The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 16, 1933, Page 4

Gublished by the Comprodaily Publishing Ce., tee., dally exept Sunday, of Be S. Page Four lath 8t., New York City, N. ¥. Telephene ALgonquin 4-7956, Cable “DATWORK.” Address und mail checks to the Daily Worker, 60 E. 13th St, New York, MN. ¥. Thaelmann in G S.P. Heads Defend Capitalism Under the Banner of Marx) By “Only he is a Marxist who ex tends the recognition of the class struggle to the recognition of the dictatorship of the proletariat BETTY GANNETT —Lenin—“State and Revolution” Ae Part of its organ, tt sibly devo’ tion of the death of Only in conventions, and ir works of mention or openly dé struggle and d moded. Today tice and theory than ever, the S denly becomes In the entire Leader, the di italist role of the Social clearly ex, revolution: erican work S. P. to g Marxism speaking c how? To s gle, the between bourgeoisi¢ he confin PANKEN IGNORE DISTORTS MARX'S of the Soci: not only reveals his c: ance of Marxism, but in t instances where he gives evidence of having looked into a Marxian pamphlet, deliberately falsifies and distorts the little he may have read therein. The he Socia Party task of Panken attempts to deny th emphasized in 2 is activi writings that th oric of the workir Ss throw capitalism and in establish the of tk But, from action in th is t stantly reiterated BAKUNIN DENIED PROLETARLIA DICTATORSHIP Marx waged a sharp and relent- less struggle against the Bakunin- ists who held that the destruction | of the state can be accom) with one blow, and that destroy force is to be not the working class but a group of disciplined conspi- ratorial revolutionaries. In essence, Bakunin’s position was a denial of the seizure of power by the proletariat and a complete | rejection of the y of estab- | lishin; State of the | e resistance rgeoisie following interpre tire uggle bets the Bakuninist “Marx espoused democracy : believed that by politics the revolution from capitalism to Socialism might he effected Bakunin, on the other hand. rejected political action; his view was that ali states must be de troyed, and that that could not be done otherwise than by insurrec tion. Two s@ools of thought were fought for in the First In- ternational. In 2 measure the position of the present-day Bol- | shevik coincides with that of Bakunin. The Bolsheviks have given new terminolo; to the ideas expressed by Bakunin. They call a dictatorship of a party executive in a great land a ‘di tatorship of the proletariat’ | Bakunin was more frank; having | no faith in the proletariat, he | desired to set up a group, call them, if you will, ‘benevolent tyrants, but in fact it would amount to a dictatorship by a few over the many.” | “FORCE IS MIDWIFE TO BRING IN NEW SOCIETY What is a mor tting these attempts to con @ pacifist reformer of Marx himself t ume of Capital, Marx states: “For isthe midwife of every old societ pregnant with a new one ‘In his Answer t written in Sarcasm “If the political struggle of the working class assumes a revolu- tionary form; if the workers, in place of the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, set up their own re- | volutionary dictatorship, then they commit a terrible crime and “NOT offer an insult to principle; be ause, forsooth, the workers, in order to meet the miserable gross requirements of the moment, in order te crush the resistance of the capitalist class, dause the state to assume a revolutionary and transitional form instead of laying down their arms and abol ishing the . Is tt ection, if you please . Panken? What oes Marx present in this t if nob that the armed nst the posi- ts, whose plat- uld inevitably revolutior ords ¥ written. Is t 1 distortion to convert 1 words of Marx to -Marxian program of Party? ken would, no doubt, discomfort were he to by Marx to as far back e tersely pre~ program A MATTER OF RE PRIVATE PROPERTY s it is not a matter of private prope: not of hushing sms, but abolishing rating the of establishing form with the col ttics of the Sociali Mr, Panken would like rs to believe? Does this © the program of the Social- as outlined by Mr. Thomas ng his election campaign: We 1 upon Mr. Thomas to support the truth of our contention that the Socialist Party today is the main social support of the capitalist class 14th, Norman Thomas September a Socialist should be to high office in the United States. He must as a matter of course swear to support the constitution end laws of the United States. He may with great seek to change that Constitution and those laws, but always by constitutional means. He is therefore put in the position where he will have to help to enforce that which does not in the least commend itself to him.” The “regrets” expressed by Mr. Thomas