TIlE VOLUNTEER FOR LIBERTY
Munitions for the «New Artillery»
Propaganda In the enemy's
ranka is being intensified daily
thanka to good work on the part
of comrades. The number of wor-
kers In tbe fasclts army who ba..
ve already passed over to our Ji-
nea is already t o be numbered in
thousands.
The victory of Guadalajara was
the occasion of a. mass influx into
our ranks of Italian workers and
this experience bas already bor-
ne its fruits. The knowledge of
their work acquired by the Gari-
baldi Battalion has been of servi-
ce to the comrades of other bri-
gades.
The possibilities of work among
the enemy a re greater today than
ever. not o,nly we have made se-
rious breaches in the fasci8t "pro-
paganda front" but also bec&ll8e
considerable demoralization exists
on their side. The fact that the
heroic forcee of Bilbao were not
able any longer to maintain their
resistance t o the Italian and Ger-
man hordes with their massed
tanks and aeroplanes and their
oven.vhelming mechanical force as
well as to the hardships caused
by the blockade, does not alter the
fact that w e are at present pre-
paring a viotorious offensive. It Is
clear that in such conditions our
chances of pe rsuading enemy snl-
diers to pass over to our ranks
are very much greater.
SERIOUS THOUGHT MUST BE
GIVEN TO THIS WORK
It is not sufficient merely to
provide · oneself with a loudspea-
ker, however modern ,and make
any sort of noise. nor to rain lea-
fl ets on the enemy's heads. It 1/1
neccessary to know to whom one
is speaking. Effort must be made
to know what language they
spea.k. whether they are workers
or peasants. national characteris-
tics and conditions, both political
and social. It Is neccessary to ob-
serve their habits and how their
day is employed, and every detail
which may indicate the atate of
m oraie among them. Above all it
iR necessary not to I'hout Insults
at the enemy, even under provo-
- cation .
Thc content and text of thc
lCBtlet should be the work , not on-
ly of the Propaganda Commiasion
7
and the Political Commissar but this work. The moet persuasive and persistently carried out. PO-
of the whole of the comrades. words have no effect if they are LITICAL COMMISSARS MUST
Each one should make his contri- heard imperfectly, the most ca- UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS
bution, however small it may be. refully written argument loses ONE OF THEIR MOST ESSEN-
We mwrt. remember that along a weight if the leaflet Is poorly pro- TIAL DUTIES.
front hundreds of miles long the- duced. We mWlt not be content. in
re are before us many fascist sol- this modern war. with primitive THE MORAL EFFECTS OF
diens whOlle constant thought ts equipment.
THIS WOHK
haw to eBCape. It our worda are In the technical field we alrea-
senllitive enough to touch their dy JI<lIMesa a certain number of The better we do this during
most intimate thoughts. if through loudspeakers. but It ts neccesaary the preparatory period the more
easy and effective the offensive
IIU"IIII11"IIIIIUIII"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"lIIlIlIInllllllllllllllllllnlllllllllllllll111111111111111"""0111 will become. And victory will be
correspondingly quicker and grea-
ter.
In many military unities com-
manders. commissars and men ali-
ke have opened subscriptions for
the purch&8e of loudspeakers and
other technical apparatus. Gene-
ral Mlaja for IllIftar.ce. has given
5.000 pesetas. Funds are being
collected by trade unions. politi-
cal parties and popular organlza-
tiona throughout Loyal Spain. We
do not doubt that the comrades of
our International Brigade. will
also help.
COJI:lI"ades are InVited to write
In concerning their experiencee In
this work. not only in the prepara-
tion and delivery of propaganda
but on technical matters also. for
publication In the VOLUNTEER.
To the job then comrades. This
" New Artillery" is one of the belrt
piecea of armament in the People's
Army.
11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111l1li11
THPJ SOVIET UNION LOOKS
TOW,\RDS BIGGER AND BET-
TER CHICKEN DINNERS
The poultry Indlllltry. &It impor-
tant branch of Uveetoek economy
wlU aimOfit quadruple Ita number
of breeding 1l<>ns by 1942, aeconI-
Ing to figures obtained at tile
Thf' kaoYr'ledKc 0' their " 'ork aC'qu irt'd by the Caribaldi aaUaUoa h .. be~a 01 Hn ic~ 10
the ('omrad~. of other br j ~adf''', central office of the poultry c1e-
partment of the RSFSR About
1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
18.800.000 breede", on the nearly
our words they recognize us as to bring all our means to perfec- 28.000 poultry collective lamIA
clllS8 brothers. our propaganda tion. The same thing applies to will help supply So\'let tables
may give just that impulse which written propaganda. Soldiers ha- with chlckf>na and "11"11"8.
