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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
A Significant Tribute

IN its current issue, the New York Amsterdam News
bourgeois Negro weekly newspaper pays glowing trib
the memory of j. Louis Engdah and his reess actv
tiles behalf Of the Scotsboro victims of capitalist class
Justice and national oppression of the Negroes.
The tribute is all the significant because of the
class role Of the Amsterdam News active supporter
Of the Republican Party and the whole vicious capitalist system TeSpon
countless other Of erostc repression persecution against
the Negro masses in their fight for national liberation against empoy
In its editorial the Amsterdam News reutes of
the revolutionary policy
white workers the lynch well its shameful part
Film invited
the UssR for the production film of Negro life in the United
that the that
production of the film abandoned for fear of hurting the
bfites" of the u S imperialst lyncher
of Negro
workers increasingly sympathetic the Communist Party of the
s. and TO the Soviet Union the only Ontry where both une
p'Oyment and race hatred have been abolished
1t another victory for the revolutionary struggle against
Onst betrayal of the Negro and further emphasizes the
correctness of the Communist of struggle The AM
ssrdam News editorial follows:
]. LOUIS ENGDAHL
THE activity national and
national prominence the famous Scotsboro and led the long
his ty dense viii be universally norna by all persons VINO a-
his efforts behalf of these undeeged Youths J. Louis
IN visit o n Fmneap countries The tour nrecini
European capitals places Engdahl and Mrs Wright
times they
either thrown jail deported from country another until they
reached Russia here ne news reached CeI naC e oIntea states
Supreme Court had oceed another a Tor seven OF the victims Oh
Ply. a@S se E L cary f ~ me a ID % a ~ en-
I nsfense ls t oreapzoa went to- the defense
scosboro and he has abored in their behalf
ynchngs, legal
n and exploitation Of the Negro in America are no longer isolated
rgh the sad Of tbe comnrst doctrine Russia With one-sxth
population challenging ubiquitous system
Moscow the American had
his problem lifted out Of the narrow provnaism to International
The ning unknown Negro Mississippi the
brutaeS OF Alabama farm rebrate throughout the world
Spokesman arise condemn all of the great world capitals a. Louis
Engdah was one Of these great condenning Spokesman
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
Tinkering with Constitution Is Neev S. p,
Scheme to Halt JoblesS Fight
ALL and SIP. Utilize Issue of Unemployment Insurance
to DemobiIize Growing Mass Struggle

constitutional changes" as an adj
ditional method of creating con-
fusion among the workers and
hampering the development of mass
struggles by holding out hope of
decisive changes by constitutional
amendment. He says:
"At the same time / anu con-
WINGED we should work with
might and main for the socialist
amendment to the constitution
which would give Congress power
to enact all necessary social and
economic legislation in behalf of
the workers."
1t lis indeed happy prospect
Thomas puts before the working
class: First, it is to spend years III
changing the constitution, and,
when and If that is done. it still
has Wall Streets Congress to con-
tend with. Compared with this,
the "gradualsrH' of the British
Labor Party, is a hurricane The
whole scheme, of course, is based
upon the reformist theory that
runs counter to the facts OF all
history-that capitalism permits
decisive changes to be made peace
fully.
OUCH proposals are also based on
~ the theory that the working
class is too backward to see
through them-and it is true that
without it's Communist Party, its
systematic exposure of and strug-
gle against the socia1-fascist lead
ers, the cause of the working class
is retarded; without the populari-
cation of revolutionary theory and
tactics among the masses, the
working class is unable TO repel
effectively the constant attacks of
its class enemy.
That is one reason why the eX-
poslue of these vicious proposals by
the Communists let's loose q veri-
table deluge Of vituperation from
the Socialist Party camp. Such
exposures, especially in time of
crisis, put capitalist democracy in
grave danger
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
Resolutions of 18th c. |. Plenum in
Neev Pamphlet Noav Ready

the Party membership and reyolu-
tionary workers in a rounded out
form, a survey of the tasks of the
Communists in mobilizing the
workers against the capitalist Of
fenSive, against fascism and social
faScism, and against imperialist
war and military intervention in the
Soviet Union in preparation for the
impending new round of big
clashes between classes and be-
tween states, new round of wars
and revolutions"
This pamphlet should therefore
be read and studied by every Party
member and revolutionary worker
as basic guide in their everyday
revolutionary activity. Copies are
obtainable either through your To-
cal Party organization or may be
purchased direct from the publish
ers at the above address.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02

