'Pase Four PEOPLE’S ADVCGCATE December i0, 1937 Big Trusts In Germany Hold Power —Eliot Janeway Two-thirds of Business Enterprises Forced To Wall Under Regime Of Hitler. MONOPOLY GROWS Somehow the impression seems to have got around that business doesn’t make profits in Germany, Non-Germans, when they think that, are jooking a bit too far ahead into the future. For the present at least, Fascism is working, which is a nice way of saying that business is raking in the dough—big business, that is. The facts are simple. Two-thirds of the business enterprises Hitler inherited from the republic haye been put out of business. The third remaining in operation have taken them over, earning bigger profits than before on more capital In 1934, before Fascist economics had had a chance, the Berlin Stock Exchange traded in the shares of 933 corporations, each strong enough to have survived the extra- ordinarily severe German depres- sion. Today, the Exchange trades in the shares of only 385 com- panies. Take the 1936 records of the 180 largest of these 380 companies. Bighty-tour of them maintained dividends to their owners at 1935 levels, and 60 actually increased their dividends. Only 20 paid no dividends, and eight reduced pay- ments. In the banner spring of 1937, the New York Stock Ex change—with its sick rails, utilities And’ other chronic sufferers—was | 2dvocates’ are inevitably joining hardly able to boast as profitable | OR© of two camps: that which ; holds for isolation and retreat a performance. tno of The Breadline In Madrid year of siege. a in Madrid , despite the danger of death or injury from shells or nt, their morale is unshaken after more than 2 US League Holds Meet and youth groups Dr. Harry F. Ward, unanimous- resentation tripled since its Cl ly re-elected chairman, said peace Trade Unions Take Strong Stand For Peace, Democracy PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 9—(FP)—Its trade union rep- eveland congress of nearly two years ago, and with strong delegations from farm, church in attendance, Against War and Fascism, meeting here, changed its name to the American League for Peace and Democracy and be- came a rallying point for peace forces which seek the US out of war and to help keep war out of the world.” the American League “to keep FMPB Sends Meyers To Be Seattle Candidate Will Oppose Dore As Mayor in Next Years Elections Seattle, Wash. Dee. 9 —An- nouncement that he will enter Seattle’s civic election contest next year as mayoralty candidate op- posed to Mayor John EF. Dore, who is seeking re-election, has been made here by Lieut.-Governor Vic- tor A. Meyers of Washington. before Fascist aggression and that which stands for “honest neutral- ity.’ The latter position, upheld by the league, would stop penalizing the victims of aggression and give them access ot economic resources Small Business Hit But, the skeptical will still ask, that was 1936. Hasn’t Hitler finally clamped down on the big boys? Glamp down Hitler certainly did— Big Shipment Christmas Gifts Worth In a recent radio broadcast Meyers charged that Dore is im- perilling the interests of Seattle's entire population by his oit-de- clared subserviency to the “labor ezar’—a veiled allusion to Dave put on the small fellows who had not yet taken the hint and gone to the wall. For Sept. 1, 1937, Ger- many’s new company law went in- to effect. Its provisions are simple. Henceforth, no company can ke formed with a capital of less than half a million Reichsmarks (about $200,000), the previous limit was only 100,000 Rm. And whereas until now, company shares were issued in denominations of 100 Rm., the smallest denomination for new issues is ot be 1,000 Rm. They call that raising the ante in Montana. But still; what of the boys big remain in the game? Well, what about them? Take the banks. One of Hitler’s inheritances from the depression was the bad debts of the banks. They had plunged heavily during the *20’s, and when everything crashed, their assets weren’t worth the paper they were embossed upon. So naturally, Hitler took them over. That is, the state nursed enough to involve the US in war.” Represented at the ganizations, having 2 membership of 4,406,408 in 26 states. Of these, 405 were delegates from 332 trade bers. national unions, four AFL: and 16 GIO central bodies, two CLO state bodies and six district joint boards. Approximately half a million trade at the previous CONgTress.- The league invited membership of organizations and individuais on the basis of agreement with its peace policy and support of its aim “to protect and extend demo: cratic rights for all sections of the American people.” Representation on the national committee, league governing body, will henceforth be by nomination ganizations, them for a while. But now their period of convalescence is Over. Gradually, the enormous blocs of bank stocks formerly held by the government have been returned to ¢heir former owners. Krupp Dominates Industry tells the same story. The skeptical talk of taxes. Well, here’s how taxes “bleed” German big business. Germany wants to make her own oil out of her vast coal deposits. The idea is feasible, put expensive. What happens? Does the state take over in the public interest? No. Krupp, which is very much a private and