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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-23
PARTY LIFE
Conducted by the Organization Department of
the Central Committee, Communist Party, U.S.A.
Safeguarding the Party

CThe following article is reprinted from the
April Party Organizer. 1t is the second of a
series Of article in the Party Organizer on
Safeguarding the Party.")
1T is necessary for every Party member to be a
Communist all the time but it is not neces-
sary for Party member always to advertise
that he is Communist. When organizing in
shop for example, a Party member may tell
sympathetic workers that he is Communist
but when the boss or the foreman is around he
keeps that information to himself.
But there are other ways of advertising be-
sides just talk For instance, in preparing for
demonstration some time ago, in which we ex-
pected to be attacked by the police, the New
York District Ruro had to issue categorical or
ders to the membership to come to the demon
stration wearing hats and dressed like ordinary
American workers. Why was this necessary?
Because the police had come to connect this
going without-hats, and certain type Of care
less dress and get-up (women as well as men)
with Communists, and when the fighting began
they were in the habit of specially picking out
and smashing the heads of the Communists in
stead of the whole mass of the workers becoming
involved in the defense of their demonstration
Dress may seem like little personal thing that
is nobody elseS affair But the fact is that those
HarCy members VINO DO not do so now especial
ly the YOUTH, should dress like ordinary Amer
lean workers From the practical viewpoint alone,
they will find it will improve their approach to
the workers. But in addition to this, it is high
time that all our members learned to go around
without being identified as Communists When
we are at meetings, or in action, we show our
selves; but when doing preparatory work. or
going to or from meetings, it is absolutely I'M
necessary, and under some conditions positively
harmful for us to identify ourselves as Commu-
nists. We must learn to come and go from
meetings without attracting any special attention
And in this connection we cannot condemn
too strongly the practice prevailing everywhere
among our comrades, Of all ping into two or
three steady restaurants for coffee after every
meeting In the first place it advertises the fact
that they have just come from meeting nearby
In the second place, devoted comrades who would
rather die than let in dick to a Party meeting,
VIII calmly spill out everything over their "cof-
fee-and," and will engage in hot arguments
about what was proposed, what was voted down,
and what is going to be DONE without the Slight
est regard as to who may be sitting at the next
table.
We must all begin to act a little more like SER
ious BolsheUks, and rid ourselves of all these
personal prejudces. failings and indulgences
that hinder or endanger the work Of our Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-23
Not a Bad One

A chap named William G. White, reviewing
list of four books on the Soviet Union for the
N. Y. Times, got off a good one which shouldn't
be missed. He says:
''They tell in Moscow Of an old peasant woman
who saw camel for the first time in her life.
After looking for half an hour, she turned to
her small son and said: Just see what these
damned Bolsheviki are doing to horses!'"
Incidentally, White takes a fall out of that
holy Jesuit liar, Father Edmund Walsh. S. j.
(the S. j. meaning Society of Jesuits). For in
stance, about the trade acceptances issued by
the Soviet and received by the manufacturer
who sells it machinery Father Walsh talks
darkly about the Soviet "discounting' these at
SO per cent, and hints that the Soviet must be
in bad fix to pay SO much for credit. But
White points out that it is the manufacturer
who takes this discount when he wants credit
at banks.
Then Walsh, who became famous overnight by
telling the Fish Committee that the Communist
International created the capitalist crisis-be-
cause it foretold it, playfully uses figures any
way he likes. In one place he says the ruble
is worth 81 cents, but when he wants to "prove"
another point, he says it is worth four cents.
We have suspicion that the peasant woman
whom White referred to as outraged at the evil
result OF Bolshevism on horses, was really Father
Walsh, the priestly skirts naturally making the
matter Of sex subject Of uncertainty.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-23
PRE- CONVENTION DISCUSSION
YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE, U. S. A.
Shortcomings in the Chicago Work of the Leapue

