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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-09

We missed 1t ourselves that offer the naEyurg
assistant made, but we got letter about 1t, o.
rather copy Of 6 letter sent to Mr.. Charles
Kerrigan, Assistant to the Mayor, City Hall,
New York, reading in part:
I'm this mornings Herald-Tribune read THAI
you have offered to personally pay the fares oE
ten Communists to the workingmen's republic
This inspires me to make one Of those 'oferrS
myself. I offer to turn over my next instaIlimens
Of the soldier bonus to a fund for the purposs
Of shipping back to Ireland all the vice-squad
cops that have not yet gone to Sing Sing am
not a member Of the Communist Party, b,r5
simply g man born in Ireland and keerly resenSS
full of what has been done to the name cs
Ireland by those unspeakable beasts OF the v4cs-
squad.-B. NEAL, Long Island City, N. Y"
One OF the most inexpensive examples Of gersss
crosby is that /"offer" OF Mr.. Kerrigan. Every
Tanlany crok has tin box" which Is rnirac-
ulously kept filled to the brim with cinkly pape
money from a whole series of blind as1,nts vtcJ
perish one after the other and "lesve an estatsr
to the Irish cop after he gets q line on tll spas~
sasies and brothels along his beat. So it costs
Mr.. Kerigan nothing to offer to be generous and
even reckless in his expenses. And it gives such
a nice air of wishing to rid the city OF unees
srables'
Over in Ireland, the rebels against British r1lls
used to call the traitors 'the Kings Irish" And
Neal Is one who wished to make that distinction
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-09
Social atriotism Again
to the Front

EuOpc
Why are the Socialists" in an uproar about
this2 The same Socialists" who during the
postwar German initiation period called ON Mil
waukee workers to 'tget rich by buying German
marks" and investing in German bonds, thus
causing workers to lose their life savingsf "And
we showed that Of all this wealth which the
capitalists take from our country and sink in
Europe, they will get back very little Later
down: The Socialists warned I'm 1918-FB9
that the money never could be collected" The
article goes on to paint the of United States
capitalism 1t asks, Then What's Wrong With
This Country" and answers: "The one govern
rnent (ours) which made 1t possible to add all
these billions of dollars to the open market
values had to see that its efforts helped every
body but itself"
What do the Socialists" want to do about the
sufferings of U. s. capitalists? Europe War
Mad" shrieks ub-headline. The people OF
Europe are suffering from their war madness"
Europe Is now war mad" q. s. capitalists have
invested a lot Of money in Europe and can't get
1t back Our Country Is Hsunstrung," shieks
another sub-head. "Uncle Sam cannot tackle
colossal projects that should be done to employ
our millions OF jobless" The Socialists" are
sorry Hoover's Public Works Program" can't
work out! And they are sorry the forced labor
they put through in Milwaukee Is not spread to
the whole country! In other words. they are
not only sorry their masters invested capital In
Europe that doesn't pay interest, but they call
for war against Europe! They don't do 1t directly,
but insidiously under cover Of radical" phrases.
The conclusion Of the article would please the
ku Klux Khan or American Legion. Again we
Socialists are warning America: Build our own
country and let Europe build for ITSELF" No
wonder the fascist city manager OF Kenosha said
of the Socialist" program: That's the Amer
lean plan OF remedying the evils we facet"
Mayor Hoan, chairman OF the Council Of Dc
fense in 1918. had his advisory council recon-
mend appropriation Of $4,000 FOR the Spanish
War Veterans eneampnent In 1852, But the
Hunger Msrchers from the West are turned
down by this Socialist" mayor, and have to
find their own bedsl
The Communist Party Will mobilize the MIL
waukee workers, through day TO day struggles at
the relief stations and factories 10 the complete
exposure of these social patriot traitors, and
their program Of forcing starvation, wage cuts,
and impershst war upon the workers. under
epYer Of revolutionary telk
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-09
More Protection" Needed

The Buffalo, N. Y. Courier Express OF Nov Is,
carries interesting item about the fund raising
campaign Of the Jewish charities. For one thing,
1t was remarkable by the fact that speaker Sor
the Jewish charities at one Of those inevitable
'1uncheors" the bosses have when they taIk
about giving the jobless sandwich by forcing
an employed worker to "share"-was Catholic
priest the Rev. John G. Carr.
The priest sounded note Of warning that this
rich must '1lang together or hang separately"
as Benjamin Franklin put It, He said:
%rhe rich and wealthy should subscribe to
these charity drives. They not only being
altrustic. but also protecting themselves"
How supremely unselfish it is to be "altrustic"
and at the same time protect yourself! Only q
Catholic priest could think that up. And how
clear an admission that the rich give to charity
when they do-only out Of fear that don't give
up part 81 the wealth they have sweated out
Of the workers, the workers may take it all.
Let The bosses hear you tell ern that they
need lots more protection in the form OF taxes
to furnish Unemployment insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-09
The December Issue of '"The
Communists" Now on Sale

