The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 14, 1933, Page 8

“Page Fight Deily, <orker “America’s Only Working Class Daily Newspaper” FOUNDED 1924 Published daily, except sunday, by the Comprodaily Publishing Go.; Inc., 50 East 13th Street, New York, N. Y ‘Telephone: ALgonquin 5. Gable Address: “Daiwork,” New York, N. Y. Washington Bureau Room 954 National Press Building, idthy and G. St., Washington, D.C. Subscription Rates: By Mail: (except Manhattan and Bronx year, @ months, $3.50; 3 months, $2.00; 1 month, 75 cents. Poréign and Canada; 1 year, $9.00; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, 3.00. $6.00; By Carrier: 7 cents. Weekly, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1933 18 cents; monthly “Below the Hoover Level 1S is significant On the front pages of the capitalist press is the aipid ballyhoo of the Roosevelt * But the following item from the National Industrial Conference Board is buried in the back page. “For the fifth consecutive month, living costs for ‘Wage earners rose in September. Since April of this year, the cost of living index has advanced 9 per cent, food prices 18 per cent—clothing 24 per cent...” This upward surge of daily food costs under the Steady pressure of Roosevelt inflationary measures, Roosevelt. wheat destroying program, and processing taxes, has not only completely erased the meagre wage Fises which the Government. economists announced, But. has actually resulted in a wide-sweeping wage @ut for the entire working class. ‘The Roosevelt government is cutting wages dras- feally—through rising prices. Meanwhile prices continue their steady upward Tharch, the speed of advance growing all the time! yThe net result is an extraordinary beating down of ‘the. living conditions of the workers. Tt is a literal fact that the Roosevelt price-raising program is taking bread out of the mouths of every Worker's family in this country! “It is a literal fact that the Roosevelt price-raising Pfogram has resulted in a driving down of workers’ REAL wages below the Hoover level. This huge masked wage cut must be discussed in every factory, in every mine, mill, and household. Workers everywhere must plan organized demands for increased wages to meet rising prices! ‘They must organize in the neighborhoods against the rising prices that cut deeply into their wages! , Strike for higher wages—picket in front of the neighborhood food stores against rising prices. That is how to stop the Roosevelt wage cut. NRA Mine Swindle = 75,000 striking Pennsylvania coal miners, filled to the crop with lying promises, maneuvers and ” threats have now been presented with the boldest and most unashamed swindle. In a series of letters, pub- Ushed Friday between President Roosevelt and the Captive mine owners—the most powerful steel corpora- tions in the United States—the miners are granted the privilege of having money filched from their Meagre pay for union dues to go to John L. Lewis, Fithout the slightest semblance of union recognition. ‘All this is done in the name of the “check-off.” And Roosevelt calls it “progress.” The capitalist press 4g deliberately putting the check-off in the forofront in order to distort the significance and the aims of the miners’ sirike. The check-off is the system whereby dues are taken from the pay of the miners by the coal Operators and turned directly over to the treasury of the very forces who have been trying with might and main to break the present mine strike. The miners nowhere in their mass meetings speak of the check-off. Their demand is crystallized in the slogan: “Recognize the U.M.W.A. 100 per cent.” x But the miners are fighting for union recognition @S a weapon to win their demands. In many locals of the U.M.W.A. these demands have been given con- ¢rete expression, as for example in the resolution passed by U.M.W.A. Local No. 5071 in Ontario, Pa. Tn ‘tinion recognition the miners have in mind the * gaining and fortifying of the demands for $5 a day, G+bour day, 5-day week; no check-off for anything, and other improved conditions. Roosevelt and Lewis Tead into the check-off, whith they interpret as “union Tecognition,” methods of crushing the militant union being forged in bitter struggle by the miners. OOSEVELT, working very closely with the Lewis machine, hopes that by some form of check-off he Will wield 2 double edged sword. He hopes first to drive the miners back to work, without union recog- nition. At the same time, he is working to fasten the deathly grip of the Lewis machine on the 100,000 Penn- Sylvania miners who have developed, under the name of the U.M.W.A., their own rank and file fightinz union that has flouted every effort of the Roosevelt-Pinchot Yegime and the Lewis-Murray forces {o drive them back