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went broke because Of poor manage
ment, as in the cas- Of any other
business MI the majority were Grip
pied by inelastic regulation and leg
islation, and regular and special tax
alton. The fact that some outstand-
ing electric systems have been sue
Acessful in weathering the business
depression, doesn't answer the cues
ton as to what is going to happen to
q privately financed, heavily taxed
plant when Federal, state and NUM-
cipal governments 60 into business
next door with tax-free plants whose
deficits, if any, are paid for hy the
public treasury.
Leading utility executives advocat-
ing resistance to what they consider
unfair demands and legislation. are
finding allies in other fields, notably
life insurance, which is a heavy
utility investor. No other industry is
dShSQ " AOWCl lis SOot VI N PAO-
duct to the consumer at a time when
all government effort is being given
to raising prices and wages.
The railroads are likewise striving
for a fair deal for themselvas-and
in this they seem to have the support
Of both the President and able, hard
bitten, Federal Co-ordinator Of
Transportation Eastman. Heart and
soul Of the railroad request IS equal
ity Of federal regulation with motor
and water carriers. They say this is
not possible unless all carriers are
regulated in the same way by the
same agency-preferably the T. G. O.
An important phase Of this viii be
an effort to have Section s Of the
Interstate Commerce Act, which re-
quires 80 days notice of a railroads
intention to change a rate, modified
Buses and trucks and water lines are
free to change rates at will, without
notification. Also, it will be asked
that the Commissions authority to
prescribe minimum rail rates be alb
rogated.
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Economic Highight
Happenings That Affect the Din
ner Pals, Dividend Checks and Tax
Bills of Every Individual. National
and International Problems INSOFAR
able from Local Welfare.

1t is an unfortunate thing that
President Roosevelt's budget mes
sage to the Seventy Third Congress
will, like all such documents, receive
only the most cursory reading. Few
budget messages have been as I'M
usual or as important-few have,
through statistics, so well illustrated
and Administrations aims and pur-
poses.
The budget situation has three dis
tinct phases: First, the government
is to borrow $4,000, 900 900 between
now and end of the fiscal year-a
rate exceedingly monthly borrowings
made when we were IN the thick OF
the war; second, at end of the fiscal
year we will have the largest peace
time deficit in our history-$7,00Q,
100000; third, beginning with the
next fiscal year in July, the finan-
cial policy will be entirely reversed
no special expenditures of any NOM
ent, and Treasury receipts above
those actually needed for routine
operation Of the government, will be
used to reduce the deficit.
Mr.. Roosevelt thus believes that
by the middle of this year extraor-
binary measures will no longer be re-
quired to speed recovery. He is as
awake as anyone to their terrific
cost, and he has implicit faith that
time will prove them to be worth a
great deal more than the people have
had to pay for them Part of their
cost has been alleviated by his insis-
tence on drastic economy so far as
ordinary federal expenditures are
concerned. The President has advised
members of the House, where all ap-
preparations must be inaugurated
that further expenditures would BIZ
extremely undesirable.
The Treasury is looking forward
to 1934-35 with hopes for increased
revenues. Estimates forecast a ris,
in income tax returns which vii
bring them to $1,265, OOO, 900, as com
pared with S864,OOO,OOO this year
The processing tax on farm product!
is expected to jump 80 per cent Gus
toms receipts IL per cent. Interna
revenue taxes, because Of liquor
should swell substantially. The Presi
dent has said that he contemplate:
no new taxes and that some Of tn
less important ones may Be reduced
or eliminated.
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Two of our most important indus
tries have more than a usual inter
est in the current Congress. The in
dustries are the railroads and the
public utilities.
The utilities are in the most diff
cult position. They face increasing
government competition through
federally subsidized, tax-free plants,
more municipal plants, s~tricter re-
gulation, demands for lower rates in
spite of government policies that
have forced substantial rises in
operating costs, and efforts to
change their financial set-up.
Not so very long ago the total of
public utility bonds in default reach
ed the highest figure in history
Some Of the companies represented
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TIKI VOICE OF S ID
(For The Literary Service Bureau)

