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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was not
pnly the leader of the Bolshevik
Party which made the proletarian
revolution in Russia. He was also
the builder of the Party, the teach
er of the entire worlds working
class on how to build its Party.
The Communist Party is the SUI
preme expression of the genius of
Lenin.
The fight of the working class %
overthrow capitalism is difficult
and bitter struggle. 1t requires
not only the breakup of the capt.
talist state power, but also its
substitution by the proletarian die
tatorship - the workers govern
ment. Only through the leader
ship of the Communist Party is
it possible for the working class
to accomplish this aim. Lenin's
writings are treasury of proleta-
Rian wisdom on this question.
The dictatorship of the pro-
1etariat is a hard-fought fight
against the forces and tradi-
tions of the old society; fight
that is both bloody and blood
less; both violent and peaceful;
both military and economic; both
educational and administrative.
The power of habit, ingrained in
millions and tens of millions,
is terrible power. Without the
Party, a party of iron which
has been tempered in the strug-
gle. party that enjoys the con-
fidence of all the straigntfor-
ward members of the working
class, a party able to understand
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17

eners, follow the proceedings.
Lenin gets up to speak. The
speech is a masterpiece of eloqu-
ence. No trace of rhetoric. Only
the weight of clear thought work.
ing, the memorable logic of argu-
ment, the consistent, firmly held
line. Like unhewn blocks of granite
the sentences are thrown out and
fused into a unified whole. Lenin
does not want to dazzle, to en-
chant; he wants TO convince. He
convinces and enchants. Not by
beautiful, sonoroas words which in
toXicate, but by the luminous spirit
which, without elf-dece2tion, COM
prehends the world of social phen-
omena in its reality and which
speaks out with cruel thruthful-
ness, what is. Like lashes of a
whip, like blows of club, Lenin's
worlds fell ON those who make a
sport of hunting the right and do
not understand what will lead us
to victory. Only if we get on our
side in the struggle the majority of
the working class, and not the
majority of the workers alone, but
the majority of the exploited and
oppressed, only then shall we really
triumph Everyone feels that the
decisive blow has been struck"
1.-THE revolution demands concen-
tration, increase of forces. From
the masses, from individuals. It
cannot tolerate orgiastic conditions
such as are normal for the decadent
heroes and heroines of D'Annunzio
Dissoluteness in sexual life is bour-
geois, is phenomenon of decay
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17
LENIN THE PARTY BUILDER

will; you are Journalist because
you act in accordance with con-
gress decisions and against my
consent; you act mechanically
because you follow the decisions
of the majority and think little
of my approval or my desire to
be coopted; you are an autocrat
because you will not hand over
power and authority into the
hands of our dear and trusted
comrades. :" Collected Works,
Vol. V, PIP. 462-438,)
The absolute necessity of Party
discipline for the victory of the
working class over capitalism, Lee
min formulated in the words:
"He who weakens, no matter
how little, the iron discipline of
the Party of the proletariat les
pecially during the period Of die
tatorship), effectually helps the
bourgeoisie against the proleta-
riat." cleft Wing Communism" J
Under these teachings of Lenin
on the Party we have built the
world Party of the working class,
the Communist International, the
foremost section of which has con-
quered one-sixth of tae earth of
the workers and is successfully
building a Socialist society. By
strictly adhering to the policy of
Lenin, we will achieve the same
results in the United States and
the entire world. The Party is the
instrument, and TIL only instru-
ment, which makes possible for the
working class to win victory over
capitalism and establish a workers
society.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17

