The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 5, 1934, Page 6

' January 3 issue of the New Republic, liberal weekly. of “revolutionary” ranting verbiage, ‘Page Six —— | Daily 1G CATAL oncan communH'ST PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST inTERMATIONAL? f “America’s Only Working Class Daily Newspaper” FOUNDED 19% Published da. aceps Ss: sADrng @e,, Inc, 59 3: ew 54 Press Bekding sten, D. € tption Rates a' and Bronx . veer, 08 hs, $2.00 3 LaGuardia’s ‘Economy’ : Program [AYOR LA GUARDIA, the first week in office, has | shown himself to be a New York City edition of | + Roosevelt. He begins with much bluster and dema- | ‘ SOgy, many abstract speeches of “sympathy” for the t unemployed, and all this is accompanied by a program of salary cuts for lower paid city employees, “consoli- dation” and cutting down of pensions; month fur- Youghs without pay—and for at least three-quarters of the million and a quarter unemployed—no relief what- ever. All of this “economy” program, with a higher trac- tion fare hovering in the background, together with higher taxation on workers, is to be placed in La Guardia’s sole hands according to the bill now before the state legislature The demagogic phrases rega.*‘ng fight against gtaft, regarding his sympathy the um_aplayed, etc., makes it more difficult, but all the more necessary for the Communist Party and the Unemployed Councils, to expose this demagogy concretely before the masses; to | analyze each concrete issue and show that La Guar- | die’s words are one thing—his actions and his bills another. t t 5 t t i j La Guardia showed his true colors in the Board | of Estimate meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, his | first days in office. In the first meeting, La Guardia | told the committee of unemployed women that he “has no power” to further any proposal for lunches for chil- | dren of the unemployed or for cash relief for the | women. He cynically offered them jobs shovelling | | snow. The same day La Guardia refused to see a dele- gation cf the Unemployed Council which demanded the indorsement of the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bil! and the Workers Relief Ordinance. In the Board of Estimate on Wednesday La Guar- dia sat by while the usual monthly relief appropria- | tion for Januaty was passed. Hodson, commissioner of welfare, odmitted to more than a million unem- ployed in New York City. The appropriation for January, according to the board’s own questionable figures, was enough for less than 300,00. Dut La Guardia approved the action of the board, which makes no provision for the buik of the jobless work- ess of the city in which he is mayor. His “economy” pill, giving him dictatorial wage-cutting and relief- cutting powers, did not include any of the demands made by the unemployed workers for cash relief, ete. actions of La Guardia against the unemployed; stead of taxing the bankers, of cutting relief, and pensions—must be concretely exposed at cee step. Secondly, the Unemployed Councils and C.W.A. workers’ committees, which are still weak in New York, must be built in the neighborhoods and on the C.W.A. jobs. The mass organized pressure of the unemployed of the city will build such a fire under La Guardia, will so expose his demagogy, that he will be forced to grant the demands of ‘the unemployed. The unions of the Trade Union Unity League, while some good beginnings have been made, have still not sufficiently taken leadership in organizing the un- employed workers in their industries for a fight for relief from the city government, and for the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill. Unemployed Councils in New York City are weak. The struggles carried on by the C.W.A. workers of | the city have been largely spontaneous in character. The struggles against evictions, for immediate relief, | etc., for the Negro and women unemployed, have been | sporadic. With coming into office of the demagogic | La Guardia administration it is necessary for the un- employed councils to carry on a daily struggle in all | neighborhoods and on all C.W.A. jobs to win these demands from the city government. The work inside of the A. F. of L. unions in New York City must also be intensified. The contacts of the Unemployed Council with the A. F. of L. local unions ‘re weak. Many more unemployment committees of the A. F. of L. locais connected with the unemployed souncils could be organized with more attention to | hese organizations. ‘The exposure of the demagogy of La Guardia, on the one hand, his “sympathy” and on the other, his refusal to accede to the jobless demands, is an im- portant part of the campaign for the national con- _Yention of the unemployed called in Washington Feb. 3, 4 and 5. In the course of the fight for relief from the city; the fight for the Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill and for the demands of the C.W.A. workers—a strong and large delegation can be elected from New York City to the national convention. Trotsky Comforts the Nazis FACE of treachery, the counter-revolutionary venom of Trotskyism, are acidly clear in Trotsky’s article on the Reichstag fire which appears in the It is typical of Trotskyism that it issues clouds to conceal the ernel of its counter-revolutionary betrayal. In the New Republic, Trotsky condescends to con- ider the innocence of the German Communist de- ndants, and he graciously indicates his belief in their ence. But he ends with a jet of counter-revo- mary venom against the Communist Party of Ger- against the heroic defendants themselves, that its equal only in the Fascist ravings of a Goer- Wwe, asks Trotsky, did the Nazis fail in their at- tempt to sentence the Communists to the execu- "tion block as convicted criminals in the Reichstag fire? Was it the remarkable wave of proletarian solidar- that touched millions of workers throughout the into action, into mass protests before hundreds an consulates all over the world? Was it the ul Bolshevik offensive of Dimitroff, Commu- Jeader, whose triumph in the Nazi court has made @ revolutionary hero in the eyes of the whole proletariat? Was it the irrepressable revolutionary activity of German working class led by the indomitable u Party? Was it the heroism of the Ger- 4 | | DAILY WORK2R, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1 93. er the walis anding the In short, was it not that the Fascists were forced by the esistance of the masses to stop their murder art? , says tsky. It was the generosity of It was because the Nazis d u Party was no long It was because, to quote hi: is shame- The key to the riddle is this. The Communist Party did not take the road to insurrection. It was not wrecked in battle, like the Paris Commune, or Fiat of 1906. gele.” Russian pro incapable of st: It turned out to be zrows that the German Communist Party to the true Leninist policy of avoidance venturist uprising, he sorrows that the Ger- omunist Party did not hurl itself against the Fascists to “be wrecked” in criminally premature up- rising. He sorrows that the German Communist Par- ty, following the Leninist line, is rooting itself in the factories, fighting for a majority of the toiling masses, cementing its leadership over the masses in prepara- tion for the revolutionary overthrow of the Fascist dictatorship, Only one who is poisoned by a fixed, inveterate, counter-revolutionary hatred of the Communist revo- lutionary can pretend not to see in the Reichstag fire frame-up a major political assault of Fascism against the proletarian revolution. But Trotsky sees in the failure of the Fascist court to carry through its frame-up not a defeat for them in the face of world mass protest, but only glowing proof of the strength of the Nazis, of their generosity and forgiving kindness! He sees in it not a sign of the strength of the revolutionary movement of the world proletariat, but a proof of its weakness! : <_ - »& ND THEN from this depth of vileness, Trotsky sinks even lower. Can one read the following words without revulsion? “Since the time of the fire, tens of thousands have managed to desert from the ranks of the Com- munist Party to the Nazis in order to escape the terror. Such turncoats have figured in the trial as chief witnesses for the prosecution. In several of the concentration camps, the majority of the prisoners voted for Hitler.” Where did Trotsky get these fantastic “tens of thousands” of Communists who “deserted”? From what sources of counter-revolutionary imagining did he fish them up? What evidence, what proofs, does | he offer? They come only from the fertile lying of @ shameless slanderer who does not hesitate to sneer | at the iron Bolshevik struggle and discipline of the German working class led by the Communist Party. Trotsky finds satisfaction that in several concen- tration camps the “majority voted for Hitler.” He ig- nores what was the most extraordinary feature of the recent “elections’—the contemptuous way the working class prisoners in these camps flung their deliber- ately voided ballots into the faces of the Nazi officials. He ignores what jolted the whole