The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 2, 1934, Page 8

Page Eight DAILY WORKER, N YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 2. 1934 ° = “America’s Only Working Class Daily Newspaper” FOUNDED 1924 QWorker | = OM OF COMMUMIST INTERNATIONAL? | PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY THE COMPRODAILY PUBLISHING CO., INC., 50 E. 13th New York, N. ¥ ALgonquin 44-7954. : N B: , B 1 year, $6.00; | $9.00 Why More Delay in Toledo? HOSE are delaying the general strike in Toledo are simply blocking the attem of the men to get better wages, hours and conditions. Every ho delay gives the employ- added advantage. If the delay is inued the men will never get the i 4s for whieh they are struggling leaders who ers run- ther to in ac- Two ’ of the power ning them to government for aid In some cases a prote: ificance for the workers, Even a five-1 e can have such significance. But right now in Toledo the men are fighting not only to “protest,” but to get certain definite eco- nomic demand: , Whatever hurts the men’s chances of getting these is, or whatever does not result in any strengthening of the fight for these economic de- s only a trick to get the men to forget 1a are really fighting about. The A. F. of L. officials are rushing tearful ap- peals to Roosevelt. But it was just Roosevelt or his agents and nobody else who tricked the Weirton steel workers, the Detroit. and Minneapolis workers. Why do they want his agents now in Toledo? To repeat these shameful performances? ails A. J. Muste. Muste doesn't if from the A. F. of L. leader- EHIND Ramse} disassociate him ship, He doesn’t subject their policies and actions | to a withering fire of He trails along with them, making the whole outcome of the struggle dependent solely upon these very officials who are stalling the whole strike action. = ” id UST listen to him on the subject of Taft, Roose- J v “mediator.” The wo: bursting with figh spirit and eagerness for struggle, so far don’t pay much attention to Taft. in dis- fore Muste also joins the bandwagon s Taft But Muste attacks the government strike- breaker in such a way as already payes the way for government strikebreaking through a “media- tor”! What does he have against Taft? Does he denounce him as a strikebreaking agent of Roose- velt? Does he warn the Toledo workers against ALL “mediators” No. He merely points out that this particular government agent is unsuitable. He says in this week’s “Nation”: “... he (Taft) revealed his mental attitude and his utter unfitness for the role of IMPAR- TIAL MEDIATOR, . . .(our emphasis—D. W.) So Muste’s hypocritical echo of the workers’ op- cers, position to Taft is only for the purpose of smug- gling in a different kind of government “arbitra- tion,” someone, perhaps more “suitable,” someone more “impartial”! Suppose Taft -were to change his “ al attitude’? Then he would be OK. for Must He doesn’t point out to the workers that it is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE for any Federal mediator to be “impartial.” He deesn’t point out that Roose- velt is using this cloak of “imp: ality” only in order to better act as the chief strikebreaker for the employers. Thus, behind all his “militant” rant, Muste is concealing a dagger for the Toledo strikers, the deadly dagger of “impartial mediation”! * * * IGHT now Muste is going along with the strik- ers. He has his ear carefully to the ground. e he’s got this “mediation” dagger All the time he builds up the of the A. F. of L. leaders who are delaying Muste and the A. F. of L. lead- lling for time, must be immediate Roosevelt's media- 1 a fancy name and whole country is with you! For National Action in the Longshore Strike HE strike of the West Coast longshore- men is entering a new stage. After three weeks of militant struggle, after every attempt to break the strike with the aid of the armed forces of the government, the N.R.A. labor boards and the maneuvers of Ryan, the strikers have overwhelmingly voted down an attempt to send to work without gaining all their de- Likewise, the maneuvers of Scharrenberg anid of the other officials of the International Seamen's Union have been unable to split the ranks of the seamen, who are fighting side by side with the long- shoremen. They are determinedly following the policies of the united front strike committee which was established on the initiative of the Marine Workers Industrial Union. In no other recent strike has the question of the need for national action been raised so sharply. Despite the