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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
SOVIET STEEL
PLANT NEARS
COMPLETION
Bolsheviki Lead AS 5
Year Plan Pushes
Forward

The structural work on the giant
Magnitogorsk steel works will in all
probability be completed by october
l as originally scheduled, according
to the New York Times correspon-
dent, Walter Duranty. He points
out that no matter what the diff
cu1ties have been, the building of the
Magnitogorsk works will succeed just
as the construction of the Stalingrad
tractor plant and the Kuznets steel
plant have succeeded.
The tractors produced in the Stall
ingrad tractor plant compare fav-
orably with the American Interna-
tional Harvester model" according
to foreign experts. Duranty in re-
calling the history of the construc-
ton of the Kuznets plant states that
the speed of the construction, taking
the situation into consideration, "can
challenge Gary ITSELF" and Gary has
been the supreme effort of capitalist
America.
The success Of the Five Year Plan
has been due first and foremost,
Duranty states, to "the hardness of
will and clearness Of purpose-and
self confidence" of the Bolsheviki,
the leaders of the Russian workers
and peasants. in the fulfillment of
the Five Year Plan.
In the construction of these plants
the Soviets have taken advantage of
all the capitalist countries had to
offer in the way of technical pro-
gress, including foreign advisers.
Duranty sums up the construction
Of the Magnitogorsk plant in the
following words: 1.-THE sum and
moral of the whole episode is that
high Soviet executives know what
they want and go after it hard and
fearless Of the word impossible" 1t
may be the steel work will be few
days late, but not many. 1t may be
the workers are badly housed and
fed, it may be the quality of some
of. their work is faulty, it may be
critics think Magnitogorsk too big to
chew. But there are hundreds of
thousands Of men working like
beavers where two years ago there
was barren steppe, and the plant
is being built and 100000 tons of
ore with so per cent content already
haga besa proved and . stone texn
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
Need of Militancy
Seen Among Small
Cotton Farmers

HILLSBORO, Texas, Aug. 81
Cotton is selling at $3.50 a hundred
pounds at the gins; cotton pickers
work for IS cents a hundred. 1t is
a very good picker who can gather
$50 to 300 pounds day. Many chill
dren from six years and up work in
the cotton fields. They are small,
thin, understood kids.
Riding with farmer along the
highway I asked him about condi-
lions and he said they were bad.
What is the trouble, anyhow" I in
quired. well, tell you" he said,
"the big fellows hive all the money
and they hold down the poor"
when will the crisis end?" was the
next question. "You mean what this
will end up in?" There is only one
way in which this will be settled.
There will be a war between the rich
and the poor" He was emphatic on
this point
The idea among the farmers that
war is coming between the classes
is not at all new, but rather wide
spread.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02

money on us that it does nothing
to improving the sanitary conditions
Of the factory The rest rooms and
toilets are filthy and unsanitary just
because the company is too greedy
to hire an extra girl to keep the
place clean.
Forced Buying
It is not enough that we are forced
to work for low wages, but the COM
pany finds ways to take our wages
away from us. We are forced to
buy the goods for our uniforms from
the company at 38 cents yard when
in the other stores one can get even
better goods for 10 cents ward. The
bosses cheat us mercilessly and If
we refuse to buy from the company
we are as good as fired.
We girls are dissatisfied here. But
we realize that the only way to get
better conditions in the factory is
for us to stick together. We are build
ing the Metal Workers Industrial
League in the factory and no matter
what the bosses do to scare us away,
we will go on organizing and put up
a fight for better conditions.
"A Woman Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
PHILA. HOLDING OUTING AT WIR IA.
CAMP, LUMBERVILLE, PA. LABOR DAY
WEEKEND SEPT. 5, 6, Il ALL INVITED!

