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ALL IN A DAY

, digger. Then again, she had
not yet consulted an attorney.
And managed to convince her
that it would be useless.
IAN she had for evidence was
q batch of letters. Five or six,
I would say. No checks. No
witnesses. Nothing whatever, ex-
cept those letters, and they were
signed 'Duckie Piep" he fin
iShed triumphantly.
No Signature
Mr.. Van Skidder shook his
head.
But I don't see" he be-
gan.
"She had nothing to prove
that you son wrote those let
tiers. Any one might have writ
ten them. At least, so I told
her. assured her that if she
even had one letter with his sig
nature on 1.-THE handwriting
of which corresponded to those
notes she has-she would have
an easy case. But that without
that proof, her case would be
hopeless"
And you managed to con-
vince her of that?" his client
demanded happily.
She was a bit dumb" the
lawyer smiled modestly. Then,
too, she knew you were pre-
pared to fight the case to the
last ditch. Without proof that
the handwriting in those letters
was Wilfred's, she knew that
she was licked"
Mice work, Thomas" Van
Skidder rubbed his hands to-
gether gleefully. Il never would
have thought of that angle of
it. She can't hold us up now
because she thinks she can't
prove that Willie wrote and
asked her to marry him. That
'Duckie Pie business wasn't so
unfortunate after all, eh?"
Exactly" The other man
frowned. Let me caution your
son, however, to limit his ar
dent proposals to oral declara-
tionS in the future. The next
time we might not be so lucky.
If the young lady had had
even one signed message from
him, I shouldn't have been able
to put it over"
Mr.. Thomas bowed his thanks
and departed. ...
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By Mark HeIIinoer

poor Margie," he sighed.
"She was a nice girl. I felt
sorry for her. SO I sent her
a post card while I was away"
He hastened on as Papa was
about to speak. II only said
on it, 'Hoving a good time.
Wish you were here"
He smiled proudly.
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Il remembered what you said
about not writing anything
that couldn't be read aloud in
court. And so I didn't put
'Duckie Pie on the card. I
signed my name to it-Wilfred
j. Van Skidder-right out in
full.
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Willie returned to town two
days later. Papa impaired the
happy news that the case had
been settled satisfactorily and
warned his son against repeat
ing his indiscretion in the
future.
Willie appeared, strangely
enough, to be thinking.
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Hopeful

Possibly not" he murmured'
"1There may be a way out" -.
The conversation took place
on Thursday. And on Saturday
morning, Thomas appeared at
his clients home once again:
WELL" demanded Willle's
papa, "how about it? How mucn
is it going to cost? Let's have
the bad news"
There is none" The lawyer
smiled reassuringly. Il have
settled everything, and very sat
isfactorily, too"
"You mean she isn't going to
sue?" the other man asked in
credulously. "And you didn't
have to pay her off? But how
could you put that over?"
"JuSt this way" Thomas
launched into an explanation.
First of all, the young lady was
far from what I had expected.
Whatever else she is, she is
plainly not q practiced gold
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No Evidence

