issue, with pictures, to the| Labor Defense organization. Six ar-| This concert, which is definite anne neon My e Ee ae strike. “reform” parties, which also support “Ameri- candidate of the yellow socialist party has |Party pienic held Sept. 23, at which) rests of Young Workers League|tinked up with the Mooney-Billings | th, italist “Armistice Day” mile |,.Wpem it gets busy in the trade z a (7: z eH ” , d, | th t: “miracles” i it |Comrade Foster spoke to 1,500 bers for distributing leaflets to| pores zee |the capitalist “Armistice Day” mili-| and the boss begins to make money i; ean (Jim Crow) Institutions,” are concerned, e same taste for “miracles” in place of | oe task 8 gz |campaign is receiving a warm res- tarist propaganda. The tradition of| 7s fj ramais ‘@ it is true that “the Negro is not an issue in | plain truth-telling in this campaign. The | Perce een at pecs eiatterke re nore evidence soviee shee the! ponse from organized labor. Many | the Haymarket martyrs will also be A Seca dee ae nie a: A fon? : 7 | acer | ready to crush any/trade unions have replied to our call | yoj i i % this campaign. latest report is that the Reverend Norman |pulletin also “warned” against the|one whe wets in i ; plied te |voiced on this day—the anniversary | they will be wood bo. ‘ " one who gets in its way. fe | . Z ey wi ye BOK ys and pay up oF é s ese parties of capi- | Thomas, when speaking at New Haven, find- | propaganda of the Young Workers Sie WEKeCs CORE ee ee only with verbal! of their execution. | their assessments and dues and build a put-elook beyond these parties of capi- | - 1 fell hergan hina sai Lelguevandi the. Bionsem iat Feces Tiina can olen iby |e ren Due with: money as well.! As important-iesuea for. Southern| a.etrong teeasury in the union aud i a 2 » i i ing several fellow-preachers in his audience, | \“ raided, in cash was stolen iti aye, i 2 siecp | im ion an T.._talism, and you see the Communist candidate | 18, Ae ale ; schools and among young workers,| the dicks, along with other personal| . 1" &ddition to the Mooney-Billings| California and Los Angeles, aside| everything will be OK. in time. It * for president of the United States arrested at which otherwise cone sion mostly of pious | pointing out the strength of these ations This 18-year-old bee who | ©2mpaign there are the continual ar-|from the special significance of the| sometimes happens that the workers mi Wilmington while his running mate, candi- pia men affiliated to local churches, | movements. had a broke arbi to hasta orien ore Had RE qyorkers | which | questions of unemployment and low| will not stand wage cuts any more th date for vice-president is forcibly ejected | closed his “socialist” campaign speech with a | On October 7, came the arrests of|dragged to police quarters, and bru- Sarking clade haa ae Iie ailewed eaters pen ee EY intense ex-|and precipitate a walkout. Then the fe from his meeting hall at Houston and threat- | “Prayer to God.” | young workers for distributing leaf-|tally beaten up by Acting Captain| the “Red Squad” to stop its attempts| iliping, and Nese oneness; |fakers get busy immediately to fo ened by a posse of would-be kidnappers or | _ Meantime the Communist presidential and ||ets to the re Soe ieee Hynes of the “Red Squad” because cbgauiostions Whe, Tite tetieat | Geta eure rey the Mak Sie up at the expense of the ‘h Jynchers in Arizona—because the party of | Vice-presidential candidates, Foster and Git- pe ae i ighiticant that ete ates Py serge en Defense say’ that this terror-| stressing the importance of the fight | TTR wears have. atood dorte lone 3 these candidates fights for a certain position | low, are touring the country and tearing the navy department has within the last| workers were accorded similar treat-|"™" "7 0 longer be toletrated. oie ee eure the "re-| enough, but instead of fighting and be on the Negro issue! | hide off the two capitalist flunkeys, Smith | two weeks announced that one third| ment. Must. Be Stopped. I Patt it sid epee OE ee al The) kicking out the leaders they leave ‘a iy what the Manufacturers’ Record means and Hoover, and their little petty-capitalist |of the naval forces of the U. S—| From Mooney and Billings down The I.L.D. calls upon all workers | on us pt Rath a dane lately |the unions. It won’t be long before ta Sei rane : | brother, the Reverend Norman Thomas, on |ships, men and officers—wil