The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 21, 1934, Page 6

Page 6 Daily,.QWorker ANTRAL ORGAM COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONALS Working Class Daiiy Newspaper” FOUNDED 1924 PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY THE COMPRODAILY PUBLISHING CO., INC., 50 E, 13th Street, New York, N. ¥. Telephor “America’s Only : Algonquin 4-7954 y rk, N.Y. ag, 1 7910. cago, Il. Rates: nd Bro year, $6.00; 1 month, 0.75 cents. Canada: 1 year, $9.00; 75 cents. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1984 Two-Thirds Raised ORTY thousand dollars, two-thirds of the sum needed, has been raised to date in the Daily Worker $60,000 drive. is by no means an_ insignicant 1ievement when one considers the pov- great mass of the toilers on whom the must necessarily rely. It has been and energetic work which has did results. But we must s emphasize that only two-thirds of the amount has been raised. It is necessary to raise the full amount—$60,000. Only then will the existence of the Daily Worker be reasonably Districts—Philadelphia and Boston—have gone over the top. Four other Districts—Denver, li-w Haven, New- ark and Detroit—are nearing the cop, and with a ni 'y raise their quotas. The other Districts, among them the most im- New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, e and Minneapolis—are trailing. It is important districts having the largest ich have the future of the “Daily” in We urge the leading comrades, the members of the District Buro, particularly in Chicago and New York, to assume personal responsibility for the re- mainder of the drive. Put your district over the top by December Ist! LaGuardia---Strikebreaker! Bed LA GUARDIA has again shown +{1 his true colors in his attempt to pre- vent the strike of the building service em- ployes. LaGuardia tried to settle the strike on the employers’ terms. He said in his letter to the Real Estate Board: ‘I have read in the papers that you have offered to sub- mit existing differences to arbitration. I see no reason why all existing differences cannot be set- tled by arbitration.” Yesterday LaGuardia said that the demands “must be settled by arbitration.” He declared he would not allow the building service to be inter- nd that it was a matter of the “health” ts. yor LaGuardia gave the Real Estate Board & frco hand to organize the biggest army of strike- bi rs and plug-uglies ever collected in New York City This army of thousands of “guards” was rounded up by such private detective agencies as the Bergoff's, Flynn, Pinkerton, and other scab- herders. Thousands of strongarmed men, backed by police gun permits and night sticks, have been recruited. Mayor LaGuardia did not say a single word against the strikebreaking army, a large proportion of which are members of the underworld and whose criminal records are well known. His city Police Commissioner, Valentine, is responsible for the fact that hirelings of these private scabherding agencies are allowed firearm permits and nightsticks. When the A, F. of L. Rank and File Committee, through Louis Weinstock, its national secretary, telegraphed LaGuardia protesting against the is- suance of these gun permits by the LaGuardia ap- Ppointee, LaGuardia took no action. He simply turned the telegram over to Valentine, LaGuardia turned a deaf ear to the demand of the A. F. of L, Rank and File for an investigation and for revok- ing of the permits and disarming and disbandon- ment of the mobsters hired to break the strike. But LaGuardia is more sensitive to the demands BAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1984 of the employers. He carries out every wish of the Real Estate Board. The Real Bstate Board insists on “arbitration” because they know that “arbitra- tion” will rob the building workers of all their de- mands, LaGuardia, as he did in the taxi strike, and in the elevator strike in the garment center, tells the workers they must bind themselves in ad- vance to accept all the decisions of an “impartial” board which will inevitably rule in favor of the Real Estate Board The representative of William Green, William Collins, and the president of Local 32-B, Building Service Employes, James Bambrick, readily accepted LaGuardia’s proposals, deserted the interests of the union members, and accepted compulsory arbitra- tion. On the question of the closed shop, these A. F. of L. leaders placed in the hands of R. In- gersoll, Brooklyn Borough president, the fate of their closed shop demand. Ingersoll, who was a mem- ber of the Winant Board, which, together with Francis Gorman, broke the textile strike, is “im- partial” chairman of a committee of three to de- cide on this question. The Real Estate Board has refused to “arbitrate” the closed shop, flatly refus- ing to recognize the union. The building service employes