Defense of House Funds Are Needed To Safeguard Trotsky From Further Attacks Socialist Appeal Being Organized TRADE UNION WAGES ON ALL DEFENSE WORK!
Official Weekly Organ of the Socialist Workers Party, Section of the Fourth International Cannon and Dobbs Issue Appeal to Party And Sympathizers to Help Finance New Arrangement in Coyoacan Vol. IV, No. 29 NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1940 FIVE (5) CENTS DEMOCRATS OFFER US FOUR MORE YEARS OF CRISIS, UNEMPLOYMENT Warning that Stalin will undoubtedly make another attempt on Trotsky life, the Trotsky Defense Fund has issued this week an appeal to all members and friends of the Socialist Workers Party for funds to complete the reorganizing of the defense arrangements at Trotsky house.
Reorganizing of the defense was begun immediately after the May 24 attack, for it was realized that Stalin, already having the discredit for the attempt to murder Trotsky, would as soon as possible seek to wipe out the stigma of his failure.
An appeal for funds at that time secured a very generous response from members and friends. Undoubtedly they ample time to make sure that will similarly respond now, for they had accomplished their task.
all party members and friends But the very existence of a sperealize the seriousness of the situ cial defense made it necessary for ation and the necessity of taking the GPU to organize on a large adequate steps to meet it, no mat scale for the attack and to hurry ter what the cost may be. through with the job.
The text of the appeal follows. Auto Union Convention Defense Depends on Us SAILORS GAIN Canadian Seamen Roosevelt Named To All Party Members and Sympathizers: This experience demonstrates Stalin latest and most serious that the defense must be entirely Union Head Still Spotlights Weaknesses INCREASES IN attempt to murder Trotsky was revamped and made much more Jailed Incommunicado For 3rd Term Try meticulously planned and carried intricate and complete. It is ne out in a workman like manner. cessary to build fire towers for There is abundant evidence of the shelters and anti bomb screening.
the guard, redoubts, bomb proof UAW Failed to Carry Out Key Organizing NEW CONTRACT TORONTO. Pat sassins. Feminine agents of the Provisions must be made for more Sullivan, president of the CanCampaign in Ford land Elsewhere Democratic Convention Suddenly Soft Pedals adlan Seamen Union, is still GPU were assigned to seduce the efficient lighting, additional alarm held in jail by the government Secure Raises Despite members of the regular police protection, automatic defense meAdministration War Policies As and not permitted to make guard for the purpose of obtain chanisms and numerous other (Special to the Socialist Appeal)
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Sell out by National ing detailed descriptions of the measures. The services of millObedient Delegates Obey Orders DETROIT The United Auto DETROIT Tax provisions will Sullivan was arrested before inside of the house and the detary architects, recommended by mobile Workers of America will be relaxed by the Federal governMaritime Union fense mechanism. Others were the Mexican government, have he had completed presenting the union demands to a fed hold one of the most important ment in order to overcome the After lengthy negotiations beBy FELIX MORROW assigned to take residence in the been engaged to assure technical national conventions in its his objections of the Packard Motor tween the Seafarers International eral conciliation board, which neighborhood and watch the precision in this work Consider tory on July 29 in St. Louis, Mis Company to incurring the risk of Union and the Bull Lines of the ruling party of this country was able to promise the The most glowing future that the election year convention house for months carefully to able quantities of material are was set up in April when the sourl.
study the movements of the needed. Skilled workmen must be government forced the union to call off a week strike employed. And above all else, the Unquestionably the UAW is the the production of the 9, 000 Rolls following gains! 50 per month American people is maintenance of the status quo.
household.
against Great Lakes shipping most important of the new CIO Royce airplane motors ordered by increase on all constwise vessels, The attackers were well sup job must be done quickly.
unions and has set the pace for the Defense Council.
The outlook of the Democratic convention was adequately plied with necessary equipment Thanks to the prompt response. The arrest was made secret the past three and one half years According to the Detroit Free and 10 on foreign runs, plus an expressed when Senator Barkley, delivering his address as for all possible emergencies of the branches to our first aply, the authorities seizing Sul to the whole industrial union Press, the Packard Motor com all around increase in overtime permanent chairman, answered Hoover charge that the machine guns, incendiary and peal, funds were provided to be Livan in his hotel room and movement of America.
pany refused to accept the con of 10 cents an hour.
high explosive bombs, scaling lad gin construction and keep it in Democratic administration has stabilized unemployment in preventing him from telephon Since the last convention hela tract for National Defense beders, portable electric saw, etc. progress. But substantial addiis as the etc. The thirty members of the tional funds are required to coming what had happened to him. In Cleveland over a year ago, the cause the huge capital investment fiat 10 per month and 10can its eight years of office. All that Barkley could say in retort Only by a rose was Sullivan union has been free of factional Involved might be lost if the hour increases of the other coast was that stabilization of unemployment was better than the murder band were dressed in mil plete the job. It will take approxiable to notify friends.
struggles and the union leader. world situation stabilized in the wise lines under agreement with accelerated rate of unemployment under Hoover! Barkley was itary and police uniforms. Tre mately 2, 500.
