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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-20
BY CYRIL BRIGGS

FACED with the rise of the Soviet
Power of the toiling Chinese
masses and the progressive collapse
of the counter revolutionary Kuo-
nlintang regime, the imperialist
powers are engaging in direct armed
intervention against the Chinese Re-
volution on rapidly increasing scale.
The ruthless mass murder of
Chinese workers and peasants
begun last September by the Jap
anese imperialisSt is being carried
on with increasing fcrocity by all
the imperialist powers. The reac-
tionary attempt to crush the Chin
csc Revolution, destroy the growing
Chinese Soviet Districts, and par
tition China among the imperialist
robbers is ON in full swing.
The murderous attacks on the
Chinese Revolution and the revolu-
tionary fighters in the Chinese Soviet
Districts are being carried out jointly
by the imperialists and their Kuo-
mintang rnilitarist tools The Wall
Street Butcher, Chang Kai-shek is
in personal command of the fourth
Communist Suppression" Campaign,
recently launched upon the direct
and open orders OF the Wall Street
Government at Washington. But
Chang Kai-shek and the Kuonlin-
tang are no longer able to hold back
the Chinese Revolution or to stop
the steady growth Of the power of
the central Chinese Soviet Govern
ment and the Soviet Districts. The
imperialists are forced to come out
more openly in direct armed inter-
vention aimed at crushing the re-
evolutionary struggles of the Chinese
masses and to perretuate the fright
full conditions imposed upon the
toiling masses by foreign imperialism
and the native feudal landowners,
bankers and miHtarists.
Rushing WarShips
Thus we see the imperialist pow
ers rushing warships to Annoy, South
China, when that Fukien Province
seaport was facing capture by the
Chinese Red Armies of the revolu-
tionary worker-peaSant masses. The
United States, Japan, Great Britain,
France and Italy, all sent warships
to Annoy to threaten the revolution
airy workers in the town with
blood-bath and to oppose the adj
vance of the victorious 1woi4on
Chinese Red Army. Most of these
foreign warShips are still at Annoy.
Under the direction of the impe-
rialists, trenches have been dug
around the town and martial law
established against the worker in
habitants.
A few weeks ago, the imperialiSts
with brazen effrontery attacked the
strike of the Chinese postal workers
and attempted to establish strike
breaking apparatus in Shanghai and
other Chinese cities. This vicious
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-20
THE ROBBER WAR.
AGAINST CHINA

gunboats, said the China Weekly Rec
view on September 6, 1880:
in this particular case
performed good service for the
Chinese government by helping to
drive the Communists out OF
Changsha. Chief credit for this
enterprise apparently belongs to
Lieutenant Commander Tisdale OF
the Pa,os who steamed back to
Changsha after evacuating the
American residents, and who gave
the blood-thirsty, Russian inspired
hOrdes (sic) a dose of their own
medicine. Undoubtedly ii was COM
mander TisdaIe's retaliation, fol-
lowed by that of the Japanese,
Italians and British, to the machine
gun fire of the Communists that
wounded six American sailors, that
started the evacuation of the Conn
munists from Changsha with the
eventual collapse of their Soviet
Government which they had es-
tablished in the city. In this in.
stance the foreign gunboats were
on the side of the Chinese govern
ment in helping to rc-establish
order, something which the Chin
csc Government manifestIy was
unable to do; hence there has been
no cutlery on the part of the Chin
csc authorities at this most recent
activity of foreign gunboats in
China"
Armed forces of the imperialists
are in every Chinese port and large
city. During the past few months
the South China city of Shanghai
has been the scene of the greatest
aggregation of battleshirs and armies
since the World War. American,
British, French, Italian warships and
troops all participated with the Jap
anese in the bestial butchery of tens
of thousands CT unarmed Chinese
civilians, men, women and children.
While the japanese acted as the
spearhead of world imperialism in
the ruthless attack on the Chinese
Revolution, the representatives. of the
other imperialist powers stood by
applauoing and doing everything in
their power to crush the heroic re-
sistance of the Shanghai masses and
disrupt the defense of Shanghai By
the Nineteenth Route Army and
the revolutionary workers. Japanese
troops were permitted to use the In
ternational Settlement, controlled by
the United States, Great Britain
and Japan, as military base for
their murderous operations, for the
wipinS out of the denSely populated
district of Chapel. The
United States was actively engaged
both in protecting its desired loot in
China from its imperialist rivals and
in attacking the Chinese Revolution.
Attack For U. S. Workers
What are the American workers
going to do about it? The honor of
the international proletariat is in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-20