duced strict discipline into the
Party, made Lenin man capable
of victory. Therein lay the secret
of his great influence upon us all.
We knew that if Lenin wanted a
thing, he would stick to it stub
bornly until he got it; he would
use every argument, the whole
force of his logic, he would cite
every fact and take advantage of
our own weaknesses in order to
demonstrate his idea and compel
us to admit it's truth"
"LENIN,' by Yaroslavsky.
THE question of bringing
workers on to the committees was
fraught with most greater conten-
ton. vladimir Llyich vigorously
defended the idea Of inclading
workers. The people abroad, Bog
danov and the writer's, were also in
favor. The Komitetchiks were
against. Both sides became very
heated. The members of the COM
mittees insisted that no resolution
be passed on the subject; indeed, it
would have been impossible to pass
resolution that workers should
not be brought on to the commit
tees!
I'm his speech in this discussion
Vladimir Ilyich said: 81 think we
should consider the question more
broadly. To bring workers on to
the committees is not only an educa-
tional but also political task. The
workers have class instinct, and
even with little political experience
they quite quickly become stead
fast Social Democrats. I would
very much like to see eight workers
on our committees for every two
intellectuals. If our written coun-
sci, that as many workers as pos
sible should be brought on to the
committees, proves inadequate, it
would be as we'll to issue this advice
in the name of the Congress. If
you get a clear and definite instruc-
tons from the Congress, you will
have radical means of. fighting
demagogy; it will be the express
will of the Congress-
Even before this occasion, Vlad-
imir Ilyich had firmly championed
the necessity of bringing the largest
possible number of workers on to
tn, committees. He already wrote
about this in 1908 in his Letter to
a Petersburg Comrade.' Now in
defending this standpoint at the
Congress, he became very heated
end even made Interruptions. When
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and to influence the psychology
of the masses, success in such a
struggle would be impossible"
cleft Wing Commnnfsm.")
In the early days of the Bolshe-
viks Communist Party) Lenin had
to conduct a bitter and prolonged
struggle, against those who want
ed not a Party but mere loose
circle of friends" Of the working
class. Outstanding among the
early enemies of Lel.in's conception
of the Party were the Menshe-
viks. led by Marriott, as well as
Trotsky and others. Lenin fought
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17

lishment of power, signifies the
transformation of the authority
of ideas the authority of
power, signifies the subordina-
ton of the lower constituents OF
the Party to the higher"
Gone Step Forward" p.
442, Collected Works.)
Lenin analysed the opposition to
this idea of the Party as "aristo-
cratic anarchism." His polemic
against anarchism in the ranks OF
the working class applies with full
force to the opponents of Party
discipline in the United States. Le-
min said:
"This aristocratic anarcnism
is | oculiar to the Russian nihil-
list. In his eyes, the Party or
ganization appears as mon
strous factory The subsection
of the part to the whole, of the
minority to the majority, seems
to him Slavery. the
apportionment of Party work
from and through the Party CEN
ter drags from him tragi-comic
walls about the transformation
of men into machines. the
very mention of Party rules clio
its a grimace, and the remark
that we can quite ell do without
rules. .. 1t is abundantly clear
that behind these complaints
there Turks a spirit of discomfort
with the composition of the cen
trail organism. You are a
bureaucrat because you have
been elected to this or that post
by the congress and against my
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17

"Isenin was extraordinarily simple
in everything he did. When he
spoke to the workers or peasants,
his speech was not beyond the scope
of the vocabulary of the mujhik
and the worker. He spoke a simple
language, without strain or affec-
tation, and it always seemed to the
workers and peasants that Lenin
guessed their thoughts, that he was
speaking of that which they them
selves were thinking.
wherein lies the secret of this
tremendous influence over the
workers and peasants? It lies in
the fact that Lenin knew how to
listen to the voice of the workers
and peasants. The Mensheviks have
frequently remarked that Lenin
knew how to issue very simple slo-
gans which the people were capable
of understanding. This, in fact, was
one of Lenin's strong points: he
knew how to select simple and
comprehensive slogan which united
millions of people, a comprehensive
call for clearly definite purpose.
From conversation with individual
workers, from chance talks with
peasant men and peasant women.
Lenin was able to guess, to sense
what the people were thinking,
what interested them and what
troubled them. In order to un-
derstand such people he would
sometimes speak for hours with the
Sixteen-year old son of the worker,
Emelyanov, who was an anarchist,
and regarded himself as being more
left than Lenin. From a converse
ton with Finnish peasant woman,
who said that there was no need
to fear certain man with a rifle,
because that man with the rifle
was Red Guard, Lenin sensed how
!, the peasantry regarded the Red
Guard. How often did workers
and peasants come to Moscow in
their great need! They knew that
if they got to Lenin," if they wrote
to him, Lenin would do something
He would listen to them and would
help them When Lenin spoke to
the workers and pesGnts, they felt
that he was speaki6, from his
heart, that he was ying before
them his intimate thoughts and
ideas. This simplicity, combined
with great modesty. his attentive
ness to the needs of the comrades,
his tremendous capacity for work,
his endurance and fidelity to prin-
ciple. and the fact that hep intro
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17
Memories of Lenin

