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Page Six Daily,<.Worker “America’s Only Working Class Daily Newspaper” FOUNDED ion Publishes Geil, except 8 t Comp ng ©p., Inc. 80 Bast 13th ® : Algonquin 4-7955 Cable Address: “Daiwork,” Ne « frenu: Room 954 ress Building it.. Washington, D Subscription Rates By Mail (except Mi tta: a ir 36.00 @-montha, $3.50; 3 months, 2.00 SB cent Bronx, Foreign and ¢ cas. ete: , $5.00; 3 months 09. Ry Carrier: Weekly, 18 cer onthly TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1933 Fight the Nazi Murder Plots Today! DAY day nal fight t to free Dimi now in the hands of t The Fascist jul ‘the burnin avery move thi Op trial at Leipzig. They are deliberately protest against the approa verdicts by deliberat of lide or Torgler, Popoff and Taneff, mut uize the world the: Communist defendants, Dim and .Taneff. "Po fall for this Fascist propaganda is | McKenzie, ‘DAILY WORKER iy ORK. NEV C.W.A. jobs and relief from the county, to try to them into submission. ‘THIS is not an isolated demonstration of the fact | 4 that the unex dare not accepting vation | down. The spontaneous strikes of the C.W.A | ers in the Welfare Island C.W.A. project, the mil- Chicago demonstration for jobs for single men, that the unemployed workers are aroused hting with determination. 1t the spontaneous character of most of these ctions of the unemployed shows that leadership is | lacking. The leadership, in Dayton and elsewhere, is to direct these fighting demonstrations into roper channels to win further concessions and ward the most important demands. The de- of the Unemployed Councils for “Jobs or relief” | was put forw But the linking up of this local | fight for jobs v the demand for the Workers Un- employment Insurance Bill, was not carried out. The united front campaign for the national convention of the unemployed to be held in Washington, D. C., on Jan. 13, was not brought forward in connection with the local fight for jobs. | No successful sustained effort to win C.W-A. jobs or relief can be carried on if the fight is not organized. The program of the Unemployed Councils for the immediate organization of job committees, the linking up of these committees into Civil Works Councils, is necessary in order to defeat all of the tricks and at- tacks of the C.W.A. officials, the AF.L. leaders, etc. In Dayton, the local Democratic politicians (Judge etc.) tried to gain leadership over the workers in order to betray them into giving up all srotest. These local politicians, themselves supporting Roosevelt's Hunger Drive, and belonging to the lynch Democratic Party, did their utmost to direct the dem- onstration into harmless and futile channels, The Unemployed Councils and our Party are still largely isolated from these militant local struggles of the unemployed for C.W.A. jobs or relief. This is seen not only in Dayton, but from such instances as the USSR. in San | Protest on Attacks On Chinese Eastern Decrees Inspired By anese (Special to the Daily MOSCOW, _ De press today’ publ. Khabarovka, Soy protest filed eral Slavutsky diplomatic agent, out the constant agreements on the Chine: Railway, including raids on train destruction of tracks, murders of er Ployees of the railroad and s ure of railway property. ‘The Soviet Consul General declar that these attacks on the raiiroad and its employees were greatly peding the work of the lin Manchurian authorities, he sa not oniy not taken suffi protect the railroad but were directly participating in the attacks on ti terests of the C.E.R. and on the righ of the Soviet Union. Dwelling on a number of pro’ oca- tions occurring recen’ Sla stated that ‘these actior tematic campaign, W measures worked out down to the smalle: tails and directed towar rd liquid: the rights of the Soviet Union in the C.E.R. and to undermine the impor- 18. { Rejects the. “Art bitrary | | DROP. A: . TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1938 AST. AE +: —By Burek NAZIS PREPARING FRAME-UP TRIAL FOR THAELMANN Communist Leader Is Held in Solitary, Denied Books NEW YORK.