The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 27, 1928, Page 2

CLEANSE PARTY OF CANN The Central Executive Cor Mypinist) Party has come into t 1 revea’ i; mmittee of the Workers (Com- possession of a whole series ‘documents, letters, statements, telegrams and other ma- y a national and international conspiracy ta of the Trotsky-Cannon group to split the Amer ion of the Communist Int on ernational. The Political Committee has not yet completed making fe of these documents, blished that the Trotsky ing in the United States a Trotsky outfit to disrupt n€#onal. The doc tions from Urbahn ents at hand material already tld fwork: gz together between Cann e of the leading Trotskyites in Germany. ned establishes beyond a shadow dy been clea: pany is work- out it has al -Cannon & C: as an integral part of the inter- and desi the Communist Inter- show connections with and instruc- The of a doubt on and Eastman and the beginning of phe working together between Cannon and Lore, The m ial further exposes the international connections of the | Cannon group, including the so-called “Lenin Bund” in Germany, the French “Against the Stream” up, the exiled Radek, groups in Gpechoslovakia, Austria and ever International dD: fe a. Conspiracy. The documentary evidence at hand, insofar as it has already been analyzed, shows that the policy o: conspiracy of secret aviier to fight against the Central supporters of f Cannon has been to organize a Trotskyism within the Party in Executive Committee of the Party vALLY WORKER, NEW YORK, T HURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1928 STATEMEN nside, onal, in order to undermine the prestige of the Communist to cause doubts as to its correct Communist line and Yannon group, which claims to be the champion of proletarian- ainst the leadership of “intellectua is today organizing smen to support its our Party, against the Comin- and the Soviet Union. The material in our possession exposes the n extending from Mr. Cannon thru Max Eastman to Mr. Frederick M. Sard, director of the Schubert Week, who together with Edgar M. Prochnik, the minister of the Austrian government at Washington, was President Coolidge. The Central Executive Committee has discovered that a number of Party members who have either not yet indicated their position on Trotskyism or even have outwardly expressed disagreement with it, have actually been serving as agents of the Cannon-Trotstky group qin the various sections of the Party. recently received b: On the basis of this informati as agents of the “Militant” (paper and supporters of T: ‘yism, the lowing decisions: 1. (District 1, Boston) ber of the Boston District Executive Committee, as a supporter of the on showing certain Party members published by the renegade Cannon) Political Committee made the fol- To expel from the Party Kraska, a mem- Cannon-Trotsky group and as an agent for the “Militant.” 2. (District 3, Philadelphia). To remove from all Party offices and to suspend from the Party, Markizon, organizer of the Party unit in Wilmington, Delaware. Markizon is one of the active supporters of T BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY the “Militant” and is carrying out the destructive instructions of Can- | non in Wilmington. 3, (District 7, Detroit): To remove from all Party offices and to suspend from the Party pending further investigation, Wm. Reynolds, member of the Central Executive Committee, who as a member of the Opposition closely connected with Cannon refused to give any answer to the demand: ot the Centis] Committee that he should make a clear- cut statement aga Trotsvism, and who has been in correspondence with Cannon since his expulsion. 4, (District 8, Chicago): To remove from all Party offices and | suspend from the Party. Jor Girrnti, who called unon Cannon to keep up his fight against the Party and organize a new Party. 5. To uphold vicago District Committee in ex- pelling from the Party John Edwards on the ground of his being an out-and-out supporter of Trotskyism. 6. (District 13, California): To remove from all Party offices and to suspend from the Party, William Schneiderman, member’ of the California District Executive Committee and California Young Workers League district organizef; as a supporter of Trotskyism and active agent of the “Militant.” he ac! on of The Central Committee also made the following decisions: 7. To uphold the action of the Seattle District Executive Committee suspending from the Pary, Oliver Carlson, on the ground of utter gard and violation of the most elementary tenets of Party disci- pline and to instruct a special sub-committee of two to investigate further the material iny g Carlson as a supporter of Trotskyism. Further action to be taken upon completion of this investigation ON-TROTSKY CONSPIRACY 8. In regard to Comrade Mink, the Central Executive Committee decided to remove him*from all Party offices and to continue the in- vestigation. Final action to be