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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23
So They Say

Who in tho world is interested In the life of . bulifrog, except another frog?
 Louis A. Johnson, commander of tho American Legion.
 
 History must continue to be . string of accidents with an in. creasing disastrous trend until c faith in tho mod. ernized World State. socialistic, cosmopolitan and creative, takes hold of tho human imagination.
 III. c. Wells
 
 We cannot change heredity. We should change environment to in- sure progress.
 u. s. Senator Thomas P. Gore
 
 The sum of it all is that tho gov. ernment is now committed to the task Of making life possible. Wo private individuals must unite to make 1t worth while.
 Newton D. Baker
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23

We hope nobody considered for an instant that Andrew J. Volstead father of the famous liquor law bearing his name. would accept place on the liquor control board in his native state of Minnesota. There were 67 Minnesotans named to the board by Gov ernor Floyd B. Olson. Mir Volstead de- clined his appointment with the statement that those who have opposed prohibition have posed as friends of temperance and law enforcement, Personally am willing to give them chance to make good. They ought to have free hand to deal with the matter and be responsible for results. The suggestion that the state may become the sole dispenser of liquor does not interest me. -" That's fair enough. Turn about is fair play. Prohibitionists worked the nation up to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23
Here, There And Everywhere

those that were received at Miami, but nevertheless not much smaller than washboilcrg, has taught some of us to take tho hymns that are sung in praise of sea turtle steak with at least c grain of salt, Rob. ert Browning and his alderman c plato of turtle. green and Rlutin- ous" notwithstanding.
 Without attempting to account for tastes, the turtle-canning tn- dustry ig the logical successor to q number of others that are already showing profits for their organ izers. There Is, for instance, the rattiesnako cannery. Rattlesnake meat is said to be not greatly dis similar in taste to chicken, an un- derstanding that has provided much amusement for practical jokers who give dinners and a vast amount of disgust among guests who have been told, too late, what they have eaten. Dried sharks fin and Q peculiar kind of edible birds nest have long been procurable in almost any large city in the country. Whale meat was sold widely during the war, though a certain toughness and ciliness prevented 1t from contin- uing as Q standard comestible when hostilities ceased.
 Dried locusts have ben imported into this country to be stewed in butter and eaten by connoisseurs. Snails, both the imported French variety and the natives. are on sale in certain obscure New York mar kets. But to purchase and. if one is strond-minded, eat such delica. cies has in the past been imposst- ble except for residents of the metropolitan cities. The canning of turtle-meat indicates, 1t is to be hoped, that an opportunity is to be offered for the residents of smaller communities to refuse to eat certain exotic dishes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23
THE HUMBLE CARROT
(Bridgeport relegraml

Everybody knows that carrots are good food for donkeys. More and more persons are discovering that they are good food for hue mans as well. It is interesting to note that this bit of personal folk lore Is now backed by eminent scientific authority. At the session of the American Chemical Society in Chicago, Dr 4. ?. German of Cleveland reported that ''carotene." '" the yellow coloring matter in 'car- rots, is vitally important in build. ing up bodily resistance against colds and other infections.
 "Carotene" is not exclusive in carrots; 1t is also found in corn. in butter and in certain green vegetables. and the body stores quantities Of it in certain organs. The liver converts carotene into q chemical having the properties of vitamin A. which 1s also put down as preventive Of colds.
 Professor 1T. c. sherman, Amer ica's foremost food authcritys says that carotene should be called Primary vitamin A." Co distin-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23

If your best girl greets you one of these days with a face full of sayly.eolored teeth don't be bit surprised Colored teeth are all the rage in gay Paris right now and what's fashionable in Paris is ultimately fash. ionable in the states. Silver. black, rose are some of the eolors in popular favor. Make 'em green and almost any wife could persuade hubby that the moonshine he was using bad begun to prove too much for him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23

guish 1t from vitamin A found in codiiver oil, etc. All this is both
 interesting and mysterious. Our ancestors who knew nothing what. ever about either carotene or vita mins, did know that a mixed diet was healthy" and that the per- son who didn't eat plenty of fresh vegetables and greens was bound to come down with disease sooner or later. The health giving quai- ities of spinach are due to the pres- ence of carotene in the green veg etable. Those who dislike spinach may console themselves by eating corn, butter, whole milk, whole wheat and Q variety of vegetables and fruits, all rich in carotene.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23
CANNED TURTLE
(Hartford Courant)

