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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
By MICHAEL GOLD

MERICA is capitalist land it contains
"A nomic inequality, hence it is only sham democracy,
say the Marxiss But Germany is also capitalist land,
and contains the inequality and slavery.
Does Marxist therefore, lump America and Ger
the the liberals With their chatter
Of the relationships
No Aarxst points out differences capital
living changing thing periods
to by different
expansive period capitalism could certain
freedoms the majority speech and free
assembly. point whether gifts
people their
children let alone publish daily newspaper radio station
No. the Marxss Of Jesonian democracy still
France England America
ast countries But who defend workers democratic rights
not bourgeois order that better organize the
struggle for the seizure of by the working class
Germany Italy Japan capitalist
these aeed freedoms be found How
at this point positively painful The best they offer
fantasy
banking the paymasters and directors
of fascism are fit for nothing but the padded cell.
The Marst smiles such romantcism. He is able
scientific explanation this thing the world
given in 1928 before Hitler took in the following thesis Of the
Communist International:
historical progress bourgeois
mperat reactiona offensive the of
instability capitalist relationships
existence of large number of social elements the paper-
an of broad strata of the bougeois and of the in
teigena discomfort the bougeoie and finally
the constant menace of prolearan action
pourgeolSe
compelled abandon the parliamentary system the
system the party conflicts
binaions among the different disconnected groups.
dictatorship capital
by demagogy
cooperative state an-semim occasional sor against
capital gestures impotence with the parliamentary talking
shop utilize the petit
periods bomgeoise
ancpat phaseoogy but after has established itself at the
of aside such pratle and dose itself
roristc dictatorship of big capital
This written 1928, but is fairly picture
year powerP
capitalist dictatorship
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
NJ U S [ C.

The skillful and accomplished
string ensemble known as the Knoll
sextet played on Friday evening at
Town Hall One felt at times that
the Interpretation was too fine-spun,
too sensitive and delicate even for
chamber music. These attributes
served very well in Brahms; but in
the sextet by Frank Bridge (com-
posed in 1912 and in the work Of
the contemporary Czech composer,
Martini, broader crescendos and
more vivid color would have sup
piled the vigor which the composers
intended their music to express.
The remote from-life psychology
seems to have an even greater hold
on chamber musicians than on those
in other fields, It is pity that
such a fine ensemble could not have
chosen more important, less medi-
OGRE programs. F.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
Jewish Life Rebuilt
on a Productive
Foundation
BY M. ]. WACHMAN

IN THE history of the Jewish
masses, there are few red days of
real historical significance and
promise, and among these Deem
Der II. 1884, is second only to No
vember Z, 1917. November I will
stand out for all ages to come, as
the day when a new leaf was turned
in the history Of mankind, that also
opened up a new era for the Jew.
On that day, exploitation OF man by
man, Of race by race, Of nationality
by nationality, was doomed. The
banner of real liberty and oppor-
tunity for collective, creative effort
was unfurled on one-sixth Of the
globe For the first time in history,
the Jew was relieved not merely in
word, but in fact, Of the endless
forms Of oppression, discrimination
and persecution that have been his
share for centuries past. the world
over. A new day, new era, had
begun.
Culture, national in form, social
list in content, became the slogan Of
that new world. A process of regen-
Grafton has rapidly transformed a
family of peoples that were at the
bottom of the scale into a rapidly
advancing, united socialist nation.
Brotherhood ceased to be merely a
word in the dictionary; it became
an effective factor in everyday life.
The numerous peoples of the Soviet
Union have for the first time in his
tory received an opportunity to con-
tribute equally the best that is in
them towards the creation Of a new
socialist society.
Culture has become the heritage
Of the toiling masses, their handi-
work and inspiration. And the spirit
Of November 7 made possible and
guided the reconstruction of Jewish
life on productive, socialist founda-
lions. The hunch-back of the Jew
has become a thing of the past. He
has Strengthened out to his full
mans size, and in the cultural de-
sign OF socialism he has been weav-
ing in his own cultural forms, shar-
ing in the common collective task.
The Former -Mensch
1.-THE principles of Soviet national
policy" said Michael Ivanovitch
Kalinin, "have the effect that each
nationality gets its own autonomous
state formation within definite ter
ritorial boundaries. The develop
ment Of national f-consciousness
and the activization of the toilers
Of every nationality, accelerated the
rate of economic and cultural con-
struction within the boundaries of
every autonomous national unit
This policy of the Soviet Union, pro-
viding for the fullest self -determi-
nation of all national minorities, has
had the same effect upon the Jews.
The effective equality that is the
share Of the Jew in the U. S. S. r.,
combined with the regime of ma
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
Reviewed by
STEVE FOSTER

