The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 25, 1929, Page 3

_ Communist Parties '| DECIDE TACTICS a 5, izzy FOR OPPOSITION TO HEIMWEHR AustrianWorkers Hold | Anti-Fascist Parade (Wireless by Inprecorr) BERLIN, Germany, Sept. 24.—A conference of all Central European Communist Parties was held in Con- stance, on Sept. 17 and 18, against the imminent danger of a fascist coup in Austria, decided on a series of measures supporting the Aus- trian workers and founding an in- | ternational fund for combatting Austrian fascism. | The conference issued an appeal | to the workers of the world against | the Austrian Heimwehr and the murder regime in Jugo-Slavia. ee (Wireless By “Inprecorr”) VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 24.—The cabinet session on Sept. 20 decided | unanimously to introduce a supple- | mentary law into parliament to | alter the constitution. It is gener- ally considered here that the fascist demands will be the basis of the new law, The Heimwehr parade Saturday in | Vienna brought speeches of denun- | ciation from workers, and strong counter-demonstrations from the | workers, under Communist Party | leadership, Collisions took place with the police. Despite the police edict prohibiting the wrokers from marching in procession, they did march through the streets. | ‘_'* 8 Betrayal Continues. | | VIENNA, Sept. 24—Chancellor Streeruwitz conferred yesterday with Dr. Alfred Guertler, president of the parliament, on rushing through the | changes in the constitution demand- | ed by the fascists, The Heimwehr leaders declare | that- they are satisfied with pro- gress being made. British Kill Chinese, Workers Who Strike, | Attack Commissioners | APAI, Samoa, (C.N.S.).—Chinese | workers on strike in British Samoa} attacked the offices of the Chinese | commissioner and were fired on by| imperialist troops. Fourteen coolie | workers were killed. ak SORE 2 The term “coolie” used deroga- tively by imperialist masters merely means that the worker is imported | under a system of contract slavery. Importation of Chinese slaves was | undertaken by the British govern-| ment here when it was found that} the native Samoans were being rapidly killed off by misrule, and) did not provide enough labor supply. | One Million Petitions to be PresentedWhen Gastonia Trial Starts One million signatures of protest by the time the trial of the Gastonia prisoners re- opens at Charlotte, N. C., Sep- tember 30, continues to be the aim of the Gastonia Joint De- fense and Relief Campaign. It is planned to present these petitions to the 16 prisoners in danger of the electric chair and to the authorities on the day the trial opens. Protest the fascist terror in Gaston 2nd Macklenburg Coun- ties. Protest the murder of Ella May. Protest the lynch plans Manville-Jenckes. Protest the plans to legally murder the sixteen Gastonia strikers. Send the petitions to the Gas- tonia Joint Defense and Relief Campaign, 80 East 11th St., Room 402, New York City. Build Up the United Front of the Working Class From the Bot- tom Up—at the Enterprises! of DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Central Europe Hold Conterences to Fight Aus trian Fascists Medals for Murdering Arab Rebels Here are the members of the British imperialist Palestine po- lice who murdered the most Arabs who revolted against British imperialism. The police are receiving medals for their murderous performances. ROLE.OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY By CHARLES E. RUTHENBERG (From “The Liberator,” July, 1923) HAT is the goal of the Communist Party? Wherein does it dif- What is the role of the ; Party—in the struggle fer from other labor Communist Party—in this country the Work for the emancipation of the workers?. . . political parti The Communists accept as their guiding policy that the world imperialist war was the beginning of the decay and disintegration of the capitalist Although the capitalists, financiers, and states- men have striven mightily since 1918 to find a solution to the financial and economic problems brought upon them by the war, the process of disintegration still goes on. At times there are slight improvements only to be followed by worse conditions. Financially and economically Europe draws nearer and nearer to the brink. stem. The Communists point out to the working class that the capitalist system has outlived its day, that it cannot be reformed or reconstructed, that the misery and suffering which are the lot of the workers can only be ended by the workers establishing their rule and proceeding with the work of rebuilding the economic system on a Communist basis. The Communists are under no illusion that this can be done over night. decades, and even after the workers achieve power will go on for years. The communists do not attempt to deceive the workers by teaching them that the social revolution is a pink tea affair to be achieved in the legislative halls ef the capitalist government. The lesson of the one country in which the workers have attained power—Soviet Russia— The struggle against the capitalist system may still last for shows that after the workers’ government is established, an iron dic- tatorship must rule as the instrument through which the struggle against the exploiters is carried forward there. The Communists rec- ognized the historic truth that no privileged class has ever given up its special position, its power to live in luxury through the exploitation