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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
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Via SCOTS Bluff

A conrade at Henry, Nebraska, sends us pages
and Of the "Star- Herald" of SCOTS Bluff,
Nebraska, OF March 10, giving sample Of the
anti-Soviet propaganda being spread among the
farmers there beet growers Of largely German
or Russian descent.
From that small burg, you can get news"
that appears nowhere else. Indeed the "StaE
Herald" should pride itself on "scooping" the
big capitalist dailies on some Of the most rec
markable lying we've seen. 1t is a supposed
letter" from German in the Volga region Of
the Soviet Union, supposedly received by some
German at Scots Bluff, whose name is COM
cealed.
1--WE are all well but half alive" are the words
which begin the letter" and they pretty well
epitonize the contradictory nature OF It. THIS
supposed writer Of it, who can be both "aI welT'
and half alive" is, If anything, a rich farmer
or "kulak," or better said an ex-kulak He
complains bitterly that he has to work. And
to the small farmers of Nebraska who work
themselves, their wives and kids Eve know, as
our dad was Nebraska farmer onceD from
sunup to SHUTDOWN the added complaint is made
that in the collective farm, which the writer
says he is in, "the women and children work,
too"
Somewhat lz,G..--12yizlg IS the statement that
the buildings in toU.- ere torn down.
1nere are no more buildings AFTER we've heard
SO much from all sources about Soviet construc-
ton. Another mystery is that the Communists
want us to go naked. We have no clothes"
But still worse is told: There is no food"
When one considers that, according Ito such
stories, this has been going on for IS years one
must marvel that anybody is even "haf alive"
and able to lie so aStonishngly.
However, all this falsehood and nonsense Is
not the only thing in the Star Herald aimed to
misIead the toiling farmers. On the same page
is two and half columns about the LirdbergIa
kidnapping as though the Nebraska beet growers
had no kids Of their own to worry about feeding,
clothing and schooling
And on the other page big headline SAYS
that 1.-THE Farmers Most Vicious Enemies Are
Drought and Grasshoppers" But if we know
anything about farmers their most vicious
enemies-far worse than drought or grasshopers
are bankers, landlords, the sugar companies
Gin the case of these beet growers)-and, last
but not least the prostitute editors Of such
lying sheets as the SCOTS Bluff Star Herald
The comrade who sent us this asks for the
name OF German papers to Offset these lies. Let
him or others write to Der Arbeiter," so East
18th Street, New York City. From it you can
also get many papers and books about the
Soviet Union in German and we think, some
direct information put out by the volga Germans
refuting the lies of their kulaks.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
Why Unemployment Insurance?

stiu more acute starvation and terror against
the working class. Not only the facts about
malnutrition Of children are given, but also the
most up-to-date material on bank failures,
speed-up capitalist profits relief systems, un-
employment among women, lynching Of Negroes
and increases in accidents during the crisis
This illustrated pamphlet OF DC pages Is a
permanent record OF the great hunger march.
The message IL carries TO the SNUG congress-
men and the millionaire cabinet Is that capital
ism must go because 1t starves the working
class.
It IS good pamphlet TO use in answering the
biock-aiders, the reSorrasts and the pir-prickins
programs Of the various upligters who win be
trying To nnislesd the workers in this YEAR OF
misery growing unrest and presidential alec
lions. II is pamphlet FOR Che political cam
paign, pamphlet indispensable in the cam
paign for social insurance and immediate relief
for the unemployed.
IL sells for five cents, TO organizations In
bundle orders OF 100 or more at 3Ih cents, and
should be ordered from the National Committee
OF Unemployed Councils, 16 W. 21st ST., Room
400, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
BY ROBERT DUNN
Labor Research Association


