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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18
SEND LETTERS TO THE DAILY WORKER"i
HELP FIGHT AGAINST WAR PREPARATIONS
Government Lines Up
All Industry for War
Testimony of Assistant Secretary Shows Fac
tory System Ready for Army Orders

Testimony of Frederick H. Payne, Assist
ant Secretary of War before the hearings of
the War Policies Commission last year included
the complete outline of the War Department
for what it terms industrial mobilization" It
stated at the time that 1885 ALLEGATIONS had made
that it, order for supplies had already been tentatively
placed with many factories With the outbreak of war; tee
graphic orders would forward to these plants produc
tion on supplies would begin Immediately
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18

lties, instead Of toe general vote
Communist Club We organize vote
So and So" Clubs under the name
0 fthe specific candidate running
The comrade who TOOK exception
pointed out that such a policy docs
not emphasize the Party that It is
contrary TO the policy of 5he Party
inssnlucb as It puts forward the i'm
diudusl and not the Party nor the
platforms of the Party. In answer
ing this objection, the reporter msis-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18
Says Might Talk
Too Much About
the Socialist Party
Miami, Fla.
The Daily Worker:
Dear Cornrad es.

Miami, Fla.
The Daily Worker:
Dear Comrades.
Under the heading What Our
Readers Say On the Election Cam
paign," in your issue May 4, 1882,
signed II. r.. the correspondent
stresses the importance of dwelling
more at length on social fascism" of
the socialist party
In my opinion he oyer-emphasizes
and exaggerates the Importance
thereof. We're the Partys press and
speakers TO wdell at length as he sus-
gests, we would be advertising the
socialist party instead of expounding
our principles, and demonstrating the
imminent and inevitable breakdown
of the capitalist system.
The socialist labor party has made
it its principle to denounce the social
Democratic party, instead of working
along its own way and producing any
results. 1t is incumbent upon us to
point cut that the socialist PARTY
Ma nasFe'H ssSormist that u denies
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18
Edith Berkmdn Tells
HoqvSheWas Kidnapped;
Carried Out by Force
Eleventh Day of Hunger Strike; Don't Let This
Workers Leader Die! Demand Her Release!

BOSTON, Mass, May ia workers COM
mittee has practically forced it's way into the
hospital room where Edith Berkman is con
fined, and has talked with her The committee
found her weak and exhausted by her hunger
strike, in its tenth day.
But Edith Berkman, weak from hunger and from tu-
bercuoss that she could talk but little STILL that few min
ute conversation told how she forby removed Sat
urday from Massachusetts Memorial Hospital by police and
who wrapped in blankets and carried her bodily
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18

II HIS is the ninth series Of discussion letters the cleo
ton platform and campaign Of the Communist Party
sent IN By readers Of the Daily Worker Articles a0U BE-
aeritten By comrades from the Central Committee the
uario suggestions and proposals the discussion pros
crosses.
ALL READERS ARE URGED TO AGAIN READ
THE PLATFORM As PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY
WORKER or APRIL 28TH AND SEND IN THEIR
OPINIONS AND PROPOSALS.
The special supplement containing the platform con
be secured in the office Of your district.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18
What Our Readers Say on the Election Campaign

the class struggle and has thus be-
come too v.tiated to be o. any ser
vice to The working class, and has
thus unwittingly become nefarious
tool in the hands of the capitalists.
The work the c. P. is doing, its
class struggles; its class conscious
ness; its Marxism, if carried out fully,
will sooa show the workers and farm
ers where 10 turn to ( am not for
advertising the Hillqut alarm
Comrsdely.
IL Reader.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18
WORKERS EVERYWHERE RUSH
FUNDS To SAVE BERKMAN'S LIFE

To carry on the fight to save.
the life Of Edith Berkmsr an04
force the U S. immigration AMI
thorities to release this nihtsmEI
leader of the working class. rJndsI
are badly needed, Rush dosrs&donS'
by wire TO the Edith Bers1rar
Committee, 799 Broadway. Rocrr
40, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18

and have no further time taken
UP with it,"
The workers must rally in vigor
GUS protests and mass meetings
against this vicious attempt of the
lynch courts and Maryland state Of
ficials to deny Yuel Lee the right
of appeal against the death verdict
Workers! Rush protest kilograms tc
Governor Albert G. Ritchie, Anapo-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18

