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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-11

banjo. the boy swung it to right
and left. 1t tangled family as its
battered sides were grabbed and
tossed aside.
Whipping out his revolver, one
sleek-haired youth fired rapidly in
to the four PROSTATE bodies. A
half-dozen grabbed at his arm.
Wait, you fool They shouldn't
die so easy Uncle Ben bound
but not gagged was tied to the rear
of Packard AS the car tore over
the road his body dragged, then
jolted in the air. Curses and
drunken yells broke upon the
sleeping country side.
Hell, the woman's done fer, n
the bratS too. :. Now fer the Mig
ger" Those remaining behind ram
sacked the other cabins and swore
at the dogs which found it hard
TO pick up the scent. A shack was
fired, but the Sheriffs soon smoth-
cred the blaze you blasted idjits.
Doan you know this here is mill
property?!"
THE motor party, finally firing Of
L their game, bore Uncle Ben's
dying body to the woods-the very
woods in which seven hours earlier
he had stumbled on Martha's body.
Should they hang him or burn
him, they argued among them
selves. Finally a rope was tossed
over limb and around his neck.
Nov pray, you gol dam niger.
Pray" Popped against the trunk,
his eyes closed, Uncle Ben pressed
his lips together. Then dance, you
black-faced devil" They drew
their guns. When he did not move
they fired at his legs, breaking his
shins. With a moan, he tipped
forward. Here, quick, or We'll be
too late" The body was tossed
aloft, and Uncle Ben Morgan
banjo picker, mill hand, and story
teller-kicked feebly, then hung
limp while bullets rained into his
face and sides.
Jim, however, robbed the mob Of
their prey. When the dogs had
once more picked up his trail, and
he found fifty armed, frenzied men
closing in on him, and his gun
emptied of all but one shot, he
turned the last on himself. You'll
never hang this Niger" he yelled,
my turn at a niger Joke"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-11
ON THE CHAIN GANG, by John
L. Spivak. International PAM
phlet No. 81. Price 5 cents.

ON The CHAIN GANO, Dy JOnn
L. Spivak. International PAM
phlet No. 80. Price 5 cents.
Reviewed BY HY KRAVIF.
IN his novel, Georgia Niger, which
was published serially in the
Daily Worker, John L. Spivak gave
us an unforgettable story, docu-
mented and containing startling
photographs. Without resorting to
the fictional medium, in a new
pamphlet, On the Chain Gang, Spi-
yak gives first-hand account of
conditions which he personally
witnessed-and has evidence to
prove-of the fortunes Negro work
ers are forced to endure. 1t is the
first pamphlet about the unspeak-
able chain gang.
This old Southern institution is
used to keep properties Negroes
and whites too-enSlaved under
thrown into forced labor to the
profit of the state, private land
owners or indlistrialists. Once on
the gang, sickness, disease, the kill
ing pace, nothing is permitted to
interfere with the execution of the
labors assigned them. For talk
ing back" ''fussing with meals,
physical inability to perform
task" or for any number of SIM
liar reasons, these workers, mostly
Negroes, are forced to endure al
most unbelievable fortunes and are
even murdered.
To some of these tortures Spivak
gives graphic description when he
writes: Il saw the Spanish In
QUESTION Of 800 years ago saw
men chained by the neck like gal
ley slaves. ! saw men with mon
strous bayonets riveted around
their feet SO they could not sleep
without waking when they turned.
/ saw men trussed up like cattle
ready for slaughter and ants crawl
ing over their helpless bodies. I
saw men hanging in stocks such
as the Puritans used in their cruel
est days. saw men broken on the
rack as they broke them under the
Spanish Inquisition.
1T saw these things and photo
grapbed them-not in forgotten
dungeon in ancient Spain, but in
the United States-in Georgian
this year of our civilization 1882"
The sweat box stockades, the poi
sonolls swamps in which the chain
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-11
POSTPONE PROHIBITION
ACTION

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. TO-
Disputes between the Senate and
House democrats as to the form of
the prohibition repeal resolution, to-
day, gave clear indication that the
present session Of Congress will ad-
journ without taking any definite ac-
ton on the question. Opposition to
the present form Of the proposed re-
peal action is being led in the House
by Speaker Garner.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-11
Letters from Our Readers

good times Arkansas workers got
only 20 cents to 80 cents an hour,
and now they get even less--sev-
eral complain that it's too high
3 cents for four-page paper.
3. Sameness Of each issue-not
enough variety.
A. Nothing to interest workers
they know all about starvation but
want a way out. The Daily"
doesn't show the way out Of the
crisis clearly enough. The workers
are ready for struggle, but the
DAILY" Is tagging behind.
Comradely,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-11
Deborted for Abandoning
White Chauvinism

