The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 28, 1934, Page 6

MUNIST Pai ly QWorker «p's Only Working Class Daily Newspaper” “ FOUNDED 1924 ASHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY THE APRODAILY PUBLISHING CO., INC., 50 E. 13th tet, New York, N. ¥. elephone: ALgonquin 4-795 4. Table Address Washington 3 i4th and FP st Midwest Burea Room Telephone: Dear Subscription Rates: By Mail: (except Manhattan and Bronx), 1 year, $6.00; 6 months, $3.5 3m hs, $2.00; 1 month, 0.75 cents. Manhatten, Bronx, Foreign and Canada. 1 year, $8.00; 6 months, By FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1934 The Counter-Revolutionary Plot Against the U.S.S.R. ORE proof of the wide ramifications of the anti-Soviet counter-revolutionary plot is now coming out in the confessions of the assassin of Comrade Kirov, the Zinoviev group adherent, Nikolaev. Sergei Kirov, it now turns out, was just one of the vic- tims slated for murder. Comrades Stalin, Molotov and other outst ing Bolshevik leaders were to be the victims of the assassin’s bullets The remnan of the former Zinoviev opposi- tion, which had been liquidated, and whose leaders had hypocritically declared their unqualified ad- herence to the Party line, continued by the most desperate means to try to destroy the Party leader- ship in order to open the way for foreign imperial- ist intervention. Unable to win even the slightest hope of mass support for their treacherous policies, they resorted to the same methods of assassination and sabotage as publicly announced by the Russian fascists in the United States and the Ozarist white guards in Jugoslavia, and throughout fhe capitalist wo! Nicholaev, the assassin of Comrade Kirov, openly admitted the desperation of his counter-revolution- ary group: “We could not expect a change in the Party leadership by methods of inner-Party democracy. We realize that this path was entirely excluded. Hence, one path alone remained—the path of terrorist acts, When I shot at Kirov, I reasoned thus: Our shot must be the signal for calling for actions within the country against the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet govern- ment.” Another of the Zinoviev-Trotzkyite band of as- sassins admitted that decisions to carry out the terroristic actions arose from “the platform of the Trotzkyite-Zinoviev bloc—which was to undermine the authority of the present Party leadership and to replace it by leaders of our organization, Zino- viev, Kamienev, etc., who are supporters of chang- ing the present Party line.” To achieve this end of destroying “the present Party line” of the upbuilding of Socialism in the Soviet Union, the Zinoviev-Trotzkyite conspirators collaborated with Czarist white guards and the rep- resentatives of the foreign capitalist powers. Nikolaev met with the Consul of one of these powers in Leningrad. Who he was is not published in the Soviet press because of diplomatic reasons. But it is indicated by capitalist press correspondents in the Soviet Union that this Consul was the repre- sentative of German fascism. The counter-revolutionary supporters of the Trotzkyite gang in this country, in order to arouse the hatred of the masses against the Soviet Union, hhave been crying for “proof!” Here is the proof out of the mouths of the conspirators themselves. Against the policy of building Socialism in the Soviet Union, the Trotzkyite-Zinoviev agents in the U. S. S. R. stopped at nothing—including assist- ance of the most rabid fascist elements bent on wholesale assassinations to sound the signal of war against the Soviet Union, and destruction of the workers’ state. Confirmation of the confession of the Zinoviev- Trotzkyite assassins can be found in the fascist press in the United States. Isaac don Levine, for example, af the time of the assassination of Com- rade Kirov, declared that this was but the begin- ning of a series of assassinations, the chief victim of which was to be Stalin. He declared further in the Hearst press of Dec. 2, that certain “labor oppo- sition groups” were involved along with other oppo- nents of Bolshevism. Though the assassins were given a crushing blow, their chief allies, the imperialist enemies of the Soviet Union, continue their war preparations against the Soviet Union. The very rapid advance of Socialist construction, the mighty growth of the Soviet’s peace policy and its increasing ability to defend itself against all war adventures, spurs its sworn enemies to strike before it is forever impossible. For this reason, the world proletariat must now, more than ever, be on its guard for the