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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-29
BY WILLIAM L. PATTERSON

kIO one can deny that the Negro reformists are
~ traitors to the liberation struggles of the Ne
gro masses, but this is only because these strug-
giles run counter to the interest of the Negro
reformiSts. While the Negro reforrnists struggle
against revolutionary nationahsm, they are the
formulators of the policy of ghetto national
ism. In order to protect their own economic po-
sition and class interest they are forced to strug
gle desperately against the rising tide of mill
fancy in the ranks of the Negro masses. Let no
one think that the Negro reforTnists of the tribe
of the National Association for the Advancement
Of Colored People, the De Priests, Motions, John
sons, the Vanns, Abbotts, Cobbs and the rest. are
merely INSCRIPTIONS betrayers of the liberation
struggles of the Negro masses The struggles of
these masses are revolutionary. The Negro bour-
geosie has long since deserted the path of revo-
luton These tools of American imperialism have
concrete economic interests of their own to pro-
tect
Their attacks upon the only defenders of the
Negro boys in Scottsboro, their frenzied attack
upon the Communist Party the vanguard of the
Negro and white workers their bitter denuncia-
ton OF the developing mass resistance of Negro
and white workers to the intensified exploita-
ton and oppression is the more desperate be-
cause it is as well a defense. This attack con-
tains all the elements Of desperate defense. a
defense of the segregated districts. their special
field of exploitation; defense of their own eco
non1ic interest.
The immediate economic interests of the Ne
gro reformists do not extend beyond the pale of
the Negro ghetto. This fact is at once a great
weakness and at the same time the source of
their greatest strength The necessity that forces
the American ruling class to separate Negro and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-29
No Third Degree?

Remember how dispatches came rolling in
the day after the Wickersllan Commission slap
ped the police on the wrist for third degree
ing" prisoners. Not a police official in all the
United States would admit it There was an
avalanche of "denials"
Well, we picked up the N. Y. Times on Wed
nesday, and saw that over LII New jersey the
mothers of two 17-year old boys say that when
Police Chief Wolcott Tilton of South Belnlar,
locked up their sons on charge of robbery.
the boys bore no marks, but that later, in
the jail, their swollen faces and bruised arms
gave evidence of beating"
Then, on another page, we saw that down in
Washington D. c. itself One man who is IN
der arrest said that a detective pulled cut
handful of hair from his head in an eftcrt to
make him confess shooting
New York City, of course knows no such
thing as police brutality. The last reIut2tion
of it was the deliberate, cold-bloo6ed murder by
police of a taxi driver whose car was coInman-
dereed by holdup men at the point of a gun.
No doubt but that life is uncertain in New
York but when Vim. Randolph Hearst who
knows something about murder, and the Amer
lean Legion, Police Commissioner MuEooney
and the A. F. Of L. officials, all get together
at a meeting and pledge to fight gangsters"
we'll honest citizens had better take to the hills
if they can survive the laughter at seeing such
a lot of gargsters promise to "wiHs c." gan
sters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-29
By FRANK HENDERSON

Recently returned from the Soviet Union
with the sport delegation of the Labor SPORTS
Union to the Berlin SpartakiadD
EVERYBODY is exposing the Soviet Union So
- will make 1t my task 10 expose the attitude
Of the Bolsheviks towards sports and physical
culture. This is not difficult task because all
one needs to know is the attitude of the Gar
towards physical culture and the present atti-
tude Of the BolsheNks. During the time of the
Gar nobody was forced TO be healthy In fact
1t was quite very common thing for Rus
sian to die Of tuberculosis, lunbago, and the
like. To say nothing of the pleasures of starv-
alton which came on a mass scale and as re-
gularly as the seasons OF the year Always the
nobility boaSted that the existing sport insti-
tutions we're only for the rich. A condition
which closely resembles the United States of to-
day-of discrimination and Jim -croUisnl against
Negroes; high fees and dues for membership into
boSs-controlled sport organizations; and the
payment of graft to city officials for the use
of public sport facilities
In st. Petersburg NOV Leningrad) and
Moscow there we're no sport places for the work.
ers. But today under the whip of the Bolshe-
viks, government DEGREES demand the erection
of new stadiuns sport fields and swimming
pools. Runors have it that many Leningrad
workers are forced to ice-skate even during the
hottest of summer months, In Moscow found
workers taking hot Russian steam batlls-the
kind that makes you clean. Thousands were
swimming and bathing in the Moscow River
Others we're forced to go rowing in boats which
we're placed strategically along the river bank.
But I could not believe what saw therefore
asked high government official regarding the
plight OF the workers forced into physical cul-
ture activities, He boldly verified everything,
stating coldly that sports, recreation rest homes,
hn''SsVs health and hygiene are Just as impor-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-29

