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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-06

have issued invitations for the wedding
reception of their daughter Jessie and
MFR. Sidney Lovett Eaton, Tuesday after
noon, June "a, at 4 o'clock in the home
Of the brides parents, at 1924 Sixteenth
street. The reception will Immediately
follow the wedding ceremony and Mr.
Eaton and his bride will be at home
after October 1, at 1872 Ostrom avenue,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-06

Mrs. Brown, wife Of Col. r. H. Brown,
entertained q company of six yesterday
In the garden restaurant OF the Carlton,
where she Is stopping with Col. Brown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse corcoran Adkins
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-24
By LEON PLATT.

I,ovestone and the American right wing
think that it is wrong, that 1t is "Putchlsm
when "the Comintern adopts an estimate Oh
the present situation, comparing the present
crisis with the world war and its consequences.
In other words, it is also wrong, according to
Lovestone for the Comintern and for the revo-
lutionary working class to think that the pres
ent crisis in its consequences Tor capitalism
could be compared with the world war. Ac-
cording to Lovestone, it would therefore be
wrong to think that the present economic crisis
and the SCATTERING of capitalist stablhzatlon Is
actually leading capitalism to its downfall, as
it was demonstrated by the consequences of the
world war It would be wrong, says Love
stone to suppose that the struggle of the I'M
employed is a political struggle which is chal-
longing the very existence of the capitalist sys-
tenn Lovestone sees nothing new IN the Sit
uation of present day capitalist economy, which
presents to the Communist Parties and to the
working class in many countries the great
task of struggle for power and the complete
overthrowal of the capitalist system. Tins
not onlv represents a rejection of the analysis
and rejection of the Sixth World Congress OF
the Comntern, of the present position of world
capitalism and our our perspective OF struggle,
but also represents complete rejection OF the
very feminist analysis of the imperalst stage
of CAPITALISM. Naturally, having SUCH pun
teal views. it would be wrong for one to be-
lieve in the analysis of the Communist Party
that war is an immediate problem facing the
working class, that the proletarian revolution
is on the order of the day, and that the gen
eral system of capitalism as it exists today
presents in itself decaying social structure
which is no longer able to solve its contradic-
tions and maintain itself. Lovestene Is here
taking the course of the social democrats and
the bourgeoisie accusing the Communist Party
for having the idea that only through an i'm
perialist war can capitalism be destroyed, that
only through war can we bring the social revo-
luton.
The opportunism and social democratic
theology which is seething in the brains of the
American right wing, becomes best evident
when analyzing their position on the present
political economic situation in the United
States In the same February 18th issue of
the Revolutionary Age" Lovestone states:
"All the factors which are supposed to
have brought prosperity year ago remain,
yet we have very severe economic depres-
sion in this country" (My emphasis)
Are the buying capacities of the masses to-
day keeping up the same pace with the IN
crease in the productivity of American indus
try as year ago? Even the bourgeois econ
omists recognize that they are not. Even the
Hoover commission on recent economic changes
brought out the fact that the consumption of
vital energy generating commodities declined.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-24
BY GRACE Nj. BURNHAM,
Labor Research Association.
(Continued)
A. F. of l.. Betrayals.

THE policy of the American Federation of
Labor on unemployment plays directly into
the hands of the employers. The Federation
has repeatedly opposed national system of
unemployment insurance. With more workers
unemployed than can be counted in the entire
organized labor movement of the country, it
continues to preach the maintenance of pres
ent wages as cure for unemployment. The
theory that wages mean spending power and
spending power in the hands of the 34,000,O00
workers of the country will keep the wheels
of industry going and prevent unemployment
is incorrect under capitalism. The employing
class will continue to withdraw as profits all
the traffic will bear, and allocate as wages the
minimum that the workers will stand. The
millions of unemployed have nothing to spend.
Only unemployment insurance taken from the
profits of the employers will give the unem-
ployed an equivalent to wages while the indus
trial machine attempts to pull itself out of the
trough of depression. Even for those workers
employed, wages are far below the possibility
for decent subsistence. The American Fedora
ton of Labor cannot and does not speak for
the workers. particularly those 80 per cent of
the most exploited whom it has failed to
ganize and whom it consistently betrays in its
dealings with the government and its agree
ments with the employers. John P. Frey,
writing in the Bulletin of the Metal Trades
Department of the A. F. of L. describes the
participation of the A. F. of L. in the White
House Conference, called by Mr.. Hoover in No
vember, 1929, following the Wall Street crash:
"Those who attended from the ranks of labor,
were representative of the nations basic in
dustries; the printing trades, the garment
trades, the building trades, the metal trades,
the railroad shop crafts, the miners, and the
railway transportation unions The rep
resentatives of the ALL. and the Railway
the present disturbed condition existed they
would not advocate demands for higher wages.
In taking this position they effectively pre-
vented any employer from attempting to re-
duce wages" Emphasis mine.) This is the
new strategy of labor On the one hand they
say wages must be raised to increase purchas-
ing power and so eventually decrease unem-
ployment. On the other hand they promise
the employers not to demand raises.
Actually wage cuts were being made at the
very time that the A. F. of L. officials
Dragging: "For an employer to attempt re-
duction in wages now would mean the opposi-
ton of the president of the United States and
all other federal authority" For the weapon
of the strike, for the active organization of
the unorganized, the A. F. of L. substitutes
peaceful persuasion and cowardy retreat. at
may be too much" says Mr.. Frey, "to expect
to place this economic doctrine into practical
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-24
FACE TOWARDS THE SHOPS
IN RECRUITING

