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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-04
Two. YOUTH SYMPOSIUM

Speakers representing four political
parties will present their respective
programs for young workers at a
symposium Friday night, to be held
at Remington Hall, ZIG End ST., I'M
der the auspices of the Youth Sec
ton of the International Workers
Order. "The Young Workers in the
Election will be the subject of dis
cussion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-04
Hold Youth Election
Symposium Tonight

An election symposium will be held
Friday night by the American Youth
Federation, 1873 w. 14th ST., at $50
p. M George Siskind will represent
the Communist Party, and David o.
Sullivan the Democratic Party. Other
parties are still to be heard from.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-04

Williamsburg Br. F. S. U. lecture on
'Educstoin in the Soviet Union" at 2o7
$. Fifth St, Brooklyn, at pm. Speaker:
Jay Portell
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-04

Mosholu Park Br FS.U. lecture on Ed
lcation in the Soviet Union" at $3.50 Balm
bridge Ave, Bronx, at Q PM Speaker:
Prof. S. Graves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-04

West Bronx Br. F. S. U. Lecture-Prola-
tartan Dictatorship in the Soviet Union VS..
capitalist Democracy in the United States
Paradise Manor, IL w. Mt. Eden Ave
Bronx, at pm. Paul Miller. speaker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-04

meeting at hoe 45th St, Brooklyn, at 8
pm. Discussion on The Role of the F..
8. u" Speaker: Moore.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-04

fremont Workers Club lecture, "Whv
Unemployment Abolished s. IT," at 2o75
Clinton Ave, Bronx. Speaker, S. LEROY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-04

Bronx HUNGARIAN Workers Club sympo-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-04

Sport Carnival and Election Rally at the
Manhattan Yyceum, Ga E. Fourth St. to-
night Earl Browder main speaker-also
boxing, wrestling. dancing Admission 95
cents
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-04

Proletcult Open-Air Meeting at Lexing-
ton Ave and 2Srd ST. at $50 pm. Students
and workers invited
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-04

Election ymposium-American Youth
federation, 1873 W. l4th ST., at $50 pm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13

The suggestion that the farmers Of Indiana will
soon give "tea party" to demand tax justice can
hardly be turned aside as communistic propaganda
imported Or inspired by the soviets.
1t comes as an official statement from the farm
bureau, not radical organization, but composed of
men who own land in this state and hope to continue
to own It.
No public official, either legislator or Governor
disregard the seriousness OF situation that i'm
pels such extravagant language. Conditions should
have been changed long before such statements can
mean more than absurdity.
For months there has been demand by the
farmers and the home owners of this state for a
special session of the legislature to change the system
of tax levies as 70 prevent conhscstion of real
property.
At the last session of the legislature an endeavor
made to pass laws taxing incomes a substitute
for real estate. The people, by the election
OF Democratic majority of the house, had approved
such plank in that party platform and Chairman
Peters had insisted keeping this bargain.
That measure was defeated. Strong pressure was
exerted by the financially powerful. The biggest
lobby of the session gathered for the purpose of per-
suading law makers that the bill would ruin industry
Other measures for relief were also killed. Efforts
to prevent expenditure for county roads futile.
SO the movement to turn to the general
fund all or part of the gigantic highway fund The
road interests and the contractors triumphed.
Conditions have changed since the legislature met.
They have become worse.
Governor Leslie insists that any special session of
the legislature must confine its work to pro-
gram, approved by him in advance, there will be
no session.
In that he is taking course that later may be
regretted Other classes than the farmer and the
home owner need relief. The tax problem is not the
only question to be solved.
Many counties finding it difficult to find funds
for the relief of the unemployed. Private charity
funds are at the point of exhaustion.
With farmers talking tea parties" the workers
ebeng against the scanty charity baskets, the spe
cal session might we'll be asked to do something that
will insure peace, not parties; food not discomfort
and hunger; work not ideness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
The UnemnloYed Vote

