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Franklin Panghorn in a Pathe com

Franklin Panghorn in a Pathe com- edy, lover The Radio; Benny Ru- bin in a Metro c Goldwyn-Mayer Col
 ortone revue, "The Crazy House. with Polly Moran and Karl Dane; Snapshots No. 4; and the latest issue of the Movietone newsreel, "it speaks for itself" An all new show comes Thursday through Saturday headed by a Paramount picture, "The Con- quering Horde," starring Richard Arr len; and on the same bill, "Finn and Hattie Abroad" with Leon Errol and Mitzi Green.
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EXCELLENT STAGE AND SCREEN SHOW AT WARNER BROS. STRAND TO CLOSE
 ENGAGEMENT TONIGHT

The very excellent stage and screen show that Warner Brothers Strand theater has been presenting its patrons the past three days. comes to a close with performances this afternoon and evening.
 Headlining the stage show are Geraldine and Joe, the international
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High single--D. Pape. 131.
 High three-D. Palzer, 338. Team single-Wreckers, 573. Team total-R. R. Girls, 1911.
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kiddie stars in 0 clever presentation entitled Something Different" These two clever little performers, although not yet in their teens are already stars ana command a great salary for their appearance. They have recently returned from tri- umphant tour of Europe.
 Next of importance on this deluxe bill is Vernon Rathburn and his Saxophone Quintette. Rathburn has been termed the Paderewski of the saxophone and rightly for in his act
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03
"Resurrection" itself.

All the resources of the great Uni- versal studios in California were called into play in the making of "Resurrection"-the same studios which gave to the world the prize winning photoplay of 1930--"Ali Quiet on the Western Front" Some of the biggest sets ever seen on the screen were built for "Resurrection' which was produced under the per- sonal supervision of Carl Laemmle,
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3S2 371 364-1117 High single-Bares,- 149. High three-Bares, 399. High game-Hardy's, 457. High team--Knott's. 1917.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03
Brooklyn Management May Sponsor Senators h Leagr
NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD
 SET FOR EASTERN LEAGUE?

Hartford. Conn. March (UP) Virtual settlement of the New Haven situation and possibility the Brooklyn National League Baseball Club would revive the Hartford Club the two cities would again be the Eastern League lineup this spring President William E. Carey of the Eastern League from Springfield Mass yesterday confer business se of the Dodgers who establishing farm here
 Nearly Ready
 Carey revealed that Gene Martin Caldwell few minor details to be roned out with the before they ready on the league with the New Haven Pro Hartford and New Haven forfeited season leaving Bridgeport the only Conneeut Eastern League
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-26
Ry /. MARKS.

BY j. MARKS.
THE plan of work of our League brings the
shortcomings of our activities in bold relief
Some of our stumbling blocks are:
Cd INCONSISTENCY IN DOING WORK
With the introduction of new plan of work
or new methods there is seen hustle and a
poppy response, but in the cour-o of the plan
or application of new method the is dying
down that seriously hinders our worl.
In Chicago, for instance, "storming' of shops
was greeted with enthusiasm. Shock troops
were set up Daily schedules were worked out
Comrades were assigned to visit the Shops ETC.
Some contacts were gained, contacts with clubs
around the shop were made Work among I'M
employed shop workers gained some results, but
then came the hitch-not only was this opening
not used to go step further to consolidate but
the methods that got the preliminary results
were slowly forgotten.
In unemployed work the same; we vigorously
tackled unemployed branch work. We developed
the method of working in neighborhood centers
where youth are found (pool rooms, etc. Thru
this method we brought youths to demonstra-
tons in an organized body. We got youths in
unemployed branches and formed Youth Com
mittees in four places; the neighborhood work
and mobilization methods we're soon lost. On
May l, from all appearances we had forgotten
this good method of reaching the youth The
Unemployed Branch Youth Committees existed
for while and they we're lost to us. The same
inconsistency in following up work can be noted
for other fields Squad movement, point sys-
tenn, etc. The lack of control and check-up of
the District Buro is mainly responsible
90 WE GET YOUTH-WHAT TO DO? Our
League as remnant of the past "stewed in its
own juice" We talked, I'VE must get into the
shops, we must reach the Unemployed YOUTH
etc." When proper methods we're used and we
got contacts at shops, reached the unemployed
and thus made our first break from complete
isolation, we were at loss how to utilize the
youth we had organized This applies particu-
larly for our Young Liberator branches. Our
League formerly based entirely on propaganda
had not dealt with youth previously and we
organizing of youth in the Trade Union Shop
Committee, VI, ETC., seemed an end in itself.
We did not understand that the first CONSOLE
dalton of our work really was the start for real
work. Therefore we recorded the fact that this
or that was organized and we left it rest, in
stead of following up and giving our shop con-
facts, etc., a program for work. close attention
and check-up.
Even worse than this first evil is the failure
to consolidate results from our activities. This
is evident in our shop work where contacts are
gotten through storming and not organized in
many times This is sometimes due TO so-called
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-26
Into the Small Towns!
BY NJ. P. ALBANY, N. "

