The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 30, 1934, Page 6

age Six ——_—_—_ Daily. ARWTRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. 10M OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL “America’s Only Working Class Daily Newspaper” FOUNDED 1924 PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY THE COMPRODAILY PUBLISHING CO., INC., 50 E. 13th Street, New York, N. ¥. Tel Algonquin 4-7954. WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1934 Our Job in the Thaelmann | Case ORE than thirty years ago Ernst Thael- mann started to organize his fellow- workers, the longshoremen, in his native city—Hamburg. For the past thirty years Thaelmann has devoted his life to the cause of the German working class, and for the past ten y he has been the leader of the Cor arty of Germany, the beloved fighting million German workers. Now the N who have turned in camp are tor- it Prison, Berlin, rit before sen- treason” in the six ngmen all Germany into one giant turing Ernst Th: trying to break to Imann in M hi death for “ Ccurt. of the whole world demonstrated the tremendous power of their mass pressure when they snatched Dimitroff out of the hands of the Nazi executioners in Leipzig. An even greater job faces in ving the life of Ernst Thaelmann, for to millions of German kers Thaelmann per- sonifies the whole anti-fasci: ruggle, the unre- lenting fight for the overthrow of the Nazi regime and the setting up of Soviet Germany. The Nazis will not let Thaelmann escape them without a des- perately bitter battle. Dimitroff himself recently told foreign corres- pondents in Moscow that “Anyone who doesn’t lift a finger to save Thaelmann today shares the responsibility for Thaelmann’s fate. In our own case Hitler and Goering, the fascist hangmen, had to let us go. But Thaelmann can be saved only by a gigantic moral and political campaign throughout the world—which will also strengthen the fight of the German proletariat, I am con- vinced that the inner situation in Germany helped ® lot in liberating us. Finaliy the pressure from abroad and within the country became so great that the Nazis couldn't hold us any longer. THIS IS EVEN MORE NECESSARY IN THAELMANN’S CASE.” The workers of the United States must heed Dimitroff’s call. Protest resolutions must be adopted in every union local, and fellow workers in every shop must be educated to the importance of the fight for Ernst Thaelmann’s life. Tens of thousands of protest signatures must be collected wherever workers and sympathizing intellectuals come to- gether. A never-ending flood of protest letters and telegrams must pour into every German Consulate in the country. Organize permanent picket lines outside every Nazi Consulate. Make the Hitler hangmen realize that the workers of the world will not let Thaelmann die! tencing him special Treas. The work Spread the Strike in Toledo! REPARATIONS are now going for- ward to launch a new blood bath against the workers of Toledo. National Guardsmen have been sent to two addi- tional factories where picketing is going on. The mediators of President Roose- velt, together with the N.R.A. Regional Labor Board, have been unable to force the Toledo strikers of the Electric Auto- Lite Company to go back to work. The strikers have voted to strike until all de- mands are won. The issues in Toledo are clearly drawn. The company declares it will not take back the “rioters” (the militant strikers), They declare they will not recognize the union, and insist they will “deal” only with their company union. They declare they will reopen their factory with strikebreakers. The National Guard has been reinforced in or- der, at the point of the bayonet and bullet, to force the strikers to accept the company union and to go back to work defeated. The Roosevelt govern- ment, unable to trick the strikers back to work under the company union, is preparing new terror. In this situation, the main weapon of the workers of Toledo is—to spread the strike, to come out on a general strike of all Toledo workers. The officials of the A. F. of L. admit that most of the A. F. of L. local unions have already voted overwhelmingly for the general strike. These offi- cials admit they are withholding the enactment of the strike order demanded by the Toledo workers. They are admittedly trying to hold back the Toledo workers and prevent a general strike. The Toledo workers must come out on strike without delay if the fight for union recognition, for the right to organize, against the company union and the open shop, is to be won. The im- mediate spread of the strike, over the heads of the A. F. of L. misleaders, is