davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-07

Socialists, and on the advice OF Otto
Bauer, had laid down his position
OF president in parliament in order
to give the Social-Democrats the
one vote lacking against the govern
ment majority for the protection of
the reprimanded railwaymen.
1t follows from this, therefore,
that the two tactical mistakes of
the Social-Democracy that led to
catastrophe consisted in the So
cisi-Democracy not having "tol-
Grated the Buresch and then the
Dollfuss-Fey government.
What Otto Bauer really possesses
should NOT be taken from him
he has a dose of parliamentary
cretinism from which he may waste
away his whole life long. In spite
of this, It must be said that he does
not have so much parliamentary
cretinism as not to know that toll
Grafton does not consist of such bar
gains, as he would like to have us
believe. liberation consists, above
all, in holding back the working class
from mass action. The Austrian
Social-Democracy has practiced this
form of liberation with no less sue
cess than its German brother party,
party entirely worthy of it.
Could Have Won
But where there is left" there is
also right" Otto Bauer also had
to have rightist deviations. other
wise you don't get the ION the one
hand-on the other hand" that
virtue of every first-rate petty-bo
geois. So he writes that his rightist
mistake consisted in the fact that,
after the elimination of the parlia-
ment and the prevention Of it's as
sembling by Dollfuss, this attack
was not replied to bg a general
strike,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-07
Some Facts on the First
World Var
Nearly 10000 900 soldiers were killed.
Over 10000, 900 more were wounded.

Over 200O000O wounded,
Prisoners "missing"-neary 100000 (About
half of the missing can be counted dead)
Famine, disease and pestiIence took total of over
28,O0O00O people among the civil population Alone"
cOrding to the Swedish statistcan Herself Influenza
alone took over 10000 lives.
Left fatheress as result of the war were 100000
children.
War widows numbered about 100000.
Some 100000 were rendered homeless due to the
war
Direct net money cost of the war for all belIgerent
countries amounted to over S2OO,OOOOOO0OO For the
United States alone during two years. the direct cost was
over S22,OOO,OOO,O0O
Total indirect costs property damage etc. amounted
to about S15O,O00, 1000 for all countries.
The daily cost of the in 1918 was 1924. 900 OOO
For every casualty in the World War profit of $4,000
marks (rOughy S12000) made by the capitalist class
according to lehman Russbuld German expert on war
Profits of leading American corporations ranged from
25 per cent to 5000 per cent and during the war
years
Eighteen leading United States companies increased
their net profits of s7465OOO0 for the period 192194
to 600 for the period 96-191S or almost four
and half times the pre-war average.
The number of known mllionaires in the United
States increased from about $500 in 1914 to about $4,000
in 1918.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-07

war character of the Roosevelt New
Deal finds expression. Actually,
we are witnessing in the application
of the N. r. A. codes, in the Roose-
welt program for the railroads and
transportation systems, and in the
political utterances of leading Cab
met members, a rapid process Of the
INFLAMMATION of the whole American
economy. It is not only that Roose-
welt is spending enormous millions
for bombing planes and warships.
These are only the result of the
fact that the essence of his entire
program, political and economic, is
directed toward imperialist war for
expansion, for markets and in de-
Tense Of Wall Street investments
abroad.
The N. r. A. officials, for ex-
ample, have already co-operated
with the Department of War in
comprehensive economic survey of
the factories of the United States
for the purpose of ascertaining the
part that each individual plant can
pay in q program OF war produc-
ton.
In addition, the whole effect of
the N. R. A. codes is to concentrate
and centrallzs production in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-07

