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RUSSIA'S STATE
PLANNING BOARD
UNIQUEJ WORLD
“Gosplan” Coordinates
Soviet Economic Life
Rosta News Agency.
Ever since the revolution the au
thorities have aimed to organize the
industry and agriculture of the whole
Soviet Union in accordance with a
general comprehensive economic plan.
During the period of military com
munism. when industry and trade was
concentrated entirely in the hands of
the state, the functions of economic
investigation and planning and of co
ordinating the work of the various
state enterprises were carried out by
the Supreme Economic Council itself.
With the establishment of the new
economic policy % and even before its
formal inauguration, it was found that
the Supreme Economic Council, which
controlled only the state enterprises,
could not well fiftiction as a general
planning agency for the whole of the
country.
A Single Economic Plan.
The idea of a single economic plan
for the whole of the country was not
abandoned with the introduction of
the new economic policy. The work,
however, was referred to a special
body, the State Economic Planning
Commission (Gosplan). The first ses
sion of the Gosplan took place on
April 3, 1921, although it had func
tioned previously as the State Com
mission for Electrification.
Even in favorable circumstances,
the work of co-ordinating the whole
of the industry and agriculture of a
country like the Soviet Union would
have been immense. The attempt,
however, was begun after the country
had gone through the World and civil
wars, the intervention and the block
ade. Further, 1921 was the year of
tha. famine. The Gosplan has also
had to reckon with the backwardness
of the peasantry; the primitive meth
ods of agriculture employed before
the war; the fact that only some 270,-
000,000 acres are under cultivation out
of a total possible 5,400,000,000 acres,
and the backwardness of industry.
Finally, it has had to take into ac
count the traditions of corruption and
bureaucracy inherited from the Tsarist
regime.
Naturally, therefore, at first the
Gosplan was more successful in the
drawing up of plans than in their
execution.
Estimates Five Years Ahead.
Taking all these difficulties into
account, however, the actual work ac
complished by the Gosplan during the
three years of its existence has been
considerable.
The reports of its various sections
show clearly that the Gosplan is get
ting an increasingly firm grasp of the
gn^poii^wwnii
“SCABS AND SOCIALISTS”
By FRANK VALENTINE.
Two years ago I lived in a town
of Thomas, West Virginia. Later
my father moved to Girard, Ohio.
Six months later we moved to
Meriden, West Virginia, a little
mining town. And now we have
been four months in Cleveland,
Ohio.
In every town I go there are
Slovenians, Socialists and scabs,
church members and moving pic
ture-ers. Pardon me, I do not
mean that all of the Slovenians
are this kind. At least lam not.
Those that read the DAILY
WORKER are not, I am sure.
They are not counted.
In the town of Thomas there
were many Slovenians in the
Great Coal Strike in 1923. Before
the strike the workers were get
ting one dollar and fourteen cents
if 1.14) on a ton of coal. Now the
Slovenian scabs are scabbing for
forty-five cents (45c) a ton. That
is the last wage-cut.
My father didn’t want to be a
scab, so he had to move. He went
hunting a job. He got one In
Girard, Ohio, a mighty poor one.
It was only thirty-five cents (35c)
an hour. He wasn’t making,
enough to keep the family.
1 soon found out what kind of
people lived in Girard. A saloon
keeper was a socialist. He had a
wigh price on “Raisin-Jack.”
About three foremen, who got
their jobs by being scabs in the
Ohio Leather Company Strike in
1917. They were foremen, but
they only got ten cents more than
my father did. The amount of
what were their wages? Why,
forty-five cents (45c). They
worked three times more than
my father did. These were all
Slovenians. But Slovenians are
Slovenians.
All they had in their minds was
work, church, and show. The
fools were getting seven ty-two
cejjijs *d w > T «w %y
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Socialist Traitors in Austria
Also Rallied to “The Fatherland”
FROM the "Arbelter-Zeltung,” (Soclal-Democratle —Socialist), Vien
na, August 5, 1924.
