The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 7, 1933, Page 4

Published by the Comprodaily Publishing Co., Inc., Page Four 18th St., New York City, N. ¥. Address and mail checks to the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St. New York, N. ¥. Revolutionary Upsurge in Germany Moves Forward suppress or conceal ¢ German worker: s important es y, of voters under such. conditions means five fighters; secondly the growing political r n from the ballot box to the street—and € nd not the voters, de~ cide. With the whip of rrorism, wit © press a method of provocation, of the radio, with the Ss and ot means of y kind of a parliamentary Yet, enough workers at least five million communications he has me campaign on the part of th at the Social- merely to s the t is to drown masses.to solve their and aristocrats. In the course of this period the Hitl base. . Hitlerism will be deflated and it ist nee will lose the > object i cs part of the e pense of the parasitic capitalists ovement will — its mass y with it. Hitler's national- in an enthusiastic echo, 1 episode in the long road of Social-Democratic be- ode is proof that the tion; it comes back to he German working class formation and under more effective ning ic Party oroof that, as yeb, that pitalism as an official opposition. ty of Germ will be to change suffering of the trayal of 1918 road is describir Fevolution—but at the ne: is marching in an invincible arm: leadership than it did The vote of the Social-Democ) Party is quite serviceable to German ‘The next task of the Communist Par ay The growing united the sdcial-democratic wo front of the Communist Party and s will deliver smashing blows to the workers are learning that the is in reality a policy of keeping “lesser evil” the German working class chained to capitalism. The revolutionary workers in the United States must give direct suppor} to the growing anti-fascist united front of the German masses led by the Communist Party of Gi ‘This is part of our struggle against social-democracy at home, which the reverse side of the fas- cist medal—the hypocritical mask for fas tyranny. The Roosevelt Cabinet HE DAILY. WORKER 1 ing, that its mbers have di d the Roosevelt cabinet show- ctions with Wall Street. The masses who vt for Roosevel r inistration will be one that will fight Wall 1 fact the inaugural address of the new president, which was in effect a declaration of war against the toil- ers, still pretended to attack Wall Stri ‘The demagogy of progres- sivism and liberalism is especially neces: now when war measures are being put into effect. The fiction of a progressive cabinet must be maintained and the liberals and progressives in the country are carrying out their share of the division of labor in deceiving the workers. The old liberal and “fighter” of predatory interests in Congre Senator Norris was the first to bless the Roosevelt cabinet. He said: “I am satisfied with the cabinet. They are all free men. For the ‘st time in many years no cabinet member has been dominated by J. P. Morgan & Company.” There is’ no’end to the depth of deception which liberalism in the service of imperialism can sink. Norris has the effrontery to make such a state- ment when Woodin, the new Secretary of the Treasury, has the most intimate connections with J .P. Morgan & Compa Percy Rockefeller, J. F. Loree and Remington Arms. Can there be any doubt in any one’s mind that the banking measures taken by Roosevelt in his very first day im assuming Office show, that this new administration is just as much dominated by Wall Street as the Hoo’ administration. The Nation in March 8 an editorial eulogizing the war cabinet of Mr. Roo: elt. Under tk eadline “a good cabinet”, we find the opening sentence stating that “Mr. Roosevelt has choosen an cellent cabinet’. Excellent for whom?! Certainly not for the starving millions. The very first acts of the new administration show that it is indeed a most excellent cabinet in the service of the bankers Boss Sheet Forced to Retract March, th provocation York Daily Ne eC ional Hunge ion of ™archers in Washington The New this campaign of provocation. The capitalist class is resorting now more than ever before to a campaign of provocation. In connection with the recent attempted as- sassination of President Roosevelt, desperate attempts were made to con- nect Zangara @ member of the Republican Party with the revolutionary movement. The Nazi provocetion of firing the Reichstag as an excuse for a campaign of terror against the Communists is part of the accepted methods of capitalist terror of which acis of provocation are an integral part. The indignation of the workers at the time of the National