The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 31, 1928, Page 2

Page Two EIR MAS WEINSTONE PANS EXPERT PATRIOT IN DEBATE IN L, |. O’Brien Wilts Before Pointed Questions J. Robert O’Brien, Crusader,” professional patriot and member of a baker’s dozen jingoist and fascist organizations, was re- duced to the sorry spectacle of a lame apologist for a corrupt system a8 a@ result of the scathing attack on capitalism made by William W. Weinstone in a debate held Monday night at Moose Hall, Broadway and Eleventh Ave., Astoria. Astoria is the stamping ground of the John J. Dwyer F 260 of the Veterans of Foreign War which has been carrying on a cam- paign of villification and slander against the Workers (Communist) Party and the Sov Union throu, its “Americanization Directo’ “Constitutional Crusaders” and sim- ilar ostensibly lucrative offices. In- dieative of the lame showing made by O’Brien was the scanty and half- hearted applause which followed his speeches, as compared with that which greeted his appearance orf the stage. nstitutional Hot Question. “Resolved that the present form of government is opposed to the best interests of the masses.” That was the subject, with the dist organ- izer of the Workers (Communist) Party for the affirmat: At the end of the debate the audience of workers was so resolved. Weinstone, in his opening speech, quoted Woodrow Wilson and other “respectable” historians who admit- ted that the American constitution was framed by a minority) of the wealthy class with the c: of safeguarding capital against the ma: petuation of p: 2 property. pointed out that under the present system of society “the rich get richét and the poor get poorer,” ahd that there is a concentration wealth in the hands of the big cap- italists. Wilts Under Barrage. As evidenced by the trunkful of “documents” and by the nature of his speech, O’Brien came prepared only to sling mud at the Soviet Union and to startle the American audience with the astounding revela- tion that the Workers (Communist) Party is part of an international Communist organizatio He vis- ibly wilted under the barrage of charges laid down by Weinstone— charges which the latter challenged his opponent to answer. No answers were forthcoming, except a forced admission of the fact that unem- ploymient cannot be done away with under capitalism. About the insecurity of jobs, ezar- dom in the factories, child labor, war, inereasing exploitation, poverty being the lot of the masses, points which Weinstone hammered home, inviting a defense, O’Brien had sur- prisingly little to s Weinstone cofitrasted these conditions with those in the Soviet Union, where the workers rule, where the 7-hour day has been established, where the trade union moyement is the back- bone of society and factories are ad- ministered by workers, where living standards are constantly improv- ing. Why Docs it Fight Soviet Union? In his rebuttal, Weinstone ex- ploded the myth sct up by O’Brien that the Soviet Union is adopting of | ER’S VOICE Red Caravan Brings Election Message The usual avenues of publicity, such'as the press and the movies, are, of course, closed to workers and their militant party, the Workers (Communist) Party. But the workers of Cleveland have found a way to bring the Communist election photo above shows how automobi posters, announced the arrival of didate for president, to the workers of the city. WEST SIDE RED RALLY TONIGHT Communist Speakers to Address Workers Continued from Page One tending from 14th St. to 47th St. There will be a large wind-up meet- ing in front of the section head- quarters at 9:30 p. m. The following speakers should re port to 101 W. 27th St.: Gibulsky, |Peer, Joe Cohen, I. Cohen, B. Gus- sakoff, Wright, LeRoy, Huiswood, \Bydarian, Glazin, McDonald, P. Shapiro, I. Zimmerman, G. Spiro, Pasternak, R. Rubin, G. Primoff, Mania Res, Charles Alexander, Har- ry Blake, N. Wilks, Biedenkapp, H. Davis, Nat Kaplan, Lawrence Ross, |Max Kagan, Magliacano, Candella, Kalfedis, B. Rubin, Napoli. 1, All speakers assigned by the District Agitprop Department of the Party for the Downtown West Side Red Night Rally should report to 101 W. 27th St., at 7:30 p. m. sharp. 