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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27
HE WHO HAS THE YOUTH
HAS THE ARMY

young girls into this organization
Weekly military drills are planned in
the school gym This movement is
under the direction Of an ex-Army
officer
The tremendous growth Of pacifism
in the colleges, which is being di-
rected by bourgeois controlled or
CARNATIONS, was shown in the student
poll on war last week in 10 colleges.
This pacifist spirit is one of the
means the bosses use in diverting the
anti-war hatred of the youth into
harmless channels" But this paci-
fiSm, above ALL serves the purpose
OF sitting the revolutionary struggle
against war.
Passive resistance is urged ito
stop all wars The official student
paper Of Brown University states.
"Old men make the wars and the
young men fight them. If the young
men refuse to fight their wars there
will be no more wars"
Such propaganda as this effec-
lively serves the purpose of binding
the students to the causes of war
(Which grow out of the capitalist sys-
tenn and preventing them from join
ing the revolutionary working class
forces in the struggle against impe-
rialiSt war.
This concerted drive of the Roose-
welt government to mobilize the young
workers and students for imperialist
war preparations must be answered
with increased activity of the Com
munist Party and the Young Commu-
mist League among the youth to win
them for feminist struggle against
imperialist war, and for the defense
OF the Soviet Union, the only World
Power really fighting for peace.
With the support of the entire
working class movement, and under
the leadership Of the Young Commu-
mist League, the Third National Youth
Day May 80, must rally tens Of thou
sands Of young workers in a mighty
demonstration against Wall Streets
war program and INFLAMMATION OF
youth.
The heroism Of the Japanese Young
Communist League in the struggle
both in the shops and in the bar
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people furious hatred for the en-
envy, stopping before no lie whatever
in order to picture themselves as the
country that was unjustly attacked
and is now defending" itself. In
reality, this is war between two
groups Of predatory great powers,
and it is fought for the division of
colonies, for the enslavement of other
nations, for advantages and privi-
leges in the world market. This is a
most reactionary war. q war of
modern shareholders fought for the
purpose Of retaining and strengthen
ing capitalist slavery" Oenin, 1.-THE
Imperialist War" ch. Appeal on the
War" D. 211.)
Naturalization is now penetrating
the whole Of social life. Imperialism
is an embittered struggle of the big
powers for division and re-division
OF the world-it must, therefore, in
evitably lead to further militariza-
ton in all countries, including the
neutral and small countries. What
will the proletarian women do
against this? Will they only curse
every war and everything pertaining
TO war, only demand disarmament?
Never will women of an oppressed
class, which is really revolutionary
class, reconcile themselves to such
shameful role. They will say to
their sons:
you will soon grow big. They will
put a gun in your hands. Take it and
study thoroughly the art of war. This
knowledge is essential for proleta-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27
By w. MAS


This is one of the most important
pamphlets issued by the Young Com
munist League in the United States
1t is most vital that it should be put
in the hands of every young worker
Especially should it reach members OF
the National Guard, who are forced
by the bosses to guard boss property
suppress strikes, break up demonstra-
tons and murder fellow workers.
This pamphlet has been written
for the very purpose Of enlightening
workers as to the role of the National
Guard in the capitalist system. No
young worker or member of the Ma
tional Guard could possibly read this
pamphlet to the end without having
his class consciousness awakened, and
If it is put in his hands, he will read
it, 1t is written in clear, direct, sim
pie workers language, forceful and
alive.
John, young mill worker, hears
of how he can make extra money by
joining the National Guard where he
is to have swell time parading in
ecld-buttoned uniforms, playing ball,
swimming, etc. After a short time he
is to get two weeks vacation with
pay! John jumps at the chance. But
John soon finds out that there isn't
much swimming and ball throwing
in the National Guard He is taught
to shoot gun, parry with bayo-
net, and the best way to finish an
enemy.
He finds out you have to take in
suits from officers, that the brass
buetoned uniforms are paid for by no.
body but John at three times what
they are worth, and that the vaca-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27

