The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 22, 1933, Page 6

Pablished by the Comprodafty Publiching Ce., Address and mall checks to the Daily Worke Ine, dalty oxeept Sunday, at 3 B Math 8, New York City, N.Y. Telephone Algonquin 4-756. Cable “DAIWORK.” r, 50 KE. 13th St., New York, N. ¥. ‘Dail 0 By Mail everywhere: One year, $6; six months, $8.50; 3 months, $2; 1 month, 75e, excepting Borough @BSCRIPTION RATES: w York City. 3 months, $3. ef Manhattan and Sronx, One year, $9; 6 months, $: JULY 22, 1983 Foreign and eee Soviet Union Begins Harvesting with Big Gains in Azerbaijan 70 Collective Farms Fulfill Whole Year’s Grain Delivery Program; More Food Floods Soviet Cities MOSCOW, July 21.—First reports of the harvest which is beginning in various sections of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics tell of the increased grain yields and successes in the rapid collection of the crops, M. Bagiroff, president of the Council of Commissars of the Azerbaijan Republic in the central Caucasus sent a telegram to Joseph Stalin and Molotoff the suc- >——————___— “"" CERMAN TRADE FALLS AS JEWS he program of 10,000 tons grain delivery to the state has been ex- ceeded by 600 More than ctive farms have already f whole year's the rkets, including fresh fruits. = TN ce vegetables bread at lower prices than 20,000 London Jews yer tending to standar s living of the workers in the uss.| Demonstrate Against % Fascists AMSTERDAM, July 21.—German EDDY, AMERICAN, ATTACKS NAZIS IN BERLIN TALK trade to many countries has been re- duced by 30 per cent since Hitler came to power, delegates reported to the conference of Jewish leaders meeting here today to co-ordinate a world boycott in retaliation against Nazi anti-Semitism. Holland’s imports from Germany _ War is imminent. Don’t wait—fight against war NOW! against war; root it deepest in the factories---Rally August First! | PREVENT THE EXPLOSION! | | | | | | BERLIN, July 21.—A large section of the audience applauded when Sherwood Eddy, American sociolo- gist, defied the German Fascists and Gelivered a sharp attack on their persecution of their foes, before a large gathering of business and fessional leaders here yesterday, a reception given® him by the Shurz Society. Pointing out that America is judged by world opinion because of the Mooney, Sacco-Vanzetti, Scotts- boro and other cases, he declared to his German audience: “You cannot hide your treatment of the Jews, liberalx. Socialists and Communists.” Commenting on the Nazi suppres- sion of all criticism, he said: “Col- umns of such criticism are wel- comed in the press of Soviet Rus- | were reported to have been cut 40) per cent, and Egyptian imports to} have been practically stopped. The| conference adopted a resolution call-| ing for a complete boycott. * . LONDON, July 21—Twenty thou- Build a mass.workers’ front =: 20! ANT] FASCIST TO BE PART OF AUG. 1 STRUGGLE AGAINST WAR Youth Anti-War Group Asks Loan of Cars NEW YORK.—The use of three automobiles for five weeks is re- quested by the Youth Section of the American Committe2 for the Strus- gle Against War. The Youth Sec- tion is planning to send out six young workers and students in the field for five weeks to stimulate activity in preparation for the American Anti-War Congress and the World Congress “of Youth Against War and Fascism to be held in Paris. Those desiring to aid the advance of the youth anti-war movement in this way are asked to communicate with Carl Geiser, Room 1610, 104 Fifth Ave., or phone ALgonquin 4- 7514, NAZIS ORGANIZE ~ GERMAN, IRISH at pre i BS 7 | sand Jews marched to Hyde Park | yesterday in an anti-Nazi demonstra- tion, the biggest demonstration in the history of London Jewry. Sir Oswald Moseley’s British Fascists, who had threatened to attack the demonstra- tors, stayed away when they saw the | size of the demonstration. | * ee BERLIN, July 21—Fritz Kreisler, the violinist, has announced that he will refuse to appear anywhere in Germany so long as any discrimin- ation against Jewish artists continues. YOUNG GERMANS FIGHT AGAINST FORCED LABOR 900 Demonstrate on Way to Slave | Hans Hinkel, Prussian State Commis- sia by the laboring men. But only | today a German said to me, ‘Tell| me what is going on in our country. | We don’t know.’” sioner of Culture, in an endeavor to persuade the famous violinist to play in Germany, has declared that non- German Jews would not be molested. Questions and Answers on the N.I.R.A. Question: What will happen if |saving machinery, by firing higher the workers strike when a code is | paid workers, and hiring “learners” applied to an industry? and the like who are outside the Answer: The government will use | Code. With inflation increasing, and all its force, first conciliators, then| With the codes all providing for threats and fi brutal action to | higher prices on goods, the purchas- attempt to smash the strike. David | ing power of the toiling masses will Lawrence, Washington correspondent be effectively cut. of the New York Sun, has thrown Question: Is there any action some interesting light on this point.