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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-06-02
Advertising Pays

Gilbert r. Hodges, President pi
the Advertising Federation OF Am
erica, has completed a study of the
seventeen year records of 1A cor
poratiOns. Sixty M these corpora
tions advertised systematically, hea-
Willy when times were good, meAger-
ly when times were hard, and the
other GO annually increased their
advertising expenditures ut m ~
erage rate OF 16 percent over The
previous year whether times were
good or bad Mr. Hodges reports
that although IL vars ago many Of
the so companies in thh last group
were small, today every one Of them
is numbered among the foremost
business houses Of Amerin- They
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-06-02
Keeping Out Of Politics

Inc WnRn
Louis Pfnwell has been organizing
SO vigorously over the state this
year. met IN Great Falls last week
and after much contention endorsed
Mr.. PenwelI for governor. There
Was opposition among the delegates
&c that action and some division of
opinion WEI apparent among the
leaders Of the different county
groups As to their differences we
have no opinion. not being connected
with their organizations nor I'M full
accord with some OF their aims, but
n idea advanced in the debate
there and reiterated in many press
Comments and frequently advanced
In private discussion seems to us to
call for some argument.
The idea is stated substantially
this way Taxpayers associations
are al right but they should keep
out OF politics." Now we may disa-
Eree at times with the leadership of
platforms of some particular asso-
cation or group. but the taxpayers
association that is merely q debating
society and that does not get into
rcfstSea ELalr .. IL x..Ea
- r. Ial Wy Iu1ne
sr- $3.50. 49, 80 koAns " r.
- a - wi slale aA
- -. :. .ssk lnN poillies
Tha 80. 81 .niak flis
go. - 80 Iao
80 49,. n.un app ~.
49, .-.aAE D1nk uon5 ~
ras go 49,. lna. .nes VIII mo-
nslsh +hs - then fas1 III
f.~ ur- lnIy may ASI -
markad that S.u.h nd n,rh 49, as
xr.riation wnuld Ia iii r,oht e thar,
did mot lot the arad;caIs1 r,r II 1
radical ;n~eidrrtaIlv i -o.pr,eraIlv :
fellow who does not believe met az
we do. The critics wh1 mo,,rn over
the wav radicals get control If s,rb
movements as the tar agitation are
generally tbTse who rafnsa tn oct
into them ard vho maEe NJ move n
,erure the leadershin that thew fael
Is courtrnrtive and <ane
w IA . IL ~ crrurI;ro short -
dieah ard dernarncx shont tha mi
mar sv~ten ~ n-o-,n;r.+sor "a
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-06-02

These candidates are pledged to car
~ out the platform of the Taxpay-
ers Economy League
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-06-02
Economy and Efficiency
Spend Less Save Morer
Why Not Extend d Good Thing

Why should Uncle Sam sell 4 CON-
modify or service such as printing
in competition with local, privately
owned, t~ax-paying printing plants
Why should 5000 post Offices be
used As order takers for d service
that is not an essential function of
the Post Office department or 4 nee
essary service IN handling the mails 7
The reason for raising these qnes-
lions is that Uncle Sam offers to
print return cards ON stamped enve-
lopes. With a -hcaI dealer OF
sales agency in evefy e. s Post Of
flee, Uncle Sam does q volume of
printing business that enables HIM
10 offer customers q TidicuIously low
price. The orders for printed stamp
ed envelopes total a billion and 4
half q year-orer 4,OO0, 900 for each
of the 365 days in the year.
The purchasers of this service Of
fered by Uncle Sam are not @com-
mon people, some of whom address
letters improperly and thereby Gun
tribute to the cost of maintaining the
Dead Letter Office Banks, retail
merchants, professional men, manu-
facturers, the public schools, col
leges, fraternai organizations MI
dependent upon prosperous towns,
home trade, local pay rolls, taxpay-
ers able TO pay their taxes-these
constitute the customers who take
advantage ct Uncle Sans bargain
prices on printed envelopes
If it's O. X. for Uncle Sam to sell
printing, why not extend u good
thing and insist that be add to hrs
line and thus a much Larger
number Of post office patrons1 Why
not add a grocer's apron to the prsn-
ter's apron Uncle Sam nou wears!
Why not sell breakfast food, evap-
GRATED milk, butter, shoes, drugs,
dry goods, clothing etc over the
Post Office conrteT7
Unless Uncle Sam quits the print
ing business printers should obtain
signatures from post office patrons
to a petition demanding that the
Post Office Department sell not
only printing-that accommodates not
only q limited number of customers
but other products. Think Of the "a
wing in price that would be possible
through enormous vo1rne and fire.
quent turnoversl And Uncle Sam Is
lucky; he doesn't have to pay tax
esi
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-06-02
Seeing RED"
a column devoted to comments on Communism and
existing conditions in Russia
Our Country-May She Always Be Right
But. Our Country. Right or Wrongl"