He is held under Section 21 mendous resources were neces Bob Harte has forfeited his Canada Reg full energies on behalf of the. In other words, Packard and Waterman, che hand and pronouncing it a virtue that only ten million men remain sary for such large scale prepara young life for the workers cause. ulations, which reads: The growth and progress of the union, the other motor industry bosses Line companies, it is far in ex unemployed and without hope of employment. tions.
He accepted his assignment like Minister of Justice, satisfied After brutally murdering Rob a soldier and made the supreme The Cleveland convention last are patriotic only up to the cess of the gains made by the Barkley address and that of the keynoter, Senator Bankert Sheldon Harte, the secretary sacrifice with the courage, devothat with a view to preventing a particular person from actvoted the organization of Ford, faight result. and then sound Nplore the Maritime Union on head, set the tone of the convention. Their speeches constituted who of the unorganized competitive business principles prevail. Aft in general superior to even the) a declaration that the condition of the country during the last tackers proceeded toward the tionary tighter. He joins the the public safety or the cutety parts plants, the aircraft Industry leaders to the late de patriotie, best of the NU agreements. In eight years has been as ideal as spirit of 1932 end 1938. After task, the assassination of Combia name lives on as an inspirado no muy, notwithstanding weck at 40 hours pay as the key mate Paperont. That pluwhat we were going along in good order conditions will prevail during crats had to squeeze hard to rade Trotsky. Hundreds of rounds tion to all others have come for anything in these regulations jobs to be achieved by the unton.
were fired from the machine guns ward to fill the gap left by his make an order. directing All the elected officers and Ex ard Motor company wants, and with a recommendation to its another four years if Roose America and that of Hoover for into the patio and the house. An tragic loss, others who know that that he be detained in such ecutive Board incendiary bomb was exploded in the reward for their services may members then got from Congress.
membership that they accept a velt is re elected. Great re in real life the contrast is scarcethe house in an unsuccessful at be death. But, just as Bob did, place, and under such condi spoke in favor of such a proA Grim Contrast 50 per month increase with forms? Destruction of the ly very apparent. PWA is gone, tions, as the Minister of Jus gram and assured the convention tempt to burn Comrade Trotsky they serve loyally and without While the workers are told to NO increase in overtime at all WPA is skeletonized, and joblessarchives.
tice may from time to time that these tasks could and would thought of self.
be achieved, now that Homer work a longer work week, to de The Bull Line officials at the nel power of the economic royal ness dogs the workers. majordetermine.
Thought They Succeeded. job We have no doubt that all Scores of bullets were found the picture and the union was weapon, for the good of National with this scabby stab in the back and woman? These and simi vote to bowdterize the Wagner embedded in the floor and walls members of the party and all of Comrade Trotsky bedroom. Importance of doing everything sympathizers will recognize the free of factional battles. Immedi Defense, the bosses are permit of the NMU leaders, and an use of their nounced that they would stand lar promises of previous years Act, enraging the cio, while Slugs ripped huge gashes in the auto workers gave the go ahead plants for the production of arm pat on the 50 per month and were forgotten. They were no In 1986 Roosevelt had been bedding and mattresses of the possible to re enforce the defense longer to be even promises!
beds of both Comrade Trotsky present world conditions we alone signal to the union leadership, by aments, on the grounds of the accents increases.
The SiU negotiating committee able to explain away the meager further eliminating from all im insecurity of the investment, What a marked difference ness of the country gains in four and Comrade Natalia Powder are in a position to provide this portance in the industry the dis and because of the terrible possi came back to the membership years by his onslaughts against burns in the mattress gave mute defense. It depends on us alone credited Homer Martin AFL out. bility that bloody world war with this proposal, explaining the between this convention and the economie royalists. On their testimony of the assassins stand and we must do it on top of our will not go on forever.
conditions leading up to this those of 1932 and 1936!
shoulders he placed the blame.
fit.
ing at the foot of the bed to fire other obligations to maintain the The quick capitulation of Con the danger that the NMU would stalemate. In addition, there was Everything Seemed Possible Then Today, however, the Democrats what was to have been the coup party press and organization.
