The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
VAST AUDIENCE
Halls birthday
OF DAILY WORKER
Lovestone, Foster and
Minor Greet Fighting
Newspaper
Duncan Troupe Liked
To Give Three More
Performances

Shouting, stamping and applaud
/ ing in a frenzy of enthusiasm, 4,00U
workers, filling every nook and cor
ner of Manhattan Opera House,
94th st. west of Eighth Ave-, Sat
urday night joined in celebrating
the fifth anniversary of the Daily
Y rker, central organ of the Work
ers (Communist) Party.
The celebration proved to be an
eloquent expression of solidarity on
the part of the class-conscious work
ers of New York with the paper
that for five years has been in the
forefront of all their struggles,
Hundreds of workers were turned
away because the hall could hold no
more.
Speakers Hail Daily"
Robert Minor, editor of the Daily
Worker, in introducing the two
speakers of the evening, Jay Love
stone, executive secretary of the
Workers (Communist) Party, and
William z. Foster, member of the
secretariat of the Party, pointed
out the part the Daily Worker had
played as the spokesman and organ
izer of the militant working class
and predicted that it would steadily
grow in power and influence until
the day when it would become the
organ of the proletarian dictator
ship in this country.
Lovestone was given an ovation
when he arose to speak. "The Daily
Worker is the leader of the working
class in all its struggles" he said. |
'It exposes mercilessly the machin-
ations of the American imperialists
and their trusted agents, the labor
takers and the yellow socialist par
ty.
Offensive Against Workers.
"The capitalists are eXe-ywheres.
launching an offensive against the
workers. Wage-cuts, speed-up and
every other form of exploitation are
being used to crush the workers. The
only way in which we can wage an
effective fight against the attacks
of the bosses and the preparations
for new imperialist war is by
building the Daily Worker into a
mass newspaper. And when the
imperialist war which is not far off
comes, the Daily Worker will lead
the American workers in converting
that war into civil war for the
overthrow of capitalism and the es
tablisihimient of a Soviet Republic
in the United States
Foster, who was also given an
ovation, said:
There were many times during
the past five years when the men,
bers of the staff of the Daily Work
er didn't know whether the paper
would be able to appear the next
day. Yet thruout these five years
the Daily Worker has taken its
place as the voice and champion of
the workers, fighting their battles
and exposing the traitorous corrupt
bureaucrats of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor"
''In the coal strike, in the textile
strike the Daily Worker has played
a leading role. And in the building
of new unions in the coal, textile
and needle industries it is the Daily
Worker that is squirting them on
and aiding their fight.
! Open With International.
! The evening opened with the sing
ing of the International by the en-
tire audience. Then followed the
first part of the program of the
lsadora Duncan dancers, consisting
of numbers from Schubert and
Schumann. The vast audience was
held spell-bound by the amazing
performance of these young pupils
OF the Isadora Duncan School in
Moscow under the direction of Irma
Duncan, adopted daughter of the
famous Isadora.
! But it was not until the series Of
impressions of Revolutionary Rus
sia' were performed that the au-
! NiSASS biohc IoOSe. Ulcers ana
deafening applause greeted the var
ious numbers that breathed the
spirit of revolutionary Russia, and
the troupe was compelled to come
out again and again to acknowl-
edge the demonstration of the de-
lighted workers.
A collection was made for the
Daily Worker by Robert Minor and
the audience responded generously.
To Give 3 More Performances.
Following the performance BAN
quet was given in. honor of the Dun
can dancers at Cafe Boulevard, 41st
st. and Broadway. There it was
announced that the Daily Worker
has arranged to have them give
three additional performances. Next
Saturday afternoon a special youth
performance at popular prices will
be given. Sunday afternoon there
will be another popular-priced per-
formance and on Sunday evening the
dancers will appear for the last
time before departing for . tour
thruout the country.