The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 2, 1934, Page 6

2 emma PENNE RIC ORE ARMETONES Page Six Daily QWorker fRwTRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST PARTY “America’s Oniy Working Class Daily FOUNDED 1924 Newspaper’ PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY THE COMPRODAILY PUBLISHING CO., INC., 59 E. 13th Street, New York, N. ¥ ALgonquin 4 - 7 WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1934 S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL) Forward from May Day! M** DAY this year will not soon be for- gotten by the capitalists and their fascist hounds throughout the world. In- tremendous oppre ternationally, there was a surge of the proletariat and peoples, militantly expressing their unity in the fight against capitalism and for the liberation of all toilers. sed Never before in the history of the world has there been such revolutionary ardor, such a mighty voice and action of the proletariat of all lands, pledging de- termined struggle against war, again fascism, for the victory of the world pro- letarian revolution. From the very dungeons of: capital- ism, Comrade Ernst Thaelmann, leader of the German Communist Party, issued his May Day appeal, urging the revolu- tionary fighters against Hitler, against fascism, to continue and broaden the struggle. In Germany, the fascist hangmen, fearing the growing revolutionary activ- ity of the Communist Party of Germany, which this May Day, despite the ferocious fascist terror, made its voice felt through- out Germany, resorted in its rage to an- other incendiary crime. Another Reichs- tag fire blazed over Germany expressing the fiendish savagery and impotence of the Nazi bloodhounds to stamp out the valiant leader of the German proletariat, the Communist Party. In Austria, the proletariat let the Dollfuss murderers know that the revolu- tionary struggles have not been crushed, but now enter a more determined, more decisive stage. In Cuba, Argentina, Mexico, through- out Latin America; in Japan, in China, where imperialist war may burst out at any moment, the proletariat at the great- est risk and with the greatest self-sac- rifice, expressed their firm international revolutionary solidarity. In France and Spain the workers, by the millions, flung the challenge of revolutionary struggle in the teeth of the fascists. In the United States, though full re- ports are not in, it is beyond question that DAILY WORKER NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2,.1934 this country has never seen such a mighty revolutionary demonstration as _ took place on May. Day 1934. * * * A T LEAST a quarter of a million work- = rs demonstrated in New York City, a t by the traitorous social- the mightiest marched under the banner of the United Front organized by the Communist Par of the New York District. In the Soviet Union, the demonstra- tion, larger than any ever held before in the land of victorious proletarian revolu- tion, was one of unbounded joy, one of the highest enthusiasm, one of the great- est achievement of the victory of advanc- ing socialist construction. The proletariat and collective farmers in the Soviet Union joined hands with their brothers in capitalist lands, pledg- ing unyielding loyalty in the interna- tional struggle for the destruction of world capitalism, for the establishment of the world Soviet, for the freedom of the toiling peoples throughout the world. In the Soviet Union, writ large in the streets of all cities, shouted in a mighty chorus by all workers, was the demand that the fascist scoundrels that plague Germany free our brave and heroic com- rade Thaelmann, leader of the German working class, leader of the Communist Party of Germany. * * * M** DAY 1934 brings greater respon- sibilities to the revolutionary work- ers in the Communist Party. Tremendous numbers of working masses are moving into action, against the increasingly fas- cist measures of the Roosevelt regime, for better living conditions, and for the revolutionary way out. May Day, this joyous day of revolu- tionary will and pledge of struggle, should be the starting point for increased activities on all class fronts. It should lead to greater struggles for the rallying of the masses in the reformist trade unions, in the revolutionary trade unions, against the hunger, fascist and war pro- gram of Wall Street, for unemployment insurance and higher wages. It must lead to a tremendous increase in recruiting for the Communist Party, for the world party of the revolutionary proletariat, the Communist International. It must lead to greater efforts to establish unity of all workers, to smash down the bar- riers that the socialist leaders set up to keep the rank and file of the Socialist Party from uniting with their class brothers in the Communist Party for a united front against hunger, war and fas- cism. With the inspiration of — this mighty May Day demonstration, we must go forward with greater