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The daily worker., 1934-03-26

ber of the newspapers which they are pub
fishing, such an action means something.
People fear deviation more than they fear
death. In the struggle against the Right devia-
tion as the main danger, and against the Left
deviation the Comintern has grown, strength
ened and become Bolshevised during the Is
years of its existence and during the ten years
since Lenin's dath.
Brockway of the L L. P. reprosches the
Comintern for the fact that the Communist
Parties of the capitalist countries have fought
together with the c. P. S. U, against deviations
in our Party But the questions which have
been decided by this struggle were questions
upon which the fate of the whole world labor
movements depended. In this struggle against
deviations on two fronts the Comintern has
achieved rock-like unity and solidarity Of its
ranks which no power can shake. Loud ap
pIause) Not one section of the Comintern
wavered after the advent of the fascsts to power
in Germany. Remmele and Neumann in Ger
many were unable to piece together defeatist
group in the ranks of the c. P. G.. Guttman in
Czechoslovakia was politically liqudated in
twenty-foUr hours; he did not carry single
man with him after his expulsion from the
Party. And this iron unity constitutes the great
strength of the Comintern in the face Of war
in the face of fascism, in the face of the Second
International which is already falling to pieces
even before the outbreak of war.
Only think, comrades, how the Comintern
The daily worker., 1934-03-26

the defensive" at a time when
Communism is decisively on the up
grade, in every country in the world.
And also debate with free-lancer
who has absolutely no following
whatsoever.
Without clear understanding of
the Policy of our Party we cannot
attempt to win the majority of the
workers. There are many ways to
clarity our comrades. The Daily
Worker is not appreciated to the
fullest extent by many Of our COM
rades. In my opinion steps must at
once be taken in the section and
units to see that every comrade
reads the Daily Worker or his
language paper, if he cannot read
English.
Raising the Political Level
At no time in the history of our
Party have we had such an ex-
cellent selection of books and pam
phlets on the labor movement and
Communism as at the present time,
The daily worker., 1934-03-26
Applying Open Letter in York
Among Great Lakes Dockers

Why does this work become i'm
portant?
First, it would be safe to say that
rs per cent Of the new materials
Gron, ore, etc. used in the steel
mills are transported via the Great
Lakes. and with the approaching
imperialist wars what other industry
is more important than the steel
industry?
Secondly, there exists at the pres
ent time only two organizations of
any size, LILA. unions of Longshore-
men in Buffalo and Duluth, with a
vast amount of sailors, ore and coal
dock workers, elevator men, etc,
that have no organization whatever.
1t becomes the duty of the Party
and the revolutionary trade unions
to root itself into this mass of work
ers who have special grievances be-
cause of the work lasting only seven
months year and for five months
they are on relief.
Furthermore, no attempts have
been made to organize opposition
groups in the LILA unions, with the
exception of Duluth where we have
The daily worker., 1934-03-26
Must Face Broadest Masses With Program

G. P. in the background. And when
we are found out, we apologize for
the Party. Comrades in the Party
need no apology. We must boldly
bring forward the program of our
Party and at the same time thor
oughly expose the role of the re-
formists and reactionaries-tthe So
cialist Party, A. F. of L., etc..
The political understanding of our
comrades as yet is at very low
level (altho we can record some i'm
provement). Let me state one ex-
ample: A few days ago the COM
rades in Unemployed Council
Branch No. sc arranged a debate
between an ex-Wobbly and Com
rade E on the following sub
iect Resolved: That Communism is
a hindrance Rather than Help to
the Labor Movement" Fortunately,
this state of affairs was brought to
the attention of the leading COM
rades and the debate was cancelled.
Imagine comrade having to take
The daily worker., 1934-03-26
Continued from preceding page)

