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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-03
BY DAVID GORDON

(Agit-prop Director, District Six)
IN practice, the Ohio district follows the theory
of spontaneity The situation is serious. The
fact that our revolutionary trade unions are
growing so poorly is result Of following this
dangerous theory in practice
How is this expressed?
Let us examine Party shop nucleus. Close
examination of the nucleus shows what2 That
agitation is carried on, Is true. Workers are
urged to join the union, are urged to organize
and fight against wage CUTS ETC.. is also true.
But in this agitation there is insufficient def
niteness, nothing to which the workers In the
particular mill can pin their fingers. In this agi-
tation, there is lack OF enthusiasm which we
always see present among workers when eco
nomic battles are actually in progress The big
events impress and inspire us; the day to day
grind is more Of a burden than anything else
to U.s. We know the importance Of this daily
work, but we don't feel and act as though it is
very important.
This subjective reaction on the part of our
membership, Is due to the fact that from the
top we do not sufficiently stress the possibility Of
developing struggles, and do not provide the Or
ganizational means through which to conduct
these struggles.
Not only is this tnsufficientiy stressed, but 1t
larized among our members.
We lag behind the masses Of workers in the
mills
Who can doubt the fact that there is wide
spread resentment to the vicious wage-cutting
offensive of the capitalist class in this state: In
the steel mills in the huge light metal shops.
in the railroads, in the building trades, and so
on? Who can doubt that now, as never before.
are we able to expose the reactionary role Of the
leadership of the American Federation Of Labor.
which has helped put over the most slashing
wage cuts, and win the workers Of the A. r. Of
L. to wide, united front struggle from below
against the officialdom?
In spite of this, the influence Of our red trade
unions, is insignificant in the shops and in the
A. F. of l.. locals.
step towards improving this situation has
been made here. The Trade Union Unity League
has established a full time training school for q
period Of two weeks, AS a result. few better
T.U.UL. workers, adult and youth, are expected.
However, If only the question Of how 10 proceed
during strike is emphasized, the school will not
accomplish what it should The school, as most
Of our internal propaganda, should orientate
itself to the study of how to develop struggles.
Members of the Trade Union Unity League, of
the Communist Party and Young Communist
League, etc, who are In the shoys should be
made to feel the responsibility for dsNdoptne
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-03

300 or 400 workers were retained as perman-
ent help. The. bottom promptly proceeded to
drop out OF the real estate market Banks be.
came bankrupt and workers we're fired as
quickly as they had been hired. Retail business
especially in Petersburg which had depended
upon the Hopewell boom to revive conditions.
began to take on alarmngly small proportions.
The Allied will probably never hire the ire
uaendous numbers promised because Of It, highly
mechanical appsxatuk sssw-lN n. Xxx. I
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-03

looSing the cr1sts now thrown him Nor is the
Commtn1istic policy of crude and noisy miltancy
liked by this race, for every Negro knows that
what he has obtained from white men has been
through diplomacy or basically intellectual cam
paigning."
This is crude and open statement of the
petty bourgeois policy of refusal to struggle, Of
servile reliance on bootlicking diplomacy. The
slave instructions In the United States had a
tremendous effect In exposing the horrible ma
ture Of chattel slavery in crystalizng abolition
list sentiment and in accelerating the armed con-
flict between feudal and capitalist economy for
the dontation of the country The struggles of
the Negro troopers at Camp Hill, Alabama,
forced the rich landowners to abandon their
Threat to cut off the food supply Of the crop
pers during certain seasons. The struggles
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-03

against eviction of Negro and white workers in
Chicago, Cleveland and other cities, have forced
concessions from the landlords and the city gov
ernments. The mass fight of Negro and whits
workers against the Scottsboro lynch verdictS
against the attempts to legally lynch Orphan
Jones in Maryland, Willie Brown in Philadel-
phia, Willie Peterson in Birmingham and other
framed-up Negro workers. have repeatedly
forced the bosses and their courts to retreat, to
postpone the date of execution, in an attempt
to "tire out the masses and disarm their vigil
ance. The mass fight for these victims of capt.
tahst justice still goes on and has thrown
great fear into the hearts of the boss lynchers
and their courts. 1t is already clearly evident
that the final decision in these cases depends
not upon the lynch courts but upon the extent
to which we can mobilize additional millions of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-03
Social Democracy in Japan in Its
Usual TraitOrOus Role

