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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-02

Section, carefully watching to see that the direc
tives In Negro work carried into life by those
departments to which they are directly applic-
able.
1t must not be forgotten that Negro work is
an inseparable part of the general Party work.
The Section Negro Work Director must see it is
regarded as such. At the same time, the peculi-
arities arising out Of the National oppression of
the Negro masses must be given due considera-
ton In our approach to the Negro masses and in
the formulation Of all questions Of Negro work.
Unit Negro Work Directors are not only neces-
sary, but they are an extremely important link
In the section apparatus; through them the di-
receives in Negro work are to be carried down to
the Negro masses. They TIE closest to IT,
Negro necses. Il Is largely upon the basis c.
their reports tina: the sectic, las knowledge O,
the moods Of the Negro riassec No section G..
3cc'.on Negro work director can adequately fo.-
muate plan Of Negro work without giving full
0onader.a9Rs efan iSeNg n AZ ;I1psti Nsgyr
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-02
BY B. D., Los Angeles, Cal.

ny d. L., LOS Angeles, Sdi
II OS Angeles is exempted from the economic
~ crisis; "The number of unemployed is
dwindling"; There is no starvation in Los An
geles!' These lying statements which we read
in the Los Angeles Times and other capitalist
dailies are propaganda smoke-screens to befog
the workers minds and prevent them from fight
ing against wage cuts, starvation conditions and
for immediate unemployment relief as well as
for social insurance.
Facts Reveal Lies
All this optimistic bunk to create false illusions
in the minds of the suffering masses is smashed
to pieces by the hard reality of the severe eco
nomic crisis, which is affecting the Los Angeles
workers much, if not more, than the workers
all over the U. S.
In the Southern California Business of May
1881 Ga Chamber Of Commerce monthly, we
read aside from the usual season effect of the
Easter holiday, local conditions in April showed
very little change in their general trend" And
the general trend" according to statistics got
ten up by the State and Los Angeles Chambers
of Commerce, show continuous decline in en-
ployment since 1929. I'm Los Angeles county
total industrial employment during the last 4
months of 1880 was about Is per cent below the
same months in 1929" states the So California
buSiilesS IIldC tne SITUATION is worse IN 1881
is proven by the same boss statistics given in
the Chamber of Commerce journal
Employment dropped almost 3 points dn
ApriD below the previous month on the index"
Referring to the California Labor Market Bull
letin, employment in Los Angeles County de-
creased 25.2% in April, 1881, compared with the
same month in 1880. At present there are about
175,oo0 unemployed workers in Los Angeles
County.
That more and more unemployed workers and
their families facing starvation is we'll proven
by the statement made by Mr. Billing, manager
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of Pasteur treatment to any human
being who might have been bitten
by a dog even suspected of rabies.
1t is known that flies spread dis
ease. Hence preventive medicine is
concerned with the control of flies,
insects and similar parasites.
Preventive medicine also is con-
cerned with the question of mar
cotic addiction and the production
of diseases by the use Of drugs of
various types. Attempts to control
such conditions are made through
legal control of the drugs which
may cause harm.
Authorities in the field of preven-
tive medicine urge periodic physical
examination for detecting disease
in its early stages and thereby
makes it possible to bring the dis
ease under control.
Many diseases are associated with
occupation. Hence employers are
told about the possible dangers
which may exist in the industry and
means are provided for prevention
of disease.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
It's Terrible Thing

VOU see silver going up, and YOU
Il don't need to be told why. The
boys who are supposed to know be-
lieve that China and Japan will
need silver if they get to fighting;
that they must have it, in fact, and
that now is the time to buy.
Japan and China have needed
silver right along, and for much
worth1er purpose than the Man
churian rumpus suggests, but some
how nobody seemed to give a whoop.
We're all ready to speculate on
war, ready to bet, ready to act,
ready to prove our faith.
It's rather terrible way to cele
brate the thirteenth anniversary of
peace, but it reveals the human
side Of the problem. So does the
difficulty we experience in raising
a few millions for the unemployed
as contrasted to the ease and speed
with which we raised billions for
war.
Statesmen can't do it all. They
must have the right kind of moral
support, and they can't get it I'M
less you and contribute our quota
Of straight thinking.
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The Pinchot Plan
sound sense.

