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Evening star., 1934-02-20

Rev. Thomas M. French Of South
Lancaster was the guest of his
brother, Rev. w. Robert French, and
Mrs. French over the week end, In
their home In Takoma Park. Mr..
French has been teacher Of Bible in
the Atlantic Union College for sew
eral years, but previously spent many
Evening star., 1934-02-20

tended these concerts regularly, and
1t Is expected she will occupy her box
as usual. Other boxholders include
the Ambassador of Germany, Herr
Hans Luther: Mr.. Justice and Mrs.
Harlan Fiske Stone, Representative
and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Chester c. Bolton,
Mrs. Edwin G. Watson, Mrs. Guy Des-
pard Golf, Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss,
Mrs. Leland Harrison, Mrs. Irwin B.
Laughlin, Mrs. Christian Heurich,
Mrs. j. Webster Dawley, Mrs. j. j.
Mack, Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman,
Miss Elizabeth Patterson, Mrs. VIII
liam F. r. Hit, Mrs. Frederick G.
Hicks, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mrs. Carl
A. Droop, Mr.. Frank j. Frost, Mrs.
Tracy Dows, Mrs Anne Archbold, Mrs.
Calderon Carlisle, Mrs. Charles Ham
ilton Maddox, Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe, Mrs. Henry ]. Staley, Mrs.
Beale r. Howard, Miss Alice ]. CIapp,
Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Will
liam livingston Crounse, Mrs. Frederick
A. Keep, Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong, Mrs.
Ralph Worthington, Mrs. w. w. Gal
braith, Mr.. Edward G. Potter and
Mrs. Edwin B. Parker. As tomorrow's
concert is one Of the few evening
concerts to be given by the orchestra
under the direction Of DR.. Hans Kind
Ter this season, the event will probably
be of more than usual social impor-
tanCe, and unusually well attended.
Evening star., 1934-02-20

Fisher Of New York and DR.. Harry
NJ. Kaufman Of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hull Of
Railway, N. j., are at the Mar
Unique.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas II. Finn Of
New Tazewell, Tenn, are spending
week at the Martinique.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. z. Braun with
their daughter, Miss Elizabeth M.
Braun, arrived here yesterday from
Continued on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1934-02-20

Mrs. J. H. Michaelis entertained
yesterday at luncheon at the Shore
ham to celebrate the 82nd birthday
anniversary Of her sister, Mrs. Ed
ward Lehman. Out-of-town guests
included Mrs. William ]. Mann, Mrs
Alexander Hecht and Mrs. Adolph
Evening star., 1934-02-20

FRS. ROOSEVELT has cards
M out for an informal at home
V tomorrow afternoon, from S
4 i to 6 o'clock, at the Executive
Mansion. The First Lady
held her weekly press conference this
morning at the White House.
Evening star., 1934-02-20

Mr.. Otohiko Matsukata has arrived
from Japan and is at the Shoreham
for q few days. While here he will
visit his former classmate IN japan,
the new Ambassador Of Japan. Mr..
Saito.
Evening star., 1934-02-20

Mrs. Jesse L. Heiskel left today BY
motor for Miami, Fla, accompanied
Evening star., 1934-02-20

CONTINUED on Third PAGE
Evening star., 1934-02-20

Of Johnstown, Pa. who Is making .
visit in Washington. Mrs. Walters
formerly lived in Johnstown.
Evening star., 1934-02-20
Mr.. and Mrs. Stimson Hosts
At Dinner Tonight at Woodley.

The former Secretary of State and
Mrs. Henry L. Stimson will entertain
at dinner this evening at Woodley,
their estate on Cathedral avenue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26
Socialist May Day re With
Capitalist Blessings

