The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 21, 1925, Page 5

REDS FIGHT TO DEATH AGAINST: POLISH TERROR Two Worker Killed by Poison Gas Attack (Special to The Dally Worker) WARSAW, Poland, April 19.—For a long time an agent provocateur, with the name of Kamienski, was working among the workers of the Dombrow: Basin, On Feb. 28 this spy was killed by. two Communist workers; who knew that he had connections with the police. Later the police succeeded in fh THE DAILY WORKER Page Five NTERNATIONAL |DQ||SH-WHITE ) HELP VICTIMS OF. CALLES-SOCLABST “DEMOCRACY” TERRORS CORED , IN ULEVELAND “(pecial to THe BaNy' Worker) MEXICO* CITY> April 19=-The-Mexican Section of the International Red Toilers More. Oppressed Than Under Czar Aid has just been formed with headquarters in the City of Mexico. To many non-Mexicans it will come as a surprise that a country with a liberal labor government should have need of such an organization, but a small but grow- (Special to The Daily Worker.) CLEVELAND, April 19.—The white terror in Poland conducted against ing list of worker and peasant political victims attest to the fact that Mexico is not as free as it is; painted. In general, it is the local governments in certain states that are most oppressive, but the federal. government, thru its generals, is not far behind. The disarming of the peasants, slow but continuous, and often met ‘with resistance, claims its toll of victims¢————________ whose families have to be aided. Vicious Attacks on Peasants. Where peasants take the land, the federal forces are used to dislodge them. Two federal generals, Lopez in *|ganization which has been conducting a renfstrike for over a year, has many fits members ‘in prison. The federal‘®government intervened to kidnap its real leader, Heron Proal, the. workers, peasants and oppressed nationalities ofthat country by the paid’ puppets of’*French imperialism was excoriated at a mass meeting held- recently ini this city. The fol. lowing resolution was passed unani- SHORT ON WORDS BUT LONG ON ACTION Giving a Picture of Portland Activities T is possible to put ‘into few words a picture of a whole local’s NEW YORK HOTEL WORKERS’ BALL MONDAY, APRIL 27 Entertainment Commit: te Is Busy Bunch (Special to The Daily Worker.) NEW YORK, April 19—The ball and entertainment committee of the New York Hotel and Restaurant Workers’ Branch of the Amalgamated Food Workers’ Union are the busiest bunch in town these days. They are putting the finishing touches on the arrange- ments and the very elaborate program activities. Here is one by our DAILY WORKER Agent from a finding out that both workers at, that pibeg eal vei ba ea piny and bring him to the capital of. the |mously: ; Pas ttaiy GHpbh=HarhyeSbeInION-—Who. in few Words telle ub how for the grandball and entertainment time stayed in a private house. Lopes egal he elvan’ otk country for trial. The legislature of] “Whereas the doings of the capi- on the Pacific coast our BUILDERS are not only building “Our * ee samy ie poate The workers, however, did not al- the state of Vera Cruz has protested |talist government of Poland represent pril 27, .@ @ Palm Garden «(see low themselves to be arrested and put_up an armed resistance. The po- lice ordered reserve forces from Dom- browo and the surroundings. The mune of Naranja, killed one, wounded others, stole various carloads of wheat and.dispossessed them of their land. The agitation of the Communist Sen- for’ this: attack against its sovereign- ty, but to no avail. The turbulence of the protest demonstrations in the port of Vera Cruz increases from day to an uninterrupted chain of bloody crimes, committed upon the working people; Daily” but are organized and are further organizing in every way that will build the Communist movement. Read it: Portland, Ore., April 12, 1925. Comrades:—Enclosed you'll find subs for the Daily and an advertisement), The proof of the pudding is in the eating and those who have tasted of the kind that the hotel workers are in struggle lasted for hours and the two ek ne pl pay m he eS day as does the list of the arrested. sandent Cola Mabe he URE order for 1,000 copies of the Special May Day Issue... also i Bai of eed to tale friends heroes, bleeding from qnany wounds,| 14 the land, but there are still the| Workers Defend Juan de Lara. masses are oppressed more cruelly for 6,000 leaflets “Down Tools On May Day”. rar ees = gad , a ak brilliancy fefended themselves furiously against | > 4eq and the relatives of the de-| Juan de Dios Lara, a member of the|than ever under the rule of Russiar The C. C. C. instructed the branches to elect DAILY grit aegis ay elaborate: and hundreds of policemen. When the fire} oaseq to care for. In other parts of| Young Communist League is on trial] czars and German kaisers; WORKER Agents and | expect to meet with them soon. ee Pe shed re high quality stopped for a moment one could hear !iricnoacan the peasahts cannot return|for his life in the same state for kill-| “Whereas the working class of Pc At the last meeting of the English branch all members DE ORLETCA MODE COI: HONSIMY SATE: from the besieged house revolutionary songs and cheers to the Communist Party and the International. The situation of the police became more and more critical. Not only