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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15
An Imperialist Liberal

Mr.. Walter Lippmann, formerly secretary
to George r. Lunn when that renegade was
socialist mayor of Schenectady and now
leading editorial writer for the New York
World, in a radio speech declares he favors
Smith for president because he approves the
foreign policies of the democratic party, as
enunciated and put into effect by the late
Woodrow Wilson.
Mr. Lippmann, like all liberals who are
time-servers of Imperialism, speaks in glow
ing terms of the predatory policy of Nor
gan's Wilson:
From those who believe, as did Woodrow
Wilson, in the idealstic program of nterna-
tona cooperation for this country, the for
eign policy of the United States would be in
infinitely safer hands if Governor Smith were
elected :"
Wilson, in order to defend the European
investments of the House of Morgan and the
Wall Street bankers, hurled this country into
the imperialist war. Himself a LIBERAL he
concocted the infamous lie: MAKE the world
safe for democracy" in order to conceal his
real motive to make the world safe for Nor
CANS billions" He sent armed mercenaries
into Haiti to destroy by blood and terror the
duly constituted government of that country
and put in its place puppet government that
would serve Wall Street
AS far as predatory imperialist policy is
concerned the actions of the Coolidge-Kel-
logg-Hoover government in ravaging Nicara-
qua were identical with the policy of the
high idealist in Haiti.
The principal service the liberals render the
imperialist butchers is to cloak their depra-
dations in superlative terms. However, the
victims of Morgan's war and the people of
the Latin American countries laid waste by
United States marines are unable to appre-
ciate the beneficent intentions of such
"idealistic programs"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15
By PAUL CROUCH.

The disappearance of Gitlow and
the fascist terror against the Work
ers (Communist) Party and the
workers in Arizona are examples of
the increasing use of violence by the
rcactionary forces in America, and
show the necessity of the organiza-
ton of workers defense corps in the
United States as protection
against capitalist thugs who are
trying to crush the labor movement
by force and intimidation.
Fascist methods are making their
appearance more and more in Amer
lea. The American Legion, the Ku
Klux Khan, Minute Men and similar
organizations are breaking up meet
ings and demonstrations CT the
workers. The Minute Men, organ
i2ed according to plan prepared by
Eice-President Dawes, announced
that they "would meet Foster when
he comes to Cincinnati" The cap
italist government gives indirect aid
and looks on the creation of such
groups with pleasure, and the reply
must be defense corps of the work
ers to defend strikes, meetings, etc.,
against the growing fascism in
America.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15
(Continued.)
Debate with Anatole France.

Among other things l remember a
debate with the old Anatole France.
His tremendous artistic intuition
had disengaged the tremendous con-
tours of the Russian revolution. But
he did not have enough force to give
form to his astonished admiration.
He was too paralyzed by old habits
and by the prison of the superficial
liberal catechism which he had re-
peated for half century, in order
to retain his sensibility and his clear
vision and to look ahead.
Cork, however, had broken thru
this stage. His robustness, his more
ample artistic spirit, more imperi-
Gus, keener, had saved him. AS to
the rest, he had always been very
close to the revolution. Now he saw
in the life of Russia above all the
spirit of Lenin.
"If the Russian masses have ac-
complished their need of remaking
themselves, and persisted at it, it is
because they have followed the spirit
of Lenin. Lenin lives again in the
collective. Those who have known
him personally recognize it."
Role of Personality.
Maxim Cork insists on the role
Of personality in the new order Of
things: Communism, far from sub
merging it, exalts it:
Enemies of Communism pretend
that socialism will make automatons
out of people, somber individuals.
No, here everybody is excitedly alive
and shining. What strikes me i.
that in the Soviet state the people
receive an intense individuality. w,
are present at the growth of per
sonality. At other times, oppressed
and exploited, people cringed; nov
they all speak in very loud voices.
1t was interesting to know tn,
opinion of Cork on that "autocracy
of which one actually speaks s.
much in Russia.
Cork made some reservations Of
the habit that the militant an
directing Soviets have Of criticisinl
their own work. These reservation
did not pertain to the content bu
to the form of this criticism. A
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15
A Workers Defense Corps
By Fred Ellis

