The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 18, 1932, Page 5

DAILY WORKE EW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 19 Page Five BETHLEHEM STEEL BOSS SWORE:HE’D NOT CUT; SLASHED PAY SAME DAY Wages Lowered by 25 Per Cent in Fore River Ship Yards, After Series Worker Falls. Through of Secret Cuts Four Holds and Winch Pulls Him: Up Like Freight; Dies . (By a Worker Correspondent) QUINCY, Mass.—As_one of the Quincy, Mass., residents, my desire is to expose the rotten conditions in Quincy. We have about 14 metal shops here and for about three years they have been running on the stagger plan, 2 and 3 days a week. The stagger plan is 2 Hooey Hoover invention, You see, his desire is to shift the burden of the crisis to the shoulders of the workers, “i In most of the shops ‘tlit turers have introduced’ thé efficiency system so as to enable them to get more work out of the workers’ life by speed-up. z The other day, down jn the Fore River plant, a worker “félf through four holds, or in other words, four decks down to the bottom of the ship. The high officials Of the Beth- Tehem Ship Building were not con- cerned about this worker's life.-They did not even come ‘neat the ‘ship, where the accident happened. The worker was hoisted up with one of the big cranes, just like a swill bas- ket and thrown into the ambulance and whisked away to“thé Hospital. A day later he died of his injuries. Heavy Wage Cuts.- These are some of the facts that the workers ih Fore River plant have to stand for. But it isnot all, the workers in the Fore River have just received a wage-cut ranging from 15 to 25 per cent, which'will bring their living standard dow’ to starvation level, because the officials of the Fore River plant have ‘given indirect wage-cuts for the ‘last--two years. ‘They have done this through firing and rehiring the following day. For an example, a friend: of mine was hired for 64 cents per hour and was fired two months later,-The next day he was rehired for 54 cents per hour, which makes a difference of 10 cents per hour. Then Mr. Sehwab, presi- dent of the Bethlehem steel, stood in the yard of Fore River plant and made a speech, and said there shall be no wage-cuts in our plants, and no lay offs. That very. day, these words came out from his mouth, he was laying them off. ~ So here you can sce, .fellow-work~ ers, what hypocrites thecapitalists are. I wonder if you workers of the Fore River plant understand Mr. Schwab's demagogic speech? He has only one aim, and that is to keep us in slumber, and to create sympathy outside the Fore River plant: By that I mean that Mr. Schwab-desires sym~ pathy from the workers, outside the plant, and from. the middle class people of Quincy, so that in case of strike he will feel justified in bring- ing in scabs. 4 Exposing Schwab. But Mr. Schwab did fot realize that the members of the “Anti-Wage- Cut Committee know his trickery and are now exposing him to the workers in Quincy. When we get Well organ- ized, and strong, we will demand that he will take back the wage cut or we will resolye to take stronger ac- tion. I presume there are workers that will say, “What is the use to organize, we can’t win any strike now, on account of the, capitalist crisis.” ea Bat don’t kid yoursélf<what ever orders your shop has ‘today: and or- ders that must be finished and with- out the workers doing the will not be finished. And then again, what are you going to lose-by organ- iging? If you say that*‘your ~job is only good for a few mofiths more, all the more you need to organize, because if you are organized into 30 Days of Intersting European Travel 7 Days in the USS.S.R. for as low as $190.00-- Sailings weekly < S.S. Bremen, Europa, Ber- engaria, New York, Cale- donia, Statendam” ‘and ‘ Aquitania .., Manufac- ; Militant unions we can force our bosses to pay us wages, \ust the same as when we were working in the shop. shop. Join the Metal Workers Industrial League, affiliated fo the TUUL. At the Hoover Hunger Convention Bute ap Ford Speaks at New England Picnic BOSTON, June 17.—The outing ar- ranged by District One of the Com- munist Party June 26 at Camp Nit- gedaiget, Franklin, Mass., will be the biggest affair held in this state this year. Thousands of workers aod farmers from Massachusetts and New Hampshire are expected. Comrade James We Ford, Negro worker and Communist candidate for vice-president will be the principal speaker. Part of the program so far arranged is as follows: Camp Fire, a Night in Moscow, Veteherinka for Saturday night, June 25. On Sun- day, among the many activities will be a pageant, various games, Finnish Orchestra and a mass meeting. All workers are urged to get in touch with 3 Harrison Ave. —— VOTE COMMUNIST FOR: 2. Against Hoover's wage-cutting policy. BUY Mimedgraph Supplies By mail order and save 50% Ink $1 per Ib. 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Y., June 16.