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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17
BY 3. KELLER (yienna)

The Austrian social democracy is
at present in a very difficult situa-
ton. 1t has before it's eyes the warn
ing example OF the social democratic
party of Germany. The social demo-
cratic party Of Austria wishes to
escape the fate Of its brother Ger
man party. On the other hand, how
ever, the Austrian bourgeoisie today
is demanding of it more than ever
"a positive recognition of the State,
i.e., an active and open defense OF
Austrian capitalism.
The social democratic party of
Austria, under the leadership of Otto
Bauer, is endeavoring to escape from
this dilemma by means of the most
desperate maneuvers. 1t has issued
to the masses the slogan of the gen.
eral strike and revolution in the event
Of one of the four following cases
arising: If the government violently
oyerthrows the socialist municipality
of Vienna; if it dissolves the social
democratic party; if it carries out an
incorporation" Of the trade unions
Law VllC pau lOVlI 1IOAlb, vi II AZ "a
claims a fascist Constitution. The
"Wahrheit" (Truth), an Illegal social
democratic paper, states:
What They Tell Workers
ain any of these cases the working
class must rise IN order to defend
the freedom of the people, its organ
izations, its right TO existence. The
Austrian workers must realize that
the hour may come in which the
enemy will compel them to take UP
the decisive fight. They must be de-
ternined to fight rather than to sur
render without a fight Should it.
however, come to O.. fight, then the
enemy will employ all his means Of
force In the most ruthless, brutal
manner. The working class can
then be victorious only If it boldly
uses all the means of power at its
disposal Then the old slogan of the
revolution will apply: audacity, au-
dacity and again audacityl Should
it come to general strike and the
revolution, then there will no longer
be any possibility of compromise, but
only the choice: either to go down
fighting CALAMITY or victory and
power!"
That is the language which the
social democracy has for the work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17
Austrian Socialists and the Rise of Fascism

the patriotic front" This group
represents the open, undisguised con-
Meeting link between the Austrian
social democracy and Austrian fas-
cism. The party congress recognized
this group by electing its spokesman,
Schneidmadl, to the central commit
tee of the party.
The revolutionary proletariat was
not present at the party congress. 1t
is true there was cleft" opposition,
consisting of a group of Is delegates
who brought in their own resolution
and demanded that one of their
number be allowed to put forward
the point of view of the group from
the platform, which demand was
granted. This group exposed its
real character, however, by finally
declaring that 1t would vote for all
the above shameful decisions.
Scuttle Revolutionary Motions
The voice of the revolutionary
workers within the social democratic
party of Austria was expressed by
two motions of our organization,
which, however, we're not taken over
by the cleft" opposition. The first
was motion by the Bruck-on-the-
Muir organization, which demanded
the proclamation Of q general strike
in the event of the setting up of a
provisional estates council" The
stage managers Of the party congress
succeeded apparently in convincing
the delegates from Bruck- the
Muir of the harrnlessness of the
legality of such an estates coun-
Gill;" for the motion was withdrawn,
Secondly there was a motion on the
agenda sent in by the little organiza-
ton of -Neusiedel expressing
censure Of the central committee OF
the party. This organization how
ever, had no representative at the
party congress, and therefore not a
single delegate voted for this motion
Also among the 'left" opposition
there was nobody who found ii
necessary to express mistrust of the
central committee, whose policy has
led the Austrian proletariat into such
defeats and has rendered such good
service to fascism.
Thus this party congress has given
the bourgeoisie all 1t demanded and
nothing to the working class, so fal
as 1t still expected anything Of this
body
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17
5 Canadian Reds
Put in BLACK Hole

