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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25

FOR the August "Anti-War Cam
: paign' international Publishers are
:, preparing for publication the pamph-
let Socialism and War" by Zinc
/, view. and Lenin. This pamphlet which
was written in August, 1915, con-
y tanned the declaration of the off
cial attitude Of the Russian Bolshe-
!. yiks toward the war and the Second
International
This pamphlet played great role
'in soltdifying the revolutionary IN
ternational elements in the socialist
parties Of the various warning coun-
tries and it IS therefore one Of the
historic pieces Of writing which came
from the pen Of Lenin and Zinoviey
who had then worked with him. This
pamphlet was reprinted in the Soviet
Union In 1924 on the tenth enniver-
sary Of the Inperialist War, and in
preface to that edition Zinoviev stat
ed that Lenin wrote Chapter and
portions Of CHAPTERS I and w of the
pamphlet, and that Lenin completely
edited the entire manuscript of the
pamphlet.
This pamphlet, dealing as it does,
with the basic questions Of imperial
ism and the attitude of the revolu-
tionary workers toward the war, with
the right of DIFFERENTIATION, with
pacifism and other forms of oppor-
tunisn1, with the methods Of fighting
war, etc, should be especially used
In connection with the present Anti
War Campaign. This pamphlet
which Will be ready in few days,
will be No 8 in the Little Lenin Lii
brary and will sell at 15c a copy.
Another pamphlet by Lenin, also
issued by international Publishers in
the Little Lenin Library, which
should be used in the August cam
paign Is The War and the Second
International" which deals primarily
with the role Of the Second Inter
national which lead to its collapse
during the war.
A popular pamphlet which should
be particularly widely distributed
during this campaign, is Chemical
Warfare" by Donald Cameron. pub
lished In the International Pamphlet
Series No 3. which sells for 10c. This
pamphlet analyses the preparations
for war and shows the CHASTITY instru-
ar--s~ss which are now being brought
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25

Aware of the menace which threat
ems it in the immediate future, the
international 0ourgeoisie and in par
ticular the French bourgeoisie pre-
pares feverishly for war.
Everywhere military apparatus OF
strength and capacity for destruc-
ton unknown to history is being set
up.
It may be said indeed that one of
the characteristics Of this period, the
period of imperialism or the last
stage of capitalism, is the unprece-
dented development of military force,
the accelerated rate of increase in
military expenditure in the budgets
of all states. There are countries like
France, "a per cent Of whose budget
is for the liquidation of the expenses
of past wars and for intensive prepa-
ration for the next war.
True, all this formidable apparatus
is not erected solely against the US
SR, it is also required by the general
instability Of peace, by the certainty
of coming conflicts between the I'M
periali5t powers, by the requirements
of the class struggle, for internal re-
preston and for repression in the
colonies.
But to strike down the Soviet
Union, is, as we have just shown, a
primary necessity for all the capital
ist states and the powers have re-
solved to settle accounts first with
the USSR.
Preparations for aggression are
carried On in every part Of the anti
Soviet front by the most varied
methods being obviously the most i'm
portant
1t is enough to consider the growth
of ornaments in the inlperialist
countries as whole, and in the
imperialist countries as q whole, and
in the States which are neighbors of
the USSR in particular, to be con-
vtnoed Of the frenzy with which war
preparations are being made.
Let Us take q few figures from the
official budgets OF the five biggest
capitalist states: France, Great Brit
ain the United States, Italy and ia
pan Germany Is excluded In view
OF It's special position since the Yer
saillee Treaty0
If one adds UP the expenditure on
armies, aerial fleets and naves one
finds that, for these five Great Pow
ers IL arr1n11lNtS TO.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25

tween the leading inperialist poweN
to laid" Germany is preparing wal
against the Soviet Union and against
the masses of Germany. d
>syrs -
j. P. Morgan is rushing to 1.ondoe
on his palatial yacht, the Corsair, t.
take part in the war preparations
Morgan made billions out OF the lsa
wax. He and the other Wall st. para.
sites expect to make billions out a
the next war. II. .,.,
|. Smash the war preparations Of the
big bankers against the Soviet
,Unionl Refuse to be slaughtered to
collect millions lent to the Gear! The
workers of the Soviet Union are
building up new society, without
hunger and unemployment Defend
the Soviet Unionl All out on August
I, against the imperialist war prepss
'rationsl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25
SONG 0F THE BLACK MOUNTAIN
MINERS WRITTEN FOLLOWING
THE EVART BATTLE


