The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 14, 1934, Page 6

Page 6 Daily, CAWTRAL OMGAM COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF CONMUNIST NTERKATIONAL) “America’s Only Working Class Daily Newspaper” FOUNDED 1924 PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY THE COMPRODAILY PUBLISHING CO., INC., 56 E. 13th Street, New York, N. ¥. Telephone: ALgonquin 4-795 4. Daiwork,” New. York, N. ¥. : Room 954, National Press Building, " D. ©. Telephone: National 7910 Midwest Room 705, Chicago, Ul Bureau: 101 South Wells St Telephone: year, $6.00; cents year, $9.00 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1934 Green’s Five Per Cent Tax on Payrolls ILLIAM GREEN yesterday went into action in deadly earnest against the coming National Congress for Social and Unemployment Insurance, that will bring thousands of working class delegates to Washington on Jan. 5 to 7. Green yesterday issued his own plan for “un- employment insurance,” in support of which he calls all A. F. of L. locals to boycott the coming Washington National Congress, has ning A. F. of L. locals supporting t National Congress, which be a mighty united front of every section of Green been wa all the toiling population. “Be on guard,” Green has written in an official letter to every A. F. of L. secretary, “against any at- tempt to create the impression that the A. F. of L, is in any way connected with the National Con- gress for-Social and Unemployment Insurance. The A, F. of L. has declared its own policy of unem- ployment insurance. ..a program of action will soon be sent to you for guidance in securing state legis- lation.” Well, yesterday this program finally arrived. It will take any worker only a short examination to see that Green’s new plan for unemployment insurance, for which he calls for support in opposi- tion to the coming National Congress, violates every interest of the workers in the trade unions. not to speak of the whole working class of the country. INT by point, what did Green propose yester- day in his “own policy of unemployment insur- ance?” First, the payments for the insurance will come right out of the wages of the workers through a five per cent tax on all payrolls, This is direct tax on pay envelopes! This will immediately effect a five per cent pay cut for all workers, in the A, F. of L. and out. It will not be taken directly from the workers, but it will come ultimately from them through increased costs of goods, or through direct pay cuts to make up for the tax, Green himself ad- mits this! In either case, Green’s plan is careful to see that the profits of the employers will not be touched; the workers foot the bill for their own “insurance” when they lose their jobs, which are completely in the hands of the employers. It is against just such raw robbery of the workers through fraudulent “unemployment in- surance” plans that the coming National Congress will fight. Instead, it will propose the Workers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill, which provides that all funds for insurance must come from the profits of the employers and the funds of the gov- ernment; not 2 cent must come from the workers, either directly or indirectly. The employers are responsible for the crisis, not the workers. Make the employers shoulder the whole burden of the care of the workers, declares the Communist Party, which is supporting the Na- tional Congress. Soe sae EXT, Green’s plan will not give a single worker of the 15,000,000 now unemployed a cent of bene- fits. It applies only to those who will lose their jobs sometime in the future. Furthermore, it pro- vides for benefits that begin only two weeks after the worker has lost his job, and does not extend for more than five months. What happens to a worker after five months of unemployment? Is it not a fact that a majority of the 15,000,000 jobless have not had a day's work for a year or more? What of them? Green's plan here is silent. It protects the em- ployers from any further worries about the job- less after five months—for which the workers have paid in the first place. The National Congress will fight for insurance benefits for ALI. WORKERS, to begin AT ONCE, and to extend FOR THE FULL PERIOD OF UN- EMPLOYMENT, regardless of what it costs the em- ployers in reduced profits. Gren’s plan gives the worker nothing but what he pays for out of his own pocket, and only for a brief period at that. The National Congress plan places the burden squarely on the employer and guarantees every job- less worker a minimum standard of decency and security, for the full period of unemployment, to come out of the employer's profit. Which of these two plans is in the interest of the workers, Green’s plan or the plan of the Na- tional Congress? Green’s plan is only for individual states, thus dividing the workers into separate groups, permit- ting the employers