of Peshina, in the January number OF the Jour-
nal "Chiu-o-Koron." Recently" he writes, %there
have been not a few leaders in the camp Of the
Right Proletarian Party who were in contact
with the so-caned Young Military Groups syrc-
pathzed with them and were their partisans.
GA National Problem"
In Japan, in addition to these Rights, there
we're also left CentristS." Their Party Rono-
ai-Suto in November sent its leader Matsudani
to examine the events in Manchuria." 1t Muk-
den this gentleman stated:
THE events in Manchuria do not comprise
an ordinary capitalist war but the solution of
a national problem" S..
The congress of Rono-T ai-Suto took place in
Toxic on Dec. 5th The speech Of Matsudani was
declared at the congress to be mot in contradic-
ton to party discipline"
In reality, the party discipline Of this clique
can fully find place for itself within the frame
work of Japanese imperialism and anti-Soviet
intervention.
This is the picture of all japanese social
democracy. In all its branches and shades, 1t is
the social support of the Empire Of the Mikado,
the bulwark of military robbery and counter
revolutionary adventurism. Japanese social
democracy is actively fighting for an mperialist
and counter-revolutionary way out Of the crisis.
1t is an uncounterfeited party OF the II Inter
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-03

Negro" in Saturdays Daily Worker several Hines
having been omitted
Correct paragraph II to the opening of para
graph IA as follows:
Why does MIR. Kelley think this can be do.,s
in Soviet Russia and not in the United States?
Because he accepts the ideas of the white ruIins
class in this country-that the Negroes ara
naturally an inferior people.
Mr. Kelley admits that Communism in Russia
has brought about revolutionary reforms affect
ing the welfare of the nations hitherto subiu-
gated masses" But, says MIR. Kelley, ''these
masses are for the most part white"
Here Mr.. Kelley displays his complete ignorance
of facts. The huge population Of the Soviet
Union includes 70 different nationalities millions
of whom are of nOn-white races.
1t is not matter of a certain @treatmerts
handed out to Negroes The Negroes viii, etc. ..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-03

"But have no fear of the rainbow brother
hood going Red in wholesale nmberS-at least
not until white America takes long steps in
that direction. 1t would prefer keeping its pres
ent status, no matter how low, than fly to a
stantIy lambasted by press and radio. (Empha-
sis mine-JW.F)
This is a variation of the false bourgeois the
DRY (and hoped that slaves will never dare to
strike for their own freedom, that liberation is
something to be handed down or denied from
above In peddling this nonsenSical theory, Mr.
Davis completely ignores the heroic slave in
surrections in the United States under the lead
ership of Nat Turner, Denmark VeSey, Gabriel
Prosser and scores of other Negro revolutionary
leaders. He ignores the revolution Of the Hal
tian Negro slaves who not only dared to strike
for their freedom but overthrow the slave hold
ers and successfully defeated the veteran troops
of Napoleon's European campaigns and the best
troops of England and Spain. These isurrection-
airy struggles Of the Negro masses were also con-
stanty anbasted in the press Of the ruling class.
Mr. Davis attitude represents the conscious pol
icy of the Negro petty bourgeoisie Of attempting
to hide and destroy the revolutionary traditions
of the Negro masses and to support the inpe-
rialist SANDER of the Negro people as serVile and
cowardly, as accepting any conditions imposed
upon them by the master class. From this posi-
ton the Negro petty bolrgeoiSie quite naturally
proceeds to the advocacy Of boot-lcking diplo-
macy for the Negro people. Mr.. Davis, for ex-
ample, says:
"Too, the Negro considers himself too depen-
dent upon white America to take any chance at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-03

workers in the mass fight against the lynch YER
diets. All this shows that the Negro masses will
struggle and that they do win victories-Some-
times complete, sometimes partial-when they
struggle.
1t is the boOtlicking diplomacy Of the Negro
petty bourgeoiSie and its traitorous betrayal Of
the struggle Of the Negro masses which re-.
tards the Negro liberation struggle and pre-.
vents the winning Of even greater victories.
Tomorrow, will deal with the statement Of
another of the bourgeois Negro editors in the
Crisis Symposium" on Communism
CORRECTION IN LAST SATURDAYS
ARTICLE BY ]. w. FORD.
typographical error occurred in Comrade
Fords third article on Communism and the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-03
(By a Worker Correspondent

