The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 25, 1932, Page 4

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1932 = sav orker y Publishing Co., Inc., daily excxept Sunday, at 50 E. York City, N. ¥. Telephone ALgonquin 4-7956. Cable “DAIWORK.” and mail checks to the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St., New York, N. ¥. SUBSCRIPTION RATES verywhere: One year, $6; six months, $3; f Manhattan and Bronx, New York City. six months, $4.50. two months, $1; Foreign: excepting one year, $8; The Socialists Come to the Aid of Herbert Hoover r announced his moratorium one year ago, the New Leader, jalist Party, hailed the hunger president in the fole Joover has awakened to reality . The terrific strain upon one is to be lifted for one year. If generally agreed to for one year here will be no more bleeding of the German masses, it cer- tainly will be helpful to all concerned. The relief comes late, but it to come even at this time rather than not at all.” (New Leader, ardly a worker that does not know that the above words organ have been proven false and hypocritical, The i not lift the German workers out of the terrific strain. ded for that purpose. It was aimed to, and did, accom- r enslavement of the German masses to the robber id the infamous Versailles System. It helped the German visie to carry through furious raids upon the living standards of nm masses, who have been driven down to the lowest depths while it postponed the collapse of German capitalism. Its to save the German debts to Wall Street. The German y aided in this swindling of the German masses. come forward with a new plan and again the socialists The French socialists call it a far-sighted plan. And in Amer- re socialist organ, The New York Forward, in a leading eagerly comes forward to aid in the deception of the , dec! “President Hoover has again surprised the world. Exactly one year ago he proposed the famous moratorium, which opened up the way for a successful (sic!) settlement of the question of reparations and war debts. Now he has come out with a plan for the reduction of the my and navy by one-third Hoover's plan for a significant reduc- tion, not only of the land army, but also of the navy, shows that the ident is wholly sincere in the question of disarmament, although he does not go far enough.” Wall Street’s President “is sincere, he wishes a reduction in a1 not go far enough. If he only could satisfy poor France’s 0 and meet her demands for “security,” the plan of would indeed be incomparable! The slightest acquaintance with s shows that Hoover's “disarmament” proposal is a move in the t struggle for world domination and is intended to weaken » while maneuvering against the Soviet Union. But e these socialists merely mistaken fools in hailing all of this y of the president? Or are they simply ignorant prophets that aderstand the ways of the capitalist world? No! The socialist is consciously directed toward supporting and covering up r moves of the imperialists. It is their role to bind the toiling to the war chariots of the imperialist war-mongers, and to repre- 1 of the pacifist swindlés of the “disarmament” conferences as This is further to be seen in the closing paragraph of the Forward editorial. which says: “Tt is to be hoped, therefore, that the free peoples in Europe and will exercise the necessary pressure upon their governments, and see that the work of both international conferences should be ‘owned with success.” The people who are misleading the workers to expect peace from jonary governments and their conferences are not simpl fools. ‘They are treacherous knaves seeking to betray the toiling masses into a aew world slaughter, Painters--Which Way? HE painters of New York, one of the most important crafts of the building industry, are called upon to elect a new secretary of District ci] No. 9, the second largest painters’ council in the country. These kers, like those of the building trades throughout the country, have ed severely from the economic crisis and from the attacks of the Wages have been slashed openly and in disguised ways. Speed- i has become terrific. As high as 80 per cent of these workers are suffering the curse of unemployment, The employers in this industry could succeed in creating such miser- itions for the painters, only because of the class cooperation of the notoriously corrupt clique of labor officials which has ruled these workers. Against this machine only the left wing has con- ducted any struggle and has at times won victories in this fight, as for example, in ousting the infamous Mr. Zausner. But because of the weak- ness of the left wing, machine rule continued in this council. Now because of the severity of the crisis, members of this boss con- ‘trolled clique running for office are attempting to pose as progressives and win the support of the membership on the grounds that they are “Just as