The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-28

FIRST on the program
wholesale enrolment of young
men from II to 10 years of age
to work in agriculture refor-
estation, clearing waste land, and
drainage.
The next step is the "reorganiza-
ton OF the trade unions" putting
them completely under Nazi control
and expelling the Socialist and Com
muniSt leadership. This is intended
to block the possibility Of giant
general strike, such as broke the
monarchist Kapp putsch in 1920.
80 Per Cent Wage Cut
German sailors report that the
Nazi Ministry has already ordered a
80 per cent wage cut on all German
ships. This is the second 80 per
cent cut in two years, reducing sea-
mems wages to one-third of what
they were in 1881.
The Hitler Cabinet also plans to
force new elections to the factory
councils in all the big German in
dustrial concerns to obtain Nazi con-
troll of the vitality important factory
councils.
Socialist Quits Like Whipped Puppy"
A beginning has already been made
IN the Council Of the Berlin Munich
pal Traffic Enterprises, where the
Socialist F1eiger, chairman of the
council resigned without word when
ordered to do so by the Nazi factory
leader. "F1eiger went of with a
package under his arm like a whip
ped puppy" according to the "Voel-
kische Beobachter" report.
An essential part of the Hitler pro-
gram are the eight concentration
camps established throughout the
Reich for thousands of political priS-
onerS. They have to do hard labor
and are drilled in military formations.
They are compelled to pray half an
hour mornings and evenings.
No Pretense of Socialism
The Hitler economic plan has de-
finitely abandoned all pretense of the
Specialization of trusts, banks and de-
partment stores, promised in the Nazi
program for years. Hitler'S Reich
stag speech proclaimed:
THE government will carry on the
revival Of business not by the round
about route Of state economic bureau
cracy, but through the most vigorous
stimulation Of private initiative in
conjunction with the recognition of
private property"
The official business statistics lend
but little encouragement to Hitler
isrls economic plans. February,
which was the first month of Hitler
rule, shows no change in the depress-
ed condition Of German industry and
agriculture. Industrial production
was Stagnant with some branches
showing even further losses compared
with January, which was very poor
month.
AS part of the nationalist cam
paign for regaining Germany's for
mer status as firSt-rank imperial
list power, Hitler demands the scaling
down OF the interest payments on
Germany'S foreign debts, most of
which are owed American capitalists.
The Hitler regime is prescribing the
old Kaiser formula for German wo-
men: "Kueche, Kinder, Kirche." Wo-
men are barred henceforth from pub
lie Office; no Nazi deputy may be a
woman. This marks the practical
abolition of woman suffrage in Ger
many.
Hitler's 1ong-awaited economic
program is nothing else than what
the Communist Party of Germany
has always called 1.-THE most brutal
offensive against the German working
class, supplemented by political ter
ror against all workers organizations.
Hitler's fascism is carrying out the
policy Of the German capitalist class,
whose leaders Hugenberg and Won
Papen still control the cabinets
majority, and, the strongholds of
German industry.
The forcible Incorporation of the
trade unions into the Nazi scheme of
things abetted by the Socialist lead
erS' inactivity and betrayal in the
face OF Hitler aggression against
labor union organizations and the
whole labor movement; the crushing
OF the workers shop councils; de-
creed wage cuts in one branch of in
dustry after another-these are Hit
| ler'S blood-transfusions for the cri-
tical illness of German capitalism.
And truly enough, it is the workers
blood which is to furnish the trans
| fusionS.
The undisglsed Fascist offensive
against the workers standard of liv-
ing will open the eyes of those mis-
! led workers who have believed in