Of the German masses and prepare
20 defend themselves against the
thugs of the American Legion, the
Flu Klux Khan, Minute Men and SIM
liar organizations. Such a defense
corps would play an important role
in strikes, when the most brutal
methods are often used against the
workers.
For protection against the illegal"
persecution of American workers
the international Labor Defense was
organized. But defense funds and
such protection as can be given by
attorneys mean nothing to the Ku
Klux Klan and the American Legion.
Against this unofficial" terror, we
must be prepared to answer force
with force.
1t is significant that the first re-
action of the workers of Denver to
The disappearance of Gitlow was the
organization Of cred Front Squad
ron" This is the only effective an
Swer to the growing wave of fas
cism in America and is significant
event in the history of the working
class of America.
The terror against Gitlow, the
Workers (Communist) Party and
the workers of Arizona bring to the
attention Of the masses the inmedi-
ate Importance of building a work
ing class defense corps in this coun-
try.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15

The American Legion has re-
vealed itself as the budding fascist
Of the United States, ready to re-
sort to any method in order to pre-
vent the workers from organizing
against capitalism. In Arizona,
where Gitlow has disappeared and
labor meetings broken up. the last
convention of the American Legion
gave its endorsement to violence
against the Communists, and the re-
dictionary press has openly glorified
the mob actions of the capitalists
and called for action to prevent the
Workers (Communist) Party from
participating in the election cam
raign.
In West Virginia, the Workers
(Communist) Party has been for
hidden 10 hold campaign meetings,
and Scott Nearing and others ar
rested. In Pittsburgh, armed thugs
broke up meetings of the National
Convention called to organize new
miners union. In New York, the
American Legion and the Veterans
of Foreign Wars" have been active
in trying to break up campaign
meetings of the Workers (Commun-
ist) Party. These are only few
CT the many examples of fascist
methods of violence against the
workers in the United States
The working class must be pre-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15
"The Man in Uniform"
By Paul Crouch, to Be
Published in "Daily"

The promises of the recruiting Of
ficers are exposed in "The Man in
Uniform" a book by Paul Crouch,
telling The story of actual life in
the army, which will soon be pub
iished serially in the Daily Worker
In addition to description Of life
in the American capitalist army, and
conditions in the workers Red army,
the book deals with the purposes of
capitalist militarism, and the de-
mands for servicemen by the Young
Workers (Communist) League.
The tasks of forming workers
defense corps, and the attitude of
the working class TO militarism, are
discussed in "The Man in Uniform
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15
Against the Capitalists!

A case in point was dealt with by W. E.
B. Du Bots in the Nation" of October 18th,
who exposed the fact that Smith, as gov
ernor, refused to appoint Negro at the head
of the 18th regiment of the National Guard,
composed of Negro privates.
The exploited workers and farmers will
seek in vain for one act in all the careers of
any of the capitalist party candidates that
was not in the interest of the ruling class
Only by voting Communist, by supporting
the candidate under the Hammer and Sickle,
can the workers and farmers vote for them
selves
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15

the education, the intellectual enrich
ment, the Recommendation of the new
soldiers of the ideas, For this battle,
as for all others, it is necessary to
be we'll armed He asked me what
l thought of the abundant biograph-
zeal and Retrospective literature
which flourishes now in France.
gave him my point of view:
"The abundance of these works in
our country is sign of poverty.
Bourgeois literature is a literature
of decline. 1t has nothing to say
because it is rot directed by any
ideas nor by any ideals. 1t can only
repeat in fashion more or less per-
fected what has already been said,
it can only search for new faucets
to let loose its sentimental egoism
which it has so often exhausted and
explored, and to renew the plots
which it has already used so many
times. 1t cannot turn towards the
future which holds forth no promise
for it; it turns towards the past and
fishes into the retrospective. 1t
marks time and moves in a circle"
Workers Writers.
"That is true" said Cork, "but
these works are useful from the
point of view of documents, and it is
necessary to keep in touch with
them. But, without doubt, the new
people ought to create it's writer's,
and it will create them"
He perceived in the days to come
literature of combat
Literature ought to be more
revolutionary than ever. 1t ought to
search for the essential traits of the
new man and to initiate an artistic
critique of actually. Our petty bour-
geois scribblers, the most detestable
of types q get angry when l think
of them), ought to be scrapped
without pity. They are criminal and
dangerous, they penetrate into all
the little heles, these new bourgeois
mendicarts. They are now more
organized than before, more de-
testable, than at the time Of my
youth" ,
(To Be .CSntinucd.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15

