The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 28, 1934, Page 7

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1934 Page Seven CHANGE —— WORLD! By SENDER GARLIN OW to fight war and fascism by means of the written word is graphically revealed by the reading of the Au- gust issue of “Fight,” the monthly organ of the League Against War and Fascism. Here, I believe, is a periodical that is a model of effective propaganda: concrete, well- written articles, and illustrations which pack a powerful punch. More- over, the entire make-up. of “Fight” is so attractive that—unlike some other of our publications—it draws the reader to the articles in the magazine. | ia | | I know that pre-occupation with “journalistic technique” has often- times been a mask for smuggling bourgeois ideas into our publica- tions, but “Fight” shows how organic the relation can be between ex- cellent technical arrangement of material and the political content of the magazine. Take, for example, the photograph on the front page of the current issue. It shows @ scene on the deck of a battleship, with a minister offering ‘a blessing in the presence of several hundred naval officers and men who stand with heads bowed. Here is seen the effec- tive propaganda power of a photograph which recalls those powerfully satiric scenes in many of the Soviet films. Here is something which de- livers a smashing blow at the hypocritical pretense of those ministers who prattle about “peace on earth” and who bless the troops when the bugles blow and the war drums throb. Today, on the 20th anniversary of the World War, it is well to re- call the ravages of this bloody, imperialist carnival. “Fight” tabulates the cost of the World War with figures that should be emblazoned be- fore every factory and every workers’ home. “Soldiers known dead, 10,000,000; soldiers known missing, 3,000,000; civilians dead from hunger, disease, etc., 13,000,000; wounded, 20,000,000.” Nine million children were orphaned by the imperialist. war; there were 34,000,000 famine-stricken children; 5,000,000. women were widowed by the war; the war resulted in 10,000,000 homeless refugees; 15,000,000 deaths were the toll of the influenza epidemic, which came the last two years of the war. As to the cost of the four years of murder in the interests of the imperialists, “Fight” gives the following figures: .. . Direct—U.S.A,, $40 billion; Allies, $100 billion; Germany, Austria, etc., $60 billion. Indirect property losses, $150 billion; grand total, $350 billion, which is about twice the national wealth of the United States today. . Negroes in World War Eugene Gordon, that fine journalist who wrote a scathing expose of George S. Schuyler of the “Pittsburgh Courier” on this page recently, contributes a vigorous, sardonic article on “Negroes in the World War.” Gordon describes his article as a personal record and tells of the persecution and jim-crow treatment accorded Negroes in the training camps and on the front in the imperialist war. Gordon concludes his article on a fiery note. “The loyalty of the Negro troops has always been unprecedented, say the politicians and war-makers at the approach of every new slaughter. As an ex-serviceman, I serve notice upon these slinking vultures that my disillusionment ended long ago; that my role in the next war will be like that of thousands of other ex-servicemen: to help our fellow workers, put up for slaughter—to fight for the.only kind of democracy that is genuine democracy: the democracy that the workers and poor farmers can enjoy under their own government.” In the August issue you will find, for example, “War Babies,” by Harry Ross. This is an excellent article dealing with “the stocks that grow faf on war.” There is “War and Teachers” by LeRoy F. Bowman, which, though pacifist in spirit, contains some valuable materia!. An article which I found especially illuminating was “Rail- road Labor” by Len DeCaux, who was formerly assistant editor of the Locomotive Engineers Journal. The writer describes an interview of a foreign student with a Grand Lodge official of the Railroad Brotherhoods which shows the typical attitude of the reactionary Jabor officials, and gives point to the famous characterization of this type as “the labor lieutenants of capitalism.” “Are the Railroad Brotherhoods opposed to war?” the interviewer asked. “We most certainly are,” answered the union official. everything we could to prevent another one.” “Would you call a strike to prevent the shipment of munitions?” “We couldn’t do that, of course; that would be a violation of our contracts.” There’s lots of other excellent material in this issue of “Fight,” including a fine poster drawn by Morris Pass which makes up the center spread of the magazine. The. poster is on. the Second U. 8. Congress Against War and Fascism to be held in Chicago on September 28-29-30. “We'd do Bouquets and Brickbats From L, J. Fisher, N. ¥.