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The American people are at the po-
utical crossroads. One way lies the
certainty of four more years Of the
kind of government which was bound
to end, and has ended, in disaster.
The other way lies the hope Of an
overtaxed, overgoverned and under
employed people.-Governor Albert c.
Ritchie of Maryland.
X X Y
We find the federal government
humbly taking, in income taxes,
"cut" in the profits of crime.-Ex-
Governor James M. Cox of Ohio.
X X X
The demonstrated incapacity of the
Democratic party to rule the country
will be one of the Republican assets
in the coming campaign.-Dolly Cur
tbs Gam, sister of Vice President Cur
tbs.
I am In favor of anything that
would help us collect our (foreign)
debts. - Congressman William B.
Bankhead of Alabama.
Y X X
The proposal of former Governor
Smith is very complicated and ap-
parently impracticable.-Ex-G Governor
Harry Byrd Of Virginia.
X * =
In effect the beer tax would be
tax on waste and crime and would
create the very waste and crime which
it sought to tax-Senator Morris
Sheppard Of Texas.
y II \
The ornaments forbidden to Ger
many, submarines, tanks, heavy field
artillery, gas and fighting aircraft,
must be regarded under international
law as offensive armaments.-Dr.
Walter Simons, ex-foreign minister
of Germany.
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to the numerous economy conferences
with the Democrats.
\ \ Y
Democratic leaders have few kind
words for Roosevelt these days. About
all the governor Is able to get out OF
them Is the various state delegations.
y y X
From the claims Of the mine own
ers, 1t looks as II it would pay Ken
lucky to shut down the mines and
charge admission.
4 y h
Senate office payrolls show that one
way to be sure of having a job all
the time Is to be a relative Of some
senator.
X Y X
Germany will pay no more repara-
lions, Its foreign minister says. What
does he mean by more?
Copyright, 1882, NEA Service, 1nc)
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M TODAY s.
: WORLD WAR\.
ANNIVERSARY
XxH.ofE&E.
OSTEND BOTTLED UP

On May 9, 1918, a successful at
tempt was made by the British to
block the harbor at Ostend.
A previous attempt had failed, and
the British concentrated a large force
for the second effort.
A smoke screen was laid down over
the entrance to the harbor by small
craft. The battered old warship, Vim
dictive, was Unanswered into position
by crew and officers, and sunk in
the channel with her insides full Of
concrete. Heavy gunfire from defend
ing positions accounted for several
casualties among the attacking party.
Only a few officers and men were
left on board the Vindictive to sink
her. A motor launch assisting in
picking up these men was hit several
times and nearly sank before it
reached the admiral's vessel, the de-
stroyer Warwick.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-09

at Susan. II know jealous WON.
en-" he said gravely. "and Miss
Carey is too pretty to 60 unno
ticed."
Susan refused to meet his eyes
perhaps IL talked to Mrs
HEATH" Waring suggested, drum.
ming on the desk with his care
fully manicured fingers.
Heath said, my dear fellow! She
likes you, Of course, but I'm afraid
you'll not get anywhere!s~
1T isn't a divorce she wants,
then" Waring asked.
A caller presented himself In the
outer Office and Susan, scarcely
knowing what she was doing, with.
drew.
Heath answered the others ques-
ton. mo, that's not It," he said
slowly. II think what's happened
is that she's got herself into a blind
rage at this girl and wants to
shame her publicly"
His distaste at this open discus.
sion Of affairs SO intimate was
plain.
Not that We haven't spoken of
divorce before this" he said. Ruth
finds my way Of living exceedingly
dull. In fact" and here he sighed
YEARLY. 1--WE come myself to the
decision that a divorce would be
best for both Of us. A clean cut. /"
He removed his eyeglasses and pol.
ished them nervously.
III that is the case." Waring said
with great elaboration. II think
perhaps know a way out"
What do you mean?"
Trust me-" said Waring. wait
a bit and see what happens"
THE hours barely crawled. Susan
- answered the telephone. wrote
letters and went to lunch, all in a
sort OF daze. Surely this was q
bad dream, she would tell herself.
from which she would presently
awaken. She would not let herself
think of Aunt Jessie. How could
she mako her understand? She
!onged. yet dreaded. for I'VE O'Clock
to come.
Waring stopped at her desk IN
mid-afternoon.
Cheer up" he whispered. "It's
not as bad as It seems"
But Susan refused to b comfort.
ca. Her eyes when she raised them
TO his were so Swallowed and mourn.
ful that the man felt . new twlnge
Of pity.
Has anything been settledi" Su.
san asked fearfully.
mot yet"
HIS tone, she thought, held false
cneerfuIness as he passed into the
private Office. Heath looked up.
Well. sir. I think have found
something which will settle this
business once and for ALL" Warine
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Vanishing Sails