Cleveland Program Dropped In 1932 the Democrats swore can no longer resort to that alibi.
gress to the demands of the scab if the SIU struck for the that all that Hoover had stood for Roosevelt will be making no atYet the Uaw has made no Packard Motor Company merely 50 a month which was the dif. unemployment, hunger, inse tacks upon the money changers, de grace.
Confident that they had accom Make all checks and money orprogress along the lines indicated demonstrates again the fact that ference between the union de curity would be ended by the for that would be ludicrous with plished their objective, the at ders for the defense of Leon by the Cleveland convention this government represents the mand and the company proposal election of Roosevelt. Even the Stettinius, Knudsen and Budd tackers fired a inal volley and Trotsky payable to Coyoacan departed. But they had failed. Fund, and mail them to Rose problem be placed on the Agenda Addes reports, the union is in a cers. For the big manufacturers. The membership accepted the lat delegates seemed to believe that his National Defense Council and request. The intended victims were not in Karsner, 116 University Place of the Havana Conference when superior financial position than it is easy to secure relaxation of it would come to pass!
The aftermath to this situation such spokesmen of Wall Street their beds; they had quietly con New York City.
it opens July 20 was voiced this at the time of the Cleveland con: the taxe provisions de muce was that as a result of the SIU riding an economic upturn (that cabinet!
In 1936 the Democrats were as Stimson and Knox in his cealed themselves in protected Fraternally, weer by the New World Reset vention. But this is only a sec sure that they will make to huge gains, the Curran leadership of Collapsed the following summer. So all that the Democrats can corner of the dark bedroom. ComJAMES CANNON tlement Fund in a letter to Cor ondary achievement. Many de profite attriate the production of the NMU got up the courage to a decrease in unemployment plus promise, as their maximum for rade Trotsky remains alive to hound Stalin with his merciless dell Hull FARRELL DOBBS go up to their coastwise ship PWA and WPA had given hope the next four years, is continua Oswald Garrison Villard, Chair ons still boast of union treasures Workers Bear Burden exposures of every step taken by man of the New World Resettle of millions of dollars.
this hangman of the October ment Fund, said in his letter: As a matter of fact the UAW But the taxes recently put into settling for the additional 50 to millions, and Roosevelt cam tion of the present plight of the paigned with vigorous denuncia country.
Revolution and the world prole CHICAGO MAKES Historically the New World has been marking time since the effect against the working class increase that the shipowners were tions of the economic royalists That isn very much to sweep tariat.
whom he would now really drive the country with, and a realizahas been the haven for refugees last convention and has without so on. Taxes on tobacco, on mov. Willing to throw them.
ROOM FOR Net result: The SIU got 50 back. fast growing labor move tion of that diftulty was a sob8 GPU Agents Confessed Intensive investigations by the DEMOCRATS persecution, from racial intoler wards considerable distance of the masses of people, are NOT pro month increase. com all coast ment directly took part in securering blanket on the convention Mexican police have resulted in ance, from religious prejudice and from the high point reached by relaxed. The Packard Motor com wide ships and 10. 00 on foreign ing Roosevelt re election. Gone was the unfeigned enthualasm of 1932 and 1936 the high the arrest of a large number of from political pogroms.
But Now?
spirits of assured victors.
suspects. Confessions have been CHICAGO, July 8Prepara dous in scope that it should be tion But the problem is so tremen time of the Milwaukee conven and the expense is added onto the crease on all ships.
already exploited, ill housed, and The NMU got 00 increase In Chicago this week, however, obtained from eight GPU agents Many journalistic explanations tions for the forthcoming con faced by all of the countries in who were actual participants in with NO overtime increase at all. almost nothing remained of the were offered of the indubitable ill fed millions of workers.
vention of the Democratie par.
Ford Still Unorganized This is what the boss goyfact that the convention was not the assault. Stalin now has world the Western Hemisphere. It is ty have reached a degree of rebrimming with joy. Some jourdiscredit for the attempt on Ford, employing about 25 of ernment means by National finement conceivable only in a question of the resettlement of Trotsky life. But more intolerfamilies, including many of the industrystill remains unorgan meant by.
the lack of enthusiasm for a third term. Others sought to dismurderer is the stigma of failure cago. For the last days, When the Packard Motor comspecial details of police have keenest minds of Europe. It is too ized. There are fewer Ford workcover a profound break between in an attempted murder. He will been assigned to the neighborvast to be solved by well inten ers in the UAW today than at pany goes on strike against high Roosevelt close collaborators in try again, no doubt soon. And the hood of Madison (Chicago hearted individuals.