will make them decide to escape. ve already passed over to us car- The plan call!! for lUI Inc~alle
The immediate danger of fl ight rying one of O'Ur leaflets hidden of 47.5 million batchlng eggs,
will seem less that that of r emai- beneath his clothee. sometimes raising the total numb.. r of eggs
ning with an army which is head- Indeed. wrapped around a religious for hatching purpoRl! to 80.000.000
ing tor defeat. emblem slung from the neck . Eve- by 1942.
ry possible m eans such as strong Further more. the 345 Incuba-
CARE IN THE EXECUTION OF wind etc. must be utilised to dis- tor flltations wIth Incubators ha-
PROPAGANDA WORK tribute thesE' leafl ets to the cne- ving a total capaclty of 16 mIlUon
my. "gga will be more than doubled
It ls neccessary also to take But th e most important is that hy tbe cnd of the Third Flve-
care of the tcchnical aspects of the work be prope rly organised Year Plan.
 8 TIlE VOLUNTEER FOR IJBERTY

TELEGRAM SENT TO THE UNITED

STATES BY THE AMERICAN COMRADES
Thp. Abrahant Lincoln, George Washington and Patrick Henry Bat-
talions, the John Bronn artillery battery and the American tran8port
and me('hanlcal squadron!i to the people of the "nlted State..
Independence day 1937.
\Ve. Ameri('ans in Spain fighting for the preservation of world
democntcy, are proud to celebratl' today the national festival of our
Ameri<"an ideals on Spantllh soil.
It was nect>8sary for us to come here because go\'ernments han'
lIot done their duty to a great pl'ople, to whom American clviUzation
owes much. The bounden duty of all gO\'ernments, above all those ani-
mated by democratic Ideals. was to grant to the Spanish GO\'ernment
its rights and thereby to have struck a de<'i81"e blow for DemOC'ra,·)·.
We, Americans In the International Brlgade8, know we ha\'c stn .... k thnl
blow. Many of our comrades ha\'e fall .. n. Many Ii.. silent on t·" ese bal-
tleflelds of Spain. " 'e know that had all the democratic governments
of the world done their duty, Our comrades n"l'd not have died. Yet
in their hearts , as in th.. h..art of e\·.. r.\· true Anu'rlcan, the riC'h blood
of liberty ftOWffl, gi\'ing life to th .. ir being. For Ihls they came h .. ft'.
On this July .. th n 'e dedar.. that we have sO'II~ht not only to do our
share to redre88 the omission of go\·.. rnnl<'nt.~, hnl to d .. r.. at the purpo_
or those tyrants, ali.. n to the Spanish rlll'e, who would e08Ia\'e a fl'C<'
pt"Op.... As La Fayt>tt,·. citi""n of "'r.• ",·". nr/l'd b~' impulH"!I which all
American democrats will honor toda.\', suiled from his own land alld
e(fefl'd hlrrulP.lf to the glorious founder of Amerh-an Indepl'nden('e,
" 'a,hlngton, !l0 we ha\'e offered ourS«'h'eH to the Spanish Go\·.. rnm .. nt.
Like La Fayettf> and bl!ll !lpl.. ndld ('ompany, we have been accepted with
Kratitude by the Sp.lnlsh People. All La Fayett.. was gh'eo off1l'f'r '"
rank by "'aI;hlngton so also our ('ommanders derh'" their authority
fronl the Pre!lldent of the Spanish Republic. A" La "'a~· ..tt .. pursllt'd
no private end8 neither do we. As h .. 80ught onl.\· tc aid the Ame-
rican People In their straggle against .. forelng dl,spotism 80 do we.
And when the Spani8h People have dri\'f'n out th.. (asclst hl\'&Ckr we
8ha1l return to the land we love.
Fellow Amerl('.ans, the first. nattle of Am"rI('an LilM>rty was st~k
at Bunker Hill. It was a deelsi\'e hattl... WI' cf thl' Llneoln Battalion
are proud that we have t nk .." pa.r t in the glorious dl'fen"" of Madrid,
a defense that 1uM thrilled all 10\'l'<s of IIbI'rt.,· throughout the world.
We are proud beMJ.use we know that the hattl .... In whkh we ha\'e
taken a part were dP.Cish·... that we ha\'e t.herefor .. sealed the m08t
KIlcred of human bonds IlI'twt' .. n the Aml'riean and SI"\ni,,h Peop"':
Upon a hili of th .. Jararna Front. among th .. vine)'ard8 alld olh'e fields
of Spaln, man~' of our ('omrades w1l1 II .. aft.. r we ha\'c gOlle from he",.
lJpon this Fourth of JuI)' we mourn them, proudl)·. finding ('ourage
In the.lr hr:n'" .. "ampl... P .. ople of the {:nil .. d Statl's to ., ·our ff'et In
honor of our dead: of ~ our d,'ad at the gatt's of :Uadrld:
And ~membe ring them, the Americans In Spain ask you to 1M> on
guard "'Caht.• t th.. forl'f'S of fascism at p ........ nt Illotting against Ame-
rican Standards In our homeland. \\'e read with joy of the great s\\~P
of trade unloin organization among the workers of Ameri ..a. \\'e greet
the trP.mendous movement of progressi\'f~ thought and ad ion den-lop-
Ing In the stat ..". Let no ~actlonnarles de'tro~' sur nation's hop.-
of progre!l8 towards a better and Juster 8OO1 .. t.,-. Let us unite in our
effort.. to preserve dl'mocracy In Spain. In America and throughout
the world.