to work under the N.R.A. slave coal code. The strategy of Roosevelt and the Lewis machine ig. to split the ranks of the miners by isolating the Fayette County men (employed by the captive mines) the other miners who are out in a united strike for union recognition to all miners. * All such previous attempts have failed miserably. The miners have been extremely sharp and quick to Recognize the strikebreaker maneuvers of the Roose- Yelt-Pinchot regimes. "They tore to shreds Roosevelt’s, General Johnson’s, boa Governor Pinchot’s appeal to return to work last week on the ground that a fluky letter of Moses, office y of the U.S. Steel in the Frick Coke Co., was “inter- eted” to mean Slam union nt hae WW they are EP EON with the craziest swindle dn their long history of struggle for union recog- and for improved conditions, They are told é W.R.A. “requires” the open shop. The actual word- of the letter signed by all of the steel giants reads: “Under the N.R.A., we are required to employ _ ®ur workers without regard to ther membership or -fRon-membership in any labor organization and we yieel that we owe a duty to protect our employes who +do not desire to be coerced into joining a union.” te _ In short, the steel trust insist on the scab mines, full protection to scabs; though, under the name ‘ef the “check-off” they will give the miners the right Pay Lewis for the privilege of working under scab itions. ‘The miners who smashed the more subtle maneu- of Lewis and the steel trusts will answer this ie eter insult with more determined, militant ing. _ The day to day activities of President Roosevelt | Governor Pinchot in the miners strike makes tive some vital politica] conclusions for the min- ers. Especially now must these lessons be drawn Because Pinchot and his wife are ranting up and down — about the “bad steel trusts.” * « * 8 SEVELT, in the interest of the most powerful “capitalists, sent the miners back to work with before the coal code was passed. He deliber- “Buy Now” campaign. DAILY WORKER, NuW YORK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1933 ately strove to break the miners fighting spirit. Then came the code, offering the miners slave conditions without the right to strike against them. The miners struck, They continue to strike. Philip Murray, after @ long personal conversation with Roosevelt, told the miners that their strike was a rebellion against the government. The miners remember that. Lewis broke the 1922 strike with the declaration: “We cannot fight the government.” Why does Murray call the strike a rebellion against the government? Is the government of the United States involved? Yes, it is. The government of Roosevelt is the government of the steel and coal trusts, larded with cunning and lying phrases and promises. The miners in fighting for the right to live, for the right to organize for better conditions, against the slave provisions of the code, come smack up against the government run in the interest of the steel trust. The Communist Party has always pointed out that the state is the government of the most powerful rich, of the Moses, Wiertons, Mellcys, Rockefellers and Morgans. Now the miners see this in every step of their strike. They are told it deliberately by Lewis and Fagan—that a strike for union recognition, because it is against the U. S. Steel Corporation, becomes a rebellion. ‘E Communist Party has supported, by every means, all of the demands of the miners, fought with them side by side, exposed from the beginning the coal code and the N.R.A., and will continue to fight to strengthen the strike, to spread it to steel. Because the miners continue. their strike in the face of the government strikebreaking, they are called Communists and Bolsheviks. But thousands of miners are not considering’ this a taunt. The Comminists have exposed the slimy maneuvers of the Roosevelt government, They point out to the miners that, though we can fight and win this strike, the govern- ment will stand behind the coal operators, waiting for every opportunity to grind the miners down.. It is necessary, besides building a mass rank and file union, deloused of its Feeneys, Fagans and Lewises, to organize into a revolutionary party of the working class, into the Communist Party. The struggle is not just of today, for immediate demands.