The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-04
Organizing the Next War


ROOSEVELT made pretty speech the other day
about his eternal love and devotion to the cause
Of world peace.
But nothing could present gr1mmer contrast to
this official Rooseveltian pacifsm than several news
items which appear in today's papers
RoOsevelt's whip in the House. Democratic Speaker
Rsiney, in answer to query from the Daily Worker
Washington correspondent regarding the extent Of
Roosevelts war building, declared yesterday:
The whole world Is preparing for war. Nobody
wants it, but everybody is preparing for IT, Ana the
world always gets what 1t prepares for"
And at the present Congress the huge Naval ma
chine will ask land probably get another $5l6OO0OOO
on top of the $2 $4,000 it has already been granted
from the public works fund Gin addition to the regu-
lar $S5oOOo,OOO from the regular budget.
At the same time, Mussolinis committee on the
budget stated quite blunty yesterday:
Daring the useless discussions at Geneva the
three major naval powers diligently worked to ada
warshps to their fleets.
almost all nations preparing for the expira-
tom Of the present treaties with anything but In
tentiOns that would favor world peace"
These words excellent description Of what
goes on at the much-touted disarmament confer
enoes."
HERE is revealed what the Communist Party has al
~ ways proclaimed that the disarmament confer
ences of Roosevelt nothing but places where each
mperaliSt power tries to beat down the military and
naval strength of its rivals the better to increase its
ownl And in this game, the Roosevelt government
has played exceedingly aggressive role The Roose
welt government has launched true W1lsonian food
Of pacifist petywhie its preparations for war out
top anything that has ever been in this country
1t Is not only in the record construction of war
ships that the Roosevelt government bares its war
plans. The whole NR.A program OF Roosevelt, with
its justification Of Wall Street industry its centraza
ton Of the country's munitions and heavy industry
its practical authorization of the railroads through
Federal "Co-ordinator" it's steps toward the unca-
ton of the telegraph telephone and radio systems all
point 10 huge, comprehensive drive toward imperial
iss war.
There be question that the imperialist rulers
OF America and the other powers preparing to send
the millions OF starving exploited workers to butcher
another in the battleelds Of another world war
There can be no doubt but that the advance of the
world crisis Of capitalism is aggravating to the burst
ing point the fierce imperialist fight for markets
fight that leads inexoraby toward war; war in which
the will experience frghtfu suffering to pro-
vide profits for the capitalist rulers.
IN THESE ceaseless moves toward war the Soviet
Union stands alone the sole bulwark Of peace
It alone offers to the imperiast nations the proposal
for the immediate scrspping Of sill armies naves!
It alone has wish for one inch Of foreign SOIL or
the slightest influence in the colonial world OF Africa
China, etc.
The masses do not want war. It ID they who pay
for 1t in bloody and terrible sacrifices
Against the Wall Street organisation for the
coming war, we, the toilng masses with the Commu-
mist Party at the head must reentlessly oppose our
anti-war organization. Every Of the Roose-
velt government must be exposed before the workers
in the factories shops unions Every subtle lie of the
capitalist press to how will bring back PROS
perity" must be patiently and thoroughly analysed
and to pieces All the war propaganda about the
danger Of attack" from other countries must be ex
amined and explained to the workers everywhere
pointing out how who attacks and Just what Wall
Street profits the workers In this country are called
on to defend"
The whole feminist tactic Of struggle against war,
Of the stopping Of munitions shipments Of the turning
Of mperialist into class civil war for the over
throw Of the capitalist makers, must become the
subject Of discussion and organization in the Party
units and organizations.
The Resolution War passed by the Sixth Con-
gress Of the Communist International in 1928 must be
given the widest distribution and study 1t is the
OF our whole anti-war struggles.
Above all, the United Front must become a power
full weapon In the hands Of the Party members for
the drawing in Of A. F. OF L. workers Socialist Party
workers pacifsts professionals inteectuas etc. into
broad organized struggle against the Roosevelt war
preparations, against the Wall Street plans to hurI
the American masses into bloody slaughter to defend
the profits and investments Of Wall Street.
The defense Of the Soviet Union as the worlds
most powerful bulwark Of peace, as the only true
fighter for disarmament is part Of ant-war fight
Against imperialist war! For the defense of the
Soviet Unionl Stop war shipments For United Front
struggles against the shipment Of munitions against
preparations!