The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 1, 1932, Page 3

| On the Sharpening Capitalist Offensive, the Rising Tide of ) wy it Als ] Resolution (Congluded from Yesterday) A Correct United Front Pelicy in the Center of Our Mass Work We must not put forward these questions abstractly, but shall deter- mine beforehand those issues and events which especially touch the mass- es and merge them in our consideration of proposals of exactly these burn- ing issues and demands of the workers. It is necessary to connect up the united front campaign with the election campaign. We must build united front first in the struggles now going on—mining, steel, chem- ical and the unemployed movement. There must not be a single mass strike without the participation and support of. the Communists and their serious defense of the workers’ demands, We must begin a serious broad united front campaign in the Party and trade union press, ex- plain the tasks to the Party organizations, discuss questions of the ap- plication of the united front in each organization separately; first of all in the concentration districts, giving the lower organizations more initiative while carefully correcting their mistakes and weighing their ex- periences, The fundamental task is immediately to draw in broad masses, connecting the Party with them and winning them over. Concentration and Shop Work In the consolidation and building of the lower Party organiza- ions, there is but the smallest progress being made. During the last ryontha there has even been a serious decline in the dues-nayments of the party membership, in spite of increased recruiting. While some Gisiricts still show small gains, others have absolutely declined; par- ticulerly serious in this respect is the situation in Districts 2 and 5. The decline in dues-payments shows a loosening of the Party ties, which if unchecked will result in permanent loss of Party members, Radical steps must be taken to meet and solve this problem especially in the most important districts and sections. 10. It is impossible to register any notable advance in the penetra- tion of sheps, establishment of shop and grievance committees, shop nuclei or shop papers. This is true, not only generally, but with equal force of those shops selected for special concentration. Certain positive beginnings that have been made have not been made known to the Party, This reveals that the importance of concentration as a means of furnishing conersie examples of correct work in order to lift the entire work of the Parity on a higher plane, is not yet seriously under- sicod by any part of the Party. This weakness begins in the Party center and extends with increasing intensity to the lower organiza- tions, Life of Our Party and the Retaining of New Members 11. he continued inability of the Party to hold and consolidate its recruitment of new members has its besic cause in the weak political life of the units, sections and districts, There is a te-dency to confine Party meetings to routine and organizational detai’s, divorced from the living problems of the class struggle. The recruitr-2nt of new members hes been absolutely neglected, especially in the midst of struggles and in key industries. This is also expressed in the inadequate circulation of Party literature, beginning with the Daily Worker and including the Party pamphlets, the Communist and other publications, It shows itself in the inadequate preparations for our agitational work among the masses, the poor quality of our leaflets, the low political level of our street meetings and even of the largest mess meetings. It is further shown in the underestimetion of study circles, classes and school work. 12, From all of these basic weaknesses arise lack of initietive and self-reliance in the lower units and committees of the Party. The comrades hesitate to initiate action. to give clear political and organi- zational directives to the masses. They tend to become lost in organi- zational details and to see the solution. of all difficulties in mere or- ganizational readjustments. All of this means the lack «f development of a clear, consistent and independent line of proletarian class struggle in the daily life of the Party, both politically and orgenizationally, Only a consistent line, on the example of the Russian Bolsheviks in the daily practice can win the confidence and respect of the non-Party masses and consolidate their support around the Party. The responsibility for the development of this clear Party line rests first of all upon the Central Committee and its Political Buro. Training and Promoticn of Cadres 13. In the overcoming of the political and organizational weaknesses of the Party, special attention must be given to the systematic develop- ment of