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Clara Zetkin, A
True BOlshevik

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police, who, however, refused to in
terfere or to take any action what
ever, and advised the management
to get into touch with the Nazis di-
rectly.
The relations of the German en-
ployers to the Nazis are naturally eX-
tremely close, and the works manager,
really anxious for the fate of the So
cial-democratic members of the coun-
Gil. with whom he had worked ami
cably for years, got into touch with
the Nszi headquarters and discovered
that the kidnapped men had been
taken to the buildings of the old mil
itary administration in the General
Pape Strasse, one of the biggest and
most notorious torture holes of the
Nazis IL Berlin.
The works manager went to the
General Pape Strasse and was polite
ly received by the Nazis in charge.
After long negotiations, during
which, according to his own state
nent. he could hear tN-e screams from
the cellars, he secured a promise that
his men would not be maltreated and
that they would be released later
on.
Led Into Cellar.
And here is the story of the men
themselves after their release. On
arriving at the General Pape Strasse
their names and addresses were taken
and they we're then led down into
a large cellar and handed over to
a gang of uniformed Nazis, who i'm
mediately began to put them thru
their PAGES"
They were compelled to drill to
military commands, to do the goose
step, knee bending, doubling round
the cellar and SO on. All the old
brutalities of the parade ground were
again tried out on them and the
whole time they were compelled to
sing Deutschland, Deutschland
ueber Allies and other patriotic
songs until many of them collapsed
under the gruelling strain.
The cellar was big one and they
were not alone in it. Men were ly-
ing about in terrible condition, hav-
ing been beaten up with "Stahlruten"
and other instruments.
On p heap of sand in one corner
OF the cellar there was what had once
been man, but according to the
statement OF these men on their re-
lea6e be was nothing but q heap Of
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Hitler Germany From the Inside Article 5

a thousand or so clerical employees.
who vote separately and have their
own council. The result of the cleo
ton was that the Nazis, who put
forward a list for the workers coun-
Gil for the first time, received less
than fifty votes and we're unable to
win single seat on the workers
council. On the clerical workers
council they won one seat.
Then, however, came the appoint
ment of Hitler as Reich's Chancel-
lor, the staging of the Reichstag fire
and the terrific campaign of persecu-
ton, brutality and sadism, which has
already been described in these COL
umns, and at the same time Nazi
effort to correct their fortune at the
polls.
Council Arrested.
One morning large force Of
armed and uniformed Nazis drove up
in number of lorries to the works
in question, surrounded the building,
guarded all the doors, while special
body marched straight to the room
of the Councils where meeting Of
the two councils was in progress.
Every member of the councils over
a score of men, was arrested, n
Guiding two German Nationalist
members of the clerical workers
council, but excepting the Nazi mem
Der who, no doubt, had arranged the
whole business.
The kidnapped men were then
taken off in the trucks to an unknown
destination.
The management of the works in
the meantime got into touch with he
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legal safe guards, the councils still
much could still be done to rally the
masses. particularly if the revolu-
tionary influence in these councils
was strong, and, in fact, in recent
years revolutionary influence in the
councils has been steadily growing
and in many important factory coun-
ellis throughout the country there
have been revolutionary najorities.
The struggle for control of the
workers councils was q clear struggle
between reforInism and revolution
So long as the workers were able to
elect their representatives to these
councils freely and without terror and
intimidation, the Nazis had not a
look in and the tids flowed steadily
in favor of the revolution as against
reformism.
In many Of the biggest and most
important factories the Nazis could
not succeed in getting single man
on the councils. The industrial pro-
letariat, the great backbone of the
working class movement, was solidly
anti-fascist.
A NaSi election
All the demagogy of the Mans sue
ceeded in making no serious impress
sion.
The columns of the Nazi "Angriff"
were fun of the progress being
made by the Nazis in the ranks of
the working class, but every succeed
ing factory council election gave them
the lie direct.
