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2 ero DEFENSE CLOSES ITS CASE BEFORE HORTHY COURT Prosecution to Present Its Witnesses (Continued from page 1.) continue to fight reformism and op- portunism with all the means at their disposal. Fear Social Democrats. Dr, Heinrich Hajdu declared: “I was chairman of the Weupest local section of the social democratic party, the largest local organization of the Hun- garian social democracy, In 1923 the Neupest deputy, Emerich Szabo, told several party members that if I and my comrades did not cease our oppo- sition and agitation in the party he would have us interned. We put this down in writing and reported it to the party executive, which despite numerous reminders did not take up the matter, “I resigned from the social demo- cracy because I hold that the Bethlen government can only be overthrown by a proletarian party standing on the platform of the class struggle, and because I, as a consistent Marxist, could not remain a member of a party which was branded as immoral by the Vienna Commission of the Second In- ternational, under the chairmanship of Karl Kautsky. * Michael Szabo stated that the social democratic party went so far in its terror against opposition members that it had scores of opposition work- ers discharged by their employers. Detectives Torture Prisoners, Georg Toth testifies that when he was arrested the detective called his mother and his wife prostitutes, and that he was horribly tortured for ten days ‘because he had protested against this. His daughter and his two broth- ers-in-law were also subjected to tor- ture for days at a time merely be- cause they were relatives of Kather- ine Haman. Johann Krieszl, Paul Vander, and Ladialana Schenmann testify that they devoted their attention principal- ly to the organization of the young workers in Hungary. Hungary is the country in which the young workers are exploited in the most frightful manner, Use Schools For Bosses. As Schenmann said that the Lev- ente Institution only served to stupefy the young workers under the mark of patriotism so that they became will- ing objects of capitalist exploitation, the president called ‘him sharply to order, and forbade him to touch this’ point. Josef Beres had been a member of the social democracy for three years when he went over to the socialist labor party. He left the social democ- ratic party chiefly because the social democratic party remained passive while the meager land reform law was sabotaged by the ‘counter-revolution. As he protested to the party against this, the executive of his trade union had him discharged from the factory in which he had been employed. Alexander Steinlein is charged by the president with having made a se- ditious speech in the demonstration of June 1925, in which he attacked the government, the Hapsburgs, the exist- ing system of society, and the social democracy. Steinlein testified that the rule of the Hapsburgs, the Bethlan” govern- ment and the Hungarian social demoe- Tacy have so often stirred up the work- ing masses and in such degree that ‘I could not add anything thereto.” Beat Two Hours Daily. Jospt Pupai declared he was beaten two hours a day for ten days while in police detention. He was beaten with oxhide belts on the abdomen, chest and head until he fell unconscious, The attendants then threw water on him until he regained consciousness, thereup they jumped on his belly until’ he again fainted. New York Needle Workers’ Excursion Saturday, August 14th, 1926 TO SUNSET PARK ON THE HUDSON STEAMER “CLEREMONT”. Boat starts 2 p.m. sharp from Battery Park Pier A. Music, Refreshments, Etc. Tickets $1.10, at the pier $1.25. Tickets for sale at, 108 Hast 14th st. | French Influence in Roumania | When a French general visits any of the Balkan countries you can rest assured he is there for business. army, conversing with King Ferdinand of Roumania. One reason is that the Balkan states, like the Baltic in the Balkan pie. Here we see Gen. Gourand, of the French France keeps its fingers states, are. buffers against the Soviet Union. FRENCH SEEK 10 BREAK GRIP OF FOREIGN CAPITAL Fear German aan Cate of Kuhlmann Fi irm (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Aug. 10—The discovery that German capital had gairiéd control of the French Etablissements Kuhlmann dye concern and chemital’' works, which are of great impoftdndé for the manufacture of dyestuffs''and’ war materials, has caused a number of French senators to introdude@ ‘meas- ure in the senate that provides that a French stockholder will have ten votes for every single vote ‘cast by foreign investors.’ ~ The step taken by the Kutitthaiin Dye company of floating a new $100,000,000 stock issue to offset Germaf contro] is being seriously considered by ‘two of the largest metal and miniffg ‘and ‘re- fining companies of Frante:° They in- tend td float a new issue of Stock that must be registered with the fitm with special inducements for Frefich pur- chasers and barring to a8 great an ex- tent as possible foreign “investors. Much foreign capital is finding its way into France. The fall of tlie franc has accelerated the fldw* of invest- ment capital frongnations ‘that’ have a much mofe stable currenty, Workers Kill Fascist Chief, Wound a Black Shirt in Turin Fight TURIN, Italy, Aug. 10—-WHen An- gelo Binanchi, political secretary of the local fascist party, accompanied by a fascist band, attacked a group of anti-fascist workers, they met such an organized resistance that Binanchi was killed and another fascist wound- ed in the battle that followed. The workers escaped, WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! The American Worker “Correspond- lean Worker Correspondent