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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28
BY VERN SMITH

1--WE must go ahead with our mot
orized cavalry, of course" says tbs
New York Herald Tribune, Howe
administration paper, but we mus.
not neglect the mounted branch. Only
fourteen years ago we were required
to send an expeditionary force over
seas. 1t would be folly to depend
solely on motor vehicles If We were
required to exert our military effort
in Manchuria :" (Herald- Tribune
editorial, Nov. e3, 1880.
Yes. we remember that overseas
expedition across the Pacific ocean
Il years ago Conditions had GER
tain resemblance to what they were
now. The Bolshevik influence was
spreading. Japan was then, as now, as
vigorously invading he mainland
She was building buffer state
under her control, though she had
lot Of competition from England and
others. And the armies of Japan,
England, France, -Slovakia and
the United States, were using rail-
roads and the need of protection of
railroads as a pretext for an attempt
to smash Red Russia.
In other columns of this paper 1t
has been abundantly proved for
weeks that Japan is again the spear
head Of al attack on the workers
and farmers government of Russia,
and that the other imperialist coun-
tries are at least consenting to this,
supporting in devious ways he attack
on the U. s. S. r., and already be-
ginning to talk openly Of taking part
in the crusade without soncealment.
Not Biased in Our Favor
If some workers take light view
of this. and do not yet realize their
class necessity of defending the
Soviet Union, perhaps a look back
over the other 'expeditionary force
IA years ago" will at least, stir some
of their human feelings. We know
a good deal about it from sources
which can lot be impeached as
biased pro-Bolshevik. None other
than Major General William S.
Graves, now retired, has written a
book on those events. Graves was
commander in chief of the American
Army in Siberia.
Then as now, the invasion took
place with the most humane excuses,
only to preserve order" President
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28
THE HUNGER MARCH EDITION OF
SOLIDARITY"

Thousands of copies of Solidarity"
official organ of the Workers Inter-
national Relief, came streaming off
the press today to go marching with
the Hunger Marchers. "On To Wash
ington"! That's the rally call of every
page of this Special Hunger March
Edition, the largest edition of Solid
arity" so far published.
The central article voices the uni
ted demands of the militant thou
sands bearing down upon Washing
ton, Demand Unemployment 1nsur-
ance AT The Expense of The Capt.
alists."
Every page Of this issue of Solid
arity'' is crammed with burning facts
exposing the hunger and misery c.
the masses, the bestiality Of the cap
italist rulers who send out their po-
lice to club and shoot down starving
workers who ask for bread for their
famished families, the sickening ny
pocrisy OF the bosses charity crumbs,
the chaos of the rotting system of
capitalism that condemns millions Of
workers to stsrve while food rots ir,
field and storehouse and is dumped
in the sewers to keep the prices up
for the profit OF the boss class. And
every page portrays the growing re-
volt against the compact between the
leaders of the American Federation
of Labor the officials of the boss
charity institutions, the ruling class
and the government to drive the
workingclass still farther into the
nav of starvation.
THE National Hunger Marchers
Are On Their Way" Farmers, Too,
Are Starving" Workers Solidarity
Must Aid the Jobless," Starvation
and the Negro Workers" 100000
Children Are Starving In These Cap
italst' United States" these and
many other articles put forward the
demands Of the workers to the bos-
SEES government and explain the pro-
gram of the militant workers to those
other millions who must be rallied
under the banner of working class
solidarity.
This issue of Solidarity" will reach
sections Of the working class never
before touched with the message Of
solidarity. The delegates to the
National Hunger March from the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28
THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE CIRCULA-
TION OF THE COMMUNIST"

