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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06
Secretary Army Slaughtered 1876 During Last Years. 10 Rp
On the Defeat of Ones Own
Govt in An Imperialist War

The proletarian can neither deal his
government a blow, nor stretch out
his hand to his brother, the prole-
tartan of the foreign" country
which is waging war against Gus"
without committing high treason"
without furthering defeat, without
accelerating the decline of his own
impeT;alist great power.
lie WHO stands for the slogan:
IL Neither victory nor defeat" is,
consciously or unconsciously, a
chauvinist, conciliatory petty bour-
geois, and thereby an enemy of pro-
letarian policy, an adherent of the
present governments and of the
present ruling classes.
Let us look at the question from
yet another side. War cannot but
arouse the most tempestuous emo
tons in the masses, breaking down
the customary apathetic state of
mind, and no revolutionary tactics
are possible without adaptation to
these new tempestuous emotions.
What are the main currents of
these tempestuous emotions? l.
Despair and terror. Hence-streng-
thening of the church. The churches
begin to fill again, the reactionaries
rejoice. where there is suffering
there is religion" says the arch
reactionary Barres. And he is right
2. Hate against the enemy" is q
feeling specially nurtured by the
bourgeoisie, and in lesser degree
by the clergy, and useful only to the
bourgeoisie, economically and pc.
| litically.
3. Hate against their own govern.
ment and bourgeoisie is the feeling
experienced by all class conscious
workers, VITO realize, on the one
hand, that war is a continuation Of
the policy { { Imperialism, and reply
to it with Continuation" of theil
hate against their class enemy, bu'
also realize, on the other hand, thai
war against war" is a banal phrase
unless they accompany it by revolu
ton against their own government
One cannot generate hate agains
ones own government and bour
geoisie without wishing for theil
defeat-and one cannot be anythine
else but a hypocritical opponent o.
civil peace if one does not generals
hatred of ones own government anC
bourgeoisie!!!
The followers of the slogan
Neither victory nor defeat" stant
in actual fact on the side of tn,
bourgeoisie and the opportunists
they "do not believe" in the possibil
ity of international revolutionary
action on the part of the working
class against its governments, anc
do not desire such action; an I'm
doubtedly difficult task, but the sol,
socialist task worthy of the prole
tariat.
1t is precisely the proletariat Of
the most backward of the warning
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06
The Churches Are Preaching
the Gospel of Andrew Mellon

wage situation of the mining
regions particularly does not exist
for this statistical center of the
mining bosses.
Irregular Employment.
The absolute irregularity of OPP
Grafton makes it impossible to get
exact picture of the miners misery
judging solely on the basis of
wages. In 1926 1924 was the aver
age number of working days in
Pennsylvania. Since then, the state
ments of the U. S. A. Bureau of
Mines on the conditions show that
they have grown worse in the coal
fields, especially in Pennsylvania.
According to the estimate of Pitts
burgh mining experts 45 per cent of
the miners are working less than
$50 days yearly.
The estimates about national I'M
employp- ut in the mining industry
vary between 100000 and 100000.
The streets of the Pennsylvania
towns are crowded with desperate
unemployed, seeking job and relief
from all sources. The armies of
these hundred thousands of morgan
lied unemployed are constituting a
further menace for the miners work
ing conditions.
Work Nine Hour Day.
A considerable section of the
miners are already working nine
hours. According to the statement
of Ellis Searles, editor of the
| United Mine Workers Journal. only
five per cent are working ten hours.
In reality in every Pennsylvania coal
center there is heated discussion
among the workers referring TO
special squads" working ten hours
in the mines.
In addition Searles makes a seri-
Gus mistake. He states in his art
icle in Current History" that the
present chaotic depression of the
coal industry is due only to the fact
that there has been no substantial
increase in the annual output Of
coal since 1918. :" Obviously he
will not consider the effects of the
naturalization in the coal mining,
in which his union is giving all pos
sible help to the bosses.
Naturalization DisemplOys.
The statistical figures, even OF
the U. S. Bureau of Mines clearly
show that while the extent of en-
ployment is steadily decreasing, the
daily output per man is constantly
increasing. clearly indicating that
naturalization, speed up and grow
ing unemployment is a deliberate
policy of the mining capitalists. Y
Here are certain figures available
from the Bureau of Mines:
Daily Output Per Man,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06
Bv LOUIS GIRBARTI.
international Representative,
Workers International Relief
ARTICLE III.


