The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 24, 1930, Page 1

Baily < Eptereo ux second-tluss matter at the Post Office at New York. N. ¥. FINAL under the act ef March 3, 1879 Published daily exc: Company. Inc. 2 Sunday by ‘The Comproduily # Union Square. I New York City, a2 NEW ‘YORK, , SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1930 yeur everywhere excepting JON RATES: 86 0 New York « SUBSCRIE and Bron 1 foreign countries, “Nobody’s to Blame” bee troops are pouring machine gun bullets into Indian workers INEWARK MASS and peasants, dropping bombs on villages and killing men, women | Who is to blame? According to certain bourgeois liberals and “socialist” apologists | for imperialism, nobody at all is to blame, it is all simply “unfor- and children. tunate.” A grievous “misunderstanding,” and so forth and so on. 4 Ramsay MacDonald, so it is said, is “at heart” a pacifist, and no f one but the rude Communists accuse the dear, good man of mass mur- der. This “pacifist,” this “socialist,” has stood stoutly for more and i more deadly warships, has locked up his fellow pacifist, Gandhi, and {| is trying his damnedest to drown in blood the struggling masses of India. It is all most distressing, but nobody should blame “Comrade” MacDonald, recently testified its abhorrence of “oppression” by urging the masses to overthrow the government—of the Soviet Union! It is true that MacDonald is “merely” Premier of the British Gov- ernment, which, as his would-be defenders claim, has a powerful bu- reaueracy which sees that the “traditions” and the “continuity of for- eign policy’—and the profits—of the empire are maintained even under a “socialist” premiere, Alas, the excuse is an accusation to those like the “socialist” party of the United States and the Rev. A. J. Muste, who seek to defend MacDonald on this ground. The “socialists” pretend, the better to delude the working class, that imperialism can be “corrected” or “purified” by peaceful means; that by electing “socialists” to office in capitalist government, the “evils” of such government can be done away with “gradually,” by “evolution” or what not, and the capitalists painlessly separated in the most respectable manner and by due process of capitalist law, from their function as parasites and exploiters of the workers. Unluckily, the hard realities of history prove the opposite. The “socialists,” to get into capitalist government office, make assurance to the capitalists that nothing of the kind will occur. And in office they out-distance the most sanguinary capitalist politicians in breaking strikes at home and bloody suppression of colonial peoples striving | for independence from imperialist oppression and exploitation. Having started from the promise of accepting collaboration with capitalism, they become its staunchest upholders, ready to order the massacre of workers trying to overthrow capitalism. If they would permit the workers to overthrow capitalism, alas and alack, there would be. no capitalists for them to collaborate with! Moreover, collaboration is far more comfortable, in short, it pays good salaries! Thus the MacDonalds, the Muellers, the Vanderveldes and the Nor- man Thomases become part and parcel of the systematic machine of capitalist imperialism and are the more valuable to imperialism pre- leader of the Second “Socialist” International which has | | ‘Other Cases on June 2 iDefense Calls All to conviction yesterday in the Quarter ‘take place tomorrow at 1.30 p. m. | Seven more on the other. | | cisely because they disguise their support of capitalism with dema- | ogy attractive to the workers about “socialism.” Yet the sole way to gain a really socialist society is to overthrow capitalism, which means to destroy capitalist rule of industry and the entire bureaucratic machine of capitalist government, replacing it with a government of workers and farmers, a Soviet Government. And under the rule of the workers, not of the capitalist class, to build up a socialist society. The working class has before it two apt examples: the “socialist” officials of British imperialism carrying out every bit as bloody and oppressive a rule against the British workers as well as the Indian masses as any Tory government ever did; and the example of the | Soviet Union, where the workers and peasants, overthrowing by revo- lution the political power of all exploiters, under their own Soviet Government are constructing a socialist society. And far from absolving from blame the MacDonalds and the Thomases, the Muellers and the Mustes, the Communists declare that these scoundrels who delude the masses with “socialist” demagogy and who, pretending to fight against capitalism are its most