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The daily worker., 1929-04-10
TO ALL PARTY ORGANIZATIONS,
TO ALL PARTY MEMBERS:

THE Committee of the Communist Party of the United States
of America has decided to begin Party Building Drive Monday
April 18th, which will last until June 18TH
necessary to give life and vitality
to certain provisions laid Open
unanimously by the Sixth National Convention of the
that must provisions Open
not be confused with the general and complete treat
all Party units outline for guiding the
Party the study and application of the provisions of the Open Letter
merely sections of the Letter
which especially must be given in connection with the Party building
aggressivenes of the United States in the struggle for
the most important of material through
out the world is growing swiftly The election of Hoover as
president American imperialism resoutely
barking which leads colonial of occupation
extremely rapid accenuaton of the struggle between
United States and its chief mpeaist rivaGreat Britain
world economy politics becoming and
universal crisis of capitalism and and
taism
American Imperialism, hand towards brutal capi
which throws considerable sections of the
proeara production overstran of
labor without corresponding compensation, colossal growth
unemployment 1904 mlon and to general woening of
the conditions of the working class On the other hand 1t leads
tremendous growth of armament which puts heavier
burdens the toing All this and
the menace caamites state of
uncertainty insecurity the entire working class 1t
that the tendency towards rehabilitation of the Amer
lean working increasing that its activities its will to
itself which places transforms itself into will
offensive developing This drift towards the
develop evenly all parts of the working class
embraces the unorganzed workers. especially in those
industries reached their previous level after the
depression of half of 1928"
the Letter has already been
verified by increasing of the country
unorganzed workers and particularly in the growing wave Of
South the textile workers. against the effects
capitalist atnalzaton the possibilities and tasks OF
the period The Open Letter also states:
"The (Communis Party obviously still
conflicts which will inevitably arise
the basis the sharpening United States
"Its past weighs upon present The relics of the
previous period form the greatest obstacle in the
travel before it successfully the turning
point develops shortest possible time from
cay propagandst organization political
of American working class
however, task which the whole objective sua-
ton in the United States entire development of
American imperialism places the Party This the chief
which all other tasks must be
entirely subordinated."
Party shall be able to the present
objective situation necessary achieve the foowng
The daily worker., 1929-04-10
REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN ROBS NEGRO
TENANTS IN HIGHER CLASS" HOUSES
Continued from Page One)


house. of dodgers
In these there live at least 10 Mrs prob
ably slIps in the "parlor."
The only which have the open the
The
shaftway The shafway only about
yard wide and from the window of
apartment to the room of the apartment next door,
Imagine all the air that steal into these by hook
crook thru saftway that the length of five stories True the
law that there must be adequate ventilation and that
there must he adequate fire precautions but that law only
of paper The landlord the real boss
THERE Improvement"
to Yesterday This Improvement dumbwatera dumb
which worked We the dumbwater
the dumbwaer shaft when
landlord
The tenants forced to throw their garbage down the
dumbwaiter shaway hear rusing and humping its
down the whole tier of op png and
rafting By the end of the day reaches above the second
smelly infested with and other
vermust the place for disease No wonder there such high
infant mortality in Harlem and deaths from
sumption
the door of of these houses than forget there
such thing sunshine and fresh air 1t dark and gloomy
fostering intolerably uncomfortable
There deal of garbage lying about in the shaway
separating the two houses and heaped in the back yards
of holes in the wall
Y. had better not mention her for
received five dollar and $57 for her
Nine live in this apartment
Conditions about the same here as in Mrs KS place.
IF Negro place East 1ah Street.
he goes to the west side Harlem pays higher rents
nearly The result overcrowd
ing and danger to the health
of the tenants neglect of the houses by the
landlord.
class" apartment and the condition just as bad
worker work harder his wife, his chill
drenm work. he must take in lodgers
renting at about $40 per
will find tremendous ovecrowdng terrible
housing conditions rooms state of decay and the creeping
Shiny snakes sucking the very life blood out OF the
workers with their raises and their
sistent refusal to make any improvements
the houses the higher rents The more tenants in
Laws laws, the landlords sitting
workers have made gold mine out OF
Hare themselves.
Segregaon-a prison system of bars and chains
has helped added OF
dollars for the landlords by
forcing Negroes section the value of the land and
of all proportion The real estate men ana landlords
speculate To these parasites dollars the
of humanity
So you segregation housing matter OF dollars for
the bosses of factories and baroed
workers. catching and tearing their 1esh
into other sections of Harlem revealing
suffer at the hands OF
the landlords.
The daily worker., 1929-04-10
BILL AT
CIVIC REPERTORY.

