Workers Throng the Streets on M ay First Tasks o f the Fourth Jersey Thousands International in Spain Jobless Expected A Letter to a Spanish Comrade Ousted To March By Leon Trotsky, 4 The situation in Spain has again partisin of the modern epoch is the Bourbon Politicians In­ New York Parade W ill become revolutionary. expression of the highest accentua­ ‘The development of the Spanish tion of class antagonisms in the flict Final Injury Mark High Point ¡revolution is taking place at a slow period when these antagonisms On Uhemployed tempo. By virtue of this fact the have not yet led to open struggle. In M a n y Years revolutionary elements there have Bonapartism may find its point of acquired a sufficiently long period support in the quasi-parliamentari­ New Jersey capitalist politicians Celebrating the Fiftieth anniver­ of time in which to take shape, to an government, but also for that ordered the jobless demonstrators sary of May First, hundreds of out of the legislature, their final rally the vanguard around them­ matter in the “ supra-party” presi­ thousands of workmen w ill march dent: this depends exclusively on slap in tiie face to the unemployed selves, in order to measure up to in the citadels of capitalism as this their task at the decisive moment. the circumstances. Zamora was of the state. After tossing the We must now say openly that the the carrier of the Bonapartist equil­ interests of the unemployed between issue goes to press. ibrium. The sharpening of the an­ Democrats and Republicans while Spanish “ Left Communists” have In New York, where a more in­ tagonism led to a state of affairs relief payments stopped dead and completely missed this exceptional­ clusive united front of political and in which both of the main camps suffering was wadespread, the poli­ ly favorable interval and have not labor tendencies than has been Sought, first, to make use of Zam­ ticians decided to adjourn and do proved to he one whit better than seen for years, a monster parade ora and then to get rid of him. nothing. the Socialist and “ Communist'’ w ill take place. New York w ill be The Right wing did not succeed The workers Alliance of New traitors. Not that there was any decked in red, its streets w ill re­ in doing this in its time, but the Jersey, rallied its forces and march­ lack of warning. A ll the greater sound with the marching tread of “ People's Front” did. This means, ed them into the Assembly halls of therefore is the guilt of an Andres labor’s legions. Nin, an Andrade and others. With however, the beginning- of an acute the State Capitol, an action which a correct policy the “ Communist revolutionary period. must have caused no little trepida­ Beginning at various points in tion among the never-hungry ruling heart of the city, the parade w ill Left” could stand today as a section Both the profound ferment in the classes. The "army of unoccupa­ march through lower Fifth Ave., of the Fourth International at the masses and the uninterruptedly tion. as they became popularly previously denied by the police and head of the Spanish proletariat. violent explosions demonstrate that Instead of this, it is vegetating in known, is a portend of the future, converge on Union Square. the repeatedly deceived workers in This the capitalist politicans must the confused organization of a Mau- town and country, as well as the In Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, rin—without a program, without have realized as they scurried back poor peasants, are continually to Trenton from the banquet tables San Francisco and all the great perspectives, and without any po­ drivirig with all their power in the industrial centers of the country, litical significance. Marxian ac­ jn tlmir luxurious homes 'and direction of the revolutionary solu­ yachts. workers w ill march or demonstrate tion in Spain can begin only by tion. And what is the role played Bourbons to the marrow, the poli­ in meetings against capitalist op­ means of an irreconcilable con- by the People’s Front, with regard pression. condemnation of the whole policy ticians returned, muttering the no­ to this mighty movement? The torious insults of Marie Antoinette. of Andres Nin and Andrade, which Shorter hours, more adequate role of a gigantic brake manufac­ One of them, deeply hurt that the not only was and remains false, but relief, social insurance, freedom tured and put into operation by poor, starving workers should be also criminal. for class war prisoners and strug­ traitors and slick sharpers. And demanding action, cursed the people gle for a workers’ world w ill ap­ The Removal of Zamora only yesterday, Juan Andrade was