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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-13
Lonesome Like" ON Air.

A one-act play, Lonesome Like"
adapted for the air and directed by C..
L. Mesner. is to be presented in the
Miniature Theater on WIZ and stations
Saturday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-13

don't ever call him Wilfred. I don't
know how well he likes it, but Bill
seems to fit better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-13

Polish Contralto in Recital.
Constance Hejda, Polish contralto,
will appear in song recital at wBAL
Friday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08
Starving the Babies

WHEN August which, with support
Tammanys Fealth Commissioner used the
e drought to raise milk that because farmers
extra feed they would normally do only in winter
Daily against
whose children would this food
Now, prces-but only a miserable
quart the mid
pasture? Hardly!
And this fact shows that the milk trust the falsely called "Damens
which dominates lied orageous
when it raised prices in August
Further protected undoubtedly
part Tammany
preensons of sotud the public health" but sham to
criminal against the health lives of the
babies of New York workers
milk the ridiculous
the obcey published admission that
fallen off than million
if that the each less would have
milk workers children of million working chill
body weakened mental robbed
of this simple but vital food-nhk
a murder
punished only civilized country
by firing squad But here in capitalist America after little fake
investigation" continue
and the grating politicians health" officials
The absurd reduction" of cent quart 5 instead
Is cents Grade By utterly inadequate bring
jobess many part
and still other thousands suffering fifteen
milk for which the trust farmers price of four five
still beyond ability
who continue to their babies
We that this in
nocent sport And that the Tammany guilty
conspiracy workers not expect relief
capitalists their
tribute should be allowed the
wages for all employed
therefore struggle these de-
mands and demand that until such demands
be this city responsible
nshng through the school system adequate
vel. for all workers children.
Stop the starvation of workers babies!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08
Against War Civil War!

THE licking chops anticipation of the war it
self lamb peace
cabinet in an inter
published Dec thus endeavors to sify
the ambitions of French imperialism
the territory passionate
Inventor of the idea of an European Federation te Soviet
Union left out the
organized which
amoufage the feverh preparations
as heart breaking struggle for peace"
essential vastly
cened about what the workers think and tries
French imperialism generally the
against the warmakers who somebody
quite definite the interviewer marks it down that this somebody
is"the of Communism"
This quite with leading mperaist France
in the plot against the proven Moscow
trials OF Ramzn and Co Indeed Brands plainly
1T was undoubtedly the danger of contamination
munim that formed the basis of the first
Editor
In adjusting the peace mask firmly imperast
France BRAND must pretend opposition
the masses feel So he out with the
IF war were to break out conditions would
same as in 1914 The nation responsible of
would certainly have TO face something
OF course BRAND in his innocence" to
nation responsible must, of be the Unionl
BY this trick BRAND the other
wal tney cannot ao ey caotD make the the
Union revolt against the Workers they hope least to
countries It is the old gao
of pretending that "the enemy
But scarcely such empty subterfug robber
bands who at this hastily year. in
1881 against the Soviet Republic of Workers and Peasants
Nor is capitalist America left poers the con-
rar BRAND especially remarked cooperation of
peace"
Such gigantic sconuy rejected every
proposal Tor either total partial disarmament
Onion in the last years. scoundrel for those who
armng to the teeth
and Peasants Soviet Repubhcl
Yet BRAND spoke a,
war Only the workers the ng and loving everywhere
nuong capitalist America will not accept the definition
poters to who eponsibe look pon the soviet
as responsible but their governments! $500
So will let Brands warning stand gentlemen as or uarr,
to you: Against war-civl war!"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08

the last world slaughter.
The war supplies which every fac
tory can turn out are listed, and con-
tracts are already signed! And about
labor-Major Quinton says that these
war makers are figuring out just how
many workers will be needed, and
how to distribute them, and-to see
thai you are controlled" you work
ers, the U. S. Army is figuring on:
THE means by which Industrial
cooperation between management
and labor in the production of tn
armies supplies may be secured"
This means that the U. S. Army
already working with the reactionary,
strike-breaking leaders of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, with the
Greens, VOLS, Hutchinsons and thai
tribe, to handcuff and gag all work
erS who protest against wage and
working conditions in the war the
U. S. Army is preparing! Green, in
statements made in the capitalist
press, has already agreed to support
CONSUMPTION of labor in time of war!
Naturally, the capitalists are not
not expecting peace if they are pre-
pairing for war. War is coming!
Coming soon! And the General Staff
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08

