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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22
BY ED. FALKOWSKI

Reprint from MOSCOW NEWS
The Five-day Weekly published for
English speaking people in the So
Wet Union-Ed.
Tucked away somewhere in the
mass Of buildings whose windows
threw yellow squares of light against
the dark, was the court, it's location
such that you almost have to get
arrested to find it.
1t lacks all the theatrical claptrap
and solemnity of the capitalist court:
no thick buckram- bound volumes; no
seal-stampers; not even a bible for
witnesses are believed or disbelieved
without medievalizing.
The court is cold basement in a
backyard, which serve the purpose Of
neighborhood club when the court
is not in session. The stage is still
majestic with the scenic leftovers Of
the last dramatic exertions Of local
talent. There are gyrnastic bars and
trapeze-hooks in evidence. But to-
night these trappings are brushed to
the sidelines. On the stage behind a
red-draped table sit three judges. In
private life they are bookkeeper, a
metallist and tailor.
The neighborhood court has grown
up in the last two years in the Soviet
Union. 1t organizes neighborly public
opinion to decide its cases, avoiding
even the slight formality Of the Or
binary Peoples Courts" No person
who has been Judge, a prosecutor
or officer Of the law professionally,
may sit on the bench of a neighbor-
hood court: These Judges" are
neighbors; they know every mans
drinking capacity and omestic
habits.
Those Neighbors!
The cases are neighborly ones. For
no one can avoid having neighbors
In Moscow and living at humping
range with them. The community
kitchen where six primuses function
in a chorus at one time to the tune
of Kasha give delightful opportunity
for bit Of neighborly friction. II
this doesn't bring about results, wash
day does it, particularly if your wash
day conflicts with your neighbors.
The result is always: The Neighbor-
hood Court.
more Culture for the Defendants"
Here was case where Citizen
Fumkova, while washing clothes, was
suddenly irritated by Citizen Moloda
whom she swatted around with
an unwrung mans shirt. Whereupon
the latter grabbed pot of water and
attempted to battle the former. Thus
matters reached the Intervention
/ stage, and the Court was now listen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22

to build a better world for all And
we will do 1t! (Hotel darkens COM
pletely. All raise their work tools in
readiness to march of. They shade
their eyes with right hand gazing
through the darkness towards the
eastern horizon. Those in lead ex-
claim:
We see red star! Onward, toilers
to . new Nfel "a reverbrating mass
shout is hearN Strike! (The process
sion marches Of with heavy tread.)
Scene Changes.
(Past midnight. Darkness Intense
silence. Somewhere in the distance the
cheerful Growing Of cock is heard.
Gradually vast landscape Of slum-
bering industrial cities begins to ap-
pear. Upon this landscape various
professions are cropping silently in the
darkness. Now they almost touch
one another Suddenly they part
again. General confusion follows. A
paragon Of various languages and ex-
carnations are heard from the dark
ress. Once more dense darkness
blankets all the cropping professions
from view Distant rumbling is heard
followed by silence)
A VOICE (from the darkness) !:
Fellow workers. What language do
you speak?
A VOICE FROM ANOTHER PRO-
CESSION: The language Of poverty
and oppressionl The language of the
working class!-And you?
A VOICE IN ANSWER eagerly !:
The same language. Brother, come
closer! Or we will perish!
ANOTHER VOICE: How far away
are you, brother?
VOICE ANSWERS: We seem to
be very close one to another. and yet
so far. r. i
VOICE (courageously): Let us find
the way. Dawn is not far i
(Cock crows cheerfully. General COM
motion and Joy from all professions.
They are seen marching closer and
closer together, though still cropping
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22
Stenos, Job>Hunting,
Hoover and Pickles
President Blesses the 81 Varieties Where Girls
Get Twenty Cents An Hour