He writes: AT that time. per-
haps, we could have been victorious.
But we shrank back from struggle
then. We avoided struggle be-
cause we wanted to spare the coun-
try the catastrophe of a bloody civil
war. In spite Of this, the civil war
broke out eleven months later. but
under conditions, essentially more
unfavorable for us"
If the confession OF the left
mistakes by Otto Bauer serves to
make the workers responsible for
the catastrophe on account of their
will to fight, Otto Bauer confesses
the right" deviation for the pur-
pose of drubbing it into the work
ers that they really were blockheads
because they forced general strike
not at the correct time, but at a
false one. This is also meant to be
a blow against those opposition ele-
ments within the defeated Social
Democracy who refuse to recognize
the bankrupt party leaders, both
IlgnD ana IeIG.
It used to be said in Austria of
the Hapsburgs that they could for
get nothing and learn nothing. The
leaders of the Austrian Social-De-
mocracy, who long attended this
Hapsburg school, have retained this
fine quality. All hopes based on
Improvement" are vain. One way
or the other, the defeat of the work
ing class is. according to the con-
ception of Otto Bauer, inevitable.
He tells in his pamphlet that the
German Social-Democracy led the
working class to defeat because it
had pursued rightist policy. In
Hungary and Italy, the policy of the
left" Socisl-Democrats. analogous
to Communism" ended in a catas-
trophe."
This is no hangover after a sup
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-07
Otto Bauer Practices 'Self- Criticism

otto BAUER practices
" "self criticism" He as
sumes responsibility for the
events, for the tactics of the
Social-Democracy upon HIM
self precisely because to the masses
he is supposed to be the theoreti-
clan and political leader of the
left" he takes the responsibility
upon himself in order to prove that
his colleagues, Renner, Seitz DAN
neberg, etc, who are supposed to
be rights" wanted to carry out
q correct policy and that it was
only he, the left" who forced an
incorrect tactic upon them. This
srtful maneuver is the attempt to
explain to the social-democratic
workers, II, Otto Bauer, as a leftist,
embodied your impotence toward
Renner, Seitz and the other men,
bers of the leadership. Through me
you have forced left tactic upon
them. Your aversion to the policy
Of the coalition with the Christian
Socialists has led to catastrophe"
OF the three tactical" mistakes
which Otto Bauer confesses in his
pamphlet, "The Revolt Of the Aus
TRAN Workers, he calls two '1eftist"
deviations.
These two "leftist" mistakes, ac-
cording to Otto Bauer. consist in
the Austrian Social not
wanting to tolerate the Christian
Socialist Buresch government in
April. 1882. The result of this pol
icy Of confederation" was that the
Christian Socialists allied themselves
with the Heimwehr and Dollfuss
formed his government with Fey.
Further, in that Renner. on account
Of conflict with the Christian
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-07

hands Of monopoly capital. in the
interests, not only of increasing
profits, but of war efficiency. This
purpose Of the N. r. A. codes has
been made clear in a number of ut
terances of leading monopolst pro-
ducers at the N. R. A. hearings at
Washington where the necessity for
protecting essential War industries
through government price fixing
was emphasized again and again.
The extremely rapid process OF
concentrating and certraliang in
dUstrial production, regulating it
strictly in the interest of the mono
poles, has been accelerated to a re-
markable degree by the entire eco
nomic program of Roosevelt as en-
bodied in the N. r. A. codes, his
agrarian program, his program of
f. F. c. subsidies, etc, etc. The N.
R. A, codes, the Roosevelt plan
ming" are rapidly polishing up the
entire structure of American pro-
duction for war use.
Government Munitions Planning"
A particularly illuminating phase
Of the Roosevelt social planning"
is the way Roosevelt has managed
to conceal the intense war prepara-
lions going on around Muscle Shoals
and Tennessee Valley River cleo
trical projects. The government
planning" of these projects has
been proclaimed as a boon to the
farmers who will use the nitrates
manufactures at these plants for
fertilizer, Socialist leaders. like Nor
man Thomas, have hailed the plan
ming" of Roosevelt in these projects
as confirming the socially progress
sive character of the Roosevelt gov
eminent.
But is it not remarkable that
the Roosevelt government should
manifest a sudden enthusiasm for
increasing the supply of agricul-
tural fertilizer when 1t Is at the
same time engaging in the most
wholesale destruction of agricuI-
tural crops ever undertaken by a
civilized" government?
1t is not to increase agricultural
productivity that Roosevelt is pour
ing millions into government cleo
trical projects. To the Roosevelt
government, increased agricultural
productivity, increased production
OF food, is a curse. It is, rather, for
the manufacture of nitrstes so in
dispensable for the war munitions
industry, that Roosevelt is plan
ming" to develop huge government
power stations.
Money War
Side by side with the concentra-
tion of monopoly capital through the
N. R. A. codes, Roosevelt has pur-
sued in his financial policies path
that leads to imperialist war. The
going off the gold standard, the de-
valuation of the dollar, the creation
OF the huge billion dollar "stabiliza-
ton fund" are all the actions of
an imperialist power driving out
ward in imperialist expansion
against its impel1alist rivals in the
struggle for world markets.
Roosevelt slsshes the buying power
Of the American dollar at home,
thus reducing the real wages of
every worker and the entire Amer
lean working class, in order that
American monopoly producers shall
have the advantage of lowered costs
of production in the battle for world
trade.
RooseVelt's money policies,
therefore, are driving down the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-07
FIVE BULGARIAN WORKERS
SENTENCED TO 80 YEARS

