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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27
THE GROWING TERROR IN
CHICAGO

of Chicago we're exceedingly we'll attended.
The police therefore, were determined TO
freighten the Negro workers away. They broke
up the Communist Party meeting at corner
where various kinds OF meetings were held
for many years The Party speakers were ar
rested. But the meetings continued. The Ne
gro workers were not to be so easily freghten-
ed. Some Of the police officers got taste of
their own medicine when they were knocked
down and trampled upon by the Negro work.
ers. More arrests followed. The judges OBJ
ligingly did the bidding of their masters. Many
cha, ges were placed against the speakers High
bail was demanded. Comrade Romania Fergu-
son was fined heavily A Negro worker who
was too sick to move when told to do so by
the police gangsters was compelled to serve
forty days in Jail by the vicious Judge Fetzes,
whose connections with the Chicago under
world are we'll known.
Police Pretext of Race Riots
As usual the judge who plays most i'm
portant role in the terror against the workers
is the notorious and cheap publicity hound,
Judge Lyle, All the cruelty, I'll the inhuman-
ity, all the vicioVsness and bestiality of the
capitalist system is embodied in him. When
he sees class conscious worker arrayed be-
fore him, he ticks his dirty chops with the
anticipated satisfaction of the cannibal leading
his human victim to the slaughter. When
only one charge is filed against any class
conscious worker he instructs the states at
torney to file two or three more; he null
tiplies the amount of the bail manifold. Keen
his satisfaction when he held Comrade
Holman over to the grand jury for sedtion
and placed him under $500 bail. When
worker who came to listen to the trial of those
arrested at street meeting was little too
slow in obeying the order of Lyle's bailff to
sit down he was yanked before Lyle who in
structed the police officers to arrest him and
handle the worker in a proper manner. The
worker beaten into Inconsistencies.
New Chief Intensfies Terror.
1t is interesting to note that this terror eX-
lists in the regime of the new chef of police,
Alcock The Civil Liberties Committee of Chi
cage, in the serve manner characteristic of all
liberals attributed the terror to the individuals
at the head of the police department and not
to the class whose tools these individuals are.
To the Civil Liberties Committee it was the
maevolent Chief of Police Russell and the bad
Detective Siege who were the cause of the
arrests and the brutal beatngs. The chair
man of the Committee, Arthur Fisher, was
gullible enough to believe the new chief of
police when he promised to reverse Stege's
policy as far as the Communists were con
cerned. That reversal consisted in intensity
ing the terror.
The simplest worker understands the substi-
tuition of one capitalist tool for another can
bring no favorable results to the working class.
The intensification of the capitalist crisis will
strengthen the terror. The bosses and their
tools will listen not to the sweet voices of
reason and constitutional liberties, but to the
demands of the organized working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27
BY A. VERBLIN.

tNRAGED at the success OF the National I'm
a employment Convention held a. Chicago on
July 5, the Chicago bosses passed the word on
to their trusty tools, the police and the judges,
and Immediately the reign OF terror raging
against the class conscious workers was !nten-
sified. The attempts to prevent the convention
failed miserably, Upon their entry into Chi
cago the delegates were inundated and ha-
raised but they refused to be bullied. They
were viciously attacked when they participated
in the unemployment demonstration held on the
day before the convention. But when the con-
vention opened, over twelve hundred militant
proletarians, white and Negro, were present
and into the teeth of the masters they hurled
the challenge of work or Wages" and I'm
employment Insurance"
Almost Immediately upon the termination of
the convention the determination of the bosses
to intensity the terror became obvious. Three
delegates to the convention were arrested and
charged with disorderly conduct. The real
charge, as was indicated by the notation of
the police officers on the arrest slip, was that
the prisoners were delegates to Communist
Convention" The very honorable judge Hell
ander, Jealous in his duties of protecting the
interests of the bosses, gave the delegates the
maximum penalty of three months and five
days in the work house.
Prisoners Held IncOmmuncsdo
In this case a tactic was adopted which The
police and judges hoped would make it easy
for them to railroad all class conscious workers
to jail. The police refused to book the arrest
ed comrades until the morning Of the trial.
The prisoners were not permitted to commu-
nicate with the International Labor Defense
so that their whereabouts could not be ascer-
tanned. When the attorneys of the LID. call
ed at the police stations where the delegates
were held prisoners, they were informed that
no such parties were there. At the time of
the trial the honorable judge, "disregarding"
the duty imposed upon him by bourgeois law,
Of explaining to the accused that they were
entitled to a trial by jury, proceeded to try
the cases himself and upon the statement of
the police officers that they were delegates
to the unemployment convention, gave them
the maximum penalty.
Negro Workers Vicously Attacked
Most of the fury of the capitalist tools
is concentrated on the Negro workers. The
large representation of colored workers at the
unemployment convention showed the bosses to
what extent the movement for social insur-
ance and for work or wages penetrated into
the ranks of the colored workers. Because of
the unbearabe conditions under which they are
compelled to exist, because of the indescrbable
misery which is their lot, the coored workers,
more so than the white workers. are coming
to realize the absolute necessity for organiza-
ton and struggle against the capitalist system
In Chicago, the councils of the unemployed
amongst the Negro workers are the most ac-
tive and militant. The outdoor meetings of the
Communist Party held in the Negro district
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27
So, This Is Paris!

