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A Dangerous Disease

INVENTION is a sort Of bug that stings and buzzes
in the mind, and gives no peace. 1t is a creative
lust as ardent as that of the artist Really there is
no line between all the branches Of creative thought;
and many inventors have known were more tenn
peramental than any poet.
Inventors have to invent, just mothers have
to have children In America today would advise
however, any budding inventor to think twice be-
fore he embarks on this mad career.
If after years of costly and painful and patient
experiment ne will stumble on something valuable
his troubles will have only begun.
Every large corporation has a swarm of slick
patent lawyers who specialize in legal robbery. AS
soon as the isolated inventor files his patent it is
their property If they want it, they commence
series of legal aneuvers that are amazing in their
bold synicism. They file all sorts of counter clams
they establish priorities and claim infringements
they have a whole bag of tricks
The result is, the poor inventors hands are tied.
He hasn't the unlimited funds to hire slick lawyers;
he can't fight the corporations in court. Very often
he is glad to settle and for small sum let's them
keep his brain-child.
knew of one such case; young inventor friend
of mine, who after three years of litigation found
himself in the position where the corporations
threatened to send him to Jail for having made his
invention. Think Of it, they took his invention, and
then were going to punish him for it! 1t sounds
Incredible but it is true.
My friend went into courtroom and apologized
to the corporation for having infringed on their"
patent. He didn't want to go to Jail, and so he
told humiatng lie He is now cerking in a
grocery store and is cured of this dangerous disease
Of invention,
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Where Invention FIOurishes

THERE is great creative force in the masses that
is crushed and never heard of under capitalism.
1t is surprising to go through history Of invention
and to see how many originated in the minds of
obscure factory workers.
The process still goes on; hundreds of workers file
their claims yearly, but nothing comes of it.
Only in the Soviet Union has there been whole
set Of new laws rewards and safeguards that en-
courage and protect the worker-inventor.
It has resulted in an inventors movement such
America and the world has seen. Billions
of rubles have been saved the Soviet builders by the
work of these men and women
Oswald Garrison Willard tells of visiting single
plant in the Soviet Union in which no less than
1,4Oo labor-savng suggestions and inventions had
been turned in by the workers in the course of a
year.
The Soviet inventor has the law on his side; he
Is richly rewarded with money and honor and
what is most important to an inventor, he is al
lowed the legal right TO see his invention through
the process of manufacture and use.
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Life and Teachings Of Lenin

formulated his conception of the adj
vance to the second revolution, to
the establishment of the Soviet
Power, of the dictatorship of the
p-oletariat in alliance with the
peasantry. This second revolution
was realized with exact completeness
in the october Revolution.
At the beginning of the last Pc
Rod he formulated the task of the
simultaneous advance to the world
revolution and the building of So
cialism in the Soviet Union. This
task he could only begin, laying
down the lines and methods of adj
vance. At the moment when his
leadership was reaching its greatest
height throughout the whole world,
to transform the whole world, death
cut short his work. 1t remains for
others TO complete his work.
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facts with no veil of false pretense
about them, to fight thus for the
ultimate peace Of the world and for
the liberation Of its peoples, the
German peoples included; for the
rights Of nations great and small
and for the privilege Of men every
where to choose their way OF life
and of obedience.
Il AM not thinking of the loss OF
l property involved immense and
serious as that is, but only of the
wanton and wholesale destruction
of the lives of non ombatants,
men-combatants, men, women and
children, engaged in pursuits which
have always, even in the darkest
periods of modern history, been
deemed innocent and legitimate.
Property can be paid for; the lives
of peaceful and innocent people
cannot be. The present German
submarine warfare against COM
merce is a war against mankind. D..
Our object now as then, ) to
vindicate the principles Of peace
and justice in the life of the world
as against selfish and autooratic
power and to set up among the
really free and self governed
peoples of the world such concert
of purposes and of action as will
henceforth ensure the observance of
those principles. =.
But the right is more precious
than peace, and we shall fight for
the things which we have always
carried nearest our hearts, for
democracy, for the right of those
who submit to authority to have a
voice in their own governments, for
the rights and liberties Of small ma
tions, for a universal dominion Of
right by such a concert Of free
peoples as shall bring peace and
safety to all nations and make the
world itself at last free.
ITO such a task we can dedicate
our lives and our fortunes, every
thing that we are and everything
that we have, with the pride Of
those who know that the day has
come when America is privileged to
spend her blood and her might for
the principles that gave her birth
and happiness and the peace which
she has treasured. God helping her
she can do no other"
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CHAPTER III
The Teachings Of Lenin