To all whom she may chance to
meet,
Cries Wisdom, in the crowded street,
Hear vel / am the greatest thing;
Take me, and unto yor I'll bring
Treasures both beautiful and rare,
With which no others Ear compare.
Now, you woh would be counted wise
Hearken to Wisdom, as she cries,
For such as unto her give heed.
And viii obey, in word and deed,
May proudly boast, for they possess
The secret Of true happiness.
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|MAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, JAN. 27TH, 1913

subdue most fires in their early stages. And, if they want
additional information on the subject of fire safety, they
can obtain it from the National Board Of Fire Under
writer's, IS John Street, New York City.
Farmers who are striving to work their way back
to prosperity suffer a dire calamity when fire destroys
their property. They should, accordingly, give special
attention to the reduction Of fire hazards and the adop-
ton of protective methods.
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Watch the present Congress, not
only for what it does in running the
government, but in preparing for the
political future. In 1884 every mem
Der of the House must face the elect
crate once more. Main Republican
trouble is lack of party discipline; as
soon as a candidate is elected on the
Republican platform, he is apt to de-
sert his party. Contrasted with this,
the Democrats are wonders in main
tanning a unified front.
The Omaha guide., 1934-01-27
Editorial of The Week
SOUTHERN WOMEN SPEAK
(FrOm the World Telegram, January

(From the World-Telegram January
18, 1934)
In Atlanta recently the Conference
Of Southern White Women for the
Prevention of Lynching passed reso-
lutions calling on President Roose-
welt to work with Governors and Con-
gressmen to eradicate this evil. 1t
was this conference that four years
ago served notice on men that they
held no commission to protect the
honor and virtue of Southern women
by means Of mob murders.
With a membership of some 1,000,.
600 white women in eleven Southern
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auto death rate-Illnos, Michigan, Virginia and Wiscon-
sin. Other states should strive to follow them.

""All this agitation Of the power question keeps
folks minds off the all important tax question:. F.
Mclaughlin, President Puget Sound Light and Power Co.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26

New York
To the Editor Of the Daily Worker:
Occasionally one reads in the cap
italist press stories of starving work
ers digging scraps out Of garbage cans
or begging food from restaurants,
hotels, etc. Usually these unfortunate
workers are classed by the boss press
as professional buns or panhandlers.
But seldom does this press openly
condone or suggest that starving
workers should do this. However,
the liberal World Telegram has no
qualms about printing such a sug-
gestion.
A Mrs. Brill writes in a letter to
the World Telegram suggesting that
hotels and restaurants keep a special
can for food which their guests leave;
this food to be given to unemployed
workers when they come around
looking for a "handout." She de-
plores the fact that SO much food Is
being wasted. CHow about the mil
lions Of dollars worth of food that is
being dumped by spectators in
rivers2) However, here Is hint for
the stewards of the Waldorf and the
Ritz. When your well fed millionaires
order too much, don't throw it away.
When they get through SOLDERING
over it have a special garbage can
handy to throw the food in; then
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
(By a Mine Worker Correspondentl

