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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
Tax the Rich

TODAY the Board of Aldermen will
consider new program of taxes. AS
on several previous occasions an artificial
relief crisis was manufactured by the
LaGuardia administration to force the
workers of New York to accept the bankers tax
program of relief cuts and increased tax bur
den for the masses Three measures TO come
up for consideration: Q per cent sales tax;
per cent payroll tax; and cent subway fare.
Yesterday an editorial in the N. Y. Sun advised
the politicians to revoke the present taxes gross
business receipts and on Federal income tax pay
ments, and increase the subway fare the means
for raising money. They point out that the fare
tax would be paid at the rate of four cents a day
by 40000O0 riders" The workers of the city would
be forced to contribute $4,000 day. Approx
mately s57,6oo00o a year would be added to the
crushing burden of taxes that they already to
carry.
Such tax would benefit no one but the bank
ers. The workers would pay increased taxes, but
the money would go, not to the unemployed, but
to the bankers who each year extract the huge
toll OF $180,0oO,O0O for debt service.
AS against this plan of the LaGuarda admin
istration to increase the burdens of the workers.
the Communist Party has plan that would give
relief to the unemployed by taxing the rich and
which would not add increased burdens on the
toilers of the city.
1t calls for the immediate diversion of the
s15,o00O0 a month that is paid as debt service
to the bankers, into relief for the unemployed.
1t calls for the reduction of all city salaries above
$50o0 beginning with a cut in LaGuarda's s25 900
salary, and going right through, sashing all the
fat jobs of the politicians and ward-heelers.
1t calls for the imposition of city income taxes
on all incomes above $4,000, and all net business
and corporate profits above that figure. These in
come taxes are to be Steeply graduated in prOnor-
ton to the size Of the income or the profit
1t calls for the immediate taxation of ali the
gambling gains on the stock exchanges
Such measures would enable the unemployed
to survive until the workers force the passage of
the Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance
Bill through Congress
Only measures of this kind would shift the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
SPOTLIGHT ON THE SAAR

to be against annexation to Hitler
Germany; it fraudulently faxed the
ballot list. In this work of terror
and fraud Germany is aided by the
Saar Commission.
According to statistics which
have been carefully checked, 100000
have been registered as voters in
the plebiscite. However, the list
published on the 18th of September
carries $4,000 voters. How did this
happen? On examining the lists it
was found that "the German au-
thorities had registered women both
under their maiden name and their
married name" According to the
Treaty of Versailles, only those who
lived in the Saar on June %. 1919
date on which the treaty was
| signed, and who will be at least
20 years old on the day of the plebi-
scite (Jan. 10, 1880 may vote. On
this basis, and without distinction
of sex or nationality the ballot list
was to be prepared by the Saar
Plebiscite Commission. For this
work the Commission delegated
town committees, each consisting of
| four Saarlanders and one neutral.
Most of the municipal functionaries
consulted on the formation of these
committees being members of the
/ German Front" (the Nazi Saar
branch), Nazis were appointed gen.
orally on these committees, with
the result that the opposing fac
lions are hardly represented and at
least 10000 antiNazis, who have
the right to vote, do not even figure
in the ballot list"
In addition to the above, there
were also registered names Of mill
tary German families who were in
garrison in the Saar before or dur
ing the war. Even Won Papen who
is a Westphalian and not a Saar-
lander is among those registered.
One will also find names of persons
who come to work in the Saar but
who live and pay taxes in Germany.
The terroristic methods used by
the German Front" have reached
such an acute stage that the Com
mission Of Inquiry into the National
Socialist terror in the Saar," presid-
ed over by Lord Marley, forwarded
a report to the League of Nations,
which states that they heard forty
witnesses, nearly all of whom stated
they had been the victims of out
RACES during the past month. Evil
dence was heard from miners
priests, tramway employees, business
men, doctors and barristers. They
further state that in all the cases
examined witnesses deposed that
their aggressors were not summoned
afterwards to appear before the spe-
cial tribunals, while the opponents
of National Socialism were always
sentenced by these tribunals" Thus
we see that not only is the German
Front" involved in it but the Saar
Tribunals as well.
! IN spite of these terroristic methods
the anti-NaZi movement tbro,1cI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
Burck win give the original dra
By PAUL GREEN