you have to be no older than IS or 16
to get that job. I, she said. was too
old 90, start at bean-sorting. The
older girls are put on machines, and
I'VE don't need any help right now"
A SECOND visit. A sesond inter-
n view by another mice lady," as
seven skinny young girls, just out Of
school shuffles past, lunch packages
under their arms, following fore
lady, to be assigned to work. Twenty
cents an hour, from 7.3o to Sis.
The lady's Next, please" sounded
like talking-machine. How old are
you?" How many in your family?"
DO you live at homer" What does
your father do?" where did you
work before, and what did you do?"
Are you n1arried?"I answered has
tily. awkwardly.
She filed out a slip, all the while
telling me that others had applied
some months before. and ut is only
fair to give them first choice"
Hoover Biesses Slavery.
But Heinz is kind to its employees.
Just around the corner from the
b,ock-long factory is the Heinz Set
tlement House, dedicated to the
education and building of the youth"
Last week, Howard Heinz. president
of the H. ]. Heinz Co., blessed by
President Hoover, who Joined in the
celebration, dedicated new audi
torium and recreation center out OF
the profits squeezed from the workers.
Hoover stepped in to spread
Happiness" On this occasion, ut
Is "a satisfaction to engage
for a moment in the anniversary
Of the establishment which has
a record CT over sixty years of
continuous industrial peace" Now.
at last, preInature!y old school
girls can forget their tired backs
and numb fingers, and rejoice in
this new proof of mutual interest
and humane relations between
employer and employe."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22

git bitten.
I'VE wuz paid sixty cents for a
hundred trees. If we worked from
sun to sun, we cud do maybe three
hundred trees a day. The boss man,
he went along with a liz book, n
wfin you finish a tree, you call out
your number. Mine was treble. I'd
say Treble n he'd holler back
Treble n write it down in tn III
book. Only sometimes. he forgot to
write.
Men ma sister worked with ma
momna three years, scrapping pine
needles. Uh2 Nav, we never got no
schoolin'. Leastways, diden. Ma
sis, she went a few weeks.
GcTHIN, whin wuz twelve, I took to
tapping trees, in the turpentine
swamps. You start out, so early In
tn mornin', you can't see one tree
from tother Feel your way along
with your hands. Your feet slip in
the mud. You work with a long
handled thing, with a carved-pointed
thing at the end. You makes "
shaped cut, n the sap runs out in a
liz cup, underneath. Thin men
come along n scoop 1t up in ladies'
BY noon, mebbe you've made dollar
BY nightfall, Use so tired, I'd just
come home n drop down. Ma sister'd
hold ma head in her lap, n weep
oyah me.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22
A Neighborhood
Court In Moscow
Workers Use Courts to Socialize Their Mem
bers, Not to Wreck Vengeance

ing to the two or more sides Of the
story at once. In fact. the judge had
hard time getting in a word edge
ways by way Of comment.
When most Of the evidence was
heard and the rest not listened to-
the court retired behind the forest
that is to say, the scenery that
still told of the last dramatic ex-
ertions of the local talent.
Five minutes later they reappeared.
the Judge leach Of the three has his
turn at being judge) trying to read
his own handwriting with painful
success:
Citizen Fumkova, for behaving in
an neighborly fashion, for swatting
Citizen Molloda, and for using bad
language, 8 roubles fine.
Citizen Molloda, for splitting pot
Of water on the aforesaid citizen and
swearing and being rough generally.
roubles fine.
Demand Higher Fines
TOO little!" cried everyone, includ-
ing defandent and plaintiff. The hus-
bands of both women dramatically
Sprang out of the audience, and con-
fronted the Judges with energetic de-
mands for more drastic punishment.
The judges for a moment seemed lost.
Finally the elder one spoke mot
the littleneSs Of the fine is impor-
tant," he said. We can make the
fine heavier if we wish. But we want
both comrades besides paying the fine
to participate In local cultural activ-
ity. To take en- interest in public
affairs. To live like human beings
after the manner Of Comrades. II
further quarrels occur, we assure you
we can also be severe"
Money fer Culture Fund
The fine money goes to the cultural
fund Of the "neighborhood" this may
be either a cluster of apartment
houses or the district surrounding
some large factory; it is used for kin
dergardens. libraries, schools for the
illiterate. The Court serves after
working hours and without pay; the
jury is anyone who happens to drop
| in during the sessions.
1--WE don't believe in severity" ex-
planned the judge. eve try to induce
the comrades to take part in public
life. The illiterate, for hooliganism,
are sentenced to study the alphabet
so many hours each week"
Aren't the sentences too nght2"
I asked. well" smiled the judge.
when we sentence an illiterate per-
son to study the alphabet, he seldom
comes back before the court again.
Apparently the sentence is severe
enough"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22

