The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-10
Roosevelt Builds
Huge War Machine
For Instant Use
Organized Mass Actions Against MunitiOn
Shipments, War Budgets, War Propaganda
Can Block Wall Street War Plans

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the firebrand Of Europe, arming Sc
cretly, plunging headlong toward
desperate, adventurist assault
against the Soviet Union, from
whom it hopes to wrest the farm
lands of the Ukraine. Faced by in
ternal crisis and bankruptcy, the
Nazis are pouring war poison
throughout Europe, seeking war
alliances with Japan and Poland,
and whatever imperialist rival can
be induced to enter into the bar
gaining promises of the Hugenberg
Memorandum, which outlines a full
plan for dividing the Soviet Union
for capitalist exploitation.
In the Far East, Japanese i'm
perialist armies stand right up
against the borders of the Soviet
Union, ready for attack. Japanese
imperialism turns its bayonets
southwark toward Soviet China.
From the South, British and French
imperialism prepare TO hurl inter
ventionist armies against the Soviet
Union through the passes Of India,
French Indo- China and Southern
| China.
The Roosevelt government is
dominant in the Intervention,
counter revolutionary preparations
of the Marking government.
Japanese imperialism Is the big
gest buyer of scrap iron, the basis
of shraprel and explosives, having
lust purchased record shipment
of this war material.
Aim Of Roosevelt Regime
The Roosevelt government, act
ing for Wall Street imperialism,
tries 10 provoke Japanese imperial
ism to an adventurist ASA t
against the Soviet Union, hoping
in this way to see her imperialist
rival. Japan, ruin herself. Ameri-
can imperialism watches with fear
the ambitions Of japanese imperial
ism in China. The Roosevelt gov
ernment supplies airplanes to Chi
ang Kai-shek, against the r d
Army of Soviet China and the
Chinese revolution. American and
Japanese imperialism hate and fear
, the Soviet Union; but they have
not been able thus far to conquer
their hatred and fear of one
another
Roosevelt recently signed an
order for bombing planes Of a
special type that can cruise more
than $500 miles. From Hawaii
and the PHILIPPINES, it is about
$500 miles to Japan and the
Chinese mainland. Is this simply
a coincidence? Is it simply a
coincidence that the U. S. Naval
fleet was rushed this week from
the Atlantic to the Pacific just
at the moment when ii looked as
if the London Naval Conference
was heading for open rupture as
the powers could not agree on
naval ratios?
In Europe, the recent assassina-
ton of the Jugo-Slav king brought
every war office in Europe into
secret session. The Balkans are
powder barrel of imperialist influ-
ences and antagonisms.
Italy and France watch one an
other in Northern Africa. At the
same time Italy fears the advance
of Fascist Germany southwark to-
ward the Balkans and Austria.
Everywhere, as the crisis deepens,
as the world markets shrink, the
imperialist war machines get ready
for action.
Roosevelt talks peace. But he is
organizing for war. The War De-
partment is surveying all American
industry for war purposes. Roose-
welt has spent two billion dollars in
one year for war, a record breaking
expenditure. Roosevelt is building
the biggest Navy in American his
tory to defend the Morgan Rookie
Teller investments in China and
South America.
But in this second world war the
war makers will not be in the same
situation as in 1914. In 1914 the
Second Socialist International COL
lapsed and became part of the
imperialist war machine. Today,
there is the Third Communist In
ternational which raises the slogan
of Lenin, Turn imperialist war
into civil war against the capital
ists.' Today the Communists raise
the slogan of Liebknecht, THE
enemy is in our own country" the
enemy is the capitalist class which
organizes and prepares the horrors
of imperialist war.
Today the Soviet Union, the
Socialist fatherland of the workers
of the world, stands as a bulwark
of peace. The example and influ-
ence of the Soviet Union introduces
new factor into the international
situation, showing the masses what
road they must take to defeat the
war makers,
The Armistice anniversary tomor-
row will see at one time the rafting
OF swords and the sweet phrases of
pacifism, the cloak that conceals
the preparations for war.
We here in this country who hate
war must unite our forces. The
American League Against War and
Fascism should be built as the in
strument OF the united front of all
anti-war forces.
The Communist Party proclaims
that only the smashing of capital
ism can end wars. 1t calls upon
all who hate war to form joint &C
tions against the shipments Of
munitions, against the huge war
budgets Of the Roosevelt govern
ment. 1t is in action that the sin
cerity of war opposition is proved.
Especially to Socialist Party work