Long Ih'e American IUId SpanJsh demO<'ra,'~' !
Long JIve Ameril'an and Spanish Independ .. n .... !
Long Ih'l' the Ahmh .. m Uncoln Battalion!
Long II\'e the Peop......~ront In 1111 land,,:

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WHAT IS BEHIND THE GERMAN INTERVENTION? AUTO LABOR GOING AHEAD FULL
SOME REVEALING FIGURES
Tbe German Government needs an-
STEAM
Spain prod ....es annually:
nually for armament (Imporl8):
DI';TROIT.-La.bor In auto IN "mailer 1.lants• .~d now a e.on-
Ton •. Tons. jUllt getting o;tarted In It. forward cened mO\'ement by the VAW,
lIIarch. U's Kolng ahead full the AFL and all progre!lsh'(' 1110-
~in(~ .. . ...... ... . . . ... ... . . ...... . . . .. .. . 129.000 127.000 steant on » half dozt'n dIH.....·nt \'ements to I,ut labor In the ,·It.y
~langanC!<f'> .... ..... .... ............. .. 80.000 22;1.000 fronts. hall In the ('oming ,·lty .. Iet·tions.
( 'oppl'r .... .... . ... ... . ... ... ... .. .. ... . 381.000 325.000
~ 'ulph"tl' of Iron .... .. .. ... .... . .... . '1.600.000 987.000 "General "trike In LanNing. A
Iron mln .. ral ......... ... .... .. . .... ... . 100.000 8.264.000 mass proteat demonlltr..tlon of 75,-
000 marcIllng workel'll in F1Jnt.
If to these fil.'lIrl'A We add th.. zinc of Vlgo, the pota"h of CataloniH,
Rent strike of 15,000 IItUl going
Ihl' m .. rcury of .-\Imad~n. Hitler's tme motives are c1.. ar.
8trong In Pontiac.. A IIllUIII prfo-
test delDOll8tratlon at Henry
Ford'8 front door In Dearborn. A
A FEW IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THE MAIL 1'IlIl88 movement agalnllt high .... nt.
launched In Detroit. National
W .. have gI",'n In"tmdlon to how to use t·h.. mail!l both for the
I\!I
conference to present new de-
;.urpose of Impro\'lng the ~"r\'h~ and al!HI to kc.. p our mall from be-
I'omlng a sour..., of Informallon for the enemy. mands to the huge General Mo-
"'f'm ..."t in~l!lt fin tWfI ,·hh·r points of .. xtrell'lt' Importan".. : ton; Corponttlon at the expiration
I" Hav.. ~:our eorrespond .. nt~ add ...."" )'ollr mall according to 1",,- of the present agreement on Aug.
(m('tion" gI\'I'n you hy the mall .... r\'l ....... I I tho Two gnat planta of the
2 " S<'.\'eral comrade!! insist. In spite of """eral warnln"" to send
Ternstedt division of Gen.. ral 1\10-
: nfonnation" of military chara,·t .. r. while othel'S have the 1-rf"NpoR'!.ihle
tor8 shut down with a IIIt-down
!1'.Hienc.\· to dellc rlb.. In delail how they arrl\'l'd In Spain.
U the comrade" would gl\'" " little th .. u~hl to the eUed that 8ul!h strike of 13.000 workerll. mostl)
, orreHpondenec might haH' thl '';' would write about ot Iher thing". women. A half dozen "trlkell In

DIANA (U. G. T .).-Larra. 6. Kadrld


Volo No' 7 Madrid, July 12
TOWARDS UNITED ACTION.