OF all preparations This although the comrade
is unit organizer and must be in charge Of all
preparation for National Youth Day which viii
be held In Milwaukee. The District Committee
OF the YCL is Sharply fighting against the COM
rades who are developing tendencies of general
work instead of specific youth work.
We find, however, there is a more healthy feel
ing among the membership for mass work etc
But due to our failure to develop a. leadership
among the comrades from below the main work
is In the hands of a few. Instead Of mobiIiz-
ing the entire unit only the unit organizer
and one other comrade goes to the Campbell
Soup Co. and sells 80 Young Workers In
Unit 4, the unit organizer sells one week 20 and
the other week 80 Young Workers but fails to
get the whole unit to do So When he tried
hard young comrade only 2 weeks in the
League sold 20 Young Workers alone In Gary.
although "a showed up at the YCL unit meet
ing only comrades are actually selling 20 and
80 Young Workers. The entire membership is
not as yet involved in the daily work.
We can point out to many more a definite
weakness about the unit life and also about
our preparatory work for National Youth pay
Although these weaknesses do exist we can see
that we have made certain achievements More
comrades are active today than ever before.
More comrades are today in youth organization
than before More consciousness Of the tasks
OF the YCL than before But the only way we
can overcome our shortcomings Is only by the
drawing in Of the complete League membership
In the every day League work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-23
BY Killing.

By Killing.
nv the work of our League in Chicago District
we have gained much experience. Although
here and there we can note that the YCII has
made some gains as building the Young Worker
having Youth Organizations getting bundle or
ders, etc. the work of our comrades generally
in the Unemployed Councils, recruitment of
some Young Workers in the YCL the organiza-
lion of new branch of the Two. CYouth),
etc We must state, however that the situation
s as yet far from satisfactory
Our trade union work is the weakest work of
Uie League. Although we have the task of or
sai1izing three shop nuclei and four shop COM
mlttees none Of the work here has been carried
suit. We have in the Western Electric one COM
rade working there for quite some time But
the comrade thinks that the work there must
be done from the outside AS a result she has
not as yet recruited one young worker into the
Metal Trades League or the YCL Our work
around the factory has been of spontaneous
character and not of planned daily work
The next question and one of the most i'm
portant ones, is the question of leadership. Our
District has weak leadership At the same
time we failed and there is even resistance
from the leadership. This resistance takes vari-
Gus forms We usually send comrades from the
District to the Milwaukee or the Gary Units
The only ones we send are the DO, TU.UL
Youth Organizer, or the Agip Prop. The COM
rades are afraid that other comrades won't
be able to do the work as good as they will
and therefore are afraid to send other comrades.
This is being broken down at the present and
certain comrades are being drawn into respon-
sible work
Although at the enlarged Buro held in New
York we raised the question of all League
Caores for Youth Work. we find very bad
situation here. -Four of our Youth comrades
in Chicagoare secretarys of Unemployed Coun-
ellis. Some Of our League comrades are mem
bers on the Section Committee of the Party
not representing the YCL but their Party Unit
Buro In Waukegan comrades between the
ages OF Is and 25 are in the Party and we
lave not YCL Unit. From Milwaukee the unit
organizer of the Vel sent in letter to the
District that the Party will have May First
demonstration in Racine about 20 miles from
Milwaukee so he thinks that the Party win send
him to Racine for about four days TO take s---;
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-23
Tom Mann, Veteran Labor
Leader--75 Years Old

campaign of the International Labor Defense
came to the forefront as militant leader of
the working class in 1889 when he led the dock
ers strike. He became president of the union
during the same year. During the past 40 years
Mann has held leadership in the trade union
and workers political movements of Great Brit
aim He has been president of the Ship, Dock
and River Workers Union, general secretary of
the Amalgamated Engineers Union, general Sec
rotary of the Independent Labor Party Mann
has edited various labor papers and has made
speaking tours throughout France Belgium Ger
many, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, New
leland, South Africa, United States and Russia.
He has heartily supported in militant fashion
the first workers republic of Russia.
Amidst many greetings from various workers
organizations on his 18th birthday, Mann issued
his statement promising that 81 shall help to
carry on this fight for the immediate and
unconditional liberation of the Imperial Valley,
the Centralia and all other courageous revo-
lutionaries now rotting in Wall Streets Ba-
STILES"
The amnesty campaign for the release of all
class prisoners is not only rallying Amer
lean workers and their sympathizers to the aid
of the International Labor Defense but MOPR
in the worldwide campaign is helping the Amer
lean section Of the organization by instituting
a worldwide movement in behalf of the i'm
prisoned militants in the United States. 1t is
expected that European intellectuals like Maxim
Gorky, Henry Barbusse, Ernst Glaeser and others
will shortly make demands upon-the ruling class
in support of this campaign.
The statement issued by Tom Mann in behalf
amnesty for U. S. class war prisoners led by
the international Labor Defense reads in full:
IT am right glad to know that the amnesty
campaign for the release Of the class war pris-
oners is now being run by the comrades Of the
United States"
'Comrade Tom Mooney has maintained stout
heart for the past is years in San Quentin. I
rejoice to see from his pamphlet that he is
clearly alert and militanty hopeful We revo-
lutionaries in Britain will join vigorously in the
agitation for his release"
Personally I shall help carry on this fight
and for the immediate and unconditional lib
Grafton of the Imperial Valley, the Centralia
and all other courageous revolutionaries now
rotting in Wall Streets Bastilles. I shall help
carry on this fight with the keenest Of zest. I
am confdeut Of successful resulte"
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-23
UNEMPLOYMENT:

UNEMPLOYMENT:
Because of the very favorable objective con-
ditions and the application of the District plan
in the sections in developing local unemployment
activity, build up the party fractions and re-
organize the unemployed councils improvement
in the unemployment work can be SEEN every
where
Last Tuesday, demonstration of 800 workers
was held in Hamtramck against the closing of
the flop house. The Unemployed Council No.
10 in Detroit held a local demonstration yester-
day. demonstration was held of $500 work
ers in front of the city hall to protest against
forced labor, another demonstration will take
place today In Hamtramck the demonstra-
ton was broken up by the police, Meetings
have been arranged in front of the flop houses
The demonstration held today was attended by
1000 unemployed workers in front of the City
Hall. Mayor Murphy promised to the delega-
ton that there would be no more forced labor
for relief.
That our unemployment campaign is being
felt is attested to by the fact that in the flop
houses the welfare department officials are
making speeches to the workers advising them
to stay away from Communist demonstrations
and attacking the Communist Party and inci-
vidual leaders of the Party The Party is being
attacked even over the radio on the question
Of the demonstrations
In all of these activities, May First as well
as the preparations for May First are strongly
brought forth. The May First demonstration is
to be the intensification and the summing up of
all of these partial demonstrations.
SCOTTSBORO CAMPAIGN:
When news came about the Scottsboro cases.
we Immediately decided, even before we re-
ceived directives from the Center to start an
intensive campaign. Speakers were sent to
Negro organizations, Negro churches and or
CARNATIONS of white workers, urging them to
adopt resolutions of protest against the death
sentence. Successful open air meetings are be-
ing held almost every night in the Negro
neighborhood on the Scottsboro cases. Two
mass meetings will be held tonight, one at the
Ferry Hall and the other at the Yeomans Hail.
in protest against the sentence Tag Days have
been organized for Saturday and Sunday to
raise money for their defense We expect large
masses of Negro workers to participate in the
May First demonstration on the basis of our
activities. OF course, all of these activities on
the Scottsboroi cases are linked up with the
May First demonstration, and building of L. S.
N. r. branches of LiberatorS .
SUNDAY CONFERENCE APRIL 18TH:
We expect from 200 to $50 delegates to the
United Front Conference, on Sunday, April 18th.
Delegates have already been secured from the
A F. of L. unions, and we expect, Also dele
gates from some shops. The mass organizations,
such as benefit associations, have been covered
They will have their delegates on top Of the
delegates from the T. u U. L. unions, unem-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-23
Uncover Starvation and Misery

The capitalist press the agents Of the ruling class
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 tho city
governments and charity institutions We
must uncover all cases Of starvation, m-
REIMBURSEMENT, sickness. We must pub
lish these cases in our press, in the
Daily Worker, in Labor Unity, tell
them at all workers meetings I'm
employed Councils should publish
Y" bulletins to inform all workers Of a.
N&, the starvation and nisesy q To xs1Ew
L---a~A auempsoyed xSssy-A-.i ~.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-23
The "Sacredness" of Human

Hoover will not send the Marines to the Bronx
to protect American lives" according to thu
new policy" announced-not by Stimson-but
announced by a big sign on the Watersde Con.
crete Works at Commerce and Waterbury Aves-
Bronx, N. Y. which read as follows:
One thousand dollars reward will be paid
for the DEAD BODY Of any person stealing
from this plant or breaking into the premises
and damaging the machinery OF equipment
Nothing wil DO Paid for Tho arrese a Axne
Rsrsc0-DouGaas q ThzH4n o1nsnr n Tssasssl:s--.I
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-23