| being taken to fight the steel ‘We cuote excerpts from his article| code? of July 19: “The Government ... Answer: Yes. This is being led by can also authorize the employment|the Steel and Metal Workers In- of any kind of Tabor to supplant the | dustrial Union. All steel workers who ~ Yabor that strikes or refuses to ac-| want copies of the leaflet which con- cept the Government dictation. . tains the demands of the steel work- Employers affected by these out-|ers against the code, or desire infor- breaks (strikes) already are appeal- | mation about the workers’ delegation ing to the Government . Un-|going to Washington to the hear- questionably a system of arbitration ings on the steel code, get in touch will be evolved with a machinery | with John Meldon, secretary, at 1524 of conciliation in labor disputes and | Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa. the final authority will be the Fed-| ease | BERLIN, July 21—Nine hundred} unemployed workers from Magdeburg between 18 and 24 years of age, who) had been receiving unemployment benefits, were sent to the forced la- | bor camps at Pommern, on pain of having their benefits cut off. They marched in closed formation | from the suburbs to the railway. sta- | tion, attracting atttention by shout- ing “Rot Front!” and singing the “International.” | |. When they arrived at the Nazi) headquarters shouts of “Down with) Fascism!” resounded from one end-of the street to the other. \“The Soviet Union—| | Stronghold of Peace” “The Soviet Union—A Strong- | | hold of Peace”—is the title of an | article by Harry Wicks, to appear next Saturday, July 29, in the | | special Anti-War issue of the | | Daily Worker. | | This and other features will) make next Saturday's edition in-| | valuable to all workers and) | friends of the Soviet Union. Or- ganizations are urged to order their extra bundles of this im- Death Decreed for Six Spanish Demonstrators Six More Get Life Imprisonment; Socialists | Attack Communist Deputy in Parliament BADAJOZ, July 21—Six workers corivicted of participating in labor demonstrations at Castilblanco in January, 1932, were sentenced to death here today; six were condemn- ed to life imprisonment and ten ob- tained pardons. It was expected that that the death sentences would be commuted to life imprisonment and the life sentences would be reduced to 20 years. Greatest secrecy as to. the names and whereabouts of the prisoners is being maintained in order. to avoid further demonstrations, since the working class of this city is highly aroused over the cases, ee el MADRID, Spain, July 19.—When Communist Deputy Balbotin charged Socialist members of Parliament with Ex-Kaiser Says He Admires Roosevelt NEW YORK, , July: 21.—Former Kaiser Wilhelm is a great admir- er of President Roosevelt, Prince Louis Ferdinand, the ex-Kaiser’s grandson, said yesterday when he returned from a visit to the for- mer emperor. “Grampa is certainly | portant issue without delay! keen about your President Roose- velt,” he declared. | | | IRISH. FASCISTS ORGANIZE PARTY TO FIGHT REDS Blue Shirt Army Plans; Anti- Communist. WORKERS IN US. Support of Educators Obtained Here by Deception NEW YORK.—Hitler fascist agents are forming “cells” throughout the United States. Fascist papers are in- creasing in number. Mobilization in support’ of the Nazis is not only pro- ceeding among the immense number of Germans living in this, country. American and Irish individuals are being drawn into the Nazi propa- ganda. army either upon the basis of salary or by clever maneuvers, the National Committee to Aid Victims PROTEST Fascist Germany an Armed Camp; Hitler Seeks War as Way Out of Crisis TS HAD EGOS ERE. | NEW YORK.