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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-06
The Big Obstacle

There is something about Harvard graduates
besides the draWl that marks them for its own
But we fear that Haywood Broun and Albert
Weisbord are slipping behind on the last Har-
Yard wrinkle We fear, in fact, that they don't
know how to stabilize their center of gravity"
That art or science, is being propagandized by
another Harvard graduate, although SO it is
said, it comes from Okada Torojro who, If you
don't know, is noted as "the Einstein of Japan"
And we think it fits.
The way to stabilize your center of gravity"
is, according to the great master mind, whose
leading disciple is some fellow escaped from
Harvard;-to ''sit on the floor, spine perfectly
straight legs drawn up, hands the knees,
thumbs crossed, eyes and mouth Shut and the
mind in a complete vacuum"
We fear that there is one serious obstacle to-
the recipe going far with Haywood Broun and
Albert Weisbord. They might cross their
thumbs, draw up their legs, and certainly keep
their minds "in complete vacuum"-but they
cannot keep their mouths shut
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-06
By L. PATTERSON.

BY /. PATTERSON.
TT was pointed out at the st. Louis convention
! that the League of Struggle for Negro Rights
raust become broad liberation movement among
the Negroes of this country. The LSNR is based
on affiliated organizations and the main task
of these organizations is the building OF the
Liberator into a mass organ. The LSNR must
become movement fighting for the freedom Of
the Negroes from lynching, race discrimination.
ua-croyisn and all other forms Of Negro OPP
preston and must unreservedly carry on its
struggle for equal rights for the Negroes and for
their right Of self-determination in the black
belt 1t was also made very clear that in order
to fight Negro oppression effectively, the LSNR
must win to It's banner all sections Of the work
ing masses white workers, Negro workers. wom-
en- youth and children. BY doing this, we will
be uniting all our forces for the struggle and
this will deliver great blow against the system
of slavery and oppression.
Youth Is an Important Part Of the LSNR.
When we speak Of mobizing all sections Of
the working class, we mean the organization OF
the white and Negro youth to fight with us.
We recognize that the youth can and will play
a very important role in the struggle for equal
rights for the Negroes. 1t is necessary to en-
phasize that if we expect to win the youth, we
must have special approach and youth meth
DDS of activities. The youth can be approached
on the basis Of sports, soclals, and educational
activities At the same time they can carry on
the struggle against discrimination in these fields
and can be brought into the general struggles
of the LSNR for it's demands. Groups Of the
youth clubs affiliated with the LSNR are youth
branches OF the LSNR. These youth branches
have the right on local scale to set up youth
committees In order to carry on specific activ-
tiles It is necessary to stress here that the
Young Liberators that sprang up in the various
~arts o. the country are not affiliated to the
Young Liberators as a special youth organiza-
ton, but must affiliate to the LSNR.
Methods Of Youth Work
Youth groups Of the LSNR can carry on many
forms Of activity in order to attract the youth
and keep them. For example, Young Liberator
club can be divided into three or four different
forms of activity. For instance, we may have
club Of 80. Out Of this number certain per-
centase will like baseball These can organize
baseball team. Another group likes boxing.
They can organize boxing team; and the re-
rusjnder may Like running. These can form
track team. Each one of these teams can carry
on struggle against discrimination In their
respective fields. For example. the baseball team
should be composed Of both white and Negro
youth and this team should put up the most
stubborn struggle against the bosses agents that
deny the Negro youth the right to plcy on cor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-06
Our Last Plenum and Org-Agit-
prop Conferences

