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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27

volution, having reached it's high
est stage in the armed uprising in
Moscow in December, 1905, and
having already been suppressed in
the two capitals, was spreading in
a broad wave to the towns and vii
lagos far from the center, in most
cases in the form Of strikes.
The author is "a Bolshevik, a
sailor, a leader in the uprising on
the Enperor's yacht, Polar Star,
in October, 1905; after the upris
ing had been put down, he was
compelled to go into hiding and
left for the Crimsa on Illegal party
work.
IN 1906 the Bolsheviks had to fight
a bitter struggle not only against
tsarist counter revolution which
was now raising its head again, but
also within their own party against
the Mensheviks, for the Russian
Social-Denlocratic Party at that
time still combined both Rolslle-
viks and Mensheviks-in form it
was single party.
The united front created from
below during the upward wave of
revolution had forced the Menshe-
viks to try to keep up with the
masses, and they found themselves,
against their revisionist nature, in
voluntarily participating in the
militant activities of the masses.
But they began to feel themselves
complete masters of the situation
only when the revolutionary wave
was on the elob. After the defeat of
the No5coy uprising the leader and
thecrist Ct the Mensheviks-George
P!ekhano7-.nGde his famous state
rlent eve shouldn't have taken up
arn,sl" and the Menshevik politi-
clans in the locals sat tight in their
committees ana by their opportu-
mist policy tr-2d in every way to
darnpen the still flaming revolu-
tionsry sdor of the masses.
The author of The Strike who
had up to then received a sound
Bolshevik training in the Peters
burg OeningradO military party Or
ganization, led by the Bolsheviks,
met with just this picture of Men
Shevik preponderance when he ars
rived in the Crinlea.
The task that fell to the author
of defending the Bolshevik line
within party committee made up
of Mensheviks, was very difficult
one; the more SO since, though a
fine agitator and organizer, he did
not yet possess the theoretical
knowledge with which to impress
the Measllsvik committeeman.
However, we see from the story
that the author correctly put for
ward the Bolshevik line, organizing
the masses for the struggle, work.
ing in true Bolshevik manner side
by side with the masses, leading
them onward. In this respect THE
Strike" is very instructive, and its
lessons up-to-date even now, al
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27

though it deals with what happene
ed Is years ago.
WITH the developing struggles in
i W the U. s., workers will learn
from this fascinating narrative
how the party of Lenin organized
and developed the movement of the
workers, fought the brutal attacks
against their standards achieved
united ranks in the face of great
obstacles-and stood forward be-
fore the workers as their real lead
er and organizer to victory.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27
NO OVERPRODUCTION
OF INTELLECT, TECHNIQUE

There is no overproduction of
teachers and intellectuals, or Of
technologists in the Soviet Union.
Every class conscious worker strives
to become an intellectual and it is
the ambition Of most young workers
to become engineers. In old Czarist
Russia most of the skilled workers
and engineers were foreigners. Soon
the Soviet Union will not need to
import engineers from the United
States and Germany, just as they
will not need to import tractors
and turbines-they will create their
own
What q contrast to the decay Of
education in the rest of the world
where the universities are advised,
as in Czarist Russia, to curtail the
production of college graduates and
where education is restricted for
the most part as a privilege of the
ruling classes and where college
graduates search in vain for place
to apply their knowledge
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27
BY MoIssAYE j. oLGN

COME fifty years ago q, cSarist
y minister of education sent
circular letter to the heads Of
Russian secondary schools instruct
ing them to bar the sons Of cooks
and jairitors" from the sacred
precinct OF the Gynlnasia (higher
schools, This was in accordance
with the policy of the Tsarist gov
eminent to keep the masses in
ignorance and subsection, which
more or less the policy of reac-
tionary governments everywhere
throughout history.
As a student I had to take every
possible precaution to change cars
and to hide behind street corners,
lodging spies, before I reached q
circle Of young workers gathered in
a private house in great secrecy,
with the PURPOSE Of learning to
read and write. But together with
this knowledge came q little book
which explained the economic and
social system. And that was dyna-
mite to the old regime as such
knowledge is always dynamite to
exploiters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27
Strike of Dredging Fleet"
Begins in Mondays Daily

BEGINNING Mondays Daily Worker viii begin the public
serial Fleet Written by Peter
Nfcrof stirring picture of the struggle OF the
when the first Russian Re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27
LIKED MIKE COLDS STORY.