—Calling attention | to the sharp war danger involved | in German Hillerism, the National Committee to Aid Victims of Ger-\ man Fascism called: on all organ- \ izations and workers today to make the August 1 demonstration against wer equally a mass. dem- onstration of protest against’ Fas- cism. “The trend of Fascist development in Germany is to place the entire nation on a military footing similar to the conditions in war-time,” the committze’s statement said. affection within the Nazi ran continues. Misled, poor middle class elém poor farmiers and proletarians are fast awakening to of the fascist program, are ing to see that fascism is an instrument. to save capital- | ism instead of feeding the workers, | Undoubtedly Hitler’ welcomes a | sharpening of the danger of a new | world war and participates openiy in |making this danger more .acute as +one y to draw tne attention of | discontented German workers away | from his own rascalities. | “Every anti-war demonstration on August 1, every preliminary mobil- ization for August 1, should connect the fascist terror|in Germany and the intensification of the war, dan- ger by the Hitler regime with all anti-war agitation and protest. All | meetings should pass resolitions de- manding thé freedom of Thaelmann, Torgler and all class war prisoners and popularize "the national collec- | tion week, August 7 to 14 @Quly 23 to August 1, in Chicago; July 31 |to August 7 in New York), held to aid the German ‘class war prisoners and victims of Hitler fascism. At all August 1 demonstrations, dele- gations should be elected to visit the |German consuls to‘demand the free- | dom of these prisoners and @ cessa- tion of the fascist terror.” peer rade LL.D. Organizes Wave of German fascism announced today. | having established virtual martial law | throughout Spain in defiance of the Parade the chamber here today, the Socialist | deputies replied by attacking Balbo- | tin with their fists. The Communist) deputy succeeded in beating off his) assailants until order was restored by the police, HULL ASKS FOR TARIFF TRUCE Objects Bars Against U. S. Dumping LONDON, duly -21---Seeretary of} State Cordell Hull presented to. Spe) ¥ nd & mic ; paphard & ying. World eeoncrats | police to preserve order, to advance delegates from all parts of Ireland met in the national convention of the Irish Fascists here today. Eoin O'Duffy, former chief of police of Dublin, was elected president. Ernest Blythe, former vice-president of the Irish Free State, and General | Richard Mulcahy were on the plat- | form, wearing the blue shirt uniform of the organization. ‘The organization decided on Ppa- rade August 13 in honor of the found- ers of the Irish Free State. The convention decided to change Comrades Association to National Guard. A constitution was adopted saying that the aim of the organiza- tion was to assist the army and the constitution, at the opening session of | 7 aay thi et, . DUBLIN, July. 21—One. thousand | the name of the Free State Army| “The ‘Friends of Germany’ recent- ly organized, with Col. Emerson as president and J. J. O’Donohue as sec- ing the period of preliminary organ- ization, was able to secure the support of several educators who support the | National Commitiee to Aid Victims | of German Fascism,” the committee said. “All anti-fascist forces must be on | the alert and only mass mobilization | and mass moyement will, stem and defeat the activities of the Hitler fas- | cist agents in this country. | The National Collection Week, of- ficially announced for August 7 to 14 | (July 23 to Aug. 1 in Chicago, July 31 to | Aug. 7 in N.Y.) constitutes a nation- wide action against Nazi agents and for support of the German workers, the victims of the Hitler terror. Dur- ing the week street meetings should | shop gates, in labor headquarters. Conference today the draft of an in-| national ideas, and encourage the fit- ternational agreement for a tariff| ness of Irish youth. Speakers said truce to go into effect at once. | Christian parentage were eligible. ‘This, like all other proposals to the) conference will be turned down. Hull} O'Duffy was greeted with a Fascist presented it because of the action of/ salute when he spoke. He said, “Who | a number of countries in raising high-| do not accept the view that Commu- er tariff barriers‘against the attempt | nists should be free to. organize or of the Roosevelt- administration to) preach doctrines. subyersiye to Christ- dump surplus Commodities on the| ianity. Our attitude to them is ag- Wwerld market. iammcke We won't‘have them.” eral Government.” | Question: Is there anything | about spies in the steel mills con- | tained in the steé¢l code? Answer: The steel code says nothing about labor spies, but the | company union plans and the em-| ploye representation