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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-05
DAWES PLANNING
HEAVY TAXES ON
DOMINGO FARMS
No Country Too SMALL
for u. S. Looters

SANTO DOMINGO, April A.
General Charles G. Dawes and his
commission of twenty American
financiers and industrialists who
will bind the Dominican finances
still more firmly into American
hands, stepped ashore here yester-
day on pier lined with police. A
few onlookers in the tattered
clothes of the average Dominican
worker or peasant looked on apa-
thetically at the elaborate precau-
tons.
Similar obsequiousness was ap-
parent in the reception given by
President Horacio Vasquez, the
agent for the American government
here, who insisted that his cabinet
listen standing o General Dawes,
who made number Of discreet mis-
statements in a raucous voice.
Nothing Too Small.
Acting as interpreter was Sum-
ner Welles, former American com
missioner in Santo Domingo and
member of the Dawes commission.
"Please tell General Dawes" the
American agent Vasquez said, Show
grateful we are that he has deigned
to take so much time and bring his
friends, the experts, to such small
country"
''Tell him." said Dawes, chat
among nations there is no such
thing as a small country" Amer
lean imperialism overlooks nothing.
Tax the Peasants.
Dawes Immediately laid down to
the editors of the local press what
they shall say in future. He ex-
planned to them that no loan will
be forthcoming, but that the United
States financial interests expect to
cover their existing loan by a
stringent reorganization of the in
ternal taxes, a regulation which will
fall most heavily upon the Domin-
lean peasantry.
Twenty million dollars issued on
the original American loan has al
ready been consumed by the puppet
government and William Pulliam,
the United States receiver general
of customs, has a mandatory sche-
dule of payments which will absorb
virtually all the customs receipts for
wears,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-05
On the Defeat of Ones Own
Govt in An Imperialist War

Take the Paris Commune for in,
stance. Germany defeated France
and Bismarck with Theirs, defeated
the workers! If Bukvoyed and Trot-
sky had thought it out, they would
have seen that they are adopting
the standpoint of the war of the goU.
ernmentS and of the bourgeoisie
that is, that they are grovelling be,
fore the political methodology of So
cial patriotism" to make use
of Trotsky's choice language.
Revolution during time of war is
civil war, and the transition of tie
war of the governments into civil
war is facilitated on the one hand by
the military failures ("the defeat")
of the governments; on the other
hand it is impossible really to strive
for such a transition without pro-
noting the defeat.
The chauvinists with the Organ
ization Commission and the Cheidse
fraction) do not want to have any
thing to do with the Slogan" of de-
feat, because this slogan alone signi.
fies consistent appeal for revolu-
tionary action by the revolutionists
against their own government dur
ing the war. And without such &C.
ton millions of the most revolutions
airy phrases on war against war, etc.
are not worth rap.
Anyone seriously intending to re-
ject the slogan" of the defeat OF
ones own government in an imperi.
alist war would have to prove one
of the three following points: either
1 (D that the war of 1914 was moi
reactionary; or ~ that revolution
is impossible in connection with war
or (3) that corresponding and co.
operating revolutionary movement in
all the belligerent countries is i'm.
possible. This last argument is OF
special Importance for Russia, fol-
Russia is the most backward country
and immediate socialist revolution is
impossible here. Precisely for this
reason the Russian social democrats
should be the first to come forward
with the theory and practice of the
slogan" of defeat. And the czarist
government was perfectly right in
stating that the agitation carried or
by the Russian Social Democratic
Labor Party was the sole example
in the International, not only OF
parliamentary opposition, but Of
really revolutionary mass actor
against the government of the coun
try, and that this agitation weak.
ened military Russia and conduced
to its defeat. This is fact. 1t would
be foolish to ignore it.
The opponents of the slogan OF
defeat are simply afraid of them.
selves, and do not want to admit
the obvious fact of the indubitable
connection betweeN4 Revolutionary
agitation against the government
and the bringing about of defeat.
Are the correspondence and co.
operation of the bourgeois demo
cratic movement in Russia with the
socialist movement in Western Eu.
rope possible? During the decade
just past there was not a single so.
cialist, among those. expressing
their opinion publicly, who doubted
this; the movement in the Austrian
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-05
WAS DRAWING
$4,000 FROM
S25 week men
Is Vice President of the
AFL; Other Big Jobs

