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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
Use French Liner
Disaster for New
War Proyocation

NEW YoRK.-The French liner,
Georges Philippar" caught fire Mon
day off Italian Somaliland, East
Africa, with a loss of over 800 lives.
The Soviet oil tanker "Sovietskaia
Nett" was the firt vessel to respond
to the liners call for help. The
Soviet vessel rescued 400 of the crew
and passengers. Two British vessels
the Contractor" and the "Mahsud"
arricyed later. Most of the bour-
geois press in reporting the rescues
ignored the help given by the Soviet
oil tanker. The French boat was
returning to Marseilles from the Far
East.
The European bourgeois press 70
exploiting the French disaster as a
new anti Communist provocation,
declaring that the vessel was fired
by Communists believing that it was
carrying munitions to Japan. The
truth Is that the fire started in an
empty cabin as a result of short
crcWt 49, W.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19

the Chicago convention are being
held in number Of states making
up Communist Party District No. 10.
Conferences were held May 18th in
Little Rock, Arkansas; st. Joseph,
Mo; Blackwell, Okla, and Houston,
Texas
Next Sunday there will be similar
conferences in Omaha, Nebr.; Sioux
City, Iowa; Kansas City, Mo-; Craw-
ford County, Kansas, and Oklahoma
City, Okla.
The Kansas City, Kansas, confer
ence is on May 20. On May "a there
win be conferences in Lincoln, Nebr.,
and Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Besides the delegates from these
conferences, delegates from workers
groups in Dallas, Waco, San Antonio
and Galveston, all in Texas, are be-
ing elected.
In Oklahoma City huge banquet
is being planned on May "a to send
off delegates of Oklahoma and Texas.
On May &c there will be another in
Omaha for delegates from that part
of the country. In Kansas City, a
banquet will be held May Is for those
delegates. The delegates from Dis
trict 10 are mostly packing house
workers, marine workers, miners,
farmers, railroad workers and dele
gates from various A. F. of L. locals.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19

gest that Hooyer's encouragement Of
Doak's strikebreaking activities be
included in the explanation OF this
demand.
3.-The farmers demands are
ignored in the statement yet what
worker will understand (unIeSs ex-
planned "tirelessly'D the necessity for
demand No. 80
4.-Not one word Of explanation Of
demand No. appears, yet surely
this will be difficult to explain. I have
had some workers tell me that they
never heard of the Black Belt and
thought that the Party was referring
to Harlem.
5.-The slogan, Defense of the
Chinese People us not explained.
Proposals
To correct these omissions in the
Proposed National Election Plat
form" I think the following should
should be done.
IA series of articles fully ex-
planning our demands should be
started at once in the revolutionary
press. If this is not done at once. we
will not have time to properly dis
cuss these demands with the masses
between now and the National Nom
mating Convention.
2.-The Press must take every OPP
portunity TO explain and popularize
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
Pope Assails Reds
to Shield Bosses
and War PlOtters

From the vatican at Rome the
head OF the Catholic Church, Pope
Plus XII, has issued denunciation
Of Communism and Atheism and has
decreed that a week Of prayer be
carried out, beginning June 3.
This is the same pope who, in
1880, initiated campaign of lies
and SANDER against the Soviet Union
and aided the interYentionist plot
ters by calling for a holy war;
against lverethtuoi anory
against the revolutionary fatherland
Of the workers Of the world.
In his latest harrangue the vat
lean hireling Of International i'm
perialst banditry says that Com
munism and Atheism is responsible
for the present world economic crisis.
Thus, as always, we see the pope
trying to shield the real capitalist
culprits whose regime has imposed
mass hunger and misery upon tens
Of millions of workers throughout
the world.
The only new thing in the pope's
outburst that differs from the en-
cyclical bun Of Pope Leo is that he
can no longer deny that Communism
is powerful world force, whereas
his predecessor said that Commun-
ism could never gain foothold be-
cause it was against the nature of
god and humanity"
His holiness" says that prayers
and atonement only will overcome
the difficulties facing the world.
This, from the head Of an institution
whose record of torture, violence and
bloodshed fills pages Of CORY history
over q period Of thousand years
when that institution shared with
the feudal kings thu rule of Europe.
The "encycl.esr is piece Of
hypocritical propaganda put forth 10
aid the imptrialist powers in their
war conspiracies against the Soviet
Union and TO incite suppression of
the Communist Parties as part Of
the war preparations
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
WORKER CORRESPONDENTS EXPOSE WAR PREPARATIONS nP
COMMUNIST CANDIDATE IN
MINNESOTA IS NEGRO VET.

