SOCIALIST APPEAL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1939 ONE HAS FAITH IN ROOSEVELT Election Campaign Gets WELL, WOLL FOR, Figures Reveal Scandal The In the off to Flying Start In St. Louis Relief WAR DEAL Labor Unions Other Join the SWP, Party of Revolution, Says Spain Veteran, Quitting the CP WAR PROBLEMS RAISED AT Story MEETING Max Shachtman Fires Opening Gun at. per to the Nornelust Apprent a Person Is Average Relief Allotment By DWIGHT MACDONALD ST. LOUIS, Missouri, SepBronx Open Air Rally tember 28 Matthew Woll. In Seventh Largest City This week should like to develop a little further the theme arch reactionary Vice Presi of my last column: that modern war is so vast a social under dent of the AFL, in an address to the National Assoc!
taking and the capitalism it expresses is by now so closely integContinued from Page 1) e pace in the Bronx, the New 8pcopal to the Socialul Appeal York City in June was 45. 14. rated with the bourgeois state, as to make it impossible for oldation of Life Underwriters By WIDICK and the imminence of swift York party intends to take the ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 27. 22. 84 in St. Louis. Single cases style private enterprise either to fight a war or even to meet American involvement, Shacht next week out and concentrate today at the swanky JefferAccording to the Federal So in New York City were paid the problems of neutrality. The state simply must step in and man declared that the war ts on finishing the drive in Manson Hotel, placed his hopecial Security Board figures just 27. Many other cities were low handle matters.
When our movement adopted imperialist in nature and that hattan to secure well over the in keeping America out of released the skimpy relief allot with 15 to 20, but St. Louis war in our Congress and In 1914 1917 the dynamic leadership of the war drive came the idea of a sliding scale of its aim is the re division of the number of signatures that is lePresident.
ments in St. Louis are so low with 32 topped them all in from Wall Street, with the Wilson Administration up to the last wages for union contracts last world markets. In such a sally necessary to get candi as to approximate a national meagerness.
While recognizing that the scandal if generally known.
putting on at least an appearance of opposition. This time the year to protect the living stan war for super profits, the work Gate Paine on the ballot.
August Avarage Roosevelt Administration is openly playing a war game, with workers have everything to dards of the workers from war ers of the world are called up. What the party requires most American cities, 7500 cases in Louis dropped to 20. 59 per no means to imply that this war is not like the last one, Wall In this seventh largest of The August average in St. Wall Street rather inclined to keep in the background. This is by time price boom conditions. on by their masters to sacrifice now is funds to make sure that lose in the war. Woll placed absolutely no faith in any dl. August exhausted the local family and 17 per single per Street war. The basic motivation of Roosevelt war drive is many unionists considered it Shachtman declared is hypo are made certain. All sympa rect action by labor keep funda, a miserable 120, 000, an son.
to protect the interests and profits of American big business.
too theoretical and not practs critically described as a sacri thizers and members of the par us at peace, but placed his average of 16 a case.
This crisis has been brought And the final, fateful decision as to the time and conditions of sole hope in our notoriously cal enough. ice to make the world safe for ty are requested to chip in to cities expenditures about because the State Legis our entry into the war will be determined in Wall Street and not neutral War Deal govern rate: lature appropriated but 6, 000. in the White House.
Like many other advanced democracy. Yet it is a fact that the limit. The party is rarin to ment.
Duluth, Minn. 152, 000 000 for the entire state of Misideas. it took the hard impact the first victim of the war is. BO. whirlwind campaign is By now Woll will be exSan Diego, Cal. 175, 000 of events to drive home the significantly enough democ planned and has begun. An we souri for the years 1939 and 19: Instrument of Big Business need now cold cash. If the il pounding his misplaced hope Reading. Pa. 152, 000 40. Governor Stark, New Dealmerits of this propsal. Yet, it calling upon the workers to party gets that, then New York from the tribune of the Milwaukee, Wis. 462, 000 er, held out for slightly larger The Roosevelt Administration is as much the instrument of American Federation of La Boston, Mass. 451, 000 appropriations of 000. 000. the big bourgeoisie as was that of Woodrow Wilson. Even more Prices rise before and during fight against the war. Shacht. will see a working class cambor 1939 convention.
Newark, 475. 000 which would still not solve the so, indeed, since in the last two decades there has taken place a war. Unless union contracts are man stated that his candidacy paign such as it has not seen work for long The family payment in New problem.
gradual coalescence of ble business and the government.
