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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-24
,DOIIfuSS Presses
Terror Campaign
Against Workers

VIENNA, Feb. 23.-The ninth sum
mary hanging of worker captured
during the anti-fascist fighting last
week took place last NIGHT, at Linz.
Two others, sentenced with him, were
committed to life Imprisonment.
While the government announces
the official hangings Of the courts
martial which are sitting all over the
country, 1t does not announce the
savage sentences Of Imprisonment at
hard labor which are being imposed
on hundreds of its worker prisoners.
In series of mass raids last night,
600 more workers were arrested in
Vienna, and taken to the barracks
where, with or without trial, they are
tortured, and tormented by lack of
water, food, or room to sleep.
At dinner given him by the cor
respondents of the foreign press,
Chancellor Dollfuss spent two hours
attempting to persuade them that
he was deeply distressed" at the
murderous terror which he was
forced" TO employ.
''First of ALL" he said, "the govern
n1ent must maintain order"
He also made great efforts TO as
sure the correspondents that there
was no disagreement whatever be-
tween himself and the fascist Helm
wehr leaders. The Socialist leaders
have insisted, in defense of their
policy of a united front with Doll
fuss, that he did not really agree with
the fascists.
A concentration camp organized on
the same plan as the Nazi eoncen-
tration camps in Germany has been
established at BrIIck am Leitha
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-24
The 1917 Treachey of the American Socialist Party Leaders

great general strikes against the war
and to take advantage of "the eco
nonie and political crisis" and
hasten the downfall Of capitalist
class rule?"
But the words OF the Socialist lead
ers were one thing-and their deeds
quite another. While the rank and file
and its beloved idol, Eugene Victor
Debs, took seriously the slogans OF
internationalism and fought against
the wa, even tho in an unclear, non
feminist manner, the late Morris Hill
quit, the real leader of the apparatus
of the party, was conducting a typical
deception OF the membership.
Today the Daily Worker publishes
indisputabie evidence of the war
time treachery of Hillquit. The re-
production Of an article by Hillquit
published in an adjoining column,
assuring the American capitalist
class of his real policies and the
real policies of the Socialist leader
ship, gives but another proof of the
double dealing methods that are the
stock in trade of the Socialist lead
ership. Every worker should examine
this article very carefully.
This article appeared in the New
York Times magazine section Of Feb
II, 1917, about seven weeks before the
Emergency st. Louis Convention OF
the Socialist Party and about eight
weeks before the United States en-
tered the World War!
The very circumstances under
which the article is published should
make any worker suspicious. Why
would the largest and most influential
newspaper in the country want to
p"blish the statements of Socialist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-24
Why Socialist Leaders Fear
Communist Criticism of Their
Policies and Deeds i'm Austria

rscy and hope that the Austrian
events viii bring a turn in the poll
cies OF the Second International, in
the direction Of a revolutionary policy
But nothing Of the kind will happen.
We ask these Socialist members:
What are the conclusions that the
Thomases. Dubinskys, VOLS, and
and Waldmans are now drawing from
the Austrian events? Where are the
revolutionary consequences which the
Socialist rank and file are beginning
to draw and for which they are hop
ing in vain, as experience shows
to win their party?
We are here talking about the
honest rank and file members of the
Socialist parties and not about such
petty-bourgeois weather yanes like
Mary Fox and J. B. Matthews, WaVer-
ing petty-bourgeois intellectuals who
use the first pretext to desert from
the fighting front against Faseism
and war back into the arms Of
Thomas, Dubinsky and their friends
Vol and Green. The dessrtion Of
such elements is a gain for the strug-
gle. For they expose themselves in
time. And the working class recog-
nizes in time that such tricks have
nothing in common with revolution
airy struggle against Fascism.
Social Democracy Breaks Unity
The workers, especially the Socialist
followers, must understand that the
Austrian events again prove the com
plete bankruptcy of al-democracy
and Of the Second International. Let
us hear the New Leader" In the
quoted article it declares:
Had the Communist movement
been successful in dividing the Aus
TRAN proletariat, the Fascist BAN
ner would have been victorious
throughout Austria within "a hours
after the struggle began"
But the truth is that the Fascist
banner is erected over Austria not
after "a hours but after days, be-
cause the Communist never succeeded
in uniting the majority Of the work
ers for a evolutionary policy, because
the Austrian establishments were
able to prevent the masses of work
ers from going over to Communism.
Austrian social democracy was i'm
control of the trade unions, the
benefit societies, il had 100000
members in Vienna alone; IL had
so per cent of all voters. But Just
because Austrian social-democracy
has been successful since 1918, in
uniting the Austrian working class
under its policy, was IL possible that
the whole power which the pro-
letariat had in its hands in 1918
was systematically turned over to the
bourgeoisie. Just because Austrian
sociaI-democraoy has, since 1918,
been successful in being bulwark
against Communism was DoIlfnss
able to establish the Fascist dicta-
tOrship and 10 defeat the Austrian
workers.
Austria in particular, where the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-24