world into admira- tion. He accepts, instead, the official Fascist figures of the “election” as bona fide, as the result not of ter- Torism and perjury, but of voluntary choice! Yes, indeed, there have been deserters. But it is to the refuge of Trotskyism that they have fled. It is the Trotskyites in Germany who now cower hope- lessly before the temporary advance of Fascism, wail- ing about the beginning of a long “period of Fascism.” | _ 8 8 OTSKY sneers at those Communists who became “turncoats” at the Leipzig trial. Is he referring here perhaps to those Communist workers who were dragged from the Nazi concentration camps to be State witnesses at Leipzig, and who, upon their return to the camps, braved certain torture by boldly giving their true testimony for the defense! Is he referring to the Bolshevik heroism of the defendants? Trotsky is silent on Dimitroff. He is blind to his Bolshevik heroism. He is blind to the enormous moral victory that Dimitroff has won for the world revo- lution and the Communist Parties of the world. Instead, as the Nazis find themselves demoralized and their prestige severely shattered, it is none other than Trotsky who rushes into the breach to cover up the tracks of their confusion, to convert their de- feat into a victory for them! It ig none other than Trotsky who performs signal service for the bourgeoisie, for world Fascism by rushing in to counteract the revolutionary effect of the victory of the Communists at the Leipzig court! oi, Ste NE MORE item from this prostitute journalist mask- ing as a reyolutionary, and then we will leave him to his own foulness, a figure for whom the world work- ing class has only contempt: “Tf in its place there had been another party capable of assuming the defensive, it would have had @ choice of different ways and methods of struggle, but none of them would have led through the burn- ing of the Reichstag. And if contrary to all sound political sense, a revolutionary party did decide to set fire to the Reichstag, it could not have chosen... a@ mysterious Dutchman... nor the member of the parliamentary fraction... nor two young Bulgarians unable to speak German... nor a merthber of the presidium of the Communist International...” So Trotsky leaves his final drop of poison! He dares to leave a doubt in the minds of his readers as to the innocence of the German Communist Par- ty. And if it did decide to fire the Reichstag... he hints! What is he doing here if not playing directly into the hands of the Fascists, whose main con- tention is that even if the Communists are not guilty of this particular crime, their “terroristic principles” make them morally guilty! What is Trotsky doing here if not to falsify and distort the basic policy of the Communist Inter- national on all individualistic terrorism, all adven- turism! When he hints that the German Communists might have “decided” on burning the Reichstag, what is he doing if not bolstering the fundamental charges of the Nazi prosecutor! That Communism tolerates and encourages individual terrorism! How prophetically true are the words of Stalin on Trotsky, that “Trotskyism is the advance guard of counter- revolution.” This Trotskyist poison should remind us that the Fascist class enemy still holds our comrades in its hands, and that it has allies who are willing to aid it to crush our comrades and their heroic Communist Party. Against the Trotskyist slanderers and the Fas- cist murders let us renew our les in United Front solidarity with all workers, regardless of political creed or organization for the safe release of our comrades now in the hands of the Nazi murderers, . 2 Join the Communist Party 35 EAST 12TH STREET, NEW YORK, N, Y. Piease send me more information on the Commu- nist Party. NAME. ADDRESS......... nN 5 “WwW ve Mad 7 Strides!”— is French Govt. Aided We Have Made Great Strides Roosevelt Colossal Swindle of Workers, Investors Thirty Million Dollars | Looted in Municipal Bank Failure. PARIS, Jan, 4—High French gov-| | ernment officials are involved in the |sensational failure of the Credit | Municipal Bank of Bayonne and the | disappeai j head, with millions of doliars worth | of jewelry pledged by small investors }a@8 collateral for the purchase of | bonds recently issued by the institu- |In addition, jewelry and other yal-| uables pawned by impoverished workers have disappeared. The losses to small investors and insurance | companies, and through them to their | policy-holders, is reported as between twenty to thirty million dollars. Camille Chautemps, ‘present French Premier and formerly head of the Ministry of the Interior, is involved in the scandal, together with other | Officials of the Ministries of the In- terior and Finance. A wave of mass anger, which may engulf the new Chautemps Ministry, Trance of Serge Stavitsky, its | | tion, which was operated by muni-| cipal authorization as a pawnshop.