Due to the rapid growth of the cir
culation Of THE Communist" In the
last two months and the increasing
advance orders for the December is
sue which will be ready for distribu-
ton on December 8 it has become
possible to announce a reduction in
the selling price beginning with the
January issue from Csc to zoe with
the yearly subscription of So and the
six months subscription of 81.
The November issue was sold out
before the month was hardly half
over and a number of repeat bundle
orders had to be turned down al
though a larger edition than usual
had been printed !,
The contents of the December
issue also guarantee wide response
from the Party membership and re-
evolutionary workers as 1t takes. up
and analyses problems Of burning inn
portance.
The leading article, AVAIL Street
and the Organization OF the Anti
Soviet Front" by Harry Cannes, an
alyzes the regrouping of the imperi-
alist powers around the Manchuriaf1
situation with the United States en-
crying in the hegemony Of the anti
Soviet front, the atmosphere Of pre-
war speculation on tAe stock and
commodity markets, the financial
blockade against the Soviet Union,
and how the imperialist powers are
trying to find a solution Of their
growing contradictions in the direc-
ton Of common action against the
Soviet Union.
Particularly the new members Of
the Party and those who have not
followed the development OF our Par
ty from its inception in September,
1919, will be interested in the article
by oomrade Bittelman, "The Party
Anniversary in the Light Of Our Pre-
sent Tasks" which analyses the past
history and. stages Of development Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28

right away. Went to Wilder and they
said shouldn't wait until I get so
low but gave me So in cash SO we had
something for New Years dinner. To
come back to the Welfare Board got
three orders that month by working
for 1t. Sent back and forth from
charities to3Welfare Board. Got some
relief from Welfare Board with the
question, When are you going back
to work." When spring came pushed
car around picking up junk. Later
traded some of my furniture for an
old Ford truck, which put in work
ing order by picking up junked parts.
Got by through the summer hauling
ashes, etc. Have been down to the
Welfare Board but can't get any re-
lief because I have the old truck in
the back yard.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28
The witness then stated:

Inc witness Cnen stated:
1.-THE reason I am not in immediate
need, is because last year / wasn't on
to this hook. I went down to the
Board of Welfare and waited and
went to the charities (and I had never
been on the list before). went to the
Board of Welfare and told them l
was in need of immediate relief I
waited two weeks and on one came,
so went down to the court house and
asked them what they we're going to
do about it. The day before New
Years came with nothing in the
house TO eat and said I had to have
help Nothing they could do for me.
So I went to the Mayor Could not
see the Mayor but saw and talked to
substitute. He sad I could go to
work right away and earn IS worth
of groceries. I said I need something
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28

the Party up until the present time
-Four different articles take UP the
problems of building the revolution
airy trade union movement. Joseph
lack in his article, THE Meaning Of
the Wage Cutting Offensive" analy-
yes this new offensive Of the EN-.
ployers and the present tasks of the
Party and revolutionary trade unions.
An article by s. WILMER takes up
concretely the building OF factory
branches OF the revolutionary trade
unions and their relation to the shop
nuclei of the Communist Party Com
rade Foster writes on "Dilettantism
In Strikes" On the question of I'M
employment the resolution of the re-
cent International Conference on I'm
employment held in Prague is printed
OF particular interest is the article
Relations Of Science. Technology,
and Economics under Capitalism and
in the Soviet Union" by Prof. M.
Rubinstein. This excellent report was
submitted to the Second Interna-
tional Congress of History of Science
and Technology, held In London from
June 20 to July 3, where the Soviet
delegates were not allowed to elab-
crate their views in the discussion.
The Thesis on the Agrarian Quest
ion passed by the Second Congress
Of the Communist International Is
also printed. This basic document
which contains the fundamental d.
receives for the agrarian work Of the
Party is very difficult to obtain from
any other source and this along
makes the December issue of The
Communist an invaluable aid to our
work in every district Of the Party
and all parts Of the country.
There is still a very limited time
to send in increased orders and sub
scriptions to begin with the Deem
Der issue. Orders should be sent
through, Workers Library Publishers,
r. Q. Box l4s Sta, d, New York CITY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28

gram Of the unemployed Councils
and the WORKERS international Re-
lief.
Workers, order bundle orders Of
Solidarity" todayl Distribute them
among the workers In your shop and
In the lighthouses and unemployment
agencies! Draw these workers into
the fight for unemployment insur-
ance and immediate relief, at the ex-
pense Of the capitalists
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28