strikes and demonstrations. a COM
bination of strikes and armed dem
onstrutions and finally. the general
strike conformity with armed irasur-
fection against the state power IT
the bourgeoisie. The latter form
Of struggle, which Is the supreme
form, must be conducted according
To the rules Of war; it presupposes a
plan of campaign, offensive fighting
operations and unbounded Devotion
and herolsm or The part M the pre-
ietarlat. An absolutely rsl
condition precedent for this form Of
action is the organization OF the
broad masses into militant units
which. by their very form embrace
and set into action the largest pos
sIble number of toilers and Intensi-
fled revolutionary work in the array
and navy"
In case of wal the Program nd
vises, On page IS, Mobilize the
masses to refuse to transport troops
and munitions and, In connection
with this, TO organize strikes and
other forms of mass protest.
Also.
The fundamental slogans of the
Communist International In this con-
nection must be the following CON
vert lmperialist war into civil war.
defeat the home imperiaiisf gov
ernment-----"
On page "a Is write.
1.-The Communists disdain to con-
ceal their views and aims They
openly declare that their aims can
be attained only by the forribIe over
throw of all the existing social coz
ditions. Let the ruling class trembIe
at Communist revolution The
proletarians have nothing to lose but
their chains. They have d world 20
win Workers of all countries.
unite"
So much for the Program 1t :
the rule and guide for Communists
all over the world. Throughout the
United State it is ON sale at Com
munist Party Halls and every n,em-
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-06-02

Let's quit. Business has gone to hell. We are
simply business men, and therefore can't do any
thing about it.
Congress won't pass the right kind of a tax
bill 1t won't reduce federal government expendit-
ures. Our state and local governments won't re-
dnce expenditures and taxation, either. We are not
citizens of the United States or Of any state, coun-
ty or municipality. Therefore, there is nothing we
can do about it.
Let's quit. Business is rotten. Nobody will
buy anything. We can't sch anything. We were
wonderful statesmen when selling was simply order
want to buy. The most useful thing we can do now
is to sit in our offices, wear out the seat of our
pants, and talk about how bad conditions are.
Let's quit. The country has no leaders. We
complain about lack Of leadership, but it does no
good. We would become great leaders ourselves,
but there is a law against it. There is no law
against other people being leaders, but there is a
law against us being leaders, and therefore all we
can do is to tell Others who try to become leaders
that they should go way back and sit down because
they don't know how to lead.
It's too bad, isn't it? But there isn't anything
we can do about it. We are so wise that we know
what ought to be done, and as we wear out the
seats OF our pants IN our offices we tell each other
what ought to be done and critic everybody who
is trying to do anything. But there isn't anything
we can do because there is a law against us doing
anything. In this country there are available
means Of production and distribution sufficient to
provide all Of our people and a large part of the
entire world with every necessity, comfort and lux
ury. 1t is just too bad that we can't so use these
means as to get rich by providing those necessit-
les, comforts and luxuries. But we can't do any
thing about it. ~7a-#s@ @9
Let's quit. We sit daily In our offices wearing
out the seats of our pants telling each other what
ought to be done. But there aren't enough people
listening at cur keyholes to be influenced by what
we say, and, anyway, there are a lot of fellows out
side making such a hell Of a ballyhoo about what
ought to be done that anybody listening at our key
holes could not hear the wisdom regarding politics,
economies and business that we are distilling. Why
not quit?
There isn't anything we can do. We can't pro-
dnce because we can't sell. We can't sell because
nobody will buy Nobody will buy because we
can't SELL The country is going to hell. Business
is dead Let's quit.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-06-02

we are plunged into ~depressions
which seem to strike us in almost
identical cycles of time. The depres-
sion of today will pass. We will
again enjoy the opulence of wealth
and plenty but again we will forget
and again suffer for forgetting.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-06-02
TD0 Editorials on the Depression
From Railway Age


