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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-07
The Moscow Trial

Especial Gable to the Daily Worker)
MOSCOW, March 4.-The trial of the IA Men
sheviks, charged with counter revolutionary ac-
tivity, shows that social democracy, caught red
handed preparing armed Intervention against the
U. S. S. r. calls as its alibi official policy
which was supposed to be hostile to all inter
vention and sabotage. The leader Of the French
socialists, Leon Blum, revealed this maneuvre in
advance. "Populaire," French socialist news
paper, on February 9Th, completing it's Jesuitic
studies of peace problems wrote: 1T becomes
impossible for nations and governments as well
as political parties to admit all causes known
as pretexts for wars Hence witness the present
display of the superfluity of peace protestations
Take the militarists themselves. They pretend
to speak and act in the interest of peace"
Caught in the act, the leaders of the Second
International, to which the Labor Party and the
Socialist Party of America are affiliated, cry,
stop theft
On the eve of the trial Of the Menshevik
wreckers and interventionists, vandervelde, one
of the leaders Of the Second International sends
to Zurich in the name of the Executive of the
Labor and Socialist international, a telegram
protesting the brutal treatment of the defend
ants whom he describes as "men whose pre-
vous conduct and opinions ceaselessly affirmed
and refuted the accusations leveled against
them At the same time, vanderveldes tele-
gram endorses the aim of the Second Interna-
tional and all the activity of the Russian Social
Democrats, whose activity follows "vigilantly'
testifying to the "resolute hostility to all coun-
ter-revolutionary intervention in the U. S. s. r."
At the very moment of the opening OF the
trial. the Menshevk delegation abroad publishes
over the signature Of its chairman, Dan, dec
laration proclaiming in advance the confessions
and revelations of the defendants as evidence
of provocateurs admissions of unfortunates, ex-
torted by terror" %
Only yesterday Immediately after the arrest
Of the principle defendants, the Menshevik chiefs
sbrQad we're using different Languages toward
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of terror" "They are right in the sense of
denying change in tactics" observed Sukhanov,
"for the tactics of sabotage and intervention are
the logical consequence Of the constant tactics
Of the social democrats"
zalknd recalled the vivid picture of Abram-
oWtch who in animated conversation insisted on
the necessity of hiding to the world proletariat
the new tactics Of sabotage. Petunin could still
see Dan in the restaurant on Potsdamerstrasse,
Berlin, giving directions about sabotage, tracing
the prospects for the overthrow of the Soviets
by intervention. Berlatski also visitor of Dan
and Abramovitch in Berlin, declared the fable
Of forced evidence is ridiculous
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-07
California Absorption

have had delightful visit with the most
brilliant mind in the world today and have alb
sorbed few, at least, of the thoughts and ideas
which permeates DR.. .Einstein's entire body" de-
clared Governor Rclph of California after forty
five minutes with the, man with fourth-dmen-
sion face.
TO show exactly how much he had absorbed
from Einstein in three quarters of an hour, Gov
Rolph added that:
II tne creator gives him Einstein) a long life,
ne wiz open other mems eyes still wider to the
nature of creation"
Maybe If Rolph had stayed another Is minutes
ne would have soaked up in an idea that it is
time he pardoned Mooney and Billings. But
we doubt it. If he had visited Bill Foster even
two minutes We are positive that his sponge
would have buckets full of that idea to absorb
But IN that case his visit might not have been
precisely delightful"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-07

