The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-31
MURN0 SPEAKS FOR CAPITAL. lSTS, SAYS COMMUNIST
 PARTY
August Sl, loSe.

August Sl. 1SSU, Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 The destruction of democracy, rae- ial hatred against Negro and Jew, oppression and war arc the neceS- Sary ingredients to sustain Q dying capitalism, This is faSeism.
 This Is the program fasoism offers to its victims, This Is the "illumin- ation" from the seven hills of Rome and Berlin, headquarters for the promotion of the new civilization, "
 To tho American people this Is the program ot the hateful Black Legion and Ku Klux Klan blood brothers of Hitler ln Germany and MusSolinl in Italy,
 FasoiSm destroys democracy be- cause under democracy tho people can make their own choice of whc shall best serve their interests,
 Since faSoism directs It's main attack on democracy then the do. fenSe of democracy becomes the rallying point for all forces in the struggle against faSoiSTn,
 This Is the central issue wherever reaetionAFy capital is moving in the direction of faSeiSm,
 Fasclsts Beaten At the Ballot
 The results of tho February elee- tons in Spain were Q stunning blow to tho faSeistS, They did not expect such Q crushing defeat At the ballot box.
 From that day on they and theil allies plotted day and night tc thwArt tho wish of tho people, Re. Aotionarios of every stripe oonspire6 oeaselossly to impose over ane against tho people . diotatoria government of tho most oppressive exploiting groups Of Spain.
 They used terror, violence, ant murder against tho lawfully estah. lished government of Spain, Thereby they hoped to create Q condition oi anarchy and disorder that woult rupture and disoredit tho unity oi the Peoples Front government. This they hoped would lay the founda. ton for their seizure of power.
 But tho people Of Spain had voic. cd their choice. They were united for tho republic, for democracy, ant against fAscism.
 FAsclats Plot With Allies
 Unable to hope for victory alone the Spanish faSoists began plotting with Hitler and MuSsolini. With these two demigogues they arranged for assistance in exchange for concessions in Africa and tht Mediterranean at tho expense oi the spanish people,
 Mussolini In his conflict witt British imperialism saw Q splondit opportunity to get Q base opposite Gibraltar. This Is in accord witt his plan to make the Mediterran' con Mare Nostrum" (Our Seal ant strengthen his position there tC carry out his aims of expansion ant war,
 Hltior8 swag would open the wa, for fulfilling his desire for African colonies.
 Documentary material and fact leading right up to and after th' actual instruction indict these twt Inercenary robbers AS partners II crime against tho epanish people upon whom they wish to impose [ regime of monarchistS, feudal land lords, foreign concessionaireS, ariSto' cratic parasites representing th' degenerate classes that have ruled Spain since tho Middle Ages,
 How Fasclsm Saves Civilization
 Knlckerbocker, Hearst's core Epondent reports that "Every secont person one meets is c narquess or { count. The nobility is happy for thu first time since Alfonso he'd thu country"
 Workers arc being slaughtered Musollni and Hitler arc coming ts the rescue. Why shouldn't an aristo' crat be happy3
 These arc the people Mussolin and Hitler are helping. These arI the people who made Spain thu most backward country in Europe These aro the very same people, thu Tories, landlords, the nionerchica oppressors against whom the ATAeri' can people shed blood in i770 fol liberty against tyranny.
 Think Of itl The descendants oi the Inqulsitlon saving civilization
 The truth of the matter is thai these parasites arc demanding # the Spain of today that they shoult have tho right by armed force tt murder the peoples rights and se over their dead bodies the heinotl temple Of fascist degeneration.
 TO achieve thls end, the fascist