IN Dec. and 2, 1881, great National Hunger
March Of 1910 delegates converged on WASH
angton 1t not only carried enthusiasm with it,
but its leaders carried folder fun Of facts which
they intended to present to Congress or TO
Hoover. The police were ordered to keep them
out Of both the capitol and the White House.
The facts the workers delegates had TO pre-
sent covered in careful detail the starvation OF
workers, the Stops, flops and charity handouts.
as well as the concentration OF wealth in the
hands OF the class that Hoover, Garner and the
others serve. The undeIivered speech OF the
Hunger March contained data on the explcdta-
zion OF workers, on wage-cuts, on suicides, ON
increase OF disease, on lay-offs, on war expendi-
lures during as well as before the crisis. All this
remained unsaid on Dec. T.
But later the National Committee of Unen,-
ployed Councils of the U. S. were able to break
into the hearings being held by the COMMITTEES
on Manufactures Of the u S. Senate. Herbert
Benjamin the secretary made a speech which
scorched the congressman in their comfortable
seats His broadside, directed at the parliament
tarians, included most Of this material that had
been intended for use on Dec. z. 1t was recog.
nized as authoritative stuff and even the capi-
talist press reports were forced to quote from IT,
This material was prepared In collaboration
with the Labor Research Association, and its
accuracy has been checked @ number of times.
In its final shape ss pamphlet called Poverty
Midst Riches--Why We Demand Unemploy-
ncnt Insurance 1t gives on s. vell-rounded pic
ture OF the Hoover Hunger years just passed, as
well as the beginnings OF the current year Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07

Under the Rotarian headline-"Smile, You
Son-of-a-gun!"-the Los Angeles Times (the
devil is said to do 1t, too quotes scripture as
follows:
''Tell it not in Gath; publish IL not in the
streets of Askelon; lest the daughters Of the
PhiIistines rejoice"
Whether you've noticed 1t or not this biblical
text Is the one the capitalist newspapers which
are read by the workers are following. Mass
starvation and mass struggles for relief and I'M
employment insurance are being "cut," and don't
appeal at all unless someone is killed-as at
Dearborn or are OF such size that the local press
dare not suppress accounts OF them entirely.
Further along in the "Times" article, the SEN
tentious slogan is given: 1.-THE cheerful idiot
helps; he lifts the fact at least" What con-
fession for capitalism! To be cheerful over It's
prospects one must be idiotic!
Well, the revolutionary worker has no need
for idiocy. But he is cheerful because and only
because he Is revolutionary, and sees how by
mass struggle to end capitalism and its idiocy,
starvation and lying capitalist press.
To help swell profits OF American capital
lists bill has been passed in the Senate ana
House directing the Secretary of War 20 pur-
chase or contract for articles OF AMERICAN
growth, production or manufacture ONLY,
even though such goods cost more, provided
the excess in cost Is not unreasonable Sim
ilss Language appears tn Che ASuay sppsoretS-
9ssas See Ece lssk ~ssyszy,sNy~- rzsyns-'--++---,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
Coal Capitalists Profits
In 1881

In spite of the serious general crisis, q few
coal companies made profits in 1891. The most
recent companies to report are the following:
Philadelphia and Reading Coal g. Iron Corp
had clear profits of 81 360295 after interest de-
pletion and other reserves, sum larger by more
than 100000 than its profits in 1890 II closed
the year with cash, accounts receivable and
other so-called current assets" OF nearly
$26000,O0O and accounts payable and other
immediate debts of only $48O0,OO0. This very
satisfactory" situation was due largely to the
operation of its new giant breaker at Locust
Summit and the general campaign Of cutting
payrolls and other costs. The Locust Summit
breaker replaced five smaller breakers. A second
one is now under construction which will take
the place Of six to eight other breakers. All OF
which promises further profits for the capitalist
and greater unemployment for the workers.
Lehigh Valley Coal Corp. also had a larger
net income in 1881 than in 1880. The 1881 net
profits were $957,321. The company also paid
$1,655,362 OF interest on bonds and other indebt-
edness. In February, 1882, the company closed
down three mines, which had normally employed
about 1900 workers This brings up to five the
number of its "high-cost" mines which have
been closed down in order to increase profits.
The Pennsylvania Coal Co., an Erie r. r.
subsidiary, which leases coal properties to the
Pittston Company for operation, is paying
$2,800y000 a year in dividends to the railroad.
And the railroad states that the coal company
is in position to continue this dividend for
two or three years longer in spite Of the present.
acute depression of the coal industry"
The M. A. Hanna Co. reports net profit OF
$1377s25, after interest, depreciation, depletion
etc.
WestmOreland Coal Co. reports net loss OF
$7,3f5. but there is joker in this report This
company is owned by another company Cwest-
moreland, Inc), which was created for the sole
purpose of taking over the stock Of Westmore-
land Coal Co. and the title to coal properties
operating by Westmoreland Coal Co. The
holding company (Westnoreland. Inc.), which is
owned directly by individual capitalists had net
profits drawn from the earnings Of It's subsidiary
and amounting to $252057.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07

