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The Washington times., 1934-04-10

NEW YORK, April 10 QN.S).
The bond market turned in an ir-
regular performance through the
forenoon today. with continued i'm
provement in domestic corporation
loans, offset by mixed tendencies
in the U. S. Government list and
weakness in German obligations
Carrier favorites to move UP
fractionally to around their peak
levels of the year included the
Allegheny SIS of so; Baltimore and
Ohio AVS; Chesapeake Corpora.
tion SIS, Erie SIS of rs, and South
ern Railway 61as.
Chile Copper IS was actively
bought in the domestic list. Stude-
baker IS was also in demand.
Federal issues were spotty, with
fractional advances in the Treas
ury 3s and Liberty 1st 4As offset
by slight declines in the Liberty
312s and Liberty 4hs.
German loans were hard pressed
on the contemplated moratorium,
with the 512s off more than a
point.
The Washington times., 1934-04-10
N. Y. STOCK QUOTATIONS
from Preceding PaRe)

-l934- Name and Net
Low Dividend High Low l:hh
ia j@ Zonite Products.... ~ ~ 7N+ Il
Optional cash (h) Partly fc) Extra
stock andc (d) n stock. 1898. (t)
accumuations No regular latest
(h) Payable in stock. Special stock.
with (xw) without warrants ~ Ex-dvidend.
(t) Exrghs
Dividend rate In dollars in rarenhess (NoeN Extra
dividends published through regular dividend period.
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ness. this Is a
favorable show
ing.
The business
curve" Is not
yet up to the
peak to which
it spurted last
July. but it has
been rising on
the whole since
November. This
m ore gradual
gain Is m or e
wholesome.
The steel pro-
duction for q
u,aak aon had
The Washington times., 1934-04-10
HOMESTAKE EXTRA

Homestake Mining Company de.
clared the usual monthly extra
Of 81 and the regular monthly
dividend Of 81. both payable April
Is to stock Of record April 20,
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That is one great trouble. We
don't yet know where we are 60
ing. The capital goods" indus
tries must be able to make long
plans. They cannot thrive on q
shifting experimental basis. Now
that we are ION the way" it is
time to learn whittier the way
leads.
The Washington times., 1934-04-10
NEW YORK WOOL

New York, April 10 U.N.S.).-Wool.
quiet: domestic fleece unwaS shed. OhiO
and Pennsylvania. 2a@42: dom estie
pulled. secured basis. SS@l dom est1N
Texas. clean basis, 72OS2; domestic tSR-
ritory, clean haais, So 1&9
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not yet reflected the effect of re-
cent price advances, and showed
little change. Orders to anticipate
the newly announced prices are
doubtless coming in now. and al
ready construction work is being
stepped up by the expected PWA
spring expansion.
Automobile production was off a
little considering seasonal expec-
tations. but unless the labor diff
cultieS increase, the seasonal peak
should now develop. That would
bring fresh gains in motor output,
increased demand for s.eel, copper
glass, rubber, etc, and higher EN-.
ployment figures in Detroit.
Electric power production last
week made a new nigh since the
upturn SET in. Railway carload.
ings held their own near the
peak of the rise, and. when al
lowance is made for the merely
seasonal moves, are close to last
summers high.
One should note that the largest
percentage gains in carloadings,
not only over a year ago, but
over two years ago. are shown by
coal, coke. ana ore. These are
basic products for heavy indus
try"
Retail trade did fairly we'll.
There was the usual let-down
after Easter, and the weather was
none too favorable. But consid-
ering the trouble arising from the
necessity Of raising prices, the
volume of business seems en-.
couraging.
Wholesale commodity prices
rose toward the end of the week
bringing the average up slightly.
1t is notable that such metals as
copper. tin and steel gained dur
ing the week. And rubber. hides.
and cotton cloth rose. Grains,
lard, sugar, and silk were lower.
My conclusion is that the Un-
derIying trend is still up. LegiS-
lative uncertainties and labor
troubles are retarding the rise.
The consumers dollar is being
stretched. and Mr.. Average
American finds growing diff.
Guilty in making the payment
on the new car, buying the
liquor, and at the same time
paying higher prices for his
food and clothing. Wholesale
grocery prices rose IL per cent
last month and were 81 per
cent higher than a year ago.
But purchasing power" is be-
ing created by Government
spending and NRA employment
and wages.
At Washington the soft pedal
continues to be used. A much
moderated stock exchange bill
seems certain, and even some re-
vision of the securities act.
The attitude at the Capitol
seems to be that the pump has
been primed, so now let's see if
it will work. The boat has been
launched-now let's not rock it.
The Administration must have
been impressed by the growing
restiveness of the country under
the flood of radical measures. The
air mail contract cancellations
shocked the nation. The Writ
charges made it think. The
threatened A. F.. of L. domination
over labor, and the currency in.
flation" measures, have brought
grave miSgivings. So has the
growth of price-fixing cartells.
Whether this represents a mere
temporary soft pedaling." or a
real reaction from the left to a
policy of liberalism, remains to be
seen.
The Washington times., 1934-04-10
COMMODITIES ADVANCE

