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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14

The task of our Party today, the tasks of this
Convention, have been clearly and Systematically
set forth in the documents before us for adop-
ton, especially the Theses and Decisions of the
18th Plenum of the Executive Committee of the
Communist International, and the Draft Reso-
luton prepared for this Convention by the
Central Committee. My report has been for the
purpose of further celebrating these fundamen-
tai directives and discussing some of our central
problems concretely in the light of these direc-
tives. All these tasks set forth in the documents
before us are particular parts of the one general
task to rouse and organize the workers and OPP
pressed masses to resistance against the capital
ist program of hunger fascism and imperialist
war They are parts of the one task of winning
the majority of the toiling masses for the revo-
lutionary struggle for their immediate political
and economic needs as the first steps along the
road to proletarian revolution, to the overthrow
of capitalist rule, the establishment Of revolu-
tionary workers government, a Soviet govern
ment and the building of Socialist society in
the United States.
1t is the source of our greatest strength that
in our York in the U. S. A.. we are not isolated
from es& brothers in the rest Of the world. We
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14

the Philippine Islands stands, shoulder to
shoulder with US in the joint struggle to over
throw American Imperialism. Our work in the
United States gains additional power from the
fact that, reaching across the border, both north
and south, we grasp the hands of our brother
Communist Parties Of Canada and Mexico.
Throughout Latin-America our brother Parties
are challenging us to socialist competition as to
who can strike hardest and quickest against the
imperialists and their agents. When we con-
template the tasks of struggle against imperial
list war, for the defeat of our own imperialism,
our muscles are further steeled by the knowledge
that our brother Communist Party of Japan is
blazing the way for us by their heroic struggle
for the overthrow of Japanese imperialism in
the midst of war. Above all, do we arm our
selves with the political weapons forged by the
victorious Communist Party of the Soviet Union,
with the mighty sword Of Marxism-Leninisln,
and are strengthened and inspired by the VIC
tories of socialist construction won under its
Bolshevik leadership headed by Stain. Our
World Communist Party, the Communist Inter
national, provides us the guarantee not only Of
our victory in America, but of the victory of
the proetariat throughout the world.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14

The Open Letter set a main task for the
Party in improving and popularizing the Daily
Worker and Transforming it into a real mass
newspaper. This problem has two distinct sides,
which are, however, very closely interrelated.
These are the editorial Improvements of the
Daily Workers contents, and the creation Of
q mass circulation of the paper. In the first
respect We have made a decisive step forward.
Since last August the contents Of the Daily
Worker have been enlarged, enriched and i'm
proved in every respect. The paper has become
of interest to its readers every day, and is more
and more showing what an indispensable
weapon it is in the building Of a mass Com
munist Party, as we'll as for the conduct of the
everyday struggles 1t is still far from the ideal
Bolshevik newspaper; the editorials are as yet
weak not simple and clear enough; it is not
yet sufficiently decisive in its role as political
educator of the masses; it is not yet sufficiently
bound up with the daily life Of the masses in
the decisive districts and factories. We car
say it has made important steps in the right
direction
Unfortunately We cannot say the same about
the Daily Worker circulation, with regard to
circulation the situation is really alarming The
number of copies printed daily mot taking into
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14

consideration the large special editions and the
special Saturday circulation still remains con-
sderably below the level Of 1881. True there
has been certain improvement even here, so
far as payment to the Office of the Daily Worker
for this circulation. The amount of money
received by the Daily Worker for its papers has
slightly increased above 1881. 1t is also true
that there has been an improvement in circu-
lation from the low point of a year ago by
about so per cent But this has been almost
entirely the product of the spontaneous response
to the improved contents of the paper and only
in small degree the planned, conscious, sys-
tematic activity of our Party. Shall we wait
until it cost our head to be caught with
copy of the Daily Worker before we realize its
inestimable value? We are only playing around
with the Daily Worker, until we have given
it a minimum circulation of 100000 copies a
day We already have grouped around our
Party under its influence, far more than that
number of workers who need a Communist
newspaper and are not served by our language
newspapers To set the goal of 100000 circu-
lation is merely to reach with the Daily Worker
those workers with whom we are already in
contact Until this goal is reached we must
declare that the circulation Of the Daily Worker
is the weakest sector in our battlefront.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
Vienna Workers
Resist Attempt
At Fascination
Patriotic Trade Union
Rejected in Two
Big Plants

