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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
By GERTRUDE HAESsLER

THE influx of over thousand new members
into the Party in District Five, as a result of
the mine struggle. raises the question of devel-
oping new forces for local Leadership. Can we
solve this question of local leadership-the ques-
ton of section and unit functionaries-by de-
pending on the importation of outside forces?
Certainly not. Our outlook must be toward the
development of the tremendous latent forces
which have been tested in the struggle and
shown abilities for leadership.
The dependence solely on outside forces is one
evidence of the lack of faith in the masses
which the Thirteenth Plenum of the Party so
sharply denounced.
District Five confronted with the problem OF
providing leadership for building the Party
from the new material, has established a one
month full-time training school as one of the
means of solving this problem. Although at the
time of writing this article, the school had been
in process only ten days, it was already appar-
ent that functionaries of very responsible level
we're in the process of development there.
Composition of the Student Body
In many ways this training school is unique
in the history of the Party. The composition
of the student body alone gives it an outStand-
ing character. OF the 81 students 81 are AM
erican born, and of the remaining six, three are
citizens.
Eight, or nearly one-third of the students are
Negroes. Fifteen of the students are under Is
years of age, and 20 of them are under thirty.
The proportion of women is not good-only two
women in the school.
Twenty of the students are miners, five are
steel workers, one laborer, one seaman, and two
Cthe women with no particular trade. All but
three are members of the T,UU.L. unions
The length of time that the students have
been in the Party or League -four of the stud
ents are Y.CL. members, is also exceptional
Twenty of them. have been in the Party less
than six months, four of them from six months
to one year. two from one to two years. and one
for nine years. The majority of the students
came into the Party or League in the course of
this summers struggle in the mine fields
Three basic courses are being given - Party
Organization Fundamentals of Communism,
and the Trade Union Course. Besides this there
is a special short courses on Negro Problems,
and certain periods set aside for talks on spe-
cial subjects.
Study Groups-Method of Teaching
The students are divided into five study groups
of about five in each group. These study groups
are of the utmost Importance as they give the
students an opportunity to continue the study
Of the subject just discussed in more informal
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15

The XXI Plenum of the E C. c. L reminds all
Communists Of the instructions of the II Con-
gress laid down by Lenin:
THE duty of spreading Communist ideas in
cludes the special necessity of persistent system
attic propaganda among the troops. Wherever
this agitation is prohibited by exceptional laws
it must be carried on illegally. Refusal to carry
out such work is tantamount to the betrayal of
revolutionary duty and is incompatible with
membership of the III International" (Thesis
on the conditions of admttance into the c. L,
adopted at the II Congress of the G. L.
The XII Plenum of the E.C.C.I. calls upon all
Communists, upon all the workers and toilers
of all countries to fight against the danger of
war and to fight against the menace of military
intervention, to defend the land of the first die
tatorship of the proletariat the Fatherland of
the proletariat of all countries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
Negro Papers, please Copy

Some inventive scoundrel, signing himself L.
E. Carragin, secretary of wholly fraudulent
Russian Representative Company" with the adj
dress of P. o. Box BIT, Jackson, Mississippi, is
sending letters to Negroes all over the country
trying to swindle them out of a dollar each in
supposed exchange for information of how chey
can get job Gin Russia"
For the small fee Of dollar currency
or stamps we will send you the places to apply
and the names of companies which have fac
tories or firms in Russia Also send you val
liable information of which will help you to
obtain the job position"
The "letter head" Of this scoundrel is a rub
Der stamp, the latter being written in pen and
ink, and it bears a list of the kind CT workers
supposedly wanted
1t can well be understood that, suffering from
unemployment and barbarous national oppres-
sion in the United States, great numbers of
American Negroes are anxious to get to the
Soviet Union, where there is no crisis, no unem-
ployment and no white chauvinisn Negro work
ers of the South, however, should be warned
against this Jackson, Miss, racketeer and fraud
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
An Overlooked Prince

