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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-19

Con1rade Editor:
Many workers approach us, asking
for copy Of the Open Letter Of the
Communist Party of July 18th. 1t is
a fact that many non-Party work.
ers are intereoted in this letter.
AS outlined by the letter, the i'm
perative task Of the Party is to reach
the broad masses Of the American
toilers.
We firmly believe that the publish
ing Of this letter in the form OF a
penny pamphlet, like the Fight for
Communism in Germany, would help
to make clear the revolutionary posi-
ton of the Party, for the way out.
Connect the New Recovery Act
with the deprecated value of the
dollar. and its effect upon the work.
ers. Expose the SANDER of the Boss
Press on the so-called failure OF Com
munism and the G.. P. in the United
States.
G. MEISTLE.
MORT SHEH.
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TOWARD IMPROVED
MASS WORK
Discussion on the "Open Letter.

your District, or directly from the
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Evening star., 1933-07-29
An Ethiopian Coney Island.

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: Ras Desta Demtu, prince Of the royal
house of Abyssinia, sailing from New
York on his way back to his native land,
announces that he will build an amuse-
ment park in Ethiopia. Thus q char
acteristic institution OF American civil
lization will be established in the Dark
Continent, and all the cultural advan-
tages of what Baedeker's Guide Book
calls "a cockney paradise" will be made
available to the sons and daughters
of Ham.
The prince is man Of taste and
Judgment. During his ten-day visit to
the United States he saw the wonders
of Washington and New York, the
monumental edifices OF steel and stone
reared to house government and busi-
ness; the Cathedrals of Mount st. Alban
and Morningside Heights; the National
and American Museums; the Corcoran
and Metropolitan galleries: hotels and
theaters; factories mills and depart
ment stores; President Roosevelt and
Mayor O'Brien. 1t was obvious that
he was deeply interested. His eyes
glowed, and he smiled. But the full
flame of his enthusiasm did not rise
until he --as taken to the Palisades
Amusement Park q Hudson Valley
equivalent of Coney, Island.
. It may be that he already had seen
: d merry-go-round, but the roller coaster
! wass real novelty. He GRIM ID de-
nghtedly" while his secretat was
Evening star., 1933-07-29
A Radical Departure.
rom the Atlanta Journal.

From the Atlanta Journal.
The new deal Is In the way Of be-
coming highly unpopular with those
adroit gentlemen who have been wont
to employ their legal arts and some
times, 1t Is said. their lobbying talents
in procuring special favors for con-
fldential clients at the hands Of Fed
eral departments. When Congress ap.
propriated three billion, three hundred
million dollars for public works and
kindred projects under the national re-
covery act, these negotiators felt that
their services would be in wide de-
mand, and the more impulsive among
them are reputed to have rubbed their
palms. But now comes blunt state
ment from Mr. Harold F. Ickes, newly
appointed administrator Of public works,
who Is also Secretary Of the Interior.
to the effect that persons wishing to
do business with the Government need
not waste money in hiring agents in
Washington to find an inside track. F"
Then he proclaims an astoundingly
to those able to do the best job, for
the least money, in an honest way"
This is 20 radical Q departure from
the precedents and practices Of the
last ten years that the camp followers
of politics are naturally agog. What
are we coming to in the United States
II Tom. Dick and Harry can approach
their Government on such matters
without the assistance Of emissaries
who long have known the paths where
thrift may follow fawning?" And why
appropriate three billions for new en-
ployment II at the same time the old
wire-pullers are going to lose their
iobs? These be parious times for those
who have snickered at the saying.
Equal rights to all. special privileges
to none"
Evening star., 1933-07-29

This is . direct challenge to the gov
ernment, for. President De Valera said
last week that he would ban parades,
blue shirts and uniforms. It is expected
in Dublin that the government will
reply to the Fascist challenge by for
mally declaring the Blue Shirts an ille-
gal organization and forbiddins next
months parade. Their new leader has
considerable following among Irish
youth, because Of his prominent identi-
fication with the athletics movement,
while his ten-year association with the
police gives him important contacts In
that quarter, too. The stage seems set
for finish fight between the rival
forces Of De Valera and oDuf1y, with
the ominous possibility of . new era of
domestic unrest for John Bulls other
island.
Evening star., 1933-07-29

