The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-16
Howling for War Against the
Soviet Union

I To-day the Bolshevists at least can be made
industrially innocuous through the economic CO.
operation of the USA. and other great powers.
believe the time is ripe for International action
in this matter"
Communism in Russia today is stronger than
ever. its hold on the country grows more firm
This being so America and Western Europe
are soon to face the strongest, most subtle and
cruel competition both economically and polti-
cally that they ever have encountered"
Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger, March g.
editorial:
1.-THE governments in western Europe have
known for years that they must reach some sort
of unity of purpose if they are not to become
mpotent sooner or later under the increasing
economic pressure of the Soviet.
Santa Barbara, Cal, PRESS Feb. IA, editorials
Disarmament is not coming until it is made
general-and how is it going to be made general
when the reds of Russia are daily augmenting
their fighting forces and coming on record flat
footedly to the effect that they must punish and
conquer the capitalistic nations of the world.
. &. what we really need are battahons of air.
men, fleets of fighting ships capable of meeting
and dispensing enemy and multitudinous air.
craft capable of defending our people from
death at the will of covetous international bri-
gands."
Long Beach, Cal, PRESS-TEL editorial headed
World Trade Defense League May Be An
swer to Russia's Challenge"
Sec. Stirnson of the American State Depart
ment is giving serious study to the Russian sit
uation as it relates to foreign affairs.
"a common problem is seen in Russias open
economic warfare against the rest of the world.
1t will not be surprising it, before the situation
becomes more serious, concerted steps are taken
to meet Moscow's challenge in an effective way"
On July the International Chamber of Com
merce in Paris at a meeting passed a resou-
ton regarding the Soviet Union. Commenting on
the significance of this resolution, the New York
Times said they appointed committee ito
study the Russian question" and added:
THE recommendation regarding a study Of
documentary information concerning Russia not
only was unexpected, but into it was read con-
sderably more significance than appeared in
the brief wording. 1t was unoffically interpreted
here as marking possibly the first step in a new
capitalist business union to fight Soviet dump
ing of products"
Representative James M. Beck of Pennsylva-
MIA on June % made a statement on Russia
and urges calling of international conference
against Russia, saying IN Y. Times, June 29)
IF such an economic conference were to serve
notice on Russia that the other industrial ma
tons had agreed to put an embargo upon all
Russian products if produced by national CAPT
tai and conscripted labor, then Russia would
have a second thought about its Five-Year
Plan"
Augur Qondon correspondent of the Times
June 49, says:
80 long as the United States and other gov
ernnents do not find practical means to exer-
else a direct financial pressure the Soviet
Tsars, so long will the latter in respect of their
armed forces, \be independent of outside influ-
ences This means that in Eastern Europe,
where Poland and the Baltic States stand on
guard over western civilization a state of war
will continue to exist In consequence of this,
disarmament as understood in western Europe
cannot be applied to these countries"