MINERS WRITTEN FOLLOWING
THE EVART BATTLE
Whitfield ~ had big machine gun,
The very kind he liked
But he let it out to ChiIders, ~
Just to break the strike!
It's all night long from midnight on.
Childers gave It to Daniels, t3)
The union men TO kill.
When the war broke out in Evs.rts
It was captured on the hin
It's al night long from midnight on.
The soldiers went to Whitfield
The big gun for to get,
They captured It at Evarts
those union men won't quit!"
It's all night long from midnight on
When Daniels started down to Verdy
To guard the scabs right through
He called up the Harlan hardwary
wen send you one OF two"
It's all night long from midnight on
But when hte ambulance came to
Evarts
Their zone or two to get,
They saw Daniels lying in the gulley
"Say big boy, you done quit"
It's all night long from midnight on
N. B.-1-whitefield is the N. 3.
mine owner.
2-Childers is the mine superintend-
ent.
3-Jim Daniels, most vicious gunman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25

In an article in it's monthly bull
letin, The Index, The New York
Trust Company admits that the com
bined military and naval costs of the
United States are the highest in the
world
$50 far as the United States is
concerned" the Index says, pres
ident Hoover has estimated that,
if all costs-including interest and
repayment of debts due to wars
are taken into account, past wars
and current military expenditures
are responsible for no less than ~
cents of every dollar spent by the
Federal Government. Other author
tiles place the proportion as high
as 80 cents"
These arguments are being pre-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25
PRISONERS WILL STRIKE
nv ?. Worker Torreenondet,fN

San BERNARDINo, Cal, July 20.
--On July 9, 81 prisoners went on
strike at the Baton Flats prison.
camp The press here called It mu-
tiny.
A riot squad armed with sawed-off
shot guns and tear bombs was called.
But the prisoners pointed out that
they were unable to work on the rot
ten food served So the sheriff prom
ised better food and more decent con-
ditions In the future,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25
81 Cents of Euery US.
Dollar Goes for War

tanks cannot hold back Bclshevisrs
from Central Europe" And the Uni
ted States is preparing its tanks.
airplanes and guns for the attack
on the Soviet Union.
The Christian Science Monitor ad-
mits in its issue of July 6 that
s;American expenditures for such
WAR purposes are 161 per cent
higher than before the war and are
continually increasing" The British
expenditures are 49 per cent higher
than before the war. The figures of
the. New York Trust Company shows
that war expenditures of the United
States have increased from 1913, 400
1874 in 1916 to 81 $40, 384,415 in 1880
This fourfold increase amounts u
81, 1870, 1888 ,961. In the face Of tn
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25
CONFIDENTIAL
IMPERIAL RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
s5O,Ooo,ooo CREDIT

a.
De.s
lac Undersigned credit Of
The this
ana tho proceeds are expended
es" AZ the end 81 three unless
'as" oloh% per beth
dollars
10 provide Tor the possible
the following privileges
va wa
ef Russia credit Thu = .
'ee DUP OF the
cl'd faaoY among the participants Of
to) We retain the privilege
sooo s5ao2ooo
men' so ponds which are be held subject
Ter out oil the rube credit 1914 pt,.i,
these bonds will be pue. which w -, M
- purchase these bonds from the
extent that such privilege ..ot 81 m a..
$1,000 bond shall Be applied .j. It.
Inc bends viii BE- distributed tbs
neee'nt Out
s'aA Dc entitled nfoumt
Aten compensation net exceeding H. Such
a'H a unless majority 81 tie
""iy participate my syndicate termed d sos
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25
Why Millionaires Want
War Against U>S.S.R.

