Nazi Party Faces Extinction As Rule by Army Looms
Nazi Party Faces Extinction As Rule by. Army Looms Gerhardt Seger, German Socialist Leader, Just Back From Europe, Tells of Growing Demoralization of Hitler Movement. T H E Nazi conclave...
...Gradual Chomeje Possible While present indications point to a gradual return to a democratic regime ' in Germany, accompanied by the restoration of the Socialist and labor movement driven underground by the Nazis, Comrade Soger pointed out, a revolutionary solution is not excluded, depending upon circumstances and developments...
...The referendum, resolution had been tabled* earlier in the day, during a dramatic scene at which J. Nicholas Danz, president of the Federation and chief sponsor of the labor party movement, refused to put the motion to table to a vote, declaring he could not conscientiously put the motion when he knew it was only an attempt at steamrollering...
...of the few victories won by the progressive forces at the golden jui||De convention of the Connecticut Federation of Labor, which closed here last week...
...The resolution also endorsed the action of the San Francisco convention of the A. F. of L. in urging a boycott of German goods...
...At the moment fascist Italy is following a course which, if not checked, may involve all Europe in a bloody conflict, and SUCH a conflict is almost certain to spread to all other nations...
...Teachers' Union Chief s Anounce Resignations...
...Trad« unions and peace societies should be induced to take similar action Demand tint exports to Italy of all materials that can be used for waging war be stopped, and urge unions fan the traswport service to refuse to load Ships ' or to carry such materials If bound for Italian porta...
...to be under any illusion as to he probable effect of oar appeal upon some of the leaders of the factions...
...But he said nothing as to what was to be done about it...
...Should he be sac case ful, some powerful elements in Germany, sparred on by Nasi leaders, may declare that 'if Mussolini can get away with it in Ethiopia without any resistance from other nations or the League, we can do likewise in Austria.' A German advance on Austria would mean at once a European war...
...Q O M R A D E S : Seventeen years after the end of the World War the peace of the world is again threatened...
...Dewey Report Backs Linville Group in Union 1933 Inquiry, Headed by Noted Educator, Revealed Conditions Which Now Find E x p r e s s i o n in Threatened Split...
...Nov more than forty are in hah-s service...
...He defies the sober peace opinions of the world...
...The report concludes with these words: "The final conclusion which appears from the fact* is that working conditions and wages in the industry as we have found them daring "the last year are still chaotic, varying unreasonably as between communities, individual establishments and within the same occupations...
...The prestige of Social Democracy baa been restored...
...Near H develops that Soviet Rasaia ia afayheg a direct part ia the fascist conspiracy to destroy Bthrapia...
...It declared that if the I ^ e r f e of Stations decided upon a \boycott of Mussolini...
...It is our duty to do our utmost to protest against the proposed robber raid by Mussolini and to Mock his efforts at conquest of Ethiopia by every means within our power...
...Deductions" frequently wipe out cash Wages and male almost meaningless iktTmm^M 9*?," t h e report states...
...Set up joint committee* of cooperating organizations to issue public statements, to send speakers to explain our views, to act ha any emergencies that may arise, and by continuous activities awaken the masses to the danger of fascism obtaining any prestige or power over other peoples and nations...
...Formation of toe...
...One of them, for example, reported that Mussolini was eoqptden% he would obtain as much oil a* he needed for his Ethiopian adventure fron> Soviet Russia...
...For the one-third whose hours worked were recorded, the hourly earnings ranged from 10 cents to more than 60 cents an hour...
...sails in Germany...
...He was of the opinion that fearing revolution the army command and the conservative elements which tt ism—mils fiffi ga vary slow in plunging the inantij Mr* ? war...
...HjalmarSchacht, president of the Reichsbank and economic director of Germany, as their representative in matters outside the immediate scope of the...
...Indeed, it would have been better had Litvinoff and the Soviet press kept silent altogether...
...National Executive Com nit tee...
...The German people have had « lesson in dictatorship they will never forget...
...As regards the situation is Borope ss s whole, Seger described it as one of "uncertataty' and apprehension...
...The report is based on, payroll data for 16,934 woman and minor employees m 2,021 hotels and restaurants located in 164 communities of all sizes throughout the state...
...the 12th consecutive year...
...Hitler and Goring are to he accepted into membership for political reasons, the intention being to use them as clubs for the achievement of the ends set for itself by the army command...
...No gyert of the traffic has appeared l the Russian, Italian and Greek BSSSPpest of the freighters carry Sjises of wheat from Sebastopol Lf esal tar from Nicolaiev for tjfa roads, destined to cross the Kssian frontiers...
...Eqally serious was the impression produced by the Pravda editorial the day after LitvinotTs speech...
