The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-17
10000 in NY. Meeting Thunder
Cheers for austrian Workers

muUiStS, have taken the road of
revolutionary struggle on the bar
Ticades."
tory Of Social Democratic treachery
to its oyn working class member
ship, the Systematic weakening of
the workers fighting front, the sys-
tematic concessions to the capitalists
which disarlned and demoralized the
workers, and paved the way for the
fascisn against which, despite their
leaders, the Austrian workers have
taken up arms.
Communists Lead in Linz
He told of the long underground
struggle Of the outlawed Communist
Party of Austria. The hall rocked
again with cheers when he quoted
the report of the Austrian Commu-
mist Party to the plenary session Of
the Communist International last
December, telling how the Austrian
Socialist workers had come to the
Communists, asking to be advised,
asking to hear their speakers, dis
tribute their leaflets.
1t was precisely at Linz, where
the first struggle began, from whera
the call for the general strike was
sent out last Monday, that the unity
OF the Communists and Socialists had
been strongest built, he reported.
Here, he said, the Socialist workers
had last year already called on the
Communists to give them leadership.
Terrific Odds
"Ihe Austrian workers are fight
ing against terrific Odds" he said,
because of the treachery of the So
cial Democratic leadership, because
of its poicly of Systematically paving
the way Off fascism.
"But the struggle will go forward,
despite all setbacks, until fascism
in Austria is finally crushed. And
when that time comes, it will be
the Communist Party which stands
at the head of the working class
of Austria!"
support Madison Garden Meet
The hall rocked once more to the
thunder of applause when he de-
clsred that the demonstration in
Madison Square Garden yesterday
called by the reformists, 'must be
supported by every single worker
here!'
1T must be the opportunity for
the widest fraternizing with the So
cialist and A. F. l.. workers. he said.
We must point out the heroism OF
the Austrian workers, in which the
undying unity of the working class
is being welded on the barricades
The unity Of the American working
class must be established now In Soli-
darity with the Austrian workers. y
We Communists do not ask who
are the workers who are fighting In
Austria" said Earl Browder. Like
every worker who takes up the right
against capitalism, they are all our
class brothers, Through the fascist
offensive Of the ruling classes of Eu-
rope, the division of the working
class Is being destroyed.
Always Ready TO Unite in Struggle
I'VE Communists are ready at
every moment to unite with every
| worker who takes the path of
struggle. We must demonstrate to
the Socialist workers that we are
not separate from them. We must
/ go directly TO them, and unite with
them" he said, urging every work
er to go to Madison Square Garden
today,
| Robert Minor, who led the Wed
nesayd demonstration at the Austrian
consulate, and Thursday led a dele.
/ cation to Mayor LaGuardia to pro.
test against police brutality in that
demonstration, declared:
The solidarity of the ruling class
of America with the Austrian fas-
cists was proved by the clubs OF
Mayor LaGuardia's police.
To-day, at the City Hal, La
Guardia was put in a position where
he had to give a pledge that or
Saturday, when the workers dem
onstra5e at the call OF the Young
Communist League, his police viii
not attack the workers.
But the right of the workers te
make demonstrations does not come
from Wall Street. Our right will
onlJ be established by the determina-
ton OF the workers-determina
Ike that Of the workers yesterday
who, six times broken apart by the
charges of the police, six times re-
ormed their lines again.
THE Socialist workers who hero
icaliy stood shoulder 10 shoulder
with US there, are to be welcomed
by us; they will stand with us In
many a struggle in tho future"
he declared.
JULIA POYNTz AT uAptru Two