“Let the Iron die be cast as It may, and with our hearts’ most
fervent devotion let us hope that It will be cast for the triumph of
the holy cause of the German people. The picture that the German
Reichstag presented to the nation today will leave an indelible mark
upon the consciousness of the entire German race; It will be written
down In history as a day of the proud and mighty uprising ,of the
German soul. One after the other the Social-Democrats have spoken
In favor of making the public loan. Like the unified International
social-democracy, our German national party, a jewel In the organiza
tion of the class-conscious proletariat, is one of the bitterest oppo
nents of war, one of the most impassioned advocates of the unity
and solidarity of the people; .... but now that the German father
land Is In danger, now that the national independence of our people
is threatened, social-democracy steps forward to protect the home
country, and the ‘ nationless vagabonds,’ the ‘ red gang,’ as the
Kaiser once slanderously termed them, dedicate the lives and for
tunes of the working classes to the State.”
realities of the economic situation and
of the economic possibilities. Its
plans are now related closely to the
actual possible rate of economic de
velopment in the given circumstances.
Its plans are drawn up in advance of
the period to which they apply. In
many branches of the national econ
omy it is now possible to draw up
general output and other estimates
for as long a period as five years
ahead.
The Gosplan is divided into a num
ber of sections, each of which works
out its plans for the particular
branch of the national economy for
which it, is responsible. These plans
are discassed and have to be ratified
by the Gosplan itself. They are then
submitted to the Council of Labor and
Defence.
Industry.
The industrial section, like the oth
ers, at first worked from hand to
mouth. Its estimates were generally
wide of the mark.
For the year 1922-23 it drew up
estimates for the coal, oil, ores, salt,
gold, platinum, textile, engineering,
electrical, leather, chemical, tobacco,
paper, and pottery industries.
The proportion of these programs
actually carried out varied from 68
per cent In the chemical and 69.4 per
cent in the leather industries (the
two lowest) to 190 per cent in the
tobacco industry. The average was
107.8 per cent. The total number of
workers estimated to be employed
was 875,174 and the number actually
employed 826,905.
The industrial section was of great
service in the organization of trusts,
the allocation of credits to special
industries, the regularization of sup
plies of raw materials, the concentra
tion and combination of enterprises,
the reduction of overhead charges, the
strict control of accounts, and the
calculation of costs of production.
Agriculture.
The agricultural section took an
active part in 1921 in investigating the
are getting thirty-five (35c).
They averaged it up this way:
“If we work about fifteen hours
a day we will nearly have as much
as we did when we were working
eight hours a day.” They did not
realize that they were working
nearly two shifts for the same
price.
Even the over-timer went *o
church. They would come from
work on Saturdays very late.
Xext morning he could get up and
go to church, and stay till twelve
o’clock. After he could eat his
dinner he would go to the moving*
pictures. These are good social
ists, aren’t they?
My father said, “They are such
a crazy, dumb set of people.” So
he decided to move. We settled in
a little mining town in among a
good set of people. There was
only one certain socialist and a
scab. This socialist was on a
mine committee of the local union
of the United Mine Workers of
America. This committeeman
lost all the cases that he had to
settle. The people got mad and
called him “Committee-John.”
Theiscab was a strikebreaker. He
broke the local union at Norton,
,W. Va., or some town close there.
He was a mine-foreman rather “a
mine-sucker.”
“Committee-John” worked in
the same mine that my father did.
He worked in the next room to my
father. The “mine-sucker” and
“Committee-John” were good
friends.
One day “Committee-John” got
nine cars to load the coal in while
my father only got four. Another
day “Committee-John” had to
shut down some coal after four
o’clock. The “mine sucker” told
the driver to wait for him. Next
my father had to shut down the
coal and was too late to catch the
trip, so he had to walk out. The
“mine-sucker” didn’t wait for him.
You can find many of these kind
PirVpltj—Socialist# *ud fcicaU.
causes and in mitigating the effects
of the famine. The president of the
section carried out a comprehensive
survey of the cultivation of grain in
the Ussr.
About a year ago the section took
in hand the closing up of* the “scis
sors” —the discrepancy between agri
cultural and industrial prices. It is
insisting upon the urgency of increas
ing the purchasing power of the peas
ants and developing grain exports. It
is also engaged in the colonization of
certain sparsely populated areas, the
restoration of agriculture in the fam
ine areas, the supply of agricultural
machinery, and the development of
agricultural credits.
Fuel.
Like the transport section, the fuel
section had to deal with a terrible
legacy of material ruin and adminis
trative bureaucracy. Only about 60 to
70 per cent of the estimates drawn up
in the early years for fuel were actu
ally attained. In 1921-22, however, 97
per cent of the Gosplan estimate was
actually fulfilled, and in 1922-23, 99
per cent.