CEIzING upon the fact that there will be two
demonstrations on May Day, a Socialist Party
meeting at Madison Square, and a Communist one
at Union Square the New York American, powerful
Hearst paper. speaks this morning to the workers
in this fashion:
Union labor prepared yesterday for a May
Day demonstration to rival in size and purpose
the huge mass meetings planned by the COmmu-
nists
Hundreds of thousands are expected to gather
at Madison Square in pledge of loyalty to the
Government and in opposition to the revolution
airy ideals of the Communist groups"
Is not this sort of thing sinister with the menace
Of Fascist demagogy? Is not this shocking to the
class conscious workers who follow the leadership
Of the Socialist Patty?
Does not every Socialist worker feel in his very
marrow the revolutionary meaning Of May Day,
the great day which heralds the time when the
working class of the world will destroy the capitalist
system and the capitalist governments?
How vile, then, is this defilng of this great work
ing class revolutionary day into pledge of loyalty
to the Government in opposition to the revolution
airy ideals OF the Communists"
Is it not clear that this turning of May Day
into pledge for the support of the Government
already approaches the Hitler type of May Day,
when the masses are herded into the streets Ito
pledge loyalty" to the capitalist government?
AND who is responsible for this situation which
permits the venal capitalist press to spread chau-
vinism and reaction into the very ranks OF the May
Day parades? Who bears the blame for this situa-
ton where the New York working class has two
demonstrations on its great day of international
solidarity, demonstration that meets with the
approval of the ruling class and that does not?
is it not plain that the responsibility rests
with the Socialist leaders, who have set them
selves like flint against all efforts for a united
May Day meeting in Union Square, even going
to the lengths of separating the Socialist workers
from Communist contamination" by setting up
rival meeting!
These the criminal splitting tactics that
already bearing their budding Fascist fruit in
such provocative Indictment as can be seen in the
New York American.
1t with such splitting tactics that Social
Democracy split the ranks of the working class
in Germany If the Socialist May Day becomes
transformed into demonstration of loyalty" to
the Roosevelt government, will it be very different
from the way the German Socialists supported the
Fascist Won Hindenbmg as great democrat"
who will fight Fascsm?
May Day is day whose soul is revolution revo-
luton for the overthrow of capitalism.
And this means that it is day of hatred and
revolutionary struggle against the Wall Street gov
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26
Ltsk Prisoners, Like Dmirof Defy Their Iorrers in Cou
AccsERs WHEN BROUGHT

NEW YORK-In spite of the
censorship of fascist Poland, the
text of the heroic speeches made
by the Sc defendants in the trial
at Lutzk. in Western Ukraine. has
been smuggled out of the country
and forms a record of heroic self
defense in court second only to that
of George Dimitroff before the Nazi
court at Leipzig.
The defendants were charged with
attempting to set up a Soviet West
ern Ukraine. The LID. is carry
ing on campaign in this country,
part of worldwide campaign or
ganized by the International Red
Aid, for their release.
Below are extracts from the
speeches made in court by the de-
PENDANT Schecter describing the tor
ture of the prisoners in the three
years they we're held without trial
and by the defendant Sigmund
Buranowitzer, member of the
Polish Red Aid QLD).
All Evidence Fabricated
"I was arrested in December, 1890
in Lvov Gemberg) and brought to
Lutzk." Schecter said. because al
the evidence produced in court by
the Lutzk Political Police is fabri-
Gated in Lutzk. Such evidence had
to be found, for not only were there
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26

NEW YORK.-Two of the II
revolutionary leaders of the Filipino
masses who were sentenced to terms
of prison or Punishment to years
ago have been offered terms of
parole which they indignantly re-
iected, according to word received
yesterday by the International La
Dor Defense, which is leading the
fight for their release.
The terms of the offered parole
would have prevented them from
carrying on the work for which they
were sentenced. The message does
not give the names of the two. They
are among II, led by Jacinto Evan
gelista, who were arrested two years
ago at a trade union congress in
the Philippine Islands.
They were charged with illegal
association, sedition, and violation
of the fundamental laws of the
State" for having organized work
ers and addressed mass meetings in
the interest of Filipino national lib
Grafton.
An appeal to the U. S. Supreme
Court was sabotaged by the clerk of
the court in Manila, who delayed
the certified translation of the
record until the statutory time limit
had been passed.
The I, L. D. yesterday issued an
appeal to all workers organizations
to send protests and demands for
the release of Jacinto Evangelisto
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26

the prisoners, of helping them in
their Marxist studies in prism; the
Red Aid has also the task of in
forming the broad masses about
the causes of their oppression. and
of modifying these masses for the
struggle against their oppressors.
The Red Aid collects funds and
gives the collected money and food
to the prisoners,
The prisoners, who are isolated
from their families and comrades.
are also in need of moral assistance.
The Red Aid maintains contact with
these prisoners, sends them letters
and appeals, and establishes con-
tact between them and the telling
masses all over the world. The
families of the prisoners are sup
ported by the Red Aid. During
street conflicts, the Red Aid helps
the wounded; it does everything
in order that the victims of white
terror soon become ablebodied once
more, and are able again to par
ticipate in the struggle for social
ISM"
When the defendant then began
to talk about the terror in Poland.
and about the activity of the Red
Aid in Western Ukraine, he was not
allowed to continue his speech. 4
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26

