The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-05-06
MILLIONS



Army, navy, aviation and CIVIC
militiamen.
Across the square on the revrew-
ing stand stood Stain, Kalinin,
Molotov and other well-nown po-
litical leaders. Some distance
away stood members of the for
eign diplomatic corps and in tri-
Dunes many thousands of the best
representatives of the Soviet toll.
ing masses, Red Army men, as
we'll as hundreds of working-class
delegates who had come for the
Moscow May Day from America,
Germany, China, France, Italy,
Australia, England and all parts
of the globe bringing their pledges
of solidarity and defense Of the
Soviet Union.
On buildings thanking the north
side of the square ran monster
banners declaring the Soviet toll
ers' May Day message greetings
to the workers of the world in five
languages:
'LOng live the victorious Of
fensive of the prOletarian revO-
luton throughout the wOrld"
Promptly as the Kremlin bells
chimed nine, Vcroshilov, command
er of the Workers and Peasants
Red Army and Navy, rode into the
square, where he greeted the as
sembled defenders of the Soviet
Power, the toilers of the USSR
and the international working class
in the name of the First of May.
The bands struck up the Inter
national. The sun, which had been
hidden until then, suddenly flooded
the square, lighting the masses of
upturned faces. Following Voro-
SHOWS brief, tense speech, a bril-
liant parade of all branches of the
armed forces, infantry, cavalry
and artillery began, closing with
impressive maneuvers by squad
rons of high-powered aeroplanes,
while on Red Square itself mech
anized army transport units thun-
dered by.
Beginning soon after IL, Mos
cows workers, marching by fac
tories, began pouring six columns
abreast into the square. Singing,
faces aglow, bodies erect, they
swung by in endless lines, carry
ing banners like a red forest over
head.
Those plants with the best rec
ord had the honor of leading the
march, such as Electrozavod, 90.
600 workers; Stain Auto Works
and many others.
Workers Depict Achievements
| AS the workers passed the re-
viewing stand, friendly shouts of
recognition for their leaders went
up. Posters and floats, as well as
striking exhibits made by the
workers throughout Moscow, de-
picted the latest industrial sue
cesses, such as Dneiprostroi, Mag
nitogorsk, new ball bearing plant
the subways displayed the con-
trast with the crisis in capitalist
: countries.
Many singing caricatures of the
capitalists and their lackeys feat
ured the parade. The demand fol
the freeing of the Scottsboro boys
| figured prominently throughout
!. the demonstration.
In the line of march were bri-
gades of armed factory workers
especially Comsomols members Of
e the feminist Young Communists
e League of the Soviet Union). The
1 Pioneers marched, the oncomine
1 generations of youth, vigorous
with health. and clear Commun.
list outlook on the present worlC
: and their part in it.
S Close to 100000 were in to
e days demonstration, which wa:
still pouring into Red Square al
r 5 o'clock.
: PORTAL, N. D., May 2-About
|, 100 workers and farmers attended
: May Day meeting here yester
9 day. Here on the border of Cana,
da, farmers from Columbus, Flax
e ton and other parts Of Burke
: County met to celebrate this inter.
: national working class holiday
: and to protest against the i'm.
: perialist war plans against the
: only workers and farmers gov
:. ernment-the Soviet Union.
S A group Of farmers marched
S down the main street, carryine
placards reading Gree Tom Moo.
a ney and all Class War prisoners ,
For Cancellation of Cnon Mort