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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
STRIFE IN CUBA
 HINGES AROUND
 JUST ONE MAN
President Machado to His Friends Is a Patriot, But to His Enemies, a Dic- tatOr
BY JOSEPH H. BAIRD

United Press Staff Correspondent.
 Washington, Aug 14.--(UP)- Civil strife in Cuba revolves around one man. President Gerardo Mach ado Y Moreales, a silver-snaired, strong-visaged veteran of that va lient band which drove Spain from the islands at the turn of the century.
 To his enemies. Machado is a dictator" who has kept himself in power by favors rendered Cu- ban legislators. To his friends, he is a patriot who has built good roads, encouraged business and ruled with strong but a capable hand.
 Whatever Machado's virtues and fauits, the present revolt in Cuba has one salient purpose; to drive him from office.
 On that one point are agreed the Heterogeneous factions of the opposition, although lacking a program of action to be followed if they should succeed.
 Machado's opposition falls ioose- ly in to four groups:
 1. The young intellectuals, or university students.
 2. The old aristocracy. Cts members resented the presidents closing of the Havana Yacht club which he thought was base of sedition.)
 3. Business leaders, dissatisfied with the low state of the Cuban sugar trade.
 4. Elements of labor. particu- larly the unemployed.
 The spearhead of this loosely joined opposition is the Union Ma cionale. new political party. reared up on the basis of oppo- sition to Machado. In Havana its membership is estimated to be ten per cent of the population. No one knows It's strength in the prov inces.
 Perhaps the outstanding leader of the Machado opposition is Ma rio Menocal. former president and, like Machado. an officer in the army that fought Spain. He had close American affiliations. He was educated at Maryland agri- cultural college and obtained an engineering degree from Cornell.
 A brief glance at history Is necessary to understand the pres ent enmity toward Machado. He
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
THAT'S WHAT COUNTS

You! came her scornful reply. "You want to marry me ?"
 "Yes," murmured the lover.
 But, my dear boy" she went on, you've only known me three days
 "Oh, much longer than that. really! he replied. I've been two years in the bank where your fa- ther keeps his account. Tit Bits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
INpOSSIRLE

PARK COP: Say. you can't sleep on this bench.
 TRAMP: Nav. not if youse keep wakin' me up every ten minutes. ---Pathfindcr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
YOUNG MAN ARRESTED
 IN FULTON PARK

Marcel Duprey. 24, of 3l0 North Main street was arrested this morning by supernumerary Police man Mecca on charges of improper conduct. The arrest followed com plaints that the man was in the Fulton park section and carrying on before children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
NOT FOR HIM

CRETA: You must have had many chances to get married.
 BOY FRIEND: Oh. plenty, but you see, I'm not taking any chances.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

A six-year-old girl was reported stricken with infantile paralysis, making the active cases now pres ent in the city total sixteen, the highest record yet achieved in Wa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
UNANSWERED

BORE: DO you believe in the power of prayerf
 HOSTESS: [ would if you had gone home an hour ago. Tho HumOriat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
NO CHANGE TO WASH

BARBER: How is 1t your hands are 90 dirty?
 APPRENTICE: Nobody .had shampoo to-day.--Das Kleine Witz- blatt, Leipzig.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

I put the body in the car. told my daughter to take him to a. hospital and rode home myself on the bi- cycle"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

Six million pounds of tea were shipped from India in recent month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
To Reach Mountain Lake Park From
 Waterbury

rake Meriden Road straight over Southing- ton Mountain into Meri- den--route is marked Route 111"-When you reach Meriden continue on along the Middle town road (route still marked m11") until you come to the road branching off on ths right and leading to Middlefield--turn here (routs "330") and drive just one more mile and you are at the property.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-28
BY N. LENIN