SOFIA, Bulgaria - Five workers.
framed on charge of preparing a
secret printing ONCE. have been
given sentences totaling 30 years
eight months Imprisonment, and
$4,000 levas fines.
They are being held in solitary
confinement in dark cells because
they shouted Murderer" when the
police spy came into court who had
extorted statements on which they
were convicted, even though the
makers repudiated them openly in
court during the trial.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-07

class and thus prevent the isolation
of the working class.
They pursued a petty bourgeois
policy in the working class, and by
this petty bourgeois policy, which
really served only big capital, they
led the petty bourgeoisie against the
working class. This was expressed
in the whole municipal policy of
Vienna, especially in the tax policy
of Breitner, the famous financial ge-
MUS of the Viennese local admins
trstion. Democratic socialism could
not, Of course, get at the sources of
capitalist exploitation, it could not
attack unearned income. The fam
Gus sliding scale of taxation was
nothing but a swindel Rothschild.
who was put on his feet financially.
at the expense Of the taxpayers, was
less affected by the tax policy of
Breitner than the little man, the
landlord, the retail dealer, the small
manufacturer and independent. The
big capitalist did not suffer from
the competition of the municipal
enterprises.
This policy, which was a petty
bourgeois policy, since it could not
and would not touch capitalist
private property, was the real
cause for the turning of the petty
bourgeoisie in the cities to fas-
cism.
Protected Rich Peasants
The agrarian policy of the Aus
TRAN Social-Democracy, which was
programmaticslly supported by Otto
Bauer, was directed toward the pro-
lection of the rich peasant without
decisive course toward expropria-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-07
: : BY Bella Kun

pressed uprising, this is a political
conception with an theological basis
a conception whose basis is the
thesis that capitalism is continuing.
is on the way to new recovery, to
overcoming its general crisis.
THE Causes of the Working Class
Defeat Lie Deeper than in the
Tactics"
But to console the Austrian work
ers Otto Bauer further says that the
deeper causes of the defeat are not
the tactical mistakes of the Social
Democracy, but lie rather in q basic
natural" development, so to speak
the turning away of the petty bour-
geoisie Of city and country, from So
Gals Democracy to fascism. The
leftist and rigntist mistakes still
could have been avoided. But the
turning of the middle classes to fas-
cism was an inevitable result of the
entry into the epoch of fascism. T"
Thus, not Otto Bauer and not the
leadership of the social democratic
party are responsible, but perhaps
the Lord in heaven, who has not
hearkened to the prayers Of the so
popular religious socialists in the
Austrian social-Democracy.
THE turning of the city and rural
1 petty bourgeoisie toward fascism
is an indication of the bankruptcy of
democratic socialism. The Austrian
Social-Democracy proclaimed the
necessity for a democratic policy in
stead of struggle for the dictator
ship Of the proletariat. on the basis
that democratic socialism would win
the middle layers for the working
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-07
The Entire Roosevelt "NepU Deal" Is 4 Var Deal;
The NR.A. Prepares for Ne'O Slaughter Of Toilers
Govt Builds Record W ar
Machine to Carry Out
Wall Street Plans

