The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06
BOLSHEVIKS
Win SO SEATS
IN ELECTION
GermanLefts QuadrupIe
POwer In Reichstag
CspseIaI to The oaIIy worker


some of the features of the More
gan-DaWes plan is seen as the
result of the German elections
Sunday in which Communists
and anti Dawes nationaIists
made gains and the coalition
forces lost many seats.
While the Marx-Stresemann
government has a majority of
seats it will be unable to muster
the two-thirds vote to put thru
the railroad amendment neces-
sary to the transferring of the
government transportation sys-
tenn to private interests.
An Anti-Labor Coalition.
There is even doubt whether the
other proposals can be put thru. The
various parties in the coalition gov
eminent are at variance with each
other over details. They are united by
their fear of the proletariat rather
than by common program.
The latest tabulations give Com
munists 60 seats, TRIPPING their power
since the last election Socialists 9S,
a loss of nearly half their seats; ma
tionalists so.
Socialist Losses.
For the Marx-Stresemann coalition
the returns give Reichstag seats as
follows: Folkspulei, s5; democrats,
80; centrists, 81; folkists, 80; Han
overaner, 4. and The undecided Bavari-
an folks, 20.
The losses of the socialists were
just as marked as the gains of the
Communists.
Communist Growth Terrifying.
Terrifying growth of the Commun-
lists" as the Marx-Stresemann govern
ment calls it, is the outstanding fea-
ture Of the Sunday elections now be-
ing tabulated.
Sixty Reichstag seats were won by
the revolutionary party in spite of
Fascist repression in the industrial
districts. The Communist victories
ON revolutionary campaign-por-
tend tremendous revolutionary SEN
timent among the workers.
Big Socialist Losses.
While the Communist strength
jumped from three to sixty, the So
cialist party fell from $50 to "a, the
latter figure representing Social Dem
ocrats and Independents.
Communist growth came from the
industrial workers largely and is
looked on gloomily by commercial
leaders of Germany and by diplomatic
representatives of France, America
and other nations supporting the
Dawes plan.
1t is feared by the Entente repre-
sentatives that the fnaI.cial stability
that is needed to put thru the steady
collections from Germany that the
Dawes plan calls for, will be marred
by the unrestful condition indicated
by the Communist growth.
Communist Enthusiasm.
Communist enthusiasm election day
brought disquiet to these conserva-
yves. IN Berlin, where FRAU huIn
Fischer and Emil Eichhorn, were
elected with other Communists, the
revolutionists came in force to the
polling places to prevent election
frauds, they announced.
In many industrial towns OF Sax
ony, the Communists were practical
ly in control.
The Marx coalition government is
on Trailer foundation than before. It's
260 seats are distributed among So
cialists, Democrats. Catholics and
Peoples party, with many points OF
difference between them, united only
by their weakness. fear and hatred of
the Communists.
on the other hand the opposition,
consisting OF $50 votes, is at swords
points between itself. The Commun-
lists have nothing in common with the
reactionary nationalists or the Fas-
cisti But the Communists are dis
ciplined block with definite revo-
lutionary program and have the back
ing of Communist parties OF the world
in their official proposals.