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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-20
Already EnaIand Gets BUSY.

LONDON, Aug. 19.-The Russian
English treaty has already begun to
liven things up in England, according
to announcement made by Philip
Snowden, Labor Chancellor of the
Exchequer.
"The Royal Mint is striking 10000, 000
silver half-rubles for the Union of So
Wet Socialist Republics. The bullion
has been purchased by the Soviet
Union. The agreed charges for man
ufacture are based on the charges
made for analogous services to col.
onial or foreign governments, and al
low a fair profit to the Mint. The
manufacturing charges are met by
the Soviet Union on each shipment OF
100000 pieces, half in advance and
half on delivery in Russia
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-20
Party Activities Of
Local Chicago
BRANCH MEETINGS.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 20

Italian Cicero, Circolo Giovanile Hall,
14th st. between 51st and 50th CT.
Italian Terra Gotta, 2475 Clybourn Ave,
Srd floor.
Mid-City English, ogden and Taylor
Czecho-S lovak No. 3, 254S S. Homan
Ave.
Czecho- Slovak Cicero Masaryk School,
57th Ave- and 22nd Place, Cicero, Ill.
Douglas Park Jewish, 1920 w. Roose-
welt Road.
THURSDAY, AUGUST Fl.
Finnish Branch, 24O9 N. Halsted st.
South Side English, 1901 S. Wabash
Scandinavian Karl Marx. 1888 Hirsch
Russian, 1902 w. Division st.
18th Ward Italian, 2439 s. Oakley Blvd.
S1st Ward Italian, 511 N. Sangamon
st.
Lithuanian Comrades, Take Noticel
Lithuanian Branch, No. 2, of the
Workers Party, will hold general
membership meeting Thursday, Aug.
81, at Sovick Hall, 1900 SO. Union
Avenue.
FRIDAY, AUGUST %.
Ukrainian No 2, Ukrainan Education
al Society. 10701 Stephenson Ave.
Polish North Side, 1902 w. Division st
Lithuanian No. 5, Milda Hall, S142 S
Greek Creek Branch. 1922 Blue Island Ave.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20.
Meeting Of All Party members in Lo-
fss W. w. Washington vas M Blvd at e $50 S0 D.
Meeting of all Party members Food
workers at the Local Office, 166 West
Washington St., $3.50 y. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-20
Women After Youth.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ia pa
triotic meeting in cooperation with
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution is announced by the San Fran
cisco club of the National League Of
American Pen Women mot Jail birds)
to join in the propaganda by the
D. A. R. against racial and liberal
movements.
A letter from the d. A. R. denounc-
ing the Youth movement as "the most
dastardly of all the old-world' evils
that have been brought to our shores"
and as tanning at the heart of our
most sacred and moral foundations,
destroying the moral fiber of our boys
and girls" will be used by the local
Pen Women as text to denounce
radicalism and preach reaction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-20
NEW YORK CITY
Party Activities
OPEN AIR MEETINGS.
Thursday, August 21.

InurSodyg August <ts
Intervale and Wilkins Aves.-Jewish
speakers.
Friday, August %.
18th st. and Irving Place-Harry Win
itsky.
Jefferson and East Broadway-Sam
Nessin and Jewish speakers.
10th ST. and 5th Ave.-Juliet S. Ponytz
and others.
13Sth st. and Brook Ave.-George Sis
Graham and varet Saskatchewan
speakers.
Grand and Roebling Streets-Speakers:
John Marshall, Mary Hartman.
Stone and Pitlin Aves.-Ben Levy.
52nd st. and 9Th Ave.-speaker: Joe
18th Ave and 42nd street-speakers:
/. Potash, Sparer.
25th ST. and Mermaid Aves.-Mitchell
and others.
Saturday, August %.
3Sth st. and Sth Ave.-Speaker to be
announced.
161st ST. and Prospect Ave.-Speakers
w. w. Weinstone, Martin.
Grand st. Extension-Speaker: Pascal
Cosgrove.
Stone and Pitkin Aves.-Primoff. Fan
ME Warshafsky.
Union Hill, New Jersey.
Tuesday, August 19-Speaker: Harry
Winitsky.
Saturday. August 2s-speaker: Jack
Statchel.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-20
Are You Young In splrIt2