Hopewell, Petersburg and Richmond are To-
Gated within easy communication distance of each
other and there is an exchange of labor among
the three cities. However, before the war of
1914 there really wasn't any Hopewell to speak
Of, just farms, until Dupont came down in 1918
or 1914 and started his ammunition plant
Dupont bought farm for, believe, $4,000
built the factory 1t and also built cardboard"
houses to house the workers. Labor was imported
from all parts of the country. Activity was ire
mendous at the factory and I recall at that time
1t was stated that scores were perishing in the
Dupont ammunition factory either through mu-
tilation from acids or through accidents. Con-
ditions seemed to be so bad that even the tenn
porary houses in which the workers were living
turned black from the acid fumes coming from
the factory. There at this time, however,
no real boom in Hopewell and no real effort to
establish anything other than a temporary city.
It was said that Dupont made so much money
that he sold his plant after the war to the Tu-
biZe Rayon Silk Company for $4,000 The Tu-
bize plant sent girls to Belgium in order to learn
the best process for making silk. With the adj
vent Of Tubize the merchants Of Petersburg and
Richmond began to realize that Hopewell as
probably a permanent institution Permanent
homes homes were built both by Tubize and pr-
vate lando wners but in spite of this fact retail
UuSlllcSS ulQ lIlCIedSe HOIlCedUly ana nope
well did not present the booming appearance
that was expected.
New Munition Plant Arrives.
Then suddenly about five years ago this whole
section was electrified by the arrival of the
Allied Chemical and new life was injected
into the financially expiring merchants Of this
whole territory. 1t was rumored that this new
plant would be the largest in the world for the
purpose of making munitions, fertilizers, dye
and for extracting nitrogenf rom the air. The
inhabitants took this announcement as an open
declaration that the government had another
war up its sleeve, though none of were quite
sure as to who the opponent would be. We had
heard before this that the Allied Chemical had
been trying to get their hands On Muscle Shoals
but bad failed athx because Henry Trd had
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-03
Where War Materials Are Made

made bigger offer or because the Government
was still a bit shaky from the Teapot Dome
Scandal and hesitated handing over such ire
mendous water power reserve to private COM
pany. Failing to get Muscle Shoals, they To-
Gated at Hopewel where they could use the
water power.
Speculation.
Then the fun began. The newspapers prom
ised that this new plant would permanently en-
ploy $1,000 workers. Stone g. webster which
had charge OF construction of the plant, had it's
stock climbing on the Stock Exchange together
with the rise of the Allied stock. Real estate
agents began to pour in from all parts of the
country with mysterious blue prints and dia-
grams for the construction of the new city.
These agents made fortunes on commissions of
sales without even investing cent Of their own
Real estate speculation began with real war
spirit. The most outlandish spots were sold as
the future location of great buildings Lots and
buildings changed hands as often as several
times week. Agents expected to get several
thousands Of dollars per square foot of land
The local papers announced that Allied expected
to get several thousands Of dollars per square
foot of land
The local papers announced that Allied ex-
pected to invest eventually $25O0oO Feverish
building began in anticipation of the tremen-
dous profits that would follow in the wake of
the new war which was expected to start at any
hour (this was only about nine or ten years af-
ter the ending Of the World WarD.
Chainstore Corporations came down and Of
fered to take 99-year leases on property. Hotels,
movies, and modern stores began to appear.
Streets grew were before there had been only
grass and weeds. Workers began to trek into
Hopewell from all parts Of the country. in wag-
ons, cars, and trucks. Schools opened. post
office was born. Banks, which later failed.
opened their doors. To cap the climax, the
Seabord Air Line and the Norfolk and Western
Railroad drew tracks and station into Hope
well in order to better facilitate shipment Of
products from the Allied. In this suspicious
fashion new modern industrial city was born.
Bm xhsF AIMED Chemical played trick ON
~ II N. I1sesaA II tte 1s.ooo rspcaised. anly
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-03
BY BTrRCK

