The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-18
RADICALS OF
LOS ANGELES
MAKE MERRY
Dedicate Co operative
Labor Center

LOS ANGELES, Calf, (By Mail)--
Today Los Angeles labor was celebrat-
ing the dedication of the newly erect
ed cooperative center. The celebra-
ton lasted Tor IL hours. It started
with parade at 2 P. M. and ended
with a banquet at 2 A. M. At the
mass meeting in between time, Com
rade Feinberg acted as chairman and
Comrade Baum was the principal
speaker. Comrade Hittleman sold the
key to open the hall to the Lenin
branch, Workmen's Circle, for 100000
Comrade Simons, manager of the CO.
operative consumers league was the
POSTMASTER Of the banquet. There
were about 900 people present at the
banquet. The trade unions, Work
mems Circle branches, political organ
izations, as well as cultural organiza-
tions were represented.
Comrade Levin, city organizer of
the Workers Party greeted the ban
quet in the name of the city central
committee; Camrade Betz gave greet
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branches of the Workmen's Circle.
Solomon of the Painters Union, Cure
Witch Of the Carpenters Union, Tillis
of the Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers, Hoffman of the Bakers, Sorin of
the Capmakers Union represented
their locals. The comrades of the
Workmen's Circle branches delivered
short speeches and big checks Com
rade White of the Lenin branch after
his splendid speech gave a hundred
dollars. Comrade Mersky handed in
a check of $4,000 from the Freiheit
branch. Comrade Rubin of the Lieb-
knecht branch, fifty dollars, and Com.
rade Paul of Long Beach branch No
Deniloff and Airoff gave a hundred
dollars in the name of the women's
consumers league.
cheersN For Communist Press
Comrade Globerman greeted the CO
4 operative movement in the name OF
the Daily Freiheit and DAILY WORK
Err. The banquet went wild for
the Communist press. Long live the
DAILY WORKER and the Daily
Freiheit" was echoed from every
angle Of the large hall. Comrade Bush,
| educational director of the party, sent
: greetings in the name of the English
branch. Rose Rubin of the Young
. Workers League, Anna Lyons repres.
enting the Juniors, and Comrade Berk
man of the Freiheit Social Club sent
greetings. Comrade Caminker, secret
airy of the Workmen's Circle School
spoke in the name of the hundred
J pupils of the school,
1t was an impressive moment when
the cream of our movement, children
about 200 in number came out on the
stage with their instructors Hoffman
and Karasick, singing revolutionary
songs. Comrade Zakheim spoke in the
name of the Parents Verein, Baumert
for the Freiheit Singing Society,
Knezer of the Mandolin Orchestra
Splendid Cooperation
This fifty thousand dollars build
ing was started with rs dollars on
hand" the president of the co-operat-
i've, Comrade Feinberg, said. Comrade
Simons handed two beautiful loving
cups to the Architect Evans and the
builder. Forman. These two comrades
have spent many weeks in order to
see that this temple should look like a
recreation place for the whole move
ment; they have labored without fin
ancial compensation. The carpenters
and painters have given away many
Sundays free in order to have the
center ready.
The banquet was arranged under
the auspices of the comrades, Mr.. and
Mrs. Strier, Due to extraordinary co.
operation. it was possible to complete
this enterprise. After Comrade Kline's
appeal and the toastmasters remarks
that money was need to furnish the
temple, shower of checks and cash
from one dollar to one hundred dol
lars was handed to the secretary,
Comrade Airoff. Nineteen hundred
dollars was raised 1t must be re.
membered that the labor temple in
Los Angeles is controlled by reaction
airy forces, who refused to rent their
hall for Foster and Minor meeting.
On the contrary, the cooperative cen
ter is controlled by the left-wing
movement one hundred per cent. Tel
egrams were read from San Francisco
Jewish branch Of the party, and from
two comrade who are in sanitarium,
Comrades Factroff and Rosenstein,
who is financial. secretary OF the co.
operative consumers league.