...Bat Litvinoff was too diplomatic to make any such revolutionary slim aad Yet the co-respondents found satisfaction in his speech because of its contrast with the shameful silence he had maintained heretofore...
...To make the deal accord with the very worst methods and traditions of capitalism the Soviet government has been charging the highest prices and demanding payment in cash...
...I t was his opinion, however, that Germany will not be ready for war for another two years...
...Breslau...
...The Communist Seamen's TMon is agitating for a labor bfjeott against vessels carrying v«r supplies...
...A resolution was also passed condemning Naziism and fascism, and the tyranny of the German and Italian governments, and pledging moral support to the workers of those .afflicted countries...
...a r v A a ve opposed all efforts to, /olteY'disnistion or .splits' from whatever »*wee.*Th* majority of Socialists in Local 6, while in strong disWeement with the tactics of some ^ministration o p p o n e nts, have J**a unable to give support to Dr LisriUeanti Dr...
...haJsroproioalovtoa Here Porter engages in misrepresentation: T h o T ^ w Leader is the official paper of the Socialist Party of New York State, of Pennsylvania and Maryland...
...Repeal of the intimidation law in the state was asked, and the secretary was instructed to work for its repeal at the next state legislative session...
...Meantoe majority will build up a M*a freed from the discordant deswnts...
...2—War ie°?unpopular not only amongst the workers and middle class groups, but also in certain upper circles which fear the consequences of a defeat...
...T>w'delivevfes were to be made within a pertodVof five months, from September to Paccmber...
...First Kemal Pasha and now— Mussolini...
...Helping capitalist dictators to wage war has thus become a tradition with the Soviet government...
...The socalled "accredited" list was abolished by the National Executive Committee at its last meeting...
...To be sure, his speech was very guarded and restrained...
...The peace of Europe and,' probably, the peace of the world are' also at stake in .this grave crisis...
...The two outstanding political facts about Germany today are t he complete moral and political demoralization of the Nazi party and the discredit suffered by the idea of dictatorship...
...N e w Dictatorship Rising The new dictatorship being formed to take over power ha Germany will centre around the proposed Council of National Defense...
...But how disgusted and disappointed they must now feel...
...Four months were taken for the investigation, over a hundred witnesses appeared, and the proceeding cost the onion $700...
...Sates of pay, not to be confused with actual earnings, ware found not to reflect the skill dr responsibilities 'called for by the occupation...
...The present situation may best-he summed up by saying that a mood of growing defeatism is seizing wide sections of the people...
...Never since he has become commissar of foreign affairs did Lit* vinoff have such a fine opportunity to denounce the corruption of capitalist diplomacy as on the Ethiopian issue...
...While locals not affiliated with the C. F. of L. will he able to vote, as to whether they favor a Labor Party, only affiliated locals will be permitted to have a hand in actually organizing the party if developments should actually reach that stage...
...Director j$t the Division, submitted to the Hotel and Restaurant Wage Board, appointed by Industrial Commissioner Elmer F. Andrews to recommend minimum fair wage schedules for tile approximately - »0,000 women and minor employees in the industry...
...In short, his speech attracted attention and was taken seriously...
...Bat while Communists outside of Russia have been esndncting their united front campaign and have been denouncing all those who refused to Join their united front as fascists, their "fatherland," Soviet Russia, has opened wide its ports to Italian ships and has been loading these ships with wheat for the Italian army...
...Andrew J. Biemiller of Milwaukee sends a criticism of the Lefkowitz article of last week and the latter replies, both articles appearing in this issue...
...The cry far dictatorship is threaghly discredited...
...That enemy is to be found in the fascist and aggressive mlitarist nations like Italy, Germany and Japan...
...He voted for imperialist resolutions characterized by Ethiopia'» representatives as a plat to destroy her' independence and integrity...
...A brief summary of that report is informative...
...Both are today to all intents and purposes the prisoners of the army generals, with Dr...
...Why did he fail to do this ? In our opinion aad in 1 the view of radicals and liberals throughout the world the indifference displayed by the Soviet Government and its represenatives in the League of Nations was a crime against morality and Socialism But we have been mistaken...
...But do not imagine that this is the first time that the Soviet government has committed this crime, the crime of supplying materials to capitalist countries engaged in war...
...It recalls the struggle in some of the needle trade unions a decade ago, especially in the International Ladies' Garment Workers when an order was issued disbanding all factional groups...
...Soviet Russia would eooperate' in such a boycott, that it would have to do so despite Moscow's frleadiest feelings for ,Mussolini and his regime...
...Danz called Mayor John W. Murphy of New Haven, vice-president of the Federation, to put the motion to a vote;- The motion to table was carried...
...On the other , hand, Comrade Seger said, the In- ' ternal situation in Germany may become so tense that a war "diversion" may appeeare unavoidably necessary...
