The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 19, 1933, Page 8

ions Page Fight Published by the Comprodatly Publishing 18th St, New York City, N, ¥. Telephone Address and mail chacks to the Daily W Co., Inc., daily except Sanday, at 50 E, ALgonquin 4-1955. Cable “DAIWORK.” orker, 50 E, 18th St., New York, N. Ye Cuban President, ‘Coached by Welles, Calls His Cabinet DeCespedes Plays Oper for Wall St., While Striking W Out for Recognition of Revolutionary Union HAVAN After a long ner Welles, ¢ Cuba, called his cabinet together tod Unlike Machado, whose services t a cloak of opposition to direct cont Cespedes ope er boy for the W Workers Stay Out The Havana y solidly out thusiastic sv workers. Aug. 1 in tionary Labor. recognition quin Saenz, sec: said he had ployers to rec union. More Porristas Killed e the revolutionary capitalist-landlord organization, which to the open with 2 and is the chief agency ing to smash the strike, workers’ revolutionary overthrown Machado ar ABC its chance to bid bs with the assistance of Welles. The killing of Macnado’s murderer henchmen continued. chat of Alberto Herrera, Machado’ Secretary, and Ampara Gonzal Porris ed in Havana The U. S. Taylor, last warship in Hi arbor, Was or- dered to withdraw toda: ships remain at the U. S. at Guantanamo, Cuba jowever, Teady to go to any port of the is land on short notice. Dutch Destroy Flower} Bulbs by Millions to) “Restore Prosperity” HAARLEM, Holland, Aug. 18.— This is “bulb destruction week” in | Holland famous as the world cen- ter of bulb-flower production. | Tons of tulip, hyacinth and nar- eissus are being thrown into gar-| bage cans and refuse heaps. | The destruction was decreed by the “ad. ent committee for re-| habilitation of industry,” in order! to raise the price of bules, which| the crisis has made a drug on the market Jury Clears Flying. Gunner Who Killed | Girl in Boat at Sea! MINSTER, England, Aug. 18—} The Royal Air Force machine gun- ner who shot and killed 17-year| old Jean Chesterton in mistake for | a target as she was rowing out to sea after a ball was cleared of | guilt by a coroner’s jury The gunner was John w mail carrie military train yesterday. | Boahemia, | undergoing volutee French Lose 250 in Moroccan Offensive PARIS, Aug. 18—Frenct ualties | fm a week of fighting anti-imperialist Moroccan tribesmen in the Atlas mountains amounted to 270 men, cording to government dispatch Most of the dead are native colonial troops. France has an army of 25,-| 000 men which has been engaged for years in the “pacification” of the mountainous regions of Morocco, where the tribesmen are furiously re- sisting the imperialist offensive. British Army Bombs Indian Tribes Again SIMLA, India, Aug. 18.—British| troops bombed and shelled Indian tribesmen in Northwest India, near Ghalanai, yesterday. Reports were that many natives had been killed. The tribesmen fired back, with rifles and a light machine gun, the report said, but failed to bring down any of the planes. Beating by Chicago) Cops Causes Death) of Worker in USSR) NEW YORK, Aug. 18—On July| 20, Comrade M. J. Alexander died | in a, sanatorium in the Crimea, | U. S.8. R., from tuberculosis, con- tracted in Chicago, as a result of severe beatings while in jail there, | Comrade Alexander was a mem- ber of the Communist Party of the | U.S. A. for a number of years and took an active part in the struggles of the workers in Brooklyn, New York City, and later in Chicago, where he was jailed and clubbed as @ resut of his activities there. He glso took an active part in the struggles of the miners in South Tlinois in the strike of 1930, ~Comrade Alexander was sent to | the Crimea for care and treatment, but in spite of several operations | and the best of care, he died from the disease which was already too | far advanced. | » ‘The comrades here who have | | known and worked with Comrade | | Alexander mourn the loss of this | | active worker and fighter. los Miguel de Cespedes, r | . the Nazi ca ere reported shot and kill- | | tune-teller’s answer. He did not ap- 1 Roleof Messenger Boy Workers Hold consultation with Ambassador Sum- Wall Street's puppet president of 0 Wall Street were carried out under rol by the American government, de Nazis Saved World Says Luther, New Envoy to America Calls Anti-Semitism | Will of German People W YORK.—A! 18.