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that the New Deal" like Hoover's
deal was another deal against the
workers and poor farmers.
Roosevelt, a master of demagogy
promised everything to everybody
The forgotten man" became his par
ticuIar concern-in his speeches! In
contrast to Hoover, he really devel-
oped roundabout crisis program
a program intended as a war pro-
gram, one for war against the work.
ers and for war against its imperi-
alist rivals.
Through his drive to re-habilitate
the tottering banking structure, his
Agricultural Adjustment Admins
tration, his National Recovery Ad'
ministration, his Public Works anc
Civil Works Administrations, etc.
he promised a quick return to pros
perity. In theory everything wa.
going to be returned to the 1922
level; through initiation measures
prices were TO be raised; through
public works and the codes the work
ers were to be re-employed, minimum
wages were to be established, thu
right to organize and collective bar
gaining were to be established, etc.
etc. The New Deal" on paper looked
wonderful.
Leon TrotSky, the counter-reyolu
| tionary renegade rushed into prin
with the assertion that, with Roose'
velt's program, the United States hac
started the climb back to prosperity
His local converts Joined in thu
chorus. The Socialist Party saw il
Roosevelt's program peaceful roat
to socialism. Abe Cahan, the edito
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DESCRIBES SOCIALIST MEETING

DEoChlbES SOCtAL1SI MEETING
Evansville, Ind,
Dear Editor:
Professor Kruger" assistant pro-
fesor Of economics at the University
of Chicago, spoke to a group of about
10 persons at the new headquarters
Of the Socialist Party. The gathering
was made up of business and pro-
fessionaI elements, with the exception
of a few workers from the Communist
Party. Most CONSPICUOUS of all was
the complete absence Of Negroes.
Kruger talk was based on the re-
volt of the farmers He mentioned
the extreme misery of the farmers Of
the south, but failed to mention how
the Negroes were doubly exploited,
oppressed, lynched and ETC.; all about
our grand and glorious constitutional
rights" steering clear of the 18TH
14th-15th amendments.
1t was not what he said so much
that spoke so plainly but principally
what he Intentionally forgot or was
afraid to talk about. Not a word
about Cuba, the Soviet Union, Hitler
terror in Germany nor mass misery
starvation and forced labor in the
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of the masses, always lag far behind
| unless the workers force them up
through strikes and resistance.
Small Farmers Crushed
AS for the small farmers who are
supposed to get higher prices for
their goods under initiation, they real
ly get a sharp slash in their income,
because the things they have to buy
go up faster than the things they
sell!
This has already happened under
the Roosevelt program. The cost Of
manufactured goods has rssl ! c
than twice as fast as the rise in
farm prices, and cae small ia, :
is worse off than ever before. He
can pay his mortgages less than be-
fore. The only way out for the small
farmer is to cancel the mortgages
altogether.
The rich farmer gets some bene-
fits. He can produce more, get more
profit, he has lower costs of pro-
duction because of better producing
methods, he can buy the big farm
machines, ETC., and he thus has his
mortgage burdens lightened some
what.
Wall Street Initiation
But, If that is so, then why do
certain sections of Wall Street seem
to fight against it? Why do they
fight against Roosevelt's initiation
program?
The answer is that even among
the monopolies there are inner con-
tradictions and antagonisms.
For example, the big industrialists,
like the aluminium, auto, railroad,
coal, steel, ETC., want initiation. For
them it means that they can keep
up their monopoly profits and fight
against their competitors. That ex-
plains why such group as the Com
mittee of the Nation, a powerful
group Of manufacturers and mer-
chants is fighting for initiation.
These big Wall Street monopolies
fight for initiation not only because
1t helps them to maintain their
profits, but because of = very
special reason bound up with thc
extraordinary high development of
monopolies in this country. And
this is because of the fact that
these industrial monopolies have
huge funds tied up in their sur
plus accounts and treasures.
They don't know how to utilize
these funds in the re-investment
in new capital improvements, new
tSlunfe nfo e}vn -
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buying power, but they are beinl
actually reduced in amount through
wage cuts and the N.R.A. codes!
1t is therefore no wander that the
Wall Street monopolies reported this
year an increase of $50 per cent in
profit since Roosevelt came into Of
| flee!
Imperiaiist Expansion
But not only does initiation increase
profits at home for the Wall Street
monopolies. 1t helps them to drive