the answer to the attempt at renewed and intensified terror, and the attempt to enforce the N.R.A. company union and union smashing decrees, through further slaughter of workers by National Guard troops. The Regional Labor Board and the federal “medi- ators” now threaten the direct intervention of ‘Washington. Now Roosevelt, William Green, Wagner and the DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1934 Labor Board wil trikérs back at ct ent tuation, step in and try to send the employers’ terms, Tiie rance of Roosevelt, of Green, etc., into break the ke, to force the strik- is a step the strikers m beware id remember what Roosevelt, Green the dom on of the company union and @ mercy of the wage cutting. rive of the auto manufacturers. not allow Roosevelt, Green Co, to rob you of win ig your demands. Workers of Toledo! Out on the streets in strike for your own economic demands, for higher wages, against the company union, for the right to strike and organize. Out on strike at once in sympathy with the Electric Aute-Lite strikers! Strike for the removal of the National Guard and an end to the fascist terror! Toledo workers! Do not and their agents to betray you. Organize rank and file strike committees in every factory, in every local, these rank and file strike committees to be in complete charge of the strikes and carry on all negotiations. Put an end to the costly delay, a delay that enables the National Guards to pre- pare new terror. Take the strike into your own hands! Do not accept arbitration. Stay on strike un- til your demands, your economic demands for each factory, and your demands for withdrawal of the troops, are won. The Labor Board and the Roose- velt mediators are trying to send you back to work in defeat, before your demands are won. Workers throughout the United States! Rally to the defense of your Toledo fellow workers, Defend the right to organize, and to strike. Smash the La- bor Board’s strikebreaking campaign for the com- pany union. Hold protest demonstrations and meet- ings demanding immediate withdrawal of the Na- toinal Guards from Toledo, Flood Roosevelt and Governor White (at Colum- bus, Ohio) with protests against the slaughter of Toledo workers by the government troops. permit Green, Wels Tighe Prepares Steel Workers Betrayal CTION is in full swing by the Roose- +4 velt government and the international officials of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers (A. F. of L.) to prevent the strike of the steel work- ers, scheduled for next month. Mike Tighe, International president of the A. FP. of L. steel union, has gone to Washington to con- fer with Hugh Johnson and Robert Wagner, heads of the N.R.A. and the National Labor Board. The purpose of this meeting is clear. Mike Tighe is opposed to the strike. At the recent con- vention of the Amalgamated Association, Tighe pleaded with the delegates not to vote for “offen- sive action” if the demands are not granted. “I am against it,” he said. He opposed presentation of the economic demands along with the demands for | union recognition. He opposed any organization for strike activity. “I wash my hands of the whole business,” Tighe said when the convention, over his head, elected a Committee of Ten, empowered to call the strike. Now Tighe, seeing that the masses of steel work- ers are demanding struggle, comes out claiming to be the leader of the strike movement. The strategy of Tighe is clear. He wants to dominate and shove aside the Committee of Ten elected by the convention. He wants to eliminate all demands except the one demand for union recog- nition. He wants to force the strikers to accept N.R.A, and Roosevelt arbitration, and prevent the strike just as Collins and Green worked with Roose- velt and the Auto Labor Board and prevented a strike in the auto industry. Tighe is trying to be- head the strike before it starts. Tighe is especially trying to prevent the unity of the steel workers for joint strike action, as pro- posed by the Steel and Metal Workers Union. All of the forces opposed to the workers and their demands are working feverishly against the steel workers, and to prevent the strike Roosevelt and Wagner are rushing through the Wagner com- pany union bill. They call in Tighe to plan how to prevent the strike. The steel companies have meanwhile re- jected the demands of the steel workers. They brazenly state that they will maintain their com- pany unions on the authority of the N.R.A. and | the Labor Boards. The struggle of the workers of Toledo and Min- neapolis, together with the coming steel strikes, has prompted the employers and their government to greatly