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Page Fou? DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1934 COMMUNIST PARTY APPEAL TO SOCIALIST WORKERS AUSTRIAN CLASS STRUGGLES MAKE CLEAR THAT THE WORKING CLASS UNITED FRONT IS A LIFE AND DEATH QUESTION FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM (PHE heart of every honest worker beats faster in view of the heroic struggle of the Austrian working class. Hatred against Dollfuss and Hitler Fascism fills the breast of every worker. Millions strong in all countries raise the call for revenge against the Austrian murderers of workers who, in the service of the exploiters, murder workers, women and children, bombard workers’ dwel- lings with cannons, hang prisoners and are on the point of trampling down all rights of the workers, just as Hitler did in Germany. Bullets, gallows, concentration camps, tortures, the destruction of ail civil liberties hit the workers without regard to which Party they belong, just as unemploy- ment, wage cuts, speed up in the shops hit the workers without regard to which Party they belong. Hitler and Dolifuss suppress, torture and kill Communist as well az Socialist and non-party workers, just as the American capitalists exploit every worker, without regard to Party affiliation, and fire him whenever they want to. And thus, millions of workers in this country and in the other countries evermore urgently ask the ques- tion: How can the establishment of fascism be avoided, or where it has already been established, how can it be destroyed? And particularly many Socialist workers ask the question: Is a united front of Socialist and Communist workers in the struggle against fascism pos- sible afier all? To this question we Communists have answered YES, # is possible, and in view of the Austrian events, want to give once more an honest and open answer, . * * We do not only believe that such a united front is possible, but we consider it an absolute necessity if we want to victoeriously prevent and defeat fascism. We know that many Socialist workers are not convinced of the correctness of our program. We know that many Socialist workers dre still following the slogans of their leaders, who are against the necessity of a systematic struggle for the dictatorship of the proletariat, although we do not doubt, in view of the German and Austrian events. that the eves of many workers have been opened. What did the leaders of German and Austrian Social-Democracy always point out with special pride: That they “Saved Germany and Austria from Bolshe- vism.” Yes, they did save Germany and Austria from Bol- shevism during the past 15 years, But whom did they save Germany for? THEY SAVED IT FOR HITLER FOR THE GERMAN CAPITALISTS. Whom did they save Austria for? THEY SAVED AUSTRIA FOR DOLLFUSS, FOR THE AUSTRIAN CAPITALISTS, FOR THE MASS MURDER OF WORKERS. The Russian Social-Democrats (Mensheviks) also wanted to save Russia from Bolshevism, but this was prevented, and this is why today no Russian Hitler rules in Russia. but the working class, which is building up So- cialism in the midst of a world of decay of the crisis of capitalist barbarism. We Communists will do everything in order to con- vince in a comradely way, on the basis of the experiences of the working class, that there is no other way out of the crisis, misery, fascism and war for the working class, than the way which the Communist Party knows, But we do not wait until the workers have con- vinced themselves of the correctness of our policy, in order to make possible the establishment of a broad united front for the interests of the working class, THE UNITED FRONT IS AN URGENT NECES- SITY. United front for what purpose, and how can it be established? CAN THE SOCIALIST AND COMMUNIST WORKERS JOINTLY MOBILIZE THE UNEM- PLOYED WORKERS AND ORGANIZE. THEIR STRUGGLES? Yes, they can, and the more energetically, the more unitedly they do it, all the more successfully will they fight against fascism, For it is especially among the unemployed, who have lost all hope and have become demoralized by long unemployment, especially among the unemployed youth in the C.C.C. camps, who are grow- ing up without hope, without work, that the bourgeoisie is trying to organize fescrt ouarads against the working class. AN THE SOCIALIST AND COMMUNIST WORK- ERS JOINTLY LEAD THE WORKERS IN THE A. F. OF L. TRADE UNIONS AGAINST THE REACTION- ARY LEADERS, GRAFTERS AND GANGSTERS? Yes, they can, and this is an important task in the struggle against fascism, because it is the reactionary A. F. of L. leaders, the Greens, Wills, Lewises and many others who prevent