TORONTO, Canada, Nov. To-
1.-THE Eight" Canadian workers lead
ers, serving long terms of impriSon-
ment in Kingston Penitentiary, were
sent down to the "black hole" no
torious solitary dungeon of the pris-
on, yesterday, for protesting against
the arbitrary addition of A days to
the sentence of one of their number
Tom Cacic. His term expired Nov.
10.
"The Eight" including Cacic, and
led by Tim Buck, threatened a prison
strike unless Cacic was released. He
has been in Jail more than two years.
The other six involved are Tom Even,
Malcolm Bruce, Sam Carr, Matthew
Popovioh, John Boychuk, and Tom
Hill They were sentenced under the
infamous Section So" in proceed
ing to illegalize the Communist Party
A delegation from the Eastern Can
ada Section 98 Repeal Congress, now
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17

ers who are demanding revolutionary
deeds. It has another language, how
ever, for the patriotic bourgeoisie, for
the government.
What They Tell Capitalists
The "Arbeiter- Zeitung" offered the
Dollfuss government extraordinary
full powers, according to the Czecho-
slovakian model, in order to defend
democracy against the Nazis. And in
this same article in the "Wahrheit,"
quoted above, we read:
1.-THE Austrian social democracy has
always conducted its fight within the
limits of the law. 1t still remains
now within the limits Of the law"
Only when the enemy destroys the
basis of lawfulness "the working class
in the whole of Austria must rise in
order to restore the constitutional,
the legal order"
The policy of Otto Bauer, Seitz
and Renner today is confined to
these limits. The extraordinary party
congress showed this same Janus
head, with revolutionary. heroic
looking face for the working class,
and another, peaceful and servile,
face for the bourgeoisie.
Into the "Patriotic Front
The chief task of the party con-
gress was to fulfill the demand which
Dollfuss had put forward as a pre-
condition for the activity Of any po-
litical party in Austria: positive rec
ignition of the Austrian State. 1t
was in fact a party congress Of in
corporation into the patriotic front. "
Therefore resolution on Austrian
foreign policy was adopted, the es-
sence Of which is:
1.-THE social democracy wants an in
deDendent Austria"
The passage on the union with
Germany was therefore struck out
Of the program.
The bourgeoisie demands in the
first place the recognition Of "inde-
pendent Austria" and readiness to de-
fend this independence" For 1t is
certain that the next war waged by
Austria will be waged for its "inde-
pendence"
Offers Alliance to Doilfuss
The party congress however also
repeated the offer to Dollfuss of an
alliance. 1t did so by including in
the resolution the following passage:
Determined TO defend the indie
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17
Nazis Begin Terror
Against All Who Did
mot Vote for Hitler

MUNICH, Nov. 1.-THE Hitler
government is beginning its cam
paign to persecute all those who
dared to vote against the government
policies In the last election, 1t was
revealed today.
Two inmates Of q certain Sani-
tariuin were seized and marched
through the streets by the Nazis be-
cause they had Openly admitted
that they had voted mo" in the re-
cent German election.
Luber. Nazi leader of the BaVarian
government, announced that the gov
eminent would track down and pun
ish those who gave an unfayorable
vote"
Reports of arrests of those who
voted against the Nazi policies con-
tinue to arrive. Luber's statement is
distinct threat of further terrorism
against those opposed to Fascism.
The German election was conducted
in such way as to permit the Nazi
officials to identify all the ballots
In spite OF these terror conditions,
however, more than 100000 voters
turned in defective" ballots, to regis
ter their protest against Fascisrn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17
Cuban Paper Wires
Roosevelt; Demands
WeIles' Withdrawal

WASHINGTON, Nov. lev all
Streets Ambassador WelleS will not
be withdrawn from Cuba, state
department statement issued yester-
day said. But he will fly to Warm
Springs Ga, in a day or so to con-
fer with President Roosevelt on the
Cuban situation.
The state department insists. de-
spite mass protests against Welles
and Yankee imperialism, WeIles will
return to Cuba after the conference.
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. ia tele-
gram demanding the immediate re-
call of Ambassador WelleS was sent
to President Roosevelt today by the
students paper, Alma Mater.
Welles helped direct the counter
revolt last week against the Grau
regime.
Interpreting the feeling of the
people of Cuba" states the telegram
"Alma Mater demands the immediate
recall Of Welles, perturber Of the
public peace and systematic conspira-
tor on the side of counter revolution
airy elements"
On the basis of the anti-imperialist
demands of the Cuban people, the
Grau-Batista regime is asking for
welles withdrawal and his replace
ment by another Wall Street repre-
sentative who can carry on negotia-
tons with them.
Meanwhile, Batista's armed forces
are fighting remnants of the counter
rebellious forces in six provinces. AT
the same time, he does not hesitate
to disarm and shoot down workers
and peasants fighting for land and
against imperialist domination in
Cuba.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17

