The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 26, 1932, Page 3

+ s ee DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1932 ig” 2 Chinese Red Army in Province of Honan Surrounds Kwangchow Tension Increases at Hankow as Mass Up- ’ rising Threatens Japanese and Kuomintang Japanese Suffer Set-Backs at Shanghai and In Several Manchurian Towns A Washington dispatch reports that a Chinese Red Army force is beseiging the important town of Hupeh province where several Chinese Red Armies are grimly tightening their net around the giant Yangtze River port of Hankow, site of one of the two great arsenals in China. The United States imperialists have dispatched orders to their Kuo- minteng tools to send an army a- gainst the Chinese Red Armies. Sev- eral missionary agents of imperial- ism are. reported cooped up in Kw- angchow by the besieging Red Army. Fear of a mass uprising at Han- kow and Ichang is expressed in im- Verialist press dispatches from Shanghai. The tension between the Chinese masses and the Japanese forces in these cities has grown sharply during the past few days, as & result of the heroic resistance at Shanghai of Chinese workers and soldiers fighting in defiance of the orders of the Nanking Kuomintang government. The dispatch says that “the Japanese concession (at Han- kow) has become a fortified war camp.” Japanese civilians have been armed against the Chinese masses. Supporting the Japanese invaders, the traitorous Kuomintang militar- ists have disarmed their own gen- darmes on duty near the Japanese concession. The Hankow militarists several weeks ago declared martial law against the masses. A Japanese gunboat, with 200 ma- nines, has been rushed to Ichang to attack the revolutionary Chinese workers in that city. Kuomintang Preparing Attack On Soviet Districts Chiang Kai-shek and the Canton leaders, acting under the orders of the foreign imperialists, are teport- ed. to be mobilizing huge armies in the four provinces of Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Kweichau and Szechuen for a new “Communist suppression” campaign. Three similar campaigns against the Chinese Soviet districts have been decisively beaten back. Kwangtung and Kwangsi are to the South of the big Soviet districts. Kweichau and Szchuen are on the west. The Kuomintang traitors are planning to attack the Chinese Soviet districts in the rear at the same time that the imperialists attack from the east. Fear Mass Uprising At Shanghal ‘The imperialists in Shanghai are in deadly fear of a mass uprising fugees. A Shanghai dispatch says: “Families were broken up, men, women and children wandering around without means of susten- ance, Many were so near starving they lived from garbage cans. The real peril to the Settlement lies in a rash on the part of this des- perate horde.” The foreign imperialists have set up armed barricades against these homeless masses, barring them from the International Settlement, and threatening them with machine guns unless they abjectly submit to the misery inflicted upon them by the Japanese invasion and the attacks of the other imperialists. Japanese Again Suffer Set-Backs Chinese soldiers and workers de- fending Shanghai, last night swarm- ed out of their trenches and threw back the Japanese invaders after a day of slow Japanese adlvance at heavy cost against the heroic re- sistance of the Shanghai defenders. A Shanghai dispatch to the New York Post reports: “Hammered all day long by 2 terrific Japanese bombardinent, the Chinese army in the Kiangwan sector swarmed ont of its trenches tonight, launched a _ surprising opanter-atiack, and won nearly all the gromnd it had lost daring the day.” Shanghai Defenders In Clash With Chiang’s Troops Fighting also occurred during the day between soldiers of the Chinese Nineteenth Route Army and the Bighty-Fighth Division of Chiang Kai-shek. The Nineteenth ‘Route Army has strong Communist ele- ments in its tanks. Tis soldiers took up the defense of Shanghai in sup- port of the revolutionary Shanghai mi and in defiance of the orders of Chiang Kai-shek. They threat- ened to shoot their officers unless the officers led them against the Japanese. A few days ago, in an ef- fort to save his face in view of the fury of the Chinese masses, Chiang Kai-shek sent one of his divisions to teke part in the defense of Shang- hai, Evidently his officers had or- ders to betray the defense, The re- yolutionary élements in the Nine- teenth Route Atmy discovered the plot to Betray the defense, and there was an exchange of shots between the two forces. ‘The commander of the Chinese Nineteenth Army is also apparently trying to disrupt the defense. In a statement to the imperialist press he yesterday admitted