Maurice Thore&. Secretary of
the French Commtml.t Party !au
recelved fram CoInrade Dlmttrot,
Secretary of the Executive Com-
mittee 01. the Communist IDterua-
tloD&!, the following telecram, da-
ted the 26th to be tranamttted to
the repreeent.at1ve of the Second
International aDd to the Trade
UD~on InternatiODaL
"During the Interview which
took place on the 2l.1t of June at
Annema.sae between the delega-
tion of the Communl8t Internatio-
nal aDd of the Socialist Intematio-
nal, both groupe have unanimously
J'8Cognized that now JIIOI'e th&n
ever, 8(lUon In favor of SpaID
should be developed In common
agreem_ whenever It may be
pouIble, by aU poe8Ible meaDS and
without UoIeIeaa friction. Both de-
legatlOIlII aI.o recognized that It
was DeCC8IIII&rY to hold another
meetlDig as lOOn as poulble In or-
der to .tItudy concrete measures of
moral and material aid for the
Spanish people. The taking of BIl-
bao by the armed forces of the
German and It&llaD agres.!ore, as
well as the threat of new agres-
slons on the part 01. the fuelst
provocateur, imperatively demands
the speeding up of the carrylDJ'
out of joint 8(ltion by the interna-
tional working class organlza-
tloM.
The existence of different opi-
nions within the Directorship of
the Second International, as well
as the annoUncement of the resig-
nation of Its President aD:! Seer:-
tary, in our judgement should not
prevent · the International organ!-
mtions of the proletariat working
by common ag:reemeo~ In an histo-
The VOLUNTEER
FOR LIBERTY
rlcal moment of such gravity, In
which I.s CODCerned the Uberty of
the SpanIah people and the main-
tenance of world peace. And the
more 80 when we know that at
the jotm meeting of the SoclaliJrt
International and the Trade Union
International of the 26th of June
the proposal 01. the Spanish com-
rades was 8(lCepted without re-
serve.
The Exec~tlve Committee of
the Communist Internaticnll In::-
tru<:ta Its, delegation to present, for
common examination In the joint
meeting of the Socialist and Trade
Union lIIternationals, In the course
of their Interview with the dele-
gates (of the C. I .) the following
concrete proposals:
FIRST. That the Int,p.rnatlonal
vlorkers' organUat4ons eddrees
Comrade Antonio Mlje calt. for UDI-
flcatioD of Soclall.t ..... 01 C;ommunl.t
P ...tt....
themaelves sfmultaneously to the
PaNlamenta and Governments of
all nOD-fascist States; above all to
the Governments of England,
France, the Ullllted States and the
Soviet Union, asking them that
they jointly take urgent m~asu.rea
for the Immediate withdrawal of
the armed IDtervantionist forces of
Germany and It&ly In Spain, for
the lifting of the blockade of Re-
pubUcao Spain and the recogni-
tion of the International rights of
the Spanish Government.
SECOND. That the InternaUo-
nal working class organizations at
the same time address themselves
to the League of Natlollll to de-
m.aDd the ful1I.lment of the Lea-
gue of Nations Pact against the
fascist agressors who have attack-
ed RepubUcan Spain.
THIRD. That the International
working class organizations ad-
dre911 themselves to the workers
of all cOWltrlee, exhorUng them to
do all In their power to prevent
DeW agresstons of the interven-
tionists In order to 8(lhieve the
most ra.:>id end possible to the cri-
minal war against the Spanish
People.
The Communist International
Delegation is also charged to exa-
mine whatev~r proposals may be
put forward by the Soo!allst an:!
Trade Union Internationals wltb
a view to joint and co-ordinated
actions of the International wor_
keN' organizations tor the defen-
ce of the Spanish people.
In the name of the Exeeutlv~
Committee of the Communist In-
ternational
DIMITROF
General Secretary."
1937
This telegram has been sent by
Comrade Tharez to the represen-
tative of the SoaiaJlst and Trade
Unions Internationals, has also
heen sent to Ramon Lamoneda,
Secretary of the Spanish Socia-
Hst Party, to Jose Dlaz, Secreta-
ry of the Spanish Comunist Par-
ty, and to Felipe Pretel, Secreta-
ry of the U . G. T.
Madrid, The Grave Of
Fascism
Eight months have passed since
the Fascists were halted at the
gates of Madrid. During those
months the people of Madrid have
become all too famlUar with Fa-
sc.Ist planes and artillery. They
have learned the meaning of Fa-
ECist. utotalitart.an" war - the
indiscriminate murder ot women
and children. They have taught
the world a leeson of heroism and
hope.
The Army of the centre which
held back the Fascists at Lu Ro-
Z8.II, Jarama and Guadalajara, the
Army which made the words "No
puarin" a heroic reality, has la-
unched the offensive, broken the
enemy front, and hu held and
improved its p08lt1ons against a
fierce counter-attack.
The talcing of B~e, Villa-
nueva de la CaAada and other
Important positions is a turning
point. If the offensive COIItinues
in the present circumstances the
Fascists will not be able to rem-
ain in front of Madrid, and the
day may be very near when ltaU-
an and German shells will have
fallen in the city for the last Ulne.