on having to “swear to support the Constitution,” are but crocodile tears to deceive the masses and to hide the real char- acter of the Socialist Party as the third party of capitalism. ON BOURGEOIS DEMOCRACY The defense of bourgeois demo- inder the cover of Marxism nced for the purpose of ning the capitalistic dicta- as against the revolution- tatorship of the proletariat. nken counterposes bourgeois pure” democracy he olutionary dictator- ne proletariat as the demo- am amunist y ic essence of demands of a wo. mely, the ying the ism, which class party cognition that the class leads to revolutionary alist class and ft roletarian nip, Panken tries to con- orkers by distorting these ps this theory of the d of the proletarian state as a ition to a classless society: “If the exploiters are defeated. in one gountry only, and this, of course, the rule, since a simul- taneous revolution in a number of countries is a rare exception— they still remain stronger than the exploited because the interna- tional connections of the exploit- ers are enormous. ...This truth is that in any and every serious re- volution a Jong, obstinate des- perate resistance of the exploiters, for who many years will yet enjoy at advantages over the exploited, constiiutes the rule.” fhe transition from capital- ism to communism forms a who historical epoch. Until it is com- plete, the exploiters will still re- tain the hope of a restoration and this hope will eventnally ex press itself in atte ration ppts at resto~ —(Proletarian Revolution) SILENT or T ON ROLE SOVIET UNION , y fact that in the the New here is no made to the Soviet Union ization of the teachings of Marx and Engels ts in itself suf- ficient condemnation of the anti- working c character of the pol- icy and tadics of the Socialist Party. entire Lead referent as the re Socialist Worker Walks Home Ten Miles NEW YORK. March 6—Geor Taebowitz, a Jeather goods worker, Joseph Novick, sol For the past | the defense of the p approached @ job to keep his wife and two chil-/ tion list, procured from the Inter- it | national Labor Defense, 80 East 11th ich is leading the struggle ase of the nine Scottsboro asked to contrib- been unempi years he ha en. looking for A member of the Sociali ratty, he belongs to the Unemployed | Street, w . | for the r Many times has Liebowitz gone with | bo: Council of Crown Heights, Brookly other unemployed workers to immediate relief, and hi léarned the importance action and protest. One day last week Liebowitz found | aimeeif on 140th Street, Bronx, with and so ha of to Give Nickel for the Scottsboro Boys Fund mass | from, his | Novick “to help chair.” ‘ His Last airfare to his home Brooklyn. Liebowitz with a colle Up , pon bein iie to Ne Trial Emerg Liebow pocket and gave : FORMING ing funds for cottsboro boys, | | | In the World Tomorrow of | | | | | “Workers, seize power! | “For a Workers’ and Peasants’ Re- | public! “Events are following hard on, one another! Events of world historical importance are at present taking place in Germany. The fascist ene- mies of the people, the brown ter- rorist murder gangs, the tyrannical junkers and capitalist magnates, at the behest of finance capital, have received government power from the hands of Marshal Hindenburg. “The criminal regime of the brown murder pest is raging in Germany. The ruling powers in Germany in- tend, in a sea of workers’ blood, by the light of the flames of burning workers’ and trade union premises, to set up their permanent bloody dic- tatorship of fascism over the working people of Germany. Unity of Action Imperative “Papen, who has cut down the wages of all workers, who has re- duced the benefit for the unemploy- jed, who has placed taxes on salt, | reduced the pensions for war invalids, cripples, widows and orphans; Herr Hugenberg, the head of the capital- | ist press trust, the advocator of wage | cuts, carry on their business under | Hitler and impose a reign of terror | against the toiling masses of Ger- many, “More than at any time during the last 14 years, the last few days and | weeks have rendered necessary the setting up of the united anti-fascist front, filled with a spirit of unity, courage and readiness to fight. Would Prohibit Communist Party “The “Third Empire” is her Workers’ premises are occupied, Com- munist papers are suppressed for long periods. The Communist Par- ty, the only party of the workers, is exposed to unheard of terror, chican- ery, suppressive measures, prohibi- tion of demonstrations, and volleys from police rifles, etc. | “We sound the alarm! | “Rally round your Communist | Party! Revolutionary workers, do not | keep away from the elections! Cast your vote in favor of the Communist Party of Germany! | “The coming days and weeks will |render