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force its decisions with all the
armed forces of the state. 1t also
requires 10 days notice of any
strike, and 30 days notice Of strikes
in public utilities.
Heavy fines and Imprisonment are
provided for strikers who violate
this strikebreaking law.
Army engineers were employed as
scabS to break the strike Of 10000
building trade workers in Madrid,
who struck in sympathy with some
of their number who went out
against refusal of their employers
to carry out the conditions of their
agreement with the workers.
AS an emergency measure to re-
lieye unemployment" the Cortes
has passed a bill to begin conStruc-
ton of two mine-layers to cost 49,
100000 pesetas.
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the role of the Socialist Party
leadership in its relation to the
question of working class unity.
These events have taken place at
moment of the extreme sharpen
ing OF the war danger. At every
stage of development of this move
ment against fasciSm and war. the
Socialist Party had only one de-
termining aim in mind. That was
to prevent at all costs the collabora-
ton OF the Communists in this
unconventional is, to prevent the
unification of all forces against
tasclsm and war. 1t was ready to
break, not only with the Commun-
lists, but with the large majority of
non-Communist organizations and
individuals in this movement rather
than be associated with move
ment that included Communists.
Such intransigence on organizations
questions is, of course, only the cover
for the Socialist Party opposition to
the program of struggle laid down.
They fight against the League be-
cause the League has a clear plat
form of struggle against war and
fascism. They think that if they
can exclude the Communists from
the League they will have a chance
to break the remaining elements
away from this program of struggle
and lead it towards collaboration
with the Roosevelt administration
and the New Deal policies leading to
war and fascism, a collaboration
which the Socialist Party is de-
veloping more and more clearly with
every new development of the crisis.
The record of these experiences
therefore becomes an essential part
of the experience of the entire work.
ing class in the United States, gives
the basis for a correct evaluation
Of the Socialist Party leadership
and its self-assumed role of fighter
against the united front of all sim
cere enemies of war and fascism.
This record should be preserved
for the education and information
Of all new rising forces of leader
ship organized in this broad mass
! movement against war and fascism
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
Pittsburgh Meeting to Elect
Delegates to Soviet Union
Westinghouse Workers Are Nominated; Will Be
Guests of Soviet Trade Unions

PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 25.-
The interest which had already been
in the campaign of the
Friends Of the Soviet Union to send
a worker delegate from the Pitts
burgh district on a two months
visit to the Soviet Union, was
greatly intensified this week as
workers from all Pittsburgh district
plants joined in the task of raising
$500 by April 10. This amount will
be used to defray travelling expenses
of the delegates to and from the
Soviet borders.
Meanwhile, as collection lists are
being circulated and organizations
are laying plans to contribute to the
fund through collective donation,
the workers are giving serious
thought to the question of who shall
be elected to represent the district
at the mass meeting which will be
held for that purpose during the
first week in April.
Westinghouse Workers Nominated
OF the three Westinghouse work
ers who were nominated at the F
S. U. mass meeting in Turtle Greek
last week-Bob Whisner, Pete Mo-
ran, and Frank Castle-Whisner al
this time seems to be the most
popular choice among the workers.
The latter nominee, born anc
raised in the Turtle Greek valley, il
well known to all his fellow workers
and because Of his unqueStioned in
tegrity and open-mindedness, seem'
to represent ideal timber for s
delegate to the Soviet Union, anC
can be depended upon to return
with an honest description of lif,
in the Workers Fatherland anS
truthful answers to the question
asked by his fellow workers con
corning conditions there.
This phase of the delegate cam
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DOumergue Seeks
To PaCify Rising
Mass Resentment
Calls for ''Sacrifce'' as
Fascists Gather
Forces

