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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21
To Study Strike
Experiences

In no field of a0ork are mistakes
so persisted IN and repeated as IN
strike struggles. One of the reasons
for it, IS the failure to conscienttousIy
and painstakimgIy examine self-critic-
ally the strife struggles. Each strike
experience mast be studied and stud
led from every angle.
The resolution of the e. C. C. I.
on LESSONS OF STRIKE STRUG-
Giles IN THE U. S. A. MUST BE-
COME THE BASIS FOR THE Elk
ANIMATION OF ALL OF OUR
STRIKE EXPERIENCES. More
than that. The resolution is to be
considered as guide for the deuel.
opme1st and leading of strike Strug-
giles.
The 14th Plenun, called for "fur-
ther popularizatiop, particularly, of
the resolution of the E. C. C. /. on
Lessons of Strike Struggles in the
U. s." and this should be also carried
through by an denomination of the
Kentucky, Needle Trades and more
recent strikes" Many comrades from
the iotDer Party organizations and
Leagues participated in the above
mentioned strikes. We urge these
comrades to send in brief articles for
this column.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21

war situation, particularly the lack OF discus.
sion Of the organizational political measures in
nlobilizing the masses for struggle against i'm
perialist war. t@6 J&
The Plenunl discussed at length the prob
lem Of developing mass work amongst the Ne
groes. The Plenum recognized that the District
did not develop in sustained manner the work
amongst the Negroes A radical turn in our
work on this field was the keynote Of the
speakers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21

THE Cleveland District Plenum, which followed
i the c. C. Plenun, is of great significance for
the Party as a whole. The Plenun made a
serious attempt to carry out the resolution in
practice.
The Plenum pointed out, as its main weak
ness, the inability to concentrate in the factor
les, and especially in the steel mills In the
light of the c. c. resolution the District Plenun
examined its work and established that the main
weakness lay in the methods of mass work, that
the whole Party lis still Party for the masses
and not Party Of the Masses" as it is also
shown in the fact that the lower units are not
functioning as a Party in a specific territory,
IN a specific shop. The necessity for more per-
sonal guidance to the work OF the shop nuclei
by the leading committee was recognized by all.
In this respect the best contribution was brought
to the Plenum by the delegates from the shop
nuclei, by the comrades from the units in the
steel towns. These comrades brought forward
the necessity of developing the methods of work
so that the nuclei should be in a position to
meet the growing terror in the mills. The COM
rades also spoke against the many internal
meetings which are also an obstacle to mass
work
Further, the Plenum brought forward all the
weaknesses concerning the building Of the revo-
iutionary unions, especially the Metal Workers
Industrial League, the failure to penetrate the
A. F. Of L. unions. the stagnation of unemploy-
ment movement, which in some places is even
going backward. --
The main reason for the slow progress was
given that the resolutions and directiYes are not
concretized into life. This is due to the lack of
concentration in specific places, because Of the
tendency Of tackling the "whole world at once"
One Of the major reasons given for the going
backward Of the unemployment movement was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21

The mechanizatiOn of the armed forces and
the militarization of industry are direcly con-
nected with war and call for strenuous ac-
tiyity in these branches of industry as web
as in the trade unions and other labor
ganizations connected with them. So far,
there is little to show that the Communist
Parties have commenced to take up these
elementary tasks seriously.
(From the 9Th World G. I. Congress resolu-
ton on the struggle against imperalist war.
The resolution was recently reprinted in
pamphlet forrn)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-17

Our sale dresses last week brought MOST ENTHUSIASTS
TIC RESPONSE OF ANY DRESS SALE that all Indianapolis has
seen IN OVER TWO YEARS AssOrments quickly depleted
Therefore, buyer Immediately returned New York for MORE
DRESSES They have just arrived and wild" about
them Smarter styles plenty Of the "hgh shades
fine QUALITY lots of large hundreds of styles nclud
ing the LOO NEW dresses there OVER LOO choose from
So all at HALF PRICE, For first choice
morning! Extensive
Evening star., 1932-11-04

