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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
The Young Plan for Veterans

cashed The young Plan" is that "only those
veterans in actual distress" shall get-not cash,
but "loan."
Thus, the scheme of the young Plan for
Vets" is not to cash the Tombstone Bonus, but
to make "loans"-obviousy not to the full value
of their insurance-and leave the door wide open
for discrimination by picking and choosing as to
who shall be in actual distress"
A government that gives not dime to TO-
100000 unemployed and has Mysteries at the pro-
posal to feed 100000 starving farmers, no doubt
will be almost unable to find more than few
cases of veteran in "actual distress"
The hypocrisy of this young Plan" abom-
Unable as it is is, however, no greater than that
of the Legion leaders who did their best to hold
down the rank and file, nor the WV. (World
War Veterans) leaders who are following fas-
cist demagogic trick of pretending to mobilize
the veterans against the capitalists, only to side
track them into fight against the working
class and its basic demands for Unemployment
Insurance and against wage cuts
The workers among the veterans, organized in
the Workers Ex-Servicemen's League should
warn their buddies now following the demagogs
of the WW.V., that even the full cash bonus
will not be the end of the struggle, and that
Unemployment Insurance will be needed next
year Just as well as this year.
Let the worker veterans raise the question of
what is the WV. leaders position on wage
cuts and strikes against them, and on the need
for Unemployment Insurance and then see how
the capitalist wolf of the WV. leaders will
come out of the lamb-skin of the flight" the
W.W.V is pretending to make for the bonus
Every worker, especially every Communist,
supports the demand of the veterans for cash
payment of the bonus, but warns them against
the fascist tricksters leading the W.WV
And every worker who is veteran should sup
port the Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill, and fight shoulder to shoulder with the
Communists in the general class struggle against
wage cuts.
The fight is bigger than the bonus-the fight
is Class against Class!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
BY HARRISON GEORGE.

The failure of the Young Plan for squeezing
separations out of Germany Is not yet so well
known as to make Owen D. Young the same butt
Cor horse-laughs as jigger-pipe Dawes with his
tsDawes Plan" But his day will come.
This not to say that Mr.. Young, partner in
international finance capital with j. Perpont
Morgan is admitting the failure or laying down
before difficulties No, indeed Owen D. Young
Ia fighting for his own and Morgans war prof.
It's: fighting shrewdly and fiercely-and always,
OF course, in the name of "the general welfare"
There was World War. And the United
states Joined it in 1917 "for the general well
fare," alias democracy" The fact is, that Nor
gan had loaned some $4,000 100000 to the Allies
and so 100000 workers and farmers had to be
rounded up, branded "U. S." on the left hind
leg and shipped off to back up the Morgan loan.
The Yanks were told that they had to "get the
Kaiser" but that was just little joke. The
Kaiser is living fat at Doom, Holland today,
while millions of the Yanks are starving to death
IN the country they made safe" from him.
They are starving although they have nice
insurance policy" after fighting for bonus for
six years from 1919 to 1925 clicking the Kaiser was
easy compared to licking Andy Mellon. They
have Tombstone Bonus, due and payable in
1881 Andy Mellon, guardian of the taxes on
the capitalist class, backed up by the American
Legion and the World War Veterans bet the
doughboys they couldn't live to collect It'll
why was that, you vets2 The answer is still
that $4,000 Morgan loaned to the Allies.
Germany must pay reparations to the Allies, so
the Allies can pay Morgan. And for that reason
couple of things were pulled off:
l. The German workers, who are also vet
Grams of the war; millions of them, are to be
forced to work longer hours at lower wages, and
their existing unemployment insurance cut down
or cut off completely, to pay the reparations to
pay Morgan.
2 The American workers who fought Ger
workers for two years and fought for a
bonus for six years, were denied any cash. be-
cause the American government, also, has war
debt" And who, after some years of hard times,
has the Liberty Bonds? Morganl And to whom
does the government owe a big chunk of the
national debt? Morgan!
Now, veterans, you who are workers! Now do
you begin to understand why the great expert"
Mr.. Owen D. Young is brought up to testify
against your demand for cash payment of the
Tombstone Bonus? Mr.. Young is partner of
Morgan. He is the same fellow who is squeez-
ing the blood out of the German workers for
Morgan. and now to finish up the job he comes
to the front here to ask you to save the bond
holders"--of j. p Morgan and Col
This is the reason why there has emerged a
young Plan for Vets" that has been joyfu1ly
adopted by all the tricky friends Of veterans
In Congress.
Mr. Young's bright idea has, of course joker
In IT, To defeat that demand of the great mass
OF worker veterans who want their Tombstone
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
LENIN SAID:

