Chapter 1257 The Darkening of America Part 4

"Rise up, slaves who are starving and cold! Rise up, people who suffer all over the world! The blood in your heart is boiling, and you must fight for the truth..."

The high-pitched and passionate singing voices came into the U.S. Capitol. This was the singing of the American working class gathered in front of the Capitol in Washington. They were all striking workers pulled by the American Labor Party from various industrial cities in the northeastern United States.

The nationwide workers' strike that began in July 1945 lasted until September. Not only did it not subside, but it also reached a climax as the U.S. Congress began to discuss the "European Community-US Peace Treaty" and the "Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act."

However, the working class did not oppose the "European Community-US Peace Treaty". Now most Americans know that Germany has a very terrible super bomb, which directly destroyed 8 U.S. aircraft carriers with two bombs in the Bay of Fundy! So no one wants to fight anymore, so the controversy over the passage of the "European Community-US Peace Treaty" by Congress is not particularly large - of course there are many people who are unwilling, but they will not go to Capitol Hill to make trouble.

What the American working class really cannot tolerate is the abolition of the National Labor Relations Act. This is because this law guarantees the American working class the right to organize unions and conduct collective bargaining with capitalists. It is precisely because of the introduction of this law that American workers have the legal means to fight against capitalists. Similarly, this law that protects the rights of workers has become a thorn in the eyes of American capitalists and corporate management, and the actions to abolish or amend this law have never stopped.

Among all the New Deal legislation, the National Labor Relations Act has become the first bill that the Republican Party of the United States, which represents the interests of the upper-middle class (the Republican Party of the United States became the agent of capitalists after Theodore Roosevelt led the progressives to leave), wants to abolish. At the same time, it is also a bill that the Labor Party, which has taken over the banner of "progress", and the American Fascist Party, which disguises itself as a spokesperson for the lower-middle class, want to "defend to death".

However, the current foundation of the National Fascist Party is still racists in the southern agricultural areas (the southern United States was full of racists in the 1940s), and its mobilization ability among the working class in the northeastern United States is insufficient. Therefore, they were unable to organize a large parade, and could only speak out in the congressional hall, and also published articles in the newspaper of the National Fascist Party, America First, to criticize Jewish capitalists.

"America First" is the name of the newspaper, and it is also an isolationist slogan. The American Fascist Party chose "America First" as the slogan of the party and the name of its official publication to highlight its isolationist nature.

In the United States today, isolationism has become politically correct. Knowing that they have to pay 800 billion European marks, the American people now regret it and wish they had not participated in this damn war. Therefore, Lindbergh, who was originally a notorious "pro-German element" and "stubborn isolationist", has now become a representative of wisdom and foresight - if he had listened to him earlier, the United States would have made friends with Germany, the world war would not have been fought like this, and the United States would not have lost a lot of money.

As for the "New Deal Progressive Force" led by Wallace, although it performed well in the struggle to defend the National Labor Relations Act, it showed a strong mobilization ability. But at the same time, they were also regarded as the culprits of America's defeat, so their support rate in the polls organized by Gallup Poll was not very high, ranking fourth after the Democratic Party and the National Fascist Party of the United States. Even many American workers who went on strike with the Labor Party also said in the polls that they would not support the Labor Party in the 1946 mid-term elections.

So listening to the increasingly loud "Internationale", Wallace (who is not a member of Congress) who was listening in the House of Representatives' meeting hall did not look good at all. Truman's decisive resignation and the inaction of Congress and the FBI in the investigation of the "Tongde Gate" have made Wallace's wishful thinking of using the "Tongde Gate" to delay the Congress's vote on the "European Community-US Peace Treaty" and the "Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act" fall through.

Now is the climax of the workers' movement, and the Labor Party's support rate is not high. When the mid-term elections are held in the second half of next year, I really don't know how many seats the Labor Party can win!

Just when Wallace was worried about the Labor Party's somewhat low polls, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Joseph William Martin Jr., announced the start of a vote on whether to approve the "European Community-American Peace Treaty". The vote has not yet begun, but Wallace already knows the result.

Most of the Republican and Democratic members who currently control Congress will vote in favor - most of the Democratic members who vote in favor are from the southern iron vote area. As long as those members insist on the racist line against blacks, they can be elected without any effort! So they are not afraid of being accused of selling out their country.

Although Republican members will lose points in voting for the "European Community-American Peace Treaty", as long as they can repeal several New Deal legislations, they will have completed the task assigned by the backstage boss. Moreover, the voters who support them will not support quasi-Bolsheviks like the Labor Party, let alone vote for the "blackened" Democratic Party or the Fascist Party, so they are also fearless.

After the "European Community-American Peace Treaty" is passed, it will be time to vote on the "Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act"!

When Wallace thought that the achievements of the years of struggle of the progressive political forces in the United States were about to be abolished by the capitalists' lackeys (Republicans) and the racist fascists (Democrats), and the American people had not really woken up, he felt a wave of heartache...

It seems that the American Labor Party must fight with all its might in the future to prevent the United States from becoming another fascist Germany!

But if the United States does not become another fascist Germany, how can it get rid of the humiliation and chains brought to the United States by this failed world war?

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“The U.S. Congress has passed the European Community-U.S. Peace Treaty! We will soon be able to get gold and silver! We can finally get back our wealth!”

Adolf Hitler’s ecstatic voice came from the other end of the phone line: “Ludwig, let your people quickly formulate a plan to transport the gold and silver back without fail. Not only the gold and silver belonging to the European Community, but also more than 2,000 tons belonging to the French… Hurry up and transport them back, so as to avoid any more accidents.”

