The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-01

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del Pueblo. the 'House Of the Peo'
ple". This was once Catholic mon
astery. During the great tenants
strikes of 1922, the Communist Party
and the Union of Striking Tenants
took away the building from the
Church. All efforts to force the re-
turn of this building to the Catholic
missionaries have failed to date.
Important Questions Before Delegates.
The principal questions confronting
the delegates are the agrarian prob
lem, the tactics of Communist parti-
cipation in the national elections, the
strengthening of the Party organiza-
ton, and the growing serious dangers
of American imperialism.
Comrade Bertram d. Wolfe has
been especially assigned by the Cen
trail Executive Committee of the Par
ty to prepare and organize the ma.
terial and data on which the Party
policies on these and other questions
will be based.
Spirited discussions and a lively in
teresting Congress are expected by all
the delegates present.
General De la Huerta and
his agents declared all labor organ
izations outlawed. Many workers and
peasants were shot down in cold
blood. Under these circumstances the
Communists banded themselves to.
gether in an underground organiza-
ton and struggled food, ammunition
and sundry military supplies to the
government forces.
six Communists are known to have
been shot by the de la Huerta mer-
cenaries for aiding the government in
this fashion. Among the workers who
were thus murdered by de la Heurta
or wl.o met death at the front, was
the local Secretary of the Young Com
munist League.
Some Workers Hesitate.
Let no one get the impression that
all the workers and farmers of Mex
leo consciously and actively fought on
the side of the Oregon government.
Some workers and peasants who were
followers of the Anarchist Federation
Ut VINO were members of the Railway
Workers Union, were very slow in
getting into the fight, even when they
we're finally drawn in. On several oc-
casions anarchist followers even join
ed de la Heurta. It was not until lie
latter showed his real hand by crush
ing the workers organizations of all
shades of opinion, that the Anarchist
Federation woke up to the cruel reali-
ties of the situation. After a few an
archists were murdered by the Fas-
cisti. the organized Anarchists under
Communist pressure, particularly in
Vera Cruz, where strong united
working class front against Fascism
was formed, expelled those of their
Spokesman who had declared them
selves for de la Huerta.
The Railroad Workers Federation,
which is Independent of the General
Federation of Labor, formally declar-
ed its neutrality as soon as the con-
fiict broke out. Many of the rail
way workers were extremely dis
gruntled at the treatment they had
been receiving at the hands of the
Oregon government. Besides, de la
Huer.s, in preparation for his revolt.
had made it his business to democrat
ize sections of the ranks of the rail
way workers by liberal dispensing
Of funds amongst them. The Fascist
leader was well-aware of the fact that
the strategic importance of having the
railway workers on his side in a mill.
tary struggle could not be overesti
mated
But the Communists among the rail
way workers worked actively to coun
teract this potentially grave menacs
to the success of the Callista forces
Utilizing their strong influence among
the railway carpenters as a base of
operations, they launched a determin-
cd campaign among all railroad work
ers against the Fascist coup. Soon
many railway workers rallied to the
colors against de la Huerta despite
the fact that they were warned by
their superior Federation officers that
such practices were in violation Of the
accepted policy of the national organ
ization to keep out of politics.
Communists Gaining strenuth.
The position taken by the Commun.
LIST Party in the de la Huerta rebellion
has greatly helped to strengthen the
comparatively weak national organiza-
ton OF the Mexican Communists. The
role played by the Communists in Wig
orously resisting Fascism has brought
them much closer to great masses OF
Mexican workers and peasants who
now have considerable confidence in
communists in several states.
Today the national organization of
the Mexican Communist Party Is still
very weak. But the theological and
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