the existing leading cadres and the creation and promotion of new cadres.” In spite of excellent decisions in this respect, the Party still progresses with inexcusable slowness, The handling of the leading cadres by authoritative committees is still characterized by lack of sys- tem, lack of well-consifered policy and consistent follow-up, lack of as- sistance and guidance, lack of permanence of lower cadres, lack of per- sonal attention which is substituted by bureaucratic mechanical routine. In general there is still insufficient collective work and too much dissolv- ing of the leading committees into one or two “most responsible” work- crs who assume, voluntarily or otherwise, the full responsibility for even the most important decisions. The solution of this problem is bound up with the whole question of politicalization of the Party’s work, political education of each member and the general enrichment of the Party's political Iffe. Every Party committee must begin to solve this probiem by means of periodic well-prepared and organized political discussion on the events and problems of the day. Out of every discussion must emerge definite decisions calculated to strengthen the work of the Party emong the masses. Party Continues to Neglect Youth 14. In the period since the 14th Plenum the Y¥, C. L, has not begun to carry out the line of the Y, C, I, and Party for a turn towards mass DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, CCTOBER 1, 1 ° of the 15th Plenum of the Ce The 15th Plenum of Coad The 15th Plenum of the Central Committee of the Com- munist Party was held recently. The Plenum received (1) a 'f report by Comrade Earl Browder on the political situation and the work of the Party since the 14th Plenum; (2) a || report by Comrade Clarence Hathaway on the election cam- || paign and the next tasks; (3) a report by Comrade W. W. Weinstone on the Daily Worker and the mobilization of the Party on the building of the Daily into a mass organ.. The plenum unanimously adopted a resolution on the political | work This despite the growing militancy of the young workers (High | Point, students) and the increased activities of the fascists and social- | fascists among the youth (Cox, organization of Defenders of America, | growth of YPSL, etc.) However, it must be stated that while our ene- mies realize more and more the importance of winning the youth, the Party continues to underestimate and neglect the youth. Without the necessary political guidance from the Party, the Y. C, L. cannot break its present sectarian isolation. The growing danger of imperialist war especially places before the Party as one of its important tasks the win- ning of the youth. This must;be done by careful attention from top to bottom to the needs of the young workers, to their demands, and to the activities of the Y.C.L. in developing the struggles of the young work- ers, Especially is it necessary for the Party to bolshevize the YCL and its leadership by carrying on a stubborn struggle against all opportunist and sectarian tendencies which express themselves in the work of the youth, 15. The Central Committee calls attention to the very unsatis- factory situation in regard to the Party’s work among Negroes. In spite of considerable successes in this field since the last Plenum (the smash- ing of Jim-Crowism in relief in Chicago, eviction fights in Pittsburgh, struggle against Jim-Crowism in Denver, victory in the Euel Lee Case, dramatization of the struggle for equal rights in connection with the election campaign, Chieago Convention nomination of Ford as vice- presidential candidate, successful installation of two Negro District Or- ganizers, beginnings of drawing Negroes into district cadres), the fact remains that fundamentally the Party’s work among the Negroes remains in the same groove. While the Party has been able to further dramatize its position on the Negro question as a result of these activities, and in this manner has aroused wide interest among the Negro masses, the main character- istic of the Party's work in this field has been and remains the sporadic nature of its activities, as witnessed in the failure to conduct energetic, sustained and consistent struggles in defense of the everyday economic and political demands of the Negro toilers, and the failure to link this up with a thorough political exposure of the reformists, Negro and white, and the popularization of its full program on the Negro question, As a result of this the revolutionary trade unions have not become the main channels for reaching the Negro toilers, as called for by the Resolution of the 14th Plenum, Our struggle against lynching is still confined to campaigns around individual cases of lynch frame-ups, with no attempt being made to develop