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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22
WOrkersLeave
AS Union Head
SANDERS Reds

DECATUR, Ill, Feb. 21.-At a
mass meeting here attended by 500
workers in protest against a tear
gas attack launched by police
against women strikers at the De-
catur Garment Company's plant,
Harry Rufer, district organizer for
the International Ladies Garment
Workers Union, launched a provo
cative attack against local Commu-
nists and ordered strong arm men
to eject Donald Allen. Communist
candidate for City Commissioner,
from the meeting.
Allen had protested statement
by Rufer to the effect that police,
like our friends the Communists
have no respect for human lives"
and had asked that the meeting be
thrown open to a five minute dis
cussion of Rulers lying statement.
After the strong-a arm men had
attacked and then elected Allen and
a half dozen workers who had
jumped to his defense, the Rev.
Douglas Anderson, leader of the
Socialist Party of Illinois, took the
floor and in effect sanctioned the
fascist attack by refusing to COM
ment on it.
Disguised at the action of both
Rufer and Anderson. many workers
left the meeting and organized an
other one at the local Unemploy-
ment Council headquarters nearby,
where they vigorously condemned
the splitting. provocative maneuvers
Of the l. L. G. w. U. organizer and
the silence of Anderson.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22

district. He knew everybody in the
ward.
Would this be possible for our
comrade too? Yes, 1t is possible.
He sold the Daily Worker in
specified house. He began from the
top and worked down, floor by floor.
Every door was opened. He stopped
at each door, explained, sold a
paper, gave one free very seldom;
he got contacts, he increased his
sales-in word, he knew the houses
that he visited.
Mrs. Diaz' husband is i'll. Mrs
Kohler's son is getting teeth. BY
fixing the doll Of Mrs. Jones daugh-
ter, I got half-year subscription;
Smiths family is moving to Apart
ment IL in the same house: Hen
derson's rheumatism is slightly bet
ter. johnson had a tooth extracted
yesterday"
He knows everybody and every
body knows him. He is welcome in
every home. He calls attention to
special articles in the Daily Worker.
He is like a doctor who visits his
patients every evening and pre-
scribes a special remedy for them.
We can increase the circulation of
the Daily Worker tenfold and its
influence hundredfold by following
the correct style in our work. To
bring this about, the street units
must get real reports, they must
criticize these reports and give the
comrades an opportunity OF becom-
ing engrossed in their work. The
comrades must know their territory
so that they even know when
johnson has a toothache.
BY patiently following the cor
rect style in our work the Daily
Worker will become bellows that
will fan the embers Of discomfort
Of the people into a revolutionary
flame, as Lenin said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22

One house, ten papers. Then
people have received an imperfect
picture of the Daily Worker and it's
agents. Ten people glance at the
Daily" Ten people quite possibly
forget it on the chair. Ten people
remain outside the Party's sphere of
influence.
Our comrade has not been able
to make his purpose clear to the
workers; he did not get money for
his papers, he carried out his work
mechanically and without advance
preparations. He has merely STAN
mered He has therefore had a
confusing effect on ten people.
The Daily Worker seller must
have knowledge, he must be able
to answer thousands of questions.
The Daily Worker agent is a con-
Meeting link between the Party and
the non-Party workers. This link
must be of strong, enduring steel.
Everyone can temper his own steel
by selling the Daily" politically. by
explaining things patiently, by him
self first reading what he wants to
make others read.
The unit must learn to demand
a real report, which will bring out
how the comrade attempted to carry
out his task.
The Real Agent
He is not very laxative. He
scarcely opens his mouth at unit
meetings.
But he has been able to sell his
papers correctly.
He sells ten papers.
During the last elections he
learned one important thing. When
the Democratic Ward captain told
the capitalist papers that his party
would get so and so many votes.
our comrade noticed that this ward
captain knew every resident In his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22
Workers Bill
Before House
In Montana