...Fascist Italy, which has become a slave state in which the voice of the masses is stifled, proclaims through the dictator, Mussolini, that it intends to carry "civilization" to Ethiopia...
...4 Finally, the committee observed, 'X had "seen and heard too much •rf the tactics that have come into use...
...Make it known that the refngems from fascist Italy aad fan fighters for liberty in Italy wfll...
...The Socialists, their organization network leasured and functioning on an ever-widening Scale, are ready to take full advantage of the situation...
...S. Evident* afforded in committee roams and on the ' convention floor that a combination had bias made between the extreme conservatives and extreme left wing d e m e n t s to assure jobs for the first and the adoption of left wing measures / o r the second...
...OAs for Anii-War Demonstration...
...1*HE conflict in the Teachers' Union is of long standing and is due to organized factional groups seeking to control it...
...16, when he Will lecture at the Young Cn^&isgae, 22 East 15th St., New York <*t...
...leaders of "second rank...
...Details of the work being done by the Socialists in Germany, the extent and operation of their organization and thousands of active agents in the field, of conferences held recently with represenation from all parte of the country, etc., cannot be revealed for obvious reasons...
...women in necessitous cire n n t a a c e a a r e fiadtay their reputed bargaining power even more iflasory than m the part...
...The National Executive Committee, therefore, calls upon all sub-divisions of the party immediately to arrange mass meetings in cooperation with trade unions and other organizations capable of such cooperation in protest against the mad policies of the Italian dictator...
...Protest against any financial loans that Masaolini amy seek in the United States ami protest against the activities of amy of his fascist band* hi this country...
...a>nnc;I, T^hjch...
...Porter adds that The New Leader "has no authority to speak for the Socialist Parry of the United States* or tor Socialist teachers...
...Henry Linville, President, and Dr...
...The committee recommended the -reation of an assembly of delegates representing schools, business meetings to discuss aad saggest policies, cultural, and social meetings of members and more strict discipline by the ^airman to order the removal of any from meetings who'indulged in improper conduct...
...While the median net cash annual earning for the women employees was found to be $501, this average "covers up a range of individual annual earnings that go as low as $34 and come up to $2,000 aad over...
...For this reason the military clique in control of the German war ministry and army organization will do nothing rash...
...Soviet Russia Helps Mussolini's War Plans...
...The recent congress of the Comintern in Moscow, with its pronouncements in favor of democracy, however insincere the pronouncements were felt to be, and the admission, for example, of Wilhelm Pieck, Communist leader, that had the Communists known what was going to happen they would have cooperated with the | Socialists, have taken the wind out of the Communist...
...Should the war be proleadssl, however, he will be faced will a erious political and financial «n*is at home...
...The accusation of dictatorship is the same as that made •T the Bank and File Group and **, Progressive Group, each foli** ing a Communist "line...
...In statement announcing this iateattea the officers declare that "Fee awreu Dfcn ten years the g g g p e ^ t h e Teachers' Union who established the organization have endured misrepresentation, calculated character assassination, organized ^O*M...
...Organised as factions, hash treated the stdmin'stration 'ejected 1 TWM j j M j B j j P ^ %ersnij> adTEst aiatnar fsetioni-- ~ While each faction, criticised the >ther, both carr.ed on a eoatinuous •xv...
...Daily, weekly agd monthly earnings varied similarly...
...They are willing to admit Hitler and Goring as members of the council but insist that the rule of the Nazi party must be ended, the party itself dispersed and all power vested in the council...
...rhe Progressive leaders, opposed .he methods of the Rank''and File but believed in "capturing" the union...
...The committee feared that "the union is doomed to he ?plit into two or three competing unions" as a result of these special organizations and their activities...
...Trade Deals Revealed Moscow Send* Huge Quantities of Wheat and Materiaia for Italian Army A s s e m b l e d " Ajraimt EjthiopML Rouble Diplomacy Bolshevik...
...will he, a state withfri the state, has been' Belayed because a number of high army officers, including Generals Von Seekt and Ludendorff, have declined to become members unless the Nazi party is abolished...
...Kottigsberg, Stettin and other places...
...leader of the "Conservatives," was reelected -MfflJHsW JrOHinPf' Mt...
...Everywhere the workers sre turning with increasing boldness to the Social Democrats for leadership and representation...
...The issue was territory ceded to Greece under the Versailles treaty and which Turkey was determined to regain...
...They :reated confusion among the memaers, many of whom refrained from attending meetings as a result, and thus brought a paralysis of union life...
...Locals in «taer states opposed to the .factional groans will make an effort • have the American Federation «f Labor investigate the national «tanization and the New York i M k t It is asid that a majority •f the members of Local 5, New *srk City, will also leave the union • 4 permit the factional groups to N f * ? what is loft of it...
