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The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
A. b. C. BoDINE BREAKS
BONES IN BAD FALL

A. B. C. Bodine, of the Bodine
Lumber Company, was painfully in
jured when he fell from car of
lumber in the company's yard. As
he grasped the top board on the pile
of lumber on the car it came loose
and he lost his balance and fell. In
falling he dropped thru narrow
space between the ties of the trestle
and landed in the coal bins about
Is feet below.
Mr.. Bodine's arm was broken be-
low the elbow His face and body
were bruised and scratched and his
back sprained. He is able to be
around the house with the aid of
a cane.
The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
ST. ANDREWS CHURCH
Rev. Thomas J. Bensley, d. ID. Rector

Sunday, December goth: 4th in
Advent. 8 a. m. Holy Eucharist. $50
a. m. Sunday School and Bible Class
1890 a. m. Morning Prayer and SER
mon, Faithful Stewardship" 7.3O
p. m. Evening Prayer and sermon,
"The Poverty of Jesus"
Tuesday, December %. 730 p. m.
Meeting of st. Andrews Branch,
Girls Friendly Society.
Wednesday, December 23rd. 7.30
Meeting of Troop No. II, Lambert
Vile: Boy Scouts of America
Friday, December 25th: Nativity
of our Lord Jesus Christ. Midnight:
Procession and Choral Holy Euchar-
list. 9 a. m. Holy Eucharist.
The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
LAMBERTVILLE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH

Sunday School at 9.45 A. M.
Morning Service at II o'clock with
a Christmas Sermon by DR.. Wool
verton. In the evening at 7.30,
Christmas Cantata will be rendered
by the enlarged choir under the
leadership of Miss Mary G. Brown.
The Sunday School Christmas En-
tertainment will be held Tuesday
evening. at 7.45.
The Christmas Cantata "Childe
Jesus" by Joseph w. Clokey will be
sung by the evening choir of the
Presbyterian church, under the di-
rection of Miss Mary G. Brown;
organst, Miss Olivia Silvers, on
Sunday evening, December Goth at
7:30 o'clock.
Soprano and bass soloists, Miss
Thelma Hicks and Mr.. Reginald
Walker.
The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
Someryille Road Completcd

The South Somerville road, that
section of Route 16 leading from
north of the Lehigh Valley tracks,
Second street, Somerville, to a point
has been completed by Graham Van
Kuren, of Jersey City, the contrac-
tor. Both sides of the road are in
use and all that remains to be com
pleted by the workmen is some
shoulder work.
The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
GOTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Mr.. and Mrs Henry VanArtsdalen
celebrated their Goth wedding ami
versary at their home in Feaster-
vile on December Z. Mr.. VanArts-
dalen was born in the house in which
they now live on November /, 1912
Mrs. VanArtsdalen's parents lived
up the county, later coming to North
ampton on what is now know as the
Charles Smith farm and then to the
Buck Hotel when she was about
16 years old.
The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
viii Give $1,000 For Road

Miss Florence Wolverton made n
proposition to the Franklin Town
ship Committee that she would pay
$1,000 toward the cost of building
"A good road from her farm to c.
+. Snyder's place, distance of
about one=half mile to Pittstown. The
matter was laid over for the present
time
The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
Senator Rice mirroring

Former Senator Hampton v Rice,
has of late been quite seriously ill
at his home in Doylestown. At last
accounts he was somewhat improved.
He was for many years, resi-
dent of Solebury Township, and is
well known locally.
The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
ST. JOHNS r. C. CHURCH
Rev. ]. f. Mahoney. Rector

Masses on Sunday at and 10
A. M. Stockton 8:45. Every Tues
day and Thursday afternoon Cate
chism instruction and Bible Glass
at $3.50 for all the children attend
ing the public schools.
The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
Committee Should Charge Fe,

These Clinton Township Commit
tee meetings should be worth coming
miles to hear says the Clinton Dem
ocrat. Charging nominal admission
price the township should be soon
nble to pay of the difference which
Exists in the collectors accounts and
forget about it.
The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
Directions For
Xmas MailineS

