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How many feet do you need,
Oh. Mr.. Centipede?
Not very many, 1 know.
Only a hundred or So"
Shadow Song
hNE day ms Nil. Flor. Hnnga,
Yam and Rnarf-thc shadows
OF five children-were sitting
under a dandelion IN the garden they
heard the natter OF many feet
1T must b Ia army" said Mis-.
pricking up hts ears ~ can hear
hundreds Or feet"
The others thought II odd that m
army should Be drawing near. For"
said Hand. what would an army
Be doing IN a garden?"
The question was settled the next
moment when a centipede marched
out from behind a neighboring blade
OF grass and stopped In front OF the
shadows.
"Good-morning.- IL greeted Can
YOU Tell me the way 20 the boot
blacks? I've been Invited 70 Crlck-
cts wedding next week and my shoes
are IN a terrible condition. They
nus be shined at once"
"Oh. what's you're hurryF" Yam
wanted 10 know. You've u whole
week vet"
That's hardly enough time" *
replied. You can't imagine how
many pairs OF feet l have 10 get
shined." And it lifted some OF its
feet up to show. There were feet IN
the front. and the hack. and the mid
die. and on both sides. You e. its
no easy task. A week won't be half
enough time for the poor bootblack."
What made you have so many
feet?" Knarf asked.
My father and mother made me
They both had lots OK feet and they
insisted that ! have Just as many
Our whole family has always had
more feet than they could use.
They're a bother. i tell you"
You ought 20 give them away"
Flor suggested.
The centipede shook its head. II
tried TO many times. but / can't find
anyone TO give them TO. The other
day / offered a dozen pair 70 Snail.
who hasn't any feet az al. 1t re-
fused them. Worm wouldn't take
them either. though I got down on all
my knees and begged ii. They both
said that fee would make them run.
and then they would be sure 70 losa
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-15

PARTICULARLY lively and
~ progressive day may be looked
FOR. according to the lunar as
well a mutual aspects. Many new
interests and connections. personal
and also business, viii arise. with
the prospect OF favors. preferment,
Increase and promotion for those in
employment. II Is a time for push
ing for these, and for endeavoring TO
reach those in places OF position and
power, in order to advance ones
self. New projects are In order. and,
personally. a nota OF romance Il
dominant
Those whose birthday II Is are on
the threshold OF a year OF new ven
lures and enterprises, with the pros
pect OF advancement. progress and
success. especially through the
offices and preferment OF those in
places OF authority and power. The
personal affairs should likewise
thrive. and. perhaps. be com
plexioned by romance.
a child born on this day may b
brilliant and versatile as well as per
sonaIly endowed with those qualities
and graces making for success
honors and position In life.
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On, yes, the
Brilliant NJ n
Xix e S children
and the children
simply love him,
but, dear me,
what two weeks
of him does to
those children!
We tried it
last year.
You see, he's
so b brilliant
you're afraid
you'll miss
5 o n e { / n &
you Just have
In Iiwtpr with
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all your ears every Minute.
And. oh! the things you hear,
sometimes when you listen.
Last year the Brilliant Man had
a new scheme for the tree house,
n he worked IL out himself. and
II was marvellous. And he turned
out 70 be an expert at making
whistles out OF a willow stick.
de told stories, and he sang songs,
n he said things that made even
Grandpa laugh, though sometimes
Grandma frightened her lips and put
her head on n side and pretended
no to hear.
When Grandma did that the Bril-
liant Man said evan funnier things,
and funnier and funn4er, until finally
Grandma laughed.
And then the Brilliant Man went
over TO Grandma and put a light
little kiss on her white hair, and
Grandma blushed like a girl.
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as from a blow. Then he CAN
Travel over the whole hotel un.
hindered. il he Is careful" she an
swered- Suppose he wants to make
a visit TO this apartment without be-
ing noticed by the elevator boy. He
can Be taken up to the floor above
or below. as his fancy dictates. and
then walk down or up. as the case
may be. and no one the wiser"
I stared at her aghasL
Why" I stammered. then when
he arrives this morning. he could
come right up here. walk up from
his W apartment without anybody
knowing II. until he arrives"
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TITS Too HorribIe.''

