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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16
The i. S. Fleet Visits New York
By FRED ELLIS

no offense at all The enlisted personnel see
how the high ranking officers are provided
with special quarters on the ships, have the
best of food, enjoy special privileges of lib
erty.
Men See Division.
The men see this division when they are
allowed to go ashore The enlisted personnel
see this class division after they reach Shore
They are allowed to shift for themselves
Being but strangers in large, bustling city,
a city of tall buildings, of subway crowds,
city all tumble with thousands of tax-cabs
street cars, and throngs of people everywhere
the men usually wander up and down streets
aimlessly, and become ready victims to I'M
scrupulous persons of sort or another
from the auctioneers of jewelry stores to the
sharpers of the speakeasies. On the other
hand, the men see their officers living at the
most expensive hotels, minglng socially with
the "Four Hundred" of the exploiting class
having tea with the daughters of Americas
most successful plunderers of the working
class.
1t is because the sailors realize to an extent
that they are from the ranks of the working
class, while the officers are from the ranks of
the capitalist exploiters, that leaflets issued in
thousands by the Communist Party and Young
Communist League to the sailors met a very
sympathetic response.
The leaflets exposed the miserable condi-
tons of the enlisted men and called upon
them to fight for higher wages, the right to
resign from the service at any time, the right
to elect their own officers, the right to vote
and hold office, and limitation of their hours
of duty to not more than eight hours.
Show War Danger
The leaflets exposed the preparations going
on for against the Soviet Union, and
called upon the working class sailors to de-
fend the toilers' fatherland against an attack
of the class enemies of the working class. The
leaflets further called for class solidarity be-
tween the working class sailors and the colon
ial masses of Latin America, Haiti, Philip
pines, China and elsewhere in the struggle
against the tyrannical oppression of Wall st.
Numerous arrests of workers have taken
place for distribution of these leaflets. Com
missioner Whaen, who heads the odd collec-
ton of hired thugs in uniform the police force
of New York, has resorted to the strategy"
of holding young workers arrested for giving
out the leaflets on charges of prostitution"
and criminal anarchy" This Tammany Po-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16
Preparations for the Fifth Congress OF the R. L. u

The New York and Chicago dis
tricts of the I. U. U. L. have en-
tered into agreements of revolu-
tionary competition for building the
Labor Unity. The San Francisco
district of the T. u. U. l.. has out
lined plans for the nomination Of
delegates for the Fifth Congress Of
the R. |, L. u. The Cleveland 7. U.
U. l.. district also elaborated a de-
tailed plan. The Southern district
has submitted partial plan which
they are undertaking to put into
effect. Also the Boston district and
the Salt Lake district.
The Marine Workers Industrial
Union and the Railroad Workers
Industrial League have carried
through part of their plan Of a
campaign to nominate delegates and
to popularize the r. l. L. U.
Also wide plans were made for
the nomination of Negro delegates
to attend the Fifth Congress OF the
r. |. L. L., and in all sections Of
the country directions were given
to popularize the r. /. L. U. amongst
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16
DISCUSSION
The Language Fractions in the Light
of the Party Tasks

while continuing to develop the language papers
among the foreign-born workers.
Number of Weaknesses
There are a number of weaknesses in our
language literature at the present time. The
fact that most of the language fraction have
no followed Systematically the Party literature
is seen in the lack of feminist literature for
the foreign born workers. The tendency has
been to publish various heterogeneous material
disconnected both in content and Importance
for the movement. Not only this. But we
see that in the present recruiting drive, as
well as in the past Party campaign, the Ian
guage fractions lag behind in publishing the
specific literature on those campaigns. While
the recruiting drive has been successful we
must at the same time look at the possibility OF
greater success and this could have been OBJ
tanned if our fractions followed the Party lit
erature and issued simultaneously such PAM
phlets as "Why Every Worker Should Join
the Communist Party" ETC. But evidently this
has not been the case. Such fractions as the
Jugoslav and Checko-Slovak are now publish
ing these pamphlets when the recruiting drive
as such is closed, while some of the others
have completely failed to respond to this re-
quirement.
In order to coordinate the future campaigns
and those now in progress the Agit-Prop and
the language department of the Party should
endeavor to give timely directions and instruc-
lions for publication of pamphlets, leaflets,
etc. to the language fractions either before the
beginning of the campaign or at the outset of
same also, a closer check up and follow up OF
these instructions and directions should be con-
Quoted in order to determine to what extent
they have been carried out. Another important
addition that should be made to various frac
tions and the policy for the fractions to be
introduced in various auxiliary organizations,
especially where there are young elements, is
to handle Party literature in English. Many
of our fraction book stores failed to carry
English literature and where they do it. is
usually few to supply demands rather than
to develop the sale of our literature in English
This should be corrected by seeing that all
fractions carry Party literature in English and
advertise the same in their language press.
Many fraternal organizations in which our
language fractions have influence or control
have libraries of their and most of
these libraries do not contain our literature.
Our language fractions should Immediately in
troduce our literature in these organizations
And wherever possible English literature as
we'll Let us continue with the Bolshevik self
criticism and bring out our weaknesses and
mistakes and shortcomings in order that we
may correct then PHI.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16

