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The daily worker., 1932-09-20
Renegades and War

New York City.
Editor Daily Worker,
Dear Comrade:
Please answer through your col
umns the following question, as it
requires Qualification:
We are an LID. branch. Last
Wednesday well-known speaker
was invited to our branch to lee
ture on 1.-THE War Danger" After
the lecturer got through and the
floor was open for discussion, I
took the floor. In the course of
my talk I stressed the counter-re-
volutionary role played by the re-
negades, who hinder the movement
in the struggle against war on a
real revolutionary basis. I men
toned the incident at the Labor
Temple where delegates were elec-
ted to the World Congress and
where the Trotskyites proposed a
resolution to invite the Second In
ternational and the reformist ANS
terdam International to fight war.
I also mentioned that these rene
gades called the August First De-
monstration mad adventurism on
the part of the Third International
and how their Prinkipo leader, Mr..
Trotsky, issued syndicated inter-
views in that very time when war
was actually going on, that Japan
will not attack the Soviet Union.
All these facts, I said, play direct
ly into the hands Of the capitalist
class, who are seeking way out
of the crisis by--war.
To my amazement the lecturer
in his summary said the following:
ut is high time that you workers
should confine yourself to the topic
of a lecture. As the lecture In on
the War Danger, I should not have
mentioned anything abont the re-
negades and their counter-revolu-
tionary activities because it has
nothing to do with the topic"
I personally think that such an
attitude of the speaker is very
dangerous and an underestimation
of the treacherous activity of the
renegades in the fight against war
on revolutionary basis.
Please give this question your
immediate attention. AS members
of revolutionary organization we
want to be clear on this.
Comradely yours,
LID. Member of the Sacco-
Vanzetti Branch, Bronx.
p. S.--Although the meeting was
very small in attendance, IS was
raised for the Daily Worker.
The daily worker., 1932-09-20
Letters from Our Readers

The protest Of the above cor.
respondent is entirely correct. To
discuss the war danger in general
without pointing to the role of the
pacifists, socialists, renegades, is to
adopt frivolous attitude toward
the struggle against imperialist war.
A successful struggle against impe-
rialist war is possible only If gen.
eralities are avoided, if all phrase.
mongering is exposed and if the
masses are shown concretely how
war is being prepared and, speci-
fically, who is fighting against inn
perialist war, and who helps OBJ
jectiveIy and directly to prepare
the war and disarm the proletarian
struggle against it. Not to tell the
working class who are the enemies
within their ranks, means to sub
ject the workers to betrayal and to
paralyze the fight against war. -
EDITORS NOTE.
The daily worker., 1932-09-20
Mine No. mo Work
Mine No. 2-NO Work
Mine No. 3-No Work
Mine No No Work

The message on this bulletin has
remained unchanged the past five
months since the men downed tools
April 1st. Last night the majority
of the $500 strikers trekked into
Stanton to hear their leaders; An
sbury, Pearcy, Allard, Piscek, F'razi-
er; an amalgamation of socialists,
Musteites, Trotskyites, Democrats,
Republicans. Despite Allards state
ment that Eve must respect the
opinion of the minority-give every
man a chance to talk whether he
be a Socialists, Communist, an
I. w. w or what not" Communist
speakers were conspicuous by their
absence.
Committees had waited on Mayor
George Luker, of Staunton, urging
him to speak: had invited pro-
fessor of economics from Iowa State
University who extolled the virtues
of Ghandi (passive resistance; a
Socialist subbing for Powers Hap
good; Piscek, Musteite: in fact
free speech for everybody except
a representative of the National
Miners Union-except represent
ative of the Communist Party. A
true united front" that includes
everybody except those who under
stand what "class struggle" means
and what to do about it. The union
is drifting on reformist Musteite
The daily worker., 1932-09-20

years old, presents a special prob
lem to be solved in the organizing
of workers in heavy industry.
The sanctity of the home, an
other old American formula, Is
given the lie by the army of des-
perate unemployed women, Sleep
ing in parks, eating in breadlines,
and forced into prostitution to
save themselves from starvation.
approximately 2,500,000 women
are out of work--0ne out Of every
six unemployed workers Is a wo-
man worker. In New York City
alone, over 10000 children have
been taken from their mothers
and placed in institutions.
The organization of working wo-
men in the struggle against war is
of primary Importance. The Ameri-
can bosses count on using women
workers in the factories, on rail-
roads, and in every industry Of bas-
ic Importance in carrying on war.
Women will play a greater part u
future wars admitted Major ON
eral Ely of the U. S. Army.
The organization Of women, an
especially exploited sect[n of the
working class, is esse.tial in the
building of succey.ful struggles
against unemployment and for bet
ter working conditions. That there
are comparatively few women in
our fighting organizations is, of
course, due to the fact that the
special aspects Of organizing wo-
men are not understood. Women
Who Work should be read by every
organizer in every field Of work.
The daily worker., 1932-09-20
Spread Of Strike and
United Front Are
Burning Needs

