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& 4 x a 84: so tha +6 from abroad bétause—seem- | part the police of Washington,” he |Your story—was 15,845,000, . a y: Plauded for several minutes. i o S : “nearly 16,000,000” would have been ingly on account of political com Moreover, while the Hungarian For Unity of the Workers down. The National Convention de- harged. \the correct estimate to include in| brut e action, sia Daily Worker Reveals Nazi Plot t Anti-Fascist Leaders o Kill U.S. DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1934 Amter Asks for United Fight for| Workers Jobless Insurance La Researck Unmasks Roosevelt’s New Deal and Meideon of C.W.A, in it aor Bescarcn wet Pace ‘Three LRA Corrects Daily’ ‘Headline on LRA ‘Employment Figure Gives Jobless De legates Hit J im-Crow Place To Demand. Jobs for Hit Restaurant Re fusing C BATS h | Jobless Figure at . To Serve Negroes “onvention Speec | sey 5 a sata | “Nearly 16,000,000 Neor : I = a (Continued from Page 1) arity between the propaganda of the| y 40,00, Neegroes y onday INGTON, D. C. Feb. 4— ae erican organization with By CARL REEVE , D8Se: sells us to go to private charities! new YORK, Feb. 4—That ie ; SY seo sro Zelegate certain other propaganda, ectiv- |the one recently formed by the Neil) cgeiwanen od. Poh. 4 Addresses Convention) 3): where the Unemployed Council: Ponte seied tases in \Committee to Visit the]! pureed in Ee ee aS “Are we going to stand for contin- | have organized and put up a fight, | worker, based on the Sth A ( b ¢ 1 pouring in The frenzy of the Hungarian Nazis} On a umber pt Decumicee Perenick | Ti starvation or.areswe ‘soing to ‘the single men and families have|py the’ Labor Res2s 5th Ave. Coach Co. 1 the U.S. against the leaders of |Herczeg, leader of the “revisionist”| ion acced 1. Amter, National ]won more relief from the govern-| had the wrong and mi - Ban = ce Hungarian anti-fascist . move- |movement in Hungary, has addressed ‘Seka Of the Uneniiived Goins ment.” line ‘17,000,000 Jobless,” it is pointed) NEW YORK—A C Jersey anc nent is # direct result of the activ-|direct communications to the leaders| Brcreiary f ab eatin. Nataeetal ae Mine Saae secu CT leat an aber emt torino rk which ar- jes o the latter in organizing|of the Colonel Kovats Society in this Siar da he pocary wight, = "aent” | i e Firing of C. W. C me ra GR a eat a aha gt ough news of 2 i recen! try. ie! | After promising to put four mil- By ic a ration ai erdeen ce ee ee leone came back the answering shouts of | j tion to work on the ©.W.A., the gov- | t4ay- -crow practices nonths, ‘They were particularly incensed at he formation of united front com- nittees against Hungarian fascism this country as weli as abroad. ‘hese committees had the support of 1 large number of working class as vell as middle class groups, including The Hungarian anti-fascist move- ment in this country has gained in creased support during recent months as a result of the open and vicious attacks upon militant workers, Jews and students in Hungary. Since the formation recently of the Hungarian Nazi party, under the! the 1,000 delegates. Amter had just | pictured the appalling effects of the tst year of the New Deal of} Roosevelt on the living conditions| of the masses of the American workers, farmers and professional people. With the government fig- jernment took a majority of C.W.A. | workers off relief lists, Amter re- | minded the delegates. Then he an- jnounced the complete liquidation of |the C.W.A. Wages of C.W.A. workers |were cut to $8.00 a week average, and as low as $4.50 Workers are be- | “Yeu apparently misunderstood our statement,” the L. R. A. states, | “and attempted to add to the nearly 16,000,000 figure the un- known number employed on the C. W. A. and other federal projects. However, our est!mate states speci- ent here. When restaurant ero delezates: to whole dele walked and white ures of the New Deal itself, Amter)| ling iscrimi t sidered the aurant ungarian’ Society, the | b a ing jim crowed and discriminated} fically that we cons! chi te is or abishs Aiea eee meant amas wie: proved that every promise made by | against on ©.W.A. jobs. 300,000 were | workers engazed on these projects ion, the Hungat Literary Society, |and students have t beaten ‘and Roosevelt to the American workers jelready fired from C.W.A. work in| as unemployed.” | groes are