torneyS Of Kuprianov and Sytnin
respectively (the other 6 accused re-
fused counciD.
Both attorneys admitted the guilt
of the two defendants, but based
their defense on the plea that they
we're not the chief guilty ones. They
made sentimental pleas regarding
the moral collapse" of the two
counter-revolutionaries and promised
that they would reform and do use
full work in the future.
Ramzin made crafty, hypocriti-
cal speech, declaring that he had
undergone complete change of
heart and that he desired to work
for socialist construction (strange
how overnight these hardened coun-'
ter-revolutionists who throughout
their lives faithfully served the
bourgeoisie, suddenly have been
seized with the desire to build social
ismD He declared that there are
only two paths: one to the left lead
ing towards socialism, the other to
the right leading to Paris, sabotage.
espionage and treason. Neutrality is
impossible. 1.-THE French Govern
ment," Ramzin declared, lis the chief
inspirer of intervention, and is the
center of the struggle against the
Soviet Union. 1t bears the chief
blame for the next war"
The other accused took his cue
from Ramzin. He paid tribute to
the brilliant successes Of socialist
construction during the last two
years to which he was previously
blind CHS sudden sight is remark
able! The truth is that he wasn't
blind previously, but saw socialist
upbuilding only to be filled with the
desire to destroy it. Now, faced
with the collapse Of all their plot
tings and with death, the wreckers
grow rhapsodical about the achieve
ments of the working-class despite
their treacherous wrecking).
All of the accused defended them
selves against the charges of Kry-
lenko that the original confessions
were not complete. BY some curious
coincidence, all of them kad "for-
gotten" the little matter ABOUT con-
crete preparations for Intervention
in the border areas: drainage of the
ground to permit the passing OF
-.,- Scontiaaed On Rssa Thzsae
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08
Workers Lines Are IN Danger!
Government Arms for War!

Workers! Your lives are in dam
ger! War is being prepared War
in which your bodies will be Snatched
away from your wives and your chill
dren and, dressed in uniforms which
may serve as your burial garments,
will be thrown onto great battlefields
covered with poison gas and swept by
explosives!
War is being prepared, workers,
while you are lulled to a false sense
of security with lying chatter about
peace pacts," disarmament" and
what not.
Do not take our word for it. We
are Communists, reds" and the
capitalists, through their thousands
of newspapers, radios and movies,
have been teaching you that we
"reds" are awful people" We are
awful" yes, but only to the capt.
taliStS who exploit you in peace and
slaughter you in war. But now a
capitalist and good patriot" speaks.
He is Major A. B. Quinton, of the
Ordinance Department of the U. S.
Army and Instructor in the Army In
dustrial College.
Major Quinton wrote an article
but not for workers. He wrote it in
the October, 1880, issue of the "Har-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08
STARVE IN EDGE
WATER PLANT
Wage of $1,000 a Week
Hundreds Laid Off

EDGEWATER, N. j., Dec. T.
Fords big Edgewater assembly plant,
capable of producing 800 cars a day
and now being shown off to visitors
from New York and surrounding
towns as a miracle of modern en-
gineering, is a starvation pen for the
1000 or $500 workers still left in it.
There have been two lay-offs, the
last one laid off 1900 men week
ago, There is a rumor the whole
plant will close for two or three
weeks after Dec. 16.
Those still in the place work on
a line (belt) with a speed of 30 or
more inches minute, and work only
four hours day, three days a week,
producing about $50 cars a day. They
get total wages if they work all three
shifts, of $1,000 a week But even
this starvation pay they do not get
clear They have to pay $180 a
week, 60 cents a day for the round
trip for fare from Newark. Besides
this, there is "knock-off time" when
the men stand around without work,
and this time is deducted from their
pay.
The men are forced to give at least
so cents to the Community Chest.
On Nov. "a, the pushers in Fords
came around and let it be known
that whoever did not contribute at
least half dollar to the fund
would find himself laid off Prac-
tically all contributed, but on Wednes-
day, Nov &c, many of these same
men were laid off. On Monday, Dec.
l, another 1900 were laid off.
Other men in Ford's are compelled
to pay graft to hold their jobs or
get transfers.
The price of transfers is SIS to $40
graft. Twelve pushers were recently
caught handling this graft.
In this situation the workers still
on part time in Ford's and the job
less should organize and fight for
real unemployed relief and for
wage they can live on. The Trade
Union Unity League calls on them to
get in touch with it for this purpose
and promises to assist in every way
their organization for struggle
against such conditions. The T. U.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08
Army Officer Admits
Will Draft Labor for
Shops and Trenches!

