Nazi Propaganda Raps U.S. at Lima
Nazi Propaganda Raps U.S. at Lima Good NeignDor ronty naps F.D.R. Delegates ft*zee P operations of South American Cowatries Sees Opposed to Maxi "Aryan" Racial Theories. Special to The New...
...California Peace Sentiment Meantime the two organizations are most active in California for peace...
...The Hitler and Mussolini propaganda is intended to paint the United States as the Colossus of the North, an imperialist ogre whose real intention is to ultimately devour the Latin-American nations...
...Has Mr...
...The minority who own these ta&a«'^ the products and own the workers' joke...
...He is Col...
...The Administration anticipates a fight on the Labor Act in the next Congress and with the A. F. of L. urging amendments and the C.I.I, opposing any change, this divided labor sentiment will play into the hands of reactionaries who want more drastic changes than those favored by the A. F. of L. If peace can be effected in the labor movement it will also wipe nut this conflict of labor opinion on the Labor Act and enable a united movement to present a common view before the reactionaries can gain much headway in Congress...
...Because of these developments, for which a> body is to blame, individualistic libii^ is ea> nomic life* is passing away and iadbilrtiiilia) political democracy no longer serves the psaph'i need—neither their need for bread nor their essa...
...It is we, is...
...treason to civilization...
...unions also set up a United Labor Council to bring all unions regardless of affiliation, into one harmonious body...
...American people, who have somewhat negketed to bring it up to date, to make its dcsafcpnsu keep pace with the development of tudamf, tf property, and of new class divisions is ear ailAt...
...9. Why were the earlier SharfinGarber-Rbbinson-Rubens indictments pigeon-holed and the later Rumrich indictment tried first, and when wifl the older indictments be brought to trial...
...Their populations are of mixed, Indian, Portuguese, Negro and Spanish blood, and they are not likely to take kindly to the stupid Aryan doctrines of the German Nazis and Italian Fascists...
...5 after he had caused an automobile collision...
...Eight men and women of the national office staff have been released...
...Not frost eteht but from need, their sobs and daughters am last ing the farm and seeking employnmnl kLjSSmh and trade, while those that stay on tW h»fsj* having to accept a lower standard of Brlaf sa| in large numbers are sinking hopelessly rate debt...
...Cardinal Musdelein of Chicago is also mentioned as an associate of the New York Senator in this task...
...However, it does not follow that these small nations and their raters favor ties with Hitler and Mussolini that would make them subordinate to European fascist powers...
...On the other hand, in many branches of agriculture—in the production of wheat, at fetta* of milk, of eggs and poultry, of "y" frrtq...
...This is •specially true of Argentine, -Brazil, Bolivia, and a few other n nrians...
...them...
...Do not wait far a Dace, a Fuaatar, «r s T«W —for a leader to whom you may reader Mai obedience Think, and speak eat yoor tfcNfku —Think and act together as year thinkisf «reets—Act together at the ballot box—A«t together in trade unions—Act aafathes' hi to ajarative societies...
...To talk of the failure of democracy, te taft of substituting some kind of dictatorship, is a talk of unconditional surrender...
...5. Did the government 'ignore' most of the charges against Leon G. Turron because it had no answer...
...Asserting that the "brass hats" of labor make it difficult to effect unity, the Council also approved the endless chain system to get action by the membership in other states...
...No, democracy has not failed...
...It will again become superfluous, but for the time being it is not...
...The mechanics, the laborers, the factory easratives, but also the "white collar workers,'' store and office employees, even those in the *v pervising aad technical staff, work and get a B...
...they have penetrated* Latin-America by their trade policies and have steadily undermined American business firms...
...MO RETURN POSSIBLE TO INDIVIDUALISM A S for the small businessmen, use psssesnsa* workers, and the so-called infriflanih...
...Auto Workers Clean Up Meantime the Automobile Workers' Union has taken another step in cleaning up the mess due to Communist factions in the union...