—‘“Your writing on this occasion (the column attacking Philip Wylie) represents, I think, an all time low for gutter journalism. It’s about time that our Party writers...” became serious effective writers, not second-hand Walter Winchells. Incidentally, the phrase ‘read at least the New Republic’ smacks of Freiheit writing, Should it not be ‘read the New Republic at least?’ I suggest that Comrade Garlin should be given a vacation, during which he should study journalism and Marxian—not Second Avenue— dialectic.” N.L. (name unauthorized), Bronx:—“The common sens® and tongue- lashing which the scribbling parasite Wylie got from you is enough to make anyone shout with joy. Keep up the good work. Be harsh and raw. Use language workers use on jobs—whenever we have jobs. Let your pen burn insults into the rotten hearts of our enemies. Be merciless.” From H. Woodward, Northampton, Mass.:—‘Dear Sir: I have been reading your column in the Daily Worker for some weeks now, and I must say it is the best of anything I have come across in some time. I. thought your letter to the Health Commissioner of New York on the removal of garbage-can covers Was a master-piece, but today’s column on Dillinger has everything beat. Have you written any books? If not, you should. My favorite writer vears ago was Charles Edward Russell, but he is tame beside you. I hope you will have years of the best of health. You are doing something worthwhile. . . . To Kite Floods United States With Lurid Promises To “Darker Races” By HARRY HAYWOOD A flood of propaganda is being loosed among the Negroes of the, United States by the agents of Ja-| panese imperialism in America. The pent-up desires of the Negro people for freedom will, according to these emissaries of the Japanese ruling class, find their fruition through an alliance with imperialist Japan, | through a united front of the darker | races, under the leadership of Ja-| panese imperialism. The Japanese | Tuling clas is depicted as the cham- pion, protector and savior of the dark races of the world, including the Negroes of the United States. | The ideas and slogans of the de-| funct Garvey movement have had} @ rebirth in new form through this propaganda of the Japanese mili- tarists. Garvey's visionary “Negro Kingdom in Africa” is to be} achieved with the aid of the Mikado. The pro-Japanese move- | ments among the Negroes haye| recruited many of the lower middle- ; class Negro intellectuals. The core) of this leadership are people for- | merly connected with Garvey. The | Garveyite leaders, involved in a/| movement which has fallen into| disintegration, have grasped at the new pro-Japanese imperialist move- ment as a drowning man clutches at a straw, in order to dress up the outward and largely discredited Garvey slogans in new and more cunning form. To hold the Negro masses back from struggle, the Garvey leaders have willingly made @ working agfeement with the agents of the bloody rulers of Japan. World-Wide Militarist Propaganda In Chicago and in many other cities, this propaganda has crystal- lized organizationally into the “Pacific Movement of the Eastern World.” In other cities, notably | Pittsburgh, Detroit and Cincinnati, the Japanese agents have formed the “Society for the Development of Our Own.” The program and avowed aims of both organizations are the same. Japanese imperial- ism—say the leaders of these or- ganizations—is by its war on China and by all its activities uniting and serving the darker races.’ By in- vading China it is—supposedly— preventing the white imperialists from invading China. Japanese im- perialism is thus represented as a rallying point for the oppressed masses of darker peoples every- where. By seizing Manchuria, it is establishing a base from which it will help the Negro masses to re- deem Africa! Not only in the United States, but likewise in South America, in the Philippines, in Africa — the | of Thei The rulers of Japan come for- ward as “protectors of the darker peoples,” though their hands are dipped in the blood of the colonial peoples of Korea and Formosa. The twenty-five years of Japanese rule over these territories have for sheer brutality and cruelty no_ rival. Natives slaughtered by the thou- sands, conditions paralleling those of the Negro people in the Black Belt of the South, denial of the! ; unites and her industry begins to flourish. We must from now on- wards pursue our own military