Now we are going to have talkie devoted
exclusively to the Prince of Wales. 1t is made
by British film company, of course, and is to
be entitled II serve" And as the company,s
publicity man is also English he adds with
wholly unconscious humor, that: at will first
be shown to the princes tenants and servants
The name II serve is taken from the prin-
ce'S coat-of-arms, which again the publicity
man pulls boner) bears the motto "Ich diem;
right good German phrase for the royal pup
Of German blood to whom all 1907 Britishers
are loyal. Then we learn that the film:
g.. Will take the onlooker through typical
days in the princes busy life from the time
he rises-long before many business men
thinking of their shaving water-until he re-
tires at night, long after most people have
sought their rest"
Really, this is too much! We ought to SID
the Hoover Green "stagger" plan on him and
give somebody else chance at the job There's
only one worse example of an over worked dude
Jimmy Walker of Tammany Hall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
Remember Lenin's Teachings on
War"

The enlightened advance guard Of the
proletariat, the revolutionary social democrats,
attentively watch the sentiments of the masses,
utilizing their growing tendency towards peace,
not in order to support the vulgar Utopias of
democratic peace under capitalism, not in
order to encourage hopes Dor the intervention
of the philanthropists, the authorities, the
bourgeoisie but in order to make the vague
revolutionary sentiments clear, to ennghten the
masses by a thousand facts of pre-war politics,
to enlighten them consistently, unflinchingy.
Basing themselves on the experience of the
masses and on their sentiments, they proceed
to show the necessity of mass revolutionary
actions against the bourgeoisie and the gov
ernments of their country as the only road to-
wards democracy and Socialism. Qenin-writ-
ten May /, 1879
There is another practical question:
whether we should perish in war between
Shareholders, ourselves blind and helpless slaves,
or whether we should perish for the attempts
at determination" between the workers. with
the aim of casting off slavery?
Such is, in reality, The practical question.
Nenin-written March 20, 1850
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
Great Success!
Food DESTROYED!

Brazil goes quietly about her program Of
destroying excess coffee" says the N. Y. Times
of Oct II. Dumping the coffee into the ocean
was tried and abandoned as too slow. Burning
then was resorted to- and for several months Rio
de Janero has been overcast by smoke from
smoldering piles of coffee.
"Up to Oct. g. 100000 bags (of about $50
lbs. each) had gone up in smoke while 900
bags have been purchased for destruction 1t is
hoped that funds to purchase 9,720000 bags
additional for destruction will be available in
the coming season
1.-THE Brazilian destruction plan is self-sup-
porting An export tax of $243 bag is charged
All the money realized from this tax goes to
the purchase of coffee intended for destruction
The present internal loan will start destruction
operations in Sac Paulo to supplement the regu-
lar destruction program at Rio. 1t is planned
to destroy about 100000 bags of coffee in the
near future in Sac Paulo province"
Capitalism means destruction Destruction
means hunger for workers But it is all self
supporting for capitalists! Workers, there is
one thing that must be destroyed and that is
CAPITALISM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
Theory Is Not Invented

| The worlds greatest movement of the OPP
pressed class, Of the most revolutionary class
in history is impossible without revolutionary
theory. 1t cannot be invented. IT grows out of
the sum total of the revolutionary experience
and the revolutionary thought of all the coun-
tries in the world. Such theory did grow, be-
ginning with the second half of the nineteenth
century. II is called Marxism. One cannot be
a Socialist one cannot be a revolutionary So
ciaI- Democrat, without participating, according
to ones powers, in developing this theory and
adapting IL to changed conditions, without in
pur day waging mcrcilcss struggle against the
mutilation of this theory by the Plekhanovs,
fSautskys. etc.
kautskys. CO. lLenin--written In 1881
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
Agitators' and
Propagandists'
Column

This column will appear regularly in the
Daily Worker. Its purpose is two-foId First,
in the Agitators' Column will appear simple,
easily understood facts, which come to light
from time to time and which can be utilized
in agitation speeches and in personal talks
with workers in convincing them of the cor
RICHNESS of the Party line and policy. Second,
in the Propagandists' Column will appear
selections from Marx, Engels, Lenin and from
important Party and Comintern documents
which will give the comrades who follow the
column more basic understanding of the
problems they face in their everyday work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
&4;...~
Hardships of Pioneers
By JORGE

That is the right title for complaint OF one OF
the leaders being trained eve hope) in the Pio-
neer Leaders School. It's too easy on the in
Structors and hard on the study hike was
voted on the grand excuse that they would both
hike and study. They only liked The most
OF the instructors were left behind in bed.
Then the next Sunday and no hike But the
first instructor comes rolling in half an hour
after official starting time, looking as il he
hadn't been to sleep the night before" and calls
classes off on the claim that not enough stud
ents were present-though most were present.
If we hear any more of this, we'll have to
tell the crocodile
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15
A Nice brotherhood"

