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I hredten to Fire
Negro TedcherWh0
Defended Colleague
Mrs. Burroughs Began Teaching in 1903; Act
i've in Scottsboro Fight
Rr EnWIN RnLEE

WHEN Mrs Wana Burroughs before
Beard of Education tomorrow brought
Board the Committee will
who has fought
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pathetic to the march.
Reports from the other columns
also show that they are in high spir-
its, although many have sore feet
from the long walk.
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EWYORK>>
Metropolis OF
HUNGER

How has the city government
of Works 1250000 jobIess maintain
decent minimum Of health provided
the articles this SERIES of which
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Uphold Antonoff Order

DETROIT, June 1.-THE Federal
District Court Of the United States
in a decision upheld the deportation
action against Todor Antonoff. Com
munist Party leader of Detroit.
Under this ruling, it is proposed to
send Antonoff to Bulgaria, although
the Fascist government there would
undoubtedly seek to execute this mill
tant worker.
On bshelf of Antonoff, the Inter-
national Labor Defense has called for
mass action in supporting its demand
that he be permitted to leave the
United States voluntarily for any
country he chooses, with the Govern
ment paying pc -ge there, as it
would were he de.Jorted to Bulgaria.
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Have the DAILY WORKER at ey-
cry meeting of your unit, branch,
union, or club.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-16
What Is Happening in Germany?

European political atmosphere reeks
of gunpowder.
What influence will the seizure
of power by the fascists in Germany
have on the e-grouping Of forces
within the Workers Movement as be-
tween the Social Democrats and the
Communists?
The open detection of the Social
Democratic Party to the fascist camp
is bound to have decisive Importance
for the undermining of the influence
Of social democracy on the working
masses, and this not only in Ger
many Since August l, 1914, the So
cisl Democratic Party of Germany
has pursued policy Of reactionary
united front with the bourgeoisie
against the proletariat 1t has, in
the different stages Of bourgeois die
tatorship in Germany. worked with
various fractions of the bourgeoisie,
and in so doing has in all cases stood
for the defence of capitalism and
fought against the proletarian reYolu-
ton. on this reactionary front more
and more reactionary circles, one
after another, of the bourgeoisie and
the landowners, with the inclusion of
the Prussian junkers and thorough
going monarchists of the stamp of
Hindenburg, became allies Of social
democracy. This signifies the going
over of social democracy to an in
creasingly reactionary policy.
Sliding down the steep slope, it re-
organized the state which stands
above the classes" in the further d.
rection of fascism, whereby it more
and more undermined the position Of
the proletariat and established the
forces of bourgeois dictatorship. Both
In the pure Socialist government"
after the November revolution, by
rescuing the bourgeoisie from the re-
volutionary masses who demanded the
liquidation Of capitalism, as well as in
the coalition government Of the period
of capitalist sterilization, and also
outside the government in tn" era OF
the agricultural crisis, social demo-
crazy in all cases rigidly opposed it;
reactionary united front with the
bourgeoisie to the revolutionary pro-
letarian united front for which the
Communist Party fought. 1t sup
ported the emergency measures OF
Bruening and his government, which
SET to work to abolish the 'consti-
tutAcnal guarantees" of The Reicinstas
a.. GEO sE CoNxINtMDs
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Continued from last issue)
By FRITZ HECKERT

! The development OF the crisis in
/ Germany bodies no good to fasciSm In
the two months of Hitler'S rule fur
Their impairment of market conditions
has been observable. In the month OF
February the production OF pig-iron
fell 1T per cent, of steel l41 per
cent, coal production 1871 per cent,
and the production of coke 80 per
cent. The building industry is COM
pletely at standstin. During Feb
ruary the machine industry further
reduced its number of workers as
against January. At the same time,
in March 1888, there are 275.000 more
unemployed than in December, 1882.
What Can Fascism Offer the Masses?
What, in these circumstances, can
the fascists offer to the masses? A
, further lowering of the standard Of
living Of the working class the liqui-
dalton of social insurance, the in
PRODUCTION of conscripted labor at a
daily wage Of 40 pfennigs, prison
regime in the factories-will Hitler
by these means win over the German
workers to the Third Empire?
The entire social pyramid OF capt.
talism Is bearing down with all its
weight upon the proletariat The
whole parasitic machinery Of the fas-
cist dictatorship, already grown to
formidable size and threatening to
expand still further sucks from the
class Of the six million workers who
are still engaged in production,
substantial part of its surplus value.
That is to say that the German bour-
geoisie, in order to ensure the MAIN
tenance Of the average level of its
profits, will exert further pressure on
the working class.
BY the introduction Of higher pro-
tective duties ON the most important
articles Of food, fescism has in fact
granted large subsidies to the agrar
ians and big peasants but it has
thereby at the same time lowered
still further the standard Of con-
sumption of the workers and the
urban petty bourgeoisie With the
temporary maintenance of the mora
torium for private debts and taxation
of agriculture till October 1, fascism
will solve neither the question OF the
Indebtedness of the peasantry nor
Of the taxation burdens which OPP
rres The peasants, nor the question
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-16
Heimwehr Parade
Against Nazis