ahead against their imperialist rivals
abroad. Initiation means dumping
Of goods in foreign markets.
When Roosevelt buys gold he cheap
ems the dollar, because every time he
raises the price of gold, it means
that the same amount of gold can
cover more dollars worth, thus be-
coming poorer in gold content. Ma
turally, when this happens, the other
countries convert their own money
into dollars and get more dollars than
ever before for their own currency
Naturally, they rush with their abun-
dant supply Of cheap dollars to the
United States markets to buy here
And this permits the Wall Street
monopolies to undersell and beat its
British, German, Japanese, ETC., rivals
But what is actually happening
here? Roosevelt, through his infla-
ton here is permitting the Wall
Street mOnopolies to dump" their
goods abroad by making the AnrS--
lean workers make up through lower
wages for their dumping losses!
Roosevelt, through his gold buying,
and other inflationary measures is
forcing the American workers TO pay
for the imperialist dumping" of the
Wall Street monopolies!
Supposed to Help Debtors
But initiation is supposed to help
the debtors, those who owe money.
1t is supposed to help the small farm
ers, for example, to pay their mort
cages.
This would be partly true-n the
small farmers and debtors really could
lay their hands on larger number
Of the cheaper dollars. But we shall
see in a moment that not only does
this not happen. but even if it did
happen, the debtors and small farm
ers would be worse off under infla-
ton than before.
In the first place, the larger amount
of cheapened dollars never gets into
the hands of the workers or small
farmers.
1t is a law of capitalist initiation
and actually determines the value
Of initiation for the capitalists that
prices rise faster than the amount
Of dollars in the hands Of the masses
The Government pours the huge
amounts of new money into the
hands Of the banks, industries
monopolies, etc.
WaseA the dollars in the hand,
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money lords of Wall Street with
their billions tied up in industry
there is complete approval of the
Roosevelt program. 1t is their pro-
gram.
But, at the same time, let it not
be forgotten that these Wan Street
monopolies who favor Roosevelt's in
flation are just as fearful as the
other crowd, that the initiation may
go too far, that it may become wild
and carry them all to ruin. 1t is
upon this fear, upon the fear that
the initiation will ruin the Govern
ment's credit, and cause chaos and
ruin in the markets of the world
that all the Wall Street capitalists
are at least agreed upon. They plan
that as soon as the Roosevelt In
flation becomes uncontrolled they
will step in and stop it.
The joke is that it will have tc
become uncontrolled" and the Wall
Street monopolies will not be able
to stop it, except through the most
ruthless attacks on the living stand
ards of the masses.
And even more significant, the
solution will be further drive to-
wards imperialist war.
Budget Crisis
The heart Of the present initiation
crisis is the budget crisis. Roose-
welt Is giving huge subsidies to Wall
Street through the r. F. c., N. r. A,
etc. He is spending billions for wal
over one billion already.
The Roosevelt government is spend
ing money three times as fast a.
it is getting it--for Wall Street and
war.
Roosevelt is faced with the problem
either of reducing the subsidies te
Wall Street and cutting down on the
war building, or issuing more and
more cheap money to pay for these
expenditures. He is choosing the
latter. He wants to make the masses
pay for these expenditures through
initiation.
Lower wages, lower standards, ris-
ing prices, and the growing danger
of war as Roosevelt initiation helps
the Wall Street monopolies to drive
forward in aggressive imperialist
expansion against British imperial
ism That is the Roosevelt initiation
program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-09

AA'''N '''1"Ail"h committee of the
United Safes Senate heard testimony
on bill designed to prohibit the sale
Of impure food and drugs and to pre-
vent misleading advertising. And
who presided at this hearing? The
same Senator DR., Royal S. Copeland.
Immediately following the Senator,
q Or, Robert E. Lee" a physician
totally unknown and probably myth
ical, informed the rckdo audience
tht ], P. Morgan and Co.'S Fleisch-
mans Yeast is the answer to all the
ills attendant on the failure Of reg
ular elimination"
Now it so happens that the FIeisch-
man yeast statement is a lie. and
that the Fleischman advertising is
one Of the things DR.. Copeland is
supposed to be trying to bar under
the bill he was sponsoring at the
very moment he stepped up to the
microphone.
I telephoned Arthur Kallet, CO.
author with F. j. 5chlink of 100
Million Guinea Pigs" the book which
showed how much profit is being
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Continued from Page u