and broaden these struggles into a general offensive against lynching as an institution. We have failed to react to glaring cases of persecution of the Negro masses; the murder of railroad workers in the South, the attempt to deport Negroes from New Jersey, etc. We have completely failed to take up concretely the struggle for the Negroes’ right of franchise. The work on the Scottsboro case, both legally and in respect to mass action, has been permitted to lag, ‘There still exists great weakness in linking up the partial struggles for the everyday de- mands of the Negro toilers with the full Communist program on the Negro question, ‘The inadequate struggle against white chauvinism, Insufficient strug- gle against and exposure of Negro reformism, are further ‘serious weak- nesses in our work. The development of Party cadres is still lagging be- hind the growth of our movement among Negroes. Finally, there is the deep political unclarity on the Negro question within the Party, ex- pressed mainly in a failure to understand the national revolutionary character of the Negro question, leading to a denial of the necessity of a special approach in the work among the Negroes and the blurring over of special demands, failure to consolidate organizationally growing political influence. The result of all this is seen in the exceptionally high fluctuation in the Party’s Negro membership, Some small. improvements are noticeable in the work in the South since the last Plenum—the strengthening of the leadership in the Bir- mingham district, the initiation of the struggles for relief in industrial centers (Birmingham, Atlanta), the building of the share croppers unions, the dramatization of the Communist Party program in connection with the election campaign in the South. But this work is still by far not com- mensurate with the present favorable situation in this field. There still exists in the CC a serious underestimation of the national liberation movement in the South, as reflected, for example, in the liquidation of the Southern Worker, ‘These weaknesses in the Negro work are Indissolubly connected with the general weaknesses in the Party's mass work (sectarianism, formali- ism, bureaucratic methods of work) which manifest themselves most sharply on the Negro field and hamper the turn in the Party’s Negro work. This discrepancy between words and deeds, i, e., between our correct pro- gram and slogans on the Negro question and the actual work of the Party, occurring in @ period of most profound political awakening of the Negro masses, confronts the Party with grave danger if not immediately over- come. This situation is most glaringly reflected in the Negro work of the New York District (Harlem) where an extremely dangerous situation exists, I Committee, C. P. U.S. A. situation and the next tasks of the Party, which is published lon this page. The Central Commitiee will open an enlighenment cam- | paign in the Party press on the significance of the decisions lof the 15th Plenum and on the ta in more energetically putting into effect the resolutions of the 14th Plenum, which remain the guiding line of the Party at the present time. | THE SECRETARIAT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE The path to the overcoming of the present situation in our Negro work lies in the energetic development of consistent struggles for the everyday demands of the Negro toilers, connecting this up with the fullest popularization of the entire program of the Party on the Negro question. In this connection, the fight inst remnants within the Party and mass organizations of white , as the main obstacle in the work among Negroes, must be greatly strengthened and raised to a higher political level as part and parcel of the struggle for Negro rights. On the other hand, the struggle agai. and exposure of Negro reformism, as the chief social bulwark of imr list jim-crow reaction among the Negro | masses must be more skillfully and persistently conducted, Steps must be te?--- =f once to insure the development of Negro cadres. Negro work- ers must be systematically dfawn into leadership in all phases of the Party’s mass work. ‘The clarification of the Party membership on our program on the Negro question must be greatl) engthened and speeded up. In connection with the election campaign it is necessary to raise sharply the struggle against lynching and the disfranchisement of the Negro masses, and to organize concrete mass actions around these issues. 