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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-17
CALLED
TO STOP FUR
union Meeting
Gold Not AlIOwed to
Speak
NocKELs INFORMS POLICE.

NocKELS INFORMS POLICE.
Edward NockeIs, secretary of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, called
the police department from his Of
flee on Tuesday and said;
There is a Communist agitator
here by the name of Gold who Is
disruptlng the labor movement and
we want you to attend to him. He
is going to speak tomorrow night at
the Odd Fellows Hall on Albany and
18th street."
Nockels then turned to some right
wlngers of the Furriers' Union who
had been in conversation with him
and said; THAT'S the best can do
for you"
Police and gangsters broke up a
special meeting of the Fur Workers
Union called a week ago while Inter-
national President Shachtman was
present for the purpose OF hearing
Ben Gold, chairman of the New York
Joint Board of the union.
No sooner had the meeting been
called to order than Milstein, a right
winger and former business agent,
struck the chairman and knocked him
down. Great disorder resulted and
while the meeting was in an uproar
police and gangsters rushed in and,
after considerable fighting had taken
place, the police closed the meeting.
Police and Right Wing.
That there had been mobilization
Of right wing sluggers to stop the
meeting with the aid of the police
was evident from the presence Of a
number of strong-arm men from the
Clothing Workers.
Green OF the Painters Union and
others.
The police told a number of officers
Of the union before the meeting that
they had been informed that some
reds" were to be present and that
there was bound to be trouble.
After the meeting had been stopped
the progressive fur workers met at
Freiheit Hall, formed a defense asso-
citation and took up preliminary col
lection of $3.50.
The executive board of the union
meets tonight and at this meeting it
IS said that charges will be preferred
against the individuals who were
responsible for the disorder.
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"The pen rs mIghtIer than the
sword" provided yeu know now to uss
It. Come down and learn now in the
worker correspondents ciasses
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-17
New Panama Treaty.

BALBOA. Panama, Dec. 15.-The
new treaty between Panama and the
United States is ready to be sub
nitted to the assembly by President
Chiari.
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We will send sar'pie copies Of The
DAILY WORKER to your friends.
send US name and address.
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sy = ). o'FLs aERrY

THE ku klux khan has been flattered
namely, imitation. Little klans are
springing up all over the land. Local
klans, that are content with making
an = honest dollar and leaving high
politics alone. One of those altruistic
klaverns is run by one Leanda Cald-
well, Montgomery, Alabama. A small
poster issued by Leanda is before me.
7NHE planks in her platform are as
4 follows: Secession (she does not
say from what the south for south
crners only; confiscate all property.
paying southerners tax-assessed value
in so years; transport Negroes else
where, giving them one-fourth NOV.
able property; cooperation without
association; work seven hours day
for an average of 81 a day; labor
checks instead of money; each colony
as near self-supporting as possible;
the south importing and exporting
nothing. a3s
THAT'S Leanda's position. and the
can start a klavern in our own
community on a commission basis by
buying charter from Leanda for the
small sum Of Ave dollars. Leanda
missed something She should have
declared war on Mexico on the ground
that our southern neighbor was not
sufficiently cultured to belong to the
family Of nations.
THERE is a serious rift in the royal
loot of Roumania's figleaf govern
ment. Premier Bratiano, the real ruler
Of the country has made. a political
(oCntinued on page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-17
BY SYLVAN A. POLLOCK.
Especial to The Daily Worker)