- -It-is-a constant battle of the workingclass against capitalism. It is a struggle for the overthrow of capitalism and for the establishment of the rule of the workers. The Communist Party alone organ- izes and leads this revolutionary struggle of the toiling masses for political power, for the decisive defeat of the rule of the trust and the banks. Miners, Join the Communist Party! Not Interested (EN news came of the savage tortures and mur- ders of the Hitler Fascist government, many American liberal papers and magazines expressed their indignation and sorrow in eloquent editorials. But an. excellent test of the sincerity of this alleged horror at the Fascist brutalities is provided by the way these journals have responded to the sen- sational exposures made by the Daily Worker of the secret Nazi plots to inoculate the German Communists with syphilis germs, to get rid of their tool, Van der Lubbe, and to spread organized fascist, anti-semitic propaganda in this country. Certainly it is extremely significant that the weekly “Nation,” ostensibly an opponent of fascism, maintains in its latest issue, complete silence on the whole matter. This is especially significant when one remembers that Jewish papers, the New Republic, and even so conservative a paper as the Philadelphia Record have found space for this startling exposure. On the secret Nazi letter—not a word. On the or- ganized fascist movement in this country, subsidized by the Hitler treasury, of the foul degenerate Nazi schemes against the German Communist fighters against fascism—not a word! Is not the Nation interested in these matters? Is it not aware that to maintain silence on these matters is to give powerful aid to the fascists both here and abroad? Is it not a fact that the fascists fear exposure of their plans, and welcome such silence as the Nation maintains? What can the workers think of the sincerity of the Nation’s protestations against Fascist terrorism, if its editors cloak fascist plots in silence? It is easy to talk against fascism. The’ real acid test in such cases as this comes in action, in deeds. Pe lee Peer TE quote from the secret Nazi document: “I agree with you entirely that it would be good to give the damned Communists in Leipzig an injection of syphilis. Then it could be said that Communism comes from syphilis of the brain.” Does not the Nation think that this is worth com- menting on? Further: “Let us know how things stand with the Hitler book. We must distribute them free. It’s child’s play to make good anti-Semites of the Americans.” Doesn't that interest the Nation at all? It is easy to talk against fascism—at a distance. But when evidence is presented that the Reichstag trial is a frame-up, when evidence is presented that German fascism is establishing roots here, then a more acid test is necessary. And thus far, the Nation has allied itself with the most reactionary papers in the country in closing its columns to the Daily Worker exposure, This can have but one meaning—that the liberal Nation prefers to side with the potential allies of fascism, rather than join with the Communists in exposing fascist intrigue in this country. Tom Mann MORROW night Tom Mann, hale and hearty vet- eran of fifty years fight against capitalist. exploit- ation, bids goodbye to the American workers as he returns to his native England. His stay here was all too short—15 days. But the lady who runs the Department of Immigration, Secre- tary of Labor Perkins,. was raid to have him here longer. Faithful servant of the Roosevelt Wall Street clique, she was afraid that the contagion of this unconquerable fighter’s. hatred for capitalism and de- votion to the workingclass revolution might spread to the American workers too quickly, To hear and see Tom Mann is to meet a work- ingclass fighter who breathed the air of class struggle when Marx and Engels were still alive. Engéls was still living when he tied up the port of London in the historic dockmen’s strike. That is why they tried to keep jim out.» That is why they succeeded in delaying his arrival until the close of the recent historic Anti-War Congress to which he came as a delegate, But even in his short stay, Tom Mann lent fire to the fight here against imperialist war and fascism. He brought us the comradely greetings of the British workingclass. He brought us the glow of his fearless, forthright revolutionary spirit. Let us gather by the thousands tomorrow night at the New Star Casino to give him a rousing revo- lutionary send-off as he takes our greetings back to our British fellow workers Them Stop Our Daily!” Daily Worker. struggling against their Continued lack of funds is gravely en- dangering the further appearance of the The workers engaged in exploiters, the | bosses, iniow what the “Daily” means in help- ing them win their fights. the “Daily” be stopped. Rush funds now! “They’ve Cut Off Our Water and Turned Off Our Gas! We Can't Let by! Burek ee . TBWele, You can’t let Switzerland Votes Millions for War; Secret German Plan $160,000,000 to Be ’ Spent by Belgium on Army GENEVA, Oct. 13.