The War Policies Connmisssca sspesss epsaa M
dfsapproves any constitutional AmsnAmene
taking private property In w@ aszne without
compensation,
new bin has recently been introduced In
Congress- authorizing an appropriation up 10
sl5,0O0,0OO TO be spent for che construction and
installation at military posts OF necessary builds
aass and ussstths neeeeG IN I'm GumAaG ys0
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07

all working class leaders were sought by the
police, the prosecuting attorney Toy declared
that the Hunger Marchers and working-class
leaders would be charged with murder criminal
syndicahsm, melting to riot and unlawful as
Sembly. The American Federation of Labor
leaders and the socialist party blamed the Com
munist Party for the Massacre. Roger Baldwin,
In the name of the Civil Liberties Union, made
d hurried trip to Detroit to absolve Mayor Muir
ply of all blame, the proletarian party repudi-
ated the Communist Party, the Hunger March
leaders and all revolutionary workers organiza-
tons, Father Coughlin absolyed Henry Ford from
all responsibility.
The Party places the direct guilt for the
Massacre on the shoulders of Henry Ford and
brands Mayor Murphy with the responsibility
for the Massacre pointing out that $50 Of Muir
phys police were dispatched to the Ford plant
prior to the fatal shooting, that Murphys police
turned over the wounded workers to the Dear
born police after cursng and abusing them,
that Murphy's police arrested workers collecting
funds for the funeral that Murphy already in
November smashed two unemployed workers
demonstrations with police clubs and tear gas,
that Murphy's police murdered two defenseless
Negro workers in cold blood in Detroit one week
before the Ford massacre, that Murphy is stead
lily cutting down the relief of the unemployed
workers in Detroit, at the behest of the New
York bankers and Detroit auto mlionaires, that
Murphy last year borrowed 100000 from Ford
on condition to cut relief and finally that Muir
ply is a part Of the capitalist class machine
which exploits starves, Expresses and terrorises
the working class.
The Ford Massacre was one Of these intense
attacks upon the working class which brought
into sharp relief the class character and the
policy Of the capitalist state machinery and
unveiled the social fascist agents of capitalism.
It dramatically illustrated the consolidation Of
all fascist and social fascist forces into united
front attack upon the working class. This sud-
den and unexpected blow was not an accident,
but arises directly out Of the imperialist war
preparations. The Ford Massacre exposes the
bankruptcy OF the Hoover starvation program
and the collapse of the starvation relief system
Of Murphy opening new perspective of strug-
giles before the working class.
The successful mobilization Of several hundred
thousand workers In the protest movement at
the Arena Gardens, at Ferry Hall at the funeral,
at Grand Circus Park, at the Woodmere Gene
terry. on the streets Of Detroit and at scores Of
protest and memorial meetings is the illustra-
ton Of the correctness Of the Party line in this
situation.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
TAXPAYERS TO MEET

The Railroad Employees and
Taxpayers Association Of Hyatts-
vile will meet tonight in the
Metropolitan District Building,
Hyattsville,
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
HEALTH TEST'FOR PUPILS

DR.: A. b. Hooton, health Off
Ger of Prince Georges county,
will give general physical exami-
nations to children of the River.
dale and University Park public
schools January 6.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
TYD|NGS 7 Al K
DUE EATFETE

Senator Millard TydingS will be
the principal speaker at the for
NAL lighting of Christmas Tree
Lane in Silver Spring next Tues
day night, it was announced to-
day by the committee in charge.
The head Of the Montgomery
county board Of commissioners,
Lacy Shaw, will officially light
the trees while the invocation is
to be pronounced by the Rev.
Ralph D. Smith, pastor OF the
Woodside Methodist Episcopal
Church, and the benediction by
the Rev. William r. Moody, pastor
of the Grace Episcopal Church.
ChoirS Of Silver Spring churches
will lead the community carol
singing.
Following the ceremony there
will be parade by the children,
led by the Montgomery County
Band.
This is the first Santa Claus
lane in Silver Spring. The COM
mittee in charge is composed Of
Or. F. E. Dudley, Capt. Frank l..
Hewitt, Charles Griffith, DR..
Howell Forsyth and w. E. Bow
man.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
SHANNON RAPS
j. 8, RIVALRY

