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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-10
Page Four
By GRACE HUTCHINs

lRINCE Takamatsu youngest brother Of the
Emperor of Japan, who is received in New
York with his Princess in royal grandeur, has
stated that he would like to see the sluns of
New York because he is interested in social
work"
Capitalist America can show him slums easily
enough. In the worlds richest city he has only
to drive in the official limousine, placed at his
disposal, one block east of Broadway to enter
the district where workers are forced to live in
blacklist poverty because wages are too low to
meet rent charges in better districts. While
they show him the sights" neither Walker nor
Whalen nor any other silk-hatted crook Of the
official reception committee will ask the imperial
visitors about workers conditions in capitalist
Japan. But workers ashland demand an an
Swer
What about the slums of Kobe, Tokyo Osaka?
What about unemployment in the imperialist
nation of the East? What about our murdered
comrades who dared to protest against Japanese
imperialism?
Japan's SIums Cesspools of Misery
In Japan the slums go along the ground while
in America they go up in many-Storied tene-
ment buildings, That is the chief difference.
The writer has been in working-class districts
of Japanese cities and will never forget those
ceSspools of human misery.
Kobe boasts the worst slums in Japan. 1t is
close to the great industrial city of Osaka where
two thousand tall ctimneys fill the air with
smoke. We walked along nauseous aleyways in
Kobe's working class districts. Cells open on the
street. No running water. No toilets; only an
open cesspool for public use. No street lights;
no electric light in the cells Rats run freely
in the alleys carrying disease from worker to
worker.
a cell or room is about feet by feet square,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-10
Y.C.L. Discussion Opens

This article is the first of the Young Com
munist League pre-convention articles to be
published every Tuesday and Friday in the
Daily Worker. The articles will continue up
to the League Convention to take place on
June 7th in New York City.
Both League and Party active functionaries
and members are asked to write articles
dealing with the problems of the youth and
the experiences in building the League in
the various districts. All articles are to be
sent to Young Communist League, Box %,
Station D, New York City, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-10
Kind of Particular

Out in Los Angeles, the uppish ladies who
call themselves "clubwomen" have got together
and decided what it needed And it is not a
good five-cent cigar either.
They want, and they are going to introduce
resolution to that effect in the California Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs convention which
meets at Fresno. April 22-they want, we repeat,
law that children born in America shall be
denied American citizenship If their parents were
born outside Of America Children will, therefore,
take due notice to pick their parents carefully
before they dare to be born. ~ia
As for us, we propose that anybody bon, in
America since the Declaration of Independence
be deported, no matter where, but deported
Some way, as Col. Woods Of the Hoover COM
mission 'for employment" might say, must be
found to relieve the situation" But, after all
can the colonel afford to admit that there
Situation"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-10
The April Communist

The April COMMUNIST is now ready ans
contains the following articles:
I'm the Footsteps of Lenin," from Prayda.
"TIow We Must Fight Against the Dsrnasosy d
Fascists and Social-Fascists." BY Earl Browdsr.
"Mr Fish Endorses the Socialist Party" By L
Amter.
"A Review of the Political Scene On the par-
hamentary Stage" by Harrison George.
Overcome Looseness in OPP Mass Work" by
Jack tombstone.
THE Crisis of the Jinl-Crow Nationalism Of
the Negro Bourgeoisie," by Harry Haywood.
How We Build the Revolutionary Trade Union
Opposition in Germany" by F. Enlmerich.
'"The Role of the Red Army in Civfl wse anA
Reconstruction"
Bourgeois Democracy and Proletatrian DletA.
torship," the Theses of Comrade Lenin Adopted
by the First Congress Of the Communist Inter
national, March 1919.
Two letters on the Paris Communist BY Ka
Marx.
Outline for Discussion of the Agrarian Que
ton, Lesson Two. II
Book reviews OF Labor ana Iumh4." " a.
lotto Todes. and ~Ths oAeM0Q Il - II
Sherwood EddA ~~' '@'r-~~ss- II
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-10
Opportunism on March %

