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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08

Soviet Union. The infamous lies
about forced labor" in the q. S.
S. R. designed to enforce an Of
ficial trade embargo on the Soviet
Union was actively supported by
A. F. of L. leaders who participate
In putting over forced labor in the
United States. These officials are
actively campaigning against re-
cognition of the U. S. S. r. Their
silence in the face of the wars in
Latin America and China in which
the lives of tens of thousands of
workers are being sacrificed to the
greed and exploitation of the i'm
perialist powers, merely duplicates
them the more in the bloody
slaughter. The creation of the Pan
American Federation of Labor and
its close affiliation with the A. T.
of L. was for the purpose of mo-
bilizing the working class Of the
Latin American countries to do the
bidding of American Imperialism.
In the face OF the tightening
war circle which threatens to in
volYe the workers In another muir
derous war for the interests OF
the iInperialists it is clear that the
A. F. of L. officials will call the
working class to give their lives to
Wall Street, Just as they are be-
ing made to sacrifice their stand
ard OF living during the present
crisis. II must be the task Of the
rank and file opposition movement
in the A. F. of L, to arouse the
workers against the jingoistic pro-
gram of officialdom and unite them
with the masses of workers in q
struggle against inperialist war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08
By RED Chemist

TE THE last war the first known
! gas attack on Ypres, of April %,
1915, was made with pure chlorine.
5000 were killed and 5000 cap
tured.
The second attack, on May 9, was
at Skernewitz, on the Eastern
Front. General Ludendorf, who
commanded that front, in his Me
moirs of the War" writes: "The
experiment was highly successful.
The Russians losses were 70 per
cent gassed, 600 killed, and 900
sick"
DROWN IN THEIR
OWN BLOOD
Chlorine, phOsgene, chloropicrin
and other gases cause death from
suffocation, or drowning on dry
land" The gassed persons drown"
in their own blood, which bursts
through the lung pores. Death
comes in extreme agony Of suffo-
cation. In cases of recovery the
patient is left with permanent
after effects.
Lewisite, an Amsricsn-inYented
gas called the "dew of DEATH" be-
longs to the group Of arsenic or
gsnic compounds TO which Salvar-
san likewise belongs and analogous
mixtures for the destruction Of sy-
philiS. Twenty years or 80 ago they
were introduced for the fight
against the enemies of the human
organism. They are now employed
for the purpose Of mass destruction
Of human beings. Lewisite spreads
It's poisonous effects from any spot
of the body and renders the gas
mask absolutely useless.
Cyanic Acid and other cyanic
compounds causing instantaneous
death fix the dead in the same po-
sition as they we're before being
poisoned.
Yprite mustard-gas, discovered In
1886, is an oily, combustible liquid.
1t burns the skin and mucous menu
branes, resulting in blisters and
abcesseS, the affected places morti-
fly, leaving deep ulcers which take
months to heal. II inhaled, Yprite
causes anasaroa Of the lungs, hem
orrage Of the lungs, kidneys, brains,
stomach, intestines, etc. 1t destroys
the red blood corpuscles, clots the
blood and is the cause OF embolism.
Death results in spasms from para
lysis of the nerve centers.
THIS GAS has effect from three
1 hours to few days after in
haling, and one of its properties is
that it can be absorbed and re-
tanned in the earth for many weeks.
1t keeps in damp weather and has
effect with the rising Of the sun. 1t
even burns the surface Of the body
through gas masks, penetrates
clothes, attaches itself to the soles
of boots and its poisonous effect is
contagious.
BY firing Yprite shells whole
fields, forests, revines, roads and vii
lagos may be poisoned for long
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08