taken upon completion of «the investi- gation. * Out With Renegades! Comrades, the Trotsky-Cannon splitters of the Party must ‘be expelled, must be defeated, must be destroyed. There is no room for Troskyists in the ranks of a Communist Party. Those who are enemies of the line of the Communist International, those who are seeking to spread the poisonous, counter-revolutionary, Menshevik propaganda of Trotskyism, should not be tolerated in our ranks regardless. of how much they resort to the subterfuge of leftist phraseology as a cover for their social democratic deeds. The Central Executive Committee will make public all further findings of the material that has come into its possession showing the | criminal effort being made by the Trotsky-Cannon group to split the Party and the Comintern, j The Central Executive Committee has been forced to use the iron broom of disciplinary measures to cleanse the Party of these destructive anti-Communist elements, The Central Committee calls upon the entire Party membership to close its ranks under the leadership of the CEC, to wipe out all vestiges | of Trotsky supporters and Trotskyism in the Party ranks. | For the Party and the Communist International! | For the unity of all Communist forces against the Trotskyist splitters! a CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY, ~ DAILY" FETES Prepare Fifth Birthday Celebrations (Continued from Page One tional discussions of the Daily Worker took place. Special distribution squads are also being appointed to distribute 25,000 copies of the anniversary edi- ) tion of the “Daily” to the auto work- ers at Ford’s, General Motors and the other big plants in this city. PHILADELPHIA A concert and mass meeting will be held January 11 at Labor In- stitute, Eighth and Locust Sts. Jacob cherman, pianist, who has just returned from the Soviet Union, will play “October,” “1927” and other/| new Soviet compositions which caused a sensation when they were| recently played in New York. Robert, Minor, Michael Gold and others will speak. Many miners from the an- _ thracite region are planning to at- tend this celebration. Fifteen thou- sand copies of the anniversary edi- tion of the Daily Worker will be dis- tributed at Philadelphia shops and factories. RANGE | United States ambassador to Ogden H. Hammond of New Jersey and his spouse return. dollars have played a role in the Venezuela, Gomez. in’ Venezuela—so Hammond holds an important job of Wall Street. Ambassador to Dictatorship Returns ae Rivera's dictatorship in Spain, Spanich bloody terror of the dictator of Yankee oil interests also have a great influence Working Women to See “Singing Jailbirds” at Provincetown Saturday Militant working women of New York will have the opportunity to meet, with their fellow-workers at the benefit performance of Upton Sinclair’s “Singing Jailbirds,” to be held at the Provincetown Playhouse, | 133 Macdougal St., this Saturday | night... -The proceeds of the per-| Harlem Young Workers. : Will Hold Inter-Racial Dance This Saturday The upper Harlem unit of the Young Workers (Communist) League has aranged an Inter-Racial Dance at the Imperial Auditorium, 160 W. 129th St., this Saturday eve- ning. John C. Smith's band will supply the music. The dance will be part of the pro- \formance will go to the New York Working Women’s Federation... Sinelair’s play, which has.-been. effectively staged by the New Play- wrights group, is evoking enthusias- tic. demonstrations, according to the LOS ANGELES... The fifth anniversary of the Daily Worker will be celebrated with a concert at Music Arts Hall, 233 S, Broadway, on Jan, 13, An elaborate program is being arranged. Work- ers in this city are now actively en- gaged in securing greetings. OAKLAND, CAL, A concert and tanquet will be held January 12 at Fraternity Hall, 708 Peralta St., at which the entire pro- producers-of the play, It is not an unusual sight to see audiences rise and sing the “Internationale” at the | conclusion of the performance. Working women, who desire to} jsee a genuine working class play | and at the same time help the New } York Federation do the important | | gram which the unit is now carry- | jing on in Harlem in its fight for | full social and political equality for | |the young Negro workers, | All. workers of Harlem and | throughout the city are urged to| come to this dance, the first of its kind ever given by the Harlem Young Workers League. RED POETS IN BIG WHALEN REVIVES. GANGSTER SQUAD Will Use ‘Strong-Arm’ on Striking Labor | (Continued from Page One | mainly for the terrorization and sub- | | Jugation of striking workers, and |the bomb squad, used for breaking | jup meetings of workers engaged in all radical activities, give the lie to Whalen’s statement on Tuesday that the police will “hold a neutral at- titude in all labor disputes.” In addition to the official revival | of the strong-arm squad, Whalen] unced that the work of the} men’s bureau of the 1 be