pendence of Austria, the social dem
ocracy by no means refuses to grant
the State, SO long as immediate DAN
ger exists, the necessary weapons
against fascism, which Is threatening
the democratic republic and its in
dependence. But exceptional mea-
sures against the fascist danger must
not abolish the liberty and equality
of the democratic mass of the work
ing people
The social democracy is therefore
in favor of granting to the govern
ment extraordinary emergency pow
ers, which of course, just as in
Czechoslovakia, must not be used as
exceptional measures against the
democratic powers" AS the ALL
strian social democrats in Syria
have already voted for depriving the
Communist municipal councillors of
their seats, it is not hard to guess
against whom it wishes to have the
extraordinary emergency powers di-
rected.
This readiness for complete fas-
citation, this offer to Dollfuss to go
with him through thick and thin for
the independence Of Austria, had OF
course to be hidden from the workers
by further left maneuyers. There
fore, the party congress supported
the slogan of general strike and
revolution in the event of one Of the
above mentioned four cases occur
ring.
Sabotage Strikes
To expose this demagogy it is only
necessary to point out that the social
democracy, it is true, talks of the
general strike, but throttles every
partial strike, as, for example, the
strike of the Syrian miners and the
political strike in Kematen, and, Sec
ondly, that the government itself
does not think of overstepping the
bounds Of 'lawfulness."
There exists, however, within the
social-democratic party of Austria a
group which regards even these sham
revolutionary phrases as dangerous
1t is this group Of Lower Austrians
which came forward at the party
congress with the slogan: An end to
the suicidal policy! Constitutional
acknowledgement Of the political
crisis, and understanding with the
'peasantry," ie., through the kulak
wing Of the christian socials and with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17
Workers to Mass
Saturday Morning
in Washington So.
Many Organic alton S
Join Call for Soviet
Defense

NEW WORKMAN workers or
CARNATIONS yesterday joined the call
of the Friends OF the Soviet Union
for a counter-demonstretion in MILL
tant opposition to the plans Of the
notorious White Guard gangs for an
anti-Soviet demonstration Saturday
at 10 a. m. in Washington Square.
The er-demonstration will be
held at the same time and place.
The organizations which yesterday
endorsed the workers counter-deln-
onstration include the Trade Union
Unity Council, the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union, the Ma
rine Workers Industrial Union, the
Icor and several Russian and Ukrain-
ian workers organizations. All called
on their members to turn out in a
mighty force Saturday morning for
the defense of the Soviet Union and
against fascist activities in the United
States.
The White Guard demonstration Is
called to protest against recognition
by the United States of the Soviet
Union. The call is sent out by the
United Ukrainian Society,"" the
American branchot an international
white guard society led by Polish
spies and provoeateurs. and 1atterly
Financed by the German Nazis, who.
are seeking an understanding with
Poland for joint attack on the So
Wet Union and the looting and parti-
ton OF Soviet Ukraine. This same
gang is responsible for the murder
Of Majlo, secretary of the Soviet Con-
sulate in Lemberg, Poland, month
ago.
A similar ant!-Soviet denonstra-
ton, held a few days ago in Boston,
was smashed by indignant Ukrainian
and native-born workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17

THE Spitch" of the N r. A. Is the national guard
bayonets, the policemen's clubs the deputies ma
chine guns and tear gas bombs, and the MIRA 'rned-
ators," working with the A. F. OF L. ofhcialdom It's
aim is to drive the workers back to their slave pens
70 sweat out greater profits for the Bosses and to
smash the struggles Of the farmers seeking prevent
an alliance in this struggle between the poor and
middle farmers and the workers.
BY means of the NF.A., the capitalist state its
government, could more openly and brutally naked
force against the workers, covering it up with thick
layer of promises and demagogy Their right towards
unbridaed justification the open use Of the
government through subsidies to the big trusts and
in its attacks against the workers were the steps
towards fascisn. The whole NRA was so constructed
that 1t was possible for the big trusts to their
the workers.
The discussion among the capitalists on the tao
tics Of the NRA must not fool any worker about diff
ferences on the basic class purposes of the MIRA
This is shown by the fascist threats that If the work
ers challenge the fascist attacks Of the government
they will be considered reasonable
As crisis solvent the MIRA. has failed We
must point out to all the workers that all the promises
OF the NRA were used precisely to up its
cist trends. We must carry the sharpest exposure
Of this demagogy and its purposes.
To the extent that we can make the workers see
the real character Of the NRA. and show its COM
plete failure as way out Of the crisis, to that
tent bring about the real collapse Of the NRA
the capitalist way out of the criss-and win the
workers for the revolutionary way out of the crisis
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17
Hands Off Cuba!"
Flag Defies Police
Efforts to the End