unions and fraternal organizations.
On Saturday, May 81, a tag day
will be held to raise funds to defray
teh expenses of the delegates and to
finance the Maryland and National
Election campaigns. The tag day
will start at 10 am. Headquarters
will be maintained throughout the
day at the Dom Mooney Hall, 20 S.
Lloyd St.; 8 S. Greene ST., and 7OS
Ponca st.
Following the tag day, banquet
VIII be held Saturday evening at the
Tom Mooney Hall, 20 S. Lloyd st.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May 16.-
All workers organizations are urged
to elect delegates to the Communist
Election Conference, which will take
place in Youngstown on Sunday,
May %, at 2 pm. at the Workers
Center, 1874 E. Federal st.
This conference will endorse the
county candidates for the Communist
ticket in the Mahoning County and
also elect delegates to the National
Nominating Convention in Chicago,
Ill., on May % and %.
Delegates are expected from Camp
bell, Struthers and Youngstown.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 16.-Lo-
can conferences to elect delegates to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
PREACHER SELLS
OUT ENDICOTT-
JOHNSON STRIKE
Shoe Union Exposes
Deal and Pushes
Struggle

BINGHAMTON, N Y.-Monday
morning, May 10th 1000 Endicot-
johnson shoe workers assembled at
the ground Of Victory plant to hear
the report Of the Committee headed
by the preacher, Wilson on the con-
ference.
From the report which Mr.. Wilson
gave, the workers realized that the
man to whom they had entrusted
their confidence had betrayed them
and sold them out.
The workers of Endicott-J johnson
Corporation we're forced to 60 back
to work and to accept a 10 per cent
wage-cut.
A meeting was called by the work
erS in the company town OF Endi-
colt and over 200 crowded the small
hall; SO per cent were young workers
They were addressed by worker
from Endicott-J johnson and by Com
rade S. ziebel, Secretary of the Ma
tional Committee of the Shoe and
Leather Workers Industrial Union.
The betrayal was exposed to the
woers. The workers were urged to
workers. The workers we're urged to
organize so as to be able to fight
against the wage-cuts.
Another mass meeting win be held
on Thursday, May 18th at the Lith-
uanian Hall in Binghamton, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
SOVIET PRESS
HITS FRENCH WAR
INCITING LIE
BY MYRA PAGE
European Correspondent Of
the Daily Worker

MOSCOW, May 49, By Cable) -
The Soviet press today publishes an
official statement denying the French
reports that DR.. Paul Gorgulov, white
guardist murderer Of the French
president, possessed a document con-
firrning the Red Army service issued
to "the Soviet military representa-
tive IN Prague" The Soviet Union
never had military agent in Prague.
Gorgulov is known counter
revolutionary and therefore 1t is
impossible that he possessed any au-
thentic Soviet documents.
NEW YORK. "A Paris dispatch to
the New York Times yesterday re-
ported that Gorgulov told an ex-
amining magistrate on Monday that
he murdered President Paul Doumer
because he considered French policy
tolerant" to the SOVIET Union. The
dispatch states:
"When DIR. Gorgulov was told
that Mr.. Doumer had not been a
friend of the Soviet Union, as he
had thought, the assassin expressed
deep regret for his act"
In previous statements, Gorgulov
frankly admitted that his act was
aimed at causing war between France
and Soviet Union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19

1t was recently my fortune TO be in
the vicinity Of well-known arms
manufacturing plant, the Remington
plant in lion. N. Y. They have beer.
manufacturing automatics, shot guns
and hunting rifles, as well as type
writer's and cash registers. The cash
register business has been sold and
most of the other departments oSten-
sibly closed, or working on short
time. Very few Of the many who used
to work there are still employed.
You have been exposing the manu-
featuring of war materials. The REM
ington plant is being put in order.
1t is being reported that new floors
are being laid in the plant formerly
used for cash registers; old. worn out
machinery is being replaced with
new, it is said. This, it is rllnored,
due to a standing contract with the
U. S. government to keep their mu-
nitioIs plants in perfect workingg or
der) 1t is also rumored that the
Remington people are bidding for the
production Of the new machine gun.
This is new, light gun, with which.
it is said. the U. S. government is
planning to equip every man in the
army.
This is the system of our demo-
cratic" government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
Send Rash Orders for Mines
for us, Fleet in Pacific