the A. F. of L. trade unions from becoming a mighty weapon in the hands of the working class against the capitalists. Does not every honest worker understand that this policy of the A. F. of L. leaders makes millions of workers trust and submit to the capitalist government and parties and that this is the best moral preparation for the development and vic- tory of fascism? CAN COMMUNIST AND SOCIALIST WORKERS JOINTLY TRY, WHEREVER IN HITLER AND DOLL- FUSS STYLE, WORKERS’ RIGHTS ARE BEING SUP- PRESSED BY COMPANY UNIONS, TO CONDUCT A STRUGGLE FOR THE RIGHT TO FREE TRADE UNION ORGANIZATION, FOR THE RIGHT TO STRIKE AGAINST THE EMPLOYER AND HIS AGENTS? Yes, and the more successfully they do it, all the more powerful is their blow against the fascist system, against fascist methods that dominate the thousands of American factories. CAN SOCIALIST AND COMMUNIST WORKERS JOINTLY ORGANIZE THE STRUGGLE AGAINST WHITE CHAUVINISM AGAINST NEGROES, POLICE SWING CLUBS AT AUSTRIAN DEMONSTRATION Thousands of rank and file Socialists and Communists joined in one mighty united front demonstration against Austrian fascism on Wednes- day, before the Austrian Consulate at Fifth Ave. and 42nd St, La Guardia’s Police were active, too, swinging clubs agninst the workers who were show- ing their hatred of Austrian fascism. N.Y, AGAINST LYNCH JUSTICE? Yes, and the more successfully they do it, the more successfully they us!l beat back fascism, which is try- ing to split and to demoralize the working elass by or- ganizing white chauvinist hatred against the Negroes, just as Hitler did with the help of anti-Semitism. CAN SOCIALIST AND COMMUNIST WORKERS JOINTLY CONDUCT A STRUGGLE ‘AGAINST ALL POLITICAL SUPPRESSION, FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, FOR FREEDOM OF TRADE UNION ORGANIZA- TION, FOR THE RIGHT TO STRIKE, FOR FREEDOM OF DEMONSTRATING, FOR FREE ELECTIONS, FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLAGE, AGAINST CLASS JUSTICE? 3 Yes they can, And.the more successfully they do, the more successfully ail attempts at fascization are nipped in the bud. CAN SOCIALIST AND COMMUNIST WORKERS CONDUCY A JOINT SURUGGLE AGAINST WARK PROPAGANDA AND THE PREPARATION OF AN ATTACK ON THE SOVIET UNION? : Yes they can. And the better they do, the stronger fascism will be hit, for the development of fascism and the systematic preparation for a new imperialist war proceed hand in hand. The above points prove that in the questions that concern every worker, the establishment of a fighting united front is urgent and possible in the struggle against capitalism, against misery, against threatening fascism, against the war danger. * . ° ig HESE Socialist and Communist workers can jointly strive to establish a fighting proletarian united front in these questions of life and death for the working class, and the competition between Communist and Socialist workers in this struggle must be a brotherly competition. Those who are the best, the most courageous, the most unselfish fighters, shall be honored by the workers, shall be the leaders in the shop, on the picket lines, in the trade unions, among the unemployed, and in demonstra- tions. If the Socialist leaders want to help establish such a united front, the united front of struggle, we Commu- nists are ready, We have repeatedly called upon the Socialist leaders for such united struggle. But each time they have refused! We do not set forth, as a condition, that they accept our program, that they cannot criticize us as much as they like. We do not set forth such con- ditions for them, and we demand the same right to re- tain our program, and the right to criticize. THE ONLY CONDITION THAT WE DO SET FORTH, IS THAT AN HONEST, UNCOMPROMISING STRUGGLE BE CONDUCTED FOR THE DEMANDS IN WHICH ALL WORKERS ARE INTERESTED WHO WANT TO STRUGGLE AGAINST MISERY AND THREATENING FASCISM. But at the same time, we appeal to all workers: DO NOT WAIT FOR DECI- SIONS FROM ABOVE, BUT BUILD UP THE FIGHT- ING UNITED FRONT IN EVERY SHOP, IN EVERY TRADE UNION. ON EVERY PICKET LINE, AMONG THE UNEMPLOYED, THE QUICKER, THE MIGHTIER THIS IS DONE, THE MORE SUCCESS- FUL WILL BE THE STRUGGLE FOR THE DESTRUC- TION OF FASCISM. The spirit of the fighting workers in Germany, Com- munist workers, Socialist workers, non-party workers, in difficult illegal work against the Hitler dictatorship, of the united struggle of the Viennese workers on the barricades in Vienna, must permeate the whole Amer- lean working class, If we. 25 to 30 million American toilers, Join in one iron fighting front, who can defeat us? Whom can we not defeat? If we begin to build up such a powerful million