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Evening star., 1932-04-29
Stars Yesterday

By the Associated Press.
Johnny Frederick, Dodgers Collected
home run, double and two singles
against Phils' pitching.
Babe Herman, Reds-Aided in defeat
OF Pirates with home run and single,
driving In three runs.
George Watkins, Cardinals-Found
Cub hurting easy and collected double
and four singles.
Vernon Gomez, Yankees-Held Red
Sox to three hits.
George Blaeholder, Browns-Pitched
effectively in pinches and beat Tigers,
5-4.
Earl Averill, 1ndians-Clouted fourth
homer of season to aid in defeat of
White Sox.
Fred Marberry, Senators-His relief
pitching featured victory over Athletics.
Evening star., 1932-04-29
TRIO CALLED BEST
IN SENIOR CIRCUIT
Herman, Hafey and Douthit
SparkIe-Gomez Pitches
a Masterpiece.
BY GAYLE TALBOT,


. EVEN of the eight National
- League clubs double-shuf-
~ fled their outfieldS before
the start of the current race,
and there is reason to believe the
Cincinnati Reds picked up the
winning hand.
In Babe Herman, Chick Hafey
and Taylor Douthit the Reds ap-
pear to have the greatest COM
bination in the circuit, barring
possibly the holdover outfeld of
the Waner brothers and Comoro-
sky at Pittsburgh.
None Of the six other contenders thus
far has been able to place a trio in the
held to compare in effectiveness with
Dan Howleys big three Herman and
Haley are knocking the cover off the
ball, as was to be expected, and Douthit
IS upholding his reputation as one of
the greatest fly hawks in the game, an
important item in the spacious Cincin-
natl park.
THEY were the big guns yesterday as
l. the Reds opened at Pittsburgh
with 7-to-6 victory. Herman
knocked in three runs with home run
and single, Hafey smacked a double
and two singles and Douthit came up
with pair Of singles. Between them,
they accounted for seven of the teams
IL hits off four Pirate pitchers.
The Brooklyn Dodgers broke a FIVE
game losing streak at the Phillies' ex-
pense, IL to 5. Max Careys pupils
finally got their batting eyes and
pounded four pitchers for II safeties,
including home runs by Frederick and
Rosenfeld.
The celebrated Dizzy" Dean made
his maiden start for the st. Louis
Cardinals and went out after five
innings under a hail of hits as the
league leading Chicago Cubs won an
other, IL to Z. Lance Richbourg, sub
stitute outfielder, drove in four of the
Cubs runs with his double and two
singles and scored twice.
Cold weather held up the Giants
opener at Boston.
THE Yankees fell on Danny Mac
l. Fayden, ace of the Boston staff.
for 10 hits to take the opener with
the Red Sox, 5 to l. Lefty Gomez
pitched a brilliant game, allowing only
three singles, to achieve his third
straight victory.
Cleveland ran its winning streak to
five straight with an 11-to-2 decision
over the luckless Chicago White Sox.
Earl Averill featured the Indians assault
on three hurlers with home run and
single.
Detroit's prize rookie, whitlow Wyatt,
met his first reverse when the st. Louis
Browns jumped him for seven hits and
five runs in the first four innings and
then held on behind George Blaeholder
to win, 5 to 4.
Evening star., 1932-04-29
STAFF, HELD WEAK,
SCORING S|GNALLy
Already Slim Lot Further Cut
Upsets Dope-Macks
,SoundIy Spanked.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

BY JOHN b. KELLER.
A MONG the surprises of the
~ American League cam
4 \ paign thus far, mark down
Evening star., 1932-04-29
FISTIC BATTLES.

BY the Associated Press.
LA CROSSE, Wis.-Kid Leonard,
Moline, Ill, knocked out Ernie Kath,
Sheboygan, Wis. (2). =
SPOKANE, Wash-Ace Conlon,
Spokane, knocked out Mike Spaulding,
Portland, Greg. "a.
SACRAMENTO, Calif-Joey Good
man, Cleveland, outpointed Alphonsoon-
Zales, Ell Paso Q0).
Evening star., 1932-04-29
PLENTY OF PUNCH