On September .. 1914, at the height Of the
first battle Of the Marine, upon the outcome of
which depended the fate Of France, General Foch
sent the following telegram to French general
headquarters:
my center gives way, my right reeedes; the
situation is excellent | shall attack
Business is rotton. There are able and brave
men who are striving with all their might to lead
us out Of this morass. The continuance of the de
preston is not their fault. 1t is the fault Of that
large majority of us WHO are too selfish to be pa
t%riotic, too cowardly 10 fight and too fat to run
A real man and patriot appeared before a
Congressional committee in Washington a few
weeks ago and told the committee and the world
what he thought. His name is Charles G. Dawes,
and he is president Of the Reconstruction Finance
corporation. His message was longer, but a.
good and to the point as that sent by General
Foch on September Q, 1914. He told the fools and
demagogues in Congress how they are contributing
toward the ruin Of the country by soaking the rich
to help the pcor-bo lose their jobs. Having rem
dered distinguished service to the American people
during the late war, he told those veterans who are
seeking legislation TO feed the country with a fiat
money bonus that they are trying to do to their
country what they were trying to prevent the Ger
mans from doing fourteen years ago. Then he went
back to his job of helping save America
General Dawes set an example for every Am
erican citizen. There is a big fight going ON In
Washington between the taxeaters and the taxpay-
ers. The taxpayers are being beaten because while
pants complaining about conditions, most taxeat-
ers are wearing out the soles I. their shoes pro
tecting their pay and their jobs.
Why not get into the fight The trouble il
not lack of leaders but lack CT followers. Most men
who have accepted the titles, responsibilities and
salaries Of leadership will not lead themselves and
will not follow these who are trying to lead
That is why almost every effort made to reform
tax laws, reduce governmental expenditures, revive
national credit, increase sales and production is be
ing defeated.
Let's quit rotting. If we won't or can't lead.
let's follow those who can and will This country
is not going to be saved by snake-dancing or med
icine-making in Washington, but by millions Of
Americans ceasing to sat on their backsides and
scrutinize their navels like SO many Indian fakirs.
and beginning h DO their stuff as citizens, ss bus
mess men and as WORKERS
Business il not dead and the country is not
cedes, but our situation is excellent Let's attack.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-06-02
X THE TICKET
Endorsed By the
Sheridan County
Taxpayers Economy League


REPRESENTATIVES
Andrew LELAND. Outlook
Edgar /. Syverud. Dagnar
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Andrew j. Olsen Homestead
CLERK & RECORDER
Niels Madsen- Dagrnar
SHERIFF
Hans Madsen. Archer
CLERK OF COURT
c. B. Peterson. PIentywond
COUNTY TREASURER
James Michels. Reserve
COUNTY ASSESSOR
c. f. Christensen Pientywood
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Grant Bakeweii, Medicine Lake
STPT. OF SCHOOLS
Marjorie Markuson, Medicine Lake
COUNTY CORONER
NJ S Nelson. plentywood
COUNTY SURVEYOR
r. l. Wheeler, PIentyvood
These candidates are pledged to car
~ out the platform of the Taxpay-
ers Economy League
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-04
The Socialist Party--Socialist in
Name. But SOcial-Fascist in Deeds

