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THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK. THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1928 roe Three Red Labor International Meeting Closes; Central Committee Is Elected LAUNCH INTENSE DRIVE AGAINST REACTIONARIES Next World Congress to Be Held in 1930 (Continued from Page One) gresses and which shall meet once every year. The Central Council shall select from among its members an executive bureau—the’ working organ of the Red International of Labor Unions. Elect Central Council. The Congress elected a central council of ninety-five members and eighteen candidates, which in turn elected an executive bureau of nine- teen members and thirteen candidates, Lozovsky was elected general secre- tary. The next. congress of the R. I. L. U. will be called on the tenth anniversary of the organization, July 15, 1930, it was decided. Lozovsky in his concluding speech summarized the results of work of the congress which, he said, inspired the following slogans: “Close the ranks of the world revo- lutionary trade union movement! Get closer to the working masses! Launch a more intense struggle against fascism! Fight for the broader pen- etration of revolutionary ideas among the toiling masses!” SOCIALIST PARTY AIDS IBANEZ RULE Supports Fascist Regime ' in Chile SANTIAGO, (By Mail).—A new “socialist party” has been formed in Chile under the chairmanship of a Luis Barriga, with the permission of the dictator. Ibanez. Ibanez, when ascending to power had suppressed all parties: and de- ported the leaders of all political parties of the left and the right alike, and arrested the presidential candi- date who opposed him. No socialist party existed in Chile. The whole labor movement was politically or- ganized in the Communist Party and the Chilean Federation of Labor af- filiated with the Profintern. All the six labor papers were communist un- til their suppression by Ibanez. In 1921 the Socialist Party of Chile joined the Communist International and changed its name to Communist Party. The character of this new “Socialist Party,” agreeable to Ibanez, may be inferred from the preamble of its constitution which, says: “We believe that its activity and labor will be of great benefit. not only to the workers and those: de- prived of any fortune, but under its banner can also unite all honest citi- zens who are ¢ .scious of their duties and who wish for their country days of prosperity.” USSR WILL SELL TO STANDARD OIL. Oil is oil, whether red or black. So the Vacuum Oil Co., subsidiary of Standard Oil of New York, has signed contracts with the Soviet Oil Syndi- cate for the sale of Baku oil in new markets. The contracts run for ‘six years. Ten million dollars in oil is to be purchased annually by the American sompanies, Amtorg, American-Rus- sian trading company, announces. Amtorg has just published a 32-page review of the Soviet oil industry, in which wails of Sir Henri Deterding of Royal Dutch Shell over Standard Oil’s purchase of Soviet oil, together with replies by Standard Oil and Amtorg and comments by the Amer- ican press, are included. Soviet oil statisties form a valu- able part of the booklet. Mussolini Makes Fake Gesture of Amnesty As Fight on Fascism Grows GENEVA, April 4.—With the pro- test against the wholesale arrest of enemies of Fascism growing in Italy, Mussolini has issued an order ”grant- ing amnesty to almost 500 prisoners. Many of those released, however, ara not political prisoners. Released op- ponents of the Fascist regime will be under police surveillance. Mussolini's order follows a wide- spread protest against the kidnapping and murder of Sozzi, Communist la vler scale than ever. Kuomintang leaders. POINCARE PLOTS TO CRUSH PARTY L’Humanité Sees Drive Against Communists PARIS (By mail). — The suppres- rest of the mem- bers of its Political Bureau, and the suppression of L’Humanite, offi- cial organ of the Party, is the new objective of the Poincare regime, according to L’Hu- manite. Pointing to the attack on the Com- munist Party in the Chamber of Lowis Barthou Deputies by Louis Directs Drive Barthou, Minister of Justice, and to the arrests of a number of newsboys selling L’Humanite, L’Humanite de- clares that the French Government is planning to make the Communist Par- ty of France illegal. Barthou in his speech declared that “more repressive measures must be taken against the Communist Party.” been clamoring for-the suppression of L’Humanite and the outlawing of the | Party. IN USSR GROWING MOSCOW (By mail).