Austria, Germany in Sore Straits

...His • mr being, since the days he stabbed * in the back, has been t o sell out one •nWlggers and then another...

...The rebuff suffered by Foreign MJnasM* Schober's customs union policy a t the League of Nations Council In Geneva...

...In less time than one could have foreseen following the political collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, the economic connection among i t s members baa been sundered and any a t t e m p t made by France today, in i t s counterplan against t h e proposed customs union of Austria, with Germany, aimed a t t h e resurrection of t he Danube monarchy in t h e s h a p e of an economic federation through preferential tariffa, credit facilitation, e t c , i s doomed in advance t o failure...

...Bread for the farmers, Bread for the workert, But mot a crumb For the useless shirkers...

...formation does a lot t o remove a bad a our mouth caused by contemplating t he ' Mayor Hoan in t h e midst of a g r o u p of ig mayors abroad...

...You would have to b e a downright, crummy crab, cemented with your prejudices not t s get a real thumping kick and t h r i l l out of t h e wondrous thing that unreels Itself before your eyes...

...SoHui htul choffft Of the Kremlin Lmmitrte...

...It (been pretty embarrassing to have been [roup turned down by a good French Solver is protest over the Sacco-Vanzetti L » for us Manhattanites the word "Mayor" Boanotation and that highly odious...

...And so mightily/"dumb was Nick, He couldn't tetta fiddler From a nasty Bolshevik, t "My name is also Nick," said the first, "Ani mine is Leon, smiled the second fellow...

...I asked far the maid, Ami they starti at me...

...They brought him a bowl, And fetched him a pipe, But the fiddlers never came...

...And in Bremen the bourgeois parties have declined t o work w i t h the National Socialists in t h e government [The Austrian Cabinet resigned on Tuesday after one minister resigned as a protest against terms of a foreign loan...

...And neither do we, sweet majesty!' Quaintly replied the naughty three...

...And y e t n o g r e a t er drama for mankind has unfolded itself 1er t h e s p i r it and heart of all sane men a nd women sine* life on e a r t h began...

...This time ••b an "agreement" with the operators » » rate of 30 cents a ton and $3.90 for * toe top notch day r a t e . This rate is • aton and ninety cents a day lower than We non-union miners in t h e Rockef eller'"'bdatton mines and other non-union op' t h a t Lewis is deliberately a t - ^^JrVeaa wages, union and non-union, in 1*7** to the starvation point...

...I had t o go away singing something gay and h e a r t lightening...

...Old King Nick is mow mo more, Because his brain was very thick, So thick, it couldn't tell a fiddler From a Bolshevik...

...He h a s accordingly Bittner into the Fairmont-Morgantown b" north of the Kanawha district where •nsy and t h e others are m a k i n g their Pb, with Instructions to sell out t h e min; *at Van needs any instructions...

...Ton d o n t see a banker, broker, lawyer, merchant or fan bladder specialist hi t w o hours of show...

...Provincial and municipal elections during the last few weeks have revealed a material strengthening of the Christian Social P a r t y . This gain has been mostly at the cost of the Heimwehr (reactionary home guards) who have been absorbed by t he Christian Socialists and a r e in a s t a t e of complete dissolution...

...The Socialists a r e in ty, but because Daniel Webster Hoan h as the voters that he is honest and efficient sen re-elected repeatedly...

...The German tariff policy moves along t h e same lines s a d d a r i n g t h e l a s t f ew weeks h a s b r o u g h t shoot an Increase i a the price of bread is most of the big German cities doubly aggravating in t h e face of the fearful unemployment a n d t he pi e s s u i e upon wagea T h * earnest protests made to t h e government by t h e Social Democrats haven't been able to effect any real change, but merely have led to some r a t h e r Ineffective modifications...

...Recent provincial and local elections have shown that the position of the National Socialists, at least numerically, is still stronger t h a n a t the t i m e of t h e last Reichstag elections on Sept...

...Who* tkty said ht war tatmg His blackbtrd pit...

...The splitting off of a p a r t of t he National Socialists from the bulk of t h e p a r t y h s s a t asade t h e s i t uations in Germany any easier...

...At the same time more favori a r e being shown t o t h e b i g lam owners, f a the form of the socalled help for t h e E a s t , t c reGermany especially h a r d hit by the shifting of frontiers and t he agrarian crisis, blatta*** of millions of m a r k s a r e being given to t h e biff l*nd owners, who...

...We are through with the top And the worthless middle . . . Everything now Is bottom side up...

...N ew *bkh Norman Thomas is chairman...

