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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11

orders Tor the steel industry, an ex-
ceient indicator of the future trend
IN steel production. This index has
not shown the slightest interruption
In lts long decline since last October
Wnen there was slight upturn. The
capitalist press is making much ado
ABOUT an anticipated increase in this
index Tor the coming weekl But II
IS not SO widely stated that this anti
clpated increase is dependent upon
an aonormally large order from the
Golden State Bridge now being built
at san francisco. 1t is not gem
orally stated that this order will ex-
hausC the steel needs of this bridge
1or the next two years. The index
Tor untitled orders indicates that the
crisis has not been lessened one
iota.
With inevitable force. the pres
ent rise in sseel production is
preparing the ground for the
next overwhelming crash in the
steel industry. We can assert that
the next collapse of the steel pro-
duction will carry the steel index
into even lower depths than it has
yet reached.
There can be no real upt,,rn in
production without an actual in
crease in the effective purchasing
power of the masses. The Roose-
Welt ballyhoo about returning pros
perity is in violent contradiction to
the cold facts, which indicate that
manufactured goods are not getting
into the hands of the people through
retail purchase.
The index of chain-store sales for
the first four months of this year
are ~ per cent lower than last year.
Sales for the month of April are
five per cent below last year.
The latest report of the Dept. of
Commerce on retail sales shows that
at the end Of 1882, retail sales were
running at 23 per cent below 1881,
with no change of trend in sight.
Another significant index by
which we can measure the move
ment of manufactured goods is the
index OF merchandise carloadings.
This index is not only far below last
year, but its decline is even sharper
than the decline in total carloadings,
which are also still below the same
period last year. The total car load
ings for the last week Of April were
53S,676 against 554,0l2 last year. The
figures for the first week in May
are rDt yet ~ available, but tase
punasesn .r1atk essow- q s4x IT Ii uey
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cent over last year. A tremendous
gain!
Another accurate indicator of re-
turning business is the amount of
electric current consumed. This is
stlu below last year. One billion
four hundred twenty-eight million
kilowatt hours having been con-
sumed the last week in April (the
last available figure against 1.545
million for last year.
Business failures are now ten per
cent higher than they were year
ago at the same period.
Another Crash Being Prepared
Ihus, the facts are that the large
strata of the population are not buy
ing and cannot buy more goods. The
struggles of the Iowa farmers are
eloquent testimony of this.
Whatever buying may develop in
the coming months will be result
OF the efforts of the more Well-to-
90 sections of the petty bourgeois
masses to convert their savings
when they can get them out of the
banks into commodities, because of
initiation fears. The poverty stricken
workers cannot share in this buying
movement. The workers have to pay
for the price rise by further restrict
ing their meagre purchases.
The present return of prosperity"
is therefore nothing but an artifically
stimulated boom in prices, and a
temporary, unhealthy expansion in
steel production, which In turn is
based upon nothing more than the
seasonal attempt of the PROSTATE
automobile industry to resume pro-
duction, while retail sales continue
to drop
In addition, the present fling in
activity in some of the industries, is
nothing but the coincidence OF sea-
sonal factors with inflationary press
ure.
The fundamental fact remains that
no advance Is being made in getting
manufactured goods into the hands of
the masses. With wage cuts, unem-
ployment, and initiation prices making
ever deeper inroads into the purchas-
ing power of the people, whatever
increase in carloadin2s or manufac-
turing indexes may materialize (they
haven't YETI, will merely represent
business movements within the con-
fines of the capitalist class, with mer-
chandise moving from manufacturer
to dcaler--bnt mot TO consumer.
The present attempts to ~Nstme
pusperfty' ere only psv4Ng tlhe tsayt
tr q nanxe cxExtriHe dae1lnsl
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In the whole vast construction pro-
gram OF the Five Year Plan, the only
buildings not erected by the Bolshe-
viks are prisons and churches.
In conclusion, Thornton said that
any statements by British politicians
newspapers, or others that they are
badly treated are wholly unjustified
He asked the Metropolitan ickers
delegate to convey greetings to certain
OF his friends in the plant and to tell
them that he was well-fed, kept in
clean, sanitary conditions, and not
maltreated.
Got OFF Very Lightly"
Beaumont later reported to the
members of the British and other
workers delegations who were visit
ing Sokolniki. He said: 81 was very
much interested in seeing the condi-
tons in which Thornton and Mac
Donald are detained, particularly in
view OF the suggestions in the British
press that Soviet prisons are living
tombs, incarceration in which would
mean the death of any Englishmen.
Having seen their conditions, my only
feeling is that both of them have
gotten off very lightly indeed"
In their visit to Sokolniki, the
whole delegation was impressed by
the striking contrast between it and
English prisons. Here every prisoner.
SOVIET Or foreign, is treated as a
human being in self-governing COM
mune. The only restriction imposed
is their not leaving the grounds. Even
this is frequently allowed under parole
to all prisoners of good conduct.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11
Workers Delegation Finds British
SPIES Not Mlstreated IN USSR Prison

