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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-26
Beta Chapter to Meet

Beta chapter. Phi Theta Delta
sorority, will meet tonight at the
Antlers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-26

Sorority Will Meet
Lambda Phi Sigma sorority will
meet at 7:30 tonight at the home
Of Miss Maxine jenkins.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-27
Food and Housing Conditions in
the USSR Are Greatly Improved

exnected to increase by 70 per cent A large part
of the vegetable supply comes from the state and
collective farms, Through tn development Of
livestock production, especially on state and coli
lective farms, the shortage in meat and dairy
products is being rapidly overcome.
Housing.
Soviet industry has faced a complex housing
problem. The rapid expansion of old industrial
centers and the establishment OF many new ones
resulted in an acute housing shortage. In the old
industrial certers houses inherited from pre-
revolutionary days proved both insufficient in
number and unsuitable in character, necessitat-
ing new housing for the influx of additional in
dustrial workers, while for ire workers engaged
in the enterprises beng constructed in new local
tiles entirely cities must be built.
Considerable progress has already. been made
toward meeting this problem. Housing construc-
ton on large scale began in 1926, when
penditures totaed 292 million rubles This fig
ure however, was doubled in $780, and is expect
ed to be practically quadruped this year, the APP
preparations for housing construction having
been set at lit million rubles $575 milion),
81 per cent of which is for housing construction
in new settlements. New housing construction
has been so planned as to make it possible for
much larger percentage of workers to live in
close proximity to the plants. They will thus
have at their own disposal the time previously
required for travelling to and from work.
The rate of increase investments in housing
construction greatly exceeds that in the number
of workers The housing space per worker has
therefore, shown steady rise, mounting from
40 square meters in 1923 to So in 1880. This
of course, is still far from adequate, and the
present intensive rate of housing construction
will have to be maintained for a number Of
years before housing difficulties are overcome.
Rents graduated according to the income
of the tenant and the number Of his dependents
The lower the income and the greater the num-
Der of dependents the lower the rent. In many in
dustrial enterprises workers receive housing
light, and fuel irae This adds another item to
the fund of "socalized wages" Even where rents
are paid, they constitute but a small portion of
the total family expenditures. Thus, in 1929-3O,
the average rent paid by workers families
amounted to only ga per cent of the total ex-
penditures
New Housing FOR $4,000 Moscow Workers This
Year.
Extensive housing construction is in progress
in all parts OF Moscow, which will provide new
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-27

Yes there are TWO SIDES to this street that is called
America"
On SIDE the tens of millions of poor. On the other
side handful of rich
Why? Why is this, when the poor work (if they can
find job their whole life long; while the rich rich
although they live in deness from the cradle to the grave
Look at the contrast in the above picture showing three
stories taken from life itselfand death itsef-on this
street "Amcrica," the richest street in the world!
Here side is a five months old baby girl, Kath-
crime Barker Hckox who has earned less than $780,
100000 in such short time just by being born to the
daughter of John Barker, multi millionaire manufacturer
who died in 1870 baby heiress of $3OO0OOOO!
Did this capitalist brat have 'the forethought to
Taylor official of the u S. Steel Corporation gave the
other day in explaining why people rich and
others poor That's nonsense, isn't it,
Perhaps the kids grandfather, the manufacturer
saved" all that money, Ell? Did you sit down with
pencil and paper and figure up how long would take you
to million dollars if you got SIS day and saved it all?
Several hundred years, Ell?
No! That gag doesn't work. The multi millionaire
facurer got his by exploiting by ROBBING the workers
in his factories of part of the values created by these work
and above what they got in wages
Those just enough for the workers to live
while they working. But let's see-the work
have produced food and clothing and shelter pen
fully that they can't buy them back with the wages they got
And NOW they OUT OF WORK and wages UNDER
CAPITALIST RULES-STOPPED!
So the workers in the factories who produced this $780,
1000 have NOTHING neither food clothing nor shelter
nor any wages to buy these things.
What do they do? THEY STARVE! Even when they
don't starve literally to DEATH they starving under
nOushed they pay rent and are evicted
from their homes"
They barely keep alive-some of them-by living on
relatives who also badly off because their wages have
been cut Their staggered by the neat arrange
men of Mr. Hoover and Mr. Green head of the American
Federation of Labor Ga scoundreD
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-27

