Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-01-04
Toward War and Fascism

With the passing of every day and every
hour the Roosevelt government pushes faster
toward war and open fascism. The revelations
of recent weeks are only the most open evid-
ences.
The munitions Investigations showed the
national government to be in league with the
war makers so Roosevelt put the clamps on
further Investigations and Is trying to drain
off the public indignation aroused by the par
tial exposes by demagogically promising to
take the profit out of war; and putting Bar
uch and other Wall Street and munitions men
in charge of doing H. 4
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nal speaks eynitslly of it. Like Wilson, elected
ON the slogan of keeping us out of the war, and
soon after pushing us into it, Roosevelt will do
the same behind the false front of taking the
profits out of war"
Within the past month, the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers and the U. S. Cham
Der of Commerce cast aside their minor differ
ences and for the first time in history get to-
gether and decided on program to push
through the coming congress, the outlawing OF
the Communist Party and all other militant
groups, scrapping of Section IA and setting of
maxium wages at low levels, intensive prepare
tions for imperialist war, forbidding of mass
pcketing and sympathy strikes and "unauthor-
lied" strikes, and new low levels of forced labor
and misery.
At first, as window dressing to fool the
masses, Roosevelt said that he would not be
dictated to by these super business groups.
Within months time he has silently accept
ed their demands
Unemployment is increasing wages are not
increasing, prices are steadily rising mass mis-
cry is rapidly spreading, and war preparations
OF the government are being pushed to high
er level than ever before in peace time
Americas guns are pointed toward the Or
lent with naval maneuvers all over the Pacific
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get bigger slice in the imperialist plumber of
Asia. Witness the millions of dollars and the
armed forces loaned to China for fighting the
Chinese Soviets.
The chemical and other war industries are
urging Roosevelt to make trade agreements
that will permit them to expand their profits.
Other New Deal leaders are talking OF
speedy initiation; treasury experts are talking
of compromise on the bonus that will save
the government from paying the veterans in
good currency and also bringing initiation that
would raise the gold price from $3l to SAL
Japan lunging toward mperialist war, has
inflated her currency until her gold price al
ready stands at $50 an ounce.
Every means of propaganda is being used
by the American ruling class to conceal the
deepening crisis that surrounds the ROose-
welt raw deal
Dozens of snowy new magazines and other
publications being issued by the AAA and
the other alphabetical false fronts in a des-
perate effort to make the people believe that
we are coming out of the crisis instead of going
deeper.
In the daily press every imaginable trickery
is used to discredit the militant labor move
ment and push public opinion to the open
fascist stage. The Seattle Pr and all other
Hearst papers run daily ISLANDERS and calls to
violence against labor. garnished with daily
scare-heads composed Of false quotations from
Lenin and other Communist leaders.
The most widely read national weekly news
magazine Time" scoops mud fro the gutter
and speaks OF Stain as an ex-bomb thrower.
Hearst often calls Communists, bombthrowen.
False and vicious cartoons of supposed Com
munists" grace the pages of hundreds of papers.
Never before in peace time hsa there been
such flood of pro-war films from Hollywood.
Hardly show but what fairly screams: Pre-
pare, Prepare for Warl"
The terror is already with u.s. Hearst, adj
mitted friend of Hitler shouts, The time for
action is NOW Let democracy stamp out Com
munism Don't wait until the fascist man-on-
horseback appearsl"
Only mass pressure can effectively answer
this challenge and prevent war. Push the work.
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