The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
Who Are the Real Fighters
Against Anti,SemitiSm?

CPEAKING about the scoc,aole OF Jhe liberal
y bourgeoisie Of the nee" apublcan-democratic
countries who used to Lift their hands in horror
at the atrocities OF the Czar against the Jews in
old Russia Lenin very laconically declared
The rich boureeoisie Of even tie frcast repub-
ncan countries know only toe VEL how to com
bne their hypocgitical phrases about Russian
atrocities with the most shameful h1aEcal sup
port of czarism and with mpersii1t exploitation
OF Russia through the export of capital ctc.'
How well this applies to the American Jewish
Congress leaders and their prominent guests who
expressed their indignation" at the atrocities Of
Hitler in the Trial OF Civilization Against Hitler
Ism" at Madison Square Garden last night.
Here were the most seryile and loyal represen-
tatives of capitalist exploitation offering themselves
as fighters against anti-ssniCic chauvinlsn. when
they themselves are the supporters of the capitalist
system which is the very soil out Of which racial
and national chauvinisn springs.
Every one of these witnesses against fascist
snti-senlitism is bound by the ties OF capitalist
nnance and governmental Office to the ruling class
pogrom makers and jingoisJ meters Of hatred
And they offer themselves as the real fighters
against anti-semitiSm!
WEAT hypocrisy was displayed last night at the
Garden! LaGuardia, whose police dubbed
10000 anti-Fascst workers demonstrating before
the Austrian Consulatehe spoke so feelingly about
liberty"
And the liberal chairman Samuel seabuy
whose financial connections With the Rockefeller
Chase National Bank tie him up directly to the
financial money bags that support the Hitler ter
rprism, how rightsously he denounced the ''Nazi
ctate" He forgot for the moment tl2@t his tnan-
cal masters Of the Chase National Bank still have
about s7OOO0O0O invested in the Hitler murder gov
eminent, nice fat investments upon which they are
still drawing interest plurder wrung by the Fascist
government from the German masses,
And the Commander Of the american Legion
he also dared to rake the st1ge as fighter against
Fascist brutality and chauyirism Who is it that
is one OF the main meters OF iingoisn and reac-
tionary brutality if no5 the money leader
ship OF the Legion? Who is it who organizes thug
strikebreakEg against picket lines who is it that
recruits the most backward iingoisJic reactionary
clements for Fascist attacks on the working class
If it is not the Legion leadership? The leadership
OF the American Legion are blood-brothers to the
FASCIST Brown Shirts OF Germany. Edward Neary
the Legion Commander, boosted Of his american
ism, and announced his intention Of driving out all
those whose activities are net inspired by love
for American principles"
What is this If not the American counterpart
of Hitlers Fascist chauvins7n and reactionary
hatc against the revolutionary working class?
And Matthew VOL, associate OF the most re-
dictionary jim-cTow "ced-baiting" anti-Soyiet mil
1Ia@lSC elements IN Vne country what nCcEery to
see him talking about the "barbarism' Of Hitler
He, who is himself doing all in his power to usher
IN reactionary Fascist brutality in America He
whose strikebreaking betTavals OF the A. F. of L.
workers whose condoning of police brutality against
strikers has made his name hated BY class conscious
workers Throughout the country ne is also dangled
BY the leadership Of the Jewish Congress as an
snti-Fascist
and Alfred f. Smith who tried to wnitewash
the age-old Ji-crow national oppression Of the Ne
gro masses by the whole governmental machinery
OF the United States, by stating "That the Amer
lcan Government has attempted to give effect
70 these prejudices' against the Negro What a
hypocr1tical lie. When almost every day the wall
street ruling class takes its toll OF lynch murder
he refuted every hour of the day in the ex-
per1ence Of the working masses!
But what these hypocritical fighters against
Fsscism Wednesday night sought to hide from the
workers at the Garden is that race hatred chan
yinism, Jngoistie nationalism anti-seraitisn. ese
are all fnseparabe from capitalist landlord ex-
pioitation-that this anti-semitisn cEauTinis1ic
oarbarism is only the poisonous fruit of ruling
class oppression based private property exploit
stlen What they sought to hide is that the only
way TO destroy this anti-senlitic chauvinist har
barism is to destroy its roots-capitaYigtl
exploitation.
And the liberals, like John Haynes Holmes