2, All speakets of Downtown! Units 1 and 2 of the Young Workers (Communist) League should report to 101 W. 27th St.,/ 7:30 p. m., to be assigned to the various corners, 8. All members of Section 2 and 3 of the Party and Units 1 and 2 of the Y. W. C. L. should} WORKER, NEW YORK, WED NESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1928 FOSTER, GITLOW ON ARRIVAL HERE Expect Overflow Crowd | at Garden Sunday Continued from Page One commissioner Warren yesterday te to Weinstone: I am enclosing herewith formal | »pplication for parade permit. If ou will fill it out and give us the) cessary information so that we n properly police the parade, I nall issue the permits Plans to make this parade the most spectacular show of power in the history of the New’ York labor! movement immediately got under ; way. Committees were formed to} marshall and route the march. Var- | ious trade union and fraternal or- | ganization heads called upon their| | members to take part in the march- ing demonstration. | q New Classes Will Weinstone made public a call to| Begin This Week at. | an the workers of New York. the Workers School **: Workers Must Participate. message before the workers. The iles, covered with reel campaign William Z. Foster, Communist can- The Workers School continues to day and Wednesday from 8.30 to| William Z. Foster and Benjamin Git- Working Women, Thursday from| Vice president of the United States | 8.30 to 9.50 p. m.; Fundamentals of on the Workers (Communist) Party Communism, Tuesday from 7.00 to| ticket, Saturday, Nov, 3, 3:30 p, m.,| 20 p. m.; Principles of Marxism I,,at the Grand Central Station. This rom 7 to 8.20 p. m.; Theory and| Will be the first appearance of our| Practice of Trade Unionism, Thurs- standard bearers in the city before /7 P. ™., whete arrangements their appearance the following day,| be made for open air meetings, : Reads ae Madison Square Garden {of literature and the final parade|th@ enslavement of the machine to and wind up rally. Speaker: | . h the downtown units must also re-|this is possible only under Commu- day from 8.30 to 9.50 p. m.; Prob- lems of Workers Children (for Pio- neer Leaders) Monday from 7 to| Defy Labor Fakers, | 8.20 m. | “The thousands of workers that! The course in Theory and Prac-| will march in this parade will show| tice of Trade Union Work to be to the labor bureaucrats, to the so- given by John J. Ballam on Thurs-|cialist lackeys, that the militant | day 8.30 p. m., in addition to taking| spirit of labor is aflame and that up the role of trade unions and the|the workers mean to give back blow class struggle, the History of the|for blow against the attempts to Trade Union Movement‘in the U. S.,|fasten upon them the chains of a will go into great detail on the whole| still more brutal slavery and a still question of the world situation and| more ruthless oppression, the tasks facing the labor movement; “Working men and women of the | i of New York—needle trades ea | workers, textile workers—make this | report at headquarters, 101 W.| parade a show of power! Show to| 27th St., ‘for work in connection | your enemica the capitalist class—| | with the Red Night at 7:30 p, m./ the Hoovers and the Smiths, . the | 4. The Red Night called by the | Thomases and Hillquits—your unity | Downtown Units 1 and 2 of the and strength. | League for Wednes evening ‘Needle trades workers, you are has been combined with the Red | fighting against company unionism Night of the Lower West Side’ and sweatshop conditions. Section of the Party. “Traction workers, you are fight-| ing Hedley and the reptile com-{| capitalism. “Private trading in Soviet Russia is constantly decreas- ing,” said Weinstone. “On the other hand co-operative and state |trading is developing. All basie in- |dustries are in the hands of the |proletarian state.” An unanswer- jable question put by Weinstone was, |“If it is true that the Soviet state lis adopting capitalism why is the |capitalist world fighting it and plot- |tiig against it?” To O’Brien’s charge that Sandino is a bandit, Weinstone replied that American capitalists have always hidden their attacks against work- ers under the pretense of righteous action in pursuance of an ideal, this time by stamping Sandino a bandit and a menace. “Since they are in the minority,” said Weinstone, “cap- italists must of necessity rely on deceit and chicanery to hoedwink the workers. The notorious case of Sacco and Vanzetti was cited by ‘WHAT TO DO DURING LAST 6 DAYS OF THE CAMPAIGN Immediate tasks for all Party members: 1. Cut out the contribution blank printed in the Daily Worker today. 