The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-30
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for. conferred with the president at Neudeck. The official announce sment from that meeting was Von Al4indenburg is in full accord with s4he cabinets policies. = Hitler, anticipating a crisis in The government, was in Berlin. He swas ceeply chagrined over a con- aference yesterday with Won Papen sand Won Schleicher, in which he pwas told bluntly that he cannot shave the chancellorship.
 Von Papen told the Fascist chief iain that he can become vice chan srellor, that his party can have die n4atorial control over Prussia and kthat several minor posts in the cab v1net can be given to national so- xcialists. But Hitler, adamant as he @has been throughout, spurned this apffer, declaring he would take all s0r nothing.
 Woman Opens Session
 Red Clara" Zetkin. communist swoman deputy, opened the reichs- stag session as president by senior fjty. She was assisted to the ros- strum by two women communist slnembers of the reichstag.
 - Clara paused for several minutes 4to regain her breath, (she is 75 ~years old and feeble), and then Eealled the house to order amidst N1ommunist shouts of Long live a.anti-fascism" and the battle cry hof the red front.
 Clara Zetkin arrived from Mos- .tow to preside at the opening ses- bsion. She was under a physicians kcare, and was transported care sfully to the parliament buildings Ino Ia Comfortable on a sofa in an ante- sroom until the meeting began.
 n After the traditional question Fwhether there was any older depu- s-fy present, Clara told the rechstag Ihat an international war against sthe soviets was coming which ssyould involve Germany. The hor- siors of the conflict would exceed gfhose of the World war, she said Earnestly.
 V There was no objection from the sbenches as Clara, in a weak voice, Ndeclared that the German army .swas the dominant force in the spresent political changes, and fore scast that several millions would abe added to Germany's 6,000,000 4unemployed this winter.
 = Nationalist Leader Alfred Hug Acnberg and 37 of his deputies wore .civilian clothes in protest against 1.-the Moscow emissary" while ls1Adolf Hitler's 23O nazi deputies sin their brown shirt uniforms, sglared at the fragile woman who
 denounced fascist murderers. aThere were no demonstrations, sahowever. for the deputies realized .that disturbances would only serve .-the chancellor's purpose to dissolve ssthe reichstag.
 Clara stopped several times to 1regain her breath. Ernst Torgler, "a fellow communist, supported her s4on the rostrum.
 Clara declared that the present Hsituation was characterized by an ~jmpotent presidential cabinet, "a gsign of decay of the bourgeoisie. " sShe sharply attacked the Won Pa vpen cabinet. The veteran commit snists. wearing a dark grey dress, leande heavnly on a cane and ex- .serted her self to the utmost to samake her feeble voice heard in Fthe large chamber.
 Clara said the reichstag had the Fright to impeach the president and rthe government for breach of the A-constitution. but added bitterly, ~f'such a measure would be tanta- Emount to impeaching the devil be- Lfore his grandmother"
 L She advocated a strike of prole- 5Atarians to defeat fascism.
 e While Red Clara" was address ring the house, serious clashes
 broke out in front of the parlia- sment building between Hitlerites laand communists. Despite the usual spolice precautions, fist fights began nmong the crowd of 2000 persons .-and police yielded their batons to &disperse the mob. Nazi groups. in =chorus, shouted denunciation of ssthe recent death sentence of five eNazias convicted of political ter- ,..rorism.
 N When police started to clear par Ilament square, they were resisted by the crowd and knocked down beveral persons. Women shdieked dan several tainted when the stam- .Dede for safety began.
 e Some of the mob stoned police. eThe fighting continued around Bredenberg gate. Numerous com 3nunists and grown shirts were ar- 4feeted.
 z Clara zetkin ended q 4S-minute speech with the declaration, "I Herewith opeA the reichstag hoping fhat live to open the first as- .sembly of soviet Germany" Com. z1nunists applauded. There were no HeOunter demonstrations.