...Wagner Humored as Labor Peace Mediator ttWM§J^^§W.iim Before IWv-Kooseveff Expected fo Initiate Peace Action, WHm New York Senator and Cardinal Mendefefn Conducting Neaefhations WASHINGTON, D, C—A&hewgh organization** an* personal antagonisms continue between the A. F. of L. and the C.I.O., informed circles here believe that the New Year vriff bring the beginning of negotiations for peace...
...This is a company union innocents club...
...Hardy's office asked the FBI to find Juliet Stuart Poyntz as a possible witness on the Robinson-Rubens matter, and if not, why not...
...Even the eld-fashioned farm, the very hearthstone and citadel of individualistic liberty, is rapidly losing its significance, On the one hand, more Shan a third of our farms are not owned by tile farmers who cultivate them, but by landlords, takers of rent, and more than another third are mortgaged, mostly to corporations, which appropriate in the form of interest the value of al> that the farmer produces over and above the cash of a poor and insecure livelihood...
...Special to The New Leader WASHINGTON, D. C —With agent...
...but for the whole of Latin-America the United States still provides most of the goods purchased...
...Ore., Paper Mill Employees on November 11 to extend throughout the nation...
...Solow forecast more closely than other reporters, raised many questions which puzzle informed observers...
...8. Did the prosecution, in demanding that Matthews "establish a connection," mean to deny a connection between the Rumrich case and the RobirwonRubens-GPU case...
...MINORITY CONTROLS NATIONS UK '•|_pr takes my life whe takes the mean, te ** which I I've...
...But sines then the coantry has grown up in a way our grandfathers could hardly foresee...
...The San Joaquin County Central Labor Couneil (A...
...of Hitler and Mussolini contacting delegates of tlie LatinAmerican nations to the Eighth Conference of American States in Lima, Peru, this week and redoubling their propaganda to win Latin-America away from continental solidarity, the American *sfci>ti«i has a difficult task to perform...
...Rumor also has it that President Roosevelt will be the prime mover in this peace objective but that he will consult both William Green and John L. Lewis before taking action...
...On the other hand, it is believed that President Roosevelt's "good neighbor policy" will have weight, against fascist propaganda in Lima...
...3. Why, since Rumrich told mutually contradictory stories about how he "tried" to get passports, did the prosecution fail to subpoena passport official Hoyt to testify as to the real method, and why did the government not call a Bethlehem Steel official to check Rumrieh's story that a Nazi spy got a Bethlehem-Amtorg contract out of the mail (rather than, say, from Moscow) ? 4. Did the government ever seek out Pat King, Montana Stalinist alleged to have associated with Rumrich...
...MUCH ADO AiOUT NOTHING -News item: London reports that' Germany and Italy have signed a new cultural pact...
...It conies not to destroy hot to fulfill— to maintain the principles of our political democracy, to defend it against undermining by profitgreedy oligarchs as well as against attack by the forces of dictatorship, red or black or brown —but in maintaining it also to give ft a deeper basis and a broader scope—to carry democracy into mine and factory and bank and store—in brief, to democratise our economic as well as onr political life...
...Instead of the carrier's cart, the river fiatboat, the covered wagon, and the pony express, the old individualistic means of transport, we have vast railway systems, steamship lines, and so forth, controlled by corporations which, as someone has said, "have neither bodies to be kicked nor souls 'to be damned"—huge institutional automata matching the automatic mechanical monsters which they own, and in which conscience and patriotism and humane feeling ire inevitably subordinated to the profit motive...
...th present experience of working farmers and ems workers may show them their own futon as in a magician's glass...
...They represented the Lovestone Communism which provoked a brainstorm in the ranks of the Stalin Communists who in turn used the union as an arena to fight out the theoretical differences with their opponents...
...To be sure, the United States dees not have a clean record...
