The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 10, 1932, Page 4

Page Four Published by the Com: 18th St. New York City. Adress and mail all checks to the Daily Worker, 50 East 13th Street, New York, N. Y. 1s Co, » Gaily Telephone Algonquin 4-7956. except Sunday, at 60 East Cable “DAIWORK.* ‘Dail VOr ker. se rerien one of Menbattan and Bronz, Ni Dorty USA SUBSCRIPTION RATES: York City, Foreign: 6; six months, $3; two months, $1; excepting Boroughs one year, $3; siz monthe $4.50. MR. HOOVER, WHERE IS YOUR CHICKEN IN EVERY POT? By BILL GEBERT TSE Republican Party will open nation convention on June 14 in the city of Chicago. It will nominate again “the ‘eat engineer Mr Herbert Hoover, as dard-bearer, it) will nominate. him and record » candidate of the United In 1928, the’ Republican Party and Mr. Hoover carried on a campaign under the slogan of “A chicken in every pot, an automobile in every garage, work for everybody, prosperity for the whole country.” ‘This was the election platform of the becis Hoover was elected P: he Ur ates. In accepting the republic n r President of the ys nited “Unemployment in "the sense at. ‘didiees is widely disappearing... . We in America today nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of land. ‘ie poor-house is vanishing from among us. not yet reached the goal go forward with the polic the eight years, and we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poy- any Hunger Hoover. erty will be banished from the nation. There is‘no guarantee against poverty equal to a job for every man. That is the primary purpose of the économic policies we advocate.” Will Mr. Hoover dare to repeat this statement today? In face of the 15,000,000 unemployed, in | | \merican Masses Shall Fully Examine the Record of the Hoover Administration oauperization of the farming in face not only of starvation, but ation of not only hundreds, but thousand workers in the richest country in the world. The statement of Hoover on August 11, 1928, in California, was sheer demagogy! pt. 17, 1928, Mr. Hoover declared, in a peech, as follows: “Within a year we restored million workers to employment. But we did more; we produced a fundamental program which made this restored employment secure on foundations of prosperity; as a result, wages and standards of living have during the past and a half years risen to steadily higher levels.” Will Mr. Hdoyer dé n? The been five are to repeat this statement wages of the workers in the U. S. cut approximately 50 per cent, In Chicago the payroll of the workers compared with September, 1929— percent. The record of Mr. and his administration for the last four 2 record of wage-cutting policy. to- gether with his’ friends, the leaders of the A. F. of L., Greens, Wolls and Lewises. The record of the Hoover administration, the administration of th lican Party, is a record of wage- cuts, © unemployment and starvation and impoverishment of the farmers and bankruptcy hunarer and thousands of farmers whose ms. 2s ave beet taken away from them by the and mortgages. Hoover declared: “As does the keeping of our economic the city of has dec! March, Hoover 19. ASS On never machine in tune depend upon wise policies in administrative side of the government.” Oct 6, before in line with the policy, Mr. Hoover and overnment refuses to give a red cent in the form ef unemployed relief in the form of unem- ployment and social insurance for the masses, but three billion dollars was given to big busi- ness so that they will not feel the economic It is clear that the Hoover government policy is a policy of Wall Street, of the multi- millionaires of the U. S. Oh, yes, Mr Hoover has also something to say to the working class in this situation. Mr. Hoo- ver organized what is known as the “President's MAY DAY IN CHINA (Chinese Workers’ Correspondence.) M** DAY of this year was welcomed by the ese ‘toilers amid their bloody struggles against the Kuomintang and imperialism. Thou- sands of mill workers in Putung, as well as in e western district in Shanghai, continue their s . The armed people in Manchuria are developing their fight against the Japanese in- vaders. Red armies have not only gained new victories in Kiangsi, Fukien, Hupeh, but also extendede their activities into the frontier of Kansu-Shensi, and the famine struggle inten- sified along the Yangtze Valley. All these situa- tions gave the masses a greater militancy for celebrating the International Labor Day. Devoting their full strength to breaking the Preparatory arrangement of the Shanghai toilers and revolutionary fighters for the May Day d¢monstration, the imperialist and the Kuomin- tang police in the city had a very busy time toward the end of April. Informed by the British police, the Kuomintang Bureau of Public Safety raided a house on April 27 off Ferry Road and made two arrests. On April 28 the French Police, in the presence of more than 200 armed men, raided 800 housese in the French Conces- sion and arrested some ten young men. On April ©, 19 arresis were effected by the French police in the Y. M. C. A. building on Pashienchiao, where a meeting was held by a group of student delegates of Shanghai colleges and universities French police, a few days ago, following