and sympathetic mind"
This at time when Wilson was
the war forces
And, further, Mr.. Hillquit continues
in his splicing UP of the war, in MAX
ing it palatable for the great masses
of workers:
Il take 1t for granted that there
are many men who, under the
stress of war, would support nation
alizing measures, that they would
scott at in a nomal time. And 1t is
unthinkable that all the advance
in social legislation which this
country or any other may be forced
into by great crisis will be lost
with the ending of a crisis"
And still further;
"And the latest step, the prAc-
teal results of which we hardly
know yet, was the industrial mob
ilizat.on. This was first proclaimed
in France, and then adopted, In
even more concrete form, as the
policy of Germany.
BY adopting all these measures,
the warning governments have firmly
established the principle OF COM
munity interest and collective social
responsibility. None of these meas
ures, once tried, has been aban-
doned.
These various things must serve
TO break down the prejudices
against coIlectivism and socialism,
because the world now knows that
collectivism and socialism work"
In short, the war, along with ali
its evils, brings some good with it
and the dog isn't entirely a bad dog
Gold Star mothers may console
themselves with the fact that the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-24
''New Leader" Hides the
Revolutionary Lesson
of Workers Battles
BY OTTO LEssNER

HINDER the heading While Austrian
Y Workers Fight and Die. ." the
New Leader" of Feb. II prints an
article, filed with hatred, against the
Communists, because Of their attack
against the policies Of the Austrian
SocialDemoeratie leaders, in connec-
ton with the Austrian situation.
Yes, it is absolutely true that We
attack the Socialist leaders, that we
Communists do not draw the eonelu-
sion from the events in Austria that
the workers should now support Nor
man Thomas, Dubinsky, Vol, Green,
etc. It is absolutely true that we
draw the conclusion from the Aus
trian events that the American work
ers must all the more quickly drive
these Social Fascist leaders from their
ranks. 1t is absolutely true that we
do not for one moment have the
illusion that Thomas, Vol, Du-
binsky, Green, Waldman, etc, will
draw the revolutionary consequences
from the Austrian events and show
these revolutionary lessons TO the
workers.
Austrian Revolutionary Lessons
What does Austria teach us2 That
the working class must see clearly
that it cannot expect anything else
from the bourgeoisie but exploitation
and oppression, that the working class
must Systematically be organized and
educated for revolutionary struggles
for the overthrow of capitalism. That
the working class has no other hope
of fighting its way out Of the crisis,
against fascism, agains imperialist
war, but revolutionary mass action.
That the road to the victory Of the
working class is not the road which
German and Austrian Social-Democ-
racy took, but the road which the
Russian Communists, the BolsheVik
Party, successfully took. The policies
Of the German Thomases, Dubinskys,
VOLS and Greens led TO the seizure
OF power by Fascism in Germany. The
policies OF the Austrian Thomases,
Dubinskys, VOLS and Greens led to
the establishment of fas9ism in Aus
tria. The policies of Thomas, Dublin
sky and OF their friends Vol and
Green In America are heading to the
intensified, cruel exploitation of the
workers, to the strengthening Of the
fascist elements In America, and will,
If not successfully prevented by the
working class in America, also lead
to the establishment Of Fascism,
There are many honest young and
older Socialists in the ranks Of the
Socialist Party who, at first, are EN-
FILTERED against us because Of our
mercileSs criticism OF the policies Of
the Socialist leaders. These Socialist
workers are filled with shame over
the policies of German social-democ-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-24

