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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-18
The Letter of Traitor TrotskV

those who had succumbed to the de-
ception of Trotzkyism by reason of
persuasion and of their own lack of
understanding for the Party. A short
time ago we published list of sew
.eral dozen ex-Trotzkyites who had
turned away from Trotzkyism and
had submitted declaration together
with request for readmission to
the Party. This was at the time of
the Party conference. Only ten days
or so have elapsed since then, and
already the C. C. C. is again in re-
eipt of several'dozen announcements
of an abandonment of Trotzkyism.
This naturally does not mean that
we have settled with Trotzkyism for
good and all. Though it is true (as
one of the speakers recently pointed
cut to the Moscow organization)
at what the bourgeoisie appreciates
about Trotzkyism is not so much its
theology as the fact Of its opposi-
ton to the Soviet State, the prac-
tice of undermining the proletarian
dictatorship (by an illegal party, an
illegal press, an anti-Soviet attitude,
etc.), it is nevertheless undeniable
that the ideology of Trotzkyism has
a certain footing in the Soviet Union.
But never before was the I'M
principled character of Trotzkyism
so apparent as it is at present. The
aim of M. Trotzky's activity abroad
is the justification of the principle
underlying his renegade policy, but
it only serves to increase the decay
among the Trotzkyites and to facili-
tate the fight against them. This is
our only reason for paying attention
to these publications on the part of
Trotzky. 1t is not our object to carry
on controversy with him; that his
articles are not worth, since they
lack both q theoretical level and a
moral value No one has done so
much towards unmasking Trotzky-
ism as Trotzky himsc'' For any
one who took part in the Trotzkyisr
organization, the adventurist char
acter of Trotzkyism must now be
fully obvious.
We know that every such article
as this will unloose storm of
righteous Indignation" on the part
of our enemies. They cannot but
recognize, however, how we'll Trot-
zkyism is now characterized by a
description which Trotzky himself
once applied to the Social Revolu-
tionaries: Pretentiousness in place of
programme, and adventurous Jug
Cling in the place of tactics.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-18

The Workers International Relief,
yesterday issued the following state
ment on the Gastonia frame up, de-
struction of the textile mill strikers
tent colony established by the w. 1.
R., and the attempt to cut off re-
lief by failing all relief workers. The
statement follows in part:
"The raids on the tent colony in
Gastonia and the arrest of 95 work
ers, among them the union organi.
zers and w. /. r. workers, was not
enough to satisfy the mill barons.
Now the city council, which is con-
trolled by the mill barons, has or
dered the sheriffs to wipe out the
tent colony, destroy the meager be-
longings of the strikers, including
their rations of food furnished by
the w. I. R. The w. /. R. went to
Gastonia in an attempt to re-estab-
lish relief and to take the w. r.
workers out of Jail so that relief
could go on in spite of the brutal
occurrence of the last few days.
Upon his appearance in Gastonia he
was clapped into Jail. Subsequently,
he was released.
"The strikers and their families
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-18

speaks to these representatives Of
the "Rheinisch- Westfalische lei
tung" and other bourgeois papers on
the possibilities of a political up
heaval in Russia, assuring them that
"a capitalist Russia could never hope
to play the same role in Europe
which the Tsarist Russia of pre-war
times was. wont to play" Well,
naturally, at such an interview it is
not possible to-deny the bourgeois
correspondents anything. In his own
conviction, Trotzky was of course
making use" of the bourgeois press
for neither more nor less than the
protection and salvation of the Soviet
Union. We, however, have never be-
lieved that we had any such saviour
or protector!
Still holder is the tone Trotzky en-
ploys in his interviews with repre-
sentatives of the Turkish press. The
"Aksham" reports as follows:
I'M. Leo Trotzky is a very
healthy and jolly man, without the
least sign of sickness liable soon
to entail his death. He has, more
over, determined to carry on an
energetic fight against Stain and
his adherents who are now in
power. If nothing has happened
to his personal safety g far, it is,
so he declares, because they have
not dared By they he naturally
means the Russian authorities.
From the distance he cries to
them, filled with anger but at the
same time with great hopes for
the future: we overthrow Keren-
ski. We shall succeed in doing
the same thing again"
els there any illegal party of
your adherents in the Soviet Union
at present. - Naturally. We
have our adherents even in the
army"
Another Constantinople paper, the
"Jumruriet" of March goth, reports
in regard to the same interview
that Trotzky made the following
declaration: 'In my opinion So
cialism is impossible in country
situated in SO isolated a position as
Russia is; the way Stain has chosen,
however, is the way of nationalist
Socialism"
Question: How do you intend to
work for these aims? Have you
any secret organization in Russia :?
Answer: We have even = secret
organization in the Red Army. =.
This is how Ne Trotzky informs
and forms the public opinion of
Europe and America. And this is
how he defends" the Soviet Union.
In regard to the present position of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-18