HELENA, Mont, Feb. 21.-Out of
five unemployment insurance bills
under consideration by the House
Committee of the State Legislature
here, only the Workers Bill was re-
ported out of committee and onto
the floor for vote.
The State Workers Bill here is
identical in content with the Ma
tional Workers Unemployment Old
Age and Social Insurance Bill, H. R.
1927, except that a clause provides
for the act to be effective until pas
sage of the Workers Bill by the
Federal government.
The Workers Bill was endorsed by
the Montana Federation of Labor
last year, and has been also en-
dorsed by numerous City Councils in
the State.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22

seeks to maintain its rule by split
ting the ranks of its victims.
Like the Negro Teformist theories.
already dealt with. the race" theo-
ries seek to hide the social contra 20
dictions which are tearing the capt.
talist system asunder, and helping
TO prepare the way for the conquest
of power by the proletariat. for the
free, classics, Socialist society. This
society, is already rising trium-
p1antly in the Soviet Union and
Soviet China, where exploitation of
man by man, unemployment and
mass misery, race hatred and ma
tional oppression have been abol-
ished forever.
The race" theories have been
time and again refuted by the out
standing teachers and leaders of
the working class, by Marx and
Engels in their day, later by Lenin.
and in the present day by Stain in
his writings and speeches on the
National Question.
Bankruptcy Revealed
In his book, Historical Material
ism: A System of Sociology" Niko-
lai Bukhsrin, Soviet writer, clearly
shows the bankruptcy of the race"
theory, and points out. on page 1877.
"At bottom, this theory reduces
itself to the peculiarities of races,
to their immem0riaI character
If this were the case. this 'charac-
ter would have expressed itself
in the same way in all periods of
history. The obvious inference is
that the nature of the races is
constantly changing with the con-
ditions of their existence. But
these conditions are determined
by nothing more or less than the
relations between society and ma
ture, i.e., the conditions of the
productive forces"
The Communist Party relentlessly
fights against all theories and prac-
tees designed to split the ranks of
the toiling population and perpet-
uate the system of private owner
ship OF the social means of pro-
duction, of exploitation and social
and national oppression. The Com
munist fractions in the mass organ
lzatlonS and all Communist work
ers must wage ruthless struggle
against these anti-labor theories.
whether put forward by bourgeois
scholars" or born in the fantasy of
Negro reformist theoreticians.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22

spurious coin.
The black man, because of his
fermentation whether he be desig-
mated Negro or Ethiopian, is out
side the pale of civilization, say the
bourgeois race" theoreticians. He
is incapable of progress, they de-
clare, ignoring the historical fact
that the Negro population of Egypt,
Ethiopia, etc. we're the first to de-
yelop civilization and the sciences,
and that the Kushites and Hittites,
whose achievements they do not
deny, we're Negroes.
Imposed Ideas
Karl Marx long ago pointed out,
in the Communist Manifesto, that
the prevailing ideas of period
have always been simply the ideas
of the ruling class" BY it's control
of the free" press, the schools,
churches, etc, the ruling class i'm
poses its ideas upon the backward
sections Of the toiling population.
Today the racial" theories find
their most brutal and open express
sion in fascist Germany, where the
NaziS are conducting q campaign
of terror and murder against non
Aryans." (Jews and other minority
groups) and the evolutionary Ger
man workers. This is not acct
dental. Fascism is a continuation
under more openly brutal forms of
the capitalist dictatorship against
the sjority of the population and
the setting of one nationality
against the other.
These bourgeois race" theories
seek to justify capitalism and its
colonial policy dmperialist plumber
ing and oppression of the Negro,
Chinese and colonial Masses For
their own misery and exploitation
at the hands of The white ruling
class, the white toilers are offered
the compensation" of belonging to
superior" race.
Mess of POttage
This mess of pottage is proffered
the exploited white workers as a
bride to gain their support for the
brutal colonial policy of the imper-
ialist bandits. They are told they
are members of a superior" race
and must not associate or fraternize
with the inferior breeds" BY this
and other means, capitalism, which
is based on the exploitation of al!
toilers, black, white. and yellow,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22
cial Party decision.

cial Party decision.
These excuses, which only show
Silbert's social democratic views
about the strike, were rejected by
the Central Control Commission.
AS a member of the Communist
Party, and as a leading member
at that, he was in duty bound to
take a militant initiative to spread
the strike, regardless of what some
of the striking cooks may have
said-regardless of whether or not
he received specific, official instruc-
tions to that effect or not.
Silbert showed his social-demo-
cratic theology in that, even after a
hearing before the Central Control
Commission and after he was shown
how wrong his actions had been, he
stubbornly persisted that given the
same circumstances he would act
again in the same way he did in
the Hotel Commodore strike.
In addition to expelling Silbert
from the Party, the Central Control
Commission also pointed out to the
nucleus and section of the Party
that they committed a serious error
in using any leniency on this case
(merely passing a severe censure
upon Silbert and giving him certain
control tasks, and in failing to
make full and prompt report on
the case to the District and Central
Offices of the Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.