A dispatch from Paris last week told of the
Russian Czarist white guards mobilizing for
new war on the Soviet Union, with 100000
monarchist troops. The chiefs met in the
house of General Miller, who takes the place
of the vanished Koutiepoff, and laid their
plans, which they say need only finances to
carry out for an armed invasion of Soviet soil
in attempt to overthrow the Soviet government
and reestablish czardom. They expect to get
the money, they say, from Sir Henry De-
terding, British oil imperialist, giving him
mortgage on Soviet oil fields at Baku. They
also mention that until now the chance wasn't
so good because there wasn't unity enough
among the imperialist powers on the matter.
Evidently they count on the help of the United
States. But what rather tickles us is the
funny story credited to a General Stovog,
who. they are told, came all the way to Paris
from the Far East. This bird said that sat
Vladivostok, more than ten thousand mutinous
soldiers and sailors have for months been hold
ing out against loyal Red Army troops sent
against them" This looks like Vladivostok is
in the hands of the White Guards, but probably
it knows nothing about it. We can we'll be-
lieve that the Czarists are ar1ning for invasion
of the Soviet Union, with imperalst aid, but
this yarn about Vladivostok only reminds us
that half or more of the white guards in the
Far East are dope fiends.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27
&4<~*.~
England Accuses England
By JORGE

This would be surprising, without you know
the ms and outs of imperialist politics. We
are moved to remark it because of the head
line in capitalist paper: Palestine Riots Put
Up to Britain in League Report" and the next
headline adds: Geneva Mandates Commission
Finds Negligence Led to Outbreaks Fatal to
200" This is downright sad; with Great Brs-
tain bossing the Leogue, the League accuses
Britain. But of what? There's the rub. 1t
charges that Britain was not severe enough,
didn't shoot enough Arabs, was too much in
clined to be Sentimental and let the Arabs
run their own country. By this means. the
British "labor" government is given orders
never to let Arabs go unshot any more Now
it can say: eve sorta hate to massacre you
Burgers, but the League of Nations (Ha, hs,
that's usD said we didn't do enough last year,
so come on and choose your place of burial"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27

who fired upon military train of the Aus
TRANS during the war. They were rounded up
by the Austrians and shot. The scene is de-
scrbed as a massacre OF Christians by the
Bolsheviks.'
Change of Tune.
An yet, the same Chicago Evening Amer
lean which printed these atrocious lies and
pictures now comes out with an editorial in
favor of accepting Moscow gold" The sue
cess of the Five Year Plan has its effect even
upon the Shiny liars of this sheet.
In an editorial under the head: "Red Gold
AS Good AS Any" the paper says very
frankly:
e. Much as we americans dislike the
Communists, we have no prejudice against
Communist money
The editorial urges the capitalists to keep
on selling to The Soviets, because "some of
our workmen need work and are not particu-
lar about who gives it to them.
with work though Communism pays
for tthey are not likely TO think much of
CoWn1Dlsm' Without work. they might. and
you 60 al hardly blame them" philosophers
the Hearst sheet. The editorial writer does
not want 10 admit that the workers are think
ing of Communism nowadays either vav ho
cause the Soviet Union is the only country
where there is more work ihan ft, ca 80
and are even able to supply H." sam
workers with work, while the capitalist coun-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27
U.S.S.R. Commands Respect of
Chicago Boss Press