Hunger March against the provocations of the capitalist press and particularly the Daily News as well the actions of the National Unemployed Coun- ells against the Daily News compelled this gutter sheet to retract its lies and provocations on Comrade Benjamin’s speech in Washington at the time of the National Hunger March. We are reprinting in full the statement which appeared in the New York Sunday Daily News of March 5, 1833, “In an article published to an address by Herbert Be capitalist press carried inst the hunger took the lead in News of December 4, 1982, referring leader of the Hunger Marchers, it Hoover used troops to prevent before Congress, there would uid run red with blood. lence or rioting should carry out their at the government The min, Used troops to prevent th ington and that the march must ened by the troops and police. “The previous reference to Mr. Benjamin's address did not mean to imply that he urged his followers to massacre the government troops, but merely intended to give the true import of his address. “The News has since ascertained that Mr. Benjamin did not occupy a suite at the Hotel Raleigh in Washington, but resided with friends during his stay there.” go on though the marchers be threat~- MARCH COMMUNIST SPEC AL ENLARGED MARX ANNIVERSARY EDITION “BOR MARX WAS BEFORE ALL ELSE A Speech over the grave of Marx. SOME LESSONS OF THE STRIKE STRUGGLES IN DETROIT—Editorial MARX, FOUNDER OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNISM AND ORGANIZER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY—By F. Brown. ‘THE END OF RELATIVE CAPITALIST STABILIZATION AND ‘THE TASKS OF OUR PARTY.—Excerpts from report to the 16th Plenum, Central Committee, C.P..U.S.A,, January 28, 1932, by Earl Browder, ‘THE LIFE AND WORK OF KARL MARX.—By Max Bedacht. MARX ON THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR-—Correspondence between Marx REVOLUTIONIST”"—Engels and Engels. THE, EMERGENCE OF AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY PROLE~ TARTAT—Toward the study of the Application of Marxism-Leninism to the ‘American C: rie—-By Sam Don. MARXISM AND REVISIONISM—By V. I. Lenin THE REVISIONISM OF SIDNEY HOOK—Continued—By Earl Browder THE STRUGGLE OF MARX AND ENGELS AGAINST THE OPPOR- TUNISM OF GERMAN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY-—By G, ‘THE AMERICAN FCONOMIC ORISIS—-By John Irving. ‘BOOK REVIBWS—New Reforms for Old—A review ny by Malton Bowers, - Vasilkovsky. A a * | pres: ;the Mayor. Cable “DAIWORK. March Fourth Jobless Flashes 250 AT EVANSVLLE, IND. EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 6. — About 250 workers attended the | th demonstration here. Four the gather <IDGEPORT, Conr nds of workers larch 4th, and c! kers in the Hunger March to the City Hall. The police made two at~ lined Main 8 jtempts to stop the parade but were umsuccessful. A delegation was elect- ed at the City Plaza meeting to at~ tend the meeting of the Common Council, March 6th, and present the demands of the unemployed. TEN WORKERS ARRESTED IN NEW BRITAIN NEW BRITAIN, Conn., March 6.— Ten workers were arrested in the city hunger march, March 4th, while | ing demands of unemployed to SIX MEETS IN LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES, Cal Six March h demonstrations we: held here despite the attempts of police and Legionaires to break up the meetings. At 103 and Beech St. 400 workers protected the meeting from police interference. A co-opera- tive organization in the Sea hood participated. About 300 work- ers were present at the meeting at] Hawthorne. American Legion Band} provided music though they origin-} ally intended to break up the meeting | through this means. One Legion- aire removed button from coat in protest and to show support to dem- onstration. A third meeting was held at Whittier and Arizona Sts. with an | enthusiastic crowd of 300 workers | present. Police and Legionaires prevented meeting at 20th and Compton Sts Two workers arrested. The Pacific and Slauson Sts. meeting with 150 present was broken up when speak- ers attempted to address the audience. Two workers were arrested and) beaten up at the sixth meeting on| N. Figueroe St. and Avenue 56. 250 PARTICIPATE IN LYNN LYNN, Mass., March 6.— Despite bad weather more than 250 workers demonstrated here March 4th. The demand for unemployment insurance | and that the shoe strikers be al-| lowed to be present at negotiations between union officials and the manufacturers were met with great | approval. er PROTEST NAZIS TERROR BOSTON, Mass., March 6.