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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-29
Secretary of Finnish Bureau
Describes Communist Party's
Fight Against Federationism
Retrospect Takes Up Struggles in United States
Waged Largely in Period Before 1925

ton, bringing the Party into fac
tories and workshops, organizing in
side of them the basic units-nuclei
Of the Party.
The reorganization of the Party on
the basis of shop and street nuclei
was not at all an easy task. It met
with sharp opposition on the part
Of all the language declarations, and
especially on the part Of those who
were in the leadership Of the Ian
guage declarations. Although this
leadership pretended in words to be
Communists, in deeds and ideologic-
ally it was strongly tinged with So
cial-democratic hangovers. The lead
ership of several language fedora
tions on the most part were COM
posed Of Right opportunists Fin-
nish, German. etc., and therefore
this leadership rose into sharp
struggle against the Bolshevization
Of the Party, holding onto their fed
erationism.
This meant that instead Of the
Party giving theological leadership
and guidance to the language fed
erations, the language declarations
according to their strength biased
on the number of members) would
determine the theological line, pro-
gram. tactics and methods of strug-
gle of the Party. Every Communist
now understands how ridiculous this
would be.
Those elements within the Party
who held a Bolshevik view on these
organizational questions had to
carry on relentless struggle
against these opportunist elements
in every one Of the Party branches
because the influence of the oppor-
tunist leadership over the rank and
file was not small. The opportunist
leadership in the language fedora
tons, as for instance, in the Finnish
and the German declarations (Aslzeli,
Boman and Company and Ludwig
Lore in the German Federation) 4,
resorted to cunning and cheap
demagogy to confuse the member
ship of the language declarations on
the question of reorganization. They
declared that as result of the re-
organization the properties Of the
language organizations, halls, etc.,
would be turned over to the Jews"
and more of the same sort Of nom
sense. But these opportunists did
not succeed to very large extent
to confuse the masses on these ques-
tions. The Party was reorganized
and with the help of the Party lead
ership these betrayers of the work
ing class were driven out of the
Party. AS memorial" Of them we
have their complete political bank
ruptcy. They have openly gone
(Boman is dead into the camp of
the bourgeoisie. The workers will no
longer follow them because the
Party has been able to thoroughly
expose their treachery The Finnish
organization has received direct help
also from the Conintern in expos
ing these renegsdes. The open letter
Of the c. I. 1890 to the Finnish
revolutionary toilerS in America ex-
posed the class betrayal of such
renegades as Halonen and Co. and
laid down clear line for the Fin
nish organization to be followed on
the class struggle front.
The language declarations today
that are following the theological
leadership of the Communist Party
must still carry on a relentless
struggle against all remnants of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-29
By I. Amter

We celebrate the Fifteenth Ami
versary Of the Communist Interna-
tional and the Seventh World Con-
gress, and also the Fifteenth Ami
versary Of the Communist Party Of
U. S. A. Fifteen years in which the
Party has been actively engaged in
leading struggles of the workers,
farmers and the Negro masses-and
in which for a long period it was
also torn by factional struggle.
The Communist Party was or
gsnized at time of world upheaval.
The Russian Revolution in Novem-
Der 1917 was followed by revolu-
tionary events in Germany, Finland.
Hungary, Italy. In the United
States there occurred the Seattle
general strike, the general strike in
Winnipeg-snd the great steel strike
Of 1919 led by Comrade Foster. 1t
was at a time when the capitalists
Of the entire world were in fear of
losing power, when the masses, be-
coming disillusioned as to the prom
Uses of the war, were beginning to
make demands. The first postwar
period was a period of upsurge of
the struggling masses-to be fol-
lowed by a second period in which
capitalism was able partially to re-
habilitate itself and move forward
to some extent.
Ferment in S. P.
In this situation a ferment arose
in the Socialist Party because of it's
reforrnist policy. Although the St.
Louis convention in 1917, pressed by
the Left Wing led by Comrade
Ruthenberg, adopted a resolution
against war, the leaders of the S.
P. did nothing to mobilize the party
for activity against the war. The
Left Wing grew and finally in Sep
TENDER 1919. the Communists held
their first conyantion-or rather
two conventions, attracting many
healthy clements outside the So
cialist party-I. w. W., anarchists,
militant trade unionists. Two par
ties were born in September, 1873
the Communist Party and the Com
munist Labor Party. So-called diff
ferences en- the question Of ''mars
action" and "ac'ion of the masses"
led to hair-splitting disputes Of the
most childish character between the
two parties. Leadership to be vested
in the hands of the native as against
the foreign-born comrades, who in
the main were more developed theo-
retically but did not have as much
contact with the native-born Amer
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-29
By Hans Johnson
Sec'y. of Finnish Buro, c. P.