This signed that permit upward ad made it possible for In the weeks ahead the st. means that the relationship of Wall Street and Washington in this justment in wage scales in that ing men and women to register Louis area is faced with one of war is far more subtle and complicated than it was in the last period, the workers really take their opposition to war at the the most serious relief crises in war. It is not enough to perceive the basic fact that the country a wage cut because costs of polls this Fall and to support the country.
is being dragged into a second world slaughter in the interests of living have increased but the and join the Socialist Workers American capitalism. We must also understand just how this is amount of money the worker Party, the only working class being done this time. We must be aware of certain differences in has with which to buy goods anti war party with a program technique which in turn reflect twenty five years of development stood still. So part of our trans to end the war.
of our monopoly capitalism.
itional program consisted of urging the workers to get a In the coming four weeks beThe other day the Chamber of Commerce reported to provision in union contracts fore the election, the Bronx its members on the outlook for foreign trade. This report was a which guaranteed a rise in Party is planning to hold two or (Special to the Socialist Appeal) Party above all others placed the workers of the world by its sermon in caution and scepticism. warning that war booms prowages to correspond with a rise tree outdoor meetings nightly TOLEDO, Ohio Six years a the power in the hands of the true name. The Communist Induce bad economic hangovers, and advising its members against in prices to bring the anti war and anti member of the Communist loyalist democratic bourgeoisie, ternational is dead. To every over confidence. This tone of moderation and wariness is Fascist message of the Party, before that a member who then destroyed the inde. Honest member of the CP. characteristic these days of the whole financial press. On the Prices Rise before thousands of workers. of the YPSL, a veteran of the pendence of the workers militia now address this other hand, the President whips up the war spirit with ever The second world was al. The party is also planning legal Spanish Civil War, John Ken and organizations and created BREAK WITH THE PARTY OF increasing abandon, the current climax being his personal anbrought a rapid rise action to force the police de azierski last week resigned a democratic bourgeois army. SELLOUT, BETRAYALS, AND nouncement such dirty jobs are usually left to minor officials in prices in America, and there partment to grant it loud speak from the Communist Party and making it possible for the LIES. Return once more to the (Continued from Page 1)
that submarines of unknown nationality had been sighted off seems to be no stopping. Right er permits for its outdoor meet joined the party of revolution democratic bourgeoisie to se principles of Lenin. Let us re our coast. This bit of frank war mongering, released just as the of our s choice for the Court of Ap. Congress was about to start debating neutrality legislation, got ary action, the Socialist Work cretly make peace with their member the words after Hitler marched into Po ings.
ers Party fascist bourgeois brothers in teachers! Lenin who said The peals, the meeting of the state the front page scareheads it was intended to.
land, a sharp upward trend in Indoor Rallies the price of food became evi In addition to the outdoor ral Active in the labor movement order to save their own hides, workers have no fatherland. Committee was about to ad enemy is in our own country. man arose offer a resolution Prices increased from ten to cover every section of the Comrade Kendzierski is well their money bags.
twenty per cent on foods, etc. Bronx with large indoor rallies. known among Toledo workLeadership Lied Return to the principles of In on the Stalin Hitler rapproche There is a widespread illusion, sometimes to be found even The pinch was felt quickly by hese rallies will be addressed ers. On his return from Spain, in the pages of the Appeal, that Morgan Co. is playing workers. They were making the by candidate shachtman to the local 16ed him at happened the closed the reve means an independent revoluText of Resolution exactly the same role in maneuvering America into this war it did in the last. This emphasis does not correspond with the The resolution, submitted by known facts.
same pay, working just as hard, gether with other prominent meetings held in his honor. In lutionary workers into the tionary movement of the work and yet they could buy less. party speakers.
The rising price level was re Among the meetings already ism in practice how at every seois Popular Front, which pu: nations. Let us fight against William Schaeffer of Local 155, When the last world war hit the American economic system, ducing their real wages. na scheduled are: a meeting this stage it violated the interests the democratic military dictat this imperialist war for which ILGWU, declares: no governmental measures whatever had been taken to cope tion wide cry against war Friday night in 67 at 178th on the workers. With the added or Daladier into power. Dala. the democratic as well as the As worker and a member with it. The financial community was hastily mobilized by the of the New York State Commit profiteering was raised by the Street and Mohegan Avenue, a evidence of the Stalin. Hitler dier is now crushing the work fascist capitalist is guilty.