The wholesale commodity index
Of the National Fertilizer ASSocia-
ton advanced to TIL from Ito in
the latest week. A month ago the
index stood at 71.7, and a year ago
at 56.8.
The Washington times., 1934-04-10

NAVAL STORES
NEW YORK, April ~ G.N.SD.-Lin-
seed oil per lb, 9.S carlots
Turpentine, weak. 5sIs
Nosin weak common. SSB
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BRITISH UNEMPLOYMENT

Registered unemployment in
Great Britain on March 10
amounted to 2,201,577 compared
with 2.317,909 on February 10
and 2,567,3 on March 81, 1898.
The Washington times., 1934-04-10

Riggs National Bank
American Security q Trust Co.
Washington Loan and Trust Co.
National Savings & Trust CO.
National Metropolitan Bank
Union Trust Company
National Bank Of Washington
Hamilton National Bank
Security Savings q Commercial Bank
Second National Bank
MEMBERS DISTRICT OF C(
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BOND MARKET AVERAGES

Copyright, 1894. Standard Statistics Co.
New York. ADriI 10 n.N,SD.
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Munsey Trust Company
Lincoln National Bank
Liberty National Bank
Columbia National Bank
Washington Mechanics Savings Bank
National Capital Bank
Morris Plan Bank ....
McLachIen Banking COrp'n
East Washington Savings Bank
Bank Of Commerce and Savings
AnacOstia Bank
MA RANKFRS ASSnCVAT1ON
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v' ,sSss s N. Y. Bond Quotations v;s: :::.sso 5 S

U. s. Govt.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06
YOnrVOte and theWOrkerS'
- Bill

CHARLES SOLOMON, Socialist candi-
y date for Governor of New York State,
speaking Sunday at a Socialist Party
election rally, evoked the shade of Meyer
London, Socialist member of Congress in
1915, in attempt to show that the Socialist Party
supports unemployment insurance.
Meyer London" Solomon said, made the first
proposal in Congress for the establishment of sys-
tenn of unemployment insurance and other forms of
social insurance. He was opposed then by President
Gompers Of the American Federation of Labor.
Today nineteen years later, President Green and
the A. F. of L. enthusiastically for the sef-same
proposal"
In making this bid for working class support,
Solomon, running on platform which supports
unemployment insurance" in principle, makes no
mention of the only genuine unemployment insur-
ance-the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill
sponsored and initiated by the Communist Party
supported by millions Of workers in thousands of
organizations and incorporated in the Communist
election platform.
Solomon, directing attention to Green and Com
pany giving support to fraudulent unemployment
reserves schemes, with full contributions by the
workers, found nothing to criticize in these plans
The Communist Party initiated the Workers Bill
which the Socialist Party leadership with a few
exceptions has consistently refused to support In
addition to leading the day-to-day struggle for the
enactment of the Workers Bill, the Communist
Party alone of all the political parties Incorporates
this bill, definite program for unemployment in
Surance, into its election platform.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06
The NY. Times and the
Socialist Party

