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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-05
We're for Organized
encouragement

Dear Red SparksYour recent story about
seaman who brought workers to a Party dam
o. some affair or another was good stuff" writ
WORKER. 'The point was that no one kne
that the seanisn were there" 80
"a Daily Worker editorial few DAYS al
pointed out the same falling of Party rnen,bs
to make new contacts feel at home At n,eetin
or entertainments clioueisn.
"Tske my case. In, faurer-bred ike you a,
Since leaving the farm I've longshored 70
wears. Somehow or mother ! can't danse
fancily as some Of the "spstsnen, that :
monopohzipg our entertainments. It's fun
but ] don't feel so doggone hot about payt
IS cents to get in just to see swell dressed ladi
and spats-wearers monopolize meeting
The Communist Party Is rapidly finding fay
with the industrial worker, hardhanded al
unpublished, Party entertainments must and v
reflect this trend If way is worked out
that all can participate we'll and good 's
"As an afterthousht, the above is too bars
Most of those who go to Party affairs are wor
crs and only a very few wear spats but ST
l insist that there should be a freer air Rouat
dressed workers should feel free to attend as
matter of course.
Instead of being allowed the use of the dar
floor the. should be encouraged to particps
wv. W."
We are in complete agreement with Conra
WIS general idea. OF course, we cannot divi
society into hostile classes OF spats- weareYs
-spats-wearers. Some workers have d!scov,
ed the bright idea that by wearing spats tt
can abolish socks! .,
But we are all for the organized eneourai
ment of non-Party workers and new memb
and Outside" workers generally who visit
entertainment In the case Of the seanen
visited some dance it seems that "ncbody KIN
seamen were there" But the point Is, why did
somet ody know? 80.
II every affair had floor cou,nittee"
something Of the kind. the principal duty
which would be to scout around and seek
worker visitors who look left out" make th
feel at home and. what's more, officially
persistently bust down the barriers Of cliquei
then we think that not only would the
worker contacts be encouraged, but also SC
OF the air-tight clioues that are particularly
noxious in New York. be actually sstoniS
that they can have better time by being
ciable. .4t% ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-05
MORE THAN ONE KIND OF
YELLOW DOG

4. No woman allowed to work weeks before
and weeks after the birth Of her child.
5. Satisfactory sanitary conditions to be en-
forced
Does it happen that these rules are not OBJ
served?" asked.
why, they've got to be observed" answered
Miss Schemehorn.
I thought of one of the girl strikers telling
me how they worked one summer for eight
weeks at stretch of thirteen hours a day.
But doesn't it ever happen that they are
notP" insisted.
well, can only sec what they will let me
see" she said II can see their ventilation, and
plumbing and general sanitary conditions. They
are always in excellent condition
The toilet conditions in the factories have been
one of the main grievances Of the strikers. In
one factory. for instance where mems and won-
ems toilets are separated only by curtain, there
are no windows, no towels, no water. have
seen a shop where floors have probably been
never swept. Fur settled on walls and floors in
thick fluffy layers To keep themselves from
choking, workers tie handkerchiefs over their
mouths They eat their lunches in the same
room, swallowing bread together with fur and
dust Would these conditions be called excellent
if they applied 10 her dog?
DO you ever speak to the workers them
Selves?" I asked.
''Well, try to take them into my confidence"
said Miss Schemehorn. strangely enough, the
workers in the factory have never met this con-
fidant of theirsD But they don't tell me very
much Because, you see, their employers don't
like them to do that. And when they find out,
the workers are apt to lose their positions"
While I was looking over the state rules OF
labor protection Miss Schemehorn was playing
with her dog. She did not seem much interested
or much informed about the labor protection
rules of her city. Her interest in labor legisla
ton is probably confined to possibilities of get
ting more graft from the factory owners. Her
interest in life in general seems to center around
the yellow dog playing on the carpet.
There goes our mayor" said Miss Schemehorn
pointing to man crossing the street. "a very
nice gentleman"
All nice gentlemen meet at the Hotel Green
factory owners. newspaper editors, etc.-a strong
clique of grafters and exploters. I was wonder
ing whether Miss Schemehorn ever met other
kind Of gentlemen-those whose lungs we're con-
tinually being poisoned, and whose hair and
eyelashes turned red from the acid in the hat
ters shops
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-05
"Class Democracy" in St. Louis