strong fighting front of the American working class, we can nip in the bud the Dollfusses and Hitlers being brought forward by the American bosses, and can guarantee the safety and the victory of the American working class. CENTRAL COMMITTE COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. Mass Prote est| Matthew Woll, Strikebreake On Polish Trial’ In N. Y. Today Demonstration at Polish | Consulate at 1:30 |famous racketeer, _strike- Today |breaker and American fascist, NEW YORK —In protest against | supporter of poisonous German the trial Monday of 57 survivors of | fascist propaganda, is sched- the prisoners taken in the 1930] yJed, by the American Socialist leaders, as one honored to speak at | Madison Square Garden today. This same strikebreaker, sent a let- | ter on February 7, 1934, just five days |before the Dollfuss fascist hounds The 57 defendants, : j opened fire on the Austrian Socialist two former ed: and Communist workers, appealing to Ukranian Daily News, coe ng class | Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, to leaders well known in New York, and | | break relations with the Soviet Union peasant, worker, ntellectual | Teaders of the Pol are to face judges in Lu for their lives. Thousands who foi hhave swung on gallows in the Polish| eountryside. Hundr of others have been tortured so savagely that | even some capitalists of Poland felt | forced to protest. Among the organizations which | will take part in today’s demonstra- | tion are the Polish Solidarity Club, the Ukranian Daily News, the Down-| town, Midtown and N. Y. District By HARRY GANNES ATTHEW WOLL, vice-pres- ident of the A. F. of L., in- asant uprisings in Polish Western ba New York workers will, Polish consulate, | at 10:30 this ‘kraine, mass before the 151 East 67th Street, morning. ‘ht with them Matthew Woll Is Faseist Agent + the United States; Provokes W ar Against heicua Ansan Union; Urges Wall Street to Establish Secret Police Against pea Worker : r, Ts Enemy of Austrian Workers Prteststrzatin a Of Negro Children | ByNazi Government ¢ nationa] révolutionary working-class. His Scabby Supporters Matthew Woll is acting president of the National Civic Federation, MOSCOW PLEDGES Commissioner Grover Whalen peddle |@ number of forged documents | against the Soviet Union. Now Matthew Woll is publishing janother series of forged documents, PROVE A MOCKERY the bosses especially by attacks on the Communist Party. Premier Dollfuss of Austria could have no better representative and Telegrams “Sent to Ger: man Ambassador and The money for the National Civic Federation comes from the heads of the most vicious scab corpora- tions that are foisting company unions on the workers. Among the Civic Federation leaders, for whom Matthew Woll carries on anti-Sov- iet and anti-revolutionary working- class activity, include: T. Coleman Du Pont, of the billionaire family of munitions makers who coin mil- lions out of slaughtering the work- ers; Marshali Field, banker and the worst exnloiter in Chicaco; Daniel Willard, President of the B. & 0. originator of the infamous B. & 0. Company Union. Outstanding on the National Civie Federation is James W. Gerard, former U. 8. Am- bassador to Germany, a staunch admirer and propagandist for the bloody Hitler. With the fervent aid of Matthew Woll, the National Civic Federation at the present time circulates anti~ working-class, anti-semitic pamphlets published by Goering and Hitler in Germany and smuggled into the United States. The National Civic Federation, and Matthew Woll, have put their signatures to these pamph- lets urging a fascist attack against THIRD INTERNATIONAL OPERATING MORE INTENSIVELY IN THE UNITED STA’ SINCE RECOGNITION THAN BEFORE—OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS SHOW ORDERS FOR INSTIGATION OF STRIKES AND INDUSTRIAL UNREST AS WELL AS ATTACKS UPON THE PRESIDENT’S NATIONAL RECOVERY PRO- GRAM—OUR GOVERNMENT LACKS SECRET SERVICE TO INFORM ITSELF UPON COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES HERE MATTHEW WOLL"RETING*TRESDENT CP“FHE-ATIONAL CIVIC FEDERATION, APPEALS TO ‘SECRETARY CORDELL HULL TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE SOVIET REGIME THAT IT MUST SCRUPULOUSLY OBSERVE ITS PROMISES Honorable Cordell Hull, New York, February 7 1936 Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr, Secretary ox Novenies 16, 195, President Rootes Union of Soviet Socialist Ke- while the responsive action of Party was amoanend alter his eral. By the time the Write House, however, the spate of ald Here is Woll’s signature on a prevyocative appeal for rupture -o' relations with the Soviet Unior