Exactly" she returned. "And
your voice Is a bit too loud. although
] am sure Noel didn't catch what
you said. So now you see why I'm
keeping watch. 1t wasn't all worry
over Harry's speed. ! didn't intend
10 be taken by surprise. And while
you're In here talking 10 Noel. speak
very softly. ] don't think FELL have
the nerve to knock at the door at
this time OF the morning unless he
hears Noel's voice"
When you hear OF his perform
ance tonight. youE say he has nerve
enough for anything" I returned
despondently. and Lillian drew her
lips into a grim tight line.
Il knew it." she said after z G
ond, and something's got 10 be done
70 exercise the devil from that man.
There aren't any Cadarene swine.
handy. but it's UP TO you to find a
substitute for those handy animals"
/ looked At her steadily. with the
resolution ! had formed in the car
bracing me.
Il have come to tina conclusion
myself" l said slowly. I'm just wait
ing for the opportunity"
She said nothing. but reached out
her hand 10 mine and seized It IN a
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Fur Gives Fashionable Weight
10 Light Costumes.
BY Vera Winsfon-.

~ HIFFON ensembles are going
TO three-quarter lengths . in
troduce fur TO Summer fes-
t1vtties. as may be seen in the sketch
above. Perhaps the recurrent use
OF fur trimming on sheer fabrics Is
merely an attempt TO give weight 10
their fragile beauty. and again II
may be significant or the luxurious
amount OF fur that IL 70 re used III
the early Fan. Here there Il no
doubt that the beauty or the formal
afternoon ensemble OF pale green
chiffon. delicately printed in darker
green leaves. Is sahanced by the
black fox border On the collarless
coat.
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ChildrenWhO
J Ape Their
: Elders
The brilliant Man. Did and
Said Such Funny Things,
but Oh My, When the
Young Folks Copied!
By wINIFRED BLACK

THE Brilliant Man is coming to
spend two weeks with us in
the country.
Well, Wen have to send the chill
dren away for two weeks-that's all.
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Words of the Wise

Conquests pursue, where
courage leads the way.
Garth.
IN habits gather ~ Enseen de-
grces.
As brooks make riUers, rivers
FHB 20 seas. Dryden.
Courage consists in equality
70 the problem before Us
Emerson.
III customs By degrees to habits
rise;
III habits soor become GRATED
rice. Dryden.
God made the country and
man made the town
-CowPer.
Long customs are not easily
broken; he that attempts 90
change the course or his 0tCn
life Uery often ldbors In Udin.
johnson.
True valor lies half way be-
tween cowardice and rashnesS
-Cervantes.
For use almost can change the
stamps OF nature.
Shakespeare.
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ccpyrssAs. 1859. ss~spapss Fsaturs ssrvis.. Iaa.
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Noel, Obviously Dreading the Ordeal,
Prepares 10 Rereal 10 Madge the Con-
tents OF the Devastating Letter Sent BY
His Father.
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Occupational
NeuritiS Is
Common
Repeated Shocks TO Nerves
and Muscles Demanded by
Certain Kinds Of Work
Us the Cause.
BY X. 5. COPELAND, MI. ID.

by *. >. COPELAND, Va. ID.
y. $. Senator from New York.
Former. Commissioner OF Health
NeU York City.
IN MY desk is 4 letter from
Oakland, Calf, asking for
an article on "Occupational
neuritis."
There r many OF the so-called
occupational diseases. We know
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The Stars Say
For Wednesday, July 10.
By KEMBLE.