—The one thousand workers who gathered on Boston Common, March 4th to demand Unemployment Insurance and Relief have sent a telegram of protest to the German Embassy, in Washington, denouncing the ey terror in Germany. FIRST OUTDOOR MEET IN QUINCY, MASS. _ QUINCY, Mass., March 6—In the first outdoor demonstration in the history of this city, 400 workers as- sembled in front ot the Coddington! School steps and adopted the Work-/ ers Unemployment Insurance Bill and demands for local relief. © sais PROVIDENCE, R. I; March 6— Five hundred workers listened to| Speakers at the Post Office Square emphasizing that through organiza- tion the jobless workers will secure | cash relief. Pe eer) ACT IN NEW HAMSPHIRE MANCHESTER, N. H., March 6—, At a meeting held at the City Hall! daily except Sunday, xt 40 B. Telephone ALgonguin 4-7956, March 6.—} zered the 300 | : oarer { COUNTRY GOES ON Serie orotate C.E. Ruthenberg and Problems of the Party Today By JACK STACHEL IX years ago (March 2nd) C. E. Ruthenberg, then General Sec- retary of the Party, was snatched from our ranks by death. Ruthen- berg was at that time in the prime of his life. He was 44. His early death was due to the ardous ac- tivity which he carried on over a period of some twenty years. During this period his sturdy body was undermined through the many struggles in which he par- ticipated, the underground period of the Party’s existence, and espe- cially the repeated periods that he spent in imprisonment. The ma- jority of our present membership did not have the good fortune of knowing Ruthenberg, of personally coming in contact with him. But what is unfortunate is that thus far we have been slow in ac- quainting the Party with the life and work of C. E. Ruthenberg. This weakness is not divorced from the general underestimation of the Party of its history and traditions. ite &. RUTHENBERG was the | founder of the Communist | Party of the U.S. A. Already be- fore the world war he was iden- tified with the left currents in the Socialist Party. the socialism of Victor Berger and Morris Hillquit. The whole move- time unacquainted with the Bol- shevik Party of Russia and the | teachings of Lenin and for that ; Teason was unclear on many of the | fundamental questions of the class struggle. FOUGHT REFORMISM | AND SECTARIANISM | Nevertheless ©. E. Ruthenberg was already at that time aiming his guns against reformism. He He fought against | | ment in this country was at that | 500 MEET IN PROVIDENCE, R. 1. | March 4th, 175 workers attended, and} not only fought the reformism of five speakers addressed the gathering.| Hillquit and Berger, but also the A resolution endorsing the Unem- | i } | ployment Insurance Bill was passed | and forwarded to President Roose- velt, International Notes By ROBERT HAMILTON BRITISH BANKERS FINANCING JAPAN’S WAR According to the “Daily Herald” ot London, high Japanese officials and British fimanciers have re- cently made secret plans for the shipment of a large quantity of arms to the Japanese. In case the British government forbids arms exports arrangements have been discussed for allotting a share of the contracts to Con- tinental munition firms. Japanese military experts who have been training with the Brit- ish Army at Salisbury Plain and Aldershot have suddenly departed. ‘They included two colonels, a me- jor of artillery, and several offi- cers specializing in machinization of the army. In the past two months one British company alone shipped 36,000,000 rifle cartridges to the Far East (meaning Japan) and an- other company sent 1,000 machine guns. The consignment of cart- ridges was bigger than the total quantity exported from Britain in 1932. ‘The farce at Geneva is satiri- cally illustrated by these British plans for arming Japan. Profits, the latter are only to deceive the masses, Immediate direct federal emer- gency cash relief appropriation of $50 for each unemployed worker, opportunist sectarianism of Daniel De Leon. And unlike Debs, Ruth- } enberg followed his views to their | organizational conclusions. Around him and the Cleveland organization which he developed into a mass organization there began to crystalize the more re- volutionary elements within the Socialist Party. During the world war and immediately following the | Russian Revolution he threw all | his energies into the formation of | the left wing within the Socialist | Party and carried this movement | finally to the building of the Com- | munist Party in September, 1919 in the city of Chicago, Ruthenberg | at the time of his death was a } member of the Executive Com~ | mittee of the Communist Interna- | tional. He trained the Party in the spirit of internationalism in the spirit of unswerving loyalty to the Communist International. WHAT WE CAN LEARN | FROM C. E. RUTHENBERG . E. RUTHENBERG did not leave any theoretical works. All