The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-11
Greetings to the c. F.
of the Phillbblnes

The Imperial Valley Prisoners to the Filipino
Workers on the Occasion of the Formation of the
C. P. in Philippine Islands.
THE Imperial Valley group together with the
l class conscious Filipino workers here have
learned with great Joy of the formation OF the
Communist Party in the Philippine Islands
From behind the walls of capitalist dungeons
we send through the Daily Worker our hearty
revolutionary greetings to the young Communist
PARTY in the Philippine Islands. In launching
the Communist Party in the Philippine Islands
the Philippine toiling masses have served notlce
upon Wall Street and its lackeys-the mlsleaders
Roxas, Osnena, Quezon, g. Co.-that side by SIDE
with other toilers of other lands oppressed by
Yankee imperialists, the workers and peasants
of the Philippine Islands will wage militant
fight until the imperialists are driven out and
workers and peasants government is established.
That the in1perialist jackets fear the growing
fighting. mood of the Filipino masses under the
leadership OF its Communist Party is seen by
the terror now waged and expressed IN the ar
rests Of the working class leaders, Eyangelista,
Manahan and Embriano, and the doubtless mur-
der of Antonio Ora, who was bounded to death
The Imperial Valley prisoners consider the
formation OF the Communist Party IN the Philip
pine Islands of far reaching importance in the
the Pacific Coast. Great numbers OF Filipino
workers are bitterly exploited in the factory
fields, owned by fruit and vegetable trusts.
These workers along with their Mexican, Negro
and Hindu brothers, are ground under the bosses
heel and in addition are Disseminated against in
the most fiendisll manner. A wave of lynchings
is now being directed against the Filipino work
ers on the Coast. During the so-called Race
Riots a number of Filipino workers were brutal
" murdered and iniured-the shacks set on fire.
often trapping their occupants Gas IN Watson
vile Calif) These Race Riots in reality are
lynchng' parties, deliberately carried out by the
bosses and their henchman. They have for their
purpose the diverting of the wreath of the white
agricultural workers born out of exploitation and
unemployment, away from those responsible
the bosses-onto the shoulders of the Filipino
workers, whom they paint to the white workers
as sources of all their ills Thus, the master
class at all times keeps the ranks of the toilers
divided through sowing among them the poison
GUS seed of race hatred Nevertheless, the white
workers are fast learning who their real enemy
Is Thousands of native workers together with
Filipino Mexican, and foreign born are now
unitedly struggling on the Pacific Coast through
militant demonstrations for bread and work
under the leadership Of the Communist Party
U. S. A.
In the Imperial Valley the Filipino workers
have proven themselves most militant portion
of the agricultural workers who rose against
existing slavery. IT is no incident that together
with other workers, sent up to long prison terms
the Imperial Valley bosses likewise imprisoned
Danny Roxas--a. Filipino worker who was in the
thick of the struggle side by side with his broth
er-Filipino Mexican and other workers, That
speaks loudly the fact the Filipino workers have
grown in revolutionary consciousness and are
ready with toilers of other lands to battle under
the banner OF the Communist international The
formation of the Communist Party in the Philip
pine Islands will further steel these workers in
their resolve to fight against their exploiters-
the Imperial Valley and other barons. The role
of the young Communist Party in the Philippine
Islands and the coming struggles of the agri-
cultural workers on the Pacific Coast must be
that of an inspirer and leader Of these masses,
alongside with its brother party, CPUSA. At the
same time the Filipino workers, now in the USA
guided by the Communist Parties of both lands,
will work hard to weld the bonds Of solidarity
between Filipino masses oppressed by Wall Street
and the American toiers crushed by their ex-
ploiters, American capitalism. The Filipino
workers confined here express the pledge, at
once upon their release to join the fighting
ranks Of the CPPI and the CPUsA to work in
this direction They join with the " prison.
ers in adding their voices to demand for the
immediate release Of Comrades Evangelsta, Man
ahan and Erabrano-and all other Filipino
fighters. Long live unity between USA and Pr
toilers. Long live the CP Of the Philippine Is
lands Long live the CPusA. ! Long live the
Communist International--the leader Of the
world toiling masses.
II Val Del.