The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 21, 1925, Page 3

1 ee TOMSKY,, Swedish workers’ delegations. Comrade A. Tomsky, chairman of the Russian trade union unity committee, made a speech upon the attitude of the Sov- iet unions to the question of international trade union unity. He pointed out how much the situation of the working class in one country affected the situation of the working class in another, a fact which is clearly to be seen #—~ in the situation of the working class in England in consequence of the conditions of labor in Germany. “The opponents and sabotageurs of trade union unity ask why it is that just the Russian workers worry them- selves so much about unity, and what it has got to do with them. To this we must reply, that the Russian work- ers have never regarded their revolu- tion as a purely national matter, but ag the first stage of the world revolu- tion, and that they have never said that they could without the support of the European workers. “The Russian worker knows and feels that when revolutionaries are hanged in Bulgaria, they are workers, that if the working class suffers de- feat in France and Germany, then this defeat is also a defeat for the Russian working class, that the murdered in China are also workers. “If one asks what unity has to do with us, then, first of all, one is not internationalist, and secondly, no so- cialist, and one has learned nothing from the history of the revoltuionary working class movement. “Finally one asks what the Soviet unions, which exist under different circumstances and allegedly only of Communists, have to offer the Europ- ean working class. If one examines the matter seriously and realizes that in the class struggle one class is doomed to destruction and the other is assured of victory, that the trade union movement and the struggle for unity is really a struggle and not cor- respondence and negotiations, one must also realize that in‘ this struggle of the European working class, the Rus- sian working class, which can count six and a half millions of organized work- ets and which has for eight years ad- ministered one-sixth of the earth with- eut the bourgeoisie and the aristoc “racy; represents an important support. Reviews Negotiations with Amsterdam Tomsky enumerated all the stages of the corfespondence of thé Soviet Vnions with Amsterdam. The Am- sterdamers declare that they recog- nize the magnitude of the task, but yevade every practical step, for in- “stance, a conference for the carrying out of the task.» When one demands that the preliminary condition for the acceptance of the Soviet unions in Amsterdam is the acceptance of the statutes of the International Federa- tion of Trade Unions, one seems to ‘forget that the unity question is not merely a Russian question. “Not all the working class organiza- .ttons fn Burope and none of the work- ers’ organizations in Asia are affiliated to Amsterdam. The Soviet Unions have never understood the question of unity in any other way than the unity of the workers of all countries. The sabotage of the Amsterdamers forced us to seek other ways. A way was found in London, and the joint German Fascist Before Soviet Court Shown Spies and F orgers ooaiiaesd shed from page 1) supposed “scientific” expedition was bogus, that their credentials were forged, and that in reality, they plotted to kill Soviet leaders, and to cause trouble between the Soviet and Ger- man governments, Wolscht a Strikebreaker. The accused Kindermann, a mixture of unashamed insolence and base cowardice, attempted unceasingly to sabotage the proceedings and to bluff the court by affected nalvete and phan- tastic statements when the facts were presented that had been established by the examination. Already on the fourth day of the proceedings it was clear that the scientific expedition ‘was purely a cover for terroristic ‘in- tents, the same applies to the rela- tions to the Communist movement in Germany. Despite the continual sabotage on the part of Kindermann and Woischt, the court took no measures against the accused, The German social demo- crats who howl so loudly about the “terror” in Russia, should compare the methods pf the Supreme Revolu- tionary Court of the Soviet Union with those of the Supreme State Court in Leipzig. If the Communists in Lefp- aig were to take up the attitude which the fascists adopted in Moscow, then the proceedings would probably been carried on without them. seventh session the hearing. In the ' of Wolscht took place, The latter who involved himself in endless con- tradictions, did his utmost to sabotage proceedings by giving deliberately BS Sepaapeay and evasive answers, In the RUSSIAN UNION HEAD, TELLS VISITING DELEGATIONS OF STRUGGLE FOR WORLD LABOR UNITY (By International Press