hence-|to these recent arrests of young) to support it in the fight against|tyvecg, ™,9 campaign in reply to there will be hardly any members yp ae the straight and plain issues that face the | {rth be stationed there. The follow-| workers and students, the capitalist the fascist policies of the Los An-| myo (n0 3 (C oi ist) Party| left in the unions. The same fakers The Negre would not be an issue in this |.) ki gee se : ing night the home of the Young|class has followed a consistent pol-|geles representatives of the capitalist| mombers. inercase Dee ee rts ay| re against organizing the unorgan- 4 campaign except in-so-far as the Communists | oe class in this Iporducsah ont | Workers League organizer, Sol Er-|icy of jailing and terrorizing the| government and law. We need hun- shades of ie ws pal 8 4 oe fe: ized, claiming that the unorganized a oan in iets se pitta! eee ‘ice Never mind about “miracles!” What about | enberg, was raided. aie ess ise: militant champions of workingclass| dreds of dollars, we need hundreds Meise te seinede thelr aeiistine anq|2te unskilled and semi-skilled work- of Be eo en ‘the last Re EE RUSE the fojutictions and government strike-break- ine reas Ye $ # fh felidesity.) SUN ecto NG ae pokes join Raurer ee and| organization. The capitalists know ors eae Ses ane , ever since the last gun was fired in the | ing? What about the right to organize? Meanwhile, another raid and ar- T, r v rry on this most vi lefense) who their enemies are. They do not| B : e s 0: ice Civil War h the Negro had a political | What of the imperialist war that is being |1°8* had been made at the home of/are refusing to acquiesce in such| activity. We can no longer allow fear the. socialist reformers, th re. | Class collaboration losing the old BEE Gs his chambion—until the Communist t aa ts . © | Comrade Eddie Marshall. On Oct.|frame-ups as the Mooney-Billings| dicks to raid workers’ homes, to inctionary trade unions oF Fence of| members, conditions cannot be kept Barty as ai, nie aah CU ie eatin prepared? What about the unemployed | 15, Workers Party organizer Frank|case. Under the directorship of the| ruthlessly beat up young workers| that ilk who mislead and betray the|UP in the few organized shops as Party came on the sc ene. To t he ruling Class millions ? What of the millions of farmers be- | Spector was seized, also, the teacher Los Angeles section of the Interna-| who have ‘the courage to stick to| working class into co-operation with the unorganized workers in turn dis- of Texas izona and Delaware, the “Negro | ing expropriated by the money sharks? lof the Jewish Workers School, and/| tional Labor Defense, a campaign|their principles, who are fearless in| capitalism. In the land of real estate| TS2mize ‘the organized because the } menace” has become a reality just tothe ex- | Both capitalist candidat d their little | third comrade in the midst of a|for the release of these two class-| fighting for labor despite the brut-| fakery, lo sf | unorganized make up 90 per cent of th ; Tay oth capitalist candidates ‘and their little |v csion of a children’s class. This| war prisoners haa been initiated. , | ality ‘of tHe’ poll Soe ow aeaBes ,opensshop and! the workers in the industry, maki ‘ha tent that the Communist Party has pene- | “socialist” brother candidate are for injunc- | °°!" ° : een | P ‘ By .95. Se PaHces rabid capitalism the Communist | +) ‘ pha pera Bee eaeh, That is-why Roster is a beeen hi ; was accompanied by a raid on and) LL.D. Concert October 27. The workers of Los Angeles must|Party grows, Communist .propa-| it impossible for 10 per cent of so- ‘ trate Bao duals why Foster is at- | tions (“except” when the Raskobs and the | the looting of the Co-operative Cen-| Qur concert of Saturday night,| get behind the International Labor| ganda reaches wider masses and in.|C@l!ed skilled men to function in an ae tacked by the police in Wilmington and Git-.| Rockefellers find injunctions “unnecessary” | ter. October 27 will serve as a starting | Defense, support its affairs and be-| creased numbers of workers are pre-| '&@nized body and better their con- tl is ogg by a = “posses” in | in breaking a strike), are against the organi- Street me ap Jn] point i ve sanpelen fe 2 ce come native yet. Daly thru ae pared to “Vote Communist” and fol- ae hi ie ee ‘exas and Arizona. e “Negro menace” tion o: ill i connection wi! e election cam-|held at the Cooperative Center, organized effo: 0! ie working| low the lead of, and join, the Work- e takers evade the question o! becomes identified with the Communist *. f the millions of unorganized workers, |paign, have been broken up and/Brooklyn Ave. and promises to be| class can capitalist attacks be ended.