The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 26, 1934, Page 6

Page Six Daily <AWorker HRTRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST PARTY 15.4. (SECTION OF COMMMNIFT HETSREATIONNS? “America’s Only Working Class Daily Newspaper’ FOUNDED 1924 PUBLISHED DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, M units, or in the pages of the Daily Worker, contribute to the clarification of these tasks, to broadening them through his experience, and making them « reality in action. From now until the convention there should be « steady stream of discussion articles around this reso- lution from Party comrades, especially {n concentration | COMPRODAILY PUBLISHING CO, INC, 4 Kast 13th| Centers, helping to make the resolution = powerful Street, New York, N. ¥. Telephone: Algonquin 4-7954. work," New York, ¥. ¥. 2 954, ‘National ton, D. C. Midwest Bureau: 101 South Wells St, Rodm Chicago, Tl. Telephone: Dearborn 3931. Subscription Rates: By Mail cep in Bronx), 2 yeav, $4.06 6 months, $350; 3 mth, 0.78 cents. Manhattan, F and Canada: 1. year, $6.96, $3.00 cents; montl 7S cents MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1934 Our Reply to Gen. Johnson ENERAL JOHNSON’S announcement of open hear- | | | | weapon in our forthcoming major struggles. ee sags Thomas Draws Counter- Revolutionary Lessons RMAN THOMAS draws his final, mature lesson from the recent explosion of revolutionary armed struggle of the Austrian proletariat against the troops of Fascism. Writing with editorial calm in the latest issue of the New Leader, Socialist Party organ, Thomas | derives the following lesson from the heroie struggles of | the Austrian working class: ings on all N.R.A. codes beginning next Tuesday | and las’ portunits Washingtor Gener on hopes to put on a ballyhoo show ig order to give the appearance of fairness and thoroughness in public hearings on “all grievances.” But it is up to us, up to every militant worker, ‘specially up to every Communist, to use this occasion to rally the workers for the widest discussion, agita- tion and action against the codes and for their own demands. Now that General Johnson says every code can be questioned, in each shop we must take the initia- tive in making this a reality, calling meetings, ex- amining the effects of the code, discussing the depra- dations against the workers under Section 7-a. These meetings should formulate the workers’ grievances and demands against the codes. They should be used to Organize departments, shop committees, to mobilize against the company unions. ‘Wherever possible, through the rank and file oppo- sition in the A. F. of L. trade unions, through the in- dependent unions, in the revolutionary unions, we should propose the election of workers’ representatives t go to Washington, expose the codes, and put for- ward their own demands. This is especially an opportune time to direct the attack against company unions. The N.R.A. has fostered the mushroom growth of company unions. We must lead the brunt of the offensive against the company unions by exposing them before the eyes of the whole working class at these hearings; aff through agitation, lead to organization in the shops in * to smash them and butld the workers’ own union ng uni ch 53 gives the workers an op- ir demands in the shops and in ist the starvation codes. | Johnson and William Green want to make into a sewer that will drain off the bit- of the workers. They feel, once they the discontent, put a halo of “critical” cn over Green’s head, the way will be open for ¢ of the anti-labor attacks under the code. our task to defeat this whitewashing of lts of the N.R.A., by making the voice ihe workers unmistakably heard at the hearings, hy (mashing their trickery, and by tying this up with the organization in the shops for action against tae codes. Generali Johnson and Green want « torrent of Wieaningless words to be poured out in Washington @t the hearings. They feel that this will pick up the badly damaged illusions of the workers. . ° * UR TASK must be to expose this maneuver, to use the opportunity of this public hearing to get over the protest and demands of the workers. Above all we must see to it that the hearings are not the end of the protest and discontent, but the beginning of organization everywhere in the factories against the codes, against the slave conditions imposed by them, @gainst the strikebreaking National Labor Board, and for the workers’ demands, for union