2. Send immediately your contribution, of not less than one dol- lar, to the EMERGENCY FUND. COMMUNIST ELECTION DRIVE ANTI-TERROR 8. Send the money without any delay DIRECT to the National Election Campaign Committee, 43 East 125th St., New York City, | pany union. him as an example of the conscious “Workers of all crafts, organized, crimes against the working class! employed and unemployed, skilled| framed up by the master class. |and unskilled—this is your parade! Right of Revolution. | Negro workers: You are fighting Anticipating O’Brien’s sentimen- for race equality, against lynching, tal appeal against the use of “force | against segregation, against Jim and violence,” Weinstone quoted | Crowism. This is your parade. Join Lineoln’s inaugural address, in| with your white fellow workers in a| which he said that the masses have |common struggle for emancipation! the right “to dismember and over- “Come to the Grand Central Sta-: throw the existing government.” | tion, 43rd Street and Lexington Ave. Immediately, O’Briep fished from| Parade through the city of New his bagful of tricks"a copy of the | York for the abolition of capitalism address in question and read it|and for the establishthent of a through, hoping to find a misquo- | workers’ and a farmers’ government. tation. Failing in this, he main-| The route of the parade according tained that his Communist opponent |to the arrangements committee will had “misconstrued the meaning.” | be announced tomorrow. “What Lincoln meant,” O’Brien apologized, “was that the people Minor Exposes Three i q Capitalist Parties his final charges, Weinstone | stressed the growing repression in Continued from Paga One this country, citing the increased | Union of Socialist Soviet Republics,” use of drastie injunctions, the use Minor made it clear that the pro- of the militia in strikes, denial of | gram of both Hoover and Smith is \the right of picketing—all of which | imperialist war and that the election |“makes of American ‘democracy’ an |of Norman Thomas, were that pos- open dictatorship.” ;sible, would also mean imperialist ve the Poor ‘Thing a Chance.” | war despite his pacifist cloak. Weinstone continually harassed | Minor was preceded by speakers the tottering O’Brien with demands |tePresenting the republican and that the charges brought against | democratic parties and by Louis D.) this government be defended by him. | Waldman, socialist party candidate | To this O'Brien made a heartrend- | for governor of New York. Wald-| ing appeal that “American demoe. |™an, after describing himself as “a racy be given & chance,” completely | Very conservative socialist,” “eriti-| ignoring the past hundred and fifty |cized the two big capitalist parties | years. | because they were “unintelligent.” | have the right to amend the con- stitution.” | In HOOVER - PARADE TO GREET | At the close of the debate ques- |tions were asked from the floor |which both debaters answered. Weinstcne took advantage of these |questions to further elaborate his |charges against American capital- lism, and emphasized his previous |statement that an international, | militant organization of workers is essential to fight the international combination of capitalists. This statement of Weinstone’s took con- COMMITBTER, siderable wind out of O’Brien’s al- Workers (Communist) Party ready sagging sail. 43 125th St., New York, N. Y. | Robert W. Dutin of the American sacieiatis Civil Liberties Union presided. ASCE RERRAT Daf * 'ocetitoeteba ete i nion p \ i a } ui i 4. It is the duty of every Party unit to take up a collection for the Emergency Fund at once and to send the money DIRECT to the National Election Campaign Committee. 5. Every unit must assign comrades to take up collections in the trade unions, fraternal organizations and factories. 6. It is the duty of every Party member to collect as much money as possible in the shops, trade unions and fraternal organizations. 7. The Red Election Sundays and the house-to-house canvassing should be utilized to establish the Communist Election Drive Anti- Terror Emergency Fund. NATIONAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN He spoke respectfully of “lawful, | |constitutional methods” and pre- | sented a program for improving the | efficiency of the capitalist system. | McAllister Coleman, _ socialist party candidate for U. 8, Senate, acted as chariman of the symposium | jand tried in vain to cut short Minor’s speech. ARREST OFFICIALS MEXICO CITY, Oct. 80 (UP)— Forty Catholic women and a priest were arrested after attending) mass at Querataro, the correspondent of El Universal said today. ls Ss Following a protest demonstration held outside of the City Hall, a committee of workingclass mothers, representing the Parents Association of Olinville, forced Mayor Walker, who had been trying to dodge them to make several concessions in order to relieve conditions at Publie School 89, the Bronx. Harlem Red Rally to Boost Candidacy tt) Welsh Tomorrow Eve) A Red Night in upper Harlém to crs (Communist) Party stand on the “For the first time since the/ boost the Negro youth candidate.