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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-13
Letters from Our Readers

Editor, Daily WORKER
On Friday, June Oath, there appeared
/ letter from a worker who desired
10 know the difference between the
Socialist and Communist Parties.
1t should be remembered by the
work that the Communist antipathy
TO the socialist is based not only
upon his daily actions, but also to
his platform.
When the platform of the Socialist
Party of America was published, I
compared it with the platform Of the
fascist party Of Japan (The Japan
State Socialist Party. I was not
h the least surprised to find that
they conceded almost exactly, the
bnly appreciable differences relating
10 purely local problems. The same
type of platform was advocated by
Macdonald of Great Britain, before
be achieved power.
II the leaders of the socialist move
nent were to attain power in the
United States, what reason have we
10 expect a different course of events
han took place in Britain under Mac
Donald?
Consider the matter OF confiscation.
because of his affection to the dear
capitalist, towards whom most of his
Ientiment is directed, the socialist
believes in buying the industries from
he capitalists.
The natural question arises OF
nurse-what are we going to use for
roney? The only means by which
ne 'soofaas eaumegf X saI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-13
DUTY OF FRACTIONS.
IN TRADE UNIONS

ment insurance, when they hear
the same stuff in the units? 1--WE
come here to discuss trade prob
lemsw-they protested.
Let us ask these comrades: who
is better qualified to discuss, for
instance, how to bring the Com
munist election campaign or how
to build anti-war committees in an
A. F of L. local union, the COM
rades who are in these local unions
or your unit in the section Of the
Party you belong?"
Do we have to remind our Party
members in the trade union work
that our militant revolutionary
unions and opposition groups are
to be built and developed on the
basis of class struggle as against
class collaboration, and is it there
fore not of great importance that
we Party members, especially, shall
make all possible contributions to
develop the class -consciousneSs
especially Of those workers who are
coming closer to our leadership?
Are we doing it? Not to great
extent. Our T.U.UL. bulletins are
proof of this.
1t is clear for all left-wingers
that the Party is the driving force
that made possible the existence
and growth fall the Trade Union
Unity League unions and opposi-
ton left-wing groups. The build
ing of the Party and the irnprov-
ing of the Party apparatus are
surely Of utmost importance, some
thing surely to be on the mind Of
leading members of the Communist
Party.
All these reflect in the fact that
we have no anti-war committees in
the A. F. of L. local unions, that
our own comrades do not have any
idea of how to bring the Commu-
mist election campaign in the local
unions. In many cases 1t simply
appears as If our leading comrades
in the trade union work are be-
coming pure and simple trade
unionist," and we are faced with
the problem of who is to bring
the Party campaign to the work.
ers In the trade unions?"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-13
The Little Mussolini of Pittsburgh

The Daily Worker calls atten-
tion to this article written by
the organizer of the Pittsburgh
district of the Communist Party.
The Pittsburgh workers have
stood the first attacks Of this
fascist organization. We urge all
workers to be on the alert in
regard TO the activities of this
movement and to learn the les
sons already drawn in this arti-
Gle in order to effectively combat
this vicious enemy organization.
We ask the workers to keep
the Daily Worker informed in
regard to all manifestations of
the Cox movement so that we
may be able to furnish weapons
to the workers for resolute
fight to crush this enemy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-13
Days with Lenin
BY MAXIM GORKY
of it's will or power.
BY MAXIM GORKY

ship of its will or power.
His words had agitated him. He
sat down and wiping the sweat
from his forehead drank a little
cold tea and asked unexpectedly:
what was that affair of yours in
America? I know from the news
papers what it was about, but how
did it end?" briefly related my
adventures I have never met q
man who could laugh so infec~
tiously as Lenin. 1t was strange
to see such a stern realist, a man
who saw so well, and felt SO deeply
the inevitability of great social
catastrophes, irreconcileable, re-
lentless in his hatred towards the
capitalist world, laughing like q
child, till the tears came, till he
choked with laughter. To laugh
like that one must have the sound
est and healthiest of minds. "Oh,
you are a--humorist!" he said
through his laughter. 81 would
never have thought that anything
could be SO funny" Wiping his
eyes, he was at once serious, and
said with his kind, soft smile: Its
a good thing that you can meet
failure with humor Humor is a
splendid, healthy quality. And
really life is as funny as it is sad,
just as much" We agreed that I
should visit him in days time,
but the weather was bad and
began splitting a good deal of
blood in the evening and left the
next daV
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-13
Predicts War!

