The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-05
A Job for Honest Socialists

MEMBERS of the Socialist Party who served as del
a egates to the United States Congress Against War;
if their radical speeches to be accepted at their
face value cannot avoid cear-cut stand on the
rest pending trial of the twenty three anti fascist
workers in the Socialist City" Milwaukee
We particularly single out those leading socialists
like ]. B. Mathews, Mary Fox David Lesser and Paul
Porter who actively participated both in the prepar-
atory work for the Congress and in the Congress it
self On these leading people, particularly the respon-
siby falls for clear cut and decisive stand against
the socia-fascis policies and acts of the Socialist
Party leadership
The decisions OF the Anti-war Congress were unan-
imously made. The Socialist delegates in the con-
gress including those named joined with the repre-
sentatves of the hundreds of other workers organi
cations in declaring their determination to resist i'm
perialiSt and fascism and alI developments lead
ing to fasciSm in this country and abroad The Con-
gress decided ito form committees of action against
war and fsscism in every important center and in
dustry" and declared that, "only the rousng and
ganizing of the masses, effectively combat war"
In the closing session of the United States Con-
gresS Against War the leading socialist B. Mathews
Internationally stated
This Congress is living proof of the possibility
of united action between Communists and Socialists"
VET. while these socialists in the Congress were
making such declarations and subscribing apparent
ly fundamentally to the militant program against
actively sabotaging both the Congress and the
ant-war, anti-fascist struggle.
Milwaukee affords the clearest example
Hans Luther, the ambassador of the murderous
Hitler regime invited by the city's bankers to
visit Milwaukee.
The Milwaukee workers were aroused as the Anti
War Congress decided the workers should be aroused
against fascism They decided to demonstrate against
this fascist representative they decided to make this
an occasion on which to categorcay demand the
release of Thaeln1ann, Torgler Dimitrof, Popoh,
TaneV and all other ant-fascist fighters in Germany
These workers, led by the Communist Party, went
to the Socialist Mayor, Daniel w. Hoan member of
the National Executive Committee of the Socialist
Party, and requested permit for demonstration be-
fore the Milwaukee Club, where ambassador Luther
was scheduled to speak.
Mayor Hoan refused these workers a permit for
the demonstration
More than that, Mayor Hoan ordered out his So
calist" police to break up the demonstration to club
the workers. Men, women and children we're severely
beaten. Twenty three workers awaiting trial
charged with rioting" unlawful assembly" "inciting
to riot, and resisting police" They face jail
sentences ranging up to three years.
The warrants for the arrest of these workers we're
made out by the socialist city attorney,
All this was done in defense of fascism to prevent
workers demonstration against fascist terror, by q
socialist administration, in fact by Mayor Hoan who
has been made national chairman of the anti-ascist
committee set up by the Socialist Party
THIS shows that their sabotage of the Anti War
Congress- their refusal to join united front against
tascism the setting up of their so-called anti
fascist body, their support for the MA etc. was all
done to prevent real struggle against fascism in
fact to pave the way for fascism did the German
Social Democrats
gocrAdsT workers. honestly against war and against
fascism cannot go along with such leaders or with
such party The socialist workers who have pledged
themselves to the program adopted at the Apti-War
Congress cannot remain quiet while workers demon
sratng against fascist terror dubbed and Jailed
at the order of the socialist city officials of Milwaukee
Every branch Of the Socialist Party every workers
organization should Immediately register their empha
tic protest Resolutions should be adopted; wires
should be sent to Mayor Hoan expressing the indgna-
ton of the workers and demanding the immediate
release of the twenty three imprisoned workers.
Socialist supporters of the Anti-War Congress can
best prove the sincerity of their militant speeches by
taking the lead in this fight to force the release of
the Milwaukee workers. whose only Crime" is their
fight against fascsm including the socialfaScism of
Hoan. Hillnuit Thomas and company. ~