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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-25

mre bouquets of flowers, greetings
from branches Of the International
Labor Defense and other workers or
CARNATIONS. And again came the
words that Mrs. Mooney repeated
over and over, ooh, the workers, the
workers" she said. Her rich irish
voice was deep with emotion as she
spoke.
Mother Mooney is kindly and gen.
tie looking. Her face is deeply fur
rowed, her hair all white. The story
OF her life is typical of the life of
many American working class
mothers.
I'm the wife of a miner" Mother
Mooney said simply, as she began
telling Of herself. II came to America
from Ireland when / was seventeen.
I was married here"
Her troubles started early. For her
husband, Bryan Mooney, died when
yet young man from miners as
thma, contracted in the deadening
work at Camplesburg. Ind. Il was
left with three children, Tom, Ana
and John" Tom is the Oldest. John
is now street car conductor and
Ana is secretary of the Mooney De-
Tense Committee.
Then the struggle began. How to
support her children without assist
ance.
What did you do2" she was asked.
ri did what every poor working
class mother would have TO do" she
said. II washed floors, I washed
laundry for others, l worked wher-
ever could, to make out"
AS she said, II will fight for my
sons freedom until I die In my
tracks" Today Toms freedom seemed
closer to her With the solidarity and
support Of the workers. clear 10 her.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-25

touches the Soviet frontier.
The struggle of the Soviet Union
for peace is admitted in an article
in yesterdays World Telegram by
William Philip Sinms. The article
is headed "War Last Wish to Soviet
Army Unless Forced" Simms states:
1.-THE Japanese General Staff is
believed to include the maritime
sections of Siberia, the northern
half of the Island Of Sakhalin and
perhaps even the Province Of AInur
in its scheme Of Empire. The
( great question, therefore, is wheth-
er the General Staff believes this
is the time to strike"
Russia is seen as wishing to
avoid war at this time at any
cost. :"
General Arald, japanese War Min
lister, yesterday stated:
1.-THE Communistic revolutionary
principles Soviet Russia seeks to
advance are incompatible with the
national policy Of Japan. :"
The national policy" Of Japan is
admittedly aimed at the brutal sub
jugation of the Chinese masses in
Manchuria, Mongolia and Inner
China. This was clearly stated by
the Tanaka Document. 1t is being
re-affirmed by the present robber
war Of Japanese imperialism against
China. Gen. Araka's statement &C
knowledges the existence Of the
Soviet world which is opposed to this
robber policy of looting and subjugat-
ing weaker peoples. 1t is against
the Soviet world that the dying capt.
talist world is today girding to at
tack in its onslaught on the Chinese
Soviet Republic, in its preparation for
armed intervention against the So
Wet Union. The Soviet world is the
world of working class emancipation
and control.
Workers! Defend your ownl Glass
against class in the struggle against
starvation, against oppression, against
the lynch terror! For the liberation
of the working class and the Negro
and colonial masses!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-25

