The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-28
War Industries and Preparations for War In New Jersey

can make, the advance toward an
other imperialist war.
Secrecy Cloaks War Moves
Bill S3173 authorizes the president
of the United States to class as
secret or confidential certain ma
terial, apparatus or equipment for
military use. Secrecy and subter-
fuge naturally cloak the war man
euvers of imperialism. It is there
fore often necessary for us to fall
back on circumstantisl evidence,
evidence which in capitalist court
is used to convict. Not all our in
formation, however, is circumstan-
tisl The capitalist In order to
make ornaments must employ work
ers. And from this source must
come our most valuable material re-
gsrding war preparations. 1t was
from this source that the Daily
Worker recently printed the fact
that the Crucible Steel Corporation
plant at Harrison is manufacturing
shells and heavy ordnance. From
workers we also learned that the
Pollack Manufacturing Company at
Kearney nearby is manufacturing
powder containers for the United
States Navy 1t is hoSed that work
ers reading this article will not hest
tate to fill in omissions that most
naturally have been made.
Battleships and Airplanes
We have been stressing explosives,
chemicals and munitions up to now,
pointing out the importance Of New
Jersey in this respect and also the
abnormal expansion that is taking
place in these lines in keeping with
imperialist war preparations. Jersey,
however, is as equally important in
the manufacture of battleships and
airplanes. These are no less sig
niflcant to imperialist designs and
expansion policies. And it is only
in these industries that we find the
same activity as is apparent in
chemicals and metals.
The keystone Aircraft Corpora
ton at Trenton, for example, has
been working under contract with
the government manufacturing 70
heavy bombing planes. There is the
New York Shipbuilding Co. at Cam
den which has contracts for millions
Of dollars worth of naval construc-
ton, (Workers here have organ
lied and are striking for recogni-
ton of their union and higher
wages,) Over q quarter of the ships
of the United States Navy have been
made at Camden. Equally important
is the Federal Shipbuilding g. Dry
dock Co. OF Kearney. Aircraft car
riers and battleships are constructed
here. At the present time three de-
stroyers are on the way towards
completion.
At Paterson is the Wright Aero
nautical Company plant with over
5000 workers. The management of
this plant requires the workers to
be fingerprinted, a significant war
policy already being carried out in
peace time.
We could give long lists Of sub
sidiary and potential war plants in
New Jersey. That Babcock b Will
cox at Bayonne manufactures ship
boilers for the U. s. Navy, that the
Eisner Clothing Company at Red
Bank is making 1900 raincoats for
the United States Army, ETC., etc,
etc. The importance of oil refining
and shipment could also be stressed,
as New Jersey is the leading nom
producing state in this important
war adjunct. We feel, however, that
the reader can gather from the ma
terial already presented that Jersey
is definitely preparing for war. That
it is manufacturing a war in ac-
cordance with the imperialist policy
of the capitalist government Maine
has been used as political baro-
meter New Jersey, in the same
sense, is a war barometer When
facing the question of war We can
say. AS Jersey goes, 50 goes the
country