Continued From First Page)
hope for some new equivalent of the
automobile or electric power to pop out
around the corner like magic
THE rank and file OF the voters OF
both parties agree with me today that
the most extraordinary, the most amaz-
ing and, I believe, the most un-Ameri-
can episode of this campaign is the
eleventh-hour effort Of the President to
arrogate to himself and his handful OF
associates in Washington the right To
claim an exclusive Interpretation OF, and
ownership in, the American system OF
government. The American system Is
the common heritage and common pos
session Of all Americans Five days
from today these Americans by over
whelming vote intend to deny and re-
ject the exclusive patent sought by the
President and his friends"
If" Roosevelt asserted, "the Presi-
dent will turn from his made-to-order
statistics, which he so sadly misrepre-
sents and misinterprets; will turn his
eyes from his So-called backward and
crippled countries and turn to the great
and stricken markets of Kansas, Ne
braska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and
the other great agricultural States il
he will cease his Utopian dreaming OF
inventions hidden in the lockers OF
science that are going to make us rich
and turn to the true lessons of Amer
lean history and the real words of the
founders Of the Republic, he Will know
what the American system really is"
Challenges Hoover Assertion.
Mr. Roosevelt challenged President
Hoovers assertion in New York last
Saturday that an acceptance of the
Democratic cause would mean that
grass would grow in the streets OF our
cities" in these words:
mo doubt seeking to extend the cam
paign of fear so fooushly and SO wicked
ly put in motion. the President the
other night referred to the fact that If
the policies he so valiantly developed
be not continued the grass would grow
on the streets Of the cities Well, the
grass has little chance to grow. It
would be trampled into the ground by
Evening star., 1932-11-04

Of our national faith. This country
needs the tonic effect Of such a re-
iteration Of American principles. It
calls to its service with particular en-
phasis the independent and courageous
spirits who are willing to leave the
household Of betrayed faith, who are
asking for substance. not shadows, who
are seeking for truth, not names for
truth.
indispensable Principles.
In speaking for the common purposes
Of all these forward looking men and
women I have, I believe, avoided the
delusion that this is a campaign of
persons or Of personalities. To indulge
in such fantastic idea of my own in
dividual importance would be to betray
the common hope and the common
this year A great man left watch
word that we can well repeat:
There is no indispensable man"
But there are indispensable princi-
ples-without which government can
not serve its purpose. These are the
principles of fair and open dealing with
the public, of using the great powers
of the government to serve no mean
party advantage Of keeping promises
made to agriculture and labor, Of
friendly relations between the execu-
tive and the Legislature, Of economic
peace with foreign nations, Of protec-
tion for those who must entrust their
savings to others, of social justice for
all, and relief for those who are in
need
Reducing 1t all to the essentials
Of my speech of acceptance, we want
to get for the American people two
great human values-work and secur-
ity. To achieve this end I invite you
all. 1t IS no mere party slogan. 1t is
definition of national need. 1t Is
a philosophy Of life. I repeat 1t with
a courage lent by the knowledge that
I speak Of philosophy Of government
as well-the ideals which have made us
ppd kart TIC q Nation
Evening star., 1932-11-04
SAYS HOOVER FAvoRs REPEAL
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j., November 4.-Wal-
ter Evans Edge, Ambassador to France
told Essex County Republicans last
night there was no doubt that "Presi-
dent Hoover stands for repeal Of the
eighteenth amendment"
Edge spoke in reply to Gov. Roose-
velt, who questioned Hoover's prohibi-
Evening star., 1932-11-04
Student Secretary to Speak.

