The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 16, 1931, Page 4

‘ tenet be Page Four £ Addres the Comprodally Pobiishing Co. Ri Street, New York City. aad mat! all ehecks to the Dally Worker, 60 Kast 18th Street, New York, N. T. Toc, Gafly, except sunday. N. Y. Telephone Algonquin 1856-7. Cable: F ORWARD TO THE LENIN RECRUITING DRIVE! By F. BROWN. (Continued.) How to Retain the New Members. We know from past experiences ‘that among the thousands of workers that joined our ranks because they were willing to fight and gain knowledge about the revolutionary movement, a number of them became disappointed in not finding in our Party the strict discipline, the strong movement that they saw in the strength of our demonstrations. Many of he new re- cruits were disappointed in finding that the old members find excuses for not doing work or do not appear punctually at their meetings, do not show strict discipline. Or, they find that the unit meetings are too dry, without life, con- cerned only with technical matters and not | enough with concrete discussion how to better | carry on the tasks assigned them, the Party campaigns. Many workers joined the Party under the il- lusion that the reyolutionary movement is at its peak, and led by individualistic, rebellious ten- | dencies, wanted to be Jed immediately into revo- lutionary action, not appropriate for the objec- tive situation, or in contrast to Communist tac- tic. Unless these new recruits are surrounded by comradely, fraternal atmosphere, made clear about the actual revolutionary tasks of the Party, encouraged in the carrying on of the small and daily tasks of the units, they become pessimistic and passive. These few examples cited above, dérived from experiences in.she recruitment of new mem- bers. point out to us immediately that in order to r- nieve good results in the Lenin Recruiting Dri: >. in order to retain the new members, it is necessary that the older comrades shall set a good.example of Party activity; shall guide them, not in a professorial manner, but as conscious Communists. It is necessary to increase the ac- tivity of old members, making a step forward in the Bolshevization of our basic units in which the new members will find what they are look- ing for—the real and only vanguard of the working class. Besides the drawing of the new Party members into activity, and in order to keep them, make them conscious Communists, the most important task of every district is the establishment of spe- cial Classes and to increase the educational meet- ings of the units, thereby raising the political Jevel of all members. These educational meet- ings will help greatly in ‘correcting the wrong attitude of the older Party members in regard to the new members. However, past experiences teach us that the classes for the new members must be well organized and last not more then f or 5 weeks. The entire Communist sciences need not be brought to these new comrades with- in the 4 or 5 weeks, nor material of a three month course, but the mos? sitfiple, fundamental knowledge required by..a Communist worker. that should be condenséd into popular discus- sions from pamphlets, dealing with the following problems: 1, The reasons, the causes, that brought the | new comrades into the Party. | 2. Fundamentals of Party | role of the Party, structure of the Party | munist discipline, the nucleus and its task, form of activity in the shops, in mass organizations. 3. The present crisis and the main Party | campaigns. | | | | | organization, the This is enough material that will permit in the discussions to touch on all the problems with which the new members will become acquainted later on in the regular Party classes. The discussions in general should be very free. In the classes, the new members shall be en- couraged to ask questions concerning the Party | problems that interest them, about which they are in doubt, etc. The leading of the classes, the preparation of the material, the district agitprop, which on the basis of pre- vious experiences, shall now take all the neces- sary steps in order to help the organizational phase of the drive, through the necessary propa- ganda, prepare the material for the classes. The use of incomprehensible lang must once and for all be avoided at lectures, at unit meetings. Abbreviations, writte or spoken, occur in our literature, communications, such as Comintern, Inprecorr, ILD, LSNR, etc., must be explained. But, it is not enough that we establish classes for the new members. Simultaneously, as I said before, with these, the educational meetings at the units, whose aim is to clarify the tasks of the units in the Party work in general and the various campaigns in particular, should become the rule. These meetings can serve to raise the political level of the old members as well as to help the new members become more and more conscious of their Communist duties. On this basis, the process of amalgamation of the old and new members and the elimination of the dif- ferences between them will be more quickly ac- complished. The Drive must mark a new step forward in the