hzing huge armies for new attack
on their Chinese Soviet Republic and
the Chinese Red Army. The Canton
clique Of the Kuomintang has ordered
mobilization Of troops in the provinces
of Kwangtung and Kwangsi. Chi
angs militarist generals are nobiliz-
ing In Szechuan and Kweichow pro-
vinces, not for resistance to the I'M
perialistS who are looting and partitl-
oning China, but for war against the
Chinese Revolution and its Red Army,
for war against the only force In
China capable of liberating the Chi
nese masses from the yoke of foreign
imperialism and its Kuomintang
tools.
Japanese Continue Butchery Of
Women, Children.
With each defeat to the Japanese
forces, the Japanese military has
wreaked its fury on unarmed Chinese
men, women and children. The report
of the cold FLOODED butchery of Chi
nese men, women and children was
further confirmed by additional eye
witnesses of these horrors. Charles
Doyle, returning to Victoria, British
Columbia, from China yesterday de-
clared;
wherever there is any sniping,
the Japanese arrest all those In the
building from which the shots were
fired and execute them instantly.
"As many as $50 persons have
been put to death at one time in
this manner. The Japanese just put
revolvers behind their heads and
shoot them"
Morris ]. Harris, an American re-
porter, declares in dispatch from
Shanghai:
'In the middle of the war-torn
area I saw an old Chinese woman
sitting In an open field, weeping
and wringing her hands, ignorant
of all but the starkest externsls of
what was going on about her and
entirely helpless to protect herself.
Some distance to the right a
japanese soldier appeared while
was looking, followed by several
more close behind. The leading SOL
der raised his rifle, aimed at the
woman and fred.
HE missed The woman con-
tinued to weep, her face buried In
her hands. The rifleman leisurely
aimed again and fired. This time
he scored with deadly accuracy"
The Japanese imperialists are at
tempting to Justify this butchery Of
unarmed, defenseless Chinese women
and children by pointing out that
Chinese women have been found de-
Tending their homes with rifles in
hand against the Japanese invaders.
Workers. Stop the butchery of the
Chinese masses! Stop the robber war
against Chinal Demand the with
drawal Of American troops and war
ships from ChinaI The Wall Street
imperialists are equally guilty with
the Japanese for the mass murder of
the Chinese workers and peasants.
Demand the expulsion Of the diplo-
matte agents of Japanese imperialism
which is acting as the spearhead in
the bloody attack on the Chinese mas
ses and the war provocation against
the Soviet Union! Demand Hand
off Soviet China! Hands off the Sow
let Union!
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CONTINUED FROM FACE osEp
the spread Of Communism in Ken
lucky takes on special significance
when considered In connection with
the huge array Of armed forces used
by the Barbouryille officials last week
to prevent thousands Of miners from
attending the mass memorial meeting
in honor of Harry Sinns, National
Miners Union youth organizer, who
was fatally volz><ed by a gun thug
near BarbourYille. Unquestionably.
the flood of vicious lies being let
loose against the National Miners
Union and the Communist Party by
the coal operators mad their agents
Is not having the desired effect of
discrediting them in the eyes Of the
starving Kentucky workers, and Robi-
son and Sampson were called in to
add the weight Of their prestige to
the frenzied lies.
Washington birthday orators thru
out the South took as their central
theme the necessity Of Crushing the
Spectre Of Communism in Tennessee
and Kentucky" and returning TO the
standards and principles of George
Washington, the leader Of the Amer
lean Revolution A marked hysteria
characterized all the speeches OF the
paytrioteer1
The Bell County Grand Jury.
which meets today to take up the
cases Of the ten Jailed comrades. were
called on publicly by Judge Baby
Face" Jones of Harlan 10 indict the
entire ten for criminal syndicalsm
because, among other things, the
Jailed comrades have said that min
ers in the Soviet Union work only six
hours a day for high wages while
Kentucky miners work 10 hours d
day and star7e, Jones ended his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-25

on all sides.
But Mother Mooney in her fight
for her sons freedom has not for
gotte nthe hundreds of other class
war prisoners still in Jail and partic-
ularly the Scottsboro boys.
Il know how the mothers of the
Scottsboro boys feel" she said, her
voice deep with emotion. And want
the fight for my boy Tom, to be a
fight for scottsboro boys, too
Tnight Mother Mooney will speak
at great mass demonstration In the
Bronx Coliseum, where thousands OF
New York workers will rally and
voice their demands for the freedom
Of Tom Mooney, Scottsboro boys and
all Their class war prisoners, and
pledge themselves for q determined
fight against the Hoover hunger and
terror program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-25
1000 i'm Peoria
Sign Petition for
JObless Insurance

