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have COPIED with such a task. II
would have been disarmed by the
distrust and contempt Of the
masses. 1t would have been over
thrown in eight days by street
uprising and disarmed by its own
soldiers.
"OnIy the social democrats could
have safely handled such an I'M
precedentedly difficult situation
because they enjoyed the conf
dence Of the working masses. Only
the social democrats could have
convinced the workers that the
misery and starvation Immediately
after the war was not the fault of
the government CD but an in
evitabIe result of the world eco
non,ic upheaval, and could be
overcome only gradually and not
by a violent change. (D Only the
social democrats could have stop
ped peacefully the stormy demon
STATIONS by NEGOTIATION and
PERSUASION. Only the social
democrats could have talked to
the unemployed in their own
idiom. Only the social democrats
could have guided the peoples
army ard curb the revolutionary
adventures O. of the working
masses, which would have bsen
fatal for the revolution. q. +. The
profound shakeup of the bour-
geois social order was expressed
in that a bourgeois government,
a government without the partici-
patton in it of the social demo-
Gratis, had simply become unthink-
able" (p. 1851
Never yet has a traitor of the
working elias erected such monu-
ment to his treachery as did Otto
Bauer in his historical work.
Could Have Changed Face of World
In Hungary the working class had
seized power and formed a Soviet
government. In Munich the work
ers had risen and established a
Bavarian Soviet Republic. Through
out Germany fierce struggles were
being waged between the workers
and the monarchist and reactionary
bands Of .Noske. The Italian govern
ment was inpotent in the face OF
the rising working class and I'M
able to answer its blows. Soviet
Russia was holding the armies Of
intervention in check.
If in that situation the Austrian
social democracy with its control
over modern arsenals and munitior
factories, with its command over
Austrian heavy industry, had flung
in its lot with agrarian Hungary ano
united with the Soviet areas in Ger
many, then the face of the world
would have been changed and nc
power on earth could have defeated
the rising proletariat. The prole-
tartan revolution would have beer
victorious throughout the whole OF
Southern and Central Europe and
would have united with the Russian
revolution. The world would look
different today,
Extinguishing Revolutionary Fires
But the social traitors, with Otto
Bauer at their head, did their ut
most to smash the forces of the
proletarian revolution and to in
tiroideta the Austrian nroletariet
with the threat Of blockade and
famine. They did their utmost tc
disarm the Austrian working class
and to prevent any unification with
the Hungarian proletariat Otto
Bauer evolved q series of brilliant
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By V. I. LENIN

-. AS regards civil war.
After the imperialist war,
in face of the terror that
is employed against the pro-
letariat by the reactionary
generals and officers, in
face of the fact that by the
present policy of all the
bourgeois states new i'm
perialist wars are already
being prepared-and not
only are being consciously
prepared, but follow with
objective inevitability from
their whole policy = under
such conditions, in such a
situation, to bemoan the
civil war against the ex-
ploiters, to condemn it, to
fear it means, in reality, to
become a reactionary.
1t means to dread the
victory of the workers
which may cost some ten
thousand lives, and to make
certain q new imperialist
slaughter which cost yes
terday, and will cost tomor-
row, millions of lives.
1t means, actually, en-
couraging the reactionary
inclinations towards VIC
lence, the designs and prep
arations of the bourgeois
generals and bourgeois Of
ficers.
Written in the beginning Of
June 1920.
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Veterans Of Paris Commune
appeal for austrian Workers