with him. My husband and L are
Macedonians. We fled to Bulgaria.
When George came on the street he
was always attacked by the Bulgarian
boys. Sometimes he hit back, too;
ana again, sometimes he did the at
lacking. AS George grew up he be-
gan to fight for the Bulgarian work
ers and their children. I really did
not want George to become a worker
J. his father was. wanted to make
q scientist out of him. But couldn't,
We always had to think first about
our daily bread George had to work
hard for IL hours per day. After
he came home he sat half the night
by the light of an oil lamp and
learned, and Ical end wrote.
Il was always fearful of his health.
But even then George was already
sturdy. He remained q worker and
became a leader OF workers, and at
the same time he became quite an
educated man. You see how well he
speaks German?"
Speaks Before 5000
Yesterday it was when Paraskeya
appeared in a gigantic meeting of
5000 people, and made short speech
received with indescribable enthusi-
asm. The translation was awaited by
the crowd with breathless expecta-
ton.
81 am awfully glad that you came
here in such great numbers. At home
in Bulgaria that is impossible. The
workers are not permitted to as
semble. Thirty-five years my son
George served the workers. AL his
friends, and even his enemies honored
him as the most honest man. Can
such a man be an incendiary? I am
sure that you all will fight valiantly
for the freedom of Dimitroff and OF
all workers"
Smilingly the daughters look upon
the old woman.
Helped Spread Propaganda
Mother is really brave She has
been illiterate. She learned to read
out of the bible. For years the bible
was her only book When we grew
up into goddess beings we often argued
with her about this. Without getting
excited she would tell us: Don't
condemn the bible-I can only read
this one book. am satisfied with
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WHY THE COMMUNIST PARTY CALLS
ON THE WORKERS TO JOIN ITS RANKS

Of the Socialist Jewish Daily For
ward, invited Roosevelt to openly
embrace the Socialists and join the
Socialist Party. Republicans, Demo-
Gratis, Socialists, A. F. of L. leaders
renegades Uovestonites and Trotsky-
ites), liberals, all fastened to climb
on the New Deap' bandwagon. Each
Of course had their own particular
justification, reservations, and meth
DDS of support But each in their
own way undertook to rally mass
support for the N. r. A. and the
New DEAF generally.
IN this mad rush only the COMMIT
/ mist Party kept its feet on TIRE
ground. We showed that the "up-
turn" Of last spring was due to a.
tificial and special circumstances
seasonal, inflationary measures, war
orders, etc. and that it not only
would not last, but that this very
"upturn" would bring in its wake a
new downturn" carrying the crisis
to new low levels-an analysis which
life itself has proven correct.
Initiation and Higher Prices
Furthermore we commended that
Roosevelt's manipulation Of prices
would react to the detriment Of the
masses, that the prices of food,
clothing, rent, etc, would be forced
upward by inflationary measures
while wages would remain fixed at
the minimum wage set by the codes
and even below. The result: q gen.
eral reduction Of the real wages OF
the workers.
For the farmers, likewise, we in
sisted that initiation would lead to a
widening of the gap between what
the farmers received for his products,
and the prices that he would have
TO pay for machinery, fertilizer, etc,
thus actually leading to q reduction
in the real income of the poor farm
ers.
IN estimating Roosevelt's New DEAL
4 as whole, we argued, without here
going into too much detail, that this,
even more effectively than Hoover's
was a program in the interests OF
finance capital, of the richest section
Of the population, and against the
interest of the masses. Taking first
the program as a whole and then
the day-to-day working out of that
program we have shown conclusively
it's anti-working class character, and
even more-the essential war anc
Fa tel o1,a14ontn,. If INn 0oo y
Together with our correct analysis
of the beginning and the develop
ment Of the crisis and of the bour-
geois and reformist program tc
solve" the crisis, we have advanced
our program of demands and devel-
oped continuous struggles for the
workers need. This will be the sub
ject of a second article.
Marxism and Leninism
Here it is only necessary to con-
clude that the Communist Party
with Marxism and Leninism as Its
theoretical guide, has alone under
stood the economic and social forces
at work in the United States.
This was the theory that led the
Russian workers and peasants to VIC
tory, and the actual establishment Of
a socialist planned economy. WI
are the only force with a theory that
gives to the workers the possibility
for an understanding of current
events and problems. That is The
first reason why we feel justified In
urging every worker to join the Com
muniSt Party.
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Letters from Our Readers

