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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
Wash. Town Relief
0 f ficia | S Refuse
Price List on Food

BELLINGHAd, Wash.Th prices of
groceries in the County Relief Com
misSary are skyrocketing now, there
by causing the purchasing power of
the workers who have to buy from
the County to go down still lower
to starvation levels.
Some of the comparative prices of
the Commissary TO the other stores
is as follows: Lard 7 1-2c per Id.
against cents in other stores: but
ter 33c against 28c; bacon lac against
10c; eggs the same 28c; milk 1-2c
against Sc per can, peanut butter 20c
against 100; other prices compare in
the same way.
The workers are complaining about
these prices of goods, and when they
ask for complete price list of the
commodities in the commissary, they
are met with flat refusal. Most of
the time one does not know what the
price Of the goods are when they
attempt to purchase them.
The workers are forced to purchase
their groceries here in the commits
sary because it is the only place where
the script which they are paid for
County Relief work is acceptable.
The county does not permit town
merchants to accept script for groc-
eries.-V. ii.
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Arbitration Hits Printers


n the smashing newspaper printers
York City lost lost they
rules of trade egasm because they challenged their
ocChaes Howard president of the International Typographical
Union; Woodruff Randolph president
Big Siony words union meetings action
in building and file committees action in the
aneverng helped publish
impose the fraud Of arbitration the The decision
Indianapolis
conditions
which the fought
the disposal Of the time period although
the actual working time remains before and half hours
The demand Of the membership inoeny turned
decision doom the printers starvation
the publishers concerned partme workers
existing starvation of them getting work
less week but they have to show work day the
newspaper whether they
THIS policy
p. Randolph.
ALL that the publishers could
al the file
trade union egasm, that fetish
that it detailed
subsidized by the bankers the exchange
spite the betrayas of their the still
publishers they There should
file committees;
stereotypers-shoud similar committees these
publishers through the
conditions the offices Further
that they the working
themselves the struggles Of the American
cutting of the whole
capitalist class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
Socialist Leaders Attempt to
Dress Up ALL, Bnreaucrats
Utilize Unemployment Insurance Issue Divide Labor
and Demobze Mass Movement

ployed and unemployed III the face
of the capitalist offensive against
both.
WHAT IS THE PERSPECTIVE?
What do the advisors of capital
ism think Of the unemployment
problem? Do they believe, as the
Socialist Party and the A. F. of L.
officials tell workers, that the pres
ent mass unemployment is a tenn
porary matter? They do not. Read
the following quotation from the
Standard Statistics Co., contained
in STANDARD Trade and Securi-
ties" published Nov. IA:
''ObScured by the temporarily
stronger forces of business con-
traction, chronological unemploy-
ment unemployment as result
of rationalization-B.D0 has,
nevertheless complicated the Sit
uation during the cyclical down
swing. Easing of credit will make
possible the installation of speed
Ter and more efficient machinery
for reabsorption of displaced
workers. This will require much
greater expansion of new and
existing industries than anything
hitherto known, unless radically
shortened working hours can be
made permanent. In short, both
near and long term aspects of
the domestic employment situa-
ton are such as to defy any early
or conclusive settlement. (Our
emphasiS.)
In other words, even funda-
mental improvement in business, of
which there is no indication, would
not and could not wipe out mass
unemployment. Right at the pres
ent moment, with wages lower
than before 1914, the big corpora
tons are installing improved labor
displacing machinery and speeding
up those workers still employed,
creating conditions where still
fewer workers are needed in the
productive processes.
A CRIME AGAINST WORKERS
To treat the question of mass I'M
employment and the maintenance
of the millions of those now unem-
ployed as a problem which will be-
come less and less important be-
cause of the coming recovery" of
capitalism, as Thomas and the A.
F. of L. do, is to commit mon
strous crime, against the entire
working class.
This course is necessary, for
them if they are to have any kind
of plausible excuse for their at
tempts to split the ranks of the
working class in the struggle for
compulsory federal insurance; it is
necessary if they are to have a base
from which to carry on a dema-
gogic offensive in the interests of
capitalism, directed against the
1916, 100000 unemployed workers
and the revolutionary leadership of
the Communist Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
Continued Tomorrow
Facts That Are Not So
Well known About the
|OrlOff- Opeck Case