—The govern- | ment campaign for the purchase of | grain is proving extremely success- ful, figures for the second five-day period in March indicating a 154% increase over grain collections for the same period last year. According to preliminary reports 244,600 tons of grain were collected during the” peri- od, compared with the 96,350 tons for last year. According to reports received from various sections of the country, 1,615 new collective farms, 811 machine so- cieties and 1,042 grain clearing and hiring stations are being organized in various districts. APPROVE WALL ST. ENVOYS WASHINGTON, Ap —The sen- ate foreign relations committee today approved the appointment of Joseph C. Grew of New Hampshire as American Ambassador to turkey. It likewise approved the naming of Franklin Mott Gunther of Virginia, as American Minister to Egypt. Thousands are asking Daily Worker be The mine workers are on ford to pay for the papers. The financial condition of miners. them get the Daily Worker. Workers, the miners’ fight labor movement. gle. Send them a subscripti sion of the Communist Party, the ar-/| The conservative press has long | GRAIN PURCHASES attacks makes it impossible to meet the requests of the The Miners Need the Paper. They appeal to all class conscious workers to help The miners’ struggle is your strug- tween the students and workers and were another war for oil. . Juan Vicente Gomez, dictator of Venezuela since 1909, has always been | “re-elected” without opposition. The candidates of the opposition had a curious tetidency to die suddenly and mysteriously during the presidential campaign: Gomez will finish his present term in May 1929. He is old and sick and therefore others are beginning to nurse the hope of succeeding him to power. The rumors were even afloat that he will voluntarily retire and| have legal elections in the country. formed among the followers of the old dictator. One favors his continuation in power or that power should be passed over to the son of Gomez or to anyone whom he may designate;)| |while the other group favors a| nephew of Gomez, Eustoquio Gomez who quarrelled with his uncle and had to escape some time ago, when he was governor of Zulia, in an airplane to |the Dutch island of Curaco. Struggle for Oil. I Eustoquio Gomez has a following in Zulia, the rich petroleum district of Venezuela with the city of Mara- |independent republic. The followers of the uncle are called the “old Go- mistas” and those of the nephew, Eustoquio, the “Eustoquistas” or “New Gomebistas.” It was rumored that the “old Go- mezistas” favored the establishment jof an “independent republic” in the oil district of Zulia, in exchange for the support of the United States for the perpetuation in power of the older bratf®h of the Gomez dynasty, the uncle and the son. The American investments’ in Venezuela, almost all of them in the district of Zulia, (Maracaibo) amount to more than $700,000,000 and the old Gomezistas did not feel very safe in | possession of this district anyhow. An “independent” Republic of Zulia would be expected not to make any hostile oil legislation such as Mexico or Colombia. Student Protest. Against this selling out of the most valuable part of Venezuela, was di- rected the principal protest of the students. Slogans against the “Pana- mazation” of a part of Venezucla and the like, were shouted and carried on the banners by the demonstrating students, which finally led to the bloodshed of a few weeks ago. of Miners that the sent to them. strike. They cannot af- RATES the Daily because of the Address is the fight of the entire ion to the Daily Worker. In consequence, two parties were | caibo, which was once fora while an| THE DAILY WORKER Enclosed find $ you send the Daily Worker to a strik- ing miner for ........ months, Name City a. IKUOMINTANG MURDERS MORE AS WORKER-PEASANT TROOPS GAIN With the worker-peasant troops from Hunan pushing south toward Canton, the Kuomintang white terrorists are conducting their mass murders onalarger | Two hundred and thirty workers were executed by the Kuomintang authorities (who have the support of the United States Government) sev- | eral days ago. Photo on left shows labor leader murdered by the white guardists; photo on right shows ceremony in honor of a militant worker killed by the GENERAL PROTEST STRIKE LOOMS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA |Workers Fight “Social Welfare” PRAGUE ; | government cial welfare | Against Law | | | jand the Commun |a@ general strike {was announced y | Huge protes n which more than 50,000 worke rticipated | were held here y r to protest against the mea on persons were injured and nstrators arrested when tempted to | break up the huge € in Hav- | ry isplayed at ed the threat jof a gener April 11th un- |less the April 4 Pen men were oda wing a clash between di rating workers and the polic workers made the | demons’ jon ag: the new social | welfare bill. OIL BARONS INVOLVED _ NEW TORY NOTE IN VENEZUELA FIGHT _ SENT TQ EGYPT CARACAS (By mail) ae sake nie recent bloody encounters in Venezuela be- | the police, in which about 30 students | and six gendarmes were killed in the midst of the carnival celebrations, | episode in the world@— - RUBBER WAR TO TAKE NEW TURN Baldwin Move Doesn’t End Struggle LONDON, April 4. 