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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-24
SPY AGENCIES TO HELP
"PROMOTE PRINCIPLES
OF RECOVERY ACT"
Sherman Strikebreaking Detective Outfit
Offers Its Services

shopmen's strike Of ls22, on the New
York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad. and introduced a company
union with yellow dog contract TO
bind the workers in the mechanical
departments.
"A Sherman district manager
in Chicago wrote to spy No. A. 563--
D, employed by the Illinois Steel
Corp. (U. S. Steel subsidiary during
the Steel Strike Of 1919, stating I'VE
want you to stir UP as much bad
feeling as you possibly can between
the Serbians and Italians. Spread
data among the Serbians that the
Italians are going back to work. Call
up every question you can in refer
ence TO racial hatred between these
two nationalities." A few days later
officials OF the Chicago labor move
ment got hold Of this and other evf-
dence on provocative acts from
Charles Stern, formerly operative
No 300 for Sherman. The head
quarters Of the Sherman in Chicago
were later raided, and a specially
summonded fraud jury indicted the
head Of the Chicago Office on charges
described by the states attorney as
sabotage, assault, attempts to stir
UP race and class prejudice and so
foment disorder that strike breakers
and troops would be thought neces-
sary." Later, as the result Of politi-
cal pressure, the case was never
brought to trial.
Attempt to Provoke Lawrence
Textile Workers.
"a Sherman spy employed by
the American Wooden Co. in the
Lawrence wool workers strike Of 1919
urged the workers: I'VE ought to
take the machine gun and turn it
ON the police" and constantly
criticized the leaders for restraining
acts of violence. This spy later con-
fessed that he was Sherman IN
dercover agent.
4.-Twenty-fve Sherman opera
tives were retained by former Sen
ator Butler Of Massachusetts,, head
Of the New Bedford Cotton Manu-
facturers, to report on trade union
leaders, and prepare a file Of "radi-
GALS in the mills. The Sherman
dicks turned these names over TO
Department Of Justice agents during
the "deportations delirium" of 1920.
One Sherman spy broke into the
Office of the 7. w. w. in New Bed
ford and destroyed its property.
SIN a textile strike In Stafford
Springs, Conn, a Sherman Thar
monizer-as the dicks are called in
the sales literature-acted as dis
ruptor and provocateur Others
were uncovered in union wrecking
work in strikes at the S. S. Dental
Co. in New York City and at plants
Of the Kirschbaum Clothing Co. in
Philadelphia where they turned in
lengthy reports on their strike IL
ouidation activities.
This is not the only agency Of its
kind that will be cashing in on the
workings Of the Roosevelt recovery
act. Workers should also keep
sharp lookout for the Corporation
Auxiliary Co., the Railway Audit
and Inspection Co. and other indus
trial spy agencies with fancy names.
They will all be used by the trade
associations and private employers
and capitalists in fighting the WORK
ers under the new law.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-24
1.-THE SOVIET UNION STANDS ON THE SHOULDERS
OF THE PARIS COMMUNE"~~Lenn.