—Nearly $6,000,- 000 was voted by the Swiss National Council in Berne yesterday to build up the Swiss Army after War Min- ister Minger had outlined the sec- ret German general staff plan to in- vade France through Swiss territory in the next war. This appropriation is the first in- stalment of $35,000,000 to be spent in strengthening the Swiss army. The German plan aims at evading the impregnable French fortifications along the German Gorder, just as the German offensive at the begin- ning of the World War swept around the French left flank by invading through Belgium. . * os Belgium Votes $160,000,000 for War BRUSSELS, Oct. 12—The Bajgian Cabinet unanimously voted nearly $160,000,000 ‘yesterday at the request of War Minister Devese for the con- struction of a huge system of forti- fications along the German border. These fortifications will include un- derground shelters for large bodies of troops, concrete machine gun em- placements, heavy artillery, anti-air- craft guns and anti-gas defense. Other large sums will be used to! motorize the Belgian artillery and certain cavalry regiments, (fermany Threatens Arms Parley Break |Deadly Ni ew PoisonGas Found by French Chemist GENEVA, Oct. 13.—The Dis- armament Conference moved one step nearer its final futile disso- lution, as Rudolf Nadolny, chief German delegate left by plane for Berlin today with the open threat never to return. Nadolny’s abrupt and furious de- parture caused a sensation here, and conference delegates of other powers were freely predicting the rapid and inglorious death of “the Disarmament Conference which failed to disarm.” Britain, France and the United States remained firm in their ane nounced plan of opposing any. Ger- man re-armament at the present time, and after Nadolny’s flight to Berlin, they decided to have Sir Mutinries in Berlin Storm Troops; 40 Are Jailed in Nazi Camp ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 2, (By mail)—Mutinies among the Berlin Storm Troopers are reported in a letter from a Berlin worker published in the “Volksrecht” here. The worker writes: “I have iearned from a reliable source that 16 men of Storm Troop 24-1, Charlottenburg, were arrested and sent off: to a concentration camp.on September 14h. Later in the day another 24 storm troopers. of the same unit were interned in the camp. “The commander of the notorious “Murder Storm Troop 33” in Char- lottenburg was stoned by his men, receiving such frightful injuries that he died-in the hospital to which he was rushed.” French Fascist Party Launched: in Paris PARIS, Oct. 13.—Francisme, the French version of Fascism, was launched today with Marcel Bucard, former army officer, trying to play the role of Hitler. The new Fascist movement has been carefully orga- nized and has the financial support of influential big business men, A Fascist daily newspaper will start publication next Tuesday. John Sinion, British Foreign mtn- ister, report on. the strained situa- tion facing Geneva. Official Berlin in Gloom Reports from Berlin state that official Berlin is plunged in gloom at what Nazi circles admit is the failure of the German diplomatic efforts for re-arming. Hitler plans to make a radio appeal to the na- tion and President von Hindenburg is hurrying to Berlin to preside over one of the most momentous Cabinet meetings since the World War. oy ie ye New French Poison Gas PARIS, Oct. 13.—A new poison gas, deadlier than any known up to now, has been discovered by Pro- fessor Leonce Bert,. French re- search chemist, the ‘Matin’ an- nounced yesterday. Professor Bert said: “The gas is really a liquid which gives off a vapor. It is a powerful poison, blis- tering and irritating the lungs, eyes and, generally speaking, all. parts of the human body, evan penetrat- ing clothing. lis ravages can be compared with a true cell poison.” Gas Masks Useless The new poison gas is colorless. Application to the skin of a dog caused its death within four hours, No gas mask can afford protection against this deadly new war wea- pon. since the whole body is open to its attack. Bombs and shells equipped with this poison gas could be manufac- tured within a week, it is claimed. Dollfuss Now Heads Heimwehr, Austrian Fascist Militia New Workers’ Paper Calls for General Strike and Revolt VIENNA, Oct 18. — Chancellor Dollfuss consolidated his Fascist regime yesterday when the Heim- wehr, Fascist armed force headed by Prince Starhemberg, entered Dollfuss’s “Patriotic Front.” As the “Patriotic Front” is identified with the government, this makes the Heimwehr now the Cabinet's pri- vate army, ready for immediate ac- tion against the Austrian workers in case of a general strike. A decree is being prepared by the Cabinet authorizing the gov- ernment to intern “undesirables” —that is Communists and revolu- tionary workers—in, concentration camps and making” the prisoners pay’ for food and lodging them- selves while interned. New Paper Asks General Strike A general strike and the over- throw of the Dollfuss. Fascist re- were called for by “Die it,” a new tabloid néwspa- which is being distributed per . through the mails in plain enve- lopes. The new semi-illegal paper said that unless the Austrian work- ers were willing to risk their lives in reyolting against the domination of »Mussolini, “who is ruling Aus- tria through his Minister in Vi- enna,” they would not be able to repel the onslaughts of the Ger- man Nazi brand of Fascism. U.S. Ambassador to Protest Assaults by Nazis on Americans BERLIN, Oct. '13.