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General Order No. 4"

This we were sent by some reader, to show uA
what the official orders of the HEADQUARTERS,
list Infantry New York National Guard" looks
like. The General Order" was issued April ID,
from the regimental headquarters, Park Avenue
and 34th St. New York City, the center Of
American aristocracy.
1t deals with regimental assembly for April 80,
and since numerous 100 percenters are fire.
quently snooty about the foreign sounding
names" of suspected Reds we'll examine some
of these patriots on theirs:
The Officer of the Day. is listed as Captain
Justus w. Kranz
Medals for Service were presented to Frederick
Settling and Sergeant Salvatore Montana.
The order is signed by Colonel DeLamater, and
by Adjutant E. Hertzog.
But the entire reason for the regimental as
sembly, is listed as Point l. in the General Order
No 4, as follows:
"The Regiment will assemble on Thursday,
30 April 1884, for Review by His ExceIlency
Tytus Filipowicz, Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the Republic Of Poland
to the United States"
That being reviewed" by a gent packing the
name of Tytus Filipowicz, did not seem to cause
a wrinkle in one National Guardsman brow.
Why, then, should they get alarmed If a Com
ml1nist is not named Smith or Bilkins? Try that
one on your Ku Klux neighbor!
Looking over General Order No. 4, to deter
mine what elevatng influence might be therein
contained for National Guardsmen, we discover
that the principal thing which American heroes
are required to learn, is how to wear White Duck
Trousers, which are specified as necessary prop
erly to be reviewed by Tytus Filipowicz, Am
bassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarN
They are infinitely described to-
BE starched and no cuffs at the bottom
and being made purposely with a high waist.
must be worn with suspenders, and at proper
length"
Lest any Guards1nan lack the elementary cul-
ture supposed to cling round an American gen.
tleman from birth, and thus offend His Ex-
cellency Tytus Filipowicz, lest-dread possibility
"a soldier of America don't know how to put
on his pants, it is further specified in General
Order No. 4:
1.-THE officers will instruct and demonstrate
to the men the particular way White Duck
Trousers should be put on and worm"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-17
Graft and Gangsters
How Gangsters and Graft VIII Be Wiped Out
BY HARRY CANNES

This is the last or a series of articles from
a pamphlet the origin of graft and gang
sters in the United States, and their connec-
ton with the capitalists in New York, Chicago,
Detroit and Washington.
THE capitalist system throughout the world Is
being shaken to its foundations. The rich
est country in the world has the largest unem-
ployed army and is in the ttroes of a drastic
pay-cuttlng drive. In this campaign they use
most brutal forms Of terror. During the period,
the capitalist state increases its suppressive &C
tion-it assumes more and more open fascist
forms. The courts which are so kind and con-
siderate to the gangster friends of capitalism,
mete out long jail terms wholesale to militant
workers. While the cry for deportation of gang
sters is raised in the capitalist press this propa
ganda is used for deporting revolutionary for
eign-born workers Lynchings grow in number,
as do all other forms Of violence against the
workers In this development of the capitalist
state machine, so firmly rooted in gangland as
well as in capitalist exploitation, the exploiters
more and more directly employ gangsters against
the workers
Even now we see AL Capone taking an inter.
est in the preservation of capitalism. He does
1t in crude manner, but the essence is the same
as the demagogy of Hitler Of Germany or Mus
solni of Italy, not that Capone or his type will
ever become the leaders of the fascist hordes,
but we see Capone indulgng in demagogy, sup
plying food on his private breadlines He is an
admirer of Mussolini and will gladly lend his
machine gun crews to the American fascists in
time of need
In the American Federation of Labor gang
sterism and graft had an early start. The off
Gals Of the A. F. Of L., who already act as the
fascist vanguard for the bosses, base their power
on the support and bribery of the capitalist
class. buttressed by an army of gunner. We see
William F. Green. president OF the A. r. of l..
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pool of crime, graft corruption and pogroms of
the Czarist regime have been wiped out The
few stragglers of the corrupt capitalist regime
OF Czarism, who by this time have not been
cleansed out, quickly meet their punishment at
the hands of the proletarian dictatorship. Graft
ing is a crime punishable by death, crime
against the entire working class. In the Soviet
Union where the workers are building a new
life and new society, advancing to Socialism
under the Five Year Plan, a Capone a Legs"
Diamond, a Jimmy Walker or a THOMPSON j. P.
Morgan, Mellon or Rockefeller is as foreign as a
Caligula, Torquemada or Borgia They are
relics OF past age. In the capitalist lands
these black hundreds thrive and grow, increase
in power and in the decaying body of capitalism.
AS the decay of American capitalism spreads.
the fascist elements will grow, strengthening the
underworld. 1t is no accident at all that the
Chicago, New York, Detroit, Pittsburgh, San
Francisco and Los Angeles courts, that is, those
cities in which the gangster element is most
clearly 1ntertwined with the capitalist political
machine. the terror against the worker is great
est. The courts in all the capitalist cities are
used most effectively against the workers and
not against organized criminals.
Organize Workers Defense Corps.
Against this alliance of the bosses and the
gangsters, the workers must organize their
forces for struggle in the Trade Union Unity
League in tn Unemployed Councils. In every
strike gangsters will be used more frequently
against the workers. Only the Trade Union
Unity Leagns. With the aTpnagt:nt TIE nopnyp
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-17
The Printers Devil In a
Helluva Fix

