The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 5, 1934, Page 8

\ Page Eight Daily, AWorker “ERTRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERRATIONAA) “America’s Only Working Class Daily Newspaper” FOUNDED 1924 PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY THE COMPRODAILY PUBLISHING CO. INC, 50 Bast 13th Si New York, N. Y. one: Algonquin 4-795 4. Se r w N.Y. ‘ National Press Building St., Room 1708, Chicago, 1. | 3 Subscription Rates: } See BPM: except Manhattan and Bronx), 1 year, 8.00; | SB Smonths, $3.50; 3 months, $2.00; 1 month, 0.75 cents. | Pe atten, Bronx, Foreign and Canada: 1 year, $9.00, / G months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00 mon cents; ihly, 78 cents meee. Weekly, 18 MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1934 ————_—_——> Gag Rule or Democracy in| © the Socialist Party They have repeatedly slandered the Party as consisting of “puppets” who fol- in blind, rigid discipline” the leadership of the (chloride “democracy. Events of the Austrian class battles has not only Pbare the falsity of their slander against the Com- Party, but has strikingly revealed what it is f really lies behind the Socialist Party conception week's issue of the Socialist “New Leader” the full text of a gag rule handed down by the | ship of the Socialist Party that is without We give the full text of the instructions anded down by the Socialist Party bureaucracy: | No branch of circle ts to conduct, support, of ve ; im any debate, symposium, or joint meet- which Communists are to take part; any ap- which may already have been given for such e is hereby revoked; _ No party member or Yipsel is to participate im debate, symposium, or joint meeting in which Z take part, no matter under what aus- such event takes place; _\No branch or circle is to send delegates to any ference or joint committee in which the Commu- Party or any of its auxiliaries and so-called e ’ clubs” are represented; if any such dele- "gates have already been elected, they are to be with- No party members or Yipsel belonging to any organization are to accept or serve as its dele- Btes to any such conference or joint committee, Algernon Lee, Chairman, Julius Gerber, Secretary. @©)Gag rule, harsh and severe—such is the way the Socialist Party leadership intends to stifle the discus- ao issues of the Austrian situation and the United it. Such orders in a political party, and 8 suposedly king class party, are unprecedented! They sound the military orders in a Prussian barracks, A. vital question immediately faces the entire and file of the Socialist Party: Will they sub- to this harsh, bureaucratic, gag rule handed wn from above? Will they permit themselves to ag by an order that sounds like the espionage iws of 19177 A it is these Socialist leaders who talk about the e& of “democracy” under capitalism! This is how @onduct “democratic” discussion in their party! gag rule from above! Tt is these Socialist leaders who paint such bogeys workers of the supposedly “terrifying discipline” Communist Party. What a contrast is the way @. Communist Party is carrying on the discussions of Jife-and-death questions reiated to Austria. ) The Communist Party called an entire series of bh mass Party meetings on the Austrian situation ‘which it extended cordial invitations to all So- workers and sympathizers. At these meetings Socialist and non-party workers attended, and Hathaway took up in the most comradely way he questions raised by the Socialist and non-party : present. Open, free, comradely discussion— ig the Communist Party method of clarifying po- issues. ‘At the largest meeting at the St. Nicholas Arena, § well as at two others, where Hathaway spoke, Yip- zers were distributing leaflets against the Party. “What did Hathaway do? He read these leafiets s the assembled gathering of workers. He asked for pst and discussions from all the workers present. Even more, he offered the platform to the people were distributing the leaflets, asking them to the meeting their point of view. 4s what the Communist Party means by pro- ian democracy—democracy for and by the workers. .is how the Soviet Union is governed, through pro- z democracy, the democracy of the proletarian hip against the capitalist class. are the Socialist leaders so fearful that the rank and file meet in comradely discussion Communist workers on the most vital political of the day? Why are they so fearful of Socialist workers on the same committees with mist workers, united in common struggle against ‘and imperialist war? Why are they so fear- Mf discussion on the United Front? Why are they to permit their membership to thrash out o Political discussion the questions of the ”" the “peaceful road to socialism,” the