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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-03
Andrew Mellon and the Mine
Strike
Strike

the strike of 4O444 miners Mellon is in Europe
planning to crush the European masses who
seek bolshevik way out of the economic crisis.
But Melons police, the Mellon government of
Pennsylvania very faithfully follows the policy
of attempting to crush the miners in their strug
gle against starvation just effectively as Mel
lon in Europe is attempting to forge war front
against the Soviet Union.
The faker, Governor Pinchot makes dema-
gogic talks about the grasping, robbing power
trusts, the public utilities company. But when
mine workers go out to fight starvation i'm
posed by these companies, Pnchots gunner up
hold the rights of the public utility mine owners
to what Pinchot himself admits is robbery and
pillage.
The steel workers around the strike area, who
are facing the same policy of starvation on the
job, are beginning to realize more and more that
the slogan "the miners fight is your fight" is
not an abstract phrase 1t means the miners
are fighting against the same bosses who own
the steel mills, the railroads and other corpora
tons that are cutting wages right and left
The attack just now is heaviest against the
miners. 1t is spreading to the steel mills-the
Mellon and Morgan trusts-it is brewing for
the railroads There is quiet talk about rail-
lNdu freight TdJe increases, DuJ Inns Will SOOH
burst out in a demand for railroad wage-cuts.
just the immediate need in the way of
support from other workers in the coal sVrike
is relief With the federal government enter
ing open and active struggle against the
starving, striking miners, the need for relief
becomes more crying then ever. The miners
already have three types of gunner to fight,
besides the injunctons of the Pennsylvania
courts and the Pinchot forces. Soon they will
face the federal killers and betrayers along with
the U. M. w. A.
Every form of relief is needed now-food
money, Shoes tents. Every worker should throw
his weight against the powerful imperialist
forces attempting to hold the miners in the
throes of starvation Smash the murder forces
of Mellon Hoover Pinchot and the U. M W. A.!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-03

1t gave its blessings to the of its country
prayed for the victory of these Its priests and
chaplains with the armies the battle fields
keeping up the morale" OF the troops making it
easier" for the workers and peasants die for i'm
peralism. At home. the Church was demoralzing the
minds of the industrial and agrarian conscrpts keep
ing up their morale also Wives, daughters sweethearts
and mothers comorted" and kept contented with
the agones of their nearest the batefieds by the
deadenng opium Of Church persuasion"
The Church did its bit 1t justified itself once
the spiritual arm of the capitalist dictator
ship. 1t helped to win the of 1914198 for Morgan
g. Co.
The Church Crusade" Against the Soviet Union
The Church never fails its capitalist and imper-
alist masters AS the French General Staff out
lining the campaign of military intervention in the
Soviet Union at first for 1880 and later postponed for
1881; the Church was carrying spiritual cam
paign of SANDER and Indictment against the Soviet
Union in preparation for military intervention 1t
a sort of poison gas attack upon the minds of the
masses stunning their ability to think for themselves,
order that the capitalist governments could carry
the masses easily into the criminal adventure.
The Pope Of Rome and the Bishop of Canterbury
arc the main leaders of the crusade" against the toll
ing masses in the Soviet Union But all the churches
in it. In it also the labor takers, the socialist
traitors, and all the reactionary imperiaist forces
Communist NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Cannon-are
doing their bit with their methods"
The Pope and the Bishop fighting for God"
are therefore, calling holy to renstate God
in its former position and incidentally to renstate
capitalism and imperialism in its former position This
incident is the of the whole crusade. Communism
and the victorious fight for Socialism in the Soviet
Union are threatening the existence of capitalism and
all its institutions of physical and spiritual oppres
sion. The Church dignitaries fighting for their
privileges, for their easy parasitic lives for the main
tenance of capitalism.
Hence, the Church crusade against the Soviet
Union 1t is spiritual" crusade. But in it you hear
very distinctly the voice of the landlord and capitalist
You see very clearly the faces of the Russian White
and of the preenders to the destroyed throne
Of Nicholas IL You also the big bankers and trusts
the iperalist countries plotting and conspiring to
bring the toing of the Soviet Union back under
the yoke of capitalism and of the Church
The peace loving Church "prays' for military in
tervention in the Soviet Union.
The Fake Pacifism of the Church.
1t is obvious that the "pacfsm" of the Church is
Just fake and a swnde. Its so-called opposition to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-03
Council land Other) Bluffs

