The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08
Soviet Masses Hail
18th Anniversary
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tire theatre was a mass of red bunt-
ing and slogans greeting the Com
munist Party, the union of workers
and peasants, and the party leaders.
100000 in Red Square
This celebration in the Bolshoi
Theatre took place last NIGHT. To-
day, the Red Square was filled with
more than 100000 demonstrators,
who, despite the cold and rainy
weather, marched in celebration OF
the sixteenth anniversary of the
October Revolution. American and
other foreign delegations marched
side by side with their Russian COM
rades.
Today's demonstration began early
in the morning when masses of
workers gathered at their factories
and district centers. The factories
blazed with lighted electric signs,
many of them carrying the portraits
| Of Marx, Lenin and Stain. Some
signs carried the slogan: "Of all pro-
ductive forces in industry, the greatest
is the productive power Of the pro-
Il2tariat," Another slogan in various
factories was quotation from
Stain: During the first five year
plan there was the enthusiasm of
construction; now during the second
five year plan we must add the en-
thusiasm for the mastery OF tech
nique."
Red Army Statutes
The demonstration in the Red
Square started promptly at 10 o'clock
in the morning when Assistant Com
missar of Defense LuchatSe wsky rode
out on bay horse and received the
salute of the Red Army. Commissar
of Defense Voroshiloff is at present
in Turkey.
Speaking from q tribune occupied
by Stain, Orjonikidze, Kaganovitcn
and other Party leaders and govern
Iment officials, President Kalinin
greeted the crowded Red Square in
the name Of the Soviet Government
and the Central Committee of the
Communist Party.
This year." Kalinin said, before
the eyes of the entire world, the So
Wet Government is struggling for
peace and for the establishment of
normal relations with all countries
This struggle is bearing fruit beyond
our borders. This holiday of the
Soviet Union is a holiday for the
oppressed of the whole world who
are inspired by our successes. We
say with satisfaction that we have
many significant successes"
President Kalinin's speech, Of which
only brief excerpt has been given
here, was punctuated by tremendous
cheering. At its conclusion the Krem-
lin guns fired fifty salutes, and the
Red troops and armed workers start
Ell to parade behind color guard
carrying the red flag.
Square Mass of Color
The military parade lasted for two
hours, then fer hours on end enor-
nous masses Of workers marched in
parallel columns, filling the whole Of
the Red Square.
It is impossible to describe the bril-
liant mass OF color or the flowing
sea of humanity that filled the
square. The seemingly endless mass
of workers flowed by briskly, laugh
ing and cheering as they passed the
reviewing stand, marching in the cold
and rain.
Among the thousands of slogans
and caricatures carried by the workers
delegations were many OF an inter
national, particularly Of an anti-tas7
cist nature. Portraits of the Leipsig
defendants were carried close to por-
traits of Soviet shock brigaders. There
were effigies of various fascist leaders
and of Van der Lubbe with matches
in their hands. Tha-e were also
effigies of fascist executioners with
axes upon which were iIltertwiped the
emblems of fascism and social DEM
ocracy. Typical slogans carried IN
the demonstration were: Long Live
the German Communist Fsrty: Long
live the World Revolution! Greetings
to all political prisoners the world
over! japanese Importation is pre-
pairing to attaci. the Soviet Union
Workers Of the World, Defend the
Soviet Union."
Across the building on the side of
the Red EquG.e opposite the tribune,
there was a huge slogan saying:
Hail the Proleta-l2n Revolution
throughout the whole wofld!" On
the same building, which fills nearly
the whole side OF the square, there
were in Russian, English, Chinese,
German and French identical slogans
such as: workers of the World!
Oppressed Colonial Peoples! Raise
Higher the Banner of the feminist
Communist International! Forward
to the World Octoberl"