In a radio talk last night Rep
resentative Joseph B. Shannon
CD of Missouri, head Of the
House committee on Government
competition with business, said
the Federal Government is COM
peting with private concerns in
100 industries.
The complaints from mer-
chants that have come to the
committee, he said, extend from
Honolulu to Puerto Rico and
from almost every city in the
country.
In the District, lie said, citi-
zens are denied the right Of earn.
ing a living in business, SO that
few bureau heads may conduct
ther stores in Government build
ings and under Government pat
ronage.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
Councillor May KnOw
Law, But He Must
Learn Streets

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Dec. Is.
City Councillor Roscoe Rowe
may know his law, but he is
certainly deficient as to his
knowledge of Annapolis streets.
Some time ago a complaint
came to the city council that
a stable on Calvert Street
was a distinct nuisance. Coun-
cillor Rowe was named head
of a committee to investigate.
He assumed the task of max
ing the investigation himself.
When he reported to the
council he gave the alleged
nuisance a clean bill of health.
Immediately there was a roar of
protest from other members of
council who branded the stable
as a menace to health and a
fire trap.
After a hurried consultation
with those protesting, Council
lor Rowe explained he had in.
vestigated a stable on Carroll
Street.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
BLUEF|SH CLUB
NOW No MY TIL

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Dec. 16.
Fishermen Of this vicinity today
organized the Annapolis BluefiSh
Association so that President
elect Roosevelt might come here
and fish as its guest.
An invitation issued in the
name Of the association was &C
cepted two weeks ago by Gov.
ernor Roosevelt, but at that time
no such organization was in ex-
istence. The invitation had been
sent by some local wagS.
The name Of Boyd A. Farinholt,
prominent fisherman here, had
been signed to the invitation
without his knowledge. Receiving
the acceptance, Mr.. Farinholt
promptly set about organizing
the Bluefish Association. He
was not at all deferred by the
fact bluefish are rare in this
section.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
BRIDGE BOARD
BANS STATUES

Completion of memorial
gateway to Arlington National
Cemetery at the Virginia ter.
minal of the Arlington Memorial
Bridge, underpass roadway i'm
provement at the Washington
end, and widening Of Constitution
Ave. N. W., between North Capt.
tol and Sixth Streets will consti.
tute the major projects under
taken by the Arlington Memorial
Bridge Commission in the com
ing fiscal year, Major D. H. Gil.
lette, commission engineer, today
predicted.
The budget estimate Of 1884,
675 for 1884 win require post
poning erection of equestrian
statues intended for the Wash
ington end of Memorial Bridge,
but will permit retaining fees for
SculptorS now engaged on the
work, @...
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
DEBT RIFT seen
AS SPER|LOUS

With the world at one Of the
crossroads Of history, the fate of
civilization is at stake, Sir Will
mott Lewis washington CORE
spondent Of the London Times,
told members Of the Board Of
Trade at a meeting at the Will
lard Hotel last night.
Speaking on the day Of Great
Britain's payment of the debt
installment to this country, he
said: .....- ....
"SOme arrangement must be
made before the annuity comes
due in June. / doubt whether
we can meet another.
''It seems to me to be tragic
beyond description that at q
time when the world is moving
toward chaos, the three
principal democratic nations,
the United States, Great
Britain, and France, should be
wrangling about money.
Instead Of working separate
ly and for self-Sufficiency we
should form a corporation Of
western civilization"
On motion Of Odell s. Smith,
chairman of the public order
committee, the members adopted
a resolution expressing gratitude
to the District authorities, Police
Department, Fire Department
and Police Superintendent E. w
Brown for the manner in which
the hunger march was handled
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
P|TTMAN URGES
. SILVER CURE

"The easiest and most direct
relief to the economic situation
throughout the world can be
brought about through a larger
use Of silver money"
This was the statement Of Sen
ator Key Pittman of Nevada, yes
terday at the opening session OF
the thirty-fifth annual meeting OF
the American Mining Congress
The Senator continued:
"The world problem today is
the commodity price problem.
Due to deprecated currenCies,
the pound sterling will purchase
in Argentina today at least 50
per cent more wheat than it
will buy in the United States.
Similar conditions exist In most
Of the countries Of the world"
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
DUE
FROMMOSCOW