Correspondence) MOSCOW, July 23, (By Mail)—Today a solemn session of the enlarged Plenum of the Moscow trade union council took place in the Moscow trade union house together with the re- presentatives of the shop councils and the whole German and declaration in London was a smash- ing proof for the fact that workers of different opinions can find a common language. “The Amsterdamers declare that our struggle for unity is nothing but an agitational maneuver and an attempt to disrupt the Amsterdam trade union international. “If two organizations come together then it can happen that both are dis- rupted or neither. Why does Amster- dam fear that it will be disrupted and not the Soviet unions for the latter in any case represent a minority? We, however, do not fear disruption, influ- ence and disrupt us as much as you want. The actual fact is that the Am- sterdamers wish to prevent the estab- lishment of’ close relations between the Russian unions and the European workers. “They fear that in such a case the European workers would see that the Russian workers are really not bandits at all, but actually very decent fellows with only one weak side and that, that they hate capitalism and wish to do away with it altogether. The strug- gle for unity is a maneuver, it is true, but it is a maneuver of the working class against capitalism. If a workers’ international congress were to decide that both internationals should be dis- solved, we guarantee that we would carry out the decision of such a con- gress implicitly. “Finally we are accused of’ attack- ing the Amsterdam leaders.: Let the Amsterdamers attack Tomsky,, Doga- dov, Michailov and the others..as much as they like, but not the Soviet unions, not the Russian working class{ Let the Amsterdamers pluck up, sufficient cdurage to recognize their deficiencies as openly as we recognize outs. * “Again and again we have' ‘said to the Amsterdamers, let us sft together around a table, and if we quurrel/ then let the working class juu%e for itself. We think the the German, ‘Belgian. French and Swedish workers © who have visited us have received! the im- pression that they have dealt with workers who have not been spoiled by eight years of state power, who have remained honest proietariams who wish to march together. with their comrades abroad. “We beg you for one thing: tell your brothers abroad the truth, the workers will believe you, despite the coming bouregois campaign of’ calum- ny against you. We hope and believe that your Visit to our workers’ coun- try will help forward the ‘cause of unity.” The chairman of the German dele- gation, Freiberger, declared: “Tt is true that the German working class, under the influence of the hyp- notism of the bouregois press, retains a certain skepticism towards the So- viet government, but it feels, thanks to its proletarian instinct, that a great work is being accomplished over the } beginning of the hearing Wolscht speaks of the student organization “Hilfsdienst” (Aid Service) of which he was a member during the war years, To the question of the Prosecu- tor, whether this organization was a strike-breaking organization, the ac- cused refused to give a definite an- swer. He explained that the “Hilfsdienst” supplied labor power “where it did not otherwise exist.” The accused worked for six months as a member of the “Hilfsdienst” in a factory for the utilization of oak leaves for bak- eries. To the question of the Prose- cutor, had he at this time received a full allowance from his father, Wolscht answered in the affirmative. To the question of the Prosecutor, for what purpose had he worked as a volunteer in the large agricultural un- dertaking of Falkenstein and Friede- berg near Neumark, the accused an- swered: “For reasons of study.” But when the Prosecutor pointed to the contradiction with his philisophical university studies, the accused ee “To earn money during the holidays” by which he once again contradicted his statement with regard to the vol- unteer work. Belonged to Monarchist Groups. Wolscht persistently evaded the questions of the Prosecutor as to the character of his work on the estates. cal work, then that he was learning practical agricultural questions, finally he admitted that he had only worked as an overseer. He declared that when he travelled trom Berlin to his home town, Boppert, at Christmas, 1925, a8 a student of the high school, he feared the reprisals of the occupa- tion authorities and therefore he made a at his district police station border in Russia, We German work- ers here, iave convinced ourselves of this, andpalso of the fact that the bourgeois press is carrying on a de- liberate and conscious criminal cam- paign of calumny against the Soviet republics. We have seen that capital- ism can and must be