strengthening of the Party politically and organizationally. It is imperative that the drive shall not be a separate campaign of the Party, but an integral part of all Party campaigns that are carried on in this period, as the unemploy- ment campaign, the defense of the Soviet Union campaign, the building of the TUUL, which are not separate from our daily work in the fac- tories and shops, but an intensification of all our activity, to which new forces shall be added; new fighters, new class conscious workers that become Party members. It is in the light of the Jest Party Plenum that it shall be carried on. In the line of our slogans, “Into the shops”; “Forward to a mass Perty”; “Penetrating into the industrie: “To lead the struggle of the ¥ ng class’ ‘Ready for the biggest struggle of tomorrow.” ge Some Danger in Formulating Partial Demands By R. BAKER. INCE the XII Plenum of the Central Commit- tee of the Party serious and decisive steps have been taken to raise partial demands, and mobilize the workers into struggle for these de- mands. Howeves, this is true almost solely in. the un- employment movement. Especially in the last few weeks has the Party learned how to raise concrete slogans successfully. The Party today is the undisputed leader of the unemployed work- ers’ struggle for relief. This leadership was achieved through militant battles and struggles for emergency relief and unemployment insur- ance. The Party mobilized the masses of hun- gry workers into hundreds of militant marches | and demonstrations demanding immediate relief from the municipal and state governments. In the course of these struggles, the move- ment grew in proportion to the improvement of our demands and the militancy and effectiveness of the forms of struggle for these demnads. From the general mass meetings and demon- strations in open squares and halls the struggle was directéd to the city councils, boards of es- timate, r ayors, legislatures, etc. From the general slogan for. “Relief,” “Work | or Wages,” we have concretized our demands into a definite Unemployment Insurance Bill to be | presented to the Congress. This demand was further concretized and conformed to the situa- | tion in the given city or section until today the unemployed councils of every city of importance have local demands for cash relief running from $5 to $25 per week in accordance with the situa- tion in each given locality. . Our demands assumed another concrete form, such as stopping of evictions. which were partly realized through stubborn and effective mass re- sistance to évictions. Free carfare and food for unemployed workers’ children, free coal. gas and electricity for the unemployed aré some of the | additional partial demands formulated in the | course of the struggle. The long series of militant struggles have vis- ibly forced the city, state and national gov- ernments to take unwilling, evén though in- adéquate, measures to extend many forms of re- Uef through their despicable charity institutions and in some cases directly by the municipal goy- érnments. The terrible pangs of hunger supplemented by severe cold have forced tens of thousands of Jobless workers to enter the miserable and de- _@rading bread lines, soup kitchens and flop houses. These institutions with their meager and insulting “relief” have temporarily stayed the determination of these desperate, semi-stary- ing workers from taking the means whereby they may live. Bread Line Demands _ With the increasing misery of all the unem- ployed and the glaring increase of homeless, starving working men and women in the bread lines and flop houses the situation démanded the vamp formulation of the burning and degrad- ing grievance of workers in these roe and municipal institutions. In consultation with the unemployed ‘tn the bread lines and flop-houses, the comrades work- fd ou of the struggle around which the most tmpover- Ished, homeless and penniless strata of the yast army genuine relief in the form of state unem- Better quality and larger quantity of food! Abolition of the various prison regulations! No waiting in the bread lines! Mattresses, linen and blankets in flop-houscs! Pay for all work in the flop-houses! Right to remain in flop-houses until 7 a. m instead of 5 a. m.! Scap and towels in the morning! Charity funds to be turned over to commit- toe of unemployed! Opening of armories to unemployed! Right to sleep every night instead of five nights a month! Abolition of forced work in the morgues, etc.! Some of these demands were even more specific applying to each definite institution. ‘However, in formulating these demands some of our comrades in New York forgot the reso- lution of the XII Plenum of the Central Com- mittee which said the following: “The entire Party must become the un- challenged leader of the daily struggles of the working class for the smallest and most in- timate demands and link them up with the general class demands and revolutionary aims.” And further: “The concentration point of the unemploy- ment campaign is the movement for unem- ployment insurance. This question is of im- portance to the