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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29
By HELEN KAY

ny LAA4ALAN AAEA
The scarlet flower of revolt bloom
ed in Tayug, Pangasinan, Philippine
Islands.
Back of the picturesque village of
Tayug rose the Cordilleras Noun
tains, rippled the Agno river, and in
the open stretches of tropical coun-
try outside the town, toiled the OPP
pressed peasants.
The farmer of Tayug, even more
than the farmer of Arkansas, is a
chattel of the rich landowners. Huge
estates are controlled by few, Ten
ant farmers cultivate the lands, pay
huge rentals, usurious interest rates
on loans, and starve the year around,
He lives in state of virtual slavery.
His lands stolen, his life is made
unendurably horrible.
Rebellion is not new in Tayug,
Pangasinan. The volcano of oppres-
sion has often crupted.
In the early part of January, 1881,
hundreds of men and women, armed
only with clubs, and bolos, marched
into Tayug. They set out for their
direct oppressors. representatives of
Wall Street and the Filipino tools
of American dollars, the military Of
ficers, those who collected the taxes,
and kept them in poverty, They
stormed the shambles. In spite of
the fact that the workers had neither
guns nor ammunition, shots were
fired into their midst. One of the
workers was murdered. The angered
workers attacked with their clubs
The lieutenant who shot their COM
rade was killed.
The frightened officers fled into
the night. A soldier opened the room
containing the arms and ammuni-
tons. The rebels were thus provided
with guns, rifles, revolvers, and car
tridges. They went back into the
streets; set fire to the constabulary
quarters; took over the Municipal
Building. Tayug was in the hands
Of the workers! Thousands Of ex-
plotted farmers had rebelled against
the yoke of vicious oppression. They
had taken matters into their own
hands.
The uprising was spontaneous
protest against starvation and sitting
oppression. Cesare Abe, leader of the
rebellion, declared that he was not
trying to overthrow the government,
but wished merely to secure a re-
distribution of land and wealth in
order to help the poor people free
themselves from oppressive debtors.
The whole of the PHILIPPINE ruling
class was aroused to the danger
These bandits" must be quelled
The authorities at Manila sent zoe
riflemen to Tayug, Other detach-
ments from surrounding districts
were ordered TO make all haste 10
the troubled area"
The attachments arrived; drove
the Tayug rebels from the Municipal
Building. The bandits" sought re-
fuge in nearby convent, and refused
to come out. Guns, rifles, all the
methods of war, were turned upon
them in order to quell their spirit
After hours they were taken. They
could no longer hold out. Three OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29
NEW PIONEER"

now available to all working class
children.
The June number has a rich diver
sity of contents: An outdoor story
by James Lerner, story of Mexican
Life by Albert Morales, Bill Hay
wood, Pioneer; Tom johnson tells
the "Story of Scottsboro" for the
kids. Bill Siegel Eliminates some of
the dark chapters in American His
tory pictorially. Capitalist history
has long needed this re- dressing in
its proper clothes. This series should
be continued. Hardly field OF jul
venile interest is left untouched
puzzles, music, jokes, cartoons, pop
ular science, how to make and do
things, sport news, pictures-all are
here.
OF particular interest is the godOy
number of contributions by young
people. The Dear Comrade Editor
Page" by the kids is colorful and
lively. They tell about experiences
at school at play, at demonstrations
and group activities with a clarity
and forceful directness which is de-
lightful. "Ten Little Children" by
Hal Post, is unusually fine. Para
phrasing an oft used jingle, he has
comprehensiyely caught the whole
tragedy of child labor under boss ex-
ploitation. The healthy. class-con-
scious ending Of the poem shows how
quick children are to feel and realize
the crassness of boss rule and the
remedy for it.
Only by mass circulation will the
magazine be able to continue. Get
busy and circulate it. New Pioneer"
belongs In the hands Of every work
er's and farmers child.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29

