The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 7, 1924, Page 3

es a Se lk i cl eae £25 ak = Monday, July 7, 1924 WHISPER ABOUT LAFOLLETTE IN “HOUSE OF FEAR,” WITH DOORS CLOSED AGAINST COMMUNISTS By MAX SHACHTMAN. , (Staff Writer of The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, July 6.—The red scare pervaded almost every Bingle act of the convention of Political Action here. From the publicity notices in the capitalist press to the final “keynoter,” Congressman John Nelson of Wis- consin, the fear of the Communists was obvious, and_all of the leaders of the convention are overexerting themselves in an effort to disassociate themselves from The advance notices in the newspapers stated that not only would every single credential be gone over with a fine comb to weed out all Communists and sympathizers, whether or not they represented labor unions, but’ that even visitors of the same tendency woiild not be permitted entry to the sessions of the con- vention, Finally Break In. That this was not an exaggeration can be seen from the attempted de- barring as visitors in the gallery of ©, E. Ruthenberg, secretary of the Workers party, and William Z. Foster, chairman of the same party, who were stopped at the door by a guard who informed them that his instructions were not to permit them to come in. This statement was made in spite of the fact that both of them were in Possession of regular visitors’ passes. The same stunt was tried by one Wil BUNTE TOILERS (Continued from page 1.) that it is a semi-monthly publi- cation. The Young Worker is being dis- cussed in great detail by the Bunte employes, especially the article ex- Posing the rotten conditions in the Plant and the economic demands of the League. But since it is impossi- ble to grasp the full meaning of the campaign thru the articles in the Paper, the mass meeting was called to give a complete explanation. Skinned to the Last. Not satisfied with extracting huge Profits from low paid labor, the cafe- teria finishes the job of exploitation by making profit out of the employes even during their daily half-hour of leisure. Every one is expected to eat in the plant and the five or ten who have time to step outside the factory doors buck up against a rule which Says they shall not eat in neighbor- hood eating places. With only a half an hour for lunch the! premature wage slaves have in- sufficient time to rest their tired feet and bodies while under these circum- stances, digesting the food is rather difficult and the appetite is blunted. Some members of the League, while trying to hold an outdoor meeting in the evening, were approached by a young girl working in the factory, who said: “There is no use for you to hold a meeting as we are too tired and hungry and want to get home &s quickly as we can. This is the Yeason for the others in not stopping to listen.” ' This girl, who was fifteen years of age, expressed the general opinion of all the employes, Pri s Exposures, A girl member of the League who was selling “The YOUNG WORKER” ‘was approached by another girl work- ing in the factory who said that the exposure of conditions in the YOUNG WORKER was absolutely correct— except for one thing. When asked what that was, she re- plied: “Conditions in my department are much worse than what you say the Conference for Progressive any crimson tinge. ‘ liam Donaldson, in charge of the press table, who attempted to prevent a cor, respondent from the DAILY WO: ER from getting to the table by hand- ing out a story that two correspond- ents from that paper had already been seated. This was untrue, However, both Ruthenberg and Fos- ter gained admission to the visitors’ section, and the reporter finally was allowed to take his seat in the press boxes. William H. Johnston, president .of the International Association of Ma- chinists and chairman of the ©. P. P. A., opened the convention with a speech which was about the dullest collection of phrases yet uttered, not barring even the orations made in the MEET TONIGHT nearby. He was especially interested in the pamphlet “Youth under American- ism.” He stated that the property surrounding Bunte’s belonged to the state and came under its jurisdiction, and said the bosses and the company detective had been lying when they stated that they owned the sidewalk in front of the factory and ordered the “YOUNG WORKER” newsies off. He confessed that should the bosses complain and order him to run the newsies off the property, he would be forced to follow their orders; but un- til then he wouldn’t interfere. He stated he was a union man and belonged to the same union as the League member selling papers. From his conversation it could be