of New York City can now see that LaGuardia’s administration operates in the interests of the employers, using police permits, and forced arbitration to break strikes. The rank and file members of the building ser- vice unions should organize a rank and file opposi- tion and prepare to sirike under the leadership of the rank and file. Union leaders who accept such compulsory arbitration betray the interests of the union members, The New Attack on the Marine Workers HE New Deal’s more intense and open attack on the living standards of the workers is expressed very clearly in the renewed drive against the West Coast longshoremen and seamen. It is not an accident that this attack is directed especially against the marine workers, as because of militant struggle and Communist lead- ership they proved to be of the few in basic in- dustries to wrest significant gains during the past year. It took a three-month strike and a General Strike to force wage increases and the 30-hour week in | Party Life | District Sixteen | Presents Six Weeks Plan of Act y | | (= Communist Party in District 10 faces tremendous tasks and |responsibilities. The majority of the cotton mill workers, the majority jof the tobacco workers and a large |part of the workers of the furniture workers are in this district. In ad- dition, the district includes large jagricultural sections, with thou- sands of share croppers living in a gondition of actual peonage. Much of this territory is in the Black Belt, where the Negro masses are |subjected to the most brutal ex- |ploitation and to the lynch law of |the landlords. Our Party in this district is ex- tremely weak in numbers, in or- ganization and political develop- ment, even though the Party can record active participation in the recent textile strike and other struggles and is hated and feared |by the capitalists and landlords. Most of our members have joined |the Party during the past three or |four months, With the exception of the Danville Section we have not |yet established functioning Section |Committees, and from the District |Committee down to the units there |must be an immediate tightening up of the entire apparatus. Unit |meetings, dues payments, literature |sales, all are very irregular, The Young Communist League, which did not exist at all three months ago in the district, is still extremely weak and only in Dan- ville does the Y. C. L. hold regular |weekly meetings. There is a tre- mendous underestimation of the jimportance of the Y. C. L. on the part of the Party and we have yet to overcome the idea that the |¥. C. L. is for the “less serious” {young workers. There is no Pio- |neer organization in the district. | These tasks facing us, in the light the West Ce-st povis. It w hha thes-t cf a strike jof the situation of the district, calls which forced the gains on the East Coast. \for immediate and energetic steps, Now, enly a month sinc? (a2 £.0...c..v4 award |These must be of a concrete and vas handed dbwi bo thecWeat Oost ianon \definite nature, Above all the deci- was handed down to the West Coast longshoremen, lente oF kH® “SDltxict “Commnittea the shipowners are already violating the agreement. The shipowners refuse to abide by even the joint hiring hall, but insist that the men register with the blacklisting fink halis, or crowd around on waterfronts to be chosen by a hiring boss. Many shipping companies refuse to pay the overtime rate after six hours. Despite the fact that the West Coast seamen’s unions have been recognized and their demands have been placed for arbitration in the hands of the Roosevelt Board, it is now almogt four months since the strike ended, yet no decision was made. The shipowners are determined to take back the gains of the workers. The workers, however, are aware of every man- euver of the bosses and resist at every instance. Sey- eral dock strikes are now in progress in San Fran- ciseo and from indications another coast-wide strike may flare any moment. But what is the role of the president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, Mr. Joseph Ryan, in such situation? Upon complaint of shipowners he sent a telegram to San Francisco and warns the workers that if they do not “be- have” the charter will be withdrawn. Ryan there- by assures the shipowners that if they bring the struggle with the union to a head he will be ready, as in the previous strike, to try and break it. He will charter a local composed of scabs. Longshoremen and seamen in every port should realize that the attack against the West Coast long- shoremen is aimed at the workers of the entire industry. East Coast longshoremen gained from the struggle on the West Coast, but will have their wages cut, and speed-up increased if the present attack of the shipowners is successful. The deci- sion on the seamen on the East Coast is