The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-02

put on part time. Hundreds of thou
sands of workers find themselves on
the streets without work and with
out the means of livelihood
Competition Sharp.
That is what is happening today.
American capitalists are curtailing
production. Tremendously sharpened
competition on the world market to-
gether with the critical condition of
such basic industries as mining, auto
mobiles, oil and the critical condition
of the New England industries, are at
the bottom of the present depression.
But the American capitalists are
not much worried by this situation.
They have become great exporters of
capital into foreign lands. From the
late imperialist war, American CAPT
talism emerged as first rate imper-
ialist power, penetrating and subju
eating the countries of Latin-Amer
lea, China, the Near East, Europe,
etc. These imperialist exploits bring
the American capitalists tremendous
ly high rates of profit. Foreign in
vestments are progressively playing
larger role in the activities of Amer
lean capital. Since the home market
ceases to bring high enough profits
to satisfy the lust of American CAPT.
talism, capital in larger quantities is
exported into other lands, subjugat-
ing and exploiting other countries,
and laying the basis for new imper-
ialist wars. See what American i'm
perialism is doing in Nicaragua to-
day.
Unemployment Spreads.
The present industrial depression is
responsible for the growing unemploy
ment. The spreading employment in
its turn is further undermining the
buying capacities of the working
class, This is aggravating the indus
trial depression still more. Thus a
vicious circle is created which may re-
suit in a prolonged industrial crisis
accompanied by widespread suffering
for millions of American workers.
Resist the Wage-Cutting and Union
Smashing Campaigns of the
Capitalists.
The capitalists are taking full adj
vantage of this situation. They press
forward their wagecutting and union
smashing campaigns. They are MAX
ing preparations for even wider at
tacks upon the standard of living and
the trade union organizations of the
American working class. In this they
receive the full support of the gov
eminent which operates against the
workers with injunctions, police, mill
tary, jails, etc.
/ Bureaucracy Betrays.
What is the official labor movement
doing about it?
What is the trade union bureau
crazy undertaking in this critical sit
uation?
The answer is, they have done and
are doing nothing TO organize the
workers for struggle. They have done
and are doing all in their power to
weaken and demoralize still further
the ranks Of the working class.
The workers must resist this attack
of the capitalists.
Fight for Unemployment Relief.
The way TO meet the present sit
uation is to fight for immediate and
permanent relief for the unemployed
The American capitalist class and
it's government must be made to real
ize that the working class will moi
stand for the misery imposed upon il
by the present industrial depression
The American workers will fight
against it. The American workers
will demand that the burden of the
crisis be shifted from themselves II
the capitalists.
Demand Relief.
Immediate government relief fol
the unemployed must become the de-
mand of the American working class
The federal government, the various
state and city governments, musts be
compelled to Immediately appropriate
and set aside sufficiently large sums
Of money to relieve the suffering o1
the jobless workers.
This relief must neither be asked
nor given in the nature If charity