new buffer state. After being driven
from Siberia Semenoff made TIL
umphal tour of United States, ban
quoted by all the first families.
Graves says fatty THE Anti I
Bolsheviks killed 100 people in West {
ern Siberia to every one killed By
the Bolsheviks" Furthermore, he
gives long detailed accounts by Am
erican army officers OF rooms splash
ed with blood from roof to floor
where peasants were tortured By
Russian white guards the same
white guards who are Japan's pets
now in Manc1uria, and who would
be used again when the border is
crossed-probably used to first of all
crossthe Siberian border An officer
cross the Siberian border. An officer
says one of these White Guard Rus
sian torture chambers!
Il found the floor of the room
these men were beaten in was Gov
cred with blood, and the walls in
bAAN AOOlAA NNAC GIL cJldoIlCd hlkl
blood. The wire and loops of rope
that were used around the mems
necks were still hanging from the
ceiling and covered with blood I also
found that some of these men had
been scalded with boiling water and
burned with hot irons, heated in a
little stove / found in the room
II visited the spot where these men
were shot. These men were lined up
and shot, ano each body has at least
three holes in 1t, and some as many
as six or more. They were appar-
emily shot in the feet first and then
higher in the body"
Even Graves becomes little in
dignant over the current phrase
ology Of the capitalist press, which
represented the Japanese-and the
Americans and the English-and
their white guard Russian allies as
defending civilization from Bolshe-
vik barbarism"
Mikados Officers
An American commander under
Graves reported to him as follows
about the methods of the Japanese
officers, the same officer caste that
is now conquering Manchuria, at the
orders of Japanese capitalism, and
will try to conquer the Soviet Union
if things can be arranged in time
with the American and British gov
ernments. Because some Russian
peasants were suspected of not giving
all information the Japanese officers
desired
Five Russians were marched to
some graves that had been dug in
the vicinity Of the railroad station;
they were blindfolded and forced to
kneel at the edge OF the graves.
bending forward with their hands
tied behind them. Two Japanese Of
ficers removing their coats AID
drawing their sabers, then proceeded
to slash the victims on the bac'- OF
the neck, while as each one fell for
ward into the grave, three to five
japanese soldiers bayonetted him
several times with cries of pleasure.
Two were beheaded at once by the
sabei strokes the others were a.
parently alive as the earth was
thrown in upon them
Nice people--these white guard
Russians, these Japanese 2ars,
these allies of Wall Street ar
on the workers fatherlar @
though sometimes rivals owe. the
distribution OF their loot The jap
anese officers and tie Russian
Whites are right there, nearly to the
Siberian border agaiT1-and America
is already talking 2 nut going over
too.
Defend the Soviet Union! Mass
protest against Imperialist War!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28

Unemployed Councils, the T.U.U.L.
Unions, and the rank and file of the
American Federation of Labor. as
well as the other mass organizations,
and the mills, farms, breadlines and
lighthouses thruout the country are
taking bundles of Solidarity with
them on the march. The masses who
gather to express their unity with the
marchers will have an opportunity to
read this splendid issue of "Solidar-
ity" But how about those who are
unable to be on the line Of march2
They, too, must be given theop-
portunity of reading the comprehen-
sive exposures Of the capitalist char
ity rackets, of the vast starvation and
unemployment existing in all sections
Of the American worhngclass They
must be formed Of the militant pro-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28

In the Soviet Union wage In
creases and the universal introduce
ton Of the seven hour day. In cap
itzlist America wage cuts and the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28
Fourth witness on stand: H. o.

