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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-11
Progress of 'L'Unita Oberaia',
Fighting Italian Weekly

ments for a bundle order OF the
paper to be sold in italian neigh
borhoodS and factories where TIA
Ian workers are employed"
AS result of this appeal Some of
the Party workers, section and unit
literature agents ordered the paper
and sold them among the Italian
workers of their shops and neigh
borhoods, thereby creating a base
for organization of Italian workers
in those centers. Other Party work
erS simply took the call of the Cen
trail Committee as a formality, a
sort of fraternal greeting he
Daily Worker was transmitting to
the new Italian paper, and did
nothing TO spread the paper among
the Italian workers in their field
In some cases these comrades had
sent communications requesting
italian organizers for their locality.
If they couldn't get an organizer,
they indicated, they could do no
thing. We request these comrades
to use the paper as an organizer.
III many centers L'Unita Operaia
has already become the organizer
of the Italian workers.
WE therefore once again urge our
w comrades in the field to take
the spreading of the Italian paper
in their localities seriously. Not
only those places where the Italian
comrades are already selling some
COPIES but the district, section and
unit organizers should see to it
that in every center where there
r~e Ttnfo1 v-c~'-e~s. arrar~o'',o rte
to introduce the paper among them
should be made.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-11
NEW READER PRAISES
THE DAILY WORKER

New York City
Editor Of Daily Worker.
Dear Comrade:
About four months ago, a buddy
OF mine that went through hell
with me in France, gave me a
Worker to read I think your
paper is wonderful. only wish
the rest Of the old gang that Is
left Of the G9th fighting Irish would
read your paper ! can't believe
| have been so dumb
Hoping you print tins letter and
excuse my writing as I never went
much TO school
v-CHARLES MORAN
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my reinstatement and for their
own right to meet on the campus,
the Daily Worker almost alone led
the fight i'm the columns of its
papers. 1t was first to present q
front page report OF the police at
tacks on the students. II was prac-
tically alone among Nel1 York pa
pers to give information on the
dismissal Of Leo Gallagher, who
heroically defended the Mooney
Run youths on the occasion Of the
magnificent demonstration at the
Olympics in Los Angeles for which
he was fired from the staff of the
Southern University Law School.
Nm examination Of the pages of
"a the Daily Worker the last few
days shows the great interest the
workers fighting paper takes in
the conflicts on the cultural field.
On Tuesday, Jan. II, a five-inch
article announces the threat of ex-
pulsion made against % students
of City College by the Board of
Education, because OF the partici-
patton of these students In the
"trial of President F. B. Robin
son some weeks ago. On Thursday,
Jan, 10, q six-inch story relates the
one month sentence Of expulsion
pronounced against 10 of these stu
dents. On Wednesday, Jan. Is, an
eight-inch article describes the
tricky so per cent cut in wages
given to substitute teachers in New
York city schools. In the same is
sue Columbia University worker
correspondent writes o 12-inch
double column article on the wage
cut, amounting to from to so
per cent, given by that wealthy
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farmers who forced the finance
companies to grant this concession.
Wharton, an old Socialist Party
member, and head of the Fedora
ted Farm Clubs OF Ohio, spoke of
a, new ''Farmer-Labor Party" and
told the farmers to put their trust
in such action as Home Rule" in-
flation, etc. Reverend CLANCY told
them of the governors recently app
pointed committee which is sup
posed to act as advisor and ad-
juStor between creditors and debt.
orS. Also he told them to trust In
God and not to riot" The farmers
did not applaud any Of this advice
and received it with audible sar-
casm. One Of the militant leaders,
Ralph Weaver, Of Fostoria, himself
a ruined farmer, pledged the farmers
not to bid over several pennies on
each article, to turn the purchases
over to the owner. He turned the
meeting over to the auctioneer
while the farmers hurrahed their
approval The tactics OF the Uni
ted Farmers League as outlined ira
the conference in Washington werelS
carried out and have proven cor
rect.
The capitalist press has played
its customary role in playing down
the role of the militant farmers
and quoting all the refornist ieaA-
ers at length. At the sale a cub
reporter held match under Daily
Workers in the arm of a farmer.
setting them on fire, but the sab
ctage was noted before much harm
was done and more Daily Workers
were sold than both of the cap
Italist papers, the Blade and News
Bee put together. The capitalist
press did not mention the milit
ancy Of the farmers nor the future
sales in Putnam, Hardin, and San
dusky counties, but ran big scare
headlines of Farmers Rout Agit-
ators, Farmers Burn Commun-
list Literature" which were planned
anu u6uDefdUe hes. A.
DAILY" is SOLD
Sales of the Daily Worker werebD
well organized at the penny auc-
ton" sale; several dollars worth
were sold and other Daily Workers
were given away to those farmers
who had no money to pay for them.
CanVassing of the farms in this
region will be made with this issue
Of the Daily Worker, exposing the
role Of the capitalist press and tell
ing the farmers to elect their own
leaders, to form a close union with
the city workers, and not trust the
rich reformists who are trying hard
TO get control Of this mass move
ment of the farmers.
This shows how the Daily
Worker is being used in the
struggles of the farmers. To keep
the Daily" fighting for the
farmers, for the working masses
everywhere, it must be saved
from suspension. Act now! 49,
Editor.
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The Fight Against Reaction
in the Schools and COLLEGES