and maybe the International Labor Defense and
the Council for the Protection of Foreign-B Born.
What meeting and marches were held, have
not been reported to the Daily Worker or to the
Central Office There was a total lack of CO.
operation and insufficient preparation. The dis
organized manner in which the few meetings
that we have received reports on were con-
Quoted, is an indication Of the necessity OF
changing our methods of work.
Never before in the history of our Party have
we had such favorable situation to arouse the
Indignation of the masses of Negro workers and
foreign-born workers, as we have today, to pro-
test against the persecution directed against
them. Much as the comrades are aware Of these
facts, yet we notice that there was manifested
an unconscious reluctance to supply the motivat-
ing power for the success of our solidarity cam
paigns. 1t Is little short of criminal neglect
that the demonstrations of March % were a
failure.
Regardless Of the results Of these demonstra-
tons, the comrades are instructed to imme-
diately send in the reports from the outlying
sections and districts, whether meetings prepar-
ing for the 18th we're held, and on the activi-
ties Of the 28th itself
To create mass action among the Negro and
white workers against the terrific and savage
prosecutions Of the toiling masses, it is neces-
sary to build up mass sentiment for struggle.
through successful mobilization Of native and
fqstgnrhosn. Negro and white workers. to de-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-10
BY b. ID. AnIIS


THE sharp offensive of the imperialist bosses,
their drives against the foreign-born workers,
the increased lynchings Of Negro workers, and
the all-around sharpening of the yoke of per-
secution against the laboring Masses made
March % an important day in the history of
the toiling masses.
Recognizing these facts this day was set aside
as the national day Of protest against lynching
discrimination, and deportations The Partys
fractions in the League of Struggle for Negro
Rights, the International Labor Defense and
the Council for Protection Of Foreign-Born we're
instructed to mobilize the membership and all
other available forces. All district organizations
Of the Party received detailed instructions and
model plan as guide for making prepara-
tons. The results were so far from the mass
character that they should have attained, that
we were obliged to assume that little or no
preparations were made by the district organi-
cations Recent examination of the work Of four
Of the largest districts Of the Party by the Po-
litical Bureau, have shown that the assumption
was correct
1t is quite evident that the comrades under
estimated the importance of this solidarity cam
paign, and instead of the districts actually TAX
ing hold and moblizing the forces at their dis
posal to assist the three organizations which
had the leadership Of the demonstration the
entire work was relegated to ono or two COM
rades Of the League q stspggls sH Nsgo H!gbss
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-10
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The Devil, You Say!
By yc2eB

1t did not happen in Haiti, where "voodoo.
ism" is used as an excuse to establish the Asns
rines and branch of the National City Bank
but right here in New York City.
And it was given prominent comment in box
on the front page of the N. Y. Times The at"
mentioned was the incident that occurred when
Mayor Walker, returning from Hollywood ladies'
to Betty Compton and still "organically sound"
slipped into the City Hall by the back door, was
confronted with nothing more or less than a
Black Cat!
All, that was Significant Not only a cat, but
a black cat! And parading back and forth be-
fore the mayor of the worlds metropolis! The
witch doctors of the capitalist press went into
huddle about it-but like all doctors they dis
agreed on the diagnosis.
Evil spirits were afoot-or possibly a-horse-
back. In the land of capitalist civilization,
where cyclica crises of capitalist production are
still charged to sun-spots and the length of
women's skirts experts disagreed on the mean
ing of black cat.
So authority was consulted. In one book, "The
Mascot Book" it was said that black cat
means good luck to everybody but a Chinese.
And Mayor Walker was not Chinese It would
insult the Chinese to even mention it, So another
book was consulted, "The Handy Book of Curl
GUS Information" and there at last, but--alasi
in contradiction to the first book it was found
that: 1.-THE black cat has been regarded as the
incarnation of the devil"
oh, the devil, you say! Well we knew long
ago that he was in the City Hall!
But also we knew that it would be good idea
if the Australian bushmen would send some mis-
sionaries to redeem the superstitous heather q
Christian America to simple sanity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-10
L. BRAKEMAN.
Organizer of Building Trades.