DATA for the years 1926-l92S show constant
" improvement both as to quantity and quality
of food consumed by workers. Especially notice
able was the increase in the consumption OF the
higher grade and more nutritious foods. Thus
the consumption of rye bread and flour declined
during the three years 1S per cent while that OF
wheat bread and flour increased per cent The
consumption of grits and potatoes fell Is per
cent on the other hand, that of such highly nu-
tritive items as eggs, meat, butter and sugar in
creased 100. IT, 26 and 20 per cent, respectively.
In 1881 the food situation has shown de-
cided improvement. In 1880 there a record
grain crop (874 million metric TONS as against
III million tons in 1929 and the sugar-beet
crop was also exceptionally good G5.2 million
tons, as against So million tons in 1929. This,
has provided the population with an adequate
supply of grain and sugar in 1881. According
to preliminary estimates, the yield of vegetables
and potatoes in 1881 is expected to be GAL mill
lion tons, an increase of As per cent over last
year. The urban consumption of vegetables is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-27

But sometimes the misery and horror of it all drives
them insane To starve and beg in land of plenty! And
thus we have two examples from housands-as follows:
In Milwaukee Wisconsin, Eyes, the socialist" ruled
city where the socialist party is forcing the jObess to
starve just in the cities where the republicans and demo-
thngsD Vincent Cbic AZ years old and jobess
gave his two little boys his last three cents to ego buy
candy"
When the little bo $: "fter saying: Thanks, daddy,
haven't had any c.rdT long time, got the candy and
back hon Da03y2 HAD HUNG HIMSELF!
Daddy" was dead
Little boys let us tell you something! Your daddy
didn't kill himself" No, HE WAS MURDERED BY
CAPITALISM!
And then, at Wilmington Ohio, Mrs. Russell Ward, IS
years old mother of four little children, told friends she
$50 worried she couldn't think because of poverty that
resulted from her husband being out of work.
'She tired of poverty" said the coroner, she
away"-and took them hon where she SHOT ALL FOUR
AND THEN KILLED HER 3ELF!
All, workers-but she didn't really do that terrible
thng No. indeed the capitalist class killed these four little
children and murdered this mother of theirs! Murdered
them just effectively though banker of New YOrks
that poor home in Ohio and shot them down!
CAPITALISM LIVES ON THE MURDER OF THE
POOR And only when the poor unite in fierce determina
ton that SUCH THINGS SHALL NOT BE- overthrow the
rule Of the rich and set up AMERICAN SOVIET, A
WORKERS AND FARMERS GOVERNMENT they
stop this murder!
And today NOW to save these lives of OUR CLASS,
unite to demand Winter Relief of $50 to each job
UNEMPL OYMENT INSURANCE, at full wages, paid by
the capitalists administered by the workers (not Tammany
graftersD!
Every worker-the EMPLOYED, also, has an interest
in fighting for these unemployed demands! AS also the
employed will help the employed organize and strike
against wage cuts
ONLY THE WORKERS WILL STOP THIS MURDER
OF THEIR CLASS!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-27

Gandhi For Governor
of IOWai
By JORGE

After reading the Literary Digest Of Oct, a..
we opine that the small farmers Of Iowa, who
trying to keep the 1000 National Guardsnen
with their cavalry and machine guns the vet
eriharies and other tools of the Dairy Trust
and rich farmers not the least of which tools is
the State Governor, from killing their COWS by
the notorious "tuberculin test" would be glad
to have Gandhi as governor
We think so because Gandhi says:
Cow protection is an article of faith In Hin
duisn Apart from its religious sanctity, it
is an ennobling creed. 1 would not kill =
human being to protect COW, as will not
XIII COW to save human life, be It ever so
precious. Cow protection Is the dearest pos
session of the Hindu heart. 1t is the one con-
crete belief common to all Hindus. No one
who does not believe In COW protection can
possibly be Hindu. That which distinguishes
Hinduism from every other religion is its COW
protection. Cow protection is the gift of Hin
duism to the world. And Hinduism will live
SO long as there are Hindus to protect the COW.
The way to protect her Is to die for her"
1t will, OF course, be more practical for Iowa.
farmers to elect a Communist for governor. who
doesn't worship cows, but protects farmers from
being robbed of their COWS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-27
Inperialist War and the Fight
Against the Main Enemy
BY " I. LENIN
written in 1879