—United States Ambassador Dodd prepared today to hand the German foreign office a stiff diplomatic note from Secretary of State Hull protesting against re- reated pssaults by Nazi storm troop- ers upon American citizens in Ger- many. Similar protests are being made by the Dutch, British and Spanish Em- bassies against the total failure of the Nazi regime to punish attacks upon foreigners in the streets. of German ‘cities by Nazi brown hordes. Pe ee? As long as the Nazis confine their beatings and murders to German workers and Jewish intellectuals, the foreign powers do not intervene. But when the unrestra'n2d sadism of the Brown. Shirts results in the clubbing of foreigners, the capitalist nations are compelled to say: “This is going too far.” Barbusse Tells of Heroic Youth at Paris Int’l Meet Describes Colorful and Stirring Assemblage im Paris, and Thrilling Arrival of 40 German Delegates By HELEN KAY. As the Berengaria left port at Cherbourg and steamed across the great pond, the wireless operator received the following radiogram from the thousand or more delegated youths of the world assembied in Paris: U.S. to Recognize Grau Regime, State Dept. Intimates 4 Warships Withdrawn as Terror Against Workers Mounts WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. — The United States will recognize the Grau San Martin government in Cuba within the next two weeks, it was intimated yesterday by high State Department officials. ‘This action by Washington follows the Grau regime’s demonstration that it is “safe” by shooting down the Mella funeral demonstration of Havana workers and by using armed force to vust striking sugar workers from sugar mills in the interior of Cuba. The Cuban Grau-Batista regime, which received Spanish recognition yesterday, -has sent one of the is- land's’ biggest sugar barons, Juan Casanova, as an informal ambassa- dor to Washington to plead for rec- ognition of the Cuban government as a regime able and willing te “take care of American financial and business interests.” As a token of America’s readiness to grant regognition to the Grau re- gime, now that it has proved its ef- ficiency as a butcher of workers, four American warships were withdrawn from Cuban waters, the destroyers, Hamlet and Goff and the Coast Guard cutters, Hunt and Gresham. Thirty-two war vessels still remain in and around Cuba as a means of ex- erting pressure on events in Cuba as a contant threat of intervention. . * 8 Workers Killed, Tortured HAVANA, Cuba, Oct. 13—Four persons have died of wounds in- flicted by Grau San Martin's soldiers in their attack upon the monster parade in honor of Julio Antonio Mella, Sept. 29, besides the eleven who were killed outright, the Defense Obrera International (I. L. D.) has announced. One hundred twenty men, women and children were wounded in the attack. In a reign of terror rivalling that of Machado, the Grau San Martin government is imprisoning scores of militant workers. Twenty-five new working-class prisoners are now in Cabanas Prison, 98 in the Cdstillo Principe, and 39 in the Isle of Pines torture house. Hundreds more are held in the interior. New methods of torture have been devised by the militia and the Grau San Martin porra, the D. O. I. has ascertained. Besides, they are using all the old methods developed by Machado. A worker in the Havana suburbs had his arms amputated by repeated blows with a rifle-butt, recently, while in the hands of the govern- ment strong-arm squads. The central office of the D. O. I. in Havana has been sacked, all ban- ners, documents and other materials being burned in the street by the militia and. armed students. The D. O, I. has called on its sis- ter organizations throufhout’ the world to. intensify protests against the terror in Cuba. In the United States these demands should be raised in every working-class meet- ing, in delegations, wires, letters, and resalutions addressed ‘to President Roosevelt, and the Cuban consulates, Prince Leads Troops in Siamese Revolt BANGKOK, Siam, Oct. 13.