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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-18
By Rebecca Grecht.

not only the leading representative
of this group, but against the ten
denotes represented by this comrade
wherever they manifest themselves in
the party. Were Lore alone the dam
ger in the party, the whole matter
could be easily settled. But the grave
danger to our movement lies in the
penetration of Loreism into the various
sections of the party, in our political
and Industrial work, and in the ac-
tivity of leading followers OF Lore
turnout our ranks. Not only Lore
himself must be combatted, but Lore
ism and the followers of Lore. ANY
attempt to whitewash the leading
Loreites means to give Loreism
new lease of life in the party.
We cannot conveniently shove the
entire question of Loreism into the
Office of the Volkszeitung and the
German bureau. and then proceed to
make, deals with prominent Loreites
in other sections of the party. The
struggle against Lore must proceed
on all fronts. The election alliance
made by the minority group in New
York with the Lore group carries with
it a dangerous significance. In effect,
1t means a denial of the existence of
the Lore tendency and the Lore group
in the party, In spells the liquidation
of the struggle against Loreism in our
ranks.
This must be unequivocally con-
demned as against the decision OF the
Communist International The New
York membership must repudiate
such deals, must emphatically declare
them to be acts of disloyalty to the
Comintern. They must declare to the
minority that oratory at membership
meetings and articles in the press
are not in themselves indications of
determination to wage the struggle
against Loreism, but that concrete &C.
tions will be considered. and upon
them final judgement will resf
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-18

establishes the fact that the minority
is not sincere in its struggle, and is
in actually tending to sabotage the
attempts of the party to eradicate
Loreism from our ranks.
We had several instances of this
before the decision of the Parity Com
mission was made. Comrade Gitlow's
needle trades resolution. by which the
opportunist group in the needle trades
was given indirect support and en-
couraged in their fight against the
G. E. c., is case in point. Equally
so is the defense Of Comrade Poyntz
by the minority, their attempts to
shield her from the attacks of the
G. e. c. as a militant leader of Lore
ism, shown by their introduction Of
resolutions turning the attack against
(Poyntz into an attack againstJfh
c. f. C. But the most conclusive
proof has been given in the elections
for delegates TO the New York Dis
trict Convention, just concluded. Here
was thS dSiu tcSb VI the SOOu ldlLl OF
both majority and minority groups in
their struggle against Loreism. And
while the majority group has in sew
eral instances repudiated such action,
the minority of New York has made
deals with the Lore group for election
purposes in important branches, has
actively furthered such alliances wher-
ever possible in order to obtain sup
port for their candidates.
The aim OF the minority is to cap
ture the party convention at all costs.
As one young comrade OF the minority
stated-and he was merely expressing
the views Of the leadership he fol-
lows-"We have one object--to defeat
the majority. All means are justified
to that end" In pursuit of this aim,
the minority have demonstrated in
New York their readiness to compro.
mise with Loreisml Ito conveniently
ignore Loreism where It suits their
ends, to consummats. or wink at alli-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-18

The Communist International, in its
recent decision on the controversy
within our party, has been clear and
definite in its determined stand
against Lore and Loreism. 1t has
called upon both leading groups in
the party to unite to combat this
tendency and its leaders The Parity
Commission has reiterated the state.
ments and demands of the Comintern.
The struggle against Lore and Lore
ism becomes therefore the task of all
leading elements in the party and
must be undertaken by the member
ship in every section of the party.
In our young movement, first hewing
out its leadership and cementing its
ranks on the basis OF Leninism, this
Is a vitality necessary task. The Boil
shevization and unification of our par
ty depends upon it. No compromise
on this issue can be tolerated.
The problem of the struggle against
Lore and Loreism, while IL exists for
the entire party, is particularly i'm
portant in New York. This is the
seat of Loreism in the party, mani
Testing itself in the Volkszeitung and
the German Bureau, in the Jewish
Federation in the needle trades group,
and in some important English
branches. 1t is here, where the lead
ing figures of the Lore group carry
on their activity, that the fight is
concentrated. 1t is here that the sin
certify, firmness, and determination of
the majority and minority groups in
the struggle against Loreismlcan best
be tested 1N,C,JJl4
The minority in New York have
been loud in their verbal protestations
ot opposition to Loreism/ with great
oratory they have declared their in.
tention, in speeches, OF roofing out
all rempants Of the 2h international
tendency in our party. An examina-
ton of. their resent activity. however,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-18
Judge Lyle and the AmaIgGmQted

