The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 16, 1933, Page 6

Page Six Published by the Comprodatiy Publishing 18th St., New York City, N. ¥ Telephone ALgonquin 4-79, Co., Inc., daity except Sunday, at 50K Cable “DAIWORK.” Address and mail chacks to the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St., New York, N.Y: FRENCH SUBSIDY DECREE PLANNED T0 FLYERS FOR War, Say Newspaper: TRAIN MORE COMING WAR _Balbe Flight Example of Aircraft Role in Next) s, Agitating for Big, New French Air Fleet PARIS, Aug. 15—As General Italo Balbo’s air armada returned to Italy | after its spectacular mass flight to America and back, the French Air Ministry has issued a decree to promote aviation in France. By subsidizing manufacturers of aircraft, and freeing them from taxa- | tion, the French government will make possible the putting of small tourist | market for as little ®#— aircraft 0 as It 13 about $690) admitted that this provide France of trained pil- tion in the next is Officially In ma neement, the French new have a drive for a meh air pointing to itary of Balbo's f deci: France x han ten planes capable of equalling the Ital- lan ones All declare that the Italian f what will be in the is an example of on a mass scale next war “Italy has an aerla we have no equ: velle. “It should Italian aviatior ward pacific ends, for commercial conquests. does not disguise that his is essentially military.” “Group flight such as the Ital- fans have achieved until now with unparalleled success have an essen- | tially military character,” says Le| Journal. “The results obtained by | General Balbo’s squadron make it | easy to imagine aerial armadas| crossing oceans and participating a major naval engagements in the next war. St is stupid self-deception to place any faith in international treaties which outlaw bombardment | from the air.” | is not directed to- and does not aim | Mussolini aviation Hitler Government: Shown Financing | Attack on Austria Austrian “Bands Held| in Germany for Raids| Over Border VIENNA, Aug. 15.—The semi-offi- cial newspaper “Reichpost” a poe that the German Legation has been acting as courier for the illegalized| Nazi organizations in Vienna, and} that seized documents reveal a cam-/ paign subsidized by the German gov- | ernment to overthrow the Dollfuss government by sabotage in trade and industry The seized correspondence reveals | fear of the Nazis that other foreign) powers may inte! , and gives de-| tails of a widespread system of anti-| Dollfuss agitation PARIS. Austrian N armed alon; 1 border, it is Large bands of It was said the Nazis prepar- ing to launch these Austrian Nazi| battalions against Austria, and that) the German nment will dis- claim onsibility by pointing to| the Austrian nationality of the in-| vaders. 13-Year Old German | Girl Writes About | Fascist Rule) = = | NEW YORK, Aug. 15—The fol- lowing letter has just been received by relatives here from a 13-year-old gir! in a small German town. The |} Jetter is reprinted verbatim, except for the name of the town and of the Nazi leader, which are sup- pressed to protect the writer and} her family. “Dear sisters and brother-in-law “Let me tell you, in Germany, and} especially in the neighborhood ot Siuvitgar:, things are happening. The Hitler bandits come to Com-| munists and look through their apartments, if they have arms. Pather is a Communist, but they have not come to our town yet. But they will come here too. To- day a big swastika was put on the city hall and a flag—black, white, and red. K-—— is the Nazi leader here, every day he puts out his| Swastika flag. In this town there are only 283 Nazis. I suppose you know what Nazi means, they want a Kaiser again and the Communists want work, freedom and bread. From the Kaiser, we won't get any- thinc to eat. They want to play soldiers, the bandits. And now they even put Communists and So- ejal-Democrats in jail. Tonight, I buried father’s Communist button in our garden and burnt everything, calender and everything, so that they won’t find anything when they White Guard Prince in Conference With Nazis) RIGA, Aug. 15.