profit- making affair, forms a new sub- sidiary, plunks 20 millions into it, eral parties are ready to join. Wide Program The program of action adopted at Pittsburgh calls for: 1) organ- izing citizens’ committees for labor rights when these are attacked by private force or public officials; 2) defeating legislative attempts to compel incorporation and financial inspection of unions; 3) defeating the War Department plan to con- and industry and script labor regiment the press and radio; 4) supporting an anti-lynching law and opposing discrimination opposing against minorities, 5) propaganda of national hate; 6) ‘“inder conditions which would not “congress were 1320 delegates from 806 or- union bodies with 1,647,250 mem- Included were three inter- union members were represented of affiliated unions and other or- thus placing control in the hands of the constituent bodies. Affiliation will no longer be open to political parties, until sev- $15,000 Are Shipped to Canadian Volunteers in Spain. By BECKLIE EWEN. TORONTO, Ont., Dec. 12.—Col- lected from every corner of the ‘Dominion, 55 crates of food and merchandise, worth $15,000, are now on their way to the hundreds of volunteers in the Mackenzie- Papineau Battalion, Ganadian unit of the world-famous International Brigades in Spain. Enthusiastic response to the cam- paign of the Friends of the Mac- kenzie-Papineau Battalion for a $5000 Christmas gift fund resulted in $7500 in cash and an equivalent amount in goods being collected. Young and old alike worked to make the campaign a success. An | old lady of 75 in Shere, BG, knit- ted three pairs of socks. In Corn- wall, Ont., 10-year-old Shirley Sil- verman saved her spending money and sent in seven packs of cigar- ettes. At Bellevue, Alta., the ehil- dren collected $10 and proudly for- warded it to the HMPB. ‘About $1000 came from trade union locals throughout Canada. The Loggers in British Columbia topped the list with $400, the Hotel and Restaurant Workers in Toron- to gave $75, with special greetings to their 12 members in the bat- talion, the Street Railwaymen in BC sent in $70. Some 800 women’s committees from coast to coast knitted 700 pairs of socks, besides mufflers, sweaters and mitts. In all, 1700 in- dividual parcels were shipped, in addition to 1000 pairs of army Beck, Teamsters’ union official. Meyers declared: ‘We have the Wagner-Connery act, which pro- vides that workers shall have the right to join the labor union of their own choice, and provides that where a questian of jurisdiction is involved, that the employees of the plant hold an election under the supervision of the National Labor Relations board, and that a major- ity of these workmen shall be recognized as the authority for col- lective bargaining. Dore, he charged, has permitted and encouraged “the labor czars” to defy “the decisions of the NL RB and “take the law into their own hands.” “T honestly believe,” he stated, “that if the Wagner-Connery act was enforced it would bring about an immediate end to jurisdictional | disputes in Seattle. | “If I were mayor there wouldn’t | be a peanut stand closing up in Seattle because of a jurisdictional dispute. How would I do it? Very simple. “Tet the workmen hold_an elec- tion, and if the majority wanted to be AFL and if the AFL was set up as a bargaining agency, these men would be protected in their rights. “Qn the other hand, if they yoted to go CIO, they would pe eaually protected.” Meyers lashed at Dore for allow- ing the existence of “protective as- sociations,” declaring: “Gertain misguided business leaders, to the detriment of the consuming public, have made com- mon cause with certain labor ezars and have entered with them into a combination to control and boost supporting 2 referendum before war may be declared, except in case of invasion; 7) securing an embargo against war supplies to Japan, Germany and Italy; 8) sup- porting a people’s boycott against raises another 10 millions in the open market, and charges mono- poly prices for the product. Does the state complain? Wo, the treas- ury is led to pay tribute to Krupp- For the New Germany must be self-sufficient. Japanese, German and Italian | : = ,. | goods; 9) removing restrictions on Altogether, syndicates in Krupps eocese. «by the gover Saree | class have raised a cool 140,000,000 | Rm. for this new industry, which is to be in the hands of some five trusts already dominant in steel, coal and other basic industries. China and Spain to US markets, applying: regulations to purchase and shipment to remove the risk of US becoming involved in war, 10) demanding a foreign policy based on the distinction between the ag- gressor and his victim; denying US economic resources to the war- making, treaty-breaking aggressor and opening them to his victim, and concerted action to quarantine the aggressor. There are some people who don’t listen to arguments. You must show them figures. Well, for them, just forget about the foregoing. Tell them that in 1935 the great Wanderer auto and arms trust in- | creased profits 16.2 per cent and { paid 8 per cent; that the Hoesch Inetallurgical works trebled their profits; that the steel trust, which a as like the banks was bankrupt in CHICAGO, Ul, Dec. 9.