Comrade Workers:
For over year the European
War has been going on. Accord
ing to all evidence, it will be con-
tinued for long while, for if Ger
many is best prepared and at pres
ent the strongest, the Quadruple
Entente Russian, England, France,
and italy, on the other hand has
more men and more money, and
besides, it freely receives war mate
rails from the richest country in
the world, the United States of
America.
What is this war being fought
for? Why these unhea..
les it brings humanity? The gov
eminent and the bourgeoisie Of
every belligerent country are
squandering millions of rubles on
books and papers blaming the OPP
ponent, arousing in the people a
furious hatred for the enemy, stop
ping before no lie whatever in
order to picture themselves as the
country that was unjustly attacked
and is now defending" itself. In
reality, this is war between two
groups of predatory great powers,
and it is fought for the division
Of colonies, for the enslavement of
other nations, for advantages and
privileges in the world market.
This is most reactionary war,
war of modern shareholders
fought for the purpose of retain
ing and strengthening capitalist
slavery. England and France are
lying when they assert that they
fight the war for the freedom of
Belgium. In reality, they have
long been preparing the war, and
they wage it for the purpose of
robbing Germany, taking away her
colonies; they have made a treaty
with Italy and Russia stipulating
the pillage and division of Turkey
and Austria. The czarist mon
archy in Russia is waging a pred
atory war in which it strives to
seize Galicia, to take away terri
tories from Turkey. to enslave
Persia, Mongolia, etc. Germany
wages war for the purpose of
robbing English, Belgian, and
French colonies. Whether Ger
many wins or Russia, or whether
there is draw" in any case the
war will bring humanity new OPP
preston for hundreds and hun
dreds Of million of people in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-28
written in the Federal Peniten.
tiary, Atlanta, and Published
November 4, 1920)

Greetings, comrades, in our glori-
Gus celebration of the third ami
verSary of the Russian Revolution.
The proletarian world and lovers of
liberty everywhere thrilled with joy
at the news Of the great victory Of
the Russian people. The triumph
of the workers cause in Russia is
an historic milestone in the pro-
gress of the world and its influence
for good had circled the earth and
will direct the course of the
future.
The emancipation of Russia and
the establishment of the WORKERS
Republic is an inspiration to the
workers of the world, and this
peoples government is a bright star
in the political heavens and will
light the way of the world: it is
the great hope of the human race
and its example will lead to the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-28
BY E. BRowDER.

Before the United States entered
the last World War, the Hillquit-
O'Neal official leadership of the
socialist party could well afford to
oppose" war. In this they merely
reflected the indecision Of the rul-
ing class as to when, under what
circumstances and on whose side to
participate in the last World War.
The early Opposition" of the Off
cial socialist party leadership was
of a purely pacifist nature. Their
policy was then in harmony with
that of the Wilson administration
The pacifism of Wilson was the
expression of the strategy of Amer
lean imperialism to play its own
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-28

can say that in those days he came
nearest to the following feminist
conception that:
"a propaganda of peace at the
present time, if not accompanied
by a call to revolutionary mass
actions, is not only capable of
spreading illusions, of democrat
izing the proletariat by imbuing
1t with confidence in the humani-
tarianism of the buorgeoisie, and
of making it a plaything in the
hands of the secret diplomacy of
the bellgerent countries. In par
ticular, the idea of the possibility
Of a so-called democratic peace
without series of revolutions is
deeply erroneous"
And,
Whoever wishes a durable
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-28
RUTHENBERG'S STRUGGLE.
AGAINST WAR

with Comrade Ruthenberg as one Of
its outstanding leaders, clashed with
the pacifist, jingoist policies of the
HillquitS. The st. Louis Conven-
ton, held April z, 1917, expressed
the attitude of the members in the
adopted left wing resolution against
war. This resolution was opposed
and after its adoption "sabotaged'
by Hillquit and company. The St.
Louis resolution attempted to re-
ject the lingo pacifism OF Hillquit
when it stated:
Modern wars as a rule have
been caused by the commercial
and financial rivalry and in
trigues of the capitalist interests
in the different countries.
Whether they have been frankly
waged as wars of aggression or
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-28
Debs On Russian Revolution