the proletariat, shows what these classes will
be capable of in the moment of war by what
monstruous iniquities they will try to main
tain their rule.
What is happening at the present time in
the fascist prisons Of Germany puts in the
shade all hitherto existing forms of white
terror. The fascist Storm Troopers and their
methods are an exact replica Of the brutal
whiteguard rascals and their drunken savagery
ss displayed by Denikin's intelligence service.
During the so-ealled national revolution" in
Germany over 1000 Communists have been
killed, tens Of thousands Of workers houses have
been sacked, hundreds Of thousands of work
ers suspected of sympathy for Communism were
deprived of work and relief.
And under these conditions the German
Communist Party has not only kept 100000 of
It's members but is growing still further. ZAP
plause0
Every Communist of such an illegal Party
represents pure proletarian gold. In the
scales of history he weighs more than the tens
of thousands of those who voted until recently
for social democracy. All honor and glory to
the German Communist Party and it's Central
Committee and to its leader Comrade Thael-
mann, who have fostered such cadres! The
Communist International, comrades, already
has many tens of thousands of such Comnun-
lists in the capitalist world. And these tens
Of thousands Of Communist rank and file men,
bers, who will rally millions around them in
the process of the revolutionary battles, are
more feared by the world bourgeoise than the
millions Of members which social democracy
now has. The conduct of George Dimitroff has
won the admiration Of the world. (The dele
gates rise and applaud. Cries of 'Bravo!")
The conduct of George Dimitroff is that con-
duct worthy of Communist which in other
and more obscure circumstances has been dis
played by thousands of Communist rank and
file members in all capitalist countries, con-
duct which Lenin and Stain have taught the
Bolshevik Party and which other sections of
the Communist International have learned
from it. (Applause Is not the Hamburg
worker, Luetgens who died under the fascist
axe with the cry: Long live the world prole-
tartan revolution!" man of the same Bolshe-
vik stamina as Dimitroff?
The daily worker., 1934-03-26
BY S. A. LORRIS,
(ex-FOrd Worker)

It is a crime to underestimate the
rehabilitation of the masses and the
desire of the workers for organiza-
ton. The strike struggles and mass
demonstrations against wage cuts,
speed-up, hunger and starvation, for
higher wages, unemployment insur-
ance, and for betterment Of the gen.
eral conditions, proves that the
workers are ready to organize and
fight.
Struggles in Detroit
We, here in this gigantic proleta-
rian city, have witnessed heroic
strike struggles of Briggs, Motor
Products, Hudson workers, against
wage cuts, and other grievances in
the shops. During the course of
these strikes Ford, fearing the strike
in his plant, dashed down and lock-
ed out the workers to prevent the
strike reaching his shops.
On May l, following these strikes
65, 900 workers from two concentra-
ton points marched with their revo-
The daily worker., 1934-03-26
The Fight on TWo Fronts Against
OpportUHiSm

Those whom they call Manchurian bandits
are our brothers, Chinese workers and peas
ants who are fighting against the interven-
ton Of japanese Imperialism. Japanese i'm
perlalism is making an onslaught on the So
viets which have already been formed in
China and plotting an attack on the Soviet
Union-our proletarian fatherland, . But
an attack on the country of Soviet workers
and peasants means an attack on ourselves,
the Japanese workers and peasants" cloud
applause)
There are tens of thousands of such letters
and articles. And this is the genuine voice
of worker and peasant of Japan, to which the
The daily worker., 1934-03-26

a model of mass Bolshevik work, reproducing
down to the smallest details the methods Of
work employed by our Party when it was il
legal-the same urge towards the factories, the
same ability to get hold of the most everyday
needs of the workers, in order to put before
them the main questions of the class struggle,
the same clear, precise and simple style of
proclamstions and articles, the classic masters
of which were the Russian Bolsheviks. Dur
ing recent times the active work Of the Com
munists has been intensified to an extraor-
dinary degree in the war factories. During
several years, despite huge losses, the central
organ of the Party, sekki cThe Red Flag has
not ceased to appear. The Communist Party
publishes paper for the soldiers, The Sol
diers Friend, a paper for the sailors at Kobi,
The daily worker., 1934-03-26
Parties Fight HerOicalIy for
InterndtiOHdLiSm

