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The daily worker., 1935-02-15
Defeat the STREET Measured

A NEW attack on the elementary civil
"A rights of the workers is being under
taken in Albany.
Tammany Assemblyman Saul S. STREET
of the same political party as Governor
Lehman-has introduced amendments to
the Election Law, one of which states that
a party must have received $4,000 votes
to be on the ballot in the Forthcoming
elections.
Actually, this means an attack first and
foremost on the Communist Party. The
Communist Party received in the last
campaign 45,878 votes for its candidate
for governor.
This is a conscious attempt to force the
Communist Party off the ballot. As such
it is an attack upon and restriction of
basic democratic rights. Such attacks are
being made in a number of other states,
notably Ohio.
Every workers organization, every
group of people interested in fighting off
the encroachment of fascist attacks upon
civil rights, should wire their immediate
protests to Governor Herbert H. Lehman,
The Capitol Albany, N. Y.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15
Labor Party and Farmers

THE movement for a mass Labor Party
l is movement that will fight for the
interests of all toilers, workers and farm
ers.
An incorrect formulation was made in
yesterdays Daily Worker, where the edi-
torial on PROVIDERS speech" limited the
fight of the Labor Party to that of "only
one class, the working class"
The working class, of course, must
lead the movement, have hegemony over it.
The proletariat as class leads the
whole toiling population, especially the
farmers ruined by Roosevelt's program,
in the struggle against the yoke Of capital
Therefore, the Labor Party, led by the
working class, would include farmers and
all exploited and oppressed, and would
fight for their interests.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15
The Elevator Strike

THE splendid strike of elevator operators
L and other building service workers
which broke out Wednesday afternoon,
tying up service in 200 buildings in vari-
Gus parts of New York should be sup
ported by all New York labor The sue
cessful settlement, in the first two days
of the strike, in seven skyscrapers and
more than fifty Harlem buildings is con-
vincing proof that strike action and not
compulsory arbitration will improve the
conditions of the workers.
The patience of the workers waiting
for the decision of the arbitration board
is exhausted. The men took matters into
their own hands and struck Whether or
not the officials of Local BIB, Building
Service Employees international Union
continue disclaiming responsibility for the
strike of their members, as they did yes
terday, the strike must be spread.
In order to strengthen the union and
the strike and get all building service
employees to join, every honest union
member should fight to establish real
democracy in the union Shop meetings
should be called Immediately in every
building to elect delegates to represent
them on broad strike committee.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15
Holmes Has Attacked
U. S. S. R. Before
Bronklvn. NJ

DIoOklyl, N.
Comrade Editor
You report John Haynes Holmes
as saying that for fifteen years he
has defended the Soviet Union
against Misrepresentation and has
prayed for the success of the
revolutionary experiment" say
Holmes lies.
More than five years ago Holmes
took part in a four -cornered debate
with Barnes, Eastman and Wise)
in Carnegie Hall on the subject of
religious persecution in Soviet Rus
sia. In the course of this debate,
Holmes viciously attacked the U. S.
S. R. in the extensively inflated
style which clergymen habitually
assume. Like today, Holmes pointed
to his great sympathy for the true"
revolutionary cause and ranted on.
with the peculiar logic of the lib
eral, with an attack on the Russian
revolution.
The horrendous description which
Holmes recited OF religious persecu-
ton in Soviet Russia, we know now
to be false. The atheist meets
more persecution in the United
States than the theist does in
Russia.
Anyone who looks up this debate
and other remarks Holmes made in
the past ten years will find that he
is and always has been an enemy
of the Soviet Union posing hypo-
critically as friend. S. w. K.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15
Contributes to Fight
Hearst SIanders

Cambridge, Mass.
Comrade Editor:
have read in the Daily Worker
that you want your readers to send
clippings and editorials from the
Hearst newspapers, concerning the
Communist Party, Here are three
from the Boston American. 1
don't buy the Hearst papers my
self, but I often see them lying
around.
l am enclosing one dollar.
would like you to use it to combat
Hearsts vicious attacks. I hope it
starts a campaign to raise money
to fight this SANDER and fascist
propagandist, broadcast over the
radio, if possible.
I am always greatly happy to be
able to oblige the Communist Party
in any way. To me it is the one
vital, honest thing in a world of
graft and crime. L. H.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1885
Force Congress to Act