ism on the part of the working
class and its leadership.
The whole struggle against star
walton and most of the small daily
struggles today have definite reyo-
lutionary aspects. Since Thomas
has stated that socialism is pos
sible within a generation" (AIil-
waukee Convention in the United
States, and can be achieved by
peaceful processes, he has assured
the capitalist class of his disbelief
in any form of organized mass
action outside OF the rules capital
ism itself has framed II is there
fore to be expected that Thomas
and the Socialist Party would in
clude in their program q. ''practi-
cal'' proposal with which the work
ing class could occupy itself for
generation without in any way in
terfering with the power of the
capitalists to rule and rob.
They did.
THE extraordinary efforts now
L being made by the A. F of l..
officialdom to stifie the mass de-
mand for federal unemployment
insurance at the expense of the
government and employers is en-
phatic evidence of the strength of
the movement and the depth of the
crisis. There are millions of work
ers who are determined not to go
hungry in silence any longer. The
illusion that the Roosevelt admin
istration will enact measures to end
their misery will soon be dissipated
for the simple reason that it will
do nothing of the sort.
The unemployment problem Is
acute and will become more so rap
idly both before and after the
Roosevelt Inauguration. The capt.
talist class needs all its inStru-
ments. 1t is therefore an appro-
pirate time for Thomas and the
Socialist Party to bring forward
still another measure which, it is
hoped, will serve 10 strengthen the
illusions in regard TO democracy"
So Thomas resuIrectS Point 6 OF
the Socialist Party platform on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02

SLOW MURDERThe story of Arthur Hope in Georgia Mig
GER who is denied medical is to die
degrees is the story of thousands especially Negroes
the ruling class chain the South Proof of this
tanned in the official shown the death Of George
Johnson prisoner County Ga)
This died Feb 49, 1891 the wardens report states
HAS sick with time his serious Illness,
this Negro kept at the prison with other prisoners
direct violation section reproduced
below The system of white ruling oppression OF the Negro
people, of which the hesitates to
violate its laws in order keep the Negroes ensayed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02

camp where he had been had
asked the Commission to transfer
him and the request came in the
same mail with Butch's death cer@
tificate. The coughing convict was
promptly sent to Buzzards RooSt.
WHEN Bill Irvine saw the ena5
w ciated face and heard the rack
ing cough he Swore.
Jesus Christi What do they
want to SEN niggers like him to me
To-? ] can't work that conSnnptive
without KILN him an I'm not
goin' to have my death total raised
because some other warden wants
his lowered
He left orders to chain him and
put him to work driving q dirt
wagon until he could be transferred
to the state farm.
"That'u be easy work." he ex-
planned.
The convict watched the chains
being riVeted around his ankles.
What dey wan to put dem on
me fo'7" he asked plaintively. st
cain run twenty feet widout cough
in my lungs up
BLOOD
Two days of work from sunrise
to sunset and the Negro coughed
up a mOuthful of blood. The war
den saw him spit it out.
God damn!" he shouted. "Pua
him in my car an I'll take him
back to camp befo' he dies on me
Jesus! Why don't they examine
'em before sendin' 'em to chain
gangp
Bill Irvine told the sick Negc
to lie in, his bunk until the doctor
came. The convict covered him
self with blanket though the day
was hot. He lay on his back ex-
hausted by spasms of coughing
Sometimes blood welled to his
mouth even when he did not cough
Flies gathered on the dark puddb
he Spat on the floor.
Continued Tomorrow
:
KEPT IN PRISON CAMP DE.
SPITE HIS ILLNESS, IN VIOLA.
TION OF EVEN THE LAWS OF
THE GEORGIA CAPITALISTS,
WILL THIS SICK NEGRO BE
LEFT TO DIE AS BUTCH CLYDE
AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER
CHAIN GANG PRISONERS HAVE
DIED? DON'T MISS TOM0R-
ROWS INSTALLMENT!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02

