A Nation of Bluffed Slaves
Kirkpatick, George R.
A Nation of Bluffed Slaves by George R. Kirkpatrick TPH|S is the hottest question that ever scorched a slave'h soul. And this question is absolutely new in the history of mallkind—new because...
...house the necessity of having an adequate force to intern fugitives from Austria who may enter Yugoslavia...
...He can't understand why "his" men insist upon striking {¦gainst his...
...Whafs your answer...
...The pretext is plausible, but diplomats here are shaking their heads and believe only half of the Belgrade story...
...Ithaea Tonipkln* County I .oral has •elected Wriii \ C. I .as11¦ inii of Hrooktelidull- tor Awmlilj, (inlnve l.okkril of t 11ft...
...It is feared that should the Italian troops enter Austria, a similar move will be made by the lYugoslavs, and the consequences of the two armies meeting on "neutral" territory lend themselves to the most gloomy speculations...
...now it has a war between fascists and Nazis...
...Why could not Russia be temporarily accommodated by the second hank ? Whatever the true explanation may be, Mr...
...but he will not give l them the right to talk to him in a body, nor self-respect, nor will " he give up his "right" to exploit them...
...Well, then, why not produce plenty for all...
...but never before cotdd any people anywhere on earth produce plenty for all the people...
...N«w Usd.r...
...Everywhere the lines of cleavage seems to run between political parties and social classes rather than between nations...
...The dividing lines will not be geographical boundaries but different conceptions...
...70H K. Senecn St., Ithacu, In clinrnc of the sole of books nnd pamphlets...
...Sir: j Remove John F. OfRyan as Police Commissioner of New Yorkl New York City needs no militarist in charge of the police...
...that can be left to the Knickerbocker Grays...
...In other words, the officials of the bank may extend credit to Help defaulting nations, including Russia, make purchases in this market if they so desire...
...He gave them model houses and ahtletic...
...Old and experienced diplomats liken the present time not to 1914 but rather to 1848, when revolutions broke out in many countries...
...Mktr of Th...
...The excuse for such preparation is that there is fighting between Austrian government troops and Nazi rebels close to the Yugoslav border...
...Another diplomat points out that while Hitler is scared stiff by the hostility of the world, domestically he may be helped by it...
...Why should the bluffed multitude, toiling on the farms and in the mills, expect respect as long as their answer plainly is Yea, plenty is too ptoch-ro/ working people...
...The second dangerous point is the move of the principal European powers to block the acceptance of Vice-Chancellor von Papen as German Minister to Vienna...
...The technological knowledge is all ready...
...bene vulent rule...
...And Kohler will give the workers in his toilet factories everything he thinks they need...
...in the mills and mines—forced to live far below the level of plenty—what's your answer...
...in the face of the policy the President adopted in recognizing the Soviet Union last November, suggest that either there are subordinate officials who are given to caprice, or that there may be some influential person or group working behind the1 scenes in Washington to Sabotage the President's policy and prevent any improvement in our relations with the Soviet Union...
...another can make 350,000 capscrews in a single day...
...And today only one country on earth is actually able to produce bounteous plenty for all its people, and that is our country, the United States...
...In some diplomatic quarters the view is expressed that the present European situation may portend not the coming of a great war but of a number of revolutions, economic and political...
...And want and lite fear of want haunts 15 Million homes...
...Behind the Scenes in Washington 'By Benjamin Meimari Special Correspondent QIMNTONS among the diplomats on the Austrian situation are that it will not lead to a European war...
...The decision to omit Russia was, therefore, purely a matter of discretion...
...THEY DEMAND THAI O'RYAN BE DISMISSED AT ONCE Let the people make their protest heard...
...The mills, mines, machinery, tools, forest*, and so forth, are all ready...
...Welfare" work, gymn slums, lecture halls, hospitals, visits by social workers to the kids, and all the rest, are no more nor less than "yellow dog" unionism in disguise...
...bluffed by the private owners of the nation's strategic industries—hluffed*.ta a standstill, they are— and they will continue to Ik—helpless, hungry, seedy, afraid, limjdly whimpering for "aid"—until they learn the industrial time of day—and get together, stand together—and, unbluffed, demand the right to produce plenty for all, and demand the right of the worker to have and enjoy plenty—always plenty...
...Yet 100 million American people are living far below the level of plenty...