TpHE hearings on the Workers Bill CHR.
4 2827) before the subcommittee of the
Committee on Labor of the House have
closed Now the Workers Bill comes be-
fore the Committee on Labor as a whole.
1t depends on this committee whether the
Workers Bill will be reported out on the
floor of the House or not.
Everything now depends on mass pres
sure. The National Joint Action Com
mittee calls attention to the necessity of
exerting the utmost pressure on the mem
bers Of the Committee on Labor, so that
they will vote to report the Workers Bill
out favorably. This pressure should be
exerted, first of all, by the workers or
CARNATIONS in the Congressional districts
from which these Congressman come. The
National Joint Action Committee asks for
flood of kilograms, resolutions, post
cards from unions above all, and from
fraternaI, unemployed, veteran, church,
Negro organizations, from every mass
meeting.
In addition, resolutions should be sent
to the Congressman from each Congress
sional district The Ways and Means Com
mittee of the House and the Finance Com
mittee Of the Senate, are considering the
fake Wagner-Lewis Bill, which denies I'M
employment insurance. Let your Congress
man know that you don't want this bill
passed.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15
ScottsbOrO Hearing

THE announcement that the L. S. Su-
L preme Court will hear arguments to-
day on the Scottsboro appeals places be-
fore the working class and all friends of
the Scottsboro boys an immediate duty.
This is the necessity of quickly rallying
in mighty united front demand for the
reversal of the death sentences against
Clarence Norris and Haywood Patterson,
for unconditional release of the nine
Scottsboro victims of capitalist justice and
national oppression
The recent rulings of the U. S. Supreme
Court, denying hearing to Tom Mooney
must serve as a warning to all friends of
the Scottsboro boys and the oppressed
Negro people to intensity the fight for
their lives and freedom.
Protest demonstrations should be held
at once in all parts of the country. A flood
of kilograms and resolutions must go for
ward Immediately to the court from work
ers' meetings and organizations, from
sympathetic groups and individuals. Funds
must be rushed to the International Labor
Defense, so East 18th Street, New York
City, to help press the fight in the U. S.
Supreme Court.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15
MOabit Prisoners Victims
OF Nazi Degeneracy
New York. N. :

New York, N. 7.
Con1rade Editor:
l should like to call your atten-
ton to the letter appearing in the
Feb. 2 issue of the Journal of the
American Medical Association, from
their regular Berlin correspondent,
dated Nov. 26, 1894. In this letter
is reported the efforts of DR..
Schlegel, director of the state hos
pital connected with the Moabit
Prison, to enforce the Nazi ,steriliza-
ton law of Nov. "a. The doctor
characterizes this law vaguely not
as punishment but as regulating
means of protection and improve
ment" of habitual criminals and a
protective measure for the people
who may fall victims to sexual Grim
inals.
Hitherto we have been led to be-
lieve that this law provided only
for the sterilization of criminals,
but now we learn that instead It's
victims are being castrated. We
are assured that 20 of those "pre-
pared for the ordeal have beer
studied for complete physiological
picture of their ailment and ar
opinion" formed of their "intelli-
gence.' With characteristic Ger
man thoroughnesS records were
made of their voices to see how
they changed after the operation
The doctor neglects to assure us
that only those of low intelligence
and not those who may fail tc
please the Nazi sadists and degen-
crates politically or otherwise suffer
this torture. At any rate, Ill mer
between the ages of 20 and go have
SO far been castrated.
The fact that these experiments
are being carried on at Moabit
Prison, where so many of our COM
rades have been imprisoned and
tortured, must make us very sus-
picious that this is the public an
nouncement of the Nazi method OF
preventing the spread of Marxism
No civilized country countenances
castration even of the feeblemindeo
and its use at this time is COM
mentary on the depths to which fas-
cism has degraded German civiliza
ton.
MEDICAL WORKER.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15

munsts is meeting with most determined resistance by
the steel workers themselves
The fascist attack, under the slogan of the RED
scare" aims to put the attacks on the workers
living standards, an attack led by Roosevelt.
In the South Socialist and Communist groups have
forged the united front defense against all terrorism
and political reaction
This resistance must grow. 1t must involve ever
larger sections of American life who also menaced
by this rising of political reaction But especially
upon the trade unions upon the Socialist Party does
the duty fall to respond to the Communist appeal for
joint action.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15
Labor Girds for Fight Against Anti >Conpnun


