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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03
CantOnal Elections in France Deal
Sharp Blow to Forces of Fascism
by Burck

PLANTATION, just as was the case of
Doumergue himself around 1913. in
other places still, because it was in
reality and without doubt, left !"
1t means that in those places
where the United Front was not
yet in full force, or where the Com
muniSt Party did not have the mill
tant forces to educate the rank and
file of the radical-Socialists the
radical Socialists were able to win
by sheer trickery-uSing the label
"de gauche"-meaning "the left
wing"
However, it shows that the rank
and file is for the United Front.
The proof lies in the tens of thou
sands of votes cast for the Commu-
mist Party. lie Temps" the Steel
Trust and semi-official organ, puts
it in the following manner:
"Radicalism meaning the Rad
ical-Socialist Party-P. GIL would
be wrong to neglect the discreet
warning which the electors just
gave it. 1t is now, among all the
parties, the one which has the most
certain and immediate interest that
electoral reforms be made on the
basis of proportional representa-
ton [emphasis ours-P.G.]."
What glazing hypocrisy! The fact
is that if proportioTfrsssff- representa-
ton we're law-we mean proper
tional representation without shoe
strings-as that advocated by the
Communist Party, the result Of
this election would tell a tale that
even Mr.. Doumergue and his lieu
tenants, Herriot, Marquet and Tar
dick, couldn't laugh off.
ANOTHER factor which is worth
n while mentioning is that when
the Communist Party of France
published its election platform it
stipulated (because it earnestly
meant to crush fascism and it's al
lied forces) that should the COM
bined forces fail to elect their can
didate, they would forego their own
candidate for a Radical Socialist if
he would openly repudiate the plat
form of his party-which is the
support of the government of de-
cree-laws, combat fascism and fight
for the United Front. Wherever
the Radical-Socialist candidate
took this stand, he was either elected
because of the support of the
United Front given him, or threw
the weight of his candidacy to the
candidate of the United Front. At
Meyzieux in Isere, the Radical
Socialist candidate, representing
the Herriot group, abandoned his
own party after the first ballot
failed to bring him a majority of
votes and threw his support to the
united front of the Socialists and
Communists, rather than enable a
Tardieu candidate Ga fascist can
didate) to get the vote. This caused
the election of a Socialist, which
shows that the fascists did not sue
coed in OBJ aiming the votes of this
particular stratum in spite Of their
demagogy. It also means that these
strata need the activizing and the
education of the Communist lead
ership in order to undo or to free
the middle class and the peasantry
from the poisoning influence which
the Radical-Socialists and the other
social-fascists have been injecting
| into the minds of the rank and file,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03
BY PAUL GREEN

THE cantonal elections, which oc-
Cured on the 7th and 14th of
October, respectively, dealt a blow
to the fascist forces in France. The
cantonal elections are no. national
elections. However, they are ma
tional in the sense that all over
France General Councils" are be-
ing elected for the different de-
partments.
On Oct. 8, that is to say, when
The results of the first ballot were
known, the New York Times
pointed out that the United Front
had received crushing blow. The
results of the first ballot are not,
as rule, the criterion for the first
ballot, although even the first bal
lot did not warrant the remarks
made by the New York Times. The
second ballot, that is to say, the
one held on Oct. IA, is the de-
cisive and final outcome. We were
looking for reports on the latter.
Not a word appeared. We Won
dered why the New York Times,
which reports all the news that's
fit to print" failed to report on the
second ballot. 1t seems that when
the United Front of the Commu-
nists and Socialists, in spite of the
fact that there is no proportional
representation and in spite of the
handicaps of the United Front, i.e.,
lack of radio facilities, lack OF
funds and also the fact that they
were not represented in all depart
ments (States), was able to defeat
the fascist forces, the New York
Times did not consider that as
news fit to print"
We have before us the official
figures of the election. According
to the Minister of the Interior,
Marchandeau, "a Communists were
elected and lis Socialists. The Of
fetal statistics state that before the
election (1934) there were lis So
cialists and II Communists whose
term expired at this election. If
we look again at the official Stats
tics of 1923 (the last election) we
find 125 Socialists and 16 Commu-
nists. Now it can readily be seen
that there is a certain discrepancy.
WHAT is this discrepancy? The
W facts are as follows: About 20
Socialists among those elected in
1928 left the Socialist Party of
France since the reorganization OF
the S. P. of France. AS a conse-
quence there were only los Social
list representatives before the 1884
election, and not lis as stated by
the Minister of the Interior, which
means a gain for the S. P. of 13
new representatives. The Commu-
mist Party platform stipulated that
at the elections-in case at the first
ballot the Socialist candidate is the
most favored one, the Communist
Party will forego its candidate and
throw its weight to the Socialist
candidate, and, if the contrary
should be the case, the S. P. will
throw its weight to the Communist
candidate. AS the result of this
United Front, the s. P. not only
did not lose but increased their
representation.
Of the Is Communists elected to
office in 1928, left the Party; two
in the Department of Aube, l from
Var, 1 from Seine-et-Oise; l from
Allier and / from Seine-Inferieure.
There were, therefore, 10 Commu-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03

