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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
HOME DYNAM|T|NG
K|LLS2 CHILDREN
Father Sought After Explo-
sion Believed 0utgroWth
of Domestic Quarrel.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated PreSS.
BARNESBORO. Pa, July 23.-Two
children were killed and their mother
injured early today in the explosion of
a charge Of dynamite believed set by
the father of the children as a result
of differences with his wife.
The explosion demolished the front
of the home in which Mrs. K. Terry
Langham and her four children were
living at Emeigh Run, after separating
from Langham. Two of the children
escaped injury. Those killed were
Perry Arthur, 16 months old, and
Larue, 6 years old.
Police search for Langham was insti-
tuted after officers were told of differ
ences he had had with his wife, and
that he had been seen near the home
shortly before the explosion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
GRAND JURY INDICTS
HARRY DICKINSON
Three Face Trial on Charge OF
Abducting Mary McClenny
of Richmond.
BY the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, July 23.-True
bills we're returned today by a Henrico
County grand jury against Harry
Dickinson, charged with the abduction
Of Miss Mary Frances McClenny, pretty
20-year-old daughter of Or. and Mrs.
d. c. McClenny, Richmond, and N.
H. Dickinson and John Leadbetter,
charged with aiding In the alleged alb
duction. They will be tried in Henrico
County October 6.
Warrants against the men were
sworn out by the girls father follow
ing her disappearance from home on
July /. Miss McClenny was found in
Wanesboro, Va, on July IL In COM
pany with Harry Dickinson after q
Nationwide search. The parents Of
the girl had feared that she had been
forcibiy taken from her home. bat Miss
McClenny wrote note in which she
said that she left Richmond on July
'of my own free viii and without force
on the part of any one and without
any inducements whatsoever" She
wrote further that my entire associa-
ton with Harry L. Dickinson has oc-
CURED with full knowledge on my part
OF the fact that he was married and
had not been divorced from his WIFE,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
CHICAGO DRIVER Is SHOT
THOUGH WIFE WITH HIM
Woman Is Uninjured as Dozen
Shotgun slugs Wound Spouse
in Legs.
nn the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 23.-Even the pres
ence of his wife at his side failed to
save Joseph Martorana from gun at
tacl. last night as he was driving his
automobile on the Northwest Side. He
was wounded by more than dozen
shotgun slugs. Mrs. Martorana was not
hurt.
Martorana told police he neither saw
his assailants nor heard the shots. Mrs.
Martorana met all attempts at question:
ing by police by saying she mo speak
English"
All the shotgun slugs struck Mario
rama in the legs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
''BRAINS' INSTEAD OF FORCE URGED
ON DRY LAW MEN BY WOODCOCK
Two Agents Suspended for Searching Maryland Officials
Car .'Without Probable Cause

July Is. woodcock said investigation
failed to show this to be true.
II think tht Mr.. Duncan might have
been mistaken about the agents firing
upon his car" the director said.
II did not suspend the men for using
weapons, but suspended them for
searching the car Of a citizen without
probable cause" he added.
Our plan in enforcing the important
and serious problems of prohibition Is
to do it properly and I am trying TO
teach prohibition agents to use their
brains instead Of other things"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
90 in Naples Killed by Fright
Hundreds Injured by Three
Shocks, Laying Waste to
Wide Territory Nearby.
RESCUE AGENCIES RUSH
INTO STRICKEN AREA
Americans Are Believed to Have
Escaped Harm-Historic Castle
Is Wrecked-Children Are Hurt
as Roof of Orphan Asylum
Crashes-Homes Destroyed.
Ry the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
ROME, July 23.-The number OF
deaths in a error-striking earth
quake which rayaged Southern
Italy early this morning had
reached Isl this afternoon, with
more than twice that number in
jured.
These figures were based on re-
ports of provincial projects to the
minister of interior.
The reports said thousands of
houses had either been demol-
ished or wrecked to the point
where they will have to be pulled
down. These include some rich
old palaces and also churches and
provincial cathedrals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
WHAT A WHALE OF A STORY,
BUT IT HAS A FIST1Y TINGE!
Gloucester Fisherman Says He Had Spank Fish to Keep
1t Away From Lines.

