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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
Red Army in Solidarity With World Toilers

erly prepared to guarantee the
borders Of our country, if we did
not properly guard our gates
against every attempt of the enemy
to penetrate them with the aim of
preventing us from building our
new Socialist society,"
Gives Pledge to Congress
Turning to the delegates OF the
18th Party Congress assembled
around Lenin's tomb, Voroshiloy
stated:
1.-THE workers and peasants of the
Red Army, its commanders and
political workers, are prepared as
one man TO lean at any moment to
the defense of the Socialist Father
land. Wherever our Red Armies
are needed, they will be there in
time to defeat the enemy with the
entire force and with whoiehearted,
powerful fighting technique and
answering will, they will protect
the cause of Socialism under all
conditions.
Together with You, together
with the working class and all
toilers, the Red Army of the Pro-
letariat states to the whole world,
We do not want war, but we are
prepared for war, and if we are
attacked, the workers and peasants
of the Red Army will fight until
until the enemy has been absolutely
until the enemy has been absolutely
destroyed
To Continue Socialist Work
after their 18th Congress, tn,
Bolshevik Party at the head of thu
working class and the Collective
Farms will roll up their sleeves Il
continue their great work OF Socialis
construction, and we, the workers ant
peasants of the Red Army, with un
firing hands will strengthen on
fighting readiness, will keep our pro
letarian weapons always in order t,
be ready at any moment to defent
valiantly the cause of Socialism, tn
cause of Lenin and Stain.
"The heart OF every fighter, of
every Commander in the Red Army,
beats strongly with the same pas
sion of mastery of technique which
inspires the whole country and
which has created unequalled mir
acleS of labor heroism.
Army of the Masses
"For the first time in history,
Lenin said during the Civil War,
AN army built on contact, on in
separab,e contact and fusion with
the toiling masses of the Soviets,
which unite all toilers and ex-
plotted with their Red Army built
on the foundation of Socialist de-
Tense and DEVOTION
"The Red Army was conStructe
and grew on these unshckable foun
dations. It's contact with the toilin
masses and with the Bolshevik Part
Is unbreakable. Under the leadershi
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
Strong Mass Army To
Defend Socialist
Victories

OF the Party, the Red Army is a Boil
shevik school which educates in its
ranks not only capable and reliable
fighters, but also devoted, advanced
builders of Socialism.
"The report of Comrade Stain Is
greeted by the Red Army with the
greatest enthusiasm. In the direc-
tives of our beloved leader and
teacher, the Red Army obtains new
strength for struggle for the mastery
Of military technique, science and
culture, for further growth in its
fighting and political training.
1.-THE words of Comrade Stain,
We stand for peace and we will de-
fend the cause of peace, but we dc
not fear threats and are prepared to
return blow for blow against the war
mongers,' express our answering viii
for peace and our constant readiness
to defend our Socialist fatherland.
"our Sword is Sharp
THE Red Army is not only army
IN the world, which is not intended
for annexation, for the conquering of
other lands. Together with the en-
tire country, together with the en-
tire Party, the Red Army strives for
peace.
But our sword is sharp and is
ready to defeat ali who violate the
peaceful Socialist labor of our
country. Anyone who dares to
pass over cur borders will be ut
terly destroyed. We shall fulfill this
task under our fighting Bolshevik
banner, under the banner of Glass
War and Brotherhood with all
toilerS. In the name of the Red
Army, 1 greet the 18th Congress of
the All Union Communist Party.
In your name, Fighters Of the
Red Army, / transmit revolution
airy greetings to our Party and its
great leader, beloved teacher and
friend, Comrade Stalin." Immense
ovationS with the hundreds of
thousands in the Red Square join
ing with the Party leaders in the
singing of the Internationally
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
Some Party Tasks and the
I3thECCI Plenr4mReSolution