But today the factory councils are
in Nazi hands. How did this come
about? The following is an example
of how it was done and what it ac-
tualy means:
In January the factory council
elections took place at one of the big
gest industrial undertakings in Ber-
lin. I shall not give the name be-
cause TO do so would be to reveal the
names also of my informants, but l
repeat that am prepared to give
names, dates and full details of all
cases described in these columns to
any independent committee OF inves-
tigation.
Vote Axeiva Nayis.
Thts undertaking employs about ak
on seven Thousand rcrkcrH and anott
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Der of the crew Of the destroyer u
S. s Barry and saw active service
last spring during the Japanese raids
in Shanghai
Every imperialist power is repre-
scented on the Yangt3e river. where
about 20 battleships of various types
may be seen at all times anchored
outside Shanghai harbor, ready for
instant action. The leading position
however, the sailor said is played by
the American and British fleets, in
cluded in which are numerous small
destroyers which patrol the navigable
portion of the river. The shallow up
per reaches of the river is patrolled
by flat bottomed boats, manned by
Sailors Driven Insane.
The sailor described life on these
flat boats as most unbearable, many
sailors being driven to insanity by the
monotonous grind of patrolling the
river. When the sailors can no
longer be used they are sent back to
Napa, Calf, where they are placed
In an insane asylum.
During the Japanese invasion of
Shanghai last spring the sailor re-
lorts, the Yangtse was full Of float
ing. bodies of murdered Chinese
workers and peasants which had
tloated down the river, The men on
guard duty CT the battleships were
forced TO spend most Of their time
clearing the archors OF floating Boz
lies 50 that maneuvers Of the fleet
would not be impeded. Many Of the
>odies had been beheaded. At the
height Of the invasion the British
md American commanders Of the
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bloody flesh and torn clothing, with
his face beaten into unrecognizabil-
ity.
They were informed that this mans
crime was that he had said some
where that he would like to beat Hit
Ter to death and had been overheard
by Nazis and brought along to the
General Pape Strasse.
Beating people to death, demand
totschlagen', is lurid and popular
threat in Germany, something along
the lines of our I'll break his neck.
and to be taken no more seriously.
Beaten to Death.
For this crime" the man was be-
ing deliberately beaten to death him
self by regular thrashings with the
pliable steel rods, the "Stahlruten"
most favored by the Nazis for COM
hitting their bestialities and the sign
in which Hitler is ruling Germany.
Even when the victims were left
alone for a while it was impossible
to discover the mans identity, for he
was no longer able to speak.
In the meantime the works man
ager had secured the promise of no
maltreatment, and the kidnapped
members of the councils were then
removed from this cellar and put in
to one by themselves where in fact
they were subjected to no further i'll
treatment.
A few days later they were all re-
leased, after having been compelled
to sign a statement that they had
been subjected to no Entertainment OF
any kind, that they resigned their
positions as members of the councils
perfectly voluntarily, and that they
agreed not to come forward as can
didates at the next council elections,
and that they would support no other
candidates than those Of the Nazis.
Over score Of men can give evil
dence on oath to the truth Of these
details.
No doubt, in the meantime, the
new Nazi-rigged workers council
elections have taken place at this
factory, hundreds of known Commu-
nists and Socialists having been
sacked in the meantime, together
with all Jews.
The names are in my possession
and available at any time This case
is typical OF a score Of other cases,
perhaps OF hundreds by this time. in
which the Nazs have won tbs work
ers couxcilA.s
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NAUS DISSOLVE
FIGHTING UNITS
OF NATIONALISTS

BERLIN, June 21.-The Nazi re-
gime today banned all the fighting
units and youth organizations affil-
lated to the Nationalist Party,
showing dissension within the bour-
geois camp.
The order for the dissolution of the
Nationalist 'Kampfring" signed by
Capt, Goering for Prussia and ex-
pected to be followed by similar &C.
ton in other states, was based on
the charge that these organizations
we're admitting Communists and So
cialiSts, but in reality was due to
the growing militant dissatisfaction
with the Fascist regime among the
Nationalist rank and file.