Fourth n H. o.
Address2 | 1922 Hand Ave
Marredp
Aeep
Nationality American.
Unemployed? YES very mucr.
poyed? ...............
How many In volr fanlyP -
last iohq >A5ce n
along onP Yes as long as VorEeo
Do you your homer NO
None Am taxing care OF place fo
he
w.. ok, ava. a,4.+.d. one
- half months
you? Whee l 1--WE now lhree III place
you receiving relief from
charttesp ........,
NO
what s vour trader
Do vou belong TO any trade union? No..
your light wata been
turned off? ..........
threatened off? NO
you immediate rele?. year.
fue pay picking it
there sickness In your
fanIlyT ...................... No, net at present
How anyc
many chiren going SCHOOL,.
s child need of school
booksP .............:............ No.
books?
child going to cchool need
clothing o saoesP ................,. 10.
child going to school steady?.. Yes.
chill
undernourshed?
children
poyed should receive free food
clothing etc., Yes
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28

Are you native born? ...............
Has your gas, light or water been
shut off? NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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Anderson the hearing has been called.
the that this first witness Frank Ethen
hearing purpose placed question:
Of finding
What Ts Ga y pnr' address, nss' M Buffalo
Nationality? Observation-Disclosures. American
been unem-
How msny in YOUR family? 5 to be SUPPORTED red
What did receive at
Do you your
How much rent do you payP ........ SIG month
your date2
How rooms have your rooms-not using .
you receiving exception getting
charity so oeSh FRIENDS ns ore .1ne 'r sSs.s Ss
Native born? Observation-Disclosures. Born in ST. Paul
Did you serve in the Army? - Yes with honorable discharge
How long did you serve? Ihree Tunes enlisted
After returned from the
what is your trade? ..............::.. Printer
you belong to any no
DO you eed tmned 500. Certainly do
pays your explained go
have to pick wherever could
geit
of medical
Are you in need any school Not at present but they need more
Did you pay for these books? .. Some we're donated
Do the children that go to school
Do you consider that your children II man out Of work year how
undernourshedP they be anything but under
Do your children receive milk or hot No Haven't heard OF it have heard
The witnes then Personally statement
think have covered quite bit Il have known this for the
territory people
children factory with
when it comes to the children l will was drunk
fight to the last ditch for them Anthony l. Ethen stated In
with this party IA things can say here He has rupture
here and doing this OF sick from Chicago out OF
free will" an getting pension.
Another fonwing help
Second Witness on stand: Mrs PaulHyler
address, ........................ COS E 9Th St
Your age? % wears
Nationality? .......................
Are you unemployed? ...............
long Since
two months
How many in your famly2 ..........
What wages did your husband receive
weeks before Jail
was it enough for your fanny to live
Do you own your own homer staying
It's home that brother-n-
Are you receiving relief from any received
Are YOU native born? ......... Bern in St Paul
shut Off The electric shut gas
Was it snuot off because you were 49, -
Yes y.
How do you pay for your u just have an oil stove
Have you any sickness IN your
Are you in need Of any medical
How many chlren going schoP going
o
the
sister Just loaned
your children cothing clothing
had to
home because he has shoes TO
children
are should
children milk
lunch at
school should
mi lunches2
immediate relief? help I
children school
half didn't
anything o
sidewalks call it
starvation
tell
yhavere old II old,
man 80 $50 - 80. o.
the following W ~. w. ~ 20 ~ s
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28

How do you get your fuel? ..........
Have you any sickness in your
How many chilren going to SCHOOL,.
Is he in need of school books? ......
Do your children need clothing? .....
Do you consider that your child is
undernourished? ............,..'.
Is your child receiving milk or hot
lunches at school? ................
Do you think they should receive free
food in the schools? That is the
children of the unemployed? .......
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Yes
Yes, because my daughter and SON.
in-law had it in their name and
when they moved away it was
turned off. use cook stove and
oil lamps.
We are not as bad off as some of
these people. We happen to know
some of the fruit men who dump
things at the city dump and get
things before it hits the dump.
Friends has given us potatoes and
ether things.
Husband hauls it from the dump
family? ..............-....
I have a tumor that weighs SO lbs.
and am or the verge of q nervous
breakdown
One.
No.
The visiting teacher came today and
gave the child pair of shoes and
stockings.
No.
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Mrs Bartlett then testified that she
had been to visit Mrs Hyler and that
they are living in 2 rooms; that they
go little relief from some Catholic
Charity but for the past 2 or weeks
they have received nothing.
Another man took the floor on this
case and made the following state
ments:
How many in this hall tonight
that can live ON IS month with six
Third Witness on stand, Mrs. Lloyd
Address? ..,.s................
Married? ..s,.s...,..,......
Nationality? neutrality-suspicious..
Is your husband unemployed? .......
How many in your family? ..........
DO you own your own home? ......,
How much rent do you pay? .........
Is your rent paid up to dateP ......
Are you threatened with eviction2 49,.
Flow many rooms have YOU? ........
Arc you receiving relief? ..........
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28