increase the terror against the workers. The armed forces of the government are being pre- pared. And Mike Tighe is co-operating with the Roose- velf government to betray the workers to N.R.A. “elections,” which will saddle the workers with com- Pany unions, The steel workers should immediately organize their struggle on the basis of the complete unity of all steel workers. The rank and file of the A.A. should at once carry through the decisions of their convention— to brush aside Mike Tighe and prepare the strike on the basis of their own elected committees. Only by striking can the steel workers win their demands. Joint action committees, elected by all the work- ers in the mill, regardless of union affiliation, should be set up at once. The members of the A.A. and the unorganized steel workers must act on the unity call of the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union. The steel workers can win their demands if they take their coming strikes into their own hands, and once and for all reject the treacherous Mike Tighe and reject arbitration of the Roosevelt govern- ment Boards which would lead them to defeat. Steel workers! Unite your forces! Repudiate the misleader, Mike Tighe, who tried to sell out the 1919 steel strike. Fight for all your economic demands. with the unemployed steel workers, Reject arbitration. For the right to strike, Against the company unions. For union recogni- tion. Prepare for united strike action. Unite | | Hold Youth Day As Secretary of War Asks for Bigger Army (Continued from Page 1) 10 a. m. HAVERHILL, Mass.—Fleet St., 3 volunteers to sell literature along the line of march. Volunteers are to report to the Italian Workers Club, 233 E. Tenth St. in the morning. Outside of New York, demonstra- tions will take place as folows: PITTSBURGH—Armstrong Play- ground, 8, 13th & Sarah Sts. South Bide at 2 p. m. PATERSON, N. J. — Sixth Ave. and Butler St., 1 p. m. YOUNGSTOWN, Pa.— Watt and Federal Sts., 3:30 p. m. PHILADELPHIA.—Reyburn Plaza, 1 p. m. ST. LOUIS.—Leonard and Easton, 4 CLEVELAND. — Public Square, 2:30 p. m., parades start 1:30 from 55th and Scovill, 55th and St. Clair, W. 25th and Market Sq. DETROIT.—Times Square, 3 p. m.| BOSTON.—Dougles Sq., Trement St., 1:30 p. m. (no permit granted). SCRANTON, Pa. — Forty Field, North Scranton. Dance later at Weston Field Pavilion, LOS ANGELES — Parade from Polytechnic High School to Plaza. WORCESTER, Mass. — Finnish Hall on Heardsleigh St., 1:15 p. m. SCHENECTADY, N. Y.—Crescent Park, 12:30 p. m. CHICAGO, — 47th and Halstead (no permit reported granted). rt 4 n® p.m. ae ae Haverhill Workers Meet HAVERHILL, Mass. May 29. — Young Workers from Merrimack Valley including the cities of Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill and Amesburg, will demonstrate on National Youth Day against war and fascism, on an open lot on Fleet St. across from the 20th Century Bakery at 3 p. m. here, At 1 p. m, a baseball game will be played between the Lowell and Haverhill Youth Clubs at Swasseys Field. At @ p. m., there will be a dance at Odd Fellows Hall on Main St, ‘Kalinin Hails! TURN JINGO DAY INTO A DAY AGAINST WAR, FASCISM! by Burck| Autonomy of J ewish Region Hi “ | Has Great Future Ahead, | He Tells a Delegation of Moscow Workers By VERN SMITH (Special to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, May 29 (By Radio).— | |A big delegation of workers from | Moscow factories, greeting the Com- munist Party of the Soviet Union and the government in conection with the formation of the Jewish Autonomous Region of Biro-Bidjan, was received today by Comrade Kalinin, President of the Cehtral Execution Committee of the U. 8S. Ss. R. Besides workers from the largest Moscow factories, the delegation included Jewish writers, representa- tives of Jewish students in Moscow, Jewish clubs and the editorial board of the Jewish papers. Answering the delegate’s ques- tions, Comrade Kalinin said: “In adopting the decision of transform- ing Biro-Bidjan into an independ- ent Jewish Autonomous Region, the Soviet Government did not pursue any demonstrative aims. The for- mation of Biro-Bidjan into an in- dependent region has a great eco- nomic significance, for in this rich, entirely unexplored district, there is | big deposit of iron ore, with tre- mendous stretches of forests and everything else, including gold. “The Jewish toilers coming there from old, desolate places can be- come established. “I consider the formation of the Jewish Autonomous Region from the viewpoint of wide perspectives. The fact that under Czarism, Jews were not permitted in towns, that they were isolated to remote places, created, I