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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12
BAR REDS FROM
LUZERNE BALLOT
Mass Protest Against
Action of County

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Oct. THE
Luzerne county commissioners have
fatty refused to put the Commun-
list candidates on the ballot, and give
as their reason that the LOO names
of workers on the lists are not suf-
ficient. The Luzerne officials de-
mand 1900.
This is just a swindle by the coun-
ty authorities. Communist Election
Campaign Committee here has let
ter from the state government In
Harrisburgh that 1,067 names are re-
quired to place candidates ON the
ballot in Luzerne county. In addi-
ton, the very county officials who
now ask 1900 names have twice with
in the last two months, on applica-
ton of the Campaign Committee,
fixed the number at LOOT. There
fore, the Campaign Committee COL
lected ten full lists, total of 1,100
names, and came up Monday to the
county offices here to file the can
didacies, and were turned down.
The Communist Party will expose
this trickery through a series of mass
meetings here and in other cities of
the county, and workers mass organ
izations are passing resolutions de-
manding that the worker candidates
have their place on the ballot.
Similar action has already forced
officials of Cambria county to reg
cind their decision to bar the Com
munist candidates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12
NEW BORN PITTSBURG, KAN,
a CLUB ALIVE AND KICKING;
BIG PLANS In CLEVELAND

All hail to the latest Daily
Worker Club, the Daily Worker
Club of Pittsburg, Kansas. Find
enclosed 30 cents for one weeks
subscription for Daily Worker
Club of five" this group writes us.
s'We have several more clubs in the
making and we expect through this
plan to get many readers for the
Daily. We have good string must
clans and we want to have dances,
and we also want to organize a
theatrical group"
It's cheerful news to see a new
club start out with such a broad,
active program. It's also inspiring
news for other comrades. The Cleve-
land Daily Worker agents, who write
that they are planning a Red Press
Builders Club, might well take the
plans Of the Pittsburg, Kan, club as
a model.
plans were made" the Cleve-
land comrades write, ito secure a
hall for club in Section 3. The
unit agents in this section have al
ready visited the readers and pre-
pared the ground for the club.
Members have been assigned for
the readers in their neighborhood,
and several numbers for the pro-
gram have been arranged. Com
mitteeS will also bring food and re-
freShmentS. e.-.. ....--
"One unit reported 80 readers in
its territory, 7 members and Is non
members, and another unit reported
IA readers, of which 7 were non
members.
"Our plans are to establish one
functioning club, and then We will
organize clubs in the other two Cleve-
land sections. All recruits will meet
in this one club until we have it in
working order, and we will then pro-
coed to build the second club"
All these plans are fine. A sug-
gestion we can make is that music
and theatricals might be added, as
the Pittsburg, Kan, club plans to do
Or some other forms be developed.
And both clubs ought TO register for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12

the correspondence course in the fun
damentaIs Of Communism given out
by the Workers School at a special
rate for Daily Worker Clubs of only
IS for the whole course. Write to us
for more details about this.
From the Bronx a comrade who
signs himself "a Sympathizer Who
May Be Wrong" suggests that there
are thousands of workers who can't
afford even three cents for a paper.
and would it not be good idea to
distribute the Daily Worker at least
once in a while free of charge, as I
am sure there are plenty of workers
who would like to know how the
struggle is going on"
We agree with ten cOmrade that
it is a good idea, but we're afraid
it has to stay being an idea. Even
as it is the Daily makes no money
on street sales, in fact, it runs at a
deficit on these sales, and the only
way it can make up for this deficit
is by subscriptions. And we have
to keep working hard and pegging
away at our district agents to get
us enough subscriptions to keep the
Daily going. You can see that If
the deficit from street distribution
we're greater, even for one day, we
Just couldn't make ends meet, and
there would be no Daily Worker
even for those who could afford
three cents for a paper.
The thing for the comrade from
the Bronx and for all other COM
rades who are interested in daily
paper for workers to do is to go out
and get as many subscriptions as
possible. That is the backbone Of
the Daily that keeps it from going
under
For example, Comrade J. j. from
Pawtucket, r. /, hasn't any too
much money, but he writes: Il am
sending a 81 bill in this letter MY
Daily Worker subscription ran out on
Sept. 20, but I will send another
dollar next week and a dollar the
week after" This is the spirit that
keeps the Daily Worker going.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12
DROP IN SOVIET
IMPORTS FROM Us
DUE TO WALL ST.
Pravda Says USSR
i'll Trade Everywhere
Gable BY InprecOrr.)