LUMINOUS rumblings OF major struggles among the
hundreds Of thousands Of railroad workers in this
country, connected with the New York taxi strike,
the series Of hotel strikes indicate new wave Of
forthcoming strikes.
Imitation which is eating the heart out Of the
meager pay envelopes OF the workers. the growing
uneesness Of the A. F of L. of1ciadom, still further
adds emphasis to the fact that the American workers
are going to move to new major struggles.
Together with this we have the rising offensive
OF company unions a part Of the fascist drive
against the workers
All Of these attacks on the workers have their
deepest and most serious expression in the basic
industries; and the National Labor Board maneuvers
quash struggles in order to block interference with
the Roosevelt recovery" wage-cutting program and
the rapidly developing war plans Of the Roosevelt
regime.
In this situation every Party member every reader
Of the Daily Worker should read and digest the 18th
Plenum Resolution OF the Communist international
and ask how these can best be put into immediate
practice to speed the revolutionary way out of the
l crisis
The crux Of the practical application this reso-
luton hes in the section entitled 1.-THE tasks of
work the strengthening of the Communist Parties"
The first task, says the Resolution. is to make
the content and language of agitation and the press
appeal to the boadest masses Of the toers, showing
the face Of the Communist parties. This must be
done in agitation ana in action.
In our struggle against the MIRA, the imitation
hunger and fascist steps Of the Roosevelt regime in
rallying and modifying the workers for resistance
every Party unit every Party committee and particu-
ary the Daily Worker must address itself in language
Understandable to the broad masses explaining the
program Of the Party speaking in the name OF the
Party showing the revolutionary way out.
FOLLOWING the point on appealing to the brOadest
strata of the proIetariat, the resolution says it
Is necessary to within the shortest time pos
sibIe decisive turn to the work in the factories
concentrating the forces of the Party organization
in the decisive enterprises and raising the political
level Of the leadership given by the factory nuclei
=. TO -the daily class struggles"
In fighting against Lewis N.R.A strikebreaking
the basic requisite is to root the Party units in the
coal mines In fighting the company union drive in
Weirton Steel, in Ford, in the chemical industry
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
sWhoeUer Opposes the Party of LemH'
Goes to the Class Enemy" Radek Says
Stan Watches Cots Defense Treess Bluecer Tells Party


There is no other path to So
cialism, no other struggle in the
cause of the working class, but that
conducted by our Party under the
banner of Lenin, under the leader
ship Of Stain. Whoever tries to op-
cose himself to the feminist Party,
GOES to the other side of the barri-
cadeS."
Bluecher Speaks
The floor was then given by Chair
man Kalinin to Comrade Bluecher
Commander of the Far Eastern Army
who was greeted by tumultuous, pro-
longed storms of applause. The Con
gress listened 10 Bluecher's speech
with rapt attention, frequently inter
him with unrestrained bursts
OF applause. In concluding his speech
3luecher said:
"Our COmrade Stain watches
tireiessiy end VigilGntly over the de-
aenSes CT our country. If Re under
takes anything, it will be DONE
The next speaker, one of the oldes
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
Communist Party Leads
Hundreds in Success
full Protest

COLOGNE, Germany (By Mail) -
ne Communist Party and the Young
Communist League of Dusseldorf
reVented the execution Of nine con-
demned anti-fascist workers on
Christmas eve, it has just been
earned.
Late on the afternoon of Dec. "a,
he rumor spread that the death
2enalty would be carried out against
The nine that day, Instantly, the
'arty and the Y.CL. began to nobi-
ize the workers of the city.
Stormy demonstrations were held
many streets, in which hundreds
II workers took part. The largest
demonstration was held before the
1rison gates, where the crowd held
IS ground for several hours.
The. crowd refused to disperse until
IN official Of the prison came out
and announced that the execution
would not take place that day. The
7orkers had won for the moment
Despite the terror, they had pr served
Re lives Of their nine comrades.
The Duesseldorf newspapers. Of
curse, did not publish a word Of
his.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
SO Face Death for
Anti-War Work in
Army Of Bulgaria