II you're young lin SPIRIT and have
thirty-fve cents, be at the Hebrew
Institute, Taylor and Lyle Sts., on
Saturday, August 20, at eight o'clock,
where the Young Workers League,
Marshfeld branch, will hold a novel
affair. The proceeds will go to the
Young Worker" and the branch is
determined that the dance shall be
huge success. There will be games
and surprises and many novel fea-
lures and good time is assured to
all.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-20
Workers Party Issues Declaration of Policy

NOTE: The following declara-
ton Of policy was adopted by the
C. E. G. of the Workers Party be-
fore the June 18th Convention. 1t
has been read before various mem
bership meetings. 1t is now printed
for close study by the members of
the Workers Party.
n FTER consulting the Executive
"A Committee of the Communist In
terantional the Central Executive
Committee of the Workers Party
makes the following declaration:
/. The United States of America is
at present going thru great social
and political crisis which is bound to
become more and more aggravated.
The agrarian crisis causing the bank
ruptcy of millions Of farmers and, at
the same time, causing many others
to completely get into the clutches of
banks; the oil scandal which has ac-
CELEBRATED the process of disintegra-
ton Of both capitalist parties, all this
is setting in motion tremendous
masses of workers as well as of the
urban and rural petty bourgeois popu-
lation. The efforts of these masses to
establish a third party represent their
endeavor to emancipate themselves
from the domination by the trusts and
4bo;v v,oI;4;ooI ~, q obipoo n,,f fha nap.
italist class will undoubtedly endeavor
to retard thAs movement by establish
ing the leadership of petty-bourgeois
politicians over the third party move
ment; it will make an effort to place
it into the hands Of old politicians
bound by thousands of threads with
the capitalist class. The petty-bour-
geois movement can play a progress
sive part only when it will follow the
lead of the workiDe class. If it will
be led by the petty-bourgeois politi-
clans it will fall under the domination
of banks and trusts, even if it is par
ticipated in by working masses, for
nowhere in the world was the petty
bougeoisie capable of being it's own
leader. This compelled the Workers
Party to strive by all means to enter
this broad current of the masses in
order to assist the masses of the pet
ty-bougeoisie in detaching themselves
from the capitalist class, in order to
organize the most advanced elements
of the workers in the ranks of the
Workers Party and in order to thus
create the forces necessary for the
future struggle for power.
Must Become Mass Party.
2. With this task before it, the
Workers Party must not for mo-
ment forget that the leading force in
this struggle which will transform
the country Of trusts into a country
ruled by labor will be the working
class. The first task of the Workers
Party is to become a mass Commun-
list Party of workers. 1t can fulfill
this task only by most actively par
ticipating in the establishment of a
labor party which will embrace all
elements of the working class willing
to conduct a policy Independent of
the capitalist class and be establish
ing bond with the farmers who are
at present in state of strong fermen-
tation. These two Independent tasks
the task of building around the
Communist Party of a broad class Ia
Dor party and of establishing bond
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-20
YOUNG WORKERS T.
PLAN DRIVE ON
BIG FACTORIES
First Conference Held Is
Big Success
BY AL scHAAP,
Especial to the DAILY WoRKER)
City Organizer, Young Workers