recognition. In this situation every Party member in the fac- tories has an important task. It is up to the Party Units and Sections to take the initiative in the lead- ing factories to issue leaflets on the hearing, calling on the workers to put their own demands against the codes and develop action. In the A. ¥. of L.; the rank nd file opposition should take this opportunity to raise the whole question of the codes, the Natfonal Labor Board, and particularly the strikebreaking action of the A. F. of L. officials on the N.R.A. The revolutionary trade unions should organize delegations of workers to go to Washington to present | the protests and demands of the workers. The whole hearing must be punctuated especially with the loud | demand of the workers for increased wages to meet the fising cost of living, against the strikebreaking tac- ties of the N.R.A., against company unions, for the right to organize and strike. Particularly in concentration industries, in the basic industries, coal, steel, textile, marine, transporta- tion, we should see to it that representative delega- tions are mobilized to sound the call for struggle against the N.R.A. codes. “Meetings should be held when these delegations | return to expose the public hearing maneuver, and the whole history and experience of the N.R.A., giving the lead for future organization and struggles. And it is up to us to develop the widest agitation, organization in the shops in connection with our pro- tests and exposure in the shops and factories. Pre-Convention Discussion (CATION of the draft resolution proposed for ‘the 8th Convention of the Communist Party, the text of which appeared in Friday's Daily Worker, should be the signal for the widest and broadest discussion of all tasks confronting the Communist Party. ~The draft resolution should be taken up by every Party unit at its next meeting, and be submitted to the gost thorough examination on the basis of the ex- perience of the unit and its tasks. Every Party mem- ‘per should read the resolution and contribute to the diseussion. As stated im the original editorial introduction to - it, Pthe resolution is not in any sense @ final docu- It is the basis and the guide for ‘discussion. ‘Byery Party member can help towards strengthening and improving the resolution. Thus far the pre-convention discussion has really hot dealt sufficiently with the fundamental problems -gonfronting the Party. Now with the draft resolution ore every member, there is a broader, a more con- ‘erete basis for this discussion. We particularly urge 4 members to write their views, criticisms, sug- ens and additions for the resolution. Party mem- should send their contributions for Party dis- sion, and discussion on the draft resolution for the Station D, New York City. } -Party workers are also invited to send in their ews, criticisms and suggestions on the resolutions, hese should be addressed directly to the Daily Worker. he 8th National Convention of our Party is to be d.on April 3rd in Cleveland, Ohio, and up to then columns of the Daily Worker are open to every y member for the freest and fullest discussions of ms confronting the Party. ‘ga Convention, to the Central Committee, Box | | loyalty by propagandizing the troops? “Heroic and inspiring ss the Austrian struggle was, it shows once more at what a disadvantage workers are against a government with plenty of munitions, whose troops remain loyal.” ‘The lesson which Norman Thomas draws, therefore, is that the road of the Austrian proletariat is not o road which the working class should follow. The road of the Austrian proletariat is “heroic and inspiring’ but not to be emulated, not to be repeated by the work- ers in other countries. Tt was in this way that the Social-Democrats, like Plekhanov, greeted the uprisings of the Russian prole- tariat in 1905, “They should not have taken arms,” he said. But it was not in this way that Marx or Lenin re- ceived the news of the proletarian armed struggles of the Paris Commune in 1871 or the armed struggles in 1905 and later in Gzarist Russia. But did he rebuke the Paris workers for their fight against odds? On the contrary, he hailed them in the memorable words, “They are storming the heavens.” Marx proceeded to treasure every incident of the Paris Commune, to analyse and evaluate its revolu- tionary lessons so that its mistakes would not be re- peated in future struggies. From the defeat of the Commune, Marx did not, as Norman Thomas does, draw