NEW YORK, Dec. t5.-Five wo-
men were arrested and scores Of
other cIoakmakers were brutaly
beaten by mounted policemen, patrol
men, detectives Of the Industrial
squad, and eanssters of the sigman-
8eekerman machine at the gigantic
demonstration Of 5000 workers held
here to protest the demand of the
international Ladies' Garment Work
ers' Union general executive board
that left wing strike leaders immedi-
ateIy abdicated.
Police protection OF right wing
gangsters resulted in many casual
ties among the left wing ranks. both
at the beginning of the demonstra.
ton at the national office of the IN
ion, West 18th St. and when il
wound up outside the Jewish Daily
Forward building, 175 East Broad
way.
Gangstsrs Attack.
After the police had forced the
main body of the demonstrators to
leave the vicinity of the national Of
fee, 80 gangsters swooped from the
hallway and pounced upon the re-
naming workers, and what had been
a peaceful demonstration became
mob scene OF milling men and wo-
men. with fists flying, hats thrown in
to the air, clothing torn, and faces
and bodies brrAed.
The police ceased herding the mass
of protesting strikers into side
streets, and ran up to the scene Of
battle. Then, instead of assisting
the attacked cloakmakers, they came
to the defenes Of the strong-arm men
hitting right and left with their
nightsticks, decorating the heads and
faces of men and women, and dislo-
eating arms and legs.
Black, blue and bloody. the partici-
pants in the struggle were rescued
by the rest of their fellow-workers
who again massed outside the nation
al Offices. Additional policemen
we're called, and the workers were
1OTceu 10 move on.
Move to Forward Bldg.
Assaults by gangsters. and police
began again when the 5000 cloak
makers gathered outside the Jewish
Daily Forward building, IT'S East
Broadway. Mounted policemen, who
had been waiting there since 10
o'clock in the morning. charged the
singing, jeering and booing crowd,
trampling on many, and injuring
scores of others with nightsticks and
billies.
From the side-streets came detec-
lives of the industrial squad and
gangsters furnished by "Mussolini"
Beckerman of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers. Blackjacks were
welded as freely as nightsticks and
revolver butts, telling many OF the
demonstrators.
For Is minutes the turmoil kept
the lower east side in an uproar The
arrival of a. police official resulted in
the calling off of the strong-arm men,
and mounted cops came to charge
the crowd and dispense It.
Ambulanees Called.
Ambulances from ST. Vincent's and
Broad Street Hospitals were called,
and number of men and women
were removed. Many others were
treated, but the police, to avoid in. !
explanations, made no
record of many OF the casualties.
Then a patrol wagon was sum.
moned from the Clinton street police
station and FIVE women we're locked |
up charged with disorderly conduct.
Their "disorderly conduct" was an
attempt to defend themselves from
Continued on page 81
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ganized party.
The resolution demands of the par
ty that at least half of the energies
Of the party must go into organization
work for the next six months and out
lines q concrete program to strength
en- the party organization. This pro-
gram calls for Party Mobilization
Campaign" 10 include a campaign to
draw back members who dropped out
of the party during the reorganiza-
ton, a recruiting campaign, classes
for party functionaries, training the
shop nuclei and street nuclei how to
function, agenda for discussion at the
meetings OF the shop and street nus
clei to draw the members closer to
the party leadership and mobilize
greater strength in the party cam
paigns. The language problem was
discussed in detail and measures TAX
en- to enable those comrades who do
not understand English to function in
the reorganized party.
The proposals in the resolution,
particularly the need of directing the
party attention to the organizauonal
problems were approved by all the
speakers and this phase Of the reso-
luton was also approved unanimously.
Trade Union Work.
w. z. Foster reported on the trade
union work OF the party. pointing out
that the political committee has sue
ceeded in liquidating the differences
In regard to party policy in this field
and that the party had united policy
for its work He discussed in detail
the party work In the various indus
tries and the achievements OF the past
six months. The report and the poll.
cies outlined were discussed during
days session and the report adopt
ed~unanimously.
Other questions taken up In the ses.
lsions Of the Central Committee were.
the situation in the Communist Party
on the Soviet Union, on which Com
rade Max Bedacht reported, the Anti.
Imperialist work ofithe party. report
cd on by Comrade Gomez, The DAILY
WORKER, reported on by comrade
Continued on page 8,
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makes the following declaration on
this question; srira
With correct tactics the party
can stimulate and lead struggles Of
the workers against the capitalists
and become a popular party OF the
workers in times OF capitalist pros
perity' and sterilization as well as
during periods OF hard times and
crisis. In these struggles the party
can hasten the process of revolu-
tionization OF the working class"
Summarizing the achievements OF
the party during the last year the
resolution. has this to say:
I'm spite Of the period OF capital
list prosperity, the party is break
ing its isolation and succeeded in
broadening It's influence and In.
creasing Its prestige among the
masses Of the workers.
The party must mobilize for full
er use Of its strength in applying
the policies and tactics thru which
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-18
CUBA SEWERS
ITS RELATIONS
With URUGUAY
(speeIaI 70 rhe palIx workerl

