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The daily worker., 1934-12-26
LABO ORATORY
and SHOP b. David Ramsey

ventors with material and technical
help, pushes important ideas, and
represents the inventors before gov
eminent bodies. It has done much
to raise the technical qualifications
Of its membership.
To stimulate this mass creative
movement the government set up
the Committee on Inventions Of the
Council Of Labor and Defense. This
body issues certificates Of discovery
and patents. II is the clearing
house Of technical information for
industries on the lookout for the
latest technical innovations.
The government further facilitates
invention by setting aside fifty per
cent Of all savings realized fram
discoveries and naturalization pro-
posals. OF these sums. ten per cent
is turned over to the Society OF In.
ventors; the rest is devoted TO soly-
ing research problems.
The significance Of patents and
certificates Of discovery differs in
the u S. S. r. from the customs
prevailing in capitalist countries.
There are patents similar to those
in capitalist countries, but these are
issued principally to foreigners. T'hs
Soviet inventor does not become the
private owner of his discovery. But
he is rewarded, in addition 10 hav~
ing permanent economic security
and never having to fear that his
invention will be stolen or pigeon
holed He receives q certificate
which testifies to his being the dis
coverer Of the particular innaYa-
ton. AS soon as it is applied in
dustrislly, he receives 25 per cent
Of his premium in advance and the
rest when it is determined how
much it saves and so on.
There is no monopoly Of inven-
tions such as prevails in capitalist
countries. Every invention is made
available to every industry that will
find it useful. For this reason if a
patent is granted to a Soviet cit
izsn, he must make it available for
industrial application within three
years. After that time the patent
is voided. and the discovery is ap-
plied without compensation to the
inventor
AS with all other fields of Soviet
activity invention is very carefully
planned. and is an important part
of social economic planning. The
problems confronting industry are
posed in an organized manner. and
they are worked out in conjunction
with the inventors organizations.
The most important problsms of the
moment are widely published so
that every worker knows lust what
innovation is most urgently needed
by industry.
Besides the work of special insti-
tutes and inventors organizat tions
the suggestions Of individual work
ers in the plants and factories are
Immediately picked up. They are
furnished with technical assistance,
and the discovery is put on prae-
tical basis with their active par
ticipation. II the worker-inVentor
shows special promise, he is sent to
technical schools where his gifts
can be trained for a higher degree
of utilization 1t is significant that
half Of Professor Joffe's world
famous staff of research assistants
at the Institute of Applied Physics
are former worker-inVentors
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
The Sailors of Cattaro

GONE the people who the play while granting its
power problem presents
is limited the American working class They for
example the play
Cataro and its analysis of
the the failure of the sureon does the
appeal American workers would dealing with
specific problems with conflicts based the aeuales
Of the contemporary American
Nobody will deny that if of dramatic force
with political development presented in
dealing problems working
the should consideration the
actual revolutionary theatres
y with these qualities playwrights with
understanding problems the
revolution do not yet exist here
building the architecture revolutionary theatre They
with only the elementary problems
political agecrsft Their only the first awakenngs
political both the author and the audi
follow this, that, foreign play exists which
higher level with deeper fundamental
aspects the the of the world working
play sight produced until
workers like the Austrian had their instructions
among revolt in the Pacific Fleet?
consideration would
which appeared English translation like
Berlin Storm the Ruhr which deal with the
fights the civil the
should published
America workers mounted barriead armed them
for the nsurrection.
The daily worker., 1934-12-26

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The daily worker., 1934-12-26
Revolutionary Poet
Halls Foundations
in Huge lOe Edition
By IsIDoR SCHNEIDER

