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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-05

pany the Moro Castle burned 124 passengers to
DEATH every capitalist sheet in the country-with
Hearst at their head-tried TO raise the red scare"
The Havana chief Of police declared he had "evi-
dence" to prove Cuban Communists we're RESPONSE
bic for the holocaust. Members of the crew who
told of shipments of explosives on the boat and
fought against rotten conditions were threatened
with arrest and frame-up.
Every fascist force in the country, including
Commissioner Hoover investigating the FIRE tried to
blame the Communists in order to use this CHASTITY
crime Of the shipping company as a means of in
creasing the terror against the Communist Party.
But they failed in this attempt to re-enact the
Nazi firing of the Reichstag. The Communist Party
and the Daily Worker exposed this whole nefarious
plot placing the blame for the burning where it be-
longed-with the grasping officials Of the corpora
ton which thought of its profits las every
capitalist does) than of human lives.
The Daily Worker printed proof that the 124
lives were deliberately sacrificed in order to save
towing charges and rescue expenses. No radio ap-
peal was sent out until hours after the fire The
Moro Castle made regular practice of carrying
war supplies to the Mendieta regime in Cuba.
We are sure, despite the indictments, the
pany officials have little fear of the Federal Court
They can remember the fate of Samuel insult the
million dollar crook who robbed to his hearts con-
tent and was freed by the Federal court. The same
capitalist system which sacrificed the lives of these
124 victims to the greed of the shipping company
will see to it that the guilty are protected.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-05
Keep the Hangmen Out!

THE masses in the Saar are now con-
L fronted with new move of Hitler de-
signed to insure Fascist rule in that ter
ritory and to influence the plebiscite vot-
ing on January 10. Answering the French
demand that the French capitalists be paid for their
property in the event the voting results in favor of
annexation to Germany the German fascist govern
ment has agreed fully.
An agreement signed by the French and German
ambassadors in Rome provides that the Hitler gov
eminent will pay the French $59,000,000, plus H.,
100000 tons of coal.
In order to lessen the apprehension of the Catho-
lies, Jews and others of the population who
fighting against Nazi rule in the Saar the agree
ment contains some hypocrtical promises of guar
antees' for equal rights regardless of language,
race and religion" There is no doubt that there will
be the wellknown fascist equality of the galows and
the concentration camp for all those who oppose
fescism.
This agreement of French imperialism and Fas-
cist Germany makes more necessary than ever the
sharpest struggle against Hitler rule in the Saar
Hitler has threatened the direst revenge against
the heroic Socialist, Communist and Catholic forces
in the Saar fighting against fascsm and for the
status quo the present League of Nations control in
the Ssar.
Hitler is leaving no stone unturned in order to
seize the Saar by hook crook There is promise
that he will not resort to- agreement in order to
get the Nazi armed hordes into the Ssar Once this
is achieved rivers Of blood will flow.
There is no doubt that under the cover of this
agreement, Hitler will move more of his Naz forces
into the Saar, organize more boldly for armed
seizure.
In the United States we must do all we can to
fight against Hitler's seizure of the Saar Thus far
the campaign for the status quo has Jagged in this
country. Now that the danger is much greater we
must increase activity, our mass meetings DEM
onstrations against fascism in the Saar.
Resolutions must pour into the Saar workers
and anti-fascist organizations from trade unions
anti-fascist and other organizations in the United
States urging the workers to vote for the status quo
against fascism.
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Committee. But finding that huge
crowds visited the caskets every day
which were draped in red, the au-
thorities took the bodies away from
the workers. Due to the mass pres
sure the authorities again turned
them over to the workers two days
before burial. More than two thou
sand workers attended the funeral"
During the course of the strike
the arrest of the strike leaders is
the order Of the day and still up to
the present time they are looking
for more strike leaders, who are
supposed to be hiding, according to
the newspapers"
This worker would have written
much more about the vital facts in
the shooting of the workers if he
did not fear the strict censorship
Oh mail exercized by the Philippine
government under the wise" gov
ernorship Of Frank Murphy.
Flirting With Liberalism
Murphy's flirting with liberalism
is laughable when the persecution
of all workers and peasants mill
tant organizations in the Philip
pines is known. The Communist
Party, the International Labor De-
Tense, the National Peasants Con-
federation and many other such or
CARNATIONS must maintain h e
strictest secrecy and underground
work. Not even the Labor Defender
of the United States is permitted
into the islands. A large number
of the leaders in the Communist
Party, including its secretary, are
at present serving eight-year terms
for "sedition"- all this under
the regime of our liberal" Frank
Murphy. He cannot fool us with
his demagogic words when his MUIR
derous deeds stare us in the face.
The reports of the Chief of Po-
lice of Manila and the Secretary of
the Interior included in Murphy's
communication to the Civil Lib
critics Union consists of daily re-
ports on the strike written by de-
tectives whose incongruous attempts
to put "seditious" implications into
the speeches of the strike leaders
compare favorably with the stupid
lies and fabrications of our own
maintainers of law and order" in
the U. S.
Although small, the Philippine
working class has proven it's de-
termination to resist the lowering
of standards of living forced upon
them by the Tydings- McDuffie Bill
for independence" and the general
crisis of capitalism.
The Filipino i-Imperialist
League of the U. s. organized the
campaign to send protest cable
grams to Murphy on the shooting
of the strikers, and forced his at
tempt to deny his guilt. The Fill
Pine Anti-Imperialist League will
continue to acquaint the American
working class with the struggles of
the Filipino workers for bread, land
and freedom and will ruthlessly ex-
pose the representatives of U. S.
imperialism in the P. I. and their
worthy co-workers and lackeys, who
lick the boots of the oppressors of
the Filipino people.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-05
Defeat the Sales Tax