gathered that his sympathies were with the young candy workers and that he w: very much pleased (at the time) with the drive of the Y. W. L. He said we were up against a stiff proposition in the Bunte bosses, who he referred to as the most ruthless open shoppers in the city who “would do anything rather than have the plant organized. - Suppressed Last Strike. The state's officer then told of the last strike that occurred at Bunte’s and how the company employed the most ruthless measures in suppress- ing it. He told of the large NUMBER OF POLICEMEN CALLED out to suppress the first struggle of the young Bunte workers for better condi- tions. The officer again stressed the antiunion activity of Bunte’s—but wished them success. A league newsie asked one of the girls how in the world could they stand such work (standing up all day and going and coming regularly from cold into hot rooms, with a consider- able change of temperature.) The reply was: “We get used to it,” or “in view of the bad times to secure work any place is better than none.” Their attitude is one of accepting their present employment as tem- porary and not one believes that they are doomed to work in this place for any length of time. | Places such as Bunte’s which em- in your paper. And some of the girls| ploy predominately. young people and I work with are even younger than you say in your article.” Inspector Gets Interested. A state's officer who put in his ap- Pearance at the corner where- the League members were _ selling “YOUNG WORKERS” and pamphlets, spoke to one of the members and was very much interested in the drive, despite the fact that at first he put on a bluff tone for the benefit of the | Bunte bosses who might be standing Come one—Come all. HiME SOUTH BEND, IND., NOTICE! International PICNIC given by Workers Party of South Bend, Ind. at the Rum Village Park Sunday, July 13, at 1 P. M. Refreshments, Good Music and speakers of national reputation. _ The Biggest Event of the Year. - The profits from the Picnic will go to THE DAILY WORKER. pay starvation wages for physically wrecking work, is the last link that the young girls and boys cling to, in preventing themselves from becoming prostitutes and criminals. Som es the latter course is chosen, as a life full of continual struggle gets dis- gusting and when despondency sets in, it is only a matter of time. This incident is one of the many taking place, showing how capitalism breeds prostitution and develops degeneracy. We will all be there. tee ae labor activites in the I. W. W. same hall a few weeks before when ithe Republican nominating conven- tion met there. After enumerating the injustices and crimes committed by the Repub- lican and Democratic parties against the workers and farmers, Johnston erled: “The two old parties have proved their incapability, their un- willingness to purge themselves of the sinister forces on the inside. They have failed to maintain the prosperity of the nation; and we are unwilling any longer to rely on the campaign Promises of either af them. The dull, lifeless convention of political puppets that met in this hall a short time ago, and the antics of the disorderly mob now meeting in New York have shown the progressives of these United States that’ there is no hope for them in that direction.” Johnston Attacks Communists. After having made this brilliant dis- covery he launched into a savage at- tack against the Communists. “In our efforts to unite the progres sives of the nation, we have decided to exclude the exploiters, the boodlers and the fanatics, whether they mask under the title of farmer-labor parties, Trade Union Educational leagues or Communists. We who have had years of experience in the American labor movement know that they are out to destroy, and that in nine cases out of ten they are.on the pay roll of Wil- lam J. Burns. We have resolved not to permit them to bore from within and sink our ship.” This surely comes with ill-grace from Johnston, who knows he is lying. His own record is none too clear in the American labor movement. Starting out as a captain in the Salvation Army, he later joined the Social; party and with its aid became pre\i- dent of the machinists’ international. He renegaded during the war, became a wild war patriot, and left the party on whose shoulders he had risen to his position. Of late he gained con- siderable notoriety for his reactionary stand in the union, his policy of ex- pelling militants, and for his advo- cacy of the infamous B. & O. plan. Under his “capable’ leadership the In- ternational Association of Machinists has dropped in membership until it now includes only about 35,000 mem- bers. Onlookers at the convention noted