them On September IL, 1890, unforeseeing yet
the full gravity of the blow which his agents in
Russia would deal him, Abramowitch wrote: TT
is case Of men who for decades fought in the
revolutionary movement of the Socialist Parties
Of various tendencies"
He affirmed: ''It is absolutely impossible they
have made any confessions" A month later on
October 9Th, the delegation abroad itself, in an
open letter published to the social democratic
press OF all countries described them as "old
scholars, publciSts like Groman, Bazarov, Suk-
lhanov, men who for decades have been militants
IN the social democratic movement"
The Soviet prosecutor, Kryenko, broke off the
examination of the defendants and read the
declaration of the delegation abroad Just pub
hshed which began: THE charge levelled at our
party, according to which we conducted even
organized sabotage work and was linked with
counter-revolutionary organizations of the Rus
sian bourgeoisie and received from thence sub
sides and directed activity towards economic and
financial blockade in Russia or even armed in
PREVENTION of the capitalist powers against Rus
STA, is an accusation which so much contradicts
tne universally known attitude of policy of the
Russian Social Democrats, that its slanderous
character is evident to every honest man, as
publicly attested already by the Executive of the
Labor and Socialist International"
Inc court gave an opportunity to each of the
u defendants to make statement personally
as to the assertion of the delegation abroad.
There was an explosion of indignation and
vehement protest on their part "They cannot
speak otherwise" declared Groman because the
policy OF sabotage and armed intervention
against the Russian revolution is unavoidable.
and they dare not face the world proIetariat on
It, Abramowitch whom we saw here in Mos
COW. to whom we spoke, insisted on the neces-
sity of covering our work with verbal declara-
tons to the contrary
There is nothing left for them to do" said
Sher. but TO declare us provocateurs. OF victims
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-07
"A Different, Kind of Peanut

The N. Y World-Telegram runs a question
and answer" column in which the following ap-
peared:
Q.-Poes peanut have a skin? Answer
Tne paper-hke' cover of the peanut is sometimes
referred to as the skin or epidermis"
Farmers in the drouth zone, we suggest, fire.
quently refer to it.as, Hyde" The peanut it.
self is varousy known as "Gcober' and Hoo
ver"
It's Regirn'rs~ To Gag I'm
Even the capitalist paper. the Phoenix Ari-
iona, Republic" is becoming sick at the stom.
ach with the Fish committee gabble about "forc,
ed labor" in the Soviet Union while millions
American workers cannot even buy Job Il
the issue OF February IL it had to add G. post
script to the fairy tale about Stain and hi
forced labor
AS matter of fact, at the present momen
Americans would cheer any American leade
who could call for work and tell them where
get it,
With swarms of workers everywhere lookin
In vain for work, the hokum about forced Ia
Dor" in the Soviet Union is about the poore
kind Of lie the capitalists have cooked w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-19

Our usual fine quality
Sanico Hams are now
quoted at q most reason
able price.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-01
So Things Are Not SO Rosy!

Recently we read of the indignation OF our
National Guard officers at the Young Communist
League leaflets, SO twas said. that voiced the
complaints of some "nlaloontents' in the Guard,
The commander sternly declared that the mem
bers of the Guard we're the favored sons OF benign
officials and the complaints were without basis"
But behold. the New York press had to come
cut the other day with a story about Sheriff
Moran of Bronx County refusing to accept mill
tary prisoners at the county Jail who failed to
attend drill" and were the result OF numerous
courts-martial' by Colonel Paul Loeser COM
mandsnt of the 258th Field Artillery.
And why didn't they attend drill? 1t seems
that great many were franticaly looking for
Job. And Others were so veal from hunger
they couldn't drill. The N. Y. Post states for
example, that the Sheriff said:
MANY C them cs-1io to him ur-de- ten to
rty-day sentences in unJor-.ovrisacd con-
d,tion due to urlenrpios m ent Two had been
sent to Fordham hospital, he said, serious
was their condition"
But they got courtmartialcd just lie same.
And this after American boys about 1000 of
them, died to whip the Haise1 and put ar end
to militarism'! Let our imperialists dare to put
these boys the firing line against the Red
ARMY
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-01