not one Washingtor he Hungarian Cultura]: Federation, fend teren aripenaica 6a before taking office has been) 115 states. U.S. Army officers were| The full text of the letter sent by Je nuse it is regarding this he Hungarian Workers Federation pea ani te ch up of oe pe fagpeacbta nan be geeeirien deed | put into jobs as head of C.W.A. ad-|the L. R. A. follows Cl of ee losing 2 ; | rote up the left wing), the Hungarian Section | versities for weeks. Every reference to the Workers Rie paar | Dear Comrade Editor: | as eae of the International Workers Order} The Hungarian Government, al- Unemployment Insurance Billi | Rigtte? these attacks on the work-| win you please publis sh the follow- | re ‘solarrates pr cia Me eet oe in. {bough it has not, as yet, placed its| brought forth great enthusiasm | bea Senet. oe eagebe pect ing corrections of points in your] e of “the high reply to your letter of Decem- | official stamp of approval upon the { Roost government for war. 1) about the Labor Re-| ber 14,” Schilling informs de Al- massy, “I note with satisfaction that your organization has already some- thing in the interest of-our common aim in this country. “To your question as to coopera- tion between our organizations, I would give the following suggestion: "I advise very urgently that you do not wait for any special instruc- plications in your country—these " would be delayed for some tme. And immediate action.is absolutely neces- sary because—as we understand from your letter—your forces are very weak and the eneinies of ott move- ment among the Hungarians have started something. You must organ- ‘ze your forces before these damned Jews, the Communists, and liberals, | Nazi Party, has nevertheless taken no action against it. In this connec- tion it is playing the same role as Hindenburg did prior to the rise of Hitler to power. Many of the mem- bers of the Nazi Party are members of the Hungarian parliament, and it is significant that Julius Goemboes, premier of Hungary, is one of the leaders of the newly-formed Nazi governmental officials as well as their diplomatic and consular representa- tives in the U. S. repeatedly deny any connection with the Hungarian Nazi in this country, proof exists to the contrary. It is generally known, for ex- ample, that the reactionary Hun- garian paper, “Amerikai Magyar | Nepszava,” which is generally ac- from the delegates. ‘‘We are deter- mined to win the enactment of the Workers Bill,” Amter declared at| one point. “There is one country in the world,” he said, “which has e~mplete security for every worker. | This country is not ruled by the brain trust, is not ruled by bankers ang employers, but is ruled by the; workers and farmers—I refer to the Soviet Union.” The delegates ap- “We are fighters for unity of all workers to win our demands,” Am- ter said. “Unity is the best weapon against fascism, unity from below. Unity is the best weapon to win the Workers Unemployment. Insurance | Bill. We must tell the leaders of the A. F. of L., the Muste leaders, the Socialist Party leaders of the Un- employed Leagues, that we will win I. Amter, National Secretary of the Unemployed Councils, who ad- dressed the workers’ delegates at the openingn session of the Na- tional Convention Against Unem- ployment in Washington, Saturday. thousand schools have been closed | clares that we are going to fight, so that we may be able to live.” “Roosevelt tells us that everybody suffering alike. This is not true. } Billions of dollars are being paid ou. :n dividends and interest. Roosevelt s not kept his wledtes, Whet has government done. Federal Relief ins admits that relief |2,100 planes are to be built. Naval feonstruction is gigantic. The trade | war for markets is to be tured into 3 military war. The fascist attacks jare increasing. Amter cited Am- }oridge, the farm and mine strikes, | che lynch terror against the Negroes. | “Here in Washington in the last | Swo months, two Negroes were shot |"n the back and killed, murdered by Amter emphasized in his report the | | recessity of mobilizing the youth, {snd pointed out that the C.C.C. amps which are being extended to |} million move youth, are training a \ young strike-breaking, fascist army against the working class. He analyz- ed the organizational weaknesses of the work of the Unemployed Coun- cils, their shortcomings and achieve- story (Feb. estimate | United search Association's recent in of unemployment the States? The headline: n Survey | ing tence in the story, misrepresent the |* L. R. A. figures. and the one which was not quote? in your story. 