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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07

paying a series of repair bills, the victim
asks the repair man if by any chance he was
stuck when he bought that car. One repair
man uttered the bad news in these words:
You were stuck if you got that crate
free. Only millionaire could afford to keep
it running and that is the one extravaganza
the rich don't have"
Beware of extravagant advertising such
as greatest bargains in the city" whole
sale prices and half the market price" If
his prices are way out Of line the probability
is that he is not selling strictly fresh-laid
eggs" One of the greatest "pulers-in" for
a "gyp-jont" is a bargain in repossessed
cars There is magic in that word "repos-
sessed," but it does not mean that the car
is better or worse than any other Some
times the is alleged to be so new that it
could hardly fail to be bargain at the price.
In such case, no matter how early the pur-
chaser arrives it has always Just been sold"
This is a phantom bait TO get him TO look at
their regular line of junk which are known
in the trade as "jalopies," "jerkers," crates
or dogs"
No pedigree goes with an iron dog, but
you can find out the standing of the dealer
See if he belongs to reputable local dealers
association. If not drop in at the Better Bust
ness Bureau for your own protection. Even if
too late to save yourself, give the Bureau
the details of your swindle 10 protect future
innocents. Best insurance of all is TO pay a
mechanic you trust TO look it over Here are
some of the things he will do
Before taking it out, he will stare at the
drivers seat, the floor boards foot pedals run
ming boards, door catches and snubbers. These
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
Pouring Ether in the Gas Tank Tempo
rarily Eliminates All the Knocks But i'm
Time Will Ruin the Cylinders Because
Ether Produces Excessive Heat.

the twisted and worn-out chassis. With lot
Of Strengthening out and a new paint job, the
combination looked like million" The real
skill and villainy lay in making the moving
parts Of the poor, old taxi act and sound
right, long enough TO get customers money.
Among the least dangerous Of the tricks
was inserting a worthless battery. Though
dead, such a battery could be resurrected into
a brief false life by overcharging. This was
only financial practical joke on the pur-
chaser The deadly tricks We're elsewhere.
The tires were not new but had originally
been worn down smooth almost TO the fabric.
Then. instead Of vulcanizing a new surface Of
rubber the old tires, new treads had been
cut into what rubber remained and as a final
touch, the tires had been painted
The worn-out brakes which caused the
crash should have been completely refined
but that would have cost money. SO the front
ones were left entirely loose but the rear
pair frightened up. The seller had assured
Mr. Jones that the brakes would last in
definitely. Indefinitely was riEht-they might
last a day, a week an hour.
After the chassis frame had been straight
ened out the steering gears did not mesh
right and advertised the fact with a sound
like a coffee mill. The "pretty-iron' man
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silenCcd them with a
little oiled sa " d II s {.
There were many other
things waiting to break
down but the failure at
the same moment of
tire. brakes and steering
gear, put a final end to
the disguised taXi's his
story.
What surprised Mr..
Jones most of all was
that neither the man
who sold him the fake
nor the artist who had
done the "face-lifting"
were arrested nor even
held responsible. His bill
of sale stated that it
was bought as is, "
which covered them le-
gally. Mr.. Jones wanted
to know if anyone was
responsible and found
that he himself was le-
gally and might even
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have been held re-
sponsible for oper-
ating a car in
dangerous condi-
ton.
That very thing
actually happened
to a "pretty-iron"
purchaser. W h o
was driving it
on a two-strip
road. ente rim E
New York's Bronx.
Coming in the OPP
po site direction
was a large truck.
A pedestrian, at
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car-let a mechanic look il over
When he turned into the next exit from
the parkway, one Of those beautiful almost
new tires blew For the first time he stepped
hard on the brakes and this time they did
not respond at all For the first time he gave
the wheel a hard yank. There was snap and
the wheel spun idly in his hands. Suddenly
out Of control the car mounted the curb and
crashed into a tree.
