The Grotesque Alliance in Germany
The Grotesque Alliance in Germany EVENTS in Germany the past two weeks are of tremendous significance to Socialists. A highly developed capitalism is in the throes of convulsions. It has been...
...A powerful working class did not or could not unite and the governing regime moved from one crisis to another...
...The Stahlhelm allies, deprived of their share of this loot, brought an antagonism in the alliance below and this conflict seeped up into the Cabinet...
...A number of farm groups throughout have forwarded their credentials...
...Reduced rates will be obtained from all rooming nouses, while a request is being directed to the Government to grant the use of army cots and blankets and a number of buildings...
...They are also being advised that while railroad and bus companies are granting a 50% saving for the transportation of delegates, a survey should be made of all available automobiles that are owned by party members and sympathizers thst can be placed at the disposal of delegates, so that a group may travel for what it would cost one to travel on a train, 11—Youth organizations, which include the Young Circle league, the Young People's Socialist League, studsnt bodies, the Young Poale 7,ion and liberal groups, exexpect to have over 200 delegates in attendance...
...The cooperating orgsnizations include Y. P . S. I,., Young Circle League, L. I . D. atudent chapters, Pioneer Youth...
...W. M. Burleson, Master, Liberty Grange 1182, P o r t Allegany, Pa...
...Public offices and the professions were raided...
...The aristocrats were horrified as world opinion began to dash against every German frontier...
...6—Among the unions that are responding fast are those affiliated with the Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers, the International Association of Machinists, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and the International Ladies' Garment Workers...
...More than 1,500 - labor groups will receive a printed Copy of the chII together with credentials...
...If our trucks break down, we will ride the freight trains—On to Washington !" Thus writes one of the leaders of the New Mexican delegation to the Continental Congress to be held in Washington, May 6-7...
...Bat the mob must also have its nationalist sadist appetite satisfied...
...He will attend with a big delegation...
...The New York Workers Coma i i t t e e on Unemployment, with some ten large locals, will give active support to the Congress, as will the unemployed leagues affiliated with the Unemployed Workers' Leagues...
...They took a chance...
...Alfred H. Billett, Gen...
...George A. Smith, Hod Carriers', Building and Common Laborers' Union, Pocahontas, 111...
...Even the monarchist Steel Helmets tried to enlist Socialists and Communists in their ranks to oppose the Caliban...
...Today the ruling cliques in Berlin have lost enormous prestige at home und abroad and they have pushed German capitalism deeper into the abyss • The ruling class itself is divided, enrh has its armed camp, while Hindenburg has the Reich army and the power to declare martial law...
...Locals 261 and 490 have already done so...
...J. Breslaw, Sec...
...The bleeding became intolerable...
...892, Prairie Elk, Mont...
...A careful survey of every county in the state indicated that Virginia will have close to 200 delegates...
...United Wallpaper Crafts of Americs, York, Ba...
...The complete story of that Friday night Cabinet meeting has not yet been told but it is known that the aristocratic members told the parvenue Hitler that the Jew hunt must be called off...
...Unemployed Council, Pocahontas, HI...
...New Pledges of Support During the week credentials or endorsements of the Call came to national headquarters from thirtysix states...
...The most grotesque alliance in history emerged out of the economic crisis...
...Harry C. Parmenter, Pres...
...Promises were made to each interest, to each hate and to each prejudice, no matter how conflicting tiwy might be...
...Asked to House Thousands of Delegates To Continental Congress...
...While in Washington, they expect to create a machinery for joint action in future work...
...Rank and File Veterans of Lehigh Valley, Allentown, Pa...
...they were mobilized, they must have their prey...
...85, New York City...
...Herman F Niessner is in charge of work in southern New Jersey...
...Can Fascist hordes save capitalism...
...George A. Upton is getting a large delegation in Paterson...
...Prairie Elk, Mont...
...There was n compromise and the Jew hunt lasted one day...
...Kern Co., Cal...
...Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers, Burlington, Ia...
...Mussolini has not saved it in Italy and Hitler has only inflicted another injury...
...More than 10,000 workers pre represented by the council...
