The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01

LIZ VI GIC DIAGll 4NdClUlldl OUIl-
unist) Party.
; The convention comes at a
time when the American Sec
ton of the Communist Inter
national, the Workers (Communist)
Party, faces the most important
tasks in its history. The growing
war danger, the attacks on the Sow
let Union being planned by the i'm
perialist powers, the nationwide Of
fensive of the employers against the
working class, actively aided by the
corrupt officialdom of the American
Federation of Labor and the social
list party, side by side with the
growing militancy of the workers,
make this convention of unusual
significance and place a heavy re-
sponsibility upon all the delegates.
Ruthenberg, Fighter Against I'm
perialist War.
The big mass meeting tonight will
strike the keynote of the convention
by raising the. slogan of fight
against the war danger and defense
of the Soviet Union. This slogan
will be given added significance by
being linked with a tribute to the
men who in the struggle in this
country concretized it most COM
pletely during his life, C. E. Ruth
enberg, who at the time of his death
March 2, 1927, was the executive
secretary of the Workers (Commu-
nist) Party. Speakers at the meet
ing will describe the part Ruthen-
berg played in the struggles of the
workers of this country and parti-
cularly his role as the leader of the
fight against the last imperialist
war and the betrayals of the yellow
socialist party.
Tonight's meeting will also cele-
brate the tenth anniversary of the
founding of the Communist Inter
national. In honor of this occasion
the remarkable Sovkino film, "a
Trip Thru Soviet Russia" will be
shown for the first time in this
country. This film shows the work
of building socialism in Moscow,
Leningrad, all the important indus
trial centers and on the farms, and
also presents unusual scenes taken
at the celebration of the tenth an
niversary of the Soviet Union.
Communist Leaders To Speak.
The meeting will be addressed by
Jay Lovestone, executive secretary
of the Workers Party; William z.
Foster and Ben Gitlow, members of
the Secretariat; William w. Vein
stone, district organizer, and other
leaders of the Communist movement.
Robert Minor, editor of the Daily
Worker, released last night from the
Tombs prison on bail, will address
the opening session of the conven-
tion tonight. Tickets are limited
and should be bought at once at the
district office of the Party, 26 Union
Square, or at the national office, 43
f. 125th st.
The sessions of the convention
start tomorrow morning at Irving
Plaza, 18th st. and Irving Place.
Over 100 delegates from every sec
tion of the country, including many
coming directly from shop, mine and
mill, will be present.
Calling for mass support Of the
Sixth National Convention of the
Workers (Communist) Party, which
opens at New Star Casino, 107th
st. and Park Ave, tonight, the
District Executive Committee of the
New York District, through William
w. Weinstone, District Organizer,
points out in statement issued last
night the significance of the con-
vention in the development of mass
Communist Party in the United
States. The statement reads
Tonight the Sixth National Con-
vention of the Workers (Communist)
Party Of America opens at New
Star Casino, 1C7th Street and Park
Avenue.
The Convention takes place at
critical moment in the life Of the
working class of America. The
American workers arc being sub
jected to the most intense exploita-
tion through the speedup and
naturalization ard by the heavy
burdens OF American Imperialism.
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