they do not function properly. This will con-
tinue to be the case unless the Section Com
mittees attach politically developed comrades
to teach the recruits how to function and
to help them along generally in the work.
However, referring to the question of shop
nuclei, the very fact that the district has
formed very few shop nuclei in the campaign
indicates clearly that instead of the Party
members working in the shops, recruiting from
among their shop mates, they have been doing
their work at meetings of organizations, mass
meetings etc. This will not establish the Party
in the shops, which is absolutely necessary at
this period of the struggle, especially when
the Party faces every kind of an attack from
the government, extra legal organizations, etc.
The Party will not become a really functionng,
deeply entrenched Party of the masses unless
it has its roots in the shops. This can take
place only if every Party member working in
the shops makes it his daily task to approach
the shop mates who are sympathetic to the
movement, gives him literature, talks to him.
etc. and in this way recruits these workers into
the Party.
Once a shop nucleus has been established,
being that the recruits are new and do not
understand our Party function, it will be alb
solutely necessary for the Section Committee
to attach well developed comrades to the shop
nuclei. The shop nucleus is of extreme i'm
portanee to the Party and every Section Com
mittee is duty bound to see to it that the shop
nucleus not only continues to exist but learns
how to function with effectiveness.
One of the first tasks of he shop nucleus
under the guidance of the Section Committee
is to issue shop bulletin. This shop bulletin
must not be established as one-time issue but
must be so organized that it will appear regu-
larly, so that the workers in the shops will
know that there is a Communist nucleus in
the shops and will be attracted towards the
activities of the Party.
We wish to call to your attention that the
recruiting drive is notify sudden concentrated
activity of the Party. The recruiting drive is
an every day activity. There must be no
relaxation, but on the contrary, full concentra-
ton in order to carry out this work and build
up the Party, not only in the District but
throughout the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-24
Moscow, End of January, 1880.

Moscow, End of January, $780,
THERE was recently held here an important
conference of delegates from various insti-
tutions and organizations, which had for its
object to find ways and means for the i'm
proving the every day working and living con-
ditions of the working and peasant women.
The necessity to hold such conference
arose from the changed conditions already
brought about by the Five-Year Plan in town
and country. Yhe development of the rural
districts to compact collectivization requires
decisive change in regard to the conditions
under which the working and peasant women
are still living, who for the greater part still
bear on their shoulders the burden of old fam
lily relations and domestic work.
The conference was faced by great num-
Der of problems and tasks, of which for the
present only the most important ones were
dealt with. Among these are the question of
chdren's upbringing, the question of meals
and of the construction of dwellings.
Comrade Krupskaya delivered the report on
the question of childrens upbringng in the
period of socialist construction AMI collectiviza-
ton of agriculture. She pointed out that the
question of establishing rooms and institu-
tions for children must be given much greater
attention in the construction of factories and
Soviet undertakings In the collective UNDER
takings an elementary mass movement for the
organization of children's creches and kinder
gartens is developing, and a number of chill
drens collectives already exist in the rural dis
tricts. In many cases the children express the
desire to leave the family and to found spe-
cial chill lren's communities.
In the socialist towns the problem of the
protection of mother and child is in the fore
ground. The speaker on this item, Comrade
Lebedyeva (of the Peoples Commssariat for
Public HEALTH. stated: In the socialist town
the chief type of dwelling is the block of five
to six story houses. AS in the socialist towns
the whole population is engaged in produc-
tion, all the domestic functions and the bring
ing up Of the children must be sociazed. The
children must be accommodated day and night
in institutions like children's creches. kinder
gartens, boarding schools for children, etc.
This does not mean that the children should
be artifcially separated from the adults, i.e.,
their parents. The parents not only have the
right but also the duty to occupy themselves
with the children. The means for socialized
children's education are to be obtained by the
state saving so much by the socialist organ
ization of the life of the population (for in
stance the means for the support of mothers,
pregnant women, etc.. The cost of the food
and education of child is estimated at most
at go roubles month, of which about so per
cent is to be borne by the state.
The question Of the construction of dwellings
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-24
BY CLARENCE MILLER.
(Gastonia Defendant.)

