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Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
TAPERING OFF THE DEFICIT

Senator Robinson of Arkansas,
emerging from a long conference
with President Roosevelt, expressed
the hope that the present treasury
deficit could be "tapered off," 1t is
hope ardently shared by all, as
nothing is more depressing than to
see the public debt piling up and pill
ing up with no end in sight.
Let no one growl about his taxes,
or complain about a few more of
them, while that debt keeps gaining.
Everyone who has anything to do
with the spending of the government
funds should try to check this great
leak. The hungry must be fed and
the unemployed sustained. But no
business looks good while it is con-
stantly piling up debt without add
ing to its assets. and when the gov
ernment deficit ends, prosperity will
be here.
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
CHILpREN on THE POOR

Mrs. Franklin d. Roosevelt, speak
| ing over the radio on child education
said 1t is easier for parents who are
poor to bring up children to be prac-
tical and capable, than if these par
ents are rich. That is one Of the
strange contradictions Of human so
ciety.
Money brings power, and children
demand their share of that power,
and frequently don't know how to
use it. If father has a nice car, it
irks the children 10 see that car ly-
ing idle. They demand their full
share of its mileage, and usually it
is humping much of the time.
And when they are thus loose, far
from parental supervision, things
happen that don't work for their
good. And that is only one phase of
their life. Many of them never get
the idea of hustling for themselves.
They think Father can do it all. But
suppose Father loses his money?
Many such ones have gone out into
life not equipped for such a strng-
gle.
1t is a hard thing to grow up in
a home where money is scarce. 1t
is bitter experience to go to school
in ragged clothes. and see the other
children all shiny and fascinating
in their new stuff. Wrong thoughts
develop in some child minds. They
say that life is all injustice, and they
resolve to get money any way they
can.
But countless kind and wise par
ents in homes of small means, are
up fine children. They |
each these youngsters that the world I
values real service, and if they fit |
themselves to give that service, if .
hey learn their lessons and per-
'orm every job of work faithfully,
he world will have place for them.
Many of our statesmen and business
eaders came up through that expert
,nce.
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
TNWANTED YOUTH

Prof. Mark May OF Yale University
speaking before an educational as
sociation. called attention to 5000
900 young men and women who cam
find work. "They are all dressed w
and no place to 60" he said Many
of them are girls who are passing
the best age for marriage Some OF
the boys Will seek refuge in crime.
There is no danger that they will
start revolution. but the majority
of them will just drift and stlgnate.
Work must be found for them, he
said.
There is no reason why anybody
shonld drift and stagnate. in this
country of opportunities. The ac-
tive young man or woman who keeps
hustling for a job, is going to find
il in time.
1t may be said that jobs are not
too common. But employers are all
the time looking for bright young
people, and vacancies keep occur
ring.
A young person who is out of work
should not spend time loafing around
anywhere. Such ones can't of course
keep tramping around all day in
search of work. But some of the
spare time should be spent in study.
The newspapers should be carefully
read, particularly the Want Ads and
other advertising. and with special
attention to business news. If a
young person wants to get into some
particular occupation, he should try
to obtain books and trade journals
that deal with that line. If he can
show that he has some information
about that kind of business. his
chance of getting a job is much in
creased.
Young people out of work should
be ready to work around home.
There are plenty of things they can
do to help their families, by which
money can be saved or better ap-
pearance presented. If young per-
son deteriorates while looking for a
job, something is lacking in him.
He should fit himself to be more
useful, and the world will find use
for him.
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
FAMILIEs N SEARCH on WORN

