The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 5, 1928, Page 2

HAIL THE U.S.S.R, IN CELEBRATION Defy Terror to Honor Revolution took demon: Commy, the elever October Revo Numerous searches terror p fore the painted they live Soviet U Preparations Union.” Similar ins from telegr: Meetir tended by mass arrests v day thruout the Markoff Will Direct New Newark Branch of Workers School were inscripti houses ions waved »h poles. were sands, alth order of the countr A. Markoff, instructor at the Workers School of w York, will be the director t Newark branch of the Wor! ool which will open within a few weeks at 93 Mercer St., Newark, N. J. In addition to directing the school, Markoff will himself give two classes, “Fundamentals of Commu- nism,” and “Principles of Ma: m.’” This is the first time in the history of the Newark labor movement that an advanced course in Principles of Marxism will be offered. Markoff, who has given both of these courses in the Workers School of New York City, is at present en- gaged in preparing a syllabus this class. In addition to this courses will be given in elementa: intermediate and advanced English, American history and other related subjects. All workers who =z anxious to train themselves for the working class movement and for more effective work in their organ- izations should register at once at the headquarters of the branch school, 93 Mercer St. Bedacht Will Discuss “Socialist” Party at the Workers Schoo! Forum “The Socialist Party” will be the | CONVENTION OF MACHINISTS | By V. Q |stupid, lying trash! The program | The Grand Lodge off of of the Red International of Labor the rnational A of| Unions is a constructive program Machinisis hate Commu nd| for struggle against the bosses, and e Communists, but the convention on a number of occa- iscious tribute by the n unc grand lodge to the Communists. issue of Communism ar to e the officialdom on veral er to suppress the right of| Lodge 199, Chicago, to ap- the credentials committee moval as a delegate, the nal president denied the a member to appeal to the pal of rights, bull- rp when F zed the protest, the Chicago boss, gate raising Si- threatening to with mons’ “can athizes Simon: Communists on the Job. | acl t In the Tim Buck case, e com-| s that in the Oshawa Gen- eral Motors strike, when the Inter- national Unions sent organizers into xint W the situation, “they found when th got there that the Workers Part already there sending out bills, calling meetings, and an attempt made to put in a na- tional organization covering the automobile workers in the city of Oshawa.” The significant thing is that the Workers Party of Canada was on the job before the fakers began to move. Furthermore, the policy of establishing one industrial union in the automobile industry is correct, as against the A. F. of L. policy of splitting the workers into a score of unions. Secretary- Treasurer Davison’s speech was full of false and malicious charges. He accuses Communists of “working for the employers.” | What gall! These fakers, who have gone down on their knees, cringing before the master class, this man Davison who stole the 925 Grand Lodge election, accuse revolutionists of working for the| employers! These lickspittles of | capital, these parasitic wolves, ac-| cuse those workers who have fought against the bosses at all times. Da- vison also took a whack at Foster’s| book, isleaders of Labor,” but he carefully refrained from pointing out any errors. No Evidence Against Price. In the case of H. G, Price, Lodge 79, Seattle, the evidence showed that Price was a member for 10] years, working at the trade; that he had not received a trial; that| Wharton expelled him, on evidence from President Green, for being on a Miners’ Relief Committee which| had’ connections with the Pittsburgh | for eng ning the unions. This program, printed in “Labor Unity,” gives the lie to these vicious, lyir statements. Davison wanted power to declare it illegitimate for lodges to help defray the*expenses of such delegations, Agent Uhlmann, the for mer so¢ , also chimed in, main- taining that local lodges should no’ be affiliated with the Internation Labor Defense, nor with the Miners Relief Committee; and that “Grand Lodge should have a right to tell a local what kind of an or- ganization they can affiliate them- selves with.” Lodge 390, Chicago, where Uhlmann holds membership, has been affiliated to the Chicago Committee of the I. L. D. for sev- e years, and is still affiliated, de- spite Uhlmann’s opposition. Drive Against “Reds.” The Grand Lodge is conducting a drive against the Communists. Communists are in opposition to the present social order; since the Grand Lodge officers are staunch supporters of capitalism, and have made the trade unions auxiliaries of the capitalist production machinery. the the Grand Lodge wages a war against the Communists, This proves the existence of the class struggle, with the