ends and seize the heart of Man- churia by divers ways, in order to be able on the one hand to destroy the military, political and economic development of China, and, on the other hand, to pre- vent the permeation of Russian | influence, This is the key to our | continental policy.” most elementary rights, theft of the|,,,22¢, Crowning infamy of this Japanese War Lords Try to Tie Negroes Own Robber War Plans Real Path to Liberation Is Way Shown By Soviet Union rights, for the right of self-deter- mination in the Black Belt of the ers of these movements. lyncher, every slave-driver, Every every Klansman Will be pleased with this | eyes, and severe nausea and vomit- Propaganda. It makes the task of AND By DAVID RAMSEY Gas Attacks Against Workers } 'O an increasing extent the police and National Guard are resorting | United States, and go back to the| to gas attacks to break up picket | homeland in Africa,” say the lead-| lines and workers’ demonstrations. | Tear, vomiting and knockout gasses that cause intense irritation of the LABORATORY Notes on Science and Technology SHOP and other weapons to strike areas. Chemists who are active porters of the working class are confronted with the problem of devising a simple method of protection that would require lit more than @ handkerchief an a ap chemical solution. Death and Patents ing, are used indiscriminately ‘se | “ftiend of the darker peoples” is| lands of the people by the Japanese its. feverish preparation for an at- tack on the Soviet Union — the| | country which has become a beacon | | light and an inspiration for the |oppressed millions in the colonial | countries and oppressed nations, | Suffering under the yoke of imperi- |alism. The workers and poor farm- | |ers of the Soviet Union, under the | leadership of the Communist Party, {overthrew Czarist imperialism and | thereby liberated scores of oppressed |mations and peoples within the | borders of Czarist Russia, that | | “prison-hoyse of nations.” Here for | the first time the right of self-deter- | | mination was made a basic principle j ot a country’s life. Here for the | first time all people lived together in complete harmony. | But. Japanese imperialism is the | outspoken enemy of the Soviet) Union, the spearhead of the imperi- | | alist world in its attack on the first | workers’ country. Yet the leaders of the pro-Japanese movement would | have the Negro people believe that | by supporting a country which aims | to destroy the Soviet Union, they are aiding the cause of Negro lib-| eration! | Barbarous Japanese Monarchy Kuusinen, an outstanding leader! of the Communist International, | | has said: | “It is well known that for bar- barity the Japanese monarchy concedes nothing to Czarism. It | | represents 3,000 millionaires who, | like an octopus, have wound their tentacles around a great nation. It represents 40,000 landlords who, landlords. The conditions of the HARRY HAYWOOD toiling masses in Korea and For- mosa make a cynical jest of Tokyo's pretense to be a liberator of the darker peoples. Japan is Dungeon for Workers Japan itself has become a dungeon for thousands of Japanese workers, peasants and intellectuals protest- ing this brutality, Millions are un- employed, in a country which makes | no provision for the hungry. Wages have been cut to the bone; work proceeds under barrack discipline, 14 and 16 hours daily. All workers’ oppression of the Negro masses so| against men, women and children | fighting for freedom, found | they had exchanged the shackles of organizations have been driven into| like leeches, are sucking the blood illegality, and kept illegal by a| of the tormented tolling peasants terror that knows no bounds. | of Japan. It represents slave- What are the deeds of this} owning textile concerns who buy “savior of the oppressed” in China? | Here again Japan shows herself to} be of the same stuff as all imperi- | alists, whatever their color. Suf- fice it to mention that Japanese war- lords have seized Chinese territory against the will of the Chinese people. We call attention to the rape of Manchuria, the setting up of the puppet state of Manchukuo, propped up by the bayonets of the Japanese imperial army. We point to the hunting down and murder- ing of the leaders of the Chinese masses. The activities of Japan in China have been one long blood- Jetting. But—we are told by the leaders agents of Japanese imperialism are working feverishly. What is Behind This Talk? What is the explanation. of all this propaganda? What is behind the noble pretensions of the Japa- nese jingoists that they are the “saviors of the darker peoples of the world?” In its bitter rivalry with other