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The daily worker., 1930-07-25
TO HOLD IOWA
ELECTION COW.
Poor Farmers R e a dy
for Struggle

SIOUX CITY, Ia, July 24.-The
Communist Party is replying to the
Fish Investigation Committee and
the attacks of the bosses govern
ment by developing the election
campaign to an ever larger extent.
The Communist Party is now con-
sidering the placing of candidates
in all the states of the West and
Middle West. The State Ratifica-
ton Convention of Iowa, called by
the Communist Party, will take
place on August 17th at 2 p. M, at
5081a Fifth St., Sioux City, Iowa.
The Communist Party calls upon
working class and farmers organ
izations and workers in the factories
to elect delegates to this ratifica-
ton convention. The election CAM
paign in the State of Iowa is today
more important than at any other
time. Besides the growing unem-
ployment of the working class in
the industrial centers, the conditions
of the farmers in the State of Iowa
is deplorable. The sagging price
of wheat and other agricultural
products is pauperizing hundreds of
thousands of farmers and placing
them off the land. The Communist
Party election campaign platform
stands on the basis of struggle for
the interests of the poor farmers and
the exploited working class.
The daily worker., 1930-07-25
|[OOVER PICKS WORST
IN E MY OF FILIPINO
'EOPLE VICE-GOV ARNOR
OOsevelt's Policy Is ''MOre Exploitation, and
No Fair Dealing
is Book Favors More Murder; Full Bellies
and Empty Heads" His Ideal

WASHINGTON, July 24.-As a
wv against the Filipino people,
lover has appointed Nicholas
osevelt vice-governor of the is
Ids.
There is not more outspoken
d more vicious imperialist in tha
lited States than Nicholas Roose
1t, His policy is to treat the Fill
no masses as the Dutch and Brit
murderers treat the Indian and
itch colonial peoples.
Roosevelt has written book on
e Philippines in which he urges
ore intensified exploitation. "Our
rst quarter of a century in the
lilippines," wrote Roosevelt in his
ok, 'has been an experiment in
isapplied altruism; the second
larter should be an era of eff
cheney" "The idea of fair play
as alien to the Filipinos as to 9TH
: orientals," says this new dictator
the Philippines. "The Dutch and
nglish consider the Philippines a
I'd example for their own exploited
copies and would like to see this
inter blotted out" His motto is:
Keep their bellies full and their
eads empty" and wherever neces-
Try to hold down the aspirations
'r independence of the Filipino
asses, use machine guns, bombs
The daily worker., 1930-07-25

These misleaders of the workers
are always ready to serve the rob-
ber class. But this rapid growing
radicalism is inevitable.
In 1918, when l was drafted into
the United States army and was
sent to France to fight a war for
the rich, l then had no idea why I
was going to war. was no rad
ical then. Because l was working
at that time and I had no time to
think of radicalism. When l came
back l obtained a job and was work
ing until 1925, when machinery re-
placed me.
l was driven out of that industry
and not so soon did | get another
job. After walking around six
months 1 got a job and in a short
time l was out of it. After five
months looking for a job 1 obtained
another job. But it is almost two
years now that l am out of a job.
You would like to know how | get
along? Well, | had some money
saved. l tried to exist on scanty
diet. But it is six months already
that all l had saved was gone. And
il it was not for my brother |
would have TO commit suicide. |
have not paid rent for six months.
My brother did.
Lives On Bread Only.
/ live on bread only and nothing
beside, and what it is going to be
| don't know. After all my brother
is not more than workingman.
have already applied for a job all
over. I even applied to Mayor
Walker, but in vain.
l know that l am not the only one
that lives such a miserable life.
There are millions of working peo-
pie in this country. Now is it a
wonder why and how radicalism is
growing so rapidly in this country? :?
1t is not as those money greedy
capitalists want to have that the
Bolsheviks threaten this country
with radical ideas. 1t is they who
spread radical ideas in this country
through their corrupted system.
A. L.
The daily worker., 1930-07-25