—Two hun- dred and fifty workers of all nation- alities, most of whom have not seen a job in two years, greeted James W. Ford, Communist candidate for vice- president, at Patriarch Hall last night. .Yesterday afternoon Ford spoke to 300 more at an open air meeting in Chancellor Park, Ford is @ Negro worker and a world war vet- eran, A month ago most of these workers had never heard of the Communist Party, but yesterday they came out to applaud its program of unemploy- ment and social insurance at the ex- pense of the state and the employ- ers. Communists Fought for Relief A month ago, the 15,000 jobless and hungry workers in this cotton mill town of 120,000 did not know what to do to ward off starvation, but the Communists came to Utica with a message of organization and struggle, Fighting for Bonus and and today, less than four weeks later, a fighting unemployed council with 40 members in two branches has been established, the city hall has heard the demand for relie: for starving families, and has been forced to grant concessions to the workers. Dress Strike, Charles Bronson, a Communist, and leader of the unemployed move- ment here, spoke from the platform with Ford, and told the crowd how the 84 girls at the J. Daniels & Co. shop, now getting 50 cents a ‘day, are going on strike today under rank and file leadership supported by the Communist Party, demanding 30 cents an hour and better treatment from the boss, The Daniels Co. came to Utica from New York about two weeks ago because the Utica cham- ber of Commerce promised it cheap labor. The workers at Ford’s meeting pledged to support the strike of the Daniels girls, No mills in Utica are running full time and those that are still operat- jing do so only one or two days a week, paying a starvation wage of 12% cents to 30.cents an hour, Relief Discrimination. The Utica city welfare pays from $3 to $4 in foog checks every two weeks to unemployed families. There is discrimination against single work- ers and foreign born workers. The chamber of commerce men on the welfare board are supplying their offices with new furniture bought out of the $50,000 whichis all the city has appropriated for the jobless until some time next year. The wel- fare board is offering men 10 cents an hour to work in private homes, Wage Cut and Speed-up, The Mohaw¥ Sheet +and Pillow Case Co., giant factory here, has giv- en its employes a 25 per cent wage cut, the fourth cut. Workers who used to run four machines, or eight sides, for $22.80 a week, now run eleven machines or 22 sides, for $16 a week, Ford exposed the Democratic and Republican party alliance adminis- tration here as a typical capitalist government of mill «Wwners and foundry owners. Mayor Donnelly, a phrase-slinging demagogue, was elected for bringing the Globe Knitting Mill and “pros- perity’ ‘to Utica, Today those that are still employed in the Globe get from 12 and a half cents to 25 cents per hour, t 14 Join Party Fourteen workers applied at the meeting for membership in the Com- munist Party, and five young work- ers asked to join the Young Com- munist League, The meeting ended only after 12 rs Ex-Servieemen’s League just before they left to join the fight for the bonus and Unemployment In- surance in Washington. Left, Mark Shahian, member of Post No. 2 Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League, veteran of the Second Division who served in all the major engagements of the imperialist war.’ Wounded twice in 1918, and for bravery won the Croix de Guerre, the Medale militaire and the “Certificate of Merit.” Patsy Donato (right) served 20 consecutive years in the U. S. Army, was in all major engagements of the world war, wounded six times and now unable to work, with a wife and four kids to support. These worker ex-servicemen, victims of imperialist war, now demand not only the bonus to be paid by taxa- tion of the bosses of the U. S., Unemployment Insurance Bill, but also the adoption of the Workers’ TENN. FARMERS TO MARCH SOON AGAINST HUNGER Against Taxes, For Relief (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) starts in August. Some government flour that is in a Maynardville warehouse, in charge of the Red Cross, will also be demanded in the name of the starving farmers, who at the meet- ing decided to demand that in future flour-be sent to a committee of farm. ers to distribute, rather than to any Red Cross agents. Committee of Action Elected A Committee of Action was elec- ted of four men, three women and a 12-year old girl, who will be in charge of organizing the children, and who will speak in the name of the children. Immediately following the mass meeting, the Committee of Action met and planned further de- |‘ tails of the march. The Committee will have regular weekly meetings. Pellagra in Every Family The farmers of Union County, in the midst of a food-growing country, are literally starving to.death. There is a case of pellagra, the hunger dis- ease, in almost every family. Babies with arms no larger than a man’s thumb, are trying to survive. One farmer says he has not seen a dollar bill for five months. 