The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 24, 1933, Page 1

4 ed t EDITORIALS A Treacherous Surrender to Fascism ne Hitler-Hindenburg Fascist Dictatorship bars the Communists from the Reichstag and admits the Social-Dem- ocratic deputies. Did these Social-Democratic deputies attempt to fight the bloody fascist dictatorship even in a parliamentary way? Did they raise their voice against the bloody terror raging in Germany at the present time? Not at all. The New York Times of March 23 reports f s ry : from its Berlin Correspondent that “the socialists decided to- day not to oppose the full en- actment of the empowering measure at tomorrow's Reichs- tag session, although they would have been able to do so by simple protest.” Not even a “simple protest” from these great champions of democracy, but complete surrender and submission to the fascist dic- tatorship ! But it is not just a case of surrender, It is more than that. It is cooperation with the fascist dictatorship. Have they not prepared the way for Hitler with their theory of the “lesser evil’? And does Norman Thomas still, in the defense, of the theory of the “Jesser evil” hail the monarch- ist Hindenburg, as a great democrat? Se, meee Hindenburg. hailed by Norman Thomas us a great Democrat, shaking hands with Hitler. Before Hitler wes appointed chancellor, the social-fas- cist leaders in Germany made great gestures about fighting Hitler. They even “threatened” with a general strike to pre- vent fascism from coming into power. After the March 5 election, Theodore Leipart, Presi- dent of the German Federation of Labor and a member of the Central Committee of the German Social-Democratic Party “warned” that if the Hitler cabinet “resorts to unconstitu- tional measures”, he would “call a general strike”. What did this great fighter of fascism do after Hitler without any ceremonies abolished all “constitutional meas- ures’? Did he call a general strike? Did he call upon the German workers in the reformist unions to put up any sort of a fight against Hitler? Nothing of the kind. He sent a letter to Hindenburg-in which he wrote: “I request the Reichsteg resident to use his power to see to it that trade nnion property is not destroyed and trade unionists not per- secuted .. . to oppose the partisan arbitrariness of the Nazis and to protect the millions of organized German workers and their families.” It was just a matter of zi arbitrar-ness, but not the growth of fascist terror against the German working class! And who does this president of the German Federation of Labor turn to for justice? To President Hindenburg! Here again an attempt is made to picture Hindenburg as being the lesser evil than Hitler. Right after the Nazi provocation in setting fire to the Reichstag, the Central Committee of the German Social- Democratic Party sent a letter to Vice-Chancellor v- Papen. Did the Central Committee of the Social-Democratic Party expose this Nazi provocation? Did they protest against the terror let loose by the Fascists against the revolutionary workers and leaders of the German Communist Party? This could not be expected of the Social-Fascist traitors. In the letter to von Papen they write: “We have nothing in common with the Communist Pro- letariat.” Further, they assured him that they are “faithful to the bourgeois constitution (and) will always remain a party of law and order.” Indeed it is their faithfulness to the bour- geois constitution, to the profits of the capitalist class, to bourgeois law and order, which paved the way for the Fascist Dictatorship in Germany. From the great betrayal of 1914, through 1918, through the successive years in the struggles of the German Prole- tariat against Fascism, up to the very day of the opening of the Fascist Reichstag—the Social-Fascist leaders of Germany . by step became completely merged with the bourgeoisie, with the Fascist dictatorship. How Roosevelt Fights Money Changers Charles E. Mitchell, financial racketeer who, as head of the National City Bank, managed to juggle hundreds of mil- lions of dollars into his own pocket and that of his fellow- dir .ctors, who sold depositors short while granting to himself unsecured loans and who robbed the bank clerks by forcing them to make installment payments on $30 bonds for which he charged from $200 to $220 is facing a federal grand jury indictment. On what charge? For robbing depositors? No! For evading income taxes—for neglecting to share his loot with the government! This is how. Roosevelt's administra- tion “fights” the bankers. The Tammany courts, carrying out the policies of the Lehman state administration indicts Horace C. Sylvester, vice-president of the National City and Mitchell’s right-hand man, not for the ruthless pillaging of people who did busi- ness