The war fills the pockets of the capitalists to
whom an ocean of gold is flowing from the
treasures Of the great powers. The war is
provoking an unreasoning bitterness against
the enemy, and the bourgeoisie does its best to
direct the dissatisfaction of the people into
those channels, to divert their attention from
the main enemy, the government and the
ruling classes of their own country. The war
however, carrying with it untold miseries and
horrors for the toiling masses, enlightens and
steels the best representatives of the working
class If perish we must, let us perish in the
struggle for our own cause for the cause of the
workers. for the Socialist revolution and not for
the interests of the capitalists, landowners, and
Tsars-ths is what every class-conscious worker
sees and feels. Revolutionary Social-Demo-
cratic work may be difficult at present, but it
is possible. 1t progresses in the whole world,
and in this alone lies salvation.
revolutionary class in . reaction~xy war
cannot but wish the defeat Of its government"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-27

tariat of the Far East will never forget this
crime
Comrades, Friends AS a result of the tremen-
dous economic crisis the Japanese bourgeoise
are faced with ruin. The bourgeoise are seek
ing way out Of this crisis at the price of the
blood Of broad sections of the working popula-
ton.
Workers! War brings to you still more frightful
exploitation in order to satisfy the greed of the
miitarists. 1t brings you bullets and bloody
wounds. fp
ExplosGed and oppressed comrades The bour-
geoise 80 the big landowners rob you of bread
land and liberty. This war, which is being waged
in the interests of the bourgco.sie and the big
landowners brings you further hunger, explota-
ton and finally ruin.
"Comrades Do you intend to go hand in hand
with the handful of bankrupt capitalists to rrin
or will you not prefer to shake off the yoke of
capital and to secure the victory of your class!
We must prepare the war against war! Use the
weapons which have been forced into your hands
only, in accordance with the requirements of the
class struggle against capital The day is ap-
preaching when you will proceed to the heroic
attack against the bourgeoisie and the land
owners, against the murderers and parasites
Workers in the factories. in the war indus
try and i'll transport! Do not transport any SOL
diers to the front! Bring to standstill the ma
chimes producing bullets, rifles and swords!
Workers working Peasants and Unemployed!
Unite in order to carry out strike against the
war! Offer lie hand to the Chinese proletariat!
Workers, Peasants, Soldiers! Rise together with
the workers. peasants and soldiers of China for
the common fight Display class solidarity!
Fight for the immediate evacuation Of Mukden
and all other areas occupied by imperialist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-27
The "A.B.C." Program

1t claims to be copyrighted and it ought TO
be- Put out on piece of pink paper, it is sinl-
on-pure fascist demagogy.
The present economic system is not equal
to the job it admits. Then. 1.-THE objective
OF the Communist is sound but the method.
are full OF errors" Only these "errors" are not
refuted or even mentioned w. ,v
But the program" is that the "Presidentn
should be given "autocratic powers" as, so IL
says, will be be done in the next military war"
That, it claims would bring 1.-THE necessities
Of life to ALL" and-"all able bodied people to
work three hours day with the brain and three
hours with the hands, for the good of ALL.
Um. -. Did you ever see guy working with
his hands who left his brains at home? Or a
chap working his brains without taking his
hands alongP This Abe. outfit left both of
them home asleep
This kind of stuff is to make fascism seem
attractive, "just as good as Communism" But
take note that-"The people are to be graded &C
cording to ability culture and vision" with
the higher grade to receive more of the com
forts and luxuries"-that's where the ABCers
want to get off at
Actually, they're graded now. And the Pres
ident is plenty autocratic already And the es-
sence of his dictatorship is that he, as the man
ager Of capitalist government is making all you
Glow grade" guys starve to death. 49,
No, workers. We need a dictatorship but only
, one that guarantees the working class as the
ruling class. The Abe outfit, which is short
for Association for Better Citizenship, Incor-
porated," wants capitalist dictatorship with
out any OF the present democratic DISCUSSES,
And that's fasciSm
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-27
Good Managers