of a school sighted OF the fishing
grounds, approached the dory and play
fully began to splash water on him
with its tail. This Jerry took good
naturedly enough, but the frolicsome
leyiathan decided to have some real
sport, so It took dive and came up
under the boat. Jerry barely escaped
drowning and the travis became
tangled. The fisherman seized an oar
and belabored the swimming mammal
so soundly that 1t swan -, chastened
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23

By the Assoclated PTess.
Amos w. w. woodcock, prohibition
director, today instructed prohibition
agents to use brains" instead Of force
in dry law work.
At the same time he announced sus-
pension of two agents for searching the
automobile of e. q. Duncan. Maryland
road commission engineer. The officers,
Charles r. Mccartney and John T,
Weigel, were laid on three days without
pay.
They were also charged by Duncan
with firing on his car on the night Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
MAD FOX ARE HUNTED
ON MCCORMICK ESTATE
Four Killed Suffering From Rabies.
Expert Rihemen scour
Countryside.

~ the Associated Ptess'
ROCKFORD. Ill, July 23.--Mad foxes
nm the estates of Mrs. Ruth Hanna
Mccormick, Representative; former
GOV. Frank o. Lowden and others in
the countryside southwest of Rockford
were hunted today by expert rifiemen.
-Four foxes have been killed and have
been found suffering with rabies. Fear
az the foxes was felt several days ago
when one Of them attacked dog on
the Mccormick farm. Shortly aft
srward \ fox invaded the Mccormick
lawn and snapped at her son.
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HINDENBURG CANCELS TRIP.
VIII Return TO Scene Of Tragedy fol
Mourning Demonstration.

COBLENZ, Germany, July q P)-
President Won Hindenburg, whose tour
of the Rhineland in honor of its liberia
ton from occupation was interrupted
by last nights tragedy, called OF the
remainder Of his festive journey today.
The aged President planned to at
tend a mourning demonstration in the
city hall and TO pay tribute to the VIC
Tins of the bridge collapse. He win then
return to Berlin.
Meanwhile, the flags, which had
payly greeted him yesterday, we're nut
tering somberly at half mast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
DEAN OF NORTHWESTERN
URGED FOR WORLD COURT
Name Suggested by Dominican Re-
public-James B. Scott Named
by Cuba.
nv the Associated Press.

8y Ene ASSOClhItu FISSS.
GENEVA, July 23-The name Of
Dean John H. Wigmore of Northwest
ern University for nomination to the
Permanent Court of international
Justice has been submitted to the Sec
retariat of the League of Nations by
the Dominican Republic.
other American names that have
beer, submitted are those of Frank B
kellogg, fgormer American Secretary
of state, by the Danish group, and
james Brown Scott of Washington, D
c., by the Cubans.
Judges of the court will be elected
at a session OF the League Assembly
In September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
Lord Howard Takes Seat.

LONDON, July % (Ft-Lord How
ard of Penrith formerly Sir Esme
Howard, was introduced in the House
of Lords today and took his seat in
the historic chamber. Lord Howard
recently was elevated to the peerage.
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Medical Leader Feared Drowned.

HELSINGFORS, July % R1.-Prof-
of Helsingfors University, disappeared
while on o sailing trip today and II was
feared he may have drowned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
~ the Associated Press.

% the Associated Press.
BOSTON, July 23.-And now there's
the one about the fisherman, who had
to spank the fish to make it go away
from his lines.
Jerry Gardner, member of the crew
of the Gloucester fishing schooner
Louise b. Marshall, which arrived at
Ash uier today. was hauling travis in
! dory Yesterday in the South Channel.
According TO Jerry, q 60-foot whale, one
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-18
STARVE OR FIGHT!