intensified, L t 2 women’s work hand in hand with thej| ‘ong-arm squad. Recruit Notorious Thug. * | “Johnnie” Broderick, boss of the | indutrial squad until Whalen merged it a few days ago, and chief strike- breaker of the New York business of the leaders of the new strong- | arm squad. | Beats Empty Barrel. | In spite of the intensive efforts, however, of Whalen’s police force to | create the impression that the cor- | rupt Tammany police machine is functioning more effeetively under, | interests, will probably be another |. gressive labor movement will be| work it is: doing, may secure tickets | represented. Special distribution of|at Room 202, Workers Center, 26 the anniversary edition of the Union Square, or at the box office “Daily” is also being arranged. of the theatre. SAN FRANCISCO A big Daily Worker birthday party will be held here January 12 at 1212 Market St. The birthday party will include a dinner, musicale and professional entertainment fea-}snd-four-other persons were hurt tures. The campaign for greetings : ‘Sin an automobile collision today in and subscriptions is proceeding with North Wilbrahaman, near here, great enthusiasm. Every member of the Workers Party has been as-| signed a number of sympathizers to} canvass for greetings and subscrip-/ tions. Special open-air meetings are also being held at which workers are being drawn into the Daily Worker campaign. ROCKFORD, Ill. The anniversary of the Daily Worker will be celebrated at a mass meeting Jan. 13 at Columbus Italian Athletic Club, Kent St. The program will include music by the CRASH KILLS 1, INJURES 5. PALMER, Mass., Dec. 26 (U.P),— One man, who was on his honey- days was probably fatally injured, 5 DROWNED IN AUTO. BATHURST, New Brunswick, Dec. 26 (U,P).—Five persons were drowned today when their automobile broke through the ice while crossing from Little Lameque to the Shippegan Mainland, The Communist Party is the par- ty of the liberation of the Negro race from nll white oppression, Red Star Orchestra, a revolutionary Per oe ~——pla;-.and prominent speak The rries! Worries! Young Workers League is aaatz supporting the campaign ings and subscriptions tions are being visited and le distributed. \GRADUALLY GETTIN: CHICAGO Je- A huge fifth anniversary cel bration is being arranged for Jan 20 in Chicago's largest hall, Ashland Auditorium, Ashland and Van B St. The event will also be a Lenin Memorial meeting. Thirty thousand copies of the anniversary edition will be distributed in Chi- cago’s industrial districts. * Py * Celebrations of the Daily Work- er's fifth anniversary are also being arranged in Youngstown, O., Pitts- burg, Boston and other cities. De- tails will be announced later. A trying to write poetry for Red Poets and edit a proletarian magazine at well know proletarian writer Catholic Cardinals to _ Get Triple Salaries disdE nt the same time. In order to get home, Dec,’ 26.—Pope Pius has | peace of mind he has taken to walk- detlared in favor of raising the|ing the streets in the lonely hours, salaries of cardinals to three times|where our eagle-eyed cartoonist tt they are getting now. The | caught this back view of kim. The C&tholie Church represents “onder, poet shown above will appear to- a the established system of so-|gether with many other outstanding cigty,” says the announcement, and revolutionary poets at the third an- itfis desired that the carprinces of wal International Red Poets Night tHe church be able to keen up proper and Dance Bacchcnal tomorrow at 8& s'fte when interviewed by business p. ». at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 EL. ders, t [sth Street, . mitch moon, was killed, his bride of a few| NIGHT TOMORROW Dance to Follow | (Continued from Page One | ammer, Henry Reich, Jr., contrib- jutor to the, Daily Worker and to| |many magazines, author of a book | of verse. Lola Ridge, leading American | poet, author of “The Ghetto” and | |“Red Flag.” Edwin Rolfe, contrib- | |utor to the Daily Worker and the New Masses. Martin Russak, con- | tributor to the New Masses. J. Sig- zorich, contributor to Radnik, Jugo- |Slav Communist daily. Herman | Spector, contributor to the Daily Worker, New Masses, transition and The Exile, Included in the Second | American Caravan. | Chinese Poet. H. T. Tsiang, Chinese poet, con- tributor to the Daily Worker and | the New Masses. His first volume of verse, “Poems of the Chinese | Revolution,” which has been praised | by Upton Sinclair, will appear at | Red Poets’ Night. William Wein- berg, contributor to Uj Elore, Hun- garian Communist Daily. Robert Wolf, contributor to the | Daily Worker and the New Masses, | author of a volume of verse, “After Disillusion,” a novel, “Springboard,” and of an experimental movie scen- jario, “Looney,” which appeared in the Nation several years ago, Adolf | Wolff, contributor to the Daily | Worker, author of two volumes of verse. | | Revolutionary Songs. | | In addition to the poets, flarrison | | George, of