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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-06

A grim, tragic, but beautifI
film is "The Forty-first, f." produced
by Mezrapom under the direction Of
Protazanov.
Amazingly clear photography of a
desert, the Kara-Kum, with its shift
ing sand, huge rocks and swirling
sand storms. On this desert little
band of red guards is trapped hostile
cossacks and white guard bands all
around them. They muster up their
remaining strength, and partly be-
cause the girl revolutionist Mariuka
is a dead shot and picks of her
fortieth officer at the critical mo-
ment, the reds burst through.
There follows scene after scene OF
heroic courage, of men falling out
exhausted and mercifully shot
through the head by their comrades
before they are left to the vllltures,
Of an attack on a camel train which
carries a white guard officer with
important messages from Kolchak to
Denikin, bloody enemies of the Rus
sian workers. The officer is taken
prisoner and carried along, and the
desperate trek goes on, defying heat,
storm and even the incompetence of
pne sentry. Finally it ends in scene
Of wild rejoicing, among friendly
tribesmen on the shores of the Aral
Sea, and feasts of mutton and bowls
Of cool water.
To Mariuka falls the lot of guard
ing the white officer on boat which
speeds him, and his still undisclosed
message, to the Red headquarters.
The scene shifts then to storm at
sea, the ship is wrecked the officer
frags Mariuka ashore, Mariuka
nurses him through an attack of
'holera, and they fall in love
But when the whites appear with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-06
French Intellectuals Join
Fight TOR Scottsboro Boys

B. Peret, Andre Thirion, Guy Rosey,
Tristan TSara, Charles Vildrac, e.
Chauvelon, Han Ryner, Jean Mare
ston, Armand Charpentier, have all
issued statements of protest against
the Scottsboro verdicts.
ONE French intellectual, A. Harak
" Of Gennevilliers (Seine), who
was formerly Counsellor of Lega-
ton in the French diplomatic serv-
ice, has addressed the following
letter to the American Ambassador
to France: ct consider your gov
eminent as responsible for the
Scottsboro sentences. The execu-
ton of the eight Negroes would be
criminal act of assassination on
the part of your government and
would call down upon it universal
diSapproval and condemnation.
protest most energetfcally against
this crime.
MANY LETTERS
AS result Of the appeal Of the
French section of the I. r. A., Mrs.
Wright has received letters from
several organizations in which inn
portant French intellectuals play
leading roles. Beranrd Lecache has
written her in his capacity of chair
man of the International League
against Anti-Semitism expressing
sympathy and solidarity. 1.-The
Jewish and non Jewish members
Of the League" he writes, feel
that in taking the part of the
prosecuted Negroes, they pursue
their task, which is to struggle in
all countries against pogroms which
dishonor humanity, for the solid
arity of peoples and peace among
men. We will exert all our ener-
gies to obtain justice for your boys
and their comrades"
G., Duchene, General Secretary of
the International Women's Peace
and Freedom League, has written:
1.-THE French Section of the League
instructs me to inform you that
it joins in indignant protest with
you. I hope the lively demonstra-
tions being organized throughout
the world will result in winning the
acquital and release of these Wet
inns of an injustice revolving to the
human conscience"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-06