PARTICULARLY lively and
u progressive day may be looked
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AYEw YORK'S lower East Side
isn't the only place where the
4 Sunday crowds do their shop
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Loves Reawakening -

6"HAT'S the spirit" Lillian
said heartily. giving Noel
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Goodnight
Stories
BY MAX TRELL

How many feet do you need,
Oh. Mr.. Centipede?
Not very many. 1 know.
Only a hundred or So"
Shadow Song.
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1491s Oc1amNe&SMI
SEEEETg!!E7
Usually in Che way

There are 1t least -four mistakes II 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-a-d unscranbls Il,
by switching the letters around. Grade yourself 20 for each OK the mis-
takes YIN find. and 20 for the word Il you unscrsnble T. I
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81 4 section II land is $40 acres quarter 1160 Therefore, $50 acres ans
a quarter would not make a section tg "Pcnedr cattle have ~ harm
tl One side of the barn roof is gambreL the other nlafn. an Cattle III,
not have tails Is bushy ~ that Or the steer nj the left Il The scrambled
word Is OBSTACLE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-04
Rupture of Relations Between
Mexico and the us. SIR.

And when he believed that national econ
omy was being formed when he delivered COM
mand, apparently, of the country to Portes Gil,
the national economy had been largely acquired
by Yankee capital, its government mortgaged
by the investors and bankers of Wall Street.
We find that the income of the Mexican
government did not reach by any means the
sum necessary to pay the interest on the for
eign debt. Besides this foreign debt, there
exists an interior debt, which at the beginning
of the revolution it was thought to repudiate,
but that now, urged by the necessity of obtain
ing new aoans Yankee imperialism demanded
it be recognzed; which Gales and his party,
the National Revolutionary Party" had to
accept.
In the moment in which the secretary of
war, by order of General Gales elected" Cen
eral Ortiz Rubio as the new commander of the
country, Mexicos economy was nearly destroyed
and facing the danger of new revolt. There
are 100000 unemployed in the country, whose
population is only thirteen million, besides two
million small merchants, whose capital is hard
ly greater than one dollars worth of merchan-
disc. Factories, mines and other enterprises
are constantly closing down.
All this and more which we do not now wish
to enumerate has provoked a rehabilitation of
the masses, shown by the rapid growth of the
revolutionary trade union center (the CSUM),
the Communist Party, the Communist Youth
Federation, in the capital particularly and in
general throughout the country.
Reaction Is Unleashed.
The reacton-was unlashed. AS a consequence
of it, the first victims were the foreign-born
revolutionary workers. At once fifteen were
jailed of the Communist YOUTH five of whom
were at once exiled to the Maria Islands,
Now we understand that the invitation of
Carlos Gracides, which was put out only to
deceive the unwary, was no more than tran
sitional process of line reestablished by the
nationalist revolution. And however the for
eign ministry might wish to say that the rupt-
ure of relations is due to "boshevk propa-
ganda" of the Soviet government, neither
single Russian, nor a document of the Russian
ment is even alleged to have been found.
The agitation that the revolutionary workers
of the United States made to protest against
the vicious reaction of the Mexican govern
ment was no more than the consequence of
close unity of the revolutionary workers of the
imperialist country with the revolutionary
workers of the colonies. 1t is the effect of the
Solidarity Pact signed in Montevdeo the past
May in the consttutive congress of the Latin
American Trade Union Federation, pact in
virtue of which we, the workers of the col
onies, and those of the imperast country
would mutually give all sorts of aid each time
that our class interests are threatened by i'm
perialism, Yankee or British, predominant in
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Latin America, or the agents that this imper-
ialism has in Latin American countries This
was the case in Mexico. Buenos Aires and Rio
de Janeiro did no more than carry out the
ter-American class solidarity pact.
If one would say that in Moscow there is
located the Communist International and the
Red International of Labor Unions, that is
alright, because it is certain. But one must
add that if these two organizations Of direction
of the world proletariat would at this time
move to other cities, their Central Committees
would certainly have their Threats cut by the
capitalist governments.
Wall st. No Stranger To Break.
The Soviet Union is government of work.
ers and peasants; the Communist international
is the international political party of the world
revolutionary proletarat. And this latter has
forces enough to mobilize the masses of the
whole world against reaction in any of the
colonial countries of Latin-America
1t is the necessity of guaranteeing the loans
made by Wall Street banks to the government
of Mexico which has obliged this incident. If
we would be able to lay hands on the archives
of Wall Street, more exactly of the National
City Bank, we would see that the new branch
of this financial power in Mexico is, with Mr..
Morrow, no stranger of this rupture of rela-
tions with the Soviet Union. ,y~H..~sn~
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Tasks in Remainder of Drive.