now Stalled pending the outcome on the West Coast. Longshoremen and seamen in all locals should demand that the entire organization be rallied be- hind the fight on the West Coast. ' Demand that an immediate decision be made on the seamen, whose solidarity made possible the complete tieup. Ryan's strikebreaking threats must be exposed to every member of the I.L.A. Wall St. Plots to Arm Fascists! Unite Against Fascism! (Continued from Page 1) regime, were ready to supply the guns for the fas- cist army. That they counted on support from Roosevelt is also shown, when MacGuire, the intermediary between the banks and Butler, told the General: “Things are moving nicely, and the President is going to the Right.” The basic reason for the revelations, as well as the fascist developments in the United States, is the fact that the Roosevelt regime, not only is not solving the general crisis of capitalism but Is in- tensifying it. The attacks against the workers’ liv- ing standards grow more ferocious. Relief is being Slashed fors the unemployed. Yet, on the other hand, the masses are moving into action, through great strike struggles, and preparations for still greater battles. (The unemployed and employed are going into action against the offensive to cut down relief.) The forces are growing in the struggle for social insurance. Roosevelt's demagogy is not suffi- cient to impede the path of mightier struggles. In this situation, the capitalists recognize that they must proceed, not only with the development of fascism through the usual, “democratic” course of the government apparatus, but must set up their extra-legal bands, to prepare for the bloody estab- lishment of their open dictatorship. So vast have these preparations been, to so great an extent have they been undertaken, that it was inevitable that just such revelations must have broken sooner or later. But every worker is faced with a serious prob- lem. Here are revelations of fascist developments that cannot be ignored. They emphasize and un- derline what the Communist Party has been point- ing out since the inauguration of the Roosevelt re- gime. Fascism is speeding on apace. Whoever hopes to defeat it by depending on the “democratic” tra- ditions of America, by just hiding his head in the sand and thinking a fascist dictatorship is impos- sible in the United States, is objectively helping to Speed fascist developments in this country. * * * UST we wait until the armed bands are march- ing down the streets, wrecking trade union head- quarters, smashing Socialist and Communist mest- ing places, murdering workers? Do we have to wait until the march on Wash- ington planned by those who were ready to finance An Editorial Butler, and will finance General MacArthur or Gen- eral McNider, or any other general? The fight against fascism must be speeded up, to heights never before known in this country. It must embrace the broadest toiling and middle class masses. It must become vigilant, active and go into the offensive now against every fascist move, against every terrorist act, against every attempt to destroy workers’ rights, against every effort to destroy the trade unions, against every lynch attack on the Negro masses. The most solid backbone of this struggle against fascism must be the united front between the So- cialist and Communist Parties. Certainly every Socialis: Party member will be alarmed by these revelations of Butler. He must be more alarmed with an understanding of the broader roves towards fasvism of the Roosevelt regime, cnd the extra-legal forces of American finance capital. He must act now! He must ap- proach his leaders, his fellow-members in ithe So- Cialist Party and demand: “Why can't we estab- lish the united front with the Communists against fascism now?” All of fascist history shows with iron certainty that the first attack is always against Communists and Socialists—primarily against Communists, be- cause they are the boldest and most revolutionary fighters against capitalism. Then the full brunt of the attack is leveled against the Socialists. Socialists! Are we going to wait until duPont, Morgan, Mellon, Ford, and the others have their armed bands organized before we form our united front against fascism, war and hunger? The Socialist International has already declared the matter of the united front should be taken up by the parties in each country. The last meeting of the National Executive Committee declared it would wait until it received an expression on this question from the Socialist International, They now say it is up to the party in each country. We are confronted concretely with this situation of the actual steps towards the organization of from 500,000 to 1,000,000 fascists, armed to the teeth, well supplied with money, and backed by the most powerful financial forces in