his | writings are in connection with | the problems connected with the j struggles in which he participated | On many of the questions in the days before the Russian Revolu- tion he was still unclear, as was the rest of the left movement. But all the time he was moving closer and closer to the teachings of Marx’and Lenin. He never took a step backwards. His whole devel- opment was forward. His greatest contributions are to be found in the field of practical activity, in | the methods of organizing the masses. There are four pointe | that stand out in the life and work | of Ruthenberg. They are: THE FIGHT FOR SOCIAL INSURANCE First his insistence on the or- ganization of the masses. He more than any one else in our move- ment embodied the teaching of Lenin, “Without organization the working class is nothing, organized it is invincible.” Second he understood how to combine the struggle for partial | man or woman, without discrimi- raat of the masses with the nation, plus $10 for each dependent t for the overthrow of the in addition to local relief. W isle capitalist system. He fought wet at e on the one hand against the sec- Full and immediate payment of the war veterans’ adjusted compen- — vation certificates; no ent in the | i disability allowances; no discetmi- ation sen. by bine | 1910 he wrote of the necessity tor | tarianism of De Leon of the So- cialist Labor Party and on the other hand against the “socialism” of Berger and Hillquit. Already in { the struggle for social insurance. This excellent article does not labor under the illusion that the bosses will by themselves grant these | needs to the masses. Nor does he believe that these concessions can ba gained merelv thru the ballot. He concludes, “when the workers will show they are really in earnest, when they revolt, they may expect legislation which will provide against some of the insecurity which is now their lot. “In this article written 22 years ago we can find the arguments of why the workers need social insurance and also how to obtain it. Even today we can learn much from reading this article, which is contained in the International Pub- lishers Series “Voices of Revolt”— Charles E. Ruthenberg. STRUGGLE AGAINST IMPERIALIST WAR | Especially important is it for | us today when imperialist war is already raging in the Far East and in Latin America, when the war | clouds are gathering in Europe, | when the imperialists outstanding | among them the imperialists of | the U. S. are not only girding for ® world imperialist war but are mobilizing against the Soviet Union, | to study the work and life of Ruth- enberg and follow his revolutionary ex-nple in the fight against im- pevialist war, which means in the first place to fight against the war activity of the U. S. Ruthenberg after the U. S. en- tered the world war not only con~ tinued to write and agitate against the imperialist war but also mobi- lized the masses in the struggle in the face of the whole war hys- teria and the brutal suppressions of every struggle by the Democratic “liberal” Wilson-Palmer govern- ment. At a gigantic meeting in the Cleveland Public Square on May | 37, 1917, a little more than a month after the U. S. entered the world war, he said: “This is not a war for free- | dom. It is not a war for the liberties of mankind. It is a war | to secure the investments and profits of the ruling class of this Engels on the Death of Karl Marx ISSUED especially for the com- | memoration cf the death of Karl | Marx, the pr § ohlet “The Four- | teenth of March, 1883” is now be- ing distributed by ‘International Publishers. Karl Marx died on March 14, 1883, 50 years ago, Engels, his close friend and co-worker, lived on for another decade to carry on the work where Marx had left it. The pamphlet contains Engels’ speech over the grave of Marx, and let- ters he sent to Marxists through~ out the world informing.them of the death of the great working class leader and its meaning to the international proletariat. In his letter to Sorge, who was sec- retary of the First Internetional in America, Engels wrote: “Man- kind is shorter by a head, and the greatest head of ovr time at that « « . The final victory is certain «++ We must see it through.” ‘The pamphlet also contains a number of unpublished photographs which are detachable and can be fremed. ‘These include a picture of Karl Marx, a photo of his grave at Highgate Cemetary, London, and facsimiles of two of Engels’ letters about the death of Marx. ‘This paniphlet selling at 10 cents, is one of three special pamphlets issued for the 50th Anniversary of Marx's death. The other two are: “The Communist Manifeste” in a special S-cent cdition and “The Teachings of