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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24
Landlord B O urgeoisie
Unable to Unity
China
BY HARRY CANNES

NEW YORK. -China is on the eve
of a new militarist war. The split
CT the Fukien regime from the Nam
king government is an accomplished
fact, reports from Shanghai and
other leading cities in China declare.
A government has been set up IN
Foochow, capital Of Fukien Province,
headed by war lords. General Ii Chat
Sum is chairman Of the new govern
ment; General Chen Ming Shu is
chairman of the political council;
General Tsai Ting Kai, head OF the
18th Route Army is minister OF war;
Eugene Chen is minister OF foreign
affairs.
This split, which grows out Of the
inability of the Chinese landlord
bourgeoisie to unity China, their fail
ure to stop the dismemberment OF
China, as well as expressing the
growing deep mass discomfort, will
have the most important conse-
quences for the revolutionary forces
i'll China.
Weakens Anti Soviet Drive
Already the split among the war
lords is forcing a weakening OF the
Sixth Anti-Soviet campaign, CEN
tered around Kiangsi Province. Chi
ang Kai Shek is forced to ship part
of his troops to the Chekiang border
which is Just north of Fukien.
At the same time, the 10th Route
Army, which has been defeated re-
peatedly by the Red Army in Flu
ken Province, and thoroughly prop
agandized by the Red Army, is hori
de combat so far as fighting against
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24
DimitrOff, Others,
Innocent of Arson,
Van der LubbeSa
Continued from Page u

what he means by attended cir
cumstances." He repeated that Dimi-
trof and the others are innocent.
The presiding Judge then resumed
his tactics of putting leading qaes-
lions, but Lubbe acted confused.
Sack, appointed by Nazis to "de-
fend" the Bulgarian Communists,
suggested that Lubbe be allowed to
speak unquestioned Lubbe stated
that he did not know that the peo-
pie with whom he converSed at the
Neukollen Welfare Office were Com
munists. He said he hadn't consid-
cred the consequences when planning
the arson at the Welfare once at
the Town Hall Palace and at the
Reichstag. Dimitroff declared it 10
probable that Lubbe met foes of Ger
man Communism and elaborated
with them on the Reichstag arson
consciously or unconsciously. When
the presiding judge then pressed for
the names of Lubbe's accomplices, the
latter declared: IF others helped me,
let them say So"
Judge Buenger then said that al
though the verdict is yet unpro-
nounced, he can state that the court
does not believe Lubbe alone. Buen-
ger apparently refers to Lubbes al
legged former statement that the fire
was directed against the Nazi govern
ment because it oppressed the work.
ers for want of war When Dimitrof
asked Lubbe if he had read the In
dictment, the latter answered, that
he had, but didn't understand every
thing, especially why the indictment
states that the fire was to be a signal
for instruction.
Din1itrof informed Lubbe that the
whole indictment is based on this al
legged statement of Lubbes. Lubbe
thereupon stated that he never said
the fire was signal or beacon and
never wanted to involve others. Dimi-
troH declared that the monstrous
agitation against German and world
Communism is being built on Lubbe's
alleged statements. At this point the
presiding Judge ordered Dimitroff to
keep silent.
Questioned, Lubbe stated that he
was never in the sub-passage or Bay
ernhof and never saw Dimitrof and
the other Bulgarians. Replying to
Dimitroff Lubbe declared that he
never stated that he was a Dutch
Communist when arrested.
why then" pursued DimitrofY,
did you listen quietly when Goe-
ring said that ] was an illcendiary
and belonged on the gallows."
Lubbe confined himself TO mum
bling: IT want real trial. Give me
my sentence and make an end to it,"
He further said that he had been
amazed at the political consequences
OF his deed.
Earlier in the day, there took
place the examination of the Reich
stag official, Kohls, who asserted he
had phoned Torgler's room shortly
after eight on the night of the fire
and got no reply. All of his asser-
tons are lies, intended to show that
Torgler left his room to set the
Reichstag fire.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24
Minneapolis Nut
Pickers on Strike
Want Higher Wages;
Led by Food Union
By Burek