the country. Let us not wait until it is too late. Let us con- front the enemy now with our united aciion. The united front against fascism will be formed in this country between the Socialist Party and the Communist Party, Let us form it now! must not remain on paper. There ;must be a day to day check up on the carrying out of the decisions by |the District Leadership. Every member of the District Committee |must see they are carried out in his jlocality. And every Party member must share responsibility for ful- |fillment of these tasks. The District Committee of Dis— |trict 16 adopts a plan of work to be carried out between November 15 and January 1, which includes the following general perspectives: a) District to increase its mem- bership from approximately 100 at present to 200 by January 1, and} to recruit at least 25 members for the Young Communist League. b) District to organize four new shop units and three new street units during the six weeks’ period. c) To have a PAID circulation of the Daily Worker of 200 copies daily. d) One comrade in every unit to be assigned to work with the Y. C. L, and steps taken to build a Y. C. L. unit where there is a Party unit. The following steps are being taken for study and educational work. a) Forty-five minutes of every unit meeting to be devoted to study period, based on outlines furnished by the District. b) Every unit to have a library \of literature for circulation among the membership, c) Correspondence classes for \leading comrades to be conducted by the district. d) Weekly open forums to be es- tablished by the Charlotte Section, and in other sections where it is practical. Foundations of Leninism—a Guide for ‘Party Members INE HUNDRED THOUSAND cop- jes of the great Marxian classic, “Foundations of Leninism,” by J. Stalin, are now off the press. Be- cause of the tremendous demand for Marxian literature, the Central Committee has issued a 10-cent edi- tion of this great book. For the Party the issuance of this work at prices accessible to every worker is a great event. The question before us in every unit, in every shop, in the trade unit, is how to combat the dem- agogy of the bourgeoisie and the social fascists. One day it is the |EPIC theory, another day it is TECHNOCRACY, Utopias, etc. The Socialists come with their disarm- ing theories of peaceful transition to Socialism. All this at a time when the capitalist class and its new deal Policy is moving fast to fascism, “Foundations of Leninism” is the most brilliant and simplest discus- sion of the burning problems of this Period. It contains answers to the millions of political organizational problems facing us. Every Party member should care- fully study every line of the book. For 10 cents a copy it will be pos- sible to put these 100,000 copies into circulation, and to demanc another edition. Let's have some Socialist jcompetition. Which district will sell | most? German Peasants In Many Sections Fight Against Police BERLIN, Nov. 20.—In several re- gions of Germany, notably in Ba- varia, in Eastern Prussia, in the Rhineland and the Palatinate ser!- ous fighting has broken out among the peasants, directed against the police. An official communication from the Prussian press states that “as a result of negotiations with local units of the Steel Helmets and the Storm Troops, as well as the ‘mobile cozps of the Nazi party, a body of constables is to be recruited from among the members of these organizations.” This is an authori- |tative admission of the economic ruin and unrest of the rural popu- lation, which is showing increasingly active hostility to Hitler's regime, Burck will give the original dra of I'm confident!” THE FASCIST SPECTRE! A MAN AND HAS CONFIDENCE Burck, upon hearing that Gold surpassed his quota, and increased it to $1,000 declared with the handicap I gave him, I'll beat him to it— his cartoon to the highest ccnt A Friend . N. T. W. Leah M “Even TOTAL Frank Minar . Previously received by Burek outor each day towards his quota of $1,000, $1.00 » 24.00 50 + 2.00 - 389.15 $416.65 (Continuea fiom Page 1) the general strike a former an- archists, now connected with the ‘Trotzkyites, published an article in| the anti-working class magazine Esto, describing the “Trotzkyist” methods of revolution. He explains that in these days of modern mili- tary equipment the masses are use- less, and play a minor role. The! important thing is to have the well- known “invisible’ army, that is, a select group of students, intellectuals and picked workers who are to tire the police, cut communications and maneuver the fascists of power. The workers are supposed to help by a general strike, more or less pacific. This article is sig- nificant, not because of the treach- ery in publishing it, but because it was just such a plan that was car- ried out in Madrid by