2. You apparently misunderstood | our statement and attemnted to add | to the “nearly 16,000,000” the known number temporarily emnli on C. W. A. and other federal pro-| jects. However, our estimate (see) Economie Notes, January, 1934) states | specifically that we considered the | federal | sen-| . Our-exact figure— | th Jev ning, Feb. nounced later. All 13, can be notified ments. All are requested end two tives each to go on this committ Thus, the cap- ne to tiscretit 1 of the unem- into a “drink- at demonstration practices by to keep. the and pzévent 4 zainst starvation fh terror and imperialist Dayton Workers To Demonstrate Today “To Demand Passage of Workers Unemployment ytrengthen their forces!” — * ; is being given out on a sta:vation | ments i | Workers engaged on these Who, should. be at.119 W. 135th & . “Later on,” the leiter continues sig-| cepted as the offical press organ |unity with the Tank and file, Of| basis Relief, he said, is $850 to $650 izing 121/000 dues, paying aig projects a5 unemployed. ‘The reason | Monday, Insurance Bill iificantly, “you can probably get - lungarian songs a week, This is not even enough to | well as many thousands of suppor! eee ee cee eee = noney from the organizations in| the United States, receives regular |the leaders say. With one mighty, | Gic\on Jet alone live on, Roosevelt | and members Got rains ee ters | character of such federal jobs and HAMPTO! GRO DAYTON, Ohio.—©. W. A. and job which you have influence.” subsidies from abroad. united unemployed organization, a8 the fact that many were simply trans- | norkers ‘Will denioniteats Haman Spanknoebel “Technique” In the light of these facts Premier fighting side by side, we will win Soa ferred from relief rolls to C. W. A.| paypron ‘withel-| day for the continnance and aniniaa Goemboes’ message sent| our demands.” 2 sak naga ta saat Kt aad Bavariny to the editor of that oes The report, given in the name of | to supervise the conduct of elections | ¥CT*. | mina Patte teacher| ment of the C. W. A. to include al Heinz Spanknoebel, former leader of he “Friends of New Germany,” whose usefulness to the Nazis Ger- denying sympathy with the Nazi movement, is extremely unconvincing the National Committee of the Un-| employed Councils, traced the mass NRA Officials to determine employe representa- tion in certain cases, it is desirable to explain what and what is not 3. You fail to state in your st that the L. R. A. unemployment mate is as of November, 1°33. pton been fired for refusal registered unemployed workers, anc | for enactment of the Workers i on: F . t Ian Ross, white loyment Insurance Bill. nan Nazi Government was terminated |—t0 say the least. destitution now existing after a year ] " D fi 4 : jcompares with a total of 16,884,000 | to o Jan EF yhen the Dally Worker thru a series| ‘The Daily Worker will continue to| of “recovery” wage cuts, the 16000,-| ASSULC CIENSE | covered by the Executive order . . .| tnemployed arrived at in our unem- | dir Negré school. Ross| The Relief Workers Protective As bf documents exposed his activities in|xpose Nazi activities in the United|000 unemployed, the war prepara-| ne ni Lpoiges Veal oeraas the Na-| riovment survey as of November, |!8 to replace her with | sociation is calling on all workers or- "pening ouiising eee og marge joo yells Promi Of Cc U possible oe Pde wit pia padhee 1982, one year previously. Rests cereal |g ons’. to. emonsirats, Fane Schilling’s letter goes on to say that | mobilizing the against fas- Roosevelt's Promise o. Unions Versy that might arise beteece tieal|_ 4 I 1s common knowledge that} : the Workers’ Unemployment 2 ; 4 ‘it is unfortunate that the Hunga- ‘tians in this country, and especially cism everywhere. “Roosevelt promised us work, he promised that nobody would starve, he promised that the workers should groups of employes, each seeking to represent a fraction of the employe while the A. F. of L. estimate unde: states unemployment and the Roose- | ods of competit urance Bill is presented to Con- ss. The Communist Party en- ee the demonstration, which will n New York, respond es yet very is ohnson aa Richber ink yelt administration