The drivers mother killed and the
three other occupants of the car severely in
jured When Mr. Jones came out of the hos
ptal he learned that a pretty iron" is the
trade name for "death-wagon." He also
discovered that there are unscrupulous
mechanics who specialize in fixing wrecks so
their death-rattes and other symptoms will
not appear for several days or at least hours.
This pretty iron" was disguised taxi
cab and no car gets worse abuse than taxi.
Mr. Jones bargain" was already long over
due on the scrap heap when the old cripple
was thoroughly smashed in a collision, due
to it's worn-out brakes, Even good, new car
is OFTEN never the. same after such an acct
dent
The crash should have sealed the aged
taxi's doom. even with ''pretty-ron' artist
but this one happened to have on his hands
a fairly good-looking body which would fit
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-
was, as far as looks
were concerned.
The tires looked al
ost new. Anyone
could see that the
treads were not worn
at all. The car started,
stopped, steered per-
fectly and there were
no knocks, rattles nor
other ominous sounds.
What more did Mr..
Jones need 10 know ?
He paid the price and
drove proudly away.
Picking up his
mother, sister and two
others, he set out for
an all-day ride on Long
Island. Tested by all
the little incidents
city traffic and lights,
the bargain" behaved
like a new car.
About 30 miles out
Of the city, on a
smooth, wide parkway,
the driver took time
to study the instHl-
ment panel and noticed
that the needle on the
ammcter was way
over. indicating that it
was still charging at
top capacity. Wonder
ing if that was impor-
tant, he decided TO do
what he should have
done before htiyinp the
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IF the second hand car you buy is from the
] authorized agent of one Of the automobile
manufacturers, you have nothing TO fear. The
agent must be honest or he will lose his
franchise.
These used cars are, of course, trade-ins
and the agent will get what he can for them.
He may ask too much, but at least there is
-Ret-likely- to be any misrepresentation
Just as reliable are most of the used car
dealers who handle only used cars, and it is
not hard to tell the honest ones from the
dishonest.
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Damaged Tires Poinfed to Look New,
Makeshiff Brakes That Help The
Undertaken. Sowdust in Worn Gears.
and Other Rockefeer Tricks Are
Exposed by the Better Business
Bureau and Insurance Experts to
Show Why You Invite Peril Unless
You Go to a Trustworthy Dealer
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07

4 AR. JONES bought pretty iron" in
/" New York City. This is a trade name
" J for "Pfettied up" Junk car but the
INSCRIPTIONS secondhand dealer who sold
it TO him didn't call it that. He said it was a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07

This Is What often Happens to Used
Car Sold By an UnscrupulOus Dealer
as an Good Condition." 1t Proved to
Be Death Trap For the DriUer and
Several Members of His Family. The
Brakes Didn't Work When They We're
Needed.
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1941-03-13
KADA Sc ONI SVADJAJU.

NasIm cItaocima je poznato da su svi 60
vori kapitaistickih poiticara potrebi ocu-
vanja politickih sloboda. iii prasina "a oci ne
obavestenih radnka iii Sc momentalno zaista
pcdadu sentimentu demokratskih institucija.
ali iako je poslednje slucaj, oni odmah dod
sebi elm nekoja sila popreti vadavini pri-
vatne svoJine oni upregnu svu svoju silu, "a
boravlJaJuci ma demokratske institucije pa
cak usuprot njih, unistavajuci III, protv o.
glm reeima, nasi citaoci znaju da su politicari,
ma gde oni bill, suge kapitaa
Pc nekada Sc desi da zbog lienih ambici-
ia uklasnih rjano-ideoloskih razlka
kapitalisticki politicar Sc medjusobno posva-
dIaJu. narcotic Sc to desava bas sada II Sc
natu, kada Sc vodi rasprava o zloglasnom Fl.