NEW YORK-Tom Mann veteran British la
~ Dor leader who has always courageously and
militantly fought all enemies of the working
class for the past half century, has now on
his 18th birthday issued a call to the workers
in support of the amnesty campaign conducted
by the International Labor Defense for the I'M
conditional release of all class war victims now
serving sentences in prisons in the United States
In his statement issued in London Tom Mann
stressed the fact that Mooney at San Quentin
has retained "a stout heart for the past is years"
The veteran of the British labor movement re-
joices that Mooney in his recently issued PAM
phlet has taken vigorous stand against the
"labor leaders of California and the rest of
the country who have helped to keep him in
Jail these many years. Moneys pamphlet is a
militant appeal to the workers of the world to
follow in the footsteps of the Russian workers
who saved his life in 1917 by mass demonstra-
tons. MONEYS appeal in his pamphlet is for
mass activity as the only method of freeing class
war prisoners.
Tom Mass issued this appeal for the amnesty
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-23
"The Demand for the Daily
Is Much Greater Than
One Thinks"
BY JOHN PORTER.

I WANT to thank you for sending me fifty
copies of the Daily Worker instead of the
Is ordered. I certainly would have been out
Of luck for I, like many others, did not realize
that the demand for the Dailies Is much greater
than one thinks. The fifty copies sent me were
sold in less than three hours within three blocks
Besides selling these, also sold the five Daiies
which the Communist Party here orders but has
no one to sell.
This morning was somewhat disappointed
when the Daiies did not arrive as many of the
workers were anxiously awaiting them. Com
rades you must by all means get the copies here
on time. The workers do not want to buy two
copies at the same time. and think we are not
on the job Note: We are straining every nerve
to adjust the press time in order to catch the
Fast Mail train for early deliveries, but condi-
lions in our apparatus, due to lack of finances
press breaking down, do not always make this
possible)
I took five copies and went to two houses
where had sold the Dailies yesterday In one
house sold three, in the other two. The latter
told one OF her friends about the Daily Worker
and bought one for her. OF course, many Of
the 100 per centers refuse to take it because it
says Communist" on it; nevertheless, a little
agitation quickly converts them to at least try
copy.
Editorial Note: The Daily Worker, between
now and May Day must reach the largest mass
of workers possible to rally them for May dem
onstrations to demand unemployment relief and
insurance against wage cuts and speed-up: to
demand the death penalty to lynchers; against
persecution and mass deportatio1s Of foreign
born for the defense of the Soviet Union against
imperiaist wars. We are glad Comrade Porter is
spreading the Daily Worker in the homes of
New Bedford workers who will learn from it
how to carry on struggle against the wage cuts
OF the textile bosses under the leadership Of the
National Textile Workers Union The Daily
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-23

(The following article is reprinted from the
April Party Organizer. 1t is the second of
series Of article in the Party Organizer on
Safeguarding the Party.D
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-23

Worker carries the message Of International
Workers Solidarity to the workers of the u S.
Spread this message to every worker in your
territory!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-23
HOW TO ORGANIZE
FOR MAY DAY

(The report of the Detroit District on the
preparations for May Day shows the correct
method of linking the day to day struggles for
partial demands with the May Day prepara-
tons. Such reports of daily activities and
preparations should be sent regularly for pub
LEGATION in the Daily Worker and the Party
press-Ed.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-26
SPEEDSTER KILLED
IN FOUR-CAR CRASH
Racers Going rs Miles an
Hour at Los Angeles When
Accident Occurs.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Los ANGELES, January 26.-Thun.
dering into q turn at rs miles an hour
Tour racing cars piled up at the Amer
lean Legion Speedway here yesterda,
kilIlng one driver and injuring three
George Young, Milwaukee, wis
Speedster, was killed. Curley Grande.
Glendale, Calf, was injured severely
Arvol Drummer, Whittier, Calf, an
Lester. Spangler, Los Angeles, were tb
other victims.
The accident came on the twenty
ninth round Of the 100-lap featul~
event over the flve-eighths-nile track
Spangler was fourth in the race al
the time. His car skidded, kicking III
cloud Of dust, but remaining up.
right. Young was unable to stop. Hi
car struck Spangler's and swerved init
the fence on the upper side OF the
track, where it remained poised atop
the uppermost board.
Drummer and Grandel's also shot
into the dust cloud. Grandels car
went through the rail and rolled down
a 25-foot embankment. Brunmier'f
was wrecked, but remained on th'
track.
Shorty Canton. Detroit. went on b
win the race in 81 minutes 2 SIS sec
onds He was followed in by Maur
Rose, Earl Hovenden and Stubby Stub
blefleld, all of Los Angeles, in tina
order. Theirs were the only cars u
survive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-26
ia26-fe2.10
THOS J. OWEN & SON, AUCTIONEERS,
1881 Eye st. NV.

