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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31

rs you will see by studying the figures
Of the Second Five-Year Plan, which
are just now being placed before the
18th Party Congress In the Soviet
Union, by the end Of the Second Five
Year Plan, the Soviet Union will be
approximately equal to the U. 8. in
national income, even supposing That
the Q. S. does not further decline.
All these factors, which are the de-
cisive features of the past period.
prove unquestionably the end of capt.
tallst sterilization unquestionably
demonstrate that the crisis Of the
capitalist world, far from being over
come, is, on the contrary, passing into
new stage, the stage of trsnsforma-
ton into a revolutionary crisis.
The objective pre- conditions already
exist for the revolutionary crisis.
What is still lacking is the prepared
ness Of the working class, its revolu-
tionary determination TO make an end
Of the bankrupt system of capitalism
ana 10 enter the decisive struggle for
the reorganization Of society upon g
socialist basis. The preparation Of
the working class Il the task Of the
Communist Party.
The greatest obstacle TO this prep
aration and therefore the greatest
obstacle to the revolution, and there
fore the greatest support to the bank
rupt capitalist society, is the continu-
ing influence among the workers and
the toiling masses of the Parties of
the Second International, the Social
Fascists generally and, in the U. S.,
the special feature OF Social Fascism.
the American Federation Of Labor.
The problem Of how long it win take
for the working class to be prepared
for the proletsrisn revolution is the
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These things have brought about
a changed relation in world politics
and in view of the extreme sharpen
ing within the imperialist camp, the
necessity Of re-groupings in the impe-
rialist camp, created the possibility
for the Soviet Union to strengthen
its international sitton by
utilizing some of these imperialist
contradictions. Does this in any
way indicate any change in the basic
direction Of American policies? BY
no means. II indicates a certain
change in the inperialist relations
at the moment, a sharpening in the
1irst place OF the struggle between
the United States and Britain, a
struggle which for the past few years
has been conducted in South Amer
lea in an armed struggle between
the puppets Of the two imperfalist
powers, and with the development of
the currency war, becomes sharpened
in every field where the two powers
come face to face. At the same time
it indicates the further sharpening
of the contradictions between the
United States and Japan due to the
tremendous expansions Of the ia
panese monopolistic control of the
Far Eastern markets at the expense,
in the first place, of the United
States, but also Of England. 1t also
reflects the fact that in the i'm
mediate preparations for war the
other imperialist powers are more
ready than the United States, that
the United States needs more time
for maneuvering for position before
the outbreak Of the general con-
fiagration. Furthermore, it reflects,
as one of the basic strategic situa-
tons Of American imperialism, that
American imperialism is playing for
time as factor weakening its
enemies, figuring that the further
development Of the crisis will strike
Japan and Great Britain harder than
the United States.
There is no reorientation of Amer
lean imperialist policy on all the
main detectives Of the drift towards
war; and it is especially valuable for
us at this time that we have a good
statement of this fact from one of
the leading figures in the American
government itself. The comrades
have called my attention to the is
sue of Liberty for Jan. 6. In it,
there Is an article by Harry H.
Woodring, the Assistant Secretary of
War in the Roosevelt government
This article is entitled "Irhe Amer
lean Army Stands Ready" I am 60
ing to make some extended quota
tions from this article. I do this be-
cause it seems that Mr.. Woodring
must have been reading our thesis
He states completely the program of
the Roosevelt administration as we
have been describing It for the past
eight, nine months. The thesis of
the article is that the American army
is the bulwark against social disorder
and revolution at this moment. that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
DEEPENING OF GENERAL CRISIS is MATURING
DEVELOPMENT OF REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS

istic of the increase in industry. ALI
such increase in industrial produc-
ton, based upon war preparations
and upon inhationary, speculative
markets, in no way contributes to a
stabilizing Of capitalism, in no way
indicates that the bottom of the
crisis has been reached. It only
marks the passing of the crisis into
new forms. The crisis no longer can
be measured by economic induces, but
has taken on political forms.
This is the analysis which we made
already last summer of the signifi-
canoe Of the Roosevelt New Deal, at
the time Of our Extraordinary Party
Conference. 1t has been proved cor
rect for the whole world situation.
Tt is not necessary for us to go
over all that ground again, especially
in view of the fact that experience
since last July, when our Extraor-
binary Party Conference met. has
completely confirmed our analysis.
We have nothing to correct in the
analysis that we made and we have
very little to add to it. Certain new
features have come forward In the
New Deal since our Extraordinary
Party conference, which are further
developments of the basic trends that
we pointed cut at that time. There
is a much more concrete and rapid
development of the infiationary
program, there is an enormous ex-
pansion Of the program OF direct
financial help TO the giants of mon
opoly capitalism, even beyond any
thing that we enYisaged at that
time. The new budget that was Just
presented to Congress by Roosevelt
carries these policies so far that If
anyone had predicted such a develop
ment six months ago, 1t would have
seemed impossible, but now these
facts are accepted as quite normal
and everyday factors along with the
tremendous tempo with which the
crisis is developing.
Roosevelt has developed much
sharper and drastically the policy
which We pointed cut at that time
Of cutting off unemployed relief, sub
shutting Of relief with forced labor
projects, and so-called Public Works
which are not Public Works, and
complete rejection of any and every
form of unemployment insu- lace.
AL these latest developments Of the
New Deal are merely the logical out
growth and development of the basic
features which we analysed at the
extraordinary Party Conference.
They are all concrete examples of
the general significance Of the de-
velopments within capitalism all over
the world.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
SHIFTING OF IMPERIALIST RELATIONS SHOWS
SHARPER WAR DANGER