and for a secret police against American labor. IAs we desire this letter to reach ‘the ge ie is icy eh Sie nb te ros hundreds of Russian Baas who overthrew Czarism. Matthew Woll assisted ex-police the Soviet Union, was George Djam- garoff, who in the White-Guard ar- mies in Russta shot and murdered |of garbled quotations, in order to whip up an anti-war spirit against the Soviet Union. Here are some facts about Matthew | Woll’s latest deeds, not heretofore | published. When the New York Evening Journal was “investigating” racket- | eering, for its own ends, among the | leadership of the New York trade | unions, they sought to interview | Matthew Woll, vice-president of the A, F. of L. Matthew Woll is | intimately associated with the lead~- | ing ganesters and racketeers im | New York City. The reporters Lad | some very embarrassing questic is Matthew Angels He e es: peated efforts to reach him were unavailing, wanted fo ack '¥Y did Matthew Woll disappear when racketeering was being in- vestigated? Did he have something to hide? When Delegate Suny from Phila- delphia proposed a resolution at the last A. F. of L. Convention held in apologist speak for him at Madison Square Garden today than Matthew Woll. It is the dirtiest insult tothe Aus- trian workers, fighting against their own Matthew Wolls in the tanks of the Austrian Heimwehr, to have this racketeer, scab,. strikebreaker and war-monger speak at a meeting call~ ed to express working class interna- tional solidarity with our Austrian brothers. Socialist workers! Expose this agent of Amerian fasism! Demand that Matthew Woll, strikebreaker, racketeer enemy of all revolution- ary struggles of the international proletariat, be refused the floor at Madison Square Garden, He speaks | for the fascist murderers and is an enemy of the Austrian, German, Russian and American workers. Drive Matthew Woll out of the ranks of Labor. He is an agent of the seab trusts and the fascists. Government NEW YORK. — Telegrams and cables, protesting the sterilization of 600 Negro children, as an act of in- human cruelty of the Nazi regime, were sent to Hans Luther in Wash- ington and Schroeder in Berlin, by the Brooklyn Allied Professional Committee and the West Side Com- mittee to Aid Victims of German Fascism. A protest against the continued imprisonment of the defendants and a city-wide’ anti-Hitler rally will be held February 24th, at Mecca Tem- ple, At this meeting Lord Marley, who is now touring the United States in behalf of the victims of German Fascism, will give a com- plete report on the latest develop- ments in Germany and particularly on the number of atrocities and the latest methods of brutal torture which are used by the blo dy Hitler government, UNION OF International Labor Defense, the h section of the International Order, and other Polish and jan workers’ organizations. in preparations for war. At the same time, this latest criminal document of Matthew Woll deliberately calls for the shooting down of revolution- ary American workers. “Decent American citizens would all American revolutionary workers. In October, 1929, when Hoover was president, Matthew Woll was present at a meeting along with J. P. Morgan, John D, Rockefeller, Jr, Owen D. Young, Andrew W, Mellon, and other enemies of the workers, He faith- A.F.L. Council Sidetracks: | Washington last Summer, Matthew. Woll was one of the most active to suppress this resolution against racketeering. Why did Matthew Woll fight against a resolution demanding the ousting of racketeers? Woli’s Rackets Chicago S.P. Leaders Refuse to Join United Front Austrian - Rally (Special ‘to the Daily Worker) Soviet Socialist Republics be put in jail and shot for doing the things that are being done by the Communists,” is one of the quo- tations printed under the signature of this vile enemy of the Austrian and Amrican workers—Matthew Woll. ‘The list of his crimes against the American workers is long and of the slimiest nature. In the document signed by Woll, is- sued by the National Civic Federation (an organization of the most vicious scab bosses in the United States), this strikebreaker, this fascist, calls on the American government to es- tablish a secret anti-labor police, Matthew Woll wants to supplement the factory spies, the stool-pigeons of the United Steel, of the H. C, Frick Coal Company, of the Standard Oil, and of the other huge scab cor- porations, with government anti-labor tormentors. 