Fashion Hosiery Workers Union,
was one of the members of the Ma
tional Strike Committee in Wash
ington with German and Mcmahon. .
1T was this National Strike Com
mittee which betrayed 100000 tex
tile workers striking against Roose-
velt's N.R.A. cotton code of $13.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03

mist representatives before the 1884
election, and not II, as Minister
Marchandeau reports. The 10
Communists were reelected and in
addition "a more Communists won.
The total then is now "a. If we
consider the fact that tens of
thousands of French workers voted
for the Communist candidates, even
though they were not elected be-
cause the ruling class does not wish
proportional representation, we can
Immediately realize the Importance
of this election and the significance
Of United Front among the work
ing class. No wonder the New York
Times shut up like a clam. You
see, it, too, like some of the bour-
geois papers in France, counted it's
chickens before they were Matched.
That the success of the United
Front is evident will be readily
seen when we give you the COM
ments of few representative
French bourgeois papers.
Here is the popular lie Petit
Parisien": 1t Is necessary that we
note that in certain departments,
especially in the Northern part of
France, the Socialist Communist
contingent is especially favorable to
Marcel Cachin's Party Marcel
Cachin is the editor of the official
Communist organ, 'L'Humanite"-
P.G.]. M. Daniel-Vincent, who was
Minister several times, was de-
feated which fact caused conster-
nation in the political ranks OF
Flandre."
Here is an avowal on the part of
a popular bourgeois paper, which
not only acknowledges the effec-
tiveness of the United Front of the
proletariat but shows as well the
fear which such successes cause
among the capitalist class.
lie Journal" another popular
bourgeois paper, says: 1.-THE con-
junction of the Socialist and Com
munist votes has assured the United
Front rather marked successes at
Pas-de Calais and in the Depart
ment du Nord. )"
An important outcome of this
election is the loss of seats OF the
radical-Socialist Party-the party
of Herriot. It's platform is con-
fused one. The leaders of this
party exerted all their energies to
combat and SANDER the United
Front of the working class, and
they lent their full support to the
Doumergue- Tardieu decree-law gov
eminent somewhat like the N. R
Al. Herriot, the leader of the
radical-Socialist group, and others
of the same party, are in the pres
ent cabinet. Their demagogy and
betrayal of their rank and file
caused the loss of 10 seats, and, il
we include the Independent Rad
icals, brothers under a different
skin, the loss reaches to 43 seats
in the General Councils.
HERE is what the radical daily
IL "L'Oeuvre" has to say about
the election:
This canton voted for the Rad
ical Party ON the second ballot, not
only because it claimed to be the
party of Herriot and by this trick
cry, that of Doumergue. In Other
places, the Radical Party was vote6
for for the same local reasons
but also because 1t was stated tt
be of the left without further ex.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03

mist Party in Passaic, where Thomas
is also scheduled to speak, states,
after pointing out that the Socialist
Party administration in Milwaukee
and Bridgeport was not better than
either the Republican or Demo-
cratic administration, and that
Emil Rieve, leading member of the
Socialist Party, president of the Full
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03