loan from the =. F. C. An eight
million dollar project which will
afford building trades workers a
yearly wage of $780," Well, MIR.
Green and building trades LEADERS
where are the 8, 10, and IL dollar
day pay agreements with the con-
tractors? This is not free labor
it is FORCED labor. But free ls-
Dor will take the jobs-union men
will be told to forget about
wage agreements. Do you expect,
Messrs. Green, Vol, Hutclleson,
Hillnan and Co., that the workers
will believe your fine phrases about
the "enslaVement Of labor'fsnd the
'uprisings" in which you will lead
them? at
WORKERS MUST 1asn
REPLY 7~7t--
But workers must not think that
RooseYelt's signing of the forced
labor bill means that the workers
must accept it. The following
measures outlined by the Unem-
ployed Councils in statement in
the Daily Worker should be made
the basis OF struggle. These are:
Demonstrations at the army re-
ru;ting stations where the men are
being recruited! Prevent the de-
era dation Of the American workers
through forced labor! This is in
preparation for war, which comes
nearer each day. Demand adequate
relief at home for all workers!
Fight for unemployment insurance
at the expense of the bosses and
the government! Show up the posi-
ton Of the labor burocrats who are
working with Roosevelt and the
Wall Street bankers in preparing
for a new imperialist slaughter.
Roosevelt's energy must be met
with energetic united struggle on
the part of the workers. -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08
viii q War
Bring Back
Prosperity?
BY Labor Research Association

by LABOR Research Association
AS is well known in general
way to the working class, the World
War brought vast wealth into the
hands of the eXploiterS of almost
every industry. We may take the
big basic industry of iron and steel
as an example of what the super
profits of wartime did to the for
tunes of the exploiting class. The
following facts on this industry are
taken from Horace Davis forth
coming book in the Labor and In
dustry series of International Pub
fishers. 1t is called Labor and Steel.
Davis writes:
THE U. S. Steel Corpora
tons profits on its nominal
investment as it existed at the
beginning of the war mounted
to q per cent in 1916, 10 per
cent in 1917, and 1919 per cent
in 1918, after payment Of fed
eral taxes. Ninety-One indie
pendent steel companies stu
died by the Federal Trade Com
mission showed aggregate pro-
fits during 1915, equivalent to
"a per cent on the pre-war
total balance-sheet value of
stocks, bonds and SURPRISES.
And during these very years,
when the steel capitalists were
rolling up their millions. the real
wages-or what they could buy
with their money wages-of the
workers in the iron and steel plants
stood still. AS Davis puts it, For
three years-the war years, which
were so profitable to the companies
real earnings per capita remained
stationary in spite of rising wage
rates" (Our emphaSis.)
The official report of the Inter
Church World Movement on the
Steel Strike of 1919, covering con-
ditionS before the strike and dur
ing the war, admitted that Nearly
three-fourths Of the steel workers
couldn't earn enough for an Ame-
rican standard of living. The bulk
Of unskilled labor earned less than
enough for the average family's
minimum subsistence. The bulk Of
the semi-skilled labor earned less
than enough for the average fanli-
ly's minimum comfort"
These facts disprove the poison
Gus propaganda created by the inn
perialiSt hirelings that the workers
received higher wages during the
war. On the contrary, while mill
lions Of our class brothers were
killed and manned on the battle
fields the dollar year" patriots
were reaping in large profits.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08
Millions in
Profits from
Wo1k erS' Lives

During the 30 months the Uni
ted States was in the war, the
munitions industry III the United
States alone was paid $2,351 100000
by the Allies. This was only part
Of the expenditures CT the Allies
that piled up millions in profits for
the munition- makers in all coun-
tries during that brief period.
Profits of z. S. Companies in 1917
Here are few more examples Of
typical profits from the war days
the happy days" which the cap
itaists in the United States and
elsewhere hope will soon be here
again.
American chemical companies in
1916 and 1917 made net income on
their capital stock at the following
rates: 1929; 1919; 1897; 1887.
Such companies as Atlas, Hercules,
Du Point, Allied Chemical & Dye,
and others hope to make similar
profits in the coming war Hercules
paid dividend of 621a% in 1917.
Oil companies also made huge
profits i'll 1917. Net income on in
vested capital OF one company was
$40, another made 500, another
1857.
One manufacturer OF castings
made 5000; tin mill made 1857.
An iron and steel plant made
1885,: another 201@o.
An ammunition plant made 1870.
One automobile plant topped the
list Of prof1teers with rate OF
1880. This company belongs to
q group that has been most ruth
less in its wage cutting policy.
An aluminium manufacturing
company, probably Mellon con-
Germ, made net income Of 1909;
while a bitun1inous coal company
made Ill.,.
A copper company in Michigan
made 1897; another 1T19o.
A sulphur company, with cap
ital stock Of 100000, made a net
income Of s7,028,477 in the year
America declared war.
These are only a few samples OF
the way the capitalists Jared during
the World War. No wonder, with
their profits now at low ebb, they
look upon a war as a way out, the
way to solve the crisis at the ex-
pense of the. millions Of workers
exploited in the factories and
slaughtered on the battlefield.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08
BY l. ANITER