with the bank, but for “third degree forgery” in con- nection with floating a bond issue for the Port of New York. To take action against these individuals for their crimes against depositors, for their sales of worthless bonds, for their gambling with other people’s money would be to set a precedent that would require action against every one of the big bankers of the country. The investment firm of S. W. Straus & Co. furnishes a classic example of sytematic loot of people who were victim- ized by them. The receivers for this bankrupt concern re- port that they have liquid assets of $29,000, hence they are unable to give “assistance or relief” to holders of $380,000,- 00 of bonds sold by Straus & Co. What the firm did with tha hundreds of millions of dollars taken from their dupes is, obviously, of no concern to the government. Perhaps tiese grafters will be arrested for traffic violation and then we will be told the government js taking action against hank- oo | SAVE OUR PRESS! Dail Central Org Vol, No Tt ee. a New Entered yecon Tork, N. jase matter at the Post Office under the Act of March 5, 1879. (Section of the Communist International} EW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1933 «Worker e-CO ipynist Party U.S.A. CITY EDI MASS AGAINST FASCIST MURDERERS TOMORROW! SPEED FUNDS TODAY! TION Price 3 ‘Cents INFLATION LIFTS | FOOD PRICES IN ALL MARKETS } Effects Felt Sharply | by Workers Whose | Wages Are Cut | FOOD STORED UP | Gov’tFigures ShowNew| Costs Inflationary NEW YORK, March 23. — Food prices continne to rise in all markets of the country as the effects of in- flation become general. Wheat was up one cent a bushel on the ex- changes. Other grains made cor-| responding advances during the day. Wholesale prices advance steadily. Dun & Bradstreet’s daily weighted index of 30 basic commodities shows a rise. Yesterday the daily weighted average Was 71.22; a month ago it was 68.75. The figures are based on the average for the year 1930-1932 as 00. Enormous Stocks on Hand, Retail prices, which have been far above wholesale prices during the whole course of the crisis, are ad- vancing still faster, which imposes a greater burden upon the consumer and beats down further the hunger |standards of life for the masses. | These price rises occur in spite of the fact that the stocks of goods have not become less during the crisis, but have remained stationary or, in some cases, increased due to |the restricted buying power of the | population. | Even tHe United States department of commerce showed this when tt | produced figures to show that total | Stocks of both raw materials and manufactured goods were exactly the | Same in October of 1932 as they were in October, 1929. It is clear from this that the price rise is not due to the operation of the law of supply and demand, but to the. effect-of the grow- ing inflation. Steel Ingot Production Falls to 14 Per Cent | NEW YORK, March 23.—All in- | dustry continues its downward | plunge. The “Iron Age” reports that steel ingot production has sunk from 15 per cent of capacity last week to 14 ymr cent the week ended March 18. Electric power output 1s down to a new low as it declined 9.6 from the record low of last week. | The stock market that rose the | first few days after its opening is now definitely downward again as is apparent that the steady and rapid slowing of industry makes less re- mote the possibility of realizing pro- fits off the exploitation of labor THIRD WAGE CUT BY U. 8S. STEEL NEW YORK.—The third wage cut | has just been announced by the U.S. | Steel Corporation to affect the white collar workers. The company pro- | poses to reduce the working time of | the office workers to amount to a 10 per cent reduction in wages. The first wage cut imposed on the work- ers of the entire plant was 10-15 per cent in 1931, EMPLOYMENT DOWN 5.7 PER CENT IN DETROIT DETROIT, Mich. Mar. 23—Em- ployment declined here 5.7 per cent from the week of February 28 and one half of the workers employed in Detroit during the same week last year were out of jobs this year, ac- cording to a report of the industrial | department of the Detroit Board of | Commerce, RUSH AID TO SAVE THE DAILY READERS :— WORKER PRESS N EMERGENCY situation has arisen in the Daily Worker which demands immediate action from every reader. The Daily Worker press, the machine which prints the paper, is on the verge of collapse Temporary repairs can no longer assure its continued opera- tion. As this is being written, there is grave uncertainty as to whether another issue of the paper can be run off on the pres The slow response in the financial drive has prevented the “Daily” from spending the few thousand dollars needed to put the press in working condition again. It is only with the greatest difficulty that