The first performance of the all
Quintero bill, which will be a fea-
ture of the annual spring tour Of
the Civic Repertory Theatre, will be
given on Saturday evening of this
week by Eva LIE Gallienne in Four
teenth Street. The short comedy,
"a Sunny Morning" by Serafin and
Joaquin Alvarez-Quintero will, on
that occasion, replace Tchekov's
son the High Road" as the curtain
raiser to the longer comedy by the
Quinteros, "The Lady from Alta
querque. Miss LIE Gallienne will ap-
pear in this bill, as she will play
the leading role in "a Sunny Morn
ing" with Egon Brecker. A second
performance of this bill will be
given on Friday evening, April 10,
before the third season closes.
In order to accommodate the pub
lie demand for "The Cherry Orch
ard" an extra matinee Of Tchekov's
will be given tomorrow afternoon.
The daily worker., 1929-04-10
Basis of Drive.

Inc campaign must based and
and the achievements result from the activities in the
present m principally the campaign to build
convention to be held Cleveland the cam
paign to organize the unorganized.
The May the Party will orpnize brouob
out h country and which shall be preceded by dpgng
the factories for the slogans of the Party
g. The campaign against impeaist preparations
A. The campaign for the defense of the Union
In the agitation the in mind
the following advice from the Cmnern our Pary
ITO place in the centre of the work
needs the American working and especially
Tor hour day and hours for
engaged IN injurious trades, while exposing waging
ac struggle against the capitalist methods
directed towards ntensfyng the exploitation workers.
(b) the demand for all forms of
employers and the state"
1t self understood that connected aims with
the final aims of the Party the
Party against all brands social efmsm
Party The fight against the Right
stracon but Party organization
committed by the
The daily worker., 1929-04-10
New Film of Napoleon
Downfall at Film Guild
Cinema Saturday.

The Film Guild Cinema announces
the American premiere this Satur-
day of "Waterloo," a German pro-
duction of the Emelka Corporation,
depicting the downfall of Napoleon
from the English-German angle.
Heading a cast of 5000 are three
notable cinema artists of Germany,
France and England who play the
leading roles. Charles Vanel por-
trays Napoleon, Otto Gebuhr, Field
Marshall Blucher and Thunderstorm
Wright as Lord Wellington.
The daily worker., 1929-04-10
Methods of the Drive.
a. FACTORIES


l. AS already mentioned the PARTY Build
Drive must be the factories Every district
its territory and assign
factories where the selected
must be line with the line of the Party
industries with special attention to industries
2. There must be held factory gate meetings.
g. Special issues of the existing bulletins issued and
where factory exist effort
Communist shop the beginning of
two eafet
The Party be sold factory gates they must
the building of workers correspondents.
Special leaflets dealing concrete factory
be issued from time to time.
The factory nuclei hold special meetings trusted
sympathiZers invited to participate.
The street nuclei must their activities
important factories.
Every effort must be made build
the most mature workers in these committees Party building
of shop committees must connected with
The districts attention factory
is located basic industry and large plants.
TO- Everyday agitation directly within the factories
vdual recruiting must be carried
b. TRADE UNIONS
All Party fractions the
of the drive the
concentrating the left wing The
bers of the trade be tied with
Trade Union Unity convention.
c) FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
Party Building Drive be utilized bring
the workers fraena
ton these must bring the Party campaign
into these organizations and recruit members the
d. The Party fractions in the TUEL ILD
consider these organizations fertile
recruiting of Party members.
of the press
membership.
All meetings, recruiting
Local neghborhood meetings should be organized.
The daily worker., 1929-04-10
OrganizatiOnal Tasks.

