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The daily worker., 1932-09-24
Maxim Gorkps Letter to the
Intellectuals of America

yOnd the understanding OF the
bourgeois, and is no more interest
to him than to the savage Of
Central Africa"
Then with clarity and precision
Cork analyzes such ideas as tht
role of the church and the part
played by violence in the revolu-
ton He shows how the press
as well as the radio, movies and
theatres occupied "alnlost ex-
clusively with the task of lowering
the cultural level of its readers"
AUT OF all this economic chaos
and cultural bankruptcy arises
the imminent danger of war, par
ticularly against the Soviet Union.
With burning anger Cork writes,
"The bourgeoisie rejected the Sow
let Unions plan for universal dis
armament, and this fact alone tells
us clearly enough that the capit-
alists are socially dangerous and
are preparing a new world slaught-
er. They are keeping the Soviet
Union in a state of defense, Fore
ing the working class to spend an
enormous amount of precious time
and materials on the production of
weapons for defense against the
capitalists. forces and resources
which certainly could have been
employed with greater advantage
for the cultural regeneration of
mankind - for the work of con-
struction in the Soviet Union has
a worldwide Importance for the
whole Of humanity"
And Cork concludes: "The bour-
geois is hostile to culture, and al
present can not help being hos
tile TO it,. Such is the truth borns
out by the facts in capitalist coUn-
tries, by the practice of capitalist
states. 1t is time for, you to
decide, Masters of culture! Are
you for the elemental labor force
of culture, and for the creation Of
new forms of life, or are you a.
gainst this force and for the pre-
servation of the caste of impos-
sibIe plunderers, the caste which
is decaying from its head down and
is continuing its existence only by
inertia?"
1t is difficult in a few words, or
with a few quotations, to give the
reader even an idea CT the eloqu-
ence, power and burning sincerity
of GcrlSi's writing.
This illustrated pamphlet with
an excellent picture of Cork on
the cover, sells for 10 cents. In
bundle patches it can be ordered
at special rates from Workers Lib
rary Publishers, Box 148, 6ta$ion
p, New York City. >ssssasEpST Tskss5- :,
The daily worker., 1932-09-24

that from among he unemployed,
abou eight comrades had been en-
ployed in some of the biggest mills
and coal mines in the district.
Secondly, our school took place
during the strike in East Ohio,
(the latter part of it) and only one
student from that section, which
shows that we have done very little
among the young striking miners,
who by the way, played a very
important role. When we consider
the above facts, in the strikes, we
can perhaps better see why the
League went down to rs members
before the school started.
SCHOOL EXPENSES
The total amount spent for the
school runs up to about$31075, the
remaining $31 SO was left over for
the next schol, which the district
is planning to hold some time U
December or January. This amoV C
could have been reduced, if ,he
necessary arrangements we're .Aade
before hand. AS for instance, the
total amount for food is $175.26, we.
could have saved sowy OF this
money had we had Vnmittee or
ganized, SO as to o5ilect food as
we'll as to buy at HGter prices than
what we paid.
The general experiences gained
from the school will not only be of
value to or next schol, but it can
be of great value to many other
districts who are now preparing for
schools, as well as for those dis
tricts who do not think It is pos
sible for them to hold a schol In
view Of their financial difficulties.
The daily worker., 1932-09-24
A Socialist Candidate Is
Welcomed by Business