A functionary from the provinces" met a city
They had been on the same unit buro until a
few months ago, when one was sent into small
er city. Exchanging experiences, they learned
that whereas the NY.C. unit was practically in
the same place, the same number of members
ETC., the functionary "from the provinces could
report about fifteen new Party members
growth in International Labor Defense and
other work. etc.
This is no particular exception. 1 believe. Many
comrades feel that more forces should be re-
leased from New York and sent into the smaller
centres. And there are lots of young, intelligent
comrades in New York who are willing and eager
to be SENT Why then. isn't this being done? we
believe it is due mostly to inertia and mis-
understanding, from both above and below
The first obstacle, for example, seems to be
the question of support. Yet, the writer's ex-
periences in three or four smaller cities have
convinced him, that where functionary is alert
and conscientious, he will find workers to feed
and lodge him Cor her, and make it possible to
carry on
Next comes the question OF experience and
ability Yet this can be overcome in young COM
rades by frequent directives from the Center; by
er and party literature. Above all those func-
tionaries who maintain close contact with work.
ers mot the petty bourgeois sympathizers) will
be in little danger of major deviations
Next comes the question of finding comrades
willing to leave New York City for work outside
l am positive that dozens of good comrades can
be had if the call is spread through the units and
mass organizations 1t might be necessary to
explain away certain bogeys which New Workers
have about working in the smaller cities Cfear
of isolation, boredom reluctance to leave the
distractions of NJ ", but once they understand
the fine fresh enthusiasm which is encountered
among the workers in the smaller centres, who
are crying for organization, they will experience
a new qualification in Party work, such as is
seldom enjoyed in NJ Y and the largest cities
Comment: This article Is generally correct
We need forces outside of New York very
badly, but the article leaves the impression
that in New York nothing can be done, that
there is use to work here, let the comrade
go out of town where splendid results can be
achieved This is absolutely incorrect The work
must be carried everywhere. And If it is
carried on with enthusiasm, not only the AL
bany unit will have results, but the New York
The N. Y. District has already called on com
rades to volunteer for out of town work, and
some response has already been obtained.
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PRE- CONVENTION DISCUSSION
YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE. u. S. A.
Some Stumbling Blocks in Building Our League

technical and or2aniZatlonal reasons Names
of shop contacts are gotten and sometimes
responsible" comrades forget to visit them or
lose the names. In some districts (this is true
in Chicago names are gotten of youth and be-
cause arrangements are not made to visit them
or inform them of meetings many prospective
members are lost to us. small thing like CIV
ing one comrade in the District Center the re-
sponsibilities of arranging to inform contacts of
meetings is overlooked.
90 FEW MEMBERS INVOLVED IN WORK
AND FEW RANK AND FILERS We draw up
plans basing ourselves on the full membership
of our League. Only small percentage are
involved in carrying it out with the results that
our plans are not completed. This situation
must change. Our Squad Movement and point
system were a means of making this change but
we're not carried out sufficiently. Then again
how many units had unit plans or checked up
regularly In Chicago for instance, we had re-
suits in unemployed work, but half dozen
comrades were involved. When some comrades
got jobs or were forced to leave their unem-
ployed work, we had setback. In shop work
a few leading comrades were involved. When
unusual situations arose and these comrades
were forced to loosen up" and the work had
set back.
In the LSU work in Chicago, for instance,
there is another problem-the responsible COM
rades in the work unconsciousy practice bur-
eaucracy, that makes it tremendously hard TO
make real progress. A 20 man job cannot be
done by 2 or people The cry is, I'm the
only one that can do the work, and other COM
rades are too raw" And that slogan is the
monkey wrench in the League machinery. No
faith is placed in new comrades and little eff
fort is made to train people for work These
are only some of the problems that must be an
swered by our League. Our preconvention dis
cussion will disclose others. All must be solved
if we are to move forward.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-26
In Ben Frankiin's Own Town