imperialist nations, Japan is try- |of the pro-Japanese organizations |in America — Japan's cruelty in ‘China is a necessary step in unit- ling China against the white im- | perialists. To this we make two answers. The first is that between Japanese imperialism and white im- | perialist nations in Chine there has | been complete and perfect coopera- tion — except as concerns ultimate division of the spoils. Second, we ‘| voice of the imperialist oppressors, ‘|is quite natural that they seek to ing to use the healthy hatred of the darker peoples against the/ white imperialist nations. It is try- ing to use the revolutionary up-| surge of the colored masses, their | natural sympathy for one another the world over, for its own pre- datory interests, for markets and for new territories, for re-division | of the world, to wrest for itself new fields of colonial exploitation. The humanitarian mask of “liberator of the darker peoples” covers the leer- | ing face of Japanese imperialism, with its selfish and sinister pur- poses. The words of these pro-} Japanese movements are the words! of “freedom'’—but the yoice is the | It is not accidental therefore that | the impetus of this movement in America, among the Negro people, hhas leapt forward with the sharp- ening of the tension between Amer- ican and Japanese imperialism for mastery in the Pacific. But there is nothing new here. The Japanese rulers, in their conflict with Amer- ican imperialism, have not over- looked the fact that the liberation struggles of 13,000,000 Negroes con- stitute an explosive sector in the rear of American imperialism. It use this Achilles’ heel for the pur- pose of weakening their enemy. In this, Japan is merely employing the strategy of war, so. well described by Lenin: é “All the general army headquar. ters. are making strenuous efforts during the present war to utilize each and every kind of national and revolutiondry movement in the camp of their enemies; Germans— the Irish rebellion, the French—the Czech movement, etc. And they act correctly from their own point of view. You cannot take seriously the very serious problem of war without utilizing the smallest weak- ness of your adversary” .. . Thousands Fooled by Japanese Imperialism It is clear that we cannot dismiss Well, as the poet said, “One man’s meat is another man's spinach.” IN Z es Contralto; Marguerite Hawkins, ; Ina Bourskaya, = tralto; Be Others; TUNING 1:00 P.M.-WEAF—Baseball Resume WOR—Sports Resume—Ford Prick ‘wJZ—Three X Sisters, Songs WABC—Maty Eastman, Soprano; Concert Orch, 7:10-WJZ—Press-Radio News 1:15-WEAF—Homespun—Dr. Foulk 5 Stadium; pnlexander Seaadlens, Conductor (JZ—Mystery ama WABC—Philadelphia cert Orch. from Robin Hood Dell, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Jose Iturbi, Conductor 9:00-WEAF—One Man's Family—Sketch William H. eS ‘WOR-—Danny Dee, Commentator ‘WJZ—Flying Captain Al Williams ‘WABC—Jones Orch. 7:30-WEAF—Martha Mears, Songs WOR—Robert Bedell, Organ Wd2Z—Bestor Orch. WABC—Jones Orch. 1:45-WEAF—Sisters of the Skillet WABC—Morton Downey Party 8:00-WEAF—Coleman Orch, WIZ—Via Orchestra, with Carlos Spaventa and Robt. Mays, Guitar £:30-WEAF—Canadian Concert WOR--N. Y. Philharmonic-Symphony Orch.; 0) Boris Godunoff with George eft, Baritone; Ivan Ivantzofl, Tenor; Davora Nadwor- WJZ—Variety Musicale Symphony Oreh.; Eric Delamarter, Conductor WJZ—Goldman Band Concert at 10:00. WEAT Ra: Feniahe Cuck :00~ y Knight's Cuckoos 10:15-WEAF—Lombardo Orch. WJZ—Male Quartet 10:30-WJZ—Barn Dance WABC—Michaux Congregation 10:45-WEAF—Siberian Singers, Direction Nichole Vasilief, Tenor 11:00-WEAP—Lyman Oreh. WOR—Weather; Dance Musie WABC—Sylvia Froos, Songs. lightly, or with mere label of “fakery,” a movement, such as this. Beneath this alliance of Japanese imperialists and Negro petty-bour- geois nationalist leaders, stand thousands of confused but honest and sincere Negro workers, hating the white oppressors with a deep- going hatred, bitter against Amer- ican imperialism, ready to make any sacrifice for freedom and equality. The sly agents of the Japanese rulers and their petty- bourgeois Negro allies are using the age-long hatred and rancor of the Negro people against their oppres- sors, to divert these masses from real struggle against imperialism and to turn these potentially revo- lutionary sentiments into reaction- ary Utopian channels. Can the Negro people find the road to freedom in an alliance with imperialist Japan? Let us ax mine eoneretely the pretensions of this “protector and champion of the darker races.” are in a position to produce state- ments by the foremost rulers of Japan, of Japan’s true intentions in the rape of China. United