no stores of arms, but not even
scrap of paper was found. There
are towns famed for their parks,
there are towns famed for their
churches, towns famed for their
sky scrapers. Lutzk has also its
worldwide fame. Lutzk is the town
Of moral and physical torture.
IT was one of the last to be
cross examined so I heard and saw
everything suffered by others. By
day and by night able bodied per-
sons are dragged away for cross
examination, but they return sick,
faint, feveriSh.
"WiIl You Testify Wet or Dry?"
when I was brought before the
examining judge, Tkatchuk placed
upon the table the necessary instru-
ments for the cross-examination
and asked me whether I will give
my evidence wet or dry At the
same time they gave me the rec
ords, already drawn up, and de-
manded my signature. When I
categorically refused to do 20 I
was bound hand and foot and
gagged, my shoes were taken off,
Postovitch sat on my head and
Tkatchuk beat me with rubber
clubs on the soles of my feet
cannot say exactly how many
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26

I am just rank and file member.
I wish to tell about the formation
the aims and tasks Of the Interna-
ton Red Ad. about its attitude
towards the political parties, as we'll
as its attitude to fascism.
After the war the toilers' move
ments. the struggle for social and
national liberation became strength
ened. Socialism is being constructed
in one-sixth of the world. In the
other countries, however, the toll
ers are still subjected to capitalist
exploitation. Terror is raging in
these countries. Fascism is grow
ing. All this calls forth the toll
ers' protest against white terror.
The Ira. came forth as histori-
cal necessity, as an organization of
the international movement in sup
port of the victims of white terror.
What Red Aid Does
I'm the prison here, in answer
to the political prisoners complaints
about the bad food, the prison adj
ministration made the conditions
even worse. We need help from
outside the prison. This assistance
is given us by the Red Aid. But
this is not ALL The Red Aid has
also the task of sending books to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26
Down Tools May First!
Spy System Has Been
Used Against Strikes

AMSTERDAM, Holland, April "a.
Since the strike was organized
three months ago by 300 young
workers employed in the Krupp
works, far-reaching system of es-
pionage has been developed in the
workshops, in order to discover the
"agitators. Now 10 young work.
ers have been arrested on the
charge of preparing to commit
high treason"
These young men are Commu-
niStS, Social Democrats, mem
berS of Catholic trade unions non
partisans. and their whole crime"
consists of the fact that they de-
mand the fulfilment of the prom
ises made at one time by the ma
tional youth leader Baldur Won
Schirach eight-hour day, three
weeks paid wages, guaranteed con-
tinued employment after end of
apprenticeship.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26

strokes I got, but there we're GER
tainly 30 to 100 strokes. But, how
ever, as I stubbornly refused to
sign the records, one of the police
agents sad:
All right then, we will speak
Chinese to you. I was stripped abb
solutely naked, and they began to
beat me on my sexual organs.
IT could not bear this any longer
and signed the records. Before
was taken to the public prosecutor
I was told, Now you are going to
the Public Prosecutor. You must
confirm the evidence you have
signed here, otherwise we will beat
you to death.
What I now say here, is not to
be taken as an appeal for pardon
or protection. I am well aware
of the class attitude of the bour-
geois court towards me and all of
U.s."
I. L. ID. Member Speaks
Almost all of Buranowitzers
speech was devoted to q descrip-
ton of the work of the Polish Red
Aid GLD).
Il do not belong to the Commu-
mist Party of Western Ukraine" he
said. 1T is not true that am a
member of the Central Committee
of the Red Aid In Western Ukraine
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26
As Ltttsk Defendants Get 3OO-Ye0rs Total in Prison
Students Are Shot
By Cuban Soldiers
At Demonstration
Students Strike in Four
Provinces, Demand the
Firing of Officials

HAV ANA. Aoril 25.-Soldiers
fired on demonstrating students at
Santa Clara Monday, woundng
several. The students were de-
handing the removal of the mill
tary supervisor of Camaguey Prov
ince, of the chief Of police of Santa
Clara, and other officials.
Later 500 students barricaded
themselves in a high school, and
declared they would remain on
hunger strike until the officials
were removed.
Students of Havana University,
technical schools and high schools,
and students in Matanzas. have
gone on 48-hour strike in SYM
pathy with the students in Santa
Clara and Camaguey.
Soldiers used tear gas on a group
Of demonstrators in front of the
presidential palace yesterday morn
ing. The gas, however, was blown
into the palace, where it overcame
an army officer and brought tears
to the eyes of officials and CORE
spondents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26
TarrytOwn Fisher
Body Go. Strikes
Continued from Page Il