THE Central Committee has asked
us to write about our expert
ences in recruiting. Without hest
tation our section committee says
that the Daily Worker is the best
advance guard in our fight for
Bolshevik Party.
In our section we have steel
mill with 1900 workers. We were
wondering how we could start work
within, when we were fortunate
enough to locate a worker in the
mill who has read the Daily Worker
for two years. We found him a
ready and willing Communist, and
promptly signed him up. Within a
week we organized shop unit of
five, all of whom have been read
ing the old copies Of the Daily
Worker given to them by our first
contact.
Here is another recent expert
ence. One of the steel comrades
bought copy of Women Who
Work" a first class pamphlet. The
comrade gave the pamphlet to a
woman silk worker who is an &C
tive leader in a newly organized
local of the United Textile Work
ers' Union. The next time our
comrade saw her, she told him that
she had subscribed to the Working
Woman, which was advertised in
the pamphlet.
This brings me to an important
problem in our work. Many COM
rades complain that they are ham
pered in their Party work by nag
ging wives. These comrades should
stop blaming their wives and in
stead do something constructive,
such as getting her copy of the
Working Woman, and trying to
draw her into the movement.
M. s.,
Section Organizer in Pennsylvania.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03

Emil Rieve, the Socialist, supported
this sell-out. Did the Socialist Party
expel him for this? No, in fact the
Socialist Party fully supported Cor
man. In face of these simple facts,
is the Socialist Party leadership de-
Tending the interests Of the work.
ing class7"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03
Party Life
A Few Suggestions
For Improving
Election Campaign

I'VE listened to many speakers Of
| the Communist Party, and here
are mistakes that are generally
made by everyone of them. The
speakers on the street corners will
speak about everything in the world
but will not explain what Commu-
nism is. I am a building trades
worker, so that I shift my JOBS
frequently and therefore can get
an idea what the average workers
idea of Communism is. I've worked
for four bosses since April. The
average worker thinks that Com
muniSln is a state of things where
all means of production and means
of consumption are divided equally
amongst everybody and that looks
ridiculous to them. Why shouldn't
the speaker on the street corner
state and define Communism?
Another fault is the failure some
times to get large crowd of lis
teners, especially on the busy cor
ners of 10th St. and Walton Ave,
Bronx, despite the loud speakers.
Other speakers from other parties
like the Socialist or Industrial
Union League do get large crowds,
due to the regularity of their meet
ings. Why can't Unit %, Section
5, which is functioning in that ter
ritory, have its meetings regularly
on the same night Of the week, as
other parties do. The cause OF the
success of their meetings is that
their adherentS and sympathizers
know that on that night their party
is speaking. Our sympathizers feel
the same way. Especially is it de-
sirable to have open-air meetings
on Friday or Saturday nights, be-
cause on the next morning most
workers do not work, so that they
can stay out later. That would also
give chance for our committee
in charge as we'll as other comrades
to finish the job begun by the
speakers. 1t is habit for comrades
to leave the meeting after it is ad-
journed, thus giving chance all
opposing elements to destroy all ia
vorable impression left on them by
the official speakers.
1, Party member, and belonging
to a concentration unit, Unit rs,
Section 5, cannot do anything about
it. See to it that the sections in
struct their units and members to
correct these shortcomings. Time
| is valuable. The polls are near, So
please hurry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03
Dye Strikers Win
Picketing Right

Continued from Page y
The Washington times., 1934-02-23
NE NJ BERSH|PS
FREE To X-9
Gh
6: FOLLOWERS

Boys and girls of Washington,
nearby Maryland and Virginia
interested followers of the new
Washington Times adventure
strip, Secret Agent X-9," will rave
opportunities tomorrow to become
members Of the Secret Agent
No" club, now forming and COM
posed Of adventure lovers and
aspiring juvenile detectives"
Five theaters in this area will
present honorary Secret Agent
X9 memberships to the first Is
hbys and girls attending the first
Matinees of the theaters in this
group, and will be presented their
80 badges free.
The first Is appearing at the
first matinee tomorrow Of the
LEADER Theater, Ninth and E
Streets Northwest, will see FL
Brendel in "Olson's Big Moment"
and Tom Keene in Gross Fire. "
Those who see the show at the
Hippodrome, Ninth and New York
Avenue Northwest. will see Con-
stance Bennett in After Tonight"
and Clyde Beatty in THE Big
Cage"
The first Is appearing at the
first matinee of the Cameo The
ater, Mt. Rainier, Md, will see
''Son Of Kong" and Buck Jones
In "Ghost City" At Hyattsville,
tie Arcade presents Bruce Cabot
I'm "Midshipman jack" and Ken
Maynard in Gun Justice" The
Arcade in Rockville, is showing
Ken Maynard in Gun Justice"
The time for appearance at
@ese first matinees is as follows:
~Leader Theater, 10 a. M; Hip
podrome Theater, 1870 p. M; Ar
.cade, Hyattsville. 2:30 p. m;
Cameo, Mt. Rainier, 2:30 p. M;
Arcade, Rockville, 2::30 D. m.
The Washington times., 1934-02-23
LONG ENEMIES
RAP SENATE

