The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-04
GREEK WORKERS
IN new YORK CITY
ASSAIL FASCISM
Resolution Against the
Blackshirts Adopted

shirt tyranny IN Greece ana
American Imperialism were the
target of the same shot at the
meeting of the Greek branch Of
the Workers Party at Bryant
Hall, And ST. and 9th Ave.
The Greek workers that
crowded the hall enthusiastical-
ly listened and applauded the
two Greek speakers, Comrades
Socrates Georganteas and
George Arvanitis, and Ben Git
low, vice-presidential candidate
on the Workers Party ticket in
the recent elections, who spoke
in English.
Denounce General KondyIls.
The meeting was called in protest
Of the prosecutions of the Greek
workers by the fascist General Kon-
dylis, who only lately ordered his
hordes to shoot at workers in the
port Of Cavalla, Greece, because the
tobacco workers fought against the
expectation Of raw tobacco from
Greece in order to save the industry
and provide work for the workers who
suffer from long periods Of uner1-
ployment. The speakers assailed the
Greek government, which is the tool
Of the American Tobacco Trust, be-
cause it cares more for the interests
of the trust than for the preservation
of the industry and the provision Of
work for the workers.
Comrade Arvanitis, himself tobac-
CO worker, in his inspiring talk de-
scribed what the expectation Of such
raw tobaccos meant to the workers.
He also aroused great enthusiasm
when he told the audience about the
reward that the workers get, when
they come back from the battle front
Of the wars of the imperialists. He
said that the workers are good and
loyal as long as they give their lives
and leave their limbs in the valleys
of Macedonia and Asia Minor, where
they were sent to '1iberate our un-
redeemed christian brothers from the
Turkish and Bulgarian tyranny" but
they get bullets and bayonets when
they get wise and have the "auda-
city" to ask for few more crumbs
of bread. He accused the Greek gov
eminent for having asked the Bull
garian government about the here
ditary enemy" how the latter man.
ages in combating Communism with
in its boundaries.
Comrade Gitlow in his inspiring
speech attacked the American To
bacco Trust, that as a gigantic octopus
has under its influence the govern
ments of the Balkan states, and thru
its activities wants to totally sub
jugate the tobacco industry and, there
fore, the workers that get their liveli-
hood from it. He added that this po-
Icy is nothing else but part of gen.
eral program of American imperialist
capitalism to enslave the peoples Of
the tobacco producing countries.
A resolution of protest against the
Greek government and sympathy to
the fighting workers of Greece was
adopted unanimously. The resolution
follows:
Resolution.
1--WE, the Greek workers and toilers
of New York and vicinity, at meet
ing at Bryant Hall, after having heard
the Greek and American speakers
resolve:
1--WE protest vehemently against the
fascist orgies of the capitalist gov.
eminent Of Greece, and especially
against the crimes committed by the
arch-fascist General KondyIis, who
spills the blood of our innocent broth
ers, persecutes, jails and deports the
leaders of the Communist Party of
Greece and request the immediate
ceasing of these prosecutions:
I'VE expose to the parties Of the
workers of the world the crimes com
mitted against the Greek workers;
I'VE call upon the workers and
peasants of Greece to close their
ranks and organize themselves in the
Communist Party OF Greece, the only
organization that is able to success
fully combat the tyranny, and to pro-
tect the suppressed rights OF the
working masses. We declare that the
salvation of the working people OF
Greece, as we'll as of the working
peoples of the Balkan states, where
the ugly paws of fascism are shown
to the toling masses, lies only in the
union and solidarity of the workers
and peasants of the Balkans, and to
this end declare ourselves in favor OF
the Balkan Workers Federation;
1--WE stand by the Communist Party
Of Greece, the Communist (Workers)
Party of Aemrica, and the Communist
Parties of the world, because we are
convinced that only Communism is
able to put an end to capitalist ex-
ploitation and to bloody fascism, and
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