bloodthirsty defenders against the revolutionary workers, are the worst enemies of the working class whose historic mission is to hang them alongside the capitalists they protect. The American “socialist” pals of MacDonald either hide their com- plicity in silence or, as does Muste, mutter a lament that MacDonald is rather too raw to be defended as a “personality.” But in either case they have no quarrel with the basic policy of MacDonald of col- laboration with capitalism. That is their policy also. They aspire to be the future suppressors of the workers, the assassins of peoples op- pressed by American imperialism. They are social-fascists, and for that reason the American workers should reject them and support the Communist Party. Girls for Sale on a Falling Market A’ Bridgeport, Connecticut, press reports state, “an attractive dark- haired girl,” Margaret Sabo, 19 years old, advertises in a local paper that: “$1,800 Buys Me For a Wife.” Thus auctioning herself off be- cause, says the press: “Her father, a factory worker, has been out of work and the family debts piled up”—until this working class girl took this means of raising money. The report says that 18-year-old Betty Douglas, another working girl, recently tried the same method. The market for young working girls’ flesh is crowded under capi- talism, and these girls used the spectacular method of advertising. The sickening hypocrisy of capitalism! It howls for “morality” and rails at the “Reds” about “trying to destroy the family,” it passes innumerable laws against “white slavery”—and it forces the girls of the working class to sell themselves, Usually they do it quietly. But the glut of flesh on the market, like that of factory workers which caused Margaret’s father to remain see, is such that she offered herself more frankly than others for sale. Capitalism is slavery. Down with slavery! and to enter the political arena ac- tively with ull possible means. Today’s Vorwaerts interprets the speech as a vote of non-roniidence ys i: ey in the present government, and as gery jan overt offer of assistance to the {socialist ministers in carrying out ceca , ,| the capitalist plan. ‘Bosses Prefer Social) 4 new conthiet, arose between | Thuringia and the Reich as a result Democrats As Tools of Frick’s unconstitutional introduc- z tion of hated prayers into the Thur- ‘ (Wireless By Inprecorr.) ingian schools, Reich’s Minister BERLIN, May 23.—An important | Wirth addressed a letter of protest ech was delivered today by Duis- ito the Thuringian cabinet threaten- (Sg, president of the German In-| ing to appeal to the Supreme Court. teastrial Union. It dealt with the|The Democratic Berliner Tageblatt fewlastrophie economic situation and rawnealed for new radical measures induce improvement. Since the bRevolution, Duisberg asserted, deci- kagns on economic questions have ween in the hands of people neither r@pable nor willing to bear respon- sibility for the results of their de- yassions. The employers have been ynapeatedly warned. And the time was arrived to abandon all reserve expresses regret that Wirth is firm on the prayer question whilst ignor- ing the more important voli-» quces- tion, which was silently shelved. (The Thuringian Cabinet, which is under the control of outspoken fas- cists utilized the Reich subsidies to (Continued on Page Five) Write as you fight! Become a worker correspondent. | PROTEST TODAY | OVER FLAIANI Labor Jury , Cacdaene Prosecution Tricks and Unfair Jury Get Into Struggle NEWARK, N. J., protest demonstration May 23.—A,y against the Session Court of Dominick Flaiani, Communist Party organizer will in Military Park under the joint auspices of the International Labor Defend the Soviet Union! TO SAVE LIVES | OF ATLANTA 6 \Four Held for Chair| in Addition to Powers Carr |Release 2 2 , Jailed Ww ed.) of} Voted Spee ecl “Investigation” Py osecutor_ ‘Bac K Reepeinne | Raid on Negroes A : WASHIN( BULLETIN. a a : House of Repr ntatives ye The Young Worker, official or- | OUSE O01 ; ves | , , . tion” of Communist activities. gan of the Young Communist League, yesterday received a tele- It was proposed suddenly of Michigan in charge of th refusing . delay action and pr gram of greetings and pledge of solidarity to all militant workers Defense, Communist Party, Young) Communist League and the Unem-! ployed Council. Flaiani will address! ithe meeting. Judge Van Riper announced in| court this morning that Flaiani wiil| jbe sentenced Monday. Under the| two indictments on which he was} convicted he can be sentenced to 17) years, 10 years on one charge and The trial | of the eight other workers arrested! | at the same unemployment meeting | as Flaiani and also indicted for sedi- | tion have been postponed until June 2. Flaiani’s conviction will be ap-) |pealed and a demand made after| sentence for bail. In addition to Flaiani the speak- | ers at Saturday’s meeting will be! George Saul, New Jersey organizer of the International Labor’ Defense, (Continued on Page Five) L.A, SYNDIGALISM GASE UP MONDAY 87 Arrested for Work |?" "st On their way from the court house in Imnerial Valley liiedes tiniontite losued a ctatament LOS ANGELES, May. 23.