Runs batted invest Reynolds Cd. Judge
(2), Heving, Boley, Simmons 90, Spencer.
Myer (3), Manush Two-base hits-Spencer,
Heving, Judge. Three-base hits-Heving,
Simmons. Home run-Manush. Sacrifice
Fischer. Left on bases-Philadelp lphis. g.;
Washington, g. First base balls-Oh
Walberg 1; of Deshong, /; of Fischer, l.
Struck out-By Walberg, q by Deshong. i;
by Fischer, 3; by Marberry, l. Hits-Oh
Walberg II in 6 innings; of Deshong, 4 in
2 innings; OF Fischer. 10 in 62s innings; OF
Marberry, none in 2h innings. Hit by
Passed balls-Spencer, Heyins Winning
pitcher-Ftscher. Losing pitcher-Walbers.
Umpires-Messrs. Dinneen. Hildebrand and
Morisrty. Time Of game,~l hour and 30
Evening star., 1932-04-29
Homer Standing

BY the Associated Press.
Home runs yesterday-Averill, In
dians, /; Manush. Senators, /; Freder-
lex, Dodgers, /; Rosenfeld, Dodgers, !;
Stephenson, Cubs, l; Herman, Reds, !.
The leaders-Terry, Giants, 6; Ruth,
Yankees, 5: Byrd, Yankees, 4; Gehrig,
Yankees, 4; Foxx, Athletics, f. Coch-
rane, Athletics, 4; Collins, Cardinals, 4;
Averill, Indians, 4.
League totals-American, So: Ma
tional, 30. Grand total, l02.
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above Only III l92o-21 when tile, crisis
OF 1921 brought general COLLAPSE in
prices. lie concludes that Of the 81
months under review from juno
1914 to March, 1921, wages are be-
hind the cost OF living in 40 months,
which Is COS Per. cent of the total;
they are on even terms in months,
which is GO per cent OF the total, and
exceed living Costs in 81 months, OF
3S.S per cent o. the total"
"Silk Shirts"?-A Myth!
Why then do people still talk. OF
the silk shirted" mechanics and the
high wartime wages"2 Bullock an
s&ers this in part when he declares.
that the somewhat reckless spending
of q relatively small bu3 favored
group has been given such wide pub
Lefty as to convey the impression
that the situation was representative
Of the working class as a whole"
Ee also emphasizes the fact that il,
the later period under review, when
the cost Of living did decline more
rapidly than wages. that employment
was sinking even more rapidly. Thus
the income Of a given family or OF
the working class as a whole, vas &C.
tually verse during even this period
because Of the increase ii unemp!oy-
ment-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21

Similar conclusions on the relation
Of cost OF living to wages during the
last iinperiaIst var are given in an
article b. Lbraham Epstein in Annals
OF American Academy of POLITICAL
and Social Science, September, 1921.
After citing page after page of offiS
cial figures he concludes: ut is pats
ent that despite the tremendous in"
crease in wages experienced during
the last six years preceding 1920
Only q few classes of wage earners
have succeeded i'll keeping pace with
the Increased cost OF living" He
shows also by quoting figures Of the
National industrial Conference Board
employers research agency - that
not q single group of workers in the!
United States earned the minimum
wage required fer the support of .
family with the most necessary COM
forts, as conservatively estimated by
this employers organization itself.
These were in the good old" war
days Of high wages. Following the
worst economic crisis In the history
OF capitalism, workers Standards"
during the Threatening nnperialist
war will be much lower than those
Of 1921. (See II. Sparks, why the
War VIII Mo- Bring Back Prosperi-
ty'%". Daily Worker, April IA, IS,
1852.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21
Communists Parties in the Struggle.
Against Capitalist Offensive
From an editorial of Mundo .Obrero,
NAV. 1932) ~. $3.50

From an editorial OF Mundo Obrero,
May, 1882 $50
In the past two months there took
place wo important Communist gath
erings." One was the National Con-
ference OF the Communist Party of
Mexico; the other was the plenary
session of the Central Committee of
the Communist Party of the United
States. While each of these gather
ings had'special problems to consider
in accord with the special conditions
of each country, their objective was
the same! This objective was to
formulate practical measures for the
organization Of the working class and
of the toiling peasantry,, as it's ally,
for the revolutionary struggle against
the offensive of the expluiters.
We wish to make this event tine
occasion TO- bringing forward, once
more, the undeniab!e fact that it. is
only the Communist Parties to whom
the masses can look for leadership
i'll the struggle againct the capitalist
landlord impeTialist offensive. Every
where, in all parts and sections of
the imperialist and colonial world, it
is the Communist Parties, the Par
ties that are following the example
Of Lenin and the Bolsheviks, that are
organizing and leading the oppressed
and exploited masses to their social
and national liberation. The two
Communist gatherings in Mexico and
in the United States we're devoted to-
wards that end 90
Both of these gatherings were In
spired in their work by the. epoch
making activities of the Communist
Party Of the Soviet Union, headed by
Comrade Stain, which is, leading the
working class and the, toiling peas
antry OF the Socialist F2therland in
the completion OF the Five Year Plan
and IN the launching of the Second
Five-Year Plan Of the building Of
Socialism.
The work Of the Communist, Par
ties of Mexico and the United States
is of special Importance to us. The
Communist Party of the United
States is the largest ComiaunisS
Party in North America. It is the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21

