The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 25, 1933, Page 1

e Protest Fascist Terror Workers! Demonstrate teday at the German! Consulate against the Hitler-Hindenburg Gov- ernment! Mass at 10 a.m. at South and White- hall Streets near the Battery. Demand the release of Ernst Thaelmann and other Commu- nist leaders, as well as thousands of workers thrown into fascist dungeons and submitted to the most hideous tortures! Demand an end to the imprisonment and terrorizing of leading intellectuals of Germany! Demand a stop to | the anti-semitic pogroms of the Hitler regime! ‘| Demand a halt to the terror against the Ger- man workingelass organizations! | EDITORIALS | | A United Front to Fight Fascism The coming of Hitler into power is the establishment of the open dictatorship of German capital. Thousands upon thousands of Comiuunist workers, social-democratic workers, Catholic workers, intellectuals, Jews are tortured and murdered. Through fascism, German finance capital, the old rotten Junkers, the Kaiserists, the Princes of the Hohenzollern are endeavoring to find a way out of the crisis by increasing the burdens of wage slavery. The coming of fascism into power means the increas- ing of the offensive against the revolutionary proletariat in all capitalist countries; the growth of the acute war peril. In this situation the Communist Party is appealing to the broadest masses for the building of a united front against German fascism. It appeals to the social-democratic work- ers and organizations, to all mass organizations, to combine their forces in the struggle against fascism. In Europe already, the revolutionary trade union or- ganizations, the League Against Fascism in Germany, the Trade Union movement of Poland, the Confederation of La- bor in Italy, are calling a Congress of European workers against fascism. The workers of the U. S. A. cannot remain behind in this program. The struggle of the European workers against the German fascist dictatorship is also our struggle. It must become the struggle of the combined forces of the working class all over the world. The Communist Party is appealing to all workers, toil- ing farmers, intellectuals and especially the socia-democratic workers, to the members of the American Federation of Labor, to unite in a common struggle against German fas- cism in solidarity with the thousands of victims of Hitler’s band of criminals, the instruments of German finance capital. In every organization, in every shop, workers should unite in the anti-fascist committees. The Communists sincerely offer their hands to the so- cialist workers, to the workers in the American Federation of Labor and all toilers’ organizations, for organizing the most vigorous struggle against German fascism, against var, against the capitalist offensive. | Roosevelt Aids Banks, | Not Poor Farmers The farmers are the latest victims of th? increased hunger drive of the Roosevelt administration. This, like all similar actions, is described as a “relief” measure. Administration forces are busy whipping into shape this “farm relef” measure. An analysis of this shows that it does not aid the farmers any more than did the bank act aid the robbed depositors, or the “economy act” aided the war vet- erans, or the “jobiess relief” act aids the unemployed work- ers. Wherever the Roosevelt administration proposes “re- lief” for some part of the population, it is certain to be, in practice, an attack upon them. In the first place, it is holders of farm mortgages who will be benefited, because they will be able to exchange possi- bly as much illion dolars in doubtful paper for govern- ment bends drawing interest. Secondly, there will be a tax levied on the first wholesales (processor) who purchases di- rect from the farmer, to be equal to the difference between the present price and th pre-war price of certain farm prod- ucts, ma> ly grain and cotton. This tax is not to be paid direct to the farmer. It is to be used to force down farm acreage. Thws it will aid the rich farmers with large scale tarming and enable them to make a profit by reducing acre- h for them means only employing fewer farm ; but it will drive from the land additional tens of thousands of smell farmers through forced sales and fore- closures. It is the wave of strikes against mortgage foreclosures and low prices that compels these gestures of the Roosevelt government. Price raises for the produce of farmers will not raise prices to working class consumers in the cities. It is the food trust that keeps prices high. Just as it is the trust- ified control over manufactured articles that keeps up prices ef such products for both workers and farmers. Against such monopoly prices workers and farmers must wage a united struggle. Estimating the pre-war level of prices as 100 for the years 1909-1914, the purchasing power of farmers has fallen 46.6 since 1929. It is more than 53 per cent under the pre-war level. The income of grain farmers has fallen 70 per cent since 1929; of cotton farmers 72 per cent. What these figures mean in destitution for the impoy- erished farmers and their families can. be seen in the hun- dreds of letters to the Daily Worker from farmer correspon- dents. It is these letters and the reports of increasing resis- tance throughout the farming