Labor Defender Concert and Dance
Friday. Feb. % at Ambassador Hall,
17o4 N. Broad St; Nadia Chilkovsky
In series of revolutionary dances;
we'll known violinist; entire Freiheit
Gesang Ferein chorus; excellent
dance orchestra. Adm. at door, Soc
in advance through organizations 35c.
Tickets at 40 N. 9th ST., Room 2o7.
Grand Concert and Bazaar. Aus
piece: Unemployment Councils Of
Philadelphia. Friday and Saturday
ewes, March and at Olympia
Arena, Broad and cambridge SITS.
Glamorous entertainment. Puppet
Show, Play, Dancing, Music, Ma
tional Speaker, Sergei Radamsky and
Maria Radamsky. Proceeds for pub
LEGATION OF newspaper for the unem-
ployed. Adm. 35c for both evenings.
Films and Photo League. 3ll North
18th St., presents Laughter Through
Tears; Cartoon THE Puzzle: Re-
porting the World; F. IL p League
News Reel, Saturday, Feb. 23, con-
tinuous showings beginning pm.
Subs. 25c
Fourth Anniversary Banquet of So
NAe" 1esoi@ AouoJ "lii NC Heiu On
Sunday, Feb. "a at F.S.U. Headquar-
ters, 126 South Eighth Street. Full
Italian dinner served Dancing and
entertainment. Subs. SOC.
Tea Party and Concert to help the
Anti-Fascists in prison, Sunday, Feb.
"A, pm, at PASS N. Goth st. Aus
pieces, Lenin Br. LID.
Comm enora ton meeting of ST. Su
Cheng, militant working class leader,
Sunday, Feb. "a, at 2 pm. at 1908
Vine st. Auspices, Chinese Br. IL,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22
y Demonstrators,
Given Long Terms,
Now Up on Appeal

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Feb. I'll
Nine relief demonstrators, SEN
fenced to a total of IL years in
Jail following the Nov 80 dem
Onstration against drastic cuts in
relief and discrimination against
Negroes came up yesterday for
jury trial on appeal, in Judge
Griffin's Court, Division One.
Mass protests against the pros
ecution forced the removal from
the case of Judge Dickman,
brother of Mayor Dickman, who
ordered the police attack on the
demonstration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22
Toronto Strikers Win

TORONTO, Feb. 21.-The workers
Of the Ontario Knitting Mills have
VIGOROUSLY gone back to work after
a two weeks strike, gaining an in
crease in wages and recognition Of
the Industrial Union of Needle
Trades workers tShirt, Overall and
Work Pants Local..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22
United Strike
Is aV Ored
By MESAHead
Tells Daily Unity of
A.F.L. and MESA.
Needed in Auto
BY A. B. MagiI
Especial to the Daily Worker