sian Workers" was printed in the
United States in the New York
Nation" an organ of the liberal
petty-bourgeoisie, which has al
ways stood in the way, hindering
every real forward movement of
the American working class.
The Nation" printed Trotsky's
scurriIous document under the pre-
tense of being fair" Under this
cloak of fairness" they joined
with the rest of the defamers of
the First Workers T'public in
their task of undermining the Sow
let Union. Needless to say the
spirit of their so-called fairness"
was not extended to the defenders
of the U. S. S. r.
We are herewith printing the
last half of Comrade Yaroslav-
sky's answer to the letter" of
the renegade Trotsky. The first
part appeared yesterday.
EDITOR.
Trotzky's interview with the CORE
spondent of the "Rheinisch-West-
falische Zeitung" is introduced as
follows Essen, March ct, evening
edition.:
Interview with Trotzky. Recep-
ton of our Correspondent at the
Hotel Toklatlian.
"a Theorist who cannot do with
out Bourgeois Comforts.
"Six German press representa-
tives staying in Constantinople as
sembled at noon on March 18th in
the vestibule of the hotel. On the
stroke of IL Trotzky's son APP
peared, a young man of typically
Russian appearance. He came to
tell US that his father was ready
to receive us. M. Trotzky already
knew of our presence, since we had
sent in joint visiting-card. There
were only representatives of the
bourgeois press present. M. Trot-
zky smiled when he was told that
no Communists were present. We
stood before M. Trotzky in the re-
ception room of his suite. He
welcomed each of US with hand
shake. He then sat down and de-
clared himself ready to answer
any. question that should be put to
him. He added that he was in
favor of absolute frankness on
such occasion. We had the i'm
preston of listening to agreeable
conversation, and all that was
wanting to complete the thoroly
bourgeois impression was dozen
of good Burgundy and some easy
chairs.
This man Tr0tzky has nothing
about him of the ideal hero of the
prOletariat, such as we often find
in some of the Soviet deputies"
Such is the impression and char
of the bourgeois corre-
spondents, who felt so comfortable
in the suite of M. Trotzky. What
can we add? They think they know
better, and if Trotzky declares to
them that he considers Stains at
tempt to realize a Russian national
Communism unfeati ble, it is obvious
in whose interest he is now speak
ing.
Trotzky's Interpretation of the
Russian revolution may be seen
from that part of his interviews in
which he asserts that the October
revolution was of his own making.
Thus he affirms that
"the October revolution, his own
revolution, was at the same time
the first Democratic revolution"
This is more than mere megalo-
mania, it is something altogether in
comprehensive.
AS among good friends, Trotzky
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-28
CANISTER
(Kalispell Interlakel