One thing stands out clearly in the unemployment
relief problem. Where the desire to prevent starva-
ton exists strongly there can be found enough ways
Of doing it.
Pennsylvania has been facing what seemed to be
impossible situation. Her Constitution forbids the
legislature to make appropriations to provide food
and shelter, to give such appropriations to state
agency, county or city, or welfare agency. 1t
takes at least two years to amend the Constitution.
Yet Pennsylvania, making six checks of the num-
Der of its unemployed found the total to be 100000
persons, fourth of all its wage earners which, it es-
mates, means two and half million persons need
ing help.
Only twenty-three of its communities have chests,
and these cover only about so per cent of the popua
ton Only half the amount raised for community
chests will go to unemployment relief.
Facing this situation Governor Clifford Pinchot
has called the legislature into special session and has
proposed an extensive program of public works, to
be paid for by cigaret gasoline and billboard taxation
He has proposed further that direct relief be pro-
vided for those who can not work on highways or
dams or public buildings in the following novel
manner:
He suggests creation of state commission on I'M
employment relief to receive contributions and SUI
pervise their expenditure for relief of distress. The
money thus contributed Pinchot proposes to repay
with interest at per cent out of the proceeds of
prosperity bonds making the action constitutional by
an amendment which must be approved by this legis-
atre by the next regular session. and by vote of the
people in 1888.
Pinchot points out in his message to the special
session that the wealthy men of Pennsylvania are
able amply to supply the money for this relief, and
he urges that they do because the more fortunate
in this worlds goods ought to take the same share
in the adversely of the nation that they have taken
in its prosperity"
But even more persuasive in his suggestion that
enlightened sef-interest demands such action. that
no government can expect respect and defense from
persons it allows to lack for work and food
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

I HEARD a very fine man answer his telephone the
u other night 1t evident from the conversa-
ton that he was being urged to attend kind of
poker or bridge party for only. I knew he had
planned to spend the evening at home with new
book, because then his wife was dressing to go
out with me to a lecture.
But did he say so? No. indeed His Adams apple
funconed in the ageold way and he used her for his
aibi
Sorry Bill he said and his voice dripped regret,
but my wife says I've got to stay in tonight She's
been reading the riot act to me lately"
1t was easy to imagine the reaction at the other
end of the wire Undoubtedly Bill would straghtway
think and perhaps say, Gee, Toms wife must regu-
lar hell cat. The poor guy can't call his soul his own
She won't even let him have friendly little game
with the boys
Thus Toms wife gets reputation she does not
deserve at all.
MOST feminine shortcomings have been cultivated
1V1 in the public mind in much the same fashion
They fairy tales that have created to use as
excuses for their own faults. BY accusing us they
have found they build up more credit for them
selves.
Take, for example, womans supposed talkativeness.
1t is almost certainty that the men Starte1 this
nasty tale because they themselves like to crate so
well that when feminine interruption to their mono
logs come they are convinced we are garrulous.
We supposed to be physical towards and to run
from the sight of mouse This gives them tire
mendous sense of personal courage without any ex-
penditure of proweSs. And the story Of our vanity
dress diverts attention from their Yanglory over
more intimate characteristics.
They are canny creatures, these Bills and Toms
and their cleverness and finished performance
the use Of the feminine alibi.. q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
Armistice or War?