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 2l.-Mat-
thew Smith. general secretary of the
Mechanics Educational Society of
America, Independent union of tool
and die makers, IN an interview
with the Daily Worker, declared
himself in favor of joint strike ac-
ton of the A, T. of L. United Auto
mobile Workers, the M. E. S. A. and
other unions to win better condi-
tons for all auto workers.
Commenting on front page edi-
torial that appeared in the last is
sue of the Labor News. organ of the
Detroit and Wayne County Fed
Grafton of Labor, calling on three
independent unions, the M. E. S. A..
the Society of Designing Engineers
and the Dingmen's Association, tc
affiliate with the A. F. of L., Smith
said:
II am in favor of getting into
the main stream of the labor
movement, of joining the A. F.
of L.. but only on the basis of
autonomy for the NJ. E. S. A.
am not in favor of having the
M. E. S. A. absorbed by the In
ternatiOnal Association of Ma
chinists as is the desire of certain
A. F. of l.. leaders"
No Official Stand
Smith emphasized that he was
speaking in his own name. The
M, E. S. A. has taken no official
action on the question.
In reply to the Labor News edi-
torial, the M E. S. A. has issued an
official statement opposing the alb
sorption of the M. E. S. A. by the
1. A. Of M.
The statement declares, however:
I'VE feel that the pressure OF
events will overrule most of the
present technical jurisdictional OBJ
jections, but to speed the day, ii
would be advisable for contact COM
mittees from all unions involved tc
meet and survey the ground and
make recommendations back to the
respective bodies"
The statement suggests the fol-
lowing program OF immediate de-
mands:
"The 30-hOur week; minimum
wage $40 per week; full wage in
surance for unemployed; rank
and file control of officials and
policy"
Joint strike action" Smith
stated, could be taken in six plants
which would paralyze practically
the entire industry. In each o.
thees plants either the A. r. of L
or the M. E. S. A. or both have con-
siderable organization. A strike ir
these six factories would tie up the
majority of the General Motors
plants, the key Chrysler Plant ply
MOUTH, and Ford-in other words
the big three Of the industry"
For Joint Program
Il would favor such action as
Stunning that there would be a joint
program, joint committee and
joint negotiations. I believe it ought
to be done right away; the sooner
the better"
He declared that "a strike, to be
effective, must involve the produc-
ton men. The companies can shift
dies to other cities, but they can't
shift production machinery"
A. F. of L. Heads Mark Time
Meanwhile the top leadership OF
the A. F. of L. is marking time, try
ing to delay preparations for strike
action till the meeting of the Ma
tional Council of the United Auto
mobile Workers this Saturday. Pres
ident william Green is expected tc
attend this meeting. In the evening
he will address a mass meeting in
the Light Guard Armory, Brush and
Larned Streets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22

WHO is SUPERIOR?
Bourgeois Theories of Master and Slave Races
Exploded by Historical Facts
By Cyril Briggs

There is relation by accidental between the
theories of upper class Negroes previously dealt with and
the racial theories of bourgeois Scholars of inherent i'm
memorial racial characteristics" of superior and n-
feror master and slave races They are the diverse
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22
Necark, N. J.

D. Program Nature Friends, Chinese
and white speakers. Refreshments.
Adm. free.
NeUark, ". J.
C. A. Hathaway and Harry Elmer
Barnes will debate on Saturday, Feb.
%, at $3.50 pm, at YMH.A. Audi
forum, High and Kinney SITS, on
Can Roosevelt Save American Capt.
talism?' Adm. ACC. Auspices: Jack
London Club. A. j. Isserman, chair
man
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22
Chicago, III.

Organizations Attention! The Inter
national workers Order of Chicago
is celebrating its 5th Anniversary at
the Ashland Auditorium, Feb. az,
$50 pm. to 2 am. An excellent pro-
gram has been arranged. Kindly keep
this date open.
Fifth Annual Cabaret and Dance, a
la Moscow, on Saturday, Feb. %, at
Workers Lyceum. 2733 Hirsch Blvd.
starting 8 pm. workers Dance
Group; Sonia Radina; Gypsy and
new Russian songs; excellent or
chestra; dancing. Adm. 25c in adj
vance, SOC at door Good time for
everybody. Ausp.; LID. Barnett Br.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22

PRINCETON, Ind, Feb. 21.-The
Central Labor Union here has en-
dorsed the Workers Bill. H. r. 1927.
Endorsement of the bill is now
pending before the Railroad Shop
Crafts. The F. E. r. A, Council has
also endorsed the bill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22
More Endorsements

SOMERSET, N. j., Feb. 21,-The
Morris, Somerset and Vic District
Council of Carpenters, United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America, has endorsed
the Workers Unemployment, Old
Age and Social Insurance Bill, H. r.
1927.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22
Cleveland, Ohio

Jobless to hold dance. The regular
semi-monthly dance Of the Ward %
Unemployment Council will be held
at 66l5 Wade Park Ave, at pm.
on Saturday, Feb. az.
Tenth Ward Assembly holds another
music social on Sunday, Feb. "a at
pm, at 3875 Payne Avenue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22
W I'll ATS N

Allentown, Pa.
Gala affair for the benefit Of the
Daily Worker, Sat, Feb. az at 12i
No. Third st. Prominent speakers.
Entertainment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-22
Detroit, Mich.