MOSCOW, Oct. 10. - Commenting
on the New York report of the de-
cline of Soviet purchases from the
United States, Pravada says:
Until the beginning of this year,
the Soviet Union was the only coun-
try to which exports from the United
States grew while American exports
to all other countries rapidly de-
clined. In January began the reduc-
ton of exports to the Soviet Union.
However, the cause for the decline
in exports to the Soviet Union and
to the other capitalist countries are
not similar. The fall of exports TO
capitalist countries is due to the crisis
gripping the entire capitalist world.
The Soviet Union is not only sub
jected to the crisis, but the monthly
expanding Of her construction work
could become a very large market for
America machinery of certain grade
and raw materials. But the obstacles
placed in the way Of Soviet imports
by the ruling circles in the United
States and the demand for payment
of all orders in cash, which is con-
trary to all customs of international
trade, is practically paralyzing So
Official circles of the United States
by various tales of Soviet dumping
viet-American trade.
and forced labor. The object Of the
ruling circles is to force the Soviet
Government to abandon her foreign
trade monopoly. These Attempts are
doomed to failure beforehand. The
Industrial development of the Soviet
Union requiring the import of ma
chinery will force the Soviet Union
to get them from other advanced
capitalist countries"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12

STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP
MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC.
Required by the Act OF Congress Of
August a. 1912.
OF DAILY WORKER" published daily
at New York, n. Y, for Oct. l, 1881.
State OF New York
County Of New York
Before me, a Notary Public, In and
for the State and county aforesaid,
personally appeared Emanuel Levin,
who, having been duly sworn ac-
that he is the business manager of
the Daily Worker" and that the
following is to the best of knowl-
edge and belief, true statement OF
the ownership, management (and il
a daily paper, the circulation etc, or
the aforesaid publication for the
date shown in the above caption,
required by the Act of August "a,
1919 embodied in section 44S Postal
Laws and Regulations printed on
the reverse of this form, to wit:
l. That the names and addresses OF the
publisher. editor managing editor, ana
business managers are:
Publisher, Comprodaily Publishing
Co, Inc, so East 18th St, New York
Editor, Earl Browder; VIM. u. Foster,
VIM. Weinstone, so e. 18th st.
Managing editor. none;
Business Manager. Emanuel Levin. so e.
18th st.
2. That the owners are: (Give
names and addresses of the individ-
ual owners, or if a corporation, give
its name, and the names and address
es of stockholders, owning or holding
1 per cent of the total stock), Com
probably Publishing Company Inc,
so East 18th Street; Earl Browder,
Pres, SO East 18th Street; Emanuel
Levin, Secretary Treasurer, so East
18th Street, New York.
cages and other security holders own
Ing or holding / percent or more OF total
amount of bonds. mortgages. or other
securities are: None.
4 That the two paragraphs next above
giving the names OF the owners STOCK
holders. and security holders. II any, con-
tain not only the list Of stockholders ana
security holders as they appear upon the
books OF the company but also. IN cases
where the stockholders or security holders
appear upon the books Of the company as
trustee or In any other fiduciary relation
the name of the person or corporation Tor
whom such trustee is acting Is given
also that the said two paragraphs contain
statements embracing atlantis full know
ledge and belief as to the circumstances
and conditions under which stockholders
and security holders who do not appear
upon the books OF the company as trustees.
other than that OF a bona fde owner; and
this affiant has no reason to believe that
any other person. association, or corpora
tion has any interest direct or indirect in
the said stock. bonds, or other securities
than as stated by him.
S. That the average number OF copies
OF each issue OF this publication sold or
distributed, through the mails or other
wise to paid subscribers during the sir
months preceding the date shown above Is
43,19S
(This Information is required from daily
publications only.)
(Seal) EMANUEL LEVIN.
Business Manager
sworn TO and subscribed before me
this first day OF October, 1881.
SEAL
MAX KITES,
Notary Public,
Bronx County. N. Y.
NY commission expires March 80. 1852
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12
Ford Closes Motor Plant: Pay-Cuts Rumored