Largely as a result of the work of
the fnel section, the output of coal has
increased by about 88 per cent in
1922-23, compared with 1920-21, and
that of oil by 23 per cent. The cost
of production in the Donetz has de
creased by nearly 50 per cent during
this period, and the productivity of
labor is now about twice that in 1920.
At the same time the quality of the
coal is better.
Other Work.
The transport system, whilst still
laboring under many difficulties, is in
comparably superior to what it was
three years ago.
In addition, the Gosplan contains
foreign trade, statistical, budget and
electrical sections. These sections
assist very materially the state de
partments concerned, and help to co
ordinate the various branches of the
national economy.
The original purpose of the Soviet
authorities, to bring the whole of the
economy of the country into a single
economic plan, is very far from being
accomplished. The GosplanAhowever,
has taken the first necessary steps
towards a rational organization of the
national economy.
Cades Going to Europe.
EL PASO, Tex., August 5. —General
Plutacre Elias Calles, conceded presi
dent-elect of Mexico, will start Sunday
from Senora border for New York
where he will take a steamer for his
European tour.
To Get Ex-Spy’s Body
WASHINGTON, August 5. The"
United States cruiser T/enton, now at
Naples, will proceed to Bushire, Per
sia, to receive the body of Major Rob
ert M. Imbrie, the slain American vice
consul, and bring his body back to the
United States.
RIVERVIEW—RAIN OR SHINE
AUGUST 10th—SUNDAY
PRESS PICNIC DAY
OmngHfeii Epic*
ii iiMpr u<M<d
Federated Press Jingles.
A awful lot’s been sed of late that
workers should co-operate and share
industrial gains and losses by bitch
ing up Tong side the bosses.
Now I’m prepared to show you
guys that such a scheme is fur from
wise. The lambs and lions do not
share a distribution that is fair. The
poor lamb soon is lost to sight to feed
tho lion’s appetite, and ends a life
that’s somewhat restive by filling
cavities digestive. Tho pussy cat
has the last word in conversation
with the bird.
There’s profit-sharing, for exampje,
which Is a very modern sample of
kidding workingman to think that he
is an investing gink. There’s schemes
to sell us guys a block of litho
graphed and pale pink stock, by
which we make the boss a loan, and
not a damned thing do we own. They
give us stock for what we’ve lent,
but hug their fifty-one por cent and
keep the jbußlpesa as g yljpla
TH E DAILY WORKER
U. $. ENVOY TO
MEXICO PRAISES
HIS OWN WORKS
Drove Wedge for U. S.
Imperialists
(Special to the Dally Worker.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. —"Relations
between the United States and Mexico
are on a more satisfactory basis now
than at any time since the Diaz admin
istration,” Charles Beecher Warren,
who is resigning as the American am
bassador to Mexico, declared.
Outspoken in his praise of Presi
dent Obregon, Warren said that the
Mexican executive, who is soon to be
succeeded in office by Plutarcho Cal
les, has a "greater control and a more
stable government,” than has been ac
corded the Mexican people since the
reign of Gen. Diaz; the reactionary
old dictator who held his job so long,
by grace of American "interests”
(Hearst, Otis, Guggenheim).
Brot Recognition.
“I regard the special mission which
I undertook last year as having been
accomplished," Warren said. "I went
as the head of the American commis
sion to negotiate a basis for the re
sumption of diplomatic relations. I
have adjusted all the problems arising
out of the De la Huerta revolution.
Our government paid taxes to the var
ious ports like Vera Cruz and Pro
gresso. The Mexican government
sought to recollect the taxes for the
Obregon government after the revolu
tion and now they have decided not to
collect these taxes.
"In addition to that I exchanged
notes with the Mexican government
agreeing to enter upon the negotiation
of a treaty of amity and commerce as
soon as the American government is
prepared to take up these investiga
tions. The completion of the negotia
tions have been delayed because the
question of policy will have to be
passed upon by the Senate in conjunc
tion with the German treaty of amity
and commerce. No treaty of amity
and commerce has been in existence
between the United States and Mexico
since 1881.”
Speaking of conditions in Mexico,
Ambassador Warren said that the
country is taking a great interest in
her mines, oil resources and the de
velopment of national resources.
Party Activities Os
Local Chicago
V— ■»
BRANCH MEETINGS
Wednesday, August 6
Roumanian Branch—22s4 Clvbourn Ave
Douglas Park, Jewish—242o W. Roose
velt\Road.
