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Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
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IT{EE ELECTS
NEH OFFICERS

Mrs. II. Il. Andersen is the newly
aleeted president OF the Prosbytcr
ian guild, having been chosen for
that officc n tho guild meeting
which took place yesterday in the
church.
The following staff Of Officers
was chosen 10 work with Mrs. An
aersoa: Mns. c. G. Horne, vice pres
idcnt; Mrs. Frank Wilby. recording
secretary; Mrs. L. l.. Martin, cores
ponding secretary; Mrs. J. c. Neale,
treasurer; Mrs. s. p. Holiday, chap
lain..
Preceding the business meeting
was luncheon, Mrs. Z. 0. Carter.
Mrs. II. c. Coe, Mrs. A. L. Lackey,
Mrs. r. M Dcyo. Mrs. Norman f.
Dupont acting rs hostcsscs. Dainty
sweet peas and eucalyptus boughS
made attractive decorations, covers
being laid for - guests.
At the business session, Mrs. ".
j. Clements presided. The report of
the nominating committee was pre-
scented by Mrs. p. L. Lemons and ac
certed. Mrs. Clements was present
ed with gift in recognition of Ter
services rs guild president and the
meeting was then turned over TO
Miss FloreRcc N. Chaffee, Young
peoples worker of the Presbyterian
church, who spoke on the leadership
tniiniag school being held This week
in FL Ccntro.
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Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
FECR [yish Skft Fer
Next Junior Mc,ines

Members Of the junior matinee
committee met last evening ;:t tht
home Of Mrs. 4. B. Hanson on Vim
arcrmc for thcir regular weekly bus
iness meeting.
:s...,::;.@: Ferguson nnd honhjo G!as.
cow viii l}e in charge CT the next
n!atinee Program and will present
n irish -skit in honor of 81. Pa
'ck IS day. After the business was
disposcd Of, the members enjoyed .
ucU game called animals.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
RUSSIAN CELLfST
CONCERT SOLCIST
FOR CHORAL CLUB

,S.zcha Gegna gaast artist at the
Imperial Valley Choral club concert
on March Is, is the proud posscssor
of rare C-emona cello, presented
Il him by Della Tore, 4 collector
Of fine violins, who, upon hearing
Cccna play, was 50 delighted with
his artistry that he gave him this
celia made. bv Andre3s Gisalbcrti.
master Of Joseph Guarnarius. del
GC<u. Crcmona.
Mastery az technique. beauty of
i~t1na tion and Sympathetic inteFprc-
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
Social Breyities

Invitations tuvc been issue T. bY
Mrs. T. =. Mack an3 Mrs. j. F.
! Hatcrma;- ~,r hridgc lunehr.p on
Friday, March y, a Edr Wild
Mrs Howard .ioucs of Mr'oland
~ hostcs, AZ an Informal luncheon
,ratcr1ay gircn ~ her homo for her
+oursonc in The barbara WORT oolf
-r~rramru-, tho guests being Airs.
N. &. Costello. Ms. EaH .1ao~, AIS.
William n.Car:.. o. Sai. DirP" aud
brr tro 1ons.
immaru"l Circle viii l1vc an an
DAY meeting Thursday M thu home
! - Mrs. Charles Forsbcrp ucnr Mclo-
i4nd. Cars viii icavc thr Baptist
church at ] o'clock aHd tIaD-pprta-
ticn VIII b., availablr for all mem
h,rs. inStcad If The usnal pot Luck
dinner, Mrs. rorSbcrg viii serve the
meal and the money obtained from
- win 90 10 the missionary fWi Of
,Ar chur.h.
\ one dry tourI;,mc.t # FOR the
"onru golfers Of the H1r5ura
"or,l. International aud Ynmg golf
! ,lubs viii Ar reid on Saturday at
, She DH Rio dub, ErBwlry Many
af th, local womcu are pIa. .nug TO
! inter the torrHam NJ and - largc
/ tclcgotior is expected from tie Bar
! tara Worth Countrr dub.
r.--,f'it.. i il rcodi1c f'' fhc
Drual Eitchc1 mcrhJuic'.' dinncr.
1 dance 70 be g.vca tomor-o" coming
~ the Tlks hall for thc lodge rlem
bors and ,heir ladies. Louis Stoibcr
a.. 10 c'iargc or The dinner 1nd tickets
/ i9ay bc p'rcl'oscd from anr If the
Officers.
hunoap.elon is made that the
installation Of officers If Oa 3 -
s.hrinc 80. 90, 'T. s. If T., 3"aodnicd
! fr March =, n" t""D 2 '"2ned
to March 70
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
Blaze Damages
Dwelling House