ac- nd statements of Otto Bauer? political discussion of life-and-death ques- strangled by brutal gag rule by harsh bureau- then it is time for the workers and honest in that party to ask the leadership some very questions. list Party workers!, Do not let your mouths F gag rule! You have a right discuss these political issues You have a right bruta ¥ dalist workers! We welcome and invite the most ely, sincere discussion with you on our com- class problems. We welcome you, our Refuse to heed the latest gag rule of leaders! For open discussion on working esttons! ————— re Decree Against Strikes with a tremendous rise in strike’ struggles, | Fumblings of more strikes throughout the coun- he Roosevelt government finds it necessary to its strikebreaking apparatus, the National n long experience, the workers have learned ie National Labor Board, through promises, demagogy, has broken their strikes, permitting S every leeway. Now with the new strike ng in aluminum, auto, public utilities (with that it will spread to steel, coal, probably s) the Roosevelt government finds it necessary ve ‘absolute strikebreaking powers to the National rd. But this can best be done, he reasons, ng the workers’ faith in the National Labor ) and by covering it with new and yet more dan- § ‘ ‘Sion Song the Socialist rank and file on the burning | DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK. MONDAY. MARCH 5, 1934 gerous the most po’ States has ever erful strikebre The executive order reads: “W Labor Board shall find that an empl fered with the board’s conduct of an declined to recognize or bargain collect: board, in its discretion, may report such findings and make appropriate recommendations to the Attorney General or to the compliance division of the N.R.A.” Together with this decree, Roosevelt makes the National Labor Board independent of the N.R.A. Com- Pliance Board, new creature of the government, in- creasing its officials from eight to thirteen. This makes the National Labor Board an absolute | Power in all labor disputes, with recourse to injunc- tions from the Federal court, ostensibly against ‘‘em- | Ployers,” but in reality against strikers. That the Roosevelt executive order and the new form of the National Labor Board is an instrument against the workers, the first stage to a gigantic anti- labor apparatus, is shown by its preliminary steps. First, some of the most powerful, open shop bosses are put onto the Board. Gerard Swope, president of the Morgan General Electric Co., is put on the board. Swope some time aga came out openly with a fascist Plan for the transformation of the N.R.A., and the complete subjection of trade unions to the government. Clay Williams, president of the Reynolds Tobacco Co., One of the worst slave drivers in the country and a bitter enemy of genuine trade unions, was likewise made an official. Not satisfied with this, Roosevelt adds Henry Dennison, expoliter of Framingham, M: and Leon Marshall, professor of Johns Hopkins Univ aity law school. Hence the increase in membership on the National Labor Board is the increased control over it by the most powerful trusts in electricity and tobacco, the increased power of those most closely con- nected with the biggest banks in the country. This is the main guarantee that the National La- bor Board will be an instrument against the workers, against their strikes, and against their unions. Second- ly, the courts are given the deciding voice. No worker should forget for a moment that the courts ‘are among the best instruments of the capitalist class in their Struggles against the workers, They are part of the capitalist machinery of oppression against the workers, issuing injunctions against strikes and railroading strikers to jail. Thirdly, the function of the National Labor Board is to force compliance with the codes. In the aluminum strike this means forcing the workers to accept the 40-cent wage provided by the code. It means, if a strike should break, and these employers on the National Labor Board decide that the workers 80 back, they will be forced to do So by the courts, who have behind them the Police and the United States No wonder in putting over such a decree that the National Labor Board, no sooner has it been em- Powered with this mighty arm against strikes, covers its tracks by a diverse movement, apparently against four bosses. But who are these bosses? Are they Ford, who smashed the Edgewater and Chester strikes, with the help of the N.R.A? Is there included Mr. Weir of the Weirton Steel Co.? Is the United States Steel Corporation’s subsidiary, the H. C. Frick Coke Co. included? Is the Budd Auto Company mentioned? Not at all. Some small manufacturers are mentioned, but even these are merely straw