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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-08
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-08

bornly refused to carry out the c. I.
resolutions and instructions, with
boldness, impermissible and unpre-
cedented in the history Of Interna-
tional Communism Original text
in Russian and Chinese).
AS early as 1928, the instructions
of the Communist International to
the Third Congress of the Commu-
mist Party pointed out the agrarian
revolution as the central political
problem of the Chinese Revolution
and brought out the slogan of con-
fiscation of landlords land and its
distribution to landless peasants,
and emphasized the fact that the
hegemony of the revolution be-
longs to the proletariat. These
instructions were elaborated and
emphasized in resolutions, and in
structions were issued in 1926 and
1927.
But, in disregard of the basic
line of the Communist Interna-
tional, the leadership of the Com
munist Party of China made con-
cession after concession to the de-
mands of the bourgeoisie, and
capitulated to the rapidly increasing
reactionary tendencies of the Kuo-
mintang leadership, especially in
regard to the agrarian question. 1t
was not the principle of the united
front with the national bourgeoisie
at an earlier stage of the Chinese
revolution nor the fact of Commu-
nists working inside the Kuomin-
tang but the opportunistic way of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-08
LABORATORY
AND SHOP
By DAVID RAM SEY

against Germany. Not a week
passes but that some invention for
military attack or defense. is an
nounced. These occurrences are in
olcative of the preparations for
another 1mperialist war.
An "Antiseptic CeIP'
DR.. o. R. Sweeney of Iowa State
CoIege has designed an apparatus
that produces Dakin's solution-the
antlseptic for treating infected
wounds, easily and satisfactorily bv
means OF an electrolytic cell. The
new method has been developed for
practical use in hospitals by Paul
A. Frank of Akron, Ohio.
The antiseptic solution was do
veloped by Drs. H. D. Dakin and M.
Daufresne during the early DAYS of
the war. 1t is solution of sodium
hypochlorite. It's use in civilian
hospitals had been limited bv the
TACT that it required considerable
skill to make and could not be kept.
100 strong a solution injured the
tissues of the body, and too weak a
solution did not destroy the germs.
Unfortunately the difference be-
tween these two extremes was very
small, so that a foolproof method
mad to be evolved, if the antiseptic
was to be widely used.
DR.. Sweeney constructed what is
now called an "antiseptic CELL" An
electric current controls the chem
ical reaction so that the resulting
product is just the right strength.
The physician has only to put a
certain amount of sodium chloride,
distilled water and sodium bicar-
Donate into the apparatus, and fresh
hypochlorite solution is then pro-
duced automatically at the rate of
about an ounce a minute.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-08

got in among them and began to
talk out loud. The men converged
around him. They were waiting for
someone to tell them what to do.
He told them not to be afraid of
losing their jobs, and not to be
misled by the companys promises.
Let's strike, fellows Let's go out
Of the gates!" He shouted.
Lets go! Let's strike!" Caught
up members of the strike commit
tee.
The crowd headed for the gates.
The foreman and a couple Of cops
were running toward them.
Get back to the shop" yelled
George.
Let's go, don't be afraid" Cliff
shouted.
Some men went back, but the
main body marched out of the gates.
HARRIS, Gothic and Weber joined
ii Cliff in leading the crowd to the
hall. Cliff felt happy. He looked
back every few minutes to see how
long the line of men was that fol-
lowed him. He felt like the general
of a large army. And walking
through the streets, it seemed as if
the whole town had suddenly
awakened. Storekeepers ran to the
doors. People stopped to watch the
unusual procession.
What's the trouble?" everybody
asked.
"Strike" was the answer that
came from hundreds of threats.
Strike at the Macs. Strike
against cuttin' the wages. 49,.
They crowded into the small hall
Everybody registered. The meeting
began.
The strike is on, brothers." Cliff
shouted at the top of his voice,
holding up his clenched fist. His
face glowed with happiness, we
tied up the shop. 1t was the hardest
thing to do and we done it. Barnes
had us by the throat. Now we got
him"
He went on to tell them that the
company would have to give in be-
cause they had a big order and they
had to fill it at a certain date. He
pointed to the terror thot the COM
pany had instituted But that done
them no good. We're out on strike, ="
he concluded
The men cheered.
Cliff was always the one to stir
enthusiasm while Harris corrected
Cliffs statements and brought the
real situation to the surface He
followed telling the strikers that the
strike was not won yet and that
they we're in for a big fight
I'VE got the shop tied up, but the
company will try to run it with
scabs. We must be on guard, to see
to it that not one scab enters the
gates until the company gives in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-08
Some Additional Observations on Andre
MaIrauH's WideIy-HeraIded Mans Fate

