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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

Capitalist society is separated
rom socialist society by a period
revolutionary transformation, in
~hich the one changes into the
ether. To this corresponds a polit-
cal transitional period in which the
State can be nothing else than the
evolutionary dictatorship of the
Aroletariat. The transition from the
~orld dictatorship of Imperialism to
he world dictatorship of the pro-
etariat extends over a long period
# proletarian struggles, defeats and
ictories. This is a period of con-
'inuous general crisis in capitalist
relationships and maturing social
evolution; period of national wars
and colonial rebellions, which, al
hough not in themselves revolu-
tionary socialist proletarian move
nents, effectively become a compo-
rent part of the world proletarian
revolution in so far as they under
nine the domination of imperialism
It is period in which capitalist
and socialist economic and social
systems exist side by side in "peace-
ful'' relationship and armed conflict.
In this period declarations of social
list Soviet states are formed which
wage war against imperialist States,
establish closer and closer ties with
colonial peoples, etc.
i, Bourgeois revolutions signified
merely the political liberation of a
system of productive relationships
that had already established itself
and became economically dominant
and the transference of power from
the hands of one class of exploiters
TO the hands of another. The pro-
etarian revolution however, signi-
fies the forcible invasion of the pro-
etariat into the domain of bour-
geois property relationships, the ex-
preparation of the expropriating
classes and the transference of pow
er to a class whose aim is the radi-
cal reconstruction Of the economic
foundations of society and the aboli-
ton of all exploitation Of man by
man. Bourgeois revolutions took
centuries to put an end to the polit-
ical domination of the feudal barons
all over the world and broke that
domination in a series of separate
revolutions. The international pro-
letarian revolution will not be a
single and simultaneous act, but will
extend over a whole epoch; never
theless, owing to the closer ties that
now exist between countries, it can
'ulfill its mission in a much shorter
,eriod. A prolonged epoch of in
ense work of building up world
ocialist economy will set In only
after the world socialist revolution
has been completed and after the
proletariat has consolidated its
world power.
The conquest of power by thu
,roletariat is a prerequisite for thu
growth of socialist forms of econ.
my and for the cultural growth Of
the proletariat, which changing its
very nature, is ripening into the
aader of society in all spheres OF
fe and is drawing into this pro-
IS of Transformation all other
iasses and in this way laying the
round for the abolition of classes
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

The role of organizer of the new
human society presupposes that the
proletariat will become culturally
ripe, that it will transform it's own
nature, advance from it's ranks in
creasing numbers of men and wo-
men capable of acquiring a knowl-
edge of science, technique and ad-
ministration for the purpose of
building up socialism and a new So
cialist culture.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

m to Socialism and the Dictatorship of the PoletarlQt

(c) The confiscation and prole-
tartan decentralization of private
capitalist means of communication
(telegraphs, telephones, and radio)
with the transference of state and
municipal communication services to
the Soviets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

(3) In view of the possibility of
capitalist military intervention and
of prolonged counter-revolutionary
wars against the dictatorship of the
for a Communist economic
proletariat, the necessity may arise
policy ("War Communism which
is nothing more nor less than the
organization of rational consump-
ton for the purpose of defence at
a time when there has been sharp
decline in the productive forces of
the country, and when the individ-
ualist stimuli to production of small
producers are seriously disturbed
(the system of confiscation and
requisition). Although this policy
undermines the material basis of
that strata within the country that
is hostile to the working class,
secures a rational distribution of
available stocks and facilities the
military struggle Of the proletarian
dictatorship which gives it it's his
torical justification, nevertheless, it
cannot be regarded as the normal"
economic policy of the proletarian
dictatorship.
The dictatorship of the proletariat
is continuation of the class strug-
gle under new conditions. The die
tatorship of the proletariat is a stub
horn firht -hlnndu and hlnndlaes
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

The uneven development of cap
italism, which became more accen-
tuated in the period of Imperialism,
has given rise to a variety of types
of capitalism, to differences in stage
of ripeness in various countries and
to variety of and specific condi-
tons Of revolutionary process. These
circumstances make it absolutely in
evitable that the proletariat will
come to power by variety Of ways
and degrees of rapidity; that in a
number Of countries certain transit
tional stages leading to the dicta-
torship of the proletariat and a vari-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

notwithstanding reformist uto-
pias, cooperative organizations I'M
der capitalism are doomed to play a
relatively modest part and in the en-
vironment of the general conditions
of the capitalist 81 stem not infre-
quently degenerate and become
transformed into mere overweight
to capitalism. Under the dictator
ship Of the proletariat however, they
may become the most important
units Of the distributing apparatus.
Finally, peasant agricultural CO.
operative societies (sale, purchas-
ing, credit and producing co-opera-
tives) with proper guidance and pro-
viding the influence of the toiling
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

