Anti-Semitic Drive Is U.S. FAscists' First Act in Campaign to Smash Democracy
Anti-Semitic Drive Is U.S. FAscists' First Act in Campaign to Smash Democracy Many Broadcasts, "Kews" Agencies Aid Nazis Here feudist urograms Semi Q*t iD.ve' .WHOM and WHN; Pro-Hitler...
...WHOM, WHN Involved All of what still seems to many a problem for Europe alone was brpught vividly to American attention by two incidents here last week, both involving radio stations within the metropolitan area...
...Bui since I fervently believe in Socialism, I cannot submit peacefully to a political lie...
...The reaction in French political circles and particularly in 'Flan-din's own party was immediate...
...Convention en November 14—"Big Six" Refuses to Pay Ones to A.F.L...
...In virtually every new sore spot of the world the anti-Jewish weapon makes its appearance as the first stage of disorder and sedition...
...It is considered quite ethical to receive •an invitation from the League of American Writers signed by Malcolm Cowley and others to listen to an impartial analysis of the "Moscow Trials" at which the "impartial" lecturer is none other than ' the obedient servant of Stalinism, Joshua Kunitz...
...The most discouraging thing is that many honest but politically innocent men and women do "fall" for these shifting lines...
...In the meantime, French home and foreign policies are in utter confusion...
...Pro-Hitler Groups in Amer-iea Linked to Berlin...
...They consider a general conference, under Roosevelt's auspices, perhaps, to discuss economic arrangements and disarmament is still possible...
...It is not easy- for pie to make , :hese assertions, for It is always difficult to break with one's past...
...We must revaluate our views honestly in the light of present-day events...
...Sigmund Spaeth, Sascha Jacob-son, noted violinist...
...By BORIS SHUB The Fascist International which functioned so effectively duriifg the Czech crisis has since widened its sphere of operations...
...The license of WHOM was renewed on a ninety-day probationary basis only, on the ground that such programs were • 'calculated to incite race hatred and therefore cannot be regarded in the public interest...
...General Election Possible There is talk of a dissolution„o{ the Chamber of Deputies and new elections to be held under a nay system of proportional representation...
...As John L. Lewis has remained silent regarding this, other C.I.O...
...I heard," said the chinovnik, "that a Hearst paper in Los Angeles had something to say about Trotsky in connection with Russian fascists...
...PARIS.—The French public has fallen into a state of apathy ever since the Munich "peace...
...at last the "movement" is seeking a realistic and impartial approach to the Jewish problem...
...The commission investigated reports that the station was used to rebroadcast speeches by Nazi officials, in Germany...
...Therefore, "grace, let's hurry...
...An editorial in the Temps let* the cat out of the bag...
...will make its final decision regarding this convention...
...The likelihood is, hewever...
...On the other hand...
...He describes his work as "essentially a patriotic defence action against Jewish anti-Americanism as developed by the public acts of the Democratic Roosevelt-Baruch-Frankfurter-Morgenthau regime...
...For two years I remained silent...
...These include small shopkeepers, directors , of large corporations and even some government officials, who were charged with being bribed by business men to relax enforcement of the regulations...
...To achieve this goal all Jews, regardless of apparent differences of opinion, are combined in one vast international conspiracy...
...Its threat to all that we cherish is a grim reality...
...Station WEN in New York City announced, that it was discontinuing its nightly feature entitled, "The Hour of Spain...
...Vital Days to Cojm And in support of its opinion, Le Temps cites Marcel Peat, * renegade Socialist, who was beaten in 1936 by a Communist to wb»» went the Socialist votes...
...It does not favor secession but it is opposed to continuance of the suicidal conflict...
...the national convention pi tP* Radical-Socialist Party (of he is president) from Oct»J>a 9 to October 29 at Marseille...
...warning against possible terrorist acts, and advising officials to be sure that laboi disputes do not foment social unrest and class strife by exploiting the rise of^ prices...
...ittn> value, there isn't very muck tin...
...letting Germany have a free hand in Central and Eastern Europe and that France should remain quietly behind the Maginot Line...
...Germany proved the worth of Jew-baiting as a device for rallying dissatisfied sections of the population against democratic institutions...
...All are agreed, Munich was a bad bargain...
...Daladier is keeping his monta tightly shut as to his intention* and sends out denials of the aMfer rumors constantly springing ana* to what he is going to <M_ U ?li the denials are to be takes...
...A number of A. F of L. central labor bodies have adopted similar pretests...
...Then comes the denouement: "Dennen is confused on the Palestine question...