the bombing of the Japanese highest officials in Shanghai at Hongkew Park during the Japa- nese Emperor's birthday ceremony, arrested over 50 Koreans and handed them over to the Japa- nese authorities. The French imperail have manifested most activity in assisting the Japa- nese invasion of China. As its. reactionary demonstration, the Nanking Garrison headquarters of the Kuomintang gov- ernment on April 30 executed 25 Communists in Nanking. All bourgeois dailies in Nanking and Shanghai published, by order of the Kuomin- tang, this news on May 1 in order to terrorize the masses. Those 25 fighters were mostly con- nected with the 19th Route Army, which fought heroically the late Japanese invasion of Shang- hai. | Contrary to the policy of capitulation of the Kuomintang militarists, they intended to Convert. the late anti-Japanese war into a na- tional revolutionary war. This is the very “crime” that led them to be arrested and mas- Sacred by the Kuomintang authorities A dispatch from Ninpo, the biggest seaport of the province of Chekiang, dated April 29, stated that 13 men, alleged to be Communists, had been ‘arrested by the local police within the last two ‘days. * The whole city of Shanghai, the Foreign Set~ tlement, the French Concession and the Kuo- mintang-ruled town, was put under a garrison of heavily armed police throughout the Inter- national Labor Day. Riot vans of the imperialist and the Kuomin- tang_authorities patrolled unceasingly on the streets, important points were posted with armed detectives of both sexes and police, who were instructed to make random search of th epedes- trians. ‘While bans were placed by the Kuomintang police on all meetings and processions intended to be held by public bodies during the month, the foreign authorities have announced a state of emergency in the city to begin from May 1, However vigilant the reactionary agents have been, they could affect very little the activities of the Shanghai revolutionary masses on May Day. On*that day, the Shanghai revolutionary workers, particularly, the vanguard among the masses, skillfully performed their celebrations by holding separate demonstrations in the indus- trial districts as well as in the central district of the city. At 10 am. some one hundrew workers of both gathered at the intersection of ‘Thorbun t Roads in the industrial quar- of the eastern district of Shanghai, They {| marched on, | were immediately formed into a procession and distributing leaflets and shouting various revolutionary slogans. The demonstra- tion lasted for half an hour before the imperial- ist police arrived. One of the workers was ar- rested. About the same time, another band of workers and students, numbering 200, formed. into a dem- onstration off Ferry Road, ‘in the workers’ quar- ters in the west district of Shanghai. The pro- cession marched toward the Chinese-controlled town and grew bigger and bigger, with more pedestrians joining it. They shouted various revolutionary slogans and distributed leaflets on the way and were finally dispersed by the joint efforts of the imperialists and the Kuomin- | tang armed police with three arrests. In the afternoon, at 1 o'clock, about one hun- dred workers and students of both sexes gath- ered before the Crystal Palace Theatre, off Rue de Montigny, in the French Concession. They were overnumbered by the French police and detectives in the vicinity. Before the demon- CHAMPION OF WORKERS AND SMALL ‘ARMERS A section of the Red Army of China on the march stration was able to form up, one of them was arrested by the police. The workers in groups of two or three moved to Tonhsinehiao. Again, there, over one hundred armed French police on guard. The workers then left the French. town and went to the heart of the For- eign Settlement, At the corner of Chekiang and Foochow Roads, they finally lined up and started @ demonstration. While the procession was marching northward, shouting revolutionary slo- gans and distributing various pemphlets, they were reached by a large band of the British armed policerunning to them in a riot van. A clash between the demonstrators\and the police ended the demonstration, with one of the British police injured and two of the demonstrators ar- rested. Hand-bill posters bearing the slogans: “Seven- hour working day!” “Support the labor laws of the Chinese Soviet Government,” “Strike to celebrate May Day!” “Down with the Kuomin+ tang, the betrayers of the country!” “Against the partitioning of China. by the imperialists!” “Workers, rise to lead the national revolution fight!” and others were scattered in the city. According to a message that appeared in the “Tawanpao” of May 2, the Peiping masses held a demonstration on May Day, with more than three Hundred persons of both sexes..'The mes- sage stated that the demonstration was marked with the slogan against the Japanese invasion of China and the capitulation of the Kuomin- tang. The “Sinwenpao” on May 3 reported that two men “of the student type” were arrested by the Tientsin police on the eve of May Day while distributing literature of a Communist hature in’ the streets, Organization On Unemr of the circulars of this organization has the following to to the masses of unemployed: “Other problems press for attention, to pro- vide for the satisfying use of the free time of the unemployed.” And how, do you fellow workers think Mr. Hoover suggests to use the free time of the un- employed? Very simple—Mr. Hoover’s admin- istration proposes “Educational and vocational training and recreational activities.” Splendid! Fifteen million unemployed men and women, with their families, starving, with empty stom- achs, thrown out on the streets, in rags, are to be amused by Mr. Hoover that they should take up vocational training and recreational activie ties. This is cynicism in the face of the starving millions which can be compared only with the French Queen, Marie Antoinette, who, when she was informed that the masses of Paris were starving for the want of bread, answered: “Why don’t they eat cake?” Fifteen million unem- ployed are starving and the problem facing them is not a question of “vocational training and recreational activity,” but is a problem of bread, Mr. Hoover, from time to time, also was very humorous. For instance, he declared on March 8, 1930,, according to the dispatch issued by the White House, as follows: “President Hoover predicted today that the worst effect of the crash upon unemployment will have been passed during the next sixty days.” | It was a long sixty days, wasn’t it?—sixty days to which there is no end. Hr. Hoover and his republican administration have proven by their everyday acts and deeds that they are against the working class. It refuses w:d fights against unemployment and social insurance. It refuses to accep; the demands of the great National Hunger March to Washington in December, 1931. It refuses the soldiers’ bonus. Mr. Hoover, at the same time, is very active in planning a war against the only country where there is no un- employment, where wages are on the increase, where socialism is being built. That country is the U.S.S.R. According to the “San Francisco Chronicle,” as was stated by Marsh, of the Peoples; Lobby, Hoover said: “The ambition of my life is to crush Soviet Russia.” Yes, Mr. Hoover also has a plan. You know, fellow workers, that the Five-Year Plan in the Soviet Union is a tremendous success, so much so that Mr. Hoover, bitter enemy of the Soviet Union, attempts to copy the plan, In his speech on June 11, 1931, in the City of Indianapolis, he declared: “I am able to propose an American plan to you. ... We plan more leisure for men and women and better opportunities: for its en- joyment. We plan not only to provide for all the new generation, but we shall, by scientific research and invention, lift the standard of living and security of life of the whole people. We plan to secure a greater diffusion of wealth, @ decrease in poverty and a great reduction in crime. And this plan will be carried out if we just keep on giving the American people a chance.” No Plan Possible Under Capitalism. The only trouble with this plan is that it does not work. No plan is possible under capitalism. The statement of Hoover about “the American plan” is as much demagogy as is the statement of Aug. 11, 1928 that “with the help of God, pov- erty will be abolished in our land.” Poverty and war, misery and death from starvation is part of the capitalist system, of which Herbert Hoover is “chief engineer” at the present time. The capitalist way out of the present crisis is the way as indicated by Hoover, by wage-cuts, by reducing the miserable relief that was gotten by the militant struggles on the part of the masses of workers, and by planning a war against the Soviet Union. This is their plan out of the crisis. ‘The working class of America shall fully ex- amine the record of the Hoover administration. ‘We must popularize it amongst the broadest pos- sible masses of workers and explain the Hoover program, a program of hunger and war, and in doing this to point out the way out of the crisis, as is presented in the platform of the Communist Party—the revolutionary way out of the crisis, the abolition of the capitalist system and the establishment of a Workers’ and Farmers’ Goy- ernment, and, leading to it, by developing strug- gles for the immediate demands. We must rally around the standard-bearers of the working class, the outstanding fighters and leaders of the employed and unemployed, of the Negro masses and poor farmers, William Z. Foster, for President, leader of numerous strug- gles of the working class, and James W. Ford, Negro leader of the working class, for vice- president, candidates of the Communist Party. yed Relief.” And one June Issue of “The Communist” CONTENTS 1, The Imperialist Offensive and the Fourteenth Plenum of the Central Committee. 2. The Struggle for the Majority of the Working Class and Our Mass Work. By O. Kuusinen 3. Some Elementary Phases of the Work In the Reformist Trade Unions. By Wm. Z. Foster.. 4. Fascism, Social Democracy and Communism. By W. Knorin. : 5, Lessons of Two Recent Strikes, In the Light of the E.C.C.I. Resolution on “Lessons of Strike Struggles In U.S.A.” By Jack Stachel. 6. The War Offensive—Tightening the Capital- ist Dictatorship In the United States. By Bill Dunne. 7. The Second Five-Year Plan. By Moissaye J. Olgin. 8. Marxism and the National Problem. By J, Stalin. 