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Page Four COMMUNISTS OF ROUMANIA FACE REIGN OF TERROR Labor Press Stopped; Union Offices Shut (Special to The Daily Worker) BUCHAREST, Roumania, April 15. —(By mail)—While “patriotic” de- monstrations were staged in Bessa- rabia and in other parts of occupied territory, at the same time the rich landowners’ government of Bratianu proclaimed a state of seige in Bucha- rest, Chernovitz, Kluye, and Jassy. After mass raids the political police discovered that the Communist Party of Roumania is in close contact with Soviet Russia and is therefore, guilty of “treason.” The editors of the Com- munist paper of Bucharest and the pa- per of the Madjar workers of Semi- grad, “Munkach,” will be court-mar- tialed. The party attempted to issue another paper, but the editors as well as the compositors have been arrest- ed. At first the government prohibited the use of mails to the Communist press and the sale of the papers in the streets, but with the declaration of a state of seige the government decided to destroy the labor press altogether. At the same time the mili- tary prosecutor closed up the offices of the trade unions. All Suspected Deported. The terrorism of the government takes on different forms. In Semi- grad, Temeshware, and Brassove mass arrests are going on among the civilian population as well as among the soldiers. The usual accusation is “espionage.” The capitalist press of Bucharest is accusing every “foreign- er” of being a spy, and is demanding that all “foreigners”—i. e., all those who are not Roumanians by birth, and there are at present 6,000,000 of such out of the 15,000,000 population within the borders of the “Greater Rou- mania,” shall be expelled from gov- ernment and civil offices, and shall be denied such rights that are still en- joyed by the Roumanians. Many such “foreigners” who have been born and lived all their lives in the territory now occupied by the Roumanians, are being arrested and deported abroad. Not only workers are the vic- tims of these deportations, but also small business people, intellectuals, etc. Everyone who is suspected of being unfriendly to the conquerors is liable to be arrested and deported. At the same time the government press agents are widely advertising ~———-abread-the. “patriotic” manifestations carefully staged with the aid of stool pigeons, the political policy and small bands of Fascisti. Bessarabian Terror Reign Protested By Refugee Thousands MOSCOW, May 20.—A big demon-| stration was held in Vienna with the) participation of thousands of refugees | from Eastern Galicia and Bessarabia, | to protest against the Polish and Rou- manian terror and the occupation of Bessarabia by Roumania. A delegation of Vienna Bessara-| bians called on Mr. Krestinsky, the} Chief Delegate of the Union of Soviet} Socialist Republics, and presented documentary evidence of the reign of terror now prevailing in Bessarabia, demanding the withdrawal of Rouma- nian troops, a general referendum and the release of all political prisoners now in jail in Bessarabia. Pat Harrison to Talk. NEW YORK, May 20.—Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi will be the temporary chairman and deliver the party keynote address at the Demo- SOCIALISTS LEARN ABOUT ST. PAUL - N reply to the open letter addressed to the National Executive Commit- tee of the Socialist Party by the Cen- tral Executive Committee of the Workers Party, demanding that the Socialist Party sever its connection with the Conference for Progressive Political Action which is still in the business of endorsing old Party can- didates and affiliate with the June 17th Farmer-Labor Convention, the following letter has been received from Bertha Hale White, Executive Secretary of the Socialist Party: Workers Party of America, C. E. Ruthenberg, Executive Sec’y. 1009 N. State St., Chicago, Il. Dear Comrades: This will acknowledge receipt of your communication of May 10, ad- dressed to the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party, in which you demand the immediate withdrawal of the Socialist Party from the, Conference for Progressive Political Action, to which the So- cialist Party is affiliated, and its par- ticipation in a convention which has been called to meet in St. Paul, Minn. on June 17th, for the announced pur- pose of forming an alignment of farmers and workers for the coming