exaggerates the “checked up by veakly to our ideals.” Full Translation have security, during ms campaign | 3 A all eerie sie Sour sans Ot | decrease in unemplovment (apart that of the Alexander Har In-|be held Feb, Sth, 2 p. m., at Library ‘Apparently for the purpose of Speeches, But the latest govern- Clarify’ Roosevelt’s | empioyes could select representarives| fom C. W. A.. etc.), the increase in stitute,” althouch our pa Park, Dayton, Ohio, creating a betier response for the cnurderous Nazi “ideals,” plans are of Nazi Letter ment figures, after a year of Roose- velt and seven months of the N.R.A. show at least sixteen million work- Vote Promises to represent every faction of employe opinion.” production and business activitv has involved some increase in employ- erence to their figure may bh you that impr sion, Dayton workers are urged to or- ganize and fight for the following out forward for the publication of a 3 ——— Therefore the matter i ment. Unfortunately you did notre-} 6 You c | immediate demands: Immediate a per, 2 Be ie hy < ae: of Pach ioe tha fee ert WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—A defense! the discretion of the Es Wao print ovr summery paragranh: |coal mine appropriation of funds by Congress “T might also inform you,” the| New York City. ns hae ae nes ee pies of company unions, and a refusal to} company unions are given the N.R.A.| “While butlding. menufacturing, | “bourgec . to maintain the C. W. A. workers murder-plot letter continues, “that| pear Sir: peenk pe billioi aollars. Th ile! carry through its promises of holding! prand of legality and propriety. wholesale and retail trade and a few number 250,000 and on their jobs and to give all rezis- ve have just received instructions to| tm reply to your letter ot Dec. 14,| of cieet Ee an pana sey on elections where workers demand them Bs | other industrial groups showed in- It is quite ° that the mmber em- tered unemnioyed C. W. A. jobs; publish a Hungarian National Soclal-|y note with satisfaction that your or: | ‘rhe pe Page nee ah teats | © elect their own representatives, No Attack Intended jereases in employment, totalling, ploved in coal mines in Nc guarantee of 30 hours at a mini- ‘st (Nazi) paper—if possible a daily, | ganization has already started some- | reports S sip ari ns te were contained in a declaration is-| “In so far as the statement in the about two and @ quarter million,’ 1933, was lower by much more than’ mum wage of $18 ner week; a dis- out by all means # weekly.” Stila iste bterentich. Ger oocition’ ding bd per cel increase In} sueetl Saturday‘ by the highest offi-| press,” continues the statement,|these were in part balanced by de- 200909 then the number emnloyed in! siceai ware of $18 to all of those The Hungarian Nazis are told in| aim in this country. ae "edie dale ae cues” cials of the N-R.As General John-| “might be read as saying that em-|cressed employment in agriculture $ now S064 fiom the C. Wage he letter that they must share part - ‘¥, | son and Donald R, Richberg, chief} ployes’ representatives in all com-| and transportation. Counting the net, ers had of the expense of the paper, and are nformed—most significantly — that fforts should be made.to raise the nitial funds from, private sources— ‘because we want to keep the plans or the paper secret until its appear- ance is assured.” ‘This correspondence is conclusive sroof that the “Colonel. Koyats So- ety,” which has been im existence in chis country for some years, is now oeing used as the spearhead for Hun- yarian Nazi activities in the, United States. The “Colonel Kovats Society” during. recent months, cascist groups to attack workers’ meetings in various parts of the country. In Hammond, Ind., a steel center, their organized gangsters oroke up a meeting of Hungarian workers. In New York City, early in December, workers were driven from meeting of the society after ob- jections were voiced from the floor against the adoption of a resolution greeting the bloody Horthy govern- nent in Hungary. | | This organization was originally ‘ormed to suppori the Hungarian ‘reyision”. movement following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Like the Hitlerites in Germany, the ‘iungerian chauvinists seek to utilize 3 resentment against the im- perialist V fascist movers The “Colone! Kovats, Society” got \ts name from eA Hungarian