is only 50 cents per year. Are you a subscriber? Left Wing DZERZHINSKY LAID TO REST NEAR KREMLIN Moscow Workers Mourn Death of Leader (By Imprecorr.) MOSCOW, U. S. 8S. R., July 22. — Today dt 6 P. M., the funeral of Com- rade Dzerzhinsky took place, It was the most impressive funeral ceremony since the death of Lenin. It bore the stamp of general popular mourning. Comrades Stalin, Rykov, Bukharin, Trotsky, Kalinin, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Rakovsky and others bore the coffin from the Trade Union House, where Dzerzhinsky had lain in the sfate, to grave in the Red Square. Countless. columns of workers, red army sol- diers, schoolboys and girls, as well as representatives of numerous organi- zations more than filled the huge square and the surrounding streets. The coffin was placed on a gun carriage in front of Lenin’s Mausol- eum, Comrade Rykoff, president of the Council of People’s Commissaries, opened the meeting. He said that the Soviet state had lost in Dzerzhinsky a very great and talented statesman, whom it had entrusted with the most dangerous, most responsible, and most difficult work for the consolidation of the new order of society, as well as for the development of socialist economy. In Comrade Dzerzhinsky there had passed away a revolutionary who was entirely devoted to the in- terests of the masses and who enjoyed the respect of enemies and the love of the people, Comrade Bukharin spoke on behalf of the Communist Party: “Comrade Dzerzhinsky was the most self-sacri- ficing soldier and a true party leader in all the stages of the revolution. During the civil war he was the stan- dard bearer and sword of the revolu- tion, In the present period he forged our socialist economic system. The Party considered him its noblest knight.’ He remained this until the end of his life. He resolutely pro- tected the unity of the party, which he considered the necessary per-' requisite for the maintenance and con- solidation of the dictatorship of the proletariat. Comrade Remmele on behalf of the Communist International and as rep- resentative of the Communist Party of Germany characterized Comrade Dzerzhinsky as an eminent leader of the international proletarian revolut- ion, whose name will go down in his- tory together with the great cham- pions of ‘the emancipation of *man- kind. j At Rest ‘Near Lenin. After speeclies"by Comrade Tomsk! and Wordshiloff, as well as by repre sentatives of the institutions at the head of which Comrade Dzerzhinsky had stood, the coffin was raised and slowly lowered into the grave in the shadow of the Kremlin Wall behind Lenin's Mausoleum to the strains of the Internationale and to the accom- panient of saluting cannon and sirens, The funeral procession marched past the fresh grave with lowered banners until far into the night. New Channel Aspirant. DOVER, Aug. 10. — Mrs, Clement Corson of New York, also known as Mile. hrc '§ to leave Dover for Cape Gris Nez tonight and if condi- tions ate 6 ape at will make an immediate” dst at swimming the channel. nn Bi Lf THE DAILY WORKER NAIL INSPIRED REPORTS ABOUT SOVIET MONEY Russian Paper Exposes Press Conspiracy (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW (By Mail).—“Ekonomi-c- heskaya Zhihu” (Economic Life), the organ of the Supreme Economic Coun- cil, commenting upon the brief but sinister reports appearing in the Euro- pean press about the alleged instabil- ity. of Soviet, value, indicates that these reports,appeared at the very time that negotiations were proceed- ing between Germany and Soviet Rus- sia for the conclusion of the German- Soviet treaty and the supply of cred- its to Russia. British Press Campaign. The paper, quoting examples of the brief parts of the newspapers, as, for example, the one in the London Daily Telegram from its Berlin correspond- ent saying: “The German press is devoting so much attention to the fluctuations of the chervonetz that there is reason to suppose that of- ficial intiative lies behind this sudden campaign against Soviet value,” sug- gests these Taports are being inspired by those interested in damaging the relations between Germany and Rus- sia, and says of the above message that “The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph very astutely found in Berlin exactly what his mas- ters in London wanted.” Further Proof of Conspiracy. “That there was a political purpose behind these inspired reports is indi- cated,” claims the “Ekonomicheskay Zhihu,” “by the conclusion drawn by the Berlin Acht Uhr Abend at the end of an article on the alleged collapse of the chervonetz that: ‘To conclude a political treaty with the Soviet gov- ernment under these circumstances would be suicide, That country ts rapidly advancing towards another revolutionary catastrophe and in the face of this Germany should adopt a waiting poliéy.’ Pursued Definite Policy. “The extracts we have quoted,” says the “Ekonomicheskaya Zhizn,” “completely prove our contention that the campaign conducted in a section of the European capitalist press and the alarm raised about the alleged im- minent collapse of the chernovetz pur- sued clear and definite aims. If the initiators of this campaign think they can fool us they are hopelessly de- ceiving themselves. We know per- fectly well what they are aiming at. Campaign a Failure. “The fact that the German-Soviet treaty has been concluded and signed shows that. the campaign has failed. We have grown accustomed to cam- paigns of this kind during the eight years of the existence of our republic and so also have business men and common-sense statesmen in the capi- talist world. ‘They deceive nobody. We still continue, as in the past, to work for our economic restoration, our further economic development and the consolidation and expansion of our ties with the world market. Certainly those ‘wellwishers’ who so concern- edly inform us about our approaching doom, will not succeed in turning us from our purpose,” concludes the paper. French Lose Seven Hundred Troops to . . Druse Syrian Drive LONDON, Aug. 10. — Reports re- ceived from the Syrian nationalist independence movement, state that the French imperialist forces detend- ing their position in Gouta from at- tacks of jhe Druse tribesmen, have lost 700 dead and wounded. Mexican Torrent Damaging. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 10.—Torrential rains are working havoc on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The village of Teltella is flooded with water three feet deep, Hundreds of families have had to flee their homes. Adobe houses have crumbled and collapsed. NEGRO BARRED FROM MEMBERSHIP IN “MIXED” FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS (Special to The Daily Worker) NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 10—Ne- groes in Virginia are barred from becoming members of any fraternal insurance order in which the ma- jority of the membership or of the officers are white. The Virginia legislature passed a bill forbidding the insuring of Ne- groes in any company in which white policy-holders were in the ma- jority or where white officers were in control. This bill brought forth a wide-spread opposition, Negro policy-holders notified the insurance companies in which they were insured that they were can- celling their polici These com- panies which maintain a powerful lobby in the state legislature, fear- ing a loss of thousands of dollars weekly immediately brought press- ure to bear on state commissioner of insurance to “interpret” this piece of race-hate inspired legisia- tion, The pe missioner “inter. lation as applying preted” the |i only to frat a Insurance orders where the bership would be Page Three BROMLEY AND BRITISH T. U. C. IS TAKEN TO TASK FOR ATTACK ON. THE STRIKING MINERS F. Seymour Cocks, a member of the executive of the I, L. P, Informa- tion Committee and Union of Democratic Control, took Mr. John Bromley, secretary of the lomotive firemen and attack on the striking miners, published in the official magazine of his union, Bromley defends the action of the calling off the general strike. So well commended by the notorious fascist chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill. The following splendid analysis of Bromley’s attack is taken from the Sunday Worker, London, July 25, By F. SEYMOUR COCKS, enginemen’s union, to task, for his T. U. C, in betraying the miners by did he do this that the article was Iam nota miner. Nor am I a mem-+ ber of the T. U. C, But I have had some experience in sifting facts and weighing evidence and I have just been analyzing John Bromley’s article in The Locomotive Journal. The re- sults are somewhat surprising. Mr, Bromley, beginning his narra- tive with the discussions between the miners and the industrial committee of the T. U. C. in the early part of the year, states that the miners have “had no constructive propositions to make of any sort or kind.” This is very odd. The miners’ constructive propositions were put before the royal commission. They involved the na- tionalization of the mines and the complete reorganization of the indus- try. They were greatly praised. at the time in labor circles. Yet now, presumably because that liberal poli- tician, Sir Herbert Samuel, does not believe in nationalization, the leaders of the Labor Party and the T. U. C. have ceased even to mention the word. “Oh! no! we never mention it, Its name is never heard; Our lips are now forbid to speak That once familiar word.” Mr. Bromley admits that on Feb- ruary 12 the miners’ leaders re-stated their position and emphasized the three points: (1) No reduction in wages, (2) No increase in hours, (3) No interference with the prin- ciple of national agreements. He adds that at a joint meeting of the industrial committee and the min- ers on February 19 it was decided that “pending the report of the royal commission, no new declaration of policy could be made, but that, in the meantime, the previous declaration in support of the miners should be re- affirmed.” But the official announce- ment issued on this occasion included the following words: “The attitude of the trade union movement was made perfectly clear last July, namely, that it would stand grimly and unitedly against any attempt further to degrade the standard of life in the coal fields. There was to be no reduction of wages, no increase in working hours, and no interference with the prin- ciple of national agreement. That is the position of the trade union movement today. . . . A communi- cation embodying these decisions is being sent to all the affiliated trade unions.” The industrial committee, therefore, did adopt the miners’ despised slogan, It is unfortunate that Bromley should omit to mention this not unimportant fact. * A “Puerile Attitude!” The royal commission issued its re- port on March 10. On April 15 the owners told the, miners that there would be heavy wage cuts at the end of the month. On April 8 the miners met the industrial committee and, ac- cording to Bromley, “asked the com- mittee to recommend the movement to enable them to ensure: no reduc- tion in wages, no increase in hours, and no departure from national agree- ments.” In reply, the committee passed a resolution stating that it Reaflirms its previous declaration in support of the miners’ efforts to obtain an equitable settlement of outstanding difficulties. It also recommended that negotia- tions should be continued to reduce points