A more loathsome nest of snakes could scarcely
be found than that calling itself the Brother
hood of Russian TRUTH which Is widely spread
ing its bulletin in English and Russian langu-
ages, decorated with its emblem-a hand la
beled BRIT" stabbing with a dagger star
labeled Communism" and "U.S.SR." 80
The front page is devoted wholly to a threat
against American specialists who are working in
the Soviet Union, to whom this "Brotherhoodr
speaks as follows:
1--WE tell you clearly and briefly: If you wish
to be safe and sound. leave our Russia. The
Russian nation hates you We ask you to leave
Russia of your own free will Otherwise blame
yourself, and remember that you Joined your
destiny to the Soviet power The Russian ma
tional revolution is unavoidable. If 1t finds =
you in Russia-its crushing blow will certain.
ly fall you'll" .
This is nice package put up by lot Of
secret assassins whom the U. S. Government ir-
vites and sheters-a threat to murder Ameri-
cans.
The bulletin lists addresses in nine countries,
that in the Far East being the Picking address
of that old mass murderer, General Horvat...
The one for America is a "co-cr" address, Of
some White Guardist in THOMPSON, Conn Their
real headquarters for business is Hartford, Conn.
and their political and military headquarters
are in New York City, though they are, of course,
not openly published because, like the scoun-
drels they are, they fear that American workers
would put them out of business even though
the American Government protects them in
their threats against American workers in the
U.S.SR
"Red Emma" Goldman Cotton. who isn't red
at all and never was is writing Gord help usD
two big books of memoirs. AS an anarchist she
found her natural level as bourgeois property
holder in imperialist France, having found the
political climate Of Moscow too harsh for her.
NJ ses~ -sxixf
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15

Twenty five thousand textile workers are
at present on strike in Lawrence, the largest
textile center in the country. The strike is
against general wage cut. The American
Wooden Company, which is the largest tex
tile company in Lawrence, has initiated the
wage cuts. Its excuse for the wage cuts is
that it is losing money. The facts compiled by
the Labor Research Association answer the lies
and wage cutting propaganda of the BOSSES
Ed.)
AMERICAN WOODEN co. controls nearly is
per cent of all the wooden and worsted looms
in the United States and about 80 per cent of
the spindles 1t has by far the largest output
of any corporation in its field.
1t sells approximately $10O0O0,000 worth Of
fabrics each year
1t owns 81 mills, at least q Of which are now
closed down completely while others have been
leased. In 1929 alone the company closed down
IA plants and leased two as a part of its pro-
gram of naturalization. AS a result the oper-
ations of the company have not been much
above so per cent of capacity since 1926.
Other steps in its decentralization program in
recent years has been the concentration of oper-
ations in the larger mills the handling of prac-
ticaly all of its securing, carding and combing
work in Lawrence mills, the installation of thou
ip its worsted mills, the application of a rigor-
Gus speed-up system putting more machines on
the workers, and the recent wage cutting at
tack on the workers.
Largest Banks Control the American Wooden Co.
This program has been enforced partly as the
result of the big New York banking houses that
have come into control of the company in recent
months. These include the Chase National
Bank Albert H. Wiggn), Brown Brothers, Har-
riman g. Co. Cray Morris and F. S. Connet)
Hayden Stone & Co., (Charles Hayden and
Lester Watson; in addition to the leading Bos-
ton banks such as Old Colony Trust (Charles F.
Ayer) and First National of Boston that have
always had a powerful grip on the company's
policies and have profited greatly from its oper-
atons
Concealing Profits.
Concealing profits has been one OF the fine
arts of the company, and its annual reports
have been anything but frank statements of its
real financial position For example, in 1917
government investigation showed that it rolled
up net income of $2S,56O342 or nearly 4s per
cent even on its grossly inflated capitalization
But this amount nearly $15,O00000 more
than it had shown in its annual financial state
ment for that year.
This hiding of profits was advocated by Will
liam M Wood the former president who is
quoted by the former owner of the Wall Street
Journal in "They Told Barron" Wood said to
Barron in confidential talk:
American Wooden Co. showed 100000 net
last year, but really made $14,0O0,o00. Our policy
this year will be to show as little profits as pos
sible. If you show big earnings you will never
get them: your employees will insist upon an
advance in wages"
review of the dividend payments of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15