—Six- pledging unceasing loyalty to the teen workers including Frank Spec- | the Communists. framed by the bosses and a few/Line steamer, each at the Brooklyn Special Ses-jand railway. sions Court, where they have no} “Daily” union, and to the working class, and urging all shoe workers to back the Y. Communists to | Nominate Candidates iii steseeaic State Nominating Meet Opens Sunday at City of Schenectady with Hundreds Attending Over 300 delegates are leaving New York for the State Nominating Convention at Schenectady of the Communist Party, which officially opens the state election campaign of Late yesterday the Campaign Committee reported that from the more than 300 delegates already registered, about iGo oe an ee — Come ‘trom: metal, SENTENCE SHOE WORKERS | 24 other shops, a delegation m the Marine Workers’ In- BUT DO NOT QUELL THEM dustrial Union left Friday and others from the shoe, food and Yesterday six members of the In-| other industries are going with the dependent Shoe Workers Union | bulk of delegates on the scabs, were sentenced to 3 months|are going by auto truck, bus line Around 70 delegates tered from the revolutionary trade (Continued on Page Four) Greets Youth Pravda | from Powers, Carr, Dalton, Bur- 5 lak, Storey and Brady, young LOVESTONETTE, workers facing electrocution in Atlanta. * * STABS $§ ers and the aeath sentences being sought by the industrial despotism in the South against four more workers, in addition to M. H. Powers and Joseph Carr, organizer of the Communist Party and the Young Communist | League, were taken up at a meeting of the national executive committee of the International Labor Defense. Information reaching New Yo: yesterday was that two of the s Lie Near Death A murderous attack b stoneite wielding a knife le put James McGrath, member of the national committee of the Marine Workers Industrial Union, € member and delegate from t arrested Wednesday have been re-| cific Coast to the union’s national leased. The others are still being convention, in the Beth Isracl Hos held. yital, where he is lying ne i MECOIS ters eanvideed ‘ender the sgtate: Ine | vais hospit a passed in 1861 they will be sentenced | police station i of to die in the electric chair. the immediate operation The arrests were made under in- ve his life. (Continued on Page Five) McGrath was stabbed domen, and is bleedin Hudson He is also suffering “Trojan.” Others 700 on) MARCH Comrades who picked him , ( y him to the nearest h¢ knowing the heartle ste | management. Phat McGrath and a group of sailor were passing another gi ing on the corner of 15th St Union Square, about 9 p. of the latter group sud I am a Lovestoneite, Express Fear ance Develops of what Bee rs it?” and started to pick a qt tor, International Labor Defense| I.S.W.U. in its present campaign for The reports to British papers,| with McGrath. The Lovestc (BRUNE Goce sce aL Une Bia ar |] Komsomolskaya Pravda wirelessed to America, heavily cen- then drew a knife and stabbed M day charged with sess anit x carrera err Moscow sored though they are, state in, Grath just below the be Ls in 80000 hag ome oe|Special Articles and On behalf of revolutionary | frantic terms the growing anxiety| At the hospital the | held in $15, ail each due to the Chanalcomer workers United States the Daily | of the imperialist government tha: Grath lie for an hot cammraign cone La Map on IMA SOVIELS | Worker sends warmest fraternal |/the mass movement in India is grow. to the time the Da ura. orkers Industria nion to ‘s: <1 cs 7 Ps * * O: h 0} des eer a i esday | greetings to daily organ of the || ing in spite of all arrests, and that|to press, with comrade organize the melon workers in the| Will Appear Tuesday | greet WaauWanieieabertent anit || saa ceteiic er PrePieie eae |oeith Ahets to ive hima atk Henderson vetained by the Interna.