LINED MINE GUILD SlOGI
Editor, Daily Worker,
Dear Comrades:
Mike Colds short story In tbs
Daily shows me to what extent our
paper can round out the ideology OF
average worker
+ also take this opportunity to
congratulate you for the considerable
improvement in our Daily Worker
for the past few nlonths.-L. NJ
P. S. A slight error slipped into
Burck's cartoon in the Aug. % issue.
Fur nailers do not use hammers but
a special kind of pliers to hammer
the nails with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27
DenVer Pioneer Tells of
Jim>Croavism in Hunger City
By EUGENE LANG (Aged IL
ALWAYS Ready News Reporter

CoCondiions enota
better than any place
nnyD in
when two boys along and said Give
WHAT" pointed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27

ing in these courses while con-
tinuing their work, was in 1881,
100000 The number of teachers
in the elementary schools rose from
1880 to 1881 from 800 900 to 40S,OO0.
One of the outstanding achieve
nents of the first Five Year Plan
in which education has its special
place, is the raising of the cultural
level of the national rninorities.
Outlying regions Of the U. S. S. r.
where before the Revolution schools
were few and far between and the
majority we're illiterate and filled
with mediavial superstitions, are
now centers of education with
schools, theatres, clubs, being built
everywhere.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27

LETTERS MUST EE SIGNED z
We VIII rot publish unsigned
letters, neither can they be an
swered individually. We urgently
request al workers writing to the
Daily Worker to sign their names
and addresses. We will not pub
fish the name unless they speci-
fically suggest it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27
Letters from Our
Readers
A GOOD SUGGESTION

A GOOD SUGGESTION
Editor, Daily Worker,
Dear Comrade:
I heard the I. L. D speaker at
Union Square say that "of course, all
you workers know that you must pass
on your revolutionary literature when
you finish reading it." But know
that not all the comrades do that.
think you ought to print a small
notice in the Daily, appealing to the
workers to pass on the paper, and
when they do, to talk to the persons
they're giving it to-W. 7.
HERE is SOMETHING THAT
SHOULD BE DONE.-Ed. Note.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27
Education p Soviet STYLE
By. Bgl..RCK

the percentage of illiteracy has
been reduced from almost 100 per
cent to Is per cent
These statistics of educational
growth are typical Of other regions
Of the U. S. S. r. thai we're most
backward under the oppressive rule
of the Gar.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27
FLOOD OF
LITERATURE

This vast system Of education re-
quires q enormous output of litera-
ture. The Soviet Union now leads
the world in publishing books and
magazines. In 1927, $4,000 titles
were published; in 1881 there were
$500 The number OF newspapers
has grown from COS in 1928 to 1,409
in 1881. The daily circulation Of
these papers grew from 100000 in
1922, to 31000,000 in 1881. This is
not counting the innurnerable fac
tory papers and collective farm
papers which had g circulation OF
about 100000 in 1880.
I ENTN is certainly not light, easy
l. reading. But the number of
Lenin volumes published has in
creased from 100000 in 1929 to
174,o0000O in 1851. If it were not
for the shortage Of paper the volu-
une of books and magazines
printed would be doubled; so avid
are the Russian workers and pea
SAINTS for the knowledge which
gives them power and clarity in the
building Of socialism. Education is
a powerful tool and a sharp weap-
on in the class struggle against the
enemies Of socialism and the heri-
tage of Czaris1n.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27
RAISE CULTURAL
LEVEL OF MINORLTIES

The autonomous Republic of Ka-
zakstan published 2,27o,000 books
in 1880, compared with 100000 in
1925. The number of children in
the elementary schools of KAYAK
stan was $4,000 in 1913 and $4,000
in 1881.
In the Republic of Uzbekistan
the number of students in 1925
was $4,000; in 1880 there were
$4,000 students. In the Merriam
autonomous region, near the Volga,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27
THE TSARIST
METHOD

Higher education was q privilege
Of the nobility and bourgeoisie and
if the universities were nevertheless
flooded with the sons of the petty
bourgeoisie, it was not due to a
lack of prohibitlve measures
The prevailing elementary school
was the parochial school under the
guidance OF q. local priest who was
only serni-literate and there was
more hymn-singing than really
studying. The majority Of the
children of workers and peasants
remained entirely without educa-
ton. In certain districts it reached
80 per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-27
A SWEEPING
CHANGE!