good” as revolutionary trade unionists and that they have even edopted left wing planks. It is a sign of the times that reactionary offi- cials, in order to obtain the confidence of the workers, are compelled to use all kinds of vile tricks and to resort to the basest demagogy. Tt is clearly the task of the revolutionary trade unionists in this coun- cil to conduct the sternest-fight against these foul agents of the em- ployers. And this is the general line whic they are following. But it m corded that the policy of independent struggle against these labor officials has been violated by such impermissibly opportunistic acts as in local 261 of the painters, where the left wing failed to put for- idate against D. Shapiro, an outstanding reactionary. This istic action is made even worse by reformist arguments that such @ was necessary in order to defeat an “even worse” reactionary. he past the left wing was time and again put off its path by such tactics as the “lesser evil.” There was at no time justification for choos- ing between corupt officials. Above all, at the present time there is not the barest justification for such policies. The slightest concession paid to the idea of the “lesser evil” and the least support given to any of these corrupt officials, no matter what their names may be, or under what false colors they sail, can only defeat revolutionary trade unionism and be hermful to the struggles of the workers. Not through the united front from on top in any form, under any pretext, on any condition, but by means of a united front from below against the employers and their lackeys, can the present miserable situa- tion of the painters be changed and a powerful left wing, capable and deserving of the leadership of the worers be established. The New York painters, by giving support to the policy of indepen- dent leadership, and py fighting for the militant candidate, Max Board- man, will be striking a blow which will be felt throughout the entire building industry. over ward a candi opportu Upton Sinclair, many times a socialist party candidate, gives the American capitalist government good advice on suppressing Communism. In @ telegram to Commissioner of Immigration Tillinghast about the ‘Berkman case he says that “In common with all American citizens who believe in their country’s institutions,” he thinks it is “insanity to make a@ martyr out of a Communist agitator and thus miake 10,000 more” agitators. BABSON URGES INFLATION rE A CURRENT financial letter sent out recently to a selected list of business men, Babson strongly urges that inflation is now an absolutely necessary policy. In heavy type, the letter emphasizes that the credit structure of the nation is in serious condition, but could be immediately assisted by immediate inflationary measures. But a few months ago the sponsors of the Reconstruction Finance Oorporation, and the Glass-Steakell Bill were loudly claiming that the Measures were in no way inflationary. With the deepening of the crisis, the capitalist policy of shifting more and more of the burden of the crisis on to the working masses is ‘sown by the undisguised advice to inflate, ‘The only thing owned in common in capitalist society, as Marx @imted out, is the national debt. “Marry Me and the World Is Yours!” A Sie weeny By BURCK Von Papen of Germany proposed a military alliance with France which could be primarily directed against the Soviet Union. Karl Radek Writes on Far Eastern Situation |APAN is urged on in her robber war against China and her drive for armed intervention against the Soviet Union by her dread of three historical tendencies, declares Karl Radek, Soviet journalist, in an ar- ticle in the latest issue of “Foreign Affairs,” published in New York. The three tendencies, says*Com- rade Radek, are: “First, the in- evitable unification of China; sec- ond, the desire of the United States to conquer China economically, and, third, tHe socialistic indus- trialization of .Soviet Russia not only in Europe but also in Siberia.” Japan is already making war on China and is ready to plunge the whole world into war at this time “fearing to losé an opportune moment which may still hold the | promise of victory.” eg oe Attempt to Restore Economic Balance. ‘He Japanese seizure af Manchu- Tia, besides being an effort to prevent the unification of China under the hegemony of the Chi- nese proletariat, is also a move to forestall the spread of American economic power in China and is, as well, a reply to the industrial- ization of Siberia. Socialism is ad- vancing triumphantly. The Japa- nese seizure of Manchuria is rec- ognized by the imperialists as an attempt to restore the economic balance upset by the industrializa- tion of Siberia. Thus “Magnito- gorsk and Kuznetsk, while not yet fully active economic factors on the international stage, already produce certain reactions in the relations of the Great Powers in the