my Mime worker correspondent
PARSONS, Pa.-The mine picketS
are confronting very tough oppo-
Sition in and around Parsons, a little
mine district. Why, after two O'Clock
in the morning you can't even GO
home without state trooper ques-
tioning you about ten minutes, and,
if a state trooper does not like the
color Of your eyes or something, why
then you've got to leg it, and, If you
don't get going fast enough, then it's
your hard luck.
The only way you can stop these
scabs is by mass picketing, and now
the bosses are going around the
miners homes to tell the miners to
go to work or else take their irons
out of the mine. SO that's how the
miners that do not understand class
struggle go to work, instead of going
on the picket line and winning the
strike, and that makes it bad for
the ones that are out every morn
ing telling the miners to join the
ranks of the pickets to better their
conditions.
So now the operators, through j. P.
Morgan, Mellon and SchWab'S court,
are trying to introduce injunction,
and the miners are trying their best
to eliminate the proposals Of the
D. g. H. and the Glen Eldens opera
tors, and it can easily be done If the
workers get after these cutthroats.
The workers must take the strike
in their own hands and present the
demands that would be for the bene-
fit of the miners and strike against
those miserable conditions and de-
mand for reinstatement of colliery
rate, sheet rate, pay for all dead work
and six-hour day and five-day
week and no discrimination, along
Cappelini's, Maloney'S and their
clique's demands, such as recognition
of their union, U. M. w. Of P, and
the abolition of the check-off, SO the
workers could be more interested,
and go on the picket line instead OF
scabbing.
The workers must elect broad strike
committees from each local, and If
there is any negotiating to be done
the rank and file should negotiate
instead of depending upon Cappelini
and his gang.
We must be very careful and not
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
~%N -
iIgl the HalIl IlseR}
1f##aA oossss.ss :. 49, A
CONDUCTED BY
HELEN LUKE
Greta Palmer anu Communist

Greta Palmer anu Communist
Etiquette
"A few days ago" whites Comrade
NJ. Swetlowa, who has already con-
tributed several recipes and an ar
ticle on child-training, Il read an
article by Greta Palmer, woman's
page editor of the World Telegram,
entitled Communism in the United
States
"In her article she states that
Communism is a religion and that
Communists are fanatics. It Is
evident from this article that Miss
Palmer never had to go through the
hell of class struggle. Was she ever
beaten up by the police for picketing?
Did she ever have to leave hungry
children at home and go look for
work without finding any for
months?
was she ever evicted for not hay
ing money TO pay rent? Perhaps
# she would 60 through all these
hardships she would understand why
we working women belong to the
Communist Party. Communism is
our sole salvation from all these
hardships.
"She goes on to say there are no
happy faces on Union Square: all
you see there Is threatening fero-
cious faces. My dear Miss Palmer!
We don't go to Union Square to
smile. We go to Union Square to
demand the rights Of our class, to
demand bread and the right to live.
I'VE threaten those who take
away all we create and let US go
hungry. We don't smile because
under capitalism our conditions are
such that we can't smile Miss Pal
ner,- you are paid by your boss to
write articles defending his inter
ests, the interests of the capitalist
class. You have no opinion of your
own. You feel very sure about your
Job, but don't be too sure: even you
who defend the interest Of your boss
may some day be forced to join the
army Of the unemployed"
IN. Swetlowa."
Yes, Comrade Svetlowa has given
Miss Palrners article just the an
swer it deserves.
Help the I. L. d. To Get Our Worker
Brothers and Sisters Out OF Jail and
Into the Home
We beg to remind our class-con-
scious women readers of the urgent
necessity Of supporting the Annual
Bazaar Of the International Labor
Defense, Manhattan Lyceum, Feb. 81
TO Is. All those who have not al
ready volunteered to help should do
so without delay. CYou need not
be an I. L. D. member to do this.)
Ads and greetings for the journal
must be sold; rattle tickets and adj
mission tickets also; and these tasks
must be carried out Immediately so
he Journal will be ready to print on
lime. and there will be funds on
nand to finance the Bazaar.
We need only read any issue Of
he DAILY" to get a good idea of
he tremendous amount of defend
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
MisleaderS Worry
Over Dues After
Weakening; Union
BY a railroad Worker Correspondent