16. Approaching the fourth winter of the crisis and the rise of broad mass struggles, the Party must be sharply aroused to the danger of the inevitable simultaneous sharpening of the repressive measures of the bour- geoisie against our Party and against the workers’ organizations gen- erally. The most effective defense of the open existence of the Party is to broaden and consolidate iis mass basis and support. In addition to this, @ necessary minimum of safeguarding measures must be taken to insure the Party's continuous functioning even under the most severe re- pression. These necessary measures have been carried through in an en- tirely inadequate manner. The further problems of systematically coun- ter-cting and exposing the widespread system of stool pigeons and prov eateurs has as yet been attacked only in the most unsystematic way. Even the highly important article on this question published in the July COMMUNIST has been read by only a few leading comrades and hardly discussed at all in the district buros. The struggle against police terror and deportations must be properly combined with the economic struggle in order to involve the broadest masses. These questions are placed be- fore the districts in the utmost seriousness and the Central Committee requires that systematic and energetic measures shall be taken to solve them. 17. The Central Committee decides on the following immediate, most pressing tasks: a) Serious carrying through of the recruiting campaign to realize the slogan of 25,000 new members during the election campaign, b) Assignment of the most capable forces for real concentration work in the most important factories and sections, strengthening of | some districts and trade union fractions. Regular reports on the progress | of this work, examination of its weaknesses and difficulties. | c) Systematic examination of the leading cadres in the lower organ- izations, the development of a consistent policy for their improvement | and strengthening and the development of collective work drawing in | new native elements, Negro, women and youth, } For a Broad Inner Party Democracy a) The Party leadership must develop a true inner democrag (the widest extension of self-criticism in the increased activity and initiative of the Party membership). Without overcoming the pre- vailing atmosphere which stifles self-criticism and crushes the initiative of the membership, without developing the inner political life of the units, it will be impossible to assume the leadership of the mass struggle. e) The situation demands the strengthening of collective work and individual responsibility, the politicalization and training of new cadres, the political education of the membership on the basis of the discus- son, situations and tasks in the day-to-day work, the overcoming of the narrowness of the leading forces, etc. The test of Party leadership consists not only in being able to present the general line of the Party but to direct its application and practice in the day-to-day work, in the capacity to mobilize, organize and lead the Party membership in this work. The leadership which only mouths the general line of the Party but is incapable of expressing it in practice, is not fulfilling the task of the leadership. All of which makes more urgent than ever the aban- donment of the practice of making general decisions and of not carrying them into life, It makes more urgent the necessity of development of ways and means to check and control the carrying out of decisions, 1) Widespread development of a system of study c’scles, political discussions, classes and special schools, the popularization of our reso- lutions to the members, ete, Systematic leadership of. this work by re- sponsible comrades. g) More serious development of Party fractions in all the mass or- | ganizations and the development of normal, healthy relationship be- tween the fractions and the non-Party masses, as laid down in the 5 si Mass Struggles and the-Next Tas Page Three the work of the District Bureaus 3 to be well prepared and to result thening the work of the Party, in- organizational problems literature distribution on a mass for literature funds, Greatly increased y ker and the various Workers Voice, Western Worker). nded is to be immediately tic pol: papers (Southern We The Southern Worker which revived f and insurance and the ed Counce squires mpre bold and en- neighborhood struggles for con- ness in this work is insufficient political problems of this struggle. Every ie must be col ely exposed on the basis of his own eds, A bold, relentless struggle must be made against jally those z the unemployed e directives of the Central Committee of measures must be taken to break down the isolation « ter of the majority of the Un= employed Ci b) The lead c les, as the basis for the building of the rev tex- tile, steel, 2 workers, with riost attention to drawing in N s e and organi- zational port portant struggle of 's without th Communists as the best rs and ate demands, The tactic nts and sections must Be ‘The whole Party