~ - 0OffFeFNI
Especial to the DAILY WoRKERl
City Organizer, Young Workers
League, Local Chicago. e
The first general conference OF all
officers of the Young Workers League
Of Chicago, attended also by many
militant members, was a success.
This conference was called by the
Chicago City Executive Committee of
the Young Workers League for the
purpose of enrolling the entire mem
bership behind the program of action
adopted at the last city convention.
With the slogan, "Into the Fac
tories" plans for reaching the young
workers were brought before the
meeting Comrade AL Schaap, city or
ganizer, directed the attention of the
conference to the campaigns conduct
ed by the Workers Party and the ne
cessity for the membership of the
Young Workers League to get behind
them. He also pointed to the need Of
broadening the activities of the or
ganization thru the means Of con-
slant house-to-house campaign for
membership and subscriptions to the
official organ of the league, the Young
Worker.
Moving" the branches into the vi.
cinity of factories was recognized as
method to establish closer con-
tact with youth labor.
The question of Mobilization Day
and International Youth Day were dis
cussed, and the league will make all
efforts to point out to the young work
ers of Chicago the significance of
these days.
The Young Workers League Of Chi
cago will carry on an intensive anti
mobilization week drive, beginning
with mass meeting on International
Youth Day, Sept 7, p. M, in the
Northwest Hall, North and Western
AYES, and continuing thruout the
week, with extensive open air meet
ings near factories until Mobilization
Day. Thru these activities the Young
Workers League will draw to itself
the attention of the young workers in
this city.
A class in Work Of the League"
will open shortly in the month of Sep
TENDER. The students Of this class
will be selected from the various
branches.
Comrades Carver and Barney Mass
rendered reports on industrial work of
the league, pointing to the oncoming
economic situation and the need for
intensive activity by the Y. w. L.
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between the LABOR party ana the poor
est elements of farmers-have de-
veloped in the United States, thanks
to the peculiarities of historical evo-
luton, as one problem, namely, the
building of common party of work
ers and exploited farmers. In many
states Farmer Labor Parties are
already springing up. This popularity
of the situation which does not per-
NIT a separation of the task Of Great
ing a Labor Party from the task of
coming into closest contact with the
farmers, requires of the Workers
Party special methods. The Ameri-
can Communists must establish
within the Farmer-Labor Party a
strong consolidated labor wing in
Guiding the agricultural wage work
ers. This wing shall lead the ex-
plotted farmer masses instead of fall
ing under the influence of the petty
bourgeois character of the latter.
Must Correct Mistakes.
8. The Workers Party which i'm
mediately after it had been estab-
lished was capable Of emerging from
the stage of agitation and propa-
ganda and of taking up with great
energy the political struggle, has still
made series of mistakes which must
be corrected if we do not wish to
cause great injury to the young Com
munist movement in America and to
the struggle of the working class for
its emancipation. Altho the condi-
tons of the labor aristocracy in
America have grown worse after the
war, altho the economic depression
which has already begun will render
it still worse, altho the labor aristoc-
racy constitutes minority of the
working class of America, the Work
ers Party failed in Developing suffici-
ent pliability in manoeuvering with
regard to the so-called progressive
elements and did not devote, and does
not yet devote, enuf attention to the
work among the workers organized in
labor unions. We must maintain a
close contact and work with the Left
Wing within organized labor, but in so
doing we must not forego our indie
pendence of political action and our
complete freedom of criticism. For
the above mentioned reasons the
Workers Party did not yet succeed in
/ becoming the center of the discon-
tented elements in the labor move
ment. The main task of the party in
the near future will consist in trying
to recover what was lost in this re-
spect, in creating left bloc in the
labor union movement, in order to lead
the masses of the workers. Only by
creating a powerful working class
base will the Workers Party be able
to play the leading part in the move
ment which had assumed the form of
Farmer-Labor Parties and to exercise
its influence upon the farmer masses.
This influence must be broadened by
direct work of the Workers Party
among the farmers, which must be in
creased in the future. AS to the task
of influencing the farmer masses, the
Workers Party has not only INSULT
GENTLY drawn the line between itself
and the bourgeois elements
which endeavored to establish a pet
ty-bourgeois Third Party, but the
Workers Party has to a certain de-
gree itself fallen under the influence
of petty-bourgeois elements. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-20
GERMAN CABINET
MEETS TO HEAR
LONDON REPORT
Especial to the DAILY woRkER)