—What is happening to Etfist Thaelmann, leader of the German Communist Party? For the first-time for many months the Daily Worker has ben able to obtain information as to his whereabouts and the conditions of his imprison- ment. Since his arrest last March, a few days before the election which put Hitler in power, mystery has sur- rounded the fate of the comrade who was-recognized by the revolutionary workers of all Germany as their leader. Last ek George Dimitroff, the Bulgatian Communist leader in the Reichstag fire trial, demanded that Thaelmann be brought before the Supreme Court to answer the charges against the Communist Party of preparation for armed in- surrection last March, Nazis: Concocting Frame-Up Why? Because the Nazi govern- ment:does not intend that Thael- ; Manny shall have the chance of ex- plaining. and justifying, before the whole “world, the policy of the Com- | munist Party. The Nazis know they could not answer that case. a REGS so KN Therefore, in the Nazi secret police M. headquarters in Berlin, a case is be~ drawing on page 4 with a bid of $10. ieiping the Daily Worker through bid wins the ntaneous demonstration of the workers at the |tance of the railway as the greatest @ cunningly set trap! ‘A ; ‘i ‘ igi i f; ‘ | Schapire wins yesterday's drawing with a bid of $5. rn ia W.A. ices s f k el ’] enterprise *in the region. the original drawings of Burck's caricon. Sel ing-comeocied with the aid of spies, pr Hauoensy ey: t not forget | © he oftices tn Fitiaburgn, New York aud elsewhere. | Pee aan an, that he! wae John Reed Club, Detroit, wins Saturda: Other bids, John Eiker, Duluth, $3. Total to date, | sgents-provocateurs and class trait. Comrades he immediate task of the Party and the Unem- 7‘ th: hi as. a f dhagnes 50. ployed ils inki c authorized to state that the govern. ing on page 8, with a bid of $19.25; F. Porter, N. ¥., $595.59. ors, to accuse Thaclmann of acts of hands of | Ployed Councils is the linking of these local struggles |ment of the USSR. regards all Be violence, arson and suchlike. * g's Storm Troopers! with the national fight for the Unemployment Insur- changes by the Manchurian author!- Meanwhile, Thaclmann is kept in veakens for one moment, if the Nazis | ®R¢e Bill; the taking hold of the leadership of these |ties in the administration, manage- or a) W. k B l absolute solitude behind the walls of Woes teat the Pantie propaganda about “releasing” | Struggles, demanding especially, jobs or relief for all |ment and business of the C.ER. as rook yn Meet i N ousandas O OTKeTs att CO) the notorious Moabit: Prison. Dimitroff and Torgler is beginning to take effect, then without discrimination; a fixed minimum wage and |4rbitrary, unilateral attacks on the fhe Nazi axe will strike! » Today is the day of international struggle for the freedom of Dimitroff, T: tr, Popofl and Taneff. To- @ay; before every German Consulate in every city, the Masses will gather to make clear their determination to free their Comrades from the clutches of the Nazis Into the streets! Mass before the German Con- sulate! Stop the hands of the Nazi executioners! Demand the safe release of Dimitroff, Torgler, Popoft end Taneff! Demonstrate working clas with our Ger- man Comrades in against the Fascist terrorism! Unemployed Are Fighting! 00 HE outburst of dem mil workers of Dayton, Te rovvéd determination of tt the’ country to fight for jo unemployed, aroused by tant, vigorous action for jobs etal government to give four has ‘been called to account the hungry unemployed. Roosevelt and Hopkins recently i four tnillion have already been put to work on the C.W.A. But the unemployed workers, not satisfied with the Meagre concessions handed out by Roosevelt to keep them quiet, know that this is a lic wor day the e ging in mili- The promise of the fed- million jobs this month ‘= une cause, out are unemployed, ioyed workers of Dayton took action be- several thousand in the country who onl 9 jobs were made available by the C.W.A, pr n. Similar c ions exist in avery city of the count ry. In New York State one half Million are registered for C.W.A. jobs and not one-fifth were hired. Who can saj not fight for C.W.A. that the unemployed workers wili jobs—for more relief from the Roosevelt governn ? The Dayton workers expelled the C.W.A. head and his family from the county. ‘They were twice called together by Judge McKenzie, whom they were said to “worship,” in order to pre- vent any action. But they stormed away from these nass meetings. They refused to “apologize” for their militant Monstration. The federal government has cut off OS pee ns union conditions on all C.W.A. works; no discrimina- tion against Negro workers; for the payment of trans- portation, work clothes, etc., by the government; for tkers compensation on all jobs and full right to nize on the job. The isolation of the Party from the leadership of these struggles can be overcome only by a day to day fight for these demands, only by carrying through the organizational program, formation of job Sémmittees, etc. The unemployed workers are fighting for C.W.A. jobs. It és up to the Party to lead this fight. A Colleague for Blanshard 'HE great “liberal,” La