The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
FRANCE, GERMANY
JOIN FOR ACTION
AGAINST THE USSR
Fascists Are
Drawn Into Action
Commission

The two days Of discussion Of Laval
and BRAND with Chancellor Bruel1-
ing of Germany had as it's main pur-
pose the strengthening of the eco
nonlic and political position Of the
French capitalists against Great
Britain, the United States and par
ticularly for the attack against the
Soviet Union. The immediate result
OF the conferences will be the estab-
lishment of mixed Franco German
commission" for the political and
economic struggle.
The New York Times reports that,
1.-THE pooling of economic activi-
ties envisaged by German and
France shall not, it was announced
in a joint cornnunique, be directed
against the economic interest of
any other State"
This means to both Great Britain
and the United States that France
is attempting to engage the German
capitalist class for the struggle
against its inperialist rivals. The
German capitalist class has been
promised by the French credits for
the export of their products to East
ern Europe. .r3ss s3,a
lone of the first and most in1por-
tant tasks of the commission will be
to map out a large scheme for en-
tering jointly the Eastern European
export markets, with France fig
uring as the financier and Ger
many as the manufacturer. The
Eastern European markets are I'M
derstood to mean Russia in the first
place, but also the Balkan States,
Hungary and Poland.
The Eastern European market
which means Russia in the first
place" is important to the German
capitalist class because, according to
the New York Times, "the only ex-
tensive demand for industrial COM
lnodities comes from the East. that
is from the Soviet Union, where the
successful building Of Socialism de-
mands the use of ever greater mass
es of industrial equipment. The cap
italist class of Germany realizes that
in the capitalist world crisis the only
great market for goods is the Soviet
While the French capitalist class
is attempting an alignment with Ger
man capitalists in its struggle with
British and United States imperial
ism 1t is also interested, not in sup
plying the market in the Soviet
Union with more products, but chief
ly in smashing the Soviet power. For
this purpose 1t has already been stat
ed in Germany that there should be
a similar relationship established be-
tween Germany and Poland, the
French armament depot on the So
Wet frontier.
In addition to this the discussion
included the delicate" questions OF
Preparations and the forthcoming
visit of NJ Laval to Washington"
These questions were discussed for a
united front against the United
States in the forthcoming visit OF
Laval to Hoover next month, par
ticularly on the question OF repara-
lions.
In the conference between France
and Germany workers representa-
tives" were taken into account and
they will serve on the joint economic
commission between France and Ger
many. These workers representa-
tives" will be the reactionary so
cialist" trade union leaders who will
be included to continue their at
tempts to mislead the workers. In
every one Of It's actions in the pres
ent crisis the capitalist class realizes
the Importance of the traitor role Of
the social fascists and includes them
in all Of its plans for an attack on the
working class and for the attack on
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