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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-18

ing. The tasks of the patiletka (30455 milard
roubles) for industrial production will, in this
manner be considerably over-fulfilled, particu-
larly in those branches of industry which had
already accomplished their piatiletka in 1881
In elecro-technic, for instance the over
fulfillment is equal to to per cent in coal
20 per cent, in oil % per cent, in machine build
ing AZ per cent and in tractors 40 per cent.
Industrial production as a whole will be quad
rupled as compared with the pre-war level
Further advances are also anticipated in agri-
culture. OF decisive Importance here is the COL
lectivization of the peasant households, which
in 1882 will in the main be completed and will
embrace up to 72-75 per cent of the peasant
households with 70 per cent of the entire peasant
sowing area. The chief enemy OF Socialism in
the country, kulakdom, will be liquidated as a
class on the basis of all-round collectivization.
Agriculture will receive new tractors to the
extent of 100000 horsepower through 3l00
machne-tract stations and various other agri-
cultural machinery to the value of 900 million
roubles. New mechanical technique and the
socialization of private households will make it
possible to bring up the sowing area to 141
million hectares with a simultaneous increase in
yield
The Piatiletka Is being overfulflled in the
course of four years in the domain of agriculture,
in regard to the colectivization of the peasant
households, the growth of Soviet farms, machine
tractor stations and sowing area, and the sowing
area of technical crops amounting to 1856 per
cent of the piatiletka. Not trace is left of
the hopeless peasant poverty which was con-
nected with the scattered state of agriculture.
simultaneously with the growth and rise in the
entire national economy, there will also be
growth in the standard of life of the toiling
masses What are the prospects in this sphere
according to tn economic plan for 1892 In
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-18
The Last Year of the First
Five-Year Plan

On the background of the ever sharpening
world economic crisis, which is driving millions
of workers and peasants in the capitalist coun-
tries to most dire poverty, the further grand
rise in the national economy of the U. S. S. R.,
indicated in the control figures for 1882 attains
particular social and political significance The
practice of Socialist construction in the land of
the Soviets is proving again and again the
superiority OF the Socialist system Of production
over the capitalist system Of slavery. 1t is not
the Piatiletka <Five-eYar PLAN but the mali
cious prophecies Of its enemies from the bour-
geois and social democratic camps which are
doomed to failure The self-sacrihcng three
year struggle Of the toiling masses of the U. S.
S. R., under the leadership Of the Al-Union
Communist Party makes it possible not only to
accelerate the tempos of development Of the
country, but to realize the Five-Year Plan of
reconstruction of the entire national economy
already in 1892, ie., not in five but four years.
An analysis of the most important elements
Of the national economic plan for the Current
year fully confirms this. A summary expression
Of the social and economic advances may be
obtained from the figures of the growth and
distribution of the national income. The ma
tional income has increased from 378 milliards
of roubles in 1881 to 1872 mlliard roubles in 1892
or by 30 per cent for one year. This means that
the national income will almost double for the
four years Of the Piatletka and will provide
100 per cent Of the Ffve-Year Plan.
IN this connection, it must be borne in mind
that the comparative Importance of the social
lied sector in the national income has risen
rom So per cent in 1928 and BIS per cent in 1881
to 81 per cent in 1882, against II per cent
according to the Five-Year Plan.
The radical changes in the correlation of the
class forces in the country in favor of the pro-
letariat is proved also by the following table of
the national income:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-18
BY BURCR

Virginia there were only a couple OF hundred
dues paying members. But in the election
report after the. convention West Virginia cast
$4,000 votes for Lewis The same was true for
Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee.
The other day at Louise John CinQue said
if you don't like an election, appeal to the
International Board members for justice Let
me ask you a question: Who appoints the
International Board members of the United
Mine workers of America?
Il bring up these points not because you
miners dant know them, but because some OF
you have forgotten them now. This present
strike is 95 per cent effective. Don't let officials
proved to be crooked sell it out at the conference
table. Elect your own strike committees; organ
ize your own picket lines Make your own strike
demands. Fight against wage cuts for check
weghman elected by all miners, for strike COM
nittees elected by all the miners Those are
the demands of the National Miners Union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-18
Facts on War