A N Illuminating Illustration of the man.
"A ner in which the capitalist press cod
dies the Socialist Party is provided by the
yesterdays New York Times.
Not only is full column devoted to re-
porting the S. P election rally in Mecca Ternple
but the Times in addition publishes-to the tune
OF two full columns complete text of the speech
made at the meeting by Solomon the Socialist can
didate for governor. This speech, broadcast over
WOR found ample space in the Times But Am
ters speech, delivered over the same station was
completely ignored
Contrast this solicitous handling of the S. P meet
ing, attended, according to the Times by only $500
with the report of the Communist election rallv
held in Madison Square Garden and attended bv
$4,000 workers.
Barely half dozen inches of type was devoted
by the Times to the Communist rally, which was
not only larger, but much more important politically
even from the viewpoint of the capitalist press due
10 the attack on the Hunger Marchers and the
storm of protest which it caused The Times re-
port OF the Communist rally was the typical grudg-
ing account including only the barest details and
Stresslng the fact that fifty patrolmen under Cap
tain j. Lang had been assigned to preserve order.
etc."
The Solcitude of the Times for the Socialist
campaign is vivid expression of the attitude of the
capitalist class in general toward the Socialist PARTY
which they look upon as safe channel in which
to divert the growing number of radicalized workers
farmers and professionals
The workers of the U. S. are beginning to under
stand the role of the Socialist Party and will give
evidence of this when they go to the polls tomorrow
Vote Communist!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06

WHEN you go to the polls today in New
W York State, you will have to vote on
the proposition of $4O,OOO,OOO bond issue
for unemployment relief.
The Daily Worker, speaking for the
Communist Party, urges every voter to vote Yes on
this proposition.
We do not say this out of any sympathy with
the Lehman program of semi-starvation and police
clubs for the unemployed of New York State
Forty millions is nowhere near the amount of
money necessary for adequate unemployment relief
Two hundred millions for Winter relief the demand
OF the Hunger Msrchers. supported by the Com
munist Party, is what is actually needed for ade
quate relief this Winter
Not only is this sum totally inadequate to meet
the relief needs at the present rate of expenditure
but this very method of financing relief is against
the interests of the workers Interest and princi-
pal on the bonds to be issued will revert back to
the workers in the form of taxation the States only
source of revenue, while millions are poured into
the pockets of the bankers in the form of interest
Voting for the 100000 bond issue is lust a
starting point The workers and small farmers of
New York State must fight to have this figure
multiplied fve-fold, must fight for the Workers I'm
employment Insurance Bill. They must fight TO
stop payment on the bonds to the bankers and
parasites. vote for the Communist Party's candi-
dates in the elections today will be very effective
form of demonstrating to the capitalist rulers that
the workers Of the State will not accept the mserly
relief handed out to them by the New Deal" and
its New York State representative.
Vote Yes On Proposition l.
And vote for every candidate under the Ham
mer and Sickle! Vote Communist!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06
A.A.A. and the Crisis

N guarded statement that obviously
tries not to sound too gloomy, the Agri-
cultural Department and the A. A. A.,
yesterday gave their opinion on the course
of business and production for the coming
year.
And the main conclusion of their study of the
present situation is that there is no improvement
III SIght ana the best that can be hoped for in the
coming year is small, temporary rise in the
Spring
Thus the A. A A. report of the Roosevelt gov
efninent makes 1t clear that hunger, poverty, and
permanent insecurity face both the worker and
impoverished farmer alike under capitalism
THE A. A. A. report cannot conceal the ruin that
faces the majority of American farmers under
Roosevelts policies
But it places the blame for this ruin on tho
shrinkage of foreign markets and implies that the
solution for the impoverished farmers is for these
mortgage-ridden farmers to support a policy of
Wall Street imperialist aggressiveness in drive for
new markets
But it is not the foreign markets that are re-
Sponsble for the impoyerishment and ruin of the
small farmer 1t is the policies of the Roosevelt
government acting through the A. A. A. that are
responsible 1t is the whole New Deal" that is re-
sponsible
Who shrank the domestic market? Whv is
there a surplus" when millions of American
workers hungry? Because RooseveIt's policies
have slashed the buying power of the workers
and farmers alike through his N. r. Admiration
program.
Rooseyelt's policies permitted the Wall Street
monopolies to raise the prices of manufactured
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06
BY A. LOZOVSKY