kcottsboro Cases Badly
! Tangled

New York, Aug. 14-"So much hog
tility and race hatred have heenI
created by threats against the lives
Of the governor and other Alabama
officials" reported Walter White, whos
returned today from Alabama, that
the task of saving the lives Of the
eight boys sentenced 10 death at
Scottsboro is today infinitely more
difficult to combat than originally.
"The minds of some Of the parents
and relatives of the boys have been
! so poisoned against every organize
stion and individual not Communist
Ethat they are unable under present
circumstances to realize the grave
danger in which these threats are
placing the boys.
For example, I learned in Alabama
THAT one Of the mothers was brought
to Kilby prison recently by Commun-
ist agents and that she stood in the
foyer of the prison With her arms
akimbo and shouted, 4 iust Yish- /
could get NY hands 81. Il Water
Whites "a ETII1g bis neck fer trying
Get ny boy slestrocuted. This
IPoor mother and some Of the others
lhave been convinced by the Com7n,r1.
lists that the N. A. A. c. P.'s busjsec
lis that Of getting Negroes electrodes 81
Einstead of saving them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-29

in which Roddy, the N A. A. c. Ps Klu Klux
Khan lawyer, has helped the landlords and
bosses of the South to throw the Scottsboro
boys. Walter White, Pickens and Du Bois are
spoken of with high praise by the Ku Klux
Klan press of the South, especially the Jackson
County Sentinel in Alabama and the Chatta-
nooga Defender for their determined struggle
against Communism. The open collaboration of
the officials of the N. A A G P with the lynch
ers of the South stinks to high heaven but it
is in the interests of Negro business and the
white ruling class. In it are the possibilities for
smashing the struggles of the Negro masses to-
gether with the white workers against starva-
ton conditions, against lynching and mob vio-
lence, segregation, Jim Crowism and discr1m-
nation
But there is also grave danger in this clash
for Negro refornism The negro masses can
see the hypocrisy of their leaders" 3ut the
readiness of the Negro masses to struggle must
be crushed The masses must be reassured that
capitalism is their salvation The Negro lead
ers" must save the ghetto, the source of their
own profits They must help to save capital
ism, the source Of the Negro masses misery.
There are great points of difference between
the white ruling class ard the Negro capitalist
group, but these differences fade into the back
ground before the threat of the Negro masses
to revolt and before the growing unity of the
Negro and white workers. These movements
are menace to the rule of the capitalist class
regardless of color These movements are
menace to the ghetto nationalism of the Ne
gro refornlists The liberation Of the Negro
masses spells death to Negro business The i'll
terests of Negro capital, therefore, today coin
cides with the interests of the white ruling class
This is the reason for their united front at
Scottsboro. Camp Hill and Chicago; their
treachery to the revolutionary movement OF the
Negro masses is only an expression of their 10y
atty to ghetto nationalism and their own
class interests. The Negro reformists are trait
ors, but not to their own economic interests
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-29
A!aGss~sA
A Little Comparison
3, JORGE

Sir George May, who is head Of the British
Economy Commission that recommended cut
in unemployed benefits was playing golf" while
the capitalist government was changing its shirt
front, and the N. Y Times of August rs tells
us the following story about him
During the war the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer asked Sir George how much money he
had in American securities. Forty million dol
lars Sir George replied. May have themq"
the Chancellor asked. Certainly, was the
reply.
once he signed check at his office for SIS
oooOoo, then went out to restaurant where he
was not known When he found he had not
tarthing to pay for the meal he had hard
time convincing the waiter that ne should not
work out his bill
Now, that was in the N. Y. Times of August
%. But in the Times of the path we found the
following:
The proposed cut in the unemployment dole
would affect, roughly, 100000 men and women.
The present weekly scales are: For the uneu-
ployed man, $425 with 1925 if he has a wife
and so cents for every child for the unemployed
woman, $375"
OF course it would have broken Ramsay Mac
Donalds Cor any other SOCIALISM, heart to take
away anything from a capitalist that signs
checks offhand for $75,o0ooOo No no. we
must be equitable and Just" says the great so
cialist,H SO he clips off 81 cents from the S3.75
Of the unemployed women!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-29
Control Commission Decisions