CONTENTS
WALL STREET AND THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE ANTI-SOVIET FRONT ...........
BY Harry Cannes.
THE PARTY ANNIVERSARY IN THE LIGHT
OF OUR PRESENT TASKS ...,...........
BY Alex Bittelman.
THE MEANING OF THE WAGE CUTTING
OFFENSIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BY Joseph lack.
BUILDING THE REVOLUTIONARY TRADE
UNION MOVEMENT ....................
BY S. Wilmer.
RESOLUTION OF THE PRAGUE CONFER
ENCE ON THE QUESTION OF UNEM-
DILETTANTTSM IN STRIKES .ss.....s.s.....
BY VIM. 2. Foster.
RELATIONS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,
AND ECONOMICS UNDER CAPrrALrsM
AND IN THE SOVIET UNION ............
BY Prof. NJ. Rubinsteir
THESIS ON TILE AGRARIAN QUESTION -.
adopted by the Second Congress Of The
Communist International
Send orders and subscriptions 70 Workers
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-09
BY FRED BASSETT.


MILWAUKEE, Wis-During the last World
Wir, the social-patriots of the Socialist Party
betrayed the workers into the slaughter as their
2rid International brethren did all over the
yErld. Now with the approach of new world
tnperialist war, the Milwaukee Socialists pre-
pare to repeat their betrayal of 1914-18 Re-
nIwed strength of social-patriotic propaganda in
TIE Socialist Party organs, particularly the so
eiAIst Campaigner," indicates first, the renewed
war manufactures activity in Mlwaukee's heavy
Industries second, the eagerness of the Social
tsts' to take up their traitorous role in the war
preparations, and in the coming war.
There have been many instances of this social
patriotism in recent issues of the Socialist Cam
paigner." We quote from Nov. % issue, On
The. front page, the leading article is headed;
Wealth Sent to Europe Taken From the Peo-
pie The article says: 'In last weeks issue, we
showed that capitalism is taking billions of dol
lars from the United States and throwing 1t into
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
COTTON PRICES
ARE LOWER

NEW YORK, May % QN.S0.
The New York cotton market was
somewhat lower during the early
trading today on selling BY New
Orleans and the South and an ir-
regularly lower stock market.
At the start of the final hour,
July sold at 9.12, off 10; October
at 9.47, off IL; December at 9.68,
off IL; January at $50, off IL, and
March at 1000, off 10.
The spinners' takingS for the
week we're good. They were stated
by Colonel Hester at 214,000 bales.
This compares with 10000 last
week, and with 167 900 in the like
week last year. Manchester re-
ported somewhat better demand,
and the local cotton goods market,
if not very active, was firm.
The Texas crop up to date has
not hit its stride, except in the
southern part. Boil weevil, flea
hoppers and other pests were re-
ported in considerable numbers,
and it was added that they are
likely to increase with warmer
weather. In the main, the wea-
ther has been unsatisfactory.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
O|LPRODUCT|ON
STILL LSAGS

Average prices for crude oil at
10 representative fields were
unchanged last week from the
preceding week at 83.9 cents a
barrel. The average a year ago
was $1.465 a barrel, according to
the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter.
Gasoline at the refineries was
unchanged last week at 4.187
cents a gallon at four principal
refining centers. The average a
year ago was 7.49 cents a gallon.
Service station prices for gasoline
at 10 leading markets were also
unchanged last week at 1855
cents gallon. The average at
this time last year was 21.05
cents a gallon.
Domestic crude oil production
as estimated by the above
authority from January / to May
% was 319,722,000 barrels, COM
pared with 370, ,446, 900 barrels in
the corresponding period of 1880.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
METAL MARKETS

NEW YORK, May % GN.SD.
Copper buying was in fair vol
ume on domestic account, but
quiet for foreign delivery. Pro-
ducers continued to hold at 9
cents a pound, while custom
SmelterS were selling at 834 cents
delivered. Electroplytic for for
eign shipment was unchanged at
9.275 cents a pound C. i. f. Ham
burg, Havre and London. Zinc
buying was small with the price
unchanged at 3.35 cents a pound
east Of st. Louis for prime West
ern zinc. Lead buying was in
fair volume with the price un-
changed at 3.75 cents a pound
New York, and 800 cents pound
st, Louis.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
ancial News Stocks Bonds Commodities and Com n1ent
Bear Orgy Near. Over, Says
Haney, Listing Signs