TUHE AMERICAN BUSINESS WORLD" is a good business
magazne!-gOOd for business 1t is defending the in
terest business. It's September issue deals with such
important business topics American Zine Lead Sme
ing Co.. Warren Foundry Releases Philip Carey Mfg Co.
etc The magazine also has section devoted to political
Among the is piece that is particularly sweet
music to the ears of the Socialist
"Nr. Vladecl business manager of the Daily Forward
Editors Note is exceptionally we'll qualified to
the important post for which he is candidate this year
principles being
ance the part large public His election Representative would
be step the right direction which would insure his constituents of
M s 5 S5 . in their ss1c5 6o Rres. wod , NJ, u,a.o
lex wen & guagG @ ] TO serve @ business ] ne % qeas qi
ana PfcPeS wGn "e nue. nTng ep mne OF IaG & are 1Gy H
not the the but the support capitalist
advertisements way antagonstc
the business world capitalism whole Being the beneficiary
lpV 81 i a & %ncn nc IS nf average salary o lsh business executive"
Brooklyn
he nnoay bound up with the capitalist system Being one Of the
the workers break their resistance to capitalism to deliver them
leaders of the First Socialist Republic to reue the[ revolutionary class
struggle and the Communist Party in the United states and to- prove
to the workers that capitalism nncbe and revolution has
welcome to the business
UDECKs previous
business He was New York City alderman at one time He was
convenient" a quarrel Tammany
never raised his voice in an an issue ISL against @ rmang teT He WAS WAS
Citizens Committee representing the business men Of New York
M e knu that be W. going 10 send two police utomobes to meet
Mr. THOMAS at the Burlington Station to bring him into the city hall
for his campaign speech So Mr. James Mer his running mate
Porter that William Foster and James W. Ford
Jail their attempt to address the workers of thai
sunny
The American Business
direction
a
feeding the workers with illusions regarding victories
behalf 1t would be means preventing
organizing the Communist Party fight
cuts hunger and starvation
phrases
profusion
declare that "the baonte socialist
march, They grandiuent that they capitalism
The INITIATED reader will think reading
fight capitalism will believe that the Socialists fighters
But the end of the verbose article reveals the friends of capitalism 1t
winds a shout:
gathered
determined"
what they to struggle
then heroic posture and declare proudly stop us can
Charney They will make him, need be,
o will raise" to
position police They Socialist
into the Mayors chair the struggle help quen the rebellion
the workers
gentlemen get specially"
the prostitute against the
capitalism of the Communist Party.
they the mtelecuals
space prostitute
neIectuals workers
capitalism realize the rendered capitalism by the Socialist
They the Communist Party which
leading
capitalism
system and introduce Soviets
parted
the the
Communism will
The daily worker., 1932-09-24
EQUALITY IN
SOVIET RUSSIA

But Alexander clinsky, vice-of-
ficial of the Kiev district of the
Ukraine, will cite you facts and fig
ures to disprove the old official lies
SO often told you excuse racial op-
preston. He is a Jew himself and
the very fact that he holds his
present position is impressive of
the fact that new order has come.
Pogroms have disappeared. Hitter
acy in the whole of the Ukraine
has entirely vanisehd. jewish work
ers are proving their worth in fac
tories. Jewish collective farms rank
high. in production and efficiency.
Education is free. Each national
ity conducts schools in its own Ian
guage. Language newspapers, books,
periodicals are encouraged. The
culture of each group is carefully
nurtured. The result is the disap-
pearance of all traces Of national
or racial hatreds.
A. LESSEN
FOR AMERICAN NEGROES
BurIened as he is with racial OPP
preston Of the most vicious kind,
the American Negro must be tre-
nendously interested in the manner
in which the Soviet Union has BAN
ished its race hatreds, once sup
posed to have been as eternal as
the present American ones. The
answer is simple. 1t has applied the
doctrine of self determination for
minority groups. This right is
more than an empty phrase in the
Soviet Union, AS I have indicated,
all groups are encouraged to seek
self expression. Each group is given
a proportionate voice in govern
mental affairs. The Soviet Union
is ineticulous in seeing that each
minor group controls its own des-
tiny. So far does this go that any
of the national republics that COM
prise the Soviet Union is given the
constitutional right to secede.
It is more than a coincidence that
T. the Communist Party of the US,A.
tas advanced shea 1ght fecunnn@
The daily worker., 1932-09-24
WHAT REGISTRATION
SHOWED

The chief shortconiing shows that
work among the Negro young
workers in the steel and mining
district has been totally neglected.
Out Of 80 students only three were
Negroes. This speaks for itself.
The social composition occupa-
tions of the students was not bad,
but far from good for the Pitts
burgh district--25 workers and 5
students. Among the rs workers we
had seven miners and five steel
workers, the rest made up of vari-
Gus trades. 1t is important to add
here, that the occupation of the
parents Of the students we're: IL
miners and steel workers, and 8
of those who are now doing labor
ing Jobs or unemployed have at one
time or another been either a miner
or a steel worker.
OF the 25 workers, only, one Is
now working in steel mill, which
employs close TO 10000 workers,
and one on strike, while the rest
are unemployed. This shows firstly,
that the League did not do much
o. The shops N spdte Of the fact
The daily worker., 1932-09-24
RESULTS CAN ALREADY
BE SEEN,

