The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-11
Torrents of War Funds

OfTentS OF w ar FtI1lQS
the masses in the desperateness the headong speed
with which Roosevelt is pouring enormous torrents
Of funds into the building up Of machine
Hardly is his signature dry on one order granting
millions for war, when another comes up.
Yesterday. Representative Fred E Britten of Illinois
introduced resolution before Congress asking for the
appropriation Of s5OO,OOOoOO for another naval
construction program. The proposal has the obvious
approval OF the Roosevelt government.
The Navy has received SSOO,OOO,OOO from the reg
ular budget. 1t got another $2Ss,O00,Oo0 from the
Public Works Fund" It got many more millions
disguised appropriations for "harbor improvements
and appropriations for 'aeronautics"
The Roosevelt government has displayed extra
ordinary skill and energy In getting hundreds Of mill
nons-for the Navy.
For unemployment insurance, for adequate relief,
Roosevelt cannot find any money,
For bombs battleshipS machine guns, destroyers,
Roosevelt has managed to find more than ONE Bill
LION dollars within six months. For the hungry, job
less millions he has fundS-the budget must be
balanced he tells the jobiessbsanced" to provide
huge subsidies for wall Street. and huge appropria-
tons for war
Today i've big war Navy planes took of for Hawaii
for a record over-water flight. This trip will cost
hundreds of thousands of dollars. What is it for?
The Roosevelt government talks Of Science" and "ad-
vance in aviation" The true meaning Of the Hawaii
trip is that it is practice trip to test the war
efficiency Of the naval bombing planes in trips over
the Pacific!
In his message to Congress- Roosevelt sounded
the note of warl The budget carries enormous ex-
penditures for war!
The aviation industry, the latest Congress-
iona Investigations reveal Is corrupuy bound to the
Washington Government machine, and Roosevelt is
cleaning it" to increase the efficiency of the indus
try The government subsidies the war aviation in
dustry.
War brings frightful misery to the masses 1t
brings hunger, privation, and DEATH 1t does not
bring prosperity" for the workers.
The Roosevelt government has organized industry
under the N.R.A codes that a minimum of workers
can be speeded up to such degree that the ire
mendous production will not absorb the millions
Of 1obless The jobess will be sent to the battleheds
Wages do not rise. The Roosevelt N RA code
minimum" will take care Of that. Prices will rise
even more than ever The cost Of living will tighten
the OF hunger and misery about the threats Of
the worker
Only Wall Street will gorge itself with profits The
Steel Trust the coal barons the oil kings will reap
profit harvests.
RooSevelts whole New Deal program. wit hits sub
sides to Wall Street, It's tremendous war appropria-
lions. is program Of preparation for imperiais war
The organization Of the struggle against Roose-
veltS war program Is task that grows more urgent
every day American imperialism is driving furiolsly
to war. We must enlighten the soldiers and sailors
exposing for whose benefit Roosevelt gets ready the
war machine.
The struggle against the Roosevelt plans for an
other war slaughter for Wall Street imperialism must
be taken into the factories shops A. F. of L. unions
Socialist Party locals marine centers railroad terminals
and freight yards. Committees Of workers in the tran
sportation industries should be formed to stop the
shipment OF munitions In the strategic parts of the
aviation industry, chemical and engineering indus
tries we must form committees Of workers who will
organize against war shipments in the interests Of
Wall Street.