THE situation as it exists today in
the Saar, as the press reports
show, indicates that armed inter-
vention is taken almost for granted.
Thus, Johannes Steel, foreign CORE
Spondent of the New York Post,
wires from Saarbruecken (Saar)
that "a peaceful solution of the
Saar problem is impossible, as the
Germans have faxed the ballot list"
The outstanding fact is that Hitler
is desperate. He knows that an
adverse vote at the plebiscite would
hasten his doom and as a conSe-
quence he will use any and all ter
roristic methods to assure favor
able vote. A secret document which
the German Minister of Propa-
ganda sent out to his foreign lieu
tenants instructs them how to
counteract the anti-Nazi movement.
One article which deals Specifi-
cally with the Saar problem points
out that the enemies of the Ma
tional Socialist Party maintain that
there can be no satisfactory settle
ment of the Saar sd because a
major part of the German popula-
ton in the Saar territory does not
wish to be reunited to National
Socialist Germany; (2) because
France does not wish to meet half
way this new Germany in order to
settle the Saar question, :" In
order to counterfeit these arguments
the document advises the Nazi lieu
tenants in foreign countries (the
two Americas) to take the position
that lin the Saar territory all Ger
man Parties are united to conduct
common plebiscite campaign" It
states, further, that "the Marxist
resistance must be explained as in
structions received from Moscow"
Also that, without the Saar terri
tory, Germany is economically
mutilated."
Thus, we may conclude that: the
anti-Nazi movement in the Saar is
gaining momentum; Hitler is try
ing to cover up the anti-Nazi move
ment which is definitely for the
status quo (under the League of
Nations, which includes a united
front of all shades of opinion in
the Saar territory, by instructing
his lieutenants abroad, especially in
the two Americas, to consider it as
propaganda from Moscow; he ad-
mits the economic bankruptcy of
Germany.
HITLER propaganda in the Saar
IL has manifested itself with in
creasing terroristic vigor since Sep
TENDER "a, the commencement of
the campaign for the plebiscite
which is to decide on Jan. 10, 1895,
whether the Saar territory % will
be returned to fascist Germany:
Cd will be annexed to France. or
CD will retain the status quo. i. e..
the continuation of the rule of the
Saar by League of Nations Com
mission. The Hitler campaign in
the Saar it twofold: it terrorizes
the voters who show or are known
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

must be developed to escape "the
danger of attaching public relief to
our American political system"
This chauvinist intimation that
there is something un-American
about government relief to the un-
employed played directly into a
nationwide campaign now being
waged in the press for reduction
of relief. Officials here are in full
sympathy with the campaign, but,
aware that shutdown would meet
mass resistance, they are concoct-
ing substitute" Many inspired
dope" stories on what this will be
serve to cloak the deliberations
here. One late rumor asserts that
the N. R. A. is considering propos-
ing direct Federal subsidies to in
dustries to guarantee them against
loss in Unemployment" expansion.
another holds that the housing"
program will be vastly expanded
With provision for Federal expendi-
lures to give work relief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
BY BHrck