But to return nov to his career
during the last great imperiahst war.
As Chairman of the Commission for
Relief in Belgium, Hoover helped his
masters in the United States to turn
tidy profit of $135, 637,54321 out of
the administration of Belgium relief.
CThey rewarded him well when the
war was over.) This Belgian relief
was no charity" as it has often been
called, but chain store operation
on huge scale"
Hoover's position as Chairman OF
the Relief Commission gave him
prestige and a convenient back
ground for his stock selling.
Aided Yudenitch Against Workers
Revolution.
But the crowring of his career as
a faithful servan of his capitalist
masters came with the use of q
faithful servant Of his capitalist mas
tiers came with the use of the $780,
100000 fund for famine relief in
eastern Europe in 1919. The story
was brought out on the floor Of the
Senate in Dec. 1880. Hoover made
a complete report as to how he spent
that big sum. But he did turn in
to President Wilson three estimates
and preliminary summaries, all of
which mentioned Russia. At that
time the Allied powers were still try
ing to defeat the Soviet government.
Gen Yudenitch, unter-revo1u-
tionary. had left Esthonia and was
invading the Soviet Union with Brit
ish and French supplies and other
aid when Hoover prepared his ere
port" In Table 1 Hoover included
an item of S4,6OO,OOo for relief sup
plies shipped" to Russia, together
with 100000 for childrens relief in
that country.
Table II shows 22,472 tons Of food
delivered to the government OF
Northwest Russia, which was the
Yudeniteh nonarchist army, trying
to capture Petrograd, Cnow Lenin-
grad. 1t lists also 844 tons deliv-
cred to the government of South
Ru~i4," which was the Denikin ex-
petition against the Soviet Union.
Table III a preliminary summary
Of total deliveries of children's relief
includes Northwest Russia
867 tons together with 1852 tons to
presumably way-statior
for future delivery to liberated"
(under white guard Russia.
a few years ago a man named
Martin appeared before a congress
sional committee in Washington with
a bill of 1ading and other papers
showing that he sailed with a ship
load of American supplies, including
Ford trucks, gasoline, oil and other
supplies to Reval, Esthonia, and
turned it over to Yudenitch. Yuden-
itch gave him medal and note of
appreciation. Hoover explained that
Martin had been instructed to de-
liver these supplies to the govern
ment Of Northwest Russia" for relief
Of the civilian population"
But it had never reached the CT
villain poulation of Russia. Yuden-
itch was defeated, his invasion col
lapsed, and most of the supplies re-
manned in Esthonia, to which he re-
treated in 2, hurry.
What Hoover was SO anxious to &C.
complish in 1917-19, he is still want
ing to accomplish. He wanted inter
vention against the Soviet Union
then. He wants it now and for ex-
actly the same reason--to get back
his property at the expense Of the
workers who now rule in the Soviet
Union and to restore one-sixth Of
the earth to the capitalist robbers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25

And this brings US to the considera-
ton of the actual military role OF the
states bordering on the Soviet Union
Imperialism has entrusted them with
the task of setting up ring of arm
les around the USSR.
What are the military forces of all
these states on the borders of the
USSR? Those to the East reach a
figure of 5,397,00O men apportioned
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25
BY GRACE HUTCHINs.
HOOVER explained that he !

HOOVER explained that he had
s,s = run through his profession .....
: As managing partner Of the London
firm Of Bewick, Nfoering & Company
civil and Mining Engineers) he was
receiving $1,000 a year as mining
expert and $4,000 as year as fnan-
cial expert"
This was in 1907 7 years before
the world inperialist war. and Hoo
yer was selling mining stock in Lon
rdon as financial expert or pro
=noter2 for 10 companies Of which
hso was a Director A list of these
companies is given in the book, The
Great Mistake, by John Knox, re-
yesling other facts about Hoover. the
millionaire.
One after another mining compan-
les went into liquidation. and ex-
pired But Hoover himself lost no
money. He kept on starting new
mining companies and selling more
stock to gullible investors. He even
started ne wone in July, 1915 q
year after the imperialist war broke
out The war was to give him his
biggest opportunity.
Earlier in his career as Z prof1teer
Hoover had been in Australia and
then in China. He had learned that
men who promoted mining proper
ties and sold stock in mining COM
ps11ies were not dependent for their
earnings upon the operating profits
- The swift route to fortune lay in
anticipating those profits and in sell
ling their anticipations to the pub
lie II. With the stock sold, the pro
u1oter had the money"
In China. as agent for Bewick,
Mlreing Co., and as Director Of the
Chinese Engineering and Mining Co.,
Hoover. secured mine properties from
the Chinese, by making promises
which he promptly broke. His deal
ings we're so raw that the Chinese
brought suit against his company
and the case was tried in the Lon
don High Court of Justice, in 1905
Even a capitalist judge commented
on the breach Of faith" involved in
such methods OF company promoting.
Promoted Mines in Czarist Russia.
Two of Eoover's largest undertak-
ings we're in Russia,-one at Kyshtirn
in the Urals and the other at Irish.
on the Siberian plains near Man
cIlufia-tne Kyshtim Corp. and the
Tanalyk Corp. AS a director Of Les
lie Urqut1art's Russian-Asiatic Corp
rom 1912, Hoover's job was to reach
+. Ie, stock-buying clients Of the Bew-
lk-Moreing organization
When the Revolution Of 1917 over
threw the Czarist government. Hoov-
tr moved to protect his investments
and IS said to have persuaded Pres.
Wilson to send part Of the Aleri-
can Evolutionary Force on the cam
paign to Archangel and Murmansk.
The campaign failed, and Hoover is
still waiting for chance to recap
ture his investments in Czarist Rus
sisi 4 war would give him such Z
chance, he thinks. In fact in the
N Y. Times Of July 10. Walter Dur
ranty, who was present at Versailles
when the allies enforced their rob-
be. peace, it is stated, in regard to
the present crisis in Central Europe
mo less an authority than Mr..
Hoover himself expressed to the
writer during the peace conference,
the opinion that the postwar re-
= construction of Europe would be
difficult if net impossible, while
" Russ.4 remained 'closed'-in other
words, while Russia remained Boil
shevist.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25