: The three exhibits on this page aes
supplementary to the detailed olI5s
lines, charts and maps given in tbs
War Policies Commission Hearings on
House Joint Resolution PSI. Part 2.
testimony taken on May 10 and IA
of last year
The first called War Department
Procurement District shows the areas
into which the country has been di-
vided for the purpose of procuring
war supplies from all available in
dustrial plants. Note that the dig
tricts are geographically much small
er the closer they are to the heart
Of the industrial Centers. For exc
ample, only a small section of lew
York and New Jersey are included
in District 3, but this small area turns
out the ior part of the chemical
production in the United States and
contains q large part of the metal
manufacturing industry.
The second exhibit, called Accented
Schedule of Production, is one of the
forms used by the Sigma Corps, which
is one of the seven important depart
ments of the army ordering supplies.
This form is used in asCertaining from
particular company the amount Of
war supplies which it can turn out
during the first month after the
emergency" is declared and the wire
dispatched ordering it to commence
production on war goods, The blank
is to be filled in by the company in
question, showing the amount that
can be produced each month from
the first to the sixth, as wen as
thereafter.
This order is somewhat similar to
the letter printed in the Daily Work
err August II, 1881, in which cloth
ing manufacturer was asked by Ehs
quartermaSters' supply office of the
army how much wooden suiting and
oyercoating he could turn Ort "in
event of an emergency"
The third exhitS.. called Organic
ton for Procurement Planning, is .
more detailed schedule kept IN tins
War Department office, 1t Is usecs
to keep a check on the amounts Of
various war supplies required. sp-
portioned, stored and reserved for
each department the chief ones be-
ing quartermaster, medical or1trs
snce, signal, air corps, chemical war
service and engineers.
The ordinance department. hS6 d
supplies includes for exsmple 1leid
artillery, coast artillery, pistols, rifles.
machine guns, bayonets, sabres. small
arms, cannon, bombs, pyrotechnies.
gun carriages, ammunition, tanics
tractors. The Chemical Warfare
Service items include fine and heavy
chemicals, toxic, smoke and cloud
gases, alarms, masks, etc.
This industrial mobilization b bsS
ing assisted by a special National De-
Tense Committee appointed by sine
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States. The transportation metal
and automobile industries are repre-
sented on the committee which oon~
tains officials of the General Motors
Corp, the Union Pacific Railroad
Mack Truck, John Lucas and Co.
Cpaints) and the Pittsburgh PtaSe
Glass Co.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18

