The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-14
Faces
Death As Trial
Is Set by NaziS
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Fascist organizations for their &C
Invites in fighting against Commu-
nisn, has the right to conduct its
hearings and to do away with all
embarrassing legal technicalities. It
can inflict the death penalty for
"any activity directed against the
existing system"
The Berlin correspondent Of
'Pravda." central organ of the Com
munist Party of the Soviet Union.
declares that the campaign for
saving Thaelmsnn has widely de-
veloped throughout the world. and
is making the organizers Of the trial
nervous.
The secret police and the ministry
Of propa ganda are working franti-
cally to give the impression to wide
circles scapticallv minded after the
Leipzig collapse that this time there
will be no repetition Of the Din7i-
trof trial.
Police material is beginning to
appear in several weeklies showing
that the Nazis are badly of for
proof" The Berlin weekly "Deut-
sche Wochenschau" is acting SIS the
instigstor of this police campaign
against Thaelmann. Today's num-
her of this weekly. which is one of
the organs Of Nazi propaganda
abroad, devotes its first page TO the
forthcoming Thaelmann trial.
The headline stretching across
the entire front pare reeds:
"Thaelrnann Deserves Death"
In the opinions If the editors If
this Nazi cultural" weekly, and its
high officials in the Na5i govern
ment, the speech made by Com
rade Thaelmsnn at the session
Of the Executive Committee Of the
Communist international on Sep
TENDER 10. 1882. after the events at
Altcne. is ? sufficiently Convincing"
reason for the death sentence.
This sreech. widely bro9 beast and
published in hundreds Of thousands
of GQnies throu"hont The world
was discovered" in C0mintern
found by The stute Nazi
rolice agent Korodv working on the
Fascist paper "Angrifff. "
Thaelmann. thew declare. was
seif-ircriminating in the
following part Of his. speech:
THE brilliant example Of our
mass enti-fascist defense STRUGGLE
in Altons found very lively re-
suonse among sections Of the Anti
Fascists and drove fear into thu
A reel rebuff was given
to the fascist offensive in the battle
lasting several hours in the workers
quarters. It was 2 clear siqnal to
the mass anti-fascist struggle"
Bv distortine historical facts. evil
IDENTIFY thinking all have forgotten
the event in Altoona. the fascist no.
lice euthor tries to put the responsi-
bilitv on Comade Thaelmann.
Already Judging this article and
the EXPERIMENTATION" founded upon
old citations from speeches known
II all we can get an idea Of the
Of the forthcoming trial.
Ccmr2de Thaelmann is threat
e1ed with the greatest danger
with the N2zis now props red TO
rush through his trial, and def
nitelv and openlv threaten: M
execution, the worldwide cqmpaign
for the defense and rescue Of Com
rade Thaelrnann must be increased
a hundred fold in order to save the
life Of our heroic comrade. The
opening Of the trial should see the
workers throughout the world ar
range huge. mass demonstrations of
nrotest. wires and cables should
flcod all Nazi official agencies, con
sulates and should be sent to Hitler.
Gcering and Goebbels.
Conrade Thaelmann is faced with
danger of executionl
Save Comrade Thaelmann!