pared to defend itself against the
organized thugs of capitalism. We
must follow the example of the Ger
man workers, who have checked the
growth of fascism by the organiza-
ton of the Red Front Fighters. The
presence of this uniformed, militant
defense corps of the workers is a
constant protection against the vio-
lence and terror that would other
wise exist in Germany.
The Red Front Fighters Of Ger
many is united front semi-military
and uniformed defense corps. Hun
CredS of thousands of members of
this organization offer a guarantee
against efforts OF the fascist to
murder leaders of the workers, break
up meetings and crush strikes by
force. The Red Front Fighters is
supported by all left wing labor or
CARNATIONS and by the Communist
Party of Germany, though its mem
bership is by no means restricted to
the Communists.
Many workers have thought that
there is no need for such an organ
ization in the United States. This
shows that they have not understood
the role of American Imperialism,
and that more and more violent
methods will be used against the
workers when the labor movement
becomes a real challenge to capital
ism unless they follow the example
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15
Wall Street Enslaves Cuban Workers

mistic labor fakir, processing still
in the subterfuge that Cuban work
ers have any rights to organize, will
pay dearly for their stupidity.
Machado's position can only be
secured through the maintenance of
fascist bands who in order to hold
their jobs are forced to create sensa-
tional situations. A little while ago
Trujillo announced the discovery"
of a plot to overthrow the govern
ment and assassinate Machado, sup
,orting the ridiculous disclosure by
the statement that Domingo Germ
inal, an anarchist, had announced
thru Moscow his plan to put Mach
ado out of the way.
ITO Be Continued.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15
By John SMITH

The people of Cuba have always
been exploited by one or another
group of masters, but their plight
mas never been SO pitiful nor their
suffering so intense as at the pres
ent time. The institution of the
Joint resolution fostered by the Nc
Kinley administration actually has
placed the destinies of the Cuban
people under the grasping, greedy
hands of Wall Street agents in
Washington.
in vain has been the attempt to
hide the real purpose OF the United
states government in wringing con-
troll Of Cuba from the Spanish
crown. The separation from the
mother country was of far more in
terest to certain American interests
than to the people of Cuba. The
suffering under Spanish rule was
torturous, but it was spectacular
and the whole world knew Of 1t. The
suffering under the hand of Ma
rhado and his predecessors is subtle
and scarcely a thing is known about
t by the world at large.
Machado Rides.
Practically every avenue of pub
lefty is closed through the influ-
cnee of Wall Street. The Cuban
press is stifled. Cuban speech is
silenced. Cuban liberty is COM
pletely crushed. Machado literally
rides upon the backs of the masses
and only another Uncle Toms Cabin
could adequately portray the misery
ry sting under his brutal misrule.
Cerardo Machado is the modern
ittila of Cuba and he is personally
sponsible for .he night raids and
dnapings by armed fascist bands.
'ountless sugar factory workers,
-'cc /-G twelve hours for one dol
ar a Cay are tae land owners Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15

