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“Stood by Soviet Russia! Page Four THE D A l.fcY.. WOR KE R ' CONGRESS OF INTERNATIONAL RED YELLOW SCAB 1 LOS ANQEtES AID IN MOSCOW SETS ITSELF TASK ST. LOOIS MEET TAXI CONTROL “Stood by Soviet Russia!" WORKERS; HURL OF ENLISTING PEASANTS IN WORK CHEERS ‘HANDS MOSCOW, (By Mail)—The main work of the International Red Aid Is the Soviet Union, the only country where the workers can work OFF CHINA’ TALK GIVEN BLOW “Hands Off China!” PRO-CHINA CRY,achieved in Demand interests of the victory of the world revolution. It is sufficient freely in the ' every Big Police Persecution of Voice Their:Puotest with < to say that in the Soviet Union for million inhabitants there are 36,000 Chinese Workers in Halted Mass meetings and demonstrations are being held in Cheers and Cash members of the IRA, while in the whole of Western Europe only 1% thou- Audience Unionists every city in the United States under the auspices of the I sand and in the whole world except Russia not more that 360 members of Workers (Communist) Party under its slogans of “Stand the Red Aid are in one million Inhabitants. For this reason it is clear what ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 23.—A Tery ( From a Worker Correspondent) By FRAPIESA. ' Soviet and “Hands Off Those to be great significance the congress of the Red Aid of the Soviet Union has for successful ‘‘Stand by Russia, hands off , by Russia!” China!” LOS ANGELES, Calif—Last night f NEW YORK CITY. July 23.—Texi- international ♦ China” mass meeting was held in St. held within the next few days are as follows: Los Angeles workers, from the Old the whole of our move- cab drivers of this city are rejoicing 1 Louis last Friday. NEW YORK, N. Y July 24 at 6p. m., 17th Street and and New World, assembled at Music ment. over the victory that was won by the 1 congress representatives Homeless Los Angeles The meeting took place on the lawn Broadway. Speakers: Joseph Manley, William Weinstone, Arts Hall, 233 South Broadway, and This of the Amalgamated Taxi Association, in se- of the Labor Lyceum and was attend- Amter, Earl Browder, Jack Stachel and Charles Krum- launched their protest against the bar- ( of four and a half million members Family to of curing a temporary injunction, res- IsYael I, R. A. organization in the Soviet Forced ed by a large crowd of people among barous crushing of the Chinqge peo- the training the police department from bein. 1 was the object of great atten- in City Jail whom were many Chinese workers. YONKERS, N. 8 p. m., 23 Pali- pie by imperialist powers. They dem- ’ Union Live supervising and licensing taxicabs and j Y.—Saturday, July 25, at tion and expectation of many million Kuomintang Speaker Stirs Crowd onstrated that the bulldozing rulers of * By L. P. RINDAL. taxicab drivers in this city. sade Ave. victims of capitalist suppression in In addition to Comrades Mikalasky this city, assisted by a wave of hot ' LOS ANGELES, July 23. This Is The injunction was sought on. the! CLEVELAND, OHlO—Open air mass meeting, July 25, Western Europe. The work of the of the Workers Party and Barney weather that has been flowing, as time” ground that the police department had Square, at 3 p. m. Speakers: William F. Dunne; congress was influenced by the news ‘‘good, old summer on the Mass of the Young League Public from the mouth of hell, upon the < Workers no jurisdiction, because the appelate Alfred J. A. in Bulgaria. shores of the Pacific Ocean. Peace, speech delivered by Secretary Kuo Min Tang, Wong; Wagenknecht, sweltering community have failed ut- ofj the unheard of terror there was a S. division had decided that the home coun- harmony and happiness are all sup- Joeling, president Hamilton, Carl Weissberg. terly to suppress the spirit of liberty This unfortunate little Balkan local of the Kuo- rule bill, by which the police had got- ! formerly groaned posed to reign supreme along these mintang CLEVELAND, OHlO—Mass picnic at Willough Beach in them. Enlisted even unto death in 1 try, which under the party. ten their power to supervise the taxi yoke despotism and is now calm, sun-kissed waters. speech roundly applauded Park, July 26. Speakers: William F. Dunne, Ella Reeve the cause of freedom, they hurled the ; of Turkish His was industry, had been declared unconsti- a The following incident is one of and concluded ‘‘Truth, to earth, * strangled by reactionary of Bulgar- thruout when he with tutional. Bloor, Alfred Wagenknecht, J. A. Hamilton for the party. defl: crushed will hundreds: again!” They ian origin. the words “It it time the workers of Max Salzman and Carl Weissberg for the Young Workers rise showed themselves 1 William Bowman, 19, his wife, 18, Under Other Control be stronger more determined Zankov all countries unite to overthrow these Eastern cars from to and , Britain Aids Terror League. Take Cleveland, Painsville and and two small children, Mary and oppressors” storm of than before the recent anti-labor laws there was a Ap- Phil O'Brien, president of the Amal- the Public Square. Crucified Bulgaria is under the iron William, 16 months and 6 weeks old were passed. plause. gamated Taxi Association, in a state- MILWAUKEE, WlS.