Mikhailov (Postolovsky) said: SO
in practical work very small de-
mands are made of intellectuals,
but extremely big demands are
made of workers. Vladimir Llyich
cried out: That is absolutely true'
His exclamation was drowned in
chorus of-'Not true!' from the Ko-
mitetchiks. When RumyantseV
said: There is only one worker on
the Petersburg committee, although
work has been going on there for
fifteen years. Vladimir Ilyich shout
ed: What a disgrace!'
Afterwards, when the debates
had ended, Ilyich said: II could
not sit still and listen to them
saying that there were no workers
suitable to be members of commit
tees. The question drags on, and
it shows there is malady in the
Party. Workers must be brought
on to the committees If Ilyich
was not very much concerned that
his viewpoint met with such a re
buff at the Congress, it was simply
because he knew that the approach
ing Revolution would itself radically
cure the Party of this incapacity
to make the committees working
class in composition"
Memories" by Krupskaya.
AN atmosphere of the great
est tension filled the high, spacious
Kremlin Hall where the flaming
red of the Communist Peoples
House outshined the sparkle of the
coldly ostentatious gold in the one
time Imperial Palace. Every nerve
strained in attention, the hundreds
of delegates, the closely packed list
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17
By EARL BRoWDER


against them relentlessly for
many years, and built the Party
in struggle against them. He ex-
planned the historical and class
significance of building a disci-
plined Party.
''In days gone by our Party
was not formally organized
whole, but the sum-of individual
groups. Consequently, h
groups could exercise no more
than an theological influence one
upon the other. Today we have
become an organized party; and
organization signifies the estab-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17

The proletariat is a rising class.
1t doesn't need intox;cation as
narcotic or a stimulus. IntoXica-
ton as little by sexual exaggera-
ton as by alcohol 1t must not
and shall not forget, the shame,
the filth, the savagery Of
capitalism. 1t receives the strong
es, urge to fight from class situa-
ton, from the Communist ideal
j needs clarity, clarity ano again
clarity And so I repeat. no weak
ening, no. waste, no destruction of
forces. Self control, self-discipline
is not slavery. not even in love. But
forgive me, Klara, have wandered
far from the starting point of our
conversation Why didn't you call
me to order? My tongue has run
away with me. am deeply con-
cerned about the future of our
youth. 1t is a part of the revolu.
ton. And if harmful tendencies
are appearing. creeping over from
bourgeois society mo the world of
revolution-as the roots, of many
weeds spread-it is better tc COM
bat them early. Such questions are
part of the women ques or"
"Lenin had spoken with great
animation and fervor. felt that
every word came from his heart,
and the expression of his features
reinforced that feeling. Sometimes
vigorous movement of the hand
emphasized an idea. 1 marvelled
that Lenin, confronted by urgent
and great political problems, de-
voted such attention to secondary
matters and analysed them. And
not only as they appeared in Soviet
Russia, but in the - s-capitalist
States. Like the excellent Marxist
that he was, he compreiacrl,ed the
particular in whatever form it
manifested itself, in its relation to
the ger 4 i, and in its significance
fol- the whole. Underwriting, un-
shakable as an irresistible natural
force, his life will, his life aim was
directed to one thing: to hasten
the work of the masses towards rev.
olution. So he evaluGted every thing
by its effects on the conscio's driv-
ing forces of revolution Rational
as well as international. fer, with
a full regard for historically de-
termined peculiarities Ia separate
countries and the varied stages OF
development, there stood always
before his eyes the one iIidiTisible
world revolution" .,,,,t,..f..sss
"REMINISCENCES or 'LENIN'
+'t.' .sf' BY Klar'a Et kin. sAst's'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
Backyard Jumper
Sets World Mark