From Philadelphia, the city of Brothery
Love- we get the following note from worker:
Riding along Market Street on an east-bound
trolley last Saturday morning, I noticed large
cakes of ice, measuring about by 3 by 121 EACH
one placed on each of the four corners of all
intersecting streets from Broad Street down to
Delaware Avenue, about Sc cakes in all weighing
approximately seven tons.
For what purpose do you think they are
laying there? To give the poor multitudes,
suffering from the smolderng heat of one of
the hottest summer days an opportunity to
obtain a cool drink? Not on your life!
Looking closer, 1 noticed that, frozen in the
center of each cake of ice. was paper sign
informing the passers-by Of $he cool air in the
Mastbaum Theatre capitalist advertising
stunt! Seven tons of precious ice going to
waste while thousands of poor children we're
willing with thirst for a cool drink on torrd
summer day!
yet the opponents of such wasteful Crazy
economic system dare to fake the masses by
proposing ten year plan of capitalist waste
to offset the well-planned Five-Year Plan of
socialist construction"
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BY ALEX BITTELMAN.

l. The Present Crisis and the Growing Danger of War
Capitalism is driving humanity to a world war.
This coming mperalist war will be thousandtold
terrible, bloody, more rinous for the toll
ing masses than was even the world of 19l4198.
The mitaristS all the world declare proudly 1t
will be a NEW TYPE of A war Of poison gas
and airplanes of tanks and machines war
in which there will be neutrals and no non-com-
batants The battle field will be all and everyone
will be in it.
WARRIOR what? WARRIOR whom? The answer is:
War to save capitalism from collapse. War to over
throw the rule of the workers and peasants in the
Union Socialist Soviet Republics and to bring the
country of Socialism back under the yoke of capitalism
War to assure world domination for the ruling class
of the United States.
This will not be the answer of the capitalists They
will have-they already have a different answer for
the war which they are preparing The capitalists and
their governments will say that they are wagng war
to end war; just as they told when they drag
ging us the slaughter of 191A1918. They will call
upon US only with sweet words of persuasion but
with all the forces of violence at their command, to
lay lives for country home civilization, re-
lgion, individual liberty the heritage of fore
fathers, and what not. The they did in the
robber war of 1914191S when, through the sweet mouth
of woodrow Wilson with the brutal terror Of their
governmental machine they drove to the slaughter
to make the world safe for democracy.
Above al-tey will undertake to arouse us with their
lies and ISLANDERS against the country that is building
Socialsn-the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics They
will magnify thouSandfold their hypocrtcal about
Soviet Dumping" and Soviet forced labor" to con-
fuse the masses and terrorze them into the
What is the truth? The truth is that the capitalist
class other way of saving its rule and its sys
tenn from going under except by means of a world
And for this they preparing with feverish
haste
Crisis Reveals Bankruptcy of Capitalist System
Capitalism stands revealed by the present crisis
a malicious and criminal bankrupt. The capitalist sys
tenn still good enough for the rich but it is violent
opposition the interests of the workers. the farmers
and society whole. The capitalist system whose
claim to existence rested upon its ability to develop
