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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-07

Of what does the Soviet system of economy
consist? The Soviet system means that:
~ The power of the capitalist class is over
thrown and replaced by the power of the work
ing class;
~ The means of production the land, the
factories, works, etc., are taken away from the
capitalists and handed over to the working
class and the masses of the working peasantry;
81 The development of production is not
,subordinated to the principle of competition
and the securing of capitalist profits, but to
the planned economic organization and syste-
matte advancement of the material and cultur-
al level of the workers;
A. The distribution of the national income
is not made in the interests of the enrichment
of the exploiting class and its numerous para
site adherents but in the interests OF a syste-
matte betterment of the material position OF
the workers and peasants and the increase of
socialist production in town and country;
81 The systematic Improvement of the ma
terial situation of the workers and peasants,
and the steady growth of their requirements
(buying powers), forming constantly increas-
ing source for increased production, secure the
working class from crises, from greater I'M
employment, ETC.;
g. The working class, which is the ruler of
the country, works not for the capitalists but
for itself, for its own class
Ot what does the capitalist system OF eco
nomy consist? The capitalist economic system
signifies that:
~ The power in the country is in the hands
of the capitalists;
p The means of production are concentrat-
ed in the hands of the exploiters;
81 Production is not subordinated to the prin-
ciple of improving the material situation of
Il working masses, but to the principle of
securing high capitalist profits;
A. The distribution of the national income
does not take place in the interests of the
improvement of the material situation of the
working masses, but in the interests of secur-
ing a maximum profit to the exploiiters;
So Capitalist naturalization and the rapid
growth of production, having as their object
the securing of high profits for the capitalists,
find themselves running against the barrier
of the impoverishment and lowered material
security of the millions of the masses of the
workers, of the masses who have not always
the possibility of satisfying even their minimum
neels, a state of affairs inevitably preparing
the ground F. production crises, for in
Gre ed unemployment, etc.;
g. The working class is class of the
plotted, working not for itself hut for another
class, the class of the exploiters.
These are the advantages of the Soviet sys-
tenn as compared with the capitalist system of
economy. This is the reason why in the
Soviet Union enjoy steady upward trend in
our economy, whilst the capitalist countries
suffer under growing economic crisis. This
is the reason why in the Soviet Union the in
crease of consumption (the buying powers) of
the masses steadily out-distance the growth
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-07
(Cont.aued)
By MARTIN RUSSAK.

The crisis of capitalism has hit the hosiery
section of the textile industry just as hard as
it has hit the cotton, silk rayon, wooden sec
TONS And the effects upon the hosiery work
ers are just as devastating.
The majority of the full fashioned mills have
shut down, throwing upon the streets tens OF
thousands of workers in Philadelphia, Read
ing, the Lehigh Valley, Paterson, New YORK
City, Wisconsin, and Indiana-the centers OF
hosiery production Part time work prevails
among those who still have jobs; and as
result the skillet hosiery workers who used to
earn over $50 week cannot today earn more
than an average of $25 a week, while the I'M
skilled girls and boys have been reduced to
work for S12 week and less, under the most
intense speed-up and worsened conditions.
Company Unonized.
To meet the effects of the crisis on the
hosiery industry, the officials have advanced
the program of reducing the level of the
unionized mills to the level of the open mills"
This means complete surrender of everything
that the hosiery workers have gained through
years of struggle. 1t means that the officials
of the Federation are openly refusing to or
ganize the unorganized workers and are pro-
posing that the union members give up all the
hard-won benefits of organization. This pro-
gram means that the American Federation of
Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers declares it
self bankrupt as labor organization and be-
comes a company union.
Scarcely was the convention closed when the
officials set to work fevereshly to have the
new sell-out agreement pushe through the
locals of the Federation, so that it can go into
effect on September l, when the old agreement
terminates. The officaldom is so much stricken
with fear that the rank and file will take
matters into it's own hands that they are ever
plotting to have the new agreement go into
effect before the old one terminates. One of the
measures taken at the convention to prevent a
strike was the enactment of decision that
after July Is no more strike payments whatsO-
ever will be given by the Federation. The mis-
leaders have developed into open strikebreak-
ers. Very significant is the part played by the
Musteites al TINS convention of the union which
is their main base in the labor movement. The
Musteites who assume the role of progressive
opposition" to the fascist A. F. of L., capitu-
lated submissvely to the A. F. of L. officials
and helped VOL and McMahon push the new
agreement through the convention. Yet in spite
of this black united front of the two brands
of lnisleaders, the pressure of the rank and
file was felt so strongly in the convention that
the agreement passed only by a per capita
vote Of 81 to o.
They Must Fight.
There can no longer be any doubt that the
hosiery workers, especially in the famous Ken
sngton textile region Of Philadelphia which is
the main center of the hosiery industry and
the largest textile center in the country, mean
to fight this Fall. Together with the textile
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-07
By ANNA ROCHESTER,
Labor Research Association.