100 in 1918 to 90 IN 1918. In 1917 the
figure was down to &c. The wages
Of union labor IN 1918 could pur-
chase only two-tlirds Of what they
could purchase in 1907. ...
The United States Bureau of La
Dor Statistics made a survey of fam
fly incomes Of 1880 families in 1918.
In spite Of ali the ballyhoo about
the high standards Of living Of work
ers it was found that nine out Of ten
Of the families studied received less
than the minimum standard Of
health and decency". The average
family IN the group had earnings Of
approximately 1900 a year below the
budget required for this minimum
standard!
From July l, 1914, to April /, 1918,
the wholesale price Of 4s essential
commodities, according to Brad
streets Trade Journal, showed an
increase Of lis per cent. And the
q. s. Bureau OF Labor STATISTICS, In
it's study in 1918 Of tn e increase in
cost Of living of workers in the ship
building industry typical boom" /,
high wage war industry-showed that
the cost Of living for white families
In Philadelphia, for example, had
risen 81 per cent in August, 1918,
over the cost in December, 1914. And
in New York, in December, 1918. 1t
had risen to So per cent over De-
cenber, 1914.
Wages Lag Behind Cost of Living.
While the cost of living and prices
had thus increased from so to 115
per cent, study Of wages made at
the close OF the war by Hugh Hanna
and W. J. Lauck led them to con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21


revolutionary working-class party of
that :coucsry- whose capitalist class
dominates and Expresses the toiling
masses of the Caribbean. Therefore,
the growth Of the Communist Party
Of the United States means the
growth Of that power which, in ALI
ance with the workers and peasants
of the Caribbean. will overthrow the
rule Of Yankee imperialism. The
Communist Party of Mexico also oc-
cupies q special place. 1t is the COM
mslnist Party Of the most important
country in the Caribbean. 1t is one
of the Oldest and largest Communist
Parties of this region. The develop
ing contact and collaboration oftnese
two parties lays the basis for a wider
collaboration OF all Communist; Par
ties OF the Americas and for the ere
alton Of the alliance between the
telling masses Of all American corl-
tries against ilnperialist domination.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21

Secret plans which will set in motion the military
chine of the United States 100000 young
between the ages of q and 80 this country
the have been completed by the u S. War Department
This the of the mobilization plan reported by the
Secretary of War last year. These four Million the of
American youth to be drawn from Class containing
eleven million people
The report states that the speed with which effective
mobilization be carried out dependen upon three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21
Expose the us. War
Preparations; Write
For the Daily Worker

Workers in the a0ar
industries! Write to the
Daily Worker about 1Odr
material that is being
produced IN factories
2Chere you aOOrk.
Arms and munitions
are being manufactured
and shipped to Japan
from all sections of the
U. S. A. Many q0orkers
hare already aCritten to
the Daily Worker and
their letters exposing
Americas lOar PREPARE
tons haze been pub
Iished.
We must hare more
letters to expose the east
aOdr preparations that
are going on all oVer the
country. Send your let
teTS at OUcei
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21

The first step in this wider collab.
oraGion of the Communist Parties of
the Americas was taken by the issu-
ance Of the joint anti-war appeal
signed by the Communist Parties of
North, Central and South America,
which is reprinted elsewhere in this
issue. This appeal calls upon the
workers, peasants and revolutionary
intellectuals to join the struggle
against the imperialist robber war
upon China, for the defense of the
Chinese people and the Soviet Union
May First was designated as the day
of mobilization for the anti-war
struggle. This appeal calls upon the
toiling masses of the Americas to
help forge the. alliance between the
proletarian, revolutionary movements
and the colonial. liberation move
ments of the Americas for the COM
mon struggle against foreign I'M
pe-ialisn and its. native supporters
+ The Communist Parry of the
United States is undertaking to
mobilize the working class of its
country to support actively the lib
grafton struggles Of the toilipg masses
of Latin America. especially those
struggles that are directed against
Yankee Imperialism
The Communist Party of Mexico
is undertaking to organize the work.
ers and toiling peasants of Mexico to
fight against the capitalists and
.2ndlor1s-the native supporters. Of
Yankee iinperlalism-and against
their government which is puppet
of Yankee imperialism.
In this way the two largest Com.
-n,ullist Parties in North America and
in the Caribbean ere building the
revolutionary front of the telling
masses, under the leadership of the
rwo-lling class. for the common
struggle against the offensive of the
eaploiters, for the defense of the
Soviet Union and the Chinese Revo-
luton
Our mort important ally in the
struggle against Yankee imperialism
and its social-fascist agents is the
working class of the United States
and its Communist Party
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21

