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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04
First Action of Ndxi Overlords Was to
Cut Wages; Anti Fascist Feeling Rises

ed, keep the money and print new
newspapers with it."
We are doing that. Illegal news
papers appear daily in the Port of
Hamburg for the seamen and dock
workers, such as "Hafen-T ele-
gramm ("Port Telegramm"D and
"Funksprueche" ("Radiograms"O.
A new newspaper, "Der Sturm" +,
has appeared now, not to mention
all the different leaflets including
many of the Anti-Fascist Congress.
We do not exaggerate when we
say that the illegal house, factory,
seamen and port newspapers far
exceed the circulation of the former
legal daily and weekly workers
press.
In certain district of Hamburg
(you understand that I can't give
you its name), a worker organized
in the Social-Democratic Party
writes the newspaper of "The
Fighting Alliance Against Fas-
cism', also taking care of mimeo-
graphing,
Feeling in the working class dis
tricts is so high that the storm
troopers only dare enter them in
large companies. The walls and
fences are covered with slogans of
the Anti-Fascist Congress and for
the Red First of May Against Fas-
cism. In the unemployment ex-
changes lively discussions against
fascism take place in spite of the
sharp-eyed Nazi check-up. Here
and there anti-fascist speakers sud
denly pop up, well-protected by a
group of work ers, and make short
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04
Roosevelt Refuses Any Gold to British
Bondholders; French Gold Basis Weakening

take any measures to regain or caps
ture foreign markets from Britain,
Meanwhile, French industriahsts
are talking more and more about
going off the gold standard 10 meet
the depreciation OF the pound and
the dollar. Also, the publication OF
the budget has revealed q large de-
felt Of 1,277 ,0O0, 900 francs ($5S,0oo,-
0O0), which it is proposed to meet by
inflationary measures.
Minister Bonnet, who was
quoted last week as being "in favor
of sound money, even if inflated" is
now being quoted as being still less
in favor than before Of retaining the
gold standard.
Germany Getting Ready for Initiation
The German Fascist government ID
already planning to initiate We In
ternal currency, while maintaining
the pretense Of a stabilized marx for
external payments. Germany plans
to continue the present moratorium
Of debt payments, but will maintain
the fiction of being on he gold
standard by promising to pay in gold
when the moratorium is lifted. This
is obviously, a promise that can never
be kept,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04
POLICE CLOSE
MONTREAL HALL.

MONTREAL, May Charges OF
operating a meeting hall without
license" is the latest scheme en-
ployed by the police to block organ
izations from holding meetings. Rob
ert Weir, secretary Of the Central
Committee of Unemployed Councils
of Montreal, was today sentenced to
one month Or $40 and costs on this
charge.
Several weeks ago, a member OF
the Bulgarian Literary Society, who
had signed the lease for the prem
ises which his organization occupied,
received a similar sentence on the
same charge. Similar charges we're
laid at the same time against three
language cultural and mass organ
izations in this city. While the lat-
ter organizations defeated the at
tempt of the police to block their
meetings, they were forced to pay
fines in connection with sponsoring
dances in their headquarters.
Todays Judgment against the sec
rotary Of the unemployed organiza-
ton is the latest maneuver on the
part of the police to halt the unem-
ployed workers in this city from as
sembling and discussing their prob
lens. The blunt weapon of seditlon
used against six unemployed leaders,
who are now serving one year hard
labor in Bordeaux jail, did not prove
very effective in stemniing the re-
sistance Of the unemployed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04

before. Folice constantly harasssd
them
Delegates from Argentina were ar
rested at the border, but finally were
able to force the Uruguayan police to
free them. Argentine delegates told
how native revolutionary workers who
fell into the hands of the police were
sent to Bolivia and Paraguay and
pushed into the front lines during
battles. Foreign-born revolutionary
workers are exiled to TERRA del
Fuego, a rocky island at the south
ern tip of S. A., constantly swept by
storms and free of any vegetation.
Gaucho or cowboy delegates from
the Argentine were at the congress
in their native dress. Many dele
gates worked their way to the con-
gress. Many walked barefooted
across the mountains. Jones jumped
a ship he was working on in order
to be present. Most delegates wore
cheap paisma suits, the only cloth
ing of the Impoverished masses.
Delegates Of the Anarchists wasted
two Of the five days Of the congress
and finally left the congress, their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04