deter- mination, greater energy and courage, through concentration in the basic in- dustries, through the day-to-day strug- gles, to win the American workers for the revolutionary way out, for Soviet power—for a Soviet America. outpouring Soviet May Day Honors Fallen Heroes; Hail Thaelmann and Austrian F ighters (Special to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, May 1 (By Radio)—The entire May First number of “Izvestia,” Soviet newspaper, is de- voted to the fighting day of the international pro- letariat today. In the first column this great day is honored by the following words: “On May Day our first word is a word of com- memoration for the heroes who perished in our great cause; to the memory of the heroes and mar- tyrs of the proletariat who gave t lives for Com- munism, who were tortured, annihilated for it, strangled by the noose in enemy dungeons, who perished under the sword of the executions, hung and shot under the order of capital; to the memory of the perished sons of the Soviet land upon whose blood and bones the flowers of a new life have bloomed. “Our first words are consecrated to the memory of the fighters who every day are perishing under the blows of the executioners, combattants who never bow their heads before their assassins, whose lips never ask for mercy, whose knees never shake upon the scaffold, whose names shine like stars, whose stifled moan before death is a call for great vengeance and great victory. “Our first word is dedicated to the memory of the glorious combattants of the proletariat—Lieb- knecht and Luxemburg—torn to pieces by the furi- ous dogs of the Noske clique and the bestial officers, to the memory of the martyrs and heroes whose glory is imperishable. “Today, May First, our second word is a word to those actually imprisoned in the lands of the class enemy, of the cruel enemy which must be over- thrown; to those comrades languishing in concen- tration camps, in forced labor prisons, and in de- portation. “To those in fetters and dungeons, deprived of light and air. To those tortured and tormented by fascist executioners who make the whip and the axe the basic principle of their culture. We send brotherly greetings to those class brothers, those brave fighters, those valiant comrades, knowing neither fatigue nor fear. We know well that no fascist rage can save capital from imminent and inevitable ruin. “Today, May First, we send our greetings to the workers’ leader Thaelmann, who is unflinchingly de- fending the honor of his Party notwithstanding all suffering and tortures, “We cry hurrah to our courageous friend Dimit- roff and his comrades! We greet by exclamations of ‘Rot Front’ the heroes of Vienna who fought like lions in the streets of the Austrian capital against artillery and machine guns of the bourgeois civiliz- ers. “Today, May First, we send our greetings to the heroes of the working class in the unions, to the millions of collective farmers, to the whole army of constructors who with triumphant steps are advanc- ing towards their glorious aim. “We send greetings to the iron Party whose red banners bear the marks of shots attained in the fights, proudly soaring high upon the heights of so- cialism, and waves against the blue sky visible to the whole world. “We send our greetings to the firm courageous staff of the Communist Party and to its leader, Stalin, commander of great combats of oppressed Peoples, organizer of the great works of socialism. “We know that no imperialist war, no interven- tion will prevent the mighty, majestic growth of our new life. We know the heroic country of socialism will repulse all attacks. Its regiments of proletarian youth, its veteran fighters, its heroes will annihilate all those lifting their bloody bandit hands against it. “Long live the cause of Marx, Engels and Lenin, the cause of world communism! “Long live May First, day of struggle and for- midable preparation for the day of victory of the Communist International!” Company Union Move Launched By Bosses Of Hotel New Yorker NEW YORK.—A move to saddle a feompany union on the workers of the Hotel New Yorker was launched Monday night by the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Workers Guilds at a meeting called by the ‘Women's Food Guild, at 117 W. 46th Etreet. employes to attend the meeting were piaced on the bulletin boards of the hotel. The 50 girls who attended the | meeting were told by Miss Charity | Street, organizer for the Guild, and other leading lights of the organiza- | tion, that the “company wants you | to join and we don't want strikes.” Workers were advised that they would have to pay $1 initiation fees and 75 cents a month dues for the privilege of belonging to this re- . Announcements urging the women’ strike organization. Buffalo A.F.L. Leaders Attempt To Stifle | Militant Workers BUFFALO, May 1.