The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-08
By HARRISON GEORGE.

MOT for nothing have the Cuban workers,
~ through years of struggle and during five
years through the terror of fascsm, nurtured
in their hearts the undying fire of proetarian
revolt.
This famed forth on May Day when, paral-
wing industry in all Cuban cities, the pro-
letariat of Cuba celebrated May Day not at all
as the government of Machado and the fascist
Cuban Federation an appendix of the A. F. of
~ hoped they would. On the contrary, with
100000 iohless, with wage cuts and the decree
of dissolution of their revolutionary trade union
center, the National Confederation, the Cuban
proletariat is angry. And its showed its anger.
Filling the great stadium called the "Nuevo
Fronton" with at least 10000, they heard
speakers imbued with the spirit of the small
but heroic Communist Party existing and
fighting illegally in spite of the years of ter
rory who were enthusiastically applauded when
they spoke for the line of revolutionary class
struggle and pointed to the Soviet Union as the
fatherand of the workers of Cuba as of all
the world-any approval of the Soviet Union
is unlawful in Cuba the colony of Wall Street.
Pouring out of the Fronton, 5000 or more
marched to the harbor where they filled many
boats to take them across the Bay of Havana
to the suburb of Regla, where 5000 or so more
workers Joined their ranks for march to
"Lenin's Tree"
It is the custom, established by tradition of
years. that on May Day the Havana workers
gather at a tree whose planting was dedl-
Gated to Comrade Lenin, and pay tribute to the
great scientist of revolution So this May Day
the throng marched toward that goal Halted
in front of a shop, one section of the marchers
was listening to their band playing the In
ternationale," notwithstanding to one account
dispute arose from the fact that one marcher,
being deaf, did not hear the International"
and failed to uncover.
Naturally, this slight misunderstanding
would have been no cause for trouble had not
policeman, ever anxious to seize excuse
for attacking workers, made himself obnoxious.
by irving to arrest somebody. Whereupon the
workers gave him an excellent beating, taking
his revolver away from him and chasing him
into the shelter of the shop, which was bomb
arded with stones about 5000 worth, according
to the shop-keeper who was foolish enough to
shelter the cop.
This done, the marchers went on TRANQUILITY,
until their front ranks were blocked by bus,
whose driver in the first place, violating
the rule of "Down Tools on May Day." The
bus was promptly turned over on its back and
the workers, the way thus cleared, were con-
tinuing, when eight policemen opened fire, led
by ponce otflcef, VINO leaped on Ine DuS with
drawn revolver crying out: "We are going to
/ put an end to this!"
He didn't although the eight exhausted their
ammunition. The workers stuck and began
crowding around their speakers. But the po-
lice called the soldiers who came mounted and
firing rifles. The crowd scattered, rushing
into any house open, some went into a movie
theatre, the mounted soldiers riding their
horses right into the theatre, and dragging
out number of workers under arrest.
The workers, though dispersed, reformed, and
large number passing the police station
where their comrades were held, staged DEM
onstration of protest. The soldiers and police
again opened fire on the workers, this being
the bloodiest clash, three policemen were wound
ed, IS workers, among them two women, wound