Jacob Fischer, general secretary
treasurer of the Journeymen Bar
bers' international Union at the
last meeting of the executive board
of that organization resigned the
office which he has held for 25
years, after having been exposed by
Labor Unity, organ of the Trade
Union Educational League, as a
faker, drunkard and a misleader.
This action was taken on Thursday,
March % and President Shanessy
led the board in the attack against
Fischer in the interest of the men,
bership.
The office of general secretary
treasurer will be held vacant until
the next convention and the general
president will temporarily fill both
offices. The convention will be in
September.
The article in Labor Unity which
brought about this misleader's down
fall, was entitled "a Letter from a
Reader" and stated:
Il am a member of the Journey
men BARRIERS International Union Of
which, big boy" Jake Fischer is
the Mussolini, only he does not even
take as much interest in the organi
cation as Mussolini does in the
popes' nose. This Fischer is some
pumpkin. Dictator of the BARRIERS
Union at $4,000 per year, vice
president of the American Faker-
adion of Labor at $1,000 per year
or more, depending upon how often
the council meets, and also vice
president of the Union Label Dept,
at further slice of money. On the
bright, this boy can afford to buy
booze and other things at that rate,
/ mention this because he is all
"wet" at council meetings and con-
ventions. Why Comrade Foster
overlooked this leach I am at loss
to know.
"Why this $4,000 or more per
year labor faker should be permit
ted to exploit the BARRIERS and pull
the wool over their eyes is more
than I can tell. Imagine $4,000
per year, about $28 per day, while
the average barber makes less than
S25 per week. Horses, whiskey and
for this $4,000 man. and go
hours Of hell per week for the S25
per week man.
IF you want to be of service to
the 10000 BARRIERS, the -5eyeG0 or
gained in particular, you will in
vcstigate this pilfering oftthe@ work
c-e5' pockets and expose the corrup-
t., in high places within an organi-
zation that is as decadent as the
pillors-that are holding it up.
Money for official luxuries and
high salaries but none for organi-
zation work among the other 100,-
0C0 BARRIERS and about 100000 wo-
men beauty workers who are sadly
exploited
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-05
By n. LENIN.

ISy N. LENlN.
1.-THE follo1Uing article aoas aprit-
ten by Lenin on the Goth of July,
1915. 1t 1ous published IN No. 43
of the Social Democrat" the CEN
trail organ of the Bolsheviki, 10hich
appeared in Standardization
During a reactionary war, thu
revolutionary class cannot but desire
the defeat of its own government.
This is an axiom. And it is only
contested by the deliberate adherents
or helpless accomplices Of the socia
chauvinists. Among the former
must be included, for instance, Sem
kovsky of the Organization Com.
mission. Among the latter Trotsky
and Bukvoyed in Russia, Kautsky ii
Germany.
The wish for Russia's defeat
writes Trotsky, is IAN utterly I'M
called for and unjustifiable conces-
sion to the political methodology OF
! social patriotism, substituting . I
revolutionary struggle against wal
and the conditions which it causes
an orientation in the direction of the
lesser evil, which is extremely ar
bitrary under the given conditions.
(No. 105 of "Nasche Slovo.')
This is a sample of the high-flowr
phrases with which Trotsky inva-
riably substantiates opportunism
Revolutionary struggle against
war" is an empty and purporless
/ exclamation, of which the heroes Of
the II. International are such past
masters, unless we mean by it rev.
dictionary action against our oWr
/ government and during the war.
A moments thought enables this
to be realized. And revolutionary &C.
ton against our own government
during war certainly and undoubt-
eddy does not mean only the wish fol-
its defeat, but the actual further
ance of such a defeat (for the "as.
tute" reader: this does not by any
means signify that bridges are tt
be blown up" unsuccessful military
strikes organized, or the revolution.
lists aided in any way to bring about
a defeat for the government).
Trotsky confines himself tc
phrases, but entangles himself
frightfuliy in them. He believes that
to desire defeat for Russia means
desiring victory for Germany (Buk,
voyed and Semkovsky express this
thought or rather lack of thought
which they possess in common with
Trotsky, more Directly. And in this
Trotsky sees the "methodology Of
social patriotismw
In order to oblige people who are
unable to think, the Berne resolu
ton declares: 'In all imperialist
I Countries the proletariat must desire
the defeat of its government" Bulk
voyed and Trotsky have preferred
to pass over this truth, and Sem
kovsky Ian opportunist who serve!
the working class best by candle
and naive repetition of bourgeois
wisdom), Semkovsky observed
mildly" This is nonsense, eithe1
Germany or Russia can gain the vic
tory"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-05
Rush Strike Relief
10 Southern Textile
Workers. Aid Them
Immediate Funds Only
Means Fighting Bosses