—Pro- vincial troops are marching on the capital today under the leadership of a Royal Prince, The insurgent forces are only eight miles from here, and armed guards have been thrown ce all foreign banks and lega- ions. INTERVIEW W WITH AN EX- SOCIALIST IN LEIPZIG (Third in a series of articles by a special correspondent in Leipzig, Germany, who at the risk of his life has obtained and smuggled ‘out of the country news on what the workers of that city are doing while the four Communists and the Nazi imbecile tool, Van der Lubbe, are on trial, charged with the burning of the Reichstag.) ‘ * LEIPZIG, Sept. 24.—I spent Sun- day going about the city with a pers »| zig comrade. ‘We passed by the biggest trades union building in Germany, the Leip- |" zig People’s House. My guide spoke of the Kapp Putsch in 1920. The Kappists had chosen this People’s House as their principal point of at- tack in Leipzig. The marks of their bombardment can still be Seen on the front of the building. The Independent Socialist Party was at that time in control of the city. It must be mentioned that af- ter the split at the Halle Congress, most of these “Independents” re- turned to the Social-Democratic fold from which they had emerged only provisionally, for the purpose of de- ceiving the workers. The conyersation turned to the role of the German Socialist Pasty. My Aided Reactionary Officials in Persecution of Revolutionary Workers; Paved the Way for Nazi Terror comrade is one of those militant workers who did not at first find their way to the Communist Party. and who believed Breitscheid and Hilferding when they said that the “purified” Socialist Party represented the strength of the proletariat. “when did you come over, into the ‘Communist. Party?” I asked. “When the practical moves of the Socialist leaders opened my eyes,” “When was that?” “Here In Leinzig, we have been able to study the Socialist leaders as servants of the bourgeoisie from the start. You have come to Leip- zig to'follow the trial. But do you iow who used to sit beside Judge , to try and sentence the “Not a bit. Alongside the presi- dent of the Correction Court, Nie- der, were Social-Democrats like Luller-Lichtenberg, who later went to the International Labor Bureau at memes, and Wissel, who became Minister of Labor. Under the pre- text of “defending democracy” they sent Communist workers to jail. These facts had a profound im- pression on the workers, and many, |’ of them, like myself, left this party of betrayal.” Then my comrade, at my request, told me about the role of the Leipzig court during the last years. “They added’ to the Toniler Reich court a special court, which, began to function after the Law for Defense of the Republic was passed. Rathenau had just been assassinated. The spe- cial courts were created by Chan- cellor Wirth to the great delight of Social Democracy, to “combat the danger from the right.” But in prac- tice, this machinery was used against Communism, with the active support of the Socialist Party. “That is where Judge’ Vogt, who has just distinguished himself 'in the Reichstag affair, was trained.” “But what did the Socialist Party say when revolutionary workers were condemned to death?” How the German Socialists Hunted Communists “They approved Neider’s verdicts. At that time, Ebert, Socialist, was president of the Republic, “For years, beside the Socialists, sat the famous prosecutor, Jorns, who de- manded the murder of Karl Lieb- knecht and Rosa Luxembourg.” Nieder is dead, but Vogt, Jorns, and company are still central figures in the court, Under Hitler as under the Social Democracy, they hunt .Com- munists. My companion was silent a moment. His face darkened, as sad thoughts seemed to agitate his mind. I asked him what he was thinking about. Socialists as Hangmen’s Assistants “We have just learned,” he said, “from an illegal paper, that the four comrades of Altona, sentenced and, executed, Lutgens, Tesch, Wolf and Moller, also were imprisoned by Eg- gerstedt, a Social-Democratic chief of Pet He made it possible for the Nazis to prosecute and murder them.” “I wonder how many of our com- tades who are still in jail have the Social-Democratic leaders to thank for their situation?” I was indignant, as who will not be after reading these lines. These are the facts that must be made known, to unmask the monstrous swindles of the gentlemen of the Second International, when they try to pass as fighting anti-fascists. ®. Henri Barbusse, On Board the Berengaria. Bound for the United States. “We send greetings of our Con- gress to the American youth and the American Congress. We must all work in a united and energetic manner against war.” Signed by the Praesidium of the Paris Youth Congress Against War. The eagle-like face of the famed writer shone with an inner joy as he spoke of the Paris Youth Congress. “I am glad to tell you of the Con~ gress