al The rapidity with which per-
sonnet can be procured.
b. The length of time required
to organize units and train them
for combat.
q The rate at which munitions
can be manufactured and sup
Piled"
The whole plan rests on the speed
with which the men can be gotten.
In order to get the greatest amount
Of efficiency, selective service sys-
tenn with the governors Of the states
at the head of each state organiza-
ton and local boards each govern
ming areas containing 10000 people
has been prepared. 1t is estimated
that 5000 such boards are necessary.
Youth To Go First
On the day that the president
calls for mobilization, every man in
the U. S. within the ages he calls
for Gas stated above those between
81 and 30 will be hit first will have
to register.
Every worker will ask when read
ing this, who will be exempt? Will
have to die for the capitalists fort
unes? The mobilization plans state
definitely that there are to be no
exemptions. In face of a stream of
propaganda about making the rich as
well as the poor pay for world
slaughter, the U. S. Department Of
War, cynically says:
much has been said on the sub
ject Of equalizing the burdens of
war. All statements on the sub
ject must refer TO burdens other
than those incident to death and
disability, for these can never be
equalized."
This means what is stated else
where - that the politicians in the
local boards will grant permits to the
rich those whose importance to the
nation of the service they are rem
dering in civilian life" makes it ne
cessary for them to be here. Like in
the last war, the sons of Ford, Rock
efeller and the rest Of the million
aire will claim that they must re-
main to direct the plants. And they
will get away with it,
Of course, many workers will be
kept here to run the factories. But
the plans state that ANY disturbance
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21

Is There FORCED LABOR in American Are in
human practices being carried in the land OF the
"free" against American working menu
The above picture says YES.
For months eye witnesses have reported hendish
methods Of punishment inflicted prisoners at the
Wichita Prison Farm west Of the Big Arkansas River
at wichita, Kansas. The sent to the farm
for minor ofenses, some simply charged with vag-
rancy guilty of the "Offense" of being unemployed.
Motorists passing the prison farm report having
seen prisoners chained together drawing heavy agr-
cultural vehicles plows and harrOws, subjected to the
worst form of humiliation and torture.
Wichita photographer his camera equipped
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21

cIude that the rise in wages between
19l4-15 and January, 1918, was only
Is per cent for anthracite miners;
&c per cent for machinists in the
Philadelphia Navy Yard; 30 per cent
for bituminous miners, working by
hand; and 81 per cent and 81 per
cent respectively for shipbuilders and
pipe filters in the Philadelphia Navy
Yard. The rise in the building trades
was only from IL to 20 per cent. The
wages in some industries had actu-
ally decreased, even during this
prosperity period, while the wages
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21

New York State Industrial Commits
sion. New York conditions may be
considered as typical. He carefully
analysed the actual wages reported
from month to month and compared
the changes with the changes in the
cost Of living as indicated by the re-
tail food index OF the U. S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics. He started with
June, 1914, and followed the figures
up to March, 1881, in order TO show
how wages Jagged behind cost Of liv-
ing during the full war and postwar
period.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21
Booklet OH Soviet
Peace Policy by A.
Lunacharsky Issued