Players. This was the first sign of
the alleged 'privations in Russian
prisons"
Beaumont asked them how they
were treated in comparison with the
treatment meted out to prisoners
jailed in England for serious crimes.
Thornton answered that he would
rather not discuss their crimes. and
never having been inside an English
prison he couldn't comment on the
comparison.
When asked how they were treated,
they replied that everyone was cour-
teous to them. They were supplied
with special English food, as well as
English technical magazines, while
they were entitled to buy cigarettes
and liquor with their own money.
Never Locked in Cells
Like all prisoners in Soviet Houses
OF Correction, the Englishmen were
never locked in their cells. The doors
remain open day and night. They
wear their own clothes and when they
SGaIG WORKING tney earn wages equiv
alent to wages outside, allowing for
the deduction of the cost of their
maintenance.
Reform Not Punishment
Thornton and Macdonald declared
that they were being treated as we'll
as could possibly be expected for de-
tanned men. This statement is per-
fectly true of all Soviet penal institu-
lions. which aim to turn originally
anti-social elements into good citi-
zens, rather than at vindictive pun
ishment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11
BY MILTON HOWARD.

IL Is entirely typical OF the RooSe-
yelt administration that at the same
moment that Roosevelt is disclaim-
ing any attempts to ballyhoo the
country out of the depression, that
the capitalist press is engaged in a
directed and organized attempt to
do just that. The capitalist press is
now letting loose another barrage of
prosperity" propaganda.
An analysis will show that the eco
nomic crisis is actually becoming in
volved in ever-greater contradictions
and difficulties, that the way is be-
ing prepared for another and more
devastating financial and economic
crash than has yet been witnessed.
What is happening now? Has there
taken place any real change in the
conditions of the economic crisis
which herald the end Of the four
wear crisis?
Compare Business with 10Th Century.
The capitalist class is hailing with
JOY the fact that some Of the eco
nomic indexes are not dropping as
fast as they did last year. They are
pointing to the advances in other in
dexes as final proof that at last the
four years world crisis is over.
The excitement of the capitalist
press over any slight increases in pro-
duction is really cornical when one
considers that these increases are
measured against industrial levels
which can only be compared with
production of the mid nineteenth
century. The chart of capitalist pro-
duction since 1929 has been one long
steep decline which touched bottom
only short time ago. Now, as re-
suit Of certain seasonal factors, there
is an infinitesimal change In the
steady drop Of capitalist Industrial
indexes, and 10! and behold, the crisis
is over, according to the capitalist
press
The fact rs that the N. Y. Times
business index is still "A percent be-
low the estimated normal.
False Steel Rise.
The rise in steel production from
the crisis low of II per cent capacity
a few weeks ago, 10 over 80 per cent
capacity this week is given the widest
publicity as proof of returning pros
perity. When we examine the actual
situation, it turns out that this few
erish rise in production means exact
~ the opposite OF a return DO pros
petaty. The eaasse for the reoent rise
N yees pcoduceson has 10 basss m
az reA trtrsoverseyst n Lst.ssreEs. q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11
BY r. BISHOP