proved that he knew they were
forgeries.
One Forger Flees.
After the fuss started, Wagner
went prowling on his own after the
name of the man who got him into
all of the trouble, the fellow who
ordered the printing job done. He
found out from friends of that in
dividual in the Russian daily news
paper that he was named Yassova,
and left for Europe when things got
hot.
All sorts of people Investigated
Wagner, mostly police spies and
Russian monarchists. Wagner point
ed to the private interpreter for
Bachman, Gregory Bernadsky, who
sits all the time back of the row
of congressman advising and coach
ing them, as one of the white guard
spies who came into his shop.
This Barnadsky was later sworn
in as interpreter for a shady in
dividual who said he had been a
member of the Cheka in the civil
war period in Russia, and helped
to send spies to U. S. to work in
Amtorg.
Djamgaroff testified, denie e d
everything, repeated the Whalen
story about the bribe, but admitted
that he had secret agents in Moscow
and was in touch with all "anti-
Communist work" He denied that
he was leader of the monarchists.
Djamgaroff Advises Fish.
Djamgaroff sat in the secret ses-
sion of the Fish Committee held at
noon.
Various Amtorg employees tes-
titled, and were not allowed to say
much. The congressman wanted
mainly to know what they were do
ing in the Soviet Union before they
came.
At the last moment, before the
committee adjourned to leave town
for it's trip to the industrial cities
of the West, the attorney for the
Amtorg got in evidence part of the
expert evidence, showing the Whalen
documents were crude forgeries
with names misspelled the same way
in letters supposedly written by diff
ferent persons, dates hopelessly mix.
ed (Grafpen getting letter in Mos
cow when he was in Berlin), offices
and slogans of the Communist In,
ternational all tangled up, etc. Most
of these facts have been made public
before by the Daily Worker.
H. Newton, of the American Ne
gro Labor Congress, subpoenaed by
Fish, was given just six minutes
They wouldn't let him talk, but onl,
! answer questions about Communism
The daily worker., 1930-07-25
and bombing planes.

and bombing planes.
While Rooseyelt's final appoint
ment is blocked until December, from
the past history of the Hoover re-
gime, there is little doubt that his
approval will then be rush e d
through.
The demand for independence in
the Philippines grows stronger each
day. Hoover receives the support
of the Filipino misleaders such as
Quezon, Osmenia, Roxas, Osias and
Co. who have been cooperating with
Stimson to defeat any real moves
for independence.
Reports by the Department of
Commerce show that there is a
rapidly-developing severe crisis in
the Philippines, with business at a
very low ebb. The drop in the price
of agricultural products, such as
sugar, copra, hemp, ETC., has hit the
great mass Of Filipino peasants
hard. Thousands of them are more
impoverished than usual, and literal
ly hundreds are being driven off
their land. This process will be
hastened by the more vicious and
conscious imperialist policy of the
Roosevelt type that Hoover wants
to foist on the Filipino masses in
the face of the growing struggle for
independence.
The daily worker., 1930-07-25
VET READY TO
FIGHT TO MAKE
SOVIET U.S.A,
All Vets Out On Aug.
First!
Brooklyn, N. Y.

Dear Editor
often wonder why Communism
and everything pertaining to it is
feared and hated. Did this country
not have a revolution once, and. in
fact, the wohle world at one time
or another had revolts?
But | believe that none can COM
pare with the revolution in Russia
(the Soviets). 1t is the only coun-
try in the world today that can say
it has, that is, on the average, no
selfish, greedy or otherwise cor
rupted individuals, of which there
are plenty in these United States
and other so-called civilized coun-
tries.
note that lot of fanatics are
inclined to believe that the Com
munist Party in this country is COM
posed of nothing more or less than
foreigners. Well, l for one, am no
foreigner, and l want to say that
| am devoted believer in the Com
munist Party, and there are plenty
more like me that sympathize with
the Party,
| am an ex-serviceman that was
in the last war when I was only Is
years of age (of course you under
stand l was full Of patriotism), but
l understand what that means now.
l am painter and work for myself
and I want to tell you it's tough.
What the Party needs is bigger
and better demonstrations, for it
surely pays to advertise. l for one
didn't know the Party existed until
l saw a demonstration at Union
Square one time.
l wonder where the 100 per CEN
ters could deport me to? suppose
they will say my nut is cracked or
that I'm misled.
A sap the other day said: "Why
don't you go to Russia? ?" told
him 1 didn't belong there and that
| was going to help make these
United States the same as it is over
there.
Sincerely,
j. P. C.
common oppressors, leaflet issued
by the A,N,L,C.
The daily worker., 1930-07-25

