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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-13
SEALED PROPOSALS
UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS.
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Sealed proposals to the Board Of Trus-
tees of Purdue University for the follow
ing items to be constructed on the
grounds Of Purdue University West La
fayette. Indiana. viii be received at the
Office OF the controller. Service and Stores
bldg, Purdue University: West Lafayette
Indiana. up TO 20 a. m. Wednesday. April
IS. 1884 at which time they will be pub
ncly opened and read, namely:
/. Complete construction. including
general plumbing, heating. and cleo
trical wiring OF Women'S Residence
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-13
Deaths

Clifford wilson day. city hospital. pre-
mature birth.
Florence Bray, SO. 1901 carrollton,
Gertrude Blank, So. Long hospital. dia-
betes mellitus.
Clyde D. Ragsdale. 20. 1929 Rowland,
lobar pneumonia
John Cambron. SIS, 23o5 Martindale.
lobar pneumonia
Herman E. Thoms, IA, 1912 North New
Jersey, chronic myocarditis.
Baily Jacobs. 81, 2o38 West Tenth. car
cinoma.
Austin A. zigler. 81. Veterans hospital,
pulmonary tuberculosis
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
100 Disabled Scrappnrg Ships
for iron Which Goes to Japan

finish up what the others left in
disgust.
The bosses generally have a couple
of those gangs so that he can sys-
tematically segregate the workers.
The colored workers in this plant, as
all through the United States, are
horribly Disseminated against, being
forced to go into the filthy bottoms
Of the Oil Ships and do all the
dirtiest kind of work and in many
ways subject them to humility.
Since the depression, which is now
in its fifth year, this company has
favored few workers by trusting
them with meal tickets before going
to work and charging it to their
account. But this does not apply
to piece workers as the company
knows the piece workers seldom make
enough money to pay for their meal
ticket.
I take the liberty Of sending this
letter to the slipyard workers in the
Soviet Union with hearty greetings
and well wishes, and hoping that the
workers of the United States will
eventually find the freedom and the
happiness that our Soviet Comrades
now enjoy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
Nature of Modern War
Defines How Struggle
Must Be Waged

BY J. P.
The Executive Committee OF the
Communist International at its 18Th
Plenary session held at the END Of
1888, aIlalyzing the present situs-
tion stated in its resolution:
'The bourgeoisie wants TO post
pOne the doom of capitalism by q
criminal imperialist war and a
counter Revolutionary Z mpaign
against the land Of victorious so
ciaisnl."
The international situation today
has all the earnlarkS of the months
Of June and July of 1914. Industry
and agriculture have been adjusted
in almost every country TO war
situation. War production is in full
swing, There is no inlperialist coun-
try in the world today which is not
feverishly preparing Tor war. But all
these preparations are going on I'M
der the pretext of defense Eng
land, japan. France. Italy. Poland
and Germany are intensively pre-
pairing to strengthen the army and
navy in order TO defend" their coun-
try. Speeches and articles are spread
ing the poison OF national chauvinis1n
among the masses all over the world.
Every imperialist country tries to
convince its own population that il
they are not properly prepared then
war is inevitable. Every inperiahst
country is building up huge armies
and navies to defend" itself against
the others attack.
U. s. Also Prepares
The United States is also very
much scared that somebody will at
tack it; that some nice day the war;
ships Of the enemy will dock i'll New
York, San Francisco, or some other
port of the United States. Movies,
theatres, vaudeville, churches, radios
and newspapers are stufing the
minds Of the masses with war propa-
ganda.
William Randolph Hearst with his
200 newspapers all over the country is
in the midst Of a huge preparedness
campaign. Here is one example from
an article: Warfare in actual hui
man experiences is the most traoic
OF all occurrences. This enormous
tragedy must not occur again. But it
will occur if we decide TO be a nation
unDrepared for war;
The government arranges a DE
Tense Week" beginning Feb. IL. Con-
greSs openly discusses the necessity
Of strengthening the naval bases in
Pearl Harbor, and Guam. New war
ships and airplanes are being built
continually. -"
We, the Communists, have the his
toric mission Of mobilizing the masses
to fight against this new world
slaughter, to rally the millions Of
workers and farmers for he defense
Of the Soviet Union.
Can Imperialist War Be Prevented?
Is it possible with pacifist slogans
or demagogia phrases such as the
Socialist Party uses general strike,
etc. to prevent the imperialist pow
ers from launching war? NO! AS long
as capitalism exists, wars are inev-
liable. II they want to keen up their
power the iInperialists must seek for
new markets or fight those who want
TO take away their markets. Irnps-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10