HYATTSVILI4E, Md, November 4
Especially Virgil Louder, religious stu
dent secretary Of the University Of
Maryland, will speak Sunday night at
8 o'clock in the First Baptist Church
here.
Evening star., 1932-11-04
ton attitude few hours earlier at the
,-l~ TYon

UVC1IUUC q 1cW UV VI1C
Newark City Hall
II see no reason why the President
should repeat his words on prohibition
made in his acceptance speech" he told
members of the Walter e. Edge Essex
County Republican Club. "His stand is
even more definite than that of the
Democrats in Congress, who refused to
consider the prohibition question after
their party had adopted q platform
calling for repeal"
Evening star., 1932-11-04

Salaries Of 5000 employees Of munich
pal street car and bus lines in Glasgow,
Scotland, have been reduced.
Evening star., 1932-11-04
ROOSEVELT SCORES
"MICAWBER" TACTICS
TO BRING RECOVERY

Continued From First Page.l
Evening star., 1932-11-04
Cooperation Assumed.


The real purpose Of the Constitution
was based on the rightful assumption
that the President and the Congress
would be sufficiently right-minded, suf-
ficiently practical and sufficiently pa
triotic to make every effort to CO.
operate the one with the other. 1t is
not an overstatement either of the fact
or of the opinion of the American pub
lie to say that the present Chief Execu-
tive of our Nation has shown singular
lack Of ability to cooperate with the
Congress. I am speaking not only Of
the past IL months since the House of
Representatives became Democratic by
the margin of a handful of votes.
am speaking also of the previous two
and one-half years, during which time
the Congress in both of its branches
was controlled by the same party to
which the President himself belongs.
From the earliest days of the special
session, which he summoned in the
Spring of 1929, the relations between
the Capitol and the White House have,
to say the least, lacked cordiality,
understanding and common national
purpose
Let me make it clear that do not
assert that a President and the Con-
greSS must Oh all points agree Will
each other. Many times in history
there has been complete disagreement
between the two branches of the
Government, and in these disagree
ments sometimes the Congress has won
and sometimes the President has won.
But during the administration of the
present President, we have had neither
agreement nor clear-cut battle.
Either would have cleared the atmos-
phere and would have been far prefer
able to the smouldering ill-feeling that
has seemed to prevail.
I have the right to point out my
own conception of the relationship be-
tween an executive and a legislative
body. have served as legislator and
as a chief executive. I believe that
from the point of view Of a Governor
Or . President his relations with the
kgtslati19 BODY 6au q based on CO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-19
We Need Durability

1T is high time that the United
Il States took interest in some
single enterprise which cost as
much as $80O,OO0,0GO, high time that
it gave the American people some
thing substantial and impressive by
way of example.
We need nothing so much as
projects, structures, and standards
which speak of durability. How else
can we hope to create confidence in
our institutions and type of life?
Our social and economic order
lacks anchorage. It's basic con-
ception is one of motion, change
and replacement. We are becoming
mental nomadS, without realizing it.
Considering the enormous sums of
money that have been spent on
them, we have Shoddy towns, shoddy
buildings, and shoddy wares. There
are old frame houses, built by our
forefathers, which will be livable
when some of our steel structures
are dust.
There are chairs, beds, and desks
that have been in use for more than
a century and that still will be in
use when much of our modern fur
niture has gone to the junk heap.
We need standards of solidity to
counterbalance our appetite for
change, and we need them in no
place so badly as in government
activities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-19
No Right to Pay Taxes?

The score now stands two to one against the pub
lie in the matter of the new federal electric tax.
In the beginning, the tax levied on electric
power companies by the senate. conference COM
mittee violating all precedents rewrote the provision
and placed the tax consumers of electric energy
That was score one for the utilities.
Municipal power plants then announced that the
new federal tax would be paid out of earnings or
surplus and not billed against users of light and
power number of state utility commissions, aware
Of the financial situation of private utility companies,
suggested firmly that these should do likewise. Ii
looked for time if the consumer would score on
the basis of these developments.
But the situation has changed again The bureau
of internal revenue has issued official ruling to
the effect that utilities, either publicly privatels
owned have no right to pay the new tax, and must
collect it from their consumers.
So the matter stands at present. but in ali hkeh
hood We have not heard the last of it. 1t will be
surprising indeed if municipal power board does
not challenge the right of federal bureau in Wash
ington to say how it shall charge its and
how it shall expend its funds.
And since when has it become illegal for man to
pay another mans taxes If he wants to, for
group OF men to pay the taxes of another group?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-19
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Exercise May Be Injurious to Kidneys