action understands and mobilizes for carrying
through the line of the Plenum
1t is not sufficient merely to have a plan
The success of the carrying out of the plan
lies in a consistent and continuous check up
and he adoption of special organizational meas
ures to carry through the check up, to exchange
experiences and the drawing of lessons from
them, in order to perfect and increase the tasks
OF the plan Of work. The success in mobiliz-
ing the Party for the mass campaign depends
largely how well we mobilize the bottom of the
Party-the units Of the Party. The mobilization
of the lower Party units, depends on the guild
ance that they will receive from the higher
units. In taking up therefore, the question of
organizational consolidation we must look into
the bottom and examine the foundation. The
Central Committee therefore decided that at
our coming Org-Agit Prop Conferences, the main
point for discussion shall be the life and ac-
tivitieS of the units.
Just as the best agitational and propaganda
methods will be useless without the proper or
ganizational measures, so the organizational
measures will be frozen and lifeless," if it is
not permeated with proper understanding and
clarity of the outlying tasks. There must be a
Bolshevik merger of both elements, of organ
ization and agitation propaganda. There
fore we cannot successfully mobilize the Party
for the various campaigns if the membership
does not understand the line and tasks of the
Party. The. Party resolutions and decisions
would only then have value as guide to action
when they are digested and understood by the
entire membership and not merely by hand
full of top functionares We speak of unit in
itiative Can there he unit initiative without
political alertness and sensitiveness? We must
help the Party membership to acquire it, and
that means increased systematic political train
ing.
It is therefore quite obvious that the organ
national and agit prop tasks must be unified.
The organizational consolidation is linked up
with the increased theological activities of the
Party. The recent mid European Agit-Prop con-
ference points out this relationship when it
states: 1.-THE turn of all of the Communist
Parties towards the masses and the placing Of
the question of organizatonal consolidation of
the political influence of the Communist Party
as a central issue, indssolubly connected
with increased theological organization OF the
Parties"
The present situation demands more and bet
ter qualified functionaries Organizational mo-
bility and feminist maneuverng can only sue
cessfully be acquired if it has theoretical foun-
dation, The Sixth World Congress in its po-
htcal resolution told all Parties that the sharp
ened class battles demand greater theoretical
knowledge. 1t states in its resolution: Because
of the great complications and the present in
ternational situation with the existing POSSIBLE
tiles of sharp historical turns, all measures must
be taken to raise the general theoretical level of
the Party and its cadres."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-06
No Sunday Closing

Maybe we are mistaken, but the last we heard
of Billy Sunday, the jumping bean evangelist.
was long time ago, and had something to do
with lot of whiskey he was supposed to have
surrounded in spirit of playfulness perhaps.
Like Christ and Raborshinsky, Billy Sunday.
too, has come to life again. From the Los An
geles Times" Of Jan. 20, we see that the old
bird has again been dancing around the pulpit
and tearing his shirt but this time about the
Reds"
Here. is what this disciple of the gentle Jesus
says:
mo man has the right to wave red flag in
the United States Boats are sailing every day
and the sooner these agtators leave our shores
the better! No man has right To follow his
own opinion unless his opinion comedies with
the laws Of the landl"
Seems like this helfire and birthstone screeches
has been taking swig at the Fish Pond. o. has
tried out p bottle OF Aimee sempls Mcphersons
home brew 4-----
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-06
PARTY LIFE

yYTTIEN workers come to mass meetings or con-
w ferences they expect to see. besides enthus-
asrn. discipline They know the Importance OF
such meetings, understanding that matters OF
great struggles are to be discussed.
1T does not require much thinking to see
what Generalization our undiscipined meetings
have upon these workers, whether they come
to a simple mass meeting or as delegates to
a conference We must understand and take
seriously the fact that workers are watching
and considering the discipline and enthusiasm
1.-THE rule and not the exception at these meet
ings (and have in mind particularly the recent
Needle Conference although practically all are
affected, is that the leading comrades present
are the first to be undisciplined, to hold little
conferences on the side, the first to demoralize
a meeting.
Workers wonder why the leading comrades,
especially when they are Communists, set such
bad example--and the workers get the impress
sion that these undisciplined leading comrades
are acting as though they are privileged to do
as they please In any event, the disturbance
and confusion on the floor create a chaos in
the minds of the rset Of the workers and de-
feat the purpose Of the meetings.
at is time that something be done about this
continual wrecking of our meetings by few
undisciplined leading comrades and they be stop
ped from carrying on like this in the future
Therefore, propose that, at our future meet
ings the following program be carried out:
COMMITTEES to keep order and keep all seated
throughout the whole meeting
Literature and so on to be sold only before
the meeting opens and after it adjourns
Collection committees, large enough and ready
to finish this task quickly, not to prolong mat
tiers and try the patience of the audience
Delegates, at conference, who register. to be
given special delegate card and only those who
are delegates should be seated together-others
to sit among non-delegates. Many non delegates
are always discussing and holding little confer
ences among themselves and with the delegates
when seated with them. They should be made
to keep order.
Volunteers for committees on order should be
ready and also arm-bands for them,, to deter
mine their authority. c."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-06
FIGHT AGAINST CALIFORNIA
WHITE TERROR!