THE general drive against the living
standards of the working masses, the
signal for which was given by Roosevelt,
gained added momentum on Monday. The
National Industrial Council, subsidiary
of the National Association of Manufacturers at
their annual meeting discussed plans for pushing
their drive to put the burdens Of the crisis still more
upon the backs of the workers the farmers the pro-
fessionals and the lower middle class.
The most immediate proposal in this connection
was put forward by James A. Emery, general coul-
sci Of the National Association of Manufacturers
He urged that the crushing burdens OF taxation now
borne by the working masses be still further in
creased The model that the capitalists will attempt
to follow a national scale is the Wall St-La
Guardia- Tammany Hall sales tax
Emery said that sales taxes must be established
upon all articles Of wide consumption These should
be levied throughout the nation and replace many
OF the present taxes. That Is the capitalists while
driving ahead to cut wages and relief intend to put
still more burdens on the masses by taxing the ne
cessties Of life
The purpose behind the sales tax proposals was
made very clear by Emery The capitalists will tax
food and other essentials and at the same time at
tempt to exempt the big corporations from taxation.
Instead they intend to tax small incomes. Emery
said that there should be tax however small the
This is danger that threatens the living stand
ards Of every worker and every middle class person
with small income. A national sales tax plus mu-
nicipal sales taxes would indirect wage cut
for all tolers and corresponding decline in their
standards of life 1t would mean that the ruling
class had transferred the burdens of unemployment
to the employed workers
We must by all means defeat this maneuver
against our living standards The spearhead in our
counter drive against the sales tax must be the de-
feat of the infamous LaGuardia sales tax II this
measure is effective it will be followed by the
actment Of similar levies throughout the country
By defeating this attack against the workers living
standards, we will strike great blow against the
capitalist anti-workng class drive
Assemble today at 10 am. in front Of the City
Hall and demonstrate against this latest robbery of
the masses Defeat the sales tax. Force the mu-
nicpal and national governments to tax the rich to
provide funds for the unemployed.
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ress in this election campaign, with
an understanding that election re-
suits cannot be separated from the
success of the Party in its day-to-
day work throughout the year, in
carrying through the main mass
tasks in shop, A. F. of L., unem-
ployed, Negro Rights, etc., and thus
fulfilling our central task of over
coming our isolation from the de-
cisive strata of the toilers.
3. To Immediately seize hold of
the burning local and state wide
political issues and develop real
mass follow-up campaign.
4. To intensity the Party Re-
cruiting Campaign, especially among
all the Red voters.
5. To follow up in the neiehbox-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-05
A Third Capitalist Party

ANOTHER move for third" party of
n capitalism, a so-called Farmer La
Dor" party, has been announced with the
calling of Legislative" conference in
st. Paul on Dec 8, by leaders in the Min
nesota Farmer Labor Party.
The editorial in the Daily Worker giving the
suits of the election campaign DAILY Worker, Dec
/, Page 3-based discussion of the Political Bu
reau of the C. P) pointed out that the results of
the elections showed that the twoparty system Is
cracking, and that the process Of political realign-
ment d. . is bound to become more accelerated by
the general sharpening of the class struggle. More
and more it will be impossible to fool the masses,
to keep them chained to capitalism through the
party system. Undoubtedly the bourgeosie and
its agents will TRY to trap the and keep them
chained to capitalism through third capitalist
party"
The St Paul conference of Dec 8 fully bears out
this prediction. Those calling the conference de-
clared they want to bring in all of the third" party
tendencies in the last election the Epic movement
of California, the Farmer Labor elements Of the
Northwest the Progressive movement of Wisconsin.
Harold Williams, Farmer Labor organizer, declared
the program worked out should be broad" enough
20 include all these third party movements.
These movements, such the Epic" movement
in California, and the Farmer Labor Party in Min
nesota speak demagogically Of ending capitalism"
at the same time that they praise the N R. A. and
Roosevelt They attempting, through demagogic
talk of "the cooperative commonwealth" 10 keep
the workers away from real independent working
class political action Their purpose is to prevent
the participation of the increasingly radicalized
masses Of workers and farmers in the class strug-
giles. They aim to chain these masses to reform
program and keep them away from any fight against
the capitalist system.
AS the Political Bureau stated in the Daily
Worker "Our Party the Communist Partyl must be
aware of this growing danger and on the alert, ex
posing this danger, every maneuver in this direc-
ton and crystalline the motion of the in the
direction of independent class political action, m
support of the Communist Party and its united front
program"
The workers and farmers should refuse 10 be
fooled by the present move for third" capitalist
party which expresses itself in the calling of the
st. Paul conference. The program which is be-
ing prepared, speaking demagogically of higher in
come tax and government ownership is aimed to
save the decaying capitalist system and act as
barrier between the and the united front Of
the workers and farmers the basis of the class
struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-05
Unite the Ranks Of the
Unemployed!