necessary a still greater de- gree of r.ertness on the part of the enemiey of fascism in town and country. Be on the Prevent union of the by mass strikes! ‘War on Working Class Hitler is in power! His speech is nothing else but ation of war against the people, against Communism. Hitler has openly dec od that he wants to destroy Communism in order to be able to pay the tribute to the cap- | italist brigands abroad, to the Stock- | Exchange sharks, “In this “programme” speech, Hit- ler said not a word about distribut- ing the superfluous potatoes, coal and grain to the unemployed; not a word | about winter relief to the poorest of |} the poor, not a word about tearing \up the Treaty of Versailles, about doing away with the scandal of the | reparation payments. Not a word | about suppression of “interest slav- |ery.” Not a word against the bank jand stock-exchange magnates; not @ word about stopping forced sa of peasants’ property and heavy | taxes! Not @ word about increasing the salaries and wages of the pro- letariat and employees. Peasantry Is Ruined “On the other hand, forced labor service! Compulsory militarization! The regime of the barracks! Hitler ney | intends to remain in power for four z drew the five pennies | years them to trengthen the de- fense and save the boys from the Although he faced a walk of ten miles, Lisbowitz did not hesi- buf five pennies in ye Pocget for tate, The unemployed must wait tor four years. ‘The small peasants are likewise ruined. The poor peasant is harrassed with cares from morn till night. Hitler does not come to his aid, as he is allied with the big agrarians and the junkers. Workers, Stop the A sins Hand! BY BURCK SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Sy Mafl everywhere: One year, $6; six months, $3.50; 3 months, $2; 1 month, TS, excepting Borough of Manhattan 4 Bronx, New York City. Canada: One year, $9; 6 months, $5; f months, $3. Foreign and rave Danger of Being Murdered By Nazis HITLER'S ASSASSINS PLAN SAME FATE FOR TORGLER, RED DEPUTY HEAD U.S. Workers Called to Rush Immediate Protests to German Em- bassy, Washington, D. C. Demand Immediate Freedom for All Jailed Victims of Nazis Terror preparing a monster protest before that the explanation of the who murdered Leibknecht and Lux- emburg that they “tried to escape” will be put forth. Mass Tortures Continue. ‘The terror rages everywnere and in spite of the publicity of Hitler ‘that violence is diminishing, there! | are new records of fiendish practices | against large sections of the popu- jlation. The Hitler regime directly; | plans all these atrocities. ! Communists, . social - democratic workers, radical and Jewish depu- ties, newspaper men, lawyers, and; writers are subjected to torture andj Communist Party of Germany Calls United Front in Aggressive Fight on Fascism Reichstag Election Manifesto Urges Building of Mass Fight in Factories and Labor Ex- changes Against Papen-Hugenberg-Hitler Ter ror and Hunger Social-Democratie Treason “With burning indignation millions | jof trade union and social democratic | workers, together with us Commun- j ists, face the shameful treason of the social democracy. Tt is the continuation of their policy of July 20, a fresh capitulation | to the authors of the coup d'etat, to the counter-revolution, to bloody fas- cism. They responded to the appeal issued by the Communists for a gen- eral strike against Hitler's dictator- ship by exhorting the workers to re- main “calm and reasonable,” to “stay at home,” by “appealing to the honest man” (Hindenburg), by pro- hibition of mass anti-fascist demon- strations as was done by the social democratic police Presidents in Dort- |mund, Hamburg, etc., by the arrest | of the social democratic deputy Leber in Lubeck by the social democratic prefect of the police, Mehrlein, by @ declaration that they are ready to collaborate with Hitler and Papen, Sullies Standard of Marx | “Just as on August 4, 1914, just | | as on July 20, 1932, the social demo- |eratic and reformist trade union Jeaders again enter into an alliance | with the sworn enemies of the pro- | letariat. | “The social democratic party of | Germany has sullied the fighting | | standard of Karl Marx by the most | jignoble treason to the workers. Its policy of coalitize, of toleration, of Wage robbery, of strike breaking, of corruption, has brought disgrace on Marxism. The signatures of the so- jcial democrats Herman Mueller and Emile Vandervelde to the Versailles document have largely contributed to promote national socialism. “We accuse the party of Wels, Loebe, Hilferding and Leipart, of having betrayed, sullied and discred- ited Marxism. “The deeds whi¢h these gentle- men have committed during the past | decades are an infamous betrayal of the