Thesis and Resolutions of the
Twelfth PIenum of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Communist
International held in Moscow,
September. 1882. Published by
Workers Library Publishers, L.
o. Box las, Station ID, New York
City. Price 10 cents.
nTHE end of relative capitalist
L sterilization has come.
What is taking place at the present
moment is the transition to a new
round of big clashes between classes
and between states, a new round OF
wars and revolutions"
With these words the Twelfth
plenum of the e. G. G. l. summar-
ICES the present world situation,
and ON this basis the conclusions
are drawn as TO the tasks of the
Communist Parties for the inme-
date future.
The above pamphlet contains the
thesis of the Twelfth Plenum on
the report of Comrade Kuusinen as
well as resolutions on other points
on the agenda, "The Lessons of
Economic Strikes and the Strug-
giles Of the Unemployed, The War
in the Far East and the Tasks of
the Communists in the Struggle
Against Imperiahst War and Mill
tary Intervention Against the u. S.
S. r., and the resolution on So
cialist construction in the U.S.S.R.,
in connection with the completion
Of the first Five-Year Plan and the
basic principles of the Second Five
Year Plan.
The Pamphlet gives, therefore, to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02

overturned truck, his right leg
broken and complaining OF pains in
his stomach. They rushed him to
camp, and, in the Warden's alb
fsence, his wife telephoned the
county physician while two TRUSTEES
prepared the cot in shed reserved
for white. women visitors when they
called ON their husbands A trusty
brought bottle Of moonshine from
the Warden's house and poured a
drink down the half-conscious Ne
gro'S throat.
Once Butch rolled his eyes in
agony, coughed and clutched his
abdomen.
ooh, dat hu'ts,' ne said with
shiver. Hit hu'ts. Feels lax nah
whole insides is busted loose
mr.. BLAINE came as the warden
" drew up at the stockade gate.
The physician was thin, understood.
His store suit was Wrinkled and
his nails dirty. He examined the
injured Negro and nodded SOL
EMMY.
you'll be alright" he said aSsur-
ingly. "All you need right now is
to set your leg in splints."
QUICK WORK
He ordered two flat boards, and
washing the leg casually, bandaged
it. When he finished he said
cheerfully:
"Tll send you some medicine.
Take tablespoonful every three
hours an just lay still"
Gain you gi' me somethin' to
stop de pain, doctor?" Butch plea
ed. "Lawd, NAH whole stop ,cll
feels lax hits busted loose"
Eyes, yes. l know. The medi-
cine'n stop. the pain. You'll have
it in couple O. hours"
THE warden walked out with the
1 physician.
you didn't set his laig-" he
began.
mo. He's got Internal injuries
an can't last long. Why torture
him settin' his leg? An operation
might save him, but there's no
wing In the county hospital for
niggers, an il you take him to
niger doctors house he'll have to
stay there for weeks, maybe
months. TIN cost the county lot
O money!
Bill Twine's jowls shook regret
fully.
"Thats too bad. He was good
niger. Time almost up, too"
DATE TT THE DAY HE DIES"
III you'll send trusty to town
I'll give him oonething to eaEe the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
DUTIES OF PHYSICIAN

When convict is pronounced sick tho Physi.
clan his name shall be placed upon the hospital
record, in accordance with the forms therein pro
scribed, and he shall be under the control Of the
physician until discharged by him. No sick con.
vict shall be kept in the sleeping quarters with
we'll men, but shall be kept in the hospital 1t
permanent quarters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
Ask for Material on
Life of Engdahl

A Memorial pamphlet on j.
Louis Engdahl, who died recently
in Moscow, is now being prepared
under the direction of the Inter-
national Labor Defense, of which
Engdahl was National Chairman.
All workers having letters, dOcu-
ments, clippings, photographs, ETC.,
dealing with EngdahIs many years
OF activity in the revolutionary
movement are asked to send It at
once to Harriet Silvermann, Go
LID. Room 430, 80 E. 18th ST.,
New York City,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02