whole working class.” Reformist Dangers While each of these demands may serve as the starting point for a revolt against the ter- rible and revolting degradation of these insti- , tutions and can serve °= ihe link to draw these | workers into the broader struggle for Unemploy- ment Insurance and Cash Unemployment Relief, the danger of these demands lies in narrowing the struggle solely to the achievement of these | demands which limits and degrades the move-. | ment into “better and bigger and nicer bread | linés and flop-houses.” The partial bread-line demands are only per- | missible when the struggle for them is the or- ganic part of the struglge to rise out of the hreadlines through adequate Cash Relief from | the city or state government or through the Unemployment Insurance Bill. Further, the struggle for these partial bread-line demands at the form of most militant and desperate mass revolt and not the friendly or formal confer- encé of consultation with the officials in some respectable office. Most of these demands arise from the viola~ tion of the most intimate human self-respect to which the starving workers are subjected to and against which they are ready to fight stub- | bornly. The mistake of some of our New York | comrades lies in the fact that, the relative ease with which they mobilize the bread-line unem- ployed caused them to overlook the vast major- ity of the unémployed who are not yet in the bréad-lines and flop-houses and who can be mobilized into desperate struggle to remain out of the bread-lines and flop-houses. ‘The mistakes of our New York comrades, which were quickly corrected, must serve as a signal and warning to our entire movement. The struggle for a clean nad warm municipal lodging house must be an organic part of the stevegle to lease the flop-house for a warm | apartment aid must further be linked up with was mobilized into struggle | the struggles of the vast masses to remain out of the flop-house, a part of the struggle for Lepore ener Bill which in turn ts is the task of | as | al times and under all conditions must assume | ew whet “DAIWORE.” Com- | ro) Peessenrrrron wxTe8! ~~ By maf avatywhere: One year, $6; siz months $3; two months. $1: ef Manhattan and Bronx, New York City, Foreign: One year, $8; six months, $4.58 excepting Borougas DEFEND THE SOVIET UNION! By RYAN WALKER. The Communist Party in the Chicago City Elections The Aldermanic elections on February 24 and Mayoralty elections on April 7, in the city of Chicago are held in the midst of a severe eco- nomic crisis with 450,000 hungry workers un- employed, a large percentage working part time, general wage cuts, speed-up and further lay-offs in the factories. The present Thompson-Insull-Nelson admin- istration, linked up with the gangsters, is a united front for graft and attacks on the work- ing class. Their only solution for the problem of unemployment is clubbing, jailing and murdevi: of unemployed workers. The fascist police terror against the Comunist Party, Trade Union Unity League and the Unemployed Councils are capi talist government’s attempt to destroy the van- guard of the working class and to carry on fur ther exploitation of the workers. In these attacks of the capitalist administr: tion of the city of Chicago the fascist leadership of the Chicago Federation of Labor is fully co- operating. Chicago Federation of Labor is a member of Governor Emerson's Hunger Committee which “solved” the problem of unemployment by regis- tering unemployed workers; Oscar Nelson, Vice- President of the Chicago Federation of Labor and floor leader of the Thompson-Insull adminis- tration was instrumental in throwing out the un- employed delegation demanding immediate relief from the city. Durkin, Vice President of the Building Trades, publicly praised the police for | clubbing unemployed workers when they de- manded work or bread. These fascist leaders of the Chicago Federation of Labor are cooperating with the employers in forcing the workers in the factories to contrio- | ute to charity institutions in erder to shift the burden of unemployment 9n the shouiders of the working class and by this metinod cut the wages of the workers. These charity institutions are honeycombs for all kinds of politicians and ac- tually there is no relief of any account worth while mentioning that goes ‘to the unemployed workers. The Situation in the Republican Party. ‘he fight in the Republican Party ond the en- tering of four candidates in the primaries is 2 struggle between different capitalist interests in side of the Republican party. YVhompson is sup- ported by Insull, Judge Lyle is supported by the Chicago Tribune under the cloak of “cleaninz up the city” from gangsters. In reality it is 2 further fascization of the city apparatus in their war against the working class. The Democratic party with its candidate Anton Cermak, enters the 2lections with social dema- sogy and plenty of TALK about unemployment for the purpose of ‘oaliag and misleading the workers. All of these parties as well as the “So- cialist” Party mislead the workers and are parties | of capitalism ‘and no