Now each man is led by cold facts
to do the things he should have
done long ago-economize, study
consumer demand, etc.
The great danger is that some
of us will take up with the radical
political demagogues who will try
to capitalize our revulsion from
our own past follieS. The fact
that we have been miSled once
should make us doubly careful in
selecting our next leaders.
Here are some facts for the pes
simiSt:
Some Bottoms Listed
1. The prices Of q good many
basic raw materials are at or very
near to bottom levels. When you
can say that a price is the lowest
in 20 years and is below cost Of
production, that is low enough.
2. There is good reason to be-
lieve that the average of indus
trial production is nearly as low
as it ever gets in major depreS-
SiOns.
3. Building activity is dragging
bottom.
4. Money rates can't go much
lower. This won't make bust
ness good, but it is a sign of ''bOt-
tom" and will help recovery
S. The speculative fever is
gone.
6. We have quit looking for
magical remedies.
Ready To Go Ahead
7. No one will deny that bust
ness sentiment is just about as
pesSimistic as possible. Fine. Now
we are going to face facts and
make all the corrections and read
justments necessary to restore a
sound condition. We will quit
waiting for prosperity to come to
us, and go after it.
For the first time during this
recession, am beginning to look
for that darkest hour
But we must have patience with
one another reasonable conceS-
sions in order to avoid class con-
flicts.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
TRACTION LINE
NET GAINS

The Capital Traction Com
pany reports gross income for
April was $92,839, which com
pares with $84,676 for April last
year. Net was $65,123, com
pared with $57,675, for the same
month in 1880, a gain of STAT.
Operating revenue was $8,961
less, and operating expenses $18,-
129 less than in April last year.
Passengers carried were 597,4
fewer than in April last year, or
4,185, ,483.
Net income for the first four
months this year was $177197,
an increase of $2,975 over the
same period in 1880. The COM
pany carried 2,572,701 fewer pas
sengers than in the first four
months of 1890.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
RAILWAY STAFF.
REORGAN|ZED

ST. LOUIS, May 23.-Reor-
ganization and coordination of
the passenger traffic department
of the Missouri Pacific lines was
announced today by L. w. Bald
win, president.
P. j. Neff, assistant to presi-
dent and vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Missouri
Pacific Transportation Company
Missouri Pacific Motor Coach
subsidiary-has been appointed
assistant vice president in charge
of passenger traffic, with head
quarters at st. Louis.
C. w. Strain who has been
passenger traffic manager Of the
Texas lines of the Missouri
Pacific will be transferred to
st. Louis as will C. K. Boutwell,
who has been general passenger
agent at Little Rock, Ark. The
titles of Messrs. Strain and Both
well will be assistant passenger
traffic managers.
j. G. Hollenbeck, has been
assistant passenger traffic man
ager for the Missouri Pacific
only, and his jurisdiction will be
extended over the system. A. D.
Bell, who has been passenger
traffic manager at st. Louis will
be transferred to Houston to sue
ceed Mr.. Strain as assistant pas
senger traffic manager for the
Texas lines.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
CLOTH MARKET

NEW YORK, May % 0.N.SO.
Cotton gray goods markets we're
again quiet today with prices of
most constructions showing no
change. Inquiries for quick deliv-
cries for scarce print cloths con-
tinued in excess of the avail able
supply, although here and there
lots continued to come out both
in first and secondhand chan
nels. 1t was indicated in some
centers that certain mills were
holding back wanted lots of print
cloths in anticipation of better
prices, but in most cases, mills
supply had no further goods
available for some weeks to come.
Other print cloths were available
in sufficient quantities to satisfy
all current demands at the ruling
prices.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Canada Discovers
RddiILn1 Bedrinq Ore

Canada may soon be producing
radium in commercial quantities,
according to adviceS to the Com
merce Department yesterday.
Specimens Of radium ore dis
covered in the Canadian north
west territories have analyzed
favorably. Owners of the mine
said that the maximum width of
ore thus far exposed is about
four inches and the two veins in
which it occurs have been traced
by outcrops along their strike for
a distance of several hundred
feet.
The deposit is located 815 miles
from the nearest railroad termi-
nus, necessitating airplane trans
portation or a six weeks trip by
boat.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
BY LEWIS HANEY
Director New York University, Bureau
Of Business Research and Former
Economist Of Federal Trade
Cov,,unIasiOn