These are a few Of the points to keep IN mind
In connection wtthour shop work.
Conscious preparation of economic struggles Is
the burning problem for the revolutionary move
ment. and particularly its advance guard, the
Communist Party. Hand in hand with this, goes
the winning over TO these struggles of the stra-
tegic elements: the youth, including white, Ne
gro, female youth, as well as the adult, white,
Negro and female.
Consciousness of preparation for struggles Is
the best fighter against the theory of sponta-
neity, the theory that makes us lag behind the
masses, and lose considerable organizataonal pos
sibilities which could strengthen our revolution
airy Trade Unions and our Party to more de-
sirable degree.
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young workers.
Even where we find equal pay for equal work
in certain important basic industries, and this
is to be found, special demands regarding sports
facilities, special demands regarding time off for
rest for young workers under Is years of age
ETC., should be formulated as means of win
ming the youth for the general struggles in the
mills.
Failure to win the young workers has already
hurt strikes led by the Trade Union Unity
League. Persistent neglect in organizing the
young workers into our groups and unions of the
T.UU.L. will find them easy game for the Music
ties, A. F. of L. leadership and the renegades
from the Communist Party Lovestoneites and
Trotzkyites
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-03

In his servile acceptance of the imperialist
SANDERS against the Negro people, it is not sur
prising that MIR. Davis cannot see the revolu-
tionary role of the Negro workers. a bootlicker
of the ruling class, MFR. Davis looks in the mir
ror and imagines he sees-the Negro masSesl
What he really sees is the wsvering, confused
and treacherouS Negro petty bourgeoise Of which
he is one Of the shining examples. He proceeds
TO attribute to the Negro masses, cowardly quail
tiles of the petty bourgeoisie. He sees the Negro
masses afraid to move without the sanction Of
the ruling class, afraid to take up the revolution
airy struggle against imperialism because, for
sooth, the imperialiSts frown upon any resist
ance to their murderous rule Says Mr.. Davis:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-03
BY JAMES W. FORD

IN yesterdays article I
1 pointed out how COM
pletely dominated by the
prevailing ruling class the
cries of Negro inferiority is
the article by Mr.. Frank M.
Davis, editor OF the Atlanta
World, in the so-called
Symposium on Commu-
nism in the April Crisis. I
answered the stupid SLAM
der against the Negro work.
ers Of running after white
women" by which this
scoundrelly toady of the
white ruling class attempt
ed to explain the mdeni-
ably left-ward trend of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-07
DARROW ADMITS
 BEING STUMPED HONOLULU TRIAL
Melting Pot" Jury Tenta. lively in Box; Ameri-
 cans Are Scarce

HONOLULU, H. l., April 7.-The veteran attorney Clarence Darrow, who sought all white jurors, admit ted today he was as nearly ~stumped" as ever in his life by the tentatively seating of melt ing pot" jury
 Darrow is the defense attorney in the ''honor slayingp case in which Mrs. Grace Fortescue, so- eiety woman of New York and Washington: Lieut.. Thomas H. Massie, her young son-in-law; and E. J. Lord and A. o. Jones, navy enlisted men, are charged with second degree staying of Joseph Kahahawai, Hawaiian, alleged as- saulter of Lieut.. Massies young wife.
 It is predicted the jury will con- tain no more than three Americans when the case goes to trial. Others tentatively selected are two Chi nese, two Hawaiians, a Chinese American, Swede, Scotchfnan, Por- tuguese and German.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-07
Little Hone For Unity

Those who despair of ever getting all the vets or all the drys into one of the present parties, 50 as to establish a clear line of political division, find little comfort as they lock forward to the much -prophe- sled day of new parties. when the voters presumably will divide into ~con5ervatlves'' and liberals in- stead of Republicans and Demo- cratS.
 In the tax squabble in the House for instance, those who like to call themselves conservatives were for the sales tax, end those who em- phasize liberalism were against it.
 Where would two now parties mode,ed along these lines stand on prohibition? The wet T'ammany delegation fought solidly for the tax, under the leadership of Con grsssman Crisp, Georgia proEibi-. tionist. The leader against the tax was La Guardia of New York, archenemy of prohibition, and one of his chief leutenants was the venerable Howard, an old-time Bryan dry from Nebraska.
 And so it goes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-07
MARCH { EXPORTS WORTH s12t,lls, REPORT SHOWS
Gold Leader for Month Withea Total Vahia- Ntien of $29o. .2A7a