Anyone who regards gangsters
and racketeers as romantic is
making an absurd mistake, says
DR.. William ]. Hicksoa, OF the
Chicago municipal court. He has
examined 10000 criminals, and
finds certain definite Characters
tics running through nearly all of
them.
The typical gangster, he says,
comes from a defective family and
is defective himself. He is usu-
ally dull mentally, and always dull
emotionally.
His crimes are not passion, but
merely in the line Of business.
"He commits murder without a
auickening of the pulse-with no
more emotion than would grip an
ordinary person saying How do
you do to an acquaintance. And
he marches to the electric chair
ION rare occasions, OF course),
the same unconcern.
There is no sense Of industry
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-28

appears, but the farmer al sell
it when he thinks the market ad.
vantageous.
There is duofold benefit. The
raiser gets ready money to pay
his bills and do his fall work. The
grain does not go into the gigantic
pool called visible supply" which
includes all wheat stored in local
or terminal elevators. Thus if a
large amount of wheat is held on
the farms and the visible supply
remains normal, the price is apt
to remain normal and the crop
can be moved advantageously, par
ticularly if the farmer does not
need to sell it from the combine
in order to realize ready cash.
The act should be a good thing
this year in particular. Storage
facilities will be half filled because
of the large carryover and the ter
minals cannot handle the new
crop, nor can the local elevators
without storing some in the open.
Storage on the farm will take care
of this and keep a large portion
of the crop from entering that
visible supply" which bulls the
market.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-28
4 WAFER WAGON

During the past four or five
momentous weeks that Hoover has
been governing a sovereign people
with neatness and dispatch a
change has come-slight but de.
finite-in the attitude of the folks
to prohibition. The low, rich
salubrious rumble of the water
wagon is beginning to reverberate
through the land. Hoover viii
win more by persuasion than by
force, 1t is more potent-per
suasion and example. When the
water wagon becomes a band
wagon, the strong arm and the
paddock will no longer be needed
on the first line of defense.
For instance:
In a little volume entitled "In.
dividualism." written by Herbert
Hoover years ago before he be-
came president of the United
States appears this in%controvert-
ible truth: mo one who buys
bootleg whiskey can complain of
gunner and hoodlumism."
A line like this is worth a
thousand raiders Emporia Gaz-
cite.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-28
GRAIN WAREHOUSING LAW
(The Billings Gazette


Montana's grain warehousing
act, which was passed by the last
legislature. should help the farm
er obtain cash when it is badly
needed in the fall and at the same
time contribute materially in sta
biliZing wheat prices. Acts like
ours are successful in Nebraska
Iowa, Illinois and one has been
passed in North Dakota. They
are intended to provide credit and
prevent Cutting of the market.
The act permits borrowings on
grain stored or the farms. In con
junction with the act means are
being perfected whereby a farmer
can purchase storage tanks, to
cost about SIS for each 1000
bushels and to be paid for at SIS
down and payments over a period
of five years at an interest rate
of not more than 513 percent.
If the farmers have storage faci-
lities on their own farms a group
Of 25 or more can ask for state
inspection. The inspector issues
certificates. upon which intermedi-
ate banks and others will loan up
to Is percent of the value of the
grain. The creditor gets title to
the wheat % far as his interest
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-28

in his makeup. Neither has HI
love, hate, fear or revenge. He i:
incapable of feeling remorse fol-
the most heinous crime, is mark
eddy superstitious, and talks much
about religion"
Gang leaders may appear in.
telligent. They are actually above
the average in mental ability.
But like all their kind, they are
marked by predetermined affec-
tivity." That is, they are feeble
minded in their feelings. And
education, only fits them for
bigger crimes"
What to do with them, then?
Catch them early, suggests DR..
Hickson. Gull them out of school
by careful examination, before
they are big enough to become
gangsters. Then segregate them
on state farms. Cure those who
are durable. Usually, he thinks,
it would NEAR segregration-not
punishment, but separation from
normal society-for the rest of
their lives.
1t sounds drastic. And it is
doubtful whether we know enough
yet to do this without mistakes
and injustices. But we may come
o it eventually.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-28