to defeat these groups one by one, instead of facing a united working class, Green's plan provides that the insurance funds may be used as a threat against strikes, since his plan provides that “workers discharged for miscon- duct” shall have benefits only “for a reasonable per- iod.” What is this if not the encouragement of ter- rorism in the shops with the insurance reserves as @ weapon? The National Congress plan provides for full union protection at all times, with no discrimination for any reason of previous residence, militancy, race, or political activity. The National Congress plan provides for rising Seale to take care of rising prices; Green’s plan is silent on this point. Taken in its entirety, Green's plan is calculated to protect employers’ profits, Which of these two plans is in the interest of the A. F. of L. workers? Will the A. F. of L. workers permit Green to break their solidarity with their class brothers fight- ing for a working class insurance bill and for social security? More than 2.500 A. F. of L, locals have endorsed the H. R. 7598. In every A. F. of L- local Green's fight against the National Congress should be taken up, Send delegates to the National Gon- ona 4 Worker | ~ DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1934 The Cadillac Elections HE decision of the District Council of the United Automobile Workers Union (A. F. of L.) to withdraw from the “‘presi- dential pact” of March 25, is evidence of the intense dissatisfaction of the automo- bile workers. This “pact” was signed by William Green and other A. F. of L. leaders last March to prevent an automobile workers’ strike. Under the agreement, the Automobile Labor Board was set up as a compulsory arbitration body. The agreement gave the company union full rights before the board, and provided that unions must submit their mem- bership- lists to the board before discrimination cases would be considered The A. F. of L. leaders who’ helped the em- ployers and Roosevelt set up this board have, now been forced by the rebellion of the workers to with- draw from it. But even in this withdrawal, the A. F. of L. officialdom again attempt to betray the auto workers. They once more attempt the same no-strike policy of co-operation with the employers, which defeated the auto workers’ demands last March. ‘They call for another “impartial” board, to replace the Auto Labor Board which is discredited among the auto workers. They hide from the work- ers that such a new board, like the old, would con- tinue to carry on the wishes of the employers. They now attempt to divert the auto workers from the only means which will win their demands—the preparation of a strike for higher wages, lower hours, against the speed-up and for union recogm- tion. Now the Auto Labor Board has prepared framed- up elections in the Cadillac plant as the first auto elections. These elections are framed in advance to aid the company unions. Thy were decided on last. March and were delayed and delayed by the Auto Labor Board until the company union propaganda could be flooded into the plants, and until layoffs sapped the membership of the A. F. of L. union. The Auto Labor Board decided the elections must be held in inside the plant, and decided that the company union could be voted for along with other unions. While William Green, under the intense pressure of the workers, was forced to denounce these elec- tions and declare that the auto workers would not participate, he continued his betrayal policy by re- fusing to lift a finger to mobilize the workers for a fight. He said not a word about the necessity of strike preparation if the demands are to be won. The elections proposed by the Automobile Labor Board are clearly a fraud, and in advance assure that collective bargaining will be dominated by the company union, The reason the first elections are scheduled in the Cadillac plant is because the unions there are very weak, The intention of the Automobile Labor Board and the manufacturers is to use the Cadillac elections to create an atmosphere that the workers favor the company unions. It is a step toward fastening the company unions upon the workers in all other auto plants, The Communists propose a concentrated united campaign of all real labor unions in the auto indus- try to defeat the company unions. The fight now must aim to force the Labor Board to call off the elections. The unions should unite behind the de- mand for elections during the height of the season, when the workers are in the plants to vote. It is not those who most consciously support unionism that the company retains in the plants during the slow periods. The workers should demand democ- racy in the election and full right to carry on agita- tion within the plant for the real unions. The Communist Party calls upon all production workers to vote for the A. F. of L. representatives, while all tool