Terta Cotta, Italian—27o7 N. Marsh
field Ave.
Czecho-Slovak, Cicero—Masaryk
School. 57th Ave. and 22nd PI., Cicero.
Mid-City, English—Emmett Memorial
Hall—Ogden and Taylor Streets.
Englewood, English—64l4 S. Halsted
Street.
Czecho-Slovak No. 3—2548 S. Homan
Avenue. .
Thursday, August 7
Finnish—lmperial Hall, 2409 N. Halsted
Street.
Eleventh Ward, Italian—2439 S. Oakley
Blvd.
Thirty-first Ward, Italian—sll N. San
gamon Street.
South Side, English—32ol S. Wabash
Ave., Chicago, 111.
Russian No. 1—1902 W. Division Street.
Scandinavian Karl Marx—2733 Hirsch
Blvd.
Friday, August 8
Scandinavian—South Chicago, 641 E.
61st Street.
Lettish—43s9 Thomas Street.
Czecho-Slovak, Hanson Park—Bohe
mian Freethink School Rovnost, Mans
field Ave. near Grand.
Saturday, August 9
’ Daily Worker Agents' Meeting —2:30
p. m., at 1113 W. Washington Blvd.
Press Picnic Committee Meeting—l 66
W. Washington St.. Room 307, 3 p. m.
Reading Falls In Line Too
READING, Pa., August 6. The
Reading Farmer-Labor Party organ
ized here about three months ago to
flay endorsed the Workers Party
Presidential ticket and issued a vigor
ous statement against La Follette and
his program.
their unperturbed control.
If you havo bought the bosses
stock and wanna got a life-sized
shock, just walk into stockholders’
meeting und offer your hard paw in
greeting, und take a movie of their
looks when you have asked to see
the books. Just say you're taking no
big bets that there ain’t some con
cealed assets, and ask to have 'em
type real neat a showing of the bal
ance sheet.
Suy, guy, before you hit the door,
you’ll know that you don’t run no
more of that there business and Its
caper than if your stock wuz wrap
ping paper.
The comp’ny union 1b the prize to
smash the worker ’tween the eyes.
If your skull bone is extra thick Just
Join a union with no kick, where
bosses pull the hidden string and
bum stool-pigeons run the thing.
Co-operation Is a fake. A good
stiff light you gotta make. I’m tell
ing things to all you dubs; workers
don’t join no Rot’ry clubs.
■igj- • ->■ • v.7" - -
THE VIEWS OF OUR READERS ON
LIFE, LABOR, INDUSTRY, POLITICS
Workers’ Outline of Science.
To the DAILY WORKER: I main
tain that until the workers have fa
miliarized themselves with the scien
tific conception of the inorganic uni
verse and life, including mind, as a
phenomena of nerve and brain opera
tions, they are not likely to endorse
the teachings of scientific socialism,
tho from their own social conditions
they may have a sentimental leaning
towards Socialism.
The fundamental facts of modern
science which ought to be, but are
not, common knowledge, may be
briefly summarized as follows: The
indestructibility of eternity of matter
and its evolution from nebulae suns
and planets and eventually their dis
solution to nebulae, a cyclic process
without beginning and without end.
Then a description of the solar sys
tem, as an example; how it grew out
of nebulae, its size and probable age.
Then our earth its immense age; the
formation of rocks. This followed by
what is known of the beginning of
life and its evolution from lowly be
ginnings; also what is known of the
nature and evolution of mind. Then
an account of human society, its evo
lution from Primitive Communism
through chattel slavery and, in Eu
rope, Feudalism, to capitalism and its
probable evolution to Socialism. Also
an explanation of what is meant by
Socialism.
Now this knowledge is absolutely
necessary for a propel orientation to
wards proletarian advancement, for
the worker must give up medieval
ideas and become familiar with the
truths of modern science.
If you could get a series of articles
on the above subjects written in a
popular style and publish them in your
paper, and afterwards if a demand was
created by their publication publish
them in pamphlet or even book form,
it would be laying a solid, unshake
able foundation for the truths of so
cialism based on concrete knowledge
not mere sentiment as too often hap
pens in our time. The trouble is often
to get a competent writer who at the
N. Y. ATHLETIC
CARNIVAL TO BE
SPEECHLESS DAY
All for Sport and Fun
at Aug. 10 Picnic
(Special to the DAILY WORKER) .