struggle against Iynching, segregation and dis
elimination.
The Party will mobilize the workers for strug-
gle against war and for the defense of the Soviet
Union, where socialism is built under the year
plan, where the workers enjoy the full fruits of
their labor.
1t is significant to note that the candidates of
the Communist Party, although few due to the
difficulties in finding workers tax payers and
the payments of deposits as evidence Of good
faith" represent all strata of the working class
John Braun, American born worker candidate
for president of board of aldermen. James Rob-
ert Gray, Negro worker, candidate of the Party
representing the most exploited section of the
working class candidate in the 9Th ward and
Roy Scarata, representing the foreign born work
ers who are at present under special attack by
the capitalist class.
All working class organizations are called upon
to support the platform and candidates the
Communist Party puts forth, and send delegates
to the ratification conference held on Friday,
February the 9th, 7:30 p, m. at the Labor Ly-
ceun, 1243 N. Garrison Ave. and help in the
mobilization of the workers for the election
campaign.
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LENIN SAID:

Triumphant in one country alone socialism
does not yet do away with war in general On
the contrary. 1t presupposes 1t. The development
of capitalism is extremely uneven In the various
countries. 1t could not be otherwise under a
system Of commodity production. Hence the
invariable conclusion that Socialism cannot
triumph in all countries at the same time. 1t
first conquers one Of the several countries while
the others still remain for some time in their
capitalist or pre-capitalist state. This is bound
to give rise not only to friction but to direct
aspirations of the bouIgeoisie Of the other coun-
tries to crush the victorious proletariat Of the
Socialist state. In such Instances war on our
part would be legitimate and just That would
be war for Socialism. for the emancipation Of
the other nations from the bourgeosie Engels
who absolutely in right speaking OF the posi-
bility Of defensive wars" Of triumphant Social
ism in his letter to Kautsky of September IL.
1882 He had In view precisely the defense Of
the victorious proletariat Of one country against
the bourgeoisie Of other countries
- Nenin: The Military Programme Of the
Proletarian Revolution)
Socialists always condemned wars between ma
tons as barbarous and savage But our attitude
to war is fundamentally different from that of
bourgeois pacfists friends and advocates of
PedOcl dIdIClllStS fTOn tLe former we are
distinguished by our understanding of the in
evitabe connection between war and the class
struggle. by our understanding Of the impossible
ity to do away with wars without the elimina-
ton Of classes and the establishment Of social
ISM and also by our recognition Of the legiti-
macy. the progressiveness and the necessity of
civil wars, that is wars Of an oppressed class
against its oppresSors. of slaves against slave
owners, OF serfs against feudal landlords, OF
wage slaves against the bourgeoiie. From the
pacfists and anarchists we Marxians are dis
tinsuished by our recognition Of the necessity
OF making historical study Of each specific war
from the viewpoint Of Marian dalectic ma
terialiSm.
Lenin: The Military Program Of the ProIetarian
Revolution)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-05
BY VALENTINE KONIN.