—(FP) : 7, Gonsumer co-ops in Ghicago and 2 S E ‘ 1932, Teinvested profits of 700,000, vicinity have increased their pbusi- 000 Rm. in its enterprises. ress 37 per cent over ae? ene I suppose that profit-under-Pascism school of thought boils down to is that, under Fascism, big business is dis- couraged if it makes no more than 6 per cent, Well, US Steel will take the 6 per cent, and let the slumps eo. Which is to say, armaments are a very good way of stopping business recessions. Maybe Hitler has the answer. Krupp thinks so. CO-OPS INCREASE what the no- NEW WESTMINSTER — Installed Free — ELECEIRIC and GAS RANGES Phone JIMMIE DOUGLAS FAIR. 1218 - New West. 136-R-2 Frigidaires, Oil Burners, Radios, Washers, lroners TERMS TRADES | tions boots, 1000 sweaters, 2000 pairs of socks, 1000 mufflers, 1000 combina- and 150,000 cigarettes, which 100,000 were collected by the YCL. ‘ Canadian Boys Are Defending Democracy In Spain the prices of the necessities of life, thereby enriching themselves and pauperizing the consuming public. These are called ‘protective 729 of Protection For Wealthy and other large English cities lecturers are explaining how specific directions laid down by: the Home Office. But the workers are far from being reassured. Their spokesmen point out that the government is providing no de- fense against the one form of at- tack which Spanish and Chinese experience shows will be used to destroy thousands—the high es- plosive bomb. No plans have been announced for evacuation of Lon- don or other congested cities. The Chamberlain government has only announced that “this will be a problem for the government of the day’’— postponing responsibility. To combat incendiary bombs, the government plans to foster manu- facture of a hand-pump,; 2 shovel- scoop and a metal bucket for sand. it presumes that with this outfit, the ordinary wife will be able to surround a burning thermite bomb with water and sand, scoop it up and carry it out with the rest of the garbage. When Sir Samuel Hoare, Home Secretary, announced this feature in the House of Com- mons, the entire membership, in- eluding his own bench, was forced to laugh. Moreover, manufacturers do not know if the government plans to furnish the equipment free to householders, as is being done with gas masks. The outfit; if sold gen- erally, would cost from $7.50 to $15. With skilled machine opera- tors in London making only $15 a week now, it is quite clear that few working class families will be able to afford the appliances, even if they should prove of value. No Evacuation Plans Already 25,000,000 gas masks are Workers Ignored in British War Defence By A. E. SEVAREID. LONDON, England, Dec. 9.—(FP)—Workers of London under present government plans for defense against air raids, the working classes will virtually be left to their fate. To day, all through England, in schools and town halls, from thermite and poison gas bombs, F =a CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING + & ri _ ADVERTISING RATES Classifiea, 3 limes 25c. Display advertisements, 750 per colums inch. Monthly and contract rates on application. AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE are just becoming aware that families can save themselves if only they follow ready for distribution. But gas- proof procedure implies a choice of rooms. The room selected for proofing must not be in a base- ment ,it should not be on top be- cause of fire danger and it should not be on the windward side. Mil- lions of poor families, living in a single room, will have no such possibility of a choice- _ The poor are the people who are forced to live near the factories, the docks and the railroads whict provide enemy bombers with their most important targets. The homes of the working classes are far more susceptible to spreading fire than those of the wealthy. Today, in apartment hotels of the well-to- do, gas and bomb-proof shelters are being built at great cost. The schools attended by the children of the wealthy, such as Hiton, are al- ready building similar structures. For the ordinary schools, however, no plans have yet been announced. Unless real evacuation plans, by some miracle, should actually be formed and should prove effective, the workers will have to remain in London and the large manutactur- ing cities. While they are under fire, there will be nothing to stop fhe well-to-do from escaping to their country estates in the north or south. Militant working class leaders are demanding that in time of war, the large country estates of the rich be appropriated as shelters for women and children from en- dangered cities. That the conserva- tive government would not consent to such a proposal seems quite clear. WHITE SPOT SERVICE STs tion. Complete Automotive Serr ice. Shell Products. Phone Mar pole 683. 8091 Granville St. BARBER SHOPS 2 “TT PAYS TO TOOK WELL" Visit the 4 POINT Barber Shop 920 Granville St. Sey. 4218. FOR YOUR NEXT HATRCUT-— Gall and see “Appy”’ at Appys Barber Shop, 179 Bast Hastings Street. BICYCLES AND REPAIRS HASTINGS BICYCLE SHOP—BI eycles bought, sold & exchanged Pots, pans repaired. Cutlery sharpened. 402 Bast Hastings St BICYCLES, NEW AND USED— Baby Carriages, Sulkies, Doll Car riages, Joycycies. Repairing of al! kinds. Saws filed, eys cut, ete W. M. 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