With his invariably striking vivid
ness and clarity, he began to talk
about the Duma and the Cadets
who, he said, are ashamed to be
Octobrists" and have only one way
open to them, the road to the right.
Then he brought forward series
of arguments for the imminence of
war and probably not of one, but
of whole series of wars; q
prophecy which was speedily full
filled in the Balkans. He got up
and with characteristic gesture,
putting his thumbs in his waistcoat
arrlholes, paced slowly up and down
the little room, screwing up his
bright eyes: "War is coming. 1t is
inevitable. The capitalist world has
reached the stage of putrescent fer
mentation. People are already be-
ginning to poison themselves with
the drugs of chauvinism and ma
tionalism. I think we shall yet see
y general European war. The
proletariat? The proletariat will
hardly be able to find in itself the
strength to avert the carnage. How
could it be done? A general strike
of workers all over Europe? They
are not yet sufficiently organized
or class-conscious for that. Such a
strike would be the signal for a
civil war but we as practical politi-
clans cannot count on that" He
paused, scraping the soles Of his
shoe on the floor, then said gloom
lily, 1.-THE proletariat Of course will
suffer terribly. Such must be It's
fate for some time yet. But its enc
mics will weaken each other, that
also is inevitable" Coming up to
me he said forcibly but not loudly,
as If in amazement, mo, but think
OF it. Why should people who are
well-fed force hungry ones to fight
against each other?. Could you
name more idiotic or more re-
voting crime? The workers will
pay a drsadfully heavy price for
this, but in the end they will gain.
It is the will Of history" He often
spoke Of history but I nsver felt In
what he said euy tetishistic wor-
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large numbers of workers from
following the Communist leader
ship and has by his activity kept
these workers loyal to the present
system.
Cox is one of the. best agents in
aiding the bosses government in
their preparations for war, sound
ing the note at all times of-"pa-
triotism' and loyalty to the ''coun-
try, following out the same policy
he followed in the march to Wash
ington where he insisted that the
unemployed and starving hunger
and bonus marchers kneeI at the
grave OF the unknown soldier and
recite allegiance to the American
flag. Cox has stated in many ar
ticles in the Pittsburgh newspap-
ers, the fact that his organization
is directed against the Communists
and their program, directed against
the activities of the Unemployed
Council, opposed to Unemployment
Insurance, opposed to the militant
struggle lead by the Unemployed
Council for Unemployment Relief
from the city government and state
government at Harrisburg.
Father Cox is endorsed and sup
ported by the American Legion,
such organizations as the Boards
of Trade, Chambers of Commerce,
independent Merchants Association
and Retail and Wholesale Merch-
ants Association.
(TO BE CONTINUED.) j. s
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-13
By A. PETERSON

THAT the Communist Party is
the highest form of the working
class organization, that the prob
lem of bringing the Party cam
paigns to the broad masses of the
workers is the duty of every Party
member and especially those Party
members who are in close contact
with workers and are leaders in
mass organizations; this is sup
posed to be self-evident for all
Party members.
It is surely to be expected that
shop nucleus meeting is to have
on the order of the day the prob
lens in the shop, the building of
grievance, shop committees and the
militant unions, same is true about
a fraction meeting in our Trade
Union Unity League or opposition
groups in the A. F. of L.. unions.
But who Of us Party members
would consider it proper when
shop nucleus meeting would neglect
to have on the order of the day
the Party campaigns? And yet in
our trade union fraction meetings
we seldom have room on the order
OF the day for the Party campaigns.
The Communist Party of the
United States of America has on
the order of the day as the major
activities to mobilize the workers
for the
1. Fight for Unemployment and
Social Insurance at the expense of
the employers and the government.
2. Against imperialist war and
the four other points o nthe Com
munist Election Campaign Pro-
gram.
Is not the Party fraction in the
sponsible to mobilize the workers
trade unions the body that is re-.
in the respective trades against
war, for Unemployment and Social
Insurance, etc, for our Communist
Election Campaign? Surely. Is it
not alarming enough when Party
members at fraction meeting are
protesting why they should bother
with such questions as the building
Ut anN-war committees. ,meinploy-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-13

