The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-18

concerned, the robber pact signed at
burg regime are doomed to go.
The election took place amid incrt
resign and persistent rumors that the
the nationalist and socialist parties
are wary about openly supporting the
Locarno pact in the face of the mood
of the workers, who denounce the
agreement whereby they are further
enslaved by allied Imperialism.
Communists Get 43 Seats.
The results of the election, con.
Quoted on the system of proportional
representation, give the Communist
Party, 43 representative in the city
administration, as compared to 70
socialists and AZ for the German ma
tional peoples party, the monSfchists.
The Communist Party came within
ten thousand votes of leading the ma
tionalists, and thus becoming the
second party of Germany.
The Communist Party has issued
statement demanding that the social
list representatives support program
of the immediate demands of the
workers, or brand themselves once
more as merely another one of the
bourgeois parties.
There is a possibility of the work
ers having a majority in the city parl-
lament says the Communist Party
statement and if the socialist repres-
entatives earnestly have the interests
of the workers at heart they will sup
port the workers demands. The Ber-
lin workers have sent majority to
the city hall. Now then it is neces-
sary for this majority to represent
the will of its constituents.
immediate Demands.
The proposed immediate demands
which the Communist Party calls on
the socialist representatives to sup
port include: The eight-hour day and
higher wage rates for the "Ungestel-
LEM government employees; con-
struction by the state and city of
houses for the workers, to be rented
to them without profit, measures for
relief of the unemployed this winter,
and definite steps to reduce the high
prices which are further increasing.
The Communist Party of Germany
will direct the sharpest criticism to-
ward every attempt of the socialists
to build a block with the bourgeois
parties, the statement adds. The pro-
gram of the Communist Party of Ger
many, against the Locarno pact and
the Dawes plan and similar moves to
enslave the German workers and
form an alliance against the workers
and peasants government of Soviet
Russia. and demanding the workers
control of industry and the govern
ment, then summarized.
The results of the elections show
that hundreds of thousands of Berlin
workers understand that the Com
munist Party of Germany is the revo-
lutionary fighting organization of the
working class. A large number OF
the Communist voters are not yet
members of the party. The Commun-
ist party points out to these workers
that merely giving their votes is not
enuf, and calls on them to enroll in
the revolutionary fighting front of the
German proletariat to join the Com
munist Party.
Monarchist lmperialist Ambitions.
The monarchists coalition, which
won the last presidential election by
promising a firmer stand against al
lied Imperialism, altho their leaders
frankly admitted to imperialist ambi-
tions of their own, has now fully ex-
posed itself.
The petty bourgeoisie who were
promised they would get back the
money they lost in the war, have now
again been disillusioned.
While Hindenburg, and other old
goosesteppers speak at the graves of
kings where the monarchist flag is
displayed, the Luther government
docilely accepts the Dawes plan yoke
and pays the allies by raising the
prices charged the workers for food
and other necessities
AS Comrade Leon says Those who
voted for Hindenburg because he pro-
missed them relief. are now calling for
relief from the receiver"
The signing OF the Locarno pact
has been heavy blow to the prestige
of the monarchists. who by so doing
accepted an agreement which more