The pacifsts areshot for what they call mod
est economies in the War Department. The
National Council for Prevention of War; leading
pacifist organization, urges the cutting down Of
the number of old officers in the army. "Their
presence" say the, pacifists "discourages the
young officers and prevents their getting the
experience of commanding men"
Here is another modest economy suggested
by the pacifists THE cavalry" they say, cam
not keep out of the .wayeof the tanks and should
be abolished" q
The pacifsts also echo the demand Of Dr..
Nicholas Murray Butler, another notorious pa
cifist, that the War and Navy Departments
should be merged into one centralized admin
istration. 1T is in keeping with the trend Of
modern industry say these lovers of peace
The National Council for Prever.:on of War
also claims that # our (the pacifists) air force
is weak-it is second in size in the world-it is
because our own builders are deficient in in
ventive skill and are producing inferior planes"
The u S. Signal Corps refuses to give out
any pictures on the horrors of modern war now
in It's possession. ITO give out any such pic
ture would be against public policy. 1t would
not be ethical Think of the Gold Star mothers
the country sent over to France Over there
they saw the lovely cemeteries. We cannot
spoil these memories" the Signal Corps officers
declare
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the first place. further growth in the number
of workers and other employees is anticipated
from 100000 persons in 1881 to 100000 in
1882 instead of Is 100000 according to the Five
Year Plan. Unemployment this most grievous
whip on the working class in capitalist countries
has been liquidated in the o. S. S. r. already
long ago.
The entire industry will be transferred to a
seven-hour day. Wages in industry will rise in
1882 by II per cent as compared with 1881. The
total wage fund will grow from 21.1 milliard
roubles to 1858 milliards exceeding the piatiletka
estimate for the wage fund and average wages of
all industries by 20.7 per cent. IT, in addition to
this, the increase of the social insurance budget
be borne in mind, also the considerable growth
of socialized wages and expenditure on housing
and communal construction, the rapid growth in
the well-being of the toling masses of the U. S.
S. r. will become perfectly obvious
How great is the difference in the position and
prospects of the workers ard
U. s. S. r. and those of the capitalist countriesl
Capitalism condemns to Tie ,.--4 u.
degeneration the peoples masses ana to an
outlet from the blind alley OF the most profound
economic crisis only along the path of monstrous
exploitation Of the masses and war; while, at
the same time the u S. S. r. in 1882 Is COM
pleting its Piatiletka. The Soviet country is
developing its productive forces in tempos never
before known in history, is changing to the
advantage of the proletariat the correlation of
the class forces, is raising the well-being of the
peoples masses and is completing the building
of the foundation Of the Socialist economics and
proceeding to the building up of CLASHES
society.
The result of the competition of two social
systems is clear. The toilers of the capitalist
countries must proceed along the path OF the
Russian proletarist. i +
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-18
Fear Communism
Increasing Among
Irish Parasites
BY LIAM O'SLATTERY.
(F.O.O.C.)
DUBLIN (by mail)

