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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-21
The Resolution and
Discussion on the
u. S. S. r.

League of Nations for the appoint
ment of court of arbitration.
There is no higher court of appeal
than the League of Nations. And
for the rest, Soviet Russia is al
most as much to blame at Japa-
nese militarism.
Gillies Great Britain): For thir-
teen years there has been talk of
the threat to Russia. That slogan
won't work any more We must
have confidence in the League of
Nations which will settle the con-
flict.
The Russian Menshevik Abramo-
vich: We. must under no circum-
stances make common cause with
the Bolshevists. After the compile
ton of the Five Year Plan Stain
might very well get the idea of
waging war in the Far East.
Liebermann Poland: 1 must
admit that up to the present 1
have believed in the neutrality of
Poland in case of war, but now I
don't dare to support this view any
longer. However, this does not
mean at all that if Soviet Russia
is attacked we must support it I'M
conditionally.
Hilferding Germany: I am no
supporter Of Japanese victory and
a defeat of Soviet Russia. On the
other hand am not in favor of
the opposite contingency. A VIC
tory of the Soviets over Japan
would be just as destructive for
European democracy and would
probably result in the setting up of
the proletarian dictatorship to the
banks of the Rhine
Soupkup France: Japan is not
waging war against the revolution,
but against Russia which might
just as well be Tzarist.
The Austrian Delegate, Otto
Bauer, spoke on behalf of the cleft
wing" and declared that the Soviet
Union must be defended uncondi-
tionally. The delegate of the Zip,
Brockway, spoke in the same spirit.
The Swiss delegate Grimm made
the following important statement:
The moral defeat of the League Of
Nations is so decisive that we
should make ourselves ridiculous if
we applied to it for assistance now.
If the proletariat ever finds itself
in this dilemma then it's over
whelming majority will support So
Wet Russia with its whole heart.
In any case, the working class
would prefer to be hundred times
more unfortunate together with
Soviet Russia than to tolerate the
capitalist system any longer.
AFTER this the three "left wing
n ers" decided not to vote for the
resolution at ALL and this resolu-
ton in which the Second Interna
tionaI expresses itself in favor of
solidarity with the Soviet Union"
was thus adopted exclusively by
RenaudeI, Hilferding, Dan and the
Others who had Immediately pre-
viously once again expressed their
hatred and loathing for the Soviet
Union. All the delegates voted in
favor of the resolution with the ex-
ception Of four who withheld their
votes.
Il cannot vote IN favor Of the
seeo3gion;. declared 'Eeunnr Brock
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Showing the Way out for
the American Farmer

THE FARMERS WAY OUT. The
Position of the Communist Party
on the Problems of the Farmers).
Issued for the National Election
Campaign Committee by the
Workers Library Publishers, New
York, Price 10 Cents.
Reviewed by L. DANIELS.
THIS pamphlet points out briefly
the record of the Republican
a n d Democratic Parties-their
promises in prediction days, and
what the farmers received in re-
turn after the elections-bank-
ruptcy and failure. In 1928 the
farmers elected a republican presi-
dent; in 1880 they elected demo-
cratic congress, hoping to better
their conditions. But in 1881 and
1882 things have gone from bad to
worse, proving that neither of the
parties will do anything for the
farmers.
Have the Socialists and Farmer
Labor Parties done better for the
farmers? They have shown, as
soon as they we're put into Office,
that they will do no more for the
farmers than either Of the two
major parties.
Despite falling prices on farm
products, taxes have been repeat
edly raised. And, because of these
two facts, our food producers have
been pushed more and more into
debt. While many farmers are not
harvesting their crops because of
no market; while the warehouses
of the country are filled with food,
there are about 100000 workers
and their families living on the
handouts Of charity.
What will be the result of "re-
duction"-the way out" of the
Republican and Democratic Par
tiess Tha poor 4aemers VIII be-
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forced Out-evicted-and will add
to the millions now roaming the
country in search of food and shell
ter.
