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“bourgeoisie. THE DAILY WORKER, Page Three NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST':8, 1928. Belgrade Government Drafts Troops as Croatian Parliament Calls for F ull Autonomy ENGDAHL FLAYS CRIMES OF U.S. IMPERIALISTS | E | Denounces Invasion of | China # Naghtinued from Page One artillery and technical troops where | there were &° large percentage of | workers present. The Communist Parties must utilize old experiences® and proceed courageously to work. Colonial armies and colored troops must also be propagated. The Con- gress must instruct the Executive Committee of the Communist In- ternational to publish valuable lit- | erature concernittg the experiences of the Bolshevists in army and navy work, including experiences and les- sons of the recent world war. (Ap- | plause.) | Bell Speaks. - | Bell, of Great Britain, then made his closing speech. He declared that the war danger is the central point of this Congress. Few speak- ers attacked his theses which ex- pressed clearly that the League of Nations is a tool of the imperial- ists in their preparations for war. In regard to colored troops, the Congress and the Parties must pay more attention to them. The theses stress clearly the importance of work among the national minorities and the sailors. The Parties must not underestimate the importance of work in the mercenary armies. The boycott slogan concerning mer- cenaries is absolutely correct and Leninist. | The social democrats and the re- | formist trade union leaders are sup- | porting the war preparations of the Our task is to expose the aims of the, bourgecisie and make impossible. the transnort of troops and recruiting among the workers. Our duty is to weaken the bourgéoisie and make war im- possible. The -main resistance to Tammany’s Mayor ee < British imperialist fliers from the ill-fated trans-Atlantic Whale were greeted at city hall in New York by Tammany’s mayor, James Walker. shown affectionately bending towards the mayor. ‘Welcomes British Imperialist ae ~ | | Captain Frank A. Courtney, leader of the debacle vis | German Militarism In Preparations for New ‘World Imperialist War FRED AID IN URUGUAY | conces: KELLOGG TO AID OIL BARONS 1 COLOMBIA FIGHT Mellon Interests Hit By New Decree WASHINGTON, Aug. 17—The State Department, while refusing to comment on the repeal by the presi- dent of Colombia of the Barco Oil ons, Mellon controlled, inti- mated that it was watching develop- ments carefully. Some time ago the Mellon interests appealed to the State Department and it is felt here that the United BERLIN, Aug. 7 (UP).—Presi-| dent Hindenburg, wearing his old By TUZZAR field marshal’s uniform, will stand |THE Red Aid in Uruguay (Seccion on the bridge of the Battleship | Schleswig Holstein tomorrow to su-| ternational) has existed since Feb- pervise artillery practice of thejruary, 1926. However, its activity Baltic Sea fleet. |up to the commencement of 1928 The units engaged -will include | was chiefly conducted by its cen- four battleships and two cruisers, |tral committee. The work of the ‘After a days gun practice under |Red Aid in Uruguay consisted in as- Vice Admiral Oldekop, Hindenburg, | Sititig"worke?s “arrested in connec- Uruguaya des Socorro Rojo In-| ous parties and organizations were represented, including the Come munist Party, the socialist party and the sport federation. The 18th of March was celebrated by the Red Aid with the publication of three long articles in the “Jus- ticia.” | Celebrate May Day. On the first day of May the sec- ‘addressing officers and men of the fleet, will criticize the firing from the viewpoint of naval tactics. The new target ship Zaehringen will participate in the practice. nization is not an aim but a means for undermining imperialist war- fare. We need not fear such slo- gans as “desertion in the fight egainst war.” The slogan of the formation of proletarian :nilitia is absolutely correct. Its replacement by a toilers’ militia would only be confusing. The latest Polish action in iden- tifying the Soviet government with the Communist International proves that the war danger is the central ouestion. We must support the ef- forts of the Soviet government to maintain peace and simultaneously must increase the struggle against imperialist war. Energetic work | tion took part in the main column ef demonstrators and marched un- |der its own slogans.’ The section has also organized a special inspec- tion service in order to make pos- |sible direct assistance for the polit- |prisoners and five political fugitives ical prisoners. ASK: were assisted, and in 1927, 42 polit-| The work among the foreign-born ical prisoners and threa political |workers was also not neglected. fugitives were assisted. The polit-|There are four such groups at the ical affiliation of these 75 revolu- | Present time, an Italian, a Polish, a tionary workers was. 19 anarchists, |J¢Wish and a Hungarian. {33 Communists and 32 non-party. workers. Trade Union Sabotage. The Red Aid was supported in its | work by only a small portion of the workers. The trade unions, anar- chist ard autonomous, which have formed their own prisoners’ defense committee, did not only refuse to assist the Red Aid, but even re- fused to take part in the campaigns \arrai iy the Red Aids. tion with strikes, etc. assisting |their dependents and assisting the | political fugitives who sought ref- uge in Uruguay from the white ter- |ror in the