...W. J. Jordan, New Zealande**" nissioner to England, deelarp^* innouncing the plan: "We a» Mired to admit and find work »s many refugees as poMiB)**J& o the limit of our re^wrein*"** iVe have work for, several ym* ihead, and are willing to MP* abor for this purpose, if we cap an get suitable material...
...The chin ovule's insinuation nauseated me...
...The threat of fascism transcends national barriers and group problems...
...But as the war drags on and the Chinese sho w no intention of surrendering to the Japanese war lords, popular rejoicing over Japanese military successes continues to decline...
...How elegantly and discreetly sock things are said...
...that a suit of clothes cost anywhere from 250 to 300 rubles while the average wage of a worker is less than 200 rubles per month...
...He prefers to be stlyed "anti-Jewish" rather than "anti-Semitic" because he has no quarrel with the Semitic Arabs...
...leaders are making no statements but there is a rumor here that Lewis is Sikely to resign as head of the C.I.O...
...In that state A. F. of L., C.I.O., add independent railway unions are cooperating in the fight to defeat the vicious initiative referendum which, if passed, would seriously cripple all unions in the state...
...It should be remembered that for mal dissent is considered disloyalty to the Emperor as a direct descendant of the gods, while an attack on a public official in a war approved by the Emperor is the most heinous offense any Japanese can commit...
...Fears of a "patriotic let-down" because of labor disputes, unemployment, and extravagant living by war patrioteers are also disturbing the bureaucrats...
...today it is Czechoslovakia and China...
...Henry Pratt Fairchild and member of the advisory board of the WEVD University of the Air...
...Meantime the C.I.O is going ahead with preparations for its national convention in Pittsburgh en November 14 and on the 10th the executive of the International Ladies' Garment Worker...
...You rejoice...
...Having lost their revolutionary objective, they are now concentrating in capturing jobs in strategic positions...
...Special to The New Leader...
...Moreover, the California A F of L. has pressed Governor Merriam for a pardon for Mooney but Merriam ha* ignored this plea It is an ugly situation and President Green has lost ground in his own organization in that state because of Ms action...
...Fascism, which lays waste and corrupts all that the best minds of the past have created, is on the ascendancy...
...The program will also feature a special dramatization of "The March of WEVD" by the Federal Theatre Project and a "Radio in Education" quiz conducted by Prof...
...that unless the' Socialist movement reverts to moral integrity, we are doomed...
...NOW WE MUST TAKE A STAND For a Return to Socialist Honesty By LEON DENNEN TP O D A Y, clouds of aggressive • ignorance and brutality gather upon the world...
...The forces of democracy are everywhere in retreat...
...French Parties in fchaos After Munich Flan din, Centrist Leader, Rebuked by Many Party Members After Congratulatory Telegram to WrWer— General Election for Chamber of Deputies Possible, By BEN PROTTER Special to The New Leader...
...Daladier will wait, and waitiM will hesitate...
...CANNOT REMAIN SILENT IF society is to be saved, it must * be done not by a people with a a blind allegiance to the ritual of a : "Party Line," but by human beings, self-respecting and morally soand., We must cleanse ourselves from political cynicism...
...Your mail is...
...It will require an extraordinary, • exhilarating event to jog him out of his apathy and produce the psychological shock necessary to renew his confidence in the sagacity Of bis chiefs and in the future of his country...
...C. J. Haggerty, president of the California Federation of Labor, telegraphed a vigorous protest to (Continued on Page Seven) FDR Message to Feature Opening Of WEVD Building The reading of a message from President Roosevelt and an address by Mayor LaGuardia will mark the official opening of WEVD's new building at 117-119 West 46th St...
...Tomorrow it may engulf us...
...plied by "Peninsular News Service," so agency officially connected with the Department of Interior of the Franco Insurgent government...
...The calender low October 23 to the middle of,i»»-vember was and is charged the following: -.-t-i Senatorial elections on 23...
...Flandin sent a personal le^er to Hitler to congratulate him on the results of the Munich meeting...
...The Bight and certain Radical» believe they stand to gain if the country is forced to vote hurriedly, in the uncertainty and confusion of today and so prefer not to wait for the ordinary election in tie spring of 1940...
...LIE, LIE AGAIN A S an "honest revolutionist" you must not even whisper the fact that the Soviet workers are brow-beaten and .exploited by *an unscrupulous bureaucracy...
...Labor Op-federation) at Nances on NowgF 14 and 16, and the end of Dalsjjp' plenary powers and session <n W Chambers on November l...