PARIS, France-The following appeal for aid to tn
victims of the fascist reaction in Austria signed by Andr
eux Philippe and Repiquet, three Communards survivor
Of the Paris Commune of 1871 was broadcast over tn
world by the international Red Aid QLD):
"Sons of the Commune of 1871!
Workers of All Countries!
Support the Austrian COmmunardsl
"Proletarian revolt has again shaken the decaying
world of the bourgeoisie Austrian landowners bank
ers and factory have spent four sleepless
nights!
"The revolt of the slaves crushed, the expoiters
taking their revenge as they did in 1871
Courts-martal, gallows, functOnng at top speed.
Many assassinated daily Dozens of years in prison
are inflicted on the heroic Austrian workers
'Sons of the Commune, help! Save the heroic
Austrian fighters! Save the men and women of the
working class from the clutches of DoIfuss and
Gaifet- Starhemberg! Under the banner Of the In
ernatiOnal Labor Defense organize fraternal aid to
the wives and children of the victims of the white ter
i'm Austria Support the action of the International
Red Aid and prevent the bullets of the Austrian
butchers from piercing the breasts Of the insurgents
'The Austrian Communards have fallen like their
Partisan brothers for the which riumphs in the
Soviet Union the of the toilers of all countres
"Save this heroic vanguard! Help their families!
Help the widows and orphans of the massacred work.
ers the wives and children of the wounded the polit
ical refugees
Hasten the coming of the Worlds Commune by
giving back to the working class its best combattants
"(Signed) ANDRIEUX.
PHILIPPE.
"REPIQUET"
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to keep it within the bounds of a
rotten parliamentary reformiSm.
In country seething with ma
tional antagonism and national
struggle, antagonists and enmities
exploited by the bourgeoisie, the
feudal clique, and the bureaucracy
to maintain their own rule and in
cite the peoples against each other,
the social democracy could not put
forward the slogan of proletarian
solidarity without at the same time
putting forward the slogan Of the
right of self determination for the
oppressed nationalities. Instead OF
putting forward these slogans, the
Austrian social democracy came for
ward With a plan to rationalize and
organize the oppression OF the ma
tional minorfties by the Austrian
bourgeoisie and the Polish and Hun
garian magnates.
Bastard "AuStr0- Marxism"
When the struggle against re-
formism in the working class move
ment began on world scale the
Austrian social democracy, under
the leadership of Victor Adler, pro-
duced bastard mixture which be-
came known to the world as
"Austro- Marxism" and which whilst
opposing reformism in words itself
pursued a centrist policy and tactic.
In an article, entitled 'MaTxisn
and the National Question" pets
Ished in 1918, Comrade Stain laid
bare the treacherous content Of this
theory. Whilst the whole world was
preparing feverishly for war, the
leaders of the Austrian social dem
ocracy came forward with the idea
of "a peaceful Reorganization of Aus
tria." When the threatening spectre
of a terrible war began to shake
the rotten edifice Of the AuStro-
Hungarian monarchy, they proposed
to bolster it UP with reforms,
History confirmed the brilliant
criticism directed by Comrade Stain
against "left-wing" social fascism
with unusual clarity, The sorry
hero" of the Austrian social dem
ocracy, Otto Bauer, has written a
history of the so-called Austrian
Revolution of 1915" In this work
he presents scientific analysis"
in order to prove why the Austrian
Social Democracy and its theoreti-
clans were necessarily the losers.
Social Democracy-SociaI Imperial
ism
The Austrian Social Democracy
could not end otherwise than upon
the bosom of social imperialism.
seeking at time of great historical
storms quiet little path leading to
tariff union with imperialist Ger
many.
The building of the Austro- Hun
garian monarchy collapsed like a
pack Of cards under the pressure of
the advancing armies of the En-
tente, under the blows dealt 1t by
the national movement and under
the weight Of its own crimes. The
Austrian proletariat rose against its
oppressors. 1t was the only organ
lied force In the chaos left by the
collapsing Austro- Hungarian State.
The storm swept through Europe.
The German proletariat rose. The
Italian proletariat rose. The pro-
letarian revolution burst out in
Hungary IN the first days of the
collapse Of the Anstro- Hungarian
monarchy And in this situation the
only idea which occupied the lead
ers of the Austrian social democracy
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ideas which guided him in his noble
role Of extinguisher of the revolu-
tionary fire in the Danube and pub
lished them in a series Of articles
in June. 1919, under the title, The
World Revolution" They are en-
shrined in the history of interna-
tional social-democratic treachery.
According to Otto Bauer in his
articles at the time the most I'M
portant fact in the postwar sltua-
ton was the enormous growth in
the strength CT the two Anglo
Saxon powers, Great Britain and
the United States. For him the
victory of the Anglo-SaXon coun-
tries was the chief result of the
first imperialist world wa, not the
victory of the proletarian revolu-
ton in Russia, not the establish
ment of the first workers and
peasants State. According to
Bauer, the victory Of the prole-
tartan revolution in Russia was a
temporary phenomenon of a local
lied nature.
Baucr's Theories
Otto Bauer went even further;
he proved that If the proletarian
revolution were victorious in Ger
many, France and Italy it would
be unable to maintain itself be-
cause Anglo-American capital would
destroy it! However, according to
Otto Bauer, there was no need to
fear this increasing Ang.o-SaIon
strength because Great Britain it.
self was well on the wey to social
ism. Great Britain would develop
to socialism on different lines from
those Of continental EuTope with
its civil wars. Did the English not
overthrow feudaliSm without q
revolution on the French model?
And Otto Bauer solemnly informed
the workers of Austria that in the
first half of the twentieth century
Great Britain would, in ell prcba-
bility, develop without b'oodshcd
from the bourgeois social order to
a socialist order.
Knitting Hungarian soviets
The Austrian s1cial-democratic
leaders disorganized and democrat
lied the proletariat, they prepared
It's inevitable disarmament by the
hourgeoisie, thev deceived it and
confused it with the idea of a
peaceful development from capital
ism to socialism, and they pre-
vented with all the means at their
command the ratification Of the
Austrian with the German and
Hungarian proletariatS. When,
thanks to this treacherous policy,
the Hungarian Soviet Republic was
unable to maintain itself in a world
of enemies and collapsed on Aug.
l. 1919, when it was followed by a
bloody and brutal white terror
throughout the country. Otto
Bauer wrote in his History of the
Austrian Revolution" that the Aus
trian proletariat could now see
clearly from what a fate it had
been saved by its social-democratic
leaders.
The Austrian social democracy
saved the proletariat from the
bloody counter-revolution and con-
demned it to live in semi starva-
tion, irnpoverishment and humilia-
ton. The Austrian social democ-
racy did its best to console the
proletariat for its sorry state by
building number Of municipal
tenement dwellings in Vienna, and
for years these dwellings have beer
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BY KARL RADEK