THE period Of revolutionary strug-
gle Is upon us. Anarchism has
failed; all of us look for higher
form of social Indignation, in Com
munist society, and the poets lcok
to it for a new subject matter"
The book of poems, COmrade-
Mister, derives it's title from poem
which deals with the two opposing
ideals embodied in the word 'oom-
rade" and mister" The book is
divided in two sections, one contains
Schneider's earlier work and the
other, his work as revolutionary
poet. In comparing the two sec
lions, one can understand how
Schneider's transformation into
class conscious poet took place. IN
like the English radical poets, Auden
and Spender, this transformation
Yves not transitional process.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13

monumental expression of the I'M
precedentsd total emancipation of
the Jew in the Soviet Union. But,
as Kalinin stated, the Jews until
now have not had any state forma-
ton similar TO the state units of
the other peoples Of the U. s. s. r.,
land that has put the Jews in
somewhat different position as COM
pared with that Of the other nation
alities."
Creation of Bro Bid jan
In order to do away with that last
drawback Of the Jewish people and
to create for them the same condi-
tions Of full national self -determi-
nation that has been found to con-
tribute so nightly to the develop
ment Of economic and cultural re-
construction on socialist founda-
tons, the Soviet Union designated,
on March 20, 1928, Biro-Bidjan for
mass colonization by Jews with a
view to the formation there of an
autonomous unit. After five years
of preliminary efforts in that direc-
ton, the period of experimentation
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
Author Urges All Workers to Read
Stains Foundations of LeniniSm'

proval and cooperation Of the entire
Party.
Foundations of Leninlsm" has no
substitute. All Party members and
sympathizers should, first get the
booklet themselves and read it, and
then spread 1t by the thousands to
other workers. My only hope is that
the publishers will not stop with the
issuance Of this invaluable book for
mass distribution. Other basic
Marxian-Leninist literature must be
made accessible to the masses Of
American workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
WINTER ISSUE OF SCOPE

The winter issue of Scope, a mag
azine of proletarian literature, will
be off the press next week with
stories by Mike Gold, Robert Smith,
Samuel Barron and Others, includ-
ing Joseph Wilson, who is District
Organizer Of the international Labor
Defense in San Francisco, and who
during the time Of the West Coast
marine strike played leading part
in the struggle. Walker Winslow,
who had several poems in recent
issues Of the Daily Worker, will also
be represented in the winter issue
Of Scope.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
IN THE MAILBAG

Jimmie F., OF Poeatello, Idaho,
writes: Mama gave me dime to
spend for candy, but papa told me the
DIV. needs a lot Of money. Papa is
not working now and mama works at
the F.E.R.A. eannery and de~s make
much. am years old ana I can
play The Internationale on my eornet.
Il would like 10 be an organizer,
but I like the book Of The Battle In
the Barnysrd. Maybe mana will buy
1t for Xmas. don't believe in Santa
Clause. Papa reads Mike Colds column
I like Lefty and Peanuts. Ps. Here
gees my dlme--sc for DIV, SC for a
stamp, &c for candy. Goodbye"
Jimmie r. ..............4...0 5
Olgin lect. Wkrs. Bookshop 40.19
Leonard Strauss ..... 100
Ruth Ebon 4 d Star Troop 10
Unit re l & Unit TC a.. 7.25
Previously received ...... .439.4S
TOTAL ............. 4SS.07
Del will present a beautiful co!ored
portrait Of his cartoon characters
every day to the highest contributor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
Capitalism's Henchmen

clear, the that
capitalism longer afford the slightest sebance
of democracy 1t must declare martial law in order to rule its
FILTERED victims True methods this it
poys Hitler Mussoni who make the change with
trick of the demagogue
But whatever the capitalism must at Cali
this the madness of Napoleon WISH but isn't the mad
village idiot 1t the world
its battle for existence 1t the
lying for her caviar mouks; fighting
his banks and his yachts; fighting
dictate his immense factory kingdom it Godwyn
fighting his divine right degrade exploit
1t the fight Of the class that Germany
in America But the forms of the struggle here there
recognize difference
forms capitalism much difference
between Fascist and proletarian dictatorship
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
BY RoNEOLI

