The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
By GRACE HUTCHINs

half pages Of close, small type in
a government report Just to list In
paragraph form the processes in
which women were actually substi~
5utes for men. The industries
ranged from blast furnaces and
steel works to logging camps and
saw mills
THE War Department has made
a special study Of woman power
in connection with war prepara-
tons. " (From a new book,
Women Who Work, published this
month by International Publish
ers. 81
Does it seem to you "unthink-
able" that the United States could
go to war again? That your
brother, your boy-friend, your hus-
band, your son, could parade away
in uniform, while the band plays a
Sousa march, flags wave, and ev-
cry one cheers from the side
lines?
That you should be left alone
to support the family by your
earnings in a munitions plant or
some other war industry? And
then that you should hear in g
lew months that your man was
bind for life, or horribly wounded,
o. lying dead in No-Man's Land?
NO, it is not unthinkable. The
Roosevelt government and the
Wall Street rulers behind 1t are
preparing for another imperialist
var just as fast as money for arm
aments can be paid out over the
counter. This is because another
imperiahst war will mean fat, juicy
profits for Morgan, Mellon, Du
Pont. Rockefeller and other multi
millionaireS and for other capital
lists who may be made nlillionaires
b. The war. In the last irnpe-
lialist war, the number Of known
millionaires in the United States
increased from about 1880 in 1914
10 about $4,000 in 1918. The pro-
apect Of such profits make the
capitalists want war, Of course.
They do not have to fight in the
trenches.
Billions for War
Here are some Of the huge sums
Of money already set aside or de-
manded for ornaments and other
war expenses since Roosevelt took
office year ago:
$238,00o.000 for the big Roose-
velt- Swanson treaty navy" - for
cruisers, destroyers, airplane car
riers, submarines and gunboats.
The Secretary OF the Navy has
further demanded 1899 900 600 for
airplanes, $7700o,o0o for modern
isation Of ships, $ST, o00,o for new
naval bases, and additional mil
lions to cover big increases in ma
val personnel.
Over $500 100000 In regular ap-
preparations" for the navy, 1888
"a; $55,o00,oo0 already set aside
for the army for army housing
programs, and q demand for $780,
100000 more for this purpose.
Nearly $500 100000 in regular
appropriations" for the army,
1933-34.
If you want rnore facts Of this
kind to prove that Roosevelt and
his Wall Street friends are pre-
pairing for war, get the little
pamphlet, costing only &c, called
What War Means to the Workers,
by Robert w. Dunn. It answers
the question, VIII War Bring Back
Prosperity?
Fascism and Women
War is the ideal of fascism.
Under fascism war and the prep
aration for war become the most
sacred duties OF all men and
women. ~ 3
If you wonder how it would
feel to live rs working class
woman under fascist rule, listen
to the words Of German fascist
rulers. describing what women
should be and do:
Mothers MI exhaust them
selves in order to give life to chill
dren." Herr Won Papen, Killers
Vice-C Chancellor, gave this order in
May, 1888, soon after Hitler took
power.
"WonaIl-her place is In the
home, her duty the recreation of
the tired warrior" Captain Goe-
ring, official spokesman for Ger
man fascism, made this statement.
There is no higher or finer
privilege for a woman than that
sending her children to war" This
Is the Declaration OF the Women's
Order of the Red Swastika.
'Kinde, Kirche and Kueche1
To women, fascism means the
return to the children. the church
and the kitchen-'Kinde, Kirche
and Kueche." Bear as many chill
dren as possible, exhaust yourself
in childbirth, in order to provide
men for the next imperialist
slaughter. Be slaves and forget
your dreams of freedom. That is
what fascist rulers tell women to
be and do.
No wonder the Austrian women
workers we're ready to defend
themselves against the fascist state
forces bombarding them with ar
tillery through those days in Feb
ruary, 1884. They fought heroi-
cally beside the men against the |
coming Of slavery under fascism.
Must Strengthen Working Class
Organizations
F'ascisIn is threatening us def |
rlitely here in the United States. |
Already such fascist organizations
as the Khaki Shirts, the Crusad-
ers, the White Shirts or Crusaders
for Economic Liberty, the Silver
Shirts, the National Watchmen,
and others are trying to fool the