The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
Fascist Trend Cited
As Noted Men Speak
OF Anh-War Farley
Brewder, Dresser, Gold
stein Urge Fight ON
Rising Reaction

NEW YORK.-Theadore Dresser,
noted author, Earl Browder, Cen
eral Secretary Of the Communist
Party, U. 8. A., and Rabbi Benjamin
Goldstein, in ee-cornered press
interview on Monday night, sounded
the warning that the intimidation
of workers in the general textile
strike was an indication Of the rapid
growth of organized attacks against
the working class Speaking to re-
porters at the headquarters Of the
American League Against War and
Fascisn, Dresser said that from
what I read in the newspapers,
there Is considerable evidence of
faScism in the textile strike"
Earl Browder, general secretary
of the Communist Party, pointed to
"the innumerable examples Of at
tacks upon workers that seem to
go in the direction Of the develop
ment of fascism in Germany
Though I must say that the San
Francisco vigilantes were much bet
ter organized than the brown
| shirts"
100000 Represented at Congress
All three men, who are leading
figures in the League Against War
and Fascisrn, stressed the need of
fighting against fascist develop
ments in this country, and Of sup
porting the broad program OF the
League, which is holding its Second
Congress in Chicago Sept. %, 20
and 30). Browder said that "the
reaction to the increase in organized
terror against workers has led to a
phenomenal crease in the
Leagues strength. At the Congress,
about 1000, 600 people will be repre-
scented by accredited delegates"
Dresser, when asked as to whether
terroristic actions were on the in
crease, replied that Probably they
were" He told of his experiences
in Harlan, Kentucky, two years ago,
where people who attempted to
feed miners were beaten and shot.
He was very bitter about the dis
tortion OF news by the press and
+ singled out the Associated Press for
deliberately distorting his teSti-
mony at q cross examination." One
of the purposes Of the League, it
was brought out by Browder, was
to organize strong resistance against
these manifestations of fascisn.
Rise of Chauvinism
Rabbi Goldstein, who was driven
from his synagogue in Atlanta be-
cause of his efforts in behalf of
the Scottsboro boys, answered the
questions brought up in connection
with anti-Semitism. He said that
"anti-Semitism Is growing rapidly
because of the eXigencies Of the
economic situation. The indus
trialists are beginning to look for
some one to blame, and since the
Jew has always been the scapegoat
they naturally turn to that angle
to avoid trouble"
The Jews, he said, will be charged
with everything as the economic
situation goes from bad to worse
The Negroes would also be affected
and all other minority groups. Rabbi
Goldstein illustrated the completely
Of the problems by calling atten-
ton to the fact that the upper
strata of oppressed minorities some
times utilize such oppression fol
their own ends. He brought out the
fact that in Harlem, a group Of Ne
gro business men were organizing
a campaign to drive small Jewish
business men out Of the Negro dis
trict. Their leader was a self-stylec
BLACK Hitler" by the name of Ami
Abdullah.
Work Among Negroes and Jews
Since the League exposes all eff
forts to utilize racial and religious
prejudices for fascist purposes, the
question was asked as to why the
League had shown its greatest
strength among trade unions, youth
organizations, and Protestant or
CARNATIONS, and did not have as
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