be- cause several policemen were already dead or wounded, but mainly because the policemen were threatened by the workers of Dombrowo for whom the fire was like a signal for fight. Still more military was ordered and when even this did not lead to success, the police took another means, which is unique in the history of class strug- gle and which proves that the mer- cenaries of capital shrink from noth- ing if the workers have to be de- feated. This means is poison gas. By means of a pipe this gas was led into the besieged house. When finally the shooting of the two heroic workers stopped, the po- to their homes because federal troops are waiting to arrest them as “agi- tators.” In. Oaxaca the situation is much worse, the governor and the federal General Mange uniting to attack the agrarians and Communists. Senator Monzon is now investigating the as- sassinations and reinclosures of dis- tributed lands there. The Commun- ist deputy to the state chamber, Roberto C, Ramirez, is a.fugitive from the state in spite of his parliamentary privileges. Persecute Communists. In Yucatan, worker and peasant alike are suffering. Many unions are declared illegal, newspapers are closed and workers are arrested for seling the Communist organ, Hl Machete. The leader-of-the Blectrical Workers’ Union is a ‘fugitive in the nig General Gonzalez to avenge the lives of countless workers and peas- ants. General Gonzalez was one of the most brutal of the de la Huertista generals in the recent uprising of Adolfo de la Huerta, Amnestied by the federal government, he left his home. city, scene of his terrible atro- cities against workers, peasants and young Communists, and went to an- other part of the state. Juan de Lara, whose comrades of the Young Com- munist League and whose own father had fallen victims to Gonzalez; fol- Jowed him and killed him. The* work- ers and peasants of the entire state are forming defense leagues in. every town and village. In the port of Tampico, Ventura Herrera, one of the leaders of the sailors’ union, killed the captain of his ship in self-defense. ‘The* captain {which land is practically Weprived of all civi liberties, the independent labor pres: being entirely suppressed by the po lice and courts, the freedom of speech and assembly denied as well a: the freedom of* working class organ ization, even trade unions and educa- tional societies being closed down by the authorities if they only faithfully observe the interests of labor, and only those organizations are permitted which betray the interests of labor to the capitalists and their government being led by social traitors; “Whereas in’ the dungeons of Po. land there. is by this time about 8,000 Polish prisoners—workers and farmers—treated by the prison au. thorities in the most inhuman way Jeads to numerous hunger strikes often ending with the death of the victims. of, this horrible system; present were instructed to solicit subs and TO REPORT RESULTS AT EVERY MEETING. 1 have received the list of Portland subscribers and we will do our best to get in touch with them for renewals. We have already distributed 5,000 “Strike Against Wage Cuts” leafiets that we ordered from the District Office and now we have committees elected to follow up the free sample copies of the DAILY WORKER that were distributed to get subscrip- tions. Fraternally yours. HARRY SCOLNICK, Portiand Daily Worker Agent. 2 9 * #8 NOW YOU WRITE ONE! This letter is “short but sweet”... and a model for the kind of letter that you can send us. On the basis of this letter the DAILY WORKER can judge what more is necessary and how it can help. For instance, he says nothing about the Workers Monthly or literature—we'll have to write Comrade Scolnick about this. We proved upon. And they are looking forward to the coming affair on April 27 with high-strung expectancy. Those who are stuck on jazz will get all and perhaps a little more than they are looking for, when Jack Shil- kret comes with his famous Pelham | Heath Inn Orchestra that has the rep- utation of jazzing the best of their toes. A revelry of grace and symme- try will be witnessed when Earl Lind. say’s Strand Roof Revue with his 16 amazing girls in their working clothes, with “Buddy” Kennedy as master of ceremonies will appear. . Lack of space prevents us from mentioning all of the high-class talent and special features which are await- ing the guest of our hotel workers at the Palm Garden on the evening of April 27. Tickets may be had im any quan: ind him to be sure to tell us just what was the result licemen and the soldiers entered the |eity of Mexico, The, governor of the|has previously taken many victims,| «whereas the torturing of prisoners ia hock Agents’ meeting (altho he’s sure to tell us!). He ski beetharng! Pash Pppedaggticke 133 J house with gas masks and found the|state, Iturralde,. is. an..arch-reaction-| being one of the most brutal in the/ with ‘the most cruel inethods af the } a miantion any eale of the DAILY WORKER ak tactory Gates r st street, and from members. two fighters suffocated and bleeding |ary. Gulf shipping. The new Organization | noly inquisition of dark ages is a mat. ere nion meetings—we'll have to ask him this too—among other P \ from many wounds. In Orizaba and in other parts of will defend Herrera, 2 o> Iter of daily Oe@iirrence in Poland woe Rail Merger Draws F the state of Vera Cruz,‘n many members| Demand Release of Sacco-Manzetti. | inder its present! regime; things. é N ary Get A Sub And Give One! [of the Tendnt’s ‘Leta militant: or-] All the unions in the port of Vera); “whereas ‘the: courts pass by hun- But he did write a lot in just a few words. NOW YOU WRITE ‘ear as Opposition 4 OFA. bitsl< Pees oe Cruz joined in a gigantic protest-in| dreds long term-sentences of hard la- Ones in Commission Wanes re favor of Sacco and Vanzetti last.week|por, for being members of the Com- —- SiVsiOW 3 and announced to the American,con-| mynist Party, for -spreadin; “ ‘i c A ig labor pa ° . WASHINGTON, D. C.