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New Britain herald., 1930-06-16
BLAST FRIGH7ENS
 LOCAL RESIDENTS
Earthquake Feared When Meri-
 den Company Ezplodes Gelamite
COPS ON NEW SCHEDULE
All Constables to Do Traffic Duty
 Corn Borer Field Inspection Be gun-Berlin Girl Scouts Win Meet Driver Arrested-Berlin Notea

Earth tremorS were Ie!t III tHe south end of Berlin Saturday after noon and were accompanied by a muttled report which caused no lit- tie excitement among the people of that district until it's cause was de- ternined.
 The York Hill Quarry Co. of Merl- den, set off a blast of 23,0o0 pounds of gelam!te in connection with its operations at it's quarry and this blast was what caused the effect felt by residents of Berlin.
 The persons who did not know anything of this plan were somewhat frightened by the experience, some thinking that severe explosion had occurred in one of the Meriden plants, while others were Of the opinion that the section had been visited by an earthquake. According to the official report the blast removed from it's place over 200, 900 tons of rock and dirt. The blast was witnessed by crowd of interested persons which assemblage consisted Of scientists, newspapermen, and motion picture photographers who had come 10 get pictures and sound reproductions of the event.
 c. o. P. Women's Luncheon Local members of the republican women's committees, with the sever a vice chairmen will be fn attend ance at the banquet to be held on Thursday at the Hartford club at 1230 p. m.
 The banquet is being sponsored by the republican state central commit. tee and many notable speakers will be heard at the session. Travers Whitney, noted lawyer and speaker of national prominence. will be the principal speaker and will be fol- lowed by Governor John H. Trum- bull, Lieutenant Governor Ernest E. Rogers, and J. Henry Roraback
 The guests of honor will include Secretary of State William H. Hig- gins, State Treasurer Samuel R Spencer. Roy c. Wilcox, president pro tenn of the state senate: and Samuel A. Eddy, speaker of the house of representatives.
 All members of the three com- mittees representing the three dis tricts in Berlin are invited to attend the get-together, along with their vice chairmen.
 Girl Scouts Win Meet
 The honor of the Berlin district in the annual Boy and Girl Scout meets which were held Saturday afternoon in New Britain at Willow Brook and Walnut Hill parks respectively, was maintained by the girls of Troop f. They succeeded in capturing first place in the girls meet If it had not been for the girls the district would have drawn blank. s the boys from the Worthington and East Berlin sections were hopelessly outclassed.
 Troop 1 of Berlin failed to score point in the entire Boy Scout meet and was topped by the East Berlin contingent by only two points when this outfit scored two points by vir- tue of fourth place won in knot tying.
 The East Berlin troop. whose humber is 13, won 18th place. #
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Permits Issued

Building permits were issued by the superintendent of public works today to Cosmo Vacca Of Terryville road to build a three-car garage for J. B. Sessions of 101 Bellevue av- enue at S7 Queen street at an es- timated cost of s200o; and to Sal vatore Fantasia Of SIS Park street to erect Q tool shed for himself on Willis street at an estimated cost ci s25.
New Britain herald., 1930-06-16
Spiritualists Meet

tualists' society will be elected for the year at picnic and seance to be held at Lake Compounce Wed
 resday afternoon. A program of entertainment is being arranged by
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-07
THE MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
AND WORKING WOMEN