States and Europe must rally to the
defense of the Chinese people. We
must raise more mihtantly than ever
the demand for the withdrawal of all
imperialist troops and warships from
China. We must actively resist the
robber war against China. We must
organize broad united front COM
mittees o. actions in the shops and
on the docks to stop the production
and slfoment of war munitions
against the Chinese people and the
Soviet Union. We must conduct
struggle to expose the robber policy
of American imperialism.
The Communist international
calling upon the world proletariat to
act against the imperialist war which
has already begun, correctly points
out:
"The defense of China, the
Chinese Revolution, the Chinese
Soviets must stand in the foremost
place in the tasks of all Communist
Parties. The defense Of China's
independence from the military di-
vision which has already begun is
ma integral part Of the defense Of
the Soviet Union, the defense OF
the proletariat Of all capitalist
countries from the world war"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-20
Taxes and Length of
Crisis Are the Main
Points With Farmers

Daily Worker:
The farmers in this section cannot
pay their taxes. All demonstrations
should be made with that in mind.
IA demonstration will be held in a
Ineighborhood county against a con-
servation officer, because of abusive
treatment against a farmer. Now If
the farmer is unpopular, and the Of
ificer popular, as seems to be &le case
with most conservation officers, the
demonstration will be flop. On the
other hand, 20 per cent of the farm
Iers in this county have not paid
their taxes, and demonstration built
around that is almost certain to go
over.
Another thing that seems to show
a weakness is the getting over of too
many ideas at one time. If the party
concentrated on the one idea that
depression viii continue forever, they
will answer the question in every
bodys mind which is, "How long will
it last?"
Pamphlets reading that nope IS
dope and showing that the COMPETE
lion today is in the discharging of
workers and replacing with machin-
cry, and il we came out of this de-
preston, the next would be on us
almost at once, and due to the gap
between consumption and production
which is ever widening, the next one
would last longer than the present
That is thought provoking idea and
it is what you want. SO concentrate
with literature on this. You do not
have to tell anybody that everything
Is wrong. but you should work on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-20

farmers, must have and carry out
clear revolutionary line in estab-
fishing the united front.
1t must be united front with the
rank and file against these leaders
and not, as appears to have been the
case at the mass meeting in Seattle
following the election of Dore as
mayor, a partial united front with
leaders in the Organization of the
meeting. This was most serious
opporturist error.
The Unemployed Councils con-
cluded the circular containing their
demands, issued for this gathering,
with the following:
Workers: Mobilize transportation
to Fourth and Stewart. Auspices
of Unemployed Citizens League and
the Unemployed Council of Seattle.
The result of such tactic is to
confuse workers. 1t puts the Unen-
ployed Councils, which represent the
interests of workers, on the same
level with the Unemployed Citizens
League, a political group dominated
by middle class individuals and
groups with interests opposed to
those of the workers.
Hulet M. Wells, an accountant "a
member of the Electrical Workers
Union at the time it took in all en-
ployees of the Seattle municipal light
and power plant is or was paci-
fist, is saturated with the theology
of the petty bourgeoisie.
Carl Brannin, another leader. is
a journalist and a follower of Music.
A few quotations from the program
end articles of leading members of
the Unemployed Citizena League will
confirm the above statements:
Writing in the Musteite Labor
Age" for June, Brannin gives the
program of the League and shows
that it is definitely political party
with ambitions for state positions as
well as municipal administrations:
There is much talk Of running
an independent ticket in the COM
ing state election. A state wide
convention is being held as this is
written, to perfect and spread the
movement in the Northwest"
|
Glass collaboration is emphasized
in the program. Point 8 says.
Contact with public officials
should be made as soon as the
organization reaches any consider
4 able numbers. Lay the plan be-
fore them as a constructive bust
ness proposition which will lift the
major portion Of the public relief
burden if it is rendered the aid
necessary in its beginning, money
saver to county. city and business.
Appeal for their cooperation and
that of the press in getting the ne
cessary land, tools, gas and equip
ment, with which to get into pro-
ductlon in the modern manner"
(Our en1phssis)
1t would be hard to find a eraser
admission of the purpose of this
movement. 1t differs from the plar
of Governor Roosevelt and other
capitalist party demagogues-"b back
to the land" help the unemployed
help themselves" only in that il
masquerades as movement of the
unemployed themselves.
Its obvious role is to lift the cost
OF maintaining the unemployed from
the capitalists, to relieve the UNI
employed at no cost 10 the class. re-
sponsble for the mass misery.
Further proof of the essential,
social welfare character of thi;
movement is given in point where
the recommendation os made that
relief funds from public sources
should be handled by some promi-
nent individual trusted and respected
by all classes :"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-20