propaganda Of wanting an American Socialism,"
and calling Hillquit Jew.
"Is it my fault that was born Jew? You
want to drive me out as chairman? Principle or
no principle, remain chairman!" The vote was
1926 to 1894.
Everybody felt sorry that Mayor Hoan who
was nominated against HilIquit, should be de-
feated in his city, but principle is principle"
and the "rnilitants" we're defeated And this
in face OF the fact that the "miItants" put for
ward Hoan as their candidate, although they
state in their program that when socialists are
elected the results of campaigns which have
strongly refOrmistic tendencies (Which obviously
refers to Hoan7-IAD, it is difficult to recognize
the difference between a socialist government
and a good government administration" Good
for Whom?-I.A.)
This is the Socialist" Party! This was the
basis of the deliberations Of the Socialist Party
convention And, when it was all over, Thomas
was nominated for socialist presidential candi-
date-by Louis Waldman, the staunch lieutenant
of HiIIquit.
What is the first qualification of a correct So
cialist candidate, according to Waldman? HE
must be thorough-gOing socialist" sewer
cleaner for the Tammany administration, an
advocate Of Block Aid in alliance with J. P.
Morgan, a '1iberar socialist! According to
Vladeck, Thomas, in his latest book demon
strates that ION the two main theses of MARKHAM
Philosophy the economic Interpretation of his
tory and the class struggle, he (Thomas) re-
mains adamantIy unconvinced" And yet Via
deck considers him socialist" And Waldman
called him "a thorough-going socialist"
The nomination went over unanimously And
Maurer was added for good measure, for real
socialism"
When all the cheers were over, and Hillquit,
Thomas, Maurer and Hoan spoke, then it was
a loye-feast. Hllquit sounded the keynote"
Hoan declared that "every word uttered by Hill
quit was pure gold!" Thomas declared that he
approved 'the beautiful and noble speech of Hill
guilt"
This is the beer-liberaI- gradual Socialist
Party! This is the party that has a program
for workers and farmers getting out of the crisis!
This is the party that took out and kept out the
"class struggle" from its constitution This is
the party Of Hillquit. Thomas, Broun Oneal,
Vladeck, Hoan and Maurer What has this
party to do with the workers?
How ca nthe workers have anything to do with
the Socialist Party, except to See that it plays
with radical words, carries on sewer politics,
raises beer to high policy, and-has nothing to
do with the class struggle, except to deny its
istence and thus keep the workers from struggle
and sell them out!
The Communist Party, with its clear cut
MARKHAM program of class struggle of the working
class against the capitalist class issues the call
to action to all workers who still look to the
Socialist" Party to learn the lesson from the
Milwaukee Convention. The National Nomin-
ating Convention of the Communist Party was
the answer
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-04

at each Of the following large
plants: ''Pocisk," "Frannashek"
and at the railroad shops of the
factory locomotive These mass
meetings and demonstrations were
attended by 5000 workers. Aside
from the above, there were num-
erous mass meetings and demon
STATIONS at several smaller indus
trial plants.
Antiwar demonstrations were
taking place at the wilma district,
too. There, the toiling peasants
have organized anti-war demon
strations in many localities under
the slogan of the defense of the
Soviet Union. These demonstrations
were in opposition 20 reunions of
the whiteguardist groups of the
notorious general Bulak-Balak-
hoVich.
We are quoting below an appeal
to the Polish soldiers:
do NOT PERMIT ANYONE TO
USE YOU FOR SUPPRESSION OF
STRIKES AND DEMONSTRA-
TIONS. WHEN COMPELLED TO
DO so. JOIN WITH YOUR ARMS
THE CAUSE OF THE FIGHTING
WORKERS AND PEASANTS. DO,
NOT BE PROVOKED TO A WAR
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-04
BY I. AEITER.