schedule are perfectly suited for an increased use | of spies to keep the workers from | saying anything against the slave | codes in the meetings called by the company. | Question: If all industries have | a code providing a minimum wage | Councils and Leagues Will Work Towards United Movement By HERBERT BENJAMIN E months have passed since the convention of May 13 to 15, Movement to limit rank and file representation from all organizations and to. ex- clude the Unemployed Councils “al- together. As a resulf the delegates from a large variety of small and relatively unimportant -organizations exerted an influence in the conyen- tion entirely out of proportion to their real influence and importance in the unemployed movement. Must Build Local Federations to Unify Jobless of or contact with the basic, organ-| Present Leadership of ized, loyed masses, tryi to : . iepiliate for ke pent authority Federation Mainly Sectarian over these masses and their organ- izations. Worst of all, some “ad these are actu: f) d to unity and 7 are unptidet be ingot oeavasignis izations, there will-be ‘crystalized the maneuvers to sabotage and disrupt the movement for unity. “In the period that has intervened since the formal establishment of struggle,’ the’ common objects whfch it must be directed and the need for “a unified Call for Fund Raising | “Resolutions of protest should be | denburg, Berlin, Germany, and to the German Ambassador, Washington, D.| | Workers’ organizations should | consul in the city, demanding the re- |lease of Thaelmann, Torgler and | all the other imprisoned workers. assist the class war prisoners and vic- tims of the -Nazi terror becomes a paramount issue. During the nation- al week of protest, there should be an outpouring cities, ing taken to mobilize for this week in | remain inactive. with its large German population, Akron, Youngstown, Baltimore, etc., r this realization .of fhe oneness ' of the national collection week will be sent toto any city, organization or respon- Write to National | should get into action, | Directions to cooperate in | sible individual. retary, by hiding its fascist aims dur-) | be held in workers’ neighborhoods, at | | slect committees to visit the German | “Funds for defense and relief to defense and relief, in all! collecting tn neighborhoods, shops, at street meetings, at meetings of workers, Although steps are be- the larger cities, the smaller cities Cities like Buffalo ‘of Anti-Nazi Protests NEW YORK —A stream of delega- tions to the twelve German consul- | ates thruout the country, to demand the release of Thaelmann, Torgler, Dmitrov, Popov, and Tanev, framed leaders of the German workers whom the fascists are seeking to mur- der, and an end to the persecution and terror against. German workers, Jews and intellectuals, is being pre- pared by the International Labor De- fense for the National Week of De- fense and Relief of Victitns of Ger man Fascism, Aug. 7 to 14; in Chi- | cago, July 23 to August 1; in New York, July 31 to Aug. 7, it was an- | nounced today. This will be supplemented by floods of resolutions from ILD branches, | workers and liberal organizations, and | prominent individuals, to Ambassador Hans Luther, in Washington, D. C. and President Paul Von Hindenburg, Berlin, Germany. These actions, coupled with pro- only ‘persons of Irish birth and’ adopted and mailed to President Hin-/| test meetings and demonstrations, and | collections of funds for defense and relief, are designed to reflect the wrath of the masses against Hitler fascism and their solidarity with its victims, At all anti-fascist demonstrations and meetings, the ILD will bring out the issue of Scottsboro, Mooney, and local campaigns, In particular the | attention of the workers will be drawn | to the: struggle which the American | workers are preparing against the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the American Socialist Party leaders ship, which has refused to join the united front for Aid to the Victims _of German fascism, and which is now leading a campaign for splitting the anti-fascist forces, thus rendering direct aid to Hitler and his gangster will be exposed. » ee Philadelphia Calls’ Anti-Fascist Meet | { and maximum hours will this raise th ers ie -purchasing power of the work- | |. organization | i f Germ: x % |where the National Federation of Weakens Unity Movement the Federation of feansd ths thbes Carbo hiarevuraren | Geentreoua oc wee N| PHILADELPHIA.