—Nazi Ger- with its bloody terror and its all culture, was pice e “saviour of the whole y Hans Luther, new German to the United States, as i in New York today on his ington. ined that the Fascist mur- | ne was the one hope of the! nations against Commu-| | destruc | tured talist nism. “We were in great danger from the Communists,” he said, “but now not only Germany but also Europe and} the whole world has been saved from Communism.” | He also pressed his approval of | paign against the Jews. | “Tt was a manifestation of the will of | the German people,” he declared. The y in wh the Nazis hope | to “save the world” is made clear by| | the memorandum of Alfred Hugen-| berg to the London Economic Con-| ference, in which he called on_ the} | capitalist powers to join with Ger- | many in a war on the Soviet Union. | Fortune-Teller Pays | With Life for Guess! About Hitler’s Fate} NEW YORK.—A vaudeville for- tune-teller of the Scala cabaret in Berlin was found in the woods at Baruth, near Potsdam, with six bul- lets in his body, an American sea- man who has just*returned from a visit to Berlin told the Daily Worker. A part of the fortune-teller’s act was to answer questions put by the audience. One member of the audience had asked one night how long the Hitler regime would last. ‘Ninety-nine days,” wes the for- pear at the theater the next day, his body was found soon after. Lumacharsky Soviet Ambassador to Spain| MADRID, Aug. 18—The Spanish Foreign Office announced today that ad accepted Anatole Luncharsky sador of the Soviet Union Fi narsky is a famous revolu- tionary leader and literary critic, ho was formerly People’s Commis- sar of Education in the Soviet Union. Paraguay Renews Chaco War in Air} LA PAZ, Bolivia, Aug. 18—Seven Paraguayan war planes went into action in the Gran Chaco war area yesterday, and were chased by three Bolivian planes, according to a Bo- livian report. One Paraguayan plane was forced down at Islapoi, according to the re- port. Pope Gives Blessing to American Warships ROME, Aug. 18.—A blessing for the American Navy was the “gift” of Pope Pius to 80 cadets of the Am- erican training ship Annapolis, who came from Naples to the Vatican for an audience with the pope. Toronto to Prosecute Wearers.of Swastika TORONTO, Canada, Aug. 18.— Following a pitched battle hetween members of the Swastika club and workers and Jews, in which many were injured, Wednesday, Mayor Steward announced t {it any person who displayed the swastika embtem would be prosecuted. 3TRUGGLE AGAINST PROVOCATION Workers’ Enemies Exposed NEW YORK,— Phillip Goldstein, a member of the Workers Ex-Serv- icemen’s League, was expelled from Post 191 of the organization. He was found guilty of the fol- lowing charges: On August 4 at about 8 a, m. be- fore the post had opened its doors, he opened a window and took a letter that was addressed to the secretary of the and read its contents. At the trial Goldstein admitted the charges. He also stated that he be- longed to the American Legion and he could bring down a bunch and bust | ever, HUNTING THE TIGER SUBSCRIPTION RATES: By Mall everywhere: One year, $6; six months, $3.50; 3 months, $2; 1 mongh, 75¢, excepting Borough of Manhattan and Bronx, New York City. Foreign and Canada: One“year, $9; 6 months, $5; 8 months, $3. Jobless at Bronx and —By Burck French Protest As Nazis Open Radio Campaign for Saar Fascist Demonstration in Niederwald August 27 PARIS, Aug. 18.—France, Great Britain and Italy will begin a united economic attack on Germany in re- taliation for the continued Nazi prop- aganda in Austria, it was announced at the French Foreign Office yester- day. France has already made another loan to the Austrian government, which is officially described as a po- litical loan. In addition the three signatories of the Four-Power pact will attack the fourth by giving spe- cial concessions to Austrian trade at the expense of German trade, CS Nae PARIS, Aug. 18—The Nazi radio propaganda against Austria, which continues unabated despite the Ger- man government's promise fo Italy, France and England, that it would stop, is now supplemented by radio offensive directed at the residents of the Saar. The French press yesterday de- manded that the government take energetic action against a Nazi radio invitation to the inhabitants of the Saar to attend a great Nazi demon- stration at the Niederwald on August 2 The Saar basin is under the juris- diction of the League of Nations un- til 1935, when a plebiscite will decide whether it is to belong to France or Germany. Its -chief wealth, how- the coal mines, belong to France under the Versailles Treaty. It is a center of the steel industry. The Niederwald is’ a mountain about 50 miles north of the Saar Basin, symbolized in fhe German national song, “Die Wacht am Rhein.” The socialists of Saarbruecken have countered by calling a demon- stration at Neunkirchen on the same date as the Niederwald demonstra- tion. ABC Turns on Day of Machado Fall Capitalist-Landlord Opposition Began at Once to Smash Revolution by Which it Won Power NEW YORK.