IRWIN ~ I IRViN T. nd SDo6NN5oSHoE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-26

ADAM 4. wESoHLER 1 son. AucEioneeTS.

ADAM A. WEsCHLER q SON, AuCtioneers.
THq PE5ysD s sE S 81 TAtg 4ASIs ~ -
TWELvE APARTMENTs IN Each,
KNOWN AS PREMISES NOS. 1901, 1903
AND 1905 FIFTEENTH STREET NORTH
By virtue Of q certain deed Of trust, duly
recorded In Liber No. e2e0, folio SIS ct sea-,
Of the land records Of the District of Colum.
bia. and At the request Of the party secured
thereby, the undeTsigned trustees will offer
for sale by publie auction IN front Of the
SIXTH DAY or .JANUAR'Y, 1881, At FoUR-
THIRTY O'CLOCK PM, the foiiowing-de-
scribed land and premises, situate In the
District Of Columbia, to wit: Lots numbered
sixty-two !e2l sixty three t6al and sixty
subd1vision in square numbered two hundred
and hve I2e5). as per plat recorded in the
once OF the surveyor for the District Of Co
lumbia, in Liber So at folio las; subject to
prior membranes OF ss7,5oo on said lots
Terms Of sale: one-third of the purchase
money 70 be paid In cash, the balance in
two equal tnstallments, represented By prom
issory notes OF purchaser: payable ia one
per annum from day Of sale. payable semi.
annually. secured by deed OF trust upon
property solq, or all cash at option of pur-
chaser. A deposit of $500 required Of pur-
chaser at sale. All conveyancine. recording
Terms. to be complied with within thirty
days from day OF sale, otherwise trustees
reserve the right to resell property ht risk
ana cost OF defaulttng purchaser after I'VE
days advertisement Of such resale in some
newspaper published In WASHINGTON, D. C.
jal5-d&ds.NxSu Trustees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-26
E. PERCIvAL WILSON.
Secretary.

RECEIVERS SALE:
DAY o Stci Ihas "a sRe YET HEN
O'CLOCK AN, 81 Virtue t Of decree en- m
tered in the Circuit Court OF Arlington
County, Va, on the goth day of December,
Of James a counciior. successor trustee OS vs..
Henderson VS.. American Coal Corporation,
ct ais the undSsirsisned TecstverS will 9sF
bidder at the plant of the American Coal
Corporation, located near the junction Of
Columbia pike and the Washington Alexan-
lowing described property: First. all of that
s,ss72 acres Of land located in Jefferson
District. Arlington County, Va, distinguished
Of the Roach estate at the junction Of the
dria road. said lot or parcel Of land being
trust from the American Coal Corporation
to Walter c. Balderston, trustee, recorded
in deed book number 2l2. at page sos in the
erence. to which is hereby made. together
with large brick ONCE building located
thereon, q brick garage building, several
small frame structures, z modern concrete
railroad tracks and machinery usedWin the
operation OF dumping coal cars, Second.
all policies Of insurance against loss by FIRE
used in or about the business of the Ameri-
can Coal Corporation. All ONCE furniture
and fixtures located in the once building.
garage building and one set Of scales used
in weighing coal trucks.
Terms: Twenty five hundred dollars
N2;sOo .oo) cash to be paid on date Of sale,
within thirty days Of the date Of the "c con-.
nr1mass tna Of the sale by the court;
.S,snsa.' and w1f & 1SMHioSsN ESEoW:.
19ly,26,fe2.9 ReceiyerR