EVERY possible force must be exerted
u to strengthen and enlarge already
existing united fronts established around
the Call of the National Sponsoring Com
mittee to the Congress for Unemploy-
rnent and Social Insurance, which will be held in
Washington on Jan 5, s and 7.
Daily actions in the struggles for relief the daily
delegations to the relief stations, lectures symposl-
uns and mass meetings must build this united tront
and cement it through the election Of delegates to
the National Congress.
The primary revolutionary task of the Commu-
mist PARTY units the fractions in the trade unions
and the mass organizations and Of the Communists
In the leadership of the unemployed organizations
devolves around this strengthening Of the united
front.
AS the united front appeal Of the Unemploy-
rent Council, which is printed elsewhere IN this
issue points out the majority Of the unemployed
groups have endorsed the Workers Unemployment
insurance Bill The members Of these organizations
have signied their willingness to struggle for the
enactment of the Workers Bill through their mass
ing in the streets in the NOV. "a demonstrations.
Their participation in all the arrangements for
the National Congress is asked the first step to-
ward eventual merger Of all the unemployed groups
which will concretze and give expression to their
willingness to struggle.
eide by side with the continued drive Tor mly
y side by side with the building of the National
Congress, must go the continued fight against re-
trenchments on relief and the struggle against the
sharp attacks now being brought to bear upon the
jobless with the greatest intensity. The "unem-
ployables7 are being abandoned by the F. E. r. A.
The minimum rates on work relief have been re-
nounced Every past promise of Roosevelt for Fed
eral unemployment insurance has been discarded.
Accompanying these attacks have gone the assur-
ance of the administration to big business that relief
will be "tapered off"
Now the Communists in the units and in the
trade unions and mass and unemployed organiza-
lions must take up the relief needs Of the unem-
ployed as the central task of the whole Party The
success Of the National Congress for Unemployment
Insurance will be determined by the effectiveness Of
these local struggles and the consistent drive for
unity of action against the frontal attack Of the
Roosevelt regime.
Unite all forces fighting for relief!
Unite all forces behind the National Congress for
Unemployment Insurance!
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elapse of control periods.
The District Plenum emphasizes
that while considering all the weak
nesses in the election campaign and
its relation to our still weak con-
nection with the main strata Of the
working class, nevertheless, the
Party has conducted a better cleo
ton campaign than heretofore, and
has definite gains to show. The
possibilities in the light of our an
alyses, all re-emphasize the need
for quickening the tempo in the
fulfillment of our main control
tasks. The election results give
us every opportunity to fulfill every
control task coinciding with huge
Lenin Memorial meetings through
out the District.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-05
Cooernor-Ceneral Of Philippines
attempts to Dodge Responsibility