THE general crisis has affected the South
sharper than any other section in the coun-
try. This is especially true of the textile in
dustry. Certain branches of the textile in
dustry that are dependent on other industries,
such as the Loray mill that produces tire and
automobile fabrics, completely shot to
pieces and the workers almost completely out
of work. Out of 2,100 workers in the Loray
Mill, only about $50 are employed on both
shifts at the present time Certain mills have
been so hard hit with unemployment and star
walton that in three counties, Pennsylvania,
Henderson and Burkham, the county author
tiles and business men were forced to call
conference to take up the situation resulting
from the unemployment and the crisis. The
fact that large number of farmers. crop
sharers and farm laborers are actually starv-
ing makes the lot of the Southern textile work
ers much harder.
The Southern bosses have developed 'cur-
tailnent PLAN The curtailment of produc
ton is forced upon the mill owners by the act
ual shrinking of the market. The object of
the plan is simply to start a new offensive
against the workers. Several of the leading
manufacturers have expressed this clearly.
j. E. Hardin. secretary and general manager
Greensboro, N c.. stated the following in the
January issue of Cotton" an organ of the
cotton manufacturers:
"The average plant is spending entirely
too much for labor which is not efficiently
employed. and with proper study and plan
ming, this can be largely corrected and great
ly improved"
Marshal P Orr. president and treasurer Of
the Orr Cotton Mills of Anderson, S. c. ex-
pressed a similar sentiment in the same pub
LEGATION:
"The next greatest step is replacement of
obsolete machinery and methods"
Another object of this "curtailment plan is
an attempt to smash the rising mlitancy of
the textile workers and the organization of the
textile workers into the National Textile Work
ers Union. The offensive against the union is
assuming several forms such as the LAYING off
of workers in the mills where there are large
number of union members, lavine off of union
members under the guise of "curtailing," and
blacklisting
Terror increasing.
Not only are the bosses fighting orr union
with this "curtailment plan," but they are
resortng to the sharpest terroristic methods
The murder of Fila May, the murder of
Marion strikers the Kidnapping of our organ
izers some of the instances of this open
fascist terror. This terror is going to increase
now because our union is becoming STRONGER
and is preparing for real FIGHT AGAINST the
attacks of the bosses, AGAINST the living condi-
tions of the workers. Not only the white work
ers, but large number of Negro workers are
going to organize and participate in the strug-
gle. Some have already been organized and
more are being organized alongside the white
workers. There Is no question hut that the
offensive of the bosses will become sharper.
The sentencing Of the seven Gastona de-
PENDANTS to LONG rrison terms proves to the
bosses the possibility pf their using not only
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-24
The ColleCtivization OF
Everyday Life

and the transformation of the houses is a very
urgent one, Comrade Loshetchkina empha-
sized in her report, that in the next two years
already 80 per cent of the new dwelling houses
will be communal houses. These houses will
not be dearer than the ordinary houses. The
communal houses contain communal kitchen,
communal laundry and red corners.
Comrade Moirova dealt with the great me-
chanized kitchens, which render possible far
reaching collectvzation of the supply of
meals. At present there exist only ten such
great mechanical factory kitchens, but the flu
ture belongs to them. 1t is necessary to train
the appropriate personnel, the cadres for these
kitchens: not cooks who have been trained in
"French" restaurants, but trained experts,
physicians, engineers, food experts, who are
capable of organizing the production and dis
tribution of good meals for whole districts of
city,
The Commission for the improvement of the
working and living conditions of the working
and peasant women will now extend it's field Of
activity to the whole Soviet Union and en-
deavor to solve numerous problems which
have arisen as result of the reconstruction
of industry and agriculture on socialist basis.
The commission will attract to it's support new
fore, which i rticipate in the work of
transforming the life of the masses of the
workers and peasants and in particular of the
women and children in the new socialist society
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-24

James P. Cannon:
Dear Sir p,
Yours of Feb. at hand and contents noted
| have been for long time receiving
printed matter named "The Militant" have
looked it over much as the weak condition
of my stomach would permit, and have to
finally protest against the continued inflction
of what consider unjust and unmeritted pun
ishment
This stencil from the foul counter-revolution-
airy plottings of bunch of anti Communists
is altogether unreliable, weak, distorted and
inconsequential.
The successful working out of the Five-Year
Plan in Soviet Russia is the last word in the
Trotsky argument, and / observe that the
American working class is being convinced by
practical demonstration more than by the
vaporings of group of discredited ex-wob-
blies.
Yours from the working class of California;
JIM McCRARY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-24
The Crisis Hits the South