THE farmers of the country feel
that what they need in order to
get on their feet, is release from
the burden of mortgages and taxes,
imposed on them by the state gov
ernments, irrespective of the party
in power. The farmers have been
educated by this train of events
and disillusioned by them. This is
proved by the fact that the more
militant farmers in different Sec
tons Of the country are getting to-
gether, realizing that only by mass
action can they get what they
need, and raising as one of their
demands, a moratorium ON mort
cages and taxes. Witness the pre-
sent Iowa situation where the
farmers striking for higher prices
on their produce, give milk to the
unemployed and to the hospitals,
This shows they realize they are
fighting not against the workers.
but against the wealthy dealers,
the representatives of the boss
class.
Why should the farmers vote for
the Communist Party candidates.
Because the Communist Party
comes out against any program Of
"back-to-the-land," or "back-to-
horse'-it fights against any low
ering of the standard of living Of
the farmers. Because the Com
munist Party is for:
Emergency relief for the I'm
poverished farmers without rc.
strictions by the government ana
the banks; exemption Of impov.
erished farmers from taxesL ana
mo forced collection ,of ,yeuta Aob11 !
andsmogtssses.s y
"a ar4xyts b! III g n
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way, con account of the speech
made by Renaudel in moving it."
Otto Bauer explained his attitude
in much the same way, whilst the
Swiss delegate Grimm declared: 81
cannot vote in favor of the resolu-
ton, for if 1 sided with Renaudel
and Hilferding I would endanger
the unity of my party" Fritz Adler
took the floor ON a formal point
of order only.
WHY NOTES
WERE PUBLISHED.
In view of the fact that the or
ganS of the various socialist parties
have published no reports of this
interesting discussion we have been
compelled to use the "notes" of
Renaudel himself who publishes
them in his organ La Vie Social
iste". But why does Renaudel break
the dead silence maintained by his
colleagues on the point? He an
swers this question himself when
he declares that "the resolution
becomes more valuable when the
details of its adoption are known"
Renaudel is aiming at two things
with his publication of the main
trend of the discussion. On the one
hand he wishes to reassure the
right wing and the bourgeoisie con-
corning the resolution. The publ
cation of the utterances of the
supporters of the resolution prior
to its adoption puts the matter in
its proper light. The discussion
shows clearly that the social demo-
cratic leaders have not altered
their attitude towards the Soviet
Union in the least and that they
intend to continue their bitter
struggle against the social revolu-
ton which is being carried out in
the Soviet Union. Renaudel wished
to prove that the international So
cial democracy fully maintains its
old attitude towards Soviet Impe-
rialism" and that the bourgeoisie
has no cause to worry.
Thine second reason is indicated
in the remarks of the Swiss del
egate Grimm concerning the atti-
tude of the working masses to-
wards the Soviet Union. 1t was
warning to the session not to for
get that "tlle overwhelming ma
jority" not only Of the Communist,
but also the social democratic
workers will wholeheartedly sup
port Soviet Russia. This situation
had to be taken into consideration
in formulating the resolution. 1t
was not possible to affront the
working class openly. The open
crimes Of Japanese imperialism
made this still more impossible. for
the unprovoked attack on Shang-
hal and Manchuria and the threat
to the Soviet Union were so obvious
that a terrific scandal would have
resulted from an attempt to con-
ceal these crimes completely. For
these reasons the famous resolu-
ton was adopted as an alibi by the
leaders of the extreme right wing
of the Second International.
On the eve of the International
Congress Against War these revela-
lions made by Renaudel showed
the real attitude of the leaders of
the Second International However,
the social democratic workers pres
ent at the Congress declared with
out beating about the bush. that it
is necessary to fight for peace and
defend the Soviet Union without
the reservations, the excuses and
the hypocrisy Of the leaders yotFthe..
Second International go
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-21
Problem of
CadreS in
the Party
(InstalIment III.)
BY TZIRUL

Where are the forces for such
consolidation to come from? They
must come from the ranks of the
Party masses themselves. Lenin's
remark in the article New Work,
New Forces" that as soon as new
tasks arose before the Party, new
forces for their solution sprang up
as if out of the ground, is true
for all the Communist Parties. One
must only be able to see and I'M
derstand these now forces. In the
last years there were strike waves
and demonstrations everywhere,
as well as unemployed meetings and
other mass movements. In all of
them new forces came to the fore,
capable of leading the masses.