With the arrival at Miami os 250 live green turtles, each averaging 200 pounds. the new industry of preparing canned turtles has been launched. Persons who have eaten sea turtles insist that they are not half bad; on the contrary. it is said they are nearly all good. Expe- riences with eating Connecticut snappins turtles. smaller than
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23

the pitch where 1t passed national legislation forbidding liquors. It even put this in the federal constitution. Now 1t is going to take such legislation out and dump it in the sea. We shall see what can be accomplished to- wards working for temperance by other means. We think there will be more con verts this way than by invoking Uncle Sam's watchdogs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him, care of tho Democrat, sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23
HEssTAN DYNASTY RECOGNIZED

Berlin - (U.P.) - The Hessian dynasty has occupied another poe sition in the PrusBian edminietra- ton. Prince Wolfgang having been appointed sheriff of the county. qt Upper Taunus. It will be recalled that his brother, Prince Phiiiip: was appointed prefect of police of Hessen- Nassau.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23

High tide at Milford Sunday, September 24. l47 p, m, standard time; low tide. 7:33 p. m. standard time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23

Hapy thought now that seheels are opened. !. Nothing proves better the in- domitable will and perseverance of Young America than it's resistance to book learning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 7;lo, daylight time, tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23

When is the weather bureau going to take seriously the business of air-eondtioning this eountryl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
Clear Picture Given of
Communist Way
to Socialism

NEW K.-Many Socialist
workers were applauding Robert
Minor before a debate between
Minor. recent Communist candidate
for Mayor Of New York City, and
Norman Thomas, on (which Ameri-
can Party Will Lead the Workers to
Socialism, the Communist or the So
cialist?" was half over in the Bronx
Labor Center Friday night.
Socialist and Communist workers
at the meeting united in passing two
resolutions, one demanding the i'm
mediate release of the Communist
leaders framed In the Reichstag fire
trial and all class war prisoners, the
other demanding the immediate re-
lease Of the Scottsboro boys.
During the passing of the resolu-
lions, Charles Solomon, Socialist
Mayoralty candidate In the last city
elections, stood up In the audience
and shouted to the chairman, George
Steinhart, Socialist, "You don't know
what you're doing"
Minor Gives Marxist Theory
In the debate Minor outlined the
Marxist theory of proletarian revolu-
ton and the attainment of Social
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
Police Break up
Richmond March
Jobless DemandRelief,
Organizer Arrested

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. "a. -
The Hunger March demonstration to
city hall was broken up here Sat-
urday by police, after permission had
been given for the march. T. H.
Stone, the organizer of the Unem-
ployed Council, was dubbed and ar
rested on the framed-up charge of
resisting arrest. Stone has been bailed
out. The trial takes place Monday.
The workers continued to march
around the city hall for ten minutes
after the attack of the police. The
delegation which was elected to pre-
sent the Richmond Workers Relief
Ordinance to the mayor was refused
admission. This ordinance h a d
aroused much interest among the
Richmond workers. The Hunger
March was preceded by open mass
hearings and mass trials OF the city
government and the relief agencies in
various sections of the city.
The Workers Relief Ordinance pro
vides ten dollars cash relief for each
unemployed couple and two dollars
additional for each dependent; union
wages and conditions and compensa-
ton on relief jobs; no evictions, no
discrimination, especially against Ne
gro unemployed, moratorium on city
payment to the bankers, all relief
collected by tax ON the wealthy, and
Endorsement of the Workers Unem-
ployed Insurance Bin.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
Orders Reflect Nationwide
Interest i'm "A Page Daily

