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Page Three Refornust Union Leaders Ave Allies of Fascism, Red Labor Congress Charges INTENSE FIGHT AGAINST WHITE TERROR PLANNED Adopt Monmousseau’ 8 | Report at Meet | (Spectal Cable to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, March 29.—Reporting on the struggle against Fascism tv | the Fourth World Congress of the Red International of Trade Unions, Monmousseau of Frahce pointed out that the reformist trade union bureaucracy is rapidly turning fascist. | “The participation of the bureau- cracy in the capitalist state machinery in its efforts to prevent the revolu- tionary workers from establishing close contact with the broad masses by expulsions from trade unions and other provocatory measures, the co- <peration of the reformists with the employers for the betrayal of the workers’ struggle for higher wages— all this proves that the reformist | — MORE MARINES IN trade union bureaucracy is becoming the chief agent of fascism,” Mon- mousseau said. Reformists Aid Fascists. “Due to the assistance of the re-| formists, the bourgeoisie has been able to prepare an imperialist war | and for an attack against the Soviet Union. To successfully fight fascism, | the revolutionary trade unions must | devote the most intense attention to the daily struggle of the working! class, carry on aciive work among | the unskilled workers, establish close | contact with unemployed workers, | etc. “We must carry on work among the foreign workers, penetrate the fascist unions and carry on educa- tional work within them. Only in this | way will it be possible for the Red| International of Labor Unions to mobilize the masses for a struggle against Fascism.” Polish Fascism. Rednens of Poland pcinted out that Polish fascism showed a good deal of ingenuity in raising demagogic slo- gans which fostered illusions among the workers. “It is necessary to ex- plain to the masses the true essence of the political nature ‘of the strike struggle, to develop active anti-mili- tarist propaganda—particularly in the yropaganda against a war on the Soviet Union.” Dmitrov of* Bulgaria pointed out | that fascism is not a passing pheno- menon and can be overthrown only by the dictatorship of the proletariat. In the Balkans, fascism is trying to find a basis among workers and pea- sants for organizing independent | unions and producing nationalist slo- | gans for the carrying on of militarist propaganda, he said. Adherents of the Red Internationai of Labor unions} must expose the tactics of the! fascists and carry thru an energetic campaign against the war on the So- viet Union and intensify the organi- zational work within the trade unions.” | Fascism in Italy. Santini of Italy pointed out that Fascism is attempting to deceive the masses by drawing them into the rans of fascism. “The fascisti are actually suppress- | ing the slightest trade union move- ments by police measures and com- pelling the workers to join the} fascist trade unions. The Italian; ° workers are in a most difficult posi- tion and fighting for their most elementary rights,” he said. Adopt Report. Rodriquez reported the fierce persecutions of the labor movement | af er the victory of. the fascist dic- tatorship. The bourgeois liberal! circles are preparing for the over. throw of the fascist government daa the working class will assist in this overthrow, Rimos of Spain declared that Primo |: de Rivera’s fascist government was attempting to solve the economic erisis in Spain at the cost of the work- ing class. The Spanish Government has organized a broad system of espionage against the working class. The left wing trade union movement works illegally, he said. The Congress unanimously adopted as the basis for its report the theses submitted by Monmousseau and* re- ferred them for final consideration to ® special committee. 2 | Trogoyen Leads in } Cordoba Elections BUENOS AYRES, March 29, The followers of the former Presi- dent Irogoyen are reported to be gaining at the election in the province of Cordoba, The final result of the Cordoba elections is not known but a tentative count shows Irogoyen ahead. The significance of the vote is seen in the fact that the greatest strength of the Mello party was presumed to lie in Cordoba. If Irogoyen retains the lead it is expected that he will be elected at the presidential pol’ next Sunday. CAMBRIDGE I. L. D. BRANCH. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 29.