The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-25
800 SLOVENIAN
DELEGATES HEAR
COMMUNIST talk
Ruthenberg Outlines the
Party's Program

err part Of the 800 delegates who are
here for the national convention Of
the Slovenian National Benefit So
dressed by c. E. Ruthenberg, general
secretary of the Workers Party, at
which the Communists achievements
in Russia and the Communist program
In the United States was outlined.
The meeting was arranged by the
Communist fraction in the Slovenian
National Benefit Society convention,
working under the direction of the
South Slavic section of the Workers
Party.
The subject Of Comrade Ruthen-
berg's speech was America and Rus
STA Today" The speaker contrasted
Americas boasted democracy" with
the workers democracy which exists
in Russia today and showed how the
workers in the factories elect their
representatives to the Soviets and
that these representatives are in close
contact with the workers whose in
terests they are to defend and must
continually report to them. This was
contrasted with the sham democracy
of the United States which really, as
the speaker declared, was a mask for
the dictatorship of the capitalists.
"The Russian workers and peas
ants" the speaker declared, have the
highest form of democracy that has
ever existed-workers democracy ex-
pressing itself as dictatorship of
/ the proletariat."
The speaker then turned to the ST.
tuation in Russian industry where the
workers, thru the trade unions and
thru their factory committees have a
voice in all phases of management,
direction, hours of work and wages.
Cars of American Industry
I'm American industry we still have
the rule of the -czars and kaisers of
industry who hire and fire at will
The cars of industry dictate the
wages and working conditions. The
Russian workers are no longer sub
jeet to the whims of exploiters. They
have won their rights in industry.
They are not fired or laid off at the
will of boss. Thru their industrial
trade unions and thru their factory
committees they have achieved a po-
sition of equality in industry"
The speaker showed that the victor
les Of the Russian workers has been
won thru the Communist Party of
Russia. 1t was the Communist Party
that stood in the forefront of the
struggle at the point of danger which
led the workers to victory and was
leading the workers in the building
OF social system in Russia.
Contrasting Russia under the lead
ership of the Communist Party with
Germany, where the socialists had
the opportunity to take power in 1918,
Comrade Ruthenberg showed the be-
trayals of the socialist party leaders
The socialist party produced Noske
to shoot down the revolutionary work
ers and to murder Luxembourg and
Liebknecht. The socialist policies in
Germany have had the net results
for the workers in the election of
Hindenburg in the last presidential
election"
Ask Questions
A lively debate followed the meet
ing. Many questions were asked.
Delegate Kobe of Duluth wanted to
know what program the Workers
(Communist) Party had to unite the
workers in their struggles against
capitalism, to which Comrade Ruthen-
berg replied that the Workers Com
munist) Party had persistently fought
for united front of the workers in
their immediate struggles. He pointed
to the labor party as the means of
uniting the workers for the fight
against capitalism and to develop
class consciousness and class strug-
gle against capitalism.
AT the close of the meeting a col
lection of $3781 was taken up for the
DAILY WORKER.
This mass meeting which was at
tended by the great part of the dele
gates to the convention is expected
to have its results in relation to the
debate on resolutions before the con.
vention for recognition of Soviet Rus
STA, for endorsement Of the formation
or labor party, endorsement Of the
International Labor Defense.
The Slovenian Benefit Society has
in the past been officially on record
as supporting the socialist party. One
OF the resolutions proposed by the
Communist fraction points out the be-
trayal of the workers by the socialist
party. 1t call for the endorsement of
the Communist International on an
International scale and support of the
Workers (Communist) Party in the
United States. The convention is ex-
pected to last at least another week
before 1t finishes its business.