raise the money would be by taxa
ton. (The issuance of bonds would
merely prolong the process, as the
bonds would have to be redeemed
by taxation anyway But all taxes
are conflscatory. When we are taxed
ten dollars, say, on our income, we
are not given any choice in the mat
ter. We are told Hand over ten
bucks or go to jail" 1t follows then,
that if the Industries we're to be paid
for, the entire value of the industries
would have to be confiscated from
the workers, who must directly or
indirectly pay all taxes.
AS all the capital of the country,
factories, etc, represented unpaid
wages, they are originally confiscated
from the workers by the capitalist
class and for the ingenious socialist
to suggest that the value of the in
dustries should again be confiscated
from the workers is to add insult to
injury.
If the taxation were directed solely
against the capitalist class (Which
is an utter inpossibility) and the
money used to buy the industries
from the capitalist class, this would
simply be an indirect, foolish way of
confiscating the industries anyway.
I have examined at length merely
this one item, but the same lack of
correct reasoning and common sense
pervades the whole socialist phil
oscphA aeasE4
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-13
InstaIIment Four

Yesterdays installment de-
scribed Lenin's speech at the
Russian social-democratic party
held in London in 1903. Gorky
told wildly of Lenin's manner
while speaking, and those per-
sonal characteristics which en-
deared him to those with whom
he worked. "
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addition I had been mistrustful OF
all PHILOSOPHERS from my youth,
and the cause of this mistrust had
always been the contradiction be-
tween philosophy and my personal
subjective" experience. For me
the world had only just begun, it
was in the process of becoming, but
philosophy gave it slap on the
head and put to it the entirely
misplaced and irrelevant question.
WHITTIER are you going? Where
fore are you going? Why-do you
Think" Some philosopher give
the simple, stern commas ~Stop!"
In addition, I vas aware that phil
osophy, like woman, can be very
plain, even hideous, but dressed up
SO skilfully and convincingly that
she can be taken for beauty.
This made v. Ilyitch laugh. We'll,
that's making joke of it, he said.
THAT the world is only beginning,
is in process of becoming well,
think it over seriously. You will
come from that point to the place
where you ought to have come long
ago." Then I told him that in my
eyes A. A. Bogdanov, A. Lunachar-
sky and v. A. Bazarov were i'm.
portant people, highly educated and
all round, and had no equals in
the Party. Granted. Well, what
follows?" II consider them to be
people aiming finally at the same
thing, and If profoundly UNDER
stood and realized, the unity Of
their aim should wipe out and an
initiate philosophical contradict
T, tions." THAT means that the hope
of reconciliation is still alive after
all? 1t is quite useless" he said,
put it out of your head, as COM
pletely as possible, advise you as
friend. Plekhanov, according to
you, has the same aim as well, and
I, between ourselves, consider that
he has quite another aim, all
though he is a materialist and not
metaphysician."
x Our conversation ended here.
There is no need, think, to men.
ton that I have not reproduced IL
in exactly the original words. But
am quite sure Of the accuracy Of
the ideas
AT the time the latest attempt
to prevent Marxism by the "Ideal-
list" Mach.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-13

and here because of transport-we
have to throw scores of hundreds
of thousands of pamphlets into the
masses, it would be impossible to
convey such heap illegally. Let
us wait for a publishing house till
better times.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-13
A New Period of Unem>
bloyed Struggle