} | swept France tonight as a result of the colossal swindle, sponsored by | the government and comparable only | to the Krueger international swindle |and the Insulls swindle in the U. 8. | The government is charged, even by | the insurance companies, with pro- | tecting Stavitsky, a notorious adven- | turer who, several years ago, was ac- cused of swindles totalling 10,000,000 francs. Gustave Tussier, colleague of Stavitsky in the management of the bank was recently proposed for the Legion of Honor by the French Senate. Tussier was arrested yesterday on a charge of giving many pieces of pledged jewelry to his women friends. A large crowd of victims gathered in front of the Bayonne Prefecture with cries of “Kill him!” and only dis- persed following a brutal attack by the police. The French government, which has been asked by the insurance companies to make good their losses, now denies that the bond issue pro- moted by Stavitsky with great pub- licity in the press was authorized. Premier Chautmps has been put on the defensive, as a result of the gov- ernment’s defense of Stavitsky in the | past, and yesterday issued a denial that Stavitsky had conferred with him while he was Minister of the In- terior. italy To Train 2,000,000 Youth; Wants New Arms Seeks Equality with French Rivals, Arms For Germany ROME, Jan. 4—The secret confer- ence between Mussolini, Italian fas- cist dictator, and Sir John Simon, British Foreign Minister on the arms question, was accompanied today by a Fascist decree ordering army drill for 2,000,000 Italain youth, ranging in age from 7 to 18 years. Renato ; Ricci, Fascist Under-Secretary of Education, explained the decree as ; aimed “for preparing the new genera- tion for possible emergencies.” Or- ; ders were issued to develop an officer }ecadre of 100,000 among the older youth, of bourgeois families. Mussolini is reported demanding a revision of armament distribution to ‘place Italy on equality with its French rivals. He dropped all pre- tense of support for a downward revi- sion of armaments. He also demands arms equality for Germany, which he sees as a possible ally in event of war between the opposing imperialist camps headed by France and Italy. In an inspired article, “Il Lavore Fascista” significantly declares that “#xperience gained in the disarma- ment conference has shown it is im- possible, at least for some time to come, to bring about any noteworthy reduction of armaments in the most heavily armed countries." The Fas- cist press two days ago declared that all the imperialist powers were fran- tically piling up armaments, and cited the huge naval budgets of the U. S., Japan and Britain. ore . PARIS, Jan. 4.—The semt-official “Le Temps” today publishes figures of German re-arming: “Without taking into account 1,300,- Comradely Courts Try Offenders in Soviet Factories EDIEOR’S NOTE:—This is the second part of an article by Vern Smith, Daily Worker Moscow Cor- respondent, on union agreements with Soviet factory administrations. Yesterday’s article told how these agreements are signed and of what arrangements they consist. se a By VERN SMITH Daily Worker Moscow Correspondent Then, in the collective agreement, the administration of the factory and the factory trade union committee take the following obligations: ‘The factory committee promises to carry on mass political education among the workers for strengthen- ing of actual socialist discipline of labor. It promises to help organize brigades. It pledges to check up or the causes of slacking by sending in- vestigating committees to the homes of absentees, and it agrees to bring before the proper judges all found svilty of protecting slackers, or of autres towards them. e factory committee promises to carry on concrete leadership and! the By Burck Nanking Suffers Socialist Workers Support F.S.U. Call Despite Leaders NEW YORK.