and proud to be the bearer of their splendid message.” Henri Barbusse left the Paris Youth Congress Against War to come to the pUnited States Anti-War Congress, There, as here, he was an honor guest. The aged French writer, whose health was shattered by wounds re- ceived in the last war, risked his life to carry the fight against war to all sections of the people of the world. The gathering was especially impres- sive for him because he could see the youth of today, too young to know the horrors of the last world slaughter, facing the grim reality of combating the dread scourge. “The drama of the international assemblage was great. The high point of the Congress was the arrival of 40 brave youths from Germany.” Barbusse leaned back in the arm chair at his hotel, and spoke with pride pn these brave young Germans, He told of their thrilling arrival in @ closed carriage. How they ate and slept in the Congress Hall with guards to protect them from enemy eyes, because they were to re-cross the frontier and re-enter Nazi_Germany to bring the message of this splendid Congress. The fact that there were any delegates from Germany was kept secret for Nazi forces were on the watch. si When the Congress closed, they left as they had come. They went back to take their places in the army of workers mobilizing to fight against the bestial rulers of present-day Ger= many, against the regime of hunger, slavery, and death. “Their bravery will go down into history. Their daring and courage, risking their very lives in the strug~ gle against War, can never be for- gotten by. the assembled youth of the world, that is why I am proud to bear the message of the Congress.” On the praesidium were represen- tatives of the cream of the fighting youth of the world. Two French sol- diers in military uniform, spoke the determination of the young men and women in the armed forces to fight against War and Fascism and the system that breeds these evils. “A young German girl, Aryan, with blonde hair and blue eyes, shook hands with the dark-eyed xtirae? uniformed delegates. ‘Comrades!’ I remembered 1914 when we fought bit- terly, and this meant much to me,” said Barbusse. “The unity of the workers, and the spirit of Interna~ tional solidarity, was clearly and forcefully represented by this act, and many others throughout the Can~ gress.” The cigarette slipped from his lower lip, as he spoke. Italian boys from the land of Mus- solini and Fascism were there. A young Cuban student coming from the sugar bowl of the world seething with revolt in their efforts to free'themselyes from the iron heel of Wall Street, rang his determina- tion from the platform of the Con- gress to carry on the fight against’ Imperialism and War. An American Ford worker, delegates from Spain representing 120,000 toil- ing youths, several from Spanish am- munition factories, delegates from the colonial countries, from French Al- giers in Africa, from Czechoslavakia, Roumania, from England, from the Scandinavian countries, and most in- spiring of all, from the land SWHete the workers’ rule, “These Russian delegates came not from political organizations but di- rectly from factories and collective farms. Seven delegates from seven Soviet Republics. An inspiration and source of joy to the fighting and ex- ploited youth of the world. The young worker representative from the Stal- ingrad Tractor Plant brought courage and determination. This showed the Congress what we were fighting for. It was a tremendous tribute to have these free youth present.” ~ Ny Barbusse became agitated, His face lost the warm glow and be- came grim as he spoke. “One chair in the praesidium remained vacant, Over the back of the chair hi huge wreath of red roses. It in honor of the martyr Bruno Tesch, one of the Altona victims.” Bruno Tesch is the 19-year-old plumber beheaded by the bloody plunderers of Germany. He was hone ored by the toiling youth of the world at the Paris Youth Congress against Fascism and War. It was an example of the deters mination that pervaded the Bruno Tesch was not forgotten and the cause that he died for lives on in the brave hearts of the toiling youth of the world. That empty chair, and colorful wreath were solemn pledges of this tremendous youth gathering to fight against Fascism and War and the’ system that breeds death and destruction for the youth of the world. The interview was closed. Barbusse had to leave for another meeting, But one could see that the spirit of the youth congress and his own iron determination to fight amainst Wer downed the tiredness ofshis sick body, It gave him the energy and grit to tour the U.S.A. and rally the youth and adults of America to his side, the united front against Imperialist War. republics of the Union of Socialist”