4 Th would hound Wor Torgsin Orders appiy to your Pied eoaginscieat nrg aah Social- foeal bank or euthorized sgert | ist workers. They would be a fascist 3 band hounding strikers, hounding 2 those who organize like the workers are doing today in support of the revolutionary risings of their broth- ers in other countries. SPRIN NC CIFTS for your RELATIVES doviet hasse Send a iat Order to your relatives and friends in Russia and enable them to in the Torgsin Stores articles needed ot the turn of the weather. Prices compare favor- ably with those in the United States standing enemy in the leadership of the A. F. of L, against the Inter- a fully pledged to prevent “all and any strikes” on the ground that wages would not be cut. When wages were cut, Matthew Woll gave encourage- ment and support to Police Commis- sioner Grover Whalen who beat down and slugged workers for striking against wage cuts. Helped to Cut Wages. With the help of Matthew Woll, the American capitalists were able to slash wages of the American work- ers over 50 per cent during the years 1929, 1980, 1931 and 1932. tee ATTHEW WOLL has bitterly fought against recognition of the Soviet Union by the United States. Having failed to stop recognition, it now becomes the main function of Matthew Woll to attempt to rupture these relations by the most vicious and scurrilous lies against the work- ers’ fatherland, against the successful proletarien revolution. In fighting against the Soviet Russian Revol! wants to attack the Soviet Union with an international Dollfuss - Hitler ‘Among those whom Matthew Woll laided in whipping up wer against |ATTHEW WOLL is the most out- | army. Strike Issue at Meeting Woman Delegate Calls for Action Against the Austrian Hangmen NEW YORK.—The reactionary role of the leaders of the Central Trades and Labor Council of Greater New York in connection with today's Austrian protest was revealed clearly at the regular meeting of the Coun- cil held last night (Thursday) at Beethoven Hall. Joseph Mulholland, vice-president of the organization and chairman of the meeting, had the strike weapon in his hand but failed to use it, After listening to a speech by Mar- tin Plettl, exiled German trade union leader, in which he told of the terror visited upon the working class by the fascists both in Germany and Austria, the A. F. of L, leaders were satisfied merely to adopt a resolution calling for s boycott of German One lone delegate, 2 woman, took the floor and called for action in support of the heroic Austrian work- ing class. Mulholland sidetracked oe the most appropriate ac: tion at the present time) and ad-| journed the meeting, stating in a demagogic manner that the Council would go on record as protesting against the firing on workers’ homes with artillery. Trade union workers of New York are called upon te repudiate the actions of Mulholland and Quinn, leaders of the Council and to down tools at 3 p.m. in protest against the Austrian fascist mur- derers and show solidarity with our Austrian brothers. Red Flag Waves from City Hall Pole for 14 Hours in St. Louis, Mo. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 16.—A red flag bearing the inscription “Down with the N. R, A. and Fascism” waved for an hour and thirty minutes from the top of a tall flag pole on the city hall lawn here two days ago before firemen and polics were able*te get it fown. the question of action (strike ection, Matthew Woll draws a juicy sal- ary from the Union Life Insurance Company. He was exposed as a racketeer in this organization, using his manifold connections to: drum up business. for his insurance com- pany. He gets a fat income as viee= president of the A. F. of L. © ~~ He gets money from the big seab corporations as acting president of the National Civic Federation, As an officer of the Sportsman- ship Brotherhood he gets dozens . of opportunities for juicy racket- eering. As the head of the so-called Wage Earners Protective League (a paper organization which is acta- ally a lobby for high tariff: sub- sidized by the big trusts) he is able to lay his hands on some more money, The whole history, every deed of Matthew Woll brands him as one of the vilest and most vicious enemies of American labor. He supports the leading fascist groups in ths United States. His latest function is to call upon the Federal Government to establish @ czarist secret police for hounding the Amerian workers, to be used as stool-pigeons during strikes, to help .. (Dail} Worker Midwest Bureau) CHICAGO, TIL, Feb. 16—Secial- -ist Party leaders here officially “fefused Wednesday. night to join || im united actions and in » dem-. onstration. of solidarity with the” -Austrian workers _planned -for~ Saturday, 2:30 p.m., with the Chi- cago League Against Wee and Fascism. 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