monstrate their solidarity and their willingness
to give stubborn resistance to capitalist persecu
ton and starvation. All manifestations OF un-
der-estimating the significance of this work, all
passive reluctance to mobilize masses of workers
for participation in meetings and demonstra-
tons, all tendencies to relegate to handful of
comrades the struggle to build united fronts
must be sharply combatted and condemned
Methods of work that were used in the March
% demonstrations are opportunistic and have
no place in the revolutionary movement.
The revolutionary organizations must purge
themselves from all psssIvity and irresponsible
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-10

slip-shod routine methods (Which effectively
give support to the enemy Of conducting ma
tional campaigns Of solidarity Sectarian pro-
paganda methods do not meet the requirements
of the present period. Carefully planned, mass
agitational methods are adapted to this period
to assure maximum results. Well organized, sys-
tematic and energetic campaigns must be put
into force; masses of Negro workers and white
workers must be modified to voice their dis
satisfaction with, and fight against the existing
reign of terror directed against tho working
class. especially the Negroes and foregn-born.
We are responsible 10 give real end conscious
leadership to this uapYsmeph Al--s4--~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-10
Left On the Starting Pots
By F. HI.

THE Enlarged Buro Meeting Of March LIST, in
estimating the results of the Two Months
Shock Plan of Work, stated in no uncertain
terms that no change has been made in the work
of the Labor Sports Union. The comrades of
the Labor Sports Union who were armed with
correct decisions to remedy the situation in our
sports work, we're still at the starting point.
While beginnings of changes could be recorded
in almost all phases of our work-the comrades
in our sports work were cleft at the starting
post" In examining the situation in the Labor
Sports Union we find
l. That the correct line laid down by the
NEG at the Fourth National Convention at
Cleveland and the basic decisions have not yet
reached the membership in order to effect the
necessary change in our sports work One of the
foremost tasks of our comrades will be to popu-
larize the Fourth Convention decisions and take
energetic steps to carry them out. What were
the basic decisions of the Fourth Convention?
Ca 20 tear ourselves loose from ur isolation
and sectarianism which resulted in narrow poll
cies of playing games with ourselves" In order
to reach the young workers whom we want to
win away from the influence of the boss con-
trolled sport movement, the Convention decided
that we turn our faces to the young workers in
the mills mines, factories and the trade unions
to the work places of the young workers. There
we must bring the worker sportsmen the mes
sage o. building the workers sport movement and
expose the boss-controlled sport organizations
This work of building factory and trade union
sport clubs and teams is of basic Importance and
will establish our sport movement on solid
bedrock foundation
OBJ To win the millions of young worker ath-
letes which in the boss-controlled sport move
ment it will be necessary to send class conscious
worker athletes into boss-controlled sport or
CARNATIONS. While mixing with these young
workers within their social and sport circles we
must raise demands for the interests of the
membership
These demands will be formulated and based
on issues within the particular clubs in addition
to the general demands of the Labor Sports
Union. Partial demands will rise out of a strug-
gle for democratic elections; rank and file con-
troll of the organizations policies; fight against
race discrimination; lower fees and dues with
special demands and consideration for the un-
employed; free use OF public Fairgrounds; SWIM
ming pools; gyms for the workers; the right Of
individual members and the whole organization
to support and participate in the Workers In
ternational Athletic Meet (the Spartakiad), ETC.
Athletes won from boss controlled sport organ
izations must not totally divorce themselves from
former friends and acquaintance but must work
to win them into the Labor Sports Union.
(c) To organize popular mass sport activity
for the young workers. This means that all the
existing clubs of the LSU must have such sport
facilities and teams which will attract the youth
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-12
Obituary