In Seattle the number Of unemployed has grown
so large that it now is able to exert important in
huence in elections. The Unemployed Citizens
League controlling $4,000 of the $4,000 registered
votes in the city demonstrated its power in the last
municipal election and Is hoping to control the next
state election
AS result plans under way for free distribu-
ton OF seeds and tools Powerful demands being
made that the legislature meet and appropriate
$1,000 900 for public works, and at the same time
peal law compelling sale OF property without notice
TO the owners when assessments remain unpaid For
two years.
In addition the Unemployed Citizens League is
sponsoring an unemployment insurance BILL to pro-
vide weekly benefits OF from $40 TO $40 contributed
one-third by the state. one-haf by employers. and
one-sixth by workers, and initiative petitions be-
Ing circulated to put this measure into effect by
mandate Of the people.
II the number Of unemployed is allowed TO increase
in all parts OF the country until obless and suffering
workers majority OF the registered voters, such
measures and perhaps even more drastic ones, will
be general throughout the country
That is one way for workers to get relief II those
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
One Little Child

The entire nation. the civilized world is bound to-
gether with common sorrow and common SYM
pathy.
nation that has watched and prayed for the re-
turn OF the babe to its noted parents can find no
words to express its grief nor voice its sympathy.
There is left only the hope that this sympathy may
help them now in their hour Of greatest grief.
Later. when the shock has passed and memory re-
mains there will be consolation that their child was
fsted, babe for immortal place in history.
No other human being has engrossed the atten-
ton Of the world and forced forgefuness Of all other
happenings.
Two nations we're al the day this babe dis
appeared from It's crib Other nations preparing
for conflict. Diplomats were discussing plans for
mediation. People were watching the capitals Of the
nations and bordering on the possibilities.
Wars arc made by thought Faced by the tragedy
that had come to the illustrous father and beloved
mother OF this child the world had time to think
OF wars and diplomats regained their reason and
nations resumed their sanity.
All good has come from some Calvary. And the
world turned an empty crib into a shrine and wor-
shipped again a child. and worshipping, became
kinder and less selfish
The weeks that have passed have brought a
realization OF the divinity of childhood There will
be kindler consideration for all other children
This nation which ready to give its all to
restore this child will be willing 10 protect
all other children.
There is no thought that the mad, perverted
minds which conceived this crime knew the results
that follow more than the mad acts of other
men and peoples Of the past knew what was to follow
their violence and madness
But, later there may come to the grief-stricken
parents the consoling thought that their child did
not live in vain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13

the people contributors become a
source of much amusement, espe-
cially one signing himself The
Spirit OF Intolerance" This con-
tributor, by admitting that he lived
in rent-free parsonage, reveals his
identity as another soul saver, who
bothers himself with the prohibition
cause.
His rantings against the legalizing
of beer and its ensuant taxation, is
typical of the ministry in general,
who seemingly can not come away
from the nest of the dinosaur and
see the world as it really is.
Drinking our troubles away ap-
pears to be a happy solution, after
all. Should death overtake one who
had imbibed past the limit, and be-
ieved himself a Napoleon in his
drunken stupor. I must affirm that
such a victim died with lie in his
heart, but a head full of pleasant
memories.
Such results never can be achieved
with ice cream. OF course, am for
light wines and beer and a tax on
them. There are too many Polly
annas and Tweedle de Dums ram
pant in our society today.
Once again let me express my APP
probation for your paper. Your or
ganization is ore pulsant with life.
1 would like it even though only the
title were there, because the spirit
of tolerance and justice toward the
side Of the "underdog" would re-
main. JOHN @. c. SOHN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
It's a Hard Row-But the Only One