Revolutionary will the American
workers have. But revolutionary
knowledge we still lack. To eireu-
late basic theoretical material
among the masses of workers is a
task to which every class conscious
worker and intellectual should dedi-
cate himself.
This 100000 copy edition of
Stalin's Foundations Of Leninism,
especially calls for our devotion. In
it three of the greatest minds, three
of the greatest achieverS of the
world revolution are brought to us.
For Leninism is Marxism Of the i'm
perialist stage of capitalism, and
Stain is Lenin's clearest and most
creative exp0under
From my experience of nearly
twenty years in capitalist publishing
houses, I may add that, at 10 cents,
this book of nearly 10000 words
full size book, is triumphing Of
publishing for the people.
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
BY MICHAEL GOLD

IT SEEMS though the plays running in New York
agitating a great many people, Today, comes this
lengthy communication from one of our most talented
poets about the Theatre Unions present play Friedrich
VOLTS Sailors of Cattaro'
Il want to voice my appreciation of what consider
tn important political play America by
revolutionary organization refer to the Theatre Unions
Sailors of Cattaro.
1T that the Sailors, both of dramatic
workmanship political
above either Sevedore Earth.
The variety and actualy of working class characters the subt
its understanding of the differences within the borgeoe ITSELF
the clarity and depth of its undertaking of the problem of rev
ALL realism with which
the whole plot presented mark it, for the outstanding
duction of the Theatre Union to date
The daily worker., 1934-12-26

duction, was the ration price. The
other was the high price that pre-
vailed in the open market
BY establishing wide distribution
at a government price much lower
than that which was the level in
the open market, the government
drives down open market prices to
the scale set by the cooperative and
state stores, and in addition does
away with the sources of specula-
tion in bread
Thus the rise in wages will enable
the worker to meet the rise in the
price of bread. And then the low
retail prices in the stores will wipe
out speculation, and enable a freer
flow of bread to the entire popula-
ton.
The lowering of bread prices will
lead to the lowering of other food
products. In this connection it is
important to note that the Second
Five Year Plan will increase the
real wages of the workers by over
100 per cent. This will be accom-
plished by raising wages and lower
ing retail prices so that in 1887 the
worker will be able to buy twice
as much with his wages as he did in
1882, Already his real wages have
gone up as per cent since 1882, ac-
cording to Y. v. Obelensky- Ossin-
sky, vice-chairman of the State
Planning Commission (Gosplan).
1t is significant that the Soviet
workers and peasants solved the
bread problem as they solve all such
problems through the socialist
planning of industry and agricul-
ture. The basis of such planning
is the overthrow of capitalism and
the setting up of a Soviet govern
ment, government of workers and
farmers councils. In a Soviet
America workers would not go hun
CRY while granaries were bursting
from excess supplies as they do now
under capitalism.
Question: Is it true that Comrade
Hathaway, editor of the Daily
Worker, during the course of the
textile strike made the statement
that "the Socialist Party leaders
were hired by the bosses?"-G. j. H.
Answer: Conlrade Hathaway cate
gorically denies making any such
statement. His views on the tex
tile situation can be found in his
pamphlet Communists in the Tex
tile Strike" where he discusses the
Communist position in detail.
G. j. H. and all workers should
be on the lookout for persons and
groups spreading the kind of distor-
tions made above. They deliberately
spread such misinformation in order
to block the movement of workers
to the Communist Party. Commu-
nists always use facts in proving
the correctness of their analyses and
tactics. Only their enemies resort
to slander as a political weapon,
since they are afraid to debate with
Communists on questions of policy
and strategy.
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
SOVIET INVENTION