working masses and had nothing to do with Marxism. “In face of this treachery, we Com- |munists, at the moment of the seizure of power by Hitler's fascists, | raise still higher our proud Marxist ; banner, the banner of the dictator- ship of the proletariat, of implacable class war against capitalist exploita; | tion and against imperialist war. i The “Lesser Evil” Treason | “Vote for Hindenburg and defeat Hitier-—that was the lie put for- ward by the social democratic lead- ers in the Spring of 1932. “Do not be deceived again! Pro- eed to the attack with us! No re- turn to the slavery of the bloody fascist dictatorship of today! ‘What we Communists want is: “All Power to the working class! “A Workers’ and Peasants’ Repub- lic! ‘ “The dictatorship of the prolet- ariat! “That only those who dig coal, hammer iron, who drive the engines, creates values, to them alone—in al- liance with the working peasants— belongs the power. “What we want is freedom! that is: Socialism! “Social democratic, AD.G.B. and Reichbanner workers, Christian class comrades! We declare to you plain- ly and openly: the national social- ists Hugenberg, fascists, the Papen members of the Aristocrats’ Club, will not care a rap. about “legality” and “lawfulness,” they will not care a rap about the “Constitution,” if they do not obtain a parliamentary mafjor- ity on March 5. Supported by bay- oneis, they will continue to govern in order that the industrial barons, the Stock-Exchange princes can rake in their profits. Only One Class Front “Here there is only one front: class against class! “Here there is only one question: anti-fascist mass power against fas- cist dictatorship! “Here there is only one slogan: mass protests, strikes, political mass strike and general strike, the power of the factories, the power of the Labor-Exchanges, the power of the small peasants, of the employees and the working youth against the tyran- ny of fascism. “In the daily fight for wages, for bread, potatoes and coal, in the par- tial and isolated strikes, fight under the leadership of the Communist Party for your freedom. We defend with tooth and nail the threatened last democratic and social political remnants of the November “revo- lution.” In this every day minor fight, steel your powerful million strong gigantic mass power! “Here there is only one decisive force; that is you, you millions of oppressed in town and country. Only your extra-Parliamentary mass fight in the factories, at the Labour-Ex- changes, in alliance with all toilers, can sweep away the power of Hitler, Hugenberg and Papen! “sound the alarm in the whole country! Workers, toilers!. Your party is threatened, because it is the sworn enemy of the industrial magnates and Stock Exchange’ jobbers. ‘There- fore, Hitler, Hugenberg, Papen and Seldte wish the prohibit your party, | \Daily Worker Correspondent Interviewing Ukrainian Collective Farm Delegate pitiesn ee | | | Comrade N, Buchwald is shown ‘ 4 here talking with a Kolkhoz repre- sentative, during the recent All-Union Congres of Shock Brigades. BULLETIN the Grman consulate. eo 8 e@ murder, 7 NEW YORK, Marchm 15.—New York workers rallying to the defense of Comrades Thaelmann and@ Torgler, who are now in fascist prisons, and threatened with shooting by the Hitler murder regime, are BERLIN, March 15.—Ernst Thaelmann, leader of the Communist Party of Germany, and Comrade Torgler, chairman of the Reichstag Communist fraction, are in danger of being | shot by the Hitler bandit regime. Torgler was arrested when ha protested against the Hit» ler regime uccusing Communists of setting fire to the Reichstag. among the social scum that make up the fascist murder bands that these two Communist leaders will be murdered and? There is general talk "at the “point of death in 2 coal cel- The whole press, with the excep-| lar. many. about the atrocities. and Austria—report every-day de- tails of atrocities. pers carried the story of the torture cafe which is a Nazi hang-out, bat- tering him ‘into unconsciousni ial- ratic blood-hounds| tion of that part favorable to the| Bowel -demacrs fascist terror, is silenced in Ger-/ s, re~| gangs of storm troopers jump vived him again and finally left him | them with heavy boots. Smash Teeth and Pierce Eyes. ‘The Nazi fiends make a practice of That press prints nothing) crushing teeth with butts of revolv- The press of! ers and there are many cases of adjoining countries—Czecho-Slovakia | gouging out the eyes of their vic- tims—men, women, girls and young The Vienna pa-| beys. ‘The prisons are veritable chambers of a sccialist deputy who was beaten | of horror, where all variety of tor- unconscious, then revived by burn-| tures are practiced. One of ing his feet with a torch, taken to a, common practices