These are the cadres, connected
with the masses, that can and
must strengthen our Party organs,
and must be promoted to leading
work in the Party. This is not
new task. For it it stated already
in the Resolution of the v. E.C.C.
I. Plenum on Bolshevization that:
"One of the foremost tasks of
every Communist Party should
consist in selecting very careful
ly the leading cadres among the
more advanced workers d4St1n-
guished by their energy, capabil-
ity, knowledge and devotion to
the Party These workers
must be Systematically helped to
become real organizers of the
masses, Party and trade union
leaders Working class lead
ers should be treated with pa
thence and care and encouraged to
work for their own improvement,
given opportunities to prove
their worth by the ALLEGATION of
more important and increasingly
responsible work"
The Parties have not yet taken
up properly the carrying through
of this directive. To bring to light
the abilities of the new activistS,
and to promote them to more re-
sponsible leading work, to help
them systematically in their work,
such must be now the most i'm
portant part of the organizational
work of all Parties, their organs
and above all, of the central leader
ship of the Parties. It is essential
that the G. G. and the district
committees should make a study
of basis for cadres, registering all
comrades who distinguished them
selves during strikes, demonstra-
lions and through their Party &C
tivity in general,-all these who
have shown capacity as organiz-
ers and have influence on the mas
SeS. This can be attained through
the instructor-apparatus, by visits
OF leading party functionaries to
the organizations, by receiving re-
ports from the basis organizations.
PARTY MUST
KNOW ITS FORCES.
The Party leadership must know
its cadres, must be able to allot
everyone his proper place where he
is most suitable and most needed,
this is the crux of the matter.
To enable the Party leadership
mot only to advise Gas this has
hitherto been done, but really con-
duct the orchestra, one must know
exactly who is playing first or Sec
ond fiddle, and where, what in
strument he was taught, where
and how, where and why he plays
out of tune when the music be-
gins to be trying to the ear, and
what changes should be made in
the orchestra SO as on this subject.
Letter to comrade on our or
ganizational work.
ITO BE CONTINUED)
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thing else but sell literature; ca
the chairmen of the open air meet
irgs, should take a few minutes to
speak on the different pamphlets
on sale and urge the workers to
buy them. This should be done at
least twice during the open air
meetings.
THE mass sale of literature dur
ing the election campaign will
secure thousands of votes for our
Party. We must bring the message
OF the revolutionary movement to
the workers who are under the poi
soning influence of the capitalist
press.
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Proud of Daily


Editor Daily Worker:
recently the Daily Worker was
brought to group of comrades and
sympathizers who usually meet here
in coffee-pot after the Tuesday
night unit meeting. AS the Daily
was read and discussed, a rising con-
viction of something important sud-
denly took hold of us almost stimuli
taneously. For the first time since
we had become Daily Worker readers,
we saw perfect paper; for the first
time there was no annoying neces-
sity to turn to an inner page to con-
tinue a news item. The paper looked
SO improved and so much more read
able that the effect upon us was as
if we had heard some thrilling news.
Formerly we loved the Daily
chiefly because it was our paper, but
now we can proudly walk arm in arm
with it since it is so beautifully
clothed. l.. w.
1t is the policy of the Party to
make the Daily more attractive and
therefore more readable. The re-
cent improvement in shortening Of
the stories and avoiding continue
tions ON the inside page, as well as
other improvements, is in line with
this policy.
We are pleased to note that this
is meeting with the approval of the
comrades, but cannot fully share
the enthusiasm expressed by the
above letter which says that the
paper is "a perfect paper" 1t is
necessary 10 still carry through
many more improvements in line
with the resolution of the 18th
Plenum, in order to achieve the
task of making the Daily Worker
a Communist mass paper. With the
help of workers, of our readers, of
worker correspondents and Of the
Party organization as a whole, we
hope to go forward in that direc-
ton. EDITORS NOTE.
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the speaker. Party members who
persist in this loose talk should be
taken TO tack by the Party units.