Congress. The International Com.
mittee of the Friends of Soviet Rus
sia has informed the preparatory
committee organizing this Congress
that it welcomes this step most
warmly, and intends participating In
the Congress. 1t has at the same
time issued instructions to its Sec
lions in all countries to give active
assistance in the preparations for
and carrying out Of the Congress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-20
SOVIET FRIENDS AND
ANTI-WAR CONGRESS

AS has already been stated in the
press, number of prominent per-
sonages of public life, headed by
Roman Holland and Henri Barbuse,
are heading the initiative for the
convocation of a great World Con-
grcss against the war danger. All or
CARNATIONS and individual persons
willing to fight actively, with all
means promising success, against the
fresh war danger, are invited TO the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-20
International
Notes
Intensifying Wage Struggles in Japar

Intensifying Wage Struggles in Japan
notwithstanding to the official
reports of the Ministry of the Interior
there were 2,456 conflicts between
employers and employed in Japan in
1881. Since 1925 the number of such
conflicts has been steadily increas-
ing and in 1881 almost two hundred
thousand workers were involved.
Most of the conflicts were efforts
of the workers to defeat wage cuts.
The chief trades and industries af-
fected were the engineering and
chemical industries, the textile work
ers, the transport workers and the
miners.
Unemployment in Japan continues
to increase and mass dismissals are
taking place. Two thousand of the
five thousand workers employed at
the Mitzubitzi shipyards in Maya
sah have been given notice of dis
missal. Last year seven thousand
workers were employed by the yards.
The drop in the purchasing power
of the masses owing to unemploy-
ment, wage cuts, etc., can be best
seen in Japan by comparing the rice
consumption figures. In 1881 the
figure was 0.57 Koku of rice per head
as compared with 0.65 in 1880 and an
average of 0.63 for the last five years.
German Capitalist Paper Admits War
on USSR May Break Out Any Time
NEW YORK.-A Berlin dispatch
to the New York Times reports a
statement by the German capitalist
paper, the Deutsche Allgemeine lei
tung, that "a Japanese war,
which, although not desired by Russia
and likely to be ruinous to Japan.
might break out at any moment
through collisions on the Manchurian
border"
The paper declares 1T is amazing
and shocking that the United
States, France and Britain will not
do anything ito prevent the danger
of a new catastrophe in the Far East
from becoming a reality"
Collections for the white Russian
Army"
PRAGUE.-In a number TO towns
collections are being taken up ION
behalf of the White Russian Army
in Manchuria." In Uzhorod the White
Russian committee has collected
fifty thousand crowns for this pur-
pose. The authorities make no at
tempt to interfere with this action.
Successful Communist Recruiting in
Sweden.
STOCKHOLM.-A three months
recruiting campaign for the Com
munist Party of Sweden closed on
the 18th of May, the fifteenth ami
versary of the formation of the
Party. In these three months the
Party formed lit new branches and
won 1900 new members.
The Party has now fifteen thous-
and members or about twice as many
as Immediately after the expulsion
of the Kilbom group in the autumn
of 1929, In the same period the
Young Communist League formed
forty-flve new branches and won
l.40O new members.
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nevertheless they only added fuel 10
the fire of this organization. They
joined in a united front from on
top with it, Such deviations cannot
serve to win away the workers from
them as leaders. It only confuses
the workers and weakens the auth
o, and mass character Of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-20
The Fight of the Seattle Unemployed Councils
Against Musteite A. F. L. Msleaders
Some Obbor1misic Errors the United Front