"a The complete abolition of pri-
vate property in land and the ma
tionalization of the land cannot be
brought about Immediately in the
more developed capitalist countries
where the principle of private prop
erty has become deep-rooted among
broad strata of the peasantry. In
such countries the naturalization of
all the land can only be brought
about gradually by means of series
Of transitional measures. Nationali-
zation of industry should not, as a
rule, be applied to small and middle
sized enterprises peasants, small
artisans, handicraftsmen, small and
medium shopkeepers, etc.,. First of
all because in the first phases of the
dictatorship the proletariat in power
may not have sufficient organizing
forces at its disposal for the purpose
of destroying capitalism and at the
same time to organize contacts with
the small end medium individual
units Of production on a new social
list basis. Secondly, because the pro-
letariat cannot but draw strict dis
tinction between the property of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

~ So-called Intellectual Produc-
ton"
(a) The naturalization of print
ing plants.
(b) The monopoly of newspaper
and book publishing.
(c) The naturalization of the big
Cinema enterprises, theatres, etc.
Evening star., 1928-12-16

pistols strapped around our necks, We
were maneuvering for good defensive
position If the cannibals happened to
be feeling playful and hungry.
Evening star., 1928-12-16

"All at once, as we came abreast of a
bank 10 feet high and some 60 feet
long, our pontoons struck bottom, and
there we stuck, the most valiant efforts
Evening star., 1928-12-16
BY JAMES n. MILLER.

r TIGH above the mountainous,
iungled interior Of the island OF
New Guinea, Just south Of the
4 i equator and north of Australia,
Evening star., 1928-12-16

out of the spin just as they reached the
ground. hitting on one wing tearing of
the landing gear and ending upside
down with loud crash.
Fortunately, neither man was hurt,
and both were sobered enough to realize
how their story would sound. An accu-
rate analysis would have labeled the
crash as the result OF extreme reckless
ness. They did some quick thinking and
the newspapers carried these headlines
the following morning:
MYSTERY CRASH
AT LOCAL AIRPORT
Pilots Dazed as Plane Refuses to
Answer Controls
There followed a graphic account of
how the plane had been flying normally
and suddenly had fallen into spin
without warning, crashing after both
pilots had tried every known way to re-
the control wires had jammed.
Passenger flying at the airport and
in the neighboring communities fell
off as a result, for the public could
not but look askance at craft which ex-
pert pilots admitted they could not
handle.
+ INDER the three general classifica-
~ tions of airplane accidents-per-
sonal, weather, and mechanical or
structural failure-this accident OBJ
vious!y should have been listed as due
to personal causes, but the public ac-
cepted it as mechanical failure of the
controls, mentally noting that disturb
ing word mysterious" Had the fool
hardness Of the two pilots been known
there probably would have been public
demand for restriction of such flying
and the result of the crash would have
been helpful instead of harmful TO
aviation. But the flying fraternity Is
naturally averse to bringing its men,
bers into trouble, and few but the
airport rren knew the truth.
y is to determine the real causes of
81. , mystery crashes" that the. Air.
craft Accident Board of tho Depart
| ment of Commerce--popularly known
as the Crash Board"-has recently
been formed. All except minor crashes
will be carefully investigated by this
board-and a thorough analysis will
! be made in each case to determina
whether the fault is with the plane,
the engine, maintenance. weather, Oh
some other less recognized cause.
| The tendency to "alibi" out OF an
airplane accident will speedily be re-
duced with Federal Investigations at
the scenes of accidents, open hearings
| and precise mathematical deductions
by experts. These men include skilled
pilots, a flight surgeon, an aeronautics
| engineer an aeronautics lawyer and q
statistician, all trained to look beyond
| the alibis OF pilots desirous of covering
up their faults or of operators seeking
] to hide their negligence In maintaining
their planes. ~
Evening star., 1928-12-16

"One of the main points thus en-
phasized concerned how to greet the
cavaSes when first we met them. Use
the word Sambio at each and every
opportunity our advisers choruSed, and
you will thereby convey the impression
that you are on goodwill mission
We followed this advice.
In addition to DR.. Eranles and my
self, cur original party included C. w.
Pembsrton, well known American ento-
molcgisS, and Dr. j. Jeswiet, scientist
from the Netherlands. Then, too, of
course, we needed expert advice and
guidance from white men more or less
familiar with the surrounding region.
So for this purpose DR.. Brandes Sc
lected Ivan Champion, patrol officer
and explorer under the Australian gov
ernlnent, and an American named
Bsnnon, who had spent at least two
score years in New Guinea.
Under the leadership of these two
men some 80 natives of the coastal re-
gions we're recruited to help us set up
camp and to serve as an armed force
in case of sudden attack by the canni-
balls, Our general plan was to send all
there men ahead by pat.Ul boat for the
purpose of establishing living quarters
for US in the interior in a section which
might serve as central base of opera
tions. That done, the plane would fol-
low shortly thereafter, bearing Dr..
81 andes, Jeswiet, Pemberton and my
self.
"As it happened, the plan worked to
perfection. The advance party started
out about three weeks earlier than did
the seaplane, and managed to get tenn
pCrary quarters in good shape on plot
of land in jungle along the Fly River,
some GOO miles away from Port Mores-
by Our plane then few to camp, ac-
complishing the trip in just twice as
many hours as the boat required weeks.
\ II X
0EoUR days after arriving in camp,
DR.. Brandes, Ivan Champion and
myself. equipped with couple of days
provisions and armed with revolverS,
ventured into the wilderness for our
first meeting with the cannibalistic
pygmies.
Because of the scarcity of good
landing places, we made extremely care
full plans so as to find river wide
enough to permit proper landing ma
Evening star., 1928-12-16