Communists rep- resenting the interests of the work- ing class, as against the capitalis' and their labor hirelings. The Grand Lodge expulsion cam- paign against the Communists be- gan in 1924, with the suspension for one year of 7 members of the Toledo Local Number 105. ‘the Detroit convention sustained the suspension, On August 15, 1925, the Execu- tive Council issued Circular 183, under the rule of B. & O. Bill John- ston, which branded the “Trade Union Educational League, the Workers or Communist Party, the Young People’s League or Young Workers League” as “antagonistic in character and dual in nature to the International Association of Ma- chinists” and that “all members of the I. A. of M. who are also mem- bers of the said dual organizations be given a 60 day notice within which they shall sever all connec- tions with the said dual organiza- tions, or relinquish their member- ship in the I. A. of M, This was a motion of the Executive Council. After Detroit, the organization was in such turmoil over the stolen election in 1925 and the expulsion of Anderson that there was no drive against the Communists. Fear of Defeat. It was when the Communists at- subject of the lecture at the Work- National Miners’ Relief Committee; | tacked the policy of the Chicago ers School Forum, 26-28 Union | *hat Lodge 79 had elected Price and/ machine as well as the Grand Lodge! Square, 5th floor, this Sunday, at | thers to serve on this committee. | policy that expulsions began anew.| 8 p. m agitprop director of the Workers (Communist) Party, and author of “The Menace of Opportunism” will be the speaker. New Masses Ball Now Only Three Days Off With the annual New Mas only three day es ball off, the advance sale of tickets inc s that this year’s event at Webster Hall on Friday ful affairs of the season, Natalie sful affairs of the season, Natalie Gomez, business manager of the publication said yesterday. Since the change in editorial policy under which the magazine took on a more proletarian character, the business manager said, the annual ball is practically the only means for keeping the magazine alive. All subsidies have been stopped. Negro Relief Dance in HarlemSaturday Nicht A Solidarity Dance will be held this Saturday evening at the Im- perial Auditorium, 160-64 W. 129th St., near 7th Ave., under the aus- pices of the Negro Workers Relief Committee. Refreshments will served at the dance, and John Smith’s Orches- tra will keep the evening moving. Workers are urged to aid the Negro Relief Committee’s work by attend- ing this affair. be ndorses the ns, the fake rentes the aholishea fon that war ea r capitalinm. traitors to the Council, admitted that “he could al-| ways count on Price to help in| | building the auto local in Seattle.” | And still, Price was expelled by | Wharton for “Communistic activi- Lodge 79 stood with Price ties.” against his expulsion. And when Sandvigen, delegate from Lodge 79, and others had| blown the case against Price to| nithereens, then the appeals cont mittee added that months after the! expulsion, Price was seen distribut- ing in the lodge room the “Progres- sive Statement to the I. A. of M. Convention.” When Sandvigen pro- tested that this new evidence could only be used in a new trial, the committee had nothing to say, but to repeat mechanically, “Price must | e action in the Price case, the convention endorsing Wharton’s ar- bitrary action, with some delegates lissenting, however, shows that in ferocious attacks on opponents, the Grand Lodge does not permit the constitution to stand in the way. A member has no protection. The Grand Lodge does not have to fur-} nish proof. Hates Russia. | On an amendment proposed by} the Grand Lodge to have a strict | hold on local lodge funds, Davison referring to illegitimate expendi- tures, asked: “How many local lodges donated money to the Com- munist propaganda that went thru the organization seeking to destroy your Grand Lodge?” Referring to the trade union delegation to Rus- sia, he charged that the delegates | got instructions from Russia as fol- lows: “Get into these organizations and destroy their treasuries. That is the way to wreck them.” Such WORKERS! HE DAILY WORKER is going to be five years old on Jan. 5, 1929. Hail the fifth anniver- sary of the Daily Worker. Send in a Greeting. $1.00 per name, Max Bedacht, national, Duncan, from the Seattle Labor/ In 1927, Overgaard was expelled for| andering the offici: ” Wharton doing the dirty work, when Lorge 890 exonerated him, This was a re of the activity of the Pro- gressive Group in the district elec- tions in 1926. Since then, on a nr tional scale, Wharton expelled H. Price, Lodge 79, Seattle, and Tim Buck, Lodge 235, Toronto, Canada, “Communistie activities.” ‘The n campaign is at its height in Chicago, where the progressive incre; their vote in the 327 district elections over the pre- zar and where it took the Locals 126 and 8, each sir own business