I SAID that the structure of the
1 trade unions is determined by the
political tasks. They determine also
the problem of trade union unity.
1t must be admitted that the fas-
cistS also understand this. In one
of his numerous speeches, as far
back as 1929, Mussolini stated the
following:
Unity of the working mass has
some sense in solving the prob
lem of class struggle and has no
sense whatever in solving that of
class collaboration"
In my opinion, this is a neat re-
mark. And so, if we approach the
structure Of trade unions led by
the reformists in capitalist coun-
tries from this standpoint, we shall
see that it is adapted to class col
liberation. Before me lies a list of
trade unions affiliated to the gen
eral trades union congress of Eng
land. In 1888 they had 3,867911
members and in 1884 they had
3,294,000 members, How are their
trade unions divided? I will EMU
merate the industries and their
trade unions and point out later on
the difference between our trade
unions and those in Britain.
Mining and quarrying-7 unions,
Railways, Transport (other than
railways)-7, Shipbuilding-3, En-
cheering, Foundry and Vehicle
Building-26, Iron and Steel and
Minor Metal Trades-23, Building,
Woodworking and Furnishing-17,
Printing and Paper-14, Cotton
As, Textiles (other than cotton -18,
Clothing-6, Leather and Boot and
Shoes, Glass, Pottery, Chemicals,
etc.-14, Agriculture, Public En-
ployees-4, Non-manual workers.,
and General workers..
Thus they have 208 unions affili-
ated to the General Trades Union
Congress. And when one begins to
analyze thoroughly, in a Maxian
way, how their trade unions are
divided, then very interesting
things are revealed. One sees that
the whole political development of
British trade unionism, all its po-
litical principles, its class concilia-
ton, everything condemned already
in their time by Marx and Engels
when they estimated the British
trade unionistS and British trade
unions, is reflected in this organiza-
tional structure.
Let us take, for instance, the en-
cheering group. How is it built?
The National Society of Brass and
Metal Mechanics, the Scottish
Turner's, Filters, Ffnishers' and
Instrument Makers Association, the
Amalgamated Society of Brass
Workers, the National Society of
Coppersmiths, Braziers, and Metal
Workers, ETC., 1 cannot enumerate
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06

record that in most of the unions
the democratic BASES on which they
were built gave, been entirely abol-
ished. 1t will suffice to point out
that in some trade unions the lead
ing officials are elected for life. 1t
is hardly necessary to prove that
such facts have nothing in common
with trade union democracy. In
most cases the question of strike is
decided by the executive and not
by the membership. Finally, end
less frontier" disputes and fights
for membership are taking place be-
tween the trade unions within one
industry. The essence of trade
unionism, its political principles, its
methods of struggle and its class
collaboration are reflected in this
structure and in the traditions of
these overlapping trade unions. In
the structure of our trade unions
the principles and political tasks
confronting the working class of our
country are also reflected-these
tasks are reflected which the mill
tant Communist Party of our coun-
try inspired and determined.
I WOULD like to place the follow
1 in question: Will it be necessary
that the trade unions of the CAPT
talist countries be built and reor-
ganized in the same way as the So
Wet trade union movement was built
and is reorganized? think that
only the first part of the question
should be answered in the affirma-
tive: The workers of the capitalist
countries should build their trade
unions in the same way as the
Soviet trade union movement was
built, but re0rganize in different
way. What does it mean? How
was the Soviet trade union move
ment built? 1t was built on the
industrial basis, on the basis of the
factory (shop committees), on the
basis of a revolutionary program
for the overthrow of the rule of the
bourgeoisie. How was it reorgan-
lied? It was not reorganized on
the basis of an abstract scheme.
While retaining the industrial prin-
ciple our trade unions were reor-
ganized for the carrying out of
Socialist construction on our ter
ritory of 100000 square kilo-
meters. And now tell me, should
the trade union movement of Bel
GUM also divide the trade unions
according to districts? And should
the trade unions of Poland also re-
organize in the same way? And in
the trade unions of Czechoslovakia?
And the trade unions of France?
OF course not. They will have to
build their trade unions on the in
dustrial basis, to build them on the
basis of class struggle, to Undue
the trade unions with the fighting
spirit of Bolshevism. That is what
they will have to borrow from the
Soviet trade unions.
Ito Be Concluded Tomorrow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06
The Reorganization of the Unions
In the Socialist Soviet Republics