neuvers of our Seaplane At the start
Of our flight we figured that there might
be a good-SiZed stream or so up the
Alice River, about 800 miles from camp
and near the hcadwaters of the Fly
River.
Now we were in the air. the three
members of our party taking turns at
using the binoculars. After flying for
couple OF hours we saw abundant evil
dences of primitive habtation, which
convinced us that we were for certain
in pygmy land, since the crude struc-
lures were built in trees--a means OF
protection against enemy raids, we later
found out
"A short while afterward we hovered
above our original destination, the
headwaters of the Fly. Whereupon Dr.
Brandes, above the terrific noise of the
plane motor, beloved, Shall we try q
landing?' But shock my head for /
found, to my extreme disappointment,
that the streams at this point were far
narrower than we had anticipated. So
l turned the nose of my plane back
again until had returned to the juno
ton of the Fly and Alice. But here
also the landing conditions looked more
too satisfactory, as there was visible
below us veritabfe gorge. extremely
"Still again shifted the planes
course, this time heading for the Palmer
River, branch of the Fly. Here there
appeared to be really excellent streams
for landing purposes. SO I maneuvered
about In the immediate region, finally
signaling to DR.. Brandes the intention
of landing about five miles below the
junction of the Ply and Alice. He
nodded assent.
Here was wide section of water
that was fairly smooth, SO experienced
no difficulty whatsoever in making a
clean landing about 100 yards from a
village Of three or four tree houses
almost entirely obscured by the dense
Jungle. Once landed, however, and
having shut off my motor, T. OF course,
turned the nose of the plane out from
the village, so that in case of sudden
attack we could take off in short order.
However, there was not now single
soul to be seen, though we had wit
messed two canoe loads of human beings
shortly before our landing. Yet none
of us complained about being lonesome
as we padded toward shore. With our
Evening star., 1928-12-16

of our paddles to extricate the craft
proving of no avail. There was but one
thing to attempt, and that was for
some one to get out, and, risking his
life in the waters known to be infested
with man-eating crocodiles, try to push
the plane away from shore.
Ivan Champion esSayed to be the
man of destiny for this risky situation.
Paddle in hand, he clambered over
board. At the outset he seemed to
achieve fair enough footing, sinking
only few feet. But gradually his feet
fell ever deeper into the gray-black.
oozing muck, until pretty soon he was
well-nigh waist deep. Had any of the
cannibals appeared at this point with
murderous intent, then Champion must
have perished Straightway But for
ttnately not a soul showed up, so we
threw out q line to our sinking COM
panion. pr. Brandes and had to pull
with every ounce of our strength before
we finally managed to haul Champion
into the plane.
ttXXTE now knew, of course. how fool
w ish 1t would be for any one else
to try to extricate the craft from the
mud by means of wading maneuvers, so
cur only possible mode of safety lay in
pushing against the bank and tugging
at our paddles with might ar main.
Having done these things for more than
an hour, our efforts were rewarded and
we were able to shove the plane to a
far better position 100 yards or SO down
the river
stepping ashore without further mis-
hap, we looked about us and saw an ex-
treme1y hilly jungle region filled with
sugar cane and bamboo trees. The
three tree huts, about 100 yards from
shore, constituted q masterful stroke of
pygmy camouflage. They so blended
into the wild scenery that they prob
ably never would be seen from midway
In the stream and certainly would not
have been known even to us had we not
been flying fairly close to ground in our
efforts to find good landing place.
For close to an hour We must have
kept up q watchful vigil on the bank
before even single human being made
bold to approach us. But meanwhile,
few hundred yards up the river, we
were able to note, with the aid of our
powerful binoculars, couple of canoe
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Night in Cannbal Land Passed in Safety by Washington