Guardia, Mayor-elect of New T York City, has just made what the capitalist press of the city hails as a “strong appointment.” He has chosen Major General John F. O’Ryan to be the new Police Commissioner. A military man, an expert in maintaining the capi- talist “law and order” through the use of State violence, through the use of troops and machine guns, that is the “liberal” choice for Police Commissioner. He will make a nice colleague for Blanshard (recently of the Socialist Party), who is also on the La Guardia cabinet. The La Guardia administration will take office at a time when a million people in the city are suffering hunger and starvation. La Guardia has definitely de- clared that he will not increase the relief appropria- tions by one cent. In addition, La Guardia knows that the coming months will inevitably see the renewal of strike re- sistance of the New York workers to the hated N. R. A. slave codes: He knows that the workers will again strike, with rising power, against the intensified ex- ploitation of the N. R. A. codes, and he is preparing to meet these workers—with an Army General, He is appointing a military expert, notorious for his “discipline” to meet the rising actions of the masses, of the jobless for more relief, of the employed. for higher wages. In this appointment of O’Ryan, the workers of New York can see how the “liberal” Mayor La Guardia intends to guard the money bags of his Wall Street masters. Join International Protest Today; Save Torgle’s Life _ (Continued from Page 1) N. ¥., Club, the 150 workers of the; be the principle speaker at the imprisioned Anti - Imperialist | delegates. ‘The Trade Union Unity Council of Mew. York has issued a call to action tits 45,000 members in New York Olty, and sent resolutions to Hans — ‘Nazi Ambassador, in support @@ the mass demonstrations to save the lives of Torgler and the other) defendants. ,, Shoe Workers to’ Demonstrate passing protest resolutions de- | igang the release of the fire trial ssa beni the members of the Shoe | ‘and@-Leather Workers Industrial Union | to participated in the mass} omotstracions here today. Be IT, Dec. 18—Mass meetings | be held in every part of Detroit | tonight in protest against the im- | | pending death verdict on Ernst Torg- | Jer, and demanding the release of Dimitroff, Popoff, Taneff, Thaelmann | and all other political prisoners of the | "Nast butchers. is have been aflotg ha lag at Hall, 3014 Yemans Ave., Ferry Hall, 1343 E. va | ‘Aves Bertin Hall, 4959 Martin Ave.; Vanderbilt Hall, 8419 Vanderbilt Ave.; Finnish Hall, 5969 14th St.; and two meetings, 10309 Dix Ave and 14841 Ford Road. ° Hornstein and Betty Jame- | young workers who chained Ives to a post here last Wed- during an anti-fascist demons- | , Wil be tried Dec, 21 for dis- ice of the peace and other ‘Workers are urged to pack Judge Boyne’s court at the recorder’s court in’ support of these young workers. a8 Ree eye MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 18.— Responding to the call for world-wide treats demonstrations against the h execution of the innccent its in the Reichstag fire trial, ‘Minneapolis Comimities to Aid the ea of German Fascism and the Communist Party are jointly calling huge anti-fascist protest demons- tration at Bridge Square, Wednesday at +00 P.M. NEW YORK—Responding to the «all issued by the national office of ee: Scandinavian Workers’ League, 250 workers of the Jamestown, | Superior, Wisc., cago and New Haven Clubs have an- nounced their intention to join the mass demonstrations to be held to- day. All other branches of the League are expected to respond. | Hungary Bans Fire Trial Protests | BUDAPEST, Hungary.—All protest | | demonstrations against the Reichstag | fire trial have been banned by the | Hungarian government in an attempt to check the large protest movement, |The chief of police in Szeged, when | refusing a permit for the demon- | stration, stated: “It is an attack | against the basis of the political or- \ ganization of a friendly power.” Piao Sieve NEWARK, N. J.—Robert Minor, Communist candidate for mayor in the recent New York elections will Club, and the Cbi-| anti-fascist mass meeting to be held here today at Sokol Hall, 358 Mor- ris Ave., at 8 p.m., today. ease WORCESTER, Mass., Dec. 19.— Anna Shultz, former secretary of Ernst Torgler, Reichstag fire trial defendant, will be the principal speaker at the mass protest meeting today at 8 p.m. at the Workers Center, 3 Harrison St, The Worcester League for Strug- gle Against War and Fascism ap- peals to all workers, students and intellectuals to come to the mass meeting. CN ee NEW YORK.