THE Milwaukee convention OF the Socialist"
1 Party showed US that the party parading I'M
der the name of Socialist" Party is composed
of all kinds Of people who have not the slightest
idea of what Socialism is Sewer Socialists
Mayor Hoan of Milwaukee. Beer SOcialists-Hey-
wood Broun. Liberal Socialists-Norman Thomas.
Gradual Socialsts-Morris Hillquit. These are
the people who make up the leadership OF the
socialist" Party. They can be grouped into two
simpler groups: the so-called 'militants '-Hoan,
Broun. Thomas, Vladeck, Coleman and Bright
and the orthodox" gradual sociaIsts-Hillquit,
Lee, Oneal Gerber, Bella Low and Schulz
The "IniIitants" are tired of the "gradualness"
of the Socialism Of Hillquit and Oneal; the
orthodox Socialists look with disgust upon the
new sewer" socialist mayor OF Milwaukee, Hoan,
who brides himself on the sewer system Of that
city and receives the praise Of capitalist politi
clans for balancing the capitalist budget of that
city.
Hillauit, at the convention, however, said moth
ing about the clubbing of the unemployed Of
Milwaukee by Hoan's socialist police; the break
ing of strikes by the capitalists of Milwaukee
with the aid Of the socialist administration. Hill
quit said nothing about Darlington Hope, rep
resentative in the Pennsylvania State Legisla-
ture who advocates naturalization" bill for
the mines which is identical with that of Sem
ator Davis, for rescuing the mines and mine prof
its for the coal barons.
Hillquit derided the "beer" socialist Broun,
who looks upon Socialism as novelty" Hill
quit had scathing words for Thomas, Vladeck
CE1illquit's old pal, who, as manager Of Abe Ca
hans Jewish Daily Forward knows as much
about Socialism as does HillquiD; for Paul
Blanchard, Of the City Affairs Committee, who,
together with Rabbi Wise and other takers Of his
type, wishes to save the "honOr" Of New York
City. He attacked Thomas as one of those So
cialists who believe that they "can organize a
Socialist movement out of college students" and
liberals
But Hillquit said nothing about Thomas lining
up with j. PierpOnt Morgan in support OF the
Block Aid scheme OF the capitalists of New York
to get money out Of the pockets of the employed
workers to afford relief for the unemployed
He said nothing about Thomas role in CLEANS
ing" the Tammany administration of New York
City.
He said nothing about Thomass speech at
Schenectady, in which he declared that the
Walker Tammany machine in New York City is
no more corrupt than that of other cities, and
practically defended Walker. He said nothing
about the City Central Committee of the Social
list" Party referring the motion to condemn the
Block Aid speech Of Thomas 10 the City Execu-
tive Committee and thereby killing it.
The "rntants," on the other hand in their
battle to get rid Of Hillquit as chairman of the
party, condemned him for his "gradualness" and
indisposition to stand for socialism in our
times" They are militant" and, according to
Ellquit resort to the underground capitalist,
tsarist method Of killing foe by subteTanean
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-04
By BURCB

issuing the Bulletin in the name of the Party,
the unit will now issue it in the name of the
union
The situation is more fundamental than this.
This is merely another formal manner in rem
edying things Briefly, what is wrong is that
no one clearly knows what the tasks of the unit
are and how to carry out these tasks. Organ
national chaos prevails because there is no polt
ical clarity.
I think that the solution is to be found in
this: During all the time that these different
methods of work we're carried on the members
of the units were never asked what the condi-
tons were where they were working and what
their activities were there. No, never, the work
of the Communist Party was not there, the
concentration" was on this dock therefore this
unit must all concentrate on this dock. The
units we're concerned with doing and developing
work in every place except where the members
of the unit worked would be working.
We had roots in the factories-but we tried
to transplant them some place else. 1t must
become the tasks of the waterfront units to de-
velop and nurture these roots SO that they will
not turn into dry roots.
These questions of our past shortcomings and
formal approach to the work are raised to slim
ulate discussion in all of the units which will
enable the Section, with the aid of the District
Buro (Which must bear the major responsibility
for the situation), to bring to the membership
clear conception Of what the task of the Units
is how the work can be co-ordnated with the
MARINE WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION.
Until this is done it will be impossible to mob
ilize the membership for mass work and to
break down our isolation from the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-04
three continuous days.

three continuous days.
The penalty melted out by the
fascist courts in Poland for the
reading and possession OF Commu-
mist literature, is hard labor. How
ever, revolutionary papers and
pamphlets are being read and pass
from hand to hand until worn
and illegible. 3 )klets about the
second Five Year Plan, about the
Red Army ETC., have lively cir
culation. No less popular is the
revolutionary literature for soldiers,
particularly the underground maya
zine, 1.-THE Armory."
The struggle Of the Polish work
ing masses against the war danger
has not yet been developed with
full force. But facts from the life
Of workers, peasants and soldiers
speak of the presence of suitable
conditions for the development OF
mass revolutionary anti-war
movement, particularly for the DE-
Tense of the Soviet Union. There
fore, the major task of the Com
munist Part yof Poland is to
broaden this movement, to instill
more life IN it and to give it a
correspondingly broad sweep.