must be these industries. Special at- crete demands including special of concentrat really carried through i involved in building the tention must be given to work demands for Negroes, women, youth. In all of the larger cities, it is necessary to develop functioning trade union councils with a ma- jority of non-Party delegates. T! penetration of the factories with union organization, and unhesitating lea: ship of every struggle of the workers is the only basis for successful trade union work, The building of left oppositions in t reformist unions, which is still ex- ceedingly weak, must be strengthened by new forces and especially by political guida: and the velopement of concrete immediate pro- grams, The highly important work of the AF.L. Committee for Un- employment Insurance must be extended and deepened; the forth- coming conference in Cincinnati at the time of the A.F.L. convention must be given energetic support. ce) The unconditional support of the struggle of the veterans for the bonus and a nst the reduction of the disability allowances must be a main item of the work of every Party organization, The Negroes must be brought more into the movement and its leadership, on the basis of an uncompromising struggle for Negro rights. The resolution on the Lessons of the Bonus March and the next tasks of the vet. erans’ movement must be discussed by every Party unit and committee and organizational steps taken to carry through the given tasks in each given area, jected bonus march to the opening of Congress, a) heavy responsibility upon every Party organization to develop systeme atic contacts in the country on the basis of unhesitating support of the farmers’ struggles against starvation. be launched among the Negro farmers especially in the Black Belt. The program now being discussed by various farmers’ organizations to call a Farmei time of the opening of Congress shall be energetically supported. Lo- cals and committees of the United Farmers League shall be developed among all the unorganized contacts among the farmers, and left groups shall be formed among those members of the existing organizations. e) The election campaign must be taken up more systematically by every Party committee and the existing weaknesses must be ene ergetically overcome. The Party must break through the traditional boundaries of parliamentary conception of the election struggle and develop mass struggles for the immediate needs of the starving popu- jation, on the basis of the united front as an integral part of the election campaign, The election campaign must be developed not only by the drawing in and organization of non-Party support and breaking of the tradition of narrow methods of agitation, but by giving to the election campaign the broad basis of day-to-day struggles against the capitalist attacks. Those sections of the Party which stand in the midst of and lead the struggles against’ wage-cuts among the unem- ployed, for defense of the workers in thé shops and fight in defense of the workers against the repressive measures of the bourgeoisie and in the organization of the fight against imperialist war, will be able to convince the workers of the leading role of the Party astheir vanguard and this will express itself on election day. The local united front trade struggles for relief, against wage cuts, the struggles of the veterans, = farmers, for Negro rights, against lynching and Jim Crowism, etc., are the starting point and the very foundation of the Communist elec- tion struggles, Out of these local struggles must be developed state and national actions in connection with the opening of Congress. The unemployed millions, together with the employed workers, must be roused and organized in a determined struggle for realization of the slogan “Not one worker or workers’ family without decent food, clothing and shelter.” f) The struggle against imperialist war, which becomes increas- ingly important and pressing each day, must be seriously strengthened. The lag in this work since the 14th Plenum, revealed in our agitation, but especially in the dropping off of the number of special actions (against shipment of munitions, against Japanese imperialism) and in the inadequate August 1st demonstrations, reveals weaknesses which must be overcome. The most systematic and energetic efforts must be made to carry out the directives given for this campaign, to rouse @ mass movement against Amer imperialism and its war prepara- tions, to defend the Chinese people, and to build a living wall of defense around the Workers’ Fatherland, the Soviet Union, Prepare for National Tag Days October 14, 15, 16! Intensify Activities Now section should sub-divide {{s territory and establish sub-stations, preferably at the headquarters of a mass