This anniversary Of the World armistice is
critical. There is more danger Of another World
war than at any time since the guns were slenced
in 1913
If the worlds peace machinery does not stop the
japanese war in Manchuria, that machinery will be
junked in time That is a hard fact to face. Never
theless it is a fact
If Japan can defy the treaties today, France or
Great Britain or Italy or the United States can defy
the treaties tomorrow
That-and that alone-is the world issue in Man
churia Whether China or Japan is to blame, or both
are to blame for the underlying Manchurian conflict
is local issue. But Japan's choice Of military
methods to settle the dispute world ISSUE because
Japans military aggression in direct and complete
violation of her treaty pledge under the League OF
Nations covenant, the nine-power Pacific treaty and
the Kellogg anti-war pact
We are not among those hopeful souls who ex-
pected the League of Nations to make the world
within decade or expected the Kellogg pact to lead
to complete and immediate disarmament.
But like most of the world we have dared believe
that the peace machinery was strong enough to slow
down war forces and check a world crisis pending
recourse to peaceful settlement of disputes.
We still believe in this peace machinery.
We deny that it has broken down.
But it has been ignored, especially by the United
States government The treaties have not been given
chance to operate. The state department has given
no more than p-servce to the Kellogg pact, and lit,
tie of that. The state department has deliberately
evaded the nine-power Pacific treaty.
The best of treaties will not work by themselves.
The best peace machinery conceivable must depend
upon governments willing to operate it.
Some governments today trying. The nations
on the league council have acted during these difficult
two months with courage and fairness, tempered by
patience But they have about reached the breaking
point All of their peaceful overtures have been de-
family rejected by Japan.
The league soon must decide whether to declare
japan an outlaw and treat her as such. But the
league can not take effective action of any kind SO
long as the United States seems to side with Japan
against international Intervention for peace.
AS the most powerful nation in the world the
United States is wrecking the worlds peace machinery
by its obstructionist tactics.
Does the Hoover administration realize what it is
dong2
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r 4 II
All of Il Futile

A S to the former high priest of
L n Islam, Mustapha Renal, now
president of the Turkish republic,
ran him out of office and out of
town some seven years ago, since
which time he has been compelled
to "Subsist on the bounty of the
faithful" the nizam of Hyderabad
being one of said faithful and COM
ing across with pension of 81 500
a month.
Mustapha Renal should not have
done what he did to this exalted
person but for the turmoil and
change incident to war. Thus
through one of the sidelights on a
grand wedding, we get around to
the agony out of which Armistice
day was born.
Also, we get around to certain in
cldents which suggest that much of
the agony was futile, if not un-
necessary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
$5O,OOO,OOO Lost

ME General Electric Company
Il was organized in 1892. It was
a merger of EdiSon's, Brush's and
WOODS companies with that of
Thomson's, which was known as
the ThomSon-Houston Company.
thomson at that time was inter
eSted particularly in the deveIon-
ment of the alternating current and
the transmission of current over
long distances-the same subjects
which later interested Charles p
Steinmetz.
EdlSon'S lamp and Thomson's
loea to make use of alternating CIR
rent accounted for the great growth
OF the electrical industry in this
country.
When the General Electric Com
pany was formed both Edison and
thomson were offered positions nm
on the board of directors. Thomson
declined at once, preferring to re-
main at the head of a research
laboratory. -
Edison accepted a position upon
the board and served until 1901
when he retired from the General
Electric organization. But Edison,s
interest was never in the affairs of
business.
His interest always was in his own
laboratory, where he restIesslv
turned from one invention to an
other.
Brush, until his death, lived in
Cleveland. His interest gradually
changed from applied science to
theoretical science and at the time
of his death he was working unon
experiments which he hoped would
disprove the EinStein theory.
Among Brush's other early inven-
lions was a storage battery. One
day he said to me, st lost $50. 900 600
by inventing the storage battery too
soon. My fundamental patents ex-
pired before the world had found
any use for the storage battery"
But, like Edison, Brush died a
millionaire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

linus toxin and also the germs of
botulism.
For hydrophobia there is a Pas
teur treatment, which involves the
injection into the person infected
of a vaccine made of material from
the dried spinal cords of infected
rabbits.
But preventive medicine does not
stop with this attempt to immunize
the individual. It is concerned also
with the proper control of stray
dogs which are bitten by rabid ami
mails and which then bite human
beings and convey the disease to
them.
Some attempt has been made to
prevent the spread of hydrophobia
by vaccinating animals against the
disease.
Unfortunately, the immunity is
not long and the method has not
been considered as yet a suitable
method for routine use.
This, however, should not inter-
.fere with the prompt administration
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
Common Sense in Vocational Education