The United States occupies no sex
ceptional" position, except that in
many respects it represents the
sharpest expression OF all these
tendencies Of capitalist development
throughout the world, that in many
features it leads in a development Of
these policies for the rest of the
world. But in the character of the
measures that are adopted, in the
direction of development and in the
significance Of these features as the
passing over of the crisis into new
and sharper forms, the analysis of
the world situation applies exactly
the same TO the United States as to
the other capitalist countries. Es-
pecially is this true with regard to
foreign policy, that is, war prepara-
tons. It is true, only in a lesser
degree, with regard to the fascination
of the political life within the
country.
These two main features OF world
development, faScism and war, are
developing in the United States as
in other sections of the capitalist
world.
There are certain illusions, not
only among the masses, but even
within Our own ranks, that the de-
velopment by Roosevelt to a certain
extent Of new attitudes to some in
ternational questions, brings a cer-
tain pacifist trend into American
foreign policy. These illusions, more
or less, crystalline around the inter-
probation of the recognition of the
Soviet Union as an effort towards
peace on the part of the United
States Government
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in large masses Of the social demo-
cratic workers.
Other considerable numbers of
social democratic workers, who are
not yet ready to join the Communist
Party, place themselves at the dis
posal Of the Communist Party for
revolutionary work, beg for directiYes.
and accept the Communist Party as
the only leader Of the daily struggles.
There is a further tendency among
Social Democratic workers. among
some circles, to try to reconstitute the
Social Democratic Party upon an il
legal basis. upon the basis Of a united
front program with the Communist
Party and against their old leaders.
This is tendency which is quite
dangerous, and against which the
German Communist Party has to
struggle, but which at the same time
is one Of the stages of the coming of
the social democratic workers to the
Communist Party.
The Communist Party is more and
more penetrating the factories and
the fascist factory organizations. 1t
is not necessary for me to give long,
detailed examples. They have been
reported in the Inprecorr and Daily
Worker merely cite these things
to characterize the process that is
going on, the gathering of all reyoIu-
tionary forces inside and around
the German Communist Party.
The last question which must be
answered viii regard to the develop
ments in Germany is, what has be-
come of the Social-Denocracy? Has
it been destroyed? Is it still
danger? The Social-Democratic
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN
THE WORLD SITUATION