the Socialist | leaders. j The Communist Party fought for the broadest united front, and pro- posed that the Workers’ Alliance, in order to lead the revolution more effectively and draw in the peasant masses, be changed to the Workers’ and Peasants’ Alliance. The C. P. also made every effort and sacrifice to include the important syndicalist trade union, the C. N, T. The hos- tility and arrogance of the S. P. Jeaders blocked the success of these moves, Fight Led by C. P. It was only in Asturias where the united front had been thoroughly established that the struggle reached its highest level. The day before the strike, the Communist Party or- gan, Mundo Obrero, published an article in which it demanded from the Workers’ Alliance and the S. P. a clear and concrete line of action and slogans, and protested against sending the Spanish workers into battle blindly and without a clearly defined objective. In Catalonia, mistakes were made by the Workers’ Alliance, in relying on the national bourgeoisie, under the leadership of Companys, whose putsch tn Barcelona, for the inde- pendence of Catalonia, was a miser- able failure. Companys, sensing the danger of a workers’ uprising, with | the workers taking the revolutionary lead in the national struggle, began to balk when the masses demanded | arms. For a while he distributed arms, and then stopped. He made an appeal to the kulak and fascist elements, Escamots and the kulaks like Rabasaires in the countryside. But they did not show up. The anarchist leaders were telling the workers to have nothing to do with the general strike and armed uprising, saying it was a Socialist- bourgeois trick, In Madrid, the “invisible” army was not having much success. The tactics were not sufficient to win over the army. The government began to send out its picked troops, composed of officers dressed like regular soldiers. Meanwhile, reports began to pour into Madrid of the masses fighting throughout Spain. On Iéonday and Tuesday the gov- ernment was shaken. A great deal now depended on actions in Madrid. ao was just at this point that some- thing happened in Madrid. The “invisible” army, for some reason or other, stopped operating. In the workers’ districts, the fighting con- | tinued, despite a terrible shortage of arms and ammunition. In Asturias, the situation was different. At first the Socialists were in the leadership, and later the Communists came to the fore- front. Soviets were organized at once. Food and other stores were taken over and issued to the work- | ers on tickets. Milk was given to families with children. The arms ‘ec if tries were put to work. The banks | some of the Socialists to return to Valor of Red Guards in Asturias Is Beacon to Masses of Spain were taken over and 14,000,000 pese- tas confiscated for the revolution- ary government and to continue the armed struggle against the fascist | regime. The Central Committee of the Revolutionary Workers’ and Peas- ants’ government passed the strict- est orders against pillage, and the most rigid discipline was main- tained. The manifestos issued by the government were inspiring revo- | lutionary documents for the estab- lishment of a Soviet government throughout Spain. A sanitary and medical corps was organized at once, and doctors and engineers were put to work by the revolu- tionaries. In the Basque province, the work- ers were algo in complete control for a short while, but lacked suffi- cient organization and leadership to hold power. Red Guards Amaze All ‘The resistance of the Red Guards to the three columns of troops sent against them in Asturias amazed all of Spain. It is known that it was necessary to bring up one-quarter of the entire Spanish army and all the air forces in order to subdue the Asturias Soviet. The Red Guards, without anti-aircraft equip- ment, nevertheless were able to bring down seven planes. The Red Guards were not defeated by the armed forces, but because of treach- erous negotiations with Socialist members of the Cortes, were ad- vised to capitulate, with promises of immunity. The peasant masses were not drawn into the struggle sufficient- ly, which is accounted for mainly by the debacle of the peasant strike, led by the Socialist Party, which was defeated because it lacked sup- port and leadership. The strike was left hanging in mid-air by the So- cialist leaders. The Socialist lead- ers now say one of their big mis- takes was in calling the general strike 48 hours too late, giving the government time to prepare its armed forces. They excuse them- selves by saying now that if they had called the general strike earlier, before the fascist Gil Robles had announced the formation of thenew government, they would not get the support of Companys in Catalonia. The fright of the bourgeoisie in the face of the heroic struggles of the workers, despite