DUBLIN (by maiD
THE captains and the Kings (old Celtic, the
priests and the economists, who do what
little thinking is done by the Irish bourgeosie
are becoming perturbed over the glaring holes
in their social system In the clutch of forces they
do not understand, they are aware vaguely that
something must be done to exercise the grim
spectre OF Communism.
There was the Rev. Father M P. Ceary,
preaching at st. Saviour's Church here.
Remember that only last year man died of
starvation the plains Of kildare he said,
land no man was made amenable."
There is no law to prevent the boarding of
corn, the dumping of thousands of sacks OF cof-
fee into the ocean, the wilful destruction of
whole years fruit crop-all with view to causing
an artificial shortage and SO bring about CORE
spending increase in the price Of these commodi-
ties"
There was also the Rev. T. Ryan, S. j., speak
ing at a meeting of the Statistical and Social
Inquiry Society of Ireland. If there large
surplus of produce, goods that. the people had no
money to buy he asked, did it mean that their
system of production and distribution was wrong?
He went further. II am of the opinion" he
said, that we are going to see disruption Of
the present social system. When people come to
examine the present social order one finds it has
not many defenders-except those who profit by
its abuse"
And the reverend Jesuit was quite naive about
it:
THE capitalist system has been in existence
as long practically as the feudal system. have
nothing to put in its place But we must en-
deavor to find solution before one is forced
on u.s. %
And their endeavors to find solution? Pro-
lessor ORahilly-a leading thinker babbles Of
medieval Gilds and ST. Thomas Aquiilas' lust
price,, and the Irish Press, the government or
gan talks of decentralization of industry and
diffusion of property"
These are to save the Irish toilers from the
crash of capitalism! 1t all reminds one Of the
Manifesto
Half an echo Of the past, half boding Of
the future; sometimes striking home to the
hearts of the bourgeosie with its mordant,
witty, and devastating criticism; always ludi-
crous in it's incapacity to understand the march
of modern history'-such is the criticism Of
these people
And it is scarcely likely that these knights who
come forward, in the panoply of feudasm to
defend dying capitalism will be able to stop the
march Of history.f
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where.
But let us consider elections in the United
Mine Workers of America. I was in the United
Mine Workers for many years-and fought like
he'll to elect officials that would not becray the
miners after we had won strikes. We never
succeeded.
Take the 1925 election. We put up Voizey as
the opposition candidate to Lewis. You. remem-
Der that. The election was held in December;
the constitution required that by the 18th Of
January there be a tabulation from all the locals
on the results of the election By January Is
there was no tabulation. Why? Lewis said he
hadn't the money to issue it. He hadn't the
money. But at the same time William Green.
who was secretary Of the miners issued state
ment that the United Mine Workers was better
off financially than at any time in its history.
Why didn't Lewis issue that tabulation? There
is only one answer And you know it.
"Take the election of 1926, in which the
miners tried to throw out their corrupt officials
as Cirque and Pacifico advise us now. John
Brophy was opposition candidate to Lewis. Our
Save the Union committee went all over the
field to gather the official reports from locals.
All legal steps were taken and we got sworn
reports from all locals. 1 was a member of that
committee. Then Lewis issued the tabulated
report OF the results. few examples:
Local 811, Renton, Pennsylvania. There Lewis
had received six. votes This was the report
signed by the president of the local, the secre-
tary and secretary-tr treasurer and the local COM
mittee. But when the tabulation came out,
somebody had put 20 in front of the 6. making
206. John Brophy had received l09; somebody
had cut off the g. leaving 10 votes for Brophy.
These are facts and are all in the record.
take Kinloch. When the tellers- and the
local president had counted the vote, Brophy
had a majority. Then one of the Lewis men
stepped up and said: There are more votes in
that box" He put in his hand and pulled out
a wad of votes We looked at them they were
all folded together, and they were all for John
L. Lewis.
This stealing we used to call retail Now
for example of wholesale stealing In West
Virginia, the official report of the U. M w of
A. at the convention reported that in West
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-18
Uncover Starvation and Misery

rhe capitalist press the ae ents Of the ruling class
has been publishing less and less news about
unemployment It hides the starvation Of the
unemployed workers families. We must
constantly expose the miserable treatment
Of families Of the unemployed by the city
governments and charity institutions. We
must uncover all cases Of starvation. un~
REIMBURSEMENT, sickness. We must pubs
lish these cases In our press, In tho
Daily Worker, in Labor Unity, tell
them at all workers meetings I'm
employed Councils should publish
bulletins to inform all workers Of
the starvation and misery Of ths
unemployed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-06
THE NEW NATIONAL CHAIRMAN.

