The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-11
r. Paine Quits Book Is o. Brilliant
MARKHAM analysis of Fascist Menace

disconnected masses. Even the New
York Times publication. Current
History, prints articles now show
ing how everyone Of the demagogio
points of the fascist program has
been ditched for the real obiec-
tive of fascism, the program of
Messrs. Krupp and Thyssen.
Dutt tells Of the two earnest
students and devotees of the
Nazis asking GOebbels to explain
famous point eleven in the Mani
program which calls for the
Breaking of Interest Slavery"
The only breaking likely to take
place, Gcebbels advised his in
terrogators. would be the heads
Of those who tried to understand
it.
The section of the book headed:
THE capitalist view Of Social De-
mocraey and Pasoism," is worth the
price OF the book to every student
Of fsscism, to every worker who
can possibly buy the book. Here
Dutt quotes from the Deutsehe Fu-
rerbriefe, Letters to Leaders" of
German industry, written in the
critical year Of 1882 for confidcn-
tial circulation to the heads of f.
nance capital, organized in the
German Federation Of industries.
Space prevents us from quoting
juicy morsels.
Quits book shows his encyelope-
lie knowledge of world events, gives
the cream Of his omniverous read
ing, probably not exceeded by any
living man. I remember the most
unbelievable extent Of his reading
in my only contact with the man
1t was in the critical days Of the
summer Of 1923 in Germany. We
were on our way from Moscow to
Stettin. occupied q cabin with
Dutt. When went to bed he would
be reading. with books stacked UP
on his berth. Should I wake in the
dead Of night, he still read. Early
in the morning, there he was read
ing. The voyage was rough. Sit
ting in a deek-ehair he read,
though white with sea- icknesses.
He takes only few moments to
! lean over the rail, and then goes
ON with his book.
In the fight against faseism. Dutt
clearly shows the decisive factor
Of the united front. To the socialist
leaders who reject the united front.
claiming they are carrying on the
fight against fascism, declaring that
they will countenance an armed
uprising when democracy" is en-
dangered, Dutt declares: THE pres
ent policy determines the future
action" The present policy of the
American socialist leaders is to re-
! ject the actual establishment OF the
united front with the Communists
while actually establishing it with
such open fascist forces as Green
and Vol.
WE HAVE one criticism to make
W of the book with regard to the
analysis of the Roosevelt regime
1.-THE signal marks Of the Roose-
welt policy are: y State capital
ISM" writes Dutt. In the August
1898, issue of the Labor Monthly
Dutt made the same designation
only little fuller: -Four essential
characteristics may be singled out
as marking RooSevelt's policy. The
first is State Capitalism. carried out
with a completeness only previously
approached in wartime" This is
! erroneous. The Socialists in the
United States, like Norman Thorn
as, on the advent of the MIRA. ar
gusd 1t was State Capitalism, open
ing the road to peaceful develop
ment to socialism. This tune was
quickly dropped when it clearly de-
veloped that Roosevelts aim was
not State Capitalism. but a
strengthening Of individual monep-
Giles, and the utilization of the
state. not to take over industry, but
to prevent monopolies from going
bankrupt, to maintain their profits
and prices at the expense of more
intensive exploitation of the work
ers. The first signal mark Of
Rocsevelt's policy, as so clearly ex-
pressed in Quits book, is towards
faseism.
Throughout the book has the In
cisive, jewel-lke style for which
Dutt has become famous in hi'
Notes of the Month in the LabouI
Monthly 1t is an arsenal of fact;
and theory against fascism. and
against the splitters of the proleta-
rian fiehting front that every read.
er of the Daily Worker who wishei
to make an intensive study of fas-
ctsm must read to understand tht
most important political task be-
fore the whole working Glass.