Fire of undetermined origin caused
damages approximating 5000 to tn"
home and furniture of Z. Lopez, $40
Hamilton avenue, about ) o'clock
'ycGtcrd2y afternoon. N thc TIM ot
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
I'ARM BoA.p GIFTS MONEY

WASHINGTON, Mar. =. tU,Rl-
The request of President Hoover for
a 9l0o,0oo,0g0 appropriation for the
federal farm board was appfoVen
today by The senate. IL adopted
without a record vote an. amehdmeh'
10 the first deficiency bill providing
that sum to carry on the board'
stabllization program.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12

pairymcn and shcepmen of central
Oregon seem agreed that Ladino
clover is the best pasture crop.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12

= medical building to cost foo''
0j9 l. u. ..4-..u-.ca Z. $50
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12

z-EsV..zisz13.l !. ssssi.. -.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12

hunoap.e ~ III is made that the
installation of officers If Oaais
s.hrinn 40. 20, ". S. If -, 3"1'dnien
f1r March =, n" t""'' 2 -'r1ned
ID MMch p
The Washington times., 1930-01-17
wins
SENATE SUGAR
BATTLE

The first round In the Senate's
sugar tariff war having ended in
q Democratic -Instlrgent victory on
rates, Administration forces today
were prepared to reject an In
sllrgent proposal for q Federal
bounty to American sugar pro-
ducerS.
The coalition won the rate war
by retaining the existing $l.76
Cuban basic rate on sugar I'M
ports. This was q blow to Repub-
lican leaders. who had hoped to
secure q $2.2O rate.
The bounty proposal came from
the Insurgent camp and 1t ap-
peared doomed to rejection. The
Insurgents, however. contended it
would save American sugar farm
ers from extinction.
Proposed by Howell
The bounty plan, proposed by
Senator Howell (R.) Of Nebraska,
would pay 44-1O0ths of cent to
American sugar producers on each
pound of sugar produced in con-
tinental United States. The Treas
ury would be authorized to pay 1t
direct to the growers. Howell esti-
mated it would cost the Govern
ment only $500 900 q year.
The plan had the support Of
Senator Borah (R.) Of Idaho. He
said: $50 far as I have been able
to learn, the bounty is the only
means of really aiding American
producers so long as Philippine
and Hawaiian imports come in
free"
On the other side, Senator Wat
son (R0 Of Indiana, AdminiStra-
ton leader, announced he would
oppose 1t. Watson said the plan.
waS paternalistic and that the
American people had always op-
posed 'bouIltieS."
Other Fights Loom
Once the bounty is disposed Of,
Administration leaders were hope
full Of speeding up action on the
tariff. Only q few minor COM
mittee amendments remain before
the Senate plungeS into considera-
ton Of individual amendments.
Hundreds Of changes have been
proposed by individual Senators.
A few outstanding rate battles
will mark the close of the tariff
war. The western sugar Senators
undoubtedly will seek another
test vote on sugar duties, even
though the increase was rejected
48 to 80. Then there will be
final tests on the provision re-
moving all censorship from i'm
ported literature.
With the progress made since
the Christmas recess, there were
indications the bill would be
passed within three weeks. Admin
istration leaders fixed February
is as their goal for its passage.
The Washington times., 1930-01-17
Hugh WaIpoIe Tells
How to Write Novel

A large crowd gathered at the
Central High School Auditorium
last night to hear Hugh Walpole,
English writer. explain how q
novelist develops his work.
Walpole took an idea suggested
by listener and showed how it
could be developed into the begin
ming Of a novel. and described
the mental processes Of the
author as he went along.
The lecture, sponsored by the
Community Institute, was en-
titled THE Art and immortality
Of the Novel"
The Washington times., 1930-01-17
Marauder Escapes
From 2 Men In Chase

A colored narauder escaped
last night when chased several
blocks after he had been dis
covered attempting to break his
way into the ground floor apart.
ment Of Mrs. Joseph ID. Kenney.
1900 block Belmont st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1930-01-17
Aged Couple Counsel
Others to Keep Busy

ROCKFORD. Ind. Jan. IT,
Advice to keep busy" was offered
by Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Steven
son, aged 81 and eS, respectively,
as they celebrated the sixty-sixth
anniversary Of their wedding here.
The Washington times., 1930-01-17
Widow Given Same Name
Her Five Children Bear