with sufficient clearness all that we
have done in the U. S. S. R., and in
this Moscow where every man walks
today in an altogether different way
than he did ten years ago."
We touched on another subject:
the new art, proletarian literature.
That is an important question which
has to do with art and social life in
an altogether new way. | explained
to Cork that one of the aims of
"Monde" (Barbusse's magazine) is
to disengage this new form of ex-
preston of the new man, to which
he replied: even tho it makes a
small start it is working at great
thing" The art which eminates
from earth itself and from the very
multitudes, on the soil of the fields,
AMI on the streets of the city, re-
newed by its enormous health, by the
impetus and by the force of it's own
movement, the artistic life of hu-
mainly. In the midst of this grand
life that is beginning to breathe,
before this mass-rooted seed that is
beginning to terminate, what will
become of our refined, decadent and
inconsistent literature, the form of
expression of our rich society?
Only remnants. When J., at the
head of the population Of Moscow,
at the station received Bella Kun, es-
capped from the Hungarian grasp,
saluted him in the name of the In
ternational Bureau of Proletarian
Writers, because during the time
that he was in power, he gave
large place to the new proletarian
art, and he made war against the
bad bourgeois literature, which -as
in vogue then as it is today, and
which represented all the luxury and
vices of the decadence. 1t is this
struggle between all that expresses
the old order of things and that
which expresses the new vision Of
humanity that we are now engaged
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15
Recent Conversation With Maxim Cork

one time it was a habit as I call it,
to separate the powers: those who
realized and those who appreciated.
Cork admitted that they were or
ganically bound. But he did not
admit the aggressive character
which sometimes the estimation of
theoretical and practical work take
on in the Soviet Union, nor the VIC
lence of the personal attacks which
result from erecting oneself as a
judge. Already, in his asylum of
Sorrento, he was surprised by the
echoes of these sharp disputes. Since
then his opinion had not changed,
and while recognizing that it was
always necessary to combat certain
dangerous tendencies, as bureau
cracy and the tendencies inherited
from the old world, he added:
Our Mistakes.
st is not necessary that we be
intimidated by our mistakes and
our faults. This persistent self
examination is a part of work, but
it is not reason to cry against each
other and to fight. The virulence
of language freezes you and leads
you backwards"
Above all, he is inclined to think
that the Russian people under-esti-
mate themselves-in any case, that
they do not take account of the full
amplitude of the socialist realiza-
ton, that the sharp interior dis
cussions adds in reality to a certain
disintegration, and that stranger
face to face with this realization
wlo is savagely ignorant of its
methods and it's rythme, forms an
unfavorable impression.
Maxim Cork has a great plan
which will shortly take life: a
monthly review called "Our Realiza-
tions." This periodical will be
purely documentary and will have
as its purpose to clear up ignorant
and hostile public opinion, but also
and above all, to give to all the Rus
sian workers a consciousness Of
themselves:
Gorki's Plan.
at seems indispensable to me tt
create an organ which will reflec
like mirror all the manifestation
of our work: indispensable, becaus,
it seems to me that we do not SCI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15

Yesterday. The sugar factory mas
tiers are Yankee despots who mer-
cilessly exploit the workers with
fear and actual whippings. This,
together with the unfit rice and cof-
fee diet is driving the Cuban work
ers into tuberculosis, insane asylums
and early ignonomous graves.
The conditions in Cuba during the
past three years beggar description
ard they are daily growing worse.
Some day something will crack and
a blind perdition will be let loose
that vii, sweep all before it, visit
ing vengeance upon innocent and
guilty alike. In the meantime Ma
chado tramples under foot all the
noble principles enunciated by MART
and fans all the consuming fire of
destruction with sordid, selfish am
bition.
Specific instances read like tales
from the inquisition. Machado has
tilulDDtu IiIHotll WIFI InC OdStSb
types of men to commit his wanton
murders, Santiago Trujillo, chief of
detectives in Habana, is the origina-
tor of the night raids and kidnap-
ings. Alfonso L. Fors, chief of the
judicial police, works hand in hand
with Trujillo.
Fake Red Plots.
Together these two assassin chiefs
have manufactured a red conspiracy
purporting to have originated il
Moscow in spite of its having beer
conceived and born in the city Of
Habana. Gel Pas" in its issue Of
July 18th sets forth the promise OF
a new persecution about to be in
augurated throughout the whole is
land. The campaign will be directed
by Fors and Trujillo with local po
lice and plain clothes men actually
doing the dirty work. Many an opti
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15

Needle worker! Has your shop con-
tributed tn the election fund of the
Workers tCommunisO Party: COL
Iect funds! Get n collection list mt
the headquarters OF the Needle
Trades Campaign Committee, -
Union Square, Room cO2.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15
Approves of Program.