defense of the Soviet Union, for the défense of the fortress of the world proletarian revolution. ' The New Deal Breeds Fascism alae economists are beginning to admit openly the fascist seeds that are rapidly sprouting in the Roosevelt New Deal. The analysis of the Communist Party 4s being steadily confirmed that the N. R. A. has been paving the way for fascism. Speaking before the American Economic Associ- ation, Professor Calvin Hoover of Duke University, said: “In this respect the economic policy and pro- gram of the New Deal somewhat resembles fas- cism and national socialism.” The professor, having made this admission, goes on to put a proletarian dictatorship and a capital- ist dictatorship in the same category. He hastens to add that “the paths of Italy, Ger- many and Russia” differ from the New Deal be- - DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1934 cause “we are trying to retain political democracy.” The professor puts forward the proletarian dic- p as being tt ame as the fascist-capitalist the grounds that the “governments or take over ecohomic functions.” But he ignore mous difference as to which class is controlling the economy and in whose interest it is being controlled. He also does not take up the fact that the fas- cist dictatorships can never really undertake serious 1 of juctior der fascism the means on remai e hands of private mo- capital. The only “control” which a.capi- governmer s capable of is to attempt to production in the interests of the biggest monopolies at the expense of the whole population. Inevitably, capitalist “control” is shattered by the radictions of capitalist production. Fascism means the smashing of all working class organizations, the lowering of the living standards of the masses, and the institution of a regime of terrorism and brutality against every right of the king class. Fascism means the open, violent atorship of the capitalist state in the interests co! of finance capital. The proletarian dictatorship means the placing of political power in the hands of worker the control of. their own lives hrough working class democracy, the raising of standa for the working and farming ses, and the release of all the productive and al forces in the country for the building of Socialism. SIDE his typical bourgeois-liberal state- ments what is significant in Professor Hoover's analysis is the recognition that the economic effects of the New Deal are becoming more and more ob- vious as the economic policies which clear the path toward fascism. This development toward fascism of the Roose- velt New Deal is finding ever increasing recognition among the bourgeois and liberal spokesmen them- selves. The recent speech of Ogden Mills, the find- ings of the Methodist Federation for Social Service, the speech of Dr. Virgil Jordan at the National As- sociation of Manufacturers, all mentioned the spe- cific fascist developments that are rapidly sprouting out of Roosevelt’s program. Professor Hoover conscles the masses with the idea that Roosevelt's economic reaction is counter- balanced by “political progressivism.” But fascist economics is breeding fascist reaction in all spheres of political life under the New Deal. By his de- fense of Roosevelt “politics” Professor Hoover is actually strengthening the forces of fascism in America. Roosevelt is the agent of the Wall Street mo- nopolies and is the executor of their policies. When the rising resistance of the masses men- aces the capitalist domination of the monopolies, Roosevelt will not hesitate to unleash full fascist terrorism against the workers and their organiza- tions. Are there not signs enough already that his whole administration is steadily paving the way for this fascist reaction? The growing frequency with which bourgeois thinkers admit the immanence of fascism in the New Deal are confirmation of the Communist Party analysis of Roosevelt's growing trend to war and fascism. It is in the Roosevelt program that the working class faces its ruthless class enemy. It is against this program that it must direct its attack. The broadest united front against these fascist develop- ments should be the concern of every worker and farmer. from War Funds to the Jobless “ALL war funds for the unemployed.” The ery has sounded from millions of throats in thousands of demonstrations of the hunger-driven unemployed in their fight for adequate relief. The cry will re- sound as the organized voice of the employed and unemployed at the mighty National Congress for Unemployment Insurance which will meet in Wash- ington on Jan, 5-7. The Roosevelt Wall Street