One theory OF the mystery OF the
bodies of three little girls found in
the woods near Carlisle, Pennsyl-
vania, was that they belonged to a
family who were travelling from
California in search of work. Wheth-
er or not this proves correct, thou
sands OF such families are hiking
around the country, going from state
to state and city to city. with the
possible job eluding them. Such
families would make large army,
and the further they go the less the
chances of finding the job usually
are.
A pathetic object these families
are. The possession of some ancient
automobile gives many of them
free foot, and il they hear a rumor
of jobs in the next state, they are
soon humping on the way full Of
hope. But probably by the time
they get there, the rumor will have
been found to be false, or nearby
residents will have filled the vacan-
cies.
Probably the parents who take
their children on such jaunts think
they are doing the best thing. Their
anxiety to find work is greatly to
their credit. The sympathy of the
community must go out to all such
who want to serve the world. but
for whom the world for the time be-
ing can find no service to ask of
them.
When the whole family thus starts I
out on the road, the children lost |
their opportunity to attend school.
The best thing such a family can do
is to settle right down where it be-
longs.
The best chance for anyone to
find work, is to look for it in the
home town or nearby communities.
There people have friends and ac-
quaintances who can help them.
They have a just claim on public
relief. and will not be overlooked.
But when once they go elsewhere.
they have no special claim. Strang-
ers in a strange land are the last
ones to find jobs and obtain aid.
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
TRIUMPH OVER HANDICAPS

A blind student. Warren c. Ger
maine, was admitted to the bar in
New York City the other day. 1t
may seem almost incredible that the
prolonged study which such a course
requires could be completed by one
who had lost his eyesight, but this
young mans pluck and. determine
tion will rise over almost impossible
handicaps. 50
Young people who have all their
faculties, but claim they can't get
along. should take note Of such ex-
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
THE sCIENCE OF GOYERNMRNT

More students are taking courses
in the science of government in one
prominent college. and probably
many such institutions would re-
port this increased interest in gov
ernment. Many of these students
probably have a government job In
mind. They foresee the government
spreading out into new fields, and
would like to fit themselves to hold
positions under the government,
which is desirable and proper.
But education for government SER
vice should call for something other
than theories learned out of books.
Human nature is a tremendous pow
er in government. Some idea that
seems theoretically to be hopeful
and fine, may prove useless, just be-
cause it fails to take note of popular
preiudices.
According to many old line poll
ticians, the science of government
calls for political machines that
distribute jobs and hand out favors.
Thereby supporters are organized
who will go to the polls and vote
for the candidates who get them
these benefits.
Personal geniality also plays a
large part in the science Of govern
ment, according to the old ideas. A
candidate has to shake hands with
the voters and smile warmly on
evrybody, or the people say he lacks
human sympathy.
But the fact that a man inquiries
deep concern about your wife and
does not prove he will do
useful for that family when
he gets into office. The smiling can
didate needs something besides |
smiles when the self seekers raid !
the treasury. The statesmen who !
puts his friends in office is tempted |
to think that friendship is more i'm
pOrtant than serving the people. To .
obtain truly scientific government, /
we need people who are determined
10 give the country the best service
The money will buy, regardless of
party politics. or the de-
sire 10 get reelected.
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
BORROWING MONEY

The government is borrowing
enormous sums of money, but in
spite of that, it is able to borrow
money for about three per cent or
less. Meanwhile the majority of cor
porations have to pay five per cent
to borrow, and many of them have to
pay a good deal more.
If the corporations could borrow
as cheaply as the government can,
a powerful stimulus would be given
to business. Many of these COM
panies would be encouraged to i'm
prove their plants and equipment.
The railroads would spend great
sums in the betterment of their
properties, and millions of idle peo-
pie would be put to work.
If home and farm owners and peo-
pie who desire to build houses could
borrow for the interest rates the
government has to pay, they would
give business an enormous Stimulus
by their new enterprises and i'm
provements.
1t is hopeless to expect that cor
porations and individuals will evr
be able to borrow as cheaply as the
government can. The obligation of
the whole people, conveyed by gov
ernment bond. must be superior to
any security which is an obligation
only of one company or individual,
and which usually depends on pros
perity in some one line of business.
However, people and corporations
can build up their borrowing power.
Ability to borrow at low rates de-
pends on whether the lenders can
see a practically certainty that the
loans will be paid. Many people
think that they can fail to pay debts,
and then go right on borrowing lust
the same.
If they have a good reputation for
industry and honesty. they will prob
ably be able to get more loans. But
as usual thing, failure to pay a
debt means difficulty in getting new
loans, at least at any moderate rate.
Lenders aren't going to part with
their money, unless they see a reas-
enable certainty of getting il back.
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
HOLIDAY TRADE