—Prince Lieven, the notorious Russian White Guardist, and other Baltic barons held a con- ference here with a group of Ger- man fascists who came on the pre- text of making an excursion. The White Guard prince was at the border to meet uhem. The railway- Men on the train which carried the Nazi delegation reported that they + | onstrati men of Guard were poisoned by food. It is believed caused by the supper served ‘last night. Hospital Lungyen Reported Retaken from Reds Refugees Still Pour Into Amoy NEW YORK, Aug. 15—An Asso- ciated press dispatch from Amoy yesterday reported that Lungyen, the ch y captured by the Chin- ese Red army in its drive last week, a been recaptured by the 19th Route Army, The patchces also state, how- ever, that refugees continue to pour into Amoy, dbout 90 miles southeast of Lungyen. ‘The Red army is reported to have retreatea to a point west’ of Lung- yen. Anti-Fascist Meeting Greets Italian Cadets at Docks in Baltimore BALTIMORE, Aug. 15.—Many Italian sailors and cadets from two Italian naval training ships docked at the foot of Broadway joined the audience at an anti-Fascist meeting on the waterfront here last Friday night, under the auspices of the Communist Party. Several attempts to disrupt the meeting failed due to the large number of militant seamen present. Italian workers interpreted the speakers’ words to the visiting cadets. Governor Ritchie and Mayor Jack- son of Baltimore have been giving a royal reception to Admiral Romeo Bernotti and the other officers of the two ships, but only the militant wor were interested in giving a | proletarian reception to the 400 sail- ors and cadets. Leaflets in Italian, exposing Amer- ican and Italian Fascist imperialism, were distributed among the seamen, most of whom come from proletarian and poor peasant families, Strikes Banned in British Guiana to Stop 8-Hour Demand GEORGETOWN, British Guiana, Aug. 15.—Attempting to smash a worke: campaign for the eight- hour day, the government has for- bidden all mass meetings and dem- workers had planned to yesterday, and mass on Union walk out |Bourda Green as the opening act of their 8-hour campaign, and to march to the government buildings to present their demands. Critchlow, secretary of the union, called off the strike and demonstra- tion French Army Claims Victory in Morocco PARIS, Aug. 15.—With the largest armed force France has had in the field since the World War, a French | victory over anti-imperialist Moroc- can tribesmen at Marrakech was re- Ported yesterday. One thousand Berbers were said to have been taken prisoner after fierce fighting in the Upper Atlas Moun- tain regions. | Albanian Exile Shot in Greece ATHENS, Aug. 15.— Hassan Bey Pristina, former premier of Albania, | was shot and killed at Saloniki yes- terday by Ephraim Tselo, an: Alba- njan fruit merchant. Tselo said Pristina had tried to in- duce him to assassinate King Zogu of Albania. Pristina was a leader of a group of Albanian exiles in Greece. Bolivian Forces Claim Chaco Gain LA PAZ, Bolivia, Aug. 15.—Boli- vian air forces bombed a Paraguayan position in Gran Chaco, and reported yesterday they had forced the de- fenders to flee. Bolivians also claimed the capture of some strong positions in the Gon- dra Bullo area in an all-day battle, and said they repulsed a later coun- ter-attack with heavy casualties on the Paraguayan side, 30 Guardsmen in Nebraska Poisoned ASHLAND, Neb., Aug. 15—Thirty the Nebraska National that the poisoning was Eight are in St. Joseph's in Omaha, while 22 are Sanyo themselves in a thor-| confined in the camp hospital. oughly provocative manner during}; The men are all from Grand ‘heir whole journey through Latvia. | Islar~ Hubert | | | ' | Daily, Worker’ | Only by United Effort of the Workers Can His Claws Be Clipped! SUBSCRIPTION’ RATES: Ty Mail everywhere: One year, $6; six months, $9.50; 8 months, $2; 1 month, 756, exeepting Borough of Ma: n and Bronx, New York Cit; Foreign and Canada: One year, $9; 6 months, $5; 3 months, $3. AUGUST 16, 1933 a | | | | | | Soviet Army “Szechuan Will Be the) |Next All-Red Province of China” SHANGHAI (By Mail).—The big success recently won by the Fourth |Red Army of China in northeast Szechuan has aroused much anxiety and fear on the part of the imper- jalists and the Kuomintang. “Le Journal de Shanghai,” organ of the French imperialists here, in a dis- patch from its correspondent in Chentu, capital of Szechuan Provy- ince, says: “The Red Army is practically be- coming the master of the times in Szechuan.” The same correspondent adds: “As banditry (an imperialist des- cription of peasant uprisings) is spreading terribly, we fear very much that Szechuan will follow Ki- angsi Province and be the next all- Red province of China.” The Central Soviet District is es- tablished in Kiangsi Province, Red Victories in Szechuan Since its victorious entry into Szechuan last winter, the Fourth Red Armiy, under the leadership of Com- rade Ho Lung, with the support