—The events of the Machado reached its climax in Cuba are graphically described in this cor- respondence from a revolutionary worker in Hayana, written on the eye- |" ning of that day: * * * HAVANA, Aug. 12 (By Mail).—The government of Machado fell at last. For days rumors’ have been circulat- ing that he was resigning. However with the whole country paralyzed by the strike, with the working class in tremendous struggle for its de- mands, he could not hold out and resigned last night. Herrera, chief of staff, Machado’s chief assassin was selected provisional president. He resigned under pressure of army of- ficers and the tremendous rising anger of the masses against such a fraud. Cespedes was selected as president at 12 noon today. Workers Take Initiative. The city is wild. Tens of thous sands of workers and city poor in general have come into the streets under the banners of the ABC. They launched themselves against the president’s palace and the homes of the government leaders. But the masses were alone in this. TWe lead- ers of the ABC called off a scheduled demonstration so as not to mix with the “popular trash”. youth who have each taken a plant from “the palace garden, or some furniture ete. But the army impeded a complete sack. The “Heraldo de Cuba”, the government paper was attacked, building sacked and razed and burned. Not on@ article was left intact. Homes of the mayor and other government people were sacked. Large stores were attacked. Arch-Murderer Killed, Workers are crowding the streets looking for the assassins of the Por- ra, the secret service. At 1 p.m. an automobile filled with a yelling crowd of youtl circulated through the streets with the bloody body of Colonel Jimenez, the arch murderer of the Porra, who had killed dozens Trade Unio Amsterdam Internat’] Resolution on War Issue ‘HE International Federation of Trade Unions in session at Brus- sels has adopted a resolution in favor of a general strike inside the “agres- sor” country in the event of war being likely to break out. What Reslutibn Says The resolution makes it clear that: The aggressor country is the one | which refuses arbitration on the | question in dispute, whatever its nature. i As to the psychological moment for the strike, this, it was declared, would be indicated by the refusal of (1) an appeal to arbitration of the President of the League Council acting under Article 11 of the Cov-4 enant of the League of Nations, or (2) the appeal of any Government | acting in pursuance of the Peace Pact of Paris, Or (3) such time as is laid down by a joint committee of the I, F. T. U. and the Labor and Socialist International specially formed for the purpose of giving a lead when the state of crisis exists. In addition to this preparation to meet any war menace, the Con- gress dealt specifically with the danger arising from the dictator- ships in various countries and in- structed its Executive “to take such steps as will insure the political and economic isglation of any such State which menaces peace.” on Workers day on which the struggle against of workers and students with his own hands. At dbcut 4 p. m. Pepito’ Marina who Killed Julio Mella in Mexico, was’ killed. So far probably more than.a dozen of leading Por- ristas were killed, among them Castro and others of the»corps of experts —the leading anti-Communist assas- sin group of the government. Capitalists Try to Stop Revolution. But. the capitalists and landlords have immediately taken steps to pre- vent mass anger from going “too far”. Troops have been called out. They Were at first welcomed by the whole population, but soon this welcome has changed. The petty bourgeoisie is in panic. It welegmed the revolution. But now it has become afraid of the just anger of the masses. It is already calling for machine guns to control the “rabble”. Fight New Government. This evening demonstrations are expected in all sections of the city under the leadership 6f the C. P. and the General StHike Committee under the slogans: “Organized struggle of masses leq to overthrow of Machado. New government will continue his policy of hunger and terror.\ Fight for your economic demands, fight for all political democratic rights.” The masses have learned that thef can do great -things through orze- nized struggle. Already a saying is circulating in the streets: “Never again will strikebreakers get along in Cuba.” But the disillusionment must come in the policy of the new gov- ernment. The masses under the leadership of the C. P. will continue and intensify the struggle. The spirit of the masses is shown in that a large crowd attacked and Millions Homeless, Thousands Dead as Chinese Flood Rises Unofficial Estimate Is That 50,000 Have Perished SHANGHAI, Aug. 18—An unofficial estimate of 50,000 dead gives some conception of the ravages of the Yel- low River flood which covers more than 1,000 square miles, and has made at least 1,500,000 homeless. This estimate of homeless covers Honan province alone. No figures are available as to the death and de- struction in Northern Shantung, Anhwei and Kiangsu, where the floods are steadily growing worse. The large city of Hsuchow, an im- portant railway junction in Northern Kiangsu, is especially endangered, as it recently removed the protective wall which surrounded it. There is more than five feet of water in many towns in Honan. 