terval period of two months the capitalist
press reported that the territory under the
Soviet rule comprises about the size of four
provinces principally in Fukien, Kiangsi,
Kwangtang, Human, Hupeh and Kwangsi) with
a population of 30000O00. We can safely
state that by the time of the Congress the
Soviet Power will gain more tremendous ter
ritory and strength than now.
The forthcoming First Chinese Soviet Con
gress is one of the mighty victories of the
World Revolution and marks a decisvely i'm
portant step towards it's further development.
The rapid revolutionary upsurge in China, the
developing mass revolts in India, the success
full realization of the Five Year Plan in the
Soviet Union and the growing revolutionary
wave in the capitalist countries, form pow
erful world front of revolutionary struggle
against world capitalism and for the establish
ment of the Soviet Power in the whole world
But the further victorious development of
the Soviet Power in China, which is fighting
the Observation-Disclosures war, will meet the
stubborn and combined resistance of foreign
Imperialism and native reaction. American
imperialism has played an important role in
the defeat of the first revolutionary wave in
China. 1t helped the establishment of the
bloody Chang Kai-shek regime 1t is one of
the deadly enemies of the Chinese Revolu-
ton. Therefore. here lies the important task
of the working class in the United States
While waging a revolutionary struggle against
naturalization, wage-cuts, speed-up, and po-
lice terror, the American working class must
more than ever give energetic support to the
Chinese revolution The revolutionary work
ers in this country must expose U. S. imper-
ialism in China and rally the broad masses to
fight for the withdrawal of u. S. military
forces from China and against any manifesto
ton of intervention on the part of U. S. i'm
reriaism against the Chinese Revolution.
First of ALL the American workers must
have their voice of revolutionary greetings
and solidarity heard to the workers and peas
ants in China. The Chinese Vanguard Weekly,
which is the only revolutionary organ that
rallies the Chinese workers in the American
Continent for the support of the Chinese So
Wet Power and for the participation of the
class struggle in this continent, is preparing
special issue for this occasion. This issue
will also be widely distributed in China. 1t
offers its space for the American workers to
greet the First Soviet Congress in China The
mighty voice Of support from American work
ers will surely give great impetus to fighting
masses in China for the establishment of an
All-Chna Soviet Republic. Every class
conscious worker must see to it that his or
her voice of revolutionary greetings to the
First Chinese Soviet Congress be heard col
lectively or Individually through the Chinese
Vanguard Weekly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16

lice Commissioner, who split workers heads in
the March 9Th Unemployment Demonstration,
who by his own admissions revealed himself
a stool pigeon of the Chamber of Commerce,
giving the employers names of militant work
ers to discharge from the factories; this sleek,
we'll fed, Tammany politician who was recently
banoueted by over 1000 bankers and manufac-
turers in tribute to his head-splitting activities
against the working class; this cheap publicity
seeker whose motto is: "Never allow day to
go by, without getting my name on the front
pages of the newspapers is particularly an
pered because his anti-Soviet documents have
been proved conclusively as forgeries of the
rottenest sort.
His attempt to put himself forward as
Napoleon in the anti-Soviet crusade, has re-
suited in his being shown up as a modern
Don Quixote.
His resentment against the young workers
arrested for giving out leaflets to the fleet
knows no bounds and he is making haste to
railroad them to long Jail terms as he has sue
ceeded in doing with the Committee of Five
of the New York unemployed. And it can be
safely said, that among those demanding the
release of these young workers will be num-
bers of workers in uniform, sailors of the
fleet Our class brothers in uniform will not
be intimidated by these arrests; these arrests
will merely further disillusion them in capt.
talist democracy. All the harder will they
struggle for improved conditions in the navy
and join hands with their brothers in the fac
tories in the common struggle against the
capitalist order of society
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16