the conclusion that revolutionary armed struggle for the overthrow of capitalism is impossible. On the contrary, he hailed the Paris uprising as the forerunner of even greater armed struggles! In 1905, the Russian workers were defeated im their uprising against Czarism. Did Lenin, therefore, derive the lesson, as Plekhanov (later to develop into an out ‘and out social-chauvinist support of imperialist war) did? On the contrary, he hailed the armed uprising of the Russian workers as the “dress rehearsal of the coming revolution.” Who was right, Lenin or the so- ctal-patriot, Plekhanov? Norman Thomas states that the Austrian workers were at a “disadvantage,” and that workers will always be at a “disadvantage.” Certainly the working class is faced with great diffi- | culties in its struggle to overthrow capitalism. But from this circumstance, it becomes the task of revolu- tionary leaders to fortify the workers against these difficulties, to minimize these difficulties as much as possible. Instead, Norman Thomas, derives the lesson that the difficulties of the proletarian revolution make the revolution impossible! His words about the Austrian uprising are in reality a rebuke to these workers, and warning against any attempt to overthrow capitalism by force. He is, in reality, arguing against all working class revolution, and crippling all préparations for this revolution. What were the “disadvantages” of the Austrian workers? They were inadequately armed, poorly pre- pared, and lacking in a determined, unified leadership directing the struggle toward a definite objective. But who was responsible for these “disadvantages?” It was the very Social-Democratic leaders who are res- ponsible for thtm! The workers lacked proper arms— but was it not the Socialist leaders who disarmed them, who forced them to give up the arms of their sole defense, the Republican Armed Guards (Schutz- bund)? Did not the Socialist Mayor Seitz of Vienna enforce the dissolution of the working class Schutz- bund defence forces? Did he not break up the work- ers’ tanks, while permitting the Fascist Helmwehr troops to go unmolested? Did not Otto Bauer urge the Austrian workers to submit patiently to search for arms?” Did not the Socialist leaders hail the appointment of. the Dollfuss generals to the posts of “Security Commissioners” as a great achievement against the Nazis? And did not these very same Dolifuss gen- erals lead the troops against the Socialist workers? | If the Socialist leaders—if the Socialist Mayor, for example—had used their power to arm the workers and disarm the Fascists would the Socialist workers have been at such a “disadvantage?” Norman Thomas speaks about the “loyal soldiers” of the government. What made these soldiers so loyal? Did the Socialist leaders ever seek to undermine this The Czar’s army was also loyal for a long time—and he had the Cossacks, most loyal of mercenary troops against the masses. But the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Lenin, broke down this loyalty by working in the ranks of the army, who as Lenin said, are “mainly workers and peasants in uniform.” The Czar’s army refused to shoot at the workers, after the Bolsheviks made their in- fluence felt. The Socialist leaders never consider it # vital task to propagandize in the army for the revolu- tion. The Socialist leaders never take one step toward preparing the workers for armed struggle against capi- talism, but on the contrary, strive with every possible means to prevent this armed struggle against the capi- talist dictatorship. e . ° (ORMAN THOMAS speaks about the reactionary role of the Austrian peasantry. But who was responsible | for isolating the Austrian proletariat from the op- pressed peasantry if not the Socialist leaders? Why did not the Socialist leaders strive to unite the peas- antry with the proletariat against the capitalists and big feudal landlords? Instead every step of Socialist policy was directed toward driving a wedge between the Austrian peasants and the Austrian workers. The Bolsheviks, under Lenin's leadership, succeeded in smashing Czarist capitalist oppression because they aimed at and succeeded in building the alliance of the proletariat with the oppressed peasant masses. With- out this they could not have won. It is the eternal glory of the Austrian proletariat that they took a major step towards breaking the paralyzing influence of the Socialist leaders, and be- gan to talk in the language of