—The National Com- mittee of the Nature Friends, a sport and cultural organization, issued a call to all its local clubs to support the mass movement to save the lives of the fire trial defendants. "Delegates Protest ‘Nazi Frame-up, Find N. ¥. Consul “Out” NEW YORK.—The youth delega- j tion of sixteen representing the | Young Communist League, the | International Workers’ Order | Youth Section and the Labor Sports ‘Union found the German Consul out when they arrived yesterday to pro- test the Reichstag fire frame-up and demand the safe release of Torgler, Dimitroff, Popoff and Taneff. The consul had been notified that the delegation would arrive at 3 pm. but he had gone out at 2, leaving a note tacked to the door saying that he will not be back. Dave Doran, the Y. C. L. delegate, attached the statement he was to haye read to the consul next to the notice, and received the assurance of two cops and the building guard who were stationed at the door that it will not be taken down, A delegation from the United Council of Working Class Women, which visited the German Consulate yesterday, was told that “they have nothing to protest about.” ’ The New York Committee to the Aid the Victims of German Fascism calls upon all organizations to con- tinue to send moere delegations to the German Consulate after Dec. 19. Midwestern Farmers Protest ROBERTS, Montana, Dec. 18.— Poor farmers and workers assembled here at a mass meeting have sent telegrams protesting the frame-up of the Reichstag fire trial defendants and demanding the immediate and safe release of Torgler, Taneff, Dimi- troff and Popoff and all German class war prisoners. NORTH BESSEMER, Mich., Dec. 18.—The farmers of North Bessemer, meeting with city workers here, passed protest resolutions on the fire trial frame-up. The resolutions were signed by both organized and unor- ganized farmers and workers. Cea, Soaps: SALT LAKE. CITY, Utah.—Protest resolutions against the impending death sentence of Torgler and de- manding the release of the other fire trial defendants have ben adopted by the Calvary Baptist Church, the Methodist Church, by the Consumers’ Welfare and Research League, the International Labor Defense and other organizations in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and other cities here, interests of-the Soviet Union, and re- garded by the Soviet government as having no legal force. The Soviet government refuses to recognize these | arbitrary. measures, and does not re- gard these measures as binding. It re- serves the. right to determine in the future the’ precise amount of losses caused by these actions and insist on payment for these damages. US. Blocks Attack | On Intervention A Montevideo Parley; Opposes ‘Definition of an Aggressor State MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 18.—A reso"u- tion condemning armed intervention in Caribbean American counties was sidetracked: today at the insistence of the U. Sz.delegation to the Pan- American=Conference, following the failure of U.S. Secretary of State Hull to kilt the resolution in the sub- committee. The U. S. imperialists, against whom the resolution is aimed, are demanding modifications in its formulation. In an effort'to nullify the sub-com- mittee’s definition of an aggressor State, J. Reuben Clark, of the U. 8. delegation, has prepared a counter resolution, “which would allow any state (read U. S.) to use “its good offices” to interfere in the affairs of another country - without being deemed the author of an unfriendly act. U. §.-British imperialist rivalries came sharply to the fore again with & proposal in one of the sub-commit- tees to invite the British dominion of Canada to join the Pan-American Union—a move designed to weaken U. 8. domination of the “Union.” The El Salvador delegation led the offensive yesterday for a moratorium on debts, .declaring that the levying of taxes to pay the U. S. loans had ~~} created a financial crisis in that country, with a general lowering of the standards of living. Hull’s proposals for a general low- ering of tariffs secured general sup- port, although many delegates ad- mitted that a lower tariff would have little effect on the economy of the South and “Caribbean American countries, suffering from low prices for raw material. Celebrate’ Tenth Anniversary of the “Daily.” Send greetings to the Daily Worker for its Tenth Anni- versary 24:page edition of Jan. 6. Get ads. Speed your orders for this historic edition. jat the Conference Against U. 8. im- |spectators, despite the rainy weather. \Of Filipino Masses Delegates Present! from Twenty-One Organizations NEW YORK.