A Negro unemployed worker testi-
9ies concerning Gospel Mission as
follows:
Il had the opportunity to go down
to the Gospel Mission with a boy
friend and the food they are supposed
to feed them is bean soup but you
can't find bean They sleep with
a newspaper to cover them and on
the bare cement floor"
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Open Hearings on
Hunger Reveal Mass
Misery, Starvation

Following is a stenograp1ic report
of the testimony of five witnesses at
the Open hearing on Starvation, held
under auspices Of the Unemployed
Councils of St. Paul, in the Workers
Center, 3OS Jackson St, st. Paul.
Comrade Anderson opened the
meeting and told the people that this
hearing was called for the purpose
of finding out how much starvation
Are you married or single9 ........
What is your address? ..............
Your age? .................,........
Nationality? Observation-Disclosures.
How long have you been 'unem-
ployedY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
How many in your family? .........
What wages did you receive at your
last job? Observation-Disclosures.
Do you own your own home? ........
How much rent do you pay? ........
Is your rent mp to date2 ............
How many rooms have your .......
Are you receiving relief from any
charity? ,..,.....,..........
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Yes, but they don't.
I need help and need it bad. The
children have gone to school hungry
half of the time because we didn't
have anything to eat.
children2 They don't have TO wait
until they find them laying on the
sidewalks dead before they call it
starvation. l have been out of work
2 years myself. They tell me am too
old. If l am too old, why don't they
put me out Of existence? When I 90
to the factory to ask for work, they
tell me l am too old. There are five
of us and only one little girl working
for So a week. Five dollars month";
They can keep it, won't take it."
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DO you consider that your children
are undernourished? ..............
DO your children receive milk or hot
lunches at school? .,..............
DO you think the school should fur
nish milk and hot lunches? .
20 you need immediate relief? ..,.
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Native born? Observation-Disclosures.
Did you serve in the Army? ........
How long did you serve? ............
After you returned from the war,
did you get your Job back7 ........
What is your trade? ................
Do you belong to any trade union? -.
Has your gas, light or water been
shut off Observation-Disclosures.
On account Of non payment? ...
DO you need immediate relief? .....
Who pays for your fuel7 ..,......,.
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118 State ST.
Yes.
Irish.
He works from $50 a. m. TO 9 p. m.
for 81 day.
have grown sons, . married One
boy going to school.
No.
$l2 month.
Tes. We pay SO a week.
We have been but not by this land
lord.
Five.
did get or sets of orders but not
for the last month. asked for fuel
! roas-.
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No.
Three children going to school.
They have some but they are not
paid for. They got them from the
sister Just loaned
They do need clothing and shoes.
Two go to school, one had to stay
home because he has no shoes to
wear.
They don't get the proper food they
should get.
No
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COS E. 9Th st.
% years.
Polish
Yes.
Since they took my husband to Jail
two months.
Six
$35 week but he was unemployed Q
or weeks before he went to Jail
No.
Paying no rent; staying in 2. rooms.
It's home that my brother in-law
rents.
1 received SIS a month from the BOARD
Of Control for one summer.
Bern in st. Paul.
The electric is shut off. Have no gas.
Yes.
just have an oil stove Have no heat.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-22
AlimOny Causes
Contempt Order

A citation for contempt of court
today threatened Thomas D. Wyatt.
after Judge Vaughn N. Thompson
Yesterday afternoon signed an order
directing him to appear in superior
court, October 90, to show cause why