The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Guards Unable to Stop
Delegations and Pickets;
Hitler Makes New Attacks
New Stream of Worker,
Anti-Fascist Groups
To Visit Consul
WRITER'S ELECTED
Call for Nationwide
Persistent Campaign

NEW YORK.-Guards have
been thrown around the Ger
man consulate here at II Bat
terry Place, in an effort to
stifle the storm of growing
and resounding voice of the
organized workers of New
York City demanding the freedom
of Thaelmann from the Nazi exc
cutioners.
The stream of workers delega-
tions at the Nazi consulate began
on May 3d. with group represent
ing the Metal Workers Industrial
Union. They were admitted and in
formed the Nazi consul that work
ers and anti-fascists in New York
City would continuously picket the
consulate and send delegations to
demand that Ernst Thaelmann.
leader of the Communist Party OF
Germany. be released from the Nazi
torture chamber.
The consul declared that he
would refer the protests and petit
tons to the German Embassy and
the Consulate General.
Since that time workers and
other delegations have been elected
from the consul offices. On May 3d.
a delegation of writer's from the
National Committee for the De-
tense of Political Prisoners, who
came to tell the consul that they
had read of the demand of the Hit
Ter press in Germany that Thael-
mann be tried quickly and exc
cuted, and that they wanted to
voice their protest against this
planned atrocity, were elected on
orders of the Nazi consul.
Thus far delegations of war vets,
needle, food and shoe workers
unions, students and teachers or
CARNATIONS, and scores of other
anti-fescist bodies, have personally
voiced their protest against the i'm
priscnment and threatened ezecu-
ton of Ernst Thaelmann.
That this persistent campaign for
the release of Comrade Thaelmann
is having an effect on the official
Nazi representative here is shown
by the vehemence with which all
workers delegations are now greet
ed by the armed guards. This in
no wise has stopped the visits of
the delegations. Picketing outside
the consulate will continue, and will
be expanded to greater proportions.
Similar action should be taken in
all cities throughout the United
States. Comrade Thaelmann now
stands in the gravest danger. AS
the difficulties of the NaI butch
ers in Germany increase. as the
mass resentment of the German
toiling population grows, as the
Communist Party of Germany in
tensifes its activities, the Hitler
axemen seek to wreak their VEN
geance by beheading the tor
tured body of the heroic leader of
the German workers, Comrade
Ernst Thaelmann.
Mobilize the widest campaign
to save Ernst Thaelmann! Rally
the support of the American toll
ing and anti-fascist masses
against the new threatened hoio-
caust of the Nazi madmen in
Germany! Organize still greater
delegations to visit the German
eonsulates in all cities, and to
voice the slogan, Free Thael-
mann. and all imprisoned anti
fascist fighters."
BERLIN. June 3. = The rapidly
dwindling gold reserve of the fas-
cist government is bringing about
financial crisis that threatens to
plunge Germany into a sea of in
flation. In the week ending May 81,
the German gold reserve coverage
on currency reached the new low of
81 per cent. At this rate the gold
reserve will have entirely disap-
peared within three months.
Discussions are now going on be-
tween DR.. Hialnar Schacht and
Hitler on what forms the inevitable
inflationary measures should take
Whatever is decided, the result will
be an immediate slashing of the al
ready very low standards of living
of the German workers. Even the
Nazi official index on wages states
that the total wage payments in
Germany dropped from BAL to 535
last month. These figures by no
means give the real picture of the
l.. n Mi.