VIENNA, May Is. - Chancellor
Dollfuss today reviewed $4,000 uni-
formed members of the Heimwehr,
the Austrian fascist army which
opposes the other fascist force, the
Nazis, who are fighting for Hitler's
"Anschluss" plan of joining Aus
tria to Germany. Chancellor DOLL
fuss appeared in the full military
regalia of the old Royal and I'M
perial Army, a deliberate fouting
of the Republican constitution which
was taken as an indication that the
Dollfuss regime would not be op-
posed to the return of the Haps-
burgs. Large mobs Of Nazis rioted
in the streets, sometimes drowning
out the noise of the military bands
with their Song - Horst Vessel.
Over 400 were arrested in the DEM
onstration against the Heimwehr
parade.
Mussolini's fascist Italy is un-
willing TO allow Germany to ap-
proach the Adriatic, through union
with Austria. The Heimwchr are
not only fascists, but monarchists
and extreme nationalists who raise
the cry: austria shall never be-
come a German province" The ex-
penses Of keeping up this nation-
ahst army in Austria are for ths
present being ntet by TtASS
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PARIS, May IS. - The first voice
against the calling of the World Eco
nomic Conference was raised yester-
day when L'Intransigeant editorially
demanded the postponement to a
later date as the economic confer
ence is condemned to failure in adj
vance"
Former Finance Minister Fqandin
today warned that France faces the
danger of going off the gold stand
ard as its trade balance shows loss,
while the budget deficit, is mounting
to threatening heights. He asserted
that the huge French gold reserves
are inadequate protection for Frances
financial stability while the Treasury
has to meet over six billions in mat
uring obligations during the months
to come.
BERLIN, May is. - The warning
was issued here last night that un-
less Germany's foreign debtors made
considerable concessions, Germany
would declare moratorium on its
foreign Indebtedness.
An official spokesman said that
DR.. Schachts statement in New York
clearly revealed the difficulties Ger
many faces. These difficulties will
be laid before the creditors and we
shall see."
Hugenberg'S papers admit that it
will be impossible for Germany this
year to raise the necessary foreign
exchange for its foreign payments
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BATTLE RACES
AROUND PEIPING
I'm CHINESE WAR
Chin es G Resistance
Slows Down Invaders