the Negro workers. At least eight
Negro delegates from the most
basic industries are to go to the
Fifth Congress, At the same time
special assistance was rendered by
the T. U. U. L. groups for the pop
ularization Of the London Confer
ence Of Negro Workers, which is
being convened by the Provisional
international Trade Union Commit
tee of Negro Workers, elected at
the Second World Congress of the
Anti-Imperialist League at Frank
fort, Germany.
Finances.
No small part, and certainly no
insignificant political part of the
preparations for the Fifth Congress
of the r. /. L. u, has been the
plan for raising finances to defray
the expenses of the delegates to
the Fifth Congress Of the K. ]. l.. l..
Twenty thousand assessment stamps
have been printed, to sell at rs
cents each; $4,000 special X. l. L..
U. buttons are being made, to sell
for 10 cents each; special funds are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16
First Chinese Soviet Congress and
Tasks of American Workers

centralize and consolidate the existing Soviet
districts, give a uniform leadership for the
whole of the Soviet territories, and establish
the leading role of the proletarat in the revo-
luton. This central leadership will enact laws
regarding the land, laws for the protection of
labor, the organization of the Red Army and
the constitution of the Soviets, and proclaim
the fight to end the present iniperialist-mili-
tarist war by civil war Of workers and peas
ants against foreign Imperialism and native
bourgeosie, and for the establishment of ALL
China Soviet Power Of the workers, peasants
and soldiers.
1t is very interesting to note that during
the time Of announcement of this congress
(about February The Soviet power only con-
sisted Of about 20 districts. Now, in the in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16

of 10000 young workers from all parts of the
country took place on the Augustus Platz.
Together with the worker spectators there
were about 100000 persons in the square and
the surrounding streets. The masses were ad-
dressed by Comrades Thaelmann and Neumann
for the Communist Party and Kurt Mueller
for the Young Communist League
From the beginning the police acted in
hostile manner and seemed determined to pro-
woke disorder. The masses in the Augustus
Platz were pressed back unnecessarily and
brutally, and in a side street minor collision
occurred A police captain Immediately drew
his pistol and shot down young worker at
point blank range. The victim was young
worker from Berlin named Dyba who has since
expired as a result of frightful stomach
wound.
A wave of fury swept through the masses
at the murder of the young worker and violent
collisions occurred with the police The MUIR
derer and police sergeant were overwhelmed
by the masses and flung to the ground. A
number of workers were injured
Following the meeting on the Augustus
Patz a procession of tens of thousands Of
young workers and others marched to the build
ings of the German Rechsgericht which has
sent so many revolutionary workers to jail
Here large force of police attacked the
masses and police officer threatened to fire
Immediately unless the workers retired. The
protest of a Communist Reichstag's deputy
was ignored roughly.
Early next morning the mass quarters Of
section of the Berlin workers were raided by
the police. conference of young Commu-
mist leaders was also raided and dispersed,
whereby four young workers were injured.
On the departure of the members of the Young
Spartacus League from the main Leipzig sta
ton, the children were mishandled and treated
roughly by the police.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16
BY I. II. Ii.

THE First Chinese Soviet Congress convened
by the Communist Party of China and the
Chinese red trade unions will take place on
the Both Of May the fifth anniversary of the
massacre of revolutionary workers and stu
dents by imperialists in Shanghai, 1925.
The Soviet Congress convenes amidst the
rapid upsurge of the development of the revo-
luton (the tremendous advancement of the
Communist army, the establishment of many
new Soviet districts, etc. and the extremely
sharp struggle between the imperialist pow
ers and Chinese militarist cliques (the open
warfare between the Marking and Anti
Marking bocs), is Of utmost historical and
international significance. The Congress will
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16
By /. ILIJEVIC.
(Jugoslav Bureau.)

This is the continuation Of on article pub
Iished yesterday. In the first part Of the
article, the 1Uriter discusses the role Of the
language fractions IN the unemployment
struggles, the Pdrty'S policy tn the auxiliary
organizations, the grOlUing tdScsm M the
language mass organizations, and the CO.
ordination of fraction aOork with Party tasks.
AT various times we have voiced our opinion
n on the right danger in the language papers
and this danger is by no means less at the
present. We find that even now many of our
fractions are delinquent in carrying on our
Party campaign in the language papers. Too
much of liberal journalism is finding place
in our language press not only so far as the
advertising end is concerned, but also in the
make up, treatment and "tone" of various ar
ticles. Many of our language papers are side
tracking the direct Communist slogans and
carry on propaganda in a go-between way.
An often expressed excuse is: at won't help
the Party any if we come out boldly as Com
munist Party organ"
Many times an excuse is given by the COM
rades in the language fractions for failure To
publish important Party resolutions and docu-
ments with the excuse that sit will not be
understood OF read by the members anyhow"
We must overcome this dangerous weakness
by giving greater attention to our fraction
press, by close check up as to the conduct OF
the articles.
There is also a belief among some OF the
comrades to the effect that the present Ian
guage daily papers should be cut to weeklies,
in order to build UP the Daily Worker. This
tendency must be fought most vigorously; be-
cause even if we would succeed thereby IN
strengthening the Daily Worker it would not
compensate for the loss of the other thousands
upon thousands of readers, who would drift
back to the bourgeois and social-democratic
papers of which there are plenty in this coun-
try There is no reason why the Daily Worker
cannot be strengthened and developed, firstly
as a central organ of the Party and secondly,
on the basis of the sharpening class struggle
and developing mass rehabilitation among the
American working class. This can and must be
developed hand in hand with the language
press.
Any substitution of the language press to
develop one Party paper at the expense OF the
other language papers is nothing less than
submission to the difficulties which we now
face and which we can overcome by intensity
ing our campaign for the Daily Worker among
the present readers of the language papers and
at the same time among the American workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16