Against these military forces-the
Red Army! 1t numbers $4,000 men.
1t can be seen that the vanguard of
the forces OF imperialism around the
USSR is numerically much the
stronger.
But in order to appreciate the mill
tary strength of the great nations
and of the states bordering on the
USSR, it is not enough to consider
merely these figures OF the so-caled
peace time armies.
The imperielist wars and the war
against the USSR will be wars of
great magnitude and will need much
cannon fodder. Furthermore the real
armies are doubled by very large aux
Hilary military formations grouped in
various well-organized societies of a
fascist character or so-called sport
organizations of which it is worth
recalling the approximate numbers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25
J. 2. Morgan Says War!

3s no other charges the bsns annx.,. So,
"-"N"' i'' our services gheere NSA'as
' tue exercise OF our discretion required II. s.;,, :,
'Aah be conclusive participants. Obligation. -. y o.
o 'nVeraos after ST IN HfH WI
that =. NAV az. oS wire as to the tcipaieu il a..
e :" 'os business We rerc, --'
p"' " 10 atot an amount less applied f.r "Ae e "a
Yours verynuSr'
Morgan Company Thu suc,,, m, a..
lss ulpunsoo 3 e,s Wy 'sm - ,uaanty Trust cosssy
pe" nns ps0ty Company
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25

The increase continues In 1881.
Thus the expenditure on what Is
called security" thirteen years after
the end Of the inperiahst war, is
twice as large as in 1914.
The scientists in every country are
modified in the service of war prep
aration 1t is now impossible to dis
tinguish a scientific study according
to whether it has an industrial or
military objective. In actual fact, the
work of engineers, chemists and cleo
tricians Is used for the perfecttrg of
engines of war. It is all a question of
improving the power of motors, the
range of guns, the means Of trans
port, steel and explosives; Of making
asphyxating substances more deadly.
Every university, every laboratory is
transformed by Imperialism into a
laboratory for war preparations This
prospect Of the future destruction of
humanity is terrifying. The impe-
rialists are preparing with their own
hands the destruction of their civil
ization, which they accuse the Boil
sheviks Of wishing to attack
In the same way as the scientists Of
the universities have been modified.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25

1I4CSC ldoS1Sg VI 5dIlAAdI 1O4lS 6I6s JllC
real bodyguard, the real geudarmerie
of the bourgeoisie in peace time.
These will be the shock troops Of
the i1nperialist armies in time Of wa.
They are organically connected with
the General Staff.
Side by side with the general war
preparations, the special preparations
for attack on the USSR occupy first
place in the military preoccupations
Of the capitalist countries.
Great Britain under Macdonald
openly supports the ant:-Soviet poll.
cy of inaperialist France. In the Bal
tic the British carry on their activi-
ties for the creation of naval bases at
Oesel, Reval, Helsingfors.
1t is amongst the western neigh
bors of the USSR that there is the
greatest increase in war preparations
Every year there are military nnaneu-
vers in which the representative of
the French General Staff take part
French and English naval and aerial
forces often visit the states bordering
on the Soviet Union. Military and
naval specialists reorganise their
navy and air forces. The military
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25
.LENIN PAMPHLETS FOR AUGUST FIRST

to be used in the greatest war which
is now being prepared.
AL these pamphlets can be OBJ
tanned from Workers Library Pub
fishers, so E. 18th st, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25

This reproduction editorial last Sundays New
which that American capitalism preparing for against
the Soviet
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25

attack on the sovieta of unemployed
The Washington times., 1931-11-19
FAITHFUL QUIZ
! REOPENED IN
BOSTON