worker can support them. ‘They are enemies of the working bia John Fitzpatrick, president of the | | The Communist Paity in this élection raises | unemployment as the main issue and fights | against eviction of unemployed workers, for im- mediate relief from the city for unempluyed | workers to the amount of $75,000,000. | This is to | | be paid from the sinking fund; cutting.down the police budget, salary of the Mayor and all other expenses in the city and by levying special taxes all incomes of $5,000 a year or over and all porations having net profits of $50,000 a year or over. The Communist Party also demands che taking ccre of the children of the unemployed workers in the school, by giving free meals, clothing and oes; stopping off cf gas. electric aiid water g of rents for the workers, the cutting of whole burden of taxation on the corporations and landlords. Demand Real Unemployment Relief. ‘The Communist Party supports and leads the ggle of wk fer $25.00 a week relief for every unemp%yed worker. the Comraunist Party Sights and asks all Working class organizations to support the strug- gle to smash the police aud gaavsier terror against the workers. for the right of the workers to assemble, tc hold strzet meetin and strike, for freedom ef azi shops against injunctions; for abolishment of the | Vagrancy Law which is itilized egainst the work- | ers by mass arrests. | Fight Against Persecution of Negro. The Communist Party carries on a fight for the recall of the State Criminal Syndicalist Law which is used by the bosses to suppress the ac- tivity of the working class. The Communist Party calls on all working class organizations to defend the Negro masses who are especially persecuted and terrorized by the police and discrimnated against. They are the least paid, last to be hired and first to be fired. The C. P. fights against segregation of the Negro workers and for full social, political and economic rights. In raising these demands as the immediate demands of the workers, the Communist Party in the election campaign will organize the un- employed workers in common struggle against capitalism. Class Against Class is the main slogan of the. Party. The Communist Party will lead the work- ers in struggle against war and for defense of the Soviet Union, where socialism is built under the successful operation of the 5-year plan. | We call on all working class organizations who 0 unempioyed workers’ houses and the low- | s on houses of the workers’ and shifting the | for the workers’ insurance bill | are against the rule of the capitalists to support | , the Communist Party platform in the Chicago | city elections and to elect delegates to the City | Ratification Conference of the Communist Party | to be held on Sunday, February Sth, 10 a. m, at | Peoples Auditorium, 2457 West Chicago Avenue. Lessons of the Hunger Demon- stration in the Bronx INCE the beginning of the present economic criss of capitalism, the first mass demonstra- | tion took place against unemployment, for imme- diate relief in the Borough of Bronx on Thurs: day, January 8. It is important that we shall examine the mis- takes and shortcomings of this demonstration so that we shall be able to eliminate and overcome them, in order not to commit the same mistakes | again and be better able to mobilize the em- ployd and unemployed workers for the coming struggles. No Organized Unemployed Councils. Those present at the demonstration and at the meetings previous to the demonstration, noticed imediately that thero is no organized force with mass support that arranges the demonstration. Ninety-nine per cent of the speakers were Party members and those attending the meet- ings were either Party members or workers— | mostly unemployed—who were attracted while » the meetings were going on. Tn spite of the fact that 2 Unemployed Coun- cils were active for the last few weeks in the Borough they could not mobilize any workers previous to the demonstration. It means that the activity of the existing Unemployed Council was inadequate and incorrect. Speakers Disorganized ‘The speakers— and there were about ten at one of the meetings—said almost the very same thing. Touched upon every question but did not elaborate on one of them. In order to avoid this, outlines shall be prepared by the District Agit-Prop Dept. Every speaker shall touch only one phase of the quaestion, the necessity of the unity of white and Negro, the role of the Fish Committee, etc., and elaborate on this question only, plus mention the accomplishments of the Unemployed Council. The Bronx Unemployed Council, for instance, prevented the eviction of , two of its members, This fact has to be men- tioned by each and every speaker. Disorganize March to the plan, the workers marched » According bombardment of; Se aad ook aa inp se eeceacmatle Picipanaan oti hn the comrades ran ahead, another group remained follow the march for the only reason thatitwas unorganized. The Defense Corps were simply not visible. The Defense Corps must be on the job not only in ‘case of an open clash with the police and other forces of the capitalist state