The Nazi police raided headquar-
tiers of the Nationalist Party in Ber-
lin, confiscating documents.
Further signs of the growing split
between the Nazis and their bTIr-
geois, allies we're seen in the order
by Hitler, Won Papen, Labor Minis
ter Seldte, head OF the Stahlhelm
and the Reichswehr Minister Gen
Won Blomberg, severing the connec-
ton Of the Steel Helmets with the
Nationalist and bringing THE m
closer to the Nazis. Stahlhelm
members, who were not allowed to
Join the Nazi Party up to now, are
henceforth prohibited from joining
any party but the Nazis.
Employers Associations Merged.
All the employers associations in
Germany were merged yesterday un-
der Hitler control into the Reich
Corporation of Industry, concentrat-
ing the manufacturers organiza
lions into ono huge trust, aimed
directly at the living standards Of
the German workers.
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scheid, Friedrich Stampfer, ex-edi
tor-in- chief of the Berlin Socialist
"VorWaerts," and other ennigreS were
stricken from the Executive Com
mittee.
Although Wells, Stampfer and the
rest had outdone themselves during
recent months in pledging their
loyal opposition" to the Hitler re-
gime, the Socialist Party Executive,
in its uninterrupted march to Hit
Ter, is making sure that only trusted
patriots are in charge of the party.
The new leadership of the Ger
man Socialist Party was entrusted by
the Executive to Max Westphal,
Johannes SIZZLING and Fran z
Kuenstler together with the Reich
stag and Prussian Diet caucus
chairmen, Paule Loebe and Paul
Szillat. 1t is significant that Kuens-
tier, head of the Berlin District Or
ganization, was one of the so-called
militant" leaders of the German
Socialist Party
In the Reichstag AZ out of IS So
cialiSt deputies decided in caucus TO
vote confidence in Hitler, while the
Party Executive made a sham show
OF opposition to this confidence vote.
Now the Socialist Executive comes
out openly, checking &C even the pre-
tense of opposition to the Fascist
regime, and accepting the open be-
trayal of the Reichstag deputies as
the official position of the Party.
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BY EDWARD JAMES
Correspondent in Germany OF the
British Daily Worker.)

Brltlsh Daily Worker)
(The first four articles told of the
treachery of the German social demo-
ocratic leaders, the burning of the
Reichstag, how the German workers
fought the Nazi terror, and of the
vicious tortures employed by the Nazi
gangsters)
In Germany the factory councils
are recognized by law. Elections take
place every year and the members of
the council have certain legally rec
ognized rights, laid down in the Fac
tory Councils Law of 1920, partiou-
larly in connection with dismissals
and engagements.
Without the permission of the fac
tory councils no worker could be dis
missed unless the employer success
fully appeals to the labor courts, and
on the other hand, without the agree
nent Of the council no worker could
appeal to the courts against dismiss
sal.
A Working class Weapon.
These councils grew up in q time
of revolutionary struggle and, as can
be imagined, they represented q
dangerous weapon OF working-class
activity.
Having secured the crushing Of the
revolutionary movement of 1918 and
1919 with the assistance of the old
imperialist officers corps, the Social
Democrats then set themselves to
clip the claws of the workers coun-
ellis. They did this by securing the
legal recognition of the councils and
laying down their rights and priv
leges."
Demonstration Before Reichstag.
At the time of the passing Of the
Bill there was intense working class
agitation against the bill, agitation
which eliminated in terrific DEM
onstration before the Reichstag. 1t
was broken up by the established
method of turning machine-guns on
it. That was in January, 1920.
Over thirty workers were killed on
the square in front Of the Reichstag
and hundreds wounded The passing
OF this bill in the teeth of mass OPP
position and with the aid Of machine
guns was one of Social Democracy's
most valuable aids TO German CAPT
talisn.
Growth NJ Revolutionary Influence.
