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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02
.CCC Boys Protective
League Represents
Turn to Mass Work
Fight for Betterment in Conditions Is Now Re-
placing Old Sectarian Approach of
''Smash the Camps
By A. STERN.

THE effects Of the crisis have made
4 themselves felt most by the sew
ersI million unemployed youth Of
this country. 1t is the youth who,
as the most exploited section of the
working-class, suffer the greatest
misery; those who lose their jobs re-
ceive no relief, thousands coming
out Of school have never seen the
inside Of factory or office, further
more the terrible conditions at home
created an entire army Of home
less youth which roam the coun-
try. The capitalist class, faced by
this situation at home, and the
clcseness CT another wa, conceived
the IDEA by which it could create
for itself a reservoir Of reserves for
its army. whether for war abroad
or crushing workers struggles at
home.
The Civil Conservation Corps was
set in motion about 1 year ago, soon
reaching 100000 members in 1900
camps. In the year that has passed.
the growth Of anti-working class
measures and tendencies on the
part Of the c. c. c. administration
has increased tremendously. In re-
gard to the war character Of these
camps, we have to read the report
Of General Macarthur, chief Of
staff, U. S. Army. Referring to the
C. C. C.'s he makes the following
comments.
plans prepared for the emer-
gency of war were applicable,
after rapid revision of some of
their details, to most of the prob
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02
Clear Class Lines
Vital in Building
Farmers Struggle
Solid Base Among Poorest Farmers Will Hold
Middle Farmers and Isolate Influence
of Capitalist Section

against exploitation. The
fact that these farmers are now
being ruined and under the crisis
are in a hopeless situation means
that we can draw many into our
struggles and farm organizations at
the same time that we base our
selves upon the poorest farmers.
Finally, there has been too much
hesitation about carrying on the
fight against the influence of the
capitalist farmer. Even such farm
ers are being ruined to a certain
extent, In one area especially we
have had to fight against some ten
dency to orientate around these
rich farmer and kulak elements.
Here recently a call for a tax con-
ference called on all farmers to at
tend the conference although it is
obvious that the small farmers will
demand that the big farmers be
taxed heavily.
We must understand that the
capitalist farmer will be our main
enemy among the farmers; our main
fight there must be against him
and his influence, as well as the big
landlords and estate owners. We
must learn to recognize him. He
works himself on his farm and has
q relatively low standard of living
and culture and in this sense is
dirt" farmer. But he usually
hires several laborers and is really
capitalist farmer running his
farm by exploitation even though
some of our organizers have regard
ed him as a middle farmer. Some
such capitalist farmers have crept
into our organizations; they must be
weeded out.
The capitalist farmers constitute
one of the largest single elements
Of the bouregoisie. Here will be a
basis for fascism in support of the
New Deal and capitalism. These
rich farmers are calling for forced
reduction which means support OF
the policy of eliminating small
farmers so that the large farmers
can monopolize the market at bet
ter prices, Capitalist farmers have
not been used to help break strikes
They help to betray the interests
Of the small and middle farmers in
the capitalist controlled coopera-
tives, conservative farm organiza-
tions, etc. They will be interested
in war, in which they can supply
grain at profitable prices.
At this period of approaching wal
and revolutions and of fascist ter.
ror, the splitting of the countryside
away from the influence of the rich
farmers and reformists must be in
tensified. Glass lines and the class
struggle must be sharpened so that
farmers will know their friends anc
enemies. The alliance of the city
workers and the agricultural work
ers with the poorest and small
farmers, drawing in sections of the
ruined farmers, must be cementec
together in the everyday struggles
around the immediate demands Of
these farmers. This means also
that we must carefully explain the
revolutionary way out and popu-
larize the accomplishments of the
Soviet Union in agriculture and
industry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02