—THe Anti-Fas- Answer: The result will be a low- | Unemployed Leagues was launched. | This convention, originally called by ering of the purchasing power of the workers. Here are the facts. In the cotton industry, the_bosses have the right to lower wages that are now above the minimum. Workers are being fired in the North and South. Johnson says this is neces- the Socialist leaders of the “Work- |ers’ Committee on Unemployment” |for the purpose of forming a na- tional organization in opposition to the Unemployed Councils was im- portant primarily béCause it pro- |vided the first test for the unity | policy of the Unemptoyed Councils. Tifls policy stood the test. The un- concealed efforts of the socialists and the sneaky efforts of all man- |ner of renegadés to prevent and sabotage unity were defeated. The convention by an overwhelming ma- jority accepted the prin@ple that we must aim to estabMSh one united unemployed organization. This decision of the Chicago con- |} vention was its only significant |achievement. The weakness of the convention was that it Was unable to produce an instrument that could not only affirm the need for unity but could actually serve to help bring about this needed unity. This serious weakness was inevit- able in view of the manner in which the convention was organized and its consequent composition. Since the socialist sponsors of the conven- tion were opposed to unity and in- tended in fact to set up a national organization to fight against the Unemployed Councils, they prevent- ed all preliminary discussion of real unity. For this reason, 0, they tried sary because you have to break eggs to make an omelet. But the omelet is for the bosses. Because they have a total payroll, and the object will be under the codes to keep this pay- roll total below what it was before the codes were passed. They will do it by speed-up, by introducing labor- On Jail Hunger Strike HELSINGFUKS, Finland, July ) oe hundred Communists, fering under inhuman treat- ment in Finnish jails, have gone on a hunger strike, which has now Jasted ten days. They are demanding that the Jail authorities cease persecuting them, and that they be allowed reading matter. They have re- fused to work. At the request of the govern- ment, the Finnish newspapers have refused to publish any news of Wee strike, ton). Instead he brought All of these fatal weaknesses were carried over into the National Com- mittee which was elected by this convention. This committee is in no sense representative of the principal bodies of organized unemployed upon whom a unified unemployed move- ment must be based. The officers of the Federation are unknown and without standing or authority in the eyes of the great masses of organ- ized unemployed or any other part of the labor movement. These offi- cers in turn, know very little about the unemployed movement outside their own immediate and relatively narrow sphere of activity. To make matters worse, these of- ficers who themselves are members of very small, isolated organiza- tions, are indifferent to the views of the authoritative spokesmen of the principal mass organizations (Councils and Leagues). Instead, they are swayed By irresponsible ele- ments on the National Committee who represent no one but them- selves. Thus at the National Con- vention of the Unemployed Leagues, Dixon, the president of thé Federa- tion, ignored and violated the deci- sion of the mafority of the members of the National Committee who were present (Guss, Unemployed Councils; Truax and Lore, Unemployéd Leagties; Harrington, United Produc- ers and Citizens Leagues of Washing- H. BENJAMIN Photo taken on his last trip to Washington. oo the disruptive policy of the renegades (Ohler who represents no one; and Conners, who declared that his or- ganization is not affiliated to the Federation). Of the entire National Committee of 15, only two are members of the Unemployed Councils and even these very able comrades are not in a po- sition to maintain contact with the Councils outside of Chicago. The Unemployed Leagues, which is the next largest nai.