NEW YORK, May s-John Jones
Marine Workers industrial Union
delegate to the Latin American Con-
gress Against War, who has Just ar
rived here, gave short description
of the congress to the Daily Worker.
Reports and decisions of the congress
are on their way from South America
and will be published later.
The congress was held in Monte
video, capital Of Uruguay, with dele
gates from all the South American
countries, three from North America
and one from Mexico, total of 465.
The congress was postponed from
Feb. 26 to March II, In order to give
sufficient time to the delegates from
the west coast of South America to
arrive. These delegates, nitrate work
ers from Chile, Indians German
slaughterhouse workers and farm
delegates, had to make long trek
over the Andes Mountains end come
into Uruguay on small river boats.
They held meetings on, the way in
villages and towns that had never
heard Of the revolutionsr movement
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04

Violent protests are being
made by British, French, and
japanese bondholders who now
must accept interest payments in
dollars which deprecated over 18 per
cent in value.
Britain, especially, Is loud in It's
protest. This Is, Of course, part OF
the world battle now going on be-
tween Britain and the United States
for advantageous position IN world
politics end world commerce.
DattIe for Markets.
Britain's refusal 10 pay the war
debts she owes to the United States,
{ nd Rcoseyelt's refusal to pay out
gold TO British holders Of American
bonds, are but phases Of the battle
royal now going on, as preparations
are being made for the World Eco
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04
MURDER RUNS vs.
WILD In CUBA
Worker Shot Down for
Anti

HAVANA, Cuba, May s.--Caaban
workers are being pursued and perse-
cuted by Machado's police without
regard for human life.
A few days ago, the Illegal Com
munist Party organized a demonstra-
ton in Manzanillo on the arrival of
Horatio Rubens, American millionaire
who owns plants all over Cuba. The
workers stoned his automobile and
demanded the overthrow Of the Ma
chado terror regime.
One Of the demonstration's leaders,
q baker, and locs1 leader Of the Com
munist Party, was shot down in his
home In cold blood after the demon-
stration By captain Of the Cuban
Army.
The Havana offices OF the Mella
Review, organ of the International
Labor Defense, were rsided by the
police and 5000 copies Of the Review
demanding the release of viyo, vilar,
and Ordouui, arrested leaders N the
Communist Party, were seized.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04
Monteuideo War Congress Reused Masses of
Workers, Says Returning Marine Worker Delegate

entail among the packing house
workers OF the swift, Armour and
Morris plants.
Hailing the revolutionary workers
of North America, delegates took the
floor and demanded that Jones ac-
count for the slight anti-war activ-
ity in the U. S. Jones promised that
the American workers would take
more energetic steps in the struggle.
Hundreds Demonstrate.
On April 5th Montevideo police
broke up a demonstration of hun
dreds of Anarchist and Communist
students in front Of the city hall. The
students protested against DEGREES
aimed at the revolutionary press
Omitted front activities are growing
throughout South America according
to the delegates at the congress The
spirit of the congress delegates and
the difficulties they underwent to get
there and return are indicative of the
widening resistance of the workers TO
being cannon fodder in the fights of
the British and American imperialists,
served by the chauvinist Latin-Amer-
lean rulers,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04

