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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-17

that the Soviet Union is today hem
med in on all sides by its capitalist
enemies and that "the defeat of
the program Of the Soviet Union
would be world catastrophe"
Other articles in the February
issue of Soviet Russia Today in
clude Soviet Trade Union" by
Pauline Rogers, Shakespeare in
Moscow by Earnest j. Simmons,
"Old Naumich Keeps Up the Fight"
a short story by r. Ilienkov, Gam
erican versus japanese Imperial
su by ListOn M. Oak. a review OF
Stains Report on the Five Year
Plan articles on Recognition and
statements by Sherwood Anderson,
John Calder and Curtis Box. It
is ON extraordinarily good issue OF
this interesting monthly pictorial
giving an accurate account OF
events ~ the FIRST workers republic.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-17
Defense of USSR Is First Duty, Waldo
Frank Writes IN Soviet Russia Today

WALDO FRANK writes that to
" help the Soviet Union has be-
come the foremost duty Of every
ass-conscious worker and honest
intellectual, in an article in the
February issue of Soviet Russia To-
day The first child of the No
vernber Revolution, the U.S.S.R.,
has irstilled vision and new will
in the life of every honest worker
OF every field. in every nation Of the
world. The US.S.R. represents the
heroic effort to create for the first
time in human history. a culture
whicn shall not be slave culture
but q human culture Communism
must be The beginning Of any cul-
turc properly called human. To
have been the leader in this great
work is the immortal honor Of the
Russian people
Waldo Frank goes on 10 SKATE
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-17

'They can be saved. viii you ag-
rec to help?"
Il am ready, ready to do any
thing. Those damned scoundrelS!"
He vented his rage in some further
imprecations against the court
martial, while / explained to him
what role he would have to play.
He raised no objections.
How is your Russian?"
very poor"
He began to speak Russian.
The construction OF phrases was
more or less satisfactory, but his
accent readily betrayed the To-
reigner. Still, as there was no more
suitable candidate available, we had
to be content with him. We named
our newly commissioned "gen-
darme captain" Baron Won Bud
berg! to serve as a plausible reason
for his accent. I, the Party "spe-
cialist" in the Russian Language,
was instructed to teach him the
customary military phraseology
and the mannerisms that he woulc
have TO employ while impersonat.
ing the captain.
III WAS both funny ana sad BE-
watch him twist his tongue as
he was trying to snap out correctly
and impressively such phrases "a
Look alive there!" which usually
has such magic effect on lower of
ficials, accustomed to cringe be-
fore their titled superiors. His face
underwent the most cornical con-
tortions as he tried to stress the
third syllable from the end, like
q good Russian. Finally, he ex-
claimed in distress: "Confound 1t
all, Ill never be able to do it,"
But his external appearance and
his demeanour were absolutely
equal to the part. A scar on his
chin that might date back to fenc-
ing days, his well-kept beard ana
gold-trimmed spectacles were cali
culated to deceive anyone. I looked
him over, visualising him in the
blue uniform Of a gendarme. He
would do, he was a good pick in
every respect. But it was time to
think OF the Convoy" and I went
to see Anna"
(TO BE CONTINUED
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-17

file number. The prison warder re-
ceived correspondence from the
Chief Of Police every day. If the
number on our document did not
correspond with the current num-
bers on the documents in his pos
session, it might raise suspicion; he
would call up the police on the tel
ephone and the game would be up,
all owing to trifling oversight.
mentioned this to "Anna" when
we met.
We'll get the file number" she
repeated cheerfully. "V' himself
will find out what the number of
the latest documents received in
prison is. We will add an odd hun
dred and the number will be about
right. have my doubts about the
expediency of another detail in our
plan. don't like the idea of send
ing in the document beforehand.
We must take them rmawareS, we
must not give the Warden time TO
think. ] have already thought out
what to do. Now you will see how
useful it was that you learned Rus
sian when you were in exile
THE young girl that / had left
that morning sitting moticnless
and wrapped in deep meditation
was now all agloW with activity and
eagerness to get into action. She
was fairly transformed into a diff
ferent person. All doubts and hest
tation were one. "Anna" was once
more the ardent, high-spirited re-,
volutionary whom we always che
rished as an extremely brave and
energetic fighter.
''I've got It'll" she exclaimed. "An
hour before our captain calls at
the prison, you will instruct the
Warden by telephone, in the name
of the Chief OF Police, to have
everything in readiness, adding
that the official paper will be de-
livered to him by the captain per-
sonally. This will clinch It," she
added in conclusion.
We continued discussion Of other
details.
The following day Gamma" was
to communicate with the represent
alive Of the tailors and to mobilize
the required number of experienced
and reliable needle workers.
1t was much more difficult 10
select the persons who were to act
Us policemen, and particularly the
man to impersonate the captain"
We were in Poland when even per-
sons with @ good knowledge OF the
Russian language spoke with . de-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-17
FEBRUARY ISSUE OF THE
COMMUNIST IN DEMAND