—The reso- lution of the Central Trades and ; Labor Council barring Commu- (nists who are not union members, |from attending local meetings, |went into effect today. This is understood by local militant unionists to be an at- tempt to stifle struggle against the buearueratic A. F. of L. Jeadership, \ Note to Japan Drives to War In the Far East U:- Sx: Dheelawee. 48 Will Protect “interest in China Colonies TOKYO, May 1—The bitter con- | flict between Amer nperialism Wall Street's to continue its arm: Kai Shek and the penet the the Chinese markets, s: “The United Sta td to Chira certai tain obligations.” | Filled with the usual dipiomatic | phri about “good neighbors,” and | “international obligations,” and note actually ser that the United States is prepared! to go to war to insure imperialist Plunder of China on behalf of the| American bankers and exploiters. While withholding the American! note from publication in the press *s notice on Japan here, the Japanese foreign office added more fuel to the r flames in the Far East by telling the American government that Japan also was ready to take the} necessary steps to follow up its dec- | laration that China was its special preserves, Japanese’s c considered as an ai American note says: “Japan cannot remain indifferer to anyone taking action under any pretext which is prejudicial to the} maintenance of and order inj; | East Asia for which she, if only in view of her geographic position, has the most vital concern. “Consequently, she cannot afford to have the question of China ex-, ploited by any third party for the execution of a selfish policy which | does not take into consideration the| above circumstances.” | The result of these interchanges, which so deeply sharpen the an-) tagonisms in the Far East, will be} still more rapid war mobilization, with the danger of war beco g| | imminent. | mmunique which is the er to Hall in May Ist Frame-up, Terror stration are incomplete, but state there were clashes in many Cities. Red flags of Communism dotied the cities of France in a militant, mighty demonstration against fas- cism and for Soviet Power. Strikes were effective in Paris, and strikers clashed with the police. Arrest Communist Deputy Paris was an armed camp, com- pletely surrounded by picked troops, with armored tanks at strategic places throughout the city. Lucien Monjauvis, a Communist member of the French Chamber of Deputies, was arrested when he spoke before a factory, calling on the workers to strike and join the May Day demon- stration. At Gentilly, there was a severe clash between workers and the police, when the Red Flag was hoisted on the City Hall. There were clashes in Bobigny, Genne- villiers and Alfortville. Reports on the huge demonstrations under the leadership of the Communist Party in Vincennes Forest have not yet been received. Japanese Masses Fight War Numerous May Day demonstra- tions against imperialist war, for the defense of the Soviet Union and the Soviets of China, were held in many parts of Japan, the United Press reported. Many arrests were made. A general strike completely stopped all industry, business and traffic in Spain as the entire work- ing class walked out in a monster demonstration against fascism, against the reactionary Lerroux) government, and for a working- class government. The capitalist press admitted that in Spain May Day was a national holiday. For three days the workers of Santiago, Chile, fought the police for the right to hold a May Day demonstration, which was absolutely forbidden. One worker was killed, and 13 injured. Three thousand workers took part in a demonstration. Thir- teen clashes with the police took place. Hundreds of workers were arrested and_ severely beaten. Twenty street cars were wrecked. State of Siege in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina, was in a@ state of siege while May Day was celebrated by the working-class. Open air meetings were held. Street cars, railroad trains, shops were all stopped for five minutes as a pledge of international revolutionary soli- darity. May Day demonstrations were held in Panama, The Communist Party of Panama proposed a united Socialist leaders refused, arranging Socialst leaders refused, arranging @ separate parade. Parades and demonstrations marked May Day in Mexico, Costa Rica, and all the countries of South and Central America. In fascist Austria, the Heimwehr and the Dollfuss police were unable to prevent the heroic Austrian pro- letariat, the day after the “legaliza- tion” of the Fascist power, from expressing its revolutionary work- ing class solidarity and struggle for the overthrow of its fascist ex- ploiters. Shooting took place in Vienna against the Heimwehr and Italian fascist representatives. Hun- dreds of revolutionary workers were placed under arrest in Vienna and Linz. Observors of the Havana, Cuba, Nazis Burn Big Bu" (Continued from Page 1) | t UNCONQUERABLE! pa AS SEE TERRE TRADE BET th “Tzvestia” Contrasts Decay of Capitalism, Victories of USSR and the world y, the world of decayed capita of reviving hur | constructing soci : In the first