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ze Two DAILY WORKER, NOY YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 19 BARRICADES IN BERLIN = a eanaron sion of INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS, 381 Fourth BY KLAMS NEWKRANTE ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER QUIRT CHARGE OF ‘RAPE’ 30th “Victim” and Her Mother Deny Charge Avenue, Mew York City All Workers © urged te teed this book and spread it among their friends. (TRY TO FRAME UP' Gen. Pershing Approves of ‘FRISCO NEGRO ON Norman Thomas’ ‘Socialism’ Nogman ‘Thomas, who was praised by one of the leading radio magnates, as ‘‘m) ite radical’, now gets a blessing from an even more gratifying source. This time it none than General John J. Pershing who takes Mr. Thomas to vor- is other | tionary writer: 3 BOOK NOTES ~=Chicago S.P. Orders WE GATHER STRENGTH’ SHOWS TREND OF REVOLUTIONARY POETRY IN AMERICA WE GATHER STRENGTH, recent- ty published by the Liberal Press, Inc., is a booklet of poems by Herman Spector, Joseph Kalar, Edwin Rolfe and 8, Funaroff, four young revolu- vho, during the past five years, have been frequent con- tributors to the New Ma the Daily Worker and other working class per- Socialist Youth to Break United Front Socialist Youth Members Join With Young May 29. — This| his bosom, Says the shrewd General, whose iodicals. : a seers ci n Gate” today hands are stained with the blood of thousands The poems included tthe Communist League to Fight Bosses’ War THE STORY THUS FAR: The workers of the proletarian district, | | asap on rite z é eee Class battles which have been raging | Wedding, in Berlin, demonstrate May Day, 1929, despite the ban issued by j of workers whom he led into the slaughter of Me in the United States and internation- cies RARE aha Espey was employed. on the ins ether books and pamphlets leaders, came to the action com- secretary, Ed Weiner, junior | loc the Socialist Police Chief, Zoergiebel. The workers’ demonstration is at- illustration that the lynch- —~ the World War, and who was de | ally, as well as the achievements of | _ By JACK KLING. gates who are present.” Therefore, tacked by the police idanoea in the Scottsboro graft oll of the Morgans: he USSR. The Sacco-Vanzetti! The Young Communist League in| the leadership yee fos one Beis, The following are actual documents from the press and police reports d by the ruling class igi peice is bean 4e murders, the courageous struggles of | Chicago has attempted to involve the and, en that ¢ “id hg es in Berlin of the days that followed ’ of the South but of the en- Mr. Thomas, the socialist leader: has a/ the Kentucky miners, the splendid| Young Peoples Socialist League into} posed, they returned and agreed to eae : mare A ‘ " rogram so mild that it is hard!y distinguish-| achievements of the workers in the! united actions against unemployment, | participate. : 1 raltar j Ld aa Fe aepmeaeat Ae pei py Soviet Union—these and other|hunger and war many times. Wel Empty Promises wot Sn, tbe. May Day, demonstsian, | 2 a) Naunyn ed / able from that of the more radical politicians | {yemes form the major pre-occupa-| must state that because of our insist-; Fish made a number of’ promises, mors ls oS 2 cps a be aeaed pee of the both majer parties!” (American maga-| tion of the four working class poets.| ence, we have been successful in get-| of getting 5,000 leaflets and sending Fa palnat the ‘ermenstratars which 34 where is Dice Spat F ‘ 933 : Most of the poems first appeared in| ting the members of the Young Peo- in to the committee the names and the the S.P.D. press 1ce the bloody | c er which Judge Lo H. , zine, June, 1933.) | the pages of the New Masses; several) ples Socialist League to participate| addresses of all Socialist Youth or- me nite cee MURY, ap 1 CauAUy GireCred |i Yeard Drei den ou llye ey es The capitalist class and its militar of th printed in the) in joint actions on the West Side and| ganizations so speakers could be sent ple oo Wendo ngy regard (be! aided ab. he) Tebent) Metialie pr tam eR ev Nia A aia aera + 59 | Daily those interested | the North Side, against the raising of| to them. Two thousand leaflets were bers of the meee Mooney : are not fooled by Norman Thomas’ “Socialism of prices of bead and for the needs of; gotten and these were not distributed. Espey. for 30 years employed They know exactly what it means. “That is t | the unemployed |None of the organizations names one establishment, was arre: why they like him 2| The membership of the Young Peo-| were sent in. The leaders, Fish, Mc- on complaint of two Italian ¢ | ples Socialist League have been quite | Dowell, etc., were sabotaging the pre- x in the same place, accusing | — . vee S| active in the united front actions.