—The “Dillion SOMETHING NEW—UNUSUAL sulate, hag if justice is not done they) pers, for any Kind of activity against On April 17—F riday dollar” Nickel Plate railroad merger ca # Oo will “speak more plainly. the capitalist emunitation and oppres- B was defended by John J. Bernet, pres- The new organization will also act| sion; IN THE SECOND ANNUAL SUB CAMPAIGN ident of the system, today in the re- Joint Freiheit and Novy. Mif, phen pgocon i Pane ee “Whereas in ¢ e parts of Ukrainie these comrades turned in new subs to fill their local quota sumption of hearings on the legality tiv litical prisoners * of ‘ V« la, thi and, . White Russia, which were an and to build their own local while they build “Our Daily”: of the move before the interstate Pat ar 5 3 Bron wath i nexed to Poland by military force is ANGELES, CAL.—S. Globerman. commerce commission. outlaw: ommunists syndicalists | seing an even midfe cruel terror and Los D i Minority stockholders of the Chesa- Pe aka er sxiatvart and political) ne martial Colitis ‘pass these hun- MISHAWAKA, IND.—Amos E. Kirk. peake and Ohio vainly atetmpted to oe pa pad etc. They. dare pay dreds: of ‘death ,Bentencei MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—C. Skates oC \ block hearings on the consolidation asiea at Sy ee rhe in “Whereas “the” Polish government BUFFALO, N. Y.—J. Katz (3). ve sibastenr iar of five roads ‘into one giant system, , Guatemala and that amount, plus the | mds to spread?this hangman’s rule NEW YORK, N. Y.—H. Casten; L. E. Katterfeld. in the opening session. publicity bi on a continental scale, |°Ve" the whole country, as shown by 4, PA=o8. H. Merrick. 0. D. and M. J. Van Sweringen, o opened the doors of his jail after a the recent. sentencing-to death of two oh cots a a ss Zeiper. sterttledliond whestedtheg e aeoretl= Sd 5 , —M. Zeiper. year and one-half of imprisonment soldiers, Segal. and-Dyffecki, for the WORCESTER, MASS. Le government approval of the scheme, crime of being members of a working class party; ‘ “Whereas the w rkers’ deputy to the Polish parliament, Stanislav Lan- zutsky was arrested and tried for high treason under the paragraph provid- ing ‘the death ‘sentence for a speech ;|delivered in’ a union meeting, and, two of whom spent many years’ in|/When acquitted by the jury, he was Mexican and ‘American’ ?jafls,: and|immediately rearrested under another Prominent officials of the railway|ffame-up indictment held in store for unions, leather: workers,: ‘carpenters |the eventuality of his acquittal; and other workers’ organizations. “Whereas the»recent murdering of Cad LENG : _|two political prisoners, Baginski and Wieczorkiewicz, which were under way to Soviet Russia in order to be exchanged for Polish citizens sen- tenced by Soviet courts, and which were shot down bythe convoying of- ficer of the Polish police; “Be it resolved, That we condemn CHICAGO, ILL.—Steve Rubicki; Chas. Ericksen. ee ape A Airship Adrift in Ilinois. BELLEVILLE, Il, April relish ess, the army dirigible TC-3 w r wen men aboard was adrift today in Trade Unions a stiff northwesterly gale, according to In America Lieut. E. J. Bowling, commander of cs Scott Field. According to latest re- wm. Z. Foster, J ports the ship was sighted from Mc- Cannon and Ea Kinley Bridge, St. Louis, evidently in R. Browder distress. A history of American LS trade unions, the Left SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT Wing development and SOCIETIES its program. -Kranken-Unterstuetzungs Verein eas Fortschritt No. 2 ‘Meets every ist & 3rd Thursday, setthout-trial: again were interested spectators. The temporary directive committee in Mexico ,City includes the leader of the revolutionary forces of one of the South American countries*; Heron Proal, leader of the Tenants’ Leagues of Vera Cruz; Enrique Flores, of th famous family of the Floras i art New Star Casino 107 St. & Park Ave. 67 St. & 3rd: Ave. dale New York City Saturday, April > Attractions, Prizes, Ticket 50c (admission to both halls) No. 1 An Innovation— THE Little Red Library Is an innovation among work- ing class publications—des- tined surely to become the most popular of any ever issued in this country. *Note: of safety. ‘Name withheld OUR DAILY PATTERNS BLOUSE. A POPULAR MODEL, Class Struggle vs. Class 2040 W. North Avenue. All numbers of uniform pock- it will be of the 5063, This model was effectively} developed in figured silk gette. faille oo satin. The pattern is cut in 7 sizes: 34, 86, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. 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