...M c A l i s t e r C o l e m a n. | g » Socialist who h a s not contributed Ew F o r w » r d Drive and c a n d o s o h e IjjJJJ n r to and the chap who' ia not Mother Pyatiletka Nursery Rbvmen Pussy Cat, Pussy Cms, w s c r f nave yea sewsr Pee Wee to htaseow To visit tkt Onsen...

...The Austrian State, in t h e midst of i t s financial troubles, h a s n ' t t he cash t o t u r n over t o the Cr?ditans t a l t voted by P a r l i a m e n t It must raise the money b y floating a t r e a s u r y loan, mostly abroad and principally in France...

...There has been a shifting of s t r e n g t h m favor of the Christ i an Socialists (clericals) within t h e ranks of the t h r e e coalition government parties of late...

...Way down a t the end of the first pears this delicious b i t : "Milwaukee h as it Mayor who h a s been in office for fifteen t tils is not g r e a t ly significant in a survey useless city...

...If t h e Reichstag F i r s t night: "Pardon me, air, y e a h a v e abbassassi yeas...

...circulation which is deeper?i by "The "Evening Post" these doldrum •fit Post," which is a white elephant on B of old Whiskers Cyrus H. K. Curtis of A has sent one of i t s bright young m en •tee to find out why g a n g s t e r s keep strie tjIobj that Socialist City...

...The domestic political situation is all mixed up...

...k *• We s t a r t ed off by saying that we *">$ to use this column for boosting k, jLJ*" A n d nere we a r e doing just j j n o t the thought of John L. and h is l ^ ? " » themselves as "leaders" of labor - * M ~ ~ r a t e l v turning on ' a s fine a twol »w"*L ** this country knows drives all out of our so-called mind a nd ^ • a e h a blind rage t h a t we could bite * »*ole hoeshead of tacks...

...Dumb King Nick, was very thick, For a very thick brain hai he, He called for his bowl, and called for hit Pit* Ani yelled for his fiddlers three...

...I t will be somewhat sacrilegious to ascribe t he parentage of these doggerel tots to t h a t tremendously important film out of Russia, now Showing a t the Central Theatre, as "The F i v e Tear Plan...

...Prince** Starhemberg, therefore, has abandoned the sinking ship and h a s told the public t h a t he intends to devote nunaeif to his p r i v a t e affairs, which means t he s e t t l i ng of t h e debts incurred by the equipping of his p r i v a t e army...

...It does, however, give some 1 of the fact t h a t Milwaukee prizes good sit far above party...

...Germany's economic attraction for A u s t r i a is bound toi b e enhanced by the c r a s h of t h e Credi t a n s t a l t. I t is t r u e t h a t a t t h e same time A u s t r i a ' s d?pendance upon England and France is Increasing...

...nevertheless, never can be satisfied...

...On June IT a Vienna »»K Lf—^ reported a a -y—«—rt m principle with the Bank of England to pisce bal f of the *2i ,000,000 treasury loan to help the Cr?ditans talt...

...Said Simple Sapman to the Nepman, "Why are you going theret" But the Nepman was no Sapman, To tell would never do, For even such a simple sap Might be a Gay-Po-pook, • e e "Ah...

...2 JO t o straight to t h e anti-Lewis, prog n i the Kanawha field...

...Then three strange^ men Caute into court...

...Naturally this materially restricts the A u s t r i a n government's freedom of movement in t h e field of foreign affairs...

...of a peace-loving and • Ctonie disposition, we would like to "Lrtody and print all t h e m a t e r i a l s u b - ^ ^ t u r a B y if we did, t h i s would be ~~t ggtanm...

...frnji detested dictatorship and duty*, u long s s this column is left t o o u r ^jaee, we shall print in i t Just what we . ^ considerable glee the series of a r - ^ssesafcee now r u n n i n g in t h a t fantastic Lt ?wuse-organ, "The New T o r k Evening m\ h the r a g t h a t has been carrying H. .-cocker s articles on Russia's Five-Tear T^~tbt jmsslng heading, "Fighting t he ? Menace...

...They call me Joe," said the steely third "I don't give a damn," King Nick made a bellow...

...ggjr.es for...

...Have yam amy wheat ? Yes, tir, yet, tir, That s sag meat...

...T h drive to cut prices and wages s t a r t e d with so much effort las Autumn, has been absolutely inef fective from a purely economii standpoint and h a s merely sue ceeded in filling the masses of thi workers w i t h t h e g r e a t e s t distrus and hatred of t h e Bruening gov eminent because the l a t t e r hai been using all t h e power of thi S t a t e ' s arbitration machinery fo: t h e purpose of forcing wage re auctions...

...It flashily-dressed, shifty-eyed Broadway ype whose chief activity is kicking off b at games between the city's Celts a nd denouncing: all his critics as "reds...

...slightly g r e a t e r t h a n t h a t of thi year before, still the t o t a l num...