government is pour- ing billions into war funds. New airplane contracts recently announced put new millions of P, W. A. funds into war preparations.” Battleships, tanks and poison gas are manufactured in the name of “recovery” by the Roosevelt regime. Secretary of War Dern has caught the spirit of the New Deal—he asks for 50,000 more soldiers in the standing army, 2,000 more officers, an air force of 2,320 planes, $60,000,000 for army housing con- struction. The Vinson Bill, enacted at the last session of Congress, is capitalism's “long range planning”— vessels of war for long range plundering of colonial peoples. C. C. C. is about to be enlarged to provide for married and older workers who have passed the present twenty-five-year age limit for recruitment. ey Sea 'ACH day brings new war measures and new war maneuvers under the Roosevelt-Wall Street gov- ernment. Washington dispatches yesterday an- nounced the concentration of the entire air force for planned war games—preparations for a new slaughter. Every bullet that ripped into the guts of a worker in the last world-wide carnage was smeared with profits and the greasy graft of the war makers. Every drop of blood that flowed was accompanied by a golden flow into the coffers of the Fords, the Mellons, the Morgans and Rockefellers. The re- cent Nye Committee investigations in Washington barely scraped the surface and revealed 600 and 800 per cent profits of the munitions makers. Another slaughter is being prepared to win new markets for the Wall Street monopolies, to redivide the world markets and to plunder the colonial people, so that the whole capitalist class can make more profits at the expense of the workers’ blood. While Roosevelt pares the miserable hunger dole to the mounting millions of workers on the relief lists, denies the veterans their bonus and pauperizes the destitute poor farmers, this mounting war bur- den is strapped on the backs of the masses, Mean- while every past promise of Roosevelt to grant fed- eral unemployment insurance is evaded and broken. The National Congress for Unemployment In- surance will bring forward the demand for all war funds to go to the unemployed. The voice of the employed and unemployed workers, the veterans, farmers, women and youth and the Negro people will speak at the National Congress for Unemploy-~ ment Insurance, and demand bread for the unem- ployed, not bullets, In the history of the Socialist |is no coincidence since it testifies Si cel Plants Ahead ot Plan VU. S.S.R. (Special to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Dec. 27 (By Wireless). —The steel works in the south of the U.S.S.R. have completed their production plan for the second year of the Five-Year Plan ahead of schedule, producing almost a mil- lion tons of steel in excess of the 1933 turnover. mayo e arms Revolution the year 1934 will enter as the year of a sharp advance in heavy industry, primarily in iron and steel. The 10,000,000 ton pro- duction plan for Soviet metallurgy was fulfilled by Dec, 16. Every day the blast furnaces of the Soviet Union produce 30,000 tons of iron, and this is above the requirements | of the plan. | Shortage of iron is now a thing | of the past. Iron is no longer ra-| tioned to industry. Not only have the bread cards been abolished, but, as it were, the cards for iron have been withdrawn, This parallelism f le cats pea MeN to the sharp improvement in the entire national economy. What is the historic signifi- cance of the National for Unemployment and Sotial In- surance, which opens in Wash- ington on Jan, 5? The Daily Worker tells you! No American worker can afford to be without | the accurate information on the | subject which the Daily Worker gives. See to it that every worker you know becomes a reader of the Daily Worker. If you are em- ployed, get a subscription for an unemployed friend. | Party Lite | | For Preparation | Of Leaflets gl THE November 29 Party Life | column of the Daily Worker, a request is made for experiences of | comrades doing technical work in| sections and units, especially for | good tips on how to perfect tech- | nical work. | When we first took over the tech- | nical work in this section, the com- | rades used to have an awful time | getting out a leaflet. They used to buy the paper at the 5 and 10} cent store (yellow second sheets— | 70 sheets for 5c), depending on how many nickels and dimes they could collect from other comrades and | sympathizers. They couldn’t put | out the leaflet until they had the paper, a stencil and some ink. They couldn't get these supplies until they raised the money. Much time | was wasted. Sometimes it took two |or more days to raise the mone} |If they had the money and an | emergency came up at night, they | had to wait until the next morning; | or if the next day was a Sunday, | they had to wait two days to get | the material needed! The mimeo- | graph was kept up at the hall, | where everybody could see it. Who- | ever was at the hall ran the ma- | chine for a leaflet, The machine was often out of order as a result. In the case of a raid the machine | would have been lost to us and we; would have had to whistle for our | leaflets, | At the present writing, we are able to start publication on any | type of mimeographed leaflet up to | |an eight-page bulletin, at any time | |of the day or night and can carry it through until completed, and | |then start immediately on another job, under conditions where the | technical apparatus is safeguarded |and the entire work of production jand knowledge limited to three jcomrades at the most, | In the period July 20 to July 31, the fascist police terror demanded {an intense production of leaflets. | Our comrades were being jailed. The police were searching for our print- | jing apparatus. One home was |raided. While the police were so | busy, we were too—two of our com- |rades worked night and day during this period, producing over 26,000 |leaflets under difficult and incon- | venient conditions, How was this change of condi- | tions—from the haphazard past to the present efficient functioning— | brought about? 1. By assigning one comrade as Section Technical Director, re- sponsible for all technical work in the section. % By establishing a financial set-up where all technical funds are collected and paid out by the technical director, who is respon- | sible to a strict auditing of funds. 3. By a consistent policy of building up and safeguarding the technical apparatus. 4. By a consistent policy of building up reserve technical sup- plies and apparatus, In Germany, the first thing the Nazis do when they trace down | leaflets, is to trace down the source of the paper—then, who bought it. This is a hint to the Party com- rades in the U. S. A., who are re- sponsible for technical work. We must get busy now, and store up |Teserves of paper and other tech- |nical supplies for our literature, in case we have to face similar condi- tions to those our German brothers are facing. Paper—Newsprint is the cheapest, | Satisfactory paper which can be | used in an automatic-feed, rotary mimeograph. The cheapest way to buy newsprint it to buy it in quan- tities, in the sizes manufactured (sheets 22” x 32”, 22” x 35”, etc.) Five hundred such large sheets is @ ream and usually sells for about $150 to $1.75 (this is for West | Coast). Then you get these large | sheets cut to any smaller size you want. The usual leaflet size is 815” x 11”, so in the 22” x 35” sheets, by cut- ting to this size, eight reams (500 sheets) of 812” x 11” paper is pro- cured (4,000 sheets), The cutting rate varies, but usually for one ream of large sheets, it is about 15c to 25c. So this brings the total cost of the 4,000 sheets of 814”x 11” paper to about $1.65 to $2. Many small printshops carry this news- print in these sizes and it can be procured from them at these prices or perhaps slightly higher. If you have a hand-feed mimeo- graph, the 22” x 32” size is the cheapest to get, since it cuts exactly to eight reams 8” x 11” and there isn’t any waste. However, the 8” wide paper does not run so well through the automatic-feed ma- chines, If you can raise as much as $20 to $30 for paper, it pays to get the newsprint by the one-eighth or one- quarter ton lot. An eighth ton 22’ x 35” news print will produce 40,000 sheets 8” x 11” paper. On the West Coast an eighth ton of newsprint will cost, including cut- ting, about $16. By hunting about the wholesale paper houses and print shops, odds and ends of cheap paper can often be discovered too. Building reserve stocks of paper, etc. Out of every stock of paper bought for current use, store 10 per cent (100 sheets out of 1,000) away as a reserve. Never touch it, unless in urgent emergency, after which it must be immediately replaced. This reserve must be safeguarded well and as few people as possible know about it. Reserve of stencils and ink can also be put away by following this practice—setting aside @ small per cent every time you get new stocks. This is a painiess way to stock up reserves, when finances are low and can’t be used directly on reserves, San Diego, California. (To Be Contnued) Never before has the oppor- tunity to get new readers for the Daily Worker