SOFIA, Bulgaria. mine de-
ndants face the military court hers
I a mass trial which opened January
%. in which the military prosecutor
ekS the death penalty on the charge
# Communist propaganda IN the
~rrny and navy"
The prisoners include twelve work
rs. students and peasants, fifteen
~oldiers, twenty sailors, twenty COR
'oorals and two naval officers. The
Majority are youths from twenty to
twenty-five years old. Eleven are
',eing tried Gin contumaciam," hav-
IS been murdered in Jail since their
'rrest.
IN the course of little more than
year, more than a dozen political
-ials have been held in Bulgaria
gainst revolutionary soldiers and
onti-war fighters, Figures compiled
ION, the reports of the capitalist
,ress show that among 278 defend
-nts 1873 were soldiers and 90 civil.
ans; SIS have been sentenced to deatl,
nd the others got total of 8o5
Years IMPRISONMENT plus fines total.
ng $3l $50.
There is scarcely a garrison town
n Bulgaria in which mass arrests
# soldiers and sailors are not being
made. and where mass trials before
'ourt-martials are not taking place.
The defendants are accused exclu-
.vely Of revolutionary and anti-war
>ropaganda; painting on barracks
,yalls OF anti-war slogans and slogans
IL defense of the U.S.S.R.; hosting
red flags; distribution of anti-wai
'apers and of the paper Red Sol
''ieIH;; and organization of anti-wal
-roups in the army and navy.
III is urgent the.t TIE inteinatio:h'
'ampaign, led by the international
Red Aid QL.D), for the immediate
elease Of these defendants b
strengthened and most EXTENSIVELY
developed.
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Cuban Revolutionary Trade Unions
Hdpe AcI'ieoed Unity; Lead Workers

u, 10, IA, Is and Is, with 1898 dele
gates in attendance, representing $780,
600 workers, close to a majority of
the working class. There were twelve
industrial conferences, with consider
able attention paid to the sugar in
dustry.
The Congress had a high percent
age Of Negro delegates. There was
a militant section of over 800 youth
delegates, a large number of women
delegates and delegates from peasant
organizations. Close sympathy for
the Congress was expressed by sections
! OF students and intellectuals as well
! as by the soldiers, who sent a dele
gate to address the Congress. The
Congress met after eight years of
forced illegality Of revolutionary trade
unions and Of terror, during which
time the National Confederation of
Labor carried on considerable activity
land led many successful struggles Of
the workers,
Establish Unity
During this time also the G. N. O. C.
by applyssg the tactics of the Red
international Of Labor Unions. es-
t2pliShed unity among large sections
Iof the workers, penetrated the most
important industries such as sugar
and tobacco, and overcame to a large
extent the influence of the auercho-
syndicalists and reformists, who were
previously in the leadership of the
trade union movement and who were
responsible for many defeats of the
workers.
The Congress closed with great
acclaim for the Red International of
Labor Unions. 1t pledged to strengthen
its political influence, to consolidate
and build up it's unions throughout
the country, to fight for unity in the
working class in order to further de-
IYeIop the struggle for the immediate
needs of the masses. The Congress
pledged to develop further the ac-
tivities Of the youth, to establish
closer contact with the peasant move
ment, to develop the movement for
the special demands of the Negroes
and for the right of self determine
Ia
ton for the Negroes in the Black Belt
| OF Oriente.
All Of these activities are to be car
ried out as the essential part of the
struggle for the liberation of Cuba
from imperialist domination and the
-oulest survivals of Cuban landlord
feudalism and as the prerequisite for
the revolutionary way out of the
catastrophe situation in which Cnba
finds itself today. The Congress asked
for international working class sup
port.
We, workers Of the United States
have a sacred proletarian RESPONSE
.b1lity towards our Cuban brothers
One Of the greatest dangers to Cuban
liberation is Yankee imperialism, We
5hould quicken our activities against
United States intervention in Cuba
whether it takes the form of gun
boats and marines or manoeuyers be-
nlnd the backs of the workers by the
agents OF the American bankers with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
German Papers Hail
Japan'S War Plans
Against the U.S.S.R.
Won Papen Paper Urges
United Front Against
spirit of Moscow

BERLIN, Jan. 26. (By Maid The
whole German daily press is giving
great space to articles and editorials
on the war situation in the Far East
and In most cases makes an undis-
guised call for a united German
japanese war against the Soviet
Union.
Hugenberg's paper, Tag" Jan. H.
has an editorial headed offensive
in the Far East" The Essen ma
tional zeitung'' publishes two leading
articles, on Jan. "a and IS, the first
headed 1.-THE Communist Nutcracker."
and the second, New Moves In the
Far East"
Halls Anti-SOviet Stand
"Germania," the paper which is,
closest to Won Papen, published on
Jan. 26 an editorial headed Before
the War in Eastern Asia" in which
the following is said:
1.-THE latest scandals in Paris show
us once more an exposure Of the
western world with all its capitalist
corruption. This spirit has united
HAuI4 JIG Opl1Ib u AdOSCUW III U1l6 EdI
East, to hinder the economic recovery
Of Eastern Asia, and the develop
ment of the yellow race. Only
with its now race-conscious and ma
tionalistic forces will young China
defy Bolshevism, with its awakened
and new powers. This is a struggle
which will endure long time. We
are physically separated from 1t, but
the events in the Far East should
stimulate us to try to train out forces
to reorganize the German eco
nomy with them, and to free our
people from the chains of the YER
sailles treaty and from dependence on
materialist capitalist powers"
London ''Times" Comments
LONDON, Jan. &c. (By Maid -
The London Times" today notes the
intensified interest of the Nazi press
in Far Eastern events, and writes:
''For some time German military
and official circles have shown great
interest in the activities of Japan,
and the developments in the Far
East. The possibility of trial OF
strength between Japan and Russia,
and the consequent distraction of
Soviet interest in European affairs is
of the greatest interest in Germany"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
BY Burck