splendid militancy of the workers on the Pacific Coast, without the additional support of the seamen and longshoremen of the North At- lantic, their struggle faces great odds, because of the determined efforts of the shipping interests throughout the country to crush this strike. That national action is demanded by the work- ers can be seen from the fact that even Ryan, who went to the Pacific Coast for the express purpose of ending the strike and who has tried to send the workers back to work without realizing their de- mands, has been compelled not only to sanction the continuation of the strike, but also is compelled to speak about a national strike of longshoremen. This is because of the insistence of the West Coast long- shoremen for the calling out of all union member- ip throughout the country and because of the evident restlessness on the part of the longshore- men in the Atlantic ports who are desirous of act- ing in solidarity with their fellow workers on the Pacific Coast. * * * ‘HIS situation imposes upon all our Party orzani- zations, upon the Trade Union Unity League or- ganizations, American Federation of Labor oppgsi- tions, upon all revolutionary workers, the task of giving all possible support to the striking longshore- men and seamen on the Pacific Coast, to use all their connections and resources for reaching the longshoremen and seamen in the Atlantic ports, explaining to them the situation, helping them to get into the struggle in spite of all the obstacles placed in their path by the A. F, of L. bureaucracy. The Marine Workers Industrial Union, which from the very beginning has done everything pos- sible to help the striking longshoremen, has mobi- lized its forces in their support, has already through its initiative drawn in large sections of the seamen on the West Coast in joint struggle with the long- shoremen, is now bending all efforts to extend this Struggle to the Atlantic ports. The Union has just sent its proposal to the District Councils and locals of the snternational Longshoremen’s Association in the Atlantic ports urging upon the workers in the local organizations, without any delay, to get into action, We call upon all workers and workers’ organi- zations to support the efforts of the Marine Work- ers Industrial Union in this great struggle. The Marine Workers Industrial Union, recogniz- ing the situation, the need for struggle among the masses of the longshoremen and seamen through- out the country, recognizing the vote of the rank and file against their bureaucratic leadership, the Ryans and Scharrenbergs, has already a few weeks ago taken steps for the convening of a national conference of seamen and longshoremen on Sep- tember 1 and 2 for the purpose of uniting the ranks of the seamen and longshoremen and developing the struggle on a national scale. The Union is bend- ing all efforts to accomplish this now in the present Strike situation, The Marine Workers Industrial Union deserves the support of all class-conscious workers and workers’ organizations and we urge upon you to come to their support financially to enable them to carry on this great work. All communications and financial aid should be sent to the National Office of the Marine Workers Industrial Union, 2 Stone Street, Room 701, New York City, Dimitroff to the Austrian Workers (Continued from page Five) is bringing, we saw in the east the USSR— the gigantic stronghold of the working class of the world. There is no force which can stay the historic march of humanity to socialism. One of the battles is over; the fighters count those who have fallen, but their strength is not broken; the great proletarian army is march- ing onward to its final victory. * ose ERHAPS, Comrade Social-Democrati¢e work- ers, the thoughts expressed in t: letter may seem to you difficult to accept. Nevertheless, I that this letter will help you in your criti-+ “~-tto. of the past, to draw the proper conclusions. But if anything in this letter is not quite clear or gives cause for doubts I should be very glad if you shared them with me. GEORGE DIMITROFF. Mcscow Hospital, March, 1934 This letter had already been written when at the end of March, I received from one of the authors of tno first lett the following letter written on March 2, 1934 Karl Marx House, Vienna, March 2, 1934, Dear Comrade Dimttroff: I hear with joy that you and the other two comrades—Popoff and Taneff—have escaped from the Brown hell and are already in the Soviet Union. Thousands of proletarians fa sigh ef relicf when they heard