living standards OF the entire toll
ing population. so that Wall Street
monopoly can preserve its profits
in the International markets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-07
Fight Has
Articles on
World ar
League Against War and
Fascism Publishes
Effective Expose

FIGHT. Official organ Of the
American League Against War
and Faseisnn, 112 E. 18th St.,
New York. April, 1894. Price
5 cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-07
(ContisUed from Page y

valuable in developing these impor-
tant phases Of our trade union work.
Stresses Economic Struggles
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
|'(,as' Racket.
- Shows 40 F. OF
etail Dealers Selling
|slssly Labeled p: Product
3, .'BIII,o.'o,'iIIet.geers-Non-A!coaaol!'9e: 9 a'9:
;. s px.,.. Form syn6es'.s !" s'ss'" 1'ss''
S''''s". w.. soo..-s4p pUs'e ~" Bad N''''
'~ tv.s. s2ooo 10000 F'''''

-. eS,sss n. ~SeSH, gsSSsS $3.50. '" ~.
xo.s:.o;, ,se s!ssi ~ ,s s:ss s' < <. 7nss
sstesA Sess tss ~ y. So1 oSd<:" AZ o1A X.
sssts Issss Is:s2c :sso 1eoss ';s 'TSs ,ps SS'<s ."
Hes6sb9 tss - srs1s.estSrss> {Et ~. 49,
- 49, 49, a ssfxsss Il ssst<s tsa ' sc~ ~ -
= sae HSDsaE&h
" a,,;4yrGsv1A SKI VtSF' :, A,,Sxs.,
- ..;.r tFse$a, aESEs eeSSf 81 .sssx ~ X;
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
HONOR WAR HERO
CHEYENNE, Wyo. U.NsO

CHEYENNE, Wyo. UN Sd
DR.. Harry H. Horton Of Laramie,
a member of the State Senate
and Wyoming's outstanding hero
of the World War, is to be hon.
ored with congressional decora-
ton, according to word received
here from Washington. On Octo-
ber IL, 1918, DR.. Horton, the low
er part of. his face shot away
when a shell struck a dressing
station, crawled nearly half a
mile and penciled a message ask.
ing for help for two wounded
comrades.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
STOCKS
ACCUMULATE,
. IMPORTS UP
BY International News Service
Steady accumulation Of stocks

BY International News Service
Steady accumulation Of stocks
of wines and liquors in customs
bonded warehouses was reported
by the Treasury Department to-
day. The bureau said:
MAY imports Of distilled
spirits exceeded those Of April,
but the Withdrawals for con-
sumption were the smallest of
any month since repeal. I'm
ports were nearly three times
the amount of the Withdrawals"
For the December-May period
imports of foreign liquors totaled
7,736,443 gallons while only g.
360,404 gallons we're entered into
consumption. Stocks in the ware
houses at the beginning Of De-
cember totaled 40,111 gallons and
at the end of May 4,416,150 gal
Ions.
High Tariff Blamed
Wine imports in the same
period totaled 4,476,083 gallons
while 2,726,158 gallons we're en-
tered into consumption. Stocks
in the warehouses at the end of
May totaled 2,026,639 gallons as
compared with 276,417 gallons at
the beginning Of December.
The situation was unofficially
attributed to high tariffs and
taxes which have forced the
American selling price of the for
eign liquors to virtually prohibi-
tive levels for the average
drinker.
It was stated also that the
importers have found great diff
ficulty in financing their busl'
ness with the banks.
Protests Constant
From importers there has been
a general protest to the Treasury
and the Federal Alcohol Control
Administration against tariffs
and taxes. It was insisted the
Government would secure materi-
ally higher revenue should the
taxes be reduced.
In May, duties on distilled
spirits at IS a gallon amounted to
$1,886,224 as compared with ST.
S54 1895 in April.
Total duties on liquors, includ-
ing sparkling and still wines,
amounted to $2,404,265 in May
against $2,364,063 the month be-
fore. Duties on all other imports
for May were $18,636,871 as COM
pared with $18,782, ,181 in April.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
SLAYER'S FATE IS SETTLED