we have been able to keep the “Daily” going at all. The contributions received so far have not been sufficient to pay off all of the big deficit that must be wiped out if the paper is to live. The press must be repaired at once. Thousands of dollars must be raised in the next few days to do it. If the press goes under, the “Daily” will be un- able to appear, a You must nd a new press will cost $20,000. act at once. Hundreds, thousands of contributions must be rushed in without delay. If you have no money, borrow and repay at some future time. The single day! RECEIVED YESTERDAY MEALS ENLARGED IN SOVIET UNION Spring Sowing Begins With Enthusiasm By N. BUCHWALD | (Daily Worker Correspondent) | MOSCOW, U. 8S. S. R., March 22} (By Radiogram).—Further panes | ment in the food situation was re-| vealed in a recent tour of Moscow) factories by your correspondent. This/| improvement has resulted in in- creased food rations for factory workers, who are now getting greater amounts of such items as meat, but- ter and fish. An all around better distribution of foodstuffs has been effected as a re- sult of direct control by factories over the workers’ co-operative stores, thus fully justifying the new system. Since factory managements have as- sumed control, there have been no lapses in distribution of food, all workers receiving the rations regu- larly. Great quantities of additional food- stuffs have ben made available by the initiative taken by factory admin- istrations. In the open market, also, prices took = considerable drop, Spring Sowing Begins. Spring Sowing in the Soviet Union has begun, with the masses of peas- ants and workers showing a great Daily Worker—YOUR “Daily”—must not be stopped for a EMERGENCY COMMITTEE OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO SAVE THE DAILY WORKER FPobert Minor William Weiner C. A. Hathaway $321.07 TOTAL TO DATE $23,807.66 (10,000 Veterans in Protest BULLETIN ;dous pressure of the rank and file, NEW YORK—All veterans of | tried to e ide the W. E. S. L. mem- New York City, whether affiliated | bers. The vets insisted on their right with any organization or not, are to join in the protest against called on to rally in Union Square | Hitler terror and the march started. in veterans’ benefits being put through by the Roosevelt govern- ment. march, give in. ° Scre NEW YORK.—More than 10,000 Jewish war veterans, who were joined | by thousands of workers from the| sidewalk, paraded through the streets to City Hall yesterday in an impre: sive demonstration against the fascis outrages against Jews in German; Despite the efforts of misleaders of the Jewish veterans to keep them out, members of Posi 191 of the Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League in- sisted on marching and finally forced the leaders to retreat. Among the marchers were also members of the Jewish War Veterans, American Le- gion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the British War Veterans, Spanish War Veterans, Disabled War Veterans and | women’s auxiliaries. When the march started, at Tenth Street and Second Avenue, the lead- | behind the W. E. S. L, members. Reactionary Demands At City Hall resolutions were pre- man goods and shi ing off of diplom: the Hitler government. These ar |reactionary chauvinistic demand that would have the effect of provok- ing @ war situation and hitting at the German masses; who are being so savagely persecuted by the Nazi re- ions wit! leaders of the Jewish veterans held consulate, nor did they present any demands there. The Workers the fascist terror at the German con- sulate tomorrow. Mobilize at South spirit of enthusiasm and a certainty of the success of collective agriculture. ers, who had been forced to organ- ize the demonstration by the tremen- | and Whitehall Street at 10 a.m. | NEW YORK.—A delegation led | | by Secretary Amter and Organizer Benjamin of the National Commit- tee of the Mnecnploros ae oy will appear before the Senate an | House Commitiee on Labor today. Forest Service Paid $4 A Day for Work the Jobless Will Do For $1 WASHINGTON, March 23. —'The chief of the United States forest ser- vice, R. Y. Stuart, revealed the real meaning of the Roosevelt “civilian employment army” when he adyo- cated today that this plan be ex- tended to private as well as public work, especially forestry service. Open Wage-cutting Planned. Stuart’s proposals were made at a joint congressional committee hear- ing. He said that the government could “select” workers and send them into the private woods to teke the places of men now receiving $3 and $4 a day for similar work. Stuart told the committee that the goy- ernment forestry service was today paying $3 a day in the West and $2 a day in the East for the same work that will be done at $1 = dey imder the Roosevelt: propossi, These committees are meeting on the bill proposed by Roosevelt for the militarization of 250,000 men who are to receive board and room and no more than one dollar per day, This is the cxpression of the “new deal” meted out by Roosevelt te the 17,000,000 unemployed in this country whose number is growing. Prior to appearing before the Congressional Committee the dele- gation will attempt to see Roose- velt personally, having telegraphed him to that effect yesterday. $Y. yet he WASHINGTON, March 23.