The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-12
World Front
Thaelmann in Danger!
Lull in the Campaign
We Must Act To Save Him
By HARRY CANNES
A DANGEROUS hull in the

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weeks. The Nazi butchers have
taken advantage Of this slackening
of vigilance. especially in the United
States, and are quietly but rapidly
rushing every move to slaughter our
comrade who for nearly 20 months
has suffered from Nazi tortures.
just a few days ago, the Daily
Worker received letter from the
Communist Party of Germany tell
ing of the definite steps being taken
by the Nazi Peoples Court" to de-
cree death for Thaelmann at the
earliest moment.
"As we learn from reliable
sources" says this letter from our
brother Party, after the DELHI
crate and repeated delaying Of
the trial, the terrorist Judgment
of the legal proceedings will fall
sometime in the course of October,
very probably in mid October.
THE causes for the delays wers
the world mass demonstrations
for the release of Thaelmann,
which were marked in the United
States by some splendid actions
throughout the country. There were
mass picketings, demonstrations in
front of the conSulateS, anti-Fas-
cist meetings in schools, before fac
tories, few small strikes, tens of
thousands of leaflets, and other eff
tectlve agitation. The American
capitalist press at that time was
forced to deal with the Thaelmann
case, and the result was that the
Nazi butchers changed their plans
Tor a time, waiting for a let-up in
the anti-Fascist agitation, in the
demand for the freedom of Ernst
Thaelmann and other anti-fascist
prisoners.
That dangerous moment has ar
rived now! The Nazis are taking
1uIl advantage of it, and unless
action is again awakened, and in
creased ten-fold over the previous
splendid campaign, Thaelmann's
head may be rolling before the feet
of the Nazi fiends.
IN THE last three weeks the Nazi
4 executioners have beheaded four
antl-fasciSt fighters. AS winter ap-
proacheS, the Nazi fiends begin to
fear increased struggles against the
Hitler murder regime, and are be-
ginning to weed out, by the use of
The ak. those whom they think
most dangerous to their regime,
Thaelmann alive is by far the great
est menace to faScism, as they fear
MN as the outstanding leader Of
the German proletariat, the symbol
OF the revolutionary party of the
proletariat that has declared un-
relenting war against fascism.
Though Thaelmann is in their
power, and it would appear to be
an easy matter for the Fascist
thugs to do away with him. the
effectiveness of the world wide pro-
test, drawing in all anti-fascist
forces, rallying the support even
OF such liberals as Clarence OAR
row, w, o. Thompson, and some of
the foremost writer's, iurists and
lntellectuals of Europe has pre-
sented the Nazi executioners with
a tremendous obstacle.
NOW these are the only forces
AZ which stand between Thaelmann
and death. But these forces must
be re-aWakened, set in motion, into
action now more energetically than
eve1 before! And this must be done
before it is too latel
The issue and the dangers are
put clearly by the Communist Party
OF Germany and every worker,
every anti-fascist must weigh the
words of our embattled comrades
and ask himself, What can I do
now to help save Thaelmann?"
Thanks to the great interna-
tional movement of protest for our
brave comrade, Thaelmann, and
thanks to the real proof of pro-
letarian solidarity and the revo-
iutionary internationaIism of our
brother parties for which we here
wish to record our full recog-
milton and our revolutionary
thanks) to Hitler dictatorship
has been subjected to heavy pres
sure from the masses of the
world" writes the embattIed Ger
man Communist Party.
we now ask our brother Sec
ton to strengthen the mobiliza-
ton of the masses in the coming
weeks.
We ask our brother section,
therefore, in the face of Comrade
Thaeimann's immediate peril, to
increase its mass action and to
prepare to deal fatal blow to
the bloody Justice of the Fascists
ard the whole dictatorship of Hit
Ter.
We propose that you launch
storm of protest in the shape
of letters. kilograms and delega-
items to the consulates. the Hit
Ter embassies, the German Ges-
tapo secret state poIice) and
to the Pesp2e's Court of
JuGtice.'"
Comrades, anti-fascists, we must
Immediately heed the appeal of
cur brother Party. We cannot per-
NIT our splendid activity in behalf
CT our heroic comrade Ernst Tnael-
mann to be wiped out now by the
bloody plans of Hitler. The danger
now IS greater than ever. The CAM
paign for the release of Ernst Thael-
: mann must now be developed rap
idly, and burst out upon the Fascist
butchers as the greatest protest we
/ have yet undertaken for the free
tom Of Ernst Thaelmann and all
otaer anti faSci7t r,risc,,ere