THE Orloff- Opeck case is familiar
1 to all readers of the Daily"
These two striking miners were
attacked by three guards early in
July. In the scuffle one of these
guards was killed. Both men were
indicted on charge of first de-
gree murder. The International
Labor Defense took up their de-
Tense and due to the mass pros
tests organized by it Orloff's ins
dictment was recently changed to
a conviction of involuntary man
slaughter while Opeck was freed
of all charges on Nov 90. Orloffs
conviction will, of course, be fought.
Orloff has a family of a wife and
two children. one six months old,
the other five years. How has this
family lived since July? What will
they do if Orloff must serve his
sentences? How can his wife leave
children Of that age TO go to work
even If she could find it? Listen to
what Orloff says: 81 ask all work.
ers of clear heart not to abandon
me and my little children to the
mercy Of the bosses' class" Sup
port the Prison rs Winter Relief
Campaign! Buy the Relief coupons
which, bearing the slogan Give
That They May Live will be on
the street in a few days! Send all
contributions to 1. l.. D., 80 E. 1lth
ST., Room 430, New York City. j
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
NEED SKILLED AID.

1t is well that the masses realize
not only that they do not need
coupon clippers, but that they do
need engineers, technicians, and
specialized experts to help carry
our highly developed industries
through the period of the shift in
power and afterwards.
And a myriad Of other problems
confront us in the building of So
cialism, but with the correct I'M
derStanding of them and sufficient
effort in their accomplishment,
they are not insurn1ountable.
The solution of these problems
should be common knowledge
among the workers and especially
so among those in the Communist
Party, but from reading the Daily
Worker and listening at Commu-
mist meetings, it is difficult to de-
termine whether even they have
this in sight.
I believe that many persons
would take more notice and in
terest in Communism if they could
see more evidence that the Commu-
mist movement recognizes the mag
nitude of its problems and shows
more specifically their solutions.
Space in the "Daily" devoted to
the problems Of the transition per-
iod and especially the economics
of socialism or Communism would
be an injury to none and a benefit
to all,
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Defend Negro Rights!

TT IS especially necessary to organize support for the
National Hunger March of the Unemployed Councils
the program of demandfOr which the struggle has to be
extended AFTER they presented to Congres-because
prominent place is given to the demand for dscrimna
ton workers in distribution
stration of unemployment insurance,
this
the lead i'll the fight for such
The conditions the
than those whites
In Baltimore the Negroes II Of the population the
percentage Of Negro workers
the percentage of Negro population is S51 per cent
In with Negro population the Of
employed from four times the the city whole
the fact that " the families
relief the
unemployed getting relief discrimination
obviously organized a
Southern cities
public charity relief
big cities where this discrimination is practced
White
tons the National
6wen they Will be placed before
gates Of the Unemployed Councilsl
agitation!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03

d'reckly, sub"
FOR long time the old man sat
4 crouched on the edge of Cons
bunk, just sat and held the boys
thin hand and smiled kindly al
him. The insects droned. The sun
beat on the iron roof. The sweat
ran down his face and the soileds
white collar wrinkled as though
trying to mold itself to his throat.
Never did have no folks since I
was no higher'n a barber chair"
Con said. ]
The preacher stroked the boys
hand and smiled gently.
Il bin layin' here studyin', study
in all de time. Dey ain nobody to,
claim my body an dey'll SEN hit
to de students TO cuttin' up"
A DYING MANS FEAR
The old mans lips moved sis
lently.
You cain go fo' de lawd wild
yo' insides all missin' an you haid
sawed to pieces.
I'll ask de Capn TO let me bury
you if you die" the preacher PRONE
ised gently.
will you now, SHOP" The boys
face lighted with relief. I'm
scairt, jes' scairt O bein' cut up.
Never be myself again-even wen
de angel Gabriel"
"I'll go see de Cap'n right dis
minute. I'll be back d'reckly."
DILL TWINE was directing re-
ID pairs in the blacksmith shelter
when the old man approached.
yes, Preacher? How's the boy
now?"
Dat boys gonter die, sub,
reck'n."
"Oh, I dunno. DR.. Blaine'll beT
along an maybe tix'm up good as
new"
maybe, sub. But dat po' boys
terrible scairt. He ain got no folks
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
Letters from Our
Readers
Editor, the Daily Worker,
neays TyN11,ro