Conarade Sailor, IN the following article
stresses certain tendencies, WIich recently haze
been more Marked for recognition of the
Soviet Union. These UieUS are nolO propq-
gated more a9gresSively because of the econ-
ortic crisis and the steady fall an Americas
foreign trade.
HoVever, the other side of the picture, ,ohich
does not stand out a0ith sufficient ctearnesS
and sharpness IN Comrdde Sailors article,
mast be stressed. This is the preparations
qohich are aggreSsiUely being made TO, the
crushing of the Soviet Union aud the turning
of its east territory into a colony or semi-
colony for exploitation BY the i1nperialiSt8.
These t100 tendencies, one for recognition. the
other for WGr, e1iSt aVithin the bourgeoisie.
In period " tie struggle 0ettUeeh them
sharpenS. Today The most dominant tendency
IA the United States is not t0r recognition, det
for l0ar. We fight for recognition o. the
Soviet Union but even more aggressiCety TOR
its. defense Editor)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27
Always a New Gag.

Somewhere Lenin wrote to the effect that
if the capitalists ruled with fortnight force
and made no bones about it, the working class
would get wise quicker and make an end OF
them. That's why you need the Daily Worker
to uncover all the thousand and one lies and
tricks the capitalists use to cover up their
tracks, to make the masses think that the gov
eminent is "above classes" and that while
some capitalists are bad, others are "pretty
fine fellows" and will rescue the workers from
the others who are bad and inconsiderate of
workers rights We are reminded of this at
reading in a paper published in Spanish in
Chicago, particularly for MeXicans, dispatch
dated from Washington, in which it is stated
that Ambassador Dwight Morrow "has broken
definitely with ]. P. Morgan & Co." over the
question of the debt Mexico owes the Morgan
banks. This paper, which calls itself "Mex-
co." is the only one we have seen which puts
out this astounding rubbish. But why does
it do so? To make the Mexicans, here and
in Mexico, look to Morrow, who it says is
terribly angry with Morgan at the injustice"
done Mexico, as their saviour from that bad
Morgan. By this means, and with an agree
ment between Morgan and Morrow, Morgan
demands twice as much as he knows the Mex
leans can pay, Morrow comes in as "de-
fender of Mexico proposing a compromise,
and the boot-lickers of the Mexican govern
ment can point with PRIDE to the fact that
they "got off easy" by "defying the imperial
lists" to make them pay so much. and that
Morrow, their "good friend" should be ven
erate1 by the Mexican people. Mexicans have
ston' achs which can handle the strongest chile,
but how they can swallow this is beyond use
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27
Recommended for Promotion

An old regular Of the Tammany cops, after
many years diligently cracking heads and col
lecting fees" for his captains, was retired on
a pension of $3.50 per year. From force of
habit he stin persists in spending about that
on firewater, much to the annoyance of his
wife, who goes to court and gets an order that
he pay $1,000 of it to her. The old war horse
feels miffed, and going home takes down the
familiar Colts which had served to knock off
many a picket, and calmly shoots his wife,
remarking: "This will be good lesson to them
damned judges!" He knew where to go to be
safe against harm Detailing him for little
thing like murder, too. AS soon as he killed
his wife he went to the neighbors and said:
Sure, been after KILN me wife and want
to surrender to tn police"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27
BY HARRISON GEORGE.