— The Lithuanian Branch of Interna- |that Sandino will succeed in eluding Czar of Nicaragua Major General MeCoy (above) has been placed in complete charge of the “supervision” of elections in Nicaragua. Altho the board of elections will be composed of three peysons, no decision is valid with- out MeCoy’s consent. McCoy will see that Wall Street’s candidate, Moncada, is elected. DRIVE ON SANDING Millions for or Owners, | Low Pay for Workers | MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 29, —Five hundred marines who are com- ing here to reinforce the marine for- ces operating against the nationalisi troops under General Sandino are ex- | pected here tomorrow. In spite of the |efforts of the marines, it is believed the marine forces. The rainy season is only one month off. Real Admiral Sellers arrived here from Corinto today to confer with Major General McCoy for the “super- vision” of Nicaraguan elections by the marine forces. The elections will be held in September. The marines will be distributed among the various bases in the north where Sandino forces have been par- ticularly active in the last few weeks. USSR Contracts forNew Artificial Silk Plant BERLIN, March 29.—The Soviet Government has ratified an agree- ment with German and French con- cerns for the construction in the Soviet Union of a huge plant for the manufacture of rayon or artificial silk. The plant is already under con- struction near Leningrad and is to be! one of the largest in the world. The contracts were for the patents and licenses owned by the French firm. According to the contract, a per- centage of the income will be given to the owners of the patents for 10 years, after which the Soviet factory | will be able to use the inventions free of charge. | After One Year WASHINGTON, March 29. $525,000,0900 compromise Mississippi | flood control bili was passed by the ‘senate this afternoon, more than a | year after the Mississippi River rose ito take its appalling loss of Jife. -!Domingo Anaya. FEDERAL TROOPS DEFEAT MEXICAN REACTIONARIES Kill 126 in Fierce En- gagement. MEXICO CITY, March 29.—One | hundred and twenty-six counter-reyo- | lutionary troops including two. priests, | were killed in an all day battle with | federal troops at San Francisco Rin- son, state of Auanajuato, said a dis- patch to the war office today. This is un increase in the casualty list con- tained in earlier fragmentary reports. This was the biggest and most vio- lent engagement fought since the counter-revolutionists began campaign against the government. There were between 300 and 400 men in the. reactionary band, led by They had taken up| a strong p ion on a Hacienda near San Francisco Rincon and did not at- tempt to retreat when the fedevals moved to the attack. After a day of heavy gun-fire the |federals began to close in upon the} reactionaries who fled, leaving their dead and many wounded behind them. Among the dead was Domingo Ana-| {ya, the leader, who was identified by his uniform and papers in his pockets. | This was the largest contingent of | reactionaries operating in Guana Juato and war office officials believe that the defeat will go far towards breaking down the insurrection in Western Mexico. The remnants of the band of re- actionaries fled tewards the moun- tains pursued by federals. QUAKE IN ITALY KILLS FIFTEEN TURIN, Italy, March 29.—Fifteen persons were killed and 100 injured as a result of a series of earthquake shocks between Venice and Trieste More than one hundred houses: were damaged by the quakes, The shocks were most severely felt in the town of Tolmezzo, Caneva Cavazzo-Carmibo, Verzegni and Vi- ‘todasia and other small towns and | villages. Most of those killed or in- jured were poor peasants. Chicago Police Enjoy Throwing Tear Bombs CHICAGO, (FP) March 29.—Tear gas, recommended by chemical manu- facturers to public authorities as an effective police weapon in time of strike and radical activity, is now be- ing used by the Chicago police with- out warning against peaceful homes. The most recent police outrage of | this character occurred when E. J. Cleary and his wife, both law abiding | main street of this town which is near | citizens, were blinded and temporarily | | suffocated in their sleep by the gas business differences because the police didn’t take the | A trouble to investigate before throwing | the tear bomb, The man under sus- | Picion was not found in the house and ;had not been there, Fire first and in- | vestigate afterwards is the Chicago police procedure with tear gas. Fake Unions Organized By Chinese War Lords’ (Continued from Last ge sue.) By SOU CHAO-J In regard to the present condition of the trade unions, I have already re- pored to the Pan-Pacific Trade Union Secretariat about the history, development and achievements of our All-China Labor Federation, at the inaugural Conference in Hankow last May. You know of the beginnings of our movement, in 1919, and how, since the great strike movement of May 30, 1925, we have been the dominant foree in the development of the Chinese Revolution. The four National Con- gresses of the All-China Labor Fede- ration, 1922, 1925 and 1926 in Canton, and 1927 in Hankow, each marked a step forward in that development. Fake Unions. With the 1927 Congress, however, a new period has been entered. Our previous legal trade union houses have all been occupied by reactionary tools, so-called “Reorganization Com- mittees” ete., appointed