Fighting fascists, lectures and meetings, films and picnics, burying valued comrades, and planning fall activities. Announcements and ads of Communist Party activities in Detroit from May Day to Labor Day 1925 from the Daily Worker.

Communist Detroit, Summer of 1925 from the Daily Worker.

May Day Meeting In The House of Masses, Detroit
DETROIT, Mich., April 28.—May Day will be celebrated on Thursday evening at 8 p.m., in the House of the Masses, 2101 Gratiot avenue. The chief speaker will be J. Louis Engdahl, one of the editors of the DAILY WORKER. There will be other speakers and some musical numbers, including, of course, the united singing of the “International.” The United Front movement in the light of May events will be discussed, and the need for workers and farmers expression thru a class Farmer-Labor Party.

Big Turn-Out in Detroit.
DETROIT, Mich., May 2. —Workers of many nationalities in Detroit attended the spirited celebration of May Day held here in the House of the Masses, at which J. Louis Engdahl, editor of the DAILY WORKER, was the principal speaker. The meeting was held in the evening, and the appeal of the chairman, Cyril Lambkin, for the payment of the day’s wage to the DAILY WORKER fund, by all those who had worked during the day, met with largo response.

Scientific Lecture Offered Detroit By Russian Professor
DETROIT, Mich., May 15—On Mon day evening, May 19, Prof. P. Tutyshkin of the Pedological Institute of Moscow will lecture in English, at the House of the Masses, corner Gratiot and St. Aubin avenues, on “Heredity, Degeneration and Regeneration.” Those who heard Prof. Tutyshkin lecture when he was in Detroit a few months ago will want to hear him again. We urge those who have not heard him not to miss this lecture. Prof. Tutyshkin has first-hand knowledge of conditions in Russia today, especially in relation to education, and his lecture will prove of absorbing interest. Admission is 25 cents.

Gurley Flynn Speaks For Labor Defense In Detroit Sunday
DETROIT, Mich., May 16.—The Detroit section of the Labor Defense Council has arranged a meeting for Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, one of the best known women speakers in the militant labor movement. McCollester Hall, Forest at Cass avenues has been engaged for Sunday evening, May 18, for this purpose. The Ruthenberg appeal is now before the Supreme Court of Michigan. Results in the Ruthenberg case will largely determine the disposition of the other 31 Michigan criminal-syndicalism cases. Funds are needed to carry this appeal to a successful conclusion. Several of the 31 are Detroiters, and the Detroit section must do its share in helping to win our case. We can assure all who have never heard Gurley Flynn speak, of a very profitable and enjoyable evening. Those who have heard her need no further assurance. The admission will be 25 cents.

House Of Masses Benefit Program May 31, Detroit
DETROIT, Mich., May 23.—0n Saturday evening, May 31st, friends of the House of the Masses will stage a “get-together” in the form of a Concert and Dance, which will be held in the auditorium of the House. An exceptional program of vocal and instrumental music has been arranged. and the committee in charge has let to be known that they have a dramatic offering that they guarantee will please. This affair is being given for the benefit of the House of Masses. There are some pressing financial obligations to meet June 1st, which a successful entertainment will assist materially in liquidating. Friends of the House are urged to give their full support to the May 31^st Affair. Tickets are 50 cents.

BLACKSHIRTS KICKED OUT OF WORKERS’ HALL
Fierce Fight in Detroit But Reds Win
DETROIT, June 11.—Catching the Fascist! without their castor oil Sun day night, the red Italian workers of Detroit cleaned them out of the House of the Masses where the cohorts of Mussolini were attempting to hold an anti-labor meeting. The Fascist forces, led by Commendatore Zopito Valentini, Mussolini’s chief personal representative In the United States, fought with chairs and table legs but the working class got the best of the argument and in a short time the blackshirts were picking their back sides off the pavement and limping away. Valentini’s attempt to capture the rebel’s “chamber of labor” was cleverly staged. Several plausible Italians booked the hall from the clerk on the story that they wanted to give a lecture on Italian art and culture. But the facts got out. Sunday afternoon a mass meeting of indignant Italian workers was held in the House of the Masses. It was a United Front meeting, with Communists, Syndicalists and others. Enea Sormenti of II Lavoratore, Romolo Bobba and Giovanni Pippan spoke. “Down with the Fascist!!” “Down with Mussolini!” “Down with the murderers of the Italian workers.” These were the sentiments shouted by the audience. That evening several hundred workers met again in the same place. They met in the same hall where several hundred people were assembled for the castor oil propagandist. The blackshirts boiled with fury at the flannel shirts’ visit. Valentini’s shock troops charged. The mix-up was fierce. But it was the workers’ own hall, and they got back their own. The American Fascisti who are helping to spend the 25,000,000 lire which the Italian government is investing in foreign propaganda this year, could not boast in their dispatches that they used a workers’ auditorium for Fascist purposes. Valentini recently came from Italy to take charge of the organization of the Fascisti movement in this country. Under cover of patriotic nationalistic zeal he was organizing opposition to Communists in such unions as the United Mine Workers and the needle trades unions in which many Italian workers are found. Active aid was furnished by the department of justice. According to the Gazetta Ufficiale of the Italian government, 15.000,000 lire was spent for foreign propaganda last year. This year 25,000,000 is to be spent thus by Mussolini agents.