4. — The British | government’s rubber restrictions to | jlimit production in Malaya and Ceylon | | will he removed Nov. 1, 1928, Premier | Baldwin announced in the House of | |Commons this afternoon. The exist- | jing restrictions will remain in force | without change until November. | The rubber market was demoralized | by the premier’s announcement and | |prices fell almost five cents a pound. | Fear was expressed on’ the floor of the ' |House of Commons that ultimately contyol of the rubber industry will | pass into American hands. * * * Crude rubber prices in the New York markets crashed 6 cents a pound to the lowest prices | of the year today, following the de- moralization of the | London market by | the sweeping away | of the. restrictions | against rubber ex- portation from all | British possessions. | Though some re- | vision in the so-, - called Stevenso \ restriction plan for | 8. Baldwin, curtailing rebber | Tory leader exportation on a looked for, it was | not thought that anything so drastic | as the complete suspension of the | restrictions would have been ordered by the British authorities. Premier Stanley Baldwin announced, however, that beginning November first crude rubber would command a free and open market, and British critics of the action raised the ery that Americans would soon command the rubber trade of the world. * * WASHINGTON, April 4. — The campaign for enactment of a !aw to permit formation of American buy- ing combinations to fight the British |rubber trust will not be dropped as a result of the intention of Great Bri- |tain to abolish rubber restrictions on |Nov. 1, Rep. Newton (R) of Minne- {sota, declared today. 33 FIRST STREET New York City $6.00 .. $3.50 $2.00 $1.50. $1.00 .. - 12 months 6 months 8 months months mouth falling market was | | Repeat Demands Made |c r in First Message LONDON, April re — Friction be-| | tween Great, Britain and Egypt over | the Egyptian Government’s rejection | of British treaty | terms has result in a second sharr note from the for- t Chamberlain to the Soviet Union Cony erts Czar’s Torture Chamber Into nates: for Masses ie SS AD, notorious fore Zari sm had only De for brutality been closed a: ] iv ss of Shlisselburg e INDIAN RAILWAY _ STRIKE SPREADS : ies Use. Tr oops in Fight on Walk-out 9e opened to the public as a museum. BS Thousands of revolutionists were il).—With the onfined in Shlisselburg and tortured | 8ttike . East Indian Railway ) death before the November revo-|S8Preading rapidly, the Indian frontier m. The museum will display all| | Rifles being held in readiness, ac- the instruments of re nd | lcording to reports received here. eath used by the Czar’ he | About 1,700 men have already gone ons in which famous revolu-|°Ut on strike in sympathy with the ionists were confined will be marked. | shopworkers who were locked out two SS EEO weeks Cairo government, | The lockout followed a protest on i was iearned thi GE }the part of the shopmen against the Ge, afternoon. uth | ssal without explanation of six A This note reiter- The workers also demanded an _— ates demands that | increase in wages. Chamberlain, were made in the WORKERS STRIKE The fight has now taken the form Imperialist previous communi- | sy of a struggle for un > cation. * A crisis developed in Anglo-Egypt- ian relations in February when the |Egyptian cabinet notified the British ‘foreign office it would not accept the terms of a proposed treaty. Britain proposed that British troops should control the defenses of the Suez canal and airdromes and that British troops should be retained in Sovdan. The rejection of the treaty by the} * ( v jEgyptian government was forced by ‘huge mass demonstratior in Cairo, and other centers. DEAD “SU B” TO. RL N AGAIN BOSTON, April 4.—Repairs to the submarine S-4 in which 40 men lost! their lives when the vess Alexandr: Fight for Bight- Hour} Day, Better Wages BERLIN, April 100 metal worke In Saxon: workers e gone metal workers in D: Chemnitz, Plauen and Z walked out. strikes The have gone ious parts of Germany in their struggle for the eight hour day and an increased wage. alone, twenty thousand | while Buatzen, | ickau have} Six thousand work-| t Mannheim, Baden, raise of five pfennig per hour. on strike, resden, struck taken place ite of the efforts to make its de- sions in the metal trades disputes sunk | mandatory. { 26,-| on for as well as for a wage inc: | authorities have dec 2 \will not deal with the union. The workers are claiming double the present wages for unskilled workers }and a twenty-five per cent increase for skilled workers. Wall Street Envoy in Confab With Fascisti ROME, April 4.— S. Parker Gilbert, agent general for reparations plan, ments under the Dawes headquarters in Berlin, here tomorrow to confer Volpi, Italian Minister of Fir was learned this afternoon. It is understood he will sound out the Tkalian Government upon pro- posed chang in the in }off Provincetown De | to be started at the Na Yard today. Are you a “DAILY WORKER” worker daily? Stalin’s Interview | with the First American Trade Union = j Delegation American Imperiali stubbornly refuse to r ognize the Soviet Repub- lic. They conceal the truth of the Russian | workers’ achievements. This pamphlet will be an eye-opener for all _ thinking American work- | ers, Order from: | WORKERS LIBRARY PUB- LISHERS, 39 East 125th St. New York City. 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