The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-16
The Boss Press and Austria

IRON the putrid column Of Haywood Brom, to the
New York Sun" the capitalist press strove to hide
the real issue Of the heroic battle of the Austrian
workers Some came out in open defense Of fascist
reaction others in support of the ocal-Democratic
leaders, the main prop Of toterng decayng capitalism
Arthur Brisbane the highest priced pen-prostitute
Of the war-monger and fascist propaganda, William
Randolph Hearst openly supported fascist slaughter
for the workers. He spoke of the unpleasant news
from Austra-unpeasant to the capitalist dictatorship
in all countries because teens with the indispensable
heroisn the undauned courage and revolutionary fer
Of the Austrian working class that will awaken
powerful chord of solidarity among the working class
Of the whole world
Bloody violence in Austria shows what might have
happened Italy" writes the poisonous Brisbane, III
Mussoni had not taken charge with his Black Shirts
and his castor OIL suppressing all differences of opinion
and in Germany if Hitler had not seized power crush
ino rot only conflicting political opinions and all radi-
calism
In such manner does the American capitalist class
solloquize about what it should do in this country
Nor is Roosevelt hestating passing fascist
against the American workers. In the persons Of
Messrs. Green Lewis, Berry, Himan, Vol g. Co., the
workers organizations being attacked their strikes
suppressed and betrayed The American capitalists are
now absorbing the Austrian events Mr.. Brisbane
shows for further drastic steps against the American
working class.
The hlthiest SANDER against the Austrian workers
comes of course, from trained in the Socialist
Party one Of its former outstanding leaders Haywood
Broun
Writing in the New York WorId-Teegram Of Feb
ruary 14h while tens of thousands of Austrian workers
their wives and daughters fighting the barTi-
cades against the fascist barbarans giving their lives
for the prolearian conquest of power, for socialism
and for better world Mr.. Brom gratuitously remarks
that he does mot see how anybody can regret the
dead and injured" To him there are just dead and
injured. He piles up in one mountain OF corpses the
heroic revolutionary fighters and the fascist scum VINO
started the bloody attack.
"They have fallen to such small purpose" says this
ex-Socalist.
Battling against slavery. against fascist dictator
ship for the liberation Of working class, they have
fallen to such small purpose" says this pot-bellied
paid propaganda Of the capitalist class
WHENEVER the workers strike when they fight for
w higher wages for the protection of their rights,
for trade union organization, and when they storm
the heavens fighting against the fascist scum Of capt.
talism it is the function of these friends Of the
people" to tell them they wasting their time.
Nothing was settled by the violence which Paris
knew for couple Of days" he continues That the
French proletariat by the millions poured out in
unprecedented political strike against fsscIs is
Of course subject for belittement for those whose
task it is to help the advance Of fascs in the United
States Training in the leading ranks Of the Socialist
Party was not wasted on MI Broun
Revolutions are not won at the barr1cadeS no mat
ter what the reyoutonares tell you" lies this deniSen
Of the New York booze dives.
The Russian workers overthrew czarism on the bar
ricades and building socialism
French feudalsm was overthrown the barricades.
British rule was driven out of the United States
by the American revolution. Chattel slavery was ended
on the barbados of the Civil War.
Yet for MI. Broun revolutions are not won at the
barricades"
The capitalist press In its estimate Of the street
fighting in Paris declared that all previous estimates
of barTicade fighting would have to be revised The
masses on the streets multiplying every effort Of
the French bourgeoisie after the Paris Commune TO
make barricsde fighting impossible.
THE Austrian workers the barbados are deciding
the fate of their treacherous socaldemocratc lead
ers they are rayng the whole world proetariat for
most gigantic united front struggle against fascsrn
1t becomes the major editorial task of the dema-
gogic New York Evening Post to defend the Social
Democratic leadership Under the title numbering
his own allies the Post declares: Dr Dolfuss is deal
ing out murder to the very allies he needed to save
Austria from Hitler" The workers and their women
folk fighting the barricades were never the allies
of DR. Dofuss His allies the Social Democratic
leaders The workers breaking with these "alles
of Dofuss" the Democratic leaders. They are
taking the road of revolutionary struggle.
"Dollfuss" says the Post, as doing the dirty work
for Hitlersm in Austria" But they fail to add the
more important fact when they deal with the allies Of
Dolfuss, namely, that the social-Democratc leaders
were doing the dirty work for Dollfuss Thus all the
links in the fascist chain complete.
THAT the Austrian workers on the barbados now
the truth of the bitter treachery OF their leaders
is shown from the following incident taken from
Vienna cable to the New York Evening Journal, Feb
14El:
zone of the Socialist Schutzbund officers command
ing barricade at Sandeiten, which sheled all
day by government troops, said: we have been de-
serted by leaders 1t is fortunate for them they
are in prison"
In the Austrian situation it was only the Com
munist press and in the first place the Daily Worker
central organ Of the Communist Party. u S. A.. that
brought the facts to the workers well the
analysis of the events with the correct revolutionary
lessons for the American workers.
1t is the function Of the American capitalist press
to whitewash and preserve the face of every