The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-14

deeper and deeper into degradation
and poverty The Weimar Consti-
tuition, under whose provisions the
German masses since 1918 have had
their wages slaShed, their hours ex~
tended to ten and twelve hours 4
day, their unemployment benefits
decreased or abohshedl The Wein1sr
Constitution which gave the capt.
slist class of Germany a breathing
spell after the revolution Of 1919 so
that 1t could again gather its forces.
This Is the Constitution for whose
creation the Social Democracy of
Germany asks its reward from that
ruthless bourgeoisie whom it assisted
into power For this we are stoned"
whirnpers the defiant" Mr.. Wells.
Get out" shouted the NaziS in the
Reichstag flushed with victory. Take
away our liberty, but leave us our
honor" begged the defiant Mr.. Wells.
What is this honor" which the lead
eTship Of German Social-Democracy
asks as aims from the fascist dicta-
torship? II is precisely the appear
snce Of being a Party Of opposition
which Mr. Wells wishes TO preserve.
BE CONTENT
And how does Herr Stampfer, edi-
tor OF the leading Social Democratic
paper. "Vorwaerts," defy Hitler's fas-
cism? He tells the German working
masses, who are being daily assault
ed and assassinated in the streets,
These gentlemen have a majority
In the Reichstag and in Prussia
They we're appointed by the Presi-
dent and are now confirmed by the
people zee We shall conf1ne ourselves
to the role of objective critics until
the people call us to play another
part in politics. The victory Of the
governmental parties enables them TO
rule in strict accordance with the
Constitution. Only the Constitution
makes it possible to lead the people
out of the civil war phychosis and to
attain q normal course of develop
ment at home. The election demon
strated that the German people is
divided into two almost equal parts,
one Of which wants to govern now,
while the other mus be content with
being governed"
This is how Mr.. Stampfer defies
faScism. He tells the workers of Ger
many that they must remain Con
tent with being governed" by the fas-
cist dictatorship. They must conine
themselves to the role Of objective
critics" They must wait until they
are called to play another part"
This is how the leadership Of Ger
man Social-Democracy intends to
fight German fascistn.
The German bourgeoiSie discards
all pretense OF democratic rule and
openly asserts it's naked military die
tatorship. The class struggle has
broken out into open civil war. H.
stead Of rallying the forces of the
working class to reply to the attack
OF the EourgeoiSie. the leadership Of
the German Social Democracy in
vents theories to show why the work
ers must remain content TO be gov
erned," why they must not fall a
prey TO the civil war psychosis.'' The
leadership of German Social Demo
crscy is thus concentrating all its
energies not to resist fasciN11 but
to smother the resistance Of the
workers to faScisrn.
COMMUNIST PARTY
FIGHTS
The leadership Of the German
masses against the fascist terror IS
in the hands of the heroic Corn1lIn-
ist Party Of Germany.
Torgler openly faced arrest by de-
tying the German police in protest
against the frame-up Of the Reich
stag fire.
Under the leadership Of the Com
munjst Party. 1000 workers armed
and resisted Nazi attack in the city
Of Eibing. General strike is looming
on The Hamburg waterfront. The
Nazi troops had to call upon strong
poles attachments TO help resist the
workers counter offensive.
The Nev Leader is proud of this
defiance Of Otto wells and the lead
ership Of German Social-Denocracy
The reason is OBVIOUS. It is because
this fake defiance against German
iasciSm is exactly paralleled by its
own wordy defiance" Of the Roose-
welt capitalist dictatorship in Amer
lea. In tae same way that the
German Social Democracy, lying
PROSTATE before the Hitler terror,
"defles' German fsscisn, so ioes the
New Leader and the leadership of
the American Socialist Party defy"
American capitalism That is WHY
he New Leader is w ''nro,1d