800 in Jobless March . in Baltimore; Demand Unemployed Insurance BALTIMORE, Md.—Some 800 par- ticipated in a march to, City Hall where a committee of three was al- lowed to present the demands to Mayor Jackson. The demands were: An increase in wages to 45 cents-an hours; endorsement of the Workers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill; one day’s work for single men. Mayor Jackson told the committee that the demands ‘were out of his jurisdiction. He hypocritically re- marked that he favored.unemployed insurance, but that it was already vetoed by the state. The crowd outside after hearing the report approved the selection of a committee of ten to see the City Council. Fifty joined the Unemploy- ed Council. \ razed the barbershop “La Americana” Whose owner shot and killed a Com- munist during the August 1st demon- stration. Down To Sem enteoree eee nt erties rman ceva NETS AUGUST 19, 1938 wn Buros DemandFoodChecks Don’t Raise Living Standards, Says Supervisor of Relief Buro; Conference Today to Fight Evictions and Relief Cuts NEW YORK.—Workers gathered thousands of families. the Bronx Bureau yesterday protested agiinst the removal from a Sy at the Downtown Relief bureau and \ Six arrests were made at the 149th Street Home Relief Bureau f the delegation of five elected by the 150 workers were refused entran Ask Pay Rise on RFC Job in Little Rock “Committee” Meets Behind Closed Doors LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—More than 1,000 workers met in the.City Park to protest the R. F. C. relief in Pu- laski County. They demanded a flat increase in weekly payment to at least $9 per worker. Many were intimidated by a committee of bosses who had driven from work-crew to work-crew urging them not to at- tend. The movement developed spon- taneously. As the workers gathered in front of the old Federal building, the en- tire detective force of the city was mingling in the crowd, armed with tear gas bombs, while an army of blue coats paraded in front of the hall, with officers inside the build- ing behind machine guns. Some one called for a volunteer committee to go inside, and a group supported by officials came forward, told the workers to remain across the street while they went behind closed doors. Then 30 minutes later émer- ged, Aubrey Williams, field super- visor for the National Relief Ad- ministration. He said, “There is no need to dis- cuss any such blanket increases in aid. The money simply isn’t avail- able for three days work at $3, or five days at $1.95, as you are being paid. “This is not a work program and never has been,” he continued. , “It is a relief program and you aré given the privilege of working for the min- imum aid you are receiving.” Graft and coruption in the handl- ing of RFC funds and relief is no- torious. Under the pressure of criticism, Dr. M. F. Dickinson, di- rector for Pulaski County resigned, and another banking big shot, B. C. Powell was appointed, who also re- signed after two weeks. Now the officials are going through the pre- tense of house cleaning, dismissing certain office forces, and making an audit. Relief Job Strikes in Two Wisconsin Towns; Out 9 Weeks GLEASON, Wis strike on a re- lief job started at Knox, Price Coun- ty, where farmers are forced to pay back for relief which they had previ- | d, ously received. In Merrill, which is located in Lin- coln County adjoining Price, a strike is now in progress the ninth week. The relief administration is trying to crush the strike. Louis Steckbar, strike leader, was arrested and held incommunicado. He was only re- leased aftar protests by the Inte-n2- tional Labor Defense and the United Farmers League. An example of a dinner pail order for seven days for a worker on a forced labor project ‘in Merrill fol- lows: % Ib, of butter, % Ib. of cheesa, %4 Ib. of sugar and 12 cents worth of meat. Demands in both strikes are: ade- quate relief in cash, no forced labor, cesh pay for work, and the removal of various officials. Go to see every subscriber when his subscription expires to get his re- newal. unions, who in 1932 waged an im- passioned fight against any attempt on the part of the workers to refrain from handling