Eighteen big sailing ships are now
driving up from Australia toward Eng
land. carrying wheat from the great
Auexalian grain fields; but not one
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-09
Barbs

The II new limousines purchased by
the white house ought to come in
handy for use in taking the president
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They are published without regard
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-09
Daily Health News
Here's What to Do
If Your Child
Has Measles
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American
Medical Association

At this season Of the year measles
Is usually epidemic in several parts OF
the United States.
Authorities in the New York state
department Of health feel that efforts
should be concentrated not in futile
attempts to stamp out the disease en-
tirely. but on means to prevent ia
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
The Membership Drive OF the
International Workers Order

tual insurance organizations. Tt
organizes workers of all nationali-
ties in one organization; and yet
it provides inner life for all ma
tionaiities in separate language Sec
tions. The International Workers
Order endeavors to develop unity
ing class consciousness among its
members, and not religious and ma
tional division.
1t is clear that ali militant work
ers organizations are interested in
the growth of the 1. w. o. If the
members of fighting union as
members of mutual aid organiZa-
tionS, for example, are divided in
to knights of one saint, and dis
ciples of another, loyal sons of one
country and true patriots Of an
other, the very unity of actions of
such a union is constantly in danger
The united action organized by the
unions are weakened by the divid-
ing propaganda to which the union
members are exposed in the vari-
Gus so-called fraternal organiza-
tionS.
NEED OF I. w. o.
The I. w. o. is therefore a most
necessary and most important link
in the chain of fighting working
class organizations. The I. w. o.
is link, the strength of which
helps to determine the strength of
the whole chain.
But the international Workers
Order is also, and primarily, a mu-
tual aid organization. 1t provides
aid to it's members at low rate of
dues unequalled by our other or
ganizations of its kind.
That is why the I. w. o. has
right to expect every class-consci-
GUS worker, and every militant
workers organization to help it in
its membership drive. When the
I. w. o. rounds out its membership
to 10000 it will mean 10000 orga-
nized workers in the army of de-
tenders of the interests of the
working class.
The campaign will start Sept. Is.
With the help of the whole militant
labor movement the success of the
campaign is assured.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
A WORKERS
CONGRESS-.

1t was congress G. ~ ntal-
lectuals, by Roman Roland and
Henri Barbusee, sneered at by the
superior" Trotskyites, who prefer
red to rub shoulders with Fritz Ad-
Ter and Vandervelde, the leaders of
the Second International. At the
August 9th Anti-War Conference
in New York City, the Trotskyites
solemnly buried the world congress
against war; but it rose from the
dead, and became the most all-in-
elusive, the most enthusiastic, the
most inspiring anti-war gathering
the world had ever seen. Yes, there
were intellectuals present, noted
writer's and artists, with Barbusse
playing a prominent role through
out the entire historic congress.
But the congress was predominately
workers congress, with 1861 work
ers present as delegates out of a
total of 2,195 delegates. Roman
ROLAND in his greeting sent to the
congress pointed out that the intel
lectuals were incapable of carry
ing on the least action, in these
conflicts where the fate of human
ity is at stake, without the support
of the army of laborers and of
workmen which is the lever of all
action And we should seal
here the union of those intellectuals
worthy of the name with those who
are the very substance of living
action: the working people"
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
ON WITH THE FIGHT
AGAINST IMPERIALIST WAR!