who would "pamper” the unem­ pear on thousands of banners and What is the meaning of the re­ still a co-signer of the thoroughly ployed. '‘Why don’t you feed them be shouted from thousands of pro­ moval of President Zamora? That despicable program of the People’s chocolate eclairs” , he said. letarian throats. the political developments have Front ! Reluctantly they listened to the once more entered into an acute After Zamora’s removal, Azana, spokesmen for the unemployed, con­ In Europe, where Fascist reac­ stage. Zamora was, so to say, the hand in hand with the new presi­ cerned only with finding a conven­ tion has not put the quietus on constant center of the ruling sum­ dent of the Republic, must take ient pretext to oust them from the open demonstrations, hundreds of mits. Under altered conditions he over the role of the true Bonapar­ assembly. The Hoffmans who thousands w ill march behind red played the same role that Hinden- tist center—that is, he must seek could find a hundred methods for banners. burg enacted in Germany for a cer­ to elevate himself above the two winning publicity in the Hauptman tain period of tim e; it was during camps in order the better to be case, could not find a single method Paris and Madrid w ill express a the time when the reaction (even able to direct the arms of the State to feed the unemployed. "Shall we great sentiment in their proletarian the Nazis), on the one side, and against those revolutionary masses rob Peter (read: rich) to pay Paul protests. This is embodied in the in­ the Social Democracy on the other, who assisted him to power. The Peoples Front Salvages Bankrupt (read: poor) asks the Governor? creasing understanding of the les­ put their hopes in him. The Bona- (Continued on Page 2) Never, the assemblymen chorused: sons of Germany and Austria. Un­ “ Let us rob Paul to pay Paul!” fortunately this w ill to struggle And this was the solution. Before w ill be corralled by Stalinists and the assembly ended its delibera­ social democrats in social patriotic Law 'n' O rd er Cops M au l Radicals in First French Election tions, it empowered a committee and class collaborationist channels. under Governor Hoffman to find These forces of treachery are pre­ "ways and means.” This means Real Issues W ill Be pace, and it can proceed only at the And in this sense, the Daily Worker paring to repeat the great crime of Ruse Flops expense of the party of the Radi­ is quite correct in stating that "the the entire problem has been placed August 4th, 1914. Guildsman cal Socialists. This party is the ‘left’ critics of the People’s Front, in the hands of the most ardent D ecided in Streets traditional party of the Third Re­ prophesied that the Radical Social­ “ sales tax” advocate in New Jer­ But in reality their power, de­ Akron Vigilante Frame-up Guild Protests to Hoan public; it is the traditional parlia­ ists would gain at the expense of sey. spite the huge votes rolled up in O n Trade Unionists Not By Ballot Box mentary representative of the the working class parties” (April But before the assemblymen parliamentary elections, is on the After Many arc Slugged French petty-bourgeoisie; it has 28, 1936). could dodge the spotlight of unfa­ wane. Between the pincers of fas­ Falls Through by Police The first ballot in the French played the “historic role” of being Such has been our prognosis, and vorable publicity, they had to dis­ cism and proletarian revolution, the general elections was held last the largest single party in the it has been verified by the elections. pose of the visiting unemployed. It false leaders w ill be crushed. AKRON, A pril 28.—The “ Law Sunday, A pril 26. The 618 Cham­ Chamber. But, the Daily Worker indignantly was clear that a continuation of MILWAUKEE, Wis., Apr. 20.— This May Day must resolve and Order League,” established ber seats were contested by almost denies this. "Nothing of the kind the mock assembly could do them Protests were made by the Milwau­ Doom of the Radical Socialists that treachery does not lead the during the Goodyear strike to blast 5,000 candidates, representing more happened. Sunday’s ballot no good. The pretext was found in working class to the disaster of a way into the plant, has turned kee Newspaper Guild to Mayor than a score of political parties. Time and again we have pointed showed that those Radical Social­ an alleged letter of some veteran, imperialist war or fascism again. out to be one of the brightest jools Hoan regarding police brutality The French Fascists (Croix do out in the columns of the NEW ist candidates who faithfully ad­ threatening to kick the reactionary in the crown of Akron society.