that the Chin- ese forces at Shanghai could have driven out the Japanese during the past few days, before the arrival of the reinforcements which are being fron Japan. This has ted out by foreign obsrevers Shanghai, who also pointed to se pet Sebecneg UpDkens 2 #5 ® with troops were permitted to pass the Woosung forts unchallenged, al- though the big guns of the fort could have sent the transports to the bot- tom of the Whangpoo River. The Chinese General Tsai Ting-chai gives as his reason for not pushing the offensive against the Japanese that such action would have imperiled the imperialists and their agents in the International Settlement. These im- perialists have permitted the Jap- anese to use the so-called neutral area as a military base against the Chinese defenders. Japanese Driven Out Of Three Manchurian Towns The Japanese yesterday suffered several defeats in Manchuria as well as at Shanghai. Manchurian par- tisan troops drove the Japanese out of three towns. They occupied the town of Hailin, 100 miles from Har~ bin. They consolidated their suc- cesses in the Iminepo region on the Chinese Eastern Railway east of Harbin. Partisan troops surprised a Japanese outpost in the Chinese sec- tion of Harbin, killing 17 and wound- ing many more before they were driven off by Japanese reinforce- cents. ‘The Japanese are reported to be, rushing a huge force against the partisan troops in the Imienpo re- gion. In the Shanghai area, Japanese planes yesterday dropped gasoline on a Chinese town, then flew back and dropped incendiary bombs, setting fire to the entire town. The Jap- anese planes then swooped down and opened a raking machine gun fire on the fleeing inhabitants. Japanese Cut Out Eyes Of Chinese Bread-Seller A Shanghai dispatch to the New York Herald-Tribune reports the ease of a Chinese bread-seller whose eyes were put out by the Japanese. ‘The dispatch says: “In the isolation ward I talked with a Chinese bread-seller, thirty- eight years old, whose unbandaged trade, though.” This is the sort of deliberate ter- ror that the Japanese invaders have been carrying out against the Chin- ese masses, in the attempt to crush their heroic resistance to the loot- ing and partition of China by the imperialists. ‘Tens of thousands of Chinese workers were butchered by the Japanese in their aerial bombing of the Chapei proletarian district in Shanghai. Many others have been murdered behind the lines by the Japanese who tied the hands of men, women and children behind their backs and shot them down or de- capitated them, ‘Workers! Demand a stop to the slaughter of the Chinese masses! Stop the robber war in China! Pre- vent the shipment of troops and munitions to the Far East! Demand the withdrawal of all imperialist troops and gunboats from China. Demand hands off China! Defend the Chinese Soviet Republic! De- mand the expulsion of the diploma- tic agents of Japanese imperialism, which is butchering the Chinese masses and preparing a war of in- tervention against the Soviet Union and its victorious socialist construc- tion! Pekar RUA | Chinese workers in the city of Sw- atow, on the Yangtze River, yes- terday defied the Kuomintang troops and attacked Japanese marines and civilians in that city. T'wo Japanese bank agents were badly mauled by the Chinese workers whose fury a- gainst the Japanese invaders is growing, The Japanese are reported to be rushing two warships against the embattled workers. A Shanghai dispatch reports that the traitor Chinese militarist, Gen. Ma Chen-shan wes shot and killed yesterday by an indignant Chinese worker, A few days ago he was for- mally inaugurated by the Japanese as governor of Heilungkiang pro- vinee, He was one of the principal, signers of the declaration setting up a puppet state of Japanese imperial- ism in Manchuria, He was reported getting ready to lead his troops a- gainst the partisan forces fighting the Japanese invaders. ‘The statement of Secretary of State Stimson on United States pol- iey in protecting its loot in China ‘was answered yesterday by the Jap- anese to the effect that unless Stim- This. is the third of a series of six articles by Harrison George on the Japanese seizure of Manchuria in its robber war against China and provocation against the Soviet Union. The war in the Far East Is of vital concern to every worker, Already, the United States War Depart- ment has ordered a rush printing of thirty- three million draft blanks in preparation for the drafting of American workers to fight for the interests and loot in China of Wall Street. Every worker should read this series of short articles. Order your copy of the Daily Worker in advance, Contribute your share to save the Daily Worker, to guarantee that the Daily Worker will not be froced to suspend.