The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-12
N. Y. WORKERS
HONOR Leader
War Danger Stressed at
Memorial
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lea will be called upon to share is no
longer a thing of the next period but
fact of today" said Robert Minor,
editor of The DAILY WORKER.
"And in carrying out its historic task
our Party can do no better than fol-
low the guide of its first leader,
Charles Emil Ruthenberg."
"Ruthenberg was the typical Amer
lean Bolshevik," said Minor. Com
pairing Ruthenberg with Debs, chat
other great product of the American
revolutionary movement" Minor
pointed out that Ruthenberg knew
more clearly how to carry his under
standing into action. "This task the
socialists have completely abandon
ed" he said. "There is no more So
cialism in the socialist party. What
ever was vital in that party was
taken over by the Communist Party"
Traces Activities.
Jack Stachel, national organization
secretary of the Workers (Commun-
ist) Party, traced the history of the
activities of Ruthenberg from the
time he split with the petty bourgeois
Hillquit- Berger-Oneal group until
when, as the leader of the Workers
(Communist) Party, he laid down his
tasks with the final injunction: "Close
the ranks, build the party. Fight on"
Anti-War Activity.
Ray Ragozin, prominent leader of
New York working women's organi-
cation, related some of the hitherto
undisclosed incidents in the period of
Ruthenberg's life when he was con-
fined in Jail because Of his anti-war
activity. She showed how Ruthen-
berg was not alone fearless fighter,
but at the same time one who never
rested, and on the very day that he
was released from prison, he became
the secretary of the Workers Party.
Herbert Fam, general secretary of
the Young Workers League, showed
that Ruthenberg was one of the most
aggressive leaders of working class
youth and who pointed out the path
which the militant American young
workers must follow.
Rank and File Activity.
Bert Miller, Organization secre-
tary of District 2, emphasized the
need of carrying out the example of
Ruthenberg in the every day tasks
of the Party, in the organization cam
paigns, in the work of the army, the
navy and the marine corps.
Alexander Trachtenberg, member
of the Central Executive Committee
of the Workers (Communist) Party,
who knew Ruthenberg intimately for
many years, told of the latter's mani
fold activities in many industrial
cities Of the United States.
"Ruthenberg was great organizer,
a brilliant speaker and had keen
insight into the many problems of the
workers"
The need Of work among the chill
dren of the workers so that they shall
not become strikebreakers and cannon
fodder was stressed by representa-
tive of the Young Pioneers. One of
the features of the memorial was the
distribution Of book of the speeches
and writings of Ruthenberg recently
published by the International Pub
fishers in the series "Voices of Re
volt" The book was sold by the
newly formed Literature Corps who
appeared for the first time in
unique uniform of military red caps
on a grey background, carrying a
tray in which the books were placed.
The F'reiheit Mandolin Orchestra
played the international and other
revolutionary songs and were enthu-
raf.cally received.