The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 13, 1934, Page 8

Page g DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1934 Daily .<QWorker SBATRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL) Only Working Class Daily FOUNDED 1924 PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, COMPRODAILY PUBLISHING CO., INC Street, New York, N. ¥ Telephone “America’s Newspaper” BY THE 50 E. 13th Algonquin 4-795 4. ubscription Rates: E WO classes rked the close of the world war on Sunday. The capital- halted their preparations for the next ma war for two minutes to mouth hypocriti- cal homage to the workers who were slaughtered in the last ict for profits, and up jingoistic feelings. de of the ruling class, orations, is the fol- ined in the New utilized the ni Ss of silence in tribute to dead on Armistice Day, the Sunday shift at Vic! works at Crayford, Kent, worked all day long making machine gun: fies and gas-pro- ¢ machines.” Workers all over the world marked Armistice Day in quite another fashion. In Ireland they demon- strated against British imperialism and oppression. In Milwaukee workers demonstrated against the glorification of - w and war activities, And in Paris, the great united front of Socialists and Com- munists staged the greatest anti-war demonstration since the armistice was signed. The French workers in demonstrating against war and fascism showed the American working class the nature of the weapon that can defeat the war aims of the capitalists. The united front of all workers is the one barrier that can stop the war drive of the ruling class. The imminence of the war danger pierced through all the hollow phrases about the need for peace. At the. ceremonies in Arlington Cemetery the head of the American Legion, Frank N. Bel- grano, called for a “purging” of all “isms” and a strengthening of the gigantic war machine that has been built up by the New Deal. This attack against working class organizations which are fighting the double menace of. war and fascism was taken up by Harry A. Woodring, the Assistant Secretary of War, who denounced anti- war fighters as “parasites.” The official denuncia- tion is part of the administration’s efforts to whip up a war spirit in the nation that will condone spending billions for military purposes, while mil- lions of unemiployed are denied food and shelter. The American capitalists are preparing for an- other holocaust at the expense of the living stand- ards of the workers and their families, and even- tually of their lives. They are building aerial bases in the Aleutian islands off the Alaskan coast. The fleet is concentrated in the Pacific in preparation for 1935—“the criti¢al year.” The whole economy of the country is being geared to the needs of the war machine. Every American worker owes it to his class and his family to extend the fight against war and fas- cism. In the spirit of the united front of the French working class we must smash the war aims of the capitalists. We must mark the end of the world war by intensifying our struggles against the War-mongers and the corrupt and decaying capi- talist system that they are trying to keep from falling to pieces by plunging us into a new and more horribie slaughter. Tax the Rich IODAY the Board of Aldermen will consider a new program of taxes. As on several previous occasions an artificial relief crisis was manufactured by the LaGuardia administration to force the workers of New York to accept the bankers’ tax program of relief cuts and an increased tax bur- den for the masses. Three measures are to come up for consideration: a 2 per cent sales tax; a 2 per cent payroll tax; and a 7 cent subway fare. Yesterday an editorial in the N. Y. Sun arivised the politicians to revoke the present taxes on gross business receipts and on Federal income tax pay- ments, and increase the subway fare as the means for raising money, They point out that the “fare tax would be paid at the rate of four cents a day by 4,000,000 riders.” The workers of the city would be forced to contribute $160,000 a day. Approxi- mately $57,600,000 a year would be added to the crushing burden of taxes that they already have to carry. Such a tax would benefit no one but the bank- ers. The workers would pay increased taxes, but the money would go, not to the unemployed, but to the bankers who each year extract the huge toll of $180,000,000 for debt service. As against this plan of the LaGuardia admin- istration to increase the burdens of the workers, the Communist Party has a plan that would give relief to the unemployed by taxing the rich, and which would not add increased burdens on. the toilers of the city. It calls for the immediate diversion of the $15,00,000 a