overthrown. If this is possible in one country, then it is also possible in the others, The German proletariat stands in solidarity with your struggle, it will go the way of the class struggle, there is no other way.” A social-democratic member of the Swedish delegation, Sten, declared that the Russian working class move- ment must be amalgamated with the international trade union movement. The Swedish trade unions consider the formation of the Anglo-Russian unity committee to be correct and useful, and they will demand the ac- ceptance of the Soviet unions into the International, The chairman of the Swedish de! gation which leaves Moscow today, thereupon delivered a unanimously adopted declaration of the Swedish delegation which says the following: “The Russian workers have not only expropriated the expropriators, but they have shown the unlimited possi- bility of administrating their own country in the interests of the work- ing class. Since the final victory over the counter-revolution, the work of economic reconstruction has proceed- ed at a swift pace forwards, which is to be seen above all in the improve- ment in the conditions of the workers, the rising wages, the ‘quick better- ment of the cultural situation, etc. We are convinced that despite the tremen- dous difficulties which arise from the encirclement of your country by the capitalist powers, you will attain your socialist aims. “Tt is the duty of every hones: .*ork- er to follow carefully every atcempt of the bouregoisie to prevent the devel- opment of the Soviet republics, and to bring such attempts to naught with every means at the disposal of the working class. The Swedish delega- tion will fulfill its duties in this direc- tion and will tell the truth of the sit- uation to the Swedish working class. “The attitude of the international working class must not only be ex- Pressed in the slogan, “Hands of So- viet Russia!” but it must also be ex- pressed in the most active support for the Russian working class. The dele- gation further declares that the activ- ity of the Russian unions for the work- ers is of incalculable value. The trade unions carry on their work with the broadest democratic basis, they are extremely popular and posses the greatest confidence of the workers, and authority and influence in an that concerns the life of the workers in the Soviet Union. The workers abroad must strive to achieve just such an influential position for their unions. The Swedish delegation considers it its duty, not only to tell the truth about Soviet. Russia to the Swedish working class, but also to adopt the attitude of the English and Russian unions with regard to national and in- ternational trade union unity, “(Signed) Kilbum, Communist; Gus- tav Lorn, social-democrat; Karl Erik- on, social-democrat; Sten, social-dem- ocrat.” Workers to Looked After. ‘SHANGHAI, Aug. 19.—in view of the closing of factories again and the eventually ensuing big increase of un- employed, the trade unions are adopt- ing appropriate measures to render material assistance to the workers. However, the question of the owners of the closed factories having to pay wages to the locked-out workers is not quite settled yet. So far only two factories have been paying those wages. to enter “carpenter” in his credentials instead of student. Further, Wolscht spoke in detail of the student corporation “Neomarchia” of which he was a member in 1922 and 1923, He spoke also of the other German student corporations. Some of the statements of Wolscht on the customs of the corporations, in parti- cular upon the drinking bouts and so- cial affairs, which the Prosecutor illus- trated by photographs in which the ac- cused recognized himself, produced peals of laughter. According to the old German custom Wolscht explained, very much beer was drunk. To a ques- tion upon the political tendencies of the corporation, the accused answered, that most of the connections had a na- tionalist and Aryan character. Whilst he declared at first that his corporation, the “Neomarchia”, had never had a definite political color, a minutes later he admitted that to- the end of the summer term 1028, a definite monarchist and anti- Semitic spirit controlled the “Neomar- chia” which in consequence of the various political shades led to a split. When the accused was questioned upon his political opinion at that time, one contradictory answer followed upon the other. At first Wolscht de- clared that he had no political convic- tions at but merely economic poli- tical views, as before his entry into Political life he wished to study na- tional economy. Knew Nothing of Communism. Pecultarly enough, the questions of the Prosecutor rePating to the attitude of the accused towards the occupation of the Ruhr, daused him the greatest embarrassment. At first jeclared that he had adopted a negative atti. ‘ THE DAILY WORKER RANCHERS AND LOS ANGELES CITY OFFICIALS BATTLE Fight Over Water Has Appearance of War By L. P. RINDAL. Worker Correspondnet. LOS ANGELES, Cal., August 19.