PEORIA, Ill.-Over 1000 sigma
lures have been secured here by
the Unemployed Council for the
Workers Unemployment Insur-
ance Bill, as we'll as the collective
endorsement for the bill of local
1888 Of the United Mine Workers
Of America.
There are now over 500 menu
bers in the Peoria Unemployed
Council, and there are excellent
prospects of doubling the MEM
bership in the near future.
The Council has now secured
headquarters. 1t had been meet
ing in garages and a blacksmith
shop, or wherever else 1t could
find meeting place.
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tstion Of red bouquet Of flowers
from the striking needle trades work
ers. Her son, Tom, had sent letter
mailing this militant strike and now
the workers were replying. On the
bouquet was an inscription: I'VE
thank you for your inspiration in our
fight and pledge our support in your
fight,
At the hotel bellhops and others
crowded around to greet her and did
everything tehy could for her con-
venience.
The hotel was besieged with capt.
taiist reporters and dozens of cam
era men, showing the wide interest
evoked by the determined fight Of
the revolutionary workers and SYM
pathizers for Moneys freedom.
Mother Mooney was both thrilled and
confused by all the ado. The. report
ers pressed her with questions. as she
gaspe6 for a breathing spell from all
The excitement.
Particularly insistent was their
question concerning Mayor Walkers
trip to California supposedly for
Mooney. Mother Moneys attitude on
the question was very significant.
"Will you see Mayor walker?" they
asked. Apparently she was not so an
xious. She evaded the question. "I
don't know: can't say"
When asked by them II the mayor
had done anything to help Mooney,
Toms mother would not answer, she
only shrugged her shoulder In way
that clearly implied "I have yet to
see It," The struggling OF her shout
der was the only answer to this main
question Of the capitalist reporters.
When Mother Mooney opened the
door OF her hotel room she found
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-25
DETROIT ANTI.WAR CON-
FERENCE AGAINST
SLAUGHTER OF CHINESE
MASSES AND DEFENSE
OF SOVIETS

DETROIT, Mich.-On Saturday,
Feb. 81, there will be sn anti war
conference at the Finish Hall, 1860
14th Street, at $3.50 P. M. At this
conference plans will be made for
mass meetings to protest against the
present war against Chinese masses
and also for the defense of the Soviet
Union. If your organization has not
yet elected delegates, do SO at once.
For more information regarding the
anti-war committee, write to 24I9
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-25
Four Miners Killed
in Polish Coal Strike
Gable by Inprecorrl

WARSAW, Feb. 24--The strike Of
the Polish miners is intensifying.
Scores of collisions with the police
have taken place in various pisces
Pitched battles OF strikers and pc-
lice took place in the Dombrova ais
trict where four workers we're killed
and many wounded including some
Of the police
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-25

ton at Kiangwan was subjected to a
terrific bombardment from air, land
and sea, followed by the Japanese
hurting wave after wave Of infantry
against the savage bornbardment and
rose up TO meet the Japanese advance,
moving down the Japanese troops
with whitening fire. In some places,
where the Japanese succeeded In get
ting into the Kiangwan positions of
the defenders, they we're met with the
cold steel of bayonets and driven back
leaving scores of dead behind,
Japanese Offensive Held Up.
The Japanese are reported to have
held up their offensive pending the
arrival of new troops which are be-
ing rushed from Japan The inper-
ialiSt press expresses the fear that
the Japanese are stripping their home
garrisons to a dangerous minimum
Great unrest exists among the starry
ing workers and ruined peasants in
Japan, and the American and Euro
psan imperialists are fearful of q
rising tide of revolution under Com
munist leadership.
The Japanese are reported to be
secretly mobilizing their reserves.
Twenty-Six thousand Japanese
troops have been landed in the So
called neutral International Settle
ment at Shanghai during the past
two days. The Japanese are reported
to be sending 10000 fresh troops to
Shanghai They at present have over
100000 troops in the city. In spite
of the protests of the United States
and England it is to be noted that
the japanese are still permitted to
use the International Settlement as
base for their military operations
against the defenders Of Shanghai.
Chang Gives Half Hearted Aid In
Effort to Save His Face.
The belated, haIf-hearted action OF
Chang Kai-shek in sending troops
to aid in the defense of Shanghai is
recognized by the Japanese at its face
value: an attempt by Chang to save
his face with the masses while in the
meantime continuing his attempts to
betray the struggles of the Chinese
masses against the irnperiansts. A
Shanghai dispatch quotes a Japanese
official spokesman as stating:
Participation in this fight by
Chang Kai-shek's armies also was
necessary IL he were to maintain
face before the Chinese people, who
have been aroused to . pitch of pa
triotic excitement
The New York Daily Mirror In an
editorial yesterday, admits that Chi
ang and the rest Of the Kuomintang
leaders have betrayed the fight at
Shanghai. The editorial, which is
significant Of the cross purposes OF
the imperialists within their agree
rient for the looting of China and
war against the Soviet Union, states
yet this gallant force, battered
by heavy guns, bombed day and
night, vastly reduced by casualties,
is apparently left to it's fate while
armies and air squadrons Of Nan
king and Chang Kai-shek's SOL
dier hords aIoof. What's the mat
ter with them?"
Prepare New Drive Against Soviet
Districts.
In the meantime, the Kuomintang
agents Of the imperialists are nobi-
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CHANG KAI-SHEK PREP ARES new
DRIVE AGAINST THE CHINESE
SOVIETS AND THEIR RED ARMY
More Eye Witnesses Confirm Reports of Hor-
rible Butchery of Chinese Women,
Children By Japanese

