The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 20, 1931, Page 4

rublished by the Comprod New York € Address and mail all checks Page Four 18th Street, Against the Imperialist Terror in in the Philippines ASS unrest, peasant rev spreading the Pr largest of all outright coloni es of Unit imperial ° enforced landlords and boury the funeral of Co! leaders of the revolut: tions, the Philippine Peas the Proletarian Labor Cong threats of the native police the SS, the ya Comrade Antonio Ora was re- held in Manila. ported “killed in an automobile accident” while under arrest for “seditious activities.” His death, under these mysterious circumstances, was an- other atrocious crime of U. S. Imperialism and a tremendous loss to the revolutionary workers and peasants movement in the Philippines, and in the rest of the world. Comrade Ora was a courageous fighter against the imperialist ensla ers as well as ai petty bourgeois 1: in Philippines s funeral is striking of the “deep Speen among the great sin nilippines fo: the movement which he represented. ikes are | out that tt Soon after the death of Comrade Ora, the Wall | Street governor-general of the Philippi Dwight Davis, ordered the arrest of Comrades Evangelista, Manahan and Ambrosio, outstand- ing leaders of the revolutionary workers and pea- san’s movement. ‘This action of the imperialists, fully condoned by the bourgeois lackeys, who hypecritically mouth phrases about “demanding incc>cndence,” shows the growing fear of the imperialists in face of the rising tide of revolu- tionary struggles in the Philippine Islands. Comrades Evangelista, Manahan and Ambro- sio were arrested on the charge of “sedition” face grave danger of assassination or long im- prisonment at the order of the Wall Street gov- ernor-genera] and the Philippine bourgecise. While the Communist Party of the Philippines is yet very young, the basis for its growth into a mass party is rapidly maturing. The revolution- ary workers, through their activity in the trade union movement, taking the hegemony in the strugglé for immediate and unconditional inde- pendence for the Philippines, show that the pro- letariat is the leading force in the Philippines in the fight for freedom from Yankee im- perialism. ‘We are confident that the Communist Party of the Philippines formed at a great mass meet~- ing at Manila on Noyember 7, 1930, will con- tinue to lead the struggle for independence in spite of the tricky efforis of certain bourgeois misleaders, headed by Roxas, who dare to use the heroic tradition of the glorious fighter, Andreas Bonifacio, to cover up a false “opposi- tion” to imperialism with the honorable name of | Katipunan. The workers and peasants will find and | faithfu them in evictions is the capita ing with sion. The Co its member the great 1 poor fa organize heartiest and of the Fi read a lete STREE DITIONAL INDEPEND- LIVE THE PHILIPPINES! FOR A WORKERS AND ERNMENT IN THE COMMUNIST PAR COM) Soviet Lumber Workers Answer Imperialist Attacks ATELY the English conservative newspapers have started another campaign against the Soviet Union under the guise of “For the defense of Free Labor.” In order to prove the USSR is using “forced labor” several papers have printed the testimony of witnesses of three criminals who escaped from Archangelsk. Using this false testi- mony which is altogether invented, the conserva- tive element wanted to prevent the sale of Soviet lumber in Britain. For the workers of Soviet Union it is quite clear that this unexpected step of English imperialists is just one link in the chain of the furious daily preparation for inter- vention against the Soviet Union. Who Are These Witnesses? The member of parliament, Mr. Hilton Young, the fiery author of different articles about the affair, for unknown reasons has withheld the names of the three witnesses (see the “Timber” Trade Journal,” 20/12/30). But we know that in July, 1930, hiding in an English ship, ran away three. important criminals; the first one Kuzma Petrovich Zajcev, condemned for five years of imprisonment for a murder. The second one was Fedor Nikitich Chajko who was condemned for 8 years in prison for sexual indulgence with girls of sexually immature state. The third one was Cavril Dmitrovich Barishnikov, sentenced for 8 years for a robbery. These are the men who de- fom the honorable capitalists. Slander and Facts. ‘Hitton Young writes: “I was informed that the captain of the ship on which the criminals escaped related that in Arhangelsk are docked hundreds of foreign ships leading up with lumber, 500 men loading each ship.” A surprisingly silly lie. Usually about 30 to 50 men load up a ship, because more men would only be in each other way. Hilton Young continues: “Their living condi- tions are terrible. Medical assistance is not known. Workers are tortured in many different ways, therefore they die in large numbers.” Well . . . how similar is this picture to the con- ditions during the intervention in 1918 under the English general Pull, with the help of the white general Miller (who at present is collecting 1,000,- 000 army for war against Soviet Union on the Islands of Death as they are called now—Mudjua Takanga and other islands near Archangelsk), In fact the lumber workers are fully equipped with medical help. Quite a number of them are resting