NEW YORK.-Tremendous enthu-
siasm by workers throughout the
country for the 24-page, tenth an
niversary edition of the Daily Worker
coming off the press on January 6
is reflected in the increased orders fol-
this issue arriving daily from even
small towns into the Office OF the
Daily Worker.
Numerous states are already repre-
sented in these orders, including Cal
ifornia, Washington, Utah, South
Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota; Michigan
Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana
Arkansas, Pennsylvania, New England
states and middle Atlantic states.
The Workers Book Shop, 81 Grove
ST., San Francisco, Calf, has or
dered 500 copies. Anacortes, Wash
is taking 100 copies. Salt Lake City
Utah, 500 copies.
StrooI, s. D., sent an order for 100
Similar orders have arrived from Lin
coin, Neb.; Winthrop, MINI; Sioux
City, Iowa; Racine, Wis; Kalamazoo
Mich; Wabash, Ind; Greenwood
Arkansas; Waukegan, ILL.,; Toledo
Ohio; Turtle Greek, New Castle, New
Brighton all in Pennsylvania.
New England
Worcester, Mass, increased its usual
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
Socialist Workers Cheer Minor Debating Thomas

ism. He cited the Russian Revolution
and the Soviet Union as example.
Thomas repeated the Hitler lie of
famine in the Soviet Union.
The Socialist Party corruption of
Marxism can best be illustrated to-
day in Germany, where it has led
directly into fascism, Minor pointed
out.
Minor called attention to the Soviet
Union as an example of proletarian
democracy and declared that in or
der to bring about Socialism, the
proletariat must first have power in
It's own hands, as in the case OF the
Soviet Union. He called attention
to the militant and courageous strug-
giles carried on by the Communist
Party of the U. s. against fascism,
war and unemployment, and showed
how the Socialist Party supports the
reactionary A. r.. of L., N. r. A., etc.
Thomas Sympathetic" to Scottsboro
Thomas declared himself in sym
pathy with the Scottsboro boys, but
said that the Communists, by their
activity, were Irritating the Southern
people too much"
Minor took Thomas sharply to task
for his assertions on Communist &C.
tivity in the South and declared:
After the gentlemen of the South
want TO kill nine innocent boys, after
they have committed the foulest lynch
deeds, we see the spectacle of Norman
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
Workers Vote United
Scottsboro, German
Trial Resolution

struggles. Later, however, he was
somewhat disturbed when worker
asked why the Socialist Party sup
ported the scoundrel Luke OF the
joint-council and as well as justified
the bloody gangster attacks by the
right-wing. Thomas answered this
challenge with an evasiye little speel
about democracy.
The hall in which the debate was
held was filled to capacity with hun
dreds standing and hundreds unable
to gain admittance. Almost thou
sand were turned away.
Another debate was urged between
Minor and Thomas but the latter said
he was engaged until March. Minor
suggested another Socialist leader
take Thomas place and arrangements
were made.
Before concluding his final speech,
Minor appealed to the Socialists pres
emit to show their unity with the
struggles being led by the Communist
Party and urged them to show their
solidarity not only by applause but by
participating in all the actions and
demonstrations by the Party. He was
stormily applaudedt a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
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order of IS copies to 1875 of the an
niyerSary edition. The Party Unit in
Chelsea, Mass, ordered 500 copies.
Orders have arrived from the Work
ers' Forum, Quincy, Mass: from New
Bedford Mass, and other New Eng
land towns.
A newly organized unit in Middle
town, N. Y, not only ordered 100
copies but also sent in its greeting to
the anniversary edition. The John
Reed Club of Newark, N. j., also
ordered 100 copies and sent its greet
ing. ithaca, N. Y, ordered 100 copies.
The orders coming in daily show
increases as high as 300 and 400 per
cent over usual orders for the Daily
Worker. Among the larger cities, New
York has ordered 100000 copies; Chi
cago, $4,000; Detroit, 10000.
Individual workers are ordering ex-
ira copies to send to their friends
or give to their fellow workers.
Every district, Daily Worker agent,
city, workers club, mass organiza-
tons, trade unions are urged to rush
their orders as soon as possible, and
to send their greetings for the tenth
anniversary edition not later than
Dec. % for publication in this his
toric edition.
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Thomas pleading that the upholders
of the lynch system shall not be at
tackled"
Thomas sought to conciliate every
viewpoint, while declaring himself
formally for the Soviet Union, he
utilized the familiar ISLANDERS of the
Jewish Forward type.
Thomas aroused the disgust Of the
workers by resorting to various dema-
gogic tricks during the course of the
debate. At one point, for example, he
turned to Minor and said sneeringly:
The Communists believe in war in
order to bring about revolution. Do
you, Comrade Minor, ask that I
agitate for WARP"
The workers in the audience, dis
gusted though they were with this
spectacle, restrained themselves from
making demonstration against
Thomas.
Later, replying to the Socialist,
Minor said that millions OF workers
know that the Communists fight
against imperialist war, and observed
significantly, in concluding:
Perhaps the New Leader will dis
continue its practice of inserting no.
tees in its paper urging workers not
to attend the August LIST Anti-War
demonstrations.
Thomas attempted bit of coouetry
toward the left-wing furriers by pre-
tending friendship for them In their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25