this fer wo need ‘such hevoie fizhters as 7 in our ranks. If we had had them, the work- ing class of Austrian would not have suffered tuch a shameful defcat through treachery,, a It was a sanguinary lesson for us. It was the same as 1905 in Russia and we hope that we shall not have to wait too long for the estab- lishment of a Soviet Austria, when we shail be able to extend a fraternal hand to Russia and jointly build a new state, a pure workers’ state,* in which only proletarians will be per- mitted to iive. Dear Comrade Dimitroff, do us a favor and write a few lines so that we may know that you really are in Russia, because we have turned into pessimists. With greetings of freedom, (Signed) *There is something wrong here, comrades. Of course, you mean a Soviet state, which is the state of the dictatorship of the proletariat. But in it there are not only workers, but all the toilers, building socialism under the leadership of the proletariat. * . * Yes, comrades, you are right. If your ranks had been heacled by real Bolshevik fighters your heroic struggle would certainly have ended dif- ferently. But such fighters can develop only in the process of irreconcilable class struggle against the bourgeoisie. However, Social-De- mecracy failed to carry on such a struggle; moreover, the Otto Bauers and Friedrich Ad- lers prevented this struggle. Only in constant struggle in a united revolutionary front against ism will new, steeled, fearless fighters grow 2p. Only the banner of Marx-Enge's- Lenin-Stalin witl now Bolshevik leaders grow up, and the A’ n proletariat will at last ob- ik Party, G, DIMITROFF, ‘Wall St. Envoy 7 ‘Aids Frame-Up Of Cuba Fditor Workers Demonstrate Against Imperialism, and Hitler HAVANA, June 1—The hand of the Wall Street embassy in Cuba can be seen in the arrest and frame up today of the editor of the co- | operative newspaper “Ahora,” Guil- jlermo Martinez Marques, on |charge of conspiracy of terror and his retinue. Col. Batista per-| sonally supervised the jailing of | | “Ahora’s,” editor, who is now held | incommunicado. | “Ahora,” a newspaper which} prints news favorable to the work- | | ers’ struggles, published some startl- | | ing exposures of the fake assassina- tion campaign and its real purpose, the opening of a new campaign of terror against the Communist Party of Cuba. | Forty-four workers were arrested during a funeral today, of whom four were women. A demonstration was held under the leadership of the Communist Party against U.S. imperialism and German fascism. Rocks with notes and slogans were thrown through the windows of the North German | Lloyd and Hamburg American Steamship Lines last night. The slogans read: “Down with German fascism! Release Ernst Thaelmann! Down with Wall Street's Ambas- | sador, Jefferson Caffery!” HugeMeetsPlanned On 20th Anniv. of Last World War League Against War & Fascism Holds Regional Conferences NEW YORK.—Five regional con- ferences called last week-end by the New York City Central Committee of the American League Against War and Fascism in as many dif- ferent boroughs, fired the opening gun in the campaign to build a tre- |mendous demonstration against war ‘and fascism on August 4, the 20th anniversary of the outbreak of the | World War. Each conference, sub-divided into committees which took responsibil- lity for setting up neighborhood committees in the various sections within each borough. | The work outlined st each con-| ference includes the following tasks: To build a thousand neigh- borhood committees and enlisted supporter branches by August 4; to send a delegation from New York City to the Women’s Congress in Paris; to send a thousand delegates from New York City to the second U. S.’ Congress Against War and Fascism scheduled for Chicago in September; to raise a fighting fund of $10,000 to back the work of the League; to break the Nazi terror backed by. La Guardia’s police in Yorkville and Ridgewood and stop its spread to other sections of the city. All activities will build toward a gigantic anti-war‘and anti-fascist demonstration on August 4. All organizations recognizing the necessity to join the fight against | war and fascism may secure further {information from the General Sec- retary, Norman H. Tallentire, at the office of the League, 112 East 19th St., Room 605. Ne NEW YORK.