organi- zation, with committees of two at cach station to supervise all its work. There should be receipt books at every station, and a list of registra- tion containing names of all who take boxes, e National Daily Worker Tag Days will be held on Oviober 14, 15 and 16 campaign to save the Daily Plans must be mad> imme- to make these Tag Days a Mass organizations and SUCCES, trade unions, as well as the Party memberch’p, must be mobilized for ell Taz Day activities. Thes> days must be transformed to a mighty cemonstration fer the dajly Eng- lish workers’ paper in the couniry, Thousands of volunteers should reach tens of thousands of workers, to have all the volunteers placed at busiest scetions of their section: at railroad stations, surface car lines, CONTRIBUTIONS TO Nick-Red Builder .50 John Ronbeck: List 1.05 Coll, Seo 4—Units 404, A comrade 50 423, 419 B. Gran 1.00 Z Sekultes F Johnston :30 West Side Br FSU 6 ” 25 At August Lepio 50 Frank Harant 50 © Drozon Frank Linhart Sai Tuesday's donations to ight increase over t i Frai Vineent Kolar st month, OF Joe Barta 5 ‘New York District. 1.00 Adam Kastor 0 let-up in activity bf 1.00 Allen Sayler - ets, to| Frank Sale 1,00 Nathan Kats 15 ything at all, These were Dis- —— G Jambro 25 10, 11, 12, 16 17 and 19 ‘Total Dist 6 $44.24 B Levionsom donations from| Ttl to date $553.54 C Spitimat: West Side Br FSU— Col at garden party Mu Fredrei eh Engels 4 DIV 7—Detroit Nothing coming from the Russian Nation: ‘Other mass organization re- 3 so| “ne economic crisis. US. PLANS HUGE WAR OUTLAY Millions for Navy, Nothing for Jobless WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.— The | Wall Street Government is planning to spend over $616,000,000 for the con- truction of new warships in its drive for war as a capitalist “way out” of 14 CHILDREN DIE OF HUNGER IN ONE MONTH IN DENVER Include Onl y Those! Officially Listed As | Burried Free DENVER, Col.—Of 27 persons given free burial last month, 14 were chil- dren who had died of hunger, it was The next session of Congress will Each siation is to be responsible | turns are si Total Tues Total to dati Club . Collection Tist—Col by D Ginsberg: Fred Kessleman 1.00 {be called on to make this huge war appropriation by a government which has‘no funds for the starying unem- officially reported by the Particular | council of the Society of St. Vincent | de Paul at a recent meeting This | news was printed in Catholic Register of Sept. 22 because of a big drive for | in every district, every city, large and parks, terminals, ferry stations, shops, Rose Goldin 2% ployed, which meets with guns and Seca eas | Dina Ginsberg 59 tear gas the demands of the ex- H Priediand ‘Total gras | servicemen victims of the last World 77 Sec &—Chicage 5.10| War for the payment o their bonus. funds which is being planned, The two capitalist daily papers here, the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain small, Not a single house or corner , ‘ 2 where workers live or gather should factories, etc, a Grete ” bys pat ' nea Ynlt 303, See 8 640) ‘The Navy Department is busy com- be left’ without a volunteer. No or-| There should be a Tag Day Com- 0 eee ica? unit 108 9{ Piling “data” aimed at “proving” the i From ‘Unit 102 need by American imperialism of a ganization should arrange any affair|miitee of five in each district. Rep-| pist. 2—-New York Board Appeal: bik 9 Uni H for “ 3 that would conflict with the Tag Day |resentatives of mass organizations |! & M Simon 1.00 © Apostoloff 1.00 |, Total te date $09.40 wer a huge fiset:for defense,” at the very activities: shuld’ be Coan: Into te A |F. Steinberg Foo | Dist 10—Kansas City PME 100 time when the American delegates to Set Fund Quotas. tee, However, each clty should have | h'vomrade Lei) ee oe ne eerie t cecnni tee force oa: The main purposes of the Tag| #8 own Tag Day Committee of about )1, senwarts 100) Tartordate. sviz0 Tota? duction.” In spite of the claims of the Days should be: (1): to inerease subs| ‘ree, commades, responsible for the | Ancher ER SA 8) ait tence Bulgarian Bduca- | Navy Department that the U. S. and circulation of the Daily and (2) Da: & | Sigtin 1.00 "Total Dist 2 $' List—cott, by | Navy is “in danger” of being in third to set a definite quota on the num- pA sonal snd objectives, Oe ad Eee 78M te date Unit 617%: | place, the Navy's own statistics show Jmounte ‘of money to ‘be raised by | shoul Tealize that the ‘peeparat ons | NM, LM Joe Behmer "200 S"E ate gape kG Sorte Wk one sare 3 1 — i isers, in_nayal f for these Tay Days shevld on no ac- er 8.00 Total Dist 8 1.00 pit 18—Calif, or weapon of the United States. In this In order to enlist volunteers, con-| count interfere with or slow up .the TH to date 8184.40) Fie iy, m Brooker 110, category it has a tonnage of 