speeches which meet with tremend-
Gus applause.
don't have to say very much
about the social-democratic lead
ers. They behave here just as dis
gracefully as in the rest of the
Reich. The well-known Social-Den-
ocratic trade union secretary, Kun
merau, said at the last meeting of
warehouse workers: at is all the
same to me whether the red flag
or the swastika flies over trade
union headqusrters." But the ware
house workers soon told him where
to get off.
In general, feeling among the
workers is getting very lively. Shop
meetings are taking place very
often. One factory in the port
has already been able to hold two
delegates conferences. Only few
days ago, Nazi threatened the fac
tory council with revolver in the
kupfer- Raffinerie, plant with
1900 workers, and the entire force
went out on strike saying they
would not begin work again until
the brown rat was fired. The work
ers won and the Nszi was bounced
The boycott of the Jews was a big
flop here. Although a NaSi and
policeman stood in front of each
Jewish store, working class women
flooded the stores of the small
Jewish shop keepers (which were
packed to the doors) in protest
against anti-Semitic pogrom agita-
ton.
Look to World Congress.
Hundreds of thousands of Ham
burg workers already know of the
call. for the Anti-Fascist Workers
Congress. They expect much of
the program to be drawn up there.
A number of delegates have al
ready been elected in Hamburg.
In this letter we cannot name the
factories that elected them, of
course, but comrades, you can bet
on it that we are not giving up, we
are continuing to work.
They can't keep us anti-fascists
down, and new workers jump in to
take the places of the thousands
in the jails and concentration camps
We will prove that the German
workers are stronger than Hitler's
bloody dictatorship!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04

Hltlerlsm is making war
against the toiling masses of
Germany. 1t is robbing the
masses of their rights. 1t is letting
loose the worst campaign of anti
Senitisn. 1t is taking steps to wipe
out all cultural achievements of the
German masses especially of the pro-
letariat and to replace it by bar
barrie and medieval reactionary Fas-
cist cult. The fight is of course dir
ected in the first place against the
workers and their organizations, es-
pecially against the revolutionary or
CARNATIONS an d the Communist
Party.
The toiling masses and all others
who hate Fsscism must come TO the
support Of the victims of Hitlerism.
We call upon the trade unions, and
the other workers organizations to
take the lead in gathering this sup
port. The workers Of Germany de-
spite the most vicious terror are car
ry1nF on the fight against Fitler
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04

nomic Conference which is being
planned to be held in London some
time in June.
Britain will have to make gold pay
ments on the 5 IL per cent bonds
which fall due on August /. These
bonds are held largely in New York.
Britain will, no doubt, take the same
measures that Roosevelt has taken.
Thus, the antagonisns between the
two largest capitalist countries In the
world in their fierce struggle Tor
markets Is forcing them to ever
greater conflicts and more open
measures Of retaliation. The United
States has more than SUFFICIENT gold
to meet these payments. Roosevelt's
violation Of the gold clause is blunt
announcement on the part of Ameri-
can imperialism that it is ready to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04

British naVleS. 1hlS was supplemented
by spokesman for the Foreign Of
fee, who said; There is no reason
why Japan, which never has been
defeated in war, should accept po-
sition of naval inferiority" This is q
direct reto9s to Roosevelt's 1882, o0o.-
900 bill fos building new warships.
The Osaka Mainichi,' prominent
Japanese paper, said yesterday that
Japan will oppose a consultative
world pact unless the world powers
recognize, or at least acquiesce in the
Manchukuo government"
GENEVA, May 3.--Now that the
Disarmament Conference has voted
to consider $4,000 of the German po-
lice force as effective troops" thus
limiting Germany's claim to further
re-armament, the German delegate,
Nadolny, has moved that the armies
of other powers be ham-strung by
the limitation of heavy artillery and
tanks, which the Versailles Treaty
forbids Germany to own.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04
Workers! Demand Release Thaemann and Others in Naz Prisons
S PA R Ks

The press car
ries a d m ir / n g
stories of ow
Ramsay MacDon-
aid is exercising
on a bicycle on
the upper decks
of the Berengaria
to the admiring
applause of the
upper-claSs ladies.
Upper-class APP
plause should not
distract Ramsay,
He should be used
to it by this time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04
Announce Austrian
Communist Party
to Be Suppressed

VIENNA, Austria, May S.-The
semi official government news
agency announced yesterday that
the Austrian Government would
shortly suppress the Communist
Party of Austria. The official pre-
text for the Party's dissolution is
the energetic workers defense ac-
ton in AItheim on May Day, when
one Nazi storm trooper was shot.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04
Britain Corners"
Argentine Market;
Is Blow at US. A.
Trade Treaty Signed Just Before Economic
Conference Gives Wall Streets Rival the
Control of Peso Foreign Exchange

LONDON, May 3hs text of the Anglo Argentine trade
treaty issued last night confirms recent dispatches to the
Daily Worker in which stated that this agreement marks
major step in Brtains offensive against American
foreign trade in South America. "tt
The treaty provides for British loan of 10 900 pounds
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04
$500 Join Czecho-
Slovak Communist
Party During Mar.

