The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
United Action in Solidarity
With the Austrian Workers

THE Austrian workers. fighting heroically against ter
rife odds to drive back fascist reaction must have
the united support Of the international working class
If they are to win Deserted by the Socia-Democratic
leaders who month after month have aided DollfuSS
in his efforts to dernoraze and disarm them the So
cialist and Communist workers unitedly making
last desperate stand against the fascist blood hounds
Already In bloody barricade battles they are fac
ing the combine forces OF black reaction within Austria
The foreign armies Of Italian and German fasciSrn,
and the equally reactionary forces of imperialst
France, are concentrating the Austrian borders
All the counter-revolutionary forces Of Europe are
preparing to stamp out the Austrian revolution in
blood.
In such a situation immediate and decisive action
and is necessary to rally the broadcast international
working class support for struggling Austrian COM
rades The bloody hand Of fascist reaction must be
stayed Mass support must be rallied for these heroic
anti-fascist fighters
THE Communist Party Of the United States without
delay recognized It's responsibility to the Austrian
working-claSs 1t Immediately Sprang to action Dem
onstrations called throughout the country, mass
meetings being organized.
Tens of thousands of additional copies of the Daily
Worker printed and circulated in the factories
calling upon the workers for solidarity action.
In all Of the activity Of the Communist Party, the
fundamental slogan the unity Of all workers, Com
munst, Socialist, A. F. of L., and non-Party workers.
in solidarity with the revolutionary workers Of Austria
It to unite the ranks of the American workers in
the struggle against fascisn and against the danger
OF brought closer by the Austrian events that the
Communist Party undertook to rally the workers
1t addressed its calls to the workers Of all Parties
to workers Of all union Affiliations and particularly
the Socialist workers. The Communist Party stands
unshakesbly for a united mass movement that VIII
sweep the entire country In support Of the Austrian
revolution and the world struggle against tascis and
war.
The Communist Party did not wait negotiate with
reformst leaders 1t publicly issued its call for united
action 1t undertook first STEP to rally the work
ers in the streets before every Austrian Consulate
America.
YESTERDAY representatives Of the Student League
for Industrial Democracy OF the Young Peoples
Socialist League and Of the League for Industrial De-
mocracy called the Communist Party national Office on
the phone and proposed united demonstration In
New York City. The Communist Party immediately,
and without question, agreed. We invited them to
meet Immediately to work out the joint arrangements
The Special Edition of the Daily Worker which was run
of at noon yesterday, was held for half an hour to
carry the joint appeal Of this committee and Of The
Communist Party
It must be said TO the credit of the young comrades
Of the L. T. D. and the Y r S. L. that they readily
agreed on proposals for joint action joint state
ment was drafted and set in type. The edition of the
paper was already to to press with this Joint ap-
peal for united demonstration at 4so yesterday after
noon at the Austrian Consulate. Suddenly an alien
hand was felt In the negotiations representative
OF the City Committee Of the Socialist Party Jack
Altman, interviewed. He met with the representatives
OF the YPSL. and LID. in room provided by us
in our headquarters. And under the pressure OF this
City Committee representative, these young comrades
who wanted unity, forced to agree to withdraw
the joint appeal for united action
The appeal at the last minute had to be pulled out
OF the special edition just before 1t went to press
The Communist Party in this another act brand
ing the leaders of the Socialist Party as the barriers
In the eo to unity the workers the struggle against
fascis and war in the struggle to support the heroic
Austrian workers.
THE Communist Party again declares it's complete
adherence to the policy of united front. We want
unity OF the masses, effective unity, based on the
principles of the class struggle against the assault of
the bosses on the workers living standards against
the reactionary drive toward Fascism, against the
closely approaching imperalist war
The Communi9t Party knows, and this act Of the
representative OF the City Committee Of the Socialist
Inc SOCIALIST leaQerS barriers to
effective unity,-a barrier that must be hurdled by
the honest rank and file workers who desire united
action.
The Socialist and Communist workers are fighting
and dying together on the barbados in Austria
doesn't this comrades Of the Socialist Party prove the
need for unity here?
Comrades Of the Socialist Partyl Workers Of the
American Federation Of Laborl All workers. The
need is urgent Events developing at rapid tempo
Revolutionary struggles developing everywhere
War Is closely approaching Close your ranks! De-
care your solidarity with the Austrian workers with
the workers everywhere, fighting against fascist re-
action against Imperalst War for the Defense Of the
Soviet Union.
For united action Of all workers!