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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-07-19
BRAIN TRUSTER
WILL ACT SOON
in new POSITION
DR.. RExFoRD GUY TUcWELLII
WILL TAKE UP OLD HOB
BIEs IN AGRICULTURAL
TOUR or WEST

WASHINGTON. July 19.-The
administrations No. / "brain
truster" DIR. Rexford Guy Tug
well-wilI revive a neglected
hobby when he tours the agri-
cultural west in his new capacity
as under-secretary Of agriculture.
II is inspecting agricultural ex-
pertinent stations.
He hasn't had much opportunity
10 pursue that hobby of late. A
revival at the moment would fit in
nicely with the professors plans.
While he will be travelling in
behalf of the accomplishments of
the new deal thus far, the adj
ministration also wants the west
to get a good look at Tugwell.
The fight in the senate over his
confirmation as second in COM
mand of the department of agri-
culture. the contention of his
critics that he4swas not a "dirt
farmer and his position in the
''brain trust" apparently have
convinced the administration that
he should be seen.
Tugwell: A Target
Inspecting agricultural expert
meIit stations is considered to of
fer a splendid and dignified
method for Tugwell to be seen by
the rank and file of the farming
element, and, at the same time,
afford him something he enjoys.
1t has been apparent for some
time that Tugwell has been singled
out by the republicans as "a target
in coming political campaigns in
their fight on the brain trust. !"
The statement of party policy
adopted by the republican national
committee refers pointedly to that
''small group in Washington, vest
ed with temporary authority, seek
ing covertly to alter the frame
work of American institutions.
No one doubts that they wished to
hit Tugwel by implication.
Mr.. Roosevelt and his advisers
apparently recognize the prob
ability that republicans will at
tempt to make a campaign issue
of Tugwell, and they hope to pre-
vent it by sending him on round
of public appearances.
Star Performer
Observers in Washington are
agreed, generally, that DR.. Tug
well win steal the show from all
the other "new dealers" touring
the country at the same time.
Even the colorful General john
son may find it difficult to match
the handsome, smiling, poised pro-
fessor.
Fresh from his encounter with
the senate in what Senator Norris
Iof Nebraska described as 1.-THE
most complete show | have ever
Understanding lacking but
the music"-and in which he was
the principal actor, Tugwell should
be a drawing card of the first
rank.
Perhaps the administration cal
culates they'll come to see him
out of curiosity, remain to be
charmed by his personality, and
go away with different concep-
ton of "brain trusters."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-07-19
Vast Project Win New Re-
ceive Consideration As
A State Wide PFoposi-
lion

special wnshIunsua f.sFsssnaaasai
ef Nhe F5a4eem
WASHINGTON. =. G..
July 19.-The Public Works
Administrasioa : Feeonaider-
ing the application Of the
Monroe County Road and
Toll Bridge Commission for
a loan 20 finance construc-
ton Of the overseas bridess
between Key West and ne
mainland.
PwA officials reported
that the Feasen for ths dec.
sion to reconsider is = nsw
report on automobile traits
IN Southern Florida. and car.
ferry traffic 10 Key West
which paints "a more rosy
picture" than the fissl re-
port received.
The nsw repoFt was maaa
by a PWA agent who went
to Florida for the purpose of
making the new survey. Re-
consideration Of the bridre
loan application had nothing
10 do with the present a.
nancial difficulties OF Key
West. Key West il not ihe
main consideration" h. was
said. This is a county APP
plicatiOn, by a State CONNIE
sion. We must consider the
effect on the county and The
entire State"
No Reduced Amount
The application now under
reconsideration Is the one
a loan Of SS.00O.O0O.
No reduced application. d.
was said. has been received.
There was some talk OF re-
the application 90 be- 4.
tween $4.OOO.0OO aud So
100000, but such a rcdur-
ton has not been asked" BE-
was declared.
If a reduced application
along these lines Is submit
ted. il will greatly increore
the chances for approval of
the loan. il was said. Off
cials pointed out that in view
of the fact that the new
traffic report was held fs
Justify reconsideration oi
the loan application. under
its 50. 900. 600 limit. "if they
can cut that figure apprusI-
mately ia half. and still have
substantially the same rf-
zap. of course they viii have
a much stronger ease.
Thorough Study
Reconsideration oi the ap-
plication b. Co bc thorough.
and immediate action rar-
not be expected. % was saId
However. it wa asserted
proponents of the Joan ca
be sure that II they plan
come in with a reduced ."
plication, they will find
project actively under
and the Admiurfr. .u.
ready 10 talk busin,
the basis Of the reduce
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17
Japan Scours World for
Scrap Iron for War
Against U.S.S.R.