mainly Sussex County Kew. jersey and Orange
County New Jersey. The farmers demanded
higher prices and were refused. They then insti-
tuted the first milk strike. The strikers refused
to sell Their milk posted pcketson the roads
and prevented any milk from leaving the region.
SO some victories we're won mainly because the
territory was small. AS the city grew the milk
shed area expanded. In 1915 another milk strike
took place this time over vide area taking in
New York State, parts of Pennsylvania and
northern New jersey. The farmers won and IS
a result of the struggle the Dairymens League
vas formed The Dfirymcns League was a
militant organization of poor end middle farmers
Take note-ue say it was"
Then came the war and costs of everything the
farmers bought rose in price The farmers de-
snded higher price. The dealers refused.
Tho Dal. League prepared for strike.
Suddenly Herbert Hoover, Si:en food administra-
tor became chief ,trikebreaker. He arrested all
TIE leaders Of the Dsjrymcns League and used
TIE old reliable strike6reakng weapon, the in
juno, ion, TO srweh the strike.
After TIRE wa, the DGirJmens League led
strike and won partial victory Boroens gave
in AID recognized the Dai-ymcl's League and
commenced to buy only through that organiza-
ton. Sheffield's held out and organized farmers
who sold to them on The hres Of "a company
union" and called 1t the Sheffield Producers
Association
Since then Bordein's and the misleaders who
have gained control Of the Darymen's League
have been able 70 make the Dsirynen's League
class collaboration organization like the A. r.
of L.
The Borden organization Itself has expanded
into a gigantic trust owning plants from coast
TO coast Sheffelds have been absorbed by the
National Dairy Products Co.. also a coast to
coast trust. Both Bordens and National Dairy
Products are controlled by the Kuhn, Loeb g. Co.,
Wall Street interests.
Against united front like the above, TIE
farmers must crgsrire ss broadly as possible To
meet the monopoly, which will tap reserves, in
the case Of New YORK as far as the midwest,
and local milk strikes must be spread as far and
as fast as possible although they are NOT
hopeless" as some comrades think
TIE milk strike needs close stucy In many
respects it is similar to workers strike except
that when a milk strike is on, farmers must
continue to produce milk due to the fact that
to stop milking COWS suddenly will stop the
natural flow for . year, A milk strike is not
ssssspsssrsf saAws II y . ps4tlReeaps - lahm
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essity Of farmers struggling against all the cap
italist robbers, it would help them if, with the
assistance of the city workers, these workers
would build their own consumers cooperative
organizations and thus by cooperation with the
small and middle dairy farmers provide for mu-
tually beneficial relations. But it must always be
kept in mind that, just as such cooperatives of
city workers are by no means substitute for
their strike struggles for higher wages so farm
ers cooperation OF a real kind with workers
and consumers ccoperatives of the cities does
not solve all the problems OF capitalist robbery OF
all toilers. So long as this is understood, such
cooperation is, however a helpful auxilis1y to
the common struggle to overthrow capitalism.
Every large city has some dairy farmers or
gsniaat;on similar TO the Dairymens League.
ana sittas noHcies generally apply to them.
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without compensation in the midst of struggle.
The Dairymen's League is now primary poor
and middle farmers mass organization led by a
bunch OF lawyers and politicians. The CpUGA
should make an attempt to build, upon the rank
and file discomfort, militant movement linked
up nationally with the United Farmers League,
of Committees Of Action under whatever name
tho farmers themselves propose, but in any event
rank and file organ OF struggle totally different
in structure than the Dairymens League which
neith.r in form or policy any longer serves the
farmers but does the robbers Of the farmers
The demand for their own weighers and testers
to check rcsScry by the coIlr--,.e-, IS Just rs
logical as miners demand for check weehmen
And such demands serves the point around
which to organise commuters Of Awyqgae
= waaas u aaE st ss|l1& ". 1R3s* ap''
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-01
Dairy Farmers and Their Struggle

I'll dairy farming is divided into two types,
orc is narke5 milk production, milk for sale in
- crG oonoCIred Is liquid flesh milk the
cthsc Tpa is butter rat production (for butter
Chees -rd ether manufactured products. This
report will concern itself with the market milk
farmer Who is closer to the city proletariat
Except the proletariat which works on the
KIT ceEy farnO both geographically and
II economic interests, than perhaps any other
group OF s1nal anG middle farmers This group is
& We f5urd cu5.cred a FOUND big city, the
r-dids Of Their area depena5 on The size of the
{ ~. The milk shed (area of the radius is
usually about rs miles New Yorl-, of course is
much larger ...,
The farmer who Scrs aar.et milk has the
usisI problems Of mortgages. rerts taxes, prices
and sanitary inspections. He also has some
weapons of Struggle as the coops ativa and 5he
NIL. s.rSe 60 j have becn used 30 win victories
In The past
The problems Ct mortgages, rents ard teyes DO
rot vary from tho-c Ct o TO- farmers so will
nc vito e'oV- tl,sm but prices and sanitary
iDapection bring in new factors with possibilities
for organized struggle
The farmer takes his milk to the STAG hita-
way ard place3 lis marled cans in a milk plat
form. as his neilhbor5 also 90 A truck comes
collects the milk Of the many farmers along the
road and haulS 1t 10 the local milk st ton The
station is owned by one of the large corpora
tions-Bordcns. Sheffieds, ETC. Here the farm
er's milk is weighed and tested for butter-fat
The company pays for the milk in two weeks
according to the weight and percentage Of but
ter-fat, but the company men do the weighing
and testing.
The dairy farmer has no option about the
place ne sells his milk: lie must sell to the near
est station lie must have an outlet that will
take MS milk every day in che year; he cannot
II he does not Ike the price he is receiving go
OF ID cno.hcr looal!ty and find another outlet,
sno,Ger market for bis labor lin the form Of
-. I'll c-:......c55 e c155-,c5 1t must move
to the city fart. The owner OF the local milk
station is in position to dictate prices and con-
ditons lust like the local telephone and electric
Light companies. ~ s...
There Is no need for the corpora tons TO own
the farms. They can fully exploit the farmers
By Just owning the stations
St,ugsl,
The struggle that r-s alTa-s gone on between
the poor and middle farmers and the dealers who
control the city milk market continues today
Thirty years ago the New York milk shed was
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"EYring Brothers" of the
A. F. of L.