and dye makers should vote for the Mechanics’ Educational Society of America. If, however, the fight to force the Automobile Labor Board to change its decision fails, the Com- munist Party calls upon the Cadillac workers to register their sentiment for a real union. All pro- duction workers should vote for the A. F. of L. while all tool and dye makers should vote for the Mechanics’ Educational Society. I.R.T. Workers Reject Company Union Scheme HE company union as a form of collec- tive bargaining, which has been boosted by the N. R. A. to unprecedented proportions, has been denounced by the workers in various industries on numerous occasions. The latest manifestation of this senti- ment can be found in the recent action of the work- ers in the Interborough Rapid Transit system, the New York subways, A two-year agreement has been signed by the I. R. T. with the officials of the Brotherhood of I. R. T. Employees, one of the oldest company unions in the country. While the agreement offers some concessions to the workers, as compared with the old agreement, in effect until Jan, 1, 1935, it is found unsatisfactory by the workers in the com- pany union as well as in the Transport Workers’ Union, independent, and the only bona fide union in the system. Local 3 of the Brotherhood, composed of 1,800 Station Department workers, and Local 1, repre- senting 1,100 repairmen, have already rejected the agreement and repudiated the officials as their rep- resentatives in negotiations with the company. They have formulated their own demands for the right to join the union of their choice, for higher wages, the six-day week and for other conditions. Similar demands were adopted by the following Brotherhood locals prior to the signing of the agreement: Motormen’s Local 7, 98th Street Repair Shop Local, the Chief Engineers’ Local 8, the Livonia and Jerome Avenues subway inspection local and some of the other locals, The Transport Workers’ Union also put forth similar demands quite some time before the agree- ment was negotiated, There is no doubt in the minds of the workers in the I. R. T. system that while the concessions wrested in this agreement from the owners are by far not satisfactory, they were a conscious effort of the company and the officials of the union it con- trols to pacify the workers and keep them away from the young but growing independent Transport Workers’ Union, The sooner all the workers in the I. R. T. will realize that it is up to them and them alone to improve their conditions the sooner will they suc- ceed in doing so. Many of the I. R. T. workers have already learned this lesson, and have acted accordingly. The lessons learned by these workers should serve as an example to follow by the rest of the I. R. T. workers as well as the workers in other industries, The consolidation of the dissatisfaction inside the company union and the establishment of joint action of all the workers in the industry is the best guarantee for the improvement of the condi- tions of the workers. Such activiti inside the company unions by the workers outside of them, will make possible the establishment of a powerful workers’ union in the industry and smash the company union ag an in- strument of the-bosses against the workesa Party Life Work and Tasks On Waterfront Is Discussed INCE we helped to make some of | the mistakes of Section 1, District 2 in waterfront work, | unit 34 had a very clear conception | of these errors, | We knew that we had to have} several developed comrades from the docks themselves to lead the rank and file work-or it would fall apart and not. reflect the actual needs and moods of the men. We also knew that pure and simple trade unionism did. not reflect adequately. the needs and interests of the men. So we did not hide the face of the | Party in any sense. What we did was to first concen- trate on the four most likely con- tacts. | unsuitable for the Party and so we |soon had a paper dock nucleus} bee we proceeded to develop into | |the habit of meeting regularly and | | to work with, giving and taking po- | litical education from the men. To |the entire unit membership we em- |phasized the need for becoming a | Part of the lives of their contacts, at least until these contacts were Only one of these proved} fully developed. As soon as the nucleus was formed we issued a dock paper. Because of the marine strike the first issue was | brought out in a great hurry and contained errors, But.even the | first one had almost all the informa- tion furnished by the workers, and | it became popular immediately. The | workers objected only to the Party name but not to the political ar- ticles, and we refused to change the name. The fourth issue, just out, is already edited and written almost entirely by the longshoremen them- selves. This was the most popular issue, and-furthermore, an inter- mediate issue, where we wrote