The churches are following the
miners in the environs of Pittsburgh.
Wherever there is a small working
class settlement, a church is ready
to "spread the gospel" And what
churches!-St. Stephens Hungarian
Catholic, expert in rural slavery, is
ia noble competition with Polish
branches of Rome and the estab-
lishments of St. Patrick. Armenian
"Orthodoxes" are joining their eff
forts with German Lutherans and
the Calvinists of the Carpaths in
Europe.
Preach mellon" Gospel.
The United States Steel Corpor-
alton and the Consolidated Coal is
showing kind heart to them all.
The Anglo-Saxon mining bose.
ion't object to the blue foggy mystic
poison of entirely unrespectable
European beliefs. The churches
can spread the gospel" of Andrew
Mellon and the late Judge Gary in
all the languages of the world. They
are admitted to the lonely company
towns of the valleys, where wooden
mass quarters are jammed within
Ibarbed wires, suggesting the mem
ory of old army camps in Northern
France during the world war.
The tolerance of the companies
is rather surprising, if you consider
that only the Republican party was
allowed during the last election
period to give a taste of U. S. A.
democracy" in many of these
towns. The kind tolerance to the
churches however has its reasons
the starvation and desperate misery
of the workmen of all European and
American l ices and creeds, working
in this inferno must have its ventil-
alton, even though the pits have not
got it.
The evocation Of European creeds
and beliefs is closely connected with
wage and working conditions.
Starvation Wages.
How are they in the areas OF
Western Pennsylvania? About the
wages it can be said there are few
parallels to wages in Pennsylvania
coal fields. In West Virginia, Of
course, the conditions seem to be
worse. A miner of the Monongahels
Fuel Co. has shown me his pay checli
with the following Statement" or
its back:
40 Tons, at Soc. .S14.00
A Hours, at 43c ........ 1.72
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06

great powers which should advance,
especially in view of the despicable
treachery of German and French
social democracy, in the form of its
Party, with revolutionary tactics
which would be absolutely impos-
sible without promoting the defeat"
of their own government, the sole
tactics leading to European revolu-
ton, to the secure peace of social
ism, and to the emancipation of
humanity from the horrors and
calamities, the barbarism and bru-
talization, now prevailing.
(The End.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06
Total credits .S15.72

BALANCE 2.42
This miner had only $2.42 for food
for his family for Is days of par
tial employment.
In the Southern field of West Vir-l
gina trackmen get $4,99, mo Hf
brakemen $3.50, tipple men s26S
and common laborers, outside, sI.9S
daily.
In Pennsylvania, too, the wages OF
the old boom times have disappeared
entirely. In frequent cases weekly
earnings amount only to $11.00 or
$1,000. Certain smaller companies
only pay $500 a day. The United
States Bureau of Mines has it in
it's calculations so far as 1925. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06
futile Without Plans.

U. s. Attorney futile stated yes
terday that he had no plans for the
prosecution of Representative Nor
gan, who was caught smuggling
four bottles of liquor into the United
States, according to customs inspee-
tors.
futile has once before aided Nor
gan by issuing a statement that no
LIQUOR was found on him by the GUS
toms guards. This was afterwards
refuted in great detail by testimony
OF three guards. Morgan is one of
the strongest advocates of the re-
Gently passed Jones bill to- sentence
prohibition violators to five years
and $4,000 fine.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06

that he is alarmed at the fact that
the Negro population may approach
that of the white in this country if
the Negroes are not forcibly pre-
vented from having children.
California already has law for
sterilization Of the unfit" and it
would merely require a ruling by
come court that Negroes are unfit"
to start general campaign to un-
eek them,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06