but they will man the transportation system,
they will have to keep the food and industry
generally going. The masses of working won1-
en- who are already being modified for war,
who are being betrayed by the A. f. of L. and
other government agencies, who are being fool
ed and deceived by the bourgeois women's or
CARNATIONS with their patriotic propaganda
and their pacifist bunk, must be won for the
Communist Party. The Party must turn its
face to women workers without of course,
neglecting the other section of the working
class, and more women especially from the
basic industries must be recruited.
For Mass Paper.
The membership drive gives US a splendid
opportunity to build the working Woman
into real mass womens paper, which it must
become in order to meet the growing demands
of the present period of sharper and more in
tensified class struggles. Very few of our
comrades realize that the task of building
mass paper for propaganda and agitation
among the millions of exploited women work
ers is an important task, for the entire Party.
How many of us have copy of the work
ing Woman" when approaching a woman work
er to join the Party? How many subscrip-
tions for the Working Woman" have our Party
members secured?
The "Working Woman" must reach every
shop and factory where women are exploited,
every strike headquarters, every home where
there is unemployment.
In widespread and effective distributions
of the working Woman we are spreading the
message of Communism TO the masses of work
ing women.
A three-month subscription drive for 10000
new subscribers has just started Let every
comrade do his share in the building of the
paper by getting at least one subscription.
More women workers into the Party!
More women workers to read the Working
Woman"
Build the working Woman"-1o,o0o sub
scribers by May l.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-07
By PAULINE ROGERS.

THE Recruiting Drive of the Party is in full
swing, and many of the districts show splen-
did results. However, the percentage of wom-
en- workers which has been recruited to the
Party, is very small is most districts. This
shows a serious underestimation of the I'M
portance of women workers in the class strug-
gle and lack of understanding of the chang
ing social composition of the working class.
Hip Hour Day For Women.
Today women are taking the places of men
workers in all the heavy industries. The pro-
cess of naturalization is bringing millions of
women into industry, each year the number
is growing. In certain important industries
such as radio, women are employed almost eX-
clusively. Over 60 per cent Of the rayon work
ers are women who receive wages ranging
from So to SIS a week. The rayon plants
are mostly in the Southern states where they
work II hours during the day and II hours
during the night. There is a steadily increas-
ing number of women in the iron and steel
mills, in the electrical supply factories, in the
automobile, aeroplane and muntion factories.
Women munition workers earn from Is cents
to 40 cents an hour. Their piece rates are
cut so often that they never know what they
get for their work. In muntion plants and
other war industries the number of explosions
and accidents has greatly increased because
of the terrific speed-up. If the Party is to re-
fleet and effectively lead the struggles of the
workers. its ranks must be representative of
the working class.
Women and War.
Especially in the present period of increas-
ing economic crisis, when the danger of i'm
perialist war is always present women workers
must be organized for the class struggle and
must be made to understand what an important
role they play. During war, millions of wo-
men and children are forced into industry, in
addition to those that are already working.
Women workers not only manufacture chemi-
Gals, ammunition, uniforms hospital supplies
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-07
Murder of Communists Legalized
in the i. S. A.

the order to fire. Whalens cossacks showed
their spirit and good" intentions to kill, when
Katovis was murdered, and when workers were
dubbed at City Hall. "OurH lieutenant gives
still better advice "The sawed-off shotgun
is by all odds the best firearm for riot duty"
You see, it kills better at close quarters.
"The great reserve weapon is the machine
gum" but "a granada or two accurately aimed
will do the business promptly" Field guns,
light mortars or howitzers are weapons that
warmly recommended by this paper of the Ma
tional Guard.
BLANK cartridges should never be fired at
mob "An unoaded rifle or revolver on active
service is little short of a crime. An officer
who sends his men out to disperse crowd with
empty fries deserves to have half of them
brough back as casualties" Here we have the
capitalist class-hatred; do not threaten the
workers, kill them! To be sure the author
adds:
"Officers and men should not fear reprisal,
IN case one or more people are killed. soldier
is not punishable for such an act, even though
he uses bad Judgment" The Bronx County
Grand Jury gave legal confirmation to this
order to kill. We communists know what we
have to expect. We have no illusions We must
see to it that the masses of Uorkers will I'M
derstand the problem correctly.
The socialists with Norman Thomas at the
head cover up the bloody deeds of the New
York police by throwing dirt upon the men,
Dry of Katovis a brave proletarian fighter,
whose death was warning to the whole work
ing class of America. Their role as social
fascists is to cover up the preparations of the
capitalists, so that workers will not stand I'M
prepared, when the attack comes. Then the
Thomases & Co. will take active part like Noske
and his like did and do in Germany today, in
numbering masses of workers. The article men,
toned above is only among many preparing
mass-slaughter of American workers. The
working class has only one Party. The Com
munist Party, the only leader of the proletariat
in every country in its hard struggles for vic
tory thru the revolution.
p, S,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-07