month that is paid as debt service to the bankers, into relief for the unemployed. It calls for the reduction of all city salaries above $5,000, begining with a cut in LaGuardia’s $25,000 salary, and going right through, slashing all the fat jobs of the politicians and ward-heelers. It calls for the imposition of city income taxes on all incomes above $5,000, and on all net business and corporate profits above that figure. These in- come taxes are to be steeply graduated in propor- tion to the size of the income or the profit. It calls for the immediate taxation of ali the gambling gains on the stock exchanges. Such ineasures would enable the unemployed to survive until the workers force the passage of the Workers’ Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill through Congress. Only measures of this kind would shift the burden of the cri to the banks, the corporations and the rich. Only measures of this kind will pro- tect the living standa: of the masses. Fight the bankers’ proposals to cut relief and increase your tax burdens. Take steps to initiate ited actions of the employed and the unemployed that will defeat the hunger program of LaGuardia and Wall Street, and force the city legislators to feed the hungry and the destitute. Dyers! Close Ranks! Solidarity Will Win! HE striking dye workers have by unan- imous vote rejected unsatisfactory proposals for an agreement which were presented to them by their officials. The dye strikers, by their splendid solidarity and watchfulness, have brought a sub- stantial victory within their grasp. With closed ranks, with continued solidarity, the dye strikers can win a great victory. The solidarity and militancy of the dye strikers has already scored real gains. Before the dye strike the bosses for weeks refused even to meet or negotiate with the union. But the 100 per cent effectiveness of the strike forced the employers to enter negotiations, Although the bosses felt the strike could be broken, they relied on the N.R.A, Boards of Roose- velt' to force the strikers back to work without winning anything, referring all their demands to arbitration. The bosses relied on Francis Gorman, head of the United Textile Workers, and his agents, to force the strikers back into the mills without gains. The bosses were encouraged by the red scare, which some of the union officials raised, to weaken the strike. So for a time they broke off negotiations. But the unity of the strikers disappointed the hopes of the bosses. The strikers rejected com- pulsory arbitration of the N.R.A. boards and the Green-Gorman officials, and decided not to return to work until a satisfactory agreement is signed. The workers rejected the attempt to split their ranks through the red scare, and showed that they were sticking together solid as a rock. The bosses were forced to renew negotiations and offer some concessions, of shorter hours and higher wages. But these ccncessions offered by the bosses are not enough. The bosses have not agreed to the full union shop. The employers want a two-year, no- strike promise from the union, with compulsory arbitration. They offer only sixty-six cents an hour. They tried to get the strikers to accept some speed-up provisions. . . . HE opinion of the dye workers was decisively voiced at the membership meetings in Paterson, Lodi and Union City. They unanimously rejected the proposals of Ammirato and other union officials (including the U.T.W. lawyer, H. Joelson) that they accept this unsatisfactory proposal. The dye workers booed these misleaders off the platform. They decided to stay out for a full union shop, for higher wages than 65 cents an hour, a contract for no longer than one year, and the right to strike if the employer does not live up to the agreement. They decided the maximum work week should not be more than 35 hours and rejected all speed-up provisions, The rank and file members of the settlement committee acted as real representatives of the workers and also rejected the bosses’ un- satisfactory proposals. Now all forces must be mobilized to win the strike. Police terror will be prepared against the strikers. New attempts are already rumored, aimed to split the strikers ranks by taking votes, shop by shop, on printed ballots. The workers have already voted against the unsatisfactory proposals. But any other vote, in whatever form, must be unanimously rejected by che strikers. The dyers' locals must now take immediate steps to strengthen their ranks and sweep on to victory. All workers, in Paterson and New Jersey especially, must be mobilized to support the strikers. It is of especial importance that all A. F. of L. members be drawn into line at once to give concrete support to the striking