The Civil War In France = Karl
Marx. With an introduction by
Frederick Engels, and Lenin's
Speech on the Paris Commune.
Is cents. International Publishers,
3S1 Fourth Avenue, New York.
A Book Review by Milton Howard
The International Publishers has
issued another Of Marks matchless
historical essays-the Civil War in
France" 1t is the manifesto which
Marx wrote in 1871 for the First IN
ternational, the International Work
ingmen's Association, May 80, 1871.
What was the Paris Commune? 1t
was the rule set up by the workers
OF Paris as the conquering Prussian
troops of Bismarck surrounded the
walls Of Paris. 1t was, as Marx says:
essentially a working class gov
eminent, the product Of the
struggle of the producing against
the appropriating class, the poll
tical form at last discovered I'M
der which to work out the. eco
nomic emancipation OF labor
The Commune was to serve rs
lever by uprooting the economical
foundations upon which rests the
existence Of classes"
The Commune, then, was the first
proleta-ian government in the world.
Against the Workers the Capitalists
With the collapse Of the Second
Empire Of Louis Bonaparte, and the
victorious march of Bismarck's Prus-
sian troops in 187o-1, there was set
up in Paris the Republic Of National
Defence. But from the very begin
ing Of the Republic, it was clear that
there were two distinct and hostile
forces in it, the armed workers Of
Paris, and the French bourgeoisie
led by Theirs.
On January 10, Paris surrendered
formally to the Prussian army. But
the Prussian army did not dare to
enter Paris filled with armed work
ers! From January to March IS, the
French bourgeoisie attempted to steal
away the rule Of Paris from the
French workers. When they could not
succeed themselves, they asked and
got the assistance Of the invading
Prussians!
Thus, as Marx said, the government
OF National Defence became a gov
eminent of National Betrayal. And
clear for the workers Of the world to
see, Glass rule was no longer able
to disguise itself in q national uni
form; the National governments are
one in the struggle against the pro-
letariat."
After 70 days of remarkable and
heroic rule, the Paris Commune fell
under the bullets Of the French Ma
tionalist troops.
The State-Engine Of Class Despotism
For decades the historic lessons of
the Paris Commune were distorted |
by the Second International, and are
today. openly denounced and be-
trayed by the Socialist leaders all |
over the world. The Social Dem |
ocratic leaders even forged certain |
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-24
BY ROBERT W. DUNN.
,ee'y Labor Research Association


Labor spy agencies are to help
smash trade unions under the work
ings Of the National Recovery Act.
This is shown clearly by an adver-
tisement appearing in the business
section Of the New York Times, June
10, 1888, announcing the National
Industrial Advisory Corporation
which describes itself as "A private
corporation organized to assist in
promoting the principles of the Ma
tional Industrial Recovery Act"
1t promises ito aid Trade Asso-
Citations and independent industry in
conforming with and advancing the
principles and detectives of the Ma
tiOnaI Industrial Recovery Act"
tour emphasis Among "Construc-
live Measures" which it declares it
self ready to perform-for a price
is to develop sound bases of en-
ployer-employee relationship"
This new corporation is Under
the Management Of The Sherman
Corp" The Sherman Corp is the
outgrowth of the Sherman Service
Inc, which is in turn the name as
sumed by the Sherman Detective
Agency, probably the largest union
wrecRing, rike-breaking, industrial
undercover agency in the United
States.
Here is a list of some of the chief
provocative operations Of Sherman
against the labor movement. These
are only few that have been I'M
covered by the workers. In hun
dreds Of other cases, where the facts
have not been brought to light, this
agency has similarly attacked the
workers and their unions.
sherman helped to break the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-24
RAISE PRICES TO THE
LIMIT, ROOSEVELT SAYS
Farm Board Meets to Maintain High Grocery
Prices AS Initiation Causes Sharp Advance