the most active and promising workers in the
field In some cases the section organizers no.
minated those he could spare" better than
others. Since the success of the school depends
to great degree on the composition of the
students, every care must be taken in the selec-
ton Of the students.
The reaction Of the students toward the school
Is splendid. They are, with very few exceptions,
eager to learn, and take the school very seri-
ously. They try hard, and are intensely inter-
ested in the subjects taught.
In spite Of the defective preparations for the
school, and in spite of the shortcomings still
existing, as pointed out above, the high hopes
placed in the school are being justified. The
Pittsburgh School is just more proof of the
fact that the continual clamoring by the Dis
tricts for outside forces will not solve the pro-
blem, and that the only solution is the training
and development Of forces right ut homa : ].
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-15

Visit the homes of the unemployed workers. List
all cases of starvation. undernourishment, inade-
quate relief Carry on a sustained and steady
struggle for unemployment relief for the
starving families from the city government,
the large corporations and employers.
Have large delegations of unemployed
workers present at every meeting Of the
city council to fight for adequate re-
lief for all cases Of starving and
undernourished workers families
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

-HE second IN the series Of four Tecitals
presented by the District Of Columbia
Chapter Of the American Guild Of
Organists at the Church Of the
Epiphany will be given on Tuesday,
at 9:15 pm, by N. Conrad Bernier.
The program win include the following: Pre-
Jude and Fugue in T. Minor" J. s. Bach; "Toc-
cata LEIevazione," G. Frescobaldi; piece
D'Orgue" Antoine Ca1vieri; sonata on the
chorale, water Unser I'm Himmelreich." r.
Mendelssohn: Piece Heroique," by Cesar
Franck, and other interesting works.
A RECITAL by the pupils Of Bessie N. Wild
~ viii be given at the Womens City Club ON
Friday evening at BIS O'Clock. Those who
win participate include Marjorie Ennis, Ger
trl1de Payne, Ernest Schneider Margaret War
then. Mildred Brown, Lemuel Fraser, Helen
Fischer, Pauline Menage, Dorothy Paine, Mil
dred Sherwood Olive Mcknight, Thelma Mills
Rector, Lura J. Fowkes and others.
Miss Wild is also sponsoring a recital given
by the junior class at Takoma Park Baptist
Church ON Monday, May 10, with Mildred
Sherwood and Gertrude Payne as accompanies.
A PROGRAM of song and dance Is being
presented tonight by the King-Smith
School at Miss McKinley's studio. 1871 street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
Chaminade Glee club Anniversary Concert

Hinman, club member. These five composers
win be present On the 27th, assisting in the
rendition Of some Of their works.
This concert win mark the Tooth appear
ance Of the club. More than half of its con-
certs have been for hospitals, homes and
institutions in and around Washington, includ-
ing Christmas caroling all 10 seasons. The
other concerts have Included professional en-
gagements for churches, many prominent local
clubs and organizations.
Club accompanies have included such out
standing pianists as Helen Nash, Winifred
Nicholson, Helen T. Murray Gertrude Walter
and Mrs. Jessie B. Blaisden. Mrs. Howard
Blandy, wei known choir director and accom-
PIANIST, is the present accompanist of the club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

HE Chaminade Glee Club, Esther Lin
ktns, organizer and director win cele-
brate the closing Of its tenth season
with an anniversary concert In Barker
Hall Wednesday evening May II.
Ceciie c. Chaminade> eminent
French woman composer, for whom the club is
named, Is said TO maintain q keen interest in
its activities through correspondence and May
Brooks Ramsdell, Mary A. Cryder and Homer L.
Kit are honorary members of the club and
have done much for 1t in the past.
This club has been especially honored by the
following American composers, who have COM
posed and dedicated songs to them: Henry
Clough-Leighter, Dorothy Radde Emery, Karl
Holer and Henry s. Gregor, all members of the
Washington Composers Club, and Florence r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