in a short while to secure another fee. One
ported to have made arrangements with fac
tory foreman by which the foreman was paid
$500 for every man taken on from this agent.
and $500 for every man discharged. The men
were kept on the job week, were paid every
Friday and the expectation was that they
would return to the agent for new job the
following Monday"
Prohibition of fee charging employment
exchanges is not contemplated under the pres
ent form of government in the United States,
according to a recent decision of the Supreme
Court. Even regulation of fees has been de-
clared unconstitutional. License fees are in
most instances too small to make their revoca-
ton for unethical conduct penalty to be fear
ed. In New York City, where more than 1900
private employment agencies were licensed in
1927, the total amount collected in fees was
insufficient even for adequate supervision. Fee
charging private employment agencies are re-
ceiving special privileges at the hands of the
government at the expense of the millions of
workers who are forced to use them every day.
In refusing the State of New Jersey the power
to limit exorbitant fees, the Supreme Court
of the United States ruled that "the employ
ment business does not differ in substantial
character from the business of the real estate
broker ship broker, merchandise broker. or
ticket broker" In no statement could the capt.
talist conception of labor as a commodity to
be bought and sold on the market, be more
clearly defined.
Ito Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-18
By I. AMTER.


m all occasions the capitalists and the gov
eminent try to minimize the importance
Of the Communist Party. When in connection
with a demonstration Of the Communists IN
Washington, D.. c., Hoover asked that the ar
rested Communists be released because he did
not wish to satisfy their mania for martyr
DOM" it was calculated to lower the signific-
ance of the activities of the Communists. When
Norman Thomas repeated this phrase OF the
in1perialist Hoover he put himself in the same
category--in the ranks Of the open helpers OF
the imperialists
But facts and events areedemonstrating that
the government and the capitalists recognize
the growing Importance of the Conlnlunist
Party in the struggle Of the workers.
I Thus, the Fascist League of North America
vNs dissolved on December 81. This was sup
posed to be voluntary" act on their part;
but It evidently wass due, on the one hand, to
the exposure made by we'll known periodical
Of their allegiance to the Italian government,
as result Of which the U. s. senate decided to
order an investigation. The Fascist League
of North America merely changed its name
and in February established another organiza-
ton, the Grande Federazione del Littorio-the
Great Federation of Lctor.
The organizer, Mr.. Trombetta, editor of I'll
that they are s'reorganizing the fascist open
Iy,v that chapters Of the organization assume
other names, such as the Association of Elk
Service Men," etc. The organization hopes to
embrace the 100000 Italians in this country.
Vain hope--but the important point is that,
despite the governmental investigation that
was ordered, these fascist proceed to carry on
their work Openly"
Some time ago, it was announced that the
organization would take in non-Italians, the
idea being to form an aD-inclusive fascist Or
ganization. The government is well informed
about these actiyities--but quite naturally not
only does nothing against them, but sponsors
them. $3.50
The second mobilization of fascist is to be
noted in the conference called by the Veterans
Of, Foreign Wars in response to the activities
Of the Young Pioneers of America in New
York upon the return Of young Comrade Harry
Eisman from Hawthorne Reformatory. Eisman
had beenssent to Hawthorne for his activities
in connection with the demonstration Of the
Young, Pioneers against the Boy Scouts before
their departure for the jamboree in England.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars have called q
conference Of Ill sreActionary, fascist or poten-
tally fascist organizations in the vicinity OF
New York. Among these organizations are
the posts, Of the organization in New York,
Connecticut and New Jersey, the Ladies Auxi-
Hasy OF. the Veterans Of Foreign Wars, the
United, Spanish War Veterans, the American
Legion. the nth Division Association, the 69th'
Regiment, the Rainbow Division, the Jewish
War. Veterans, the American War Mothers,
the American Flag Association, the Grand
Army Of the Republic, the Eleventh Engineefs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-18
By HARRY CANNES.