evening at the home of her daugh- ter, 71 Wildemere avenue following a short illness. She was a resident of Oswego, N. Y. She leaves besides her husband, five daughters. Mrs Arthur Rising of Jordon. N. Y., Mrs J. E. King, Mrs Clara Boyd and Mrs James Hayes of this city, Mrs w. P. Quigg of Philadelphia; one sister, Mrs M. E. Clancy of Oregon City, Ore.
 The body was removed to the funeral home of Arthur J. Lunny 25 Central avenue. The funeral vii be private.
 CAVANAUGH-Mrs Julia Cavan- anaugh. wife of James E. Cavan. , augh, died at St Mary's hospita yesterday. She had lived in Water. and favorabl. known. She was g member of the Ladies' Aid society oi St Michaers church and the Ladies Auxiliary, l. o. o. F. She leaves one son, Donald; two sisters, Miss Alice D. Lamey of this city and Mrs Mary Chatfield of Winsted. The funeral will be held to-mor- row morning at 8:30 o'clock from the Mulville funeral home, 270 West Main street to St Michael's church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in old St Joseph's cemetery.
 KEMP-Miss Grace F. Kemp of Lockhart avenue, died at the Water bury hospital yesterday morning fol- lowing long illness. She leaves one brother, Louis R. Kemp with whom she made her home. She was member of the Patriotic Order or the Sons and Daugll- ters of Liberty and the Shep-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-12
Schirmer And
 Mascolo Honored
 At Meeting Here
Mayor Hayes Welcomes Delegates at l2tf Annual Con- vention-Judge Beardsley Speaker Special Tax on Beverage Goods

beverage manufacturers is proposed for the next legislature and urged those engaged in the manufacture of beverages to band together for q
 strong fight against such bill. Mayor Frank Hayes in behalf of
 the city and Judge Harry J. Boards ley, president of the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce, delivered ad- dresses of welcome to the delegates | to the convention soon after Presl- dent Charles W. Carroll of Meriden called the meeting to order. Prayer was given by Rev. w. R Meyer of the First Lutheran church.
 President Carroll turned the intro- duct of Mayor Hayes over to Daniel J. Leary, chairman of the state leg islative committee. MT. Leary said it was just 20 years ago yesterday that he met Frank Hayes and five
 minutes after that meeting he went
 to work for the present mayor Mayor Hayes said anything he said about the city would be superfluous because the delegates knew all about the city anyhow. He said he could mention that Waterbury manufac- tured half the brass used in the
 world. twO-thirds of the clocks and
 watches used and was second in New England in freight tonnage, but il was all known to the delegates. He told the visitors they were welcome and turned the keys of the city ov0l to them. Judge Beardsley enlarged on the mayors mentioning the city's manufactured articles and said the delegates could find all those facts <xf President Carroll in his annual re-
 port criticized those bottlers in the
 state who have not joined the state
 organization on the grounds that
 they permitted the organization to
 fight their battles while they Sat
 back and watched.
 Secretary Schirmer reviewed the
 high lights of the past year and called attention to the state tax bill against beverage manufacturers m Massachusetts. "I have been advised that q. similar bill is 10 be introduced in the state leg .slature," he said. This means we shall h; e q battle on our hands which will try our strength and resources 10 the ut most He urged those in attendance to join the organization to present a united fight.
 The following slate of officers was presented by the nominating com mittee headed by Chairman l. F, Avery of New Britain; President, 0. J. Schueler of Stamford; vice-presi- dent. Rudolph F. Baker. Danbury; secretary, C. F. G. Schirmer. Water Dury; treasurer, Emil Mascolo, Wa terbury.
 Others who spoke this morning were Martin l.. Schmidt, of Louis vile, Ky, vice-president of the na- tional association, Maurice M. Coher who delivered stirring speech oi the competitive battle being wageC between the chain store organiza | lions and the independent storekeep
 CTS. .s.s..
 The convention will be brough to a close with a banquet at The
 Elton at o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-12
STOMACH UPSET

Get at the real cause. That's
 what thousands of stomach sufferers are doing now. Instead of taking
 tonics, or trying to patch up poor
 digestion, they are attacking the real cause of the ailment-clogged liver and disordered bowels. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets help arouse the liver in a soothing. heal ing way. When the liver and bowels are performing their natural func- tions, people rarely suffer from in- digestion and stomach troubles. Have you bad taste, coated tongue. poor appetite, 0 lazy don't
 care feeling, no ambition or energy. trouble with undigested foods? Try Olive Tablets. the substitute for calomel.
 Dr Edwards Olive Tablets are a
 purely vegetable compound. Know them by their olive color. They do the work without griping, cramps or pain. All druggists. 15c, soc, and COG.
 Take one or two at bedtime for quick relief Eat what you like.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-12
Would Keep All 1 Committees Intact
Sage Foundation FavOrs Study of Unemployment