BOSTON, Nov. l GN.S0.-A
secret investigation was under way
here today in the case of Miss
Starr Faithful, drowned off Long
Beach, L. l.. last June under sus.
picious circumstances.
Martin w. Littleton, jr, as
eiStant district attorney for Mas
sau county, N. Y; j. B Mayforth.
Of West Hyde Park, N. Y. and
two Nassau county detectives
were located here.
Littleton and his aides refused
TO affirm or deny that their secret
mission was in connection with
the Starr Faithful case.
However, Police Inspector
Harold r. King. prominent figure
in the original probe at Mineola,
N. Y. was said to have admitted
in a telephone conversation that
Littleton and the others were in
Boston in connection with q new
Starr Faithful investigation.
1t was the generally accepted
theory that Starr had either been
thrown or jumped from a liner
off Long Beach and her body
washed ashore,
The Washington times., 1931-11-19
FLETCHER To CO
To GENEVA

The Hoover Administration vir-
tually decided yesterday to make
Henry p. Fletcher, retiring chair.
man of the Tariff Commission,
head of the American delegation
to the Geneva Arms Conference
in February.
While Secretary of State Slim
son declined to confirm or deny
the report. it was understood in
diplomatic circles that he will not
attend the parley, the success of
which has been discounted in
advance.
At the same time, it was
learned that Senator Borah,
chairman Of the Foreign Relations
Committee and Senator Reed of
Pennsylvania, a member of the
American delegation to the Lon
don conference, have declined to
serve on the delegation.
The Washington times., 1931-11-19

g. Ueft) Microscopic view Of healthy red-blood-
T. cells. The blood stream should contain about
II 100000 of these cells to the cubic millimeter.
- 4 They carry nourishment and oxygen to every
~ q part of the body-they also remove impurities
from the tissues.
The Washington times., 1931-11-19

The ladies are putting up quite
a kick over the 30.inch standard
length fixed by the Bureau of
Standards for feminine hosiery.
Many letters have been received
by bureau scientists, who after
an extensive survey of the situa-
ton, decided an average standard
length should be established for
stockings of 80 inches.
The welt or top of stocking
should extend about 10 inches
above the knee of a standard
legged" woman. bureau experts
said.
Some of the protestants, how
ever, claim in the new length they
look like infants in socks, while
others whose legs are shorter than
normal claim the new stockings
approach their ears.
1t has been found generally
that the new standard length is
satisfactory to manufacturers, the
dealers and the average customer.
The Washington times., 1931-11-19
TlUO More Blocks
To Be RQzed Soon

The Treasury Department yes
terday advertised for bids to raze
two more blocks in the triangle
area south of Pennsylvania Avenue
to be included in the Grand Plaza
plan.
The squares to be cleared are
between Thirteenth and Four
teenth Streets Northwest and be-
tween C Street and Ohio Avenue,
and Ohio Avenue and D Street.
Most of the buildings already are
vacated.
The Washington times., 1931-11-19
Racial Segregation
OF Patients Denied

While the Segration OF pa
tients along racial lines, as de-
manded by resolutions of the
Hopewell American Legion post,
''is wholly beyond the capacity"
of the Norfolk Naval Hospit"l at
Portsmouth. Rear Admiral C. E.
Riggs. surgeon general of the
Navy, has informed Senator Glass
that he has recommended to the
administrator of veterans affairs
that no more negro patients be
assigned to the institution.
OF the 118 negroes in the hos
pital, he said 116 were sent there
by the Veterans Administration.
The American Legion Post pro-
tested the placing of white and
negro patients in the same wards.
The Washington times., 1931-11-19
DR.. Porke Lectures
To Medical Society

More than 500 members of
the Washington Medical Society
heard a lecture last night by
DR.. w. H. Parke, director of
the New York city health de-
partment laboratories. on The
USE of Serum in the Treatment
of Infantile Paralysis" The lee
ture was the first of a series
under the Davidson Endowment.
The Washington times., 1931-11-19
Ladies Put Up a Big Kick
OUer Stocking Length

Special lengths are obtainable.
Now that the stocking length is
standardized, bureau scientists
skilled in such matters are pro-
ceeding with a study of the
feminine leg in order to adopt a
national standard. This will in
clude standard measurements for
the instep, heel, toe, ankle, calf
and welt for the various sizes.
The Washington times., 1931-11-19

(Right Weak enthusiastically go per cent ~ ~ S
of normal strength-hey lack the power to E9E% IL f~M
resist infection disease to rebuild flesh MkN
away the impurities. Such ESEN I'll
dition responsible for body weakness, -
paleness, salow complexion, pimples and boils.
Don't let them count you out!