—Editor. ew cs By HARRISON GEORGE. HE new “independent republic of Ankuo” proclaimed at Mukden, Manchuria on Feb. 18, under the shadow of Japanese bayonets—without which it would not live 24 hours—is undoubtedly intended to take a big part. in provoking war in the benefit of world imperialism against the Soviet Union. = Among those purchasable scoundrels who proclaimed this “independent” republic, is the Chinese general, Chang Ching-hul, whose cut-throat abilities we have already spoken of in a@ previous article describing his taking office on January 7 as governor of Heilung- kiank. But between Jan. 7 and Feb. 18, the Japanese army had found another general to take over the “onerous duties” of Governor of Heilungkiang, and had pro- moted General Chang Ching-hui to the higher po- sition of “the George Washington of Manchuria-and Mongolia” as one of the “founding fathers” of the “republic of Ankuo, the land of peace.” This “still newer” governor of Heilungkiang is General Mah Chan-shan. Now, General Mah had earned the governorship. Indeed, he had earned it twice over. For as a great feudal landowner in Heilungkiang province, an ex- ploiter and oppressor little removed if any from a barbarian despot, he had already held the office of governor as his “natural right.” In his small way he had murdered every Communist he could discover among the toiling peasants and workers exploited by him, just as had Chiang Kai-shek at the big town of Nanking as “president of the Chinese republic.” ‘Therefore, no one should question the counter-revo- lutionary character of General Mah, nor his right to the governorship of Heilungkiang as a valuable tool for imperialist war against the Soviet Union, merely because his murder of revolutionary workers and peas- ants had been in retail instead of wholesale as are those of Chiang Kai-shek. But in addition to his inherent “sterling qualities,” General Mah had earned the gratitude of Japan by helping the Japanese army to advance north to the very gateway of the Soviet Union. And in so arrang- ing his help that it appeared that he was “fighting against the Japanese invader” and thus carrying out another of Baron Tanaka’s ideas for “deceiving the Two Rulers of “Independent Ankuo” whole world.” For back in October of last year (1931) the Japanese army of occupation in Manchuria was limited to the seizure of South Manchuria, stopping short at Chang- chun, where the south branch of the Soviet-Chinese owned Eastern Railway makes the lower part of the letter “T” and connects with the Japanese owned South Manchurian railway. | ‘True, Japanese advance troops had spread up both sides of that “T,” along Chinese ownedrailways which the Japanese were “taking over for debts not paid.” But the armed forces of imperialist Japan were stuck in South Manchuria and had no excuse to advance in great numbers to the upper, horizontal bar of that “T” which represents the main line of the Chinese Eastern Railway and the transport line for military attack on the Soviet Union west far enough to cut off all Eastern Siberia and Viadivostock in the Mari- | time province. Providentially, there appeared this Chinese general, Mah Chan-shan. In fact he had been there all the time at Tsitsihar in Heilungkiang province. General Mah made some noise of “swearing to resist, Japanese invasion to the death,” which was enough to get him the applause of some foolish Chinese students who had not yet learned that workers and peasants, and not feudal generals, are the sole trustworthy leaders of struggle against imperialism. | workers as | them to do. The council however is counter- | acting this jim-crow propaganda by getting white and Negro workers to fight against constable scales and eviction of Negro workers. ‘The Unemployed Council meets on every Thursday, 11 a. m. at 120 W. 3rd Street. Although this is a del- egated body, workers who are not as yet members of some branch are urged to attend these council meet- | ings and under good and welfare | they can make suggestions how to | build a branch in their block. Hunger March to Be Held in Mexico City February 26th A hunger march will take place in Mexico City on February 26 to de- | mand that the hundreds of thou- sands of jobless be fed at the expense of the federal government. The demands put forward by the organized unemployed include free | | sleeping quarters, dining halls, free rent and light for the jobless; food and clothing for the children of the unemployed. A hunger march will start from Puebla meeting the one, in Mexico City. Despite the fascist terror, the unemployed workers are preparing to It was also enough to cause Japanese bombing planes | to fly over