The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 21, 1933, Page 8

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Published daily, exce; Go., Inc, 50 E: Telephone: Gable Ad Washini ith National Press Building, By Ma x $6.00; Foreign and Canada 3 months, $3.00 By Carrier Weekly, 18 cents; monthly, 75 Soviet Recognition Vt ns looking towards recog- clalist Soviet Republics by acknowledgement of the of its stability and rkers throughout worked and occasion of omatic ne rejoice on th + Union. the bitterest. enemies olution in the Soviet of war against the s to extend diplo- one to take Ss British, Japanese and French im- time have already taken this tion is of ng to pro- t this time open ard sweep of capitalist economy in the the collapse of the N.R.A. as a promised crisis, is maki Wall Street The Soviet Union peace- is ready to open trade relations. ates as it already has with other ‘me Roosevelt regime now grasps the foremost imperialist power n diplomatic and trade relations, is y, the strength and £ same time, in the rapid preparation for im- the Roosevelt regime while arming youts phrases and engineers maneuvers arance of peaceful intent. Recognition which is contemplated, is a peace ver that does not lessen one jot .ae rapid moves ar on the part of Wall Street. regime, through the Wall Street ports the Hitler dictatorship in its anti- rusts. While antagonistic to Japan, the seeks to provoke a war of Japan against ion to weaken both, and then to hammer front of all the imperialists against their Tain and implacable enemy—the victorious proletarian m symbolized by the U.S.S.R, While recognition would open the way for trade re- » Which together with loans would provide a of the overproduced commodities in . it by no means offers a solution for t crisis. war, States in the present-day world is vancing Socialism and of de~- The foremost ntative the United Staies, is now from its traditional policy of non- jons with jertake diplomatic negotia and. alize Unat now, more than ever, the trend toward perialist nations, They must, now more LaGuardia Relief E myself,” says F. H. LaGuardia, Repub- the , Will humane candidate at ing to sc‘entific, amounting to nor Pin yt invited on one of the two- ered the meal “scien jations have esti- rations of 50 cents ted. New York’s been considered by And LaGuardia nite sum for the un- employed e the hazy promise of Biving “adequ starvation rations. Why the sudden ce of the unemployed by this Capitalist politician? Has he sudden! overed the plight o: millions of jobless? The Fusion candidate was a member of Congress when the two national hunger marches converged on Washington in 1931 and 1932. He was a member of Congress when the hundreds of delegates representing millions of workers raised their voices in the demand for immediate r relief ahd for the adoption of Unemployment in: nee as a federal law. The hunger Marchers were brutally attacked, they wete not even Permitted to enter the city last December, but were kept starving on the outskirts of the capital. LaGuardia’s voice was heard then. It was in unison with the rest of the bosses’ representatives in howling against those who dared to make demands for the right to live, . . . UT now LaGuardia proposes a nine-point program. Many of his points are a perversion of the demands vaised on numerous occasions by the unemployed. In his first point he “pledges” to provide “adequate relief, including some cash.” The unemployed are not to get ash relief with the right to buy anything they desire, but a continued ration with a few pennies in cash— end this is only a promise. If LaGuardia is desirous of giving cash to the unemployed, then he would support @nd fight for unemployment insurance, which would assure the jobless cash relief. But he is bitterly op- Posed to it. Where will the money come from for the unem- ployed? LaGuardia is emphatically opposed to rais- ing taxes on the Wall Street bankers, He is in full agreement with Governor Lehman's measures adopted at yesterday's special session of the; legislature not to touch an additional penny from the members of the Stock Exchange. LaGuardia’s whole program js no different than the bhe now carried out by Mayor O’Brien; it is no dif- ferent than Governor Lehman's program in the state: ho different than the program of Roosevelt, and is the tanie as every one of the other capitalist candidates, : i DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1933 Kat!” Whither the N.R.A.? ESDAY night’s meeting at the St. Nicholas Arena on “The N.R.A. and Growing Class Battles,” with Earl Browder and C. A. Hathaway as the reporters, is @ meeting of more than ordinary significance. Party unit meétings have been called off, and all Party members are urged to come directly to the Arena. In addition all active workers, non-Party ss well as Party members, from the trade unions and other militant workers’ organizations are invited to attend. This meeting will be devoted to @ serious and thorough examination of the new developments under the N.R.A. a ee ee We program of