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Socialist Appeal ' lO O O Mew Subscribers Socialist Appeal '"i--.. | By April 1st! Official Organ of the Socialist Workers Party, Section of the Fourth International Issued Twice Weekly ________________________________ VOL. Ill—No. 11 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1939 - ^ ^ . 3 7 5 M per copy FIGHT NAZIS IN LOS ANGELES 5,000 WORKERS Flint Backs ANSWER S.W.P. C.I.O. Auto CALL TO PICKET Police Battle To Convention Protect Bund Meeting Martin's Splitting Tactics Repel |MEETING DELAYED Members /Special to the Socialist Appeal) LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 THIRD GROUPMEETS — Following the example set in New York, more than ¡Special to the Socialist Appeal) 5,000 workers responded FLINT, Mich., Feb. 20- Mem­ bers of the United Automobile here last night to the call of Workers in this city staged a mass the Los Angeles section of exodus from the camp of Homer the Socialist Workers Party Martin this week, asserting their and staged a m ilitant coun­ determination to stay within the C I O., and to attend the Cleve­ ter-demonstration against a land convention on March 27. meeting o f the German- Considered for months to be American Fund in the Deut­ an impregnable Martin strong­ The Democratic horses of the Democratic CosaeUs of Democratic Mayor LaGuardia are Defend­ Tile anti-fascist workers, who were not sucker enough to rely on the Democratic horses of the sches Haus. hold, this auto center neverthe­ Democratic Cossacks, are shown here protecting their rights in action, by a Little. Lesson to a Nazi ing Democracy outside Madison Square Garden In riding down and slugging workers who tried to The anti - Fascist pickets less has witnessed a wave of in­ exercise their democratic right to assemble and picket the Nazi gangsters whom the police protected so Storm-Trooper outside the Garden who made the mistake of provoking and attacking them in the dignation against Martin's split­ tenderly. That’s a Little Lesson that the workers are learning. street. The Nazi is a little sadder today, but a whole lot smarter. sent the uniformed Nazis ting away from the C.I.O. Flint scurrying. An emergency auto plants were littered with dis­ call from the Bund members carded “I Am for Homer Martin” buttons, and even Charles E. Mad­ inside the hall brought po­ den, formerly Martin’s main sup­ Fight Fascism With Workers’ Guards! lice cars to the scene and from porter in til is district, rail for cov- that point on the police protected er back to the camp of the C.I.O. Fascism is a national organized movement of scabs Executive board. Fascism is a movement of scabs and thugs. tion in New York. the cringing Nazis from the dem­ and thugs, which threatens the very existence o f the While two weeks ago Martin We don’t have to GUESS at what it aims to do. The 50,000 workers who demonstrated against the onstrators. supporters were able to stage big We don’t even have to look at Europe to find out thugs and scabs showed that they want to fight them, w orking class. Several Los Angeles Unions meetings on his behalf, this week The lesson of the Madison Square Garden mobiliza­ supported the call of the S.W.P. what it has been doing. are ready to fight them. o n ly 100 m en a tte nd e d a m e e tin g and workers carried banners and o f C h e vro le t lo ca l 156 called by How is the Fascist monster to be crushed? tion of the Fascists is: A ll we have to do is see what it is planning to do and Labor must have a counter-mobilization! placards calling for a militant Bert Harris. Matin’s supporter. what it is doing right here, under our very eyes. By the La Guardias and their police? By the "demo­ A previous meeting of this local, It must immediately organize its Workers Defense struggle against Fascism as the two weeks before, was attended It wants to smash and prohibit every labor union, cratic” politicians? only means of defending the very Guards! by m ore th a n 1200 w o rke rs. every workers’ organization. Foolish, criminal, fatal illusion! It must put the fear of ORGANIZED WORKERS B U LLE TIN Third Group Conference It wants to smash and prohibit every labor political La Guardia and his police PROTECTED the "rights” POWER into the cowardly hearts of the Nazi hood­ (Special to the Socialist Appeal) Representatives of the new of the Fascists. movement. lums! LOS ANGELES.