NEW YORK, Aug. 5. —Final arrange
ments have been made for the August
10th Athletic Carnival and Picnic to
be held by the local New York Work
ers Party. The Young Workers
League and the Junior Section are
helping to make this one of the great
est events in the history of New York.
The Park will be decorated in a
novel way. A running track has been
built specially for the athletic events.
The American Section of the Red
Sport International will show their
athletic propensities on that day.
After the athletic events there will
be a baseball game between the Young
Workers League and the Workers
Party. The Young Workers will
have in their line up amongst others,
comrades Holland, Darcy and Zam,
who will slip them over against the
Workers Party. In the Workers Party
lineup will be found Ben Gitiow, the
candidate for Vice-President of the
W. P. ticket, Arthur Leeds, Nessin,
Krumbein and others. Harry M.
Winitzky, who got his experience
umpiring games at Sing Sing will
decide balls and strikes. '
The facilities of the park are well
suited for the affair. Located Just at
the edge of the Sound it will enable
the poetic souls to watch the waves.
Numerous benches, all in deep shade
and under large trees will give com
fort to the crowd. There is plenty of
grass for those willing to get closer
to earth.
Swings and merry-go-rounds prom
ise days of Joy for the kiddies. There
will be dancing in a covered pavilion
as well as in the open for those inter
ested in anothor movement. The
Finnish South utoomyn Brass Band
will supply the music for the occasion.
Food will be dispensed in a generous
and efficient manner.
There will be no speeches.
The park is easy to get from any
part of the city. The Bronx Park
subway, eastside or westside to 177th
street, then change for the Unionport
street car to the east end of the line.
\n eight minute walk or bus will
bring you to the park.
Admission is 25 cents.
Work In Farm District.
WILLISTON. N. D.. Aug. 5. An
Important meeting was held here Sun
day for the purpose of organizing a
sub-district of the Workers Party out
of Northwestern North Dakota, with
Comrade Andrew Omholt in charge
of the work in this territory.
In this section are found some of
the most militant farmers in all the
West, and while they • have been
ground down fearfully by the capital
ist system in the last few years and
lost almost all hope? there is no doubt
.that the message of Communism will
Dive them renewed courage,
same time can write so as to be easily
understood.
Yours truly, FRANK SUTHER
LAND, Innisfail, Queensland, Aus
tralia. *
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The DAILY
WORKER has before printed a plea
for simple scientific articles for work
ers but had to announce also that it
would not be able to pay for such
articles. The DAILY WORKER is
glad to have the writer’s opinion and
would be glad if he could himself
send in contributions or if anyone
else would, under the conditions
stated.)
To the DAILY WORKER:—I was
interested to read the figures concern
ing the wide-spread unemployment
that exists in Detroit, Mich. Recent
ly, on my way from St. Paul I stopped
in Detroit. While riding in one of the
trolley cars I noticed the following
sign which was placed so prominently
that no one could fail to see and read
it.
The Ancient Order of Paraders.
This is the season of parades.
These parades will be held on the
principal streets of various cities,
resulting in various interruptions to
electric railway service and the
Companies will be blamed for these
delays.
If the public understood exactly
what a parade meant in the way of
interruption to street car service
it might diminish the enthusiasm
for the spectacle. Should the rail
way suffer a breakdown such that
no cars moved for a couple of hours
an outcry from the angry populace
would be heard from one end of the
town to the other..
Criticism of the trolley system
would be on every tongue. It would
be considered an outrage that peo
ple should be deprived 6t transpor
tation for so long a time.
I wondered at the time if this was
one of the means of preparing and
creating a hostile state of mind
against possible unemployed demon
strations. What dS'you think?
Rose Pastor Stokes.
WAGE CUTS TO
GOME AS FALL
CAMPAIGN ENDS
Unemployment Crisis Is
Severe for Machinists
(By Federated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. Unem
ployment is steadily gaining on the
mill and factory industries thruout
the United States, and organized la
bor must expect another wholesale
wage-cutting attempt as soon as the
presidential campaign is over, says
P. J. Conlon, vice-president of the
Inti. Assn, of Machinists. Hundreds
of thousands of metal workers are
employed this summer on the farms,
he finds. As plants have reduced
their force or have closed down alto
gether. the mechanics have gone to
the farms and have temporarily
found work. But when the harvest
is in and cold weather arrives, these
men will return to the towns —to find
that a general reduction of employ
ment in their various trades has been
developing.