Michigan Youth Congress Dance on
Tuesday evening, Feb. 26, at the
Graystone Ballroom, with Eddie
Cont and his NB.C. orchestra.
Everybody invited. Adm 40c in ad-
vance, SOC at door. Proceeds to go
toward carrying through the pro-
gram of the Michigan Youth Con-
gress and toward the falling of the
Second American Youth Congress to
be held in Detroit. June % % 40
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-10-11
NOW BELIEVE MOON DECIDES
 OUR WEAThER
French Scientist Predicts Weather, Atmosphere
 by Moon Cycles

PARIS, Oct. 11-Farmers and sailors, who have always based their weather forecasts on the moon, are right in the belief of NJ. Joseph Cassiopee, a French scientist.
 The moon causes the ocean tides. and also affects the atmosphere. There can be accurately forecast long, in advance, and therefore. argues M. Cassiopee, it ought to be possible, by a study oi the moons habits, to fo-eteE the true weather in the same way.
 Proceeding on 1nIs Tseo.y, he ii gured that eclipses of the moon oc- eur in regular cycles every 372 years. Consequently if. as he be- ieves, the moon makes the weath- CT, atmospheric conditions should correspond to the eclipse cycles.
 Therefore to forecast the weatn- CT well ahead for any given year, al that is necessary is to know what the conditions were 372 years aes. Following this cut he found that the heat wave of July 1862 was reproduced in July 1884 Again the summer of 1885, like that of 1863, was exceptionally hot and dry while the winter of l936-37 should be an exceptionally hard one.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-10-11

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Althougn ths nominating conventions of the two major political parties still are about nine months away, specula- ton as to their location is receiy- ing serious consideration among the politicians.
 Republicans generally are agreed that their convention city will be in the West. With the West re- garded as the real battle-ground for Ghe 3s campaign, Chicago, St. Louis, rstr3it, Cleveland, Minneapolis and Kansas City will be among the cities bidding for the G. o. P. con- vention, At present Kansas City ap- pears to have the inside track. A rev conditioned auditorium with ! seating capacity of 10000 plus a strategic location is responsible.
 The best guess nov is that the Democratic convention will be held in the east. Certain signs that the
 new deal'' is slipping in the east have made the Democrats dubious about going west again for their big show.
 Either Atlantic City or Philadel- phia may get the call.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-10-11
ALASKA UNIVERSITY
 FRESHMEN BONFIRE
 HELD ON SATURDAY


 A giant bonfire provided by the newest and largest Freshman class of the University of Alaska was witnessed by hundreds of people from fairbanks last Saturday night. Flames from the bonfire, which was touched off by Dr. Charles E. Bunnell president of the University, shot hundred feet in the air and were visible in Fairbanks, four miles away. Stu dents sang the Alma Mater" and Fight" songs of the institution, and later, the crowd was enter tained by presentation of The Shooting of Dan McGrew' by the Freshman class in the gymnasium.
 All the color and glamor of the Days of 98' were accurately re- produced by the talented Fresh men. it is reported. Dance hall girls and rough and tough he-men filled the Malamute Saloon for a hectic evening marked by only a few shootings taken as. matter of course by the "98ers."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-10-11
U. s. BUSINESS
 0UERlED AS TO NEW DEAL ACTS
Chambers of Comm cree Asked to Ballot on Ques-
 lions of Federal Power

WASHINGTON, Oct. Seeking a general yes or no stand by business on New Deal legislation, the United States Chamber of Commerce has mailed ballots to it's 1900 member organizations across the nation.
 The questions are:
 Should there be an extension of Federal jurisdiction into matters of state or local concern?
 Should the Federal Government at the present time exercise Fed eral spending power without rela- ton to revenue?
 Should there be government com petition with private enterprise for regulatory or other purposes?
 Should all grants of authority by Congress to the Executive Depart ment of the Federal Government be within clearly defined limits?
 Balloting closes November 25.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-10-11
CITY OF LAKES"
 FINDS ANOTHER

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. H. Minneapolis. known as the city Of iakas, has e-discovered still an- other
 Old @Hoag lake" once extending into the city's present business sec- ton, had been filled in and all but sottsn-until garage company recently let a contract for the sink ing of two 17,ooO gallon gasoline s.o-age tanks.
 Then things happened. Four
 3ntractingi companies in succession gave up the task when water be- san rushing in and inundated their steam shovels.
 An old-fashioned bucket bri- gade' was put to work, and work men are completing by hand the job steam shovels couldn't handle.