The Japanese again failed yesterday to advance against
the determined defense of the heroic Chinese soldiers and work
defending the city of Shanghai.
Following day of desperate fighting the japanese center
thrown back two miles by offensive by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-25
MOTHER MOONEY DEEPLY MOVED
AS THOUSANDS GREET HER IN NY.
ON MOONEY SCOTTSBORO DAY

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IMPERIALISTS SUPPORT JAPAN FOR
WAR ON USSR, SHANGHAI REPORTS

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CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE,
Evening star., 1932-07-05

the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion out of that sum S1O0, 900 900 is
mada available to the President Of the
Tinted states. and is to be dispursed
! hv him in the form of gifts or loans, as
he nrefers through such agencies as he
shall Tesignate The President is given
connlete mower to use this mercy fund
wherever it will do most good III renew
ing human distress.
"The remaining 5000 100000 is to be
apportioned among the states IN pro
portion to their population. however,
before anv state can secure lts portlon
nf this fund the governor must certlIy
that the State is unable to meet ltS
relief needs. These payments 70
State will carry interest at the rate OF
3 per cent. and will either be repaid 10
the Reconstruction Finance corpora
ton directly by the State or tIle re re,
construction Finance Corporstlon VIII
be reimbursed by making oeoucI,oliis yloi
over a period of years from lutuIe Feo-
eral highway grants to that state
Whatever theories we may person
ally entertain as to Where respollsi.
bility lies for the relief oil dlstreSs, 1t
can no longer be denied that many
communities throughout, the county
and many States are no longer sple 70
carry unaided the crushlns oui ueI 1.I
which the unprecedented oeIhanT "a, doI
relief has placed upon tnem, tneSe
are devs of emergency, and It is there
fore the sacred duty Of the Federal
Government to help meet that emer-
gency and to mitigate the human mis-
cry which has been the unmerlVed lou
of our citizens. -.
"In order to finance a program oil
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These loans are TO be made for periods
not exceeding five years.
THE authority of the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation to make any
Of these loans will expire on January
%, 1898, unless the President extends
the time, which he may, but not beyond
January %, 1884.
Two special provisions are made for
agriculture The first Of these is that
loans may be made by the, Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation to help finance
the expectation to foreign markets Of the
accumulated farm surpluSes where
and only where-such exports will not
adversely affect the world price Of the
commodities. The second provision is
that the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration is given authority to create
regional agriculture credit corporations
to make loans to farmers.
How large a fund is available for
this program? At the present time the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation has
a maximum strength of $4,000 900 900.
In the bill am discussing we have in
creased its borrowing power by $780,
900 600, so that a total of S3, 800 900, 900
will be available for the financing of
enterprises l have described, as well as
for the original purpose of the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation act.
Il am fully aware that these are
extraordinary remedies. Some of the
provisions I have mentioned would be
unthinkable in normal times. Under
ordinary circumstances 1 would be the
first to oppose the principle that gov
ernmental agency like the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation should be per-
mitted to make loans to private busl-
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construction and stimulate the recovery
Of agriculture and industry, the bill
provides for loans by the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation for these pur-
poses in the following manner:
Primarily loans are to be made to
finance the construction of self-sup-
porting projects undertaken by States,
municipalities and other public bodies,
by limited dividend housing corpora
tions engaged in the elimination OF
slums, and by private corporations en-
gagged in the construction Of bridges,
tunnels, docks, viaducts, waterways,
canals and markets devoted to public
use. Loans for the purposes which ]
have mentioned are entitled to a pref
erence under the bill. They may be
made for a period of 10 years, or for
more than 10 years II the borrower Is
State, municipality or public body
and the loan is effected through the
sale of bonds to the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation.
Must Be Fully Secured.
"All of these loans must be fully
secured, and will be so secured, since
every project must be self-supporting
and must be able to pay its construc-
tion cost out of its income
"In addition the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation is authorized to
make loans to help finance any agri-
cultural, industrial or commercial un-
dertaking and to relieve unemployment
where the borrower gives full and ade-
quate security for the loan and cannot
obtain funds on reasonable terms
through the regular banking channels.
Evening star., 1932-07-05