Bolshevism, the language of armed struggle for the overthrow of the capitalist dictatorship. Norman Thomas, draws a counter-revolutionary lesson from the heroic struggles of the Austrian Workers. In this, he merely reveals that, like Otte Bauer, Otto Wels, and the Noskes, Scheidemanns before them, he is on the side, not of proletarian revolution, but of counter-revolutionary defense of capitalism. The Austrian working class has taken the first steps along the road of Bolshevism. It is the only road that can destroy capitalist power. It is the road that the Russian workers have already taken so gloriously, the road that the workers of the rest of the world, includ- ing the United States will, inevitably have to take if the capitalist-Fascist dictatorship of capital is to be Party member should, in the discussion in the | destroyed. It is the road toward Soviet power! NDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1934 N. Y. Young Communists Call Thaelmann Protest ecay Grows in NaziRanks;New Oath Required |Million Funcetionaries | | Swear Servility | To Hitler | NEW YORK. — “Behind the sup-| posedly solid front of the totalitarian | State, Nazi leaders are battling one} another to the point of sheer in-| subordination,” says a special cor-| respondent of the New York Times| in reporting the renewal of the oath | of allegiance to Adolf Hitler which 1,017,000 Nazi functionaries took yes- | terday. || The oath, which all are required | to repeat aloud in mass meetings | throughout the country, is the moss | servile oath ever exacted by a po-| litical leader. It is as follows: | “I swear unswerving loyalty to} Adolf Hitler, and unconditional obedience to him and to the lead- ers designated by him.” The oath, administered on the oc- casion of the anniversary of the Nazi party's founding, is an attempt to whip up loyalty to Hitler in the face of a deep discord in his own tanks, in the face of a growing crisis and the faflure of all the Nazi Promises to improve conditions. When giving a speech Saturday, Hitler faltered several times, had to) have a faulty memory prompted by his assistant, Rudolf Hess, and col-! Japsed immediately after he left the platform. In this speech he significantly ad- mitted that the Nazis rule only by force, and have no support among the masses, when he said, “To con- quer power was our goal in the past; to conquer Germany for our power mitist be our goal in the future.” ‘Japanese Prince Bids for U. S. Aid Against Soviets Gets Nation-Wide Radio Hookup to Attack China, U.S.S.R. NEW YORK—Prince Iyesato Toku- gawa, former president of the Jap- |anese House of Peers, was given a na- tion-wide radio network over WEAF yesterday to broadcast an appeal for U.S. support of Japan’s war against the Chinese Soviets, and its prepara- tions for war on the Soviet Union. “We have been through a long period of anxiety on account of our close proximity to two of the worst upheavals the world has evét known,” he said. “I refer to the revolutions in Russia and China. “The Russian revolution has caused many nations to increase their arma- ments in Europe. And the Chinese revolution has caused the greater European countries and the United States to land troops and to augment their naval forces in the Far East re- peatedly. The interests of Japan in China are far greater than those of any Western country. Is it not na- tural, therefore, for us to take the situation in Eastern Asia more seri- ously than remote countries do?” New Belgian King Meets Onposition Communist Slogan Is “Down With Monarchy” BRUSELS, Feb. 25. — While the Belgian Cabinet was at the royal “alace yesterday, offering its homage ‘o Leopold, the new king, many depu- ties in the Chamber met in a special session to express their dissatisfaction with the government, which has been ruling by decree, and with the new king. The opposition was led by the Com- munist deputies, in sharp contrast to the Socialists who bowed the knee to the new king who yesterday de- slared: “The religion of Christ makes patriotism law. There is no perfect Christian who is not a perfect pa- trict.” Communist International Hears Report of Red Army Gains Second only te the Soviet Union in its importance to the inter- national revolutionary movement is the Chinese Soviet Republic, which now embraces one-quarter of the whole territory of China, This gigantic movement, while constantly defending itself against | immense armits of intervention supported by Japanese, American, British