The New York Navy Yard has just
received a rush order for 200 mines.
Welders are being forced to work
night and day on the shells.
This is the first time since 1920
that the Yard has received such an
order. The last order it filled was
Tor foreign power. Never before has
the Yard received such a large order
for mines.
Mines are generally manufactured
for the Coast Guard for use in break
ing up icebergs and derelicts. The or
der now being filled, however, is for
extremely large mines, built differ
emily. The mines are for the use of
the Control Force, U. S. Fleet. This
includes the minelayers, destroyerS,
battle fleet and the V-type subma-
rines which are capable of laying
mines.
The explosives are being, made by
a New Jersey ammunition factory.
1t is expected that the mines will be
completed by the middle Of June and
will be shipped to Coco Solo and Ma
Mia on transport leaving the Army
Base on or about July /.
by a Worker Correspondent
Hamilton, N Y
4th May, 1882
To the Daily Worker:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
JAPANESE SPEED
DRIVE FOR WAR
ON SOVIET UNION
Use Bandit Pretext for
New Advance on
Soviet Border

All sections Of the japanese ruling
class are openly supporting the ulti-
matum Of the militarists for the es-
Establishment Of a national govern
ment." Tokyo press dispatches re-
port that the Seiyukai (goVernment)
party thas indicated its willingness"
to form such "a coalition govern
ment."
The criminal aims of the fascist
action for the intensification of the
drive for war against the Soviet
Union are already in process of reaI-
cation, as proven in the increasing
terror against the revolutionary Jap
anese toilers and the rush of fresh
troops to Manchuria to strengthen
the Japanese concentration on the
Soviet borders.
The Japanese Range News Agency
yesterday broadcasted news" of an
alleged massacre" of japanese by
Chinese irregulars in the Manchurian
town Of Han, near the Soviet border
The Range News Agency dispatch
significantly adds that the "insur-
gents" were in retreat toward the
Soviet border and were being pur-
sued by japanese troops.
Toxic dispatches report wholesale
arrests Of Japanese workers and poor
peasants suspended" of revolution
airy activities or sentiments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
What Orr Readers Say ON the Election CambaignH

these six demands mean. A unit dis
cussion is insufficient. Every active
party member must have a copy Of
such a statement which he can keep
and continually refer to.
Comrades will no doubt say that
there have been two explanatory
statements, first the one by Comrade
Hathaway quoted above and second
the Proposed National Election Plat
FORM printed in the Daily Worker
on April 20.
Comrade Hathaway's article helps
10 clear up certain problems but it is
in no sense a complete explanation in
the demands and explains the diff
ference in formulation but very evil
IDENTIFY was not intended as a COM
plete explanation.
Is Platform Clear?
"The Proposed National Election
Platform" on the other hand ap-
psrently was intended as a COM
plete statement. This statement, re-
printed, is being widely spread in the
signature drive. Let us see whether
or not it gives clear statement of
what the Central Committee meant
by these demands.
l.-Concerning demand No. I no
mention is made Of the precise form
OF unemployment insurance nor is
there any explanation of social in
surance.
1.-THE second demand is not made
clear. The statement speaks of wage
cuts and also of Hooyers stagger plan
but what is meant by Hoover's wage
cutting policy2 On this point Com
rade Hathaway is much clearer. He
says "The Hoover administration is
directly responsible for instituting the
wage-cutting campaign. The Lamont
letter and other acts Of Hoover clearly
proves this
proves this" (article quoted above
This statement amplified somewhat
q am not acquainted with the letter
referred to and ! doubt that many
Party members are) will make it more
clear why the wage-cuts to be laid
directly 70 Mowers door. Also / sug-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
MOSCOW PAPERS
NAIL LIE OF
NEW YORK TIMES