OMAHA. Nebr., Jan. lT.Dis-
trict Judge w. A. Redick granted
the request Of Mrs. Hermione
Antonia Kelley to change her
name to Stokes. the name Of
her first husband and the name
her children bear.
The Washington times., 1930-01-17
New British AirpIane
Is Dubbed sCupid Shir

HowDEt, Eng, Jan. i7LO.
cal residents have christened the
ReloO the Cupid Alrship.s a.
more than 20 Of the staff and
crew married Howden girls dur.
ing the three and q half years
that the airship was being built.
The Washington times., 1930-01-17
Editor Finds Tolerance
Increasing in America

I'VE Americans are growing
more tolerant" declared Or.
Henry Goddard Leach. editor Of
the Forum Magazine in . lecture
on the subject, "Are Americans
Intolerant," at Howard Untyer-
sity last night.
The Washington times., 1930-01-17
Harvard Business Men
Put Ban on Ping Pong

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Jan. I7.-
Harvard Business Club members,
students ct the Harvard Graduate
School Of Business Administers
ton, have banned ping pong
playing in the clubhouse.
It'sstoo noisy. they decided.
The Washington times., 1930-01-17
Boy Gives First Dollar
Earned for Indy Shaft

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 1.-THE first
dollar ever to be earned was
contributed today by 1l-year-old
Donald Longton. Of Saginaw.
Mich. to start off q fund for
erecting q statue Of Colonel Lind
herRh.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-08

will fight against invasion, and ANY FOE
that threatens the life of the greatest nation
on the face of the earth, as would every other
citizen of the United States"
The position of Lundeen, hidden beneath pile
of nice words, is becoming plain. He boasts
that he served in the American imperialist war
of 1898. He tells the steel trust that he could
be depended upon to fight against "any foe"
of capitalism and that he has the military quail
ifications for it. Airplanes might come in
handler to protect the iron ore properties from
the half starved miners.
What Does 1t Mean?
The workers and farmers of Minnesota must
understand fully this pledge of the social fas-
cist Ernest Lundeen. His pledge, which means
the pledge of the Farmer Labor Party, to fight
against "any foe" of capitalism means to fight
against any attempts of the iron miners strug-
gle for unemployed insurance and against the
speed up. 1t means to extend the process of
appropriation of the poor farmers. He pledges
to continue and defend the exploitation of the
workers and farmers who are suffering from
unemployment, starvation and Hoover "relief"
and who may threaten the life of the greatest
nation on the face of the EARTH" All Lundeen
needs now is to don his old uniform and buckle
on his sword and he is ready
Un Recognition
An6 how about the recognition of the Soviet
Union? Mr.. Lundeen made quite fuss over
this two years ago. Then he even could afford
to pose as opposing the capitalist lackey Ship
stead, senior Farmer Labor Senator from Mime
sofa. In this campaign he completely ignores
the question: But let us not be mistaken. AT
the State Convention of the Farmer Labor
Party they defeated resolution introduced by
rank and file delegate for the recognition
of the Soviet Union. Lundeen agrees with it
fully. His coming out for greater ornaments
and for war preparations lines him up with all
the enemies of the workers here and in the
Soviet Union.
The Issues Are Clear
Lundeen for years has kept the role of a
friend of labor and thereby was able to serve
best when not completely exposed. The work
ers and farmers of Minnesota must see
through this bluff. Before the campaign is
over, the Communist Party of Minnesota must
expose this social fascist and the entire social
fascist party of Minnesota, the Farmer Labor
Party. The issues are clear and sharp. Lun-
deem is nothing but war monger. He is
against the workers and for imperialist war
preparations. The workers and farmers must
fight against imperialist war and Vote Com
munist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-08
Earnest Lundeen Exposed AS
SOcial-FasCist