nc JOttOOshD ~ ttStN ~Np 90 ~
ten by Lenin on the Goth of JHiy,
1915. 1t acas published IN No. IS
of the "SociGI Democrat" the cen
trail organ of the Bolsheviti, aChich
appeared in Stoitxerldnd.-Editor)
Continued from yesterday
To renounce the slogan of defeat
is to permit the spirit of revolution
to degenerate into an empty phrase
or mere hypocrisy.
What is proposed to US in place
of the slogan" of defeat? A slo-
gan: Neither victory nor defeat"
(Semkovsky in No. 2 of the
"Isvestia." AS also the whole Organ
ization Commission in No. ~. But
this is nothing but paraphrase Of
the slogan of defense of native
country. 1t is a transference of the
question to the plane of the war
between the government (Which, ac-
cording to the slogan, are to remain
in their original situation, to retain
their positions") and not to the
plane of the struggle of the OPP
pressed classes against their gov
ernments!
1t is a justification of the chau-
vinism of all imperialist nations,
whose bourgeoisies are always ready
to maintain and to tell the peO-
pie that they are merely"
fighting against defeat" "The pur-
port of our vote on 4th August is:
Not for war, but against defeat"
writes the leader Of the German op-
portunists, Eduard David, in his
book. The Russian adherents of
the Organization Commission"
join with Bukvoyed and Trotsky in
entirely adopting David's standpoint,
in that they defend the slogan;
Neither victory nor defeatW
IF WE regard this slogan more
closely, we find that its import is
"eivil peace" and the remuneration
of the class struggle of the oppres-
sed classes in all the warning coun-
tries; for it is impossil lie to carry
on the class struggle in a country
without injuring its bourgeolsle
and its government; and to inlure
ones own bourgeoisie in war time
is high treason, is the promotion OF
the defeat of ones own country.
He who recognizes the slogan
Neither victory nor defeat" car
only be a hypocritical representative
of the class struggle, of the breach
of civil peace" for he renounces IN
fact an independent proletariar
policy, and subjects the proletariat
of all belligerent countries to an en-
tirely bourgeois task, that OF pre-
serving from defeat the imperialist
governments concerned.
The sole policy of real and not
physiological breach of the civil
peace, and of recognition of the
class struggle is the policy of the
utilization by the proletariat, OF the
difficulties of the government and
the bourgeoisie, for the purpose OF
oyerthrowing these. And this can
not be attained, this cannot be
striven for, unless the proletariat
desires the defeat of its own govern
ment, and furthers this defeat.
When the Italian social democrats
raised the question of the mass
strike before the war, the bour-
geoisie replied to them-absolutely
correctly from their standpoint
that will be high treason, and yor
will be treated as traitors. Right
Just as it is right that fraterniza
ton in the trenches is high treason
Those who join Bukvoyed in writing
against "high treason" or Semkov
sky in writing against the "declin'
F.. of Russia" adopt bourgeois stand
point, and not a proletarian one.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06
Cunard Ship Bosses
Exploiting Seamen,
Make Huge Profits

LONDON, (By MaiD.-The Cur
ard Steamship Co. reports that its
profits for last year were S3,705 800
net. The seamen of the 0unard COM
pany are among the worst exploited
of any line averaging about $40 a
week wages, and working long
hours.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06
WANTS NEGRO UNSEXED7
Prot. for compulsory Birth Conhol"I

BERKELEY, Cal. (By Nail. A
new idea has gained hold among the
white chauvinists, it was revealed,
when Prof. Samuel H. Holmes, pro-
fessor of zoology at the University
Of California, stated that he advo-
Gated compulsory birth control to
prevent further increase in the Me-
GRO population.
The reactionary professor stated
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06

The development CT the last years
would prove even more clearly that
naturalization is the central phe-
nomena in the mining industry. BY
it the companies hope to reduce even
more the employment in the in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06

The power of the b0urge0isie rests
not alone upon International capital,
upon its strong international cODnec-
lions, but also upon the force of
habit. on the force of small industry.
of which. unfortunately. there Is
plenty left and which daily. hourly.
gives birth to capitalism and hour
geoisie, spontaneously and on large
scale.-V. I. Lenin t"Left" Commu-
niSm).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06
Skirmish.ng for War Positions.


Canada, an integral part of the
British Empire, with which the u.
S. empire is skirmishi.-i for posi-
ton in the forthcoming world war
between the two great exploiting
is bound by the SNUG
Cling treaty of 1924 with U. S. It's
protest will hurl back at the U. S.
government the charge implied in
the sinking of the "I'm Alone" and
killing one of its crew by the U. S.
esast guard service, that Canada is
Greaking the treaty.
Is War Cause.
The Canadian letter will DENY
that the rum runner was within
u. S. territorial waters when first
hailed, and will deny the "hot pur-
suit" theory by which the U. S.
justifies the sinking of the I'm
Alone" in the middle of the Gulf of
Mexico.
Wars to Defend Shinain~.
England has frequently fought
wars over attacks on her shipping,
in one case, the "War of Jenkins
Ear" in 1889, engaging in war
with Spain, when that country was
a first class power as dapTcrous to
England as is U. S. today, because
an English captain had his ear cut
off by Spanish coast guardsmen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06
'CANADASMASHES
AR u, S, empire
over I'm ALONE"
Note Assails American
View of Rum Treaty