out, and spirited her away to what
they considered a safe hiding place,
IS miles from Boston.
And Edith Berkmar repeated her
declaration that she would refuse to
eat until the mass protest of the
workers forces Secretary of Labor
Doak and his agents to release her.
Wave of Fury.
A wave of fury swept over the
workers OF Boston, Lynn, Worcester,
Providence, and other towns OF New
England on Saturday, May IA, when
they learned of the kidnapping of
Edith Berknan, organizer Of the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union, by
Mrs. Anna G. M. Tillinghast, the
Morgan Hoover Doak lick spittle
commissioner of immigration Of
Massachusetts,.
After repeated efforts Saturday
afternoon to locate Edith Berkman
who was on the seventh day Of her
hunger strike against the Hoover
Doak strike breaking machine run
for the benefit of j. P. Morgan g.
Co., the textile mill owners and the
whole boss class, had failed, a score
of mass meetings we're held in Bos-
ton and vicinity in protest against
the dastardly crime. resolutions
voicing the anger Of the workers and
demanding the immediate and un-
conditional release of their intrepid
comrade were sent to Secretary of
Labor William Doak in Washington.
Edith Berkman Found
Hundreds of workers, including
many new elements drawn in by this
last bit of villainy perpetrated by
Mrs. Tillinghast, volunteered to
search for their abducted cornrade,
as result of which one of the COM
mittees formed for the purpose COM
prising Anna Damon, Abraham Is
serman, International Labor Defense
Attorney, johanna Reed, LID. Or
ganiZer, and Harold Hickerson, Sec
of the National Committee for the
Defense of Political Prisoners, found
Edith Berkman in the Central New
England Hospital, Rutland. Mass, IS
miles from Boston, after a search
lasting "a hours
When the committee arrived at the
Hospital, it was evident from the at
titude of the physicians in charge
that Mrs. Tillinghast acting on or
ders from Washington had intended
to hold Edith Berllnan incommuni-
cado indefinitely. The committee
succeeded in wringing from DR..
Crane, the examining physician, the
statement that Edith Berknan has
tuberculosis. The lying Mrs. Tilling-
hast sometime has been insisting that
Edith Berkman has a slight cold
and a slight cold only" this to cover
up the fact that Edith Berknan con-
tracted tuberculosis while imprison-
ed al the immigration Detention
Station, East Boston.
Carried Out BY Force
After a long delay, the committee
was admitted to their comrades
room. She told the following story
Of her forcible removal from the
Mass Memorial Hospital on 5atur-
day. May "a.
II was sitting and talking 70 q
friend when rolice,naH suddenly
burst into the roam md said. Come
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18

lis, Maryland, and to Chief Justice
Carol T, Bond, Court Of Appeals,
Annapolis Maryland Stop the legal
lynching of Yuel Lee! Rush tele-
grams today! Organize protest meet
ings throughout the county! Mob
ilize the white and Negro workers
against this Infamous attempt to
carry through the lynch verdict
against this innocent Negro worker!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18

ly repeated that this was tbs pcncy
to be followed, that 1t was a good crs
and that 1t vas endorsed by the c. G..
am wondering whethe such clar1-
ficatiol OF important Party policies
will max Tor a sufficient and correct
understanding Of them as prere-
quisite :cr thorough carrying out Of
tdcso J. eies,
-, n
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18
For Real Answer
To All Objections
Made At Meetings
Dear Comrades;

At last Tuesdays membership meet
ing of Section |, New York, which
was called for the purpose OF dis
cuss ne and organizing the coming
election campaign OF she Party, one
OF the comrades, durins the discus
sion, took exception to the PROPOSE
ton rut forward by the reporter that
Sa ever We have candidates who are
ssn knewn IN theis respective local
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18

Sunday, May %, and in Polk Hall,
San Francisco, on May "a. A par
AIDE and mass meeting will be held
in Oakland on. Wednesday, May Is.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18

GREETING:
Notice is hereby given of the withdrawal the nds
cmnate offer of free copies of Bishop Browns books
radical propagandss In the future only those may take
advantage of this offer who willing and able furnish
satisfactory evidence that they promoting the
nsm of the Third international and the political pAfty of
their nation affiliated with it. The offer copy Of
each of these publications unemployed workers still
holds
BRADFORD BKowN EDUCATIONAL COMPANY
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-18

STOP THE SHIPMENTS lpp Ezeg
{ AND MUNITIONS TusrArAsEs,.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-15
Two Ohio Counties
To Be Surveyed

Two Ohio counties are slated for
soil surveys during 932-Adams and
Athens. These surveys are being
made by the Ohio Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station, under the direction
of G. w. Conrey of the Department
of Agronomy, in cooperation with
the u. S. Bureau of Chemistry and
Soils. Field operations in connection
with the surveys were started early
in May. 1t is proposed to make de-
tailed field studies as to the charac-
ter and distribution of the various
types of soils in each county. A soil
map is being prepared which will
show the exact location of each soil
type, as well as roads, houses, etc.
On the completion of the survey,
report to accompany the map will be
published which will describe in detail
each of the soil types. Laboratory
studies are being made of the various
soils, the results Of which will al 10
be Incorporated in the report. 1t IS
expected that field work in the two
counties will be completed this fall.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-15
Good Work Shows
Results as Always