ERNEST LUNDEEN who claims to be ''pro-
= pressive" Farmer Laborite picked the city
of Hibbing on the Iron Range to declare his
layalty to American imperialism. 1t was in
Hibbing where on August First over one thou
sand workers under the leadership of the Com
munist Party demonstrated against imperalist
war and for the defense of the Soviet Union
So on September Ia came Ernest Lundeen,
Farmer Labor Party candidate for the United
States Senate, to try to counterfeit some of the
slight imperialist war; spirit of the workers.
Ponder This
Here is gem from his speech: 81 have been
painted by the opposition as a pacifist and it
has been heralded that I opposed the United
States entry into the World War. To the latter
] will say that it is the truth but I certainly
voted to prosecute the to the limit once
were in it, but that has never been given
to my credit. AS to being pacifist that is
untrue as l served in the Spanish American
war and have eleven years of army service to
my credit"
For years Ernie posed as radical and a
pacfist and therefore did not want to be mis-
understood by the steel trust, especially now
when he is the banner bearer of the Farmer
Labor Party So he came to Hibbing, the center
of the steel trust, to state his program of
servility to capitalism and ask forgiveness for
his past blabbering about pacifism.
No Pacifist
Mr.. Lundeen is not pacifist. He is an i'm
periahst war monger. He is as much pacifist
as Macdonald, the Labor Party Premier of
British imperialism. AS long as the war dam
ger seemed to be far off, Lundeen could afford
every once in while to utter some phrases
about the horror of war. But now, when the
prospects of another imperialist war is an i'm
mediate danger it is different. A rumor spread
that Mr.. Dundeen is against building new
battleships, so he hastens to defend himself that
he was misunderstood. He was opposed to the
building of huge warships that could be rem
dered useless by small airplanes. eve need
greater air protection" he declares in his cam
pagn speech at Hibbing, "and was one of the
first to advocate and vote for air service that
would assure the United States adequate pro-
lection" Unashamed he joins the ranks of the
bosses war propagandists.
Nice Words
Adequate protection" what nice phrase
Many of the war mongers agitate only against
invasion. But not so Ernie Lundeen. He knows
that capitalism has far stronger enemy than
invasion from the outside. What he means by
the words adequate protection" he explains
himself. With great gusto he pledges: II
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-08

Beware of CrOcodiles!
By JORGE

We have received the first squawk from
those pinched by "Red Sparks" digs at the
confraternity of dignified comrades who think
it is quite all right to order Daily Workers
but not to pay for 'em.
We are told that it is a grave political
mistake to criticize DOS for entertaining this
pleasant opinion and using the proceeds Of
Daily Worker sales to finance district work,
to the point where the debts due to the Daily
increased from $4,000 on May /, to $29,500
on August 1.
Perhaps our dear comrades do not consider
that their responsibility has political signi-
ficance But Communists do not regard or
ganizational matters as thing apart from
their political contest
Perhaps some comrades, from the bad trad
itions of the past, think that self-criticism is
something to be made behind closed doors of
a sound-proof vault where the working class
can't hear-"just between ourselves"
But these comrades perhaps were not listen
ing when at the April Plenum and at the
Seventh Convention both such criticism and
the irresponsible vandalism toward proper ac-
counting were sharply attacked.
Also, our Party is in serious need of some-
thing like they have in the Soviet Union, the
Communist paper called Crocodile" which
takes Party bureaucrats to pieces and holds the
sad remains up to mass ridicule None are
spared-who deserve it.
The Crocodile" cartoons Stain lecturing
against bureaucracy to audience composed
completely of bureaucrats, and kids him:
what do you think you're doing, talking to
bureaucrats against bureaucracy
Our Party tradition has been that criticism
was meant to destroy fractional opponent.
That day is past. Nobody is after anyone's
scalp But the central organ of the CPUSA
demands what is coming to it, and the paper
expresses the determination of the Central
Committee, not of any individual to see that
the Crocodile bites, in plain view of all work.
ers, those who treat Daily Worker accounts
with that lighthearted abandon of a New York
alderman toward the city treasury.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-08
To Waive or Not to Waive

Funny, Jimmy Walker never even thought
of making his fellow grafters waive immunity
until after he was reminded that it didn't look
nice not to. And then, referring to the bunch
of Knights Of Columbus Commissioners" he
said:
"Pve given them twenty-four hours longer
on account of the Jewish holiday today I
would not take any man who is observing re-
ligious holiday and say he must stop that and
go down to the grand jury and present him
self"
By no means, Jimmy! Sure, and when on
some Saturday night, the second story men are
cleaning up the jewelry in the region beyond
the "deadline" where they're not supposed to
rob, the cops mustn't interfere as the burglars
must go to early mass Sunday.
What difference does it make, though, to
waive or not? What has become of all the
fuss about milk racketeers gouging 20 cents
quart? 1t is still 20 cents and the "investiga-
ton" has vanished as we said it would.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-08
Perfect Harmony Ahead