figure is slightly larger in the
Graphic and because there are
marks of lashes on his back, which
do not appear in the photo to the
right-the original. The figure is
bit larger because it has been en-
larged And the Graphic" photo
forger has "retouched' the photo,
taking in the marks Of lashes which
were not really visible in the or
iginal, a
We have told you that it was taken
in capitalist America, not in the
Soviet Union. To prove that pris-
oners are whipped in Delaware, we
show you a photo reproducing a little
news item in the New York Times
Of May II. Look up above.
1t says that three men were
lashed today by Warden Elmer j.
Leach at the workhouse." That
was in Wilmington, Delaware-not
in the Soviet Union!
Now, workers, you see how the
capitalist press lies about the Soviet
Union! They lie TO you TO make
you think it would be good thing
to make war on the First Workers
Republic, Soviet Russia!
They try to conceal the truth,
to lie to you. Only the Communist
press, the Daily Worker, will tell
the truth to you. Are you coatri-
buting your bit to help the Daily
keep up this work? Send in your
donation today to its Fighting Fund.-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29

him red handed stealing the money,
but the money was always stolen.
When we fired him, the accounts af-
ter that were all right" Just the
same experience as the i1npromptu
Soviets around Seattle had,
There is a curious thing about
the Blue Shirts" application blank,
and about all the Blue Shirts" liter
allure. Usually these lingo rackets
make much of defense Of the fam
ily," preservation of the sanctity of
American womanhood against Boil
shevik immortality and nationalist
ton Of women, ETC."
Different From Most :.
But the Blue Shirts do not Their
application blank has 80 clauses
which the prospective member must
answer to. The Blue Shirt neophyte
agrees to federal prohibition of the
abuses the Communists make Of free
speech, free press, and free assem-
blage." He agrees that employers
and employees have everything in
common" and that loyalty to coun-
try means loyalty to industry" and
that there must be an embargo on
purchases from and sales to the Sow
let Union, and that there must be
large standing army, and that
there should be Federal criminal
syndicalism laws and laws making it
illegal TO have intentions to over
throw this capitalist government and
that Communist literature must be
barred from the mails, and for "ab-
solute preservation Of the altar"
But nothing about saving the fam
lily or the ''sanctity of American
womanhood," as is usual in such
documents
Which reminds ME that the first
time I ever heard of Frank Pease,
was at a little party in Seattle, at
tended by Reds, radicals and SYM
psthizers. Among the latter was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29
By HARRISON GEORGE.

COMBINES it is necessary to clinch
= the nail Of truth with the ham
mer Of proof. On April 2Sth, the
Daily Worker published story on
the front page. exposing the forging
of photographs by the New York
Evening Graphic, which on Feb %
had published a whole double-page
blast against the Soviet Union.
We then exposed the fact that the
"Grapf1tc" had faxed every photo
graph it used.
Workers, you must learn how these
photos are faxed, just as you should
learn why they are faxed Read
carefully, and observe what we point
out.
First, look at the big Photographic
reproduction of the page of the
Graphic
See the big headline about Red
Russia's Lumber Camps. Under
the first word Of that headline is a
photo of Ramsay Macdonald, fake
socialist" and premier of Eng
Georges government of Great BRIT
ain.
Under his picture, the Graphic"
tells you that Macdonald lis in
vestigating stories of fr1ghtfulness
to convict labor In Russia" It is
added that-"He has had submitted
to him evidence that men are flayed
as the one in the photo to the right"
Now, that photo to the right"
You see a man standing, stripped to
the waist, with the marks of {, whip
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29
Revolt In TayMg,
PangaSlnan, PHILIPPINES