| parations for National Youth Day, In more in| him of attacking a 12-year old white c Most of the city committee, partici-| spite of this, members of the Young ender, We) irl who lived in the place, where | -) “Dhis litte booklet ef noet: ted in this united action including| Peoples Socialist League and certain pment of the SP.D.| Fp Rake-Off on Relief Job Wages } } ‘ ? are to be cherished and save irector of the YPSL, Sylvia Arnstein,| mittee, wanting leaflets for distribu- | L it f the fact that the girl e t , ea aa heyy oe testified at N . + id the Ibraries of the revolutionary | go] Larks, former National Chairman | tion and in general, are active in the ‘ . . U S futu ot the organization and others. preparations for National Youth Day. tipo unten veto sware Nets Tiger Grafters Tidy Sums * Bs dan tion th ter, | repay for Nadonal Youth Dey Dresden, 13th of May, 1929, pe gage plete coral et ita a t det the Workers) suse they supported the united! COUnty Executive Committee of the peoecanes Weine ‘city, Counell and for ‘many| Witnesses appeared on Espey’s be- | Collect 25 Cents to Cash Hach Pay Check; Pol”-| fot tivmrat Bross, Ine. 0 Fourth | action, the leadership of the Socialist | Socialist Party, held its session, At nuth vears president of the local branch| half, he was held in $10,000 bail ticians’ Friends on Pay List, Don’t: Work | Ave New You dor vase Gnd the. national, leaders} YOUN, Peoples Socialist League lend- Bloody Ma n of the Social-Democratic Party, has| Many of these chazacter witnesses 2 eee . ? he ESS | YpSh, MeDowell, Umensky | tshiv and members, to withdraw by Werner sent his social-democratic member-| Were from Espey’s neighborhood, some Bees Masics Bi ME A a STRUGGLE AGAIN | of een, Me owen’ of terreg| from the United Front Committee. Arbeiterverlag, Berlin ship book together with an appliea-|of whom had known him for forty, | NEW YORK.—At Marine Park, Ave. U and F, asth St, Brooklyn, about | 3 IGGLE AG ST cic. develoned a relen of MOF! the leadership have already. with- son and ends tion for membership of the Commu-| years as worker with a fine record 2,000 jobless workers from dozens of trades are working 8 hours a day | against the icago drawn. This was done in spite of the nist Pa: to the editor of the Com-| After being held in the county jail | paper Ruhr Echo; he enclosed} for five weeks, Espey was released | under a broilin in, swinging a pick and shovel. this at $45.00 to keep their families in 10 days a month of which is nstances, e, more or less ope’ lolent change in the con- the free of ch for a a ter in which he gives detailed | on bail through the efforts of the In- | political reasons for this step. Dreek-| ternational Labor Defense. | mann has been a member of the So- cial Democrat Ist, 1904, that is for almost twenty- five years ic Party since October} ——— Letters from food, clothing and shelter. While the workers sweat, dozens of of politicians, sons, cousins, and henchmen are on the “Relief list,” receiving their pay reg- ularly without so much as com-| ing on the job. Those that do, come an act that would serve as an excuse to fire him Men are put to work on mud scows with shovels, doing labor that easily could be do: by a dredge. This is for “discipline” the foreman explains. The workers are supposed to get ers i PROVOCATION Workers’ Enemies Exposed John Pope (Bumbia), who was a| member of the Communist Party for | about 1 year in Detroit, Mich. and| Four of the leaders were expelled. | words of Fish that: “We pledge to Because the membership refused tO) stick in this United Front. We hope recognize the expulsions, the charters! thot the lessons of Chicago will Be of all circles, City Committee, have| fonowed ail over the country.” been revoked and all activities sus-| : ay pended. Despite this terror, the| Expose Own Actions membership continued to participate) In a conversation over the tele- in the united action as was seen on| phone between McDowell and myself, May First, after marching in the| McDowell informed me of the