The tOiIers of Italy recently
celebrated the 14th anniversary of
the capture of the factories of
Milan and Turin. The following
are a few "reminiscences on the
revolutionary activity-in connec-
ton with the above-of Comrade
Gramsci who is at present suffer-
ing in jail In fascist Italy. These
"reminiscences should serve as a
new stimulus for the toiIers Of all
countries. in order to strengthen
the campaign for the liberation of
Gramsci and Of all the imprisoned
anti-fascists.
ANTONIO GRAMSCI took the
n initiative in creating factory
councils in Turin, Immediately after
the end of the World War in 1919.
Turin is an industrial centre Sec
ond in Importance in the whole OF
Italy. In view of the peculiar nature
of the local industry, the proletariat
in Turin is distinguished by its
greater unity, its greater discipline
and highly developed class-cons-
ciousness.
During the war the social demo-
cratic trade union leaders joined the
Civil Mobilization Committee"-an
organization comprised Of Royal
Army officers and of representa-
tives" of the working class, and
which was formed in order to solve
On the basis Of class conciliation-
all productional problems Of interest
to the workers. The masses were
dissatisfied with this institution, and
the dissatisfaction acquired such ar
acute form that the employers anc
trade union leaders we're compelled
to allow the workers to elect theil
own representation in every separate
factory and workshop. This repre-
sentation was called the "Internal
Commission" and consisted Of from
to 9 workers elected by the collec-
tive Of workers in the given factory
Under the pressure of the masses
these internal Commission"
ticularly in Turin-acquired a clear
ly expressed character of class
struggle. Above all, they were closely
connected with the masses, whose
daily interests they defended in the
factories, and much more effectively
so than the local trade unions.
Antonio Gramsci realized tht
deep-rooted revolutionary signific.
ance which the development of thi.
movement Of Internal Commits.
sions" could have. and, together witt
his closest collaborators = Ercoli
Terracini and others-he explained
this significance to the workers BY
means of articles in the "Ordint
Nouvo" as well as by speeches al
many mass meetings. He avoided
all Journalism, he based his work or
the experiences of the masses-and
always keeping the REVOLUTIONARY
aims of the movement in view--l1t
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
ss5 MORE NEEDED!

900 NUM- NELDED!
Ramsey has been wavering be-
tween the "almost-wons" and the
victorious for the past week.
Three substantial contributions
will put him in second place in
the drive. Now's the time to ex-
press your supports
Total to date. .........S 214.24
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
BY A. BIMBA

BY A. BIMBA
Author Of History OF the American
Working Class" and "The Molly
Maguires'
One Of the biggest and most i'm
portant tasks Of the Communist
Party is the education Of the large
masses of the revolutionary workers
in the fundamentals Of the Com
munist movement and the prole-
tartan revolution. The efforts to dis
tribute 100000 copies Of Stains
Foundations Of Leninism" at 10
cents each should receive fullest ap-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13