men against whom only the most meaningless, long-winded legal steps will be taken. | Ca spokesmen of various groups of the capital- ists raise their voices “against” the Wagner bill, or against its offspring, the Roosevelt decree. Does this show any basic difference in the class line pursued against the workers? Not at all. The differences lie in the method, and the particular interests of certain of the capitalists which may conflict with the general interest of capitalism and its state power in seeking to smash the whole strike wave rather than one strike in an individual plant. These same bosses “grumbled” about section 7-a, and yet found it the most useful weapon in breaking strikes. They grumbled about the interference of the original National Labor Board, when it was one of the best forces in breaking strikes. Roosevelt finds {t necessary to bolster up faith in the A. F. of L. officialdom, who, working with the Na- tional Labor Board in breaking strikes, are beginning to lose face among the workers; therefore, their effec- tiveness as lieutenants of the bosses is interfered with. Roosevelt does not want an elimination of com~- pany unions, but he wants the bosses to maneuver with them, in conjunction with the A. F. of L. leaders, in order to stave off the storm of strikes. Some of the bosses are not yet ready to swallow the A. F. of L. officialdom along with the strike-breaking apparatus. Not because they are not faithful to them. But they have learned that despite the Greens and Lewises, in fact against them, the workers go on strike. There is not the slightest doubt that the Greens, Lewises and Hillmans will strive to use this new set-up to stave off the rapidly increasing strikes, to awaken the workers’ illusions in the National Labor Board as | an “impartial instrument.” Every worker should be warned against this propa- ganda. There must be no let-up in the independent organization of the workers, and preparations for struggle. To rely on or in the least maneuver with the National Labor Board, will lead to the defeat of the workers, to the weakening and ultimately to the crush- ing of the fighting ability of their organizations. This issue should be taken up in all unions, espe- cially in the A. F. of L. locals, where the National Labor Board should be branded for what it is—the most powerful strikebreaking apparatus ever set up in the-United States. Workers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill--(HR 7598) The National Unempioyment Council, 80 East 11 th St., has printed 100,000 postal cards, ... These postal cards are to be mailed to Chairman Conn ery of the House Committee on Labor, where the Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill (HR 7598) now rests. Send them also to your own con- gressmen. Only the mass pressure of the workers will force congress to act favorably on the Workers’ Bill. Order post cards today at 30 cents per hundred or $2.0 0 a thousand from the National Unemployment Com- mittee, 80 East 11th St., New York City. The demand for the enactment of the Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill should be brought at once before every organization of the work- ers and farmers. Letters and telegrams and resolu- tions should be sent at once to chairman Connery of the House_Committee on Labor and to the local Con- gressmen, demanding the enactment of H. R. 7598,, de- manding immediate security for the starving unem- ployed, at the expense of the employers and the gov- ernment. Only the demand of the masses of workers and farmers, of all workers and all working class organiza- tions, will force this committee to bring the Workers Bill to the floor of the house, "Fight for Thaelmann Is Quest Honor of World Proletariat,” Declares Dimitroff i OF '2.000W orkers In Protest at Of Struggle To Free Ernst Thaelmann NEW, YORK.—Two thousand work- ers massed in front of the German Consulate Saturday, to protest against the imprisonment of Ernst Thael- mann and Ernst Torgler and to de- mand the freeing of all political prisoners in fascist Germany. spite of an appointment made by telephone Friday, the Consui-General was “out.” An attempt to break up the ranks of the workers by a gang of hoodlums failed, as the parade marched from Battery Place to Rut- gers Square, although Harry Baylin- son, Post 191 of the Workers’ “Ex- Servicemen’s League, and two by- standers were badly clubbed by mounted policemen, While the workers, who represented trade unions and mass organizations, sang revolutionary songs in front of 17 Battery Place, a delegation of five, composed of John Little, representing the Young Communist League, which called the demonstration; Bertha Kipnis, the American Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism; Gladys