—Declaring in words for the defense of the Soviet Union and sabotaging in action that de- fense, the City Executive Committee of the Socialist Party has rejected the invitation of the Friends of the Soviet Union to participate in its approach- ing national convention, to be held in this city Jan. 26, 27 and 28. In an attempt to head off support by honest rank and file members for the convention and its purpose of spreading the truth of the victories) of Soviet Socialist construction and rallying the American working-class to the defense of the Soviet masses against the intervention plots of the imperialists, the Executive Commit- tee also issued instructions to “all members of the Socialist Party and its branches not to participate in this Convention.” Evidence that many rank and file members and locals intend to defy this counter-revolutionary instruction is shown in the receipt by the F.S.U. of credentials from several Socialist branches, and promises to send dele- gates from others. Thus, the sec- retary of the Bristol, Conn. Socialist Party local, advises the F.S.U., at 80) E. lith St., that his branch endorses | the convention: “We appreciate your invitation very much and would like to send at least one delegate. But our finances are low as some of the members are working part-time and most of us are financially embar- rassed. But we wish you to know that we are in favor of the Soviet and wish your Convention of the Friends of the Soviet Union great success. In rejecting the invitation of the FS.U., the City Socialist Committee follows the line of the German So- cial Democracy, which paved the way for the murderous Nazi dictatorship by rejecting the united front of So- cialist, Communist and non-party workers. It attempis to cover up this traitorous opposition to united front action by the workingclass, by char- 000 World War veterans, as well as the volunteer workers, the Reich at present disposes of 165,000 profes- sional Reichswehr troops, 100,000 men in the Reichswehr until very recent- ly, 80,000 militarized police, 1,000,000 Nazi storm troops and defense at- tachments—a total of about 1,350,000 trained, drilled, actually organized soldiers. “These units can be mobilized on the hour. At Nuremberg, 350,000 Nazi troopers arrived in the space of three days and left in two days. The con- tingents took from five to seven minutes to detrain.” , acterizing the F.S.U., a broad united |front organization, as a Communist organization, A statement issued yesterday by the | National Committee of the F.8.U. declares, in part: “We regret very much that this ac- tion was taken by Socialist Party leaders. The reasons given are not | valid. The F.8.U. is not a Commu- | rganization; it is a non-party ation, a united front. Of course we have active members who are Communists and no one can deny that Communists are friends of the Soviet Union. But the Communists number less than 15 per cent of the F.S.U. membership. We also have many socialists, syndicalists and lib- erals as active members. The over- whelmingly majority of our member- ship have no political affiliations. We know that there are hundreds of thousands of workers, farmers and others who are divided in their poli- tical beliefs and affiliations but are in agreement with the aims of the F. S. U which are: a) to spread accurate information about Socialist construction in the Soviet Union, b) to answer the lies and slanders of its enemies, c) to mobilize the American masses for its defense. Reiehsbank Gold Reserve Declines U. 8. Files Protest on Debt Payments BERLIN, Jan. 4—The Reichsbank gold reserve declined by 5,410,000 marks during the last week alone, bringing the ratio of reserve against outstanding notes as low as 10.9. This present ratio contrasted with 11.5 for a week ago and 25.8 a year ago, shows the catastrophic drop in the bank’s gold coverage. On Dec. 30 last, the Reichsbank gold reserve was 368,182 marks, as against 806223 marks for the same date in 1932, and 983,955 for 1931. The U. S, Ambassador to Germany today presented a protest from the Washington Government against the Nazi decision to reduce its interest payments on foreign loans by 30 per cent, and to pay the remaining 70 per cent in script redeemable at half its value. A similar protest was filed by the British Ambassador. e Help The Fight For the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill.—See “Peace on Earth,” Jan. 11, Thurs- day evening. Tickets at Unemployed Council, 29 E, 20th St. Tatiana Named Rumanian Premier New Govt To Push War Plans BUCHAREST, Jan. 4—The five- day old Rumanian Cabinet headed by Constantine Angelescu resigned to- day to make way for a new govern- ment headed by George Tatarescu, as the Rumanian bourgeoisie at- tempted to heal the breach in its ranks, signalized by the assassination of Premier Duca, and to push forward its war preparations. The resignation of Angelescu fol- lowed threat of resignation as For- eign Minister by Nicolas Titulescu, who is to represent the government at the forthcoming secret conference of officials of the Little Entente states at Zagreb next Monday. The conference, aimed at building up the war-front of French imperialism and its Little Entente vassals, was re- ported threatened by Titulescu’s ob- jections to the Angelescu Cabinet. In connection with the war prep- arations of the Little Entente, King Boris of Bulgaria is to visit Rumania on Jan, 25 to cement the relations between the royal families and rul- ing bourgeoisie of the two countries. | ening of the French Royalists Attack Herriot for Speech on U.S. S. R. MARSEILLES, Jan. 4. — French royalists last night tried to break up a meeting at which Edouard Herriot, former Premier, told of ‘his recent tour of the Soviet Union and his dis- covery of the tremendous industrial and cultural achievements of the Soviet workers, The royalists shouting, “Down with Herriot” started a fist fight outside the hall, and tried to overturn Her- riot’s automobile as he left the meeting, after his address. 17 Bodies Recovered of 140 Trapped Miners DU, Czechoslavia, Jan. 4—Seven- teen bodies were recovered today from the Nelson 111 coal mine, where 140 miners were trapped by a terrific ex- plosion yesterday. One of the bodies was that of a woman who had been working in the shafthead of the mine. , Four of the trapped miners man- aged to clamber the 1,000 feet to sur- face safety, arriving in a state of stupor from gas and exhaustion. Little hope is held out for the others. Ignition of an underground store of dynamite is believed to have caused the explosion. regular instruction through com- radely courts, to select the bes! staff for these courts from among the best workers and udarniks and to release the chairman of this court from other social work. oe The administration takes upon it- self the obligation to provide room and all that is necessary for the normal functioning of the comradely courts. Comradely Courts All this is written into the contract. Comradely courts are a unique form of socialist public opinion. Unsocial activities and tendencies, particularly where the supposition is that no reai hardened criminal is concerned, but, @ casual offender or an offender through ignorance, bring that of- fender before a mock trial by his fellow workers, It is a little more than a mock trial, because the of- fense is real, and the comradely court can get action taken by the union, or the Party or the administration, if it decides action is necessary. But mainly, the comradely court is educational. Brigades, as mentioned above, are voluntary organizations whose mem- bers agree to perform their work in a certain way, and to take over certain specific parts of the factory work, They are treated as units by administration, premiums for bad werk are visited on the whole brigade. In some cases, the brigade, rather than the individual is paid for piece work done—but that does not mean that the members of the brigade share and share alike én the distribution of either regular pay or bonuses. As You Produce, So You Are Patd Soviet industry tried out the idea of paying everybody more or less the same, and it isn’t popular any more. Ti you want to horrify anybody who is at all interested in the progress of socialized industry, say any fac- tory committee member, any Party member, any average worker in the factory—just suggest wages” to him. Every little while there is a fresh campaign in press and public meetings against the remnants of this levelling idea, production, and gave the class enemy a nice soft nest in which to spin his web of devilment. The whole thecry of wage payments now throughout viet industry and agriculture is: “You get paid for how much you do and how well you do it.” If you are industrious, if you are willing to acquire skill, you will have every opportunity to make three or four times the wages your ( “levelling _ of | dining Levelling killed incentive, robbed the | ste: best to pay the worst, cut down pay How A Factory Is Administered in the U.S. S. R. good work and public reproof Fa Measured by Out- put to Balk Lazy and Class Enemies lazy, indifferent fellow worker may make. You will still remain a worker, of course. You can save up your money if you want to, but there is no way you can start a little business of your own with it. If, in addition to good work, you take pledges to do shock work, to be a “udarnik,” you will have cer- tain privileges which a non-udarnik does not have. You will get a special room with better food