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The daily worker., 1930-03-05
By NAT KAY.

The transformation of our Party on the basis
of shop nuclei is becoming more pressing every
day. The very power of the Party its influe-
ence and leadership over the workers and the
resistance against prosecutions by U. s. cap
italism lies in the building of we'll functioning
shop units.
In the New England district we are realizing
this as we face struggles in industries like
textile shoe, metal, rubber, needle trades, etc.
In spite of the fact that we have recruited to
date 210 members, close to S5 subs, organized
IL nuclei and issued five shop papers, we can
say that the Drive was weak generally, express
sing itself in (a) Not enough shop work by
our members in units and sections; (b) Units
and sections have failed to give daily tasks
and leadership to their members; (c) Insult
ficient recruiting of Negro workers; (d) Ne
glect of work for Daily Worker.
The blame rests with the leading bodies of
the units, sections, DEC. and its sub-commit-
tees including the Organization Department.
All units, sections and fractions will have to
work overtime to make good on the quotas.
Work in the shops and utilization of the strug
giles for recruiting new members.
Must Give Daily Guidance to Nuclei.
Our shop nuclei are organized in Textile 5,
Leather 2, Rubber 1, Metal l. Ship 2, Glass I.
We, however, experience that because of the
poor national composition the very life of the
shop unit depends on the daily help by the
leading Party bodies In almost every case we
have to attach leading comrades to work with
the shop units so as to help the work and
develop leadership among the nuclei members.
To issue shop papers We find it necessary to
allow comrades to write articles in their own
language and then translate it-in other cases
we write the articles upon the comrades verbal
report or after speaking some time in CONVEX
sation with him. To get the comrades to do
The daily worker., 1930-03-05
SHOP NUCLEI IN NEW
ENGLAND DISTRICT

the work in shops we find that detailed dis
cusson and advice is important especially on
methods against exposing our nucleus to
spies, etc. One nucleus in leather factory
got two subs by introducing the Daily Worker
in the proper way. How to carry on our pro-
paganda work, sale and distribution of ltera-
ture, drawing in of the workers into activity,
this is one of the greatest problems we have
yet to solve
Fight Right Devations in Nucleus Work.
Right manifestations and the right danger
in the shop unit work has been shown here,
in one nucleus, in shop with 1000 workers.
all but one member opposed the issuing of
shop papers, giving the excuse that ''let's wait
till we get more members" "We'll be fired"
etc. Of course, the paper was issued anyway.
In another shop unit a member who is in a
leading position in the District Committee is
also opposed to the shop papers and shop
work now because it is "slack." "Let's wait
till the season in June and July" etc. In spite
of the fact there are 1900 working now. These
right wing proposals come even from the old
members, some of whom are pessimistic and
afraid. We are overcoming this by going
ahead with the work just the same, recruiting
new elements, especially native born, and de-
veloping higher Party theology.
Must Develop New Proletarians in
Shop Nuclei.
Training of forces in the shop nuclei is a life
and death question. We are holding special
conferences, classes for members especially of
shop nuclei Street unit members who work in
the neighborhood of factories where we have
shop nuclei are being attached to the shop
nuclei until they organize one in their own
shop. This is help to the shop nuclei and
also intensifies the reorganization of the Par
41r +bo eLoYo al
termined to organize the overwhelming major
ity of our Party members into shop nuclei.
The daily worker., 1930-03-05
They Work Like Police Agents

THE Lovestoneites have shown their reaction
ary policy in regard to trade union work
in the instance of renegade Perlow. Perlow
the head of the furniture workers in
Brownsville, betrayed the workers and took
them over to the A. F. of L. Finding that he
received no support from the A. F. of L.. he
cunningly turned towards the Trade Union
Unity League and brought the Trade Union
Unity League into the strike, which was in a
very bad situation. Admitting the mistake that
he had made, he continued as leader The
next day on the picket line he declared the
strike off, that the T.U.U.L. would do nothing
for the workers and took them back to the A.
F. of L. These are the renegades. the Love-
stonetes-they who want to save the Commu-
mist Party and the Communist International
These people are real helpers of the capitalists
traitors of the working class, just like John
Lewis, Schlesinger and the rest of the reac-
tionary gang.
However, the Lovestonetes do not hesitate in
taking even further steps. In Harlem, New
York, there is an excellent comrade Negro
woman, who is doing fine work, not only in
the Party but in mass organizations. This
comrade has a child that was injured some
years ago, that she takes care of and at the
time performs Party work. The Love-
stoneites are doing everything possible not
only to discredit this comrade but also to drive
her out of the Party by police methods.
The daily worker., 1930-03-05
An Economist of the American
victorian Era"

