The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 21, 1933, Page 3

aa Mii 1, Gissdbit, Widty Duss, PULSDAY, Keb MUARY 21, 1933 FARM CONGRESS ENDS IN USSR. Stalin in Address; Shops Aid Farms By N. BUCHWALD. (Epropean Correspondent of the Daily Worker.) MOSCOW, Feb. 20. (By Cable).— ‘The first All-Union Congress of the collective farms shock troopers closed today. At the concluding session, Stalin addressed the Congress. A tre- mendous ovation greeted his appear- ance on the platform. The delegates cheered for several minutes, sang the Internationale, then cheered again. The conclusion of his address was followed by a similar enthusiastic demonstration. During the Congress the outstand- ing Soviet leaders, including Molo- tov, Kaganovich, Voroshilov, Yakov- lev, Budenny and others spoke on the Problem of strengthening the col- lective farms for carrying out of the full program of the Spring sowing. All reports and speeches were marked by 2 simple and lucid statement of the present situation and the imme- diate tasks ahead. Many Delegates Report. Numerous delegates reported for their collective farms, pointing out the great accomplishments result- ing from coliectivization. Every delegate represented the best col- Jective farm in his district, The pre- sénce of so many shock troopers from the collective farms, speaking in the name of prosperous collec- ‘tives, was in itself a great dem- -onstration showing the tremendous gains already achieved as a result of collectivization. The principal speaker revealed the existence of stens of thousands of paying collec- -tive farms with hundreds of theus- ands of efficient, diligent shock troopers. Coming from every sec- tion of the country, delegates in their reports presented overwhelm- ing evidence of the great advan- tages of the collective system over individual farming. All reports bore out the truth of Comrade Stalin’s statement in his speech be- fore the plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union that wherever the collective farms are under pro- per Bolshevlst leadership with due vigilance against kulak disrupters, those collective farms proved to be paying and prosperous. Fight the Kulaks. A significant feature of the Con- gress were the reports of the leading collectives in the regions that lagged behind in grain deliveries and showed glaring instances of damaging kulak activities. The Northern Caucasus, as well as certain districts in the Uk-) zaine and other regions where there | have been particularly pronounced difficulties, boast at the same time numerous model collective farms | which fulfilled their requirements atid assured an ample supply of food- stuffs for their own use as well as for the market, The enthusiasm and determination | of the delegates promise to go a long} way in mobilizing the collective tar..ng masses throughout the coun- try for a sweeping drive to carry out the full program of Spring sowing. ‘The exchange of experimental exper- iences convinced the delegates of the possibility under the collective system to secure great advantages for all toilers in the collective farms. The Congress is remarkable for its combination of clear guiding politi- cal ideas and concrete practical measures that could be immediately carried out by every collective farm | and every shock trooper. No one} doubts the tremendous effect the | Congress will have throughout the country. Coming on the eve of the Spring sowing campaign, this gath- ering of All-Union shock troopers from the collective fields is sure to Kindle new enthusiasm in the peas- anit masses and to act as the signal for the greatest effort for the liquida- tion of past shortcomings. ‘The workers of Moscow proved fine hosts to their fellow shock troopers from the Socialist fields. Most of the leading Moscow plants arranged get- | together evenings with the delegates. ‘The cordial welcome, profound in- terest and the desire to aid shown by | Moscow workers made siill faster the | ties of friendship between the prole- tariat and the collective farms’ peas- antry. Factories Aid Farms. Every factory in the Soviet Union is now aglow with activity in helping their “sponsored” collective farms to come through in the Spring sowing. Besides feverish activity in the pro- duction of spare parts for the Spring sowing and plowing machinery, the factories have assigned their best me- chanics and organizer ‘o the rural districts to lend a helph. s hand. The delegates to the