No doubt many mistakes were
made, and the methods of instruc-
tion are far being perfect. But the
fact that these methods are cor
rect can be seen from the results
already obtained.
During May, the district sold 1873
dues stamps; in August it jumped
to 535 stamps. Before the school
started the League organization
went down to about rs members,
today the League has grown back
to about $50. 1t Is interesting to
note that the increase took place in
two most important places-the
city of Pittsburgh and East Ohio.
In Pittsburgh we had only one unit.
Today we have three. In East Ohio
we had in May, one unit, during
the strike); today we have six units.
We can enumerate few more facts
to show the direction the League
is travelling. There is, of course,
the danger that the above will be
taken, not as proof of the impor-
tance and benefits gained by having
this schol, but rather that the
League has broken from its isola-
ton, and is now on the road of
becoming a mass League. Anyone
who will interpret the above facts
in the latter light will not only
blind himself, but also blind others.
However, while the situation in the
League is poor, and it's weaknesses
should be kept in the forefront,
there is no reason why. we should
not give correct estimation of the
value and benefits of the school.
The daily worker., 1932-09-24
SECTARIAN METHODS IN
PREPARING SCHOOL

The preparation of the school,
and specifically the question of
funds showed the opportunist way
the school was prepared. Out of a
total sum of $342. A that was raised
for the school, $218 was raised out
side of the Pittsburgh district. Of
the remaining $124 only $l8 was
raised before the school started,
which shows that the League lead
ership had no faith that the mem
bership could raise funds for the
school, with the result that the
League, as such, was not fully
mobilized for the school.
The excuse that there is no
money in the district, was used to
justify the failure to mobilize the
membership, was exposed when
during the four weeks of the school,
the students themselves raised
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The daily worker., 1932-09-24
METHODS OF
INSTRUCTION

The methods of instruction are
a definite departure from the past.
Instead of taking up the funda-
mentals of political economy in the
dry form as it is very often done,
we took it up in the light Of the
Programme Of the Young Com
munist International. This has
proven much more interesting.
The Trade Union Course, which
was the second basic course, was
based on the recent resolution of
the Communist International, on
the strike struggles in coal and
textile. "The Strike of the Dredging
Fleet" (recently published serially
in the Daily Worker served as a
shining example of concentration
and methods of mass work. His
tory of class struggles in America
was mostly concentrated in the
history of the United Mine Workers
of America and the National
Miners Union; in the coal fields;
and the Amalgamated Association
and the Metal Workers Industrial
League (now the Steel and Metal
Workers Union) in the steel in
dustry. Thus the living struggles
provided the best material for in
Struction.
Since the school aimed mostly to
train unit organizers, the organiza-
ton of the school took the form
of a Y. G. L. unit. The students
council was the Unit Executive, the
various school committees were the
unit squads, and so on This
method gave the students q prac-
tical lesson on how to conduct a
unit.
The daily worker., 1932-09-24
LOCAL COMRADES
NOW LEADERS.

The school has given short
training to thirty-one comrades, of
whom twenty nine are active mem
bers of the League today. Be-
ginning with the district organizer,
who by the way, is a local steel
worker. and winding down to the
section and unit organizers, local
young miners and steel workers
are now in the leadership. To my
knowledge never before did we have
a local leadership in the district,
and sections. This fact makes a
new page in the history of the
Pittsburgh district.
The daily worker., 1932-09-24
PARTY LIFE
Pittsburgh
YCL School
By JOE CHANDLER

EOR the first time In the life of
4 the Young Communist League
in the Pittsburgh district, full
time four weeks school was held.
The Importance of having this.
school, and the correctness of the
methods of instruction used can
alredy be seen in the work of the
League today.
The daily worker., 1932-09-24
BY BURCK.

political and social equality for the
Negro and self determination for
the Black Belt in its 1882 platform.
That Party, alone of the American
political parties, has a genuine de-
sire to solve the Negro problem, as
it is called. Its desire for solu-
ton has led it to settle on the only
formula that has proved successful.
The wave of 1ynching that has
swept the United States in the past
year; the wholesale discharge of
Negro workers; the refusal to give
adequate relief to the starving; the
brutal police killings in Chicago,
Cleveland and Camp Hill; the ap-
paling sta+ of the Negro farmers
in the South and the mounting rate
of official discrimination force the
Negro to grapple with the so-called
racial problem as never before. Any
honest evaluation of the situation
must drive Negroes to the conclu-
sion that it is to the Communist
Party that he must turn. The old
thraedbare lies of the republicans
violated at every opportunity
about equal rights; the record of
the lynch ridden democrats and the
jim-crow policy of the socialists
show them in their true colors.
The daily worker., 1932-09-24
THE OLD
AND THE NEW