Perhaps God has brought these times to us
to bring us all back to sane and good proper
conduct and living" observes the Christian
Home Orphanage, in circular letter from
Council Bluffs asking for money to keep the
dump going.
Now, part of the Gus" whom God is, accord
ing to these Christian hypocrites is mentioned
IN the opening of the letter. There it is said:
The Governmental Board of Child Welfare
estimates that there are Ten Million neglected
children at this time in this country"
So God is taking it out on the kids, according
to the Christians. But we prefer to lay the blame
to capitalism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-03
Prepare to Divide USSR

Well-known Polish politician Roman Dvoski.
an opponent" of Pilsudski, wrote in the Ca
zieta Varshavska the following:
"At meetings with representatives of trade in
dustrial and financial circles in Europe one
hears more and more frequently warlike
phrases demands for crusade against the So
Wet Union, and confidential information to the
effect that such crusade has already been de-
cided upon in conferences of the financiers,
and, what is more that the initiators OF this
plan reckon not only with the overthrow and
destruction of the Soviet regime, but also with
the division of Russia amongst the great pow
ers and even the smaller powers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-03

The Polish newspaper "T1urier EIubrovany,
known for its excellent connections with Polish
military circles wrote the following in April
Europe is positively trembling with fever
ish desire to finish off the bolshevist colossus
in the East as quickly as possible. 1t
would be astonishing if this European spirit did
not find favorable reception in Poland which
borders on the Soviet Union and which has q
strong army and government with a tcfi-
nitely military character, Net much Is wri'
openly in Poland on this question, but mucn Is
whispered concerning various possibilities and
that the time will come when they can be put
into execution"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-03
PARTY LIFE
Conducted by the Org. Dept. Central Com
mittee, Communist Party, U. S. A.
A Bad Proposal and a Reply

Dear Comrades
In your June 4th issue of the Daily Worker
you urged to build up Daily Worker Clubs.
which is, in our opinion a very ilportant and
essential thing
We have another suggestion on party mem
bership at large, as there are many sympathiz-
ers who would like to join the party but who
cannot live up to the party discipline at the
present time.
Our suggestions is to make a differentiation
between the "active" and passive" members of
the party. BY this way you will increase the
ranks OF the movement and gradually the active
membership. BY this way, Also the financial
question will be solved much easier For instance.
as in the Daily Worker Campaign now, all the
members, active and passive, would be taxed
with an extra fee, and it would give moral
support to the members and workers
Another shortening was indicated in June
9Th issue, under column Party Life, by l. AM
ter, Build Where You Work. We think if
should be the last worry of the Party where
any member would be active as every indvjdu-
al being is still victim of this society in his
daily struggle for living. No one could imagine
any revolutionary not to make propaganda or
not to be active when he sees fit to do So We
think it is a great shortening of Comrade AM
ter, and we, as sympathizers, find it very brutal
to criticize worker who does not sacrifice his
job. which means his living, as the Party does
not support the members, but wise versa AS
the ranks of the Party are not strong yet, in
any factory office or any other place, to work
openly, and as the party is making its first
foundation, this would kill the roots for further
growth. And we see in this article not an ad-
vertisement but an anti advertisement for the
party.
A GROUP OF sYMPATHIzERs
COMNI5NT-This suggestion of active" and
passive" Party members is not new. 1t is the
idea proposed by Martov bac, in 1903 in the old
Russian Party, and which was fought against
SO bitterly by Lenin-so bitterly in fact that
Lenin even split the Party rather than give in
on this point and the other questions which are
connected with it. OF the two groups into which
the Russian Party split those who were in favor
of passive members became known as the Men,
sheviks, and developed into the slimiest counter
revolutionists against the Soviet Union. The
other group--Lenin's group were the Bolshe-
viks, who became the leaders of the glorious
October Revolution, and developed into the
mighty Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
The reason for this is, that the question of "ac-
! tive" or passive" members involves the whole
question of whether the Party shall be based
upon the working class who can be active mem
bers O" upon the petty bourgeosie professionals,
iiltellecouals. etc. who are either unable or I'M
willing to be active members; whether the Par
ty shall bc disciplined centralized body Of
revoiutionists, or q loose group Of sympsthzcrs
and liberals
This Is clearly shown BY the criticisms made
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-03
The One Guy Who Eats