DUTCH CLHDE was the cooks
- helper, drove the meal truck
when the crews worked distant
road. He had served two and a
half of a three-year sentence for
stealing foodstuffs from grocery
before he was permitted to drive
alone
On a day when the August sun
turned leaves a shrivelled brown
and yellow, and convicts and
guards coughed from the dust, he
drove the truck between the shot
gun guard and the shoyel-crew.
The guards view was obstructed
for a few seconds and he cursed
the driver fuuiously That night
Butch hung in rocks for an hour
to remind him ever to drive be-
tween a guard and his conyicts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02

THE STORY so FAR: David Jackson a Ne
gro youth, is ON his way to Macon Ga. to look for
a job when he Is picked up on the streets of a
small town, charged with Vagrancy and sentenced
TO three months ON the chain gang. For trying
to escape while being taken to the prison camp
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02

known Buzzards ROOst the sentence Is ire
creased to IL months and David is forced to wear
2O-pOund steel spikes riveted around his legs He
is put to work with chain gang crew, building
a road.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
SUBSCRIPTION RATES;

In yesterdays editorial in the Daily Worker, quoting
the telegram Of the management in the second line it is
stated that the statement of hunger to Con-
ress will be published Monday December 18th 1t should
have read, December 5th.
We urge all comrades again to order extra bundles and
circulate the issue of the Daily December 5h that
reaches broad masses of workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
Daily Worker to Have Pages This Saturday

Saturday Worker
viii contain number interesting
workers the
will also article 18th OF
OF John Reed, by Earl
BE to Of
and for friend shopnatcs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
VICTIM

To Chickasaw County Butch's
death meant only one Negro less to
work on jeff Beacon's road and
the state would send them another
for the county'S quota.
The Prison Commissions wheels
ground another into the NAV of
Buzzard's Roost. He came within
a week. thin-faced, round-shoul-
dered and with whipped air. AL
bert Hope was his name and he
was troubled with a cough that
shook his body and left him gasp
ing for breath. His papers said he
was twenty-one. He had cut a
barber with a razor and got ten
years for it. The warden of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
UNDER AN
OVERTURNED TRUCK

At eleyen-thirty the next morn
ing when the walking-boss shouted
Lay 'em DOWN. Butch had not
yet appeared and mule wagon
was sent to look for him in case
he was stalled somewhere on the
road. They found him under the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
NEGRO SLAVERY TonAY
John L. SpiVak's Stirring NOpef
GEORGIA Niger"

Ng is hE p a ppmaon
= yp
Of Ii boss
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02

pain, but that nigger'n be gone in
a day OF two. I'll sign the death
certificate now and save myself
another trip, Date it the day he
dies"
What the hell happened?" the
warden asked.
"You heard him." the doctor re-
turned irritably. Heat. Exhaus-
ton. Dizziness. He didn't git over
the stocks last ey'nin' an when he
tried to apply the brakes somethin'
went wrong an the first thing he
knew the truck was on him"
YEAH" said the warden. LES
sign the papers"
DUTCH lasted another day. They
- shipped the body on the milk
train to his mother, SO the ice
would keep it from decomposing be-
fore it reached home.
A c0roner'S jury and the doc
tors certificate said Butch was a
careless Negro who met an acct
dental death, but few care how
many Negroes die of accidents
following exhaustion or punish
ment, nor how many might be
saved if permitted into white
hospitals.
In some corner Of field lost in
tangle of thicket, a fresh mound
marks a Georgia Negro returned
by the state to his mother, and a
slip of paper is added to the Prison
Commission files. A Negro dead of
an accident. A Negro dead of dis
ease. A Negro killed trying to
escape. Little. slips of paper with
rubber bands around them gather
ing dust in Atlanta, and little
mounds Of Georgia clay for mothers
to weep on.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
LACK OF RAIN
LOWERS LAKES
We Are Short a Years Rain.
fall Since 1922-Lacking
25.01 Inches.