industry and commerce, has become a BRAKE upon
the further development Of society Capitalism
longer provide either work food for the majority
of the worlds toiling population.
Here. in the United States, have got EVERYTHING
necessary to provide healthy and contented life for
EVERYONE that is able and willing to work But
what happens in reality? Thirteen million and
find employment About ten mil
lion workers employed only part time Millions of
workers and farmers dying of hunger. Literally,
dying away for the lack of food. Why?
Is there shortage Of food? No, the contrary.
the land is OVERSTOCKED with food and all other
of subsistence. There is a SURPLUS of nearly
everything surplus of wheat. meat clothing steel,
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machinery electric power and all that is necessary to
make life possible and happy. In fact, the present
crisis is crisis not of underproduction but of OVER
PRODUCTION. Then, what is the trouble? Why can't
we enjoy the fruits of labor continuing to pro-
duce more for they doing in the Soviet
Union?
Here is where the capitalist system reveals its bank
ruptcy most glarngly. Here is where it shows itself
brake upon the life and development of society. The
capitalist system of PREDICTION is system not for
but for PROFIT for the profit of the capitalists who
OWN and control everything necessary for production
Rival and competing capitaliss-ndividuals and big
trusts, within country and between various coun
tries-are producing goods for world markets without
system and without plan. The result is ANARCHY Of
production the exact opposite of Socialism in the So
Wet Union whose production is based upon plan and
organization. The capitalist class pays the workers
for their labor power, when it is employed, just
little is necessary to subSist-not to lve-and to
reproduce themselves Agriculture is exploited to fat
ten the profits of the spectators and banks. The
suit is the INIPOVERISHMENT of the overwhelming
majority of the population, and the undermining of
the very markets for which capitalism is producing
goods Again the exact opposite of the Socialist sys-
tenn in the Soviet Union, where goods produced
for and for profit and where the demand for
goods and the ability of the to satisfy their
needs are growing at tremendous rate
The private ownership Of the means of production
the anarchy of production and the capitalist exploa-
tno of the toing masses-which is the basis of the
duction. Such crises periodically, about every
to ten years. Since the 1897 the capitalist
system of the United States has passed through six
great crises not counting serious depressions in be-
tween these crises These cyccal periodical crises
of overproduction which bring untold misery and suf
fering the masses nseparabe from the capital
iSt SYSTEM
But the present cyclcal of overproduction is
the worst of all that preceded it. Not single country
in the world EXCEPT the Soviet Union, left I'M
touched by the crisis 1t has already lasted longer than
most other crises and continues to deepen. The
Der of unemployed and the scope of the misery and
suffering of the masses have parallel in the history
of capitalist crises.
Why is this so? Because the present economic crisis
of the many cycca periodical crises under capt.
talis, is taking place at time in the worlds his
tory when the capitalist system AS WORLD SYSTEM
is GOING UNDER
The late imperialist of 1914-1e1s and the revo-
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&A>..4
From sole Virginia"
By JORGE