Finally, there is that most im-
aartant factor in the world situation:
he Soviet Union and its socialist
construction. In the past fifteen
months, there has been q tremend-
but shift in the relation of forces in
he favor Of the socialist system Of
he Soviet Union and against tine
capitalist world. While the capitalist
Tisis has deepened during this period,
ne Soviet Union has moved steadily
'orward, consolidating its Socialist in
gustry. continuing the steady advance
II socialist industrialization OF the
country, consolidating the victorious
Inclusion OF agriculture into the soci-
dist economy through the victories
II collectivization, which solved the
1asic economic questions of the coun-
r., still presenting difficulties a year
ago, SO that this year is for the Soviet
Union what Comrads Stain described
Is the last year Of economic difficult
lies for our Socialist Fathcrland. 1t
S upon this basis of the rise of Soviet
Power to new heights that the poli-
zeal victories of the Soviet Union
AYE been won in the past year. 1t
IS in the light of this change in the
selation Of world forces that we must
understand the whole series Of diplo-
matte victories won by the Soviet
Union
During this past year, since the
eth PIenum Of the E. G. c. l., the
soviet Union has emerged as a great
Industrial power. It has realized in
lie the slogan Of the Soviet Union
Communist Party to catch up with
nd surpass the most advanced coun-
ries Of the world. The Soviet Union
S already second only to the United
states in industrial production. And
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IL is necessary for us to give a
very clear answer to this question,
as to the significance of the recog-
milton of the Soviet Union and what
part this plays in the drive towards
war and especially towards the war
OF intervention against the Soviet
Union by the whole imperialist
world, In the first place, we must
emphasize again what we said in the
general section Of the report about
the meaning Of the diplomatic VIC
tories of the Soviet Union in the
past period. These diplomatic VIC
tories have been the fruits of the
growing power of the Soviet Union,
and the growing support of its peace
policy by the workers of capitalist
countries. And while we in no way
want TO detract from the credit for
the achievements Of these victories
due the skilled diplomacy Of the
Soviet Union and particularly Of Lit
vinoff, we must mention that these
diplomatic victories were not the
fruits of skilled diplomacy SO much
as OF change i'm the relations of
power in favor OF the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union has become
dounly strong; first of all, upon the
basis Of consolidating the collective
farming, the inclusion Of agriculture
in the structure of socialist economy;
and second, by no means unim-
portant, the tremendous strengthen
ing Of the armed defenses Of the
Soviet Union, the development of the
Red Army upon the basis of the
successful characterization, so that
the Soviet Union can adequately de-
fsnd Itself in a military way.
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only haStens the development Of a
catastrophe situation for the German
masses, but introduces new strains
and new disorders into the interna-
tional relations Of the capitalist
powers.
We shall go into a more detailed eX-
animation Of the problems raised by
the rise Of Hitler in dealing with the
problems Of the struggle against fas-
clsm; at this moment it is sufficient
to point out that German faseism,
rising on the basis of the aceentua-
ton OF every contradiction, internal
and external, Of world capital, repre-
sents a sharpening Of the crisis of
German capitalism, and a sharpen
ing Of the whole world crisis into q
revolutionary crisis.
The third factor to be mentioned
as characteristic Of the past fifteen
months is that in every capitalist
country, there has taken place a gen.
eral lowering of the living standards
OF the masses, general all-sround
attack upon all the toiling sections Of
the population, and, accompanying
this sharpening of political repres-
sion, Of all the class antagonisrns be-
tween the bourgeoisie and the work
ing class and the toiling farmers,
peasantry, and the bourgeoisle itself
Is more and more breaking up into
struggling antagonistic groups. and
must resort more and more to extra
ordinary means to secure united class
action.
A fourth feature Of this period,
which has intensified the chaos of
the capitalist world, has been the
continued victories of the Chinese
Soviet Republic, which, In the past
weeks, have already emerged triumph
antly from the test of the sixth anti
Soviet expedition Of the Marking
Government, rugged out and financed
by American imperialism and assisted
politically and materially by British
japanese and French imperialism. In
spite OF this great concentration Of
the forces of reaction against the
Chinese SovietS, they have again
emerged victorious, creating, in the
Far East, a new strong base for the
anti-capitalist elements, for the anti
imperialist revolution, intensifying at
the same time, all OF the contradie-
tons among the imperialist powers,
who are beginning to move among
themselves for the actual division Of
China,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
NEW DEAL SHOWS ARMY TESTING IT'S MACHINERY
FOR WAR

OF equal significance is the method
by which, in the first stages of the
New Deal, the Army has carried
through the testing of it's machinery
You will remember how Indignantly
the liberals and socialists met our
accusation that the reforestation
camps were measures Of militariza-
ton. Mr.. Woodring makes no bones
about it, He says:
Il believe that history will record
the successful carrying out Of the
Army's part Of the reforestation
program as one Of its most notable
peacetime achievements. The pro-
gram was to be supervised by the
Labor, Agriculture, War and In
terror Departments. The Army,
however, very soon proved that il
was the only government agency
which has the facilities and the
trained personnel capable Of per-
forming a great majority of the
tasks in connection with an under
taking of this nature. The selec-
ton OF the men was accomplished
by the Department of Labor. While
actually at work the men are under
the supervision OF the technical ex-
perts from other departments,
mainly the Forestry Service Of the
Department of the Interior. The
Army did the rest"
Further proposing the extension OF
this army administration of the ac-
tivities Of the New Deal, he says:
"lt would not be too much to
say that with proper constitutional
authority the Army could take over
and run them in the interest of
the New Deal.
1T is my opinion that the Army
SHOULD take over Immediately
some Of the activities which are
now being handled by some of the
new executive agencies. Whether
or not 1t is true, as many hold,
that the G. C. C. camps are the
forerunners Of the great civilian
labor armies of the future, be-
Heve that this activity should be
expanded and put under the control
Of the Army.
while unemployment is rapidly
decreasing, there have always been
large numbers of unemployed in
this country. Despite prospects OF
improvement in the coming months.
prOphesy that by next summer a
million young men will be enrolled
In the Civilian Conservation Corps.
II should also like to see ex-
tended to every unemployed vet
eran of the World War who de-
sires it an opportunity to enroll in
this corps. ] should like private
industry this winter to adopt rule
by which one disabled veteran
would be given a job for every hum
dred bodied workers, thus sup
pIementing the present reduced
federal outlay on pensions.
81 should like to see 3 physical
education program developed in
these camps that would not only
make their members familiar with
games bot would give them such
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
THE LESSONS OF THE HEROIC FIGHT OF THE
GERMAN c. P. AGAINST FASCISM