TODAY the u Department OF Labor will take August YoEnen Fin
States.
deportation story
udice within their ranks struggle against the u government
nen deportation
that Party
working class.
NTH which the Force q, canfa1i a5ncaio have irnt5 Them
equality
f fs role the government and in this case its Department
is member the Communist Party In March,
Yoknen Club Harlem had failed to
Negro the stated that
equality
s 10 t5 a ai u f @ and fb would at C ear Ls
position of Communist liberation
attended trial which expelled
attitude trial the things
showed that it viii not tolerate any form race prejudice within its
ranks and will fight tooth nail root out Of the working
At the trial Yokinen acknowledged that ucombng to the IN
pledged struggle Negro rights
study the problems of Negro liberation few weeks after his expulsion
he was one OF the leaders of the first scoboo parade in Harlem
The government answered Yoknns pdgewth order Of de-
Justice and held jail He asked repudate his
Circuit OF Appeals unfolding dpOrta-
ton said frankly that Ykinens promise to his anti
Negro attitude that led his deportation The decision said Yonn
charged with white chunism tried by jury of his
himself
Supreme order
the its showed themselves
and of that raeredce whose keep the workers divided
roSRADE persuaded by
Party active
before his
Yoknen following declaration which the workers
splendid and coTects his
been ordered edeported Only
capitalism pledged myself
against they under
to what
depoed the contrary
would have received with
thankful Of the millions OF workers
of the nine
Scoboro whom capitalism wants to murder in cold
the electric chair.
fight hatred
will not tolerate discrimination
Communist his principles
carried these
than be false them lose the trust Of
and believe the Conmu
principles including the principle OF complete
economic political equality masses"
shows all It's hide
policy
foeignborn struggle its whole
The capitalist class and all its agents hate
growing and white foregnbon and native
They this unity the seal OF their
own they fight against it
fights against deportation be stopped be
stopped capitalism defense OF
its intended victims.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-11
ISSUE BETWEEN
CAPITALISM AND COMMUNISM.

Since socialism is a transition
stage to Communist society and
taScisn is a method of capitalist
dictatorship it is clear the issue is
between capitalism and ComInu-
nism, that is, Marxism- Lerlnism,
the Marxism of the period of i'm
perialism, of "the period of wars
and revolutions" as Lenin put it.
1t is clear that whereas, in the
literature of Technocracy capital
ism escapes with a criticism of its
inability to take full advantage of
technicians, energy sources, and
modern chronological processes,
Communism and the Soviet Union
receive the heaped up measure of
scorn and, are the real target at
which the Technocrats aim with
their aim given the greatest pos
sible accuracy by such modern
chronological processes as are used
in modern printing plants owned
by capitalists.
THE contempt which Technocracy
- evinces for political systems
but especially for the proletarian
state,-a contempt implicit in all
its publicity-is likewise a method
of trying to discredit the Commu-
mist party program and tactics
which point out and prove that
the capitalist ownership of indus
try and natural resources is main
tanned by political power, that is,
the capitalist state, "the executive
committee of the capitalist class"
The state is nothing but ma
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-11
Words TOO LONG IN THE
r1AYLY": OTHER FAULTS
No. Little Rock, Ark.

No. Little Rock, Ark.
EDITOR OF Daily Worker,
Dear Comrade:
1 am the Daily Worker newsboy
here and have a few criticisms and
suggestions to make for building
or paper.
1. The average Southern worker
cannot understand the big words
.,sed, such as "bourgeoisie," prole-
,axian." and IL the language were
.iniuler It would sell better.
4 The price is 3 cents even in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-11
WRITE ABOUT THE DAILY

