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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-01

ment shops and the reason / want
to go to the Soviet Union is be-
cause l feel it my duty as worker
to give my little help"
Here is another: eve should like
to know as much as you can tell us
about he collective farm near Mos
COW to which the Friends of the
Soviet Union contributes. Also, how
may an American worker qualify to
become a worker on this farm"
More proof of the avid desire on
the part of American workers to
participate in the work of the
Friends of the Soviet Union come
from letters from STU. secre-
taries throughout the country, who
report that they are making connec-
tons with organizations and work
ers who have remained isolated
from the American labor movement
for years, but who are actively in
terested in the Soviet Union and in
the struggles of its workers and
peasants in building socialism.
This May First must give a new
and greater impetus to the work of
the Friends of the Soviet Union
More branches must be established
in those cities where they are now
nonexistent; greater masses of
workers must be drawn into It's &C
Invites, more tractors and trucks
must be sent to the Soviet Union
for the Five-Year Plan. The Friends
of the Soviet Union must become a
mighty organization for the support
and defense of the Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-01
By ANNA RICHTER

The war preparations and attacks
against the Soviet Union are as
Stunning ever wider dimensions. The
Five-Year Plan for the Industrial
ization of the country, for the col
lectivization of agriculture in the
Soviet Union spurs the attacks of
the imperialists of the world. At
this time maximum effort must be
exerted for the strengthening and
broadening of the organization of
the Soviet Union to enable it to
counterfeit all the lies and ISLANDERS
broadcast by the capitalists about
the conditions in the Soviet Union,
and to spread among the broad
masses of workers the truth shout
the First Workers and Peasants
State.
The following are excerpts from
letters received by the Friends of
the Soviet Union that testify to the
great interest in the Soviet Union
by American workers and friends,
and the confidence in which the
Friends of the Soviet Union is held:
81 am sure that we are all anxious
to do all we can to combat the
propaganda disseminated by foes
of the First Workers Republic; and
one of the best ways to do this, as
suredly, is to aid in every possible
way to make the Five-Year Plan a
great success and an answer to the
monopolistic powers"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-01
Canada Labor Defense
Fights for Do he ty

HAMILTON. Canada, April &c.
Full support of the Canadian Labor
Defense League is being modified
to the defense of Leonard d. Do
herty, Boston marine worker, whom
the Canadian government is attemp-
ting to extradite on frame-up
murder charge.
One hundred and sixty four dele
gates representing "a organizations
attended the conference which was
addressed by ]. Louis Engdahl. gen.
eral secretary of the International
Labor Defense. Engdahl told of the
attempt being made to deport Do
herty and the need of joint CAM
paign on the part of the workers o.
Canada and the United States to
prevent his deportation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-01
FROM WOODEN PLOUGHS TO TRACTORS