Defense counsel vigorously op-
posed introduction Of the war.
rant, contending that it was not
signed by the city health officer,
DR.. j. w. Bass, and that the sig
nature by the assistant city health
officer, DR.. Jack Harper, did not
meet the requirements Of the
law.
The court-appointed attorneys
Of Rehm are basing their case
on the theory that Rehm was not
legally under arrest at the time
Bell was killed.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
u. S. Currency Chief
HOnOred Back Home

GRAND FORKS, N. D., June IS.
J. r. T. O'Connor, Comptroller of
the Currency of the United States,
came back to his home town as
a guest Of the city and was hon.
ored at a banquet at which he
made the principal address.
More than 1,500 persons partici-
pated in the banquet and attend
ant ceremonies.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15

DALLAS, Tex, June Is Q.N.S)
A blood stained piece of paper
may decide the fate Of Richard
Rehm, New York parole violator,
on trial for the Staying Of police
man Luke Bell here May 18.
The paper, a warrant for Rehm's
internment in the city Jail for
treatment for a social disease, was
picked up from the floor of the
garage where Bell was shot to
death as he grappled with the pris.
oner who was escaping.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
English Birds Dying
OfUnknOLUn MGLGdy

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of dead
birds are found every morning
over a 20-mile area around the
hamlets of Melcombe and Chesel-
bourne, Dorset. Early risers are
said to see them drop. They
are rocks, jackdaws and smaller
birds.
A similar phenomenon was re-
ported in November in regard to
phcasants falling from trees
where they were roosting at a
shoot" in Sussex.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
Petting Taboo, Says
Adventist Leader

Petting is considered taboo by
the majority of American youth,
Prof. A. w. Peterson, director of
the youth movement of the Sev.
enth Day Adventist Church, de-
clared today.
Prof. Peterson has just com.
pleted a tour of the country in
which he questioned hundreds of
young persons on the subject OF
promiscuous kissing and petting.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
Contract AWarded
For Trash Removal

Contract for the removal Of
trash, garbage and ashes in Ar
lington county was let to the Van
E. Thompson Co., Of Washington,
for the contract price Of $25,792,
it was announced today by County
Manager Roy S. Braden.
The contract will take over the
service July /.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15

#: & bearing tbAs
Oil Conf
= sentencses,, ss,'
,,aacket !: =: ;ss:',...ss5, Sd
-, x.rA az oklyn, q
'fuU1 iyen a 81
Judge Ie
nniction
HeEG era. inv
a1p y ;aed aed Ia, +
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
House Committee
Backs Rail Pensions
By International News Service

The House Interstate Com
merce Committee today ordered
a favorable report on the bill by
Representative Crosser D) of
Ohio establishing a pension sys-
TEN for railroad workers. A SIM
liar measure is before the Senate.
Under the bill, maximum retire
ment pensions are fixed at $100
monthly.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
f'"so BUT ESCAPES .s9 a.,

5ans 5eeen aned 500 20 sasoline e dealer ba.
house, " sixty days ia iIr,'',ti,eea the a,as, sen,
rjrss ~ y John Walsh ), !. {,
speeis1i 1itssst ssss He Vas q eos;,,, s SCUM
Lifting ANS an ,,,., q frau3ulenfIy e,,h.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15