Every day more people realize that the attack
against the Communist Party as in Germany and Aus
tria, is only prelude to an overwhelming onrush
against the welfare and rights of the whole working
population. It means wage cuts union smashing, job
less relief cuts and increased poverty
Against this anti-Communist anti-labor fascist
menace the united front is growing.
In California, ninety organizations from twenty
cities, including eighteen A. F. of L. unions are now
meeting in united front conference to fight the Grim
ina syndcasm laws and for the freedom of the Sacra
mento eighteen being tried under these reaconary
measures.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15

In Cleveland, Ohio, where the State Legislature
has received anti-Communst measure, the A. F. of
L. Central Labor Council has passed resolution de-
manding the repeal of all such measures The Cleve
land City Council has Joined in this demand.
In Michigan, the State Convention of the A. F. of L.
Painters Union supports the movement for Labor
Party that will fight against capitalism and its agents
in the ranks of the labor movement"
Throughout the A. F. of L. the resistance to the
RED scare" has been tremendous, with large ma or
ty of the locals rejecting the Green proposal for mass
expulsion of militants and Communists
In steel, Mike Tighe's hystera against the Com
The daily worker., 1935-02-15

EROM the rapid introduction of ant-COmmunst bills
in six state legislatures, and the preparation of
Federal anti-Communist law, it is clear that Wall
Street monopoly is marching steadily toward open fas
cist reaction.
But while this fascist reaction is rising, the mass
resistance to it is also rising to meet it.
The realization is growing that this assault against
the Communist Party mensces the trade unions, all
working class organizations and the living standards
and fundamental political rights of the people
Roosevelts present anti-labor drive is increasing
the fascist danger.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15
Sends Subscription
For Eleventh Year
Oaknont, Ps


Comrade Editor
Enclosed find check for six dol
lars for my subscription. 1t is my
eleventh yearly subscription. 1 have
never missed a copy of the Daily
Worker since it came out. But, to
tell you the truth, this subscription
was the hardest one, because I have
worked very little in the past five
years.
Some readers say that they like
the Daily because it has improved
lately. For my part, I always liked
it from the very beginning. I can
never forget those articles by
Comrade Engdahl.
I have always liked the Daily
Worker because it is the only work
ers' paper in English in the United
States, and worker can't be with
out it. c. P.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15
Letters From Our Readers

Because of the volume of letters re-
ceived by the Department, we can
print only those that are Of general
interest to Daily Worker readers. How
ever, all letters received are carefully
read by the editors. Suggestions and
criticisms are welcome and whenever
possible are used for the improvement
Of the Daily Worker.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15
Butchers Ordered To Court

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Feb. IA
Ten striking g butchers, members
Of the Food Workers Industrial
Union conducting a strike at Irv-
ing's Meat Markets, have been or
dered to appear before the labor
hater Judge McDevitt, tomorrow
morning, at Room B. City Hall, on
charges of violating a year-old In
junction.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15
Undaunted By Arrests
Sells Daily Worker
Skeels, Mich

Comrade Editor:
I am 72 years old, have been ar
rested five times for distributing the
Daily Worker, but I'm still fighting.
I think the Daily Worker is the
only paper. Everybody should read
it and I give it to everybody I come
in contact with. But don't forget,
most of the farmers in Sherman
Township are also on the hell
fare"
Good wishes, from an
OLD SEA PILOT.
The daily worker., 1935-02-15
Required Reading for Mr.. Hearst

This country Institutions belongs people ,oho
inhabh it, Whenever they shall Of the existing
they exercise their amending
their revolutionary right to ouerthroU it,.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
Former Pastor Here
 Creates Novel Idea
Rev Michael J. TraynOr of New Britain to Install z Electrical AmpIifiers in St Mary's Church
WATERVILLE

their bridge club at a poverty party" on Tuesday evening. The guests included Miss Agnes Leary, Mrs Kenneth Smith, Miss Alice Leary, Miss Mildred Hebert, Miss Helen Leary and Miss Mildred Herbert. Miss Smith and Miss Her. bert received the respective awards for high and low scores.
 Briefs
 William Maxwell of Thomastoh avenue is a patient at the Water bury hospital.
 John M. Lynch of Boyden street, who has been i'll at his home, is now back at his duties at the Plumbers Brass Goods Division.
 Miss Cecelia Brenneis of Cooke street; has been spending some time with her sister, Mrs Herbert Kingsbury, of Syracuse, N. r.. the former Barbara Brenneis of Wa terville. MT Kingsbury's death occurred last Week, the burial burial taking place in Framing ham, Mass.
 Mr and Mrs George Cowles of Birmingham, Mass, former local residents, were recent visitors with Waterville friends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
Famed Speakers For
 Y Lectures Secured
Dr H. (. Engelbrecht and Austin H. MacCOrmack to
 Begin Series at WOmen's Club February