Especial to the DAILY WoRKER)
BERLIN, Aug. Chacellor Marx,
Foreign Secretary Stresemann and
other German delegates to the London
PREPARATION conference, arrived home
today and Immediately went into con-
ference with President Ebert.
Later President Ebert summoned a
Cabinet meeting to get report on the
London agreement and the senior COM
mitee of the Reichstag met to arrange
for Reichstag meeting to enact legis-
lation to put the Dawes plan into oper-
alton.
Chancellor Marx and the Foreign
Secretary will make report on the
reparations conference at a plenary
session.
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ers for vice-president. The Workers
Party must submit to the Conference
program which would combine the
immediate demands of city and rural
workers with the demands Of the toll
ing farmers against exploitation by
capital. If these propositions will be
rejected the Workers Party must de-
clare to the Conference; "You have
confidence in LaFollette or other SINH
lar politicians; we have none. But
we are ready to support such candi-
dates as LaFollette provided ~
They Immediately break with the re-
publican or democratic parties issu-
ing specific clear declaration to this
effect; (2) they accept the program
of the Farmer-Labor Party in full;
(3) they come to the conference and
assume specific obligations to work
under full control of the Farmer-La-
Dor Party; az they accept the control
of the Farmer-Labor Party over their
campaign funds"
LaFoIlette Sticks With Bosses.
LaFollette will not break with the
capitalist class; he will not submit to
control by the Farmer-Labor Party.
Our offer will prove this and show to
the masses that our position is not
due to partisan ambition, but is a de-
sire to prevent the Farmer-Labor
movement from becoming a mere
bridge in the career of a capitalist
politician who will later sell out the
masses as has happened many times
in the history of the United States.
The principal strategical problem Of
the Workers Party at the June 18th
Conference will be, while refusing all
cooperation with the LaFollette Third
Party movement, to maintain contact
with the masses of workers and poor
farmers willing to form a Farmer-La-
Dor Party. In case split is forced
upon the Workers Party by the Right
Wing of the Conference thru the COM
plete refusal of our program, the re-
striction of the autonomy and indie
pendence Of the Workers Party, the
expulsion of the Communists, or thru
any other reason, every effort shall be
made to include the farmer-labor
masses in the split. In case of split
the question of whether or not the
Workers Party shall act altogether in
dependently, in its own name, in the
election campaign or whether it shall
launch campaign under the name of
the Farmer-Labor Party will depend
largely upon whether or not it is
successful in the split and will depend
on how far it maintains contact with
the working masses represented at
the June 18th Conference.
z. The aim to strive at is not to
split the Left Wing from the Labor
Party as quickly as possible in order
to form this split off party into mass
Communist Party. But we must strive
at letting the Left Wing grow within
the Labor Party and at the same time
at taking in it's most advanced and
revolutionary elements into the Work
ers Party.
Establish Bond With Masses.
8. The election campaign of the
Workers Party must aim at broaden
ing the working class basis of the
Workers Party, at increasing the
movement for Farmer-Labor Party
and at establishing bond with the
masses Of exploited farmers.
8. The c. E. c. maintains however,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-20

| statement OF the Communist secretary
of the committee which has issued a
call for the Conference Of June 18th,
Comrade Hathaway, to the effect that
the Farmer-Labor Party will not pur-
sue utopian Communistic objects, but
will, on the contrary, strive after real
istic aims, is a sample of conduct in
admissible for member Of the Com
munist Party. The Executive Com
expressed it's surprise that the C. E.
G. of the Workers Party did not an
swer this statement by removing such
member from his post, and did not
show to the Party as whole that the
Communist Party and the Commun-
lists, when forming bloc with the
petty-bourgeois elements, must so
much more sharply underscore their
views instead of disavowing them.
Shows Danger in Alliances.
4. At the Conference of June 18th,
the task of the Workers Party must
be to warn the workers and farmers
VI 6AL1CAAS0 eb6lA11ob J1lC udnSCI VI OH
alliance with petty-bourgeois Third
Party with man of the LaFollette
type at its head, which party will be-
come not the means of emancipating
the toiling masses from capitalist
domination, but a new means for dup
ing these masses. In principle the Com
munist Party does not only not reject
an alliance with the petty bourgeoisie,
but, as have done the Russian Bolshe-
Wiki, it is ready to make an alliance
for the common struggle against the
rule Of the bourgeoisie, with petty
bourgeois parties, when they pursue
a revolutionary mass policy. The La
Toilette movement, however, has not
decided to really break with the CAPT
talist class and the capitalist party
An alliance with the LaFollette move
ment would not serve the liberation of
the petty-bourgeois masses from dom
ination by capital. This can be
reached only thru the sharpest criti-
cism of the policies of politicians like
LaFollette and Magnus Johnson, thru
endeavoring simultaneously to create
an alliance with such elements of
farmers and Electromagnetic which
manifest that they are truly striving
for an independent policy against cap
italist parties and against capital. To
support the tty-bourgeoisie when, in
its vascillation, it manifests a tend
ency to split from big capital, is the
duty Of revolutionary workers. Such
support, however, must express itself
not in being dragged after the petty
bourgeoisie as its tail end, but in
showing it the way, and pushing it to
the left, in criticising its half-hearted-
ness and lack of decision.
5. The Workers Party must strive
at the Conference Of June II, to estab-
fish Farmer-Labor Party which
would take upon itself to develop the
forces directed against both capitalist
parties and the capitalist order as a
whole. The Workers Party must
nominate and put up a fight for Com
munists as candidates for President
and Vice-president of the United States
on such an Independent Farmer-Labor
ticket. If this is rejected the Work
ers Party must then propose to the
Conference and support the nominal
ton of at least determined and reli-
able Representative of the workers
for president and of exploited farm
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-20
LA TOILETTE
BUSTS FLIP.
OF NEBRASKA
Progressive Bob Kills
Progressive Party
Especial to The Daily W0rksr)