greater profits as the day Of ac-
tual attack against the Soviet
Union draws nearer.
Hundreds of American factories
are rushing out war orders for
Japanese imperialism. 1t is in
these war industries, producing for
American as well as Japanese i'm
perialism, that our center of anti
war activity should be grounded.
We call upon workers in all war
industries to flood the Daily
Worker with still more detailed
information on war orders and
shipments to Japan, on scrap iron,
metal, auto and other war sup
plies fiom American firms to the
japanese war lords.
The feverish haste with which
the japanese militarists rush their
preparations for a gigantic war,
the thoroughness with which they
scour the world for mountains of
scrap iron, should arouse all work.
ers to the imninence of the war
danger, and particularly to the
alarming danger of war against
the Soviet Union.
Every workers organization
should be aroused against the war
danger and for the sharpest strug-
gle against the overshadowing i'm
minence of the csiminal imper-
ialist war which the capitalists
look for to stave off the doom OF
capitalism.
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extremely significant and important
items coming from the United
States.
The Japanese Chronicle for
Jan. 6 reported that the imports
of firearms leaped from S233,66O
in 1881 to S2,5O0,OO0 in 1888; and
in 1884 the figure is being in
creased by nearly 100 per cent.
Imports of Special steels," most
of which come from the United
States, jumped from S280,000 in
1882 to S1,S0O,00O in 1888. Imports
of iron in all forms increased
nearly 200 per cent, and incoming
nitrates flor the manufacture of
explosives) nearly doubled.
Sources in this country show that
the shipment from the United
States to Japan of lead for the
manufacture of rife and machine
gun bullets, increased as follows
1880, 31,3O6,25O pounds; 1881, 34,-
601,6S1 pounds, and 1882, 40,440, 000
pounds. Figures for 1888 and 1884
were not available.
Keep Facts Secret
It is significant that information
on shipments of war supplies from
the United States to Japan are
carefully concealed or entirely OBJ
liberated. The American ornaments
manufacturers cooperate with the
japanese imperialists in secreting
the shipment of war supplies to
Japan.
However, the Saily Worker is in
a position to give the following ex-
elusive information on the shipment
of special steels" to Japan for war
purposes in the early part of 1894.
$4,000 tons of end hardening
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WarMaterials Shipments
from U. S. Being
Speed Up
Continued from Page y

where they are broken up for scrap
iron. American railroads are reap
ing a fortune by selling their old
cars to Japan for Junk" These
cars are sent to Japan as scrap and
are transformed into war materials
Japan, of course, is not combining
her scrap iron collections to the
United States alone. However, the
greatest share of scrap iron i'm
ported into Japan for war purposes
comes from the United States. For
merly, some used to come from Ger
many. But now Hitler has virtually
forbidden the export Of scrap iron,
as most of this material in Ger
many, as well as Japan, is being
rapidly forged into war materials.
Steel" organ of the big steel
trusts, in its Jan. 8, 1894, issue con-
firms the fact that Japan is the
leading purchaser of scrap iron in
the United States. They point out
that Japan took the bulk of the
exports of scrap iron during the last
month Of 1888, which in this case
amounted to 59,115 tons.
Figures published in Japan show
the comparatively huge rise in ex-
penditures for the purchase of war
materials in foreign countries. While
the countries are not listed, the
Daily Worker is able to give some
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17