would say, forced isola- tion, conserving the aptitudes of the Jewish population. This brought about certain assimilation of the Jewish population among the popu- lation of other nationalities. Now there is the tremendous perspectives before the Jewish toilers, especially before the Jewish youth. “Personally, I think that in ten years, Biro-Bidjan will be the sole conservator of Jewish culture, na- tional in form and socialist in con- tent. Biro-Bidjan, or the Jewish Autonomous Region, should be a strong country population which will not have those special traits which were inherent and hammered by Czarism into the Jewish popu- lation in backward places in the Ukraine, Poland, White. Russia. “This will be a strong sound pop- ulation, and would be pioneers ex- ploring a new district, mastering, in the best sense of the word, not plundering or colonizing, winning the wealth of the new region in a worker - kolkhoze (collective - farm) manner. “The collective farmers of Biro- Bidjan are gradually mastering this district. They are already gather- ing the material foundation for still further development. Biro- Bidjan must be helped in every way. The Komzet and Ozet, which rely for support on all Jewish toil- ers. can and must play a big role, and should give both organizational and cultural assistance to the Jew- ish Autonomous Region.” At the conclusion of the interview the delegates thanked Kalinin for a number of practical instructions and advice given them, promising to bend all efforts of Soviet opinion for thé developing of the new auto- nomous region, WORLD WHEAT, OUTSIDE U.S.S.R., DOWN ROME, May 29.—While the So- viet Union’s wheat acreage and yield have been shown to be stead- ily mounting, the world’s wheat crop declined by 10 per cent over last year, and by 14 per cent over the average of the last five years, figures of the International Insti- tute of Agriculture released Satur- day revealed. At First Stop Greet Chelyuskin Expedition in the U.S.S.R. (Special to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, May 29 (By radio). — The steamer “Smolensk,” with all the rescued members of the Chel- yuskin expedition on board, accom- panied by the icebreaker “Krassin,” arrived at Petropavlovsk, Kamchat- ka. The Chelyuskin expedition re- ceived a great welcome from the local population. The steamer “Stalingrad” is also due to arrive at Petropavlovsk to- morrow, when all the steamers will proceed to Vladivostock, which is actively preparing to meet the heroes of the arctic expedition and their rescuers. Within a few days after the Chel- yuskin group arrives at Vladivostock, a new arctic expedition will thence proceed to sea. The expeditions this time include a great number of builders, Building materials, and various equipment and provisions will be carried to Vankarem, On- man Cape, Koliutchin Bay, Cerd- zekamen Cape, Providence Bay, Wrangel Island, and other points. Scores of new houses and cultural institutions will be built there. Construction of airplane hangers, gasoline warehouses, radio beacons, radio stations and other buldngs are to be started there for the first time. These expeditions also take on board members of wintering expeditions to replace the present workers’ polar groups, pac’ Leader of Expedition Addresses New York Workers NEW YORK.—Prof. Otto Schmidt, the leader of the now world-famous Chelyuskin expedition, through the Friends of the Soviet Union, sends his greetings to the American work- ers and farmers. Professor Otto Schmidt is the leader of the Chelyuskin expedition which made extensive scientific in- vestigations in the Soviet Arctic during the past year, having gone all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Arctic. On April 13 of this year, the last of the 109 members of the Chelyuskin ex- Ppedition were rescued by a Soviet airplane. The Friends of the Soviet Union congratulated Professor Schmidt and his co-workers on the important role they are playing in connection with the Second Five Year Plan and general Socialist construction in the Soviet Union. In reply Professor Schmidt wrote the following: “St is with pleasure that I re- ceived the congratulations of the Friends of the Soviet Union in your letter of May 25. “On behalf of my co-workers of the Chelyuskin expedition, I wish to express, through you, our ap- preciation of the sympathy shown by the American people since our first difficulties became known, and especially since I have come to the United States, “Sincerely yours, (Signed) “Professor Otte Schmidt” Macedonian Workers in Anti-Fascist Meet CHICAGO, Ill, May 29—The Macedonian Peoples League will hold its fourth annual