by, paid by, and responsible to the militarists, while we are driven underground. The reactionary appointed leaders are mostly not workers, although they call themselves “executive com- mittees” of the unions; some are military men, some are bourgeois in- tellectual mercenaries, and a few are renegade workers. They are directly under the orders of the Kuomintang. They tell the workers they are ap- pointed by the government “to direct the trade unions in the in‘erest of te tional Labor Defense has been organ- ized here and has applied for a char- ter in the organization. There are good prospects here for the building of the movement. national revolution.” They collect dues forcibly, and use the military to arrest all who refuse to pgy. The workers are invited to file théir com- plaints against the employers with these “executive committees” who say they will submit them to the Kuo- mintang for approval, but really they go to the employers, and use these demands to extort bribes from them. Then they tell the workers the Kuo- | mintang has not approved their de-| mands. Thus they get money three ways; salaries from the government dues from the workers, and bribes from the employers. The War Lords. Each militarist has his own set of “Reorganizing Committeemen” who tight each other as do their masters. Thus the “reorganization Commitiee” | appointed in Canton by Li Chi-sen to take over the Seamen’s Union, se zed the union’s funds, $43,000 which were in the bank, and spent it., Li Chi-sen was driven out by Chang Fa-kwei,; who set up a new “Reorganization | Committee” which, without funds, had to find new schemes for squeeze they collected by force $6 from each of the Hongkong strikers who had just been given a bonus by the gov- ernment in order to liquidate the strike. Now Li back to power, the second Reorgani- zation Committee ran away with its new treasury, and a third set of “Re- organizers” is preparing new means of filling their pockets. Act as Spies. i These “Reorganizing Committees” act everywhere as spies, turning over workers to the militarists to be ex- ecuted, while they make paper records of so many thousands of workers in “their unions.” But the workers are not in these “unions”; only a very few backward workers are sometimes fooled for a little while. their | Chi-sen has come} 2 ascists Shoot Into Meeting of French Workers PARIS, (By Mail).—Six persons were seriously wounded when thirty revolver shots were fired at workers jon the platform of a Communist meet- jing at Lyons, according to reports received here. A large meeting was held to haar | the reports of a delegation of French workers, who had visited the Soviet Union. During the meeting, two fascists in the rear of the hall sud- denly. stood .up and deliberately emptied révolyers at the speakers on the platform. LOAN TO MEXICO FOR FAKE CLAIMS U.S, Speculators Claim Close to Billion WASHINGTON, March 29 (FP).— | Immediately following the announce- ment that Ambassador Morrow had secured from President Calles |tion circles that Mexico will need a considerable loan from the United States. The loan is to be negotiated for the purpose of paying the alleged claims of American speculators whose lands were confiscated and distributed tamong the peons. The claims of lion dollars. * * * WASHINGTON, March 29.—Dis- posal of the vexatious oil controversy has paved the way for early adjust- ment of all remaining major issues between the United States and Mexi- co, officials here believe. The state department declined today to reveal the present status of negotiations between ambassador eo City, or the nature of the final ad- justment in the principal outstanding | problem—the Agrarian Land Laws. But from other quarters learned that Morrow’s diplomacy has is in the involved oil dispute. COUSIN IN DEATH CUCUTA, Colombia, March 29, — General Fernando Gomez, a cousin of the Venezuelan dictator, was arrested here yesterday after the murder of Amado Grande by an employe of | Gomez. A search is also being made for Gomez's brother Evaristo. The murder. was committed on the | The killing grew out of | between the | Gomez brothers, heres PORES | charge. Congress Postpon New. Change in Immigration | WASHINGTON, March 29;—Post- | | ponement for another year of the na- | tional origins provision of the immi- | the frontier. lgration restriction act became as-| sured today when the house adopted | the Shipstead resolution. Operation of the provision would | have materially cut down the number | of German and Scandinavian immi- |grants admitted each year, and in- grants. The Workers’ State An answer to the lies about Soviet Russia The report of Stalin's interview with foreign workers’ delegations. | WORKERS LIBRARY PUB- LISHERS, 39 East 125th St. New York City. GORKI BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED ALL OVER U.S. S.R. | Food Workers Elect Him to Union | MOSCOW, U.S. S, R., March 29.