more. | was the least popular. (Four in the | outside unit have earned their liv- ings as writers.) We knew that the principal ob- jection of the workers on every dock to activity was danger of job discrimination. So we adopted) strictly underground methods Of or- ganization, advertising our careful | investigation of all applicants, and! at the same time we assured every new Communist that he would| eventually have to fight for our pro- gram in the union. The first of our leaflets from the outside: was called “What the Com- munist Party Me ans to You,” and explained why outside Communists were on the docks, that the Com-| munist Party Means to You,” and leafiets on the Daily Worker, the | way to win a strike, on relief, on| unemployment and social insurance, Of course, -we sell the language press and the Daily Worker as wel! | 88 pamphlets, Outside of a correct union and Party line and concentration, our | principal emphasis to the outside workers has been on precision in keeping appointments |and being seen with the literature. The men stress this a great deal, and we | have obtained. it. We do not ask any one te accept an unreasonable number of assignments, even though we have only about 10 members of the outside unit who can appear on the docks, But this tells only half the story: We think we were able to get such a high standard of discipline be- cause, first, the section sent us se-. lected comrades, to begin with, and Second, because of the high quality of the agit-prop work (we always have our discussions and have them linked up with our day-to-day work, and. we accept regular reading as- signments which are checked upon.) But I shall leave the description of this. work to our. Agit-prop, ‘The Buro has also issued a circular on methods of work to the comrades, We also certainly have our short- comings. We have rather constant guidance from the Section Buro in trying to eradicate them, and the rank and file in the unit is develop- ing a healthy tendency to criticize and suggest as it gets more experi- ence, After about 8 weeks of work we have a functioning nucleus, and any more or less qualified con- acts for the Party and the union rank and file. We hope that we shall soon get forces to develop the latter. Furthermore, we understand that by learning the same lessons from practically the same mistakes, of all workers. We have also issued | | ‘DON’T WORRY, J. P. Burck will give the o 1¢inal drawing of his cartoon to the highest contrinutor each day towards his quota of $1,000. SEE HIM THROUGH! Burck prophesied he'd raise $800 by the end of IT’S A BLANK?’ by Burck | = |World Front ROOSEVELT the week. He still needs $75 to make good. Vassar Student ..++essesseeeseseenees Abolition of the Bees In the U.S.S.R. and Its Meaning (Resolution of the Plenum of the Central Committee of the C. P. 8. U. on the Report of V. M. Molotov. Adopted Nov. 26, 1934.) I. As a result of the rapid growth | of cities and new industrial dis- tricts in connection with the enormous scale of the industrializa- | tion of the U. S. S. R. and in con- nection with the steady rise in the well-being of the broad masses of the workers and peasants, there has been a great increase in the de- mand for bread and other food products. This demand began to| tise with particular rapidity after | the beginning of the first Five Year Plan, At the same time the vigorous development of the sowing of crops for industry to supply the needs of our manufacturers with our own Soviet agricultural raw material caused a considerable in- crease to take place in the amount of grain which had to be delivered to the peasant population of dis- tricts principally engaged in the production of such industrial raw material. Moreover, at that time there were not many collective farms and state farms, and agri- culture in our country, particularly the production of grain, was at a very low level. The small indi- vidual peasant farms which at that time were the prevailing form, and their backward technical equipment and poor crops were unable to sup- ply the growing demands. of the towns,. the industrial districts and the districts engaged in the cultiva- tion of industrial crops. In view of this a system of rationing of sup- plies (the card system) was intro- duced, IV. The introduction of the card system for bread and other food products was not only necessary, but during the last few years it has been an important condition for improving supplies for the workers. The card system of supply during Section No. 3 has already completed its quota in the membership drive for’ longshoremen, Comradely, L. S., Organizer, Unit 34, Section 1, District 2. Kiroy Memorial Meet in Chicago Set for Dee. 21 CHICAGO, Ill, Dec, 13.