The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-07

4 PARTICULARLY vicious attack on the Soviet
II Union made the other day at the Washing
ton Conference of the American Federation of Labor
by James Rowan, delegate from the British Trade
Union Congress.
The A. F. of L. burocrats, who occupy a foremost
position in the reactonary ranks of Soviet enemies
found his speech delightful
Rowan said:
1.-THE Communist Parties of the various European
countries avow themselves in active opposition to
Fascism but have seen no evidence that the Rus
sian Communist Government the Third Interna-
tonal have done anything to try to stop the abon-
able atrocities of Hitler they have not made
any such representations to the Hitler Government
such as other governments have made including the
Mussolni Government, the French and British Gov
ernments have done. One would have expected
some threat against the Hitler dictatorship. that
Germany would be expelled from the comfy of ma
tons. but Soviet Russia. remains in diplomatic
and trading relations with Germany -
Let us what there is in this vile TRADE.
Rowan claims that the Communist Parties only
"avow" their opposition to Hitler but really do not
fight Fascsm.
1t required an awful amount of brass to say that
well a particularly vile purpose
To say that is to spread fog of black concealng
camouflage the mighty heroic fight of the I'M
conquerable German Communist Party 1t is to deny
what the Fascsts themselves cannot deny, much
they would like to- the fact that the German Com
munst Party still lives and fights with undiminshed
Bolshevik determination for the overthrow of capital
ism.
To say that is to give actual aid to the Fascist
hangmen, who trying to crush the workers fight
against Fascism.
Who is it that leads the world fight against Fas-
cism, not the Third International, and the Com
munist Parties of the world?
For Fascism is nothing but the last desperate at
tempt Of a capitalism caught in the grip Of world
crisis, to crush the advancing proletarian revolution
led by the Communist Parties Of the world.
md mIIns
two mortal and irreconclable enemies.
AND what Of Mr. Rowan and his colleagues of the
a British Trade Unions? Have not the German Trade
Union burocratic brothers of Mr. Rowan already offered
themselves agents of the Hitler Government? Did
not the Second International with which the British
Trade Union Congress has such fraternal relations
pave the way for FaScism in Germany, and has 1t
not shamefuly collapsed in the face of Htlers tenn
porary triumph?
It is not very difficult to see in Mr.. Rowans full
limitations against the Soviet Union and his tomb-ke
silence on the treachery of his German colleagues
attempt to conceal the roenness and surrender of
the reformst Trade Union burocracy in the face of
advancing Fascism
Mr.. Rowan's intimacy with the White Guard inter-
vention propaganda is evidenced by the that he
unblushingly repeats the lie that the government of
the Soviet Union is identical with the Third Inter-
national. BY trying to blur the real distinction be-
tween the two he actually pleads for the immediate
cessation of all trade and commercial relations with
the Soviet Union. He is actually pleading for boy
colt Of the Soviet Union that can only lead to i'm
perialst Intervention.
MR.. ROWAN pretends to be bitterly disappointed at
W. the failure" of the Soviet Government to send
threats" against the Hitler Government He finds it
in his British Trade Union burocratic heart to praise
Mussolin and the imperiastcapalist governments of
France and Italy These governments AYERS Mr.. Row