NEW YORK. February (P.-
IN A backyard jumping style
has given George Spitz, 49,
year-old New York University fresh
man, the world indoor high Jump
record
Using a style he worked out for
himself jumping in the backyard
of his home at Flushing, N. Y.
Spitz jumped feet inches at the
Millrose games Saturday night to
better the former indoor record by
quarter of an inch.
1t is an odd combination of the
old style scissors jump with a roll
added at the top, to carry him over
at the greatest height.
In setting the new record, Spitz
defeated Harold Osborn, veteran
Olympic star, who holds the outdoor
record of 6 feet 814 inches and who
had made the best previous indoor
mark form a board take-off, 6 feet
GA inches: Anton Burg of the ILL
nois A. c., National high jump
champion, and Bert Nelson of But
Ter University, who set the old in
door mark from a dirt take-otf last
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
FRENCH CHAMPION
IN SETON HALL RUN
Keller, 8O0-Meter Star, to
Make His U. S. Debut in
1000 Yard Event.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
N YEW YORK, February g.
M Part two of the French in
Y vaSion of American indoor
tracks will be unveiled to-
night in Newark, N. j., to mark
the opening of the biggest week
so far in the 1881 board track
season.
Paul Keller, champion of France at
300 meters, will try to make his debut
more successful than that of his COM
patriot Seraphine Martins was Satur-
day in the 1,0OO-yard run at the Sc
ton Hall games. Keller, who conquered
Martin in winning the French cham
pionship, is scheduled to oppose Phil
Edwards, star Negro runner from the
Hamilton, Ontario, Olympic Club:
Frank Nordell, New York University
freshman, who has finished second to
Ray Conger in two 1,000-yard events
this season; Harry Gallop of Toronto,
st. Clair Davidson of the MillroSe A.
A, New York, and Jimmy Kennedy of
the Newark A. c.
Martin is to make his second ap-
pearance, in which he will try to re-
trieve Saturdays defeat at the hands
of Russell Chapman, Bates College star,
and Dale Let's of Chicago, in the an
nual Meadow brook Club games at Phil
adelphia Thursday. He is entered in a
special 660-yard race.
The MeadoWbrook meet is a replica
of the MillroSe Club meet in New York,
where the first concerted foreign drive
failed. KellerS second appearance is
to be at the Boston A. A. games Satur-
day night. He has not decided
whether to start in the mile or the
1000.
Although his form is not considered
as good for the indoor tracks, Keller
should do at least as we'll tonight as
Martin did Saturday. While Martin
was falling before Chapman, whose
two fine half-mile races stood out in
the many brilliant performances,
neither Edwards nor Nordell, Keller'S
leading rivals tonight, could do any
better.
Edwards finished third in the Millrose
600, which Alex Wilson of Notre Dame
won: Nordell took the same position be-
hind George Bullwinkle of City College
Of New York in the 1000, but beat
out DR.. Paul Martin of Switzerland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09


ton Grove Athletic Associa-
ton and will carry its colors in the
Fifth Regiment-Johns Hopkins track
meet Saturday night at Baltimore.
John Bolac, star distance runner
of this city, may join the newly
organized Washington Cross Country
Club of which Sargent Robbins is in
charge.
1t is expected that either Boston
or New York will be Washington's
opponent in the opening base BALL
game of the season here April H.
In the first contest last Spring Wal
ter johnson conquered Philadelphia,
to 0, letting the Athletics down
with just one hit
Coach Bill Foley Of Georgetown
US track squad says the Hilltoppers
must renew competition in outdoor
meets to regain their former pres
tige in track.
CLANCY. Maryland Aggie half miller
and miller, will run in the meet at
Baltimore Saturday night.
Terminal Y Base Ball League Is
planning for the season. A rules
committee has been named COM
prising j. F. Waters, chairman;
P. H. Mccarthy, ]. Nolan, c. H. Nc
Chung, r. Wood and j. Sullivan.
Chairman j. t. Bond appointed the
committee. Manager Waters of
Adams Express league champion last
season, has announced his team will
be picked from Curran, Harvey,
Mcmahon, Jewett, O'Neill, Fitzgerald,
Stewart, Adams Thompson, Brown,
Violet, Jones and Graves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
TINE indoor tennis season promises
plenty of interest, much more,
should say, than ever before
Ut