James A Farley newly appointed Chairman or the Democratic National Committee, comes to ms iob more splendidly qualified by experience and training than is usually the case His handling of Gov Roosevelts re-convention campaign as well as the forces at the convention showed concuslVey that he has notable political ability. His mistakes have been few, and he completely outgeneraled all of his rivals including the peerless Alfred E. smith
 MT Farley has long been active in Democratic organization circles in New York and the national party circles He probably is in closer touch with the leaders throughout the country than any other man. not excepting John J. Raskob whom he suc- ceeds and Jouett Shouse Executive Secretary of the National Committee It almost foregone conclusion that Gov. Roosevelt would desire him to head the campaign, and it is customary for the party to permit the Presidential candidate to DICK out his campaign manager.
 Candidate Smith selected Mir Raskob four years ago and although he was unsuccessful in the campaign against Hoover in the succeeding four years he performed great a service to the party as any other man ever has in a similar position He revived it's dropping spirits, kept it in funds through loans from his personal fortune, some of which remain unpaid and it was through him that MT. Shouse worked with such efficiency that the Republican victory of 1928 practically wiped ou by Democratic successes in the off-year elections of 193O and special Congressional ballotng since then.
 The party owes a very real debt to MT Raskob besides the cash one If MT. Farley makes good a record in 1892 as his predecessor did in 1930 and the outlook is encouraging, the Democrats will return to national dominance next November.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-06
Fate of the Constitution.
Cincinnati Enquirer )

James M. Beck present Congressman and former Solicitor General of the United States speaking in London during the present week, affirmed that the American Constitution in danger of being upset by plain greed because there is no way of prevent ing Congress from virtually unlimited spending of public money.
 MT. Beck stands in the first rank of constitu tional lawyers With respect to this spending of the public's money by Congress MT Beck argues that the Constitution has been failure, in that it has not prevented such spending
 Those who framed the Constitution made effort to limit the power of the Federal Government to appropriate money for a special locality or class, but go merrly on doing that very thing Con- slider loan bills our pork" bills
 The Constitution expressly provides for the pow CT of taxation but prescribes that it must be for the general welfare"
 This limitation, MT Beck for more than century has been construed meaning that Con- gress could appropriate the money of the people to any purpose it regarded general welfare"
 And the only remedy lies in the ability of the people to persuade Congress to restrict public ex- penditure to authorized purposes of the Federal Government But though the people of the nation are becoming more and more tax conscious, greed continues to defeat the will and wisdom of the Iframers of the nations charter.
 MT. Beck feels convinced that it is altogether unlikely that the Government in this respect, will ever return to it's original form The fate of the Constitution written document-therefore, in MT. Becks opinion becomes the sport of those elemental forces greed and ambition. Small and large States have equal representation in the Senate Senator Borah under this system counts for much as Senator Reed of Pennsylvania or Senator Wagner, of New York As Mir Beck says, "a papabe, in- defensible injustice
 The taxing power of the small States is dis proportionate Nevada pulls down 51 per cent of its tax payments to the Federal Government and New York pulls down one per cent, and is supposed to be happy the situation. There is no equality in the distribution of the nations tax burden.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-06
BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION TO
 CONTINUE IN FULL SWING.