ward Business Review" to inform the
capitalists, your big bosses, how the
U. S. Government is making ready
for war-how it is already planning
to conscript you, yes, you! and to see
that you don't strike, no matter what
your wages and conditions in case
you stay and work in industry dur
ing the coming war.
Major Quinton says that:-"Indus-
trial activity, more than fighting man
power, is the determining factor be-
tween success and failure of mill
tary effort" A military effort" is
"a war
To prepare for war, the entire
country is divided into fourteen dis
trictS, under a central Director" for
supervising industry to furnish war
supplies. Each district is in charge
of joint command of army officers
and capitalist mountaineering
latter serving as dollar a year" men
the same profiteering game as in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08

lnQeeQ.
On Saturday, in order to
keep taxes down for the bosses,
and to keep their profits up,
the bill was cut down to
$110,000,000. When it is real
lied that it takes from two to
four years to get q building into ae-
ton, and that at least one-half goes
into the pockets of politicians and
contractors, the prospect of $30,000,-
900 to $4O,OO0,0oO spent for building
works doesn't hold out any relief for
the 100000 unemployed in the Unit
ed States.
In fact, if the entire amount of
$110000,000 were used for relief pur-
poses, it wouldn't feed the unemploy-
ed army for more than a few days.
Money for War
the building program, which is less
Contrasted to the $110,0O0,000 for
than even in so-called prosperity
years, is the 81 1000, 100000 that Hoo
yer is asking for war purposes. Moth
ing will be cut from this. In fact,
the prospect is that more will be
added to the war budget.
The main thing the boss represen-
tatives in Congress are worried about
is taxes for the capitalists They do
not care how many millions of the
unemployed starve, so long as not
one cent additional taxes are put on
the bosses.
1t is becoming clearer all the time
that the workers must mobilize their
forces to demand unemployment in
surance. The main demand must be
"All war funds must be turned over
to the unemployed in the form of
unemployment insurance"
There is Immediately available
more than a billion dollars for this
purpose. The Unemployment Insur-
ance Bill, advocated by the Commu-
mist Party, also gives other means
for providing money for the unem-
ployed.
Only by struggle will the bosses be
forced to part with their profits.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08
SOVIET BLASTS
DISARMAMENT LIE
Lunacharsky Refuses
to Sign Geneva Report

GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. I'd
wild argument developed in the ses-
Sions here yesterday of the League
OF Nations Preparatory 'Disarma-
ment" Commission over the report to
be made evaluating the results of its
work. Anatole Lunacharsky, who
took Litvinoff's place on the Soviet
delegation when Litvinoff left several
days ago, refused absolutely to sign
the -glorification report the bulk
of the commission wanted to make.
Lunacharsky stated the Soviet gov
eminent refused to delude the work
erS with the idea that the commits
sion had done anything for disarma-
ment. He insisted on the right to
file separate report. The chairman
Loudon, denied that the commission
could consider any opposition reports.
Lunacharsky then referred to the
records, showing that in the past it
had done so. And he had his way.
Sweden, Holland Join.
Lunacharsky pointed out specifi-
cally one case in which the commits
sion had completely failed to cause
any limitation that is, in its refusal
to count the trained reserves as part
of the armed strength to be limited.
Here the representatives of Sweden
and Holland declared that they
would sign Lunacharskys report in
stead of the majority report.
There were fierce arguments
among other capitalist nation repre-
sentatives over details of the major
ity report. r
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08
WOolwOrth Cut Wages
of Girls Whose Pay
Is on Hunger Level
CBy a Worker Correspondent