Such Party cannot but win the confidence
lions around it, And of those five million who,
according to the fascist statistics, voiced their
protest against the fascist government in No
vember Of last year, the overwhelming ma iority
are without doubt Communists for only Com
munists could be unafraid of receiving fascist
bullet in return for their vote or refusal to
vote.
Has not another Communist Party which is
playing an important part-the Communist
Party of Japan-already stood this Bolshevik
test? During the nine months alone according
to the extremely incomplete figures which find
their way into the bourgeois press, about 5000
Communists and Y. c. L. members were ar
rested in Japan And none the less dozens of
new Communist forces are rising up in Japan
to replace each arrested Communist The
japanese Communist Party is training up a
steel Bolshevik generation.
Here is one example for you young girl,
member of the Y. c. L. who was subjected
to tortures for six weeks, not only did not
give information but to the astonishment of
the fascist hangmen, did not utter groan,
did not pronounce a single word
Only the Communist Party of Japan is con-
Quoting courageous struggle in the country
against the war in China under conditions Of
japanese social democracy is proclaiming that
socialism is being built in Manchuria
1t is giving to all sections Of the Comintern
The daily worker., 1934-03-26
By s. STOKES, Dist. 9

The deepening of the general
crisis of capitalism, which brings
closer the danger of imperialist war,
makes it even more important for us
to have a correct understanding of
the 18th Plenum and the Open Let
ter in order to carry on our work in
o Bolshevik manner.
We can do this only by bringing
forward our shortcomings an d
achievements in the pre-convention
discussions and the convention dis
cussion itself.
The Open Letter points out the
Importance of making a decisive
turn in our work in order to root
our Party in the basic industries
(mining, steel, marine, etc. The
Draft eRsolution to the 9Th Con-
vention correctly states that this
turn has not yet been made.
The draft resolution however fails
to mention the importance of the
work in the marine industry on the
Great Lakes.
The daily worker., 1934-03-26

shop. Let us not think that this is
another document, but it is mir
ror in which we can see every point
of our decisions. Let us keep this
mirror before our eyes and not in
the desks. We must check up on
every point, and carry it through.
District Organizer and the Org. Sec
retary, must have a copy Of this
plan, check up on it every week, see
to it that the work is carried out
by the District Organizer. by the
Section Committee Of Ford concen-
trstion and street units and by all
the other sections where Ford work.
ers are living. If not carried on,
find out wly2 Arrange meetings
and discuss details with them and
help to carry them out.
If we do not take seriously the
problem of organizing the Ford
workers then our application of the
Open Letter will be wrong. Fifty
thousand workers are working at
River Rouge Plant. One who doesn't
understand or overlooks the serious
ness Of organizing this gigantic
army in basic industry like the
automobile, neglects the value Of the
Open Letter. One who understands
and carries out the Open Letter by
organizing the Ford workers. can see
what a political effect it will have
on the world if there is q strike of
$4,000 workers in the Ford shop.
There Is Ground for q Strike
We must prepare to have q strike
in the immediate future in Ford's by
systematic Bolshevik work in and
around the shop. There is mass dis
content of workers against low
wages and other grievances. Lead
ing comrades who are assigned to
work with the groups must attend
their meetings and carry out their
tasks. A systematic check up shall
take place on them. Other leading
comrades in the District and the
sections must visit the street units
and take up the problems of getting
groups of Ford workers together
Doing so, we will be able to
strengthen the Party units and
Union branches in Ford's and or
ganize and lead the strike In Ford's,
Let us work with more Bolshevik
energy and we will get very good
results.
Workers are ready to organize and
fight. Let us give them leadership,
The daily worker., 1934-03-26

a peasant paper, all filled with correspondence
from the factories, from the barracks and the
japanese countryside. A whole system of
splendidly organized factory newspapers COM
pletes this picture Of the work of the Japanese
Communist Party 1t is difficult, comrades,
to read without deep emotion these papers in
which every word breathes a spirit of pro-
letarian indignation against exploitation and
of Leninist-stahnist struggle against imperial
ism and war.
One of these factory newspapers which is
published at the Nitsubisi plant writes as fol-
lows.
The daily worker., 1934-03-26

hand of Brotherhood and proletarian solidarity.
loud applause)
Comrades, has not the weu-organized and
well-conducted transition to an illegal position
of the majority Of our sections during the last
few years been a Bolshevik test Of the stamina
Of the sections of the Comintern2
But if the sections Of the Comintern have
stood this historic test, then it is just because
they have learned from our great teachers,
Lenin and Stain, and from the model Party,
the CP.s,U, to observe Bolshevik irreconcila-
bility towards every kind Of opportunist vacil-
lation and deviation
When a group of rank and file comrades In
Germany meets in the woods some dozen times
in order to satisfy themselves that no political
mistakes or deviations have crept into a num-
The daily worker., 1934-03-26
Work Steel and Role the
Discussion in Communist
and "Party Organizer" !"
ANNOUNCEMENT