the. sharpshooters we're dead St2
workers were killed, two women and
four men.
The bravery of these workers was
remarkable. Women and girls took
an equal part in the fight They were
as heroic and as bold in the struggle
for freedom as were the men. Ever
in the foreground, they were always
the most desperate fighters.
During the siege of the convent,
the last stand of the rebels, banners
flew from the windows. They were
red banners of rebellion, symbols of
Their. struggle. A penant was shot
down, One Of the girls walked out
of the shelter Of the convent boldly
waving a flag. Their banner must
not fail, She was shot dead.
Seventy were rounded up after the
battle, and held on charges of sedi-
ton and murder, waiting long terms
in the torture chambers of the Phil
lipipes,s AT the trial in Manila Al
were sentenced, Cesare Abe and
Pedro Kalosa were given life inpri-
sonment. Thirty-seven were condem-
ned to seventeen years and two to
fourteen years.
Young girls, many Of them as yet
in-their teens, were among the seven
ty' prisoners. They faced Sedition.
A newspaper reporter said of them,
"Ti1ey had given society no quarter,
and they could now expect none"
Indeedy these brave young rebel wo-
men expected none. They had re-
VOTED against the system which
reaped profits from the sweat of their
labor, Fhey realized the import of
their Crime" and stood up for it.
The same newspaperman asked orls
Of the young girl students why she
was fighting the soldiers, and why
she was with the other prisoners.
"They are my comrades" she an
sWered, we're fighting against url-
bearable conditions" 1.-THE girl would
say no more. Her fair and youthful
face showed no expression of re-
morse. 1t was not a bandits face.
1t was matter Of fact, composed,
serene. Then, the guard led her
away to be questioned"
All is quiet again IN the Pangs~
sinan district. The revolt was drown
ed in blood and prison sentences. But
it is the peace and quiet that prect-
pilates an earthquake. Forty-one are
behind bars and in dungeons, sem
fenced sty an American and a Fill
Pine 1udge-symbol Of the unity OF
Wai@Street and the native bourge-
oisies-Several were killed. But their
rebellious spirit did not die.
The story of Tayug lives on. Tbs
peasants of Pangasinan are still vici-
ously exploited.
This rs not only problem of
Tayug or of the Pangasinan area,
but of the thirteen million Filipino
toilers. Organization is taking seed,
sprouting root, poisoning among
these spontaneous rebels. A fight for
the freedom 70 these fearless rebels
is iil.dull swing. The Filipino Com
munist Party is in the lead
Next time the worker rebel, they
will not be so easily suppressed, and
Tayug will remain in their hands for
more than a day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29
R E V O L T

With the first slave / was born,
Back in history's dim dawn,
Sired by fear and born of Hate,
In each Kingdom soon or late,
1 arise; before my tread.
Kings are humbled or lie dead,
Age OH Age my watch / keep,
Save when free men bid me sleep.
Beaten down but never slain, !.
From defeat I rise again.
Ban of church or bride or fear,
Shall not alter my career.
Each and all who would be free
Must leave their all and follow m
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29

Nor falter, for Gods scourge am 4
Graves are theirs or victory.
Rome of old my deeds could tell.
France and England know me wen,
Russia too, my power has known.
lefth6 slave nor lord nor throne
Red my path, and strewn with
hgraves.
Yet / scorn commended slaves,
One law / know: who would be free.
Must ]aaye their all and follow me.
With the first slave there was -
With the last slave l will de. ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29
Frank Pease, or the
Evolution OF q Fascist