shoals rapidly despite Allard's con-
tention at the meeting that "this
union is based on the class strug-
gle-it is the fight of the working
class against the capitalist class"
BY now it is pretty well agreed
that Franklin County is the nut
that has to be cracked by the Pro-
gressive Miners Association in the
problem of spreading the strike
successfully throughout Illinois.
That is agreed by thousands of
rank and file coal diggers through
out the state. But what about the
leadership? What does Pat An
sbury and his side-kick, Gerry Al
lard, say about that? These two
guiding lights live in Franklin
County, the area which produced
20 per cent of the total production
of Illinois last year (and which can
with extra shifts double its output.
Well, they too agree. At the mass
meeting they hammered away on
the need of pulling Franklin Coun-
W. IllOoS WSIC GllCl WOl NS' |AU
as one of the Scotch miners said
to me, ITO hell with their words
its the deed wha' counts" And its
the deed the miners want.
Well, what are the deeds OF An
sbury and Allard? Are they toll
ing night and day to pull out the
giant Orient mines, the Bell-zoller
and Old Ben Coal Company mines?
Miners are asking these questions
all throughout the fields.
A HONEYMOON TRIP
The answer? Ansbury and AL
lard are preparing to go up to
Nova Scotia as fraternal delegates
to the convention of miners there.
A sort Of honeymoon trip while in
their own state $4,000 miners in
revolt are looking for leadership:
while in their own county, in the
very mines they worked in and were
leaders of the locals, production
rolls merrily on. ct puts me in
mind, one miner said to me, where
was Allard and Ansbury when we
were marching on Franklin Coun-
ty? Up in an airplane. And when
we were ambushed and our van
guard turned back, Ansbury meets
us miles away from the scene of
ambush and calls us towards"
And now when we need all our
forces here, they're going on a
honeymoon trip 5000 miles away.
4 BIG question mark is forming
n in the minds of tens of thou
sands concerning the ability of
their leadership. No central direc-
tion is being given the strike. Min
ers are lsaguishing on their back
porches Ior lack of directives, in
stead r. being advised to form the
broa64st of rank and file leader
shH Of expanding the initiative Of
tte rank and file-the top leader
ghip fritters time away: while
starvation faces the miners now
on strike for more than five
months.
BUT THE HARCO
WENT TO WORK
An example of leadership: yes
terday three small mines at Bel
leville were picketed and rs men
pulled out. At the same time the
Peabody mine No. At, known as the
Harco mine, within reaching dis
tance of Belleville, went back to
work with TOO to 800 men.
Another example Of the leader
ships fostering dangerous legalistic
illusions among the membership; of
pandering to class collaboration
The daily worker., 1932-09-20

(InstaIIment 4.)
I SAT out on the stoop of the
dark, closed store, with Gavro.
1t was a beautiful moonlight and
everywhere the miners were sitting
outdoors on the grass in front of
their homes, on chairs, benches or
porch steps.
Three little girls sang as they
walked, arm in arm, through the
town. Their voices reached us
from over the bridge. Then they
came back, always singing the same
song, turned around and marched
through the shopping district again.
g. Hinkey Dinkey Party
Woo :. The cops are having a
hell Of time to keep us off the
picket line Hinkey Dinkey
Party Wool"
Four or five times the girls
marched through the town. The
little strength that the soup and
bread had given them, they ex-
pended in marching and singing.
This afternoon, they had been
crying, ready to die of hunger.
you MUST
LEARN LEADERSHIP"
was tired, or perhaps the little
Pioneers had made me sentimental.
I gazed into the night, and we sat
there, speechless, for a long time.
Brother Gavro sighed deeply.
"Hey we would have everything,
we would stick it out, the pickets
would fight, and you see, we have
relief, everything goes we'll as soon
as a single Communist comes
among us. Stay here for a while,
comrade."
Tomorrow l mus go somewhere
else, brother Gavro. There are
too few of us. But you have to
learn leadership yourselves. Yoa
yourselves must become Com
munists. The best among you
will join the Party. Meanwhile,
will help you as much as we
can, and we will mobilize the
workers IN the cities"
For long time we talked about
the political situation of the world,
the American working class and
Soviet Russia, but mostly about the
strike. Like parched earth, he
drank in every word. Then, seeing
he would never get through asking
questions, I said, eve must go on
the picket line early tomorrow
morning; we had better go to bed"
THE settlement slowly quieted
1 down. We went back to the
bowling alley, and with Gavro's
help. I put two tables together for
a bed. I loosened my belt, took off
my shoes, put my coat under my
head, and lay down. John, on his
way out, called back from the door.
"Say, comrade, every Communist
is a great scholar, isn't he?"
I laughingly answered that they
were not exactly scholars.
But they must know how to read
and write, don't they?"
Reading and writing is not so
hard. 1t can easily be learned.
Well talk more about it tomorrow,
brother Gavro, and you'll see what
an easy subject, Communism is. 1t
was made especially for men like
you. But good night now, let us
not forget there is another day
tomorrow, and we must get up
early.
'You are right, start for the
picket line at half past five. The
people ate today, they will have
The daily worker., 1932-09-20