deci- tion serman Re: nd 1 who belonged also to the Unemployed ial rade, they joined the/sion and he said: “While we dis- Sertarent ial: Sethe ae po S Kurt Zimmermann came home drunk or amused, make a gesture at| Clothing and other articles to take | Gouneil “et to the Mausnanlas Mele | Sten Seat okceda: ee agree with the decision of the So- incited ¥o commit vi : on the evening of May 28th, he work and leave to return pay day, j Home as a supplement’ to wales.) cational Olub—has been ¢3 | On May 13th, the National Youth) cialist Party, we will carry out their one another—in a mann i the kitchen window dark, as Our Readers ; The workers are paid off in checks) 120 hur es exit are charged ®S) from the Party and is exposed pub-| Day Provisional Committee called a} decision. _ I asked him, “Will you dangers the public peace always had been since May Day. bearing no name, saying only “Pay | CON n°bes expenditures” the wo licly 9s a petty thief and scoundrel,| conference in Chicago. Calls were| not do thinks which you think are in Thus on page 27 as he crossed the dark yard, ~ to bearer.” There is only one place | feltom get anyt pa tered money find-| who absconded with funds belonging} sent to the YPSL Circles, City Com- | the interest of the working class? If in Zocrgiebel acted u the in- after his day’s work, Hoff- ‘ ‘ to cash the chec the Brooklyn} '"€ 18 way into grafters pockets io the Communist Party and to the! mittee and National Committee. Six| the interest of the working class, unity of Social Democracy. Zoer-| man’s wife called out to him. A|/Qn Communication Municipal building, far from where ———_— circles responded including the City| is necessary and if the party decides rime was not individual letter hed arrived aes eet the workers live, and requiring car-| Parking Holds Werker Committee. The National Committee} against this, then you must fight for much t |stamp on the cover With Scottsboro Boys fare to get there. Around this has fi P t : A A sent representatives who requested | it and ate ve ae it despite the s to repres told about it by the postman who grown up a system of graft that| for r she following: | decision of fhe party.” ihe, Poa had known all the families in the May 26, 1988. | bleeds. the jobless each month. On £0 a icipation Lora iscdbea rneida i He answered, “The question is whe nd wa Jalley for years. It was too dark in| ‘gditor of Daily Worker, pay day a gang of Tamany vultures|in May Day March 1. The conference shall refuse to| knows best. what is in the interest of the bloodhound by the yard for her to notice the sudden} gi, sweep down and take up all the| pees seat the delegates from the Chicago| of the working class. My Party said, lous brutality as well change in Kurt's face. He disap-| ; A . checks charging the workers 25 cents} NEW YORK.—The hypocricy of oung Peoples Socialist League be-|in the intergst of the working class and narrow-minded ignora peared at once in the low porch.| 1 am a constant reader of the each for the privilege of getting cash| Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor | cause such does not exist, as all char-| we should wWthdraw from the United cf the workers’ blood spilt|The white globe of the gas-lamp in| Daily Worker. We get it daily, and) for their labor. Sometimes they are| under the “new deal” Roosevelt, who | ters have been revoked. Front Committee. e Berlin May days can| the kitchen vibrated with the trembl- | @Joy reading it. forced to pay 50 cent to the foreman) intimated that she would pursue a | 2. If the conference does this, the) Members of the Young Peoples So- y regarded as a ques-/ ing of his hands. Some time ago you asked the | for the same “favor.” This repeated “liberal” policy toward foreign-born National Committee will officially | cialist League should learn from these bel, alone. A narrow official envelope sealed | People through our paper to write | on 2,000 checks nets a tidy sum for; in contrast to the policy of terror recognize and support the conference. | lessons. The Young Communist with a blue service stamp. The |‘ the Scottsboro boys. I wrote to / the grafters by her predecessor Doak, was again 3. If we will recognize those who| League has shown again fae osc wanted bloodshed nt did not show the name of the | Haywood Patterson and enclosed a) piscrimination against foreign born | cxposed when John T. Frawley, lab- represent the