The mill owners of the South
have answered the strike of the
textile workers of Gastonia and
Charlotte, N. c., by calling out the
National Guard. The state machin-
cry is being modified against the
workers. Governor Max Gardner
has come out openly as a flunkey
of the mill barons. The mill owners
have united to fight the workers.
The workers of America must
answer by rallying to the assistance
of the workers. Food must be rushed
to the workers so they can conduct
their struggle to a successful con-
clusion.
Bullets are the mill barons answer
to their striking workers. Our
answer must be working class soli-
darity in the form of immediate re-
lief.
The Gastonia and Charlotte strikes
will continue! The workers will
be on the picket line in spite of the
National Guard and the boss terror
ism. Workers, show your solidar-
ity! Strengthen the fighting spirit
of the Southern textile strikers by
rushing immediate relief to the
Workers International Relief, room
GOA, One Union Square, New York
City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-05
Hooded Mob Take
Painter Out of Home
Club Him Viciously

SAINT GAINESVILLE. Ohio.
April A (UP).-Peter Van Horn,
painter, staggered into Squire c.
B. Bradfield's office here today
and related a story of being kid
mapped and beaten into uncon-
sciousness by a band OF masked
riders.
Van Horn said the riders. all
of them CARRIED in long. black
robes, took him from his home at
midnight, carried him to an aban-
doned school house two miles
north and flogged him with hick-
ory clubs. He could advance no
motive for the attack.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-05
DEPORT KAISER'S BROTHER
IN-LAW.

PARIS, April A UH.-Alexander
Zoubkoff, Russian brother-in-law of
the former kaiser of Germany,
found himself in new difficulties
today. He was deported by France,
after his temporary visa had ex-
pired.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-05
SEARCH BELGIAN TRAIN.

PARIS, (By Mai) French Gus
toms officials stopped train from
Belgium at Baiseaux, on the French
Belgian border, and searched it for
struggled goods.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-05
WORKERS FOOD SEVERED.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, (By Mail)
Trying to climb aboard moving
freight train while at work, George
Elliot, railway worker, lost his
hold, and his foot was severed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-05
Govt Puts Tacit
Approval on Oil
Control Conspiracy

WASHINGTON, April 4.-"The
American Petroleum Institutes con-
spiracy to limit oil production in
1929 to the 1928 average is illegal,
but go ahead with it anyway
might be considered the gist of the
ruling of the Oil Conservation
Board at its meeting here today.
The board is composed of Secre-
tary of the Interior Wilbur, Secre-
tary of War Good, Secretary of the
Navy Adams, Secretary Lamont of
the Commerce Department.
Clearly Illegal.
1t met with the executive board
of the American Petroleum Insti-
tute, and regretfully informed it
that it could not sanction the plot,
but "if individual companies want
to limit the production, they can,"
said E. B. Reeser, president of the
institute, on leaving the conference.
Reeser expressed himself satisfied
with the situation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-05

O- al fie classes that stand face
TO lace with tIe bOurgeOisie today
the pro-efariat alone is a really revo-
lutionary cIass.--karI Marx tCom-
nsunist Manifestob.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-05
Workers International Relief.

Workers International Relief.
Room 604, One Union Square,
New York City.
Enclosed find $..............,a as
my donation to the striking textile
workers of the South. / want them
to conduct their strike to success
full conclusion.
Address NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
City Observation-Disclosures.
State NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-05

1.-THE follo1viug article qoas p1it-
ten by Lenin on the Goth of July,
1915. 1t 1cas published IN No. 4S
of the Social Democrat" the cen
trail organ of the BoIsheyiki, 10hich
appeared in Switzerland. -Editor.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-23
1 With q Brownsville Z and Valley Theaters
Dorothy Sebastian
At the Dittmann In
Spirit of Youth