ALIKE in direct theoretical expo
n sition, and in his practical life,
Lenin gave clear answer to the
problems confronting humanity in
our epoch. He did not invent this
answer as a new discovery out of
his inner consciousness; he was no
fabricator of new system, sect or
religion. He built on the entire
previous work of human thought
and culture at its highest point in
Marxisnl.
But he brought MarNsm to new
liz in relation to the living PROB
lens and tasks of the present epoch.
He found Marxism endangered and
even enfeebled by suffocating
overweight of pedants, towards and
small philistine minds such as we're
incapable of carrying forward its
mighty work. He left MarxiSm a
stronger revolutionary power than
ever before, the recognized strongest
power Of our epoch, and already
realizing itself in triumphant revo-
lutionary practice.
The teachings of Lenin, like those
of Marxism, Of which Leninism is
the continuation in our period, cam
not be confined in any closed system
Of formulate. Not only is their ricn-
ness, many Sidedness and life lost
in any such summary: but such for
NAL treatment is directly contrary
to their dialectical character. The
dialectical approach analyses every
living concrete situation in its own
distinctive character and relation
ships, and draws out the under
standing of the general social laws
of development in the particular
concrete manifestation and the con-
sequent specific tasks of action.
That is why the understanding 81
Marxism and Leninism can only be
reached, not through any textbooks
but only, first. by the close study Of
Marks and Lenin's lives, writings
and activities in relation to the con
crete historical situations which
they handled, and secondly, by direc
participation in the revolutionar!
movement, consciously breaking
with the old forms of thought, ant
fighting to carry forward their prin
ciples to the living present situa
ton. Lenin and Marx left n,
hand-books of Leninism or Marx
ism; they revealed their principl
! only in the course of direct handling
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March 5, 1917.
TO THE PRESIDENT:

THE inquiries which have made
1 here about financial conditions
disclose an international situation
which is most alarming to the
financial and industrial outlook of
the United States. England has not
only to pay her own war bills, but
is obliged to finance her Allies as
we'll, Up to the present time she
has done these tasks out of her own
capital. But she cannot continue
her present extensive purchases in
the United States without shipping
gold as payment for them, and
there are two reasons why she can
not make large shipments Of gold.
"In the first place, both England
and France must keep the larger
part of the gold they have to main
tain issues of their paper at par;
and in the second place, the Ger
man U-boat has made the shipping
of gold dangerous procedure even
if they had it to ship. There is
therefore a pressing danger that
the Franco American exchange will
be greatly disturbed; the inevitable
consequences will be that orders by
all the Allied governments will be
reduced to the lowest possible
amount and that trans Atlantic
trade will practically come to an
end.
THE result of such stoppage
will be panic in the United States.
The world will be divided into two
hemispheres, one of them, our own,
will have the gold and the COM
modities: the other, Great Britain
and Europe, will need these COM
modities, but it will have no money
with which to pay for them. More
over, it will have practically no
commodities of its own to exchange
for them. The financial and COM
mercial result will be almost as bad
for the United States as for Europe.
We shall soon reach this condition
unless we take quick action to pre-
vent it. Great Britain and France
must have credit in the United
States which will be large enough
to prevent the collapse of world
trade and the whole financial struc-
ture of Europe.
OF THE United States declare
lwar against Germany, the greatest
help we could give Great Britain
and the Allies would be such credit,
If we should adopt this policy, an
excellent plan would be for our gov
eminent to make a large invest
ment in a Franco British loan. An
other plan would be to guarantee
such loan. A great advantage
would be that all the money would
be kept in the United States.
1--WE could keep on with our trade
and increase it, till the war ends,
and after the war Europe would
purchase food and enormous supply
of materials with which to re-equip
her peace industries. We should
thus reap the profit of an uninter-
rupted and perhaps an enlarging
trade over a number of years and
we should hold their securities In
payment.
ION the other hand, if we keep
nearly all the gold and Europe can
not pay for reestablishing its eco
nomic life, there may be a world
wide panic for an indefinite period.
"nF COURSE, we cannot extend
v such a credit unless we go to
war with Germany. But is there no
way in which our government
might Immediately and indirectly
help the establishment in the
United States of large Franco
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for the world revolution are not
merely favorable, but splendid"
These were among the last words
OF Lenin. Already in the spring OF
1922 the fatal illness that was to
end his life had shown itself in the
paralysis Of his right arm and leg,
He fought it through; he resumed
work; but he had to complain that
he could no longer win the same
response from his overdriven
physique and brain. In the spring
of 1928 came a second and heavier
attack. In May, 1928, he wrote his
last article, "On Cooperation, point
ing the way forward to the "es-
tablishment of fully socialized
society" for which I'VE have all the
means requisite. OF course we
have not yet established a socialist
society, but we have all the means
requisite for its establishment"
The unequal battle for life and
consciousness dragged on over
months. On January 81, 1924, he
died.
THE work of Lenin's last period,
L the period of the leadership of
the world revolution, from 1917 to
1923, is like a gigantic torso. In
the previous periods he put forward
each time at the outset precise
formulation of the task to be &C
complished, which appeared to his
contemporaries at the beginning
like madman's dream, and ac-
complished it with exact complete
ness.
He formulated the conception of
the Bolshevik Party, of a workers
revolutionary party, rising to the
full heights of political revolution
airy leadership, yet never turning
into a sect, but linked to the masses
and their everyday struggle and
life by million ties.
This conception was realized In
the Bolshevik Party, when in every
other country social democracy
turned either into the slough of OPP
po-tunism or into sectarian dogma
tism.
At the beginning of the War he
formulated his conception of the
transformation of the imperialist
war into civil war from the over
throw of Imperialism. This trans
formation was realized with exac.
completeness in 1917. At the begin
ming of the Russian Revolution he
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STATEMENT BY
DIR. HARRY F. WARD


DR.. Harry F. Ward. chairman
American League Against War
and Fascism, issued the follow
ing statement upon the publica-
ton of this cable in Fight:
This is the clearest exposure
we have ever had of under
lying forces in the modern
world that shape events de-
spite the desire Of idealists
and with ruthless disregard of
the well-being of the millions.
The contrast of these facts
with the slogans under which
we fought is a startling reve-
latiOn of the gigantic process
of deception that patriotism
has become"
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Concentration units: A regular
Daily Worker seller before your
concentration point will teach
workers the value of organization.
Make this an integral part of your
unit activity and increase the
Daily Worker circulation.
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AT the same time, it was neces-
n sary for the international work
ing class movement in the new
period from 1921 to make a turn
and Organize the retreat" prepare
tory to new advance. The newly
formed Communist Parties were re-
quired to pass from the previous
directly revolutionary situation to
the task of building up and organ
izing their strength in the daily
struggle and winning the majority
of the working class. To this task
the Third Congress of the Commu-
mist international was devoted in
the summer of 1921, under the close
leadership of Lenin. In December
of the same year the policy OF the
united working class front was de-
veloped under Lenin's guidance.
How long would this new situa-
ton of the balance" or breathing
space" with the necessary tasks OF
organization and preparation of the
working class forces, lastP 1t was
impossible to foretell. At the end
of 1921 Lenin declared:
"a balance has been attained,
a highly unstable one, but GER
tainly balance. Will it last long?
don't know; nor do think that
any one can tell. We must, there
fore, show the greatest possible
wsriness." speech to the Ninth
AlI-Russian Soviet Congress, De-
cember %, 1871
And again in November, 1922, at
the Fourth Congress of the Com
munist International, In one Of the
last speeches that he was able to
make to the world, Lenin said:
Now for the first time we have
the possibility of learning. I do
not know how long this possibility
will last. 1 do not know how
long the capitalist powers will
give us the opportunity of learn
ing in peace and quietude. But
we must utilize every moment In
which we are free from war, that
we may learn, and learn from the
bottom up. -.
81 am confident that in this
sense we have to say, not only
for the Russians, but for the for
eigners as well, that the most
important thing for us all in the
period now opening Is to learn.
We Russians have to learn IN the
general sense. You have to learn
in the special sense that you may
gain genuine understanding
of the Organization, structure,
method and substance OF revolu-
ticnsry work. If you do this,
am confident that the prospects
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Rewarded!