PARIS. March Is. - Warning
against imminent civil war, Prem
Ter Doumergue of France yesterday
in a radio address called upon the
masses to accept Sacrifices" for
the saving of the Parliamentary
regime"
The urgent tone Of Doumergue's
speech reflects the rapid gathering
of forces in France for Fascism on
one side and the mass struggle
against the hunger program of
French capitalism on the other.
Civil war and uprising are devel-
opments that are no longer in the
distant future. The political crisis
is developing.
While French Imperialism is
building huge ornaments at the
cost of millions of francs, Dou-
mergue called for drastic reduc-
lions in the wages of civil service
employees in the interests of
economy"
Fascist groups are making open
preparations to seize power, and
are not encountering any resistance
from the Government. As a mat
ter of fact, Tardieu, already an
outspoken Fascist, is a leading
member of the Doumergue gov
eminent. The present government
is a frankly reactiOnaTy grOuD-
ing with heavy layers of dema-
gogy and chauvinism to mask its
ruthless program of militarism,
wage cutting, and heavy taxes on
the masses, and its preparations
to crush the swiftly rising mass
actions of the French working
class.
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ever this program is necessary. The
extreme sharpening of the war
danger and the rise of fascism
throughout the world are putting a
severe test upon all avowed enemies
of war and fascism. 1t is to be
expected that there will be deser-
tons in this most difficult pre-war
period. This is all the more reason
why all true fighters against war
and fascism will steadfastly main
tain and promote the principles
and program of the League.
1.-The League urges all it's mem
bers TO stand firm on this position
and energetically promote and ex-
tend the League organization and
build a broader mass circulation
for the magazine Fight Against
War and Fascism" and prepare fol
the second great U. S. Congress
Against War, which, as decided last
year, will occur in the coming fall.
The League sincerely invites those
few who have left to reconsider
their position and return to their
fighting posts. To replace those
who remain outside, the League
undertakes to bring reinforcements
hundredfold and to build an ever
stronger united mass movement of
all forces against war and fascism. y
In the above statement, it is
made clear that the American
League Against War and FaSciSm
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from the Socialist Party; the So
cialist Party thereupon decided not
to expel him but to suspend him
from membership for one year;
thereafter the New Leader, the
official Socialist organ of New York
City, began for the first time in
more than year to advertise Mat
thews as speaker before Socialist
Party branches; the League for In
dustrial Democracy sent him on a
long speaking trip on its behalf.
Anti-War Work Growing
Since this latest large-scale con-
certed effort of the Socialist Party
leaders to break up the American
League Against War and Fascism,
events have already demonstrated
that again they have failed. The
League is, on the contrary, again
moving forward, gaining broader
support and serving more than ever
as the rallying center for all forces
sincerely opposed to fascism and
war. In the few weeks that have
elapsed we have already witnessed
a broad conference in New Jersey
which voted Overwhelmingly to
affiliate with the League. At the
Student Conference Against War
and Fascism in Columbia Uni
versity, the forces of the Socialist
Party and L. I. D. made a de-
termined and bitter assault against
the League, trying to prevent the
conference from aff1liating, but
without success. BY an overwhelm-
ing vote the conference confirmed its
affiliation and adopted a program
fully in harmony with that Of the
League Against War and Fascism
The Chicago committee, elected by
broad conference in that city
some months ago, endorsed the
statement of the Bureau regarding
the designations. New forces OF
considerable significance which had
hitherto not been drawn into the
work of the League have declared
their adherence and taken over
direct responsibilities for its work.
In these experiences of the past
year in the effort to build broad
united front against war and fas-
cisna- We have classical examples Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
W. Africa Workers
Score SCOttSbOrO
VerdictS
British Bosses Move to
Suppress Rising Native
Resentment
By Burck

ACCRA, Gold Coast, West Africa
(By MaiD A Scottsboro protest
meeting held at the Palladium came
off with tremendous success, de-
spite attempts by the British i'm
perialist police to block the protest.
Over SIS was subscribed by impov-
erished workers and sympathetic in
tellectuals for the Scottsboro de-
Tense.
Wallace Johnson was the main
speaker.
Other speakers included A. w.
Ariwumi, DR.. Danquah, Bankole
Awoonor Renner and Laud Ham
mond, chairman of the meeting. Mr..
Renner introduced a resolution,
which was seconded by j. L. Ken
needy and R. E. H. Roberts, to be
sent to President Roosevelt and
Gov. B. M. Miller of Alabama, de-
manding the release of the Scots
boro boys. The resolution was
adopted by reclamation by the
crowded meeting.
A committee was elected to push
the mass campaign on the Gold
Coast in cooperation with the Ne
gro Welfare Association, with in
structions to support the white and
Negro workers arrested and victim
lied by American courts for their
activities in defense of the Scots
boro boys. The action taken by the
meeting was enthusiastically re-
ported by the native press.
Plan RepreSsive Measures in Africa
LONDON, March 26.-British co.
lonial authorities in West Africa
especially Nigeria and the Cole
Coast, are alarmed at the interest
which the Scottsboro case is arous.
ing among the African people anC
are contemplating steps to muzzl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
.Nazi Quiz Aimed
At Communists,
DiCkStein Admits
Anti-Nazi Bill Shown as
Cloak for More Cred
Batting