and French imperialism, has achieved the emancipation of more than 80,000,000 Chinese from the exploitation of the imperial- ists and landlords, and has won the deep sympathy of the vast masses of all of China. Following is an excerpt from the report of Wan Min to the 13th Plenum of the Executive Commitee of the Communist International, of which he is a member, re- presenting the Communist Party of China—Editor, we By WAN MIN At the time of the Twelfth Plenum of the Executive Committee of the Communist International the terri- | A MASTERPIECE! Jest ae * Socialist. Paper Admits Alliance Between the Socialist Leaders and Dollfuss’ Party on Eve of Revolt SAARBRUCKEN, Feb. 13 (By Mail) —The February 13 edition of the So- cial-Democratic “Deutsche Fretheit,” which attempts to give itself a “rad- ical” air, is an especially significant document. It does not take any notice of the events of Feb. 12 in Austria, or even of the movement of Feb. 10. Instead, it prints two articles, ““Dollfuss Be- jtween Heimwehr and Social Demo- cracy,” and “Christian Workers and Social Democracy,” in which it deals in detail with the speech of the Chris- tian-Social councilor, Kuntschak, at the last session of the Vienna city council. The “Deutsche Freiheit” waxes enthusiastic over the “alliance for the partial preservation of the activity of political parties” which was concluded between the Viennese Christian-Social Party and the So- ctal Democratic Party. “No Force,” Said Seite ‘The paper enthusiastically quotes Mayor of Vienna as saying, “A city like Vienna cannot be made to take the path of force.” Dr. Karl Renner, one of the outstanding lead- ers of Austrian Social Democracy, is quoted as saying, “The spirit which was expressed in city coun- cilor Kuntschak’s words shows that there are men in every camp who are trying to find a way out of the chaos.” Their reports, and the manner in which the “Deutsche Freiheit” fea- tures them, without printing a singte word about the beginning of the big strike movement and the armed struggles show how, even in the last hours before their dissolution, the Social Democratic leaders tried to imbue the masses with illusions about the “decent Christian-Soci«l party” (the party of Dollfuss), aud the “power of the local parliament of Vienna.” The report of the “Deutsche Freiheit” which is dated Feb, 12 is proof that the Social Democratic leaders were taken un- aware by the mass strike movement and the workers’ struggles, and had no intention of leading them, ex- cept to throttle them. 8. P. Leaders Sabotaged Struggles ZURICH, Feb 13 (By Mail).—The Social Democratic leaders of the Austrian provinces of Kaernten and Vorarlberg did not lift a finger to support the fighting workers in other | parts of Austria. But they did everything they could to prevent the railway workers and the workers in important factories going out on strike. The capitalist “Neue Zuercher Zeitung” comments on these actions as follows: | “The faithful attitute to the state | which the leading Socialists of | Kaernten and Vorarlberg took en-| titles us to hope that an atiompt | is being made on their side to bring a few trade unions that know their | duty back into a satisfactory rela-} tion with the state and government.” | Socialists Join in United Front After McLevy’s Censure Socialist City Selectman | Acts As Chairman At Demonstration BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Feb. 25.— Despite the splitting tactics of the City Central Committee of the Bridgeport Socialist Party in reject-| ing the united front proposals of the Communist Party here, Kieve Lis- kofsky, rank and file Socialist and elected selectman at the last city elections, spoke and acted as chair- man at a meeting, held in co-oper- ation with the Communit Party. The day before the open-air mee*- ing and mass demonstration, Social- ist Mayor Jasper McLevy, who is also the town chairman of the Socialist Party, told a committee which had come to him to provose united .ac- tion that the Socialist Party would never participate in any actions or demonstrations in which the Communists are included. In this meeting, McLevy made a vicious at- tack upon the Cwnmunist Party, and attempted to eject the spokes- man from his office by force. At the demonstration, Liskofsky, the Socialist chairman. made an urgent appeal for unity between the rank and file Socialists and Commu- nists and all other workers’ organiza~ tions in the fight against war and “oscism. Many