—All delegates to the City Central Committee of the |League Against War and Fascism ;are urged to be present at the reg- ular monthly meeting at Irving Plaza, 7:30 p.m., Monday, June 4. The proletarian revolution can not take place without the forcible destruction of the bourgeois State machine and its. replacement by the | against U. S, Ambassador Caffery | | SHAKE THEM OFF! | STRIKE NOW! Overcome Difficulties in USSR Spring Sowing Drive By VERN SMITH Daily Worker Moscow Correspon- dent MOSCOW, June 1, (by radio)— Spring sowing has been successfully completed in many regions of the Soviet Union. The Tartar Republic had sowed 6,000,000 acres by May 25, which is about 145,000 acres more than have ever been planted here. Prospects for the crops are very good. In Western Siberia, at the same date, there had been 13,750,000 acres sown, over 10,000,000 of whith are in wheat. This is more than 440,000 acres more than was planted a year ago. The new quality of sowing of the collective farms, and the suffi- ciency of moisture in the ground, promise an abundant harvest for Siberia. Favorable weather conditions have helped the Leningrad district greatly. Although previously the agricultural products of this region were very limited in quantity be- cause of draught, this year sowing has been considerably extended by the ploughing of new soil which was formerly uncultivated. By May 25, this district had sowed 2,057,500 acres of grain, including three times more wheat than last year, and a total which had formerly not been planted in all the north. Potatoes planted in the Leningrad district have increased 92,500 acres in comparison with last year. Fifty thousand acres more of garden vegetables were planted than last year. The conditions of sowing in the Leningrad district promise abundant crops. In almost all districts, Soviet Union farm collectives continue to sow, above the amount required by the Five-Year Plan, into the late summer hardened crops, like maize, etc. Prepare for Harvest | At the same time the southern districts of the U. S. S. R. are pro- ceeding with active preparations for harvest of the early crops. Warm weather in all territories following an abundant rainfall have hastened development of winter and summer sowing in the majority of districts. a new machine,—Lenin. Eyen those southern districts | the drought districts, after the rain- where sowing, mostiy of winter crops, have suffered partial damages, owing to dry weather, May sowing is satisfactory. The advantages of the kolkhoz system have been shown repeatedly. Whatever couldn’t be overcome in individual farming cases, such as manifestations of the elements and nature, have been successfully over- come by collective farmers. A part of the damaged sowing has been resown, in some places even to an extended volume. In the majority of the places which were} Cuban ‘Communist Party Exposes the New U. 8. Treaty Only Soviet Power Will Wipe Out Wall Sireet Exploitation (Special to the Daily Worker) HAVANA, June 1 (By Cable).— Declaring that the anti-imperial- ist struggles of the Cuban masses and in the United States and Latin America brought about the annul- affected by the May drought the| ment of the Platt amendment, the collectives averted damage to their crops. They organized timely mass weeding of grain fields, measures which had never been adopted be- fore last vear, and with which in- dividual farmers, 9f course, could | not cope. In many jfiaces kolkhozes even resorted to mass artificial watering of the fields. Such measures also are only thinkable under collective, mechanized farm-| ing. For the early sowing, in which much moisture was preserved in the soil from snow, was properly com-j batted by the kolkhozes (collective farms) by the method of re-working the ficlds with tractors. The result of all this, even in fall, is that the condition of sowing has been considerably improved. Throughout the south of the Soviet Union winter rye is flowering, and wheat, in places, is already earing. Summer sowing is also developing well even in the central districts of the U. S. S. R., Siberia and the Urals. At a rally of representatives of kolkhozes devoted to the forth- coming harvest, held at Dniepropet- rovsk, in the Ukraine, an appeal was made to the kolkhozes, stating, “Sowing in our kolkhozes is cheer- ing, and strong in promise, although this was a dry spring. Sowing is in good condition because we sowed early, ploughed the soil well, well- timed, sowed good grain, and sowed collectively. If such a dry spring as we have had come in the time when we lived on individual scattered farms, sowing would have looked Communist Party of Cuba stated today that the danger of interven- tion is not lessened. It called for an intensified fight against