According accused crime are assumed
to be innocent until they guilty This however, only
assumption 1t of handy ctions
the workers into believing that they equal with the capitalists
before the law.
matter of always to guilty
whether they innocent in the the capital
lists nc their retainers
Judge Lyle proved this days ago. referred the
Amagamaed Clothing Workers who were brought
before him by Lieutenant Grady Immediately
assumed that charge made against them
placing exorant 100000 on Patsy de Rosa an Anal
gamated proved concusve considers the
Amagamated Clothing Workers criminal conspiracy against
capitalist system general and against the international Tailoring
company in particular.
capitalist fimsy charges
framed by Mike Grady, boon Dean
0anniOn gangter is quite likely that Grady would experience
another one OF his frequent suspensions How did Grady the
faup evidence that he used against the Amaga
mated Clothing Workers? BY simply going Ray
International Tailoring Company and taking that open shoppers
word gospel Grady did whether Reeder telling
truth not he had at least powerful motive making
raid the Amalgmaed outside of his willingness
any dirty work that will bring him money.
Grady spent months exle" because
haing late gangser Dean Oannion Dean
also political ally of attorney Robert
how this inokg directorate gangsters capitalists police
judges and attorney Grady recently suspended
for getting mixed drunken braw in Coosimos
notorious red light district where the Johnny Trro booze and
ring their headquarters Grady just got back
the force thru political influence hours
Amagamaed headquarters Grads brother representative in
the Illinois assembly
of a with such shady reputation as
Lieutenant Grady that Judge Lyle held sixteen
heavy bail and a $1O5,OOO bond.
Judge Lyle playing the big business
working hand in hand with the police department The
Tailoring Company resorted radng Amagamated
owing its failure injunction preventing
citing They could not find legal prevent pckeng
which is not forbidden by the Illinois state laws.
held contrary
law Judge Lyle knew this He also knew of Grady shady
Yet he showed his coors by hurting
those who before guilty singing
indentfy Them Jail years"
spoke the capitalist judge And yet
who still believe that they justice under capitalism
They cannot Judge Lyle only of thousands of his kind
Of the capitalists of Chicago do
their work And he does it. He class conscious
would for Communist candidate for Office
working Unfor
tunatey the workers class conscious
they capitalist mayor would not be in the city hail.
police would have charge
of the city capitalist judges would not be the
trades unionss to jail
union movement of Chicago fight by side
with the Amagamaed in this struggle The Chicago Federation
Labor should take action Every local union in the city should
know what they think of his action
the level the high lacking gangse that
ant Mike Grady protects occasionally
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-18


To the Central Executive Committee
of the Workers Party of America,
DEAR Comrades: During the visit
~ of the representatives of your
Party to Moscow we held with them
consultation on the immediate tasks
of the Workers Party in the sphere OF
organization and the methods of the
carrying out the decision of the
Plenum as expressed in the Theses of
Comrade Zinoviev on Bolshevization
in the Section dealing with the duties
Of the Workers Party, the second
point Of which (the decision) states
that it is necessary Ito fuse the ma
tional sections of the party into real
united party" The conclusion ar
rived at in our consultations on this
question was unanimously agreed to
by all present.
We observe with great satisfaction
that the Workers Party has recently
been achieving undoubted successes
in its political activities. Neverthe-
less, it may be safely said that these
successes would have been greater if
,the Workers Party possessed proper
organizational structure. Every mem
Der of the Workers Party is aware
that there is no party or political or
ganization in the United States, apart
from the Workers arty, which really
stands for, and endeavors TO defend
the interests of all toilers. Neverthe-
less, every member of the Workers
Party will admit that this party-the
only party of the workers and farm
ers-is still far from having received
from the majority of the workers, the
interests of whom it is out to defend,
that recognition which the party
should and can win. 1t is obvious to
every comrade how much stronger
would be the position of the Ameri
can workers and farmers if they fol
lowed the Workers Party and if the
influence of the latter were the domi
mating factor in the movement of the
masses. Therefore, every member OF
the Workers Party should ask him.
self the question, what in reality is
preventing his party from gaining that
influence?
DROVIDED the policy of the party is
4 a correct one it may be safely said
that one of the chief reasons for such
a state Of affairs lies in the defects OF
the organizational structure of the
Workers Party, which are greater than
in any other party and therefore affect
it to a greater extent than other par.
ties. 1t cannot be denied that it will
be extremely difficult for the party to
consolidate its successes, and that the
extension and Interpretation of its DO
litical influence will be hampered very
considerably both in respect of EN-
bracing by our agitation the wide sec.
tions of the workers and farmers who
are still outside our influence and by
winning over those workers from
other mass organizations which our
enemies still hold firmly in their
grasp, as well as in the protection OF
our movement from possible destruc
tion by the bourgeoisie. if our party
does not posses well-constructed or
ganization. This consideration, in our
opinion places before the Workers
Party, with greater insistence than
ever before the question of a correct
organizational structure.
For a party of the working class a
proper structure is, first and foremost,
a guarantee that its decision will be
carried into effect by all its organs
and members.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-18
A Renegade Squeals