Far East.” ‘The policy of the Open Door in China, advocated by American im- perialism, gives victory to those who are economically stronger. Japan cannot compete with Amer- ican capitalism. It is convinced that American capitalism will ‘at- tempt to penetrate China as part of its desperate efforts to get out of the crisis. Japan is determined to forestall the United States by snatching from China whatever she can, and by establishing a num- ber of fortresses in Chinese terri- tory under the threat of Japanese guns. Japan In Hurry. JECAUSE of her desperate inter- nal situation, Japan is in a hurry. She has selected for action a transitional period in the develop- ment of each of the three factors on which her action is based. She does not believe the United States will dare to take action against her, even to the extent of using the Nanking government as an in- strument. That government is none too stable, it would require considerable loans to wage war, and under the present financial condi- tions the United States cannot pro- vide these loans. If the U. S, shipped munitions to China on credit, Japan would prevent their unloading, or, in the last resort, declare formal war on China, thus facing the U. 8. with a definite choice. The U. S. is playing the game of the Japanese by its hostile attitude towards the Soviet Union and by exerting its influence to prevent the establishment of normal rela- tions between China and the Soviet Union. League Helps Japan. HE League of Nations is helping Japan directly and indirectly. Its endless discussions as to how to apply the Covenant to the Sino- Japanese war have obscured and still obscure its historical signifi- cance. A state of war has ex- isted in the Far East for more than Japan’s Dread of Three Historical Tendencies six months. The Manchester Guar- dian is quite right when it says that it is mainly thanks to the proceedings of the League of Na- tions that this fact has not been sufficiently impressed upon the public opinion of the world. ‘The League does not worry Japan. In practice it can do nothing that | England and France do not want it to do. France is sympathetic to | the Japanese aims. French sup- port for Japan is based on its hos- tility toward the nationalistic move- ment in the Orient, a movement which threatens the French posi- tion in Indo-China. It is also de- ‘termined by France’s hostility to the Soviet Union. French im- perialism would like to see Japan Strengthened in the hope that this will lead to a struggle with the Soviet Union. But it is in the Far Eastern pol- icy of England that lies the chief reserve of Japanese imperialism. In spite of the progressive weakening of England, she still remains a fac- tor of first-rate importance in the Far East. British imperialism de- fends the fundamental thesis of | Japanese diplomacy that China is not a force guaranteeing order and upholding treaties, hence the pow- ers in their relations with China cannot be bound by the League of By A. TRACHTENBERG (Speech of Comrade Trachtenberg at the Chicago Nominating Con- vention.) 'HE question of literature distrib- ution is one of the most im- portant problems in the election campaign. It is precisely on how well we succeed in reaching every poor farmer, and every worker in this country. Reach Workers Who Do Not Hear Our Speakers We cannot organize meetings with Comrades Foster and Ford to speak everywhere. There will be certain places not touched by our speakers, and literature can reach every worker. We must flood this country with our literature, and especially the small industrial towns, where ‘the workers are awakening, but are not yet con- nected up with the main-stream of the revolutionary movement. We must keep up a barrage of literature everywhere—not merely just once and stop, but a regular systematic distribution of litera- ture in the shops and every place where workers gather. At every worker's home there should be lit- erature distribution. At Meetings And this literature will help even those who go to meetings. After they go home they take, up our literature and continue read~ ing what the Party stands for and that helps them to come to con- clusions and understand more what the Party means in this elec- tion campaign. Therefore every | meeting must have a plentiful sup- ply of our election literature and its sale must be carefully prepared and organized. Individual "istribution And we must no; forget that not only at mass meetings must be distributed literature, but every comrade’s pocket should be packed with literature, Every comrade -who is unemployed, when he goes to the bread-line or whatever he is doing, should always have his pockets full with literature, that whenever he meets a worker he can see that he gets a piece of literature. Very often comrades engage in discussion with a worker and then they have nothing to give him, explaining what the Par- ty actually stands