VI Tie OIllJeQ SLaCeS, Iney picked
Milwaukee as place that is 'dif-
ferent," and every capitalist news
paper and magazine showered col
umns Of praise upon the miracle
city,
ECONOMY" BY
CUTTING RELIEF
In dealing with Milwaukee we shall
not only deal with the city of Mil
Waukee, but we will deal with Mil
waukee County which includes the
city. We have to do it because all
relief is handled through the county
and the socialists occupy office in
the county as well as in the city.
The latest figures show that Is, 1888
families plus $500 individuals re-
ceive relief from the county. This
is only fraction of the hundreds
OF thousands that are unemployed
in Milwaukee County. Yet, we
must note that in spite of the in
crease of unemployed-July showed
the highest number-the relief list
is continuously declining. The
Milwaukee County Outdoor Relief
Department continues to slash and
to pinch. The cost of outdoor Re
lief in April was but $646, 048.04,
compared with $619, 7O1 so in March.
The capitalist class, the big
bankers, manufacturers and real
estate dealers of Milwaukee are de-
manding economy" And they are
very frank in stating that this
must be taken out of the relief
funds. For example, the Milwau-
kee Journal, in urging forced labor,
says:
THE county needs such labor.
II has parks that ought to be de.
yeloped. Why not develop them
now with this available labor?
Why wait year or two, or five,
and then employ other labor at
greater COST"
S. P. INITIATES FORCED LABOR
And the bosses press complains
bitterly about paying relief bills,
and claims that it cannot under
stand why men should be kept in
idleness when there is SO much
work to do"
The socialist members of the
board of supervisors obliged the
bosses. They needed the cry of
economy" and Mr.. Metcalfe, can
didate for governor on the Social
list Party ticket, was the one to
introduce this proposal for forced
labor in the County Board. But,
the bosses were not satisfied with
even this. And they cry for more
economy" They demand COM
plete exemption from taxes, and
the socialists once more decided
that the bosses must not be dis
appointed. Why not shift the taxes
on the shoulders OF small home
owners, on the workers? And So
Mayor Hoan, Alderman Dietz,
Siedel and others had a PROPOSE
ton which they were going to in
trQducewto cQrppel the SruaN tax
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-06

THE story Of the Seottsboro case,
case, carried to Europe by Ada
Wright, mother Of two of the con-
demned boys, and j. Louis En-
gdahl of the International Labor
Defense created a sensation all
over the European Continent. With
in the last few weeks, as a result
Of the Wright Engdahl tour and
appeals sent out by the European
sister organizations of the I. L. D.,
the National office of the 7. L. D.
has received from Mrs. Wright
number Of interesting communfca
lions on the Scottsboro question,
sent her by European writer's. The
latest to join the InternstionoI
protest are the ir1tellectuals of
France. Following the lead of the
Group Of the French Proletarian
writer's, some Of the outstanding
figures in the French world of let
tiers have joined the swelling chorus
of protest against the attempted
legal lynching of the Scottsboro
boys by the white ruling class of
Alabama.
LEADING WRITER'S
The thirty-eight members of the
Group of French Proletarian writ
ers we're led in their protest by
Tristan Remy, Henry Poulaille,
Joseph Voisin and Magdeleine Paz,
Henri Barbussee, author of LIE Ecu
and other books of international
repute and editor ofMonde, has is
sued the following challenge to his
fellow intellectuals: ''if we do not
do everything in our power to pre-
vent this crime, the shame will be
on our heads" George Duhanel,
one of the best known of French
NoVeliSts and winner of the Prix
Concourt, who recently published
volume of impression of the I'm
tied States was one of the first to
respond to the call of the Interna-
tional Red Aid, of which the LID.
is the American section.
Luc Curtain, novelist and critic:
Leon Worth, one of the editors of
Monde; ]. Guehenno, an editor of
Europe; Victor Marguerite, nov
elist, of world reputation; Andre
Breton, S. M. Monnerot, Roger Call
lois, P. Elnard, Reno Char, Salvador
Dali, Rene CreVel, Yves Tanguy,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-06
By NJ. C.

by M Cs
AMERICAN merchants are well
n known for their fine window
displays. but there is usually
word Of difference between the
special sample in the showcase
and the article actually sold.
The Socialist Party during this
election campaign is also dressing
windows. Mayor, D. w. Hoan, will
tour the country as the living
specimen representing Socialism"
in the United States. He will I'M
doubtedly urge the workers and
farmers to follow in the footsteps
of the miracle city" by electing
socialists into office.
j. E. Harris, writing in the capt.
talist Milwaukee Journal few
months ago, stated:
although Milwaukee has been
advertised as socialist city and
that Party has been factor in
municipal affairs since 1904,
there is less evidence in city af-
fairs of the theories of Socialism
than in almost any other Amer
lean CITY,"
THE ACHIEVEMENTS"
Further in speaking of the issues
that the Socialist Party raised in
the mayoralty elections last spring,
he writes:
"Of the issues which can be con-.
sidered distinctively socialistic
there are only public ownership of
utilities and city marketing, al
though many who are not socialists
favor municipal ownership. Yet
Milwaukee owns only its water
works and its street lighting dis
tribution system. Almost all cities
own their water works and some
own street railways, many own
electric lighting plants"
Advertising agents are always
careful in their approach-a special
appeal to special strata of the
population. The Socialist Party is
the same. When Hoan goes on
tour to appear before the workers,
he will speak about Socialism"
When he appears before the Elks
(Hoan is a leading figure in this
lodge) or before the Chamber of
Commerce, or at some convention
of a bosses organization, then he
brags about the absence of labor
disputes in Milwaukee (open shop,
etc., etc.
There is hardly a large NUM-
cipality in this country that dur
ing this crisis did not find itself
in bankruptcy. Regardless of polit-
ical combinations in different cities.
whether it be New York, Chicago,
Detroit, st. Louis, etc, the gang
sters play a prominent role in sup
port of these machines. Last win
ter when Chicago had proven its
complete bankruptcy, when ii was
clear that Al Capone was one of
the chief mainstays in the political
machine, the American capitalist
class had to find something little
different" to present to the masses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-06