Unusual interest has been
Y aroused by the February issue Of
The Communist, which contains a
large number Of significant articles.
The contents of the issue include:
"a New Victory of the Peaceful
Policy Of the Editorial.
"The Revolutionary Upsurge and
the Struggles Of the Unemployed"
by I. Amter.
"On the End of Capitalist Sta
bilization in the US.A.," by II. M.
Wicks.
1.-THE ReyiSionism Of Sidney
HOOK by Earl Browder.
Prologue TO the Liberation Of
the Negro People" by James S.
Allen.
''Technocracy a Reactionary
Utopia" by v. j. Jerome,
Book Rev1ewsb -
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II is difficult to describe my feel
i ings at that moment. On the
one hand, ten prisoners sentenced
to death were pining away in the
Pavyak prison and their lives de-
pended upon the success of our
plan. On the other hand, in carry
ing out this plan we have to risk
the lives Of an equal number of
active and brave party members
and give Skalon the chance to
erect twenty gallowS instead of ten.
What if, after they penetrate into
the prison, they find themselves in
trap, the gates of the prison
closed behind them? Even if they
are we'll armed, they would be
unable to escape as the jailers and
soldiers would be on their guard,
and at the first shot hundreds of
soldiers would Immediately fill the
prison yard
WARSAW was under martial law
" and attachments of soldiers
were stationed at every street cross
ing, while Cossacks patrolled the
main thoroughfares every hour Of
the day and night.
Evidently Anna" was worried by
the same thought too.
Her lovely face, usually BEAM
ing with a merry and cheerful
smile, was now clouded with sad
ness. Always lively, with cheer
full word for everybody, eagerly en-
curing about everything that hap
pened in the district, she now sat
brooding, barely acknowledging the
greetings addressed to her.
Having been released from all
other work, we had no further bust
ness to attend to in the committee
room. rose to go.
anna" started.
Where and when shall we meet?"
Tonight, at your place, at eight
O'Clock"
wanted to think over the whole
scheme in solitude and was there
fore in hurry to leave,
OUTLINE OF A PLAN
AS matter of fact, "V's' plan
could not be called a plan. it was
merely the outline of a plan. We
had to work out the plan, and to
make provisions for every contin-
gency. The first thing TO do was to
get the key to the whole plot
the document signed by the Chief
of Police. We were not a bit wor-
ried on that score. Many time
had we affixed the signature of the
Chief Of Police to false passports.
We were past masters in that art.
But every document must bear the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-17
THE GOOSE is DEAD

WUPPERTAL, Germany, Feb. 16--
A Fascist member hear Hochdahl
found his fat goose bearing a red
hammer and sickle, emblem Of the
Communist Party, painted ON ito
back. Unable to remove the painh
the FASCIST killed his sua 4 -A;,.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-17
TEACHERS GET NO PAY

CLEVELAND, O.--School teachers
in Bay Village, Parma, and Bedford,
O., have received practically no pay
since the beginning of the school
term until this month The first
week in February the teachers in Bed
ford received two months pay; Bay
Village teachers are to receive one
months pay soon; Parma teachers,
unpaid since oct. /, will receive two
weeks pay -.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-03
HOUSE PLANNING CURB FOR
EXTRAVAGANCE IN FUNERALS

WASHINGTON, Feb 3. W.P)-
Lavish and expensive congression-
al funerals became the target of
economy recommendation in the
house today.
The independent offices appro-
priations bill, reported to the house,
carried a provision providing that
officials delegations for funerals of
members shall be limited from
house funds of travelling expenses
OF members of the deceased repre-
senta. family.
The restrictions were recon-
mended following recent disclosures
of expensive funeral junketing in
United Press dispatches. TIL e
present practice allows all mem
bers of the family and congression-
al committees running as high as
40 members to travel long distances
for the burial services at govern
ment expense.
The recent funeral of former
President Coolidge was cited in
committee deliberations leading to
the recommendation, when "A
members of the house and senate
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-03
MACDONALD To
HEAD GROUP