I have just returned from a trip
through the Ukraine, the Crimea
and the Causasus. In these parts
of the Soviet Union I saw at least
half hundred different races and
nationalties living side by side in
peace. Everywhere we went, we
asked about the racial problems.
The question was met with surprise.
So completely has strife disappear
ed that the people have put the
words race problems" out of their
vocabulary.
The Ukraine may be taken as an
example of the old and the new.
Since the dawn of European his
tory, it has been the meeting place
of migrations from the east and the
west. Each has left its mark. With
in the present boundaries of this
rich and fertile republic live Poles,
Germans, Czechs, Ukrainians, Jews
and at least ten other nationalities.
The daily worker., 1932-09-24
BY LOREN MILLER.

(The welI-known Negro writer,
Loren Miller, sends us the follow
ing article from Odessa, Soviet
Union. Miller with a group of
Negro writer's, workers, etc. has
been travelling through the Soviet
Union the past two months OBJ
serving conditions there).
THE entire absence of racial strife
1 and "race problems" in the ter
ritory now encompassed in the So
Wet Union makes it hard to realize
that this part of the earth was once
the scene of some of the bloodiest
and most bitter national and racial
conflicts in history.
The daily worker., 1932-09-24
WHO SHOULD
THE NEGRO VOTE FOR

Only the Communists with their
straightforward platform Of relief
for the por farmers and workers
their demand for self determination
for Negroes in the Black Belt and
with a Negro, James w. Ford, as
nominee for the vice. presidency de-
serve the vote of the Negroes of
the United States. 1t is for these
reasons that 1 wish to renew my
plea to Negroes everywhere in the
United States to vote Communist!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21
HOOVER TO PICK
 COMMISSION ON
 WAR DEBT PROBE
Despite Reported Opposi- ton of Roosevelt and Congress He Will Go on With His Plan

Washington. Dec 21-(UP)-An assemblage of "big names" which would include probably two cabi- net officers and several captains of finance was being considered today by President Hoover for the commission which he has propos- ed to set up to deal with the war debts problem.
 The reported opposition of Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt to the ideas of cooperation expressed by MT Hoover in his special message to congress Monday may have the off, set of postponing action. It was established. however. that for the present the president Is engaged in a tentative survey of possible selections.
 The names of Secretary of State Stimson and Secretary of Treasury Mills were mentioned as possible choices. It was indicated also that the president would draw upon h. nancial leaders. possibly including one or more prominent democrats if they could be persuaded to serve.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21
TWO LOCAL YOUTHS ARE ARRESTED BY
 MILFORD POLICE
MAYOR LOST HIS
 BOTTLE OF BEER
 IN EARThQU

Reno, Ncv, Dec 2l-(UP)- Despite Mayor Ed E. Roberts objection to paying more than five cents for a glass of beer, the earthquake which shook this vicinity last night caused the mayor to spend 25 cents for a bottle of brew.
 "Thcse quakcs are a darncd nllsancc," he stOrmcd. "I was drinking a bottle of beer at home when the quake knock cd the bottle over on the dim ing table.
 Ut only cost Inc a nickel to make the bottle of beer, but it'll cost 20 cents to laundcr the table cloth. guess 1t would be as cheap to pay a quarter for a bottle of beer at q bar"
 The mayor has been urging Reno bars to sell beer for five cents a glass. They now charge 25 cents n bottle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21
BURNS MAKING
 FINAL BATTLE
 TO STAY NORTH
Fugitive From Georgia Chain Gang Arrives in Trenton for the Last Arguments

Tronton. N. J.. Dec 21.-(UP)-- Govsrnor A. Harry Moore to-day received the state of Gcorgia's of ficial demand for the return of Robert Elliott Burns, escaped chain-gang prisoner.
 Ten minutes before the governor prepared to hold Q hearing on the extradition. John I. Kelley. assist ant attorney general of Georgia, accompanied by Warden Harold Hardy and Chief of Police R. B. Carter of Troup county, arrived at the governors office to present their formal request.
 Burns. author. of the book T Am q Fugitive from . Georgia Chain Gang" which was later made into 6 screen play. arrived at the state house in the custody of Essex county authorities. and was taken immediately to the governors of- flee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21
IRELAND WILL
 NOT SEND PIE
 TO KING GEORGE