action Is completely victorious; these are the
millions of the working class and the poor
pessantry." .,', -,,e,ty -s
And this is a thing that the ruling class can't
understand because 1t Is 50 deadly determined
to IT, and this is a thing that is being sustained
every day-beginning with the proletarian revo-
luton in Russia, the events = in China, India,
ETC.
II we understand that such attacks are pc-
liticaI. are attacks on the Party and the entire
working class, there can be no question OF the
necessity for militant fight against them. We
must also add right here that the Eve can't
do much talk is passive resistance, towards the
fight against the white terror. That the argu-
rnent well scare prople away" is the worst
kind Of opportlnism which sraouats 70 open
abandonment of the struggle, against the white
terror of the bosses the struggle for the inter
ests Of the working class. t
We must now develop wide campaign against
the Machado methods Of white terror and gen.
eral "Red Squad" suppression upon the fight Of
the working class in Southern California in Los
Angeles.
Workers Militant
The last few demonstrations here have shown
that the workers are not going to stand for
this suppression: the workers are ready to fight;
they have begun actively to defend themselves.
And this was done by the workers themselves,
who have come 10 the demonstrations on their
own initiative.
What does this show. if not tremendous
growth of militancy OF the workers and OF their
readiness to fight? We must utilize this mill
fancy. crystanze it, put 1t into an organized
forn-to the advantage Of the working class,
of Our movement.
Organize Our Struggle
There are many things that can and should
be done-above all: We must not give up, but
intensity our struggle.
We must intensity our work among the un-
employed and put on well organized militant,
fighting basis; we must organize (and this can
be done) committee against white-terror, con-
Sisting of representatives of various working class
organizations and outstanding individuals willing
to fight this battle; we must develop our strug-
giles on the basis of concrete local needs and
demands and such are here, enough of them
In this campaign against white terror, the
right of the workers to demonstrate, to hold
meetings in spite of the AL pewerfulness" of the
Red Squad" etc, must be demanded We shall
not forget the opportunity and necessity for
uncovering the hypocrisy. lies, and poison OF
the liberal" Governor Rolph. Here too our
fight can become concrete and bring much value
to our movement.
The worst thing that could happen to our
movement in California, and would have its
very bad) reflections upon our entire move
ment would be-retreat, passiyity, stopping or
slowing down our fight.
Our struggle against police persecution, white
terror and bosses oppression must now become
a hundred fold intensified. The necessities for
that struggle are great, the workers are militant,
the Party as whole must help the California
district to carry on this hard but inevitably sue
cessful struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-06
LENIN SAID:

Socialists have never been and can never be
opposed TO revolutionary wars The borgeoisie
of the great imperialist powers has become
thoroughly reactionary and the war now con-
Quoted by that bourgeoisie is in our opinion
reatcionary and criminal war for the perpetua-
ton Of slavery. But how about a war against the
bourgeoisie? For instance. how about war of col
onial and dependent countries oppressed by the
bomgeoise. for their emancipation? In article
Of the thesis Of the group Of internationalists
we read: There can be no national wars in the
present era Of uncontrolled imperialism" OBJ
viously this statement is wrong.
-(Lenin: The Military Programme Of the
Froletarian Revolution.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-06