improve the composition of the Party membership.
q orenate the Party completely towards the fac
tories and reOganize the Party completely on the basis of
g. To strengthen the Party apparatus.
To build and prOletarianize the leading committees
s. control their activity in the trade
unions and other organizations
systematic organlzatonal work IN con-
nection with all Party campaigns and activities
g. To increase work among Negroes.
To the work
To build up the Young Workers (Communst) League
Pioneers.
real democratic cenraism and Party discipline
Education of the Party to the real meaning of the
World Party connection with the 10th anniversary of the
The Party Building Drive will its i'm
l. recruiting of 5000 members.
g The establishment 100 additional factory nuclei.
g. The establishment of So additional factory papers.
The securing of 5000 additional readers for the Daily
and increasing the circulation of the entire Party
s. The activization of the Party nuclei
The building of the Young Workers (Communlst)
The Party Building be conducted principally in the
factories This is true about our Party more than about any other
working classpracticay all semiskied unskied and
Negro workes unorgand Our Party Building Drive therefore,
recruiting Party members but is
u them primarily in the factories among the workers IN the basic
industries
recruiting deal of attention must be paid to
its Open has the following the question:
The Party become mass proetaran party only on
of the American workers. especially the most i'm
pan branches of industry and also the Negro workers.
while at the same time retaining its positions among the reVou
should be approached concrete dis
the essential industries in its territor
example, following should be the industries for each district
in they mus primarily concentrate:
Textile shoe, metal
2-Waterfron chemical, traction needle building,
District 3-Mining metal textile, ship building
District 4-steel railroad shoes, textile metal.
District 5.-Steel mining electric.
district 6.-Stee, mining rubber, auto.
7.-Auo furniture.
District sMnng metal packing house. electric building,
packing house. flour mills, automobile,
District 1o-Packng house, mining STEEL
12-Lumber, etc.
District 13-Agrcutural workers, ship building, etc.
15-Metal textile.
AD.-Agricultural workers.
On this recruit
500 workers, 500 needle trades workers.
200 shoe workers. 1000 metal workers, 200
packing house workers, 200 railroad workers.
shall be quotas for the members factory
factory districts he quotas for
raiy already been printed the Daily
Worker)
The daily worker., 1929-04-10
COMMUNIST PARTY Bull DING DRIVE APRIL 5 UNE Is
0ye Lime the Open For the Strengthening OF the Party!

"Every Militant Worker Member of the Communist Party"
Join the American internationally
Slogans for the Drive.
addition these slogans the following
within the Party mobilize the Party membership the drive
]. Garry into life the line of the Open Letter.
Prepare the big struggles coming, by building
the Party
member a n active member.
a. Every member get member.
fortress Build factory nuclei
6. Activize and polticalize the factory nuclei.
Fight Right the social composition Of
the Party.
Help build powerful Young Communist League.
ORGANIZATION DEPARTMENT-CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
COMMUNIST PARTY U. s. A.
The daily worker., 1929-04-10

basic principles of the Party its methods of work. duties of Party
bers
Agtprop shall the outlines based
upon Open Letter. the organization thesis
systematic assignment of work every Party
member
special attention units
assigning experienced these
units.
The daily worker., 1929-04-10
5000 /

One of the aims of the drive be to establish district
Party organization the Southern territory Party must there
fore particularly in connection with the strikes attention
to the recruiting of members the pay special at
enton this drive the drawing Negro workers into the Party
The daily worker., 1929-04-10
Publicity for the Drive.

Every Party shall have "Party Editor and he must
consider his major tasks the Party Building Drive
The Party shall special Party Building Drive
which Party members shall record the the
drive each district and on exchange of experiences, ETC.
addition the slogans dealing with the various
pagns of the Party must put forward the following slogans:
Join Party your the Communist Party of the
u.
The daily worker., 1929-04-10

l. All members taken in in each of the sections shall be called
together week weeks depending the number enrolled
be addressed by member the DEC the policies Of the and
the duties and tasks for Party member.
That should organize discussion for the
members well others take minimum weeks the
The daily worker., 1929-04-10

VATICAN PACT FINAL IN MAY.
ROME, April 9.-Final ratifica-
tion of the Vatican accord with
Italy, making it effective, probably
will occur during the first two weeks
of May, it was understood today.
The daily worker., 1929-04-10
Negro, Women, Youth.