part of “Twilight of vspaper stresse: rnational p: the editorial, Capitalism, the fact that a tariat is cele- brating the pres May 1 at a ‘moment when clo; of a fresh | bloody imperialist war are assem- | bling. “Tt appears,” continues the edi- | torial, “that the butchery of 1914- 1918 wes insufficient to capitalism. | After a whole period devoted to Marseilles, Toulon and other cities, | f4lse phrases about peace, the bour- geoisie, aided by the Social-Demo- crat traitors, has instituted the period of open fascist dictatorship. velopment, arms itself with the fas cist a But fascism is incapable of creating any international unity. Fascism is war. Capitalism Leading to Catastrophe “Modern capitalism, rotting away, and in mortal fear of the imminent menace of proletarian revolution, has: already led humanity to the borders of a formidable catastrophe. “But in reality revolutionary forces are ripening into powerful munism, the victorious regiments of the Chinese Red Army, backed by tens of millions of Spanish prole- tarians and peasants, by the wounded lions of the Viennese re- volt, by the French workers who brilliantly repulsed the fascists, by the rolling thunder of the toilers of India, all these are symptoms of the terrible hour which, will come. The comrades who perished and are tortured have battalions of aven- gers who are filled with ardent love for them. War Into Revolution “The leaders of capitalism desire to retain their power over their dis- mal world by fresh, great catastro- phies but the bloody pool of war will | molds of international history. The | By VERN SMITH only hasten the imminent, final (Moscow Cor: lent of the |ruin of capitalism. Tiis pool will | Di be tran: rmed into a triumphant MOSCOW, Cable)— | Communist revolution, a dazzling tia, or-|flame, purifying with a terrific Government, | power.” | compares the two ds—the world! In the second part of the edi- torial, headed “Springtime In Hu- Izvestia emphasizes the nmense differences between coun- ies agonized by capi‘alism and of gigantic socialist the Soviet Union, ocrhuman efforts have laid the foundations of Socialism. Soviet Victories “Led by the Communist Party,” it says, “brilliantly carrying into | practice tne theories of Marxism- | Leninism, at the price of precious | blood, the sons of the U.S.S.R. have |won victories whose significance are jnow becoming apparent, Gigantic plants, beauties of socialist indus- (try, are rooted in the Soviet earth. |New ‘owns are scattered like ant- around the country. Hun- i} | hills "dreds of thousands of tractors re- | ‘sound in borderless plains. Amid {the noise of construction, where {earth is covered by the sweat of | creative labor, new buildings are being erected, new ways are being |laid, new dwellings are being pre- !pared for the new, creative, con- structive socialist worker. U.S.S.R. Beacon to Slaves of Capitalism “The collective farm peasants are rapidly beginning to move toward i unknown heroes of German Com-!a life really social, really prosper- ous, really human. “To the millions of proletarians, to the millions of the colonial slaves of capitalism, the Soviet Union represents the new. spring- time of humanity. From the dark- ness of ignorance, from exploitation, from the bloody mess of imperial- ism, from war and from sticky, dirty nationalistic quarrels the workers have directed their coun- try upon the path of socialist crea- tive work—a unique path assuring a radiant future. The Red Star of proletarian victory burns. Its daz- rling light will inundate the whole universe with its vivifying rays. The springtime of humanity will never burn out!” previous night Wall Street's am- passador, Jefferson Caffery pro- voked the Mendieta armed forces into violence, ordering armed guards to be on hand at all American properties. The Havana proletariat were marching through the streets carry- ing red banners, singing revolution- ary songs and shouting: “Down with American imperialism,” “Down with the ABC,” “Down with Ba- tista and Mendieta,” when the shots | rang out and many workers fell to the streets dangerously wounded, American Machine Guns Soldiers on rooftop, stationed there at the order of Roosevelt's ambassador, Caffery, shouted “Break it up,” and then began slugging and beating workers. Machine gun fire and tear gas bombs supplied by American firms were then opened up on those demonstrations who refused to break ranks. In the forced May Day Nazi dem- onstrations in Germany, which marked the inauguration of the Fascist slave labor law, the Hit- lerites whipped high the war spirit. Nazi Hitler himself made a pro- vocative speech declaring that “Ger- many will not submit spinelessly to discrimination by the rest of the world.” A huge Nazi demonstration was held at Tempilehof Air Field, which Hitler addressed. International May Day, 1934, marked tremendous steps forward of the revolutionary proletariat in the fight against war and fascism; it marks advances for the efforts of creating a mighty united front of all workers in the struggie demonstration admit that before the police fired on the workers, the demonstration was orderly. The against fascism, and for the estab- lishment of the rule of the toilers— for the struggle for Soviet power. Rump Parliament Gives Blessing To Austrian Fascism More Than Half Seats Empty As Dollfuss Shows Nervousness, VIENNA, May 1.