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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-24
The Trial of the ChernOvetZ
Forgers in Berlin

for proclaiming the independence of Trans
caucasia, they converted the country into a
scene of war between the various races of
peoples, into labyrinth of trenches in order
to destroy completely the young revolution.
They called the Sultan. They called the Ger
man emperor. When both of these were over
thrown they called for the troops of the En-
tente and converted Georgia into plaything
in the hands of the imperiasts. And all this
solely in order to fight against the Soviet
power in the North and to keep down the city
and rural poor in Transcaucasia itself.
81 would prefer the mperialists of the West
to the fanatics of the East" exclaimed Jor-
DANA on the 14th of January, 1919, in the
Constituent Assembly in Tiflis And so, along
with the imperialists of the West, he replied
to the land movements of the small peasants
by burning down whole villages; he pitilessly
combatted with blood and iron the strikes Of
workers which continually broke out. While
the workers and peasants were shedding their
blood for the rights and the liberty of the
proletariat, the oil from Baku was flowing
into the oilships of the Entente. For that was
the meaning of the alliance between the Men,
sheviki and the imperialists. The latter set
up a wall of bayonets against Bolshevism in
return for which the Mensheviki gave them the
material of modern industry.
In the meantime some historic events took
place. The Georgian proletariat drove out
their Menshevist tormentors along with the
Entente troops. The red flags waved over the
oil derricks of Georgia. The suppressed ma
tionalties became free peoples, who in the
exercise of completely unfettered right of self
determination, have joined the Soviet Union.
Industrialization is making tremendous head
way, and with it the identification of the
country. The peasants are uniting in colec-
tive farms.
But just as little as the workers of Georgia
have forgotten their former oppression and
are prepared to defend themselves against all
imperialst penetration, so the former private
capitalist exploiters are equally determined to
regain possession of the oil wells.
Between the American Standard Oil Com
pany and the Royal Dutch Shell fierce COM
petitive struggle is raging. The German gen.
erals, the Georgian Menshevik emigrants and
the fascist associations of Germany-these,
along with the Second International, were the
cards on which Deterding set his stakes. But
these cards proved to be no trunps.
By dragging out the case for over two years,
by placing the prosecution papers in the hands
of the accused it has been possible to let the
men behind the scenes disappear into the kind
ly darkness, out of which no judge or public
prosecutor will drag them. But they are and
remain at work. 1t is therefore doubly neces-
sary that the international proletariat re-
mains on the alert, in order to thwart the de-
signs of the document and money forgers and
their principals, the capitalist mongers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-24
The Spirit of New Bedford

The units of the Party in New Bedford are
..e,rvt7Sted by fighting spirit for the Party.
When comrades in other places complain about
difficulties in getting connections with work
ers in the shops, the comrades in New Bed
ford speak about how they do not need any
special efforts to that end. The membership
in New Bedford consists of young proletar-
ians, poorly paid, exploited to the utmost and
enthusiastically working for the revolution and
with almost all their connections in the shops
When, few weeks ago, we heard in some
places pessimistic voices about the new dues
system as being too high, the opinion of the
New Bedford comrades expressed by a
woman worker saying: "The new dues are
good point to bring in new members in the
Party" And remember that the New Bed
ford comrades generally have wages from $12
to SIS a week and the woman comrade speak
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-24
By ALBERT NORDEN (Berlin).