From the N. Y. Post of June II, we learn
that the Russian War Veterans Association,
Incorporated" namely the Czarst White Guards
and allied bodies, agree with Trotsky that the
Five-Year Plan is a failure" so far as mechani-
cal construction goes, and is "enslaving" the
Russian workers socially.
A gent signing himself Paul Green writes in
giving the Daily the devil for defending the
Soviet Union painting the catastrophe over
with the Five-Years Plan. What farcep And
that villain Stain, is to blame for it ALL He
says he reads the Daily, but really, such a
Trotskyist should look to the Saturday Evening
Post
The Saturday Evening Post needs his SYM
pathy 1t has failed to pay a dividend for theY
first time in 80 odd years. But it paid TrotskJ
$4,000 for his articles. 1t has been hit pretty
hard lately what with the Canadian tariff laying
down tax of is cents per pound on all Amer
lean magazines entering Canada.
Canada does that to force American advertisers
to use Canadian magazines. What a wallop for
the Post with its weekly tons of tripe to pay such
rates which make it beyond the price reach Of
Canadian readers, or to lose millions of dollars
in advertising We hope it will not turn cold
on Matty Vol, who is one of the leading boosters
for high tariff.
The N. Y. Graphic editorial offices look like
morgue. Most of the scrbes fired for sake
OF economy and only few old gloomy fossils
sticking around to write look on The bright side'
articles saying that employers are not firing any,
body and the depression" is about over
The Graphic is owned by MacFadden who
snapped bankrupt paper in the midwest for
the publication called Liberty also bankrupt
and getting rupter every week. Evidently LIB
erty" is not what it is cracked up to be-
Then there is the N. Y. Post with It's Knick-
erbocker trying desperately to keep from going
under and making brave show with its anti
Soviet Mysteries to grab enough circulation tenn
porarily to drive as good a bargain as possible
in negotiations to go bankrupt "honorably" by
merging with the N. Y Sun
Dog eat dog! May they chew each Others
ears and enjoy it!
We notice that the N. Y Times business man
ager "breakfasted with Hoover" last Wednesday.
Now what cussedness do you suppose was hatch.
ed there? We don't know, but VIC knox ,auoaeh
/. 80 81 y, VI 3 l ssuaaas 4ala q M s.
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Ito be continued.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-17
THE SPANISH REVOLUTION

This series of three articles, Of which
this is the second, was written before the recent
anti-clerical outbreaks and fresh upsurge of the
revolutionary movement In Spain. The third
article will appear tomOrrow.-Editor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-17
Party Life

Conducted by the Org. Dept. Central Com
mittee, Communist Party. U. S. A.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
MO1E E
aSDEIIGHES y
CAPITOL.