the Tsitsihar region, and to blow up a bridge over one of the railw: that “owed money to the South Manchurian railway,” bridge situated, most fortunately for Japan, almost astraddle of the main line of the Chinese Eastern Railway. After Japanese planes had destroyed this bridge over the Nonni River, the Japanese charged the Chinese with doing it be- cause of General Mah’s hostility, and, explaining that they were “merely going to fix the bridge,” the Jap- anese sent a “bridge repair gang” to the Nonni River. General Mah had his soldiers fire upon the “bridge repairers” who, indeed, turned out to be several thou- sand heavily armed Japanese troops, and no doubt, many of Mah’s rank and file troops were themselves deadly in earnest about repelling the Japanese in- vaders. Certainly large numbers of Mah’s soldiers were slaughtered. But it all turned out to be (to these Chinese soldiers) a cruel trick. The Japanese had agreed with General Mah in ad- vance of the fighting, that he should stage these battles, in order to afford Japanese imperialism an excuse to occupy the whole Tsitsihar région in great force with troops, thus bring the Japanese army across the main line of the Chinese Eastern at the upper left bar of that “T,” and to the very frontier of the Soviet Union! From this trick, workers can see why the Japanese generals in Manchuria have welcomed General Mah back to Tsitsihar as the “newer governor” of Heilung- Kiang province, and why General Mah is one of the founders of the “independent republic of Ankuo,” the new “government of Manchuria” that the imperialists intend to use as a provoker of war against the Soviet Union! Workers, stand ready to defend your Soviet Union from these foul imperialist war makers! GEN. HONJO STATES JAPAN’S AIM TO SEIZE SOVIET UNION TERRITORY port of Japanese troops on the Chi- nese Eastern Railway, and threatens the Soviet Union. A Shanghai dispatch to the New York Times reports widespread con- jectures (hope would be the better word) in foreign diplomatic circles in (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) will quote from this pamphlet dur- ing the next few days other import- ant exposures of the war aims ‘of Japanese imperialism. General ‘Honjo’s memorandum is in line with the secret Tanaka docu- ment presented to the Japanese Em- peror in 1927, The Tanaka document also openly expressed the Japanese program for the seizure of the Chinese Eastern Railway, the looting of China, now proceeding, and war against the Soviet Union! Attack Aimed at World Working Class American workers! The Wall St. Hunger Government is supporting the Japanese imperialists in their but- chery of the Chinese masses and their provocation against the peaceful viet Union. The Wall Street imper- ialists are rushing their war prepara- tions to take part in the attack on the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union, with its successful socialist economy, its ‘abolition of unemployment, its wiping out of race hatreds, has shown the world working class the revolu- tionary way out of the crisis of capi- talism, with its unemployment for tens of millions of workers, its cold- blooded denial of relief, its sentenc- ing of millions to starvation and mass misery. ‘The imperialists, faced with the growing revolt of the toiling masses in the imperialist countries and in the colonials, are banding together for a desperate attempt to destroy the Soviet Union. The imperialists rec- ognize that the example of the Soviet Union is the only hope of the work- ers for the future. They are trying to destroy that example. They are now attacking the Chinese Soviet Re- public Central China. They are plan- ning an early attack on the Soviet Union. * Workers! Two worlds are at war! ‘The world of dying capjtalism is striving to destroy the rising, flour- ishing Soviet World. Your world, workers! You must ring the Soviet Union with an iron defense! Demand hands off China! Hands off the Soviet Union! Demand the with- drawal of American warships and troops from China! Prevent the ship- ment of further troops and munitions to the Far East! Demand the ex- pulsion of the diplomatic agents of Japanese imperialism which is slaugh- tering the Chinese masses and carry- ing its sinister war provocations against the Soviet Union! U. 8. Financing Robber War Against China ‘Testifying betore the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday, Paul M. Lineberger admitted that Wall Street was financing the Japanese invasion of China. Lineberger cited newspaper statements that $181,100,000 had been spent by the Japanese so far with American munition makers. Support by American imperialism resenting the Japanese attempts to grab all of thé loot in