The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-12


government.
=. Participation BY al the
toilers in the government Of the
country, through proletsrian de-
mocracy and by means Of the So
VETS. Immediate control Of the
banks, Of industry, Of railroads,
and of the large agricultural es-
Adjustments.
IS. appropriation Of all the
homes, apartments. and villas Of
the rich, including their furni-
ture and all other fixtures, for the
badly housed toilers. workers, en-
ployees, artisans, etc.
IS. appropriation Of all private
or public stocks of food products
and other necessities of life for
the benefit Of the poor. Com
mittees Of the unemployed will be
in charge of the distribution Of
these goods.
az. Absolute freedom of organ
ization, Of assembly, and of the
press for the workers. The large
halls, the printing presses and the
supplies of paper will be put at
their disposal for this purpose.
g. A fraternal alliance with
the US.S.R. Aiming of all the
workers and the creation OF q
powerful Red Army. Organiza-
ton Of defense against attempts
to restore finance capital and the
domination of the Junkers. with
the cooperation of the working
masses Of the U.SS.R., Of Poland,
France, Czechoslovskia, and Eng
land.
49, Taking possession of all the
means Of production by the pro-
letarian government will give a
strong impetus to the economy Of
the country, will cause an unpre-
cedented advance whose entire
benefit will go to the laboring
masses, and will favor the devel-
opment Of foreign trade. espe-
cially with the U.S.S.R. The COM
bination OF these factors will re-
suit in powerful revival Of the
labor market and the employment
Of all the unemployed.
40. Clothed with the supreme
authority Of the State, freed from
the yoke Of its own capitalists,
the working people Of Soviet Ger
many will declare the Treaty of
Versailles null and void.
With the cooperation of the
international proletariat and Of
the powerful Union of Soviet So
cialist Republics, the triumphant
proletarisn Republic of Germany
will sweep away all the repara-
lions, all the treaties imposed on
Germany by force with the inten-
ton Of excluding every possibili-
ty of its regaining equal rights.
THE Soviet government Of the
overwhelming majority Of the
people will prevent the exploita-
ton of man by man and national
oppression, and will work for the
coming OF socialism.
There is one Socialism and one
only, the proletsrian Socialism
which is realized by proletarian
dictatorship, by the Soviet gov
eminent in the Socialist U.s.SR."
The Game Of Transferring Power
THAELMANN was the lrst pres
ident Of the Red Front, which
he populsrized.
In 1882 he was candidate against
Hindenburs for the presidency Of
the republic. These facts, still so
recent, are we'll known. The adj
vance Of revolutionary will among
the masses in Germany was still
dominant then over the fascist
elements, for whom the absurd
and ubiquitous Treaty Of Versailles
had done such good service. But
the support given to Hindenburg.
the famous imperialist trooper, by
the social-democratS under the
pretext that his election would
mean the defeat Of fsscism Csuch
mistakes" are too gross to be
merely mistakes), misled and
sidetracked a large part Of the
population The gold-striped trai
tor had scarcely come to power
when he opened the door to Hit
Ter.
ThseImann In Prison
OUCH IL the man whom Hitler
y has attacked ever since Hin
denburg let him climb up on his
shoulder+the man whom Hitler
now holds in his claws; the work
err who is the incarnation Of the
workers movement owing to his
moral and intellectual honesty.
The legend OF the intellectual
leader Of the mob" is time worn
it has suffered much from the ev-
idence of facts. and a little from
ridicule. But that does not mean
that the proletarisn leader should
be ignorant or even that he can
be ignorant.
Ito Be Continued