Now that we are celebrating the
18th anniversary of the Communist
Party U.S.A., when our Party has
become an ever greater factor in Or
ganizing and leading the struggles
of the American working class
against the offensive of the bour-
geoisie, the Roosevelt hunger pro-
gram CN.R.A0, the betrayers Of the
working class, the VOLS, Greens,
Germans and Co., in the A. F. of L.,
as we'll as against the treacherous
policy of the Social Democratic
leadership; when Our Party has
more firmly than ever rooted itself
into the factories, mines and mills
among the decisive and basic strata
of the American proletariat; when
our Party is internally united, on a
strong Bolshevik foundation, its
basic units being the shop and fac
tory nuclei, it is well to bring to our
minds that the Party has made
tremendous progress and that the
situation in our Party was not al
ways such as it is at the present
| time.
There was time during the early
history of our Party, prior to 1925,
when our Party was COMPLETELY dis
united internally. The Party prior
to the reorganization, which took
place in 1925, was composed of some
seventeen different language fedora
tions. The Party was organized on
territorial basis, with its English
| speaking inches, language
branches, with its city central COM
mittees and during elections, State
organizations. The Party at that
time had no united program of &C.
tion-Struggle and activities. The
seventeen Language declarations had
become seventeen parties within the
Party, each being almost completely
independent, carrying on activities
under it's own program. All the Ian
guage declarations were permeated
with social democratic theology, al
though in principle" they were
| against the Second (Socialist) In
ternational and pretended to uphold
the principles Of the Communist In
ternational. The Party was torn in
ternally by years of factionalism.
Opportunism, both Right and Left
was rampant in the Party. The Ian
guage declarations had become fac
tional footballs for the varying fac
tons. each resorting to all kinds of
unprincipled maneuvers to win this
or that language federation for its
own faction.
Although We do not want to nullify
altogether the attempts Of the Party
at that time to lead the working
class in its struggles it goes without
! saying that Party organized on
such a loose basis will never be able
even If it had willingness-to
lead the proletariat in its everyday
struggle against the bourgeoisie, not
to speak Of, that such Party would
ever be able to lead the proletariat
to a victorious overthrow of the
! bourgeois regime. Therefore, it was
necessary to have the Party reor-
ganized according TO the line laid
down by the Communist Interna-
tional (Which this fall will hold its
7th World Congress) to all the Com
munist Parties in the different
countries, namely, that the Parties
must discard their federationist-so-
cial-democratic base Of organiza-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-29
,JObIess Plan
Drive Against
Police Terror

NEW YORK. - The Unemploy-
ment Councils swung into action
yesterday to smash the police at
tacks launched on the iobless by
the LaGuar administration
through its new police commissioner,
John Valentine.
A picket line was thrown around
the Home Relief Bureau at Sheriff
and Broome Streets when police re-
fused to admit a delegation which
had come to present demands for
rent relief and free milk which had
been promised the unemployed.
In Upper Harlem a demonstra-
ton was held at the West 135th
Street Home Relief Bureau to COM
pei a hearing for the delegation.
At West Forty-Fourth Street yes
terday patrol wagon was stationed
in front of the Relief Bureau where
seven unemployed were arrested the
day before. Eight police were sta
toned outside and other lu-ked
within the building.
Two of the arrested workers who
were released in the custody of their
attorney, Louis Fleisher of the I. L.
D., reported that one policeman
toned outside and others lurked
had declared, There's a new police
commissioner and a new policy
We're not going to fool with you
bastards any more
At Seventy eighth Street and
York Avenue, a representative Of
the unemployed was admitted to
the Relief Bureau only after the
jobless had fought fer the right to
a hearing.
In Brooklyn it was reliably re-
ported that Home Relief clients hae
received letters stating tlAaJ next
weeks their food orders wcn,d come
in the form of vouchers instead Of
cash. Other sections reported that
rent checks were being held up.
The New York Unemployment
Council, through its organizer,
Mlchael CASSIDY, called upon the
jcbless to refuse to submit to the
terror of the police and the starva-
ton policies of the Home Relief
Bureau, to assemble at the Home
Relief Bureaus every day and force
the relief stations to accept the de-
mandS of the unemployed when
presented collectively by their rep
resentatives.
A delegation will go before Com
missioner Of Welfare today and de-
mand that he publicly declare that
the rights Of the unemployed to
petition collectively will not be in
terfered with and cell upon police
commissioner Valentine to with
draw the police from the relief sta
lions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-29
VITAL QUESTIONS
ONUNITEDFRONT
ARE DISCUSSED
Communist Party Stand on Unity Explained in
BrOwder's Report to the Plenary Central
Committee Meeting Held Sept. and e
By Earl Browder