A comrade In Syracuse has been trying TO buy
a copy of Red Sparks Pamphlet No. from
local comrades, and while they had everything
else at their recent bazaar, they hadn't heard"
Of that. More they're not likely to hear of 1t
before No. 2, which Burck, the artist, is illus
trating, will be out.
If he wants 1t, we guess that he'll have to
send his nickel to the Workers Library Publish
ers, Box 148, Station D, New York City. This is
because the whole matter of distribution Of liter
allure in some sections Is in a most primitive
state. We. all of us, are figuring on managing
society, and with power in the hands OF our
class we would do it, and pretty well, too.
But here and there are cases OF sipshod in
efficiency that would make weaker souls doubt
full The Party has district office in Buffalo.
But one Buffalo comrade complains that he
cannot even get the theoretical magazine Of the
Party, 1.-THE Communist" there. nor Red
Sparks" nor anything, in fact!
Whyp Well there's something about ltera-
ture bill that wasn't paid. So nobody in Buf-
falo can read Party literature! And this drifts
along without end, and the comrade who wants
to "keep up" must send money orders (and in
cidentally have them all balled up) to the Work
ers Library. Now THAT kind Of management Is
not going to run any new society.
Have you little Buffalo in your own home
town? If so, better get out your bows and
arrows and take some local indifferents out for
target practice
v 90 So ...,.a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-27

Gene Tunney, among other Of his strange lit
erary pursuits, has recently written up what
I saw in Red Russia" which, says Gene. made
me change my mind" And that Is surprising,
since it is the first evidence we received that he
had one
Gene, for an ex-marine, dwels muchly, all too
muchly to be convincing. on the horror he felt
at the disturbing--to him-lack Of sex-conscious-
ness among Soviet girls, which he tries to de-
scribe In such way as to question
Then he is Mortified further by something he
creates for himself out Of plain and very stupid
imagination, that Is "the censorship" which, he
says, extends to speeches made by all speakers
in Moscow-"every word they utter Is submitted
first TO the proper authorities
Which Is just plain lie. We, in person. have
delivered many speeches in Moscow to all man
ner of audiences, street crowds, Red soldiers,
scientists and so on, and no authorities" even
suggested that we submit them first" And We
sawed Russian enough to follow interpreters
and see that they did the Job right
Again Gene was over-horrified at seeing pile
of church bells and metal statues one life
size Christ, chucked in smelter for to get use
full metal. He was SO sore over that that he has
to lie about it and say that 1t was mostly used
for ammunition.
But what really got Tunney's dander up was
the fact, somewhat slurred over by him. that
while he was SOMEBODY in Cairo, drew
crowd in Athens and received an ovation Of 5000
in Warsaw, when he got to Moscow he was just
another American tourist and nobody met him
with brass bands and the key to the city
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-27
Appeal Of the Communist Party Of
Japan on the Sino- Japanese Conflict

Shanghai october 6, 1881.
THE Central Committee of the Communist
Party of Japan on September 3d. in connec-
ton with the commencement of the military
operations in Manchuria, published an appeal to
all Workers. Soldiers and Seamen of Japan. The
appeal which was published and distributed as a
leaflet, reads n
1.-THE imperialist war in Manchuria began after
careful preparation and en- the initiative of the
japanese army. Workers, Peasants and Soldiers!
The Japanese bourgeoisie thereby took the first
step towards the occupation of the whole OF
Manchuria. This was not in any way an act of
"self-defense" or an unexpected incident"
This action on the part of Japan is chal-
lenge to the japanese and Chinese proletariat
and also to the working masses of the Soviet
Union.
1.-THE occupation of Manchuria is carefully
prepared step on the part of ruthless robbers
and hated murderers. Even If this conflict is
settled by an agreement with the counter
revolutionary Marking government, the prole-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-27

quarters for $4,000 persons. In the Lenin dis
trict Of the city, Is houses are being built which
will accommodate 1900 persons. In the Stain
district, of total Of 80 new houses, were COM
pleted by July In the Proetarian district, 19l
are under construction, 174 being of standard
type. This will accommodate 1880 persons.
Ten Of the 80 new houses in the Krasnaya Pres
maya district have been completed and are oc-
n = v Sssa.ss Asasa:.s ~, ,e..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-27
SOVIET UNION BRIEFS
eKAMENSKOYE POWER STATION OPENED
SEpTENIRIrR

