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The daily worker., 1930-10-01

46.5 per cent, the number of wage earners de-
clined go per cent, productivity per worker in
creased 53.5 per cent; weekly wage rate increased
only 1.04 per cent, and the prime cost of the
unit to the manufacturer decreased 24.5 per cent
In the boot and shoe industry there an
increase of 1873 per cent. in value of products
(from 1900 to 1920, only So per cent increase
in number of workers and decrease of 25 per
cent. in wages!
What has the Socialist" party to say about
these factors which are killing off and Gripping
the workers, bringing them little no return
in higher wages for the higher production, reduc-
ing the number of workers and increasing the
profits and dividends of the capitalists? 1t says
not single word!
Since 1927 speed-up has been increased still
more. Textile operatives in mills have to
tend 120 looms; Ford and General Motors in July
closed their factories for Reorganization pur-
poses-which meant new speed-up machinery and
methods. Large scale farming and combinat ton
power machinery is driving hundreds of thous-
ands of farm wage workers off the farms. A
cotton picking machine is being installed
which will dispense with one half the workers on
the cotton plantations-500,000 in Texas alone.
In England loom has been invented that will
throw so per cent. of the operatives into the
streets. The few examples given can be amplified
in every industry.
Skilled Workers Hit
Speed -up-new machinery--speed-u up, Less
and less skilled workers-more unskilled workers
(women being 25 per cent of all in
dusti'ial workers) and decreasing their number
speeding them up to the killing limit, throwing
them on the scrap-heap and taking in fresh
supply OF young workers. This is present-day
industry!
The reason the Socialist platforms and Hill
quit say nothing about speed-up is that, like the
fascist officials of the A. F. of L., they believe
in cooperating with the bosses. In England,
the Labor Government, the Labor Party and the
Socialist" trade union leaders accepted the Mond
plan of naturalization (speed-up. efficiency,
mergers, higher profits, etc), stating that 1t would
be good" for both capitalists and workers. In
Germany the social democrats trade union lead
ers have aided the employers in putting across
the same program, in order, as they say, to make
1t possible for Germany to compete"
Socialists" Speeding up Workers
In the United States, the reactionary needle
trades unions-Amalgamat Clothing Workers
. and International Ladies Garment Workers--in
their agreements with the employers provided for
speed up. In fact they both boast that whom the
The daily worker., 1930-10-01

bosses want "increased efficiency" they "so to the
union eaders'l In the Illinois section of the
United Mine Workers, which is controlled by the
Socialists" speed-up agreed to.
One of the most shameless cases is that of
the Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers. A. j.
Music, socialist trade unionist forced 5000
workers to accept the two o-machne system with
wage reductions up to 40 per cent Now he pro-
poses to force the same condition on $4,000 more
workers into wage reductions and right to
strike! And yet this socialist" party together
with the Hillmans, Schlessbergs, Schessingers,
Zaritskys Hapgoods, crticizes the fascist A. F.
of l.. leaders for conservatism and lack of
militancy
Different Where Workers Rule
How different is the course of development in
the Soviet Union! Increased efficiency brings
about higher production-more commodities,
which means greater wealth, higher national in
come to be distributed among the entire working
class. 1t means a lowering Of the hours of work
per day. Hence in the Soviet Union, hours are
decreasing, wages continually going up and more
funds available for the general welfare.
There are no capitalist profits to consider but
the we'll being and happiness Of the workers and
peasants the only consideration.
The workers of the United States are begin
ming to resent the murderous speed-up in the
factories and the vicious wage cutting campaign,
and beginning to fight back The socialists
see the workers turning to militant action They
know that the Communist Party and Trade Union
Unity League are organizing the workers to fight
against speed-up and to strike against wage cuts,
and therefore they come forward with militant
phrases, but treacherous action to betray the
workers. Hillquit knows this-and therefore
neither he the socialist" party platforms say
a word about speed-up.
The Communist Party calls on the workers to
fight speed-up and all who support it-the bosses
and their tools among the workers the Social
list" party and A. F. Of l.. leadership. The Com
munists call on the workers to support their
only leaders in this fight, the Communist Party,
and to vote the Communist ticket in the election
campaign.
VOTE COMMUNIST!
The daily worker., 1930-10-01
BY J. LOUIS ENGDAHL