a few days afterwards in the VIC
unity and ordered them back to
shoot the workers and revolutionists
in the famous April 18th and 18th
massacre.
Thus, in the light of history, the
trip Of Kyo to Hankow would have
just the opposite significance and
he certainly would have got an en-
tirely different answer in regard to
the proper policy to be pursued in
Shanghai This aspect Of the book
was not dealt with in any Of the
reviews of the book have read.
TSIDOR SCHNEIDER has correctly
seen the necessity of dealing with
the question but unfortunately he
failed to state the case properly.
He recognized the value of the
policy of Communists working in
the Kuomintang, in broadening the
struggle and in laying the base for
its growth to its Communist in
fluence) present great heights" The
essence Of the policy involves the
tactics of sending certain Commu-
mist Party members into the Kuo-
mintang, thereby infusing the Kuo-
mintang with a dynamic revolu-
tionary force, strengthening its rev.
dictionary tendencies, and influence
ing it to the direction of revolu-
tionary development.
To refuse to adopt such a policy
in China 1924-1927 would have con-
demned the Communist Party to the
fate Of a sectarian group. On the
other hand, to capitulate to the
bourgeoisie in the Kuomintang and
to make vital concessions to the
detrlment of the workers and peas
ants mass movement as Chen Tu-
Hsiu did in 1927, is to commit op-
portunistic mistakes with the most
disastrous consequences. Schneider
might be referring to opportunism
when he spoke of the danger of
going into partnership with cap
itallsm," but unfortunately he did
not make this clear and left much
room for misinterpretation.
In trying to explain the oppor-
tunism of the period, Schneider
seems to ascribe it to the spirit of
compromise, the bargaining psy-
cfIology" which many bourgeois
writer's consider to be an inherent
part Of the Chinese national tradi-
ton. The fact is that although
the spirit of compromise may be
characteristic of the trading class
in pre-capitalist period when the
price Of each individual transaction
was determined by a unique process
of haggling and bargaining and
when the daily life of the trader
consisted of an endless chain of bar
gaining and compromise, it cannot
be true and is not true of the semi
feudal mandarins and landlords nor
is it true of the peasants, the over
whelming majority of the popula-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-08
XIV

Weber and Gothic and Horrof.
members of the strike committee.
came running towards them. telling
them that there. was some trouble
inside. The foremen we're trying to
bulldoze the men. They said that
the cut would be rescinded in a
couple Of weeks and that those who
would walk out would lose their
jobs.
I'VE ought to try to get inside, 4"
said Max.
I'VE tried, but there's no chance,
there are cops right inside. They
won't let anybody in, said Weber.
I'll get in" said Cliff deter
minedly.
He went around to the rear of
the shop and jumped over a fence.
He saw the men standing in groups
and arguing among themselves. He
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-08
How Old Is the Earth

Among the important facts that
dialectical maaerialists use in their
campaign against religion and phil
osophic idealism is geological evil
dence concerning the age of the
earth. If science can prove that the
earth existed before there were any
traces of life, then the argument of
the idealists that the physical uni
verse is product of our conscious
ness is obviously false. Likewise the
notion that God created the earth
in one of his spare moments in
1904 B. G. is refuted when we can
show that the earth was hoary
ancient long before men had even
invented the concept of God.
These points come to mind upon
news from Vienna that scientists
there estimate that the age of the
earth is not less than It's 100000
years. The estimate is based upon
an analysis of radioactive rocks
from Canada.
This process of determining the age
of rocks and minerals utilities the
laws of radioactivity Radioactive
materials degenerate down to lead,
according to definite tempos. BY
comparing the ratio of the radio
active substance present in rock
to the amount Of lead that is
found, the scientist is able to tell
with a high degree of accuracy the
age of the sample.
The Viennese scientists made
microanalysis of about a hundredth
of an ounce of material, and dis
covered the results stated above.
The new estimate jibes well with
findings for the age of rocks else
where in the world. In Linyaya Pola
in Soviet Karelia, minerals have
been found with an age estimated
by Russian scientists to be 1885,
100000 years.
1t is interesting that with the
development of new techniques
scientists have been forced to re-
wise their estimates of the age OF
the earth. A few decades ago no
one thought that the earth'S age
was more than twenty or thirty
million years. Today the consensus
of opinion puts it somewhere around
two billion. 1t is these new esti-
mates that have led to the emer-
gence of the apparent paradox in
astrophysics which states that the
universe is younger than its con-
stituent parts. An analysis of this
false paradox will be given in a
future column. In the meantime
readers are urged to read William
De Sitter's Kosmos (Harvard Uni
versity Press, and try their own
hand at a dialectical solution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-08
Psychology" Prods
the Worker