OPS NOTE.
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Letters from On Readers
Election Propaganda

view OTk.
Editor, Daily Worker:
Dear Comrade In connection
with the election campaign, I will
take the liberty to give you a few
recommendations in order to reach
more workers with our propaganda
1. The Party should print leaflets
with the pictures of all the main
candidates.
2. Also local circulars should carry
the pictures of the main and local
candidates. When a worker picks up
leaflet with pictures then he reads
1t more carefully.
3. Our open-air meetings are dis
turbed by our sympathizers and even
Party members by having discussions
while the meeting is going on. This
must be remedied. The Daily Worker
and also the other language papers
should have special articles about
this matter.
I hope that The Party will take
ell this into consideration.
Conradely,
z. Fischer.
The Party is carrying the pic
lures Of the main candidates on it's
leaflets, but not in all cases. II is
advisable, as this worker points out,
to do SO, but it need not be done
in all cases. In order to enIiven
the literature, illustrations should
be used.
The complaint that our CORE
spondent makes about the dis
turbances at meetings as result
Of little discussion groups being Or
ganized in the course of the meet
ing, should be taken in hand.
Party members must help the dis
cipline Of a meeting. They should
attempt to establish contact with
workers, but must do it skillfully
SO as not 10 break up the meeting
into small knots. They should get
the reaction of the workers at the
meetings and should continue the
discussion with these workers after
the meeting. Loose discipline at
meetings does not help to carry
through the purposes of the meet
Ing and very often causes workers
to leave because they are unable
10 concentrate upon the remarks Of
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hoped, he stroked the tigers head.
On prohibition he hemmed and
haWed, his critics asserted.
On water power, he failed to carry
on the energetic policies of Smith.
He temporized here. He kept his
eye open to the main chance there.
In brief, he was not the Roosevelt
that New York had once admired.
Then came Samuel Seabury on
the scene, first as an investigator
of the minor judiciary of New York
City, and then as the relentless foe
Of Tammany, piling up the evidence
against a score of minor officials
until he had reached one climax
in clear and definite charges against
Sheriff Thomas NJ. Farley, and fin-
ally, in the grand climax, of an
analysis of the mayoralty career of
James j. Walker.
How Roosevelt apparently has
changed his political philosophy
from the days of Sheehan to the
days Of Seabury. and why he has
changed will be set forth ina series
Of articles, Of which this is Che first.
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He had run unsuccesfully as Vice
President with James M. Cox.
He had nominated Smith twice
for the presidency, in this city and
in Houston, and he had dubbed the
commoner Of Oliver street THE
Happy Warrior"
Behind Roosevelt, however, was
a rich background of legend. Cen
tering chiefly in the circumstance
that he, as state senator from
Duchess county, had led the forces
of progressive Democrats against
the probable election of William F.
Sheehan of Buffalo to the United
States senate.
Sheehan. Blue Eyed Billy" had
been the foe of Cleveland and was
now. in 1911 and 1912, the friend of
Charles F. Murphy, Tammany Hall
leader.
Roosevelt and his colleagues de-
fed Tammany and won, with a
large share of the credit going to
Roosevelt for his energetic leader
ship.
Nearly tive years later. Roosevelt
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TAXES IN EFFECT:
YOU PAY AND PAY!

in the act make up the bulk of the
new impoSts, but because these are
imposed upon manufacturers and
based on the prices they get for
their products, great many of
them will not become effective today
because of the stocks stores have on
hand.
When these stocks are exhausted,
however, and when your dealers
have to make new purchases of
radios, monographs, mechanical
refrigerators, gasoline, iubricating
oil, ETC., from the manufacturers,
then you will actually take up this
new tax burden.
In the meanwhile. new income
taxes became effective Jan. of this
year, although not approved by con-
gress and the President until early
this month; new estate taxes went
into effect June 6; and new gift
taxes were effective June Z. Pay
ments on these will be due next
March.
But now, today, all the direct
taxes become effective. Here they
are:
Telephone messages costing so
cents to 81, 10 cents; costing 81 to
81, Is cents; costing So and over, 20
cents.