the rapid and ever-increaSing ranks
of the United Front of Communists
and Socialists, is showing its teeth
and creating a fear in the heart of
Hitler who for this very reason tries
to save the Saar by fraudulent and
criminal acts.
One of the most significant re-
suits of the United Front is the atti-
tude of the Catholics, who consti-
tute rs per cent of the Saar popu-
lation. A petition from 200 Catholic
delegates from the Mon Coordinat-
ed" CNich-gleichgeschaltet) Chris
tan population of the Saar terri
tory was sent directly to the League
for the first time. The demands
formulated in this petition have i'm
portant bearing on the sentiment of
the Catholic population. These de-
mands. as published by the Man
chester Guardian" October IL, 1884,
follow:
ID For effective guarantees of
the liberty and secrecy of the vote
and protection against the spying
on and oppression of Hitler's OPP
ponents';
40 For clear definition of the
regime of Status Quo and the
chances under it of second plebis-
cite later;
"3) For the maintenance Of pres
ent social rights after the plebis-
cite;
- For the complete protection
of all the religious and cultural in
Stitutions."
The keynote of these demands is a
concrete expression of the anti-Nazi
sentiment of the Catholic element.
We as workers must help our
brothers in the Saar in their valiant
fight against the Nazi terror. We
cannot and must not depend on the
help of the League of Nations and
their police. We must not forget
that the League was and still is a
contributing element and to large
extent responsible for the advent
OF Nazi terror in the Saar and we
as workers know that many ply
steal and moral crime was perpe-
trated there with the full knowledge
and assistance of the League of Ma
tons. We harbor no illusions con-
corning the government of the
League of Nations, but a vote for
the Status Quo as basis for strug-
Cling against fascist Saar is the
only solution for the present. AS
we have shown in the fight for the
liberation of Dimitrov, it is only
international workers solidarity
which can help our brothers in the
Saar crush fascism. 1t is only
through this international solidarity
that we can cause a quicker de-
struction of Hitler and as a result
accelerate the establishment of a
free Red Germany.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

heard the committees demands,
recognized their right to organize,
but begged off the rest. The COM
mittee said they would therefore
take these to Federal officials with
an additional demand, for the re-
moval of Rosichan.
These local developments served
to dramatic the Federal govern
ment's persistent effort, now weeks
old, to substitute a variety of
pseudo-reief programs for relief
and real unemployment insurance.
Federal Relief Administrator Harry
l.. Hopkins cancelled one of his
regular weekly press conferences
permanently.
He refused to discuss publicly the
various schemes which are now be-
ing mulled over in conferences be-
tween President Roosevelt and his
subordinates. Hopkins spoke last
night before private charity or
ganization in New York, declaring
that a program of employment"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
ScOttsborO Fight
To Go To Roosevelt
Continued from Page y

the Negro people to send kilograms
Immediately to President Roosevelt
demanding that he see the delega-
ton, and use his authority to pre-
vent the legal lynching of Norris
and Patterson on Dec. 7 and to
secure the unconditional and safe
releases of all nine of the boys.
The delegation is endorsed by the
International Labor Defense, which
is now conducting drive for $4,000
to defray the expenses of the APP
peal for Patterson and Norris to
the U. S. Supreme Court. Both boys
have signed new retainers, giving
the I. L. D. complete charge of their
defense and repudiating the al
tempts of Samuel S. Leibowitz and
a group of Harlem Negro reformist
leaders to disrupt the defense at
this critical stage in the long fight
conducted by the I. L. D. for the
lives and freedom of the framed-up
boys and the rights of the Negro
people.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

Continued from PGqe y
Eustis. The local leaders added
that the guards have beaten num-
Der of unemployed on transient re-
lief and that, in addition to provid-
ing filthy quarters and sickening
food, which has resulted in mass
poisoning, officials issued an Off
cial publication depicting a tran
sient as bum, and warning, Camp
Eustis or else" Spontaneous
agitation against these conditions
resulted in the formation of a com
mittee few days ago. They called
a meeting yesterday. About 400 re-
Sponded.
Arthur Rosichan, director of the
Washington Transient Bureau,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

Another worker and myself, if
we can't dig up money any other
way, are going out and camp
week cutting wood at 50 cents per
rick to help out in the $780,
drive" writes J. L. Thomson, of
Denison, Texas. What are YOU
doing to help the Daily Worker
keep in publication?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