Governors of the Stock Exchange and by the leading Wall Comrade There is only one way to de. tee of the American Labor Par Street bankers, headed by Mr. Morgan. But this mobilization protes imagement his pares to the meeting next Wednesday night parte Kendzierskiers parties and sending the fend the Soviet Union and to ty. want to take this opportunthis injustice. ir: Elsmere Hall at 170th Street came to the realization that the French workers into an imper end forever imperialist war andlity to express my opinion and was insuficient. The impact of war abroad and the hasty selling Some Unions Act and Morris Avenue and meet only way in which the October islist war of murder for cap fascism. That is by the revolu aiso to ask the State Commit. of large blocks of American securities by foreign holders, these ings in the following halls: Revolution, and the interests of italist profit.
More or less progressive un Bronx Terrace, Ward Manor, the world workers could be As to our own CP leaders, tionary overthrow of Capital tee toto on record in express caused a temporary financial panic. The Stock Exchange had to ions, whose leadership had Hollywood Gardens, 98. defended was to break with the why did they lie to us about the Ism by the revolutionary working its opinion on the present be closed for several months. There was an industrial slump before the Allies began to buy over here in big quantities.
foresight enough to have claus Wilkins Hall. The last meeting Stavinist party met dies and be: Stalin Hitler pact. The Dailying class of the world. Stalin international situation That we go on record con This time, Morgan, symbolically enough, happened to Communist wohe apologizers of the Munich power of the working class, its Soviet Government for the pact little difference it he had been on the spot, as he was in 1914.
tracts which permit reopening for shachtman. The areas in members of the Socialist treachery make the dirty in te trying to barter away these between Hitler and Nazi Ger For one thing, the present Morgan is rather stupid, carries little reliance on capitalist powers.
of the wage questions, are us. which these indoor meetings Party is: Join the ing these clauses to begin nego. will be held are to be warmed Workers Party.
sinuations that Soviet Union tlating along the idea of a slid up by intensive outdoor activ Comrade Kendzierski state in the possessed ment is here printed in full: ities during the week before.
Now they son.
ing scale of wages.
with the fascists! Now war which has resulted in the the brains and the influence his father had in his day, the present Paper Planned 10 THE MEMBERS OF THE say that this pact is blow to Sidney Hillman, president of There is Hope of. the Amalgamated clothing Among the other plans that COMMUNIST PARTY the fascists. The second state Comrades, do not despair, especially in the disruption of drama. Months ago the arrangements to meet the impact of a Workers Union, announced in the Bronx party has for the Dear Comrades: ment is more a lie than the There yet remains one Party, the Polish working class as a European war on our financial system had been made, and behalf of 225. 000 members that election campaign are. 1) the For six years have been a first.
srising out of the defeats and whole. As a Labor Party, we when war actually came they were merely put into effect. This they would seek wage in publication of a special page member of the Communist Step to War betrayals, which through all the cannot remain silent in the face job was done neither by the stock Exchange governors nor by crease of ten per cent soon to paper which will give the work. Party and the YCL. You all First they say there will be past years of lies and slanders, of the betrayal of the interna the big bankers of Wall Street, but rather by the Federal agen cover the men because of the ers of the Bronx a full state know that am loyal to the ment of the anti war principles working class and a militant no pact. then they say it is only has held true to the real printional working class by Stalin. cles which now dominate the nation financial system: the The Textile Workers of Am of the party. 2) the publica anti fascist. have fought for an innocent trade pact, but ciples of Leninism, which has That the American Labor Securities Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve Board erica has also taken steps in tion of special Shachtman for the freedom of the international when it is proved to be a po pointed out year after year te Party go on record as in favor and the Treasury Department. Working in close collabora working class on the battle litical pact of non aggression, road of defeats and betrayals of requesting the President and tion with the British Exchequer and the Bank of England, these David Dubinsky, president of the party is also planning a felds of Spain and against the broken if the Nazis started an and which today stands out as states to declare the Soviet Un the firing of the first gun in Poland, stocks began to soar, and an the International Ladies Gar. special mass meeting on Octo Wolves of fascist reaction.
ment Workers Union, has ad ber 13 in the Fordham area, While thousands of the best imperialist war. Hitler did start the only fighting organization on a belligerent nation and that uninterrupted war boom began over here.
So it has been also with two other functions which the House Vised all local untons to include which has been the scene of revolutionary workers of Amer. broken, instead a military mis fascism. That is the Party of Soviet Government as well as of Morgan fulfilled for the Allies in the last war: the raismg of provisions for of to the other belligerents on the credits over here, and the purchase of American war materials.
increases in all new contracts. cist gatherings. James Can what we believed would be the sion was sent from Stalin to the Fourth International In the first week of the war, Administration officials announced He proposed that wages be non, national secretary of the socialist revolutionary victory Hitler, proving Browder again which the Socialist Workers European Continent.