-- About two weeks ago, the Los Angeles water board and a special committee, appointed by Mayor Cryer, held a meeting with a delegation of farmers from Owens Vally. The city offered to buy 15,000 acres of land, but the deal did not look good to the exploited and otherwise wronged ranchers. Gun-Men on the Move. The trouble between the ranchers along the aqueduct and the Los An- geles Board‘ of Water and Power Commissioners ovet water rights is of long standing, as pointed out in a pre- vious article. Some dynamitting was done a year ago. In the evening of July 31, a heavy guard wag sent by train to patrol the Howice dam.) At 1:30 a. m. Aug. 1 an- other contingent of plainclothes men and other armed thugs was rushed to the valley by automobiles, W. B. Matth- ews, chief counsel for the water board, made the request for armed men, while H. D. Woodward, chief investigator for the water board, and Detective Captain Al Slaton provided the draft- ed ex-service men with arms and am- munition. The fact that this stuff was bought shortly after midnight, Aug. 1, makes it look like real warfare. Or is it @ move to intimidate the poor farm- ers by the plunderbund of this city? Twisting the Truth. “Governor Richardson was request- ed by the ranchers to send State troops into th district when Sheriff Collins declard the situation was be- yond control.”—-The L. A. Times. “The general feeling among the ranchers is,” said Sheriff Collins of Inyo county, “that this is being done deliberately by the city to antagonize the ranchers.”—The L. A. Record. The Redord is right. The farmers do not want thugs to shoot them down. But the city officials are blood-thirsty enough to do it. Jealousy Benefits Farmers. California's “Hanging Governor”, Richardson, does not want to pardon the political prisoners of the State. Nor does he care for other workers or farmers. But he refused to grant the rquest of Los Angeles officials for State troops. Why? Because Mr. Cryer, the “Labor Mayor” of Los An- geles, may be a competitor for the governor's chair. So it would be a disadvantage. to the present governor to help him to*t situation. HOBART, Tasmania — (FP) — The Tasmanian Labor government has re- stored to the teachers all decreases in their wages imposed by the old anti-Labor government. All school teachers are in the School Teachers union to which the government has grantted preference of employment. Reductions in the wages of other gov- ernment workers have also been set aside. Taxation on the workers has been lightened; relief work for the unemployment has been provided; compensation granted for occupation- al diseases, and dental and medical clinics established in all schools in the state. The government also gives preference to union police. Soviet Trade in Turkey. MOSCOW—Ukrainian trade with Turkey is reported to be steadily in- creasing, Ukrainian ploughs and hay being strongly in demand. ingle a complicated | italist paper, he is reported to make the following statements. “The United Mine Workers once co-operated with the state depart- ment. in making an investigation of Communist propaganda.” It is of interest to the rank and file workers to know that the miners | did nothing of the kind, but tnat John L. Lewis, without the consent of the miners, did use an enormous amount peddling capitalist propaganda on be- half of the enemy of the workers’ and farmers’ government of Russia. This money was used by Lewis in opposi- tion to the wishes of the rank and file of the progressive miners, for the pur- ‘pose of buying recognition for himself ‘rom the republican party on the one acing power of outraged labor on the other. He states that “the boisheviks are trying to upset the union.” the union will not be broken, but it will be pulled thru its present crisis, not because of John L. Lewis, but in spite of him. No labor faker in the history of the American labor movement stands out as clearly as Lewis as an enemy of the working class and no traitor has received such universal condemnation from the intelligent workers as he. From coast to coast he is regarded as the symbol of all that is dishonest and traitorous in the labor world, and actually hated by the forward looking masses in the miners’ organization. His betrayals of the miners: are legion—in Nova Scotia, Alberta, Kans- sas, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and the never-to-be-forgotten surrender to Judge Anderson when victory was within the grasp of the miners of America. He refers sneeringly to the Nova Scotia miners’ request to be