This open-hearth furnace with a
capacity around 900 tons of pig
ron daily, is equipped according to
the highest technique. the ore, coke,
and limestone supply being entirely
mechanical. The finished pig-iron
is poured out along special ma
chine. The furnace brings the
number Of open-hearths in the
u. s. S. r. to ia
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

burden of the crisis to the banks the corporations
and the rich. Only measures of this kind will pro-
tect the living standards of the masses.
Fight the bankers proposals to cut relief and
increase your tax burdens. Take steps to initiate
united actions of the employed and the unemployed
that will defeat the hunger program Of IlaGuardia
and Wall Street, and force the city legislators to
feed the hungry and the destitute.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

A short talk on the Daily
Worker 100000 drive at any
gathering, outdoor or indoor, fol-
lowed by a suggestion that col
lection be taken up will help raise
the quota by Dec. /.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
Modern Pig Iron Plant
Opened in Soviet Union
Especial TO the Daily worker

MOSCOW, Nov u CBy Wireless).
The first open-hearth furnace at
the Novolipetzk metallurgical plant,
although not fully constructed, has
started operations, already having
produced its first pig-iron.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

*"Les Instructions Secretes de
la Propaganda Allemande"-pub-
lished by LIE Petit Parisien, Paris,
page 48 and 40, art. 106.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
CAN WE COLLECT?

Here is my dollar toward the
Daily fund" wrote A. j. Mac
Gregor recently. II get that much
value out of your column alone
each week, so / really owe quite
a hill .
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
Guards Charged
With kidnapping

Continued from Pcoe ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

THE striking dye workers have by unan-
imous vote rejected unsatisfactory
proposals for an agreement which were
presented to them by their officials.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-12

in America and these are now fairly
well exhausted.
On the basis Of Peeks figures,
Europe still owes US approximately
SO, ST., 00O, 900 and cancellation Of
SO, 304 ,000, 900 in war debts would still
leave foreign nations owing US &c.
573,0OO,000 Since international pay
ments can be made only In goods or
money metal, we have here the basis
Of proposals to accept silver in pay
ment, since we refuse to take goods.
Our farmers might like cheap foreign
factory products and our manufac-
turing centers might like cheap for
eign foods. but neither is mutually
acceptable.
We have most Of the gold and other
nations will not part with any more.
Their gold stocks would be only a
drop in the bucket anyhow.
Unless we devise some method
whereby we can accept goods in pay
ment without disrupting our dones-
tic economy, we shall continue In the
position OF a creditor who cannot at
ford to collect what is owed him.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-12
Shifting Price Policy
MAGAZINE Of Wall Street,

One of the difficulties involved in
comment upon the administrator
attitude toward commodity prices lies
in the fact that the precise objective
never has been stated. There is small
doubt, however, that the resort to
currency depreciation and other ex-
traordinary devices was motivated by
the hope Of restoring an approxima-
ton of the 1926 price structure. This
required very large advance In sta
pie commodities, especially farm
products, but only q moderate adj
vance in most manufactured goods.
The initial results were beneficial,
greatly narrowing the disparity be-
tween farm and manufactured prices:
but this correction was checked in
July, 1888. Thereafter, disparity wild.
ened again as finished goods spurted
upward In anticipation Of the NRA
codes. During autumn and winter
the workings Of the codes tended fur
Their to curtail purchasing power:
both farm and otherwise. Presently
the situation appears again to Be re-
versed. Price-fixing under NRA Is on
the way out, consumer resistance
having proved It to be unavoidable.
Price recessions In many finished
products have appeared. Meanwhile.
due to widespread drouth, farm prices
have had . substantial advance.
Thus, Ia price ratio. the farmer : by
. small margin ct new high Of re-
covery. Curiously, these shifts are
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-12
Scaling Down the Debts

How the governments program to
compromise the rural debt situation
is having a beneficial effect on agri-
culture is indicated by report from
the federal land bank of this dist let
showing that debt reductions total
ing $4,933.60 were obtained BY farm
ers who obtained loans during the
year ended June l.
Borrowers used 84.3 per cent Of the
money obtained on loans to refinsllce
their indebtedness and in manv Cases
creditors were willing to scale down
their claims in order to get the cash.
A survey by states in the district
shows Minnesota first with a scaling
down of $1,943,434 in the farm debt
as result Of the land banks actiyi-
ties. Wisconsin was second with
$1,433.879; North Dakota third with
$1,l02,879, and Michigan fourt,, with
$453,412.
Considering the fact that its farm
population is smaller than that Of
the other states mentioned, North
Dakota seems to have done very we'll
indeed, and the program still is con-
tinuing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-12
WHAT, NO QUININE FOR
MALARIA?