with a gesture of crossed fingers)
with Whalen, and proved it by show
ing a police reporters card given
by Whalen to the Djamgaroff spy
organization, which calls itself "The
A.-B.-C. News Service" He also
boasted that Mr.. Easley was his
very good friend.
Offers Type as Proof.
Max Wagner, the printer of the
forged letterheads, met decidedly
hostile committee of congressman.
He had to prove everything. AS a
printer of rs years experience, he
identified the letterheads on Wha-
lens forgeries, shown to him by
the committee, as having been
printed from his type. The commit
tee scoffed at his recognition of the
type.
He offered to produce the type
for microscopic or other observa-
tion.
And a recess was declared, then
another witness put on, and Wagner
went under guard to his shop, and
came back with the type, also with
bill showing when and from whom
he bought said type!
When ex-Police Commissio n e I
Whalen was on the stand, he testi-
fled that the police never investi-
gated Wagner, as he was regarded
as an unreliable character" But
Wagner testified yesterday that as
soon as Spivak began to visit around
evidently after Spivak had gone
to Whalen to tell him (as has beer
previously reported in other issues
of the Daily Worker) that there
was evidence of forgery, men came
down from police headquarters and
wanted to know everything. They
took samples of his type. The in
ference was obvious that Whaler
did not admit this investigation be,
cause he did not like to have II
The daily worker., 1930-07-25
PATRIOT ONCE
NOW INFLAMED
EMIT HUSIAST
But Only Organized
Struggle Can Win
Chicago, III.
NIIINoFBVi II
Editor Daily WORKER

Chicago, III.
Editor Daily WORKER
l used to be very patriotic and
very religious. Pm different now.
Too good to be true. Thanks to the
Communists and to the Daily
Worker for the true education.
I've been thinking things over
seriously. I've finally come to the
conclusion that this world does not
need two classes of people, one
class which owns everything and
the other class which is the over
whelming majority and owns moth
ing. Ut can be proven that it owns
nothing.)
Want Human World.
This is indeed a beautiful world
1t, too, wants to be liberated; it, too
wants to live. This world needs
the working class; it needs labor
for labor is life. Nothing moves
without labor, Everything without
labor is dead. If labor is life, then
labor is human, Remember these
two words "life, human"
/ used to think that anyone who
didn't believe in god hated himself
and everybody else, that he was
worse than a savage. How wrong
l was. | have attended many Com
munist meetings and will say that
I've seen real human beings. No
wonder people go wild" at the men,
tioning of the word Communism u
This world needs Communism as
a society befitting the same. II
wants to be a "heaven on earth" for
human beings, for the working
class.
Organization Necessary.
/ must mention that I'm not a
member of the Communist Party
just now. That's all about that
part.
Pm too enthusiastic.
wish l were a man that could
light a fire so big and so strong
that every man, woman and chile
in the whole world would feel, that
everyone would be transformed
that everyone would march forward
to the objective, until this cruel and
inhuman system is wiped off the
face of the earth and the Dictator
ship of the Proletariat established
in every land.
--EX-SERVICEMAN.
The daily worker., 1930-07-25
FOUGHT FOR WALL ST.; now JOBLESS
AND STARVING ON SCANTY DIET
All Fish Committees Can't Stop Jobless from
Becoming Radicalized He Says
New York.
To the Editor of the Daily worker:-

To the Editor of the Daily Worker:-
On the enzed the radical thoughts which rapidly
streaming into the minds the working result of this rotten
They employ only intellectual be-
humanity socaed leaders the workers
of the A. F. of L. and their kind help them their vicious work
The daily worker., 1930-07-25
.Des bite Ke bt
Press Lear 10 S
OF Communism
Middlebranch, Ohio
Daily Worker:

NllONlCDL GtllNlls NlIlCs
Daily Worker:
Sir:-l am recent convert to the
Communist system of government
and management of industry and l
understand why the Communists
have not increased in numbers
faster. had my political opinions
moulded by the daily press and
thought that the Communists were
a crazy bunch of radicals until l
read some stuff in a standard daily
paper that was knocking the Com
munists pretty hard. l thought it
over and concluded that it was just
bunk and lies, so | decided to look
for the truth about the Commu-
nists, with the result that l learned
the truth.
Communism Higher Stage.
l could plainly see that a Com
munist government is an improved
system of government, that will
abolish poverty and crime and raise
the people to higher state of
civilization. '
If the daily papers would tell the
truth about the Communists sys-
tenn for thirty days they (the Com
munists) would poll ninety per cent
of the vote in the 1880 elections.
Now, why do they tell such lies
about the Communist system? The
answer is this: The Communist de-
clares that all men are equal if
they are given an equal chance, and
with their system there is no rich,
favored class; the government and
industry is run for the benefit of
the masses and not for the exclu-
sive benefit of few rich men.
A worker who will take the
trouble to learn the truth about the
Communists will soon join them.
j. A.
The daily worker., 1930-07-25
.SCHARRENBERG
BETRAYS Mooney
AFL Chief Has $4,000
Job from Governor