places the problems as follows:
Here's an instance where the
'hooey' comes in. A week ago
the ward laborers and ward
transfers we're put on for a four
day week. The ward laborers re-
ceived $500 per day, and their
weekly pay useia to be S26. Now,
then, depriving these men of one
more day week means a loss
Of $500 per week, or the eqiiiva-
lent Of 20 per cent wage-cut in
working hours.
"The same applies to the team
sters hired to work in the wards,
the only difference being that
the transfers as well as The Ia
bOrers have suffered 10 per
cent wage-cut!r
So, it is not merely a 10 per cent
cut, but actually a 20 per cent cut!
How does the socialist admins
tration carry through these wage
cuts, relief cuts and general attacks
against the standard of living of
the workers in Milwaukee County?
Through terror! If a worker de-
clineS TO 20 on a forced labor lob
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-06
Those Who Betray the
Negro People

WHEN few months ago. group of % American Negroes
w sailed for the Soviet Union to make film of Negro life
in the United States, Wall Street had good for ALARM
punderers of the Negro people realized that the film
would throw vivid searchght the mOnsrOus national
oppression and persecution of the Negro by the
American ruling class, The mperialists feared that this
would help to rally the white to the fight for Negro
Rights
Already the fear of the imperass had been aroused
by the growing sympathy of the Negro for the Soviet
Union. Their Negro reforms agents becoming help
en eyosT Ta d by he Communist Party for equal
the black belt
lynch the This sympathy
creased further with the growing realization among the Negro toe
the national question Derang the national mnot in the Soviet
qn s from the former brutal national oppression Of T''F HD'
THESE put mpeass agents
job attempting destroy sympathies
prerequisite the mobilization of
against the film BLACK and
postponed because technical difficulties
the peas refosts thought they their chance
charges of insignificant minority of three
white Negro boss attempting to prove
that prejudice trumphed This weeks issue
N Newh issue that plays up JmCrow
the article by Henry
article makes the baess and Amer
recognition forced the abandonment of the film
rE AMSTERDAM NEWS statement in spite of the
fact that the @ maS rss96n s o0P R Re'S the e
poary posponenen OF 80 nm AS 10 ] ebers ' Of
delegation
reception the Soviet Unon
a like waking from nightmare Ike
Homeland never ike
CoOd Americans long to realize that they
were prejudice and
extermnated with
liberation
attitude
is s earnestly attempting
destroy preiudice and distinctions"
We have OF how this is
all people free and where they
cardinal
friend
Negro and of all oppressed peoples"
JUANITA LEWIS: royalty"
days part
political
allegations idi
repudated majority this
WHAT
naionaites throughout the
lifting millions the first time
them freest
enancpang the
thraldom
refomers the United States
in
msts the keeping
people in their place"
liberation the without
ruthless struggle the mpeasts intense
these betrayers the of the people
them They will their the
to
reacherous lies of the enemies in their ranks.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-06
FORCED VOTES