all handicaps, was profound and hysterical. The contradictory statements of the gov- ernment only made things worse. The petty-bourgesisie were desert- ing the fascists in large numbers, only returning to their ranks when the workers were defeated. The bourgeoisie, although it re- covered from its first shock, is bad- ly shaken, and presents a picture of gloom. The economic conditions are rapidly growing worse. Astu- rias is in a state of chaos. The stock market, which everyone thought would rise at the announce- ment of the fascist government's victory, shows greater signs of pes- simism. There is beginning a flight of capital. Gil Robles, and especially the Catholic Church, are demanding the severest punishment of the workers. They are making an issue of this. The government is hesitating, nat due to its humanitarianism, but be- cause of its weakness and fear of further uprisings. [Since this was written, two workers were “legally” executed, with the result that a general strike broke out in Sara- gossa—Kditor.] The government, to bolster itself, and to drape its fascist measures with the rag of the “republic,” are factory and other necessary indus- urging the “left” republicans and the Cortes. It is especially maneuv- ering with Besteiro and other right wing Socialists. A subscviption has been started by the government to pay the mer- cenary troops of the counter-revo- lution and for the “widows and orphans” of the troops who fought against the workers. The former King Alfonso donated 50,000 pese- tas; the big corporations are giving thousands, and the American com- panies here are aiding the fascist government collect this fund. Workers Collect Funds The workers are collecting funds | for the miners’ children in Asturias and for defense; but everything is being done to hamper them. The position of the Socialist Party is now very difficult. Even before the general strike and armed up- rising, its position was hard. The masses were held in tow only by the Socialist Youth, who were becoming more and more revolutionary, and by the “left” pronouncements of Largo Caballero. Besteiro, the right Socialist leader, is trying to gather together all of the right elements to form a labor party on the British style. The Trotskyites, who never had a mass base, are clinging to the Socialist leaders. Caballero is in prison, and his associate, Prieto, went to France. The Communist Party has gained tremendously from the struggles and the united front. It is striv- ing to win the masses behind the anarchist leaders, who were given a smashing blow by their treachery. The factors bringing the masses closer to the Communist Party, are: 1. The failure of the revolution- ary tactics of the Socialist Party; 2. The great destruction of re- formist illusions in connection with the bourgeois republic; 3. Dis- crediting of the .Trotskyites and their resistance to mobilizing the peasantry; 4. The realization of the Communist Party slogan of the organization and preparation of Soviet power as the only guarantee of victory of the dictatorship of the proletariat; 5. The treachery of the anarcho-syndicalist leaders. Workers Not Depressed There is not the slightest spirit of defeat among the workers. The} glorious Commune of Asturias is the main topic of discussion among them. Asturias has become the guiding light of the Spanish work- ers. They hail “La Commune” of Spain. The workers are learning more and more of what happened; are discussing their mistakes, pre- paring to gain by them. This is heightening the despair of the bour- | geoisie. Yesterday (Nov. 1) one of the bourgeois papers seriously advised that all the mines in Spain be shut down. It said investigation showed that the miners of Asturias, far from being defeated, were preparing at the first opportunity to strike an- other blow; and Asturias was that part of Spain most heavily pun- | ished by the fascist butchers. The trade unions are gaining larger memberships than ever before. Fascism is having the most dif- ficult time trying to institute its, dictatorship over the workers. The type of fascism, based on the church! and religious trimmings, sought by Robles, is finding the greatest dif- ficulty as the workers are learning what fascism is, The briefest pic- turization of the situation in Spain! today is that of an invading army, which has managed to seize some of the important fortified points, } but is awaiting with fear and trepi- | dation the attack of a hostile popu- lation, World Front jI——— By HARRY GANNES -—— “Signs Multiply in Germany” Gold Bloc Cracking Baltimore War Shipments OTHING is more distaste- ful to the American boss press than reporting growing mass discontent in any coun- try against capitalism. When we do get reports such as the following we can only cons clude that the situation is so alarms ing, fraught