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July "a.
Tom Mooney, from San Quentin,
has sharply criticized the role play
ed by Secretary Paul Scharrenberg,
of the California Labor Federation
(A.F.L.), in supporting Gov. c. c.
Young, who denied MONEYS pardon
plea.
Not only did Scharrenberg assist
in side-tracking a resolution censur-
ing the governor that was about to
pass the San Francisco labor coun-
ell after the Young decision, but
since then the executive body of the
State Federation has endorsed
Young as a friend of labor!
When Scharrenberg was opposing
the anti Young resolution before the
San Francisco Council, John Mooney,
Toms brother, accused him of lis
tening to his masters voice. Schar-
renberg is Young appointee to the
State Harbor Commission, drawing
$4,000 a year from this post, in ad-
dition to the salaries he receives as
secretary of the State Federation
and editor of the international Sea
mems journal, organ of the nearly
dead international Seamen's I'm
ion" that lines up with the owners
against the Marine Workers Indus
trial Union.
Young has harnessed several 9TH
er labor" leaders to his wagon for
the close race he expects in the
August republican primaries. Then
he meets Buron Fits, the Los An
geles district attorney and Mayor
James Rolph, of San Francisco, a
veteran hand-shaking politician who
shines at county fairs and milking
contests.
The San Francisco labor council
has since petitioned Young to re-
open the Mooney case.
The daily worker., 1930-07-25
Detroit TOILERS
RALLY TO AUG. |

DETROIT, Mich, July 24.-De-
scribing the economic crisis grip
ping the capitalist world and the
bosses efforts to place its miseries
upon the backs of the workers, the
Communist Party, in a leaflet dis
tributed throughout the city, calls
upon the workers here to demon
strate August 1 against the imper-
ialist war and interventionist plots
against the Soviet Union at Csss
Park, Second Blvd, at Temple.
Under the slogan, "Not Penny
for Armaments; But Every Dollar
The daily worker., 1930-07-25

common oppressors, leaflet issued
by the A.N.L.C.
The daily worker., 1930-07-25
GOVERNMENT AND
NONARCHISTS IN
FISH WAR SCHEME
Involve Easley, VOL
In Fish Committee

Continued from Page One)
tration, and the department of state
in particular are the leaders of the
International drive for war against
the Soviet Union.
Mobilize August 1st.
Workers of America must mob
ilize in full force August 1st to pro-
test this program of big business,
and it's state department its con-
gressional committee, its police and
spies and forgers and pampered
white guard reactionaries.
Dunno Elected.
When Bill Dunno yesterday
showed his credentials and de-
manded admittance to the commit
tee room as representative of the
Daily Worker, the organ of the
Communist Party, he was elected
by two cops at the order of the
secretary. He came back to the door
of the committee room and stated,
loud enough so all could hear: 81
represent the Communist Party or
gan, the Daily Worker, and demand
to be allowed in the room" A
couple of police threw him out.
Spivak got on at 11:40, and had
only the period until the noon re-
cess. Half of what he had to say
was ruled out, and the witness de-
MED the right to speak, on the
ground that it was hearsay-this
after the vaguest and most far
fetched hearsay has been gladly ac-
cepted from Woll, Leary of the N.
Y. World, Wood, and Whalen.
Spivak's lawyer pointed out accep-
tance from Whalen of hearsay "evi-
dence" given Whalen by a police
lieutenant that Spivak tried to bribe
Djamgaroff.
In Spivak's statement (not al
lowed in evidence) the points thus
ruled out of the record by the Fish
Committee include these:
Djamgaroff's Spies.
"Djamgaroff's statement to ME
that he had a vast espionage sys-
tenn getting information from high
sources, was verified by the fact
that he learned that l had the docu-
ments."
Previously Spivak had described
how he found the duplicate proofs
of the Whalen forgeries in Max
Wagner's print shop. These proofs
are the documents referred to.
Spivak continues, in the state
ment barred by the committee:
Easley Had Forgeries.
81 started digging around in ac-
cordance with the instructionssfrom
my editor to get to the bottom of
the whole thing. In the course of
the investigation I learned that
one Ralph Easley, secretary of the
National Civic Federation, had had
these forged documents in Washing
ton six weeks before Mr.. Whalen
issued them to the press and at the
odiiiS biHiS oiidG IilOoc OOCufll6IlUS
were offered for sale to the Wash
ington correspondent"
In his testimony on the stand,
Spivak stated that Horan of the
Universal News Service told him
that the .Whalen forgeries were Of
fered to him six weeks before
Whalen made them public. Spivak
protected Horan's name at his re-
quest until Whalen dragged it into
the Fish hearings and attempted to
discredit both Spivak and Horan
with the story of their trying to
bribe Djamgaroff. This was Wha-
lens barrage against the story of
his own relations with the forgers
of the documents.
Spivak's statement, suppressed by
the Fish comrittee, continues:
Stimson Family Pays Djamgaroff.
"In the course of further digging
learned that Mrs. Henry Loomis,
The daily worker., 1930-07-25
NEWTON TO SPEAK IN
PHILA., JULY Is, SP. M.