Fight fans will feel as though
they had purchased ringside seats
for one Of the best bouts when they
witness The Spirit of Youth" the
Tiffany-Stahl picture featuring
Dorothy Sebastian and Larry Kent
and which opens today at the Dit
mann theater.
For the fight scene In the film
Is real. The fighters are real fight
ers. From the minute the gong
sounds (even though it's a mute
one) the audience is sitting on the
edge Of their chairs tensely wait
ing for the outcome.
Aside from the fight, which is the
climax Of the picture. the scenes
r realistic and character portrayal
is excellent throughout.
It is the story of a little librarian
who falls in love with a COB. She
loves him with all her heart when
he is a COB, AND when he becomes
a world champion, she continues TO
love him just the same even though
society has taken him up and he
has become engaged TO the wealth.
lest debuntante in town.
1t is not until the fight. when the
champion Is defeated and the deb
~buntante's love is put to the test
that the librarian has a chance TO
prove her devotion and the ex-gob
realizes where true love really lies.
Dorothy Sebastian plays the role
Of Betty Grant, the librarian. with
all the grace. charm and intelligence
that characterizes this attractive
personality. Larry Kent Is easy.
natural and convincing as the sal
Tor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-23
Dreams Are
Realized By Stars
OF Close Harmony

Pop, I wanna be an engineer"
Many a child has thus expressed
the youthful ambitions of his
dreams. Actors, when they were
children, had glorious visions OF
what they would be when they
"growed up" but there are only a
Few who have realized their aims.
Adolphe Menjou. for instance.
wanted to be a civil engineer. Emil
JanningS wanted to be a sailor.
Chester Conklin aspired to be a sill
ver-tongued orator.
Buddy Rogers is one who has
realized his childhood desires. He
wanted TO be the leader Of a iazz
orchestra and play all the instru-
ments himself. He does Just that in
the forthcoming Paramount produc-
ton, CLOSE Harmony which opens
at the Rivoli theater. San Benito. for
3 days beginning Thursday.
1t Is an all-talking. singing and
dancing play from the story Of back
stage life written by Elsie Janis and
Gene Marley. Buddy" has the fea-
tured male role Of a jazz band leader
and he plays solos on trombone.
drums, saxophone and trumpet.
Nancy Carroll, flaming red-headed
beauty. plays the other leading role
in the film, that OF q song and dance
headliner. When she was a child
she wanted to be just what she is
IN Close Harmony" a young wom-
an whose songs would be heard
round the world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-23
Did You Know?

George x. Arthur bruised his nose
diving into a swimming pool I.
William Powell vacationed in the
Rockies . Bessie Love is studying
new dance routines . Richard
Dix has changed from Paramount
TO r. K. .. Ian Chandler a
free lance, his contract having
terminated . Buster Keaton's
first musical viii be His Royal
Highness' William Powell will
appear in Behind the Makeup" . /.
Tom Howard stage vet, has zone
Hollywood . Only he is staying
in New York to make shorts at a
Long Island studio . Dudley
Digges has been CLAIMED by the
talkies . Digges is one Of the
best known men on the Broadway
stage Elsie Janis is recuper-
ating from her illness in HOLLYWOOD
Kathryn Perry will have the
lead il Side Street" John
B0les viii sing leading roles in
Song az Passion" and Moonlight
Madness Jack DEMPSEY IS
said 70 be considering a return to
the vaudeville stage Leo Ca
rlllo will appear in Mr.. Antonio"
Ronald Colman VIII appear as
2 convict on Devils Island in his
picture The old silent
picture. The Sin Flood" will be
reproduced as a talkie Wal
ter Wcclf. light opera star. will ap-
pear in the screenization OF Gold
en- Dawn
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-23
Siamese Jungle Is
Setting For Clancy
Thriller, At Queen

Lon CLANCY. in one OF his most
fantastic, and certainly one Of his
most thrilling roles of the screen
i showing at the Queen theater in
Where East is East" vivid drama
OF the Siamese jungles. in which
he stages desperate battles with
wild animals and other thrills as q
side issue in one Of his most amaz-
ing Characterization.
The story. an original BY Tod
browning. who directed 1t, and who
has directed CLANCY in the past in
such successes as The Unhoiv
Three The Road to Mandalay."
West Of Zanzibar and others
deals with a strange trapper Of
Wild animals in an Oriental Jungle.
and the amazing vagaries Of fate
which enmesh him in a grim and
fantastic plot.
The cast is a notable one. with
Lupe Velez. fiery little heroine OF
The Gaucho" as his half-native
daughter. Estelle Taylor as a sin
uous charmer Of the Orient. and
Lloyd Hughes as the romantic lead.
a young American Snowman seek
ing animals at the trapper's camp.
Chaney's sensational feat Of trap
ping a wild tiger by means Of a
larist in a tree is one Of the first
thrills in the production.
In another breath-taking episode
he and Lloyd Hughes fight q des-
perate battle with an escaped tiger
TO rescue Miss VeleZ and the climax
Of the play sees CLANCY in q bat
tie to death with a giant gorilla.
Trained circus animals. including a
herd Of elephants. cages Of lions,
tigers and gorillas were impressed
for these scenes. and several re-
narkable episodes were worked out
by their means.
CLANCY and Miss Velez appear In
the opening scenes riding an ele-
plant at the head of a herd Of the
great brutes. and conveying a saw
age cargo Of jungle beasts in barges
down a SiameSe river.
The settings are gorgeous and
elaborate; in fact, it is one Of the
most pretentious CLANCY pictures
in several seasons. In one scene
plantain trees and other tropical
vegetation Is planted In a great x
terror scene built under a roof so
that artificial heat could keep alive
the jungle plants. The iungles
where CLANCY is shown trapping
and capturing tigers is another
vivid tropical seem in the picture,
and the garden with the great
bronze Buddha, the strange house
In the midst Of the wilderness. and
the animal compound with its Gagged
beasts are other effective back
grounds for the swift-moving action
OF the drama.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-23
Movie Calendar
CAPITOL

