Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
WAR PARTY IN J.. 5.
DyT0RT5 THE NEWS
Newspapers and Government
Agencies Favor Sides i'm
European Conflict.

The American newspapers, pro-
noting Wall Streets war-profiteer-
ing program, are already operating
on a war-propaganda basis. While
gleefully lauding Dies for his "sor-
did, attempts to abolish democracy
in the United States and hailing
Daladier for having already accom-
plished its destruction in France,
the neutral press is trying to play
up British and French imperialisms
as the defenders of democracy" in
a war of ''ideologies," distorting the
peace efforts of the Soviet Union
and viciously Jumping it together
with fascist nations as zone and the
same"
The true role of Britain and
France is described clearly in the
recent speech of Molotov, Soviet
foreign minister. Said Molotov:
"The real cause of the Anglo
French war with Germany was not
that Britain and France had vowed
to restore the old Poland and not,
of course, that they decided to I'M
dertake a fight for democracy. The
ruling circles of Britain and France
have other and more immediate mo-
tives for going to war with Ger
many. These motives do not lie in
any theology but in their profound
ly material interests as mighty
colonial powers.
Great Britain, with a population
of $4,000, 600, possesses colonies with
a population of 480, 900, 900. The
colonial empire of France, whose
population does not exceed 42,O00,-
600, embraces a population Of TO-
100000 in the French colonies. The
possession of these colonies, which
makes possible the exploitation of
hundreds of millions of people, is
the foundation of the world SUI
premacy of Great Britain and
France.
1T is fear of Germany's claim to
these colonial possessions that is at
the bottom of the present war by
England and France against Ger
many which has grown substantially
stronger lately as the result of the
collapse of the Versailles Treaty.
1t is fear of losing world supremacy
that dictates to the ruling circles of
Great Britain and France the policy
of fomenting war with Germany.
Thus the imperialist character of
this war is obvious to anyone who
wants to face realities and does not
close his eyes to the facts. One can
see from all this who is interested
in this war being waged for world
supremacy. Certainly not the work
ing class. This war promises nothing
to the working class but bloody
sacrifice and hardships."
State Department and Murphy
Show Extreme Partially
It is interesting to note that the
war party is receiving strong sup
port from the U. S. State Depart
ment and from such liberal people
as Attorney General Frank Murphy.
A recent dispatch in the Daily
Worker quoted Murphy as stating
that the Department of Justice has
not been asked to take any action
in regard to American ships and
cargoes seized by the British and
French governments. On the other
hand, he said, the State Department
has requested him to look into the
legal aspect of the seizure of the
City of Flint by the Germans and
the subsequent treatment of the ship
by the Soviet Union.
When pressed by reporters, Muir
ply was unable to explain this dis
crepancy. 1t must be recalled that
Murphy has lately given his en-
dorsement to the Dies un-American
committee and that he has not
voiced disapproval of the vicious
Red-baiting, alien-baiting speech of
j.. Edgar Hoover, in which the chief
Oman referred to the foreign-born
as "alien-minded mongrels."
Capitalists Are United in
Greed for Profits
This and other instances of sup
port to the war-makers by people
high in the administration is dealt
with in critical fashion in a state
ment issued last month by the Ma
tional Committee of the Communist
party. The statement declares:
under the cynical mask of neu-
trality, the American bourgeoisie,
despite certain inner tactical differ
ences, is united in its greed for huge
war profits and imperialist aggran-
dizement. 1t is preparing to involve
the U. S. A. in the imperialist war
under conditions most favorable to
strengthening the world hegemony