up free of charge in the southern sanita- riums. One and a half million rubles ($750,000) was spent for social insurance during 1930, The same amount was spent for cultural needs and developments of the workers. Workers have good communal lodgings, free working clothes, and About the various demands the author of this article and other workers will be very glad to give you the information. Workers of USA send in your demands, expose the tricks of the cap- italists, build firmer contacts with our organiza- tions thru correspondence. About 25,000 of foreign sailors have visited Archangelsk and other ports of the Northern part of Soviet Union. They have seen a lot of the conditions here, they can be witnesses. Evidently ‘his source of information is not desirable to the capitalists. American Engineer Answers the Attack. ‘Valon was interviewed by the “Pravda Severa” and here. is his answer. “Workers who operate the transportation (by means of tractors) work 10 they hours a day, there are about 00 of them, get paid overtime, the cu day, the drivers work 5-6 hours help is efficient. Sickness practic: exist here. Lodgings here are co! ers work in harmony an os There is a library a cally every worker Knowing the work of lumber ing by my own personal impre: s I again re- fer to the information of the English conserva- tive newspapers. If I had any proof of convict | labor in Soviet Union I would have left Soviet | Union immediately.” ‘There was real slavery in Northern forests un- der English capitalists (before the revolution). Be- fore the revolution there were numerous English lumber enterprises—like Stuart Gernet, Brand and others, who worked with English money for English profits. The workers of North well re- member the conditions which existed at that time dictated by the English masters. According to the report published by the St. Petersburg (Now Leningrad) association of lumber industry, the following picture was present:. “The working day consisted of 11 hours. On the average the cutters received 33¢ a day, women received 17c¢ a day, the drivers received 29c a day, the women drivers received 20c. Accidents took place very often. Contracts were made by word of mouth, bosses used money fines against the workers and seeked varicus methods ‘3, exploit the workers. The cabins in whicn the workers lived were awfully dark and dirty. The fioor was the earth. Instead of the present large brick ovens they only had something to cook on Jetting in all the | smoke and therefore the sickness was wide- spread.” Now the picture is different. The wages in- creased, a lot of work was spent to improve their lodgings, clubs and kitchens were built. There now exists an efficient medical help and the entire state of the lumber workers is constantly improving. The Northern workers of the lumber industry protest vigorously against these lies of the British capitalists and say: “No one forced us to come here to work. We came on our own free will because we get paid here better. “We are the boss of our own country and want to export our lumber in order to exchange it for machinery. If you refuse to take our Jum- ber, we shall not take your machines, To the lies of British conservatives we shall answer by raising our output of lumber this year. Let McDonald take better care of his workers. Be- fore the revolution we worked 10 and 11 hours a day, now we work 7-8 hours, and earn enough for our families, At that time we worked without seeing any light.in darkness and dirt, Now we build our own medium, improving our conditions. Our answer shall be to these lying capitalists— ‘Five year plan in FOUR YEARS,’” From INTERNATIONAL ESPERANTO CORRE- SPONDENCE DEPARTMENT OF PRAVDA SEVERA, Poshtkesto No. 20. Archangelsk. USSR, ai ates Decisions of Central Control Commission FRANCISCO, Cal.—All workers’ arganiza- t e warned to be on guard against James O'Brien, who has been expelled from the Com- Party for drunken brawls and for crim- inal acts committed by. him in utter disregard of the injury and harm that these acts might ve brought to the organizations to which he belonged.. Just prior to and at the time of his reprehen- sible , he was the chairman of an Un- nployed Council, from which post he was re- d immediately. Now, it appears, he has aligned himself with the Lw.W. and is trying to spread slanders against the Party and against the Unemployed Council. “He is trying to explain his being out of them by saying that he has quit both himself, because of this and that, and the third thing. The fact, however, remains that he was ex- pelled as an individual who is not fit to be tol- erated in any workers’ organization. Fritz Richthoffen, non-Party, New York, young ne worker, member of Marine Workers’ Ind. , did volunteer work in ILD, National ! during the time that he was in their office, letters with remittances were stolen; in the last part of January he was entrusted with $30 for the payment of a bill (personal, of Com- rade S. Garlin), he took the money for himself and disappeared. Workers! Join the Party of Your Class! Communist Party U. 8. A. P.O, Box 87 Station D. New York City. Please send me more Information on the Cum- munist’ Party. Name Address seseeee | City ...cccccesccecsecccercess State «. OCCUPAtiON ..sccccccecceccccrerersss AGO seceee .Mail this to the Central Office, Communist