—With most of the deputies either in jail or in exile, and with one of them, a Social Democrat, executed, the Fas- cis; Chancelior Dollfuss yesterday convened his rump parliament to “legalize” all of the murderous acts of his government. More than half the seats were empty. There were 74 members present out of 165, Chancellor Doll- fuss, Emil Fey, his chief hangman, and Chancellor Ramek sat on the platform looking very nervous. The rump parliament met at 10 o'clock and by 1 o'clock had ap- proved 471 decrees of the govern- ; Ment, approving all its actions, and granting it the right to dissolve parliament, and adopt a constitu- tion to be inaugurated whenever it sees fit. Two of the Pan-German members of parliament voiced a protest at the illegality of the rump parlia- ment, and after having said their Piece, walked out. |30th. Red Square was All Moscow in Huse May First Demonstrations (Continued from Page 1) trucks distributed refreshments to the workers. Al’ other traffic was halted for the day. This outburst of vitality came after hundreds of thousands had surged through the streets all night, inspecting decorations end making everything in readiness for the monster celebration of victorious Socialism. At midnight on April still half filed with throngs of workers marching through it in preliminary rehearsals of today’s demonstra- tion. Red Army Marches The demonstration began today with en imposing three hour dis- play of the armed strencth of the workers and farmers of the Seviet Union, the Moscow Gerrison and the armed workers. As the cleck in the Kremlin beomed ten, Klementi Voroshilov, commander-in-chief of the Red Army, rode out of the Kremlin Gate on horseback. As he inspected the troops, drawn up in imovosing ranks, each unit cheered as he passed it, and then administered the pledge that every Red Army man repeats on May Day. In unison the Red Army men re- peated the pledge: “I, a son of the toiling masses, swear to remain a true guard, with the life cause of the workers and proletarian revo- lution...” Voroshiloff Addresses World’s Workers In a fifteen minute speech before the taking of the oath by the Red Army men, Voroshilov, addressing himself to all the toilers of the Soviet Union and the workers of the capitalist countries of the world, said: “Today the class conscious work- ers of the whole world are on the streets, demonstrating the strength of their militant class ranks, “Today they will face the capital- ist rulers who are armed to the teeth, and some workers may pay with their lives. But no oppressive measures can break the will of the class which must build in the place of the decaying capitalist system a new human life on the basis of scientific Socialism. The proletariat of the Soviet Union demonstrates today the new victories of the work- ers, and represents an unbreakable bulwark for world peace. “Long Live World Proletariat! “Let our workingclass brothers in the capitalist countries know that they are not alone at this moment, | that at their head stands the strong victorious working class of the Soviet Union, which is showing the whole world how to build a new human society and conquer the old decaying capitalist system.” Voroshilov ended his speech with “Long live the world proletariat and its victory over its class enemies.” A 600-piece band played while solid columns of infantry and armed workers’ detachments marched in wide formation and close order, constantly filling half the width of the Red Square. The band then moved to the side of the Square, and cavalry and horse drawn artillery trotted thru. The constant patter of the horses’ hoofs was punctuated by cheers as they passed the reviewing stand. ‘The band then left the Square en- tirely, and solid masses of tanks of every description—light, fast, and very heavy tanks with artillery mounted on the turrets predominat- ing moved through Red Square. Planes Darken Sky Motorized artillery then moved through the Square. Light and heavy artillery, very heavy artillery, followed by specialized service, transport trucks for infantry, search- lights, range finders, and airplane detectors in great numbers swept by. Just as the motorized anti-air- On the World Front) } By HARRY GANNES |) MAY DAY | AS THIS is written, reports | on International May Day have not arrived. All prepa- rations, however, leave ne doubt that the revolutionary |proletariat throughout the world on May First made the very foundations of capitalism tremble with the call for struggle against war and fascism and for the World Soviet. From the Soviet Uinon the stream