TIENTSIN, China, May IS
With Shihsia occupied, the Japa-
nese advance is now concentrated
on Miyun, forty-odd miles north
east of Peiping. Meanwhile in the
east, Lwanchow has fallen, and the
Japanese are we'll past the Ivan
River triangle, rapidly nearing
Tangshan on the road to Tientsin.
The Chinese resistance has been
unexpectedly strong. Poorly equip
ped and decimated Chinese troops
were holding their lines against
deadly Japanese attacks although
the Japanese heavy artillery has
already been moved up within
range. A new Japanese thrust has
been made today through Hsifeng-
kou Pass, thus adding new column
to the existing ones carrying the
attack westward onto the TANKS of
the Chinese positions.
Every kind Of Chinese military
and political scoundrel is now rep
resented at Tientsin, as various
sorts of adventurers, from monar-
chist supporters Of Henry Pu vi,
Manchukuo regent, or Of Yuan Shin
Kai, down to the latest renegades
from the Chinese nationalist move
ment. Former generals, Prenniers
and Cabinet Ministers, are gather
ing in order to get their share Of
the graft and patronage which Is
expected when the japanese set up
their puppet state in the Peiping
Tientsin area.
The Japanese have announced
their intention to retain control OF
over $500 square miles Of Chinese
territory south Of the Great Wall
which they have succeeded in oc-
cupying. 1--WE will hold all gains"
said the japanese Peiping Legation.
In time with their continuous adj
vance, the Japanese continue to give
out statements saying that the adj
vance will be halted at the next
town, unless further "provocation'
is given by the Chinese. Thus they
say that Peiping and Tientsln will
not be entered "unless the Chinese
force us to-" Together with this
comes an mconfirmed report of a
new Japanese ultimatum demand
ing the evacuation Of Tangku, on
the Pc Gulf, sixty miles south of
Tientsin itself. The Importance of
this area lies in the fact that Tang
shan is the center of a coal mining
district, and that Tangku is the
seaport from which the coal is ex-
ported. The principal financial in
tarests in this area are English.
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is the federation of all trade union
and labor locals in the city, is an
other example Of how the great united
front movement is sweeping the
country. The English Daily Worker"
writes: The working class does not
want to listen to sermons on demo-
cracy and dictatorship 1t realizes the
terrific menace to its own standard Of
life involved in the attack on the
German unions. Tt wants united ac
ton in support of the German work
ers. 1t knows that the Embargo
against the Soviet Union) will throw
$4,000 workers out of work, and thai
it is the first step to war on the
Soviet Union"
Despite sabotage Of the Labor
Party leaders and Trade Union Off
Gals, the movement initiated by the
Communist Party is making huge
progress. Councillor MacIntrye, Dis
triet committee member Of the Trans
port and General Workers Union
said:
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1.-THE united front in Britain
should receive the full attention Of
all workers. Unity can defeat Fas-
cism, and of paramount Importance
will be the sending of a trade union
delegation to the Anti-Fsscist Con-
ference at Copenhagen"
LONDON, May 15-Sir Oswald
Mosley, ex-Labor Party member d
Parliament and present leader of the
British Fascist" claims that his or
gani8ation is 100000 strong, but he
could only muster 400 all told for q
march" in London yesterday, and
these heroes had to be protected by
4C1 police against the indignation j
the workers. Police protection wa;
provided for the Black Shirts as 2
result of the incidents last Sunday
when groups of fascists were badly
frightened when they clashed with q
crowd Of Jews and workers in Pic
cadilly Circus.
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Haitian Negro Worker
PartyDemandsFreeing
of Scottsboro Boys

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti. The
fight for the freedom Of the nine in
nocent Scottsboro boys is linked in
the program of the newly-formed
Negro Workers Party of Haiti with
the struggle for independence from
the United States, for higher wages
and the eight-hour Gay, the aboh-
ton of peonage in the island repub-
lie, and the fight against the evic-
ton Of tenants and farmers.
The first meeting of the newly
formed party, in the Artibonite Val
ley, adopted a resolution praisine
the efforts of the International Labor
Defense in the United States in dem
onstrating before the Haitian consul
late against the imprisonment and
starvation of Haitian workers lead
ers, and pledging to fight in Haiti fol
the freedom OF Tom Mooney and the
Scottsboro boys.
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vision of the frontiers have been up
till now merely a feeling out of the
ground, for the German bourgeoisie
knows that Germany will be in a
position TO raise the question of the
frontiers in its entirety only when it
is openly armed.
In what direction will German fas-
cisin's impulses towards expansion be
turned in the immediate future? 1t
is to be expected that first and fore
most they will be directed towards the
"AnSchluss" (the union of Austria
with Germany. AS things have
turned out in the international Sit
uation, the plan for the "Anschluss'
appears to German imperialism,
which fights shy Of an immediate
conflict with France on the question
of Alsace-Lorraine OF with Poland
on the question of the Corridor, to be
the easiest PROBE to carry through.
But, contrary to the expectations of
the fascists, this road is indeed By
no means easy, for it involves a war
against Czechoslovakia and against
YugoslsUa and, therefore, war
against France.
If fascist Germany belives that it
will emerge from it's isolated posi-
ton with only the help Of Italy, who
views with suspicion the claims of
German imperialism with regard to
Austria, which opens the door to the
Balkans, 1t will soon experience dis
illusionment. The failure of the Four
Power Pact, the draft of which was
put forward by Mussolini and Mac
Donald, shows that the revision of
the Versailles Treaty by peaceful
means Is impossible Il is not out Of
the question that German imperialism
will receive some few concessions, but
they will not overthrow the yoke OF
Versailles.
I say nothing of the fact that an
acceptance of the -Four Power Pact,
which is directed against the Soviet
Union, must inevitably impair the
relations with the Soviet Union
which, ON all other grounds, cannot
remain Indifferent to the fact that
the German National Socialists are
declaring war ON World Bolshevisnl
and thereby on the work Of construc-
ton in the Soviet Union which i.
being carried on by the Bolsheviks.
The path to war is the nkeliest path
In the fascist development ct Ger
MANY, Ill the more 70 ~ ~ ths sntas'
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Workers Leaders Starved in
Venezuela Prisons
Workers Revolt Against Starvation and Death
in Forced Labor Camps