WASHINGTON, April 5 (UP).-
The Canadian protest against the
recent sinking of the schooner Pm
Alone will be laid before Secretary
of State Stirl-,a by C@~7dian Min
lister Vincent Massey Monday, it
was ED at tine Legation today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06
DRY ARMY NOT
DRYING u, S, BUT
TRAINS FOR WAR
Perjurer Fairchild in
Jail, Blames Chief

WASHINGTON, April "a
statement admitting at least part
of the slaughter committed by U. S.
prohibition forces during the last
nine years was issued today, with
rather a boastful air, by Assistant
Secretary Lowman of the treasury
department.
He says that the number killed
since the passing Of the Volstead
act by the specially created land,
sea and air forces, a subsidiary
army ard navy which will be added
to the regular armed forces when
war breaks out, is 1876. During the
last ID months, 16 persons were
slain and in the same period seven
prohibition agents and two mounted
customs inspectors were shot by
their intended victims.
The statement boasts G. better
equipment installed for killing anv-
body interfering with the dry forces,
hut says little about the enormous
quantities of liquor brought into the
United States or manufactured
there, by protected gangs, whose
rivals are wiped out by the dry
forces.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06
SuperiOrs Instructed Him.

Fairchild has stated that his
superiors told him to make such
false affidavits that when trouble
started they gave him money on
which to flee, and then tried to
make him the goat" laying all
blame on him.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06
Killer Accused of Perjury.

GENEVA, H., April Boyd
F'airchild, the prohibition informer
whose false affidavit led to the
killing of Mrs. Lillian Decking BY
Deputy Sheriff Roy Smith, was
taken to Aurora today for arraign-
ment on charge of perjury.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-06
By n. LENIN.

THE following article acGs lrrit-
ten by Lenin on the goth of JHly,
1915. 1t 1cas published in No. IS
of the ".Socid Democrat" the CEN
trail organ of the Bolsheviti, which
appeared in StOitxerIand.-Editor.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-15
Reu. Frank Norris F1ayed for Race Bill Talk
SON, NEAR DEATH
= = =
IN FAST, BEGGED
= = y
TO TAKE FOODS

LIMA, Ohio, Feb. 15.-(P)-Fred
Conrad, 27, today entered the last
week of life allotted him if he
continues a hunger strike, now in
its twenty-third day, aimed at
driving the devil" from his faith
er, George Conrad, who stands at
the bedside for hours begging his
son to take food in the hope Of
saving his life.
Conrad's father blamed the Rev.
Mr.. Ray Dodson, revivalist, for his
sons fast He has despaired Of
inducing his son to eat, and de-
clared he believed the minister the
only person capable of obtaining
his consent to take food. Conrad
weighs las pounds, So pounds less
than he weighed when he took up
the fast. Physicians have given
him not more than q week TO live
If he continues.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-15
New Fairchilds
Air Mail Plane
AT Local Port

A new Fairchilds cabin monoplsne,
en- route to Mexico for use on the
Mexico City to Tampico air mail
route was to leave the municipal air
port late Friday for Tampico. The
ship arrived here Thursday after
noon.
The ship, the second of its kind 10
be delivered to the Mexican Aviation
Co, is equipped for five passengers
and has a large mail storage space.
When necessity arises il can be
fitted with two additional chairs in
the mail storage space. A 4l0-horse-
power Wasp engine furnished motive
power.
This is the second new plane to ar
rive for the Mexican mail service
within a week. The Ford monoplsne,
equipped with three Wasp engines,
which arrived at the field here last
Sunday flew 70 Tampico Monday and
has been in the service from that
point TO Mexico City during the past
three days. II is reported &c be prov
ing admirably suited TO the flight
over the mountain range.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-15
LATE BULLETINS
WILKINS IN CHILE on RETURN FROM ANTARCTIC