Common Sense In NOcaLlOnaI EuuCdClOh
If there is any one defect in educational sys-
tenn which is obvious and extensive beyond all others,
1t is the waste of time so-caed cultural subjects
bv considerable proportion of pupils in our public
schools.
Bright pupils, whose parents are too poor to keep
them in school even long the high school course
are handicapped by the fact that they are not fitted
to do any special kind of They go out to pick
up inferior types of Jobs at low wages.
Long hours and low pay prevents them from ever
obtaining that vocational training which might have
made skilled workers out of them.
Mentally backward or deficient children simply
waste their time and that of their teachers when
attempting to master cultural subjects beyond the
very rudiments of reading writing, spelling arithmetic
and geography.
Whether their parents are opulent or not, these
pupils are a monkey-wrench in the educational
machinery, even though they may be kept in school
until 90 When they leave they unable to fill any
responsible position demanding specialized skill They
become easy victims of temptation to vice, crime and
racketeering.
Hence We may note with distinct interest the
assertion of the famous pedagog, DR.. David Snedden
of Teachers college, Columbia university that voca-
tona education before the age of II is silly Before
a conference on vocational education at the Wander
bjlt hotel in New York he said: ct is absurd to try
to each boys from IA to Is vocation; they don't
even understand what vocation means"
# we could assume that all students in our public
schools we're bright children with ample money to
until one
Snedden But facing facts they are, it would
seem that this frequently progressive and fearless edu
Gator got off to bad start this time.
Bright children doubtless would profit first by
pursuing cultural subjects and then receiving voca
tional education after the age of IT, provided they
could stay on long enough to obtain such practical
education. Many can not do So
How much better, then would it be if at the age
of II they could go out into the world wetrained as
youthful carpenters. cabinet-makers, plumbers,
chanics typewrters secretaries bookkeepers cashiers
and the like
AT present their smattering of Milton. Caesar the
bnonial theorem Shakespeare and the hortatory sub
junctive in way enables them to rise above equally
bright iterates when they have to start supporting
themselves
Dull children, especially those overly deficient in
intelligence can make little progress with cultural
subjects no matter how long they remain In the
school system DR.. Snedden says that these children
should get Jobs and then come back for vocational
guidance after IT,
This suggestion is hardly practicable logical In
the first place, it is a proposal of doubtful judgment
to suggest that mentally dull children between, say
10 and IT. should be put at hard work. We past
the period of child labor in sociological not peda
gogical theory
n the second place. where would they find enough
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
Questions and
Answers

Is there a novel called 'GIimpses
of the Moon? Who is the author?
1t is the title of a novel by Edith
Wharton.
How many independent countries
are there in the world?
Sixty four, including grand
duchies and municipalities.
How much did the Graf Zeppelin
cost?
About one million dollars.
Do stars deteriorate constantly
and give off star dust that covers
the decks Of ships at sea?
No.
Why was the name of Con-
stantinOple changed to IstambuI?
Istambul has always been the
Turkish name for that city.
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NJ. E. Tracy