campaign. While the National Office of the So- cialist Party has had indirect infor- mation of the §$t. Paul convention, it has had no official communication whatever respecting it. In order to decide fairly whether the convention at St. Paul offers more to a truly revolutionary, class con- scious political party of the working class than the Conference for Prog- ressive Political Action, will you kindly send this office copies of the platform and program upon which the call was issued for submission to our executive? For the information of our com- mittee, may we ask if you have the authority to invite our participation, and, if so, is the letter which you have submitted to be considered as a formal invitation? It has been our understanding that the invitations to the St. Pafil convention were issued some time ago, and it is hardly pos- sible that the time yet remaining be- fore June 17th will permit the elec- tion of delegates should the WNa- tional Executive Committee ohey your rather imperious command. Fraternally yours, Bertha Hale White, Executive Secretary. To this letter, the Workers Party has replied as follows: Bertha Hale White, Executive Sec’y., Socialist Party, 2653 Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Dear Comrades: Official invitations to the St. Paul Farmer-Labor Convention are being sent out by the National Arrange- ments Committee of which William Mahoney is chairman and C. A. Hatha- way, secretary. The address of the Committee is, Labor Temple, St. Paul., Minn. If your organization has not re- ceived an invitation from this com- mittee, it is undoubtedly due to an oversight. If you will communicate with the Committee I am sure that such an invitation will be sent at once. For your further information, I am enclosing a copy of the call for the SAN FRANCISCO BENEFIT BAZAAR COMES SATURDAY German Children To Profit By Program (Special to The Daily Worker) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. May 20.— The grand international concert, ba- zaar and ball for the benefit of the starving children of Germany, prom- ised for Saturday evening, May 24, at 8 p. m. in California Hall, Turk and Polk streets, will be one of the most interesting events held here for some time. The evening’s entertainment will be of the highest order, including num- bers by the Freundschafs Saenger Band; the Gesang Verein “Alpenroe- sli;” the San Francisco Spartan Club, the Maennerchor; and Damenchor ing branches: Esthonian, San Francisco... North West English, Chicago. Greek, New York Cit: Hungarian, Los Angeles. English, St. Louis.... Mid-City, English, Chicag Finnish, Fort Bragg, Cal. Lith. Workers’ Soc. Br., Grand Rapids, Mich. ... Lettish, New York, N. Y. Czecho-Slovak, Buffalo Boston, English Finnish, Mass, Mich. L. M. P. S. A., 37 Br. Grand Rapids Mich. ... . 5.00 Russian, Wheeling, W. Va. $8.90 Russian, Pullman, IIl. ...... 2.00 Branch W. P., East Liverpool, O. 5.00 Russian, Detroit .. -- 15.00 W. P. Branch, Brooklyn, N, Y. 5.00 Finnish, Quincy, Mass. 3.00 These branches are showing the THE DAILY WORKER Convention. call reads: “We extend an invitation to send delegates to this convention to all farmer organizations, local unions, central labor bodies, state federations of labor, jnternational unions, co-op- erative organizations, labor fraternal organizations and all farmer and la- bor political organizations . . .” The call further provides that “each national organization shall be entitled to five votes.” This invitation which has been broadcasted thru the labor press of the country, I am sure, is broad enough to include the Socialist Party. Fraternally yours, C. BE. Ruthenberg, Executive Secretary. We are very happy, indeed, that the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party was inspired to send the open letter to the National Execu- tive Committee of the Socialist Party. It seems if it were not for this in- spiration on the part of the Central Executive Committee of our Party, the Socialist Party would have re- mained in complete ignorance of the class movement of farmers and work- ers which is expressing itself in the June 17th Convention, altho the call for the June 17th Convention has been printed in labor papers all over the country and has been commented upon by even most of the capitalist newspapers. It is curious, indeed, that under these circumstances a Party such as the Socialist’ Party which claims to be a party of the working class You will note that this a It should not be difficult for the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party to decide whether the June 17th “convention at St. Paul offers more to a truly revolutionary, class conscious political party of the working class than the Conference for Progressive Political Action.” To us this seems a very simple question. It can be answered by contrasting the attitude of the groups behind the June 17th Convention and the Conference for Progressive Political Action on one point only, and on this point the Socialist Party should have as much information as any one else in the United States. The Socialist Party knows that the Conference for Progressive Political Action does not stand for independent political action of the workers and farmers. It knows that the Confer- ence for Progressive Political Action has met three times and three times refused to go on record for indepen- dent political action by the workers and farmers. It knows that even now the Conference for Progres- sive Political Action is supporting candidates on the old party tickets. We cite as evidence the action of the C. P. P. A. in the state of California, which is fighting against independent political action and even goes so far as to bring the prestige of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor decision to bear as a means of preventing the workers and farmers of California from supporting a movement for in- dependent political action of which, contrary to the position of the na- tional organization of the Socialist should have remained in complete ig- norance of the character of the June 17th mass movement of farmers and workers. | FARMER-LABOR FUND CONTRIBUTIONS Returns received by the National Office of the Workers Party, during the past week, show contributions to the Farmer-Labor fund from the follow- Finnish, Ashburnham, Mass. So. Slav, Cleveland. Hungarian, Chicago .. So. Slav No. 17, Detroit. 10.00 23.00 14.00 18.00 Finnish, Gardner, Mass. .. 9.00 Russian, Elizabeth, N. J. 10.00 New Brighton, Pa. ... 30.35 C. C. C. Washington, D. C. 5.00 Finnish, Racine, Wis. 10:00 Anonymous, Riverside, Cal. 5.00 Czecho-Slovak, Binghampton, N.. Y.. - 25.00 Jewish, Newark 6.50 Finnish, Brantwood, Wis. 10,00 Russian, Haverhill, Mass. 9.00 Minneapolis, Minn., Russian 4.00 Russian, Davenport, Iowa.. 1.00 So, Slavic, Harmarville, P: 24.50 English, Detroit 10.00 Rual Ridge, Pa. W. P. 6.00 English, Berkeley, Cal. 8.00 right spirit in giving support to the “Lyra;” Bittner brothers at the violin | campaign the party is carrying on at the present time. They represent, how- and piano; Mrs. Johnson, soprano; R,|€¥er, only a small proportion of the total number of branches of our party, Bamattre, cellist; Miss Alice Kagan, | 20t more than one-fifth of the branches having responded thus far. That is international dances. W. Heidelmann is stage director. German delicacies will be offered to appease the lower appetites of the audience. Gabler and C. G. Blickle, Moorgarten Lodge, Druids, are in charge of the food, and Otto Santer in charge of the bar. Donations of money and goods for the bazaar have been pouring into the office of the committee in charge. All indications point to a most successful and delightful evening with tangible results for the needy German chil- dren. But He Went to the Races. WASHINGTON, May 20.—President Coolidge cancelled all his engage- ments and remained in his rooms in the White House suffering from a cold. C. Bascom Slemp, the president's secretary, said the indisposition was not serious and that Mr. Coolidge ex- cratic national convention here. pected to attend the horse show here HAVE YOUR PRINTING DONE IN YOUR OWN SHOP. 