you, vultures! We still remember!
To hell with you! CRumbliag and
approval from the masses. A cops
shrill whistle is heard in the dis
tance.)
A VOICE: 1t is not bread alone
that we want. We demand what is
due us as workers and producers Of
the worlds wealth! (From all around
voices of approval Yes, we de-
mand! Orchestra in dining salon in
creases to mad tempo. All pick up
their tools in readiness. The hotel
lights, except those in the dining
room are extinguished. On the yellow
window shades silhouettes of servants
are seen carrying heavily laden trays
with food and drink. Silhouettes Of
merry diners are seen drinking toasts
to one another.)
A VOICE FROM BELOW: Fiddle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22

on! Nero! The bricklayer who has
built this magnificent hotel is job
less and hungry out here in the cold
street! He demands :! and he is
not alone! Our numbers are grow
ingl
A woMAN's VOICE from among
the jobless (embittered): I am a
mother Of two sons! Both have
fought other mothers sons in the
last war. One was killed! prolonged
silence.) He shed other toilers'
blood at the masters command. Death
has wiped away the eternal scourge
Of his conscience. Mu5ic in hotel
rises to wild pitch, and ends
abruptly The other one is tramp
ing the streets like a spectre, dazed,
hungry, watching for the opportunity
to fight the guilty ones. Death has
spared him :. "a cops shrill whistle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22

silhouette of man appears running
from the alley eating some breado
1--WE" are the victors! 1--WE" have won
the war!
ANOTHER MAN CVictoriously): To
the victor belongs the spells. =.
(From the darkness Of the alley
figures trickle out and disappear
silently into the darkness. From
these, however, a number are seen
separating, each carrying his respec-
tive tool, such as picks, axes, brick
hod, fork and rake. Among them are
men in soldiers uniform. farmer,
and a woman. AL rest their tools
against the wall Of the hotel. Silence.
They move about restlessly in an ef-
fort to keep warm, and mass in front
Of the brilliantly lighted hotel. The
cops shrill whistle is heard again in
the distance. Gittering autos roll by
and halt at hotel entrance.)
A VOICE OF man with upturned
coat collar (Brandishing threatening
fst): Well, we are still hungry and
cold, damn you'll
ANOTHER VOICE bitterly: And
Inundated God damn 1t. humi-
Eated!.
ANOTHER VOICE (tall man look
ing upward: The day is not far
(Silence. A lone forboding ship siren
is heard in the distance) TO action,
men, dreams viii avail you nothing.
"a pouchy cleric appears in entrance
Of the hotel)
A VOICE FROM THE STREET:
(mockingly) Praised be the lord
(From above a shaft Of brilliant
white light sweeps across the process
sion on the dark street. The dron-
ming Of an airplane is heard)
A VOICE: 1t is the ever wakeful
eye of the oppressor. 1t never rests
It always fears its enemies, the OPP
pressed. 1t fears the red dawn that
will follow the dark night.
CLERIC: Come my good men. We
have warm meal and bed provided
for you, the worthy poor, in gods
house. (Somewhere in the night &
dog bays }
A VOICE FROM THE STREET
And there again to find the banker
and the war maker Ironically,
Good men, indeedl Too good, tot
patient and too meek with thu
worlds robbers and their toolsl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22
BY BENICE MZCHAELsoN