IBolsheyiks, Krijanovsky, was greeted
with loud applause as he began:
During the AZ years of my life in
the Party, consider it the greatest
joy of my life that L have lived to
be able to participate in this great
Congress of cur Party"
He then described the growth of a
new, great proletarian force, the
young technical workers of the prole-
tariat.
Kaganovitch, in response to the re-
marks Of Kalinin, then stated that he
considered it unnecessary to make
Iany concluding remarks as no speaker
had opposed the principles of his re-
port on the organizational questions
OF the Party and the structure of the
Soviet government. A committee of
4S was then elected for the final edit
| ing of Che resolution.
Bluecher's more complete speech
will be published in tOmorrow's
Daily
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
b. JAMES W. FORD

Delegate OF the 4. q. U. L. to the
Congress Of the Nation2I Confedera-
tion OF Labor of Cuba
the trade union movement OF Cuba
demands the active support of the
entire working class as well as other
contemporaries elements of the
United States
Nothing has been solved by the
coming Of NGendieta TO power in Cuba.
The difficulties Of the capitalists are
Increasing and the conditions of the
workers remain just as they were
under previous administrations. And
United States gunboats stand on
guard ready to destroy the national
independence Of Cuba.
One sees however in Cuba a heroic
working class. The organized trade
union movement fought off the il
legality Of the revolutionary trade
unions under the bloody reign of
Machad0 and was one Of the most
active and conscious forces in the
struggle to overthrow Machado. AS
3 result it brought itself out into the
open and IS leading the workers in
daily struggles. This was no small
accomplishment For this act alone
the workers Of the United States
should greet the Cuban workers with
the greatest enthusiasm and frater-
nifty.
Trade Unions in Center of Events
Rapidly changing events have
placed the revolutionary trade union
movement more and more in the very
center of things in Cuba. The Cuban
rulers, capitalists and landlords. in
GLIDING the United States bankers and
industria1ists who support them. are
faced with the threat Of a revolu-
tionary offensive Of the working class:
and strikes are taking place through
out the Island.
The aim of the Mendieta govern
ment is TO stop this and to unite
and consolidate all counter-reyolu-
ticnary forces against the working
class, aiming at dictatorship more
subtle, but as vicious as the Machado
regime. Mendieta aims to suppress
militant organization and especially
the revolutionary trade union move
ment, 70 take back from the work
ers gains which they achieved bv
militant actions, TO block the strugg'e
towards morking class power; and
when all this has failed, to prepare
the way for the armed intervention
Of the United States. This. in a nut
shell. is what the Mendieta govern
ment is.
The task of the revolutionary trade
unions Of Cuba IS to unite the widest
masses through careful, painstaking,
ana systematic organization and to
disorganizs, prevent and defeat the
consolidation OF the counter-reyolu-
tionary block. These developments are
moving with ezpress-like speed in
Cuba.
1t was in such an atmosphere that
the National Confederation of Labor
of Cuba (CNOC) met and held it's
fourth Congress at Havana on Jan
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12


