The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 10, 1924, Page 7

————— w= R. Warren S. Stone, president. of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, in an interview in the Christian Science Monitor on April 21, denied the authenticity of press re- ports that the four railroad brother- hoods would throw their support to Robert M. LaFollette, on a third party ticket. Mr, Stone denied giving out any statement on LaFollette and ex- pressed doubts as to the possibility of any third party coalition. The Brotherhood, Mr. Stone declared, will back no candidate for the presidency until after the party nominations have been made. . HILE Mr. Stone is speaking thus- ly, officials of the Railway Em- ployes’ Department of the American Federation of Labor were more posi- tive in their statements. They chuck- led audibly on learning that the Broth- erhood chief had disavowed his en- dorsement of the Wisconsin senator. “We had a disagreement with them igasmuch as they did not get behind Mr. McAdoo. We took the stand that Mr. McAdoo was the man we could all support. Mr. LaFollette appeared to be their choice. They doubted whether Mr. MacAdoo could get the nomination. They had nothing against McAdoo but felt they owed something to Mr. LaFollette. ““"F"HE Railway Employes’ Depart- ment has felt that McAdoo was the man and as far as any propaganda has gone out from individual unions it has been in support of Mr. McAdoo. None needed any prompting on that. We knew our position a long time ago.” HAT Mr. Stone’s disavowal of his LaFollette endorsement cannot be taken any more seriously than the sickness of a diplomat nobody will doubt for a moment. Stone Is for La- Follette. Should he get the Republican nomination, the Brotherhoods will sup- port the Republican ticket regardless of what the C. P. P. A. decides on July 4. Should LaFollette head a third party ticket, Stone will also support him. Is LaFollette really willing to leave the pastures where he now browses comfortably to head a primi- tive expedition into the jungles against standpat Republicanism? That is the question. Stone appears to be in doubt. 'HE big chief of the Locomotive En- gineers changes his mind, but in- stead of admitting a change of mind he “disavows” his previous decision. Immediately prior to the St. Louis meeting of the Conference for Prog- ressive Political Action, Mr. Stone had decided that he would have no morc to do with it. The DAILY WORKER was informed on excellent authority that the Brotherhood chief delivered himself as follows on the C. P. P. A.: “The C. P. P. A. has shot its bolt. 1 will have nothing more to do with it. It has reached the limit of its use- fulness. One of the causes of its fail- ure is the inability of William H. Johnston to prove himself heavy enough for the position of leader in the movement. R. Stone had decided that he would not attend the St. Louis conference and that his organization would-not be represented. The DAILY WORKER published a news dispatch to that effect. But the Brotherhood was represented there. Why did Mr. Stone change his mind? , ‘OR one thing, the Doheny $50,000 oil retainer hit William Gibbs Mc- Adoo, the darling of the Johnston fac- tion, squarely in the eyes immediately before the St. Louis meeting. His supporters in ue C. P, P. A. could not very well endorse an oil can, so Stone saw a chance to put LaFollette over. Shortly after the conference however McAdoo suporters gathered from all parts of the country to de-oil Wilson’s son-in-law, and among those present were seventeen officials of the 16 standard railroad labor organizations. ERE is a regular political Tower of Babel. The railroad leaders are divided in their allegiance. They speak in divers‘ tongues. Two sets of capi- talist politicians are bidding for their support, The McAdooites are deter- mined to stand by their friend(?) He allowed them to organize the rail- road employes, during the war and even tho the unions are now shatter- ed by the government, several labor banks’ strong treasuries stand as mute testimony to the value of the McAdoo friendship. To paredy the lines of a poem: “The banks are still there, tho the unions are gone.” HE labor fakers who dominate the C. P. P. A. are lined up in different camps. They have used the’C. P. P. A. as a club over the heads of the capi- talist parties. The club was the threat of a third party. But they have no intention of taking on any more political parties, Their historical mis- sion is to be the labor’ lieutenants of capitalism for a price. The C. P. P. A. so far has enabled them to haggle syccessfully fora good bargain price for the labor vote. At this time, how- ever, tue masses thruout the country are not satisfied to play the role of voting cattle, for the glory and profit of capitalism as well as the profit of the labor fakers. They want a class party that will stand on its own feet and refuse to dicker with capitalist politicans. whether labelled Repub- lican, Democrat or Progressive. 'HE July 4th conference of the Con- ference for Progressive Political Action is doomed beforehand. The strongest elements composing it are the railroad organizations and the United Mine Workers of America. The former are divided in their allegiance between LaFollette and McAdoo. The Man Is Going Over the Earth i A Tower of Babel latter, represented by their officials, are for the Republican Party and John L. Lewis aspires to be a running mate with Strikebreaker Coolidge. He does not care a fig for the C. P. P. A. The American Federation of Labor, official- ly thru the Gompers machine, will be for the Democratic Party right or wrong. Gompers has an equity in the Democrat Party. George L. Berry is the Gompers candidate for vice-presi- dent on the Democrat ticket. The of- ficialdom of the American Federation of Labor is not crazy about a third party. They think as seriously about it as they would of starting a revo- lution. They are.as well satisfied with the present two party system as the capitalists are. HEN the C. P. P. A. meets on July 4th, there will be many self- interested groups represented as there are political parties in Germany. Only radicals will be absent. If the dominat- ing groups succeed in getting their demands—or even a small part of them—from the capitalist parties they will probably issue a bulletin on the condition of Mr. LaFollette’s political health something like this: “Owing to the condition of Senator LaFollette’s health he finds himself unavailable to head a third party movement. His political temperature is around 107. 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