Karl ‘arx” by V. I Lenin in a special 10-comt edition, All three may be obtained in quantity orders from Workers’ Lib- rary Publishers, Box 148, Sta. D, New York, or singly trom all work- '-Bookeehroney bi od , Party is so great. country . “The only reason we are in this war now is because it is to the interests of the ruling class of this country, to have us in the Fourthly Ruthenberg understood and always stressed. the building of the Party. He fully grasped the Leninist teachings on the role | of the Party and always ham- mered away on this. message a few moments before his death he urged us to Build the Party. One of the last articies he wrote before his death was in December 1926, ww to Stre>xthen the Party,” In this article he stat- ed: “The fact that the influence of the Party has extended during the past year was strongly em~ phasized in the discussions and the resolution of the Central Committee. The Party is break- ing its isolation and has esitb- lished contact with greater mass~ es of werkers who are entering into common struggle with it, “The Party has not, however, thus far been able to crystalize the influence it won as 4 result of its campaigns into organizational strength?’ How much more true is this today when our Party has carried on tremendous activity Jed many important struggles of the ers and other strata of the toiling masses. And while our member- ship has lately increased somewhat, the words of Ruthenberg written in 1926 are even more emphatic today: “The organized strength of the Party as represented by the mem~- bership has not kept pace with its influence among the work- ers.” Comrade Ruthenberg looked on the recruiting of members to the Fa | Party as one of the basic tasks of the Par articl “The recruiting of new mem- bers to broaden and strengthen the Parly organization therefore becomes one of the major fields of work. The Party must crystal- ize into organization strength the influence which it has won among the workers. “Our Party has never taken full advantage of its work among the masses to win new members. «++ The members of our Party are hesitant in approaching the workers with whom they come in contact and who are sympathetic toe the work of the Party in or- der to bring them into the Party.” Another important point touched upon by Comrade Ruthenberg in He wrote in this same | this article is especially important today when the turnover of the He wrote: “In place of considering each worker who has advanced far enough to become a member of the Party as precious material for the building of a powerfu! Communist Party, who must be kept by the Party at all costs, thousands of members were lightly dropped from the mem- bersh p rolls because they did not immediately take steps to affili- ate with the shop and street nuclei, In many cases even the lists containing the names of these members have not beer kept.” Comrade Ruthenberg was refer- ing to the reorganization which the Party carried through in the years of 1925 and 1926, from a Party of language federations into one unified party. But the drop- ping of members carelessly is no less a problem today, though the reasons given for dropping mem~- bers from the Party are different today. i * * And In carrying on all our work, we must bear in mind, as Ruthen- berg did and as events since then have made more emphatic, that the road to the masses, the road to power for the working class under the leadership of our Party, lies through the path of the most ruth- Jess struggle against social fascism and the winning of the masses un- der the influence of socal fascism to the revolutionary struggle on the basis of : sne bold application. of the In his final | . GUBSCRIPTION BATES: ‘By Mail everywhere: One year, $6; six months, $3.50; $ months, $2; 1 month, Wy excepting Borough of Manhattan and Bronx, New York City. Foreign an@ German Workers Have Not Yet Said Last Word--Pravda By N. BUCHWALD Eurepean Correspondent of the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, March 5—(By Radio~ gram) Even those foreign observers in Germany most hostile to Com-~ munism have rejected the stupid attempt of the German fascists to link the Communists with the Reichstag arson, the Soviet news- paper “Pravda” points out today in an article entitled “Buffoons on the ‘Throne.” Torch Bears Nazis’ Stamp None, not even observers most antagonistic to Communism, such as the foreign capitalist press cor- respondents, can doubt that the torch which was .carried into the cellar of the German Reichstag bears the stamp of the fascist pro- vocators, “Pravda” states. The Ger- man fascist leading circles are standing before unavoidable con- Sequences; they aren't believed