Congress are tre- mendously impressed by this interest on the part of the city workers. “This Congress made me feel more than ever that we are not alone in re- building our lives on new founda- tions,” one delegate declared to your correspondent. This sentiment is being echoed throughout the land by the Soviet press which has devoted much attention to the Congress and is playing a great part in the drive for the strengthening of the collective farms and assuring greater produc- tiyity and a yet higher measure of prosperity for the masses. Struggle Develops en East Side Once More; Mass Meets, Picketing | NEW YORK. — Four unemployed workers were evicted Saturday morn- ing from 419 East 12 St., and that night @ group of neighbors put their furniture back. Another attempt to evict them is expected this morning. The landlord at 11 St. and Ave. A has made no attempt to evict since the last outbreak of police brutality against the rent strike picket lines there. However, he issued two dis- possess notices last week, and will try to throw them out of their homes tomorrow. |veached at the conclusion of the | time, utilizing the political strike of International Notes By ROBERT HAMILTON COMMUNIST DEPUTY ON TRIAL IN CHILE CONCEPCION, Feb. 14.—A petition {for the expulsion of the Communist | deputy, Jose Vargas, from the Chilean | | Congress is under hearing before the Court of Appeals in session here. | Vargas is charged with defaming | the character of President Alessandri, | the petition (drawn up by the big) business men and landlords of Chile, | who put Alessandri in office) claim-| ing that the president is protected | by the constitution against attacks by | congressmen or others upon his char- | acter and motives. | | * | COAL STRIKE CALLED IN SPAIN) OVIEDO, Jan. 30—The coal miners | in the Asturian fields near here have set Feb. 6 for a general coal strike ike affecting 30,000 miners in 200 shafts. | The strike, which is the second of} its kind within a few months, hos| been called because the agreement} first strike has not been put into ef-| fect by the coal operators. The agreement provided for shorter hours | and higher wages; instead the own-| ers are firing large numbers of men and extending the speed-up system. | ROUMANIA JAILS — HUNDREDS IN RAID Terrorize the Workers, for Aiding Strikes | NEW YORK.—The Roumanian Workers Club calls a mass protest meeting against the terror in Rou- mania and urges all workers’ or- ganizations to send telegrams of protest to the legation in Wash- ington, The meeting is at 233 E. Tenth St. tomorrow at 8 p. m. Caer pare | BUCHAREST, Feb. 20—The Rou-! manian Government carried out an- | other nationwide raid on the homes of workers last night, arresting sev- eral hundred revolutionary workers. Several thousand workers are now held in jail, under general charges of Communist activities. Hundreds of workers have been shot down and murdered by government troops in the attempt of the government to break the strike of workers in the oil fields, in the R.R. shops, and other industries against the latest wage cuts. Attack on U.S.S.R. | The government ts, at the same the Roumanian toilers for a vicious | war provocation against the Soviet Union, The latest chapter in this Provocation drive is the report by the | government of the arrest of “a Com- | munist courier” entering Roumania | from the Soviet Union with “secret instructions” for the strikers. Lying Story Several details are painted into this lying story in an effort to make it sound convincing. For instance. the supposed courier is reported to have carried two carrier pigeons, as well as a revolver and two bombs— the latter in the tradition of the capitalist liars of depicting Commun- | ist workers as “bomb throwers.” Only the traditional beard was left out, perhaps by an oversight. COLOMBIA SHOOTS DOWN PERU PLANE Incite for Blood in Imperialist War | } NEW YORK.—Section 7 of the Communist Party calls a mass dem- onstration at noon on Saturday aga‘nst shipment of war materials at Brooklyn Boro Hall and will mstch ftom there to President and | Columbia Sts. * 5° | VIENNA, Feb. 20.