military man who, like Steuben in Germany, Kosciousko in Poland and Lafayette in Frence, came to America to help ‘he Colonies in the war for indepen- dence against England in 1776. Evidences of the kinship between the leaders of the Colonel Kovats Society in the United States and the Hungarian fascists is seen in the simtl- BOSTON © TENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Saturday, Feb. 10th, 1934 CLARENCE HATHAWAY Editor Dally Worker, Dinos ‘Speaker X WORKERS | VARIED PROGRAM Presenting of Daily Worker Banner to Boston District Dudley St. Opera House ‘113 Dadley Street, Roxbury ¢ Admission 250° seilles treaty to foster the} share th ‘To your question as to the co- operation between our organizations, I would give the following mn: I advise very urgently that you do not wait for any special instructions from abroad beacuse—seemingly on account of political complications in your country—these would be delayed for some time. And immediate ac- tion is absolutely necessary because— as we understand from your letter— your forces are very weak and the enemies of our movement among the Hungarians have started something. You must organize your forces before | has, these damned Jews, the Communists and liberals strengthen their forces. It is unfortunate that—as we say— the Hungarians in this country, and especially in New York, respond as yet very weakly to our ideals. This means that the Communists are on the job. That damned Jew, the New York editor of the Hungarian Bolshe- vik paper, who, you say is their leader, must be silenced. Tf you agree we will take care of this matter. And if necessary we will do the same thing with the others. I might also inform you that we have just received instructions to publish a Hungarian National Social- ist [Nazi] paper—if possibie, a daily —but by all means a weekly. We are instructed to partly finance this paper, yet it is obvious that you must Please advise me on you can probal the organizations in which you have influence. quickly as possible. Please inform me if you could get such a man. Obviously he must not be a Jew, and he must read and write head of the Hungarian department. | 5; ‘The young man who brought over your last correspondence seems to be airient Let me know more about In the hope that we will soon have satisfactory results and further our aim, we remain, with “WAR AGAINST fee the THE CENTURIES” | ~ ste ahi soi, Mmm ee “BREAD” WILL BE SHOWN: AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES: FEB. ith, Wednesday 538 Wisconsin St. ‘TWO GREAT FILMS FEB. 8th, Thursday 1118 W. Madison St. Amter declared, as the delegates applauded. “But it’s a life or death matter for the workers. This *on- vention was expressly organized by the workers to fight as they have never fought before. The workers present shouted their counsel. Because the big corporations like tue United States Steel, Standard Oil, American Telephone & Telegraph, and hosts of others feared that the} workers would misinterpret Roose- |} velt’s recent order as an attack on nd pany unions are chosen by employers, it was not so intended as there is no} evidence that such is the case. They state furthermore that com- | pany unions can be proposed by the and the workers given an | mediate passage of the Workers’ increase in pooulation during the | dustry be Une di - | ployment Insurance Bill by yeer, adding three quarters of a| Foro million secking work for the first|to take a seat wartaael seca time, the total number unemployed | point my > 4 (except in temvorary emer72ncy re- | Missouri Jury Acquits Vief\work) has been reduced by only on employ- approval as Amter laid down the challenge to the Roosevelt govern- ment, “Mrs, Perkins’ Department, of Labor admits that 25 per cent of the children of the country are under- ~ourished. This one fact alone, that one-quarter of our children are starving, is enough to condemn any capitalist country. And Roosevelt told us ‘no one will starve’.” Amter gave figures on evictions, suicides, the decrease in the con- sumption of food by the workers to show the devastating effects of the first year of the “New Deal.” “Necro workers are hardest hit,” Amter said. “Here in Washington, which is under the jurisdiction of the national government. there are 135,000 Negroes and 45,000 are job- less, Forty to seventy-five per cent of the Negro workers are totally