Apple trees which have shown the
most satisfactory fruit setting this
eason are those which, in general,
rave been growing during the last
hree years under the best cultural
onditions. An examination just COM
)leted by F. S. Hewlett, of the De-
Iartment of Horticulture at the Ohio
Experiment Station, of the set of Is
ohio commercial varieties has clear
shown the favorable effect of
PRACTICES which have prevented exces-
i've bearing and which have provid-
d for good soil moisture conserva-
ion. 1t has been noted that trees
which matured very heavy crop
asst year where the drouth was rath
II severe, have shown a noticeably
ieavier drop. This has been particu
arly evident upon some trees of the
'aIieties Stayman, Delicious, Arkan-
as, Winesap, and even Jonathan.
frees of Delicious which didn't flower
asst year have usually set abun-
lantly. Even though a significant
proportion of the fruits on some
rees of Stayman and Delicious has
veil developed seeds in only three
iced cavities, such fruits are holding
veil through the June drop, where
here is satisfactory tree vigor.
The lessons learned from the eff
fects Of the drouth Of 1880 and 1881
should be turned to good account as
yuides for future practices. Prac-
ices which conserve the soil moisture
supply are of great Importance in
,ruit setting. Furthermore pruning
Is an important aid, and, in some of
he lighter setting varieties Of APP
lies, is almost Indispensable. Thin
hing the fruit is also a desirable
practice on trees which tend to set
several fruits per cluster and which
Jverbear rather easily.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-15
Grows Cash Income
Through Farm Woods
Specialist Urges That it be Managed
As 4 Source for Repair Material

Managing the farm woods so that it
can be used as source for repair ma
terials on the farm and a permanent
crop that will produce a direct cash
revenue is sound farm practice, says
+. G. Wiesehuegel, forester for the
Ohio State university.
Although most farmers like to work
with pine and other softwood lumber,
he states, it is possible to save con-
siderable expense by using those spe-
cies grown in the state. Good pine
for construction purposes will cost
from 65 to over 100 dollars per thou
sand, while local green oak may be
obtained at 25 and chestnut at 32 dol
lars per thousand. Still more can be
saved by having this material cut
from the farmers own woodlot, the
difference going into his pocket for
labor in getting the material out.
Dead and diseased, decayed and dy-
ing trees can be removed and used
for fuel, or if sound sawed into lum-
ber. Open places, Weisehuegel sug-
gests, may be filled in with seedlings
of ash, walnut, poplar and other spe-
cies that can be used on the farm
In this way the woods may be made
a place of pride and value instead of
the most neglected part Of the farm.
The farm woods provide a shelter
belt and protects crops and livestock
from the wind, produce maple sugar,
provide a refuge for game and nest
ing birds which destroy crop insects,
and act as a reserve Of cash in time
of need. Although this is a poor year
to sell timber, many farmers are turn
ing to the woods in order to obtain
funds to pay taxes and the interest
on loans.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-15
Hikers

Highways are full of hitch-hikers
catching rides everywhere = any
where. Freight trains are carrying a
big share Of this traffic, and it is not
unusual to see dozen men in one car,
with a score or more hanging on be-
tween cars.
Men out of work become roamers.
They hate to stay in one place and
be parasites.
They find something of solace in
gong from one place to another in
the hope that somewhere they may be
able to find something to do.
And most of them want something
to do.
In the throngs of unemployed who
are hiking and tramping there is a
big percent who would much prefer
staying in one place and doing some
honest and living making work
Many of them are very interesting
people. Railroad police are less rigid
IN their rules than they used to be .
they let the men ride without molest-
ing them in many cases. Friendly mo-
torlsts pick up passengers on the
highways very often. We are all shar-
ing the slump together. - Leesburg
Citizen.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-15
Mexican Pest
Destroys Beans
Mexican Beetle Busy in Vast
Numbers This Year, O. S.
u. Expert, Giving the
Best Remedy

