The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-11

emplary conduct in the Bridgeman
trial are inestimable. 1t was these
services of Comrade Ruthenberg that
made possible the legalization, at
least for the present, of Communism
in America.
Then the labor party. Here Com
rade Ruthenberg was. the pace-setter.
The labor party movement in Amer
lea is of Unreasonable Importance
not only for the American working
class but for the workers of the
world. They need only look at
Americas role today to see why this
is so. Above all other Comrade Ru-
thenberg was free from error and
was the undisputed leader of our par
ty in arriving at correct policy on
this important question which our
party has faced and still is facing.
Marxist and feminist.
Comrade Ruthenberg was a realist,
in the Marxist, feminist sense of the
word. The greatest progress in the
history Of our party has been made
since the 1925 convention. This pro-
gress of breaking the isolation in
which our party found itself after
the 1924 election, of beating back the
drive to expel our members from the
unions, of recognizing the party on
the Bolshevik basis, of penetrating
the basic unions of the American
Federation of Labor, of leading
strikes, of organizing the morgan
lied workers, in all these activities,
in all this progress, Comrade Ruth
enberg was the undisputed leader.
Let US listen again to some of his
realistic slogans: The bourgeoisie
had ordered the war; Comrade Ruth
enberg replied Down with conscrip-
ton.
There was an election campaign;
Comrade Ruthenberg said to the
workers, make this election count in
your fight.
The American army modified
against Mexico; Comrade Ruthen-
berg inspired and organized thou
sands Of workers with the slogan:
"Stop the Invasion of Mexico.
Our imperialists yelled Make the
World Safe for Democracy; Com
rade Ruthenberg modified thousands
of workers under the slogan MAKE
the World Safe for the Workers"
Workers were being sent to Jail
by our war profiteers; Comrade Ru-
thenberg heroically replied: "We will
win even in jail".
Yes, Comrade Ruthenberg was a
feminist. He understood the essence
of and possessed the key to Leninism,
the science of World Revolution.
Comrade Ruthenberg knew how to
link up the smallest, immediate, most
elementary, everyday need of the
workers with the biggest, most
fundamental, revolutionary objec-
tives Of the whole proletariat.
Builds the Party Press.
Last but not least, the American
working class owes primarily to the
untiring energies of Comrade Ruth
enberg that we today have militant
fighting Communist daily - The
DAILY WORKER.
We will consolidate our ranks, for
carrying on the revolutionary work in
the indomitaole spirit of Comrade
Ruthenberg. His unbounded revolu-
tionary courage will forever encour-
ago us.
The American working class has
never before witnessed so great a
devotion 10 its class interests. This
we will remember because Comrade
Ruthenberg was and remains the IN
disputed leader OF our party--the un-
disputed and outstanding fighter for
the interests Of the working class.
Comrado Ruthenberg died In over
working himself for the most living
cause Of the international working
clGss--Communism.
When we feel the pains so unbear-
able, comrades, we must remember
that our responsibilities are increas-