other rank and file Social- is's present at the meeting openly stated that they would fight any action that the Socialist Party mieht } m take to expel Liskofsky from the So- clalist Party because of his united front activities. Two More Bulgarian) Soldiers To Die For Revolutionary Work SOFIA, Feb. 12 (By Mail). — Two more soldiers have been sentenced to death for revolutionary activity in the Bulgarian army, four to seven and a@ half years in prison, and one to five years. Two other soldiers were, shot without -trial by army officers | before the farce of a court-martial | was begun. Sailors Mutiny on British Cruiser in Rush Trip to East Cut Ship Adrift When) Fed Short Rations | On Hasty Cruise | | AUCKLAND, New Zealand (By Mail) —Mutiny on a British cruiser | at Gibraltar, on its way to Australia, | is reported by members of the czew when the British flotilla arrived in| the Antipodes. | In protest against short rations and | bad meat, the sailors of one of the British cruisers cut the craft adrift and threw gear into the sea. It is reported that the complement of men of the flotilla on its way to the Far East was suddenly greatly enlarged because of Britain’s war preparations in the East, and the warships were rushed out without adequate preparations for cruising in the tropics. A large quantity of the eat provisions was found to be bad, os well, with the result thet the sai ors were forced to go on short rations, without any meat. 4 | legality, | and Demonstration at German Consulate This Saturday To Face Court In Next Month YCL Calls Demonstration At German Consulate Saturday Noon W XORK.—The first organi- zation to respond to the appeal of the International Red Aid for a world-wide week of mass struggles and protests for the liberation of Ernst Thaeimann, March 3 to March 16, is the New York district of the Young Communist League. I anifesto issued yesterday, L. cails for a mass ion in front of the Ger- 17 Battery Place, rch 3, at 1.30 p. m. ‘The appeal is issued to members Young Peoples Socialist » the League for Industrial acy, the A. F. of L. unions, 1) as to ail other organizations cers and youth. “Triai” in March Feb. 25—The “treason elmann, leader of y of Germany, is Special commissions, the Prussian se one ot vet state police and mburg secret state rishly working in ion for the trial. . The International Red Aid, parent body of the International Labor De- tense, hes issued a world-wide call that the week of March 3 to 10, ng a year since Thaelmann has en in the hands of the Nazi tor- tur hall be made an international week of mass protests everywhere, for the freedom of Thaelmann. Stool Pigeon to Be Witness One of the chief witnesses which the Nazis propose to use against Thaelmann is a certain August Lass, alias Helmuth, a renegade who, be- fore being unmasked by the Com- munist Party, was responsible for delivering dozens of revolutionary fighters into the hands of the Nazi murderers, This Lass was at one time con- nected with the editorial staff of “Rote Fahne,” the leading German newspaper of the Communist Party, and later with the party in Danzig, where he attempted to provoke armed frontier incidents between Poland and Germany. He was supplied at that time with large sums of money. Threatened with Death The Communist Party, deep in ik carried out a campaign which frustrated his attempts, and an investigation by the intelligence ser- vice of the Party revealed that for some months he had been in the pay of the Nazis. The nature of the methods used by the Nazis to procure stool pigeons and provocateurs is revealed in a Jetter he wrote to his wife at that time, saying “I never believed it would be so hard to die.” Workers everywhere must be warned that every word this man says on the witness stand is dictated in advance by the Nazis, and said by him both in fear of death and in Rape of reward by the fascist but- chers. SPANISH WOMEN DEMONSTRATE CIUDAD REAL, Spain, Feb. 23.— Protesting against unemployment, and demanding lower prices for food clothing, 500 women demon- strated at Malagon today. COMMUNISTS SENTENCED IN TURKEY ANGORA, Feb. 9 (By Mail).