The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 25, 1929, Page 2

Two Page A rrests of Co FRENCH WORKERS PLANING GREATER RED DAY MEETS 95 to Fort ay* Send Prison ssions, designed sh in were tods chiek.of led with of arrests Communist -general nfedera ar- f the ad- Communist urniture was e confiscated, that many “re- been found in the The beginning of frameup is seen in issued for many eluding of L’Hu- French Communist 2 y Mauvais of the fetal Wor! Union, Bertioz, direc- tor of Humanite, Municipal Counsel- } ex of Ivry, one of the Red Pari and Sec sur- y, which are all con- ng conference teday officials announced five Communists ar- raid on a meeting last Sunday would «be prosecuted upon the charge of a revolutionary plot. slaint the Communist ged to have violated 2 penal code, which provides the penalty of deportation to a fortified prison for those guilty roy or change the government or of ting citizens to arm against the authorities. The seriousness of: these charges makes of this event more than an ordinary raid, such as has been di- rected against Communists from time ginning of a campaign of terror to time, and marks this as the be-| against the Communists. Humanite states that the_repres- sions by the Paris police’ will only be the signal for greater demonstra- tions, » Plans,-in which -the many trade gnnions are taking part, are proce@ging for the holding of the greatégt demonstration of working class Solidarity Paris has ever seen. The Gastonia Textile Workers’ trial starts July 29! Twenty-three work@rs face electrocution or prisamiterms! Rally all forces to savegthem. Defense and Relief Week: July 27—August 3! Sign the Protest Roll! Rush funds to Interhational Labor Defense, 80 Eastj ST piilth Street, New York. P WATER OF LESS MINERS ngpany Asks Permit t6 Tear Up Mains PIT@STON, Pa., July 24—The Scrantgn-Springbrook water com- Lie applied to the Luzerne county#courts for a mandamus au- thorizing it to tear up the streets in working class quarters and re- move Water mains, because the min- ing population is unemployed and the water bills are not being paid. Only, a few of the 15 collieries are working. Those denied labor are now deprived of their water also, and the company proposes to make the situation permanent. The Gastonia Textile Workers’ trial starts July 29! Twenty-three workers face electrocution or prison terms! Rally all forces to save them. Defense and Relief Week July 27—August 3! Sign the Protest Roll! Rush funds to International Labor Defense, 80 East ‘1th Street, New York. French Senate In Debate on Debt Pact PARIS, July 24.—Debate on rati- fication of the debt aceords with the United States passage of which is assured, was begun in the senate today. Alex- andre Millerand, former president of Franée, spoke against ratification. The accords already have been rati- fied by the chamber of deputies. The Gastonia Textile Workers’ trial starts July 29! Twenty-three workers face clectrocution or prison terms! Rally all forces to save them. Defense and Relief ‘July 27—August 3! Sign the Protest Roll! Rush funds to International Labor Defense, 80 East 11th Street, New York, ommunist workers. and England, | mmunis Germany’s Latest i | in aircraft erialist war. It is now being y is counted on as an ali Germany's late orkers will have sameth y against g to sa ts in rs n War ° 1S DAILY WORKER, NEW. YOR as Govt. A arations for ‘War which can be 1 fe “| | kers in the coming Ger- militant German Guatemala Trade Unions Ready for Big Strit | By GUMES. | The structure of Guate- |mala has change very little in rela- |tion with that which it had when it Iwas a colony of Spain. The trade |union and mutualist organizations of half a century ago still exist. The workers and artisans were able to | organize only for mutual aid. They | fought for no more than the juridical recognition of certain rights and for! these only by legal means and with- out attacking in the slightest degree the constituted social regime. These organizations did not cease social +|to exist even during the most de- spotie regimes the Guatemalan peo- ple have suffered. During the |years of the bloody tyranny of trada Cabrera, the organizations, “The Workers’ Future,” the “Arti-{ sans’ Center,” the “Mutualist Cru- sade” and others, did no more than practice mutual aid, and that defi- ciently, accommodating themselves |to