whirled about the course, up the peaks
and down the dips, around the bends
and over the bumps Of the elevated
track. 1T was then" says the New
York Times, that he expressed the
wish that Ethiopia might have some
similar attractions"
What q vista Is opened by his de-
cision! Imagine the Joy of the Emperor
Halle Selassie I and Of his subjects,
male and female, old and young, as
they stroll the avenues Of the Luna
Park Ras Desta is planning for Adds
Ababa. Listen to their shrieks and
cheers as they are transported over
the shoot-the-shoots, through the cave
of the winds, up and down on the ferris
wheel, over the metal floor Of the snap
the-whip. Consider their marveling
amazement as they are made acquainted
with the fat woman, the bearded lady,
the human skeleton, the ossified man
and all the other professional freaks
Ponder their ecstatic appreciation of
the possibilities of clay pipes and
pigeons in the shooting gallery. Think
Of their felicity in their Eden of noise
and laughter. red lemonade, hot dogs,
peanuts and crackerjack. Nothing,
surely, could please them more than
such a cardboard heaven.
Ras Desta Is well-advised. He Is tax
ing home to his people gift they will
understand, souvenir of his tour they
will ind happiness In using. His de-
cision is wise. This" he can tell his
friends, "is typical of America" And
his verdict will be just, If not merciful.
Evening star., 1933-07-29
THIS AND THAT
~ CHARLES Z. TRAcEHsLL.

bother Of attempting to make judg-
ments.
As It ID, every one Is sitting IN judy.
ment on every one else. and too often
rot finding what he sees to hi( liking.
In this perpetual game the man who
has an argllmentative voice u not az
dumb As he sometimes appears to his
compatriots.
He knows a thing or two, too. and
one Of them is that he saves himself
trouble by keeping his mouth shut.
There are many good reasons for
holding ones tongue, and this is one
not commonly kept in view.
This man who fails to reply, when
you deliver Q "smashing argument. "
perhaps is not smashed half as much
Is you fondly imagine.
He simply knows his own Limitations;
he will not answer, In many m in
stance, not because he could not, but
solely because he realizes, from past
experience. that II he does he Is in for
an extended argument. a..
4 4
And he Is q man Of peace.
F1r be It from him to add anything
to the countless number Of unnecessary
dtsputations going on In the world at
any one time. =, -. -,
II public augmentation ever added
anything to the public or. private veal,
but mostly It doesn't, It k Just 30 many
words wasted, with each combatant
more firmly convinced that he is right
than before. :,
Sacred truth. the battle cry Of all, Is
left far behind, or forgotten altogether,
IN the public clamor to carry OF VIC
tory.
To win-the pernicious effect Of that
enchanting doctrine carries into many
. realm outside sport.
Dispute-why should one dispute
anything with Imam who possesses the
limitations Of his own viewpoint, and
who instantly that outlook were dig
puted would rally strongly to It's de-
tense?
Is anybody ever to blame about any
thing? Sometimes it appears that
never" Is the slogan, 40 In the old
comic opera.
Here is the famous railroad author
ity. who declares. In q speech, that as
he sees it. the principal causes Of the
present conditions Of the railroads may
be grouped under four heads.
Under no head Is there any blame
whatever attached to railroading, of
course. But the visitor to the depot no
tices that the much appreciated warm
ing bell and sign Of leaving flashed on
screen have given way before the
economy appeal: timid travellers no
longer wait without nervousness for
their trains: 1t is q small thing, per-
haps, but 1t helps explain any falling
OF in patronage. Yet II you told the
famous railroader about it, he would
claim 1t no handicap at all, or at least
only o very minor cause.
And here is q man who wants to
know why home town money is being
sent out Of town. If you were to tell
him. in one very small instance. he
would instantly rally all his recources,
not to investigation and acceptance
and reform-but to proving how wrong
you were.
So. really, there Is no use in public
disputations, in participating in argu-
ments with strangers or semi-strangers,
because all such talk Is in reality moth
ing but quarreling. although half the
time it Is oh, so polite.
Evening star., 1933-07-29
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

may rise in the land Of his adoption
Is no definite guarantee against his
ultimate destruction and degradation.
Thus success is more dangerous to the
Jew than failure, as it Is more certain
to rouse the envy and jealous resent
ment Of his neighbors than abject
poverty and dismal failure.
The cry that the Jew Is q parasite
preying on the body polite Is curtously
inapplicable to the case Of German
Jewry. The German Jew is hated not
for being q parasite, but for taking too
active, energetic and important q part
In the upbuilding Of the Reich. The
Jews energy, industry and ingenuity
are such as to eclipse the German him.
self In their respective contributions to
the construction of the commonwealth.
The Jewish contribution to German in
dustry, science and art exceeds the
widest estimates of the most sanguine
Jewish fiatterers and the Nazi determi-
nation to dispense with this contribu-
ton is perhaps more than anything
indicative of the wild unreaSoned
method with which Germany Is tackling
her problems.
Evening star., 1933-07-29
Terrifying Thought.
From the Baltimore Sun.