Willie Van Skidder had a
rich and doting papa. He
had a family tree that might
have impressed you, if you
cared about such things. He
had the background of an
expensive, if futile, educa-
tion. Willie had, in short,
everything but brains. There
were times when even Papa
grew a trifle out Of patience
with Willie. This was one Of
those times.
"You mean to tell me-" the
senior Van Skidder shouted,
that you actually wrote this
woman love letters? Letters that
she can bring into court to prove
that you asked her to marry
you? Tell us what you said in
those noteS-if you can remem-
ber."
With the greatest Of effort,
Willie did a bit of thinking.
Il only told her couldn't
live without her" he said at
last. II told her 1 wanted to be
her duckie pie forever and ever"
He glanced apologetically at
papa's lawyer. That was my pet
name-Duckie Pie"
Papa Van Skidder groaned
aloud.
"Duckie Pie!" he repeated.
my God! That'n sound nice.
won't it, in the newspapers?
Don't you know, Willie, that you
should never write anything to
q woman that you'd be ashamed
TO have read out loud in a court
room?"
The lawyer began to speak for
the first time. :,
TT is just possible" he said
briskly, "that this won't have to
come to court. After all, the
only thing this-this person has
done 50 far is threaten a breach
of promise suit. My suggestion,
Mr. Van Skidder, is that you let
me interview the young lady.
He coughed discreetly.
TT might be handled more
easily if your son were not at
hand, If I may suggest it, ne
could leave town for, say the
weekend" .,,.
"A good ideal" Mr.. Van Skid
der nodded agreement. You
hear that, son? You take little
trip somewhere for a few days.
just as Mr.. Thomas says
Willie attempted to protest.
"But Margie-" he began.
"Mr, Thomas will take care OF
this Margie person." papa prom
1Sed. ,s 49,.
After Willie had departed, the
elder Van Skidder groaned once
more. -.
"Duckie Pie!" he said in dis
x11st. This will probably cost
me a pretty penny"
The lawyer appeared thougn1'
flll.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-03

darker peoples whose interests it
claims to defend" and champion?
What Of its present robber war
against the Chinese people?
Does Japan Seek to "UniteS China
The advocates OF japanese impe-
rialsnl glibly answer that Japan is
seeking to "uni'e" the Chinese people
against the robber western imperiaI-
tst powers, Great Britain, the United
States, France, etc. Or, forced to
admit Japan's robber aims In China.
they say III Japan does not take
over China, the white imperialists
will" Under this pretext they shame
lessly Justify Japan's violent seizure
OF ManchUria and other Chinese ter
r1tor1es. The hideous bombing Of
civilian populations, the hunting and
hanging as bandits of Chinese anti
imperialist fighters are likewise con-
doned under the pretext that Japan
is teaching" the Chinese to fight.
But-does Japan really seek to unity
China, to teach" the Chinese to re-
sist inperialist aggressions? Japan's
opposition to Chinese unity Is clearly
stated in the famous Tanaka Docu-
rnent, prepared by the late Premier
Tanaka for the then emperor, thus:
~. more dangerous factor is
the fact that the Chinese people
may wake up one fine day
When we remember that the Chi
nese are our only purchasers, we
must fear that day when China
unites and her industry begins to
flourish (page 1z). We must from
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-03
BY CYRIL BRIGGS

A high-powered propaganda drive
Is being conducted throughout the
country to convince the Negro masses
that imperialist Japan is the de-
fender and champion of the darker
people against imperialist oppression.
Why this campaign? What is its sig
niflcance? What are the facts on
japanese Imperialism in It's relation
to the liberation struggles Of the
darker people? These are burning
questions clamoring for answer.
This propaganda undoubtedly
ernanates from Japanese imperialis.
sources and is supported, more or less,
by all sections of the Negro middle
class leadership and particularly by
certain elements in the leadership OF
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People (Schuy-
Ter, Pickens) and the various Carney
grouplets.
The Japanese imperialists and their
agents among the Negro people,
clearly seek to exploit, in the in
terest Of Japanese imperialism, the
rising revolutionary feelings Of the
Negro masses to take advantage of
the difficulties of American impe-
rialism-such as would accrue from
a war situation-to strike blow
for their own freedom. This instinct
has developed out of bitter experience
at the hands Of the American white
ruling class.
History furnishes ample proof that
the Negro masses have nothing to
gain land much to loseD by SUPPORT
ing American imperialism, and there
by strengthening the hands of their
oppressors. Have they anything to
rain from Japanese Imperialism? Is
Japan the champion OF the darker
oeoples? What of its brutal suppress
ION Of the Korean and Formossan
copies, equalling in stark brutality
lie record of Belgian Imperialism in
The Congo7 Are not these among the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-03
Delegates to Demand Release
Of Filipino Workers. Leaders
Roosevelt, Hughes, QuezOn, GueUma AL Refuse
to Hear N. Y. Workers Demands