the induStry's production activities"
even In 1882. it is believed that
the majority of the larger companies,
such as United Aircraft 81 Trans
port Corp, Curtiss- Wright Corp. and
Douglas Aircraft Co, derive the ma
jority Of their gross from government
business "-or, in other words, war
orders. "Cm-tiss- Wright is engaged
almost wholly IN governmental plane
and engine construction. =" OF
United the report says, lin normal
years military output accounts for
the majority Of it's total equipment
sales" Other companies expected to
benefit greatly from war and navy
department orders are Glenn L. Mar
tin Corp, Consolidated Aircraft Corp,
Waco Aircraft Co., and SperTy Corp.
Items such as the following appear
almost daily in the Wall st. Journal,
this one in issue of Jan 80:
1.-THE Navy De par IN has
placed orders FOR $3.50 tons of
armor plate which will cost ST.
637,679. The contracts were dis
tributed as follows: Bethlehem
Steel Co., subsidiary of the Beth
lehem Steel Corp, 1850 tons at
S1,13S,2S0; Midvale Co, 1857 tons
at S852,019; Carnegie Steel Co.,
subsidiary OF the U. S. Steel Corp,
1,155 tons at S637,SS0"
Over the opposition of Chairman
vinson of the House Naval Affairs
Committee, an amendment was made
to the recent naval bill, STIMULATING
that profits should not be in excess
Of 10 per cent OF the gross cost. But
even this may be killed In the Sen
ate. If it isn't, there are a dozen
ways Of getting around this slight
restriction. And even II there weren't,
10 per cent, after all, is at least a
fairly good faster for peace time.
Wait till the real war orders begin
pouring into the laps Of the hungry
manufacturers, The story Of the last
war may easily be repeated.
Profits made by American conpan-
les during world slaughter Of 1914
IS are almost unbelievable. But the
most authoritative government and
private sources are responsible for
the facts that follow.
IN A report filed with the Railway
L Labor Board in 1920, w. Jett Lauck,
a former official of the National War
Labor Board, reported that is com
panies in the iron and steel indus
try 'prof1teered" to the extent of
s750,00o,000 during the course Of the
var. This was equivalent to e tax
Of about $40 on every family in the
United States. This, remember, was
sxeess profit over and above the NOR
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
ILLLAM GREEN OF A. F. OF L. HEARTILY IA v
By ROBERT DUNN

By ROBERT DUNN
Director, Labor Research Association
A FRIEND of mine was sitting
"a in Broadway theatre the other
night. Behind him we're a couple
of Wall Streets latest, not much
interested in the play. They we're
talking shop. What to put your
money in. What's good for the
short pull and the long pull"
Where TO pick up" something
good. One was telling Of stock
he had that had failed to go up
quickly. Lay off that one" said
the other fat boy, who seemed to
be in the real know" Put all
you can into war stuff. Pick any
good stock. Get into 1t. Forget
all about it till Spring. ZOom-
Watch it go up them"
The Federated Press summarizes
these expectations of the capitalists
in a dispatch from its Washington
Bureau, Feb. 2: "AI the plane man
ufacturers, armor plate kings, ship
building companies and others are
walking the clouds these days be-
cause Of the billion dollar navy build
ing program. What sweet profitsl
One airplane boss made 36 per cent
on his recent navy contract"
This 36 per cent was made on
business for the Navy Department in
192T-t933 by the Pratt g. Whitney
Aircraft Co. Subsidiary Of United
Aircraft s. Transport Corp whose
profit in one year 1880 was SO per
cent. William z. Boeing, head Of
United Aircraft, admitted before a
Senate Committee, Feb. 8, that Pratt
g. Whitney made ., five-year net
proat Of s12,046,o00 and paid
bonuses" Of s1,247ooo and "ezeCu-
tiYes' salaries" Of S630,000 during the
same period. A big part Of the out
lay for salaries went for lobbyists
and agents who Contacted" the Navy
Department for orders.
On the strength Of the orders al
ready going through for cruisers, air.
planes and other war materials, and
in anticipation of still richer ones
to come, the stocks of certain COM
panies rose phenomenally on the
stock exchange. Wright Aeronauti-
cal Corp. stock hit SIS as against a
low OF So last year. Other active"
airplane stock issues that smell Of
war have been Curtis Wright Corp,
Douglas Aircraft Co., United Aircraft
q Transport Corp, North American
Aviation Corp, and Aviation Corp.
The Importance Of war orders to these
aircraft companies is revealed in an
article in Wall Street Journal, Jan.
81, which reports that military out
psr% contributed abort rs Der cent Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
ANTEED LOOT OF WAR SUPPLY COMPANIES