When Mrs. Thit Jensen pointed her
belief In Q woman-run world by declar-
ing that the world needs more Queen
Eizabetns and Queen Victorias she
laid the groundwork for spirited con-
troversy. There are lot Of people who
wouldn't care 80 much for Victoria
and are reconciled to the three CEN
turies which separate them from the
virgin queen. And there are others who
will take issue with Mrs. Jensen's ap-
parent belief that the rule Of queen
means that women run things.
One authority on politics has said
that he prefers the rule Of queens to
that Of kings because when . queen Is
on the throne. the situation will be un-
der control because affairs win be con-
Quoted by men, but that when q king
reigns the government will be carried
on by women. Queen Elizabeth herself
and Charles II might illustrate the
point, and even Of Victoria It might be
said that under her suzerainty England
was ruled alternately BY Gladstone and
Disraeli. the one by resistance and the
other by dattery.
Coming to America, who win say that
It Is not ruled by women? And yet
they attain political once With little
frequency. Once let them In, and
imperious man may yet regain his lost
prestige. This Is one Of the things that
people like Mrs. Jensen must think
over carefully befoEN shoutipg for IN
Elisabeth or Victoria. "a, 3asex?
IN. pAlmerston?
Evening star., 1933-07-29
Ridiculing the Law.

The slap on the wrist administered
by the Commissioners to the contractor
who admitted deliberate evasion as well
as outright violation OF the Bacon-Dayis
act may have been an expedient way
OF settling . controversy, and may re.
suit, as the contractor has promised, In
obtaining the back pay for the workmen
which was denied to them by q very
shoddy trick. What effect It will have
In preserving the sanctity of contracts
and enforcing honest compliance with
the law by other contractors is not
known.
The Bacon-Davis law may of itself
represent an unwieldy and awkward at
tempt to peg rates of pay for labor,
although the aim of the law is praise
worthy. The fact remains that it t.
the law. The contractor who submits
the low bid on District Of Columbia and
Government public buildings must con-
tract to pay his labor the prevailing"
wage scales. These are determined by
the Secretary Of Labor. An honest con-
tractor may submit bid with the &C.
tual fulfillment Of the Bacon Davis law
In mind, representing q good part Of his
costs. Another contractor may submit
a lower bid and have in mind all the
time such evasion Of the Bacon Davis
law as is represented by the snide trick
of forcing his labor to sign . pay roll
made up according to the Bacon Davis
law and then paying such labor . rate
far below the prevailing wage" as set
forth in that law. The honest con-
tractor Of course loses.
If the low bidder under such circum.
stances IS permitted to practice such
trickery and go unpublished, no very
great contribution has been made by
the authorities In creating respect
either for honesty or for the law. When
a compromise" is reached in the case
of an erring contractor which consists
merely Of exacting a promise from the
contractor that ne will fulfill the origi-
nal terms Of his contract and do what
he agreed to do in the first place, the
contractor will naturally be pardoned
for enjoying quiet laugh up his sleeve
at the law and at the officials who are
supposed to enforce it.
Evening star., 1933-07-29
Touch of Foreign Relations
Found in Majorca Incident