—A Kiroy memorial meeting has been organ- ized in the city of Chicago by the. Communist Party, to be held Fri- day, Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at Peo- ples’ Auditorium, 2457 West Chicago Avenue, are The Chicago working class is arousedvagainst the murder of one of the outstanding leaders: of the’ Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Comrade Sergei Kirov, and atthe recent meeting of the dis- trict committee a resolution was passed, calling upon the working class to act in defense of the Soviet Union against the attacks of the white guards and international capitalism. LECTURE ON COUGHLIN DETROIT, Mich., Dec, 13.—The real character of Father Coughlin’s recently launched National Union for Social Justice will be exposed by Max Salzman, director of the De- troit Workers School, in a lecture on “Father Coughlin’s New Fascist Program,” Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Workers Open Forum.. The lec- this period was particularly neces- sary because, despite the fact that much higher prices prevaviled on the free market and the elements of speculation existed in this field, the supply of bread to the workers was carried out at fixed state prices. It was only as the result of this system that the state was able, despite its limited resources, to provide supplies in full for the towns and industrial districts and give preferential supplies to the most important centers and to the shock workers in the factories,-while at the same time providing for the supply of grain at fixed: state prices to the peasants bringing in argicul- tural raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, tobacco, etc., with the | aim of increasing the cultivation of Andustrial crops and ‘increasing the amount of raw material delivered to industry. Ill, By now, when big mé - ized methods of agriculti have taken the place of the small scat- tered individual farms, when the collective farms and state farms have assumed a dominant place in agriculture and when we have al- ready achieved a high measure of organizational and economic con- solidation of these farms, the situa- tion has changed, This is shown not only by the suc- cess of the grain delivery campaign this year but particularly the suc- state has now at its disposal an adequate amount of grain which will fully and undoubtedly provide for the supply of food for the popu- ture will be given at Finnish Work- ere’ Fall, 5969 14th Ave, near Me- Gram lation without the need of a card system, by means of the universal and widespread development of the amount of the sale of bread, Im such a @inatiog | 2p Wage for te various bremcbes , : Editorial Staff D. W. .. + 6.50 Previously Rec'd. ......++0+++5 ++ 708.01 +-$ 10.00 Total .iccsecececcsenecenssrecesess SIQM5L the card system for the sale of) d Car of national economy with. a view to —— By HARRY GANNES -—— | China Missionaries | Don’t Believe Chiang A Royal Wedding ISSIONARIES and army | chaplains are very much |concerned about the Soviets |in China. Gullible as they are, they can’t swallow Chiang Kai Shek’s claims of victory. In fact, the two we will quote here utter their opinions only to point out the danger to the im- perialist rulers of the steady ad- | vance and sweep of the Soviet move- | ment in China. Now Father Troy is one of those priests who carries the sword of god into China in the literal sense. He is a major ih the Officers’ Scserve Corps, U. S. A. For months he lived on the border of the Soviet district in Kiangsi. He recently ar- rived in Washington, where he was jinterviewed by capitalist newspaper correspondents. “There is little truth in reports that the Nanking government has dispersed the so-called Reds in central China,” he said. “Cam- paign after campaign is waged against them, but the Commu- nists divide before the advancing columns like water before a boat, then come together again behind. Communism, on the contrary, seems to be growing.” 'ATHER TROY'’S remedy is an in- ternational consortium of the imperialist powers acting unitedly to destroy the Red menace. He thinks the U. S. shouldn’t take part, which is a little more than hypo- critical on his part, for if he did spend any time near the Kiangsi Soviet districts he could not have missed the fact that Uncle Sam's airplanes frequently dropped bombs on Chinese workers and peasants and their families with money pro- vided by the Roosevelt government. The other religious expression of the representatives of the foreign imperialists comes from the Rev. H. W. Funnell, This missionary is stationed at Langchung (Paoning) Szechuan province, which happens to be in the path of the Red Army sweeping across that province. Writ- ing in “China's Millions,” a foreign mission sheet published in New York, Rev. H. W. Funnell concludes his article by saying: “Pray that in God's. own way this (the defeat of the Soviets) may be brought to pass soon. Until they are defeated, the danger is still at our doors.” Nevertheless, he has to admit that bread and certain other food prod- | preserving the advantage