With the peCOnvenon Discussion drawing to close and
with articles still the the Daily
Worker being taxed it is the Discussion Com
mission decided utilize the of the April the
Communist and the Party Organizer well Both Of these
issues being that they be
available before the opening of the Convention.
Literature agents should order extra quantities of the Com
munist" and the Party Organizer" in advance.
The April Communist" will carry the following articles by
Comrade Jchnsne the Pittsburgh Distrct zack Trade
Union Work Adams the inner life the Party and
winning the majority of the workers.
The Party Organizer viii include the articles by comrades
Baltimore; Roman language
Youngstown; Feld A. F. of L. work in Cincinna Weinen
Railroad work Chicago secon Gebert work the
socyards; Shear mining fields
unemployed work among Negroes.
PRE- CONVENTION DISCUSSION COMMISSION.
The daily worker., 1934-03-26
BY A. FRASER
(Agitprop, Sect. |. Dist. 81

tAgitprop, Sect. l, Dist. 81
The Thirteenth Plenum of the E
9. c. I. in its resolution raises very
sharply the necessity of our Agita-
ton and press being addressed to
the broadest strata of the toiling
masses. Here is what it says:
'The content and language of
agitation and the press must
henceforth be addressed to the
broadest strata of the proletariat,
and the toilers, showing the face
of the Communist Party, both in
agitation and in mass action"
For many months the Section and
the units have been discussing this
question But SO far we have not
been able to transform our discus
sion into action. And we must say
that We have not reached the
"hroadest strata of the workers"
1t seems to me that we are afraid
TO talk to the workers in the name
Of our Party. We always keep the
The daily worker., 1934-03-26
LEADERS OF THE WORLD REVOLUTION

The group picture
OF Lenin, Stain and
Kabnin was ken
during the stormy
days Of the establish
ment of Soviet Power
in the U. S. 8. r.
The daily worker., 1934-03-26

done is by organizing the unor-
ganized longshoremen into tn e
longshoremen section of the MWIU,
build strong opposition groups in
The daily worker., 1934-03-26

the ILA., build strong MWIU
among the sailors and in this way
will we be able to strengthen the
Party.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-18
LAW SEEKING
To CUT COST
Of ELECTIONS
County Clerk Recommends Re-
turn To Old System OF Reg
istering Voters

High cost of elections in Imper-
ial county will be cut considerably
if plans advocated by Edward H.
Law, county clerk, are put into
effect. Law and Clarence Hinderks,
his chief deputy, appeared before
Elmer Heald, district attorney, this
morning with his plan which has
already received the approval of
the grand jury.
The district attorneys IS office will
formulate the recommendations
made by Law into proper legal
form for presentation to the ap-
preaching session of the state legis-
lature. 1t is estimated that the
recommendation will save SO per
cent of the present election ex-
penSes for the county.
Total costs of the two elections
for the county this year were over
$20,000,' Law said this morning in
explaining the outline he had CIV
en- the district attorney, "the
county's costs for ballots along
having been over $4,000, most of
which is entirely unnecessary. -
Law recommends doing away
with permanent registration and a
return to the old system of regis
tering voters every other year be-
cause the present system is not sat-
isfactory and carrying these regis
trations costs the taxpayers ap-
proximately 81 each. Imperial coun-
ty will show about 1000 of such reg
itration which have left here before
January l of this year, he said.
Elimination of unnecessary mail
ing of sample ballots is also rec
commended by the county clerk as
we'll as the printing of an excessive
number of official ballots which
are never used
AS to the printing of indices Law
pointed out that this item cost the
county $500 this year These are
not official and are of no benefit
to anyone in connection with the
election with the possible exception
of politicians.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-18
SWING SAYS
EAST SECTOR
CONSIDERED.
Speed On Operations West Of
Calexico Will Necessitate
Seeking New Field
SEVEN MILES COMPLETED
Crew Rapidly Approaching
Westside Main Canal As Ex-
cavation Work Is Pushed