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Nov. Ia.
The Armistice Day war prepara-
ton ceremonies here received a
jolt when it was discovered that
a huge red flag with the slogan
Hands Off Cuba!" painted on 1t
was flying from the 100 foot flag
pole in Bridge Square. A large
crowd of workers gathered early in
the morning around the pole. Po-
lice and the Fire Department
couldn't pull the flag down until
many hours later when fireman
with fishpole on an IS foot lad
der, tore the flag off, piece by
| peace.
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in session, is going to Ottawa Friday
to demand Cacic's release and the
restoration of the rights of the others.
The Canadian L Dor Defense
League, mobilizing nationwide pro-
test, in Canada has issued a call for
support in this fight to all workers
in the United States, under the lead
ership of the International Labor De-
tense, its sister organization in the
United States Protests should be sent
to Premier Bennett, Ottawa, Ont,
Canada.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17
BISHOP BROWN TO SPEAK AT
CLEVELAND USSR CELEBRATION

CLEVELAND, Nov. Bishop
William Montgomery Brown will
positively speak for the first time in
five years here at a 10th anniversary
celebration of the Soviet Revolution
Friday evening at 1902 Walnut st.
Other speakers will be Yetta Land,
l. L. d. lawyer, Rev. Howard Wells
and Professor Cole. Doors open at 7
pm. A record crowd Is expected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14

and farm territory, with the size Of the
customers meter. Farm users will have
a larger minimum requirement wherever
the greater distances between customers
result in increased costs Of service.
These wholesale rates have been
computed on q conservative basis to
cover all the costs OF furnishing the
service, including operation, mainte-
nance. depreciation and taxes. In
addition to these costs, we have made
provision for interest and retirement
although such provision is not required
by the Tennessee Valley Authority act.
strictly self-supporting and self-liqui-
dating.
Increase in Use Expected.
I'VE believe that these low rates will
mean that the people of the valley will
greatly increase their use of electricity,
President and Congress. If this Oc-
ours, even lower rates can be planned
for the future.
1.-The proposed rates to the house.
holder and farmer should be explained
in more detail. Under the rate for
domestic service It is proposed that for
the first so kilowatt hours which the
householder uses he shall pay three
cents a kilowatt hour These so kilo-
watt hours in the ordinary small or
medium sized house would care for the
lights and small electrical appliances,
such as the fiat iron, toaster. percolator,
vacuum sweeper, washing machine and
similar small devices. For these so kilo-
watt hours the user would pay $1.50. If
the consumer has an electric refrigera-
fNr
gether consume 200 kilOwatts, $50 of
these kilowatt hours per month he
would get for two cents per kilowatt
hour, and the remaining so kilowatts
at one cent If in addition to an cleo
trio refrigerator and range the customer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
SHOALS ELECTRIC
RATES ANNOUNCED
Average Cost of 7 Mills a
KiIoWatt Hour Whole
sale Is Set.

BY the Associated Press.
The Tennessee Valley Authority today
announced rates for electricity from the
Government owned hydro-electric plant
at Muscle Shoals, setting an average
cost Of mills kilowatt hour for whole
sans pvwer to municipalities owning dis
tributing systems.
Retail Rates Proposed.
David E. Lilienthal director in charge
of power speaking for the T. " A.,
proposed" retail rates to be charged
domestic consumers by municipal dis
tributors of Government power, which
he said for a fully electrified home,
which is our objective also would
average 7 mills kiloWatt hour.
I'VE propose" Lilienthal said, that
our municipal wholesale customers
charge a maximum gross rate of cents
a kilowatt hour for the first block, and
for subsequent blocks cents, cent
and mills. For the typical general
consumer this is an average OF about
2 cents a kilowatt hour, and for the
typical limited user an average Of about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14

