The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 25, 1932, Page 3

>. te CHIANG KAI-SHEK PREPARES NEW DRIVE AGAINST THE CHINESE SOVIETS AND THEIR RED ARMY More Eye Witnesses Confirm Reports of Hor- rible Butchery of Chinese Women, The Japanese again ¢ failed yesterday to advance against the determined defense of the heroic Chinese soldiers and work- ers defending the city of Shanghai. Following a day of desperate fighting, the Japanese center was thrown back two miles by a counter offensive by the The Chinese posi-@ Chinese forces. tion at Kiangwan was subjected to a terrific bombardment from air, land and sea, followed by the Japanese hurling wave after wave of infantry against the savage bombardment and Tose up to meet the Japanese advance, mowing down the Japanese troops with a withering fire. In some places, where the Japanese succeeded in get- ting into the Kiangwan positions of the defenders, they were met with the cold steel of bayonets and driven back leaving scores of dead behind. Japanese Offensive Held Up. The Japanese are reported to have held up their offensive pending the arrival of new troops which are be- ing rushed from Japan. The imper- jalist press expresses the fear that the Japanese are stripping their home garrisons to a dangerous minimum. Great unrest exists among the starv- ing workers and ruined peasants in Japan, and the American and Euro- pean imperialists are fearful of a rising tide of revolution under Com- munist leadership. The Japanese are reported to be secretly mobilizing their reserves. Twenty-Six thousand Japanese troops have been landed in the so- called neutral International Settle- ment at Shanghai during the past two days. The Japanese are reported to be sending 170,000 fresh troops to Shanghai. They at present have over 100,000 troops in the city. In spite of the protests of the United States and England it is to be noted that the Japanese are still permitted to use the International Setilement as a base for their military operations against the defenders of Shanghai. Chiang Gives Half-Mearted Aid In Effort to Save His Face, The belated, half-hearted action of Ohfiang Kai-shek in sending troops to aid in the defense of Shanghai is vecognized by the Japanese at its face value: an attempt by Chiang to save his face with the masses while in the meantime continuing his attempts to betray the struggles of the Chinese masses against the imperialists. <A Shanghai dispatch quotes a Japanese official spokesman as stating: “Participation in this fight by ~ DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 19.2 lizing huge armies for a new attack on their Chinese Soviet Republic and the Chinese Red Army. The Canton clique of the Kuomintang has ordered mobilization of troops in the provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangsi. Chi- ang’s militarist generals are mobiliz- ing in Szechuan and Kweichow pro~ vinces, not..for resistance to the im~ perialists who are looting and partiti- oning China, but for war against the Chinese Revolution and its Red Army, for war against the only force in China capable of liberating the Chi- Nese masses from the yoke of foreign imperialism and its Kuomintang tools. Japanese Continue Butchery of Women, Children. With each defeat to the Japanese forces, the Japanese military has wreaked its fury on unarmed Chinese men, women and children. The report of the cold-blooded butchery of Chi- nese men, women and children was further confirmed by additional eye witnesses of these horrors. Charles Doyle, returning to Victoria, British Columbia, from China yesterday de- clared: “Wherever there is any sniping, the Japanese arrest all those in the building from which the shots were fired and exécute them instantly. “As many as 150 persons have been put to death at one time in this manner. The Japanese just put revolvers behind their heads and shoot them.” Morris J. Harris, an American re- porter, devlares in a dispatch from Shanghai: A “In the middle of the war-torn area I saw an old Chinese woman sitting in an open field, weeping and wringing her hands, ignorant of all but the starkest externals of what was going on about her and entirely helpless to protect herself. “Some distance to the right a Japanese soldier appeared while I was looking, followed by several more close behind. The leading sol- dier raised his rifle, aimed at the woman and fired. “He missed. The woman con- tinued to weep, her face buried in Chiang Kai-shek's armies also was necessary if he were to maintain face before the Chinese people, who have been aroused to a pitch of pa- triotie excitement.” The New York Daily Mirror in an editorial yesterday, admits that Chi- ang and the rest of the Kuomintang leaders have betrayed the fight at Shanghai. The editorial, which is significant of the cross purposes of the imperialists within their agree- ment for the looting of China and war against the Soviet Union, states: “Yet this gallant force, battered by heavy guns, bombed