the Daily Worker, will \sing revolutionary songs in four \languages, English, Spanish, Italian land Chinese. George was formerly |an editor of Industrial Solidarity, \organ of the I. W. W., and served |two years in Fort Leavenworth for “seditious conspiracy.” He recently | returned from the Soviet Union. M, J. Olgin, editor of The Ham- mer, will be chairman of the evé- ning and give an introductory talk on proletarian literature. A big Dance Bacchanal will follow the readings, with music furnished by John C, Smith’s Negro Syncopators. Get your ticket at once at the of- lfice of the Daily Worker, 26 Union a Pci |to the public. Noted Bards to Read; | Astronomers Say “No | been engaged to prevent this poet | |his orders by making a wholesale | |roundup of petty offenders who or- , | dinafily are allowed to go free, most |of the several hundreds who were arrested during the past few days were allowed to go free for lack of evidence against them. The ar- |rest of a gang of bootleggers and |the confiscation of their $100,000 cargo of liquor was the only sem- | |blance of activity he had to offer Star of Bethlehem” PARIS, Dec. 26—Leading French | astronomers, M. Baillaud, director of Paris Observatory, and M. Joseph, head of Saint Maur Observatory, | stated yesterday that the “Star of | Bethlehem” which in Christian | mythology guided certain wise men! to the infant Jesus, was an astro- nomical impossibility, “Many astronomers have con- tended that the Shepherds saw an unusually brilliant venus,” said Baillaud, “but the ancients knew as- tronomy well. It was one of the first sciences, and that is why I doubt they would have mistaken | Venus for another star or comet.” | 2 See | NOTED SURGEON DEAD. | TORONTO, Ont., Dec. 26 (U.R).— Dr. Clarence M. Starr, professor of | surgery at the University of Tor- onto and probably the greatest or-| thopedie surgeon in Canada, died last night of heart disorders, BEDOUINS KILL SPY. JERUSALEM, Dec. 26 (U,P).—| British and French police were at- tempting today to catch a band of Bedouins who managed to kill a Palestine secret service man, A Precious. Burden What you see above is not a golf- bag, dear reader, but a bundle of | manuscripts being tenderly lifted by | one of the Red Poets who will ap-| pear at the third annual Interna-) tional Red Poets Night tomorrow | evening. A strong-arm squad has' from carrying out this threat to read all i the manuscripts in the bundle. Chiefly for Passengers’ Benefit core A new type of life-boat, invented by a German scientist. Upper, “The Sea Gull” boat, inflatable, collapsible, being lowered into the sea by a regular crane from the S. S. Cleveland; lower, the crew of the life-boat pulling a man in from the water to prove that the boat will not capsize. Most liners, however, will carry none of them be- cause of the additional expense and it is pretty safe to say that freighters would not think of safeguarding the crew in this fashion. RYAN ASKS FOR |Pittsburgh Workers Party Membership to Meet Saturday Night PITTSBURGH, Pa,, Dec...26. The city membership meeting of the | Workers (Communist) Party, to dis- cuss the pre-convention issues be- fore the Party, will be held this Ssturday night at 8 p. m. sharp,-at the International Socialist Lyceum, 805 James St., N. S. Representatives . of the Central Ch ‘Than Datecti Executive Committee of the Party heaper Than Detectives. and of the Minority will report. Exactly the same claim as is made! After the reports cisquaslan vill |by Sherman Detective Agency, only take place and a vote will be taken they want good pay, and Ryan of- on the resolutions presented. Ad- fers to do it for an advertisement. | mission will be by card only, and ares Del Morne epee Bi | only members in good standing will ree or vote. different offices, and found just| that: palatial offices, but no Ryan |to say what else hé meant to do to | “always merit the approval” of New | workers were sentenced to enforced | York’s employers. | eh | Finally a stenographer in the Tn-| pear ocr gpa Ht ap ety sean | ternational Longshoremen’s Associa- the security of; tha state. ‘They took part in anti-national propaganda, BOSS SUBSIDY Letter to Advertisers Competes With ‘Dicks’ (Continued from Page One is advantageous to employer and employe as well.” JAIL ITALIAN WORKERS. GORIZIA, Italy, Dec. 26,—Three ion main office, where Ryan is an | official, gave the information that the president was out of town, | whereabouts unknown, until Mon- | day. The Workers (Communist) Party fights for the enactment of the 40-. hour, 5-day week. Daily MANHATTAN 34th Street West of 8th Avenue on OPERA HOUSE - i JANUARY 5, 1929 ! ISADORA DUNCAN DANCERS From Moscow, Soviet Russia, in program of Speakers: JAY LOVESTONE, WM. Revolutionary Dances—Symphony Orchestra Z. FOSTER, BOB MINOR and others. . SS Admission: $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50. All Seats Reserved. On sale at The Daily Worker Office, 26 Union Square, New York.