The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-01
SAXON WORKERS :
ASSIST REBELS
OF OTHER LANDS
Show Solidarity. with
Chinese
BY WILLIAM r. KRUsE.
Especial to The Daily Worksrl

BY WILLIAM r. kRUSE.
Especial to The Daily Worksrl
BERLIN, Germany-(By mail) I'm
little Saxony, which in 1928 held the
attention Of the revolutionary work
ers Of the entire world, the spirit Of
international solidarity lives on in
action to help rebel workers all over
the world as we'll as in its own
district. In fifty-five industrial cities
and towns great meetings we're held
to raise money to aid the Chinese
workers.
Glass Solidarity Felt.
In addition and at the same time
this single section of the International
Workers Aid carried on many other
activities, So mass meetings and II
landern-slide lectures to spread the
truth about Soviet Russia and par
ticularly the British trade union
report, 80 concerts and IL dramatic
programs to raise money for strike
relief.
The largest single campaign was
on behalf of the striking building
trades workers who for months waged
a bitter struggle thruout Germany
only to have it end in a compromise
two weeks ago. During the fight,
however, in Leipzig alone over $4,000
pounds Of bread were distributed, in
three days of special stress $500 food
packages were given out, while 100
workers in direst need were maintain
ed for an extended period during the
struggle. Since the young are always
the severest sufferers under privation
special attention was given to the
children of the strikers, $50 being har-
bored by other workers families in
Leipzig, 70 in Chemnitz, and similar
groups in smaller centers. During
the school vacation 20 Leipzig strik-
ers' children were given free vaca-
tions among the comrades in Wen
dish-Luppa, and 20 from Chemnitz
were cared for at Freital.
Wherever an Industrial conflict
ragged and the workers asked the CO.
operation of the |. w. A. immediate
action was taken. Thus with so
disciplined" wage slaves of the glass
factories of Bischofswerda, and like
wise with the locked-out textile work
ers of Limback and Falkenaux were
supplied with food packets and 40
children from the latter town, being
cared for in Chemnitz and Limbach.
The Saxon children who returned
from vacations among /. w. A. mem
'ers in Holland and France have done
conan service in spreading the
brit of internationalism among the
ounger generation, telling of the
omradely sympathy of French and
Dutch workers whom they had thot
we're enemies.
United Front on I. w. A.
These were some of the interesting
facts brot out in the state conference
Of the International Workers Aid re-
Gently held in Chemnitz. There were
80 delegates represer ting IL subdis-
tricts of So city organizations con-
tanning over two thousand individual
members, and 145 organizational aft
liations factory councils, co-operativ-
es, unions, sport clubs etc. with
about $4,000 total membership. Labor
reactionaries Of various stripes had
tried for time to destroy the non
partisan character of the organization.
Here Communist and social-democrat
mingle on free terms with syndicalist
and non-partyite. It was shown that
fully $50 of the individual member
ship is not affiliated with the Com
munist Party, and in the organiza-
tons the situation is the same. But
in this proletarian active relief work
there is absolute unity of effort and
anyone who attacks it is shown up
as an agent of the capitalists. The
splendid record of everyday activity
and thoroly democratic control have
convinced all of Saxony's workers of
the sincerity, effectiveness and ne
cessity of this united front fighting
relief organization.
The delegates were all of solid pro-
letarian stock and went at their bust
ness with cheerful determination. At
ter a few words in English as greet
ing from the American workers, a
detailed report on the world and
domestic political situation and the
work of the |. w. A. was delivered
by William Muenzenberg, |. w. A.
international secretary.
WobbIy in r. T. VI.
After the meeting a one-time Amer
lean "wobblie" came up to ask about
certain well known figures in the
|. w. w. of his day-Ettor, Giovanitti
Gurley-Flynn and Haywood. He was
astounded at the tactics of the 'in.
junctionites" and gloried in the
creation of the Committee for r. T.
U. Afiliation." The armed struggles
of 1918 and 1923 shoulder to shoulder
with fha Con,xornfotc L. a.