The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-09
Party Life
Workers School Formed
In Youngstown, Ohio,
u. S. Steel Center

The latest addition to the ma
tion-Wide chain of workers schools
has been established in Youngs-
town, o., a steel center Of the coun-
try. The school, with its headquar-
ters at $40 w. Federal St.. will
open its fall term with eight classes
beginning Oct. Is. A fall term an
nouncement Of courses has been is
sued, stating that THE Youngs-
town Workers School has been es-
tabliShed in response to long felt
need in the workers movement and
among thinking people for system
attic political education. The work
ing class today is in urgent need Of
trained leaders and organizers"
Ada SearleS, executive secretary
Of the school, stated that an enroll
ment of $50 students is expected for
the fall term. Already the A. F. of
L. steel union and other working
class organizations have agreed to
send students to the school. A spe-
cial conference of representatives
from mass organizations was held
at the school headquarters Sept. Is
and a school committee was estab-
lished.
The committee is now actively
engaged in raising a 5000 opening
fund and preparing for the open
ing banquet to be held at the school
headquarters Sunday, Oct IA, at
$50 pm. Among the organiza-
tons supporting the school are the
American Youth Club, the John
Reed Club, the eight branches of
the International Workers Order,
the Fora Club, the Hungarian
Workers Cultural Club. The John
Reed Club has played an especially
active part in the launching of the
school,
Among the courses to be offered
are Principles of Communism by
John Gates and Arvo Halberg;
Principles of Organization by John
Steuben; Trade Union Strategy and
Tactics by Joe ballet; Current
Problems by Arvo Halberg, and 1.
w. o. Training Course by Morris
Been; Elementary English by F.
Roland and intermediate English
by H. Blumenthal and Elementary
Russian by Celia Larkin. The
school has already received con-
siderable publicity in the Youngs-
town papers and, judging by the
spirit and enthusiasm with which
the launching of the Workers
School has been received by the
workers of Youngstown, the school
promises to be a success from the
start.
Workers of Youngstown feel that
the school will play an important
role in providing them with lead
ers for the class struggle. Regis
tration is now going on at the
school headquarters. Everyone is
urged to register at once.
18th C. P. Birthday Observed
Beaver County held its fifteenth
Communist Party Anniversary meet
ing in Freedom on Sunday, Sept. 80,
with comrades and sympathizers
present from Beaver Falls, New
Brighton, Rochester, Ambridge and
Freedom.
In discussion of the Party his
tory, careful comparison was made,
showing how the movement locally
had failed to keep up with the ma
tionsl movement. A program de-
veloped at the meeting contains the
following points: immediate con-
centration on Party recruiting, in
creasing the tempo of the Daily
Worker drive, increasing Daily
Worker circulation, building the
Y. G. L. and mass organizations.
1t is necessary to carry this pro-
gram out Immediately to break
through the terror and intimidation
which Jones and Laughlin has
fastened on Beaver County and
which it is now trying to extend.
We are aware that there is a great
difference between a program on
paper and one actually carried out
and it is now up to the Party mem
bers in the Beaver Valley Section
and Ambridge to transfer this plan
from paper to actual facts.
SECTION ORGANIZER.