to work by threatening an imme-
date shutting down of the plant
even before the parts material now
on hand turns out.
A leaflet issued by the union and
signed by Otto Kleinert, president
Of the Federated Automobile Asso-
citation, said today that there was
no truth in the company state
ments that the strike was the result
OF "hasty decision" that the walk
out followed conferences with the
company concerning discrimination
against the employee, Charles Day.
mour. Daymour was taken off of
his job and given work at half the
pay. The leaflet concluded, I'VE
have in mind not only discrimina-
ton and intimidation but also rec
ognition of the union to protect our
interests and We also have in mind
better working conditions and
higher wages. AS to higher wages,
what do you think?"
The union, which is not affiliated
with any other organizations, has
two lawyers on it's executive COM
mittee. Kleinert himself was pre-
viously active in the company union
that formerly existed in the plant.
The strikers should Immediately
take the strike into their own hands.
The strike so far has not been
effectively organized. Mass picket
ing of all the strikers will close
down the Chevrolet and Pontiac
plants as well as the rest of the
Fisher Body shifts in short order.
The strikers on the picket lines
have shown that they are striking
in solidarity with their Cleveland
and st. Louis brother strikers of
Fisher Body. The same demands
should be put forward in this strike
thirty per cent increase in wages.
and other demands for better con-
ditionS should be added to the def
mite demands.
All the strikers should hold a
meeting together and elect a broad
strike committee with strikers from
each department represented. All
those on the present executive COM
mittee. who have shown that they
do not have a fighting policy at
heart, to organize the strike effec-
lively, should be taken out of lead
ership by the strikers.
No settlement should be accepted
without the vote of the strikers.
Only by broad mass picketing of
all strikers, only by the strikers
themselves eIecting their own strike
committee and taking the strike into
their own hands. can the strike be
made solid and 100 per cent and the
demands won.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26
Meetings Planned in Is Cities
of New Jersey

NEWARK, N. j., April 26.-
Thirteen cities in the State of New
Jersey are planning May Day mass
demonstrations and meetings against
war and fascism, for unemployment
and social insurance, for higher
wages, for the right to organize.
strike and picket. Demonstrations
will be held in the following cities
Newark, Military Park, $50 p. m.
Speakers, Israel Amter and Re-
becca Grecht.
Paterson, Sandy Hill Park, 70
noon-Speaker, Israel Amter.
Union City, Stadium Grounds,
5 p. m.
Bayonne, 23rd st. and Avenue c,
p. m.
PasSaic. $40 p. m.
Elizabeth, Union Square, 5 p. m.
Linden, Wood Ave. and 18th St.,
p. m.
Trenton, 4 p. m.
Mass meetings and concerts are
planned to take place in the eve
ming in the following cities:
Newark, Sokol Hall, 359 Morris
Ave.
Lakewood.
Union City, Cooperative Hall
Bayonne, Jefferson Hall.
Cliffside.
Paterson, New Washington Hall.
Elizabeth, Hungarian Home.
Hillside, Hungarian Hall.
Linden.
Plainfleld, 234 West Front Street.
New Brunswick, Ladies Aid Hall,
AZ New Street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26

meeting at Ashley Park, Rivet
and Bolton Sts., at pm.
LAWRENCE, Mass. - Mass
meeting at Italy Grand Hall, 100
Oak ST., at 7 pm.
STANFORD, Conn. - Mass
meeting at Atlantic Square.
S. NORWALK, Conn.-Mass
meeting at Main and Ann SITS.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. = Mass
meeting at Washington Park
pm, indoor meeting Sokol Hall,
Hallet St., at pm,
NEW HAVEN, Conn.-Cantral
Green 5 pm. Indoor meeting Lit
tie Art Cinema, 36 Howe St,
8 pm.
WATERBURY, Conn.-Soldier
and Sailors Monument $50 pm.
NEW BRITAIN, Conn.-Main
and E Main SITS.
HARTFORD, Conn.-Main and
Windsor, pm. Park and Law
renee $50 pm. Evening, Odd Eel
lows Hall, 400 Main ST.. pm.
SPRINGFIELD, Conn. - Old
Post Office, 3 pm. Indoor Liberty
Hall, pm.
CHICOPEE FALLS, Conn
Polish National Home, pm.
PLAINFIELD, Conn.-Brook-
Ign Town Hall, pm.
CLARKSBURG, w. Va.-Court
House Square, 1890 am.
FAIRMONT, w. Va. - Court
House Square Jefferson st. side)
6 pm.
Usage, w Va.-7 pm.
PORTLAND, Meat Lincoln
Park.
LACKAWANNA, N. Y.-Friend-
ship House, Ridge Road, 7 pm.
YONKERS, N. Y. Larkin
Plaza and Wsrburton Ave, 5 pm.
MT. VERNON, N. Y.-Bond st.
and Mt. Vernon Ave, $40 pm.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.-64
Orawaupum St., pm.
PORTCHESTER. N. Y.-Aben-
droth Ave. and Highland ST.,
$50 pm.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. - Rey-
burn Plaza opposite City HalD
l pm. March to independence
Square 4 pm. Evening, Broad
way Arena, Broad and Christian
SITS.
EASTON, Pa.-Park, u noon,
and Parade to Center of City.
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Center So,
3 pm.
CONCORD, N. H. = State
House Plaza, 7 pm.
LANCASTER, Pa. At the
Court House steps, 1880 pm.
BAYONNE, N. J.-Broadway
and 23rd St., I pm, Polish Hall
E, 23rd St. 800 pm.
VERONA, Pa. - Costa Hall,
Front st. 7 pm.
PEABODY, Mass.-Main ST..
corner Wallis at 7:30 pm.
WORCESTER, Mass. - Com
mons (Salem Square,, 2 pm;
indoor meeting, % Endicott,
pm.
FITCHBURG. Mass. - Mass
meeting at 9 Prichard Street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26