...sponsor* «f the congress hope for an attendance of 5,000 delegates...
...Snatching a few minutes from his fourteen hours daily labor in connection with the Congress, Lewis enumerated the following as tio...
...Why...
...United Workers' Union, Pottstown, Pa...
...Carpenters Union, Hagerstown, Md.—Treas...
...Polish Mutual Aid Society...
...1300 Already Elected Hundreds of Credentials Are Pouring in Weekly, Washington Office Reports (From a Neu/ Leader Corretp...
...Assoc...
...Young Poale Zion Alliance, N. Y. C ; P. 0 . Schallert, Pres...
...State directors for the Congress have been appointed in over thirty states...
...WASHINGTON.—with hundreds of credentials pouring m weekly, the Continental Contuse of Workers and Farmers lor conomic Reconstruction lias tqoested President Roosevelt to flint the use of several thousand •rtrjy cots and blankets, and a ••Biber of unoccupied government buildings to house the dele- P...
...W. A. Starr, Sec...
...One press correspondent declares that if there were another election the Nazis would not receive half the votes they received last month...
...It has been brought near its death-bed by the criminal bleeding of Germany by Allied capitalism in the post-war period...
...Federation of Labor...
...One of the largest youth conferences held in recent years will gather at the auditorium of the, International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, this Saturday afternoon, April 8, to plan for a delegation of a t least 200 from New York youth groups...
...Copies may be obtained by writing to 549 Randoph Street...
...Here was the gang that had led Germany to suicide in 1914...
...Federated Trades Council, Reading, Pa...
...The counterrevolution had no more than triumphed when it was divided...
...Hitler had to satisfy the mob...
...Nationalism was whipped to a white heat by a malign demagogue who, to get a following, came out of the depths with an anti-capitali8t and vague pro-Socialist program...
...Pressers' Union No...
...Joel Seidmau is head of a labor committee that is visiting all labor organizations...
...On Tuesday before the dramatic Friday meeting ol tns cabinet last week high-priced stocks fell on the Boerss from 20 to 30 points, minor stocks fell proportionately lower, and bonds also showed a sharp decline...
...Fawcett in Tarentum, Olivia R. King of Swarthmore, Curl Leathers in New Castle, W. G. Lemon in Kensington, Joseph Schwartz of Bhiladelphia, Clinton examples of how the Congress is rallying the organized workers of Ihe nation: I—James H. Maurer addressed the Haltimore Federation of Labor April 5 regarding the Continental Congress nnd won a warm recepS. Golden of Solebury, are among those who are organizing delegates in their communities...
...654, Fargo, N. D...
...of Unemployed, Durham, N. C; Michael Flaherty, Boston...
...248, Int...
...Nebraska Farmer Holiday Assoc...
...Plaster Tenders' Union, No...
...2—Buffalo organizations, under the direction of Robert Hoffman, have elected a dozen delegates, with the prospects that the delegation from Buffalo may reach 50...
...John Vairo, Chrm...
...Unemployed Cooperative League of Sandusky, Ohio...
...Names of these directors will be announced next week...
...In all cities having a number of organisations that are sympathetic it is being urged on party branches that a preliminary conference be held for the purpose of organizing t h e local activity to build up delegations...
...District Council 9 of the Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhangers and Decorators—the largest district council in the International union—voted unanimous endorsement...
...9—Over 600 Socialist party branches i n the 13 states constituting the eastern division, are receiving, in addition to the call and credentials, a book of 10c and 25c stamps, the proceeds from the sale of which will help finance the expense of delegates...
...Many delegates will be accommodated at the homes of sympathizers...
...The national executive committee of the Workmen's Circle, a labor fraternal society with more than 8,000 members, voted Its endorsement this week...
...Hitler objected that orders had been given his Brown Shirts...
...Marx declared that in such situations "rotting social layers" of society are likely to go with reaction, playing the role of "bribed tools of reactionary intrigue...
...Provision for the housing of delegates will be handled by a special housing committee being organized in Washington...
...5—New Jersey and Pennsylvania are forwarding credentials from different parts of their states...