Only when we finally overthrow, vanqush and
appropriate the bourgeoisie all over the world
and not alone in one country, will war become
impossible. Also from theoretical viewpoint
it would be absolutely wrong and quite unrevo-
lutionary to evade or keep silent over something
which is of greatest Importance, the breaking
of the resistance Of the bourgeoisie, which is
most difficult task, task calling for deter
mined struggle in the course of transition to
Socialism. Socialist" priests and opportunists
are always willing to dream Of peace under So
cialism in the future, but what distinguishes
them from revolutionary social-dcmocrats Is
precisely the fact that they do not want to give
a thought to the desperate class struggle and
class wars for the realization OF this beautiful
future. --lLenn: The Military Programme Of
PTOIetayian RcvoIutiOn.l
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
P0stOffice Politics

THE u S. Postoffice is thought of by some
a sort of sacred COW and idiotic people wh>
call themselves socialists" point to it as an ex
ample in socialism"
We have only to mention the fact that the
postoffice is speeding up its workers and gyp-
ping them in dozen ways of wages they earn, to
see things differently. Then there is the mat
ter of arbitrarily barring workers papers from
mailing privileges. This however can be added
to:
In ST. Paul Minnesota, the government wanted
a postoffice building James M Good, who
was once good" Secretary of War, "persuad-
ed" Postmaster General New to sign twenty
year lease on certain ST. Paul property owned
by one Jacob Kulp, the government to pay Mr..
Kulp $4,000 year for twenty years-as rental
for property assessed as being worth $334,000.
That is pretty good pickings for Mr.. Kulp. But
it appears that Mr. Kulp didn't get all the gravy.
Some of it got back-not to the government
o, no! but to the treasurer of the republican
party national committee! Perhaps this same
money is used to print the republican partys
national paper in which Communism is SO fierce
ly attacked. Anyhow, it got there and Senator
Blaine says that he 'has the names of contrib
utors of more than $1,250000 to the republican
party. And they are the names of individuals
who are heavily interested in postoffce leases"
We submit these facts to folks who think
that the republican party politicians, capitalist
politicians who are ruling this country, are even
half honest and are merely mistaken" Rats!
They crooks and racketeers! And with lot
of gall to be barring workers papers from the
mails and strutting around like little tin goes!
Incidentally it seems that bunch of straw
bosses in the st. Paul postoffice were denoted"
which means loss of wages, because they failed
to boost the private insurance business of the
st. Paul postmaster. That, we hold, and all Of
this business, is not Socialism"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

lilies thrown out of the jobs, their homes at
the bread lines flop houses, were not organized
into Councils. And in most cities we limited
ourselves to forming one or more such Councils
on a general city basis.
Instead the Councils should be formed in ey-
cry neighborhood and around every union and
large factory. Such Councils should also be form
ed around every bread line and every flop house
This is the natural form of organization of the
unemployed. Such organizations will have nat
ural functions. And without functions these or
CARNATIONS cannot live.
These functions must not be merely mechani-
cal. They must be functions that grow out of
the struggles of the unemployed for their imme
date every day demands and embracing the
entire mass. The struggle for Unemployment
Insurance only adds to the content of the work
and the stability of councils organized on such
a natural basis
Work of Councils
We have already had much experience in this
work In those cities and places where this
method was followed the Councils do exist and
are indispensable to the struggles of the uneni-
ployed. The industrial Councils organized around
unions, industries and factories, have as their
major tasks the fight for jobs. To fight for re-
lief. To effect the unity of employed and unenl-
against wage cuts. To fight for the shorter
workday.
This is accomplished both as part of the Strug-
giles carried on against the city, municipal and
state administration, and through marches to
and demonstrations at the factories, to the in
dustrial labor exchanges etc. The Neighbour
hood Councils among other things have the task
of organizing to prevent evictions, to fight for
lower rents, against high prices and to secure
food for the unemployed To put forward and
fight for special demands to relieve the starv-
ing children, etc.
If Our Councils are organized on such an in
dustrial and neghborhood basis, with program
of activity for every day in the week. Reacting
to every event and need of the unemployed, with
the masses of the unemployed actually partici-
pating in the shaping of policies and admin
stration of the organizations the Councils will
multiply and grow. They will assume stability
and they will become real force.
Unity
OF course it is indispensable that through the
unions around the industrial councils and by
drawing in individual employed workers into the
Neighborhood Councils through city central bod
les and conferences of representatives of work.
ers organizations, employed and unemployed
organized and unorganized, the unity of the
employed and unemployed will be effected. These
movements part of the Trade Union Unity
League which is leading the struggles of the
unemployed and employed.
1t stands to reason that in such Councils
performing these natural functions the working
class women the working class housewives, and
the workers children will play an important part
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
"Mass for Motors"