r. lH6 blu, kojoj syadji oni isticu cinje-
nice koJe sc vrataju sa svom siom i po lieu
samare vladavinu privatne svojine koju &c oni
sa swim sredstvima branti. Ovde cemo istak-
mutt par izJava nekoliko senatora:
La Folletta reee "Vec sada mnog cd niih
senatorl drugi otvoreno priznaju da on
H. H. lT6l znaci intervenciju - prilicno
loglcno. svakako, intervencja znaci rat" On
ola on rece, da oval bill "daje Predsedniku moe
da stvorl ratno stanie samo Sc ostavlja Kon-
gresu dozvola da rekne Ja'", da bi Sc "ozako-
Mia" objava rata
Senator Clark je utinio jednu interesant-
nu lzJaVu vezi sa prosim svetskm ration ma
padaJuci H. r. 1776. On rece, da su ovu zem-
lJu uvukl proslom ratu "placeni propagan-.
dlstl koli su mas uveravali da Britannia vod
nase bike On rece da su ii isti placeni pro-
pagandlstl ma poslu danas ste usklike upo-
tfeol]uJu da mas "a rat predobiju kao sto su
Engleska vodi naSe bitke 'Britanska NOR
narca stoji izmediu mas propasti mi mora
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ia ne bude Proleterska Revolucija. ona je u
pregnula sve labor fekere u toj borbi. lzmis-
lila Je sve lame uzvike koji Sc mogu lzmlsiitl
sa kojima da zavede sto bolje moze radnitku
klasu. Burzoazija Sc zaista nalazi vrlo mr.
dJavom stanJu iako Sc povrsnom posmatraocu
cini da je svemocna. Neka samo jedna kapita-
listicka 'zemlja padne pod pobedonosnom rad
nickom klasom, burzoazija sveta dobice svoJu
crnu sudbinu 'Takav polozaj nije "a nkoga
zavdan.
onima koji nemaju veru Il pobedu pro-
letarijata i zbog toga vide samo pobedu reak-
cije, velimo kada ne bese nikakve made, nti
pomisi, da &c ustat pariski proetariJat ola
svoje ruke uzme upravu grada, on zadivi Geo
svet sa svojom odlucnoscu; kada nakon sto su
social-patrioti svi redom gasali "a rat, nlJe Sc
niko nadao da ce igde "a vreme rata izbitl Pro-
leterska Revolucija, ruski ProletariJat zadivl
celu svetsku radnicku kasu ustrasl ceiu svet-
sku kaptalistitku klasu sa svojom pobedom.
sada Sc mi nalazimo u novo- svetsko krvoproli-
&c, i kao sto prvi revolucionari Marx, Engels
j drugov nisu imali opiplivog dokaza da po-
kazu radnicima sveta da proletarJat moze ra-
zoriti burzoasku drzavu uspostaviti svoju
vladavnu, kao sto nisu revolucionari 1914.
mogli dokazat oppivo da ce radnicka klasa
jedne velike zemlje oboriti burzoaziju, tako nj
mi 194l. god. revouconar nemamo opiplvog
dokaza da &c Proleterska Revolucija biti epi-
log ovog rata. Ali kao sto Pariska Komuna be-
Sc epilog francusko-pruskog rata, kao sto Pro-
leterska Revolucija u Rusiju dodje kao epilog
Prvog Svetskog Rata, tako ce epilog ovog kr
voprolita biti uspesna Proleterska Revolucija.