strength to march. I'm sure not
many of them will stay away to-
morrow. Good night"
I thought that dawn could not be
far away. struck match and
loked at my watch. 1t was Just
past four o'clock. I could sleep
until five, but my back was stiff
from lying on the table The air
was musty, and it settled on my
lungs. I decided that would rather
sit out in the street. In half an
hour, the pickets would begin to
come together anyhow.
FACE
A GUN
I had hardly sat down on the
stoop, when suddenly a huge form
jumped out from behind a pillar on
the terrace of the neighboring
house, and shouted, who's there?"
Not only that, but he held a gun
threatingly in his hand, ready to
shoot.
I recognized the shape imne-
diately.
stop playing with that gun,
brother Gavro, it might be loaded"
well I'll be :" he exclaimed,
why did you come up so soon?"
Because I got tired of sleeping.
But what are you doing here, with
that gun in your hand?"
st camped here with the Polish
policeman's guns. The other one is
there in the shadow, leaning against
the WALL
why was that necessary? No
body knows where am
rAVRO came close to me. He
u looked around cautiously, be-
cause the miner is like a hunted
animal, he even pulls a gun on his
own shadow sometimes.
II didn't trust this storekeper,
and you see, was right" he said.
loked at him amazed.
81 went home,' he said excitedly,
land the woman asks me whether
it is true that there is Hungarian
Communist in town. I said" And
what If there is, whose business is
it?" Then she told me to hurry
here and tell you to beat it, because
the Yellow Dogs are looking for
you, and if they find out where
you are, they'll blow up the house
during the night :. The Polish
policeman had told her SO.
$50 I went into the policeman's
room, woke him up, and asked him
if her story was true. When I saw
that he didn't answer, but was
measuring with his eyes the dis
tance to his gun, gave him one on
the chin SO that he fell asleep
again. I took his gun that hangs
in the hall, too, and since then,
I've been keeping guard with the
two guns in the shade of the
house.
Il was guarding the Communist
conlrade."
OF course, 1 remember John
Gavro from Valar! He was in Jail
for three weeks. AS / see from
his letter, he has been out now
for eight weeks. He has learned
to, read and write, and what is
most important, he has joined
the Communist Party. And now
1 greet him warmly and / be-
ieve that all other Communists
just as warmly greets John
Gavro, Communist miner in our
ranks.
THE END. ieS
The daily worker., 1932-09-20
Words and Deeds of Illinois
Progressive" Mine Leaders
BY j. BURCK.