TINE indoor tennis season promises
plenty of interest, much more
should say, than ever before
in It's history.
1t will start with Jack Curley's troupe
of professionals. The matches Tilden
now is playing in the South, WITH
Frank Hunter and Emmett Pare, are
only exhibition or practice matches, for
the purpose of getting Big Bill in shape
for his professional debut. This is
scheduled for New York on February
18, when he meets Carel Kozeluh at
Madison Square Garden. To see the tall
Philadelphia and the great little
Czechoslovakian compete should be a
lesson in the game. They both know it
from every angle.
Personally, I should have liked to see
Winnie Richards included in this group.
In the first place, he and Tilden always
made an interesting match, and Rich
ards and kozeluh playing Tilden and
Hunter in doubles would have been eX-
citing. But tennis, like wrestling, ap-
pears to have its different camps
From New York the professional
troupe, headed by Tilden, will go to
Baltimore, and from there to Boston.
Matches already have been booked as
far West as Omaha. When Tilden final
ly reaches the Coast he will make some
educational movies, much on the type
of those Bobby Jones will make for golf.
Later still, world tour is planned,
although I think it has not yet been de-
cided whether this will start in Aus
tralia or Japan.
About the middle of March New York
will see the mems indoor tennis cham
pionships. Borotra, Brugnon and Bous-
sus are coming over for these, and, i'm
mediately following the championships,
the three Frenchmen will play picked
United States team in what practically
will amount to an indoor Davis Cup
match, the only thing lacking being the
cup.
The players to meet the invaders will
be picked from a group including such
stars as Doeg. Allison, Lott, Van Ryn,
Shields and Bell. This is another tennis
event which is sure to draw a crowd.
There is something new in the Davis
Cup Examinations this season. If the
United States team gets by Mexico and
Canada 1t willabe winner of the North
American zone, but 1t will then have to
play the winner of % South American
zone, which will be the survivor of
matches among Argentina, Chile, Brazil,
Paraguay and Uruguay. This has not
been done before. ~
buffers have small use ipr flags on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
by WALTER TRUMBULL-

the green's. They want them In the
traps, flown at half mast.
Few golfers ever play up to the opin-
ion they have of their game.
golfer doesn't mind an opponent
with stronger game as much as he
does one with stronger voice.
Brooklyn should have one of the
hardeSt-hitting teams ever assembled.
Thompson is about the only man on It
who is not a slugger, and he has been
known to hit 300. and in such company
should do it again. That batting order
is going to annoy many pitcher
Copyright, 1881. by North American News
paper Alliance)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
/ the schools bulletin boards in Jan.

on the schools bulletin boards in jan
uary.
Sometime during the Winter months
invite the principals and headmasters
of the schools to a dinner given by the
club If possible, have some one from
Cambridge discuss admission require
ments, the tutorial system, or collateral
subjects of interest to schoolmen.
In the Spring have a meeting, TO
which should be invited, through the
principals, the boys who are thinking
Of going to Harvard the following Fall.
If there are enough of them, have some
one from Cambridge, or a we'll posted
alumnus, give them a general talk, in
Guiding the subject of admission re-
quirements, and telling them with whom
they could discuss their own particular
problems and difficulties of one sort or
another.
I'm the Summer, after the College
Board results are known, have your
Scholarship Committee give a dinner
or luncheon to the applicants for your
scholarships. In this way the commit
tee can size up rather accurately the
various candidates as to their desira
biIity." - -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09

yesterday. The 100-pounders walloped
Montrose, ~ to IT, and the 135-pound-
ers defeated Petworth, 80 to 81.
Due to a change in the Community
Center League schedule, Mercury A.
c. will be unable to play Atonement
tonight. The Mercs will oppose CAL
vary brakes instead at Central High
School at o'clock.
Heurich Ice tossers were no match
for st. Martins yesterday, the latter
coming out on the long end Of a 81
to score.
Kensington Howitzers, victorious yes
terday over Rockville, 81 to %, in a
Montgomery County League game, are
booking games at North 1888.
Indian Head Marines won SO to %
decision over Company E toSsers yester-
day. Sherman scored IA of the win
ners' points.
Jewish Community Center Arrows
defeated Boys Club, 81 to l6, yesterday
in a 115-pound league clash.
Battery topped Battery A, IS to 10.
19.
Four games are slated for 1ndepen-
dent League teams this week, with the
outstanding clash being that of Friday
between French A. C. and Stewart
Photographers. Trenches must win to
stay in the running for the first half
championship. Stewards are in second
place. Frenchies third.
The weeks schedule follows:
TueSday-AnacoStia Eagles against
Naval Air Station, Boiling Field, $3.50
o'clock.
Thursday-Anacostia Eagles against
Census Enumerators, Silver Spring
High School, $3.50 o'clock.
Friday-French A. c. against Stewart
Photographers, Silver Spring High
School, 8 80 O'Clock.
aturday-Anacostia Eagles against
Northerns. Immaculate Conception,
8 80 o'clock.