Philadelphia is holding a great
Camp Outing on Sept. 5, and Z,
Labor Day weekend, at the Workers
International Relief Camp at Lum-
berville, Pa, for the benefit of the
Daily Worker and Morning Freiheit.
A splendid program has been ar
ranged, including Bill Chopper, Red
Cartoonist; the Freiheit Chorus; a
five-piece dance orchestra; a Camp
Fire, and many other attractions.
The cost to workers for the three
days, including seven meals and two
nights sleep is only SIS per person.
Round trip transportation on Nevin
buses will be ST. Buses will leave
929 Arch st. Saturday at pm. and
Sunday at 9 am. All workers in the
vicinity of Philadelphia and Lumber
vile are urged to take advantage of
the above occasion and spend real
country weekend with plenty of
rest, relaxation and fun. Remem-
Der the dates: Sept. 5, 6 and 7, next
Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
"Please start sending me a'bundIe
of 10 Daily Workers every day."
writes S. E. X, Elgin, Ill. 81 be-
lieve / can increase this soon.
Please tell me how to remit money.
fought in the World War for
Wall st. last time. but 1 am going
to fight for the Soviet Union next
time. Be sure that get the papers
so / can get started. I expect to
have Elgin red hot before Christ
mas"
Bundle order for above comrade
has been sent. These will cost 1
cent each and renittances can be
made every week after papers are
sold. Elgin red hot by Christmas,
sounds good to us. What about
bundle orders from other workers
in the United States. We are ready
to send bundle at above rate to
any address in the country.
Build Workers correspondence.
If the Daily Worker is to become a
very effective mass organ, we in the
National Office must have sugges-
tons, criticism and workers CORE
spondence from the field. without
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
All North Africa Reported in
Revolt Against imperialism
Strict Censorship Covers Murderous Attacks
By Italian, French Spanish Imperialists
native forces in the Tadla region.

native forces in the Tadla region.
All North Africa is under strict
censorship, with the French, Span
ish and Italian imperiaHsts trying to
cover up their crimes against the
heroic North African natives who are
fighting for national independence
and freedom from the imperialist
robbers and oppressors.
The revolutionary movement is not
confined to North Africa, but is
spreading throughout the entire con-
tinent. In the Belgian Congo sew
eral uprisings have occurred. News
Of these uprisings, seeping through a
strict censorship, show that the ma
tives, although poorly armed, are
putting up heroic struggle.
The crew Of the DO-x, which re-
Gently arrived in New York, brought
news of revolt in Portuguese West
Africa, where a censorship prevented
such news from getting out before.
According to the report of the crew
Of the DO-x, martial law had been
established at Bohama and in the
Bubaque Islands, Portuguese West
Africa.
Because Of the feared effect on
the Negro populations groaning I'M
der the oppression of the various
imperialist governments, the imper-
ialists are frantically trying to sup
press the news Of these revolutionary
events in Africa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
Detroit, Mich.

Dear Comrades!
The City of Detroit has spent
many millions of dollars for welfare
relief, but who is getting it?
Two weeks ago one CRATER by the
name of Lewis was sent to the peni-
Tertiary for having stolen 100000;
later on another bird was caught
with a few thousands in his pockets
and now along comes he case of
George Asmar, whose cousin the Rev,
Elias P. Asrnar recommended this
thief for a leading position on the
welfare. 1t is now being traced
whether this priest of the st. Marion
Roman Catholic church was not
splitting up his cousins loot.
OF course this priest as long as he
is wearing his collar With the front
pinned backwards does not have to
be Swallowed by the police; 1t is the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
Boss Beats Workers On Job; Organize and
Fight Back

HAYWARD, Cal.-Robertino, an
owner of a large apricot grove as
well as owner Of other property here,
knocked down and cruelty beat up
one Of the twenty men picking april
cots in one Of his groves near Hay
ward. 1t came about as result Of
an attempt on the part Of he boss
to speed up the pickers who are
mostly Spanish and Mexicans.
The boss who is of large and pow
erful build threatened the men tell
ing them they must speed up faster
or they would get their time. One
said, I'm that case, give me my
check" Whereupon the boss met him
half way down the ladder, kicking
and beating him until he was almost
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
Green Objects to Chi.
for Convention of AFL
Fat BOys;Picks Canada

CHICAGO, Ill. - William Green,
president of the A. F. of L., decided
that the A. F. of L. convention shall
be held in Vancouver, Canada, as
planned. The Chicago Federation Of
Labor had asked Mr.. Green to trans
fer the meeting to Chicago. so as to
deal with the problem of unemploy-
ment ION the ground"
But Green does not recognize the
problem anyway and besides hotel,
and auditorium reservations in Can
ada have already been made, so it
would really be too inconvenient to
upset all these arrangements just be-
cause some ten million men and wo-
men are unemployed here, thinks
Mr.. Green. So the Chicago Fedora
ton will go on with its own plans
to solve" the unemployment stu
alton to offset the prestige Of the
Unemployed Councils and Trade
Union Unity League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02