sections of the country that bring to the central organ of the Communist Party the rea! picture of farm life and indicate the way out through struggle. A continuation of the mass struggles of the farmers can force the government to take steps actually to aid the farmers. Instead of demands for moratoriums on debts, | instead of juggling with taxes, there should be raised an in- sistent demand, backed by mass struggles, for immediate cancellation of farma debts and for immediate emergency cash relief for the impoverished farmers, 2 Through organization and struggle these demands can be won, * een Bc. sega Expose Forced Labor! Your contribution, NOW, will enable the “Daily” to continue its exposure of forced labor in America. (See page 2.) Contribute, to keep your paper alive! @ ail Central Organ Ning OS (Section of the Communist International) “Vol. X, No. 72 ap: Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the Act of March 8, 18 EW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1933 DEMONSTRATE TODAY AT GERMAN orker maynist Party U.S.A. Your Class Duty! Right now your clas@ duty is to raise every possible penny for the Daily Worker. Only the response of every class-conscious worker can save the “Daily” for the great struggles ahead! CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents SAVE OUR PRESS! | READERS: O TIME must be lost. The Daily Worker was>gain held up last night by a breakdown of the press. We managed to make temporary repairs and get out today’s issue. We do not know whether we can get out Monday’s issue. We must face the fa cts: the collapse of the press is imminent. It will cause temporary stoppage of the “Daily.” To put the old press in working shape again will cost a few thousand dollars. To buy a new one will cost $20,000. Receints in the financial drive are falling down and a large part of the piled-un deficit still remains. Every cent contributed so far has gone to keep the “Daily” afloat. Nothing could be spared to rehabilitate the press. Quick action is needed BEFORE the press collapses. Action now that will result in several thousand dollars being rushed in within the next two or three days. See two friends today and send in their donations together with your own. Arrange a house a Party at once. See to it that appeals are made at every meeting or affair in your district. Borrow money if necessary—but tap every available source for immediate funds. EMERGENCY COMMITTEE OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO SAVE THE DAILY WORKER Received Yesterday—$416.31 Carlock in Plea | in Decatur on Monday are being ter- rorized and some may not appear,, representatives of the International Labor Defense charge. Some of the witnesses live in Jack- son county while others come from Morgan county where Decatur is lo- cated. The Negro witnesses are be- | ing called by the defense lawyers for the nine Scottsboro boys to prove that Negroes are eligible for jury service. They will at the same time testify that Negroes have not been called for | service during the past forty years. Militia Looms, Meanwhile the prosecution indica- ted today that it was “inclined” to call out the state militia, following a lengthy conference between Sheriff Davis of Morgan county and Attor- ney General Thomas E. Knight, Jr. Defense lawyers are not only vigor- ously opposing the calling of the troops, charging that it would simply provide protection for lynch mobs, but are persisting in their demand for a change of venue to Birmingham. baer eae Appeal by Carlock’s Widow. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Mar, 24.—A call to the workers of the country to fight for the lives and safety of the nine Scottsboro boys was made today by Mrs. Eula May Carlock, whose hus- band, Levon, was tortured and killed by six Memphis policemen on Feb. 25. “Dear Workers,” Mrs. Carlock writes, “We all out to do all we can 400. MINISTERS BACK DEFENSE DemandVenue Change in Scottsboro Trial PHILADELPHIA, March 23, —- On behalf of 400 ministers, the Baptist Ministers’ Alliance yesterday sent a wire to Gov. Miller of Alabama de- manding a change of’ venue from De- catur to Birmingham in the trial of the Scottsboro boys. The wire was sent after two mem- bers of the United Front Scottsboro Defense Committee spoke on the dan- ger of lynching facing the boys in and around Decatur. The decision to send the wire was reached despite the fact that the conference was filled with many supooxters of the Nationa! Association for the Advancement of Colored People which has repeatedly tried to disrupt the activities of United Front Scottsboro Committee in var- fous parts of the country. * Robert Minor William Weiner C. A. Hathaway Total to Date $24,223.97 Order National Guard 2 to Scottsboro Trial Negro Witnesses Terrorized; Widow of Slain’ for Negro Boys BULLETIN. DECATUR, Ala., March 24.—Following a conference with Attorney General Knight, the sheriff of Morgan County has asked tional guardsmen be sent to Decatur. that 30 na- DECATUR, Ala., March 24.