measure, In a rough way, the prodi-
gious exploitation of the workers and
the consequent profits that helped to
increase the number of millionaires
in the United States from about
1900 in 1914 to at least 5000 in
1918 (not allowing for those omitted
from the list because of income tax
lodging and other evaSions).
Profits Of the European capitalist
class was equally impressive. One
German expert ON the subject OF war
profits, Lehman-Russbuldt, estimates
that for every soldier killed in the
World War profit of roughly
$4,000 was made by the capitalists.
The armament companies are, of
course, utterly impartial, completely
unpatritioc, when it comes to making
profits out of imperialist mass muir
der. In the World War, as has been
frequently pointed out, we found
Turkish soldiers killing Australian
soldiers with British guns. German
soldiers were caught in barbed wire
that had been sold to France by
German firms. On the eastern front
Germans were killed by rifles that
had been sold to Russia by German
and Austrian companies. French
soldiers we're bombed from airships
made from French materials and
gassed by gases sold to the Germans
by French tndustrialists. From 1914
to the end OF the war French alumni
nun was shipped to German air.
plane factories. British torpedoes
from the Whitehead plant at Fiune
sank British ships in Mediterranean.
ALTHOUGH thousands Of compan-
n les in wide range of industries
profit from the manufacture of war
supplies, the major companies that
make the biggest profits are the large
internationally connected concerns,
Here is Imperial Chemical Industries.
for example, a British company, con-
trolling vast supplies Of munitions.
poison gas and explosives. It's promi-
nent shareholders include some Of the
famous British disarmament" diplo-
mats such as Sir John Simon. This
concern reaches out into the United
States and has invested about $780,
100000 in such American war COM
Allied Chemical Sc Dye. Other gigan-
panies as General motors, dupont and
tic war firms such as Schneider
Creusot in France and Skoda in
Czecho-Slovallia. are international in
scope, selling arms to dozens of
countries, Just as does the giant
vickers firm in Britain and Bethle.
hem and DUPONT Ia tie United
States
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10

the ever-encroaching fascist meas
ures.
All agitation, propaganda and
mobilization against war in every
field must be speeded up to meet the
dangerously maturing situation Of a
precipitous outbreak of war.
The method Of struggle against
war, the actual awakening of a reYo-
lutionary consciousness in resistance
to the war danger requires in the
day to day agitational work the link
ing up of immediate slogans Tor in
creased wages, better working c9ndi-
tons, unemployment relief. with the
practical revolutionary steps against
war.
The development OF these tasks
daily forging a united front Of all
workers against war in the factories.
through building rank aud file OPP
position groups in the A F. Of L.
through heading and leading strikes,
should lay the basis for the higher
level Of the revolutionary struggle
against war. This struggle has as
its objective to so arouse and mobilize
the workers against war, to awaken
the realization that the only way to
prevent war is by the proletarian
seizure Of power.
Now before the war and With the
perspective Of a very short pre-war
period every phase Of the class strug-
gle must be sharpened and we must
plunge more energetically into the
leadership of every battle against
capitalism on every front. All of
these struggles must be carried on
intensely before the war breaks out.
At the same time we must open-
~ prepare the workers and show
them that if the revolutionary re-
sistance of the workers has not ma
tured rapidly enough, that if and
when the war breaks out we must
be prepared to carry on cur work
for the realization Of Transforming
the imperialist war into civil war.
Above all, only bolshevik strug-
gle before the outbreak of war, lead
ing to the triumph of revolution, can
assure q victory Of a revolution that
breaks out in connection with war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10