This is one of the most serious
problems with which the Machinists’
convention, meeting Sept. 15 in De
troit, will have to deal. They face
the possibility that there will be
fewer jobs next winter than at any
time since the spring of 1921. Hard
times are ahead, and not merely for
the metal trades. New York states
shows a reduction in factory employ
ment of 7 per cent for April and May.
There were 10 per cent less jobs in
the industries of the country in May
this year than in May of 1923. Tex
tile workers are worse off than the
metal workers, but almost every
group except the building trades has
a share in the depression.
' N. Y. Halls To Rant.
Meeting rooms and lecture hall for
rent: reasonable. Workers Hall, 1347
Boston Road. Bronx, New York City,
B. Robbins Section Secretary.
| THE WORKERS PARTY
Press Picnic
RAIN OR SHINE
will be held at
Riverview Park
August 10th, SUNDAY, Admission 35 cents
The ticket also entitles holder to reduced rates on all the amusements.
Support the
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Wednesday, August 6, 1924
LEFT WING WILLi
FIGHT “B. & 0.”
AT CONVENTION
Machinists to War On
Johnston Reaction
(By ’The Federated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. s.—Ten points
of attack upon the policy of the ad
j ministration in the Inti. Assn, of Ma
chinists by the "left wing” delegate!
, in the forthcoming quadrennial con
' vention at Detroit, are being studied
by the leaders of the administration
element. They anticipate a spirited
discussion of all features of the or
ganization during the first week of
the proceedings. Emphasis is laid by
the left element upon the alleged
“company union” character of the
plan of co-operation in management
with the B. & O. Railroad company,
\ which the administration insist has
; stabilized employment and bettered
the conditions of the men on that sys
tem. The convention of lodges on the
B. & O. unanimously endorsed the
“B. & O. Plan,” according to Vice-
President Conlon, and it has resulted
in a definite strengthening of the
union on that road.
The amalgamation issue will again
be to the fore. The administration
points to its program for amalgama
tion of all the metal trades, which is
balked by the smaller metal trades
unions. The opposition is demanding
amalgamation of all the railroad work
ers, under the St. Paul plan. It also
protests the present line drawn be
tween craftsmen and helpers, and de
nounces the drawing of the color line
against negroes.
Officers of the I. A. of M. admit that
while they took the “white” qualifica
tion out of their constitution, at the
demand of the A. F. of L„ many years
ago, they put it back into their obli
gation oath, so that no Negro is rec
ommended for membership. This is
due, they say, to the racial prejudice
of members in the south, who former
ly numbered some 80,000 when there
were only about 10,000 Negro machin
ists eligible otherwise for union affil
iation. The situation is met by
ing Negro machinists to the Station
ary Firemen and Oilers’ union, which
welcomes them. With this discrim
ination the left element is not satis
fied.
Finally there is the issue of attempt
ing to secure the 44-hour week. The
left wants it done now. The* admin
istration counsels delay until condi
tions are more favorable; it points
out that employment is bad and is
likely to get Worse this winter.
The left demands that the 20 gener
al organizers now appointed by Presi
dent Johnston be made elective, and
that the 5 men expelled from a lodge
in Toledo and the two expelled in Los
Angeles for "obstruction” be restored
to membership.^
Connecticut
Party Activities
Membership Meetings.
To line up the membership for the elec
tion campaign, and other work of the
party, District Organizer Simons will ad
dress a series of membership meetings
as follows:
Tuesday. August 5. Waterbury: Thurs
day. August 7, Bridgeport; Friday, Au
fust 8, Stamford; Tuesday, August 12,
pringfield, Mass.; Wednesday, August
13, Hartford; Thursday, August 14, An
sonia.
These meetings are intended to put into
practice locally the Program of Action
so well explained by Comrades Foster
and Ruthenberg at the splendid member
ship meeting held July 22 in New Haven.
Local political and industrial problems,
circulation of amalgamation papers in
the metal trade centers like Bridgeport
and New Haven, brokdeasting the DAILY
WORKER, will be a few of the subjects
to be taken up.
All members instructed to attend.
Sympathizers will not be admitted.
The place of meeting can be found out
from your branch secretary or the CCC
Secretary.
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