DETROIT TO HAVE TWO SHOWINGS OF MOVIE RUSSIA AND GERMANY
DETROIT, Mich., June 16.—The Detroit Local Committee of the International Workers Aid has met with such a successful co-operation of the German population of that city that they have arranged for two showings of RUSSIA AND GERMANY instead of one as planned before. Proceeds of the showings will go to the Committee for International Workers Aid which is at present actively engaged in raising funds for the Ruhr miners, who are fighting a hard struggle to preserve the eight-hour day. Their families are starving and they can’t expect help from anyone but workers. The picture will be shown on Wednesday, June 18th, at Yeoman Hall, 3014 Yeoman street, Hamtramck, Mich., and Thursday, Juna 16th, at the Carpathian Hall, Elmwood and Preston streets, Detroit Mich. Admission 50 cents.

Detroit Membership Will Hear Latest on Farmer-Labor Party
DETROIT, Mich., June 25. The Workers Party of Detroit Is calling a general membership meeting for Monday evening, June 30, at 8:00 p.m. In the House of the Masses, corner Gratiot and St. Aubln. There will be a report on the St. Paul convention which established the National Farmer-Labor Party and which nominated Duncan MacDonald and William Bouck as its candidates for President and Vice-president. In addition to the convention report there will be a report on the latest developments in our Labor Party Policy. This latter Is of the utmost importance to party members, all of whom are urged to attend. Admission will be by membership card.

LOYAL DETROIT FIGHTER-FRIEND OF WORKERS DIES
Frances Ellaire Dead After Accident By CYRIL LAMBKIN.
DETROIT, Mich., July 9.—The Detroit movement mourns the loss of Comrade Frances Ellaire, who died last week from injuries sustained in an automobile accident A descendant of the original French settlers of Detroit, she inherited both their rugged constitution and their pioneering spirit. From the day, about a half century ago, when she scandalised the staid citizens of old Detroit by riding into town on horseback to listen to the first woman suffrage speech by Susan B. Anthony, to the day of her death, she participated in every forward movement. The movements for the liberation of the oppressed particularly found a friend and supporter in Comrade Frances Ellaire. The Russian peasants and workers until they liberated themselves from the double yoke of czarism and landlordism, the Hindoos suffering from the greed of British Imperialism, the Negroes in the United States, all received energetic moral as well as financial aid. But above all she was a close sympathizer and supporter of the revolutionary working class movement organizing for the complete overthrow of the capitalist system of oppression and exploitation. Despite her 69 years, Comrade Frances Ellaire participated in all of the auxiliary work of our Party, which is so important to the movement. She worked tirelessly in the F.S.R., in the defense, in the general educational work carried on thru the Workers’ Educational Association. In the campaign for raising bail for the Bridgeman defendants she gave her self $20,000.00 property bonds. But she was not satisfied with this alone. Only a few weeks before her death she expressed her intention to become a full fledged member of the Party. The growing revolutionary movement of Detroit will forever cherish the memory of Comrade Frances Ellaire, who always was a tireless and devoted co-worker, never halted by obstacles nor discouraged by defeats.

DETROIT PLANS FULL ANTI-WAR WEEK PROGRAM
Workers Demonstrate Against Imperialism
DETROIT, Mich., July 24.—The Workers’ Party of Detroit is making big arrangements to join in with the demonstrations against imperialist wars that will be held throughout the world during the week of July 27^th to August 4th. The workers of Detroit have many reminders of the World War. They were called upon to make contributions from their meager financial resources, and were herded in droves into training camps to make scientific preparations for the Imperialistic blood-bath. And out of their “investments” in democracy they have secured the Open Shop, unemployment, and a steadily decreasing standard of life. Wednesday evening, July 30th, there will be a joint meeting under the auspices of the Russian, Polish, and Ukrainian Branches, in International Home, 3014 Yeman St., Hamtramck, with speeches in the above languages and in English. There will be open air demonstrations Wednesday, July 30th, at Delmar and Westminster, and on Thurs day, July 31st, at Hastings and Theodore, with speeches in English and Jewish. Friday evening the German Branch has arranged a meeting in the House of the Masses, with Ludwig Lore, editor of the Volkzeltung as the principle speaker. Comrade Lore will speak in German. Saturday evening, August 2nd, there will be a joint demonstration under the auspices of the South Slavic, Bulgarian and Roumanian Branches, at 1343 E. Ferry Ave. Monday evening, August 4th, the week’s demonstrations will be brought to a fitting close with a meeting under the auspices of the City Central Committee, with Robert Minor, editor of the Liberator as the principal speaker.

