The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-19
Crisis Speeds Growth
of Fascist Forces
in the u. S.
Br BILL GEBERT


In the recent budget proposed to
the 7zth Congress. President Rose
welt demands big increase for war
p-spars tons. He demands. for Ma
tion7I Defense s792.48A.26S for the
year 1885. rs compared with s612.-
68s. 7oS for 1885 End S479 .6o4. 5000
for 1884. Here We see clearly Row
approximations for war have been
increased by the Roosevelt New
Deal government.
This. however. does not cover the
entire military appropriations.
There are many other appropria-
tons. with hundred O. millions Of
dollars expended for var.
Campaign Of Iingoism
The preparations for war do not
conhns themselves to increased
ornaments, increased building Of
the Navy, the air-feet, to the in
creased army. to the improvement
Of motorization Of the army, chem
zeal warfare preparations. etc. The
American bourgeoisie knows that to
carry on war. to pave the way for
fssc-sm. and prepare for it. it is nee
essary to have the mass support Of
the telling population. Without this
al CT the preparations for war
will be failure. That is why
in the recent period the capitalist
class more than ever carries on
mass propaganda for war prepare
tons. Especially has this been in
creased now with the collapse of the
London Naval Conference between
the United States, Great Britain,
and Japan. A chauvinist cam
paign has been undertaken, espe-
cislly against Japan, as well as
Great Britain. and combined with
the most vicious anti-soviet cam
paign that has been witnessed FOR
years in America.
American imperialism is paying
special attention to the militariza-
ton Of the youth and is trying to
win them ideologicaIly. This can
be seen in the authorization Of the
C.C.C. camps, in the attempts to
militarize the schools, in mass pro-
pagands through the movies, glori-
flying wa, mass propaganda for fss-
Cisn through the capitalist press,
especially by Hearst. and the form
ing Of terroristic bands, such as
vigilantes, etc
These preparations for capitalist
war are combined with prepare
tons for civil war against the work
e-s. Special training is taking place
among the officers of the United
States Army Cand not only the Ma
tional Guard on how to suppress
workers demonstrations. A de-
tailed study is being made and mill
tary strategy worked out on meth
ods for attacking workers.
These are the plans of the bour-
geoisie; these are the plans of the
Roosevelt New Deal. swathed with
all kinds Of demagogy for the pu--
pose Of covering up the real class
and imperialist character of the
Roosevelt New Deal.
Fascism intensified by Crisis
How the working class can defeat
the plans of American imperialism,
is the problem confronting the
whole American working class,
Negro people, impoverished farm
e-s and the toiling population of the
entire country.
To answer this, we must under
stand that chauvinism, fascism and
war preparations have been inten-
sifled by the present economic crisis
Of capitalism AS Comrade Stain
declared at the 18th Congress of the
Communist Party of the Soviet
Union
The victory of fascism in Ger
many must be regarded not only
as 4 symptom of the weakness of
the working clacs and as result
of the betrayal Of the working
class by Social-Democracy which
paved the way for fascism; It
must also be regarded as a synp-
oJ1kA VI bAfE NFHhlAFAS III kUp nNFlTz
geoisie, as symptom of the fact
that the hcurgeoisie is already
unable to rule by the old meth
DDS of INSTRUMENTATION and hour
geois democracy, and, as con-
sequence. is compelled in its home
policy TO resort to terroristic
methods of administration; il
must be taken as symptom of
the fact that it is no longer able
to find way ont of the present
situation on the basis of a peace
full foreign policy, as conse-
quence of which it is compelled to
resort to a policy Of war.
THAT is the position.
Thus Won SEE that things are
moving towards new imperial
ist war as way ont of the pres
ent situation.
"Of course. there are no
grounds for assuming that the
war can provide a real way ort.
On the contrary, il must confuse
the situation still more. More
than that, It will certainly nm
leash revolution ard put in ques-
ton the very existence Of eapi-
talisrn in a number Of countries,
as was the case in the course Of
the first irnperialist war. And, if,
Notwithstanding the experience Of
the first imperialist war, the bour-
geois politicians clutch at war as
a drowning man clutches at a
straw, it shows that they have
become utterly confused, have
reached an impasse, and are
ready to rush headIong over the
precipice."
This Characterization Of Com
rade Stain fits in to the present
situation in the United States in
this respect in that it shows that