dye workers. The dye workers’ locals should at once, in every town affected, call United Labor Conferences of all working class organiza- tions—union lecals, fraternal organizations, unem- Ployed organizations, to work out immediate steps in support of the strike. These steps include help on the picket lines, financial aid, and a broad mass campaign against any police activity on the strikers picket lines. The broadest support of the labor moyement must now be organized to aid the strikers. . . * Ree support of the strike, the question in the minds of the dye workers is, where is the Green-Gorman leadership in this great struggle for full union recognition and for union conditions? The only thing Gorman has done so far is to try to get the strikers back to work under compulsory arbitration before they win any concessions. Green has remained silent. The dye strike is of national importance in the fight of the American workers against the anti- union drive of the ‘employers and the N.R.A. boards. The demand must be raised by the entire working class that the whole force of the U.T.W. and the A. F. of L. nationally must be put behind ‘the dye strikers. The A. F. of L. wnions throughout the whole country must support the dyers’ strike and defeat the anti-union drive of the bosses. The solidarity of the strikers with the unem- ployed should be strengthened. Joint mass dele- gations and marches of the dye strikers and the unemployed should be organized to the Emergency Relief Administration offices to demand—adequate relief for every striker and every unemployed worker. Dye strikers—with continued unity and soli- darity, victory is sure. Continue your watchfulness against any agents of Gorman in your own ranks. The entire lahor movement is behind you in your struggle—close ranks—continue mass picketing. On to victory. Join the Communist Party 35 EAST 12TH STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. Please send me more information on the Com- Modern Pig Iron Plant Opened in Soviet Union (Special to the Dzily Worker) MOSCOW, Nov. 12 (By Wireléss). -—The first open-hearth furnace “at | mechanized. ; This open-hearth furnace with a |capacity around 900 tons of pig- ‘ron daily, is equipped according to the highest technique, the ore, coke, |and limestone supply being entirely The finished pig-iron the Novolipetzk metallurgical plant, | is poured out along a special ma- although not fully constructed, has started operations, already having Produced its first pig-iron. e | chine. The furnace brings number of open-hearths U. 8. S, R. to 114. t = the in the | | | “Another worker and myself, if we can’t dig up money any other way, are going out and camp a week cutting wood at 50 cents per rick to help out in the $60,000 drive,” writes J. L. Thomson, of Denison, Texas. What are YOU doing to help the Daily Worker keep in publication? Party Life Strike Resolution | Of Great Value | To the Party Tt “Lessons of the recent strike struggles in the U.S.A.,.” printed | in the Daily Worker Sept. 15th, is a document of great historical sig- nificance for the toiling masses of | this country in general, and for the Party in particular. The resolution | marks a decisive turn of the Party’s attention toward intensifying the | work in the A. F. of L. unions and jamong the great masses of unor- ganized workers. ~ On July 3, 1922, the Central | Committee of the Bolshevik Party | of the Soviet Union, in a Resolution | of Greetings to the All Union Coun- |cil of Trade Unions on the occa- | sion of its Fifth Anniversary, wrote the following: “Red October was vossible because the Russian Trade Union movement has adopted the banner of proletarian revolution. The Soviet Republic defeated its countless enemies because the trade unions, uniting the entire working class of Russia, had given all pos- sible support to the proletarian power. The Russian Soviet Repub- lic will overcome all difficulties and will defeat all its enemies because | the banner of Communism is also the banner of the Russian Trade Movement.” Comrade A. K. Abolin, leader of the Trade Unions in the Soviet Union, in a speech delivered in con- nection with the 15th Anniversary of the October Revolution and the Trade Unions, pointed out the fol- lowing: “The close indissoluble tie of the Trade Unions with the van- guard of the working class, the Bol- shevik Party, the struggle of the trade unions under the banner of Communism, under the leadership of the Party of Lenin for the dic- tatorship of the proletariat, for So- viet Power,—is the basic feature of the Soviet Trade Union movement, which is sharply distinguished from the reformist-socialist and other reactionary trade unions of the West. and in America, which