China, they Will not quarrel with Japan, since such ® quarrel would disrupt the ‘united front of the imperialists ban- dits in their preparation for a rob- for the Japanese is further admitted by U. S. General Reilly in an article in last Sunday’s New York American. Gen. Reilly writes: “Japan was useful to clip the wings of Czarist Russia. Bolshevik Russia is far more dangerous to the peace of Asia and the world than was Crarist Russia.” Admits Support of Japan for War On U.S.S.R. Speaking of the Japanese seizure of Manchuria, which was openly sup- ported by United States, British and French imperialisms, Gen. Reilly says: “In case of another war with Rus- sla, Japan lacks a first-class strat- egical position in which to concen- trate her war army of 2,000,000 on the continent of Asia. “Since Japan captured Mukden last September every step she ras taken indicates a careful-well- thought-out progress toward secur- ing these necessities. She may pause from time to time, as she has been doing, but she will not stop because of diplomatic pressare alone. “When it comes to the interna- tional political side of the situation Europe’s best interests lie in not Japan. “All the chief European Powers, particularly British, because of In- dia, fear Russia.” When They Plan to Attack the Soviet Union Why do the imperialist bandits fear the Soviet Union? They, themselves have been foreed openly to admit the firm peace policy of the Soviet Union. So why the deadly fear of the So- viet Union? Because, workers, the workers and peasants In the Sovict Union have kicked out the capitalist exploiters and have set up the rule of the workers and peasants. The Soviet Union has shown the workers of the whole world that ti is not necessary to submit to capitalist ex- ploitation and oppression. The So- viet Union has shown the revolution- ary way out of mass misery and star- vation under capitalism. For this reason, dying capitalism is seeking to destroy the Soviet Union. Taking up the Japanese war pro- vocation against the Soviet Union, the imperialist press yesterday revived their lies that the Red Army is mass- ing at the Manchurian border. A Mukden dispatch, widely printed in the American imperialist press, ped- ales the following: Spread Lie That Red Army Ts Mobilizing “The Rengo (Japanese) WNews Agency correspondent at Harbin said today that unconfirmed re- ports had come there of a move- ment of several thousand Soviet- Russian soldiers toward the Sixerian frontier, presumably in connection with Japanese troop movements in Northeastern Manchuria.” “Unconfirmed reports,” but tm- portant enough for the imperialist purpose of war provocation against the Soviet Union to splash across the front page of every lousy capi- talist sheet! ‘The same dispateh tecuses the So- eo viet Union of preventing the tran that city to the effect that the Soviet Union is preparing to launch an at- tack against Japan as soon as Japan becomes more deeply involved in the Shanghai situation. The dispatch ad- mist that the Japanese are carrying out the seizure of the Chinese East- ern Railway. It says: “Present developments east and west of Harbin indicate that Japan is steadily occupying the Chinese Eastern Railway, in which Russia had na immense stake, while the eastward move constitutes a def- inite threat to the Viodivostock re- gion.” This is both open admission of the provocation being carried out by the Japanese against the Soviet Union and hope by the American and Eu- ropean imperialists that this mon- strous provocation will succeed in pushing the Soviet Union into war. CHESTER COUNCIL MAKES ADVANCES Smash Effort to Break | Up Activity | CHESTER, Pa., Feb. 25.—During the last few weeks the Unemployed Council of Chester has achieved some very good results. It succeeded | in stopping one constable sale and a number of evictions. Five branches were organized in different parts of the city as well as surrounding towns. All this has aroused the politicians and the authorities who are sending their stool pigeons into the council | meetings with the aim of breaking | the council up but so far they have failed. Because the council has tre- mendous influence particularly among the Negro population of | Chester, speakers are visiting Negro Churches appealing to the congre- gations not to unite with the white the council calls upon rally tens of thousands in their de- mand for immediate relief at the ex- pense of the bosses and the impe- rialists who own most of the valuable resources of Mexico. Jobless Council In Toledo to Hold Mass Meet, Feb. 25 TOLEDO, O—The Lucas County Council of Unemployed has made ex- tensive preparations for a large mass meeting to be addressed by Herbert Benjamin, National Secretary