university to its small-Salaried rank
and file workers. In the Daily
Worker Of the day before a news
item reports More Schools TO
Close in Alabama by End of jan
uary," stating that 326 schools have
been officially closed SO far. The
Daily Worker keeps teachers in
formed on the steady attack made
by the reactionary capitalist gov
eminent on the pupils and teach
ers of our public schools.
EXPOSES CHILD
STARVATION
Along with this the Daily Work
er continually exposes the starva-
ton conditions among American
children, regularly reports Stats
tics on malnutrition, gives the facts
on the homeless children of Amer
lea. The DAILY" has consistently
opposed the increasing burden that
the capitalist school system i'm
poses on teachers, forcing teachers
TO contribute from their small anoI
already reduced salaries to the |
buying of lunches for starving chill
dren in the schools, pointing out
that this burden should be forced
upon the capitalist government it
sell, and paid for out Of war funds
and by taxation Of the wealthy.
IN Tuesday, Jan. II, the Daily
=" Worker carried a ree-column
article by Gil Green on the Chi
cago Student Congress Against
War. The anti-war activities OF
students have regularly been prom
lnently advertised iii the Daily
In front page headline on
wednesday, Jan. II, the, Daily
Worker described the heroic pro
test strikes OF the Chinese students
against the murderous Marking
government.
In an article on Mayor elect
OBrlen, the Daily" exposed his
action When, as corporation coun-
sci some time ago, he denied dis
ability claims to sick teachers In
anofhtr, the paper related the
fight made by the Labor SPORTS
Union in protest against the grad
ual closing Of The recrea n csn-
ters IN New York, each Of the 1T
such centers having been shut
down one night per week in the in.
terest OF economy" and the staff
Tor each center reduced in number.
The Daily Worker has shown in
deeds that it stands by teachers
and students in their fight against
reactionary school officialdom, It
does not neglect, furthermore, to
inform its readers of the educa-
tional advances made in the Soviet
Union, where workers rule. The
Daily" is the organ of all workers
hand and brain factory and pro-
tesslonaI, and therefore deserves
tnelr support. Contribute your
share to the $4,000 fund to keep
the paper going. Send your dona-
tlon to the Daily Worker. 30 n,
18th st.. New York, -
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Letters from Our Readers

relief to bankers and railroads and
other big crooks VINO have always
robbed the workers. If the workers
OF Evansville Will organize into a
united front Of rank and file work
ers and put trusted and tried
workers in office who are revolu-
tionary we will be able to put
Evansville on the map
l don't mean TO say that we can
bring about a complete overthrow
OF the capitalist system in this
manner but in small cities such as
Evansville, I feel that we should
put forth every effort to elect
workers ~ office
Evansville Worker.
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BY DAVE DORAN

ONE year ago today-on Febru-
v airy IL, 1932-in the heat Of the
Kentucky miners struggle against
a wage cut, one of the youngest
leaders of the Southern working
class youth, Harry Simms, was
murdered.
AS District Organizer OF the
Young Communist League and
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How 5000 Farmers in Ohio
Thqvarted Foreclosure Sale
By X. C.