BUFFALO, N Y.-The District Control Com
mittse Of the Communist Party in Buffalo, N. Y.
has expelled P. Glazerman (Glazer) as an I'M
reliable individual, who has previously, according
70 his own admissions, been an operator" for
private detective agency, who has nnisappropri-
ated organization funds, and who is strongly stts-
pected Of being stool-pigeon
He is about # in. tall stocl1ily built about
ls) lbs. in weight ard has pointed nose and
shlfty eyes He uses every opportunity to spread
alarming runlors, assumes militancy of provo
cateur type, and tries to bring about conflicts
with the police which he himself manages to
avoid
All workers organizations are warned against
him
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
COTTON PRICES
ARE LOWER

NEW YORK. July % GNSD.
With Liverpool cables slightly
lower than due, the New York
cotton market sold a few points
easier during the early trading
today.
There was selling from the
South, Liverpool and the con-
tinent at first call, and further
selling was fairly we'll taken by
the trade on a scale down. Trad
ing was light with small
amount of hedge selling. Spot
firms sold. Japanese interests
sold distant months, while shorts
made profit-taking purchases.
Cooperative brokers bought
March and May.
At midday, October sold at
S.24, off 4; December at 9.48,
off S: January at 9.57, off 8;
March at 9.75, off 8; and May at
9.94, off S.
According to well-informed cot
ton circles. the price of cotton
continues to hinge on European
politics and finances, and the
weather. The politics and
finances of Europe are still un-
settled, and weather is said TO
be favorable.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. July % dNsD.
Hogs-Receipts,5 $4,000; market,
100 15c higher. Top, $7.7O; bulk.
$5.2507.60; heavy, $5.50@715;
medium, $7@7.70P light, S7.4O@
ITO; light lights, $7@7.6O; pack.
ing sows, $4.25@5.40; pigs, $3.50
OF; holdovers, 5000.
Cattle-ReceiptS, $500; market
steady. Calves, receipts, 1000;
market, steady. Beef steers, good
and choice, $7@8.50; common
and medium. $5@7; yearlings,
$6.50@5.85; butcher cattle. heif-
ers, $4.50@8.75; cows, $3.256
$50; bulls. $3.5006; calves, $3.50
@8.50; feeder steers. $4.5067;
stocker steers. $4@6.75; stocker
cows and heifers. $3@5.50,
Sheep-Receipts. 10000: mar.
ket, steady. Lambs, ~ .25@775;
common, $4.50@6.50; feeders, IS
@5.75; yearhngs, $5@6.5o: ewes,
$1.5003.50.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
FOREIGN NEWS
! DISCOUNTED.
. QUICKLY
Traders Disappointed, But Not
Disheartened Over Meager
= Results of London Confab
By w. s. COUSINS

te NEW YORK, July 23 ON.SO.
Meager results Of the London
financial conference were no
great surprise to Wall Street. and
after settling down to a slightly
bower level Of prices the main
body Of industrial stocks and
Z mpecialties made another success
3ll effort to recover.
+. Beyond extending temporary
credits the conference accom-
piiShed nothing, except to post
bone further consideration Of
spermanent aid for Germany to q
later date.
4 Traders Still Hopeful
., It Is the general impression
here that matters will right
themselves slowly but surely, and
on that basis most Of the traders
! IN, the big board were inclined to
J: look, on the bright side OF the
Picture. ..
The advance in the Bank Of
@nRland rate to 31a per cent met
with approval in the financial
district, where a prompt improve
!, mient was recorded in sterling ex-
.Ohaage. Having lost more than
8i6!OOO, 900 gold to France and
america in the last week, the old
3vady took the best method known
% modern banking to protect
!, herself.
The market opened lower, held
steady for about one hour at
5iOpening. prices, rallied at the noon
&eriod, stood still as a post in the
next hour or two. and finally; see
I sawed through the usual narrow
geange. with most of the leaders
N6tiN slightly under Wednesdays
@losing prices.
Steel Rallies Partially
~ United States Steel rallied from
133z to 9334, but was unable to
bridge the whole distance mack to
90. General Motors and Chrysler
sold fractionally above yesterdays
4inals.
= Copper stocks and oils remained
In the background most of the
day, as also did the rails, chemi-
Gals; electricals and rail equip
Iaent stocks.
N The stock market in the fourth
hour was about the dulleSt fea-
ture of the big financial district.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Z TESTS LISTED.
FOR BUYING
STOCKS
Financial Strength to Stand
Depression and Maintain
Earnings Cited As Needs
By THE SPECTATOR