The outstanding tasks of the Party in the
Drive must be to:
1. Overcome the great discrepancy between
the number of new recruits reported and those
who have actually been drawn into active
Party work. 2. Speed up the machinery of
the Party in accepting new members. 8. Start
a serious campaign to keep every new men,
ber-to absorb him into Party life and activ-
ity. The recruiting figures will have been
empty boasting if upon examination within
one month, we see that many of these new
members have been lost to the Party. 4. To
keep the new members in the Party, start
regular discussion classes with them and i'm
prove the organizational and political life of
the unit. s. Intensity the recruiting in the
shops and factories where it has been weakest
to date. 6. Build up the Party fractions in
the mass organizations thru intensive recruit
ing work in these organizations. Z. With the
additional thousands of members, concentrate
on building the revolutionary unions and the
T.U.U.L
In the remaining 26 days, every district
must not alone strive to intensity its recruit
ing of new members, but must consciously
direct its efforts towards a completion of the
quotas assigned in each phase of the Drive
new members, shop nuclei, Daily Worker subs
and shop papers.
In all the Party activity-and particularly
in the Recruiting Drive activity, the member
ship and leadership must practice self criti-
cism. Only by linking up the severest self
criticism will the Party be able to overcome
the serious shortcomings already exposed dur
ing the Drive. Particularly must every men,
Der direct his attention to the capacity of the
Party in keeping and activizing the new men,
bers. This will be shown in increased factory
and trade union work-in increased attendance
at meetings, in improved political and organ
national life of Party nuclei, in establishing
discussion classes-in increased dues payments.
A close checkup on all of these points by every
member and nucleus and the severest self cri-
ticsm by every member, nuclei, section and
district and by the Central Committee itself,
must be undertaken to still further increase
the activity of the Party.
Eliminate the discrepancy between reported
applications and new members assigned to
units!
Every new member an active Party member!
Intensity recruiting among Negro workers!
Face towards the factories-more recruiting
in factories-establsh shop nuclei
Every district to work to fill its quota 100
per cent?
Organization Dept. Central Committee
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By JORGE PAZ.

MEXICO has broken it's relations with the
IVA Soviet Union because, according to Genaro
Estrada minister of foreign relations of Mex
leo, number of "pernicious elements OF Rus
sian origin" have been deported, and That in
raiding their houses documents have been found
proving that they were directed from Moscow!
l am one of those politicals deported from
Mexico, upon me they have found no docu-
ment from the Soviet Union, neither from
the Red International of Labor Unions. But
on the other hand the Mexican police have
robbed $4,000 from me that belonged to the
periodical "The Latin-American Worker, or
gan of the Latin-American Trade Union Con-
federation in its Mexican branch.
Among the deported were: One Argentine,
six Cubans, .one Roumanian; while there were
previously deported one Chilean and one Italian
but not single Russian Many of these work.
ers went to Mexico because, in 1925, Carlos
Gracdes agent of the Mexican government
and of the yellow trade unions (C.R.O.M.) be-
for the embassy of Mexico in Argentina in
vited all those who wished to, to go to Mexico
to see the revolution that had taken place there
and the benefit" that the revolution had OBJ
tanned for the workers.
Mortgaged To Wall Street.
Gracides carried out the mission of General
Gales, then president of the republic, and the
latter was using the demagogy made necessary
by the pressure of the masses of city and coun-
try. And this is the reason why in 1925, Gales
was turning the face of his. government to-
wards an anti-imperialist and national revolu-
tionary policy. Threatened by the constant
revolts (Huerta in 1923-1924, the "Christeros"
or Catholics in 1925-1927, Escobar in 1929
of the generals that responded to the English
imperialist investors there, the national econ
omy broken by many years of military revolts,
with national bourgeosie composed of gen
erals, feudalists and Yankee capitalists, Cen
eral Gales, not wishing to release the really
revolutionary forces of the masses, had to look
abroad for capital to fertilize the national
anemea.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-04
Paris Taxi Drivers Strike.