established | when the Red Army confiscates mis< ucts cari only serve as a hindrance | for the different groups and cate- sion buildings they do not destroy to the improvement of supplies and | gories of workers under the card|them, but if they are re-captured must therefore be abolished. The | abolition of the bread card system will be a new and important step! toward the replacement of the sys- tem of centralized distribution by | the extension of Soviet trading in| accordance with the directives adopted by the 17th Party Confer- ence on the second Five Year Plan. | IV. The abolition of the bread | card system and the cards for other | food products should do away with | the present dual prices (ration prices and prices in open state stores and must bring about the) establishment of fixed and uniform state prices for every region or re- public. This uniform price for bread and other food products must be fixed approximately as the average between the existing high prices in the open state stores and the ex- tremely low ration prices, giving due consideration to the various conditions of transport, etc, affect- ing supplies in the various districts. In connection with the fact that this will lead to a certain rise over the ration prices for bread, the Plenum of the Central Committee | of the Communist Party of the So- | viet Union considers that a corre- sponding increase must be made in | the wages of workers and em- | Ployees. V. Simultaneously with the abo- lition of the card system in the towns it is necessary to completely abolish the rational supply of grain in consideration of the delivery of agricultural raw material such as cotton, flax, hemp, tobacco, etc. Owin to the increase which will take place in the ration prices of bread, | the abolition of this “special issue” of grain must be accompanied by a corresponding increase in the pur- chase price of cotton, hemp, flax, ete. VI. The abolition of the card sys- tem and the introduction of the universal wide sale of bread as well as flour and some other food prod- ucts must be accompanied by the extensive development of the trad- ing system both in town and vil- lage, the utmost development of state and cooperative bread baking and ‘the proper distributicn of grain reserves over the districts of supply. While leaving in force the existing | system of collective farm trading, it is ncessary to conduct a relent- less struggle against any attempt at grain speculation and other attacks of the class enemy while this most important measure is being en- forced. In view of the above the plenum! of the C.C., C.P.S.U., considers it necessary : 1, To abolish the card system for | the supply of bread, flour and! cereals from January 1, 1935, and everywhere to carry on the sale of bread and other food products on a wide scale to the population from state and cooperative stores. 2. To abolish all existing retail prices of bread, flour and cereals, and to introduce uniform state retail prices for bread, flour and cereals,! which will apply to a number of} territorial zones, each including de- finite groups of regions and repub- lics, In connection with the aboli- 3. tion of the card. system and the fixing of uniform retail prices for bread, flour and cereals, from Janu- ary 1, 1935, to raise the wages of the workers and employees, the stipends of students and the pen- sions of pensioners. The Council of Peoples’ Commis- sars of the USSR. is directed to system of supply. 4, To abolish, beginning with January 1, 1935, the existing sys- tem of issuing grain at ration prices to peasants delivering agricultural raw materials and to widely or- ganize the sale of bread and flour in all districts where agricultural raw material is widely purchased. 5. In connection with, the estab- | lishment of a uniform retail price for bread and flour, to raise the purchasing prices of agricultural raw materials in those cases when bread | was previously issued by the state at reduced prices to the collective farms, collective farmers and indi- | vidual farmers for the delivery of this raw material to the state. To direct the Council of Peoples’ Commissars of the US.S.R. to fix new purchase prices for various kinds and qualities of cotton, flax, hemp, tobacco, etc., for each zone and district and also to fix new purchase prices in the zones and districts for peasant tobacco, silk cocoons, lambskin, furs, wool and fish, delivered to the state by fish- ing collectives. 6. To organize the extensive Sale of grain fodder both for the popu- | lation and for the use of govern- ment, collective farm and co-opera- tive consumers, from government and co-operative stores and ware-| houses at uniform government prices in each zone, 7. The sale of bread is to be car- ried-on both through the govern- ment and co-operative bread stores and also through the other state and co-operative food stores which are adapted for the sale of bread, while the sale of flour is to be car- tied on by the state trading sys- tem, the workers’ supply depart- ments, and the state purchasing or- ganizations and also the consumers’ co-operative societies, with the per- mission of the local organs of the Peoples’ Commissariat of Internal Trade. 