of the oppressed class, without a bitter struggle in which it has re- sorted to every means within its power to retain its privileged position. Everything points to the fact that the struggle against capitalism in Europe and America will not differ from the class struggle of the past and that the workers in the fight to emancipate themselves must. be ready for this struggle. In the United States the Communists today are advocating as their chief immediate proposals the amalgamation of the trade unions into industrial unions and the formation of a Labor Party. While the Com- munists in the United States are the leaders in the struggle to bring about amalgamation and the formation of a Labor Party, this does not mean that when this goal is achieved the task of the Communists is at an end. For the Communists, the amalgamation of the trade unions into industrial unions and the formation of a Labor Party to fight the poli- tical battles of the working masses of this country are but the first steps toward the ultimate goal of the workers government and the Communist society. When these means of struggle are achieved there will still remain for the Communists the task of bringing to the masses of the workers of this country the realization that the struggle against capitalism must be a struggle to abolish the whole capitalist order. It must teach them that the problem which the working class faces under the capital- ist system cannot be solved through ameliorative measures won in the | legislative bodies of the capitalist government or through victories won in the fight on the industrial field for better wages and working con- ditions. The Communists will still have the task of educating the working masses to the necessity of their establishing the rule of the workers in place of the rule of the capitalis They will still have before them the work of bringing to the masses of the workers and farmers the understanding that the existing capitalist government is an instrument for the service of the capitalists, that it cannot be the form of government through which the workers may rule, but must be supplanted by a government growing out of the experiences and struggles of the workers, that is, a Soviet government. The Commu- nists will still have before them the task of educating the working masses of this country to the need of their establishing a Soviet gov- ernment and with it the rule of the workers—the Dictatorship of the Proletariat—which will use the governmental power in the interest of the workers as openly as it is now used in the interests of the capi- talists. It is because, after the first steps in the United States in the form of the organization of a Labor Party and the amalgamation of the trade unions, there will still remain these great tasks, that there must be a Communist Party—a separate, in its ranks the best edudated, disciplined, and most militant workers, such as the Workers Party of America. The role of this party is to be the battalion at the front leading the working class hosts—industrial workers and farmers—forward against the enemy in spite of all persecutions, in spite of the efforts | of the capitalists to destroy it, until the victory of the workers is won. Walker, New York's grinning mayor, Walker Reviews Imperialism’s Soldiers ais, Those who smiled approvingly at the militarized youths in the colonial garb included James In the sylvaan surroundings of West Point, the aspiring soldiers _ Gre taught the technique of mass slaughter, 4 inet organization which will have | | Latin American Briefs By ALBERT MOREAU. Dictator Leguia Engineers “Communist Plot” in Peru. The repercussions following the engineered “Communist plot” of the murderer, President Leguia, of Peru, far from bringing about the expected anihilation of the labor unions and the illegal Communist movement, has strengthened them. Furthermore, the present servile Government of Peru is being exposed for the shameless lies which it used in order to make another dreadful attack upon the militant workers and peasants. In this alleged plot, Leguia issued false documents which were to prove that behind the attempt to overthrow the government, a Soviet agent was manoeuvering. The insurrection was to start on the day where all “anti-patriotic forces” were to gather in the churches and from there they would march on the government offices and make a successful “coup d’etat.” With no further explanations, a reign of terror was initiated, hun- dreds of workers were jailed, workers and peasants organizations raided. For the last two months, the bourgeois press, in the service of Yankee imperialism, has been mobilized to hound the alleged plot- | ters with the cry: “Save the Fatherland.” The workers bravely resisted all attempts to crush them, together with their fighting organizations. A Committee of Workers Defense was immediately set afoot, whose investigations revealed the startlingly dirty machinations of the Leguia government. The leader of the so-called insurrection, a certain Felipe Yparra- guirre, was found to be non-existant. The language used in the en- gineered documents is foreign to Communist terminology. Naturally, the Communists would never attempt to make a united front with the church for such a coup d’etat, for the Catholic Church in Peru, as elsewhere, has always been an instrument of oppression against the workers, especially against the native Indians. The Communists are against such coup d'etat