HASKINS, O., Feb. o. More
than 5000 farmers, supported by
hundreds Of workers from the
neighboring cities, gathered at the
forced sale OF the implements and
personal property of Walter Croz-
Ter, ruined farmer of this town,
and BOUGHT upwards of $4,000
worth of chattels for $3.50, and
turned them over to Crozier on
99-year lease. This is the third
time the militant farmers have
gathered at penny auction sales in
Wood County in the last 10 days
and thwarted the finance COM
panies who have been charging in
te-est as high as 80 a month or
$3.50 year
The action of the farmers III for
cling the loan sharks to carry out
all scheduled sales, has forced the
two largest mortgage-ho1ding banks
in this section to declare a years
moratorium on farm foreclosures.
The Inter-County Finance Com
pany and members of the Farm
Debt Protective Association put
pressure on Crozier to call off the
sale; but assured of the support
of thousands of farmers and the
workers of the city, Crozier insist
ed on proceeding with the sale as
scheduled.
"ONLY WAY OUT"
P. j. Prentiss, of Napoleon. o.,
told how the bankers, loan sharks
and petty politicians all profit by
shifting the burden of the crisis
on the shoulders of the farmers
and workers. He said, "the only
way out was for the workers and
farmers to organize together to
improve their conditions. If con-
ditions don't improve, thereu be
a revolution and you and I don't
have to be afraid Of that, and the
sooner it comes the better The
farmers cheered.
The farmers had issued d call to
the workers Of the city to come
and support them in their strug-
giles. Over so workers from the
city of Toledo came to the meet
ing % miles from home in the snow
and sleet, and bought several ar
ticles for pennies and turned them
over to the owner. Eugene Stoll,
former Communist candidate for
U. S. Congress from Ohio spoke
from the platform, endorsing the
mass movement of the farmers and
pledging the support OF the work.
ers of Toledo in their struggles.
He invited the farmers to support
the workers of Toledo by demon.
stratlng on the streets with them
on March 4, demanding unemploy-
ment insurance, lower taxes, and
better relief.
PHONEYS GET RAZZED
w. L, Chase, C. f. Wharton, and
Rev. John CLANCY, attempted to
counsel the farmers to put their
trust in "a policy of hopeful watt
ing" They spoke of the recent
rloratoriums, not mentioning that
it was the militant actions of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-11
BY PROF. OAKLEY JOHNSON

cTUDENTs and teachers who
have participated i'll recent
struggles to- resist the So-called
economy" measures directed at
schools and colleges, measures
which are designed to save capt.
talist profits at the expense OF ed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-11

ucational e t II
cheney, have not
sufficiently real
lied the value of
the Daily Work
er as an instru-
ment in their
cause. Yet the
D a iIy'' has
played an active
role in eV e ry
struggle involv-
ing Cne interests
of students and
: d u C a t ion a !
workers.
Last fall, dur
ing the struggle
of the Liberal
Club of the Col
lege of the City
of New York fnr
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the expense of the government and
the employers
OUCH trickery as is revealed in the
" actions of Governor Lehmans
commission should spur the mas
ses on to the mightiest demonstra-
tons this country has ever seen on
March 4th. the day when Wall st.
places in the white house at Wash
ington its new hunger and war
president, Franklin ID. Roosevelt,
who was politically born and Grad
led in that cesspool of filth and
corruption known as Tamrnany
Hal
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member Of its National Committee,
in Alabama, Harry Siinms was re-
cognized as one of the foremost
fighters against the Southern rul-
ing class. This young Communist
was the first to fight against the
atrocious frame-up of the nine
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-11
BY TOM DE FAZIo.

