The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-11
war MONGERS
PUSH AHEAD
DEFENSE DAY
Communists to H o d
COunter-M
BY MAX SHAcHTMAN.

Pacifist clergymen who at
tempted to carry a resolution
depIoring the preparations for
Defense Day at a meeting of the
Chicago Presbytery here, we're
promptly squeIched by their fell
low sky pilots for such an UNI
fortunate lack of patriotism.
Inopportune Time.
This is a very inopportune
time to introduce such a resolu-
ton" said DR.. Carrier, as he
moved to lay the motion criti-
cizing the day on the table.
The venerable doctor didn't say at
what time such a resolution would
be opportune, and his colleagues
didn't ask the question either.
The rounding up of the clergymen
Of the nation is proceeding quickly so
that there shan't be any stragglers on
the 18th of September, Mobilization
Day. In Chicago preparations are be.
ing made on grand scale. Most of
the big corporations and firms in the
loop district have made it obligatory
upon their employees to take part in
the demonstrations, an example of
the method Of carrying out this plan
having been exposed in a previous is
sue OF the DAILY WORKER, in con-
nection with the Boston Store.
Plan intimidation.
In other parts of the country the
very same plans are being carried
thru. In Bergen Field, N. j., intimi-
dation Of the citizenry is being under
taken by an order of the Mayor,
Charles p. Warren, who has had a
notice posted ordering all able bodied
men between the ages of Is and As
to line up at the Borough Hall and
comply with his Mobilization Day or
der His order has caused consider
able discussion because of the rumor
that If, on Defense Day, any able
the town without registration card,
he will be taken to the police station
and kept until two and half hours
after the demonstrations are over.
Such intimidation is comparable
only to the bitterest days of the war
and is proof of the militarist purpose
behind the whole maneuver.
In Missouri, the small towns have
been lined up solidly, it seems, ac.
cording to an announcement by Will
liam A. Raupp, chairman of the state
defense committee and an adjutant-
general to boot More than 80 towns
have joined the movement during the
week ending today, making almost
five hundred towns and cities in Mis-
souri, that have arranged programs for
Defense Day.
Kept Press Piles It On.
Newspaper propaganda for the
plan is increasing in space and much
emphasis is being laid upon the fact
that the DAY" is only a peaceful
demonstration. This is given the lie
direct by the statement Of Lieut.-Col.
John A. Scott, of the Reserve Officers
Army Corps, in a speech before an
American Legion post in Washing
ton, ID. c., where he stated that an
other war is as certain as death and
that Mobilization Day is preparation
for it.
Even General Henry T. Allen, who
occasionally poses as pacifist, has
been persuaded to make a public
statement in favor of the plan.
81 will tell you what kind of a pa
cifist | am" said the man who com
manded the American troops in Co
blenz on the Rhine, 81 am that kind
Of a pacihst that does the utmost to
keep peace as long as possible.
know there will be many wars. AS a
pacifist | need TO do the utmost TO
prevent war, but. knowing that wars
will come, believe in holding ma
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