(CODHnued eD pace ~)
2 THE VOLUNTEER FOR LIBERTY
THE FOURTH
Anna LoWse Strong, the well
known author of books OIl the So-
viet Union and recently of one on
Spain, and Francis Gorman visi-
ted the offiCe of the "VOLUN-
TEER" on July 4th. Their grea-
test desire W88 to spend the
Fourth with the ('.omrades In the
lIneti. Military reasons made It
Impossible. Francis Gonnan, who
attended the reception meeting of
the Unified Socialist Youth of
Madrid In honor of the Commu-
nist and SOOaUst International
Youth Delegations to Spain, left
a me8sage we print here, to be
delivered to the American Con-
tingent "whenever they are".
Anna Loulee Strong spoke over
the Govemment Station E. A. R.
to the United States.
We give here below sorne
exerpts of her speech.
A ff!fW mUes out of Madrid at
the base which supplies transport
to the forces &round the City, &e-
veral scores of American truck-
drivers and mechanies began the
celebration with a breakfast of
ham and eggs. Ham ... and eggs' I
assure you that's a celebration In
Madrid. Perhaps you will read of
It in the Times tomorrow, for
correspondents were there as
guests. Later there was Ice-cream
and pop, and a speech on the mea-
ning of Independence Day. Still
later a base-ball game. But right
In the middle of the game, with
two men on bases and third at
bat, the order came to ROLL ..
To get out the trucks for duty ...
So the base-ball game stopped
while they dld their bit In the war
for Independence.. .
.. . In a village near Albact>le
several hundred Americans in
training camp ... I saw them ce-
lebrate last night... How they
sang "Old Man River" and dozens
of American songs mixed in with
the Spanish "No Pasaran·' . Nearly
a thousand Americ811S in the 01·
der battaJlons--the famous Lin-
coln, four months unrelieved in
the front lines, and recently gi-
ven a rest : and the newer George
WAsbington... These celebrated
more seriously. moving steadUy up
to face the foe . Seventy Americans
In medical 1.¥llts, field hospitals,
base hospitals .. .
... All of them know the mea-
ning of Independence Day ... They
beileve they know It better than
the American Government knows
U.
... Let me give you glimpses of
IN MADRID
a few of these Americans In Spain. right to the land, and no 18Ild-
First a truck driver. Down in Ali- lords ca.n prevent putting through
cante. He had a free Sunday, and ilseful irrigation works. In spite
it came during barvest, when of the drain of war these peasants
hundreds of Spanisb city people are better off than before!
were vol\mteerlng their Sundays ... Wet are the chances of this
to help get in the crops. It is a battle. l et me mention a few
Amerlc."an ( 'omr"de8 In tht' rf'adin« room of the 1~ Rectmfnt de- TraiDa
bumper crop this year and the things I note as I return after six
country-side is short handed, be· months absence. I expected to
cause so many farmer boys have find Spain exausted by a year of
gone to fight the invaders... so warfare. I flnd Instead that it is
this American truck driver volun- fuller of energy than a ycar ago.
teered himself and the truck to The Spa.nlards tell you they have
carry workers of Alicante to the just begun to fight: they are just
harvest fields. getting properly prepared. And
Up, up they wffit, over the this is true ... Six months ago they
rough mountain roads for a cou- were confident of ultimate victory.
ple of hours. "Till a.t last we ca- Now they are more supremely con-
me", he said, "to what seemed the fident. They are preparing for a
rim of the world, and we came war as long as may be needed to
over the rim and there was a val- drive out all enemy invaders and
ley rurrounded by mountains and their Spanish tools.
in the valley seven villages . We Economically the land Is stron-
dropped down to see one of them ger also. Factories are working
and the city folks organized in better, war supplies pour forth as
groups, with one old peasant to they never did before ... The fU'Ill-
show each group. We cleaned up Ing ot. the country has Increased
that field faster than it has ever its sown area by seven per cent
been done before. Then at five 0' and IB re!l.ping a bumper crop. The
clock we all stopped and went to IrrI&'atiOll reeervoir I mentioned
a nearby village for a celebration. is only one sample of public iro-
There they showed us a big reser- provementsbe1ng made right dur-
voir wlch they were celebrating, Ing the war... Education: also Is
newly built... It gave the valley forging ahead even in war time,
better irrigation than they had with 190 mililoo pesetas more in
ever had before. They had built it this year's school budget than In
this year, right in war time :.. be- last year.
cause nQW the people have the . . . Something remarkable h8.l!
happened which the fascists dld
not foresee and which even the
democratic cotmtrles do oot yet
appreciate... It Is this : HiUer and
Mussollni's tactics of sending ever
•ncrea.sing lots of fa.solst help,
first war equipment, and later
troops, has defeated Its own end.
,lJ:very wave of Invading ltalI8JlfI
caused an answering wave of
Spanish volunteers to fight them.