...mong the active workers for the Congress in Massachusetts, besides Alfred B. Lewis, ia R. J. O'Brien of New Bedford, who has already secured the endorsement of a number of organizations, and Weldon C. Caie, active among the unemployed groups...
...The upper aristocrats were willing to risk the noose of Hitler, willing to ride the seething rage below them, gambling on an uncertain future when they would have to sign Hitler's checks...
...Socialists, Communists and Jews were thrown out and Nazis took their places...
...People's National Betterment Society, Winston-Salem, N. C.j Unemployed Council of Wright Township, Jasonvitte, Ind.s Madison County Unemployed Council, Glen Carbon, HI, Collinsville, 111...
...Georgo E. Morrison, Pres...
...Coming to power, Hitler and his aides skilfully turned the anti-capitalist opposition into hate of Jews, tens of thousands of whom had won economic success...
...New York organizations can receive more dotailed Information by writing or calling at the office of the New York Arrangements Com InRtee of which A. N. Weinberg Is secretary, at 8 West l«th Street...
...Harold R. Raitt is to take active charge of the work in Buffalo and in Niagara Falls, where, it is expected, the Central Labor Council will endorse the call and urge all of its affiliated bodies to send delegates.^ 3—Syrtit use : Roger L. Leonard, secretary of the Local Onondngo County, announces that a number of progressive and Socialist organizations are at, work securing the election of delegates...
...Farm gronpe In more than fifteen atates hare voted support of the congress...
...Electrical Workers' No...
...970, Kelso, Wash.} Harry S. Hogan, V. P. Farmers' Union No...
...Farmers' Union, Ernest W. Carlson, Pres...
...John L. Geist, Pres...
...Old ruling classes to save their regime may foster mob hysteria and sign a contract with it but they also run the risk of perishing in the embrace of the wild elements they encourage...
...Southern Illinois coal field organisations gathered at Old Ripley under the chairmanship of berg, president, and Joseph Baskin, secretary, were elected delegates...
...They cannot...
...Thomas Jones and Thomas Keane were elected delegates...
...Roy M. Brewer, Sec...
...Cancellation of foreign orders was fait in financial circles...
...The Jews must be thrown to the Hitler fangs itching for a man-hunt...
...Grand Island, Neb...
...Joseph Wein-John Traub to make plans for transportation east...
...He had . The date was set for a boycott and a man-hunt...
...A number of Baltimore organizations have already elected delegates...
...P. M. A. No...
...American Technocratic League, Denver, Colo...
...Farm Leader for Continental Congress Y l IT AN, Neb, 1W lighting lesder of the Nebraska farm holiday movement, Harry C. Parmenter, has given his full endorsement to the Continental Congress...
...Paul Spensberger, Sec...
...Central Labor Union...
...Kenneth Hanley, Sec...
...The farm a roups may occupy fully one-third of the delegate benches when the workers and farmers conclave Is called to order in the Washington Auditorium...
...Similar action was taken by the Jewish National Workers Alliance...
...Boyi from the ages of four to ten at the time of the armistice became young men who had lived fifteen years in a Germany without hope, doomed to Allied servitude...
...This upper class gang made a precarious alliance with the lower class sections organized as Hitlerism and the coalition ascended to power...
...Farmers' Holidsy Assoc., Prairie Elk, Mont...
...In other words, the first effect of the rise of Hitlerism was a blow at German capitalism...
...Arthur G. Leach, Pres...
...Had not Hitler for years promised the mob a Roman holiday...
...James Oneal snd August Claessens will address the conference...
...Morris Feinstone, secretary of the United Hebrew Trsdes, announced endorsement of the conference by his Influential labor federation in a letter to all local Unions urging them to elect delegates...
...George W. Bause in Pottstown, Earl D. Sabin in Erie, Martha Croushore and Viva E. Luce In Perryopolis, Albert G. Sellers in Allentown, John Fradel in Latrobe, Anton Zornik in Herminie...
...Jacob Kstsman, Nat'l Sec...
...In North Carolina Paul Porter will make an organization tour and speak to organized groups of farmers and workers1...
