The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-10

famous naval treaty" secretly
this plot for war, American v
shops to protest on August L.
and to demand all war funds
be given to relieve the unenl-
ployed.
Meanwhile the same sort of
disarmament" proceeds in
Great Britain, the British Admiralty
today publishing it's estimates for
what is badly declared additional
funds for ships allowed under the
London Treaty" Also France ap
propriated $26,O0O,000 for frontier
defense"
The British Admiralty wants 81,
100000 added to the regular budget
whose sum is so vast that the CAPT
talist press discreetly doesn't men
ton it at all, but which include the
building of "three six-inch gun
cruisers, whole flotilla of destroy
ers, three submarines, four sloops
and one net layer. The extra ST.
100000 is to cover the additional
costs of building three other SUBJ
marines which were budgeted in
1929 but never got built.
But this isn't ALL 1t is said that
fifty cruisers represents the min
imum requirements for peace"-and
that in order to keep up with this
peace" minimum, no less than 81
new cruisers will have to be built
between now anu 1886 under the
disarmament" treaty! And what's
more, not only do cruisers get out
of date, but so do destroyers ("de-
stroyers" also are for use in
"peace!") and that to keep up the
minimum on that category, more
than two whole flotillas a year will
have to be built under the "disarm-
ament" treaty!
With this going on in England,
the U. S. Congress here is doing
its share for "peace" by the fake
fight" which will precede adoption
of the disarmament treaty" that
provides for building $1,000, 100000
worth of new ~arships-while Hoo
yer refuses to give a penny to the
100000 jobless workers and their
starving families!
Secretary Stimson broke all rec
ords at official lobbying yesterday
by button-holing every republican
senator right on the floor of the
Senate or in the lobby (Which is
politely known as the cloak room)
and even grabbing some democrats
like Robinson, democratic floor lead.
er, who went to London to give a
"non-partisan" front to the con-
spiracy known as the naval con-
ference.
With the big republican "whips,"
such as Watson, and the democrat
leader Robinson enthusiastically for
the billion dollar disarmament
ship building program, ratification
would seem a sure thing, but there
has to be the pretense of "democ-
racy," a lot of windy speeches by
an inspired Opposition" with "views
of alarm" about the country being
''left defenseless" with only $1,000
100000 more warships. This will
help Hoover get the disarmament
approved and the warships prompt
ly built.
Senator Swanson of Virvinia read
long speech his secretary had
written, in favor of the treaty, which
no one paid any attention to. Then
a resolution by Mcclellan of the sop
position" asking Hoover to please
send the secret correspondence be
tween this and other governments
which contains the main treaty made
at London-the agreement between
the imperialist powers to make wa,
on the Soviet Union.
Not that anybody expects to gel
these papers, but just to give the
people" the idea that some of thes,
capitalist politicians are guarding
the interests of the masses. Borah
who has a marvellous ability il
hypocrisy, sprung the following: g
think we ought to have the papers
that is to say, we ought to ask fol
them: It is doubtless within this
power of the president to refuse
them, but we ought to ask for them.
War against the Soviet Union i.
nearing, an deach robber power
fears that the other will steal too
much territory. Each arms to gel
as much as possible. Billions are
being spent for war. Not cent
to maintain the starving millions o.
unemployed.