— Vice Chan- | cellor Winkler indicated today that | the Austrian Government had de- | cided te reject the Anglo-French | ultimatum calling upon Austria to either destroy or return to “the | sender” a huge shipment of arms | from Italy intended for Hungary. Hungary is a member of the bloc of states organized by Italy against the French bloc of puppet states. Winkler’s statement indicates that the Austrian Government has de- cided to link up with the Italo- | German bloc and abandon her de- | pendence upon France. | ai ie) | Colombian troops took 80 prisoners and shot down a Peruvian plane in a battle yesterday in the Leticia re- gion, scene of the latest undeclared South American war arising out of the bitter rivalry between U. S. and | British imperialisis and the desper- ate efforts of the local bourgeoisie to | find a capitalist “way out” of ‘the crisis, Patriotic Incitement. { The battle is being used by the governments and press of both Peru and Colombia for further chauvinist incitement in the drive to mobilize the toiling masses for the slaughter. Thousands of Peruvian students who forbidden to leave the country by a special edict issued by the govern- ment yesterday. Thousands of anti- war fighters are still held in jail, fol- lowing the massacre by government troops of workers demonstrating against the war several weeks ago. terday ordered rifle practice for all male citizens between 20 and 35 years in preparation to plunge the country into war as part of the U. S. bloc of Puppet states opposing Peru in the North and Paraguay in the South. “IT am sending you my last “the struggle against militarism must not be postponed until the moment when war breaks out. Phen it will be tao late, The mraggle agsinst wer must be car- wed on new, daily, mage dollar,” writes B. A., a farmer of Little Falls, Minn., “to renew my subscription for the Daily Work- er. Times are getting harder for the farmers, with butter-fat 17 cents per pound, and eggs 10 cents a dozen. So you see, we farmers |, are at the end of our rope.” benefit of the ‘Daily’; Total received Saturday from Brooklyn. Workers will mass D. | Section 11 x A Friend Tremont W. Jaffe Fancy | Leathergoods H. Bernstein are opposing the war drive have been | 31 The Ecuadorean government yes- | Rose Try: Small Sections Must Swing Into Action for the “Daily”; Follow Philadelphia’s Start! Saturday's donations totalled $342.52, aided by the contributions of the New York district ($175) and the International Workers’ Order ($76.52), Detroit, after a two-day silence, contributed $20.86. New Jer- sey sent in $16.25, maintaining the pace it has set in the past week. Cleveland donated $14.75; Connecti- cut sent $6.04 and Philadelphia $10.45. Buffalo, after having done com- paratively good work for some time, | o. failed to contribute a cent FOR THE FOURTH SUCCESSIVE DAY! Other districts that didn’t come through in- cluded Seattle, North and South Dakota and Colorado. Philadelphia seems to be getting its various sections in line—at least if the work of Section 9 of the Com- munist Party is indicative of what the other Philadelphia sections are doing. C. Goetz, secretary of the Section Save the Daily Worker Committee, writes that the next meeting of the Committee will be held on Friday evening, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m, at 3115 Dauphin St., and that communications have been sent out urging all organizations which did not send representatives to the last committee meeting to be sure to do so this time. Planned Work. “The quota of Section 9,” Goetz writes, “is $#50, which has been divided among the various organiza- tions. . . . (1) Each organization is to arrange a small affair for the (2) Money is to be collected with lists, and through sale of buttons; (3) A large affair, on a section scale, with all organiza- tions to participate, will be held soon, date and place to be announced; (4) Each organization to hold a dis- cussion on the role of the Daily Worker.” This is planned work. If all the sections in Philadelphia follow this example, AND ACTUALLY GO THROUGH WITH IT, there need be no worry about District 3 raising its quota. Let's hear from the other sections in this district on what is being done! Cleveland Section Conference. Other sections throughout the country seem to be waking up. For example: Section 2 in Cleveland, an- nounces that a Section Daily Worker Conference will be held on Sunday, Feb. 26, at_10:30 am. at Lithuanian Workers’ Hall, 926 E. 105th St. It is only when the entire Daily | Worker apparatus gets going, in all | of its many parts, that we can hope to make a success of the Daily Worker drive. All sections: send in your plans, activities, reports of your work. And, in addition to plans, send funds, collect every cent you can because the situation