...Hints on this point appeared from time to time in cables of American correspondents from London, Paris and Rome...
...Business I* Business For months radicals and liberals kail countries have demanded an •barge on foodstuffs and war ma•dais for Italy as the sole means i paralyzing his war preparations, sal Communists have been demanding a united front of all those lffosed to war...
...Porter declares that these Socialist delegates had opposed "a demand that Local 5 be reorganized in order to remove a small minority of Communists from membership...
...Three reactionary powers—Italy, Germany and Japan—by provocative policies and acts are bringing the nations to the abyss of war...
...Moscow knows very well that this money will be squeezed out of the sweat and blood of the Italian and Ethiopian masses...
...the Soviet is providing war SSJPIJLS...
...Some of the Socialists who represented labor unions at the convention voted for the Labor Party referendum, while others voted against it, because they are skeptical of the success of the proposed Labor Party...
...It is expected that the coming year will see an increasingly large progressive element among the Federation membership, and that at* next year's convention many progressive locals which had tm&ESt funds to send delegates to the convention this year wilLJse reprover, ted...
...Summarizing, it may be said that no clear picture of What may happen in Europe is possible," Comrade Seger said...
...The revolt of housewives agahnet mounting food prices and the reappearance of long food esses in the cities, reminiscent of the hardships of war time, have made a very painful impression and nave stimulated a growing desire for t h e return of normal political conditions...
...Our bympathies go to the Ethiopian people in their struggle against the fascist barbarism of Italy...
...Among the troops protests and desertions are becoming more and more frequent...
...8. Seating of about twenty Arkansas locale that had paid no per capita, the locals dying soon after the 1984 convention...
...The policy of thesmatssmmsta, unlike that of Nasi extremists, Is to restore Germany's military aright and obtain aa much as possible in the way of economic and colonial concessions from Oaf many'* former enemies by throats and negotiations...
...He lacked the courage which representatives of weaker and less "revolutionary" countries had displayed...
...The proposed Hillquit Workers' Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution was endorsed by the convention...
...From hie base at Zurich, Switzerland, he was in communication with Socialists from all parts of the Reich actively engaged in the party's constantly expanding underground activity...
...Late in April, 1933, this committee headed by Dr...
...What was termed as a n attempt to "sound the death knell of industrial unionism" was deefated by a great majority, when the convention modified a proposed amendment ,to Itiie constitution which would leave jio person eligible for election to J0» office of .the federation unless he had been a member for five years in a union affiliated with the Federation...
...Hundreds of thousands of helpless conscripts are mobilized by the fascist dictator for a robber raid on a little nation in East Africa...
...The wiping out of these conditions is the goal of the movement for the unionization of alt restaurant and hotel w o r k e rs launched at a great meeting in New York this week under A. F. of L. auspices...
...If the result of the referendum is in favor of a labor party, a special state convention of the C. F. of L. will be called before April 1, 1936, to organize the party...
...TJatfl July Piraeus and the isbsrs of the Cyclades were dbsjmi pith rusting freighters...
...Whereas as late as a year ago there was much sentiment among the workers for revenge through a dictatorship of the left...
...u # The first bit of information was madh pablic last Wednesday...
...Socialist Party of the U.S.A...
...Max Rosenhaus...
...Clara NaftoJwrfa, recording secretary...
...Unrest Is Rising High in Italy as War Nears A m s t e r d a m . — T h e powerful I n t e r n a t i o n a l Transport Workers* Federation, with a membership of well over 1,600,000 in 32 countries, has received an extremely interesting report from Italy describing the attitude of the Italian people toward the Ethiopian adventure of Mussolini...
...This is the conclusion set forth in the report of a iaxvey of the hotel and restaurant industry made by the Division of Women in Industry and Minimum Wage of the...
...The two groups had not as y«t constituted dual unions but the "strategy and the tactics of the leaden of these two groups tend iefinitely ia the direction of dual unionism...
...his EthsopiaU rather raid...
...5—Apart from those groups who are benefiting from the booming armament industries, the aversion of the people to war is general...
...The war between Turkey and Greece was in 1921...
...They had not expected that after having maintained a long silence on the Ethiopian question, Litvinoff would again find his tongue...
...The military dictatorship that is to supersede the Hitler regime, Seger said, will mark the second stage of the German counter-revolution...
...Denounce Left Wingers Unvtue and Fellow Officers Issue Statement to Membership Ex p o s i n g Intrigue* of Communists and Their Allies...
...to give the latter aa advantage over the eputable, stable, fair-dekling establishments, f-: *• "The result is ttat today, with rising coats confronting the in- dustry...
...Socialists to the Fore "The underground activities of the Communists cannot be 'compared in scope and effectiveness with the activities of the Socialists...
...army...
