The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-24

organizatorily connected with them,
felt that all this meant the beginning
of the end. They decided, as the
trade union papers announced, to take
determined action" This deter
mined action" has now been carried
out Within the last few days the
executive committee of the Shoe
makers Union has been dissolved and
all prominent revolutionary members
expelled, while the trade union coun-
ell has arbitrarily set up commits
sion to take the place of the dissolved
executive.
But this was not all. All the spies
and detectives were set to work. The
trade union bureaucracy and the social
democracy worked quite openly hand
in hand with the Horthy police. It
has now come to light from official
reports that the trade unions and
social democrats employed dozens of
people, who not only worked in the
Hungarian socialist labor party, but
who also managed to smuggle into the
ranks Of the Communists as spies.
In this manner they succeeded in
getting on the track of our Comrade
Rakosi, who led the Communist move.
ment in Hungary, and in having him.
as we'll as over hundred other com.
rades, arrested. By means of fearful
fortunes the police succeeded in ex.
torting confessions" from some com
rades. And by means of lying fabri-
cations bourgeois society in Hungary
was rescued"
The "Nepszava, the organ of the
Hungarian social democratic party.
was overjoyed. 1t declared that the
social democracy could itself have
settled with the Communists, but
every line betrayed it's satisfaction.
Its JOY however, was somewhat pre-
mature. Comrade Rakosi behaved he
roically before the police. The police
did not succeed, even by means of the
most fearful tortures, in extracting a
confession from him. He admitted
that he had come to Hungary in order
to carry on Communist propaganda
and to organize a strong Communist
Party. To this work he had devoted
his life, and because he knew that he
had contributed something to this
work he considered that he had not
lived in vain. In the face of his tor
turers he delivered an impassioned
speech against capitalism and against
the Horthy regime in a tone which
even won the respect of the jailers.
The replies given by Rakosi to his
questioners had such an effect that
even the newspapers of the race
protectors" (fascists) reported his
statements, which at once brought
about a complete change in the
pogrom mood. Only the Nepszava
Kept silence regarding them.
But this will not help the heroes
of the pact with Horthy, the allies of
the hangmen. The attitude of Com.
rade Rakosi has called forth a fight.
ing mood among the working masses
IN Hungary, so that the social demo.
- ~ NAN bAO hungarian DOuTR6OlSle
will soon realize to their cost what a
real Communist means even in prison.
BY his heroic bearing Comrade Rakosi
had not only made deep impression
upon the working masses, but has
rendered an indisputable service to
Communism.
The working masses perceive not
only the act of devotion, but also the
direction in which they have to fight.
AS result the Hungarian revolu.
tionary labor movement is entering
on a new phase. The glorious me.
mory of the Hungarian proletarian
dictatorship is again revived, not only
among the masses of the industrial
proletariat, but also among the poor
peasants, and this means an in.
destructable gain for the Communist
Party. The road and the direction
have now been indicated, not only by
words but also by seif-sacrificing acts,
and this means serious step forward
for the victorious revolution.