war, even if it did take their sons
from them, firmly established the
principle of community interest and
collective social responsibility. :"
Lenin, the leader Of the Russian
workers and farmers, writing in the
preface to the first edition Of his
work, Estate and Revolution" Bit
terly attacked the opportunist theory
that capitalist wartime regimenta-
ton was Socialism" Lenin stated
1.-THE lmperialist war has greatly
accelerated and intensified the
transformation of monopoly cap
itaIism into te-monopoly cap
italism. The monstrous oppression
Of the Iaboring masses by the state
which connects itself more inti-
mately with the capitalist COM
bines--is becoming ever more mon
strous. The foremost countries are
being cOnverted-wc speak here of
their 'rear'-intO military convict
labor prisons for the workers"
And it was this prison Socialism,
this "monstrous oppression"
the American workers felt in the
strike breaking hand of the War
Labor Board Of Sam Gompers and
Co.-that Hillquit hailed as steps to-
wards Socialism, just as he recently
hailed the NR.A. Of Roosevelt as
steps towards Socialisn--the NR.A.,
the clearest expression Of American
capitalism's mobilization for warl
Was Against General Strike
But this is not the worst yet. The
crowning point in the article-ano
the one correctly featured by the
editors Of the Times, who were very
clear about their reasons for pub
fishing the statements Of Hillquit-is
that one in which he pledges him.
self to do his strike-breaking best;
"If the armies are raised by con-
scription, of course, we will have
to serve as other citizens, I do not
believe that the Socialists will ad-
vocatc any general industrial strike
TO handicap the country in its war
preparations and I do not believe
that there will be any such strike.
know of no instance in any coun-
try where we have tried a general
strike either to prevent or end
war"
Yesterday it was Wilson and the
World War. Recently 1t was Roosevelt
and the MIRA. In 1917 it was Wilson
"who will approach every problem
Of progressive LEGISLATION with an
open and sympathetic mind" In
1888 it was Roosevelt who was to be
congratulated on the MIRA. The
fundamental approach Is the same
and workers should see it as such.
HiIIquit Policies Remain
Deception of the workers by the
Socialist leadership did not die with
HiIlquit. The basic policies of deela-
nation against war and in practice
support of the MIRA. war machinery
end sabotage o. such movements as
the American Congress Against Wal
still remain. Yesterday they fooled
the workers in one way. today they
try another. One thing has changed
however. That is the fact that where
as yesterday there was an unclear
left wing within the Socialist Party
Q confused tho militant Gene Debs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-24

peace officers, city, county and state.
and tear-gas bombs were used. On
this day and later, many arrests were
made. The Inquiry Commission has
list Of 81 such arrests.
ION January II, several hundred
MexicanS gathered In Azteca Hall in
Brawley to hold q meeting. The chief
OF police Of Brawley with policemen,
sheriff's deputies. and state traf1c Of
hcers, went TO the Hall, allegedly to
capture five persons for whom he had
warrants. Claiming that the au-
dienee would not permit him to per-
form his duty, he and his aides threw
several gas-bombs into the over
crowded hall. The police failed to
capture any Of the persons for whom
they held warrants, though they did
make arrests hye days later in the
vicinity Of the hall.
g.. The heat in the field reaches
temperatures Of 100 degrees and up
wards.
Living and sanitary conditions are
a serious and irritating factor in the
unrest We found In the Imperial VAL
ley Words cannot describe some
OF the conditions we saw.
9. Many workers are not able
to earn Suficient to maintain even a
primitive, or savage, standard of
living -,
"We uncovered SUFFICIENT evidence
TO convince us that in more than one
ms ance the law was trampled under
foot by representative citizens of I'M
perial County and by public officials
under oath 10 support the law.
g. Indiscriminate arrests are not
likely to increase respect for au-
thority.
Intimidation prostitution Of
the state vagrancy law -. the police
unwarrantedly used tear-gas bombs
the right Of free speech and as
sembIage was denied (. actual alb
duction Imperial County news
papers do not reflect q liberal or legal
attitude The American Legion
is to be commended for It's readiness
to go to the bat II an extreme emer-
gency arises (Brawley News, Jan.
II, 1885 Back of the officers
stands large group OF citizens, the
vigilantes, ready to assist in cleaning
the Valley Of the undesirables at a
moments call (Brawley News, Jan,
10, 1934) A news item in the
'Calexico Chronicle of Jan. IL re-
ported that 'Brawley's American Lee
gion reserve was nobilizsd TO keep
down the rising tide Of strike sem
timent'."
In spite Of all this, Commissioners
J. L. Leonard, VIII ]. French, and
Simon j, Lubin weep that at is
regreetable that men who have put
heroic efforts (other mems, the work.
ers-S. W. into the reclamation of
desert wastes are threatened with the
loss Of their hard-earned fortunes. :"
However, they feel that smashing the
workers In Hitler fashion may save
them.
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leader in a period when The American
ruling class was doing everything in
its power to stampede the American
people into the World War? The an
swer to the question lies in the con-
tent of the article. HiIlquit's article
was part of the mobilization of the
working class by American imperial
ism, and an integral part of the cam
paign to disOrganize the anti-war
forces. American imperialism needed
an article of this type from the leader
Of American Socialism at this time.
1t solicited the article, got it and pub
lished it.
Look, worker, at the tricky
headlines, which in themselves char
acterize the whole political course Of
Hillquit and the majority of the So
cialist leaders. Socialists in US. OPP
posed to War, Will Not Enlist Volun-
tarily in Armies. But VIII Not Handi-
cap the us. Government BY Strikes"
Emphasis ourS-S. G.. Here you
have 1.-THE Opposition" to war in
words and the pledge that he will
not handicap the US. government by
strikes" a pledge which the gentle
men lived up to with touching fidelity.
Supported Wilson; Supported
Roosevelt
Fully aware of the fact that the en-
trance Of the United States into the
war was Just a matter of weeks, Hill
quit, instead Of tearing the mask off
the piously hypocritical Wilson, fawn-
ed before him in despicable fashion.
We quote from the aforementioned
article:
ST believe we have a president
who will approach every problem Of
progressive legislation with an open
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ms Inland empire, IS one OF
e most fortnight admissions
the Roosevelt administra-
PMS intensifying drive against
dical unions.
after listing many details Of the
ouStrlalist landowner-go government
fror being inflicted upon the awak-
go agricultural workers, and even
iStantlating many Of the CHARGES
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-24
Will Not Enlist Voluntarily in
Armies. But Will Not Handicap
the u. S. Government BY Strikes