The congress was tremendous
event, a living thing, that created
an International Committee to car
ry on an intensive anti-war cam
paign, to create anti-war commit
tees in every city and town, in
every factory, on every farm. To
make the masses of workers, farm
ers, intellectuals and students con-
scious of the existence of war in the
Far East; to create a broad mass
movement against imperialist war.
Every delegate to the congress.
pledged himself to carry out the
line laid down by the congress.
Every sincere fighter against war
should take the same pledge and
be active in the struggle.
The report of the Amsterdam
world congress against war should
reach into the factories, into or
ganizations of workers, of farm
ers, of intellectuals, and of students.
Already, at the request of the In
ternational Committee, the Ma
tional Students League is planning
National Students Conference
Against War for December of this
year. Discussion of the Congress
Manifesto should take place, par
>ticulariy in the shops and on the
farms. Concrete acts against war
preparations should be planned and
carried through, demonstrations
against shipments of munitions are
insufficient, shipments should be
stopped, mass actions against war
maneuvers should be organized. The
situation in the Far East does not
permit of delay. We must act -
and act quickly.
The Anti-Imperialist League is
arranging a series Of mass meetings
in New York City, for report by
its delegate to the World Congress
Against War. The Anti-Imperial-
ist League calls on all those who
oppose imperialism, Americans as
well as colonial workers, to give full
support to its campaign against
@Perss9sI sgs..:vY, YaF, g49a ~ y.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
The Historic Significance of
the World Anti War Congress

ers coming from fields of struggle,
the Belgian miners, the Lanca-
shire textile strikers. Mighty cries
of "Abasso II Fascimo' when a
uniformed sailor from the Italian
army took the platform. A fiery
speech from the stocky leader of
the Invergordon naval mutiny in
Great Britain. A masterful speech
by Willie Munzenberg, the orator
ical peak of the congress. A scath-
ing denunciation of British imper-
ialism by Patel, Indian Nationalist
leader. Our own Joe Gardner, del
egate from the Ex-Servicemen's
League spoke on the fight for Ne
gro rights.
Ada Wright, taking the congress
by storm, with her simple plea for
the Scottsboro boys; a special reso-
luton demanding their release was
adopted by the congress. And so on
and on for two days. In German,
in French and in English. A cross
section of workers struggles thru
out the world, particularly against
imperialist war. Great enthusiasm
for the Soviet Union - in the
speeches, in the response by the
delegates, and in the manifesto, a
firm determination not to permit
the Soviet Union to be touched.
Great interest in the Chinese peo-
pie, and against the dismember-
ment of China. Freedom for the
colonies, of India, of Indo-C China,
of Java, of Latin America, of all
the colonies. 1t is unfortunate
that there were no delegates from
Latin America.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
.GARY--STEEL,
STAR VA TION
BOSS TERROR FAILED TO HALT ORGANIZATION
By GEORGE COOPER

HARY, Indiana-The mind grows
" dulled to facts and figures when
they are very much alike: so many
starving living at so much per
week 'relief''-from city to city
have been going and hearing these
things. The mind even grows dull
ed to the sight of long lines of
gaunt workers waiting day after
day for a pittance of relief. Then
arrive in Gary and am confronted
with scene of mass starvation SO
terrible in its intensity and extent
that it is as if I had never seen
a starving person before, as if I
am being confronted for the first
time with the inhuman fact that
workers and their wives and chill
dren are dying before my eyes.
"FREE SPEECH"
DID YOU SAY?
This city is owned. lock, stock
and barrel by the United States
Steel Corporation. And that in
cludes the city officials. Mayor
johnson frankly declared, when the
Communists demanded permit
for an open air meeting, that the
permit would first have to be O.K.d
by William P. Gleason, president
of the Park Board and President
of the Illinois Steel Corporation,
chief subsidiary of the U. S. Steel.
This subsidiary, together with the
others, American Sheet g. Tin,
American Bridge, and Gary Screw
and Bolt, have worked out the
most fiendish scheme for mass
starvation.
THIS city's population is over
100000, Yet only 5000 families
are registered for relief, while the
factories output is down to next
to nothing. Where are the other
families? They are not eligible
for relief And why? Because
they are still employed by the U. S.
Steel companies. The scheme is
very simple. The stagger system
here is more extensive than in any
other city in the United States.
The twenty odd thousand workers
normally employed by the steel
companies are still on the pay rolls.
They get one days work every pay,
that is every two weeks. In other
words, the majority of the fam
lies of Gary are living on $1.75 a
week.
HOW "RELIEF" Is PAID FOR
The three thousand families who
have been lucky enough to get off
the U. S. Steel payrolls and thus
are eligible for relief are more
fortunate. Yes, they get $500 a
week, or even little more. Those
who have nine in the family or
a (Ton1orrOxy. HSociaIiefD NiIuauI,.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23

ership refuse to debate with Com
munist candidates?"
Immediately gang of at least 20
red badged guards tore down to
where I sat, and in tones la TAM
many told me that if Il didn't keep
my yap shut" they would break me
in half"
AID through the meeting had this
guard Of honor around me to see
that the audience should not hear
another mention Of the Communist
Party. az ~
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
WORKER ASKS WHY S.P.
REFUSES DEBATE
Answer Is That If He Doesn't Shut Up. He'll
Be Beaten Up!