Editor, the Daily Worker.
Dear Comrade:
1t appears to me that the Conn
munist movement is spending too
much time (proportionately speak,
ing only) in tearing down capital
ism. Not that capitalism does not
require tearing down, but that In
tearing down capitalism faster than
we build toward socialism, we
weaken the chance of using the
wealth (machine, etc.), the rightful
heritage Of the workers, in the In
terest Of the workers.
1t has often been stated that
Russia is in transition period,
that she is building toward social
ism. Then If nation, such as
Russia, with a working population
of possibly 100 million (not count
ing children of school age) has not
reached socialism, except in de-
gree, after Is years, approximately
of control by the workers; then
how much can be expected to be &C
complished in a nation such as the
U. S. by an acquisition Of control
by the workers other than that 1t
will be in a position to institute pro-
working class measures to the ex-
tent to which the working class is
educated and organized to adopt
them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
Editors Reply.

THE writer seems to labor under
! the illusion that it is possible to
proceed to the building of social
ism, while state power still remains
in the hands of the capitalist class.
Naturally we must concentrate our
fire against the capitalist ruling
class, against its dictatorship in
order to smash its rule and estab-
lish the dictatorship of the work
ing class. 1t is only then, after
there has been brought about the
destruction of capitalist state power
and the establishment of work
ers' and farmers government that
we can talk of building socialism.
The first paragraph of the letter
of &c. r. B." shows that he does
not understand this fact. He must
realize that there is much to de-
stroy before we can begin to build.
No doubt there is much room for
improvement in all our agitation,
including the question of building
socialism. But we have in the Sow
let Union ample material to draw
from to show the triumphant adj
vance of socialism under the pro-
letarian dictatorship. 1t is Of great
advantage to compare the condi-
ton Of czarist Russia to the devel-
opment of industry in the United
States. For one thing such a COM
parison shows that the task of
building socialism in this country
would be achieved much easier and
quicker than in the realms of the
former czarS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
MORE INTRICATE
SITUATION

True we are industrially advanced
possibly about 100 years over what
Russia was at the time OF the
revolution, which would simplify the
socializing Of basic and monopoly
industries, but at the same time
we are in a much more intricate
situation, requiring therefore a spe-
cial remedy.
I. Millions, composed Of lawyers,
insurance men, clergymen, commits
sion merchants, promoters, embezz-
lers, racketeers, munition workers,
soldiers, police, statesmen, prohibi-
ton agents, landlords, ETC., live on
sources many of which have a
doubtful social value. Many of
these would Immediately be thrown
on the streets as result of the So
cializing Of industry.
2. We have more than so percent
city population while Russia had
less than 20 percent in 1917. This
means that should there be tenn
porary stoppage in the means of
production and distribution due to
the shift in power, millions in the
cities would Immediately be af-
fected, probably severely, due to the
day-to-day mode OF city existence.
These two gigantic factors,
among others, should require care
full study, and constitute what I
believe is requisite education in So
cialism, lest through ignorance the
workers become their own destroy
erS.
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to be useful.
Engineers, technicians, etc. UNI
der capitalism find it increasingly
difficult to exist because capitalist
technical development has slowed
up SO that there is no demand for
the work of these people. Many of
them are coming to realize that
their fate is closely linked up with
the struggle of the working class
to smash capitalist rule--they per-
ceive that only in society building
socialism have they an opportunity
to become constructive builders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
NTERyENTIoNIsT PLOTS.

The questioner, in speaking of
the is years existence of the Soviet
Union seems to forget the armed
interventions, the famine, the in
tense class struggle against the
capitalist elements that tried to de-
stroy Soviet power and bring back
capitalist and czarist rule. Also,
the very fact of the large city popu-
lation (more than SO per cent, as
compared to old Russia's 20 per
cent? Is more favorable to building
socialism in this country.
AS to people who today have a
doubtful social value, they could
be placed in useful positions, pro-
vided they showed an inclination
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
III
BY BILL dunno.