For the sake Of example this editorial is going to
that you, the reader employed and that
your salary is $40 week.
That being the case-on Saturday when you draw
your pay you must subtract sl24O from the $40 and
"earmark" it for the payment Of Which leaves
you s276O
Whether your income is $40 or $40 or 5000, the
same percentage applies.
The process may not appeal so simple the
statement Sounds. For many taxes are not visible
But they there, nevertheless. They are in your
rent the food and clothes you buy, in your gas BILL
your light BILL in all the articles you
Thiry-one cents out Of every dollar of the national
income is going to taxes This includes federal state
and local Read Ray fuckers article in another part
Of this paper today.
Nineteen years ago. in 19l3-bcfore the war-8
cents went TO taxes. In the big boom year of 1929
the hgurc was Is. Then came the depression. Gov
eminent costs continued upward. National income
started sharply downward.
In the three years since the cyclone hit, the por
ton Of your income going into taxes has doubled 1t
went to 20 in 1890 to IS in 1881, and this year the
best estimate shows it at 81.
With income shrinking at such pace, only one
saving act possble-cutting expenses Expenses can
be controlled Income can't No new taxes can off,
set all the momentum Of that spread.
Now no one ever invented way to make expense
cutting pleasant II you have to move into smaller
house that isn't pleasant If you have to give up
the car that isn't either II you cut out that vsca-
ton trip and trim down the groceries you use
there's nothing sweet in such move.
But those things can be done and have to be done,
and are being done in time like this.
It is only human that individuals, industries and
government resent bitterly anything which means
decrease in living standards Therefore the first re-
action of every person. every business executive every
government bureau is to say-"it can't be done
For instance War Secretary Hurley says our ma
tional defense is ruined if the proposed cuts are put
through. Nothing unnatural about that. Just like
the sales manager in private business who says, we
can't cover the territory" at any less expense.
But pressure OF necessity in private business makes
the cut inevitable and it is remarkable how well the
Job is done at the reduced cost.
II is harder to bulge bureaucratic expense than 1t
is prvate or business expense But thing is GER
tain in this whole situaton-the cuts must be made.
We can't 60 on spending more than we take in.
The bitter pill must be swallowed. The first step
toward recovery must be balanced budget. And
balanced budget can not be attained simply by in
creasing taxes.
This nation can not stand trend such as has
been occurrng-s doubled tax bill in three years
The COW is going dry.
So il is up to our lawmakers throughout the land,
rs they hear the sad story or what will happen IT,"
10 harden their hearts in the interest of sovency.
II is the only way out
And we will all be surprised at how well We can
gel along on less.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
Questions and
Answers

How deep can a diver go with
safety without diving equipment?
What is the record depth for a diver
in ordinary equipment?
Twenty-six feet is the greatest
depth diver can attain with safety
without diving equipment. The rec
ord depth in ordinary diving equip
ment is 306 feet. made by Frank
Crilley while working on the salvage
of the Submarine F-4 off Honolulu
in 1917.
What is the area and population
of Scotland as compared with
Texas?
The area OF Texas is 265, 1896
square miles and the population is
5.824.715. The area of Scotland is
30.405 square miles and the popula-
ton is 1882 ,28s.
Who was King David Kalakua
Did he ever live in California?
He was the king of the Hawaiian
islands from 1874 to 1891. In the
fall of 1890 he came to California
for his health: in January, 1891, he
died in san Francisco.
What does prosateur mean?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
Industry Stimulated

THE World war and the era that
u followed it opened a new day
for the American chemical industry.
according TO Wilson.
War demands and the economic
dislocations OF the times gave an
immense stimulus to chemical man
ufacture, and, when the war period
was followed by such favoring cir
cumstances as high tariffs. technical
advances in chemistry. and an I'M
precedented foreign and domestic
demand. such manufacture enjoyed
by far its greatest decade" he saws.
We now have an official measure
OF the enormous expansion in the
war and postwar periods. The gov
eminent has released the final de-
tailed figures of the census of 1929
covering the manufacture of chem
icals in this country III that year.
THE totals show not only the
swift progress made in most lines of
production, but also the amount OF
such production at its peak. 1929
being the greatest OF all years for
the industry as a whole.
The depression that has ruled
since that time has drastically re-
duced most activities. but the solid
character of the previous expansion
is shown by the fact that the chem
ical industry has suffered less than
most other major industries"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