open fascist terror but also their using "legal'
terror. An active campaign is being pursued
to legally outlaw militant unions and other
working class organizations and this is going
to be taken up at the next session of the North
Carolina legislature, as we'll as the passing of
anti-strike and anti-labor organization laws
This move initiated in North Carolina will un-
doubtedly be followed in the legislature of the
other Southern states.
In this period of sharpening struggle, when
the conditions of the workers are becoming I'M
bearabe, the A. F. of L. has arrived to the
rescue of its masters. The main slogans of the
A. F. of l.. as summed up in leaflet dis
trbuted in Charlotte are Cooperation and Con-
Citation Through Organization" Mr.. Green
has gone so far as to tell us that the A. F. of
l.. has no connection whatsoever with Marion.
"Were we in Marion at the time of the un-
fortunate incident that took place there last
summer it would not have happened" stated
a recent newspaper report of Mr.. Green's
speech before the Virginian State Federation
of Labor.
AT the January 26 "mass' meeting called
by the so-caed Piedmont Organizing Council
only about 65 people attended who registered
as teachers, preachers, policemen, lawyers and
few skilled workers. most of whom were Of
ficials of the A. F. of L. The onlv unskilled
workers present were members of the MT.
WI. This meeting was a combination of a
"mass" meeting and conference" When the
textile workers dared to ask for the floor. the
officials running the fake conference had the
workers thrown out of the hall and arrested
The next morning the A. F. of L. officials
through their testimony on the witness stand
tried to impose prison sentences on the tex
tile0 workers who dared to ask questions at
their meeting, but the whole case was so ridicu-
lous that the Judge was forced to dismiss it.
Grand Fakery of A. F. of L.
The fact that the organizing Headquarters
of the A. F. of L. was moved to Birmingham,
Alabama. away from the textile struggle, shows
clearly that the organization content of the
A. F. of L. is nothing but fake to confuse
the workers and to help the bosses fight the
militant trado union movements.
The A. F. of L. has definitely stated that it
does not believe in any strike connection with
their campaign nor is it going to take up the
matter of wage increase. 1t has further stated
that it is not going to organize the Negro
workers alongside the white workers.
The facts of the organization campaign so
far, the policy as outlined by the officials
clearly shows that the whole activity of the A.
F. of L. in the South is to strengthen the at
tack against the N.T.W.U. and other militant
unions. -
The task before the Southern workers is to
unite and organize under militant leadership in
the STRUGGLE against their miserable conditions
The T.U.UL. the N.T.W.U. and other unions
affiliated with the T.U.U.L are now develop
ing systematic campaign to organize the
South and brine the Southern workers into the
ranks of the militant labor unions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-24
From a Letter to the Units of District 2,
Communist Party, U.S.A.

NuiIiliiolilNC L a w O'N1'-N'
WE must continue the recruiting drive with
all energy bringing in every worker who
is willing to fight in our ranks. The sharpen
ing economic and political situation has turned
many workers towards the Party and if the
Party members are on the job there is no
reason whatever why we should not be able to
recruit may more militant workers into our
ranks.
Although recruiting for the Party is day
by day task for every Party member, never
theless the present situation is such that our
Party should grow by leaps and bounds If every
Party member is on the job and doing his work
Therefore the District Bureau at its last
meeting passed the following notion
1. The District Bureau calls attention to the
fact that there has been a slackening in the
membership drive on the theory that we have
filled our quota This must be checked at
once and in connection with the unemployed
campaign and the TU.U.L. Metropolitan Con
vention, the membership is instructed to con-
tinue the drive with full energy.
?. New Jersey must be criticized for lack
of activity in connection with the recruiting
drive and the nuclei must be stimulated to I'M
mediate intense activity.
3. The attention of sections 6, Z and and
the upstate units is called to the fact that
they have fallen down on the recruiting cam
paign and they must Immediately get on the
job to make up their quota
L. The District Bureau calls attention of
the membership to the fact that few shop
nuclei and shop papers have been established
in the campaign although more than l.3oo
members have been recruited to date This
shows that little work is being done IN the
shops. This must be rectified at once. When
new shop nuclei are formed politically develop
ed comrades must be attached to the new units
to help them function properly.
5. The units and sections must take steps
to have all new recruits take the course in the
Fundamentals of Communism in the Party,
School and Section classes.
We wish to call attention particularly to
one phase of the question and that is that very
few shop nuclei have been established IN the
District and where they have been established
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-24
Workers! Join the Party of
Your Class!

Communist Party u. S. A.
az East 125th Street,
New York City.
l, the undersigned, want to join the Commu-
mist Party. Send me more information.
Occupation ..................... Age.
Party. 43 Fest l25th St.. New York. N Y
Mail this to the Central Office, Communist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-24
Stop the Stencil
James P. Cannon:

Oakland, Cal, Feb. II, 1880.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-24

Fight the Right Danger. A.
Hundred PrOletarians for
Every Petty Bourgeois Rene
gade!