The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-31
World Class Struggle Moves to
New Heights as New Year Dawns

struggles, the working class was not
demoralized. Its fighting spirit, its
chief organizations remained intact
1t learned many lessons, and is
even now preparing for greater
battles, inspired by the heroic deeds
of the Asturias commune.
The fight against fascism through
out the world was aroused to higher
levels. The French struggles in
creased the power of the resistance
of the Austrian workers; the Aus
TRAN workers heroic battles in
spired the Spanish workers, who
carried the fight to greater lengths.
Fascism Weakened -.
Fascisln, though it was not over
thrown in any country, was greatly
weakened. 1t intensified the con-
tradictions of capitalism driving to
war. The Inauguration of the Doll
fuss fascist regime in Austria saw
an intensification of the conflict
between German and Italian fas-
cism. Hitler engineered the slaugh-
ter of Dollfuss on July 25 in order
to begin new imperialist war for
the seizure of Austria.
Previously, on June 30, the de-
generating Hitler regime was forced
to purge" its own ranks by slaugh-
tering more than 1000 of it's duped
followers, as we'll as some of its out
standing mass leaders. This marked
the definite slashing away of fas-
cism's mass base among the petty
bourgeoisie, the wiping away of its
promises in a stream of blood.
AS the year comes to a close, the
German fascist regime, in the midst
of catastrophe crisis, with its
contradictions growing worse, per-
forms another bloody operation by
slaughtering from 100 to $50 more
of its adherents.
On August 10, the butcher Hitler,
in order to go through the motions
of GROWING himself dictator and
to take the place of the deceased
President Won Hindenburg ordained
plebiscite. The plebiscite. though
the voting was carried out under
the greatest threats of terror fraud,
and distortion, showed more than
100000 voters Drawing prison and
death to vote mol" on Hitler's pro-
posals.
Plotting in the Balkans
On Oct. 9, German fascism, as
well as its Hungarian puppets, in
spired the slaughter of King Alex
ander of JugoslaYia, who had just
arrived in Marseilles to meet For
eign Minister Barthou in order to
strengthen the alliance with France,
as against the Vaccinations of Ger
man fascism.
The shock of this Gced is still
being felt throughout the Balkans
The aim of the assassination. was
to set fire to the fuse of the whole
intricate bitter conflicts in the Bal
kans so that it could set off new
world slaughter.
All of the imperialist powers in
creased their war budgets far be-
You'd any figures ever known II
so-called peace times. The biggest
budgets we're those provided for wal
preparations in the United States
and Japan, with fascist Germany
coming next.
While the imperialist bandits
we're increasing their war prepare
lions, striving for a new world ex'
plosion to propel them out of the
crisis, the Soviet Union worked fol
peace. In every dangerous war sit
uation, the Soviet Union stood al
bulwark for peace struggling
against the capitalist war makers
utilizing their contradictions t.
block their war moves.
In this situation, the Sovie
Union, upon invitation of "a powers
joined the League of Nations. Ger
man fascism and Japanese impe
rialism had been forced out through
their conflicts, changing the rela
tons in the League of Nations.
Soviet Power Grows
The inperialist powers wer
forced to recognize the Soviet Uniol
as mighty Socialist power. and t.
invite it into the discussion of worl,
problems.
This was based on the fact tina
while the capitalists were still un