CARACAS, Venezuela, May 6. -
group of So political prisoners, several
of them Negroes, confined in LIE Ro-
tonde, the Gomez prison in Caracas,
are being subjected to daily torture
and starvation.
The IS accused as Communists are
confined in prison cell, 80 by 20
feet, forced to sleep ON the floor, and
have been held for almost year
Without ever being placed on trial.
Since April 20 they have not been al
lowed to receive any food from their
friends on the outside, and when
prisoners in Venezuela are not FED by
their friends, they are not fed at all.
The prison rations, the rancho
consists Of: few sips OF unsweetened
guarapo and three bread crusts at 5
am; bit Of halfcooked, unSalted
rice and beans at noon; and bit OF
"mazanorIa7 (corn-iiour paSte)
watery ana unsweetened, in the eve
ming.
Inc prisoners write that "one of
the worst things, besides the lack OF
food, is the lack OF air, as the windows
and openings OF the dungeon have
been stopped up, and there are NOM
ents when we feel that we are being
suffocated." Another writes: Some
of us are in iron chains (grillos,
weighing 80 pounds, without cots and
we are given food only three days a
week. Anemia, stomach diseases, and
wrecked lungs are common, some al
reaoy lncuraDie. The Sta6e OF health
OF most OF us is getting more danger
Gus every day."
Gomez, dictator of Venezuela, and
butcher OF tine Venezuelan masses
has now committed another mass at
rocity. To do the construction work
at the port of Turiano, which is be-
ing refitted for the American Navy
Gomez's military police raided work.
ing class districts and Jailed hundreds
OF workers on charges Of vagrancy,
They were all sentenced to work at
Turiano.
The port has no sanitary facilities
4 and is fever ridden. Dozens OF work.
ers die every week Of fever, hard labor
and rotten food They are forced tc
sleep outdoors, wherever they can FIND
bit of ground
Despite these conditions, the nlen
we're organized by the Communist
Party Of Venezuela. Last month
they massed in front OF the military
commanders staff, demanding cash
wages. dscens living quarters and
! food. /.
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Of the impoverishment Of the small
farmers. Fascism will help the pet
ty-bourgeoisie of the towns neither
with pogroms against Jewish bust
nesses nor with attacks on large
stores. It cannot make provision for
the million petty bourgeois who would
like to be the coupon clippers" of
the Third Empire. The Storm
Troops and the bandits of the Ma
tional Revolution, who have eaten
their fill Of the state fleshpots, are
heavy burden upon the state bud
get, which already has to carry q
deficit Of two and half billion
marks.
The disappointment Of the masses
and their estrangement from fss-
cism are inevitable. And this
arrangement from fascism will i'm
pede the establishment Of the fascist
machinery of violence and will hasten
its disruption. This disruption will,
in all probability, proceed in the
shape of an internal struggle between
the three forms Of the armed forces
of fascisln: the Storm Troops, the
Steel Helmets and the Reichswehr.
A disruption will then begin of the
leading groups" in power, who will
come forward with their nostruns
for the salvation of Germany.
International Ouuook for Fascist
Germany.
WE now pass to the prospects of
" fascism In Germany in the sphere
of international relations with the
capitalist governments and with the
Soviet Union.
The German bourgeoisie has sys-
Dramatically reduced and finally dis
continued the payment of reparations
and is now, under Hitler carrying
through quite openly Schleicher's pro-
gramme for the arming Of Germany.
Preparations for new imperialist war
are taking place feverish pace.
Hitler has at the present time dis
closed the fact that he has an active
military force Of almost million
men 100000 Steel Helmets, 1901 900
members Of the Reichswehr, 500 900
Storm Troopers, not to mention the
Police, who are armed with the most
modern weapons known to military
technique). 1t is quite clear that
fascisn does not need these armed
millions merely for the fight, against
Communism, The demagogic speeches
uf cscef1ns and Hltisr about the Ne
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bOEdluS L11Jlci . dllltS QSHDdHuS,
Over 5000 members of Hitler's
Special Guards staged a review in
Dusseldorf, near the French border,