and other general staffs, and with
the Fascist "Avanguardista."
So that is enough for the moment
on Frank Pease's present activities.
He is probably running a more or
less one man racket, he is probably
boasting OF more than he does, but
he is one of several like him and
may be studied as type OF fascist
leader. Let us see now how he grew
up and what sort of animal these
professional patriots may be.
Pease, The Radical
Pease did serve in the Spanish
War He came out mouthing his
disgust of militarism, claimed to be
radical" hung around with left
labor leaders and anarchists. You
will find in the International So
cialist Review an "inspirationai ar
ticle" on May Day in New York,
1918. He wrote occasional articles
and short Stories for the liberal
magazines He had published play,
so far as know never played, called
"Lenin" with a preface, quite flat
tering, by Bernard Shaw.
He was in Seattle when I got
there, 1921 He was regarded by
the revolutionary movement with
mixed feelings OF admiration and
suspicion. He had been very active,
was a pretty good speaker He had
been foremost in organizing the
Workers, Soldiers and Sailors Coun-
cilS,' those somewhat ultra-left eX-
pressions of early Communism in
America, in 1919 and 1920. The
comrades in the councils" found
that money was always unaccounted
for in the Offices set up by Pease.
They couldn't prove much, but they
leased him out" and the accounts
balanced better after that.
Spying
Pease had a wife who worked in
the office of Attorney Vanderveer,
who had all the big labor cases to
defend. Wobbly, afterwards Com
munist, Walker c. Smith, was vis-
iting a friends house to which this
wife also came, and found in some
documents she laid down an ex-
pense account in her name, of the
Department of Justice. He exposed
her, and Pease repudiated her. said
he had no idea she was doing any,
thing like that. There were lot
of general suspicious. Pease and his
wife had been living in a beautiful
bungalow in the West End, with
completely electrified kitchen. He
boosted that he never paid for any
thing he got, never paid his cleo
trical bill. The place was hang
out for the bohemian radicals; Pease
had a fine library of erotic liter
allure, which he lent to the youth.
Against Tyranny"
The struggle that developed, under
the leadership of now known stool
pigeons and crooks, to swing the 1.
WV. from its support of the Rus
sian Revolution into opposition to it
was just getting under way. None
SO fervent for the workers to rise
against "Bolshevik tyranny" as Frank
Pease. He spoke all the time at
Wobbly meetings. His main point
was that Lenin and the old Boil
sheviks we're abnormal, monsters,
and he proved it by long range
psyche analysis, Freudian phrases
rolled well off his tongue, and fairly
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29
OPPRESSION WORSE(
THAN THE KNOUTI)

of the original, where it shows the
man who is whipping the prisoner
mote the whip in his right hand.
Does that man look like a Russian?
Hardly 1t is no "Bolshevik," but
an American prison warden! Just
as the overalls and the turned down
union-suit of the prisoner, both re-
veal that he is an American-since
such garments are not used in Soviet
Russia.
You may be puzzled because the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29

across his back. From what the
Graphic" said in the caption and
the headline, you might think that
this man who was whipped had been
treated that way in the Soviet Union.
On April 18th, the Daily Worker
told you, and truthfully, that the
photo of the man was taken in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29

He used to write lots of articles
for the Industrial Worker, I.W.W.
paper in Seattle, all against the Boil
sheviki, never against the bosses. 1
was editor of that paper, and I
always kept the articles carefully
until Pease wanted them back, but
l never printed any of them.
The last l heard directly OF Frank
Pease was about 1926, while talking
to a man who had been western
director of the Red Cross during the
war you bet I know Frank Pease,"
he said. During the war he had
charge of a. collection district. There
was always something wrong with
the accounts. We never could catch
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29
By G. FRANCIS.

From Choppers striking sport
cover-full of life and vigor-to the
breath-taking adventures Of Freckles
and his friends in the Land of the
Soviets, on the end cover by Wsx,
the June issue of the New Pioneer"
is vibrantly alive-the nattiest, snap
piest children's magazine yeti There
is a zest about the New Pioneer"
which is infectious and makes one
feel glad that SO fine a magazine is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29
A Cuspicious Line

oozed from his well modulated, rich,
rather beautiful voice.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-29


III What pregnant What speetsclsi What 1 fsreef
MI ,Whue Stain, mouthng his boast Of future world
ulnon for the lost of Communism was eEortirz
hErdpesea committee Of the An Russian Economic Con-
nes upon The need Of Ehoopng up the world revolution
a4srmy OF half ion Russians ratified their ksyonss
~ sF reports of the atrocities Of Communism com
nttsd a tbs Of penal seVtude were ferins into the
Re Sfrazi the rest Of the socially organized world
Wfns SORE. sssf has
Vos hing Indictment els einaEs that .. sase ne
~ le.s Wiki - y eiss d HnleIN'
sfneates 50 thEt s-e.av
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VSN.s,l,Iss.s.t ereat 10 pAses snherso upo1
Evening star., 1931-12-18
CONDUIT ROAD BODY
FIGHTS ASSESSMENT
Widening Of Thoroughfare Project
Will Be Taken Up by Legis.
1ative Committee.