been so great. Get | | j | Some Pointers | your friends and shopmates to become regular readers of the paper. Get a subscription TO- DAY! BEWARE OF GOLD BRICKS! By Limbach Merging of Marine Unions Urged to Beat Agreement (Continued from Page 1) the shipowners to grant an agreement that will be acceptable to the seamen, For Better Agreement Believing this, the Marine Workers’ Industrial Union has urged the seamen to reject the agree- ment. We believe a more favorable one can be won. To accomplish this, of course, will require immediate action and great strength, which can come through the united action of all unions, Such unity would, undoubtedly, rally the support of the unorganized. Recognizing this burning need for unity, which the Marine Workers Industrial Union has always sought to achieve with the members of other unions, we again appeal to the International Seamen’s Union for Unity. We propose that elected representatives of the two organizations meet immediately and work out a program of action that will call for rejec- tion of the proposed agreement and to demand that negotiations be reopened or action initiated for an agreement that meets the demands already sub- mitted, We believe that such united action of the two unions is possible and will be greeted by the mem- bership of the International Seamen’s Union. Recent strikes that involved members of the I.S.U. and M.W.1U. has developed a strong sentiment for unity which is taking organizational form as we see in the ships committees organized on West Coast ships by LS.U, and M.W.LU. members. However, there are those who charge that the Marine Workers In- dustrial Union does not sincerely want unity but merely wants to slander and destroy or disrupt the 1.S.U. As these charges are made to prejudice mem- bers of the 1.S,U.' against a united front with the M.W.LU,, we wish to answer them. Olander’s Charges Mr. Olander, Secretary of the I.S.U., in a recent statement, makes the following charges against the M.W.1.U., which he usually refers to as the Marine Wreckers Industrial Union: “The so-called Marine Workers Industrial Union has been pouring protests into the ship- owners and government officials against any recog- nition of the LS.U., and has openly announced its intentions of joining the I.S.U. for the pur- pose of boring from within and scuttling the ship.” In this statement Mr. Olander tries to create the idea that the M.W.1.U, is opposed to the agreement because it gives recognition to the LS.U. He also charges that the M.W.I.U, wishes to scuttle the ship of the I.S.U., The Marine Workers Industrial Union protests because its membership has been refused the right of representation, But the M.W.LU. is opposed to the agreement MAINLY because it does not meet the demands of the seamen, because it outlaws militant action, thereby making the work- ers defenseless, and because the seamen are not being given the chance, WHICH IS THEIR RIGHT, to express their opinion and VOTE upon the agree- ment, If this agreement met with the approval of the seamen, then it would meet no opposition from the M.W.L.U. But it does not—and proof of this is to be seen in the protests that are pouring in from all seamen, INCLUDING MANY MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN’S UNION! The Marine Workers Industrial Union does not seek to “scuttle the ship of the I. 8S. U.” The M. W. I, U, has always fought for the right of the workers to belong to unions of their own choosing and has supported workers organized in other unions in their fight to obtain recognition. Proof of this is to be seen in the support given by the M. W. I. U. to the west coast longshoremen in their fight to force the shipowners to recognize the I. L. A. and in the fact that the Marine Workers Industrial Union has never challenged the right of the I. S, U. for recog- nition or to represent its own membership. Under the leadership of the M. W. I. U. the Baltimore sea- men established a centralized shipping bureau, which abolished the blacklist and through which all sea- men, including members of the I. S. U., shipped withouf discrimination. While the M. W. I. U. has and will continue to criticize the poiicies and deeds of officials who we believe act against the interests of the workers, we have never attacked the mem- bers of the I. S. U., nor have we urged them to leave their organization but to remain it and fight. for control by the rank and file and for a program that is in their interests, There are those who try to prevent united action by saying that unity is impossible with a “dual or rival organization.” This