ness. But these are not normal times
or circumstances. Conditions face us
which must be met. and can only be
met by heroic and extraordinary meth
DDS. The justification for these pro-
posals is the plight Of the Nation.
Employment Program.
"I come now to that part Of our pro-
gram of rehabilitation, in which the
Federal Government directly takes the
initiative in providing employment.
The bill makes provision for a Federal
construction program Of S325 900, 600.
Out of that amount $3.50, 000, 900 Is to
be advanced to the States for highway
construction. The Federal Govern
ment is to be reimbursed for these ad-
vances by making deductions from fu-
ture Federal highway grants to the
States. The balance Of the 1895, ,ooo.-
600 is to be expended upon the con-
struction Of Federal buildings, river
and harbor improvements flood control
and other Federal projects which have
been long ago investigated and ap-
proved by Congress and the President,
and the plans for which are in readi-
ness so that work may start promptly
after the bill is enacted into law.
I'm order to make additionally GER
tain that there shall be no unwarranted
Federal construction and no waste Of
public funds, the bill leaves to the
President and his executive depart
ments, wherever that course is possi-
BILE. the selection of the individual prof.
ects out of the Governments author
lied construction program. In other
words, we shall build now. when en-
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ployment would be a God-send, what
in any event. Certainly the Federal
Government can do no less In helping
to carry its share Of the national
burden.
1.-The Federal construction program
will involve no increase in the present
heavy burden Of taxation. The cost
of the construction will be met with
borrowed funds, and will be amortized
by payments into the Federal sinking
fund. That course is r~inently proper,
since the improvements are OF a per-
manent nature and constitute capital
investments.
What results can be expected from
this legislatiou2 In answering that
question I desire TO emphasize an ex-
ceedingly important provision which
prescribes that wherever practicable no
one shall be employed more than 80
hours week upon projects prosecuted
under the bill. That increases the en-
ployment possibilities Of these projects
by so per cent. Taking that into con-
sideration, il is estimated that about
2. 900 900 men and women will be given
employment directly in construction
and indirectly in the factories. mines
and railroads which are engaged in the
preparation and transportation Of mate
rials. That, however, Is only the i'm
mediate effect Of the program. OF
even greater Importance is the effect
upon the economic life of the country
when these 100000 men use their
newly acquired purchasing power to
buy food, clothing and an endless num-
Der of other commodities. It is that
purchasing power TO which we look to
Evening star., 1932-07-05

help restart the stalled machinery Of
industry.
I'VE shall resume employment to
check and counteract the spiral Of de-
preston. For employment breeds more
employment. There is no greater force
for recovery than Job for the man who
is eager to work.
The American people have never
yet admitted defeat or succumbed TO
despair. We have the resources, the
means and the energy not only to check
the depression but to lift our people
to higher level Of prosperity than we
have ever known. Our immediate task
IS to deal with the present emergency.
The relief and construction hi is, in
my Judgment, a well designed lever to
give American industry a lift and a
start until its own great native strength
can be brought into vigorous action
again. I repeat the hope that before
the week is over the country may hear
the encouraging news that the relief
and construction bill has become A law
and that this program Of rehabilitation
is under way
Evening star., 1932-07-05

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