The number Of inventions in cap
italist countries has been steadily
decreasing during the crisis years.
Secretary of Commerce Roper in
his annual report to the president
boasted of the fact that in the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1884, the num-
Der Of patent applications had only
decreased from 1882 to 1850 in
contrast to the much greater de-
crease of previous crisis years. But
it is significant that there was still
an absolute diminution, and the
trend seems to be in the direction
Of falling rate Of invention. A con-
tracing economy must call for "a
moratorium on invention" Scien-
tific activity has more and more
been canalized into war preparation.
Dscaying capitalism has become a
fetter upon further scientific prog
ress in the larger aspects Of the
term. What capitalism is really in
terested in can be gotten from Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace's an
nual report. He made a fervent
plea for research" Then he went
on to outline the kind of research
that the department is conducting,
Prominent among the research jobs
was study Of the causes of tax
delinquency.
Tha capitalists are more inter
estsd in such questions than they
are in sUbsidizing fundamental re-
search. This illustrates how the
profit drive is paramount and how
everything else is subordinated to
it under capitalism.
In the Soviet Union the destruc-
tion Of capitalism has brought about
q tremendous increase in all forms
Of creative activity The October
Revolution tapped the latsnt talents
of workers and peasants. The past
seventeen years have demonstrated
the profound insight of Lenin when
he called these latent talents "an
untouched spring Of great qualities"
He pointed out that csuitalism had
repressed these talents "by the most
brutal exploitation excessive hard
laboL unemployment and miserable
wages" The revolution, in Lenins
words. drought out these qualities.
demolished all obstacles, and led
the toilers out upon the broad road
of the independent creation Of a
new life"
The outburst Of creative activity
can be gauged from the increase in
the number of inventions. In 1918
under Czarism SAGA patent applica-
tions were made. and of this small
number IS per cent we're from for
eigners living abroad. In 1892. how
ever. there were over 10000 patent
applications, and only 1856 per cent
were from foreigners. This does not
exhaust the number of inventions.
Melniehanski, chairman of the
Committee on Inventions of the
Council of Labor and Defense,
points to workers proposals, some
of which are of the greatest inn
portancs, as constituting an enor-
nous source of invention. In 1881
there were 677,392 such proposals;
in 1882, they had increased to Bill
000 and in 1888 there we're over
million such suggestions.
In other words invention has be-
come a mass movement. The ALI
Union Society Of Inventors has over
100000 members. 1t provides in
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
90 Dutch Intellectuals
Demand Roosevelt Free
The 9 Scottsboro Boys

NEW YORK.-A copy of a tele-
gram to President Roosevelt, de-
manding the freedom of the Scots
boro boys, sent by the Holland
Scottsboro Committee, with head
quarters at Amsterdam, has been
received here by the International
Labor Defense.
The Committee, of which G.
Mannoury, wellknewn professor of
mathematics at Amsterdam is chair
man, has enlisted the support of
SO prominent intelleetuals, inelud-
ing manv writer's, artists, university
professors. physicians, and lawyers,
for the Seettsboro campaign.
The daily worker., 1934-12-26

Question; What is the significance
of the abolition of the bread-card
system in the Soviet Union? Why
was the price of bread raised, if the
object is to raise the living stand
ards of the workers? F. M.
Answer The abolition of the
bread-card system of rationing
bread in the Soviet Union is based
on the increased demands of the
workers as their standards of living
progressively rise. Before the collec-
Invitation of agriculture in the U.
s. S. R., the bread-card system was
necessary because the small indi-
vidual peasant farms we're unable
to meet the greater demands, not
only of the city proletariat, but
of that section of the peassntry en-
gagged in raising so-called industrial
crops, that is cotton, fax and the
like.
Now with the soelalization of
agriculture, the collective and state
farms are in a position TO supply
the entire population with bread
without the mechanism Of rationing
In 1888 there was a record harvest
of grain; and in 1884 despite a
severe drought in certain sections
of the Soviet Union, the crop was
only about two per cent lower due
to the increase in the soWn area,
the use of irrigation methods. etc.
Consequently the Soviet Govern
ment now possesses more than
enough grain to meet the increased
demands of the workers without the
ration system. As v. M. Molotov
said in his report on the question to
the November plenum of the Cen
tral COMMITTEES of the Communist
Party of the Soviet Unien, "tha
abolition of the card system is evil
dencs of the new successes of So
cialism. We are ahslishing tbs
card system because we want to
take new step forward in improv-
ing the supply of the population"
On January 1st the ration scheme
will go out OF existence, and the
population will purchase bread in
state and cooperative stores with
out cards. At this time uniform
retail prices will be established in
the different territorial zones of the
u. S. S. R. To meet the advance
in the price of bread that this en-
tails, the wages of workers and all
sections of the population have been
raised by 10 per cent.
The increased price will not pre-
vent the worker from satisfying his
increased demand. Paradoxically
enough, the increase is part of the
technique to meet this rise in de-
mand. Until now there we're two
prices for bread. The first, low
price often below the cost of pro-
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
'fPotemkin" and ''SaiIers"