...We have cited some of these cables ia oar previous articles on tail qpestion...
...Upon this moral founds - tion our party is rebuilding its strength and organization, preparatory f a r the day when it will again take its place in the political life of the country...
...am Ik-fkowkz, legislative Siiipresentative...
...P e e d Riots In Cities This is being facilitated by a marked decline in Hitler's personal popularity...
...The Porter statement adds that the "Socialist Party has no desire to interfere with the internal affairs of any local or of the national union of teachers" but as Linville and Lefkowitz had "publicly assailed" Socialists in the national convention the S. P. Labor Committee was impelled to reply...
...There were two organized groups in the union, the Rank and f i l e and the Progressives, the first supporting the Communist PSfty line and the second the Lovestone line...
...The committee also found- that the conflict arose out of fundamental differences as to the "propst functions and objectives of the union...
...Such, in brief, is .the picture brought back by Comrade Seger...
...The codes have not eliminated oppressive and unreasonable wages, partly because their wage rates have not become effective for the whole industry, partly because some of the practices provided for' in the codes have actually lowered cash earnings through the extension of certain deductions and partly becauce the omission from the codes of provisions for the regulation of socalled chiseling practices that have long existed among unscrupulous employers continues...
...aj,'j2?«t tbs administration, making various accusations, repeatedly accusing Dr...
...The Socialist Party has taken no official stand with respect to the formation of a Labor Party...
...In one New York C*T restaur*** wffesfeer...
...Branches are informed that Rebel Arts is prepared to cooperate with their work by giving performances in their headquarters...
...Comrade Seger said...
...ft is impossible to escape the svsekmg fact: while Communists isSBibaal the world have been asanas their followers that Soviet tsmis is the only country fighting uuasttb and sincerely against asmabnj's war caps piracy, the 3*mH government has been quietly isjajiiag him with wheat and raw lawful lis • SI While CommonMia the United States have been «slaf Negroes to demonstration* ifjpat Massetini» conspiracy to emW t h i s p i s . Soviet Russia m been supplying his army with mtetuls for the building of roads /arsis tanks and cannons snd with slier its aeroplanes...
...but before the day's session was over, the resolution was taken from the table' and passed by a close vote...
...It was to the effect that SOVIET Rawam had signed a contract with Mussolini for the deliver*, to the Italian army in Ethiopia <rt 750.000 ton* of wheat...
...These practices are enumerated under six heads: 1. Seating of delegates who were not teachers in the two conven; tiasm^T& , • t. Election of some of them to the > Executive Council in both years...
...The German people are fed op with dictatorship...
...Abraham Lefiowitz...
...So reads the report...
...This was the speech awaited by the entire liberal world...
...It is now being extended to the Fiikrer himself, as working and living conditions become increasingly difficult and strikes and food riots grow in number...
...Lefkowitz because o f their recent attitudes...
...Twelve were hired by as agent of the Russian marine imasfr'r exclusively for Soviet ijspstnts to Africa...
...He hopes that the union members will exert every effort "to restore harmony" in the union and "retain within the union every present member...
...Comrade Seger spoke with enthusiasm and confidence of these activities...
...I refer to the Mexican delegate, who speaking before the same council meeting demanded a boycott against Mussolini by the-League of Nations if he persisted in his war plans...
...The proposed amendment to the Federation constitution which would bar political office holders under the twp major political parties from holding office in the Federation was kaUed...
...Each had Its -'«vr, officers, - open and dosed neetings, and er-JBged in activities .•» eontrof th* nr...
...He still failed to speak the proper word He spoke very, very diplomatically of the necessity to preserve peace...
...such as deductions for meals, have been strengthened and extended by the adoption of NRA codes, with the result that cash earnings, are actually lass for certain groups of part-time warfceri than previously...
...State Department of Labor under the supervision of'Miss Frieda S. Miller...
...The discordant forces have been disturbing the Teachers' Union for years and an intolerable situation has developed to a crisis...
...Legislative Representative, with "betraying the union...
...Such meetings will correspond with the efforts of tha organizations affiliated with the Labor and Socialist International and the Trade Union International to prevent war...
...As for the teachers, it does not pretend to be the organ of the teachers or any Other union but it is recognized by many unions and tens of thousands of union memers as an effective exponent of their cause and an opponent of disruptive elements in the trade unions...
...The faflare of the Administration to approve the ulterior aims and tactics of the minority groups is, the committee finds, the sole basis of the charge that the elected officials of the union are betraying the anion and the labor movement...
...The report was drawn up after a careful investigation into aS strata of Italian society and contains the following conclusions: "1-The Italian people have, generally speaking,a strong impression that fascism wishes to provoke a war in North Africa at all costs, and heedless,-of the conciliatory efforts of other countries...