...While Great Britain and France agree that Italy should be permitted to send all the troops required to cope with the Austrian situation, such an action will involve Italy in guerilla warfare, which will keep'her busy for many months if not years, with the attitude of the Yugoslav government still lacking clarity...
...and it has been fought out in countless other places...
...2 lit the l.nliki-ii Farm, I infield, when n ¦ Iniii imiii will lie elected to tlfl the varnnrv-erciilfil by Inldor II...
...It was only later that the plan was enlarged to facilitate trade with Cuba, for which purpose the second bank was created, and still later was expanded to include jother countries...
...Peek, but he refused to offer a satisfactory or logical explanation, contenting himself instead with the supercilious , remark that "the world is full of inconsistencies...
...This puts it up...
...And it is pointed out that if Russia were ruled by Social Democrats, the Soviet government would probably also mobilize on the Austrian border to help the Socialists...
...The proud, roused slave will hotly answer, "Noj Plenty is not too much...
...I < I for Coroner, nnd Trevor Tcule of lthiiru for Commissioner of Public Welfare...
...bluffed by the courts...
...Dispatches from Vienna indicate that, in spite of the substitution for the inexperienced Prince von Starhemberg of the slightly more experienced Dr...
...fields...
...I Kohler of Kohler jjltfALTER J. KOHLER of Kohler, Wis, one of the world's most Wr eminent manufacturers of toilet seats, is a sadly disillusioned mail...
...The single exception, for some curious reason, is the Soviet Union...
...O'Ryan admits the regiment is to "pro* tect" the city against strikes...
...The loeul Iihh put O. II...
...He let them garden in their spare time and he paid them what he though was good wages...
...And this question is absolutely new in the history of mallkind—new because it is now 12 o'clock noon in industry—thtit is, it is now—at last!—easily practicable to produce plenty for all our people—yes, all of than...
...Perhaps, since the first bank was organized especially for Russia's benefit, it may be intended to revive that institution as soon as a settlement, of the Russian debt question makes that feasible...
...Inquirers pointed out this inconsistency to Mr...
...and the Austrian fascists are encouraged by their brother-fascists from Italy...
...to the workers—to decide: Shall the notion's industries foe manned and managed to produce profits for a minority, or to produce plenty for all the people ? * * * It's noon—12 o'clock—dinner time—in American industrial development—the time for plenty for all the people...
...And in matters of that kind it happens that there is no way of coming to an agreement unless there is some way of talking for all the workers at once—that is, trade unionism...
...Is plenty too much...
...Today one man can weave 500 square yards of cloth...
...But even this explanation is open to question...
...The omission appears all the stranger in light of the fact that the idea of an export-import bank originated as the result of efforts by the Roosevelt administration to devise a practical means of promoting and financing trade with the Soviet Union...
...Fiorello H. La Guardia, Mayor of New York City...
...The skill and labor arc all ready...
...Peek's decision will certainly not make the present debt negotiations with Russia any less difficult...
...Of course, all admit the possibility of a major struggle but greatly discount its probability...
...This decision and the ruling on the Johnson act, both of which fly...
...The salient point appears to be the fact that the Austrian government was incapable of crushing the rebellion which broke out after Dollfuss' assassination, and Italian intervention appears snore probable than at any time since the outbreak...
...You whipped multitude...
...In any case, invitations- are to go forward to other defaulters...
...O'Ryan's outrageous order that all union officials be identified by police passports and their photographs filed with his department was a grave blow at the labor movement, and at the liberties of all the people...
...This *ort of machinery is everywhere —multiplying the workers' power to produce plenty—plenty for everybody...
...TOYArHft/ST GOI WEVD New Leoder Speaker Staatl H. FrltSmsn, UWr Editor •I Th...
...Kurt Schuschnigg, there is practically no chance of the Austrian government being able to put down the Nazi rebellion or of disbanding the Nazi organisations...
...Niw MsSsr strUd •f Mt.ll.n WKVD lilt* Kc> Friday, B*n Bl.m.nb.rr...
...The workers stand ready and able to produce plenty for everybody...
...The rich, said Tolstoy, will do anything for the poor except get off their backs...
...Yes, plenty, i* too much...
...see Strange Action Toward Russia j/^EORGE N. PEEK, president of ^* the Second Export - Import Bank, a government institution, has decided to invite all of the nations of the world but one to avail' themselves of the bank's facilities to stimulate trade with the United States...
