The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-18
Torture Workers
In New RuTndnian
Wave Of Terror

BUCHAREST (By MaiD.-The
question of the dissolution of the Uni
tary trade unions, raised by former
Minister for Labor Tranku Yassi, has
not yet been investigated by the Bulk
harest courts. The government and
the secret police are, however, doing
their utmost to destroy the unitary
trade unions without waiting for a
decision of the courts. Not week,
not day passes by without arrests
of workers and their leaders in some
part of the country.
Mass Arrests.
Over 1000 persons were arrested
in Semigrad and Banat on the death
Of the king of Rumania, as a precau-
tionary measure for the guarantee of
law and order. The greater part of
those arrested were peasants and
workers known to be in sympathy
with the unitarian trade unions or the
Communist Party. There were also
among the arrested representatives of
national minorities, rank and file
HungarlanS and Germans.
The secret police carries on a sys-
tematic persecution Of the class or
CARNATIONS, the press and the lead
crs Of the class-conscious workers.
During the strike in the Oradia-
Maru engineering works the secret
police arrested II workers.
When a delegation of workers con-
sisting Of 500 persons appeared be-
fore the police to demand the liberia
ton Of these workers, the police ar
rested another % persons from the
delegation. All 40 were turned over
to the military courts. After six
months Imprisonment and 10 days
hunger strike the accused were set
free pending investigations.
Labor Paper Suppressed.
The government prohibited Der
rlunkast," the paper Of the Unitary
Union of League Workers, published
Ia Kluje. The secretary Of the union
was arrested and handed over to mill
tary court for an article on the Wen
nose incidents.
Leaders Of the printers strike were
arrested in Bucharest and also hand
ed over TO the military court, not
withdrawing the fact that Bucharest
does not come under the military
zone" (two-thirds Of Rumanian ter
rltory is at present under marClal
law).
The secretary Of the worker-peas-
ant bloc, and the editor Of "Viata
Munchitoare," Comrades NihailIan
and FORTS have been arrested In Buk-
harest. They were at first handed
over to the military courts In Yasse
and later to the military courts In
Bucharest, which latter acquitted
them,
More suppressions.
"Boretba," tho organ of tho Bulk
qwin-U Ukraine B. D, Party Cleft ten
denoy), was prohibited In the "miii-
tary zone" Workers and students
detected reading "Boretba" are ar
Feated and handed over to the mili-
tEry court,
The crown was put upon all these
measures by the act of the Bucharest
secret police tn calmly sealing up the
premises of the Bucharest military
unions and RFfeHtiBg four workers,
including the secretary of tha Buzz
harest Military Trades Council, With
out any court decision and with the
maFe FamarE that ''tha military 4RieRs
must be- considered as disselyed,D tins
arrested have been handed ever TO
the military eeaet,
prisoR Textures,
Fhs persecution Of tina wapHsFs,
however, does not step at arrests on
sentences, but is continued in prison,
Political prisoners In humsnian
prisons enjoy ne sert of rights or
privileges, and therefore any anchor
alton in theiF position has TO be