was called and Mr.. Lohmiller vas
invited to attend. He came and
the matter was gone into and
cleared up.
Charge Falls Flat
Before the order for a transfer
OF superintendent came Mr.. Fg-
gers had resigned his position as
superintendent. President Young
and Mayor Stennes called at the
agency and sought to persuade
him to withdraw his resignation.
They also wired the commissioner
OF Indian affairs strongly endors-
ing Mr.. Eggers and hoping he
would be kept here. There was
no mention of or reference to
Lohmiller. 1t was not known at
that time who would be sen to
replace Eggers.
At the meeting with Mr.. Lob
miller these facts were brought
out and carbon copies of every
thing pertaining to the incident
were displayed to prove them.
The Major was perfectly satisfied
that there was nothing out of the
natural course and nothing I'M
friendly to himself in the actions
of the Wolf Point men. His name .
had not been mentioned and there
was nothing whatever on which
to base the assertions of the Pop
lar people. He said he was going
to tell Poplar advisors so. He
also said he did not see anything
the matter with the bridge road
has been the cause of so
much contention. Thus another
move turned into a boom
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-28
WINS
income
continued from page one)

tCoHtluueu from page One)
to cast his vote. Inasmuch as
there was no evidence that the
voter had done this to identify
the ballot. this vote was counted
also.
Mr.. Horsford was accused of
corrupt practices in circulating
sample ballots on which there
had been stamped a hand pointing
to Mr.. Horsford's name. An anus
ing incident at the trial was when
the plaintiff sought to prove that
Mr.. Horsford had posted one of
these ballots in a school room at
Brockway, where the election was
held, a school girl testifying that,
far from Mr.. Horsford having any
thing to do with the ballot, she
herself had procured it for use in
the Civics class.
An attempt to show that Mr..
Horsford had bribed Henry Bea-
son by promising him the appoint
ment of under sheriff also fell
flat, the witnesses summoned by
Mr.. Conklin denying that they
knew anything about it.
Mr.. Horsford won on all points
and was declared elected. He is
well known all over eastern Mon
tana, having been chairman of the
board of county commissioners of
McCone county for a number of
years and very active in public
work. His attorneys were Mr..
Kline and Judge c. D. Borton of
Glasgow. Mr.. Conklin was repre-
sented by George w. Farr of Sc
attic, a former justice of the SUI
Dreme court, and F. n. Hamman
If Circle.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-28
presence of the Illicit rendevouz.
Stalking Poker Game

stalking Poker Game
The sheriff's office is death on
slot machines and poker chips,
and when they received word that
there were gambling devices in
the seemingly deserted land of
flee building, they determined to
investigate. Charley Council, I'M
dersheriff, and Deputy Seglias
went to the front door while
Frank Bannister and Archie Coun-
Gil tiptoed around to the back
door. They tried to open the
front door, but it was nailed shut
and reinforced by strips of iron
and barred with an oak beam and
it did not open to the slightest
touch. open, in the name of
the law" shouted Council. 60
around to the front door," replied
a voice. But they were at the
front door and when it was not
opened the officers started to chop
their way in with a sharp ak. At
ter an interval admittance was
obtained through the rear door.
There were two rooms in the
place and the door between was
strongly reinforced with iron.
There was a convenient peekhole
in the outer door so that the man
in charge Of the place could size
up his customer before admitting
him. If the one demanding adj
mittance had forgotten his pass
word or looked as if he might be
bent on making trouble, the bar
tender delayed opening the door,
but pressed a buzzer which gave
warning to those in the other room
destroy the evidence.
Only a "SmelI"
If the sheriff's office had been
o oking for moonshine they
wouldn't have found it. There
was a quantity of broken glass,
broken bottles and jugs, the floor
vas saturated with a liquid, and
door OF a contra
brand beverage hung over the
,lace. But there was nothing the
,ficers could take into court and
wear to.
Besides the man in charge there
we're three or four men in the
,lace, two of whom were warned
leave town by Undersheriff
Jouncil. In one Don they found
slot machine and a box of poker
hips setting on the floor. These
hey confiscated.
The Sequel
No arrests were made that
light. But Wednesday morning
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-28