un- employed. One million out of six million foreign-born are jobless. There are three million homeless youth tramping the roads. Two ficials unions and a real attack on genuine trade unions. The joint declaration of Messrs. Johnson and Richberg provides that even where the majority of workers elect their representatives, tae bosses can maneuver with the minority to form a company union. Where unions hav contracts and are rec- ognized, the bosses can import a “minority” of scabs, and use them under the N.R.A. to wreck the union. Erroneous Conceptions Workers who thought Roosevelt | where they have been bludsoned into company unions are teld they are quite mistaken. Says the Johnson Richberg statement: “Because of an erroneous inter- pretation isssued yesterday, the ex- ecutive order of the President, which the company unions, the N.R.A. of- “clarified” Roosevelt’s deci- | sion to mean a defense of company | has made promises to hold elections “opportunity” to vote for representa- tion in the company union. Furthermore, the joint statement throws some more light on so-called | “collective bargaining.” It seems | now that “collective bargaining” does | not mean wage or condition or union negotiations, as no contract on these subjects can be made, but merely “representation” for general talk with the bosses. The new order will act as a tre- mendous stimulus for the growth of company unions, and wholesale fir- ing of workers who do not accept the Give direct ‘practical ai aid to the struggle of the German working class against Fascism! ruary 11 affair at the Bronx Coli- seum,, all procéeds of which go to empowered the National Labor Boardthe German Communist Party? | bosses’ choice in the company unions, | | Have you spoken! in your organization about the Feb- | ;did make pvblic—without very wid | quite overlook the extremely imnor political point thet while the gov- | ernment provides the onlv material | available for a fair estimate of vn- emn!oyment, it fails absolutely to use thet meterial itself. The sovernment hes not dared to assomh'e the t which can be drawn from ii figures! that two business Pueiness Week 33. alone ble canitalst aver spread ublicitv, however—vealistic , estimates of the vast army of unem- | ploved workers. Both of our estimates were reached | indenendently of estimate, and. we believ avail fie and exhaustive meth- | more scie! (Continued fron from Page 1) ion. It was to be, as the name implied, soundly “American.” It would fit in tightly as a “left” cog in the flood of jingoist, chauvinist, nation- alist propaganda now let loose on the American workers, But its distinc- tive features would be the most un- principled appeal for a revolutionary mask, Programs, as Hardmen later summed up, do not matter. If the present provisional one does not suit the purposes, it will be tossed aside like an old can. They owe no allegi- ance to any basic principles. Every- thing is for the moment, the need of the hour. In fact, the speakers pointed out, even though the party is not yet formed, it already has the perspective of merging itself with a future labor-farmer party. To give the party ballast, to set it into motion to mislead the work- ers, it 1s “ready to discuss with any individual or group,” as Muste put it. Nationalist Propaganda ‘Then he launched into the nation- alistic propaganda orgy. Every speaker toyed with and expressed the greatest relish at the word “Ameri- can,” emphasizing their Americanism te a nauseous degree. A fascist pres- ent would certainly be bound to con- clude: “Yes, these fellows call them- selves revolutionaries; but they are our national revolutionaries.” Muste himself was dimly conscious of the patriotic coloring of the mect- ing, and actually declared: “We don’t mean we shall support chauvinism.” Really! The defense mechanism, was timely somewhat in the nature of a concession to those who might. protest that the national note was 07 It is, however, stonificant s e our previous estimate a ye: go. you woi'ld rea’i that there may is no fair statist cal ing the fivure assigned | a few ho enourh to rive their ay denying 1,039,000." ater), and the) Known Lyncher of Negro 5. You label our figures “very Ss ment (April, | conservative” because we have used | 1930). If you had piven our figures,| ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Feb. 4.