day and night, vastly reduced by casualties, is apparently left to its fate while armies and air squadrons of Nan- king and Chiang Kalf-shek’s sol- dier hords aloof. What’s the mat- ter with them?” * Prepare New Drive Against Soviet Districts. In the meantime, the Kuomintang agents of the imperialists are mobi- MOTHER MOONEY DEEPLY MOVED AS THOUSANDS GREET HER INN. Y. ON MOONEY-SCOTTSBORO DAY SCONTINURD FROM PAGE ONE) tation of a red bouquet of flowers from the striking needle trades work- ers. Her son, Tom, had sent a letter hailing this militant strike and now the workers were replying. On the pouquet was an inscription: “We thank you for your inspiration in our fight and pledge our support in your tight,” At the hotel bellhops.and others crowded around to greet her and did everything tehy could for her con- venience, ‘The hotel was besieged with capt- talist reporters and dozens of cam- era men, showing the wide interest evoked by the determined fight of the revolutionary workers and sym- pathizers for Mooney’s freedom. Mother Nooney was both thrilled and confused by all the ado. The, report- ers pressed her with questions, as she gaspes for a breathing spell from all the exictement. Particularly insistent was their auestion concerning Mayor Walker's. trip to California supposedly for Mooney. Mother Mooney’s attitude on the question was very significant. “Will you see Mayor Walker?” they asked. Apparently she was not so an- xious. She evaded the question. “I don't know; I can't say.” ‘When asked by them if the mayor had done anything to help Mooney, ‘Tom's mother would not answer, she only shrugged her shoulder in a way that clearly implied “T have yet to see it.” The shrugging of her shoul- der was the only answer to this main question of the capitalist reporters. ‘When Mother Mooney opened the door of her hotel room she sound her hands. The rifleman leisurely aimed again and fired. This time he scored with deadly accuracy.” ‘The Japanese imperialists are at- tempting to fustify this butchery of unarmed, defenseless Chinese women and children by pointing out that Chinese women have been found de- fending their homes with rifles in hand against the Japanese invaders. Workers! Stop the butchery of the Chinese masses! Stop the robber war against China! Demand the with- drawal of American troops and war- ships from China! The Wall Street imperialists areequally guilty with the Japanese for the mass murder of the Chinese workers and peasants. Demand the expulsion of the diplo- matic agents of Japanese imperialism which is acting as the spearhead in the bloody attack on the Chinese mas ses and the war provocation against the Soviet Union! Demand Hangy off Soviet China! Hands off the Soy- jet Union! mre bouquets of flowers, greetings from branches of the International Labor Defense and other workers ‘or- ganizations. And again came the words that Mrs. Mooney repeated over and over, “Oh, the workers, the workers,” she said. Her rich Irish voice was deep with emotion as she spoke, : Mother Mooney is kindly and gen- tle looking. Her face is deeply fur- rowed, her hair all white. The story of her life is typical of the life of many American working class mothers. iby “I'm the wife of ’a miner,” Mother Mooney said simply, as she began telling of herself. “I came to America from Ireland when I was seventeen. I was married here.” ; Her troubles started early. Mor her husband, Bryan Mooney, diéd when yet & young man from miners’ as- thma, contracted in the deadening work at Camplesburg, Ind. “I was left with three children, Tom, Ana and John.” Tom is the oldest, John is now a strect car conductor and We eee GS Ea 1,600 in Peoria Sign Petition for Jobless Insurance PEORIA, Iil.—Over 1,600 signa- tures have been secured here by the Unemployed Council for the Workers Unemployment Insur- ance Bill, as well as the collective endorsement for the bill of local 5383 of the United Mine Workers of America. ‘There are now over 500 mem- bers in the Peoria Unemployed Council, and there are excellent prospects of doubling the mem- bership in the near future. The Council has now secured headquarters. It had been meet~- ing in garages and a blacksmith shop, or wherever else it could find a meeting place. dependent nation.’ dependent nation” they have. YOUTH COLUMN MASS PRESSURE FORCES STAY OF EXECUTION FOR JESS HOLLINS OKLAHOMA CITY. — In the face of a mass, protest, meeting called by the joint YOL ILD Hollins Defensé Committee, Gov. Bill Murray of Ok- lahoma issued a public statement to the boss press of Oklahoma that he was granting Jess Hollins a “stay of electrocution” and in the same state- ment he said that Hollins should be burned, but it was only a matter of ‘due process of law’ and that he had received more protest in behalf of Hollins that he had in any other case in the history of his administration. Irene Hollins, wife of Jesse Hollins, 20 years old, called on all the Negro and white workers to organize and. fight with the ILD and YCL for the rights of all. Floyd Phillips, Young Communist League inyestigator in the Hollins case, reported the mob rule of Creek County, Oklahoma, and how he was assisted by Negro share-croppers when threatened with mob violence. Phillips exposed the role of Bill Murray and reminded workers that the Gov. of Texas did the same when the YOL was fighting for the life of Bonnie Lee Ross. The statement was given only to quiét the mass pro- tests of the workers. The workers sent a resolution to Murray demanding that Jess Hollins be given an unconditional release, holding him (Murray) responsible for the life and safety of Jess Hollins. The Oklahoma City Secretary of the NAACP joined the ILD. Many young Negro workers were at the meeting. YOUTH COMMITTEES TO BE ELECTED AT T. U. UNITY COUNCIL MEET NEW YORK.—As part of the re- cruiting drive being condtcted by the ‘Trade Union Unity Council of Greater New York, a series of membership meetings is being called for. this week, at which the delegates will be elected to th new T.U.U.C. The youth committee of the TUUC urges every young member of the unions to attend his or her particular meeting. At these membership meet- ings also reports will be given on the conditions of the young workers. ‘The plans of the unions for improv- ing the conditions of the young work- ers a3 well as thos eof the adults in meetings youth committees will be elected which will conduct the youth work in the union. Especially to the young members of the following unions we appeal to attend your meetings: Metal Workers League, meets Fri- day, Feb. 26, at Irving Plaza, 15th and Irving Place. Shoe Workers Union, Thursday, Feb. 25, Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. 4th Street. Furniture Workers/Union, Thursday Feb. 25, 108 E. 14 th St. Office Workers Union, Friday, Feb. 26, at 242 ®. 14th Street. Food Clerks, Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 5 B. 19th Stfeet. Young Workers! Attend your mect- ings! Cast” your votes, take pari in the discussions, and help mobilize the young workers for the struggles. DETROIT ANTI-WAR CON- FERENCE AGAINST SLAUGHTER OF CHINESE MASSES AND DEFENSE OF SOVIETS DETROIT, Mich—On Saturday, Feb. 27, there will be an anti-war conference at the Finish Hall, 5969 14th Street, at 3:30 P. M. At this conference plans will be made for mass meetings to protest against the present war against Chinese masses and also for the defense of the Soviet Union, If your organization has not yet elected delegates, do so at once. For more information regarding the anti-war committee, write to 2419 on all sides. But Mother Mooney in her fight for her son’s freedom has not for- gotte nthe hundreds of otlrer class Ana is secretary of the Mooney De- fense Committee, Then the struggle began. How to support her children without assist- ance, “What did you do?” she was asked. “1 did what every poor working class mother would have to do,” she said. “I washed floors, I washed laundry for others, I worked wher- ever I could, to make out.” As she said, “I will fight for my son's freedom until I die in my tracks.” Today Tom's freedom seemed closer to her with the solidarity and support of the workers, clear to her, war prisoners still in jail and partic- ularly the Scottsboro boys. which states: “We must from now on pursue our own military ends and seize the heart of Man- churia and Mongolia by diverse ways.” There is also an illuminating connection between the “republic of Ankuo,” Baron Ta- «naka’s words above quoted, and the follow- ing declaration, made by Japan’s present Foreign Minister Yoshizawa, on January 8, this year, when he reached the Manchurian border after travelling through the Soviet Union on his way from Geneva to take his present position at Tokio: “It is time that Japan turned a new leaf in her dealings with the powers of the world: instead of clinging to the time-worn and weak-kneed ‘quitter’ policy. To do so, we must first stabilize conditions in Man- churia and Mongolia and see that our ef- forts bear the proper fruit.” Does not this ring true to the “Tanaka And here, also, we must call attention to the fact that, although in the American press the whole disputed re- gion is nearly always limited to “Manchuria,” in the Japanese press, “Manchuria and Mon- golia” invariably go hand in hand like the Memorandum”? We must remember that the new “‘repub- lic” and its “founding fathers” already have a bit of history attacked to them, from which we may see how many “attributes of an in- Firstly, the founding of the “independent republic of Ankuo” bears a family resem- blance to the aims of Japanese imperialism. expressed by Baron Tanaka in his now no- torious but supposedly secret “Memorandum to the Emperor” of July 25, 1927, a part of ‘ATTRIBUTES of INDEPENDENCE” By HARRISON GEORGE. ee “independent republic of Ankuo” was established at Mukden on Feb. 18, and the Japanese government, patterning after the American government in ‘ ing” it, has delayed such recognition “until Ankuo proves it has the attributes of an in- twin affinity (Jan. 7, 1982) ‘not recogniz- Manchurian against Soviet Workers! Soviet Union there any distinction made between Outer and Inner Mongolia. Now it happened, that on the very day mark on Japan’s task of “stabilizing eondi- tions’ in Manchuria and Mongolia as he | emerged at Manchuli from his railway trip through the Soviet Union and entered the province of Heilungkiang, a “new government” for that province was be- ing installed at Tsitsihar. | The “new government” was that of Gen- eral Chang Ching Hui, who went through an imposing ceremony in taking office, a cere- mony that is supposed, perhaps, to take the place of having been elected by anybody. The | general( in the forenoon, “officially visited” | basic industries—steel, mining, metal, the commander of the Japanese army of oc- cupation, Major General Suzuki, and the Ma- jor General of Japan: in turn “officially at- tended” the installation ceremony of the * “new governor of Heilungkiang” in the aft- ernoon. And the representative of the South Manchurian railway was also there to “con- | gratulate the new governor.” And who is this “new governor of Heilung- kiang,” the Manchurian province which lays Who is this General Chang Ching-hui? other than the unprincipled militarist, who in 1929 seized the Soviet consulate at Harbin, violently took over the Chinese Eastern Rail- way, imprisoned thousands of Soviet citizens employed by that railway and held them un- der unspeakable conditions for months, meanwhile leaguing himself and his troops with the Czarist White Guards in armed at~ ~ tacks on the Soviet frontier! drel is Japah’s agent now to “stabilize con- ditions” in Manchuria and Mongolia! This is a war threat against the Soviet Union! pendent republic of Ankuo”! satisfy Japanese imperialism that it has “th attributes of ap independent nation of “ham and eggs”—nor is | Yoshizawa made his above re- | Siberia for hundreds of miles? No | Such a scoun- | To carry out war on the is the missino of the “inde- By this it will y IMPERIALISTS SUPPORT JAPAN FOR WAR ON USSR, SHANGHAI REPORTS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) perialists at Shanghai are confident that, the. Japanese would soon pro- ceed from open provocation to actual war against the Soviet Union. The same imperialists are as @x- pressing regret thet the Japanese by their action at Shanghai “have alien- ated the sympathy and strained the forbearance of nations which, in the ordinary course of events, were ex- pected to view her policy with tol- erance or even sympathy.” This refers to the attempts of the Japanese to grab some of the desired loot of the other imperialist powers. This has caused the greatest sharp- ening of the imperialist antagonisms, at times threatening even an armed conflict between the imperialists over the division of the loot in China. The dispatch admits that under ordinary circumstances the Japanese grab-all policy would have brought the other imperialists down on their heads. But the existence of the Soviet Union and the challenge of rising, flourishing Socialism to the dying world of capi- talism/ force the United States, Brit- ain and France to tolerate the Jap- anese actions in order to maintain the united, front against the Soviet Union. The hope of the imperialists that by submerging their own differ- ences they can push the Soviet Union into war is brutally admitted in the dispatch, which states: “Behind the smoke screens in Manchuria end Shanghai, Japan and Russia appear to be drifting closer to a military clash.” ‘The dispatch then states the views of the imperialists that if they “at- tempted a punitive blockade a; Japan” or active intervention to pro- tect their own loot in China, “they might soon unwillingly find them- selves fighting with Russia against Japan, all ostensibly in China's be- half (sic!), but in reality assisting Russia to destroy Japan as a powerful capitalist nation, thereby furthering Russia's designs of ultimately spread- ing the Soviet system in China, “Considerations of this character are unquestionably playing a part in the American and European dip- Jomatic attitude toward the Far Eastern crisis, where Japan girding herself against Russia and attempt- ing to cope with China’s chaos, has blundered so hopelessly time and again. since | last September . . .” ‘This is the most brazen admission of the support by United States, British and French imperialists for the Japanese robber war on China and the cold-blooded butchery of un- armed Chinese men, women and chil- dren as a deliberate policy on the part of the imperialists to crush the heroic resistance of the Chinese mass- es. It is an open admission of the sinister plot of the imperialists to plunge the world working class into “I know how the mothers of the Scottsboro boys feel,” she said, her volce deep with emotion. “And J want the fight for my boy Tom, to be a fight for Scottsboro boys, too.” ‘Tnight Mother Mooney