Maybe an old dog cannot be
taught new tricks, but there is no
law that prevents him from adopting
them.
This was convincingly demonstrat-
ed by Will Rogers during the filming
OF Young AS You Feel" his latest
starring picture for Fox Films, which
opens Saturday at the Capitol
Theatre, and in which the popular
comedian portrays a modern, we'll
dressed man. For the first time in
his long stage o. screen career,
Rogers was called upon 10 wear MS
hair nicely combed.
After the first sequences or the
film were made, with Rogers IN the
role OF an old-fashioned, crochety,
set-in-hls ways widower, Frank sor-
cage, the director. notified his star
that filming Of the dressed-up scenes
would begin the next day.
Torrance Ray, and Donald Dilla-
way have important juvenile roles In
the film.
Fiji Dorsay and VIII are again
united in a hilarious sequence OF
events IN Young AS You Feel that
makes their famous escapades OF
They Had 10 See Paris sppear
tame.
Prominent in Rogers supporting
cast Is Lucien Littlefleld eminent
character actor. who portrays the
role OF Rogers old-fashioned and
grabbed office manager and who
like his employer becomes rejuven-
ated just previous to the final fade
out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
MAYORS AGENT
SOUGHT IN QUIZ

NEW YORK, Aug. 2l-P-Mayor
Walkers personal bookkeeper was
sought today for questioning by the
legislative committee investigating
the city government. The commit
tee desires information regarding
matters in which the bO0kkeeper,
Russell II. Sherwood, acted as the
mayors agent.
Samuel Seabury, counsel for the
committee, said Sherwood had re-
fused to appear before the COM
mittee voluntarily and had eluded
the committees subpoena servers
more than q week.
Attempts to reach Sherwood In
Suffern, N. ". where he makes his
home, proved unsuccessful. His
sister. Miss Mildred T.. Sherwood,
said he was Oh q vacation.
Seabury did not divulge the ma
ture OF the matter on which Sher-
wood acted for the mayor. Sher-
wood was bookkeeper and account
ant III the law firm OF Blauvelt
and Warren, Mayor Walkers old
law firm. He has been the mayors
personal bookkecper for Is years.
keeping his bank accounts and
making his income tax reports.
Newspapers credited TO friends OF
Mayor Walker suggestions that
Sherwood would not testify until
Mayor walker returns from his
European vacation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
Forbids Sale
Of Church Property

from authorizing the withdrawal of
church stock or funds.
The cardinals letter declared ii
the duty Of all Catholics TO unite
in defence Of the church's legiti-
mate interests"
I'm these moments" he wrote,
Spanish Catholics are being
fought by Gods enemies. Our
rights are being violated. The rights
of the church are divine according
TO the encyclicals of Pope Plus TX
and Pope Leo XIII. During these
days Of persecution the church
still has its right to respect.
For this rea-on the govern
ment's disposition violates our
rights. both natural rights and
those provided for In the concordat
between Spain and the Vatican.
Army and navy forces, airplanes
and machine guns are not neces-
sary to sustain the rights OF the
church, which the government
wishes TO violate by the establish
ment OF divorce"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
PATERNITY OF
CHILD CHECKS
DIVORCE SUIT