SPcSA" NHDlc W thc bhhy WONker
MOSCOW, May g. The British
workers delegation yesterday visited
the Sokolniki House of Correction,
where Thornton and Macdonald, the
Metropolitan Vickers engineers con-
victed of sabotage and espionage, are
detained.
They naturally expressed desire
to see for themselves the conditions
under which the Englishmen are held.
The commandant declared his COM
plete willingness, provided the men
themselves did not object, saying:
We cannot force them to give inter-
views against their wishes
A messenger sent to them returned
with word that they were willing to
receive three or four members of the
delegation but no more.
The deputation chosen consisted of
Beaumont of the Metropolitan Wick
ers plant, Lickriah of Glasgow, Will
son Of Wales, and Annie Swart of
Kilmarnock
The British engineers were found
in medium-sized room with two
beds, a bookcase, cupboard, and two
chairs
Both appeared to be In perfect
health, although Thornton was ex-
tremely uneasy and nervous. Mac
Donald seemed to be perfectly self
composed.
After the deputation had intro
duced themselves Thornton asked
them if they would like English Gig
arettes, producing package of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11
Prosperity Ballyhoo of Roosevelt

is not based on any real improvement
In the purchasing power of the mas
Ses. 1t Is made up of three factors
the seasonal increase in automobile
buying, the speculative buying in an
ticipation OF further initiation, and
some buying which was deferred dur
ing the bank moratorium. And moth
ing more.
The real secret OF the sudden sharp
advance in steel production, upon
which all the prosperity ballyhoo is
based, is given away by the trade
magazine, Steer, which states that
Automobile manufacturers have COW
cred their finished steel requirements
as far ahead as the third quarter. And
out of this activity, the operating
rate rose"
Thus, the whole advance in steel
production is based on rotten foun-
dation. The whole years buying
needs Of the auto industry which is
the largest consumer OF steel, have
already been bought up. What will
happen from now on? What will
AAoPPCA bilE dtlbiCiJdJeu
of automobiles does not materialize?
There is no doubt that the index
for steel production will drop with
tremendous speed either to the crisis
lows or probably to new low.
Upon how false bottom, and how
temporary is the advance in steel
production, is further proved by the
condition Of the next basic consumer
Of steel, the building and construc-
ton industry. The index of build
ing contracts is considered one of
the most sensitive and significant in
estimating business conditions.
Building Makes New Low.
So great is the crisis in this fun
damental business, that not only has
the index for building construction
been declining without interruption
month after month, but the index
for building construction docs not
even show the usual temporary seas-
cnai Improvement. Even last year, in
the third year OF the crisis, this in
dex showed slight improvement
during the spring months of the
year. But, this year, the index for
building contracts has sunk to a new
low for the crisis. Last year, the in
dex for building construction went
from 10 to 40 during the spring
months. This year, it went from 20
in January to about 10 in April, where
it now is.
ms final prood Of the wholly benl-
pcrsyy character ct We pces~ Esoy
sse e gwen E - Nc4E If .rxtAMed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11

the community of the German
people.
I'm cordial comradeship with all
of you, we send you this day our
union greetings.
Berlin, April is, 1898.
(SigneO Executive Of the Ger
man General Federation Of Labor.
BERLIN, May 10.-The Hitler
Government today confiscated all
the property, buildings, and news
papers, of the Social Democratic
Party throughout the country.
Among the 1875 papers taken over
was the Berlin Vorwaerts. The pro-
perty Of the dissolved Reichsbanner
was also seized.
Now that their betrayal OF the
German working class was complete,
the Fascists fired the Socialist lead
ers and took over the paralyzed trade
unions themselves. Such Is the in
evitable course of Socialist betrayal
of the class-Struggle.
What pity that the very day
after the Socialist trade union lead
ers of Germany officially had their
union members take part in the
shameful Hitler celebrations, which
stole May Day from the class-con-
scious working class, the Nazis should
have kicked out these willing serv-
ants of Fascism?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11
Patel Scores Gandhi's
Nom Resistance to the
British; Wants Action