Fabri, Irish Workers Club; Reggie Thomas, the League of Strug- gle for Negro Rights; Nates Bruce, the International Labor Defense, and S. Bydarian for the Communist Party, went to the office of the official New York representative of Hitler fascism, Consulate Closed When they reached German Con- sul’s office, the door opened and the big face of a police officer peered out. “The case is closed,” he said loudly. A nervous consulate employee, stand- ing well behind the policeman’s bulk squeaked, “All, all are gone,” and re- fused to take the resoution presented by the delegation, which returned to the street and reported this to the workers. A resolution was passed un- anjmously by them, calling for the freeing of the nine Scottsboro Boys who are victims of the same capitalist terror as the German capitalists are now using against the working class of Germany. Cops Club Marchers Singing the International, the work- ers fell into line and paraded towards Rutgers Square. At Madison St., a missile was hurled and a gang of hoodlums darted from a door way and began a fight in the ranks. Mounted police let the hoodlums go ahead and then the police started clubbing the marchers. One of “New York’s Fin- est,” shield No, 3854, said to an at- tacker, “You're outnumbered Sam — come around some other time.” An onlooker had his glasses broken and driven into his face by a heavy club and another worker was also beaten. The workers held their ranks and proceeded to Rutgers Square, where speakers addressed them briefly, {pointing out that fascism was not confined to Europe, and that the working class must fight against its development in America, British Navy Budget to Be Near $300,000,000 LONDON, March.—Current British naval expenses for the next fiscal year, exclusive of special construc- tion appropriations, will be in ex- cess of 60,000,000 pounds (nearly $300,000,000), it was made known last week, Estimates for the army and air force have not yet been worked out. The whole Admiralty Board will go to Gibraltar March 20 for a grand inspection of the Mediterranean and home fleets, which will follow four- day maneuvers off the coast of Por- JAPANESE AIRPLANE PLANT BURNS DOWN TOKIO, Feb. 23 (By Mail).—A fire | broke out in the airplane works of the Japanese concern of Pitsubussi on Feb. 21, and destroyed the equipment |of the first department and a num- ber of finished planes. The cause of jthe fire is unknown. The damage amounts to four million yen. COMMUNIST BARRED IN BRAZIL ELECTIONS BUENOS AIRES, March 4—The Communist Party is barred from the general elections today, in which half the membership of the Cham- ber of Deputies will be elected, Finnish Socialist Leaders Follow Path of Otto Baw NaziConsulate' In} ‘ ERNST THAELMANN Leader of German Communist Party, one year in Nazi dungeon, ra! Nazi “treason trial” for his life. GEORGE DIMITROFF Bulgarian Communist leader snatched from Nazi butchers by might of world proletariat. Nazi Bishop Seeks To Gag Opposition In German Churches EERLIN, March 4.—Hitler’s Pro- testant bishop, Ludwig Mueller, took another step yesterday to disorganize the broad opposition to, fascism in the Protestant congregations of Ger- mony. He abolished the and deprived provincial s the no to pass fesolu attempting to gag the opnusition carry out his project to make eve! German minister a storm troope: The churches receive state port. The oppcsition is discuss giving vn this support in or crganize itself independently. general synod ynods of tof Revolutionary Fight Must Be ,, ” Broader, Saysd Heroic Leader Was Heartened At Trial By World Struggle In His Defense Specia! to the Daily Worker MOSCOW, March 4 (By Cable). — Before leaving for a prolonged cure ~ |in a Soviet sanitorium, George Dimi- 10 Communists Snatched from Moscow Workers Heil Arrival Of Dimitroff’’s Aged Mother Accompanied by Daughter and Taneff’s Wife; Nazis Had Not Told Them of Release of 3 (Special to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, March 4, (By Cable).— George Dimitroff’s aged mother and sister and Basil Taneff’s wife ar- tived here from Berlin yesterday and were greeted at the Moscow station by groups of welcoming workers. Among those who met them on their arrival were relatives of the Bul- garian immigrants, headed by Dimi- troff, representatives of the Execu- tive Committee of the Soviet section of the International Labor Defense, and groups of women workers from Moscow factories. The arrival of the three made clear that on Feb. 27 the Fascists had also concealed from their relatives the fact that Dimitroff, Popoff and Taneff were to be sent to the U. S. S. R. Their relatives were supposed to visit the prisoners on the very day that they were deported. When