The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
On the
World Front
2 Cuba Maneuvers
Mr.. Lore Explains
Change, and No Change
By HARRY CANNES

maneQFerS IN Jne CaffIDOeanS
the axis of yankee imperial
ism. The first was the war
games Of the fleet, now rest
ing in the East River, New
York. The second was Roosevelt's
purported annulling of the infamous
Platt amendment.
OF the two maaeuYers, the most
confusing is the new treaty with +
Cuba. War maneuvcrs have their
simplicity. But treaties are filled
with duplicity, Vaccinations and !
demGgogy. The reactions of the
American capitalist press to the new
Cuban-Wal Street treaty throw
some very interesting light on its
real significance.
First we have that outstanding
interpreter OF foreign events for the
capitalist press, Ludwig Lore, who
writes the Behind the Gable" cole
umn for the New York Post. Mr..
Lore is leading light in that new
American revolutionary" Party. the
American Workers Party that feeds
SO lioarally at the paps of Miss
Columbia.
Rcosevelt's New Deal imperialist
mancuvers in Cuba is greeted by Mr..
Lore very much as the Socialist
leaders at first greeted the N. r. A.,
as a move against Wall Street,
against the big trusts. when all later
experience showed that it was
definite step in the interest of fl
nance capital
With its remuneration of the
Plat Amendment by the adoption
of a new treaty Just signed by
Cuba and the United States" ex-
plains Mr.. Lore. america has
taken gratifying step away from
Imperialism and in the direction
OF an1ity and good will in the
Western Hemisphere"
Murray for Mr.. Roosevelt, shouts
this theoretician Of the American
Workers Party! Clarence barrow
in his report on the N. r. A. admits
that Roosevelt supports the big
trusts, increasing their profits and
power at the expense Of the Amer
lean workers; in short, intensifying
the base of predatory, ravaging inn
perialism. But Mr.. Lore, neverthe-
less, is gratified by the step away
from imperialism" contained in a
treaty maneuyer.
IN THE other hand, one of the
v competitors of Mr.. Lore in the
field Of capitalist Interpretation of
the Cuban treaty. the editorial
writer of the Herald Tribune, ex-
plains the Cuban treaty quite diff.
ferently:
In way. it can be sad tgat
the abolition of the Plat Amehd-
ment = which for thirty three
years has controlled the reia-
tions between the United States
and Cuba-will alter nothing"
Both Mr.. Lore and his colleague
on the Herald Tribune are wrong.
1t is new maneuver required by
Wall Street, in furtherance of the
imperialist policy at the present
stage of world conditions, and par
ticularly because of the revolutions
airy situation in Cuba. This much
even, is inadvertently admitted by
the same Herald-Tribune editorial
which in its Bourbon manner can
see nothing altered.
ut is fairly obvious that in pro-
posing the abrogation ct this mo-
ment President Roosevelt is try
ing to bolster a regime in Cuba
already showing signs Of tottering."
So you see, MIR Lore, that Roose-
velt's maneuVer is an attempt to
save the Mendieta-B atista butcher
regime against the rising wrath of
the Cuban people, which is mount
ing under the leadership of the
Communist Party OF Cuba. 1t is
mot "a step away from imperialism"
but a more Shiny impcrialist policy
forced by an understanding Of the
present situation in Cuba
by offering to resign our paper
title" writes the Herald Tribune,
I'VE interfere more deeply still. 1t
simply emphasizes the fact that
no revisions of the documents can
change the fundamental relation
ships in which the two peoples are
entangled."
Which is thousand times correct
especially, when we have the fact
that the whole policy of the New
Deal, shouted from the house tops
in Washington by the petty-bour-
geois critics, and whoever has eyes
to see, is one basically supporting
finance capitalism in it's program OF
war, plumber and colonial aggran-
dizement.
WHEREIN, however, lies the
W change of the new policy toward
Cuba? Because of the tremendous
struggles Of the Communist Party
of Cuba, and the revolutionary trade
unions, which have a majority of
the proletariat behind them, along
with the support of vast sections
OF the anti-imperialist students and
petty-bourgeoisie, the Platt Amend
ment was made che of the central
points of attack, and became an
athena to the majority Of. the Cuban
people.
The Mendieta government was
rapidly losing its ability to rule.
Roosevelt could think of no better
pulmotor at this time Tor Wal
Streets puppet government than the
abrogaticn Of the Platt Amendment
Will this change American exploita-
ton, American suppression, Amer
lean intervention. American DOM
ination in Cuba? Not whit. Will
it obviate the landing of troops?
Not at all. 1t provides specifically
that American marines, sailors and
soldiers must remain at Guantanamo
naval base.
Indeed, the Herald Tribune which
understands thing or two about