to the village. The peasants make
demands-these demands must be
met-all the sluggishness, bureau
cracy and indifference in the buros
is forcibly swept aside. The peas
antry has awakened to a new life!
1t is making more and greater de-
mands than ever before. The tempo
of the collective farm movement is
so swift that the workers in the
factories must increase production
in order to keep up with these de-
mands. More machinery, more
tractors, more fertilizer, as we'll as
more live stock and draught animals,
These things the delegates of the
peasants must bring back with them
Their demands spur on the in
dustrial workers-the peasants must
carry thru their collectivization
work, therefore the workers-the
most advanced section of the workers
exert themselves to the utmost
to make this possible.
Peasants Forge Ahead
Figures tell the real story. In the
village of Toba, e. g., the poor and
middle class peasants took up the
matter of collectivization. They
decided on two years as the date for
the full collectivization of the dis.
trict. On February LIST, 1880 %
per cent. had been collectivized and
on February 10th--70 per cent
Figures from Imprecorr No. lf
page 1881 Of course every district
has not succeeded to the same ex'
tent as has Tolba, but the figures
from all over the U.S.S.R. show that
the peasants are behind the move
ment and that the kulak element
with the aid Of the priests no longer
are the bosses of the village. The
Soviet peasants, under the leader
ship of the communists, the young
workers and the most active of the
non-party peasants are forging
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the most advanced sections of the
peasantry. There is unheard of
activity in the villages these days.
City workers, pioneer agitators for
the collective farm movement have
penetrated the slumbering peaceful
Russian villages. Meeting, meetings,
meetings! They last until dawn!
The peasants question these speakers
The attitude is often skeptical, they
refuse to believe all they hear, but
they do not miss single word
and having heard all, they take time
to discuss-at their meetings, among
themselves. And they think, turn
ing the problem over and over in
their shrewd heads. They never
miss a meeting, they keep the
speakers busy answering questions,
and then comes the moment-the
tense moment when the decision is
made to join and the demands of
the progressives, the forerunners is
carried-"Into the Collectives"
The Delegation From the Village
Goes to Moscow!
Having formed the kolhoz (col-
lective FARM the next step is the
procuring of all necessary equip
ment. The government has extended
credits for the purchase of agricul-
tural machinery, seed and fertilizers.
BY the end of the Five-Year Plan,
1888, the collective farms will be
self supporting and they will have
taken over the major portion of the
arabic land. These kolhoz' will
supply grain in sufficient quantity
for both home consumption and ex-
port. In order to carry out the work
of the collective, a delegation is
elected to go to Moscow or some
other industrial center and there
confer with the technicians and ex-
,perts. Tractors, fertilizer, seeds are
needed-experts on machine farm
ing, on irrigation, on the financing
of large scale farming etc. must go
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-01

Dy l.. lie
To be friend of the Soviet Union
means more than an expression of
sympathy and good wishes for the
First Workers Republic-it means a
readiness to stand behind the First
Workers Republic-to defend it
against all attacks, and to partici-
pate in the struggle of the Soviet
workers and peasants towards the
building of socialism.
In the Soviet Union, workers and
peasants, men and women, old and
young, are all doing their utmost
to complete the Five-Year Plan in
FOUR YEARS. The success of the
Five-Year Plan means the streng-
thening of the U, S. S. R., means
industrial independence, means g
challenge to the entire capitalist
world and all enemies of the work.
ing class in their effort to discredit
and destroy the Soviet Union. II
also means the strengthening of the
forces of defense against any attack
of the imperialists of the world.
The Soviet workers and peasants
know their task and are sacrificing
to bring about it's success. Mer
and women alike, are working day
and night, sacrificing to the utmost
One can see men, women and chill
dren on the streets of Moscow and
Leningrad collecting junk for indus
trialization purposes. The workers
consume less butter, eggs, give
away part of their wages-all for
the Five-Year Plan. Old women
have broken away from their religi-
Gus superstitions and are bringing
their candle sticks, crosses and
other religious paraphernalia to be
converted and used for the Five
Year Plan. The economic blockade
against the Soviet Union has taught
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-01
EXHIBITION ON THE
FIVE YEAR PLAN

which proves that contrary to the
assertion of bourgeois observers" the
Soviet Union is being transformed
into a predominantly industrial
country and in which the share of
private capital sinks to naught.
Chart No. "a is called "To Over.
take and To Surpass." This gives
a comparison of what the U.S.S.R.
workers intend to do in the basic
industries in comparison to what will
be done by the most important Of
the capitalist nations. Taking the
year 1928 at 100 per cent. the
following figures stand out as a
challenge and also as fullfillment
Of the slogan above:
Coal: America 1O5 per cent, Soviet
Union 211.S per cent; petroleum,
America 1872 per cent, Soviet Uuion
191 per cent. Steel, America ITO
per cent, Soviet Union $50 per cent;
Electric Power, America 144.s pei
cent, Germany 161 per cent; U. S.
S. R., 431.4 per cent.
To continue to describe the whole
of the "a charts would take toe
long, therefore we will leave it until
you visit the Exhibition, and we will
pass on to some other features of
the show.
There will be an exhibition of the
International Workers Camera
Clubs, with hundreds of photos and
snaps from the Soviet Union, Germ
any, U. S. A. etc. Another corner
will feature posters, cartoons, ETC.
all popularizing the Five-Year Plan
this is particularly interesting
also because of the newness Of the
posters, the moderness and also
bringing out features of poster art
not seen in America. There will
also be motion pictures showing the
soviet workers and peasants at work.
A Russian Tea Room where all visi-
tors will be served free of charge
peasant handicraft, Russian food,
and other things will also be found.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-01
FORWARD TO A MASS F. S. u.