We Are All Ready to Specu-
late on War and It's a Ter
ribLe Way to Celebrate
Armistice Day.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11-While
In prophet Gandhi struggles for
the freedom and uplift of India,
proving his honesty of purpose by
eating, dressing and living ike the
humblest of his followers, Sir Os-
man Ali Khan, nizam of Hyderabad,
marries off two sons-one to a
daughter and one to niece Of the
former high priest of Islam, prov
ing his fatherly affection, as well as
his opulence, by giving each of the
brides-to-be 100000 in cash and
81 100000 in gems.
The nizam of Hyderabad not only
rules one of the greatest native
states in India. but is reputed to be
the richest man on earth. His gold
alone has been estimated as worth
more than 100000, 900, not to men
ton the incalculable horde Of jewels
coming down to him from the gor-
geous mogul court.
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And Worse Still

TALK about peace: We haven't
i settled down to a belief in its
possibility as yet, much less to a
frame Of mind where we can work
1ntelligently for its preservation.
Let some one touch off a fire
cracker, and we are ready to Shrek
With frenzy. At the same time.
we remain Indifferent to the great
ammunition dumps that are piling
up around us on every hand.
Worse still, we associate pros
perlty with conflict, especially here
IN America, because of the boom
times we enjoyed from 1914 to 1917
and long time afterward.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11

Quick Treatment Halts FIydrOphObia

This is the last of three articles ex-
planning in an interesting and in
formative manner what preventive medi-
cine is and what it is accomplishing.
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBETN,
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of HygeiS, the
Health Magazine.
TINE veneral diseases are giving
L great concern to authorities in
preventive medicine, because appar-
emily there are only two methods
by which they may be brought un-
der control:
1. Prompt treatment of all those
who are infected so that they may
not infect others, and
2. Education concerning the dan
ger of veneral diseases so that those
who are well may not expose them
selves.
The prevention of food poisoning
is largely a matter of proper in
spection of food as sold and thor
ough cooking, since thorough cook
ing of foods will destroy the botu-
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what they want him to have. Thew
think he hasn't intelligence enough
to handle his money. Then his chill
dren go to school, where they are
taught to eat certain things which
contain certain vitamins for health,
and the children are forbidden the
privilege of having this kind of food.
all because their father happens to
De poor man and is forced to work
for basket Of groceries, and they
eat what is in the basket, regardless
OF whether there is milk to put on
their oats.
They know that children, under
nourished, suffer sooner or later
from some ailment, and don't make
healthy and bright students.
There are the warehouses running
over with foodstuffs and clothing
that can't be sold. The only way to
unload them is to furniShthe work.
ers with the money to buy and it is
necessary to furnish work first. It is
necessary to cut hours and raise paw
to give everybody a job.
However, we won't hold orr
breath until they do that. Thew
have told us that is impossible. It
is all right for us to live scantilv
but the manufacturer must live in
a large, well-furnished house. have
his maid, chauffeur, and every-
thing that heart can wish for. which
he buys with the money he makes
off our labor.
When they have the best part of
a mans life, and he gets to the
place where he can't produce as
much as he did, then they can't use
him any longer
Why let such people do our think
ing? We have men in overalls who
can walk around those fellows a
thousand times. The big fellows
realize, by this time, that they cant
solve this unemployment problem.
Then who is going to do it? It is
a fact that the brains of the nation
come from the working mans home.
The manufacturer doesn't run his
own business. He hires a working
man to run it for him.
1t seems to me that the workers
will realize, in the near future, that
the rich can furnish them with
nothing but charity. 1t is high
time we workers organize and
loose ourselves from this terrible
bondage, and run this government
of the people, by the people, and
for the people. MRS. DALEY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
FINLAND AT WAR

NOV. IL
nN Nov. II, 1917, state of war
~ was declared in Finland.
The provisional soldiers commit
tee appointed a commissary Of Fin
land in place of Governor-Ge
Nekrasoff. The diet voted to elect
a state directorate with supreme
power.
On this date also the United
States secret service agents said
they discovered $39, 496,742 worth of
food hidden in storage warehouses
in New York not indicated in ware
house reports.
On the Italian front. Teutons
took Belluno and the Vidor bridge
head and won ground in the Settle
Comuni and the Sugana valley. The
Italians retook positions on Gallo
and Monte Serragh.