150,900 “Yerences should be callzd in each city | Campaign for funds. The Tag Days mite Sympathtzers 2.00 | Goretsky 10/as against 144,260 for Great Britain of a ey organizations, Dele- | some elie a4 oe the wld for RAM Soe TU to date szss.o |B Terese ak | and 108,400 for Japan, the two main 8 ese a e must be mai Dist, 5—Pitts, mobi palsneets front hele pee aanere: mash (Gf, Seis gata ae Bos: eae Se Dist 18 $11.60 | The Naiy's rattles take Daman as other organizations. If it {s|*-! ie next two we Joseph, Bi tener aasnoe bys pons impossible to have a conference, com- | There must be no postponement in is in. ei R ere Oe, by ‘ntted sates ‘as airplanes coutalde __ mittees should be formed to visit the the work of solociting donations or bef ire $ c. ew in of carriers), chemical and the rapid ory 18. ' Po ware, peas to pre. the Joe Cooper 8 Mee ce. cy From Eétlortod im co mechanization of the American by octane Seeelasies DATES! OCTOBER 14, 18 and 1g! ae Sate. vale By Pati Tee Tota “Wa| These frantic war tions sl mail a call for volunteers. “10 Piskovitz col, 8,00 F Pearson 1,00 Donation from again emphasizes the necessity fac- Committees shot p 25 1 Socolan to | Dr. JE 2.00 | Section 5 4.50) ing the toiling masses to struggle Hea Creed all halls Bld ° stragsle Against fallitariaw 30K Blinn x Penn Meanie ee winter °Y | against imperialist war and for the tee ‘A special leaflet sanine why aus Lanett unt . e te oM Fevell 4 i We date tate & fe F 4 defense of the Soviet Union, workers should support and read breaks * “Feo | ¥ Marenus Rootand ere d be issued Then it will be too late, Th E Dist 5 $8.00 1 Carlson SE Olle Coreen “30 at time of collections. | StTUBBle against war must he car By OS Baad 0 em as| W Winders 95H Hermanson 10 must not fail to establish fied em now, daily, : I "2.00 | 8 1.00 —— _FMorettes 40 led; * fi b $2.00 W Pittman ” in the various sections, ue LENIN. ‘ a 4 _& Ld ec 7 * News, never print a word of these terrible conditions, but on the con- vary are full of Hoover's “prosperity” lies, “PROSPERITY” MOCKERY OXFORD, Miss—On Sept. 15 “Old Man Depression” was solemnly hung on the Square of Oxford amid much elaborate decoration of American flags, patriotic music and prosperity speeches, The performance wis staged by the Chamber of Commerce. Cotton fell that day, and has gone down every day since, The farmers and poor people resent the fact that the money to pay for that disgusting Plece of capitalist prosperity propa- ganda was paid out of the city funds. On the same day, a poor Negro was begging on the streets of Oxford, in order to get 25 cents with which to buy medicine for a ghastly sore on his leg, but neither the Mayor nor the Red Cross would give him that 26 cents, G.U, VOTE COMMUNIST Against capitalist terror; against all forms Of suppression of tne GREET UNITED FRONT CALL BOSTON, Mass.—A group of com- rades were out di lets of Comrade Foster's speech in Chicago, in a woodyard in Hawkins St. where the meager, in- adequate “relief” is being handed out | to the unemployed. They pasted one of the leaflets a- gainst a ‘board fence. Wyen the group of unemployed workers N the words, “For a United Front A-| gainst Starvation,” such shouting and 14 Thrilling Days 14 in the SOVIET UNION " See the Nov. 7th CELEBRATIONS applause began, that the attention of the cops was atiracted.. —C. G. at the VOTE COMMUNIST FOR Fifteenth Anniversary Unemployment and Social In- of the Russian Revolution $215.00 up Exclusive World Tourists, Inc. tttms erary includes Leningrad-Moscow~ suraitce at the expense of the state and emplo; Going to Russia? WORKERS needing full outfits of Horsehide Leather Shceplined Coats, Windbreakers, Breeches, High Shoes, etc., will receive spe- cial reductions on all their pur- chases at the Square Deal Army And Navy Store 121 Third Ave., New York 2 Doors So. of ith St. Our Only Store. Camp Equipment at Reduced Prices tvanoro Vosnesensk and a collective farm Sailing Oct. 20th on tha S.S. Bremen—Berengaria Stuttgart Tour also includes modern third class trans-Atlantic passage in fortable cabins with running water, en route and three meals per da: Shorter tours as low as $185.00 World Tourists, Ine 175 Fifth Avenue New York City RUSSIAN ART SHOP) PEASANTS’ HANDICRAFTS |} 100 East 14th St., N. Y. C. Imports from SOVIET TOURS CAN ALSO BE PUB- CHASED AT THE FOLLOWING BRANCHES: STENCILS SUPPLIES Se. and 400. MIMEOGRAPH Paper for Two Sides—' Rebuilt Machiges UNION SQUARE MIMEO SUPPLY 3 14th Sh, Reems 908 Aly, 44768 ingineers Wash., D.C.409 Columbian 108 ntral Committee, C. P. ks of Party also single people, ; The Party must fully support the veterans in their proe The rising movement of struggle among the farmers places ‘ More systematic work must * ’ National’ Relief Conference in Washington at the |