who are also suffering from the misery OF the
bosses, can be won to aid the liberation move
ment in its struggle for freedom of the Negroes.
The Negro children. in particular, are faced with
oppression-Jim Grow schools, Disseminated
from Fairgrounds, etc. The bosses, on the other
hand, are mobilizing the children for their sup
port For example, in the Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts. kndergartens etc. Then II the bosses
see in the children an important factor In help
ing them to suppress the working class. we must
also see in the children very important fac
tor to help us free the workers. LSNR youth
groups should pay special attention to. the chill
dren in their respective neighborhoods, and help
these children to organize their baseball. foot
ball teams etc. They should assign some OF the
members to read with the children assign others
to coach the children in their basket ball teams,
etc BY doing this we will be able to bring the
children to our program and they will be with
US in our demonstrations and all other battles
assinSt oppression.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-06
The Answer Is Easy

zone hundred thousand Cubans, in deliriouS
human wave, carried me into the National Cap
itOl, says Machado, the so-called president" OF
Cuba. Then he goes on to cry about what's
happened In fact he says:
why is it that the President of your coun-
try today should seem unpopular and be so
persecuted-the same man who only short
time ago. was so extraordinarily honored?"
The bloody old murderer seems to have for
gotten that he himself said that Cubans
were "delirious" when they put him in the CAPT
toll They have simply recovered their senses,
that's all.
He even gives proof of this by speaking Of "the
strange hold that Bolshevism has taken on
Cuba"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-06
Did You Notice tt?

The downright cynical cussedness Of the self
styled "progressives' in the A F. of L., headed
by the Rev. Muste is almost past belief. This
gang has been running the United Textile Work
ers' Union of the A F. of L. in the Danvile
strike.
About two weeks ago, in reading San Fran
cisco paper, we noted that dispatch which We
had not seen in the eastern press, said that the
U.T.W. had taken a committee Of strikers to
Washington to see Mr. Fish, one Of the COM
plants being that the open shop companies at
Danville, were giving jobs to imported Reds"
That, of course, was absurd. But now,
short time afterward, the U.T.W. calls off the
strike on the grounds that in taking employees
back without raising the question Of union
membership, that this principle OF labor is being
respected"
one might ask, if one really believed that the
companies were hiring reds so short time
before, to the exclusion of "honest workmen,"
why this action is so soon figured out as ''re-
spectng labor principle" by the treacherous anti
Communist and anti-worker leadership of the
UTW,
But the UT.W. is too hardboiled in betrayal to
be bothered with pretending to be consistent.
1t said that the companies are now all right
and aren't discriminating against workers for
belonging to the union, but they ask at the same
time, that all who get their jobs back should
fork over one dollar week apiece ito aid those
who might be refused employment because Of
their strike conduct"
This, of course, might be all right if the black
listed workers really get the money. But il
such characters as the U.TW, who say that
there is no discrimination in the same breath
that they ask the workers to contribute to aid
those Disseminated against, are to do the hand
ling OF the cash-then we feel sorry for those
who are supposed to be aided"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-06
Workers! Join the Party of
Your Class!

Communist Party o. S. A.
p. o. Box 81 Station d.
New York City.
Please send me more information on the COM
munst Party.
Address ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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Mail tltt to the Central once. Communist
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-07
TENNIS STAR
IS TAKEN ILL
Vines Has Difficult Time
Keeping In Shape
For Matches

SOUTHAMPTON. N. Y, Aug. 7.
R-Ill health is logging the foot
steps OF l9-year-old Ellsworth Vines,
Jr, OF Pasadena, Calf, winner OF
the Longwood Bowl and Seabright
invitation tennis tournaments and
picked by some experts as the next
national champion.
Vines, II was revealed here where
the Californian Is playing IN the
Meadow Brook tournament, Is suf-
fering from a stomach ailment md
has been advised to consult a
specialist.
On several occasions during the
past month while playing in import
ant eastern tournaments, the tall
Pasadena star has been taken VIC
lently Ill either before or after q
match. These attacks have become
So frequent that Vines announced he
will not participate In the eastern
turf court championships next week
at Rye, N. y, but will rest up and
prepare himself for the Newport
invitation starting Aug. IL and the
national championships az Forest
Hills starting Sept. 5.
Vines. who twice this season has
conquered the national champion
49, Hope Doeg, has reached the
50 ki-finals of both singles and
doubles in the Meadow Brook
tournament.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-07
How One Man
Lost q Pounds

