The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
JOINT BAZAAR IN
new YORK CITY
IS BIGiSUCCESS
Expect Net Receipts to
Pass $4,000

NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 22.-The
Joint Bazaar OF the international |
Workers Aid and the Labor Defense |
Council was success even beyond
the hope of the organizations that ar
ranged 1t. ThsI total receipts cannot |
yet be computed. since large numbers
Of tickets are stilbout. It is very pro.
bable, however, that the net receipts |
will be more than $4,000.
Many Workers cO-operated.
The success Of the bazaar is due to |
the spontaneous and jealous co-opera-
ton OF the membership of the Work
ers (Communist) Party and a large |
number Of organisations The joint |
bazaar committee wishes to express
its thanks to all the comrades who CO.
operated. Itoswishes especially to |
thank tho Amalgamated Food Work
ers and all the comrades who helped |
to make the restaurant and cafeteria |
success, both materially and finan-
cially. me
The bazaar was also a political
success. The propaganda value can
not be overestimated The bazaar
committee sent out tickets to large
number Of organizations, trade I'M
ions, ETC.. and the question of pro-
letarian political prisoners became
the order Of the day. The discussions
that arose in the organizations made
it possible for the comrades to raise
the question of the class war as sell
dom before.
The bazaar was also a success as
against the capitalist class. The
threats of the United States govern
ment to deport aliens without further
ado; the propaganda that has been
carried on by Mr.. Smith, prosecuting
attorney of Michigan, in New York, in
order to incite the people of New
York and the rest of the country
against the Communists under indict-
ment in Michigan; and the probable
deportation Of two Workers Party edi-
tors, one of whom is on Ellis Island
all these threats were answered by the
joint bazaar. The huge crowds that
attended the four days, and especially
Saturday afternoon and evening, when
many hundreds were turned away, in
dictate that the CLASS conscious work
ers Of New York intend to stand by
their class war comrades in the trials
of the capitalist courts.
Show Solidarity with Prisoners.
The bazaar was a success in that
the workers OF this country showed
their solidarity with the proletarian
political prisoners in the capitalist
dungeons of Europe and Asia. Ameri-
can workers are awakening to the sit
uation In Europe-because the condi-
lions now prevailing in Europe may
soon be transplanted to America. The
menace Of wage cuts and of strikes
makes them aware that they will be
forced to fight as the workers of Eu-
rope are lighting. Hence they are
building up their defense bodies and
the bazaar was the FIRST and foremost
opportunity to strengthen the organ
ization-the International Workers
Aid and the Labor Defense Council
which fight in their behalf.
The bazaar was also fine success
artistically. The singing societies, the
athletic clubs. the orchestral societies,
and the workers. Drama League
the children, the Junior groups of the
Young Workers League, and finally
the splendid soloists, who co-operat-
ed in making the bazaar a success,
made the four days of the bazaar a
rare treat for music lovers Of this
city 1t was an especial pleasure to
listen to the proletarians displaying
their art and to have them demon
strate that workers can do what the
bourgeoisie only learn after years of
training. OIL
This bazaar proves quite conclu-
sively that the revolutionary workers
Of the United States have a big fol-
lowing and that the word Communism
has no terror for them. The Work
ers (Communist) Party is on the
march!