PARIS (By Inprecorr Mail Service) .-Thf
taxi drivers Of Paris carried out a 24-hour pre-
test strike against the increased exploitation
AMI in favor Of higher wages. 1t is estimate
that 95 per cent Of the drivers or about 1900
took part in the strike, which took place unde
the slogans of the revolutionary union.
Two thousand workers of the electro-ms
terial factory, Alsthom, in the Rue Lecorbe
went on strike today for wage demands. TIL
workers of the second factory of the same fir
which is situated in Saint Ouen also threate
to strike.
One thousand four hundred workers hav
been locked out by the employers in Reauvoi
Fontaine in northern France as Z result o
wage demands. ,n.s%x ~.
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1929 The publication of mass literature
will be increased five to six-fold
The number of cinemas to be increased from
$500 to $4,000 (of which $4,000 will be school
cinemas); that is a six-fold growth. The Five
Year Plan provides for the installation of
cinemas in at least 80 per cent of all clubs
and the establishment of at least 3 cinemas
in every district.
The wireless is to be increased twenty fold,
from 100000 sets in 1929 to million in the
year 1928.
1t is intended to supply with wireless sets
at least half of all workers dwellings and
million peasants houses, all the workers clubs,
peoples houses, reading huts, schools, barracks,
collective and Soviet farms and Red corners.
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The Struggle Against Church and Religion.
IN the year 1918 out of 100 persons in Russia
76.5 were illiterate. Up to the year 1928-29
we have made great stride forward Out of
100 persons 46 are illiterate. At the end of
the Five-Year Plan there will only be Is il
literates out of 100 persons. nliteracy will be
completely liquidated in the most important
districts of the country. The iliteracy of the
youth az to Is years. will be iquidated to 100
per cent. Cat present, 3 million youths are
being taught to read and write.) In the towns
SO per cent of the population will be able to
read and write.
The elementary education will be arranged
in such way that by the end of the five years
all children of the Soviet Union from to IL
will attend the elementary schools. Only in the
most backward districts where there are par
ticularly great difficulties will this plan not
be completely fulfilled. As result at the end
of the five years the elementary schools will be
attended by II million children as against SO
million in 1929 and million in 1914.
The Soviet Union needs $4,000 engineers as
against the existing 10000; 100000 technicians
as against the existing 100000 In order to
realize this huge program ten to twelve new
technical high schools and IT'S technical schools
are being established. The number of scholars
Will be increased 20 o4,VVV anu ~ pei Ceh1 VI
the students will receive scholarships.
During the last decade 1.5 million workers
have been trained 100000 in the factory
schools, trade union schools, etc. Five mil
lion peasants will attend short courses in order
to raise the level of the cultivation of the soil.
The Five-Year Plan provides for an increase
in the number of reading huts from $4,000
to $4,000, i. e., by rs per cent. This means
So reading huts per district. The number OF
libraries is to be increased from $4,000 to
$4,000. In addition, 10000 new travelling
libraries are being organized The number OF
the clubs, peoples houses, ETC., is being aug
mented by rs per cent
With regard to the press it is intended to in
crease it three-fold in the course of the five
years. That is eight times the pre-war level
The circulation of the newspapers will be in
creased from 100000 in the year 1928 to
five million in the year 1928. The publica-
ton of books is to be increased from 1850
million leaves to 1000 million in the year
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THE SOCIALIST TRANSFOR-
NATION OF THE SOVIET
VILLAGE

We print today the final installment OF
Comrade Stains speech delivered at the con-
ference of Marxist Agrarian Research, on
December 81, 1929.
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Workers! Join the Party of
Your Class!

Communist Party U. S. A.
10 East 125th Street.
New York City.
I, the undersigned want to join the Commu-
mist Party. Send me more information.
Address ...............m..... city,.
Occupation Observation-Disclosures. Age,
Mail this to the Central Office, Communist
Party, 43 East 125th St., New York, N. Y.
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has
The p2sent total % W correc ~ ~ ~ " ~ ~ wen
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The Five Year Plan of Cultural
Construction

The Struggle Against Church and Religion.