IN the little hall of the Berlin Court in which
the case of the Tchervonetz forgers is being
tried chapter of world history is being dis
played to view. The names of oil concerns
and political committees, international trust
magnates and German nationalist leaders, of
politicians and adventurers of all possible ma
lions are continually being mentioned in the
proceedings.
The accused in the dock are only criminal
tools. They are hireings of the type of
Weber, Bell and Becker, who cannot refrain
from the work of numbering workers. They
are the henchmen of Colonel Ehrhardt, and
(these famous nationalistsD frequent in
mates of German prisons on account of es-
pionage against Germany. There is only one
of them who is at all marked out from the
rest: Shalva Karumidse, bourgeois Georgian
parliamentarian and Fighter for freedom till
my DEATH" and incidentally sheep breeder,
banker and hide dealer drawing high COM
missions
The president of the Court is a man of eX
IRENE modesty. If any mention is made of
Ehrhardt and Deterding, of General kress
Won Kressenstein or General Lossow then he
is painfully embarrassed and becomes as silent
as the grave. For these gentlemen behind
the scenes occupy high positions in bourgeois
society and therefore no slur must be cast on
them All the more, on the other hand, the
Court allows the accused and their defending
counsel to give free vent to their TRADES
against the Soviet Union, their expressions of
hatred against Bolshevism in Russia and in
Germany.
A stout me-fed gentleman appears who
describes himself as the representative of the
legendary Georgian Menshevik Government in
Paris German class judges know what is due
to such a coffee house government, and so
Mr. Achmetelli is given a seat in Court set
apart only for officials close beside the repre-
sentative of the Foreign Office.
An interpreter fails to put in appearance.
Who shall take his place? A bourgeois who
emigrated from Russia after the revolution
and who in the meantime has managed to OBJ
tain the position of editor Of the extremely
reactionary "Deutschen Zeitung."
And now there already begins the chorus of
those who would like to turn back the wheel
of history. The newspapers of the Second In
ternational begin to bestir themselves and
suddenly display newly found love for demo-
cracy, l. e., in Georgia The times from 1918
to 1920 are coniured up again, when Georgia
was not yet Suppressed by the Bolsheviks."
when there still existed in Tiflis the govern
ment of the Second international, of Messrs.
Jordania Ramischvli and Zereteli, when
Georgia was STILL allegedly, independent.
We will destroy the legend before they can
build it up again. When on the 22nl of April,
1918, the Menshevik made use of the conclu-
sion of the Brest-Litovsk peace as a preteXt
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-24
LENIN ON THE ROLE OF A
COMMUNIST PARTY

NOTE: The excerpts printed below drs
taken from, Lenin's famous brochure, "Whdt
is to be done?" aohich is included IN Volume
w of the Collected Works of V. /. Lenin,
Just published By the International Publish
ers, 381 Fourth Avenue Nea0 York. This col
un,e, published in two parts, includes all the
writings of Leni,, betWeen 1900 and 1902,
and couers the formative period of the Rus
sian Bolsheuik Party.
IN advancing against "Iskra" his "theory" of
raising the activity of the masses of the
workers." Martynov, as matter of fact, dis
played striving to diminish this activity, be-
cause he declared the very economic struggle
before which all economists grovel to be the
preferable, the most important and "the most
widely applicable means of rousing this activ-
ity, and the widest field for it." This error
is such characteristic one, precisely because
it is not peculiar to Martynov alone. AS
matter of fact, it is possible to "raise the
tivity of the masses of the workers" only pro-
vided this activity is not restricted entirely
to political agitation on an economic basis"
And one of the fundamental conditions for
the necessary expansion of political agitation
is the organization of all-sided political expo
sure. In no other way can the masses be
trained in political consciousness and revou-
tionary activity except by means of such ex-
posures. Hence to conduct such activity is
one of the most important functions of inter-
national social-democracy as a whole, for even
in countries where political liberty exists,
there is still field for work of exposure, al
though in such countries the work is con-
Quoted in a different sphere. For example,
the German party is strengthening its posi-
ton and spreading it's influence, thanks par
ticularly to the untiring energy with which it
is conducting campaign of political expo
sure. Working class consciousness cannot be
genuinely political consciousness unless the
workers are trained to respond to all cases Of
tyranny, oppression, violence and abuse, no
matter what class is affected. Moreover, that
response must be democratic response,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-24
PARTY RECRUITING DRIVE

ing has family to support with such starva-
ton wages.
The revolutionary competition in New Bed
ford is going on not only between the units
but also between --.dividual comrades. And
when the New Bedford section committee con-
sidered challenging another section in District
One they decided to challenge in revolutionary
competition not one other section but all three
sections of the City of Boston. And no doubt
they will win in this competiton-and the
victory will be carried off by New Bedford on
all fields; new members new shop nuclei; new
shop papers; Daily Worker subscribers and in
general strengthening the Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-24