THE Bronx County Grand Jury has decided
that the murder of Steve Katovis reflects
credit upon the officer and the police depart
ment of the City of New York" This is moth
ing else than a direct appeal to the police to
go ahead shooting Communists and revolution
airy workers. The police will not be punished
for such deeds in this country of the Free"
just to the contrary they will get reward and
praise by the capitalist courts and by the
capitalist press. The capitalists go farther
than that, they already prepare mass murder
openly and directly.
In the January issue of 1.-THE Massachusetts,
Guardsman" the official organ of Massachu-
sets National Guard, we find the third article
"Riot Duty" by Lieutenant Paul W, George
where the technique of mass-murder of reyolu-
tonary workers is explained in detail He
speaks about the equipment of bourgeois guards
men when on duty against workers. He gives
instructions, some of which useful for our
Workers Defense, when it at last will be or
gained, so that we do not stand unprepared
when the capitalist attack comes. We will not
quote at length from his article, only give
picture of how the capitalists of this country
plan to murder workers that dare to fight for
their class
The advise begins with stressing the i'm
portance of 'steel helmets as protection
against "stones and other missiles and as hav-
ing moral effect on disorderly crowd"
After speaking more equipment in general
he comes to the question of arms. "The rifle
is the weapon with which most of the battles
in riot service will naturally be fought :"
''At close quarters, the aim must be low, never
fire over the heads of rioters This is in
many words: xiii the revolutionary workers."
After we find the following: "If anyone is
hurt, it should be the rioters" And more ex-
PLANTATION:
"On the other hand its killing power is so
great and its range so extensive that its use
as frearm against crowds is generally pre-
vented by local conditions and its moral in
fluence is greatly diminished by the general
belief of the crowd that the order to fire
will not be given"
No illusions. the American officers will give
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-07
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND
TASKS OF Y.CL.

was shown in the failure of the League to give
real support to the Gastonia campaign and
the campaign to raise funds for League organ
ization work in the South. This sectarianism
also shows itself in the failure to develop con-
sistent mass work, especially in the large fac
tories; in the failure to build YCL factory
groups and in the extreme weaknesses in the
economic trade union work. It expresses it
self also in the lack of work in the various
mass organizations of the working youth and
in the organizations of the opponents; in the
detachment between the upper and lower boz
dies Of he-League; the failure to draw the
entire membership into the everyday work and
the failure to carry out these decisions in
deeds There are an absolutely insufficient
number of leading comrades, either nationally
or in the districts, directly engaged in the
work in the large factories and in the building
of YCL factory groups in proportion to the
weaknesses of the League in these spheres.
The tendency to conduct work more for show
than from the point of view of permanent re-
suits which was so conspicuous during the fac
tional struggle, still exists as very strong
expression of the Leagues isolation.
The League leadership has been very critical
of the weaknesses of the present League situa-
ton, but its self criticism has not always been
of the best character. Criticism of the work
IN tne OlStrlcCS mas OlteH DeeH DuTeducI2Ac,
and not accompanied by the necessary concrete
guidance as to how to improve their situation
and correct their mistakes. The leadership
has not provided for sufficient control over
the execution of these decisions by the lower
bodies and the entire membership as the best
guarantee that they will be carried out. We
have not made the functionaries Of the YCL
responsible, before the entire membership, for
the carrying out of decisions, including the
promotion of new leading forces in the place
of those who prove themselves unable to apply
the League tasks.
The present unsatisfactory situation in the
of the absence of real political leadership to
the League on the part Of the Party, fac
tional misuse of the League to the extent Of
its virtual liquidation as definite organiza-
ton of the young workers has in too many
cases been replaced by an attitude Of indif-
ference on the part of leading Party bodies.
This has often been encouraged by the pas
SIXTY of the League in relation to the Party
and it's most important problems. The pres
ent League situation cannot be changed, how
ever, without real political leadership by the
Party and real attention by the Party COM
rades to it's problems. The Party core in the
League must be Immediately strengthened
Formal representation by the Party in the re-
spective bodies of the League to-day in many
cases there is not even this formal representa-
tion) must be transformed in favor OF real
work and leadership in these respective organ
izations by the delegated Party comrades.
Ito Be Continued)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-07
As One COssack to Another