The news of the rising of the Aus
TRAN proletariat has electrified the
whole world. In the heart of Eu-
rope the artillery of the former
Austrian imperial army has been
brought into action to lay waste
the working class quarters and bat
ter down the modern tenement
dwellings erected by the Vienna
workers in years of hard struggle.
With a thimble on his head in
stead Of a shrapnel helmet the
pocket dictator of the Austrian
bourgeoisie sought to destroy the
Austrian proletariat with fire and
sword. But the Austrian proletariat,
apparently utterly demoralized by
the social democracy and a nerve
less victim of the Austrian brand OF
cleft wing social fascism, with its
superb .jesuitical subtleties, defended
itself like an awakened lion.
The fascist murderers had to take
the working class houses in a hand
to-hand struggle even after their
artillery had smashed open a way.
Floor to floor, corridor for corridor
had to be won against the tena-
ciously fighting workers who de-
Tended themselves to the last breath.
Bomb after bomb was necessary to
shift the workers out of their posi-
tons.
Hail Austrian Proletariat.
The Austrian proletariat appears
before the world in new gllise.
It has drawn itself up to its full
height and grandeur. The Austrian
workers have torn down the lying
flag of the social democracy and
hoisted the red flag Of the prole-
tartan revolution.
Whilst the cannons are still boom
ing sporadically, whilst the fascist
Storm detachments, the armed po-
lice and the military are dragging
off their prisoners to the exceptional
courts, our first feeling is one of
pride and admiration for the fight
ing Austrian workers, and our first
words, words of solidarity with
them. The first thought that comes
to us when we read the stirring
news from Vienna is one Of con-
tempt and hatred for the Austrian
social democracy and for the Sec
ond International. For years they
have worked to emasculate the Aus
TRAN working class, to curb the
fighting spirit Of the proletariat,
to prevent its heroic struggle end
ing in well-earned victory.
Rose Against Own Past
The Austrian proletariat rose not
only against its midget but bloody
bourgeoisie. It rose against its own
historic past as embodied in the
Austrian social democracy. Through
out its entire history the Austrian
social democracy has kept the Aus
TRAN proletariat enmeshed in the
tolls Of its own timidity like an octo-
pus. Throughout its entire history
the Austrian social democracy care
fully shielded the minds Of the
workers from any honest ideas. Even
In the most heroic period Of its
history, m the period Of the strug-
gle for secret and general fran
chise in the COS of last century,
this party, while striving to win the
confidence of the proletariat by a
struggle for democracy and reform
at the same time did its utmost to
curb the struggle of the workers and
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Austrian workers up till today, and
instead of captivating, then the
Austrian workers would have been
saved from the disaster Of fascism.
But Austrian social democracy, like
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actual practice hundreds of leading
functionaries have long since been
in the camp of the enemy. This is
the contradiction which has caused
the failure OF the struggle of the
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every other party of the II Inter
this has been the cause of the
crushing Of the February uprising
What have the social democratic
leaders not related, during the past
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workers in the revolutionary united
front against them. This policy has
actually served the ends of the class
enemy, and has paved the way for
fascism. And more than this, in
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-05-10
CREDIT LOANS FOR
DISTRICT $130,624
622 individuals Have Shared
In This Large Distribu-
ton of Money