aneSe army, with Diesel motors OF
125 horse power.
A wagon company will receive
millions of dollars for it's share
in building war supplies for the
Japanese imperialists, to consist
of 5000 three and one half ton
wagons, with double tOngs. These
wagons are to be fitted with tires
for speedy and efficient transpor-
tation of troops and war supplies
for great distances.
1t is significant to note that all
of the war transportation material
being bought in the United States
is eminently fitted for just the type
of warfare Japan is proposing to
undertake in Manchuria and for
the invasion of the Soviet Union
over its wide and far flung plains.
Food is not omitted. Hundreds of
thousands of barrels of flour have
been ordered from American millerS
Lumber workers inform US that over
100000 feet of gun stave lumber
walnut, have been ordered for quick
shipment to Japan.
Pierre S. du Pont, official of the
National Labor Board, and of the
MIA. Advisory Board, member
of the Millionaire war munitions
family could probably supply us
with mere detailed figures of the
shipments of explosives to Japan.
For example, his firm, the E. l.
du Pont de Nemours Co., dealers
in explosives, reports an increase
in sales of "a per cent in 1888
over 1882. How much of this went
TO Japan? The Daily Worker is
unable to supply these detailed
figures. which could easily be sup
piled by Pierre S. du POnt. adj
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17
Support lid Hid forAustrianW Orkers, Commune Day!
World w ide
Aid on Sunday
Paris Commune Meets
to Raise Funds for the
Austrian Workers

NEW YORK-March 10, Paris
Commune Day, and throughout the
world recognized as International
Red Aid Q.L.D) day, this year will
be devoted internationally to rais-I
ing funds for the defense and re-l
lief of the victims of Austrian faS-
cist terror.
In America, the International
Labor Defense, American section of
the International Red Aid, is hold
ing meetings in all districts where
it has branches, concentrating
both the heroic struggle Of the Paris
Communards, and of the Austrian
workers who last month followed
the revolutionary example Of the
Partisan workers.
All funds collected will be sent to
the special committee set up by the
International Red Aid in Paris to
handle the defense and relief Of the
Austrian workers.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. IA
meeting of protest against Austrian
fascism will be held Saturday, Feb.
IT, 8 pm, in Ladies Aid Hall, AZ
New St., at the call of the Com
munist Party. The management Of
the Socialist Workmen's Circle hall,
after asking SO for the use of their
hall for the meeting, refused to let
it be used at all.
The Food Workers Industrial
Union held a mass meeting IN
Lakewood, N. j., to protest against
Austrian fascism.
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Continued from Page 4
compliance over to the Code Au-
thorities rs rapidly as possible"
Then, to make assurance doubly
sure, Davis declared:
Our intention as directed by the
Act (NIR.A0 is to intrust to in
dustry the power of self-government
to carry out the purposes of the
N. R. A. Remember Johnson's de-
clared purpcse-to recover profits
M. VI. AT present we are in the
transition state Industry men,
bers are inclined to look upon the
Administration member of the Code
Authority as the man with the veto.
But he has more than a veto power.
He is the connection between the
Administration and Industry" In
other words = Don't worry about
the Administration member; he is
just our messenger boy!
Davis then apparently remem-
bered Swope's suggestion that COM
plants might be turned over to the
Federal Trade Commission and the
Department of Justice-and again
he treasured the exploiters that he
wanted to explain amy misunder-
standing there might be about the
! connection between MIRA. and the
Federal Trade Commission" He said,
1--WE can call upon the Federal
Trade Commission to make inves-
LEGATIONS for us, and then to report
directly back to u.s. That is not in
any sense turning the matter over
to the Federal Trade Commission,
but rather is using them as an in
vestigating body, working for u.s."
The same thing undoubtedly goes
for the Department of Justice. And
as soon as the big conference ad-
| journed, the little fascist commit
tee and johnson called in Justice
Department representative and ar
ranged a permanent connection
This was the basis of another bis
yarn in the capitalist press about
how the MIRA. is cracking down
on employers who browbeat en-
ployees under the MIRA! Appa-
rently they didn't notice Davis re-
mark to the bosses that government
enforcement agencies will be work.
ing for u.s."
Other points in the Swope-John
son plan, comparatively unimpor
tant and not yet adopted openly
would provide that Code Author
tiles report" regularly to MIRA.
that they prorate expenses, etc. On
other merits closest attention from
workers, however: it would provid
IAN economic and statistical bureau
of the National Chamber of Com
merce and Industry. of which tn
highly organized and efficient In
dustrial Conference Board of Nev
York shall be the nucleus" TIL
coupling of the all-inclusive phras
! Statistical information" with tn
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17