FORCED LABOR in preparations
for war-this~is Roosevelt's pro-
gram. This is his program against
the working class and in feverish
mobilization OF the forces Of the
country for imperialist war. The
illusions that Roosevelt created by
his promises during the election
campaign, and by. the energy that
he displayed since his Inauguration
in getting things done" are now
being dispeled. The legislation
which he has put through with the
help OF willing congress Is begin
ing to break the illusions and put
Roosevelt in the proper light before
the workers-as the enemy of the
working class and as the war pres
ident.
ARMY OF FORCED LABOR
The relief" program just adopted
by congress is nothing less than
army forced labor. That is, recruit
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08

enormous advantage for the safety
of the U. S. A."
Professor Haldane, an English
chemist, wrote book on the "hu-
maneness" Of poison gases. Ac-
cording to him two conditions
must be observed in order to assure
the "humaneness" of poison gasees.
ID Only lacllrymatory gases, as
being the least dangerous must be
employed, and
CD the use Of all articles of eye
defence must be prohibited.
After this, he declares, "Of
course, one can hardly expect that
these conditions will be accepted"
The German Professor Mayor
stated that asphyxiating gases were
'the best and most humane me-
thods of warfare, and the best
protector Of the moral and ethical
foundations Of civilization"
At the moment, in Britain re-
search on poison gases is being
steadily pursued under the ca1en1i-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08
WALL ST. PREPARES
YOUTH FOR NEXT WAR
Forward to Broad United Front Mobilization
for National Youth Day May 80

for the unemployed.
The deep hatred of the toiling
youth against imperialist war has
led to increased activities Of the
Young Peoples Socialist League and
a host of pacifist outfits. These all
approach the youth on the basis Of
fear and disgust of ali wars" and
attempt to stifle any revolutionary
struggles against boss war prepa-
lations. BY talk of the "uselessness
Of the American Army in case of
war" and refusal to bear arms"
they attempt to convince the youth
not to organize and struggle against
ilnperialist war. Thus they are Of
objective assistance to the war
plans of the boss class.
PREPARE FOR N.Y.D.
The Young Communist League
under the leadership of the Com
muniSt Party, has just issued a call
for united front action against faS-
cism, hunger and war, to all work
ing class organizations. This strug-
gle to be begun Immediately for
calling a halt to the feverish plans
for another world war. Especially
this united front will prepare for
the broadest mobilization Of youth
against inperialist war on Nation
al Youth Day, May 30. May 80, Me-
mortal Day, like April 6, is also
used to instill a war fever into
the youth. This day has al
ready become traditional through
struggles of the Young Commu-
mist League in setting it aside
as a special day Of struggle
against imperialist war and for the
defense Of the Soviet Union. Al
ready it has been endorsed widely,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08
ImberiaiSt War of 1914>1918 Paved Way for Present
World Capitalist Crisis of Hunger, Fascsm and War
BANKERS WAR TALK


Sentiment among bankers is pa
triotic and it is bullish. ... To many
persons, long on stocks, war APP
parently merely spells another long
period of abnormal profits for our
corporations. O.. The big men hold
the stocks" New York Sun, April
9, 1910.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08

THAT there is large possibility
of a European war in the very near
future can hardly be denied recog-
milton. We were lifted from the
business depression in 1914 by the
outbreak OF war. 1t would be a
curious repetition Of function II
another European war should again
come to our industrial rescue"
CThe "Annalist," Friday, March IT,
1889.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08
TO EXPERIMENT
ON NEGROES

Professor Haldane, of England,
affirmed the fact that after suf-
fering an attack of mustard gas,
enemy positions became unin-
habitable for a long time. In or
der to capture these positions he
proposed the use of native forces
Negroes. His theory is that certain
sections of the populations have
constitutions with natural" resist
ing powers against the effect Of
gas. These comprise 20 per cent Of
the white population and 80 per
cent Of the Negro population.
The ProIcs5o- discovered" that
since the Negroes were acclimatised
to hot sun, Yprite should be
harmless to them. He proposes the
organization of mass experiments
upon Negroes, and that colored
forces be used extensively in the
next war for the occupation of
poisoned positions. Thus solemnly
declared this "civilised' professor,
the supremacy OF German industry
will be balanced by French Negro
regiments" In order to soot;:e his
compatriots he expressed the hope
that "Hindoos, no doubt are SINH
larly capable Of resistance 70 mus
tard gas"
The need is obvious for every
worker to take an active part in
the carrying out Of the Amsterdam
Anti-War Congress decisions, and
Of the resolutions passed at the
London Conference held two weeks
ago.
From the British "Ds4sy Work
-" March 10, 1885,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08