23a cents. For fully electrified home
which is our objective-the rate would
average mills per kilowatt hour.
THE farm user, We propose, would
paw the same rate for energy as the
town and city householder. These
schedules both for town and farm, carry
with them a requirement that the Gus
toner use a reasonable amount per
month as a minimum
Text of Statement.
The formal statement issued by
Lilienthal follows:
at the direction of the board of
directors of the Tennessee Valley
Authority, rates for electricity supplied
from the publicly-owned plant at Muscle
Shoals have been formulated after
weeks of careful study Of costs and
market factors.
ANY municipality, in the area We
plan to serve initially. which owns its
distribution system, assuming half-time
use, may secure wholesale power from
the Authority at an average cost to it
of Z mills a kilowatt hour. We pro-
pose that our municipal wholesale GUS
toners charge the individual residence
consumer in the towns and cities thus
served a maximum gross rate of 3 cents
a kilowatt hour for the first block and
for the subsequent blocks 2 cents, l
cent and 4 mills. For the typical gen.
eral consumer this is an average Of
about cents a kilowatt hour and for
the typical limited user an average of
about %. cents. Fer fully electrified
home-which is our objective-the rate
would average mills per kiloWatt hour.
The farm user. We propose. should
pay the same rate for energy as the
schedules. both for town and farm.
carry with them a requirement that
the customer use a reasonable amount
per month as minimum. These mini
mum requirements vary, both in urban
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
Rates in Washington.

In comparison with the rates sched-
ules announced by the Tennessee VAL
ley Authority. District power consumers
are charged the following rates by the
Potomac Electric Power Co., which are
said to be among the lowest rates for
any comparable city Of the country
served by a privately owned power COM
pany; for the residential service the
rate is 39 cents per kilowatt hour for
the first so kilowatt hours consumption
a month; SO cents for the next so
hours consumption; 80 cents for the
next so hours consumption and 2 cents
per kilowatt for any service in excess Of
the first $50 kilowatt hours There is
minimum charge of IS cents a month
for this class Of service.
For residential service for other pur-
poses than lighting, such as heating
and cooking, the rate is 80 cents for
the first 10 kilowatt hours consumption
a month and cents per kilowatt for
any additional hours of consumption.
The minimum charge for this class OF
service is SO cents per month
For commercial power service. Tor
public lighting and motors in apart
ment houses and Office buildings, for
refrigerator systems and oil burners and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14

stoker motors the rate is SO cents per
kilowatt for the first 100 kilowatt hours
consumption, 3.6 cents tor the next $50
hours. 90 cents per kilowatt for the
next $50 hours and 2 cents per kilo-
watt for service in excess Of 2,100 kilo-
watt hours.
The commercial schedule for indIs-
trial motors, battery charging, general
lighting and other commercial purposes
is 38 cents per kilowatt for the first
100 hours consumption a month, 3.6
cents per kilowatt for the next $50
hours, 81 cents per kilowatt for the
next 5000 hours and 2 cents per kilo-
watt for any service in excess of $3.50
hours q month.
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had an electric hot-water heater this
service he could secure partly for one
cent per kilowatt hour and partly for
four mills per qilowatt hour. All these
services the consumer would receive for
$3.50 month. Any other appliances
which the customer installed, such as
electrical house heating or cooling, he
could operate at four mills per kilowatt
hour.
1T is apparent that the rates pro-
posed are designed to encourage and
make possible the widest use of electric
service, with all the individual and
community benefits which go with such
wide uSe,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
CASE is FAMILY AFFAIR
Three Sets of Relatives Involved
in Liquor Hearing.

MEDFORD, Okla. September IA (P).
With the complaining witness the
mother of one defendant, wife OF the
second defendant and former wife OF
the third, son, his step-father and
his father appeared in court here yes
terday on charges of intoxication.
The arresting officer was the first
defendants brother in law, step-son-.
in-law of the second, and son-in-law OF
the third defendant.
The trio, Thomas Smith, jr.; Palmer
Smith and B. F. Smith. were sentenced
to five days in jail.