The painful goad of Jlecce88ity
compelled the SpanlBh people to
build a DeW army and then to
improve it and keep on Improving.
NEWS I N BRIEF
June 29.-At the lut French
partial elootlons which took place
Sunday, June 27, the Popular
Front ballot won In every place,
the Communist Party showiJlg
decided Increase In votes obtained.
iC
June ao.-English newspaper
men In Naplee, were informed
that they wOldd no longer be al-
lawedto visit the port.
Acccmling to faacist authOrities,
English reporters have been sen-
ding "lies" COIIlcemtng the sailiJlg
of troops and shipping of war ma-
terllUs to Spain.
It is undoubtedly to avoid re-
currence of such llee that they
have been prohibited the approach
to the true source of informa-
tion.
iC
July 1.---{)peratlng from the Ri-
ver lIhore, Japanese artillery sunk
a SOviet gun boat on the River
Amur, off the island of Senuffa.
Immediately after the "incident"
the Japanese Ambassador visited
Comrade Litvinof, to express the
opinion that it was the view of
the Japanese government that the
river Amur, including the islands,
was the frontier between the
U. S. S. R. and Manchukuo.
The coincidence at the "inci-
dent" with the lateet. developments
In IDuropean diplomacy around the
queetion of "Non Intervention" is
quite transparent.
July 2.-U. S. Ambassador to
Moscow, Joseph Davie, visited the
Japaneae Ambassador Shlgemitsu
and expressed his personal wish
that the Incident would remain
localised and without further con-
sequences.
Soviet authorities state ,that the
U. S. S. R. boats which were at
the scene of the Sinking are not
gun bollits, but small cutters ar-
med only with machine guns ~
small callbre artillery.

Madrid. 'he grove of fascism
(Cuntinued fr.om ... ~e ot:f' )
TIle tipt haa been .. hard one.
'ftIe F'a.scIIIta, lUI well as ourselv-
N, l"I!lILUIIe how much is at llULke
IUId have resisted and counter-
attacked desperately. Our soldi-
ers have had to fight against the
rebel shock-troops, and have tak-
en poeltions which the enemy had
fortified for months.
TBIC Fl)UNDATIONS OF VIC-
TORY
'!be we have gained
SII<lCe88ell
have only been p0881ble becau.e
of the courage and morale of our
soldiers. Some OIl our best cem-
ra.dea have fallen. The road our
Army is Uawlli ng today is a
difficult one, but it leads to great
vict:ories.
It is not an exaggeration to say
Si,u.llin, ,lit" ,r. n ,'lu. uu lo .:
that these few days may d('ci<.le
the future happiness of millions
of people. But we can await the
outcome with confidence.
The militia of the early days
saved Spaln. Now our new Peop-
le's Army ha.s proved that it can
successfully undertake a large sca-
le off ensl ve. Our aviation, artil-
1ery and tanks have proved thdr
worth. Our war material, thc
fighting spirit of our .oldie",. the
successful work of the Commis-
sars, the ability of our militllJ'Y
leaders. the Intensification of worl{
in the fields and factoriea, the
growing unity behind thc line'....
the successes already gained by
the Armies of Aragon and th"
South, and the possibilities which
the Madrid offensive has given
them - all these factors are the
foundations of our victory.
With our People's Army, a go-
vernment whlch is proving that
It can lead us to success, and the
strengthening of the unity of all
Anti-Fasasts in Spain, the way is
being opened to the final decisive
battles which will drive out the
invader and inflict a sma~hing
defeat on world Fascism.
THE VOLUNTEER FOR LIBERT....
NEWS IN B R IE F
(Continued )
Thanks to Soviet diplomacy,
wlch refuses to accept provoca-
tion, an incident quite evldel!ltly
meant to create .. major diploma-
tic disturbance, and perhaps war,
ended in a complete victory for
the Soviet Union. Coming M ~. mo-
ment of tension such 'LS this, and
on the hee's of a recrudescence of
provocations by Germany 2pd Ita-
ly, thls victory is of importance
that cannot be exager8lted.
Lisbon 5.-According to the di-
rector of the Pol'tuguese Radio
Club in a radio speech to the na-
tion, the IWo-German policy in
Spain Is not in agreement with
,I." ....... I'.unl . c..:"unr.d 'M .. r .h(' 1.111t Uri;:u.',' "ill
rrco~ni"c th ....
Franco's view, Their assertivenecs
and large scale invasic~ has hurt
the cause of Franco before what
Is now fascist Spain and the rest
of Europe.
July 5.-The fascist pirate crui-
ser "Almirante Cervera" seized
the French Steamshi-p Company's
freighter "Tregastel" off the San-
tander Coast.