Plans to combat what members of
the Conduit Road Citizens Association
claim is an excessive assessment for
widening Conduit Road were made last
night in meeting in the Francis Scott
Key School, Dana place and Conduit
road.
The Legislation Committee Of the as
sociation will meet Monday night in
the Conduit road branch of the public
library to formulate plans to override
the assessment.
A heated discussion was held on the
question Of meter and zone taxi-cabs.
William A. Roberts, assistant corpora
tion counsel, and a member of the
association, expressed himself at a pre-
vious meeting as strongly in favor of
the meter system Of operation.
The association went on record In
favor of retaining the police booth at
Conduit road and Cathedral avenue.
Evening star., 1931-12-18
DrathH.

sTRAuGHTER, MAMIE A. Departed .bt.
IT fe tPe tTPeesaaY fs.I5!5ss DscsH9er IS 1Ss
dsG5b, daeir loss one SON, James VI west; two
r. Francis; seven graadchiIdren ana Ave
eat-srandchildren. Funeral from YER
nom. mqnt Ayenue 1d Baptist Church Sunday, De-
ray officiating. 10
sTRAUGHTER, MAMIE. The Ladies, a.
HaA@ death of 4id nr A,a0Slss9p @sW2 s2n9shees Ss
SSiraf, SS'SI0ek pm from Vermont Avenue Baptist
JENNIE E. BARNES, INDIANA PPYLEEr P4cIl9eot,
fs%sss Fa5sss ?o% '5 t. R
Lees Sons. ss2 Pa aYe TnapSt W. OF on william
frectTI DfecemTber r. l9. at 2:3o pm. Relatives and
yate. AH'0+I"el' pEI-
5SiMEE 5fi lS5i EnsrasRe1 asTssa' 9s5f9 H9ssita
aS2 ns Ssb y5s na:OaRe Ramsins al Mary ass.I1 r
Renben r. me Cpi9,ia! p, funeral home OF william
Fera sn sqndayD ndmDaf5s: DsceBs4 RB9SkviIc 81 Nd r.
ment church cemetery "'e"' Ai''ef-
n9mbr2oN: esmbe5 = THOMAS In9i On Wednesday De-
qs qG@yo,rd son OF John and Mary 'Tr Tnom5sorni'' rri'
Epo.be2 be a5$o leaTes three sisters and three
KiSanGaI st. ,s.r Remains resting at fbe
W Efne5t Jarvis funeral church 1882 u
ST. 81 t3e ht%s. s, mn Saturday noon. thereafter
sU the &bGE2 TcsICe-Ce. 90
tGRER, Th!;i, kATNEE!;iHE NJ. Suddenly. on
i, ;Ihu!Ss3iy, Us, DGrembc; II, 1881, at ii pm.
gCKER beloyea WIZ Of he iStc &C Cisment;
8, ncker. c. Mass VII. b. said at am. st.
phLihps and St james Church. BsItimoTe.
No lnterment in Mount Oiyet Cerotery,
washington, II am. Monday, December III.
20
VERMILLION. LULU MAE. On Wednesday.
december Is, 1881. at $40 am. at the
Sota,dty Sota aye ne, LULU MAE .VERIIL LION,
Yermi!lton nee Thompsonj FuncrTi sarv-
ICES a. above address on SATURDAY., Decem-
per 49, at pm. Relatives and friends in
Yted. 1nteEment ForestyI,le, Ma I8
WEISS. EIIZtBEIH {. On "Wednesday De-
C1rb"t lf. 1881 al Provideac" Hospital,
LILIZABELH FIX 81. =. e WEISS .nea Carter, tc-
a@rd ~ yrar,. frwa'us resting ~ G1.rr's
iun''2l naF.cre HvrN-"i'tn. Nj FGueral
lion iG' above ra:.0rz On Sa'-r67y. Dr.
Crmorr 70. ., 3 nm. Relatives md
CeTetcr". I8
Evening star., 1931-12-18
FOREIGN.
am, Greenwich time. today3
Marriage Licenses.