The cheering news on prospect
for holiday trade, is like the ray
OF the sun brusting. through clouds
after a storm. Surely the heavens
are Frightening, and many patches
of blue sky already convey theii
shining message Of hope.
Department store sales for Oe-
tober were seven per cent greater
than last year, while rural general
merchandise sales are up IL per
cent and automobile sales have in
creased nine per cent.
According to standard principles
of economics, there always comes a
break in any period of depression,
when the people get tired of hoard
ing money. During the first part Of
such a period, peoples fears lead
them to cling to their money, and
many who could spend refuse to do
so. Some of their fears are war
ranted, but in the main they are
imaginary.
After a time things wear out as
does also the patience of people in
denying themselves things they need.
They conclude they have only one
life to live, and if they don't get
the good of their money as they go
along they never will. So the mon
ey comes out of the mattresses and
the bank deposits, and goes into the
channels of trade, and new force
o! revival flows through the country.
Reports from many cities tell of
many people in the streets and
stores looking for goods. Christmas
purchases are already being made
and should be made at once. The
people see new signs of hope on
every hand. Higher prices have
helped the farmers, and they are pay
ing old debts and buying new tools. |
Many more automobiles were pro-
luced and sold this year. Many old
)nes now in use are about ready for
he dump. and new ones must be /
made TO take their place. Holiday (
rade will be the best for four years. /
perhaps for five.
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
PUSHING THE BABY CARRIAGE

Father feels additionally a bit
ashamed when he is seen pushing
the baby carriage along the street.
It looks too feminine an occupation
for his proud male form. But next
time he refuses to perform this noble
duty, he might note that King Boris
Of Bulgaria does not shrink back
from it, and was recently seen push
ing his two-year-old sffspring along
the walks of his capital city.
Father should never be ashamed
of performing this function. One
reason why the younger generation
doesn't always do as it should. is
that Father is so engrossed in his
personal affairs that he does not at
tend to the junior end of the fam
lily. If he will start in by pushing
the baby carriage, he should get so
interested in the kids that he will
devote more time to their education.
RURAL INDUSTRY VILLAGES
The government has plans to
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
CANNON

Sewell Noble was a Cannon VISIT
or this week.
Miss Cora Sutherlan who has been
spending sometime in Philadelphia
returned home Saturday.
Mrs. Alice Lesly spent Sunday
with her sister here. Miss Cora Su-
therlan.
The people around here are busy
making holly wreaths and butcher
ing.
The members of Cannon NJ. P.
Church are having a bake in Sea-
ford in front of Ollie Tull's store on
Saturday, December Is.
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14

amples. They may say that such a
student must have had exceptional
brains, which is no doubt true. Still,
the ordinary mind can get a long
way in life just by perseverance,. The
student who is determined to do per-
feet work on every job and every
lesson may not have a brilliant in
tellect, but there is a resistless force
in such ones that you can't stop.
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14

TRADE THAT is NOT advertised,
is much like an automobile that is
not fabricated. You can expect
some bad squeaks.
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14

WHEN CHEERS for the home
town take the place of jeers, the
community is all set for a step
ahead.
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14

OUR PEOPLE all want the home
town to go ahead, hut not all are
disposed to do any pulling to make
it do so.
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14

MAKE YOUR HOME town a
Christmas present, by buying your
holiday stuff at home, from mer-
chants who advertise their goods.
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14

THE PEOPLE who run down their
home town. would also probably run
down any other town to which they
might remove.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10