WASHINGTON, March 25.-Open
admission of the anti Communist
character of the Dickstein resolu-
ton oStensibly directed against the
activities of Nazi agents in this
country was made in blunt terms
by Rep. Dickstein himself last
Thursday in a statement issued to
the press:
81 am not going to exempt
Communists under this BILL"
Dickstein said. eff I can find a
way to destroy Communism, /
will be the first to do So"
Boosting of his record as a
fighter against the Communist
Party, Dickstein treasured those re-
dictionaries who might think that
his So-called anti-Nazi bill was
really aimed at Fascism, by stating:
my committee reported out
bill two years ago against
communism; 50 patriotic So
cieties cannot say I'm in favor
of Communists. That bill was
passed in the House, but held
up in the Senate Committee by
Borah, La Toilette and Reed.
I'm going to have another
hearing on this bill. 1t provides
for the immediate deportation of
any alien Communist.
"This country cannot be made
battle-ground for the spies of
foreign governments and foreign
propaganda which in the long
run is destructive to our form of
government"
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THERE DEsERTIoNs" STATEMENT wARNED

out of the very nature of monopo-
listic capitalism-the ownership of
the means of production by a small
capitalist class and the complete
domination of government by this
class. The imminent war danger is
only another expression of the fun
damental crisis of the capitalist sys-
TEN. which continues its existence
only at the cost of intenSification
of exploitation and oppression of
the masses at home and in the colo
MES, and Of the struggle among the
imperialist powers for a rediVision
Of markets and sources of raw ma
terialS.
"Only in the Soviet Union has
this basic cause of war been re-
moved. There are no classes or
groups which can benefit from
war or war preparations. There
fore the Soviet Union pursues a
positive and vigorous peace policy
and alone among the govern
ments proposes total disarma-
ment. Serious struggle against
war involves rallying all forces
around this peace policy and OPP
posing all attempts to weaken or
destroy the Soviet Union"
Endorsed Amsterdam Congress
Further, in the light of subse-
quent events, it is necessary to
record that the prominent members
of the Socialist Party also affixed
their signatures to the following
section Of the Program of the
Anti-War Congress
"The Congress endorses the
program of the World Congress
Against War held in Amsterdam
in August. 1882. 1t pledges itself
to do all in its power to effect a
nation wide agitation and organ
izatiOn against war preparations
and war.
From the time Of the Congress
Against War until February, 1894,
serious beginnings were made in
establishing a broad foundation of
local committees and conferences
throughout the country to carry on
the daily work of the League and
prepare for the Second U. S. Con-
gress Against War. This work in
Guided such national actions as the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
By EARL BROWDER
Part II,

In the first article we placed on
record the facts and documents
giving the history of the Socialist
Party and the struggle for the
united front waged by the Ameri-
can Congress Against War and the
organization which grew out of it,
the American League for Struggle
Against War and Fascism. We
showed that the Congress was a
true united front, with representa-
tives from scores of diverse groups,
all pledged in support Of the mini
mum program adopted at the Con-
gress by the entire delegate body.
Today we reprint significant ex-
cerpts from the program laid down
by the Anti-War Congress, the
statement of the resulting League
Against War and Fascism, and the
statement of the League on the re-
cent resignation of the prominent
Socialist Party members of its
executive board.
1t is well that everyone should
read these documents to record
who has been true and who has
been false to the united front
pledges made at the Congress and
afterwards. 1.-THE documents will
be reprinted in full in the April
issue of the Communist" which
will carry Comrade PROVIDERS
article.l
S. P. Leaders Gave Pledges
The following are excerpts from
the Appeal of the Congress which
the Socialist Party members signed;
THE rapid rise of Fascism is
closely related to the increasing war
danger. Fascism means forced labor
militarization, lower standards OF
living, and the accentuation of ma
tional hatreds and chauvinist in
elements as instruments for the
moral preparation for war. 1t sets
the people of one country against
the people of another. and exploits
the internal racial and national
groups within each country in or
der to prevent them from uniting
In joint action to solve their COM
mon problems.
The war danger arises inevitably
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26