in the ment, the main purpose late production. More on what Soviet workers actually draw in wages and services, and how they spend their wages, will come in an- | New Defeat by the | Chinese Red Army Chiang’s Navy Enters Agreement with the -Fukien Regime SHANGHAI, Jan. 4. — Ni | troops on the Fukien-Chekiang front were thrown back yesterday by a smashing attack by the Chinese Red Army, which captured Kingyuen and Taishun ‘in Southern Chekiang Pro- vince, after successfully forcing its way through the mountain passes which were strongly held by the Nan- king mercenaries. Further South, the 19th ‘Route Army of the Pukien secessionist regime also drove back the Nanking armies. Nanking plans for a joint naval and military attack on Amoy, Fukien { Province seaport, have collapsed ar a result of the defection of the Nan- king “warships in that port which have entered into a friendly agree- ment with the 19th Route Army. The navy agrees not to enforce the block- ade ordered by the Nanking regime, and to’permit the secessionist regime to continue to administer the city and collect taxes. The secessionist flag is flying over all public buildings in the Gity. At Foochow, secessionist troops are entrenching barbwiring and sandbag- ging the outskirts of the city against an anticipated attempt by Nanking to land troops. Representatives of North. China warlords sympathetic to the. secessionist movement are in the city conferring with the Fukien With. the collapse of the Japanese- inspired military movements in Sin- Kiang Province, northwest China, and in Chihli province, north China, the Japanese afte preparing for a new invasion of North China and mean- time consolidating their hold on Chahar Province, Inner Mongolia. ‘They*have completed the construction of modern airdromes in Malanyu and Hataying in preparation for armed intervention against the People’s Government of Mongolia for exten- sion of ‘their military base against the Soviet Union. Trinidad’s Girl Clerks Organize to Fight Long Hours, No-Pay Policy nics cael PORT AU SPAIN, Trinidad, B.W.I. (By -Mail).—Trinidad’s bitterly ex- Ploited. women store clerks took the first step Dec. 10 toward organizing against: inhumanly long hours and starvation pay. The ‘Teformist labor leaders, how- ever,-haye got control of the move- ment'and the women clerks will be organized as a Women’s Section of the Shop Clerk’s Union affiliated to the ‘Trinidad Workingmen Associa- tion, headed by the reformist Capt. Cipriani, and affiliated to the British Labor Party, Many of the women clerks get no \ New Terror, Framed Arrests Against the Masses of El Salvador NEW YORK.—A new terror drive against the masses of El Salvador Leon, a worker, in Ahuachapan, who is framed on a charge of of water, murder of a justice of the peace, inciting peasants to revolt, shooting an eight-year-old child, burning court records and partici- pating in an uprising in Juayna— all during the El Salvador in January, 1932, according to word + just received by the International Labor: Defense here. Since this uprising, when 30,000 workersand peasants were killed by the soldiery of the United States, Great Britain, Canada and El Sal- vador itself, terror hung over the heads bf the masses, and Commu- nists and other workers known to have ‘sympathy with militant action, have been shot on sight without legal formality, The present case against the man alleged to be De Leon hns been created to intensify the terror against the ‘fnasses, which has been sharp- enednow since many struggles are taking place in the coffee regions. ‘The’. L. D. has called on all mass tions to send protests to the El Salvador legation in Washington, demining information as to the condition of the arrested worker, said to, be De Leon, holding the gov- ernment responsible for his safety, and demanding his immediate re- Jease.. Resolutions should also be sent directly to the El Salvador, Central America, government. 1,500 Protest Murder of. Archbishop as Act Against Soviet Union NEW | YORK. — Fifteen hundred! people. crowded Webster Hall last Sunday to protest the murder of Archbishop Leon Tourmain by mem- bers*of ““Tashnak” as an act against the 4 Union. The meeting was cae by the Friends of the Soviet and the American Committee to Aid Armenia (HOC), Dutch Government Bans “~~ Anti-Nazi Posters AMSTERDAM, Jan. 4.—Anti-Nagh >osters put up by working class ore sanizations are banned in a decree: ‘ssued orn ‘’ erday by the Dutch Gov The-government, fearing that the vnassfight in Holland against the atroeities»of the Nazi regime will be directed