bership in the New York district.
The campaign is directed into the
shops and factories, out on the
street at the factory gates, and into
workers. organizations. In 1921,
the F. S. U. numbered close to
rs, 1000 members in this territory.
We must again build the F. S. IT,
powerful structure of workers
support for the Soviet Union res
ponsive to every call-active, not
passive friends of the Soviet Union.
Yes. more than this, not merely to
demand recognition, but to prove
ready to defend the Proletarian Die
tatorship at whatever cost.
The membership campaign be-
ginning May First, will reach its
climax the last three days Of May
90, 30 and 31--Defend the Soviet
Union Days. On May 81, there will
be a united front demonstration at
Ulmer Park of workers from shops,
unions and fraternal organizations
to celebrate the progress Of the Five
Year Plan--to demonstrate in de-
Tense of the USSR, to demonstrate
against the day set aside to COM
memorate the last imperialist world
war, against the coming imperialist
attack against the Soviet Union.
We go forward to organize and
build the F. S. U. for fighting re-
sistance against all enemies of the
First Workers and Peasants Re-
public.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-01
To Al Workingmen and Women!
To AN Friends of the Soviet Union!

To Al W0rkingmen and Women!
To AN Friends of the Soviet Union
First of May, the holiday of the
workers throughout the world, the
day on which the workers demon
strate their strength and protest
against the capitalist system of ex-
ploitation--May First, 1880, takes
on an added significance. 1t is not
only day of promise for the work
ing class, but a day of great
achievement of the Soviet workers
and peasants.
The great success of the Five
Year Plan of socialist construction
translates into actual concrete fact
the aims and ideals of May First
These aims and ideals have been
surpassed by remarkable economic
and cultural advances in the First
Workers Republic. New gigantic
enterprises are springing up all over
the U. s. S. R., as a result of the
revolutionary enthusiasm of the
Soviet workers and peasants. So
cialization of agriculture is being
carried through at a speed in ex-
cess of the most optimistic calcula.
tons. In capitalist countries un.
employment is steadily increasing
In America, the most highly ad
vanced industrial country in the
world, there are 7 million workers
unemployed-in the Soviet Unior
the standard of living for the work
ers and peasants is daily improving
and when the Five-Year Plan is
realized there viii exist no unem.
ployment in the Soviet Union. The
7-hour day and the 5-day week is
being introduced into all industries
Illiteracy, the bane of the workers
and peasants in personal---very.
Russia is being rapidly eliminated
Everywhere evidences are to be seer
of new higher order of society, Of
the successful building up of social.
ism. May Day this year is a day o.
fulfillment, of achievements. The
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
shines out in the light of encourage.
ment and inspiration to the toiline
masses of the entire world.
At the same time, May First this
year comes at a time when the
Socialist Fatherland is threatened
with interference and war;, The
holy crusade instigated by the i'm.
perialist of the world, with the aic
Of the pope and the whole clergy
the Fascist mobilization under the
guise Of patriotism throughout the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-01

The Friends of the Soviet Unior
ut the earliest possible date will
announce the opening of most i'm.
portant and interesting affair, ar
Exhibition of the Five-Year Plan
This same exhibition has been run.
ming in many countries of Europe
and it was also shown at the Inter.
national Conference of the Friend:
of the Soviet Union in Essen last
March where the delegates from
various parts Of the world had 9
SDsance to study this exhibition.
It consists partly of maps, charts
graphic material, such as posters
illustrations, statistical tables, photo.
etc. made in the Soviet Union. The
material is strikingly made up II
the modernistic manner, and the
charts are compiled in sequence be.
ginning with the conditions of eco.
Hnsny prior to the war, and continu
ing thru the various periods, such
- the revolutionary, the counter.
Evolutionary, reconstruction, the
r<riod of 1923-28 and the year
ltIn period.
All phases of the national eco,
,Iomy--industrial, agrarian and cul
tural are taken up for discussion
illustration and comparison, so tina,
each person viewing the exhibition
obtains a splendid idea of the en-.
ormous task that the workers anc
peasants of the Soviet Union have
taken upon themselves to accomplish
Let US consider a few specific ex.
amples: Chart No. z takes up the
question From An Agricultural In.
dustrial Country to An Industrial
AKrarian Country" BY means u
figures, pictures and quotations from
Lenin we learn that in 1928, Al
per cent. Of the existing basic
capital belonged to agriculture, the
share of agriculture in 1928 will
amount to only 30.4 per cent. Of the
total. Industry will have risen from
IA per cent. in 1928 to 22.8 per
cent. by end of the Five Year Plan
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-01

