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

against the editor of the "Das Tagebuch' in
Berlin, it was brought out that the confessed
murderer of Karl Liebknecht, Lieutenant Lipp-
mann, had been employed in the Department
of Justice of the Socialist" government of
Prussia, and have been allowed to escape when
that was the smoothest way out None of them
were punished. Major Pabst the leader of the
band was allowed to escape to Austria, which
was, in those days, ruled by socialist" gov
eminent supported by Socialist majority in
Parliament There he was allowed to estab-
lish his headquarters and launch upon the or
ganization of the Heimwehr, which is now sup
plying Austria an open fascist rule.
The social-democrats of Germany have Gre
ated the so-called Republican Defense Law,
which is law against the Communist move
ment. Communist papers have been suspended
editors put in jail The Red Front Fighters
League the Red Youth Front, the Anti-Fascist
organization of the German workers, were per-
secuted and finally suspended. The Socialist"
police of Berlin are always on the side of the
fascists whenever they engage in their muir
derous fights upon the workers Fascism which
is the child of social-fascism, can "get away
with anything" under Socialist" rule. Only
recently the Socialist Premier of Prussia
Otto Braun, was forced to allow the mon
archist Stahlhelm demonstration in Hhineland
after Hindenburg threatened to boycott the
celebrations in that territory.
To say that the social-fascists of Germany
(as well as Austria) have paved the way for
fascism, is not sufficient. The Socialists" are
the organizers of fascism.
In the American labor movement, the $50
cialists" were the first to introduce fascist
methods of dsbandng left wing local unions
and joint boards, suppressng such bodies by
force.
The socialist led International Garment
Workers Union, in 1923, has expelled scores
of left wing workers of the Dressmakers Local
of Chicago and finally disbanded by force the
left wing joint board of the cloakmakers union
of that city, with the aid Of the Chicago police
and underworld. The president of that union,
infamous Sigman, together with his vice-pres-
dent, Pearlstein, have introduced a reign of
terror against all needle workers who dared
criticize their action. At one Of the demonstra-
lions of the rank and file, at Ashland Audi
forum, underworld gunner have tried to mu-
der Comrade William 2. Foster, While he was
speaking from the stage of that hall. The
shots fired at him went wild and the agents
of the Socialists" escaped.
The expulsion of Comrade William F. Dunno
from the convention of the A. F. of L. in
Seattle, the explosions that have taken place
in the United Mine Workers of America with
the subsequent adoption of an amendment to
the constitution that no Communist may be-
long to that union, all these and other fascist
facts Of the A. F. of L. leadership followed
after the socialists" in the needle trades have
inaugurated their fascist methods. Here, too,
the honor of pioneers Of fascism belongs to
the Socialists"
Fascism is an octopus now let loose by the
capitalist class in order to fight the working
masses. In Germany Austria, Hungary, Po-
land, Finland and other countries the fascists
together with their organizers, the social-fas-
cists, are suppressing the organizations of the
working class, disarming the workers, forcing
upon them long working hours wage cuts, CAPT.
talst naturalization, abolishing the 8-hour day,
unemployment relief, and other living and work.
ing conditions gained by the revolution in 1915
Fascsm, together with social-fascsm now
the open instruments of the dictatorship of
capital in many countries.
In the United States, the capitalist class is
trying to stem the tire Of unrest with the aid