In the city where I studied medicine
there was no endemic malaria. Only
when visitors or newcomers from
malarious districts happened to fall
Ill and enter the hospital did we have
an opportunity to study malaria. OF
course plenty Of persons who had
never been out Of the city or the
local territory imagined they had q
touch Of malaria, but we are speaking
now Of real malaria as diagnosed by
finding the plasmodium or organism
Of the disease In the red blood cor
puscles. Too. plenty OF patients en-
tering the hospital with typhoid fever,
tuberculosis, septic infection, syphilis
and one thing and another had been
told by their doctors that they had q
touch of malaria-that trick may still
be practiced by the type Of doctor
that never troubles to make micro
scopic test Of the blood.
Once q beautiful case Of tertian
malaria turned up in the hospital, q
laborer from southern state where
real malaria prevailed. The parasites
were easily demonstrated in his blood.
The clinical professor wished to make
sure that every one Of his students
should have. the opportunity to exam
inc specimen Of fresh blood, 20 he
voiced the hope that the patient
might receive no quinine for q while,
naturally fearing vigorous exhibit
ton Of quinine would kill the plaS-
media and cure the patient. So the
intern, nothing 10th for an expert
ment, arranged to have the patient
receive at regular intervals capsules
purporting to contain quinine but &C
tually containing only pinch Of salts.
The intern was not utterly unfeeling
about it. Indeed, he kept close watch
over the patient, determined to give
quinine Immediately II the patient
showed any signs Of getting worse UNI
der this -er-scientific neglect. So
the course Of the illness remained UNI
changed for several days, chill, fever
and sweat every alternate day. pa
tient enjoying his rest and the
sprightly company Of other patients
between whites. Most Of the medical
students got their drops Of blood and
saw the malaria parasites, all right.
Then the patient played us mean
trick. He got well without any quin-
inc. Not only that, but he made as
prompt and complete Q recovery as
one could wish In any case, whether
quinine Is given or not. The parasites
disappeared entirely from his blood.
Although we kept him under ohser-
walton for as long as we considered
fair, he evinced no further sign Of
illness.
have never had another oppor.
tunity to experiment on malaria pa
tients like that. Couldn't do It in
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-12

nevertheless 1t the evidences Of
wealth around them. The room it
self was sufficiently impressive,
with its beautiful walnut panelling,
its Robin Hood murals BY Wyatt
and its great, glittering crystal
chandeliers: and the persons il it
lived up to this magnificent setting.
The men, . few Ia dinner jackets
but most Of them in white linen or
dannels, were m appropriately.
well-groomed background for the
women. These, even the most hag-
gard, who were wheeled in to sit
watching, were exquisitely gowned,
jeweled. marcelled and manicured.
A stranger here, ! thought, might
have imagined himself at first ct
. dance in New York. Cannes Or
Palm Beach-in any Of those cos
mopolitan places where the privi-
legged gather. But soon. he would
have become acutely conscious Of
1.-THE fact that these beautifully
| clothed dancers were less fortunate
than the poorest nurse or musician.
The room was filled with the wreck
| age Of persons and careers. That
woman whose laughter had punctu-
ated the anal bars Of the tango
would never again concern herself
with arrangennsnts for . dinner
party. Her rouge covered the pal.
lor Of creeping death. The gentle.
man beside her, whose hand SHOOK
Q little % he picked up her scarf
would never again cheer his horse
down tho home stretch at Belmont
These were lawyers who had briefet
their last cases, architects who hal
drawn their last plans. yachtsmeI
who would n6ver 90 ! sail All and
strain.