BY a Railroad Worker Correspondent
PEORIA, I'LL note Manion, OF
Railroad Photographers, entering a
complaint with the Railroad Labor
Board as to Reconsideration Of tele-
grapher-age and the force cutting
recently. The per capita dues are
dwindling and hence the squawks.
His chickens are now coming home to
roost.
Manion and the rest took a series
Of slaps at me after the 1922 strike,
and again in 1929, after my article in
Labor Unity" on 1.-THE Railroad
Worker and the Machine" even 60
ing to the extent Of trying to get my
Job. However, what outlined then
has happened with vengeance and
the remedy proposed is more needed
than ever before.
If we can reorganize the move
ment here again which went to
pieces in 1882 and early 1888, per-
haps we can comparatively purchase
badly needed technical material. That
is my reason for taking the small
bundle of Daily Workers to try to
build up some circulation and
attempt the reorganization Of a
Party Unit, U. c., etc.
Would it be possible to establish
some Worker Correspondent contacts
between actual workers on the rail-
WAYS in the U. S. S. r. and those In
Unity Committees here or on the
job? This was done in other indus
tries from time to time in the Daily
Worker, but have seen nothing along
this line in railroad industry.
Especially valuable would be direct
testimony as to organization work on
railroads in Russia in pre-revolution
airy times, during the revolution and
the status of the U. 8. S. r. railroad
workers at present, organizationally
economically, health and cultural
programs and results, the railroad
workers network of Workers Core
snondents and their daily "Gudoks,
etc.
The work in the railroad industry
here badly needs a strong injection
of pep" and such system Of con-
facts would greatly assist in Gre
ating better spirit for struggle.
Editors Note: We have written tc
the Soviet Union on this matter, and
will shortly get a response, since the
comrades there are always very eager
to set up such correspondence groups
Such correspondence is already going
on among groups of workers in other
industries, notably steel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
Promise of More
Time Used AS Whip
Over Postal Subs

(By a Postal Worker Correspondent
BROOKLYN, N. VI have been
reading the letters Of post office
y-orkers in the columns of the Daily
worker and it does me world of
good to see the men protesting
against the Sweatshop conditions ex-
isting in Uncle Sans largest bust
ness.
I am substitute working in Brook
lyn, an office which is generally re-
garded as gold mine by post office
men over the country, because the
subs in Brooklyn make $500 to 1000
q year And, because this salary is
kind Of high, the supervisors feel that
the workers have no kick coming.
Recently, however, some of the subs
felt that $18 per was not enough for
their needs. Most Of them had wives
and kids, and all had families to sup
port. They marched up to the office
and got the following spiel from one
Of the assistant postmasterS:
"I can't see why you boys are kick
ing. Don't forget business is so rot
ten that you ought to be lucky that
you have a job. If you don't think
you get enough, why don't you re-
sign? I can get thousands of men to
replace you. And we won't have to
pay them as much % as we do you.
They'd be willing to work at 10 cents
an hour. Come on, clear out and get
those funny ideas out of your heads.
Don't forget you're subs. You're
auxiliary men. If We need you, we
use you; if not, you're out of luck. :"
A Vicious Speed-up System
This is what happens upstairs in
the office. Downstairs on the floor
the foreman uses a vicious speed-up
system. Naturally a sub is not in
clined to run his head off, especially
since he works by the hour and the
quicker he does his work the less pay
he gets. So the foremen will hound
the subs who "lay down" and prom
Use more time to the sub who works
the hardest.
He will play one group Of subs
against the other, expecting the men
who get less time to break their necks
in order to get more the next day.
He will stand behind certain subs
and make them work harder by
growing threats at them. He will
stand outside the toilet, watch in
hand, and time each man as he en-
tiers to perform his natural needs.
Dissatisfaction! Why, everybody in
the place is disconnected. The men
hate the work and curse the fore
men under their breaths. 1t makes
me sad to see these men live with
the hope that some day they will
break loose from this hell-hole. They
cannot see that they could make con-
ditionS better for themselves if they
carried on the fight right in the post
office and organized themselves for
better working conditions and decent
living wages.
A POSTAL WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
40 Driven to Unload l,OOO-Ton Ship in
3 Hours, Worker Correspondent Reports
Broken Leg, Sprained Arms Among Injuries
Suffered by Sped-Up LOngshoremen

ers work on Wednesdays and Fridays,
only those selected by the stevedore.
The workers are hired when the ship
arrives from Boston.
Wednesday, Jan. II, the ship from
Boston arrived an hour earlier than
usual, and some workers came later.
When the workers came the steve
dore yelled: Get out Of here, you
s. OF D" The workers COM
planned to each other about this
abuse: See what treatment we re-
ceiye. They drive us like dogs, and
there is nobody to fight for u.s."
There is somebody to defend us,
there is the Marine Workers Indus
trial Union, but the dock workers
have to join it and strengthen the
organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
Terrific Speed-Up
for LOngShOremen
on Savannah Line
By a Marine Worker Correspondent