Reports that the Roosevelt ad-
ministration will give favorable
consideration to recognition of
Russia were revived yesterday,
when it was learned that the
Soviet Republic, for the frs t
time, viii soon have a permanent
political correspondent in Wash
ington.
The correspondent coming to
the Capital from the Communist
republic Is Ivor MikhailSky. He
will represent the Moscow lives
tia, generally considered an Of
ficial government organ.
While the PreSident-elect has
taken no definite position on Rus
sian recognition. some Of his ad-
,viSers are urging the establish
ment of diplomatic relations be-
tween the two countries as a
means Of reviving the lucrative
American trade with the Soviet
which existed for several years.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16

Worry! Worry! Worry: The soIu-
tiOn to many Of Your varied ROblems
can be found In thw WANT AW SEC
TGoN OR tAls newspapers
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
PHYSICIAN 'SSON
HURT IN CRASH

George Tribe, young son of
DR.. George B. Tribe, of the
2700 block of Woodley Rd. N. W.,
suffered lacerations of the arm
today when the automobile in
which he was riding with his
mother collided at Oliver Street
and Cedar Parkway, Chevy Chase,
Md, with another machine oper-
ated by Frank Keinonen, of Bal
timore, Md.
The Tribe automobile, a coupe,
turned turtle and its occupants
were pinned beneath it. They
were extricated by passing motor
lists and rushed to Georgetown
University Hospital. 49,
According to Keinonen, he and
a companion were working on a
house in Chevy Chase and had
just gone to- a lumber yard In
Bethesda for extra material when
the accident occurred. Sergt,
Leroy Rodgers, of the Bethesda
sub station, is investigating the
case, but so far has placed no
charges against either driver.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
VETS ASSA|LED
W|THF|REA AND
BR|MST0NE
"NoIiticaI Damnation" Prom
ised Any Political Party
Which Aids Repeal

With their back to the wall on
the liquor question: the once
powerful crusading lobby Of the
Methodist Board Of Temperance,
Prohibition ana Public Morals is
reverting to old-time "fire and
birthstone" methods in attacking
the threatened repeal.
Political damnation" will come
to any political party if "it does
service to the liquor traffic" an
editorial in the boards Clipsheet
admoniShes.
Appeal to HeartStrings
An appeal to- the heartstrings
is added in another column,
where a cartoon depicts the Sor-
did picture of thanksgiving for
Betty and Johnny when beer
comes back" In this cartoon
two tiny tots in ragged garb are
gazing into a saloon where two
sinister individuals lean against
the bar in front Of enormous
scent stems of foan1ing beer.
Another cartoon is a take-off
on the Spirit Of '76." The three
marchers of the patriotic paint
ing have been revamped, and
two of them are shown beating
whisky and beer barrels instead
of drums, while the other is
playing a beer bottle instead of
his fife. It is titled THE Spirits
Of 49,"
What to Expect
IF repeal comes" warns one
article, expect this:
"YOur favOrite orchestra on
the radio with intervals Of liq-
uOr advertising telling the girls
how beer will preserve that
schoolgirl complexion, make 'em
fat and make 'em lean, and
put the hair right ON their
bean.
''BiIlbOardS, miles of them,
decorating the countryside, ad-
vising your SON to drink
whisky; pictures Of football
players, runners and tennis
players and the perennial
pretty girls all advertising
liquors.
whisky testimonials from
champions who do not drink
themSelves-but like TO cash
the checks-beef testimonials
from Miss North, America, who
also likes her checks"
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
Communism Topic
Of S.A.R. Discussion

Communism will be discussed
at a meeting Of the District Soci.
ETY. Of the Sons of the American
Revolution Wednesday night at
the Mayflower Hotel.
Special attention will be paid
to the effects of teaching COM
murisn to the youth of the
country. DR.. R. j. C. Dorsey and
w. S. Steele will be-. the speak.
ers, introduced by s. S. William
son, president of the society.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
SHOW IN ROCKVILLE HIGH

THE Donovan Affair" Owen
Davis mystery thriller, is being
given tonight and tomorrow at 8
p. M, in the gymnasium Of the
Rockville High School by the
Montgomery Players. The show
Is sponsored by the Rockville
Volunteer Fire Department.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
d. C.. Man Fined, Gets
Three Months Term

Found guilty Of possession Of
Intoxicating liquor with intent to
sell, James Haw, colored, of
Washington, was ordered to pay
a fine Of $100 and costs or
serve three months in the Mary
land House of Correction by
Judge Donald A. DeLaShmutt in
Rockville Police Court yesterday.