The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-07

TIE Central Committee Of the Communist
4 Party of Germany has issued an appeal the
most important sections of which we publish
below:
Down with the capitalists
Comrades, Workers, Toilers in the whole OF
Germany
An economic disaster of enormous dimensions
has broken out in Germany. A crisis such as
the world has never seen before threatens to
ruin the whole economic life. Numerous works
and undertakings are at standstin More than
four million unemployed are starving on the
streets. German industry is only working SO
per cent of its capacity The collapse OF the
Darmstadt and National Bank, in which we're
deposited over 1000 million marks, introduces
chain of financial collapse the end OF which can
not be seen Fresh hundreds of thousands Of
workers will in the next few days be deprived Of
bread AS a result of the gigantic bank col
lapse which is already extending to the savings
banks, the poorest Of the poor, the unemployed,
the invaIds and pensioners are faced with alb
solute restitution, as the municipalities and
boards of guardians will likewise shortly cease
paying out benefit and relief. Millions of small
savers are losing their savings which they have
managed to scrape together by means of years
of hard work.
The whole Of the working population feels and
realizes that things cannot go on as they are.
The working masses are filled with rage and
Indignation against those responsible for the
economic disaster The Communist Party was
the only Party which issued q timely warning
of the present development. The Communists
predicted the ineyitabilty Of the catastrophe.
The capitalists, together with their agents, are
the sole parties responsible for the unprece-
dented misery and suffering, for the indescriba-
1NIa-, lav,r tio,,c IF he
The kings Of industry and bank magnates
have in 4 criminal manner called forth the
collapse. They cold bloodedly organize the star
walton Of the whole people in order to secure
their profits The frivolous acceptance of the
Young Plan, which enslaves the working masses
Of Germany for decades and hands them over
10 predatory foreign capital has led to the col
lapse. The system of emergency DEGREES, which
aimed at securing the bankrupt economy of the
capitalists with all the means of coercion Of
state power against the masses of the people
has contributed to the collapse
Whilst the majority of the whole people are
driven into starvation a few thousand capital
lists save themselves by transferring their cap
ital abroad by speculation maneuvers and finan-
cial jobbery The Bruening government issues
fresh emergency DEGREES every day; the rich are
left undisturbed; the poor are robbed of their
last piece OF bread the last penny OF their wages,
the last penny Of their benefit their last savings
Things cannot go on like this any longer.
The working class must now deal in another
manner than hitherto with the criminals and
deceivers, with the exploiters and oppressors Of
the people. We Communists have always de-
clared and repeat today with greater certainty
OF victory than ever before: there is only one
way out of the crisis, only one means of escape
from the catastrophe. the taking over. of rovyer
oy the working class under the leadership Of