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 16.-Diplo-
matte relations between Cuba and
Uruguay have been broken at the com
mand of President Machado of Cuba,
who has ordered the Cuban minister
to Uruguay to return to Havana and
the legation at Monteviedo closed
The break was said to have been
caused by the refusal of Uruguay to
explain the remarks made by it's dele
gate to the league of nations in objee-
ting to Cuba becoming a member.
The delegate declared before the
league that Cuba was a dependency
of the United States under the exist.
ing Plat amendment. President
Machado issued an ultimatum 10
Uruguay and when there was no reply
Forthcoming. he recalled Cuba's min
lister to that country and closed the
legation
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tions" and gives the party a con-
crete. program for the realization Of
this program. These two campaigns
with the work In the trade unions
representing the most important
work before the party.
While some shadings OF opinion In
regard to the present situation devel-
oped during the discussion the Cen
trail Committee unanimously adopted
the resolution and the viewpoint It
expressed.
The Organization Question.
The situation OF the party organi.
nationally after the reorganization
was dealt with in detail in the resolu.
ton and was discussed at length. The
resolution established the great gains
Tor the party as result OF the reor.
ganization. and catsgorically rejected
the idea that the reorganization was
mistake. while at the same time
recognizing the Weaknesses which ex-
listed in the fnnctioning OF the reor-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-18
SCIENTISTS PROPOSE
MAKING OLD NEPTUNE
SCAB ON COAL BARONS
Especial to The Daily Worker,

PARIS, Nov 16.-(Ins) - The
tireless energy of the ocean may be
harnessed and made to produce
motive power, by the utilization Of
the difference In temperature be-
tween the surface Of the sea and
the lower depths, according to an
announcement made before the
Academy Of Sciences here by
Georges Claude, inventor Of liquid
air, and Paul 5oueheret, a we'll
known scientist.
The theory Of these men 10 that
the tepid surface water Of the
ocean might be boiled In a vacuum
and the cooler water Of the depths
used for condensation, thus produc-
ing steam. They claim that the
sea could be made to produce
100000 kilowatts Of electrical en-
ergy per 1000 cubic meters Of wa
ter per second.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-18
Program of Work for Our Party Outlined
Of
hons! and Work IN Uniow of Party

ETiHE Central Committee OF the
Il Workers (Communist) Party held
y three days session here last week
20 consider the situation in the Unit
sd States economically and politically
and draw program for the party
work for the coming six months.
The conclusions the committee
Game TO in regard to the general stu
alton was that In spite Of the capital
pst prosperity" and the effects of con-
cessions to certain sections of the
eristocracy of labor by American i'm
pertalism, there were great opportuni-
ties for the growth and development
OF the Workers CCommunist) Party
thru work among the highly exploited,
0norganized workers In the great ma
chime industry OF this country.
The sessions of the central COM
Inittee opened on Wednesday, Nov.
II. There were present at the meet
Jag the members OF the committee.
the heads Of the party organization In
Chicago, members OF the Chicago
district committee and the students
a. the national school OF the Young
workers Lsague. the latter being in.
vited to be present In order TO add
20 their theoretical studies the knowl
edge to be gained thru listening to the
reports and debates on the actual
work of the party.
The first day and half session OF
abe central committee was devoted To
tho report Of the political committee
mado by G. e. Ruthenbsrg, general sec.
rotary OF the party and the resolution
on the estimate OF the present situ.
alton and the immediate program OF
work submitted In the name OF the
political committee.
The discussion OF the report and
resolution conferred about the pessi
mism which had made itself apparent
In certain sections OF the party in re-
gard to the opportunities for build
ing the party and its influence among
tho masses in the present period OF
upward development OF American i'm.
perialism The report OF Comrade
Nuthenberg and the resolution OF the
~~'iticsl committee categoricsIiy repu-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-18

$299.43
l06 Members Failed to
Help Keep The Daily
Worker
BY C. E. RUTHENBERe, Gen. see'y.
Workers (communist) Party