sometimes confuses many workers who sincerely desire, not only united ac- tion, but one union in the industry. The Marine Workers Industrial Union Is not responsible for the fact that there are a number of unions in the industry--nor do we desire it! Who is responsible—those who caused the defeat of the 1921 strike? Who carried through mass expulsions of militant members of the I. 8. U. and who fought | against rank and file control? One hundred thou- sand seamen dropped out of the I. S. U. because of these things. The further pursuit of these disas- trous policies left the seamen unorganized for years, and the lack of democracy in the I. S. U. and the inability and unwillingness of the I. S. U. leaders to organized the unorganized and lead them in the fight against the shipowners compelled the seamen to organize a union which would enable them to resist the attacks of the shipowners. During its ex- istence the Marine Workers Industrial Union has led hundreds of ship strikes, as well as the coal boat and Munson strikes, the recent Atlantic strike, and has a splendid record in the Pacific strike, where it was the first to rally the seamen for ac- tion, It has constantly struggled for the demands of the unemployed. These facts admit no argument. that the Marine Workers Industrial Union has jus- tified its birth in 1930, And since its birth the M. W. I. U. has stood, not only for united action, but for the uniting of all forces in the industry into one union that would guarantee rank and file control, full trade union democracy and be based on a program of struggle against the shipowner. In order to remove all stumbling blocks to united action for the defeat of the proposed agreement, and in keeping with its basic policies, the National Committee of the Marine Workers Industrial Union therefore stands ready to propose to its membership the merging of the M. W. I. U. with the I. S. U. on the following basis: a) That the proposed agreement be immediately submitted to all the seamen for a complete report and the widest possible discussion and action and a referendum vote of all seamen, union and non- union, scabs exempted. We agree to abide by the majority vote of the seamen. b) In the event the agreement is rejected by such a vote the negotiations shall be reopened and carried on by a democratically elected negotiations committee, If the membership of the I. S. U. agrees to such @ program of immediate action against the agree- ment, we believe that trade union unity could rapidly be accomplished on the following basis and guarantees: a) Transfer of membership books without dis- crimination. All members of M. W. I. U. in good standing to have same status in I. S. U. b) Officials to be responsible to rank and file; full guarantees of democracy, which means right of members to express and fight for their opinions and the right of election to all positions. c) The carrying through of general elections and the calling of a national convention within a stip- ulated period of time. » The Marine Workers Industrial Union stands ready to enter into negotiations with the Interna- tional bodies of the I. S, U. concerning the pro- posals contained in this letter. The National Com- mittee also proposes that its branches in every port submit the proposals to the respective branches of the I. 8. U. In ports where branches of the M. W. I, U. and I. S. U. endorse the proposals for merging we recommend that unity committees be established immediately to organize a united front in the ports and ships to struggle against attempts to enforce the agreement, while awaiting action of the other ports on the question of merging the two unions. Brothers—it is planned to enforce the agreement on Jan. 1, We must act at once to defeat it. We believe that the proposals in this letter, if given immediate and serious attention, will not only help to defeat the agreement, but will also lead to the complete organization of all seamen, into one union and will be a big step forward toward the eventual unification of the seamen with the longshoremen into a powerful industrial union. NATIONAL COMMITTEE, MARINE WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION. 1 World Front —— By HARRY GANNES -——— A Brochure on Navies Some Words on the U.S. S. R. Gambling on the Saar VERY neat booklet, on | fine, hand-made paper, with a message from the Japanese government, has gone out to American read- ers. Of course, it wasn’t sent to factory workers, or farm- ers. What Captain Tamon Yama- guchi, naval attache to the Em- bassy of Japan in Washington, DC., had to say was for the eyes and