U. S. A. He talked as he looked
well-fed and clothed social Fascist.
When someone tried to put a res
olution before the house condemning
Hitler terror, demanding the release
Of Communist leaders facing death at
the hands Of Fascist butcheIE, the old
society dame who was presiding,
closed the meeting in hurry, saying
that all resolutions must be presented
at the next business meeting.
BIT.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-09
BY C. A. HATHAWAY

THE Communist Party, as has al
1 ready been announced, is under
taking a special recruiting drive to
last from now until January goth, a
drive designed to bring many hun
dreds OF fresh, working class fighters
into our revolutionary ranks. Par
ticularly we appeal to the tens OF
thousands of strikers ito join our
ranks.
We believe that our Party has won
the right to appeal to such workers
to join forces with us, to those work
ers vigorously fighting against capt.
talist exploitation and misery, against
lynching and terror, against war and
fascism.
Let us examine the Communist
Partys record. Let us see if any
other political party has better re-
cord. Let us see if any other party
has more Loyalty served the workers
and poor farmers or more effectively
fought in their interests.
Have We Understood?
First, let us consider the under
standing shown by the Communist
Party, it's ability to grasp current
economic and political happenings,
its ability to grasp the changing
character of the economic and poll
teal attacks on the working class
This is important, in the first place,
because our ability to lead the work
ers' struggles effectively, depends on
clear underst anding of current is
sues and problems, and particularly
on our understanding of the
maneuvers of the workers enemies.
This discussion is also essential be-
cause our enemies the workers
enemies picture Communists as
Crack Drained agitators," as ire
sponsible disrupters," ETC., thereby at
tempting to poison the workers
against the one Party which clear
sightedly prepares, organizes and
leads their struggles
Let us begin with 1928, full year
before the present devastating crisis
began. Coolidge, Hoover, AL Smith,
all these and many others were eX-
tolling American progress and pros
perity; the United States, according
to these gentlemen, had entered into
period of permanent prosperity, u
into a new Golden Era"
The Socialist Party spokesman,
particularly Norman Thomas, as well
as A. J. Music and Jay Lovestone,
the renegade, all fell in line; they
accepted this fantastic estimate OF
the bourgeoisie, adopting their poll
cies ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS collaboration
poicies-the Socialist Party even 60
ing so far as to drop completely
the conception of "Class Struggle
from their program.
And what OF the Communist Party?
What was our attitude toward this
widely publicized ''Hooverian Era?'
Communists Foresaw Crisis
The Communist Party alone clearly
foresaw the impending crisis. Bas-
ing ourselves on the teachings OF
those revolutionary leaders, Marx
Engels, Lenin and Stain, it was clear
to us that the World War had set
tied nothing, that the Versailles
between nations, that the postwar
period had multiplied all the i'm
perialist contradictions and antagon-
isms.
m top of this it was clear in 1928
v that the great expansion of the
facilities for the pr@Nuct'cn Il
mass production, improved mach
inery, conveyor systems, ~
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in high blood
pressure, dizZt-
ness, headaches
and spots before
the eyes"
S e n a tor DR..
Royal s. Cope
land, of N e "
York, was talking
(for a stiff price,
on the Fleisch-
man Yeast hour.
Just a few hours
before the Sem
a tor spoke, a
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no-stri6e program, and to his pro-
gram generally program which in
practice proved the Communist con-
tention that this was a program only
for the rich.
Roosevelt and the New Deal,
With the defeat OF Hoover last
year and the election of Roosevelt
on his New DeaI' program, the
Communist Party again pointed out
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-09
WANTS A 2-CENT DAILY