the dominant power. | Always a Colony. Guatemala has never ceased being | a colony. It was a colony of Spain for three centuries, and after having obtained its political independence it was conquered economically by Brit- ish imperialism. The principal eco- |nomic resources of the country were | monopolized by British capitalists, jand the “independent” government | itself was mortgaged ‘to British im- perialism by means of big loans that have never been paid even to this day, because the state income is enough only to pay the interest on these loans. The pressure of British imperial- ism on the various governments | which have ruled the destiny of Gua- temala has culminated in the dis- membering of the national territory. President Cabrera presented to the British Crown one of the rich- est regions of the country, Belice, in jexchange for a “sword of honor.” This zone has been colonized by Ne- jgro slaves from Jamaica and from Africa, for the exploitation of coal mines and timber, and it continues being actually an English colony. Meanwhile, United States imperi- alism was conquering little by little |other natural resources not yet ex- ploited by the English and, in this |manner, initiated its penetration in Guatemala, which has carried as its consequence the struggle between the two imperialisms, Yankee impe- rialism took account of the fact that it would not be able to triumph with- | out having in its hands the political control, and therefore aided a series of coup d’etats led sometimes by the “Liberal” and sometimes by the| “Conservative” national political parties. “ U. S. Imperialism Enters. The movement of 1871, known as |the “Reform,” was no more than an} audacious stroke of North American imperialism supporting the Conser- vative Party. After that date was constructed the interoceanic railway | by the North American company, “The International Railway of Cen- | tral America,” and the fight began for control of the banks and the ex- ton. | This struggle could not be directed | satisfactorily to North American im- perialism by the various govern-) ments that followed that of the) “Reformer,” Justino Rufino Barrios. | It was necessary to establish an iron dictatorship—under no matter which | |}party—that would favor the con-} solidation of American imperialism | and the displacement of British im- | perialism. Such a dictatorship was exercised | by the government of Estrada Ca-| brera. During the 22 years which jit lasted the United Fruit Company and the Cuyamel Company obtained the concessions of the eastern banana zones. Immediately after the world war all the resources that had been in| the hands of German and British im- perialisms passed automatically into | the hands of North American impe- rialism. The*government of Estrada brera, following the orders of the | White House, had declared war on Germany and the Central Powers. | The governments which followed that of Cabrera have been, in fact, agents of North American imperial- % lism, oc ae nd G colc The First Grea In 1924 ter skilled bett strike agai pan E dem hour di am organiz rected th ber of wo ed, jailed country. ¢ railro gle in de The direct States Min solution of the orga with it, the complete fai strike, Imperialism w manded that the governm a law pr it movements respc ion and re the Rai been In 1925, 1,500 bakers of the capi- tal city and of other cities declare a strike for a wage no n work and a betterment of: wo conditions. It was . ful stri Almos strikers were acce was due to the industry perialism, istence of a strong ai ary trade union, “Sindicato de deros,” whic ment. Howeve of the said union ar ganizations that were imprisoned and tort Class Trade Unions Dey Toward the end of the same ie organ ion of work women made rapid advanc merous. trade and began th gee y means of stri and other. ma: movements. Among the most impor- tant of these struggles were those of the Coffee Sorters (women), the Soap Wor Glass W: Garment’ Workers (women), f putting into effi law and for inerez strikes took on a cle character, because the work themselves compelled to against the government which, close- ly linked to the capitalists, adopted severe repressive me 8 against he proletariat. In the last few yea zation of trade unions has attained great progr as m be seen by the growing consolidation of the “Federacion Regional de Trabaja- dores