The Daily Worker ask S all
worker correspondents and other
workers, to send letters telling
what they think Of the Daily
Worker, or OF how the Daily
Worker helped them to win
workers over for the movement.
Write not only for the Daily
k1t slsc about the DAILY
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-11
7 democracy: Aid to
Capitalism in Crisis

it, Russia found itself compelled
to inaugurate an industrial era
under Communistic price system
of production with inSufficiently
developed energy resources and
inadequate personnel. 1t was
forced to call upon the outside
world for technical assistance to
set up in Russia obsolescsnt fac
tories from an obsolescent price
system"
Russia, in its Parthian retreat
from capitalism" says Scott, "has
scored but a Pyrrhic victory. 1t
mistook the name tag of a phase
OF the price system for its en-
tirety. 1t left the tag and took
its essential mechanics. A social
approach based upon the substi-
tuition of a Hegelian dialstic for
an Aristotelian dialetic may be
an interesting intellectual pas
time but of no functional i'm
portance, an example of the re-
crudescence of philosophic fu-
Utility of European tradition"
(This is the language of paranoia.
B. d..
Still again:
This physical concept and
energy yardstick transcends all
political doctrines. When applied
to the North American continent
they reveal clearly that commu-
nisnl, socialism, fascism and other
political systems are entirely in
adequate to cope with the needs
of new state of civilization"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-11
FROM THE BLACK BELT
BY MYRA PAGE.

These sketches Of the life white workers
IN the South taken from Gathering
published by International PubIishers.-EDITORS NOTE
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-28
Quake Exposed Graft in Buildings
Pui6ic :fRvcriUiRiEs fiilL
49,
Colonel Little Say. Upon Return

California,s recent earthquake ex-
posed widespread graft in public
building enterprises, in the opinion
Of Colonel G. b. Little. president Of
the First National Bank Of Bismarck,
who returned frum the stricken state
last Saturday.
Colonel Little said the poor con-
struction Of public buildings In con-
trast with the good construction Of
privately-owned edifices was strik-
ingly portrayed when the quake
struck, with the public buildings
much more subject to damage from
the shocks.
He said II u fortunate that the
quake struck after school hours.
Otherwise. he intimated, that many
children would have been killed or
crippled IN the disaster.
Has Home In Hollywood
Colonel LATHE has home In Holly
wood. He was In the west this year.
for more than q month"; having gone
there In company with A. w. Mundy
and r. J. Meyer. The latter two
returned to Bismarck about two
weeks ago and were not there when
the earth convulsions occurred.
Though about 100 shocks were re-
corded by the seismograph In Holly
wood, the colonel said, he was consci-
Gus Of only 60 or 70 Of them. There
was practically no damage in the city
Of movie stars, he said, though many
Of the residents were alarmed at the
possibility Of danger. The only loss
In his home was . broken platter.
which WAS Jared from the edge OF
the kitchen range to the floor.
The great damage, Of course. Gen.
tered In the Long Beach area, but
Colonel Little said he does not be-
neve the financial loss will run as
high q first estimated. Only the
poorer buildings were weeded out, he
said. He also discounted the reports
Of the calmness with which the peo-
pie Of Long Beach accepted the situa-
ton, declaring that 1t Is only natural
for human beings to become panicky
to . certain extent in the face Of dis
aster.
Visited Stricken Area
The colonel had an opportunity 70
view tho devastation during . short
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-28
COMPACT LIB 8
= EXP[QTS PLAY IT ~

His natural play = to win With. let
Us say, the queen. When you have
again entered your hand, your proper
play q the king, and when the jacl
falls from your left-hAnd opponent
80 right up with ace In dummy.
In other words, making this type Of
play, you have . $3.50 chance to win.
You win win any time that there are
three cards to IN honor In the hand
Of your right-hand opponent, and you
win also Win any time that the queen
and jack are alone.
You do not decrease your chances
Of winning on the play, but you in-
crease them With this particular COM
bination and In making plays that Il
tho thing you want to give most
thought-what percentage Of chance
YOU have to win.
This Is Z really important play IA
bridge and I hope that my readers
Will lay this combination Of cards
out. Remember that you are to dis
tribute the remaining five cards Of
the suit by putting two In one hand
and three In the other.
There are about eight combinations
that you viii be able to build up In
that manner. dealing Of course With
just the honor cards. You viii find
that by playing first the small card
finessing the ten, and then playing
the king and overtaking with the ace
you will win four out Of the eight
times. The remaining times the play
would lose whether you played the
king and then the small card Of
played the small card and then the
king.
It Is mastering plays like this, and
knowing how to handle them when
the situation arises, that makes you
. successful card player.
Copyright, 1883, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-28
Would Convert Corn
Into Fuel for Motors