NEW YORK, July % IN.SD.
With the dull markets of recent
weeks taken as an indication that
stocks are in an accommodating
zone, commission houses are de.
voting considerable time to the
selection of issues expected to par.
ticipate most in the next sus-
tained upswing of prices.
One Of the prominent wire firms
points out that, in view of the un.
certainty surrounding world finan.
cial and domestic business condi.
tiOns, only particularly strong
type of stock is suitable.
Two Tests Presented
Two tests are presented. First,
that a stock should be backed by
a sufficiently strong financial con.
dition to enable it to Withstand
the shock of the business depre5-
sion; and, second, that it should
either be able to show an increase
in its earning power this year, or
at least the ability to retain
good part of it.
Among the stocks which are be-
lieved to have met these require
ments and, therefore, hold out
better than average attraction for
the moderate pull are: American
Power and Light. American To
bacco, Consolidated Gas CT New
York, Drug, Inc; Gold Dust, Her
Shey Chocolate, Standard Brands
and Woolworth.
A definite upward trend in
commodity prices will await un-
mistakable signs Of. a cyclical up
turn in business, in the opinion
of close analytical observers who
have made an extensive study
of the situation.
Sustained Rise Unlikely
Therefore, it is stressed that
in view of the worldwide condi.
tions now prevailing, and on the
assumption that any near-term
increase in business activity will
be gradual and hesitant, it is not
possible to expect any sustained
rise in general commodity prices.
However, gains similar to that
experienced in jun will prob
ably be more frequent. as favor.
able events cause buying waves
which, in combination with low
inventories. will result in periods
of stronger prices.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Utility Corporation
Reports Earnings

The report of Public Service
Corporation of New Jersey and
subsidiaries for June, 1881, shows
gross earnings of $1O,947, 1855
against $1O,95O, 1894 in June 1880,
a decrease of $3.50. while net in
come from operations totaled
$3,452,426 against $3,320,719, an
increase of $131,707. The balance
available for dividends and sur
plus amounted to $2,228, ,467 for
June against $2,325,985 in the
same month last year,sa decrease
Of $97,51S.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
QUITS
BANANA TRADE

The Atlantic Fruit & Sugar Co.
has announced that it will dis
continue the fruit division of its
business on Saturday. The COM
pany has been engaged exten-
Sively in the importation of
bananas from Jamaica and Cuba
to the Eeastern seaboard of the
United States.
This move presages reorgani-
zation of the company, but no
definite plan has been decided
upon, Guy Cary, a member Of
the executive committee, stated.
Others on the committee include
Vincent Astor, Robert Walton
Goelet, Francis M. Weld, G. H.
Walker and Frederick B. Adams,
president of the company.
The discontinuance of the fruit
business is due to the heavy over
production of fruit at all points
of supply and the unprecedent-
edly low prices now prevailing,
the company announced.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
LIGHT
JOBS STABLE

NEW YORK, July 23-There
is greater stability of employment
and wages in the electric light
and power industry than in any
other major industrial group re-
porting to the United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics, ac-
cording to statement issued to-
day by Charles L. Edgar, Boston,
chairman Of the National Electric
Light Association committee on
employment Stabilization.
More than 285, 900 persons are
now directly on the payroll of
the electric utilities and their an
nual wages amount to approx
mately $44O, O,O0O, 900.
The latest figures of the
bureau show that the number
of employees engaged in the
operation of the electric light
and power industry is 97.1 per
cent of the number employed
during the boom year 1929, while
the total amount of wages is
97.6 per cent of the wages paid
for corresponding periods of that
year.
The Bureaus periodical reports
on trend of employment show
that the electric light and power
industry indices of employment
and wages have been consistent
ly higher than those of all of
the % other major industrial
groups, manufacturing and non
manufacturing, on which reports
are regularly issued.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
First Car Shipment
Made of CeLOter