per- mitted to affiliate with the Red International of Labor Unions. He does not mention anything about the conditions of the Nova Scotia min- ers at that time. They were on strike and starving and John L. Lewis had no money to aid them in their bril- liant fight, a fight that brot to them the admiration of the workers of the world. From far-off Russia the workers re- | sponded to an appeal to help save the miners with a donation of $5,000, when | the yellow traitor from Indianapolis was kowtowing and dining with the coal mine operators in the fancy ho- tels of Canada. If he had an inch of decency or manhood in his canary colored makeup, he would have been ashamed to even refer to the Nova Scotia case. He refers to the British miners as “minimum wage lovers.” He is either absolutely ignorant of the British miners, or deliberately in- sults them, or both. No labor man in | America or anywhere else, far less a labor leader, but knows that a state- ment of that kind is a canard and | only worthy of the vulture that utters | it. The late performance of the Brit- which practically meant the national- ization of the coal mines, and inci- dentally a plan which Lewis has re- pudiated for the American miners of money belonging to the miners in| iand, and the destruction of the men- | | The workers in America know that} | American government,” jfted to the state superintendent | Spain, ish miners in the threatened strike | JOHN L. LEWIS ADMITS HE AIDED GOVERNMENT AGAINST COMMUNIST WORKERS; BRAGS OF BEING FINK By ALEX REID (Secretary of the Progressive Miners’ Committee.) John L, Lewis in an interview printed in an Ohio paper a few days ago once again showed that he was working hand in glove with the coal ownerg to destroy the militants in the ranks of the United Mine Workers of America, Again he raises the red scare to influence the weak-minded against the pro! gressive miners and again he fails in his unholy scheme. to Drew Pearson, a reporter for a cap- + In an interview ssntencnil plan that is acknowledged to be thd only solution of the mining industry in America, as well as in Britainj| gives the lie direct to the treasury vampire, Lewis further states in the in- terview that our living conditions are good, Every miner in America is practi- ment at a time when the miners fighting starvation in the bituminous | field, men who have practically had no work for the last two years, and | when the hard coal miners are facing a strike for a living wage. No time could be chosen by Wall Street more appropriate than the present to make a statement of that kind, but surely the miners are entitled to something different than that from theif royally salaried parasite. Lewis further stated that the British miners don’t desire to work, because they can get a wage practically as large as the ones who do work, as unemployment doles. It Lewis wanted to state the facts the miners are continuously fighting for work and better living conditions in Great Britain. The unemployment doles are not sufficient to keep a man in as much food as that necessary to properly feed a canary, and yet the “labor leader” goes out of his way to heap insults on the heads of the Brit- ish miners. We are well aware of the rea- son why John L. Lewis heaps abuse on the heads of the British toilers. It is only a short time ago that Lewis visited Britain and the miners, knowing of his repu- tation of treason to the American miners, refused to applaud his empty remarks. One rank-and-filer, after Lewis spoke, asked if “that guy” was a “rep- resentative of Wall Street or the and when told he was supposed to be a labor leader the miners could not restrain their mirth. They did not forget to show Lewis that his treatment of the Amer- ican miners was not appreciated in Britain, and his absence was more welcome than his presence, hence hit lies now about the British miners. Nuns in Public Soools. OWENSBORO, Ky., Aug. 19.-—Ursu-, line nuns who have been texching in public schools here for five years now demand the right to wear their re- ligious garb while teaching. For three month this has been discussed by the Daviss County board of edi | cation. The matter. has been submit- of education and the attorney general for an opinion. Snake 18 Feet Long in Spain. Aug. 17.—Troops are trail- |ing a monster serpent eighteen feet |1ong and three feet in circumference | which appeared in the town of Re- larista and caused a panic among the inhabitants, Eleven Sink With Coal Boat BREST, France, Aug. 19.—Eleven workers are missing as the result of se Bed sinking of a coal boat which was bound here from Cardiff, Wales. cally starving. Lewis makes this state- | are | || test in the case he would have stated that} Page Three) i YOUTH BRANCH TO GARE FOR CROUCH AND TRUMBULL N. Y. First to Initiate! Idea of Group Care | NBPW YORK, Aug. 19.