is to throw vic- he most. tims to the concrete floors while on for Workers’ the six million strong army of free- dom against Versailles, against ca- pitalist slavery, against imperialist war policy, this party of Socialism, freedom and workers’ power. Rally again in million masses round our fighting banner! Terror such as prevails in the Bal- kans, bestial murder of workers, hor- rible slaughter of anti-fascists—it is under these conditions that the elec- tion struggle is to be carried out; by means of prohibitions, gagging of the press, arrests, Nazi terror, the Com- munist Party is to be prevented from putting their program before the mil- lions of German workers. They musi not and shall not succeed in this! ‘We Communists sound the tocsin of anti-fascist unity! Fight for Power. “The working class, in alliance with the working peasants and led by the Communist Party, will, when they come into power, fulfill that which we Communists set forth al- ready three years ago in our pro- gram of social and national emanci- | pation end what the Communist | Party of the Soviet Union, the gov- | ernment power of the workers’ and | peasants state, have carried out in| practice. | “Our firs measures after coming into power will be: “We shall take the factories, the workshops, the warehouses and banks away from the big capitalists and bankers and convert them into the property of the working people! The day we take over power will also see the end of the tribute slavery and the Treaty of Versailles will be a scrap of paper. We shall send the big merchants, the magnates of com- mercial capital and the speculators to the devil and free all toilers from the oppressive predatory profit makers. Food and Homes for Workers. “We shall expropriate all the big capitalists, junkers, big estate owners and big house owners. We shall house the people without lodgings in the empty dwellings. We shall distribute the huge stocks of coal at pitheads, the huge quantities of potatoes and | corn in the storehouses and granaries to all those who ere in need. “The State Treasuries of the Work- ers’ and Peasants’ Republic will not | give a penny to the Hohenzollern | princes and marshals, They will not | pay a penny to the pensioned minis- | ters, but will give money for the needy, for social insurance, for the State and municipal workers, for the war cripples, war widows and war orphans. “The workers’ und peasants’ power will take away without compensation | the land from the big agrarians and | East Elbe junkers. It will give the land to the small peasants and land- gram).—Jacques Sadoul, the Paris correspondent of “Izvestia,” official information here that the Paris newspaper “Oeuvre,’ published de- tails from absolutely reliable Berlin sources laying bare further depravity of the Hitler cut-throat regime in | firing the Reichstag building. The report states that on the day of the fire the employees of the Reichstag were allowed to leave at one o'clock |in the afternoon on the pretext that they had no more work to do. Firemen Expose Goehring. Firemen who worked on the spot declared to the chief of the Berlin fire guard, Arens, that the fire could have started only in the underground passage connecting the Reichstag building with the house occupied by Goehring, Arens and his son were paper of the Soviet government, sent | REICHSTAG FIRE STARTED IN TUNNEL CONNECTED WITH NAZI CHIEF'S HOME Berlin Firemen Exposed Plot; Arrest Order for Incendiaries Written Before Fire MOSCOW, March 15. (By Radio-) arrested immed ately after that in order to silence them. ‘The brazen nature of the frame- up which was used to unleash yol- jeys of press lies against the revolu- tionary working class, especially against its vanguard the Comm nist Party is further seen in the fact that the order for the arrest of the incendiaries was typewritten before the fire had occurred. The date was written in by hand. Further proof of the fraud as pub- lished in the Paris press is seen in the statement following Van der Lubbe’s arrest that he could not be interviewed because he did not know German. However, at that same time the fascist press reported thati the Dutch police spy had made statements regarding his connection with Communist and social-demo- cratic parties. The Hitlerite storm troops who burnt the Reichstag, says this news- paper, entered the Reichstag build- ing through an underground pas- sage leading’ from the house of Goering, the fascist police chief who is now playing a prominent part in the mass arrests and murder of the German workers. The storm troopers, drew lots, the newspaper relates, to decide which of the incendiaries would remain in the Reichstag building and allow himself to be arrested. A reward of failed of its objective. vent them