p Alvin 3 Newton, ,38,, and Thelma L.
Hush P. statham. 26, AL G s. nv and
Pa: Rev. Andrew N. De Muth.
Gabriel Morrow. "a and Malvina Station,
%: judge Robert E. Mattingly.
Charles H. Collins, SO. and Clara M
Phoenix SO; Rev. William. H Brown;
son. %; Rev. A. H. Mckinley.
wyatt c. Minton. 26, Norwalk. Va, and
Martha B. Washington 20. Warrenton, Va;
Rev. George o. Bullock.
Lawrence W. Mallery, 81. Janham, Md,
and Helen L. Ely, 20, this city; Rev H. H
Spencer N. percval 2s this city, ard
Rev. H. H D. Sterrett.
Richard 7. Ray 25. and Ruth I. Taylor,
23 Rev Reuben Y Nicholson
william johnson, 2l. and Leilor william
son. l8; Rev. j A. Wheeler.
Elmer r, Hampton %: this city. and
Dorothy V. Frost, ls Hyattsville, Md; Rev.
Andrew w. Walton. 25. and Gertrude B.
Chavis. "a, Rev Alexander Wibanks.
DOUGLASS Morse. % and Carrie E. Nap
pier, 20i Rev. Alexander Wllbanks.
Motor vehicle registrations in Mexico
have nearly doubled in the last five
wears
Evening star., 1931-12-18
JURY STILL WEIGHS
EWALD FRAUD CASE
Panel Given Additional Instruc.
tions After Five Hours Delibera.
tlon at Mines Trial.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 18.-Fivc
hours after retiring to consider the
Cotter Butte Mines case. in which for
mer Magistrate George F. EWald and
three associates are charged with mail
fraud conspiracy, a jury filed back into
the court room late yesterday to as!:
for more instructions.
They wished to know "if, In the
event the Cotter Butte Mines is found
guilty, does it include the other de-
fendants or Is it a separate decision.
They were instructed each defend
ant stands separately"
Ewald's co-defendants are Harry c.
Cotter, president of the mining com
time secretary and treasurer, and
Francis M. Schirp. a former director
The jurors were ordered locked up
at II 80 pm. after being out approx
lmately ll'2 hours without coming to
any agreement, They resumed deliber
alton today.
Evening star., 1931-12-18
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Partly cloudy
tonight and tomorrow: not much
change in temperature: moderate
southwest winds.
Maryiand-Partly cloudy tonight and
tomorrow; not much change in tenn
perature; fresh west and southwest
winds.
Virginia -Partlycloudy tonight; to-
morrow increasing cloudiness; not much
change in temperature; moderate
southwest and west winds.
West Virginia-Partly cloudy; not
quite SO cold in north portion tonight;
tomorrow increasing cloudiness.
Evening star., 1931-12-18
ACTRESS ASKS ALIMONY

LOS ANGELES, December 18 P.-
Helen Costello, screen actress, who Is
suing Lowell Sherman, actor and di-
rector for divorce, yesterday asked
Tor $4,000 a month alimony.
Her demand was made at a confer
ence between them and their ATTORNEYS
over property settlement. Although
the allmony question was not definitely
setlleo, each valued the community
property at $l5O,O00.
Evening star., 1931-12-18
GEORGE (. ELLIS RITES
HELD AT CATHEDRAL
Body of American Railway Asso-
citation Committee Secretary
Taken to Massachusetts,.

Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock
this afternoon in Bethlehem Chapel,
Washington Cathedral, for George F..
Ellis, committee secretary for the
american Railway Association, who
died yesterday at his home, 1909 La
mont street. The body was taken tc
Falrhaven, Mass, for burial.
Mr.. Ellis, who was secretary to the
Commlttee on Automatic Train Control
ana Joint Committee on Grade Crossing
frotectlon, had been Ill for some time
and was confined to his home for the
past month. Death was attributed to
heart disease, following complicat tions.
Canon E. S. Dunlap of Washington
Cathedral conducted services.