convention here, at Electrical Workers Temple, 37 N. Ogden Ave., from May 30 to June 3. A Balkan anti-Fascist demonstra- tion is to be held on June 3 at 2 | that have broken out in the over- Rumor of Murder OfComradeBuckin Canada Jail Untrue Situation of 7 Leaders in Kingston, However, Is Dangerous TORONTO, Canada. — Reports that Tim Buck, leader of the seven Communists held in Kingston peni-} tentiary, had been killed in jail,| have proved on investigation of the| Canadian Labor Defense League to be incorrect. The reports were made on the basis of the fact that an unnamed prisoner died under suspicious cir- cumstances in the “Black Hole,” in which Tim Buck and the other pris- oners have frequently been placed for torture, The situation of the seven leaders in Kingston is very dangerous at the present time, the C.L.D.L. re- ports, following unrest and fires crowded penitentiary. Previously, attempts were made to frame Tim Buck on the basis of such disturb- ances, in the course of one of which guards fired several shots into the cell were he was locked up. The C.L.DL. has called for pro- tests from every part of Canada and the United States, and especially for branches and affiliates of the Amer- ican International Labor Defense, to be sent to the Minister of Justice, Ottawa, Canada, demanding the im- mediate release of “The Seven.” p. m. The workers are to march to Union Park where Robert Minor of the Communist Party and others will address them. Longer But Stronger Chains for the Philippines Native Exploiters Aid in Passage of Tydings- McDuffie Bill By HELEN MARCY Goes one of the greatest shams in its history, the Philip- pine legislature has accepted the Tydings- McDuffie “independence” bill with paeans of praise for its sponsors, the American sugar and dairy interests and their willing pawns, Manuel Quezon and his fol- lowers. Economically, the bill strikes a death blow to the sugar and coconut oil industries, mainstays of the eco- nomic life of the Philippine nation. Philippine sugar and coconut oil, introduced and developed by Amer- ican capital during the World War, have become the staple crops of the Philippines. The coconut gathering and coconut oil industry alone em- ployed 4,000,000 Fliipinos, almost one-third of the population of the Islands, The storage of fats in the United States has reached such stupendous figures as 1,000,000,000 pounds of cotton seed oil; 256,000,000 pounds of tallow; 132,000,000 pounds of lard; 111,000,000 pounds of butter. These interests, seeking to restrict the “fats” market in the U. S. to them- selves, and dairy interests who wanted more consumption and higher prices for “fats” from cows, pressed for measures to prevent the competitive Philippine coconut oil from entering the United States. Tax Follows Bill Immediately after the passage of the Tydings-McDuffie bill, a 3c tax (suicidal for the Filipinos) was placed on coconut oil, For the American workers it means another boost in food prices. Almost the entire sugar output of the Philippines is sold to the United States since it enters duty free, Thirty per cent of the revenue of the Islands is contributed by the sugar industry. Sigar is 63 per cent of the entire export trade of the Philippine Islands, Prohibitive duties on Filipino sugar will practically stop its importation into this coun- The representative of the Filipino capitalists such as Manuel Quezon and his followers, made big political capital out of opposing the Hawes- Cutting-Hare bill (passed in Con- gress but voted down by the Quezon faction in the P.I. legislature) and then promptly supported the Mc- Duffie-Tydings bill, which is no dif- ferent except for slightly more demagogic phraseology on the ques- tion of naval reservations, ae ete HAT is the significance of this McDuffie Tydings Bill? It pro- vides that the Filipino. people shall call a constitutional conyention not later than October, 1934. The con- stitution must provide that all cit- izens of the Philippine Islands owe allegiance to the United States, and every officer must declare, before taking office, that he recognizes the “supreme authority” of the U.S. In an approximately 12 or 13 year period, during which this constitu- tion will be the law of the land, this constitution must provide that all U. S. property shall be exempt from taxation, that the public debt shall be kept within the confines pre- viously designated by the U. S. Gov- ernment, that the President of the United States must approve all laws dealing with currency, coinage, loans with foreign powers, exports, im- ports and immigration. ee ae H bated United States may appropriate property for public