Front of Imperialism True, the Japanese, French, British, American imperialists fight among themselves over the division of the booty—but against the rising Chinese masses they close tieir re- actionary ranks. Did not former) War Minister Araki of Japan speak freely of his country as the police- man of world imperialism in the Far East? Has no; Japan been from the beginning a party to all im- perialist actions in China — the march on Pekin, thé fighting off of the nationalist forces from Shanghai in 1927? The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and the Ja- panese Association of North Amer- ica have said plainly: “It must be clearly understood that the Japa- nese naval action in Shanghai was purely for the protection not only of Japanese lives and property, but also of international interests.” Have,not the Japanese generals given ffi cooperation to the inter- national imperialist drive against the Chinese Soviets, the only force striving to liberate China, fighting for the unification of China and the freedom of the Chinese people from the foreign imperialists? That force which in heroic struggle has already wrested one-fifth of Chi- nese soil from the hands of the oppressors? Whose Red Armies have beaten back the punitive ex- peditions of Chiang-Kai-Shek, sup- ported and financed by interna- tional imperialists, including Japan. Japan, the Nazis and the Negroes It is a matter of record that Ja- pan has a secret understanding with the Nazi rulers of Germany, the most viciously chauvinistic power in the Western World. Ja- pan, this alleged “champion of the darker races,” protested officially to the German Foreign office against the Nazi race classification of the Japanese with the Negroes as an inferior, “non-Aryan” race. And the German fascists agreed that “for the purposes of this Law (the Aryan Law) the Japanese are to be’ considered Aryans!” This is the true solidarity of the Japanese rul- ing class with the oppressed darker races of the world! oes The Infamous Tanaka Document These bloody actions but cé through the avowed policy. clearly stated in the Tanaka docu- ment, a secret paper prepared by the late Premier Tanaka for the then emperor of Japan. This in- famous document states in the most unmistakable terms the bloody intentions of Japan, her role as aggressor against. the - Chinese people. In the words of the Tanaka document: “,..a more dangerous factor is the fact that the Chinese people may wake up one fine day +». When we remember that the Chinese are our purchascrs. we must fear that day when China the daughters of the peasantry | and pay their workers the wages | | of colonial coolies. It represents | a repulsive, arrogant militarism, | which has convetted Korea, For- | mosa, Manchuria, and part of | Northern China into an arena of | savage torment and mockery of enslaved nations and has acquired notoriety for ‘unprecedented brutality combining all the latest inventions of technique with | purely Asiatic torture.” | | For what can the Negro masses of America hope from such a pro- tector as this? | It is clear that Japanese imperi- | alism is using the slogan of race} unity, unity of the darker peoples, | lin order té cover up her own im- | perialist designs for expansion and aggrandizement, and for support in Ss conflict with imperialist rivals. | Just as American imperialism raises |the slogan “Unity of the White | People against the Yellow Peril” to | cover her predatory designs in the | | East, so Japanese imperialists raise | the slogan of “Unity of the Darker Races Against the White Peril.” But this is no question of race! This is _a struggle between imperialist | groups for the fruits of oppression. This is a fight between rival slave- dealers. The slogan of “Unity of the Darker Races under the auspices of Japan” is fraught with grave danger for the Negro masses. It is another pitfall slyly set anc cleverly baited by the imperialists, to trap the Negro masses in their forward march towards freedom. It | is another device calculated to turn the minds of the Negro workers from the fight for bread and free- | dom in the United States, calcu- lated to divide them still further from their allies in this struggle, the militant white working class. Therefore, the real purpose of this slogan “Unity of darker races under Japan” is to drive a deeper wedge between the Negro people and their only reliable allies, the reyolution- ary white workers; it is to prevent a united front against the common | oppressor. What could more directly play into the hands of the jim- crow oppressors, whose policy is “divide and rule?” Thus in prac- tice, this movement becomes the agency for tightening