To Editor Of the Daily Worker:
want to write to you concerning
the price Of the Daily Worker. First
of all think that the present price
of the Daily Worker is little too
high for the workers pocketbook. As
a result many of the workers dc not
buy the Daily" because they feel
that newspaper Shpuld cost two
cents, and besides cannot afford to
pay three cents.
I realize that the Daily worker at
present is in a terrible financial
condition, and needs money very bad
ly, that it has to rely upon the pen
MES of the workers for its main sup
port, and that the capitalists will not
put their lads" in the Daily Worker
because it is a workers newspaper,
but I still think that the price Of the
Daily" can be lowered to two cents
I make this suggestion, because ]
am quite sure that once the price of
the Daily Worker is reduced to two
cents, the circulation will immediately
be doubled, and possibly trebled!
Workers will then gladly give two
cents for the Daily"
I offer TO you this plan for your
careful consideration, and would Ike
very much to hear your opinion on
that matter.
Comradely yours,
IL.
Answer: The management of the
Daily Worker welcomes all suggestions
leading to an increased circulation Of
the Daily" Unfortunately q reduc-
ton in price is not practical nov.
With the paper selling at three cents
there is sharp deficit that takes
considerable energy to meet. Expert
ence shows that many new readers
can be gained for the Daily" at It's
present price, If workers make an eff
fort to obtain new subs. This way OF
increasing the circulation is the most
practical now. When the price can be
reduced with safety to our paper, the
management will be only too glad to
do so.
Management, Daily Worker.
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- WALL STREETS
49, CAPITOL
d SEYMOUR WALDMAN.

WASHINGTON Dec 8Over the radio last Thursday night
" heavy grave voice 1t warned against "he failure
of regular elimination"
ct really terrible that many of my friends
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nave nOJ LaKGn care OF Jhelr'
digestive systems. They have
allowed poisonous wastes to remain
in the system. It is bound to result
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m top of this it was clear in 1928,
v that the great expansion of the
facilities for the pr@Nuct'cn Is
mass production, improved mach
inery, conveyor systems, ....- -,a
speed-up-was leading rapidly to the
The Washington times., 1933-12-08

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb.-Here's
the original Prosperity Town"
Not a man in the city out of work.
Everybody ON regular pay rolls.
Welfare board disbanded. Relief
office abandoned. Unemployment
office closed and the manager left
town. Not a vacant house or
apartment in town. Everybody
happy.
Six months ago there was a diff
ferent story. At that time the
town was in the doldrumS. Hun
dreds were out of work. When
the unemployment office was
opened 1900 applied for jobs. On
the charity rolls were 125 families
in town of 1000 population.
Plattsmouth used to be a good
business town. The Burlington
Railroad maintained machine
shops here and employed between
400 and 500 men. But times got
bad. The shops were removed.
Those vacant shop buildings are
vacant no longer. All are occu-
The Washington times., 1933-12-08
GERMAN PIANO.
EXPORTS DROP

Annie, or somebody, isn't
studying music any more, if Com.
merce Department reports on the
German musical instrument in
dustry are criterion.
Germany. in the past, has
manufactured all sorts of musi-
cal instruments md had a
flourishinS, foreign trade in
them. But not now. Pianos,
which were exported to the value
Of 6,708,000 reichsmarks in the
first six months of 1881, amounted
to only 2,759,000 the following
year and 1,769,000 reichsmarks
the first six months of this year.
Stringed instruments fell off
in the three years from 2,137,
900 to 1.041,000 and 571,000
reichsmarks. In general, the de-
cline is about so per cent since
1881.
However, phonograph exports
were better this year than last,
though very much short of 1881
figures,
The Washington times., 1933-12-08
Chryster Farewell
Sent to Crusaders

NEW. YORK. Dec. 8 U.S).
Walter P. Chrysler today wrote
his adieu to the Crusaders. an
organization that worked to bring
about repeal. Chrysler congrat-
ulated them on their part in &C.
complishing repeal and said, Nov
that repeal has been effected, the
Crusaders no longer need my sup
port and I want to devote all my
time to my other interests"
The Washington times., 1933-12-08
'WAXEY' To SEE
SON BURIED

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 GN.SO.
Shackled to a Federal marshal,
Irving ("Waxey Gordon") Wex-
ler, erstwhile beer baron, under
a 1O-year prison sentence for
Federal income tax evasion, today
was to attend the funeral of his
son before being taken to Lewis
burg, Pa, to start serving his
sentence.
Permission to attend the funeral
services was granted by Federal
Judge Frank j. Coleman, who
last week imposed sentence on
Wexler.
Young Wexler, who was en-
route home from the University
of North Carolina, where he was
a student, when he met death,
will ne buried in Flushing, Long
Island
Soon after the services, Wexler
will he taken from the Federal
detention prison and placed on
q train for LeWiSburg.