ne samo u jednoj zemlji. nego u swim kapita-
listckim zemlj jama
A kada Sc to des onda nece bit uzalud-
ma prolivena krv herojskih Komunardovaca
koji Sc pobedonosno podigose u krvi ugusi-
Sc samo da b mama dali opiplvog dokaza da
Sc proletarijat uiednjen kao klasa moze oslo
boditi cd vadavine izrabljivackog kaptalizma
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- Prijaelju moi, rece kristijan, prekidajuci
svog sina ia zelm da uazim II bogos slovsku ras-
pravu tobom Ii posednje izgubi bivse ii ve-
seo raspolozenje, izgeda da gas nepoverenje prema
mama, postaJes wise wise povucen i mucaliv OF
sustvo ii IL stamparje postaje ceso dugotrajno van
svake mere; tvoa narav, jednom tako vesea zivahna
posta ksela cak do acke gruposti prema bra
tn ii Odelinu pre- odlasku mu Milan Pored toga ma
kon toga voja osornost prema ii postae sve u
padJvija znas da te ona sno voli
kod th poslednjh reci kroz Herve-ovo telo prodie
zmarac Pr pomenu sestre negova fizionomija pos
ia sumornja dobi neobjasnv izraz Ia trenutak osta
mem, potom mu gas, malo pre- toga ostar pozitvan
odgovorima odnosno verskh stvari posta nesalan<
mucajuci:
- Ponekad podlezem nastupu zlovolje cd koe mo-
Inn Boga da me osobod. Ako - bejah grub - nre-
ma svoJoJ sesri to bese bez namere ia n ako volim
- Mi smo to sigurni, dete mole odpovori Brd-
get; tvoJ otac tu okolnos pomnje tex kao symptom
promene kou tebi zapazamo koja mas tako uzuemruie
(Nastavice se)
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sase iskenoscu, posa bledo sumorno nestalne, nemr
mu cci kao da izbegavahu posmatrane Neocekivano
prisustvo roditea m kao da sprva proizvede nj
bolan utsak; zgedase kao neprilici; ali bez sumnje
pozva uc sebe ma nehottn porv laznog
stda on rece oducno a da ne dizase oci:
Podvrgavah sabe discplini - miSljah da sam IT,
saml ien vrsah Gin pokaanja
Sine moi = odgovori zanatliia buduci da 81
ma nogama sedi ma tn stolicu - tvoja matt ia mamo
da govormo tobom ozbiljnim stvarima; boe ce nam
biti ovde nego gore gde b mas gas ola probudi
tvoju sestru.
Ne malo zacudjen, momak sede ma stoicu; Krstijan
sto sede dole; Bridget osta sojeci pored svoga
naslan ajuci Sc ma muza joj, sazavo gedajuti
sina.
Sinko moi = rece Kristijan - pre- svega zem
da te uverin da nj ia nj tvoja matt nikad pomss-
da ii prebacuemo rad verskih tt postupaka kojima
Sc posedne vreme podaies zarom novoverca Ali pos
Sc pruza prilika zelim da tt ucnim nekoliko prime
daba tome pitanu svekolikom ocnskom ljubavu.
Slusam oce; govorl.
Kao sestru ii i brata, mi tebe vaspitasmo evan-
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TAI MAS NACIN ZIVOTA.

odelenje "Selective Seyice"-a II Washing
tonu. Il svom zvanicnom izvestaju je otkrilo
cfnJenicu da 40 po sto draftovanih osoba
lzmedju Fl 36 godina starosti, najbolieg doba
eovekovog zivota, nesposobni fizicki iii duhov-
nj Ia militarnu sluzbu
Ova grozna cinjenca znaci da oko as mi
Iona americkog stanovnistva zivi pod takvim
uslovima koji su nedostatni "a odrzavanje Ii
vota nj do minimuma normalnosti, ier Sc zaista
ne traze vanredno sposobni ljudi nj fizicki nj
mentalno "a miitarnu vojsku. Drugim recima
ii mlioni americkog radnog naroda nisu ina
II dovoljno hrane, dovoljnog odela nit dovolj-
no zdravog stana. A ovo potvrdjuje i vladina
statstika godisnjem dohotku ameriekih fa-
mlliJa, koja pokazuje da 100000 familija cd
ukupnih 29,000.000 prmaju "a izdrzavanie is
pod s1.250.00 godisnje, a mnoge cd ovih ne
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djelskom ueenju: ljube edan drugoga cinite dru-
gina Sto b heli da drugi cine. pcasajte
onima koje hvatae potrc sazaevajte gresnike, po-
Matte TUNE odavajte cast onima ko kaju budite
vredn posteni TIE reel grupsu vecnu moralnost koju
ii tvoa matt ia propovedasmo cd detnsva ii kao pr
mer sledovanje. Kad 81 dospeo do zreh godina in
teigencije trudjah da tt ulijem gavu nasih
oaca: da mi besmrtni telom dusom i da nakon
onoga sto mrcu trenuka prelaza zmedju egzis
tence so zavrsava egzstencije sto pocinje, opet
radjamo iii, bolje re6eno produzavamo da zvimo, du
hom materijom drugm sferama uzdizuci s tako
zastopno svakom cd h stupnjeva nase vecne egzis
encie ka beskranom zavrsenstvu ravnom savrsenstvu
Tvorca.