THE unemployed demonstrations in ST. Louis last Friday again
Monday in the srusgle
starving everywhere must
seriously demonstrations the lessons which they
their struggles their city and neigbhood
On Friday 5000 workers city
Unemployed Councils marching in six big columns from different parts
the city hall with of workers estimated
who small The immediate cause of
the all relief stations in ST. Louis
immediate starvation than 5000 families who had
@ If * mn deterned workers the MAYOR refused to see the
committee persuade three representatives
small private conference But under pressure OF the demonstration
finally forced to receive the committee of twelve
At first the mayor the
committee demanded that the mayor go ana report 10 te workers
of the committee issued
m T be T in the last ten davs az Immediate release of the eight
against the ections of unemployed
distribution thousand sacks of flour held by the
These three demands granted after three
which workers refused to
until the demands granted After the
marched from the demonstration to
orders issued without
The relief stations forced to keep
open and give out relief to all who came
TIL mayor had refused grounds
acted officially by the City Council which not
invited committee to Monday to be present
when their other demands were considered
Unemployed upon
Monday the other demands But Monday
If s dred n the Council NESTING was locked nm Fifteen hs
hall three hours under
scorhng demanding their demands the
y and the release of their delegation When
their
police
seriously woundng suppemenng with
workers replied by seng bombs thrown them
them the police with shower Of
city their
ground hours under the police attack.
quietly accepted
families starvation big
Immediately brought food for the starving The Unemployed
began bounds
the St the first
history comprised
equal numbers fighting shoulder
attempt city
by booded vii successful Already the
the determination protect themselves from these attacks
Already they ability
against the attempts to disperse them by force
unemployed everywhere
misery
action this starvation which soil from
Washington There
between ex-soldiers
struggle of the unemployed St city
hall country
miltanty to fight for bread
every
leadership the
Everywhere the demands of the
formulated presented directly authorities
local bodies
streets the neighbohood the
burning
closely linked
soldiers for the bonus with the fight for obss
struggle unemployed beginning
ntorabe conditions which
and children This struggle the
the Communist National Election Campaign which
the the starving millions
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-13
BY CARL PRICE.

Father Cox, the Catholic priest
and candidate for President on the
. Jobless Liberty ticket, has now
made clear his ambition to become
the Mussolini of the United States,
and has openly declared that his
Blue Shirts are to be modelled after
the Mussolini and Hitler fascists in
Italy and Germany. Of course, in
the building of the National Fascist
organization Cox will spend the
greatest efforts in those places
where the workers are hardest hit
by the crisis.
Extent of Cox's Organization
Already the Cox movement has
begun to assume national scope.
Cox has united with w. H. ("Coin")
Harvey, who is handling the West
ern front of the Jobless Liberty
Party and who will undoubtedly be
the candidate for Vice President.
Father Cox expects one million del
egates to his national convention in
st. Louis. The Blue Shirts claim
to have more than five thousand
units throughout he country. The
placing of the Jobless Liberty Party
on the ballot is going forward in
many states, with state tickets in
a number of important states. In
Indiana, Ward B. Heiner Is the
Jobless Liberty candidate for Gov
ernor Of Indiana, and DR.. G. S.
Wykof is the andidate + or U. S.
Senator in the same state. Judge
r. A. Crossman is chairman Of the
state committee n Montana, where
state convention of the Jobless
Liberty Party has already been held
and a full ticket nominated for the
state elections. Idaho held its
state convention on June "a and
put up complete slate of Jobless
Liberty candidates. In Michigan, a
full slate has been put up. DR.. Ball
is the chairman Of the national
committee in charge Of the cam
paign. In New Mexico, Green B.
Patterson Is the candidate for Gov
ernor Of the Jobless Liberty Party.
In New Jersey, a Jobless Liberty
Party has been organized with G..
G. Hancock at its head, and steps
are being taken to get the party
on the ballot. The Reverend H.
Oscar Stevens is the Jobless Liberty
candidate for Governor in South
Dakota, where a state ticket has
been put up and also county tickets.
In Ohio a state ticket has been
put up and also county tickets. In
Ohio a state committee has been
organized, with Julius Knopp as
chairman.
In Minnesota G. J. Osseith OF
Kasson is running for Congressman
on the Jobless Liberty ticket and a
unit of the party has been organ
lied in Sarasota, Florida. In Fort
Worth, Texas, George w. Arm
strong is proposed as the Texas
candidate for Governor. In Salt
Lake City, Utah, L. E. Elggren is
shedding the organization. DR..
',.RsaDk|sy Y tias yaR|sl I iksxty can
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-23
poLrTIcs Rauaom
Tc Rely On Hurley