Corki' highly approved this pro-
gram, in which he will collaborate
with joy. But it is highly necessary
tina this vast campaign which is
just beginning will be accompanied
by determined effort to uncover
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15
Gorki's Plan.

at seems indispensable to me to
create an organ which will reflect
like mirror all the manifestations
of our work: indispensable, because
it seems to me that we do not see
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
Clara 4. ZiegIer
m eS Bride
off. a. Thurman

Miss Clara Katherine Ziegler
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
ziegler, Noblesville, and Joseph A.
Thurman, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Au-
gust Thurman, was solemnized at
8 Thursday morning al st. Mary's
church, the Rev. John Cheefert
officiating.
Miss Marie Ziegler, sister of the
bride, was her only attendant. She
wore orchid georgette over flesh
satin, made with fitted bodice and
full skirt. Her slippers were silver.
She carried a shower bouquet of
Columbia roses. j. Gordon Scherer
was best man.
The bride wore gown of white
bridal satin made with a fitted
bodice and full skirt, trimmed with
Chantilly lace. Her cap shape tulle
veil was caught on either side with
clusters of orange blossoms. She
carried a shower bouquet of Brides
roses tied with a shower of satin
ribbon. She wore a strand of pearls,
gift of the groom.
A dinner was served at the home
Of the brides parents following the
ceremony. MIR. and Mrs. Thurman
will be at home here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01

Chez Foo chapter will meet at
1880 Thursday evening at the home
of Miss Ann Bolin. Each member
will bring a gift for the grab bag.
Lincolnian chapter will be enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. v. H.
Rothley at Friday AFTERNOON.
Luncheon will be served with Mrs.
Dick Richards as assisting hostess
A Christmas story will be read by
Mrs. A. L. Branham and Christmas
carols will be sung by Mrs. Bert
Smith. Guests of the chapter will
be Mrs. J. A. Cameron, federation
president, and Mrs. E. B. Hadley.
Mrs. v. B. Binager, president, will
preside
Toyama chapter will meet at the
home of Miss Viola Turner, Friday.
Mrs. J. E.Holt, installed the fol-
lowing officers of the federation at
the meeting of the executive board
Tuesday: President, Mrs. J. A.
Cameron; second vice president,
Mrs. George Steinmetz; recording
secretary, Mrs. Pearl Hantzis; treas
urer, Mrs. Sale H. Marrow; CORE
spending secretary, Mrs. Emory
Schulz; auditor, Miss Allene Hodges,
and parliamentarian, Mrs. James F.
Aldrich.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
INTERNATIONAL STUDY CLUB
CALENDAR FOR NEXT WEEK
SHOTO -CRAET PHOTO

"Sicilian Bells at Christmas Time
will be the topic of a lecture given
next week by Mrs. S. r. Artman to
the following group of chapters Of
the International Travel and Study
Club:
Normandy chapter will meet with
Mrs. j. A. Harris Monday. A covered
dish luncheon will be served at
p. m. Mrs. Charles Stout has ar
ranged a special musical program.
Egyptian chapter will meet at
1870 p. m. Tuesday with Mrs. Mae
Marcum Jacobs. MeSdameS Agnes
r. johnson and j. S. jackson will
be assisting hostesses. Mrs. Keith
Cannon will give a Christmas read
ing and a program of Christmas
music will be presented.
Amazonian chapter will meet
Thursday with Mrs. Edward F. Kra-
mer. Mrs. Frank Kramer will be
assisting hostess. Members will re-
Spond to roll call with a Christmas
poem or thought. There will be an
exchange of gifts. A program of
special Christmas music will be
given by MesdameS George Maxwell
and H. E. Eberhardt. Mrs. Edward
Kramer will speak on "The Woman
God Chose to Care for His Son."