President Koever Eztols Peace
In Tn5Ecs-y-S-eal.s in WcTid-Vgiae
Eoo.-up for Ce!cST=33:on by Heinz
Company in P.ttssurgs." New York
Times.
MOT a thing today. Sorry" The
~ nonsy-voiced young lady smiles
mechanically. And I leave the en-
ploymsnt off1ce.
I'm an o1ice worker out Of job,
in Pittsburgh. The Help Wanted
columns carry of.ce work ads about
twice a week, and these call mostly
for clerks just out Of school You
start OFT, willing to work for a few
dollars lees than you once got-any-
thing to get a joo. Then, as the
weeks rac5, and you receive the same,
sweet, polite mot a thing today"
from the agencies every morning. you
come down five, ten, even twelve DOL
lars les, until you're willing to work
for enough to get your lunch and
cerfare-if you're lucky to get that
much. Pittsburgh salaries for Office
workers range from $3.50 week for
BEGINNERS, to SI3-s2O-s22 for expert
erced stencgraphers and bookkeep-
ers. You've got to have ten years
experience to get SIS.
s'-ne Workshop Of the World"
Eerc, IN Pittsburgh, the unemployed
roam the streets, try the factories
from time to time, stand in line for
hours before the soup kitchens, hun
cry. Christ, it's hellish cold! Don't
know how I'll 1--we through the win
ter" You can see them in ooorways,
alleys; aid when there's balzny day,
once in a while, they go to the park
and sit on benches, and plead from
passers-by: Say. buddy. Got butt9"
But, with increasing unemployment
and naore hunger, many workers are
awakening and learning the value OF
solidarity.
The first time I went to the Heinz
factory it was to distribute leaflets
to the unemployed calling them to a
meeting. It was mean, drizzly day.
Got there z a. m. in time to catch
the girls who applied for jobs. Not
one 5howed up. Heinz isn't hiring"
the gateman explained. Well-of1ce
hobs are scarce, alright, Let's in
yestieate chances here, So I stuffed
the leaflets into my inside pockets
and went into the employment Office.
Talked like tin1id, young school,
girl, Eyes manned" her. and found
out a little about the rules: girls
must wear uniforms and caps; must
be in on time, and no leaves; must
have clean hands and fingernails.
Superior Pickles"
sOurs is pure-food factory" she
secited professionally, land what we
make goes into many homes. 1t may
sometimes reach even our own
home"
She was mice lady" Rather
plump. baby-pink complexion, a blue
sIk ensemble" with orange silk
blouse. She fitted right into the Of
nee, with its enormous wall painting,
rugs, wicker furniture, and its atmo-
sphere Of sheltered complacency.
They pay bean-sorters zoe an hour.
from 7.30 a. m. until SIS p. m. And
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22
YOUNG RED CHINA
BY DAVE HOROWITZ.

The ruins of the rice fields are desolate,
And our old men mourn for the dead
That outnumber the stars in the heavens.
White missionaries promise salvation
But we hear the guns of Imperialism
Saluting our christian general
And the blood of the people is a flood
And our old men grieve for the dead
But hear We the voice of the sullen
Lift from the ruins of the land!
Oh! Hear we the roar of the people
Breaking the wind in the field!
Young China was dreaming of freedom
Arise! Ye prisoners of starvation
The flag of our youth is red-Red
The blood of the people is flood-rising-
Down with the land-owning lords!
Death to the dogs of Imperialism!
See! The chains of the masters are rotted;
No more traditions chains shall bind us.
Forward! For the Soviets are marching
And the people-for bread-for land
To forge a new World Proletarian Power!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22

Woman brandishes a threatening fist
at dining room windows where
silhouettes OF wealthy danes are seen
chatting at a table, in the center Of
which a huge bull dog Is sitting)
Cali in Unison) We demand work!
VOICES FROM THE MASS: Our
families are starving!
We have reached the limit Of our
suffering.
We will starve no longer!
We shall save the world!
We can build houses! We can
make clothingl We can join forces
with our brother workers across the
seas who have freed themselves from
their oppressors and are no longer
starving!
We can fight!
ENTIRE MASS: We can go down
to the very gates Of hell If necessary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22

in the dense darkness. Crimson
streaks Of dawn appear on the east
ern horizon .. }
A VOICE (joyously): I feel the
earth rocking under me. Is 1t the
coming Of the new day? fear Il.
have been cropping in the darkness.
it seems. for centuries. Now, I am
afraid Of the rising sun. -!
A VOICE: Fear will not halt the
rise OF the sun. Lone men fear.
Let us get together, understand
one another, and all fear will disap-
pear from the earth :! (joyously)
I too feel an earth tremor f. CThey
all grope very closely one to another.
Cock crows. Suddenly Joy and COM
motion. In the distance a red pro-
cession, like spark of dawn out Of
the crimson eastern horizon, ap-
pears carrying a red flag blazing
through the dark night closer and
closer, marching forward towards
these still cropping in the darkness.
Suddenly a shout of Joy is heard:
Comrades" The sky lightens voices
from the masses.
Fellow workers!
see the sun rise!
The day is coming!
Ay, brothers! We all look alike ..
We shall suffer no more!
How?
IT your mighty arm only will, all
wheels will stand still" Tools down
for universal workers solidarity
against the war mongers! General
commotion, Joy, and greetings. All
groups finally march out Of the dark
ness and group together in one seeth-
ing mass. The group carrying the
red flag is in the center above all.
In the distance as the sun rises. the
singing Of the international is heard
family. The song is rolling like .
thunder closer and closer. Finally q
reverberating mass shout from all the
groups is heard: Work or wages!
Strike! 'Strike'!"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22
By MEYER DWORKIN