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Nov. 49,
Nut pickers employed by Baker
Brothers, here at $500 Riverside st.,
went on strike this week, after the
boss locked out Is workers when they
demanded wage increases. The strike
Is being led by the Food Workers In
dustrial Union.
Young workers employed here found
it difficult to earn the highest wage
paid of 60 cents day. Many work.
ers averaged only IS cents day.
The strikers are demanding a min
imum wage of 81 q day and six cents
per pound, reinstatement of all those
locked out, no discrimination against
strikers, recognition of the shop COM
mittee, an eight-hour day and a five
day week, and improvements in sani-
tary conditions.
The Young Communist League Is
active in aiding the strikers, and the
unemployed are supporting the strike
on the picket lines.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24
Decatur Judge Upholds
Ban on Negro Jurymen

seeking to prove that Negroes were
being systematically Disseminated
against and in Morgan County, as
throughout the South, it was sub
iect filled with dynamite. 1t was when
Leibowitz quizzed witnesses at the
Patterson trial on this question, that
most of the hate that seethed through
Morgan County was aroused.
Demands Answer
Leibowitz persisted in pressing for
an answer whether the Jackson
County jurors kept minutes of their
official acts. Moody repeated twice
that he could not remember"
who gave you authority to select
the names?" Leibowitz asked.
Attorney General Knight inter
rupted with an appeal to the court
to prevent the witness from answer
ing.
1.-THE question, as put, is unsound
and Illegal" the judge ruled. Their
1t became evident that Leibowitz toe
was on oSoo did you say "illiterate?'
he demanded
"No, Illegal" said the Court.
| COuTb 90leLuS OUiCldl
ibid you receive certain instruc-
tions about how to select the Jurors
when you were appointed?" Leibowiti
asked. eyes"
From whom?" A long silence fol-
lowed, then, ct don't remember. We
got a pamphlet that tells all about
it,"
'Is there anything in the act thai
gave you authority to select the iur.
ors?" The Judge interrupted. "Yol
needn't answer that. The law speak,
for itself"
Moody finally said that he was no
familiar with the manner in which
jurors were chosen before his appoint
nent as Jury commissioner.
During ,Leibowitz' persistent ques
tioning Moody admitted that he hat
never brought any person before hin
to inquire into their qualifications a!
jurors.
DO you know whether any Of
the persons on that Jury roll are
not white?" Leibowitz flung at him.
'No." 'Then will Won please 20
through that Jury roll and pick
out the names of those persons
whom you know and tell rs whether
thev are white or black"
MOODY thereup0n commenced
going through the biz 'Domesday
Book" and reading of the names
of those he knew. All were white.
CilIev Brought to Decatur
Oryille Gillev. a white bow. who We
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24
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he was unfit, is sufficient evidence
that the law is fairly" enforced.
Immediately after he had overruled
the defense motion to quash the ven
ire, Judge Callahan took up the mo-
ton to quash the Jackson County
indictments against the Scottsboro
boys on the grounds that the Jackson
County Grand Jury was composed
wholly of whites and that Negroes
were Systematically excluded from
Grand Jury service.
"Well, where are the new witnesses
supoerlaed by the defense?" The
Court asked irritably. Not one of the
witnesses, which includes Judge Haw-
kins, who presided over the original
Scottsboro trials was in court. eff
they are not here on the next train,
I'll issue attachments" Judge Gala
han told the clerk irritably. Attach
ments are usually followed by cita-
tons for contempt of Court and jail.
Leibowitz Enters
While the Court was irritably de-
manding the whereabouts of the sub
poenaed witnesses, Samuel Leibowitz,
defense counsel, quietly walked into
the courtroom, flanked as before by
the two men who seem to be his
bodyguards, and two deputy sheriffs,
who had been instructed to "Stay with
him everywhere in Morgan County. -
He had just arrived from New Or
leans, where he had been for the past
two days.
The moment Leibowitz entered
the courtroom the whole atmos-
phere changed. The score Of yawn-
ing spectators in the almost empty
room, sat up. Word spread through
the town that Leibowitz was in
court again, and singly and in pairs
residents began to dribble in. In
twenty minutes the courtroom was
half filed, with the deputy on duty
at the door "frisking" those who
entered more thoroughly than yes
terday.
Both Leibowitz and Judge Gala
han seemed to be ION edge"
This became evident when, with
the calling of the first witnesses on
the defense motion to quash the in
dictment, Jackson County Jury Com
missioner J. E. Moody, the judge kept
turning from defense to prosecution
or standing up with his hands deep
in his pockets. The jury commissioner
was being asked questions about how
he chose his jurors. 1t was the old
! questions, by which the defense was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24
Trial Today of Six in
Anti White Grid Meet