RHINE workers in the Soviet Union benefit
lh as do all others in the workers republic.
Their freedom is' startling contrast to the
mine workers life in the capitalist United
States. Every worker who has been IN the
Soviet Union knows that recent charges in the
American capitalist press claiming that Rus
sian coal is mined by Convict or forced labor"
are nothing but capitalist propaganda against
Soviet Russia.
Only six hours day underground, security
from haunting fears of unemployment, acct
dent, illness or old age, membership IN the
Mine Workers Union, to which all mine work
ers belong-these conditions make the Soviet
miner free and self-respecting worker in the
first socialist state. Miners representatives
through the union are part of the management
in the industry The Mine Workers Union is
free social association, an organ of the same
class that controls the state. Miners repre-
sentatives sit on central boards and depart
ments of the workers government.
miner works six hours day underground
and the time is reckoned from bank to bank.
That is, from the time he leaves the mine
mouth until he returns. In contrast to these
hours, underground workers in American coal
mines have an eight, nine or ten-hour day of
time spent at the working face, in addition to
travelling time underground. In Soviet mines
the working day is still further reduced in wet
or otherwise bad places to five or even four
hours from bank to bank
Months Vacation With Pay.
Underground workers in the Soviet Union
receive a months vacation with full pay every
year. Surface workers enjoy a two weeks
vacation, also with full pay. In cases of sick
ness or accident when a worker is unable to
work, he is given his full pay and all his med
ical attention free during the time he is off.
If he is so i'll that he has to stay in the hos
pital, he is cared for free of charge, and in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-07
By V. CHATTOPADHYAYA.

THE idea of an international conference of
Negro workers was first mooted at the
Second World Congress of the League Against
Imperialism, held in July, 1929, at Frankfurt
AMMAN, where among the 400 odd delegates
that came from all parts of the world there
were number of Negro delegates from Africa
and America, besides various non-Negro dele
gates directly interested in the organization of
the Negro masses for the struggle against i'm
perialism
Reports Submitted
The reports submitted TO that Congress on
the conditions of life of the Negro masses I'M
der British, French Belgian, Portuguese and
American imperialist exploitation showed
clearly:
% That there was considerable similar
lily in those conditions in the various African
colonies
(2) That the Negro workers in the various
colonies were isolated from one another and
from the workers of other countries.
go That the vast Negro masses were COM
petely unorganized.
90 That they were being politically misled
and deceived for the benefit of the capitalists
and imperialists by Garveyism, pan-Afrcan-
ism, national reformism and ira lie union re.
formism.
1t was felt that it was essential to under
union organization, of the Negro workers, the
coordination on an international scale, and the
organization of the anti-imperialist struggle
of the Negroes a class basis as against the
racial nationalsm that was being preached by
black capitalists and agents of Imperialism.
In order to achieve these ends, Provisional
International Committee of Negro Workers
was constituted under the craftsmanship of
James w. Ford, national organizer of the
Trade Union Unity League u. S. A., AMI it
was resolved to convene an international con-
ference on July l, 1880, to take place in Lon
don, the metropolis of the largest slave en-
pire of the world.
Labor" Government Closes Door.
But at this critical moment the profits and
privileges of the British slave-drivers are beng
carefully protected by the labor" government
and the organizers of the conference were in
formed on May 81 that his majesy's govern
ment would not allow the conference to be held
N London.
The organizers then decided to hold the con-
ference in Hamburg, where, after unavoi liable
delays, occasioned by the change in its venue,
it was opened July T. There were dele
gates, including woman, from seven impor-
tant unions in the United States of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-07