"CENTLEMEN, | am disposed to bow before
any decision of armed forces!" Thus
spoke, not Zarathusa, but a chap whom Wall
Street thought was president of Peru few
hours before, Augusta B. Leguia.
And, O., what fall there was, my country
men! For Leguia, known in South America
as "the Napoleon of America" had seemed to
be seated in reinforced concrete on the backs
of the Peruvian people since July 4, 1919,
when, by military coup d'etat he seized pow
er as a personal dictator, ruling in the name
of American Imperialism with the blacklist
reaction possible to imagine.
His seizure of power was "legalized" by what
passes for Congress" and he was reelected
twice, once in 1924, again in August, 1929.
But now, as these lines are written, he has
fled for safety on warship and the United
Press says "his destination is unknown"
Forces Behind Revolt.
1t is clear that, as in the case of Bolivia,
his overthrow is due to two forces: First, the
hatred among the brutaly exploited and OPP
pressed masses of workers and peasants 1.-THE
latter mainly Indians) and second, the maneu
vers of British imperialism which, utilizing
this popular anger at the dictator, managed
to gain control of the only force which such
dictatorship depends-the military
Thus it must be understood that the pres
ent revolt settles nothing except the fact that
American Imperialism is struck another seri-
GUS blow directly after that which removed
Bolivia from its unqualified control, except the
fact that British Imperialism is "htting below
the belt" of the Monroe Doctrine and con-
tinuance of this will precpitate quicker the
inevitable inter-mperialist war. These masses
of Peru have gained nothing but the confirma-
ton that Leguia was not permanent and that
tyrants can be overthrown-not altogether a
negative result. but far from satisfactory.
Briefly. let US see the C, aracter of Peru.
533,916 square miles, population, 100000;
rich in minerals, producing 95 per cent of the
worlds vanadium; Guggenhem has the grip
on the great Cerro de Pasco copper mines
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27

tries can not provide any work even for their
own workers.
The most vicious attacks against the Soviet
Union usually appear first in the Chicago
Tribune. This paper maintains special lie
factory in Riga, with expert liar, Donald
Day. at the head The most ridiculous lies
we're printed in this paper as for instance
story at the beginning of the revolution to
the effect that the Bolsheviks were favorng
the cars son, Alexis, as the next car of
Russia, etc. This paper was always scream
was mentioned.
And now, even this paper changed its tune.
In an editorial entitled "The United States
and Russia" the paper says: "The Russians
ask for better trade relations. Proof Of good
faith is the only basis for that m tho'~ doc
trine is schematized bad faith. Individual
Americans have taken chance. Ii may nc a
fairly safe one as the Russian need is great.
There is no guaranty when the need disap-
pears. There would be reciprocal advantages
in an extensive penetration of Russian mar
kets by American industry, but no assurance
is offered for any diplomatic arrangements
which might promote the trade" =.
With the growth of the economic crisis and
the revolutionary movement in this country.
with the realization that the wide masses of
workers are beginning to penetrate the thick
walls of lies put up by the capitalist press
against the Soviet Union. and especially With
the success Of the Five Year Plan the cari al
list press is forced TO beat retreat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27

The Hoover-Wall Street government did
nothing.
Socialists" Serving as Tools for the
Capitalists.
The Socialist" party, which had confidence
in Hoover, now advocates unemployment insur-
ance to be paid by the workers and bosses,
with the bosses controlling The socialist"
party will make no fight, but knows that the
workers are hungry, that they are looking to
the Communist Party in their struggle, and
therefore the socialist" party, as good tool
of the capitalists, is trying to keen the work.
ers from following the Communists
The Communist Party demands unemploy-
ment insurance through the Workers Social
Insurance Bill, at the expense of the bosses
and administered by the workers. the relief
to amount to S25 week and IS for each de
pendent. This can and will be obtained OF
by a fight for it. The Communist Party calls
on the workers to mobilize for its support an
to rally around the Communist candida q.
This fight must however. not be confined f.
the elections. The workers must organize.
mobilize AMI demonstrate under the demand
of work or wages-unemployment insurance.
A SGn0.000,000 budget more money for the
rrafte"s but not penny to the unemployed.
This is slap in the face of the entire work
ing class in New York City and State who
face a fall and winter of hunger. evictions
wage cuts This budget will provide Jobs 70,
more grafters like WHALE Moskowitz, Doyle.
Colley and Ewald who use their paid offices
to build up bank accounts obtained through
corruption.
Workers.! sunnoi the Communist Party!
Voc Cor twist in the coming elections!
Written in Harris Island Penitentiarv.N
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27
Aug. "a GAP ).-Complete order ruled in the
Peruvian capital today" and so on.