—A group of, | Russian young workers in New York! | City are the first to initiate the prac. tice of special group care of particed ular class war prisoners. The young! | workers have asked the International | Labor Defense to establish connee-| | tions for them with Crouch and Trum- bull, Communist soldiers sentenced ta) 'Hawai and pledged themselves to look after the prisoners’ needs and come fort until they are released. |pf International Labor Defense and /) int their first meeting paaned @ resolu- tion that reads in part, “We heréby Pledge our material and moral sup- port to Comrades Crouch and Trum- bull who are being persecuted by the American imperialists solely for their Communist ideas and principles, We fhereby protest against the “justice” meted out by Wall Street which is trying to combat and destroy by ter- rorist means every sign of protest and rebellion in the ranks of the work ers. We call upon every class con- scious worker to join us in our pro- and demand the immediate re- || lease of Comrades Crouch and Trum- “We ask the International Labor Defense to establish connections with the two comrades for us and we, on our part, will help them until they are able to join our ranks once more.” In a letter of thanks for their offer, |James P. Cannon, secretary of Inter- national Labor Defense, replied to the oung workers: “This action of yours } great significance since it dem- | onstrates the close bonds of solidarity between our organization of working class youth in New York City with |the brave and noble young soldiers who have been victimized by the mfli- tary authorities because they spoke out for the same principles in the army which you are espousing among the exploited workers in the shops.” Sept. 13 Defense Day. The proposal of the young people comes at a time when International | Labor Defense is making preparation for an extensive campaign thruout the whole labor movement to arouse new interest in labor's prisoners and bring them aid and comfort. Sunday, Sept. 13 has been set aside as “Labor De- fense Day.’ On this day local con- ferences of workers’ organizations will j be held in all the large centers of, | the country to establish permanent! local organizations of the I. L. Du | These conferences will be followed by mass meetings at which prominent la- bor speakers will appear. As an important part of this nar} tion-wide campaign for renewed in-! terest in class war prisoners, Intere/ } national Labor Defense will ask work! | Ons" organizations to take over the speuial care of one or a group of! Amegica’s scores of class war pris- onerg. Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Texas. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—The sec. ond outbreak of foot-and-mouth dis ease in the state of Texas within ten months was cotfirmed on July 29 on the same premises, 20 miles southeast of Houston, where the previous out break peat. «{ Build the DAILY WORKER with subs. tude and that he had not intereted him- self in it. To the definite question of the Prosecutor had he been in favor of the withdrawal of the troops of oc- cupation from the Ruhr district, the accused said that he would not affirm | that. The Prosecutor explained that in the Soviet Union people were gener- ally in favor of the right of self-deter- mination for all peoples in the choice of the state form, and that they were further against the robbery of foreign districts. Wolscht declared that he had not had the opportunity of fight- ing against the occupation of the Ruhr and that hescannot now say what at- titude he would have adopted had he had such an opportunity. (The ac- cused was obviously in the greatest Possible embarrassment.) To the ques- tion, what political party does he know, Wolscht declared that he only knows the Deutesh Volkische Party (extreme German Nationalist) by name. ‘ In consequence of material need, he had not been able to occupy himself with party politics, He withdrew the statement which, he made in the pre- liminary examination to the ffect that he had been a member of the Com- munist Party of Germany since March, 1923, He refused to give any explana- tion for his change of attitude and stressed further that he had never been ember Of the C. P. G, ly he deélared: “I have, how- ever, sympath! with the Commun- ists, particularly, ne I had the op- portunity during! he inflation period to move in workttig class circles and to see the depth of misery of the work- ing class when Ifecognine! cso crm. Anality towards the deople of the stock exchange speculators.” | He had no acquaintance with social- ist and Communist literature. The Prosecutor compared this declaration of the accused that he had absolutely no political opinions with the