from the United States who are industrial
workers with completely proletarian pshchol-
ogy and outlook an the delegates from Africa
who have more of the mentality of the small
farmer The conditions of the problem in At
RIGA necessitate different methods and tactics
from those in the U. S. A., and there may be
tendency for the Negro workers from the
u. S. A. to look at the African Negro question
too much from the American point of view.
Nevertheless it is gain to the African work
err to come into contact with the representa-
tives of the far more advanced Negro prole-
tariat of America. This contact has been
achieved by the conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-07

meeting of Hamburg workers who extended
an enthusiastic welcome to the Negro dele
gates few of whom spoke at the meeting.
The conference which was marked through
out by enthusiasm lasted three days and ended
fittingly with he singing of the lnternationale
An official invitation was extended to the dele
gates to proceed to Moscow to attend the Fifth
World Congress Of the r. l. l.. U. as guests
Eleven delegates have already accepted the
invitation Those who were unable to do so
have sent the fraterna greetings of their or
CARNATIONS to the congress.
American Negroes Most Clear.
There is one observation that deserves to be
recorded regarding the Negro Conference. There
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-07

However we may develop our national economy,
the question of the right choice VI location OF
our industry as the leading branch of national
economy cannot be avoided. At the present time
our industry and our national economy are sub
stantially dependent on the coal and mining
base provided by the Ukraine. 1t will be I'M
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-07

derstood at once that without such basis the
industrialization of the country is impossible.
The Ukranian fuel and metallurgic centre furn-
ishes us with the required base. But when the
cou try has developed further, can this one
base suffice for both the South and the central
regions of the Soviet Union, for the North
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-08
The Once Over
IMAGINARY INTERVIEWS WITH FAMOUS
anEEDUCaNc

AMERICANS
Copyright, 1880, BY The Associated Newspapersl
mo. 1856: Robert Tyre Jones. Jrl
Q-Mr. Jones, how does 1t feel to win all the major
golf championships in a single season?
Al rather like the experience. Those major tour
naments give a golfer excellent practice.
Q-They help him smooth out his game, as 1t we're?
A-Exactly.
Q-Now that you have won all the titles. what do
you plan to do next2
Al think I'll perfect my game and see what was
the matter with it all this year. I never quite got
going.
Odd you find the Merton course difficult?
A-Rather. / didn't get a single hole-in-one. It
must have been the slant Of the greens or the grass
texture.
Odd Romans at any time give you any real
trouble. Mr.. Jones?
A-Who?
Q-Homans. the boy you met in the final7
A-Oh. was that his name? .
Q.-Are you ever nervous on the eve OF a major
tournament?
Ayes, I'm 50 intent on my game the night before
that my opponents can't sleep all night.
Q-Before you tee off in a big match have you any
misgivings?
Al almost always have a fear I won't get a 90.
Q-When you first took up golf did you have any
idea you would become the best player in the world?
A-4eS. lNdtS WHdt Iulucu my game bAC AASt
years.
Q-Do you still find tournaments good fun any
more?
A-Not much. After all. it's a terrific ordeal to be
mobbed thirty-six times a day.
Odd you use the lighter ball at Merton?
A-The ball seemed the same weight. but the OPP
ponents seemed lighter.
Q-Is there any truth to the story you intend to
retire from tournament golf7
AT times I think about 1t.
Q-why? CO.
Al find that golf is too exasperating.
Q-How so?
A-No matter how hard I try I never seem to be
able to shoot par golf 70 holes in succession.
GIN a sense, you are considering quitting the
game because you find it too difficult to master?
THAI about It.
Q-Do you find the profession of law as attractive
as you anticipated?
A-Not nearly. and for a very peculiar reason.
Q-What is 1t?
A-Knowing about my golf, nearly all my clients
try to pay me in loving cups.
Q-Mr. Jones, as the worlds greatest golfer, what
advice would you offer American boys thinking Of
taking up the game?
A-Go into baseball instead.
Q-And why?
Am baseball the audience can't surround you
while you're at bat. stealing second, running after a
pop fly or sliding for home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-08
The Effect of the Fix