THERE are people who claim to
1 see important differences be-
tween factions in the Socialist
Party-betwen Thomas and Hill
quit. The differences may be sharp
on tactical questions, but not on
hasically important matters like
saving capitalism.
In the same issue of the New
Leader" in which Thomas takes the
A. F. of L. officialdom and its
sabotage Of compulsory unemploy-
ment insurance to his breast, Hill
quit also gives it his benediction.
He does it even more skilfully than
Thomas, since he is more conscious
of the necessity of tinting treason
to workers with the rosy reflection
Of the revolutionary dawn.
Hillquit boldly announces that
the A. F. of L. is on the way to
Socialism. SIT would" he says, "be
a gross eXaggeration to claim that
the acceptance by the American
Federation of Labor of the prin-
ciple of state unemployment in
surance signifies the conversion of
that body to the philosophy of So
cialism. But we are quite justified
in asserting that it marks a de-
cided step in that direction" (Our
emphasis.)
ENLARG>NG THE S. P. ROLE
What is the political meaning Of
this declaration in terms of the
class struggle and relationship Of
class forces in this period of the end
of capitalist stability ? 1t means
that, with due discount made for
differences in the development of
the class struggle, for the fact that
the Socialist Party is not in the
government, and has neither the
traditions nor the mass base Of the
German social democracy, it is
trying to assume somewhat sim
liar important functions, in an open
united front with the A. F. of L.
bureaucracy, as the splitter of the
working class and savior of CAPT.
talisn.
1t is, necessarily on a smaller
scale, trying to step into the role
assigned the German social democ-
racy by the big capitalists. For
this it must have broader trade
union base. 1t must have an i'm
portant political issue on which its
united front with the trade union
bureaucracy appears Justified to
revolutionary workers. The A. F.
of L. unemployment program can
be used as such an issue.
STRENGTHENING
THE CONNECTION
The Socialist Party of America,
lacking leaders in government posi-
tions, has to make its organic con-
nectlon with capitalist government
through the A. F. of l.. bureau
crazy which is, and has been since
the world war, a semi official de-
partment of capitalist government.
The recent elections have strength
ened the connection and it is en-
tirely probable that a member of
the A. F. Of L. executive council,
or someone close to 1t, will become
secretary of labor. 1t can be taken
for granted, in the light of the his
tory of important previous devel-
opments of A. F. of L. policy, that
its unemployment insurance pro-
gram has ben sanctioned in prin-
oiple by the incoming Roosevelt
administration and its advisors.
LESSONS FROM GERMANY
In the Letters to German Lead
ers" (Deutsche OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
beers " and IS, containing conf
dental information, political an
alysis and advice intended only for
some 100 heads of finance capital,
which fell into the hands Of the
Communist Party of Germany, and
to be useful
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
INsTALLMENT 20


THE STORY so FAR: David Jackson, Negro YOUTH his
when he picked charged with
the months David
Opound his The chain
system itself all its brutality in the treatment of sick
prisoner forced work though seriously
i'll with tuberculosis until he finally has be sent to his bunk where
he waits for the doctor O
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
~ GRO SLAVERY To-Day
John L. Sttvak's Stirring Novel r>xx
GEORGIA Niger"

NorE"Geora Niger smashing
order
erm + respeotfo do not
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an he's layin' dey frettin' dat wen
he dies his body1l go to de students
TO cuttin' up
"Oh!"
"Yes. sub. An 1 was figg'rin',"
he continued hesitantly, maybe
you could promise him dat he aim
gonter be cut up SOS he kin go
befo' de lawd all whole, lax he
is" -
Continued Tomorrow
LYING THERE CHAINED IN
THE PRISON CAMP, WITH HIS
WASTED BODY RACKED WITH
COUGHS, WILL THIS DYING
NEGROES LAST REQUEST B
GRANTED BY THE HlRELINGal
OF THE SYSTEM WHICH is
SLOWLY NUMBERING HIM? BE
SURE AND READ MONDAYS
INSTALMENT!
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KEPT LIKE A JUNGLE BEAST
A Negro prisoner at the Musco-
gee County, Ga, prison camp,
chained by his neck and feet to the
iron cage as form of punishment.
He was permitted out in the sun
shine to have this picture taken
the first time in two months.
Thousands of Negroes, many of
them unemloyped workers, are vic
Tins of the chain gan gtorture sys-
tenn.
Copyright by John L. Suivak,
author of Georgia Nigger.")
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24