VIENNA, May l0.--V. ]. Patel, for
ner president of the An-India Con-
tress, and S. G. Bose, ex-Mayor OF
Calcutta, denounced Gandhi's tactics
" non-resistance as q failure in a
statement issued yesterday from the
Vienna sanitarium where Patel Is now
Under treatment.
we are convinced that as a poiF-
cal leader Mahatma Gandhi has
allied. The time therefore has come
or radical reorganization of the
hl-India Congress on new principle
nd with q new method. Non-coop-
ration cannot be abandoned, but the
orm of non-cooperstion must be
hanged into more militant one and
freedom fight waged on all fronts"
Gandhi's pacihgt policy, which he's
ctrsysd 4ae tndisr rzs9es- and rerp
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11
S PA R K S

ROOSEVELT and Macdonald are
N pretending to be simply wild with
joy at their new economic truce.
Britain will not tax products from the
United States which the United
States does not produce, and Roose
welt will not tax British goods which
Britain does not produce. Thus they
leave the present trade war exactly
as 1t was in the beginning.
This reminds us the story Of the
hot-dog stand and the bank.
will you lend me half dollar,
says the friend Of the hot-dog stand
owner whose stand Is in front OF a
bank.
Il can't lend you any money" re-
piled the hot-dog salesman. I have
entered into an economic truce with
the bank. We have agreed not to
disturb one another's business. They
have agreed not to sell hot-dogs if l
do not lend any money"
CAPITALIST bouquets are continu-
" ing to fly in Roosevelt's direction
for the speech he made over the ra-
dio. The latest is from Thomas j.
Watson, president of the Information
al Business Machines Corp, one of
the most brutal and slave driving
corporations in the country. And that
is saying whole lot.
Says Thomas, 1--WE are deeply ap-
preciatiye of and very thankful for
tho constructive x1,O,.ly r,,l,jok r,a,, . 80
doing in our interest"
Thomas is certainly not a doubling
Thomas when it comes to Roosevelt's
pro-capitalist policies.
THE fundamental difference between
production under capitalism and
production under the dictatorship of
the workers is that in the latter case,
there is no exploitation of the work
ers by any class which owns the
means Of production. The workers
and farmers own the means of pro-
duction themselves.
But does each individual worker get
back "the full value of his labor?"
AS Marx points out, in the Critioue
OF the Gotha Program, the workers
cannot get the full value of their
labor.
Marx shows how the society as a
whole must set aside reserves for the
depreciation of the plants, for the
expansion of industry, for research
and experimentation. He shows how
deductions must be made for the
expenses of management, social in
surance, for those who cannot work
because Of physical disability, etc.
In the Soviet Union, which is now
going through the transition to Com
munism, each individual factory must
pay its own way in the general eco
nomy. That is, it must be able to
contribute to the common reserve
which the country as a whole is US
ing to build up it's industries, to
build adequate defense against i'm
perialist intervention, to build new
houses, hospitals, schools, etc.
Each industry and factory must
show profit" But this is entirely
different from the profit which the
capitalist class makes, since the
profit" in the Soviet Union is not
based on exploitation of the working
class. 1t belongs to the working class
as a whole.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11

TALLY disrupted the nationalist move
ment in India, is now so thoroughly
bankrupt that nationalist leaders like
Patel and Bose must admit that civil
disobedience has failed to free India
from British imperialist rule Patel
voted for the resolution for struggle
against imperialism at the World
Anti-War Congress.
BOMBAY, May 10.-Gandhi today
began the third day of his fast under
the care OF physician in luxurious
mansion in Poona, India. He is suffer-
ing severe pains.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11
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But Works Of Marxism-L eninsm Remain the Fuel of

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But
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11

VA VAAS ~A0" Nc" NONSV'
While the japanese were driving
towards the two giant cities of North
China, planning to erect another
puppet state, japanese agents have
been bribing Mongol princes in the
province Of Chahar to revolt and de-
clare their allegiance to the state OF
Manchukuo.
The Silipgol and Chahar Mongols,
totalling over one million strong, are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11
NEW POLISH CABINET