ALONG with the general crisis of capitalism
n in the United States there is developing
drastic agraran crisis This crisis is expressed
particularly in the steep decline in prices of
wheat corn, tobacco and cotton and the severe
overproduction of all farm products. The i'm.
perialist bankers hold nine billion dolers in
watered farm mortgages and loans on farm
properties and are pressing the farmers for
payment of exorbitant interest rates. Be-
tween these two jaws of the imperalst wise the
severe farm crisis is deepening and is driving
down to greater depths the general crisis of
American imperialism.
Since August, 1929 the price Of wheat in
Chicago has dropped 48 cents bushel. This
is a decline of more than 81 per cent within
sS months in the price of wheat. Cotton has
dropped from 20 cents per pound in January
to below 16 cents on February 6. All this oc-
Cured in spite of the tremendous efforts of
the Federal Farm Board and various other
capitalist credit agencies to prevent the panicky
decline of prices on farm commodities
The failure of the Farm Board to prevent
the catastrophe drop in prices on farm prod
ucts and the fact that there will be continued
decline is expressed by the Commercial and
Financial Chronicle, one of the Wall Street
mouthpieces (Feb. 1, 1907
The Board has been trying to hold up the
price of what in the face of a tremendous
visible supply and of huge unsold stocks of
wheat here in the United States. The task
is an insuperable one and would be bound to
fail in the end even if it did not break down
at the very outset The policy of encourag-
ing farmers to hold huge supplies of wheat
off the market, whether through coopera-
tives. or by direct buying by the Farm Board
itself, must always be full of menace, and
Of very serious menace, as it is in the present
instance. TIE whole world knows that even
tually this wheat must be disposed of, and
until it is disposed of, the accumulated hold
ngs will hang over the market as pail. not
only preventing recovery in price, but fur
Their weakening it."
Why is there such tremendous overproduc-
tion of wheat in the United States in 1929,s
when the total output last year was twelve
per cent below the 1928 production? Because
Of the rapidly developing world crisis with
more than fifteen million workers in capital
list countries unemployed there is sharp re-
duction in the standard of living of the work
ing class and in their food consumption. The
consumption of wheat in the United States is
rapidly dropping. There are over 100000
unemployed in capitalist countries with 10000,
900 DEFENDANTS. Exports, in spite of the steep
" reduced prices, "were disappontingly low"
(AnnaIist. an. 81, 1930).
The Journal of Commerce 6Feb. 6, 1930)
points out that despite the favorable factor
for exporting of wheat Of low prices this does
not take place:
"Such commodities as wheat and cotton,
the chief agricultural exports of this country,
are also ruling at low prices for the year,
and the unusual feature Of the situation is
that the declines have not had the effect Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-18

revolutionary competition should have taken
place, showing the units and sections what
they had achieved and where they had failed,
showing what unit was the leading and which
section was tagging behind. This was not
done, and also in the comradely competition
between the districts we did not get in the
real spirit of doing its "damnedest'-except
partly Detroit and Philadelphia.
At present Chicago has been beaten not only
by New York and Pha, but also by Cleve-
land and almost by Buffalo. Chicago is now
the 5th district in the Drive. Detroit has still
one field upon which it has been beaten by
Philadelphia subs for the DIV. But Detroit
is coming closer and closer. Cleveland is now
definitely beaten by Detroit in spite of Cleve-
lands good victory over Chicago this week.
Buffalo has beaten Connecticut rather badly,
except in shop papers where Connecticut has
filled its quota. In the triangle competition:
Boston, Minnesota and California, Minnesota is
the leading district in new members, Cali
fornia in subs, Boston in shop nuclei and in
shop papers-which is very important VIC
tory. California has taken the leadership in
Negro-question.
The following quotas have been filled:
New members by Detroit, New York and
Phla.
New subs by not single district.
New shop nuclei by Phila.
New shop papers by Boston (above quota),
Phila (above quota), Buffalo, Detroit and
Connecticut.
Only one district has so far filled its shop
nuclei quota. The following districts show
decided weakness in their activity for new
shop nuclei and they must improve their work
Immediately: New York, Pittsburgh Chicago,
Kansas City, Dakotas, Seattle, California, and
the South.
The time left for the drive is only to Feb
ruary 2Sth. A very energetic effort during
10 days from this Tuesday will permit most
of the districts to fill their quota-at least
the original quota which were 5000 new men,
beers, of which already So per cent are COW
ered Cleveland, Chicago, Buffalo and Mime
sofa can easily fill their quota.
Prepare to put your district on the map
during the last week! Dakotas were the end
of the tail last week, now it is Kansas City.
Let US hope that Dakotas will work energeti-
cally enough to keep its present place or
maybe beat Seattle. Pittsburgh is a good
competitor for last place because of its poor
show during the first half of the drive. Bos-
ton may yet be able to beat Connecticut or
California if it tries hard. Cleveland should
by no means permit Chicago to crowd it out
from fourth place. The ambition of Phila
should be to press itself up to second place
1t can be done-how about it New York?
Fill your quota of shop nuclei!
New members in active work!
Organize classes for the new members!
Every new member should subscribe on the
Daily Worker!
Make the last week of the drive the best
week!
Mobilize all Party forces for the utmost
activity in the Unemployment campaign and
for recruiting of new members during the last
week of February!
Org Dept. of the C. c.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-18