The creative labor which has led
to the economic uplift Of the land
Of workers and peasants, Is carrying
us on from victory to victory over
cfisis-suffering, disintegrating, rot
ting capitalism. 1t Is that which en-
ables the Soviet government insist
emily and boldly to defend the cause
Of peace"
so writes Anatole Lllnaeharsky,
member Of the Soviet delegation to
the Geneva Disarmament Conference
In his Introduction to TEE Soyiets
Fight for Disarmament, Just pub
hslled by International Publishers.
ssl Fourth Ave. ~ -,
This booklet contains the proposals
and Speeches OF the Soviet delegation
at the Geneva Disarmament Confer
ence and the introduction by Luna
charsky gives. the whole setting and
inner workings of the conference and
Exposes its real war aims. The Soyiets
Fight for Disarmament, which is a
companion volume to The Soviet
Union and Peace, brings the record
OF the struggle Of the Soviet Union
Tor peace and disarmament UP TO
date In The Soviet Union and
Peace, which has an introduction by
Henri Barbusse, the record begins
with the famous appeal to the peo-
piles Of the warning nations for peace
Issued by the Soviet OF Workers
Peasants and Soldiers Delegates on
Nov. 8, 1917, ana continues to the
end OF 1929. The new booklet brings
the story up to date, clearly expos
ing the war aims OF the League of
Nations and its support OF the war
OF japanese Imperialism against the
Chinese people and the Soviet Union
1t is given free with every purchase
Of The Soviet Union and Peace or
can be bought separately at 20 cents
from all workers bockshops or direct
from Workers Library Publishers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21

Disregarling the relation of wa as
to living costs which left the nl4ss
Of workers in poverty before 1914,
he found that wages ranged belo7
the cost OF living in the last SIX
months Of 1914 an average OF Z
points. In 1915 they Jagged an aver
age of one point below; in 1916, one
point; in 1917--the year the United
States entered the wsr-12 points
below; in 1915 6 points. 70
This YVES the actual war period. In
1919 wages were still tagging below
cost Of living by two points; but rose
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21
Br LABoR REAsEARcH AssN.


A M0NG large numbers of
IA the unemployed has arisen
= the dangerous illusion that
a war will bring back pros
perity" Those who are skep-
teal are told to recall the thigh
standards" enjoyed during the
last imperialist war, with its
silk shirts for workers and
limousines for scrubwomen!
The true situation is more
clearly reflected, however, in
a cartoon in a bankers publica-
ton in 1919. It shows Labor
opening a door labelled High
Wages, getting drenched with
a pail Of water" High Prices"
perched atop the door. H..
This bit Of bankers cyni-
cisln should be an eye-openeF
for workers who want the real
facts about what happened to
wages and cost of living dur
ing the last war. Here are
some Of the facts: W. x,
Purchasing Power Less
In 1918 the purchasing pow
er of an hours wages was &C
tually 20 per cent less than it
had been during the period
1880, to 1899. The var years showed
steady decline in the purchasing
power Of the hourly wage, the drop
in the index number being from
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21

Of the economic structure of the ma
ton is to be kept to the practicable
minimum" There are today over
100000 out of jobs. It is quite
easy to see that the government will
take special pains to get its first
army out of the ranks of the job
less.
Oceans of Tears
Professional patriots have wept
oceans of tears over the suicidal
policy" of the American government
in not building up a huge standing
army. Chief Of Staff Macarthur in
his report revealed that the army
plans are based on the principle OF
a large force of officers around which
to draft the huge armed forces. ITO
day we have a skeletonized frame
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21
Active War Preparations
Are Exposed by Workers
in Baltimore and Phila.

Munitions shipped from Philadelphia
by Worker Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Pa Workers from
the Victor monograph Machine
Works report that part of the plant
has been converted to the manufac-
ture Of ammunition.
Longshoremen report that NUM-
tons are carried down the Delaware
River on barges. Some Of these mu-
nitions are stored in the U. S. Ma
rine Corps Depot. Other barges have
been seen unloading ct pier &c. 1t is
reported that the munitions unload
ed at pier SO IS to be put aboard
ships sailing for Japan and other
points in the Far East.
While most of the Dupont Powder
Plants are working part time, one
chemical plant near Chester is work
ing full time manufacturing poison
gas.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21
(By a Worker Correspondent

tBy a Worker Correspondent '''
BALTIMORE, Md.-Metal workers
employed in the Bartled and Hay
wood Machine Workers here report
ed that cartridges are being manu-
featured and shipped secretly from
the plant.
Other workers from the air craft
industries on the outskirts of Balti-
more report that in one plant twelve
heavy bombers are about to be COM
pleted for the U. S. navy and an or
der for "a more Is coming. Another
plant is working on twelve scouting
planes for the q. S. Army.
The Krib Paint and Color Works,
a Dupont concern in Curtis Bay,
which is equipped to manufacture
poison gas on short notice, has set
up rule that worker going to
work in the plant must take an oath
that he will not disclose to any one
what is going on In the factory. This
was confirmed by about 80 workers.