...On t h e contrary i t m a y constitute t he cause of still g r e a t e r danger...

...We l ^ a i d something m due time, and somejjijng too, if we b a d been let alone...

...Imagina, yon F o x a r i Paramount-filmed Americans, n o t a silk gown, or a dress shirt, o r a jaaay night club scene fat t h e whole play...

...Every F -usasses in asking u s t o mention this >*^das or t h a t performance, this o r t h a t Xtairslv beine...

...The Social Democracy, upon the whole, has held its positions in these elections and even h a s won some seats because of the increasing divisions among i ts opponents...

...gfove" Second Knight: "Pardon me, I t h r ew i f were dissolved today the bourge ois center, with the exception o the Clericals, would be j u s t abou wiped o u t And o n t h e Left sid< of Parliament there would be 4 shifting of s t r e n g t h from t h e So ciallsts t o t h e Communists wfalcl would make i t impossible t o s e t trj a n y kind of a working govern m e n t The economic crisis i s r a g i n g wit...

...I n Germany, despite t h e despera t e economic situation, the supporters of the republic by no means are eager for the overthrow of the bourgeois coalition government headed by Heinrich Bruening...

...As t h e whole point of t he S that far from fighting the "Red Trade I jje European nations which the "Post" -aart visited are welcoming Soviet lowgortj with open arms, it might seem a B to have the headline writers and t he -ygts get together once in a whiie and m ara...

...The b a n k ' s reserves of 40,000,000 schillings a r e completely wiped o u t With t h e collapse of t h e Credi ta n s t a l t disappears one of the last t r a c e s of t h e old A u s t r i a n domination of Southeastern Europe...

...But the Pan-Germans and the Agrarians also lost votes t o t he Christian Socialists and to the rising National Socialists, whose importance, however, isn't to be compared with that of t h e i r German brethren (the extremely reactionary followers of Adolf Hitler...

...As ^Tw-Jl be s o mention of t h e opus here...

...e Hey Diddle Diddle, The Cat and the Fiddle, The nepman is gone And the pre-war y id di e Toils on a farm Or works in a shop...

...2.1 every Socialist worth his salt to |~"efl challenge should be t h e most Uberai to The Emergency Committee for •TZp *t 112 East Nineteenth street...

...ber of idle workers in German: is much more t h a n 4,000,000...

...But k g of the doings of some other mayors sreign junkets, even Jimmy Walker goes m our estimation...

...After the usual I gags shout what made Milwaukee fai esrrespondent says t h a t New York, Chii ether gang-infested cities might well er the fact that there were but twelve • a Milwaukee last year as compared with rr» 121 and t h a t in t h r e e years in the I antro polis there has only been one u n - aroer...

...Bread for the scrubwomen, Bread for the stokers, Bat only chaff For the grubby brokers...

...Just bow a commonam like Dan Hoan got mixed up in this n a n is beyond our feeble powers of comL We dont begrudge Dan h i s well-earned g.-J>e do wish he would be a little more at he crowd he goes with overseas...

...We could jf...

...ii about the s a m e as saying t h a t although •Aainistrmtion is honest and efficient, this sr to do w i t h Socialism, but m u s t be d ue ih over Milwaukee or some other natural r* Star reforming and prohibitory comrades anaci, about this s t a t e of affairs in Mils' us hasten t o assure them t h a t while a is 86 per cent safer than citizens of t and New Orleans he has p r e t t y easy 3,100 speakeasies within the City limits, aman and George Goebel please note...

...undiminished force a n d e v e n thougl t h e decline in unemployment dur t a g the) last, few y e a r s has bee...

...It is reported that the Christian Social Party may form m mImmH, /-_ V-l . . j g p r r N T ! In spite of t a o contrary ^iL VI s»any of our comrades a n d friends, •* s not a bulletin board...

...And y e t after seeing the picture of the Soviet' land rising out of ignorance and primeval helplessness into literacy and mechanised efficiency...

...Simple Sapman met a Nepman Going to the fair...

...Only recently we received I yog consigning . u s to the depths of a 'jg-erao because we h a d n o t s a id anything written by one of t h e comrades...

...The secessionista, under ex-Captain S termes, composed the most energetic and t h e l e a s t disciplined eiementa of the National Socialist p a r t y . B y g e t t i n g rid of t h em Hitler h a s m a d e i t easier, r a t h e r than harder, for h im t o e n t e r t h e gove r n m e n t During the last few weeks h e h a s been busy t r y i n g to convince t h e world t h a t the N a tional Socialists a r e s t r o n g for legality...