8. To begin immediately to broad- en the state and co-operative “Sys- tem of Stores” for the sale of bread, increasing it by at least 10,000 stores by April 1, 1935, both by the recon- struction and adaptation of exist- ing stores, and by building new stores and booths in acco:dance with a plan to be adopted by the Council of Peoples’ Commissars of the U. S.S. R. 9. To draw up monthly plans for the supply of flour and cereals to the trading organizations, to in- dustry and other state consumers in the various regions and repub- lies in quantities which will ensure an uninter:upted sale of bread uni- versally on a wide scale, and the complete satisfaction of the de. mands of the population, for which purpose to create adequate flour and cereal reserves in the various re- gions and republics. 10. The local Party and Soviet or- ganizations are required to provide the premises necessary for the de- velopment of the trading system for the sale of bread and flour and to give every assistance to the trading organizations in the building of new stores and bakeries. The abolition of the card system for bread and some other food products and the general introduc- tion of the sale of bread and flour at uniform fixed state prices, as well as the unquestionable possibility of a further reduction of these prices in the future, together with the re- duction of prices of manufactured articles create the favorable condi- tions for a further improvement in the wellbeing of the workers and peasants. T became pogpibia te camy out |by the Kuomintang troovs they are burned to the ground or shot to pieces. EST any reader overlook the course of action reauired of him, on page 158 of the same issue of “China's Millions,” the editors, under the title “Pray,” declare: “That East Szechuan and other areas may be delivered from the control of Communists.” The U. S. War De- partment, under Roosevelt's instruc- tions, are listening to these prayers and doing all they can to bring them to fruition. Not, however, with much success, according to Father Ries G . * . E HAVE just received the Nov. 29 issue of the British Daily Worker, vecoted to the Royal Rabbit Warren wedding of Prince George of England and Princes Marina of Greece. The entire issue was sold out, with the workers appealing for copies. The tremendous annual cost of keeping the royal parasites is tabulated as follows by the Daily Worker: King and Queen .. Prince of Wales Duke of York ... Duke of Connaught - Princess Louise ++ 30,000 Princess Beatrice . 30,000 |Edward VII's daughters... 90,000 George V’s Younger Children |. -6c<.4 02 «130,000 Every time a royal spawn is added to the parasitic litter it costs the British workers $30,000. British royalty, howevér, found it quite easy to blow itself to this costly wedding and the placing of |Marina on a $100,000 dole because during the year 1933, through wage cuts and dole cuts, the working class was robbed of $200,000,000, which was distributed among the parasites royal and ordinary. “Let the Royal Wedding act as a further spur to all those workers who are determined to end capital- ism,” declared the editorial of the Daily Worker—‘“to end the rule of the robbers, to end the rule of the parasites and hangers-on, whatever the color of their blood. “Meantime, the workers will also note that on the eve of the wedding the big debate is staged on the further war preparations of the Na- tional Government, so that its real significance—the daily and hourly preparation for war — will be ob- scured by all the flummery and the sycophancy that will be let loose on a Royal: Wedding.” this measure owing to the victory of the collectivisation system in the | Villages and the progress of agri<- | culture, and in turn this assists to- ward a further and still_more rapid growth of agriculture and industry on the basis of the growing strength of the Soviet ruble and the develope ment of commodity turnover bee tween town and village. The great and complex practical tasks which face the Party and the workers’ and peasants’ goveznment in connection with the carrying out of the present decision makes it necessary for all Party, Soviet and trade union organizations to carry on the essential tional measures and to give due considera~ tion to local features in operative work, at the same time decisively repelling any disorganizing attacks by the class enemy. The carrying out of the present decision must find its reflection in a further consolidation of the ale liance between the workers and peasants and the victorious advance of the cause of socialism in our