A comrade writes IN about the temptations"
that no st. Anthony could withstand as explained
to an struck crowd up in the Bronx by an
A F. of L. organizer in defense of the A. F. of L.
organizers.
1t appears that in the Borough of Bronx two
movie operators unions" one the racketeering
union Of the A. F.. of L. owned and operated for
and by gent named Kaplan, and the other a
rather brazen company union built up on the
basis OF the operators discomfort against Kaplan
are contending for mastery.
1t therefore behooves the A. F. of L. outfit who
is frozen out of one of the big show-houses by
the company union, or rather the other one
not only TO picket the place but
appeal to the populace" in defense of the
A. F. OF L. Thus an A. F. of L. organizer came
around to speak to the multitude. and the null
ttude did rub its ears and listen to the follow
ing, when some bumptious person asked a oues-
ton about the A. F. of L. officials taking graft
from the bosses:
How can any union official resist the
temptation, when much money is offered
him? It's not within human nature to refuse
We must not blame these worthy brothers who
succumb to the temptation of the moment.
No! It's all the fault of these rich bIokes who
attempt to corrupt them"
How sadl Surely any rank and file member
OF the A. F. of L. who has had his strike sold
out by the union officials and his wages "staS-
gered" until he himself staggers from hunger,
who sees Matte VOL waxing fat on National
Civic Federation funds for sticking the police on
the National Hunger March and condennins, I'M
employment insurance this rank and file A. a. Of
Ler needs7surely, we say, this worker will now
understand
1t is not Matte VOLTS fault. Dear mol Nor
Bill Green's, nor the fault OF any A. F. of L. ON
cial! The rascally capitalists ale to blainqi yes,
sir! But, boys and girls, how these A. F. OF L.
officials do cling to their seducer5! When we
reds make even tceney-weeney attack on the
bosses, when we support the National Hunger
March for example, look how Matte VOL cuts
up!
1t seems that the only way to stop tic cor
ruption of these A. F. OF L. ladies OF easy virtue"
by the naughty capitalists is % overthrow them
both.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-01
Civilization Must Be Saved