SL1sZINGGs
What a sweeping change has
taken placei
The working class, which came
into power is years ago, has under
taken nothing less than the re-
construction Of Russia and of the
world. The consciousness Of the
immensely of this job spurs the
Russian masses on their road
of education Their ndomintable
energy and enthusiasm, their in
eXhaustible resources of will, make
achievements possible which those
who knew the old Russia describe
as incredible" and amazing
both in industry and in the building
of new educational system.
There is a seat for every child of
school age, 100000 of them, in
the elementary schools of the Soviet
Union. The elementary seven-year
school for children between the
ages Of 7 and IA, gives them the
regular elementary knowledge OF
the usual subjects as taught in the
American Grammar school, and
also asquaintances with simple
machines.
THE "TECHNICIANS"
The next step is the factory
school, or the Technicum, compar-
ing roughly to the American High
School-but with what a differnce!
In the factory schools students de-
vote one-half their time to gen.
eral subjects and one-half to the
study of different trades. A grad
uate Of factory school is skilled
worker with secondary education.
The Technicum is a technical or
trade school and where specialists
are trained; not only in the metal
lurgical, chemical, textile and other
trades but also in music, drawing,
architecture and the other arts. A
graduate of Technicum is usually,
capable of being shop supervisor.
THE graduates of these schools
can proceed to the higher in
situations of learning; but first they
must put in two years practical
work in an industry or on a collec-
tive farm. They also have to be
delegated to the higher institutions
by their fellow-workers. A Russian
youth entering q university or q
technical institute realizes perfectly
Evening star., 1932-05-21
H. C. R0BB BUYS
FIRST MODEL HOME
Morningside Drive Silver Star
Dwelling Is Sold by L. E.
Brueninger & Sons.

The colonial style dwelling at 1912
Morningside drive, in Shepherd Park.
which was selected as the first 1882
Silver Star Home and awarded place
in the better homes demonstration
sponsored by The Star, has been pur-
chased by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Robb,
it was announced today by L. E. Breun-
niger g. Sons, the builders.
The house, designed by Harvey p.
Baxter, with Harry L. Edwards as asso-
ciate, was open recently for month
of public exhibition, and attracted large
throngs of visitors. 1t contains seven
main rooms, including four bedrooms,
a first-floor den and a recreation room
in the basement. Also there is large
storage or play room on the finished
third floor and spacious work room in
the basement.
The efficiency of the plan and equip
ment and the neat lines of the Georgian
motif of the house brought many COM
ments of appreciation from those who
visited it during its exhibition.
The house was selected for the ex-
hibition by the Silver Star Homes Com
mittee, a group of specialists in phases
of home development, who are handling
the better home program for The Star.
Evening star., 1932-05-21
IMPROVEMENT OF
HOME BUS|NESSA AID
Campaigns Similar to Capi.
tars in 200 Other Cities
Cut Relief Demands.