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-The six
workers arrested in Saturdays coun-
ter-demonstration against the White
Guard parade will appear for trial
Friday morning at 10 o'clock in the
Essex Market Court. Second Ave. and
Second st. Workers who saw the
arrest are urged by the LID. to tes-
tify at the trial.
Those arrested, two ex-servicemen,
three youths and D. MTishne, COL
lege graduate, were brutally treated
by the police, the latter receiving r
blow on the forehead that resulted
in the loss of almost two quarts OF
blood,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24

the possession of the Daily Worker)
also shows that the Fukien clique is
angling to win American support
away from the Marking regime.
The Fukien rulers are intimately
connected with the rich landlords,
native capitalists and compradores of
China. Their left talk about land di-
vision, freedom for workers organ
ization and the right to strike, is the
bait they use to enlist the support
Of the masses behind them. They base
themselves squarely on the reac-
tionary principles of Sun Vat Sen,
claiming that the Marking regime is
betraying these principles, and that
they will carry them through.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Foochow admits that the so-called
promises" of revolutionary reform
are empty propaganda. Some per-
turbation," says this cable. dated Nov
81, among the people was reported
from a junta manifesto promising
equal distribution of land, which was
interpreted to mean alliance with the
Communists, but politically observers
SAID tney regarded the manifesto as
an empty promise to win agrarian
support" ..r.y"
1t is more. 1t is an attempt to stave
off the agrarian anti-imperialist
revolution, led by the Communist
Party of China.
Chinese Soviets Stand to Gain
The immediate consequences of
the split will be tremendous
strengthening Of the position Of the
Chinese Soviets. The strong front
of 100000 Chang Kai Shek troops
attempting to break through the
Northern borders of the Central So
Wet district in Kiangsi will be great
ly weakened. The Red Army will take
J advantage Of this inner fight Of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24

supposed to have been present on the
train at the time of the alleged rape
Of Victoria Price and Ruby Bates
was brought into Decatur this after
noon, by an investigator from the
Attorney Generals Office. Gilley, &C
cording to Knight, will testify in the
trial of Haywood Patterson, SEIZED
uled to start Monday.
According to statements made al
the preceding trial this Spring, Gilley
was in the hands of the prosecution
both at the first trial in Scottsboro
and at the second trial this Spring
but was not used because the State
feared his testimony might not be
helpful to their case.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24
st War Looms in China As Fukien Splits from Nam

the Soviets Is concerned, for the pres
ent time.
The Fukien regime has as its i'm
mediate object militarist war
against Canton, in order to force
General Chen Chi Tang to make an
alliance with the Fukien secession
movement. Pandemonium reigns in
Canton. Banks are collapsing, and
business is at virtual standstill.
Police are arresting all suspicious"
persons, and especially workers sus-
pected Of being Communists. The
anniversary Of the Canton Commune
will soon be celebrated throughout
China.
Chen Chi Tang's regime, which is
supported by British imperialism, and
is opposed to Marking, has been kept
placated by huge contributions from
Chang Kai Shek.
Red Army in Successful Drive
From Szechuan Province comes the
report that the Red Army is making
successful drive towards Wanshien,
on the Yangtze River. With the cap
tuIt VI tlllS lllpOi IduI oinuuAS louVci
the Red Army will be in position
to make tremendous advances to-
wards Ichang and Hankow, along
the Yangtze River. Chang Kai Shek
has wired the war lords OF Szechuan
(who are fighting among themselves
that it will be impossible for him to
send them reinforcements.
There is little doubt that Chang
Kai Shek will make every effort tc
avert the impending militarist wal
by the use of the "silver bullet
(bribes), or by offering the Fukier
secessionist greater posts or conces-
sions in the Marking regime.
Failing in this, militarist war il
inevitable.
The Fukisn regime, recognizing the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24
Visit German Consul
In Phila. to Protest
Reichstag Fire Trial