machinery. It would have been the duty of the Defense Corps to or- , fenize these marches. If there was not any De- fense Corps, it would have been the duty of the | Party members to organize the march. Instead the comrades spoke with their friends went along the 2 mile route in groups and the whole ‘march’ looked everything but a Hunger Demonstration. No Litterature at Hand. Along the line of march the marchers passed thousands of workers. These workers did not | know who these marching workers were. It is | true there. ware: @;teoy. Hine catriod: with slagate, but this was not sufficient. . | ‘There was no ltteratuse at hand to be sold of | to be distributed; se pdm waggaels Only the Daily Worker was Hl | No Negro Workers in the ‘ peakendizitten. It was very outstanding that there were no Ne- gro workers either in the march, or in the dem- fl | | J have application cards had to wait for @ quarter in the middle and hundreds of workers did not | DEMAND IMMEDIATE WITH- DRAWAL OF US MARINES FROM NICARAGUA Workers at Mella Memorial Resolve to Continue Struggle for Mass Anti-Imperialist League ‘Resolution Adopted Jan. 11 at a Mass Meeting at New Harlem Casino, New York, N. Y. ee | "SHE Second Anniversary of the assassination of 4 Julig Antonio Mella is held in a period when conditions of workesr in the United States and Latin America are getting continually worse. - Wages are cut, exploitation is intensified, living standards are lowering, millions face starvation. The workers and peasants in Latin America living under unbearable conditions, are strugg]- ing more and more. two years gives testimony to this fact. Many strikes and mass demonstrations, and the over- throw of a number of governments show the trend of struggle. American imperialism now conducts the most vicious offensive against the working class. In the United States the Fish Committee to “in- vestigate Communism” has opened the road to a wave of persecutions against the working class. Police terror and jailing and killing of workers is used increasingly by the employing class. This vicious attack is directed particularly against the foreign-born workers in the United States. Discrimination in giving jobs, racial segregation, new deportation laws and the like are typical of their treatment of foreign-born toilers. In Latin America the lackeys of imperialism hope to drown in blood all genuine revolutionary movements struggling for national liberation. | The Nicaraguan people are again taking to struggle against marine rule and the banner of the Army of Liberation. In ‘this offensive against the workers and peasants American im- perialism has the cooperation of the American Federation of Labor and the Pan-American Fed- eration of Labor. They assist in the vicious and fi crimnal attacks on the workers and peasants. ‘The imperialists are also preparing war against the Soviet Union where the workers and peas- ants’ government forges ahead with its tremen~ dous tasks of socialist construction. The Five- Year Plan of the Soviet Union is a mighty chal- lenge to the imperialists. The latter hope to de- stroy the Soviet Union and thus prevent the carrying out of the Five-Year Plan in four years. On this solemn anniversary the Anti-Imperial- ist League calis on the workers to strengthen their organizations. This is a real tribute to Mella and all those who have fallen in the strug- gle against imperialism. It is the only way in which to prepare for an effective support to the national liberation movements. ‘The workers living in the United States in this period of increased suffering and struggles of 8s are more than ever ducy bound a moss AntiaTroyeriotet Teenie, too This is the only way to mobilize all those forces which struggle against imperialism and to rally them to the support of the emancipatory movement in the colonies. organizations affiliated to the League must re- double their efforts to bring in members until really mass organization is achieved. Support our struggles, not in words but in deeds! Demand the immediate withdrawal of tne | United States marines from Nicaragua! Down with Machado and other butchers of the working people in Cuba and in all the Latin American countries! Down with American imperialism, which op- presses us all! Long live the unity of the workers of the United States and the oppressed workers and peasants of the world! Long live Soviet China! Long live the Indian revolution! Defend the anti-imperialist fatherland, the Soviet Union! Every Worker You Meet, Every) Worker at Every Meeting You Attend, Should be Ask- ed to Collect Signatures for Unemployment In- surance | in the Bronx Boro in connection with mobilization of the unemployed workers for for immediate relief is to activize the une every unemployed member to attend mployed Council. The Unemployed fraction secretaries will check up every “member about attendance and activity. 