What will happen when we face Southern California in the Rose Bowl game New Years day I can- not predict. have taken two fine teams out there, teams which com pare favorably with this years team. But think we will be bet ter prepared than we were in either 1928 or 1930 when we played in the Bowl.
 Intestinal Fortitude?
 In every game this years Pit team has played, certain players have risen to the occasion and pulled his teammates through to win.
 I do not hold the scorless ties with Ohio State and Nebraska against us. believe we had to have 8 pretty good team to hold Nebraska scorless. The season has been more than satisfactory to me and, believe, to my players. There was one climax after an- other. Despite the scores, we had to play hard to win from West Virginia and Duquesne, two rug Bed lOcdl rIValS, edcn or whom wanted especially to win from Pitt. Heller Great Back
 The man who brought the team through the Army game was War ren Heller, my fine, consistent half back who went through the whole season without second of loafing. He put us ahead, and when we got behind he put us back in the lead. Pressed for reserves in that game, I was pleasantly surprised by the showing of Harvey Rocker, Ia scrub at the time who rose to the heights on that day to stop the Army three times at our goal line. Against Notre Dame the players came up without help from me. They realized they had to play bet ter ball than they had shown to make a good game of it. and they went on to exceed this demand When the ball was on the one-inch line, Hogan drove it 70 yards to throw back the last Notre Dame threat, and then followed up by in- tercepting perfectly thrown pass. Two minutes later, Sebastian, who
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
Bowling Scores

ss1 l01 se5--11s7 High sinsle-Muchaligllt, lSe. High Three-Muchalight, Ss2. HiRh 0ame-Bernier, l20. High Team--Bernier, 1219.
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away from the Notre Dame tacklers to score the winning touchdown.
 Lucky Against Penn Against Penn, an 0verconfident Pitt team managed to pull itself together just long enough and fre- quently enough to edge out 19 to 12 victory.
 On the following Saturday against Nebraska, the Pitt team ac- tually showed no offense whatever. but managed to stop the Huskers time after time when 1t seemed a score was inevitable.
 I never can forget our line hold ing the Army for seven downs on the three-yard line; Warren Heller scoring the first touchdown against the same team; Harvey Rocker twice throwing Fields for a loss when he was trying to toss the winning touchdown; Warren Hell Ter, ever present in the Notre Dame game; Bob Hogan driving out that tremendous kick; Mike Sebastian evading five Irish tack lers in his touchdown run; Heller taking a sure touchdown out of Hokuf's arms at Ne braska; Rocker and Daley houding the perfect punts in the Carnegie Tech and Stanford games, and Skladany rushing. through to stop the last desperate Notre Dame passes be- fore they could be thrown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24

But when seeking to e1ude ones guard in the scoring area it is best to time the cut when the ball is held by a player ahead or when the passer is on the opposite side of the court. Breaking for the basket then, with sudden change n. direction, will put the player in position for an easy pass with out a possible interception.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
FIRST DOG TRACK

The first dog racing track ever built is said to have been that con structed by owen P. Smith at Emeryville, Calf. It was opened to racing in 1920.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
HoCKEY,s POPULAR

Hockey, the national sport of Canada, is said to have more than 25,000 active participants among school, college, professional and "kid" teams.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
HAD LOTS OF FEM

Boston, in the National league, has had 12 presidents since 1876. Judge Emil Fuchs is the twelfth to sit in this capacity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24

Three firms at Northampton shire, England, have received an order for 100000 mems shoes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
Sutherland Reviews
 Pitts Season---And
 Ahead To Rose Bowl
By DIR J. B. "JOCK" SUTHERLAND tFootball Coach University of Pittsbnrs)

During the undefeated through which the Pitt team has just passed it seemed to though each time needed super bit of play to win stave off defeat that bit was there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
HTNKTE LED BOOTER

Clark Einkle, former Bucknell star, and present Green Bay Pack ers' ace kicker. led all professional
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24

gridders In the distance of punts. His longest one was a 77-yard boot against the Chicago Bears.