lost by the body and, as result, the
temperature rises.
Ordinarily there is a balance be-
tween the amount of activity carried
on by the kidneys and by the skin.
When large amounts of water are
being lost through the skin, such as
occurs during exercise, the kidneys
become relatively inactive.
When the exercise stops, the ball
ance in the temperature, is re-
established at a lower level, the
pressure falls and the circulation is
sluggish until sufficient time elapses
for establishment between the
blood pressure at the time of the
heart beat and after the heart beat.
During this period acids accumu-
late in the cells of the kidney; then
when circulation is restored to nor
NAL, the albumin escapes.
Apparently, therefore, exercise
does produce extraordinary condi-
lions in the kidney and is, therefore,
especially harmful TO people whose
kidneys are not up to standard and
consequently unable to bear excess
strain or changed conditions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-19

mark and finally reached the record Of a billion
dollars year, citizens generally became so appre-
hensive that some months ago there was definite
revuson Of feeling against the World war men that
was SO threatening that it appeared as If even the
most deserving might lose some Of the benefits to
which they entitled
Speaking generally, America has no COMPLAINT
against compensating-so far as compensation is DOS
sibe-those disabled because of participation in the
war However, when congress began to veer awav
from this class adopted pension plan for those
whose ailments could not even be connected auprox
matey with the war; went mo the hospital building
business to provide facilities for nonserce connected
cases, and then launched drive to pension widows
and orphans Of all veterans regardless of the cause
OF DEATH citizens generally felt the time had arrived
to call halt.
An analysis Of appropriations for veterans relief
curing the last year showed that approximately one
out OF every other dollar went to those not disabled
in the war;
The Disabled Veterans Association has done some
nng which will serve real defense of the rights
and privileges of those genuinely disabled by the war
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-19
Veterans Use Judgment
Iron the Mashinrton Posn

Decision of the Association of Disabled America.
Veterans, in national convention at San Diego the
other day. to concentrate attention in the future on
relief of those today suffering result of their par
ticipation in the World war is a most encouraging
sign of the and of this particular group
of ex-service men.
For more than dozen years, the D. A " has beef.
most helpful to congress and the veterans admins
tration in the attempt to solve the broad problem
Of the wars disabled and congress indicated its ap-
probation OF this assistance by granting national
charter to this organization, the first granted to
any association of the disabled of any war
AS appropriations for the relief of the disabled
mounted by millions annually, passed the half billion
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-19
Heavy Oil Cracked

CRUDE oil. as it comes from the
~ ground, is a complex mixture
Of many components, some light
and some heavy.
Gasoline was manufactured origi-
naHy by a process of diStillation
which separated the lighter COM
ponents from the heavy. The light
components constitute gasoline.
The cracking process does just
what its name suggests. 1t cracks
the heavy components of the petro-
leum, splitting them up and max
ink light components out of them.
Consequently, it conserves the pc
troleum supply by making it pos
sible to get more gasoline out of q
given amount of crude oil.
But cracking, which is accom-
plished with the aid of high pres
sure and high temperature, does
more than merely furnish more
gasoline.
Cracking makes an entirely diff
ferent kind of gasoline from that
existing naturally in the crude oil,
DR.. sEgloff says.
THE production OF cracked gaso-
line on large scale made it pos
sible for automobile engineers to
realize the Improvements they had
dreamed.
THE improvement of engines still
is going on and so is the develop
ment of the cracking process. To-
day, the average combustion pres
sure Of automobile engines is far
higher than it was a few years ago,
and their satisfactory operation de-
ponds upon the use of anti-knock
gasoline"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-19
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