However, even IN their limited form
and hedged around with all sorts OF
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fleets offered a bounty of three Mex
lean dollars for each body hauled
from the river.
Describes Massacre.
He also described massacre by
Kuomintang officers which he witness
Sed near Tientsin. About 300 revo-
lutionary peasants had been captured
by the murderous Chang Kai-Shek
government and were surrounded by
a thousand nationalist troopers The
executions were methodically carried
out, the victims being forced TO kneel
to the ground. A soldier would seize
the captive by the hair and force his
head toward the ground. Another
soldier with an ak completed the
murderous task of beheading the
worker Time after time the sailor
says he saw the scene re-enaced as
the militant Chinese workers and
peasants paid with their lives for
their revolutionary activity.
The U. S. Navy is kept In touch
with developments inland by scores
Of navy intelligence men
Bitter Against "Y".
The American sailors are told the
fleet is there to protect the Chinese
from the wicked Japanese, but &C
tivities Of the American ships prove
they are there to protect Standard
OIL and other American imperialist
interests in China.
The sailor was bitter in his denun-
citation of the naval YMC.A. Upon
being discharged, his few dollars eX-
hsusted, he attempted to secure
room and meal at ? Y.MCA, Being
unable TO pay he was quickly ssected.
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S PA r KS

IN. Alice in Wonderland, written
many years ago when some people
atili thought that bankers were
hottest and that God had ordained
compound interest as divine compen-
satton for the Malthusian Theory.
there is a remarkable passage about
a WalTus and Carpenter. 1t seems
that the Walrus and the Carpenter
had enticed some poor little oysters
out for long walk on beach Then
they ate the oysters, addressing them
as follows:
Il weep for you, the Walrus said,
T deeply Sympathize,'
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those Of the largest size,
Holding his pocket-handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes"
When Alice heard this story she
could hardly keep from bursting into
tears; but, like all little boys and
girls brought up with plenty to eat
and good clothes to wear, she tried to
find something good in everything
Il like the Walrus best, said Alice,
because he was a little sorry for the
poor oysters
HE ate more than the Carpenter,
though, said Tweedledee. You see,
he held his handkerchief in front.
so that the Carpenter couldn't count
how many he took"
That was mean Alice said in
oignantly. Then I like the Car
penter best-f he didn't eat so many
as the Walrus"
But he ate as many as ne could
get said Tweedledum
AND Mr. WalruS Morgan. too, is
n very sorry for all the poor little
oysters who lost their shells in the
market in 1929 So is Mr.. Carpenter
Mitchell Both of them, blubbering
nobiy, held their pocket -handker-
chiefs before their faces so that no.
body could see just how many little
oysters they had stuffed their CUTS
with.
This bit of nimble chicanery Mr..
Walrus Morgan calls sound bust
ness" Mr.. Carpenter Mitchell calls
it self sacrifice The government
calls it "tax-evasion'
But honest workers call it down
right thievery. And they will not
rest until all such thieves are put
- where thieves belong.
IUHILE the whole world mourns the
" death of Rose Pastor Stokes, let
us not forget that although she
seemed to die peacefully in bed she
was in reality foully murdered by a
policemans club. Her fatal cancer
was induced during a demonstration
against the occupation of Haiti by
American marines.
Seeing a small boy threatened by
policeman, Rose Pastor Stokes
threw her body between the small
boy and the yegg in uniform, In
fhnchingly she held her ground, de-
spite the policemans threat The
policeman raised his club, held it aloft
while he gathered all his strength,
smashed it downward with killing
force upon the womans breast.
Workers will remember that.
4
To Lars Hallaman, many thanks
for the above contributions. Let's see
some more.
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on the rivals of American imperial
ism through a debased currency, and
a drive toward even. higher tariffs.
Many feel that if the conference
does not end now it will certainly
come to a quick close after the ar
rival of Moley.