The first carload Of fabricated
Celotex insulation to be used by
the United States Aluminium Com
pany-Aluminum Company OF
America subsidiary-in the manu-
facture of aluminium covered
shingles, has recently been ship
ped by the Celotex Company.
These shingles. according to the
company, have the combined ad-
vantages OF insulation against
heat and cold, fire protection and
durability, thus opening a wide
market in the, building field for
this product.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
WESTERNUN
EARNS NEEDS
Demand. Gable

Although Western Union Tele-
graph Company's gross business
showed a substantial reduction
for the first six months, econo-
mics and lower charge-offs en-
abled the company to cover its
dividend requirements for the
period.
President Newcomb Carlton
said telegraph business was little
better and that the cable business
was poor, but that he expected
the company to cover its So divi-
dend requirements in the current
year unless general conditions
Slumped further.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
N. Y. Central Asks
Rate Boost Today

NEW YORK, July % U.S0D
The New York Centrars applica-
ton for permission to increase
communication rates 40 per cent
will be decided today.
A decision was reached tntor-
mally today at a conference Of
the Transit and Public Service
commissions, which have joint
jurisdiction. Formal announce
ment will be made at noon, fol-
lowing action at a regular meet
ing of the Transit Commission.
It is believed the company'S
petition will be denied.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Public Utility Bonds Bid | AS

Amer Tel & Tel AIS '39. 100 900.
Am Tel Tel C'tI Tr 5s. los .....
Anacostia & Pot r R IS. i 70 l.....
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
NeU Gold Issue Sold
By Public Service

Announcement was made yes,
terday by Samuel insult, chair
man Of the company, that the
Public Service Company of North
ern Illinois has sold an issue of
$4,000. 900 4 per cent gold notes.
que July 80, 1882, to Halsey,
Stuart & Co.
The notes are being offered to
the public at 100 and interest.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
y. S. and Spain See
ShipbuiLding Gain

With world shipbuilding at its
lowest ebb in many years, the
United States stood out as the
only nation except Spain to in
crease shipbuilding activities dur
ing the second quarter of the
present year, the Commerce De
partment declared yesterday.
While other nations reduced
shipbuilding operations, tn
United States showed a gain of
10000 gross tons. The bulk of
the worlds decline in Shipbuild-
ing Is accounted for, it was
stated, by terrific slumpS in Great
Britain and Ireland.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
SALES

oALES
Capital Traction Company, 10
Q42, 6@41A.
Potomac Electric 51as preferred,
30@1l1b, 10@111B, 1O@1111s,
50@111b, 50@1111s, 10@1111s.
Washington Railway and Elec-
trio preferred, 10000, 10000,
10000. 10000.
Federal American Company,
common, 25@21h, 25@2112, 100
21h.
Mergenthaler Linotype, SO
1917. 5@781z.
Real Estate Mortgage and
Guarantee preferred, 3O@61a.
AFTER CALL
Mergenthaler Linotype, SO
1917, 4@78a4.
Washington Railway and Elec-
trio preferred, 2@100.
Potomac Electric 12s preferred,
2@111.
Washington Gas 6s B, $4,000
1O6.
Potomac Electric IS preferred,
10@113B, 10@113, 15@113, SO
113.
Columbia Sand and Gravel pre-
ferred, 16@87.
Public utility Bonds Bid Ask
The Washington times., 1931-07-23

Transportation worries can be over
come economically through the pur-
chase Of q good used car one Ct
the many GOOD BUYS listed in todsS e
Classified Section.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-17
GREAT INCREASE Is
 SHOWN ROAD BUILDING

Prior to the organization of the Board of Road Commissioners for Alaska there were in the whole of the Territory less than F miles of what might be called wagon road, with a few hundred miles of pioneer trail, mostly construct ed by expeditions under the War Department. Since the organiza- tion of the above board the work accomplished includes the con- Struction of 1,6201s miles of wa gon road, 87 miles of tramroad, 11,403ai miles of sled road, 7,1s4 miles of permanent trail, and TIP miles of temporary, Jagged trail, a total of 11,007A miles, according to the report of Chief of Engineer. U. s. Army, 193O.
 Before the construction of roads in Alaska travel was largely con- fined to the open waterways in summer and to their frozen courses overland in winter.