which, according to the Leguia press, was et substitute for the present government clique, another petit-bourgeois clique. In a manifesto issued by the militant workers it is stated that Communism “represents the movement of the masses and leads them to an armed insurrection for the conquest of power.” The real motive behind Leguia’s invented plot is the deep unrest through which the country is now going. There have been of late constant and spontaneous upheavals of Indians in the oil fields owned by American imperialist interests. The workers and peasants are suffering from the terrible disease of unemployment which has reached prcporsions unprecedented in the history of the labor movement of eru. The Communist movement and the revolutionary local trade unions have been forced to operate illegally due to the dictatorship exercised by tyrant Leguia. The petty bourgeoisie is falling apart with the further penetration of the American trust combines. There is a deep-going discontent among the intellectuals and the petty bourgeois shop keepers. In order to divert the growing antagonism of classes, especially the threatening militancy of the Indians, the lackey government of Peru has forged the documents with the hope to deal a death blow to the workers and peasants organizations. But the maneuvers proved futile. Leguia is now compelled to silence his press. The workers assume as a result of the exposure of the forgery an aggressive attitude. The revolutionary tide in Peru is rising. The oppressed masses are preparing themselves for a mighty struggle and unlike the past, this struggle will be waged on the basis of class against class, under the leadership of the proletariat led by the Communists, and not by the petty bourgeois elements who are partly responsible for the present Leguia reign of terror. j aeautiation Rages |25 Hour Day Assures | In Macedonia; Mass |Extra Dancing Hour at | Arrests in All Cities Latin Electoral Ball (Wireless By Inprecorr) newspaper Makedonskodelo (Mace- donian Cause) reports mass arrests | of Macedonians in Skoplje, Weles,| |Shtip, Kumanovo, Prilep, Pehrid, lem Casino, 116th St. and Lenox Bitolj, Gevgeli, and other places.) Ave. this Saturday night points out Three students, Maneff, Karadshoff,|that the return to standard time and Kimoff, were murdered by po-| will enabie the workers who attend lice in Skoplje. During the last| the affair to get in an extra hour jthree months police reported 26|of dancing without losing an hour “suicides,” which means that many|of sleep. jmurders by the police. | This happy paradox is explained A report direct from Sofia is that| by the fact that all New York clocks |two friends of General Protogerov| will be turned back one hour on the iWere murdered on the streets of|night of the ball, which will also | Varna by unknown assassins who|be the jirst great election rally of |fled and were not captured. Michail-| {he present municipal campaign in ov, leader of the reactionary Mace-| \YJarlem; consequently, Saturday will donian organization, is considered be a twenty-five hour day! sean cneinle Aside from the entertainment of- forded, which ‘will include Latin- American dances and songs and the music of a Negro jazz band, prom- inent candidates of the Communist Party will speak, Tickets can be purchased at the Workers Book STORM SINKS 8 BOATS. LONDON, Sept. 24.—Eight coal lighters have sunk, a tug and four other lighters have been driven ashore, and many steamers have | been unable to enter port because Sh 26 Uni Se the Spanish of a hurricane at St. Vincent, Cape | Warkesa Canter, 26 W. sth St., i yen Shotts a Lloyds dispatch ang the Harlem Progressive Youth said today, Club, 1492 Madison Ave. PENN R.R, GOBBLES BUS LINES PHILADELPHIA (By Mail).— The Pennsylvania Railroad has ob- tained a controlling interest in the huge Greyhound Bus Lines, it is re- ported. The Great Northern Rail- road has sold to the Greyhound its out Northland Transportation Co., with | tiom 3,300 miles of bus lines. Reduced | cinmses 38 boand ap s of material productions 2) wages are threatened, the’cinas struggle leads neces- | ly to the dictatorship of the | proletariat: 8) that this dictatorship ix but the transition to the aboli tion of all classes and to the ation of a society of free and eq —Marx. GASTONIA Citadel of the Class Struggle in the New South By WM. F. DUNNE A HISTORICAL PHASE in the struggle of the American working class analyzed and described by @ veteran of the class struggle. To place this pamphlet in the hands of American workers is the duty of every class-conscious worker who realizes that the struggle in the South is bound up with the fundamental interests of the whole American working class, As far na 1 am concerned, 1 can't claim to have discovered the ex- clnasen in modern society Build Up the United Front of the Working Class From the Bot- tom Up—at the Enterprises! 15 cents per copy (plua be. ine) Place your order today with the WORKERS [LIBRARY PUBLISHERS and all Workers Book Shops 43 EAST 125TH STREET EW YORK CITY = || iinet The arrangements committee of VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 24.