maP' rates. The percentage of return
on capital stock for these companies
more than quadrupled during the
war years, rising from an average
OF per cent to approximately &c
per cent.
Horace u. Davis in his recent
book, Labor and Steel' Inter
national PubIishers) decIases that
q. S. Steel Corp, realized a profit
of 50 per cent on its war contracts.
1t made S247 100000 MORE in 1916
than in 1914.
As for Bethlehem Steel Corp, the
Lauck report states that lin relation
to its capital stock" this company
made profits even higher than those
Of U. S. Steel Corp" Bethlehem's
wartime profits were six times those
Of pre-war. And Davis adds that
Bethlehem made q straight 100 per
cent profit on many government war
orders" Bethlehem profits were so
high that dividend Of $3.50 a share
was declared on its common stock
in 1916 and $3.50 in 1917. And
Charles NJ. Schwab, Bethlehem mil
lionaire exploiter, who was head of
the Emergency Fleet Corp. in 1918,
at the same time that he was the
largest private shipyard owner in the
country, drew S260,000 out Of Bethle-
hem Steel Corp. during nine months
Of that year for personal expenses"
alone.
Republic Steel Corp. took profits
during the war years seven times
greater than those received before the
war. Other steel companies had cor
respondingly rich pickilags. Davis
gives a sample list Of 10 that made
prctts of from 40 per cent 70 $40
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10

These big companies, of course, are
not waiting for war to break out to
push their business. Their traffic in
arms is increasing from month to
month as the next world conflict ap-
proaches. And when the slightest
move is made to interfere in any
way with this international traffic,
these companies bring immediate
pressure to bear on their legislative
puppets. Such companies as DUPONT,
Anaconda Copper, Waco Aircraft and
others set up tremendous howl few
months ago when it was thought that
an embargo on shipments Of war
materials to South America and
Japan might be established. They
succeeded in killing even the hear
ing that was to be held on the mat
ter in Washington. Even so-called
progressive Senators such as Burton
K. Wheeler admitted privately that
1t would be political suicide TO back
a measure that would interfere with
the profits Of these concerns, even
in time OF peace.
IN THE preparations for the COM
j ing war, in the detailed plans Of
the War Department for the pro-
curement" Of supplies, the profits Of
the companies that are listed to sup
ply the materials are not to be seri-
ously limited, in spite OF all the
slnokescreen discussion on the SUBJ
iect raised in Washington. A virtual
dictator--an industrialist with plenty
OF respect for the profit traditions
Of the last war--will sit in the War
Department and discuss prices with
the nanufacturers-prices figured out
on a cost-plus basis. No legislative
enactment will be permitted to check
the rich loot and graft obtainable
from these wartime orders.
No opposition to these prospec-
tive luscious profits can be ex-
pccted from the officials Of the A.
r. Of L. For William Green, presi-
dent of that organization, In his
testimony before the War Policies
Commission in 1880, declared: u
think we all agree, everyone who
has studied the economics Of the
situation, that industry and CAPT
tai are entitled to . fair return
upon their investment under any
circumstances-iu time OF war or
time of Peace" Green said he would
be perfectly willing for the en-
rleyers 10 get per cent--or more,
where reasonable"---oa their In
iated capitalize ten, their oceans
~ wsteted stock
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10

per cent In 1917.
E, I. DUPONT de NenlourS S Co.
during four years, 1858, paid out
nearly $l40,O000O0 in dividends on
common stock, in addition to free
gifts OF stock to its shareholders.
Regular and extra dividends on this
stock increased from $50 a share in
1915 to 500 paid TO the war para
sites in 1916.
FACTS published IN q. S. Senate
Document No. 25s, 18th Congress,
End Session, are even more startling
IN showing what capitalists Of this
country cleaned up while the work
ers were dying in the trenches to
make the world safe for Wall Street.
We find, for example, chemical
company that made net profits on its
capital stock amounting to los per
cent in 1917; a steel company that
made 1888 per =; a castings COM
pany that made 269 per cent and
other sample companies in other in
dustries that made as follows: am
munition, l42 per cent: automobile,
LIPS per cent; brass, ITO per cent;
steel tubes, 1873 per cent; aluminium
200 per cent; copper, 1870 per cent;
sulphur, 1914 epr cent; oil, las per
cent; electrical machinery, 1S,2o4
per cent. (sic).
These are not exceptional cases
The official report, made years after
the war, with no names mentioned
as usual (the government always
protects the sserets OF the Individual
firms bristles with percentages THAT
are quite as imposing. We find col
unl17 after coi'jfnn OF hg1fres that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10