We have only to repeat the following Asso-
ciated Press dispatch, to cause millions to
chuckle:
Saratoga Springs, June 30-The collapse
yesterday of Homer Folks, secretary Of the
State Charities Association, was Que to food
poisoning, which affected his heart, his physi-
clan said last night"
After denying food to most Of the unemployed
and poisoning the rest with charity" slnp, what
this guy stuffed himself with must have been
pretty poison to affect his heart" We have to
spoil the Joke by saying thai the. A. r. addssxn
tnfurraatioa4 ggVklkss -. aaaaisr - sSuIx
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-03
SAN FRANCISCO. June 2s.

SAN FRANCISCO, June rs.
The Editor of the Daily Worker:
The Importance of the unemployed movement
must not be underestimate. Inspite of all the
fake promises and relief measures of the ruling
class we still find thousands of workers without
sufficient food and shelter. hungry worker,
class-conscious or not, must eat and Sleep The
crisis is deepening every day. Hundreds of starv-
ing sailors are fed every day through an organi-
cation run by one woman. Many sailors, like
other workers, despite religious charity but
hungry worker eats where food is to be found
Several churches have headlines in front of the
church.
The coming city convention must bring the
employed and unemployed closer together, when
the class struggle becomes sharper, the solidar-
ity OF the unemployed must be expressed in ac-
ton. Workers must learn to solve their economic
problems in an organized manner Soldiers in
the class war cannot fight without foos and
shelter Arrive members of the UNEMPLOYED
Coundils must be provided with food and shell
ter. Too murh time is wasted every day to find
something to eat.
When the donnris are properly organized the
building of neighborhood branches is the most
important task The hungry worker cannot live
on a political speech or meeting We find to-
day too many meetings, too uuch talk and not
enough action. The workers must learn to con-
centrate their forces on one thing at the time
and to do the job we'll. Too many comrades
are attending meetings every night 1t seems
to be easy to attend meetings. However we must
judge by the results The organization of one
neighborhood branch produced nine members
for the pioneers.
The neighborhood branch is the foundation
for mass movement. Thousands of contacts
will produce sympathizers and prospects for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-03

is Conrad how toi
mpr andH ion!
The Washington times., 1931-01-15
INSTITUTE ADDS
RADIO SHOP

The Capitol Radio Engineering
Institute announces that they
have completed extensive improve
mentS and additions to their
quarters and have added new
equipment for radio instruction.
A new shop, especially designed
for instruction work, has been
completed and latest Laboratory
apparatus installed.
s. K. Macdonald, president and
active head of the residence
school, has had many years ex-
perience instructing radio men.
His experience also covers work
on both high and low power
transmitting apparatus as well as
elaborate receiving set systems
of the United States Navy in
which he was an officer for eight
years.
The school reports its winter
class closing up rapidly, and an
ticipates closing the school list
before the opening Of the regular
term.
The Washington times., 1931-01-15
SCHOOL BEGINS
NEW TERM

The winter term at Livingstone
Academy starts next week and
registration is now in progress.
President Eugene T. Dickinson
stated that from present indi-
cations 1881 will be a banner
year for the school. Many stu
dents from out of the city are
arriving daily and are being as
signed to the different classes.
Livingstone Academy is one of
the Oldest art schools in Amer
lea, being established in 1867 by
James w. Livingstone in New
York. On March IT, 1900, the
local school was established and
has to its credit hundreds Of
graduates who are filling posi-
tionS in the art world.
Complete courses are given in
commercial art, interior decora-
ton, advertising and costume de-
signing. A new course in adver-
tiSing has been launched by
James j. McNally. A new profes-
sional course in sign painting,
show card writing and general
lettering begins next week under
the direction of Eugene r. Nc
Curly.
The Washington times., 1931-01-15
COLUMBIA TECH
GAINS PUPILS

