The Washington times., 1934-10-29
LAWS PROVIDE
FULLPOWERT To
EMPLOYERS
trustees" From Employing
Class Have Final Word;
Police Prevent Revolt

kNEG " ULS OCFSOS NS"NNS' WY
OS. Dictatorship"
By H. r. KNICKERBOCKER
Copyright, 1884. BY International News
Service. Reproduction In Whole or
Part Strictly Forbidden)
BERLIN, Oct. 20. U.N.S0-Two
million men stood on Tempel-
hof Field last May Day and
stiff-armed the Hitler salute. 1t
was an impressive display of Ia
Dor loyalty to the Nazi regime.
Two and a half months later
Berlin labor court ruled that alb
Sence from the May Day celebra-
ton at Tempelhof was legal
grounds for dismissal of "sev-
eral workmen," unnamed by the
newspapers which reported the
trial.
Labor Orders Issued
On May Day the new law for
regulation of national labor"
came into effect. It is the in
fantry drill regulations of the
Nazi labor army.
Careful study of this law and
of its application is worth the
attention of workers under de-
mocracy.
The law provides that the
owner of the works is the lead
0r," the boss. The workers are
called the followers" "die &c.
folgschaft."
The boss has complete au-
thority. But in cases of con-
flict with the workers he must
confer with the confidential
council" This council repre-
sents the workers, and this is
how it is chosen.
Boss Lists Members
The boss makes out a list of
workers he wishes elected to the
council. He makes it out with tine
approval Of the head of the Nazi
workers organization. It is then
presented to the workers for ap-
proval or diSapproval in secret
election" If the boss and the
head of the Nazi workers organi-
1ation do not agree on a Satisfac-
tory list, the local trustee of labor
simply appoints the council.
Afterward the council meets
only when it is convened by the
boss or when half its members ask
for meeting. The members may
not be discharged except if the
factory closes down. Since this is
q valuable privilege of member
ship in the council, and they can
only become members through
nomination Of the boss, their nat
ural inclination will be to be
agreeable.
Trustee Has Final Word
Every consideration operates
upon the so-ealled council" to
obey the boss. If, however. a dis
pute arises, and the council, con-
trary to expectations. proves
troublesome e-demandS more pay,
for example-it is referred for the
final decision to the trustee of
labor.
The social background Of the
trustees of labor has been de-
Scribed. They all gained their eco
nomic experience as employers or
As representatives Of the employ
ing class.
And this is the sum total of all
the representation that the work
ers of Germany have today for
their interests as against the in
terests of the employers. For the
Work-Front, ostensibly the work
Ars' organization, is, however,
avowedly not there to represent
their interest. but to represent the
interests Of the state.
Policy Plainly Slated
This is plainly stated by Claus
selzner, vice chief of the Work
Front, who in a series OF articles
in the Work Fronts newspaper,
Der Deutsche, introduced a discus.
sion of the Work-Front'S program
by declaring:
"The German WOrk-FrOnt is
the organization best suited to
make effective the creative pO-
litical will of the leader, Adolf
Hitler, among the broad masses
Of the people"
Again, he declared that the pur-
pose of the Work-Front is to direct
the workers attention away from
their selfish interests and lead
them to think only Of the state.
He said:
"Hitler's MY Battle Is the
Bible, and the law for regula-
tion of national labor is the
catechiSm."
Thus the Work. Front is not a
labor union but a political instru.
ment to enforce the will Of the
state upon the workers. Both
the Work Front and the labor law
specifically deny the workers any
Self-chosen representation for
their interests as wage earners,
and any effective voice in the reg
ulation Of their pay or conditions
Of work.
TOmOrrow-HOw much does
the Nazi labOrer earn in com.
paFisOn with the American
workman?