The crisis has seen the develop
ment of terrific speed-up of work.
erS in America and other capitalist
countries. In the United States the
productivity of the workers was
forced up 27 per cent in the five
years between 1929 and 1884; in
England the rise in productivity
was 20 per cent. Behind these in
creases are cold looded studies of
how to force schedule of work.
The Industrial Health Research
Board of Great Britain in a recent
report describes how ten girls be-
tween Is and Is years of age we're
used as industrial guinea pigs in a
study of work schedules. The
conclusions of the board were that
the rate of output depended upon
the incentive of bonuses and the
isolation of workers.
OF course, the board does not dis
cuss the question as to why children
should work, or be used to pace
their elders. 1t also fails to point
out that bonus is offered only to
establish a faster rate. This then
becomes the minimum output which
every worker must produce or be
promptly fired. The conclusion of
the board that workers be isolated
is, of a piece, with the conclusions
of industrial psychologists" that
one hour lunches and rest periods
disturb "the rhythm of production"
Workers know that isolation and
silence is enforced to hinder dis
cussion which might lead to organi-
cation and militant action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-08

THE spirit Of compromise certainly
did not dominate the life of mil
lions Of peasants who periodically
in Chinese history rose in rebellion
against exploitation and oppression.
nor is it an adequate characterize =
ton of the peasants portrayed in
Agnes SmeIley's books. Even If it
is granted that the spirit of COM
promise" forms a constituent part
Of the national tradition of the
Chinese people, it at best can only
be an accentuating circumstance.
The motivating force of the class
struggle and the force that deter
mines the attitude and the direc-
ton of the activity of the various
classes in society is io-economic
in character and transcends ma
tional limitations.
Opportunism is not a national
trait but a class attitude, a procliv-
ity to action conditioned primarily
by the socio-economic circumstances
of the petty bourgeoisie. To try to
explain it ethnologically, as the out
come Of national trait, would lead
to entirely false and most dangerous
conclusions.
The last paragraph of Schneider'S
review, in which he deals with this
question, is very ambiguous and diff
ferent constructions can be made of
it. His own explanation is that he
didn't mean to imply that "the psy-
chology Of compromise" is a ma
tional trait, but is the cultivated
characteristic of the Chin es e
gentlemen" reared in the class con-
scious Confucian philosophy. How
ever, it is necessary to point out the
dangerous conclusions the ambi-
guilty of the idea as he states 1t in
the review can lead to, and to CALI
ton the readers against any con-
fusion in regard to the true meaning
and class basis Of opportunisin.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-08

o our demands, until We get the
cut back and an increase in wages
and the company guarantees to stop
the speedup. We will not 60 back
until Barnes signs an agreement
with the strike committee"
THE meeting lasted for three hours,
Many men spoke from the floor.
we got to stick, fellers. Wen sure
win" was the tone Of their talk.
The meeting adjourned in the midst
Of loud cheering.
The men were in a holiday mood.
At last they were getting their re-
venge. They had been engulfed in
the shop-in the uproar and dust
and smoke and tar and oil, Shaving
away their days. Taking abuse from
the foremen, keeping their mouths
shut. Now they were challenging
the bunch Of fat-bellied officials to
lower their living standard still
further. They were on strike. And
they were confident that the strike
could be won. They were in a
cheerful mood. They hung around
the headquarters long after the
meeting was over, discussing the
outcome, letting the warm sun
loosen up their grim faces.
ABOUT hundred men still re-
n manned working at the Macs. At
five o'clock Cliff led a committee
of fifty strikers to try to induce
those still working to join the
strike. But none Of the men COM
ing out of the shop wanted to ston
to talk to the strikers Cliff got
hold of one young fellow and
started to explain to him what the
strike was all about.
The fellow said that he had been
out of job for a long time and he
wouldn't take any chances quitting
now. Cliff retorted that the strikers
would make them stop working and
the fellow replied that nobody could
make him do that.
The committee didn't succeed in
getting anybody to join them and
left disappointed.
Going back to the headquarters
Cliff noticed a headline in "The
Blackwell Sentinel"
Strike at MacDermott Wire
Works"
He bought the paper and read:
Due to trouble of a wage reduc-
ton a small number of men struck
this morning, curtailing production
in few departments. Mr.. Barnes,
the chief director, does not attribute
the strike to the wage reduction,
because the men have accepted it
voluntarily, but to an agitator from
the East and a few disgruntled
elements who have been discharged
because of their inefficiency.
The man that caused the strike,
Mr.. Barnes stated, is one Max
Harris. He is a well known agitator
who has been causing trouble among
the textile men in the East He
was one of the leaders of the strike
in Paterson, N. j., which ended in
the loss Of many lives and the de-
struction of property. He served a
long term in Jail for being red
and a Communist. He is a red
agitator and puts a lot of good,
honest Americans into trouble by
melting them to riot
Mr.. Barnes predicted that the
few men who quit working, will soon
return to work. and those that will
not return, will be replaced by diff
ferent men and stand the chance Of
losing their jobs permanently"
ITO Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-08
A Binding Ray