refinery. Those workers are suffering
from occupationaI tuberculosis Of the
respiratory organs.
Although there are thousands Of
unemployed workers here in Chester,
and has been for years, the Sun Ship
Co, has always had a continuous adj
vertisement in the press for workers,
though the Chamber of Commerce,
for boilers and reanlers. These bolt
ers and reamers are not allowed to
work by the hour, but are allotted
piece work and assigned to a big
job which takes some time. After
working two Or three days, the work.
ers, finding they cannot make liy-
ing wage quit, and do not receive
any money for what they have ac-
complished. The boss has favorite
gangs which then come along and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
Some of Firms Whose Soaring Profits already
ShotO Effects of Var Orders

equipment
MonSanto Chemical
DUPONT de NemOurs and Co. Of biggest babies.
Atlas Ca.
EFeepOrt Texas Co. manganese
Allied Chemical and Dye (nitrStes especially
Molybdenum Corp of America (aIoy steels.
international Nickel nickel srmaments)
Steel Corr.
Climax Mobdenum
mOybdenum producer n world
New York ShipbmIding
Sun Shpbuidng and Dry
SOcony Vacuum-huge marketing facilities in Far East
Various arpIane companies mentioned n article
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
''The Task of Communists NOW Is
To Mobilize the Workers for Fight
Against Imminent Imperialist War,

rialist wars cannot be prevented; but
the working class and its allies, the
farmers, can postpone the outbreak
Of the imperialist wars. If the Com
munist Party succeeds in counter
acting the poisonous. chauYinistic
propaganda Of the bourgeoisie, and
succeeds in nlobilizing the masses
against the imparialist var. then the
bourgeoisie will think twice before
they launch their war This does
not mean that the war viii be pre-
vented, because. as Lenin says, the
bourgeoisie In the iInperialist coun-
tries will start the war even II they
know what the consequences will be.
Task of Communists
The impelialist war cannot be pre-
vented as long as capitalism exists,
but as the 18th Pienun resolution
says, only a BolsheYik struggle be-
fore the outbreak Of war for the tri-
umph OF revolution can assure the
victory Of revolution that breaks
out in connection with war"
The Communists have the task Of
convincing the proletariat and poor
farmers that their enemy is the rul-
ing class here in the United States.
And if they will get the guns TO go
to war they must turn these guns
against their enemy, the bourgeoisie,
and transform the imperialist war
into civil war which will put an end
to capitalism and imperialist war and
establish a government based on the
councils OF the workers and poor
farmers.
Can the proletariat capture the
power before an imperialist war? Yes.
It depends on the ability Of the Com
munist Party to win the majority Of
the working class and the support Of
the great masses of farmers for the
revolutionary overthrow of the capt.
talist system. 1t would be wrong
to build up a theory that the revolu-
ton will come only as g. result Of the
iInoerialist war.
The specific features of modern
militarism are in general the follow
ing:
1. In former times the population
in the hinterland was very little in
volved in actual warfare, except when
the enemy occupied certain territory.
otherwise they actually did not face
the horrors OF war. In the last war
this security of the hinterland began
to vanish. The zeppelns over Lon
don, far, far behind the front brought
The actual horror of war to the hin
terland. If we follow the develop
ment Of the war technique (aero-
planes, poison gas) we know that the
war front will be extended all over
the entire territory of a country.
2. There is no need for going into
details to explain the immense devel-
opment Of war technique, and the
tremendous mass production Of war
material already today. We would
like to cite only one concrete exam
ole While in the BEGINNING Of the
last World War an infantry division
lad "a to So machine guns, at the
end Of the war, when the United
States entered into the war, an
American infantry division had 800
machine guns.
Industrial Base of Armies
But the warfare does not depend
only on the actual mass production
Of ammunitionS, machine guns, can
mons and other instruments for de-
Stroying human life, but also in the
production, to the same extent. Of al
most every economic product. The