It is a mistake to believe, says the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, that the American people have let down in their cele- bration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of George Washington's birth on the supposition that there has been celebration enough. The Federal Commis- sion is in daily touch with hundreds of thousands of local committees all the United States every one of them more active than in carrying out the celebration over the period planned from the bsginning-that is, from Washngtons Birthday until Thanksgiving
 The other day the United States Commission re- ceved letter from member of one of these com mittees which voiced exactly the spirit which has kept these committees unremitngly active Said the writer of this letter: We need this Bicentennial Celebration. It is spiritual tonic of hope of courage of faith
 From another quarter the Federal Commission received a communication, also from a member of one of these local committees, which said that for years the community in which he lived had been torn by two factions. The town having committed itself to proper celebration of the Washington B- centennial, a committee formed from both fac tions. And getting together in the work of planning this tribute to George Washington had filled the community with Washingtons spirit that not only was the breach between opposing committee mem- bers healed but the entire community was welded into lastingly united whole. The residents of that clty had learned the truth so mOVlngy stated the letter regarding this celebration spiritual tonic to the nation
 From countless other sources, the United State, Commission receives daily testimony of this return of Washingtons influence. Everywhere Americans turning from personal problems and local diff ferences to join in community and national effort if in instinct to make Washington agail their leader in a nationalism. The preyailin economic perpexity far from proving a distraction is instead the chief incentive moving the people int this thought of country. They find presen times a close copy of the doubt and perpext and experiment that confronted Washington an look to his ideals and wisdom to lead them aga on the road to security.
 Not one individual or one community is find ing this celebration "a spiritual tonic of hope o courage, or faith" The discovery is general It why the celebration of Washington's bcentennia has not Jagged but is only gathering it's req momentum. Every school commencement this yea has been or will be George Washington celebra tion As for the 693,37l local committees scattere oyer the country, they not static bodies forme to be mentioned in the papers; they earnestl at work as evidenced in newspaper reports of wha they are doing. Their activities represented il
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-06

or some such contagious disease" replied Ashwood calmly. Then, out of regard for my guests health, I should have to quaran- tine you"
 The two motors, whose increas- ing din had made the cripple's voice almost inaudible, were sud- denly shut off. Jerry could hear the singing of the wind through their struts as the ships glided to earth. Unless Ashwood possess ed two planes, one of which was just arriving after a long flight, the very worst had come to pass.
 Ashwood was speaking again
 T am delighted to have you join us as non-paying guest, to re- main until we all leave. Just let me put this one thought into your mind. You bear a marked resem- blance to one who, although ad- mirably courageous, had the be- setting sin of impetuousness in seeking physical conflict. sincere ly hope that you do not follow him in that respect as closely as you do in his features. urge you, moreover, not to mention the loca- ton of this island, or even hint of it, until we discuss the matter again later in the day. And now Mir. Peabody, I think we may as well stroll out to meet our new guests. It is possible that you may know them
 The cripple's voice had been natter of fact, but Jerry was &C., utely conscious of an undercurrent Of friendly, sincere warming.
 He knew now, that he had met this remarkable man before. There
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-06
"T'm from Missouri"
(New York Herald Tribune.)

If the late Colonel Willard D. Vandiver coined the saying I'm from Missouri" he has title to fame beyond his useful political rep resentative from the State that he thus celebrated. He it assuredly who set the phrase it's travels with his after-dinner sally at Philadelphia in 1889: T from the country that raises corn, cotton, cockleburs and Democrats. I'm from Missouri and you've got to show me" It was then that the slogan came to active life and probable immortality.
 Yet the saying has smack of folklore, and anquarians have sought it's origin in frontier days Some say that it first came from one of Doniphans men in the expedition against Mexico who (quotng from "The St. Louis Globe -Democrat'D, "on hearing some of the tall stories then told and still told, by mueteers and bullwhackers in that part of the world, said I'm from Missouri and you'll have to show me that" Again it is attributed to a Pike County argonaut in California who "on hearing the seductive prospectus of the manpulator of a brace game in mining camp gambling hall, said Show me! I'm from Missouri" modern and less persuasive version refers to the Missouri marriage license law of 1881 which required the presence of the brdeeect that the license clerk might judge whether or not she eighteen years old. One girl on being told of the new law said to her swain "Oh, you've got to show me, have you?' and this beame byword.
 Missouri would not give up the motto today for mint of common gold. although at time some Missourans did not know whether to like it or not Governor Hadley who thought 1t made fun of the State; he urged all Missourians to frown upon it. We think much of it now" said The Globe Democrat" few years ago that feeling it to be older than MT. Vandiver we are
 not ashamed to say, in all Missouri candor we have ! to be shown that he coined it."