ahead into a mighty army-all work
ing, fighting and sacrificing to-
gether in the struggle for the social
list construction of the villages.
Collective Farm of the F.S.U.
To such collective farm, in the
Chopiersky, district the tractors that
the American section of the Friends
of the Soviet Union donated were
sent. With this gift we made it
possible for these peasants to begin
their collective farm work this
Spring. We made it possible for
them to fight all the old remnants
of the bourgoisie existing in the
village, the kulaks, the priests and
their hangers-on. The soviet peas
ants have fought them with the
things which have decisive deadly
effects--modern machinery, tractors
and other agricultural equipment,
modern ideas, scientific farming and
the whole hearted support of the
peasants. The thousands of in
dustrial workers who come as vol
unteers to these collectives, drivers
and mechanics, bring with them pro-
letarian ideas and socialist culture
into the villages.
Speed up the Collections for More
L Tractors
The duty of the American workers
is to aid these peasants in carrying
out their program-for the complete
industrialization and mechanization
of the village. We must send more
tractors-more machinery. We
must go forward with the soviet
peasants for the collectives Ameri-
can workers, all to the support of
the Five-Year Plan! Forty More
tractors from America to the col.
lectives! Forward to the aid of the
Broletarian State! Long live the
Soviet Union!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-01

childhood to old age as a protection
for the working class, the seven
hour day, the five day week--these
gains, brought before the workers
in this country will build the F.S.U.
to support--yes, to follow after the
land where the workers and peas
ants rule. ,
A campaign has been started to
have the unions and fraternal or
CARNATIONS affiliate with the F. S.
U. on the basis Of $1,000 a year
membership dues. Through the or
ganization of the F. S. U. Anti
War Committees in the shops, work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-01
DEFEND THE USSR DAY

of the Soviet Union at Ulmer Park,
May 81, 1880. A very rich program
is being prepared with prominent
artists. A Soviet film of the Giant
Giant Collectivization of the farms
the first time shown in America.
Dancing until morning. Prominent
speakers and other attractions. Ad-
mission on SOC, which will go for the
publication of a Soviet Pictorial
which will spread the truth about
the Soviet Union.
Tickets in advance Csc, to be had
at the following offices:
National Office, F.S.U.-175th
Fifth Avenue, N.Y.C., Room 5l1.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-01

While the American patriotic
societies are celebrating Declaration
Day and holding prayers through
out the country for the fallen war
riors of capitalist wars, where
thousands of workers have laid down
their life to enrich the money-bags
of the imperialists of the world, the
workers in New York will celebrate
the 31st of May as the First Year
of Achievement Of the Five-Year
Plan, and they will demonstrate
their readiness to defend the Soviet
Union, 1.-THE Fatherland of the
Workers" against all its enemies.
Come in Mass to the Outdoor
Festival Arranged by the Friends
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-07-31

has called our beloved and respect
ed brother home, and he having keen
q true and faithful member of our
mystic order, therefore be IL
Resolved, that Mt. Olive Chapter
No. 326, Order Of the Eastern Star.
of Chesterhill, in testimony of its
loss, be draped in mourning for
thirty days, and that we tender to
the family our sincere coincidence in
their deep affliction, and that copy
of these resolutions be sent to the
family.
"As narrow grows the earthly
chain, the circle widens in the sky.
these are our treasures that re-
main, but those are stars that beam
on high. Florence Harmer, Mar
ian Reed, Committee.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-07-31
CALVARY