which takes the lead in fighting for
more public sport facilities to give
the mass of young men and women
when attempts were made to close
the only means Of winter recres
ton for New York youth, the Pub
lie School Evening Recreation Cen
tiers, it was largely because of the
campaign started by the Labor
Sports Union that the city auth0ri-
ties were compelled to scrap their
plan. Today, Labor Sports Unto
clubs in several localities har
started campaigns TO have more 1,
these schools opened. Similar ac-
tions have been taken by L.S.U.
groups in many other parts of the
country.
And if that isn't enough to knock
our oracle groggy, there's the fact
that it is the revolutionary sports
men in this country who have inau-
gurated the campaign to send an
athletic delegation from the United
States to an International athletic
meet in Moscow next summer, organ
lied by a revolutionary sport inter-
national in conjunction with the Su-
preme Council OF Physical Culture OF
the Soviet Union.
Yes, reyolutfonaries "are contempt
uous" of sport that aims to develop
a few favored athletes to become
record breakers so that promoters
can cash in. They denounce sport
which has the purpose of turning
workers minds from obstructive" ac-
tiyity, of militarizing ana making
fascists of American youth. In short.
they don't like sports controlled by
the bourgeoisie and used for the pur-
pose of hEtcfing the youth to the
bourgeois chariot.
But as our worthy oracle would
learn, (presuming that he is capable
Of learning anything, it he should
wander into the National Convention
of the Labor Sports Union this week
end, revolutionaries are not at all
backward in promoting sports con-
trolled by labor athletes, and in the
interests Of the wor&ngclass.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
Central Committee
of Soviet Union to
Meet Today, on 1894
Continued from Page u

and continuing their factory work
between sessions. Furthermore, dele
gates to all Soviet bodies form an
organized group in all plants where
they work and popularize the de-
crees and decisions of the Soviets at
mass meetings wherein all the work
ers participate.
The whole country is vitality inter-
ested and is watching with full con-
t1dence the actions of the GEO. of
the Republics and the All-Union
GEO. The All-Union GEO. is thus
under the democratic control of the
masses OF workers and is the supreme
power in the country between meet
ings of the All-Union Congresses of
the Soviets. The All-Union GEO. is
elected by the Congress and has two
chambers, one the Union Council,
based on population, and one, the
Council of Nationalities, with five del
egates from each Republic and one
from each autonomous region. Bills
must pass each chamber.
Structure of Soyiets
Between sessions of the C.E.C., the
Presidium of twenty-seyen members,
including the presidium of the Coun-
Gil and of the Council of Nationalities,
acts as the supreme power. The GEO.
has both legislative and executive
powers. The Council of Peoples Com
missars is appointed by it and res
non sthlo %n II Tho A11-T111fnya n q
carries out the constitutional provi-
sions of laying the foundations and
establishing the general plan of the
entire national economy of the Soviet
Union, directs the posts and tele-
graphs and all transport, confirms the
All-Union budget and makes the Re
public budgets conform. The ALI
Union GEO. further establishes the
general plan for mineral and soil ex-
ploitation, and has general control
over labor, schools, health, weights
and measures, amnesty, and other
legislation. 1t also controls all military
and foreign affairs legislation.
Seventeenth Party Congress
The All-Union GEO. has judicial
| powers, as the Supreme Court is at
tached to it and acts on the Gee
authority. The AIl-Union GEO. is a
large body. numbering several hun
bred members. The number of. men,
bers is decided at the sessions of the
Congress of SoYiets.
The All-Union GEO. meeting on
Monday, will convene in the midst OF
high enthusiasm for the continued
growth of production under the
leadership of the Communist Party OF
the Soviet Union. The latest victories
to be recorded are the beginning oil
the operation of the 100000 volt cur
rent from SvirgreS, the new high
power hydro-electric station $50 miles
from Leningrad, whose capacity when
all four turbines are running is 9
half billion kilowatt hours yearly.
The first electric locomotive will be
running by the time the Seventeenth
Party Congress convenes, on the new
ly electrified Ekaterinsk Road from
the Donbas to Krivorozsk Basin. In
dividual plants which have fulfilled
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25
Units to Follow Up
c. P. Control Meets
Visit Absent Members
Says Cent. Committee