BY VALENTINE kONIN.
IT is warm light, and cosy In the lobby OF the
1 Hotel Green. The poisonous odor Of bleaching
acid and decomposing animal flesh with which
the air in the workers neighborhood is saturated,
does not penetrate through the brick walls Of
the hotel Its parquet floors are thickly car
peted. It's dining room dazzles with starched
white tablecloths. Hotel Green is where Miss
Schemehorn, the factory inspector of DanbuTy
lives on the salary she draws every month from
the state, COR her services.
introduced myself to her as college student
working on q paper in Socia%Science class, and
asked if she would give me some information
about the working conditions in that city. Miss
Schemehorn looked at me suspciously through
her glasses.
.sWelI, only see that the government regula-
tions are carried out" she said. Il really could
not give you any information about the health
rules
I did not wonder at that at all. The workers
of Danbury had previously told me that they
knew her neither by sight, nor by name. visit
to the managers office and G receipt Of tip
seemed to be the limit of her activity in factory
inspection.
I said that I would be glad to have whatever
information she could offer.
IN take you up to my ROOM" she said, land
let you see our rules" Obviously, she is not even
acquainted with the laws she is supposedly en-
forcing.
Her room is spacious and light-with an al
most entire wall of windows She shares it with
a yellow dog which owns a bed by itself with
ladder to help it get in. and balls and toys
scattered all over the carpet. For anyone living
like that, it's rather hard to imagine what it
feels like to be working nine or ten hours day
in dark, windowless room permeated with dust,
acid and fur.
Miss Schemehorn's duties as health inspec-
tor are not very difficult She is required to pay
a semi annual visit to all shops, factories and
other places of business in town, to enforce the
following rules:
l. No woman is to work more than 10 hours
& DAY.
: 2. No woman is to work at night
3. No one under 16 to work at night.
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the strike leadership.
The main campaign Of our Party and the
TUUL is the Unemployment Campaign. We
cannot speak Of successful carrying through
of this campaign unless we enroll in it masses
OF women workers. We must state very frankly
that to date our work among the unemployed
women and the wives of unemployed workers
has been unsatisfactory. There are as yet very
few women in the councils of unemployed, nor
do they take a leading part in the activities
carried on by the councils We wish to point
out the absolute need of our wornens depart
ments to orentate themselves toward this work
1t must become major part of the activities
of the women's department to devise new meth
DDS and forms of work to enroll these working
women, employed and unemployed. as well as
the wives Of workers In the struggle for unem-
ployment insurance. Our work must take on
much broader character We must enroll the
various fraternal and women's organizations not
under the influence of our Party. On neigh
horhood scale we must carry on struggle against
eyictions, against high cost of living for the
lowering Of rents. etc, through organization of
house committees. The mass meetings confer
ences and strikes conducted by womens organi-
cations in neighborhoods, must be coordinated
with those of the Council Of Unemployed and the
TUUL Up to the present our fraternal and Ian
guage organizations have done very little to en-
roll their membership and especially women
members for the participation in the struggle
In the neighborhoods against eWctions, against
the high cost OF living .,a.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-05

Communist Party, the only political party Of
working class and deliver real blow assinst
Fish Committee, whose program Is being carr
out In Chicago, by giving unlimited ana "
served support to the Communist Party.
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In this the third of five articles dealing
with conditions among the fgr workers of
Danbury, the writer exposes a stupid and
hypocritical. factory inspector, typical not only
of Connecticut but Of every state in the Union.
-Editor.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-05
BY BILL GEBERT.


THE Chicago Aldermanic elections were opened
i by the capitalist class the republican and
democratic parties and the fascist leadership of
the Chicago Federation of Labor, with an at
TEMPT to outlaw the Communist Party Out of
fourteen candidates for alderman, eleven have
been challenged" by the different capitalist
politicians demanding that their names shall not
be placed orr the ballot Official charges have
been made on the basis of so-called irregulari-
ties on the petition lists. But these charges are
clumsy charges and cannot be stibstantated. SO
from technical charges they were forced to admit
that their real reasons to outlaw the candidates
is because they are supported by the Communist
Party This was clearly established at the hear
ing before the Board of Election Commissioners
with George Blackwell Negro member of State
Legislature presenting charges against a Negro
comrade David Rudolph Pendexter, Communist
candidate in the End Ward. Blackwell stated
openly before the Board that his charge against
Peindexter is that he is Communist.
The Chicago Tribune commenting on the
charges declared: Charges have been made that
Communists were seeking to establish political
organization Likewise, the Chicago Daily
News stated: Charges that the Communist
Party is attempting to gain foothold in Chicago
by sponsoring Aldermanic candidates"
The statement of the capitalist Negro polit-
Cls4D BLACKWELL ana b1e open ueCldTdblOn OF
capitalist press show very clearly that the CAPT
talist class in Chicago carries into practice what
the Fish Committee proposed to Congress
outlaw the Communist Party and to bar it from
the ballot
In Chicago the Aldernanic Elections are So
called "non-partisan" elections, that is the can
didates run as individuals so in this respect not
only is it attempt to outlaw the Party as a
Party but even candidates who have been sup
ported by the Communist Party.
The reason why Chicago takes the lend in the
new wave of terror against the working class is
very simple In Chicago more than in other
cities, we see the merging of finance and indus
trial capital and unity with the fascist leadership
Of Chicago Federation Of Labor and the under
world. Capone, Moran and other gangsters; fur
ther fascination of the state and more brutal
attacks on the working class carrying through
of wage cuts, half a million Unemployed.
The Communist Party endorsed fourteen can
ddates in fourteen wards located in the working
class neighborhoods, industrial sections (stock-
yards, Western Electric railroad shops in the
Negro territory, etc. The candidates are we'll
known fighters. This is admitted even by the
capitalist press. The "Chicago Daily News
states that Comrade Libby Corngold candidate
in the oath ward, is Communist and was one
of the leaders of the demonstration OF unem-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
.7ezUeIry and SiI0er7OareF From ViIAa
ofPat1cian Roman Family BurIedW)hen
VesuviuS Boiled Over to Destroy Famous
Resort Nearly 7aO0 Thousand Years Ago,
No70 Brought to LigM BY E*ra0atorS for
the Naples Museum.