Party is the American section. That the American Labor they were prepared to extend credits to the Allied nations raised automatically when the party, is scheduled to address in Spain, we all saw many a lar.
This pact was not a step to ask all of my comrades of Party so things in the policy of the record condemning through two governmental agencies: the Reconstruction Finance price index figured out by the the meeting.
US Departmen of Labor goes Despite the fact that the cam in Spain which made us won ward peace but toward war. the communist Party to join the Communist Party of the Corp. and the Export Import Bank up five points. Incidentally, the paign is proceeding at a quick der. Being disciplined revolu The second World War is on. me in once again building the United States as an agency the Socialist the Soviet Union and as an ad day, he said something about it being reasonable to assume It is true that when Morgan got off the boat the other Textile Workers proposals are tionists, we placed our trust in vocate of policies detrimental that the Allies would call on his firm to repeat our performalong these lines.
İSTATEMENT OF THE OWNERour leaders of the CP and said Union could not trust the dem. Revolution John Kendzierski to the American labor move ance. But this remark, which caused a great flutter in left wing SA MANAGEMENTED CIRCUL Rothing. We did not wish to ocratic imperialist nations.
And there have been similar JUN CRONASS OF AUGUS cause dissension in our Tanks how can it trust a Hitler, whose Sept. 18. 1939 ment.
steps in other unions. Reports ACTS 1912, CAND MARCH ed before the enemy.
journals, turned out to be merely an indication of how much out hand Stalin clasps in peace and Immediately upon concluding of touch with things Mr. Morgan is these days. His partners of the of the sliding friendship.
the reading of his resolution, in promptly denied any such possibility, and so did the British and FUN and GAIETY For five scale of wages proposal in underweaklys. dokew York Now for one cannot be sl years which are mingled an attack French governments. Officials of the War Deal disclosed that at a Pore ne notary in and for the tween Stalin and Hitler, the on the pact as well as a lot of Roosevelt had advised the British government against allowing appear in the labor press. It is State an deounty aforeslå, perse patriotic nonosense, of NIGHT in HARLEM teeman Schaeffer received the formance. As cynically notes in the Sept. 37 New RepubCommit the House of Morgan to give an encore of its famous 1914 perconvention will take decisive ve been duly sworn accoring toers. at a time when Hitler was name of democracy. Now we almost unanimous applause of lle: The advice was sensible. To create pro English sentiment action on this question the body. Although the state among the mass of voters here, the House of Morgan should be die App and tollowing war, forces me to speak. We tions, democratc and fascist. Sat. Oct. 14, p.
AFL War Stand Sto the best teise kohe own. must face the truth, so that we wolves, fighting for plunder and Committee includes not a small kept out of sight. In 1914 1917, the English government had at the group of stalinists, there was Ambassador Page to help them influence American opinion: In The AFL convention is facing pared publication for the date sis of a real International Rev. profits. Both those great depaper the relations et of the can continue to build on the ba none in the hall who arose to this war they seem to have done much better.
an unusual resolution on the shown in the above caption required and Mimo Club cppose or to argue against eiwar question which was sub themet eros 1919, clutionary program to crush mocracies England ther the tended by the Act of March 2237 Seventh Avenue capitalism, be it German fasc. France have established millsunge. lution or its lanonly opposition Matter of Scale council.
Tickets: 50c revel oferinis torm, wild on destroying the cause of fascism see that the cry of democracy came from the dais: from State But it is not only for propagandistic reasons that the House Besides the ordinary provimet e martes and addresses Chairman Luigi Antonini and of Morgan is not being called in again by the Allies. The mata sions about we stand for neulhe iness managers are emy the bourgeoisie.
of the aubliane editor: minging and imperialism, our class en versus fascism was a lie in order to fool the workers. Who On Sale At: State Secretary Alex Rose.
reason is that today Government agencies rather than Wall Declaring himself in sympa Street bankers control the technical workings of our financial ich safe and out of European lacinto Bortor In Spain saw how the started this slogan if not the 116 University PI thy with the resolution, Antoni system. The basic control of the system, of course, remains in wars, which are a poor sub und Entor, onde sune Man with its policy of the support of rotten which is now on the Auspices. democratic capitalism ag side of Hitler and no amount of ni pleaded with the State Com the hands of big business. It has merely been found advisable, stitute for adopting a Let the con Martin Abern Sherman National Negro Department, explaining, excuses, or lies can mittee to refuse to consider it. for the benefit not of the people but of business interests, to People Vote on War slogan) the Stanley 116 Universitar owned ainst fascist capitalism, led to hide that fact.