THE papers have been full in the last few
weeks exposing the hundreds OF thousands
of dollars made by college teams. Bosses
sports in the factores colleges and settlement
houses are not only used to divert the atten-
ton Of the working youth from their miserable
conditions but also to increase the already
heavy profits of the bosses. College sports
today have become professional sports, bring
ing in ever greater receipts every year.
Yale University made 1,119,000 last year
and expects to increase it during this season.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-24

and not one from any other point of view. The
consciousness of the masses O. the workers
cannot be genuine class consciousness. unless
the workers learn to observe from concrete,
and above all from topical, political facts an I
events, every other social class and all th
manifestations of the intellectual, ethical an
political life of these classes; unless they learn
to apply practically the materialist analysis
and the materialist estimate of all classes,
strata and groups of the population. Those
who concentrate the attention, observation and
the consciousness of the working class exclu-
svely, or even mainly, upon itself alone, are
not social-democrats; because, for its self
realization the working class must not only
have a theoretcal-rather it would be more
true to say: not so much theoretical as prac-
tical understanding acquired through exper-
fence of political life Of the relationships be-
tween all classes of modern society. That is
why the idea preached by our economists, that
the economic struggle is the most widely ap-
plicabe means of drawing the masses into the
political movement is so extremely harmful
AMI extremely reactionary in practice. In
order to become social-democrat, workiiE
man must have clear picture in his mind Nc
the economic nature and the social and pol
teal features Of the landlord of the priest, Of
the high state official and of the peasant, Of
the student and of the tramp; he must know
their strong and weak sides; he must under
stand all the catchwords and sophisms by
which each class and each stratum camou-
fages it's egotistical strivings and it's real
nature; he must understand what interests
certain institutions and certain laws reflect
and how they are reflected. The working man
cannot obtain this "clear picture from books.
He can obtain it only from living examples
and from exposures, following hot after their
occurrence, of what goes on around us at a
given moment Of what is being discussed, in
whispers perhaps, by each one in his own
way, of the meaning of such and such Stats
tics, in such and such court sentences, etc.
These universal political exposures are an es-
sential and fundamental condition for training
the masses in revolutionary activity. ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-24

Oar own aye. the oourgeOts age,
IL distinguished by this-thnt II
has siniplifi. class aDtnRonisns.
More nni more. society IL splitting
up into two gr~ht hOsti,e tampa.
into two great and directly contra
poaed ciasses, h"urEeo,sie mud pro-
lctnriat.-Mnrx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-24
Portland Challenges Seattle

The Portland Section of District No. IL
issued challenge to the Seattle Section that
they recruit more new members pro rata than
Seattle.
Evening star., 1930-06-11

within a week, and that the hrst slice
Of the unconditional part of the Ger
man annuities fixed by the Young plan
will have been commercialized. The
object of the loan Is to furnish, In
accordance with The Hague agreement,
the first slice of reparations established
under the Young plan. OF the amount,
$10O,000,00o will go to Germany for
internal improvement and the re-
mainder to creditor nations.
Two final points delayed the work OF
the International group arranging the
loan These were the price OF issue
and the extent of the bankers commits
sion. The suggestion of Montague Nor
man, governor of the Bank of England,
that the commission of the American
banking group be fixed at higher rate
than that for other countries because
of the system on the American market
finally was adopted.
S5O,OOO,OO9 for Expenses.
The conferees understood that the
American commission is per cent. The
loan itself actually will total between
$340, 100000 and $3.50, 100000. the
amount over the $300,000000 being TO
cover these bankers commissions and
expenses of the issue.
The nominal amounts to be subscribed
in the different countries are as
follows:
United States, $sS,250, 900.
Germany, 36,000,000 reichSmarks
(about $8,200,000).
Belgium, s5,OOO.ooo belgas (about
50 500 00O)
Evening star., 1930-06-11
LOUISIANA BANKER
EXPECTS NORMALCY
Predicts Business Recovery
viii Be Completed Within
Six Months.
BY ths Associated Press.