state- ments in the preliminary examination {according to which he had come to Communism thru his acquaintance with Communist literature Wolscht explained that he had only meant this in a scientific sense. To the question of the Prosecutor, had he ever voted for the Communists, the accused re- plied in the affirmative, namely in the election for the student parliament in the Berlin university. The accused declared that he had voted for the Communists as he was opposed to the reactionary measures of Rector Rother who had prohibited needy students from working apart from their university studies. To the question of the Prosecutor, had he once received a certain Fuenther, the accused replied in the negative, where- upon the Prosecutor pointed out that in the preliminary examination he had envolved in the Rathenau murder, ever been to him, with “perhaps”, Entered C. P. G. As Spy. To the question, had he been in con- nection with a certain Frau Alice Bauer in Berlin, Kindermann replied in the affirmative and admitted the au- tenticity of a letter to her “young stu- dents, no braggarts, wao would take part in the reconstruction of Ger- many”. The embarrassed Kindermann explained this by ing that the 55 year old lady liked young people around her, and supplied them with dinners. Having regard to the feparture of A gdb ae aal at cc replied to a question, had the Geunther | She liked young people, said Kinder- | nann, and had sound German opinions (laughter), Wolscht declared that he iad made the acquaintance of Kinder- mann thru his friend of many years’ standing, Fink. For the purpose of simplifying the journey to Russia it says about his party membership be- fore this time is swindle. The Cen) tral Committee of the C. P. G. definites ly declares that Karl Kindermann was unknown both in Durlack and in Bere lin and that he did not make his pres | ence felt in any way to the benefit of was agreed with Kindermann that the | tne party. Further, all the attempt of entry into the Communist Party of | Herman Kindermann in favor of ms Germany was necessary. son's defense after his arrest, ha’ To the question of the Prosecutor, | been made ¢nly with the assistance had he represented himself to be 4) of the at that time district group Communist, Wolschts returned the | leader, Vallentin Michler, who stood in most contradictory answers. At first he negatived the question definitely, | but after the prosecutor had reminded had continually represent- a member of the Cob-| lenz district group of the C. P. G,, he | explained that he saw himself in the him that h ed himself position to represent himself as a Com- munist, particularly nomic point of view. another in the. most obvious fashion, ; but which are all signed by all three accused, Communists Expose Swindle, The declaration of the Gencral Com- mittee of the Communist Party of Ger- many was read: 1, In the summer of 1924 (July- August) on the occasion of a forth- night's stay with his parents in Dur- |lach (Baden), Dr, Karl Kindermann came with his father, Hermann, to a | leading official of our district group thore. He requested admission into the ty. The reason given was that Dr, Karl Kindermann wished to make | a political carrier and for this purpose | he intended to undertake a journey to Russia for study. His entering into Kindermann to Siberia, the old lady | the C. P. G. took place in August, 1924, Kindermann Everything that Kari the relation of employe to Herman Kindermann and stands in that rela- tion today. | The other officials of the district group were arbitrarily ignored. All | letters of this district group leader in | Durlach were composed together with | Hermann Kindermann and sent off from the eco-| without the knowledge of the other Hereupon the various fraudulent plans for the jour- ney were read, which contradict one | officials, The district leadership in Baden upon the basis of these facts has expelled Michlar from the party. 2, Maxim Dittmar joined the C. P. G. in August, 1924, in order to under- take a “journey of study” to Russia, Officially he was a member of the Ber- lin orga jon of the C. P. G. (first | organizational districts, since August, 1924, he has, however, never been ac- tive in a Communist sense. Our in vestigations have, in fact, resulted in establishing the contrary: (1) Ditt- mar was employed by the brass works in Villingen and played a leading role there in the district group of the Young German Order. (2) Dittmar worked closely together with the chtet of the workers mentioned, son in law of Admiral Scheer, for the Organiza uonal Consul. 8. Wolscht is quite unknown to the Party and bas never been a member Lt ® seme woe military prison by courts martial in) The group has organized a brane § Spe nam cemmee ¥ meer 7 od eT NLL LE - a Ss a ay