When Paul Smith, paid disrupter of American Fedora
ton Labor went to work in Minneapolis the Communists
out OF the Trades and Labor Assembly he promised the rank
file that the hated eliminated
take to the unions like brown bear her cubs But Smiths prom
Use has not been fulfilled.
The employers had the best the bargain employers
what they Smith They knew that
once the Communists eliminated the mancy would
rate from the assembly like water out OF kettle fire
Not content with getting rid of the Communists
bowling for the aps of the rnegade who dropped
progressive camoufage the signal danger their
tickets.
The employers branding the renegades
is positively unfair cry the renegades 1t giving
ment of Minneapolis bad name they whine Communists believe in
the class struggle while the renegades believe cooperation
the employers.
The renegades willing do anything that is required
them But the employers Suspicious They prefer the reliable
frauds who stayed from tn feed bag There nothing hurts
traitors feeling much learn that the price of his treachey
is not forthcoming %st
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-18

national sections, so that the future
committee should be guaranteed con-
tact with them. This remark applies
also to the elections to the Central
Committee.
1t is equally important for the rule
should be adopted that where factory
nuclei already exist their representa-
tives should unconditionally be elect
ed to the party committees, and in
numbers guaranteeing the influence
of the factory nuclei in the affairs and
work Of the given party organization.
If the factory nuclei are already suffi-
cient numerous, their representatives
must be given the majority Of the
party committees.
THIRDLY, it is equally important
Ito bear in mind the necessity OF
arranging the general meetings OF the
nuclei, the party meetings, the con-
ferences and the meetings of the party
organs (committees, etc. in such a
way that the comrade belonging to
the various national groups should be
able to take part in the meetings,
themselves speaking and understand
ing everything that is said-in a word
that they should feel no Inconvenience
from the fact that they know no Ian
guage but their own. To that end
it is essential that at all meetings
where comrades from different ma
tional groups attend there should be
translators, they should be so organ
lied as to hamper the proceedings Of
the meeting as little as possible.
One more remark regarding the size
of the town districts. In certain towns
the town districts are Unfortunately
large both as regards territory and
the number of inhabitants. For in
stance, in New York, Brooklyn, which
has population of two million, is re-
garded as a single town district. OF
course, it is impossible to cover and
be of service to Brooklyn without
dividing it up. In determining the
size of districts the possibilities of help
ing them must be borne in mind. It
should also be borne in mind that the
town districts must coincide with the
municipality, or unite within their ter
ritory several municipalities wards,
without breaking them up.
When the Workers Party in the
towns adopts the system of town dis
trict and town party committees com
mon to all nationalities it veil already
be possible to some extent to carry
into effect the decisions of the lead
ing party centers thruout the whole
organization, from top to bottom and
to carry them into the factories, work
shops and other undertakings. The
question of district committees and
organizations will then be solved with
less difficulty.
The election of town district and
town committees--which can be pro-
coded with even before nuclei have
been formed in the majority of the
factories-is, after the formation OF
nuclei, the second radical step towards
the reformation Of the determination
al organization Of the Workers Party.
With the growth of the nuclei the ma
,tional organizations will cease to be
the fundamental part Of party struc-
ture, and will begin to play different
role.
(To be continued.) N
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Striking criminals in the columns Of the capitalist
Yet the workers support the capitalist press Why
port the DAILY WORKER that helps you nyour fight?
The socialists of course join the
Association Of Machnsts mitants
That to be expecte'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-20
Reserve Decision
In Suit Involving
Rented PROPERTY

decision was reserved in the case of
Hattie M. Tarr Of Litchfield VS.. Fred
Cyr of Greene. which was heard on
Thursday afternoon before Justice
Philbrook as referee. This case in
wolves the renting Of a house bv the
defendant from the plaintiff for occu-
pancy during the winter Of 1929 and
1924.
The plaintiff claims that the defend
ant was to occupy the house with his
wlfe and one son only and that he was
to have the use Of but three rooms.
The defendant moved into the house
IN December, 1928, and left in March.
"a, and the plaintiff complains that
the house was left in bad condition at
that time, that plastering on the walls
was broken, nails were driven into the
floors and woodwork, some of tho
woodwork was slightly scorched. and
that there was other damage to the
real estate and personal property
which she declares to be in opposition
to the express agreement under which
Cyr took the house.
The defendant stated that he was
conducting a cordwood operating at
that time, employing from 10 to 16
men. All but two Of these men were
housed and fed in the house which he
had hired from Mrs. Tarr He de-
clares that he was to have the use Of
as much of the house as he needed
and That he did in fact use the five
rooms on the lower floor
Attorney George w. Heselton an
peeared for the plaintiff and Burleigh
d Williamson for the defendant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-20
Funeral of Mrs. Alfred Lacasse