Ofilcials of the Farm Relief Bur-
eau conferred today with leading
chain stores in an effort to raise
the prices of everyday necessities
sold in these chains. The Roosevelt
government is thus taking bold and
active measures to increase profits
OF the rich at the expense of the
consuming masses of people. The
Roosevelt government Is deliberately
raising the cost Of livingl
The open determination of the
Roosevelt government to raise prices
ito the limit" has already born fruit
in a steep advance in wholesale
commodity prices And as the ad-
vance spreads throughout the whole
sale list, the advance in retail prices
are gathering increasing speed. The
sharp advance in prices of commodi-
ties can only mean greater hardships
for the consuming masses. 1t means
that the dollar, as it cheapens, will
buy less and less.
Not only is the dollar cheapening,
and prices rising, but the amount of
wages paid per worker are being re-
duced at the same time. The whole
Roosevelt program is, thus, stamping
down the buying power of the mas
ses triple-fold, causing a marked in
crease in the suffering of the working
class. Roosevelt's program is making
it more and more difficult for the
workers to keep above the starvation
level.
The rise in farm products from
May Is to June was the shrpest in
the history of the country. The
farmers, however are not getting any
of the benefits which the Roosevelt
government has promised them, for
the simple reason that the prices of
commodities that the farmer must
buy have gone mp In price even
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order better to draw the small cap
italists into the attack against the
workers, to me- e it appear that the
smaller indus.- ialists would share in
the high prices and higher profits.
Way They Say A Year ago
On March g. 1892, that is, almost
one year before Roosevelt became
the new-deal president, Eugene M.
Lokey, financial writer Of the New
York Times, wrote:
Some of the large financial
houses Chat is. Morgan, Rockefel-
Ter, and the harrassed Mitchell
have asked and answered the ques-
ton: What appears to be the next
step in the washington Admin
istration's efforts to hasten the
economic recovery2' The composite
guess is that a plan looking to lib
eralization Of the antitrust law
will be offered soon under strong
sponsorship. And Wall Street. -.
visualizes major benefits to num-
Der of industries through a change
in the Sherman antitrust act +.
In short, Wall Street believes-to
Judge by the cornment-that modi-
fication of the anti-trust laws must
be included as an essential part
of any well rewarded program to
resuscitate business and industry"
An examination of the Roosevelt
industrial recovery bill shows that
Wall Street now expects to collect its
reward.
The Policy Of the Bill
The bill itself consists of three
parts, called Titles. The first part,
that dealing with the justification
Of industry and class collaboration is
the most important. The second
section, that dealing with public
works, which will be dealt with in la
ter articles, is tackled on in order to
beat back the struggle for uneln-
ployment insurance. The third Sec
ton, not spoken about very much in
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parts OF Marks manuscript.
The essential lessons of the expe-
riences Of the Paris workers in setting
up their own government as ANALYSED
by Marx concerned mainly the uues-
ton Of the class character of the
State, and what steps the workers
must take after they have seized
power.
This magnificent essay of Marx
and the splendid preface of Engels
alike contain the clearest answers to
these problems.
Says EngelS, "In reality the State
Is nothing more than . machine for
the oppression of one class by an
other and indeed In democratic re-
public no less than In n monar-
chy 49," (p. 1e).
Everywhere, throughout this essay,
Marx lashes out against the fraud
Of capitalist democracy.
Marx writes, "At the same pace
at which the progress Of modern
industry developed, widened, in
tensified the class antagonism be-
tween capital and labor, the
State assumed more and more
the character Of the national
power Of capital over labor, of a
public force organized for social
enslavement, Of an engine of class
desp0tism II. The government
49,. (was) -. placed under par
liamentary controI--that is, under
the direct control Of the proper
tied classes" (p. 38).
The direct control of the propertied
classes! The national power of ca
pital over labor An engine OF class
despotism! This is how Marx, the
founder Of modern Socialism, the
founder of the First International,
evaluated the bourgeois democracy"
so beloved and cherished by our
Norman Thomas's, and by Social
Democracy all over the world
The Necessity for Proletarian
Dictatorship
Having established the oppressive
class character of the State, Marx
and Engels then drew the necessary
historical conclusions.
'The Commune was compelled
to recognize from the outset, that
the working class, once come into
power, could not carry on bust
ness with the old State machine;
that, in order not to lose again
its newly-won supremacy, the
working class must on the one
hand, do away with all the old
oppressive machinery previously
used against It -" Up. I'D.
The workers, in other words, after
the seizure of power must set up the
Of the proletariat. The
workers cannot hope to rule with the
old oppressive machinery Of the State,
If they do not wish to lose their
''newly-won supremacy" must crush
the resistance Of their old oppressors.
Workers Too Lenient With Their
Enemies
And one Of the great lessons which
Marx points out in his civil War IL
France" is that the Paris workers
we're too lenient with their enemies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-24