resort to the same st<inrsns measures
for the protection Of natioaal life.
Although var has forced the aSoP.
ton Of these principles Of socialism, II %
not 10 be suppossd for q moment that
Sseialisss want var. On The contrary,
~ are ezposed u il n all times and vs
viii do whatever W. can V prevent tie
United States from jsining the kenie-
crents. II this country does 60 10 wss
then The Socialists will work for Ne
earliest possible peace.
In Tie meanwhile. II our armies 80
10 be recruited BY volunteer enlistmsnts,
Tie Socialists, a. q whole. sill refuse 70
enlist Il thsY remain eonsistsnt Ia their
present belief that this eountry's partici-
patton in The var Is wholly unjustifishlN
II the armies are rsised By eonseHptisa,
Of course vs win have to servs - Other
sitisen& | a not believe that The Sa.
ei.lsts vii advoczte All gsnsal Indus
TlsI 5thSt e handicap the sountEy Ia Ia
TSy YfsPsfatiops and Z % nel bsIifre
6sss m 5. an such s.Eiks.-IkaaE- *
% hstshes ia sny so2airl x.hers "
hsYs tired . gensiz sfSifs either q Pre-
rsnt q e end 4 usT
- = -. 81 ~. - a ~
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the workers
: lting Gannery
~ Agricultural
4 drkers Indmstri-
Union, the
10 m m i S S toner's
'etually recon-
bend the consoli-
alton Of the
aims Of the bull
II and tear gas
fgy by proposing
hat the strikers
e driven into the
Lnployer con-
rolled A. F. of l.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-24
WALL STREETS
CAPITOL
BY SEYMOUR wALDMAN-

ASHlNGTON Feb 2SThe recommendations of the report
recently made by the National Labor Boards Special Com
slon appointed to investigate the agricultural workers
likes in Southern California especially in the Imperial Valley
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-24

Then the General Government stsppsd
ID. first BY remembering property for
war purposes and taking for It's evu such
essentials ss the coal supply and the
metals 1t followed that rp By taking
control over the entire food supply rsgu-
latiug in distribution 10 ali the people.
"And the latest sssp he practical re.
suits Of which We hardly know ye., was
The industrial mobilization. This was
first proclaimed in France, and then
adopted, Ia even more concrete form, a.
the policy Of Germany.
By adopting ali thsss measures, ths
warning Govsmments have firmly estsb-
flshed the prineipls Of eomnunity inter
est and collective social responsibility.
Houe Of these measures, eres tried, has
been abandoned. Al the old slogans Of
the past concerning u, sacred rights Of
private ovnsrshlr snd the unlimited
49,, n ths employer 70 do as he plesses
nth his industry have been thrown ever
utterly In the hour Of nationsl crisis. In
Francs tAey hsss practically ssksu Ne
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-27
Jundt Announces
Members Of City
Hockey Sextettes
Joe Meyers Elected President Of
League; Meeting Called
for 8 P. NJ, Tonight