which revealed the high military pre-
psredneSs of these troops.
Twelve airplanes, q motor corps,
cavalry and engineers units took
part in the display. The guards we're
reviewed by Police General Won Hey
denkarnp, conlrnander-in-ch chief n
Western Germany.
Across the Rhine, Vice Chancellor
Won Papen made a blood and thun-
der speech in Muenster, Westphalia,
clarifying war and re-aSSerting Fss-
cist Germany's reliance on armed
force to achieve its aims. Won Papen
said: 'The battlefield is for a man
what motherhood is for a woman
Mothers must give themselves to the
bearing of children and fathers must
fall on the battlefield to ensure a
future for their sons" PraiSing the
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On March ia 1882 Norman Thomas wrote in the New
Leader:
at was bitter dose for socialists all over the world
to contemplate the necessity the German SoclaDemocracy
felt to vote for Hndenburg in order to beat Hitler Never
theess Hindenburg has at honest and loyal to the
Republic" (Our emphasis)
These shameful and treacherous lines were written by
Thomas leader of the American Socialist Party at the time
of the Rechstaq presidential elections The Communists
placed Comrade Thaemann who is in jail the candi
date of the working class.
Preaching the theory of the lesser ev that the work
ers should vote for the monarchlst Hndenburg 70 beat
Hitler SocialDemocracy has disarmed the working class
and prepared the for fascsms coming into power IN
Germany The present surrender of the German Social
Democracy Hitler only the logical step after voting for
the monarchst Hndenburg.
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The commander rejected their de-
mands and the men went on strike.
Soldiers at once charged the concen-
tration camp. Fierce fighting ensued,
and hundreds OF the men fled to the
mountains, taking captured arms with
them. They are reported TO be en-.
gagged in guerilla warfare with troops
sent after them.
Peasants and workers from nearby
towns are rallying to their headqusr-
tiers in the mountains to join their
forces. Thirty of the leaders were
caught and are in Jail, however.
Gomez boasts that his country owes
no foreign debt. He is permitted TO
rule by the Standard Oil Company.
which exploits the huge Venezuelan
oil fields. The Standard Oil pays
Gomez fixed royalty per barrel and
he provides them with slave labor
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warlike spirit, he added, Others faA
to understand the ancient German
fear Of peaceful death"
This speech, coming on the eve a
Hitler's momentous pronouncemeni
before the Rechstag special session
foreshadows that Germany WI
maintain its position on re-armina
Should Germany, feeling American
backing behind it, continue to assert
its arms demands, the Disarmament
Conference, already more dead than
alive, will be dealt its final death
blow, and with that the World Eco
nonic Conference planned for I,on-
don in early June also collapSes.
LONDON, May 15.--5ir John Sim
on, Foreign Secretary, told the Houss
of Commons today that British
warship would be dispatched to DAN
zig, scene of the recent anti-Nazl
general strike, on courtesy visit
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trade agreements with other coun-
tries before the World Economic Con-
ference opens on June IL.
The Manchester Association OF
Importers and Exporters warns the
capitalist world that it is rushing
headlong to destruction, in its an
nual survey of world trade issued
yesterday. The survey says;
"Distrust and animosity prevail
everywhere, making it akin to des-
tructive military warfare. Every
country is feverish1y deyising mea-
sures to decrease imports and in
crease exports, the cumulative effect
being an all-round shrinkage Of trad
ing and industrial operations which
if carried TO its logical conclusion
means that each country is clamor-
ing to give its production away fol
nothing, which must finish in alb
solute bankruptcy"
BARCELONA, May 15.-The Am
erican economic counter offensive te
Britain's trade agreement policy was
launched yesterday when Claude
Bowers, new American Ambassador
to Spain, announced yesterday that
the United States will negotiate g
new trade agreement with Spain.
At the present time France has
preferential treatment in the Spanish
market, even at the expense Of GER
tain Spanish manufacturers, such al
automobiles,