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/ of the Communist Party, with the
exception Of Norman Mini, who de-
serted the Party to join the Work
ers' Party. Mini was bailed out by
friends, and accepted a separate de-
tense from the other defendants,
While remaining member of the
Party, Mini constantly attacked the
Soviet Union, and every major
struggle of the Communist Party.
While still member of the c. p,
Mini secretly joined the counter
revolutionary Trotzkyites.
Reason for Party Action
All the defendants in Sacramento
were members of the C. P, and
thus, under the discipline of the
Party. 1t was up to the Party to
determine which member was the
most useful to be bailed out. They
chose Albert Hougardy. Hougardy
was the most mature revolutionary
the best public speaker, the man
with the most experience. When
he was bailed out of Jail, he was
1900 w SAfS-N Aic pllsilI- VI blic OJll6I
defendants the fullest publicity.
Dec. %. Nothing is done to pro-
mote broad united front with
other working class organizations
in behalf Of the prisoners. The case
is deliberately played down in the
party press and a venomous cam
paign of slanderous insinuation is
conducted against the leading de-
PENDANTS in the case"
This charge is based on DELHI
crate lie. From the moment that
the workers were arrested, both the
Daily Worker and the Western
Worker conducted continuous
campaign of publicity. The Western
Worker in November published
special Sacramento edition, in
which Tillie Lerner gave the his
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Farm
Funds Rise

MOSCOW, Feb. 10 (By Cable).-
Meeting for the first time since the
adjournment of the Seventh Con-
gress of the Soyiets, the Council Of
Peoples Commissars of the U.SSR
turned its attention at the outset ia
the credit plan for the first quarter
of 1885. During this discussion, il
was noted in passing that in view
of the naturalization Of REQUIRE
ments. the sale OF bread during
January was less than had orig.
inslly been expected. This was
shown to be positive factor prov
ing that the wide sale OF bread
without cards was progressing nor.
mally on the whole. and that sup.
Elementary reserves at the same
time are being created
The credit plan of the agricul-
tural bank was also examined al
this session of the Council Of
Peoples Commissars. According to
data given by the bank, which has
over 300 branches throughout tn.
country, the indivisible funds of the
kolkhozes are continually increas.
ing. The Council confirmed the plat
OF granting credits to the kolkhozei
and collective farmers through the
bank,
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yers came forward to defend the
workers-Leo Gallagher and George
Anderson. Bail was raised for many
of the defendants. The bail was
difficult to get; liberals were ter
rified by public opinion and only
very few would put up money
for the defendants. Under these
insurmountable difficulties, the I.
L. D. managed to defend all workers
In court, to obtain acquittals or re-
verssls for the great majority, and
to function as the legal defense
body of the militant working class.
Exorbitant Bail
In Sacramento the situation was
more difficult. The indictment for
criminal syndicaliSm was far more
serious affair than the vagrancy
charges. Bail was outrageously high
-$3 900 cash and $4,000 property
Under these conditions it was pos
sible to raise bail for only one de-
PENDANT. Albert Hougardy, organizer
of the Communist Party was bailed
out of jail.
Into this situation, the Workers
Party, Trotzky's American agency,
stepped in the latter part of De-
cember. And since that time, the
Trotzkyite Workers Party has done
everything in its power to split the
defense of the workers. to sabotage
the defense, to fight the Commu-
mist Party, and help the prescott
ton in obtaining its detectives.
The Trotzkyite ISLANDERS are as fol-
lows, and in each case the facts are
given which entirely repudiate
them:
Dec. %. "The leading defendants
are allowed to lie in Jail for lack
OF bail while fsvorites of the G. P.
Clique are taken out
The defendants we're all members
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Maria Reese, TrotSkyite, NoO
Turns Fascist and Makes Call
For Nazi Var Against U.S.S.R
TroHye Sheet u S. Publishes Her Vicious Attack
Party of Germany and Praises 1t Highly in Compe etc Harmony
With Its Counter-Revolutionary Program

social democratic member Of the
Reichstag, Marie Reese, who joined
the Communist Party of Germany
for a short time, was expelled from
our ranks, and went over to the
Trotskyists, on Thursday evening,
January 10, three days before the
Saar plebiseite. broadcasted from
the Munich wireless Station a
shameful speech, which was relayed
by all the German stations, in which
she attacked the Soviet Union, en-
Enthusiastically praised the Nazi
regime in the Third Reich and
amidst the howl Of applause of the
brown terrorists, appealed to the
working people Of the Saar to vote
for union with the brown Reich.