The large number Of inquiries
and registrations already received
at the Columbia Technical School
during the past week would in
dicate that the midyear enroll
ment would exceed the records
made at the beginning Of the
school year.
The officials believe that this
unusually heavy enrolment. is due
to the fact that in times of de-
preston the average young man
realizes that it is a case Of the
survivalo the fittiest and not just
the mere knowledge of trade or
profession that is required to OBJ.
tain or retain employment.
The school is offering all Of the
courses of the drafting, engineer
ing, aviation and building con-
struction departments for midyear
enrolment. The courses taught
by the drafting department in
clude aeronautical, mechanical,
architectural, Patent Office, to
geographic (maps), structural, cleo
trical and Sheet-meta1 pattern
drafting. The engineering de-
partment teaches aerodynamics,
stress analysis and airplane de-
sign, mechanical engineering
architecture, Patent Office speci.
fication writing, first-year chem
istry. machine design, electrical
engineering, refrigeration, heat
ing and ventilating, surveying and
map compilation of civil engineer
ing, structural engineering, math-
ematics and arithmetic.
The Washington times., 1931-01-15
Columbus University Sets
NeuU Success Mark

Columbus University has just
reached the halfway mark in the
most successful year in it's history.
The enrolment this year has
been far greater than ever before.
The curricula has been expanded,
the faculty has been strengthened
and more emphasis given on ath-
letic and social activities.
The institution is divided into
two divisions, the law school and
the school of accountancy. It was
felt by the organizers of Columbus
University that Washington, be-
ing the Capital of the nation and
having educational facilities and
aids possessed by perhaps no
other city in the country, is an
admirable location for a law
school.
The organizers set themselves
The Washington times., 1931-01-15

the task of selecting and main
tanning a law faculty consisting
of attorneys actively engaged in
the practice Of their profession
before the arduouS branches of
the Government here and in local
courts. The law classes are not
overcrowded. This enables the
students to receive much more in
vididual attention than they
would if the classes were un-
manageably large.
Every effort has been made
to keep the tuition at moderate
figure in order that the univer-
sity might serve the student who
otherwise would find it difficult
to earn a livelihood and at the
same time pursue the study Of
law.
The courses now being offered
are a three-year course leading to
the degree of Bachelor of Laws, a
one-year postgraduate course
carrying a degree of Master of
Laws and a one-year course pro-
viding a degree of Master of
Patent Law.
The Washington times., 1931-01-15
DAVID |. WALSH
To LECTURE At
GEORGETOWN
DR.. |. S. Rowe Will Have Class
in Latin-America Problems;
7-Language Courses Slated
By WILLIAM F. NOTZ
Dean, Georgetown School Of
Foreign Service

a numper OF new courses VIII
be made available TO students
Of the School of Foreign Service
during the new semester begin
ming February 2.
Senator David I. Walsh will
give a special series of lectures on
American Government, which will
be-co-ordinated with the course
in political science by DR.. w. H.
Jaeger.
Rowe to Lecture
The lectures by DR.. l.. S. Rowe,
director-general of the Pan-Ameri-
can Union on Latin-American
problems will be supplemented by
q course on history of the Latin
American republics by DR.. Viii
liam Manger, chief Of the finance
division of the Pan-American
Union and by Prof. William A.
Reid, foreign trade adviser of
the Pan-American Union on
economic conditions in Latin
America.
New courses on marketing, with
practical field investigations and
surveys covering cooperative
marketing, trading on produce
exchanges, chain stores and price
structures; and on statistics, with
practical application to foreign
and domestic commerce; and on
banking and business cycles also
have been announced.
Prof. Alfred H. Haag will con-
duct class of advanced students
selected shipping problems, and
Prof. Bryan K. Ogden will lecture
on marine insurance. A series Of
lectures by P. E. Nagle on inter-
national airways will be given
later in the semester. A number
of graduates of the School of For
eign Service are now employed in
this new field of transportation.
The School of Foreign Service
devotes particular attention to the
study of modern languages
Courses for beginners and for ad-
vanced students are given in Chi
nese, French, Portuguese and
Spanish. For the benefit Of the
large number of students from
foreign countries, DR.. John Wal
dron has announced a special
course in English, and Prof. A.
Spanhoofd, one of the ranking
members Of the American Modern
Language Association. which re-
Gently met in Washington, has an
nounced new courses for day stu
dents in German. Prof. Span
hoofd is the author of a number
of textbooks on German litera-
ture widely used in American
colleges and universities.
The Washington times., 1931-01-15
BUSINESS G|RDS
To TAKE Up
SLACK
Part of Depression Blamed
on Gearing-DoWn Process
of Producers PayroIIS