265 Farms Seized In the past few weeks 265 farmers have had their farms seized to pay off “debts’—more are on the verge of being sold. A farmer who spent the whole ‘season raising 1,4000 pounds of tobacco got exactly $82 for his year’s work, and this is con- sidered good; most didn't get any- thing for their crops. The farmers can’t get cash for delegates were endorsed for the Communist State Nominating Con- vention to be held in Schenectady Sunday. Ford will speak today in Schenec- tady, at Crescent Park. He speaks to- morrow at Engelmand’s Hall, 113 So. Pearl St., Albany, at 7:30 p.m. Sat- urday he is scheduled for a meeting at Bleek-r Sq., Gloverville, at 6 p.m. He wil) be in Boston Sunday. VOTE COMMUNIST FOR: 5, Against capitalist terror; against all forms of suppression of the Political rights of workers, WATCH! AUGUST 21st DAILY WORKER PICNIC (Plezcant Bay Park) MT AVANTA FARM ULSTER PARK, NEW YORK WORKERS RECREATION PLACE Located one-half mile from siation Fresh milk, improved bathing, 700 spring chickens and all kinds of vegetables growing for guests, DIRECTION: ‘West Sbore train. ek-ends $8.75 round trip. By Albany Route, By bus: Capi Greyhound Bus Terminal, By steamboat to Kingston to Ulster Park 226 by train, For their corn and other produce, and are forced to trade at the stores for whatever they can get—generally a 38 cent sack of flour for a bushel of corn. Although some government flour was sent into some of the stores te distribute, to do so “hurt business.” 50 Cents for a 12-Hour Day The tenants and croppers rarely get cash and are always in “debt.” .|They have no money for clothes or medicine, no money for fertilizer and tools, and no money to pay their taxes. The taxes are very high—a farmer having 40 to 50 acres pays a tax of about $11, The $2.45 poll tax is out of the question for the farm- ers, The politicians take advantage of this, and try to buy the farmers’ vote by offering to pay his poll tax. Men hiring out to the farms work a 12-hour day for 50c and 75e. A marble quarry in the coun- ty is offering $1 for a 9-hour day. Childzen Without Clothes Hundreds of children were unable to go to schoo] last year, as they did not have the shoss or clothes to wear; nor did they have any lunch to take to eat in school. The par- ents are also obliged to pay for school books—one farmer says he paid $25 last year for books for his four chil- dren. Parents, unable to buy clothes and books,.and who tierefore caynot send their children to school, are thrown into jail for not sending them. Farmers who own small strips of Jand are sick of working it for years only to have it seized in payment for some exhorbitant tax or “debt,” In Union County they see a way out. It is through organization and mass action. The farmers’ march to the county seat will be their answer to the starvation forced on them by the government, the banks and the rich landlords OPPRESSED OF U.S. AIMED AT BY DIES BILL Fight Urged by Anti- Imperialist League (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) series of anti-foreign born bills, as registration and fingerprinting, were aimed not only at the foreign-born workers, but against all workers. They are aimed to keep the forcign born workers from fighting for unemployment insurance at the ex- pense of the government and the employers, from organizing and striking against the Hoover govern- ment’s wage cut policy, from fight- ing against imperialist war and for the defense of the Soviet Union, The Anti-Imperialist League points out particularly the threat this bill contains against the workers who come from the Philippine Islands, and from Cuba, Mexico and other of American impe- Thousands of Philipinos, Cubans, Mexicans, Porto Ricans and of other colonies and semi-colonies are de- manding complete and unconditional independence of the colonies. The Dies Anti-Alien Bill would single out for deportation the active fighters in such a movement, The Anti-Imperialist League calls on all workers, organized and unor- ganized, those in the, revolutionary unions or in the A. F, of L, unions, on all oppressed farmers, and oh all intellectuals to rally to the fight against this vicious anti-working class legislation. Anti-Imperialist League of the United States. WILLIAM SEMONS, Secretary.” New York Meets Zoday The New York meetings today will be as follows: Bronx, Wilkins and Intervale, 8 Pp. m.; Downtown, 10th St. and Sec- ond Ave., 7 p. m.; Midtown, 4sst St. and Eighth Ave, 4 p, m.; Harlem, 110th St. and Fifth Ave. 4 p. m.; Brownsville, Hopkinson and Pitkin Ave., 4 p. m,; Coney Island, Brighton Beach Ave. and Fifth St. 7 p. m; ouSth Brooklyn, Hoyt and Wyckoff Sts 4 p.m; Newark, at Military Park, 4 p. m.; Paterson, at Bank and Main Sts., at 7 p. m.; Perth Amboy, Smith and Elm Sts., at 8 p. m. ‘The Lawrence Emery branch of the I. L. D. will hold an open air protest meeting at 2462 64th St., Broklyn, at 8 o'clock. Indoor meetings are being arranged by the Bridge Plaza Workers Club, 26 Rodney St., Breoklyn and the Workers’ Zukunft Club, 81 Second Ave., near First St., Manhattan, at 8 p. m. Communist Election Headquarters Opened in Lawrence, Mass, LAWRENCE, Mass., June 17.