have their fate tied up with the fate of the capitalist order of society. “When the Bolshevik Party pre- pared itself for the October Revolu- tion, when it struggled for the win- ning of the majority of the working class on the side of the proletarian revolution and unfolded tremendous revolutionary work among. the working and peasant’ masses, in order, going at the head of these masses, supporting itself on the tremendous upsurge of the revolu- tionary movement, to break through the chain of the world imperialist front in its weakest link—then it intensified its work in the trade unions, the most important mass organizations of the working class. It was no easy task, because the Bolshevik Party had to overcome tremendous difficulties on the road of intensifying its work in the trade unions.” This analysis of the activities of the Party in the various strike struggles is concrete and in a lan- guage understandable to the average rank and file worker. The Reso- lution should reach as many non- Party workers as possible and meet- ings should be arranged to discuss this Resolution with workers of | various industries. C. B., New York. he, eee How Unit Organizer Sets Example Ee MY letter I want to stress the fact that in order to become a worthy Party member it isn’t enough to know what is to be done —it is also necessary to have a good deal of determination and _persis- tency in putting through those small, every-day Party tasks. Here is an example: My unit organizer, Comrade B., who, in addition to Party work, earns a living for a family of seven, worked out with the Unit Buro a three months plan of work, which is a part of the plan ‘of the Section. To set an example to the unit, he himself secured two yearly subs for the Daily Worker, renewed three old ones, made two connections with Goodrich rubber workers, collected over $12 for the Daily Worker, and sold $3.50 worth of Thaelmann stamps. In addition he also dis- poses of a number of Daily Workers at the local union meetings of the rubber workers. If we all agreed that without revolutionary practice revolutionary theory is valueless, we would see to it that this revolutionary prac- tice becomes a part of our daily life. If we have more patience in our Party work, and come closer to the. masses, we will bring our Party forward. R. M., Daily Worker Agent,, Unit 1, Section 4, District 6. Scottsboro Fight To Go To Roosevelt (Continued from Page 1) the Negro people to send telegrams immediately to President Roosevelt demanding that he see the delega- tion, and use his authority to pre- vent the legal lynching of Norris and Patterson on Dec. 7 and to secure the unconditional and safe releases of all nine of the boys. The delegation is endorsed by the International Labor Defense, which is now conducting a drive for $6,000 to defray the expenses of the ap- peal for Patterson and Norris to the U. S. Supreme Court. Both boys have signed new retainers, giving the I. L. D. complete charge of their defense and repudiating the ai- tempts of Samuel S. Leibowitz and a group of Harlem Negro reformist leaders to disrupt the defense at this critical stage in the long fight conducted by the I. L, D. for the lives and freedom of the framed-up boys and the rights of the Negro people. A short talk on the Daily Worker $60,000 drive at any gathering, outdoor or indoor, fol- lowed by a suggestion that a col- lection be taken up will help raise the quota by Dec. 1, A TRIBUTE TO “PEACE” Barck will give the original drawing of NOTE TO CARTOON ENTHUSIASTS Hopeful contributors to Burck’s cartoon: In sending your bids, please remember to include your forward’ the precious prize pronto. by Burck his cartoon to the highest contributor each day towards his quota of $1,000, (Full name will be withheld from publication whenever indicated.) name and address, so that the Daily Worker can By PAUL GREEN 'HE situation as it exists today in the Saar, as the press reports show, indicates that armed inter- vention is taken almost for granted, Thus, Johannes Steel, foreign corre- spondent of the New York Post, wires from Saarbruecken (Saar) that “a peaceful solution of the Saar problem is impossible, as the Germans have faked the ballot list.” is desperate. He knows that an adverse vote at the plebiscite would hasten his doom and as a conse- quence he will use any and all ter- roristic methods to assure a favor- able vote. A secret document which the German Minister of Propa- ganda sent out to his foreign lieu- tenants instructs counteract the anti-Nazi movement. One article* which deals. specifi- cally with the Saar problem points out that the enemies of the Na- tional Socialist Party maintain that there can be no satisfactory settle- ment of the