! US and say: wen, tomorrow you're
going to get a beating"
There were many scabs in between
the farmers even though they were
striking. These scabs would squeal
on the other farmers. One farmer
said that his neighbor had dynamite
and was going TO dynamite the
creamery. There was never any dy-
Mantle found and never a creamery
blown up.
We never got any notice before we
were called. We were called, and a
few hours afterwards we were there,
before we knew what it was all
about. They just marched us from
the armory onto the train, and away
we went.
Guardsmen Also Robbed
Now we haven't even gotten our
pay yet. The county and state are
quarrelling over who is going to pay
for our work. They furnished us
with automatics and ammunition.
But when we left, they took all the
ammunition from US up there; they
didn't take the guns away until we
got home.
While we were fighting nobody
cared for any one else. No one of
us got hurt, but if he had, no one
would have paid attention to him.
1t seemed as if we forgot about
everything except the orders that
were given to us. We just did what
we were told as if we had no heads
on our shoulders.
There was no drilling; no Saluting
officers, or addressing them as Sir
We were just told go and get them. -
That was all Our orders.
None of us knew what the farmers
were striking for. We would talk
about it sometimes. Some of the
fellows would say they ought to get
a raise. Then someone would ask
what they are getting now, and no.
body would know. Not even the Of
ficer knew.
hope you will publish this. May
be I'll send you some more news
later on.
"A National Guardsman
Of Wisconsin.
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I for fortificationS) amounts to no less
than 300 million francs a year, sfts4
all deductions for expenses and for
amortization OF capital. which is at
the rate Of about 20 per cent proflts,
have been made.
The magazine cites the minutes OF
q meeting Of one of the munition
making corporations specializing in
the production Of machine guns. The
meeting took place sometime In 1881.
The chairman stated in his opening
speech: Business was very good IN
the years Of 1914 10 1918. We then
had large orders. After the war, bus
mess did not grow worse. Orders fell
of to a much smaller degree than
was expected. We have made big
contracts"
In June, 1892, the president Of the
same company stated: I'VE have re-
ceived large orders. We have increas-
ed the number Of workers. Our plants
are working to capacity. We have
unified orders which will keep US
busy for a long time. We are ex-
perimenting with powerful rs nm
and 81 mm guns and hope to have
customers for them in the nearest
future"
Despite the crisis, or rather thanks
to the crisis, the profits OF war in
dustry are growing rapidly and at a
much higher rate than the profits Of
so-called peace industry.
Sliding into War
Assisted by fascist relationships in
many countries, the bourgeoisie is
conducting war preparations quite
openly. The fascist press Of Germany
does not even attempt to hi le thA
their basic task is the economic pre-
paration Of Germany for the newt
able war. The whole economic policy
Of contemporary imperialism Is es-
sentially a sliding into the future
var.
The sharpening of the crisis merely
accelerates these tendencies towards
war.
The International proletariat must
be on guard, must mobilize all its
forces for decisive struggle against
the danger of war, against imperial
ist preparations for an attack on the
Soviet Union, the fortress ~ saater-
national revolution
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27
Marine Tells
III O ~ to ID O
AntiWarWork
Editor. DailY Worker /:

Editor, Daily Worker:
In this mornings DailyAfWorker a
comrade from Cleveland states that
in his opinion, the soldiers in the
U.S.A. are very much neglected. This
comrade further writes that the SOL
diers play the most important role in
times of revolution, whether bour-
geois or social.
AS serviceman in the armed
forces Of imperialistic Uncle sam, ]
thoroughly agree with the sentiments
this comrade so ably expresses. Let
me give two Instances, in the first
where some comrades actually dc
more harm than good, in fighting
against milftarisrn, in the second how
in my opinion. members of the Party
and comrades in general should carry
on this work. Comrades should en-
tighten soldiers, not antagonize them
On the 10th of September, 1882
under the auspices of the Unem-
ployed Councils of New York, there
was a gigantic protest march from
Union So. to City Hall. At that time,
I was standing on the sidewalk close
TO the curb on the corner of Union
So. and nth st, in dress uniform,
watching this wonderful demorstra-
,tion of courageous workers, marching
in militant ranks and voicing their
demands for bread in thunderous
tones.
Suddenly, woman, breaking from
the ranks of the marching workers, a
wy 1ru0y in 1nr eYTn xya11fv,o of
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rians-not in order TO fire on their
brothers, the workers Of other coun-
tries, as is being done in the pres
ent war and as the traitors to Social
ism will counsel you to debut in
order to fight against the bourgeoisie
Of their own country in order to put
an end to exploitation, poverty and
wars not by means Of pious wishes
but by means Of victory over the
bourgeoisie and by disarming it.
If one refrains from conducting
such propaganda, and precisely such
propaganda in connection with the
present war, then it would be better
not to utter at all big phrases about
international revolutionary social
democracy, about the socialist revo-
luton and war against war" (From
article "On "Disarmament.)
"An oppressed class which does
not strive to learn to handle wea-
pons, to possess weapons, would only
deserve that it should be treated as
slaves. We may not forget, without
becoming converted into bourgeois
pacifistS or opportunists, that we are
living in a class society and that
there is not and cannot be any way
out from that except by class strug-
gle and the overthrow of the power
of the ruling class.
I'm every class society-whether
based on slavery, serfdom or, as now,
on wage labor-the expressing class
is an armed class. Not only the ex-
listing standing armies, but also the
existing militiaS-even in the most
democratic bourgeois republics. like
acknowledgement the arming Of
the bourgeoisie against the proleta-
riat. This is such an elementary
truth that it is hardly necessary spe-
cially to dwell upon it. 1t is suffi-
cient to recall the employment Of
troops (the republican democratic
militia included) against strikers, an
occurrence common, without excep-
ton to all capitalist countries. The
arning Of the bourgeoisie against the
proletariat is one of the most doni-
mating, basic and important facts Of
contemporary capitalist society"
(From article "On Disarmament
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27
.WageCuts and
Poisoned Food
in u. S. Army

Wage cuts and food rations cut in
armed forces Of U. S. A. started, as
far as know, about three years ago
Since then there were three wage and
food ration cuts.
In the summer of 1881 at Camp
Grant, Illinois National Guard, the
dinner was poisoned and the men re-
ceived sandwiches. Not satisfied. the
whole first battalion of the 13lst In
fantry refused to go on duty, and the
second meal, real one, was served.
In 1892, a uniform menu was served
for all men, beef Stew-without beef
or such that you ate because there
was nothing else and nobody wants to
do any extra duty, and so command
ers pocketed few cool easy hun
bred dollars, taken out of the sweat
ing hides of the enlisted men due to
their ignorance.
Right from the beginning of 1892,
1t was clear what the Roosevelt ad-
ministration would do. First there was
another wage cut in the army in gen.
eral and for the National Guard on
duty, too, where we saw that the Ma
tional Guard troops on duty at Tay-
lorville, Ill, guarding scabs for coal
barons, received SO per cent wage
cut.
Food rations are cut again.
All that could be prevented If the
Y.CL. will live up to its name of
fighters against war and struggle
against militarism, but alas there are
anti-committees on paper only, and
all the action resolutions remain
scrap of paper.
Maybe we are waiting for noun
tains to come over TO us instead OF
vice versa.
Armada.
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: This whole region has purely MIL
itary value.
In this respect Japan is not an
exception. The bourgeoisie of otheI
countries is developing no less a few
erish activity despite the ravages oil
the crisis. The construction Of a
new and powerful nitrogen combine
with yearly capacity Of 10000 tons
of pure nitrogen has just been COM
pleted in Dillingham;, England. The
English chemical industry is develop
ing the production of aniline dye
Stuffs, which are the intermediary
chemicals for the production of poison
gases. In the face of the complete
or partial idleneSs Of several English
metallurgical plants, the English
bourgeoisie is constructing new
metallurgical combine.
Armament Exports Rise.
French armament works show an
intense activity along the lines Of
both perfecting new branches of the
war industry and intensifying export
of ornaments.
Despite the severity of the crisis
during 1882, Poland succeeded in that
year in launching its own production
Of heavy artillery and tanks. Sew
eral private plants of military sig
niflcance, such as the she'll producing
plant "Pocisk", the chemical plant
"Azot", and the automobile factory
"Ursus", were taken over by the war
department, whose orders keep these
plants from complete collapse.
All of the above signifies that the
crisis does not prevent the bourge-
oisie from expanding, not only its
military industry proper, but also
those branches of peaceful industry,
which have a direct bearing on mil
itary preparations.
The problem Of preparing capital
list economy for war is closely linked
with the question of finding means
for financing these preparations in
the face of terrific financial crisis and
budget deficits.
Part of War Budget Concealed.
The sleight of hand of the bour-
geoisie in financing war preparations
consists in showing as direct military
expenditures only part of the items
which make up its war budget. 1t in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27
FIX BAYONETS-AGAI WHOM?"