- To je, oce eres i to ide uprkos katolickoj dogm.
- Neka bude tako ia ii tu veru ne namecem. Sva-
XII covek ie sobodan da svojm verskim teznama ide
sopstvenm mu idealom odnosa izmedju Tvorca stvo
renja. Sloboda da Sc tako cin najneocenjiv arbut
duse, najvise pravo ljudske savesti
- svetu nena nikakve druge regije pored kato-
liehe regije otkrivene regije - upade Herve ostra
glasa. - Svaka druga vera je lama -
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S0cijalisticka Posta.
l. r., Lackawanna, N. Y % Kada fekeri

l. r, Lackawanna, N. Y. % Kada fekeri
izvode radnike ma strajk iskljucivo rad svo-
jih prevarants,sih interesa, kao na primer, ka-
da oni zvedu radaike svoje jg1ije ca sc bore
protiv fekera druge junije jednoj tvornici,
kada Sc radnici upotrebljavaiu kao lutke da
sc unaprede interest tih kapitalistickih poruc-
nka, onda to ne moze biti pravovaljani strajk,
jer nj kojem slucaju ne vodi radi odbra-
radnika protiv veGe kaptalisticke eksploa-
tacije
(2) Kada radnici izadju ma strajk protiv
kapitalistickog veceg nasrtaja, sto ukliucuje
zahteve povisice najamnice i poboljsanje rad
nih uslova, to je pravovaljani strajk.
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PARISH A KOMUNA EPILOG
RATA.

Ia 18. marta navrsce Sc 70. godsnJlca
slavna Pariske Komune. Tada pariski proIeta-
rijat po prvi put istoriji klasnih boraba os-
voii razori kapitalisticku vlast ma njenom
rusevinom uspostavi tada electromagnetic foImu
proleter vladavne diktaturu proetari-
jata, koja Sc zvase Komuna. Sa ovm einom,
par;ski proletarijtat je. .,celoj svetskoj
radnickoj klasi dokazao prakticno da ka-
pitaizam nje wise drustveno nuzan dalJni
progres. Pored toga, parisk proletarijat je sa
fizckim primerom dokazao da radnicka kla-
sa nloze ujediniti sa svrhom da obori vladavi-
nu privatne svojine, jer to on i ucini IL. mar
ia. Ne samo da je pariski proletarijat doka-
zao da Sc radncka klasa moze ujediniti
bar,nje kapitalizma, nego je on dokazao da
radnicka klasa moze svoju vlast ma rusevina-
ma starog drustva podici odrzati, jer je pos
redom svoje Pariske Komune pariski proleta-
rijat odrzao svoju vladavinu usuprot neopisi-
viii prepreka skoro puma tri meseca. Veil
mo- usuprot neopisivih prepreka, jer je paris
kim radnicima manjkao prethodno iskustvo
zbog toga oni zasta behu prvi pioneri Pro-
et,rske Revoucije Iako slast prve proleter-
ske vladavine bese gruba, iako ona bese KRAFT
ko: yeka, puma gresaka, to nije smetalo paris
koi radnickoj kasi da neopisivim herojizmom
br mi svoju vladavinu Parisku Komunu, c-
il herojizam malo opsirnije donosimo dru-
gon clanku ovog broja. Zbog toga sto je
gornje dokazao pariski proletarjat, burzoa-
zija je imala samo laz mnogo pogrdnih reel
da kaze, naradajuci prvu radnicku vladavinu
Parisku komunu.