the yoke of the white imperialist oppressors over the Negro masses. It is no ac- cident’ that the Pacific Movement hhas become a real obstacle in the task of organizing Negro and white workers for their most urgent needs. A glaring example occurred in the strike of the Negro and white nut- pickers in St. Louis last year. There the representatives of the Pacific Movement of the Eastern World tried to split the splendid unity of the workers by instilling distrust of the white workers among the Ne- gro strikers. The leaders of the Pacific group were among the best lieutenants of the white bosses of St. Louis, sweating Negro and white girls for = few pennies an hour. Nor is it accidental that the lead- ers of this movement are sabotag- ing the great united front strug- gies for the freedom of ‘the Scotts- boro boys and Angelo Herndon, The Outworn “Back-to-Africa” Slogan The leaders of these organizations raise the outworn slogan of “Back to. Africa.” Nor do they propose any real struggle for wresting Africa from its American, British, French oppressors. Why, then, do they raise this slogan? They raise the visionary slogan of ~ “Back to Africa” in order to turn the minds of the Negro workers from the bitter struggles confronting them. They tell the Negro share-cropper in the Black Belt: “Do not fight for the land in the Black Belt— leave it and return to Africa.” They tell the Negro wage-slave in the factory: “Drop the struggle against jim-crow conditions, for higher wages, for bread, and return to Africa.” ° | “Give up the struggle for equal) much the easier, Are we Communists then opposed to seizing advantage of a weakness | in the enemy's ranks, in order to push forward the struggle for the liberation of the oppressed? On the contrary. We say that the Negro masses must use every weakness in the camp of the oppressors, every difficulty of American imperialism, such as would accrue from a war,| to strike a blow for their freedom. To paraphrase the words of the Irish revolutionists, who said “Eng- land’s difficulties are Ireland's op- portunities,” we may say with equal truth that “American imperialism’s difficulties are the Negroes’ oppor- tunities.” Through the rifts in the armor of the American ruling-class, we must send shafts that will bring nearer the day of our freedom. A Look at History But how to use these difficulties to the advantage of the Negro people—that is the question. Have the Negro people, have the darker | races of the world, anything to gain by the support of one imperialist power against another? We may | look to history for an answer. Dur- | ing the world war, did not Allied imperialism,. stretching out greedy hands towards Africa, “champion” revolts in the German colonies in collusion with sections of the African chiefs? With what results? The masses, who thought they were that German imperialism for those of French, British, Belgian and Italian | imperialism. ‘The German colonies in Africa were simply transferred from one set of slave-masters to an- other, When the people of Cuba and the Philippines were groaning under the ‘Jash of Spanish imperialism, the ris- ing Yankee imperialists intervened under humanitarian slogans: “Res- cue the Cubans from the tyranny of Spain.” Sections of native land- owners and manufacturers formed an alliance with the American im- perialists. The masses of Cuba and the Philippines were liberated from the yoke of Spain, only to fall under the tyranny of Wail Street imperialism. Yes, the Negro people must use every difficulty of the American slave-drivers and their government to strike a blow for real freedom. An imperialist war, such as a war between America and Japan, must be turned into a war for the libera- tion of the Negro people. We say: No Back to Africa. This would be only a reactionary caricature’ of real freedom, We say: a fight right here in the United States for the destruction of the vicious planta- tion system in the South, for win- ning the land, for realizing the right of self-determination for the Negro people in the Black Belt, for establishing complete equality for | Negroes throughout the country. These rights of the ‘Negro - people can only be won on the basis of a revolutionary program, through es- tablishing a fighting alliance of the Negro masses with the white work- ing class, under the leadership of the Communist Party in revolution- ary struggle for the overthrow of the common oppressor, American imperialism. Unity of the World’s Oppressed Against the slogan “Unity of the Darker Races under the Aegis of Japan,” we call for the unity of all the oppressed — the colonial slaves, the downtrodden peoples of Africa and Asia, the