of the toiling masses and peasantry ‘Death Decreed for Two Indian Revolutionists CALCUTTA, Aug. 15. — While troops patrolled the town of Chit- tagong, and heavy police guards sur- rounded the court in Chittagong, | sentence of death was passed on two Indian nationalist revolutionaries, | and a third, a girl, was sentenced to | transportation to a penal colony for | life. Death was decreed for Surya Sen and Tarakeswar Deastidar, trans- portation for Kalpana Dutt, for a terroristic attempt on the life of a judge in Chittagong, The prisoners shouted reyolution- ary slogans as they were taken from the court. They were given only a ® Sweeps Over Central China Region' quickly captured the towns of Wan uan, Tung Kiang, Nan Kiang and Pa Chung. A Soviet government of the combined provinces of Szech- unan-Shensi was established within three month’s time. In the struggle against the armies of the Kuomin- tang, the cities of Pa Chung and Tung Kiang were forfeited, but again recaptured in a counter-attack in May. In a furious bale against the Kuomintang array on ay 24th near the city of Liu Lin Chi, the Red Army crushed the main forces of the war lord Tien Chung Yao. The Red Army victory resulted in the dissolution of 14 regiments, the entire annihilation of seven regi- ments, and the seizure of 3,000 rifles, 20 machine guns, 50 trench mortars, and a good supply of ammunition. The Fourth Red Army was greatly enlarged after this victory. A new East Szechuan Third Red Army was formed. The main forces advance against General Tien’s troops at Chang Chi; the Third Red Army presses southward towards Syi Ting and Suen Han. Soviet Districts Grow Fast “Sin Wan Pao,” foremost Chinese language newspaper in Shanghai, on June 13 reported that the main troops of the Fourth Red Army “is likely to occupy Shao Hwa, and Wang Yuan.” Other papers report similar advances, indicating the ra- pid growth of the Soviet districts in Szechuan. These great successes are enlarg- ing and stabilizing the Red Army in Szechuan and are assuring the triumph of the revolution in_ the whole of the province. Genera! Tien Chung Yao, after the loss of Pa Chung and Tung Kian to the Red Army admitted that “The Red Army has increased by more than 30,000 and a Szechuan-Shensi So Pro- vincial government is realized.” With the addition of a number of other cities, the Soviet territory in Sze- chuan is greatly sisengthened. Szechuan militarists have been no- Map of Szechuan Proyince week in which to make an appeal. 1 Pachung 7 Wan Yuan 2 Nanking 8 T’sudu Kwa 3 Paoning 9 Suen Nan 4 Kwang Yuon 10 Ku Heich 5 Changehi 11 Poogan 6 Yi Laong 12 Nanchung Key to Figures in Map Showing Soviet Territory. torious for their incessant civil wars, and their military expenditures wrung from the peasants by the eruellest means. At Tse Chow the crop revenue has been collected 30 years in advance, or up to the year 1961. In Shang Liu, in the ten- month period ranging from August Ist up to the present, a field tax of nine years has been collected. Besides the incessant militarist wars, the peasants have suffered terribly from floods. Peasants in Revolt Uprisings of the peasants against the militarists and in favor of the Red Army and the Soviet govern- ment of China are growing. On June 24, several hundred peas- ants at Poong-an and Chow-kou par- ticipated in an armed uprising when they heard of the nearby victory of the Red Army at Pao-ning. Szechuan, 156,635 square miles in area, nearly three -:mes the size of the state of Pennsylvania, is nov one-quarter Soviet, in the northeast. In the South nearly half of the prov- ince is in the grip of peasant up- risings. Japanese Occupy Bolon Nor, Base Against Soviets PEIPING, Aug. 15.—The Japanese army has now occupied Dolon Nor, in Chahar province, the railhead on the road to Inner and Outer Mon- golia, and the Soviet Union. General Feng Yu-hsiang, the so- called Christian general who by agreement with the Japanese held Dolon Nor with his army to pro- vide the Japanese with an’ excuse for moving a strong force westward toward the Soviet Union, has aban- doned the city. Although Feng had proclaimed himself in opposition to the Nan- king government, he was supplied a special armored train for his trip from Kalgan, in Chahar, to Peip- ing, and from there to Tientsin, on his way to Shantung province where he says he will retire, and live in the temple of the Sacred Mountain 13 Tung Tsuan 19 Yu Yang 14 Ya Oin 20 Hoh Feng 15 Honan 21 Yuin Si 16 Ta Yi 22 T’su Sen 17 Hgu Yung 23 Feng Hsien 18 Klang An 24 T’su Chi ot