MARION, Ohio.-In Marion they
won't give you job on the high
way unless you sign up to vote the
Democratic ticket. Mr.. Sawyer OF
council 7, is doing that. He is es-
pecially going out after the Negro
workers to get them to vote Demo-
crat, -'- "A Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-06
What Haze Socialist Rulers of
Milwaukee Done for Workers?
Forced Labor, Clubs for Jobess; Wage Cuts for City
Employees; Radical Squad" Gangsterism~Au
Virtues of Capitalist Administration

of the United States. They picked
Milwaukee as place that is "dif-
ferent," and every capitalist news
paper and magazine showered COL
umns of praise upon the miracle
city,"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-06
Lenin's First
Speech After
Revolution


speech delivered by COmrade
Lenin after the BoIshevik Revo-
luton. We are publishing il on
the occasion of the approaching
18th anniversary of the conquest
Of power by the Russian work.
ers and peasants, under the lead
ership of the BOlshevik Party.
Lenin's remarks about the alli-
ance of the peasantry with the
working class are especially
timely to the masses Of the us.
in view of the militant struggles
Of the farmers now going on.
Toward the triumph of the work
ers and farmers over the bankers
and trusts!
Conradesl
The workers and peasants revo-
luton, of the necessity of which
the .Bolshevih have always spoken,
is accomplished.
What significance has this work
ers' and peasants revolution? The
significance of this revolution con-
SistS above all in the fact that we
have a Soviet Government; our
own organ of power, without any
participation of the bourgeoisie.
The suppressed masses themselves
will constitute the power. The old
State apparatus will be shattered
~ its Fo,Y,,Jo ki0Y1 o,,J y ,,aur y d,,,;,.
istratiye apparatus will be created
in the shape of the Soviet organ
izationS.
A NEW EPOCH
There now commences a new
epoch in the history of Russia.
The present third Russian revolu-
ton must ultimately lead to the
victory of Socialism. One of our
next tasks is the immediate liquida-
ton of the war. But in order to
be able to fight against this war,
which is closely bound up with the
present capitalist order, it is OBJ
viouS that capital itself must be
fought.
In this cause the international
labor movement, which is already
beginning to rise in Italy, England
and Germany, will hasten to our
aid.
The just and immediate peace
which we have proposed to inter-
national democracy will everywhere
arouse an enthusiastic response
among the masses of the interna-
tional proletariat, all secret treaties
must be Immediately published.
WORKERS CONTROL
In Russia a great part Of the
peasantry has said: Enough of
playing with the capitalists. We
shall go with the workers." We
are winning the confidence of the
peasants with a decree abolishing
private property in land. The
peasants will understand that they
will find wel-being in alliance
with the working class. We shall
introduce real workers control of
production. We have now learned
to work in firm fellowship to-
gether. This is proved by the rev.
olution which has been accom-
plished. We have at our disposal
that force of a mass organization
which will vanquish everything and
lead the proletariat to world revo-
luton.
In Russia we must now engage
in building up the proletarian So
cialist State.
Long live the Socialist World
Revolutionl
The Washington times., 1932-07-01
GRAIN FUTURES
EASY At NOON

CHICAGO, July GN.s)-
Effects of the heavy carryover
reflected lower wheat prices to-
day in the first session .of the
new crop season. Deliveries in
excess of expectations caused
July liquidation and a generally
easier tone.
Private crop reports were con-
strued as bearish, but had little
effect on prices early. Coarse
grains were also easier on July
liquidation.
At mid-Session wheat was "a
to l2c lower, corn and oats were
1s to 3sc down. Rye was s to
Ac off.
Wheat deliveries on the initial
tender totaled 4097 900 bushels.
Estimated carlot receipts were:
wheat, 8; corn, %, and oats, 81.
The Washington times., 1932-07-01
Telephone Revenue
Drops in Maryland

For the third consecutive month
net telephone revenues of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Co., of Baltimore, fell be-
low those for the corresponding
month of 1881, net revenues for
May being $58.636 less than for
May last year, according to the
report of operations just filed
with the Maryland Public Ser
vice Commission.
The decrease in net revenues
for the first five months of the
year was $111,187 as compared
with the period in 1881. Revenues
for May were $1,159,139, and ex-
penses $9O5,816, leaving net of
$253,323.
The Washington times., 1932-07-01
COTTON REACTS
AFTER EARLY
ADVANCE