uses, main- tain its military and armed forces in the Philippine Islands and may “call into the service of such armed forces all military forces organized ij by the Philippine Government.” It is clear that the Filipino masses will be expected to support the impe- rialist maneuvers and wars of the U. S. in the Far East, The U. S. may “intervene for the preservation of government of the commonwealth of the P. I.” In other words, the U. S. will attempt to drown in blood any revolution- ary struggles of the Filipino masses. Within two years after the consti- tutional convention, the President of the U. S. is to tell the Filipinos whether their constitution “con- forms” to the provisions of the act. If not, he politely sends it back for revision until it does “conform.” Thus can be seen the degree of in- dependence the Filipino people shall have in performing even this bit of stage play. And it is provided that after the date of inauguration of the govern- ment “all refined sugar in excess of 50,000 tons and on unrefined sugars in excess of 800,000 long tons, on coconut oil in excess of 200,000 Jong tons, on all twine, rope, cord- age and cable tarred or untarred in excess of a collective total of 3,000,- 000 pounds entering the U. S. there shall be levied, collected and paid the same duties as other foreign countries pay. The tariff is then increased each year. By striking this blow at the prime industries of the Philippines. Amer- ican imperialism is deepening the crisis in the Islands and causing further impoverishment of the masses. During this transition period the Filipinos will be considered aliens in this country and their annual im- migration to the U. S. will be lim- ited to 50—the same degrading im- migration regulations as were foisted upon the Japanese masses. Ten years after the inauguration of the government, the U. S. agrees to recognize the independence of the P. I, except that she reserves the right to keep her naval reservations and coaling stations in the Islands. After “independence” is declared, there is a vague statement that the President shall negotiate with the P. I. Government regarding the naval reservations and coaling sta- tions, Will Deepen Economic Crisis; Retains U. S, War Bases (ERE is only one path to free- dom for the Filipino masses, and it is the Communist Party of the Philippines, that is showing the workers and peasants this path. In order to meet the excise tax on Philippine exports to the U. S. even lower wages, more speed-up, longer hours and greater unemployment will be forced upon the toilers. The Communist Party rallies the masses in the struggle against the native tuling class and also against Amer- ican imperialism for complete, im- mediate, and unconditional inde- pendence for the Philippines. In spite of the fact that 16 Com- munist Party leaders, victims of aj government drive to outlaw all mil- itant working class organizations, have been sentenced to long terms in jail, a new, young leadership has sprung out from the very heart of the masses, and unions are being or- ganized and struggle led. We American workers, living in the country whose imperialist rulers oppress the Filipinos, must help our Filipino brothers in their struggle for real independence. American Negro workers and some white have already expressed their class solid- arity with the Filipinos. During the first days of American occupation of the Philippines, particularly, many Negro marines went over to fight with the Filipinos, became their leaders in many cases, and helped to win their battles. Since then no Negro soldiers are sent to the Phil- ippines by the War Department. We must condemn the McDuffie- Tydings bill and fight for the de- mand of complete, immediate and unconditional independence for the P. I, All support must be given to the International Labor Defense, which is conducting a campaign in the U, S, to free the 16 Filipino é | pice. j their lust for H . i On the | World Front By HARRY GANNES Hitler’s Jitters Liberal, Reactionary Views Soya Pean Diet TARK fear is beginning tof | grip the Nazi rulers of Germany. They feel them- selves on the edge of a preci- Their dangerous posi- tion, the full impact of which | they dare not see or admit to startling the entire The press of writhing in the agony of writing of German fas- i cism’s onrushing doom. They look aghast at Germany because here, in the weakest link of world im- periailsm, they see the abyss that threatens to swallow their whole system. These facts, which the exploiters in other parts of the world can analyze with more cold-blooded- ness and objectivity, are having a dual effect on the