membership of the|our determihation a date a ‘0 He lifted the letter to the | Stamp and he answered immediately. | and militant workers is rampant. orer, was arrested Thursday in Mon- | Young Peoples Socialist League ral sige united action. Sep Be mAs of Gel ight—as if that would tell him any- | Since that time I have been writing | They are given the dirties and sever-| ticello, N. Y., for his having pariici- | Chicago, then the National Commit- | ship of the YPSL te con’ no He ned insurrection: the thing. He hesitated a few minutes; Him regularly and sending him | est jobs and fired or docked on any! tated in the May First demonstration tee delegates will withdraw from the| this. It therefore welcomes are have no need to hide longer!; then he tore open the en-|St@mps. He always answers in two | pretext. They are hounded constantly | there. and rushed to Ellis Island | conference. participate in united rea i Wk plan velope : or three days. by the foreman to provoke the work-| Friday for deportation to Ireland. The conference correctly stated Teadership is an obstacle in the build- munisi: P : e In one letter I asked him what The May demonstration in Monticello | that they “will recognize all dele- ing of the United Front. and does not deny that its aim is the Prison Hospital, Berlin, 5 he overthrow of the capital ystem and the establishment of the dicta- torship of the proletariat as the nec- jon for socialism.’ 81, section and par. 86 R. St. G. B. he pamphlet serves s proof of ime envisaged in the| dated 6th May, 1929, we beg to in-| 1 Wrote him twice and sent stamps) CLEVELAND, ©., May 29-—That| ° Li Ack ahd subject to con-| form you that the arrested Anna |®nd didn’t hear from him. TI hope | pyances Perkins’ immigration inspec- | ar ty U e Description: About 38 years of age, | AN BE KER” fiscation tion is justified) Zimmermann (nee Berthold), of | YOU Will investigate it. I would be jtors are continuing the notorious | Roumanian descent, about 5 feet 5 | (par. 94, and 98 R. St. G. B.) Berlin, N., Koslinerstrasse 6, is at |Slad to send the boys things. but if | Doak policy of persecuting foreign- | | inches in height, about 165 pounds A Sisk sovi Measlas take eae High Court of Dre Abt. V., present in the prison hospital, Berlin, | they don’t get them, I will not send | porn workers who engage in working . in weight, dark complexion. (Photo- by Leningrad Symphony Orchestr ( Lehrter Strasse, Dept. G, room 4, | @nything else. ; class activity is shown in the at-| Share Experience graph published herewith.) _DIALOGUE TITLES IN-ENGLIOH bed 32. Respectfully tempt now being made to deport Pa- : y, = 9 A.M. to 1. P.M. ‘Applications for visitors’ permits | Mrs. Emma Caldwell, St. Louis, Mo. |vel Martinove,’a member of the Un- in Struggle Through | a ACME THEA TRE|15¢... Boek patncasy: ot | should be sent three days in advance Cae Sie employed Council here. Immigration : N " NEEDLEWORKERS APPRECIATE | Vorker’k uth STREET & UNI QuARE | Midnig! w Satur Arbeiterjugend|to the Prison Governor, Berlin- The failure of the Scottsboro | authorities, who are under the juris- Party Lif e Column THE LITTLE \| = Sched Melinda ahr ost S.P.D.) accept-| Moabit, Lehrter Strasse boys to get the gifts sent to them | diction of the U. S. Department of . a ge a ite politics “4 feos TS i | otest against ex- Prison-Hospital-Administration.| is undoubtedly a continuation of | Labor headed by the “liberal” Per-|, We vead in the Daily Worker of | WATCH REPAIR SHOP | |#uRaR Today and All Week! SEE | \¢ry THEATRE ("5 *) pulsion y the party leaders. (Signed) HERMANN, the campaign of persecution of the | kins, are invoking the Imunigration | creasing struggles. We vead of vie- | |; sixmm avenve, ar erm steeeT| | TOM MOONEY || (ro, temp. HER | of the former S.P.D. party member Justiwachtmeister.” | prison authorities against them. | Act of 1918 to deport him on the ‘res won by wo: who struck = erry ae = #igla won. ackooM On Deicke THURSDAY, JUNE 1—For One Day Only Otto Mucke, who participated in May (Seal) | We are calling this letter to the | sole ground of being an alleged Com- | YRder the leadership of the revolu- ~~ in first of remarkable screen talk by fa- \7 apy ” Day demonstrations. The resolution (To Be Continued) attention of the International Labor | munist, although Martinove never | !0nary unions and Communist Party. mous prisoner since release from jail "MEN AND JOBS | contains the followi: } approve of the participation of our group leaders and of the party dele- Lehrter Strasse, Tgb.