delegation to Washington at the
opening of Congress to protest
against the war budgets; and a
whole series of local and regional
conferences including Chicago, San
Francisco, Boston and students
conferences involving student bodies
of scores of universities and colleges.
During this period, some Social
lists actively participated in the
work of the central leadership, no.
tably j. B. Matthews, chairman;
Francis Henson, one of the two
secretaries, and Mary Fox, from the
League for Industrial Democracy.
The Socialist Party, however, never
accepted this situation of their
members participating in the united
front against war and fascism. They
put more and more heavy pressure
against these leaders to force them
to Withdraw.
On February Is, and the days i'm
mediately following, these Socialists
and twoo others announced their
withdrawal from the active support
of the League, declaring as their
reason the events in the Madison
Square Garden which they declared
had been caused by the Commu-
nists, which hade it impossible for
them to further cooperate in any
organization that included Com
munistS.
Withdrawal Planned Beforehand
1t throws a different light upon
this action, however, to know that
already before this date, the with
drawal had been determined upon
by a Socialist Party conference
which included some of these
leaders.
We quote from the minutes of the
City Executive Committee of the
Socialist Party meeting Of January
"a, which received a report of its
subcommittee which had been Sc
UP TO determine the duties of Social
ist Party members in the L. 1. D.
and other independent organiza-
tons. This subcommittee had
acted in meetings on December 81,
1888, and January 4, 1884, with the
participation among others of Mary
Fox, Monroe Sweetlsnd, David
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paign, the fact that all questions
by workers during meet
ings incidental to the drive, and
all queries concerning the Soviet
Union which are presented in
writing along with contributions to
the expense fund, are given to the
delegate upon departure, with in
structions to bring back truthful
answers, has done much to arouse
the interest of all here.
However, in order to insure the
presence of the Pittsburgh represen-
tative among the delegation, COM
prised of worker delegates from
every industrial district in the
United States, which will sail from
New York on April 10, it is neces-
sary that the drive for expense
funds be further intensified.
All workers in this district, and
all honest tntellectuals and organi-
cations who are interested in bring
ing the truth concerning the Soviet
Union to workers of America and
answering the white guardist lies
and lingo SANDERS of the capitalist
press, should bend every effort
toward raising the necessary
amount.
Guests Of Soviet Union
The Soviet trade unions are doing
their part by inviting the worker
delegates from America to be their
guests during an inspection tour OF
the U. s. S. r. 1t is up to workers
in the Pittsburgh district to dc
theirs by participating in the raising
of funds.
Contributions and requests for in
formation to Se'cy., Pittsburgh
Branch F. s. u, PIG Braddock Ave.
Swissvale, Pa. Collection lists art
still available for workers who art
! interested in raising funds this way
and can be obtained upon request.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
Italian Workers
Called To Vote No
to Fascist Union
n. Y. Workers To Flood
Consulate with
Ballots
As we go TO press the result Of
the vote is not yet known.