In view of the fact that the United States gov
eminent is supporting Japanese imperialism in
its war on the Chinese people and the seizure of
Manchuria because, for one reason, Japan must
save civilization" from Bolshevism, we mind find
out what kind of civilization" Japan has.
Happily, we have received concrete example
from the Far Eastern Press Correspondence, and
here it is:
OSAKA, Japan Twelve prostitutes Of
a Matsushima brothel here went a hunger
strike demanding better treatment and work
ing conditions. The strike lasted FIVE days. at
the end of which time the Osaka Branch Of the
Federation of Proletarian Women interviewed
and settled the dispute to the satisfaction Of
the girls
In japan prostitution is just openly and
frankly legitimate business as selling shoes;
but of course it is based upon capitalist condi-
tons poverty OF the Masses as in all capitalist
countries. AS poverty grows worse fight here in
America, all the hypocritical laws against pros
titution will fail to cover up its widespread
growth.
And as for its prevalence In the Philippines,
American civilizations" Far Eastern colony, a
man walking around Manila streets any evening
will get an offer from any "caronata" (cab)
driver OF young girls at bargain prices
And this is the civilization" that you will soon
be asked to die for to save from Bolshedsrn
That was q good article: We mean the one
Comrade Foster wrote in the Daily Worker OF
Oct rs, about the good resolutions versus bad
practice" in Negro work in the red trade Unions
OF the Trade Union Unity League.
He panned the Needle Trades Union espe-
cially, and this reminds us that we have been
importuned to inquire why, when everybody in
the New York union understands English Goes
Ben Gold persist in speaking only in Jewish in
spite Of insistent requests by Negro members
who would like to know what's being said, Why
not speak English sometimes Ben, and we know
you do 1t well?
We understand, also, that not one new NOM
Der was recruited for the Party out of the recent
strike and comrade tells us that new union
members are left so in the dark that ono Negro
worker was amazed to learn, after some morths
in 1t, that he had not Joined the Party when he
joined tho u,.-on. IIe thought 1t IVES I'll the
( same thing. 1t would seem that nobody finds
"time' to talk to such comrades.
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Socialist and Ant-Communist Union he will
ably back up Hailsham's efforts in planning war
upon the Workers Republic.
The rest of the Cabinet are no whit behind
these individuals in their ant-workng class
venom.
At home Londonderry and his kind insure an
intensification of the wage offensive against the
workers. Hoare at the India Office and Thomas
as Dominions Secretary will see that colonial
oppression and exploitation is relentessly pur-
sued. The world OF finance is represented by
Sir Herbert Samuel who has family connections
with the Rothschilds and the big banking houses.
The Cabinet represents a complete united front
of every capitalist interest in Britain
Alongside of the wage reductions and the
attacks on the social services that are presaged,
the appointment OF Neville Chamberlain, the
Arch Priest Of Protection, the son of Joseph
Chamberlain the original propaganda of tar
III reform" insures vigorous tariff war being
initiated and consequent raising Of prices of
all commodities to the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-01
BY HERMAN REMMELE (Berlin).

GERMANY is at present producing 80 per cent
lecs goods than in 1918 Industrial produc-
ton Is about as large as it was in the years
1901 1903 The number of unemployed amounts
to million"
This short quotation from The official report
Of the Institute for Busness Roseerch expresses
The t"crlv llcpeless rnsition of capitalist eco
ro'>,v In C.errarv The "Rerowor'Sszeitunp
the organ of the Rhe1ieh heavv industry, few
weeks eco declared unite Openly th9t on the
Ruhr ard the Lower Rhine. only the biz works
IL, the heavy industry which are supplied with
Russian orders have works all the other works
are at a standstil or will have to close down in
?. short time. The closing down of works in
the heavv industry in Central Germany and
Upper Siesa and in the finishing industry in
Saxony. Berlin and South Germany is reported
daily The iron industry (the chief industry in
Germany has declined 624 per cent since 1929;
the production of coal has declined by IS per
cent in the same period. the output of the
cheering industry by 1877 per cent, the agri-
cultural machine manufacturing industry by as
much as 80 per cent the electrical industry by
Is per cent. Wages have fallen Is to 30 per
cent and TIE total sum of wages is about $4,000
million marks less than in the year 1929.
Not only is capitalism in Germany experience
ing an economic and commercial collapse but
the bourgeosie also is witnessing the bankruptcy
of its foreign policy Only year ago the Ger
man bourgeoisie dreamed of being able to
duct independent foreign policy which would
enable it gradually to loosen the Versailles
chains. The Austro- German Customs Union
was to be the first step to independent
foreign policy. This incursion of the German
bourgeoisie into world politics ended very badly.
Not since 1918, since the Versailles Treaty
gotiations. has it been compelled to make such
open confession of its irnpotency at present.
The attempt of the German bourgeoisie to frus-
trate French hegemony on the European Con-
tirent ended with the complete victory of the
French bourgeoisie.
The hopelessness of the economic, commercial
and financial situation, the tremendous unem-
ployment the despair of the bourgeois middle
strata who are faced with bankruptcy, the com
mencing rebellion of the peasantry, which is
suffering terribly as result of the agrarian
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