economic recovery supposedly em- bodied in the N.R.A. has clearly collapsed. The pur- chasing power of the masses, as promised by Roose- velt, has not increased. On the contrary it has declined. As a result the artificially stimulated “up- turn,” starting in March, ended in July. Since then. the trend of production has been sharply downward, resulting in almost universal part-time work and a new wave of lay-offs, The illusions of the workers and farmers regarding the N.R.A. are being dispelled; s wave of strikes, in- volving both workers and farmers, are sweeping the nation. In this situation the N.R.A. is entering a new phase, one of compulsion, of force and violence, # phase in which the fascist trend in America will be hastened. A complete analysis of the new phase of the N.R.A. and of the tactics of the workers’ movement in the struggle against the N.R.A. will be the subject of Tuesday’s meeting. Allyworkers should arrange to attend. Roosevelt’s “Aloofness” ‘HE WAR maneuvers of the capitalist powers of Europe have reached such a pitch that the old de- vices of the League of Nations and other international conferences can no longer be used to conceal them. ‘The capitalists’ representatives meet at Geneva only to break into snarls, and to part with unconcealed threats_ In this bandits’ brawi, the Roosevelt government is playing an especially aggressive role. In Europe, the Stage of open threats is reached. This supplies an ef- fective background for Roosevelt's contrasting strategy. In Geneva, Norman Davis, Roosevelt’s chief repre- sentative, declares that he is there “solely for disarma- ment purposes.” He expresses a noble aloofness from the political discussions which are following the in- stant blow-up of the public “disarmament” meetings, In Washington, Roosevelt “disavows all political entanglements.” He will take no part in efforts to bring Germany back into the “disarmament.” confer- ences, and he “recognizes no moral obligation to bring Germany to account in case she should be charged with re-arming.” . . . coe high-minded “neutrality”’—expressed, by - the way, on the day on which Secretary of the Navy Swanson was again bellowing for a “navy second to none,” and to be built at “war-time speed”—is unbe- lievable, and should not be believed. While the European capitalist powers are forced to express their hostilities more and more in the language | of clanking swords, Roosevelt attempts to play a more jy to defend the Soviet {| subtle game. But underneath the smooth phrases, it is the most aggressive game of all, played by the most, powerful, and the most powerfully armed of the im- perialist bandit powers, The decisions of Roosevelt's diplomacy are made in the back rooms of Wall Street. The real American “diplomats” are the men who negotiate internationel loans and credits. What is the policy of these men, and how does Roosevelt do his part? * * . HE decision of Wall Street bankers is that bloody Hitler must have help. Wall Street does not want to see Germany regain its old standing as a fully- armed major power. But at this moment Hitler's Ger- many is a handy club which Wall Street can turn to its own use, ‘That is why Albert H. Wiggin, a leading financier of Wall Street, declares that Hitler must receive American loans, as the Daily Worker recently revealed. | And Roosevelt’s present maneuvers are a diplomatic chorus to the bankers’ pro-Hitler voice, Why Wall Street aid for Hitler? At this stage, Wall Street maneuvers around Hit- ler are a blow aimed at England and France, Ameri- ca’s chief European rivals for the exploitation of colo- nies and markets. And they are equally an attempt to strike a blow at the main enemy of all imperialism, the Soviet Union, which is showing the workers of the whole world the way out. Hitler's main bid for international toleration is his outspoken readiness to be the western ‘spear- head in the attack on the Soviet Union: Alfred Hugen- berg, as his representative, openly bid the capitalist Powers at the London Econom{e Conference to an open anti-Soviet alliance. So when Roosevelt stays “aloof,” he is- actually aiming a blow at England and France; and at the same time he is forwarding the aims of the secret anti- Soviet agreement of Germany and Japan, which was publicly exposed a few days ago, ¥ When Roosevelt stays “aloof,” he aids. and encour- ages Japan’s preparations to attack the Soviet Union, in which he hopes to see a weakening both of Ameri- ca’s chief imperialist rival in the Pacific, and of the main class enemy of capitalism, the anti-imperialistic workers’ state. In such a war, the role of American im- perialism would unquestionably be to turn if into a war of all the imperialists against the Soviet Union. . * . OOSEVELT'S “aloofness” is in fact the independently aggressive role of the most powerful, and the most highly armed, of-all the imperialist powers. ‘The world's greatest “democracy,” the United States, is a leading aggressor in the ‘bandits’ brawl of im- perialism. And France, that other great “democracy,” is the most aggressive, most