MOSCOW, May IS (by Ca
BILE. THE Soviet press today
Officially denies a report which
appeared in the New York
Times that the Soviet Union is
feverishly preparing to concentrate
a quarter of million men in east
ern Siberia.
The press points that the Soviet
Union has no intention of taking any
such measures and that the report is
baseless.
NEW YORK-The Times story
had attempted to show the Soviet
Union in "a warlike gesture" 1t re-
ported steady movement of Soviet
troops over the Trans Siberian Rail
way to Eastern Siberia. No such
movement of troops is taking place.
Even bourgeois press correspondents
in the Soviet Union are forced to ad-
NIT the peaceful intentions Of the
Soviet Union. Karl H. Won Wiegand,
Universal Service representative
states in dispatch to the New York
American:
No preparations for war in the
Far East are evident along Soviet
RuSsia's Trans Siberian Railway.
Contrary to reports spread in
Shanghai, Mukden and Hardin OF
alleged feverish activity for an ex-
pe0ted war with Japan, I found con-
ditions along Russia's steel artery to
the Far East quite normal.
That the Red Army garrison east
of China has been considerably rein
forced in the last two or three months
is, however, frankly admitted in
authoritative quarters.
From my observations the de-
duction is unacceptable that Russia
is leaning backward, that she may
not give Japan grounds for char
ges she is preparing for or expect
ing war;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
For Explanation
of the Election
Platform Points
Daily Worker:

Daily Worker:
Over month ago, on April 2, the
Daily Worker printed the Central
Committee call for the National Nom
mating Convention, together with
the demands for the campaign.
Comrade Hathaway, in an article
in the Daily Worker Of April %, says
concerning these demands that the
Central Committee instructed the
Districts that they were TO be used
unchanged. At the same time we
emphasized the need, while using the
demands, TO widely explain and
popularize these slogans in our
speeches and articles"
How are the instructions to widely
explain and popularize' being carried
District 2, is that not only are not
out? My experience i'll Section !,
District 2, is that not only not these
instructions being carried out, but
that some leading comrades in our
section do not understand some Of
the most important demands raised
by the Central Committee For ex-
ample, in an informal discussion a
leader in unemployed work stated
that he did not know what demand
No. l means, He wanted TO know
why the Party had abandoned the de-
mand for insurance at full wages
Others including myself also would
like to now whether this demand has
been abandoned. II such confusion
exists among our leading comrades
what are we to expect among the
rank and file let alone the non-party
masses?
Need Written Explanation
How is this situation to be &C.
counted for? I think that it is because
we have never had in the Daily
Worker, Communist, or in pamph-
let form a clear statement Of what
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19

for use in manufacture of munitions
and for other military purposes.
The unrest among the japanese
seamen is shown by the action of the
officers Of the ship in refusing to
permit any Of the sailors to go
ashore, and armed Japanese marines
stood guard at the gangplank There
we're twelce marines on this "mer-
chant ship"
A number OF Japanese ships load
part Of their cargo in Baltimore and
come to Norfolk for additional cargo
of scrap iron, cotton, etc, and I
think that all Of the japanese ships
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19

these demands by linking them up
with day to day events. The articles
on the war danger in the Daily
Worker Of May IL, 10 and IA are
good in this respect but since this is =
TO be a period OF discussion our
slogans should be explained in COM
nection with other news of the day.
for example in the Daily Worker Of =
Thursday, May IL, the first pags
editorial is on the shoe strikes but
there is no suggestion that these
strikes are part of the struggle LED
by the Party for our second demand, /.
Against Hooyer's wsge Cutting
Policy"
An article on Conirsde Berkmsns y
hunger strike might have been used
to advance our slogan against ter
ror. A new story Of wage-cuts and.s
organization in the steel industry
might again have been used for adj.
vancing slogan No. 2. =
3-The instructions, "to be used
unchanged" should be repeated from
time to time. At the same time,
however. our comrades must be shown
how to also use lesser, more inme-
dla,c and more concrete slogans in
connection With our six general
slogans
BILL RoSERrs.
Section l, New Yoek.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
LAWRENCE CITY COUNCIL REVOKES
PERMIT FOR NATL YOUTH DAY