This Is the first OF = series Of ar
ticles on the Industrial Recovery Bill.
These articles will deal with every
phase Of the bill, giving = complete
analysis OF it. They will show how
1t effect the workers in all industries,
how It effects their unions. It will
deal with the question of wages and
Unemployment under the new drAs-
tic attack of the Roosevelt regime,
written into the Industrial Recovery
Act. Later articles will take UP the
Public Works Program, the lies about
Planned Economy, the drive to fas-
ciIm and the destruction Of the work
ers organizations. The last of the
series will discuss methods of fight
ing, in the day to day struggles,
against the Industrial Recovery Bill.
--Editor.)
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into power. Roosevelt is continuing,
in new way, the program Of Wall
Street, and the big trusts.
The leading bankers, more than
year before Roosevelt took office,
were agitating for the wiping out Of
the Sherman and Clayton Anti
Trust Law. The purpose Of this was
to give greater advantages to the big
monopolies, the steel corporation, the
Standard Oil Ford, the General Mot
ors, the aluminium trust, the meat
packers, ETC., in the crisis as against
the smaller, non-trustifed industry.
Roosevelt modified the program, in
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the Crisis OF Am
erican capitalism
has reached such
alarming depths,
that the future
perspectives o f
capitalism are so
black, that only
the most drastic
measures to boil
oter up the main
base Of monopoly
capitalism - that
is, dying, parasitic,
iecayed, crisis =
ridden capitalism
can have any
effect Whatever.
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II 49, serce its. rna1n pur-
pose, attempting to find a way out
& the crisis in capitalist way Chat
is, By preserving the system of pri-
,ate ownership and exploitation Of
the workers. for profit the grand
scale action envisaged by Roosevelt,
ana the class forces behind him, can
have reality c. value to capitalism
ONLY By the ssverest attack cn the
enSire toiling population Of the Uni
ted States.
Ca-tai.aly tbs fact is not men
toned in the BIZ itself. Certainly
1t is not b.aconsd widespread by
RocGsselt ard his well-regimented
propaganda mSciline, the entire cap
i5aliss press win no little support
from the Socialist press, and no end
OF support by the A. F. OF L. off,
cisldom and their propaganda or
gans) Quite the contrary. And here
lies one of the most significant values
of the Roosevelt regime to capital
ism ia its ptesens difficult moment.
1t is here that reside the new fea-
ture, the new form, Of the Roosevelt
attack, TO hide the content of the
old Hoover program. and the more
brazenly to carry it out.
A New Road to Wage Cuts
Just as world capitalism drives to
new world war under the. greatest
furry of peace banners ever assem-
bled, SO Roosevelt leads the present
and prospective attack on the stand
ara of living of the entire American
toiling population. under the most
powerful demagogic apparatus ever
assembled by American capitalism.
The machine that Roosevelt is build
ing UP for his attack is similar to
that of similar species of organizer
Of the new age" woodrow Wilson.
1t was very difficult at that time,
under the barrage of ll-organized
propaganda, under the crushing adj
vance Of the well-oiled war machine
to counteract the real background OF
the war for democracy" slogan. Now
it is clear to large numbers of work.
erS that the war for democracy"
which was to bring about the Will
OOklldil lCW d5C, Wbo pulElJ dllo
simply an inlperialist war to in
crease the profits of the Morgans.
1t is very easy for the majority of
the workers now to see the real sig
nif1canee Of the Hoover program, Of
the series of economic conferences
held in Washington in the early
stage CT the crisis. These confer
ences Of Morgan ct al, Green ct al
Under the slogan of mo wage cuts"
resulted in an average of not less
than 60 per cent cut in wages for
those workers who retained their job
during the crisis.
More Subtle Maneuvres
1t is not so easy, however, to blast
through the more subtle nlaneuvres
OF the sharper class contradictions
behind the Roosevelt attack, an at
tack which must be more virulent
against the workers. and which at
the same time must be larded with
DETER lying phrases about the new
deal, and the great rise in employ
ment to take place, about the self
propf led lifting of the standard Of
living Of the standard of living Of
The workers.
The Roosevelt regime, entering in
TO power at a particularly bad crack
in the structure of AmericaH i'm
perialism, was faced with growing
( resistance of the working popula-
ton.
Long continuing unemployment,
the ST ASKING down the health and
lives 100000 unemployed and
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back to work2 Will it raise wages?
by putting great masses Of workers
These questions must be answered
and the tactics Of struggle discus
sed.
Stimulates classification
The kernel Of the industrial recov-
cry bill--the stimulation of further
justification, that is, the massing
Of hunger amounts Of capital under
the control of smaller group of
capitalists to the extent that It be-
comes dominant in a particular field
was thought out by the leading
financiers long before Roosevelt came
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-24
BY HARRY CANNES.