What is going on In Germany under
the fascist rule? 1t Is difficult to give
detailed answer to all the questions
involved in the inner situation in Ger
many because of the conditions of
illegality, because OF the extremely
difficult conditions under which the
German working class is gathering its
forces today. One thing is quite clear,
that the revolutionary forces Of the
German working class are consolidat-
ing themselves daily and weekly
under the conditions of the Hitler
terror. The German Communist
Party has not been destroyed, but
has sunk its roots deeper than ever
among the decisive masses Of the
German working class. The workers
who continued under the leadership
Of the Social Democratic Party a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
AN EXAMINATION OF ROosEyELTs POLICIES

Let us examine a few Of these
anger world developments in the re-
alton to their effect upon the crisis
# capitalism. Let us take the poll
les Of the Roosevelt government, the
New Deal in all its aspects, which is
me OF the main stays OF the social
2scist arguments for the capitalist
ecoveFy from the crisis. Is it in any
Yay true that the Roosevelt policies
ave improved the situation for CAPT
alisn? We need but examine one
chase of the Roosevelt policies to dis
1rove this Immediately. When we
ZEE what the Roosevelt policy Of IN
iation means in the situation OF the
world capitalism, it Immediately be-
zones clear that far from bringing
lew elements of stability into the
World, this imitation policy has de-
iyered SCATTERING blows to the CAPT
alist world. 1t has upset every rela-
ion OF forces in the world market
nd IN world politics. It has not
lnly brought about the extreme
sharpening OF the class relations
Tithin the country, representing the
most far-going offensive against the
iving standards Of the American
masses, but has at the same time
1een an imperialist offensive through
tut the world against the imperialist
dVals Of the United States. It has
meant the extreme sharpening of
he struggle for markets; it has in
augHrate6 a worldwide currency
var: it has changed the balance of
cover; it has disturbed all political
aiignmenbs In the world, and, in COM
oination with other factors, has
brought about such q sharpening Of
he ilterna tional relations as has not
7esn seen before except In the midst
II general war.
Il IS only for the purpose of Great
ng new illusions among the masses.
hat the bourgeoisie speaks Of the
20esevelt policies as having q STABILIZE
ng effect III the world situation.
Among themselves they are very clear
IS to its having the opposite effect,
hat Of bringing the international am
'agonisms to the breaking point.
Let us examine the second great de-
elopment in the world-the rise of
tHtler-fascism to power in Germany.
IS this, as the social fascists and
enegades say, introducing new ele-
nents of stability into the world
situation of capitalism? Far from it.
The policy Of the Hitler regime not
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31

We have pointed out the main
factors determining the character of
this period as one Of the deepening
of the crisis and the passing over to
the revolutionary crisis. There is one
aspect Of this problem that remains
to be examined which is especially
significant for the United States.
This is, what part is played in this
process by the rise or fall of indus
trial production, by the course of the
business index. How is it possible,
some comrades may say, that we can
speak of the deepening Of the crisis
in period in which there has been
o recovery Of production in the CAPT.
Ualist countries. There has been such
an increase in production. It is true
that this increase has been very I'M
even, irregular and spotty. But max
ing all allowances for this and TAX
ing the whole capitalist world, the
year 1888 witnessed a growth in gen.
eral industrial production OF some
20 10 80 per cent. What is the signi-
flcance Of this feature and what part
does it play in our analysis Of the
whole character of the whole situa-
ton? We are not interested in trying
to explain away any facts that exist
ia the capitalist world. We want to
face every fact fully and frankly to
understand exactly what it means.
We don't want to fool ourselves
about anything. Therefore. we must
give We clear answer as to
whether this increase of capitalist in
dustrial production signifies in any
way an alienation of the crisis. Does
it signify that the crisis of capital
ism in the Technology of the bour-
geols experts, touched bottom so
that the perspective may now be re-
coyery either gradual or rapid? If
we examine the character of this in
crease in industrial production. we
must come to the conclusion that it
has no such significance. This in
crease in production has taken place
upon the basis Of the extreme rapid
ity OF the development OF the inter-
national antagonisrns. and the
preparations for war. If we take the
whole capitalist world, we find that
the increase in production has, in
the first place, been an increase in
the production of materials for war.
1t has been an accumulation of
stocks of war materials, munitions,
weapons and supplies for the COM
ing struggle, for the coming world
war. In the second place, insofar as
the increase in production goes be-
yond the limits of war preparations,
1t is mostly caused by imitation and
| the speculative market created by in
fiation. Now, it is clear that these
two influences are truly character