— Feb. 23. third group, which endorses nei­ It wants to deprive us of our right to free speech, free- But they DENIED the workers TH EIR right to as­ The following telegram was ther Martin nor the Stalinist Ex­ Only a fool will wait until he is in a concentration assembly, free press, the right to organize, to strike, to semble and picket. ecutive Board majority, held a camp. received today -from the When workers strike in defense of their jobs, hours workers of the Dura Steel conference here to lay plans for picket. The w'orkers of Italy, Germany and Austria are sorry building rank and file support for It wants to send the Jew back to the Ghetto, or wipe and wages, how do they deal wnth scabs, strikebreakers Shop: "Dura steel metal work­ their program. The group de­ THEY waited. ers contingent, members of mands rank and file control of him out altogether. and thugs? Don’t wait—act now. Act strongly! Act militantly! Local 1421 of the United the union, adherence to the C.I.O. It wants to deprive the Catholic and Protestant of By relying on the police and their political bosses, Industrial union movement, and a the right to w’orship as they see fit. who always take the anti-labor side? Unite your ranks into anti-fascist WORKERS DE­ Electrical Radio Machine vigorous fight against the Stalin­ Last Monday night was Fascism's first big mobiliza­ N o! They organize their pickets, their defense guard. FENSE GUARDS! Workers of America, con­ ist bureaucratic machine at the gratulate the Socialist Work­ Cleveland convention. ers Party and the Young Peo­ Although the Martin faction ples Socialist League in tak­ held elections in the Chevrolet 8 Locals Quit WAA, Mayor Stalls Delegation Alliance Meeting ing the initiative in organiz­ local 156 la s t w eek, th e C.I.O. elections in this local will be held ing the splendid demonstra­ soon, and w ill undoubtedly repre­ Protesting Cop Brutality Waves War Flag tion against fascist thugs on sent an overwhelming m ajority of Form Fighting Union Washington's birthday in Los the Chevrolet workers. The third NEW YORK—Delegations from “attending an executive session of Angeles." group will run its own slate for the Socialist Workers Party, the the City Council.” Fink Leaders Drop Last Vestige of Action the Cleveland convention, on its Essex County Majority Issues Militant Young Peoples Socialist League, Demand to See Mayor existence of workers’ organiza­ own union building program, cal­ “Declaration of Independence" nnd the American Fund for Po­ Mayor La Guardia. his aide for Unemployed Workers tions. culated to turn the union back in­ litical Prisoners and Refugees said, would not be back until to the hands of the rank and file. The often-heard remark, "Every As in New York, the Com­ i Special to tlti Socialist Appeal) went to City Hall last Tuesday Thursday. The delegations de­ by BILL MORGAN thing the Communist Party touch­ munist Party boycotted the anti- NEWARK, N.J. -The rule-or-ruin company union policies of afternoon, to protest against po­ manded that his aide arrange for special to the Socialist AppealJ es turns to lead," could easily be the Stalinist leadership of the Workers Alliance received a power­ lice brutality at the anti-Nazi an interview with the mayor. Fascist struggle but numerous NEW YORK—The Stalinists applied to this phoney gathering. ful blow this week when 6 locals, representing 75 per cent of the demonstration the previous eve­ But Tuesday evening, La Guar­ rank-and-file members of that TRIAL SET FOR staged a state "convention” of the All the delegates were hand-picked membership of the Workers Alliance of Essex County, adopted a dia returned and immediately is­ n in g . Workers Alliance here last week, in advance, so the convention was party joined the ranks of the DeclaraUon of Independence, withdrew from the Alliance, and set sued a statement to the press City officials claimed that Act- and from reports, including the nothing more nor less than a full S.W.P.-led pickets. up a new organization, the Workers Relief and W.P.A. Union. exonerating the police from the 5 ARRESTED AT ! ing Mayor Newbold Morris was Daily Worker, the rule-or-ruin unit meeting of the party mem­ charges of brutality. The break was in every sense a progressive step, forced upon ; "not in.” The delegations left, gang has made short work of what bers. Associated Press Account the rank-and-file by the decisions of the recent Camden state I returning later in the afternoon, The text of the protest handed was once a strong m ilitant organ­ ANTI-NAZI RALLY Activists Absent NEW YORK, Feb. 23—The As­ convention where the Stalinist-John Spain leadership rode rough­ j to be informed that Morris was (Continued on Page 3) iza tio n . Absent were many well-known sociated Press reported the dem­ shod over the demands of the^_ workers whose untiring efforts onstration against the German- iSperiat In the Socialist Appeal) powerful Essex delegation, which American Bund meeting in Los NEW YORK, Feb.
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