What is the most significant fact
behind the Roosevelt industrial re-
o-1ry act? It is the RECOGNITION that
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-08-29
CARPENTER HAS GREAT SUCCESS
 ON GOAT QUEST
Party on Westward, Here for Supplies, Bags Three
 Goats, Eight Bears

Camppeu Church's yacht, the Westward, Capt Roe Dykeman, was in port yesterday morning for sup plies. It is under charter to R. k. M. Carpenter, Vice-President of the Dupont Power Company, who with Mrs. Carpenter, their two sons Robert and William, and a guest, William Wood, remained n camp at Snettisham. Ray Veatch Alaska Manager for the yachts, was also aboard the Westward.
 The Carpenter party has been with the Westward since July g when they met her at Ketchikan and to date have caught so many fish. according to MT. Church. that they are tired of dragging them out. After a visit to the Glacier Bay region, the party came td Juneau on the night of August l6 leaving early in the morning. Al that time they were on their way to hunt goat, deer, and black bear
 When the Westward left the Car penters at Snettisham to come tC Juneau yesterday, the party hao bagged 8 black bears and 3 goats The Westward is now taking them to Admiralty Island to hunt browf bear for ten days, after which the Carpenters will come to Juneau or September 10, to go outside on the following day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-08-29

son and Dr. c. A. Winckelman, who with Arthur H. Samish, ac- companied him on his trip north, enjoyed trip on the seaplane Baranof to Sitka, where MT. Will son conferred with the agent in that city and met many of the Sitka business men. The party mixed pleasure with business on last Saturday when they had their first experience at strip fishing for king salmon. They were sue cessful in landing several of the big fellows and are looking for ward to a longer trip in the fu- ture.
 While the Yukon was in port last evening MT. Wilson was host at a dinner party aboard the steamer for number of friends whom he had met here. Among the guests were Gov John w. Troy and his family. Mayor and Mrs. I. Goldstein, Mrs. Charles Gold stein, Mrs. George Faltico, of Se- attle and Miss Alleine Apland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-08-29

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-08-29
MISS GRACE NAGHEL TO TEACH TENAKEE
 SCHOOLS THIS YEAR

Miss Grace Naghel, who was chosen by the Tenakee s c h o Board last spring to teach the Territorial school in that place during the coming year, will leave Juneau on the motorship Estebeth Thursday evening in order to ar rive in Tenakee for the opening oi school September 5.
 Miss Naghel, who is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Charles E. Ngahel of thi city, has taught for several years in the Seattle city schools At Tenakee she will be the sole teacher and will have children oi all grades under her direction.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-08-29
SWISS WRITER STAYING HERE
 FOR FEW DAYS
Miss Gertrud Linder Plans Series of Articles Bas-
 ed on Alaska Trip

Miss L. Gertrud Linder, of Ba- sel, Switzerland, who is stopping at the zynda Hotel for a few days, is making her second visit to the United States. Her first visit was in 1880, when she made an extensive tour of the States.
 Miss Linder is writer of maga- zine articles and a newspaper cor respondent. At the present time she is undecided as to whether she will write up Alaska with pie lures in a magazine article or as a series of feature stories for the Swiss newspapers.
 Month at ChicafO
 A visit of a month in Chicago was productive of eleven articles on the Century of Progress Fair. She spent IT days in going through the Fair itself.
 It was only after passing beyond the more thickly populated Eastern centers that she was able to get a fair impression of the United States, said Miss Linder, in com menting on her impressions of the country. The places which inn pressed her most were nearly all in the Western states and in AL aska. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado, a summer camp in the Colorado Rockies, Crater Lake, and the glaciers, have been the higt points of her visit. New York City was disappointing to her, and chief ly interesting for the skyscraper' and milling crowds.
 Miss Linder commented also or the lack of cultural advantages oi the theatre, opera and music ir American cities. She drew com parison between Basel, a city o 100000 inhabitants, where there are theatres, opera, and symphony orchestras, and American cities O the same size, where such item! are noticeable for their absence. Nevertheless, while that on'