neighboring countries. | In this way, in 1926, 25 political | the collisions between the workers jand the police are always accom- |panied by numerous their activity the representatives of |the Red Aid have secured the re- jing the last threg“months 26 ar- |rested worke: ind two political |fugitives were “Assisted. In general, |it may be said that the Red Aid |in Uruguay has started on the right Sing road toward building up its organ- Many strikes take place here and | | lease of a number of workers. Dur- States government, understanding the full implications of ‘the case, would take some action if the Mellon company would not gain satisfaction in direct dealings with the Colombian government, British-American Oil Feud. BOGOTA, Colombia, Aug. 7.W—The action yesterday of President Abadia in upholding decree of the previous administration which cancelled the Barco oil concessions of $,000,000 acres which is owned by the Ameri- can Gulf Company and .the Carib Syndicate, both controlled by Mel- lon has led to renewed protests to the American State department by the United States oil companies and the institution of proceedings in the Colombian courts against the decree. The new Colombian oil law which gave special rights to the Andean Oil Company (British controlled) : jand the threatened resignation of| workers and well acquainted with | arrests. * By | three cabinet members is generally | the questions of importance that the | believed to indicate that American oil interests are organizing a fight against the added privileges given the British company. Although the Standard Oil Com- jpany of New Jersey has also been | given special privileges by the new | law, the repeal of the Barco Oil con- The Real King and the Puppet He Owns” The House of Morgan has just announced the $25,000,000 loan to the Spanish government. The loan is to stabilize the pesota, which is another way of saying the fi dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. The. picture shows J. at left, and the royal puppet monarch whose kingdom he tually owns, King Alfonso of Spain. conclusion of a lanned Morgan, now wire MILL UNION HITS GLASS WAR IN PRISON TORTURES NEW BEDFORD Textile Committee Re-|441 Arrested Since the plies to Foes’ Slanders Continued from Page One were in jail is that the NBTWU organizers are not textile workers and therefore not acquainted with |the problems of the textile workers. Until recently Keller, Dawson, Beal land Weisbord, worked in textile mills and are well informed with all |of the questions facing the workers lin that industry. | “As to the other officials of the |NBTWU, they are all local textile workers must face and solve. ‘ “Batty, Reviere and Co., are al- leged to have said that the leaders of the NBTWU are the first to be released from prison while the |the cells. The facts of the case in | relation to last week’s mass arrests |rank and file strikers are left in| Strike Began Continued from Page One of charges, 552; amount of fines by District Court, $2630.00; jail sentences by District Court, 1043 months; amount of bail deposited, $248,500.000. “The amount of bail actually de- positeds in securities, real estate, bank books, etc., will amount to $400,000.00 and even more. In ad- dition to the 441 arrests from among the members of the newly organized New Bedford Textile workers Union and T. M. C. there are about 25 ad- | ditional arrests from the ranks of the Textile Council members,” the statement says. |» “All 552 cases, are being handled | by the International Labor Defense at the expense of many thousands of dollars. Appeals have been ‘taken |on all cases to the Superior Court CRISIS COMES WITH DEATH OF RADITCH NEAR Zagreb in State of Tension ZAGREB, des via, Aug. T.— As Croatia th ens to withdraw ngdom and de~ state, the Bel- “drafted sev- in Zagreb to suppre expected uprising. The n is quickly drawing e of the critical con fan Raditch, Croat leader, shot in the Bel- grade on June 20, Death i to be rapidly ap- proachin i‘the event of his death w s generally believed, be the occ n for armed revolt in where the political situa- feeling to run high. on parliament in Za- repudiated the nt as only repre- hegemony, has s virtually declar- ing autonomous state. Public demo: tions in favor of a free Croatia are taking place here, Stef; Raditch is kfown for his opposition to the Nettuno pact with the Italian government and his pub- licly expressed enmity to Mussolini war must be organized in the fac-| will result in the extension’ of the| Sinc€ February, 1928, a reorg#m- tories. *|social revolutionary front in case | ization of the Red Aid is being car- lof war. Following his closing |Tied out with a view to turning the lization all over the country, secur- |cession, in which Mellon has a lead- ing masses of individual members ing interest, is symptomatic of the |and toward transforming the organ-| increasing influence of British oil prove that these charges are not|for a jury trial and all defendants | | true. - | have been bailed out. | Slogans Correct. “THe first to be released from| “In handling this extremely large | Hysteria Hokum! He promised to send me a diamond ring. He said he would get a divorce and then we would Suddenly he wrote that he must never see me again. . . ing article in tha daily newspaper | “Justicia.” The appeal contained | FARMERS’ ENEMY the aims and objects of the Red} Te aoe f Aid and appealed to all workers to| oster and Gitlow to join its ranks, It was decided