VIENNA, April l (By MaiD-The
400 workers of the great Vienna
printing Office of Vernay g. Co., have
decided to pay no more contribu-
tons TO the printers trade union
now that this has been coordinated
by the appointment of governmental
commissars.
In the Bally shoe factory, en-
ploying 600 workers, a workers meet
ing was held at which the former
Social-Democratic head shop stew
ard proposed that the workers should
join the Patriotic Front in order
not to lose their work places. At
first the motion was accepted in 81
lence. But when a speaker represent
ing the Patriotic Front rose and
spoke of their aims, he was shouted
down after the first few words. The
result Of his speech was that al
though the motion had originally
been accepted, but apparently with
out its significance having been
understood, not a single worker,
man or woman, joined the Patriotic
Front.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14

ing, which was largely from the unemployed,
from open-air mass meetings, etc, and not the
basic building Of the Party through struggles
and in the midst of struggles in the factories,
in stable negihborhood organizations, in the
mass organizations trade unions, etc. It Is
precisely the task of Bolsheviks to improve the
quality Of recruiting itself so that Party recruits
are permanently assimilated into the life of the
organization. The proper use of the new forces
drawn to us, their actiYization and education
in Bolshevism is our basic task. This is the
creation Of the main instrument for building a
socialist society in America. Every weakness,
and especially such weakness as exhibited in
this still high degree of fuctuation, signalizes
a danger to the successful building Of the revo-
lutionary movement in America. The whole
Party must be reused to a consciousness of this
problem All the forces Of the Party must be
concentrated upon the task Of holding and con-
solidatng every new recruit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
"Daily Worker Circulation Is the Weakest
Sector In Our Battlefront BrOWder

Special sub-reports viii deal with the problem
of training new cadres and the related question
Of our growing system of Party schools. We
have advances to record in dealing with these
questions in planned way, as special problems.
But again we must say this is not characteristic
for the entire Party Planned training and pro-
motion Of new cadres is the essence OF Bolshevik
leadership.
If we make conservative estimate of the total
membership of mass organizations around the
Party, and under its political influence, allow
ing for possible Implications Of membership, we
will see that we have approximately 100000 in
dividual supporters in these organizations Com
pared with the estimated 100000 at the time Of
our It'll Convention, this is not quite a doubling
Of our organized supporters. The quality Of this
support we must say, however, is on far higher
level; it is more conscious, more active more
consolidated, and has been tested in the fires Of
four years of struggle against difficulties against
the sharpening attacks of our enemies The
largest part of this gain has come in the past
year as the result of serious efforts to carry out
the line of the Open Letter, and to execute the
control tasks set by the Extraordinary Party
Conference.
We have been able to make these advances
because we have begun to learn how to apply
Bolshevik self-criticisrn. We have learned to
face our weaknesses and mistakes, boldly and
openly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
Farm Workers Win
100 Pc. Wage Rise
After 5-Day Strike
Communist Leadership;
Workers Vote to Join
T. u. u. L.

BRIDGETON, April 13.-Winning
all their demands for increased
wages and recognition of their
union, more than ESQ agricultural
workers on the Seabrook Farms
near here returned to work today
after five days of strike.
They have won wages increases
Of 100 to $50 per cent. The strike
was led by Agricultural Workers
Union with the active cooperation
of the Communist Party unit of
Camden. The strikers have voted
ito affiliate with the Trade Union
Unity League.
The demands won by the workers
are: 80 cents an hour for men, 25
cents an hour for women, and the
same for young workers and recog-
milton of the Union. Former wages
we're as low as cents an hour.
Valuable aid was given to the
strike by Eleanor Henderson, of the
Farmers National Committee of Ac-
ton, who was jailed during the
strike, and was Immediately released
when the workers threatened to
continue the strike.
One of the outstanding features
of the strike was the fight of the
strikers, mostly native born whites
against white chauvinism, one of the
strike leaders being a Negro, Jerry
| Brown.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
French Workers
Protest Today
Against Wage Cuts
Veterans Pensions Cut T.:
Their Leaders Call
for Fascism