The funeral of Mrs. Alfred La
casse. who died Monday in this city,
was held Thursday at st. Augustine $
church. Rev. FIR. Casavant assisted
by Father Chabot conducting the
service. There was a large atten-
dance of relatives and friends present
regard in which she was held. In
termcnt was in the family lot in st.
Augustine'S cemetery.
Mrs. Lacasse was a leader among
her people and a champion for good
causes. She was charitable and al
ways willing to give of her time for
the advancement of the Franco
American people. Her loss will be
felt most keenly by all.
She was a real mother devoted tc
her children, home and husband in
spite of her many activities. The
| members of st. Augustines parish
especially and all others who have
come in contact with her have moth
| ing but good words for Mrs. Lacasse
| and sympathy for her bereaved
parents. She was an active mem
Der Of the Societe st. Jean de Bap-
tiste, Ladies OF st. Anne and OF tho
Calumet club.
Relatives and friends from out Of
town who attended the funeral were
Mrs. Marie Michaud; Mr.. and Mrs
! +. j. BOurque, of Corinna: Alphonse
| st. Pierre of Lewiston: Mrs. Edward
Gastonguay of Rumford: JOSEPH
l Michaud and Philip Michaud of Var
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-20
BANQUET TO CLOSE
SEASON AUGUSTA
BOWLING LEAGUE

The annual banquet which brings
the seasons contests in the Augusta
Y. M. C. A. Bowling League TO a
close will be held at the banquet nail
of the "Y" on Monday evening. Mar.
80. At that time the large bowling
trophy will be presented to the Am
erican Legion team, this year S
league leaders.
Several individual medals are also
to be awarded at this banquet. They
will go to the man having the high
est single string for the season, the
one having the highest average for
the season and the one having the
highest three string total.
A program OF fun and enjoyment
is always arranged for the bowling
banquet and this year will be no eX-
Ception to the rule. The toastmas-
ter will be the president of the
league, Harry Jones, who will with
out doubt carry the events through
with plenty of ginger.
The Augusta Y. M. c. A. bowling
league has been in existence for
three years and three different
teams have secured a leg on the
coveted trophy. The first season,
1924, the Kennebec Journal lead
the league and received the cup for
the season. In 1924-25 the Clerks
took it from the Journal boys and
this year the Clerks lost it to tie Lee
gion.
The teams composing the league
this year are the American Legion,
Y. M. C. A.. Miscellaneous, c. M. p.
Co.. Kennebec Journal and Clerks
]. Is expected that there will be a
large number present at this BAN
quot, and that the same good fellow
ship that has always prevailed upon
the alleys will be in evidence at the
dinner
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-20

1.-THE Bath bridge project will pass
the present session of the Legisla-
ture and be submitted to the people
in September; the three cent gas
tax will pass, and the Barwise bill
en- State aid for seCtarian schools
will meet the fate of its two predeC-
eSsors'' predicted Senator Frederick
w. Hinckley Of South Portland,
speaking Thursday noon at the regu-
lar meeting of the Augusta Eiwanis
Club which was held at the Augusta
Girls Community Club.
1.-The time has arrived when the
people of the State will dam the
rivers and cease to damn those who
would dam the rivers" was among
the pertinent predictions and de-
clarations of the Cumberland Sena-
tor during the course of his speech,
in which he discussed several of the
more. interesting and well known
pieces of legislation now before the
law makers.
Senator Hincklev deplored the So
called "twO-by-four'' economy,
which belittled the qualities and
abilities of some of the States lead
ing executives, and expressed a hope
that some day the people would
come to a realization of the value
and service of such men as DIR. a.
o. Thomas, State Commissioner of
Education; Charles f.. Carney,
chairman of the Public Utilities
Commission, and State Librarian
Henry f. Dunrack and will give
them salaries commensurate with
their great service.
ut may be good business but poor
politics to refuse to increase the
building fund for such splendid and
necessary institutions as the Ban
gor State Hospital. the Hallowell In
dustria1 School and the School for
Feeble Minded at PoWnaI, but all of
these institutions could be properly
cared for by lcvying n tax not in
excess of 81 per capita, and in this
way the unfortunateS could receive
necessary attention and care"
In amplyfying his remarks with
reference to the Bath bridge the
speaker declared that if the bridge
were opened to tolls, the money thus
received. with the amount to be paid
by the Maine Central Railroad Com
pany would repay the entire cost of
construction within three years.
The plans for raising the Kwanis
hospital fund were explained at the
business session of the club. 1t is
planned to raise fund of $4,000 for
a free bed at the Augusta General
Hospital and series of entertain
ments is being arranged so that a
large number of men, women and chill
dren will not only contribute toward