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OUR BOOK REVIEW SECTION Mexico. “Where the outsider has seen noth- ing but tumult, revolt, restlessness, lack of discipline, bloodshed, there has really been a consistent striving for a single end—to give the enslaved, op- pressed and humiliated masses of Mexico a status of full economic, po- litical and social equality.” Thus writes Plutarco Elias Calles, associate of Obregon and probably next president of Mexico, in the May issue of The Survey Graphic. Writers in the magazine agree that the gov- ernment south of the Rio Grande has a sweeping program of social and eco- nomic reform, but that the program has not been put into operation for the most part. “No government in Mexico can last unless it recognizes the age-long cry of the Indian for land,” says Calles. But the government is “proceeding cautiously,” secretary of agriculture Ramon P. de Negri admits: “So far only about 3,000 villages (out of a stated 15,000) have been given provi- sional possession of their lands.” The power of the organized labor movement which has taken the place of the military class as the dominat- ing force in Mexican life is described by Frank Tannenbaum, who shows that Obregon defeated the recent mili- tarist rebellion by arming and sending into battle under their own leaders the peasants’ and workers’ organiza- tions. Mexico is not a workers’ state. “Ob regon obviously placed more faith in his Yaqui Indians than in his volun- ‘teer workers and peasant brigades |which might subsequently be tempted to inaugurate industrial revolution,” says Carleton Beals. Artists such as the Communist Die- go Rivera and educators like Jose Vas- concelos show by their articles and |pictures in The Survey not only that | Mexicon Indians, the vast bulk of the population, have a rich esthetic and |communal heritage but that a revolu- |tlonary rebirth is taking place. That this is having a profound effect on all Latin America, is the testimony by V. R. Haya de la Torre, president, Stu- dents’ Federation of Peru, U, S. ofl diplomacy is not discussed in The Survey. More Balkan Barking. MOSCOW, May 20—The Yugo- Slavian press is indignant at the fact that the Roumanians pillaged two small towns which were to be handed over to Yugo-Slavia prior to evacu- ating them. The press advances that the government take strong measures and do not turn over to Roumania those localities which should be turned over according to the treaty, before Roumania compensates for the losses and settles the frontier ques- tions. It is reported that the Yugo-Slavian government will address a strong note of protest to the Roumanian gov- ernment. Try to Bluff With “Sie: | MOSCOW, May 20.—Vienna reports that, in connection with the student and Fascist troubles, the Roumanian government has decided to declare a state of siege at Bukharest. The Rosta correspondent at Vienna learns, however, that the reason given above for the declaration of the state of siege is but a pretext, the true ob- ject being to terrorize the labor move- ment and eradicate any move in favor of the realization of the plebiscite as demanded by the Soviet government. Even the official Vittorul avows that the state of siege is a measure to fight “White and Red Bolshevism” alike. Russian Platinum’ Found. MOSCOW, May 20.—Platinum has been uncovered in quite a considera- ble amount in the bed of the Belaya river, an affluent of the Anadyr river (Siberia). Party, the state organization of the Socialist Party of California is a part. In contrast to the position of the Kruse Lectures At Lewis Institute On Russia And Germany On invitation of the “Liberal Club” of Lewis Institute, a leading technical college in the’ Middle West with an enrollment of 2500 students, William E. Kruse lectured in the school au- ditorium on the subject of his recent visit in Russia and Germany. An ex- cellent attendance was assured when upon request of the students, several teachers dismissed evening classes to permit them to attend. Two reels of pictures were shown in connection with the talk.’ Unfor- tunately, the short version of the reg- ular “Russia and Germany” film which was shown by the speaker at the Uni- versity of Chicago, was going the rounds of eastern colleges, showings having already been made at Yale and Swarthmore. On short notice the two opening reels of the full length pic- ture were used at Lewis. These showed the Youth Day demonstration in ‘Moscow and the great Moscow In- ternational Agricultural Exposition. Conditions in Germany were then de- scribed by the speaker, and several in- teresting questions on Russian educa- tion were answered. Russian Delegation Touring Turk Land With Trade Exhibits (By Rosta News Agency). MOSCOW, May 20,—Before leaving for Turkey, the trade delegation of the Russo-Oriental Chamber of Com- merce, visited the Turkish Ambassa- dor, Akhmet Mukhtar Bey, who re- marked that he was confident the delegation would meet with a warm reception on the part of the Turkish {government and the business and public