The two brightest stars are miss ing from the troupe of 1928 Re- publican spsllbinders, and party heads are pondering how to fill the void.
 Charles Evans Hughes. now Chief Justice, is barred by court tradi- tions from stump-speaking. That other headliner of the Hoover ora tors, William E. Borah, has trav- eled so far off the Hoover reser- vation since '28 tha tho one expects him to return in '32.
 Much reliance probably will be placed in Patrick Hurley. the Sec retary of War.
 Doubtless, too, the blunt dra- matic forensics of Charles c. Dawes, campaigner- -in-C Chief of the Coolidge-Dawes ticket in 1924, will be a stellar feature of the Repub- lican bill.
 The dramatic personae of the Democratic stump-show cannot be predicted until certain other mat ters have been settled.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-23
{ AND 2 CENTS MOVES SM ALL
 HALIBUT CATCH
I hree Seattle Schooners on Way to Banks
 Call for Bait

Four cents a pound, first grade, and 2 cents a pound, second grade, were high bids again yesterday on the Juneau Fish Exchange for hali but. These figures, as on the pre- vious day, moved a catch that had been brought from the Icy s5rait banks.
 The fish totaled 2,50O pounds and was unloaded from the Fremont, Capt. Olaf Winther. The purchase was made by the Juneau Cold Stor- age Company for tie San Juan Fishing and Packing Company $ headquarters at Seattle.
 In the past 24 hours, three hali- but schooners from Seattle have called at Juneau fer bait prepara- tory to going to the banks off Yak utat. The vessels are the Daily, Capt. c. M. Rclie; the Ivanhea, Capt. H. J. Johnson, and the Bon anza, Capt. R. A. Ringstad.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-23
By BYRON PRICE tChief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washinghon.)

A few rays of light are beginning to pierce the leg of Democratic dissension over Prohibition.
 Two Roosevelt dominated state conyentions-in Washington and Minnesota = have adopted blanks for referendum by states. Could this have happened without definite prompting from Gov. Roosevelt himself?
 As politics go, 1t seems unlikely. Roosevelt is on record as favoring outright repeal, yet his lieutenants have shown a continuing disposi- tion to be satisfied win refer endum
 The Roosevelt forces, if they do not actually control the National Convention, are certain to be a very powerful factor in it.
 It was a referendum that Chair man John J. Rasl1ob favored at the Spring National Committee meet ing. Can the extreme Dry Wing of the party withstand the Roose- velt influence, plus the Rasizob ir- Auence, plus whatever other ele- ments of strength they may muster
 To answer such Q question is be- yond the province of this writer. It is sufficient for the present to ob- serve where. and in what manner, the line of cleavage is forming.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-23

MAUNDY RITES 10 BE OBSERVED
 BY ROSE CROlx
Governor and Other Prom inent Masons to
 Deliver Toasts

Knights of the Rose Croix, eigh- tesnth Degree Scottish Rite NIasons, will ooserve tomorrow evening in the lodge room of the Scottish Rite Temple their annual Maundy Thursday custom of "Extinguish- ing Lights The ceremony will begin at 6::3O o'clock and will last half an hour. Immediately after wards, a banquet will be served in the dining room of the Temple A large attendance is expected at this obligatory service. In con- sequence, generous arrangements have been made for the banquet by the Ladies of the Eastern Star, who have the repast in charge.
 Toasts of Obligation
 After the banquet, the usual toasts of obligation will be de- livered as follows:
 1. To the President of the Uni ted States-Brother George A. Parks, sand Degree.
 2 To the Supreme Council and Grand C0mmander-Brother Walter P. Scott, 33rd Degree.
 3. To the Grand Lodge and Grand Master of Masons Of the isdiction-Brother J. Fargher, 32nd Degree.
 Departed Brethern
 4 To the Memory of the Breth- ren of the Degree, whose labors here below have ceased during the present Masonic year-Brothef Charles w. Hawkesworth, 32nd Degree
 5. To all Masons and Masonic bodies of all Rites and Degrees over the face of the earth; honors and laurels to the worthy; health to the sick; comfort to the needy and succor to the oppressed every where-Brother Melvin L. Merritt. 32nd Degree
 H. D. Stabler, 32nd Degree, is Wise Master, and Walter B. Heisel, 32nd Degree, is Secretary of the Rose Croix Chapter.