powerfully .armed of the European bandits. ‘This fact throws one more glare of light on the treacherous and war-inciting theory of the Socialist Party that the war to come is a conflict between “de- mocracy” and “dictatorship.” ; In the shadow of the approaching war, in the crisis of capitalism, France and Ameriea, the great “de- mocracies,” are fast laying the foundations for Fascism in their own domains. Sila American and French capitalist “democracy” and German Fascism are expressions of one ‘and the same thing—capitalist imperialism in its Crisis, . Ne . T EVERY stage of the cold-blooded maneuvers of the imperialist bandits, it is the duty of the working class to unmask the grim reality behind the smooth diplomatic phrases. And the more “pacifistic,” the more “neutral and aloof” the words of capitalist politicians, the more sharply must thelr true meaning be brought uk, ae raging 3 The United States Congress Against’ War was a tremendous expression of the deeply-rooted hatred’ of war of the American workers. It is now permanently organized as the American League Against War and Fascism, ‘The imperialist slaughter which is approaching at. dizzy speed is a supreme test. of the power of the American workers to face, to unmask, and to fight tirelessly the war machinations of the capitalists, in which the Wall Street government, the biggest im- perialist of all, is playing a central role. “Now, We're Going to ak: —By Burek Soldiers Refuse to Oust Soviets from Cuban Sugar Mills Desertion of ABC Organization Weakens “Grau Regime HAVANA, Oct. 20—Three of the biggest sugar mills in Cuba—the Ja- ronu and the Senado in Camagucy Province, and the Mabay in Oriente Province—have been taken over by the sugar workers, who have organ- ized Soviets to run them. All efforts made by the Grau San Martin government to oust the So- viets have failed because detach- ments of soldiers sent to shoot down the workers have. fraternized with them instead and approved the seiz- ure of the sugar mills. A.B. Radical Deserts Grau The Grau government has lost an important section of its middle-class support, the A.B.C. Radical organi- zation announcing its withdrawal of support of the present regime. The A.B.C. Radical, whose mem- bers are uniformed and heavily armed, will continue ‘to cooperate with the army dommand of Col. Batista, the organization’s leader stated. ‘Troops are guarding all highways leading out of Havana and searching all cars, as unverified rumors of a new revolt in the eastern provinces spread through the city. To keep up a six-page “Daily Work- er,” the circulation must be doubled. Do your share by getting new sub- scribers. (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) the interests of the two states con- cerned, but also on the general inter- national situation, increasing the ele- ment of disquiet, complicating the process of consolidating world peace and encouraging forces tending to dis- turb that peace, “In accordance with the above, I gladly accept your proposal to send to the United States a representative of the Soviet Government to discuss with you the questions of interest to our countries. The Soviet Govern- ment will be represented by Mr. M. M. Litvinov, Peoples’ Commissar for For= eign Affairs, who will come to Wash- ington at a time to be mutually agreed upon,” Roosevelt, who made his announce- ment to an excited grcip of about 150 corerspondents who wanted to know whether Litvinov will stay at the White House and several other things of a personal nature re- vealed in his letter that “since the beginning of my adminis- tration I have contemplated the desirability of an effort to end the | Present abnormal relations between |the hundred and twenty-five million people of the United States and the hundred and sixty million people of Russia.” After the doors of Roosevelt's ex- ecutive office were unlocked the cor- respondents made a wild dash for. telephones, hats, papers and every- thing else that would permit them to rush away to send the news world- wide. Other things, including the NRA, seemed to be forgotten. e. 8e Roosevelt's Letter The complete text of the letters exchanged by President Roosevelt and President Kalinin follows: President Roosevelt’s letter, dated Oct. 10, said: “Since the beginning of my ad- ministration I have contemplated the desirability of an effort to end the present abnormal relations between the 125,000,000 people of the United States and the 160,000,000 people of Russia, “It is most regrettable that these great peoples, between whom a happy tradition of friendship existed for more than a century to their mutual advantage, should now be without a Plan Maryland State | |League Against War) BALTIMORE.