And now comes C. Y. H. Tarosovch, white
guard emigre. who protests in letters to the
press, against the use of the term cossacks to
describe capitalist cops:
III sad exile of my native land-the
old and glorious Russian empire-where for
forty-three years / served his Imperial Males
ty, Nicholas II, the Gar of all the Russias
(may his soul rest in everlasting peace). For
ten years before the hated Bolsheviks made
their revolution ! was colonel Of the 298th
Imperial Cossack Regiment, stationed at Odes-
sa.
1T is true we Cossacks are stern and relent-
less soldiers, but never in our long and glori-
Gus and distinguished history have we attacked
defenseless women and children as did Mr..
Whalen's gendarmes.'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-07
bourgeois standing must be quickly elm
mated from our ranks.

petty bourgeois standing must be quickly elm
mated from our ranks.
In speaking to the masses and to new re-
cruts to our Party, we must simplify our term
inology. But Marxist-Leninist analysis can
not be made in the old bourgeois phraseology
Now that our discussions are taking on nom
fractional constructive character the political
backwardness of many of our functionaries
comes to light when we find that many i'm
portant and leading functionaries are under
the impression that the Party must discuss
the program and thesis of the Comintern in
the language of bourgeois daily metropolitan
newspapers so that they-the functonaries--
should understand it. These comrades fail to
recognize that in order to carry on agitation
and propaganda work among the masses, they
must learn the method content, and inevitably
the phraseology of Marxism- Leninism. They
must not succumb to the jeers of the cheap
bourgeois journals which talk about the Slogan
makers" and the ."jargon of Marx and Lenin."
The failure of some functonaries to understand
these things is hindering the political develop
ment Of the Party. Some comrades, fortu-
nately not characteristic of the Party, have
even shown the old I.W.W. "know-nothing"
attitude-they under the false impression
that ignorance Of Marxism and Leninism is
sign of proletarian character.
These things are not true of the entire Party
They remnants of an un-Communist past
They keep our Party from greater progress.
But we must answer them. There can be only
one answerto raise the political level of the
Party through study of Marxist-Leninist
theory, through discussion and in Party schools
and classes so as to better understand mass
activity. The Central Committee is under
taking six weeks national training school to
begin February 10. If all the districts and
sections cooperate, corps of newly trained
comrades could be made available for various
sections Of the Party, to infuse new Bolshevik
spirit and knowledge and methods Of work
where slovenly, sloppy and social-democratic
characteristics yet prevail. Every support
should be given to. the National Training School,
It is a means Of insuring Communist leader
ship to our future struggles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-07
The National Training School
xTo Raise the Political Level
of Our Party
BY SAM DARCY.

.TrHE activities of the Communist Party are
expanding at rapid pace. The economic
and political developments are putting tremen-
dous new tasks upon us. However, are
greatly lacking functionaries, who trained
In Marxst-Leninist theory, especially as it
applies to the current struggles in the U. S.
This is without doubt one of the chief factors
which is preventing cur Party from moving
forward more rapidly Let us take some ex-
amples
In Jersey City, important industrial city
with many Negro inhabitants, our Party unit
is composed of comrades who received their
training in one of the old language declarations.
They meet in hall the controlling body of
which has many Communists. Yet they do not
advertise their meetings in the hall because
this might antagonize non-Party members of
The building" The unit has won only one new
member in the last eight months. 1t does not
have a single Negro member. In fact, when
The question of organizing the Negro workers
arose, one of the leading comrades said, eve
can't bother with this question because even
if we won them for the Party where will they
meet? ?"
In Unicn City, New Jersey our unit was in
structed to hold Lenin Memorial Meeting.
The idea Of mobilizing the masses of workers
in the important industries located there for
feminist struggle against war and unempoy-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-07
F.S.U. Issues First Two Pam
phlets on Five-Year Plan