nickle steel; $4,000 tons of steel
in bars, blooms, slabs; $4,000 tons
of ingOts.
A tremendous amount of nickel,
for war purposes, is being shipped
to Japan from the United States
and Canada. While no detailed
figures are available, we can quote
the following report of profits of
the International Nickel Co. of
Canada, corporation in which j..
P. Morgan is heavily interested, as
an indication of what tremendous
activity is going on in this respect.
Whereas this corporation showed a
loss of S135,344 in 1882, it recorded
profit of S9,662,5S3 in 1888. The
mammoth war preparations of one
year we're enough to turn a deficit
into a profit of nearly ten million
dollars. While this metal goes to all
countries for war purposes, the sup
ply to Japan is undoubtedly ire
mendous.
Airplane Orders
From a worker correspondent in
the Pratt 81 Whitney airplane en-
CINE plant, we are informed that
the japanese government has given
that company an order for over
5000 airplane engines. These en-
gines are to be used in planes to
be sent to Manchuria for war
against the Soviet Union. Another
concern has been handed a juicy
order for $4,000 fiat cars, without
sides, for transportation of guns,
and other artillery on the Man
churian railways.
One American concern was award
ed contract for the construction
of 200 big army tanks for the Jap
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17

vocate of company unions for the
workers.
Mr.. du Points firm which coined
millions out of the blood of the
workers in the last World War
finds business is rapidly picking
up. His cOmpany's income leaped
from S23,S63,0O0 in 1882 TO $751;
$4,000 last year. That it will be
greater in 1884 is already assured
even by Japanese purchases alone.
Speeding Up For Spring
The alarming feature of the pur-
chases of war supplies by japanese
imperialism in the United States
recently is the haste with which
they are being shipped to Japan be-
fore spring.
For example, the American Ex-
porter" organ of the leading export
ing firms in the United States, re-
ports as follows:
Cotton exports to Japan dug
ing the first IL weeks of the
season were the biggest for this
period in the history of the
trade" Am erican Exporter,
January, 1891.
AS spring comes on, when the
leading statesmen in the capital
list world admit that Japan is pre-
pairing for war against the Sovie;
Union, the United States supplies
Japan with the greatest amount
of raw cotton (mainly for war
purposes) in the entire history OF
the American cotton trade,
On February 10, the New York
Times reported some alarming
facts, which, when put together
with those we have detailed above
show the dispatch with which
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17
Industry Council Real Power
In n. r. A. DriUe on Workers

notorious National Industrial Con-
ference Board gives a diabolical
hint: this may well mean greater
use of that dreaded enemy of work.
ing class organization, labor spies,
as well as concerted drives to
stimulate company -unionism. The
National Industrial Conference
Board already has made Surveys"
of company representation plans"
it has been a fount of guidance
for U. S. Steel and the rest in
camouflaging company unions. 1t
has supplied the statistics" on
which General johnson has based
the rank lies about the effect of N
RIA. on workers standards. 1t
would be a short step indeed for
this outfit to include among its
Statistics" and Surveys" the most
modern and disguised labor spy
methods.
Ito Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17

Japan is preparing for war. A
steady stream of ships is passing
through the Panama canal loaded
with nitrates for European and
other sources. From Norfolk, New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, New
Orleans, and Galveston, sh p S
leave steadily for Japan with car
goes of scrap iron, steel. lead, cot
ton and other essentials for war
obtained in the United States.
Scour the World.
No corner of the world is over
looked by the Japanese war lords
in their search for scrap iron and
other supplies. The New York
Times of March 13, 1884 reported
in a cable from Port of Spain,
Trinidad, as follows:
-Four thousand tons of scrap
iron and steel in the form of
old sugar milling and oil re-
filming machinery is being shipped
to Japan.
Buyers representatives have
been securing the Windward
Islands and Venezuela and also
are negotiating with the Trim
dad government to buy old rails
from the government railroad.
The San Francisco Maru IA
Japanese freighter) has been
chartered for the shipment. The
highest price paid was Sc ton"
Japanese agents are making
deals with Latin American coun-
tries for war materials. In q
pamphlet published in London by
the Union of Democratic Con-
troll" entitled Patriotism Ltd" VIZ
CLEAN the following.
Japan, according to Tokyo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17
/. L. ID. Bureau
Calls for Fight
for Thaelnann
Ernst Thaelmann and
200, 200 Anti-Fascists
in Nazi Clutches