Economist OF FederaI Araue
Commission
While I frankly do not see the
fainteSt sign of an upturn in
business I want to go on record
against all this whispering and
sniping which the little pessi-
mists are doing.
We are a good deal nearer to
the end of his bear market than
we are to the beginning. What's
the use hanging the crepe after
the bull market has been buried?
We should know by this time
that the senSeleSs optimism" Of
the past was our worst enemy.
Now that Is all gone.
Hits Psychology Bunk
It is almost a law that when
everybody is pesSimistic the bot
tom is near. Or you might say,
the more pesSimistic the other
fellow gets the more reason for
hopefulneSs on your part.
w. T. Foster now has concluded
that we are all crazy and that
the depression is just a state of
mind. Personally, I think the so
called psychological explanation
of depression is bunk.
It is a confession on the part of
those who hold it that they can't
understand the economic forces
which caused the depression. The
fact is that we feel depressed be-
cause business is depressed. Just
as We feel sick when we have in
digestion.
But when we get sick enough
we begin to take care of ourselves.
When at last we are forced to go
to bed and the wife calls in the
doctor, then we are on the road to
recovery.
Well Rid of Leaders"
Some people deplore the lack of
leadership now. But maybe it is
just as well that the sort of
leadership" which was so much
in evidence last year is gone.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
$I,9OO,OOO Allotted
For Missouri RiDer

The War Department yesterday
allotted $1,9OO,OO0 for the i'm
provement of the Missouri River
from Kansas City to the mouth.
Of this sum, $4O0, 900 is for carry
ing on operations for stabiliza-
ton and control of the river be-
tween Kansas City and Sioux
City, particularly at Palermo,
ParkSville and Rushville Bonds,
where the work already done is
endangered by encroachmentS.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Illinois Central Wins
Approval of Issue

The Illinois Central Railroad
yesterday received authorization
from the Interstate Commerce
Commission to issue $2O,0OO,0 900
of three-year Az per cent gold
notes.
The proceeds from their sale at
9S5s per cent Of par and accrued
interest will be used to reimburse
the roads treasury for capital
expenditures in connection with
additions and netterments, and
for certain other purposes.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
NeU York Increases
Factories OUTPUT

New York State manufacturers
turned out products valued at
$9,979, ,958,958 in 1929, according
to figures from the biennial
census announced by the Com
merce Department yesterday.
This was an increase Of 6.2
per cent over 1927, when the
value Of such products was So
4OO,061, 1915. The number of estab-
lishments totaled $1,000, only
those producing more than $4,000
per year being listed. They en-
ployed an average of 1,106,976
workers for the year, and paid
an aggregate of $1,651, 1896 in
wages and Of $653,086,5S3 in
salaries,
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
NEW PERPETUAL
BUILDING NEAR
Fractions represent S2ndS
mn ~, ,ana fOf "a

The Perpetual Building Associa-
ton has acquired premises at
1107 E st. N. w., for an addition
to its present quarters. The four
story building there will be
wrecked and a structure con-
forming in architecture to the
present Perpetual Building will
be built.
The new property is Is feet in
width and 100 feet deep, and it's
purchase was made necessary by
the continued growth of the
organization, which now ranks
seventeenth in size among Build
ing and Loan Associations in the
United States, and has assets of
more than $25,000,000.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
CURBMARTD DULL
AND Low

NEW YORK, May % GN.S0.
Most sections Of the curb list
were permitted to drift haphaz-
ardly in an extremely dull week
end session today, with price
changes in the rank and file of
active leaders generally limited
to meaningless proportions.
Cities Service continued in ac-
tive demand, with a number of
large blocks being absorbed on
a scale upward. At its first hour
high Of 1912 it showed a gain of
u point over it's previous close
and some 212 points over it's
recent low level.
The utility group backed and
filled SpiritlesSly, with even such
active favorites as Electric Bond
and Share, and American Gas
and Electric showed but frac-
tional variations at their high
and low points of the day.
Ol1S were mixed WIN vacuum
displaying firm tone in edging
up fractionally to 325s, and
Standard TO Kentucky giving way
to 1878, a new low for the de-
cline.
Continental shares convertible
preferred featured the investment
trust list, with a jump of 4 points
to 80 on announcement that new
interests had bought into the
company.
Specialties were unusually
quiet, with Aluminium showing an
initial gain of 2 points at 1913,
only to lose it all on a subsequent
dip to 100. Curb bonds moved
around irregularly in sluggish
trading.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
MUTUAL BANKS
ASK FEDERAL
ALLIANCE
National Association Will Ask
Congress to Permit Entry
Into u. S. Reserve System