Telegraph messages, 5 per cent;
Turn to Page Fourteen)
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called one another Frank" and
al" will be rivals at Chicago for
the presidential nomination on the
Democratic ticket.
This end of a friendship is no
matter Of mere political ambition
of bedfellows eager to push the
other out that he may have his half
in the middle" for, oddly enough.
Roosevelt has failed to enlist the
support Of a single powerful New
York City newspaper in his behalf.
On the contrary, the metropolitan
newspapers have been vigorous in
their attack upon him, and. regard
less OF party outlook, have been I'M
Sparlng in adverse criticism of him.
Men of Manhattan whose opinions
carry weight have failed in recent
years-Since Roosevelt became Gov
ernor-to discern in him the quail
tiles that make for leadership, par
ticularly the qualities of mind and
heart that would make him in this
time Of crisis a great President.
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler. pres
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idential timber; Smith, Young.
Baker, Richie. Traylor, Cordell
Hull, refused the other day to dis
cuss Roosevelt in this connection.
Oddly enough too this change of
opinion has come about, in the
opinion of well-informed men, in
the last three and a half year%the
years in which Roosevelt has been
Governor.
In 1929, Roosevelt was looked
upon as Democratic edition of
President Theodore Roosevelt. a dis
tant cousin, though the coloneIs
son, Theodore Jr, exclaimed that
Franklin was "a maverick. He
doesn't have the brand of our fam
ily."
Franklin Roosevelt in 1929 had
been out of the hurly- burly of poll
tics sixteen years. so far as holding
elective Office was concerned.
In that period he had been as
sistant secretary of the navy under
Wilson for eight years
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resigned as state senator to be-
come assistant secretary of the
navy, but the Sheehan story per-
sisted to lend luster to the name of
Roosevelt.
When Smith, after his brilliant
career in Albany, turned his
thoughts to another executive man
sion in Washington, he persuaded
Roosevelt to accept the nomination
for Governor, and Roosevelt &C
ceptad. though his personal choice
had been to recuperate from infan-
tile paralysis in the sunshine of the
south.
Then with the election to the
Governors chair came the change
in Roosevelt, as his critics view it.
Instead of firmness, they say,
Roosevelt showed vacillation.
Instead of broader vision, to see
with his well-trained Harvard mind
the needs of the state, he became
myopic, with his eyes focused on
the presidency.
Instead of battling Tammany, as
the more liberal y Democrats had
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His statement was made as he re-
turned to his duties after a ten-day
illness OF bronchitis.
Comments on Finances
Garner advocated placing the
finances of the nations basic in
duStries on "saner basis" thereby,
he said, removing the specter of
receivership and foreclosures, and
restoring their buying power and
ability to employ labor"
The Speaker also favored in
strong terms collection by the
United States of the international
debts to the extent that the debtor
nations are able to pay, and there
should be no film fam accepted as
to that ability to pay" he added.
international trade" he added,
must be re-established by the res
toration of international confidence
and credit.
Among other declarations in the
Garner platform" was one in favor
of reduction of the cost of govern
ment-city county, state and ma
tional-by mot less than one-third."
He also condemned the constantly
increasing tendency toward social
ism and communism" as "the gray
est possible menace"
Defends Bond Program
Garner, discussing the question of
tariffs, declared that the United
States has erected barriers that
practically are excluding the prod
ucts of foreign nations
This" he added, makes it eco
nomically impossible for these ma
lions to buy from us the products
of our farms and our factories,
thereby aggravating our industrial
depression.
All relief measures so far" the
Speaker said, have been purely
temporary and do not go to the root
of the trouble. No sound thinking
citizen can favor the dole; neither
can the government sit idly by and
see its people starve when they are
willing to work.
Enough work must be provided
to keep the people from starving,
and we shall be fortunate, indeed,
if this irreducible cost minimum
does not greatly exceed the amount
provided in the relief measures
which I sponsored"
The speaker here was referring to
his $2,3OO,OOO,OOO unemployment aid
program which has been bitterly at
tackled by administration spokesman
as pork barrel legislation.