NEW YORK.-A vast revolution
airy movement aimed at smashing
inperialist control and oppression is
sweeping all North Africa, according
to a dispatch from London to the
Chicago Tribune. The dispatch de-
clares;
"An extraordinary and circum-
stantial report has reached London
that the entire North African lit
tOraI is in a state of fermert, and
that French, Italian and Spanish
troops are busy putting down re-
volts"
The dispatch further states that
the italian fascist government is
using airplanes, tanks and heavy ar
tillery against the African revolu-
tionaries. The British imperialists
in Egypt are cooperating with their
fellow imperialist murderers and are
holding as prisoners whole tribes
which retreated across the Sudan
Cyrenaica/ border before the Italian
attack.
In Tunisia, which is held by the
French imperiahsts, there have been
fierce attacks against the European
settlements. Morocco is again in
open revolt, with the native tribes
repudiating the treacherous agree
ment with the French imperialists
made by Abd-el-Krim at the time he
betrayed the struggles of the natives
and surrendered to the French. The
Spanish Foreign Legion is attacking
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02

1t used to be that one girl worked
one press. Now we have to operate
two or three apiece. The coater girls
used to sort out of one coater. Now
they have to sort out Of two. The
packers used to pack off of four ma
chimes. Now they have six. We used
to get one extra helper and now we
have no extra helpers. We have to
work faster and faster all the time.
The woman labor law is a joke in
our factory. We are not supposed to
work over ten hours at the most,
according to the law. We are sup
posed to get Is minutes rest in the
morning and is minutes in the aft
ernon. But most of the time we
don't get it and we work all kinds
of hours.
Wage Cuts "~"
The company is cutting our wages
very cleverly. Girls who used to
work here last year for $14 a week
we're hired this year for $13. And
now they have to work twice as hard
and many times faster than last
year.
Unsanitary
The company is so busy making
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02

unconscious. He was confined to his
bed for many days.
The worker after getting his money
tried to hire q lawyer in San Lean
dro to prosecute the brute of a boss.
The lawyer readily agreed to sue,
but after visit from Robertino ex-
planned to the worker that nothing
could be done and that he had bet
ter try to forget the matter.
Many Hayward workers know this
boss and it is rumored that this is
only one of the many cases of bru-
tally to his credit.
Workers, organize to fight back
such bosses. Organize into the Agri-
cultural Workers Industrial Union,
Which will take care of such matters
in a militant way.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
CHICAGO PAPER REPORTS WAVE
OF SUICIDES ON SOUTH SIDE

the police massacre Of unemployed
workers on Aug. 3, when three Ne
gro workers were killed and scores Of
white and Negro workers wounded.
The Negro workers must realize
that neither suicides nor individual
acts Of terrorism will overcome the
frightful conditions of mass starva-
ton and misery. Only by the most
militant and relentless mass strug-
gle against the bosses starvation
system and for unemployed insur-
ance will the working class force re-
lief from the bosses and their gov
eminent. This fight the workers of
Chicago, Negro and white, have al
ready begun under the leadership Of
the Communist Party and the IN
employed Council Already certain
concessions have been wrested from
the bosses. The fight must be con-
tinued with increasing energy
and determination.
The workers Of Chicago, Negro
and white, employed and unem-
pIoyed, must rally to the call for
the Cook County Conference on
Unemployment, which is to be held
on Sept. Is, at 10 am, at the Peo-
pies Auditorium, PAST West Chi
cagO Ave. Elect your delegates
from the shops, from the trade
unions, from the branches Of the
Unemployed Councils, from other
working class organizations. On
with the fight against starvation,
for unemployed relief, for equal
rights for the Negro people!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
TRY TO SHELVE THE SOVIET
ECONOMIC PLAN AT GENEVA

the Soviet Union makes these pro-
posals the capitalist powers are
forced to take account of them, even
though they do delay action on them,
and though they may be determined
to prevent any of them ever being
realized.
The proposals Of the Soviet Union
indicate to the masses of the world
that the Soviet Union is the only
power which can sincerely make pro-
posals for non-aggression, both econ
omic and military, and be prepared
to carry them out. Every such pro-
posal on the part of one Of the cap
italist powers, however, is an attempt
to hide the true character of the
present imperialist rivalries and an
tagonisms from the working class
through hypocritical phrases.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
Grafters Loot Detroit Welfare Fund