Mother Dimitroff and Taneff's wife came to the prison during the day, they were informed by the secret police that the visit had to be post- poned for several days as “officials were busy today at a meeting.” But these same fascist underlings took the food which they had brought with them, promising that it would be given to the three pris- oners, who by this time were already beycnd the German frontiers. It was enly later in the afternoon that these relatives accidentally learned about Dimitroff's and his comrades’ de- portation. They immediately applied for help to the Soviet Embassy in Berlin, The mockery of the German fas~ cists has finaly broken the health of Dimitroff’s old mother, it was ap- parent on her arrival here. Only her ardent desire to see her son free in a free country gave her the strength to endure the tiring’ jour- ney. “Red Army Is Barrier to All Peace Violators”--Izvestia Special to the Daily Worker MOSCOW, Feb. 23 (By Cable).— The entire Soviet press today dedi- cates numerous articles to the cele- bration of the Sixteenth Anniversary of the Red Army. On this occasion, “Tavestia,” central organ of the Soviet Government, writes: “Today the youngest and strongest army in the world—naixely, the Army of the Proletarian Revolution — glancing backward upon the path that it has pursued, verifies its readi- ness for future tests. This army is ready to defend the frontiers of this Socialist country; it is a mighty force, guarding the interests of millions of masses of working humanity. It is the only army that is not seeking war, but which is always on guard for peace. “In 1918 Lenin wrote that the armed workers constitute ‘the em- bryo of a new army, the organiza- tional cell of a new social regime.” At the present moment this organi- zational cell has become firmly welded into a splendidly armed or- ganization existing within the limits of this new social regime, serving as the best weapon of the proletarian dictatorship, in defense of the social- ist regime against possible attacks of the enemy from without. “The might of our Red Army is the might of our country; it consti- tutes a barrier to violators of peace, and at the same time a source of courage for those throughout the world who are fighting against the danger of imperialist war. Now, when the pages of the bourgeois press abound with the world “war,” when the problem of preparation for war is very often openly and stili more often furtively the subject of wide debates in bourgeois parliaments; when it is the theme for books and speeches of influential politicians for imperialism — “Peace” remains the leading slogan of the Soviet Union and its army. “The heroic Soviet working class Offer Ne Protest to the! esa rebuilt, the proletariat could Outlawing of the Communists By R. PESOLA It is well known how the Social- Democratic leaders of Austria be- trayed the Austrian proletariat, the poor and middle peasants and the bankrupt petty bourgeoisie. ‘That chain of betrayals begins from the time of the World War and ex- tends to the present, when the bloody fascist dictatorship of Dollfuss is shedding the blood of the Austrian proletariat and strengthening its fas- cist machinery for the oppression and enslavement of the working masses. At the conclusion of the World War, the Austrian Social-Democratic leaders, Friedrich Adler and Otto Bauer, explained that it would be a simple mat for the Austrian pro- ize power and form a done since thé country has been torn to pieces by fhe war, and the task of rebuilding should be left to the bourgeoisie. f When the country has take power into its hands by “demo- cratic means.” This would be the path of “peaceful development” to- ward Socialism. If the proletariat of Austria, in the year 1919, when a Soviet state was set up in Hungary, had taken the path it wished to take—the path of forming Soviets—this would undoubt- edly have helped the proletarian rev- olutions in Hungary and other coun- tries. But the influence of the Social- Democratic leaders on the Austrian proletariat was too great; and when they wanted bourgeois democracy, the proletariat of Austria could not form a dictatorship of the proletariat. ‘But -has Adler's and Otto Bauer's road led to Socialism? Far from it: this road has led to the bloody fas- cist dictatorship of Dollfuss, which is tearing limb from limb the cream of the Austrian workers, who had to take arms to defend their rights when Dollfuss destroyed and banned all organizations that were proletarian in nature ,even though Social-Demo- cratic in name. Two Groups But Both Fasicist And just as in 1927, when the work- ers of Vienna organized mighty dem- onstrations against the shameful de- and peasantry is standing fially and resolutely under the red banner of Socialism, guided by the Communist Party advancing in united co:;npact masses towards new victories for So- cialism, They desire peace only; they ; are ready to do everything possible in order to maintain peace. : “We know that peace opens the greatest prospects for the cause of Socialism. But we are equally con- vinced that war promises no defeat for us while the Red Army is in-! vincible, as equally invincible as the cause of Socialism.” Mussolini Bids To Be Kingpin in Bloc Of Danube States ROME, March 4.