If you have tin Lizzie who has been stayn
out night and may have carbon in the cylinders
we call your attention to the following which
appeared in the NJ Y. Times, Feb. g.
automobiles will be blessed in front of the
Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family,
$40 East Forty Seventh ST., known now as the
Church of the Motorists The Rev. Daniel
de Nonno, the pastor, and his two associates
will come out into the street in their vestments
and pronounce blessing upon all cars parked
near by. There will be no CHARGE for the bless
ing, but il owners of the cars wish TO make
donation to the church, they may DO So"
Wicked Stiidebakers and lewd Lizzies, which
have parked themselves in secluded spots on Sat-
urday nights, are doubtless expected to be run
through the confessional before enjoying the
blessing.
All this is done under the auspices Of St.
Christopher, relic" Of whom is said to be re-
Gently received from Rome. 1t seems he is
newly discovered patron saint of travellers"
and all the devout chauffeurs of Paris now get
their cars blessed and have little image Of
st. Christopher to hang OH the machine
We are very sad to be compelled to bring up
the unpleasant fact that all this holy rigamarol
seems to have developed concurrently with the
obtaining of large blocks of stocks by the pope
in the Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company, in which
Mr.. Henri Defending one of the most bitter
Anti-Soviet capitalists is the guiding spirit.
Perhaps this also has something to do with
the pope's campaign against the Soviet Any
how, now that Saint Christopher has set up
business in New York, If you pile up sgeinst
a stone wall, you can get your car buried with
full benefit Of clergy. extra charge tor candles
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
&la:..A-
Touching Capitalist Harmony
By JORGE

Gan things work together for the good Of those
who love the Lord ought to be hung as motto
over the capitol of this nation. For 10, and be-
hold, the fierce democrats who were about to
tear the republican administration in twain, have
compromised.
They have compromised on the $25,000000 for
which Robinson sweat and Caraway swore Alas
it was nothing but sham battle, and any poor
starving farmer who thought that hope rested In
the democrats and not in his own action, united
with the action Of other starving poor farmers,
ought to have received his lesson IN capitalist
politics.
The democratic and republican leaders got
together and agreed that they would not longer
ask for that $25 100000 for food but for crop
production and farm rehabilitation" Think of
it! "Crop production" when the administration
says there is too much crop production! Farm
rehabilitation which simply means nothing!
OF course the democrats say-we repeat, they
"say"-that the new language of the appropria-
ton bill is Sufficiently broad" to allow Hoover,
"to permit the of the appropriation for feed
ing drought victims if necessary"
This ridiculous subterfuge is supposed to cover
up the complete surrender of the democratic
Opposition" to the starvation program of Hoo
ciple" with them. They have no principles
except that of protecting capitalist interests, and
when it was called to their attention forcibly
enough from the capitalists who control both
parties, that capitalist principle is against
feeding and for starving the masses-lest taxes
touch the big capitalist bosses-the democrats
surrendered.
Let all take note that Robinson Of Arkansas,
who made so much fuss about his starving con-
stituentS was one of the democratic leaders who
agreed to this cynical starvation plan To leave
it to Hoover" is to sentence thousands to starva-
ton, disease and death But the capitalists fear
that if they feed the farmers, the unemployed
would also demand Unemployment Insurance
this was too much for such capitalist supporters.
Farmers should form their own Relief Coun-
cils to see that relief real relief is obtained and
is administered by themselves. No dependence
on capitalist congress! No trust in the Red
Cross!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