WRAPPING AND PACKING
All parcels must be securely wrap
ped or packed. Use strong paper
and heavy twine.
Umbrellas, canes, golf sticks should
be reinforced their full length by
strong strips of wood tightly wrap
ped and tied to withstand transpor-
tation.
Hats: Packed in strong corrugated
or fiber boxes. Ordinary pasteboard
hat boxes must be Grated Ladies'
hats and stiff hats easily damaged
should be marked FRAGILE"
Shoes: Pack in strong boxes, pre-
ferably corrugated cardboard. Wrap
with strong paper securely tied with
heavy twine.
Cut flowers: Place in strong suit
able boxes of wood, tin, or heavy
corrugated cardboard. Wrap with
tissue to retain moisture.
Candies: Inclose in strong outside
boxes or containers.
Drawings, paintings, unmounted
maps, etc: Pack or wrap in strong
material to avoid damage. When not
flat, roll around wooden core and
then wrap and tie carefully or place
in strong pasteboard tube.
Sharp-pointed or sharp-edged in
struments or tools must have points
and edges fully guarded to prevent
injury to clerk in handling or dam
age to other mail. Crate suitably or
thoroughly wrap so that they can
not cut through the wrapping.
FRAGILE OBJECTS
Articles easily broken or crushed
must be Grated or securely wrap
ped. Use liberal quantities of excel
sior, or like material, in, around, and
between the articles and the outside
container.
Glassware, fragile toys, crockery
must be packed so as to prevent
the escape of particles or pieces if
broken in transit.
Cigars: Ordinary boxes of cigars
wrapped in paper only will not be
accepted Pack in manner to pre-
vent damage by shock or jar. Wrap
in corrugated pasteboard or similar
material.
All articles easily broken or dam
aged must be plainly marked
FRAGILE"
PERISHABLE MATTER
Articles likely to spoil within the
time reasonably required for trans
portation and delivery will not be
accepted for mailing, Wrap or pack
carefully, according to contents, and
plainly mark all such parcels "PER-
ISHABLE." Use special delivery
stamps to expedite delivery.
ADDRESSES
Addresses should be complete, with
house number and name of street
post-office box or rural route num-
ber and typed or plainly written in
lHk. n TeluTD CdTu SnOulu ne plaCtN
in the upper left corner of every
piece of mail. If tag is used, the
address and return card should also
be written on the wrapper for use
if tag is lost, and copy of the
address should be inclosed inside the
parcel.
POSTAGE
Postage must be fully prepaid on
all mail. Affix the required amount
of postage in the upper right cor
ner. Full information concerning
postage rates can be obtained at the
parcel-post or stamp window.
LIMIT OF WEIGHT AND SIZE
No parcel may be more than 81
inches in length and girth combined
For delivery locally and in the first
second, and third zones, 70 pounds is
the maximum weight; in all other
zones, so pounds.
The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
POSTAGE

Postage must be fully prepaid on
all mail. Affix the required amount
of postage in the upper right cor
ner. Full information concerning
postage rates can be obtained ut the
parcel-post or stamp window
The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
New Bridge Al bloomsbury

Richard & CASTOR are engaged in
the construction of a large bridge
for the State Highway Department
across the Musconetcong River, at
Bloomsbury, where Route 9 inter-
sects with that stream. The bridge is
of concrete with two river piers.
The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
STOCKTON BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday School 10 a. M, C. E. Gas,
preaching 7.30. A. G. Graham
pastor.
The Christmas Entertainment of
Stockton Baptist church and Sunday
School, will be held on Tuesday,
December %, at 7.45 P. NJ.
The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
SANDY RIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH

Sandy Ridge Baptist church and
Sunday School will be held on We'd
nesday evening, December %, at
7.45. The cantata entitled "The
Guest of Bethlehem" will be rem
dered.
The daily worker., 1925-09-17

