The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-05

into one powerful body, that challen
rout all counter-revolutionists, pre-
sented, on Sunday afternoon, the best
answer to traitors lined up with the
murderous crew of Abramovich and
the Second (socialist) international.
That year after his death, Lenin
stands out as the one bright star Of
hope and the living embodiment Of
every principle that points to work
ing class emancipation, was clearly
demonstrated at this great meeting.
Gripped by the emotion of the hour
this vast throng, standing up as the
first number Of the program, "The In
ternational," was rendered by the
Freiheit Singing Society and the COM
bined Freiheit and Hungarian Work
ers' Symphony orchestras, manifest
ed the power of never dying Lenin-
ism that advances with renewed en-
ergy as the days and years go by.
The demonstration reached its eli
max when G. E. Ruthenberg, national
secretary Of the Workers Party, Just
released from the Michigan state pris-
on, was introduced and took his place
at the speakers table. It is doubtful
If any man has ever received as
hearty an ovation in this vast audi
forum as this true champion of the
working class, when wave after wave
of cheering swept along. singing of
THE International starting In a
dozen groups. swelling into one great
anthem Of the sixteen thousand work
ers who could not be subdued in their
effort to show their appreciation Of
their released comrade.
Prisons only steel the viii and de-
termination Of the workers to great
err effort" was Ruthenberg's first SEN
tence. I'VE have had many upris-
ings and revolutions in the course Of
human history, when oppressed peo-
pie have endeavored to throw off the
tyrants," continued Ruthenberg, Tbut
not until the revolution In 1917 in
Russia has there been reTolntion
with a conscious knowledge and scien-
tific understanding. In 1S47 was for
mulated the first scientific program,
based on clear analysis of the capt.
talist system, and in 1917 this pro-
gram won its first victory and stood
the actual test of a living fact.
"Lenin showed" Ruthenberg went
on that the working class must be
organized on the basis of the every
day struggle. The first great step
must be to establish a proletarian
state. Capturing Of capitalist parlia-
ments cannot bring working class vic
tory. There must be new form of
government that lends itself to the
use of the workers in power, the Sow
let form which Lenin helped to es-
tablish in Russia. To gain this the
revolutionary workers must ally them
selves with all producers, workers in
the shop and farmers in the field. the
FiIipinos under capitalist imperialism
and the Negroes under capitalist ex-
ploitation.
"A movement based on science and
conscious understanding challenges
capitalism In the United States. It
broke down and destroyed capitalism
in Russia and will do the same in
every country on the globe"
LenIn still Leads.
Tho dead, Lenin is still leading"
said Ben Gitlow, chairman, in his
opening remarks. I'VE are living in
the most imperialistic period of capt.
taiism," he went on, but we are also
living in the epoch of the greatest
uprising Of the proletariat in its con-
quest for power. The one outstand-
ing figure in this uprising Is Lenin,
and we pay him tribute today as we
are going forward to usher in the
working class rule and the Commun.
list order Of society" gn
Alexander Brailovsky, editor OF
NovyaMir Russian Communist daily,
said IN part:
~ New international Created.
a''Remember what happened ten
years ago, the year OF the great be-
trayal OF the workers by the leaders
OF the Second International. TO many
II seemed that international prole-
tartan solidarity persisted forever.
Then sounded the voice of Lenin. The
proletarian international has not per-
ished and never will. The workers
will create a new International And
the new international has been Great.
cd. We understand that seven bour-
gcois organizations tried to prevent
this meeting. You know their names.
It would be very bad IL they could