A N advocate of the "Oust the Woman From In
IA dustry" movement writes: Women began work
ing during the because there was shortage OF
males for the jobs. They continued afterward be-
cause they we're willing to work cheaper than men
They took cuts in pay to keep their positions ano
thereby started wages the decline
A large number of people agree with TINS genue-
man. but their thinking is bit awry this subject
Just the same. Do they imagine that women like
working for less money? I suppose so.
They talk. at least, if We do it because OF some
cratic feminine whim and that we gloat over the
poor masculine wretches snatch their jobs from
them.
Yet surely no honest person, considering the sub
ject from the standpoint OF his own desires really
can believe that women are such fools as that
The truth is this: Women work for less money
because they can't get any more. They have to put
up with smaller wage or not work at all
A ND in this respect as in many another in which
N the man blames the woman the gentlemen are
the guilty parties.
The first man who hired woman for less money
than he would have had to pay man-and pre-
sumo no one will deny that this person was man
traitor to his sex and paved the way for al
tribulations in this field.
II women always were paid the same wage as
men. would not now have many of them in
industry and the whole economic structure might be
improved For instance. I know young woman
unmarried who had worked for years on small
daily newspaper. She had filed every position ex-
cept that Of editor, and very cspaby.
Yet when she desired to improve her situation and
moved TO a larger city to a larger paper, she had
To begin all over again a cub reporter And this
happened IN our era Of prosperity. No man. after
ten years of effort, would have been asked TO DO
that. No woman should be.
We take away from the dignity OF labor when
we make these distinctions Work is after all
not Just job-it is some fine task to be done and
to be done as well as possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
NJ. E. Tracy

The @ oUerR m ent Of the
United States Has No
Choice bit TO Come to the
Rescue Of Idle Men and
Distressed Business.
NEW YORK, May Ex-senator
L Joseph T. Robinson's plan Of
unemployment relief through fed
eral bond issue in the sum Of
s2,300 900. 900, is neither perfect nor
original. as its author would be first
to admit.
A somewhat similar plan, though
along much broader lines. was
proposed by Senator Robert La Fol-
lette some months ago.
Also. somewhat similar plan
was suggested by former Governor
Al Smith in his Jackson day ad-
dress.
For obvious political reasons, La
Toilette and Smith failed to get
official recognition.
Official recognition can not be
denied Senator Robinson, which
means that the Hoover administra-
ton has been brought to place
where it must meet the issue rep
resented by all three plans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
Not Ordinary SLUMP

EOR two years, the Hoover ad-
Il ministration has ducked, side
stepped, and evaded the one thing
it might have done and that some
administration eventually must do
to pave the way for real recovery.
AS I have said many times, this
depression is not the ordinary cycle
slump, not just one more low place
in the road. such as people are
likely to run into when they go
over rise.
This depression was brought on
by inherently unsound conditions,
by a souse Of speculative madness,
by industrial congestion in certain
lines. by a false faith in certain
values.
From the very outset. it indicated
permanent readjustment for thou
sands of enterprises and millions
of workers.
From the very outset. our major
problem was to help people earn
a living while they passed through
the readjustment period.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
Growth Shown

CHEMICAL and allied industries
~ moved from eighth place in
1921 among American industries 10
seventh in 1927. Wilson points out.
BY 1929 it had moved to sixth place.
Value of the products Of chem
ical and allied industries in 1914,
comprising roughly the same sub
groups as those in the present list,
was about 81 ,3O7O00,OO0," he says.
In 1929 it was $3.759 100000. In
decade and a half the group thus
almost has trebled the value of its
contribution to the economic life of
the nation.
Value of the products of the
compressed and liquified gases in
dustry in 1929 was $50, 10000 and In
1927, $50,547,0 900; the value OF the
products of the rayon industry IN
the last three census years was:
1929, s149. SAC, 900; 1927, sos, S5s, 900;
1925. S8S,061 900.
IF these amounts should b.
added TO the totals for all chemical
industries in the years named, tl1s
aggregate value Of the products Of
these industries would be: 1919,
1898, 1874, 900; 1927, s732, 526, 900; 1895
S658. 37I 900.
output for 1929, thus would %
more than twice that OF 1871, ed
would surpass that Of 1914 by nasKA1
$50 per cent"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
Excuses Out of Order