...You are asked by the editor of the New Masses to write a "warm" article on the Jews...
...Impatience was shown in Minneapolis by declaring that unless -the convention adopted "some plan whereby this controversy will be ajudicated" the central body would ask all national and international A. F. of L. unions "to submit a series of propositions, dealing with the issue involved, to a referendum • vote...
...Edmonson's opinion, (Continued en Page Three) FRENCH POLICE EXPOSE VAST ITALIAN SPt KING PARIS.—II Duce's broad espio- I nage organization in Southeastern i France was exposed this week i when French police arrested two f prominent members of the Italian i Fascist Party and incarcerated I them at a military prison in Lyons, i The two men arrested were Adrien Grosso, consular agent in Moutiers, I and Vittorio di Reste of the Italian 1 consular agency in Annecy and 1 leader of the local branch of the ' Italian Fascist Party...
...There are a thousand reasons^ psychological, social, economic and even physical—why one should compromise or at best recede into a shell of silence...
...we must reassert our devotion to the cause oi democracy and revert to the moral principles at Socialism which, under the influence of the Comintern, are rapidly disappearing...
...we maintain a special approach to the Histadruth, the labor organization of Palestine ? Isn't it important that in our fight against anti-Semitism and fascism we should also enlist the support and good-will of Palestine labor...
...The Socialists themselves are divided...
...The Mooney case has also be-come involved in this controversy is Merriam's opponent, Culbert D. Olson, is the only candidate pledged to support Mooney's long fight for freedom...
...L'Heveder and others, a bad peace is infinitely belrcer than running the risk of a war...
...aaWBl^______ Calif...
...Police regulations, therefore, have two aims in Japan...
...we must rid ourselves from the political opportunism- and hypocrisy, into- which Stalinism has plunged the Socialist movement...
...it will become reactionary and counter-revolutionary tomorrow should the foreign policy of the Soviet Union warrant it...
...Wtdfs are worth years...
...The prospect ff having to answer in an early future to the voters will weigh too hearfly on the deputies decisions...
...I have always, however, respected him as a brilliant man and honest revolutionary...
...And the uncertainty t*?*6*^, after all, the Radicals would prw» by the elections...
...Act in Campaign to Smash Democracy Cah AFL Unions Attack Wm...
...when "YUe LINE" CHANGES AMONG .other things you write: "Why is it that when we speak about the thousands of Jews in Palestine who have fled f/om the ghettoes of Europe to escape hunger and persecutions, we refer to them as 'Jewish imperialists* while every Arab brigand who sets Ore to Jewish homes is spoken of is 'revolutionist', 'nationalist...
...These instructions, issued in an ticipation of the fall of Hankow stfow that the Japanese ruling class is not certain of the continued support of the masses, who are- now becoming more and more impoverished by the undeclared war...
...Not Expected to Attend C.I.O...
...I iam not a political adherent of Leon Trotsky...
...In Alsace, where it is still premature for Nazi agents to speak of autonomy or plebiscite, war against the Jews has already begun, and in this manner the pot will be kept boiling until the time is ripe far more pointed action...
...return to honesty WITH AT always puzzled and " amazed me is the cynicism apd complete lack of respect with which the typical Stalinist bureaucrat regards his intellectual adherents and "fellow-travelers...
...You work-hard...
...Down to the middle of August, over 10,000 arrests had been made of persons violating regulations of certain commodities under war control...
...and anti-Semitic in tone, was sup...
...IV weight of elections in 1 f*4© is tpa heavy...
...On the important question of daily .bread (rice bowl), police officials in Tojcio told Home Office authorities that, while munition firms are doing a prosperous business, other industries are depressed...
...Incensed at Presidenl Green's action, Olson has publicly ienounced him...
...But that is not all: What was "confusion" yesterday, however, has become, for the sake of political expediency, sound Marxism today...
...FAscists' First Act in Campaign to Smash Democracy Many Broadcasts, "Kews" Agencies Aid Nazis Here feudist urograms Semi Q*t iD.ve' .WHOM and WHN...
...Deputies and senators elected on the party ticket, prominent party officials, including Paul RevTtiod, Cabinet minister, sent in their resignations, and every day bring* a new batch of disavowals of Flan-din's attitude by party members...
...Gently but firmly I suggested that nowhere bad I found even the faintest indication that would permit me to...
...Other participants at the dedicatory ceremonies will include Judge Charles Poletti, Abraham Cahan, Hendrik van Loon, Fannie Hurst, Dr...