from becoming stronger and extending their influence. In addition, powerful new Soviet | ricts have been set up in the prov- inces of Czeshwan and Shensi. Comrade Chie Hua, in an article in Inprecor No. 10, points out that in Shensi Province, an intportant dist~ ict was brought under the Soviet workers who have been driven trom the soil and to the peasants with Uttle land, and will set up Soviet farms equipped with the most mo- dern technique. Social and National Freedom. “The German Workers’ and Peas- ants’ Republic will enter into a close economic and political alliance with the Soviet Union. It will introduce the seven hour day for adult workers and the six hour day for the young workers. It will bring work and bread to all toilers, to all people who are producing wealth. | The Soviet Union has already | proved that where Communism rules \there is no unemployment. The | Workers’ and Peasants’ Republic will ruthlessly compel all the ' bourgeois idlers, the capitalist parasites, the dividend drawers and Stock Ex: change speculators to engage in pri ductive work, in digging coal, build- jing roads, and draining swamps. The Workers’ and Peasants’ Re- public alone, under the sign of the Sickle and Hammer, will bring to the working people of Germany so- clal and national freedom: Socialism. t power within a short space of time, after fierce fighting. This fact was confirmed by the correspondent of the “Shanghai Evening Post,” who wrote that “the Red influence is spreading over the whole proyince.” Occupied Jelandsen The Red Army advanced so far that it was able to occupy Jelandsen, near the Sianfu, capital of Shensi province, As a result, all members of the provincial government handed in their resignations, Although Chiang Kai-shek rushed four new divisions of reinforcements into the province, the Red Army still continued its victorious advance. In the Northwest, on the froniers of the province of Kansu, the 26th Red Army is extending its part! fights over 8 or 9 districts north of the Wei Ho. In the South Shensi, |large towns of Si-Shan and Bautzen were likewise captured by the Red troops. Peasants Support Red Army ‘The advance of the Red Army in Shens and Sxechwan provinces was | Troops of 33rd Fascist Storm Detachment Burnt Reichstag Entered Building Thru Passage Leading from Police Chief Goering’s House By N. BUCHWALD. (European Correspondent for the Daily Worker.) . MOSCOW, U.S.S.R., March 15.—The Reichstag was pot on fire by fascist storm troops of the 33rd Storm Detachment. This has just been made known through a story appearing in the newspaper published in Prague, Czecho-Slovakia named “Rudi Ponedelnik,” which gives in detail the history of the burning of the Reichstag. 50,000 marks was promised by the fascist leaders to the storm troopers who would Jet himself be arrested in this way, with « guarantee of re~ lease from jail in two months. The storm trooper, now called Van der Lubbe by the the police, drew the “unlucky” number. He at first. refused, but finally was com~ pelled to remain, after he and his fellow fascists had set fire to the building, so that he could be “are rested” with his forged papers, Chinese Red Army Smashes 5th “Suppression” Drive Despite considerable damage to the Hupeh-Honan-Anhwei Soviet Dist- rict in China, the fifth “Communist suppression” campaign launched last summer by Chiang Kai-shek at the orders of the imperialists has completely The “campaign of extermination” not only failed to wipe out the Soviet districts, but could not pre- ¢————___________. supported by powerful revolts of the peasants. In several instances the advance of the Red Army also evoked mutinies among the soldiers of the landlord militia, In the North of Lanbu, a group of this militia shot thelr officers, formed themselves into a body of Red troops, and joined the Red Army. In the last three months, a nume ber of districts in Northeast Szech- wan have been drawn into the fight for the Soviet Power. The Soviet government of workers and peas- ants was proclaimed in many dis- tricts, which later all: joined to gether in a united Soviet District. Fight Extends to Vangtse River The districts which are now the scene of the fights of the Red Army, and revolts of the masses, fighting for the establishment of the Soviet Power, extend southward to the Yangtse River. The particular im< portance of the fight in Szechwan Province lies in the fact that the flag of the Soviet revolution is now being carried forward by the broad es of peasants and toilers in a the! new province htherto untouched by the Soviet movement. The Soviet districts of West-Hupel and Hunan have grown more power ful in the past months, beating backs the attacks of the Kuominta: troops antl extending their tertiiars = a is “en