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, May
3.-More than $500 new members
joined the Communist Party of
Czechoslovakia during the month
of March, while 149 new local or
carnations of the Party were
founded. Over 1900 new members
joined the Party in the dist. Of Ko-
motau alone, while 1878 new mem
bers were won in the district Of
Bradshaw. Forty new ersaniza-
tons were founded in the Prague
area.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04
Foster Urges Aid
to Maxi Victims

NEW YORk-The Trade Union Unity League calls upon all
of its affiliated organizations upon all workers. farmers in
eectua all enemies of Fascsm to support the campaign
undertaken by the National Committee to Aid the Victims of
German Fascism which is undertaking the collection of funds
to assist the victims of the brutal Hitler Fascist terror
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04

WASHINGTON, May 5-Roosevelt today issued nstrre-
tons that the Treasury shall not make payments in gold
to foreign holders of United States bonds This applies with
particular force to Great Britain where large amounts Of Amer
lean bonds held Rooseves instructions violate the gold
clause u securities which guarantee payment in gold
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04

WHEN the fake bombing took place
W at Chicago the other day, the po-
lice issued roundup call for all
Communists. Now that it turned out
that the whole job is connected with
Chicago gangsters, Gf it isn't put
up job altogether), have you noticed
that the police sent a roundup call
for gangsters?
You have not.
EDWIN MARKHAM, author of THE
Il Man with the Hoe a poem long
considered in radical circles as good
piece of revolutionary verse CAL
though We never thought so), has
written for the Hearst papers a piece
of versification called "A prayer for
the President. Prosperity seems to
be returning to the poetry market,
too.
THE Socialists of Milwaukee did not
hold demonstration on May Day
because it rsired. This did not pre-
vent hundreds of Socialist workers,
including whole branches of the
Workmen's Circle from marching in
the United Front May Day demon
stration with ten thousand other
workers.
Apparently the Socialist leaders of
Milwaukee are aware that the red
in their banner fades easily.
IA rate is declining. Like true son
OF dying capitalism, he finds that
there are too many people now in
the world for comfort He would
like to get rid of the millions of pesky
unemployed who are a constant men
ace to the rule of his masters, the
Junkers and landlords.
Are you thinking of nice little
war, AdolphP
THE capitalist press is full of heart
rending appeals for contributions
to the Socialist Rand School. Gilbert
Seldes, one of the higher paid of our
Croton bright boys, who writes for
the Hearst papers, makes a singularly
Illuminating appeal.
she Rand School has served the
community too well to be allowed to
fail. 1t has served the community
not by making us Socialists and not
by making us more friendly TO radi-
calisrn generally, but by keeping alive
a group of ideas which slowly became
familiar to us, although we disliked
them, and so, very slowly, prepared
us for the vast upteaval through
which we are going today. Mr.. Roo
sevelt, in particular, owes much to all
radicals who by their propaganda
havv laid the groundwork for nber-
alisn1 and social change.
at would be gesture of sound
sense, as well as Of gratitude, for the
Democratic Party to subscribe heav-
lily to the funds Of the Socialist Party,
or to the Rand School for that mat
ter"
HAS slowly prepared us for the
vast upheaval!" This is exactly what
Otto Wells was boasting about few
days ago in the German Reichstag
before the Fascists.
Apparently, it is not. only the Com
munists who understand the part
that the Socialist Party is playing in
America today.
FATHER JOHN P. MANLEY, of
L North Carolina writes us as fol-
lows:
I'VE too are still on the gold
standard, but unlike our good Pres
ident, we cam hold the fort with the
ordinary currency. However, we
would like to be sure of receiving your
favor and kindly suggest that you use
your check book OF get money or
der"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04
ISHII, JUST BEFORE CONFERENCE
WITH ROOSEVELT, ASKS BIG NAVY
Foreshadows Pacific Ocean Conflict by Urging
Japanese Equality in Ships With U. S. A.