PARIS, April 13-Nation wide
demonstrations and mass meetings
against the civil service pay cuts and
mass dismissals of the Doumergue
economy" program are scheduled
for tomorrow and Sunday, and on
Monday many Of the 100000 state
employees are to carry out short
protest strike.
Meanwhile, the Doumergue cab
met today passed q second econ
omy'' decree, cutting veterans pen
SionS by 3 per cent. The cut is to
be effective April 1.
Last night, the National Council
of the Confederation of War Vet
Grams, the top leadership of the off,
cial veterans organization, voted to
accept the cut on condition that
the government institute series of
changes which would sharpen its
fascist character.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
Thaelmann Beaten
When He Refuses
To Reply To NaziS
Continued from Page y

saved the defendants in the fire
trial"
Gallagher discussed the present
situation in Germany, the danger
Of fascism in the U.S.A., and the
Scottsboro case.
Germany is one vast concentra-
ton camp, and no one dare open
his mouth. The fascist dictatorship,
however, is in decline, and hasn't
the power it had a year ago. People
who originally had faith in the
NaziS are beginning to realize there
is no possibility of improvement in
their intolerable conditions under
Hitler.
"Fascism also increases the war
danger. In regard to war, Hitler is
between the devil and the deep blue
sea. If he makes war, it will mean
immediate revolution at home. If
he doesn't, revolution will come any
how. And after fascism there will
come Communism.
There is great danger of fascism
in US, unless workers learn the
lessons from Germany, recognize the
mislead ership of the officials of the
Socialist Party, A. F. of Land form
united front against fascism. The
NR.A. is a big step toward fascism.
it is organizing industries under
codes that create the machinery
for fascist corporate state, and is
trying to abolish the right to strike
and organize in trade unions.
THE Scottsboro case is part of
these growing fascist tendencies. It
is being used to terrorize the
American Negro workers and divide
them from the white. The activities
Of the LID. in bringing the case
to the attention of the workers
throughout the world has put the
entire Southern white ruling class
on the defensive, and is showing
the Negro workers that the only
possibility of destroying race pre-
JUDGE, with it's Jim Grow and seq
regation laws is a united front with
white workers"
After speaking in Detroit, Gal
lagher and Mrs. Wright are leaving
for Chicago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
$4,000 Farmers to
March, Demanding
Release of Leaders
Freedom of Harry Lux
Burleigh, Object of
Huge Demonstration

LINCOLN. Neb., April 13.-Plans
for a protest march of $4,000 work
ers and farmers to converge here
from three states on April Is to
force the release of Harry Lux,
State Organizer of the Farmers
Holiday Association and Robert
Burleigh, worker of this city, were
announced today. The two prison.
ers were Jailed for contempt of
court" for protesting a Nebraska
farm foreclosure last year.
The workers and farmers will go
to the Federal Court, third floor of
the Post Office building, at $50 am.
when the two defendants are to be
tried. After the trial they will
march to the State Capitol and pre-
sent their demands to Gov. Bryan.
The plans were made public by
the Emergency Defense Council of
the Farmers Holiday Association
A vigorous campaign is being
carried on in this city to rally local
workers to support the protest ac-
ton.
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CeOnanued from Page Eights

place before the leadership Of the Party today
as 8 decisive question for our future progress,
much more decisive improvement Of the quality
Of our Section leadership.
A most serious problem Of Party growth is the
f1uctuation in membership. Since 1880, starting
with a membership Of 7,545, We had recruited up
until February 1884, AZ $50 new members. If we
had retained all old and new members, we would
have had in February, $685. members. Instead
Of this, We have dues payment Of only about
Is 900. Two out Of every three recruited mem
bers have not been retained in the Party. Fluc-
tuation is being reduced, but is still high It
is no explanation for us to cite the fact that
organization membership is in America tradi-
tionally unstable and huctuating. 1t is precisely
the task Of Bolsheviks to be different from
everybody else. It is no explanation for us to
cite the unsatisfactory character Of this recruit
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
N. Y. Anti ar Group
To Plan for Aug. LIST
At Monday Meeting