If you ever wonder why 1t is that such a city as
Chicago continues to be overrun with gunner who
have their complete freedom despite the fact that
any school child can enumerate their crimes by the
dozen. 1t might pay you to consicer a recent article In
The Nation by Lawrence Howe.
Mr.. Howe was a detective sergeant in Chicago for
two decades, and consequently speaks with the auth
ority of long experience. Pointing out that Chicago
has 100 times as many robberies annually as London,
and - times as many as all Of Canada, he proceeds
to answer the question. How Gomez"
To begin with, he points out that Chicagos geo.
graphical location, her pre-eminence as a railroad
center. her proximity to state boundaries and the
nearness Of half a dozen state prisons condemn her,
inevitably TO more than her share Of crooks. But that
isn't all Of ii. He goes on to repeat what he once told
a candidate for mayor, who asked him If 1t would be
possible to rid Chicago Of criminals.
Il assured him" writes. that If l were permitted
to pick Is detectives. trustworthy and competent Of
ficers who knew the underworld, and had charge OF
their activities. I would undertake TO rid Chicago OF
all professional crooks in go days. provided the mayor
would carry out his part of the program. His part
would be to see that when we made ar arrest and
presented sufficient. reliable. conclusive evidence to
prove the man guilty, there would be no fixing Of the
case. A conviction must follow.
The judges, states attorneys, court clerks and poll
ticians must not be allowed to be bought by the ac-
cused in an effort to thwart justice. They must be
invulnerable to all approaches, whether Of bribery.
politics or friendship. The candidate for the mayor
atty recognized the futiity Of attempting such a dras-
tic reform"
1t Is that final sentence that sticks in ones men,
ory. The candidate for the mayoralty recognized the
futility OF attempting such a drastic reform" Why?
Simply because the "fix"-the use Of extra-legal
methods to gain special favors-is such an integral
part OF American municipal government that trying
to root 1t out as accepted, by men familiar with such
matters, as an utterly hopeless task.
This, in turn. obviously means that the country's
war on its criminal class is. just at present. decidedly
a losing struggle. Favoritism is too deeply entrenched.
Scoundrels have too many influential friends.
II this were Chicagos hard luck alone It would not
be SO bad. But 1t isn't. Chicago Is just bigger. Other
cities duplicate its faults. Mr.. Howes remarks apply
for all of us.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-08
S5OO,OOO,OOO For Travel

The close OF the tourist season brings the estimate
that American travellers this summer spent no less
than $780, 900 TO visit Europe. That is a rather big
piece Of change; one wonders just what the American
tourist got for his money.
In some cases, probably, he got nothing at all. The
man who goes to Paris only to infest the American
bar and exchange hometown "reminiscences with
some other compatriot might just as well be staying
at home. But for the most part. very likely. the tour
lists got their moneys worth. In crossing the ocean
they got a glimpse Of a civilization that Is quite IN
like their own.
Even granting the contention that many tourists
remain quite impervious to the effects of this expos
ure Of old-world culture. 1t is obvious that the effect
on America as a whole must be considerable. Provin-
cialism cannot live when people 90 travelling on such
a scale.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-08
TAE Nam SEN
Intimate Glimpses of the Valleys Alley
BY ]. r.

