The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-06
Big Membership
Meeting Launches
RuthGnbGrg Drive
Workers Party Begins
New York Recruiting

NEW 4 OIh IGCCl uAtlAS
The Ruthenberg recruiting drive of
the Workers (Communist) Party be-
gan with bang at the general menu
bership meeting held last night at
the Manhattan Lyceum, &C East
Fourth street.
The meeting was opened by Bert
Wolfe, as chairman. In his opening
remarks he stated that it is long
time since general membership
meeting was held.
Stood In Silence.
"Since the last membership meet
ing in New York" said Wolfe, 1--WE
have lost Comrade Ruthenberg." The
meeting then stood in silence for one
minute to pay tribute to the memory
and work of Comrade Ruthenberg.
Continuing Wolfe declared that the
meeting was not called alone to honor
Comrade Ruthenberg, but to consider
ways and means of continuing work
for which he gave his entire life.
Tonight we open the Ruthenberg
drive and we hope, as a result OF THIS
campaign TO make up, partially at
least. for the loss we have sustained
in the death of Comrade Ruthenberg.
"The drive win continue until July
9th. which is the birthday of Com
rade Ruthenberg. We expect by that
time that the party will display more
activity than at any time in its his
tory"
Widespread Campaign.
William W. Weinstone, general
secretary of the New York district
organization of the Workers Com
munist) Party, in reporting for the
District Executive Committee, out
lined the plans for the three months
campaign.
AS outlined it will have three
! phases:
One.-The building of the party;
concentrated membership drive
based on various party campaigns.
Decentralization Of the party
membership; more activity in the
unions, mass functioning and activity
on the part of every member in party
work.
Three.-The raising of the ideolo-
gical level of the party, with Ruthen-
berg as the symbol Of the militant
section of the working class. The
understanding of the role Of the par
ty as the leader of all oppressed
classes and the ally of the colonial
peoples.
| War Against Imperialism.
/ Comrade weinstone spoke of fresh
I attacks against the Soviet Union and
the threat of another world war
There are warships and armed forces
of impeiialist powers in China, but
there will be no official war The
same procedure is in vogue in China
that was used in Russia in 1920,
which is war without official deelara-
tons.
Ruthenberg stood for war against
Imperialism and we can follow his ex-
ample by waging a determined, fear
less fight against new wars now go
ing on and still others that are to
follow. eve must organize our par
ty and entire. working class against
imperialism" said Weinstone, and
must fight this new menace with all
energy at our command"
After reviewing prospects of cam
paigns that must be launched and
the completion Of campaigns already
under way, he stated that the best
way to commemorate Comrade Ruth
enberg was TO make more powerful
the party and spread it's influence.
Organ In Campaign.
Comrade Bert Miller, business
manager Of The DAILY WORKER
was tho third speaker, and empha'
sized the role of the paper as a mean:
of carrying out the campaign:
launched by the party and making
successful the Ruthenberg drive fol-
membership and theological leader
ship of the working class.
As the final edition of The DAILY
WORKER goes to press the meeting
Is still in progress with many party
members contributing to the discus
sion calculated to devise most effec
tive means of carrying on the cam
paign.
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