NEW YORK.-The social fascist
tactics Of the Socialist Party, which
poses as a defender of democracy"
was brought home to me last sun
day afternoon at the Town Hall
After listening with a great deal of
patience to the sayiors OF capitalism,
in the person Of Solomon and Wald-
man, and to plea of the starving
humans from the lips of Hillquit,
lawyer for Czarist agents, to back
the Socialist Party and save the
starving people, I interrupted to ask
why does the Socialist Party lead
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
BY WILLIAM SIMONS.
Delegate from the Anti-Imperialist
League Of the q. S.

THE World Congress Against War,
L held in Amsterdam, Holland,
August 27-29, was an event of great
Importance for the workers Of the
world, 1t was not merely mighty
demonstration of power, concen-
trated in 2,195 delegates from q
countries, representing over 30,000,-
600 people; it was also starting
point for further and more intensi-
fled struggle against imperialist
war. Representatives of all shades
of political opinion gathered, Com
munists, socialists, non-party work.
ers, writer's, physicians, students,
ex-servicemen, for the purpose, as
expressed by Henri BarbuSse in his
opening speech of finding and Gre
ating effective methods of struggle
against the immediate danger of
imperialist war.
1t was a congress prepared under
the greatest difficulties, barred
from one city after another, its or
ganizers hampered, hundreds Of
workers for the congress jailed in
Poland, propaganda for the con-
gress banned in Bulgaria, and in
other fascist countries. But the
preparations for the congress
aroused unusual interest among the
working masses, particularly in
France and Germany. The election
of delegates was a part of the ac-
tive struggle against imperialist
war, as in France, where workers
destroyed war material, where elec-
trical workers in some towns re-
fused to obey orders to turn off
lights during the recent war ma
neuvers.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
Unity With Socialist
Workers Hailed AS
Achievement

the Second International. They,
together with "a other socialists,
adopted a special resolution against
imperialist war. The congress
greeted this resolution with thun-
derous acclaim. This strong desire
for unity on the part of the dele
gates was echoed in Paris, at the
mass meeting on September Q in
the Sale Pullier to hear the AM
sterdam report, where 10000 French
workers greeted Poupy, a leader of
the revolutionary opposition inside
of the French Socialist Party with
loud and prolonged cries of L'Unite!
EUnite! L'Unite- (Unity! Unity
UnityD The desire for unity of all
sincere forces for the fight against
imperialist war dominated the en-
tire work of the congress. Poupy
and the other socialists present
gave the lie to Fritz Adler's pre-
diction of a Communist maneuver-
ed congress" by declaring that no
attempt was made to prevent
spokesmen of any point of view
from expressing their views freely.
This same opinion was voiced by
the American delegation, including
Joe Roth, a member of the Social
ist Party Local, Ithaca, New York
Roth made this clear when report
ing at the mass meeting in Web
ster Hall, on Sunday, September IL.
There We're 800 Communist dele
gates at the congress, interested not
in petty maneuvers, but in helping
create lasting united front with
rank and file members of the So
cialist Party, with non-party work.
ers, and with intellectuals. The
congress itself, it's manifesto, its
International Committee-all indi-
Gated a sincere desire for unity of
al1-imperialist war forces. Under
the same sincere slogan of uI1vy
the rank and file of the Socialist
Party, and of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor can and should be
won over for genuine united front
struggle against imperialist war
and for the defense of the Soviet
Union.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23