A strong recommendation that :ht
 emergency employment committees
 set up throughout the country :C | deal with the present situation dc l rot disblnd when the emergency is over but continue to study and plan how to reduce seasonal, technoloSi- Cal and ner unemployment is con- tajned in 90 page report published by the Russell Sage Foundation on Community Planning in Unemploy- ment Emergencies" made public to- day. These committees. the report says, would then be prepared for the
 filst signs of the next emergency.
 The report at the same time sug- gests that 'any comprehensive pro- gram for study and control of con-
 munity's unemployment problem should embrace at least these topics: Provision for regular employ ment statistics
 Development of an effective pub
 lie employment exchange
 Efforts to induce individual em- ployers and industries to regular
 ize their own employment
 Long. range planning of public and private work which can be promptly undertaken in a period of unemployment
 Promotion of vocational train- ing and guidance for juveniles An industrial program for the 1 handicapped
 | Legislation"
 In letter transmitting the report
 10 civic, social, industrial, labor and
 religious groups throughout the
 country. John M. G.een. general lii.
 rector of the Russell Sage Founda.
 tion, wrote: While no one can 1ei
 hcw long the present depression wil | continue, We know from rather ful
 records of previous unemployment
 periods that the ill-effects of tht present situation on individuals anG | will be felt long after the business | situation is improved. The sooner
 d community begins to organize tt | counteract these ill-effects, the more
 speedy will be it's recovery" The report itself, prepared hy Joanna c. Colcord, after a revised o1
 the available records of practically all studies of previous unemploy.
 ment emergencies, points out that; Long after factory wheels are agar turning, and to the average citizer
 it seems that things are back to nor.
 nal, the social agencies will be try
 Ing to put together the pieces of hu. eG by the disaster. People wi1f health of body and mind impaired people whose courage and independ. ence have been undermined, people at odds with society, broken and scattered family groups, will lie lons as heavy burden resulting from the period of unemployment. The need of the social agencies for increased public support will be prolonged fol past the .'eriod of acute distress. Ar emergency committee should make it's plans with this fact well in mind
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-12
STATE BOTTLERS NOMINATE LOCAL MEN
MUSICAL COMEDY
 ATLYRIC THEATER
First All-Talkie Italian Movie Three Days During
 This Week
HEAR MOTHER TONGUE

The Lyric theater, on South Main street, presents Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday the first all-talkie Italian movie made in this country. It has just been released from Holly wood. the filming have been recent ly completed.
 The production Is a musical com edy entitled, "Sei Tu L'Amore 2" ("Is It Love?") and shows such stars as Metros inimitable Italian comedy star-Albert Rabagliati and the petite Luisa Caselotti. assisted by fine cast including Italian stars such as Enrico Armetta. Inez Pal ange and Luigi Colombo. The movie was produced by the Italo Film company and pains were taken to made the affair a one hun dred per cent all Italian talkie. Il will be especially enjoyable to the Italians who came to this country from their homeland.
 They will be delighted to heal their mother tongue spoken on the screen for the first time. The film is extremely comical and is fine en- tertainment for any person whc wishes to see it.
 It will be shown for but four days and will not be shown again in the city for some time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-12
CONNECTICUT co
 INSPECTOR HURT

John Fanatics of 107 Grandview avenue, an inspector for the Con- recticut company, was hit by an au- tomobile nn West Main street carry this afternoon. He was badly shak ened up md bruised. He was given treatment at St Mary's hospital and d discharged.
 Joseph F. Aderent, Jr of Milfo,d, Conn, filed report of the mishl D and started that Panalites stepped into the Iath of his car from a parked car on the north side of inc green. Tarffic Officer William Me Carthy Investigated the accident and Lad the driver visit police headqun"- ters with his report. He was not detained.