-Nr III\126|29, Dept. 1A Berlin, May 27th, 1929. Herrn Kurt Zimmermann. Berlin N., Koslinerstrasse, 6. | anges, candy, salted peanuts. cig- “In reply to your written enqui Take advantage of the combination offers in getting subs! they would allow me to send him He told me I could send fruit, candy, cigarettes. I had a letter from him | dated May 10 and on May 16, 1} sent him a box containing apples, | arettes, writing paper and envelope: Defense and suggesting that they take action at once through their sonthern attorneys.—EDITOR. | Perkins’ Aides Seek to Deport Militant Worker of Cleveland belonged to the Communist Party in this country slovakia. nor his native Czecho- was broken up by the police. Through A. Dranow, its attorney, the N. Y. District International Labor Deiens is fighting against the de- portation of Frawley. We read of suce relief and again leadership of the Unemployed Coun- cil. Workers who are under the influ- sful struggles for | against fascism and war, for the free- jons under the | | AMUSEMENTS Unemployed Council (leaving no rec- | i is behind, from which the amount | stolen by him could be determined). | He is supposed to have left for | Beginning Today Soviet Rursia Solves the Jewish Problem! First 100% Jewish Talkie from U.S.S.R. leyeland on or about February 21, sew trial—part gram of world-widi | EMBASSY THEA., 1560 Broadway Between 46th and 47th Sts. |B daily 10 a.m. to midnight; 25c at all times A Soviet Talkie with English Tiles, A_ | | Miving document of Russia’s rapid strides | | | towards Industrial Recognition! | ee Sean ent eR NR JOSEPH &. LAX, 0.D. OPTOMETRIST 48 Flatbush Av. ju" _the Theatre Guild Presents BROOKLYN, N. Y. Ey. 8:30; Mat.Tues.,Thus.,Sat. : eae. ® Ee et pRerTaS ng : | ” ence of capitalist ideology and the J et aes idached FI Td eB LOG RA PY | capitalist parties are being won over | 883 Livingston fie ee Pere ine ao | A Comedy by 5. N. BEHRMAN jfor united front actions; for struggle | Street copy of the ‘Daily?’ If not, do s0 | AVON cet ae Bee Wot eee | BROADER MASS STRUGGLES By J. PETERS. May First 1933 witnessed the larg- est demonstrations in the United tes for many years. The hundreds thousands of workers pouring into many powerful class battles in 1932 and the early part of 1933. The strug- gle for unemployment relief and in- It was in this general all around) sharpening situation that the May) | First demonstrations took place this| of L. and branches of the Socialist Party and Young Peoples Socialist League participated in the demon- surance, the strikes in mining, auto} veer: the growing capitalist offensive,| strations. In San Francisco 37 A. F. Per ° ry | and other industries, the mass resist-| the adyent of fascism in Germany,| of L. local unions endorsed the united| Without its weaknesses. Alongside of | dom of Tom Mooney and the Scotts- | boro boys and for struggle against Roosevelt's New Deal, The revolutionary movement of this country strides forward. More id more workers are beginning to lcok up to the Communists for leader- hip. This progress, however, is not TODAY! (Near Fox Thea.) o have good Tel. Main 4-3927 | | vision have your eyes tested yearly —ESE—————— CAMP UNITY Wingdale, N. Y. | For Brownsville Proletarians 1689 PITKIN AVENUE the streets in militant, enthusiastic | ance of the farmers to foreclosures,| the bitter conflicts for markets| front May Day. In Denver, Colorado,| the Successes we also witness short- parades and demonstrations in the| the militant defense of the Negro| among the imperialist powers, en-| 50 organizations among them the So-|C0™Mings. With the improved meth- is getting ready to open for the \ most important cities and towns of the country was a direct challenge to the capitalist class. The May First actions demon- started that the workers are increas- ingly supporting the policy of fighting working class unity. Despite the at- sempts of the reformist leadership of the A. F. of L. to rob May First of its revolutionary character, and the desperate efforts of the S. P. lead- ership to prevent the unity of the workers, a large number of Socialist organizations and A. F. of L. local unions have for the first time broken the official ban and together with! propa ion | Program around which to mobilize the | Committee of the S. P. to withdraw,| gies. They are inspired by these to | | 99 Pe sv aniat laibeeaves participated. if Piossadect itr Coumeiner ap Abbe: workers for struggle, gave additional| continued in the united front con-| organize and lead the struggles of RED P’ RESS joint May Day demonstrations. sions and faith in the Roosevelt ad- impetus to the movement for unity| ference. In Akron while the leader-| the workers they are in contact with. The response to May First, where more than 600,000 workers under the| leadership of the Party, expressed the need for unity is only a small indi- cation of what can be achieved gle against capitalism. Fiercer Grows Capitalist Offensive The four-year old crisis has with extreme savageness hurled blow upon blow on the living standards of the American masses. Every concession won through long years: of struggle has. been wiped out. The desperate efforts of the capitalist class to solve the crisis in their own way, has Program: ‘ | tsruggles between the imperialist * ‘ * rat These must be utilized to enrich our < ‘" brought with it ever fiercer attacks| et - forces, but served to bring forward the | and united their ranks with the dem- ‘ International upon the masses end greater Pra Rita Sh ert te ed n bine bar need for effective mass action around|onstrations under our leadership, An | Units with political life, Our Party Ch Sport Soviet Movie poverty and misery everywhere. Sev-| jaye, oP es Teach & NeW HIB! the most urgent working class issues. | Outstanding example of this was in | ™embership, from the higher com- orus Exhibition First Showing enteen million workers sentenced to} “Y" AFL. Locals and §.P. Branches Join| New York. Here, after the sharpest | Mittees down to the rank and file in forced idleness while hundreds of) thousands of factories stand idle. Na- tionwide wage cuts while the profits in| solidifying the workers in the strug-| sharecroppers in Tallapoosa and the Scottsboro struggle—all these were in- dicative of the growing mood to struggle penetrating the masses, The Roosevelt administration, elect- ed on the most hypocritical, demagogic platiorm of a “new deal” for the ‘forgotten man” opened up an even more brutal and bitter egainst the toiling population. Dur ing the months of March and April ri i | ‘S he Roosevelt admin- | series of measures were carried| DeW attacks of t out to guarantee the profits of Wall| ‘stration. The call of the Party for | Street at the expense of the already| impoverished masses. The powerful ministration. The masses were un- aware of the smashing blows being made against their living conditions. The banking laws which wiped out the savings of millions of small de- Positors. Economy bills which cut the wages of the federal employes and the disability allowances of the veterans. Inflationary measures which have brought with it the first beginnings in the rising cost of living. | Forced labor projects and a public works program instead of cash relief | and unemployment insurance so elo- quently promised by Roosevelt. Talks of disarmament and peace while the As the effects of these measures be- gan to be felt, the working and toil- ing farmers were aroused and began of the capitalist class are maintained | at unheard of levels. Evictions throw- | ing working class families into the} streets while buildings that could/ house everyone Fore- remain empty. | : | Cents closures of farms to guarantee the projects and cuts in relief have in-| izations never reached previously.’ of participanis in the S. P. demon-| This has been underestimated and capital of insurance companies, bank-| volved large sections of the unem-, These first energetic efforts of the stration remained on the Square| improve the entire work of the Party, ers and big landowners. These ter- | rifie attacks upon the conditions of | the masses brought in their wake) PI Pe to fight stubbornly. Tens of strikes in the mining areas, several in tex- tile, shoe, auto have taken place since Roosevelt became pilot of the ship of} state. Struggles against forced labor ployed masses im the rural communities (lowa, Wis- consin, ~~ a at waste offensive | | hancing the danger of war and espe-| cialist local, many A. F. of L. unions,| 04S and quality of leadership in these | cially the attack upon the Soviet | Union. In_ these conditions, the} urgency of the day was unity of the| working class in