persecuted American Negroes, the white wage- slaves and exploited farmers of the imperialist nations of Europe and | America. Unite under the leader- ship of the world Communist Party, the Communist International, for the- revolutionary overthrow of world imperialism. For~ freedom of the oppressed Negroes and darker peoples in the colonies and in the Americas! For the complete and unconditional independence of the African and~- West Indian colonies! For equal rights and the right of self-determination for: the oppressed Negro national minorities in South and Central America and in Cuba! For the independence of China and all Asiatic countries from the yoke of foreign imperial- ism! For the right of self-determi- nation for the Negroes in the Black Belt of the United States! Such must be our program. ‘The path to the liberation of the Negro people in America lies along the same road trodden by the work- ing class and the farming masses/ and the formerly oppressed nations of the Soviet Union. This and this alone is the way out. In championing the “unity of the (Continued on Page 8) ADVERTISEMENT CAMPS SUPPORT *FRISCO STRIKE To support the San Francisco strikers, Communist Party units of two working class camps raised $285.82. At Camp Nitgedaiget, $170.74 was collected, and at Camp Unity, $115.08 was ra: Many workers here, not having any more fund with them, donated their linen deposits. At Camp Nitgedaiget, the leading ai ticle in the last Camp Fire paper ce! tered about the San Francisco strike. Keen interest is felt in all the current both developments at camps, ‘and Workers School lectures, theatrical work and many other activities show reactions to these important events. At Camp Unity, the Red Vodvil Team: Berenberg and Jacobson is showing & real 2ptitude for improvising around current happenings, ‘They succeed in erousing with their humorous, pointed crossfire, interest and support for rev olutionary activity. | as the preliminary move to mopping | up with clubs, bayonets and bullets. Tear gas was developed by army | chemists during the war. It is com- }monly called CN which stands for what chemists eall chloracetaphe- ;none. CN is a solid substance which | turns into a light bluish, almost in-| visible gas when heated. In bombs it jis mixed with a small amount of smokeless powder that burns when | the fuse is drawn out. The heat | that is generated turns the solid into a vapor which pours from | openings in the bomb with intensely iritating effects on the eyes. Theo- | retically the bomb should not ex- | plode since the generated heat | Should hardly be. enough to ignite Paper. Actually the bombs are often so poorly made that when. thrown, they explode into bits, severely wounding and burning everyone within reach. Tear gas causes in- tense smarting and a profusion of tears that leaves the victim tem- porarily blinded. CN has its handicaps (for the cops). A strong breeze will blow | it away, or turn it back upon the attacker. And in, many cases, the workers have stood their ground de- spite tear gas. Consequently, for a ough” situation, the cops use DM |—known to chemists as dipheny- | lamine-chlorarsine. _ Workers who get a dose suffer from severe irri- tation of the lungs, nose and throat. A strong dose leads to violent | nausea, vomiting, headaches, and a feeling of suffocation, often likened to the feeling of having several men stahding on one’s chest, Combine CN and DM, and the product is “knockout gas.” As an added “pleasure” this combines the ill-effects of both gasses. The police and especially the Na- tional Guard, are turning to the use smoke screen is laid down which -completely blinds the picket line and makes the workers easy victims as they stagger out in small groups. oe Ne ECENT developments in the structure of gas bombs have in- creased the danger to workers. Some types go off when they contact any solid object. Others are supposed to burst without flying into frag- of smoke grenades, also. A dense | 'HE National Institute of Health in Washington has discovered a new biological toxoid for the pre- vention of scarlet fever which has already prove to be 87 per cent successful. It is believed by some Public Service officials that if the serum could be perfected it would eliminate nearly all deaths from scarlet fever. Despite its importance, the new toxoid cannot be released for gen- eral manufacture. It embodies some of the composition of a patented serum controlled by two Chicago physicians. Their patent claims ar@ based on the direct preventative value of their toxoid. Backed up by all the “rights” of private property, these two medical monopolists pre- vent the wide use of the Publia Health