As the Washington program for prop
erty improvements swings into its
second month of operation, the Com
mittee on Home Modernization of the
Department of Commerce reported that
similar campaigns being conducted In
200 cities of the country were aiding
local business and serving to reduce
demands on relief agencies.
A survey of campaigns in these cities
shows that approximately $25, ,00O. 600
will be expended on labor and materials
employed on property improvement work
by the middle of Summer. The largest
amount reported by any one, of the 200
cities was $10.500.000 for Portland, Greg.
campaign was slightly more than $4,000
Educational Work Aids.
The Committee on Home Moderniza-
ton of the Commerce Department was
established to assist home owners, local
organizations and other interested
groups through educational work
The local program is being conducted
by the Property Improvement and
Business Cooperation Committee, the
membership of which includes a repre-
sentative group of local business leaders.
The Washington program Is designed to
serve the property owner and the
smaller merchant and contractor. with
this in mind the organization has set
up a central advisory board under the
Craftsmanship Of Joseph Ehlers, tech
lical director of the National Conference
on Construction. This board during its
operation of three weeks has answered
So inquiries from home and other prop
erty owners on questions regarding
propsrty repair and improvement.
The formation of Property Improve
ments Associates. an organization of a
group of subcontractors in various lines
of trade covering alteration, recondi-
tioning and modernization of all types
of structures, is to be effected shortly.
Many Events Planned.
The Property Improvements Commit
tee here has bombarded Washington
with approximately 5000 advertising
balloons and $1,000 worth of tags re-
deemable for merchandising at stores
of the various managers of the Paint
Club at 81 tag. The committee also
has arranged for a display window
dressing contest in which students Of
five of the senior high schools Of the
District are participating.
In addition, a number Of other events
designed to stimulate the interest OF
property owners and merchants have
been planned by the committee.
The Washington program was made
feature at one of the sessions of the
annual convention of the Chamber OF
Commerce of the United States at San
Francisco and also was a subject of
discussion at the West Coast Com
mercial Factories Conference held prior
to the national chamber meeting.
The committee has established a
system for producing each daily graph
showing the number Of permits and the
dollar valuation of projects for the
alteration. repair and reconditioning Of
properties In the District.
Evening star., 1932-05-21
18 CHANGES In ZONINC
DUE FOR HEARING JUNE |
Two Amendments to Regulations Also Will Be
Concdered at Commissioners
Meeting

PPLICATIONs the rezonng Of 8 different in the
District their possible and develop
amendments to the Zoning code will be
by Commission at the Spring public
District Building
The proposed propose addi
regulating first commercial
automobile storage places and in the second cas provide
slightly application governing tne
width of the side yards of an improved property , -
claSSlcaton changes concern
of the 18 proposals for lowering
10 Of these change
O commercial claSSifcatiOnS.
Evening star., 1932-05-21
BUILDING AND LOAN
INVESTORS GROW
47,231 New Accounts Added
in IL States in Three Months
Since January |.

Nearly $4,000 people in II different
States joined the ranks of building and
loan association savers during the first
three months of 1882, the United States
Building and Loan League reports. The
new members, although far from sup
plying funds sufficient to keep up with
the growing loan demand, are a mark
of public confidence. says william E.
Best, Pittsburgh, president of the
league.
A total of 47.231 new accounts we're
opened in associations which have some
II per cent of the entire building and
loan assets of the country.
Mr. Best points out that any marked
growth in building and loan investors
for the country as a whole this year Is
looked for in the industrial States and
will probably hinge on a pickup in
employment. The States reporting for
this quarter include only two of the
leading industrials, and one of these
reports 80 481 of the total new accounts
listed for the quarter. The league pres
ident cites the growth of association as
sets in IL leading industrial States dur
ing the five years from 1925 to 1890,
showing the gains to be three times the
total asset increase IN 81 other States.
Most Are Small Amounts.
Significance of the new shareholders
during the past quarter lies not only
in the confidence manifested but In the
indication that those who still have
jobs are turning more seriously to thrift
programs and investments they can un-
derstand the building and loan official
holds. The new accounts were opened
in small amounts, in the main, and rep
resent such small portion of total as
sets that no appreciable gain in funds
for lending or of total assets can be
expected at present. he says.
THE IL most important industrial
States in the Union, that is those with
more than 200, 900 employees in industry.
gained s2,431, ,143,077 in building and
loan assets in the five-year period from
! 1925 through $780, says Mr.. Best.
This compares With an increase of
| S754,35 ,315 during the same period in
all other States, showing the Importance
of the industrial wage-earner in the
| building and loan associations member
ship Nine out of IL of those States are
| the highest ranking in the nation in to-
| tai building and loan assets. Eight OF
| these States rank in the highest one
| third of per capita building and loan
assets. having S29e.88, S187.20, $142.37,
! s13242, S9888, $94.75, $50 81 and SCI so,
respectively. We may still expect our big
/ gest gains in shareholders and their in
Continued on Second Page)
Evening star., 1932-05-21
Owning and Building Section Washington Suburbs
CONSTRUCTION INCREASE
SHOWN IN MOST STATES
All but Three of Thirteen Districts East of Rockies
Have Gain in April Con-
tract Totals