The French coast guard boat
"Vauquois" which had left imme-
diately upon receiving the Infor-
mation for Santander returned to
San Juan de Luz, after carrying
out the order to scour the coast
for the "Tregastel", with the In-
formation that the freighter was
taken under guard of a rebel pi-
rate ship into Bilbao harbor.
July 5.·- The paper "L' Ami du
Peuple" in an article commenting
the seizure of the "Tregastel" 8ta-
tea: The probabilities of peace de-
pend on the energetic conduct of
Paris and London .
"L' Humanit~" says: For France
to tclerate piratical actions by the
rebels and their allies would be a
monstl'OS'ity.
The "Treg8.9tel" was en route
to S:ultander to take O!l refuge£s
aud had on b084'd observers of the
CoDtrol CoIn1IUBslon.
Paris 5.-"Le Temps", Frenc'J
conservative p8iper, in an article
ent:lJtled "An aoppeal to Reason"
demands that 'both Engl8l1d and
Fr8.lliCe demand the inviolabilty
cf the territorial rights of Spain
and that Spain's interests in the
Mediterranean be respected .
July 3.-The Manchukuo Soviet
border incident is closed, with the
exception of the request to Japan
by Comrade Litvinof, for a pay-
ment of an indemnity for the los-
ses suffered.
Martial Law Closes
Plant in Johnstown
Harrisburg, RA.~v. George
H . Earle announced tonight that
s c lutlcn of the &thlehem Steel
COrpGrllition strike problem in
JohnsWwn ha.s been placed in the
hands of President Roosevelt's
3teel medillitloo -board. Earle an-
nounced also that martial l.w in
Johnstown will not be lifted to-
night or tomorrow although the
s.teel corporation has compiled
with the Governor's orders to clo-
ee :t3 huge struck Cambria plant.
Bus Strike Ends With
Five More Arrests
The strike of Liverpool busmen,
whlch began on Saturday last
against the speeding-up of time
! · . ~ · ·.: ·_l~
~~ ,
.." '
Comrades Jamf'H Ford. Dob Minor•• nd nol.-h 1I1I"'~ "ith the bfl~' fii ul III('
U.. "iDlItOI
selledules, ended thie morning
"following a mass meeting Oil Rn ..
ken. which lasted for fOllr houre.
Through liheir ' strike committee
the men were informed that ne-
gotiations would te opened on the
men's complaints immediately a
resumption of work took place.
On this understanding the strikel"ll
voted by 188 to 119 in fIIovour OIl
a return to work today.
It is reported that wbile the
Ribble Motor Company ia prepa-
red to reinstate the striken it ia
intended to fine each man 5111. for
alleged breach of contract.
If this attitude is persisted ill
it will indicate that the company
is approaching the question of. ne-
gotiations in a very bad spirit and
its actions will Intensify bitter-
ness not. only among the Liver-
pool men, but at all centres Oil
the Ribbles Services.
Children Make
Archeological Find
A group of children ,playinl' ill
the yaord of the school at Pyat-
Jti tsky VltIJ.a.p, near Tula, wllMe
digging In the ground discoverecl
an Iroo gun weighiIrg 70 kg. The
g'Wl dates from the beginnJD4r of
the 17·th century '.IZld it Is presu-
med that it was caoptured frua
the Muscovite Tsar Vasili Shuiaky
by insurgent peasants and CoII-
sacks. The find was turned over
to the Twa Museum.
... '( .I
.....
"e Train.
 THE VOLUNTEER FOB LIBERTY

A BUMPER CROP FOR 1937 Metro Workers Are l.ondon Dockers Re-
Over 7,000 tons of seed 110 mil- by any means found convenient. Active in Amateur turn To Work
UOIlB of pesetas, all kinds of tech~ _ The advice of the Communist Par- Art Circles Yesterday the dock strike here
nical help &nd advice, along with ty and the active help supplied
Learning to play as well lIS to for 16s. a day extended to the
,favorable weather are produc- to the peasants gave them new
work, 2.000 subway Quildel'8 are whole of :the docks. Over 7,000
_ this year a bumper crop for courage for work, and the result
now membenl of amateur art cir- dockers were out by midday and
Loyalist Spain. is a full and UDuaus.l crop!'
cles maintained at subway 9hafts, all work was brought to a stand-
The work of the Minister of
according to Y. Teitelbaum, di- still.
Agriculture in helping the Sp&n~
rector of amateur art activitie.J
ish peasantry has been remarka- 6.500 Strike in An- for Metrostroi (Metro Comtn\:- The extension of ~ strike
ble, and has succeded in offsetting waa effected by maM deput&-
quite completely wbatever barm thracite tlon Truat) .