—Presi- dent Roosevelt yesterday afternoon held a conference with members of the senate and house labor commit- tees in order to get united action in putting over the forced labor pro- posals that would conscript for # ’ time some 250,000 unemployed workers into barracks at $1 a day. The bill introduced into the house by Speaker Henry T. Rainey of Tli- nois, and into the senate by Majority Leeder Robinson of Arkansas, and the Tammany senator, Wagner, of New York, met with a roar of pro- test from all over the country, especi- ally from organized labor. ‘the bill. because ther ere afraid they , Will be defeated in next year's con- ROOSEVELT ORDERS LEADERS TO CRUSH THE OPPOSITION IN CONGRESS TO LABOR CAMPS house labor committee, gressional elections if they support |the same strenuous objections it in its present form. ¥maish Arguments Against Labor. The principal reason for the con-| gestion that the “wage” of one dollar ference was to furnish arguments for} a day was too low. He did not say the | congressmen tO use against the ob- jJections that the bill is a measure to beat down all wages to a still lower level and that it amounts to military conscription under convict rules. William P. Connery, democrat of Massachusetts, and chairman of the | one word about the demands of the working class, as expressed by the Unemployed Councils, for immediate cash relief and for unemployment and social insurance at the expense of the government and the employ- ers. PERKINS AND GREEN IN SECRET SESSION FOR HUNGER PROGRAM WASHINGTON, March 23.—A secret, round table conference of heads of American Federation of Labor Unions and Railroad Brotherhoods, called by Roosevelt's secretary of labor, Miss Frances Perkins, is to take place here on March 31, Miss Perkins announced that the conference was called at the request of the president and is for the purpose of uniting these forces behind the forced labor, selective con- ¢————_—____-__--_________ scription bill that the Roosevelt ad-, organized labor in the entire country ministration {s now rusiing through | set “bebind the program of the pres- congress. ident”. iat ‘: . Miss Perkins announced that the earns meeting “probably” would be behind First on the list of those invited | closed doors so that the “labor spokes- ‘was Wm, Green, president of the} men might feel free to discuss the American Federation of © Week S00 come ous demanding that | franknes ¢ ’ ! | demanded that they be allowed to/noon hour y This forced the leaders to|of of About 2,000 workers then | and s | showed their solidarity by falling in| of seamen of the Marine Workers gime. Significantly enough, the mis- | union, and tock him away wile the |no demonstration outside the German | jine was reformed. Ex-Servicemen’s | picketers | League calls on all veterans to join} meaning of the action; in the militant demonstration against | With silence and given a printed| SEAMEN PICKET Parade Against Nazi Terror GERMAN CONSUL AS CROWDS CHEER Defy Police. and March at 10 a.m. today and march to the Going through Eighth Street, the for [ Shi Board of Estimate. A delegation of | leaders again stopped the W. E. S. L. | Before Ger man Ship 25 will present demands for relief _ members, denounced them as Com- Lines without discrimination and will also | ™munists, and threatened to call the pane demand that the city government | police. Workers on the sidewalk} NEW YORK.—Lower Broadway was | adopt resolution against the cuts came to the aid of the vets and|:hrown into an uproar during the day as thousands jammed the street ering a picket line e worket valks, ch Ind ! Union, German consulate The picket line marched in front in front of the ented demanding a boycott of Ger- | of the German shipping lines, North- d the break- | German Lloyd and Hamburg-Ameri- an, carrying signs calling for a struggle ainst the fascist terror. Consul Demands Arrest The consul came down on the reet and personally demanded that the police arrest the picketers. The Tammany-Roosevelt police seized Harry Jackson, post organizer ol the wd denounced them. The picket Reporters of the capite press who attempted to question ind: 1 in order to distorts the were met | statement of the union. | the German marine workers The statement cited the fact that re one | of