—Twenty-one organi- zations were represented by delegates | perialist terror in the Philippi held last Sunday at 132 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn. Many workers attended as ‘The Conference elected an Action Committee to arrange a large protest mass meeting, which would elect a delegation to go to Washington to place demands on Manuel Quezon, reformist leader of the Philippine Senate, now in the United States on @ so-called “Independence Mission.” The Action Committee was also in- structed to arrange for a much broader conference to further bring to the attention of the American masses the situation of the Filipino toilers under U. S, imperialist oppres- sion and exploitation. Contributions of $11.35 in cash, and} $11 in pledges gave an eloquent testi- monial to the solidarity of the Amer- ican workers with their Filipino brothers. Japanese, Jamaican, Porto Rican, Filipino, Jugoslay, Indon: and American Negro workers spoke on the conditions of the masses in their res- pective countries and pledged their support to the struggles of the Fili- pinos and of all oppressed nations in their fight for indeepndence. Organizations represented include the Lithuanian Democratic Club, the Philippine Club, Paper Bag and Suit- case Workers Union, several workers clubs and International Labor De- fense branches. Fascist Militia Mass In Chilean Cities to Intimidate Workers SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 18.—Twelve thousand members of the Fascist Re- publican Militia massed in several jend U.S. Army rifles and aided by Independence Fight WhiteGuard ParadeinChicago CHICAGO, Dec. of Chicago workers yesterday demon- | strated against an anti-Soviet White Guard parade in this city ahd de- | fended themseives against White) |Guards, armed with brass knuckles} Chicago police. Workers defending themselves against the White Guards sent many of the White Guard leaders to the hospital. Scores of workers were ar- rested by the police and many in- | jured by the White Guards and their | police allies. The White Guard parade was or- ganized on the occasion of a con- ference under the leadership of Arch- bishop Lenitzer “to save millions of starving Ukrainians.” This vicious Slander against the Soviet Ukraine was repudiated by Ukranians from | the Soviet Ukraine, who refused to participate in the parade, which was composed of Russian White Guards and Ukranians rfom that part of Ukraine handed over by the Versail- les Treaty to Poland. The route of the parade was changed several times in an effort tn confuse the angry workers, who crowded the streets to demonstrate their hatred of the White Guard enemies of the workers and peasants’ government. Chicago workers will again answer the anti-Soviet slanders at Wednes- day’s meeting in the Coliseum, 15th and Wabash, in celebration of the victory of Soviet recognition by the U. 5. government. France Fails to Balance Budget; Inflation Hinted PARIS, Dec. 18.—Admission that the French budget was far from be- ing balanced, despite decrees adopted by the French Chamber of Deputies for cutting the social services and the . wages of civil employes, was made in the Chamber today by Mar- cel Regnier, budget reporter. Regnier hinted that inflation of the franc may be the next step. He estimated the 1933 deficit at 6,000,000 francs and stated that the French public debt is now 300,000,000,000 francs, Chilean cities yesterday in support of @ reecnt government decree banning demonstrations and meetings of work- ers and prohibiting publication of strike news in the press. militia at Santiago was reviewed by the fascist leader, Eulogio Sanchez and Minister of Finance Gustavo A parade of eight thousand of the{ CHILD'S SAVINGS FOR “DAILY” PITTSEURGH, Pa.—After seeing an item in the Daily Worker how a worker’s child busted his penny bank to help the Daily Worker's $40,000 fund, E. P. L., of this city, sent his little daughter's bank savings to the “Daily,” with a statement, “It is bet- 18.—Thousands >— 12 Greek Soldiers Face Death Verdict ATHENS, Greece. — Twelve sol- diers and seamen are on trial before 2 court martial at Janina (Epirus), charged with being Communists and with participating in a mutiny in the convict settlement of Kalpaki, an of- fense punishable by death. The Greek Red Aid (IL.D.) and the Communist Party of Greece, | who forced the release of two Com- munist soldiers sentenced to death by the same court two years ago, are jagain organizing a mass protest to free their twelye courageous com- rades. Paris Press Gives Figures on Nazi War Preparations Italy to Press Its De- mand for Revision of Versailles Pact PARIS, Dec. 18—The French Su- perior War Council, in a secret meet- ing today, decided to flatly opposed |the Nazi bid for arms equality, . 