NEW YORK. Thursday, the
working women in the warehouse of
WoolWorth's and 10 cent stores
were notified that their wages would
be cut 81 per week. Woolworth's are
known for the VIGOROUSLY low wages
paid in their stores, and a cut of
50 per week brings the total wages
way below the starvation level.
The relief girls of high school age,
who work ten hours on Saturday are
now paid $3.50 for the ten hours
work, or 25 cents an hour.
In the Board Of Education in New
York City, the scrubwomen who
work from 7 a. m. to 9 a. m, and
then come back and work from 2
p. m. to p. m. get SO a day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08

hundred, who did not quit when the
strike started week ago.
At the meeting yesterday the strik-
ers made it clear that they are deter
mined as ever to resist the ten per
cent wage cut which started the
strike. Reports were made by the
strike committee and by departments.
They heard Fred Biedenkapp of last
years Shoe Workers strike and now
head OF the Smash the Injunction
Committee of the Trade Union Unity
Council
A speaker from the Workers Elk.
Serviccmen's League pledged all pos
slble support on the picket line.
A speaker from the Information
Labor Defense offered the services on
the LID. in case any were arrested
on the picket line, and gave advice
as to how to get in touch with the
LID. and how to handle the case
until the LID. comes in.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08
AFL INJUNCTION
IN ANOTHER SHOP
Starts Strike Breaking
Within ~ Hours

NEW YORK.-The most recent
case of A. F. L. strike meeting and
use of the injunction appears in the
strike called Saturday at the food
market at 1851 Jerome Ave.
This shop has never had an or
ganization. -Four workers, all that
were employed, walked out and
started picketing Saturday for shorter
hours, minimum weekly wage of $40
a week.
An hour and a half after the strike
started the A. F. L. Local 358 of the
Grocery, Dairy and Fruit Clerks,
came down and put two scabs to
work and served the pickets with an
injunction! This is the ready made
injunction always used now by the
A. F. L. and the bosses for strike
breaking purposes.
The police tried them to break up
the injunction.
The Food Workers Industrial Union
will support the strike and the fight
against injunctions includes also the
fight against this one.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08
Jobless Cut Down on Bread So "Daily
Worker" Can Come Out Do Your Bit!
DAILY LIVING HAND TO MOUTH MUST HAVE FUNDS

This worker realizes that the need for the workers.
paper greater than now With the sharpening of
the crisis efforts to divide the working class and to break
down organization grow and intense The use
OF the injunction in an attempt to make it impossible
workers to organize must be fought with mass actonand
mass paper necessary for the fight In Washington the
notorious Fish Committee is combining preparation for
war with the Soviet Union with against American
workers and against the workers newspaper.
The response from workers all over the country is en-
couraging. But it is not enough
Last week the Daily Worker appeared only because of
extreme energy Of few comrades who made loans direct
or mad ne organizations advance enough get the paper
out day by day. This week face the situation as
last week. Hand to mouth existence of the Daily More
funds must be rushed Immediately to the Daily Worker so
E. 18th ST., New York City
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08
EAGLE WORKERS
PICKET TODAY
Continued Organiza-
tfon Over Week End

NEW YORK.-Vigorous picketing
Of the Eagle Pencil Company plant
on l4th 81. and 18th st. and Ave. C
was arranged for by the 900 workers
on strike. Picketing starts this morn
Ing at seven They held mass meet
ings yesterday and Saturday, heard
speakers, continued their depart
mental organization, and committees
visited the employees, those on strike
who have not come on the picket
lines yet and those few. less than
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08
By A. B. MAGIL