WHILE Mr.. Chase was writing his book the
contradictions of capitalism were writing the
answer. In fact, the rapidly developing crisis
Of American economy necesstated a preface
which tries to apologize for most of the con-.
clusons. The author tells us if a "good, old
fashioned business depression" comes on, the
book becomes Historical document, chron-
icling what prosperity felt like when we (D
had it,
Stuart Chase is an efficiency engineer who
likes to call himself a petty bourgeois and an
economist. To call him vulgar economist is
praising him too highly. Even the most vulgar
capitalist economist would not state that ode
clining business was not responsible for de-
clining security prices"
The entire book what thre is Of it of any
value. is not original. The interesting facts
and figures come from two books which are
historical documents" namely Recent Econ
omic Changes and Middetown. Chase's con-
ribution is lot of flppant and vapd grugl-
ings, interspersed with conclusions that any
Young Pioneer could nail.
For instance, engineer Chase tells us that
"No clean cut division of social classes can
ever be made in America Only few sem
,nces before he himself informs US that '"Sev-
snty-one in every hundred urban persons :.
The daily worker., 1930-03-05

belong to the working class" And he adds the
startling piece of boloney that "Mlions of US
are continually climbing out of class to
something higher" Of course, the figures in
his own book disprove Mr.. Chase.
A lot of the book reminds us of Lovestone's
"Victorian Age of American capitalism, with
the exception that in spots the petty-bourgeois
Chase gives us little more critical attitude
on the probability of capitaism's ability to
keep up an ascending rate of production.
During 1929 the capitalists increased their
profits about 100 per cent. The hourly wage
rate remained practically stationary. In fact.
from 1920 to 1927 there drop-and that
drop is now becoming andside.
After showing what increases in production
and profits were obtained by the capitalists
from 1929 resulted from tremendous ex-
ploitaton and speed-up of the workers, the au-
thor wants us to believe that "There is no evil
dence that nervous strain is accelerating."
Just recently the New York State Commits
sioner of Labor, Frances Perkins, published the
fact that industrial accidents and deaths in
creased nearly 100 per cent in the past four or
five years. While this is measure of the
number of workers who left part of their bodies
clinging in machinery, whose life was flicked
out in making profits for the bosses 1T is no
guide to Mr.. Chase of the accelerating nervous
strain
In a sentimental mood, he/ does bring out
some facts which throw light on the present
unemployment situation. He estimates that at
the highest crest of production in 1929. there
were at least million unemployed in the
United States.
On the whole. Mr. Chase's book is a "Tragedy
of Waste" and is not "Gettng Your Moneys
Worth"
H. CANNES.
stewart Chase. "prosperty, Fact or Myth
Charles Bon New York. 1880
The daily worker., 1930-03-05

Only short time ago, about February /,
a man declaring that he was an agent of the
Chidrens Aid Society, appeared at her home
and threatened to take away the comrades
child if she did not cease her Party activities
He accused her of being a member of the Com
munist Party which she proudly admitted,
whereupon he threatened to enter her house
and commit damage. This comrade is very
powerful comrade and dared him to cross the
Threshold. This fake agent of the Chldrens
Aid Society left, once more issuing his threat.
A few days later, young girl, also pretend
ing to be an agent of the Chldren's Aid So
cety, rang the door bell and asked for the
comrade. She seemed surprised that the COM
rade was Negro comrade. She hesitated and
finally admitted that she was sent to the home
of this comrade by the Lovestoneites whose
purpose was to drive her out of the Party
by means of intimidating and threatening to
take away her child.
This was not the end of the story. In order
to spread the evil somewhat further they sent
a letter to well-known comrade in the section
of which this Negro comrade is a member,
reiterating the threat. The letter signed =
a Communist Lovestoneite.
These are the people that want to "save the
Communist International for the revolutionary
movement. These people are acting as nothing
more than police agents and stool pigeons and
spies against the interests of the working class.
The daily worker., 1930-03-05
WORKERS
TAKE UP OFFENSIVE
Unemployed Workers Movement in Poland