8 PARIS, Dec. 18.—Secret conferences between Nazi leaders and British and |Italian imperialists were followed to- |day by an announceemnt that Italy | would press its demands for a Four- Power arms conference of Britain, France, Germany and Italy to take up the Nazi demands for arms equality. Reports from Rome state that Italian Under Secretary of State Fulvio Suvich nas returned from Ber- lin with assurances that the Nazi regime would support the Italian initiative. e The Italian’ proposals are ‘aimed at revising the - Versailles ‘Treaty, ‘and while having ‘a measure of British support, are, furiously opposed . by France, Poland and the Little Entente vassal states of French imperialism. Foreign Minister Benes of Czecho- Slovakia declared a few days that re- vision would be tantamount to war. Joseph Paul-Boncour, French Foreign Minister, -has repeatedly voiced the opposition of the French imperialists to the “re-~arming” of Germany, while admitting that the Nazis already have over 2,000,000, men under arms. The French Government yesterday per- mitted a “leak” to the press of unof- ficial extracts from reports secured by French spies showing intensive Nazi ter to build a new world than to build a bank ‘account.’ war preparations ¢. « the reorganiza- tion of the German General Staff, ” Soviet News ys Agency Exposes Riga Lie Factory London Times Spreads! White Guardist Inventions (Special to_the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Dec, 18.— Deliberately forged news item about a fantastic secret terrorist organization and the arrest of 8,500 persons by the O.G.P.U, broadcast by the Latvian News Agency were exposed today as anti- Soviet provocations by Tass, the of- ficial Soviet News agency. Tass has issued the following state- ment: “A Tass telegram from Mos- cow, dated December 4, which ap- peared in “Riga newspapers on De- cember 5, was circulated by the Lat- vian News Agency. The telegram re- ported alleged arrests by the O.G.P.U. of 8,500 persons, 1,000 government of- ficials, officers and soldiers of the Red Army included. All these per- sons, it “was alleged, belonged to a secret terrorist organization which organized arsons, explosions, etc, A Crude Forgery ‘This telegram represented a crude forged document, never issued by Tass. “The Riga White Guardist news- paper, Segodnia, published this forged document in heavy black type instead of an editorial, which declared that ‘the message relates to the Soviet Far East “However, even this White Guardist ‘Segodnia, was reserved in say- ing that this alleged Tass message ‘represents a supposition.’ “But the Riga correspondent of the London Times, who acquired specific }international notoriety for his ‘mes- {sages about the U.S.S.R., sent this provocative message which his paper published on December 5th. He added to his story the words ‘authentic in- formation from unofficial sources.’ “Simultaneously the Times corres- pondent cites a long list of inventions of all kinds of horrors in the Soyiet issued on Jan. 6th. Far East. “Tass immediately. sent a protest to the Latvian News Agency, and de- manded publication of the fact that Tass never sent such a telegram, and that the agency should make a care- ful investigation, and order the guilty to be punished, “The Latvian News Agency pub- lished the fact that Tass never sent the alleged telegram and that ‘owing to deficient transmission’ the word “Tass’ got into the report. World Communist Leaders to Greet U.S. Workers in Anniversary “Daily” Leaders of the world-wide Communist movement are speeding their revolutionary greetings to the American workers for publication in the 24-page tenth anniversary edition of the Daily Worker, which will be One of the most stirring greetings already arrived is from the Com- historical and documentary features Your orders now to make sure you versary, 24-page edition of your “Daily.” a Nasascitae munist Party of China, leader of the Chinese Soviets now battling against the imperialist armies of Chiang-Kai-Shek. This greeting from the battlefields and others will be printed in the special 16-page illustrated magazine supplement of the anniversary edi- tion. There will be in addition special features by leaders of the Com- munist Party, U. 8. A., and by regular staff members of the Daily Worker. New York and Detroit alone are organizing for » mass sale 000 of the 250,000 copies to be printed. No worker will reading the greetings from his fellow workers abroad, nor of 130, want to miss the additional