northwest Those taking part win be Margaret
Handy, soprano: Jean Arendes dancer, and
Penelope Garwater, pianist. Robert Byrne has
designed the settings and the costumes.
THE Lovette Choral Club win conclude one Of
] the most active seasons Of its career with
it's fourth annual Spring concert to be given at
the Willard Hotel ON Friday evening, May 20.
The club is under the direction Of Eva WhitfOrd
Iovette.
4 AAGE. MARIA ZALRSKY is presenting Acts
IVI From Opera" at the Wardman Park
Theater on Tuesday. This win be q benefit
program. Those who win take part include
Helen Steiner Mrs. H. v. Vasa. Marjorie Lsaacs,
M B. Jacobs, Lilly ZalpSky Vittoria DEAN
dreis Maj. Gen. A. Uzefovich, Fred Gross, Giu-
seppo Bruno, Gertrude Borl, Romeo Guaraldi,
John Herman and others. The operas from
which selections win be presented include LA
Boheme," "FaigolettO" and Aida"
At recent meeting of the District Of Co
lumbia Chapter Of the American Guild Of
Organists Of which Charlotte Klein, f. A. q. O.,
is dean, the following officers were elected:
Continued on Eighteenth Page a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

USIC WEEK proved many inter-
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y have taken IL lIpon themselves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

. LORA McGILL KEEFER announces her
students Spring recital on Tuesday eve
ming, June 2, at $50 O'Clock In the ball
room Of the Willard Hotel. The public
is cordially invited
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-10
Major Leaders
BY the Associated Press.
Avt1arioan lean

BY the Associated Press.
American League.
Batting-Ruth, Yankees, $50; Sim
mons, Athletics, 1873.
Runs-Gehrig, Yankees, lat; Ruth,
Yankees, 1875.
Runs batted in-Gehrig, Yankees,
166; Ruth, Yankees, 146.
Hits-Gehrig, Yankees, 1913; Ruth,
Yankees, 1873.
Doubles-Webb, Red Sox, SO; Miller,
Athletics; Alexander, Tigers, 43.
Triples-Johnson. Tigers, IT; Reyn-
olds, White Sox, IA.
Home runs-Gehrig, Yankees, AZ;
Ruth, Yankees, 40.
Stolen baseS-Chapman Yankees, So;
johnson, Tigers, 81.
Pitching-Grove. Athletics, won %,
lost 8; Marberry. Senators; Mahaffey,
Athletics, won Is, lost 4.
National League.
Batting-Davis, Phillies, .345; Klein,
Phillies, .343.
Runs-Klein, Phillies, 1T; Terry,
Giants, 107.
Runs batted in-Klein, Phillies, IFS;
OFT, Giants. 102.
HitS-Terry. Giants, 189: Klein,
Phillies; l.. Waner, Pirates, 1873.
DoubleS-Herman, Robins, Al; Adams,
Cardinals, 40
TripleS-Terry, Giants, IT; Herman,
Robins, Is.
Home runs-Klein, Phillies, 81; OFT,
Giants, %.
Stolen bases-Frisch, Cardinals, "a
Martin, Cardinals, 16
Pitching-Haines, Cardinals, won IL,
lost 8; Derringer, Cardinals, won Is,
lost 6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-10
DEFEATED GRAPPLER
CHEERED BY CROWD
White Feather Gets Ovation, but
Steele Wins-Pojello and
De Laun Shine.

Old Chief White Feather. alias Tom
Marvin. spotted Ray Steele some 20
years, few pounds and a big reputa-
ton last night at Griffth Stadium
wrestling show, attended by slightly
over 5000 persons. OF course, the Chief
came out second.
For 46 minutes and 80 seconds or
White Feather dealt out punishment to
Steele. Then Ray, apparently tired of
entertaining the crowd by stopping
Marvins punches with his nose, applied
three backdrops and sat on the PROSTATE
White Feather.
A tremendous ovation for the beaten
Indian followed.
Carl Pojello. called the best little
man in the mat game. and Don De
Laun, giant Canadian. gave what was
perhaps the best straight wrestling
match seen here. Pojello thrilled the
crowd with his cleverneSs, and grad
ually wore down his much-larger foe.
The time was SO minutes.
Other results follow:
George Zaharias and Gene Ledeau
went 80 minutes to a draw. George
Romanoff disposed of Dutch Green in
IL minutes, and Son Jennings and Milo
Steinborn wrestled to Commute
draw.