enough. wasn't taking any chances
about what the tiny folks might do to
my plane were I to leave It alone for
any length OF time So remained all
by my lonesome for 3 couple of hours
among the doubtful strangers reputed
to be cannibahstic.
Meanwhile I wanted to take some
motion pictures, as well as gather to-
astner some curios. Whereupon, after
giving them few beads. couple Of
Dnght-colored cigarette tins, handful
of colored calico and two or three
safety razor blades. and receiving there
for a native drum made OF bamboo.
some spears and trinkets, took out my
motion picture camera.
while the pygmies were just q bit
skeptical as to what kind of a device
that might be, soon gained their con-
f1dence by letting some of them glance
through the lens. Then. by means OF
sign language, I managed to persuade a
group to pose for me.
II was having a right merry time,
when, toward dusk, DR.. Brandes and
Champion returned, all safe and sound,
loaded down with goodly array of
curios, including wild varieties Of sugar
cane and trinkets much like those /
secured. Since the surrounding oiSa>.ct
were none too familiar with IL, there
was but one procedure left for us. and
that, Of course. was to remain in canni-
bal land overnight. This we did. pr.
Brandes and Champion putting up a
tent on the bank above the Seaplane,
while snuggled overnight in the cabin
of the craft.
Early the next morning we took OF
again without the slightest interference
from the cannibalS, though they expert
enced considerable terror when the en-
gine whirred noisily and the craft sailed
ever higher in the air..
Needless to say, we were highly
pleased with our initial meeting with
the pygmies. Without the slightest
harm to ourselves we had met primi-
tive type of people entirely new to us.
traded with them and witnessed not a
| few of their strange customs. AS to
those, let me say few words before 1
wind up my story.
| While the pygmies lived in the most
| primitive sort of way imaginable. yet
! in certain respects they we're equal to,
If not superior to, their white cousins.
With no chieftains at all to act as their
| theoretical heads. the younger men are.
nevertheless, apparently ready and will
| ing at all times to listen to the kindly
advice of the older members Of the
| tribe.
From the standpoint of adaptation
to nature, their mode of living is not so
bad. They raise certain wild vegetables.
like tiny sweet potato with an excel
lent flavor, and make q crude bread
out of wild plant known as the 'sago
root
"In each one of the characteristic
tree huts there live from two or four or
five families, each one in perfect accord
with the other In fact, would be
willing to say that these cannibalistit
pygmies, with all their barbaric repu
| tation. impressed me as beng under
meath the surface like so many good
nstured youngsters taking the keenes
kind Of delight in new and stranc
things"
Evening star., 1928-12-16

To the average newspaper reader an
airplane crash Is just another accident,
regardless of the cause or the class OF
flying in which it was engaged. 1t may
have been an Army plane stunting at a
dangerously low altitude to thrill a
crowd as in the case of the late Lieut..
williams, leader Of the "Three Mus
keteers" of the Army Air Corps. The
plane of this excellent stunt flyer was
caught in the slipstream or region Of
disturbed air behind a companion
ship. This threw it momentarily out
of control, and Lieut.. Williams was
fatally injured in the resulting crash.
The risk In this case should be CONF
pared to that of a speedway automobile
racer who takes extreme chances at
hairpin turns on the race track. Deaths
frequently occur in such races, but this
does not cause the average automo-
bile owner to feel any hesitation about
climbing into his car the next day.
u X x
EXPERIMENTAL work is another
A. phase of aviation which has its in
herent dangers; there is one more class
of flying which obviously should be
eliminated from any discussion of safety
In aviation This is tranSoceanic flight,
which is still in the pioneering stage.
Col Charles A. Lindbergh. who has
participated in all classes of flight, has
repeatedly emphasized the difference be-
tween commercial and other kinds OF
flying.
There is and will continue to be a
certain hazard in military, test and pio-
neering work." he declared on one oc-
casion when asked to help stop trans
oceanic fight attempts. But in air
transport, In which established lines are
carefully operated on regular schedule
there is high factor of safety
OF Col Lindbergh's 22,00O-i1ile tour
of the United States he followed strict
schedule and demonstrated the possi-
bilities of commercial aviation. During
the National Air Races in Los Angeles
last September. Col. Lindbergh took the
late Lieut.. Williams place in leading the
Three Musketeers" through series oi
startling maneuVers At that time he
was acting strictly as a military pilot
and he would have been the last one
to say that this kind of flying was per-
fectly safe, although naturally all pos
sible safety precautions were taken.
In the early years of aviation there
was little recklessneSs, for the airplanes
used were unstable. clumsy and under
powered Even when handled careIlily
they were none too safe. The pilots
xenw nothing of stunting and tailspin
was thing to be dreaded-almost al-
WAYS fatal
This fear, had been partly overcome
before the World War. and by the end
of the war stunting had become COM
monplace. Wartime flyers emerged
from the struggle with contempt for
STRAIGHT ffying. anti. as many of them
purchased war surplus planes and start