| ers (Communist) Party. unemployment because they are not i | Wm. Z. Foster For the Workers! | Q] >< | worcens (commst) warty |Q SK | WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY For the Party of the Class Struggle! = Ben Gitlow Against the Capitalists! Is the Negro An Issue? “The Negro is not an issue in this cam- paign,” says the Richmond News Leader. And the Manufacturers’ Record of Baltimore takes up the subject as follows: “Deprecation by the Richmond s Leader, an ardent supporter of Governor Smith, of the Negro menace’ in the South as a campaign issue is so sane and opportune that true friends of the South will hope other Southern editors will emphasize this point, regardless of their party affiliations. ‘The Negro is not an issue’ in this campaign,’ says the News Leader, and in that pronouncement it speaks truly. . . . “Left to themselves, the white people and the Negroes of the South will dwell together in amity and mutual benefit economically. This is a fact that-the leaders of both great political parties must grasp, and thus refrain hereafter from promoting the ‘race In the heat of a “menace.” T Workers (Communist) Party, ‘being the re olutionary working class party, ¢annot but be also the party of the Negro masses. So the Southern ruling class press ‘is screaming that the Workers (Communist) Party is “the Nigger Party.” And we accept the honor with joy. The ruling white bourgeoisie of the South tobe “the white people and the Negroes” - to be “left to themselves,” so that they il] dwell together in amity and mutual bene- economically.” But this “amity” means mfranchisement and slavery and lynch- ag, and the “mutual benefit economically” ms the one-sided benefit of the idle ex- ters and the beastly exploitation of the o workers and tenant farmers. By “the it of harmony between the races,” the thern aristocrats mean the spirit of ery on the part of the Negro masses and 2 spirit of the arrogant parasite on the of the white employers iy bankers, 2 ruling class. But for the Workers (Communist) Party the Negro would not be a recognized issue in this campaign. But the Workers (Commu- nist) Party, as the party of the working class, takes up the battle for the Negro masses—and forces the issue into the cam- paign. The “Negro issue” has already played a tremendous part in the history of this coun- try, and it will play a still bigger part in the future liberation of the working class. The toiling masses, black and white, will march together through their struggles and, fight- ing fearlessly as equal comrades, will defeat the ruling class. The Workers (Communist) Party is the common party of Negro and white workers alike. It alone can unite them and lead them | to victory. are for the coming imperialist war, are against doing anything real for the unem- ployed, and are against any solution of the farm crisis except the expropriation of the farmers. The only party that stands and fights for the interests of the working class, for the interests of the farmers, for the complete political and social equality of the Negroes, is the Workers (Communist) Party. It is the only Party that will fight against the coming imperialist war and in defense of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics which the im- perialists will try to destroy in that coming imperialist war. It is the only Party that does not stoop to the befuddling of the minds of the working class with religious mysticism, making them easier victims of capitalist op- pression, That is because the Workers (Com- munist) Party is the one and only Party of the exploited masses—the class Party of the working class. Vote for Foster and Gitlow, and for your state and local Communist candidates, Red Campaign in California | Capitalist By H. C. WILLIAMS. (Continued.) Today, we, the American Com- munists, point with pride that only under a Soviet can the oppressed peoples realize their aspirations. The hope of the American Negro will be realized only by the destruc- tion of the vicious s}'stem of capi- talistic exploitation and the estab- lishment, of