them all. They have As trade unions
in the cotton industry, a union of
Weavers, a union of Card and Ring
Room Operatives, Union of
Beamers, these unions being CLASH
fed both according to trades and
districts.
FROM the surface it appears as
1 though our present trade union
structure is somewhat similar to
what exists in England. But in
actual fact there is a great political
difference between both these Sys-
TENS. A number of our trade unions
are at present based on the terri
torial principle. Our trade unions
are coming closer to certain dis
trictS of decentralized industry. And
what is the position in Great Brit
ain? Is the need for division into
districts in Great Britain, the ter
ritory Of which is rs times as small
as the territory of the Soviet Union,
the same as in our country? Nothing
of the kind The division into dis
trictS and the setting up of small
unions for every trade is a historical
fact in England. 1t is historical
tradition there. The trade unions
in England appeared $50 years ago
as organizations of skilled workers.
For many decades they were narrow
craft unions and neither unSkilled
workers nor women and apprentices
were admitted to these unions.
There still exist some trade unions
which have retained this glorious
tradition. If we take the British
trade union movement, then we find
that only toward the year 1889 be-
gan the famous movement for new
| unionism, headed by Tom Mann
and Burns. This was period of
great change, when some strata of
unskilled workers began to join the
trade unions. Thus if we take the
backbone of the trade union which
has grown for $50 years, we shall
see that it reflects as in a mirror
UllC pO1lG1Sdl ullCS, GdohS, HleGklOUS VI
struggle, methods of solving the
questions which inspired the trade
union leaders during all these long
years.
And indeed, if in one factory
there are a few trade unions, the
collective agreements terminate on
various dates in this factory, al
though there are some trade unions
which coordinate the conclusion of
collective agreements This means
that turner cannot always come
to terms with another worker in the
same factory concerning the ques-
ton of wages because they belong
to different unions with their spe-
cific craft interests. The employers
want the trade unions to fight
against each other for membership,
to compete against each other, and
making concessions to some-they
keep other categories on a lower,
level, etc. 1t is necessary to also
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06

until they drop or their demands
are granted-the men seated them
selves in several restaurants and
ordered substantial meals and told
the proprietors to charge the bill
to the County Commissioners. One
of the men was so hungry that he
ate three complete dinners.
Neiber. member of the Marine
Workers Industrial Union, and
five others are to be tried We'd
neSday, Nov. IA, on the charge of
procuring food under false pre-
lenses" The International Labor
Defense has called upon the work.
ers to pack the court when these
men are tried.
Despite attempts by the relief
authorities to split the mems ranks,
the single unemployed workers are
remaining solid. Again expressing
their determination to continue the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06

lief officials responsible for the death
of Sam Stanowski, one of the flop
house inmates who died last We'd
nesday, after the men had forced
the flop house heads to house and
feed them without forced labor.
Stanowski, suffering from a weak
heart, was cut off relief, the first
man to have this ticket taken away.
After attending the union meeting
Wednesday, he returned to the flop
house, was given some pills, and
dropped dead.
William Patterson, veteran of
the old Knights of Labor, and
Communist Candidate for State
Treasurer, will deliver the work
ing class grafton at Stanowski's
mass funeral.
Charge 1t to the Commissioner"
Before establishing their con-
tinuols picket line-the March of
Death, vowing that they will picket
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06
Socialist Minister
OF Sweden First to
View Royal Infant

STOCKHOLM. = The Socialist
Premier, Per Albin Hanson, was
the first person to view the newly
born daughter of the royal family
as an official representative of the
government.
The Socialist Party of Sweden
has always pursued policy of def
erence to the reigning princes and
princesses of King Gustav Adolphs
house.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06

goods running thousands of small farmers. ROose-
velts acreage reduction policies have pauperized
thousands of small farmers.
It is in the program of the Communist Party
alone that the impoverished farmer will find a way
out of his plight, in the fight to force the Roose-
velt government to distribute cash relief to all poor
farmers in the fight against the criminal A. A. A
and against the whole system which plumbers the
toiling farmers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06
Toledo Death Vigil
Passes Tooth Hour
Continued from Page y

Young Peoples Socialist League and
the Young Communist League.
Farmers of the district have re-
sponded to appeals for food. The
regular cook from the flop house
quit his job to work in the relief
kitchen that has been set up for
the strikers.
The Central Labor Union. three
central bodies of the A. F. of L.
locals, have endorsed the single
mems demands over the head of
Otto Brach, who, together with
Quinlivan, County commissioner.
launched into an attack upon the
single men. The Central Labor
Union collected $3.50 for the single
men.
The workers are holding the re-