Hitlerites. On the one hand, they drive them to a vertiable frenzy of terrorism against the Communist Party of Germany. Furiously, like mad- men, they hunt for prey to sate the destruction of this ever-growing, ever-present, in- destructible force. Ernst Thaelmann, chained in their dungeons, is for them the living symbol of that rev- olutionary party which, in their mounting difficulties, with the vis- ible catastrophe upon them, can no longer be denied as the chief anti- fascist enemy, its avowed gravee | digger. On the other hand, feeling the masses slipping away from them, they return to their original shame less demagogy, their campaign phrases against the “rich.” But this time it falls on ears deafened by sustained hunger. ea IN the estimation of the preseint situation of German fascism by various journals of the bourgeois world, there is a strange contradi< ion. The more reactionary preip, that closest to Hitler, contains the most devastating admissions—pefe haps precisely because it is so close in sympathy and yet so far geogras phically that it speaks for its own edification. While the so-called liberal press, as for example, the New York “Nation,” which kow-tows daily to the false gods of “democracy,” re= sorts to the veriest lies in order to make the American workers believe that mass support behind Hitler, if anything, is today stronger than when the Nazis first came to power by the light of the burning Reich- stag. For example, Charles Farmer, corespondent of the extremely chau vinist and pro-fascist Chicago Tribune, on May 16, cabled his paper a long story of German fascism which from beginning to end speaks iN of an impending catastrophe under Hitler. “Hitler Jittery as Reich / Faith in Him Wanes,” reads the ” headline. In fact, Hitler himself, says Farmer, feeling the coming col- lapse of fascism, himself suffered a Severe nervous collapse. To stem the tremendous anti-fascist swing, Hitler’s windbags resort to radical phrases. “But the worker is skeptical,” cables Mr. Farmer, who himself is no friend of the worker. “He looks at his pay envelope, sees less pay, . ° and his wife tells him food ee gone up 10 per cent. Soya beans and similar ‘coolie food’ is being *, prepared for German workers.” Then he relates some details of the factory elections, a comprehen- sive story of which has already ap< peared in the Daily Worker. “In quite a number of factories in the | Ruhr (that is, the German Pitts- burgh), 75 per cent of the workers voted against the men chosen as their trustees.” Pe ah 'HE following from the European boss press hardly needs comment, Temps, leading French newspaper “The Nazi regime is entering its critical stage—the difficulties with which it is beset become greater from day to day. All in all, the enthusiasm on the other side of the Rhine has markedly decreased, Besides, the Communist opposition, although hidden and underground, is nevertheless profound, and far more effective than most imagine, It is the constant worry of the Nazt leaders.” The Prager Presse: “The immediate cause of the widespread campaign against grumblers and fault-finders’ seems to have been the course of the voting in the con- fidence council lists in industrial occupations. After all, as far as we know, it resulted unfavorably for National Socialism. The results were not published because they showed that German labor is far from submitting to regimentation, After a year the mood has changed, The situation has become worse, The workers refuse to be fooled by the rising employment. statistics, The first terror of the upheaval has gradually diminished. Now they know the weaknesses of the regime, But they do not understimate its strength. The foreign audience! which heard Dr. Goebbels speech last Friday in the Sport Palace, were * shaken and in fact terrified, by the hollow echo that answered Goebbels from all the rows of the huge hall.” We regret exceedingly we have space for only a few choice morsels from the London Times of May 9: “The picture (of Germany) would be incomplete without mention of a new wave, of disillusionment and resistance which is much stronger than that of last autumn, and which is spreading throughout the whole| , country. Something far more suse, _ tained and powerful than the grane diose half compulsory parading in” the march festivals will be necessary in order to counterbalance the dise content. This discontent has pare ticularly become rife among the older members of the Nazi moves ment.” No wonder Hitler gets the jitters and is forced to take a vacae tion on the “pocket” battleship Deutchland. Among the workers, the Communist Party grows with leaps and pounds,