I want to review briefly some Of
the problems Of the movement for
united acknowledging the united
front. The comrades are familiar
with the various proposals that we
have made to the Socialist Party
National Executive Committee. We
are also familiar with the cores
p0ndence that developed on these
proposals with Norman Thomas,
and the action taken Just a few
days ago by the National Execu-
tive Committee in its Milwaukee
meeting.
Perhaps We should give brief
Characterization Of the N. F. C.s
decision as 1t was reported in the
N. Y. Times. We have not yet re-
ceived an official letter that they
there reported to have sent to us.
Briefly. the action as reported is a
rejection Of the united front on
the grounds that the united front
with the Communists would en-
DANGER their united front with the
A. F. Of L. bureaucrats. They cover
this up with platonic endorse
ment Of the idea of united front.
what q good thing it would be if
it were possible. and bring out
some Of the stock tricks to avoid
sQuarely meeting the issue-united
action on specific questions. No
where do they mention their at
titude towards the measures for
which we proposed united action.
In the formal answer we propose
to take up precisely as the center
Of our letter, that question they
expressed in the words: mo
united action on specific issues is
possible between Socialist and
Communists except on basis
which also gives hope Of ending
fratricidal strife within the trade
union movement"
We propose that we will quote
this from their letter, and raise
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-29
Jersey Farm Hands Endorse Can

SOUTH RIVER, n. j., Sept. U.s.
Agricultural and cannery workers of
this region who had a stiff taste Of
fascist terror during their strikes for
wage increases this Summer, have
endorsed the call of the United
States Congress Against War and
Fascism to be held in Chicago On
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
I'VE hope to help supply a truck
load of delegates from this area"
said Vivian Dahl, organizer of the
Agricultural and Cannery Workers
Industrial Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-29

scious workers to study the growth
and the development of the Com
munist movement in the U. S. The
study Of the history Of our Party
offers an invaluable weapon for
every fighter against capitalism, for
the struggle for the liberation Of
the American working class and all
the oppressed" (From the c. c.
statement.
Hail the 18th Anniversary of the
Communist Party of the U. S. On
the 18th Anniversary Of the Party we
greet the Central Committee which
has capably and theoretically, with
the hslp of the Comintsrn, brought
about turn in our Party, making it
capable to organize and lead the
American working class in its every
day struggles and will lead it to its
final yictory-a Soviet America.
Evening star., 1934-12-27
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-30

The pupils Of sprague grammar
school presented an admirable
Memorial day program at the
school gymnasium at o'clock yes
terday AFTERNOON. The auditorium
was completely filled with pupils
OF the school and their parents ana
friends.
Following the singing Of Amer.
lea" the children Of the kinder.
Rarten band played three selec'
tIons, "Turkish March," "Marche
MiIitaire" and "Ciribiribln". Miss
Bnnnon's pupils Of the first grade
sang n marching scong as did Miss
Miss McGowan's and Miss Robins
second grade pupils. The third
grade children coached by MisF
Casey and Miss Hailock. offered q
poem. MAKING a Flag" and a song.
"Patriotic WISH" A very effective
rendition OF the poem, "Where
Poppies Grow" was given by Miss
Carrolrs fourth grade and Miss
Doyie's pupils Of the same grade
sang "The Flag and tho Eagle"
Miss Shanahan's and Miss Lnwiors
NTH graders sang "Patrlots" after
which the sixth grade pupils OF
Miss Blodgett and Mics Cronan
sang America the Beautiful" A
poem, my Native Land" was re-
cited by the seventh grade group
OF Miss Bannon and Miss George
and the eighth grade pupils OF
Miss ConRdon and Miss Monroe
sang "old Glory"
The entire group then rang a
stanya OF 1.-THE star Spnngled Ban.
ner" after which Major Michael
Gaiullo Of tho American Legion
and a veteran OF tho World War.
delivered a short address on the
Significance of the day.
Months Mind Mass
A months mind mass Of requiem
was celebrated by Rev William j.
O'Shea ut st Michaeps church this
morning for tho soul Of the late
Benjamin Beaudoln.
Court Wclch
There will be an important
meeting of Court WEIGH, F'oresters
OF America, at tho ledge rooms In
Francis hallIat 8 o'clock tomor.
row evening. Il IL to BIO an un-
usually important meeting and a
full attendance of members Is ur-
gently desired since Anal plans are
to be made for the group trip TO
New York this next weekend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-30