...The Socialists did but the Communists continued in a secret and furtive manner ia group activities...
...repudiate any lata* made at Mussolini when his barbaroas regime is overthrown by the revolutionary masses...
...Another declared that Soviet Russia would oppose any embargo by the League of Nations on War materials fat Italy...
...Duranty, since the Soviet government had helped Kemal Pasha in the critical moments of his war with Greece...
...All this is being' aimed at by the conservatives because they believe their own interests demand it Be that as it may, t he Carman work2rs are preparing to say their word when the moment arrrvas...
...r3mM*w)hff& the twrf ef a predamatien to the workers of America by the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party...
...He said little boa) was felt of the ability Of the Leaga* if Nations to restrain Mussolini from his Ethiopian adventure, Mussolini himself, it is believed, is ?ounting on a short and sucaeasfal war...
...In this connection we have painted out in The New Leader the easy trast between Litvinof s ^ t t h w ae on this question with its advanced" and "xevolutioBaj*' afdjpMa before Russia became )« j j a j M BM the League...
...The working class, the peasants, the artists, poets, scientists and singers of human freedom in these nations are crushed under the brutal might of fascist and militarist cliqaes...
...If administration leaders pointed out the Communist beliefs of the srroup leaders the latter were aclused of "red baiting...
...Not oaly la the Soviet Government keeping silent about the conspiracy, hat K is artoallv helping the conspirators...
...ansdn prictices...
...Others declared that Litvinoff was compelled to say something on the question because of the strong attitude taken by the Socialists and trade unionists of the world...
...Our criticism was not severe enough, for it was confined to pointing out the failure of the Soviet Government to do its duty in' neglecting to condemn wrong and to demand justice for the weak and the oppressed...
...I t is my belief, however, that whatever may be the desire of the Nazis and other political elements in Germany, the army command is fully aware that a war at this time would mean the defeat of Germany and her dismemberment...
...Heretofore the disillusionment that has gripped the masses, affected .only the party and...
...Supply Italy w i th Essential Commodities Wrule C o mm u dl » f» Demon»tr>liom» By Horry logoff T H E cOnd«M ©* the Soviet Government with respactffi t h e . Ethiopian question baaaC come a veritable scandal...
...The war business with Italy is more profitable to tie Soviet than the trade with idxr Mediterranean countries, «aiefa dmaand reciprocal export balances where ho political allium exists...
...Already the jseiitieal situation in Italy is vpry tense, wttb thousands of desertions from the army accentuating Ihe tension...
...Although the progressive element in the convention was in the minority, it was much Jarger and more vigorous than at the New Britain convention last year...
...Honest, Communists abroad felt a sense of relief upon learning that their "fatherland" was at last acting in some measure in the manner in which a revolutionary government must be expected to act...
...Mussolini declares openly for a brutal policy of conquest...
...The discontent of the civilian population is so great that .the regime has no alternative but to resort to increasingly drastic measures...
...Mussolini s Adventure "The only danger of war a t this moment so far as Gei many is concerned," Comrade Seger said, "is in developments thai «may arias from Mussolini's proposed march on Ethiopia...
...Efforts were made to read all sorts of interpretations into his speech...
...This is reflected particularly in big plants and factories, where former Socialist shop councils are again becoming the spokesmen of the workers in dealings with management...
...It was published in « New York Times, •for several months," the cable njo, "Greek freighters have been Mmj cargoes from Soviet Black |sa parts to Massaua and MogadHa (Italian ports in Africa...
...A war involving all leading countries may »»' mean the end of the dictatorship* everywhere...
...Bat details were lacking* These detail* have now became known and the* are more revolting than aaytfczhg that could have least, expected...
...Thomas J. Shea of Middietown, candidate of the "Conservative" forces, was elected president over George R. Moffat of Stamford, "Progressive" candidate, 136 to 96...
...Waters Called To Combat War Plans of Italy Socialist Party Executive Denounces Mussolini's P i r a t e Raid...
...The editorial went further' than Litvinoff dared to go...
...D u r o a t y s Testimony How cynical are Litvinoff's utterances about the necessity of preserving peace and Pravda'* boycott warning when we learn that at the very moment when Litvinoff was addressing the League Council and Pravda was preparing its editorial, Soviet ports were teeming with ships being loaded with food and war materials for Mussolini's army standing at the gates of Ethiopia...
...We urge our roniradaa to act without delay, aa a grave crisis may confront us at any boor...
...While cautioning against excessive optimism as to developments to' be expected in the immediate future, he felt that a radical change will make possible a wider and freer activity on the part of the Workers...
...The sailors MS no reason for not earning six panda monthly in Italy's service vfeer...
...This feeling is beginning to find expression in a spontaneous and unorganized manner, both amongst the troops and the civilian population...