9. Lenin On Literature. GORKY WRITES IN CURRENT NEW MASSES In an article called “An Answer to Some Americans,” Maxim Gorky, noted Soviet writer, makes a brilliant answer to the bour- geois intellectual. ‘the article appears in the current June issue of New Masses, which in- cludes articles on the Chinese Red Army, American Writers and Kentucky, the Aaa ican College, the Soviet Films, ete. ° 5 Short. Stories, Poems, Book Reviews, and cartoqns by eleven revolutionary artists com- plete the issue. a [4 single article to the Plenum discussion in the SMASH icon ae W APON AGAINST THE WORKERS! Toward Revolutionary Mass Work ( DISCU USSION OF THE 14TH PLENUM Decisions on Literature Applied in Practice By J. L., Chicago The article given below shows how the deci- sions of the Plenum Conference on Literature can be carried out in practice. The Conference discussed ways and means of attaining a MASS distribution of our literature. It outlined or- ganizational measures to make it possivle to reach millions of workers with our literature. The comrades in Chicago have used: some very original ideas in applying the new line on literature distribution in practice. One scheme they used, that of using one pamphlet inten- sively for many different purposes during a campaign, is outlined below. ~ ae FEW days ago you asked to write some of the experiences in the distribution of the Scottsboro pamphlets in connection with the campaign, and am herewith sending you how we worked.it here, which can be of some help in planning mass distribution of other literature in. connection with campaigns as they. are planned and carried out, Pamphlets: Used For Speaker's Outline When we first planned the campaign the im- mediate problem was of sending speakers to organizations, and these speakers had to be supplied with outlines. Most of the comrades do not remember exactly the facts, of the case and the further developments. So, instead of preparing an outline, it was decided to order the Scottsboro pamphlet, which contains the material necessary for every speaker. Mass Organizations Order the Pamphlet Then we thought it. best to make known the facts of the case to the workers in general, and therefore, at the first conference held, the ques- tion of distribution of this pamphlet was taken up. The same evening we had orders for nesrly 1,000 copies from representatives of different organizations as well as from individuals. The pamphlets were sold to them at cost price. Pamphlets Replace Ribbons on Tag Day The finance committee in preparing for the tag day, considering as to what to use for tags, decided to use the pamphlets instead of fiowers or buttons, although it costs a little. more,/but in return it was considered that the contribu- tions will make up for this. When any individual gets a pamphlet instead of a little ribbon, he is bound to make a bigger contribution. The entire campaign was conducted on the basis of popularizing the facts regarding the Scottsboro boys and we found .this the best medium. So far we have ordered and paid for 11,000 copies; 6,000 were sold prior to the tag ;— Pittsburgh, Is It Really So? THE Central Committee Plenum adopted a special resolution on the need cf popular- izing Plenum decisions and its resolutions. One of the means for it is to acquaint the membership wit hthe content of the Plenum resolutions. Our records show that the Pittsburgh Dis- trict has not ordered one single copy of the Plenum pamphlet “Towards Revolutionary Mass Work.” The May and June issues of THE COM- MUNIST were special issues to popularize the Plenum resolutions, The June issue is a special trade union issue taking up our trade union work in light of the ECCI resclution on lessons of strike struggles in the USA, It is of special immediate importance for the Pittsburgh district. Yet only 50 copies of the June issue were ordered. The same number were ordered of the April and May issues. We might even be compelled to stop the sending of THE COMMUNIST, as none of the previous issues have been paid for. Pittsburgh is one of the most important concentration districts. The line and spirit of the Plenum resolutions must be thorough-, ly studied and digested by the Pittsburgh District. The failure to order the Plenum pamphlets, to popularize the issues of THE COMMUNIST must be considered as one of the s*rious obstacles in mebilizing the Party membership for the ¢: num tine and decisions, We might also mention the fact that. the. . Pittsburgh Disttict has not contributed a ying out of the Ple- Daily Worker. day and 5,000 were ordered for the tag days. Of | these, there are some left, which will be sold in the course of the campaign which still continues and perhaps more will be ordered in the future. Linking Up a Pamphlet Organizationally with the Campaign It is important to take at each campaign when planning it as to the methods of mass distribu- tion: of literature that is connected with, the campaign specifically. And because this was done I found for the first time so many people participating in the sale of tis pamphlet. {A Letter From Moscow) DEAR COMRADES! We, workers of Moscow, want to tell you how f we spend one of our rest days in a one-day workers’ rest-home in the Green City. At 7 