more are in a special category-it
must be remembered that the late
Elbert Gary, Czar of steel, liked
big families and kept birth control
out of Gary, because "a free labor
market is the prime necessity Of
industry" So if you have nine or
more in the family in Gary, you
get the top rating of $22 month
relief. Five dollars week for nine
people-that is the good fortune Of
the favored few.
All relief is more than paid for
Forced labor is exacted in return.
Two days a week work from each
man whose family is on relief.
That means that the worker gets
dollar a day for working in the
vegetable gardens of the city of
Gary. With the passage of the
Commissary Bill in Indiana, the
city plans to give the workers nei-
ther money nor scrip this winter,
but intends to feed them on the
vegetables they have raised, and in
return exact further work. At the
rate Of dollar day for its la
Dor, the city-U. S. Steel gang are
sure to make handsome profit.
The Gary Heat, Light & Water
Company owns these services; and
as the workers of Gary have been
Unable to pay their bills, they have
cut off light, heat and water. Ac-
cording to a statement some
months, ago by Health Commits
sioner Behn himself there are well
over 500 families without water in
their homes; the actual number
runs by now into the thousands.
Long lines of women and children
stand for hours waiting their turn
to fill buckets of water at a few
public sinks in the city. Those
to far away from these sources of
water are charged five cents a
bucket by the storekeepers.
BUT THE FIGHT GROWS
Thus do the workers of Gary
live" without water, without food,
without paid work. And their
struggle against these conditions
meets with grim terror. Only the
takers, the Democrats, the Repub-
licans and the Socialists can hold
open air meetings in Gary No
permit has been issued for years
to the Communist Party, the Un-
employed Councils or any other
fighting organization. The United
States Steel Corporation rears like
a monster over the city, and only
its willing tools have any rights in
Gary, but the fight Of the work
ers = employed and unemployed
grows in intensity each day.
and Forced Labor
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
CACHIN OUTLINES
COMMUNIST POSITION.

The Communist position on i'm
perialist war was ably presented in
a speech by Marcel Cachin, editor
of L'Humanite. He particularly
stressed the struggle of the Japa-
nese masses against war, where
both legal and illegal methods were
being combined. Cachin expressed
Joy over the presence at the con-
gress of so many socialist workers.
With these workers, with these
socialist workers, he said, 1--WE are
always ready to carry through
united front without reservations
and loyalty. We attach the greatest
Importance to our union with
them"
The Soviet delegation was pre-
vented by the Dutch government
from entering Holland, but the
greeting sent by Cork to the con-
gress was acclaimed with the Wild
est enthusiasm. During the con-
gress, four indoor meetings were
held in Moscow, with an atend-
ance of 100000, where resolutions
of greeting to the congress were
adopted.
HIGH LIGHTS.
More than two days of speeches,
by workers and intellectuals. Work
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
BY MAX BEDACHT,

The National Executive Committee
of the International Workers Order
has initiated campaign to raise
its membership to 10000 by May,
1888, when its second convention
will be held. This campaign is
of Importance to the whole militant
labor movement.
The absence of social insurance
in the United States forces the
workers into mutual aid organiza-
tions. Mutual aid is an emergency
measure which helps the workers
to some extent bridge the gap Gre
ated by the absence of social in
Surance.
NEED FOR
MUTUAL AID
The capitalist class has fully rec
ognzed the need of mutual aid for
the workers. It has made this need
another source of capitalist influ-
ence and capitalist leadership over
the workers. 1t has organized
scores of mutual aid organizations
to win the workers affiliation. But
none of these capitalist mutual aid
organizations serve primarily the
workers need for mutual aid; they
all serve instead the capitalist pur-
pose of feeding to or maintaining
in the worker members anti
proletarian capitalist illusions. All
OF these mutual aid organizations
are built on religious, national, pa
triotic or other purposes. which di-
vide the workers. The workers
join these organizations primarily
to get mutual aid; but the main
thing they do get is religion, ma
tionalism, patriotism. The work.
ers join for what they have in COM
mon-need of aid in case of sick
ness, death or other emergencies.
But they are organized not on what
they have in common, but on what
divides them, on religion, national
ity, patriotism, etc.
THE International Workers Order,
in its form of organization, it's
composition and its principles, chal-
lenges this capitalist misleadership
over the workers in the field of mu-
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
UNITY WITH
SOCIALIST WORKERS.

One Of the outstanding achieve
ments OF the congress was to bring
together POI members of the Sec
ond Socialist International, despite
the opposition Of the leadership OF