confer with
ratio at the coming
Ihn said that parity nd
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04

WHEN the fake bombing took place
" at Chicago the other day, the po-
lice issued a roundup call for all
Communists. Now that it turned out
that the whole job is connected with
Chicago gangsters, Cf it isn't a put
up job altogether), have you noticed
that the police sent roundup call
for gangsters?
You have not.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-04

EDWIN MARKHAM, author of THE
L. Man with the Hoe poem long
considered in radical circles as good
piece of revolutionary verse CAL
though We never thought so), has
written for the Hearst papers a piece
of versification called "A prayer for
the President. Prosperity seems to
be returning to the poetry market,
too.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-01
Security of the job, Major
Issue, SaysNeWLGbOrCh

industrial problems from the point
Of view of the men and women who
worked in factories.
We have solved the problem of
industrial safety said Miss Perkins.
The best methods of preventing
industrial accidents and diseases
are not practiced in every plant in
every industry, but we have the
technique. When new hazard de-
velopS from new product or new
process, We learn at once how to
solve it.
But We have not yet solved the
problem Of stability and security
We can solve it, I am confident. Per-
haps We shall be able to solve it
as a result of this depression"
Miss Perkins last December out
lined SiX-point program for deal
ing with the depression:
l. A thirty-hour week.
2. Substitution of man for the
machine where possible.
3. Establishment of a nationwide
system of employment bureaus, in
behalf of which she had previously
appeared before a senate COM
mittee.
4. Increased and more varied vo-
cational training to enable men and
women to learn new trades.
5. Prohibition of child labor and
removal of the aged from the labor
market through system of insur-
ance or old-age pensions.
6. Sterilization Of industry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-01
ST, CAR CHIEF
is MURDERED
Discharged EmpIoye Stays
Lafayette Head, Then
Ends Own Life.
By United Press

By Cnltcd Press
LAFAYETTE Ind, March l.
Charles H. Barton, 48, superintend-
ent of the Lafayette Street Railways
Company, was murdered on a down
town street late Tuesday by a dis
charged employe.
The aSsailant, Edward Powell, IS,
turned the gun on himself and in
f1icted fatal wounds. He died in a
hospital Tuesday night.
Barton was conVersing with a COM
pany inspector when Powell ap-
preached, drew a 33-caliber revolver
and fired into the superintendent
head.
Powell fired once at himself, but
the gun failed to discharge. He
pulled the trigger again, and a bull
let entered behind his ear.
So quickly was the tragedy en-
acted that two policemen standing
nearby we're unable to interfere.
Powell was discharged two years
ago after tagging a street car on
to railroad tracks when a train was
approaching.
He had been denoted from motor
man to flag man previously because
Of running a street car into rail-
road locomotive. He had been with
the company twenty-siX years.
Barton was made superintendent
eleven years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-01
GANG SUSPECT
WILL APPEAL
Joe Photo Is Facing Six
Months Term; Fine
OF $500.

Appeal to criminal court of the
conviction Tuesday in municipal
court of Joe Photo, %, alleged COL
lector for Chicago liquor syndI-
cate, on charges of carrying concealed
weapons and obliterating serial
numbers on a revolver, was being
perfected today according to his
attorneys.
Photo, whose revolver was cause
of a renewal of the battle be-
tween Municipal Judge William H.
Sheaffer and Chief Mike Morrisey,
faces six months penal farm term
and fine of 500 and costs.
He was arrested by police and
federal agents when he intruded
accidentally as a raid was being
made on an apartment at 1920
North Illinois street two weeks ago.
At hearing last week, Sheaffer
demanded that a revolver, found
in Photos possession, be brought
IN court.
MorriSSey, holding the weapon in
connection with investigation of
Photos activities, ignored Sheaf-
fers order until forced to appear
in court when served with a forth
with subpoena Despite Sheaffer's
instructions, Morrissey refused to
produce the weapon and the case
was continued.
At Tuesdays hearing, the weapon
was introduced in evidence, but no
comment was made in court as to
how it was obtained. With the rul-
ing, Sheaffer ordered the revolver
confiScated.