in the Daily Worker is critical! aes oe Previously received Totar to date SATURDAY’ DISTRICT 1 (Boston) Collected by P. Martines: D, Levitt J. Augensicht A. Tasser Wm. Posypanka P. Winika Sot Bogner , Dacagnaw Carl Ledoff Total 3 ‘TH. to date $238.76 DISTRICT 2 (New York) Anonymous Concourse $2.00 mn 1.65 er 2.00 15 45.00 2.00 a. ry M. Wronftz ‘T. Isipantre Bb Collected by Unit 418, Section 4: Yan Veen B. Van Veen Anonymous A Unit Sympathizer F, A. Barnes ‘Mrs, Leah Stern Brighton Pro- gressive Club J. Plarnkel H, Ashbrook French Workers’ Club Group of Social ‘Workers Albert Larson Anonymous B. Lyons Obrana Readers’ Club 1.00 1.00 415 | [Anonymous / | Collected by Unit | 412, Section 4: J. Ehevarria J. a 10 110 0 gree g We Max Hertzoft A Reader Sympathizer Pr Strode J. Fraden A. Boznlick Unit 1, Sec, 11 Section 9 Section 7 Unit 25, See. 5 Lithuanian Wkrs. A No. 1 Seetion 7 Section 4 S32 S225HZ SERSSSSELKSS BSS iy Collected by Workers’ School Ida Brodsky x eutene CH R. Pollack 8. Kalos B. Lebaw x. Sernaker Unit 1, See. 12 A. Abbe Collected by Unit 5, Section 7: HB3 83 Ulanovsky A. Bendet da Kab Yadott Roper 15 | Anonymous 20 Dora Tarnol 10 | Gerdenttowe ‘25 ©. N. Friedman 410 John Parker: P. Nigro -10\ Max Weiller ad FP. Torino 10 | Hf. Cohei 25 Suchuiny Anonymous 1.00 Rizzuto J. Greberr 25 J. La Franny 215 J. Mars 05 Collected by Unit 10 1, Section 7: 110 B. Ahrnberg 1.25 sto Collected by Unit sto is 35 | D. Unger 4 ee Total J. Lucero A. Cicarello Perrella 6.45 Moveda aS Seca A. Risco .05| Totat $10.45 it Ttl. to date $281.26 415, Section 4: DISTRICT 5 OF 2.00 (Pittsburgh) H. Zukofsky +50 | Vietor Povert = 1.45 Green 50 ‘elite, Freda Til to date $76.41 Anonymous DISTRICT 6 Gussie Katz Tota ~ TU, to date $261.59 DISTRICT 7 (Detroit) Guzman M. Magnaan F. Rosade 10/ E, Hoan, collec- M. Cordero 110} ton cy Juan Nieves (35 | He Akersten BC) Jack Cooper OTN, 8. Le a5 | Total for Saturday Is $342; Buffalo, Seattle and Colorado Fail to Come Through 06 DISTRICT # 10 (Minnesota) 10 Matt T. Tem- 10!” Tyanovich a a5 Ae Ttl, to date $74.34 . 10 DISTRICT 16 5 10 (K. ©.) J. Hooven C. A. Lewis 1.00 W. Brown E. Stork Total to date $27.00 0. Lemaron DISTRICT 13 0. Netw (California) D. Styrk Axel Erickson 1. Aug. Korhanen J. Moyet : Kary 105 | H. Johnson Armas Salo 20M. Brunkiss “ H. Tammi 1,00 | A. K. Hermanson 1.00 J. Maki 10) F. F. Tracy ‘ F. Lehto 05 | Well Brant S. Talo 10/1. C, Reed Osear -10) £. Chancellor , Peltr .05| Harriet Cater J. Parsson 0 | D. W. Pratt H. Kahko 107 | L. Rosenthal M. Carlson 30 F, ©, Wilson 0 (New Jersey) M4, Stam- r ‘Tt. to date $403.25) Trl. to date $851.87 In His Face! Workers striking against evic- tions and reduction of rents have found the Daily Worker an invalu- able aid and guide in their fight against the landlords. Come to the rescue of the “Daily”, just as the victorious rent strikers of 226 Barrett St. did! ‘Conference Tonight 801 Prospect, Bronx to Save DailyWorker NEW YORK.—As we go to press,| the conference to SAVE THE DAILY WORKER is being held by repre- | sentatives of all workers’ organiza- tions in Manhattan. Early reports show that this con- ference will follow the same line that 5o| Was laid down at the Sunday con- ference, held by Brooklyn organiza- tions. Tonight, the third and final con- ference will be held by all organiza- 30| tions in the Bronx, at 801 Prospect Ave.. at 7:30 p.m. Again, an urgent appeal is made to those secretaries and organizers of who have as yet not elected dele- gates to this branch conference, to either appoint individual comrades or 3| they themselves come to act as the official representatives, Unemployed Council Exposes Waldorf Employment Agency NEW YORK.—The “Fighting Sixth” Unemployed Council forced the Wal- dorf Employment Agency to refund $4 to an Irish worker for promising him steady work in exchange, and then not giving it to him. It is reported that the Waldort | Agency attempted to bribe the Un- employed Council with $25 if they would not expose the Waldorf’s racket, Judge Persecutes Unemployed Speaker NEW YORK.—The Red baiting Judge Sabatinne found Oscar Wil- liams, Negro, guilty of speaking be- fore an open air meeting and made the charge disorderly conduct. Wil- liams is a member of the Williams- burg Unemployed Council and was arrested at an eviction in Brooklyn. The judge said the accused “had no right to speak without a permit.” | Build a workers correspondence group t your factory, shop er to the Dafty Worker, branches of workers’ organizations, | the Belleville Farmers Storm Nebra | WORKER COR (City Worker Correspondence) | THRU BETRAYAL { = : \Meet Continues Wage al Cut Scale | panes GILLESPIE, Il. (By Mail).