inter- vention, imperialism and imperialist war, The statement of the Communist Party of Cuba scored the crawling declarations of Grau San Martin, ex-President of Cuba. The Commu nist Party stated that the new mov of Roosevelt brought no change to the Cuban toiling masses, who are exploited by the Wall Street sugar companies and the bankers. The country remains more than ever oppressed by Yankee imperialism. Only the rising » revolutionary movement and the support of the broad masses who prevented an application of the Platt amendment through the landing of troops up until now can end the oppression of Yankee imperialism. The Communist Party statement further points out that the move is aimed at lulling the anti-interven- tion movement, and the anti-impe- rialist upsurge in Cuba, and the reinforcing of the war front in the Caribbean area and South America. by a fake gesture of generosity, and also to bolster up the position of the reactionary Mendieta concen- tration government, which has been badly shaken by the mass struggles. Mass demonstrations are being arranged against the retention \ of Guantanamo as a Wall Street war base, to demand the removal of the warships, to demand the canzella- tion of the loans of the Chase Na- tional Bank and other foreign debts, and declaring that only So- sorry. Under collective forms of farming we expect a good harvest.” viet power will give the Cuban people national liberation. (Continued from Page 1) themselves. Even now, with two years of rich experience in Geneva negotiations, there is no hope that such schemes will be adopted by all countries. Corresponding con- clusions should be drawn from the present situation. “If disarmament, as a means of the security of peace, has failed, it is natural that other means should be sought, because, for the Soviet Union it is still a question of secur- ing peace. If the Geneva conference appeared incapable of consolidating universal peace by such means as disarmament, it does not follow at | all that the Geneva conference must be buried, as suggested by German fascists, Japanese imperialists, and bellicose factions of other countries. Whoever is interested in securing peace must do his utmos: to see that the conference could ‘feel about for other guarantees of peace, or at least increase measures of se- ‘curity for those states, which, hav- jing no aggressive schemes, are not interested in war, and which in case of war, might therefore be-, ‘come an object of a‘tack.’ (Lit-! vinoff). A New Program “The conference needs a new, peace. This program was set forth | in Litvinoff’s speech. The proposals of the Soviet delegation are based The danger of war and an attack | ;on the U.S.S.R. growing out of the | intensification of imperialist con-} tradictions is greater than ever be-} fore. These contradictions have also | Tesulted in a split cn the anti-Sov- |iet front. There are counirics in tie} :ecapitalist world which are now eetively striving, and openly prepar- ing for an attack on the U.S.S.R, co “USSR Has Only Poe Plan Against War Makers” There are countries which, though they would not wish to be embroiled in a War, are practically paving the road for it, prompting and encour- aging the war incendiaries. And finally, there are such countries, which are presently not interested in war, and would wish to avert it, and therefore agree now to cooper- ate with those who are interested in the consolidation. of peace. “Such is the concrete situation, such measures. That is, firstly, the adoption of the Soviet proposal of the definition of an aggressor. Sec- ondly, these or those sanctions against violators of peace. Thirdly, separate regional (comprising this or that group of countries) pacts. But the Soviet delegation simul- taneously proposed something more than separate measures, separate guarantees. “It proposed to convert the con- making it possible to combine the | ference into a regular organ,*which | efforts of several countries for se- curing universal peace by new means. Rejecting the projects of complete or partial disarmament put forward by the U.S.S.R., the capitalist countries followed their class interests. Two worlds, two policies, two classes, clashed in this case. By concluding non-aggression pacts with the U.S.S.R., pacts defin- ing an aggressor, these or those capitalist countries also follow their class promptings. Contradictions Sharper “But here the contradictions be- tween the imperialist countries be- . come active. Very many capitalist countries which rejected Soviet