tioned commitees or generous the time of the Milwaukee con taxes, as they recently did by reWashington and the professional next time on an even larger scale vention. In spite of all the big fusing to honor the government skid road) and Wolcott where party men around the country and in a more desperate manner. There are vast areas in the talk, promises and thousands of order for 000 airplane motors, the stadium is located in which New World that will be enriched dollars spent since the Cleveland that is Patriotism. When the ing anti picketing injunctions, im howling for the National Guard. Where. Were Roosevelt prosCLEVELAND, July 18 Defy loose against the workers, is Events during the Mexican naThe basic explanation lay elsetional elections on Sunday, July the nation assembled Democrats are to meet. Their duty is through cultivation. And the peo convention, no progress has been shipyard workers went on strike ported plug uglies, and a vicious! The union is showing in court pects what they had been in 1936 7, and the turmoil which has ple of the Americas will be en made in the No. Organizing Job for few. cents shour more lynch campaign in the daily press, that the plant hired professional every delegato especially now arisen over the counting of the a simple and virtuous one: to brow beat or shovel up or othriched as they have been in the of the UAW.
wages. that was denounced as the CIO National Association of strikebreakers from Toledo and that Roosevelt ballots, indicate plainly the danthe work of Fifth Columnists.
past with an influx of defenders erwise remove all the habitual gers of the period ahead. The outFlasco In Parts Plants Die Casters is putting up a real Detroit, and one of the company left as in 1936 would have dedrunks who ordinarily grace of democracy, many of whom break of an insurrection is not exThe situation is equally bad in scrap against the Precision Cast finks testifying against a picket fied the Heavens in defense of Equality of Law!
rank high in the world hall of the pavements there. They shag cluded. There are certain to be fame.
the work of organizing the unorThat is the Democracy we are her. Co. In the two week old was proved to be in fail during breaking the third term tradithose who can still navigate ovstrike here. This periodic flareups of open connic er to Lake or Monroe: the rest May we urge in the name of ganized competitive parts plants. asked to die for. One law for the strike waged against the plant to een rock throwing by the picket. were very different now.
the third the time he was alleged to have tion. But Roosevelt prospects between the contending parties.
our Committee that you request Absolutely no real progress has bosses or another set of laws gain union recognition, several In either case a good cover will two in the cooler.
they lay away for a week or that the Refugee Problem and all been made in this field, so im for the workers.
While the company claims the attempts by the AFL to organize union has only two or three memCharlottesville High Point have been provided for a new atof its ramifications be put on the portant to the welfare of all the The National Defense Council here having failed in the past. bers in the entire plant, it fights Only a month ago, it had seemtack on Trotsky life by Stalin The reason for this action is agenda of the Havana Confer parts and accessory workers, in has found it possible to amortize and his GPU.
a moot one. Is it done so that ence? What can be done about spite of the fact that the union the taxes on the Packard Motor the gates with a mass picket line grounds that it has to right to ing into a third term. The RepubEfforts of the Socialis Work the sensibilities of the nation transportation? What pe of today has a larger number of or Company. That is, payment is and overturned cars, a dozen abrogate the terms of the agree licar began to wend their way ers Party and its friends and leaders will not be offended by refugee is each country prepared ganizers on its payroll than a deferred for several years. workers were hauled into court ment now in effect with the to Philadelphia amid the deepest sympathizers played an import an unesthetic sight? Or is it in to welcome? etc.
The New World Resettlementltered shops that have been organ lout their hard earned pennies and boss press, gnashing its teeth be company union. Meanwhile the lost as a vote getter by curtailing year ago. The few small, scatBut every day workers shell for violating the injunction. The gloom. For what Roosevelt had ant role in saving the life of Com deference to a possible philorade Trotsky. Had been with sophic moment when one bum, are holding on out any special defense it would looking down upon another, tract with the government of past year have been cancelled out armament program, now arrived city boundary in the suburb of picket line and promise to finally had gained in powerful support have been an easy matter for the might say, There, but for the Ecuador for the resettlement of by the equal number of organized at the figure of GPU to invade his home and take grace of politics, Le billion dol Lakewood where the Cleveland beat this vicious anti union com in Wall Street and among farSpanish Loyallat refugees. Continued on Page 2) lars for this session of Congress. police force cannot be turned pany. Continued on Page S)
are come toge Trousers onder. HAVANA MEET ASKED TO AID REFUGEES Of Strike at Cleveland Plant PEN