will speak at a great mass demonstration in the Bronx Coliseum, where thousands of New York workers will rally and | yoice their demands for the freedom of Tom Mooney, Scottsboro boys and all ther class war prisoners, and pledge themselves for @ determined Hight against the Hoover hunger and terrot program, } s a bloody slaughter in the desperate attempt of dying capitalism ot save itself at. the expense of the life-blood of the toiling masses and at the ex- pense of the brilliant achievements of the working class in the Soviet Union. It is an open admission of the plot of the imperialists to attempt the destruction of the Soviet Union where unemployment has been abol- ished and the living conditions of the toiling masses constantly improved at the very time that tens of millions of workers are sentenced to starvation atid mass misery im the capitalist countries. Workers! The example of the So- viet Union is your hope of the fu- ture! Defend the Soviet Union against the imperialist war mongers! Defend your class interests, your lives against imperialist war! Organize United Front anti-war committees in your shops, unions and organizations! De- mand the expulsion of the diplomatic agents of Japanese imperialism which is butchering the Chinese masses and carrying on a monstrous war provo- cation against the Soviet Union! Further admission of the sinister war plots of the imperialists was made yesterday by Senator George H. Moses who, while attempting to cover up the vicious role of American im- perialism in supporting the aggression of the Japanese in Manchuria, ad- mitted that French imperialism was supporting the Japanese on the basis of converting Manchuria into a mili- tary base against the Soviet Union. Moses said: “It is my belief that (France would be well pleased to have Japan in Manchuria, for it would give her a greater sense of national security. With Japan fn Manchuria, France would expect that Russia would be compelled to keep armed forces massed along the Manchur- ian frontier. And, of course, the more Russian forces massed along the Manchurian. front, the less Russian forces wili be concentrated at points which might be of danger to France.” ‘The firm peace policy of the Soviet Union is well known, It is even | acknowledged by the imperialists themselves. France at no point STAGGER PLAN, MORE WAGE CUTS PART OF WAR PREPARATIONS (CONTINDED FROM PAGE ONE) anti:hoarding campaign, National Credit Corporation and the Glass Banking Bill, all designed to “cure” the financial crisis, Charles Benedict, a capitalist economist, advises the bosses to first solve the unemployment problem before tackling anything else. In the article in thi week’s Maga- zine of Wall Street he admits that, from twenty to twenty-five million “have lost their means of livelihood.” He further estimates that one out of every four who were employed in 1929 are now out of jobs. This figure is, of course, a great underestimation, but it is indicatve of the forced recognition that the million masses are starving. This ca~ pitalist. economist advises the bosses to return to their first plan of making the working masses bear the burden of the crisis through the stagger plan put into effect on a much greater scale than it is at present. ‘This schemeto cut indirectly still further the wages of the working class comes together with the admission that the wage slashing campaign of the bosses is headed for a still fiercer application, The Kipplinger Washing- ton Letter, circulated privately to a limited number of business executives, writes: “Authorities who watch the trend of wages say that it will continue ‘ downward for months yet. Number of minor labor unions are 4 ? touches the Soviet frontier. The struggle of the Soviet Union | for peace is admitted in an article in yesterday's World Telegram by William Philip Simms. The article is headed “War Last Wish to Soviet Army Unless Forced.” Simms states: “The Japanese General Staff is believed to include the maritime sections of Siberia, the northern half of the Island of Sakhalin and perhaps even the Province of Amur in its scheme of Empire. The great question, therefore, is wheth- er the General Staff believes this is the time to strike.” “Russia is seen as wishing to avoid war at this time at any 4 cost... .” General Araki, Japanese War Min- ister, yesterday stated: “The Communistic revolutionary principles Soviet Russia seeks to advance are incompatible with the national policy of Japan... .” The “national policy” of Japan is| admittedly aimed at the brutal sub- jugation of the Chinese masses in Manchuria, Mongolia and Inner China. This was clearly stated by the Tanaka Document. It is being te-affirmed by the present robber war of Japanese imperialism against China. Gen. Araka’s statement ac- knowledges the existence of the Soviet world which is opposed to this | robber policy of looting and subjugat- ing weaker peoples. It is against the Soviet world that the dying capi- talist world is today