Communists that have to be watched.
And our great Mayor Murphy had
hundreds OF police in the Grand Cir
Gus Park last Saturday night, when
10000 workers honored Sacco and
Vanzetti. Not only that, but the Sal
walton Army had there two brass
bands in one corner of the park, who
were playing constantly so as to
break up our demonstration. Forum
ately our speaker could not be both
cred. And when these maniacs saw
that their idea did not work, they
decided to go around the park, stop
ping all traffic with the assistance of
the cops, and kept on playing; the
crowds began to jeer and boo them,
while the police rushed to make a
Gordon so as to block the onrushing
and mcddened workers. 1t was the
appeal of the speakers that only
helped to avoid a bloodshed.
z
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
is rising on the hillside for Russia
new Gary"

is rising on the hillside for Russla's
new Gary"
The capitalists have tried to prove
on the basis of the difficulties which
have arisen from time to time in the
gigantic construction that the Soviet
Union is engaged in that the Five
Year Plan would not succeed. The
unparalleled steps forward in the
Five Year Plan have given the lie to
all Of these capitalist lies. Duranty
sums this up when he says that
despite all of the difficulties "they
get things done, and gradually, little
by little, order begins to appear out
of chaos"
In the Soviet Union the planned
economy brings forth greater and
greater achievements, while in the
capitalist countries the chaos be-
comes ever greater, the crisis deepens
ever more and millions of additional
workers and peasants are left to
starve as the third winter of hunger
approaches.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02

Tampa, Fla.
Daily Worker:
The workers are responding to the
call here in Tampa. Last night the
solicitors were holding a meeting in
the Spanish Labor Temple about
their rights to have jobs in the fac
tories. Since they are on strike they
have held minor meetings, but this
night they we're holding mass
meeting without any leadership.
One of our leading comrades of
the Trade Union Unity League, a
Latin speaking comrade, got up on
the platform and spoke thru the
mike" demanding that the workers
give him the support, that he might
speak. The selectors got up and
tried TO get him down off the plat
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

Of crime in the community. Over
eighteen cases Of robbery, burglary
and hold-ups have been reported
during the past week in the three
police stations located in the dis
trict. 80.
"An of these crimes Of violence,
plus many others which occur on
the streets, in the parks and in
homes, and which are not reported,
are by many held to be the direct
result Of desperation on the part
Of men who are unable to find
jobs, who are not eligible for char
ity under the present conditions,
and who turn to crime rather than
starve or sleep In the parks"
The Whip admits that the flood
of fake promises of relief made by
the city government and the social
agencies have led to no practical
plan Of immediate relief for the
widespread suffering" This organ
Of the Negro petty-bourgeois has,
no word Of condemnation
for the capitalist system, responsible
for this mass suffering, nor any
word of support for the struggle led
by the Communist Party and the
Unemployed Council, for immediate
relief and the payment of social in
surance by the bosses and their gov
eminent. The Whip was one Of the
Negro reformist papers which bra
zenly attempted to excuse and justify
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
Tampa Workers Respond to T. U. U. L. Call

form, but the workers protested and
they had to let him speak until he
was thru. The meeting proceeded
for a while. Then when another
comrade got up and tried to speak,
the solicitors did not let him finish,
but threw him off the platform. At
that the workers got UP and chased
the selectors off the platform. The
solicitors took their mike with them,
but that didn't make any difference
the workers crowded into the Labor
Temple. The streets were blocked
and automobiles couldn't pass. The
meeting lasted until 1880 pm.
Then our comrades got out on the
streets and went parading two blocks
singing the International.
". R.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
international Youth
Day Meetings