circles in Turkey. The delegation also visited Mr. Chitcherin, the People’s Commissary of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Krassin, the People’s Commissary of Foreign Trade and Mr. Lejava, the Chairman of the Commission for Internal Trade. The delegation is taking to Turkey about 500 poods of different samples of the Russian industry, including the ance ECR E SORE, MU SUNT By C. E. Ruthenberg Conference for Progressive Political Action asking the voters to support candidates on the old party tickets, the June 17th Convention is a call for independent, political action. The June 17th Convention will not endorse any old party candidates. The June 17th Convention and the state organ- izations affiliated with it will support candidates on the Farmer-Labor ticket only. The June 17th Convention group has forever cut its relationship with the capitalist political parties. This is the answer to the question in the letter from the Executive Sec- retary of the Socialist Party. The facts are so plain that even the So- cialist Party cannot deny them. Will the Socialist Party, in the face of these facts, continue its affiliation with the Conference for Progressive Political Action or will it break away from this group which still plays old party politics and align itself with the mass movement of workers and farmers which is going forward to the formation of the class Farmer- Labor Party in this country. Let the National Executive Com- mittee of the Socialist Party answer that question. No member of the Socialist Party who has even the slightest conception of the class basis of political strug- gles will have any doubt as to what the answer should be. Various local and state groups of the Socialist Party are already supporting the June 17th Convention contrary to the policy of the National Executive Com- mittee. They should demand that the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party do likewise and cut its affiliation with the betrayers of the movement for independent politi- cal action organized in the C. P. P. A. LABOR CRUCIFIED BETWEEN ? OLD BOSS PARTIES But Labor Fakers Have Lots Of Patience (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, May 20.—How is labor in picking one of the old politica) parties to reward its friends and pun- ish its enemies when both republi- cans and democrats turn out to be enemies? This riddle presented itself to persons listening to the report on the New York state legislature given by Secretary-Treasurer John M. O'Hanlon, state federation of labor, to the New York City Central Trades and Labor council.~ The republican assembly defeated four of labor’s bills and helped kill a fifth, while the democratic senate de- feated the measure prohibiting use of injunctions in labor disputes prior to jury trial, O’Hanlon explained. The republican speaker of the assembly promised support for the eight-hour bill for women, and then called a caucus to kill the bill. The anti-in- junction measure was endorsed by the democratic state platform and the democratic governor, but the demo- crats defeated it. Other planks in labor’s program as enumerated by O’Hanlon are legaliza- tion of light wines and beer, restora- tion of direct primaries for state offi- cers and U. S. senators, repeal of movie censorship, opposition to en- forced incorporation of unions, in- surance fund for workmen’s compen- sation, state and municipal develop- ment of light, heat and power, restor- ation of original penalty stopping pay- ments on contracts if eight-hour law is violated, and inclusion in anti- monopoly law of declaration that la- bor is not a commodity. Retraction from Mayor Hylan was demanded by the meeting for his statement that labor officials asking a union scale for city employes are highwaymen. The recent 10 per cent increase in rates by the New York textile industry, chemical sugar, elec- tro-technic, leather, metallurgic, glass and china, timbér, cement, butter and also samples of flour and grain ex- ported from Russia. The delegation intends to leave from Constantinople for Angora, where it will be introduced to the Turkey government and come into contact with the economic institu- tions. Afterwards it will visit Smyrna and other big ports of Asia Minor. The part of the delegation intends to establish connections, with the east- ein districts of Turkey. Aitogether the desegation will stay ia Turkey about four to six week Every new subscriber inc es the influence of the DAILY WORKER. UNCLE WIGGLY’S TRICKS Telephone company was condemned in another resolution. NEW YORK CITY Party Activities The new North Hudson English branch has been given authority to arrange street meetings for the cam- paign of the Farmer-Labor Party and Wednesday, May 21, 1924 DETROIT CALLS — FARMER-LABOR May 25th Meet Will Vote For St. Paul DETROIT, Mich., May 20.