NEW YORK President Roosevelt,
the Supreme Court Of the United
States, Manuel Quezon, chief political
agent of American imperialism in the
Philippines, and Pedro Guevara, res
ident Philippine commissioner, have
all refused to see a delegation Of
American and Filipino anti-imperial-
lists which will be in Washington
Monday, March to present demands
for the release of the II Communist
leaders Of the Filipino workers and
peasants who are imprisoned in the
islands.
The refuSals were made in wires
and letters to N. Schor, secretary Of
the Action Committee for the Re
lease of Filipino Political Prisoners,
received today.
The delegation, which will be
headed by Maxine Manzon, prom
inent Filipino intellectual, and will
have on it representatives of the In
ternational Labor Defense, the Fill
Pine Anti-Imperialist League, and
other working-cla organizations,
Will proceed to Washington Satur-
day and demand interviews from
Guevara and from Chief Justice
Hughes, as well as from President
Roosevelt and Senate representatives
Quezon in his telegram, which hypo-
critically states that he has done
everything he could for Evangelista,
ct al" announces his departure from
Washington for the philippines, two
days before the delegation is to come
to see him.
The Supreme Court Justice is to
be visited to demand that the court
hear writ of haoeaS corpus for the
release OF the prisoners, which is
being prepared by the 1. L. D.
JuStice Hughes, in refusing an
appointment with the delegation
pleaded lack Of jurisdiction.
Pedro Guevara excuses his refusal
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-03
BY H...RY CANNES

collecting its toll from the entire
American workingclass. For that
re ason, the Reverend Norman
Thomas, in order to serve the cause
of keeping the workers from revolu-
tionary struggle, finds it imperative
to cover his N. r. A. traces.
Hence, he now writes and circulates
a leaflet entitled Why did N. r. A.
go wrong?"
What did the workers, or a large
number Of them, hope the N. R. A.
would do?" he asks. 'They hoped
that N. R. A. and the codes set up
under it would, by shortening hours
and increasing wages, abolish un-
employment, increase spending power
and give to the workers own unions
recognized standing"
ThOmas's Trickery
Here the Socialist reverend is doing
some sleight-of-hand skullduggery.
He doffs his pink vestments and dons
oyeraus. The American workers had
no reason, from bitter experience. to
expect from capitalism but what they
eventually got.
However, when President Roosevelt
unloosened his flood Of ballyhoo
promises, the Socialist leader S
stepped in to help the bosses. They
stroye to instill into the minds of
the workers just what Mr.. Thomas
says now the workers hoped the N. R.
A. would do The object, Of course,
was to keep the workers from fight
ing back to improve their own con-
ditions. Mr.. Thomas himself, at the
time 100000 coal miners and $4,000
steel workers were striking last fall,
told them Nov is not the time to
strike!"
Lest he forget some of his service
for the NR.A., in his haste to become
enc of its critics" we will recall
some OF his own words uttered in
those days when Roosevelt was pump
ing the minds Of the workers full Of
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THERE is a lot of chest-thumping
among those who helped Roosevelt
spread his sweet words about the N.
R. A. AS the workers begin to
awaken, and find the sweetened N. r.
A. dose really contained the worm
wood and gail Of wage-cuts and COM
pany unions, those responsible in
their own midst begin to set up q
chorus Of howls about the N. r. A.
mot working" The Thomases, Greens
and Waldmans, sensing the vast
establishment, atune their howls TO
it, and utter critical" words about
the N. r. A.
What they are afraid Of is that the
workers will not only recall the Com
munist Party analysis, warning and
advice on the N. r. A., but will now
follow it in action.
Recently e leaflet appeared with
the heading: why did N. r. A. go
wrong" Who do you think wrote it?
The very same Norman Thomas who
promised the workers so much would
come out Of the N. r. A.
Norman Thomas wants the work
ers to forget his past preachments
about submitting to the N. p. A., not
striking against It. He does this for
the express purpose Of keeping the
workers from following the path Of
the class struggle against the whole
program, leading to revolutionary
struggles against capitalism. Just as
the Austrian cial-democratic lead
erg preached that peaceful submission
to Dollfuss's democracy would bring
socialism, so Norman Thomas ranted
that working for the success Of the
N. r. A. would pave the way to
socialism.
Every demagogic move TO strength
en- the power Of finance capital, every
oppressive act against the workers,
is greeted by these worthless as a new
Pullman to socialism.
The N. R. A. did not take long in
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We intellectually endorse the ar
ticle by Comrade Cyril Briggs expos
ing the swindle Of Japanese imperial
ism as the champion of the darker
peoples.
In the name of the japanese work
ing class engaged in heroic struggle
against the brutal suppression of
their democratic rights, in the name
of tens of thousands of japanese
anti-imperialist fighters rotting in
the jails Of Japan, in the name of
countless murdered Chinese workers
and Of the Chinese masses heroically
resisting the aggressions Of Japanese
and other imperialist bandits and of
their blood-hounds the Kuomintang
Party and is nationalist government,
and successfully building the Chinese
Soviet Power, we appeal to our Negro
brothers and sisters not to be misled
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ion Struggles Of Asiatc Peoples, Looting of China