of the Christian calendar all the pEominent
people were flocking there, some permanently
and others for the Summer season.
One almost hear Mrs. Claudius Sabinus
saying to her lord and master: Il really don't
know if you are clever to remain in Rome any
longer. You've made your fortune and you
deserve to sit back and enjoy life now in some
gay, pleasant place along the sea. But you
know what it means to stay here. You will get
mixed up in political intrigue, or it will be
whispered to the Emperor that you are involved
in a treason plot, or you will excite some ones
jealousy by your wealth. If you are blessed by
the gods you will merely have your throat cut
some nice morning instead of making break
fast for the lions.
why not go to Pompeii to live? It's so
charming and all the best people in our set are
moving there.
And then you could buy me that silver
service for the table you have been promising
me for so many years"
Claudius Sabinus and his spouse were obvi-
ousIy living delightful life on that fatal after
noon Of August "a, 70 AID.
To judge by the ruins, the villa at No. 4 in
the Street of Abundance had just been COM
pleted few days before. The family had moved
in, but the maSons were still putting on some
finishing touches and had left all their tools
there. A little marble statue of Apollo had
been set up in the vestibule The new furniture
had arrived. The handsome table service that
the WE naC dreamed OF so long naQ Deen
delivered by the silversmiths and placed in the
cellar for safe keeping.
Mrs Claudius Sabinus must have been happy
and triumphant It was not only fine house
but in one of the best parts of Pompeii. The
Street of Abundance ran from the Forum to the
Ampitheater and only the best people lived
there.
A ND then, almost in the twinkling of an eye,
an inferno let loose. Vesuvius,s waking
from centuries of sleep, roared and famed and
trembed. A semi-darkness blotted out the
bright sun and the blue Neapolitan skies. The
waters along the coast raced backward and
forward like tidal wave. Then a shower of
small volcanic stones as big beans began
rafting the town until there almost 10
feet of them, followed by hot ashes that added
another five feet. Other blasts followed until
Pompeii was buried under 10 to 20 feet of these
ashes burning all the wood and other infiam-
mable material they touched.
Terror-stricken, most Of the inhabitants ran
helter-skelter in all directions but 1000 were
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trapped in their homes and cellars and either
smothered or strangled by the poisonous gases.
And that was the end of Pompeii and of the
patrician family that lived at No. in the
Street of Abundance.
A short time ago-that is to say almost 1852
years after this MISREPRESENTATION were
cleaning out this villa in the course of the
official excavations and suddenly came upon a
trap door leading to the cellar. They were
tremendously excited, for many of the under
ground parts of the homes opened up so far
have contained either treasure or bodies
Prof Majuri, director of the Naples Museum,
vino is in charge of the work at Pompeii,
dashed to the scene at once. Holding a candle
before him and trembling with emotion, Prof.
Majuri made his way down a ladder, followed
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by his men. The place was spick-and-span
as the day it had been dug and paved with tiles.
At first it looked entirely bare. Then in the
glimmer of the candlelight they noticed large
wooden chest bound with bronze in corner.
Running to it with exclamations of delight,
they realized that they had made sensational
discovery. The wood had mostly fallen into
dust revealing stacks of silverware. 1t was
furnished, of course, but the fine chasing of
the pieces told the whole story to trained eyes.
The collection has proved to be the most inn
portant ever discovered in the neighborhood,
with the possible exception of the 102 beautiful
silver cups and vases that were dug up at
Boscoreale, on the slope of Vesuvius, in 1894
and now in the Louvre in Paris.
In going through the pieces afterward in
Naples Museum, Prof. Majuri found a complete
table service of lis pieces in solid silver con-.
sisting of cups saucers, plates in different sizes,
teaspoons and soup plates and miscellaneous
pieces for four persons. Knives and forks were
unknown at that epoch, Of course. The whole
set is richly ornamented with scenes showing
the labors of Hercules, who is supposed to have
founded Pompeii. A large ladle, several serving
spoons and some silver jugs belonging to the
service are particularly beautiful. The work
appears to belong to the best period of Pom
peiian sfversmith craft, when the designs were
comparatively simple and always carefully exc
cuted rather than to the overrich relief work
that came into style later. All the objects are
as perfect as the day they were made.
There were also three huge silver platters in
another design, these probably being ornaments
for the dining room table or sideboard. Some
selef work in the center may be busts of the
master and mistress of the house
A NUMBER of beautiful pieces of jewelry
found in a separate compartment of the
treasure chest were equally interesting. These
include mans gold toga pin, two gold brace
lets, two simple but massive gold necklaces,
one with drop stones; two odd earrings set with
stones, Is gold rings of different sizes, some
set with stones; lady'S silver mirror and a
silver perfume bottle; also Is gold and Is silver
coins of Republican and Imperial Rome and
some small trinkets
LAS fascinating as it would be- I doubt
whether we shall ever be able to determine the
fate of the patrician family that lived in this
villa" one Of the museum experts explained
The villa where the treasure was found was
partly excavated two years ago, but then the
work was stopped in order to concentrate ON a
house next door, called the villa Of Mysteries"
which was supposed to be even more interesting
because OF It's remarkable frescoes.
The diggers started again on No. 4 in the
Street Of Abundance several months ago. In
common with the other smart residences of
Pompen, the front Yves unimpoSing. The space
'F Continued on Eighteenth Page ya
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BY r. S. FENDRICK.
NAPLES, March 6. 1891.