—A call has been issued by a representative group of trade unionists of Detroit for a city convention to be held on May 25th for the purpose of organiz- ing a branch of the Farmer-Labor Party in this city. The.opening sentence of the call endorses the June 17th convention in the following terms: “The enclosed call for the Farmer-Labor Progressive Convention to be held in St. Paul, Minn., June 17th, presents an oppor- tunity for the workers to register their profound disapproval of the mis- rule of the two old political ‘parties which the recent Washington expos- ures have shown to be equally the tools of the privileged class.” ‘The call for the convention is sign- ed by Wm. Reynolds, Carpenters’ Un- ion No. 2140; Robert Funk, Tailors’ Union No, 229; Herman Richter, Car- penters’ Union No. 420; Edgar Owens, for the Workers’ Party; Anna Krakai- tis, Federated Working Women’s Or- ganizations, Detroit; and George Tries, Member Executive Board of the Federated Farmer-Labor Party. The convention will be held in the Bricklayers’ Hall, 4825 Cass avenue, beginning at 10 a.m. There has been a strong movement for independent political action in Detroit for some time and it is expected that the call will bring a big response from the trade union movement as well as from other organizations of workers in this city. Remaining Dates, Places, Announced For Trachtenberg The remaining dates and places for the Trachtenberg tour are as follows: Wednesday,~May 21—Butte, Mont., Carpenters Hall, West Granite St., at 8 p. m. Sunday, May 25—St. Paul, Labor Temple, 416 Franklin St., at 8 p. m. Monday, May 26—Minneapolis, First Unitarian Church, 8th St. and La Salle Ave., at 8 p. m. Tuesday, May 27—Superior, Work- ers’ Hall, cor. Tower Ave. and North 5th St., at 8. p. m. Previous meetings have been en- thusiastically attended. Trachtenberg’s discussion of the present German sit- uation has never failed to hold his audiences. MEMBERSHIP, ATTENTION! Continuing the work of familiariz- ing the party membership with the united front policy of the party in re- lation to the Farmer-Labor party, the central executive committee has ar- ranged a series of meetings at which Comrade James P. Cannon will speak on the question of the party labor. party policy. The meetings arranged will be held in the following cities: Buffalo, N. Y.—Friday, May 23, 159 Grider street, 8 p. m. Pittsburgh, Penna.—Saturday, May 24, Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller street, at 8p. m. “May 25—Cleveland, Ohio; mass meeting, Labor temple, 2536 Euclid avenue, at 3 p. m. May 26—Detroit, Mich.; House of the Masses, 2646 St. Aubin, corner Gratiot, at 8 p. m. Every party member is urged to at- tend these meetings and branches to see to it that at least some members of the branch attend so that a further report can be made at the branches. Party Activities Of Local Chicago BRANCH MEETINGS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ist. Mid-City English, ‘Emmet Memorial Hall, Taylor and. Ogde Dou Park Jewish, 3420 W. Roose- iberty House. ‘ood English, 6414 8, Halsted. aghecko Slovak, No. 1, 2048 8, Homan venue. Czecho Slovak, Women’s Cicero, Ma- saryki School, 67th Avenue and’ 22nd ce, Cicero. Czecho Slovak Women’s No. 1, 1825 8. Loomis St., 2nd floor. THURSDAY, MAY. 22nd. Italian 19th Ward, 1103 §. Loomis. Scandinavian W. 8. Zeich’s Hall, corner Cicero and Superior We: Italian Lith Ward W. 8. No. 2, 2439 8. Oakley Street, downstairs. Scandinawan Karl Marx, 2733 Hirsch for the conference being called for | Blvd June 5 at Eintrachts Casino, Union Hill. A branch of the Young Workers’ League is soon to be organized in the North Hudson district. Fitinish Branch, 2409 N. Halsted, Im- On Wednesday, May 2ist, Comrade Ernest Ettlinger will speak ‘before the North Side English Branch of the BEd ig at Imperial Halsted Street on the subject, “The Ne for a Labor Party.”’ A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN CITY CONVENTION | \