Socialist Workers Party The body relented when Antoni centralize technical management in Washington. This is true in Thorporaciones name and ad the destruction of the Spanish convention is being asked to a must be stated and also ime workers and peasants revolu Let us call this betrayal of ni gave the assurance that the times of peace, and it is truer than ever now that war has en ALP is preparing a similar res larged the problems of capitalism to abnormal size.
ernment to mediate in the secolding one of the motorwned toy ism. We saw how in the name olution which it will submit at An anonymous financier put the essence of the matter the Party citywide Confer pretty well when he was quoted in the World Telegram of This section was introduced arenes of the Individual avec corporation, the names and ad of democracy the Communist MASS MEETING ence this Wednesday.
by William Green, president of company len other unincorprated the Sept. 14 as follows: Buying materials is not a banking firm the AFL. Who inspired him to concern state and radaren at the said two paragraphs contain Big Guns Fall Flat function anyway. When Morgan Co. went into it in the introduce it? since we know member must be given. cumstances and conditions under Although the big guns of the last war, everyone thought the fight would be over quickly and Green long history as Socialist Appeal Publishing Asso which stockholders and security Labor Party had popped off in dertaking. It expanded tremendously. Buying for this war is ex he work could be done. Then it turned out to be a gigantis un Jabor faker that he is an ag Max Shachtman.
ciation 116 University Books of the company as trustees, Editor of the Socialist Appeal order to force a retreat upon pected to begin at the same scale and may go on from there to ent of American capitalism, we PL Martin Abern. 116 University hold stock and securities in a ca are inclined to doubt the theory ty phat the known bondholders, we send them into the merren speaks on similar resolutions and in or something which would dwarf the imagination.
that this was introduced as part mortches. thend other security hold somociation or corporationens in der to clear the way for the in The French have already announced that all their purchases of the Hitler peace offensive. ers owning or holding per cent or Interest direct or indirect in the said WAR THE STALIN HITLER PACT troduction of officially approv will, for the time being, clear through the commercial attache of Dia Roosevelt ask his good more of total amount of bonds morto stock. tronds, or other securities than ed statements at a later date, their embassy in Washington. There is also a semi official report friend Bill to bring this matter per mother securities are. in as stated by himesecu at the That the average number of one of the committeewomen that a Franco British Joint purchasing agency will be set up before the AFI convention?
That the two paragraphs next piesoldeschistributed through the PARK PLAZA offered a resolution on the war Canada to arrange all purchases in North America. This agency, And if so, why? Does Roosevelt above, kiving the names of the owa: mails or otherwise, to paid subscribe era, stockholders, and security hold.
danger. She had spoken only a it is expected, will work closely with the procurement division 1530 PITKIN AVENUE, BROOKLYN few moments when Antonini de of the Treasury.
the date. This required from ani FRIDAY EVE OCTOBER 6th, at 8:00 clared her out of order on the War today is just too vast an enterprise for even the most would not succeed. Which other appar por the books where publications only SHERMAN STANLEY grounds that the Executive of powerful private bankers to handle. If war hasn been exactly Bears upon the books of the com ADMISSION 150 the Labor Party would present socialized, it has at least reached the stage of government own have to go to war to make bany as trustee or in any other Adu Sworn to and subscribed before me Auspices: Socialist Workers Party of Brooklyn a resolution on war at the Wedership. It goes without saying that, as in the case of other forms peace possible? The next few chary relation, the name of the per: this 22 day of sept. 1989 nesday night Citywide Conier of government ownership under capitalism, the change is made days will tell.
trustee 18 acting. is kiven: also that Irving Scher, Notary Public.
ence.
in the general interests of monopoly capitalism.
we were ion contracts are beginning to New York, NY. lent. The signing of the pact be lought to support our own mitted to it by the executive 1933, embodied in section in ism or English imperialism, bytary dictatorships. Now we can call on the United States gouddresses of stockholder owning ortion and to the victory of fasc.
Max Shachiman want to be forced to try ere, if any, contain not only the list or during the twelve months precede would mean America would the stockholder or security holder ap Signature of editor, publisher, busi.