ton turns out to be a big fake-in
plain words, two weeks of hard work.
In the end, after he's been cheated
and tricked out of his small pay, he
comes back from camp without
money and with backache and bis
tiers on his feet.
John reads the papers and begins
to talk with the fellows while at drill.
He notices it isn't so funny that all
of the big guys, the colonies and ma
jors and acknowledgements and even
petty officers, Of the National Guard
are all of the boss class They are
heads Of corporations, bankers, and
stockholders in ammunition facto-
rieS. There is list in the pamphlet
that covers four pages, names of cap
italists that are officers in the Ma
tional Guard!
Refuse to Shoot Strikers
One night coming out of the arm
ory he Is given a copy of the Daily
Worker by worker. He reads how
the National Guard was used by
Rockefeller to massacre striking min
ers and their wives and children in
LUDLOW, Col. After that he buys more
DailieS. He finds out that sometimes
the workers in the National Guard
refused to shoot strikers and went
over to the side of the workers. He
finds out who has to do the fighting
and who makes the money in wars.
He reads of the Soviet Union. Z.
John joins the Young Communist
League.
John in the National Guard
learned how to shoot and how to
use a bayonet, but now John knows
his enemy and on whom to turn the
gun.
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spectre Of imperialist war being
turned into civil war against the
ruling class of exploiters and oppres
sors
However, the bourgeoisie is direct
ing its main attention towards Sc
curing an adequate economic base
for the future war.
The colossal growth in man
slaughter" industries amid ter
rife and an ever sharpening crisis
of capitalism Is q most character
istic illustration Of the methods and
tenspos with which the bourgeoisie
is preparing itself for war.
Japanese imperialism is going
| through the most serious economic
and financial crisis.
Many branches of its economy are
at present in an extremely precarious
condition. The supplies of unsold
goods are mounting daily. At the
same time, according to the American
press, Japanese war plants are work
ing day and night. Large private
plants are re-equipped and adapted
to the requirements of war.
Despite a strict censorship, the
bourgeois Japanese press does not
hide the intense activity of Japanese
industry on orders placed by the war
ministry. The newspaper Toxic
Asaki' stated at the end of 1882 that
orders placed by the war ministry
with small and middle sized private
undertakings will reach this year the
sum of 200 million yen. These I'M
dertakings will be assured uninter-
rupted production till April, 1884"
According to the data of the Jap
anese ministry of trade, the number
of industrial establishments was Ga
435 towards the end of 1882, having
increased in the course of the year
by 2,201. These figures reflect the
growth of small plants working only
on orders of the war and navy de-
partments.
New Industrial Regions.
New industrial regions are being
created, such as in the Northwestern
part of HOMO, where have been
erected two electric power plants with
a capacity of 100000 kwt. large nj
trogen plants, chlorine works, etc.
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BY ID. b.
There Is no sphere of the economic
political and cultural life of the con-
temporary capitalist countries which
is not drawn in most actively into
the preparation OF new imperialist
wars
1t is natural that militant imper-
ialism would direct its attention, in
the first place, towards a suitable
selection Of military forces. In line
with that, the general stats are con-
Quoting q thorough fascination of the
cadres of officers. This fascination
proceeds at more rapid pace than
that OF the general apparatus Of civil
servants.
The selection of political elements
and the compactness Of armies is
obtained by the wedding out OF ''po-
litically unreliable elements" and by
placing recruits from the working
class and petty bourgeois and kulak
clements. Groups whose reliability is
tried and proven are formed into Sc
lected military units-the symbol of
those small professional" armies
which are the dream OF the military
theoreticians of fascism, like Fuller,
Zoldan and others.
Seek to Protect Rear.
At the same time the bourgeoisie
is developing a feverish activity to
insure peace "at home" in the rear of
the armies. For that purpose it has
launched reign of fascist terror in
several countries; has developed mil
itary and sport organizations of a
purely fascist nature; has taken many
organizational measures to mobilize
the whole economic and social life
Of whole countries.
These, as we'll as an increasing
leaning of the social democratic par
ties towards fascism, are methods
PURSUED by the bourgeoisie towards
insuring peace at home in the event
of war, and all attempts to save the
capitalist world from the haunting
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27
No Food, No Work Slogan of
Hungry Youth at Camp Knox
(By Labor Camp Correspondent