Saar “(1) because a major part of the German popula- tion in the Saar territory does not wish to be reunited to a National- Socialist Germany; (2) because France does not wish to meet haif way this new Germany in order to settle the Saar question. ...” In order to counteract these arguments the document advises the Nazi lieu- tenants in foreign countries (the two Americas) to take the position that “in the Saar territory all Ger- man Parties are united to conduct a common plebiscite campaign.” It states, further, that “the Marxist resistance must be explained as in- structions received from Moscow.” Also that, “without the Saar terri- tory, Germany is economically mutilated.” Thus, we may conclude that: the anti-Nazi movement in the Saar is gaining momentum; Hitler is try- ing to cover up the anti-Nazi move- ment which is definitely for the status quo (under the League of Nations), which includes a united front of all shades of opinion in the Saar territory, by instructing his lieutenants abroad, especially in the two Americas, to consider it as Propaganda from Moscow; he ad- mits the economic bankrupicy of Germany. ee ITLER propaganda in the Saar has manifested itself with in- creasing terroristic vigor since Sep- tember 24, the commencement of the campaign for the plebiscite which is to decide on Jan, 13, 1935, whether the Saar territory (1) will be returned to fascist Germany; (2) will be annexed to France, or (3) will retain the status quo, i. e. the continuation of the rule of the Saar by a League of Nations Com- mission. The Hitler campaign in the Saar it twofold: it terrorizes the voters who show or are known The outstanding fact is that Hitler | them how to; BCs i Total to date .. (Quota $1,000) SPOTLIGHT ON THE SAAR {married name.” to be against annexation to Hitler | Germany; it fraudulently faked the | ballot list. In this work of terror and fraud Germany is aided by the Saar Commission, | According to have been registered as voters in the plebiscite. However, the list published on the 26th of September carries 520,000 voters. How did this happen? On examining the lists it was found that “the German au- thorities had registered women both under their maiden name and their According to the Treaty of Versailles, only those who lived in the Saar on June 28, 1919 | (date on which the treaty was signed), and who will be at least 20 years old on the day of the plebi- scite (Jan. 13, 1935) may vote. On this basis, and -without distinction of sex or nationality, the ballot list was to be prepared by the Saar Plebiscite Commission. For this work the Commission delegated town committees, each consisting of four Saarlanders and one neutral. Most of the municipal functionaries consulted on the formation of these committees being members of the “German Front” (the Nazi Saar branch), Nazis were appointed gen- erally on these committees, with the result that the opposing fac- tions are hardly represented and at least “20,000 anti-Nazis, who have the right to vote, do not even figure in the ballot list.” In addition to the above, there were also registered names of mili- tary German families who were in garrison in the Saar before or dur- ing the war. Even von Papen who is a Westphalian and not a Saar- lander is among those registered. One will also find names of persons who come to work in the Saar. but who live and pay taxes in Germany. The terroristic methods used by the “German Front” have reached such an acute stage that the “Com- mission of Inquiry into the National Socialist terror in the Saar,” presid- ed over by Lord Marley, forwarded a report to the League of Nations, which states that they heard forty witnesses, nearly all of whom stated they had been the victims of out- rages during the past month. Evi- dence was heard from miners, priests, tramway employees, business men, doctors and barristers. They further state that in all the cases examined “witnesses deposed that their aggressors were not summoned afterwards to appear before the spe- cial tribunals, while the opponents of National Socialism were always sentenced by these tribunals.” Thus we see that not only is the “German Front” involved in it but the Saar Tribunals as well. eee See IK spite of these terroristic methods, the anti-Nazi movement, through statistics which | have’ been carefully checked, 450,000 | the rapid and ever-increasing ranks of the United Front of Communists and Socialists, is showing its teeth and creating a fear in the heart of Hitler who for this very reason tries to save the Saar by fraudulent and criminal acts. One of the most significant re- | sults of the United Front is the atti- | tude of the Catholics, who consti- tute 75 per cent of the Saar popu- lation. A