OMAHA, Nebr., August 49,
Robert M. LaFolette, alleged
champion of the oppressed, has
scored his first victory" in his
program of smashing the state
Farmer-Labor parties. With the
resignation of the state chair
man of the Progressive Party of
Nebraska, the Rev. j. L. Beebe,
the first of the illegally recog-
nized" state Farmer-Labor par
ties has been buried.
To go into the details of the
factional struggle leading up to
this denouement would be use
less. The so-called 'LaFollette
movement" in Nebraska, with
it's quarreling politicians and
Self-seekers, is but a replica of
what the LaFollette illusion has
created thruout the nation-a
gathering place for political
vultures and discredited labor
takers.
Beebe's Swan Song.
In announcing his resignation as
chairman of the Nebraska party, Rev.
Beebe stated that in his opinion, 'the
best interests of the LaFollette and
Wheeler movement will be served by
committing the progressive party to
the dust, in the hope that out of
the coming election there may come
a national progressive movement
free from all bitterness and strife"
He further stated that "unscrupu-
lous politicians from the old parties
disregarded the distinct character and
mission of the progressive party. The
party has thus become a ruined and
mongrel organization
Local capitalist newspapers which
had previously denounced Beebe as a
Communist" expressed their jubila.
ton by giving prominence to Beebe's
resignation in their news columns.
Foster Speaks August 81.
The Communists recognize in the
LaFollette illusion the greatest enemy
that the workers and exploited farm
ers have at this moment. It is for
that reason that Nebraska voters are
urged to hear William z. Foster, Com
munist candidate for president, ex-
pose this illusion. This opportunity
will be accorded them when Foster
speaks in Ohama, Sunday evening,
August 81, at the Eagle Hall,
Seventeenth and Cass streets. Party
members and sympathizers are urged
to get their tickets at the district
campaign headquarters, which are To-
Gated in Omaha at 2O6 Crounse Block.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-20
Los ANGELES, Attention!

Sunday, August Gath will be gala
day for the comrades of Los Angeles
Everyone will attend the joy-ride and
picnic at Tepange Canyon Beach
where there will be games, entertain
ments, dancing and refreshments ga
lore. Tickets 75c including transpor
tation. Trucks and autos will leave
from corner Soto and Brooklyn AYES
at 0 in the morning. Directions to
the picnic: Follow Santa Monica
Beach road to first new concrete
bridge-its just the other side Of
bridge.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-20
Not Bad. But Rouah.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Aug. 19.-"He isn't
bad, Judge; he's just rough" pleaded
Mrs. Il. r. Cornwell for the release OF
Michael Fisher, whom she had
charged with striking and beating her
Fisher was knocked of his feet when
she paid his fine OF $50.