" It would, therefore,
be a right opportunist error
to fail to see now the OBJ
jective tendencies of the
accelerated maturing of a
revolutionary crisis in the
capitalist world. But the
presence and operation Of
these tendencies, both eco
nomic and political, do not
imply that revolutionary
development is proceeding
upwards by itself, or I'M
hindered without resistance
from counteracting forces.
Revolutionary development
is simultaneously hindered
and accelerated by the fas-
cist fury of the bourgeoisie.
The question as to how
soon the rule of bankrupt
capitalism will be over
thrown by the prOletariat
viii be determined by the
fighting preparedness of
the majority of the work
ing class, by the successful
work of the Communist
Parties in undermining the
mass influence of social
democracy"
From the 18Th E.C.C.L
PIenum Resolution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02

political demands as those in that
group.
These same workers, however,
could be drawn into a common fight
for certain simple and immediate
practical demands of the class
struggle. Raising those demands
made easier the rejection and ig-
noring by the A. F. of L. leader
ship of our United Front proposal
and made more difficult the rally
ing of the A. F. of L. rank and
file for our appeal. In the course
of common struggle we could con-
vince these workers Of the correct
ness of our other demands, even of
our ultimate goal.
Raising such demands effectively
led to narrowing down any posi-
bility for United Front between
us and any of the organizations
addressed.
As a result of this primary mis-
take certain other mistakes follow
ed. In our efforts to set up some
form of united struggles, a ten
dency cropped up to form United
Fronts with certain individuals
some very doubtful "left" elements
in the Trade Unions and in the
Socialist Party - thus substituting
for the United Front with masses
of workers, the United Front with
individuals, who in many cases
represented generals" looking fol
an army, ie., Matthews, Music, etc
Where these people have any fol-
! lowing they were very careful moi
to involve any of their supporters
in the united front actions-not tt
allow them to be contaminated by
the Communists. On the contrary
they utilized our meetings with oul
supporters, our journals and maya.
zines, as forum for spreading theil
ideas. The United Front consisted
solely of certain conferences anc
meetings with these individuals. +
was never really brought down tx
the broad masses of workers in the
form Of united struggles. This il
one reason why the organization
created by the conferences and thu
conferences themselves died so soor
after birth, t. e., Tom Mooney Coun
ellis of Action. American Leagu,
Against War and Fascism as a ma
tional organization, the Clevelant
Conference, etc.
WE have very little to gail
" through United Fronts with in
dividuals. If no practical struggle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02
ouh Work Winning the Farmers Taken Up in Convention Discussion

-. There is no way out
Of the general crisis of
capitalism other than the
one shown by the October
Revolution, via the over
throw of the exploiting
classes by the proletariat,
the confiscation of the
banks, of the factories, the
mines, transport, houses,
the stocks of goods of the
capitalists, the lands of the
landlords, the church and
the crown.
" It is necessary to
unfold before the toilers of
each country a program
which baslng itself on the
experience of the great
triumphs of the Soviet
workers and C ollectiv e
farmers on all fronts of the
class struggle and socialist
construction, should, while
making allowance for the
peculiar conditions of the
different countries, show
what the Soviet Power will
give them in their own
country"
From the 18th E.C.CI.
PlenuIn Resolution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02

the ruling classes here have put up
one of their Negro tools for Office.
First they tried to get Robert Man.
grum to run, but the Negro workers
refused to sign his petition. They
then enlisted the aid of DR.. Gar
land, who is popular in the Negro
churches and societies. His petit
ton was circulated in one of the
largest factories here. the Camp
bell, Wyant and Cannon Foundry.
Now 1t is declared that anyone
working on C. w. A. will have to
give 10 his Job if he wishes to enter
the campaign.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02
Communist arty PIacesTicket
In Muskegon Heights, Mich.
City Elections on April for CounciImen, City
Treasurer, City Assessor

MUSHROOM HEIGHTS, Mich
On April 2, there will be city cleo
ton here for three councilmen- at
large, city treasurer, and city as
SCISSOR. The workers candidates are:
Leo Camp, Albert Lynn, and Her
bert Aldrich for city councilmen;
D. F. Aldrich for treasurer, and
Charles Evans for assessor.
This Is q partisan election;
the Communist Party has a full
ticket.
In their fear that the workers
candidates will be elected to office,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02
April Issue of THE COMMUNIST
Is Now Out