we're tears in his eyes when he said
this. We was confronted with los
ing everything he had after many
years of shard work.
I told this worker that there was
no way out but to organize into the
Communist Party and the revolu-
tionary unions to fight for a right to
live and to destroy this rotten, in
human system, and he agreed with
me.
The capitalist press didn't say any
thing about the shutting down of the
Ford plants. But when Ford hires a
few they state with big headlines
that thousands we're hired. 1t Is now
time for all workers to take a live
part in the struggles and activities
that are being led by the Commu-
mist Party. If we depend on the boss
we will get nothing but more starva-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12
Metropolitan Life Staggers Printers

totals Az days.
All the men in the printing division
are policy holders and in addition to
being laid off are contributing as
high as SIS per week to and the lIn-
employed.
Frederick Ecker, president, has
been whole -heartedly cooperating
with the various unemployment
committees" Mr.. Ecker is attending
conventions and making public
speeches throughout our glorious
country, building up good will" for
the company, while over in the COM
pany's back yard, the printing divi-
sion In Long Island City. far removed
from New York CITY, Mr.. Ralph T.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12
Forced to Work for Starvation Charity

whether fresh or stale. But it is I'M
fit for humans to eat. This is what
the bosses have their agents serve
the working class SO as to increase
their profits.
If a single man or man and wife
go to the so-called charities for help
they will tell him that they don't
want single people Or where there is
only two in the family, but they
don't tell him when they are can
vasing the city for the so-called
charity. They tell him or her that
they contribute to one as they do to
the other. On some jobs the bosses
take part of our small wages, and If
we refuse we are fired off the Job.
We should organize into the I'm
employed Councils and fight or we
will all starve this winter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12
(By q Worker Correspondent


CINCINNATI, Ohio.--r am men,
Der Of the Unemployed Council of
Cincinnati. I was down to the via
duct, where the Welfare Department
Is having the last wood piled. They
are only giving the men two meal
tickets worth 80 cents. for two hours
work The capitalists are filling
their pockets out Of what the work.
ers should be getting. They send the
poor workers to the Tennessee Res
taurant, at Fifth and John SITS,
where they get about half enough
to eat.
They will say to the worker when
he goes for his meals that they have
only certain articles Of food they
will serve to him and If he says any
thing to the restaurant owner he
tries to force them to eat the food
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12

CotlSIruCClOI1 Oh Cne village is rapidly
marching ahead.
Two-thirds of the village popula-
ton are in the "kholkhoz" collective
farmls) and communities, occupying
three-fourtfs of the (sowing) soil.
The Russian peasant is throwing
away his old tool-the horse-and is
training himself to the new agricul-
tural equipments: the tractor, COM
bine and others. Under the leader
ship Of the proletarian leader, Com
rade Stain, we will reach in our third
deciding year of the "Piatiletka" ex-
traordinary records of achievements
for the proletariat and peasantry of
the great land of the Soviets.
And on the other hand we see that
in the capitalist countries, where you
live, the unemployment is growing
steadily, poverty and terror of the
working masses, crisis and terrible
conditions of the workers and peas
ants. We know that the capitalist
society is narrowing to its end; and
it appears strange when we hear that
many workers of those countries still
have confidence in the leaders of the
second international. Is it possible
that they don't understand that the
second international, or to be correct,
the leaders Of the second interna-
tional are the saviours of capitalism?
Prepare for War
Don't you see, that the capitalist
are preparing bloody struggles against
the workers? Don't you see, the eco
nomic crisis had a very bad effect on
all the industries, but the military,
that Is growing bigger and stronger
Built Plant in Year
Prominent British intellectualS
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12
(By = Worker Correspondent

