The Washington times., 1933-10-07

Fascism technically and practice the seizure of
power by small highly disciplined group the creation OF
particular kind of society and the support OF extreme
nationasm and often mtarism, the word ought to be
used with little discretion.
Fly or Swim
On one point Fascists and Communists that the
system of producing and distributing goods has become
50 complicated you longer control through
democratic government The fact that actual democratic
has been power for at least century hardly
matter the Communists and the Fasclsts INSIST that
democracy is dead even If it never lived AND 1tner,
they are sure that since has collapsed either Fascsm or
Communism MUST take its place II your motor car
breaks down, everyone knows you MUST either fly or
swim. There seems to be law against walking 10 Ce
nearest repair station.
Mr. John stracheys new book "The Menace Of Fascism,
is violently opposed to going to the repair satlon ne says
that the enthusiastically compromising policy Of the Labor
party in England will lead with positively mathematical
inevitabiy the "defeat ruin and massacre Oh Cne
British workers. No has talked that since John
Calvin who had positive and mathematical assurance OF the
inevitabv of future damnation for great part OF the
human race bu made few predictions of the results Of local
elections This taking vote Of the unborn is
novelty, but I am not sure 1t Will work.
No More Progress
It is quite natural that Mr. Srachey begins his work a1ter
aome ghasv pages of authentic reports OF Naz per
cutons) with study of the cenury OF the great nope
All Of the nineteenth century based on the dea OF prog
ress toward perfection And in order to estabsh the COM
munist formula, have to smash the illusion na we can
make progress with the instruments we possess VI True
Fascm also which would cheerfuly scrap all treaties ana
leagues in favor of good, hearty war;
talked few days ago with American counterpart OF
Mr. Strachey keen experienced critic of the present oro
not Communist convinced believer that the present
system cannot survive found in him the same dogmac GER
tanty-he knew which were going and what means
we would use on way And found also that ne had
formula which absolutely prevented him from taking INTO
consideration the simplest facts about human beings 40
not say human nature which too changeabe to be de-
pended on)
Maybe They're Wrong .,
suggested to him that starvation without hope might lead
TO voence he wouldn't have it. Starving people, he IN
sisted lie and die He said that the past three years OF
starvation had not caused revolt in America and would not
for moment believe that the past three years In America
had not been desperate and hopeless even for those VINO
starved You destroy century of hope by three years
Of privaton The hoped with Hoover and then
hoped to get rid Of Hoover and now hope with Roosevelt
Who has suddenly confounded the inevablsts by show
ng that even if you depression in fortnight
you can cure defeatism in week.
Mr. Roosevelt according to the radicals is Fascist Ac
eordnc to George Wckersham he is leading us to abandon
democracy in favor of socialism, This the first time sup
pose that Mr. Wckesham and the Communists have agreed
on ANYTHING and there is always the possibility that both OF
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