—In an effort to snatch leadership of the Danubian countries away from France, and at the same time freeze out Germany, Mussolini has arranged a conference between himself,’ Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria and Premier Gomboes of Hungary in Rome March 14 to 16. In this conference, it is announced, he will seek to push the plan he announced last summer for organiz- ing a political and economic bloc of the Danubian countries, under his leadership. The conflicts among the Danubian states formed from. the fragments of the Austro-Hungarian empire after the war have been an obstacle to the organization of a solid anti- Soviet front. of European powers. Franee, Germany, and Italy are fighting for the leadership of such a bloc. France has tried in vain for two years to organize it, and the Nazi aggression against Austria is Germany's method of seeking to be the one to carry it out. cisions of bourgeois courts, when they carried on heroic struggles against the Social-Democratic police forces, now the Social-Democratic leaders the’ other: by Mussolini, these same Social-Democratic ledders. have sup- ported Dollfuss’s fascist group and fascist guard, the Heimwehr, which are supported by Mussolini, as a “lesser evil.” When the Communist Party was banned and driven into illegality, the Austrian Social-Democratic leaders refused to form @ workers’ united And further, when Dollfuss dis- banded the defense group (Schutz- bund) of the Socialists, the Social- Democratic leaders saw no danger of fascism in this, but continued to sup- port Dollfuss’s fascism—without even speaking of trying to organize the workers to strike down fascism. Nazi Headsman Fearing Masses, Court Reverses Death Sentences BERLIN, March 4.—Proof of the mass hatred of the murderous pro- gram of the Nazis is given in the fact that the German Supreme Court yesterday voided sentences of death passed by the criminel court of Des- sau against 10 Communists. The Supreme Court declared the Nazis could not justify this legal mass murder before the German masses, and voided the sentences on the grounds that the verdict con- tained a glaring defect. The Supreme Court, in its opin- ion, did not declare itself opposed to the Nazi murder program, but in- sisted that legal murders must be carried out in a more careful fashion by the Nazi courte. Soviet Fliers Here To Start on Arctic Rescue Mission Famous Explorer Tells Press of Plans To Fly to Arctic NEW YORK. — Two Soviet fliers and one arctic explorer, who arrived | here Wednesday aboard the Olympic, awaited orders yesterday from the Soviet government to proceed to Nome, Alaska, to aid in the rescue of 101 members of Prof, Schmidt's arctic expedition who are stranded on an ice floe 200 miles west of Point Hope. The fliers, Sigismund Levanevsky, who aided in the rescue of James Matiern when he was stranded in Siberia; Maricius Slepnev, an out- standing arctic pilot, and Professor George Ushakov, told the press of their aims in an office of the Amtorg Trading Corporation yesterday after- noon. To Rescue Expedition Professor Ushakoy told the aims of the group. “We are instructed by our government to lead one of the groups jto assist in the rescue of Professor Schmidt's expedition,” he said. Schmidt sailed from Leningrad to go through the Northern Sea and then through the Bering Straits to the far east. He nearly fulfilled his aims, but was blocked by heavy ice floes. The ice smashed the steamer on February 13 and the expedition was forced to disembark. They had suf- ficient time to unload warm clothes, food and material for portable houses. The expedition is living in portable houses unloaded from the steamer which later sunk. Fourteen Planes to Rescue Prof. Ushakov stated he did not know when his group would leave. “We will perhads go to Nome direct by aeroplane.” he said. “We expect to land on the ice and take small groups to the U. S. S. R. Fourteen planes have already left Vladivostok by steamer for a jumping point near the ice fioe and three have flown to the point and are waiting to jump off on the rescue mission. These planes have been held up for a few days by the stormy weather.” Levensky Sending Pilot Levenevsky, the chief pilot of the