—Wailter official rovernment index But you) item by ite as the Daily Worker Garton, one of the known lynchers of Lioyd Warner, colored youth, mur- dered here Noy. 28, was acquitted tod: by an all-white jury. The jury “deliberated” less than an hour. ‘| Accuittal was voted on the very first bal'ot | Garton was not released, however, for the state intends to push more orously a charge against him of | ious destruction of property in connection with the lynching. His | bond was set at $1,000. Under capi- the rights of property ere acred than the lives of work- et y of Nezro workers. vicious ideology and the attacks on. the white and Negro rt ‘y way out of misery, fascist terror and st war. imper ‘Americanism’ Bristles at Muste Dinner * Tach Nations t Workers’ Party to save the American people from sin, Muste as the chief figure of the new party, declared that “A demand has come from the workers for control. We had to carry out this role.” be of no assistance to the A. F. of L. American workers. or Negro workers, America, “not to Union Square,” affiliation, lackadaisical applause, Louis F. Budenz, long enough to launch into a veiled and cowardly attack against the Communist Party. Worker Spikes His Lie “We are building a revolutionary party,” he said, “ond I don’t mean like those revolutionaries in Union Square who sit around in clouds of cigarette smoke while the workers strike, and who would turn their backs on a revolution when it came.” “That's @ lie” shouted a worker erplayed. Paraphrasing his biblical call from god when he first became a Reverend present who stood out in the cor- ridor, With the banner of nationalism raised high, Muste indicated that they would penetrate all the unions, organizing new ones where they can and try to win the majority of the While talking about “unity” of all workers, Muste | said nothing about the foreign born To Muste both the Socialist and Communist International were on the same plane, and both had collapsed. For that reason, he said, it was nec- essary to build on the American soil, with American traditions, looking to a new party which could later rectify | the slight omission of international Eyen among this receptive crowd, Muste speech received only mild and who followed Muste, declared he was hesistant to speak because he was somewhat dazzied by the prosperous appear- ance of the crowd and the food into the belief perhaps “prosperity” had returned. But he Jost his hesistancy ‘There was painful silence for a few moments. To give the meeting some appear- ance of connection with the mass struggles of the workers, Agnes B, Wieck was imported from the Illinois coal fields. She gave s dramatic description of the fighting miners, who in their struggle against the Lewis gunmen and the capitalist state power, were getting used to | being called Communists and Bol- sheviks, The brunt of her onslaught was directed against Lewis, but she over- looked his spawn, Percey and Keck, who have become the Lewises of the ive Miners of America. Not one word of criticism did she level against them, The real enemy, she said, “is pov- erty.” She said nothing about the | American Workers Party, though one implied she was for it, but did not know exactly why. The most vicious flag-waving was done by Anthony Remugalia, presi- dent of the Unemployed League. He told of demonstrations of unemployed workers, but the outstanding feature of these workers were not that they were unemployed, not that they were starving, but that they were Amer- ican. The latest addition to the Provi- sional Organization Committee of ey AWP, announced the chairman, w: Dr. Sidney Hook, its “Marxian” bul- wark, Professor Hook gave the reasons why he was joining the party: 1) He agreed with the program because this is a “program of straight- forward Communism.” (A reading of the program shows it is an under- handed attack on Communism and the Communist Party.) 