PARTISAN urgent appeal to all
its members and sympathizers to
take up and redouble the fight for
the release of Ernst Thaelmann,
| leader of the German Communist
Party, is made in a statement of
the European Bureau of the Inter
national Red Aid, parent body Of
the International Labor Defense.
The text of the appeal follows:
The international action Of the
toilers of all countries and the in
tervention of the workers and
peasants government of the Soviet
Union has forced the fascist Hitler
and Goering government to release
the valiant Dimitroff and his com
radeS, Taneff and Popoff.
Their acquittal = the Leipzig tria
as well as their release is the result
of an international mass movement
in which the International Red Aid
QL.D0 has played vanguard role.
But in the Hitler dungeons there
remain still 100000 anti-fascistS.
Preparations are under way for the
provocation- trial against the leader
of the German anti-fascist move
ment, Ernst Thaelmann.
Thousands of families, women
and children of the anti-fascists
murdered or imprisoned, are left
destitute and in the most utter
poverty. In the same condition are
the families of the political emf
grants and of the prosecuted to
which the bourgeois governments
do not grant the right of asylum.
The trials in Germany continue
uninterruptedly and the fascist
Judges are daily distributing SEN
fences of death and of thousands of
years of Imprisonment.
Torture and the application of
the law attempting to escape" as
well as the suicide" are applied to
all those who dare oppose them
selves or criticize the regime of
murder, hunger and war in Ger
many.
The victory which the world pro-
letariat has achieved with the lib
Grafton of Dimitroff, Taneff and
Popoff must serve as an incentive
for intensifying the battle against
German fascism and against world
fascism. Let us struggle for the
freedom of Ernst Thaelmann and
of the 100000 anti-fascist prisoners
| in GERMANY.
Let lis raise funds to help the
hundreds of thousands of women
and children Of the murdered and
imprisoned anti-fascists as well as
to help the prisoners themselves.
Let us answer every act Of terror
every trial against anti-fascistS
with mass demonstrations in front
Of the German embassies and con-
sulates.
Dimitroff, who with his revolu'
tionary behavior during the Leipzig
trial, imbued fear in the fascist
Judges and mobilized millions OF
toilers all over the world, today
that he is free in the fatherlant
of all the toilers, guides our struggle
for the liberation Of Thaelmann ant
of the 100000 anti-fascist prison
ers Of Germany
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Elizabeth Anti-War Week


press announcement, is so busy
buying war materials from
abroad to stock her own fac
tories that recently she signed
an agreement with Brazil to
build between 20 and 80 war
vessels in return for supplies of
rubber and other raw materials.
The leading buyer of the Mitsu-
bishi concern, the dominating
group in japanese industry, is
in Germany negotiating pur-
chases of such war materials as
nitrogen for explosives"
The Hotchkiss arms factories of
France are pouring out machine
guns for Japan. They are SO &C.
cupied with Japanese orders that
a japanese military attache from
Paris has permanent room en-
gagged at the Hotchkiss testing
range. The Schneider works in
LIE Creusot in France are also
busy with Japanese war orders.
British Shipments.
Last year detailed figures were
given in the House of Commons
in England on arm and munitions
sold by British firms, mainly to
Japan, which showed that these
included no less than 1000 ma
chine guns and 8,962,500 cartridges
These facts give only the barest
indication of the rapidity with
which japanese imperialism is am
ing for war, and has been arm
ino, particularly during the past
few years. They show above all
that American capitalists are max
ing hundreds of millions of d.
lars now, and have the bait
dangled before them of even
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17
War Dept.
Organizes BLACK
Hundred" Corps

LONDON, March 16-The British
War Office has begun the organiza-
ton of Black Hundred terroristic
corps for the avowed purpose of
striking at revolutionary workers
and all fighters against war,
This corps, to be called the Royal
Defense Corps, will have the special
task of fighting against persons of
ill-will and foreign agents within
the country"
When Labor Party members in
the House of Commons expressed
the fear that the British Black
Hundred corps might be used
against them, Duff-Cooper assured
them that it would only be used in
war time thus implying that he ex-
pected the Labor Party leadership
to need no patriotic" pressure in
war time.