eKAMENSKOYE POWER STATION OPENED
SEPTEMBER Is
The Kamenskoye regional power station one
Of the 518 plants planned to start operations this
year, was scheduled to be opened on September
Is. The construction of the plant, the initial
capacity Of which will be $4,000 kilowatts, was
started in october, 1880, and 1t was completed
in record time.
NEW RECORDS SET AT DNIEPER. RIVER
POWER PLANT
New records have been set in the assembly Of
the nine spiral castings and two turbines at the
Dnieper River power plant These nine castings
plus another smaller one were assembled As days
ahead of schedule, while the second turbine was
assembled two days ahead of time. Work was
begun on the third turbine at the beginning OF
September. Another record was established In
concrete laying. The plan for August was Is 900
cubic meters, but the counterplan Of the engin-
GERS and workers. calling for $4,000, was exceeded,
a total Of 1860 cubic meters having been poured
troops, for the immediate recall Of all Japanese
soldiers from Manchuria and from the whole of
China DO not allow any troops to be sent to the
front in China Combat Japanese imperialism
as well as all its military operations directed
against revolutionary China
Flight the new danger Of imperialist wari
Fight for the protection of revolutionary
Chinai
Support the Chinese Red Army and protect
the Sov'st Union!
DON with imperialist Japanl
LONG Live Soviet Japan!'
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-21
TO HOLD
AUCTION SALE TO
HELP RAISE FUND

Everything from canary birds 10
baled hay is going to be sold at the
Methodist church auction in the
city park at Holtville on Friday
evening, July "a, commencing at
7:30 O'Clock. D. L. Zinn, who has
filled the Golfers at hundreds of
sales in Imperial Valley, will be in
charge OF the sale, to which the
public is invited.
Donations Of articles for the sale
have been coming in every day the
committee in charge of the affair
asserts, insuring wide choice OF
articles. In addition to products of
The ranch, there will be coupon
books of services from oil stations
and garages, merchandise awards
ladies apparel, ETC., all to be handed
over to the highest bidder for cash
In raising its budget for the COM
pletion of the latter part of the fl
nancial year just closed, the church
finance committee found many
members without cash but with
goods and chattels representing
equal value. The committee de-
cided to take the goods and chattels
and turn them into cash at a big
auction.
A watermelon feed and outdoor
entertainment will add to the eve
ming which promises to be unique
affair. &z
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-21
LOCAL RESIDENTS
SUBPOENAED FOR
FEDERAL HEARING

Subpoenas were received in FL
Centre yesterday afternoon for wit
nesses TO appear July 20 before the
federal court in San Diego TO tes-
tify at the trial OF Luther o. Crane
and Frank Hodges on charges OF
impersonating federal officers.
The trial was originally set for
this week, but continued because Of
other cases scheduled in federal
court.
Frank Reading, deputy United
States marshal, will serve the sub
poenas. Among others who will
testify at the trial, probably. is Tom
Sharp, district attorneys investi-
gator here, who arrested Crane and
Hodges in Imperial.
The two are charged with repre-
senting themselves as federal prohi
bition officers to an Imperial boot
logger, and demanding he pay them
or be arrested. They also took IL
quor from him, later selling it, it is
charged.
Crane is free on $4,000 bond tc
appear in court on the date set fol
trial. Hodges is held in the Lo,
Angeles jail. He was released or
bond by United States Commission
er Dorsey Whitelaw here, and dis
appeared for some time. finally be-
ing rearrested in Los Angeles
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-21
Blaze Damages
Bibbins Home

Trapped on the second floor of
his home at 534 Wensley by flame
gutted stairway and almost over
come by smoke, B. d. Bibbins awoke
shortly after 4:30 o'clock this morn
ing TO find his house ablaze.
He fought his way to a window
TO gain the porch roof and from
there jumped to an awning over
window on the first story He fell
from the awning and made his way
10 the fire alarm box.
Defective electric wiring is
thought TO have been the cause Of
the disastrous fire which burned
three rooms in the residence, other
rooms and furnishings being dam
aged by smoke and water.
The flames started in the kitchen
near the door and ate their way
TO the stairway through closets be-
tween.
The damage has not been esti-
mated as yet, but house and fur
nishings are said to be covered by
insurance.
Mrs Bihbins and family are in
Los Angeles at this time.