Especial Gable to the Daily WorkerJ
MOSCOW, Dec. Tn the hall that
still echoed with the voice Of Prose-
cutor Krylenko-the voice of a hun
dred and fifty million workers and
notwithstanding the death pen
atty for all the defendants, eight
counter revolutionary leaders of the
Industrial Party, who plotted to sub
ject to the fire and sword of imper-
ialist intervention all that 10 years
of heroic proletarian labor and sac
rifice had built up, last night ana
this morning made a final confess
sic'l of sins, their final pleas for
mercy.
The defendants speeches were pre-
coded by speeches by Braudo and
The other defense attorney, both at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08
WAR DANGER ON U.S.SR.
is GROWING AS FIVE
Get DEATH SENTENCE.
They Did Everything They Could to Murder
Millions of Workers by Imperialist War;
Now Ask for Their Lives
Ramsin in Crafty Talk Promises to Help Build
Socialism After Wrecking as Much as He Could
Other Defendants Follow Ramsin's Cue; Ad-
mt Deserve Death, But Promise Everything
BULLETIN.

The United Press, through dispatch from Eugene
Lyons states that the death handed down
for five of the eight accused wreckers in Moscow Three
received tenear prison terms Those sentenced to death
for plotting together with foreign imperasts
Prof. LeOnid Ramsin Victor Larchev, Ivan Kalin0kOv
Alexander FedOtOv, and Nikoai CharnOvski. Those re-
ceving the en-year terms Xenephon Stnn Vladimir
Ochkin and Sergei KuprianOv.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08
STINTS0N REFUSAL
TO RECON ME
USSR IS WAR MOVE
Repeats Hypocritical
Imperialist Arguments

A late development of the propa-
ganda of the imperialist countries for
embargo and continuation Of the war
plot against the Soviet Union is
statement Saturday by Secretary of
State Stimson again refusing rec
ignition.
Stimson was Jared into a public
statement by the exposure of his dip
lomacy made a few days ago by John
Bassett Moore, leading authority on
international law and former judge
in the world court. Moore. who
sometimes lets his professional in
terest get ahead of his loyalty to
American imperialism, pointed out
that as far as international law goes,
it is rank stupidity for the U. S. gov
eminent not to recognize the Soviet
keUs. gandateeh.
Union. The U. S, said Moore, didn't
hesitate to recognize France during
the reign of terror. Furthermore, the
U. S. has technically recognized the
Soviet Union, anyway, through rec
ognition of her signature to the KEEL
logg Pact.
No Recognition.
StimSon hardly tried to answer
Moore's Indictment of his misuse of
international law, ut announced that
the U. S. hadn't intended" to rec
ognize the Union of Socialist Soviet
Republics through the Kellogg trea-
ties, and furthermore would not rec
cognize the U. S. S. r. unless ID the
Czarist debts were paid; (2) All AM
erican property owners in Russia
were compensated for loss of their
chance to exploit the Russian work.
ers, and 90 The Soviet government
stopped its propaganda in U. S.
The hypocrisy of these points, of
which the state department says it
considers the last one most impor-
tant' is shown by a few facts. (D
The Soviet government has repeated
ly stated that the matter of pay
ment of the debts is a subject for
negotiation, and CO the same is true
of the matter of compensating prop
erty owners under the Gar. On
these first two points the U. S. S. r.
stands on the principle that it has
right to refuse to pay anything, but
will consider paying a certain price
for recognition and better facility for
trade.
AS to point 3, the Soviet govern
ment does not conduct propaganda
The Communist International GER
tainly does, and just as certainly the
Catholic church and the Imperialist
capitalist organizations and white
guard organizations in capitalist
countries conduct as far as they are
able, capitalist propaganda in Russia
The U. S. government would hardly
consider suppressing the churches
and the Soviet Union will not con-
slider suppressing the Communist
International even if that were
possible
The hypocrisy of Point 3 is still
palmer when it is considered that
although the Soviet government does
not conduct propaganda in imper-
ialist countries, imperialist govern
ments are abundantly proved by the
present Moscow trial and by other
incidents to be conducting capitalist
propaagnda themselves in the Soviet
Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-08
Speed Orders
for Indictment

Only a few days remain in
which to order the edition Of
the Daily Worker which will
contain the prosecutors indict-
ment against the wreckers now
on trial in the U.S.S.R.
The indictment will be pub
lished in full in Wednesdays
paper.
Rush your order.