...gecretary-treasurer...
...More Sevier Hypocrisy The newspaper correspondents in Geneva hailed Litvinoff's 3peech with great satisfaction...
...Only the oven t »Utl( can supply the answer to the question: what next...
...More than ever the German workers realize the value of democracy and democratic institutions in their struggle for better things...
...The resolution, sponsored by Dana and signed by 92 of the 210 delegate*, wee* in Ks final form however, in allowing 303 local A. F. of L ' unions, not members of the- Connecticut State Federation, to • participate in the referendum, as well as the 303 locals which are affiliated...
...It nesyjforelops that Moscow is actually helping Mussolini by supplying him with foodstuffs and war materials far...
...Not for nothing are -the troops unarmed until after their arrival in North Africa...
...This is the old Bismarck policy...
...The first task of this united front was to be a boycott on Italy...
...Comrade Seger, wo toured this 'country last fail and winter, has just returned from Europe where lie was in close touch with comrades from Germany and obtained information casting an Alumina ting light upon the situation...
...Evidence showed that the methods and accusations of the group .leaders were the same as those reported in organs of Communist organisations...
...Stripped of Hitler's spurious "socialism," the military dictatorship now taking farm behind the scenes will he easier to combat, Comrade Seger believed...
...This crisis also offers aa opportunity to carry to large masses knowledge of what fascism means in the countries where it rules aad thus check the adroit piopagaiiils of any little Muasolinis in tads country...
...3—It is generally felt that a war will be t h e grave of fascism.' "4-*-The vast military and economic preparations made by the fascist regime clearly prove that Mussolini intends to carry matters to an extreme...
...t* and tiSe worst fitt if eatirW- conduct and 'Progressive' Group...
...Only one such strike ass successful among the freightas in Italian service...
...the main current of thought and desire today is to have done with all dictatorship and to bring back to Germany the ah- of freedom...
...in* wheat was to *e sent direct to Africa, to the balftn mil. encampments...
...Business is business...
...three wee-presidents, and other members of the executive board, that WET would resign their positions at a special aieeting of the board Friday of thi* week...
...J. Nicholas Danz, president of the Federation for the past year, refused to run again...
...i ne price was So the market price, tamajrf With the Goods Tfgt Sunday a cable even more tacking arrived from the Greek 3Piraeus...
...sJB Rebel Arts Planning For the Fall Season Rebel Arts ,the cultural organization of the Socialist Party, is casting several plays for the fall season...
...Porter declares that "Socialist members of the nnfon Save consistently sought to_pre•trve unity of the union...
...John J. Egan...
...Significant was the fact that the police refused to make arrests...
...aapensee exceeded wages paid by 90 cents a week...
...Comrade Seger will make his first public appearance Sunday evening, Sept...
...A special session of the state legislature was asked to provide for unemployment relief to municipalities...
...Helping Hit C o n s p i r a t o rs Now it deveiqps that the crime of the Soviet Government was a much greater one...
...This wss also the demand of the British Trades Union Congress at Margate, of the Labor and Socialist International, of the' International Federation of Trade Unions and of the Socialist and Socialun-controlled governments of Scandinavia...
...The survey showed that actual hours worked by two-thirds of the women were not known...
...v aw a I r • v t i ma, II l a i RPFRVT% >voveTnefiT ft»ul Porter in the name oJ the ••delist Party National Labor Committee issued a statement do *•* conflict...
...At that time the Soviet government sent Frunze, the late war commissar, on an important mission to Turkey, with war materials, arms, ammunition and money...
...The original copy of the Porter a*teraent read "dictatorial attiajdas" and was changed to "recent *ttftodes...
...unions to vote On Labor Party In Connecticut State Federation Send* Issue of independent Political A c t i o n to All Union Special to The New Leader ,'" 0ANJ3URY.—A state-widc, l a bor referendum on the formation of a Labor Party was one...
...Heretofore the Soviet Government has betrayed Ethiopia morally and politically...
...Each held that it alone had the "correct line" and agreed that the administration had the wrong "line...
...Mussolini is playing with fire...
...The ffveyear "grandfather clause" was defeated, the convention adopting instead the resolution committee's recommendation r e q u i r i n g one year's membership to become eligible for election to office...
...The grievances axe thus two&*s, local and national...
...The situation had become so bad late in 1932 that a special grievance committee was elected in October of that year to investigate and report...
...T H E Nazi conclave which opened at Nuremberg on Tuesday may be the last such meeting, for the Hitler party is on its way out, t o be superseded by an army dictatorship n o w already taking shape, Gerhard Seger, former Socialist member of the Reichstag, told The New Leader upon his arrival in New tVork early this week...
...The enemy of all that is best in modern civilization is not to be found among the weaker peoples ia remote sections of the world...