that will appear in this issue. Rush will get a copy of this tenth anni- | Riga Press. Agency Admits It Faked Horror Story “Only. one Riga newspaper pub- lished this explanation.” In connection “1th this provocation, the Soviet newspaper, “Investia,” writes:: Voices from the Ether “A stenographer hears voices from in the U.S.S.R., and credits ‘Tass with the report. The editor of the Latvian culates the Anti-Soviet invention, and the whiteguardist ‘sheet embellishes it. “These absurd ‘explanations’ are taken up| by the Times Riga cor- respondent, notorious for his’ most impudent anti-Soviet inventions, and they are published in full by the Times, The impudent message, full of falsehoods is offered the English readers as the truth, “This story casts light on the methods, used in circulating the widest anti-Soviet inventions.” “Izvestia,” points out further that Riga has always been the source of circulation of the most fantastic Anti- Soviet lies, and that in this case some of the methods and sources of fab- ricating Anti-Soviet canards were discovered. - From an informant who was re-= cently~in a position to acquire the facts at first hand, the Daily Worker lJearns that special precautions are taken to prevent the German Com- munist leader from communicating with any of his comrades. He. is allowed to correspond with no one except his wife. His letters to her consist of only a few lines of greeting. He is’ allowed no literature and no conversation with fellow-prisoners. Plan Trial Early In 1934 He-even takes his daily exercise in solitude. As all prisoners know, the walk round the exercise ring pro- vides opportunity for whispered con- versations. But the Nazi jailers are not taking even this risk of giving Thaeliann the opportunity of com- municating with the world, In their own time—it is surmised perhaps in January or February—the Nazis propose to stage a great trial. Thaelmann will be accused of all the plots and conspiracies which are now: being framed-up. It will be a propaganda trial, with the. Nazi headsman’s axe as the finale. This. is the end which we have to avert by taking up now the fight to free Thaelmann. “Pravda” Calls for Mass Fight Against the ether about all kinds of horrors | busy-~for News Agency immedistely widely, cir- | f Fascist Lynch Plot (Special to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW Dec. 18 (By Cable).— Referring to the provocatory article in the Hitler paper, the “Voelkischer Beobachter” calling for “new pro- ceedings” against Dimitroff and his Bulgarian comrades on trial at Leip- zig, the Pravda, Central Organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union declared today: “The Fascist agents-provocateurs continue their clamor for the blood of the Leipzig prisoners. Although the prosecution has been forced to relinquish its positions, admitting the innocence of the three Bul- garian revolutionaries, Rosenberg’s paper (Rosenberg is a Hitler agent) continues its blood-thirsty clamor. The yells of the Fascist press will _ appraised by universal public jonas the Fascist’s attempt to save their face, which the Leigzig trial showed to be the face of an unsuccessful incendiary, After weeks’ sitting of the Leigzig Court, the insolent demands for a “new trial” is really outrageous. A new trial? Yes, but this brings an inevitable exclamation that the trial Judges change places with the ac- cussed prisoners. “The wild threats of the Fascists show the world proletariat the extent of the danger facing the four revolutionaries. “answer the blood-thirsty yells of — the Fascist incendiaries. Let the whole world cry ‘Liberate Dimitroff, pa os Popoff, and Taneff’ echo louder through the world!” Nanking Generals Aid New Japanese Tnvasion of China PEIPING, Des, 18.— Japanese on: bos ; Chahar pushed aarepiet Se Chincheng toward the borders of the People’s State of (Outer) Mongolia, where Japanese agents have been months attempting to. fomient 2 counter-revolution against the \People’s Government, which is to the Soviet Union. sad miles north of Chihcheng, with the of ition of the Nanking Kuomin~ ta ‘als who conveniently withs drew forces without offering the slightest resistance to the invaders, Large ..numbers of the retreating Chinese forces are being sent south to i] support Chiang Kai-shek’s attacks on the Soviet Republic. ‘ it. Col. Kaneshiro Shibayama, Japa military attache here, inad- vertently revealed today a secrét ay it between Japan and Nan- king;,Whereby the former will sup- port, Nanking’s appcintees in North China, in exchange for Nanking's e in the further ba Shine by oe Japanese imperialists, red Japan would any