The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-07
SchIeicher
Takes Helm
in Germany
By PETER HENRY.

lery to try his hand at the job OF
/ demonstrating capitalism in Ger
many, at which Col. Won Papen
was failure.
With two exceptions, the new ca
binet is exactlye the same as that
headed by Won Papen. The only
major change is the appointment
Of DIR. Bracht, the Reich Commits
sioner for Prussia who welded the
iron rod of dictatorship over that
, state under the former cabinet, as
: the Reich Minister Of the Interior.
\ Now the police forces Of the Reich
I and of Prussia are concentrated in
one hand, binding still closer the
extra legal bonds between Prussia
and the Reich.
To PUSH SAME POLICIES.
The Won Schleicher cabinet is
pledged to the prosecution of the
same policies as the Won Papen re-
ginle, the only difference being
that the new chancellor is more
likely to come to a working ar
rangement with the fascists for
tacit Nazi support of his cabinet.
IF the personnel and policies Of
L the Won Schleicher regime are SO
little different from Won Papen's, it
may be asked: why the change?
The major reason is that Germany
is entering an extremely critical
winter, with unemployment worse
than ever before, with dozens of
cities facing bankruptcy, and with
tax income falling far behind the
OUTLAWS needed for the bareSt I'M
employment and hunger relief.
Moreover, the continuous growth
aof Communist strength, as mani
infested in the Reichstag elections,
: in the huge strikes fought against
{ the sabotage Of trade union officials
and under express Communist
leadership, and lastly in the Thu
ringian municipal elections last
Sunday, December 4th, makes it
imperative that German capital
ism provide itself with strong,
energetic government, with all the
armed and political forces of the
state concentrated in the hands of
a mailed fist
PICKED BY CAPITALISTS.
And Won Schleicher's past record
has made German capitalism feel
that. he's the man for the job He
is much more than the typical pro-
fessional army man. He has rec
entity been revealed as the man
who engineered the overthrow Of
the Socialist Coalition Cabinet
headed by Herman Mueller in
1880, and then brought about Hin
denburg's appointment of Bruen-
ing and then Won Papen. During
the past twelve years he has been
promoted from the rank of captain
Ito lieutenant general over the
heads of hundreds of his seniors
i'm the Reichswehr. He was gen.
orally acknowledged to be the
strong man" in the Won Papen
government and his appointment
by Hindenburg to practically die
tatorial power in Germany signi-
fieS that German capitalism feels
fairly desperate.
THE Nazis are willing to play ball
L with Won Schleicher. Their
huge army of supporters is melt
ing away like snow in the sun,
and without the prospect of gov
eminent jobs for his followers,
Hitler is faced by the complete de-
moralization of his forces.
LOSS IN NAZI VOTE.
The Nazis control the Thurin-
gian government, with all the OPP
portunities for paying Hitlerites
out of the state purse through gov
eminent jobs. Yet Sundays cleo
tons showed an average loss of rs
percent in the Nazi vote, compared
with November 9Th.
This confirms our predictions of
rapid Nazi decline, due to their i'm
potence when faced by the wave of
hdustrial discomfort and strikes
Weeping over the country as we'll
lib the bankruptcy of all relief
schemes. Their bourgeois followers
are deserving to the old-estab-
lished reactionary parties, while
their proletarian masses are grow
ing politically apathetic or-in
ever growing measure coming
over to the banner Of Communism
The Communists were the only
party to gain in the Thuringian
elections, thus continuing their I'M
precedented gains of the past three
months on their way to gaining
the majority of the German work.
ing class.
Hitler will make his peace with
Won Schleicher and in the not too
distant future we will see Nazi Mi
nisters in the Reich Cabinet, form
ing part of huge bourgeois cQali-
ton.
THE MANEUvER
OF SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS.
The German Socialists are no
longer numerous enough in the
Reichstag to threaten the Cabinets
stability, and therefore they are
ALLOWING themselves the luxury OF
l"undying hostility" to the Schlei-
cher regime. This transparent ma
neuver is designed to keep the
masses of socialist adherents from
following the mass drift to the
Communist Party by show OF
'radicalism". But in fact, the sue
cess of the Schleicher endeavor to
consolidate capitalism's position in
Germany is predicated upon So
cialist aid in that very form. So
long as they are able to keep mas
ses of workers from actual battle
against wage-cuts and the capital
ist regime while mouthing radical
phrases, they furnish the strongest