Uons of those ab'eady on stri-
forced collecti visation, "expropia- TAMAQUA. Pa.-About 6.000 Leading in this sphere ot cul-
tural activity is Shaft No. 75, lo- ke to the dif1erent docks In
tion" and pro- fascist propaganda ant.hra.aite miners went on strike the area.
again today tn the Panther Creek cated on Ploshchad Mayakovsko-
tried to accomplish.
vo, whose song ensemble, Ukrain-
In a country like Spain, where region in protest against pay cuts At a mass meeting held last
ian chorus and brass band hold
agriculture was left for centuries of "consideration miners". night the dockers decided to re-
The consid~tion mtners, sup- an eminent place in Metrostroi's
very much to tbe mercy of the turn ·to work pending the outco-
rosier of able entertainers.
weather, of God and of the large ported by the United Mine Work- me of the National negotiations
land-owners, to see tbe govern- ers of America, contended that A self-taught- chorus and or-
on the same claim which opened
their pay was being cut for one chestra that have won deserved
ment actively helping and even in London today.
praise at public appearances are
stimulating better ways in agri- hour a day's work and as a result All through the day both em-
those of Shaft No. 61 on lower
culture is 8OI'Ilething which has they were receiving no benefit ployers and trade union officials
under the new seven bour shift. Ulitsa Gorkovo. No paid instruc-
found immedia.te response among made strenuous efforts to secure
Corurideration miners are those tors are engaged to direct these
the workers in the fields. a return to work. The employers
groups.
Speaking on the subject of col- paid by the hour instead of by were particularly anxious to dis-
lectivisation in agriculture, Vin- prodUction, and work in less de- charge the perishable cargoes on
cente Uribe, Minister for Agri- sirable parts of the diggings. some of the boats IUld to clear
culture recently said: "War must Tenants Flock into De- liners which were held up by the
be won on all fronts, and since
700 Kids March on troit Renters Group
W8pute.
we have not won it as yet, it is A jOint staJtement Issued early
DETROIT, Mich.-More than
premature to attempt dange rous in the morning, confirming the
experiments. Until now we had
Picket Line 5,000 applications for membership
declaration: made yesterday that
Indian Harbor, Ind.-The chil- have been received in a few we-
to faee violence and oppression the dispute was unOfficial and ur-
dren's picket line in the steel stri- eks by the Renters and Consu-
by elements which we must call ging the men to return, had no
ke was a huge succes on Satur- mers League. It has been repor-
"Incontrollables". These elements effect.
day, with between 700 and 800 United Auto Workers' Union .
were not numerous, but they
youngsters on the iine, singing Furay is chairman ot the organ-
roamed through the countryside
an'<i shouting before the gates of Ization, wich is sponsored by the
robbing the peasants.
Iniand Steel first, and Youngstown United Auto Workers Union.
"The Communist Party, which
I represent in the Cabinct, told
Sheet and Tube later on. Hundreds of letters are being 500 million rubles For
I n bet wee n, the children received at the neWly-opened of-
the peasants that they had a right
marohed through two miles of the fices of the organization from Art Theater, Music
to their crop and advised the pea-
city's streets, letting John Q. Pu- victims of landlord racketeers who More than 500 million rubles
sants tu resist the forced seizure
blic know there was a steel strike are taking advantage of an acute have been appropriated this year
on, and they were with the stri- housing shortage by raising rents by the Soviet Government for
kers. without limit. theater and cinema construction,
3 Taxi Firms Agree organization and upkeep of or-
chestras and choruses, expenditu-
To Poll On Union res on art schools, and so on.
NEW YORK.- Anotber victory The U. R. S . S. will have 813
was won by the Transport Wor- theaters by Jan. 1, 1938. as against
kers Union, CIO, when represen- 775 at the beginning of this year.
tatives of three taxi fleets agreed Large theaters are to be opcned
to an election among their 10,000 in Novosibirsk, Smolensk, Ivano-
workers for a collective bargai- vo and Kirov, while thz new pre-
ning agency. Tbe understanding mises for the Meyerhold Theatcl-
was reacbed after a short hea- in Moscow will be completed. A
ring before the City Industrial Re- new drama theater is to be built
lation Board. iiU Leningrad.
The SunShine-Radio System. The nwnber of cinemas in the
Inc ., employing approximatel:' Soviet Union will be increased du-
6,000 men, was represetlted by Ot- ring the current year by 3,000,
to Gutfreund. The Atlas and Li- bringing the t otal to 30,000. At
berty Fleets, with a total of 4,0(0 present there is not a single dis-
men were represented by A. Re- trict in the Soviet Union which
senblatt and Bernard L. Gold. Thc has not its own permanent or tra-
latter fleets are in one association veling cinema. Seventy-five new
and for the purpose of the elec- Crr. J. as well as 15 childrens' and
tion will be considered one orga- 10 popular scientific films, will be
D1za.tioo. ('omradf> Uutf''' IN·turln .. to the bOY!4 in the tran.port released this year.