—Plans for the or- ganization of a permanent Maryland League Against War and Fascism, | affiliated to the American League Against War and Fascism created by the recent U. S. Upngress Against War will be made at a meeting here next Monday, Oct. 23, The more than 200 persons who signed cards expressing their interest in the struggle against war at the! recent meeting at which Henri Bar- busse and Tom Mann spoke will meet jat the Y. M. C. A., Franklin and Cathedral Sts., at 8.30 p. m. to elect ;@ provisional committee to prepare | ;for a state Anti-War Convention} early in December, Tom Pinkerton| will be acting chairman; Dr. Albert) E, Blumberg of Johns Hopkins Uni-) versity will be the princiapl speaker. | 100,000 Wounded | | Vets Cut Off from | | Disability Lists WASHINGTON. Oct. 20.—As a re-/| | Sult of the recently passed Roosevelt | | reductions in the disability allowances | to wounded war veterans, more than | | 60 per cent will be taken off the lists, | it was announced today. This means that about 100,000} wounded war veterans will be de- prived of their major means of sup- port. The Workers Ex ~- Servicemen’s| Leegue is fighting for the repeal of) | the Roosevelt “economy” measures | which were passed to guarantee the/ Government's payments to the banks, | and for the restoration of full benefit | ‘to wounded veterans. | practical method of communicating directly with “tach other. | “The difficulties that have created | this anomalous situation are serious but not, in my opinion, insoluble; and difficulties between great nations can | be removed only by frank, friendly conversations. If you are of similar mind, I should be glad to receive any representatives you may designate to explore with me personally ail ques- tions between © .7 countrfes, “Partietpation in such a discussion would, of course, not commit, either nation to any future course of action, but would indicate a sincere desire to reach a satisfactory solution of the problems involved. It is my hope that such conversations might result in good to the people of both our coun- | tries.” Kalinin’s Reply Kalinin’s reply, dated Oct. 17, said: | “I have received your message of Oct. 10th. “{ have always considered most ab- normal and regrettable a situation wherein, during the past sixteen years, two great republics—the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics—have lacked the usual methods of communication and have been deprived of the benefits which such communications could give. I am glad to note that you also reached the same conclusion. “There is no doubt that difficulties, present or arising, between two coun- tries, can be solved only when direct relations exist between them; and that, on the other hand, they have no chance for solution in the absence of such relations. I shall take the liberty further to express the opinion that the abnormal situation, to which you correctly refer in your messaze, has an unfavorable effect not only on the interests of the two states con- cerned, but also on the general in- ternational situation, increasing the element of disquiet, complicating the process of consolidating world peace and encouraging forces tending to disturb that peace, “In accordance with the above, I gladly accept your proposal to send to the United States a representative of the Soviet Government to discuss with you the questions of interest to our countries. The Soviet Govern- ment will be represented by Mr. M. M. Livinov, Peoples’ Commissar for For- eign Affairs, who will come to Wash- ington at a time to be mutually agreed upon” / Moves to Hitler | vasion of Austrian territory. HELLDORE, FASCIST STORM FALTERS ON STAND IN REICHSTAG TRIAL Frame-Up Bungled asHe Admits Knowing of Fire One Hour Before TROOP HEAD, AT THE GERMAN FRONTIER, Oct. 20 (Via Zurich, Switzerland). —Count Helldorf, high Nazi offi- cial, was cornered into making damaging admissions on the stand in the Reichstag fire trial in Ber- lin today. Helldorf was commander - in ~ chief of the Berlin storm troops until this year, but was demoted and sent to Potsdam as Police President after the Reichstag fire because he was too greatly com- promised in the frame-up. He once was conyicted of participation in an anti-Jewish pogrom in Berlin, Together with Edmund Heines and Lieutenant Schulz, Helldorf is one of the Nazi leaders under strong suspicion of having directly taken part in burning the Reichs- tag. Heines, now Police President of Breslau, formerly served a pris- on term for cold-blooded murders committed as head of the “Black Reichswehr Fehme,” which he open- ly boasted about.. Schulz was also convicted for Fehme murders. Heines Now In Italy | The hearing began with a sen- sational announcement by Présid-| ing Judge Buenger that Heines)| Dollfuss Attacks Rail Unions; Army 10 Per Cent of Army, Strength Deserted to Nazis Already VIENNA, Oct. 20.