The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-12
BAR REPORTER
OF DAILY At PAM
AMERICAN MEET
Also Keep Out Press of
Latin America
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absolutely false. Informed Harrison
George this morning that while
could not give him card Immediately
h was welcome to attend conference
and use all facilities of press room.
Positively no press representative
has been turned away from this con-
ference.
MICHAEL J. McDERMOTT,
"Press Liasion Officer"
The fact that McDermott was at
least not telling the whole of the
truf and had conveniently forgot
ten the important morning session,
at which the intrigue progressed, is
be- c.. by regular United Press
telegraph sent cut by its Washing
ton correspondent, Heath. which
says: Seventh Add Lead Heath
Wa gton: The conference opened
its second day of sessions here in an
atmosphere of suppressed excite
ment. The doors We're closed today
to correspondents and visitors"
The United Press also announced
the opening of the conference to
correspondents in the relatively un-
important afternoon session.
Even tho the Daily Worker re-
porter is not permitted to enter the
conference room, he will be on the
ground, and has already established
connections and news sources which
will permit of the only real informa-
ton on the gigantic imperialist
swindle that Kellogg and Hughes
and the bribed and corrupted repre-
sentatives of certain Latin-American
reactionary governments are so
anxious to keep under cover.
Hiding Their Treason.
The Daily Worker does not flatter
itself that mere publicity would i'm
mediately alter the course of en-
pire, already decided upon by
American big business, but calls at
tention to the proof, afforded by this
attempt at secrecy, of the fact that
the intrigue to be managed at this
conference is so rotten and so
damaging to the prestige at homs of
some of the representatives of the
fascist and near fascist flunkies of
American big business now ruling
South and Central American states
that Kellogg and Hughes hope some
Of it can be concealed.
The most recent development in
the great skin game being placed
upon the workers and peasants of
Bolivia and Paraguay was an. an
nouncement today which means that
the government of Bolivia, COM
pletely dominated by American oil
and mining companies, has decided
to relieve the conference of some en-
barrassment by pretending to take
a strong, Independent action,
Bolivia Withdraws.
The announcement was t h
Bolivia withdraws from the confer
ence.
The Bolivian minister declared:
"In the face of the grave insult
that Bolivia has suffered from the
hands of Paraguay I have presented
note to the president of the Inter
national Conference on Arbitration
ard Cancellation, saying that l will
withdraw from taking part in the
deliberations of that assembly, since
it is impossible for the Republic
which I represent to discuss for
mulae of friendly settlement between
the two nations while Paraguay
shall refuse to repair its wrong.
"This decision of my government
will, however, be no obstacle to
later adherence on the part Of
Bolivia to whatever agreement the
International Conf ference may
reach"
League Helps War.
1t was simultaneously announced
that Bolivia had withdrawn from the
Gorgas permanent arbitration con-
terence at MOnUeVlQeO.
The League of Nations, it was
made known at the conference, has
also politely stepped out Of the way
Of the present war, by refusing to
have anything more to do with it at
present than to advise both Bolivia
and Paraguay that they should
compose their differences" between
themselves. This action was taken
by the League Council now in ses-
sion at Lugano, Switzerland.
The Bolivian government has ad-
dressed a circular note to all great
powers giving a prejudiced account
of events leading up to the recent
battles in the Gran Chaco territory,
about half Of the state of Paraguay,
which is under dispute. This terri
tory is full of rich oil fields, Just
discovered, and owned by the Garth
OIL Co, an American concern. 1t
also has river ports on tributaries
OF the Platte which would give an
outlet to the sea for the Anaconda
Mining Co.'S properties in Bolivia,
and for other American mining
operators.
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 1.-THE
Bolivian cabinet has resigned in or
der to allow the formation of new
cabinet, including some of the mem
hers of thes opposition, as a war
measure. The president and min