—Monday, July 27, 8 p. m., Labor heel of the imperialist dragon because respectively, are all "guests” at Cen- Chinese Workers Like Communist Stalwart ment to a reporter for the Taxi Week- Temple, 808 Walnut St. Speaker, J. Louis Engdahl. Audience. the Bulgarian speculators, supported tral police station, where they sought Talk ly. paper, a current trade had this to Men and women present were dis- | by the Wrangel bandits and their own refuge the other day. Why? Because Mass, who say, “A are Comrade delivered the chauffeurs book and badge ferent from those who usually attend ] military, do not carry on their the family is homeless, penniless and main speech, held th* crowd for over him by department meetings. They issued to the of i German Admit Their Crimes such were'on an av- bloody occupation quite on their own, i destitute, and the father for four one hour. His speech wnich Was well licenses, many they Fascists erage years age. in instances were under 40 of Ten but with the permission, or better, j long, weary months has sought work organized and well delivered was en- obtained before Mr .)aly (Deputy years ago such an audience would be with direct support of the people of j in vain, the slave market was over- thusiastically received “by every one in of page of police the disguised police commissioner charge taxi- (Continued from 1) the attack and composed principally of industrial the London stock exchange. crowded. Therefore they stay in Jail; present. now) placed in charge fascists. Later he became a watch cabs was of sion of a particularly clever agitator, ■ derelicts who Tiad learned their lesson The congress settled its work with the girl-wife and the children in the Especially was this thrue 'of the licensing supervision commander of the separatists. profit ! the and of taxi- above all because he has mastered too late to by it. Last night’s the full consciousness of the import- matron’s quarters, and the young hus- Chinese workers, who seemed to be The O. C. had a direct front line in j cabs and hack drivers. The depart- the Marxist theory and because also audience indicated a vast improve- i ance of its task. It utilized the oc-1 band sleeps in a cell at night. During well posted and the Ruhr district which ran from the on recent events ment of licenses alone therefore has he has seen the Russian revolution. ment in the working class of Los An- casion to throw a glance backwards the day he is looking for a master, recognize Dutch border over Geilenkirchen, Du- j seemed to many historical the right to take away the book or Hindenburg Takes Part. geles, showing that the stalwarts are and to prepare the tasks for the fu- walking his feet off as he has no ren and Stellberg on the Mosel. This | facts relative to China which were badge. spending less time at base ball games, ture. money for carfare. He is radio During his activity in Munich, he line provided with eight arsenals a brot out in their true ngnt by Com- was j prize fights, etc., and more at the mechanic, but air is monop- A Yellow Scab Idea learned to know Captain Ehrhardt regiments Work Among Peasants. even the rade Mass. from which 14 could be struggle to save themselves from the olized. personally. Dittmar described the armed. The arms were hidden in Comrade Michelic, who acted as The notorious taxi police bill, ac- industrial junk pile. The average One of the most important problems The couple have been married two hotels Royal and Bavrische Hos as factories and land estates. The artil- chairman, concluded the meeting with cording to a majority of the taxicab man in this audience would be physic- of the congress was the carrying on years, up the centers of the O. C. in Munich, depot coal and to about four months an appeal for support of the move- drivers in this city, was passed by the lery was in the brown ally a match for an enlisted soldier of the work in the villages. If we in these hotels numeroils banquets Rothberg ago lived with Bowman’s stepfather ment for Chinese liberation and oppo- board of aldermen, so as to give the mine Future in near Esch- and mentally much his superior.
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