-On Saturday, June 18th, 6 p. m., the workers of Lawrence will hold a housewarming and banquet in honor of the opening ef a Workers Center in the Italian neigrdorhood which is the largest in Lawrence. This Cen- ter at 285 Elm Street will also house the Communist Party Blection Cam- paign headquarters, Supper and en. tertainment are being arranged. Ad- mission will be 25 cents. The center pas five rooms. One is the election campaign headquarters, another, the largest has been fitted out as a reading room where the Daily Worker and languaze papers and pamphlets will be on file for 3,000 VETERANS CAMP ON STEPS OF THE CAPITOL ghting Policies Now Gaining Ground (CONTINUED FROM PAGE Fi ONE) empty buildings is growing. In a leaflet issued today the Workers’ Ex- Servicemen’s League called for the election of rank and file committees from the industrial centers, with the propsal that the Bonus Army set up headquarters in Chicago, publish a veterans’ paper, and organize meet- ings enroute when they are ready to leave for their home towns. Glassford’s device to oust the veter- ans by talk of “farm lands” got the laugh from the men, In Fighting Mood ‘The vets are in areal fighting mood, the only ones actively opposing the program of the W. E. S. L. being the fascist leadership and the police. A truckload of food for the W. E. S. L. from New York was turned over to the general commissary. . WASHINGTON, June 17.—A dir- ect repudiation of the reactionary policies of the official leaders of the Veterans’ Bonus March, a large con- tingent of 3,000 ex-servicemen today occupied the steps of the Capitol and sent for their camp kitchens. They anounced they would remain there pending the discussion of the Bonus Bill in the senate. That the bill will be defeated seems a fore- gone conclusion. Veterans attempted to lead a donkey with a large placard on each Side labelled “Hoover” up the steps of the Capitol but were balked by the police, This was the second blow struck at the police-controlled leadership of the Bonus March. Yesterday 800 worker ex-servicemen, the entire Il- linois delegation, elected their own commander and committees. Leaders Disturbed. Plainly disturbed by the growing rank-and-file activity on the part of the veterans, Waters, commander-in- chief of the Banus Army who has been working hand in hand with the police and politicians in an effort to blunt the fighting edge of the bonus march, called for fascist. meas. ures. On the eve of the expected Sen- ate defeat of the bill, Waters pre- pared a proclamation urging that the bonus “expeditionary force” be organized on an organized basis “to act as a unit of red-blooded eitizens in time of need.” Previously Water issued orders that any veteran caught begging on the streets would be expelled from the sticky mud-holes of the Anacostia flats. Meanwhile, the refusal of the Marine Corps medical details to take care of the sick and exhausted vet- erans left them a prey to disease and death. Betrays Police Threats. Internal strife between George Al. man, former Capt. W. G. Stott, po- lice commissary officer, revealed the role of the Washington police in ter- rorizing the veterans. Seventy-five of the hungry men had been kicked out of half-wrecked buildings on Pennsylvania Ave., pre- sumably on orders of the Fire De- partment which resorted to the usual subterfuge of condemning them as “unsafe.” In a heated, unguarded momen, Alman let it be known that the “police had threatened the vet- erans with tear-gas bombs.” Propose “Farm” Scheme. Glassford, police superintendent, recently proposed that the ex-ser- vicemen be lured out of Washington by military bands playing “Home Sweet Home” today came forward with the suggestion that the veter- ans be set up as farmers in liew of the bonus. Just how ludicrous this proposal is can be seen in the light of the thousands of ruined farm- ers who are being kicked off their farms, victims of the Hoover hunger regime. Milinois Men Call for Action. Sharp interest was aroused among the veterans by the action of the Milinois delegation which had set up its own leadership. A vigorous leaflet of the Illinois delegation, consisting of 800 men, de- clared: Rank and File Veterans of the Bonus March—Attention! The fight for the immediate cash payment of the bonus, regardless of veteran organization affiliation, political opinion, race creed, is the