The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-02
'Dimitrof Again Expelled at Nazi Paper S Command
Grau Government
Near Fall as Mass
UpSurge Spreads
General Strike Wide
spread Outside
Havana

| HAVANA, Nov. with the mas
unrest of the Cuban masses develop
ing toward a complete general tie-ur
Of industrial activity outside of Ha.
vana, the Grau San Martin govern.
ment appears today to be close to its
fall.
Only in Havana, where the mass
arrest Of workers leaders, and the
terror which Is launched against al
open activities Of the workers, has the
general strike called by the National
Confederation Of Labor been less eX-
tensive than had been expected
Reactionary forces, dissatisfied
with the failure of Grau's terror
measures to crush the mass activities
and resistance of the workers, are
maneuvering to take advantage OF
the insecurity of the Grau govern
ment to establish what they hope will
be a firmer government. Carlos Men
dieta, Nationalist leader, is men
toned as possible successor as pres
ident.
No capitalist government, however
would be able to establish firm rule
by capitalist means. with the mass
revolutionary upSurge at its present
level. The breakdown of Cuban econ
omy, the huge obligations of the gov
eminent to Wall Street, and the &C
tual bankruptcy of the public treas
ury make it clear that only workers
and peasants government will be able
to meet the necessary demands of
the masses and establish a stable re-
girne.
U. s. Warships on Watch
The 80 gray battleships of the Wall
Street government shift silently day
by day from one port to another,
maintaining their constant threat,
concentrating at the points where
the workers mass actions reach the
highest point.
The main demands of the general
strike are for freedom for all politi-
cal prisoners, for the right to strike,
to meet, and for freedom of the press.
Col. Fulgencio Batista, chief Of
staff, visited MatanzaS, where the
railway strike Is continuing, and
where number of sugar mill strikes
are in progress. he issued orders to
the army to use all violence necessary
to smash the workers picket lines
and mass meetings.
Army Unrest Grows
Unrest, however, is deepening in
the army, and substantial sections of
it are radicalized. The Red Senti-
nel," revolutionary soldiers publ
cation, is being received with APP
proval by the rank and file of the
army. The appointment of a large
number of Machadista officers by the
Grau government is serving to in
crease the spirit of protest among
the soldiers.
Unprecedented militancy is being
displayed in all the workers strug-
giles. In Ranchuele, workers of the
Santa Maria sugar central organized
demonstration and attacked q mill
tary train which was carrying their
arrested leaders to Havana. They
nearly succeeded in rescuing their
leaders from the army escort.
The betrayal OF the students in
terests by the leaders of the reac-
tionary Directorio Estudiantil, the
chief supporters of the government, is
being recognized by ever larger Sec
lions of the student body. At a meet
ing called by the Committee Against
Tuition Fees" organized by Ala L.
quierda, the left-wing student organ
ization, speaker after speaker de-
neunced the government and the Di-
rectorio leaders. The meeting decided
unanimously to demand free tuition,
and announced that if the govern
ment does not open the schools by
Nov. 20, the students themselves will.