—All railroad em~ ployees “wig aid anti-government {| | movements” will be fired at once,| oF the fire at 8:30 pm, and all retired railroad men will lose their pensions if they do not sup- port the government, according to a decree issued today by the Dollfuss Cabinet. This decree, aimed ostensibly only against Nazi adherents, will be ap- piied at once against railroad work- ers who are communists or members of the Socialist rail unions. Word has been secretly passed around among union railmen to be prepared to strike the moment the government attacks the union or- ganizaion. About 10 pr cent of the total strength of the Austrian Army has already deserted and fled to Nazi Germany, according to the illegal paper, “Die Wahrheit.” The total number who have gone to the Nazis equals the effective strength of seven battalions. In addition at least 20,000 Nazi civilians have fled to Germany, where they are being drilled in an “Austrian Legion” for eventual in- ‘The bosses don’t support the Daily | Worker. Its support comes from the working class. Have you done your share to help the “Daily?” Rush your contribution to the “Daily,” 50 E. 13th St. N. Y. City. Anti-Nazi United Front Is Rejected Jewish War Vet Chiefs Indicate Donations May Suffer NEW YORK.—Officials of the Jewish War Veterans have flatly rejected the offer of the Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League for united action to prevent the threatened meeting of the Nazis on Oct. 29 at the 165th Regiment Armory, Lexing- ton Ave. and 25th St. A delegation of the W. E. Ss. L. which called upon local chiefs of the Jewish War Veterans at the Hotel New Yorker were at first given the big smile and the old glad hand. But when the delegations’ credentials were examined, the W. E. S. L. rev- resentatives were pointedly told, “very sorry, but the planning com- mittee has decided to reject the prof- ferred cooperation of your organi- zation.” One of the officials explained it wasn't “ ‘nflice against Reds” thet promr‘ed their action. “Fact is,” ho said, “I went to the Rand Schoo! som years ago myself.” The fact that “a number of im- ortant Senators have been asked to cooperate” and that Samuel Unter- myer had contributed $25.000 to their campaign, was given as their reasons for refusing the united front offer of the W. E. Ss. L. At this point, Samuel Tupper, a member of the W. EF. 8. L. and a former chaplain in both the U. 8. and British forces during the World War. inquired of the spokesmen for the Jewish War Veterans whether it was “dollars or anti-Nazi support” they were looking for. Only a few seconds more transpired before the gilded smile of the “cor- dial” commander disappeared and a strong-arm lad informed the W. F. S. L. delegation that it had “better clear out.” In a statement issued yesterday the W. E. S, L, declared that it would “join with all working-class organizations and other sincere op- ponents of Fascism in blocking at- tempts of the Nazis to hold their Hitlerite demonstration in New York on Oct. 29.” The W. E. 8. L. delegation con- sisted of Harold Hickerson, national wired he is in Italy and cannot at-| tend the hearing. The foreign jour- nalists in the courtroom expressed the view that Heines’ trip to Italy is really a flight from examination | in court. | Before the witnesses were called, | Buenger made a solemn speech stating that the court would in- vestigate all suspicions but “the affair of the underground tunnel must be settled.” On the stand, Helldorf described how he spent the night of the fire. Professor Arnim was with him un-/| til 7 p.m., after which both had) supper in the Ranke Restaurant. He declared that he received news Presiding Judge Buenger, no- ticing that Helldorf was convict- ing himself by displaying knowl- nearly one hour ly broke out (at 9:15 p.m-), tried to save him by interrupting with: “But the Reichstag wasn’t on fire at 8:30 ” Helldorf replied: “I may be mistaken about the time; I didn’t notice particularly.” He added that he sent Arnim to the Reichstag and received a re- port from him at about 10 p.m. was “a pure invention.” “T gave orders to the storm troo} leaders to arrest Communist an Social- Democratic leaders,” he then stated. Ernst Torgler, Communist Reichstag leader, asked: “Did you give that order officially in your capacity as the leader of the Ber= lin district storm troopers?” Attorney-General Werner: “What has that question to do with the fire?” Torgler: “It is of the highest importance for the defense of my Party!” : Helldorf then replied: “I gave the order on my own. initiative, without orders from my superiors, As a storm troop leader I was em- powered to arrest enemies of the government, especially the probable incendiaries.” George Dimitroff, Budgariaw Communist defendant, asked: “How did you know-—without in- vestigation—that Communist and Social-Democratic officials were the probable culprits?” Helldorf: “In our opinion the only possible perpetrators weré to be sought among the Marxists, who employed the fire as a signal for insurrection.” Dimitroff, bitingly: “Did you no- tice any insurrection the next day?” Helldorf hesitated, then an- swered evasively. Dr. Sack, Torgler’s official counsel, then demanded that Van der Lubbe and Helldorf be con- fronted with each other, but Van der Lubbe refused to raise his head, laughing and grinning with- out interruption. Judge Buenger asked him why he was laughing, but Van der Lubbe made no reply, Suddenly Helldorf shouted at Van der Lubbe: “Stop!” The young Dutchman sprang up and gazed at Helldorf. Helldorf asked him: “Do you know me?” Van der Lubbe replied loudly, for