principle which brought us all here to Washington, In order to better carry on our werk in camp, the Ulinois State Delegation, numbering more than 800 men, chose their own comman- der and their own committees, After we did this yesterday, our newly elected commander was placed under arrest, cross-exam- ined, intimidated, finger-printed and questioned about his political opinion. They re-examined his discharge papers and found that his record in the service was excellent and that his conduct in the camp was very good, and in spite of being elected over five other candidates and even after declining to run for office, we all demanded that he be eur commander.. He was taken by the M. P., placed under arrest and to'd that we had no right to elect our own commander, Rank and File Veterans:— re- gardiess of what yeur political opinions are, regardless of what or- ganization you are a member of, it is just this kind of treatment, it is just this kind of action in onr camp that is interfering with an DIES BILL IS MENACE TO 100,000 NEGROES OF THE WEST INDIES Yokinen Case Shows Special Intention of Doak to Oust Whites Who Protect Negro Stalker, Omaha Communist, Threatened With. = Exile for Interracial Dance By ELIZABE ‘TH LAWSON The Dies bill, if it becomes law, will provide the United States gov- ernment with a sharp weapon against militant Negro workers and against white workers who struggle for the rights of Negroes. The Dies bill affects directly, not only the foreign-born white work- ers, but also the 100,000 Negro workers who have come here fromthe West Indies. Should! these West Indian workers express sympathies with ‘the Communist Party or enter its ranks, they would be subject to deportation under the provisions of the Dies bill. Deport Whites Who Stand Up For Negroes. Deportation is coming into fre- quent use against white workers who dare to take a stand for the rights of Negroes. The Circuit Court in New York recently upheld the de- portation order against August Yo- kinen, Finnish worker, stating frank- ly that it was doing so because Yo- kinen’s pledge to the Communist Party to repudiate his attitude of white superiority. Georges Stalker, another white worker, organizer for the Communist Party in Omaha, has just been re- leased from jail and is threatened with deportation to Scotland. Stalk- er’s “crime” consisted of holding in- terracial dances in Omaha and de- fending a Negro worker who had been arrested for attending them. The Dies bill represents one more effort of the white bosses to divide the working class into groups—to set white against Negro, native against foreign-born. The fight against the Dies bill deserves the heartiest support of every militant Negro—and white—worker in the country. Attempt to Allay Inner Antagonisms Lausanne to Lay Basis For Strengthening Anti-USSR Block LAUSANNE, June 17, — A resolu- tion was adopted at the plenary session of the Lausanne Conference today, calling for a temporary sus- pension of reparations unti{ the conference reaches a solution of the questions under consideration. It is expected that the confer- ence will not be adjourned soon. rape LAUSANNE, June 17.—A basis for strengthening the anti-Soviet coalt- tion not by solving or compromising but simply by postponing the Euro- pean inter-imperialist contradictions will be laid down today at the Peln- ary sessions of the Lausanne Confer- ence, when it will be proposed that all reparations, including the uncon- ditional annuities due to France be suspended until a final solution can be worked out. This proposal to which MacDonald and Herriot already agreed in their private conversations here is on one side designated to draw Germany more firm?y within the coalition against the Soviet Union without however proceeding to a complete cancellation of reparations which would give the German republic a relative independence in its relation- ship with France. On the other side, in so far as it defers the question of war obligation? the proposal allays the contradiction which threatened to weaken seriously the “entente” between France and England, It is known that when Mac- Donald expressed the intention of raising the question of cancellation of war obligation, Herriot took an attit- ude which was generally interpreted as being nearer to the polition of Stimson on this issue. At any rate the proposal expresses the determination of all the nations repreented at the conference to mo- bilize for war against China and the Soviet Union. Prime Minister Mac Donald, the former leader of the Second “Socialist” International, in opening the conference of which he was unanimously elected chairman, clearly called for an international imperialist coalition by stating: “....There is no France, no Italy, no Germany, no America, no Great Britain apart from the rest of the world. There is nothing smaller than the world, nothing less than the system which is crumbling ander our feet.’ ’ organized and unified movement of the rank and file to carry on a suc- cessful campaign for the immediate cash payment of the honus, Spying on the men, intimidating them, turning them over to police authorities and refusing to let us elect our own officers, should be protested loudly by every delega- tion. We call on all other delegations to support us in this protest and urge that all veterans stick to- gether for one united fight for the boflus. —ILLE ‘OIS STATE DELEGATION RUSSIAN ART SHOP PEASANTS’ HANDICRAFTS 100 East 1th St. N. Y. C. Imports from C.S.5.8. CRussia) Send $5 cial Aysortment for anes Poe Will bring in JAIL THOUSANDS — IN JAPAN AS ANTI- WAR FIGHT GROWS Strikes, Peasant and Soldier Revolts On Increase (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) i jthousands of Japanese workers have jbeen arrested by the police. On |March 3, 1932, Tokyo police carried out a general round-up of radical workers, arresting 67,000 persons. The Japanese jails are bulging with imprisoned revolutionary fighters and militant workers and peasants, Strike in Aeroplane Factory. | In spite of the increasing white terror, strikes have occurred in many war industries. The latest issue of |the “Communist International” re- ports, on the basis of news stories in the Japanese press. that strikes | have occurred at a military aeroplane factory near Tokyo, and that the growth of the anti-imperialist move- ment in Japan is proceeding hand in hand with the strike ms | “On Nov. 28, the striking” workers of seven Tokyo factories” organized, under the leadership of’ a.jojnt strike jcontmittee, a united demonstration Junder the slogans: ‘Down with the imperialist war, ‘Against_dismissals,’ ete. On Dec. 12th, at a conference of representatives of twélve glase factories and two unemployéd organ- izations of Tokyo, a resolution was jadopted against the imperjalist war and in defense of China, and the U.S. 5. R.” 6: | At the end of September, 1931, | Shortly after the vegining of the Jap- | anese invasion of Manchuria, con- ferences were held by the left-wing mass organizations of the industrial districts of Tokyo and Yokohama, | with the metal and chemical work- |ers’ union at the head, for the pur pose of directing the struggles in these biggest centers of the Japan- ese war industry into the channels of a mass struggle against the new imperialist war. On Oct. 5,.at dele- |gate conferences in Tokyo the fol- jlowing slogans were sharply. raised: “Down with the war in Manchuria and Mongolia!” “Hands off Man- churia and China!” “Down with the imperialist government of - Japan!” | “Relief for the unemployed to be met from the war budget!” | Wave of Anti-War Demonstrations, On the occasion of the celebrations demonstrations against the war and jin defense of hCina and the USSR. swept the industrial centers of Japan. Armed clashes between the peas- antry and police agents of the land- lowners are growing more frequent |and bitter. 94 peasants were arrested in the village of Kanagana in Jan- uary on riot charges. Peasants of six villages in the prefecture of Koti have organized a non-rent union. A bloody battle occurred between the peasants and police in the prefecture of Nagana. 28 peasants were arrested and held on riot charges. __ Growing Revolt in Armed “Forces, | Most alarming to the Japanese jruling class is the steady develope ment of revolutionary sentiment in the armed forces. In the town of |Dagu, Korea, the authorities un- earthed a secret Communist .organi- jzation in which several officers of the 80th regiment took an, active |part.. The Chinese newspaper “Tay- {anpao” reports that on January 29 |more than 200 Japanese soldiers re- |fused to move to the front. Qn Feb, |11 about 300 soldiers held a meeting jin Hongkew, Shanghai, and voted | condemnation of the robber “War qn China, The Japanese paper “Nic™i+ |Nichi Shimbun” iater. reported the jreturn of these soldiers to Jatan he- jeause they “had become homesick and refused to fight.” In February, 600 Japanese soldiers in Shanehai Jalso refused to fight against their |Chinese fellow workers, The Chin- jese newspaper “Tavan-Pao" reports jthat “more than 100 of them were |shot and the rest sent back. to | Japan.” : | Comrade Akhamatov in. an article “On the Front of the War Upon War” lreports that a Japanese detachment of 300 men in Menchuria refused to |go to the front. They then heroic- |ally defended themselves against a | whole brigade sent to arrest’ them. The battle raged all night until all |of the mutineers were wiped out, were held to commemorate the oism of these soldiers, who re to kill their Chinese fellow ¥ but instead turned their arm their own imperialist oppress6rs. VOTE COMMUNIST FOR; {, Dowal rights for tie Negroes self-determination for +t Belt, |Many meetings of Japanese worker ww «a of the October Revolution, a ‘wave nd