A Woodstock Virginia, paper is doing It's
small part in printing a string of anti-Soviet
lies in behalf of certain Mr.. j. Carson Adker-
son. local Babbitt who has attained renown
as the head of the Joint Conference on Un-
fair Russian Competition" along with Ex-Em-
bassador Gerard.
Probably Anderson is the 6Oth man Gerard
could name as the ruler of America. Other
wise, he's president of the American Manganese
Producers Association, so you see his cash in
terest and his patriotism are identical
The gentleman appears to worry about "slave
labor" in the Soviet Union, but never notices
that sixty girls, mostly farmers daughters. are
working ten hours day in an insanitary over
all factory right in Woodstock-for a few dol
lars week. Also that chain gangs of both
white and Negro workers are building roads
for these rich patriots" to ride cars over
by real convict labor
Like all takers, Anderson tells about unfair"
competition, while his own miserable little man
ganese mine was always open shop" and the
manganese itself is so poor that steel COM
panies won't use it at all if they can buy So
Wet manganese for twice the price Yet he
calls his company the "Hy-Grade Manganese
Co." Capitalists always advedtize what they
haven't got: "aH wool" suits are usually shoddy
cotton"
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lutions that followed the war, delivered mortal
blow to the capitalist system. The victory of the
ers revolution in Russia in November, 1917 has torn
out of the capitalist world system one-sxth of the
earth removing former Russia and its 100 million people
from the field of capitalist and mperiast exploitation
All the important coones-China, India Africa Latin
Americathe sweat and blood of whose people is
to swell the profits of the capitalists enabling them
carry their criminal rulethe oppressed peoples of
these colonies revolt against their oppresSor5
and despoiers refusing any longer sacrificed on
the altar of the dying and rotng capitalist system
The agricultural crises and ruinaton of the farmers
the Soviet Union The capitalists have to the con-
worse for the last ten years, and is aggravatng i'm
mensely the present economic crisis result of the
last war, the capitalist class of the United States
emerged the foremost capitalist power fighting for
markets. colonies and world supremacy especially against
its main rival the old mperialst power Great Britain
This upsets the world capitalist system sharpening the
rValries within it, and Fastening the of its
decline.
The capitalist system has never been able to recover
from the mortal blow that it received from the last
imperialst and the susequest revolutions All the
capitalists could do to patch up things while
by means of intensified exploitation of the work
ers and farmers by squeezing tighter the oppressed
colonial peoples and by ensavng the peoples of those
countries Germany for instance-whoSe ruling class
had lost the last These oppressive policies
capitalist sterilization have enabled the capitalist class
to hold off for while the day of final collapse of
the system. But at the same time, they have also
coming OF present crSS
10 ts depth and unparalleled acuteneSS accelerating
the rise of great revolutionary in the CAPT.
tas and colonial countries Thus the present crisis
and the growing revolutionary are bringing
to an end the temporary and decayng capitalist stab-
izaton
The Soviet Union Reveals the Superiority Socialism
Over Capitalism
just as the crisis reveals the capitalist system as
bankrupt antiquated decaying and poisoning the lives
of the Masses standing in the way social progress
and preparing to preciptate world slaughter;
the UNION OF SOCIALIST SOVIET REPUBLICS
points the way to system, the Socialist System
SUPERIOR system destined to replace capitalism the
world over.
This is the antagonism between two social systems
The capitalist system going under The Socialist sys-
tenn coming up. The whole world is lining up on
this main issue. All that profits by capitalism and
imperialism all that is reactonary rotten and mer-
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Madison. The hitch-hikers expressed the idea
that they did not know anything about leaving
for Madison, till "a hours previously.
All the mayors on the three lines of the march
were notified that the hunger marchers would
pass through their respective towns and that the
men are demanding free food and housing and
the right to hold street meetings On the Supe-
rior Line, we had planned to go through Ash
land, Merrill, Prentice, Philips, Wausau Stevens
Point. Portage to Madison. The capitalist papers
carried big headlines about the hunger march
in these towns Thousands of workers and farm
ers were waiting at the appointed time to greet
the marchers. But the nlarchers failed to show
up. Instead they were hitch-hiking or riding the
freights on their way to Madison. The Superior
Section failure to organize something of SEM
blance Of a hunger march, shows that they
grossly underestimate the Importance of fight
ing for social insurance at this time. The Mil
waukee section tried hard to cooperate with
them. We sent them leaflets, plans, letters and
two kilograms but the Superior comrades did
not even bother to answer us. They did not con-
tribute one penny to the expenses of the hunger
march
This march proves that the masses are more
than ready to fight for our demands but that
we are not sufficiently prepared to lead them.
While we actually aroused thousands of workers
throughout the country side, we failed to crys-
tallize this sentiment into real organizatonal re-
suits Perhaps it is not so much the misunder-
standing of the comrades of the importance of
getting organizational results, is our inability
to link up every phase of struggle of the jobless
with the question of organization The march
also showed that our Section is still in agta-
tonal stage and it must realize that the workers
are ripe for organization.
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The capitalist press, the agents of the ruling elias.
has been publishing less and less news about
unemployment. 1t hides the starvation of the
unemployed workers families. We must
constantly expose the miserable treatment
of families of the unemployed by the city
governments and charity institutions. We
must uncover all cases Of starvation, uh-
REIMBURSEMENT, sickness We must pub
fish these cases in our press. in the
Daily Worker, in Labor Unity, tell
them at ali workers. meetings. I'm
employed Councils should publish
bulletins to inform all workers of
the starvation and misery Of the
unemployed,