...A weekly Italian feature had been criticizing I talo-Americans who, while friendly to the aims of II Once in Italy, were not interested in Fascism for the United ¦States...
...important meeting of the SgcM*1 Party's national council in .?U* on November 5; the nation* 3P vention of the C.G.T...
...Fear of terrorist acts reveals the apprehensions of the militarist clique that now controls all phases of social and civilian life in Japan...
...No one ca^i possibly imagine what a temptation this promise of "paid writing" is to the average young radical writer...
...link Trotsky with the Russian fascists...
...Doubt constantly gnawed at my •conscience...
...program, uniformly fascist...
...our social concepts are a strange medley of hopes and frustrations...
...An integral part of this campaign is anti-Semitism...
...The dedicatory program will take place on Friday (Armistice Day), November 11, from 8"to 11 P. M. Station WEVD will that day issue its first publication, a 48-page booklet on "Radio in Education," a symposium by members of the University of the Air Advisory Board with an introduction by Hendrik Willem van Loon...
...Throughout the world the campaign to inculcate fascism and discredit democratic institutions is being pushed with constantly increasing energy and vehemence...
...The only area of outspoken bitterness now apparent is observed in the California A. F. of L. unions which are condemning President Green's support of Frank F. Mer-riam, Republican candidate for Governor...
...that after the Munich "agreement" and with every new crisis in international relations distrust sinks deeper, and confidence becomes difficult to restore...
...War Regulations Violated , The instructions to the economic police are also significant of ruling class fears...
...N. Z.-*3U *J :ialist government of New announced this week that prepared to shelter and offer ^f"J to Czech refugees...
...They are also opposing Mer-riam who is charged with being financed by the same big corporations that are financing this reactionary initiative...
...The recent Czech crisis was provoked, in Mr...
...Impossible," the editor writes, "to act with the perspective of a legislative electoral r|mMjp opening in a few month...
...Fascists' First...
...The increasing desire for peace is even revealing impatience for immediate action as in the ease of the Central Labor Union of Minneapolis (A...
...If so, misquoting the speeches of David Ben Gurion, the leader of the Histadruth, will not help us in our aim...
...In their unscrupulous juggling of "lines," no falsehood is too great, no belief too sacred...
...Wjth the adoption of the new Italian policy fascism and anti-Semitism have become one...
...constantly stuffed with communications from the League of American Writers in which they remind you "of increased opportunities which the League has for assisting its members in getting time on the air and in placing their pro-democratic writings in the press" or that they might try to "interest you in doing a piece of paid writing or speaking...
...If you want to be an "honest revolutionist" (a good Stalinist), you must pot say wages in the Soviet Union are far below the cost of living...
...r Big Six, the New York local of the Typographical Union with 10,-000 members, for the third time has voted not to pay the A F. of L. assessment to fight the C.I.O...
...Blum, Zyr-omski and S. Grumbach hold out that a firmer stand on the part of France, England and Soviet Russia would have permitted a settlement of the Sudeten question on a more equitable basis and not under the threat of German force...
...NEW ZEALAND OfflA*>w...
...But for Paul Faure...
...Why the Propagando ? Are our American anti-Semitic propagandists honest men who happen to dislike the Jews ? Is there an anti-Semitic movement in the United States which fits into any conceivable picture of the American tradition ? Robert Edward Edmonson of New York City is one of the most vigorous and outspoken anti-Jewish pamphleteers...
...War Chest...
...It is a case of "patriotism" by police order, a shoddy substitute for the real thing, which seeks to suppress every expression of discontent with the war...
...Parties Are Divided The confusion exists, to begin with, inside the parties...
...New Ze»"J* * the only British dominion to >**• such action...
...J have not made these'charges lightly...
...Several years ago, shortly after the Kirov assassination, I was asked to write a pamphlet on Russian fascists in the United States...
...F. of L.) which adopted a resolution by a unanimous vote approving the action of the Teamsters' chief for peace at the Houston convention...
...The Federal Communications Commission took action against radio Station WHOM, operating in Mayor Hague's Jersey City, because it had been conducting anti-Semitic and pro-fascist program in German, Italian, and Arabic...
...When they cannot convince you, they try to corrupt you...
...This action followed the disclosure that the "news" portion of the...
...you strive to present an all7 embracing analysis of this much abused and misconceived problem...
...The curse of reaction, bigotry and racial intolerance is already apparent in the United States...
...One is to crush every expression of discontent with the war, and_the other is to goose-step the population into "celebrating" victories of Japan in China...
...for him to do...