The party stands to benefit enor-
mously from the reorganization, coup
led with the whole process of Bolshe-
vization. The present system of or
ganization is altogether unfit for a
Communist party. The language
branches are an even more primitive
and ineffective form of organization
than the purely territorial form COM
mon to social-democratic parties thru
out the world. So long as our pres
ent form exists we cannot function
effectively as the vanguard of the
proletariat. The reorganization of
the party on the basis of shop nuclei
is first requisite for our party's ac-
tive and effective participation in all
phases of the class struggle.
TN all it's spheres of activity the
power of the party will be increased
by its reorganization on a shop nuclei
basis. Not the least of the advan-
tages accruing will be an intensifica-
tion and extension of our industrial
work This will come inevitably be-
The daily worker., 1925-09-17
The Party Reorganization

EoR the past three years our party
has had before it the question of
its reorganization upon the basis Of
shop nuclei. We have had much talk
upon the subject, and within the last
year the first real steps have been
taken towards reorganization. But
these were the mepest beginnings.
The recent sessions of the Enlarged
Executive of the Comintern devoted
the major part of their attention to
the question of the reorganization of
the parties and Bolshevization
generally. Consequently, all over
the world the reorganization process
has been stimulated in the various
parties. Our party is no exception to
the general rule. At the party con-
vention just ended it was clearly
manifest that our party now fully
realizes that it must be reorganized
and is willing to undertake this inn
portant task. Our party is now ac-
tually entering into the period of re-
Organization.
The daily worker., 1925-09-17

cause of the shop nuclei form of or
ganization tending to throw our party
more directly into the struggles of
the workers for better conditions in
the industries. This type of party
unit will bring home to us with
greater force the problems of the
workers in the shops and factories.
Its general effect will be- to greatly
stress the necessity for our more ac-
tive participation in all phases of
trade union activity.
The antiquated language branch is
conglomeration of workers of all in
dustries. It does not reflect the life
and struggles of the workers in any
particular industry. Consequently its
tendency is to devote itself not to the
real struggles of the workers but to
affairs of much more minor char
acter. The shop nucleus, on the other
hand, composed solely of workers in
one industry, is by the very nature of
things confronted and animated by
the problems and movements of the
The daily worker., 1925-09-17

receive instructions in regard to
party campaign. The secretary OF the
nucleus receives the instructions to-
day and tomorrow communicates
them to every member of the nucleus
and the members of the nucleus i'm
mediately begin their agitation among
the mass of workers around them in
support Of the party campaign.
THE reorganization of the party,
l. thus, in two ways creates the fun
damental condition for successful
work by the party in drawing the
workers into the mass political strug-
gle against the capitalist government.
1t establishes contact with the imme-
diate grievances Of the workers which
makes possible the development Of
our campaigns out of these grievanc-
es thus starting from the immediate
point of interest Of the workers and
It creates the organizational machin-
cry thru which the party can make
its influence felt among the masses.
The reorganization of the party
means that we will have a new party,
the party will gain as effectiveness as
an instrument to reach and revolu.
tionize the American workers. We
have been working with a clumsy, un-
suitable organization because of that
we have wasted a great deal of our
energies. To reorganize the party
means at least the starting of the ef-
fectiveness of all our work We will
go forward in the work of making our
party the leader of the mass move
ment of the American workers direct
ing against the capitalist state power
and for the establishment of Com
munism.
The daily worker., 1925-09-17
Party Reorganization and Its Political Campaigns

the party who asked whether the
work of organizing shop nuclei was
not phase of the work in his charge.
Both the comrades had the wrong
idea that thru the reorganization our
party was to become a sort Of new
union and do work which the unions
now carry on.
This conception arises from the fact
that in arguing in support of the form
alton of shop nuclei as the basic unit
of the party we have emphasized the
fact that the shop nuclei will be the
closest contact with the workers in
the factories and will know and un-
derstand their grievances and make
these grievances the starting point for
their agitation and thus draw the
workers under the influence of the
Communist Party.
OUR shop nuclei must take up the
- grievances of the workers in the
factories where they are organized
but they cannot and must not stop
there. 1t is not sufficient that the
shop nuclei raise the issue Of bad
working conditions and carry on a
struggle against the employers on
this issue or that they lead fight
for reduction of hours or increase of
wages in the factories. 1t is not suffi-
cient that they take up the work of
organizing shop committees as the
basis of organization of unorganized
factories. The struggle for better
wages, shorter hours, better working
conditions, to organize the morgan
lied must be connected in every case
with the struggle against the capital
ist government and the capitalist
system. 1t must be means of ap-
The daily worker., 1925-09-17