There was a sharp cleavage between
his early work and his new work.
Schneider immersed himself in the
work and thought of the revolution
airy movement and became a sig
nificant part Of it. When he felt
the need Of putting his thoughts
and emotions into poetic form, he
wrote and tore up forty or fifty at
tempts at revolutionary poetry be-
fore he was satisfied that the work
he had done was consistent In its
revolutionary approach and had
achieved the spirit and perfection
he wished it to contain.
Persons who deal with unAinch-
ing honesty and integrity with the
problems that face them are rare.
1t is unusual to find such q sensi-
tive man who so transforms his life
that it becomes a coordinate part
Of q great movement and a great
ideal. The Communist movement
is creating such individuals. Isidor
Schneider is such a man.
AS A POET, the work Of Isidor
n Schneider has increased in vigor
and brosdened In scope. His poems
reveal an artist who is conscious Of
his taks, does his work skilfully, and
is unafraid to cope with the diff
flcult problems that face him. In
"A Hotel Lobby" in his most am
bilious poem -Four Orations," and
similar poems, his satire is more eff
fective than formerly. 1t has
achieved sharp, precise edge as a
revolutionary weapon. Here Is a
scsthing, incisivs Portrait Of
False Revolutionist":
He has the watery desire
to ouench our fire,
to wilt the firm.
to soak in us until
we sink to our lowest level.
He has rhe indoors art
to catch you in chair
and drug the air:
all motion under balk
that he may talk.
He'll chant red song
like cricket all day long,
If you let him hum
safe and warm
out Of the storm.
"Oh, see the other side!"-
and If we ride
that pendulum's idle arc
his aim Is won;
nothing will be done.
But most beware
when he calls you rare,
better than the others;
that is his knife
to stab your brothers.
1sidor Schneider's book Of poems
is valuable addition to revolutions
airy poetry and working-clas cul-
ture. The poet has gained more
than new subject matter. He has
benefited as poet, a man, rev.
olutionary and comrade.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
Brutal Shout of Fascism

TODAY the brutal of ascn
England In France the beast has pushed boldly
when he will try to seize burst shortly
How does capitalist democracy quickly
dictatorship? What there the soil of capitalist
makes such weeds thrive? Liberals
to this question either but the Mar studying the
economic background and do
they dazed by the political system
but pierce to its economic reality them capitalism
phenomenon that has through changes its
gnnings into the imperiah and fascist phase.
The proeaan dictatorship through
of military Communism its NEP period of partial capitalism the
class the villages and other phases Now hopes the
beginning classics society by the end of the second fyear
1t the liberals who ignore these differences who wlgaze
simplify history and therefore longer understand it.
they who have confused the who tragcay
world than capitalism 1t the liberals this problem
of ending the monster capitalism it
and academic debate which beclouds issue
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
Revolutionary Poems
Of IsidOr Schneider
Show Skill and VigOr

COMRADE MISTER, Poems by
Isidor Schneider. Equinox Co
operative Press. $500.
Reviewed by
STEVE FOSTER
IN the preface entitled Towards a
Revolutionary P oetry," Isidor
Schneider declares that The world
cries for a new social cohesion, and
poets for new theme" The period
Of decadence and anarchy is over.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
Little Lefty

Mr.. 6oo0 HAS
SO FIR, REFUSED 70
SEE The FREE
Fooo FIGHTERS
COMMITTEE OF
CHILDREN HNo
PARENTS
AeY IRE Pro
RS1lNo The
piSCHHRSE or
MISS SoopHaRT
WHO WIS FIaEp
FoR FEEoING
HUNoPX CHILDREN
WITHOUT nckeB
So
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
A Perfumed Red Herring

DEMOCRACY Dictatorship their favore
the free citizens of Athens while
sweated the vast majority of chatted
whatever the takatve
the real debate Of time rot Sphinx
propoundng generation that
under the penalty Of DEATH is not this
The problem is better stated the following
Communism Capitalism in whatever phases
whether
changes it
system better for the vast majority
system surely least different the yet
and still their stale chatter
atorships," and refuse the difference.
their peculiar red herring the
abstract rhetorical and noble red herring certainly peumed
quotations Jefferson Stuart Mil Whitman
herring with college education red herring
BREAKS FASCIST ILLUSION"
Section this column
Mike ability
fascist illusion and the middle class
tatorship of the Proearat"
Section s. N T. y 2760
G. T. CLARK Loo
Total .S92502
his Jews Without original
World
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13

1sidor schneider's book Of poems
is valuable addition to revolutions
airy poetry and working-class cul-
ture. The poet has gained more
than a new subject matter. He has
benefited as poet, a man, a rev.
olutionary and a comrade.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
Red Candidates Win Town Elections
Entire Unemployment
Council Slate Wins
in Pratt, Mich.