of cables and radiograms coming tc the Daily Worker office breathec ‘the joy of socialist achievement o} the toiling masses. The name ot Comrade Thaelmann, tortured ir fascist dungeons, was echoed by tens of millions throughout the world with the pledge that May Day woulc see a more determined, unrelenting j; campaign to tear the heroic and beloved leader of the German work- hangmen. IN two countries, the working-class were handed “presents” on May Day by their exploiters. Under cover of the engineered and regi- mented drill-sargeant May Day cele- | bration of the Nazis in Germany with the smoke screen of “honoring labor.” the Nazis yesterday made effective their National Labor Law. May Day in Germany is_ the forced celebration of Fascism of the final wiping out of all vestiges of independent labor organizations, o! every last shred of the workers rights. May Day in Germany inaugurate: the absolute rights of German cap:talism in dealing with labor. The Fascist Labor law, effective May Day, wipes out the principle of col- lective bargaining and abolishes all wage agreements formerly in exist- ence. It gives the capitalists the absolute right to set wages and hours. It makes of the exploiters the “leaders,” and of the exploited, the “followers.” No trade union, no factory coua- cil, no legal organization of the working class has any more right to say a word against the inten- sified exploitation of the German workers. In wiping out all existing wage agreements, German fascism opens the way for the still further lower- ing of the standard of living of the entire German working class. |NAZI’S BEARING GIFTS [AZI labor “courts of honor,” in which the worker will be dis- honored by his absolute subordina- tion to the borses, are set up or May Day. These courts who have final say on working conditions, are ruled over by a judge representing the murderous Fascist state; by ¢ representative of the capitalists, and supposedly by a representative of jthe workers. The “workers’ repre- sentative” is chosen by the Fascist administrators of the law. Comrade Varga, writing in Inter- national Press Correspondence, says regarding the new fascist labor law ;"There is no doubt that the pub- lication of the new National Labor Law will go far towards increasing the struggle of the illegal Commu- nist Party against the fascist re- gime, and that this new law will rouse the workers to fight still more energetically against the hangman's regime of Hitler.” * * MAY DAY BANK CRASH 'HE other “present” was given tc the Swiss workers in Geneva. On May First, tens of thousands ot working class bank depositors wil mass at the Swiss Discount Bank to find its doors closed, bankrunt With original assets listed at $53, 000,000, despite all state subsidies this huge and powerful bank, con- nected with dozens of smaller pro: yincial and village institutions, col- Japsed on the eve of Mav Day. What is extremely significant i: the fact—which will become more evident in the bigger capitalist countries—that despite state sub- sidies, despite the robbery of the whole population to keep the rotter. banks alive, they begin to crumble with further tremendous losses for the toiling masses; “There is some apprehension oye) the May Day demonstration to- morrow,” says a cable from Geneva. “especially since the collapse throws 500 persons out of work and affects numerous small businesses, espe- cially in Geneva.” This bank crash for Switzerland will be another Stavinsky scandal. craft batteries were passing, the first giant bombing plane flew over the Square, and following it, hun- dreds of smaller craft, fairly dark- ening the air at times, proving that the workers of the Soviet Union are at all times prepared for defense on all fronts, The workers from the factories followed. In one solid mass, stretch- ed from end to end of the Square. preceded by the whole massed band of musicians, enormous banners glittering in the air, the victorious toilers of the Soviet Union marched, From that moment on until night, the Square was one solid marching column of workers from the fac- tories, the sports and cultural or- ganizatins and schools and farms. Release Hundreds of Ballons All in a festive mood, they sang and cheered, releasing hundreds of small and large balloons inscribed with slogans such as: “Greetings to Comrade Stalin, leader and organiz- er of the world proletariat!” “Hono to the Chelyuskin heroes!” “Hono1 to the Udarniki (Shock Brigaders— ed.) the heroes of labor!” The balloons were usually re- leased directly in front of the re- viewing stand. Pigeons were re- leased to circle around the square, and Pioneers and other young in- ventors threw up model gliders and planes, some of which flew for sev- eral minutes. At times the entire Red Square was covered with transparent por- traits of Stalin, Lenin and other leaders. Again the balloons were released in honor to the heroes of the Chelyuskin stratosphere flight, ing class from the clutches of his