CAPITOL
Sunday-Thu-sday, The Desert
Song" with John Boles and Carlotta
King.
Thursday Saturday. The Studio
Murder Mystery"
QUEEN
-Sunday-Wednesday. Lon CLANCY
in Where East is East
Thursday-Saturday. Harry Lang
don IN Heart Trouble"
DTTTafANN
Sunday-Tuesday. The Spirit Of
Youth with Dorothy Sebastian.
Kent.
Wedncsdav-Friday THE Lone
VOLTS Daughter" Gertrude Ohm
stead and Bert Lytell.
Saturday, The Gun Of Life"
TEXAS
Sunday. Monday. John Gilbert In
Desert Nights"
Tue.iay. Wednesday. Ronald Col
man and Wilma Banky in Two
Lovers"
Thursday, Friday. Richard Bar
thickness in Scarlet Seas"
Saturday. Ted Wells in The Smil-
ing Terror" also final chapter OF
The Diamond Master"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-23
Mary Pickford Has
Grown-U Up Role In
'Coquette'-- Arcadia

With the announcement that Co
quette," one OF the most popular
plays seen on Broadway in many
years. was to be made into an all
talking picture, comment conferred
on the choice OF the leading LADY;
the role made famous by Helen
Hayes in the original stage produc-
ton. Who vas there among present
day screen stars capable of inter-
preting SO exacting and difficult a
role? Particularly those who had
seen the play anxiously awaited the
decision Of the producers. Then
came an additional announcement.
to cause more comment and dis
cuss!on than any other since the
advent OF the audible screen.
Mary Pickford. the idol OF the
American public and perhaps the
most popular actress eve to appear
before the camera. had been selected
to portray the role Of the beautiful.
Eighty coouette who falls in love
with a numbering country boy de-
spite the stern. unrelenting objec-
tons Of her father. At last the ac-
tress who would never grow up: one
who everyone knew possessed highly
developed dramatic ability. was TO
interpret an audible role worthy OF
her talents. The character Of the
coquette Norma" is a role any ac-
tress would like to play. But a role
demanding the skill OF a stage
trained actress as well as n ex-
perience on the screen. And that
skill Miss Fickford possessed, in
herited from the days Of her first
public perfol nance. when she ap-
peared on the legitimate stage un-
der the direction Of the masterful
David Belasc0, who featured her as
the lead in his stage success, THE
Good Little Devil" Obviously then
Miss Pickford was the one TO lend
to this role its character and emo
ton and the reality Of an interpre-
tation quivering with the joys and
heartches Of life.
Miss Pickford's performance as
Norma is q revelation. not that one
didn't suspect that she could enact
SO ~exacting a role. but 1t does leave
one wondering why she has waited
all this time to show the public that
she is one az the most accomplished
emotional actresses OF the stage
today. Her voice. too, is as charm
ing as one imagineS it should be. In
brief. for those who have seen the
play. IL can be truthfully said that
the Norma OF Helen Hayes comes
to life again in the performance OF
Mary Pickford for the speaking
screen.
The Michael Of Johnny Mack
Brown is an outstanding piece of
acting. AS the hardened, numbering
boy who brings love and tragedy to
the beautiful Norma. he gives a per-
Torrance that equals the work OF
Elliot Cabot in the original produc-
ton. John Sainpolis as the father
and Matt Moore as the faithful adj
mirer Of Norma. also contribute x
cellent performances. "Coquette'
comes to the Arcadia theater today