There is seen behind American
policy a threat of dumping unpre-
cedented in the world conflict for
markets. This threat is causing deep
anxiety, especially on the part of the
wheat and cotton producing coun-
tries. With the United States pay
ing the wheat and cotton Specula-
tors a processing tax for the enor-
nous stocks now held, and charging
a higher price to the consumers in
the United States, the Americans
will be in a position to dump enor-
nous quantities onto the world mar
ket at prices other countries cannot
meet without resorting to even more
drastic measures. At the same time
United States tariffs against imports
from other countries will rise higher.
Such measures would not only
make worse the world economic stu
alton, but there would be serious
political reactions on the part of the
toiling masses in the industrial cen
tiers and on the land. But, in the
esent situation, with each capital
list nation struggling against all the
others. there is no possibility of pre-
venting the intenSification OF the
fight for markets.
Many leaders Of the conference,
including Macdonald, are now in
favor of suspending all monetary
discussions in order to avert its clos
ing with a confession of bankruptcy.
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American Aggressiveness Deadlocks
London World Economic Conference

LONDON, June 21.-The world
economic and monetary conference
is definitely deadlocked. Although
the sessions of the subcommittee
are being held, no one proposes any
concrete action. Last night con-
ference of British delegates and rep
resentativeS of the countries of the
eBritish Empire was held. The Morn
ing Telegraph reported that the
question of adjournment of the con-
ference "for a few weeks" was taken
UP. This report was later denied.
However, in the lobbies the cam
paign to close the conference is gain
ing support, although there is dis
position on the part of many Of the
delegates to beat time while await
ing the arrival of Professor Raymond
Moley, who is regarded as Roose-
velt's personal representative.
French Renew Attack On U. S.
AT this mornings session, just be-
fore the recess of the conference.
Finance Minister Georges Bonnet of
France launched a scathing attack
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on initiation and denounced those
who refused to attempt to peg cur
rency at a given level. His whole
speech was directed against United
States policy although he did not
mention the United States. France
fears that if the currency debase-
ment of the United States continues
it will be forced, as measure of
defense, to go off the gold standard.
Neville Chamberlain, British chan
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lars IN the last twelve months. Ac~
tually, the deficit is much larger than
ever, these figures show. Roosevelt
has instituted new system Of book
keeping which does not include the
expenditures of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation in the current
budget. If the governments OUTLAWS
to the RIG. are included, as they
should be, the deficit which the gov
eminent has run up in the last twelve
months is about $1,000, 100000. This
brings the total current deficit Of the
government close to IS ,000, 900 900.
Militant Expenditures Grow
The growing government deficit is
due to. the enormous expenditures for
the Army and Navy, and to the gov
ernment's payments to bondholders.
The government spends over $780,,
600 900 sseEy ~-ar for military pur-
poses. Despite the growing deficit,
the Roosevelt government will spend
even greater amounts for military
purposes than ever. RooSevelt's Sec
rotary of the Navy, Swanson, has an
nounced with Roosevelt's approval, a
new $238,000,000 naval construction
program in addition to the $3.50, 000.-
600 appropriation. In addition, the
Government is paying millions 10
banks and railroads through the r.
F. G..
A large part of the governments
expenses are payments to bondhold-
ers. 1t has been estimated that so
per cent Of the governments bonded
debt is payments on war debt.
The Morgans, at the Senate inves-
tigation, showed U. S. bond holdings
of over $250OO0,00O.
Cut Wages and Levy Taxes
- pay the interest payments on
the government bonds, Roosevelt has
cut the wages Of Federal employees
and the compensation of war veter-
ans close to 100000.
The steadily accommodating deficit
is forcing the government inexorably
toward increased inflationary meas
ures. The government will be newt
ably forced to issue large quantities
of cheap paper money to pay its
debts.
In addition, the Roosevelt govern
ment is launching enormous taxes to
meet the interest payments to the
bondholders. The tax program lust
passed will cost the masses 5000, 0O0,-
600 year in additional taxes. The
Hoover excise taxes which cost the
people $500,000,0oo year have been
extended to 1885 by Roosevelt.