The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-28
TOILING FARMERS AND
IMPERIALIST WAR

list robbers are successful In realizing their plans
Tor enlarging the present conflict into world
imper1alist. war or Sof war against thS Soviet
Union. The imperialist robbers are ready 70
slaughter millions Of workers and farmers In
order to destroy the independence Of the Chin
ese people, the Chinese workers and peasants
Revolution and the Soviet Union.
And even il someone wants to disregard this
human side does the war really mean better
economic conditions for the toilers2 Absolutely
notl War does not mean, as the capitalists and
their henchmen try to assert, the overcoming OF
the economic crisis, work ana high wages for
the workers and betterment Of the conditions
Of the toiing farmers. On the contrary, 1t
means increased misery, greater oppression and
intensified terror against toiling millions, while
the war profiteers and exploiterS on workers and
toiling farmers will make millions OF profits.
But one may say, the last World War brought
Furnishing prosperity FOR the American workers
and farmers. While It is true, that TO certain
extent American masses were able to maintain
better standards Of living during the last World
War, they are now paying dearly for the re-
suits of that war. And there should be no doubt,
that the ruling class puts all the sufferings and
sacrifices that every war and especially modern
iniperialiSt war brings forth, upon the shoulders
Of the working masses.
result Of the vicious bourgeois propaganda that
war would restore prosperity and raise the
standard OF living for the masses-these illu-
sions are only self-betrayal and must be done
away with. There is no question that all I'M
perialist war means terrible, untold suffering
and misery for the toiEng masses at whose eX-
pense they are being fought. It Is clear TO
everyone that workers and farmers and their
sons will be the first ones to be drafted and
sent to the front as soon as the United States
imperialism would be involved in war. Workers
and toiling farmers must pay heavy taxation
and make every sacrifice in their everyday lives
in order to finance jmperialist war.
United States imperialism is very deeply In
volved in the immediate preparations and in
the Joint war against the Soviet Union. 1t
is therefore the duty Of the toiling farmers in
this country, together with the workers. TO or
ganize energetic action against it's own imperial
list governments war preparations. Toiling
farmers should demand that all money appro-
priated for ornaments and war preparations be
distributed as relief for the unemployed and
poor farmers thru Unemployed Councils and
Committees Of Farmers, and that all Farm
Board wheat be Immediately distributed in
similar manner The toiling farmers must also
make the most energetic protests against the
taxation burden that is now being added to the
toilers in the cities and the country IN order
TO finance the coming irnperialist var.
But this is not enough Chinese men, wo-
men and children are already being attacked
and feverish preparations are being made TO
attack the Soviet Union. Therefore the toilng
farmers together with the workers must organ
ize powerful protest meetings and demonstra-
lions and energetic action against Transports
ton of munitions and war material TO Japan.
Rally the masses TO the big April 8 Ana-War
meetings and demonstrations Demand:
Hands off Chinese masses.
Hands off the Chinese workers and farmers
Revolution!
Hands off the Soviet Union!
In order to give the strongest possible effect
to these slogans, to the fight against imperial
ist war and to their own immediate economic
demands, the toiling farmers Of the United
States must begin in real earnest to build their
organizations, Share Choppers Union Tenant
Committees and Farmers Committees, and to
affiliate them around their central organization,
the United Farmers League.