The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-15
265 mi EGATES FORM WORKERS
CULTURAL FEDERATION IN N. Y.

dinate all the proletarian cultural
work in New York and vicinity.
Couture is a weapon!" was the DOM
inant note of this conference, at
which every form of cultural work IN
many languages was represented.
Included in the hnoorary PreSidium
of the conference we're Maxim Gorky
and Krunskaya (Soviet Union), Lud-
wig Rem Germany, Henri Bar
busse (France), Tomas Hungary-
now in jaiD, Ho 10 Sun (Chinal and
Theodore Dresser, John Dos Passes
Upton Sinclair and William z. Eos
ter Omitted States(.
The first session, of which William
Chopper, proletsrian artist, was
chairman, and II. It. Lii, whom the
Hoover government is trying to de-
port to fascist China was vice-chair-
man, was occupied with nine reports.
Alexander Trachtenberg, of Interna-
tional Publishers, speaking for the
conference committee, discussed the
development of the proletarian cul-
tural movement thus far showed its
great possibilities for the future and
laid down the tasks for the broad
ening and strengthening of prele-
tartan cultural activities as a mighty
weapon in the class struggle.
Michael Gold, editor of the New
Masses, spoke on bourgeois and
proletarian culture; A. B. Magil, a
member of the PreSidium of the In
ternationaI Union Of Revolutionary
Writers and Artists, on the Charkov
Conference of the international rev.
dictionary writers and artists, held
last November; A. Bonn of the Ger
man Proletbuehne, on proletariar
theatrical work; Paul Keller, direc-
! tor OF the Federation of Workers
! Choruses, on proletarian musical ac-
tivities; William L. Paterson, of the
League of Struggle for Negro Rights,
on cultural work among the Negro
masses; A. Markoff, director of the
Workers School, on edueationa.
work; 81 Gerson, of the Labor Sports
Union, on cultural work among the
youth; Harrison George, of the Daily
Worker, on the role of worker CORE
spondence in the cultural movement
and Jack Stachel assistant nationa
secretary of the Trade Union Unity
League, on the role of cultural WORK
in trade union activity,
Stachel, fresh from the field of the
Pennsylvania mine strike, made
stirring appeal for the creation of
fighting proletarian culture tina
would be an integral part OF TIT
working class struggle, Following
his speech an appeal for relief fund;
for the striking miners raised $6o.18
The afternoon session, of which
Trachtenberg was chairman, anc
Glassford, a Negro worker was vice
chairman, produced spirited discus
sion from the floor. John Dos Pas
SOS, famous American left-winI
writer was present at this session
and, greeted the conference. Greet
ings were also read from many in
ternational and national organiza
tions, magazines and individuals.
Resolutions were adopted in sup
port of the mine strike, against tn
Scottsboro and Paterson frame-up
, and for the release of all politics
prisoners in the United States an
other capitalist countries; againi
the persecution of the foreign-born
supporting the Daily Worker; agains
! the imperiahst war preparations an
for the defense of the Soviet Union
and draft resolution on the task
!, of the federation. Greetings, wei
= also sent to the International Unio
. of Revolutionary Writers and Al
fists, the International Worker
Dramatic Union and the Left Writ
! ers' League of China.
j The conference instructed the E,
e ecutive Committee to work for cor
e vention to be held in November
e conjunction with the l4th annive
S sary of the Russian Revolution,
form National Workers Cultur