FROM THE CONTENTS
The Role of the Socialist Party
Leaders in the Struggle Against
War and Fascism
EARL BROWDER
Lessons Of the Austrian Revolt
V. J. JEROME
e-COnventiOn Discussion
Articles
The Work of Our Party in the
Pittsburgh District
JACK TOMBSTONE
The Line Is Correct To Realize
1t Organizationally Is the Cen
trail Problem j. A. Jack
The Key to Our Central Problem
The Winning of the Majority
of the Working Glass
F. BROWN
The Inner Life of Our Party and
It's Work Among the Foreign
Born Workers j. ADAMS
What Is Fascism? L. MAGYAR
Soviet China in Danger
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02

WE have very little to gain
" through United Fronts with in-
dividuals. If no practical struggles
The Washington times., 1934-11-22

Every Housewife Will Want
One Of These Scales to Use
in Her Kitchen. Nicely Fin
ished in Green Enamel. An
Exceptional Value at This
Price.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
April 6 Terrorist Asks
For Votes

UudcrShcriff Harry Lewis, who
viii submit his candidacy for
sheriff to King County voters at
the coming elections, was acting
chairman at the April 6 iingo-pre-
paredneSS meeting, which was
broken up by heroic young stud
ents and workers who threw Leaf
lets into the audience in protest
of the chauvinistic OratiOns.
As chairman, Lewis could have
prevented the Nigilantes and Le-
gionnairCs from brutally beating
the youthful demonstrators, two
of whom were women, by com
mandiug the thugs to refrain
from violence. Instead, Lewis
made remarks from the platform
which served to spur the ineb-
riatc patriots" on to more vi
.CiOus brutality.
And yet this man has the aud
aCity to step forward and ask the
voters of King County to elect
him sheriff! In that office Lewis
would preserve law and order
in the same way that Charles L..
Smith does - by open warfare
against individual and organized
workers.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
UCL Local Form
ed By Eviction
Struggle

BELLINGIIAM. Aug. 10 The
local workers won an eviction
ease in spite OF the thugs hired
by the state and county.
Holmes, a worker, was served
with eviction papers July a, AL
though he has Il sick wife and
baby, the welfare man. Sybrant,
said that he could do nothing
about it.
A neighborhOOd committee was
organized and called on Sybrant
but was elected by the sheriff.
They called on the County Com
miSsiOners and were elected by
Carpenter and his two state bulls.
Twenty minutes later, the COM
mlttee returned and forced the
county commissioners to allow
Holmes $40 work per month to
pay the rent. The committee call.
cd on the Miller Brothers, agents
FOR the house, and they refused
the $40 as the rent was Sl2.
Leaflets were distributed call
ing for mass support. Many work
ers were massed at the Holmes
home Monday morning when Mil.
Ter called to evict them. When he
saw the crowd, he accepted the
$40.
From this struggle, a local of
the Unemployment Council was
/ formed.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
HR 1898 Or Wisconsin Bill?

vention attended by accredited
delegates from all workers organ
izations in the state. These organ
izations include trade unions,
shop or factory groups. fraternal
and cultural groups, unemployed
workers organizations.
Those who wish to support this
bill, HR 1898, which furnishes to
the workers. the security of UNI
employment insurance, not an
empty misleading employer-writ-
ten bill. can support il by signing
petition No. IS. This petition can
be signed and copies gotten for
your neighbors to sign at tho
headquarters of the Unemployed
Citizens League. II Howard Bldg.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
FLASHES
from OREGON
BY Kenneth Fitzgerald