THE problems of te working fundamentally identical all
the Austrian the Bay
Cataro the 9 of slaughter
they reod of the sailors
the workers will
And what they learn today from the of the Austrian sailors
will incauable benefit
defended right produced
indicated the value of its political besides its
standing of the shortcomings of the sailors besides its
lecture qualities Importance these primarily
dramatic instrument that the strength
Ct the play is revealed
Properly the play should be compared with Enenstens Po
temk Both with the revolt sailors both revolutionary
documents both epics of the struggle Of the
necessity must lack the swift inclusive which
the film This the medium the film holds
the 1t bigger
anieve monumental quality Nevertheless of
drama work which shows the conflict of the
tween and within classes prefer Sailors Cataro'
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
A Fine Play

I'm ESENsTENs work there little differentiation the
of sailors and the officers the ship the
class struggle simple black white Officers
sailors hougeoie proetariat Sailors Cattaro
Wolf probably because the political
had had probably because the that participant
in the struggles of the workers Che jailed and sentenced to be
shot 1920 when the Kapp puh captured the for
few days. reveals greater knowledge of the internal struggle
the sailors themselves dfsen class-type
officers
you the fed with rotten food driven to
useless deck rubpng day after day discipline
bottled the harhor for wide the
the leader the revolt strong weak
what right unable to make the final decon speos
weak bwdered anxious avoid unavoidable boodhed
be home with their wives rather than through
to its inevitable conclusion; scabs and dees
seeing wokngmen And the officers the typical
martinez product the
aristocrac captain determined
cleverer These all characters the
in the Bay of Cattaro the strikes in Toledo
And above all the action
and Convincing for the most the settings excellent
backgrounds for the
think before of paywrights
play fine this All the
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
In Memory Of Sergei Kirou: BoIshevik
Leader and Brilliant Mass Organizer
Assass in alton W ill
Rouse Millions TO
New Struggle

to working for the benefit Of the
toiling masses. Read the speeches
of Kirov! There is not a single
problem Of the Bolshevist Party on
which Kirov has not expressed his
opinion. There is not a single quss-
ton concerning the masses which
he would not have decided. The ez-
ample of Kirov shows what great
deeds every Bolshevik is capable of
who bases himself upon the will of
the toiling masses and upon the
theory of Lenin and Stain, and
dedicates himself unreservedly to
the service of the Party.
Kiroy was a brilliant organizer.
Only such an organizer was able to
lead the Red Army to victory in
Astrakhan and Baku. Only such an
organizer was able to restore indus
try in Baku. Only such an organ
izer was able to weld together with
firm hand the Leningrad Party
organization, restore the Leningrad
industry and secure the brilliant
successes of the collective farms of
the Leningrad district.
KIROV was a brilliant propagandist
~ and agitator, who knew how to
talk in BalsheYist language to the
masses about their misery and to
lead them forward Only such a
propagsndist and agitator was able
to explain to the masses of the Red
Army men the necessity of fighting
aghainst White Guardist Denikin
bands to the last, to rouse the
masses of Turkish workers and
peasants and rally them round the
Party, completely shatter the in
fluence of the Trotskyist opposition
in Leningrad and weld together the
Leningrad working class into a
BolsheYist whole for the struggle
for the victory Of Socialism.
Kirov has fallen at the hands of
vile murderer. The defeated and
shattered class enemy is no longer
able to Illustrate socialist construc-
ton; he is already incapable Of
waging an open fight against the
power of the working class. The
foreign bourgeoisie is supporting the
remnants of the class enemy, who
are attempting to take revenge on
the victorious BolsheYist Party.
These remnants of the class enemy
are incapable of destroying the
work of the Bolsheviki, but they
attempt to kill individual men who
led the country to victory.
Great is the sorrow of our Party
of the country, of all workers and
peasants engaged in building the
socialist society However, Kirov's
death will rouse fresh sections Of
the working class to take up the
ruthless fight against the remnants
of the hostile class, and strengthen
still more the will of the toiling
masses for the struggle for the con-
struction of the classics socialist
society. The secret agents of the
Russian and of the international
bourgeoisie will be ruthlessly ami
hilated. KiroV's life aim will triumph,
Close the ranks still more firmly
round the feminist Party Rally
still more closely round Our great
leader Stain!
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
Questions and Answers