...WASHINGTON, t...
...WORK FOR CZECH kBt?GP WELLINGTON...
...that now is the time for every* honest Socialist'^ take a stand...
...There is little doubt that the peace trend is gaining momentum every day and that it will eventually compel new negotiations between the A. F. of L. and the C.I.O...
...We' ought to get the paper...
...We know that war is imminent...
...Why is it that in our desire to :reate a united front against fascism, while inviting people of all shades of opinion (including Father Oivine...
...Green (Continued from Page Twe) P:esident Green in which he raid, 'practically every A. F of L. local has not forgotten that our present Governor (Merriam) has twice called out the militia during' labor lisputes under circumstances Which eally presented no logical or Mae reason for having done so...
...C-—Repercussions to the moves made by President Roosevelt, Secretary of Labor Perkins, president Daniel J. Tobin of the Teamsters, and President David Du-b in sky of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union for peace in the labor movement are being registered in actions taken by local and city central bodies, and hundreds of ietters sent by members to union journals » -'¦urging that some practical steps be taken to end the fight...
...The intense emotion of the international crisis, the filing of defeat which shortly followed, the lack of resolution on the part of the leaders, have tended to dull the average Frenchman's high political sensitiveness...
...Chief Rumored — J.L.G.W.U...
...But the Munich betrayal convinced me that a showdown between the forces of fascism and democracy is imminent...
...Flandin Satisfied The Munich agreement did satisfy one person in France, PierreEtienne Flandin, president oi the Alliance D?mocratique, a Center , party...
...When I remonstrated that a Hearst newspaper is not always to be* beliefed, the petty bureaucrat looked at me with suspicion and , suggested that I was not as go<xi a reporter as John Spivak...
...The greaf?st crime of the Communists is that, they have banished truth from the Socialist movement and thereby destroyed the soul of Socialism...
...The Jew according to Edmonson is dangerous primarily because of his -desire for world domination...
...Jap Police Told \ To Keep Closer Watch Over Public Waratd to Guard Against Pacifists and Terrorists— VottIotIc Letdown' Feared Because of Labor Disputes and Unemployment, sible 3sMejinwjp ip?ionaUfpi»^ after thacapture Hankow, |e-clares a Japanese news story from Japan's capital recently, the Home Office sent instructions to Police Chiefs, in Japan urging stricter control of possible "subversive"' activities and pacifist ideas: ordering economic police to exercise greater vigilance...
...The Jewish Socialistic System is using High Finance, Communism and other revolutionary agencies with, the press to communize the American Representative Republic, national Patriotism and Western Civilization . for the benefit of International Jewry...
...Flandin, who has Jong heer...
...Though not averse to the idea of a general settlement, they do not see how it is materially possible after Hitler's victory and declare France must rearm...
...Considering the - increasing rank-an-file sentiment for peace in both federations, it is believed that seme hopeful move in that direction will be made by the convention...
...While this proposal is not clear its aim is, and it is typical of rank-and-file sentiment in many A. F. of L. and C.I.O...
...We live in the midst of fear and social and political confusion...
...that a pound of butter costs eight rubles and that a dozen eggs cost ten rubles...
...suspected of Fascist inclinations, has been and still is in favor's...
...Madrigal Singers directed by Lehman Engel, Chamber Orchestra conducted by Fritz Mahler, and a group of outstanding "Artists in Exile," including Michel Mann, violinist and son of Thomas Mann, Lukas Fuchs, l?Tyear-old composer-pianist, Otto Staeren, leading baritone of Staats and Volks Gper in Vienna, Suzanne Stein, leading contralto of Berlin Staats Oper, and Felix Robert Mendelsohn, cellist, formerly with Berlin Philharmonic...
...The pamphlet was a success until the chinovnik (bureaucrat) of the Friends fit tbe Soviet Union dia» covered, to bis dismay that nowhere in the "pamphlet did I link Trotsky's name with that of Vonsiatsky...
...If you do say or admit these things, you are a Trotskyist-Buk-harinist agent of the Gestapo.' , On the other hand, you are permitted and even encouraged to lie, particularly if you have a juicy lie about Trotsky...
...Almost simultaneously...
...unions...
...Yesterday it was Ethiopia and Spain...
...AFL Unions 'Assail Green's Support of GOP Lewis' Resignation as C./.O...
...Nor must you ever admit that Soviet literature, on?e buoyant with life ! and revolutionary ardor, has become an instrument for the glorification of the "leader...
...for a united labor movement...
Vol. 21 • November 1938 • No. 45