The workers in the factories are stoutly re-
sisting the capitalist offensive. We find that
it is the capitalist offensive-due to the crisis
that is giving rise to a whole series of dis
putes in the textile mills of Lodz and Belsk,
and in the engineering, food and other indus
tries.
Mass meetings and demonstrations Of the
unemployed are now almost daily occurrance
in Warsaw, Lodz, Zgierz, Zelova, Beljatova
"a town in the Lodz district), Lvov, Poznani,
Grudzentze (Pomerania), Wlotzlavsk and other
Polish towns. Meetings outside the town coun-
ellis, outside the war ministry Tin Warsaw)
and outside the factories where the workers
were employed previously
These demonstrations, which are becoming
increasingly mass in character, are turning
more and more into political demonstrations.
In Lodz the unemployed workers demonstra-
. tions headed by the Communist Deputies in
the Diet marched past the barracks, urging
the soldiers to fraternize with the workers,
and gathered outside the prisons demanding
the release of the political prisoners.
Although the police attacked the demonstrat-
ors and the unemployed workers meetings,
time and again they were unable to break up
these movements. Despite the police squads
the workers burst into the town councils, and
are fighting the raids of the police All the
demonstrations end in casualties and the round
ing up of many of the participators.
All the workers of Poland, both in and out
of work, realize that their present plight
and poverty stricken conditions is the direct
result of the policy of Pilsudski's fascist gov
ernment and its lackeys, the reformists.
These demonstrations of the unemployed
workers, direct expression of the indignation,
unrest and dissatisfaction observed among the
people at large, are dealing blow after blow
at the tottering foundations of Polish fascism
and paving the way for the proletariat of Pol
and to revolution, to establish a new Soviet
Poland, and following the example of the
U.SS.R.-take up the great work of Socialist
construction.
The daily worker., 1930-03-05

causes great sores all over the lower part of
his body.
Equal Pay For Equal Work.
We have in many mines different forms of
underwriting machines. Here we find leaders
working at different scale of wages, although
the loading of the coal into the mine cars re-
quires the same amount of work. In some in
stances in Saline County this difference
amounts to as much as 81 on the hundred
tons.
The Weapon of the Miners.
The National Miners Union is today en-
gagged in struggle against the coal operators
and their allies agents, the Lewis Fishwck
gang, the 1.W.W., the Trotskyites, the armed
forces OF. the county and state authorities, all
of them. who are being used at present by the
bosses directly or indirectly as strikebreakers
The militant fighting miners are forging
now mighty weaponthe National Miners
Union.
The daily worker., 1930-03-05
Notice of Central Control Com.
mission Decision

On the plea of Paul c. Reiss for reinstate
ment, the Central Control Commission has
taken into consideration the fact that he has
Strengthened out his accounts with the Daily
Worker and that he has recognized as a grave
error his request to have his name removed
from the membership list of the Party, and
has decided to accept the recommendation of
the Sub-District Committee Of Los Angeles
and to reinstate Paul C. Reiss in the Party,
on the condition that he shall be on probation
FOR six months.
CENTRAL CONTROL COMMISSION
COMMUNIST PARTY, U. S. A.
The daily worker., 1930-03-05