1 check up cards will be printed to controll member. The T. U. U. L. Committee of is to work out a detailed plan of ac- every Unemployed Council and give as guidance as. Tu The history of the past. This means that all. By JORGE Get Any Arms? “ ‘This will introduce you to Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, national president of the Daughters of the American Revolution, who are dead-sét er any more revolutions. The good lady, in a speech telling how hous were. being busted up in Améfica—not by the landlords evicting jobless tenants for non- payment of rent, no, of course not!—but “by Communism”; the good lady, we repeat, got this one off her chest: ‘ “Thevarmy restores peace when governments and peoples have broken it.” Which is right funny. According to this, if Hoover should de- clare war, let’s say, on England, the army would take over all the seaports, to prevent the absurd government and the war-erazy “people” from rushing over to Liverpool to make war. How- ever, the lady got off a better one: “There is little need to call upon this country to disarm. We have few arms to take off.” | Um... A couple of arms and a pair of legt | each. “On Barren Ground” From the ancient city of Syracuse—only it’s in New York—we get the following: “It may be the irony .of fate or the misetp of capitalism or both, but it has come to my attention that two religious bootlickers of capi- talism, one the theologue of the middle class orthodox synagogue, and the other his chief in- cantation expert, both lost their jobs for a “period of two years, as a result of the present ‘deprese sion’ “as well as a venturesome real estate deal of the congregation. Tt seems that the seed of Jacob has, indeed, fallen on barren ground, but our corréspondent informs us that there is hope for them-yét. He Says: “The moral of this information consists ins suggestion-that the Lovestoneites whose\ propen- sities.for the ‘united front’ with all enemies of the working class is truly remarkable, should also include these worthy Talmudists in the National Committee—D.D.” The Senator Is Offended It is, of course, a piece of arrant hypocrisy, in a time when the government refuses to ap- | propriate a penny to feed, clothe or shelter the millions: of wives and mothers and little chil- | dren of the jobless workers, for the U. S. Senate | to pass a bill, the Jones-Cooper Maternity Bill, | supposedly to “aid state health work in care of mothers and children.” But that is just what the hypocrites of the Senate did, though some 10 of them, more blunt | in their Yeactionary vigilance of the capitalist | tax-payers than the 56 who voted for it, opposed it. One of the opponents was Senator King of Utah, who hurled at it the death-dealing ap- pelation of “Communistic.” Which grieved the unctuous hypocrites who were really trying to fight Communism by this false motion of “aid- ing others and babes”; grieved them so much that one of them, Senator Barkley, a Kentucky democrat, made a confession. & .He didn’t mean it as a confession, but it cer- tainly was something like it, He said: “Let a man favor making a baby or a mother more healthy, and he is denounced as a Com- munist!” In fact the gentleman from Kentucky seemed to admit the general proposition, that if any- | thing really progressive and. socially beneficial is proposed now-a-days, and fought for—it is by Communists. - eo 8 8 Fish Lectures to Jobless ‘This isa surprising title, and we hasten to explain'that the “idle’——as the capitalist press terms the unemployed—consists of the very best society wintering at Palm Beach, It seems that the high-brows among the “for- | eign immigrants” from New York, Boston and Philadelphia, have a “Current Events Lecture Series” at Palm Beach, ‘So_all the unemployed millionaires, their wives, hendmaids ind concubines are due to be told-all about “the activties of Soviet Russia” by Mr. Fish. Fish like all his finny brethern, being cold | blooded, likes to swim in tropical waters. | Ineidentally, we_saw an interesting picture of the “Farmer-Labor” gentleman, Mr. Shipstead, enjoying the beach at Miami in nifty bathing suit, perched under a beach sun-umbrella. The picture appeared in the N. Y. Times of January it seems that even Farmer-Labor fish prefer the sunny south and the company of mil- lionaires, who are “idle,” rather than the unem- ployed.of.the cold North, They Gag at Mattie Woll One of the plecsant pastiine magazines of the “Gdie®—not the jobless, of New York, is called “Vanity Fair.” If your fortune runs over : |. figures and your mind seeks relaxat hearty meal of terrapin, chicken 4 1a King, ‘a juicy roast, salad, olives, célery, sherbet, cake and coffee, you might. read Vanity Pair, 3 For December, it ‘runs a little column, with photos, of some people !t “Nominates for Ob- livion.” giving their’ reason. Evidently” i tags ie Woll is-detested by the bourgedisie. he so avidly licks. Because the ref se) Fair piss out’Matties for oblivon for the following "Because as Vice-President of the Federation of Labor, he is the witch-hunter and rebble-rouser Politicians: because he has made sanely with the unempioyment was too busy sowing anti-Ri throughout the nation; and finally, much, publicized march on en € -Russtan_pulpwocd, which was nota sufficient number of ported him,” i boss does not like oeal nla nevi are pt a ees et —e