Taishan. Poe Workers, Under Lash of United Fruit, Rebel By DORA ZUCKER ‘The workers and peasants of Costa Rica have suffered intensified at- tacks on their standard of living this year. The American United Fruit Company, exercising direct control of the country economically, and in- directly politically (the present Ri- cardo Jimenez regime, working hand in hand with the United Fruit Com- pany), in an attempt to get out of the crisis, has subjected the workers and peasants to the most’ miserable conditions, Production has decreased by half— thousands of workers have been fired. The agricultural workers on the banana and coffee plantations re- ceive a maximum of $6 a week, and the Negro workers, the most ex- ploited, receive even less, The peasants are forced to live on three colones ($1.00) a week. The attempted “back to the farm movement” which the government has been encouraging in an effort. to rid the towns of the unemployed, has met the opposition of the work- ers, since the conditions of the roads are so poor, as to make marketing profitless and the work on the farms useless. In addition, the ever de- creasing purchasing ability of the workers and peasants, has greatly affected the artisans who are con- Revolutionary Spirit Rising in Costa Rica On May 22, several hundred work- ers and peasants from outlying vil- lages of Costa Rica, under the lead- ership of the Communist Party, held a militant demonstration in San Jose, demanding relief for the unem- ployed and a minimum salary for the employed. No sooner had the workers and Peasants assembled before the Com- munist Club in San Jose, from which they were to march to the Congres- sional Building, then the police, mounted and on foot, fell upon the workers and peasants, attacking them with sabers and sticks. The militancy of the demonstrators was high. They closed their ranks and in a body re- sisted the well-armed forces of the government. The police drew their guns and fired. Five workers were seriously injured. The demonstrators attacked the horses of the mounted, and fought open-handed the police on foot—knocked the sabers and sticks out of their hands and kept them for their own defense. Five policemen were injured, one of whom died a few days later as a re- sult of his wounds. Word of this militant demonstra- tion had spread and a seething rest- Jessness prevailed. More and more were injured. Ambulances came on the scene to take the injured away. More police forces arrived. Leaders Arrested, Deported Many of the most militant fighters in the demons-ration were arrested. Official orders of arrest were sent out for the leaders of the Communist fronted with a situation wherein they have products but no: markets, Party. Some were. not warned in time and were caught—the majority managed to escape. In addition, the government utilized this moment to deport from the country one of the most militant leaders of the revolu- tionary movement, Adolfo Brana, a Spaniard, who had married a Costa Rican 15 years ago and ever since resided with his family in San Jose. He was not at the scene of the dem- onstration on May 22nd, but had gone to Turrialba, a little town of Costa Rica, to address a meeting of peasants and workers. The govern- ment officials ignored their own law which entitled Brana to remain in Costa Rica, by virtue of his having married a Costa Rican and having had children with her, and arbitrar- ily deported him within twenty-four hours after the demonstration. In addition, they deported Juan Palacios, not a member of the Com- munist Party, but a militant worker whose birthplace was Venezuela, Terror Reign Sets In Thereafter the terror set in, All meetings and gatherings of the Com- munist Party .were prohibited—its publications banned. Police doubled their’ efforts to locate all the mem- bers of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, particularly Ro- mulo Betancourt, a Venezuelan for whom the officials had issued an or- der’ of expulsion from the country. Answer Terror With Broader Mass Struggles Brana and Palacios were deported on Tuesday—Thursday and Friday brought word that protest meetings against the attacks of the govern- ment and the deportations of Brana and Palacios, organized by the Com- munist Party, were being held in dif- ferent. sections of Costa Rica, night. peasants be afraid to come? Had the government succeeded in intimi- Throughout the country the work- | Int ers and peasants were wondering— had the revolutionary movement been liquidated—had the Communist Party been put underground—and what of “Trabajo,” the official organ, would it appear again? The dem- onstration took place. on. Monday. _ | built up for Roosevelt. Women’s League for Peace Endorses U.S.» Anti-War Congress American Section of International Pacifist Group Joins With Militant Organizations to Support Soviet Excluded from Secret War Talks at Banff! World Leaders Discuss Situation in Pacific BANFF, Canada, Aug. 15.