Organization Of the city hockey
league was completed Tuesday &C
cording to Manager Mike Jundt with
players and team captains named and
officers elected to handle the affairs
OF the organization.
Joe Myers was elected president;
Paul O. Netland, vice president and
Lloyd Drennen. secretary treasurer.
Captains and the teams which will
take part in the winter sports pro-
gram are Lloyd Drennen, Maroons;
Paul Raduns. White Eagle; Art Boese,
Maple Leafs; Mike Jundt, Tigers and
Dan Schneider, Red Wings.
A meeting of all players and team
managers will be held at 8 p. M, to-
night at the boy scout headquarters
at the city auditorium.
Teams and players announced fol-
low:
Tigers-M. Jundt. j. Zahn. P. Reg
lister, ]. Smith, R. Jundt, and w. Da-
vies.
Maple Leafs-A. Boese, L. Burns, j.
Hyland, F. Olsen, L. Wedge, and v.
Smaltz.
White Eagles-P. Raduns, G. Wedge,
J. Meyers, G. Barger, j. Meininger,
and r. swick.
Maroons-L. Drennen, B. Branden-
burg, N. York, F. Parlen, H. Rish-
worth, and j. Monroe.
Red Wings-D. Schneider, B. Cap
per. B. Paris, H. Smith, r. Stolz, and
G. SWick.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-27
MIDSH|PMEN GIVEN
GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO END CADET 'J|NX'
Confidence High in Camp Of
Sailors Seeking to End
ive.Year Domination
PLAY At FRANKLIN FIELD
Tom Hamilton's Prote0es
Whipped Ramb|ers; Irish
DoWned West Pointers

New York, Nov. 27.-R-Th e
Army Navy football game this Sat
urday. 35th in the series dating back
to 1890, will attract a capacity crowd
Of .close to 10000 spectators to
Pennsylvania's Franklin Field not
only because Of its social prestige
but because 1t promises to be one Of
the best gridiron matches OF the en-
tire season.
Not since 1926, when the gallant
Midshipmen played Harry Wilson,
Red eagle and company to q daz-
cling 21-2l tie before 10000 specta-
tors at Soldier Field. Chicago, has any
Navy team faced the Cadets with as
much confidence as 1t does this
year.
There will be no pronounced in
dication Of an advantage for either
service school, in the betting or the
representations OF the eagle-eyed
experts, but the feeling runs high
along the banks Of the Severn that
this is "the year." that Tom Hamil-
tons young proteges have the spirit
as we'll as the resources to give an
exceptional account Of themselves.
and that the Navy will celebrate its
first triumph over West Point since
1921.
It's high time therefore, that the
sailors turned the tables on the SOL
diers. Army has captured five games
IN q row since the end Of the 1928
% break in relations. The Cadets
have been held to as much as q tie
on only two occasions in q dozen
years. This is the longest period Of
dominance by either academy since
the series began. It may be broken
this Saturday but Navy will have to
be at its best to outscore any Army
team that comes pretty close to
matching the victorious standard Of
recent years.
Rated off the seasons perform
ances, the Midsniplnen look to have
an edge. They have played q tough
er schedule. They whipped Notre
Dame, 10 to 6, while the Irish turned
back the Army, IL to s, but this hap
pens to be an excellent illustration Of
how misleading comparative scores
can be.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-27
TURNSTILES IN BIG TEN SHOW
QUARTER MILLION GAIN IN 1894
lllWU'RE ~
TELLING NE

Max Baer,s "man' Is the former
valet to the Prince Of Wales and
maybe that's where the heavy
champs getting that taste for fancy
raiment. 49,. Reggie McNamara has
ridden in liz six-day bike races
-. and pedaled more than 100000
miles during those contests. The
st. Louis Browns now have one OF
the Dean boys in hand Y. He is
Jack Dean, . pitcher, cousin to Die
and Dat. Red Grange is report
ed to be ready to open q swell night
club In Miami this winter and
1t win be known as the 1T Club"
-. after the number Red made ia
nous ct Illinois. >. Little Joe Guy
on, son Of Big Joe Guyon, who won
All-America honors under Pop War
ner ct Carlisle and ct Georgia Tech,
Is playing q great game under Don
Miller, one Of the Four Horsemen,
who Is coaching Joe,s high school
eleven In Louisville. KY. -. Tom
Hickey, recently reelected president
Of the American Association, is 70
.. and one Of the brightest FASH
lon plates IN baseball.