In Point 10 the admonition i
given: avoid red flag waving. This
cannot be revolutionary organiza-
ton"
W.T. in the same issue of La
Dor Age, the activity of the Unem.
ployed Citizens League in Tacoma
Is described by person signing him.
self "Bystander". He tells how, as
is usual with middle class elements
the leadership in Tacoma is harras.
sed from the left and right but sticks
to its program of helping the iinem.
ployed without hurting the capital
lists.
AT the present writing, the
members of the executive commit
tee of the U. 9. L. have requested
the mayor to call a conference of
100 leading business, industrial, and
financial men to meet with them to
find ways of supplying their needs.
IF such conference fails, then the
agitators of the extreme left may
have their way and a demonstra-
ton of Communist sort may be
arranged"
This writer continues:
Speaking of Communists, they,
too are active both within and
without the League carrying on
agitation, demanding a course of
direct action, and the securing of
the existing industrial surplus.
On the other hand, at the right
is a group who clamor for the
League to enter competitive bids
on public work, and the selling of
their labor power at distress prices.
(Note the pseudo-Marxian phras-
es with which this particular de-
magogue operatesD A third group
are those who stand opposed to
any wholesale buying which might
distress the small merchant. They
feel the League should exist to aid
the small m chant . 1t is hoped
that the plan of organization
adopted by members of the labor
college (Muste again will keep the
League clear of the snares set by
these factions so that it can steer
the course originally charted."
The domination of the movement
by middle class elements led by
Musteites is here made clear. The
chief enemy is not capitalism or
capitalists-but Communists. The
elements which want the League
to exist to aid the small merchant
are slightly to the left of the
Musteites who are aiding the big
banker and lumber barons of Puge
Sound.
The program of the League has
a whole series of demands with
immediate relief" at the expense
of the county, state and federal
governments, and unemployment
| insurance"
But these demands are only win
dow dressing to attract and delud
workers. The center of its program
is class collaboration and the devils
ing of ways and means by whicl
the capitalists are relieved OF all ex
pense for the maintenance Of the un
employed.
Brannin writes:
ITO expand its industrial pro-
gram with the establishment of
factories, where commodities will
be made for the use of Lea sue
members, not for sale, drive is
on nog for q special fund Of many
thousands OF dollars. Public moneys
will be demanded and wealthy in
dividuals will be asked to give
This will have strong appeal as
it will tend 10 make the unemploy-
ed self-supporting.' (Our empha-
Sis)
This is reminiscent of the wa
period and the golden era Of tn
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Unemployed Council. No united front
with these misleadcrs even OF the
shortest duration, but the organiza-
ton OF unemployed and employed
workers against them through skill
ful and unhesitating struggle for
their defeat with a united front from
below. 49, ..,......----.s....u
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This is reminiscent of the war
period and the golden era Of the
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the one idea that it will not, and
cannot be righted under our system.
Another weakness, believe, is the
inability OF many speakers to instill
little humor in their talks. This
applies TO gyJteEs as well.
Evening star., 1932-04-09
LIFE INDISPENSABLES
TO Be SERMON TOPIC
Rev. S. Carroll Coale Will Preach
Twice Tomorrow at Bright
wood Park M. E.

Some Indispensables of the Chris
tian Life" will be considered by Rev.
S. Carroll Coale in his sermon tomor-
row at Brightwood Park Methodist
Church. The children's story will be
entitled, When Abe's House Burned
The Children's Training Class, which
was organized with Is members last
Sunday, will meet with Miss Valaria
Martin, pastors assistant
The oxford League meets at 6:45
pm Maurice Thompson will lead the
Epworth League devotional hour at the
same time What the General Con-
ference Means to Youth" will be the
subject considered. 'DriftWood" will be
the subject Of the minister's evening
address.
Circle No 2 of the Ladies Guild will
meet with Mrs. Miller, 1913 Illinois ave-
nue., Monday evening.
The Downs Bible Glass and the Del
ia Bible Glass will meet Tuesday eve
ming and the Cole Glass Club WedneS-
day evening.
The Mothers Jewels and the Home
Guards will meet at the church Thurs
day at 3:15 o'clock The weekly pray
er meeting is Thursday evening.
A week end education conference will
open with a banquet Friday and con-
tinue through Sunday, under the di-
rection of DR.. John c. Mullian, confer
ence director of religious education.
Other specialists, including Miss Ma
rion Armstrong, Mrs. Lindsay and Mrs
Huff. will participate.
Evening star., 1932-04-09
INSTRUCTION CLASSES
PLANNED BY CHURCH
New Department for Prospective
Members to Be Organized by
Dr.. J. Phelps Hand.