London, Dec 21-OP)-The traditional -four and twenty black birds baked into pie" may be missing this year. for the first time from the Christmas presents re- ceived by King George. The pie has been sent to the king of Eng land by the governor-general of Ireland since 1913. But the new governor-general of the Irish Free State, Donald Buckley. q former rebel. is expected to break the tra. dition. Buckley recently caused British furniture to be removed from his house. and forbids his staff to speak anything but Gaelic in his presence.
 Two dozen woodcocks, consid- cred the finest of all Irish game birds. were contained in the first Christmas pie. sent by Lord Talbot to King George III. The Christmas gift of the king became part Of Eritish folk lore. and around it was written the nursery rhyme.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21
HOUSE PASSED BEER BILL
SMASHED THE WINDOW OF
 CLAYTON co.
Daring Thief Did It To-day
 and Got Away With Some Jewelry-Raced
 Away in Auto

While an accomplice raced the motor of c;.r parked few feet away a daring thief smashed a plate glass window of the Clayton JewelrS store at 46 Bank street early tl.is morning and Gcooping up an assortment of watches, brace lets, and rings made a fast getaway with a lot valued between $2.OOO and $2,500. ~
 A huge rock. ice-coated and showing evidence of having been dug out of a the ground but few minutes before serving as instru- ment to wreck the glass set off the A. D. T. burglar alarm in crashing against the blackboard of the dis play window. Within less than five minutes time the building located few yards from Exchange Place was surrounded with cops and uniformed watchmen from the telegraph office. As a matter of fact a patrolmap was trying doors in the rear of the jewelry store. Bur rall Court, while another police man was not more than 200 yards on North Main street and third
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21
MAJOR SMITH IS NEW TITLE
 OF ATTORNEY
Lawyer J. Joseph Smith Named By Gov Cross to Take Place of John Coolidge

Attorney J. Joseph Smith of this city, brother of J. Francis Smith, secretary of the democratic state central committee. has been picked for q place on the governors staff by Governor Wilbur L. Cross. Tho selection of Attorney Smith was predicted Saturday in the Demo- crot. He will fill the vacancy on the staff of the governor which has existed since Governor Cross went into office. He actually takes the place of John Coolidge. son of ex- President Calvin Coolidge. The Of flee was created for Coolidge by ex-Governor John H. rumbul when the latter's daughter wH; married to the ex-president's son.
 Attorney Smith. upon taking his
 tContinued on Page 4.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21
ROOSEVELT IS
 TO CRUISE AND
 FORGET DEBTS
Will Sail Through Tropic Seas and Will Let War Debt Talk Come From Capital
By FREDERICK A. STORM

Albany, N. Y.. Dec 21-UP)- President elect Roosevelt looked forward to-day to proposed cruise through tropic seas in Feb ruary. He hopes to shove off from a Georgia or a Florida port about February for 10-day trip that will take him as far as the Cuban coast, he revealed.
 The governor said tentative are rangements were being made for the use of a private ea-going yacht upon which he would sail with no interference by news men or job seekers.
 MT Roosevelt, If he embarks on the trip, will not put in at any for eign port but will cruise constant ly. Plans call for daily radio communication with the press.
 It Is believed he will take his son, James, Professor Raymond l.. Molcy chief economic adviser, Colonel Louis McHenry Howe. po- litical secretary. Marvin H. Mcln- tyre, press representative, and pos
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21
CALABRESE READY
 TO BREAK EARL '
 IN QUESTIONING

The anticipated break in the compOsure of John Gala brese a of 348 Berkeley avenue held at police headquar ters as suspect the brutal murder of Mrs Jennie Leach 2 is but matter of few hours in the opinion of members of the police department Since 95 o'clock Monday night when Caabrese telephOned the authorities and informed them that Jennie had been murdered and led detectives to sand pit off the Plank road and pointed out the still warm body of Mrs Leach, with her face battered almost beyond recognition and her head resting in pool of blood
 Calabrese has claimed two strange had abducted her his custody and killed her Despite hours of ques toning he has persisted in the ab To-day the police became confident of in breaking down his sate mens Caabrese showed signs of weakening His detention without friends counsel and the atmosphere of the less police quarters has apparently undermined his He is talking himself and praying alternately officials state