The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-24
BY l. AMTER.
written in Jail)


pEACE is a delicate plant that needs constant
attention. Beginning in 1922 the imperial
list powers assembled in Washington, after
having established peace" at Versailles, once
one bringing the world "a step closer to peace"
1t failed.
Then came more peace" conferences-each
one bringing the world "a step CHASER to peace"
Thereupon followed the Kellogg peace pact"
signed by all nations. Still it was not enough,
for China, instigated by American and British
imperialism, made a dastardly attack upon the
Soviet government, which would have led to
war, had the Soviet government not been de-
cisive Thus the Kellogg peace" pact was an
other illusion
Then came the London naval reduction"
parley which was shpwrecked in that it in
creased and did not reduce the navies
The dominant position of United States i'm
perialism and the enactment of the Hawley-
Smoot tariff have terrified European imperial
ism. BRAND, the "astute statesman" sensing
what is coming--from three angles-proposes
anew his UNITED States of Europe" England
is Sympathetic" but will not join; Italy de-
clares war on the plan in the super-Kaiser
tones and mad visions of Mussolni. This
European federation is merely a plan of
Brands to strengthen French leadership in
Europe.
Million Dollar Proposal.
Thus is peace" established! And all the
mperiast powers proceed with the building
of navies, armies, aircrafts and chemicals,
each to the limit of its power in peace" times
Congressman Britten proposed $1,000,000I000
appropriation in addition to the regular" ap-
preparation for war purposes! Italy is rushing
the building of naval vessels; Germany passes
the budget for the new super-cruiser; France
is building for the submarine cruisers of 5000
tons!
Why these war preparations?
Beginning with the United States, the most
aggressive and powerful of imperialst pow
ers: it is necessary for American imperialism
to find markets for at least 10 per cent of
its productions to keep American industry
operating even at normal" (This normally"
does not mean to operate at 100 per cent
capacity, for were that done the world would
be glutted with products.
American industry never operates 100 per
cent Part-time operation has become rule
in most industries: coal, textiles, STEEL fabri-
eating, auto, pottery, clothing, etc. Agricul-
ture has so far exceeded not the eating capacity
of the world, but the buying power of the
masses, that the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture demands a reduction of at least 20
per cent in American agriculture
The United States, Argentine, Canada and
Australia are tremendous agricultural coun-
tries. Their production could be increased
many times, but there is no market for their
produce owing to the impoverishment of the
masses throughout the world. While recon-
mending reduction of 20 per cent in produc-
ton, the U. S. Farm Board proposes stabil-
izing wheat at 81 bushels cents a bushel
lower than it costs the farmer to raise it!
The consequence will be the ruin of hundreds
of thousands more of poor American farmers.
But the United States government is not con-
cerned with this phase of the question. Ii .
owning farmers are turned into tenants and
share-croppers; if both of them are driven off
the land into the industrial centers-that is
their problem. The government is granting
aid, loans, etc. to the big farmers, just as the
policy of Mussolni is a conscious one to drive
the small peasants off the farms and trans
form them into laborers on the big estates.
Fertilization of Europe.
The industrial crises in England, Italy,
Japan, Poland, Czechoslovakia manifest the
acute need of markets. The "Fordzation" of
Europe, introduction of the belt and conveyor
system, which means higher production, low
err costs, eliminations of millions of workers,
higher profts-the "Americanizat.~ of
Europe-buying up by American finance cap
ital of leading industries, such as mines, steel
works, auto and chemical factories, match in
dustries, public utilities etc.-this is another
form Of modern industrialization and economic
penetration which faces the imperialist world.
The second angle is the growing socialism
the broadening and deepening socialist indus
trialization and collectivization of the Soviet
Union. Despite sabotage, counterrevolution,
refusal of foreign countries to grant loans,
etc.-the Five-Year Plan promises now to be
realized in four years. The latest controlled
and fully checked up figures to be presented
to the Congress of the Communist Party of
the Soviet Union demonstrate that while in
dustrial production in the foremost capitalist
country-the United States-declined % per
cent in one year, it increased 5000 per cent in
one and a half years in the Soviet Union
Achievements far exceeded the quota laid out
so that they had to be continually raised.