= Eepa n tu aaa = : gallon, stata tay. y :
Z: !: Filling Stations
The Washington times., 1934-06-15

Write a slogan. WIN A PRIZE! Six
CASH AWARDS are offered for the
best slogans written about the RECON-
MENDED SERVICES advertised In to-
days WANT ADS. See contest details
today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-27
Weddings
MONTAMBAULT-KELLY

The wedding of Miss Margaret Kelly, daughter of MT and Mrs J.. Kelly, 4 Hendricken Place, of this city, who was married from her brothers home at 164 East 89th street to Joseph Oscar Montam- bault, son of the late MT and Mrs Montambault of Frost road, of this city, took place Sunday August 25th, at Saint Ignatius Loyla church, corner of S4th street and Park avenue, New York city. The marriage was officiated by Rev. Father Quinan of New York city. The bride, who was given in mar riase by her brother John Kelly of New York city, wore a gown of Yellow Taffeta, Yellow picture hat. with green accessories. she carried yellow and gold Dallas. The brides only attendant Miss Bertha Nor eau, of this city, wore green taffeta the gown being fashioned to the brides with yellow accessories and carried Tea Roses. Wilfred Mon- tambault brother of the groom was best man. The brides mother wore black ana white with match accessories and q corsage of gar denias. A wedding reception was given for the immediate family at Chin Lees on Broadway. The bride and groom left later in the day on a wedding trip through Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Up" on their return they will reside at 56 Monroe avenue this city. For travelling the bride wore a black and white outfit with maching &C., cessories.
 Domenic Barbieri, member of board of selectmen. will arrived in New York Wednesday completing E a two months trip through Italy, where he renewed old acquaint- ances and visited various sections of that country.
 Mrs B. Heminway Klimpke of Watertown entertained with a bridge and pantry shower recent. ly at the summer home fo her par. ents, MT and Mrs Charles Boards ley in Bethlehem in honor of Miss Betty Price of this city whose mar. riage to Charles Chauncey Good rich of Hartford will take place Saturday. September Is.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-27
Cassidy Bailey NuptiaLs
 Attended By Local People

of Boston, Mass, Mir and Mrs Err win Cassidy of White Plains, N. r., MT and Mrs Edward Bailey of Wal den, N. r., Mir and Mrs Frank Scrimpkaiser of New Rochelle, N. r., MT and Mrs George Banks of New Rochelle. N. r., MT and Mrs George B. French of Trumbull, MT and Mrs Warren Taylor of Stam- ford, John Lynch of Bridgewater, Mrs Edward Lynch of Bridgewater, Mir and Mrs Thomas Heating. Jr. of Sandy Hook, Miss Mary Heating of Sandy Hook, Mrs Matthew Far rell of Sandy Hook, MT and Mrs Jerome Jackson of Sandy Hook, MT and Mrs Hcmer Clark of Sandy Hook. M rand Mrs Thomas Bailey of Newtown, MT and Mrs Jear Peck and daughter of Sandy Hook, MT and Mrs Clarence Bailey of Meriden, MT and Mrs Albert La barde of Oxford, MT and Mrs Har- old Cassidy of Oxford, MT and Mrs M. J. Cassidy of Oxford, Miss Har- riett Frazier of Oxford, Miss Mar garet Beck of Oxford, Charles Weiss of Oxford, Charles Mix of Oxford, MT and Mrs John Cassidy and family of Woodbury, Mrs Phil ip Farrell of Waterbury. Mrs Ter renee Bowling of Waterbury, Miss Loretta Condon of Waterbury, Dr and Mrs John J. McGraw of An sonia, Mrs Jeremiah Mccarthy of Ansonia, Miss Matilda Mccarthy of Ansonia and MT and Mrs Joseph Herman of East Haven.