for. Old Methods Revived I think the older comrades .re- member how we used to work on this field and you could always tell a militant worker by the pock- » Literature and the Elections ets full of literature he had with him—when going to local unions, and everywhere where the workers congregate. Our Program of Literature Publication Of course our platform is. our basic form of literature. Our com- mittee proposes tha! 10. million copies of the platform be distrib- uted and it can be done because the workers are hungry to know what the Party stands for and it is up to us to give them that op- Portunity to learn about the Party. We are also putting out a whole series of short pamphlets dealing with all the phases of our elec- tion campaign, dealing with all our six points separately, dealing with all sections of the working class— the question of the young workers, Negro rights, exposing the Social- ists, the anti-war campaign; ete, Books Foster's new book is an enlarge- ment of our’platform in the elec- tion campaign. It, is a political document of the election cam- paign and must be intensively util- ized by the Party. Not merely just as another book by Comrade Fos- ter, but Comrade Foster wrote’ this book particularly now in the e'ec- tion campaign. It touches upon the most important problems the Workers are interested in knowine. How are we going to move toward Soviet America?) Comrade Fos‘er Speaks for the Communist Party, and the workers are ready to Iist- en. This book murt he rvailable in every’ activity of the Party in the campaign. Press We must not forget our rezular press in this connection--the Daily Worker, The I‘berator, the Lobor Unity, ete, all our nublications throughout ov® movement shall be utilized also in the election cam- paign. Each cre of them shet'd be an orzanizer end nronse-ndist for our Perty in the election cam- paign. We must see to it that we secure su! ‘thers to the so that efter election exmpa'en 17 continue to reach them, Conc'us‘on ‘ That 1s how we look upon the organization in the election cam- paign of the distribution of liter~ ature. It must not be looked upon as a technical question, but es a Political one, both in getting large votes for the Party, as well as sec- uring the support of thousands of workers in the distribution of liter- ature, mucb Then we will have gained, “ | Nations and its Covenant. This thesis is one of the foundations of British policy. England moreover counts upon Japan’s support to re- enter the race for world supremacy. In her struggle against the United States, she does not wish to lose her Japanese trump. Internal Enemy of Workers, Peasants. 'HE Chinese bourgeoisie is so busy exploiting the masses and de- feating their efforts to improve their living conditions that it has no strength left to offer effective opposition to China’s external ene- mies and is continually compelled to compromise with them? Ex- hausted by its struggles against the peasant and worker’ masses, in- capable of developing the economic resources of China, Chiang ‘ Kai- shek’s government will either go under in general social and political chaos, or will cede its place to those forces which, after having endured and surmounted intervention from without, will assume leadership of the most populous country in the world. Japanese imperialism is arming itself to deal with either one of these two possible outcomes: the break up of China and the turmoil of civil war; or the organization of, China on an economic level to suit the interests of the masses. By seizing Manchuria Japan has cut away from China a country as large as France and Germany to- gether and is turning it into a fortress in both the military and the economic sense of the term. ‘The fact that she retains Chinchow and the Jehol passes means that Japan is in a position to occupy at any time all northern China. The seizure of Woosung puts in her hands the gateway into the Yang- tze Valley. Soviets for Peace—Prepared for Defense. HE Soviet Union “follows with deep interest day-by-day events taking place in the Far East.’ She cannot afford to be indifferent to these events. The Soviet Union is strong enough to defend her terri- torial integrity and her interests. Concentrating on building up peace- ful industries to meet the needs of her own population, keeping aloof from armed interference with the affairs of foreign nations, the Soviet Union will seek a pzaceful settle- ment of all conflicts which may arise betwen her and her nejgh- bors. But she will know how to defend her vital rights, Those who think that she will sacrifice them because she is afraid of a conflict are just as wrong as those who believe she will become,a tool of foreign interests, The rallying cry, “Defense cf the Soviet Union” is rallying thou- sands and millions .of workers. Why? Because tue Soviet Union issmcking every effort to maintain peace in the world., Read Litvinov's speceh