I cent is being cultivated with the
aid Of tractors. Complicated ma
chirery is rapidly being supplied
including the combine.
The development of agricultural
technique is expressed, among other
things. in the fact that the peasants
are no longer willing TO work
with hand-propelled threshing ma
chimes. Even a threshing machine
with animal power IS considered
backward. The peasants demand
threshing machines with mechan-
ical motors, and they often use the
tractor for this purpose
Thanks to the use of AGRICULTURAL
machinery Of every description, the
cultivation of the land has made
tremendous strides. The results
are there. For the last two years
there have been unusually large
crops in all the branches of agri-
culture. No one is inclined to
ascribe this to God Almighty-this
would be too difficult, indeed. These
are the results of the application
to our agriculture of higher tech
nique and organized collective
work.
Take for instance such a ques-
ton as early sowing said Com
rade Goloded. There was a time
when by the end of May the pea
SAINTS only began their sowing. The
time for agricultural work was de-
termined by Saint George and
Saint Nicholas and Saint Peter.
At present those old calendar data
have become entirely obsolete
Agricultural technique determines
the time of sowing and of other
agricultural operations. BY the end
of May of this year all the sowing
was finished throughout White
Russia !"
White Guardist Lies
Comrade Goloded paused for a
while and then continued as if
replying to his own thoughts:
The question is: Where did we
get the tractor? Our Republic does
not produce tractors. We received
them from the industry of the
Union, from the Kharkov Tractor
plant, from the Stalingrad and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
What the Soviet Unions National
Policy Has Done for White Russia

here with that great aid which the
Government Of the U. S. S. R. is
systematically giving to the for
.merly backward national republics
(aC present the backwardness no
Longer exists. Raw materials are
being imported to us from other
regions Of the U. S. S. r. for the
purpose of raising the economic
level of our Republic. How can this
tally with the statements of the
white guards that White Russia
suffers under Moscow oppression "
"A fine smile twisted the lips of the
President of the Council of Peoples
Commissars.
Passing then to the agricultural
upsWing of White Russia. Comrade
Goloded calls attention, first of all,
to the successes of collectivization.
About So per cent of the peasant
farms are united in collective
farms. The following phenomenon
can be observed: in the regions bor-
dering on Western White Russia
(under Polish rulel and Latvia, the
percentage of peasant farms COM
bined in collective farms reaches
1910 per cent. The question is,
Why do the peasants of the border
regions go more willingly into COL
lective farms? The reason is clear.
The peasants Of these regions have
first hand acquaintance with the
life of the peasants of Western
White Russia and Lstvia, and
therefore have more wildly grasped
the advantage Of collective agri-
culture.
Modern Agricultural Equipment
Agriculture in White Russia is
passing through a technical revolu-
ton. There was time when the
one blade pillow drawn by horses
was considered the most advanced
means Of production among the
peasants. At present this instru-
ment has entirely disappeared from
the village. 1t is even difficult to
find an instrument of this kind for
an exhibit in an historical museum.
The agriculture of White Russia
has 81 machine-tractor stations and
5000 tractors. Of the entire planted
area Of the collective farms, SO per
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
LABORATORY
AND SHOP
By DAVID RAMSEY

Minnesota He pointed out that
many Of the heavier elements have
radioactive isotopes Cvsrieties)-
twin forms which are chemically
indistinguishable. Their presence
is made known by the fact that
they disintegrate.
These isotopes give out rays
which can be detected by the meth
DDS Of atomic physics The trick
in the new method is to add a given
amount of a radioactive element to
a solution of its inert isotope. The
amount of disintegration that is
then detected by the chemist is
a measure Of the concentration Of
the inert element.
The new technique has almost in
finite possibilities in the detection
Of minute amounts of material hat
are too small to be detected by the
ordinary methods Of chemical
nlicroanalysis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
Revolution in
Spain Analysed
in C. L. No. Is