petition from 200 Catholic delegates from the “Non-Coordinat- ed” (Nich-gleichgeschaltet) Chris- tian population of the Saar terri- tory was sent directly to the League for the first time. The demands formulated in this petition have im- portant bearing on the sentiment of the Catholic population, These de- mands, as published by the “Man- chester Guardian” October 12, 1934, follow: “)) For effective guarantees of the liberty and secrecy of the vote and protection against ‘the spying on and oppression of Hitler's op- ponents’; “2) For a clear definition of the regime of ‘Status Quo’ and the chances under it of a second plebis- ‘cite later; “3) For the maintenance of pres- ‘ent social rights after the plebis- cite; “4) For the complete protection of all the religious and cultural in- stitutions.” The keynote of these demands is a concrete expression of the anti-Nazi sentiment of the Catholic element. cannot and must not depend on the help of the League of Nations and their police. We must not forget that the League was and still.is a contributing element and to a large extent responsible for the advent of Nazi terror in the Saar and we as workers know that many a phy- sical and moral crime was perpe- trated there with the full knowledge and assistance of the League of Na- tions. We harbor no illusions con- cerning the government of the League of Nations, but a vote for the Status Quo as a basis for strug- gling against a fascist Saar is the only solution for the present. As we have shown in the fight for the liberation of Dimitrov, it is only international workers’ solidarity which can help our brothers in the Saar crush fascism. It is only through this international solidarity that we can cause a quicker de- struction of Hitler and as a result accelerate the establishment of a free Red Germany. *“Les Instructions Secretes de la Propagande Allemande”’—pub- lished by Le Petit Parisien, Paris, page 48 and 49, art. 106. Guards Charged With Kidnaping (Continued from Page 1) Eustis. The local leaders added that the guards have beaten a num- ber of unemployed on transient re- lief and that, in addition to provid- ing filthy quarters and sickening food, which has ‘resulted in mass poisoning, officials issued an offi- cial publication depicting a tran- sient as a bum, and warning, “Camp Eustis or else———.” Spontaneous agitation against these conditions resulted in the formation of a com- mittee a few days ago. They called a meeting yesterday. About 400 re- sponded. Arthur Rosichan, director of the Washington Transient Bureau, “ heard the committee’s demands, recognized their right to organize, but begged off the rest. The com- mittee said they would therefore take these to Federal officials with an additional demand, for the re- moval of Rosichan. These local developments served to dramatize the Federal govern- ment’s persistent effort, now weeks old, to substitute a variety of pseudo-relief programs for relief and real unemployment insurance. must be developed to escape “the danger of attaching public relief to our American political system.” This chauvinist intimation that there is something un-American about government relief to the un- employed played directly into a nation-wide campaign now being waged in the press for reduction of relief. Officials here are in full sympathy with the campaign, but, aware that a shut-down would meet mass resistance, they are concoct- Federal Relief Administrator Harry | ;, * ‘id L, Hopkins cancelled one of his dope” Discard abate regular weekly press conferences | serve to cloak the deliberations permanently. here, One late rumor asserts that He refused to discuss publicly the | the N. R. A. is considering propos- various schemes which are now be- | ing direct Federal subsidies to in- ing mulled over in conferences be- | dustries to guarantee them against tween President Roosevelt and his | toss in “re-employment” expansion. subordinates. Hopkins spoke last | Another holds that the “housing” night before a private charity or-| program will be vastly expanded ganization in New York, declaring | with provision for Federal expendi- that a program of “re-employment” | tures to give work relief, & f | | World Front || By HARRY GANNES Planes Against Colonial Masses In Revolt HE airplane is becoming one of the most powerful weapons of imperialist domi- nation. In China it is now the |chief weapon of attack against the Soviet districts. So far has the use of the bombing plane gone that theoretical articles on its utilization appear in the foreign language press in China. We refer to one particularly by Wilbur Burton, “The Airplane: Most Effective Weapon of State Ever Devised and Its Application in China.” “The airplanes, of course,” writes