"The Force and Function of Faith
will be the subject Of DR.. j. Phelps
Hands sermon Sunday morning in
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church.
The church school will assemble at
GAS am. A new featur- of the school
work will be the formation of a
department of instruction for church
membership, to be conducted by the
pastor, for those young people, who
are looking forward to church member
ship.
The young people will be entertained
by DR.. Hand and Mrs. Hand at the
parsonage, tomorrow from $50 to 745
O'Clock. A Biblical drama, James OF
Galillee," will be read and discussed.
The Woman's Guild will meet Friday
at 1890 o'clock in the church with
Mrs. ]. Stanley Long, presiding. AT
1l:3O o'clock the WomanS Missionary
Society will meet under the leadership
of Mrs. G. Percy McGlue, when a
special program will be presented, the
speaker to be Mrs. A. S. M. Hopkins,
on the subject Foreign Mission Field
Work" DR.. H. w. Oborn of Sibley
Memorial Hospital will also speak.
Mrs. A. J. Jackson will review the
study book Luncheon will follow the
meeting of the society.
The midweek service will be held
on Thursday evening for Christian
fellowship, prayer and Bible study.
The pastor will lead in the study OF
the "Act of the Apostles"
Evening star., 1932-04-09
MEMORIAL ORGAN
TO Be DEDICATED
DR.. Copenhaver Will Preside
at EpWorth Methodist
Service in Morning.

Services dedicating the church organ
to the memory of the late S. Edwin
Moore, jr, and Mrs. Moore will be held
in Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church
South tomorrow at IL o'clock. Dr.,
John c. Copenhaver. pastor. will pre-
side, and DR.. John Paul Tyler. former
pastor and now presiding elder of the
Baltimore district NJ. E. Churches
South, will make the dedicatory. ad-
dress. Louis Potter, prominent in local
musical circles, will be the guest
organist.
DR.. Copenhaver will preach for the
8 o'clock service on Have You a
Price?" Sunday school meets at $50
am, and the services of the young
peoples division will be held at 7 pm.
The pastor and the delegates Of the
church will attend the district con-
ference Of the church to be held in the
Bethesda M. E. Church, South. begin
ming Wednesday evening and continue
ing until Friday afternoon. The meet
ing will be presided over by DR.. j.
Howard Wells, presiding elder Of the
district, and will have there repre-
sentatives of each of the churches Of
the denomination in the district.
The regular midweek prayer meeting
will be held in the church Thursday
evening. Members Of the J. o. Y. class
of the Sunday school are requesting
clothing for several families having
children for whom they have assumed
care.
Evening star., 1932-04-09
Peoples Congregational.
PASTOR TO PREACH
ON GROWING THIRST
Thy Will Be Done Topic of Eve
ming Service at lexington
Presbyterian.

Rev. w M Michael, pastor of Ed
brooke Methodist Episcopal Church,
will preach tomorrow morning on The
Growing Thirst" and at pm. on
Thy Will Be Done''
The Young Peoples Society will be
entertained tomorrow by the lexington
Presbyterian Young Peoples Society.
They will meet at the church at $50
pm. and transportation will be pro-
vided
The oxford League meets at pm.
under the direction, of Mrs. W. NJ.
Michael. The subject to be discussed
is Rules and Bylaws"
The pastor will give the third talk
at prayer meeting Wednesday evening
in a series on Coming to Terms With
Life" The Thompson Circle will pro-
mote attendance at this service. The
monthly meeting of the official board
will be held. following the prayer
service.
The ladies organizations will hold
their monthly meeting Thursday at IL
am. Luncheon will be served by the
Patience Circle.
The monthly business meeting of the
Young Peoples Society will be held
Thursday evening at the home of Miss
Ada Volkman, 4345 Wisconsin avenue.
A dinner will be given in the So
cial hall Friday from to pm. by
the Community Ladies Bible class.
Mrs. S. r. Darcy Is chairman.