Fight the Right Danger. A
Hundred PrOletarians for
Every Petty Bourgeois Rene.
gade!
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You, hadretalk," he added, with sheer,
were very close to your rich patron
when he departed this world for the
Land of Shades"
Two red patches of anger shone
| through the tan of Bliss cheeks. His
eyes blazed abnormally, and his hands
| plucked spasmodically at the folds of
| his dreSsing-gown. 1 feared he would
ny at the throat of the Egyptian.
Vance, too, had some such apprehen-
sion, for he moved to the doctors side
and touched him reassuringly on the
! arm.
"I understand perfectly how you feel,
sir" he said in soothing voice. But
temper won't help us get at the root
of this matter"
Bliss sank back into his chair with
out word, and Scarlet, who had been
looking on at the scene with troubled
amazement, stepped quickly up to
Vance.
There's something radically wrong
here" he said. THE doctor isn't him.
self"
80 I observe" Vance spoke dryly,
but there was puzzled frown on his
face. He Scrutinized Bliss for a mo-
ment. IT say, doctor, what time did
you fall asleep in your study this morn
ing?"
Bliss looked up lethargically. His
wrath seemed to have left him, and his
eyes were again heavy.
what timer" he repeated, like a
man attempting to collect his thoughts.
Let me see. Brush brought me
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became hard and resolute. He looked
SQuarely at Vance.
Dead" His voice was menacing.
''Iow did he die?"
HE was murdered" Vance pointed
to the body of Kyle, before which Mark
ham and Heath and were standing.
Bliss stepped toward KyleS PROSTATE
figure. For a full minute he stood star
ing down at the body; then his gaze
shifted to the small statue of Sakhmet,
and moment later he lifted his eyes
to the lupine features of Anubis.
Suddenly he swung round and faced
HAM The Egyptian took backward
step, as though he feared violence from
the doctor.
What do you know about this-you
jackal!" Bliss threw the question at
him venomously, a passionate hate in
his voice. you've spied on me for
years. You've taken my money and
pocketed brides from your stupid and
grasping government. You've poisoned
my wife against me. You've stood in
the way of all I've endeavored to ac-
compliSh You tried to murder the old
native who showed me the site of the
two obelisks in front of Intef's pyra-
mid. You've hampered me at every
turn. And because my wife believed in
you and loved you I've kept you. And
IlOW, WIlcIl 4 VIC 1OuIlu CllC olCC Va Ill
tets tomb and actually entered the
ante-chamber and am about to give
the fruits of my researches to the WORLD
the one man who could make possible
the success of my lifes work is found
murdered" Bliss eyes were like burn
ing Goals what do you know about
it, Anupu HAM? Speak-you contempt
ible dog of a fellah!'
HAM had retreated several PAGES.
Bliss vitriolic TRADE had pitifully cowed
him. But he did not grovel; he had be-
come grim and morose, and there was
snarl in his voice when he answered:
IT know nothing of the murder. 1t
was the vengeance of Sakhmet! She
killed the one who would have paid for
the dissertation of IntefS tomb. :"
"Sakhmet!" Bliss scorn was devas-
tating. "A piece of stone belonging to
hybrid mythology! You're not among
illiterate witch-doctors now-you're con-
fronted with civilized human beings
who want the truth. Who killed
Kyle?"
"If it wasn't Sakhmet, don't know,
your presence" Despite the Egyptians
Subservient attitude, there was an I'M
DERIVING contempt in his manner and in
the intonation of his voice. "I have
been in my room all the morning. I.
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The Scarab Murder Case
By S. S. Van Dine: !.
Copyright, 1880. BY $. s. Van Dine.

doctor" Vance steadied him as he
walked nervously down the circular
stairs.
When he reached the floor of the
museum every eye in the room, felt
sure, was focused on his feet. Ger
tainly my own initial instinct was to
inspect them, and noticed that Heath,
who stood beside me, had concentrated
his gaze on the doctors foot-covering
But If any of us expected to find Bliss
shod in rubber-soled tennis shoes, he
was disappointed. The man wore a
pair of soft vici-kid bedroom slippers,
dyed blue to match his dressing gown
and adorned with orange trimmings.
I did note, however, that his gray
silk pajamas, which showed through
the deep V-opening of his gown, had a
broad, turned-over collar in which a
mauve four -in-hand had been loosely
knotted.
him and returned to Vance.
You say there have been no bur-
glars" His voice was still vague and
thick. What, then, was the accident,
Mr.. Vance?"
"Au accident far more serious than
burglars, doctor" replied Vance, who
had not released his hold on the other S
arm. "Mr. Kyle is dead"
Kyle dead!" Bliss mouth sagged
open, and look of hopeless amazement
came into his eyes. "But-but
talked to him last night. He was to
come here this morning F.. regarding
the new expedition. Dead. All my
work-my life'S work-ended!" He
slumped into one of the small wooden
folding chairs, of which there were per-
hapS q score scattered about the mu-
scum. A look of tragic resignation set
tied on his face. This is terrible
news"
INJURED consolinTiy' II fully under
stand your great disappointment. . :"
Bliss rose to his feet. His lethargy
had fallen frnn him and his features
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Heat Your Home With Gas
continue here.