Parska komuna bese posledica iii epog
rata francusko-pruskog rata Da b svoju
dktatorsku dnastiju sto bolje ucvrstio, Louis
Bonaparte objav rat Pruskoj nadi da &c je
pokoriti naterati je ola mu dade nesto zenl-
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mo opet osigurati svetu dsmokratiju'." Pos
to Je isti senator dokazao da Britanija vodi
bitku stoecima "a trgova6ku prednost on je
oplsao crnu buducnost zemlje nakon rata re-
ce ostalim senatorima galerijskoj poseti:
i kada demokratija, koju ste vi mislili
da preko mora spasavate, ovde nestane; kada
vlada preuzme zeljeznice, radio, novine dru-
ga sredstva javnog mnjenja; kada ce Sc rad
nici konskrptovati farmer lregimentisati,
mozda cete tada sredini krvi suza tamno
vldeti moderni rat koji mi sc cini da vas sada
ocarava"
Senator Donaher rece da je H. r. 1776
produkat msljenja Henry l. Stimsona, Nicho-
las Murray Butlera James f. Shotwella i da
tai bill me predstavlja orginalne poglede nj
Jednog kongresmana Ovde mozemo dodati
"a nj projekat "a konskripciju nije predstav
Lao orgnano misjenje nj jednog kongresma-
ma, pa pax to nije NINA smetalo da graknu
"Ja' kada Sc tai projekat pred njih jasno po-
javio!
A, u odbrani pomenutog projekta senator
Hill, IL Alabama-e, reGe da &c Hitler napasti
Sjedinjene Drzave ne direktno, nego putem
zemalja JUNE Amerike. Evo njegovih reci:
-. .ako padne Britannia, Hitler &c moti
osvojit nekoliko zemalja [Juzne Amerike] pre-
ko telefona. Ako padne Britannia pristanista
JUNE Amerike bice puma sa nemackim ladja-
ma"
IL owe svadje kapitaistickh politicara, sa
nJ1hoVlm prznanjem, saznaJemo da H. R. 1776
Jeste, pored drugih nesreca, korak blize ratu;
da cemo ration izgubti sva-mukom stece-
ma prava, tojest, imacemo sve da izgubimo
nlsta da dobjemo; da su to bill kapitalistcki
placeni propagandist koji su pomogl da Sc
ova zemlja uvuce IL rat 1917, da kapitalisti
placaIu danasnjim ratnm uskacima da Sire rat
nu hIsteriju: da je projekat cedo mozga kapi-
talistickih slugana van Kongresa, poslednii
senator e nehotice priznao da ono "a sto Sc
kapitalisti brinu nile da &c Nemacka prodre.i
sa svoJom vojskom IL ovu zemlju, nego da &c
ona sa jeftinom robom osvojiti pijacu JUNE
Amerike, priznavajuci ujedno da ovo nije rat
"a spasavanje nikakve demokratije nego cisto
mperijalisticki rat oko pijaca tudjih zemalja.
Sve ovo sto su pomenuti kaptalisticki Sc
nator zbog svojih posebnih razloga izrazili
vezi sa crnom buducnosti koja mas ceka ako
sc usvoji pomenuti projekat ako ova zemlja
udje rat kao "javno'' priznanje senatora
Hiila, da Se kapita lsti bore "a demokratiju
nego "a place, nasim citaocma ie poznato,
jer je sve te stvar stampa Socijalistieke Rad
nicke Partije radnicima pre- njih predoeila
Onda Sc moze postaviti pitanje: pa zaSto on
da donosimo ovde reel izjava pomenutih kapi-
talistickih senatora?
Ma to pitanJe mi odgovaramo. da uzvamo
tome, kao sto u istom uzivaju nasi citao-
ci - kada lopovi sami priznaju da su kral;.
da kradu i da &c krasti sve dogod radnicka
klasa ne obori kapitalizam