2) Because the A.W.P. nae to escape the pitfalls of reformism snd revolutionary ro- manticism, 3) Because the A.W.P.)the brunt of the attack to defeat the|man squirmed. gives the fullest freedom to Dr. Hoo' | in “cultural and philosophical” mat-|cisely is where the A. W. P. plays| whether ae “I am willing,” conceded the pro-| fessor, “to help the workers achieve power. But my views on the nature of art, the nature of epistomology, the existence of the dailectic in nature are entirely irreleevant to my activity.” That these were not irrelevant, in| fact that they were primary and fundamental to Marx, Engels and) Lenin, the leaders and founders of) the international revolutionary move- | ment of the working-class of the} world, is immaterial to those seeking | i to found a party that gives to each! of its leaders the utmost freedom to develop along fascist lines. A “Biological Organism” The main reason for joining the Provisional Organization Committee givn by James Berman, a teacher was: “As a biological organism, I am interested in the fight for bread for myself and for my fellow men.” The sum total of all of the speeches was the lip-service to Am- erican revolutionary traditions, the overwhelming importance of nation- elism, in order better to prepare for future counter-revolutionary be- trayals. Revolutionary Traditions The constant stress on Al revolutionary traditions was for reactionary, nationalist ends. The trick of the American capitalists has always been to stir up division among the American workers. The American working class is of a varied composi- tion, comprising native-born, Negro, and foreign-born workers. The tredi- tion of American capitalism has been to stir up the vilest chauvinist hatreds against the foreign born and Negro workers, to utilize the native born for erican interests of all work This pre- advances of American pandering to the wi and jingoism. The Communist Party calls for unity of all workers, and particularly | the sharpest struggle ag: st chau- vinism and fasc: under what clo: moment. In Communist afl | revolut: munist Inte is best and revolutionary tionary aims. The Communist International 1s} the inher:tor not only of all the best American revolutionary t Lenin showed, but of the reyolution- ary tras ns of all the struggles and victories of the world proletariat How Fascism D/sguises Itself Undoubtedly aware of the aptness of the expressions about fascism con- tained in the A. W. P, tentative pro- gram, the last speaker, J. B. S. Hard- ‘st chauvit ‘ism , the nm of the s all that ful in the Am: man, devcted his time to a little “correct:on.” The ttement of pro- gramm: orient. m” of the pro- posed Party contains a rather apt description of the new “revolutio: ary” party. It says: “A fascist movement is not always easy to recognize, since it has a chamaleon- like ability to adapt its form to the superficial passions and prejudices of each nation in which it raises its| head... It may be said in general that the extreme reactionary charac- ter of fascism always finds it neces-| sary to mask behind seemingly radical | phrases and slogans, in order to win! the support of the masses.” With this in mind the wily Hard- ditions, as| “I was shivering i: my literary boots,” he said, “fearing the gathering would not |directly into the hands of the fascist| think we are trying to be super-res- capitalism, | Pectabie.” | He then called attention to his own \foreign” accent. To show that the |great 2 Russian revolution was not én- tirely forgotten, Hardman told hov |he once rubbed elbows with. Lenin at a Congress in Russia in 1905. Scheduled, however, to speak on ‘If Marx Were Alive” today, Hard- man excused himself by saying he didn’t have any communication with -| the old gentleman. But it turned out jhe did have with one James Mon- -dent of the United States |at the beginning of the 19th century. | “Long Live the Communist Party” | He quoted Monroe as a guide to the A revolutionary workers in their struggle against capitalism, But instead of sticking to pure American, nationalistic, patriotic ex~ jampres to be followed by the A. W. P., Hardman argued that at one time the | Social Democracy in Germany really represented the best interests of the nation; and then with an oratorical twist declared the Communist Party of the Sovict Union represents the | best interests of the U.S. S. R, Therefore, was his conclusion, the | American Workers Party would repre- sent the best interests of America, Programs, Hardman emphasized, \are transitory things. “We do not have to stand on ours, if we find it doesn’t fit.” Anything goes but | American chauvinism remains. i The speeches had lasted past 12 jo’clock, The audience was gradually | trickling out. Muste declared the meeting-closed. But a final word was yet to be. said. It was shouted out by a worker: “Long Live the Communist Party’”