mace room might have been
turned into a peewee golf
course, as suggested by the
cartoon. Apparently Mr.. Hal
sey prefers his golf out doors
as indicated by the golf clubs
standing against the wall.
The gas bill for heating this
six-rOOm brick row house last
year was $3.50. Under the
new low rates, now in effect,
it would have been about ST..
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my breakfast about Q, and a few min
utes later drank the coffee some
of it. at any rate" His gaze wan
dered of into space. That's all re-
member until-until there was a pound
ing on the door. -. What time is it,
Mr.. Vance?"
''It's well past noon," Vance informed
him. "You evidently fell asleep as
soon as you had your coffee. Quite
natural, don't y know. Scarlet tells
me you worked late last night"
Bliss nodded heavily.
"Yes-till 8 this morning. wanted
to have the report in order for Kyle
when he arrived. -. And now
he looked hopelessly toward the out
stretched body of his benefactor-'I
find him dead-murdered can't
understand"
Neither can we-for the moment"
Vance returned. But Mr.. Markham
the district attorney-and Sergt. Heath
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Of the homicide bureau are here for the
purpose of ascertaining the facts, and
you may rest assured, sir, that justice
will be done. Just now you can help us
materially by answering q few ques-
tions. Do you feel equal to it2"
"Of course I'm equal to it." Bliss re-
piled, with a slight show of nervous
vitality But" he added, running his
tongue over his dry lips, I'm horribly
thirsty. A drink of water"
'Ah! I thought you might be want
ing drink. How about it SER
geant?"
Heath was already on his way toward
the front stairs. He disappeared
through the door, and we could hear
his voice giving staccato orders to some
one outside. A minute or two later he
returned to the museum with q glass of
water.
DR.. Bliss drank it like a man parched
with thirst, and when he had set the
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INSTALLMENT VIII.
(FRIDAY, JULY Is; 13:4S P.M.)

(FNIDAY, JULY 15s 11:Ao R.M.D
v Y ANCE Knocked on the narrow
door and reached into his
~ pocket for his cigarette case.
We on the floor below watched
the metal panel In silent ex-
nectancy. feeling Of dread, for some
Unknown reason, aSSailed me and my
muscles went tense. To this day can
not explain the cause Of my fear; but
at that moment a chill came over my
heart. All the evidence that had come
to light pointed Enthusiastically toward
the great Psychologist in the little room
beyond.
He casually lit his cigarette, and when
he had replaced the lighter in his
pocket he knocked again at the door
this time more loudly. Still no answer.
Every curious" I heard him muir
muir.
Then he raised his arm and pounded
on the metal with a force that sent
reverberating echoes through the great
room Of the museum. !.
AT last. after several moments Of
ominous silence, there was q sound OF
q knob turning, and the heavy door
swung slowly inward.
In the opening stood the tall, slender
figure of man in his middle fortleS.
He wore q peacock-blue dressing gown
of self-figured silk, which reached to
his ankles, and his sparse yellow hair
was tousled as If he had just risen
from bed. Indeed, his entire appearance
was that Of one who had suddenly been
reused from q deep sleep. His eyes were
hay, and their lids dropped; and he
chung to the inside knob of the door
for support. He actually Swayed q little
as he peered duly at Vance.
Withal, he was q striking figure. His
face was long and thin, rugged and
deeply tanned. His forehead was high
and narrow-a scholars brow; but his
nose, which was curved like an eagles
beak, was his most prominent char
acteristic. His mouth was straight and
surrounded a chin that was so square
as to be cubic. His cheeks were Sunken,
and got the distinct impression OF a
man who was physically Ill, but who
OVERRIDE the ravages Of disease by sheer
nervous vitality.
For a moment he stared at Vance un-
comprehendingly. Then-like a person
coming out of an anesthetic-he
biinked several times and took deep
inspiration.
'Ahl" His voice was thick and
trifie rasping. "Mr. Vancel -. A long
time since I've seen you. :" His
eyes drifted about the museum and
came to rest on the little group at the
foot Of the stairs. II don't quite UNDER
stand. He passed his hand
slowly over the top OF his head, and
ran his fingers through his rumpled
hair MY head feels 50 heavy :.
please forgive me. :. II must have
been asleep. .. Who are these gentle
men below? recognize Scarlet
and HAM. It's been deyilishly hot
in my study"
"a serious accident has happened, DE-.
Bliss" Vance informed him, in a low
voice. would you mind stepping down
into the museum, we need your
help.
IAN accidentl" Bliss drew himself up,
and for the first time since he appeared
at the door his eyes opened wide. "A
serious accident? What has hap
pened, not burglars, hope. I've al
ways been worried"
mo, there have been no burglars.