Farmers in Vance, Warren and
Granville counties have received loans
and approvals for loans from the
Henderson SProduction Credit Asso-
citation this spring aggregating $780,
62575, Henry f.. White, secretary of
the association, announced today in a
revised statement. The organization
embraces the three counties in extend
ing credits to growers for the crop
year.
Since its recent organization, the
association has made an increasing
number of loans to farmers for grow
ing crops this season, for purchasing
and producing livestock and for other
general agricultural purposes. Alto
gether 662 farmers and stockmen have
obtained loans or approvals, and new
applications are still being received.
Mr.. White said.
Of the total amount of loans and
approvals, $121 ,44S has been paid out
in cash to borrowers. including loans
paid in full and first installments or
budget loans The balance Of $9,176.-
rs will he paid out on budget or in
stallmsnt basis. the money being ad
vanced to borrowers in amounts a
needed during the season. thus enab
ling them to save interest costs. an6
finish crops or livestock operations b.
using the production money fcr. pro
duction purposes.
The interest rate on loans from tho
association is 1-2 percent per annum
payable at the end of the term o
the loan. Interest on a budget loan
is not charged on the full amount OF
the loan for it's entire length, but on
each advance separately from tn
time the money is advanced until paid
and farmers may save from one thir
10 a half on interest charges by bor
rowing in that way, it is stated.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-05-10
HIGHEST HONORED

Seventy-nine high school boys and
girls were honored Tuesday evening
at the annual commencement exercises
of Henderson high school at the
Stevenson theatre by the receipt OF
their diplomas, showing that they had
completed the prescribed course of
high school study necessary for grad
uation. Some of the seniors were more
highly honored than others, those had
excelled in extra-curricular activities
or made the best scholastic record for
the four years or some other phase of
school work.
There was one senior that was the
highest honored of all. No, she was
not the valedictorian, the salutatorian,
nor the best all-round in the school.
From the audience at the theatre, she
was just one of the 70 to get diplomas.
No flowery words wore spoken by
some brilliant speaker in the presen-
tation of her honor; no note had been
made of the fact other than her name
was on the class roll. But in spite
of all this, she was the highest honor
ed.
To admit ones mistake, to go back
are out of step with what has been
going on at the school and with two
years staring you in the face before
you can hope to ever graduate; takes
nerve, determination and ability It
was a tremendous task for anyone to
tackle. This young lady went back to
school, dug down in her studies, mas
tered them and came through her
final senior examinations with good
grades; marched upon the stage of the
Stevenson theatre the highest honored
of all the students for having done
this, and was presented her diploma.
The medals that presented at the
exercises may rust, the cups tarnish,
thed iplOmas fade and the names of
the graduates be forgotten, but the
determination shown by this young
lady student in returning to school
and graduating after two years alb
sence, will stand like a Gibraltar
through the years to come. My hat is
off to you, Miss Rebecca Aronson
Church. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
M. Church, the highest honored OF all
the seniors.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-05-10
LOOk1n' On
By q BystGnder