ears of the American wealthy class. Now, learned as he is in the ways of diplomacy as well as war, Cap- tain Yamezuchi doesn’t speak en- tirely what’s in his mind, or what his government wants the American capitalists to consider. He does not say right openly: “Your government ‘is building the biggest, navy, pre- | paring for domination of the Far Eastern colonies in contest with us, |@nd we demand, therefore, an end of the treaty which keeps our navy down to the 5:5:3 ratio.” But he does hold out the most attractive bait that one imperialist power can to hook its rival. That bait is to allow Japanese imperial- ists to build a more powerful navy (as well as to prepare for war more rapidly) without the hindrance of Wall Street antagonisms, in order to hit the chief blow at the Soviet Union, Apter 1 headisa how the Naval Attache does it, and here also is how he gives his little game away: On page 6 of the elegantly printed brochure already mentioned, Cap- tain Yamaguchi tells the influential American readers: Behind Japan’s insistence upon parity, there is the problem of our relations with the Union of Soviet Russia. It is mo secret that the Soviet Government in recent years has revived its naval force with renewed vigor. There are more than twenty submarines at Vladivostock and a great fleet of modern fighting planes is also stationed in that vicinity.” The picture here that this special< ist in war wants to create in the minds of his readers is that the Soviet Union (international fortress of the world revolution) is building up its armed forces, and Japanese imperialism should be allowed to strike it down, in the interest of all capitalists. see ‘HE Captain relates what he says is “no secret” that the Soviet Government has “revived its naval force with renewed vigor.” What does this “revived” naval force con- sist of that confronts the imperial Japanese navy, with its ships that are the equal of the American and British armadas? Twenty subma- rines! Now the Naval Attache may know his airplane carriers, his Nel- sons, Skaggeracks, and the “law of the N square,” as it operates in naval warfare, but he doesn’t know logic. For on page 9, after trying to show the aggressiveness of the Soviet Union by its construction of 20 submarines, he writes, referring to the right of Japan to build more submarines: “However, in spite of their (submarines’) slow speed they have strong attacking power, and in case an enemy’s fleet comes, they can be an ideal and most effective defensive weapeon. In other words, submarines are not essential in offensive warfare, but are indispensable in defensive operations.” Which, of course, helps to sustain Comrade Stalin’s slogan of the So- viet peace policy: “We do not want a foot of foreign territory but will not cede an inch of ours.” All of the Soviet Union’s preparations are for “defensive operations,” against the open offensive attacks of Jap- anese imperialism in Manchuria, and avowed aims of invading the Soviet Union. The question of planes does not enter Captain Yamaguchi’s discus- sion, as the Washington treaty does not restrict Japan from building as many planes as it can, which it is, of course, doing. se ‘HE Saarland industrialists are making huge fortunes in Fascist Germany through stock exchange gambling, fostered by the Nazi gov- ernment. The “Weltfront” in its December 2nd number gives figures showing the enormous stock purs chases on the Berlin exchange by Rochling, one of the wealthiest cap- italists in the Saar. . This business is done in “blocked marks,” marks which can be spent or used only in Germany. Rochling gets the blocked marks at one-third of their value, since the German govern~ ment is forced by the shortage of foreign currency to pay one blocked mark for two French francs. These blocked marks will be released at the moment the Saar district is seized by the Fascists, giving Roch= ling the equivalent of the foreigne exchange mark with the “blocked marks” he got at one-third the value. While doing business on the one hand with the French war indus- try, on the other hand Rochling speculates on the possibility of the return of the Saar to Fascist Gere many, because if this happens he will gain 300 per cent profit in the stocks bought with the inflated blocked marks. Nazis Buying Arms From Swedish Firm STOCKHOLM, Dec. 27. — The German steamer Nordwest left Gothenberg a few days ago with a cargo which included, as the dock- ers discovered in spite of the official denial, 1,708 cases of arms and 150 cases of munitions. They had been ordered from “Bofors,” the welle known Swedish armament factory,