to | * tf | Tour Rural Districts organize provincial committees in| Continued from Page One 18 districts. There is no provincial committee in the capital of Monte-| __ video and the work of such a com-|tural population, 4.2 million people, mittee is carried out by the central|are neither owners nor tenant far- committee. Twenty-one district | mers, but simply agricultural work-| committees will also be organized. | ers who own nothing but their labor | ; ies ara power, that they are part of the| At Work in & Provinces. American working class and must 'UCH committees are now at work |be embraced by its economic and| in 8 provinces and they are com- political organizations in the strug- posed of not more than five mem. |gle against capitalism. bers. The work in the province of | “The working and exploited far-| Rocha is particularly good and the | mers must learn from their own des- committee here has already secured | perate plight that they must break/| 150 members. | off their alliance with the bankers) Energetic work is being carried | and other factors of big business| cut to persuade the workers to be- | and must form an alliance with the come individual members of the Red | Working class. Tho the fake Mc-| Aid. @n the 16th of April a con-| Nary-Haugen farm relief bill passed faFence of officials with the central | both houses of Congress by virtue of | committee was held and the course |" alliance between the farm bloc) of the conference showed that the|and certain Wall Street represen- Red Aid now has 500 individual | tatives, Calvin Coolidge, the respon- members. In reality the individual | Sible Wall Street executive, prompt- | membership ‘is still greater for | ly vetoed the bill |some of the provinces were not rep- Communist Program. resented at the conference. “Fostet and Gitlow, the presiden- This conference decided upon the | tial and vice-presidential candidates | |plans for the work of the organiza- |of the Workers (Communist) Party | states: “If we have to hurt Secre- tary Mellon’s interests to defend our rights, that does not mean hostility to the great northern republic.” Gulf Stream Flows West at One Point LONDON, Aug. 7 (UP).—Great Britain, with a tinge of amusement | was discussing today the possibility that a change in the course of the gulf stream might change for the worse the already notorious British weather. “Captains of the liners Homeric and Majestic on their’ last voyages reported that at one point the gulf stream, which now softens British weather, was flowing westward. Newspapers and the public are speculating on what might occur if the gulf stream really changed its course. Great Britain is as far not for the warming gulf stream, England would be ice cold. You're in the fight when you write for The DAILY WORKER. north as Labrador, and if it were | your contributions to International Labor Defense, 113 Dudley St., Room opera te cad Plan Frame-up of 6, Boston, Mass’ Ohio Militant Continued from Page One ment—although under a $900 bond, awaiting action of the Grand Jury. | Like others in the mining section lhe decided to have the opportunity to move around freely and talked the | matter over with Walker, sub-dis- | trict president. Bond Ordered Forfeited. * | Walker informed him he could go | safely, since there was no danger of | MORE SAILORS NEED AID. Twice as many sailors appealed to. the American Seamen’s Friend Society for aid as in 1927 or 1926. They deposited only a forth of the amount for safekeeping in society vaults than they did six years ago. More than 25,009 got free meals. A DAILY WORKER corre- spondent is the real spokesman and leader of the workers in his The centra! idea of the theses is|speech, Bell’s theses were nani. | organization into @ mass one upon | ization into a mass one. | power in Colombia, it is, alleged. prison last week were not the or-|/ number of cases, the I. L. D. is the transformation of the imperial-|mously adopted as a basis for a|the basis of dngieidual soeialvesahibs | ——— . | ‘That such is the case is also evi-|B@nizers but the strikers them-|facing the most critical financial ist war into a civil war. Frater- commission. vee ses pena eek ae Mach anal |denced by the editorial in “E]| Selves. Keller, Dawson and Donnel-| situation. Funds are needed more 2 ———| April great organization work ‘has | SMITH SHOWN AS Tiempo,” a Bogota newspaper, |!ey were in their cells until late/ than ever before. All friends and Going anywhere A igen eatetedvade:, | ithe <eanitrall Ince which, it is believed, would not un-| Saturday, at this time all of the|cympathizers shoyld help win the Mae (Daily Worker Talks No. 5). inittoa tasnad ait anonal to thomearee | | der different circustances have taken | Others who.were arrested were al-| strike by Qelpilg to defend the ar- “ANY UME Z . Ga which wan capriited pa ia leads the attitude it does. The editorial |'e2d¥ Teleased. rested and Persecuted strikers. Send Qver any Line | Tickets over all lines, including | Tourist, sold at established rates. | Ren-entry Permits, Visaes, good reservations. SERVICES FREE Information about travel to all parts of Europe. Tllus- trated folder on request. —— COME WRITE OR CALL—— A. WESSON & CO. + 309 East 14h, N.Y. C Algonquin 8254 | his trial coming up until the October term’ of court. In the meantime he had gone away and his case came up before the Grand Jury, which promptly indicted him and set date for trial. Since he had gone away for work, he could not be located