The International Labor Defense supports the
United Front Election Campaign of the Com
munist Party.
The position of 1abor's only defense organiza-
ton is clearly set forth in the resolution on the
1880 elections adopted by the National Executive
Committee that appears in full in the October
issue of the Labor Defender
In 1928, during the important presidential cleo
ton of that year, the international Labor Defense
came out timidly, and. only in the November issue
of the Labor Defender when the campaign strug-
gle nearly over did it call on workers to
vote and work" fol Communist candidates This
hesitancy was anything but convincing before the
masses of the workers.
This year the international Labor Defense has
been in the 1880 parliamentary struggle from the
very beginning. 1t sent delegates to the nunner-
Gus State Ratification Conferences held over the
country. 1t raised the issue of support of the
Communist United Front Election Campaign in
the many mass meetings and demonstrations held
on the third anniversary of the execution of
Sacco and Vanzetti, August %. 1t major
issue during the Ella May Memorial and Defense
the September November Class War Prisoners
Defense and Liberation Drive.
Like our brother organization in Germany the
International Red Aid in Germany, during the
recent Reichstag elections we rally our section
of labor's forces for working class parliamentary
action, for struggle against capitalist class JUS
tice 1t is the Communist Party and it's press
never hesitates to give unwaverng support to
the defense actions of the LID.
Just as the International Red Aid in Germany
has seen the German Socialist police chiefs shoot
down workers in the streets, like Zorgiebel, who
ordered the killing of 32 proletarians in Berlin
May Day. 1929, so the International Labor De-
fense in the United States has the leaders Of
the unemployed go to jail in Milwaukee over
The daily worker., 1930-10-01

No Soviet
"Ration Cards" Here!
By JORGE

Secretary Hyde and all the feas on all the
Hydes are worried to death about Russian
dumping" all het up because the Russians are
choking us to death on candy and trying to ruin
our stomaclls by forcing down the price of bread
and so on.
And did you notice, how TERRIBLY concerned
Hyde, Delgass, Abramovitch, Djamgaroff and the
Fish all over the Russian workersl Great
gobs OF. crocodile tears over workers who would
like to get some stout proletarian fingers on the
necks of these scoundrels. Hyde weeps over the
TACT that Russian people are on ration cards."
The poor. dear Russiansi
Nothing like that here And to prove if wen
give a sample of the lack of ration cards in
Cleveland. Ohio taken from a capitalist paper
there 1t says in part:
"In the early morning, from to s. sham
bling men huddle together. Little Uroups Of
them on Vincent Avenue NJ. e., near e. 6th
One more in the alley by the Schofied build.
ing. All in the vicinity of restaurants.
They come to life suddenly. Two bus bows
are carrying out the garbage cans where the
man who picks up garbage will later find
them They retire within and the door slams
smut. The men make rush for the containers.
The man in the frayed brown suit saIvaqed
dozen pieces of toast, piled them carefully
on the sidewalk and returned to the battle
That man had people to feed.
The best haul may be made at certain
club. group of six waited for the cans to
be carried out. But the garbage truck ar
rived at the very moment the cans were put
out For half an hour the men argued it out
on the curb, protesting what they considered
bad sportsmanship.
"Snce there was nothing they could do
about it, they took up less fortunate positions
near less imposing restaurants and waited
Finally the cans came Gathering out. Men
ripped off the covers and began deIvne."
This, Secretary Hyde, is the "rationing SYSTEM
your cursed capitalist system provides for the
workers who make everything
This Bill Green, is the dole you approve of
for the jobless
This, damn all your Hydes, is what the Russian
workers have put end to!
POSTSCRIPT: Moscow, Sept. "a (AP) All
members of a secret counter revolutionary So
ciety. numbering forty y-eight, found guilty of
seeking to starve the populace of the Soviet
Union by destroying the food reserve of the coun-
try, were shot today by the OGPU."
The daily worker., 1930-10-01

the attention of the masses from the Party Social
Insurance bill and block the organization of the
revolutionary union.
3. With the deepening of the crisis the A. F.
of L. apparatus and the functionaries are being
fascized
4. The party and the T. u U. L. must intensity
the work within the A. F. of L. to win the
workers to the II. U. u. L. policy.
5. More agitation and propaganda among the
employed and unemployed on the role of the
naisleaders and the war preparation, especially
against the u. s.. S. r.
The daily worker., 1930-10-01
VOTE COMMUNISTS!