agents, to progressive candidates agent, Weydert and In order to remove iness Waterworth, William Simons as a delegate to the Atlanta Convention from Lodge 199 placed charges were against him under Circular , and all the sec- tions in the constitution dealing with expulsion. Although a majority voted to declare him guilty of being a member of the Workers Commun- ist Party, they failed to get the two-thirds necessary for expulsion; the prosecution announced an appeal to Wharton. Wm. Mauseth, Lodge 113, was expelled for distributing the “Progressive Statement to the i. A..:er Convention” in his lodge. These expulsions in Chicago were aimed to deprive the progr sive forces of leadership in the com- ing district election campaign in District 8 early in December. Grounds for Expulsion. What are just grounds for expul- hip in the organizations named. But the Cireular concluded with: “On and after Oct. 15, 1925 no mern- ber of the International Association of Machinists can hold membership in or affliiation with any of the aforementioned organizations continue his membership in our As- sociation.” Already here, by words of Johnson, an attempt is made to broaden membership to “affiliation with,” which can include anything under the sun. Railroad workers remember the Daugherty injunction in 1922 which almost forbade strik- ers to breathe. Is “affiliation with” to be interpreted to mean that a member may not speak to a member of the Communist Party or of the Trade Union Educational League? Surely the membership of the I, A, of M. would not stand for such tyranny, for such interference in their personal lives, Despite the words of Johnston, Circular 183 can only be interpreted as barring “membership” in the organizations named. (To Be Continued.) pought your ticket for Worker Fifth Anniyer- bration at Manha © on January S150, 82, Buy y $1 exerved. seats now and get the best seats. 35. LENIN ON ORGANIZATION How the Bolshevik Party Was Formed; Shop Nuclei; Menshe- viks and Liquidation; Bourgeois Intellectuals; Opportunism; Party Unity; Democratic Cen- tralism and Party Discipline: Historical Materialism vs. Bour- geois Idealism, NEW EDITION 75 CENTS Indispensable for every Communist. WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS EAST 125TH STREET, NEW YORK THE MENACE OF OPPORTUNISM by MAX BEDACHT ‘HIS PAMPHLET ON LENINISM versus Opportunism is useful today in the present fight against the Right Danger. Written at the time that Lore led the attack in America on Leninism and the Comintern, it contains much material that applies to the present situation section as well as other Communist Parties. + Price reduced from 15c to 10c. in the American WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS 35 EAST 125TH STREET NEW YORK CITY DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER NISM AN ISSUE AT THE and| 1928 GITLOW TO SPE TUEL Forum Planned for Saturday Workers in the men’s clothing in- | custry are to hear Ben Gitlow,| P™son Workers (Communist) Party leader | who himself has worked in that in- “The Present Poli the Leadership of the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers’ Union, an open forum meeting this Satur- cay <cfternoon. The forum is called by the Amalgamated section of the Trade Union Educational League. In the distributed announcement calling the forum, the left wing or. canization calls upon all ‘ailors to ne to the meeting, which will be- gin at 12 noon in the Workers Cen- ter, 26 Union Sq., and participate in the discussion that will follow low’s exposition of the traitorous role of their union administration. dustry, ¢ Ss of at cc Working conditions in this indus- |City at 4 p. m. s | | man ever so tugged at the sympa-| Harry J. Wolfe, just released from San Quentin prison, where he served three years as a result of the longshoremen’s strike of 1919} in San Pedro, Calif., when he was} arrested 11 times, declared to the International Labor Defense: “Since my arrival in New York| Saturday, Novem- ber 24th from the California state at San Quentin, hundreds upon hundreds of comrades as they pressed my hands in welcome have poured out heartfelt sympathetic questions for Tom Mooney. “Never, in the history of the world, was a man _ so greatly wronged as Tom Mooney has been. ever did there live a worker who} was so class conscious, nor as fine} erday, today and tomor-| row, always ‘pure gold’ until the end of the world as I have found Tom | Mooney to be during my three years! and a month in San Quentin. I say| these words with an aching heart for I know Tom Mooney. Never in the history of the world-wide strug-| gle of the masses against capital- istic oppression has any man or wo- thetic heart strings of the masses | | Mooney—let me urge you that you Party, pleaded not guilty. AK MESSAGE FROM MOONEY DEMONSTRATORS TO THE CLOTHING) 2*: Se ee WORKERS HERE AGAINST HOOVER of milk a day. On this glass of milk and three slices of bread a day, Tom