| In anticipation of the All-China || Yersary. Komsomolskaya Pravda, || Sataygrahi non-resistant leaders, | offering to pay expense tenders . y ares < 5 wile ia eae by carrying to working youth the Over 100,000, after listening to an Physician told them curtly t tional Labor Defense will defend the Soviet Congress, which is sched- || J oninist policies of Central Com- || address by. V. J. Patrel, resigned | hospital has ‘no room.” | workers. uled to meet on May 30, the com- || mittee, C. P. consoli- | head of the Indian Legislative A Hospital officials called up th The workers were arrested in an ing Tuesday edition (May 27) of dating revolution increasing its || sembly, stormed through the streets lice department and asked | | Worker Correspondent. attempt to prevent the organization | activities of the union, which, how- | elal Poutate lactictens on cthe Chic lever, is continuing in spite of the! nese Revolution, including an ac- | police terrorism. | curate map of the Soviet areas in | | China, specially drawn and pre- | Write About Your Conditions | pared for the Daily Worker, and for The Daily Worker. Become a | based upon reliable detailed in- formation directly from China. | the Daily Worker will contain spe- | plishment Fi years. Pravda. striking power against enemies and hastening successful struction socialism and accom- -Year Plan in four Long live Konsomolskaya —DAILY WORKER. them send an ambulance the wounded man to Bellevue. police refused and told Beth to take him. The house physic as overheard to teil the in Bombay shouting “Down with the British.” Patel, though the Sata grahi head after the arrest Thur: da. of Sarojini Naidu, so far fo: got the tenets of Gandhi as to shout, “What we want is revolution, and ure, we have plenty of room but more revolution.” It was this which |N© surgeons,” a liction | (Continued on Page Five) (what he told the worker con- pol contr Chicago Acts, Achieves, Now Tells How To Know What to Do and Not to Act Is SUill ZeroTo ae ae Act Will Score Success We are broadcasting. Comrade L, Litt, Daily Worker representa- tive of Chicago, is speaking for our Chicago comrades. Listen to what he has to say and then go and do likewise in your city. “Enclosed find check for $1,000. As soon as the emergency call was issued we took up the question of keeping the Daily Worker going in our Party. We went to the South Slavic comrades first, and discussed with them both helping the Daily financially and helping to secure new readers. Our South Slavic comrades advanced $250 despite the fact that their paper also needs support. Quotas were worked out for a drive for subs and financial aid in all South Slavic mass organizatiorfs and a chal- lenge in revolutionary competition was issued to the Cheko Slovak comrades. “The Cheko Slovak comrades called a special meeting, had a dis- cussion on the role of the Daily, the importance of building our central organ, accepted the challenge issued by the South Slavic comrades and raised $200 to keep the Daily going. “Then our Russian comrades came forward with a rush. Many of them helped to build the Moscow Prayda, central organ of the Commu- nist Party in the Soviet Union. They realize the importance of our Daily Worker. They immediately raised $225. “Now we will visit our Jewish, Lithuanian, Polish and other lan- guage comrades, and we know they will also help. . “Then our Party sections responded very quickly. Section 3 brought in $175; Section 5 brought $70; Section 4 brought $55; Section 2 brought $58; St. Louis Section sent in $60; Calumet Section $30; Milwaukee Sec- tion $3 “We will continue the drive with more speed and energy. Pxpect good results from us in the near future. We are making arrangements for a special district page in the Daily Worker. We are mobilizing for big mass collections, tag day and house to house, on June 13, 14 and 15 We are placing the Daily on stands in Negro working class neighborhoo We are in the field for thousands of new readers. Our comrades ure much encouraged by this first showing of what can be done. We shall march forward.” We have often talked of organized action to keep the Daily ¥ going and growing. Chicago understood what was meant. The ment in the Chicago district should serve as an inspiration to a! cities. The workers want the Daily Worker to live and fight for them. They want our paper to grow and become a powerful spokesman of the toiling masses everywhere, the workers in the industries, the poor farm tenants and croppers, the oppressed Negro working class masses. Or- ganize for the drive to keep our paper in the center of the growing class conflicts. Workers and working class organizations will respond if ap- proache, Into action today, comrades! other EDIi RALLY MASSES U §. T0 TAKE | EAD I ATTACKING CO} | Anti-Soviet War Drive B Easley Forgeries App Hospital Lets Worker cove: yy af fl nse a Se 4 ‘ION ener lichener . thus 1 > any, te he Rules € essing f nfamous \ aga t Com- of the known to forgers’ ring ish Woilcheben thes and “United ” is not rvation of 1 plot” pub- n the attack on and its t to Sommu-~ the United undermine our |wovernment by Votage revolut incit or onary