Aug. "a GAP ).-Complete order ruled in the
Peruvian capital today" and so on.
And never in years has the capitalist press
said one word of the fascist terror and bloody
oppression inflicted on the Peruvian masses by
Leguia. But, 10, before the "Times" story
could be read, the Monday evening papers had
to admit "Riots in Peru as President Flees
in Ship" ant accounts Of political prisoners
at Central Prison" hearing of the revolt and
demanding to be freed" while the decade
long fury Of the workers broke loose in blind
storm.
Unfortunately, because of lack Of a. real ant
mass Communist Party, the anger of thu
masses was directed solely at the dictatorship
which was overthrown, forgetful that only
their own government of workers and peasants
can guarantee them freedom from new tyr
nnny. which unquestionably is taking powei
FOR British imperialism in the shape OF tn
Military Dictatorship.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27
BY MARTIN SAILOR.

THE success of the Five Year Plan Of the
Soviet Union is showing results not only
in the U.S.S.R. but also in the United States.
Alongside of the vicious lies which continue to
be printed by the capitalist press in Chicago.
appear signs of a change in tune. Only
few weeks ago the Chicago American printed
serial story by czarist colonel, Sncgov, IL
Illustrated with faxed photographs Of "Bolshe
vik atrocities.
One of the pictures portrayed "Boshevik
gloatng over killed priest who was muir
dered merely tor praying Another depicted
group of people balng "ahos lovn for heir
religious beliefs" etc. Some Of these photo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27
A S6OO,OOO,0O0 Budget For
New York
By l. AMTER.
Prisoner No. 52351.

Communist Candidate 23rd Congressional
District, BronX.)
THE Board of Estimate has announced
budget for New York City fol- the coming
fiscal year amounting to more than $780,
100000
The budget provides for increases of per-
sonnet and salaries in the courts, district at
torneys' and sherffs' offices. The workers
and their families may starve, but Tammany
increases the opportunity for graft. Tam
many needs more police, courts and district
attorneys to send more workers to Jail. At
the same time some 10000 workers stormel
the City Free Employment Bureau in search
of job Many of the applicants had been out
of work for six months to two years. Only
800 jobs of temporary character were as
signed.
The State Industrial Commissioner an
nounced drop of per cent in employment
during July. Work in New York State is at
the lowest level in many years. What has
Governor Roosevelt done about it? What has
Jimmy Walker done about it? What has the
republican party done about it?
Nothing! Nor do they intend to do any
thing.
The city budget contains no item for unem-
poyment relief, although there are at least
100000 unemployed in New York City and
more than 100000 in the state.
Walkers Antics.
Walker was ready to throw the unemployed
delegation out of the meeting of the Board of
Estimate, which was held just after the March
9th demonstration, because they demanded i'm
mediate unemployment relief. Tammany could
do nothing for the army of unemployed-al
though it easily found funds to raise the salary
of Walker and some other leading officials
AMI later of some city employees. Walkers
salary is $4,000 year.
Mr.. Baldwin, sole republican member of the
Board of Aldermen, proposed nothing for the
unemployed. The state legislature did nothing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27

cial hangman of Austro- Hungary during the
world war. The figures of the Austrian mill
tary officers were cut away from the original
photograph in order not to show the origin of
the photograph. (See pictures / and %
The group of innocent Christians" in an.
o,her faxed photograph happen to be Serbians
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-27

Demand the release Of Eos.
tet Minor Amter and Ray.
m'nd. in prison fM fighting
f0i unempl"y ment Insult ancc.
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-02-15
ftfN ALASKA FISHERMAN
BRITONS MARRY OLDER
 WOMEN

Net 7ithstanding the surplus number of women in Great Brit ain, many men, it is disclosed in the Registrar Generals report for 1928, took brides much older than themselves. Twenty-one youths of 20 married women of 30, and one youth of IT and one of 19 won mates of twice their own age. Seventeen men of g married women between 40 and 51. Other age discrepancies were Wife 57, husband, 24; wife 55, husband, 27; wife 63, husband, 29; wife 69, husband, 34. Men of IS to 50 married women of three score and ten. Truly Great Brit ain is the old maids paradise.
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-02-15
"WE HAVE WANDERED FAR"

Fo itics-"Ihe branch of civics that treats of civil government s,nd tre conduct of state affairs; the administrator n of public af- fairs in the interests of peace, pros oelity and the safety of the state; statecraft; political! sci ence; in wide sense embracing the science of government and civil pol'cy."-Webster.
 Taking the foregoing as the corner definition of the word "polit.cs," the country at large