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CALIFORNIA STRUGGLE

(Continued from Pope'1.)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER

1934.

STALIN IS RUSSIA'S MAN OF STEEL

¿Continued from Pune 6) ernor upon the death of Governor Democratic Party split into Vol- James Rolph several months ago. Ishevik and Menshevik wings in Prior to that, Merriam was en-1903. His official blographical tenant governor,

skotch describes him as "Lenin's Sinclair predicts he will most orthodox disciple." Unlike his swept into offlee by a majority of great enemy whom he anally des-! more than a hundred thousand.troyed politically, Leon Trotzky,

caused

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political he engaged in no pre-revolutionary sensation by winning the De- polemies on theoretical questions) mocratic noidination for governor with Leuin. It the primary last August out of a field of nine Democratie conten ders, including Mr. George Creel, Mr. Woodrow Wilson's director of public Information during the World War. Creel afterward turned his support to Sinclair,

Impartial observers, however, predfet a close race due to the desperate fight waged by the Republicans who claim Sinclain la ab economie menace and would Junge California inth bankrupter with "ernekhrulned Socialistic ex- periments that are mighty close to Anarchy."

In

"It is not merely an election' to deelde who will be governor of California-it in above election to decide whether Pre- aldent Roosevelt will be president In 1936, is the way Sinclair puts it. Sinclair has aligned his "Epic" plan with the New Deal and claims the support of Pre sident Roosevelt.

MIDDLE COURSE.

There can be little doubt that: many traits of Stalin's characteri were formed during the many years which were divided between underground activity and periods; of exite. In this expérience there was small scope for speechmaking, dobating and voting. There was always the need for conspiracy, for obedience to orders, for a very watchful appraisal of every now reerut to the party. A favourite device of the police was to employ provocators in order to learn the secrets of the revolutionary groups and catch their leaders., A saying much in vogue during the last years of Lenin's life was: "Lonin trusts Stalin; Stalin trusts no one": and the leader of the Com munist Party certainly makes the Impression of a man who keeps his own counsel and does not give his confidence readily to anyone.

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Space forbids a detailed descrip-| A third candidate for governor, Stalin rose to supreme power In tion of the various stages by which Raymond L. Haight, running on the Communist councils, of the! the Progressive and „Commun wealth tickets, is hardly expected Zinoviev and Kamenev, undermined way in which he, in alliance with to be a serious contender. Haight and politically destroyed Trotzky, made a strong campaign On the of hier subsequent triumph over his claim that he represents a sane associates, Zinoviev and Kamenev, middle enurse between the radi- of the latest and final stage of his esilam of Sinclair and the rear-political triumph: the elimination tionary Republicanism of Merrian, from Ingential rank of the former The eampaign has ruptured Premter. A. I. Rykov; the former party lines throughout the state, head of the Soviet trade unions. Thousands of Democrats claim Sinclair is an impostor in editor of the Communisi

who Mikhail Tomsky, and the former their ranks and that he is only paper. Prarda, Nikolai Bukharin. temporarily casting aside is of greater inmediate interest is radieni mantle, are expected to Stalin's own platform, the goals

for Merriam. Likewise, which he puratter, thousands of Republicans who ob- jort to the alleged toryism of) He is a worshipper at the shrine Merriam, are expected to voto for of mechanical efficiency; and he Sinclair.

has not hesitated to apply methods of wartime ruthlessness to drivel the country along the road of in- dustrial development and to break the resistance of the peasantry to collective farms, operated under the elose supervision of the state:

vote

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Feeling has reached #1 high pitch. Mr. Harry Coha, president of Columbin Motion Pictures, has threatened that he will close down his Hollywood studio and move East f Sinclair is elveted Columbia is the largest of The

"When we put the worker on the Indejenduat studius," "We want automobile and the penannt on the no part, or parest of Shelair, tractor we shall see which conn- Cohn said. "We will eloge Dur tries are considered advanced and Hollywood studio in a minute if which are backward, bo boasted He is elected."

on one occasion. And his few Originally L report cirealsted at Columbia, are with

was pubtle pronouncements are filled!

exhortations amount, Univeral and United Artista would move east in event of Sinclair victory, It rumoured the studios feareil prohibitive tax pn their products if Sipelge become governor. All except Columbin denied the port.

United Press.

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The Sincere Company's advertis ing and display department in responsible for the arrangement, the majority of the artistle stands being designed and made by them. The work reveals how things can be advantageously displayed in a limited space; many of the stands are of original and clever desirus.

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Local manufacturers participat- ing include the National Lacquer & Paint Products Co., Welted Handkerchiefs Mfg. Co., China

Can Co. The World Pencil Co., Sincere Co. (Perfumery Mfr.), Lid.. Castle Peak Coranile Co., M. P. San & Co.. On Lok Yuen and Wing Hosiery Mills.

The Exhibition in opeu dally from 11 am, to 10 p.m. for free Inspection. It will close on the 10th instant.

The prevalence of cases of santch- ing was commented on by Mr. Macfadyen in the Central Police Court this morning when ho passed sentence of three months' hard labour on Ng Kui-chan, for stealing á foun- tain pen from the pocket of a man in Des Voeux Road Central. The de- fendant, said Sub-Inspector Dredge, was seen to follow the complainant and to usa kis felt hat as a cover in the contrarior of the pen. The pa was valued at $15, pp

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