...The only actors ta the play a r e fields of g r a i n dancing m t h e sunlight s s vast In width a s the heaven* and fenced in only by horizons, tractors and com bines doing their drudgery-saving magic, steel mills and dams, houses for workers, factories and mine*, railroads and power plants, and everywhere busy f a r m s r s s ad workers...

...Ami combines ami plows, Without rings on their fingers Or bells on their toes...

...14, 1030...

...you ought to send these poems to t h e 'Daily Worker'," came the enthusiastic suggestion from my Communist neigh bo r e t t e . " I 'm afraid dear lady, they would be rejected ss counter-revolutionary piffle by t h e serions gentlemen who thunder on t h e left," came my wisdomladen rejoinder...

...fcet Virginia we nave the disturbing news » two labor vultures, John L. Lewis and fangmin, Van Bittner, are busied with •Mary union-busting work in the coalto northern section of the State...

...rx economic a n d political difficulties gripping Austria were made still worse a few d a y s ago whan t h e bourgeois coalition Government announced that t he A u s t r i a n Credit Institute, by f ar the biggest bank m Austria, h ad suffered losses of about 140,000,000 schillings (worth 14 cents apiece) and, consequently, must be saved by the help of t h e S t a t e . The S t a t e a n d t h e National Bank h ad decided to put u p 130,000,000 schillings, p a r t l y In t h e shape of cash t o cover t h e lessee a n d p a r t ly in t h e f o rm of subscribing for new stock...

...A. d e W i t t...

...And so t h e y appear here, because Social Pesasi crate have a sense of humor, and will perhaps enjoy them for sweet nonsense sake...

...There isn't one h i n t of theatrieallsm in t h e wbses shsSkMsg It is all as live s a d real a s oar troubl?e, Nobody p l a y a c t s Everything le Ufa a s t t i a I t te by f a r the best contribution t h e Soviets h a t * made to Socialist education, because t t to honest and unadorned as r a w e a r t h . And X d o n t care 'Sow sore you a r e a t Stalin and h i s dictatorship, if you're a real Socialist you'll get the s a m e Joy t h a t Is still mine by having s a t in on t h a t film showing Assi I want to t h a n k Be m?e Feinman, our theatrical man for procuring t h e s e a t s for m a The Mrs...

...I asked for the King Ami tkty showed me the sky...

...T h e r e s t of t h e loss will be covered and fresh capital raised through advances by t he Rothschilds, who control the concern, and t h r o u g h cutting 25 p e r cent from the face value of t he old stock...

...jp with "request numbers...

...Even a fa**J *°tted in t h e very shadow of t he JSsn protests against this d i r t y business...

...m a m Be...

...Co*H??d...

...Pussy Cat, Pussy Co*, What sew you thtref Just workers and moujiks, Busy everywhere...

...h apparently alarmed at t h e splendid **flg made by t h e newly-organized West •be Workers' Union...

...Toms far Europe, Tarns far the East, But mot s kernel Far the Ussy priest...

...For Instance, in Thuringia a coalition government including National Socialiste has been ousted, w i t h t h e help of t h e Socialists and been replaced by a bourgeois cabinet embracing no National Socialists...

...When we have butter ami muffins and bread - Little Boy Blue will be Little Bey Rei...

...t h e deficit in t h e Federal budget, t h e covering of which is a cause of dissension among the three bourgeois Government parties, and the difficulties in customs and commercial policies, created by t he exorbitant demands of the Aust r i a n agrarians have brought about a lingering government crisis t h a t has been with us for weeks already and out of which there is no road in s i g h t Just a t present The government may quit any day, but t h e difficulty of finding a successor for it is so great t h at t h e crisis may d r a g along for weeks and months without any real decision...

...His brow grew black as caviar, As he shouted for each by name...

...black sheaf...

...e e e Little Boy Blue, dont blow year horn Until we have cows and plenty of corn...

...I n o t h e r words, h e w a n ts t o show t h a t he Is qualified to r u n f o r t h e government Bauer's efforts along this line have become especially strong since opposition to t h e National Socialists h a s become more intense in wide circles of t h e bourgeoale...

...the fearful economic crisis, which will be still worse in the next few weeks because of t h e collapse of the Credit Institute...

...Austria is trying at present to conclude commercial agreements with I t a l y and Hung a r y on this basis and i t also is possible t h a t similar pacts m a y be made with Yugoslavia and Rumania, but their actual results will amount to v e r y little...

...Ride a fast horse All the steppe aerose, Ami you cos'i find a lady Astride amy horse The ladies drive tractors...

...But o i course the use of t he Sing" s s d "menace" send quivers down TSm of the "respectable" riff-raff who ,|gsfs»ss i s this sheet and g o n o further...

...The Communists have, indeed, made some gains, but numerically they are still insignificant...

...tbaasoj h im too...