The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-18
lers Of Revolution Pay Final Tribute to Ruthenberg

refined executioners of the working
class In this there is great sym
Dol. Here is hidden the profoundest
historical idea Of unity Of the world
proletsriat, the syr.bol Of solidarity
of the working class, the symbol of
the Proletarian Dictatorship. The
proletariat, the symbol Of solidarity
power directed against the enemies
Of the working class, is the embryo
of the great brotherhood Of all
toilers. and it is easily understood
that the workers Of all lands, all ma
tions, all languages, Of all races see
in the Communist international their
banner see in Moscow the capitol Of
that great country which will finally
become the mother-country of the
entire world. in the graves of the
great fighters of the revolution, at
the Kremlin wall, they see the COM
mune Of the dead martyrs, who sacri-
feed their lives for the brotherhood
Of the working class.
NViHLdueSs we are particularly
grieved over the loss Of our comrade
Ruthenberg. American capitalism is
still powerful. Bourgeois theology is
still penetrating the American work
ing class Our American Party is
still small, her leaders are few in
number, the Communist Movement is
just beginning to develop in Ameri-
ca. There is great future before
them, but, before they viii reach that
future, the fighters for American
Communism will be compelled to pass
many difficult roads and overcome
m any obstacles. Communism in
America is just being born, and the
Communist Party is passing through
its period of childhood The Party is
growing day by day, but it is still
small while its enemy is the most
powerful on earth. That is the reason
for our great grief over the loss Of
the leader Of the American Party.
But we also know that cur grief is
not the grief of the people who are
ready to shed tears. When we
mourn the death of our leader: when
we today mourn the death of Com
rade Ruthenberg; when we assembled
here today and bent our mourning
draped banners over new fresh
grave,-this gathering, this funeral,
this meeting ought to serve as
signal for a more energetic
fight FOR our ideas, for our aims, and
slogans, under whose banners COM
rade Ruthenberg carried the fight.
Comrades. again the world is en-
tering a difficult stage in its de-
velopment. Again we hear the march
to battle, again are ripening power
full historical events. And now to-
gether with the growing Chimes,
Revolution, with the conspiracy o
the impenalists against U.SS.R., to
gether with the threatening DANCE
of war, we hear the growing widen
+ ing call of the communists. a call t
carry on systematic stubborn fight.
call TO organize our forces. a call Il
raise the banners still higher, so thai
the working class of all countries, the
oppressed peoples of all lands, the
toiling peasants Of the entire world.
will meet the terrible hour in a diff
ferent manner from the one in 1914
when the working class was fooled
and stupefied by the bourgeoisie and
deceived and betrayed by the social
democrats. This preparatory work
Of modifying our forces can be done
as it should be done by Communist
parties only, and only the Communist
International, as the great inter-
national brotherhood Of the working
class, which is marching towards
emancipation. Not for moment,
not for second shall our energy be-
come exhausted. On the contrary,
again and again we say to ourselves:
with the death of Comrade Ruthen-