LII but Of the 1S districts comprising the 81 States
~ Rockies showed higher construction
1 than in March, it is reported F Corporation
April totals entire showed an
cent March, of 9
between the corresponding 1881 gain was
entirely due to public works, especially highways.
Metropolitan New York. Southern Michigan Chicago
oy did participate in the April
The April total for the entire 81 States Of the Rockies
SAT,
public works the April per
cent While year OF IA shown between March
April Residential building
April building contracts were almost
Evening star., 1932-05-21

Twenty Dwellings Planned.
Plans providing for the construction
of 20 dwellings in the District were ap-
proved during the past week by Col.
John w. Oehmann, building inspector
The total cost of all new private
building operations here for which
specifications were approved by the local
government was estimated at S152,000,
this representing one of the lowest fig
ures for a similar period in many
months. Among projects for which per-
mits we're issued we're the following:
Wire Construction Co., Inc, owners
and builders; c. r. Wire, designer; to
erect six 2-story brick, concrete and
frame dwellings. GOT, 500, 613, 615, GIG
and 62l Quackenbos street; to cost
$4,000.
John S. Smith, owner and builder; F.
G. Wilcox, designer to erect one 3
story brick and stone dwelling, 1915
Juniper street; to cost $4,000.
H. L. Thornton, owner: Doran S.
Evening star., 1932-05-21
NEW HOME PLANNED
Mr.. and Mrs. William o'Connor to
Build Brick House.

Construction of a dwelling having an
estimated building cost of $4,000 at 250l
Thirty-second street southeast is
planned by Mr.. and Mrs. William
O'Connor, according to specifications
just filed with the District government
with application for permit.
The house is to be of story and
half and will be of brick construction.
Evening star., 1932-05-21

Continued On Second Page.)
Evening star., 1932-05-21
FREIGHT DEPOT PLANS

A one-story brick and concrete freight
depot is to be erected at 1917 Fourth
street northeast by D. Trimarchi, owner,
according to plans on file with the Dis
trict building inspector.
The cost of the project is estimated
at $1,000. Peter Schaub is named as
the builder
Evening star., 1932-05-21

Platt, architect; Davis & Platt, Inc,
builders; to erect two 2-story brick
dwellings, 5733 and 5735 Colorado ave-
nue.; to cost $4,000.
N. A. & NJ. w. Hoffman, owners and
builders; George T. Santmyers, archi-
tect; to erect one 2-story brick dwell
ing, GIG Nicholson street; to cost $500.
Louis E. Peck and Frank Simpson,
owners and builders; C. E. Dillon, de-
signer; to erect one 2-story brick, stone
and frame dwelling, 3112 Legation
street; to cost $4,000.
j. A. Shafer, owner, designer and
builder; to erect one 2-story brick
Continued On Second PageJ
Evening star., 1932-05-21
WILL ERECT DWELLING
Ingomar Street Home Will b
Built of Brick and Tile.

Ernest L. Stewart, owner and builder,
has applied for permit for the construc-
ton of a dwelling at 1921 Ingomar
street having an estimated building cost
of $500.
The building is to be of two and a
half stories and Of brick and tile con-
struction.
Evening star., 1932-05-21
GUY SCOTT, JR., PLANS
NEW $4,000 HOME
Residence at 4615 Loughborough
Road Will Be of Stone and
Clapboard Construction.

Guy Scott, jr., owner, has filed Speci-
fications with the District government
providing for the construction of a
dwelling having an estimated building
cost OF $4,000 at 4615 Loughborough
road
The house is to be of two and a half
stories and of stone and clapboard type
of construction. Charles H. Tompkins
Co. is listed as the builders
Evening star., 1932-05-21

mercial 40-foot C area to residential 40
foot B area, property on west side of
Kansas avenue between Jefferson and
Kennedy streets; from residential 40
foot A restricted area to first CONNER
cial 60-foot c area, property on east
side of Connecticut avenue between
Yuma and Albemarle streets.
From residential 40-foot A restricted
area to first commercial 60-foot c area,
property in rear of 4509 Wisconsin ave-
nue.; from residential 40-foot c area to
residential 40-foot A area, all property
zoned C area fronting on both sides Of
Pennsylvania avenue between Branch
avenue and Thirtieth street southeast,
and from residential 40-foot A area to
residential 40-foot B area, property on
west side of Seventh street between
Raleigh place and Portland street
southeast.