The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-08
BY OLGA GOLD.

aration for the authorization OF
women by the ruling class when he
wrote, To-day the imperialist bour-
geoisie is not only militarizing the
whole people, but also the youth; to-
morrow it will probably begin to
tnilitarize the women" Today, four
Teen years after the beginning of
The last great massacre, and on the
eve Of the new imperialist war, we
witness alleover the world and espe-
cially in America, the tremendous
preparations on the part of the rul-
ing class to spread the poison of
militarism among the masses of
women in preparation for the COM
ing imperialist war.
Patriotic Propaganda.
Today, the capitalists are not only
utilizing the cheaper labor power of
women to replace men workers, to
lower wages, to weaken the resist
ance of the workers, to increase I'M
employment, but the imperialists
no vHrld over are effectively and
~ ~'ronizing the women
for the coming imperialist blood
al tie bitter, unspeakable
horrors of war will be increased a
hundred fold with the development
of the technique of warfare, in the
relentless struggle for power, for
repartition of colonies, for redistri-
button of markets, for intensified
worldwide exploitation of the work.
ing class.
The capitalists have various
schemes to permeate the working
class with imperialist theology by
means of the subtle propaganda of
sentiment and patriotism, calling on
them to murder their brothers in
the name of duty, obedience, discip-
line, in the name even of peace. The
capitalist class aims directly at or
ga--,izing and controlling the masses
of working women by means of such
organizations as the League for
Women Voters, the National Wom-
ems Party, the Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, the Women's Peace
League, all organizations of vary
ing influence, but equal in the zeal
with which they "carry on" doing
their bit" to serve the imperialis'
master class.
The American imperialist govern
ment is today preparing for the
mobilization of women for the next
war and for the preparation Of war
Secretary of War Davis announced
this week system of coordination
between the war department and the
various women's organizations cap.
italistic in order that the womer
may be drawn more effectively in
to the war machinery. This plar
was announced as the result of {
meeting held with Davis by repre-
sentatives of capitalist women's or
CARNATIONS, who demanded that tn,
women have means of participating
in war activities. The war depart
ment accordingly arranged for ths
appointment of a woman as chic.
Contact officer" between the wal
department and the women Of thu
country" This chief officer will
have women "aides" in the nine
military corps areas of the United
States and in the Philippines
Hawaii. Porto Rico and the Panama
Canal Zone. The organizations rep
resented were the League of Amer
lean Pen Women, American Wal
I Mothers, National Civic Federation
American League of University
Women, Daughters Of American
Revolution, League of Women Vot.
ers, Federation of Women's Clubs
Daughters of 1912, American Legior
Auxiliary.
The imperialists all over the world
are organizing special women'S
military organizations. In Finland
the Lotte Swiard has $4,000 womer
who are being trained for military
service in war. In Latvia, the mill
tary defense organizations include
special women's corps. In Poland
the Anti-Bolshevik League have at
tached to it, together with man!
other women's organizations, thu
nationalistic women's organizations
IN Germany. the Koenigs Louise
Hund, a tremendous association
uniting 5000 bourgeois women's or
CARNATIONS, all amalgamated intt
one single society, penetrates di
rectly into the masses of wome,
workers of Germany, energeticall!
employing all sorts Of schemes ant
methods to mobilize the working
women direct from the factories, ar
ranging a regular and constan
series Of entertainments, lecture
and other means Of propaganda, ap
pealing always to special feminin'
psychology. The members of thi
giant organization wear regulation
uniforms and advocate in their pro
: gram two years compulsory mill
tary service.
In France, too, special militar.
law has been passed drafting ever.
man, woman and child into direc
!