The Paris Midi reports the inven-
ton of an anti-aircraft light ray
supposedly capable of binding
filters at long range. The light beam
is said to be a 100000 candle
power affair which could protect
cities from aerial bombardments by
binding the pilots of enemy planes.
The Midi declares that an expert
ment with a 10000 candlepower
protector blinded pilot at dis
lance of one mile.
Since there are no details, it is
difficult to pass judgment on the
scheme. What is significant is that
the inventor has offered the beam
to the French government for use
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-08
MenlOridnp
BY Helen Merrick

BY Helen Merrick
We seek no solace in mourners grief,
These dead did outlive all lament;
Nor will we beat our breasts; for they but
Breathe that life no death could quel
Only this, Mother Mooney;
The worlds that waste worker
Born of you, shall crumble,
and he will rise, returned
To help forge from your every hope
An edifce of Soviets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-08

synopsis Cliff uuugan Igyear old unemployed worker
his east to look for job small the way
he finds work in wire factory At dance he meets Edna
daughter Of local shOpkeeD and falls in love with
However she turns him down when finds out he had
the road There layO wage-cu at the factory
Harris union organizer Cliff active
in the newly formed organization Cliff another
fired for activities A strike.
Evening star., 1934-06-30
AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE DAYS.
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f0theeH q ehe .nd reeerds @ % ST the District Of
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at public auction, In front Of the prem,
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situate in the District of Columbia. and
being lot numbered sixty-five t65) ana
n. nSrth p feet front oy .hs fS oess e4
in square numbered twepty.se nundreo
and twenty-two t2722l in the subdivision s.,
recorded In Liber No. "a. folio 140 of the
records OF the once OF the surveyor for
the District Of Columbia:
Terms OF sale: Purchaser 10 pay one
fourth OF the purchase price in cash,
the balance in three instalments y one
two and three years respectively with m m
tersst at The rate q six s per ssns sss, psp "n
the % property sold, or ali cash at ne ne
q ne Dgrehassr taxes paS oe to
pay interest on purchase price from oa,e
Of sale to date OF settlement at SIX ~
per centum per annum all conveyanclnR
reccrdns revenus stamps s,d ets tiY,. az or 'ne me-
so,. of tsI S.posit Of 81 SS' viii pc re-
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a., a. =, sale" sale or deposit forfeited and tn.
propcrt, resold at the cost and rsh ~ ~
the defsu'tine purchaser alteI ~.
days previous advertisement OF ss,o Ws.h.
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DEADLOCK FEARED
IN WORLDS TRADE
General Agreements Among
M any Countries Pre-
Scribed for Ills.

PARIS C9.-World trade il being
ruined, travelling In AN internal
circle" writes Gustave Gerard. Belgian
member of the International Chamber
OF Commences Committee of Trade
Barriers.
He drafted the committees conclu-
sions and interprets them in the
chambers magazine World Trade.
Commerce. he says. soon must come
to definite halt" and countries will
be isolated altogether unless normal
economic relations are re-established.
Tariffs seemed an insoluble problem.
but quotas have come TO complicate
them, Gerard says. and are likely to
continue for long time.
Since the world appears definitely
headed toward commercial deadlock,
Gerard prescribes what the chambers
experts have determined to be the best
Wav out
He presents as a solution a general
trade agreement among many coun-
tries rather than two-country treaties.
but also insists there must be stand
ardization Of the quota system.
Disappearing the quota system, he
admits its probable continuance Tor
years. but demands quotas be fixed for
at least year so business men will
know where they stand instead OF get
ting the news the day 1t is effective.
Gerard. condemning commercial reg
lations of today, finds almost all coun-
tries offenders. He accepts quotas as
evils that must be tolerated for a time
because many nations have decided
even high tariffs fails to protect them,
especially when some of their COM
petitors have deprecated currencieS.
Quotas are criticized as state inter
ference in business IN an even greater
degree, and the least that should be
done is to "reduce the inconveniences
Of the system" chiefly by announcing
well in advance quotas for long periods
and the prompt issuance of import
licenses
Gerard makes no reference 10 Amer
lean experience. but French importers
recently have given examples that IL
lustrate that point. Apple licenses,
French importers have complained to
the ministry of agriculture. often are
issued To spectators who do not use
them. but sell them AT high prices 10
importers who then add them to the
price of apples. The American eE-
porter, they say. gets no more for his
apples and the importers profit Is no
greater. vet the apples cost the con-
sumner much more.