...F. of L.) by a unanimous, vote adopted a resolution favoring peace negotiations and forwarded copies to William Green and President Roosevelt...
...Economic Issues The fascist agents have one advantage...
...That is why we have to speak of Social Democracy, to emphasise the fact that the Socialism of Marx and Engels, of Bebel and Janres, of Plek...
...Another important factor in establishing continental solidarity is whether the United States can satisfy Latin-America on the matter of intervention, when a nation nationalizes property owned by American capitalists...
...Latin-American Dictators One difficulty in selling democracy to Central and South American nations, however, lies in the fact that many nations in these regions are accustomed to dictatorships or semi-dictatorships...
...1. Has the prosecution investigated all Turrou's activities and passivities in this case and satisfied itself as to the propriety of all his behavior...
...The seizure of the Panama Canal strip m the administration of Theodore Roosevelt, his interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine as an American ponce club over Latin-America, and the era of "dollar diplomacy" in the administration of President Taft are things that the American delegates would like to forget...
...An instance of common danger compelling united action of the rival unions was observed in New York State when A. F. of L. sad C.I.O...
...The San Joaquin organization, 14 Sacramento onions, units of the Railway Brotherhoods and some regardless of affiliation, into one C.I.O...
...buftenrtgs, maeSmafV jj the whole complex and costly plant Of amfcn industry—these are the means by which They cannot he individually imiisd ML^ trolled by those who do the work of naw/l...
...1. Did the prosecution investigate possible Nazi or Stalinist views or contacts of G. G .Rumrich, star U. S. witness, and why, after a defense attorney made Rumrich admit he "had argued from a Communist viewpoint," and written for an antiNazi paper, did the government ignore the question of political motives ? 2. Wny did the prosecution prevent Rumrich from stating on direct examination that his motive in contacting Nazi spies was to trap them...
...Hitler is presented to Latin-Americans while tiie rape of Austria and the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia are still fresh in the minds of many, while Mussolini is presented with hands dripping with the blood of Ethiopia and while his' fascist press continues to demand the seizure of various French territories...
...They most upward still and onward "Who wonM Keep abreast of truth...
...Hardy first learn that Turrou had a Russian background and was known in 1921 to the head of the OGPU...
...The approval of the antipieketing ordinance in Los Angeles and the big vote polled in the state for a state law of the same kind have given momentum to peace sentiment...
...INDIVIDUALISM NO LONGER SUFFICIENT "tJB^akes my hot»se," says Shakespeare—"he ¦* takes my bouse who takes the prop that holds my house, he takes my life who takes the means by which I live...
...nana* and Kautsky and Turati .and Keir Bardie —in this coantry the Socialism of Eugene V. Debs and Morris HiHqnit Slid Meyer London and Victor L. Berger, of James H. Maurer and Jasper McLevy—the great Socialist movement' which was shattered ay World War and pest-war chaos, eat which still eurWvet and will recover and grow strong—Socialism in that sen's* was so deeply and essentially democratic in its principles, its aims, and its methods that the adjective used to be superflnous...
...L. Hardy The series on the Nazi spy trial, whose outcome Mr...
...As from this hear yea use sear power, tk» world belongs to you...
...Three other central bodies in California have approved the resolution...
...Local affiliates of [central bodies are urged to send the resolution to ten local unions east of them and these in tarn to send to ten east of them and so on in an endless chain...
...The peoples smith of the Rio Grande have long been apprehensive of this American policy, and if an agreement is reached at Lima providing that American capitalists and corporations shall no longer receive diplomatic or military support by Washington in such cases, and that Americans shall invest in LatinAmerica at their own risk, a program of continental solidarity is more likely to be worked out to the satisfaction of our southern neighbors...
...It is to taft treason—not only treason to the mpuhliw mmermaent which brave men have won tor u» r? hard struggle and sacrifice—mass yet lhaa MM...