~ ths Associated Press.
BILOXI, Miss, June 1.-THE awaken
ing of renewed activity in building en-
terprise, IN electrical development, in
food distribution and in the radio,
cinema and automobile fields is forecast
by J. A. Bandi of New Orleans, vice
president of the Canal Bank g. Trust
Co. He told the National Association
of Building Owners and Managers he
believed the return to normal business
would be achieved within six months.
Concentrated thought and effort is
being devoted to giving better housing
facilities for the masses in our cities
and In applying newer and heretofore
untried principles to Skyscraper and
plant construction.
Easy money will be an encourage
ment to enterprise that will begin with
the small merchants and later relate
itself to the wholesalers and the manu-
1acturers.
"Great public movements and large
expenditures will stimulate trade In GER
tain directions until the full movement
Is reached"
The associations convention was
opened Monday with addresses by
Bandi and Paul NJ. Robertson of In
dianapolis, president of the association
The New Orleans banker said: Intel
Ngent advertising, elimination of mar
ginal producers and efficient operation
results will be necessary to meet the
growing competition for business in all
directions"
Robertson, In his address, praised the
Hoover business service conference, say
ing that it had released millions of dol
lars for building trades pay rolls
through the rehabilitation Of old build
angS.
Evening star., 1930-06-11
JAIL FORMER OFFICER

sANTo DOMINGO, Dominican Re-
public, June IL P).-Alfredo Ricart,
former minister of national defense in
the cabinet of former President Horacio
Vasquez, was arrested yesterday, but
liberated shortly afterward.
His arrest followed the imprisonmen&
Monday of two others who served un-
der VaSquez-Angel Maria Soler, former
minister of foreign affairs, and Martin
Nova, former finance minister.
The new government has given no
reasons for the arrests.
Evening star., 1930-06-11
GATES MADE PRESIDENT
OF U. OF PENNSYLVANIA
Prominent Financier to Be Admin
istrative Head Without Pay
in His Alma Mater.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June 11.-Thomas
o. Gates, partner in the firm of Drexel
& Co., this city, and j. P. Morgan &
Co., New York, was yesterday elected
president of the University of Pennsyl-
wanna, q newly created Office.
The announcement was made last
night by DR.. Josiah H Penniman,
provost Of the university, and in that
capacity the financier will become "the
chief executive officer of the univer-
sity." In accepting the appointment
Mr.. Gates specified that he would serve
without compensation. He was gradu-
eted with the class of 1898.
DR.. Penniman will continue as prov
est. It was understood that DR.. Penni-
man will attend more to educational
aspects of the university and Mr.. Gates
to the administrative phases.
Evening star., 1930-06-11
COL. NEWELL TO LEAVE
ARMY AFTER SO YEARS
Orders Assigning Officers to New
Posts Made Public by War
Dana Y~fr1auf

Col. Isaac Newell, United States In
eAntry, at San Francisco, viii be re-
tired October 81 on his own application
after more than 3S years service; Lieut..
Col. Robert Blaine, Cavalry, at the
Army War College, has been assigned to
duty In the office of the chief Of Cav
airy. War Department; Chaplain Hay
wood L. Winter, at Miami, Fla, has
been transferred to the retired list on
account Of disability incident to the
service: Maj. B. K. Yount, Air Corps,
at Langley Field, Va, has been assigned
to command Of the Rockwell Field.
Coronado, Calf; Capt. @. C. Park
hurst, Infantry, has been transferred
from Hawaii to Fort Adams. r. T.; Capt.
M. 3. Kennebeck, Dental Corps, from
Hawaii to Fort Hancock, N. j.; Capt.
r. L Smith, Corps Of Engineers, from
Panama to Mitchell Field, N. Y; Mas
ter Sergt. AlonZo e. Rathburn, Sd Cav
airy, at Fort Myer, Va, has been placed
on the Army retired list on his own
application after more than 80 years
active service.
Evening star., 1930-06-11
"AUTHOR" SENTENCED

