In 1924 the Polish Section of the Workers (Communist Party) began a new paper, ‘Trybuna Robotnicza,’ as the Party moved from underground to legal status. Boleslaw ‘Bill’ Gebert, future official of the Polish People’s Republic, was editor and soon to become Illinois District Organizer. One of the smaller party language groups, that year the Polish Section had around 200 dues paying members in 31 branches in cities, the majority in just three: Cleveland, Detroit, and Chicago. ‘Trybuna’ ran until 1979, with some name changes, and at its height had a circulation of around 15,000.

‘Polish Section of the Workers (Communist) Party Celebrates ‘Trybuna Robotnicza” from The Daily Worker. Vol. 3 No. 45. March 5, 1926.

CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY OF POLISH COMMUNIST PAPER NEXT SUNDAY

Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Schoenhoffen’s Hall, Ashland and Milwaukee Ave., there will be a huge concert and melting celebrating the second anniversary of the Polish Communist paper, Trybuna Robotnicza.

Among speakers will be Robert Minor, editor of the new Saturday magazine of The DAILY WORKER, known in the revolutionary movement as an outstanding leader and one of the best speakers; Paul Trumbull, just released from federal prison where he spent a year for hit Communist activity and propaganda in the U.S. army. There will also be Polish speakers.

On the program are: Dances by Comrades Hilda Reed, Elsie Newman and Emma Blechsmidt. Russian, Turkish and Spanish dances by Miss Jean Blasak, a professional dancer. Classical dance by little Sofia Marek. Russian mandolin orchestra. Recitals in Polish and Russian. Piano solo by A.S. Hambro. Everyone who comes will have a good time. Tickets 25 cents.

Greetings to Trybuna Robotnicza on Second Anniversary Received

The Polish organ of the Workers (Communist) Party Trybuna Robotnicza celebrates its second anniversary on March 7. In many towns and cities thruout the country the occasion is being observed by mass meetings. The following greetings have been received by Trybuna Robotnicza;

Greetings From Workers Party.

The Workers (Communist) Party takes pride in greeting our Polish official organ, Trybuna Robotnicza, on this, its second anniversary. While the Polish landowners and bankers have placed the necks of the workers and farmers in Poland under the iron heel of French imperialism, the millions of Polish workers in America are exploited by American capitalists who give money taken out of the labor of the Polish workers in this country to finance the white terror in Poland. Against this combination of American capitalists, French bankers and Polish landlords, the Trybuna Robotnicza has fought bravely for the past two years.

The Workers (Communist) Party congratulates the Trybuna Robotnicza on its second anniversary as the collective organizer and agitator among the Polish masses in America and as the loyal supporter of our party and the Communist International.

Long live the Trybuna Robotnicza!

C.E. Ruthenberg, General Secretary, Workers (Communist) Party of America.

Greetings From DAILY WORKER.

Greetings to our militant Communist organ in the Polish language. It is the duty especially of all revolutionary Polish workers in the United States to Increase their support of it so that the third anniversary may register an inspiring gain over the outlook of our paper on its second anniversary. It is especially gratifying to note the enthusiasm with which the worker correspondents are supporting our Polish Communist dally. This surely assures its success for the future. Long live Trybuna Robotnicza!

With Communist greetings, The DAILY WORKER, J. Louis Engdahl, Editor.

Greetings were also received from the Polish Workers’ Club of Moscow, the Polish section of the All-Union Communist Party of Leningrad and the Toilers’ Educational Association of Moscow. The only Communist daily in the Polish language Mlot (The Hammer), published in Minsk, Soviet White Russia, and the organ of the Polish youth movement also sent warm greetings.

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. National and City (New York and environs) editions exist

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