NEW YORK-The New York
City Central Committee Of the
American League Against War and
Fascism will meet in full session
on Monday, April 16 at 8 pm. in
Irving Plaza Hall, 18th st. and
Irving Pl.
This special meeting will hear
reports by the general secretary,
Norman H. Tallentire; James Ler-
ner, National Youth Organizer, on
the progress of the work in the
colleges; David L. Lee, on the
work of the speakers bureau, and
Grace Allen on preparations to
send a women's delegation to the
great Anti-War Congress In Paris
in June.
Preparations are now going for
ward for International Anti-War
Day, Goth anniversary Of the out
break of the World War. At Mon
day nights conference, plans will
be laid for mass action on Aug. /.
The organization plans to run
100 street meetings a week during
the coming months in preparation
for August l. A speakers class
has been organized which will
meet at 7 pm. in Irving Plaza.
To facilitate the work OF the
speakers class a Research Bureau
has been set up. The Research
Bureau will be formally organized
at meeting to be held in the
office of the League, liz E. 18th
St, N. c., Room COS, Tuesday,
April II at pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
USSR Shows
Big Gains in
All IndustrVr1
Enthusiasm Mounts As
Production Sweeps
to Prosperity

MOSCOW, April ~ (By
RADIO "A summary of pro-
gross in agriculture and in
dustry shows a powerful rise
in the second year of the
second Five-Year Plan.
On April 4, 25,O0O,O0O acres had
been sown throughout the Soviet
Union, against 100000 acres on
the same date last year.
This victory is due both to the
enthusiasm of the shock brigaders
Of the Socialist fields, and to the
achievements attained through the
steady application Of the plan OF
extra early and early sowing.
Industry in the Soviet Union in
the first quarter Of the second year
Of the second Five Year Plan shows
a further steady growth. In all the
most important branches of heavy
the output shows marked
increase over the same period Of last
year.
In coal the increase is 80 per cent:
in oil, q per cent; in pig iron, 81
per cent; in steel, 40 per cent; In
rolled metal, AZ per cent; in loco
motives, As per cent; freight cars,
55 per cent; tractors, SO per cent:
motor trucks, 81 per cent; motor
cars, $50 per cent; chemical ferti-
lizers, 563 per cent.
These figures contrast strikingly
with the continued economic de-
preston of capitalist countries. The
year 1884 is becoming a year of
great new victories of Soviet eco
A powerful new wave of Socialist
competition is rising among the
masses of the towns and country
side. The powerful sweep of the
of shock workers and
enthusiasts of production for mas
tering modern technique is extend
ing daily. This provides the guar
antee Of constantly greater VIC
tories.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
Bronx Conference
To Hit High Cost
OF Living April IA
Workers Will Demand
Lower Rate for Gas,
Food, Milk

NEW YORK. - A conference
against the high cost Of living will
be held on Saturday, April IA, at
pm. at Ambassador Hall, 1915 Third
Ave, Bronx This conference is
being called by the committee of 25
elected at the first conference held
Nov. 10, at the same place.
The first conference started the
campaign against the high cost of
living. AS result of it, many
militant struggles were led in differ
ent parts of the Bronx. They
ended VIGOROUSLY for the workers,
bringing down the prices on bread,
rolls, and gaining the sympathy of
hundreds of workers. In order to
strengthen the campaign and to
widen its leadership, the committee
of Is is calling this April IA con-
ference.
'The burning issues Of this cam
paign, such as lowering the prices on
milk on gas and electricity, putting
forward the demand for unemploy-
ment insurance, all these are vital
issues for every working class
family. The committee declared
yesterday. Above all, the struggle
against imperialist war and faScism,
and to rally working class women
around this issue, will be stressed.
'In order to make this a broad
united front conference, we are
calling upon all workers organiza-
tons regardless of their political
belief and aflliation, neighborhooo
centers, house and block committees
to support this conference and elect
delegates. If you do not meet be-
fore April IA, you can be represented
by the officials Of your executive"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
NEW RAIDS ON ATHENS TRADE
UNION HEADQUARTERS

ATHENS raids on Trade
Union headquarters in Athens and
Pireaus resulted last week in the
arrest and sentencing Of five work
ers for Communist activities. Their
sentences totaled % months at hard
labor.
At Katerina, the Communist can
didate for Mayor was arrested for
selling copies of the newspaper
"Rizopastis" and his wares con-
f1scated. A mass demonstration by
workers, however, compelled the
police to release their prisoner and
return the conf1scated copies of the
paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
Soviet Sowing Is Far ahead Of Last Year
StaIingrad Plant Turns Out
Hundred Thousand Tractors

collective and soviet farms. Other
mighty giant works Of socialist in
dustry, children of the first Five
Year Plan, are rapidly catching up
to the Stalingrad works-the Khar-
about $4,000 tractors, the Cheliab-
insk works, which have produced
5000 caterpillar tractors.
The projected capacity OF the
Stalingrad works has already been
achieved.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
Long Line Red Army
Cry Paris COnscriptS
Returning from Drill