girding to at~ tack in its onslaught on the Chinese Soviet Republic, in its preparation for armed intervention against the So- viet Union. The Soviet world is the world of working class emancipation and control. Workers! Defend your own! Class against class in the struggle against starvation, against oppression, against the lynch terror! For the liberation of the working class and the Negro! and colonial masses! known to be considering temporary reductions in scales, Chamber of Commmerce of U. S. has finally cut wages and salaries, Six hour day on railroads is not contemplated within next couple of years, but eventually, it is obyious that work- ing hours must be shortened in many industries to provide for un- employment which will be a pro- blem for at least two years yet.” ‘The deepening crisis in all capita- list countries has the effet of still further reacting upon each country and making the crisis still sharper. Henry Chalmers, chief of the division of foreign tariffs of the United States Department of Commerce gloomingly admits that a further slump in ca- pitalist world trade is imminent. He places his only hope for the bet- tering of world trade in the pvercom- ing of the financial erisis. This is the sheerest nonsense since the finanei: crisis has its basis in th industrial crisis and cannot be overcome inde- pendently. ‘The vicious attack on the working class is a result of the sharpening of all the features of the crisis and of the preparations for war growing out of tho crisis. ‘The fight against im- | dustries: | street-car, ls PARTY TO STRENGTHEN TRADE WORK IN CHICAGO UNION CHICAGO, Ill.—The Chicago Party District Committee, realizing that the present unsatisfactory situation con- cerning shop work and building of the Trade Union Unity League and opposition groups inside the reaction- ary trade unions, is an impermissible weakness, has undertaken to sharply correct this outstanding weakness. On Sunday, Feb. 15, a special con- ference of Party members who wo: and are active in trade-unions in packing and railroad—was held in Chicago. Three came from Chicago and four from out of town sections in- eluding Southern Illinois, Springfiled, Calumet and Milwaukee. There were present a total of 75 of whom 41 were actually working in the following in- Stockyards, 8; Steel, 10 Metal, 11; Auto, 3; Mining, 7; Rail- road, 2. Comrade Williamson reported for District Buro on the status of our trade-unions, and shop work; elabor- | ating on the basic reasons for the unsatisfactory situation. He polem ized particularly against various op- portunist tendencies, which ' have arisen and dealt in detail with ex- periences in specific shops and unions where a little attention has been given, all of which indicates the tre- mendous possibilities. The situation in the major industries of the dis- trict was dealt with, where a new series of wage-cuts—in building, elevated, shoe, railroad and county employed—had just been announced in Chicago The discussion was participated in by many comrades. Most interesting was the experiences of the members of the Steel Workers Union, in In- diana Harbor, and Gary, who re- lated the methods of building the | union on a department basis and in | the course of this, the winning of small demands in the milis. This Party conference in the basie industries is the beginning of a most thoro ideological campaign, coupled | with drastic organizational measures to throw the Party forces into trade union work and develop and lead economic struggies. In every other field the Party has reeorded progress and the conferen bore out the con- | tention D en the Party really turns it mtion seriously to this | task, results will follow. Already a Chicago functionaries | conferen took place with 200 pre- sent on this same subject. Other Party functionaries conferences will take place throughout the district. These will be followed by Trade- Union Un League broad conmfer- ences in all important cities and lo- calities Get your shopmates to contribute to save the workers’ paper. Get Daily Worker donation books at 50 E. 13th St. German Communists Expose Unity of Socialists-Bosses (Cable by Inprecorr) BERLIN, Feb. 24.—Last night Wal- ter Ulbricht addressed the Reichstag for the Communist fraction, among other things he said that “the Reichstag is meeting in the time of a Nationalist war psychology. The Socialists are outliving the Fascists in national chauvinism. The Social- ists have now taken their rightful place in the Hindenburg front and are straining every nerve in order not to be outdone in nationalism by the Fascists. The Communist Party is the only class party of the proletariat which is utilizing the presidential elections in order to mobilize the pro- letariat for hteir own class interests against the capitalist front. Referring to the war in the Far East, Ulmricht declared that, the Communist Party enthusiastically welcomed« the mutiny of Japanese soldiers against their officers as the beginning of a mass movement to turn the imperialist war into civil war, to overthrow the Japanese im- perialists. The Communist Party has worked to mobilize the masses of | workers against imperialist war, against the transportation of war ma- | terials and for the defense of the | Soviet Union. The Socialists have led the masses into misery and defeat. The Soviet Union has shown the so- lution. Who is now “the lesser evil?” (the Social Democratic Party has been contending for the past few years that the reason the Bruening capitalist regime must be supported | is because itis a “lesser evil” than a Hitler government which might get into office if Bruening-Hindenbure were kicked out.