dis- armament projects, thereby prede-, consolidation of security and give, termining the failure of the Geneva} timely response and warnings of | conference at the first stage of its: the future war dangers, respond. existence, are compelled, half-way, themselves are menaced by danger, and cannot ignore the greater fac- tor of the consolidation of peace, | on a real caculation of the situation.' such as our country constitutes. “Therefore. there is full possibil- ity of adopting efficacious guar-, gation is clear and practical, and} antces, even if this or that sta‘e| will undoub‘edly find a wide re-' does nct agree with them, because sponse among the toiling masses, | : ‘tv's in no way should hamper cthers, to unite still closcr in order to cerry out measures which will increase their own security.’ (Lit- vinoft). “Litvinoff proposed’ a number of shall také care, in every way, to i defend the security of all states, to defend universal peace; to con- vert it into a permament conier- ence which shall meet periodically. ‘Until now,’ said Litvinoff, ‘peace conferences were convoked chiefly after war, for the purpose of shar- ; ing the spoils of war, and imposing {heavy and degrading conditions iupen the defeated, redistributing territories, readjusting states, and thus sowing the embryo of fresh | wars. Whereas, the conference 1 _heve in view must be created for preventing war, and its burdensome ‘results. It must work out, extend, |and improve, the methods of the ‘to the call to aid of the states concrete, efficacious program of! to meet this or that peaceable in-| menaced, rendering the latter time- struggle for the consolidation of} itia‘ive of the U.S.S.R., since they! ly aid within one’s power, whether moral, economic, financial or any other.’ Will Get Wide Response \ “The program of the struggle for | peace set forth by the Soviet dele- , not enly of the whele world. “The danger of war monaces all of toiling humanity. There is no | country which can consider itself ‘outside of this danger. And sooner U.SS.R., but of the i or later it affects the toilers of all countries, Let the ruling classes of Britain, or certain ‘countries situ- ated near the very threshold of eastern Europe, .not create for themselves the illusions that they will be able to direct the war in| channels desired by them. “The calculation of the pillagers will’ go awry. And these countries may find themselves in a not very pleasant position. “The speech of Sir John Simon, } foreign secretary of Britain, is a brilliant illustration of the appraisal of the situation given by Litvinoff. Simon’s oratorical contrivances con- cealed from nobody the fac: that he spoke against Litvonoff’s proposals, /and as an advocate of German fas- ! ‘cism. Barthou’s speech sufficiently ;and clearly revealed the sense of . Simon's speech. Simon openly de- | fended, at the Geneva tribune, the ‘policy of disruption of guarantees (of a policy of peace, facilitating the | war incendiaries. in their criminal | Work. Simon’s speech shows where | the forces are which are pushing | (oiling humanity to a fresh catas- trophe. “The U.S.S.R. said her weighty word. She set forth the program of siruggis for the consolid2t:on of pence and security against the wer ineend@‘aries. This program aceerds with the intcrests of toil- | ing humanity against whem the | schomes of the fascist enslavers | and the militarist cliques are di- | rected. “We do not doubt that the pro- gram of the U.S.S.R. will meet with full approval among the widest masces of the whole world, | and will be supperted by the | power and authcrity of the entire | protetarion fatherlané, which is | en guard fer the peace, security, and prosperity for which all her Joyal sons stand.” i On the World Front By HARRY GANNES ; 2 Cuba Maneuvers |Mr. Lere Explains | Change, and No Change { | | PWOLLAR diplomacy has re- ! cently made two major maneuvers in the Carribbean, | the axis of yankee imperiale lism. The first was the war | games of the fleet, now reste g in the East River, New The second was Roosevelt's d annulling of the infamous a Of the two fusing is ar_maneuv But ity, s, the most treaty with rs have their 'p! 4 duplic reactions of the st press to the new r treaty throw y interesting light on its ignificance. we have that outstanding | eter of foreign events for the | capitalist press, Ludwig Lore, who | writes the “Behind the Cable” cole umn for the New York Post. Mr. {Lore is a leading light in that new | American “revolutionary” Party, the an Workers Party that feeds