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jower and influence with their fol-
lowers waning throughout the Win
ter?"
The speaker then reported on the
consolidation and growth of the il
legal German Communist Party, as
cleaned from interviews with under
ground party workers in Germany
and refugees he had met in all the
countries bordering on Germany.
Wins declared that never before
has the German Communist Party en-
ioyed the confidence of the German
working class to the degree that it
does at the present time, working as
it does under conditions of the great
est difficulty, with tens of thousands
of its best members either murdered
or imprisoned in the frightful Nazi
concentration camps" He added that
thousands of Socialist workers, find
ing that their own party was doing
nothing at all to combat the Fas-
cist regime, were turning to the il
legal Communist Party for leadership
and were playing heroic roles in the
embittered struggle against Hitlerism.
He cited instance after instance of
the skill now displayed by the Ger
man Communists in foiling the Nazi
police and spy system, saying that
"the German Communists had built
up what is probably the most eff
fient illegal machine ever possessed
by any revolutionary party in the
world"
Wins concluded with a reference
to the actual technique of Communist
activity in Germany today, adding
that the 'non-partisan workers are
coming forward and volunteering to
do their share in the work of build
ing up the united workers front that
will smash Fascism in Germany for
ever"
After this eye witness report on
German conditions, Comrade Erna
STAINS, chairman of the German Bu-
reau of the Communist Party of the
United States, analyses the Nazi
claims Of reducing unemployment"
Speaking In German, she exposed the
hollowness of the Nazi program of
Winter relief showing how total
wages were declining in Germany
although the Hitlerites pretend that
more and more men are being put
| to work"
Conrad STAINS then called upon
the members of the audience to join
in the work of the Anti-Fascist
League, declaring that the Nazi prop
uganda in Yorkville, in the German
heart of New York, was growing in
insolence and extent day by day. She
asked the German workers of New
York to take the lead in turning out
in thousands for the giant anti-Hitler
demonstration on Wednesday, Sept.
20, at 7 pm. at list ST., corner First
Ave. Comrade STAINS added that a
huge demonstration would form at
Seventh st. and Avenue A on Thurs
day, Sept. 81, at 10 am, the hour
that the four Communist leaders are
put on trial in Leipzig, marching i'll
protest to the German Consulate
General as part of worldwide pro-
test against the impending judicial
murder Of Torgler, Dimitroff, Taneff
and Popoff, the four Communists ac-
cused of burning the Reichstag.
CA. Hathaway, editor of the Daily
Worker" received with thunderous
applause, followed Comrade STAINS,
with lucid analysis of the lessons
of the Hitler counter-revolution in
Germany for the workers of the
United States. Hathaway described
Germany today as the Laboratory of
the proletarian revolution" where the
gains of the revolutionary movement
and those of the Fascist counter
revolution could be studied to advan-
tage. He showed the consistent
democratic line" of the German So
cialist Party, which defended democ-
racy and always supported the lesser
evil-Hindenburg to stop Hitler; it
dampened and hindered the revolu-
tionary struggle, paving the way for
FaScisln.
Turning to the United States, Hath
away showed the essentially Fascist
trend Of the NRA and Roosevelt's
New Deal" describing how Norman
Thomas welcomes the MIRA as the
"highroad to prosperity" and as
state capitalism-the forerunner of
Socialism" He showed the similarity
OF Socialist policy and tactics all over
the world. He pointed to Paul Blan-
shard, noted Socialist, supporting the
Fusion ticket in New York City, and
to Upton Sinclair, famous Socialist
novelist. running for the Democratic
Senatorial nomination in California,
as symptoms of the faith of the So