searchlights, tanks that can move on
land and through water, etc, were
visible everywhere in the nlassed
ranks.
Peace Policy
"The 18th Congress of our Party
has repeatedly emphasized The reace
policy Of the Soviet Union" Voro-
shilov said, addressing the immense
gathering of armed workers and SOL
diers. "But 1t has always coupled
this with the insistence on the right
OF the workers to defend the achieve
ments OF their Revolution and the
Five-Year Plan.
'The workers and peasants of the
Red Army today are happy to greet
our victorious feminist Communist
Party and its best people, the organ
izers and builders of Socialism gath
cred at the 18th Party CONGRESS, and
our great leader. Comrade Stain.
'The 18th Congress Of our Bolshe-
vik Party is not simply regular
Party Congress This is an unprece-
dented Congress of Communards
fighters and victors. The 18th PARTY
Congress meets after the successful
completion of the First Five-vear
Plan of Socialist construction in four
years, and the completion of the first
wear of the Second Five-yea~ Plan Ct
the planned construction Of Social
ism. sss
'The Proletarian Government has
succeeded in drawing millions CT
peasants Of our immense country
completely into Socialist construction
thus ensuring the rapid progress OF
Socialism in our country.
Encircled BY Enemies
"But, comrades. we remain the
only corntry of Socialism in the
world. We are still encircled by
countries Of the old world, conn
tries where cenitsusm rules.
Through TIE north of err leader,
Stain, we Rave repeatedly states,
ard now It's Cn,' ~rcss st~t~s agafn
and s"atn to all the world. tra+ orr
corrtrw, orr government. is rat at
tac'-ing any other territory, is not
seek'ng INV a~r~~-A'ors. and does
not want wsr. We were, are and
shall remain true supporters of
peace.
"But we Bolsheviks would not be
doing cur work, we would not be
iustifving tire trust of history. we
would not be worthy to be the
heirs Of the great Lenin, genius
and strategist of the reconstruction
Of human re, Il we we're not prop
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
Dusseldorf Workers
Mass in Streets, Delay
Nazi Execution of Nine
British Unemployment
Up I64, $50 in January

LONDON, Feb. II. - Unemploy-
ment increased 164,989 in Great
Britain in January, according to
official figures of the ministry of
labor.
The total unemployment re-
ported is 2,389,068. Since these are
official government figures, the
actual unemployment is far great
er, while millions are on part
time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
CORRECTION

an unfortunate typographical
c-ror occurred in passage in the
C. P. Central Com,21ittee statement,
published in the Daily Worker Of
Feb. 10.
The sentences containing the
phrase 'our Reichstag hero, Dii,i-
troff," should have read: Nobody
can be certain when Gcering's eX-
ecutioners may beat to death our
Reichstag fire trial hero, Dimitroff,
with Hitler's national weapon, the
steel rod."--Editor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
Especial to the Daily Worker

tSPeCiai 10 Gne Dally WOrker)
MOSCOW, Feb. II (By Radio -
concluding the discussion of the 18th
Party Congress on the reports of Sta
lin, Molotov and Kaganoyitch, Karl
Radek, editor of "Izvestia," leading
organ of the government of the
Soviet Union, discussed the victory of
the principles of Leninism in the
struggle against the various opposi-
ions which had developed in the
Party.
Gas result Of this victory" IA
dek declared, tremendous masses
have been reused to struggle for So
cialiSm, for a new culture. They
are stOrming the heights of science
and technique. Only the blind can
fail to see this"
Continuing his speech, Radek stat
ed, "The Party line against its enc
mics has been proven correct, and has
helped me personally as well as many
other former oppositionists to real
ize our grave mistakes, and to aban-
don them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
SOCIALIST MINISTER ORDERS
PUNISHMENT OF SOLDIERS

COPENHAGEN.-Ten military re-
cruits have been sentenced to terms
ranging from 81 to Is days imprison-
ment for refusing in their capacity as
soldiers to replace workers who had
zone out on strike. They were tried
on the direct orders OF the Social
Democratic Prime Minister and Min
iSter of War,
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so POLITICAL PRISONERS WIN
HUNGER STRIKE

SOFIA, Bulgaria. - Eighty politica,
prisoners in the Central Sofia Prison
have won an improvement In Their
conditions through a seven-day hun
Ter strike. However, many were
greatly weakened by the hunger strike
and are in a serious condition be-
cause medical aid is still refused.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
ARREST 40 FOR SMUGGLING
LITERATURE

LYUBLYANA, Poland. - Charged
with smuggling Communist literature
into Poland, 40 persons were arrested
here the latter part Of January, In
Guiding 30 students of whom two are
women. One person has already been
ortured to death,
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the Cuban bourgeoisie, aimed to crush
labor's struggles and to enslave fur
Their the country.
Never let it be said that we failed
The Cuban people in hours OF great
est need in the struggle against
United States imperialism.