main in a Spanish hoosegow with still
no specific charges produced, and the
news that the five have been released
on bail will be gratefully received"
Until few days ago." remarks the
Cincinnati Times-Star, this largest OF
the Balearic Islands, lying in the Medi-
terranean of the coast Of Spain, was
famed as garden spot, where life
glides along in an endless succession of
tranquil days and romantic nights. Now,
it appears. nowhere on earth is Nature
so red in tooth and claw as in Majorca.'
The Dayton Daily News believes that
this international incident adds Moth
ing to Majorca1 celestial reputation.
and its original inhabitants are not
likely henceforth to be troubled by tour
lists in search of an earthly paradise"
When one goes to an alien land to
live" thinks the Providence Journal, "it
seems as if the right thing to do were
to adapt ones self to the life and re-
frain from criticism In spite of all
this, We remain convinced that Majorca
is pretty fine place. We read that the
climate Is benign, that the scenery Is
gorgeous. the pine woods have in many
places given way to the olive, the vine
and the almond tree, alternating with
orchards of figs and oranges. and that
the wines are light but excellent It
all sounds delightful"
Evening star., 1933-07-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Obstinate Cincinnatus.
He jes' didn't want to be bothered. he
said,
When they mentioned the life that he
quietly led
They told him they thought he could
certainly claim
A measure or 50 on the trumpet of
Fame
But he told 'em the songs Of the birds
an the bees,
An the wind as it swept through the
wakening trees,
An the whisperin'- wave as 1t broke on
the shore
Was music enough, an he wouldn't ask
more.
He said that to hear 'em yell "Zebedee
Jones!"
Zen with patriot fervor inspirin' their
tones,
Would break up the harmony nature
reveals
If you let it alone. Vain are all the
appeals
To hustle him forward to jdn in the
fray.
He's busy, he says, in his own little way
With life that seems fair, though its
scope is but small.
An he jes' doesn't want to be bothered;
that's all!
Evening star., 1933-07-29
Ireland's "Blue Shirts"

First, the Black Shirts of Italy. Then,
the Brown Shirts of Germany. Now,
the Blue Shirts of Ireland. They are
Fascists all, and eleven years after the
march on Rome the cult originated by
Mussolini has invaded the Emerald Isle.
The Irish Fascists have just held their
first national convention In Dublin and
elected late lieutenant Of President
De Valera, former Dublin Police Chief
ODuffy-fine Gaelic fighting name
that-as president. Two other one-time
adherents of the Irish Republican
party-former Vice President Blythe
and Gen. Richard Mulcahy-Were on
the platform from which addresses
were made to more than q thousand
delegates from every part Of the Free
State, all wearing blue shirts.
The convention decided to organize
Irish Fascism under the name of the
National Guard. Received vociferously
with the Fascist appraised arm salute,
President O'Duffy said the Guard would
be a civilian body designed to promote
peace and good will among all citizens.
In certain circumstances it would 60
into politics and appeal to the electo-
rate for adoption of its own. policy, de-
scribed as "the reunion Of the Irish
nation" meaning the burying of the
Free State Ulster hatchet. Arms would
be carried, Mr.. O'Duffy said, only with
police authority; and he banned from
the National Guard Communists who
preach doctrines subverslve to Christi
anity." !
The first clash between the Irish
Fascists and the De Valera government
is due on August l3, when the new or
ganization plans to parade in honor OF
the founders of the Free State. Mem
bers will wear blue shirts and berets.
Evening star., 1933-07-29

Quarreling In public with strangers
or near-stransers seems to be . spe.
cialty Of some persons: there are 9TH
ers who nee from open wordy conflict
No one should imagine that he has put
something over" on another, simply be-
cause the latter refuses to enter into q
dispute about the matter.
Happy u he, undoubtedly, who pos
sesses the knack Of making what he
believes to be statements Of fact with
out causing others to rise on their
hind legs" In controversy.
That this Is . gift more rare than ut
first seems u attested by the prevailing
disposition to "argufy" about anything
and everything.
No sooner has some member Of .
company asserted something for . fact.
than others rise to point OF order.
The curious thing b that no matter
what Is said, there II always somebody
to take the other side.
There is always another side. Of
course; failure to admit this accounts
in part for the bombAstic, self opinion
ated persons one encounters the world
around.
The gift Of talking without calling
down argument upon ones devoted
head Is based mostly. one may believe.
upon the possession Of . quiet tone OF
voice.
Those who stir up controversy wher-
ever they 60 are not the possessors OF
queer quirks and ideas 50 much as Of
harsh qualities in their voices.
Here Is man who expresses popular
and generally prevailing opinions about
everything. but there Is something In
MS voice which makes others lighting
mad" Some Of them would tell you. II
you asked about the matter. that the
chap Is conceited. and thinks he knows
it ALL" but that Is not 1t.
There Is some other reason, and that
reason, 1t would appear. Is nothing
more nor less than h slightly harsh,
argumentative tone Of voice. The fel-
low Is as mild as lamb, really. q veri-
table timid soul, but there is something
in the physical construction Of his vo-
cal chords which puts an edge on his
speech.
He Is unfortunate, unleSs he likes
. good verbal scrap. Then he Is In his
element. Undoubtedly there are many
men who have been led into Q life Of
perpetual argument because Of this stri-
dent quality Of voice.
They speak-and 1t sounds to others
as II they said. Il dare you to dispute
what I have said" Perhaps none Is
more fair, but the listener does not
know it; often even when he realises 1t,
he unconsciously becomes irritated at
the voice Of the other.
It will be realized that when the lis
tener Is an utter stranger, and perhaps
does not like the "set Of the others
jib," either. it Is too much to expect
that he will be charitable in his judg-
ments, and pass up in another what
strikes him as inimical.
In all things the world Of men Is
looking for the friendly and the mimi
cal. The fact that 20 many and fire.
quent mistakes are made in these re-
CARDS Is one Of the tragedies Of man
kind.
If we could know our friends surely,
and our enemies as truly. We would be
saved the little half-suspicions which
cloud the outer borders Of psychology.
We would be saved half the fuss and
Evening star., 1933-07-29
A New Pioneer.