proach to gain influences and estab.
lish the leadership OF the Communist
Party. The struggle, over wages and
working conditions must be connect
ed with the struggle against the
Dawes plan and Imperialism. The
leadership in strike and govern
mental interference in such a strike
must be the means of directing the
struggle of the workers against the
government. Every struggle originat-
ing in the factory must be connected
with the broad political struggle Of
the workers to establish the proletar-
ian rule.
All of the above is only another way
of saying that we remain a revolu.
tionary political party after we or
ganize on the basis of shop nuclei.
Reorganization does not mean that we
have established new form of in
dustrial organization to fight the bat
ties Of the workers in the factories.
1t does mean that we. have found an
effective means of combining these
struggles with and making them the
starting point thru which we draw
the workers into the political strug,
giles against the capitalist state
power.
THE reorganization of our party
4 presents itself in two phases. First,
the creation of the new basic unit
of the party In the form of the shop
nucleus and street nucleus and sec
ond, the creation of a centralized ap-
paratus OF the party The party has
been greatly hampered heretofore in
its political campaigns because of the
slowness and heaviness of the party
in going into action. With the decen.
The daily worker., 1925-09-17
Progressive Miners
in Anthracite Say
Union Must Fight
CONTINUED from page u

CONTINUED from page IL
demands of the anthracite mine work
ers have been forgotten, pushed to the
background and in lieu thereof have
been substituted some fake issues,
issues on which the present strike is
being waged, firstly comes the Check
off" they the 10 per cent increase,
and then the $1.OO day for all labor
classified as company labor. which is
all labor other than that of contract
mining inside and outside"
Lewis, Kennedy and Murray, with
their handpicked scale committee are
concentrating on the demand that the
"check-off" shall be established in the
anthracite field. The more important,
the burning issues are forgotten en-
tirely. And what might the check-off
be? Does this demand, the check-off
mean so much that it should super
EIDE all other demands? 1t does not
The check-off is but an organizational
measure, not effecting the wages,
hours and working conditions of the
anthracite, but is merely a demand,
which if won, means that Lewis will
not have as much trouble as hereto
fore in collecting the dues and assess
ments of the miners of the region.
The, companies would just take it
from their envelopes and turn it over
to the union. What a mighty, soul
stirring demand Yet Lewis and his
official cohorts emphasize the strike
win continue until the check-off is
established. We support the check-off,
since the tri-district convention in
cluded it among the demands, but we
point out the check-off is dangerous
in many respects, as controlled by the
operators and the union bureaucracy
constitutes a tremendous weapon to
be, used against the militant forces of
the union. '
stf. Some Admit Mistakes 3
Many militants Of the hard coal
field were and are yet, confused over
the check-off. Many who we're sincere
unreservedly supported the demand.
Pointed out the dangers of the check
off, from a theoretical standpoint and
from past experiences, many have ad-
mitted their previous position to be
wrong. Is this demand of sufficient
merit to be made the chief demand
during this strike?
Lewis forgets the miners of this
Aafd load four Ave and civ fnn oar
Of coal being paid on the car basis,
The daily worker., 1925-09-17
By VIM. Z. Foster

their failure to act, are also bound to
be matters of constant and major i'm
portance to the shop nucleus involved.
In all industries the shop nuclei will
feel a direct and urgent impulse for
the powerful organization of our party
fractions in the trade unions
Let us therefore, proceed diligently
with the reorganization of our party
that is now being prosecuted. The
effective completion of this great task
means to multiply the efficiency of our
party, not only in the activity here
elaborated upon, trade union work
but in every field of party activity.
Doubters and those who meet the
party reorganization campaign with
passive resistance should be pushed
aside and this great task made the
first order of business thruout the
party. The speed and effectiveness
with which we accomplish the party
reorganization will show very much
the degree of Bolshevization that our
party as a whole has arrived at.
The daily worker., 1925-09-17