(Autumn. Midnight. An indus
trial city in deep chill and early frost.
Occasionally ship sirens, gloomy and
forbidding, are heard in the distance.
A yellow blotted moon drifts across
hay sky. Deep silence.
In a narrow and dark alley, sur
rounded by magnificent skyscrapers,
siIhouettes of men, women and child
sen huddled together in the dark
neos, are seen standing In a row. The
nans reaches out into moonlit ave-
uus, past which expensive autonio-
hales are seen rolling by. One OF the
slyscrspers, to the left Of the alley,
d q fashionable hotel, in which every
window is illuminated with blazing
white lights. From its luxurious
dining salon, merry music. hand
elapping and laughter are heard
IN the alley among the silhouettes
Mere are signs Of restlessness
children are heard crying.)
A VOICE IN THE ROW: Patience
my good fellow citizens. the gluttons
behind the silk Grapes will soon be
Through. I can tell by the dreamy
music and the clinking wine
klacses. Music and laughter above
increases in volune).-
ANOTHER VOICE OF "A sILHOU.
ETTE: (shivering with cold. Sar'
cast.cally.) I got 1t ). The rich are
rich because they obey the law {.
General laughter0
ANOTHER VOICE: (speaks der
isively in a loud voice) My idea
gentlemen, is, they are rich becaus'
the claw" obeys them :. :! "a cop'
shr,Il whistle is heard, and in tn
alley the sounds Of changing garbag'
cans. The silhouettes begin to rush
A door in the alley opens and
porter calls out):
PORTER: Patience my men, tn
last course hasn't been served YET
They are drinking the wine now
door closes. Again darkness an
silence, broken by dance music. TIL
porter appears again-He motion
them to move up forward. A STAN
pede occurs. General commotion an
sounds Of emptying garbage cans.
A VOICE OF A MAN: Gronically
Women and children first! "a Ia
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22
WORK. OR WAGES
A Play on a Revolutionary Theme

still remember the war-and the das-
tardly part you black robed hirelings
played in it. Even at the front. where
capitalist civilization was crashing
before your very eyes, you haven't
failed to serve the worlds assassins,
the robbing master-class! You how
cred about us dispatching our souls
into eternity even before the MASTER
class had riddled our bodies with
bullets. How we hated the sight Of
The Washington times., 1930-09-25
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The Washington times., 1930-09-25

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The Washington times., 1930-09-25

A real convenience for
quickly and easily curling
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The Washington times., 1930-09-25

A mild. enjoyable cigar with
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The Washington times., 1930-09-25

team manager. This interesting game
has all the plays of baseball. 1t will
keen you interested through the last
inning. Each game comes complete
with score cards.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-08
:

Cl There arc no giant redwood trees I'm Indiana. C1 In pulling 49, 49,.
over the tractor would be much farther from III I'm order not ID Nv hin
~ The left lapel Of the mans coat 4 missing. tJ The girls left ~ NJ
missing Isl The scrambled word Is ANTIQUE
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-08

There are at least four mistakes In the above picture They may per-
tain to grammar. history. etiquette. drawing or whatnot. see II you can
find them Then look at the scrambled word below-and unscranhla ~.
BY switching the letters around. Grade yourself 20 for each OF the mis-
takes you find and 20 for the word II you unscramble IT,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-30
In the Stock Market
cBy Thomson g. McKinnonl

NEW YORK. June 30.-Without
endeavoring to pass judgment upon
the facts, the National Business
Council gives us concise and no
doubt, accurate cross section of cur
rent business conditions. This sur
vey, along with that of one of our
leading banks, however, contributes
nothing really new. At least we fail
to find anything alarming and pos
sibly something encouraging. A
point we'll taken and probably what
lies at the root of our present de-
pressed state of business mind is the
unfairness of comparing this years
industrial activity with that Of last
year.
Unquestionably we are paying for
the excess industrial production in
dulged in last year and many fac
tories are resting today to permit
consumption to use up the unwise
accumulation. Many situations I'M
doubtedly have yet to work out and
will be reflected in poor earnings
statements and reduced dividends.
On the other hand, we are not with
out companies which seem to have
corrected pretty well their readjust-
ment. To an investor primarily in
terested in the security of principal
and remuneration of yield there are
many individual opportunities of
attractive investments. The mar
ket generally, for the time being,
should proceed along an orderly
trading course.