Young Communist League and
the Communist Party many or
CARNATIONS will take part in the
mobilization Of the youth and
adults to demonstrate against
bosses militarism and war prep
arations on Sept. 8. So far the
districts have reported the meet
ings in the following places.
Many of these will be with pa
rades through working class Sec
lions. All of these demonstra-
tons will take place in the eve
ming.
District boston, Mass. Bos-
ton Commons; Providence, r. I,
City Hall; Worcester, Mass;
Lynn, Mass, Peabody, Mass;
Gardner, Mass; New Bedford,
Mass; Pawtucket, Mass; May
nard, Mass; Fitchburgh, Mass;
Norwood, Mass; Lawrence, Mass;
Lowell, Mass.
District New York City; Pat
erson, N. j.; Passaic, N. j.; Eliza
beth, N. j.; Newark, N. j.; Perth
Amboy, N. j.; Linden, N. j.; Jer-
sey City, N. j.
District 3-Philadelphia, Pa;
Tigo, Pa; Trenton, N. j.; Balti-
more, Md; Washington, D. c.;
Chester, Pa; Reading, Pa; AL
lentown, Pa.
District 4-Buffalo, NY, Broad
way Auditorium; Rochester, N.
Y, Washington Square; Syracuse,
N. Y, Hanover Square; Niagara,
N. Y, WEIGH st.
District 5-Pittsburgh, Pa, Hill
Section; Allegheny Valley, New
Kensington; Avella, So. Burgetts-
town, Pa; Bentleyville, Mononga-
hela City, Pa; Brownsville; East
Ohio, Wheeling Riverside Park;
McKeesport, Versailles, Pa; Can
onsburg, Washington, Pa; Lii
brary, Bridgeville, Pa; Ambridge.
District 6-Youngstown, Ohio,
East Federal and Basin; Mans
field, Ohio, Scandinavian Hall;
Massilon, Ohio, City Hall; Cleve-
land, Ohio; Collinwood, Ohio,
Waterloo, 156th.
District Detroit, Mich; Grand
Rapids, Mich; Battle Greek,
Mich.
District S-Chicago, Ill, Wash
ington Park; Milwaukee, Wis; st.
Louis, Mo, City Hall; Gary, Ind;
Collinsville, Ill; Cicero, Ill; Ben
ton, Ill; Hammond, Ind; Racine,
Wis; Kenosha, Wis; Granite
City, Ill; Chicago Heights, Ill;
West Allis, Wis; Rock Island, Ill;
Waukegan, Ill; Indianapolis, Ind;
Indiana Harbor, Ind; Bennile
Ill.
District minneapolis, MINI;
st. Paul, MINI; Duluth, Mimi;
! International Falls, Mimi; Ely,
MINI; Bemidju, MINI; Cook,
MINI; Virginia, Mimi; New York
Mill, MINI; Superior Wis; Owen,
Wis; Iron River, Wis; Hancock,
Mich; Ontonagan, Mich; Iron
River, Mich; Ironwood, Mich;
Negaunee, Mich; Soult ste. Ma
rie, Mich. (border demonstration +.
District 11-Columbus, N. D.;
Williston, N. D.; Belden, N. D.;
Frederick, S. D.
District 12-Seattle, Wash;
Portland, Ore.
District 13-San Francisco, Cal,
Post and Fillmore; Berkeley, Cal,
University and San Pablo; Stock
ton, Cal, Hunters Square; Los An
geles, Cal; Oakland, Cal, 7th and
Peralta; Sacramento, Cal, Plaza
Park.
District 15-Hartford, Conn;
New Haven, Conn; Stamford,
Conn; Springfield, Conn; Bridge
port, Conn; Plainfield, Conn;
New London, Conn.
District 17-Charlotte, N. c.;
Mill Villages az.
District 17-Atlanta, Ga; Tam
pa, FL; New Orleans, La; Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
District 19-Denver, Colo; Salt
Lake City, Utah.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02

Daily Worker:
In Terre Haute the constables
working for the big furniture dealers
and the landlords are just putting
UP a big bluff. They threaten and
try to scare the poor people who
have no jobs.
Some of the people fall for their
line, but we wish to tell everyone
we are waiting for an eviction case
SO we can handle it. The fact is
that the constables are scared and
all they can do is to bluff their way
through.
One constable has quit, saying that
he is not putting anyone out of their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
N. Y. Luggage Workers Start Rank and File
Movement
Movement
CBy a Farmer Correspondent

(By a Farmer Correspondent
NEW YORK-The rank and file
workers of the suitcase. bag and
portfolio trades, at a meeting at the
Manhattan Lyceum on August 26,
discussed the intolerable conditions
of the workers in the shops.
One after the other the workers
took the floor and pointed out how
the bosses have a free hand to bring
down the wage standards to ever
lower levels. The workers discuss
ing the situation pointed out the
necessity Of electing a committee of
rank and file workers for struggle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)

with notifications, in the draft pro-
gram for the relief of the European
crisis which will be submitted to the
full European Union Commission on
Thursday
The proposals of Litvinov were
similar in substance to the general
recommendations of a committee of
economic experts which were also
submitted yesterday. So long as the
economists of the capitalist powers
make recommendations for the wild
est possible collaboration of the ma
tons of Europe in the sense of max
ing Europe a single market for the
products of any and every nation"
these powers can ignore it. But when