The first two pamphlets in series on the
Five-Year Plan of Socialist Construction and
Industrialization have just been issued By the
Friends of the Soviet Union, American Section,
IT'S Fifth Ave, New York City. The pamphlets
are "The Unbroken Working Week in the
Soviet Union" and Socialist Competition in the
Soviet Union" A third pamphlet, Soviet
Agriculture and the Five Year Plan" viii soon
be ready. %
These pamphlets, which are written in a
popular manner, are intended to educate work
ers and sympathisers on various aspects Of the
gigantic Five-Year Plan and to enable them
to combat the lies and ISLANDERS of the enemies
of the Soviet Union. They are ten cents each
and can be bought direct from the F.S.U. or
at book stores.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-07

Party at the Union Square demonstration,
many applications received by mail on the Ka-
tovis leaflet even some on the reproduction
of the leaflet that appeared in the New York
Evening Journal Workers in a Brooklyn res
taurant stand at attention in honor of the
death of a member of the Communist Party,
forcing the patrons to do the same. Next day
entire restaurant organized and agreement
signed with the boss with the left wing Hotel,
Restaurant and Cafeteria Workers Union"
Lovestone.-"The results of the imposition
of anti-Leninist line and ultra-left policies were
certain and inevitable. These results we have
already described as they have shown them
selves in America and in other sections of the
Comintern: isolation, confusion, dsorganiza-
ton. generalization" (p. 76 emphasis ours
Ed)
Katovis.-At the general membership of the
New York District the night of the funeral
demonstration, after week of demonstrations,
beginning with the tremendous Lenin Memorial
meeting and ending with the successful defiance
of Whalen, in an atmosphere tense with excite
ment and exhilration, the first remark of every
comrade was-"What an answer to Lovestone!"
February First was big day for the bour-
geosie. The Bronx Grand Jury absolved Pat
rolman Harry Kiritz Of any blame in the fatal
shooting of Steve Katovis. The document
signed by Edward G. Delafield, president Of
the Bank of America, foreman of the Grand
Jury, said: HE performed his duty in way
that reflects credit upon himself and the Police
Department of the City Of New York 4. !"
On February First the class colaborationist
Ladies' Garment Workers Union announced the
calling Of their fake strike Of $4,000 dress
makers. "Mr. Whalen assured Mr.. Schlcsinger
that the police would be neutral -" IN. Y.
Times, Feb. ~
And on February First trying to make the
day still bigger for the bourgeoisie, Lovestone
adds his mite by beginning to hawk his new
anti-Communist pamphlet.
The name Of Steve Katovis, the obscure
worker, will forever be symbol to the working
class of courage, fidelity, fighting spirit and
sacrifice. And the name of the ex-leader Love-
stone will be the symbol Of the belly-crawling
deserters Of the working class in period of
new and fiercer class battles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-07
KatoVis Answers LOVestOne

AN obscure worker lay dying in hospital,
IA with bullet from polceman's gun lodged
in his back. Night and day he was guarded
by the police for he was under arrest for MUIR
derous assaut--though the bullet was in his
back.
He lay dying because he had caurageously
performed his duty to his class and the Party
which is leading his class. He was slowly and
painfully giving up his life for his Party.
He an obscure worker, had done his revolu-
tonary duty at the call of his Party, and
pluckily he was appealing to his comrades
with his last breath to keep up the fight.
At the time that comrade lay there dy
ing, there lay in the hands of the printers
one of the most outrageous and INSCRIPTIONS
documents of villification against his Party
as could we'll be conceived. A new recruit in
the corps of bourgeois spokesmen-a former
leader of the Party (the Party for which
Comrade katovis gave his life), is the author
of the document. Lovestone's pamphlet, "The
Crisis in the Communist Party, U.SA.," was
being printed as Comrade Katovis breathed
his last.
Before the pamphlet was ready for distribu-
ton, there took place the tremendous demon
strations against police brutality, against
employment and for the defense of the Soviet
Union at the City Hall, and the still greater