bia. Roosevelt's New Deal imperialist | mancuvers in Cuba is greeted by Mr. | Lore very much as the Socialist | leaders at first greeted the N. R. A, }aS @ move against Wall Street, | against the big trusts, when all later experience showed that it was a {definite step in the interest of fi- nance capital. ‘ “With its renunciation of the i Platt Amendment by the adoption | of a new treaty just signed by | Cuba and the United States,” ex- plains Mr. L “America has taken a gratifying step away from imperialism and in the direction | of amity and good will in the | Western Hemisphere.” | Hurray for Mr. Roosevelt, shouts ; this theoretician of the American | Workers Party! Clarence Darrow ; in his report on the N. R. A. admits that Roosevelt supports the big trusts, increasing their profits and power at the expense of the Amer- , ican workers; in short, intensifying | the base of predatory, ravaging im- | perialism. But Mr. Lore, neverthes jess. is gratified by the “step away ; from imperialism” contained in a { treaty mancuver, | Re te | ()N THE other hand, one of the i ¥ coinpetitors of Mr. Lore in the j field of capitalist i retation of the Cuban treaty, the editorial | writer of the Herald-Tribune, ex- | plains the Cuban treaty quite dif. | ferently: | “In a. way, it can be said tpat the abolition of the Platt Amehd- ment— which for thirty-three | years has contrelied the reia- tions between the United States and Cuba—will alter nothing.” Both Mr. Lore and his colleague on the Heraid-Tribune are wrong. It is a new maneuver required by | Wall Street, in furtherance of the imperialist policy at the present | Stage of world conditions, and pars ticularly because of the revolutions | ary situation in Cuba. This much even, is inadvertently admitted by the same Herald-Tribune editorial which in its Bourbon manner can , See nothing altered. “It is fairly obvious that in pro- posing the abrogation at this mo- ment President Roosevelt is try- ing to bolster a regime in Cuba already showing signs of tottering.” So you see, Mr. Lore, that Roose- velt's maneuver is an attempt to ; Save the Mendicta-Batista butcher | Yegime against the rising wrath of the Cuban peopie, which is mount ing under the leadership of the {Communist Party of Cuba. It is not “a step away from imperialism,” | but a more slimy imperialist polic’ forced by an understanding of the ‘ present situation in Cuba. {py offering to resign our paper | title,” writes the Herald-Tribune, “we interfere more deeply still. It simply re-emphasizes the fact that no revisions of the documents can change the fundamental relation- ships in which the two peoples are entangled.” Which is a thousand times correct, especially, when we have the fact that the whole policy of the New Deal, shouted from the house tops in Washington by the petty-bour- geois critics, and whoever has eyes to see, is one basically supporting | finance capitalicm in its program of war, plunder and colonial aggran- dizement, ecw 5 EREIN, however, lies the change of the new policy toward Cuba? Because of the tremendous struggles of the Communist Party of Cuba, and the revolutionary trade unions, which have a majority of the proletariat behind them, along with the support of vast sections | of the anti-imperialist students and _ betty-bourgeoisie, the Platt Amend- ; ment was made cne of the central ; points of attack, and became an- athema to the majority of the Cuban people. The Mendicta government was ;Tapidly losing its abiiliy to rule, | Roosevelt could think of no better | pulmotor at this time for Wal! . Streot’s puppet government than the ! abrogaticn of the Platt Amendment ; Will this chanse American exploita- ; tion, American. suppression, Amer= ican intervention, American dom- ;inaticn in Cuba? Not a whit. - Will ‘it obviate the landing of treops? | Not at all, It provides specifically thet American marines, sailors and soldiers must remain at Guantanamo naval base. Indced, the Herald-Tribune which understands a thing or two about ‘imperialism from the side of the Chase Neticnal Bank and the Ne- tional City Bank who own mest of | Cuba, declared: The present administration, which has proclaimed its dislike of interveniion, more earnestly than any other has managed to H got itself more deeply invoived in the internal affairs of Cuba than ~ ant, perhaps, sinec Mr. Wilson’s ay.” As for example, Messrs. Welles | and Caffery. Intervention can be stopped only {by the united action of the Cuban ‘and Amerjcan toiling masses! treaties are filled 4 machinations and 4 1 y 4 &