THOSE in control of the govern
l. ment have no excuse for their
failure to recognize the situation,
or what it called for on their part.
Accidentally, they had analysed
Just such cases and had explained
what the government should do by
way of relief. They had said that
public credit should be modified
Tor public work in times Of depres-
sion, and that public policy should
be shaped to make this possible.
When the crash came. what did
they do? First, they said it wasn't
a crash: then they tried to pass
the buck by calling industrial con-
ferences; finally, they got in a jam
where everything had to be dropped
for balancing the budget
Robinson plan, Smith plan, La
Toilette plan. all representing the
same basic idea, and backed by an
ever-increasing public demand
how much longer does the Hoover
administration think it can dodge
the inevitable?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
Economy Plus

The cause of economy well could be combined
with another principle Of good government now, by
letting the people know how their business is run.
An enterprising United Press reporters feat in
exposing some surprising examples OF nepotsn
among the employees Of congressman proves the need
mother-n-law may be efficient empoye
for congressman as any other person. Her work
may be as effective if she stays back in the home
district attending to the numerous demands made
on congressman by their constituents.
But if she does no work, if she is a cloak for an
added allowance to the congressmans own income,
over and above his $4,000 annual salary the value
Of that public servant is lessened.
In the first place his services to his constituents
suffer In the second, one or two employees who do
the real work-and there is lot of it attached to
a congressman's ofhce-wil be unpaid and over
worked
II congress would publish monthly instead of an
nualy the list of congressional employees and if each
congressmans employees specified, the evil would
disappear largely
The people back home would take care of con-
gressmen whose employe-relatves could not prove
they earned their way.
Some of the politicians are coming out for free
silver again. But the really wise ones will advocate
free beer.
The militarists must have had good laugh when
they read that peace ENJOYS in Manchuria es-
corted by company of japanese marines.
Lifes funny thing observes a prominent author.
Maybe it's not funny to the millions Of jobless.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13

of the necessity for better safety
habits.
1t is said that 100000 persons
each year have accidents sufficient
" severe to take them temporarily
from their work. This loss may be
estimated in billions.
The world once was much safer
than it is now. Before the coming
of machinery no one had to be dis
turbed about automobile accidents.
People did not die in their homes
from electrical shocks from vibra-
tors, electrical sewing machines, or
even electrical stoves.
Workers in industry did not suf-
fer from the high-speed machines
with which they constantly are in
contact.
Much is being done to avoid pre-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ'


Chemical Industry Less AZ
fected BIZ Depression Than
Are Other Great Industries.
THE chemical industry has SUI
Il fered less from the depression
than have other large industries.
according to Otto wilson, Washing
ton statistlcian. who just has pre-
pared summary for the American
Chemical Society Of developments
during the decade from 1919 TO 1929
Wilson calls this decade "the
greatest in chemical manufacture.
One interesting conclusion reached
by Wilson from an analysis of fig
ures OF the bureau of census is
that the chemical industry is con-
centrated largely in the east.
From the beginning, chemical
manufacture markedly was an east
ern industry. and. in spite OF en-
couraging growth in other sections,
it remain so. he says.
"Out Of the total production in
1929. valued at S73s.O4s. 900. New
York. the leading state. accounted
for s168. 729 600 or % per cent; New
Jersey. sl55,7s3. 900, or p per cent.
and Pennsylvania. s4slll 900. or
nearly 7 per cent. This area thus
produced more than half the total
for the whole country.
The middle west followed. Ilh-
nois being credited with S60.396. 900
or 8 per cent: Michigan with $50. :
$4,000. or 7 per cent. and Ohio with
sac. 2S7. 900. or 6 per cent.
California. West Virginia, Vir-
ginia and Massachusetts, we're we'll
up in the list"