war materials for Japan. New Form of Resolution Up till this Congress the strongest unions in the International Federa~ tion were the German unions. The leaders of those unions categorically refused the Communist offer for a united front with a view to organiz- ing a general strike both on July 20, 1932, when won Papen seized the gov- ernment of Prussia, and in January 30, 1933, when Hitler was made Chan- cellor, Ail of the union leaders who have sabotaged resistance to wage cuts in their own countries voted complacently for the resolution. | The character of the resolution is to some extent new. Hitherto the general strike against war was a weapon to be applied by the working- class of any given country against its own Government which was bent on war. The idea was that if the British and German Governments were moving to war, the workers in each of those countries would strike against their own Government. Now the International Federation of Trade Unions proposes a general strike of the working class in the | “aggressor” country and a boycott. of | the “aggressor” country by the work- ers in other countries, Splitting International Working Class | So you have the capitalist world divided by the International Federa- tion of Trade Uniens, not into rival up the post. All workers’ organiza-| tions take note of this person, This resolution was passed by the representatives 6f reformist trade | imperialist. groups, but into wicked “aggressor” countries and good “de- fender” countries. What is the definition’ of an ag- gressor country according to the I. Bs oe uf} Let us say that a dispute breaks out between Fascist Poland and Fas- cist Germany over some question. Which of these countries are to be judged the “aggressor”? According to the I. F. T. U. the country which refuses to submit its case to League of Nations arbitration. Now the League of Nations is little more than a war machine in the hands of Briiain and France. Any arbitration by the League | would be weighted against Germany. Yet if German capitalism refused to accept that impartial arbitration it would, according to the LF.T,U.'s formula, be~the “aggressor.” Not a Fight Against War Makers The German working ‘class would be expected, according to the I. F. T. U., to fight against its Fascist Government, the Polish working-class would be expected to support its Fascist Gove’ nt. What does the new formula of the “Talk about the defense of the Soviet Union and strug- gle against imperialist war is nothing but empty phrases unless systemtic work is ‘and in the process of doing so mas- carried out in the war in- dustry plants and in the ports.”—From the “Open Letter”. I, F. T U. amount to? It is not a formula for each working-class to launch a general strike against its own warmongers It is a formula preparing the way for the Brilish, French and Polish unions, which now dominate the LF.T.U., to support their own governments in the coming war. For the International Federation of Trade Unions is not even Interna- tional even in the formal European sense. It is the grouping of the trade} unions in the imperialist countries which are upholding the Peace Treaty—it is the Versailles Federa- tion of Trade Unions. The I. F. T. U test of an aggressor, if the country in question is outside the League of Nations, depends upon whether it is prepared as a signatory he the Kellogg Pact to accept arbitra- ion. An Historical Example _ We can test the value of this by a little bit of actual history. In 1929 the late Manchurian Government seized the Chinse Eastern Railway, sacred a number of Soviet citizens who were officials of the company. This action was at that moment clearly instigated by the United States of America, which was strongly supporting the Manchurian Govern- ment. The Manchurian forces moved up to the Soviet frontier, and border raids, in which Soviet villages were attacked, became the rule. Some months later the Soviet forces counter-attacked and proceeded to clean up the Manchurian Army, n Leaders Side With Capitalists in War Stand To Fight “Aggressor”, Not Capitalist Class” At this point Mr. Stimson, the U. S. Seerstary of State, demanded that the Soviet Government submit its case to arbitration and did his bost (unsuccessfully) to line up all the impecialist governments against the Soviet Unien on this issue. The Soviet Government refused this “offer” of capitalist arbitration and the Manchurian Government was forced into direct negotiatians. Now, ascording to the formula of, the LF.T.U., the Soviet Government was the aggressor becaus2 it refused to submit its case to the arbitrament of hostile capitalist States. Leads Workers E At any moment the Soviet Union may be in conflict with some capi- talist State and a