the Ford plant. In Manila or De-
troit, be it Filipino or American
workers, Frank Murphy obeys the
dictates of his class by pouring hot
lead into the hearts of workers who
protest against starvation. In Ma
Mia or Detroit, Murphy's motto re-
mains the same-order at all costs.
What impossible demands did the
$4,000 tobacco strikers make that
their peaceful picket line, after a
month of general strike, should have
been shot into and bayonetted by
the upholders of claw and order?
Thirty cents a day, instead of 20
cents a day; recognition of the
union, the eight-hour day and with
drawal of the police from the fac
tories. For the first time in the
Philippines women came out on
strike, women are on the strike COM
mittee, which is broad body
elected by the workers-this strike
is led by Communists.
Owners Fear Strike
This fearlessly led strike throws
fear into the hearts of the factory
owners and the government off,
Gals. At all coSts-the strike must
be broken. The day before the mas
sacre, in all secrecy, the various to-
bacco factories are supplied with
little arsenals of guns and ammuni-
ton. The next day four murdered
workers lie in the morgue, and eight
wounded strikers groan in agony in
hospital beds as a result of an at
tack on the strikers picket line.
Let us quote from La Vanguardia
of the same date: This Is the
statement of one of the policemen
whose gun was one of the first to
go off, and who is being played
up as hero by this impartial
newspaper for shooting bullets into
defenseless workers. He says, When
the strikers arrived in mobs at the
gate +. we tried to stop them at
the beginning, without any other
arms than our large clubs. We shut
the passage and asked them what
they wished. Some replied that they
wanted to enter. We replied that
we could not permit it. AS I saw
the strikers had decided to enter
by force, the senior policeman or
dered that I load and collect our
guns which, according to an order
in force from yesterday, we had
within the factorvJs
And then goes on tale of how
the poor defenseless detectives, DO
licemen and soldiers killed their
aggressors" having conveniently
prepared the wherewithal the day
before.
Took Bodies
From member of the Anti-I
perialist League in the Philippine
Islands comes letter in which he
writes:
More than two weeks ago in the
general strike of the tobacco and
marine industries, the strikers
clashed with the police in front of
the La Minerva Cigar factory, which
resulted in the death of four work
ers and several wounded. One
of the remains disappeared from
the city morgue. The three were
turned over to the General Strike
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-05
RH HELEN MARCY

VITINCING under the barrage Of
W cables protesting the killing of
four tobacco strikers and the
wounding of eight others on the
picket line in front of the La Miner
va cigar factory in Manila on Sept.
II. Governor General Frank Muir
ply of the Philippines attempts to
save his face in recent commune
cation to the Civil Liberties Union.
In this communication, which in
cludes the official report OF the
shootings by the Chief of the Ma
Mia Police, Piatt, and by Secretary
of Interior Sison, a letter by Muir
ply states. Nobody regrets this af-
fair more than myself, and I wish to
assure you that I did everything in
my power to prevent it. I appointed
finding committee composed
of impartial persons of recognized
standing and integrity to get at the
truth in this dispute. AS re-
suit of the confidence reposed in the
members of the fact-finding COM
mittee by both parties in this dis
pute, the laborers have now gone
back to work pending settlement
of the points of difference"
This hypocrite, who so blithely de-
MES his guilt in the shooting of the
tobacco workers. wishes to appear
the shocked liberal very much
amazed at the turn Of events.
Let us examine some of his &C
lions in connection with the strike.
In La Vanguardia Ca daily Span
ish paper published in Manila) on
Sept. 10, the day after the shoot
ings, there is screaming headline
clear across the page: "Order at All
Costs Murphy" Immediately after
the killings Murphy had issued the
above statement giving free hand
for terrorization of the workers and
at the same time justifying the
murder of the strikers by the con-
stabulary.
Murphy Met Sis0n
Very early on the morning after
the shootings, Frank Murphy met
with Sison and instructed him on
the next steps to take-arrest OF all
leaders of the strike, no more per-
mits for meetings or parades to the
workers-order at all costs. Imn1edi-
ately after. La Vanguardia reports,
Sison met with Chief Of Police Piatt
and other leading Manila officials
devising plans to carry out the Of
fensive against the workers SO gen.
erously ordered by the Governor
General.
Murphy tried to break the strike
at first by the organization of the
fact finding committee and when
that didn't work the police used the
only other method the bosses know
-gunf1re.
American workers remember Muir
ply, particularly for his strikebreak-
ing. He gained the undying hatred
of the working class in the United
States when, as Mayor of Detroit,
his police killed four Ford workers
and wounded many others who were
demonstrating for jobs in front of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-05

livery possible force must be exerted
u to strengthen and enlarge already
existing united fronts established around
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-05

hoods, on the basis of wards and
precincts, with the street nuclei
concerned, calling special meetings
of the workers who voted Commu-
mist, issuing neighborhood papers,
getting acquainted with every work.
er in the block, etc. All shop papers
shall carry an analysis of the cleo
tions.
6. Prepare now for next. years
local mayoralty and councilmanic
elections, connecting it up with all
of our mass work and in this way,
bringing forward our next candi-
dates.
7. To intensity all phases of our
mass work, as outlined in the Dis
trict Control Tasks, whose fulfill
ment Is not keeping pace with the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-05
Shades of the Moro Castle

UNABLE to succeed in their frame-ups
- against the MORO Castle crew or the
Communist Party, the Federal authori-
ties were forced to go through the GEES
ture of indicting the Ward Line officials
and soSns of the ships officers.
Wren on Sept. g. due to the greed Of Ire corz-
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ON HIS HEELS,

Cannes record today may be
good, but Little Lefty is fast CATCH
ing up to him. Lefty is only So be-
hind World Front in total contribu-
tionS.