Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-03-01
LAST WEEKS news of rising

sos with the exception of the
period of the war blockade. On
the other hand, the imports
reached total of 404,3OO,OO0
marks, the highest figure in three
years. This makes trade deficit
of nearly los million marks which
Is the highest since 1928. The eff
fort of Hitler to stop this deficit
by rigid trade restrictions and
bilateral trade treaties Is confess
eddy a failure. Bankruptcy faces
the Nazis in a few months at this
rate.
THE TWO BILLION dollar war
appropriation that is being spon-
sored by Chairman Parks OF the
House appropriations sub-commit-
tee is plainly revealed for what
it is when Parks let the cat out of
the bag. He said in a published
statement:
1--WE are sitting on a volcano
at home and abroad. We cannot
blind ourselves to the radical
menace within our borders and
to warlike foreign activities"
In plain words this war appro-
priation, the largest in history
with the exception of the war
years, is to be used to shoot down
workers who dare to strike for
their rights. 1t is another step in
the direction of fascism support
ed by such 100 per cent patriots
as the Sons and Daughters of the
American Revolution and Mr..
William Randolph Hearst. IL
they knew history better they
might at least qualify their pat
riotism. One of the grievances OF
the Revolution was large stand
ing army and one of the first
amendments insisted upon by the
states was intended as protec-
ton of the citizen against threats
of military tyranny.
y
INCREASING protests against
the red scare and suppression OF
rights in California show the eff
fectiveness of the united front
against fascism. Bishop Edward
l.. Parsons of the Episcopal
church in his diocesan convention
in San Francisco, on February .,
protested against the menace of
fascism and the Sacramento pro-
secution of the Is labor leaders.
Dean Grayson n. Kefauver of the
Stanford School of Education
used the Stanford hour on the
NBC radio broadcast to point out
the dangers of the Hearst red
batting campaign in the suppress
sion of independent thinking.
Dean o. X. MeMurray of the Uni
versity of California Law School
and Professor George p. Adams,
head of the Philosophy Depart
ment, together with an impress
i've list of faculty members, pro-
tested the Hearst drive as a step
to fascism.
When the American Legion
cancelled the contract for a lee
ture by John Straehey at the
War Memorial Auditorium and
when private halls refused to
lease their space, list of club
women, faculty of the University
of California, ministers and lib
eral business men protested this
suppression and forced arrange
ments for Strachey's appearance.
A workers united front with all
sympathetic elements can beat
back fascist moves as proved in
these beginnings in California.
AFTER MUCH DEEP thought
tear-gas Alfred H. Lundin and his
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
cohorts, announced great effort
to bring prosperity to the North
west. These high-priced leaders
of finance and industry showed
their originality by sponsoring a
five year program in rivalry with
the Soviet Union. The main
points in this program prove to
be what on other occasions, such
as relief, these same leaders call
raids on the government treas
ury. They include appropria-
tions for the Coulee high dam, the
Rosa irrigation project, enlarge
ment of the Bremerton Navy
Yard, armories and airplane
fields. Outside of these plans for
lobbying i'm Washington, Mr.. Lun-
din can only think of an adver-
Using campaign for more tourist
trade and a home builders ex-
position which will probably be
paid for by admittance charges.
The bankruptcy OF these apos-
ties of private initiative could
not be more self-confessed. The
only means they can think OF are
government subsidies which, II
the truth were told, Is the means
by which their so-caIled private
business has ALWAYS been buiIt.