NEW YORK-Those members of
the Communist Party who have for
one reason or another not attended
the unit meetings at which their
books were to have been controlled,
should be visited by a responsible
member OF the unit to find out why
thu. comrade is inactive, stated the
Central Committee of the Party yes
terday.
''The visiting comrade, preferably
the financial secretary of the unit,
should collect the back dues, issue
the control stamp" the statement
continued, "and above all find out
why the comrade is not attending
unit meetings and participating IN
party activity.
AS a first step in the aotiviza-
ton OF the entire Party membership,
and in the elimination of the dis
crepancy between the membership on
record, and the dues paying mem
bership, the Central Committee de
cided that during the month of
December all membership books be
controlled.
This control should in no event
be used as a means of cleansing the
Party of "its inactive members" in
order to start all over again with
a "clean slate.' We do not wish
to get rid of our inactive members,
but to transform these inactive ones
to active members. This cannot be
done by threats of expulsion. if they
do not attend the control meeting,
eff the control is carried out in
the proper way the statement con-
cluded, it will serve to not only
mako every Party member one in
good standing, but will also bring
to light the weaknesses in the units
and sections which are responsible
for some of our members staying
away from meetings, and at times
even dropping out
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25

newspaper ''impartiality.")
The oracle might have added
that revolutionaries "denounee
play" which also has for its purpose,
las stated by General Wingate, foun-
der of the Public School Athletic
Leagues1 TO make the youth fit and
willing to do their patriotic duty
when the time comes; that they are
suspicious of play promoted by a
local "Y' which has on its Board
of Directors the lawyer, secretary
treasurer, and manager of the largest
factory in town, or by a Boys Club
which is financed and directed by
some Of the biggest flnanciers and
industrialists Of the country.
He might have mentioned the fact
that the revolutionarieS among the
Anbridge steel strikers, OF the New
Mexico mine strikers found play
"ininlicaP' when they saw football
jerseys on the deputies who attacked
their picket lines with gas bombs,
guns and bayonets; and that the
coal miners of Western Pennsylvania
denounced play when they went
out on strike only to have the maine
soccer teams scah on them, because
the mine bosses controlled their
sport facilities.
But to an oracle play is play. There
are no fine distinctions. You take
it or you leave it. If you don't like
it as it's dished out in it's official
form by the army officers, sport pro-
motors, industrial and financial mag
mates of the country, then you lust
'denounce" 1t and become contempt
uous" of it,
Our oracle is, of course, consider
ably water-soaked. Revolutionaries
are very far from frownfng upon
play In the abstract. We didn't no.
tice Clarence Hathaway splitting
much venom when he spoke on sports
at the Daily Worker benefit match
recently. Nor was Bob Minor, Com
munist candidate for mayor in the
recent New York elections, scowling
very ferociously when he kicked off
the first ball in the opening game
of the Metropolitan Workers Soccer
League season a couple of months
ago, though he did take vicious
boot at the ball.
As a matter of fact, it is the
revolutionary Labor Sports Union