emancipation OF the workers Of the
world; all hail to those noble COM
rades who have carved out
peoples government on an inpreg-
nable foundation Of granite that
shall stand for all time.
Comrades, you have weathered
the storm; the faithful coope-a-
ton Of comrades has been able to
defeat the worldwide alliance Of
capitalism. am sure that the
same spirit that conquered capital
ism will develop the geniuscs rnat
will conquer the devastating
diseases you inherited from capital
ism in Russia and combat the
present mad methods of alien cap
italistic governments who seek to
destroy the newly emancipated
people Of Soviet Russia.
Have faith, comrades, your tri-
umph is complete. Other nations
will become liberated and together
shall form a brotherhood OF the
world.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-28
APPEAL ONaTHE WAR

colonies, In Persia, Turkey. China
new enSiavement of nations, new
chains for the working class of all
countries.
The war fills the pockets
of the capitalists to whom an ocean
of gold is flowing from the treas
urieS of the great powers. The wal
is provoking an unreasoning bitter.
ness against the enemy, end the
bourgeoisie does its best to direct
their attention from the main
enemy, the government and the
ruling classes Of their own country.
The war, however, carrying with it
untold miserieS and horrors for
the toiling masses, enlightens and
steels the best representative of
the working class. If perish we
must, let us perish in the struggle
for our own cause, for the cause
of the workers, for the Socialist
revolution and not for the interests
OF the capitalists, landowners, and
czars-this is what every class-con-
scious worker sees and feels. Rcvo-
lutionary Social-Democratic work
may be difficult at present, but it
is possible. 1t progresses in the
whole world, and in this alone lies
salvation.
Down with Czarist monarchy,
which drew Russia into a criminal
war, and which Expresses peoples!
Long live the world brotherhood of
the workers and an international
revolution of the proletariat!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-28

have been hypocritically repre-
scented as wars of defense" they
have always been made by the
classes and fought by the
masses"
However, the serious shortcom-
ing of the st. Louis resolution is
that it did not give a revolutionary
line of struggle against the war.
In fact, it sponsored pacifist mea-
sures of struggle, as for instance
not to register in the draft, and
did not see the fallacy and fuutility
of the petty-bourgeois "conscien-
tious directors movement.
Ruthenberg's role and Importance
lies in the fact that he was the
only enc of the left wing leader
ship that favored and developed the
first steps in a revolutionary mob
ilization of the masses against war.
The anti-war activities of the Ohio
organization of the socialist rarty,
under the leadership of Ruthen-
berg, also were the most militant
and best organized. The best ex-
preston Of this we find in the IA
nous May /, 1917, Cleveland DEM
onstration, organized and led by
c. E. His mayoralty campaign of
that year was carried through on
clear-cut anti-war program. The
explanation for Ruthenberg's pio-
neering in carrying through revolu-
tionary struggles against Americas
participation in the last war is to
be found in the fact that he CT all
the left wing leaders understood
best the imperialist nature of the
war, and, we might say, sensed the
feminist teachings of revolutionary
struggle against imperialist war.
Herein lies the difference between
Debs' struggle against war and that
of Ruthenberg. Herein lies the ex-
PLANTATION why Debs remained with
the socialist party and Ruthenberg
became the founder and leader of
the Communist Party.
Ruthenberg, in his speech deliv-
cred in the Cleveland Federal Court,
July, 1917, reproducing speech de-
hvered at the Public Square, May
81, 1917, stated:
''This is not war for freedom.
1t is not a war for the liberties
of mankind. 1t Is war to Sc
cure the investments and profits
of the ruling class of this coun-
try. -.
II am speaking to you as Karl
Liebknecht spoke to the German
nation, as he spoke in the par
lament of that country, when he;
denounced the war as a war Of
the ruling class and stated his
unalterable opposition to that
war" q
While at that time Ruthenbeyg
suffered from the MARKHAM ir1ma-
turity of the left wing in his APP
proach in developing revolutionary
methods Of struggle against the war
and thorough, feminist under
standing Of imperialist war vet we
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-28