—The four-day scale convention of the Pro- gressive Miners of America ended here Friday with the following pol- icies put over by the officiaidom: 1, No strike April 1 for the return of the $6.10 a day wage scale, but the signing of individual agreements with the operators on the basis of the continuation of the $5 wage cut scale | put across last year. This in no wise differs from the policy of the Lewis- Walker United Mine Workers gang. 2. No resolution demanding relief for the unemployed, but proposals for | “gardening,” which is a forced labor scheme and for “self help” (begging). 3. A resolution for a tonnage rate on conveyors instead of the present jday rate scale; this will result in | wage cutting. 4. No mass defense campaign for the 22 Taylorville Miners now in jail on murder charges for having de- fended themselves against an armed attack by mine thugs. A resolution for the six-hour day and five-day week without re- duction in pay. This was put over in an effort to hide the betrayal of the leaders on the question of the | Wage scale. That they have no in- tention of fighting for the six-hour day and five-day week now is clear from President Pearcy’s proposal that “for the purpose of working out a broader solution of the problem of the coal industry, the Progressive Miners of America call or take part in a conference of operators and miners of nation-wide invitation . . to provide for a shorter work day.” This also is in line with the policies of the misleaders of the American Federation of Labor, The convention was completely in control of Pearcy, Keck, the secre- tary-treasurer, and their picked henchmen. Keck, who is an agent of coal operators, has come forward as one of the real pow- ers in the P. M. A, His position may be judged by his statement at the convention, “We must do something to protect the small coal operators.” FRENCH GOV'T WORKERS STRIK Protest Proposed Cut in Wages PARIS, Feb. 20. — Civil service shin three RESPONDENCE | 0) Tat, aste sitzos| NEIGHBORS RALLY AND PUT FURNITURE BACK 05 DISTRICT 14 | logans and action for the workers DvD. i -05 | Wenry Kroner 2 cate 1G | Kettner: 1.90; NEW YORK.—On Friday, Feb. 19, | they rally to organization. 3 Yawttnen 05 | Collective tists, "| @ family of five, named Greco, liv-| The block was full of gangsters A. Niskanen 02) Dist. Off. 1.5¢| ing at 2423 Belmont Ave., Bronx, was and police, but when they saw the i rd | evicted from their flat. Mr. Greco | determination of the workers to car- E. sulkanen | Fatt, aste sieee| Temained in the street watching his|ry the furniture back they left the Sophia thaksinin 113) DISTRICT 15 furniture while his wife rushed from block. After this we had a meeting a Te To gas, Conmectleut) | 49| OME relief organization to another and elected a committee of 14 ten- M. Kirkhaman © “10| Group of ‘Work- | ttYing to get relief. Everywhere she ants to organize the workers of the E. Kelly 10 ers 1.| Was refused. Mrs. Greco also went | neighborhood to protect themselves Aug Aultils (3.5. Mudack, to the police station and received | against evictions and to get relief. ae HH the same refusal. When the Cam-| We have issued a leaflet informing E. C. Ceretteman .10| Total $6.04; berling Avenue Unemployed Council | the workers of the happening and M. J. Cooper +10, Tt. to date $130.94; Jearned about the plight of the | haye arranged a meeting for Wed- la eae jo, Bismmior 18 | worker and his family, members | nesday. —Bella Altshuler. ©. A. Wajner ‘10S, Aceti vent to the assistance of the fam- agp eo neem Waina a 25 —— | ily. We found that the children 110 Br. .m-— bors and fed. Replying to the qu + a J. Segodnic 5.00; tion asked her by the committe: Hee us what woud she co, ate Gree sd RXYPRCTED TODAY H. Kosak Br, 72, New York the only channel of escape from f ere: aoe +10) City .50| misery suicide . Agina: -10 | Br, 586, Ni hk | Bot i y 5. Bayiah 08 | oity’ \" T°F* 2.99] We explained to her that we re-/[J, S. Boss Threat A. G. -10 | Br. 158, New York present the Unemployed Council and + TET 6 | act wewvore 230| are Teady to help her. We would A World War HP. "05| Oty. w York 4so| return her furniture, and she ac- ania J. Lewisun 05 | Br. 4, New York | cepted our offer. We mobilized some! pefying the attempts of the Wall ©. Vartan 25 CU ae vorg ‘*t?