de Guatemala,” the national crimes of not in the, ha aided di the The: poli rs the organi- the country, Class consciousness is growing ever stronger in the Gua- temalan proletariat. The Gastonia Textile Workers’ trial starts July 29! Twenty-three workers face electrocution | or prison terms! Rally all forces to save them. Defense and Relief Week July 27—August 3! Sign the Protest Roll! Rush funds to International Labor Defense, 80 East 11th Street, New York. ELECTRICIANS STRIKE. KLAMATH FALLS, Wash. (By Union are on strike here for a five- daily wage. The Gastonia Textile Workers’ trial starts July 29! Twenty-three workers face electrocution or prison terms! Rally all forces to save them. Defense and Relief Week July 27—August 3! Sign the Protest Roll! Rush funds to International Labor Defense, 80 East 11th Strect; New York. then t of the eight-hour | 5. FURRIERS TOLD NEW TASKS istrial Union Survey of Strike in ‘om Page One) le economic conditions of the iers, the terrorism and the pro- ties of the right wing we must conclude that altho the of of furriers to the Industrial factory, never- shes sufficient evi- at the Industrial Union has llowing among the furriers, a hindrance to the de- opment of the strike was.the fact t the. great number of workers ciated shops remained at cause of this handicap the the General Strike Com- for spreading out the strike not materialize, and the union »pelled to conclude early set- swith the firms “whose rs were on str More than ndred shops settled with Union, granting all ng assurances for reases in wages. Amongst employers who concluded set- ith our union were many rt firms, members of the Trimming Association. It is clear beyond question that if workers of the Associated have cast aside their and fear of right wing and joined the strike, the i have been compelled h the Industrial Union, their company union would now been a thing of the past. response call all the ar have Thousands Are Tighters nt points out that the nds of call of the “Industrial e loyal and devoted to the support the left wing Answering the question who are employ- ociated shops who re- at work during the strike, tatement says: “The A. F, of socialist traitors will never ¢ of the furriers. ands of fur workers will e the right wing 's and scab agents as ders and representatives.” ement poses the question whether the bosses and the right wing clique will succeed in keeping furriers under the bloody re- and answers with a close s of the situation in the in- ry and the economic conditions of the furriers.” Courageous Struggles. “On the other hand all furriers, without exception, know that under the leadership of the left wing they succeeded in building up a powerful union which carried on an aggres- sive and untiring struggle against the bosses in the interests of the workers, The daring and courage- ous struggles of the furriers under the left wing leadership wen for the Union union ploitation of sugar, coffee and cot-;Center of class struggle unionism in| workers the forty-four week, in- creased wages averaging to almost fifty per cent, the abolition of sec- tion-contracting and the sweat-shop tem, and many other important is which greatly improved the living conditions of the fur workers,” | In order to prepare to lead the coming struggles successfully and in. order to work out a clear fight- ing line of policy a review is made of the factors forced upon the fur workers two and a half years ago, and which is still going on unabated. | The statement concludes that from the above facts it becomes |Mail)—Members of the Electrical) ‘lear that the Union must imme- diately begin a patient, persistent jday week, the union shop and a $9 and carefully planned organization The old scale was $8 C2™paign to unite all the class-con- scious and tried union fighters, and to draw thousands of passive fur into the activities of the 1 Union; thus to create a mass movement to resume the open fight against the bosses and their company union at the opportune time, when the mass of the fur ‘workers will be prepared, mobilized jand determined (> undoviake | the struggle. icshins furriers, who answered | o— K, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1929 ttempts to Crush August J Demonstrations DEMAND MAXTON TRY TO SUPPRESS STAND FOR OR AUGUST 1 MEETS AGAINST |. LP. IN SWITZERLAND Pope Fears Wrath of Italian Workers | | | | | | Prohibit All Mass Demonstrations Discussion Continues at Anti-Imperial Meet BASLE, July 24.