Service discovery. Workers may be interested in the method that is being employed to get around this vicious patent which is taking its toll of human lives, especially among children from the | ages of 2 to 9, who comprise 66 per cent of the victims. In the first. place, the Public Health Service | officials “hope” to perfect a toxoid that will prevent not only scarlet fever, but other diseases. Then they. intend to “persuade” the courts thaf, the serum should not be kept from general use by a patent which is “merely directed to immunization from scarlet fever.” Secondly, the officials will attempt to prove over a long period of time that their - toxoid is superior to all other. toxoids. Then they naively believe that “perfect accord will be reached with the holders of the patent.” In~ the meantime workers and their children will continue to die from, - | typhoid and the many grave com- plications with which it is attended, | because monopoly rights are un touchable, - Drug Rackets ‘OR more than a year the Admin« istration has been trying to con< coct a new pure food and drug law that will not hurt the pocketbooks of manufacturers and advertising ~ agencies. But while it pays lip « | service to consumers’ standards, it is doing very little to stop the open sale of dangerous drugs by the re- ducing and beauty rackets. Dinitrophenol and related com< | pounds are being used in flesh re-~ | dueing preparations in the face of ments. There is a new type of gas|Teports of deaths caused by their | bomb designed to prevent. strikers | Use. This drug is derived from car- | from picking it-up and hurling it| Poll atid which is also the onitita | back at the cops. In this bomb, the | 0f.® number of. related compounds handle gets red hot, making the|USed in fake redicing preparations. Possibiity of a dud small, while the | An excess dose is apt to cause a” workers face severe burns as well as| Sever high enough to result in death. eye and body injuries, if they at- The racketeers are practically im- ; | mune from prosecution, since W. G. AUT fo, Blok te UD. | Campbell, head of the Food and Those workers who suffer from| Drug Administration, admits that severe doses of tear gas should be} his department “has no jurisdiction removed from the gassed area. It is! over products of this type, dan- very important that they do not rub their eyes, especially with their own hands or clothing. These are prob- ably contaminated with the gas and rubbing would only ihcrease the irritation. If it is possible, they should face a breeze and let the wind blow the gas from their eyes. The eyes should then be washed with a saturated solution of boric acid, and the parts of the-body that haye been exposed te the gas should be washed with soap. and water. Workers suffering from vomiting gas attacks should be removed from the gassed area. Those parts of the body that have been exposed should be washed with soap and water, In cases of vomiting and its accom- panying headache, the workers should drink milk of magnesia freely. All serious cases, of course, should receive quick treatment by a physician. Communist. activity “in the few factories “that produce these gas bombs is of immediate importance. Workers in the transport industries should also be aroused so that they will refuse to transport gas bombs | gerous though they may be.” It is ironic that when the Admin- istration did step in to prevent the sale of a weight reduction compound known as “Stardoms’ Hollywood Diet,” it did so on the grounds that — the manufacturers of the prepara= tion were not justified in advertising that its use would develop a “sylph- like figure.” The diet consisted | about five cents worth of sugar, ‘soya bean flour, cocoa, and table | salt. For this $2 was charged. | Le ee Shells from Vegetables | 1 ear recently insulin which is | U used in the treatment-of diabetes, | cost around $30 a pound. Chemists: | have found ways of extracting it, |from chicory roots (grown prin-_ cipally in Michigan) at a cost of. 7 cents a pound. This brought | it the attention of the DuPonts. who, with an eye to increasing their | profits, have just taken out a patent }on insulin nitrate as a cheap and. | superior explosive for detonating. | caps. In a profit economy muni- ions always take precedence over & ose profitable field such as the curing of disease, AMUSEMENTS & “SOVIET | CLOSE UPS” — An ntimate Study of Life Different Parts of the | Soviet Union! | FINAL WEEK! WILLIAM PATTERSON “Congratulations on the splendid stevedore CIVIC REPERTORY THEA. 105 W 14 St. Eves. 8:45. Mats. Tues. & Sat, 2:45 80c-400-600-75e-$1.00 & $1.50. 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