The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-06
The Moral Offensive" Against
the Soviet Union

ing Russia measuring l 5-I6 inches high. This
yarn was written by an unnamed eyewitness"
why the number was not made a million I
cannot say, except that the 1000" fitted In
perfectly, geographically Why the unnamed
witness" could count of an even thousand
without getting shot in the eye is another story
Sherwood Eddy does his bit in this moral
offensive" IN an article In the March is issue
on 1.-THE Christian Century" he tens va. TN
Nanchang visited the capital Of the province
which Is forming the center OF Communist
o. 5. s. r. which soon expects 10 unite i've solid
central provinces, with a population OF nearly
lOO,0OO,000 people, into widening Soviet Repub-
He" OF course this pride Of the Christian
Century cannot stand for this sort OF thing So
ne protests: For one thing, we nnust do every
thing in our power TO help save China nom the
abyss OF communism, with all the suffering and
loss OF nSe that accompanies &c In this most
unhappy country" As with so many Christians
In this most Christian Century, Eddy puts the
cart before the horse II Is the suffering and
loss OF life that accompanies capitalist exploita-
ton that is driving the masses from the abyss
OF capitalism 10 the heights OF Bolshevisn.
OF course, all this Is part OF the war prepar-
ations against the Soviet Union Press and
pulpit are being aroused as never before bv
Wall Street to get the people in mood to later
vene against the Socialist Fatherland
The Divinity School Of the University Of Chi
cago is housed" in a heavenly mansion known
as Swift Hall donated by the notorious labor
hating Swift family Of Swift & Co., packers.
The connection Of this Divine" crowd with
John D. requires no recollection. The professors
Of Divine" hocus-pocus s& this holy shrine
boast that they are liberal And they are: they
are always ready 70 literally supply religious
opium about the sacre6ness Of defending capi-
talist institutions
In the Divinity Student" OF February is Is
an article BY Riichiro Hoashi Of waseda Univer-
sity, Tokyo, Japan, with some typical "Uniyer-
sity OF Chicago liberalism" This proponeuk OF
japanese imperialism is warming the preachers
about the impending loss OF taesy jobs u "corr,-
mlmistic ideas" prevail. After sloobering about
The fact that ths people are tired OF the other
worldhness" and do not fall so readily 2or pulpit
gas, this divine student lets the cat out OF the
bag:
Another snti-reIigious tendency Is involved
in sociaI-reconstructfon movements Ths erv
for democracy OF decade ago Ia now SINNER.
seeded BY the cry for socialism. especially al
the MARIAN type. Stains successful regime
hnds an echo In Japan with Its proletarian
dictatorship and its slogans for anti imperial
ism, anti-capitalistic government and what
not? II grips most seductively the heart of
the rising generation. The dissemination OF
commmistic ideas Is not due particularly TO
high pressure propaganda but rather 70 the
universal fact Of social discomfort and mai.
adjustment coupled with numerous cases OF
scandal among high officials"
You viii nottce that che Reverend Mp. Rcashg
Is not trying to sooth the pulpit FOUNDERS abost
any 'impracticaoilty' Of Communism. That ia
for the preachers to tell their dupes Notice
that he frankly tells the reverend HAIRS that
communism is successful" OF course working
men are not expected to read such a "re9ned"
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