factories and mines, | in the neighborhoods, in every local- ity to effectively resist the attacks. The workers, faced with these vi- cious onslaughts, began to realize as ever before, that only unity of all | working class forces would defeat the | united working class action, issued on March 29th, outlining an immediate and served to rally around May First larger sections of workers than ever before. Scores of cities and towns had demonstrations for the first time. The militancy of the demonstrations was at a high level and in some places bitter struggles took place with the police. New York saw the largest demon- stration in the country, In Chicago 35,000 poured out into the streets de- spite a heavy rain, In Detroit, Bos- ton, Cleveland, Philadelphia, the dem- onstrations were huge. Cities like Denver rallied 5,000 to 6,000 workers. The May First demonstrations were not only a review of the working class United Actions The Party made some earnest ef- forts to overcome the previous nar-| row approach to united front con-| ferences in preparation for May First. | In practically all districts the activity | was directed to drawing in socialist lo- cals, A. F. of L, unions, and organ- A new wave of strikes| Party, while still very insufficient, | brought definite and positive results. | Fn tens of cities locals of the A, F./ the Unemployed Citizens League, and the I.W.W. participated in the action. In Milwaukee a branch of the Work- men’s Circle joined the May Day dem- onstration over the heads ef their district committee, with the banner “May First is not on April 30th” (the date set aside for celebrating May | First by the S. P.). In Camden, N. J., & joint demonstration of the So- cialist Party and Communist Party was held. In Ithaca the Socialist local entered into a joint conference and although instructed by the National ship of the local S. P. organization refused to participate in the un front, it was compelled because of the pressure of the membership, to -de- cide that individuals could partici- | pate. In Spokane and Bellingham, Washington, the Socialist Party locals were involved in the united front. In Hibbing, Minnesota, the Farmer-La- bor locals, the Socialist Party locals and several A. F, of L. unions partici- pated in the demonstration. In many cities throughout the country where the S. P. leadership had succeeded in preventing united front actions, the socialist workers re- mained after the S. P. demonstration political offensive against the social- ist leadership for two weeks prior to May First, leaflets were distributed to the mass of socialist workers call- ing upon them to remain on the Square and speakers, raised on the shoulders of workers, shouted slogans for unity, The overwhelming number against the advice of the leaders who urged them to leave (70 BE COMTEING ED) numerous struggles go mistakes. Al- most everywhere we see slowness in overcoming sectarianism and inabil- ity to utilize these struggles to rengthen the movement organiza- | tionally, and especially to build the Party. Draw Lessons from Struggles. Ways must be found how to ove: come these weaknesses, One way |a wider exchange of experiences th: out the Party. The Party member- ship and membership of the revolu- tionary organization read of strug- But they don’t know the lessons of the struggles they read about. They |don‘t know the mistakes /that were made and how they were overcome. They don't know the methods used in those struggles. In short, they have no possibility of utilizing the experiences of the movement in other places for their own struggles. Make Known Experiences. There are excellent experiences that could be of value to the entire Party, but these are the private property of some individual or of some commit- tee or other, These experiences must become known to the entire Party. the units, must therefore consider it their duty and part of their work to write up the experiences from their activity and struggles they have been engaged in. The Party Organizer and Party Life Column in the Daily Worker must become a powerful weapon to neglected until now. A change of at- titude should take place. —Otgnateasion Deparment. is | BENSONHURST WORKERS Patronize GORGEOU'S CAFETERIA 2211 86th Street Near Bay Parkway i Fresh Food at Proletarian Prices Summer Season —For Information Cali:— N. ¥. 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