—The the Latin-American Electoral Ball to be given by the Spanish Bureau of the Communist Party at the Har- | Chinese war lords the U.S. S. R. by, Sent by Imperialists to Aid War Lords -(GGTU CONGRESS WAGES WAR ON NO STRIKE LAW Concentrates on Large | Factories; For RILU. | PARIS, France, Sept. 24—Fol~ | lowing the close of the discussions on the report of the executive com- mittee, the Fifth Congre: of the | Confederation Generale de Travaille | Unitaire (United General Federa- tion of Labor—the militant trade | union center in France) heard three reports: on immediate demands, on organization tasks, and on the war MARTIAL LAW 18 "THREAT IN Ni. 6. Intensify Offensive, | Say Mill Bosses (Continued from Page One) jfor any meetings of workers. The American Legion is evidently behind this concerted move to prevent meet- ings. Domage suits on behalf of the union organizers kidnapped and flogged will be started this week by Tom Jimison and Attorney Aber- nethy under the auspices of the Civil Liberties Union. Attorney Adams will bring damage suits for false arrests on behalf of the eight ar- rested last week charged with con- |spiring to overthrow the govern- ment. | Stonewall Durham, of has been retained by the il Lib- erties Union to bring suit to re- strain Gastonia and Gaston County from further squandering taxpay- ers’ money to help Manville-Jenckes jelectrocute the thirteen defendants. With the trial less than a week off, the defense counsel and the I. L. D. are working night and day to prepare to meet the new attack of the prosecutino which has been spending vast sums in a final des- perate effort to electrocute 13 lead- | ers of the National Textile Work- ers Union and send 10 others to the penetentiary for long terms. Wesley May was discharged to- day from the Loray Mill. He is a brother of Ella May, murdered by the bullets of the Manville-Jenckes Co. when the bosses’ black hun- dreds seized control of Gaston County and made a vicious on- slaught upon the N. T. W. U. Wes- ley May has been a member of the union for months, but remained in the Loray mill to carry on agita- tional and organizational work there. After murdering his sister, the Manville-Jenckes Co. found out that he is an active member and fired him with threats that if he continues his work for the union he will suffer the same fate as his sister. | Active member: nd organizers of the N, T. W. U., the I. L. D. and the W. I. R. are hunted like wild beasts. They refuse to be in- timidated and will answer the bosses’ attacks by increased, and, , if necessary, secret organizational activity. Meetings are held da MINE ELECTRICIAN KILLED. WEST FRANKFORT , Ill (By Mail).—Tony Balkas, mine electri- cian in Orient Mine Number 1 was} killed by a high voltage wire while at work. Friday, October 4th... Saturday, October Sth Sunday, October 6th... Total... hin Safed. lp 5 danger. One of the modern, wwell-cquippec armored cars, given to the Fight Anti-Strike Law. by the imperialist powers for use in attack on The first report showed the C. ie ‘ G. T. U. intends to oppose com- on the Manchurian border. pulsory arbitration through the di- rect struggie of the work for higher wages and shorter working hours. The second report showed that concentration on the large fac- RITISH = STARVE 45 tories was necessary for organiza- Fath tional strengthening of the C. G. T. LIGNISTS 10 JOB U. The third showed that the C. G. aNe T. U. approves the theses of the Red ey International of Labor Unions and : aus the Communist. International con- Must Begin Imperialist! cerning the world situation. ‘ ie : | The last session of the Fifth Con- Tasks Again at Once | press, Sunday, saw the adoption of aeetbinn ' resolutions embodying these points The British mandate commission-| ty great majorities. ers inj Jexusalem announced to the| Rie wine Reaeed. a day or so. The reason given ig| trounced throughout the convention, that the governor wishes these col-|°"4, Voted down on all important onists to go back to their highly im-|1¢S°lutions by eight to one, refused portant impe faint: Wowie ot holding | ©, Participate on the executive com- the country districts against the|™ittee, whereupon the | majority Arabian peasants who were swin-|SPeskere declared this refusal was dled out of their land by a financial | P*00f that the minority was fright deal between Araby oar nancial | ened by governmental persecutions. ah . sa Delegate Gitton made the closing Zionist millionaires. speech amidst great enthusiasm Meanwhile the government cts eN “— tinues to arrest Arabs, on the! charge of rioting and murder, Up |keep up the atrocity story, and all to yesterday 150 had been jailed| they can say is that the bodies were The British officials ad- | not sufficiently preserved to tell for mit that there is very little evi-|certain. The other physicians de- dence aganist many Arabians the |¢lare no atrocities were committed, Zionists want arrested. and this evidence is substantiated Try to Split Arabs. by eye witnesses to the fighting. The British policy of placing EEE A heavy fines on villages they “con-. Build Up the United Front of vict” of engaging ni revolt is being | the Working Class From the Bot- used to incite hatred between vil- | tom Up—at the Enterprises! lages. The fnies are remitted if | Child Wanted residents of one village turn state's evidence against those of another. AN WHO CAN AFFORD GooD HOME con- The joint commission of Zio! Arabian and British physicians, which was relied on to find evidence AND of atrocities committed on Jews in| } TION pee Saree Hebron, has filled a divided report.| WORKER, BOX 15, Only the Zionist doctors try to| RN IRCROROSARIA & Indian Summer Days at CAMP NITGEDAIGET ARE WELL REMEMBERED! Come out now and enjoy yourself. 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