| Of the neighbors and began to bring | street Government and the League N. Phillgot fo) city 2.o0| the furniture upstairs. The neigh-| of Nations to block Japanese pene- Arakel Blogslerian -10'| Br. 22, New York | bors and neighboring workers who | tration into the U. S. and British N. Chardarian 10} Cit; 10) wi st is act y th i ‘< es M. Charitrara, — “16/Br, 990, Pitts- As sare pe ee spheres of investments in North M. Bogosian 110) burgh, Pa. 7.00 Eon wae ee alae ue China, Japan will hurl an army of ae Sease | egies Fists | helped pe cluding the 50,000 men into Jehol Province today ‘otal 20.86 | burgh, Pa. 3.00| is worthwhile mentioning the | or, by the latest, tomorrow. An- BA Midas id tens GES neighborhood is Italian. It proves nouncement of the Japanese plans | | wr. ‘177, "spring- to us that when we have the right | for an immediate attack on the North Prcneen) * aes China province was made yesterday F. E. Stohr 1.00 | Keepsie, N j yp by @ spokesman of the Japanese For- C.F. Tanpet 5.00 Br, 162, ‘PM A LE ADERS PUT eign Office, who cynically admitted J. Dragovich 2.00) Diego, cS jf & | what long has been evident: that the Total $8.00| Total Japanese militarists time their war activities with the sham peace talk in the League of Nations. He de- ciared: “The Kwantung Army has a way of timing its operations to coincide with League of Nations’ meetings.” U. S. imperialists Hasten Clash. The spokesman at the same time threatened. an extension of hostilities) nto the Tientsin-Peiping area,-un- |less the Chinese troops in Jehol were forthwith withdrawn, The. imperial+ ists of both the U. S. and Great | Britain have vast financial interests | in the Tientsin-Peiping. The threat jof a Japanese invasion of this area is directed especially against the U.S. as a warning that Japan will not tol- |erate the use by U. S. imperialism of its Nanking puppets to hamper its invasion. A Japanese invasion of the Tient- sin-Peiping area will greatly sharpen the already explosive antagonisms between the several imperialist ban- dit powers. The situation already is threatening the toiling masses of the | whole world with a transition of the present undeclared wars into a new world imperialist war. The slightest | incident may set off the explosion. And such incidents will be provided | by the imperialist bandit powers who are driving for war as a capitalist “way out” of the crisis, and for a re- division of the world. Only quick, decisive actions by the anti-war mas- ses can avert a new world slaughter by building anti-war committees in the shops, among the unemployed, e Nearly 6,000 farmers and unemployed workers gathered recently at Nebraska’s new $10,000,000 Capitol in Lincoln, as they marched upon the Legislature with a demand for a moratorium on farm mortgage fore- closures, interest, and for lower taxes and immediate relief. NEBR. FARMERS END CONFERENCE Map Organization for! Militant Fight By R. D. SMITH. LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 20.—A: forts to split the united front of th Nebraska Farmers Relief Conference which has just concluded, failed mis- erably. The ‘demands on the Legislature included (1) A moratorium be decla on all real estate mortgages and ttel mortgages for a period of two years. beginning March 1; (2) The power of courts to evict and foreclose be taken from them; <3) That state militia be abolished | A minority report on the r ution to demand that the state militia be abolished was submitted, but was de- feated. One speaker said: “ mii- tary of the state is just there to be used against the farmers and the workers. We farmers don’t need to be herded around by the militia like a herd of cattle.” Huge Demonstration. About six thousand farmers par ipated in the march on the Capitol About two thousand of Lincoln’s un- employed marched with them, car- rying banners. They had one larg }banner reading: Yorkers Unem- ployed Council iges Solid: With the Fighting Farmers!"’Two del- egates from the conference had been elected to attend the regu meet- jing of the Unemployed Council last | night. They saw for themselves the bad conditions of the unemployed, and realized that their struggle was linked up with that of the city work- ers. As one farmer put it, speaking to an audience outside of the con- |ference: “Our products rot on the |farms, while there are people in the they city here starving. And then. tell us there is over-production!” Plan Organization. After