lection not only Of Japanese lives
and property, but also OF interna-
tional interests, just as other pow
ers had frequently undertaken in
the same region"
The japanese imperialists not only
defend similar attacks on China by
the western imperialists, but boast
that they prevented the Chinese
masses from driving the white i'm
perialists into the sea:
"As the anti-forejgn agitation in
Shanghai became worse and foreign
lives and properties In the Inter
national Settlement were endan-
gered, the Defense Committee, COM
posed of commanders Of the forces
of the United States, Great Britain,
Italy and Japan, declared a state
of emergency and an arrangement
was made in consultation by the
international authorizes for its de-
fense."
Thus inperialist Japan adhereS to
the united front OF imperialism
against the rising liberation strug-
giles of the oppressed darker peoples!
Is this chanpioning the darker
peoples? Is it rot clear that the
main contradictions in the explosive
international situation Is not between
Japan and It's imperialist rivals, but
between all the imperialist powers,
on one hand, and, on the other hand.
the revolutionary struggles of the
brutslly oppressed colonial masses,
the workers in the inperialist coun-
tries and the triumph of Socialism
in the Soviet Union, the bulwark Of
the world revolution?
One Force Capable of Uniting China
In China there is one force which
has shown itself capable of uniting
and liberating China. That force is
the Soviet power set up by the eman-
cipated workers and peasants over
one-fourth of China, with a popula-
ton Of more than 100000 people.
The rising Chinese Soviet power has
aroused the franctic fcS, Of all the
imperiaist bandits, including japan.
japanese imperialists have Joined
with the rest of the vultures in the
bloody onslaughts on the Chinese
Soviet Republic. Is it an accident
that Japan's imperialist rivals, even
in the process Of squabbling for the
spoils of China, give objective sup
port to Japan in organizing Man
churia into an armed base against
the Soviet Union and the Chinese
Revolutions That George Bronson
Rea, and other American Journalists
fCnnfi,lnnd ~, Pm. a
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by the deceptive Japanese propa-
ga.sda, not to be trapped by misleaders
into support of murderous Japanese
imperialism, but to rally to the side
of the Chinese and japanese toilers
and the worldwide anti-inperialist
struggle.
Those who advocate support of
japanese Imperialism must be merci-
1essly exposed. Japanese imperialism
is no champion of the darker peoples.
1t is brutal, predatory. 1t has sunk
its fiendish claws on the darker
peoples of Asia.
japanese imperialism is an ally
oppression Of the darker peoples is
convincing evidence that Japanese
imperialism is no defender nor cham
pion Of the darker peoples.
japanese imperialism is an alley
Of the inperialist powers Of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-03