Communist Party; close alliance with the ex-
plotted peasants"
Against the slogan of Constituent assembly"
(which is the demand for bourgeois govern
ment against feudal and imperialst limitation
on native capitalist development) we must
put forth the slogan of workers and peasants
councils.
Against the slogan of "a revolutionary DEM
ocratic government (Which means a govern
ment of the type of Ortiz Rubio in Mexico,
the native bourgeosie in alliance with the i'm
perialists) we must put forth the slogan OF
the revolutionary democratic dictatorship OF
the workers and peasants.
The ANERC cannot be political party, nor
the organizer and leader Of the Cuban liberia
ton movement Its function is that of a gen.
eral anti-imperialist organization, affiliated to
the International League Against Imperialism
and the All-American Anti-Imperialist League,
on the basis of the Frankfort Congress resolu-
tions.
The organization and leadership of the Cuban
liberation movement can only be the work Of
the Communist Party of Cuba.
These points have not been thoroughly un-
derstood by the Cuban Communists who work
among the members of the ANERC. Instead
of putting forth these fundamental points in
our program, they have acquiesced in the pro-
gram of the petty -bourgeoisie, accepting the
leadership AMI domination of these elements.
1t is necessary to sharply raise the fundament-
al issues of Cuban liberation and its relations
to the workers and peasants movements. in
the sense of the Colonial Program Of the Sixth
Congress of the Communist International.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-18
The Agrarian Crisis and World
Mass Unemployment
By Fred Ellis

stimulating exports to any extent"
In the crisi1 of 1914, 1921 and the depres-
sions of 1924 and 1927, when the American
workers suffered severe unemployment and
were forced to eat less a temporary alienation
of the agrarian crisis and the sharp reduction
in wheat prices was achieved by feverish ex-
ports bostered up by loans to paw for It. At
the present time with the general world crisis
and mass unemployment in alp capitalist coun-
tries, the wheat. consumption of the workers
is steeply lowered, and credit is restricted.
Expressing the fact that the millions Of un-
employed as well as EMPLOYED workers in the
United States will eat less in 1880. than thew
did in 1929. or 1928. Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde, on January &c. 1880 issued an appeal
to the farmers to curtail their crops because
ut IS unlikely the demand for farm, products
in the summer and fall of 1880 aUi1l be as good
as during the last summer and fall. The
demand for some farm Products has been al
ready affected by the decline in industrial ac-
tivity since last June"
On the basis of the mass unemployment in
the United States HYDE wants the American
farmers to decrease their production nv twenty
per cent. 1t is interesting to know that farm,
output in the United States is decreasing A.
almost the same rate that the collective farms
under the Five-Year plan in the Soviet Union
are increasing their production.
While in the capitalist countries the great
mass of icbless are organizing international
demonstrations to fight against starvation and
for unemployment relief on February 26. in
the Soviet Union the workers are gettirR in
creased food supplies as a result of the in
crease in wheat output. The capitalist news
papers in order to hide the fact that It is the
general crisis of world capitalism and the i'm
poverishment of the workers that is forcing