cal warfare section OF the Depart
ment Of Scientific and Industrial
Research at Portion, near Salisbury.
THE AMERICAN police have in
vented a special series Of che
mical fire arms. With a few re-
yolver shots, the enemy If in small
numbers can be rendered harmless
at a distance of 80 #. There is no
necessity for sighting, one may fire
through keyholes and other min
ute openings. The same type of
rifle is effective at a distance of
100 yds. One discharge of such a
rifle is sufficient to disperse a
crowd of several hundreds.
Poison gas is also employed in
the U. S. A. against working class
prisoners. During the American
mining strike of 1923 new poison
gases we're tried out" on the ar
rested miners and their families IN
several prisons.
Liddell Harte, the autbor of
a famous book on gas warfare,
writes: The majority of the
nations represented at Geneva
own colonies, In which there
Is An present danger Of
native rcbellions and raids.
by banning the use Of gas the
civifised O. powers would be
forced to employ punitive ex-
uedtffnpSS
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08
LABOR CAMPS STEP IN
MILITARTZING JOBLESS
Roosevelt Program Provides Billions for War
But No Unemployment Insurance

Roosevelt's record since inaugura-
ton. 1t is program of army slave
labor and war.
FRANCES PERKINS, Roosevelt's
L liberal secretary of labor de-
tends this program. William Green
objected and upon his recommend
alton many parts of the forced la
Dor bill were rewritten. Now,a mem
Der of the A. F. L. officialdom, Ro-
bert Fechner, vice-president of the
International Association Of Mach
inists is national head of the forced
labor camps. just as in 1917 the
trade union burocracy was mobi-
lized by President Wilson, so i'll
1888 they are modified by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to carry out the
capitalist program into effect.
What is the forced labor program
now being elaborated iI1n1any ci-
ties? In New York, a building pro-
iect is suggested on the basis Of q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08

ing by the army stations; trans
portation by army trucks; "preli-
minary training" by army officers;
army discipline for one years time
the period Of recruitment, pay,
food and lodging and $50 a month.
The $50 will not go to the worker,
but for the upkeep Of his family.
thereby taking the responsibility of
relief away from present relief
agencies.
Not only 100000 "free" American
workers will be nlilitarized. Already
such camps are in existence in
many states now. Roosevelt has
called q conference, of governors
and mayors for the purpose Of ex-
tending the scheme over the entire
country-to put millions of Anne
rican workers into army camps in
preparation for imperialist war.
This Is also GlassfordS program
for the homeless youth, to place
them in military camps such as,
are already being established in all
parts Of the country California,
Florida, New York.
BUILDING BIG NAVY
But this is not all: Secretary Of
the Navy. Swanson proposes a bill
lion dollar navy. To bring UP the
standard of the U. s. navy TO tie
London quota. This, he says, is also
to. provide WORK for the uneIn-
p,oyed." The navy department sud-
denly discovers that IS per cent Of
the cost Of naval vessels goes to
labor. Such liberals, such interest
in the unemployed, such big heart
edness. Why it is not for war that
he wants bigger naVy-it is all
III the interest Of the worker
The economy program" OF fed
eral wage slashes, the forced labor
program, farmers "relief"--this is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08
A. F. of L. OFFICIALS A
PART OF WAR MACHINE
Participate in Campaign of SANDER Against
Recognition of Soviet Union

their full support of this patriotic
movement" the whole Executive
Council of the A. F. of L. turned
out to review a citizens training
corps at Plattsburg several years
ago. War department officials de-
corate the platforms Of every A.
Z. of L. convention and deliver
speeches to the officials reminding
them Of their duty to Wall Street.
A. F. OF L. AGAINST
SOVIET UNION
But the A. P. OF l.. not only sup
ports, it initiates and stimulates
the campaign for war against the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08