...It is a battle that will never be settled until it is settled for all time by the elimination of all exploitation of labor...
...Only it happens that the workers don't think the wage* are quite as good as Kohler thinks they are...
...will »• th...
...Last February, Austria went through a war between Socialists and conservatives...
...Ready—as ready as ever—to pro* duce plenty for all...
...And the Austrian Nazis are backed by their brother-Nazis across the German border...
...Bluffed by the politicians...
...Why Russia is to be omitted has not been explained...
...another can spin l/iOO pounds of yarn...
...TTHK European situation has cn* tered into an acute phase, according to reports received in Washington...
...O'Ryan's "Rifle Regiment" was not organized to adorn parades by their perfect marching...
...For 50,000 years mankind has struggled, sweat and longed" for plenty...
...But the stunned, bluffed workers can't hear the beH...
...The meek, timid,, bluffed slave will answer...
...O'Ryan's militarism is a menace to all the millions of the city...
...Commissioner 0'Ryan Must Go...
...The fear of war may strengthen his position at home...
...It is a tribute to the manliness and the self-respect of the Kohler workers that they see through the fraud and fight for something bigger than their immediate comfort...
...what's your answer/ U plenty for everybody too much.' flow can the multitudes in the towns and cities buy abundant food and clothing while unemployed are forced to work for far less than sufficient to buy plenty—of your products...
...C TJhs N»w Ir.d.r •US...
...that one or more nations may resort to war in order to forestall revolution...
...Consequently, Italian intervention appears more than a probability...
...For the time being Belgrade has not made any bellicose move, but troops are being kept in readiness to be rushed to the Austrian frontier at a moment's notice...
...But the masters brutally declare: Plenty is too much—"quite unnecessary''—for working people...
...Famters of America—with a 71 per cent mortgage ow all your productive property...
...New York needs no reactionary labor hater IN WHOSE SHORT ADMINISTRATION MORE PICKETS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND MORE STRIKERS PERSECUTED THAN UNDER ANY PREVIOUS POLICE COMMISSIONER in a similar length of time...
...The strained relations between Yugoslavia and Italy are too well known...
...he played baseball with them and he asked them how the i missus was...
...Iloffinun, who Is JolnliiM the faculty of Columbia l nl vemlty...
...The struggle in Austria is taken as proof that the clash in the future will he not among nations but among different political schools, whether in their own countries or other countries...
...bluffed Iry the 'militia and the army...
...The same scrap was fought out in Dayton, Ohio, against Patterson of National Cash Register...
...A-n> article by Andrew J. Bitmiller with full details of (A« sensational Kohler strike will be printed next week...
...What the Socialists call the class struggle is working overtime here, just as it is everywhere else...
...Kohler, who Once interrupted his illustrious bathroom career to serve for a while as governor of his state, established a "model"] village for "his" men...
...One old-line diplomat (whose name I am not permitted to mention) is of the opinion that war may arise out of this revolutionary ferment...
...The supposition that an invitation to the Soviet Union is being withheld solely,because that country has defaulted on old Russian obligations does not seem to hold water...
...The people of New York are not interested in any political debt that you may owe to John F. O'Ryan...
...And that is something Kohler just won't stand •for . . . Aren't the ungrateful whelps, satisfied with sanitary washbasins and steam-heated tulip beds...
...Friday, A.1..1 *» « Uw.tsps esar...
...1 The hour has arrived for a national answer to this new national question: Is plenty too much?—and here is the reason that the question is new and the answer must he made and-made now—nnade by a multitude bluffed into meekness, or made -by a multitude awakY, proud and defiant—-yes, reader, here is the reason : • • . In one recent year our total national income- was almost 90 billion dollars, and this income was larger than the grand total incomes of the following countries: England, Wales, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Poland, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Czechoslovakia, Japan, India, China, Brazil, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa...
...Diplomats are divided in their opinion as to What the effect of this slur on the German government will be...
...Win Inn...
...To add to the mystery, the Second Export-Import Bonk is excluded by statute from .the provisions of the Johnson act...
...We are a nation of bluffed slaves- starving <>r half-starving, in shoddy clothes, in mean shelter—whimpering and whining about the depression...
...They shall not produce plenty for everybody...
...The local Is to meet Auk...
Vol. 17 • August 1934 • No. 31