eminent Of Roosevelt. with its NRA. slave traps etc
ANY other kind of May Day is a defilement Of
this working class heritage, and preparation for
the May Days" Of Fascism. Every class conscious
Socialist worker will feel the truth of this.
FOR UNITED WORKING CLASS MAY DAY
AT UNION SQUARE!
Let not the unity Of the working class he
split! On May Day, all workers, of every group,
union or party. must clasp hands in militant
solidarity. pledging themselves not in loyalty" to
the government, but in loyalty to the cau7e of
Socialism,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26
Angry Calabria Farmers
Burn MussOIini in Ehgy

AT THE ITALIAN FRONTIER
(By MaiD Further stormy reyolts
against Italian fascism are reported
from Calabris, in Southern Italy.
At Bistari and the neighboring
villages, hundreds of peasants rose
in spontaneous revolt against the
intolerable taxes and burned Mus
solini in efigy. Dozens we're ar
rested.
At Catanzaro, during a religious
procession, several hundred work
ers stopped the procession, shouting
anti-fascist slogans.
The bishop called the police, but
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-26
LID. Urges
Messages of
Mass Protest
Il
Prison Terms To Begin.
After Three Years
of Torture

NEW YORK.-The convic-
ton for sentencing of As of
the 81 Lutsk defendants on
April II has just become
known here in mailed dis.
patches from fascist Poland.l
The 45 who were convicteJ
received sentences ranging from
three to eight years, and all were
deprived of citizenship for ten
years. Michael Drdla, well known
in New York as former editor of the
Ukrainian Daily News. was one of
those given the eight-year maxi
mum sentence. The total number
of years of all the sentences adds
up to 500.
The state prosecutor has entered
an appeal. declaring the sentences
were too light. The defense has also
entered an appeal against the con-
viction.
~ A9@sA WV - II , NoA1
The defendants have been In
prison already three and q half
years, suffering tortures which have
made Lutsk notorious throughout
the world. Others arrested with
them have died under the torture,
one has gone insane.
They were arrested in 1890, as
leaders in the mass uprising of West
Ukrainian peasants against the in
tolerable persecution and oppression
of the Polish government. The toll
ers of Western Ukraine made
heroic effort to achieve national
liberation, but had not sufficient
support, and were defeated. Their
defeat was followed by the butchery
Of thousands by the Polish army in
the campaign Of "pacifcation."
Heroic Defense in Court
The Lutsk defendants we're &C
cused of seeking to separate the ter
ritory of Western Ukraine from the
Polish state. At the trial, broken in
body and facing murderously hos
tile court, they defended themselves
heroically, as political fighters, ac-
cusing the Polish ruling class OPP
preSsors, and exposing the savage
fortunes to which they were con-
stantly subjected, though they knew
this would only serve to make these
tortures worse.
The International Labor Defense,
the United Ukrainian Tcile-s, and
the Communist Party have. issued a
call to all workers organizations to
send kilograms and letters Of pro-
test, demanding the immediate lib
Grafton of the As.
/ Where to Send Protests
The protests should be sent to theI
Polish Embassy, Washington; to
the Polish Consulates in each city,f
and the Polish court, addressed as
follows: Apilacyjny Sud, Lublin, 4
Poland. An appeal was made that
the central bodies of national or
carnations cable protests to this
address in Poland. Smaller organiza-
tons which cannot afford to cable
should write by registered mail to
Poland, and send kilograms to the
embassy and consulates.