bnC FObc Is HOb yct kuOWns
NEW YORK, Mar. 25.-At the call
Of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Italy, Italian
workers in Italy and throughout the
world are preparing to inscribe an
emphatic mo" on the ballot of to-
days plebiscite on the cooperative
law" instituted by Mussolini at the
first of this year.
italian workers in America are
supposed, under Italian law, to reg
lister their votes at the italian con-
sulates. All American workers or
CARNATIONS Of Italians are carrying
out a campaign to flood the consul
lates with the anti-fascist votes Of
Italians in America.
Mass Arrests Precede PIebiscite
The plebiscite, conducted under
conditions of vicious fascist terror
in Italy, has been preceded in re-
cent weeks by the arrest of hun
dreds of workers leaders in all parts
Of Italy, in order to choke off the
growing spirit of resistance of the
Italian masses.
The cooperative law" provides for
new form Of fascist unions" in
which owners and workers are or
ganized together, as partners" &C
cording to industries. The leader
ship is imposed from the top, and
the state apparatus is put at the
service of the biggest capitalist mo-
nopolies to enforce their decisions
as to wages and conditions of work.
The wrker is completely gagged, and
given the position of the hungry
partner" of the owners whose
profits are protected by the state.
This new device is Mussolini's at
tempt to crush the growing resist
ance of the italian masses to their
crushing conditions of hunger and
misery, which was beginning to
transform even the fascist trade
unions into instruments of class
struggle, despite the fact that the
union leadership was all fascist, and
appointed from above.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
$50 Cuban Workers
Arrested at Union
Meeting by Soldiers

NUEVITAS, Cuba CF. PO-One
hundred and fifty workers we're ar
rested by soldiers while holding a
union mass meeting in Puerta Ia
rata, although they had obtained
police permit for the gathering.
They were taken first to the military
barrack in Nuevitas, then trans
ferred to the municipal jail, without
any definite charge being placed
against them Seven were relco sed
after a few days.
This action was taken to break
the strike on the Tarafa docks,
workers say.
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the native press, according to in
formation received by the London
Scottsboro Defense Committee and
the League Against Imperialism and
for National Independence.
Already a Sedition Bill has been
introduced in the Legislative Coun-
Gil of the Gold Coast. The Scots
boro Defense Committee has inter-
rogated the Parliamentary Under
Secretary of State for Dominion
Affairs, whose answer in effect up
holds the proposed repressive bill
while claiming that the Scottsboro
case had nothing to do with its in
PRODUCTION.
The League Against Imperialism
has issued a call to the British
working class and the workers of
the whole world for united struggle,
with the African masses, against
this latest attack on aheir demo-
cratic rights.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
LerrOux Cabinet
Plans Decree To
Outlaw All Strikes
$4,000 Electric Plant
Workers Walk Out
in Barcelona

MADRID, March Is. - AS $4,000
light and power workers went out
on strike in Barcelona, the Lerroux
cabinet last week drafted bill to
smash all strikes.
The bill gives the cabinet power
10 arbitrate all strikes, and to en-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
Jim Grafton to Tour
Country to Organize
Irish Workers Clubs

NEW YORK. Irish workers clubs
are being organized in Cleveland,
New Jersey, Pittsburgh and Boston.
Austin Hogan, secretary of the Irish
Workers Club in New York, asks
Irish workers throughout the states
who want information on launch
ing club to write to him at the
Irish Workers Club (Bronx group
594 st. AIMS Ave, Bronx, New York
Send us names of those you
know who are not readers of the
Daily Worker but who would be
interested In reading it. Address:
Daily Worker, so E. 18th st.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
LEADERS
STAGE RALLY

NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-DeSpite
renewed weakness in the aviation
group, led by a sharp tumble to
a new low by United Aircraft,
stocks rallied today with Amer
lean Can, Bethlehem and Allied
Chemica as leaders in the indus
trial list.
Union Pacific showed the most
strength in rails and United
Smelling hit a new high in
metals. General Motors led the
upturn in the auto group, and
Loew's was in demand in amuse-
ments. Oils. utilities and alcohols
were generally firm.
Stocks on the curb showed an
irregular tendency with Parker
Rustproof and Aluminium rally
ing sharply in Specialties. Bunker
Hill took the upward trend in
but oils were generally
lower.
Utilities were easier and Hiram
Walker was under pressure in
alcohols.
The bond market was generally
higher with rails and medium
grade domestic loans moderately
improved. American Water Works
SIS were strong on the investment
list. United States Government
bonds were firm, but foreign
bonds showed irregularity.
Call money continued steady at
a renewal rate of l per cent. Cot
ton futures were steady and un-
changed up to 2 points. Liver
pool wheat futures were steady,
but the Chicago futures held mar
rowly.
The dollar was lower against
foreign curTeneae& 4