Threats are being received here
daily 10y militant workers in the
unemployed movement "adviS-
ing" them that their services are
not desired in Portland. These
threats are being manufactured
i'm wholesale quantities by the
Citizens Emergency League but
50 far their effect seems to be
negligible.
The recent meeting of the
League Against War and Fascism
held here August ! was direct
slap in the face to the vigilantes
and to the Portland city hall Of
licials, all of whom had warned
the sponsors of the demOnstra-
ton that the proposed meeting
was off.
The little Chamber of Com
mcrce thugs did attend the dem
onstratiOn but the militancy and
the numbers of those assembled
at the park was too much for
them. They remained strangely
quiet, even when they heard
themselves referred to aS Sewer
rats" and lap dogs" Such is the
reicencC of a true patriot-when
he feels, of course, that his own
head. instead OF the other fellows
might get banged.
Vigilantes Garry "Saps" to
Peaceful Meeting
The vigilanteS are even supply
ing stool pigeons for the police
department in the drive to rid
the city of reds" SO far the evi
dencc given by the patriotic
stools has not been of much help
to the state. For example one
gentleman admitted that he had
attended what he knew to be q
peaceful meeting armed with q
sap for self protection"
The trial of those workers
whose arrest he had caused, re-
veaIcd the fact that the only dam
| gcrous weapon in the building
at the time was the one carried
by the citizens Lacquer. His tes-
timOny was, therefore, somewhat
embarrassing to the Judge.
Moreover, if many more VOlun-
tary stools have to endure the
lgruclling and sarcastic cross eX-
Elimination of the two LID attor,
Incys, Irwin Goodman and Harry
Gross. their patriotic service"
may lose its glamOr.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10

The Wanger Bill would raise
its funds by imposing a tax of 3
to 5 per cent on payrolls (which
will be deducted by the employ
ers from the pay of the workers..
The Wisconsin Bill. similar to it.
provides that the employer
should set aside out Of his own
money (but of course. he can
cut wages) 2 per cent of his pay
roll until he has contributed a
toal of S75 for each employee.
HR 1898 provides that the fund
shall be created by;
tal Taxation of all incomes
over 5000.
(bl Taxation of estates.
tcl Taxation OF gross incomes
of all employers.
cd Reductions of incomes of
all government officials To not
more than $500.
tel All military appropriations
including appropriations and
state funds for the National
Guard, State Militia, and other
military bodies. armories. training
camps and military supplies. to
be turned over to the fund.
Who Handles the Fund?
The Wisconsin Bill provides
for commission, "A typical em-
ployers set up. HR 1898 provides
for an administration board of 10
holding office for year. The
members o! this board shall be
elected at an annual state con
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
Graft At Veterans
Hospital Exposed

Exposure of the corrupt me-
thOdS employed in the bankers
and Government handling OF
funds voted to the veterans was
made to the Voice of Action to-
day by Charles Tracyrecently re-
leased from the Veterans Hos
pital at American Lake.
Tracy told his interviewer that
he. like many other vets, was de-
clarcd insane" by doctors 50
that his monthly allowance OF
500 might be turned over to "a
bank for more wise use" The
banks assumed the roles of
guardians" of the veterans, and
were allowed ten per cent of
the money for their response
bility.
Since 1921, Tracy said, he has
been in the hands OF fouI, differ,
ent bank guardians. His care has
been far from the kind that
could be given if his 500 per
month had been expended wise
ly.
His first guardian was the
Bank of California in Tacoma,
he said. This institution was also
placed in charge of several other
"mad" pN-SprNicpmCu
Later Tracy was turned over
to the BremertOn Trust Bank OF
Bremerton. When Tracy threat
ened 30 expose George +. Miller
president of this bank, for his
crooked handling of the allow
ance. Miller had the Port Orch
ard authorities Jail Tracy.
After his release from Jail Ira
cy was delegated to another
bank for care, and II. l.. Robbins
a bOOtlegger, was selected as hi'
guardian Robbins was latel
sent to prison himself,and Tracy
was sent back to American Lake
Roy De Grief, Seattle attor
ney lis now acting as Tracy's
guardian. De Grief claims that
the $ljj deposited in Tracy's
name in the Bank of California
is his de Gricf'sl.
This Veterans Hospital set
up is virtually polluted with
graft" Tracy said. 1T has been
converted into a racket by bank
crs and dishonest government
employees to rob the veterans OF
their money.
1T costs the government over
six dollars a day to keep "a vet
eran in the American Lake hos
pital, and only three dollars a
day in the State Hospital.
The vets do all the work in
these hospitals, and get nothing
in return but abuses"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
"Sleep" Awake
In Parks OF London