The latest issue of The Commu-
mist International magazine, No. 10,
contains an article entitled How
the Revolution in Spain Can Be
Victorious" This article throws a
strong light on the recent develop
ment of forces in the working class
movement underlying the united
front general strike which has now
turned into civil war.
This issue of the &C. l." also con-
tains two articles on the strike wave
in the United States, an article on
the Brandlerites' and Lovestoneites
letter to the Comintern asking rep
resentation at the Seventh World
Congress, an article on the japanese
outrages on the Chinese Eastern
Railway, and reviews of Canadian
and Chinese Party publications.
The full contents of No. 1S are:
The Brandlerites and Their
Letter to the E. c. c. 1.
How the Revolution in Spain
Can Be Victorious.
The Revolutionary Trade Union
Movement in the U. S. a. in the
Conditions of the New Deaf of
Trustified Capital, by Kutnik.
The Growth of Terror Agains
the Rising Strike Wave in the U.
S. A., by B. Sherman.
New Provocation by the Jap
anese Imperialists, by Tanaka.
A Review of the Canadian
Communist Review" by W.
Barnes.
Review of the Underground
Communist Press in Koumintang
China, by Lee Min.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS"

Recently the Millikans and Comp
yons have been broadcaSting about
the debt" that science owes to cap
italism. Without the help of science
lovers like Ford and Mellon and
General Motors, there would be no
progress, according to these apolog-
lists for big business.
To put over this falsehood. the
powers that rule the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of
Science, are cooperating with some
Of the biggest corporations in the
staging Of an exhibition which will
glorify the progress" Of science
under capitalism The exhibition
will be held in Pittsburgh next
spring
Pure science will be exemplified BY
Investigators from the University of
Pittsburgh, which has a distin-
guished record for expelling anv
scholar who dared to question spe-
cial privilege The annual meeting
Of the Association will be prostituted
TO advertising the virtues of every
possible gadget that can crash the
exhibit. Models of multi-dimen-
tional space will compete with bally-
hoo about the value Of the alumni
mum trust
When the scientists listen to the
bilge about what big business does
for them. and when the exhibition
/ reveals the support that science
gives TO monopoly. they shall note
hat the exhibition was organized
for profit by the following beneafc-
todS Of science: Mr.. L. o. Grondahl
Of the Union Switch and Signal Co:
DR.. F. G. Frary Of the Aluminium
I Trust; DR.. S. NJ. Kinter of the West
/ inghouse Co; and DR.. W. B. SPELL
mire Of the General Electric Co.
Other sponsors include representa-
tives from other monopohes.
Thus science like every other in
tellectual activity is distorted and
degraded to increase the dividends
of the big trusts. The progress" Of
science is used to preach the false
sermon that it is dependent upon
/ the benevolence Of the capitalists.
Every invention that is killed. every
scientist who loses his job, the
cheap baIlyhoo of the exhibition it
self. all prove how false are the
claims of capitalism to being the
benefactor of science.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
To My Dear Mother>>Mary Mooney
BY TOM MOONEY, 31921-

A fond and loving farewell forever remains
OF my dear devoted faithful and loving proearan mother
Your death has crushed for the will rally
Again in your brave spirit and carry for you.
The memory of you will forever green
Millions OF other toiers all the world.
And how will miss you mother
No really know all you been to me
You have enshrined yourself beautifully of
All true workers. wonderful place awaits you in
Working class history and nothing you of that
Or of the warmth that will always be in you
I'm proud of you mother dear and have always
Been and always will be and my proetarian blessings
VIII forever and always be upon you
Again mother with aching heart bid you for the
Last time long last fond loving forever.
Your loving and grateful fsticken proletarian
TOM MOONEY (3192D.
Labor Day, September 3, 1884
California State Prison, Quentin California
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
THE LATEST CONFESSION

Gugielmo Marconi, the scientific
front for Italian fascism. is The
latest scientist to declare that the
universe is a "tornenting mystery"
that will remain forever closed to
man. The inability of science to
solve this mystery he concluded.
means that we must therefore rely
on Faith. Marconis own work, be-
fore he became the paid apologist
for fascism, is the best proof that
mankind deepens its knowledge Of
the universe through scientific in
vestigation, and no. through blind
faith in either gods or the mys-
terry of the blood" that the fascists
use as their basis for knowledge.
Marconi has repudiated his own
work because science reveals at
every step that the future progress
of mankind depends upon the quick
and ruthless destruction of faselsm
and all that it represents.