NAPLEo NIdTCII o, 1871
a ROMAN patrician sat in the peristyle
III of his garden, famed by black slave
~ It was the afternoon of August a.
70 AID, in the first year OF the reign
of Titus the Imperator, son OF YES
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-09-03

Presbyterian Church.
Sunday school 1000 a. m.
Morning worship HOO a. m.
Subject, THE Believers Service.
Endeavor meeting TOO.
No evening services during the sum-
mer.
E, q. Randall, Minister.
Vashon Methodist Episcopal Church.
Edwin NJ. Randall, pastor, residence,
Sylvan Beach, phone Red 1874.
1000 n, M, Sunday school.
1900 q, M, Morning worship. Ser
mon by the pastor on Seven Cures for
Troubles"
Sunday evening services will be re-
sumed September 6.
Cove NJ. 4. Church.
Sunday, August "a, the meetings will
be in the church as usual.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
English service at HOO Sermon by
the pastor.
Young peoples meeting at p. m.
Rev. Peterson will preach at Dock
ton at 300 p. M.
c. Aug. Peterson, pastor.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Dunsford and
Miss Bonnie returned last week from
an extended trip to California. They
went as far south as Tia Juana.
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Tacoma.
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was the Astoria Column which stands
on hill, 700 feet above sea level
with spiral frieze 535 feet in length
picturing the history Of Astoria, etch-
ed round and round the outside to the
very top.
How do they expect us to look at
the thingP" queried Pete.
Fly around it. Angel" responded
Sloop as she nonchalantly started up
the inner stairway. 1876 feet to climb
We were dizzy when we reached the
top and gazed out over Oregon, and
back across the mighty Columbia
river into Washington.
Anyway we weren't being chased by
Beaver Greek up there! That nosey