expense on arctic expl For this reason it was easy for Dollfuss to crush with united fascist forces the workers who defended themselves with arms, who fought | heroically and shed their blood in struggle against the murderous bands of Dollfuss. It must be taken into consideration that the Communist Party of Austria is small, and the in- fluence of the Social-Democrats among the workers is great, so the nist Party was not able to take a sufficiently strong position of leadership in the struggle. But these recent struggles and ex- periences have undoubtedly proved to the workers of Austria that without geoisie. ‘The situation in Finland is now developing along the same lines as in Austria, with the exception that the Communist Party has never been @ legal party in Finland. But the role of Social-Democracy in paving the road for fascism is the same as in Austria. Finland Is Next? The bourgeoisie of Finland formed a partly fascist regime already in 1930. It took place through the so- called Lappo-uprising. At that time er in © troff, sitting in his Moscow room, yesterday made the following state~ ment in an interview with your corre- spondent: “The fight for the liberation of Ernst Theelmann and thousands of other revolutionary workers impris- oned in Fascist Germany must con- tinue unabated. My earnest con- viction is that the question of free- ing Thaelmann is the question of the revolutionary honor of the world proletariat. “Surely,” he added, “revolutionary workers and all honest people among the intellectuals who fought for the release of the Leivzig defendants fought not only for Dimitroff, Torg- ler, Popoff id Taneff—it was a struggle against German Fascism, the expression of sympathy with’ the valiant struggle carrind on by the German revolutionary proletariat.” Dimitroff spoke at length of his experiences. Although completely isolated prior to and during the trial, with only Nazi papers to read, he sensed the tremendous struggle being waged in his and his comrades’ be- helf. This strengthened him in his fight and added to his determination to turn the world tribunal, intended by the Nazis to discredit the Com- munist Party, into a tribunal to ex- pose the Nazi incendiaries. Dimitroff also told of numerous tokens of workers’ solidarity reaching him even in prison, despite the vigilance of the jailers, and spoke of stimulating Moscow impressions after a two-year absence. New Spanish Cabinet Further Step Toward Reaction and Fascism MADRID, March 4.—Spain’s new cabinet, headed again by Alejandro Lerroux, is a Cabinet committed to repealing or modifying the labor and anti-clerical laws, and to carry out an amnesty of royalist prisoners. The new Cabinet was announced yester- day. It has eliminated the only two members who were opposed to this program, but does not include the openly fascist party of Gil Robles. It will attempt to carry out its re- actionary measures without the open fascists, for fear of the militant op- position of the workers to the Gil Robles party. DEPOSED RED MAYOR RE-ELECTED PRAGUE, Feb. 17. (By Mail).— As in many other municipaMties, in Chabry the Communist mayor was deposed from office by the ministry bs | for the Interior. At the re-election | ordered by the authorities, the de- posed mayor was, however. elected / group, is the most famous arctic flier | in the Soviet Union. He is 32 years old and is the son of a blacksmith. At the age of 16 he joined the Red Army and when he was 18 years old hé-was a commander of a regiment. Graduating from both the Army. and Navy Academies at an early age, he later headed the fiying school in Moscow. Levenevsky was the first pilot _to fiy a seaplane over land in the U.S. S. R. All throughout the press interview with the fliers several reporters from the capitalist press acted in a most disrespectful manner. They growled in undertones about “this being an- other propaganda stunt,” a unaware of Prof. Ushakov’s state- ment about the role of the U. 8. 8. R: in the field of scientific research and arctic exploration. “The Soviet Government is paying the utmost attention to research and expeditions in the North Arctic,” said the professor. “The work of every scientist who goes to the North is guided and assisted by the govern- ment. The government stops at no loration.” Austria Finland S, P. Leaders Support Reactionary “Democracy” all known functionaries in the la- bor movement were this hue and cry. They took labor functionaries “for a ride” to the borders of the Soviet Union, they tor- tured and them, they bir out all kinds of lainies against the workers, even murdering them. x Jand, P. E. Svinhufvud, directly part in leading these fascist Togues, (To Be Continued) for example, that the President of Fin- took hy \ | i ¥