Gardeners in London and Madison
county and throughout Ohio are being
afflicted by a pest which to most of
them is new, the Mexican bean beetle,
which denuder garden bean plants and
destroys the crop unless combatted,
Professor T. H. Park, entomology ex-
pert of the agricultural extension SER
vice of Ohio State university, reports.
The Mexican beetle is out in unpre-
cedented numbers this year due to the
mild winter. The beetle looks like a
large ladybug, copper colored with
black spots.
The larvae, or grub, which does the
actual damage to crops, is lemon CO.
lored with black spines. The grubs
eat through from the bottom OF the
leaves to the top membrane, leaving
Hce-like skeleton.
Spraling underneath the leaves
with a mixture of one ounce of cal
cium arsenate, and two ounces OF
hydrated lime to three gallons OF
water, every 10 days for three or fou1
times, will control the pest, according
TO Professor Park.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-15
Way to Fight The
Mexican Bean Beetle

The Mexican bean beetle survived
the winter in large numbers and is
already doing a considerable amount
of damage to garden beans in all
parts of Ohio. Unless the adult beet
les now present on the plants are kill
ed, severe injury is almost certain to
occur when the next brood of young
begins to feed.
The most effective and economical
materials to use in the control of the
Mexican bean beetle are calcium ar
senate and magnesium arsenate, says
H. l.. Gui, of the Department of En-
tomology at the Ohio Experiment Sta
ton. Either of these arsenicals may
be applied as liquid spray or in dust
form.
In preparing the spray material, 2
level tablespoonfuls of the poison
should be used in one gallon of water.
When calcium arsenate is used, ta-
blespoonfuls of hydrated lime must be
added to prevent injury to bean fol-
iage. The lime may be omitted when
magnesium arsenate is used Arsen-
ate of lead is never recommended for
use on beans.
The dusts are prepared by mixing
one part of the poison with parts of
hydrated lime.
The beetles feed on the under side
of the leaves, and, therefore, the un-
der surface must be covered with the
arsenical in order that the treatment
be effective
Applications should be made at 10
day intervals. The last treatment
should not be made less than two
weeks before harvest. All beans which
have been busted or sprayed should be
thoroughly washed before being pre-
pared for table use.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-15
Rev. A. L. Rogers
Formerly of Plain
City, Dies Suddenly

Rev. Amos L. Rogers, aged TO,
Methodist minister Of Delaware, form
er Methodist pastor at Plain City, died
unexpectedly in White Cross hospital,
Columbus, on Wednesday, at 5 a. m.
following heart attack.
He apparently was recovering from
major operation performed several
days ago, when stricken.
Rev. Mr. Rogers is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Eva Rogers, one son, Rev.
w. l.. Rogers, pastor of the Reynolds
burg and Whitehall churches; and two
daughters, Helen and Betty Rogers, of
the home. He was pastor of st. Paul
NJ. T. church, Delaware.
The funeral service will be held on
Saturday at Delaware with burial in
the Delaware cemetery.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-15
Extra Lime In
Potato Spray
Is Beneficial

Adding extra lime to bordeaux
mixture used for spraying potatoes is
beneficial during hot weather in July
acre above plots sprayed with 4-6-50
bordeaux spray gave an increase in
yield of slightly over so bushels per
acre above plots sprayed with a. so
bordeaux in the 1881 spraying expert
ment Station by Paul E. Tilford, as
sociate in Botany and Plant Pathol-
ogy.
The average temperature in Ohio
during July and August is usually
above the optimum for potatoes. A
coating of bordeaux mixture on the
leaves acts as a shade and in this
way protects the leaf tissue from the
acre above plots sprayed with 1880
ditional lime to the spray makes it
whittier, causing more of the SUMS
rays to be reflected with the result
that the temperature of the internal
leaf tissue is cooler.
The temperature inside the potato
leaves has actually been measured by
the use of delicate instruments and
is lower in the case of sprayed leaves
than is unsprayed leaves when the
sun is shining.
1t has also been found that sprays
additional lime reduce the
more than does ordi-
nary bordeaux. During hot July and
August weather an application of
1850 bordeaux should be made at
from one week to Today intervals.