The educational department of
 the Waterbury Y. M. c. A. an
 nounces a series of three lectures
 to be given at the Waterbury Wo-
 mems Club during February and March.
 Monday, February 4th, pr H. c. Engelbrecht, author of the sensa-
 tional expsure of arms traffic | methods, Merchants of Death,
 will be the speaker. He will be
 introduced by Charles A. Temple ton, president of the Waterbury
 Council for Peace Action.
 Dr Engelbrecht is a graduate of
 the University of Chicago and of Columbia university. Teaching, editorial work, social research and
 ability to read in 10 different Ian guages, all these have equipped
 him we'll to dig out the facts about "The Munitions Racket" and give them to the world.
 Dr Engelbrecht took an active
 part in the Nye Senate investiga- ton and has published recently Business" His topics at the Feb ruary 4th lecture will be "The Munitions Racket"
 Student of Criminology The second speaker in the series will be heard at the Waterbury Women's Club Monday, February IS. Austin H. MacCormick is the
 com missioner of correction in
 Mayor LaGuardia's administration
 in New York city. He holds de-
 grees from Bowdoin college and
 Columbia university. He has worked in the field of prison re- form since 1918 when, in the
 course of a study of county jails
 and the state prison in Maine, he served q voluntary term of one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
CHOIR SCHOOL TO
 BE HELDN JULY
Westminster Summer Ses- siOns Arranged for NOrth-
 field Seminary Campus

East Northfield, Mass.--Dr Paul D. Moody, chairman of the North field General Conference, an- nounced to-day that the 1885 ses- sion of the Westminster Choir Summer school will be held on the Northheld Seminary campus July 2S to August 10 as a part of the regular summer conference pro- gram. This announcement was made in conjunction with sur prise concert given here at noon to-day by the choir under the di- rection of Dr John Finlay William son, founder and leader of the or- ganization. The internationally known singers are on two weeks tour and stopped off here to-day between scheduled concerts.
 It was also announced that the Westminster Singers, the double quartet which led the music at last years general conference will return this summer probably with the same personnel; and that the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18

St Mary's Catholic church in New Britain, the largest place of worship in the Hardware City, will soon provide electrical ampllfica- ton of sermons and announce ments for the benefit of the pa- rishioners, 1t was announced this morning by Rev Michael J. Tray nor, pastor and former pastor of St Micahel's church here. Ex- perts will study the accoustics Uf the church in preparation for the installation of the amplifiers.
 To Provide Skating Rink
 The activity of the Fairmount the creation of a suitable out-of- doors skating rink for Watervilie devotees of this popular winter sport. At the last meeting of the club Walter Dwy was named to head a committee to investigate the possibilities. Mir Baronian has offered sand from a sand bank on his property and dona- tons of bags have been secured so that a sand bag retaining wall or dam may be built on the grounds of the E'airmount park where 1t is proposed to establish the skating rink. William Har- ris, the executive director of the Mutual Aid Unemployment Fund, has assured the necessary labor to complete the job. It is proposed to dam up the small stream which flows through the park, thus flood ing the baseball diamond. The rink will provide the answer to the demand which has been prevalent throughout Waterville during the winter months.
 Birthday Party
 Mrs Homer Snyder entertained this week in celebration of the birthday of her small daughter, Eleanor Marie Snyder. Those present at the party were: Shirley Beaupre, Frances Carangelo, Mary Ryan, Dorothy Turcotte, Norma Ruey, Betty Leisring, Wilma Pe- tronio, Dorothy Guimond, Eleanor Burns, Mildred Johnson, Rose Guimond, Lorraine Willspcak, Vir- ginia Synder, John Snyder, Mrs Charles Willspeak and Mrs Jerry Guimond.
 Mir and Mrs Harry M. Platt of Robert street have announced the birth of a son, Harry Minor Platt, Jr., at the Waterbury hospital on January 8th.
 Card Club
 Mrs Benjamin Bradley enter tained her card club this week at her home on Chester avenue. Those present were Mrs Walter Horman, Mrs Frank Keliher, Mrs Russell Truelove, Mrs Frank H. Bailey, Mrs Russell Atherton, Mrs Clifford Northrop.
 Bridge Party
 The Misses Janice and Vivian Malia of Boyden street entertained
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
Yesterdays Storm
 Cause Of Accidents
Several Injured in Mshaps-City WOrkmen Engaged
 To-day in Removing Snow From Principal Streets