She venomously attacked the peo-
pie Of the Soviet Union, called for a
fight against "red imperialism" and
red militarism" and told a lot of
lies about starvation and religious
persecution in the Soviet Union.
This agent of Trotsky, who has been
bought by the German secret police.
did not shrink from concluding her
chauvinistic speech with the words:
Deutschland Deutschland ueber
allies in der Welt"
Maria Reese, the apt pupil of Mr..
Trotsky, the propaganda of war of
Intervention against the Soviet
Union, has consistently followed her
path to the end. She has drawn the
logical conclusions from the teach
ings of Trotsky and openly gone
over to the side of fascism, of open
nter-revolution, whom Trotsky
year in and year out, has supplied
with intellectual weapons from his
arsenal. Whilst the Nikolayevs, the
Kotolynoys, and their consorts,
sought by the shot fired at Kirov, to
deliver blow at triumphant social
list construction on a sixth of the
globe, the poisonous propaganda Of
the Trotskyist Maria Reese is the
continuation and supplement of this
attack, for by her anti-Soviet in
element she rouses the mass fol-
lowers of fascism in Germany to
still greater chauvinism, eggs on the
German warmongers to Intervention
against the fatherland of the toilers;
she supplies the German warmon-
gers with weapons from the Trots-
kyist arsenal, brings grist to the mill
Of the German warmongers, who
wish to attack the Soviet Union,
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has had a revolutionary effect. 1t
was even said of faScism that
"it is compelled, to a certain ex-
tent, to combat petty bourgeois
and feudal reaction" ("Unser
Wort" No. 81
Maria Reese has only added the
concluding point to the Trotskyist
views; she has become the assistant
of Herr Goebbels, the Minister for
Propaganda.
The shot fired by Nikolayev at
Kirov called forth jubilation among
the White Guardists and fascists of
all countries. The socialist justice
of the workers and peasants Of the
Soviet Union replied to the assassi-
nation by shooting some of the
conspirators and their instigators.
The MensheYists and White Guard
lists press hacks replied with howls
Of rage Nor did the Prague Central
Committee of the social democratic
party of Germany keep silent, but in
the "Neuen Vorwarts." with revolt
ing hypocrisy, took sides with the
murderers, declaring that Bolshe-
vism wanted to surpass its fascist
counterpart (Hitler) in barbarism.
That is the language Of the enc
mics of the working class allied with
the Trotskyist counter revolution
aries. That is the language of the
enemies Of the Soviets. That is also
the language which the German
Trotskyist Reese, amidst the shouts
of applause Of the brown murderers
of workers, spoke at the microphone
placed at her disposal by DR.. Goeb-
bells.
It is necessary ruthlessly to re-
move all the Trotskyist element
from all workers organisations of
every kind.
Every Communist must seek, with
the greatest comradeship, persis-
tence and perseverance, to win
those misguided Trotskyist workers,
and especially their social demo-
cratic comrades who are Influenced
by Trotskyist ideas. for the revolu-
tionary class struggle, for the united
front with the Communists and for
the joint struggle for the setting up
of the Soviet Power.
1t is necessary, in the ranks of
our own Party, by the greatest
vigilance, by constant study OF the
problems of Marxism- Leninism, of
the teachings Of Marx, Engels, Lenin
and Stain, to increase the strength
Of our Bolshevist Party and render
1t better able to fight against all the
enemies of our class. The Trotsky-
ist r-revolutionaries in Ger
many can be sure that they will not
escape the judgment Of the VIC
torious proletarian revolution in
Germany any more than the fascist
hangman.
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before the judge and divorced HIM
self from Gallagher's defense, stat
ing that he did not approve CAL
lagher's methods because Gal
lagher is militant and uncompro-
mising?( and that he was IN no
way associated with Gallagher.
Not only that, the Trotzkyites
tried hard to reflect on Gallagher's
ability, going so far as to suggest
that Gallagher not be allowed to
make a summation speech, but that
Goldman make it Tor all defendants.
Such move is so preposterous
that it is almost inconceivable, but
the T'robzkyites, in their desire to
aid the prosecution, stop at Moth
ing. They would have the world
treated to the spectacle of militant
workers defended in court by a
renegade opportunist, while Gall
lagher. a lawyer respected by tens
Of thousands of California workers
for his long and militant fight for
the workers, should sit by idly.