...E l also is shipped from TheoEtU and Nicolaiev and oil from Saturn, hat most of the fuel goes The Soviet insists on cash payMats before the Greek freighters begin loading...
...John Dewey as chairman made its report...
...Resolutions should be adoptee and sent to the local press...
...This refers to the announcement of a joint meeting to be held by the two Communist groups of teachers, the Rank and File and the Progressive Group, and the "militant" Socialists on Friday of this week...
...At the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations pre^aaaTSa the one now in session Maxim Litvinoff, Moscow's representative at Geneva, uttered not a w»rd agatnst Mussolini's bloody com piracy...
...If you have any such Illusion read what Walter Duranty, Moscow correspondent of the New York Times, published in that paper last Sunday...
...Their chief purpose at this time is to strengthen their hold upon the country, establish a military dictatorship, eliminate the Nazi party and pave the way for a political readjustment which, would remove the tensions and hatreds now dominating the nation...
...The shipEtsts were sold by the Soviet ••rough the federal monopolies...
...Incidentally, Lefkowitz authorizes The New Leader to state that while the headlines given to his article last week were not his it is not true that he "disclaims" them and that the heading was in accord with the trend of his article...
...We demanded IP Knew why Litvinoff had failed to expos* the true motives behind Mussolini's conspiracy against Ethiopia, ef the sudden tolerance of France with respect to his colonial policy, and England's "concern" for the interests of the little African coaWtry...
...A group of Socialist members of Local 5 who are opposed to the tactics of the "militant" Socialists in the union also issue a statement •ia answer to the statement made by Paul Porter...
...With one or two exceptions, the seven vicepresidents elected are strict conservatives...
...This group, much larger than the number who sign it, declare that the "militants" by their "encouragement of the disruptive left wing forces in opposition to the administration, by their organization of a 'united front,' they have gone over hook, line, and sinker to that element in the Teachers' Union which has prevented the growth of the union into one really representative of the 36,000 teachers of the city...
...The Rank and File leaders frankly declared that sincere believers in a political movement •would necessarily attempt to use the onion aa an instrumentality for promoting their special views...
...Grievances Listed Record of Misrepresentation, Character Assassination, Sabotage and AntiUnion Conduct of "Rank and Filers" and LoveTHE conflict within the Teach^Jtrs' Union growing out of the jjctivKies of organized factional gs in t h e union has cnlmiin the announcement by i R. ' Iinviilc, president...
...To End Hotel Workers' Serfdom ^ y A G E a , Hours and conditions of work for women and minors' in the hotel and restaurant industry in New York State vary so widely and unreasonably as to constitute a chaotic industrial con* dition...
...4 Use of proxies in the two conventions by paid officers from t Scattered locals in violation of 1 Changing election rules in the 1*35 convention daring the balloting on officers...
...The accusations of "betrayal," of 'bureaucracy" and other alleged affenses of the administration were continuous, encouraging widespread suspicion, bringing personal ani-nosities, and making union work Entile...
...Some declared that since Soviet Russia was now in alliance with France, the speech indicated that France would quit her support of Italy...
...Those interested should call at Rebel Arts 44 East 21st street Tuesday and Thursday at 8.30...
...Military and political relations between Soviet Russia and Turkey have been most friendly, writes Mr...
...TSS, On former appearances * re Geneva, when Russia (was not pat ia the League of Nation*, we pointed out, he used to 'deliver fiery speeches against the "hypocrisy of capitalist diplomats," and made it his task to expose the selfish motives they were intended to conceal...
...Hence Schacht's recent bold defiance of the Nazis...
...Slowly a! new political situation is developing in Germany, the final crystalization of which will signify the end of the Nazi regime...
...The first •aatioaed group -s known to foland the second the Lovestone Six G r i e v a n c es Tne statement adds a brief review of "objectionable practices" st the last two national convention* of the teachers which have raised issues of democracy and ciean" unionism...
...Feed riots have occurred in Berlin...
...For the first time since he has held the office, Egan had opposition, although he was reelected by an overwhelming majority...
...Duranty, as is well known, is a warm apologist for the Soviet government...
...Social* members of Local 5, disagree«t with the "militant" Socialists, assert that it is not true that "a majority of Socialists in Local 5" did not support the administration...
...It is no longer an accredited paper of the Socialist Party of the United States...
...And while we make this point let aa not forget the commercial treaty concluded by Moscow with Hitler...
...Even for women in the same occupation, earnings vary as much as they do between one occupation and another...
...How cynical, indeed, is the speech delivered last Wednesday before the Council of the League of Nations by Litvinoff and how hypocritical is the editorial comment published by the Moscow Pravda the day after...
...But the Soviet commissars are little concerned with that...
Vol. 18 • September 1935 • No. 37
