The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06


Despite the clustering threat of Cap
tain Gegan of the bomb squad" fame,
during his friendly visit to the
Workers Party district headquarters
on the eve of May Day, that mo May
Day meetings will be held" the mill
tant workers gathered in many thous-
ands in various parts of Greater New
York to voice their challenge to the
system of exploitation and oppression
and to pledge their allegiance to the
Communist International In addition
to FIVE we'll attended mass meetings
held under the auspices of the Fin
nish Ukrainian, Lettish and Czecho-
Slovak language sections of the Work
ers Party, more than five thousand
workers packed the two large meet
ings at the Central Opera House,
Manhattan, and at the Grand Miller's
assembly, Brooklyn, which were call
ed by the district committees Of the
Workers (Communist) Party and Of
the Young Workers League.
Comrade William q. Foster was the
chief speaker at both meetings. The
meetings were also addressed by M. ].
Olgin, William Weinstone, Ludwig
Lore. Juliet Stuart Poyntz. Jack Sta
chel and number of other speakers.
The garment workers celebrated the
international workers holiday at two
of the largest halls of this city. Com
rade Olgin addressed the meeting at
the Metropolitan Opera House, held
under the auspices of Locals and 8
of the International Ladies' Garment
Workers. simultaneously another
meeting was held at the Carnegie Hall
by Local %, l. L. G. W., with Comrade
Juliet Stuart Poyntz as speaker.
Comrade Fosters appearance on the
platform was the signal for a sponta-
neous enthusiastic ovation which con-
tinued until he took the floor, only to
start again after his opening words:
Il have just come back from Soviet
Russia"
The speaker dwelt on the rapid in
dustrial revival in the Union of So
Wet Socialist Republics. He pointed
out that the Communists in America,
who are confronted with the problems
of developing the revolutionary move
ment, of building a mass Communist
Party, Of working in the trade unions
in order to transform them into milit-
ant weapons against capitalism, it is
difficult to understand the problems
facing the Russian Communists, who
have to make sure that the needs of
the population of the Soviet Republics
are taken care of. The Communists
in Russia, he said, were faced with
two problems which the bourgeois
economic experts declared could not
be solved, the problem of stable
currency Ito secure a stable medium
of exchange) and the problem of
balanced budget (that the expendi-
lures of the government should not
be greater than its income). The So
Wet government solved the first pro-
blem in 1922, and now they have
definitely solved the second problem.
In 1921 the budget deficit equaled
so per cent, in 1922 it was reduced to
so per cent, in 1928 to Is per cent.
For the year 1924-25 the Soviet gov
eminent had hoped to reduce the de-
felt to 10 per cent. mo statement at
the session of the enlarged executive
committee of the Communist Interna-
tional," said Comrade Foster, aroused
such enthusiasm as the statement
made by Comrade zinoviev, that in
stead of deficit of 10 per cent there
was surplus of one hundred million
rubles."
1.-THE revolution is definitely a sue
cess. With the two most difficult pro-
blems solved, there can be no doubt
that the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics is on the eve of an unprece-
dent industrial development" Com
rade Foster then pointed out that the
terrible suffering that vas caused by
the civil war, the blockade and the
consequent economic disorganization
had a discouraing effect on the work
ers of the West. The socialdemocrats
told the workers; "The conditions I'M