LONDON, Feb. 8. U.P) - The
British cabinet today entrusted ne
gotiations with the United States
for war debt revision to a commit
tee of five cabinet members, head
ed by Prime Minister j. Ramsay
Macdonald.
Other members of the committee
are:
Neville Chamberlain, chancellor
of the exchequer.
Stanley Baldwin, lord president
of the council who negotiated the
present debt funding agreement
with American.
Sir John Simon, foreign secre-
tary.
Walter Runciman, president Of
the board of trade.
The committee was charged with
completing negotiations with the
United States for discussion of the
war debts and was made Jointly
responsible for advising the gov
ernment of the negotiations.
Baldwin's appointment caused
considerable surprise as the Bald
win settlement is still the subject
of severe criticism by political op-
ponentS.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-03
POLICE PROBE
TRAGIC DEATH
OF SALESMAN

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 8. W.P)-Po-
lice and coroner's officers opened
a double investigation today into
the death of Max Marcus, so, Los
Angeles jewelry salesman who fell
a flaming torch, from third story
window of the Maryland hotel here
last night.
Detectives who investigated last
night found his jewelry case but
said there were no jewels in it.
They also found, a bottle of rub
hing alcohol in his room and ad-
vanced the theory that Marcus had
rubbed himself with alcohol which
was ignited when he attempted to
Light his pipe.
Coroner's investigators disagreed
with the theory and ordered an
investigation to determine what
happened to the jewelry.
Marcus registered at the hotel
yesterday. Police have been unable
to learn whether there was anyone
else in the room at the time he
plunged through the window and
into the street below.
An identification slip gave his
Los Angeles address as $40 West
Forty-first Place.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-03

were put on the official commit
tee to go to Northampton
Economy restrictions were put
into the appropriation bill on the
recommendation of the house ser
geant-at-arms, Kenneth Romney.
He told members of the apropria-
tions committee they would be
amazed at the pressure" put on
him to authorize expenses of nu-
merous relatives on funeral trips.
He said that once the govern
ment paid $500 for a casket for
a United States senator. He said
he himself had refused to approve
expense accounts to pay for min
listers and singers at COMPRESSION
al funerals and had limited cas-
kets to S400 and flowers to $35.
Romney said that two-thirds Of
the funeral expense was for rail-
road transportation for the large
committees of 18 or 20 congress-
men plus at least two senators.
At Romney's suggestion Speaker
Garner has been limiting such COM
mittees recently to - except in the
case OF the Coolidge funeral when
pressure forced him to enlarge the
committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-03
MASS|E CASE
ECHO HEARD
Report To Be Released When
Fleet Leaves Islands Vindi-
Gates Accused Hawaiians.
By DAN CAMPBELL
United Press Staff Correspondent

HONOLULU, Feb. 3. - Uncon-
firmed reports that assault charges
against the four surviving defend
ants in the Thalia Massie attack
case will be nolle pressed shortly
after the United States battle fleet
departs from Hawaiian waters Gre
ated a sensation here today.
Officials evaded newspaper cor
respondents and refused to be
quoted.
1t was widely reported, without
official confirmation, that a pri-
vate detective agencys 10000
word report, vindicating the five
Hawaiians accused of attacking
Mrs. Massie, would be published ir
few days after the fleet, assem-
bled here for maneuvers, depart.
for the mainland
Simultaneous with publication OF
the report, it was understood
Prosecutor John w. Kelly will en-
ter court and move to nolle.
This action, it was pointed out
would tend to make Lieutenant
Thomas Massie, husband of the
assault victim, appear as the slay-
er of an innocent man. Together
With his mother-in-law, Mrs. Gran
vile ForteScue, and two navy en-
listed men, E. j. Lord and o. A.
Jones, Massie was convicted of kid
naping and Staying Joe Kahaha-
wal, the fifth defendant. Massie,
Mrs. Fortescue, Lord and Jones
were pardoned by Governor Lawr-
ence Judd.
Publication of the report while
the fleet is visiting here, it was
pointed out, might precipitate dis
orders.
Kahahawai, Horace Ida, Ben All
akuelo, Henry Chang and David
Takai were arrested and identified
by Massie's attractive young wife
three days after she was assaulted
and beaten by five men on the
night of September IL, 1881. The
jury at their trial two months later
failed to reach a verdict and they
were released on bond pending a
rev trial
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-03
JURY GOES To
CRIME SCENE
Court Orders Visit To Vessel
On Which Captain Wanderwell
Met His Death.