The socialist party, the party Of petty bour-
geos real estate spectators, professionals, lbe-
rails, clergymen and labor takers is the third
capitalist party. The workers of Germany, Eng
land and other countries learned that they can
get nothing from the socialist party. Vote against
the capitalist parties. Vote Communist!
The daily worker., 1930-10-01
The Socialist Party Supports
Bosses Speed Up
By |. AMTER
Prisoner No. 5235t

Communist Candidate in the 23rd Congressional
District, Bronx
The daily worker., 1930-10-01
Betting Against
Odds

Secretary of State Stimson has a sister-in law.
Which is unfortunate for a Secretary of State,
as the lady is financing armed movements against
foreign power which, if not friendly" is buying
lot of American machinery.
Strange to say, the foreign government men
toned doesn't officially exist for the Secretary of
State, though the Secretary of Agriculture is
raving all over the front pages at this non-exst-
ant entity.
Anyhow from the Atlanta Constitution (funny
name for paper where they execute people for
exercising the First Amendment!) tells
"If the Soviets should fall and the exiIes
Of the old Russian aristocracy be restored
to authority in Russia, American woman,
Mrs. Henry P. Loomis, of Tuxedo Park, N. Y.
would probably receive many decorations and
invitations to court"
That's what we call betting against long odds.
But must give about Stmson's
perambulating sister law, who is engineering
the bull movement in counter revolution The
Constitution" continues:
'"She is now returning from another Euro
pean tour in behalf Of these Russian refugees.
Last year she made similar tour with a
former Russian colonel as escort"
What sacrifice for the colonel to make! But
we go on:
"She resigned president of the York
Club following charges Of snobbishness made
against her and other promoters of the Mon
day Club, when they invited the former
Grand Duchess Cyril to this country in the
hope, opponents said, OF establishing new
800 in society. She has been president, also,
of the Colonial Danes Of America"
How wonderful for Mrs. Looms-and Mr..
Stimson-if Bolshevism were overthrown and
she-and Mr.. Stimsonl- l-could be allowed to kiss
the neither parts of a new Russian czar!
But how distressing twill be if Bolshevism, in
stead of being overthrown, overthrows the whole
Loomis family-and Secretary Stmson! The
dear lady might be invited to court" indeed.
but to answer charges of counter r-revolution.
Shakespeare suggested use for such:
"Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to olays
might stop hole to keep the wind away"
The daily worker., 1930-10-01

The capitalists are plotting war against the
Soviet Union. This Fish Committee, Easley,
Mathew Woll and other takers of the A. F. of L.
the socialist party are slandering the Soviet
Union. The Communist Party is mobilizing all
workers for the defense of the Soviet Union.
Vote Communist!
The daily worker., 1930-10-01

vote for the Communist ticket is vote for
the Soviet Union. vote for the Chinese revolu-
tion. for unemployment relief, against speed-up.
wage cuts. against capitalism. Vote Communist
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
Il WAS AFRAID"
DGANGSTER,
.L|NGLE, LINKED

CHICAGO, July II UN.S)-
Authorities today studied the
affairs of Thomas Bonner. slain
racketeer veteran, in the hope
that his death might be linked to
the gangland murder of Alfred
]. Lingle, racketeering reporter
whose death caused a furore in
police circles.
The inquest into Bonner's
death was continued to give police
time to investigate. Two gunmen
entered Bonner's apartment early
yesterday. engaged him in a loud
argument and shot him to death,
escaping through the front door.
Bonner had police record dating
back to 1919.
While investigation Of the
Lingle murder by the police board
of strategy" and the States
Attorneys office was apparently
at a standstill, the July grand
jury was reported today as being
prepared to begin its official
inquiry after a Today study Of
the case. Several police officials
and acquaintances of Ltng1e are
expected to be called,
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
Pools Are Planned
For Bass and Trout

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, July IL.
Two important projects to pro-
mote bass and trout fishing, par
ticularly in western Maryland.
were Endorsed by Swepson Earle,
State conservation commissioner,
at the presentation of a charter
to the newly-organized Izaak Wal
ton League chapter at Williams
port.
One is a $4,000 bass and trout
rearing pond by Federal appro-
priation, probably near here, and
the other the establishment of a
bass-rearing pond in Big Pool in
the western part of the State, to
cost approximately $4,000.
Earle said a Washington county
site for the Federal pond is being
considered, and the Big Pool win
be established as soon as an
agreement between the State COM
mission and the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Company is signed.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
Carroll and His 8 Sirens
Play for Judge Today

