The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-31

peasants in many places, despite an
order by J. r. Sanguily, chief of star,
forbidding all contact between SOL
diers and the people, and ordering
"all kinds of steps, no matter how
energetic" to "reestablish public or
der" Within few hours after this
order the Communist Party and
Young Communist League had dis
tributed thousands of leaflets in the
army calling for continued fraterni-
cation with the workers.
Tt is reported that D. M. Pokorny,
minister Of war, will be replaced in
an attempt to obtain more energetic
obedience to this order in the army
and navy.
Communist Party Legalized.
Official spokesman for the govern
ment have announced that the revo-
cation of Machado's constitutional re-
forms Of 1928 make the Communist
Party and the red flag legal in Cuba.
Nearly 10000 workers took part
in the most imposing funeral ever
held in Cuba, that of Alfredo Lopez,
founder of the Confederation Naci-
onal Obrera de Cuba, who was as
sassinated on July 20, 1926, by order
Of Machado. His skeleton, with the
head caved in by blow from be-
hind, was recently found in the
castle Of Atares. ISIS
University students, doctors, and
other professionals Joined the mas
ses Of workers in the funeral parade.
Communist Party banners waved high
and proclaimed the slogans of anti
imperialist struggle for the freedom
of Cuba. All stores were closed In
honor of Lopez along the line Of
march
Four Hour Procession.
Solid ranks of messengers on BIZ
cycles, just organized into a union,
led the procession, followed by the
various unions, the Communist Party
and Young Communist League, the
Pioneers, Youth Sections of the
unions, etc. The sidewalks were fill
led with other tens of thousands.
The procession lasted four hours,
and the marchers sang the Interna-
tiona1 and other Communist songs
all the way. The capitalist press fear
fully reported that all along the line
of march there were spontaneous
demonstrations demanding death to
the assassins of workers, and pro-
testing against Yankee imperialism.
Representatives of the Communist
Party were among the speakers at
the cemetery, but Sandalio Junco,
renegade from the Communist Party
who has gone into the service Of the
government was howled down and
not allowed to speak.
After the funeral thousands OF
youths were helped by the carmen
to mount streetcars, mounted their
red banners on the roofs, and rode
all through the city, shouting cheers
for the Communist Party and the !
Young Communist League and crying
Down with the police" re
HAVANA, Aug. 30.-M v. Nolan
ply, general manager of the Amer
lean United Fruit Company at Santa
Clara demanded company of ma
rines at the company's docks, where
the striking workers have just gone
back to work. He said he wanted
officers to trans
NIT his orders to the workers.
Tobacco workers in Pinar del Rio
went on strike; cooks, maids, walters,
painters and other trades are expected
to join them, Three women were
injured when pickets clashed with
scabs. Five thousand workers have
voted to strike at Jovellanos. A
strike on the Morniguero central, at
Cruces, Santa Clara province, won
its demands. Fifteen hundred DEM
onstrated there, demanding the re-
signation of Laredo Bru, secretary Of
the interior.