The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01


"a True Communist Leader
SOve Gramsci!
IRON Italy, the usual cap.
L talist press cables consist
of two varieties. First there
are the speeches of Mussolini
which give the world just
what fascism wants it to
know. And then there ara
the putrid social notes of the arts.
tocracy. The first, because in this
period Of war preparations they
hide very little about Mussoini's
idea on war, are usually published
by the capitalist newspapers. Tho
social notes of the Italian aris-
tocracy are so putrid even the
tabloid cutters won't touch Them
But what the workers and peaS>
ants are doing, the growing forces
Of resistance to Fascisn, are a2m-
pletely tabu. MuSsolini, having
been in power longer, has less dih1s
Guilty with the foreign correspond
dents. Most of them are subsidized
by the Fascist Party, either direct. I
ly or indirectly, as revealed BIZ
George Seldes, himself foreigH
correspondent.
JUST as there is IN existence
y Rna, the revolutionary press
service, with It's intricate and
widespread connections throughouk
Germany, and the Chinese Work.
ers Correspondence, with It's forces
all over China, including Soviet
China, there is "LTnforrnazions
Italiana, Servizio Stampa," Issued
in Paris by the United Anti Fascist
Front.
What appears In this press SER
vice from Fascist Italy never
reaches the pages OF the capitalists
press. We read recently, for ex-
ample, of Mussolnis speech to
5000 officers on the necessity Of
preparing for the war of todaE
But the revolutionary activity going
on among the rank and file of tho
sailors and soldiers Of the Fascist
army is not reported.
THE latest release OF "L'InformaA
l zione Italiana" relays TO us thu
following:
'News has been received from
the Province of PugIia where
the a1ti-Fascist actions are the
strongest) of serious events which
occurred in the military port of
laramie.
"A sailor having been surprised
In the company Of one of the
Communist VoccoIi's sons a gorup
of o. V. r. A. agents fascist secret
political police) went on board
the warships anchored in the
port. After an elaborate search,
the police arrested several sailors,
an officer and a non commits
stoned officer. 1t is reported that
Communist leaflets and pamph-
lets have been found in possess
sion of the sailor who had been
seen with VoccoI. After vain
attempts of the uncle of the sailor
to get news of his fate, rumors
that the young man had been
shot were circulated in the town
Of Turanto. This is the way
Fascism usually deals with Com
munist sailors and soldiers"
in THE southern part of the same
province of Puglia, numerous
anti-Fascist demonstrations have
been held, with the munition work.
erS taking the leading part. Over
$50 arrests were made following a
demonstration against Mussolini'S
threats and preparations for war.
Among those arrested were arsenal
workers, bricklayers, fishermen, a
lawyer, civil engineer and so on.
All were transferred to the torture
chambers of Bari. Some were re-
leased but were logged night and
day to try to ferret out their con-
nections.
JUST as Hitler is trying to torture
y Ernst Thaelmann to death, Mus
solini is pursuing the same aim
towards A. Gramsci, leader of the
Italian proletariat, who has been
suffering in Fascist dungeons since
November, 1926, and Is sentenced to
81 years Imprisonment. Comrade
Gramsci is in serious physical
condition. Professor Arcangeh, from
his clinic in Rome, after examining
Gramsci, writes:
In the present con ditions,
Gramsci will not live to the end of
his term of Imprisonment. I con-
slider it necessary for him to be
removed from prison and placed in
a hospital or be given conditional
freedom"
THE reason that the italian
bourgeoisie strives to murder
Comrade Gramsci was openly stated
by the General Prosecutor of the
Special Fascist Court of Italy when
he said:
"Gramsci is the leader of the
Communist Party =. Gramsci is
the soul of the whole movement.
1t is he who outlines the path Of
the Party; he was the central fig
IRE during the occupation of the
factories and works. F.. Gramscfs
activity-is the activity of a true
Communist Party leader"
THE Communist Party of Italy Is
making an appeal to militant