Organize Unemployed Councils.
Every Mining Camp, Steel
and Textile Town, Every
Large and Small Indus
trial Center Should Be
HOneycOmbed With
JOblesS Councils
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
Unemployed Councils

How to Organize Them and How They Must
Work
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
ROCKVILLE ROAD
To Be WIDER

Montgomery Avenue in front of
the courthouse at Rockville, will
soon be widened so as to be ready
for use when the new structure is
opened near the middle Of Sep
tember.
With a piece of property cut
from the filling station at the in
tersectiOn of the Frederick Road,
the traffic-tangling turn will be
eliminated.
In the center of the road there
will be 40-foot parkway. which
will have a 30-foot lane on either
side of it. While present plans
call for widening the street only
as far as the old courthouse, the
State road commission has ex-
pressed a willingness to continue
the work as far as the Fair
Grounds which will bring it up to
the Rockville Pike.
This would require only three
feet to be sliced from the side
walk on each side of the street.
The mayor and council are hear
tily in favor of the project.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
Playground Heads Back
Job Detector Force
MISS NELSON

Expansion of the Washington
Times Job Detector Force and
increased activity in finding jobs
for the unemployed of the city
are assured by the cooperation
Of the Playground Department of
the District, according to George
J. Adams. jr.. executive secretary
of the District Committee on
Employment.
Interest in the movement to
provide gainful work for the job
less through the Job Detector
Force and the District committee
is expressed by Miss Sibyl Baker,
supervisor of Fairgrounds, and r.
s. Tennyson, director of boys
playground activities, both of
whom heartily approve of the
movement.
Close to Boys
Mr.. Adams, when informed of
the readiness of these officials to
cooperate, said:
"The Fairgrounds are in closer
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
To START
CONDUIT JOB

BALTIMORE, Aug. 7.-One of
the years largest construction
projects is scheduled to get under
way next week when the Penn
Sylvania Railroad will begin work
on the new conduit system be-
tween Washington and Whining
ton.
About 100 miles of conduit,
completing a subterranean electri-
cal system covering the 225 miles
between Washington and New
York city. will cost $7,000,000.
More than 1000 men will be
employed. The work marks an
other step toward completion of
the railroads $22, ,000, 900 improve
ment program.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
SHERIFF FREED
Of CHARGES

Charges of assault, lodged
against Deputy Sheriff Paul Her
mann. of Fairfax county, by
members of the Halls Hill Volun-
teer Fire Department, were dis
missed yesterday by Judge Harry
Thomas, in Arlington police
court, after hearing the prosecu-
tion's case.
Members of the fire depart
ment. a colored organization, de-
scribed the affair out of which
the charges grew and admitted
leaving their fire-fighting duties
to advance upon the deputy sher-
iff with fire axes in their hands.
Hermann ordered them back
to their engine at the point of
gun.
James derson, colored,
charged with stabbing Vincent
Corbett. also colored, in a craps
game fight, was held for the
grand jury under $1,000 bond.
Charges of reckless driving and
using abusive language, placed
against S. o. Gouldman, of Vir-
ginia Highlands, by Dick Bal
lard, also of Virginia Highlands,
were dismissed by Judge Thomas
after hearing evidence in . the
case, an outgrowth of an auto
mobile accident on Mt. Vernon
Boulevard,
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
.U.S.TOMAINTA|
COUNTY ROADS
MISS NEVILLE

The Federal Government has
yielded to Arlington county and
will continue to maintain mill
tary roads there, it was an
nounced today.
Some time ago the Government
announced it would not continue
to pay for the upkeep of the
highways. Arlington became in
cenSed at the prospect Of having
to provide for maintenance Of the
roads which are used extensively
BY troops stationed at Fort Myer.
The board of supervisors of the
county went so far as to urepare
to bar horses and solid-tired
vehicles from the roads, thus bot
ting up the Army cavalry post.
A letter from the office of Sena-
tor Claude Swanson CD Of Vir-
AEinia announced the capitulation
of the War Department.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
COURT FREES FATHER