—The govern- |ment of the Canton of Freiburg (Switzerland) whose President Per- rier made a violent attack upon the Communists in the Swiss Fed- }eral Parliament in connection with the debate on the Anti-War day of the Communists on August. Ist, has issued a decree declaring that “the Red Flag is the symbol and the rallying point of the revolution,” and prohibiting all revolutionary demonstrations on the streets and | all open air meetings, and every dis- play of red flags throughout the (Wireless By Inprecorr) | PRANKFORT-ON-THE-M A I N, }Germany, July 24.—The third se |sion of the League Against Tm jialism opened yesterday with a di cussion of Pollitt's report. Linc hagen opened the discussion, speak- ing for the Swedish Peace Society. Ledebour, from Germany, s inst Lindhagen's pacifism and in |favor of self-determination, even for jthe South Tyrol and Saar d |Delighi of the Anti- League and Helene Stocker of Ger- also spoke. The pope, who recently cemented an alliance with the fascist ter- ror government, has increased the guard at the Vatican, fearing the wrath of the long exploited Italian workers and peasants, who have | suffered from the greed of the church as well as the iron fist of fascism. Even Italian troops are not trusted by the pope; he sends abroad for hired mercenariec—the Swiss guards. (As shown above opening tho huge bronze doors which hide the pope.) | Political Commission elected | | | Canton, 26 members, including sivensen- EX PEGT Bl A Leaflets and other publications sky, Maxton, Ford, | 2 2 containing “seditious matter” are also prohibited. All such publica- tions willbe confiscated. This de- cree represents the first cantonal action against the anti-war demon- The disc on, continued. koop of Holland defended his Party's colonial policy. Hiller of the Reve _ GENERAL STRIKE, KILL IN SECRET lutionary Pacifists of Germa said | strations on the 1st of August,.The his organization recogni: the q ‘ «e 2 ] | Swiss press has been carrying on League’ aims. Huan Ping, of the{big Textile, Tobacco |Shoots 2 Communists Swiss peng paren ia Chinese Trade Unions, attacked the in Ditch independent labor party of Eng- land. He said Maxton must stand either for or against the indepen- dent’ labor party. Fan Noli, from Albania, discussed the role of the Balkans in imperialist policy. Mig- lioli, representing the Catholic pea- sants of Italy, described the role of Italian fascism in the Balkans, North Africa and Chira. Sachia- nova, from the Soviet Union Trade Unions, stressed the necessity of the anti-war campaign and of the League’s work for Aug. 1. Ben Marsh, representing the left. bour- geois anti-imperialists of the United States, proposed that the action pro- gram of the League should include free trade. Wages should be raised Struggles Now On |fascist demonstrations for weeks, : ae | particularly in the Canton of Tessin SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 24—The}| VIENNA, July 24.—The Vienna| where the fascist arms were torn slogan of the Independent Trade “Rote Fahne” publishes a report of down from the fascist headquarters Unions of Bulgaria to extend the| the commander of the gendarmerie a little while ago. The representa- strike front throughout the whole; post in Beutschach concerning the|tive of Mussolini in Berne then country and effect all factories, is) murder of the two Communists,| made a provocative speech in which being more and more successful. Jackovitch and Hekimovitch, on the he threatened reprisals unless “the The strikes are particularly ener-| Austro-Yugoslavian border. The re-| hunt upon fascists in Switzerland” | getic in the textile center of Sliven|port shows that the Jugoslavian| came to an end. where 2,000 textile workers, 250) Rene erangs be their urlapnera ae embroidery workers, 40 shoemakers,/the trench along the frontier al- , 300 aha workers and various| though no path leads this way, and, Think Many Workers other categories of workers are on| despite the fact that this was point-| Killed in Acetylene strike. A general strike will prob-|€d out to them by people living on/ 7 ; : ahiy-dakeintbee: ithe frontier. Shortly afterwards’ Explosion in Berlin Reports from all the larger towns} these people heard three or four} like Warna, Jambol, Burgas, etc., shots and a few days later the show that the workers ate in a fer- bodies of the two murdered men were found in the frontier stream. BERLIN, July 24.