Of the 800 billion European marks in reparations, 75 billion were paid in the name of gold and silver, directly extracted from the Federal Reserve’s vault. In addition, more than 2,200 tons were transported to the United States by the French before their homeland fell. These golds are also stored in the Federal Reserve’s vault, and they must be transported back this time.

According to the agreement reached between Hitler and Darlan, gold, silver and more than 2,200 tons of French gold worth 75 billion European marks will be stored in the vault of the European Union Bank located in Europa Castle (theoretically the capital of Europe).

At the same time, the European Union Bank will issue 400 billion European marks (these gold and silver are worth about 90 billion European marks) of base currency at a time based on these gold and silver. 80 billion European marks belong to the French government and 320 billion European marks belong to the German government. This huge sum of money will be used to repay part of the huge national debt issued by France and Germany during the war (about 80% can be repaid). After paying off most of the war national debt, the debt ratio of the German and French governments will drop significantly, and there will be the possibility of issuing a large amount of national debt to raise funds again.

The gold and silver of 75 billion European marks are only the "down payment" of the US reparations. After that, there will be more than 700 billion European marks worth of materials to be paid to the European Community in succession.

These materials will be distributed by the European Community. Some will be directly handed over to the countries in need, and some will be sold on the market for cash. The specific distribution plan must be discussed by the European Commission again (because the original plan only required 500 billion, and now the United States has paid an extra 300 billion) - nominally a discussion, but Germany is undoubtedly the party with the final say!

"With this 800 billion, the United States of Europe can definitely be established!" Adolf Hitler said to Hersmann on the other side of the phone line, "If anyone opposes, don't even think about getting a penny from us, not a penny!"

"Ludwig, you have to go to the Russian Empire as soon as possible," Hitler said, "You must convince the Russian Empress to support our United States... Now her attitude is very critical, the most critical!"

France and Russia have long expressed their support for the establishment of the United States of Europe, but at that time the United States of Europe was still a concept, and now it is about to become a reality. So Hitler wanted to ensure that Russia would not change its mind before convening the European Community Assembly.

The reason why he had such concerns was that Hitler was going to put forward an additional condition when Russia joined the United States of Europe - restricting Russians from entering other parts of the United States of Europe within 20 years.

He did this because Russia was too poor at present, with per capita income only about 15% of that of Germany and France. Once the flow of people was liberalized, Hitler was worried that the Russians would "occupy" Western Europe.

"That's absolutely no problem," Hersmann replied to Hitler, "Mr. Prime Minister, in fact, restricting Russians from entering Central and Western Europe within 20 years is beneficial to Russia's development. The Russian Empress will understand this... The development of a country requires the gathering of population. If too many Russians leave their homes and run to Western Europe, Russia will not be able to develop."

In Hersmann's view, preventing Russians from running to Western and Central Europe in large numbers is good for Russia, but not necessarily for Germany. Russians are also blonde Aryans, and they believe in God. They are very close to Germans in terms of blood and religion, and it is easy for them to be assimilated by Germans. According to the plan, after the establishment of the United States of Europe, the Aryan race will become the ethnic attribute of most citizens of the United States.

The concentration of a large number of people in large cities in Western and Central Europe will promote the integration and development of the economy of the United States of Europe. Western and Central Europe, which can attract a large number of people, will have a large number of prosperous and wealthy cities. At the same time, Eastern Europe (including the European part of Russia), which has lost a large number of people, will become a rich agricultural area and mineral supply area - as long as there is no deliberate exploitation or excessive population in agricultural and mining areas, agricultural and mining areas developed under the guidance of the market are usually not equated with poverty.

Of course, from an economic point of view, areas with agriculture and mining as the main economic pillars will usually become peripheral to financial centers and industrial centers (to put it bluntly, they are vassals). Once this subordinate relationship between periphery and center is formed, there will be a unified cohesion from an economic point of view.

However, there is nothing wrong with Hitler setting up a buffer period for Russia's integration into Europe. Russia does need a period of development and construction. Moreover, Petrograd in Russia does have the conditions to develop into an economic center in eastern Europe.

Thinking of this, Hersmann said to Hitler: "Adolf, I will go to Petrograd next week and I will definitely be able to persuade the Queen to support us at the European Community Congress."

"Okay, okay, that's it. I have to make a phone call to tell His Majesty the Emperor the good news!" Adolf Hitler hung up the phone after saying this.

Hersman also put the phone receiver back, then turned to Chloe who had just taken a shower and walked into the bedroom in a bathrobe and said with a smile: "Dear, the American Congress has ratified the treaty, and the war is over." it's over!"

"Oh, thank God, the war is finally over!" Chloe also showed a happy expression.

Although she did not hate the war, the war did last for too long - for a German aristocratic woman like Chloe who had been brainwashed by militarism since she was a child, the war did not start in 1939, but in 1914 The year continues until now! During the interwar period, for these German militarists, it was just a 20-year truce.

"I don't think there will be another World War III, right?" Chloe sat down next to Hersman, who was half leaning on the bed, and asked her husband in a worried tone, "Some people say that the United States now is... It will be similar to our country in 1919, maybe 20 years later..."

Hersman spread his arms, held his wife in his arms, and whispered: "No, there will be no more World War III. Even if the United States becomes another Third Reich, there will be no world war." war. Because now is the age of atomic bombs, and the world in 20 years will not be able to bear a devastating atomic war. "

He paused for a while and then said with certainty: "So, we and our descendants will not encounter another world war. At most, there will be a long-term cold war...perhaps dozens of confrontations." Years, but it will be us who win in the end!”