pending in the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court had voted 7–2 (with Brandeis joined by Holmes dissenting) against Ruthenberg. But Ruthenberg died shortly before the Court rendered its ruling, rendering the case moot; thus the opinions in the case were never published. Death and legacy Ruthenberg died on March 1, 1927 in Chicago after undergoing surgery for acute peritonitis. He was cremated and an urn containing his ashes was transported to Moscow and carried in an April 26 Comintern funeral procession where it was placed in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis, not far from the burial place of his former factional rival John Reed. Works As the head of the American Communist Party, Ruthenberg was essentially an administrator rather than a theoretician. His early journalism is scattered, he wrote relatively few pamphlets, and he published no books in his lifetime, save for a slim volume gathering his 1920 New York trial testimony with that of Isaac Ferguson, who also served as attorney in his case. A small volume of excerpts of speeches was also published by the Communist Party in 1928, shortly after his death. Nor has the CPUSA, despite Ruthenberg's iconic status in party history, published any significant portion of his work in subsequent years. This paucity of available material has been mitigated to some extent in the internet age, with an appreciable slice of his journalism gradually becoming available online. Interested readers are referred to the Marxists Internet Archive, the URL of which is cited below. Books and pamphlets Are We Growing Toward Socialism? Cleveland: Local Cleveland, Socialist Party, Spring 1917. Guilty? Of what?: Speeches Before the Jury in Connection with the Trial of C.E. Ruthenberg, Alfred Wagenknecht, Charles Baker. (1917). After the War — What? December 1918. —Pamphlet edition lost, recovered from first publication as article series. A Communist Trial: Extracts from the Testimony of C.E. Ruthenberg and Closing Address to the Jury by Isaac E. Ferguson (1920). The Bridgman Trial. Late 1923. —Ruthenberg and Foster trial speeches. Oakley Johnson claims entire edition confiscated or lost. The Farmer-Labor United Front (1924). Why Every Worker Should Be a Communist and Join the Workers Party by Charles E. Ruthenberg Chicago, Ill. : Workers Party of America, 1923 From the Third Through the Fourth Convention of the Workers (Communist) Party of America (1925). The Workers (Communist) Party: What It Stands For, Why Workers Should Join (1925). Voices of Revolt: Charles E.