The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-24

ton Of the evening. Standing on q
table 80 as to be seen by the audience,
Comrade Thelma sketched the life OF
Lenin from the time he was denied
admission to the university because
his brother had been executed as a
revolutionist, until he headed the vic
torious Communist revolution and
founded the Soviet government OF
Russia and the Communist Interna-
tional.
Lenin Aided Oppressed Races.
Gordon Owens, the well known Ne
gro Communist, told of the work OF
Lenin in cementing the oppressed
races to the revolutionary movement
The Red Star pageant, given to the
music of the Young Workers League
orchestra, made a profound impress
sion on the large audience. AS the
curtain rose, the stage was flooded
with red light.
The orchestra played the revolu-
tionary funeral march as a huge red
star in the center Of the stage sud
denly flashed with light. and ham.
mer and sickle appeared on the star
under which the letters flashed in cleo
trio lights, ''Lenin Is Dead"
Then as the orchestra changed tho
tune to the Internationale, there ap-
peared on the star in large letters, the
slogan 'rLeninism Lives" The audi.
ence responded with tremendous
ovation.
LenIn and the Youth.
Barney Mass of the Young Workers
League, told Of Lenin's work in found.
ing the Young Communist Interna,
tional, Of working class Communist
youth of the world, Of which the
Young Workers League is the Ameri.
can section. Comrade Mass declared
that Lenin had said that the task OF
the revolutionary youth is to learn
ut is with that spirit that the clasi
conscious youth OF the world are pre-.
pairing to aid in the overthrow of CAPT
talism," Comrade Mass declared. He
reminded his hearers that Lenin dis
PEELED the idea that there was no room
in the revolutionary movement for the
youth of the world.
"The world Communist movemen'
has made great progress during the
past year," said Engdahl. Twenty.
one capitalist nations, much agains
their will, have been forced to bow t.
the Russian Soviet government found
ed by Lenin. Now Japan has been
forced to recognize Russia, and the
United States must soon follow"
Engdahl told of some Of the future
tasks of the Communists. The next
war will be fought over control OF
the Pacific, he declared. Soviet Rus
STA is glad to sell oil to Japan because
Russia needs the money to strengthen
its workers government, but the
Japanese navy, with all It's oil, cannot
stave off the establishment Of the So
Wet government Of Japan by the
Japanese workers.
The new Offensive Of the capitals
government Of the United States was
described by Engdahl, who told how
lC. p. Ruthenberg, executive secretars
OF the Workers (Communist) Party
was sitting in the hell hole of prison
at Jackson, Michigan, on the annivers
airy of Lenin's death because he dared
to defend the Communist movement in
this country.
Comrade Engdshl told Of some OF
the triumphs Of the American work
ers. He told how the left wing ele
ments of the large trade unions, led
by the Communists, are meeting the
attacks Of the bureaucratic rule Of the
labor takers. and how the workers OF
New York Kissed down the Jewish
daily (socialist) Forward" stool
pigeon Abramovitch when he attempt
ed to Islander the Soviet government