workers in that industry. Every cut
in wages, every act Of tyranny of the
employers, every movement of unrest
of the masses inevitably precipi-
tates itself into the life Of the nucleus
in the industry concerned.
CONSEQUENTLY the question of
~ trade union organization must
always occupy leading position in
the activity of the shop nucleus. If
the workers have no unions the prob
lem of organizing them into such is
an ever present one before the shop
nucleus. 1t must fasten its attention
upon this great problem of the organ
ization of the unorganized until event
ually trade union is founded If
there are company unions in its in
dustry inevitably the shop nucleus
will be forced to fight this institu-
tion of the employers, aiming to de-
stroy it or to turn it into real labor
organization. If there are trade un-
ions in the industry their actions in
defense of the workers interests, OF
The daily worker., 1925-09-17

tralization OF the party into is lam
guage sections made 1t almost i'm
possible to secure a quick response
and quick action in support OF the
campaign initiated by the Central
Executive Committee. It's communi-
cations and instructions regarding the
campaigns had to slowly filter thru
the language sections before,t the party
units locally could be drawn into ac-
ton. The consolidation of the party,
thru the creation of subsection, sec
ton and city organizations, the lead
ing committees in charge of these
sections will create the apparatus
thru which the party can in the fu-
ture, be quickly mobilized for its
work.
The organization of shop nuclei and
street nuclei in place of the terri
torial and language branches of the
party is the fundamental change
which will enable our party to really
influence the masses of this country.
At the present time, communications
and instructions regarding party cam
paigns reach our territorial and Ian
guage branches, are read and some ef-
forts made to put them into effect, but
these territorial and language branch
es are not connected as such with
any mass of workers whom they can
influence and draw into action in sup
port of the campaigns the party ini-
tiates
THE shop nucleus on the contrary,
L is cell embedded among a mass
Of workers. The members of a shop
nucleus do not have to wait two
weeks or a month for the meeting of
territorial or language branch to
The daily worker., 1925-09-17

robbed Of their labor by this system,
make thousands of dollars profits in
dividually for their bosses. The tonn-
age system will be fought for relent-
less ceaseless struggle will be con-
Quoted by the militant forces of the
anthracite for the realization of this
demand. The progressive bloc at the
tri-district convention introduced and
fought for the tonnage resolution. 1t
was adopted and included in the IL
demands. Lewis shoves it to the back
ground, quite content to have the
companies rob the miners longer un-
der the system of being paid for coal
produced on the basis.
Real Demands
Lewis concentrates on the check-off,
and what of the miserable lot of
thousands of miners who daily go un-
derground, remain there all day long
shaving like beasts in gas, water and
mud only to return home without hav-
ing made days wage? Lewis forgets
that there is one thousand, and one
different prices for labor in the an
thracite mines, discriminatory and in
equitable, that no Standardization of
wages exists, that thousands of boys,
paid boys wages, from $500 per day
up, are compelled to do mems work,
that children daily scab their parents
out of Jobs.
Standardize the wages. Equal wages
for the exploited youth. A minimum
wage are demands fought for by the
progressives during the election camp
aign, on the floor of the tri-district
convention, and will be fought for in
the future, the very near future.
And again, Lewis fights for a second
airy demand forgetting that the eight
hour day in the anthracite fields is
big joke. The exploited miners are
forced, in many instances, to remain
underground far exceeding the eight
hour limit, in a wild endeavor to make
a days wages, yet to fail. A six hour
day and thirty hour week was fought
for by the progressives and they will
continue to fight for it. Make of this
strike a real strike. since a strike is
a conflict between the employer and
worker
Van Bitner Usual Failure.
April 1st the miners of Northern
West Virginia, under the leadership
of that famous Jesus Jazzer, Van
Bittner, declared a general strike. The
anthracite continued to work. Other
bituminous fields continued to work.
The West Virginia miners are still
on strike. with victory an impossi-
bility, the anthracite followed them
on strike six months later, the CEN
tral competitive field continuing to