—A terrific explosion occurred at 12:30 p. m. ment. to the highest level of the United! strikes are threatenin | +Goncerning ‘the findi £ the| today in the oxyacetylene works of e ig every: erning e finding o: ie Pai States. This could be brought about | here, The strike movement is|two bodies, the report states: “The| the Borsigwalde oxygen works at | Tegel, a northern suburb of Berlin. ‘It was believed some of the hun- dreds of workers were killed. Sev- eral buildings were set afire, by treaties between the states. Kirkwood, of the I. L. P. of Eng- land, complained that Pollitt and Saklatvala cause a feeling in the League against the I. L. P. Ford, also growing in Sofia. Particularly frontier is formed by a stream cinteresting was the 24 hour protest which flows through a deep and al- strike of the shoemakers in support most impassable cutting. Ten me-| of the struggle of the tobacco|ters away from the frontier stone 4 ‘ rc; |workers for an unconditional am- lay the two bodies, about twelve | a Negro worker, disagreed with | nesty and against the terror. All| meters away from each other, on| Kirkwood. He stated that the labor jstrike meetings protest against the the other side of the stream, i. e.,| party, especially the I. L. P., isour|rake amnesty announced by the|upon Jugoslavian territory. Oppo- | As far as I am concerned, I can't claim to have discover: istence of classes in mode: *, 5 . 7 theb worst enemy. -¥eovernment. The mass pressure of | site the bodies, on the Austrian side| Mtddie-claxe eHevkert ch the Gea ane |the strikes has already had a cer- of the frontier, was a large pool| deneribed nist Party, demanded a clear defini-|+,:n effect and the authorities are|of blood. Undoubtedly one of the] ab showed the economie physiology of the classes, I have added as a new contribution the following proposi~ tion: 1) that the existence of classes ix bound up with certain phases of material product! that the class struggle lea tion of imperialism. Every weapon } is not an imperialist weapon. Jt cepends upon the purpose for which it is used. We express solidarity with the Red Army and are proud of it. Ledebour is wrong in asking us to join with capitalist national- ism to giberate the Saar or Tyrol nationalities. National liberation is possible only after the overthrow of capitalism. It is important that the League joins the demonstration on Aug. 1. The downfall of world im- | perialism depends on the combina- | tion of the national and sccialist groups in the struggle for emanci- pation. ‘Labor’ to Substitute New Tyrant as High Egypt Commissioner | LONDON, July 24.—Lord Lloyd, | who has been high commissioner of | | Egypt since 1925, “has acceded” to} the “labor” government’s demand that he resign, Foreign Minister Arthur Henderson told the House of Comnions today. The resignation implies a more stringent policy will be followed by the “labor” government toward Egypt. As high commissioner of Egypt since 1925, and as governor of Bom-; ‘bay from 1918 to 1923, and the bodies lay here, for some time, and} was then dragged through the | planning to extend the amnesty to a greater number of prisoners than} originally intended. There is an|Stream to the Jugoslavian side of actual if not a formal state of siege|the frontier.” in all larger towns. Meetings are | prohibited, that is to say, strikers Build Up the United Front of | is but the transition to the abi tion of all cl; ation of a society of free and equal. —Marx. may not appear on the streets more! the Working Class From the Bot- than two together. tom Up—at the Enterprises! 50,000 Workers Must Come Saturday (8°) August 3 |f TO THE GREATEST Morning Freiheit | PICNIC=—= at ULMER PAR Sudan, Lord Lloyd became notor-} ious for his repressive polices. | Music, Dancing, Entertainment | Sports, Refreshments, Games TICKETS 40 CENTS—at the Morning Freiheit, 30 Union Square, New York West End B.M.T. Line to 25th Avenue Station WIN FIVE-DAY WEEK. TACOMA, Wash. (By Mail).— Organized carpenters have gained | the five-day week in Tacoma, Build shop committees and draw | the more militant members into | the Communist Party. ! . ABOARD THE . S.S. 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