at Geneva: “The Soviet Unien Stands for Peace” (one esnt). —_ Unemployment and Social Insur- ance is the central slogan of the Communist Party etec''on (ecm. paign. Read a clear exposure of all the schenzes of the ea... and social demazosues to intred- uce unemployment insurance at the expense of the workers them- selves in “Why Unemployment In- surance” (3 cents), issued by the ‘New York Rank end File A. F. of L. Committee for Unemployment Insurance, CAPITALISM ITSELF IN DISCU By DOUGLAS McDONALD Tf Dies bill for “the exclusion and expulsion of alien commun- ists” was passed by the House of Representatives Mondav, June 6, by a tworthirds .vote.. The bill is specifically aimed at alien Com- munists. That all Communists are intended to be attacked is shown by. the statements of the. members of the House when they discussed the bill. Mr. Bachman’ admitted this when he declared the bill “follows the recommendation made by the committee appointed to in- vestigate communist. activities, in the United States, of which I wes a member and Mr. Fish, of New York, was chairman.” The Dies bill isa Fish bill, and it is a Hoover bill, too, since even before its passage Hoover recommended to Congress—-despite a supposed “eco- nomy” program—an additional, ap- propriation of $200,000 to carry out peeve nana La er and S. P. Demagozy "FHAT the bill is a menace to all working class thought and ac- ; tivity is shown by the attack made on it by Mr. LaGuardia, who, in his usual] demagogic and vote-bajt- ing style, said the definition of Communism. in the bill was “so broad as to.make it possible to take anyone you do not like, any- one whose color of hair you, do not like, and bring him in for deport- ation as a communist.” This bill, Mr. Laguardia said, “is intended to give any bigot,:or any employer, or any minor official the pow- er to brand anyone a Commu- nist, make his own definition and hookup, and then deport the victim.” He even went so far. as to say that now “when the whole economic system is un- dergoing a change and we do not know what change we will be con- fronted with right here in this con- gress before long,” he was not g0- ing to vote for a bill that would “suvpress the right of workers to protect themselves in accordance with the Jaw.” “Brave” Demavosy The purpose of Mr. La Guardia’s brave demagogy, as any intel- ligent worker might guess, is not to protect Communists, but to pre- vent the bill being so broad as to rope in his particular social-fascist friends. “TI say it is going too far,” he said, insisting thet the “existing law is sufficiently broad” to perm't the deportation of any Communist. Mr. La Guardia was supported by Mr. Stafford of Wisconsin, who. a bit anxious about the status of the socialists in his home state, re- marked “The Socialist Party. in their national convention held re- cently in my home city, while not declaring in favor of the principles of the Third International, yet they did in a way subscribe to some of those principles. I should not like ‘to see a law passed that would give the right to immieration officials to deport socialists.” But other members of the House of Representatives were not wor- ried about reaching too far. Two- thirds of them voted to suspend the rules in order to have a quick vote, and the bill was passed by the House, a bill which, as La- guardia admitted, “is an open shop bill, by which any exploiter of la- ber can take any man who is seek~ ing to protect his rights as a wovk- er and brand him as a communist end have him deported.” (See the Congressional Record for June 6 to verify all quotations.) “I am in favor of keeping com- munists out of the United States,” said Mr. Blanton of Texas, form- erly a judge in his home state. “Now the time has come when we ought to stop putting on our bal- lots any communist ticket in de- UNMASKS DIES BILL SSION | outrage, on common decency for & | communist ticket to appegr on an American ballot.. Why do not our parties stop it?... I hope that‘the election authorities in my state will never put another communjst tick- et on any ballot in the State of Texas. -(Applayse).” . This is the sort of | judge whom liberals. tell Communists to expect ‘justice’ from, arid whom the National As- sociation for the Advancement of Colored People tell Negroes to rely on for a fair application of * the ‘law’. ele Fish Behind Bill (R. Hamilton Fish of New York said he congratulated Mr. ‘Dies for “bringing in legislction of this kind,” and declared, in his usual grand-style, “If these ‘alien com- munists, who come here of their own free will and accord, do not like our laws, our country, our free | institutions, and our republican! form of government. all they have to do is to go back home,” He admitted that the bill was “primar- ilv aimed to facilitate the deport- ation’ of ‘aliens who are active members of the Communist Party,” and he hoped it would “pass’ by a u*timous vote.” Mr. Fish is not worried about wage cutting, or the 12,000,000 unemployed, or lynch- ing. or starvation. He is only wor- ried about denorting Communists who fight against such “free in- stitutions.” _ Mr. Fish’s remarks were suonle- mented by. Mr. Jenkins of Ohio, who openly stated that he did not want to stov with taking action against aliens only.’ “These most dangerous communists are. militant: international communists,” he said, “many of them are native born and con not be reached by this deport- ation law, for we can not deport a native-born citizen. I HOPE THE TIME WILL COME, HOWEVER, WHEN WE CAN-DEAL EFFECT- IVELY WITH THOSE WHO OPEN- LY ADYOCATE THE | OVER- THROW OF OUR GOVERNMENT, WHETHER THEY BE NATIVE BORN OR ALIEN. Any man who incites destruction of the Republic is A WORSE CRIMINAL THAN A MAN WHO INCITES ONE TO ROB OR TO KILL.” Mr. Jenkins, therefore, urged all the Represent- atives to vote for the Dies bill, be- cause it was “the last word”. in “curbing communistic activities.” Smells of Fascism - That the rights of Communisis, whether native born or alien, are net of perticular concern to the House of Representatives was clear from the remarks of Mr. Green of Florida, in whose state the Tampa workers were brazenly arrested. and convicted for their working class activities and are now in prison, “I am not interested,” said Mr. Green, “in protecting communists as such, who ere undertaking to destroy the homé, who are under- taking to destroy the American flag,, and who are undertaking to de- stroy all of the cherished American. institutions. HE IS NOT THE MAN WE ARE DESIROUS OF PRO- 'TECTING. Recently I read where members of the American Legion took communists to the border of their city and sent them away be- cause they were making their. us- ual un-American disturbances... ‘These worthy veterans are stand- ing by their Government in its ef- forts to put down communism.” This is open advocacy of meas- ures smelling of fascism and the aims and methods of Mussélini and of ‘Hitler. Capitalism has un- masked itself in its discussion of the Dies bili, The workers must unite now. They must prepare now, in’ the face of open disregard. for werkers’ rizhts, to défend them- selves against ever-sharpening at- cent American elections. It is an tacks. Labor N. Y. STREETS vs. MOSCOW STADIUMS In New York children have to | dedge antes to play. In Moscow the workers’ city government—in which there are no Jimmy Walkers—is building a special children’s sport stad'um. It will have a swimming pool and ‘a’ race track for pedal autos, Seating capacity is 5,099. 4 bse vis gael ie, Se i A JUNIOR MEET | There's going to -be a big junior meet. for lics..under. seventeen. at McCombs Deva Park, Saturday, July 9th, at 2 p. m, Sixteen events for /boys and girls. Entry fee is only 5c. Entries can be gotten, from Vesa AC, at 15 West 126th St. or the Van- guerd Community Center, 2800 Bronx Park East. This meet will be in pre- peration for the International Work- erg‘ Athletic Meet in Chicago. Mar ama) ATTENTION, CALIFORNIANS! Workers of Southern California who went, to run in the Southern Calif- ornia, eliminations for the Interna-| tional Workers Athletic Meet should send in, their entries pronto to Ed. Eleck:, 120 Winston St., Los Angeles. The meet will be held in San Diego on July 2, 3 and 4, Pie eae LISTEN OHIO ATHLETES Oi‘ worksrs who want to take part in the elimination meet in their dis- trict should rush their entries in to the Labor Sports Union, 1426 Wes:. Third St. Room 311, Cleveland, O. The meet will be held at Conneaut on July 3rd and 4th. The 11th Ward Democrats, crack Negro outfit, is j wees the’ Workers Amateur Indoot ‘League of Cleveland, having won 5 games without a defeat. The Bast Tech Pirates, Rudy: Malt Shops: sand ‘Wildcats are tied for second. did you. heat how Fred Wall, crack Labor Sports Union runn=r, romped laway with the cup offered ‘by the Amalcamated Ascecietion of Steel Werkers at their picnic two. weeks 2g0? He won the 16 mile ‘run hands down pnd. delivered @ letter to the Mayer of Youngstown—not the letter the A.A.S.W. leaders gave him but a letter from the workers suereeion relief. ee we a) “NEW YORK.—The Eastern Coun- ter-Clymipic sotcor final of the La- bor Sports Union, wil} be held Sune day at the Metropolitan Oval, Mete ropolitan Ave, Brooklyn. = ‘Two exhibition games, the first bee ginning at 11 o'clock, wil! precede the main game at 3 o'clock between the “Red, Sparks” ys. Juventus”. and ; “Manhattan Heerts” vs. tian i SNR AaRREREEEEERTT The corrzption of the ‘capitalist perties and their alliance with the underwerld is driving the workers to seex other chennels cf political expression than these old parties. “Greft and Ganssters,” by Harry Gannes, 19 cents, exposes the en- tire filthy picture, and shows the workers the only way out—by fol- working-clasy Parts, the Cammume lowing the leadership of the only veal ? 1