and democratic peace must be for
civil war against the governments
and the bourgeoisie"
Since 1912, when the left wing
became to crystalline, Ruthenberg
stood close to it. The last World
War demonstrated most painfully
and dramatically the need Of COM
plete break with the parties of the
Second International. 1t demon
strated the absolute correctness of
Lenin's teachings and the need of
the building of a Third Interna-
tional. Lenin, in a letter to the
A m erican Socialist Propaganda
League, written in 1915, stated:
eve do not preach an alliance
with the present socialist parties
which are dominant in the Sec
ond International. On the con-
trary, we insist on breaking with
the conciliators. The war is the
best object lesson (our einphasis).
The conciliators, their leaders,
their most influential papers and
magazines in every country. are
in favor of the war; in other
words, they have actually formed
an alliance with their national
bourgeoisie middle class, capital
iSts) against the proletarian
masses. You say that there are
socialists in America who express
themselves in favor of war of
defense. We are convinced that
an alliance with such people is
criminal. This would be an ALI
ance with the national middle
class and capitalists, and a break
with the international revolution
airy working class. We, on our
part, stand for break with the
nationalist conciliators, for an al
lance with the international
Observation-Disclosures. and with
the parties of the working class"
Indeed, the last war and Ruthen-
berg's struggle against it was an
object lesson for him, as to the role
of the socialist party and the need
of complete break with it. The
struggle against war therefore en-
abled him to become one of the
best Leninists in the country and
stauunchest supporter of the Com
munist International
Today, American imperialism has
nlatured. 1t is desperately fight
ing for world hegemony, 1t is
fighting for leadership on the i'm
perialist anti-Soviet front. And
with the maturing of American i'm
perialism, its lackeys Of the social
list party have matured also. 1t has
become social-fascist. The socialist
party is bowling for war against
the Soviet Union. Hillquit, O'Neal
and their left wing cousins, are the
shock troops Of American sinper-
ialism in its war preparations, and
particularly in the war preparations
against the Soviet Union.
Now, more than ever, Ruthen-
berg's tradition of revolutionary
struggles against war and the So
cialist party must be remembered
and continued c
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-28

imperialist independent role, man
euver between the allies and the
central powers and at the con-
venient moment step in as decid-
ing factor in the World War. Will
sons pacifism was the most i'm
perialist weapon in concealing the
true nature of the strategy and
aims of Wall Street in order to
mobilize the masses for a "holy"
war. The socialist leadership OPP
posed war as long as Wilson could
afford to parade as the president
"who kept us out of war" The
moment, however, the U. S. joined
the allies, one section of the social
list party leadership (Spargo, Rus
seiD, openly adopted jingoist pol
icy and left the socialist party and
the official leadership, consisting of
Hillquit, O'Neal and Lee, supported
American imperialism with cloak
of pacifist phrases. la Kautsky.
If we examine the 1916 presiden-
tial platform of the socialist party,
we can easily detect the chauviniSt
nature Of its official leadership. In
its Measures to Ensure Peace" it
had the following point: THAT no
war shall be declared or waged by
the United States without a refer
endum vote of the entire people
err except for the purpose of re-
peiling invasion" (Our emphasis.)
Thus we see that under the cover
of pacifism behind the phrase of
admitting the need of war for re-
pelling an invasion, there is the call
for participation in the eventual
imperialist war. In the stage of
imperialism, all wars between capt.
taGst nations are necessarily wars
OF aggression and invasion on both
sides. The same presidential mani
festo in many respects anticipated
the IA points of Wilson, when it
stated:
1.-The government of the United
States shall call a congress of all
neutral nations to mediate be-
tween the belligerent powers in
an effort to establish an imme-
date and lasting peace without
indemnities. or forcible annexa-
ton of territory, and based on
binding and enforcible interna-
tional treaty which shall provide
for concerted disarmament on
land and at sea for an interna-
tional congress with power to adj
just all disputes between nations,
and which shall guarantee free
dom and equal rights to all op-
pressed nations and races"
And when one reads this peace
manifesto and the policies of the
socialist party leadership, one can
not help recalling the following
statement of Lenin.
Some of the means employed
to fool the working class are
pacifism and the abstract preach
ment of peace"
The Overwhelming majority of
members of the socialist party, un-..
der the guidance otcthe left wing,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29
FOOD FASHIONS