Mr. Burton, “cannot be used inde- pendently of other weapons. Aerial flights alone will not end a revolt. But the airplane may drop propa- ganda literature or warnings in a given area—or it may drop high ex- plosives or poison gas bombs. The usual technique is to drop propa- ganda literature and /or warnings first, and follow up with high ex- plosives if necessary. Poison gas has so far been used infrequently— but it is a last resort that cannot be ignored, for while high explo- sives are unlikely to kill more than a few persons, poison gas could wipe out the population of an entire region.” - a3 = R. BURTON'S article, of course, is mainly an advertisement for the American bombing planes which are now flooding China. Chiang Kai Shek in his desperate effort to destroy some of the Soviet districts, is resorting to the whole- sale use of explosives and poison gas dropped from American bomb- ing planes. Against these ferocious’ attacks the Red Armies are abandoning some of their previous territories which they could hold against hun- dreds of thousands of Kuomintang troops but which cannot be de- fended against air attacks of the kind described by Mr. Burton. Huge sections of the Red Army are mov- ing to Szechuan province in order to consolidate the tremendous gains of the Red Army there in a terri- tory less approachable by bombing planes. * * 2 IN Szechuan the situation is as follows, according to a capitalist news source in Shanghai: “The provincial forces are still on the defensive, while the Communists are taking the offensive. ... Gen~ eral Chiang Kai-shek has sent 2,000,000 rounds of ammunition for the use of the Szechuan troops and has instructed General Liu Hsiang to resume his duties at once... . Many students have been impressed into military service by the troops of General Liu Hsiang. It is under- stood that, as a result of the recent operations against the Communists in Northern Szechuan, more re cruits are necessary to fill up the vacancies in the army. At first ricksha pullers and workers were impressed, but as they went into hiding the recruiting units began to visit schools to impress students into service.” SAT SAS Me NE of our correspondents in Shanghai sends us the following information on the use of airplanes in the colonial countries for war, for war preparations and for ex- Ploitation of the countries: The great Royal Dutch Airlines, K. L..M. (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij voor Nederland en Kolonien), is planning to make an extensive aerial survey and map- ping of New Guinea for a syndicate formed by the Royal Dutch Shell Oil Co. Standard Oil of N. J., and Standard Oil of California. It is an undertaking which will cost about one million dollars. At pres- ent there are no aerodromes in New Guinea, the nearest being the ter- minal of the Dutch K. L. M. at Bandoeng, Java, and the terminal The British Imperial Airways intends to start service shortly on a long line con- necting Singapore with Darwin, over the route recently flown in the MacRobertson races. The: kind of air survey contem- plated is not only of value in locat- ing suitable places for military and civil airdromes and the like, but will give enough of the geophysical details of the land to reveal possible mineral and oil resources worthy of exploitation. The Curtiss-Wright Corporation finds that its subsidiary, the Cen- tral Aviation Manufacturing Com- pany, located at Shien Chiao, Hangs chow, China, for assembling the air- planes purchased by parties in China, is operating very profitably. Aside from the small directing staff of highly paid American experts, the factory is manned by a staff of 100 natives from whom the total weekly payroll is under $100. General Chiang Kai-shek and General Chen Chi Tang have opened up a ferocious drive against all revolutionary forces in Kuomin- tang territory, simultaneously with their renewed attack against the Soviet districts. In Shanghai, on Oct. 15, over 30 workers were ar= rested, charged with being Commu- nists, and face execution. In Canton, the Public Safety Bu- reau arrested seven girl students of the Provincial Girls’ Manual School !on Oct. 13 and immediately chopped their heads off. A systematic search is going on in all Canton schools for Communists, and over 150 stu- dents are now in prison. Fifty of these have already been executed and the rest all face death. None of them are permitted to see their friends. They are frightfully tor- tured in an attempt to get them to implicate fellow students. CAN WE COLLECT? “Here is my dollar toward the ‘Daily’ fund,” wrote A. J. Mac- Gregor recently. “I get that much value out of your column alone Th week, so I really owe quite | a uf is « a oe reece tr NC