—Through hostile newspaper propaganda and by direct means te 23 Nero witnesses now being subpoenied to testify in the Scottsboro trial which begins@— to save the Scottsboro boys from be- ing lynched in those white boss courts. Those nine boys was sur? in- nocent of doing anything, just like Levon Carlock was innocent. “Still a Chance.” “The polic2 shot Levon. He is dead now and we can’t bring him back. But we still have a chance to bring those other nine Negro boys out o the Alabama jail house. “The International Labor Defense can’t save Levon any more, but they have saved the nine young Scottsboro boys for two years and I really be- lieve I wouldn’t be alive if they had not come and shown me how we could fight against those killing us—and win the fight. “Let Him Be the Last.” “We must do all we can to carry on the fight and make it bigger. Each one of us can do something Now is the time to do. Let Levon Carlock be the last and save the Scottsboro boys. “Save us all from the boss class starvation and lynching. “EULA M. CARLOCK.” LANGERS’ LEG AMPUTATED Bombed Strike Leader in Critical Condition NEW YORK. — Morris Langer, strike leader and organizer of the fur dressers and dyers section of the Needle Trades Industrial Union, is in danger of death following the amputation of one leg yesterday. Ac- F cording to hospital reports it may be necessary to amputate the other leg to save his life. Police questioned Langer and his wife today about the assailants who nlaced the homb, the explosion of which caused his present critical con- dition, in his automobile. The state- ments given offer sufficient informa- tion to identify at least one of the hired thugs who perpetrated this crime with the aid of the A. & J. “follander Co. and Philip Singer of Dedede against whom Langer led a vw ec. A-CORRECTION In yesterday's editorial, “A Treach- erous Surrender to Fascism” the last sentence should read: the Social- Fascist leaders of Germany step by step become completely merged with the bourgeoisie, with Fascist dictator- BERLIN, March 14 (By Mail). — The “Rote Sturm- fahne”, illegal central daily newspaper of the German Communist Party, is being sold already on the streets of Berlin. An American now in Germany reports that he obtained the “Sturmfahne” in one of the streets of Ber- lin’s West End. COMMUNISTS GO ON THE BALLOT IN MISSOURI 8,000 Signatures; Had to Fight Adverse ecision ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 24. The workers Communist ticket was definitely placed on the ballot today for the elections which are to be held on April 4th. Though 8,000 signatures had been originally presented, it was rejected by the Election Commissioners last Monday. The decision was reversed by Judge Calhoun of the Circuit Court as a result of mass re- sentment by a large number of workers and their organiza- tions. In the short time left }the Communist Party is mob- ilizing all forces tu carry out an energetic campaign on the plat- form formulated for the Work- jers Communist election pro- gram. | | | | Prison Garb and Army Equipment Ordered in Forced Labor Camps |Seeretary Perkins Dec lares Cynically to Con- gressional Committee: “Good.Thing to Separate Jobless Man from Family” y day brings new revelations of the conscription of forced labor which he ief lezistation”. Certain unemployed, s, to the number of 250,000, are to be selected, ps under the supervision of the war ‘ora | cabinet member who suaceeded the lations at one be doing work from $3 to $4 a di nees Pe the ins, lady 3,000 Chinese Troops Assault Invader at Great Wall Passes CHINCHOW, —Three_ th Jaunched a attack upon Ma- jor Nakamura’s Japanese forces the Great Wall tot nely heavy fighting is pro- ing at the Wall ith Japanese reinforcements being rushed up to repel the assauit. troops TOKYO, March 24.—Princ hito, Su ¥ sub- mitted to Hirohito t erganization and for a mil paign in North Cx Kwantung posals for r ay , the massed North in around Tientsin and Peiping. armies PRAGUE, March 11 (By Mail). REPORT HITLER WILL DECLARE VERSAILLES TREATY VOID APRIL 1 April 1 the German government intends to declare the military provisions ell over Germ: in Poin ator ‘The mobilize erchly in East Pr All railroad of 190.000 men to 400,000 by April 1 By that time 7900 new officers will have been enrolled, recruited from former officers as well as from the ranks of the Stehlhelm and the Nazi storm detachments. stations are crowded with recruits from Steel Helmet and storm troop ranks. The concentration of the Pol- ish Army in the corridor is a reply | to the secret German mobilization. ‘Several squadrons of bombing planes are to be ready by April Ist. Minister Goering’s air commission of the Versailles Treaty null and void. The Reichswehr is being mobilized Mere than 709 ex-officers have been called to the colors the nest fow days, nrogressine fey- #. has occupied the empty Danat Bank se, one of the biegest bank buil in Berlin. Travellers from Berlin to Leivzig re- vort that outside every city along the line military formations can be seen maneuvering and training in the flelds, Rush Munitions. The big Ruhr factories have begun mass production of tanks and heavy guns. The shipyard’ that built U- Boats during the world war are work- ing under close military guard of the Hitler Auxiliary Police at} Reports from Berlin state that on|. notorious Doak, as head of the de- partment of labor, testifying yester- day before a joint meeting of the nate and house labor committees, aised the bill. When asked whether he approved a plan to force men to leave their families and slave in a camp for a year for $1 a day, the Tammany lady cabinet member flip- panily replied: “It might be the best thing that could happen in some cases to separate a man from his family for a year.” Complete Army Camp Equipment, Secretary of War Dern explained that the men “enrolled” would be taken to army camps, where they | would be “organized” by a skeleton force of army officers. Each camp will be equipped with army field | kitchens and cooks, barber shops wil! | be established, special police will be| | assigned to “guard” the camps and | leaves of absence will be under semi- | military rules. | Men will be medically examined so that only the healthiest will be se- _| lected. | Will Need to Be Healthy. was brought out that a number mp sites have already been d in the Tennessee river vall | he swamps of the Louisiana tur- pentine regions. The men will mostly live in tents furnished by the war department. In some places in cold- er climates construction of buildings are contemplated. In other places buildings, as at old saw-mills, that have been idle and in a state of de- cay will be used to shelter the forced laborers. Under such conditions the healthiest of men will be wrecks ir a year’s period of slavery. Green May Stop Opposition. While Wm. Green and the A. F. of L. executive council have opposed the bill there are indications that their opposition would be withdrawn i¢ some amendments are adopted stat- ing that the standard of workers in such swamps will not influence wages elsewhere, and modifying the military features, None of these “labor leaders” have raised the question of the principle involved—forsed labor under the guise of jobless relief. None of them put forth the demand of the rank and file workers of the Americar Federation of Labor and the Unem- ployed Councils for immediate cas! emergency relief and for unemploy- It CONSULATE! BIG INDUSTRY STRENGTHENS ITS CONTROL IN GERMANY Socialists, Abstaining at First, Cast Formal Vote Against It BULLETIN CLEVELAND, Ohio, Mar. 24. — One thousand workers marched on the German cons sulate here today. The consul showed them a cablegram stating that Thaelmann was “safe and sound.” BERLIN, March 24. — The enabling law passed by the Nazi - Nationalist controlled Reichstag yesterday has estab- lished a complete extra-parli- amentary dictatorship in Germany. Hindenburg still possesses the right to appoint the Chancellor or members of his Cabinet and reconstitute the government as he desires, Sipe ee This means that the industrialists and feudal agrarians have retained and consolidated their key positions in the German scheme of things. Hindenburg’s son, Major von Hinde! burg, is closely connected with ti German Nationalists, who still have a majority in the Cabinet, although their strength in the Reiahstag is li tle more than one-sixth of t eS. Dr. Alfred Hugenburg, managing dir- ector of the giant Krupp works dur~ ing the war, owner of Germany’s big- gest newspaper chain and of the Ufa Film Company, and chairman of the Nationalist Party still controls the key positions in the Cabinet, together with von Papen and other of Hin- denbure’s personal appointees, Of the eleven members of the Cab- inet, only three are Nazis: Chancel- lor Hitler, Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick, and Capt. Goering, Minister without Portfolio. Control of the Reichswehr is in the hands of General von Biomberg, Hindenburg’s personal appointee. The division of labor enables von Papen and Hugenburg to shift to Hitler and Goering the responsibility for the Nazi reign of terror. This scheme of cooperation is con- firmed by a resolution voted yester- day by the E: tive Commit: oO! the Reichsverband der Deutschen Industrie (Federation of Industries). under the chairmanship of Krupp von Bohlen and Holbach, owner of the famous Krupp munitions and steel works. The unanimous reso- lution ex ses the industrialists’ support of the Hitler Cabinet, stating that “it had the basis for stable gov It specified that for- as a result of ting policies” and pledged 's fullest support to the Government. eet The Social Democratic Party did nothing in erday’s Reichstag to db) of the Hitler high- 2 . jondent re- y not to ment of the e tomorrow's Rei ion, al- though they wo been able to do so b: is Not a S s raised to block the unanimo consent re- cing the bill from its d, or from Wels, chairman of mocratic Party, begged the Nazis “not to take our honor from us,” and pointed to the Socialists* patriotic record during the past four- teen years. Wels merely repeated in more pa= thetic tones what he had written to von Papen after the notorious Reich- stag fire, in which he assured the “hichly respected Vice-Chanaellor” that the Social Democratic Party had nething to do with the Communists and that “it is sufficient to examine the Communist Press's sharp attacks on the Social Democratic Party to be= come convinced that a united front between the Communists and the So- ‘al Demoa:ats does not exist.” He also denied that the Vorwaerts printed any report that the Reichs stag had been set on fire at Goering’s orders, -——— A Soviet broadcast from Moscow will be relayed over Station WABC at 4:15 p.m. today. The Pianitz- ment and social insurance at the ex- pense of the government and the em- ployers. sky Concert Orchestra and other groups will be heard.