BY Marine Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-On Dock 40 of the
Savannah Line they began to dis
charge Iongshoremen last November.
OF 200 workers, $50 remained. This
does not mean that there was
less work. On the contrary, more
work was added. The terrific speed
up is injuring the workers.
In the course Of some two weeks
six men were injured. Those work.
erS who receive serious injuries, are
not taken back even after they re-
cover.
The workers are often heard to say
Roosevelt's N. r. A. is to fool the
workers. They speak of the neces-
sity to fight openly against speed
up, but the workers are unorganized.
ganized.
Before, there existed here an A. F.
of L. union, but the workers were
tricked by the leaders of that union,
And now they have no confidence in
the A. p. of L.
The Marine Workers Industrial
Union is distributing leaflets and the
Marine Workers Voice"
A considerable number Of workers
are sympathetic towards the union,
but as yet a very insignificant number
of workers have joined the union;
they fear to be discharged. There are
also Russians among the dock
workers.
Dock Workers of New York! Unem-
ployment is growing. Not long ago
it happened that the wife Of a
discharged worker wept before the
boss, begging him to reinstate her
discharged husband.
Very often a worker on the job for
whole week does not earn even IS.
The committee of unemployed Rus
sian workers is calling a meeting to
expose the poverty among the
unemployed and among the par
TALLY employed, in order to register
every single man and family man
who is in need of help, and then with
combined forces to obtain relief from
the city. Come and report your needs.
Unite in struggle for bread, shelter
and clothing for the unemployed and
partially employed dock workers. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
PARTY LIFE
WhyHeF Found the Membership
Meeting Really ''Exciting'
Chicago Section Concerned Itself With Ae
Urgent Problems of Concentration

Party. so that when the Lenin Mem
orial Recruitment is announced at
the Coliseum, we may have some
stockyards progress to record. At
present, our recruitment from the
yards is negligible, but this can still
be remedied before the date Of the
Lenin Memorial.
Following the DOS report, a COM
rade from the Packinghouse Workers
Industrial Union gave some actual
data Of Importance to us for recruit
ing purposes, location Of the unioes,
hall, methods OF organizing, an
Inouncernent of union affair, etc. The
meeting closed without the usual
paper promises, but with solid work
to look forward to.
7. F. Unit 704, Chicago
Why was this Section Membership
meeting so exciting? BecauSe the
meeting concerned itself with the real
problems of concentration with which
the membership is dealing. Because
the discussion conferred around the
activities of the comrades, and be-
cause political guidance was given to
them for the carrying out Of their
concentration task.
This Section is making q beEinnsn4
in overcoming the weakness pointed
out in the Open Letter:
''Why Us that the Party adopts
resolutions and does not carry
them out?"
Because in the Party, and partic-
uIa1fy among the leading cadrex,
there is a deep-gOing lack Of poll
teal understanding of the necessity
for strengthening our basis among
the decisive sections Of the American
workers. From this follows the fact
that the leadership of the Party has
not adhered to a fixed course for
overcoming the main weaknesses Of
the Party, allows itself to be driven
by events, and does not work out
carefully with the comrades Of the
lower organizations ways and means
for the carrying through of resoIu-
tons and checking up on their
execution. The result h that we
talk about factory and trade union
work In countless resolutions, with
out carrying this work out"
We would like to hear again from
COmrade L. F. of Unit 704 with re-
port on the practical results Of this
exciting membership meeting. How
has it been reflected in the daily work
of the units? How many members
have been recruited from the stock
yards? What organizatiOnaI work has
been accomplished among the C.W.A.
workers? What OrganizatIonal re-
suits have been obtained in the
stockyards?