o'clock in the qorning the Moscow street cars took us to the Jarovslavsky Station of the Northern Railroad. Two years ago the road was electrified and now electric trains run to the station, which bears the name of our work- ers’ paper “Pravda,” and where the Green City MOSCOW WORKERS’ CLUB The workers’ government -of the Soviet Union, is building clubs, healtit and cultural centers for *he masses, euch as Uke Green City deseribed in this interesting letter. is located, At the Jaroslavsky Station we hardly had to wait; a loud speaker in the waiting room an- nounced that the train is ready and told us the number of our platform; doors opened, leading _ to the platform and we quickly went for our places in the car. y Pleasant Trip The well kept cars and’ the speed: with, which we're going made our trip very pleasant” .With- out noticing we covered 40 kilometers; we ar- rived at the station “Pravda” and in a few min- utes were in the Green City. Strictly speaking the Green City is not a city as yet, but will be one in the near future. Meanwhile there is only a tourist base, which is Settee st rounded by fir trees and’ pines... from the ‘Octobér section of Moscow ‘come to- gether, They represented a collective of 300,000 workers, After we got, ‘acquainted with each other we found out that on that day the trade- union active came out here on excursion, which was organized by the trade-wnion conmail of the October seciion.. We, there“ore, decided to util+ ize our rest day not--only-for rest, but-to dis~ cuss trade-union work and prepare a report on trade-union activities to. the All-Union Trade-* Union Congress. But,.we are interrupted by ‘the’ leaderof physical cans ‘of the rest home;: we had to stop our discussion and form into | purpose of his contribution. Th) the rebti house 200 factory’ shock-workers Wherever, you go you find workers selling these pamphlets. Educating Those Who Contribute I also think that for tag days especially it should be considered at all times to use some kind of pamphlet directly connected with the campaign for which purpose the tag day is carried instead of buttons or flowers. This way the contributor also is made acquainted with the There is no doubt that better methods of mass distribution of our literature can be found. How Soviet Workers Spend Their Rest Days : lines for morning excercises. a short explanation, two, aid so on. The leader, after began his command: one, Cxercise—Then Breakfast Among us were old and middle aged men and women, but they did not lag behind and par= ticipated in all the exercises together with the younger comrades, After the exercises we rushed for breakfast. The dining room, which is located near the rest-house, impressed us with its immaculate cleanliness. Rays of warm. spring sunshine poured into the windows, playfully shining on the sparklings dishes and seemingly together with us enjoying this bequtifu! morning. We dis- tributed ourselves at the tables and began to eat. After breakfast we again go outdoors, warm ourselves in the sunshine. make plans for the day, get better acquainted with work. These who ere interested are invited for a conversation with .the doctor. We all go. The doctor tells us the history of the Green City. We find out about the special attention our Communist organ “Pravda” pays to the organl- zation of rest for workers in the Green City, the trouble it takes in organizing us, by deyot- in much space in its columns to this problem, The object of the Green City is to organize workers’ rest days so that they are full of ac- tivity and recreation. Our rest day was spent according to this plan, We Issue a Wall Paper A udarnik (shock worker) from the “Pravda,” comrade P, brought in a proposal to issue a wall-paper and to read a letter from a German workers. This proposal was accepted unanimously and a campaign editorial board was elected; in the meantime we decided to devote the rest of the meeting to discussing trade-union activities and prepare a report to the IX All-Union Trade Union Congress. At the end of the mteting the editorial board made an appeal for articles on trade-union work forthe wall paper. In one moment pens and pencils appeared in the hands of the udarniks; all that was not yet said about trade-union work at the meeting the vacationists and” supplemented in their. articles Thirty srticles were handed in the editorial board in 2 hours and the work of issuing the }; Paper began. At 4 o'clock the paper was ale ready hanging on the wall. Then we had dine ner. After dinner is rest-hour. During this hour the vacationists are to take naps or rest and not interfere with others tak- ing their naps. We lie down in camp beds, men on the first floor and women on the second floor of the building. We lie still; the major- ity is sleeping. Entertainment and Education After rest-hour we get tea and cakes, there is music, piano, hermon'ea Ayd moss plays, Rivht here the masa Nb Paglad Tad Ty conclusion we havea ombeart vy) Moscow artists. \ ~ "The electric train is speedily moving-onwara; here we are already in Moscow; we mingle with ‘the noisy,crowd.: The day is finished. We have 5 working days ahead of us. We will meet them ‘with new vigor, new faith in the victory of soe cialism, n