im- || mediately. The court ordered the bond forfeited. He is now held in| | jail and bond has been refused. | International Labor Defense has taken up the case and is making ef- |forts for release on bond and the} | quashing of the dynamiting charge. | To Witness the Celebration of the 11th Anni- versary of the NOVEMBER REVOLUTION NNnNODQPLP . . « Iwas in raptures. ‘The above hectic episodes with their heart-breaking underscriptions are part of a series running currently in one of New York tabloids. This travesty on a newspaper is read almost entirely by workers. Its cir- culation in one day exceeds that of The DAILY WORKER for a week. Gutter garbage, sex-sensation, charmingly gilded news-swill—Hysterical Hokum! i For the most part the workers fail to understand the role played by these hoodlum news sheets. They help to cover up the decaying spots of the capitalist system ; they exeite and drain ‘the energies which should be directed to the struggle of the workers against their real enemies, the bosses; they create a false world of lurid lures and fascinating fables from which the worker has the greatest difficulty in extricating him- self. ; 3 Sl So How shall we argue away all these fool illusions? The struggles of the workers will do the trick, to be sure, but we have an important part to play. And we _ will all admit that we do that part better than itis ~ being done at present. We cannot collar the thousands of workers individu- ally and so convince them, even if the method of , abstract argument alone were effective. Life is too short to engage in a man-to-man crusade. THERE IS THE DAILY WORKER! . Put a DAILY WORKER into the hands of a reader of Hysterical Hokum: Do it twice daily for a month —and see what happens. Keep your paper alive and interesting with the news of the struggles as they happen in your shop, mill or mine— \ AGAINST THE BOSSES AND THEIR PAPERS! ° FOR THE WORKERS — AND THE DAILY WORKER! tion. Each organization, which is collectively affiliated to the Red | Aid, will now appoint one member who is directly responsible for the Red Aid work. The provincial or- ganizations received instructions as to how committees should be formed with the co-operation of other work- ing-class organizations. ’ Over 50 Organizations. The efforts of the central com- mittee to secure further collective affiliation on the part of working- class copent not less im- portant. At thé present time there are over 50 organizations affiliated to the Red Aid, including the work- ers’ unity block {Bloc de Unidad Obrera), which represents 33 unions with 4,800 members. Many political, trade union, cul- tural asd sport organizations have adopted decisions to pay regular monthly contributions to the Red Aid. However, in consequence of the strike movement and the great unemployment, the financial sup- port accorded by the trade unions is not very great. Newspaper Prints Articles. The Red Aid has secured pub- jicity space in the daily newspaper “Justicia.” Alniost every day com- munications are published concern- ing the support granted to prison- ers and theiy’ dependents. During the course of two months 75. ar- ticles and notices concerning the Red Aid were published. All ma- terial is signed by the Rea Aid. ame respectively, and other Communist |speakers will bring the Communist | agrarian program to the agricultural | |regions in this election campaign.) The immediate demands ¢ontained jin the program call for a five-year |moratorium on farm mortgages debts, including debts on chattels, protection of the working farmer against monopoly prices, and the es- sential lowering of the prices of all trust products which the farmer | uses. | “The program calls for protection of the farmer against special exploi- tation by the distributing agencies {of production, my railroads, meat| |packers, milk trusts, and grain} elevator combines; a federal law for the creation of a special farm re-| lief fund of $1,000,000,000 to relieve | |the conditions of the tenant and| | mortgaged farmers, the fund to be| jadministered by, organizations of) working farmers; a federal law! jagainst forced farm foreclosures; | abolition of all federal and local taxes on working and tenant farm- ers; the land to belong to its users; | complete freedom to organize and strike for the agricultural workers; | October 4, 5, 6, 7 Collect Articles! _ DAILY WORKER and FRETHEIT Bazaar MADISON SQUARE GARDEN rn SOVIE COST OF THE ENTIRE TOUR $375 $25 First Payment, | | | ay balance payable in installments. | 69 Fifth Ave., New York tm Op-ci World REY Inc. LAST TOUR THIS YEAR @ groupsails OCT. 17 on the express ship * “Mauretania.” ° USSIA | | Free Soviet Vira+ | We as you to | extend your stay so as to visit your relatives and friends in any part of the Soviet | Union. Tel. Algonquin 6900 a federal law to guarantee a seven- hour maximum working day and a) 48-hour weekly rest for all agricul-| tural workers; a yearly vacation with pay for all farm laborers; ev- tension to agricultural workers of) all benefits of social insurance and| # labor protection legislation demand- ed for industrial workers.” 1! hedioanh this period a campaign | was carried on for the release of | Isodoro Azzario, who was arrested | in Panama and extradited to the. Italian government. A leaflet was | printed and distributed and a special | propaganda placard was published | ond stuck up everywhere. A mass meeting was also held. 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