were injured yesterday as a resIlt of the storm.
 Norman smarthy, 5, was struck by a car operated by Robert Price of 1926 East Main street. Hsrt- ford, at the corner of East Main and silver streets. The youngster was taken home when he was found to be apparently unhurt. Last night near City Corner a light truck and a passenger auto col- lided. Alexis Dickey, 26. of 426 North Main street, who was in the truck owned by the State Candy Company, received possible frac- tured ribs, a laceration above the left eye and a shoulder injury. He was resting comfortably at St Mary's hospital to-day. Everett Morris, 29, of 104 Lake place. New Haven, driver of the pleasure auto, suffered a small abrasion on one of his hands and another over his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
COLDS STRIKE
 SUDDENLY

When your resistance is low colds strike without warning. Father Johns Medicine helps build strong resistance to colds because 1t is naturally rich in Vitamin A, the anti-infective vitamin. Father Johns Medicine has been used in institutions and thousands of homes for 80 years. When you ask for Father Johns Medicine be sure you get 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18

week, incognito, fin the state prison.
 During the war he was execu- tive officer under Thomas Mott Osborne at the U. s. Naval prison at Portsmouth, N. H. Later he made 8 study of the navy court martial system for the secretary of the navy.
 In 1927-2S MacCormick made a survey of all prisons and adult reformatories in the United States. He was co-author, with Paul w. Garrett, of the 1928 and 1929 Handbooks of American Prisons. From 1929-1934 he was assistant director of the U. s. Bureau of Prisons in the Department of Jus tice at Washington, D. c. Mac Cormick's topic February IS will be Crime and Criminals" The presiding officer will be Attorney Terence r. Carmody.
 Diplomat, Banker, Author
 The third lecture in this series will be given Thursday, March 2, by Lawrence Dennis, the author of "Is Capitalism Doomed?" Mir Dem his Is a graduate of Harvard uni- versity. After two years as first lieutenant of infantry in France 1917-19, he entered the diplomatic service, and served as American charge d'affaires in Rumania, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Re- signing from the diplomatic ser- vice in 1927, MT Dennis traveled for three years in South America for J. Seligman & Co.,, interna- tional bankers. Since then he has devoted his time to writing and featuring.
 With such broad and varied experience, Lawrence Dennis at- tacks the tangle of economic be- wilderment with a clear and vig- orous mind. Dr Harry Elmer Barnes, recently said of him, Any. thing which MT Dennis writes de- serves the respectful attention of any serious-minded American"
 The topic at this lecture will be 'Is Fascism Inevitable in the United States?" The speaker will be introduced by Frederick s. Chase.
 There will be ample opportun- ity for an open forum discussion following each lecture. Further information may be secured from Secretary Arthur l.. PurintQn at the Central Y. M. C. A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18

o'clock this morning the meE1uE
 began to show q tendency to 4EN. At o'clock this morning It MNF 90 degrees above zero. At o'N|reN it had jumped to 3z above. kE0#@ ever, at o'clock the mercury wac down to 90 above again. A nlI8lit
 rise followed up to noon, howet1t.
 A brisk wind served to make t1t
 day a rather cold one.-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18

City workmen were busy on all principal thoroughfares of Water bury to-day clearing away the snow that fell yesterday to Q depth of five inches. Traffic was practi- cally back to normal to-day as the snow became packed down hard on the roadways thereby making driving easier. In all four persons Mount IIHermon school had been selected by Dr Williamson as the location for 10 day rest and training period for the Westmin- ster touring choir before they sail late in the summer for a Euro- pean concert tour.
 It is tentatively planned to close the summer school period with a music festival which will probably be held on August II. Last year at Silver Bay on Lake George where the summer school was for merly held, the festival was at- tended by more than 5000 people.