...The Congress will be held the huge Washington Auditorium here on May 6th and 7th...
...The locals affiliated were urged to send delegates of their own...
...Large Labor Groups In New York City Endorse the Congres j > E P R E S E N T A T I V E S of more than 1(X),000 workers in New York Cily endorsed the Continental Congress for Economic Reconstruction this week...
...Germany was to be dragged back a thousand years...
...Among the organizations represented are Central Labor Union, Lincoln, Nebraska...
...Hosiery Workers, Br...
...Unemployment Relief Assoc., Long Beach, Cat...
...Speakers' Notes Issued On Continental Congress CHICAGO.—Speakers' notes on the Continental Congress have just been issued by the national office of the Socialist Party...
...And then the alliance...
...Marx Lewis, secretary of the arrangements committee, said that hard work in the four weeks ahead would assure such an attendance...
...Jesse R. Bark, Bres...
...The great industries must be taken over as the collective property of humanity and not till we turn to producing wealth to enjoy instead of for exchange and sale will nations cease to be thrown Into convulsions of hysteria, national and racial hates, and madmen run amuck...
...The national headquarters In Chicago is being swamped with applications for credentials, calls for information, and suggestions for activities of the Congress...
...Where possible, enclose 15 cents in stamps...
...James II...
...7—David George and Herman Ansell discussed the Virginia arrangements with Lewis last week...
...Neb...
...New Mexico will send eight groups from different parts of the state...
...These young men and proletarians with hazy Socialist views but turned nationalist because of alien domination of Germany, declassed merchants and small capitalists, Protestants with ancient prejudices, and a motley collection of adventurers and even criminals, were all recruited If Hitler...
...The action was taken on the request of Judge Jacob Panken and A. N. Weinberg, who appeared in behalf of the Congress...
...If the former said "No," would the noose be coiled about their necks...
...From all sections of the nation, the lips Of clsss-conscious" workers and farmer* are trying, "On to Washington...
...Because of the depression, vast numbers of business offices, stores and apartments were tenantless and the Jew hunt would add to their number...
...Maryland held a similar meeting lasi week...
...of Machinists, York, Pa...
...Nothing less than Socialism will cut out the depression disease that afflicts every capitalist industry...
...12—More than 20,000 individuals and organizations will receive a request to help finance the expense of the Congress...
...Labor Council...
...5, Banama, 111...
...P . N. Long, Chrm...
...Assoc...
...Out of this came a situation not unforseen by Socialists...
...Itt the upper sections of society were the Junkers, the monarchista, militarists and great capitalist magnates...
...lows organisations interested fn the Continental Congress are calling a state meeting In Ottumwa on April 9 to discuss ways and means of getting that state adequately represented in Washington...
...Unemployed Citizens' League of Colorado ; U n e m p l o y e d Citizens League, Lansing, Mich...
...The alliance won...
...This has happened...
...It mounted every day while Hitler and an insane colleague sent the order down 'the line for the Brown Shirts to mobilize for the raid...
...porta from the Chicago of the Continental Coni n e s and the tallying of ere•**J»» here, Indicate the *?*Hm thus far of 1,80* delesS— from labor anion, farm H •"employed gross...
...Autos, Day Coaches, Freight and Trucks Will Bring Workers (From a New Leader Corre$p...
...7, Paterson, N. J . ; IL T. Belghtol, Bulde, Locsl No...
...128, Barbers' Union, Sioux Falls, S. D...
...Similar sentiments and plans arc echoed by other worker and farmer delegates throughout the country...
...Their Job will be to help with transportation and other ar rangementa for t h e delegates from the various points In their territory, and to get additional delegates from groups not responding to a mall appeal...
...They are eight mimeographed pages designed to fur nlsh factual material and background on the great May 6th and 7th demonstration in Washington...
...Govt...
...pHICAGO...
...4— In Ronton a state conference Is beiior palled...
...The aristocrats muRt oppose the madmen, but the Nationalists had polled an insignificant vote compared with Hitler's...
...Frantic protests continued to pour in from German industrial, financial and shipping corporations as the members met...
Vol. 15 • April 1933 • No. 14