since the facts absolutely destroy the typical pelice version. Basically false statements have been issued by the leaders of German fascism, particularly Goering, to support their claim that the arsonist Van- Gerlube is a Communist and “just arrived from Russia.” The whole provocation is based on that. Some Strange Things It is strange that Vanderlube having torn and lost part of his clothing was careful to keep “evi- dence” of his membership in the Dutch Communist Party (from which he was expelled long ago as @ police provocator) and his pass~ port, He was plainly anxious to get this “proof” into the hands of the.. {| police. How clever of him and how | simple of Goering to hope that anybody will believe these silly tales. The government press has been mumbling something about 10 to 17 persons taking part in the arson. Where are they? How did these figures become known? How could 17 persons penetrate the Reichstag Building, remain for hours calmly making preparations for arson and remain unnoticed in spite of the careful police guarding of the build- | ing. In this connection, a number ot | German and English newspapers | state that the incenddiaries estaped | through underground channels of | the steam. heating system which | lead to the house of the Reichstag president now occupied by Goering. | That is where the incendiaries es- | caped to. Since that is the way | they escaped, it is clear that is | the way they may have entered the | building. | Fascists Feed Lead | Isn't it a fact that the so-called Third Empire cannot feed the | hungry on bread therefore feeds ihem with lead, asks “Pravda.” The fascists have been one month in power and have done everything to incite a new world war. But the German working-class, one of the best vanguards of the world pro- letariat, has not yet spoken the jJast word, S regards Vanderlube's “meni- bership” in whe Communist Party of Holland, this is only the official version of the German police, which later stated he is also connected with the Social Democratic Party. But both ver- sions failed miserably. We have, declares “Pravda,” # statement completely refuting the former two statements. This statement was made by Vanderlube himself to a Dutch correspondent. “I am not a member of any party and am not a convinetd Communist.” “Pravda” then warns that fur- ther events are on their way in Germany, and declares that the most dangerous element in the situation is the Prussian Minister | of the Interior, Goering. He is the “wild man” in the Government and is known as a bitter fighter | for an undivided National Social- ist (fascist) dictatorship. Sudden events may occur either before the } elections or immediately after. EVEN CAPITALIST | PRESS ADMITS LIE Not even the Daily Telegraph, organ of the industrialists of Eng- land, accepts the fascist versions of the Reichstag firing, “Pravda points out. The Telegraph writes editorially: “Goering declares that he has obtained his information from documents seized at Com~- munist headquarters. So far he has refrained from publishing the sources. He even points out that much of his evidence cannot be made public. At. any rate the Minister is in a happy position in so far as he is in no danger of be- ing contradicted since the Come munists cannot make a reply. Gifficulty of effective reply is of course still more increased by the last decree forbidding circulation at home and abroad of news that might be regarded by the Govern~ ment as dangerous, even if untrue.” The Berlin correspondent of the conservative London Evening Standard writes: “Many consider it improbable that the Communists should place @ valuable weapon of propaganda in the hands of their opponents precisely before the elections. Several qournaliste watching the fire expressed the conviction that it was an under- taking of the Nazis, pursuing the task of gaining popularity for their movement and justification for fiercer measures against the Left.” ‘The paper comments editorially: “We should be surprised if the world accepted as good coin the statement of Herr Hitler that the Reichstag fire was the work of Communist incendiarism. ‘The German Communists are not en tirely deprived of tactical common sense.” NAZI LIE “SIMPLY FOOLISH” The Berlin correspondent of the London News Chronicle states: “The statement that the German Communists had any official ‘re- lation to the fire is simply foolish.” Sharing the common distrust of the official Nazi (fascist) version of the Reichstag fire, the London Times concludes: “In the present state, continuation of this highly strained situation constitutes 2 menace to international peace.” FRENCH PRESS SKEPTICAL The French bourgeois press alse rejects the