Charges that the Senate Is de
liberately ignoring the fraud and
corruption" of Senator Huey P.
Long CD of Louisiana, were made
in a petition received and referred
yesterday to the Committee on
Privileges and Elections, which
has before it resolution to in
vestigate the activities OF the
Louisiana Senator.
The petition came from the
Women's Committee Of Louisiana
and was submitted by Mrs. Hilda
Phelps Hammond. The petition
said:
This accused Senator Is
welding such nefariOus In.
fluence in the Senate as to put
that body in the position OF not
only preventing the public ex'
posture of his fraud and cOrrup
ton, but. of cOndOning 1t.
"ThuS is presented to the pub
lie the fsrcicaI picture Of the
Senate, on the one hand, very
properly investigating at this
time the fraud, corruption or
reprehensibIe conduct charged
by it against private citizens Of
the United States, and, on the
other hand, deliberately ignOr-
ing the fraud and corruption
which has been practiced by one
of it's own members"
The Washington times., 1934-02-23
HEAD
UPFOR HONOR

John F. Dryden, executive COM
mander of The Crusaders here
in their battle for repeal, has been
nominated for the Law Enforce
ment Medal of the United States
Flag Association.
This medal will be presented to
the man who, in the opinion Of
the jury Of award, did most to
advance and promote law en-
forcement here last year.
Others who have been nomi-
mated for the award are DR.. John
r. Fitzpatrick, dean Of the Met
ropolitan Police School Of Crimi-
nology at Columbus University,
and Sergt. Raymond Roberts OF
the Fire MarShal's office.
Tomorrow is the last day on
which nominations will be re-
ceiVed
The Washington times., 1934-02-23
Pittsburgh Mayor
Studies Baltimore

BALTIMORE. Feb. % UN.SJ
The city administration was host
today to Mayor william N. Nc,
Nair, of Pittsburgh. who said he
came here to seek first hand In.
formation of the operation Of
8altimore'S famed economical
city government.
!. McNair, who visited all the de-
Partments of the city administra-
lion, conferred for more than two
hours with Budget Director Her
bert Fallin, and upon leaving
said it is probable he will eStab-
6Sh an efficiency and economy
beard in Pittsburgh, patterned at.
Ter the one here,
The Washington times., 1934-02-23

Worry! Worry! WOrryI The solu-
ton to many Of your varied problems
can be found In the WANT AID SEC
TON of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1934-02-23

HOPE LODGE TO MEET
Hope Lodge No. Z, Order Of the
Shepherds Of Bethlehem, will meet
at the Odd Fellows Temple, 400
block Seventh st. N. w., tonight
at 8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1934-02-23

Three golden layers orange CO.
conut cake, favored with fresh
oranges-cream icing topped
with coconut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-20
A Daily Story
 Real Life
THE SILK PURSE A A

I-about?"
 Maybe a year. Or year and a half. But eventually ''I sold it." Aurelia said, fully furnished, to Winston Melville Fri day morning, at net profit-in- cluding the cost of the parties which were purely and simply a selling campaign, you understand of thirty-one hundred dollars. Subject, of course, to your ap- proval. told Win"-she smiled adorably-"that I could almost take that for granted. The papers aren't all quite fixed up yet. I was waiting to tell you until they had been. We are moving-if you agree -on the first of the month, to the loveliest Early American place I've found"
 Holy curly headed catfish!" Ted gasped. S'But you're a cool one! There is Santa Claus, and you're his understudy! I'm kneeling in the mud at your feet, and all that! But Aunt Clar;s--"
 "--is tickled spitless. She thinks she helped me put it through. It was she, you know, who brought the Melvilles over. She thanks God, she says that there. is at least one other business woman in the family"
 Ted stared deep into his wife's eyes. Nobody knows" he said, "how right she isl" And swept Aurelia into his arms.
 THE END
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-20
GARDEN