...Individualistic democracy was sufficient in the days of the Village Blacksmith, in the days when Americans could sing "Uncle Sam is rich enough to give as ail a farm" and when "Go West, young man, and grow ap with the country" was practical advice...
...Social Democracy, the Socialism of the past and of the time to come, is thoroughly consistent with those democratic ideals and practices whose development we associate with everything that is most glorious in the history of Out republic...
...Since industry itself has become a social M» ess, we mast socialise the ownership of UldBSfcf Only then eaa we...
...The harder they work, the more eftciefl%tka work, the more goods said services they psarjbjfc the market, the sooner do they glut o»|K and face unemployment In somewhat different form, the same fate a* pursues the working farmers...
...FARMERS' MEAD ARRESTED AS DRUNKARD ,vOTbCKTON^CaluT.—The president of the Associated Farmers, leading vigilante gang on the West Coast, was convicted on charges of drunken driving here last week and deprived of his auto license...
...Land and nati—' r'WiiT wHw^Hte improvements...
...10 Questions on the Spy Trial for Mr...
...When the name of a wholesome feed or a health-giving medicine is stolen by purveyors Of poison, it is necessary to find a distinctive name *er the genuine article...
...This action is part of a chain system begun by the Portland...
...The masses lack education in democracy, and the low stage of development of industry has not created a clear-cut wage working class With a powerful labor movement...
...Moreover, they have their own historical traditions of independence, which they won in bitter struggles against European powers...
...Ten of these are addressed by the New Leader to Lamar Hardy, U. S. Attorney, whose reply will be published as soon as received...
...In fact, a move in this direction is expected before the old year dies, and Senator Robert F. Wagner has even been mentioned as a mediator...
...To talk of going back to individsaastie Reduction is as fanciful as to talk of seating tsr ehicken go back into the egg-shell...
...One union witness declared that he has been discharged as a worker in Ford's Detroit plant for refusing to join the Legion...
...It does not eonffict with the democracy of the Declaration of Independence and the Bffl of Rights...
...It cannot be reconciled with the old American imperialism, as it is a repudiation of it...
...ing only when capital can make a profil by b. ting them work—for capital owns their jobs, means by which they five...
...te use the President's pSSSSt, "Make democracy work...
...6. When did Mr...
...In place of the village blacksmith, owner of his little shop and master of his own job, we have the giant steel mill, owned by men who do not work in it and operated by men who do not own it...
...And let me quote another pact—our own James Russell Lowell: "New occasions teach new duties, "Time makes ancient good uncouth...
...This is the caB of the Social Deimuiti Tks eration to the American people: Do not took backward—look ahead...
...need for freedom, for culture, for assajfa tai peace of mind and gladness of fife...
...Social Democracy Points Way to Modern Freedom By AGERNON LEE fVEMOCRATIC Socialism '— that would be a' " needless tautology, were it not tor the misunderstanding created" in recent years by the horrible travesties of Socialism which, under abnormal historical conditions, have sprung up in Moscow and in Berlin...
...Popular elections have often been mere farces...
...unions united in fighting an application of the Liberty Legion of America for incorporation...
...This demagogy of the fascist gangsters, however, comes at an inopportune moment...
...Garrison was also fined $150 by Justice ToaL The Associated Farmers' chief was arrested on Nov...
...Shall yea compiam, who fesd the world, who house the world, who clothe the works— "Shall you complain, who are the world, of akst the world may do...
...Military leaders have overthrown governments, remained in -power long enough to fill thenpockets with loot, and then scooted to- the "tall timber" just in time .to avoid a drive for power by another military adventurer...
...Walter Garrison, the wealthy owner of a Ledi vineyard...
...tory farm," owned by capitalists and operatedkM wage workers...
...fCL have become the masters of the nation'« life mW of the individual lives of most of the' people...
...fruit and flowers—the one-man farm if being p2 out of commission by the mora profcahai...
...ASSOC...
Vol. 21 • December 1938 • No. 50