Workers (communist) Party
One hundred and sixty-six party
members must complete their sale Of
Keep The DAILY WORKER certlfi-
fieates daily in oEder to raise the
weekly contributions to the Keep The
DAILY WORKER Fund to $4,000.
On Monday the contributions to the
Keep The DAILY WORKER Fund
were s299.43, which is $500 from sixty
Party members, 1o6 less than required
to raise the $1,000 weekly during the
remainder of the campaign.
Each Party member has received
$500 book Of the Keep The DAILY
WORKER certificates. Each Party
member has been asked to pay for
these certificates, If he can do so and
thus give the Keep The DAILY
WORKER Fund a big boost, or to sell
the coupons and turn in the $500 thus
raised.
The Keep The DAILY WORKER
certificates have now been in eireuIa-
tion for more than six weeks. Every
Party member has had the opportunity
to secure contributions among his
friends and shopmates for that length
of time. Those members who have
made earnest efforts have had suf-
fieient time TO raise the $4,000 which Is
the quota they have been assessed to
raise for the Keep The DAILY WORK.
Err Fund.
About three thousand members have
turned In $500 TO the Keep The
DAILY WORKER Fund. THERE ARE
STILL SEVEN THOUSAND TO BE
HEARD FROM.
The question we have to face In re-
iatlon to the completion of the $4,000
fund, Is WHETHER WE CAN STIR
THESE SEVEN THOUSAND MEN,
BERs INTO ACTION TO RAISE $500
EACH DURING THE NEXT FIVE
WEEKS.
Is The DAILY WORKER important
enough In the eyes of these members
as a weapon of our movement in the
class struggle to Induce them to make
a real effort to raise their quota for
the Keep The DAILY WORKER
Fund?
We have told these members frank
" the situation Of The DAILY WORK
ER, the Importance of completing the
10000 fund, IL we are TO Keep The
9AILY WORKER. viii these seven
housand members join with the three
thousand who have already loyalty
supported The DAILY WORKER and
push the campaign forward to victory?
CAN WE DEPEND UPON ONE
HUNDRED AND slxTY-slx PARTY
MEMBERS TO SEND IN FIVE DOL
LARS EACH DAY TO RAISE FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS A WEEK?
We ask those members who have
rot supported the Keep The DAILY
WORKER Fund to answer these ques-
zion by sending In their contributions.
WE ASK EVERY ONE OF THESE
SEVEN THOUSAND MEMBERS TO
IMMEDIATELY RALLY TO THE
SUPPORT OF THE KEEP THE
DAILY WORKER FUND.
WE ASK ONE HUNDRED AND
sIxTY-sIx MEMBERS TO RESPOND
TO THIS CALL EACH DAY.
We will record the answer In The
DAILY WORKER each day.
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dated that there was any basis for
such a pessimistic outlook. The re-
solution recognized the developments
towards the right Of the American
Federation of Labor, but at the same
time stressed the great opportunities
Tor building the party influence by
work among the unOrganized work
ers in the great machine industries,
as illustrated in the Passaic strike,
and that the party could by active
work among these workers, while not
neglecting the struggle among the or.
ganized workers, strengthen itself and
extend Its influence. The resolution
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-18

II has made these gains and in
taking up of its immediate program
to build the party and extend its
influence among the masses. Such a
mobilization will bring even greater
gains than recorded for the past
year"
"A Labor Party in the 1928 EIeetions.'
THE resolution OF the Central
4 Committee places the work OF
organizing the unorganized workers
in the forefront of the party work,
to which major attention must be de-
voted. 1t throws out the slogan of
"A Labor Party in the 1928 Elec-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-18
WORKERS AT GARY COLD SHOULDER QUEEN
xsss4e,x Sse~.1
BY 7. ). o'FLAHERTy