THEY boast of their "individualism" in America.
But in Hollywood there are hundreds of writers
who work for wages in what is a kind Of factory
chain belt system. Because it is still gold-rush
industry, they receive good wages, but hundreds of
inventors who work for the big corporations are
glad to get thirty and forty dollars week.
Before they given the job, they must sign
contract which turns over everything they invent
to the corporation knew group of young in
ventors who worked for big radio corporatin.
One of them devised an invention that was worth
several million dollars year to his firm. He was
raised to fifty dollars week, and glad to get it.
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and
Answers

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page. All questions should be addressed to "Ques-
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of definite urgent problems in con-
crete fields of human practice and
theory.
In consequence, any short notes
that may be here given on few Of
the main conceptions of Lenin's
teaching cannot be treated as in
any way summary or substitute
for the real teachings OF Lenin.
ITO BE Continued
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What They Told Us
April 2
by del

April 2
we hare selfish ends to zoe desire no con-
quest dominion seek material cORtDensa-
lions for the sacrifices Ue shall freely make :"
President wilson
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The Real Reason
March 5

The only Cay of maintaining present preennent trade
position is by declaring Wdr on Germany."
Ambassador Page.
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Why THE Us. ENTERED THE WAR
Little Lefty

in CreuB President
War Reprinted February
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The Daily Worker is printing
serially the extremely valuable
and popular booklet by r. Paine
Dutt, Life and Teachings of
V. /. Lenin," published by Inter
national Publishers.
January ri was the eleventh
anniversary of the death of Lenin.
During these ten yearSNthe teach
ings of Lenin have spread to ever
wider sections of the globe, inspir-
ing the workers and oppressed to
greater assaults on capitalism.
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Ito BE Continued
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at Maryland in 1882, should be
beaten by at least two Of the en-
trants this year.
Should Coleman Headley of
Maryland choose to run in this
race as we'll as the Invitation 800
meters, a 4:10 record should result,
Carl Sholtes, formerly OF west
ern High School and now a soph'
omore at Johns Hopkins, Cowboy
Burnett of Gallaudet, and Johnny
Heiss of the washington Track
and Field Club all can surpass the
present record on a basis OF their
performance this year.
Interest High
Considerable interest this year
is Springing up over the coming
netting between Maryland's star
sprinter Earl Widmeyer and How
ard Walker, sensational Catholic
University freshman, although
Walker cannot by any stretch OF
the imagination be expected tc
trim the Maryland Flash as he
lacks experience in the running
game which brings consistency OF
effort.
The C. U. boy has been beaten
in 10.1 this year and yet last
Saturday he turned in a 10 flat
performance, one watch clocking
him in 9.8. If he has a good day
on June 2, Widmeyer will be
pushed to the limit.
This Kendall Green Cowboy is
perhaps the most colorful and
best track man Gallaudet has ever
produced. He is only a sophie
more and has just begun to run
this year. Twice in dual meets he
has won the mile, two mile and
$50 on the same afternoon and
more remarkable, the times have
been exceedingly good.
Wins $50
Only last Saturday after win
ming the mile in the good time of
4.38, he came back an hour later
to defeat Joe Hugel of c. U. in the
$50 in 2 minutes and 3 seconds.
Brown of Georgetown and Mer.
cersberg is also entered in the
1900 meter race.
For the second time in three
years a high school boy is the
favorite in the high jump. Miller
of Eastern and Boucher of Mary
land are both Six-foot jumpers,
with the Eastern boy a shade
more consistent. Cabell Chapman.
formerly of Roosevelt and now a
freshman at Georgetown, won the
championship medal in 1888 while
a junior in high school. Chapman
will also compete this year, along
with McKenna Of Tech High.
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