BY way of taking stock let's see
about where we stand.
[ was standing on the street looking
at the scraper go by as stick of wood
got caught in the wheel, and a good
lady stepped up and wanted to know
my opinion Gas if my opinion made
any difference) about politics. l told
her wasn't running and wasn't par
ticularly getting het up about any Of
it. She said we'll she was for Jere
zollicoffer for Congress because she
thought he was absolutely honest and
had plenty of senese for a congress-
man. said l thought that, too.
Then the good lady began deplortng
our habits and ways here in the old
home town. She thought it tragic
that we couldn't get together on hard
ly anythin. She said the other day
she was looking in an old book of
some kind that sorter made an ap-
praisal of towns and cities In North
Carolina as of a quarter of a century
ago. Well, I was just coming along
then; it was some five or six years be-
fore l came to this good town. But
that book, the lady said, commented
that Henderson was fast growing
town" something it didn't say about a
lot of other places she could and did
Vame.
She asked mr.. what had happened
20 us here and before could say any
thing. she up ard answered her own
question. She said it was all because
we couldn't get together and stick to-
gether and stick together on things.
We sorter agreed there was some folks
around here that are talking one way
when their hearts entirely a. different
way They are suspected of saying
they'll vite for Jere and at heart hop
ing like thunder he won't get it.
This lady said another lady not long
ago asked her if she knew why Hen
derson had never had anybody to get
much recognition at home or any
where else This other lady said, I'll
tell you And then explained that il
was because every time some local
man or woman shows some signs of
some ability or somethin' and begins
to attract a little attention, a lot of
the rest of the folks start UP the anvil
chorus and jump on him or her with
both feet and begin to stomp them
down in the dirt to keep them from
getting up. The lady talking to me
said she thought one of the meanest
things on earth is this thing we call
jealousy. And something was said that
a lot of folks who know they can't
be elected to Congress just naturally
don't want ere Jollicoffer to get it
either, just because they can't. I ask
you, do you know anybody that cap
fits?
aides and gentlemen, we've got to
get out of that frame of mind here
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-05-10
5APTISTS IN CALL
TO REV. A. S. HALE
Salem, Va, Preacher Invited
To Pastorate of First
Church Here

Rev. Albert S. Hale, pastor of the
9aptist church at Salem, Va, was ex-
ended q call to the pastorate of the
First Baptist church of this city by
unanimous vote of the congregation
At a meeting held last night The con-
gregation has been without pastor
nearly nine months and this is the
irst formal call that has been ex-
ended by the congregation during
hat period.
Rev Mr. Hale was here last Sunday
evening and preached to the congre-
cation at that hour. He was accom-
panied by his wife and their infant
rhild. The preacher and his wife re-
NAMED in the city Monday for con-
eerences with church leaders. and they
1re hopeful that he will give favor
'ble consideration to the call from the
congregation. Formal notice is being
ont to Rev. Mr.. Hale advising him
If the action of the church body
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-05-10
Books Open Again
For Registration

Registration books for voters to
qualify for the June primary will
again be open at the polls on Sat
urday of this week, when registrars
will bs on hand at the polling places
for the accommodation of those
wishing to get their names on the
lists. The books are open daily,
but not at the polling places, and
any one desiring to qualify may do
so nv calling on the registrars in
their precincts. The last day the
books will be open for registrations
is aSturday, May 19. All voters
who have not qualified areu rged
to attened to the matteer before
the books are closed.
Very few new voters were enroll
ed last Saturday, the first day the
books were open, but a larger num-
Der arc expected to get their
names on the lists this week and
next.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-05-10
PYTH|ANS PLAN TO
REORGAN|zE FRIDAY
Meet To Be Held Tomorrow
Evening in the Masonic
Hall Here

Reorganization of the old Henderson,
lodge of knights of Pythias is to be
completed at meeting called for to-
morrow evening in the Masonic Hail.
and officers who were tentatively
named two weeks ago at an initial
meeting attended by State officials
are expected to be made permanent
The meeting is to be held at o'clock.
and all former Pythians are urged to
be present.
Rev. l. W. Hughes, rector of the
Holy Innocents Episcopal church, who
is grand prelate of the State Grand
Lodge of Pythians, has been designat-
ed as consul commander of the reor-
ganized lodge, and a full slate of other
officers has also been named.