And, to cap the climax, it is now
known that the Trotzkyite Mini
gave a confession to the state in
August. To save his own hide.
Mini was willing to sacrifice his
former comrades. Goldman knew
Of this confession before he took
the case But with his impartial"
loyalty to the cause of sabotaging
the workers movement, Goldman
defends a man who has deserted
his comrades, and who has turned
states evidence. Not only does he
defend Mini, but he fights the L.
L. D. defense of the other workers.
And he carries his disruptive meth
ods into the courtroom, offering
thereby assistance to the bait
ing prosecution, the bosses and the
capitalist court.
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and sought by her speech to per-
suade the people Of the Saar to
enter the prison house Of the Third
Reich.
The abominable speech Of Maria
Reese, which was broadcasted by
all the German wireless stations, is
simply the logical conclusion follow
ing from the Trotskyist arguments
1t is confession of the complete
bankruptcy Of the German agency
Of Trotskyism; it is a warning sig
nal, especially for our social demo-
cratic class comrades, not to listen
to the siren tones of this counter
revolutionary group. not to form a
new party" Fourth Interna-
tional."
We would particularly remind our
social democratic comrades that
Trotsky said some months ago:
The Comintern wishes to con-
vert Europe into a fascist con-
centration camp" (Unser Wort,
Number 12) Let us remember
that Trotsky called our hero
George Dimitroy a coward, that he
declared the slogan "Save Thae1-
mann" to be false and "unrevolu-
tionary," that he designated the
Soviet Union as land of national
reaction" and Of national conserva-
tive degeneration" that he de-
scribed the Communist International
as "a brake on the revolution
fUnser Wort" No. 12). We remem-
Der that Trotsky made the vile as
sertion that the Communist Inter
national and the Communist Party
of Germany were to blame for the
victory of fascism in Germany. In
No. 10 of their paper the Trotsky-
lists characterized the appeal of our
Party to combat, by the distribution
of leaflets, by movement of resis-
lance and mass actions, the despo-
tism Of the employers, as a criminal
slogan Of the StaliniSts." They de-
clared, and still declare, that fas-
cism has destroyed the working
class as a social power, that the
working class has not the strength
to defend itself, let alone to go over
to the attack for the overthrow VI
fascism. Instead of that the Trots-
kyists raise the question: "Are the
Nazis more revolutionary" mo. s.
'Unser Wort'). And the thesis was
put forward that up to now fascism
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Maria Reese, the Trotskyite
who was touted and praised so
highly by the American agents Of
the nter-revoiutionary Trotsky,
has now turned Fascist, and is
openly calling for a Nazi war
against the Soviet Union. The
Trotskyite sheet in this country
published her vicious attack on
the Communist Party of Ger
many. praising il highly as COM
pIetely in harmony with TrOtsky-
ism. 1t was even circulated by
them in pamphlet form. so well
did it At in with their aims. The
same Trotskyite Maria Reese Is
now an agent Of Hitler, and
schooled by Trotsky's counter
revolutionary attack on the Soviet
Union, is valuable assistant to
Herr Goebbels and Goering in
their war Indictment and war
preparation against the workers
fatherland.
In an introduction to Maria
Reese's pamphlet published in En-
glish, TrOtsky himself enthusiast
icaIIy defends her against the &C
cusatiOnS of the Communist Party
of Germany. Trotsky writing
against the accusations of the
Communist Party more than one
year ago that Maria Reese was a
police agent of Hitler:
"The resolution adopted in the
name Of the German Communist
Party. accuses Maria Reese Of
rendering aid to the government
of Hitler and thus delivering to
the latter, party members and
sympathisers. Maria Reese
is expelled for her courageous
open letter, that is, after she her
self broke with the Comintern."
He then calls for the circulation
of the "open letter" of this Nazi
stool pigeon Gin all languages" to
all workers.
We print below an article ex-
posing the Nazi-TrOtskyite Maria
Reese, and the story of her attack
on the Communist Party Of Ger
many and the Communist Inter
tional.
BY ERWIN BRAUER
On January 10 Trotskyism dem
onstrated to the German working
class, and especially to the German
social democratic workers, the deptf
to which 1t has sunk. The formel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-16
TROTZkYITES SPLIT DEFENSE OF SACRAMENTO l8,
AID PROSECUTION In FACE OF EMP OVERS ATTACKS

T asst July, with the end of
"A the general strike in San
Francisco, the powerful en-
ployers Embossed a reign of
terror against the working
class throughout California.