Success of the force account op-
erations on the All-American canal
route west of Calexico augur we'll
for a continuation of this work it
was indicated by developments to-
day. Since this work was first un-
dertaken persistent efforts have
been made to secure all that tract
along the canal route between the
central main canal and the sand
hills for force account construction.
That force account work on the
canal will in all probability be
transferred to the area east of
Calexico within a short time was
inferred in a telegram received this
morning by the irrigation district
from Phil D. Swing who is now In
Washington, D. c., as special rep
resentative of the district for the
approaching session of congress.
In his telegram Swing says he Is
informed that it is necessary to
select new section of the canal
east of Calexico for transfer of the
force account work. He says that
"field forces are crowding the in
vestigation and a new program will
be worked out in time to prevent
the interruption of the work when
the canal west of Calexico is COM
pleted.'
From the present status of the
work in the sector west of Calex-
leo it is evident that the workers
there will be ready to make the
move before the time first expect
ed. On october % the first quota
of rs teamsters with their 4-up
mule teams started work at point
three miles west of Calexico. The
entire strip to be worked on was
liz miles to the west side main
canal.
Today, according to information
received from the local reemploy-
ment office, which has assigned
the men to this work, seven miles
have been covered and the teams
are now working near the Mt. Sig
nal school house. This means that
when the Westside canal is reach
ed new scene of operations must
be provided for the force account
workers.
Swing Working at Capital
This, it is hoped, will be found In
(COntinued On Pare Sl
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-18
WASHINGTON, Dec, 18 0I.p)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 U.PO -
Brig. Gen. Alfred T. Smith, in
charge of army intelligence, charg-
ed today before house investigat-
ing committee that Communists
were attempting to break down the
morale of the army and navy.
He said that while the effect so
far has been negligible, attempts
were being made to penetrate the
military service and bring about
civil warfare in event of another
war.
The testimony was given before
the house committee which, has
been investigating Nazi activity and
now has swung to Communism.
Establishment of Communist
party "cell"at one army post two
years ago was discovered, he said,
and similar activities spread to the
National Guard and Navy.
Good looking girls have. been
used by Communist organizations
to try to win over navy enlisted
men, Comdr. v. l.. Kirkman testi-
fled.
Kirkman said that whenever the
fleet came into port small groups
of good looking" girls and male
companions would come down to
the ships. The men poked litera-
ture into port holes and the girls
picked up" sailors and argued
that they turn Communist.
Kirkman said the literature was
designed to incite mutiny and re-
bellion."'
Existence of the attempt to
undermine morale has been borne
out by the discovery of various hand
bills and literature in all classes of
the army, he testified.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-18
PUBLISHERS EXPRESS THANKS
President Of Riverside-San Bernardino Unit
Pleased With Visit

In behalf of the Riverside-San
Bernardino counties unit of the
California Newspaper Publishers
association, Lloyd E. Tiernan OF
Barstow, president of the unit, to-
day sent the following letter to w.
c. Costello, president of the I'm
perial Valley Newspaper Publish
ers' association, expressing thanks
for the courtesies and good time
given to members of the unit on the
occasion of their visit here last
Saturday!
w. G. Costello, President,
Imperial Valley Publishers Associa-
ton,
Ell Centre, California.
Dear Sir:
We wish to thank you and the
newspapers of Imperial Valley, and
through your newspapers express
our appreciation to the Associated
Chambers of Commerce. the hotels
and the merchants OF your COM
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-18

| Kenzie to call a sympathy strike
did not designate the area in which
such strike might be called.
Union officials were quoted pre-
viously, however, as saying that a
sympathy strike probably would be
confined to the Los Angeles harbor
area "at first"
The Pacific Electric system, a sub
sidiary of the Southern Pacific,
handles much of the freight traffic
in the harbor area.
Conference of the union leaders,
gathered from Portland, Ogden,
Salt Lake City, Ell PaSo and Los
Angeles, opened with general ses-
sion which was addressed by Mac
Kenzie.
The meeting broke up into group
conferences representing the vari-
Gus roads.
All the groups voted in favor of a
sympathy strike.
The general session was to be re-
sumed after noon recess, for discus
sion of plans and organization.
The action of the meeting today
was believed to have brought the
Pacific Electric dispute to a crisis,
with company officials and the
workers in a deadlock following all
day conferences yesterday.
Negotiations, under the leadership
of the national mediation board,
will be resumed tomorrow, how
ever.