methods despite class struggle
talk was seen at Carlinville Thur
sday. About 800 miners wives from
central Illinois demonstrated on be-
half of the union and against the
wage cut. Who led the demonstra-
ton? Chief of Police Clarence
Rasor. Who gave the address Of
welcome? Mayor Edward O'Neill,
of Carlinville. Sheriff Frank Fries
and Mayor VIM. Brown of Gillespie
also spoke. The speakers list re-
minded you of a police convention.
But Allard speaks of the union be-
ing based on the "clasS struggle" as
do Ansbury, Frazier and the So
cialiSt speaker. But this koWtoWing
to the police officialdom and pro-
fusely thanking them at each mass
meeting for not turning machine
guns on them, is getting on many
of the rank and filers' nerves.
LEGALISNI!
And speaking from the same
platform as the gendarmerie, was
Claude Pearcy, president of the
PIMA. He emphasized everything ex-
cept the slogans against the wage
cut. On the platform also was Joe
Pescek, the Musteite and others
who had warned the miners against
being associated with the Reds"
at the Gillespie conference.
This legalism does not halt here,
however. 1t is we'll known that
Dan McGill, ex-Farrington tool who
was always parked at the cross
road, first with Lewis then with
Fishwick- -Howatt, is lobbying with
William Lawlor, Republican State
representative, to intercede on be-
half of the Committee of Five
chosen to task" the legislature for
the right to enter Franklin County
peacably: to ask for state investi-
cation of Franklin County. The old
gag of asking the boss to investi-
gate himself.
FATHER MCGUIRE
OF ILLINOIS
A word on McGill: ne is a crony
Of Father Mcclure, the Illinois
Father Cox. Father MCGUIRE,
friend of Lewis and Walker, is the
priest in charge of McGills parish.
Father Mcclure has been broad
casting from Harrisburg, ILL.,, ad-
vising the miners to accept the wage
cut and return to the pits. In
Springfield a number of Catholic
miners took the floor to bid Father
MCGUIRE mnd his own business in
Heaven and they'd mind their busi-
ness down on earth. And it is this
type of man, McGill, who is being
pushed to leadership in the "class
struggle" P. M. A. A partisan of
the Democratic party and bitter
Red batter.
WHILE the leaders of the P. M. A..
W shilly-shally around with their
Musteite program, Lewis gun
men are infiltrating the fields pre-
pairing for the next move. Sixty
five Lewis men were imported into
Springfield yesterday: four of them
housed by one of the members of
the pit committee of the Capitol
mine-a Lewis man. Many miners
feel Lewis next immediate step will
be to send his men into the mines
under heavy gunmen guard to take
away the charters from the rebel
ling locals.
AS long as the P. M. A. merely
tries to win the peanut wagol
mines and leaves the big mines
operate, it will not be an impos-
sible task for Lewis to accomplish.
The new union is in danger,
many rank and filers say. Only
prompt realization of their tasks:
Spread the Strike"-"Pull Frank
lin County'-'A broad united front
and Defeat the wage cut" will save
1T, many Of them are convinced.
The daily worker., 1932-09-20
TOHN GAVRO
A STORY OF MINERS LIVES AND STRUGGLES
By ENTRY BALINT
SYNOPSIS

revolutionary writer tells
to
the rest
They picket in the morning.
The daily worker., 1932-09-20
BY FRED GILLETTE

GILLESPIE, Ill.-This bedraggled
u mining town winds across the
plain approximately SO miles from
Springfield and encompasses four
Superior Coal Company mines em-
ploying $500 men. Standing before
the two story stucco building OF
the Gillespie National Bank is
bulletin board bearing this cryptic
Evening star., 1932-04-10
SHORTS IN STOCKS
DRIVEN TO COVER
Market Closes Steady After
Early Rally Induces Profit
Taking.
BY CLAUDE A. JAEGER.
Associated Press Financial Editor

NEW YORK. April s.-Ths sudden
decision Of the Senate Banking and
Currency Committee to- start its in
vestigation of stock trading, together
with sharp rally in wheat, finally
brought the stock market its anxicusly
awaited turn today.
After sinking steadily into new low
ground for eight successive trading ses-
Stons, the market reversed itself with
q violent upturn In the initial deal
ings today, as shorts scufried to cover
their commitments. The rally was
short lived, for there was little de-
mand for stocks save from shorts. Rx-
trenle gains OF TO points were cut
in half later on, but q wide assort-
ment of shares closed / TO points
net higher, The closing tone was
steady. The turnover was around
l,200.0 shares.
II there was any intention in Wash
lngtoh OF acting to interrupt the slump
In the market, brokers said the an
nouncement Of the investigation could
not have been better timed to put
shorts TO cover. The stubborn and
persistent decline had dragged so far
without Interruption that 1t was be-
coming extremely disturbing to senti-
nent generally, particularly the sharp
declines In preferred stocks and bonds.
Wati Street was interested In the state
ment Of Senator Brookhart that among
Senators who had demanded an i'm
mediate investtgation were Senator
Hamilton F. Keafl OF New Jersey, senior
partner In the Stock Exchange house
Of Kean, Taylor & Co., and Senator
Waleott OF Connecticut once an OIL
csai Of the well known Wall Street
house of BonbFight a. Co,
Popular trading issues normally the
principal trading media of the bears
shot UP most violently at the opening.
American Telephone rose az and
closed OF from the top. U. s. Steel
advanced 2Hs, and finished Up about
/. Auburn rose S, and closed higher
Miscellaneous issues UP ] to at the
close included American Can, Allied
Chemical, Case, Corn Products, New
York Central, and North American.
There were q few soft spots Dupont
lost a point, and fractional losses ap-
peared In Gold Dust, Electric Autolite
and Standard of California,
The week end business news ap-
parently had little effect upon the
market, although Standard of Cali
fornia's earnings statement brought o
fractional decline In that issue. u. 8.
Steefs monthly untitled tonnage re-
port, showing drop OF more Shap. 70, !
900 tons, was somewhat counter
balanced by reports tiaat mills in
youngstown were stepping up their out
put next week. A slump In y. q. Steels
untitled orders had been taken for
granted.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
LIVE STOCK PRICES
SLIGHTLY HIGHER
Fed Steers and Long Year
Iings Again in Steady
Trend.
BY FRANK ]. WELLER,
Associated Press Farm Editor.