of the Unemployed Councils, on Thursday, | February 25, at 8 P. M. The meeting | will be held in the Blue Room of the Roi Davis Building, one of the largest halls available in Toledo. | This meeting is one of a series to be covered by Comrade Benjamin, in connection with the tampaign to se- cure two million individual signatures and one million in collective endorse- ments for the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill. The subject is, “How Can The Demands for Unemployment Insurance Be Realized?” Mother Mooney Hears Pledge of Nation- Wide Fight to Free {CONTINUED FROM PAGH ONE) Socialist society,” said Lamont. ‘That the workers, many of whom such as the Irish Workers Club were participating in the mass movement of the working class for the first time realized this, was evident by the thunderous applause that greeted Lamont’s remarks. The case of Tom Mooney has become a symbol of the working class of the whole world and on this “National Mooney-Scottsboro Day” the world’s workers remem- bered him, Foreign Workers Pledge Fight. From Germany came greetings of the revolutionary workers of Berlin, Saxony and other industrial centers who have demonstrated for the American class war prisoners. From Japanese workers came greetings de- livered in Japanese by Fudimora, 4 member of the executive committee of the Left Writers of Japan, and a leader of the International Commit- tee of Revolutionary Writers. Fudi- mor’s statement which was trans- lated by Harold Hickerson, men- tioned the fact that Japanese work- ers and peasants have participated in the struggle to free Mooney and the other prisoners in American dun- geons as well as in the fight for their own 2,000 politicals. ‘This bond of international solidar- ity is not being forgotten at the pre- sent when Japanese rulers have plunged the workets into a bloody war of conquest. “Three hundred’ Japanese soldiers have been shot down in Manchuria for refusing to kill their Chinese brothers,” Fudi- mora said. In the midst of Hickerson’s trans- lation, Mother Mary Mooney arrived. Weak and barely able to walk, the 84 year old mother of labor's great fighter, was led to the platform. The greeting was tremendous. For many minutes the audience stood and roared cheer after cheer for Mother Mooney, Mrs. Mooney had put her faith in the Tevolutionsry workers, Class War Prisoners and the workers were answering. Harold Hickerson, a member of the Writers’ Delegation who was beaten and kidnapped in Kentucky recently brought greetings from the latest prisoners of labor, the 11 strike Jead- ers in the foul jail of Pineville. Here Hickerson too had spent 8 days in a tiny cell without sunlight, with water rising 2 and 3 inches high on the floor during a rain. The prisoners of Pineville are facing 20 year sen- tences merely for collecting strike re- lief or writing for the workers’ newspapers. Mother Mooney’s Speech Read by Amis, ‘When Mrs. Mooney rose to speak, to appeal for intensification of the fight to free her innocent son, the audience once again broke into cheers. But this working class mother, was too feeble to be able to utter more than a few words which could not even reach the microphone. Those up close heard her say: “I'm glad to be here. Tom is innocent. { am here to join with you in his release, the release of the Scottsboro boys and all class war prisoners.” It was necessary for the chairman, J. Louis Engdah! to repeat the words so that the workers could hear them. Flanked by a little sister of Ownle Montgomery, one of the Scottsboro boys, and B. D. Amis, the secretary of the League of Struggle for Negro Rights, Mrs. Mooney smiled at the huge gathering as the photographers snapped her again and again. Amis read the talk that had been pre- pared by her for the workers of New York. She had come despite the fact that the doctor said that it might mean death for her, because “I'd go anywhere in the world to help the working class free. my son,” and she delivered the message of struggle from her son to those who will free him, Minor Blames Labor Fakers for Betrayal. One of the leading speakers was Rabert Minor, of the Central Com- TY Mae IS YOUR NAME AMONG THESE? RUSH FUNDS AT ONCE TO DISTRICT No. 9. Michigan’ Hancock Street Unit, Hancock — 3.00 1.25 5.00 W. Hendricks, Traverse City 1.00 Minnesota Finnish Workers Club, Duluth 10.00 —Total 20.25 Grand Total 117.96 DISTRICT 106, ~Previously reported 33.92 DISTRICT 11. —Previously reported 80 DISTRICT 12, Washington L. J. Ady, Bellingham Hartfora— A. G. Benson North End Unit 00 4.75 25 Massachusetts Books, Springfield New York Portchester Unit, Portchester 14.00 4.00 ‘Total 30.50 Previously reported 126.08 —Totel 156.55 DISTRICT 16, Previously reported 14.40 DISTRICT 17. Georgia. Women’s Council, IWO Br. 