Alaskan merchandise shipped to the States during March aggre- gated S721 AS in value, according to the monthly statement of com merce issued this week by J. o. Mcbride, Collector of customs
 Gold exports were worth s299, 347, and constituted the largest single item on the list. Fresh and frozen halibat shipments were sec ond on the list with a valuation of $l38,100.oa 4 He s
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-07

UdkcS the m1IluS fSTt1g sPtRtGE of the people away from issues which rest on deep-beddsd person. al conviction. As often as not, distress intsnsifies rather than di- lninishes the play of such issues on the human emotions.
 Lincoln set out to fight the Civ il War On the Easis of preserving the Union. but the slavery issue would not permit itself to be overshadcWed. It was in the midst of the World War that prohibi- ficn was legally consumnated
 Whatever the political leaders may say or hope, they are sure to hear a great deal more about prohibition during 1882.
 Preares For Battle
 No campaign year since the na- tion went dry has seen such impressive preparations for battle on the part of militant prof1hi- tionists and their adversayies.
 In addition to their individual efforts the prohibition oxganiza- tion have had functioning at Washington for months joint board of strategy, whose specific purpose it is to further the cause in the coming political campaign. The opposition is exerting pressure also through nationwide sat-up.
 Some of bhe very leaders who have loudly read prohibition out of the campaign are busily engaged in seeking a way to make the edict effective.
 The Democrats seem likely now to leave the question of a party plank to be fought out in the con- vention itself. The Republicans are making quiet efforts to agree in advance. but without much success. Whoever is nominated will find his
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-07
ATTENTION, FIREMEN!

AA AEN AAVHs HANNr4ENs 9t Juneau Fire Department will hold meeting Thursday night at 3 o'clock for the purpose of electihg officers for the coming term. All are requested to be present.
 J. A DAVIS. adv. Secretary
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-07
SECOND LARK TRAIN BANDIT
 UNDER ARREST
Sailor Runs Into Police al Seattle; Admits
 Participation

SEATTLE, Apr1 7.--The second Of the masked pair which held up the Southern Pacific's Lark, crack train, a week ago last Saturday night. near San Francisco, has been arrested here.
 The police said H, J. Johnson a sailor, was traced here by a motorcycle he purchased in San Francisco.
 After the arrest yesterday in Los Angeles of Jesse Clyde Rumsey, the latter named Johnson as his ac- complice and also his plans for escape. which were to come to Se- attle and join ship.
 The police sala Johnson admit ted participation in the robbery and showed surprise when informed the loot was s7o0. He said he got only s90
 Tn Los Angeles yesterday Rumsey said he got only $2l5.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-07

mention it at all? It would be inter e S tin g to know in h ow many such pro- nouncemants the wish is father to the thought.
 Historically there is a taint of fauacy about any supposjtion that a time of national trouble
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-07
GOES BACK TO
 OFFICE AFTER
 GETTING SCARE
Mob of Ten Thousane ( Threaten Newfoundland
 Prime Minister

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland. April 7.-Sir Richard Squires, Prime Min ister of Newfoundland, returned last. night to his office in the Col onial Building from which he fled Tuesday night while a mob of 10000 shouted threats to drown him in the harbor.
 The mob tried to break into a Government liquor store but were repulsed by War Veterans and the Municipal Police.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-07
THOROUGHBRED HORSES BURN
 IN BARN FIRE
Hunters, Jumpers and Show Animals In In-
 cendiary Blaze

LUTHERVILLE, Maryland, April 7-Thirty-six thoroughbred horses and the mammoth barn on the es- tate of Lewis E. Lambert, near here, were destroyed by fire last night.
 The caretaker placed the loss at $350,000 He said he believed the blaze was of incendiary origin.
 The horses were hunters, jumpers and show animals.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-07
Prohibition Question as Campaign Issue Looms in
 Spite of alI Predictions

personal views examined severely under the microscope.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-07
CARD PARTY

At the last meeting of the Pioneers Auxiliary it was decided to hold a public card party after the regular meeting Friday, April 9th. Meeting will be called to order at 7:3O pm. and cards at 8:30. Refreshments will be served and prizes awarded. Turn out and help the Pioneers and Auxiliary. Admission 50 cents.
 adv.