If solid sheet Of water, two feet in
depth, were suddenly laid over Mime
sofas entire area Of So ,943 ,379 acres
well. what would happen?
IneStimable damage would be Ger
tainly done by the resultant flood as
lakes, rivers and other bodies Of water
would be filled TO overflowing, and the
general topography of the state would
probably be changed considerably.
But even that amount Of water would
not make up the total deficit IN mois-
ture which the state has had from Jan.
l, 1922 up until Oct. Of this year,
whcih amounts to 25.01 inches. or prac-
tically whole year of normal rainfall.
That the state has been in the throes
Of long drouth is evidenced by the
condition Of the lakes, which in many
sections are the lowest in history. The
state game and fish department as a
result, viii be forced to rescue many
fish in some Of the shallow lakes this
winter, to prevent suffocation or pos
sible freezing.
Optimism, however, is seen by q. G.
Pursel, head of the q. s. weather bu-
reau, who says that continuance OF the
long drouth would be extraordinary
and remarkable, basing this assertion on
the behavior Of the weather for many
years past. He believes that possibly
within the next three or four years.
relief viii come.
Mr.. Pursen says that his hopes are
not based upon regular cycle of events
in Minnesota weather history, but on
the law of averages. He took as an ex-
ample the fact that the year 1910,
which brought but 1473 inches of
moisture TO the state was followed in
1911 by one of the wettest years. He
says that dry and wet periods assume
no definite length Of time, and there
fore it IS almost impossible TO regard
them as cycles.
Mr.. Pursen said surface reservoirs Of
water are sadly depleted while those
underground also are being drained TO
some extent.
Surface moisture in many parts Of the
state has been 50 slight that fall plow-
ing has not been done, farmers post
poning this until next spring.
With one exception, 1923, every one of
the last ten years have added TO the
deficiency. That year the state had 81
of an inch above normal
The first nine months of this year
have given the state deficiency of
2.45 inches.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
Big Shortage In
Iron Ore Shipments.

It is questionable if the iron ore
movement from the Lake Superior area
viii reach total of 1000, 900 tons this
season, as revealed by the Lake Su-
perior Iron Ore association report
To Nov there had been 2,317, TIC
tons shipped from Lake Superior docks
to lower lake ports. This amount is
19, 729 ,476 tons short Of the total for the
same period last year. The seasons
shipments only represent about 1440
per cent Of the amount shipped in 1881.
Shipments during October show a
slight gain over the previous month,
and probably is the largest total of this
season for a single month The amount
was 926y56l tons, which compares with
?, l67 ,663 for the same time a year ago.
The movement this month VIII taper
off radically, since all of the nine ships
of the Pittsburgh Steamship company
which have been engaged IN the ore
trade viii be laid up in a day or two.
There VIII be few additional cargoes
carried IN other vessels, but 1t is doubt
full If the total VIII exceed, or even
reach 1000 600 tons
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
Forest Service Urges
Exchange of Land

Approval Of the secretary Of the in
terror of the plan to exchange about
$4,000 acres of land in the Superior Ma
tional forest, owned by the Weyer-
haeuser interests Of Cloquet, for stump
age on government-owned land in the
forest, is now being sought following
approval of the plan by the secretary OF
agriculture, John McLaren, forest serv-
ice acquisition agent IN Duluth, an
nounceS-
The lands, under the plan, are to be
decided to the government, free of en-
cumbrance by taxes or otherwise al
prices agreed upon after an examina-
ton Of the tracts by Federal forest
rangers. The exchange viii include cut
over lands scattered throughout the
forest. The agreement contemplates
payment of $4,000 annually in cash for
stumpage before any part Of the lands
may be applied on payment and after
that only a fraction of the stumpage
payments may be IN land, inslring a
cash return to the forest service and st
Louis, Lake and Cook counties.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

Man is his own worst enemy wheE
he makes life too easy. medic bulletins
declare.
It is one OF the ironies Of mans enter.
prise and initiative that he Is replac-
ing his own labor with machinery ir
the industrial world.
Socially and physically. this devisins
mind OF man has produced its ironies
too. according to today's bulletin from
the physicians of the Minnesota State
Medical association
Much Of the degenerative disease of
middle age that comes into the doctors
Office is due to the fact that nowadays
the business man steps into a car to
60 to his Office, steps into an elevator
TO get to his desk and. often, drives the
two or three blocks necessary to get 70
his favorite restaurant for lunch" the
doctors declare. In the evening he
drives to the movies or sits at bridge.
1T Is possible for the physically lazy
to complete their entire days business
without any more exertion than Is re-
quired to turn ON the ignition and turn
Off the radio"
Such q civilization, say the doctors,