washington. March 2s.-(R)-A
farm relief plan devised to convert
tho surplus corn crop Of the nation
into industrial alcohol shortly win Be
submitted to Secretary Wallace by .
committee he appointed In the agri-
culture department to work out de-.
tails.
The plan, calling for use Of alcohol
mixed into gasoline motor fuel, was
said Tuesday to be rapidly nearing
completion. The chief detail yet to
be decided Is the amount Of alcohol,
made from corn, which should be
used in the mixture.
Tests already have been made BY .
farm cooperative association In I'LL.
nois and DR.. James M. Doran, COM
missioner Of industrial alcohol, plans
to permit several oil companies In the
same state to conduct similar tests
In the near future.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-28

trip to the stricken area.
The quake, he said, merely con-
firmed his resolution that he would
not live in one Of the coast-line cities
Of the Golden State. In the inland
cities, he said, there u practically no
danger from earthquakes.
While out west, Colonel Little made
his annual brief visit to Aqua Caliente
and his stay In Hollywood afforded
him an opportunity to visit with
many "transplanted" Bismarck per-
sons Among these were James Foley.
North Dakota's poet laureate =
Charles Anderson, Dale Simon, for
mer theater manager here, and many
others.
Colonel Little said that Dale Simon
has recovered remarkably from in
juries he suffered in an automobile
accident here q few years ago. In
that mishap, Simon suffered q frac-
tured skull and was cut up badly.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-28
COUNTER REVOLT IS
REPORTED RANKS
OF GERMAN REGIME
Stoel.heImst War Veterans
Banned AZ Result Of Alleg.
cd Anti.Nazi Plot

Brunswick, Germany, March ~
ReThe first counter.revolt plot
within the ranks Of supporters Of the
two-month-old Hitler government
was reported uncovered Tuesday With
1850 men under arrest.
A statewide ban on the steel he'll
met war veterans. allies Of the Maxi
hrown-shirted storm troops since the
creation Of the Hitler coalition cab
met, was declared. Dietrich Klagges,
Mani minister Of the interior Ia
Brunswick, declared members Of the
disbanded Reichsbanner, the Repub-
lean defense organisation. banded
with steel helmeters under orders ia
start . fight against the Maxi party "
Those arrested included 200 steel
helmeters, who had been made aux
Hilary police along the Naxi storm
troops. The remainder under arrest
were mostly youthful Socialists and
Communists.
Franz Seldte, the one-armed leader
OF 100000 steel helmeters through
out the country, stated In Berlin
early Tuesday that he was convinced
Of the trustworthiness Of the organ
ixation's leader In Brunswick. Thu
leader. DR.. Schrader. however. VA
reused from bed early Tuesday morn
Ing and placed under arrest.
HltleF's Men PaniCky
A Steelhelmet leader said the ar.
rests were 'crazy" thing to do. that
the Nads apparently has been panic.
stricken by reports that radicals
were joining the steel helmets II
large numbers. but that anyway Il
WAS . purely local issue and that thu
cooperation between the Nazis ant
steel helmets would not be inter.
rupted.
The. steel helmeters ana leftist,
were arrested In . sensational raid
Monday night on the formers head.
quarters here, In the municipal sicl
benefit administration building
Through the night blazing lights o.
the big building. where the prisoner,
were cooped up, drew citizens Of Thu
provincial capital who crowded TIN
police lines tightly drawn around It
A detachment Of storm troops
guarded the entrance while insidl
the main hall the 400 steel helmeter
savagely paced the floor under watcl
Of their erstwhile comrades. The VA
veterans were disaTmed while th.
NaH auxiliary police guarding then
carried carbines.
Upstairs. on the second, third ans
attic floors. the l,l50 other prison
ers awaited questioning. Police re
ported many Of these possessed wea
pons.
The city JAN was inadequate d
house the prisoners and officials wer
puzzled also q to how the case
could Be speeded through the courts
which were unprepared for such .,
emergency.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-28
Bankers at Detroit
Find Lost Harmony