Columbus sailed the ocean blue in
fourteen hundred and ninety two;
Washington crossed the Delaware; Ger
Jrude Ederle swan the English Chan
mel; Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic on
the first solo flight to Paris and Prof.
Picard pierced the stratosphere-but,
William E. Morris of Neuces County,
Tex, was and Is the first farmer to
receive good money from the United
States Government for plowing under
forty-seven acres of cotton.
The ceremony was appropriately OBJ
served in the Capital yesterday The
photographers and the reporters duly
recorded for history the dawn Of a new
era. With a bodyguard composed Of
Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace, Sen
ator Smith of South Carolina. Repre-
sentative Jones Of Texas, chairman of
the House Committee on Agriculture: C.
A. Cobb, chief Of the cotton production
section Of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration, and others, Mr.. Morris
went to the White House and received
from the Presidents own hands a check
for $517 for destroying forty-seven
acres of cotton. In addition, he was pre-
sented with an option on twenty-three
and half bales Of Government-owned
cotton at six cents pound, which, If
he sold now, would bring him a profit
OF about $40 bale.
Mr.. Morris of Texas Is one Of about
900, 900 other cotton farmers who have
signed up to destroy a part Of their
cotton crops. In this respect he is no
more nor less a patriot than his breth-
rem. But Mr.. Morris has been chosen
as the walking symbol of what the
new deal means to the cotton farmer.
And as he is lirst, he poses as q sort
OF pioneer. His antecedents are not
known to the / lblic. But he comes
from Texas and he has good Amer
ican" name. He Is probably descended
from sturdy line of pioneers. His
forefathers probably went out to Texas
supposed, they battled the elements,
fought the Mexicans and Indians and,
later, the bold bad men of new coun-
try. They titled the soil, and by the
sweat Of their labors harvested the
crops. They stood on their own feet and,
If their crops failed or the price went
down, they may have been pauperS for
the time being as regards the material
things Of life, but they were independ-
ent princes in their own realm. The
Government later began advancing
them money to buy their seed and their
fertilizer and, later still, helped them
renew the mortgage. But yesterday
the Government stepped in with
check in payment of Mr.. Morris for
destroying part of his crop. And he
Travelled to Washington in a Pullman
car and was presented at the White
House to receive it.
Mr. Morris has another farm. He
has agreed to plow part of it under.
A check for that will be forthcoming
soon. As he returns to his native
plains of Texas. all must appear rosy
indeed and the end of the rainbow
must seem just over the hill. One can
but wonder at the philosophy OF gov
eminent that he will impart to his
neighbors and to his own sturdy sons
and hope, with him, that he and the
new philosophy will succeed.
Evening star., 1933-07-29
Promoter of the Stephen
Foster Radio Programs
70 the Editor of The Star.

TO the Editor OF The Star:
Your editorial in The Star of July 20,
1888, "The Foster Broadcast" was espe-
cially good and refers to a most inter-
esting subject. However, a word Of
praise as to the man behind the broad
cast whose voice we all heard and
whose remarks made the broadcast
Mr.. John Tasker Howard-would have
added to 1t, I think am sorry your
editorial failed to recognize Mr.. How
ard by even line
WILLIAM M. STUART,