At that time, over 300 ar
rests were made in San Fran
cisco on the charge of Eva
grancy"; and in Sacramento,
center of the rich agricultural
field, all workers identified with the
militant working class movement
were picked up by police.
Eighteen of the workers arrested
in Sacramento were charged with
criminal syndicalism. It is signifi-
cant that ten of these workers were
officers of the powerful Cannery
and Agricultural Workers Industrial
Union. This union had conducted
q series of successful and important
strikes in the agricultural valleys
and had won for Mexican and white
field laborers substantial increases
in wages and better living condi-
tons. The bosses wanted to get
ride of these "agitators because
they fought for the oppressed, be-
cause they won real gains for the
workers.
The cases in Sacramento were not
tried Immediately At the time of
the terror in San Francisco, the In
ternational Labor Defense offices
were smashed, and to all intents
and purposes the I. L. D. became
an illegal organization.
In all of California, only two law
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rushed through after thousands of
Negro small home owners, persuaded
by government propaganda into be-
lieving that the Roosevelt New Deal
meant a new chance for them, had
made applications for loans in the
effort to save their homes. The
government and its H.OL.C. found
the Rooming House Alibi an excel
lent cover for its discrimination
against the Negro small home own
ers.
A Typical Case
The case Of Miss Jones is typical
Of this deliberate anti-Negro dis
elimination. For almost a year the
HOLE officials fed Miss Jones
with promises that they were EN-
deavoring to close the loan" AS
late as Dec II, 1884, in letter. they
so informed Miss Jones. Yet less
than two weeks later. on Dec. %,
they brusquely notified her that her
application for a loan was rejected.
Correspondence between the mort
gagees and the H. o. L. G. reveal
that not only Miss Jones, but the
mortgage had been led to believe
that the H. o. L. C.. would grant
her loan. The mortgages are the
Franklin Society, 2l7 Broadway, and
B. Bloch, 215 West 91st Street, first
and second mortgage holders, re-
spectively, They are now threaten
ening to foreclose, and take her
home from Miss Jones.
What Is to Be Done?
Miss Jones' case, as already point
ed out, is not an isolated incident.
The Rooming House Abb affects
thousands Of Negro small home
owners, and many white small home
owners. Individual resistance and
protests against the ruling class viii
get them nowhere. They must get
together, organize and by united
struggle force the H. o. L. c. to
stop its cynical discrimination
against discrimination which
effectively plays into the hands of
grasping finance corporations hold
ing mortgages on their properties.
In many parts of the country.
Small Home Owners Associations
have been organized and are func-
tioning effectively where they link
up their struggles with the general
struggles Of the working class. Ac-
lively aided by the Communist
Party, the Unemployment Councils
and other militant organizations,
these associations of small home
owners have wrested many conces-
sions from the H. o. Lie. and the
mortgages.
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Utopia Society
Members Seek
To Gust Heads
COmmitteeAppOinted by
Directorate Flags
Its Officials

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15.-Imme-
diate resignation of the board OF
directors of the Utopian Society of
America was demanded last Tues
day on charges that these officials
had engaged in racketeering.
Accompanying the charges and
resignation demand was a predic-
ton that the society would be de-
stroyed if the directors were al
lowed to continue in office.
The charges, ten in number, as
we'll as the demand that the direc-
torate quit, came from the men,
bership committee of the organiza-
ton.
This committee accused the
directors of using the society for
their own benefit and making no
account Of money contributed.
The committee declared it was
named by the directorate to investi-
gate complaints made by the mem
bers and that now the directors re-
pudiate their own committee.
The directors named the mem
bership committee TO investigate
the complaints on Feb. s, and, &C
cording to Guthrie, its report was
refused by the directorate.
Members of the board of direc-
tors are John G. Wenk, president;
Walter H. Rosseau, Merritt T. Ken
needy, r. E. Maddocks, Alta A.
Toney, E. r. Mathison, Helen C.
Baines, William B. Cullen, Eta L.
Burning and Newton Van Dalsen.
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Tending the action of Governor Oh
son in terrorizing workers and of
justifying the calling out of the
National Guard to suppress work
ers. The Trotzkyite sheet itself
printed long denuncistion of
Goldman, saying, Toward capitu-
lat0rs we have only one attitude,
clearly established long time ago.