#ial organization, have likewise only two members on the National Committee of the Fed- eration, As a result, we have a Committee composed in its large majority, of forward | individuals who have no knowledge Ufiemployed Leagues, the weakness of its Na- themselves’ the. best, most capable Fascism, 75 Fifth Ave., New York, N. YY” tional ‘Committee has been revealed by its record of inactivity. Worse. than this, the sectarian and treach- erous elements who shc*e control of the National Committee have at- tempted to obstruct the struggle for and devoted leaders. The members of a3 Wpemploved'| Counciis on the Navional Co! at the largest and | tee of the Federation of Unemployed Hlopd Councils are ag: continue thelr efforts td activize this com- Workers + Leagues,” will unemployment insurance and for the unification of the unemployed move- ment. ‘ Must Set Up Local Federation The work of building the local and state federations which must be the main task in the process of unifying the’ unemployment move- ment, has been entirely ignored ex- cepting where the Unemployed Councils took the initiative. (Penn- sylvania, Ohio, Chicago.) In the face of growing need and demand, for genuine unemployment insurance, members of the Federation's Na- tional Committee declare that while they are “in favor of kidding the workers along on this issue, they don’t really consider this impor- tant! In the light of these facts, we must recognize that the convention of May 13, 14 and 15, did not estab- lish'a Federation. Such a Federation is yet to be established. It‘can and will be in the course of the local struggles around the ,burning issues, and for the basic demands of the) unerfiployed masses. Out of the unit- ed actions. conducied by the workers: mittee in: the direction of a united unemployed’ movement. To the ex- tent to .which all other earnest members of this ‘committee support such efforts, and help prevent sabo- tage of the. unification campaign, this committee»can serve to help advance the. principal aims: outlined at the Federation’ convention. The task of unifying the unem- ployed. movement. cannot, however, in any case be left to the National Committee of the Federation. Even if it were stronger and more repre- sentative, even if it were free of the influence of the sectarian and disruptive elements who now occu- py such a prominent and often a committee could not alone carry out this task. i ‘ All unemployed workers must ac- tively enter the struggle to unify the forces of the militant unemployed masses. The workers already organized in the Unemployed Councils can and must play the most active and de- cisive role in this as in all actions dominant position . within’ it, such | most militant as well as the most firmly established of the existing unemployed organizations. No other organization is so nearly a real na~- tion-wide movement. Fighting divi- sions of the Unemployed Councils jcities and towns in 42 states. The lead the fight for unity of all who are willing to conduct a militant fight against hunger. _ In this fight we’ must direct our- town ahd county: federations wher- ever two. or more unemployed or- \like the national convention, such | Federations shall be wastZ upon proportional ‘representation, directly | from the lowest units of each par- i ticipating organization. This will \serve to guarantee that the real will be expressed in the decisions of the Federation. Out of such local Federations the State and eventually National Fed- eration will develop that will pave the way to a complete merger and thus a unification into one mighty, fighting unemployed organization: in fare organized in more than 500) Unemployed Councils Will continue to selves first to the establishment of | ganizations exist side’ by side. Un- | will and needs of the rank and file | cist Committee of Philadelphia has against Fascism for July 26, at 8 p.my at Fourth and Chestnut Sts. The rank and file of the Italian | Unemployed Union voted to support the demonstration despite attempts of, its leaders to arouse sentiment against the meeting. | The role of the Khaki Shirts will be exposed at this meeting. These American Fascists -have been con= centrating among . Italian workers, but many of them. have recently left the organization,.declaring it to be a money-making racket for its self- | appointed leader, Pope, Arch-Enemy of | Soviet, Joins Hands In Patt with Hitler | VATICAN CITY, Rome, July 21— The Pope, the arch-enemy of the | workers’ government. of the Soviet | Union, has hastened to conclude a | pact with the bloody-handed govern- | ment of Adolf Hitler. | A concordat was signed yesterday ‘at the Vatican by Franz Von Papen, Hitler's vice-Chancellor, and_ C; nal Pacelli, papal secretary of state, ‘The pact calls for close co-operas tion between the Catholic Church called an outdoor mass meeting } now divided between various organ- that affect the millions of jobless ‘part: workers. . The .Unem- and ‘part time every city, town, county, State and} and the Fascist government, aig