Mr.. Herman Runkis OF Detroit
Writes: "A few lines OF thanks from
a rheumatism sufferer-my first
bottle OF Rruschen Salts took all OF
the aches and swellings out OF my
joints-with my first bottle I went
on a diet and lost p pounds anc
now feel like a new man"
To lose fat safely and quickly
take one half teaspoonful Of Kru-
schen Salts in a glass of hot wat
er before breakfast ey~ry morn
ing-an So cent bottle lasts 4
weeks-Get 1t at McKay's Phar-
macy, Cisneros Drug Stores or any
drug store in America.
II not joyfully satisfied after the
first bottle-money back.-AdY.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-07
Cautiousness POLICY
Of Texas Business

er than the seasonal average" the
report says, and sales continued
considerably lower than IN the
corresponding month a year ago;
yet the comparison vas slightly
more favorable than was shown IN
May. Reports indicate that mer-
chants are adhering to the eau
tious policy Of making replace
mentS as consumer demand arises,
with the result that new orders
are in small Quantity and repre-
sent mostly fill-in merchandise.
Collections were ~seasOnally slow.
but an Improvement was noticeable
in some areas"
The combined daily average OF
net demand and time deposits OF
member banks was shown to have
declined TO S775,0 OBS. 900 during
June, which was S2I $40. 900 less
than the May average and S72.Oll,-
600 below the average for June,
1880.
Loans on Increase
Federal reserve bank loans 70
member banks reflected q net in
crease OF approximately S5O0,O0U
between June Is and July is.
While some liquidation was
obtained from banks in the wheat
growing territory says the report.
tit was more than offset BY the
demand from banks IN other agri-
cultural sections. The commercial
loans Of reserve city banks, Tor the
forSi time since last fall, showed a
slight increase between June 10 and
July 8 and these banks added nate
rally to their investments during
the name period. In some centers,
there was an easing Of rates on
commercial and commodity loans.
The report pointed out as q sig
nificant feature Of the department
Of agriculture's July ! report the
large prospective production OF
food and feed crops in the states
attached 10 the Eleventh Federal
district. due both to larger acreage
and heavy per acre yields.
while the prevailing low prices
for agricultural products mean low
returns for the surplus, above
home requirements. the large sup
plies will be a material aid in hold
ing down the cost Of production
during the coming year.
Acreage Reduced
The area Of cotton in cultiva-
ton Oh July 1, according 10 the
department Of agriculture, was
considerably less than a year ago,
the reduction ranging from 8 per
cent in Texas to liz per cent in
Oklahoma and Arizona. Late re-
ports indicate that the crop,
although still somewhat late, Is In
fair to good condition In most Sec
tiOns Of the district
I~nSolvencies recorded in the
eleventh district during June were
reported as more favorable than III
either the previous month or the
same month last year. there being
81 commercial failures during the
month. as against 70 in May and
81 in June a year ago. The indebt-
edness Of firms defaulting during
June totaled S1.522, ZOO, while ! p
June. 1880. the corresponding figure
was S8.454.866.
The total output or crude oil In
the district increased to 31,52l.800
barrels during June, as compared
"a 31.ll2,800 barrels in the preceding
month and 28,089.420 barrels in
June 1880. While east central Texas
was accountable for a gain OF H.
100000 barrels. all other major
areas IN the district showed per-
ceptible reductions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-07

hangar NE Tachikawa aIrdrOme,
near here.
we are undecided yet aS M
when ~ viii take off, Pnngborn
said, -but we may walt mere un1l
the arrival OF Col and ~.
Charles "A. Lindbergh- However W.
may start next week"
PangboIV said he based his state-
mcnt Oh the assumption that tnelr
difficulties with the japanese
aviation bureau soon would W.
strairhtered out. This BELIEF was
shared by officials OF the ministry
nf communications. n