BROCCOLI is one Of the most inter-
~ esting Of the food fashions that
have come to US down the years, yet it
is in the finer hotels and restaurants
rather than In the home that we ind
this vegetable featured.
Apparently the public knows broccoli
and likes 1t, II statistics Of the various
tea rooms are TO be relied on. Why,
then, is 1t not more often included In
menus prepared at home?
Perhaps one reason is that many
home cooks do not present 1t in that
delicious, tender, melting state that one
finds in the best restaurants. Broccoli
that is not thoroughly well done IS as
distasteful rs unlocked beans or as
paragus. Steaming brings out the full
flavor without extracting the good
juices. and enables one to serve a gener-
Gus portion of the stalk as well as the
head of the broccoli.
Remember. too. that broccoli is best
when served with generous quantity Of
drawn butter or. better still, with Hol-
landaise sauce. Then indeed 1t becomes
q dish of true excellence.
Although broccoli Is q somewhat fash
ionsble vegetable ct the moment one
need not seek ii only In exclusive gro
Gerry stores. Fine specimens are often
to be found In the foreign sections
where italian and Greek fruit and vege-
table stores abound. There 1t is some
times quoted at prices so reasonable as
to make 1t seem quite an ordinary prod
uct. and it is possible to have q choice
Of the full broccoli head or the wilder
variety, having irregular branching and
smaller fioweretS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29

Everyone knows about the girl who
lives In one room and manages somehow
to scare up meals on q single gas ring.
It requires more ability to do that than
to run q big household.
q lot of money never seem to have any
trouble in their housekeeping. They
know that you don't get much out of
people by Fostering. Her house Is likely
to be run more smoothly than that of q
oman who never worked in an Office,
because she has learned how to get
things done without friction. The best
housekeepers have ever known have
been business women, and usually they
are business women who stu keep on
working.
Because they are not at home all day
long they do not annoy servants by con-
slant interference. It isn't merely be-
cause they have money. Many an un-
trained rich woman changes her serv-
ants constantly.
Years Of working with other people
in offlces has taught workingwomen
to judge character. Just as they know
how to hire good stenographers and
good clerks, SO they know how to hire
good servants.
A girl who works knows how to be
prompt. She has been trained for years
in living by the clock. So in her house
things are never late. And you know
how much that improves any household.
Meals are never half an hour late or
10 minutes early-they are exactly on
time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29

stanced in the samplers wicked with
such pictorial value. This CO rvas work
Of counted stitches has defin' 4eness and
restriction, Is each stitch n lst NIL In
Just the space designated by he weave
Of the canvas. Therefore, 1t ia Of neces-
Sity even and accurate.
Silhouette embroidery Is very much
in vogue just now. It is recommended
for little folks work, as but one color
is employed In working the design. If
the background Is Aida canvas 1t can
be left unworked, as It Is sufficiently
ornamental TO remain visible. If ordi-
nary cross-stitch canvas is used both
background and design are worked in
contrasting colors. Each square of a
design occupies one square of the can
vas, making one stitch of crossed
threads. The work is done by counted
stitches.
A needlebook made Of Aida canvas
with an initial in crosS-stitch on 1t
would delight grandmother. mother or
any adult woman in the family Have
the flannel leaves" for the needles the
same color as that used for the initial.
Or 3 little duck can be croSs-Stitched
on one side and the initial be on the
other for q more decorative needlebook.
A butterfly is another motif well suited
to young fingers. 1t can be embroidered
on canvas and have the background
worked too. Such bit Of needlework
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29
Cross Stitch for Little Fingers


makes an ornamental top for . pin
cushion. which. Il the girl is too young
70 fashion herself. mother can make
for her. Such q pilcushion is q gift
any woman would be glad to receive.
A wall picture makes q gift suited
to man. woman or child. After being
cross-stitched and framed in q narrow
black frame. II has something the favor
OF an old-tine sampler. A design Lit
tie Lady Walking in Her Garden" Is
picturesque II makes q dfminutive
picture just the size to tempt little
fingers, which viii not weary working
the smart silhouette
All these designs and initials can be
had by sending a self-addressed and
stamped envelope and the right amounts
with q request TO Lydia lie Baron walk
er, care Of this paper The prices are:
Ducks, cents; butterfly, cents: in
itialS. 5 cents each. and Little Lady
Walking in Her Garden" 10 cents.
tCopyTight, 1917