LONG BEACH, Feb. 8. U.P)-
Trial of handsome young William
James Guy on a charge of murder
ing Capt Walter Wanderwell was
adjourned suddenly this morning
to permit jury and counsel to visit
the schooner Carma, on which
Wanderwell was found shot to
death the evening of last Deem
ber 5.
The state asked permission for
the trip to fix in the minds of the
jury the locale of the crime, and
to point out to its members the
locations of the portfolios, doors
and rooms through which a mys-
terious figure peered and walked
the night of the murder.
The jury members were taken
to Fish Harbor, Terminal Island,
three miles from Long Beach prop
CT, in a bus.
Traffic officers joined the police
who kept a curious tlrong of
hundreds in order as word Of the
move sent spectators and bystand-
erS hurrying for their automobiles.
The surprise trip interrupted the
first days testimony in the case
after Dr. A. F. Wagner, county au-
topsy surgeon, had given technical
testimony as to the course of the
bullet which plowed through Wan
derWell's back and into his heart.
Fred Cole, surveyor, was to have
been the next witness. He was to
have provided a ground plan of
the schooner.
Pretty blonde Aloha Wanderwell,
widow of the slain adventurer,
was to follow Cole to the stand.
The woman who shared her huS-
bands bizarre adventures an d
hardships throughout the little
known places of the world was ex-
pected to propose a possible mo-
tive for the murder.
Her life of adventure apparently
has fitted her for the part she has
taken in the tragedy of her hus-
bands death. Calm, almost bril-
liantly hard, she has remained
composed, cool, nattily dressed in
the uniform affected by members
of her husbands commonwealth
crew.
Court was to resume at p. m.
Mrs. Wanderwell was expected to
be called during the afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-03
Grant NetU Tric[
In Damage Case

Judge Vaughn N Thompson this
afternoon granted the motion of
Carlton and Mrs. Betty Edmund
son, presented by Kendall B. Per-
kins as their attorney. for a new
trial in their two damage suits
against o. d. Leopard and Jack
McClanahan.
For injuries suffered in an au-
tomobile accident January 25, 1881,
30 miles northeast of BraWley, Mr.,
and Mrs. Edmunson seek damages
totaling $163, 1925.
Mr. and Mrs Edmundson were
riding in a car driven by r. w.
Hine when it struck truck driven
by McClanahan for Leopard, ac-
cording to the complaint.
The motion for a new trial was
granted on the grounds that there
was insufficient evidence to war;
rant a judgment for the defsnd-
ants, and that the decision was
against the law. Judge A. c. Finney
heard the first trial of this case
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-03
PURCHASE OF
RANCH TO BE
INVESTIGATED

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb. 3. ;U.P)
George F. Cuthbert and Jack G..
Kurths, Los Angeles real estate
men, today were under summons to
testify before the senate investi-
eating committee in connection
with the $4l5,00 Lewis ranch pur-
chase by the state in Ventura coun-
ty.
Each of the two witnesses is
said to have received a commission
of $20,250, from the Citizens Ma
tional bank in Los Angeles for
their part in the transaction.
Sheridan Downey, attorney for
the committee, said he learned that
Cuthbert originally negotiated the
purchase, but that it was complet-
ed by Kurths.
The committee wants to know
he said, why the change was made
and why it was necessary to pay
two commissions.
Cuthbert was recently appoint
ed a member of the Los Angeles
harbor commission.
The senate investigating COM
mittee expects to hold weeks
session here starting Monday, and
finish the rest of the month in
Los Angeles, where more than &C
witnesses will be asked to testify.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-03
INDIANS FOOD
CROWS SHORT
Rescue Party Endeavoring To
Peach Isolated Tribe Starv-
ing In Arizona.