in nothing at all but a pair of
ostrich feather fans which she
waved with considerable freedom.
That the window-dressing scene
in which the American beauties
under arrest played the part Of
wax figures with Savo doing the
dressing was-well, anyway, it
will all be told in court.
Carroll said that there was IAN
Interior motive" behind the raid
on his show. He denied that
there was any nudity in his
scenes.
"Its a funny thing that I
am the only Broadway pro-
ducer that gets into trouble"
he said. "It looks like persecu-
ton"
Carroll was sent to Atlanta
penitentiary several years ago
after being convicted Of perjury
in connection with his famous
party in which Joyce Hawley,
model, was said to have bathed
in a tub Of champagne.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
To DUST
RYkOVS0ON

MOSCOW, July II d.N.S0.-
Sweeping administrative changes
in the Soviet government, the
chief of which will be the sup
planting of Alex Rykov as
premier, were forecast today by
highly authoritative sources.
While it was admitted numerous
high officials were slated to lose
their posts. it was vigorously
denied that Josef Stain, chair
man of the central committee of
the Communist party, had any
intention of assuming Rykov's
post himself. A high official said +:
Certainly Stain can be
premier if he wishes it," but
why should he deliberately
choose lesser post than he
now occupies"
1t was further pointed out that
Stains party leadership at
present is undisputed, while
Rykov's political sun is fast de.
clining. That his increasingly
bitter opposition to Stains
policies has virtually brought him
to the edge Of party exile seems
assured with the information
that he soon will be supp1anted
either by M. Kiubisheff or M
Rudzutak.
1t was learned that M. Kaga.
novich has been picked to become
one OF the four assistant secre.
taries Of the central committee.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
Mellon Scion Starts
Banking Work TOdnY

PITTSBURGH, July II U.S0.
Paul Mellon, a decidedly demo-
cratic young man and his illustri.
Gus father, Secretary of the Trea-
sury Andrew w. Mellon, today
were to discuss banking. The son
arrived in Pittsburgh late yester.
day and his father came in early
today to see the young man start
work in the Mellon National Bank.
For the next two months the
younger Mellon will study banking.
and in September he will go to
Cambridge, England, to take q
postgraduate course. He Graves
knowledge and intends to get all
of it he can.
After he has remained in En-.
gland a year, he will decide what
he wants to do.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
BY DAVID p. SENTNER

NEW YORK, July II 0N.SJ.
Eight pretty show girls-really
pretty-together with Earl Car
roll. producer, and his comedian
Jimmy Savo, have a date with a
judge today.
They are charged with taking
part in a naked and naughty per-
formance of Earl Carroll's annual
revue racket, "Vanities." The
penalty, so far, is that the girls
have had to get up before noon
for the second day in succession.
Carroll says that the perform
ance was all for the sake of art
and the public.
Police Capt. James Coy. who
also gathered the evidence
against Mae West for producing
Pleasure Man" says the show
was raw as an onion"
Captain Coy, in the official
complaint, charges:
That Faith Bacon did a dance
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
HessiGn Fly Costs
Country Millions

The Hessian fly by its destruc-
tive activities has cost this coun-
try $100,00O,000 in a single year,
Department of Agriculture's rec.
ords show. Within the last As
years, at least eight serious out
breaks have occurred in the wheat
fields of the northeastern one
third of the country.
Local activity is evident almost
every year somewhere in thai
large territory, or in limited areas
on the Pacific Coast.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
WOMAN SOUGHT
IN BIC FRAUD
HH8 LIZ AulbV~ 81

CHICAGO, Ill, July II H.N.s0
Armed with six warrants, authori.
ties today were searching for Mrs.
Hilda Schroeder, real estate
broker, who is accused of defraud.
ing clients of sums aggregating
$4,000 Larceny by bailee was
charged in four warrants and one
charged embezzlement, and the
other conspiracy to defraud.
To date more than 20 com
plants have been received, &C.
cording to. the States attorneys
office. The woman's bonds were
set at $45.00 It was intimated.
however, that only 100000 of the
shortage would be fraudulent, the
rest being q civil liability.
A conspiracy warrant was also
issued for John M. Naughten, who
is said to have rented offices to
the woman broker.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
To RAzE
FOR COURT