I'UNITA OPERATA, the revolu-
Il tionary paper of the italian
workers in this country, with its
first seven numbers published so
far, has succeeded in creating re-
markable enthusiasm amongst the
masses of Italian workers. In fact,
in the period that the paper has
been published, its circulation has
been increased 1000. The Italian
workers among whom the unemploy-
ment situation is more devastating
than any other group of foreign
born workers--in their struggle
against hunger, have accepted this
paper with enthusiasm and have
made Of L'Unita Operaia their or
gan of struggle. From some Of the
big industrial centers come re-
quests from workers that the paper
be published daily.
WHEN L'UNITA OPERATA came
W out, the Central Committee of
the Communist Party, considering
the winning Of the Italian workers
for the revolution one of the inn
portant tasks for the Party, pub
lished a statement of greetings In
which it emphasized the Importance
OF the paper and called UPON all
the party workers in the field to
help spread it among the Italian
workers This is what the Central
Committee of the Party said.
eve call upon all our Party work
ers to see to it that every italian
Party member becomes a sub
scriber, q supporter and also cor
respondent for the L'Unita O1eraia.
The literature agents OF our Sec
tons and units throughout the
country must call at once at the
Office Of the paper: 813 Broadway,
New York City or write to L'Unita
OPERA, p. o. Box 1e9, Station D,
New York City and make arrange
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OF entering the government, IN
some humble capacity, and thus
strengthen the present fascist die
tatorship by forming a parliament
airy basis. The Nationals Socialists
are hardly likely to agree to such
a role in the Won Papen govern
ment, because this will inevitably
intensity their desertiou by the
working masses, who have been
duped by them.
TASKS Or
COMMUNISTS
But whether there Is q govern
ment with Hitler or without him,
whether the fascist dictatorship
Of Won Papen rules Germany as a
Presidents government or as a
purely parliamentary" govern
ment, whether it is Won Papen or
some other trusted agent Of mo-
nopolist capital in Germany, i'll
desperation at its own contradic-
tons, who stands at the head Of
the German fascist government,
one thing is certain: the fascist
dictatorship of Won Papen is not
in a position TO cope with the
growing antagOnismS of German
capitalism at home and abroad. A
winter Of still more severe crisis
lies ahead. A further growth of the
revolutionary unrest Of the wide
masses Of workers is inevitable.
The task of the Communist van
guard in Germany, on the basis Of
the decisions Of the XII Plenum of
the EC.C.I. and the Party Confer
ence Of the C.P.G., the new expert
ence Of the revolutionary fights of
the most recent period, and con-
cretely taking the lead Of all forms
Of the class struggle Of the prole-
tariat, is to continue the offensive
against fascism and social demOe-
racy and prepare the masses for
the revolution. for the dictatorship
of the proletariat for Soviet Ger
many.
THE Communist Party OF Ger
many was able to rapidly take
account of the growing activity OF
the German workers against fas-
ciSm and the capitalist offensive,
against the predatory decree of
Won Papen and to take the lead
OF this movement. But the very
fact of the Strengthening Of the
contradictions of German capital
ism, and the growth of the revo-
lutionary activity of the masses
implies the task of the most rapid
overcoming Of the backwardness in
the mass work of The CP.G. with
still greater lnsistency, above all,
in the big factories, and among the
social democratic workers, and
those i'll the refOrmist trade unions.
1t has never been so clear that the
winning OF the big factories is the
most important stage in the mat
ter OF destroying the mass basis of
soclal-democracy, in the matter of
solving the strategic task of win
hing over the majority of the
working class. The chief Shortcom-
ing of the Berlin transport strike,
which led to its termination, was
precisely the fact that we did not
succeed in extending the strike,
without which lengthy struggle
Of the transport workers was of
course impossible.
TAKING as a basis the leading
political directives of the XII
Plenum Of the E.C.CI. and the
Party Conference of the C.P.G.,
The German Bolsheviks will under
take with redoubled energy the
task of putting into operation the
decisions of the XII Plenum of the
E.C.CI. and the Party Conference,
and viii guarantee within short
period to prepare the German pro-
letariat for the decisive revolution
airy battles.
THE END
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NOT FOR THE
UNEMPLOYED.

