The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-05
COMMUNIST MAY
DAY MEETINGS
STIR WORKERS
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land, addressed the workers, and an
other meeting was held in front of the
Forty-third street gates, at which Sam
Hammersmark and Karl Reeve spoke.
Several hundred leaflets were dis
tributed which demanded q strike
against wage cuts, and copies of the
May Day issue Of the DAILY WORK
Err were sold.
The Chicago Celebration.
The May Day celebration held In
Chicago at Temple Hall was a trem-
endous success. Great crowds Of
workers packed the hall to overflow
ing long before the hour for starting
The meeting was opened with the
singing Of the International by the
Fretheit Singing Society and the en-
tire audience. Then into the hall and
down the aisles and up to the plat
form marched the Juniors Of Chicago.
Red handkerchiefs tied around little
necks, red banners waving from little
hands, revolutionary songs sent up in
the voices OF children brought the
audience to their feet and the young
pioneers Of the revolution were given
an ovation Of cheers and applause
which shook the hall.
Youth Heard First.
Comrade Albert Galatsky, IL years
old, made a splendid speech. I'VE are
more than children of the working
class" he said. I'VE are the Commun-
list children Of the working class. We
know how workers are oppressed in
all countries Of the world, we know
what the Dawes plan is doing to the
German working class and we join
with them in the struggle for the
overthrow of capitalism.
Don't let them tell you there is no
child labor in Illinois. Right here in
this group of Communist children you
see many child workers of Illinois.
We sell papers, we work in stores
and we clean boots. But we are go
ing 10 work for government in Amer
lea like the one in Soviet Russia
where the workers rule and such con-
ditions do not exist We want you to
help us. II you help us build up our
movement, we will all be members
TO the American Soviet republic"
And this once more brought the
audience to its feet and amidst great
applause the Juniors marched on the
platform around the hall, waving their
banners and singing songs amid great
cheering.
Pioneers the Hope Of the Future.
The next speaker was Max Shacht,
man, editor Of the Young Worker.
Comrade Shachtman is a member of
the Young Workers (Communist)
League and has just returned from
Russia where he attended the ses-
sions Of the Young Communist Interna-
tional as one of the American dele
gates. He began by drawing a COM
parison between our Juniors and the
pioneers OF Soviet Russia. He said the
Juniors brought to his mind the huge
demonstrations on the streets of Mos
cow. I'm the front line of every
procession one sees the thousands of
children thru which Russia says to
the world, This is our safety, this is
our security
"In America the children are mere
ly symbol Of the working class in its
most oppressed state. In Soviet Rus
STA the youth are the ones who are
looked after, they are the ones on
whom the future hopes are built"
Depicts European White Terror.
Comrade James p. Cannon, assist
ant secretary OF the Workers Party
Of America, who also has just return
ed from Russia where he was a dele
gate to the sessions of the enlarged
executive committee Of the Commun-
list International. was the next
speaker. He drew a picture OF the
white terror that exists today all over
Europe. Germany, he said, has been
reduced to a colony OF American and
English capitalism. The effects Of the
victory OF American capitalists over
ierman workers by means OF the
Dawes plan has ensIaved the workers
all over the world. The echo for as
is the wage cuts that we see on all
sides.
This sterilization OF capitalism is
responsible for the tortures that are
being inflicted upon rebellious work.
ers." said Comrade Cannon. "In
Esthonia hundreds OF thousands of
workers have been slaughtered. In
Italy. In Hungary. in every country
1t has brought with II misery to work
ers. We are now in the midst OF inter-
national reaction.
sovIets Hope Of World.
But central Europe is not the
whole Of Europe. We can see other
parts OF the world where the nag
OF the hope OF the workers fiies-that
Is Soviet Russia. In spite OF reaction,
in spite OF the treachery OF the social.
lists. the Soviet flag. the flag OF revo-
luton still stands stronger than ever
before. Lenin Is not there any more
but Lenin's party is there"
May DAY Clves Reoewed uone