DETROIT, Mich.-Ford Is OBJ
viously preparing for big wage-cut.
He is firing the workers right and
left. The rumor Is that we will be
hired back, If hired at all, at lower
wages. AL of us who were let go
we're told to turn our badges in; we
were given our quitting time and
told to go.
Motor Building Closes.
The motor building shut down this
week. Other plants are also closing.
I saw badges turned in from all
the plants. There were thousands
waiting for their quitting pay as I
was waiting for mine.
There was an old man next to me.
He said: II worked for Ford for over
20 years and now am thrown into
be street to starve and die" There
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12
Stores Cut Pay Through Rehire System

instead of the former s12. So you
see there is cut of not only 10 per
cent, but 25 per cent.
There is machinist, married, with
sick wife and child; he receives
$11.50 for 70 hours of hard labor.
There is no limit to the tyrannies
that we workers are subjected to-
The workers here greatly resent the
slave-driving tactics of the bosses and
are ready to fight against these con-
ditions.
This store is one of the Three
Leader Stores" located on the west
side Of Chicago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12
New York, N. Y.

New York, N. Y.
Daily Worker:
The following facts will disclose the
working conditions in the Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance Company's print
ing division, II Court House Square,
Long Island City:
The men in the cylinder, job press,
composing and offset departments
have been given days off each week
for the past ten months without pay.
I will cite one instance: James W..
Pickett. with over rs years service
with the company and classed as
veteran" along with five others, was
laid OFF in September for SO days
In one week. plus . holiday. which
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12
BIG DROP IN GENERAL MOTORS
AUTO SALES -.

General Motors records sharp de-
clines in car sales for September,
showing an increasing drop in COM
parison with September 1880 and
1929. The number of cars sold to
consumers in the U. S. was 51,74O
Sept. 1881; 75,8O5 in 1890 and 124,72
in 1929 making total decrease since
1929 Of 1898 cars.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12


which is supposed to rescue the
banks which are close to failing will
take only the good assets they have
not the frozen assets which arc
the immediate cause for their fail
ure. The editor of the Annalist
points out that even if the big banks
which are subscribing to the credit
pool did, thru the pool, take over the
frozen" assets of the banks on the
verge Of bankruptcy, this would not
change the charsster of these assets
one bit. They are frozen" no mat
ter in whose hands they are. Baker
of the Annalist, writes:
"Such methods however, would
not in themselves get rid of the
frozen loans and securities, but
would transfer the load from
banks unable to carry it to corp
Grafton which is able to carry it.
The iquidity of the banking stu
alton as a whole would not be i'm
proved, but portions of the existing
liquidity would be supplied to banks
which now dangerously lack it,"
The other part of the Hoover plan
was to have the Federal Reserve act
changed so that the Federal Re
serve banks could invest in second
grade securities also. The changes
in the Federal Reserve act will be
such, according to the government
experts, that the frozen" assets will
not be included in them. The Fed
eral Reserve will continue to invest
in the best securities tho perhaps
of slightly different character, but
the frozen" assets of the small
banks will remain with the small
banks until them go bankrupt One
Of the government experts said that,
THE Reserve banks cannot take
over bad paper. The assets of
failed banks upon which advances
counted must be of intrinsic value
upon which at least the amount OF
the advance can be realized
The Annalist also points out the
significance of the Hoover plans for
the changes in the Federal Reserve
system.
ut seems reasonable expecta-
ton that the Finance Committee
OF the Senate will not permit the
Reserve Banks TO take into their
portfolios the deprecated securities
and frozen finance paper which
are main sources of the difficult
ties which it Is now attempted to
smooth out"
AS the result of the worsening eco
nomic situation of the United States
and the financial war against the
dollar in Europe by France, the ex-
port of gold from the United States
continues at very high levels. Since
the British pound went off the gold
standard on September 20, the ex-
port of gold from the United States
has amounted to only slightly less
than s50o,O00,0o0. The government
officials and the bankers have been
stating that the loss of this amount
of gold was not important in view
of the much larger amount that the
United States could still lose with
out its credit structure being affected
by it theoretically. The Economist,
of London, points out that the losses
which the United States has already
suffered are very serious and that
further losses in gold which will
shake the financial structure OF the
are by far not as great as
Of the worlds gold is faced with the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12