After a reprimand by Police
Court Judge woodward, John
Davis, of Bethesda, was allowed
to go free on a charge Of dis
orderly conduct. :
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
DriUes Car Off Pier,
Still He Can't
Lose 1t

Carlin Peters, 20, of Alex
andria. just can't seem to get
rid of his car.
The car wasn't any good, and
he was tired Of fooling with it..
So he tried to sell it. Then he
tried to give it away. Finally
he drove it off the end Of the
Cameron Street pier in Alex
andria and left with a sigh of
relief.
Last night police came to his
home and told him that he
would have to remove the car
from the bottom Of the river, as
it interfered with docking.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
LURE Of STILL
JA|LS MAN

His return to a still after it
had been dismantled by Prince
Georges County officers Wednes-
day night, resulted in the arrest
of George Sparks of Capitol
Heights, Md, last night on
charges of illegal manufacture
and possession of liquor.
Two other men, who, according
to police, were there to buy liquor,
were not held.
Wednesday night police seized
four cases of liquor. a quantity
Of mash and manufacturing i'm
plements.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
at Rockville, Md, to Marion Win
field Posey, 90, of Chevy Chase,
Md, and Virginia Rosalind
Strother. 81, Of Washington;
Ozzie williams, "a, of Bethesda,
Md, and Lillian E. Long, IS, of
Hyattsville, Md: Henry l..
Goodheart, 26. of Newport, r. l.,
and Mary Elizabeth Duvall, 81, of
Washington,
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
STUBBORN RASH
YIELDS At ONCE
TO RESINOL

''I had q very stubborn rash ON my
legs. It itched and burned and /
could get no relief from anything
I tried until / learned of Resinol.
This ointment cooled and soothed
it, and quickly cleared away the
trouble. I also find Resinol Is very
good for chahng." (SigneG-
C.E,Cheesman, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Whether it 10 single pimple or q pro-
nounced case of acne-a mid rash or form
of eezemR-a minor eore or e0rmenting
piles, ReSinol Ointment has proved Co pos
sess almost startling powers Of relief and
healing. Sold in all drug stores.
SAMPLE FREE Write today to
Resinol, Dept. 80, Baltimore, Md.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07

contact with the boys Of the city
than any other agency. Their
active interest means that the
fore of detectOrS will expand to
unforeseen proportions and that
during the last 10 days Of the
midsummer job campaign boys
will set at work in every part
of the National Capital"
Miss Baker said:
Should Be Willing
"InsOmuch as the boys who
compose this Job DetectOr Force
are of school age, they neceS-
sariIy have a considerable
amount of leisure time on their
hands during the summer
months. A good deal of this
leisure time is devoted to health
full amusement on municipal
Fairgrounds. Therefore it seems
quite natural that the boys, in
return for the splendid recrea-
tiOnal facilities which the city
provides, should be willing to
devote a small part of their day
to performing a public service
which is bound to be of inesti.
mable value during these trying
times of unemployment.
In In commenting on The Wash
ington Times Job Detector out.
ing next Saturday, Mr.. Tenny
son said:
"The boys Of America are
growing more air-minded every
day and the plans for Satur.
day have made q strong appeal
to these who use the play
grounds.
Seek Public Service
"The opportunity to witness
. performance Of DirigibIe' at
Keith's in the morning and Of
making actual flights over the
city in the afternoon in a ship
Of the, Atlantic SeabOard Air.
way, Inc, has brought thrills
Of anticipation which will be
exceeded only by the actually.
Your rental worries room, house
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
Anne Arundel Picks
BeUutU PAGEANT Girl

ANNAPOLIS. Aug. Miss
Mary Alice Wigley. 16, of Millers-
vile, will represent Anne. Arundel
county in the Statewide beauty
contest to be held in January
under the auspices of the farm
bureaus of all Maryland counties.
Miss Wigley was selected as
the most beautiful girl in the
county at a farm bureau picnic
yesterday on the banks of South
River.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
Fairfax School Body
Holds Bids Too Hiqh

The Fairfax county school board,
at it's meeting yesterday, post
poned action on building of new
schools at Herndon, Floris and
Cub Run, on the ground that the
bids submitted were excessive in
comparison with costs of building
similar schools in other sections
of the State. Raymond V. Long,
State school architect. will meet
with the board Tuesday to con-
slider the bids