CAMP KNOX, Kentucky.-Our company received
chipping from the Cleveland Press stating that wrinkles
being filled out of the stomachs of Cevelands forest
army, that very happy and contened with
dtions in Camp Knox 1t Also stated that being
that comprised chops
fried potatoes breakfast
salad dressing sliced pneapps butter
pork, potatoes supper
we got all could
That not true We did not enough eat the food
good Neither do get chops chicken did
roast pork different
tough, THAT could with
enough Of II.
%
had march 10 chow in 10 hall
had single file
the first $50 would able serving
and be IN line seconds while the rest eating
When they had finished eating ready
second, there nothing you
AAax could not possibly be satisfied
sent out work detail April
hell till had dinner pork beans yea
Just pork very hungry they
enough they rafting shouting
I'VE want food.
up
IN and the workers food
told them that they only allowed
they would have 10 be salts
led with what they got. But he silenced
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27

The men started shouting, "We want
food; we came down here to work
for 81 q day as long as we were fed,
but we did not come down TO work
and starve."
The men sat in the mess hall
shouting for more food until o'clock.
It was time for everybody to go back
to work. Over half of the company
was in the mess hall shouting for
their rights.
Well, they finally got more food,
Is gallon cans of pork and beans
were opened up, the men got all they
could eat for that day. The food has
been pretty fair ever since.
Army Drills.
On the days that there was not
any work detail we had to go through
army drills which comprised squad
movements, flank movements, COM
pany movements and some manuals
Of arms. Also we were taught how
to handle our tools such as axes,
picks, shovels, cross cut saws and
such. We were also taught to be pa
triotic to the flag; our company COM
manders and army officers told us
that President Roosevelt had done a
great thing when he gave us Job
at the rate of 81 a day.
No Savings Possible.
Yes, we we're getting 81 day. That
we might be able to take up on our
shoulders the responsibility that the
Associated Charities should have kept
on theirs. After we have spent
months there in camp, we will go
home no better off than we were
when we left. Our pockets will be
empty, our families will still need
charity, so what will we have accom-
plished?
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A National GudrdSmdn Tells
of Attack on Wise. Farmers
Eyewitness Account Describes by
Officers to Whip Up Hatred

Vicious lies abOHt the terrible"
farmers of Wisconsin were ham
n1ered into the heads Of national
guardsmen by their officers to whip
them up into frenzy Of hatred.
Kept in ignorance of the issues Of
the milk strike, and driven on by
their officers, the national guards
men attacked the milk strikers with
clubs, guns and tear gas.
These facts are revealed in the
following letter from a national
guardsman Of Wisconsin:
BY National Guard Correspondent
MILWAUKEE,, wis., am one of
The National Guardsmen who was
sent up into. Shawano County to
fight the farmers who were on strike.
The first day we met the farmers
at the cemetery right in Shawano
County. They wanted to fight with
their fists. The National Guards
men wouldn't. The farmers called
the National Guardsmen all kinds of
names, such as school boys" and
hoy scouts Then they would ask
us if we could handle those pistols,
if we could shoot them. Then we
would chase them along the road,
and they would go very slowly. They
refused to go fast.
We had to walk behind them to
make them so. Then they'd get off
the trucks and go into a farmers
field to get drinks of water; when
we'd go after them, the farmers
would kick. Us off because we had
no right to go on their land.
About nine o'clock they were all
home That was all fer that day.
and all we had to do then was stand
around.
Threw Gas Bombs
The next afternoon we met the
farmers again, at the same place