HENRY FORD is not going to worry
about a wolf at the door because
pc has decided to give some of his en-
Ployes six days pay for FIVE days
work. When the announcement was
hrst made by Henry's press agent
shere was considerable chuckling in
certain sections of the trade union
movement and equally vigorous fur
sowing of brows in certain capitalist
quarters. But Henry knew his onions
and even tho he does not encourage
she odor of garlic in his factory, when
pc computes his yearly earnings he
b quite satisfied that anything he has
kiven away for nothing can be pawned
Cor little money.
IN an interview with Carol Binder of
= the Chicago Daily News, Ford
Frankly admitted that before any of
his workers receives his pay check
MAT worker must line Henry's pocket,
20 that Henry can afford to spend half
4 million dollars on the queen of
Roumania or enjoy the luxury Of prov
mg that most Of the ills that American
flesh is heir to can be attributed to
khe Hebrews. Which is equal to say
eng that Henry is giving nothing Of
bis own away. On the contrary, the
workers are giving of their sweat
and sinew to Henry, Henry being wise
enough to know how to pull off the
trick.
HNHERE is quite strong movement
- on in England to convince the
working classes that the cause OF their
Eouhle is the shortsightedness of the
British workers. There is So
called labor mission in this country
fight now from England, with the OBJ
feet of finding out how the American
capitalists manage to manage their
wage slaves. One member of the
mission is no other than Ernest Bevin.
who was the Napoleon" of the British
general strike. Bevin is hobnobbing
with couple of "sirs", and those
esirs" are using Bevin as a fig-leaf
b. cover their capitalist nakedness.
Shey believe that Bevin will be able
10 convince the British workers that
bard work will mean prosperity for
them
Is it surprising that the British min
= ers are lighting an almost lone bat
BE, supported to any appreciate ex-
sent only by the Russian workers?
Ernest Bevin was the outstanding
leader of the British general strike.
CONTINUED on page q
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zinoviev ia In this case following in
the path Of the soclal.democrats. A
similar case Is the problem OF the
proletarian Dictatorship IN the imper.
Continued on page y
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Rurnor Hindenburg to
Resign Next October;
Term Expires In 1880
Especial to The Daily wOrker)

BERLIN, Nov. 16. - President Hin
denburg plans to offer his resignation
as head Of the German republic on the
occasion of his eightieth birthday next
October, according to the newspaper
ode Welt"
The newspaper states. however, that
1t is believed that his friends will per-
suade him TO remain in office.
President Hindenburg was elected
president Of the German republic in
1925, HIS five-year term expiring in
April, 1880.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-18
Seek Murderer Of Two

SIOUX CITY. Iowa, Nov. 16.-
Authorities today were searching the
countryside ten miles north of Scot
land, s. D., 70 miles northwest of here.
for the person or persons who last
night murdered two and wounded
three people at a farm near Scotland.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-18
STALIN'S SPEECH AT CONFERENCE
OF THE {. P. OF THE SOVIET UNION
Assails Opposition as Anti-Leninists
BY JOHN PEPPER
Especial Gable to The Daily Workery

MOSCOW, o. 5 s. r. Nov. 16oseph Stain secretary of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Unon the last speaker as the
special party conference close voting
port TO the Central Committee and setting the regular
party congress next autumn
FOLLOWING is summary of Stains speech question Of the
opposition bloc led by Trotsy Kameney whose
posals were beaten overwhelmingly assembled delegates
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-18
STALIN'S SPEECH

Stain pointed out that the weknown of Enges given
OUT IN s4O in the last century declaring that proeariat
unable to triumph in single country that time but
owing to the present development Of imperialism be re
placed by Lenins formula stating that the victory
single countries quite possible and probable
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-18
Worker Killed.

ROCKFORD. H.. Nov. i5.-John
D'Angelo, 80. was killed Instantly 10.
day when the boom OF a huge crane
used in scrap iron yard. collapsed
and fell directly on him. Two Other
workmen jumped TO safety.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-18
Serious Affairs.

The French cabinet looks upon the
trial Of Garibaldi as a very serious
affair of state. The fascist have fail
ed to satisfactorily prove that Carl
baldi was not inspired by the fascist
in Matching so-calied plots against the
life of Mussolini from French soil
The French preHa ,eRtinues to declare
that Garibaidi was in the pay Of the
fascist and fomented the plots, the
details of which were known to Italian
police, for the purpose Of stirring up
discord between France and Italy.
This attempt is explained on the
ground that Mussolini and his fascist
party are anxious to foment war
spirit to save themselves from a pol
itical debacle in their own country by
Continued on page p
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Chicago Tribune
Says Marie's Visit
Aid to Huge Loan
Marie Is Worried

IN her Paaai "a suite Lake Shore Drive Hotel
queen "se was getting her face SAWYER
masseuse While the being into the ROYAL pores
the queen ehated Of this the terrific heat Of cbi
buildings AND ABOUT THE "RED" DEMONSTRATION rtIh-
GREETED HER WHEN SHE ARRIVED IN CHICAGO
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-18
Resolutions Adopted by the Central
Committee.

he man resolution of the pIenum Of the Central Com
nittee IS printed on page four of this issue of The
DAILY WORKER, and should be carefully studied by all
members OF the party. Other resolutions will appear
from day to day in The DAILY WORKER