the strongest sections of the forces | fighting Hitlerism and th ‘efore their union had been attacked as well as |the headquarters of ihe Internation- did not voice | fascist thugs to terr z at the | and smash the union j conference that he did in the house. | sailors are | He merely put forth the mild sug-/| policy and for better economic con-| | Labor, who| situation with the greatest. possible | and would not sign al of Seamen and Herbor Workers, in Hamburg. The secretary of the In- ternational was jailed by Hitler. The North German Lloyd and Ham- burg American Ines are already using ize the crews The German struggling against this ditions. “The workingclass is international. In fighting with the German work- ers, we are fighting for ourselves,” the statement concludes, JACKSON TRIAL MONDAY NEW YORK.—Abraham Bramow, LL.D. attorney of the New York dis- | trict, defended Harry Jackson, port- | organizer of the M.W.L.U. arrested on the picket line in front of the Ger- man consulate yesterday, at the pre- liminary hearing before Magistrate Harris. Jackson was held on charges of “parading without a permit and refusing to moveon when ordered.” He will be tried in magistrates court, Tombs building, Franklin and Center Streets, Monday at 10 a.m, TAMMANY SHIELDS HITLER NEW YORK. — Tammany Judge Wasserman, 1840 84th St., Brooklyn, refused to sign a petition denounc- ing and demanding an end to the Hitler terror, when approached by a worker Wednesday night. The honorable judge said he could not the petition be- coune of his “ Rovitiom.” | ON TO THE STREETS! The New York District of the Communist Party calis on all people, workers, Negre and white, native and for- eign-born, all organizations regardless of political or re- ligious belief, to join in a gi- gantic protest demonstration tomorrow morning before the German Consulate against the Hitler regime of murder and pogroms. Mass at South and Whitehall Streets, near the Battery, at 10 a.m. DE- MAND A STOP TO THE FASCIST TERROR OF THE HITLER - HINDENBURG MURDER GOVERNMENT. SOCIALISTS IN -REICHSTAG CAST NO VOTE AGAINST _ POWER TO HITLER [Socialist Deputies All Stand at Attention While Nazis Sing HITLER WARNS CENTER Monarchist - Hitlerite Clash Over Prussia BULLETIN BERLIN, March 23. — Goering who continually calls for the blood of the Communists, was today com- pelled by the mass pressure of workers throughout the world, to @nnounce in the Reichstag that Thaelmann and Torgler, Jeaders of the Communist Party of Germany, are safe in prison. He stated that “any foreign cOmmitiee will be allowed to see the prisoners.” BERLIN, March —In today's session of the Reichstag, convened | to give dictatorial powers to the Hit- ler Cab‘net, the Socialists refused to vote against the bill giving Hitler all power, although the objection of only a single Reichstag deputy wo enough to block the un: sent needed to pass the two readings at tod: ;Communist deputies y attend the se: Hermann Wilhelm Speaker of the Reichs’ meeting by reciting a Eckhardt’s Nazi hymn tic and anti-Marxist hate, Awake!” Hitler, addressing threatened the mination of hi He indicated Fascis; Germany gether very closely, “for understanding tional rebirth.” In_ conclusion, he shouted “You decide on peace or war,” challenging the Socialist and Centrist deputies to oppose him. When he finished, the Nazi depu- ties jumped to their feet, singing Deuts and Alles.” The So- cialists did n ed, but |rose and stood at during | the str the patriotic chant, the placable Reichstag, thanking Germany's Goering—Von Papen Rift Over Prussia. The election of the | mier has Prussian. Pre- been postponed owing to |conflicting claims of Colonel von |Papen, Hindenburg’s intimate and | representative of the feudal agra- |rians and big industri: s in the | Cabinet. d Ca Goering, Nazi | Reichstag nt, to the Premier- ship. DICTATORSHIP ON | | FOREIGN POLICY Roosevelt Tells Senate to Agree in Advance WASHINGTON, March 23.—Com- plete authority to conclude commere @al and other treaties without inter- ference from the senate is the latest move in tha enforcement of the Roosevelt policy of concentrating power in the hands of the executive department. The finance capitalists who deter= mine the policy of fhe Roosevelt ade ministration want to have a free hand, especially with regard to the question of inter-allied debts agree- ments, so they can use these dehts for political purposes. The tremen- dous sharpening of the international situation, the imminence of outbreak of war in Europe, the war in the Far East and the undeclared wars in South America impel the government to insist that its representatives at in- ternational conferences and its am- bassadors to the various countries be able to quickly conclude agree~ ments, without waiting for eongres- seeayel ere.