the march the farm |up on the Capitol steps. There were hundreds of on-lookers, many of whom were entirely pathetic Christensen, Lux and others. spoke from the bottom. steps 2 After the delegates had got their hearing, many of the farmers left town. But many others stayed on to arrange for further organization. They left with a sense of the power they have. They also discovered— those who did not already know— that the capitalist press is not on their side. They could read for them- selves and understand the attacks made by the “Journal” of Lincoln and the “Omaha World-Herald.” It is a new thing for the farmers to be attacked by the “red-scare” program, a thing that city workers have long been accustomed to. . NEW LONDON, Wis., Feb. 20.— The Wisconsin milk trust today in- stalled armed guards around their plants in an effort to terrorize strik- ing dairy farmers fighting for higher prices from the corporations. | The guards were assigned to posts Creek and were equipped with guns kept there for “vigilantes.” The Bor- den condensary took the lead in or- Armed Thugs Against Farm Strikers, | in New London, Greenville and Black | everywhere. Prepare World War. | That the Wall Street Government | is frantically preparing for war in the struggle for mastery of the Pa-| ganizing armed thugs when militant farmers threatened to storm the plant. cific and control over China is clearly shown in the concentration of the ;/entire U. S. Battle Fleet in the Pa- cific, the huge military appropriations | proposed by Congress, the measure | for the militarization of the hundreds ‘of thousands of homeless youth and in the expressed readiness to make concessions to Britain on the war debts in exchange for British neu- trality in the developing war situa- | tion in the Far East. LL.D. Fights to Stop Deportation of Jim Nine TAMPA, Fla. Feb. 20.—With an appeal coming up before the Supreme Court for all the Tampa prisoners, | the Department of Labor struck out yesterday in a move to deport Jim | Nine, one of the leaders of the Tam- pa workers, who was serving a ten- | year sentence. He was spirited away | from Raiford State Prison to the | county jail at Jacksonville, without | notification to the International La- workers throughout France and city| bor Defense or its attorney, and his employes in Paris joined today in a/ deportation to Mexico, via New Or- short protest strike against proposed | leans, begun. Wwage-cuts. The strike lasted for) The I.L.D. has taken steps to serve periods ranging from ten minutes to| a writ of habeas corpus on immi- one hour. Mails, telephone and telegraph ser- | vice, subways, busses and tramways were at a standstill for the duration of the strike, and teachers called their classes to order half an hour late after the noon recess. The Senate is now considering a cut of from 2 to 10 per cent in the wages of 800,000 civil service workers. This cut has been proposed by the government headed by Premier Dala- dier, which is able to hold office only with the support of the “socialists.” While the French ruling class is try- ing to find a way out of the crisis by cutting wages and attacking vet- erans’ benefits and other social ser- vices, the French war budget con- tinues to be one of the biggest in Europe. | gration officials to prevent his de- | portation, when the boat on which | he was put touches at New Orleans. | Deportation to Mexico means death | for Jim Nine, at the hands of the | reactionary Mexican government. | 'Release Worker Held iby Calif. “Red Squad” LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 20—Carl Hama, militant Japanese worker who was beaten when he came to the de- |fense of Leo Gallagher when a dele- | gation of 50 protesting against police | terror was ejected from the City Council meeting, was released from jail Tuesday, Feb. 14, where he was criminal syndicalism.” held under the charge, “suspicion of Business Declined Further in January | | ward for the month of January, ac- cording to the fifty-fourth report of | the Conference of Statisticians in Industry, made public today. Fall- ing commodity prices and shrinking employment continue to be the out- standing features of the present trend. ‘Prohibition Repeal |'Passes House; 289-121 WASHINGTON, Fe! sion to repeal the 13-year-old consti- tutional amendment for national pro- hibition was carried in the house of representatives today by a vote of 289-to-121. Having passed houses of Congress it now goes back to the states for a vote. Conven- tions in 36 States must approve it in order to put the repeal into effect. | NEW YORK, Feb. 20. — General business conditions throughout the § ; country continued definitely down- both | ka Capitol in Demand for Limeade. Relief | 5 MURDERED BY HITLER GANGS |Liebknecht House Raided in Berlin ERLIN, Feb. 20.