the rejoicing of the operators, takers
and local business men.
The miners are ordered to report
to work Monday. The rank and file
United Front Committees of Action
and the National Miners Union have
repeatedly during the strike warned
that some such sell out was in pre-
paration, and have urged the men
not to permit IL, to strike on, under
their own leadership in the form of
rank and file strike committees, and
to win by militant mass picketing,
spreading the struggle throughout the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12
BOSS POWERS
ACT TO WAR
ON SOVIETS
acoNriNuED FRos FACE oNns


UP China into outright colonies.
Anti-imperiaiist Protests
On Saturday monster anti-imper-
ialist demonstrations took pIac e
throughout China on the occasion of
the so-called National Holiday. Only
the armed surveillance of Chang
Kai Shek's troops kept these demon
strations from turning into reyolu-
tionary marches against japanese
and other foreign imperialists.
In Shanghai alone 10000 workers
and 10000 students marched. The
whole Chinese population is being
aroused to strong anti-inlperialist
actions, and there is talk in the cap
italist press that the Chang Kai
Shek government may be forced out
and a government more favorable to
Moscow" put into power. In this
way the capitalist papers express the
growing sympathy for revolutionary
overthrow of imperialism that is
stirring the Chinese masses. To COM
bat this the imperialists, while they
bicker among themselves, seek to
solve the whole question by war
against the Soviet Union.
A New York Times cable on SUM-
day from Paris, expressing the at
titude of the League OF Nations,
shows that all the imperialists are
concerned about the Soviet Union,
and regard the workers republic as a
strong bulwark against Japanese and
American imperianst drive for the
carving up of China. The Times
cable says:
The attitude Of Russia Is also
giving cause for worry, and there
are reports that China, angered by
the refusal of the League to ex-
pouse her cause, Is thinking Of
turning to Moscow for sympathy
and support
"The Council will pay special at
tention to methods of localizing the
trouble and. above all, Of insuring
Russia's neutrality. Should an ac-
tuaI state OF war develop, however,
IL Is very much doubted II Russia
would remain Indifferent TO events
at her Far Eastern door,
The talk about "insuring Russia's
and the note Of Stimson
to the League of Nations calling for
common action, shows that the i'm
perialists are using the present sit
uation for proposed war against
the Soviet Union.
Meanwhile, the Japanese imper-
ialists, as well as Wall Street, are
forced to remove their diplomatic
masks. The Japanese insist they
will continue to hold on to Man
churia and Wall Street says it will
act to protect" China's and Wall
Streets interests.
A complete endorsement Of the
general imperialist drive to make Of
China complete colony Of the va
rious imperialist powers was made
on Saturday by Herbert Adams Glib
bons, American historian, speaking
at Princeton. Gibbons declared that
the Japanese imperialists we're right
In marching into Manchuria to ex-
a. IL L.
soon conceive Of Japan retiring from
now as you can fancy the
American government aeaving the
Canal Zone" said Gibbons.
He favored = more aggressive drive
for colonies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12
Workers Correspondence Is the
backbone Of the revolutionary press.
Build your press BY writing for Il
about your day-to-day struggle.

Hines, manager, and Mr.. Isaac Class,
assistant manager, are tearing out
the heart of the poor laboring man,
his family and his little children.
You can verify these facts with
the payroll In the Printing Division
at Long Island City.
Printing Empaeyes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-12
ny . WORKED Correspcndent)

CHICAGO, m.-I11e bosses in the
store where I work loudly proclaim
that there win be no 10 per cent
wage-cuts, but here is how they
work It instead:
This worker Is called to the office,
where she is accused Of "discourtesy
TO superiors," or some other fictitious
uffense. and Saturday she finds at
tached to her small pay a note stat
ing that her services are no longer
required
Monday morning there will be a
new worker IN her place. receiving SO
o week for So hours Of hard work