Place much divorced philan-- dress. Q young impressionable girl looking for experience, a silly, giddy wife. Q suave lover and a suspicious husband together under ohe roof for q hectic weekend and you have an idea of the hilarious and
 Sophisticated situations which make up the plot of "should ladies Behavel', which opens nt the New Garden theater to-day For a two day showing as the latest of Metro c Gold wyn- Mayors suc- cessful farce comedies. In its jux- Imposition Of mixed romances. loves. hates and jealousies. the pie ture is funny enough and with such talented players as Lionel
 Barrymore, Alec Brady. Conway Katharine Alexandcr. Mary Carlisle and William Janney iili- Ing the leading roles. the various amusing incidents are played fo the full. Considerable credit must
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-20
In The Local TheaterS
STATE

Laughs and beauty abound in Paramount's Search for Beauty" and which features the 30 perfect young men and women chosen by the studio from among more than 176,000 contestants in all English speaking countries If the world, opening at the Warner State to- morrow.
 James Gleason and Robert Arm strong furnish a riot of fun and are convincing in their roles of crook prom oters. Leading honors are shared by Ida Lupino. young English actress, and Larry Bus ter" Crabbee, former Olympic swimming champion. Gertrude Michael and Toby Wing give ex- cellent performances.
 The story deals with the efforts of crooked promoters to cash in on health and beauty racket, using Crabbee and Miss Lupino as unwilling come-ons. The crooks lose out on their own scheme as their fronts assert themselves in s''"' r'sing manner with amusing results, .tt.s
 The companion feature is R. K. O. Radios smash hit "The Lost PatroY', featuring Victor McLag- len, Boris Karloff, Reginald Dem ny. Wallace Ford and others. The story of soldiers who guard the desert strongholds of their country.
 Hostile Arabs surround the des- ert oasis in which they are making their last heroic stand. To move beyond the fringe of sheltering palms Is to meet destruction, swift and terrible, aas,
 Heat, hunger and uncertainty torture them as they await their doom. Some face the end with laughing gallantry, speaking of past loves and gay adventures. others grow sullen and restive,. while the reason of one totters to leave him a pathetic, but noble,e madman. And always the circle of saber masked sand mounds within the oasis grows. ,@
 McLaglen has what he considers a fine role as an actor ever could be given, as the steel nerved, iron willed sergeant, while Karloff plays a tremendously dramatic. part as a religious zealot.
 John Ford directed the produc- ton, and other members of the east are Alan Hale, Billy Bevan, Sainmy Stein, Douglas Walton, Paul Hanson, Brandon Hurst, J. M. Kerrigan and Howard Wilson.
 Performances tonight conclude the engagement of Fashion Fols lies of 1884" and Bombay Mall"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-20

Hold hard, honey,' Ted said, slipping an arm aro,iAd her and driving with one hand. Tt may not be so bad, you know"
 "Oh," Aurelia said. .'I could die! All my life my familys arranged everything for me, and now yours has begun! Where is the damned house."
 "Cloverly.'
 There was a long silence. And, then: Ut would be-" Aurelia said.
 Cloverly was, perhaps, the pick of all the suburbs; the most con- servative, presentable and exclu- sive.
 When-their honeymoon over they came back to it, and the house, and had gone all over the latter.
 "There's everything here" Aur- ella said, in a tone of dead, hope less resignation, that I hate the most. It Is the illegitimate child of the two worst periods in Amer. ican architecture. And so fright fully suitable and best -peopleish and valuable that our childrren's children's children will have their lives ruined by it! Oh, Terry, wasA mt the woman every young? Hasn't she got q smidgin of imag- ination about what makes d brides wheels go round? ?'i
 "No," Ted said gently, "---on both counts. But she's d dear"
 And he sat down by her. 'IET ME CRY \ 1c t LITTLE, WILL YOU?"
 She leaned over, against him. Let me cry q, little, will you? You remember that part in the service where it says, for better--or worse? We'll this is it." ..
 Which is one way, of course, for q young married couple to start out together.
 The first thing she did-after she had thanked Aunt Clara for their ''lovely new home with a cordiality and sweetness that warmed the old lady's heart-was to buy furniture.
 She thrust her own things into storage, acquired books, advice and magazines on the subject, and, after three weeks of violent activ- ity. led Ted into the midst, of his new and completely furnished home.
 "Who on earth would ever have thought" he said walking with her from room to room, "that this dump could be made to look like this?"
 Everything in it's been changed at least three times. And. oh, Ted dy, the money I've spent. But cooking her head with the pride of the creator-"it does look rather right. now, doesn't it"
 "Right? It's perfect! You're a genius.'
 1T am, anyhow" she admitted, a taker of infinite pains And what I've learned about furniture-!"