UNEMPLOYED.
Governor Lehman, Sen. Moses,
Smith and Herbert Bayard Swope
Ca prominent member of the COM
mission) try to dupe the unem-
ployed into believing that this loan
is for them. AS matter of fact
the biggest portion of the loan is
to be applied on the project Of the
Hudson River Vehicular tunnel at
Thirty eighth street in New York
City, which calls for an outlay of
S75000,000. Some four millions is
to be spent for bridge construction
at Niagara Falls. Three millions
are TO be used for q bridge con-
Meeting Hudson, N. Y, with Cats
kill, N. Y. Another four millions
will go into building a parkway
near Bear Mountain, while another
five millions go into cauSeway con-
struction at Freeport, Long Island.
THUS the bulk Of this money is to
Ibe turned over to the building and
road contractors who for years have
been an integral part of the Tam
many machine Of graft and plum
der. The millions obtained will
help maintain these beneficiaries of
Tammany, and will nicely supple
ment the loot obtained from the
city and the state treasures. In
other states the same procedure
will be followed, Just as similar use
was made of the Reconstruction FL
nance CORPORATION loan to the
state of Pennsylvania last sum
lner bv the machine of the liberal
republican governor, Clifford Pin
chot, at time When men, women
and children in the cities and
towns and on the land were starv-
ing to death.
That the Roosevelt administra-
ton is planning to use such funds
for similar activity throughout the
country IS seen from the utterances
of Al Smith last Tuesday before a
Catholic women's association
where he put forth the proposal
that there should be appointed a
''public works car" for the entire
United States. To be sure, there is
also involved in this not merely
further fascisation Of the govern
ment, but also a further drive to-
ward building up new establish
ments for the manufacture Of war
materials and strengthening such
projects as the giant hydro-electric
and nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals.
DEMAND IMMEDIATE
CASH RELIEF.
All the pretended concern Of
these politicians for the plight OF
the unemployed is only camouflage
to conceal the real purpose behind
it. The few jobless that will re-
ceiVe work will be negligible indeed
compared to the two million totally
unemployed workers in New York
state. A few hundred on the big
gest projects is the limit for such
work. A number Of foremen, super
intendents and others who have
been faithful lackeys of the poll
tical machine will get wages. The
semi-skilied and common laborers
will get starvation rstions.
But the big cement plants that
have tons of material on hand for
construction purposes will be able
to sell some of their surplus at top
prices so they can get profits and
dividends off their investments
while not one additional worker
will be employed by them. 1t will
certainly help these parasites in
this emergency that threatens
their investments.
EVERY unemployed worker should
Eknow exactly what sort Of scheme
is being put over by Lehman's COM
mission and should Indignantly
fight to demand that every penny
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-11
Public Works
in n. Y. State
and the Jobless
BY II. NJ. WICKS.

HINDER the pretext OF putting IN
y employed to work the demo-
cratic machine, through the Recon
struction Finance Corporation, is
preparing for further treasury
looting to bolster up the finances
OF its various state political ma
chimes, and to help contractors,
owners OF cement plants, etc, Tam
many is right on the job to get its
claws on $98,25O,0O0 of money thru
the r. F.. c.
The hand picked Tammany sue
cessor Of Roosevelt, Governor Leh-
man, has appointed what is de-
ceptively known as an Emergency
public works commission" After
long elaboration in the Offices OF
Robert H. Moses, chairman of the
commission, a decision was reached
to make application for loans TO the
amount OF almost q hundred mil
lion dollars. Former Governor Al
Smith, acting for the commission,
presented the request at Washing
ton.
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EVERY unemployed worker should
Eknow exactly what sort Of scheme
is being put over by Lehman's COM
mission and should Indignantly
fight to demand that every penny
of funds thus secured be used at
once for immediate emergency cash
relief for the starving masses with
out any restrictions whatsoever. In
every part of the state of New York
and In every other state the toiling
masses should organize and fight
against such frauds and such pill
lage Of public funds. Billions are
available for strengthening the poll
tical fences OF the old parties and
guaranteeing profits as we'll as
outright gifts to the capitalist ex-
ploiters. This enormous amount
can and must be made available TO
the unemployed alone.
ALREADY through organized
II struggles of workers and farmers
many partial victories have been
won. The National Hunger March
gave great impetus to struggles
everywhere against hunger. The
farmers are, in increasing numbers,
waging effective mass struggles.
There IS no doubt that there are
thousands Of workers and farmers
alive today who would have been
dead of starvation and disease had
it not been for these mass strug-
giles that have already taken place,
The partial victories won should
spur the toiling masses on to more
determined action to compel the
capitalist bandits to disgorge some
of their loot in the form of imne-
diate relief, With determined ana
relentless mass struggle the work
ers and farmers must fight against
this hunger drive and for imem-
ployment and social insurance ct
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-11

THE following is the fourth
and last installmcnt OF an analy-
sis of the driving forces behind
the present events in Germany,
1t is taken from No. 20 Of the
Communist International