The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
Worker IN Cuba appeals for
Solidarity Of Brothers in U. S.
Urges Support of Splendid Struggles of Tobacco
and Sugar ToiIers

Editors NOte:-The letter from
Cuban worker printed below was
written before the Grau govern
laent committed its final reaction
airy deed and prepared the way for
the even more reactionary Men
dieta government This latest gov
eminent, which the Roosevelt adj
ninistration recognized with such
swiftness, is now carrying on the
same policy of terror against work.
ing class organizations that protest
against capitalist exploitation.
by Cuban Worker Correspondent
HAVANA, Cuba. - What does the
New Deal mean to the Cuban work
ers? go per cent says Grau San
Martin, the able agent OF the Amer
lean domination in Cuba What is
80 per cent? 1t is simply the blind
ing of the hungry masses, another
New Recovery Act ballyhoo. But this
works for the capitalists, just as it
worked for While to blind the work
ers Of the United States, until they
now realize that conditions are far
Worse, that there is more unemploy-
rnent, that there is no solution to this
system Of bloodsucking bosses and
landlords.
The hungry masses OF Cuba, too
Young to understand this demagogy,
joined in mass demonstration for the
on 4Na,. oooF oo+ or Tooo Te ~ 41,o
streets of Havana This law means
the following: /. 1t means that the
boss will fire all the foreigners that
he has in his shop, store, factory or
any enterprise where he exploits
them, and will threw the rest Of the
work on the remaining few, resulting
ia terrific speed-up. in vast unemploy-
lnent.
Grau plans to snip the Spaniards
10 Spain. the Jamaicans to Jamaica.
the HaitianS to Haiti. These expert
sugar workers, these splendid tobacco
workers, will be shipped in thousands
surely no better than cattle, and
worse, since cattle are needed and
these human beings are no longer
needed
Grau wants no Intervention Listen
TO this beastly demagogy! Has he
not imprisoned our American COM
rades. our comrades Of the Anti-Im-
perislist League? Comrade Runge is
sick from the unbearable conditions
under which Principe Jail is governed,
Dampness and bad food can send any
young, strong comrade into pneumo-
mia, or two or three weeks sick
ness, after leaving that hole. 7 have
been told that out Of go comrades
who have recently been imprisoned in
the Principe Jail, about IS were con-
fined to bed after having been re-
leased
Is it any wonder that Comrade
Sheppard is locked up2 Has not
GTsu heard his splendid speech in the
palace, where Sheppard pinned him
to the wall, and demanded answers
to the demands of our comrades?
What does Grau do for the Ne
groesq He organized Ku Klux Klans
and promised them employment I'M
der the 80 per cent for Cubans. With
the ripening race prejudice against
Negroes in Cuba, where there are As
per cent Negroes out Of the entire
population of Cuba, where and what
chance Of employment under the 80
per cent will our Negro workers have?
Should there be any employment Of
the Cubans, it win certainly not be
the Negro who viii take the place
Of the white, and it win certainly be
The Negro who will first be fired
Comrades, do not listen to the voice
Of the new butcher Grau, whose kill
ings are done en- masse. In answer
10 the blinded hungry masses he sends
bis soldiers TO Kill about the streets.
Bombs are be. ~ and night. In