1t means a parting of the ways. .
And yet when it was necessary to
disrupt the defense of the 18 in
Sacramento, the Workers Party
called on Goldman, called the capitu-
lator into the trial to checkmate
Gallagher'S defense. The Workers
Party is guilty Of the most supine
opportuniSm.
The so-called Non Partisan Labor
Defense, Trotzkyite mask, did
raise bail for some defendants. Be-
fore the bail was raised, Sam Darcy.
district organizer of the Communist
Party, stated that bail would be &C
cepted from any source. as the &C.
ceptance did not in any way bind
the defendants to different political
views. Solow of the Workers Party
has attempted to make out that
Darcy forbade the acceptance of
Non-Partisan Labor Defense bail,
and that Warwick and Decker ac-
cepted this bail contrary to Party
instructions. Nothing could be far
Their from the case. Darcy person.
ally and clearly made the point
that Warwick and Decker were at
liberty to accept bail from any
source. and that the acceptance
implied no wavering from their
Communist position.
Goldman Splits Defense
Goldman has openly ssbotaeed
Gallagher In court. He Jumped up
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On paper. llB f1O1fC Is SuDpUSGU
to be the answer to the prayers of
tens of thousands of harassed small
home owners threatened with the
loss OF their homes by foreclosure.
In most cases, these homes repre-
sent the life savings Of these small
homeowners.
The case of Daisy Jones, Al West
13lst Street, New York City, is
typical of the attitude of the Hole
toward small home owners. 1t is
typical, particularly, Of the wide
spread discrimination by Hole Of
ficials against Negroes.
Miss ] ones, a Negro worker,
shaved and sacrificed all her life
to put aside something for old
age" under a system which throws
it's aged workers on the scrapheap
Today she is facing not only the
loss OF Ter home, but Of her health
and the only means of livelihood
available TO her during the present,
prolonged dislocstion Of capitalist
Industry, with its unemployment
and suffering for over 100000
workers and their dependents.
Rules Against Negroes
Miss Jones is unemployed, but
because she is a home owner she
cannot get relief. And because she
has to take in paying dodgers, the
Hole now rules that she cannot
get a government loan.
This ruling is made under a new
Hole provision, popularity known
in Harlem as the 'Rooming House
Allbi.' 1t was adopted several
months after Miss Jones had made
her application for a loan, but it
has been invoked against this wo-
man as against thousands of other
Negro small nomeowners.
Against what group is the Room
ing House Alibi particularly aimed?
Bear in mind the widespread job
discrimination against Negroes, the
vast number of unemployed Negro
"OA hSi s-OuI VI all pIOpCIl-Oil 10
the Negro population; the lower
wages paid Negroes, the thousand
and one other determinations they
suffer in relief and other fields. Out
Of these conditions arise the eco
monte necessity of Negro families
doubling up in homes, or taking in
paying dodgers, with resultant over
crowding and increase in the death
and sick rate among Negroes. This,
true of large sections of white
workers, Is more marked among
Negroes.
The Rooming House Alibi was
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tory of the trial, Bruce Minton ex-
posed the use Of the c. S. law
against workers in California, and
other articles appeared. Before
this, Tillie Lerner had been sta
toned in Sacramento to give full
details of the trial and to give full
publicity to the plight of the 10.
The New Masses published full
account of the situation before the
trial started in December. The I.
L. d. fought for protests, for funds.
Leo Gallagher took full charge of
the case, working day and night in
behalf of the working class prison.
ers. In the light of this, the charge
that followed in the New Militant
on January that there was a
lack of serious defense is q DELHI
crate disregard Of the facts.
AND what has been the role of the
n Trotzkyites? In the first place.
the spreading of lies. particularly
in liberal circles, with the result
that some liberals have become
confused and have refused to give
money to help the defendants.
Moss, district organizer of the
Workers Party, former Communist
who was expelled for serious
charges on the score of personal
conduct, fitted about spreading
rumors and lies about the 1. L. D.
When the trial started, the Work
ers' Party concentrated their entire
strength-all four members-in
California. James Rorty, Herbert
Solow and Moss did their utmost
to block the defense, and even
brought the renegade lawyer, Al
bert Goldman. to Sacramento to
defend Mini. In the Minneapolis
truck drivers strike, Goldman was
in the unenyiable position of de-