— | The sixtieth birthday of Gorki’s birth | is being enthusiastically celebrated all | thru the Soviet Union. Scientific, lit- | erary, and trade union organizations as well as numbers of workers’ clubs | of | Mexieo a signed agreement settling | | the Mexican oi! land dispute, the sug- | gestion was made in high administra- | American investors total almost a bil- | Morrow and President Calles in Mexi- | it was! been almost as successful in this issue | WANT DICTATOR'S. creased the number of English immi- | are organizing official meetings. The | ‘newspapers are publishing special | | issues devoted to Gorki, The theatres ! lave staging his most popular plays while millions of copies of the great | pa s works are being published. Greetings have been cabled Gorki} from all parts of the Soviet Union. | Alexei Rykov, President of the Coun- | \cil of Peoples’ Commissars, pointed jout in his greetings that. Gorki is not | only a great writer but also anjactive | |fighter in the cause of the working | *| jclass socialist culture. The telegram sent by Nikolai! Bukharin says, “We are just begin- ning to develope our country con- |structively. All spheres of the life of jour people are becoming act Many ‘falcons and stormbirds’ have been |bred to whose birth you contributed. We are eagerly awaiting you.” The Central Committee of the Food- workers’ Union has addressed a letter to Gorki, who was formerly a baker, | informing him of his election as a member of the union, honoris causa. ‘Pardon for Burns, at Leavenworth, Sought WASHINGTON, March 29, — A pardon application for William Burns, of California, who is serving a fif.een mon. hs’ sentence in Leavenworth for mere membership in the Industrial | Workers of the World, has been sent |to the Pardon Attorney at Washing- jcon by the American Civil Liberties Union, | Burns was arrested in the Yosemite National Park in 1924 and tried in the \federal court at San Francisco for) ‘criminal syndicalism, an offense which | does not exist in federal law. The| regulations governing Yosemite Na-| tional Park provide that the Cali- | fornia laws apply to it, though trials, |take place in the federal courts. The case was taken to the United Staies Supreme Court by Attorney) R, W. Henderson of Bakersfield, act-| ing for the I. W. W. in order to test) out the issue of whether membetship in the I. W. W. was a crime. The de-| cision was handed down in 1927 with| that in the case of Charlotte Anita Whitney and upheld the California syndicalism law as applied to the 5 A Bi 28 | Burns started serving his sentence in November 1927 and will be out on | June 10. He is the only federal polit- ligal prisoner, | police, | | has taken an active part in the or- Supervises Murders Lord Birkenhead (above) is in charge of British imperialist rule in India. He is an extreme die-hard. SENATE TAKES UP FAKE FARM BILL McNary-Haugen Meas- ure Is Considered WASHINGTTN, March 29. — The revised McNary-Haugen farm “relief” bill was to be taken up today in the | senate with indications pointing to its enactment next week by a sub-| stantial majority. form, the from the compromise differed considerably In its new bill measure vetoed by President Coolidge a year ago. It contained the equaliza. tion fee feature, written into former relief bills, but in such an amended BRITISH POLICE | SHOOT STRIKERS IN INDIA; KILL 3 |British Workers | Pledge Solidar ity (Continved from Page One) by British police who attacked demon- | strations against British ¢ LONDON, March 17 (By Mail).— A resolution condemning the “terrible ndian work- conditions endured by lers” was adopted h at a leonference of working class bodies, |held under the f the Indian | Workers’ League. olution was introduced by Mardy Jones, M. P., and seconded by S. Saklatvala, Com- munist member of parliament. Resolutions expressing complete |sympathy with the struggles of the | Indian workers and urging greater | cooperation between the British and |Indian trade union movements were also adopted. Speakers at the meeting pointed out the low wages and long hours | foisted on Indian workers in Bombay cotton mills and pointed out that low wage standards in India were in a large measure responsible for the |new campaign against the workers in the cotton a ee of Lancashire. GOVT, SELLS LINE 10 SHIP BARONS form that its authors hope to secure | presidential approval. The federal farm board, of the secretary of 4 twelve members, one from each Fed- | eral Reserve district, would be ap- pointed by the president, subject to confirmation by the senate. All th authority for carrying out agricul- tural relief would be vested in this board, ‘British Police Arrest! Alleged Irish Plotters) LONDON, March -— Charged with concealing several caches of automatics, Michael Burke, O’Flanagan and Laurence Godfrey are being held here by the British The police charge that Burke 29. ganization of insurrectionary move- ments against the Irish Free State. 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