of difference to the smallest possible dimensions. The resolution was, perhaps, a little vague. At the same time -it reaf- firmed the “previous declaration” of the committee. In other words, it facie SSS suppérted the slogan. . Bromley now suggests that the real meaning of this resolution was that the miners would be unwise to stand by their demands. Without being a thought-reader, without knowing what refiections were passing at the time thru the minds of Bromle: id Thomas, it isdmpossible to read such a mean- ing into the plain words of a reso- lution which says just the opposite. On the following day the miners, at a delegate conference, readopted their three points, Bromley says that such “action was puerile,” One wonders whether the miners were told at the time that by adopt- ing a policy which had already been affirmed and reaffirmed by the industrial committee and the “trade union movement” they Were taking up a puerile attitude! A few days later the owners an- nounced that they intended to nego- tiate with the districts separately. Bromley blames the miners for this. He produces no evidence for such an assertion. It would be surprising if he had seeing that months previously the owners had stated that wages should be regulated by districts and not nationally, Evidently the indus- trial committee didn’t think the min- ers were at fault, for on April 14 it passed a resolution throwing the blame on the owners and adding that: “The committee reiterates its pre- vious declarations to render the min- ers the fullest support in resisting the degradation of their standard of ie gpd fo obigining me settlement with regard to wages, hours, and national agreements.” This resolution, also, is suppressed in Bromley’s narrative, | T. U. C. Condemns Wage Cuts. We now come to the meeting of T. U. executives on April 29, the eve of the strike. Bromley deals with this in a very sketchy way. The chair- man’s speech on that occasion gave no indication that the general council had weakened on the wages question. He put forward the constructive pro- posals of the council. Bromley says that these proposals “dealt with the full implications of the report.” and suggests that by accepting them the miners consented to a possible re- duction in wages. But these proposals rejected the whole idea of reducing wages. They contained these words | (not quoted by Mr. Bromley): “In our view the wages and work- ing conditions of mine workers are already so depressed as to render it imperative to seek for remedies other than” (not, be it noted, “as well as”) “a further degradation in their standards of life, or the abrogation of the present standard hours. . . . “The process of reducing wages cannot provide a solution, and would tend to intensify the present diffi- culty, The figures given In the com- mission's report show quite clearly that to seek any further degradation of this level is quite indefensible.” These proposals were put before the conference and afterwards submitted to the government. They were em- phasized by subsequent speakers. Bevin, for example, was very clear that the miners’ wages should not be “further driven down.” Cook also spoke. He said that if he understood the resolution aright it meant that the conference confirmed and sup- ported the miners’ slogan. No one contradicted him, not even Mr. Brom- ley. Bromley does not mention the fact that on the Sunday previous to the stoppage some of the leaders of the T. U. C. were apparently ready to call off the strike and to betray the miners, but were prevented from do- ing so by the government. Nor does he quote the manifesto issued by the miners that same evening, in which they said that “under*no circum- stances can the miners accept any agreement which lowers the standard of living.” But he states that the strike started “not... on the formula of the min- ers, which had been definitely re- jected by the industrial committee” (when? when? when?) “but on the decision of the conference of execu- tives to support the miners against having to accept reductions . . . be- fore negotiations on the rest of the... Report.” In other words, he apparently wants us to believe that the sole object of the general strike was that the min- ers’ wages should be reduced on May 14 instead of on May 1, and that when the T, U. C. found that the miners could not be cajoled into abandoning their principles they called off the strike on May 12. In Bromley’s own words: “What leadership! What a tragedy! What a lesson!” Swift Interests Acquire Control of Philadelphia Concern WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10. — Charges against the National Leather Company of Boston, controlled by the Swift interests, and the Swift and Company of Chicago, that they acquir- ed half the capital stock of England Walton & Co. of Philadelphia, with the intention of ending competition in the sale of leather between Swift and this concern were dismissed by the Federal Trade Commission. 5 Die as Gulf Storm Attacks Nova Scotia HALIFAX, N. S.A Aus. 10—Five sail- ors were drowned and two ships wrecked when the tail-end of a West India hurricane brought havoc with shipping off the Nova Scotian coast, according to reports reaching here today, The Norwegian steamer Ringlrorn, with a cargo of lumber from Parks: borough, N, S., for Manchester, Eng., was hurled upon the rocks off Scat- tarie Island of Cape Breton coast after hours of battling the storm Five of her crew perished and a sixth was seriously injured when the deck load, torn free of its moorings, struck him, The wind, blowing at hundred- knot velocity, tore down the fun- nel, the masts and smashed in all the deck houses. 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