Along Elizabeth 49,. Can What ya Can .. And This includes About
Everything ... A New Car for Sadler 49,. VIII We See
Fireworks Now? .. No Danger.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-08

moments later a radio fox trot burst
on the air.
The others were rising. Jordan
caught Celia's arm and led her
through the living room to the
pore, There was a soft breeze. and
tie lawn was drenched with moon
light. The radio orchestra was
playing a waltz now. Jordan sang
the words:
Stars and steel guitars
And luscious lips as red as
wine"
They danced in perfect rhythm
Celia wos conscious Of Jordan's close
embrace. and that her heart was
pounding.
Il left her and threw away
They key-ee to Paradise
IL was an orchestra leader In a
night club who was singing the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-08
Cost of Couzens' Victory

Sen. James Couzens OF Michigan, progressive re-
publican, and a free lance most Of the time. spent
$500 to win a denomination. His majority was the
greatest ever piled up in Michigan in a senatorial
contest. Sen Nye will not be asked to investigate
excessive expenditures" In the Michigan primary
Sen. Couzens Is reputed to be worth $4,000. 900. He
ran on an underdog platform. That is, he promised
legislation that would pull the underdog out of the
ditch. Unless the underdog does some heroic crawl
ing he will remain In the ditch. That Is, unless the
nilennial dawn Is approaching.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-08
q D. s PAT orr.

she was TO sit between Tod Jordan
and Jimmie Webster. Eve Brooks
was at the other side OF Webster
and promptly monopolizeL him
That left Jordan to Celia.
Mrs. Parsons, at the head OF the
table. took note of this. The smile
which she turned toward her right
hand guest was not In the least
forced.
Evelyn had felt confident abou.
Tod Jordan. That is. she wa.
confident that he would serve her
purpose. OF Jordan's act ii his
tory she was as much at a loss as
four-fifths Of his acquaintance.
She had seid truthfully tn she
had met Jordan on the ocean liner.
She had chatted with him in a
deck chair, strolled occasionally in
tn moonlight and waite him
invariably winning az cards. Being
~observant EVELYN had noticed Jor-
dan. was usually to be seen WITH
young women who had large banf
accounts. and with men he met in
the card room.
There's nothing to tell
That's quite impossible
Again Celia's cheeks colored
Without a smile. without the least
change of infection. Tod Jordan
managed TO convey implications. His
dark eyes watched the girl.
But there really X nothing "a
TELL she laughed. You see. New
York and everything here Is new
TO me. I've been in school until q
month ago. I've never seen anything
or been anywherel That's why it's
80 wonderful 10 come to this party
Again Jordan's eyebrow did the
little trick Of raising and then low
ering itself ever so slightly.
Are you a relative Of Mrs. Par
sons " he asked.
mol mol Only she and my father
are old friends. Fathers comina
down tomorrow"
"Really?"
Celia would have been astoundec
% know that Tod Jordan coulc
quote her fathers financial rating
precisely. He had considerably more
information about John Mitchell,
than had Mitchell's daughter.
But all this time you've been II
school YOU must have been doinr
Fomething." the man persisted
How do you amuse yourself? Ten
mis-? Like TO swim? Dancer"
I'm no good at Tennis Celia
said. but 7 love swimming and
dancing
Then I'm glad I came. I insist
on the first dance"
He turned his head TO repiy tc
Kate Duncan. Celia for several
moments was neglected.
There was a haze OF smoke
across the table. dimming the can
die light. Jimmy Webster was re-
counting polo anecdotes In a loud
voice. Soprano laughter and ring
ing bass interrupted Celia thought
Webster was growing a trifle rowdy
She noticed that Eve Brooks wa:
flirting openly both with Jimmi,
ana Walter Carr. Nobody seemed
surprised or even interested I'm this
Ewes husband had been devotins
the evening 10 Kate Duncan.
II want TO talk to YOU" Jordan
was saying softly. Cant we &c
away from this?"
Celia's pulse quickened. but sh,
shook her head. II was near tn,
end OF the dessert course.
Suddenly Eve Brooks pushed bacl
her chair and stood up.
Who's going TO dance with me?'
she called out. her eyes directly OF
Walter Carr. Who's going to dane,
with me right now?v
She and Carr denarfed. "A fev