Every district section and nucleus pay special
recruiting of workers. workers. young workers.
Party well as to the YWL
Special published appealing these sections of
the working class
Special concentration weeks for the recruiting of Negro
and Workers should be organized.
The Party departments involved will send additional
dealing with Negro, and young workers.
The Washington times., 1929-06-27
D. c. WIFE WINS
COURT DECREE

Mrs. Dorothy Peake Summers,
1900 block Webster st. N. W., who
sued her husband. Irving B. Sum-
mers for absolute divorce on
grounds of desertion and unfaithfcl-
ness. was awarded an interlocutory
decree by Justice Wheat in Equity
Court today.
Mrs. Summers, who was repre-
scented by Attorneys Raymond Neu.
decker and william C. Ashford. de-
clared that her hsuband became
infatuated with one woman after
another and that despite recon
Citation in which he promised to
deport himself more considerably
toward his wife, he began associat-
ing with other woman last spring.
She also charged that Summers,
although he made considerable
money, failed to provide her with
the necessities of life and she has
lost a large portion of her per-
sonal savings as a result of her
husbands extravaganza. They were
married May 81, 1925 and have no
children
The Washington times., 1929-06-27
Join War
On Car Fare Increase

The fight against a 10-cent street.
car fare for Washington received
the support. today Of the Ergato.
Gratis Club, a sociological study
club, which meets Saturday night
in the 500 block of Tenth st. N. w.
"The Ergatocrats' Clubs" an
nounced President Edward ]. Ir.
vine, sis a club of working men
and women interested in the solu.
ton of public questions from the
standpoint of the working class. 1t
bitterly resents schemes to raise
street.car fares in Washington. The
workers of this city pay enough
fares already. The proposal that
they be compelled to pay higher
fares Is outrageous.
President Irvine indorses the
action of Linn A. e. Gale, president
of the Washington Open Forum, in
urging retention of the Scent fare
and praises William NICK, Clayton,
chairman of the utilities committee
of the Federation of Citizens Asso.
citation, for resisting the proposed
lRise in rates
The Washington times., 1929-06-27
Juvenile Association
To Aid School Children

Plans for aiding school children
during the summer months, either
in obtaining employment or recrea-
ton, were discussed by the board
of directors of the Juvenile Protec,;
tive Association yesterday.
A directory of summer camps,
city Fairgrounds, swimming pools,
and other recreational facilities, as
we'll as employment opportunities,
has been compiled and is available
at the association headquarters,
14O0 block of K st. N. w.
The association will give service
to children who have problems OF
personality or behavior to over
come. 1t will also accept cases
where home conditions are markedly
unfavorable to the. children and
where the effect of these conditions
on the children is the predominant
problem.
President Ellwood P. Morey pre-
sided at the meeting of the board.
The Washington times., 1929-06-27
WARDMAN WILL
LEASE HIS
HOTELS

Another month will see the
retirement from active hotel
and apartment house manage
ment Of Harry Wardman, who,
coming to this country only
score of years ago as a car
penter, developed into one of
the city's foremost builders
and realty dealers.
Negotiations are expected to be
completed within a month under
which Wardman will lease to an
outside corporation all of his local
hotels and apartment houses. He
will eliminate himself in this way
from the management of II or Is
of the largest hostelries in the city.
= S20,OOO.OOO Involved
The negotiations, when, and If
completed, will not affect Ward.
mans extensive real estate holding,
nor win they interfere with the
many extensive projects upon which
his company is working or plans to
be launched shortly.
The lease which is expected TO
be signed by August will bring a
total figure to the Wardman organ
ization of about $20,000,000, it Is
understood. This will be paid by
J. Reid Lane, head OF the United
Realty Company, Davenport, Iowa,
the organization which will lease
the properties and operate them.
The properties to be taken over
by Lane and his associates in
clude the Wardman Park, Chastle-
ton, Hay-Adams, Charlton, Annap-
oils, Cathedral Mansions North,
Boulevard, and several smaller
apartments on Connecticut Avenue.
The lease, 1t is understood, Is
originally for Is months, with the
privilege of renewal for eight and
a half years. The figure involved
is about $1,000 900 a. year.
1t is almost certain the pending
negotiations, which have been going
on for several months, win be
successful, it was stated this morn
ing. but there are several conditions
to be satisfied by both the Ward
man company and the Davenport
group before the final contracts are
signed Both sides. however: are
laboring to fulfill these conditions,
and it is predicted that all OBJ
stacles will be eliminated with q
few weeks.
Wardman will remain as presi-
dent and chairman of the board of
the Wardman Construction Com.
pany, it was emphasized this morn
ing. As such he will continue the
building and real estate projects of
the company. The only thing af.
fected by the lease will be the
elimination of Wardman personally
from the management of the hotel
and apartment house enterprises.
The Washington times., 1929-06-27
Peacocks For Lincoln
Memorial May Be
Donated