fascist version of the arson. “Le Temps’ is plainly skeptical in its editorial comments, and its Berlin correspondent dwells mostly on evidence disproving the fascist version. Of the charge against the Communist fraction im the Reichstag, he writes: “These are simply suspicions unsupported by any evidence.” ‘The paper “Le Liberte” asks the pointed question whether the fire was not the work of provocateurs? Hitler's threats of dire punishment to foreign correspondents who cir- culste news unfavorable to the government came as a reply to this universal exposure of the fas~ cist provocation, SPOILED NEW HITLER PLOT The Hitlerites had it all ready io stage their “attempt to assas- sinate Hitler,” but the English cor- respondents got wind of the plot and informed their papers and this spoiled the plans for the new frame-up which was to serve as 2 signal for a mess slaughter of revolutionary workers. London in- formation from reifable sources states that the English corres~ pondenis requested their papers not to publish the news about the fascist plans for a fake “assassina~ tion” for fear of fascist persecu~ tions. The Polish and Czecho-Slovakiari press join in Hitler's version of the Reichstag fire as untrue. ‘The “A-Zet” of Prague prints the news of the fire under the caption “Fire Made to Order.” The “Prager Tageblatt” compares the Reichstag fire with the notori- ous forged “Zinoviev letter.” ‘The Vienna Press states that’ Vanderlubbe was connected with the German police in 1931. This is a new edition of the Gorgulov Affair made up by the German fascisti, declares “Pravda.” Just as the French Minister, Malo, who made up the famous communique about “neo-Bolshevism” was ex~ posed, so shall those be exposed who affirm that Venderlubbe is a Communist “just arrived from Russia,” The results of the fascist pro- vocation of Feb. 27 are already ap- parent, with the German prisons filled with thousands, of workers, wet has the party calling it~ self the National Socialist Party done for the German workers and peasants since Hitler came to power? It started bloody terror and exceptional oppression. It has given up German workmen and the poorest peasants entirely into the hands of the manufacturers, the landlords, the police and ex~ Kaiser’s officers. What picture have we in Germany? ‘Ten mil-~ lion unemployed, starving workers, peasants and inteliuctuals. Letters from | Butler, N. J. | Editor of Daily Worker, | Dear Comrades The struggle of the farmers led ed large concessions from their deadly enemies, especially the bantt- ers. To forestall worse things, the mortgage holders have declared moratoriums. Yes nowhere in the Daily have I seen an indication that these moratoriums may mean | worce even than present teizure. If things should pick up just at the end of the period of morato- rium the farmer might be dispos~ sessed after having worked the farm through the period when values were very low. That is, he will have preserved it just for the mortgage holder. The farmers must be got~ ten to fight to set their own de- mands, And the proletariat must help them. I am sorry to note that the Albany Legislation Conference makes no reference to the farmers, Here was a chance to ww» toil- ing*farmers and proletaricns in a common, cause. Just now there is a threatened strike in the N. ¥. Milk Shed. At the meetings of the farm- ers it would have been easy to get them to rally to such 4 conference right at @ time when it would be go home easily. an additional $1 to help sue Dally nthe farmers and works | kesh | } } by the militant left wing hes forc- | Our Readers G. C. | ers struggle. ° EDITOR'S true that bankers will t; opportunity to rob the farmer of 2 For that very reason it is not meres ly essential to fight now, but to build organizations that will at all times be vigilant in defeating ate tacks of the exploiters, Just as ratorium, so similar struggles mus’ be carried out in every stage of the conflict. Under capitalism there must always be the aiternative-< struggle or worse conditions thant ever. Only abolition of capitalisra that is why revolution is Albany conference should take up the farmers’ demands and fight for them, hs oN Dear Editor: ‘Truck No. 5, Philadelphia. gent of the Pennsylvania State ger March to Harrisburg, after dis. cussing problems confronting the working class, have taken up thir small collection (67 cents) with s view to doing our share in the ef: fort to save the “Daily,” which wi consider indispensable to our class. P.. “trimesters everything if they deem it possible. - | will finally solve all such problems imperas” NOTE:—It is quite mass struggles compelled the moe . tive. We certainly agree that the seriously web el