—Editer) for Social- ists? Hindenburg, the honorary | president of the StahIhelm or Dues- Stahlehelm or Hitler, the ally of the Btablhelm. The masses would an- swer by voting for Thaelwian in the Red United Front against the whole reaction from Hitler to the Socialist Wels. The Communist Party repre- sents the United Front of the toilers in the struggle for the establishment of a free Socialist Germany.” U.S. SENATOR AND EX-GOVERNOR TRY TO WIN KY. STRIKERS FROM N. M. U, BULLETIN. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 24—One hundred eighty-one Knoxville police began an epen drive today to drive the Workers’ Internationa! Relief from the city with the arrest and jailing of Bill Sutherland, Kentucky striking miner who has been helping the local office foree of the W.LR. Sutherland was arrested while walking from his home to the W.LK. office and charged with loitering. asked by the judge of Doris Parks, him there was no god. He was arraigned immediately and now in Phieville jail had ever told Sutherland told the judge he never discussed religion with Parks. The judge then fined Sutherland fifty dollars or fifty days and said:, “This court goes on record as standing for god. Jaw and order.” Sutherland being penniless was jailed immediately and must serve fifty days. Yesterday Harry Jackson, Gertrude Logan and Ed Hicks. a striker, were arrested but released. Detectives constantly shadow relief workers and workers who are taking a leadi employment movement in Knoxvill (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONED the spread of Communism in Ken- tucky takes on special significance when considered in connection with the huge array of armed forces used by the Barbourville officials last week to prevent thousands of miners from attending the mass memoriad meetin in honor of Harry Simms, National Miners Union youth organizer, who was fatally wowed by a gun thug near Barbourville. Unquestionably, the flood of vicious lies being let loose against the National Miners Union and the Communist Party by the coal operators nad their agents is not having the desired effect of discrediting them in the eyes of the starving Kentucky workers, and Robi- son and Sampson were called in to add the weight of their prestige to the frenzied lies. Washington birthday orators thru- out the South took as their central theme the hecessity of “Crushing the Spectre of Communism in Tennessee and Kentucky” and returning to the standards and principles of George Washington, the leader of the Amer- 4} ican Revolution. A marked hysteria characterized all the speeches of the paytrioteers. The Bell County Grand Jury, Which meets today to take up the cases of the ten jailed comrades. were called on publicly by Judge “Baby- Face” Jones of Harlan to indict the entire ten for criminal syndicalsm perialist war and for the defense of the Soviet Union and the Chinese masses is at the same time a fight against the wage-slashing stagger Plan attack of the bosses on the work- ing clacs. Py PARE yee because, among other things, the jailed comrades have said that min- ers in the Soviet Union work only six hours 4 day for high wages while Kentucky miners work 12 hours @ day and starve, Johes ended his ing part in the rapidly growing wm- le. statement with the remark that, “il | anyone in Russia criticizes the So- | viet government they are shot,” and the inference is clear that the jailed comrades ought to be dedit with like Harry Simms, that is, to be cold- bloodedly murdered. At @ meeting fn Pineville, Wheewlse ostensibly called to extol Washington, Cleon Calvert, Ford’s attorney in Kentucky, Judge Jones, and other leading operators’ ; agents, likewise spent most of> their | time urging the audience to “Re- dedicate their lives te the principles expounded by Washington and for- get the Communists. The Knoxville Journal, a rabid Red baiter, reports the Big Anchor block Mine in Brush Creek back at work, b Four Miners Killed in Polish Coal Strike (Cable by Inprecorr) WARSAW, Feb. 24—The strike of the Polish miners is ini Scores of collisions with the police have taken place in various places. Pitched battles of strikers and lice took place in the DomBrove: trict where four workers were Killed and many wounded inéeluding some of the police. BACKACHE? terburg, the vice-chairman of the