No peacocks will be purchased
for the Lincoln Memorial grounds,
according to Col. U. S. Grant 3rd,
director of Public Grounds and
Parks.
After calling for bids, ques-
ton was raised relative to the
propriety Of using funds for such
a purpose. After investigating
the matter. Colonel Grant found
that all animals obtained in the
past by his office were donated or
lent,
Colonel Grant, therefore, de-
cided not to purchase the birds
The Washington times., 1929-06-27
Alpha Phi Alpha Gives
Ten S1OO Scholarships

The scholarship commission Of
the Alpha Phi Alpha Greek letter
fraternity announced today through
its chairman, Emory B.. Smith. Of
Howard University, the award of
ten 800 scholarships.
Those. receiving the scholarships
include three women, a native
African. and two members of the
fraternity. Ten States including the
District of Columbia and 10 differ
ent educational institutions are
represented in the awards.
Those receiving scholarships are:
William Sneed, Howard University;
0. J. Baker, Morehouse; Walter
Blanchett, Talladega College; Cath.
crime Van Buren,, Fisk University;
Pauline Carter, Benedict College;
Marie Catus, Virginia State College;
John Cobb, Western Reserve Uni
versity: William Gaines, University
of Pennsylvania; Ernest Kalibola,
of Africa, New York University,
and John Lewis, City College, Of
Detroit. y
The Washington times., 1929-06-27
Medical Corps Officer
Given Medal For
War Work

The Distinguished Service Medal
was presented today by Secretary
of War James Good to Lieut.. Col.
James G. Cumming, Medical Re-
serve ard chief Of the bureau OF
preventable diseases Of the Health
Department Of the District,
Colonel Cumming received the
award for exceptionally nerito-
rious and distinguished services.
AS sanitary inspector, port Of EN-.
barkation, Newport News, Va,
from April Is, 1918, to August Is,
1919, Colonel Cumming rendered
exceptionally meritorious services
in connection with the studies Of
epidemic influenza and pneumonia.
The Washington times., 1929-06-27

ORDERS
VERY RIGID
CHECK-UP

Assignment Of 10 additional
motorcycle men to the Traffic
Bureau to aid in the campaign
to cut down the number Of
traffic accidents has already
borne fruit, Major Henry G.
Pratt, superintendent of police,
announced today, as only one
accident was reported yester-
day.
While the move is not in the
nature of any intensive campaign,
Major Pratt said that 1t Is a move
to try and bring motorists as well as
pedestrians to the realization that
the traffic regulations m be OBJ
served.
The additional men will cover all
sections of the city, with particular
regard to those sections where traffic
is heavy and where motorists are
inclined to step on it" in the out
lying sections.
Camping Down, Rule
The men were all instructed today
to wa.eh partic Ilarly for persons
speeding in zones where many chill
dren play, to strictly enforce the
reckless driving regulation and to
compel drivers to observe the yell
low lights on streets where traff
lights are installed.
Pratt also directed his men to see
TO it that heavy vehicles, such s
trucks, stay within the speed limit,
and in all cases where it appears
that brakes on cars are faulty to
make the necessary tests.
Men To Be Used
Attention was also called TO the
practice of drivers cutting through
safety zones. passing other machines
on the right and cutting around cor
ners at high rate of speed.
While he does not contemplate ar
resting motorists on a wholesale
scale, Major Pratt has ordered his
motorcycle men TO arrest the more
fragrant violators and take them
into court.
This action was taken following
several conferences between Major
Pratt, Inspector Ernest w. Brown,
and Director of Traffic William II.
Harland.
The following motorcycle officers
were drawn from the precincts and
assigned temporarily to the traffic
bureau: Dalton e. Galimore. of the
Second precinct: w. j. Cunningham
and r. H. Knapp, of the Fourth
precinct: A. G. Mihill and w. d.
Davis, OF the Tenth precinct; W. f.
Greenfield and NJ. znan1anacek, Of
the Eleventh precinct: C. D. Gun.
ningham. of the Seventh precinct,
and j. r. Cummins, of No. 8.