PHILADELPHIA protest dele
cation from number of working
class organizations will go today at
1870 to the German Consulate de-
handing removal of the arson frame
up charges against the four working
class leaders in Germany.
On Saturday, Nov. 25, Ernst Tor
glers secretary, Anna Schultz, will
speak here at pm, at the Labor
Institute, S10 Locust st. Torgler was
ties in the Reichstag.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24

deep-going revolutionary ferment
among the masses is resorting to the
most extreme left demagogy. Basic
ally, there is very little difference be-
tween the detectives of the Fukien
war lords and Marking, though beth
are backed by different imperialist
powers. While pretending to fight
against Japanese Imperialism, the
Fukien regime has very strong bonds
with both Japanese and British i'm
perialism. A private letter written
last year by General Chen Ming Shu
to General Tsai Ting Kai (now in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24
Commission Inquiries
Into Soviet Air Crash

MOSCOW, Nov. 23.--Inyestigatior
of the causes for the crash Tuesday
of the KIT, the worlds largest air
plane, which resulted in the death
of fourteen, was ordered yesterday
by Sukhomlin, Urainian Peoples
Commissar of Workers and Peasants
Inspection.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24
Judge Callahan ConfeSSeS

NOWN at the Scottsboro trial at Decatur yesterday
few hastily expressed words dropped in private
conversation Judge Callahan confessed the grim lynch
purpose that lies behind his careful phrases OF judicial
'impartiality."
Judge Callahan confessed in private that he hopes
"to debnk the ScOttsbOro cases"
And in the sound Of these words one can recall
. similar wish expressed over six years ago by the
New England Judge Thayer who told his friends that
he hoped ito get those Anarchist bastards SaccO and
Vanzett"
Not only Goes Judge Callahan hope to "debunk"
the Scottsboro case, but he hopes to do 1t before
Christmas, five weeks from now.
Which in plain words means that Judge Gala
han confesses the hope of having the nine innocent
scotsboro boys ready for execution by the end Of next
month!
WHAT ruling class oppressors wish lies behind That
W word--edebunking"
The presence Of Negroes in the Decatur court, In
defiance of the gruesoe menace OF lynch terror; the
growing rebellion and mlitancy Of the oppressed Ne
gro people inspired and encouraged by the world tight
Of the International Labor Defense and the Commu-
mist Party around the Scottsboro case-all this has
caused the ruling class masters in the South to de-
termne to crush and for all, what they call the
"upptyness" of the rising Negro people.
And Judge Callahans expressed desire to rush the
execution of the scottsboro boys and to debunk the
case is nothing but the avowed expression of loyal
supporter of the whole lynch Jim Crow system, one
who is determined to fling the charred and burned
bodies of the Scottsboro boys into the faces TO the
rising Negro people as bloody warning that they
must not attempt to break the bonds Of their slavery
1t means that Judge Callahan sets himself the task
of destroying the fight for the right for Negroes to
sit on juries in the South.
1t means that Judge Callahan sets himself the task
of protecting the whole lynch Jim Grow system Of
ruling class oppression of the Negro people.
To Judge Callahan, the proved innocence of the
Scottsboro boys the fight for the social equality of
the Negro people, the fight against lynchng and Jim
Grow oppression, is all bunk" And this is natural,
for Judge Callahan is part of the whole official ma
chnery of ruling class landlord oppression in the
South
The fight for the safety and freedom Of the Scots
boro boys must not cannot, relax for one single
momentl
Judge Galatians desire to "debunk" the Scots
boro case is brutal challenge thrown to that whole
world opinion which has thus far prevented him and
his lynch associates from carrying their official lynch
execution
This bloody challenge must be met! Renewed
vigilance! Ever mghtier demonstrations Of protest!
Mass meetings resolutions, kilograms letters, must let
the lnchers know that the eyes of the world upon
them! Safety and immediate release of the Scots
boro boysl Save the Scottsboro boysl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24
Earthquake Felt Near Rome

ROME, Nov. 23.-A severe earth
quake, lasting several seconds, shook
a wide area in the Abruzzi province
on the Adriatic Sea. This zone was
previously shaken on Sept. Is.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24

BEACON, N. Y, Nov. 23.-Camp
Nitgedaiget celebrated the recognition
of the U.S.S.R. Saturday by lecture
on National Minorities in the Soviet
Union by M. Katz.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-24

M2tthtWS 70 Speak III OfeVeiaHU
CLEVELAND.-"Wh Does Rec
ognition of the Soviet Union Mean?"
will be discussed by ]. B. Matthews,
of the Fellowship for Reconciliation
at meeting arranged by the Friends
of the Soviet Union on Friday, Nov.
"a at 7:30 p. m. at the Moose Hall,
| 1o08 Walnut Ave.
Evening star., 1933-06-16
PLANS DISCUSSED
FOR HIGH SCHOOL
Woodrow Wilson Building Confer
ence Brings Up Insertion Of
Athletic Field.