WASHINGTON, April e-Slightiy
curtsiled receipts, better dressed de-
Inand and o gradual price spread be.
tween choice and mine run offerings
has given the general livestock market
q better tone.
Fed steers and long yearlings were
steady o week ago to Is cents higher
Mt practically all the pivot markets,
Chicago giving heayies an extreme top
Of $40, long yearlings, $8.35 and the
bulk of the run Q trading price of
$5.25 to $3.50.
Under liberal Monday receipts the
Kansas City market on fed steers and
yearlings slid OF z6 cents but closed
steady TO rs cenm higher than last week
as numbers were euftailed. Receipts
were moderate and shipper demands
broader at Omaha where the best kinds
moved up 26 cents.
Price gains were not regarded as
noteworthy or as encouraging as the
change In sentiment-the fact that
buyers wanted cattle and took them
without so much haggling. Heavy
steers are getting comparatively scarce.
That there Is not much beef In the
run is seen in the average cost Of $685.
for steers at Chicago.
The very small run of light heifers
and mixed yearlings gained IS to 40
cents, the top OF s7.25 on the former
being the highest for the crop.
stockers and feeder demand was
rather narrow compared with O week
ago. Killer activity made 1t impossible
Tor the country to buy 80 many half
fat feeders.
Heavy hogs and packing sows showed
5 TO is cents lower trend 10 counter
balance o 10 TO i5 cents advance on
pigs and light lights at Chicago The
close was encouraging considering Mon
days top Of $3.50 had dropped to $40
before finally turning back TO $3.50
Kansas City was weak to lower ut the
opening, but most of the Loss was re-
gained at the close. Omaha dfifted 10
to l6 cents lower. with pigs Of 2S
cents. After an early sharp drop, East
St. Louis gained 10 to 10 cents, light
weights showing the most Improvement.
There was q tendency all week for
heavies to work lower and lights higher.
rive In volume until about the FIRST or
second week in June. The crop was
rated last year at 90 per cent larger
than the year before.
Better grade lambs were steady at
Chicago with the early rise about
erased Springers and sheep were weak.
Nest fed lambs arrived from Colorado
and the bulk turned at s6.75 TO tT.26,
The Kansas City fat lamb trade was
dull and Is to 25 cents lower with the
bulk Of the best wool lambs going ut
S6.25 to $3.50. Slaughter lambs were
steady at Omaha. feed-iot kinds ranging
froEa s6.26 to $3.50.
Except for an almost demoralized
veal market and weakness In mutton
the dressed trade was encouraging
After midweek Chicago described veal
rs panicky and frenzied. Pork loins
were the most persistent sellers at an
advance of 81 to $3.50. It was said to
reflect return of fresh meat after an
Easter diet OF cured kinds. The pork
market absorbed most of the surplus
and lard advanced mildly
Evening star., 1932-04-10
PARIS DENIES ATTACK
on AMERICAN DOLLAR
Bankers in France Can See No
PROFIT 10 Anybody in Making
Such Move.
~ Cable 70 The Star.


PARIS, April e.-Although the Bank
0 France Is reducing its commercial
bills held in the United States and
Withdrawing gold again, it would be q
mistake TO think that it Is behind the
attacks On American banks and the dol
lar for the purpose Of facilitating gold
noyementS-aS one allegation has it.
Indeed, American bankers in Paris
cannot understand who could profit by
these attacks. The Bank Of France is
withdrawing its foreign holdings be-
cause the financial commissions Of the
French Chamber of Deputies and the
Senate issued warning that no more
government relief would be forthcom-
ing as at the time when huge losses
were suffered on the pound.
Also IL has been repeatedly denied
that the Bank Of France had agreed
to leave its gold in the United States.
In its last report the bank stated there
was no such agreement and that its
hands were free TO withdraw gold.
Hence any statements TO the contrary
are misleading.