to be raised at mass meetings 70,
this purpose. A special subscrip
ton list, in addition, has been sem
cut by the Provisional 1nternation..
Trade Union Committee of Negro
Workers for the purpose Of raising
funds to defray the expenses of the
Negro delegates to the London Con.
ference.
Special conferences have beer
held by the National Committee o.
the I. U. U. l.. with the variou'
district organizers of the T. U. U
J.. on the preparations for the Fifth
Congress Of the r. ]. L. u.
Special conferences have also
been held with the heads OF the
Nctional Unions and leagues affili'
ated to the T. U. U. L.
These are the preliminary plan,
that have been made by the Trad,
Union Unity League in preparation
FOR the Fifth Congress of the Pct
International Of Labor Unions
These plans are to be followed b,
more intense preparations during
the intervening period.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16

By SAMUEL HERMAN.

THIRTY THOUSAND sailors of the combined
Atlantic and Pacific fleet are in New York
City, They arrived on May 7th from a long
cruise of over three months in which the most
intensive war maneuvers since the World
War took place. The yellow papers that sprout
forth daily poisonous stream of capitalist
opium devote much space to the arrival of the
fleet "Our dear fleet" is the phrase smeared
all over the trashy scandal sheets. Not
word, however, creeps in these same papers
about the actual conditions of the men in the
navy
To the men in the navy of U. S. imperial
ISM their conditions are uppermost in their
minds. They see the sharp chasm, the strong
class division between themselves and their
officers. They see this class division on the
ships, where the officers enjoy unlimited pow
er, can throw sailors in the brig or make them
do extra duty for the slightest offense or for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16
By JAMES w. FORD.

The National Textile Workers
Union has issued special bulletin
on the preparations of the Fifth
Congress of the r. |. l.. U. 1t has
issued challenge to the National
Miners Union on number of points
of revolutionary competition. 1t
has set up revolutionary COMPETE
ton amongst it's districts and its
local unions.
The Food Workers National Com
mittee has also set up special forms
of instructions to all of their local
groups for preparation for<he Fifth
Congress Of the r. |. l.. L. Like
wise, has the National Lumber
Workers Union outlined plans of
work for lis local unions and groups,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16

This is the final instdllment Of
on article By the Negro organizer
Of the Trade Union Unity League
on preparations for The Fifth Con
gress of the RIL.U.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-16
The Battle at Leipzig

BERLIN, GPS)-The fifth Young Conmu-
mist Day in Germany which was held in Leip-
zig, developed into tremendous demonstration
of young workers.
On Sunday morning mass demonstration
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
To End Cough
In a Hurry, Mix
This at Home

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
5 ARRESTED IN
STORE THEFTS
Police Claim Recovery of
TWo-ThirdS of Loot.

Three men and two women were
held by police today in connection
with four store robberies here re-
Gently, in which loot aggregating
more than $4,000 was stolen.
Moses Byroad, 38, of 316 South
East street; Paul Coffman, 20, of
1923 Spann avenue, and Woodford
Rairdon, "a, of 1907 North New Jer-
sey street, are charged with bur-
glary and grand larceny. Miss
Sylvia Gregory, 81, and Mrs. Stella
Rairdon, 81, both of 316 South East
street, are charged with receiving
stolen goods.
About tWo-thirdS of the loot was
recovered, according to detectives.
Minor crimes reported to police
over the weekend included:
Robbery of grocery at 1447 South
eastern avenue, $40 worth of mer-
chandise; John Hayes, Negro, 1866
Roache street, held up and robbed
of SIT; theft of SO from q street
car money changer at Martindale
avenue and Twenty-fifth street;
theft of clothes worth $165 from
home of Mrs. Jean Vernon, SIT East
Ohio street; Hubert Phillips, 83l
North Oakland avenue, attendant
at filling station, Boulevard place
and Eighteenth street, held up and
robbed. of $135.