—Sitting here in secret session, leaders from China, Japan, the United States, Canada and other countries discus- sed the war situation in the East, at the opening meeting of the Institute of Pacific Relations. The only country interested which was not invited to take part in these secret deliberations is the Soviet Un- ion. The only point on which the conferees agree is their common hatred of the Soviet Union. The Japanese occupation of Man- churia, the sharp economic conflicts between Japan and the United States, and Great Britain and Japan, the naval race of all three powers, and the “potent racial ambitions of repressed nationalities” were on the agenda. Newton D. Baker, former U. S. Secretary of War, set the tone of the discussions when he said, “War is today more incorrigible than ever. Governments whip up the populace into a passion, and are forced to carry on to the bitter end. It is impossible for them to still the hur- ricane they have released.” Soldiers, Underpaid, Resent Roosevelt’s Forced Labor Camps Blame Administration for New Wage Cuts (By a Soldier Correspondent) PEEKSKIL, N. Y.—The enlistment of thousands of young workers into the “Reforestration Camps” has aroused a strong feeling of resent- ment among the enlisted men in the Army—resentment, not against these young workers, but against the ad- ministration that has brought it about. They feel that the adminis- tration, not content with cutting their pay fifteen per cent on top of the cuts they had already received (dropping of re-enlistment bonus, cutting of clothing allowances, etc.) has rubbed in by taking on “civilian soldiers” who will be paid more money than the regular soldier. Worse than this is the realization that the “regulars” through these cuts are paying the cxpense of this “civilan army,” - Even before his pay was cut the enlisted man was underpaid. The pay of the “Private” was $21 per mionth. Out of this there are many things that he is forced to pay for, such as laundry (usually $2 in the U. S.) polishing materials, uniform pressing and upkeep, miscellaneous items of clothing not issued; in some places, milk, and other items bring his pay down, so that after he has paid for his movie checks he is a fortunate soldier who had $5 to $8 left.. Some find at the end of the month especially if they have over- drawn their clothing allowance, that they owe the government money! Army officials and Journals them- selves admitted that the men were underpaid. ‘The past few months have been a record of cuts for the soldier. The first that was felt strongly was the stopping of the re-enlistment bonus whereby the soldier received a bonus of $75 by re-enlisting. This $75 was the thing that caused most of the men to re-enlist previously. At least it gave them enough to have a few “good times” before they went back to the monotonous grind. Now they are faced with the prospect of being forced to re-enlist because of the starvation conditions on the outside without the benefit of this bonus that they have so well earned. This cut was blamed on Hoover. The next big cut was the fifteen per cent reducing the privates’ pay to $18—and this couldn't be blamed on Hoover. It showed up too well the sameness of policy of both the Re- publican and Democratic adminis- trations and served to break down ‘the “confidence” that publicity had Then, right on its heels, came thé “civilian armies,” which are making the soldier really bitter. And now comes inflation, which will mean nothing else but a further cut in another guise. Many a sol- dier says, “It looks as though they will be asking us to pay dues for be- this army soon, for the working for them!” time for class-conscious that the soldier is id at the present class-consciousness Class-conscious and should do their ut- u gee against exploitation and colonial sla- masses, to the soldier his posi- tion in the present system and why it Struggle Against War in Washington, says: “If militarism is to be checked it must be done by the informed, united and disciplined groups who. understand the basic causes of the present situation. ~ “No one who has watched from day to day the struggle between the developing sentiment for peace by the rank and file of our citizens on the one hand and the actual growth of the war machine on the other can help but welcome the Congress.” Miss Detzer asks: “What are you doing about Liberia and Abyssinia? I am convinced we are perpetrating a worse kind of American imperial- ism there than we ever did in Haiti’ Problems Aboard Vessel Described by Marine Worker Plan to Send Delegate to Norfolk Convention By a Marine. Worker Correspondent, (The following is a report from a delegate of the Marine Work- ers Industrial Union aboard on Atlantic coastwise freighter. For obyicus reasons the name of the ship is omitted.