MICHIGAN MEETING STIRS WORKERS AGAINST WARS
Speakers at Hamtramck Loudly Cheered
DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 6.—Several hundred workers of various nationalities gathered Wednesday night at the International Workers Home in Hamtramck, at a meeting of protest held under the auspices of the Workers Party and the Young Workers League. In spite of the extremely hot evening the meeting was a successful one in every way. E. H. Mlody, an active member of the Y. W. L., Speakers of the evening were: Comrade Owens, speaking in English; Comrade Eleszczuk, in Russian; Comrade B. K. Gebert, in Polish; and Comrade Kusznir, in Ukrainian. They called the attention of the audience to the fact that all imperialistic wars are waged in the interest of the capitalist and that the oppressors of the working class are already mobilizing their forces for another slaughter of the working masses, altho it’s only ten years since the world war started, during which over 20 millions people lost their lives. To prevent such further wars the speakers pointed out workers of the world must prepare themselves for class war against the capitalists of the world to end all wars. The audience applauded the speakers enthusiastically and unanimously accepted the proposed resolution condemning capitalist conspiracies for future slaughters of the working class and calling the workers of the world to declare a war that will end all wars by abolishing the present capitalistic dictatorship and building up a proletarian state governed by the dictatorship of the working class.

DENNIS BATT JOINS THE REPUBLICANS; HE IS ONLY RED IN FACE NOW
DETROIT, Aug. 18—Dennis E. Batt, former national leader in the Proletarian Party, present editor of the Detroit Labor News and professed “revolutionist,” has abandoned all his former pretensions by entering the elections on the republican party ticket in Michigan. At the last meeting of the machinists’ union, of which he is a member, Batt announced: “I am a candidate of the Detroit Federation of Labor for the state legislature.” “From what party?” came a question from the floor. “Well, yousseer—hum—er,” stammered Batt, red in the face, “there is no other party than the republican, and—er—hum—So I—hem ha according to the decision of the Detroit Federation—er—gave my consent to run on the republican party ticket.”

Detroit Comrades Outline Work for Big Fall Campaign
A meeting of all the members of the Workers Party will be held Mon day, August 25, 1924, in the House of the Masses, at 8 p.m., where the following questions are to be taken up for discussion. a. The Party Program of Action and how it is to be carried out most successfully. b. The political campaign in Detroit and vicinity and many other local questions will come up for discussion. In view of the fact that the Party Program of Action is the most effective program ever brought to the attention of the membership, it is expected that every party member will be present at the meeting.

International Youth Day Celebration in Detroit on Sept. 7
DETROIT, Aug. 20.—“ Youth Day” In Detroit will be celebrated by a grand international picnic Sunday, Sept. 7, at Campbell’s Grove, end of the Mack car line. John Edwards, one of the American delegates to the Y.C.I. Congress, will be the main speaker. There will be races, games and a number of carnival features. Including an array of Ku Klux and Fascisti dolls that are to be swatted with base balls by budding Babe Ruths. Music for dancing will be furnished by a specially selected union picnic band. An exhibition soccer ball game will be played by the Y.W.L. branch 2, soccer team. Grounds will be open from 9 a.m. until midnight. In case of heavy rain the celebration will be held at the House of Masses, corner of St. Aubin and Gratiot Aves.

DETROIT PARTY ACTIVITIES
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 4.—A special meeting of the City Central Committee of the Workers Party of Detroit will be held on Monday, Sept. 8, at 8 p.m., in the House of the Masses, 2648 St. Aubin Ave. The reorganization of the City Central to conform with the Program of Action will be completed at his meeting. The agenda will Include the Michigan State Convention of Sept. 20, where state candidates will be nominated and presidential electors chosen; the Gitlow meeting of Sunday, Sept. 28 at Arena Gardens; the membership and DAILY WORKER drive, and the creation of special machinery for the distribution of the tens of thousands of campaign leaflets during the fall campaign. The importance of this special meeting makes it imperative that there be a full attendance of C.C.C. delegates and all will be expected to be present.

The Daily Worker began in 1924 and was published in New York City by the Communist Party US and its predecessor organizations. Among the most long-lasting and important left publications in US history, it had a circulation of 35,000 at its peak. The Daily Worker came from The Ohio Socialist, published by the Left Wing-dominated Socialist Party of Ohio in Cleveland from 1917 to November 1919, when it became became The Toiler, paper of the Communist Labor Party. In December 1921 the above-ground Workers Party of America merged the Toiler with the paper Workers Council to found The Worker, which became The Daily Worker beginning January 13, 1924.