Party, P. O. Box 87 Station D. New York City. OU] S90 EIGHT CENTS FOR THREE HOURS WORK» ————————————— SUBSCRIPTION RATES: By mail everywhere: One year, $6; six months, $3; two months, $1; excepting Borough® of Manhattan and Bronx, New York Ctiy. Foreign; one year, $8: six months, $4.50., ———————e By BURCK U.S. Prepares Women tor War By ANNA ROCHESTER. (Author of Labor and Coal.) serve their country in ‘national emergen- cies of peace or war,” is the motto of a new organization, the Betsy Ross Corps of women aviators. This “semi-military body dims to serve as a sort of auxilibry aerial motor corps,” explains its first commander in an interview With a capitalist press reporter, It will be called upon for such jobs as “ferrying hew planes from the factory to the zone of actual war operations and pilotitig aerial ambulances, thus releasing valuable flying men for service at the front.” “Both the army and navy have indicated a friendly and appreciative interest in the Betsy Ross Corps movement,” the commander reports. Of course the War Department and the Navy De- partment take a lively interest in such definite preparation for the coming war in which women will play a most important part. Neither the Betsy Ross Corps commander nor any representative of the Army or Navy states publicly just what the “national emergency of peace” may mean, but class-Conscious workers know that it means any strike struggle in which the National Guard or any other division of the U. S. War Department is called out to break the strike. In such a “peace emergency,” this corps of women pilots will stand ready to help the ruling class against the working class. z The American Red Cross is another “semi- military” organization, with over 4,000,000 adult members, many of them women, and nearly 7,- 000,000 Junior Ts. A reserve army of nurses totals over/50,000, described as “ready to respond to calls from the Army and Navy.” Chartered by Congress, this branch of the war machine was started to serve “as a medium of communication between the American people and ‘their’ army and navy.” Its accounts are audited by the War Department and its annual report is submitted to Congress. * Not only in actual war upits like the Red Cross and the new aviation corps, but in 40 patriotic “ societies, women are prepared for war and’ particularly for war against the Soviet Union. The Women’s Patriotic Conference on National Defense met recently in Washington, claiming to represent 2,000,000 women. This conference included the American Legion Auxiliary, the American War Mothers and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Aiming frankly at “adequate appropriations for the military ser- vice,” these women are organized in opposition to the Soviet Union and the international work- ing class movement. FORM 1076 mane oe tu . - NATIONAL CITY BANK 6-12. PAY _TO THE the the “Be LITHOGRAPH CAN FACTORY PAY ROLL CHECK ORDER OF____JOF FLOREK i *& EIGHT CENTS ci i ic e i FULL SETTLEMENT OF ALL BEMANDS TO DATE TWI5 CHECK 15 VOID 1F NOT PRESENTE! Foe AN AMOUNT Um EXCESS OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200) on 10 148 0 A vital part of war preparedness is the plan to mobi women industrial workers so that they will spring into instant action for the pro- duction of war materials. Men workers will be Teleased for other military service. An official of the U. S. Army Chemical Warfare Service tells how the war orders are to be flashed over the country: “According to the plans which are now fairly well completed, at the very hour, or possibly a few hours before, America declares war, tersely worded official telegrams will automatically go forward from Washington to several hundred chemical plants scattered throughout the East and Middle West. In substance, the messages will say: ‘Go ahead,’ and the innumerable war contracts which are being signed in these quiet times of peace will immediately become effec- tive.”"—(Chemical Warfare, by Donald A. Came- ron, International Pamphlets.) During the world imperialist war, women and girls did the work in munitions factories and in other war industries. So, today, it is women and young girls, paid only 25¢ to 30c an hour, who work in the plug and solder, sulphur and test de- partments of E. I. DuPont de Nemours Com- pany, one of the largest munition companies in the world. In rayon plants, which are easily changed at a moment’s notice to manufacture war chemicals, women workers are also in a majority. On International Women’s Day, March 8th, women and men workers together pledge their solidarity against these war preparations of the capitalist class. We recognize our solidarity with ‘ workers of other countries and with those who are building socialism in the workers’ republic, We organize in defense of the Soviet Union. Organize Unemployed Councils! Every Mining Camp, Steel and Textile Town, Every Large and Small Indus- trial Center Should Be Honeycombed With Jobless Councils No;8927 Be CLevaLAND, OH10____NOV_29 1930 (No. ili.) $_.08 obs TOR PAYMENT WITHIN SIXTY (60) DAYS AFTER THE DATE THEREOF OR IF DRAWN By JORGE scene Hocus Pocus Bonus Now you see it, and now you don't. shell is the pea under, buddies? And great guns, how the supposed “opposition” in Congress is making believe that they are the sterling silver “friends of the veterans!” Which