WARSAW, May 10. President
Moscicki today commissioned Janusz
Jendrzejewicz, Minister Of Education.
to form a new Cabinet to succeed
that OF Premier Alexander Prystor.
which resigned yesterday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11

to form the nucleus of an autonom-
Gus Mongol state, according to the
latest Japanese plans.
The seizure of Chahar Province
would mean that Japanese annexa-
ton would extend to the three Man
churian provinces, Jehol and Chahar.
The proposed North Chinese state
would then serve as a buffer state
between China and japanese control
led Manchukuo.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11

NEW YORK, May 10.-Immigration
officials, aided by New York City de-
tectives, today arrested Arthur Israel
Kraus, former instructor at the Col
lego of the City of New York, who
went on hunger strike few months
ago as a protest against the treat
nient OF Jewish students in Poland,
holding him at Ellis Island on a
chssgs II rfnhss4ns t.,s enumeration
lh
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-11
Common Soldiers Fight
Japan Army Bitterly;
Mongol Princes Betray
Japan Plans New Slave State in Mongolia on
Borders of Peoples Republic

SHANGHAI 10The
north Lwanhow today their Ppng
planes bombed the city Of Mun
Pepng
Bitter hand lighting YsnEpsnx
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Rockefeller, Hitler
Against Worker,
Soldier and Negro
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,
BY ROBERT MINOR


also must American ruling destroy
Itain cultural effort that
white soldier being
Joined together by Leun
Rockefeller paint
pay
the artist before he could finish the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-07

A tobacco plant produces 100000
seeds In year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-07
AT THE MOVIES
Girls, Music Added
Charms i'm New Marx
Comedy, Duck Soup

The Mad Marxes all four Of
them. Girls, girls, girls. headed by
vivacious Raquel Torres. and songs
SOUL be singing for months.
Put them all together and they
spell Duck Soup" the comedians
newest Paramount rib-tickling spe-
cial, which comes on Friday to the
Paramount Theatre.
In addition you'll see Margaret Du-
mont, the dignified actress who has
been stamped on and clowned with
in several of the Marx Brothers other
pictures, and Louis Calhern. who
plays the menace.
Directed by Leo McCarey, Duck
Soup" presents Groucho as the Die
tator of Freedonia, mythical country
badly in need of funds. The ambas-
Sador CT Sylvania has two spies
Harpo and Chico, upon whom he de-
ponds for much of his information
But he doesn't know that they will
work for any country where the food
Is better and the blondes more nu-
merous.
Naturally, Groucho knows their
weaknesses and sees to 1t that they
work for him, too. Groucho, though,
has to watch his step. One spy, Ra-
quel Torres, won't. be misled so easily
In fact, she misleadS Groucho. Fin
ally to get rid Of his enemies, Groucho
declares war. The enemy has $500
men, Groucho has $500, and to even
things up, he sends $500 Of his men
to the other side.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-07
King of the Wild
Horses Is Big-Scale
Outdoor Romance

Rex, acknowledged throughout the
country as one Of the greatest horses
ever trained by man, makes his talk
ing debut with two thousand other
wild horses in King Of the, Wild
Horses" opening tomorrow at the
Capitol Theatre.
King of the Wild Horses" was
filmed entirely on location on the
Government Reservation Of the Nava-
10 and Hopi Indians in northern
Arizona. Not one scene was shot In
side studio, and thousands Of In
dians as well as the herd Of two thou
sand wild horses appear In the CLAM
orouS and stimulating scenes Of this
spectacular picture.
Earl Haley and George B. seitz.
the supervisor, who directed THE
Last Frontier" The Vanishing Amer
ican'' and wild Horse Mesa" selected
an excellent cast Of screen players to
portray the white roles in the picture.
Such well-known players as Wallace
Macdonald. Ford West, Harry semsls
and Art Mix are In the supporting
cast.
Only two OF the many Indian roles
are played by white people, and this
was permitted only after three weeks
had been spent at the Columbia Stu
dos testing more than seventy-five
actors and actresses for the juvenile
leads. Dorothy Appleby, who made
such success OF Square Crooks" and
Young Sinners both on Broadway
and the screen, was chosen for Wan
ina. and William Janney. one Of the
most popular juveniles on the screen
today, given the role Of Red Wolf.