Inclusion of mutual savings
banks in the Federal Reserve
system is to be sought Of Con-
gresS, according to a resolution
adopted last night at the last
session Of the convention of the
National Association of Mutual
Savings Banks, at the Mayflower
Hotel. Entrance would be op.
tional with each bank. The dele
gates represent 900 depositors
and aggregate capital of $10,0O0,-
100000.
IndOrse Rail Pleas
Approval of the efforts of rail
roads to increase their earnings
was voiced in another resolution
The banks in the association have
approximately $1,250,000,000 in
vested in railroad securities. Edu-
cational campaigns to increase
thrift and savings also are to be
undertaken.
Biddulph Elected
Howard Biddulph, of Newark,
N. j., was elected president for
the coming year. Others named
are Wilson C. Wing, of Provi-
dence, r. l., vice president;
Walter E. Hallett, of New York,
treasurer, and John w. Sand
stedt, also of New York, executive
secretary.
The mutual savings banks in
cluded in the association are
located chiefly in the industrial
centers of the Atlantic States
and number 100000 depositors.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
April ShOWs Gain
In ActiUe SpindLeS

The Census Bureau announced
today that on April 80 last there
were 33,057, 1888 cotton spinning
spindles in place in the United
States, of which 26,645, ,404 were
operated at some time during
the month, compared with 26,-
489,83 in March and 28,851, ,122
in April a year ago.
The aggregate number Of spin
dies hours reported for the
month was 7,128,752,785.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
B. e o. Seeks Lease
On Buffalo RGiLIUGY

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
directors are comforting on plans
to lease the Buffalo, Rochester
& Pittsburgh Railway, in which
it holds a SO per cent stock in
terest.
The leasing would be one of
the final steps in the Baltimore
& Ohio's consolidation plan. In
the West the B. & o. is endeavor-
ing to incorporate the Chicago &
Alton into it's system.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Farm, Garden, Poultry

TOM BARRON BIG ENGLISH WHITE
.rd LEGaoRNs 3Ga Of blood-tested stock that
Our breeding hens are from big, heavy.
Welght Lop-Comb Birds of the finest
Barron. type, and layers of large white
eggs OF high egg, power stock. We have
other breeds of the same high quality of
plood-tested two-year-old stock. White
Leghorns. $7.75 per hundred; Rhode Island
Reds. Barred Rocks and white Rocks.
$9.75: White Wyandottes and Buff Orping.
Black Giants. $16 90 per hundred. Jersey
II Foundation AA mating is wanted
af6o add " 90 per hundred. Remember
stock. Order direct from this adj and save
time. LAKESIDE POULTRY FARMS,
Berlin Center. Ohio
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Mexican SedbOHrd
Oil CHANGES Name

At the annual meeting Of the
Mexican Seaboard Oil Co. yester-
day, the name was changed to
the Seaboard Oil & Gas Co. This
action was forecast exclusively in
the Evening Journal a month
ago.
First quarter profits declined
to $53,155 after all charges, but
before federal taxes, from 1921 ,539
in the like 1880 quarter. E. v.
Allen was elected a director.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Steel Entente MGy
PrOLOng Agreement

Basis on which to prolong the
life of Continental Steel Entente
beyond it's present data of ternli-
nation on June 80 is subject of
much discussion within the or
ganization, Paris advices to the
Commerce Department stated.
The meetings held April IL in
Paris. and April % in Brussels,
failed to develop any definite
agreement, but the subject will
be discussed further.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
OIL AND GREASE LOWER

Quotations on animal, vege-
table and fish oils, fats and
greases had a downward trend
during the week ended May %,
according to the Oil, Paint and
Drug Reporter. The index num-
ber of prices was 90.3 as COM
pared with GOT week earlier,
1859 last year and a normal of
100 in 1914. Business was quiet.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Nash Co. Employees
To Dine Firm. Head

Employees of the A. Nash Com
pany, 500 Eleventh st. N. w.,
will give a dinner Monday night
to A. P. Harmon, president and
general manager of the chain
clothing firm with headquarters
in Cincinnati.
Mr.. Harmon, who succeeded A.
Nash. founder of the Golden
Rule" clothing firm, is making
his anual visit to Washington
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
LAMBERT COVERS NEEDS

Lambert Co. will earn the first
six months dividend requirements
of $2,995,984 in the first five
months of the current year. For
the first quarter earning S
amounted to $2,110,3O7 or $2.81 a
share against $2,068,267 or $2.76
a share in the first quarter of
1880.