NEW YORK. July GNS0.
A slight reaction entered the cot
ton ring today and futures. lost
several points from opening
gains.
Trading was only moderately
active. Good demand continued
from Liverpool and the Conti-
nent, while japanese interests.
buyers for the past few days,
sold little cotton. Spot firms
brought distant months. CommiS-
sion houses also bought.
South Selling
Most of the selling again was
done by New Orleans and the
South, co-operatives sold near
months.
Reports of floods in China in
the Yangtse valley were cited as
a possibly injuring the cotton
crop there. Last year heavy dam
age to the Chinese crop by floods
was a factor in promoting sales
of American cotton.
4IICLC LdNC pCCA ICPOI Uo Va
poor progress of the crops in
India and Egypt. The American
crop continues to produce num-
erous weevil reports, and if the
weather continues rainy there
may be damage. The weather did
continue rainy yesterday, al
though rains in south Texas were
helpful.
Advance Surprises
The recent advance in cotton
has been seen by most traders
as all the more remarkable in
the face of declines in most of
the leading stocks during the last
two days.
Noon quotations were un-
changed to off 2 points, with
July unchanged at 5.63, october
off 2 at 5.78, December off 2 at
5.92, January unchanged at 500,
and May unchanged at 6.31.
The Washington times., 1932-07-01
BY LEWIS HANEY

director Of New York University Bu-
reau Of Business Kesearch.)
The iron and steel industry al
ways gives us one of the best
pictures of the general industrial
situation. 1t swings more widely
up and down than the average
of all industries, exaggerating the
peaks and troughS, but it shows
the trend.
At present steel-making activ.
ity is drifting gradually lower and
promises to touch new low levels
Efforts to talk it up or "Stimu,
late" it have utterly failed.
Prices Too High
There has been much artifici,
ality in the steel industry, notably
with reference to prices. At
tempts have been made to mark
the prices up.
Today the average price of fin
ished steel is abnormally high,
compared with the average for
all commodities. This condition
could not exist, I maintain, If
steel prices were freely deter
mined by competition.
But the attempts of steel max
ers to mark up prices have failed.
Even in the case of steel sheets,
which are relatively low, they
have been unable to put prices up.
In fact, it seems that the at
tempted price advances have
merely sought to check a decline.
Demand Is Small
Of course, the answer is found
in the SmallneSs of demand.
Take sheets, for example. Auto
The Washington times., 1932-07-01
1881 FELDSPAR
OUTPUT GUT

An advance summary by the
United States Bureau of Mines
notes in the feldspar industry in
1881 further decrease in ton
mage and value of both crude
and ground spar. The crude field
spar sold or used by producers in
the United States in 1881
amounted to 147,119 long tons,
valued at 1851 ,059, or $5.85 a ton.
a decrease of 24,669 tons, or IA
per cent in quantity and $205, SIT,
or 10 per cent in value, as COM
pared with 1880.
Feldspar was reported as hav.
ing been mined and sold or used
by the producer in 1881 in 13
States. Named in the order Of
their Importance, they were:
North Carolina, New Hampshire,
South Dakota, Maine, Virginia,
New York, California, Colorado,
Minnesota, Connecticut, Arizona,
Pennsylvania and Nevada.
The great feldSpar-producing
region is that which includes the
Atlantic Seaboard States from
Maine to North Carolina. This
region reported SO per cent of
the total output in 1881. North
Carolina reported SO per cent of
the total output; New Hampshire
reported 9 per cent; and South
Dakota reported per cent.
The average value per long ton
in North Carolina was $5.85; in
New Hampshire, $8.12; and in
South Dakota, 1888.
The Washington times., 1932-07-01
BUS SERVICE HIT
BY WILLARD

NEW YORK, July l G.N.S).-
Competitive forms of transporta-
ton we're the cause of declines
in freight and passenger revenue
of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road during 1881. Daniel Willard,
president, stated today in his an
nual report.
The average distance of move
ment of both passengers and
freight on railways is increasing,
Mr.. Willard said, showing that
competitors are gaining more
short distance traffic. He added:
Earnings were also affected
by the continued more or less
unrestricted and unreguIated
competition of other forms of
transportation operating in
some instances under circum-
stances closely akin to sub
SidieS."