Soviets. Today it would be criminal on our part not to support the Work- ers (Communist) Party, as the only truly revolutionary party which is capable of leading us in the strug- \gle to free ourselves from misery lend degradation under this system of wage-slavery, which is based upon rert, interest and profit, and can only be removed by the organ- ized might of the black and white workers of America. The Workers (Communist) Party, true to its revolutionary traditions as the vanguard of the workers, was the only political party that had Ne- groes as delegates at its National Nominating Convention, where they were not Jim-Crowed, but served on all important committees, presided as chairmen at several sessions and were elected to the committee that drew up the Party platform. The Workers (Communist) Party can be found in the front rank wherever there is a struggle against the bosses. It was the Workers (Communist) Party that carried the Sacco and Vanzetti case to the four corners of the earth against the cap- e¥. } italist class! It is also the Work- ers (Communist) Party which stood with the poor, Jocked-out black and white miners in their struggle for a living wage in the coal regions of Pennsylvania, against the coal bar- ons and their lackeys, such as John L. Lewis, and also it 1s the Workers (Communist) Party which goes to the defense of the oppressed colo- nial and semi-colonial peoples of China, Nicaragua, Haiti, Liberia, and the Philippines, demanding the withdrawal of the American ma- rines. Whether the Negro masses re- alize by this time the historic role that they are bound to play as an oppressed minority in America is left to be seen, but as Marxists we do know that it is omly a matter of Parties Foes of Negro Workers time when the Negroes will be look- ing toward the Communists as their only true friends, just as the Com- munists of the Soviet Union have been able to wim the trust of the cppressed peoples of the East. While we hear hypocritical peace talk, our enemies, the capitalists, are preparing to drag us into an- other war, more bloody by far than the last one. The Kellogg peace pact is cnly 2 smoke screen to hood- wink the working class to go and die on the battlefield as cannon-fod- der for the enrichment of a few par- azites, In order to offset such a catas- trophe, it is the duty of the toiling masses to rally under the banner of Communism by going to the polls on November 6 munists, or even those who dare to raise their voices against the mis- leadership of the members. The system of class collaboration which plainly means licking the boots of the bosses and letting them have their way for the return of a smile and a pat on the shoulder, demoralizes the workers in the shops because it means that the burden of sacrifice falls on the shoulders of the workers, What Is Union For? The only kind of increase that the members hear of is more money for the leader and as a result the state- ment is very often heard made by the workers, “What are we getting out of the union? We are ordered to pay heavy dues and assessments and in return for that forced by the leaders and the bosses to receive a cut in pay from time to time.” The writer has often heard an- other statement made by very many trade unionists: “Why should we go |down to the meeting and listen to | the same clap-trap reports which. mean nothing to us and the same reading of communications which last for two hours sometimes, things which we cannot understand and able to solve it, and when pressed hard for an answer, instead of telling the truth that unemployment is per- manent, say that it is temporary and that it soon will pass over when prosperity flies into the window. That the workers are beginning to revolt is ‘evident. The labor fakers are losing their meal tickets gradu- ally. Here as well as everywhere the old vicious, rusty construction of the A. F. of L. will fall and leave room for the skilled and unskilled and semi-skilled, white and black workers to build one powerful organ- ization where the members will en- joy democratic principles of express- out with the common enemy, the boss, to win better conditions for all to enjoy. Communist candidates, William/ Z. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow /for president and vice-president of the United States as a\protest nat the vicioys system of capit i ! ing themselves freely and to fight it ~