LAWRENCE, Mass.-Deelaring that
it was too sacred day to allow
meetings for other than patriotic
purposes" Alderman Eberhardt, Com
missioner of Parks and Public Prop
erty here revoked the permit which
had already been granted for Second
National Youth Day.
Last Friday a group OF young work
ers elected by the United Front Ma
tional Youth Day Committee to the
Alderman for a permit for the use Of
the City Commons for May 3oth at
$3.50 p. m. The alderman was not in.
TWO days later the committees re-
turned and received the permit for
the demonstration. In the mean
time, an application was filed for a
permit for parade OF young and
adult workers against the hunger and
war program Of the bosses and for
defense of the Soviet Union on Ma
tional Youth Day.
After receiving this application, the
City Council met. Alderman Eber-
fardt announced that he would re-
woke the permit for the demonstra-
ton for the reason mentioned above.
A still larger committee of workers
is now demanding that the revoca-
ton OF the original permit be with
drawn. Leaflets and meetings are
being prepared to get the support Of
the Lawrence workers for the Ma
tional Youth Day demonstrations and
parades on May 29th and Both
permit or no permit.
DULUTH, Minn.-with scores and
resolutions pouring into the office of
Safety Commissioner Moore of Du-
luth, demanding that permit be
given to the National Youth Day
Committee is calling huge protest
meeting for Wednesday, May 18th at
2 p. m.
From this demonstration a delega-
ton viii be elected to go to demand
that the permit be given. ALREADY
some organizations have elected their
delegates to the United Front Com
niittee and others are being visited,
which in turn pledge to join in the
National Youth Day campaign.
Safety Commissioner Moore acting
under the direction Of the Steel
Trust, denied permit on the basis
that it would "descreate" the dead
Of the last war.
A delegation will be sent form the
demonstration demanding that the
permit be granted for this parade.
The local Veterans of Foreign Wars
has endorsed the action Of Moore
and has asked Governor Olson for
the National Guard to help the
local police.
In spite Of the preparations Of the
bosses tools to smash the demon
stration, the youth will demonstrate
and parade on May 30, for the i'm
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19

n HIS the tenth series of discussion letters OH the cleo
tiGn platform and campaign Of the Communist PARTY
sent IN by readers of the Daily Worker Articles will be
pcritten By comrades from the Central Committee the
UGrios suggestions and proposals the discussion pro-
crosses
ALL READERS ARE URGED TO AGAIN READ
THE PLATFORM AS PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY
WORKER OF APRIL 28TH AND SEND IN THEIR
OPINIONS AND PROPOSALS.
The special supplement containing the platform
be secured in the office Of yonr district.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19

and will mobilize veterans to fight
this eviction. Ballots that we're
clipped from the Daily Worker have
been received in every mail today.
The Veterans read the Daily Work
er and are signing the ballots print
ed in this paper.
Veterans-it will not be long now
before we will be ready to start our
trek to Washington Get your bud
dies to sign ballots. Get them be-
bind the march to Washington.
Write for ballots to the National
Headquarters of the Workers Ex-
Seryicemen's League, Union Square
Room tbs, New York City. Ballots
will be sent free Of charge.
SIGN THE BALLOT BELOW
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
BONUS BALLOT

spent healthy and comradely va
cation. This year due to the in
creased misery Of the workers we will
be called upon to take care Of many
more hundreds of children. The
WIR is calling upon all working class
organizations and individuals to help
make this drive a success. Send don
ations to WIR. camp department, 500
Chestnut ST., Philadelphia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19

Some Of the ballots that have been
received are interesting examples of
how the veterans show their support.
One vet made q notation on his bal
lot that he is a truck driver and vol
unteers to drive truck for the march
TO Washington. Another, says that he
is at home after 8 p. M. and wants a
representative of the WESL to come
TO see him about joining the or
ganization.
One Veteran made notation on
his ballot that his wife is war
nurse and that they have been re-
duced to a position where they have
already been given a dispossess not
ice for their inability TO pay their
rent. We have given the Unemploy-
ed Council notification Of this fact
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
Phila. WIR to Have
Camp for Children

% The Workers International Relief
has launched campaign for camp
for workers children Last year the
WIR managed to maintain a camp
where over 800 children, mostly of
unemployed and striking workers,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
Ballots ShoW Veterans
Support of Bonus Fight

NEW YORK-Ballots that have been returned thus far
show that the veterans sody behind the program
the Provisional Bonus March Committee which has its tenn
poray headquarters with the Workers League
at Union Square, Room us.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19
War Shipments on Japanese
Ships from US, ShoaV Gain
(By a Worker Correspondent

NORFOLK, Ya.-A Japanese ship, Tai Ping Yang. saed
yesterday from Norfolk for he Far East with 5000 tons of
cotton This is the third japanese ship to sail from Norfolk
since May and japanese ships expected here within
few days These unusual shipments Of cotton intended