and this year may bear witness TO
the largest outpouring Of youth in
America.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-08
SOUTHERN NEGRO SOLDIERS COMING
BACK IN 1918 REWARDED BY LYNCHINC
Vets Turnout U. S., Prepare to Demonstrate in
Washington on May IL for Bonus

them. In addition to being double
crossed by the government. Ne
gro and foreign born veterans and
backwoods southern white vets
caught the real hell. Negroes were
lynched with their uniforms on; an
example of this at the present time
is the holding OF Willie Peterson,
tubercular war veteran, in Alabama
on murder charge.
Misteasers Betrsy
Aided by the betrayal of the lead
ers Of the American Legion, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, ETC., the Ma
tional Economy League and Amer
lean Veterans Association have
secured the enactment of the bill
which gives Roosevelt dictatorial
powers to slash millions off vet
Grams benefits in order that the
bankers may continue to get their
interest on government bonds. The
non-service- connected cases, with
the exception of $4,000 totally and
permanently disabled, are COM
pletely cut off. AS for the others,
every veteran with a disability listed
as service connected will in addi-
ton to the 20 per cent cut in his
benefit, have to undergo a rigid
examination, and the government is
preparing to drop large numbers of
them entirely from the rolls. In
fact, to some extent it has been
doing this quietly right along, and
during the past seven years $4,000
service connected cases have been
stricken off From present indica-
lions, not the announced 100000
900, but a much bigger sum will be
robbed from the veterans, hundreds
of thousands of whom are unem-
ployed and destitute.
But the veterans are not going TO
fold their arms and tamely submit
to this plumber. Members Of the
Workers Ex-Seryicemen's League,
American Legion, v. F. W., Disabled
American Veterans, Khaki Shirts,
B. z. F., etc, throughout the coun-
try are Joining in united front
acticn against the cuts. They are
preparing to answer the call Of the
Veterans National Liaison Com
mittee for - march to Wash
ington on May Il,
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Br CHARLOrTE ToDEs

well ask the question again, where
viii the officials Of the 2 million
organized workers of the American
Federation of Labor stand in the
next war ? Their record in the
last World War is well known.
Even before the declaration of war
the a. F. OF L. officials were con-
spring secretly with the govern
ment over plans for modifying the
working class for this slaughter.
Samuel Gompers was appointed
member Of the Council of Nation
al Defense together with Rockefel-
LEI and other capitalists as early as
october, 1916.
Several weeks before war was Of
fieially declared he had called a
conference of labor officials thru
out the country for the purpose Of
pledging their loyalty and support
: during the war. They promised to
uphold the standards Of liberty
and the safety and preservation Of
the institutions and ideals Of the
Republic
GREEN HELPS PREPARE
FOR WAR
Speaking before the War Policies
Commission in 1881, Mr.. Green,
president of the A. F. of L. de-
clared himself fundamentally con-
cerned with the successful outcome
Of the next war. Secretary Of War
Hurley (of the Hoover cabinet)
asked him the following question:
Your organization has no OBJ
iecticn whatever to an attempt to
find some method to make more
equal the economic burdens of war,
that is to make them fall more
cgually on the various classes or
FlrtcU5 clements Of our citizenship"
: To which Mr.. Green replied: "Oh,
VIC would not object to that. In fact
VIC would heartily concur in such a
Study First OF all l might say that
the American working people very
strongly favor the settlement of
disputes among nations ON the basis
Of pc3cc and understanding. At
fne san-e time We believe in fol-
lowing the rule Of reason and COM
mon sense. We know the weak
nes5e0 OF human nature and of
states and Of nations and for that
resron as matter of precaution
VIC feel that a study should be
made OF the best plans that would
be adopted so that we could ade-
euately protect the Nation in the
event Of an emergency"
From these utterances there can
be no mistake about the policy Of
The officialdom Of the A F. of L.
towards imperialist war. While they
may pretend to profess pacifistic
beliefs, they are openly part of the
war machine of the American cap
italist class. 1t is this policy which
prompted Matthew Vol, vice pres
ident of the AT of L. to state in an
address before the Army War Col
1ege that the A. F. of L. has only
words OF kindness for the army.
It is ever willing to cooperate
with 1t any way it can" BY the
same policy, the A. F. Of L. has
favored high pay for army officers
and the development Of citizens
military training camps. Declaring
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