Big business has been taking
in it's belt. Call it deflation,
business readjustment, it amounts
to cutting down expenses COM
mensurate with reduced volume
of business. Enough has been
said of the economic causes be-
hind this readjustment. First
and very early in the recession,
labor payrolls were reduced in
the process Of gearing produc-
ton down.
Wages Were Hit
Later the salaried man and
woman began to feel the effect.
The sword Of economy fell alike
on the high-salaried executives
and the lower salaried clerks and
stenographers. Often men and
women who had worked long and
faithfully to attain the positions
which they held were dismissed
with little notice. Many Of these
are still seeking employment, for
the employe whose long service
with his employer has brought
him only familiarity with the
particular business of his en-
ployer is often of small value to
others.
There should be some protec-
ton for the Salaried employe
against such times. The salaried
employe must provide his own
protection. This can be done by
living in times of prosperity
within his means and by syS-
tematically saving a part Of his
income. He can also protect him.
self by developing himself in
such way that his services have
a wider market value.
If, on the other hand, he studies
general principles of accounting
and business organization, as
many thousands of men and wo-
men are doing in the schools Of
accountancy and business admin
istration of the country, he not
only increases his usefulness to his
employer, but he is immeaSurably
better off if through unfortunate
circumstances he must seek a new
market for his services.
EnrOlIments Heavy
1t is a fact that in such times
as these the enrolment Of stu
dents for vocational courses is
likely to be heavy. To cite one
instance, II more students regis
tered for accountancy and busi-
ness administration at Benjamin
Franklin University this last fall
than q year ago. The reason is
easy to find. In prosperous times
almost any person, competent or
incompetent, can find a place on
the payroll.
1t is probably all for our ulti'
mate advantage. This depression
will come to an end, and as in
times past will be followed by a
period of activity and expansion
on a more stable basis.
The Washington times., 1931-01-15
YMC.A. Schools Expand
Instruction StdHS

new preparatory courses will
begin January 26, according to
an announcement by DR.. James
A. Bell, director of education Of
the Y. M. c. A.
Mid-year examinations began
this week. Some of the tests will
not be concluded until the end
of this month. The accountancy
school was the first to launch
the exams. Examinations in the
school of law will start next
Monday.
The Washington times., 1931-01-15

Five new instructors and a
number of new courses will mark
the entrance of Southeastern
University and affiliated Y. M.
c. A. schools on a new semester.
Thomas S. Settle, ABB, LIB,
practicing attorney; Fred J. Eden,
LIB, referee in bankruptcy for
the District, and J. A. Jordan,
LIB. of the Bureau of Eff
cheney, have been added to the
faculty of the School of Law.
A. E. Taylor, of the Bureau of
Statistical Research, has been
added to the faculty of the
School Of Accountancy, and T.
B. Ford, MA, to that of the
woodward School.
Six new law courses, seven new
accountancy courses and four
The Washington times., 1931-01-15
JONES TO LECTURE

Randolph Jones, Of the Ma
tional Park Service, will give an
illustrated Ilecture on national
parks in the canyon country of
Utah and Arizona in the assembly
hall of Southeastern University,
January 80, at 8 o'clock. The uni
versity invites the public to at
tend this lecture.
The Washington times., 1931-01-15
NEW G. W. COURSE

Dean William Carl Ruediger, Of
the School of Education Of the
George Washington University,
announces a course in industrial
education, to be given during the
second semester of the present
academic year, opening February 4.