The very same guys who turned themselves wrong side out over the “Arkansas Compromise” and finally decided that it was more humane to let the farmers starve to death quick than to kill them with Red Cross “relief,” are pictured in the capitalist press as heroically standing off the administration in “defense” of a thing known as the Bacharach Bill. It ought to be called “baccarat” in memory of Monte Carlo, Such a wonderful blessing to confer upon the men “who fought on Flanders Field!” A vet has, let us say, a Tombstone Insurance Policy for $1,000, providing he hasn’t already been forced to borrow against it at 6 per cent. Let's be optimistic and say he has the whole $1,000 com- ing to him in 1945. Under the Bacharach Bill, he can borrow $500. But at 444 per cent compounded annually. If it were at “straight” 4% per cent, interest. would amount to $315 in the 14 years from now to 1945; which would leave him, if he could pay it as it went along, $185, or about enough to bury him, out of the $1,000 at the end of 14 years— in 1945. But the capitalist government, really aided by the “opposition,” has no intention of paying funeral expenses for the vet when he dies, any more than it intends to feed him while he lives but has no job. It has another nice war on tap and thinks it cheaper to let him just soften up where he falls on the battlefield. Soldiers are said to make excellent fertilizer. So not only interest, but compound interest, is the slogan. And on $500 for 15. years the com- pound interest is $428.96, which, added to the | $500 makes $928.96 the vet owes the government in 1945 because it gave him a bonus! And if he kisks off that year, his “heirs and assigns” can collect just $71.04! For that’s all that will be left of $1,000 bonus! Meantime, the government that is now bor- yowing money from banks for 1 per cent( and is loaning it to private shipping concerns for 242 per cent) will be making $376.96 out of the $500 loan, because if it gets money at 1 per cent on “straight” interest for 14 years, interest costs it it only $52; while it charges $428.96 to the vet: ‘The only reason why Hoover would veto such a nice scheme is that he expects to run for re-election in 1932 and not. in 1945, and the Capitalists who back him are dead against any taxes right now, and don’t give a whoop about 1945, as they can think up a new swindle by that time. But vets should learn the point of that old Russian story about g peasant who went to the village’ money-lender. Sitting down at the shark's desk he s7id: want to borrow a rouble to get my wagon .ixed’ “All right,” said the money lender, “But I must have security.” “Yes sir, I knew that. So I brought an axe for security. Here it is.” And the peasant handed his axe to the money-lender, who promptly put it behind him out of reach, then took out a rouble and laid it on the table. “You know we charge interest,” he said, And the peasant nodded, “Yes.” He had heard about interest. “Fifty-fifty, rouble for rouble, that’s fair, isn’t it?” added the money-lender. “Yes,” said the peasant, “that sounds fair; rouble for rouble.” “And we deduct the interest in advance,” said the money-lender, as he took up the rouble and pocketed it. “So when you pay me back the one rouble you borrowed, you can get your axe back. ‘The moral of this story is that the only way the veterans can beat the shylock capitalists is to raise supreme hell to get a full cash bonus payment without any “loan” business and with- out any interest hocus pocus.. And the time to begin raising hell is on February 25th! * 8 ¢@ A Valentine for Tom Mooney It wasn’t exactly addressed to Tom, but since he is noted as a member of the Molders’ Union, it has a sort of connection with his... . well, his situation. A beaytifully printed little massage it is, inside a cutely decorative border, in the International Molders’ Journal for February, and it is entitled: “Friendship—A Valentine for Capital and La- bor.” “Friendship,” it says in-part, “can open foun- dries and faotorigs, and fill dinner pails. It can say Booh! to unhappiness, unrest and unem- ployment. Why, then, do industrialists shy away from it?” We look further, but it gives no answer to this question. And the Valentine seems to be a lov- ing one, entirely directed from “labor” to capital. “Come—meet with us around the conference table,” says “Labor” in this valentine. “Let us talk things over, and decide upon a course that will be mutually helpful. Here is our hand—let ‘us be friends!” But to these lovelorn entreaties, Capital, the cold-hearted wench, is deaf and decidedly dumb, even in the Molders’ Journal. It is a one-way conversation, But the Molders’ Journal pretends to have hopes, and winds up with: “Friendship between capital and labor would be a Valentine indeed. Friendship, let us have more of it!” Of course these scoundrels know, as well as ‘Tom Mooney in his cell at San Quentin knows, that they are peddling this guff not to coax capital, but to delude labor into being passive in front of such outrages as Mooney’s imprison- ment in the hope that capital will be “friends.” Quite truly Tom has pointed out that the A 1, of L, leadership's function is to “fool the work- ers and make them amenable to the employers.” ‘To speak of “friendship” between capital and labor in the Molders’ Journal while Tom Mooney