PHILADELPHIA, July 24.-With
Herbert Newton, National Organ
izer of the American Negro Labor
Congress and Atlanta defendant
scheduled 20 speak, mas meeting
has been arranged by the A.N,L.C.
for Friday, July 25, at 8 p. M, at
the Marine Workers Hall, 121 Cath
crime St.
Calling upon Negro and white
workers to attend the meeting and
strengthen the fight against the
The daily worker., 1930-07-25

for the Unemployed" the leaflet
tells of the fierce attack the auto
bosses have launched against the
auto workers, and the answer the
workers must give to this attack
strike struggle.
Workers organizations, trade
union groups of the Trade Union
Unity League and Councils of the
Unemployed are rallying their
members for a huge demonstration
on International Anti-War Day.
The Washington times., 1930-10-28
3 Women Seek office
In Montgomery Co.

ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. %.
Sample ballots now being dis
tributed in Montgomery county
by the Montgomery Government
Club, of which j. Bond Smith,
county administration leader at
Takoma Park, Md, is secretary,
show only three women candidates
for election on November 4 on the
five tickets Of Democrats, Re.
publicans. Socialists, LaboriteS
and Communists.
However, these three are play.
ing for good stakes. Elizabeth
Gilman, Of Baltimore, would be
governor on the Socialist ticket;
Lena Lipman, of Baltimore, as
pires to be comptroller of The
Currency on the Communist
ticket, while Lavinia Engle, Of
Forest Glen, is said to be certain
to be elected to the house of
delegates on the Democratic
ticket.
The Washington times., 1930-10-28
EXTORTION LAID.
To 4 BY JURY

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va,
Oct. 2S.-The grand jury In
Berkley county has indicted an
attorney, his stenographer, a pri.
vate detective formerly in the
prohibition service, and a fourth
person, a woman, for extortion.
Allen B. Noll, formerly prosecut-
ing attorney Of the county: Miss
Lucille B. Rind, his stenographer;
e. M. Rinker, detective, and
Mrs. Annie M. Smith are the
persons indicted.
The indictment, containing six
counts, charges the four with ex-
torting $500 from James Butts,
70, of Martinsburg, under threat
of prosecuting him for alleged
illegal acts.
The investigation leading to
the indictment was conducted by
Sheriff E. F. Thomas, who states
it was called to his attention by
Mrs. George Edwards, of the
county, who told him she had
heard of reputed plans to get
Butts money.
The Washington times., 1930-10-28
Navy Orders

Comdr. Allan S. Farquhar, to
command Destroyer Division 46,
instead of to command Destroyer
Division Is.
Lieut.. Comdr. Homer C. Wick.
to aide on staff, Carrier Division
/, United States fleet.
Lieut.. George c. Hern, to COM
mand United States steamship
O-8.
Lieut.. David B. Justice, to
United States steamship Chester.
Lieut.. James D. Lowry, jr., to
command United States Squadron
6-S, Carrier Division |, United
States fleet.
Lieut.. Malcolm F.. Schoeffel, to
gunnery and tactical officer, Car
rier Division, United States fleet.
Ensign Julian H. Leggett, resig-
nation accepted effective January
IA. 1881. 49,
Ensign Elmer C. Powell. resig-
nation accepted. effective Febru-
airy 3, 1891.
The Washington times., 1930-10-28
FAIRFAX TALKS
BOND ISSUE

FALLS CHURCH, Va, Oct. %.
Work on the installation of water
mains in East Falls Church was
begun today by the Water Depart
.ment of Arlington county after a
long period of suffering from the
drought.
East Falls Church is the only
portion of the town lying in
Arlington county, and a question
as to whether the Arlington Of
ficials have the right to extend
the mains into the other portions
of the town, which are in Fairfax
county, exists. This question has
been submitted to several aTtor-
neys by the officials of Falls
Church with a view to getting a
legal opinion upon the matter be-
fore going ahead with plans.
Meanwhile, at a recent meeting
of the joint committee of citizens
of Falls Church and the town
council, the matter of floating a
bond issue for the purpose Of in
stalling a municipal water system
was discussed at great length and
approved by most Of the members.
If a definite decision is reached
soon it will be presented to the
citizens of the town for a refer
endum vote. ''''..