the first time during the trial: “No.” In the absence of Heines the manager of a hotel in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, testified that Heines lived in the hotel from Feb. 25 to Feb. 29 and departed in an auto- mobile that afternoon. He declared that Heines had held a lecture in Gleiwitz on the night of the fire, and offered newspaper clippi ngs on the lecture and Heines’ police Helldorf declared that the asser- tion of his participation in the fire registration at the hotel in evi- dence, League dinner. League Gets Hitler Notice Announcing GermanWithdrawal Nazi Referendum Asks Approval of All Hitler Actions BERLIN, Oct. 20——Germany sent formal notification of its withdrawal from the League of Nations to the League Secretariat last night. The contents of the German note) was kept a secret by the Nazi of- ficials who merely said that it was very short. At the same time the text of the question to which German voters are asked to say “Yes” or “No” at the referendum on November 12 was modified to make it an unconditional approval of all the acts of Hitler. It is so vague that it can be used for any purpose the Nazi government. chooses, and especially it can be in- terpreted as an ‘approval of war’ ac- tions, although ‘it ‘contains no refer- ence to war. . The question, which is in the in- formal first person which in German is used only for familiar address, is as follows “Dost thou, German man or Ger- man woman, approve of the policy of the Reich government, and art thou ready to acknowledge this policy as the expression of thy own viewpoint and will and solemnly pledge thyself thereto?” Minor to Speak at Anti-Deportation Meeting Thurs. Nite NEW YORK.—On Thursday night, October 26, at Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Pl., there will be a huge mass meeting against the deporta- tion of militant workers who are picked up by the Labor Department cocted charges. Frank Borich, militant organizer of the National Miners Union, Edith Berkman, girl leader of the textile strike of 1931, face deportation to Jugo-Slavia and Poland respectively. ‘Tom Antenoff, militant worker of Detroit, facing deportation to Bul- secretary; S amuel Tupper, Peter V. Cachione,. Harvey Briggs, Robert MacGee and Harold Keithline, on “illegal entry” and other con- British Admiral Calls for Navy to Meet U.S. Armament Race LONDON, Oct. 20.—A campaign for a British navy “second te none,” | as an answer to the challenge of America’s program. of navy building was launched last night by Earl Beatty, admiral of the British fleet, at a Navy Referring to America’s $238,000,000 navy building program, the largest in history, Beatty declared that Great Britain had made a mistake in ac- cepting the cruiser limitations of the London Naval Conference, and must correct that error at the next naval conference, in 1935. “Our naval strength is not suffi~ cient to allow us to play the part of & great power,” he declared. “A pro- gram like the program which Presi- dent Roosevelt has announced is exactly what would help us.” Many predictions have been made in the best-informed British press recently that the next British budget would contain provisions for a navy building program equal to America’s. « « « WASHINGTON Oct. 20. — ‘The American Navy League has sent a sharp letter to the Navy League of Great Britain protesting against the British government’s recent request to Roosevelt to reconsider the building of the largest size cruisers. “Our people are being forced re~ luctantly to a conclusion,” the Navy League’s letter says in part, “that, while your statesmen continue to say that war beween us is unthinkable, they apparently keep in mind always such. a contingency, and that in the event of our engagement in a war in which the British remain neutral, Great Britsin is indifferent to the outcome.” U. 8, Launches Submarine PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Oct. 20.— The latest U. S. submarine, the U. 8. Cachalot, was launched at Ports» mouth Navy Yard yesterday. It is similar to seven others built in re- cent years. As soon as it has com= pleted a trial cruise after being com- missioned, it will be sent to the Pacific, where the greater part of the U. 8, navy has been maintained for a year. Brazil Plans 28 Warships RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 20.—The Brazilian Ministry of Marine has asked the embassies of Washington, London, Paris, Rome, Tokio, Stock- holm and Oslo to call for bids for the construction of 28 warships, in- cluding cruisers, destroyers, and sub- marines, for the Brazilian navy. Brazil offers to pay for them on & barter basis, with manganese, cocoa, cotton, rubber, nuts and oil, Communists Win Seat in Colombia Election BOGOTA, Colombia, Oct. 20-The Communist Party showed amazing strength in the recent elections of members to the City Council, win- ning a seat for the first time In the history of Colombia. Despite the rigid garia, will be one of the speakers at this meeting police terror aimed against the Com- munists, they polled, 473 votes, ° co