1t is clear that japanese imperial
ism, like all imperialism, must be
overthrown to achieve the Liberation
of the darker peoples and all the ex-
plotted masses, co,ored and white. 1t
is the duty and task of all fgh ers
for national and social emancipation,
especially Korean, Chinese, japanese
and Negro workers, to combat the
poisonous propaganda of Japanese
imperialism. Only the unity of the
toilers Of all the world, without re-
gard to color or nationality, can fin
ally gain our emancipa ion. Onward
to greater united struggle against the
inperialist bandits Of all colorsl
(Signed) japanese Bureau Of the
Communist Party, U. S. a.
Chiiiese Bureau Of the Com
munist Party, U. S. A.
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glowing promises TO induce them 10
forget their empty stomachs.
On June 10th, five days before the
n. r. A. became law-the Socialist
leaders were as FESTIVE as racing dogs
in their efforts to help capitalism
Mr.. Thomas hailed it as follows:
''The labor clause of the bill as
introduced into Congress rightly
used will give the workers an enor-
mously powerful weapon for prog
ress towards genuine socialism"
Nothing less.
What Section Ia Did
1t is precisely by means If this
clause (sectioL 7-s), which Norman
Thomas greeted as progress to
genuine socialism" that the bosses
set up company unions, broke the
Weirton, Budd, Ford, coal, steel and
other strikes, and lowered the real
wages Of the majority Of the em-
ployed workers in the United States.
While Norman Thomas Yves embel-
fishing the charter Of socialism, as
written by Roosevelt and passed by
a capitalist congress, the Communist
Party accurately warned the working
class Of what actually would happen.
Now Norman Thomas, in that Wis
dom which comes Of present necessity,
writes:
But today, after covering
large part of the United States, ]
can add my voice to the voices Of
millions of workers and say N. r.
A. is not working; it is not ending
unemployment. In many cases
G.. W. A. wages are higher than
wages fixed In the codes. None Of
the codes contain the provision that
wages shall rise automatically as
the cost of living rises. We shall
have the sweatshOp back again In
full power. All over the United
States minimum wages tend to
become maximum wages. From
Maine to California I found ex-
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Western World in their suppression
OF the struggles of the darker peoples
for equality and freedom. 1t was
japanese imperialism which aided the
British in drowning in blood he
heroic revolts Of the East Indian
masses at Singapore during and i'm
mediately after the World War.
Furthermore, the oppressed and ex-
plotted masses of Japan are groaning
under the heel Of the Japanese ruling
class. This ruling class recognizes no
difference in the color Of its victims.
Even its own people are not ex-
emp ed from brutality and depriva-
ton of the most elementary rights,
such as freedom of thought denied
under the Dangerous Thoughts"
law not to mention denial of the
right to organize and strike for bet
terrnent OF their conditions
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cific and control over the Iooting Of
China? Is not Japan a party to all
international imperialist actions
against China? In the march on
Picking during the monarchy, in pre-
venting the nationalist armies from
occupying Shanghai in 1927, before
the betrayal Of the Chinese Reyolu-
ton by Chang Kai-shek and other
nationalist (Kuomintang party lead
ers? In the alliance with Great
Britain, terminated under pressure Of
the u. S. rivals Of Japan? In the ex-
listing secret alliance with France for
suppression of the liberation struggles
of the Indo- China masses?
Have not former War Minister
Arak and other Spokesman of Japan
csc imperialism presented Japan in
the role Of the policemen Of world
imperialism in the Far East, as the
advance guard of ALL the imperial
lists in the attack on the powerful
Chinese Soviet districts and on the
Soviet Union, which alone has recog-
nized the right Of the Chinese people
to govern themselves? Did not the
japanese Chamber of Commerce and
Japanese Association of North Amer
lea, with headquarters in Seattle,
issue an 8-page folder in March, 1881,
during Japan's war on Shanghai, ex-
planning the Japanese action as In
defense of international imperialism?
That pamphlet stated:
ut must be clearly understood
that the japanese na al action In
Shanghai was purely for the pro-