The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-07
Programs Grow As Comrades
Prepare Meetings

While the great mass meeting in
Ashland Auditorium, Chicago, was
solemnly engaged Sunday afternoon
in paying the last tribute to c. E.
.Ruthenberg, beloved leader of Com
munism in America, due arrangements
were being made in a dozen cities for
similar demonstrations of affection
and regret, and to give the workers
as whole an idea of the things for
which Ruthenberg stood while alive.
The first meeting after the funeral
which will be held this morning in
Chicago, will take place at Detroit,
tonight at 8 o'clock, in the Majestic
Theatre.
New York Announces Plans.
Some of the speakers will come on
from Chicago to New York to appear
at the memorial exercises in this city.
The New York District Executive
Committee has decided to receive the
ashes of Comrade Ruthenberg, in New
York City, Tuesday night, with a
guard Of honor. The New York men,
orial meeting viii be Wednesday
night, at Carnegie Hail.
At Baltimore Tuesday.
The Ruthenberg memorial meeting
viii ne held in Baltimore on Tuesday,
March s, 1927 at 7.9O p. m, at the
/ Conservatory Hall, 1929 E. Baltimore
Street.
In Cleveland the memorial meeting
for Comrade Ruthenberg will be held
at the Slovenian Hall, 6409 st. Clair
Avenue, on Tuesday, March 8, at 8
p. m.
The speakers will be Max Bedacht,
member of the Central Executive
Committee of the Party; Herbert
Fam, member of the National Exc
cutive Committee of the Young
Workers League; John Brahtin and
Tom Clifford who worked for many
years with Comrade Ruthenberg in
Cleveland. I. Amter, district secre-
tary win preside. The Freiheit and
Lithuanian Singing Societies will CO.
operate.
New York Memorial Wednesday.
The list of speakers for the great
meeting prepared in New York con-
tinually grows. On it at present are
VIM. 2. Foster, Jay Lovestone, Max
Bedacht, William F. Dunno, VIM. w.
Weinstone, NJ. ]. Olgin, Ben Gitlow,
Ben Lipshitz and Sam Don.
Only a few short weeks ago, at
the Lenin memorial meeting, 10000
workers in New York listened to
speech by Ruthenberg, and most of
the speakers who now meet to COM
memorate Ruthenberg spoke with him
from the same platform on that oc-
casion. Carnegie Hall will be crowded
by the workers gathered at this new
est memorial meeting, Wednesday,
March 8, in the evening.
Not only is a memorial meeting be-
ing arranged in Boston, but from all
parts of the state, from the Finnish
organizations, Lithuanian, Jewish and
from a number of trade unionists an
expression of sincere sympathy and
sorrow has been received. Professor
Harry w. L. Dana, states the loss
could be only made up by redoubling
the efforts Of the entire movement.
Resolutions are being adopted in all
parts Of the state.
Women's organizations are sending
flowers. The Workers Educational
Institute of Roxbury has voted to send
bouquet Of flowers to Ruthenberg's
funeral. To commemorate the life and
work of Comrade Ruthenberg a large
memorial meeting is arranged for
Thursday, March 10th at o'clock
at Scenic Auditorium, Boston, Mass
The speakers will be comrades in the
leading positions Of the Party who
were closely associated with Comrade
Ruthenberg in his work. The principal
speakers will be Benjamin Gitlow of
New York, M. J. Olgin and Herbert
Fam of the Young Workers League.
A suitable musical program will be
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