PARIS, March 30 (By MaiD -
Scores of soldiers, returning today
after their period of military train
ing, formed compact groups in the
Eastern railway station here, sing
ing the Internationale, and shout
ing Long live the Red ArTnyl"
Thousands Of young men released
after their compulsory period of
military training. are returning
home now to face unemployment
and misery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
POliceAttaCkFarm
Strike PiCketS
Pea Pickers, Demanding
Increase Pay, Victims

HAYWARD, Cal, FP).-Deputy
sheriffs and state police have started
the threatened new attacks on Cali
fornia agricultural workers by dis
banding picket line of so strikers.
Pea pickers, who had walked out
in a demand for increased pay, were
the victims. They promised to re-
turn in greater numbers. Police
are patrolling all highways, armed
with tear gas and guns, and hint
that Alameda county may be the
scene Of the states next bloodshed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
lspeciaI 70 the Daily worker

MOSCOW, April IL (By Radio
Today at IL noon, the hundredth
thousand tractor was turned out at
the Stalingrad Tractor Works.
Lenin's words, spoken Is years
ago, that 100000 tractors is the best
means for winning the middle peas
ants to the cause of communism y
have become reality.
At the present moment, over 20O,-
900 tractors are operating in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14

Your revolutionary greeting to
the Daily Worker on May Day
will show that the workers sup
port our Daily.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
10 jailed in Turin for
Anti-Fascist Action

ROME, April l CBy MaiD -
Nineteen persons have been ar
rested in Turin, on the charge
of being in communication with
the Italian anti-fascist organiza-
tons in Paris, and distributing
anti-fascist propaganda material.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14

The proletarian revolution can
not take place without the forcible
destruction Of the bourgeois State
machine and its replacement by
a new machine.-Lenin.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-08-31

,I.--.-.o D 2 N ocres 1924
MENUS, Miss Carrie, IS acres---------- 49,
, 49, Cao % ,cres 1884
7 Morrow, R. w., s. zl'oI
, Morris, Mrs. S. O., Sc cres------------- I.9o
|O1;,han+ Eco * acres 1868
Overcast, VIM. A., 8 cres------------- lo'oi
, Overcast, Mrs. W. j., 16 acres---------- S'l4
ss,ford E1ovd A. acres 1905
3 |Seaford, Lucille (Mrs.) 80 acres---------- 6'9I
+ Seaford, Marvin, IS cres------------- >'sz
Sheriff., Clyde J., rs acres------------ ll'o'
Sheriff., ]. c., 173
Sheriff., P. E., 107 4o"99
|Sloop, W. A., so ZS4
4 |Umbergur, J. c., 101 cres------------ JILL
, Wesr R ri 7ez acres 1913
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VII. OLLA ~
Alexander, R. R., 1874 cres------------ -.
Beaver, ]. W., 80 ..
Relk H. G.. 117 acres 81.
Brown, J. Lee, u -.
Childers, M. W., 40 l6.
Christie, ]. A., 6S "a.
Coble, Miss Ola, IA Al.
Cowan. w. F.. II acres rs.
Edminston, P: G., u 2S.
Goodman, Mrs. Cora L., SO acres-------- II.
Goodson & Drum, 135 acres----------- 81.
Graham, C. H., SO 70.
Graham, F. E., 1 9.
Graham. John K, II H..
Graham, w. M. & T. A. "a acres-------- u.
Horton, Mrs. D. j., 81 cres------------ 8.
James N, 8 cres------------ Is.
Houston, Mrs. ]. O., 70 acres----------- l3..
Kennerly, Est, Mrs. M. E., 2S ACRES /.
Kerr, Geo. Lee (Mrs.) & J. T. Horton
Lipe, Glenn L., 20 16.'
Lipe, Mrs. ]. l., 139 20.
Lowrance, E. j., 81 49,:
Lowrance, E. NJ, 113 IL.
Lowrance, E. M. and J. R., Sc acres------ H.: