Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
EUROPEAN FAscIsM is strug-

EUROPEAN FAsCIsM is strug-
Cling in death agony induced by
internal decay. Mussolini is des-
perately trying to avert financial
collapse and internal disruption
by an imperialistic attack on
Ethiopia. Troops are being mo-
bilized and war planes are al
ready on their way to the Red
Sea. In order to carry on this
land grab Mussolini has to APP
propriate over 800 million Ira
at a time when he had to seize
all Italian foreign accounts in or
der to prevent the Ira from col
lapsing because its gold backing
has practically disappeared.
IN GERMANY Hitler has to
admit that his measures to sta
Billie industry have failed. The
official figures for unemploy-
ment stand at 1913, 600 for Janu-
AIRY. This is an increase of 705, 900
since October and over 1863, 1000
during the one month of Janu-
airy. This official estimate is OF
course a disguise for the real
condition of unemployment. Ac-
cOrding to the Institute for Bus
mess Research the number of
workers actually employed drop
ped from 1890, 600 in october to
15150,000 in December. This is a
drap of 100000 from the payroll,
but the Unemployment figures
show only $4,000 during this
period. The actual increase In
Unemployment is not 10000, but
100000 in the last three months.
THE REASONS for this enor-
nous increase are in the Hitler
policies. The Nazis are decreasing
the subsidies to business. They
cannot create more credit save
by destructive initiation. Sec
ondly, they have practically de-
strOyed their export business,
and thirdly, by placing quota
on imported raw materials they
are forcing many factories to
shut down. What this means to
the German worker is brought
out by a statement of DR.. HAL
mar Schacht: Eve must realize
we live in an emergency period
and for a decade We must re-
nounce the comforts of life" In
plain language the masses must
starve. -...
CONTRAST this with the con-
stantly increasing living stand
ards in the USSR. The State de-
partment of the U. S. in yelled
attack on the Soviet Union has
dropped negotiations about a.
debt settlement, refused credit,
and practically closed its embas-
sy in Moscow. This has been done
even though the New York Times
admits that the Soviet Union has
the best financial condition in
the world. The total foreign debts
of the USSR are about l25 mil
lion dollars, while its gold pro-
ductiOn is over $50 million dollars
a year, and its favorable balance
of trade is around $50 million dol
lars.
AT THE SAME TIME that this
hostility to the Soviet Union is
being increased, Roosevelt is en-
barking on staggering military
expenditure. The national de-
Tense program now before Con-
gress includes the following
items:
Reg. Navy ApprOp. $4S9, $40, 900
Reg. Army Approp. 3S1, ESQ, 900
Army MOderniZatiOn 405, 100000
Navy New Building 32l, 100000
Flying Fields 190,0O0,O0O'
Navy Public Works
Allotment 100000
Army Public Works
Allotment 100000
This is a total of nearly two
billion dollars to be spent on war
preparations for the next two
years. In order to force this pro-
gram on the American people
elaborate propaganda has been
Embossed. The main instrument
has been National Defense Week,
and of course along with this a
vicious red scare. Knowing that
the Communist Party will be a
leader in the opposition to this
war preparation while people |
starve, the militarists are trying !
to attack and discredit this spear
head of opposition.
WHILE FOOD PRICES are in
creasing daily due to the drought |
and government crop destruction
program, the farmer has not ben
Gifted. Reports from Washing |
ton of the firing of the liberal
members of the AAA indicate !
that they protested against this
policy of exploiting both the !,
farmer and the consumer for the /,
benefit of the middlemen. Fig
ures in the February Is Annalist ,
bear this out. The total income !,
which the farmer receives is de-
clining in the face of increased
prices. 1t dropped 4SS millions /,
in November to 435 millions in De-
cember. The index of cash farm !
income declined from as in De-
cember, 1888 to Ais in December, !,