WILKINS CHILE on RETURN FROM ANTARCTIC
iS-(AP)Sir Hubert Wilkins noted
porer his Antarctic air expedition arrived here
today FROM Deception Island
ARMY FLIER FLIGHT Up TWO HOURS
WRIGHT FIELD lStF7Af Remaining aoft
altitude record,
Iohr.on seridre here at l0 m. today
ITNDBERGH DECLINES HUNT; FLY TO WASHINGTON
sAPELO ISLAND IsCAP)-Deelnnr invitation TO
Howard Coffin here today
i Charles ndbergh would take off for
Washington late today
HAHN STORES TAKE OVER JosKE BROTHERS
NEW I5UF1Hahn Department Stores lne has
acquisition Of Joske Bros San Antonio Texas
~ the national department chain
stockholders will be offered exchange
ofso their holdings
LAND OFFICE INVESTIGATION NEARs END
Observation-Disclosures OF the general land office
Of the auditors
the testimony of Commissioner
Robson rename be heard
JRUErT UNDER ROBBERY BILLS. HELD IN MURDER CASE
l5wiam Dagger Pruet already under
five robbery indictments today indicted for murder and
indictment charges Pruett with having
p high school student when Mann attempted to keep
automobile which Mann girl riding
WILSON PLEADS TO TRAIN ROBBERY
Is-tAPl-Faeing in federal Travis
robbery
Aledo and Worth
Meaing Pruet 4s mail clerk MIRA
St~ Bridxes With being seeompIs~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-15
Seat
Law CHANGED
Two-Thirds Vote For
Court House Move,
Is Favored

AUSTIN, Feb. 15.-LPl-A fight to
change the county seat Of Hansford
county from Hansford, a town con-
sisting Of two residences and the
courthouse, to Spearman. engaged at-
tention Of the house committee on
state affairs last night.
After hearing proponents and op-
ponents Of the change, the committee
passed the Moore senate bill repeal
ing a special law enacted during the
s0th legislature which allowed the
county seat to be moved from a point
within five miles Of the geographical
center on a majority vote A two
thirds vote now will be required as a
result of the committees action.
County Judge G. w. King and u
committee consisting OF A. III. Wilcox,
s. II. Hale and r. c. Sampson urged
that only a majority vote be required
10 change the seat OF government.
They favored It's removal 20 Spear
man, a town Of $500 population with
outside rail connections.
Rep. W. T.. Conway Of commerce and
J. III. Gruver. who opposed removal
of the county seat TO Spearman.
asked that the old statute be re-
pealed. They said a move was on
foot to build u new courthouse nc
some centrally located point which
fould be touched by the Rock Islano
railroad extension now under con-
struction
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-15
new CARRIER
ROUTE BEGUN
Mail Service Here Is
Extended to Two
Sections

First mail carrier service to resi-
dents in West Brownsville and Vic
toria Heights was inaugurated Fri
day morning, IL was announced by
G. w. bennett, postmaster. Though
necessarily there were some minor
difficulties, on the whole the first de-
livery was carried out successfully, ii
was said.
The new extension only is to be
carried out TO residents on paved
streets, and while il will be main
tanned to all patrons for the time be.
ing. those without proper house num-
bers and boxes or slots for receiving
the mail, may be cut off later, Den
nett says.
Proper facilities for receiving the
mail are essential the postal official
declared, and service where such IA
ciIities are not available. may be
discontinued ut the option Of the
postmaster.
Along this line George Hillyer, city
Inspector, announced that 1000 alum
inum house numbers had been or
dered BY the City Of Brownsville and
soon would be here. 10 be distributed
free to residents in the new exten-
sion territory.
In the meantime those who do not
know the number Of their house. may
obtain il by calling at the inspector {
office in the city hall and furnishing
the lot and block number OF their
home and the position Of the house
Hiilyer said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-15
Mexico Announcing Air
Line Here With Stamps

centayo stamp. n 25-centaso mir mail
stamp. and the official green, white
and red "Correo Aereo" stamp or
the Mexican air mail.
The stamp indicates that the Mex
lean postal officials have designated
the Tampico-Brownsville route m
the official route for air mail des-
tined for New York City and ali in
tRrmediate points
The Laredo Chamber OF Com
merce had reported Wednesday that
the Laredo route was to be main
tanned and that the Brownsville
route was 20 be i'm the nature OF q
secondary route for the Mexican air
mail. The stamp Of the Mexican
postal officials is considered ~
conclusive that the Brownsville
route will Be placed I'm premier no
sition In handling air mail from the
Mexican capital.