—Ed.) aol 6 8. 8. . We will have a committee working on the ship shortly. We have 8 men promised to line up when we pay off, and there will probably be’ more by that time. This includes all hands on-deck and in the engine room except the deck engineer, and a water tender. The engine room is all Filipinos except three, and at least one of these is oO. K. We have some swell chances on here, The mate is “time back” mad and we have been able to get in some great work on this basis. The sailors have all promise to kick in a buck each for convention greet- ings. We have several good issues be- sides the overtime, such as bum toilet which is flooded all the time as the drain. pipe is plugged up. The crew has warned the bostn several times to do something about it, or we will not be responsible for what hap- pens. Undermanned. . Then there is the question of low pay and undermanning. We are one man short on deck, The mate has promised faithfully to get a full crew in the next port. One left the ship the last minute when we sailed and a few minutes before sailing we chased a work-away ashore. (A workaway works for his bed and board and 1 cent a month to keep from starving on the beach.—Ed.) Delegate for the Convention. T have raised the question of send- ing a delegate to the convention from Norfolk, but we are not sure whether we will get back there in time to get one to New York. The Filipinos fully approve such a move, and it only needs a little plugging in this focsle to put it across. The crew would meet the expenses of travel. 3 This ship is plastered with “safety first” signs. A stool. pigeon fell down in No, 2 hold last trip-and got_ killed. So right over the door is a sign that reads, “X marks the spot. Watch your step.” It now reads “X marks the spot. Elect delegates to the M.W.LU, convention, July 16-18.” Another one in. the mess room shows a guy throwing humarrfigures out of a dice box, and reads: “Don’t gamble with life”. It now has a convention sticker added to it, and an attractive lot of comments from the crew. They can damned easily see how silly the bosses’ safety.signs are, as nothing has been done outside of the signs to lessen the speed-up and 6. So the stickers make quite an ap- peal in connection with it... - The big kick in the engine depart- ment, as I said before, is wages. It seems that they have recently re- ceived a real cut, and are sore as hell about it. Water tenders and oil- $40, the firemen from $40 to $35. No wipers aboard. The firemen do the wiping, and the water tenders fire, Building Up Leadership. It’s no trick to line men up to-, day on ships, but it’s another thing an instrument of struggle. This is the thing that all hands must learn to do. We have decided already on leaving leadership on this job in case anything happens and we have to get off. e material is here. All it needs is developing, and a little time to do it, Already we hear men say: “Well if any new man comes aboard he’s his job.” This idea has been given them by each one responsible to help the ship. Every evening discussions take place out on the hatch, and the fee lows are propagandizing each other without realizing it. Sai PERE Sar Help improve ‘the “Daily Worker.” send in your suggestions and criticism! for soldiers to organize conditions, Let us know what the workers in your shop think about the “Dally.” ‘ ers were cut from $50 a month to _ to consolidate this organization into. got to line up, if he wants to enjoy’ NEW YORK.—The American section of the Women’s Internationat s ; League for Peace and Freedom has given its support. to the United State's j Congress Against War, the Congress Committee announced yesterday. { Speaking for this influential world-embracing pacifist organization, of F which Miss Jane Addams is honorary international president, Miss Dorothy i nw iROS STS OS ®Detzer, national executive secretary as