Detroit, March 2s.-R}-Harmony
apparently prevailed Tuesday among
the various groups who have been
engaged actively for six weeks IN
divergent attempts to restore normal
banking facilities In Detroit.
An investigation was In progress
by John Herring Pratt, assistant d
s. attorney general, however, direct
ed ct the circumstances that led r.
the Michigan bank holiday, pro
claimed on Feb. Il, and the sub
sequent appointment Of conservatory
for Detroit's two large national banks
The last organized dissent to the
plan whereby the new National Bank
Of Detroit, backed half and half BY
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton and General Motors Corporation
would take over the more liquid as-
sets Of the First National Bank-De-
troit and the Guardian National
Bank Of Commerce, was Withdrawn
Monday night In Washington.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-28

which approximately 4s.S0o0oo IN rur-
al credit bureau obligations falling due
during the next two years would be
met through reflndiue bonds author
lied BY the legislature.
The proposal Was made late Mon
day to Senator A. ]. Roc1ne Of Zum.
brota, chairman of the senate finance
committee, who asserted he win In
form the governor be cannot agree
to the plan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-28
l5-Year. Old Boy Held in Attempt
To blaclmai Mrs. E. A. Lindbereh

20 he addressed the letters %
Mrs. Charles Lindberg. Delaware
and New York." believing that II
they lived In either state the mis-.
sives would reach them.
One Of the letters WAS mailed
Feb. n. It was seized by post.
office inspectors here. The &c.
ond, dated March Il, was inter-
cepted by washington postal au-
thorities. Neither was seen By
Mrs. Lindbergh.
I'VE are watching you," the
brief second message said. "Your
lives are III danger. There are %
in our gang. Send the money By
parcel post to Dad care Of Blue.
bird Inn, route 3, Hudson"
Claggett said DAD WAS . q.
year-old recluse friend Of the boy.
He disclaimed any knowledge Of
the plot and, the inspector said,
the boy did not implicate him.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-28

Akron. o., Mar. 2o.-(ReA
crude attempt to blackmail Mrs.
Charles A. Lindbergh for a.. 200
was thwarted Tuesday With the
arrest Of q 15-year-old Hudson
high school boy. The lad. post
office inspector Ernest D. Claggett
said. readily admitted mailing two
letters to the famous aviator's
wife but said. Il don't know what
I would have done with the
money II I had got It. Ny father
win kill me, though, when he
hears Of this"
Detectives who captured him
late Monday night near the spot
where the money was to have
been sent said the boy probably
would be turned over to juvenile
authorities. They withheld his
name.
He didn't know the Lindbergh;s
address "for sure" the boy said,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-28

the federal government and the
states.
Opposition to the Franklin plan
came from . group styling themselves
Is the uncontrolled independent
producers" Led by John B. Elliott
Of California, they voted to submit
. minority report to Secretary Ickes
opposing any government Interior
ence in controlling production BE-
tween states.
Ickes called tho governors or their
representatives Of oil states and pro-
ducers, both major companies and
independents, to Warrington In IN
effort to work out Z regulatory
scheme which would cut production,
raise prices and stop oil "bootlegging. .
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-28
SEE MANY CHANGES
IN BANK STRUCTURE
FOLLOWING HOLIDAY
Fluctuations In Circulating Cur
rsncy Noted In Report
For Northwest

Minneapolis, March 2s.-(RePro-
nounced changes were experienced In
banking as . result Of events Of the
last month conferred around Develop
ments preceding and following the
United States hank holiday, the ninth
district federal reserve hank Of MIN
neapolis reported Tuesday In . sur
vey Of business and agricultural con-
ditions.
FLUCTUATIONS in reserve balances Of
member banks In the district, large
changes In currency demand and
alterations In the earning assets OF
the bank were leading situations
which arose, the bank stated.
Between Feb. 10 and March (, the
amount Of federal reserve notes Of
this bank In actual circulation In.
creased 80 000, 900 to . new high rec.
ord Of $ll3,l44y000," the report stated.
'From Feb. I to March I, inclusive.
Withdrawals Of gold and gold certi-
1icates from the ninth reserve bank
amounted to $3,965, 000."
In the succeeding 10 days federal
reserve bank notes in circulation In
creased until on March . peak was
reached when q high record Of $1l9.-
$4,000 was established.
Following this the return Of fed
eral reserve notes from circulation
was rapid, amounting to 100000
during the five days from March "a
to 10. Gold and gold certificates also
returned from circulation during the
period from March 6 to March 10,
inclusive In the amount Of $8,024, 900.
Business In general throughout the
district was In smaller volume dur
ing February than q year ago, the
report stated.
Estimated cash income to NORTH
western farmers from marketings
during February was II per cent
smaller than income In February last
year. Prices Of oil important north
western farm products, with the ex-
ception Of feeder steers, were lower
in February than In the same month
last year, the survey revealed.
The ninth district includes Min
nesota, North and South Dakota,
Montana and portions Of Michigan
and Wisconsin.