Crowd Sees Sprague
Children's Program


In preparation for the frat Fri.
day Of the month when special de-
votions are held In honor OF the
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, confessions
will be heard on Thursday at ~
Michacls church from $3.50 10 $500
o'clock and from 7i30 TO 300 p. m.
Watcrvllle Boy Stars for wildly
BILLY" Moore. younger brother
of Johnny, Watervlile'B big.
league baseball idol, starred yes.
terday in WIlby's one-sIded is TO 8,
conquest over Gilbert high OF VIM
stcd, getting. a double and n single
In five times at bat, scoring two
runs and making sensational one
handed catch OF q ny ball. Wilbye:
victory eliminated the Winsted
team from the championship. and
clinched the pennant for Crosby.
Johnny Moore. incidentally, rap
ped out q single In the PhimdeI-
phla. Boston game yesterday bring
Ing his consecutive hitting streak
up to eleven games.
Iridium To Open
A special iridium In honor Of
the Blessed Sacrament Will open
at st MichaeFs church on Friday
evening. The service will continue
on Saturday evening and sunday.
Briefs
John Frederick and Miss Blanche
Frederick Of BrondbrOok and Mr.
and Mrs Charles Springer or
| Brooklyn, N. ". arc guests or Mr.
and Mrs Benjamin w. Johnyon OF
Boydon street.
Mr. and Mrs Paige A. SECTION.
| former local residents, but now re-
siding In Providence. ". T.. were
recent visitors in Watervlllc.
Mr. and Mrs George w. Jackman
OF Monmouth avenue. have been
entertaining Mrs Jackmnn'a mother
Mrs Margaret Frost OF Bridgeport.
Mr. and Mrs John NJ. fyncl, OF
Boydcn street, are spending the
holiday ut their summer home ui
Bay View Beach. Milford.
Mr. and Mrs John y. johnson oi
Chicago Heights, III. are guests OF
Mr. and Mrs James Johnson Of
Huntingdon avenue. They arc Nc.
companlcd by william Costello OF
Chicago.
MIR and Mrs John Lorcnson, with
their daughter, Miss Alice Lorenson
and Miss iSdnn Wolf. arc at Bay
View Beach. Milford. where they
have opened their cottage for tho
holiday.
Mr. and Mrs John EmonS Of
Homer street, have been enter.
taIning Mr. and Mrs John Klein OF
Norwich and Mrs Raymond Reid
and Raymond Reid. Jr. of Hart.
| ford.
Miss Gindys Monroe and fam.
ily party are spending the day 1T
their cottage at Bny Wow Bench
| Milford.
Mrs Leon Mnyshuw, with her
son, Ernost, have returned from
Minneapolis, MINI. where they
have been visiting relatives for tho
past Nix weeks.
Mr. md Mrs Frank Bailey and
Miss Marjorie Bailey Hre ut their
summer home ut Point Beach, MI.
ford today.
Mrs Louis r.. Granger ana Miss
Gertrude Granger have returned
from a Welt with friends IN New
| York.
Mr. and Mrs G. Arthur Dubois.
with their daughter, Jeanne Mnrio
OF Columbia Boulevard extension.
spent tho day with the formers
father In Salisbury
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-30
CANADIAN GOLD
MINES DOUBLE
Number Expected TO Be
Increased to 90 By
End of Year

Montreal-OUP) - Canada will
double the number of her produce
ing gold mines during 1884, ac-
cording TO information reaching
the Industrial and natural re-
sources department Of the Cana
dian National railways
Where at the beginning of 1888
there were only % regularly pro-
ducing gold mines In Canada, this
number now has risen to Al, and
by the end of 1884 It will have in
creased 10 50 or 80. officials of the
department state. This informa-
/ ton ~ based on reports from the
various gold producing areas of
the dominion.
Total daily tonnage now being
mllled by Canadian gold produce
ers amounts 10 30.i3S. and IL Is
estimated that Canada's gold pro-
duction In 1884 will amount to
$4,000. 900 as against the total of
$s5. 900. 900 last year.
With the spring breakup OF lee
on lakes and rivers there will be q
heavy movement OF men and ma
terials 10 several Of the active
mining areas. From Hudson, Ont.
boat and airplane service operates
10 the Red Lake and other north
ern flelds. while planes Cooperate
with railway service in carving
men and materials to many other
i'm nortnnt gold -mi1ina districts.
Mining experts consider that
Outside "f she Rand. Canada has
the srcatesi gold producing area
w the world IN Ne nitohn. Ontnri"
and uobec. which. !" be geoiog-
icaIlv exact, should be treated as
one area.