| Start new classes this week. Seven World War the workers of New) Rdward Welsh, has been arranged courses will have their opening ses- York will parade through the streets | for tomorrow evening, to take place 2 sion at this school as follows: Eng-|0f the city in demonstration of their| on the most populated corners of| PY n h V, Monday and Wednesday from Class solidarity on the occasion of/|the section. A number of open-air that both the republican and demo- | 8.30 to 9.50 p. m.; English VI, Mon-| the arrival to New York City of meetings will be held at various |¢Tatic parties had raised this “issue” | j points in Harlem, ending in a big|fer lack of real differences in their p. m.; Public Speaking for|low, candidates for president and) united tally at 135th St. and 7th|Platforms. “Both parties are hypo- Ave. All members of the upper and), “The lower Harlem units must without fail to 200 W. 135th port at the same place. CURTIS Working Class Mothers Force Mayor to Make Concessions By Jacob Burck ROBINSON Tasks of All Party the history of New York. We must distribute |] den Meeting, Sunday, Nov. 4. | The splendid red poster ing, must be placed in industrial building. as a body. Throughout the week, workers from his shop. All Party members structed are to attend the Declared Insane in 7 States; Speaks for | Tammany Al] Smith} A campaigner for Al Smith, who] {has been declared insane in seven) |states arrived in New York City) |yesterday. He is John V. Nash, of| |Emoryville, W. Va. Covered with! placards boosting Smith, wearing long hair, a flowing beard and blow-| |ing a long fish horn the lunatic in-| | 500 Hear Bishop Brown of Flay U. S. Churches Continued from Page One tion Campaign. Negro question.” : Bishop Brown condemned the in- ‘on of the religious issue into the ent election campaign, saying mitte Garden. wingh a ; BYRD SHIP SOLD. critical,” he said. |vaded Union Square. Catholic and Protestant | report churches are equally reactionary St., at/and are both tools of capitalism,” will|he said. “Speaking of the enslave- | sale|ment of man to the machine, only Although in appearance he was Somewhat unlike the other cam-| $ from/man will liberate the workers, and nism.” tionally. | Baltic Sea trade. Members for Nov. 4 y Ws ——ay | Here are the tasks of every |] Party member in District 2 te || make Red Week the reddest in in every shop and home, where «workers are to be found, a leaflet adver- tising the Madison Square Gar- by || Fred Ellis, advertising fhe meet- very win- dow, meeting hall, in every large Every working class organiza- tion, union or fraternal should call upon its members to attend every Party member is to carry on per- the meeting. Every Party mem- ber should bring not elss than ten { | | | sonal agitation in his shop about | | | | | | | Party membership meeting promptly after work, at Manhattan Ly- ceum, 66 East 4th St., on Friday, Nov. 2, 6.30 p. m., to receive im- portant last minute instructions n connection with Elettion Day and the closing days of the Elec- Every unit is to elect a com- of 10 to be part of a com- mittee of 1,000 to have charge of the fleor at the Madison Square Garden and to report on Sunday morning at 10.30 a. m, in the WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UP).— | Sale of the steamer Chantier, for- paigners for Tammany Al, his dis-/™¢rly used by Commander Richard course was on the same high plane.| E. Byrd, for $34,000 to Ole Froiland After listening to him a Communist) of New York, a Norwegian citizen, remarked that instead of being de-| was authorized by the United States clared insane in-seven states only, it) Shipping Board today. The vessel should be made unanimous—interna-| will be used on the White Sea and IN SEVEN LEAGUE BOOTS = 20,0 S 1... ave marching On to the Garden THIS SUNDAY, NOV. 4 FOR THE Giant atthe 1th POLYPHONIC BRASS BAND © IN THE CONCERT OF THE AGE Mass Welcome to the Red Candidates . WILLIAM Z. FOSTER (0) ... . Qve marching Pageant of the Class Struggle Anniversary of the Russian Revolution !-! FREIHEIT SINGING SOCIETY MASS PROLETARIAN CHORUS BEN GITLOW at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Nove Tickets on sale at Workers (Communist) Party, 26-28 Union Square; Arena $1.00, Balcony, 50 Cents. DOORS OPEN AT 1 P.M, mber 4