A paper down east says that
Mr.. Coolidge has proved himself
an average American by buying
a secondhand automobile and
paying for it cash down. Which
simply proves that Cal is not an
average American. The average
American would have bought the
latest model car for so much down
and so much a month for the rest
of his life. The average Ameri-
cans middle name is Installment
Plan.-Terry Tribune.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-28

down on his rump and hips, you
will feel like asking if there really
is any such animal. But the best
thing about him is he is genuine
and not a freak or a fake.
Wonderful Mother
Bulgy and his wonderful mother
were both born and bred near
Baker. The steer is a nice clean
roar and white, dehorned, 8 years
old, 10 feet long, tip to tip, "a
inches across his hips, s feet II
inches in heart girth, 5 feet Z or
8 inches high, and is said to
weigh just a few pounds under
$500. Mr.. Guth says he is still
growing. The steer is fat but not
abnormally fat. Mr. Guth has
been told that a professional cat
tie feeder could add 500 to 1000
pounds to him. A famous circus
offered S11, 900 for him. But Guth
says he is saving Bulgy and two
of his brothers to exhibit at the
Chicago Worlds fair in '33. The
these steers are all half brothers.
The mother, "Rosy" is a 1900
pound Shorthorn. All her male
calves are whoppers. regardless of
the sire. Rosy is now II.
Mr., Guth, WHO is 8 real dirt
farmer, took his show west from
here headed for Havre and the
Great Falls rodeo. He plans to
get back to Wolf Point for the
Stampede if possible.
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Council and Bannister with two
federal officers again went to the
place. Bannister waited near the
rear door and showed his way in
as a customer came out. There
was Babcock at the same old
stand. Only this time there wasn't
any time to destroy the evidence
and the officers arrested Babcock
and got a gallon of alleged moon
shine.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-28
THE FARM BILL
AND THE NORTHW EST

With the set-up the government
has provided in giving agriculture
the Agricultural Marketing Act
farmers of the northwest produc'
ing wheat can derive much bene.
fit inasmuch as it will give them
the opportunity of realizing more
nearly the full value of the protein
wheat they produce.
There has been some opposition
voiced in connection with the
farm bill, but it is found to be
coming from sources where such
opposition could be expected. The
National Grain Journal, a leading
publication voicing the opinions of
the regular grain trade, has long
fought the farm bill before it was
passed and no doubt will continue
since it has become a fact.
The fact that the grain trade is
bitterly opposed to the farm re-
lief measure would indicate that
there is much good to be expected
after the Federal Farm Board,
created in the bill, begins to func-
ton.
With a revolving fund of $780,
600, 900 at its disposal for the pur-
pose of stabilizing the price of
major commodities, and with the
cooperative marketing organiZa-
tions designated as the agencies
through which to administer the
provisions of the bill, it is certain
that benefits of great Importance
to the farmers will be fOrthcOm-
ing. Co-operatives will establish
Sterilization corporations for the
purpose of buying up the surplus
of a commodity, and in that way
aid materially in keeping the
usual gluts from the markets.
The question has been raised
as to what the Sterilization cor
porations are to do with the sur
plus after they have bought it up.
In the case of wheat such as we
produce in North Dakota and
Montana, there should be no cause
for skepticism. We all know that
we are not producing an export
able product in our high protein
spring wheat. The reaso for its
low price is attributed to the fact
that it's price has been based on
export wheat which consists OF
the lowest grades. So with the
Sterilization corporation buying up
a probable surplus of wheat at the
time of the usual rush to market,
holding it and feeding it to the
market as the market ear handle
it. the price is sure to maintain
a more even level. Furthermore,
with the Sterilization corporation
holding the good protein wheat, a
price can be demanded in accord
ance with the value of that sup
erior product.
Opposition is to be expected
from sources whose business is
affected, but here in the North
west where we have all sought
farm relief legislation we should
be satisfied with what We have
been able to secure and do every
thing possible to give il a fair
and honest trial.
With the of the gov
eminent behind the farmer, this
time should mark the beginning of
a return to agricultural stabiliza-
ton which the Northwest has long
needed.-Exchange.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-28

In a world that presents a wierd
and inconsistent mass of under
privilege and over-privilege, de-
privation and luxury, youth that
finds itself basking in the benefits
of an open road to education,
especially those who go through
to graduation, should bow down
with humble thanks and greatful
appreciation.