Mooney has managed to control the ravages of the stomach trouble he is afflicted with. And fellow comrades, it is my sincere belief that Tom Mooney cannot pos- sibly live three more years in prison. “His message to you, fellow com- rades, is to keep faith—to carry on —to remember that he is not whim- pering nor crying, for he is not afraid to stand persecution in be- half of the world-wide struggle of the working class and he wishes that'he could do more in, their >-| nde three workers, V. V. Dart, half, James Arneth and J. Jones, mem- “As to what you can do for Tom pers of the Workers (Communist) The Haws let 2 aelne Sparen ae court tried its best to keep the pur- ie name of Tom Mooney has been) nose of the demonstrators out of spoken; that you closely and whole-| the records, but did not succeed. heartedly enter into the fullfilment! Banners bearing slogans, “Down Gf enth AE aTEEs a mi of eee with Imperialism” were exhibited nternationa! abor efense. et} in the court room, Each of the de- every breath you take bring the| fendants took the stand and pointed name of Tom Mooney to your lpg out that they had demonstrated for in deadly determination to do your! the purpose of exposing the trip of ecb pre se Tom Bevnes aa President-elect Hoover as a definite as, and is, suffering mo-e for the| imperialist move, and as a further struggle of the masses of the world! attempt to suppress and control against capitalistic oppression, ex-| Latin America. Jail Sentence Is Sus- pended PALO ALTO, Cal., Dec. 4.—The | three young workers arrested here | when they staged a demonstration | as Herbert Hoover left on his trip to enslave Latin America, were sen- tenced to six months suspended sen- tencegand have appealed the case. fey have, £05 teelast tae SEM TeRD RTO eve tc | Ploitation and terrorism than any| Austin Lewis was the attorney Bing dow: doll aceats | gab sie | other living worker today. for the defendants. The judge de- going downgrade at so rapid a rate et’s answer your Tom Mooney | Ssh Zoi Dally Jared yaw avacthees caniin aided that the standards of the tailors in ions now, fellow comrades.| syoruers sigue ol ctacaccottavoe (ree eee eae ae the factories are at about the lowest si ignoramo art d rd “\level of all needle trades workers. This despite the fact that the of- ficialdom claims that its “union” has not so severe af inner union strug: gle as'the other unions. It is com- thon knowledge, howev First, there is much we can do for Mooney; second, he is not well, in fact, the only thing that has kept ‘om Mooney alive is his continual dieting for the past two years. The, rigors of prison life, such as aris-") sie : r, that the| jing at 4:30 every morning and leav- | on? Circular 183 banned member-| Amalgamated is merely a shell of|ing for work at 5 o'clock after | its former self and that the officials | “sleeping” on a hard straw mattress | add to this lack of power by deliber-| and straw pillow with an insuffi- ately selling greater speed-ups and wage cuts to the bosses in return for their ‘assistance in maintaining the organization. Discussion on Ousting of Young Pioneers in Bronx Meet Tonight “Wor! ws, Workers’ Children and the Public Schools” will be the sub- ject of a discussion which will be conducted under the ausnices of the Parents Association of Junior High School 61, the Bronx, tonight at 8 o'clock at 1330 Wilkins Ave., Bronx. M. E. Taft, chairman of the Parents’ Association, will lead the discussion. The discussion will be based on the recents acts of intimidation and the expulsion of several of the work- er voicing their own opinion. The Workers (Communist) Party demands unemployment insurance, the pensation to be full wages for the entire period of the administration rance to be workers, the cost 5 be the borne by the state and the employ- to ers. ’ children from the school for and works mighty hard, especially | * | cient-number of blankets for cover- | ing in a cold concrete and steel cell | have transformed this unusually | healthy man into a shadow of his/ former self. Leaving for work at 5 a, m. he keeps busy in the kitchen of the officers’ and guards’ mess | until 1 p.m, From 1 until 2 p. m.| he is permitted to rest; at 4 p. m. he is returned to his cell, He spends every spare hour studying for the day he will be returned to the “struggle.” Though no radical pa- pers, books or magazines are per- mitted to enter the prison, Mooney has managed to keep himself wholeheartedly interested in the struggle of the masses, a super-| human effort for one who labors under such adverse conditions as Tom Mooney is subject to. Forced To Work. “He works seven days a week, for a sick man. He not only pre-| pares all vegetables to feed over a hundred guards. three times a day, | but he must also wash the pots and | kettles, yet he always has a smile | and a friendly word for everyone, truly a wonderful man. 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