— ‘Twenty-five Communists, including the well-known writer Nazim Hicket, have been sentenced to one to five years’ imprisonment for revolutions ary activity. FOR RUNDOWN HOPES Woodhaven, N. J. Gentlemen: There is no finer tonic for run- down hopes than the Daily Worker. Jt is a wonderful brain food. A spe- cial precess by Dr. Hathaway and his staff makes it easily digestible. Tt has a rich revolutuionary flavor that capitalists find disagreeable to swallow, It's good for young and old, I do my best to get subscribers for our “Daily.” Soviet China Now Covers Over One Quarter of tory of the Chinese Soviet Republic was equal to one-sixth of the terri- tory of China proper; this included stable Soviet districts and districts where guerilla warfare was being conducted, At present the territory of the inz stable Soviet districts and dis- tricts of guerilla warfare equals one-iourth of the huge territory of China proper. The stable Soviet districts atone constitute one-sixth of the area of inner China. The total area of the Chinese Soviet Republic is 520,398 square miles, the territory of the stable Soviet districts is 262,964 square miles. Victories of Red Army In the course of our military opera- tions against the fifth campaign of Chiang-Kai-shek the Red Army de- feated 40 Kuomintang divisions, of which 18 were completely crushed. We took 80,000 prisoners, including a number of generals, brigade com- monders and colonels. In 1933 we captured two division | commanders, two brigade command- ers and one colonel. We captured from the enemy 140,000 riftes, 1,390 machine guns, 20 portable wireless stations, hundreds of heavy and light field guns, and six aeroplanes. More- over, about 30,000 soldiers of the Kuomintang troops have goue over to the side of the Red Army. Growth of Red Army At the time of the Twelfth Plenum of the E. C. C. I. the regular forces of the Red Army consisted of from 200,000 to 250,000 men, the guerilla detachments and the Red Guards hhad about 400,000 men. At present the strength of the regular forces of our Red Army is 350,000 and our irregular forces have about 600,000 men, Also, from the point of view of quality, the Red Army has achieved a@ great deal within the last year. First of all we have strengthened the Communist and proletarian cadres | within the Asmy. * With a view to improving the Soviet political administrative sys- tem we issued and carried out spe- cial decrees regarding the alteration of administrative boundaries, the structure of the local and provincial governments and their duties, a decree on the system of electing the} Soviets, etc. In the sphere of economic policy | the central Sc¥iet Government has issued a special decree on the co- operative movement (for example, in the central Kiangsi Soviet district over 500 , consumers’ and credit co-operative societies have been | established). A decree was issued on government and private credits, on capital investments in industry and} commerce, on the utilization of mili-| tary and other specialists, on work- | ers’ control in industry, and on the | purchase and sale of land under con- trol of the Soviets. We also issued a} decree prohibiting the continual: redistribution of land, which practice | was typical of a number of Soviet districts and became a seriot's obs- tacle to the revival of agriculture. | Improvement of Agriculture | | The central and local Soviet Gov-| ernment, having taken upon them- | c2 selves the task of iraproving agricul- | ture, industry and commerce in Soviet districts, continue to direct the! agricultural campaigns, such as the sowing campaign, harvesting, etc. The Soviets organized revolutionary competition and a shock , brigade movement in all branches of econo- | £ mic activity. We have succeeded in improving the functioning of * the) Soviet workers’ and peasants’ banks, have established a correct tax sy. tem, and are carrying out a broad campaign for economizing Soviet funds and for improving the system of supplying the Red Army. Workers Inspection of Soviet Work Chinese Land Soviets Bring Great Im- provements in Life of Chinese Toilers In our work of improving the Sovich State apparatus and of re- ducing the expenses of this ap- paratus, Soviet China has begun by the org tion of a workers’ and peasants’ inspection, by establishing y to check up on ci the Soviet apparatus. In ces there is already a great criticism on the part of ing class and the peasant vith regard to the work of the Soviet apparatus. The easntral and lecal Soviet Governments have begun the introduction of a budget system end ev: et ‘ee months, & financiel statement ation of the \broad finances] statements s and pcasants to wth the Kuomin- Government institutions and thus become convinced that the Soviet Government is run more economically than other Chinese Governments. (To Be Continued