District public schools officials con-
ferred yesterday with the District Com
missioners on plans for the woodrow
Wilson High School, to be erected at
Chesapeake and Brandywine streets.
under an appropriation contained In
the 1894 District supply bill.
It was reported the school authori-
ties raised only one major question
about the plans, that being the placing
of the large athletic field directly in
front Of the main building, which would
be set we'll back from the street.
It was revealed, however, that the
National Commission on Fine Arts.
which must pass upon the design, has
suggested the addition of clock tower
on the building as now designed This
would require modification Of other
portions of the building In order to
cut down its cost since the congress
sional authorization was limited to
s1,150,o00.
It Is believed construction OF the
building may be started in October or
November after the Fine Arts Commits
sion has placed its approval on details
Of the final plans.
Evening star., 1933-06-16
MILLER OPT|M|ST
ON REALTY FUTURE
Says Realtors Are Working
for Better Financing and
Equitable Taxes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, June lev. c. Miller.
Washington, D. c., president of the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate Boards,
told delegates at the annual convention
today that the organization was work
ing toward a program of better mort
gage financing and more equitable tax
situation.
1--WE are in the midst of a tremendous
new evolution of mortgage machinery"
he said, land also in the midst of
tax revolution"
When the mortgage situation is sta
bilized and the tax burden eQualized he
predicted a widening of home owner
ship on sounder business and social
basis than ever before in the history OF
the country.
In commenting upon current business
trends he said the real estate market
was looking up and would go forward
unbridled if it were not for foreclosures
and a complete lack of mortgage money.
Evening star., 1933-06-16
CITIZENS PLAN FR0LlC
Radio Singer to Entertain South
west Association Tonight.

Miss Jean Bishop. radio singer. Will
offer a musical program as part OF
the entertainment at the annual dance
and frolic of the Southwest Citizens
Association tonight at Neighborhooo
House, 470 N street southwest. she
will be accompanied by Miss Frances
Fields.
Prizes will be given in prize waltz
fer the oldest man dancer and for the
couple ION the spot" in the spot dance.
Milton F. Barrett Is chairman OF the
general committee in charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-22
". Y. Stocks
BY ELMER c. Waller
United Press Financial EditC

NEW YORK. May q. ;URJ-In-
terest in stocks Jagged today, prices
moved eratically. The main feat
ures in the market world were
grains where wheat and rye broke
2 cents a bushel, and bonds where
prices firmed up and held most Of
the gains.
Trading in stocks was light from
the outset. There were several per-
iods OF declines. On each dip the
volume lightened. Reactions brought
in new buying and rallying power
was noted in nearly all sections. The
close was irregular.
Oil shares staged another burst
of strength in the early trading
with new 1888 highs registered in a
long list including Pure Oil, Barns
dall, Consolidated, Petroleum Cor
poration, and Plymouth, and wide
gains in Seaboard and Atlantic
Refining. Part of the gains were
lost subsequently.
Gold mining shares met buying
with Dome Mines the feature.
CRANKY reached a new 1888 top
in the copper shares which gener-
ally we're steady. Traders anticipat-
ed government aid for the copper
companies as well as oil companies
through relaxation on antitrust
! laws.
Railroad, industrial and utility
/ shares bore the brlnt of selling at
intervals when the market was re-
dictionary. Losses did not exceed
points and such losses were rare.
! American Telephone touched 1864
off 2 points, while steel was as low
as 462s, off Is.
Farm equipments held well in the
] face Of a break il wheat. Motor
shares were about steady on in
creased sales and production of cars
Sales today totaled approximately
100000 shares against 3,275, 1862
shares Friday. Sales on the curb
exchange totaled $4,000 shares as
against 421,000 Friday.
Dow Jones preliminary averages
showed: industrial 1892, off 029;
railroad 1929, off 0.18; utility 273l
( off 009.
Aggregate market value of the
10 leading issues was 6,440, ,346 ,63C
as against $6,441 ,849, ,684 Saturday;
decline of $1,503,O54.