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

are many serious dangers, the Central
Executive Committee took decisive
steps to counterfeit at the very first
opportunity with strong declaration
against Obregons regime as soon as
de la Huerta's politico-military grave
was dug and his threat to the safety
Of the republic buried.
Struggle In Vera Cruz.
The Fascist military clique was es-
pecially harsh with the workers in
Vera Cruz. Here de la Huerta and
Already the presence of about rs
delegates is assured This number
will be increased before the close of
the Congress.
Fraternal delegates from the Com
munist Parties of Cuba and Central
America (Guatemala) are expected to
participate actively in the sessions Of
the Convention.
Delegate From U. S.
For the first time in the history
of the Communist movement on the
American continents a duly authoriz-
ed representative of the Communists
from the United States, a delegate
from the Workers Party of America,
will attend convention Of the Com
munist Party of a Latin-American
country.
The Mexican Communists view this
step of the Workers Party as most
significant movement in the direction
of organizing centralized unified
Pan-American Communist movement
to deal effectively with the aggression
and increasing entertainments Of the
Yankee imperialists and their Wall
Street-Wasnington government in the
Latin-American countries.
The present party congress assum-
es extraordinary Importance for the
Mexican and other Communists be-
cause of the delicate and complicated
situation in the country arising out
of the de la nuerta revolt on the eve
of the national elections.
Among the strongest delegations at
the congress are the representatives
from the Vera Cruz district, where
the Communist Party Yields consider
able influence amongst the agrarian
and industrial masses.
One of the prominent delegates
from Vera Cruz is Comrade Ursulc
Galvon, who is the leader Of the he
roic band of peasants that dealt crush
ing blows to the rear of the de la
Huerta forces in the fighting in the
state.
Comrade Galvon is the President of
the League Of Agrarian Communities
of the State of Vera Cruz. He is also
member of the Praesidium Of the
Red Peasants Internatio1sei. recently
organized at Moscow and now max
ing rapid growth in many of the prin
cipal countries. Galvon was en- route
to Vera Cruz from the international
peasants congress while the port was
in the hands Of the Fascist de la
Huerta forces. He was wired by his
comrades to avoid the port, but he
managed to land secretly and organ
ize a splendid military fighting force
of Communists and poor peasants tc
rid the state of the reactionary forces.
Farmers Representatives Present
Delegates from the important in
dustrial center of Orizaba, where the
Communists have influence among the
textile and tobacco workers, are ex-
pected to play prominent part thru
out the convention.
One of the delegations from the
State of Oaxaca will be an ex-colonel,
Comrade Roberto Ramirez. who re-
signed from the army in order to be
a more effective worker for the Com
munist Party. Comrade Roberto Ra-
mirez is now a candidate for the ma
tional Chamber of Deputies.
The States of Sonora and Duran
go will also be well represented. The
powerful Agrarian Party of the State
of Michoacan and the League of the
sDefense Of the Peoples Rights, both
organizations Of strongly Communist,
character, are expected to seek rep
resentation at the Congress.
All in all, despite the most insuper-
able obstacles created by the present
military situation in the country and
the extreme suffering resulting there
from amongst the farming and indus.
trial masses, no less than ten states
will be adequately represented at this
Convention.
Reports have reached the Central
Executive Committee of the Commun-
list Party that delegates from the 9TH
er states are making desperate eff
forts to break thru the numerous barr
riers and come to the Congress by
all means OF transportation available.
Communist Influence Grows.
Within the last year the Mexican
Communist Party has greatly increas-
ed its influence, tho it is still organ
nationally weak. The Mexican Com
munists are confronted with almost
unbelievable and countless difficulties
arising from foreign imperialist eg-
gression against the country, from the