seven women WHO had INDUCED in
physical exercise, such as riding a
bicycle, running around an indoor
track or working on a rowing ma
chine.
In some Is per cent Of cases there
was albumin in a sample of fluid be-
fore the beginning of the exercise
which apparently did not increase
greatly after exercise and, in fact,
was reduced in some instances.
On the other hand, STU per cent
of those women who had no albu-
min before exercise developed the
appearance of albumin after exer-
else.
During exercise there is a marked
elevation OF the pulse pressure, an
increase in the rate of the circula-
ton and shunting of the blood
from the interior of the body to the
active muscles and the skin.
Muscular exercise stimulates the
metabolism, or chemical interchange
in the body, and at the same time
produces heat.
If the exercise is severe enough,
the amount of heat produced may
exceed the amount of heat usually
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-19
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-We HOLSTERS, in
deed, should feel grateful to the Al
mighty for enjoying the blessings of
freedom in passing most any law
we darned please, including even a
sterilization law" virtue of
which should make us feel doubly
elated. 1t proves that we are great
ly fortunate in the honor of hav-
ing some real scientists among us.
If it wasn't for them-and our
legislature-we might all take no.
ton to become crazy, and get away
with it" instead of beating it,
across the state line before we got
"Sterilized."
Unfortunately, however, here is
but one fallible feature about this
sterilization" business: 1t has been
adopted too late! The right time for
it should have been, at least, a
million years ago-when insanity
Cor "idiocy," feeble mindedness,' .
etc. became a sudden affliction
among our ancestors.
Just think of It'll They lived then
in peace and tranquility, with good
homes on top of cocoanut trees,
plenty to eat and everything they
needed or wanted No worries about
rent, taxes, tariffs, depressions, SOL
diers' bonuses, and so forth.
Yet those fools weren't satisfied
They decided to quit their jobs as
monkeys and made up their minds
to become Irishmen, Jews, Scotch
men, Dutchmen, Bolshevists, etc.,
with the resultant they got us in
mess! They were surely crazy
crazy indeed! DAVID HORN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-19
Production Increased
THE demand for cracked gaso

THE demand for cracked gaso-
Il line is on the increase, accord
ing to Dr. Eglof, and as a result
its production is on the increase,
while the production Of straight
run gasoline is falling off.
Last year in this country cracked
gasoline production totaled 10000
900 barrels, 40.8 per cent of the total
supply of motor fuel" he says.
"Straight-run gasoline has dropped
from sc to 500 per cent of the total
gasoline in 1925, compared to the
present time, while cracked gasoline
has increased from 264 to AIT per
cent.
Present day cracking units con-
vert any oil-fuel oil, topped crude,
gas oil, kerosene, naphtha, straight
run gasoline, or crude oil itself.
They have capacity of $50 to
5000 barrels or more a day. and
deliver 80 to IS per cent of gasoline
of high anti-knock value.
This improvement has come
about through research, which has
gone on steadily since cracking first
became significant factor in gaso-
line production, and continues to-
day.
Besides investigation of the
cracking operation itself, this in
cludes research in treating, furnace
design, fractionation, corrosion re-
sistance, and metallurgy and fabri-
cation Of tubes and reaction vessels.
The total investment in crack
ing equipment and accessories is
estimated at $40O,00O,O0O.
The units have capacity of
nearly two million barrels of charg-
ing stock day. In the entire oil
industry $4,000, 100000 is invested ="
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-19
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ.

Cracking Process Brings Vast
SaUing IN Petroleum De-
posts.
A MEXICAN oil companies ara
N spending $4,000, 900 annually in
research work to improve and ex-
tend the cracking" process, accord
ig to DR.. Gustav Egloff, research
chemist of the Universal Oil Prod,
ucts Company of Chicago.
DR.. Eglof is one of a group OF
eminent chemists who will take part
IN the meeting of the petroleum di-
vision of the American Chemical
Society when the society holds its
annual session in Denver from
Aug. % to 26.
The cracking process not only has
resulted in a vast saving of petro-
leum deposits, extending many times
the potential life of the worlds oil
supply, but it also has made pos
sible the designing and building Of
better automobile engines than were
possible in the past.
DR.. Eglof predicts that superior
engines will be built in the future as
the result of improvements in the
cracking process, which will yield
a superior fuel supply.
Had it not been for development
of the cracking process, Dr.. Eglod
believes, automobile designing would
have come to a standstill many
years ago.