The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-02
Capitalist Hounds Bay at
the Second 5>Year Plan

with the announcement Of the objecves Of the Second
Five Year Plan.
While the whole capitalist world uniformly pre-
dicted the failure of the original Five Year Pan we
find that the first and most vicious representative OF
American capitalism to speak the new plan admits
it will succeed But in admitting it. at the time
the New York Herald Tribune vents its spleen against
the rapid rise OF socialism in the Soviet Union.
All the rage bitterness and hatred Of the capitalist
who sees the inevitable forward advance of socialist
construction in the Soviet Union while around him
instability and decay increase, is squeezed into an
editorial by the Herald Tribune. Since the capitalists
have facts to argue on, hope Of faiure-except
If that can precipitate slaughter-they resort to
the lowest stage of chauvnist vituperation.
WHAT answer can the capitalists have to the coIos-
~ sally impressive declaration Of the second Five
Year Plan that production will be nine times greater
that the pre-war level of production and two and
one-half to three times last years level?
With instability" written the whole face Of
their decaying dying system, what answer they
have to the declaration that wages under the Second
Five Year Plan will double?
They can no longer state these are fantansies or
wishes. They know that behind these detectives are
The accomplishments of the First Five Year Plan and
the proved brilliant leadership and determination OF
the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The capitalists Of the world know that when the
dictatorship Of the proletariat speaks and declares
that the Second Five Year Plan will tremendous
increase in cultural development, in the whole living
standards of the masses in the advance Of socialism,
in fuller happier life for the workers and collective
peasants of the U. S. s R., that the goal will be
chieved.
What else can the Herald Tribune do to hearten
hose sections of American capitalism consciously
working for against the Soviet Union except to
resort to the vilest ISLANDERS?
I1IF left in peace" they admit the Soviet Union will
accomplish the plan. But then they begin to argue
why the Soviet Union should not be left in peace.
And here all Of the degenerate motives of capital
ism. of system Of robbery and plumber, of expoita
ton and degradation of the masses is by imputaton
sought to be transferred, by the Herald Tribune to
the motives OF the Soviet Union.
They conclude their editorial with a call for the
American militarsts to keep their guns trained on
the country that is building socialism with express
train speed.
"An industriaized Siberia they say with mill
tary power that will insure its access to Pacific ports
might ultimately however become serious COM
petitor with all the nations that sell cheap wares in
the East and real menace to the economic hegemony
over the Far Eastern market which Japan considers
essential to her destiny. To every Pacific power
among which this country must be reckoned these
prospects, which inherent in the second piatIeka
feature"
Completely trying to blind its readers to the basic
motives of the Second Five Year Plan advance of the
conditions of life Of the toiing masses moving to-
wards CLASHES socialist society the Herald Tribune
taes to read into the Five Year Plan what they were
unsuccessful in reading into the first.
RI is the purpose of the second Five Year Plan to
make the Soviet Union economically completely indie
pendent of capitalist countries that surround it
and plot war against it.
The Soviet Union is not competing for markets
The plan is not designed for any other reason than to
advance the conditions of the and speed the
development of socialism. And none know this better
than the capitalists in the United States particularly
the Herald Tribune But then what basis would they
have for continuing their arguments for war if they
did not resort to distortion and the most degenerate
lying?
They know as well anyone that the Second Five
Year Plan in its particular stress on doubling the
amount of food available increasing the consumption
Of goods OF all kinds, envsages not any program of
export the world capitalist market but the absoro-
ton Of more and at home
Because the whole program of American capital
is to still further lower the living standards OF
the American workers at time when in the Soviet
Union the workers standards are rising and will ad
still more rapidly, the dogs Of capitalism bark
giciously, to distract attention from the facts
The very advance Of socialism in the Soviet Union
widens the gap between the two systems between
decaying capitalism and rapidly developing socialism
Through its very victories all fronts the Soviet
Union has forced recognition from the United States
But this does not lessen the basic antagonism be-
tween the two systems which at this time the Herald
Tribune expresses openly and frankly than
Roosevelt
As the poles are showed further apart by the in
eyitabe march Of events the baying of the capitalist
hounds will rise to frenzy.
1t is for this reason we must never lessen our
vigilance for one moment, not for one second We
must constantly the cass-conscious workers TO
struggle against the mongers, to popuarize the
achievements and the magnificent detectives of the
second Five Year Plan rallying new millions for the
aefense Of the Soviet Union
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