county to establish a relief distribu-
ton center in Pratt, where the I'M
employed formerly had to go to Ann
Arbor to get relief.
Because of its size, Pratt is an
unincorporated village and is not
permitted to levy taxes and carry
out other activities.
However, it was made clear by
Village President Young that the
Village Council would use all its
power to increase the relief given
to the unemployed in Pratt, and
would bring the organized pressure
of the entire town on the county
officials to bring this about He
also stated he would use his power
as village president to see that road
and sewage conditions would be i'm
proved. He stated, this and other
improvements would take place only
if the workers in the town would
use their collective power to compel
the county authorities to act to i'm
prove the social services in the
town.
The workers are happy over the
election of the workers slate and
have confidence that since the vii
lage president and a number of
other village officials are Commu-
nists, they will lead the fight to
improve conditions.
So many workers signed the petit
tons to put the elected candidates
on the ballot, that the reactionary
forces did not dare put up oppo-
sition candidates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
RELIEF IS Run TO SUIT BOSSES,
FEDERAL HEAD ADMITS TO SEAMEN
By del

business men with whom the sea-
men have been dealing while they
were administering their own re-
lief know that they we're honest
and much more efficient than any
other relief system we've had deal
ings with. We demand that you
meet their demands"
Plunkert, a typical liberal new
dealer, scrubbed hastily on his pad
and asked Smith his business. He
replied restaurant-keeper.
Called in by Plunkert to help,
John Carmody. former department
of Labor Strike mediator" DIETER
known to workers as strike-breaker)
urged the seamen to be reason
able" They laughed.
IT have no objection to going on
record here" Plunkert admitted at
one point, to the effect that
know that when you seamen ad-
ministered relief, you ran it eff
flciently, You did a good job. But,
as you say, I'm in job here and
I've got to follow the rules"
The specific "rule" Plunkert re-
ferred to is that Federal Relief
funds must be administered through
state officials" The Seamen re-
minded him, however, that Federal
funds in other cases have been and
are administered through private
Social welfare" agencies, and that
Plunkert himself sent an official
Washington to try to take over the
Seamen's control. The Seamen
aked, Since you could get the
Maryland officials to take on your
Mr., King, why can't you get them
to take Seamen to do the work for
them?"
IT can't tell them whom to hire"
Plunkert falsifed.
What is your final attitude on
the workers unemployment bill, H.
R. 1892" Patterson asked.
eve can't discuss that. You'll
have to go to Congress"
W4ldG D YOU1 111ltl dIblJuuG vi du-
yising Federal Relief officials in
Maryland to let the Seamen re-
tain control?"
why can't youu deal with us,
them"
Mono, I can't do that"
mo, I can't do that"
DO you condemn police brutality
against us?"
Il don't even know It existed"
CThe Seamen had related this in
detail, naming places and cases, in
Guiding how relief officials brought
police down with them)
well" KENNEDY said afterward
you can still be sure we don't in
tend to go hungry We're going
back to Highland you notice we're
still singing"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
Bill Young, Active
Communist, Elected
Mayor

PRATT, Mich, April 19.-The
slate of candidates put forward by
the Unemployed Council was elected
without opposition in Pratt, Mich,
village located between Ann Ar
Dor and Yipsilanti.
The slate was headed by william
Young, an active Communist, "a
years old. an unemployed carpenter
and former Ford worker. He. was
elected village president. Milford
Loder, "a years old, an electrician
who is member Of the American
Federation of Labor was elected vii
lage treasurer. Peter Savage, q
garage mechanic, Thomas MacFad-
zean, a bricklayer and member of
the A. F. of L., and Carmen Cole
man, auto worker, were elected
members Of the village council.
All those elected have been active
in the work of the Unemployed
Council which has 81 members out
Of total of 81 unemployed in the
village. AS result of the activity
of the Unemployed Council, every
one of the "a unemployed were on
the G. w. A. and are now on the
F, E. r. A., while in the county as
a whole only one out of every three
registered unemployed received these
jobs.
Pratt is a village consisting of
about 100 families with population
of 300 All the families except three
are workers families. About half
of the workers are auto workers