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a daily feature on this page.
All questions should be addressed
to Questions and Answers Depart
ment, Daily Worker, S5 East 18th
Street, New York, n. Y.
The daily worker., 1934-12-26

Question; What is the significance
of the abolition of the bread-card
system in the Soviet Union? Why
was the price of bread raised, if the
object is to raise the living stand
ards of the workers? F. M.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-24
AXTELL IS HELD TO
 FEDERAL GRAND JURY

Following preliminary exam ination yesterday by the United States Commissioners Court, Al Axtell, charged with larceny in a dwelling, was held to answer to the Federal grand jury by Judge J. F. Mullen His bond was set at $l,00o, in default of which he was remanded to the Federal jail.
 Axtell is alleged to have stolen some clothing, a camera and oth- CT articles from Dave Caseron, taking them from the latters apart- ment at the Seaview. He is re- ported to have made a full confess sion to City police officers who ar rested him
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-24
THE MASTER PLAN

An official who probably is as close to the President as anyone, who has seen him dealing an a large scale with the most difficult and complicated economic prob lens, was asked what the master plan of it all was.
 He replied that as nearly as he could envision it, the ultimate pur- pose was to accomplish some sort of redistribution of wealth.
 But there are many degrees of redistribution Some who speak of that mean merely less favoritism for the wealthy, more opportunity for the little fellow. Others mean
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-24
YES.

Last November the City of Juneau following % unani- nous action by the City Council made application to the Public Works Administration loan of $100O0O to be expended in public Improvements to take advantage o the new law that made it possible for municipal governments funds for this purpose at AZ interest With the further provision that the Federal Government refund 30 of the of the labor and material so expended as it's contribution to the relief of unemployment
 For the purpose of obtaining authority for the bona issue the City Council through Delegate A. Dlmond introduced in the House of Representatyes bill known "H R. 6558 the title of which as follows
 To authorize the incorporated town of Juneau Alaska to issue bonds any exceeding $l00OOO for mun cpal public works including regarding and paving o1 streets and sidewalks installation of and water ppe con strucon of bridges construction of concrete oukheaos and construction of refuse incinerator
 This bill authorizes and empowers the City of Juneau to issue is general obligation bonds in total sum not exceenc SOo090 to be used for the following purposes namely:
 t.lhe sum of S51 400 for regarding and paving ot streets and sidewalks the sum $2750 for installation of sewer and water pipes the of $5OoO for bridge con struc on and replacement the of $12o5O for the struco of concrete bulkheads the of $250oO TOT construction of refuse ncnerator and the sum or 9oooo for engineering supervision and overhead on all ol te above mentioned works.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-24

by the term a forcible dividing up of property
 Every indication is that the cur rent speculation will continue for long time to come. How far the President is prepared to go, and by what exact route, he is not yet ready to say So everybody is en- titled to his own guess.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-24

Well groomed nair always has been an essential to good looks, and the woman who is careless in this respect can not lay claim to 'smartness."
 The extra moment it requires to smooth the appearance of the hair is worth it in the added confidence it gives, since to be smart one must have poise.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-24
STILL

Doing business at the old stand J. B. Burford and Co. --adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-24
Roosevelt Long-VieaU
 PLans PrOues Puzzle
 to Capital Obserpers

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