with such great ex- Plosions, that the very pressure of events requires recognition of the news. “As winter draws on,” cables John Elliott, New York Herald Tribune Berlin correspondent, “signs multiply in Germany of popular discontent with the National So- cialist regime.” Bourgeois correspondents. never go too deeply into class struggles, and when Mr. Elliott tells us that “signs multiply” of growing discontent with German fascism, he means that he who frequents the cafes or visits even official quarters can’t miss them. In fact, Mr. Elliott bases his story mainly on the official pronounce+ ment by chief Nazi poison prop- agandist Goebbels who orbids all Nazi meetings of a “national poli- tical significance” without direct permission from himself. One of the reasons is that Nazi meetings, which gather petty-bourgeois or toil- ing masses, turn into sharp attacks against the fascist hunger regime, Mr. Elliott relates one of these where 2,000 “veterans” of the Nazis met to hear Herr Goebbels, and Ereeted him with hissing and boo- ing, and cries of “grafter, you are getting rich while we starve!” epee ie ee THE newest factor leading to a further shock to the dismantled currency and credit system of the entire capitalist world is the move- ment toward inflation of the so- called gold-bloc countries. These comprise France, Belgium, Italy and Holland. The heavy blows delivered to the economic position of these countries by the rest of the capi- talist world which has gone the way of inflation has caused the collapse of the Belgian Cabinet, and an in- tensification of the class struggle in France and Italy. When inflation does come, as it rapidly is, it will precipiate a further inflationary movement in those countries already off the gold standard, and still fur- them undermine the relationship achieved between the various cur- rencies. The key to inflation in the gold- bloc countries is Belgium. Georges Theunis has just presented his list for a new Cabinet which, while promising to maintain the gold- standard will actually prepare to get off at the shortest possible mo- ment. The end of the gold stand- ard in Belgium will force France and Holland off the gold standard, ‘and Italy won’t be far behind. ECAUSE these countries came late in this movement, due to the un- eveness in the development of the world crisis of capitalism, the shock will be greater and have greater repercussions. This is especialiy true in France where the united front is battling against the hunger and fascist moves of the Flandin- Herriot government. Inflation in France will immediately drive prices sky high, It was to prepare for the Problems of the sharpening of the crisis that Doumergue attempted to put over his fascist measures, which Fiandin, with more oily maneuvers, is continuing. The economic situation in Bel- gium is grave. The Belgium treas- ury is in a crisis, despite the fact that one-quarter of the national in- come goes to it in taxes. The new taxes which were supposed to raise 4,000,000,000 francs, amounted to only 800,000,000. Belgium foreign trade recently dropped to only 40 per cent of what it was before the crisis. There is no prospect of any im= provement in this situation, but a certainty of the intensification of the crisis, and of the government's deficit, forcing inflation. Sa eee HERE is a veritable stream of war supplies going to Japan from the United States. The Sunday issue of the Baltimore “Sun” reports: “Streams of scrap metal—an im- portant material in the manufacture of armaments and munitions—are pouring into Japan’s foundries by way of the port of Baltimore, rece ords at the Maritime Exchange re- vealed yesterday.” They point out that in the first week of this month, six ships cleared Baltimore with cargoes to- talling more than 33,700,522 pounds, Besides, American industrialists are reaping huge profits supplying Ja- pan with such other war materials as sheet steel, copper, tin and wire rods. . These war munitions shipments are for use against the Soviet Union. In our Party slogans against war we often speak of stopping war shipments to Japan and other coun- tries. Here in Baltimore vessels leave every week with material for war against the U. 8S. S. R. Can't something be done about it in Bal- timore, demonstrations, or other ac- tions to call the attention of the masses to the war preparations and shipments, and arouse them to ac- tion against them. GANNES’ GLOOM GOES For the first time in weeks, Com= rade Gannes’ face expressed hope and cheer yesterday at the result of the handsome sum of $50 from the. Brownsville Workers School, “Any more lectures being held?” he asked hungrily. Pen & Hammer, Economic Com. , Leah Meisner 8 3.55 50 Chas. Long .. 2.59 Fur Wkrs, Ind. +» 2.90 Brownsvil'e Whrs. School 50.90 Previously received .,..... 192.87 Total one $252.32 —