LONDON, Aug. PA census of
the homeless here found sleeping
in the parks one night 2,795 men,
266 women, and 10 children.
The nights of these people are
mostly sleepless. Instructions to
the police are that sleeping is
forbidden In the streets and the
parks. A bobby passes contin-
ually and prods any who doze off.
The Socialist Party majority
on the London County Council is
embarrassed Said member, I'm
the eyes of visitors the spectacle
is a reflection on the richest city
in the world and on our own NOR
al earnestness."
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
Class Collaboration
BY W. H. Murray

1t is the year 1929 and just II
years after the close of the World
Slaughter in which millions Of
workers ncedl5ssly paid the SUI
premG sacrifice upon the altar of
capitalism. The stock market col
lapscs, banks close, business in
StitutiOns, large and small, go
bankrupt. Millions are thrown
out of employment, and an &C.
OnOmic crisis uncquallCd in the
history of the world plunges the
working class, small farmers and
shop keepers into a state of mis-
cry and starvation. Into this cha
otic state here in the Pacific
Northwest steps an organization
to be known as the Unemployed
Citizens League.
leadership
This organization chose at the
outset a group of men as leaders
who represented a great many
conflicting schools of thought,
Many of them are known to you
readers, some of them better than
Others. Brannin, Hyde, Wells and
CrOnin were those who played
the most prominent parts, how
ever, at its inception.
Activities
At the outset very little was
done except to gather small
groups of workers together who
added to their meagre existence
by digging few potatoes, carrots
and other vegetables, by eX-
changing their labor for these
things with the small farmer
who could not pay wages to the
workers because he could not
market his crop.
These small gains seemed a
great success, and the organiza.
tiOn rapidly grew. This growth
was due not only because the
workers must eat but also to ar
inclination on the part of most
workers to follow blindly where
ever lead. thanks to the lack oil
understanding due to the mas.
ters' educational system and like
institutions.
The Boss Takes a Hand
As they grew in numerical
strength and as the need of pro
lviding relief became more appar
ent the boss, through the med
ium of the Pacific Telephone ant
Telegraph Company, in the per
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10

commodity prices were higher in
June than they had been since
April. 1881. and prices are con
tinuing to rise at IA rapid rate.
Real earnings of those still en-
ployed have been reduced by the
NRA codes and imitation.
thus the effect OF the trend in
taxation is higher prices for
commodities. lower standards of
living for the masses of people
who buy them.
The rising cost Of government
that is using huge sums to pre-
pare for war and to maintain the
present system by further en-
riching the biggest monopoly cap
italiStS at the expense of the
masses OF people. IS becoming Il
serious problem.
The public debt of the L. $.
has risen to a new high. The City
Council of Seattle is doing some
IN higher mathematics to
meet the budget for 1895 with
declining tax receipts.
The cost of government is
mounting and the inability OF
those who are forced to maintain
it increases. The capitalist press
Seattle Times National Affairs,
August - says unemployment
has been increasing since Janu,
airy.
The Voice of Actions Stand
The Voice of Action is opposed
to the sales tax in any form. 1t
is for steeply graduated and
greatly increased taxation on the
rich.
The Voice of Action will sup
port candidates i'll the coming
election who are opposed to III
cTeasing and maintaining the
taxes of the working and lower
middle classes and the cutting
of unemployment relief so that
the capitalist class may continue
to rob and exploit.