Mrs. Russell Talbot and son Nor
ris OF Roseville spent from Thursday
until Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs T. f. Morris. She was
joined Sunday by her husband Rus
sci Talbot and they returned home
Sunday evening. Fred Ball of near
Chesterhill was the dinner guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Archer. In the
afternoon he called on Isaac and
Riley Ball. Mrs. Maggie Ball has
been quite poorly for the past week.
Work has begun on the Ames-
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-07-31

ville-Trimble state road. Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Ball had for their
guests, Sunday, the following: Mrs.
ARA Ball and son Otis and Miss
Myrtle North. Mr.. and Mrs. Verl
Phillips and two daughters and Mrs.
Jane Fleming. all of Chesterhill. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Able were shop
pers in McConnelsville, Saturday. !.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Norris attended
the funeral of Mrs. Clyde Saylor OF
Glouster Friday.
Very low prices in our mid-sum-
mer clearance.-W Whites.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-07-31
Resolutions of Respect

Resolutions of respect. in memory
of Brother Charles Crew, who died
June s, 1890:
Death has again entered our Chap
ter hall and called to the eternal
home a dear brother. He has COM
pleted his faithful labor here in
ministering to the cry of the orphan,
to the call of want and to the piteous
wall of sorrow, and as recompense
has received the welcome plaudit
well done" from the Great Master.
And whereas the loving Father
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-07-31
AGRICULTURAL NEWS NOTES
BY Fl. F. Eaton, County Agent)
T. B. Test Progresses

T. B. Test Progresses
With approximately 5000 cattle
already tested, representing about
half of the county, only five reactors
have been found. Seven veterinar-
ians are at work in the county every
day and it means that several hun
dred cattle are tested each day If
the balance of the cattle run as low
in infection as the 5000 already
tested, certainly Morgan county will
hold the record in the state for T. B.
free cattle.
Al Field Day A Success
In spite OF the very hot, dry
weather, in the neighborhood of 200
boys, girls, parents, and leaders turn
ed out at the fair grounds last Sat
urday for the annual All field day
Games were played in the morning
and all enjoyed a pot luck dinner at
noon. In the afternoon series OF
races were held, with points being
given to each winner of first, second
and third. These points were then
totaled by clubs with the following
results The Pennsville-We Westland
Sheep club took first place in the
boys competition, with the Malta
Aviation club, second, and the Nor
gan Sheep club, third. Among the
girls clubs, the Live Wire Food club
of Todds came out first; the Ring
gold $3.50 club, second, and the
Royal Band, third.
Further State Fair Entries
The following entries were recent
ly made in the Junior fair. which will
be held in conjunction with the Ohio
state fair: Conrad Pierpoint, eve
lambs. lanes Dougan. LIZ chickens
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-07-31

of various breeds. His brother Dali
ton has also made similar entry.
Ralph Wagner has entered four
White Leghorn pullets.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-09

Portland, Ore, May g LP-Prehis- torlc stone carvings along the O. lumbia river near Arlington. Ore. show that an ancient race inhabite l the country before the Indians
 That is the conclusion drawn from the strange characters by D". J. B. Horner. director of historical research at Oregon State College.
 When the white man came, TO native knew the origin or meaning Of these mysterious characters" Dr. Horner declares. "Wrecks centuries ago along the. Pacific coast left stranded those who later perishel ashore or were amalgamated with the natives.
 Possibly there were Phoeniciane who may have traversed the Pacific lcng before it was recorded on the maps of geographers.
 Tt Is possible that the Pacific northwest was populated even bo- fore Europe and that in some early period the inhabitants along the Columbia river were living in their stone age.
 This recalls that the Pacific northwest is very old
 The petroglyphs, cut in solid roct. are so old they are covered with q coat Of black as hard as the stone in which they are carved.
 It is known from the picto- graphs that the early natives along the Columbia practiced d dignified form of sun worship Dr, Horne- finds, and at least three other forms-fire worship. image worship and the worship Of Talapus, the prairie wolf or coyote.
 Some Of the petroglyphs chart battle. some successful hunting par ties, and others the visits Of other tribes, though it is believed their meaning will some day be revealed as indicating considerable intelli- gence in those who carved them"