—Five dur workérs ing the gang in Communis Gerhardt, stabbing Later, a Reichsbanner so stabbed to death the fascists. Hing one and seriously wounding the other. | Armed fascists shot at workers in | Erfut, killing a young Communist Uhlwurn and seriously wounding an- other worker. An 18-year-old youth was killed in Doberan when fascists | fired upon Reichsbanner workers, | Saturday's suppression of the Cath- olic pr including “Germania” was withdrawn today. | Sunday’s big demonstration of the |Reichsbanner (socialist controlled), at the Lustgarten in Berlin was not idsturbed, but numerous minor col- sions took place in the districts were injured. r concert was held by at Buelowplatz, unde guard. The square was unded and only fas- permitted to en Police car- with field gl were posted on the house roofs. Raid Liebknecht House » Liebknecht” House was Taided and searched and the workers guarc ejected fa: were permitted to sm containing the ses aSCS A Communist worker, Wiese and a Socialist woman, Reinicke, who were shot dead by the police, were buried n Bruns Workers in facte ings struck dous gathering of Socialist and Com- munist workers at the grave side, although the procession was prohib- ted. A joint guard of honor of So- alist and Communist workers stood the coffins Hitler, Frick and Goebbels delivered speeches in Cologne, Dresden and Es- sen, Sunday, indicating the deter-~ mination of the government to con- jue irrespective of the election re- ss. Several uniformed police de~ tachments marched under the Hak- nkreuz flag in Cologne, greeting Hit- r with the fascist salute at “WE DEMAND REAL AID’ SAYS COUNCIL |Delegates of 15,000 | Meet in St. Paul (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) some of the surplus material. The w workers engaged on such jobs will be subjected to forced labor. Ever larger number of workers are Seeirig’ through these tricks and are insisting that the demands of the National Hunger Marchers for imme- diate relicf and unemployment in- | surance be taken up. Big Minnesota Conference. ST. PAUL, Minn. Feb. 20.—The Workers’ and Farmers’ Relief Confer- ence, with 368 delegates, represent- ing 15,000 workers and farmers from 22 counties, adjourned last night after adopting a statement addressed to Governor Olsen and the state legislature and electing a committee of 18 to present demands for relief and unemployment insurance to the joint session of the legislature, which takes place this afternoon. The spokesmen of the delegation, vho will address the joint session, e Morris Karson, Communist can- didate for Mayor of Minneapolis; HB, Tiala of the United Farmers’ League; Waiter Frank of the American Fed~ eration of Labor Committee for Un= employment Insurance; Emil Ny- gard, Mayor of Crosby. There were big demonstrations in the Twin Cities to back up the con- ference. The Minneapolis demon- stration got underway at 11 in the and the St. Paul demon- stration at 2 in the afternoon. Both | were marked by great enthusiasm, Pledge Support to Daily. The conference adopted a resolu- upporting the Daily Worker ency financial drive and pledged organization represented to funds to save the Daily from would be the big- blow to the workers’ and farm- ers’ struggles.” Saturday Evening Mass Meeting. On Saturday evening in Labor Temple Auditorium there was @ mass meeting that packed the place, for the Twin City workers to greet. the delegates, most of whom were al= ready in town | The state conference opened Sun- x 'day morning and elected Walter Frank as chairman of the first ses- sion and J. Mattsen of the Farmers’ Union as vice-chairman; H. Tiala of the United Farmers’ League as sec- retary, Morris Karson delivered the main report and R. Tantilla gave a sup- plementary report for the farmers. Emil Nygard was elected chairman of the second session, receiving @ | huge ovation from the delegates. The discussion lasted all Sunday after« noon and adopted a program of dee mands to the legislature. UNLESS YOU RESPOND Amount...... WORKER’S CALL FOR HELP! Rush all funds to the Daily Worker, DANGER! AT ONCE TO THE DAILY USE THIS BLANK: 50 EB, 1th §