CHICAGO. Aug. 81. R1-A strug-
gle for a million dollar trust fund
which has been waged for several
years in the courts Of Illinois, New
York. and France by Capt. Chris
tan Charming Gross and Mrs. Vir-
ginia Harrison Gross entered a new
phase today.
Order Vacated
Judge Joseph B. David, who
signed a divorce decree yesterday
which settled some Of their tangled
marital affairs. only to vacate his
order a few minutes later, ordered
attorneys for the litigants to con-
fer with him today.
Robert Cantwell, Jr., attorney for
the former Chicagoan who now Is
in the u. s. diplomatic service at
Ottawa, moved the vacation Of the
divorce, saying 1t was necessary TO
determine the paternity Of a three
year-old daughter of Mrs. Gross TO
protect the child's rights in sharing
the trust fund. Cantwell said
Capt. Gross did not deny father
hood OF the child. He merely want
ed a ruling on the point.
Mother In France
CantWell said that Capt. Gross
had asked for a leave OF absence
in order to come to Chicago in or
der 70 tell his story Of the child,
inasmuch as further action de-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
Million Dollars Spent Yearly by u S. to Fight Nations Crime

believed to have been saved last
night.
There was a letup i'm the ferOcity
or the flames when darkness
brought cool air 70 the burning
district but fire fighter held out
little hope or quenching the flames
before another hot sun came to-
day To speed them along.
The loss Of Quartzburg was esti-
mated by authorities at S5OO.OO0.
The equipment OF a gold mine
which had employed most of the
towns 200 residents vas destroyed.
Under n driving wind the Quartz
burg fire broke out OF control yes
terday and swept down the canyon
on three sides Of the town. The
towns are on a closely knitted maze
Of little creeks which In the early
day- yielded gold 20 the early
wielders az the pick and n.
Little vas left or Granite Greek.
the fire taking n small Catholic
church. n dwelling and a large
barn. No casualties were reported.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
BENITO

Thirty-five ex-service men joined
the army again 70 see service
under Maurice Chevalier in The
Smiling Lieutenant" the attraction
az the Rivoli theatre.
The men. each fully equipped with
a parade uniform and the necessary
arms, fell into line on the upper
stage OF the Paramount New York
studio. transformed into an anthem
tic armory, for the production Of the
-ollicking Chevalier-Lubitsch rom
ance. They marched and drilled,
back and forth on the boards, in the
varying formations required by the
story sequence,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21

ponds on the courts paternity
ruling. Gross also asked that Mrs.
Gross, together with the child, An
ma. be brought from France TO the
Chicago courts.
The Crosses acknowledge the
parentage Of twJ children, Of whom
Capt. Gross has obtained custody,
If the court rules the third also Is
the daughter Of Capt. Gross, then
he also will attempt to gain Gus
tody OF her. Cantwell said Gross
was unaware Of Anna's existence
until she was almost three years
old.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
NEW CLUB SALESMAN

HARLINGEN. Aug. Civ. n.
Powell is to be connected with
membership sales forces OF the Rio
Grande Valley Auto Gu under
John tJack) Rove. Cameron coun-
" district manager at Brownsville.
II was announced at headquarters OF
the club here. Mr.. Powell recently
returned 20 the Valley after having
been away for n number OF years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
Autos Stolen
lRr - Cnrrn.r-rL-nt

DIV Sfaff C0rrcEDTnIrnU
HARLTNGEN. Aug. 2l- They
are picking on the BARRIERS in this
town.
Two successive automobiles stolen
here belonged 10 BARRIERS.
First Frank Childers found that
his Chevrolet cabriolet was stolen
and later 1t was found in Harlin-
gen.
Then Bob Fennimore reported his
Buick stolen and 1t was discovered
stuck in the mud near Brownsville
by the Sheriffs department.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
CORNSTALK GAS

URBANA. U.-In the future the
hundreds OF tons Of cornstalks that
are left TO rot on fields OF farmers
may be converted into gas to light
and heat cities, DR.. A. M. Boswell,
University OF Illinois scientist, be-
lieves. He has already developed a
fuel for lighting from cornStalk
silage and sewage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21

MADRID. Aug. 81. PA gov
eminent decree forbidding the sale
Of church property in Spain was
published today along with q
pastoral letter OF criticism from
Cardinal Primate Pedro Segura y
Saenz, an exile in France.
The decree provides that NOV
ables, immovables, royal concessions
and benefits Of Catholic church or
ders, institutes and establishments
cannot be sold, transferred or
alienated.
NotableS are prohibited from
authorizing or registering any legal
instrument pertaining to sales OF
church property. commercial agents
from carrying out such transactions
and Spanish or foreign authorities
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
DITTMANN