similar situation may arise. The I. F. T. U, formula is therefore one which lines up the unions in the countries supporting Versailles behind their own Governments and against the U.S.S.R. cE It is noteworthy that the mover of, the motion, Mr. George Gibson, o: the Asylum Workers’ Unicn, sp2nt a lot of time talking about the noco:- sity of teaching the youth the truth! about war, but not a word on ihe nosed for trade unionists to oppose tne war policy of their own Government. Not a move against war, but 4 move to the side of their own Governments. ‘That is the meaning of the LF.T.U, resolution, i into the Bureau to present the cases | of workers without food tickets. An- ‘other demonstration will be held | there Monday, 10 a.m. From three points downtown, Sev- enth Street and Avenue A, Rutgers Square, and the West Side, 300 work- ers were mobilized to march down on the Bureau at Spring and Eliza- beth Streets. The mass meeting held outside the doors of the Bureau was swelled by 200 other workers from the neighborhood. Jack Anyon and Milton Stone spoke at this meeting representing the Workers Committee on Unem- | ployment, Locals 2 and 3, Members |of both these organizations partici- | pated in the unity demonstration. Minor Speaks Robert Minor, Communist candi- | date for Mayor, was introduced by | Joe Porper, organizer of the Down- town Unemployed Council, who pointed out that Charles Solomon ignored an invitation telegram sent him, asking him to speak at the demonstration. Minor got a tremendous ovation of cheering and ‘applause when he mounted the platform. And the first words he said were: ‘‘We are not here for oratory, but for fyod for starving workers.” He then continued, “We are fighting against a permanent condition of unemployment; on this basis we. must fight for Federal Un- employment Insurance for the masses. It becomes a life and death question to establish this.” On the basis of the demands of both these demonstrations, a Confer- ence Against Evictions and Relief Cuts is being held this morning. Workers’ Ordinance Delegates from scores of workers’ organizations are meeting in Irving Plaza to adopt a program of resisting _ the evictions and to gain increased) relief. A Workers Ordinance will be! drafted to be presented to the Mu- nicipal Assembly of the city for en- actment. The ordinance proposes that the cjty provide adequate relief in cash, stop evictions, provide needs for the school children, and a num- ber of other provisions to assure the needs of all workers. The pressing need for a city law to provide immediate jobless relief is increasing daily. In the Harlem |Home Relief Bureau the supervisor, when informed that numerous fam- ilies are without electric light and gas, said, “We are not here to raise their standard of living exactly, if | both (gas and light) are shut off for some time then we do not turn it on.” Latin American and Negro workers predominate in lower Har- lem. ¢ Not only gas and light, but food | checks have been stopped for about t one-third of the families, At 240 East 102nd Street a Negro family was evicted Wednesday after- neon and the furniture remained in the rain until the following a: noon. A Sign on the workers’ belong= ings told the whole story: “No land- | lord will accept a Home Relief rent check.” Thousands of families are {in similar straits since the officials | decided not to pay rent until the | furniture is on the- streets, | e, ° ‘Anthracite Miners Demand Opening of ‘Mines by Operators 600 at Alliance Mine Join Movement; About « 5,000 Involved TAMAQUA, Pa., Aug. 18. — A movement among anthracite miners has developed in Schuykill and Car- bon counties to force the coal opera- tors to start work in the closed col- lievies and divide work among all the men, The miners with the use of about 700 of their old cars are going from town to town and recruiting: additional forces. Employed miners are willingly, joining the movement together with jobless. | Williams it is estimated that close to 5,000 men converged and were joined by the 600 miners working there. They then proceeded to the Cran- berry mine at West Hazelton wher ; 800 are employed. the Cranberry mine the men will verge on Mehanoy city where a mass» meeting will take place. From there - ntrate their faces on: of the Philadelphia & — Reading Coc] and Iron Company and the St. Nicholas and Locust Summit mines which are the largest her Police and state troopers with sticks and teat gas are stationed the mings, but have failed to int inte tha mén. T Work 80 Hours a Week in Westchester Parks "Wealthy W dott of $21 a week and women $16, All the employes got was a p for ah “investigation.” | At the Alliance mine at Taska-" \ It is expected that after closinj |}. fi | } E