Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-04

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parliament, He then led an
armed Com NUNS ST rising.
which ended in failure. and
escaped into exile.
In his absence. a court in
Sofia sentenced him 10 death.
In Moscow, after being held
responsible for the catastro-
phic defeat of communism in
Bulgaria. Dimitrov wrote
document of standardization.
and won the friendship Of
Stain.
MANY ALIASES
He became the head Of the
Communist Balkan Fedora
tion, and was later promoted
10 the leadership of the
Western Secretarit of the
.Comintern. Among the large
assortment of aliases he used
in Berlin, the choicest were
Doctor Steiner, Alfons kuh,
Professor jain. and DR..
Schaafsma-Schmidt.
Dimitrov's girl courier. wary
Of followers, piloted me TO a
house on the Wilhelmstrasse.
number 13l-132. Here. behind
the camouflage of a modern
bookstore and publishing
firm called Fuehrer Cerlag.
the Comintern maintained a
dozen departments, a host of
typist. couriers, translators
and guards. | was ushered
into an elegantly furnished
office. On the wall, in mas
Sive black frame, was a por-
trait OF Bismarck.
My first impression Of Dimi-
trov was disappointing, l had
expected TO meet a steely man.
a hardened veteran of many
campaigns. Instead there came
out of an inner office large.
soft. flabby-faced individual,
stout and dark. dressed like
dandy and smelling of heavy
perfume.
He wore a thick ring on his
left hand. His well-manicured
fingers held a black cigar. His
eyes were large and bold. l
soon found that he was a
driving, domineering person
ality. He spoke German with
remarkable fluency. His words
came loud and hard.
LEAD ALL STRIKES
"We've written finis to
10-year period Of revolutionary
adv turf sm," he said.
"Putschism Is definitely dis
carded. Our program Is now
one of planned action; n plan
extending over n number Of
years. We cannot achieve the
revolution by fiy-by-night
coups. we can achieve II only
with Bolshevist methods.
I'VE must organize and lead
every possible strike, even the
smallest-and do IL against
the will OF the Socialist trade
union bureaucracy. A con-
finuous barrage of independent
strikes will break the mass
influence Of the Social Dem0c-
racy, disrupt the whole system
Of industrial production, and
deepen the capitalist crisis
until IL reaches a point of col
lapse"
Dimitrov grew more violent
as he spoke:
1.-THE Social Democrats tell
the workers that II Is impos-
sible to win strikes when
there's a crisis with millions
OF unemployed. They advise
the workers tn accept wage
reductions without offering
resistance. Here Is the oppor-
tunity we Communists must
seize.
1--WE must cultivate a hatred
in the heads Of the workers
against their false leaders.
Each and every day we must
pound II into them 10000
times:
The Socialist and trade
union leaders are traitors.
They are the most dangerous
enemies Of the workers.. They
have sold out the workers to
the bourgeoisie."
WHAT ABOUT NAILS?
"And the Nazi movement ."
I asked, thinking of Arthur
Ewert and his warning.
1.-THE Hitler movement has
no followers among the work.
ers," he countered. "Hitler
promises everything to every
body. He steals his ideas from
all sides. Nobody takes him
seriously anyway. He has no
tradition and no background.
Not even program.
Don't let yourself be dis
tracted. The biggest obstacle
on the road to proIetarian
revolution il the Social Demo-
cratic Party. Our foremost
task IL to liquidate Its in
fuence. Afterwards. wei
sxxaan Hitler and his Iup,nen-