After the boiled shirt speeches at the I'M
perial Conference, the papers tell us that Ram.
say Macdonald and the rest are holding a sc.
cret conference at which the dominion govern
ments are to say what they "really want"
Evidently what they said in the open is hokum.
By the way MacDonald's cabinet is for
establishing government import boards for
the bulk buying of grain" If they do that,
we wonder if the Fish Committee will get the
Chicago Wheat Pit to bar them because "for-
eign governments are not supposed to trade"
That's privilege reserved for the U. S.
government-and only in case it helps the
grain spectators.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-08
Machado Has Reasons

Machado recently explained how he figured
it. He said lot of things, but it sums up to
this:
The opposition demands that elections be
postponed. But that would abrogate the con-
sttuton. So to resist this demand Machado
insists on defending the constitution by sus-
pending the constitution. That's perfectly
clear, isn't it?
The German Socialists" give exactly the
same kind Of reasons for supporting the die
tatorship of Chancellor Bruening. Bruening
has program for abolishing or at least cut
ting down unemployment insurance and for .
general wage cut against all workers. He says
that if the Reichstag majority don't approve
of it, he will declare dictatorship and put
the program over that way.
The socialists say they're against" the pro-
gram, but they're against any dictatorship still
more, so ito defend republican institutions
against any dictatorship"-they support
Bruening.
Puzzle: find the difference between Machado
and the Socialists"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-08

The day after Hoover told the bankers that
he was "inalterably opposed" to reduction Of
the standard Of living (for bankers), worker
walked into the Daily Worker office and
handed us the following:
"Dear Employee:-Due to the depression
in business conditions and in order to meet
keen competition to keep up the business
we are compelled to take 10 per cent re-
duction on your salary as of Friday, Sep
TENDER 18TH 1880, and all overtime will have
to be worked at straight time.-Stsndsrd
Sample Card Co. Inc"
Hope you noted the I'VE" who is to sstake q
10 per cent reduction" but on "your" salary.
But why, if the business is depressed does
there have to be overtime4 Funny things
happen nowadays, with all the bosses stand
ing firmly against wage cuts" How they get
cut is something mysterious, isn't it. Yes, it
isn't.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-08

teal matter which some comrades
forget. A rich farmer might be
able to acquire by purchase or rem
tai, additional land, from the prof
its of his present holdings.
But since at present he is farm
ing on the one-family farm tech
nical basis, even though with some
hired labor and some more machin-
cry than others, the whole world
agrarian crisis makes capital ac-
emulation difficult. If he does ac-
quire enough land besides his origi-
mani farm to set up large-scale op-
erations, he almost certainly must
borrow money from The banks, and
the acquiring of such land in single
unit is not always easy.
Then, as is the case in a few in
stances, small farmers merge their
holdings, accepting stock in the
holding corporation for their prop
critics. Here there are again the
primary difficulties of the reluc-
lance of the small individual holder
to risk what he has in a collective
organization whose ultimate success
may be, at least to him, question
able; the quarrels over appraisal
values; the competency such small
holders to give successful manage
ment, and the cost of reorganiza-
ton on rationalized basis again
the need for additional capital to
be obtained only from the banks
from finance capital.
Does 1t Pay Compared With
Industry?
In regard to getting money from
investors, the US. Chamber of Com
merce says in a cold-blooded way,
that:
whether such capital would be
readily available would depend upon
the extent to which corpora ton
farming would hold out advantages
over other forms Of industrial en-
terprise as an investment field"
The Chamber made a survey 70
determine this, of IA CORPORATION
farms in % different states, aver
aging 11,797 acres each, with an
average capital of $553,743, which
made a gross income for four years
ending in 1928 of $1O2,676 on the
average or something over A per
cent. The chamber does not enthuse
over this, and there is small won
der when capital invested in farm
mortgages draws, at the least, 6 per
cent, and often outrageously usuri-
Gus rates. Furthermore, how cen
this compete with the reward of
! investment in industry?
Surely we can see why the CHAM
Der of Commerce is not enthusiastic
over corporation farming, why it
says it sis doubtful whether cor
poration operated farms will en-
creach seriously upon the small
units; why it suggests alterna-
tives; the evolution" of the family
farm into farms three or four times
as big, but still operated largely
/ by family labor; and the other al
formative, where farm manage
ment firms undertake a iumYer of
management functions mote this "a
number off,, usually for non-resi-
dent landlords, at a fixed charge
per acre."
But does this system resemble the
collective farming of the Soviet
Union? Decidedly not. Such func-
lions are limited to, let US note, "the
selection Of tenants" and so on, to
include "crop rotation plans, soil
surveys, seed selection, supervision
] Of livestock operations, purchase Of