Mail Carrier Uses Lindbergh's s
Name to Sell Publishers Book.
LOS ANGELES, June II (R.-Gerald
r. Gage. for IT years a Government
mail carrier, was sentenced to five
months in the county jail Monday
after he had pleaded guilty to mail
fraud in connection with publication
of a book written by him under the
name of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
Gage was accused of making ar
rangements with Dorrance g. Co. of
Philadelphia to publish the book. lead
Ing the publishing house to believe 1t
was doing business with Col. Lindbergh.
The complaint, filed in Federal Court
here, said the publishers lost $1,000
through advertising for the forthcom-
ing book.
Evening star., 1930-06-11
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR GERMAN LOAN
About 500, ,250, 900 of $780,
100000 Issue Will Be
FIoated in US.
BY the Associated Press.


PARIS. June 1l.-First commerCiali-
zation of the German reparations debt
will be undertaken during this week
with issuance in the nine interested
countries of a $500 900 900 German rep
arations loan. About $9s, 900 of the
loan will be floated in the United
States.
Details of the issue were decided in
Paris during a three-week session of
international bankers, representatives of
the Bank of international Settlements
and officials of the creditor powers, and
were announced last night by officials
of the new International Bank.
The loan is to be known as the "51a
per cent 1880 German government in
ternational loan" The day of issue is
to be left to the interested govern
ments; the price is go for every country
except France, where it is 90, each So
of the price going to the French treas
ury as capitalization of tax for 80 years.
Confident Of Subscription.
Financial circles were confident here
today that the issue would be subscribed
Evening star., 1930-06-11

France, 2.2lS.ooo.OOo francs (about
$SS, 900, ,000).
Great Britain, 100000 pounds
(about $5s,000,000).
italy, ll0,000000 lire (about $5,-
500, ,000).
Holland, 100000 forms Cabout
$50 600, ,000).
Sweden, 100000 crowns (about
$29, 900, ,00O).
Switzerland, 100000 Swiss francs
(about $4,000, ,000).
The figures in dollars listed are only
annrOXimate.
Evening star., 1930-06-11
Lift Ban on Study Of German.

ADELAIDE tR.-The State Of South
Australia has decided to permit school
children to learn German. study BAN
ned when the World War started. Many
influential South Australians are de-
scendants of German pioneers.
Evening star., 1930-06-11

When the Vienna Philharmonic Or
chestra recently made its first appear
ance in London in "a years 1t was heard
by an audience of 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-25
JUNIOR MUSICIANS
MEET IN CONTESTS
Piano and Violin Competition
and Final Contest Sched-
uIed Tomorrow.

Certificates from the National Fed
grafton Of Music Clubs and cash prizes
from the local federation will be award
ed the winners In various contests to
be held tomorrow under the auspices Of
the District of Columbia Federation OF
Music Clubs.
The junior contest for violin and
piano solo work will open at the WASH
ington club ball room, Seventeenth and
x streets, at $50 in the morning.
Twenty-three entrants under ID years
Of age will compete in the different
groups and classes. The certificates and
prizes will be awarded to the group
victors.
The final junior oconcert will be given
in the Interior Department auditorium
at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. Among
the participants will be Leila Belle
Foster, Home Stephens McAllister, B
years old; Leah Effenbach, Dora Mino-
witch, Burley Martin, Anne Stowen and
Olive Kolar, pianistS; Margaret Comp
ton, Jean Westbrook, violinists; Frank
Westbrook, cellist; the Sing-son Glee
Club Of Friendship House and the East
ern High School Glee Club.
Mary Ware Goldman will be in charge
Of the concert, while Lois Marshall
Hicks is chairman of the contests. The
public is invited to attend both events.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-25

licious the taste how even the
toasting.
Women went home. Made this
identical test themselves. Had the
identical results!
Toast madefrom the bread they had
been using suffered in comparison.
No other bread, they said, would
find place in their toasters-or their
bread-boxeS. Here, at last, was the
bread they sought.
Why Is This So?
Why does the fact that Wonder
Bread makes better toast prove that
it is finer bread for all purposes?
Because only a scientifically per-
feet bread can make toast that's an
even golden brown over the entire
surface.
SIo-baked Wonder Bread is such
a bread.
Every year we pay s., 200, 900 extra