Doors and steps taken from
the United States Capitol Build
ing are to be removed from the
house at 1876 East Capitol St.,
when that dwelling, with other
buildings, is razed to make way
for the Supreme Court Building.
According to a deed held by
william e. Newman. 912 Mary
land Ave. N. E., who sold the
property at 1874, 1876 and 1873
East Capitol st. to the Govern
ment, the houses were built in
1856 by William fudge. who was
then custodian of supplies at the
Capitol Building.
Newman says fudge was dis
charged for having taken some
doors and steps at the Capitol
Building to use in his private
dwelling.
Work of destroying the houses
began yesterday.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
AIR CORPS lost
27, RESIGNED

Due to more lucrative employ
ment outside the service, 81 Off
GERS resigned from the Army Air
Corps during the fiscal year just
ended, according to announce
ment yesterday at the War De-
partment. In 1921 nine officers
left the Army to accept outside
jobs and each year since the
number has increased.
These designations are at
tributed to rapid expansion in
commercial aviation during recent
years. Many experienced Army
pilots have received offers they
felt they could not reject in JUS
tice to their families.
Hoping that Congress at the
recent session would enact legis-
lation to correct certain inequali.
ties in the matter of salaries and
promotion caused not q few fliers
to remain in the air corps. In.
stead. however, a joint commit
tee of the Senate and House was
appointed to give the matter fur
ther study.
designations fror., the Army as
whole during the past fiscal
year aggregated 102, a smaller
number than during any similar
period in the past 10 years. ex-
cept in 1923 when designations
totaled SO. The reason advanced
by most officers voluntarily leav-
ing the service Is that private
employment promises better fl
nancial returns.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
Friends Get Permit
For MeetinQ House

Plans for a new Friends Meet
ing House in the 2100 block De-
catur Pl. N. w. were filed yes
terday in the office of the Dis
trict Building Inspector. Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hoover were con-
tributors to the building fund.
The house is described as one
story and attic brick, stone and
concrete church building. It will
be 43 feet wide, 73 feet deep and
"A feet high. The estimated cost
is about $4,000. The Samuel j..
Prescott Co., inc. of this city, is
the builder and Price and Wilson,
of Philadelphia. the architects.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
WILSON SOUGHT.
MESSIAH ROLE

NEW YORK, July ii CU.S0.
Sensational sidelights of the
: Paris peace conference Of 1919
are revealed in the letters of
Edith Benham, social secretary
to President and Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, published serially in the
Cosmopolitan Magazine.
President Wilson virtually ac-
cepted the role of Messiah to
the world, according to Miss
Benham's story, entitled Behind
the Scenes at the Peace Con.
ference" She, tells of a con.
versation with him at one of the
early sessions as follows:
League Plan Inspired
81 spoke of the way the poor
look to him as a Messiah to
give a new light to the world.
e, He said religious teaching had
not found a solution for the
troubles of the world, and the
world must have some one
man to give them practical
relief for their distress"
President Wilson's admission
that he borrowed his plan for
a League of Nations from an
English society is also recounted:
"SOmeOne asked the Presi-
dent if he had not written
most of this present draft him.
self and he said no, that the
original was made by an En-
glish society. He had made
certain additions and changes
to that, then General Smuts
had presented certain other
features"
Miss Benham also tells of
President Wilson's comment on
Roosevelt.
Amused at Roosevelt
HE spoke of the famous in
terview he had with Theodore
Roosevelt and that he was
amused to find that Roosevelt
wanted to go in command of
the first army just as a spec
tacuIar feat to put himself be-
fore the public.
"The President told us ROOSe-
welt admitted quite frankly that
he did not consider he had
the necessary qualifications but
that he wanted to take along
q certain number of officers
who would advise him and
cover up his mistakes"
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
Labor Confidence
Revived by Ballots

LONDON. July IL Q.N.S0.
Premier MacDonald's Labor gov
ernment found deep satisfaction
today and a sense of bolstered
security in the outcome of the
North Norfolk by.election, where
Lady Noel Buxton defeated the
Protectionist Conservative, T. A.
Cook. by a majority of 179 votes.
The Protectionists. under the
direction of Lord Beaverbrook,
had conducted a vigorous speak
ing campaign, but many of the
Conservative voters deserted their
own candidate at the last mo-
Menk
The Washington times., 1930-07-11

WILLIAM Is. LEEDS, heir to
the tin plate millions, saved
Miss Hamilton from drowning
at Atlantic City when the
canoe in which they were row.
ing capsized. Leeds and Miss
Hamilton are reported engaged,
although she is a former desk
clerk at an Atlantic City hotel.