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Miller 1.00| A Hasting 10 R. G. Ks er, Reading 2.00] Wm. Berger 1.00} D. Jones 10 Marylané Finnish Women’s Club 10.00} P, Markas 05 Metal Wrs. unuus. Detroit (names to be A. D. Barg 10 League, Baltimore 3,00 printed later) 100.00] L. D. Barg 310 District of Columbia Group of workers 8.00 E. Wautelet 219 D. Datsy Wm. Palk 25) V. Legroux +10 £. Garlan 1.00| A. Kantala $0) M. Ladjust 235 Workingmen 1.00 | B. McMurray 10 18.75| 8. George 1.00| J. Marshall 10 $15.81 | Sam Strauber .28| Marcel Chndastd 110 ———-| 7. 6. Pome 35 | L. Chandoria ty Dist. HNew York John Domnarin 25 Previously reported 85.95 | Nick Tissoff 35 ‘27.05 Binghamton— a6 pay Menenko 30 he Tominke ed Peter 10 L, Simolanas 1.00| J. Kronec 51 orale or ag ‘ee W. Gas 30] Bucher 20 z P. Gordorus $0 | Nick Flad 3 J. Horvath $0| Mary Plad 10 —Grand Total 338.50 M, Machata 25 | Cust Btoiche 10 A. Horvath .35| Mary Molein +10! Previously reported $187.71 Peter Thompson, Graham —_____1.00 Fred Nelson, Spokane —________ 5.00 ~Previously reported 120.33 Total 196.88 DISTRICT 13. IL. D., No. 23, San Pedr 26. . L, D., No. 33, Pedro .00 8. Seller, Los Angeles 1.00 =Total $1.00 —Previously Reported 318.05 Grand Total 958,07 DISTRICT 15. Connecticut T. Skrowa —.___350 Scandinavian Workers cot a 2. oe DISTRICT 16. Monten J. B. Welsenbach, Weir Point —____-3.00 Total 3.0¢ ~-Previously reported 18.00 —Total 21.00 DISTRICT 19. Colerade. Oollection, Denver —___. 15 Gection 2, Unit 4, Pueblo 1.00 Total wads "= tetat 0.25 ~-Previously reported $4.50 Grand Total $9,671.99 mittee of the Communist Party who was among the first to take up the fight for Meoney and Billings way back in 1916 when the socialists, lib- erals and the A. F, of L. officialdom were doing all possible to send these men to the gallows. Minor latd the blame for the long years of fail at the door of these under-cover agents of the bosses within the ranks of the working ¢lass. While the workers of Germany, France and Russia were rallying to Mooney’s defense, the so- cialist party of California was cir- cularizing its members, telling them that Mooney and Billings were an- archists; that not one cent should be given for their defense. Minor bad asked the 8, P. to come to the rescue but the O'Neil’s, the Lee's and Fillquit’s refused. The Sharren- bere’s, McCarthy's and othet labor racketeers of the golden state were ‘active in influencing the ruling class as to the “correct procedure.” “The name of Mooney,” said Minot, “was circulated among the soldiers in the last war. The Russian sol- diers and masses said, ‘so this is American democracy, and so the Mooney case echoed through the coutse of the Russian revolution “We Are Responsible,” Says Foster. ‘The last speaker was Comrade Poster of the Trade Union Unity League. Tn a brief but sharp talk Foster exposed what was behind the Walker trip to Califomia where fran- tic efforts were made to cave capital- ism’s face in this case attempting to get Mooney to renounce the work- Ing class movement. He refused. The workers still have the case. “What are we going to do about it,” Foster challenged. “We are responsible. We must go forward from this hall de stration that they will be compelled to free these two men. It was the Russian workers who saved them from death, we must free them from jail. We must build the Communist Party and fight against capitalism a> a whole. Let us once again dedicate ourselves to free these prisoners. Let us decide that the capitalists must free them without delay.” ‘This historic meeting was a smash- Ing blow to the united front of iib- erals, socialists, and Musteites who have been attempting to take Moon- ey from the revolutionary worknig class. They had announted a coun- ter meeting at which Mother Moon- ty would Speak. Five hundred came to listen to their mains of What a “terrible mistake justice has made.” Mother Mooney came to the revo- lutionary workers who thundered, “this is capitalist justice, we are going to smash this justice.” We must answer Foster's challenge of “What are we going to do about it,” by organizing a bigger fight and building the International Labor De- fense. The meeting sent resolutions ef greeting to Tom Mooney and to the father of Harty Simms. Other sneekers were Harry Walen- theck of the Carpenters local 2717, of the American Mederation of Labor, Ben Gold of the Needle ‘Trader Workers Industrial Union and s) Gerson of the Labor Sports Union which is organizing a Counter-Olym- pics movement and ‘Tom Mooney street runs to help poulariae a boy- cott of the state which bas kept “We are Mooney tn prison. ey = proletariat’ and we shall make thems 2 MRE a