Gods Gift 20 Women" the War
ner Bros. French farce starring
Frank Fay. now at the Dittmann
Theatre, features more stars than
any picture not billed as q spectacle.
An inquiring reporter interviewed
the sixty odd characters that ap-
pear in Gods Gift TO Women" and
found that there Is more aristocracy
per foot in Hollywood than IN any
other city OF the world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
Young In Valley

HARLINGEN, Aug. 2l.-H. p.
Young, Texas and Oklahoma dis
tributor for Bellanca planes, visit
ed Harlingen and a number OF 9TH
er Valley cities Thursday in a
Bellanca Pacemaker belonging 20
t. 3. Baker, multi-millionaire hotel
man.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
No More Milk

Not only distribution or milk %
sick and undernouriShed but 9TH
er activities OF the Charity Board
are virtually AZ a standstiu because
funds have been exhausted. Heavier
demands than were anticipated ex-
hausted available moneys.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
GHOST TOWNS
ARE RAzED BY
FOREST FIRE

BOISE Idaho. Aug. 2l.-P-
Quartzburg and Granite Creek.
ghost towns with histories dating
bacE 70 the earliest mining era OF
l-aho. were in ashes today and
Placerville was In danger as the
result OF widespread forest fires.
Near Placerville 800 refugees.
driven from their homes IN the
path Of a dOggedly advancing fire.
were huddled on a sand flat firing
cd by the blaze. "A fourth town,
Centerv.lle. Ia for a time COM
pletely encircled by fire but was
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
METX WINS AGAIN

HARLINGEN- Harrington golf
fans were interested IN the fact
that Dick Metz OF San Angelo, who
won the TIxas professional golf
championship here. won the willow
Brook Country club sweepstakes at
Tyler recently.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21

HARLINGEN. Aug. 2l-Funeral
services were held Thursday at the
Harrington cemetery for James
Thompson, Jr., two-year-old. who
died Wednesday al the family home
on the Briggs Coleman Tract.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
Business Institute

The Dallas Chamber OF Com
merce merchandising school will be
held here two or three days in
February, according to j. E. Bell,
chamber Of commerce manager. III.
w. Stanley, head OF the trade eX-
tension division, will conduct the
school.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
I'm Another Notch

Roy Thompson, former second
assistant manager OF the San Ben
ito J. c. Penney store. has become
assistant manage Of the Weslaco
store.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21

The Continental Button Co, with
a factory az Mercedes. is seeking
new supplies OF fresh water mus
sells in the Valley. says a letter re-
ceived By the chamber OF COM
merce
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
CHARGED

HARLINGFN-Misdirected shots,
either purposely or accidentally,
resulted in charges OF shooting
mourning doves out OF season
Thursday. opening day Of the white
wing dove season.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
New Philcn Dealer

A. r. Middleton has opened a
Philco radio shop in the building
with Murray-Hart Electric Co. on
w. Stenger st.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
Kiwanis Speaker

Dean II. +. Speck of the South
east Texas State Teachers college
at San Marcos Will speak before
the Kiwanis club Wednesday. He
will conduct a Church Of Christ
revival.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
Building Residence

Thomas Williams Is owner or a
house being erected IN the Hunck
addition IN. Reagan Ave.) az a
cost OF $500.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
Hooks FLYING Fish

Flying fish rarely are caught but
j. B. Gum OF San Benito landed
one in this manner near Port ISa-
bel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-21
SAN BENITO
BRIEFS
CBy staff correspondent

NY 1NNNI W.T. NWINNNINEWANNV
SAN BENITO. Aug. 2l.-The fire
insurance key rate here now IS only
81 cents where II was As cents a
year ago. according 70 Clint Pot
ter, fire chief, who announced that
additional credits were received this
week.