SUPAI, HAVASUPAI INDIAN
RESERVATION, Ariz., Feb. 3. U.P)
Failure of seven Supai packers
carrying supplies to reach this is
olated. snow-bound reservation,
caused Superintendent Roy Adams
to express anxiety today that food
would give out before relief arrived.
The seven packers were report
ed by telephone from the Grand
Canyon, Ariz., to be at Havasu
Canyon, approximately IA miles
from here. but unable to reach
Hilltop where the trail to the res
ervation joins the road.
Deep snow drifts were said to
have blocked efforts of a national
park snowplow to clear the road.
The relief expedition, headed by
young Foster Marshall, Supai In
dian contractor, and his husky
squaw, was expected to begin from
there an arduous journey on foot
to this reservation.
Adams telephoned M. Fl. Tillot-
son, superintendent of the Grand
Canyon National Park, that only
two or three more days of food
remained to feed more than 200
Indians and officials.
A previous report received by
Tillotson that the snowplow had
reached Hilltop and turned back
was corrected today by the super
intendent. Due to the isolated
condition of the snowbound coun-
try, reports of the relief expedition
have been infrequent and meager.
Adams said he would send a
crew of Indians to shovel out two
miles of the snow blocked road to
| aid the rescuers. The snowploW
will be unable to reach Hilltop, he
said, because of the winding mar
rowness of the last two miles of
the roadway.
After talking over the reserva-
ton telephone with Superintendent
Tillotson, Adams expressed the be-
lief food and other urgently need
ed supplies would reach here late
today.
This reservation, located in a re-
mote canyon, SO miles from Grand
Canyon, has been without supplies
for more than a week. The re-
cent heavy SHOWS blocked roads
and trails.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-03
BY ED L. KEEN.
Vice President of the United Press
for Europe

IOT EuTOpc
Copyright, 1898, BY United Press
BERLIN, Feb. 3. = Vice-Chan-
cellor Franz Won Papen gave as
surance today that the new Ger
man government has no connection
with any movement looking toward
restoration of the monarchy.
His declaration was made in the
course of an exclusive interview
with the United Press in which
the former chancellor, now Chan
cellor Adolf Hitler's chief colleague,
outlined the fundamental princi-
Piles and policies on which the
new government is based.
Won Papen's statement, brief but
comprehensive, was in response to
the following question:
THE foreign pres shas in part
interpreted the appointment of the
new government as further move
N the general direction of reStor-
alton of the monarchy. Is there
any basis for such an interpreta-
tion?"
His reply, given emphatically,
was:
There is no basis for such an
Interpretation"
Won Papen received me and
Frederick Kuh, United Press Ber-
lin manager, in the spacious oak
Wainscoted office he now occupies
as reichs commissioner for Prus-
sia, a position he holds in addition
to the vice-chancellorship.
Speaking quietly and in excellent
English, he explained he could not
answer some of the more concrete
questions concerning specific plans
of the new administration, mas
much as they were still in process
Of formation. He readily consent
ed to discuss broader matters of
policy and purpose.
How does your excellency in
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-03
Relief Demand
Will Increase

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (U.P}-
Demands for relief Of the desti-
tute will be greater next month
than ever before in the country's
history, Grace Abbott, head of the
labor department, childrens bu-
reau, testified at a senate subcom-
mittee hearing today.
Explaining that March sis always
the peak month after winter of
unemployment" she said relief de-
mands in March will be greater
than we ever have experienced be-
fore. No one experienced in actual
relief work thinks the need has
been fully met anywhere. She ap-
peared at hearing on the Wag-
ner bill to liberalize federal relief
legislation.
Even if we have an improve
ment in employment we can ex-
pect greatly increased relief needs
in the next six onths," she testi-
fled
Miss Abbott said on the basis of
reports from 962 relief agencies in
125 cities, relief had increased 16.5
Per cent in December compared
with November
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-03
b|-META[|SM
COURSE URGED.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. W.P)-
George Washington, Alexander
Hamilton and Thomas jefferson
were cited to the house coinage
committee today by Senator Wheel
er CDem) Montana, as supporters
Of bi-metalism.
Wheeler is the author of a bill
permitted the free coinage of silver
on 16 to l ratio with gold.
These early Americans, Wheeler
said, were the first advocates of
bi-metalism and William Jennings
Bryan's famous campaign was only
revival of their early fight.
In addition he cited President
Hoover, H. I. Hartman, president
of the United States Chamber of
Commerce and Charles E. Mitchell
of the National City bank as blam-
ing most of the world depression
on disparity between United States
and foreign currencies.
He referred to the single gold
standard" as 'the newfangled ex..
pertinent which first came into
general use in 1878"
Currency initiation he said sun
less to the extent of going off the
gold standard would not raise
commodity prices.