with great surprise that the first day passed and no chairman or secretary was elected from the floor. Johnston acted as chairman by his own say-so. The credentials committee, over which George H. Goebel of the Social- ist party watched with both eyes peeled for possible Communists, had not yet reported in full, and questions | are approved or disapproved without] the convention having formally organ- ized itself. All of the other keynoters who fol- lowed Johnston made speeches which ended up with eulogies for Robert La- Follette. Mrs. Edward P. Costigan of Washington, D. C., who would un- doubtedly make a charming hostess for a lawn party; Senator Henrik Shipstead, elected by the support of radicals in Minnesota on the Farmer- Labor party ticket, and John Nelson, progressive congressman from Wis- consin, all made appeals for support of “Fighting Bob,” but very carefully avoided the suggestion of organizing a new party to carry on the campaign and control its elected officials and their campaign funds. Not Ripe—Perhaps Overripe. “The time is not yet ripe for a third party,” keyoted Nelson. “If we make no mistakes, the progressives will con- tinue to hold the balance of power in the houses of congress. It is for us to move forward with patience, wis- dom and discretion.” But he certainly did not make use of any of the three virtues when he delivered a rabid attack against So- viet Russia. “We must avoid the two extremes of reaction,” he said. “Both of them are supported by militarism: Russia, with Lenin and his successors, and Italy, with Mussolini and his Fas- cisti.” This obvious attempt to purge the LaFolletteites of any traces of “Mos- cow,” of which the alleged’ progressive senator has been accused by the re- actionaries since his visit to Russia, fell flat even among the audience of overfed labor fakers, “rubber-tired” farmers, and Socialist party officials who are looking for a place to hang their hats. Afraid of Everyone. But no protest is made against these attacks and apologies. As Nel- son himself stated, “You know, re all afraid of being called radicals!” That is the convention of the Con- ference for Progressive Political Ac- tion. It's afraid of everyone, from the Republicans to the Communists, with the exception of its hero, Robert La- Follette, \And even he occastonally gives them cold chills down the spine, NEW YORK, July 6.~The German Communist movement, which has at- tracted so much attention in recent days, will be shown in a motion pic- ture in Brownsville on July 9 at the Sheflield theater, SheMeld and Sutter Aves. The film, “Russia and Ger- many,” effectively contrasts the two countries, BUFFALO, N. Y,, July 6.—James P, Thompson will speak here on the “Prison Shadow on Labor” at Miller's Hall, 22 Genesee st., on July 8 at 8 o'clock, Tickets are ten cents. Byeryone will enjoy hearing fellow worker Thompson who himself has|no business THE DAILY WORKER a LaFollette’s Middle Class Friends Heave Big Sighs for,’76 (Continued from page 1.) small business men— the hesitatifig, vacillating petty bourgeoisie, which is of the opinion that paradise was in the days gone by. The convention had a strong labor foundation, but the spirit that dominated it was that of this group and the program of action it adopted was the program of this group. LaFollette’s Letter. The only thing of any importance which one remembers among the poor drab speeches of various celebrities, the singing of hymns by the choir and the reading of prehistoric documents is Senator Robert M. LaFollette’s let- ter to the convention announcing him- self as a candidate for president. William H. Johnston was chairman by grace of the National Committee. The delegates had nothing to say about it. After having Mr. McGowan, of Illinois, read the Declaration of In- dependence, and Lincoln’s Gettysburg speech, he proceeded to sound the keynote of the convention. “We are all in the same ship, farm- ers, industrial workers, professional men, independent manufacturers and bankers,” was one of the paragraphs of Mr. Johnston’s keynote, which he thought worth while repeating twice. He rambled along about railroad legis- lation—everything which has to do with the railroad, arouses much in- terest. among the delegates, and other, abuses by Congress. He claimed that the C. P. P. A. represented 5,000,000 voters, and said that every one was welcome except,’ “The Communists, who are the tools of reaction and are not wanted, even tho they mask them- selves under such names as the Fed- erated Farmer-Labor Party, the Trade Union Educational League or even some more attractive name.” All Nominating Speeches. No one had called for nominations for president as yet, but Johnston pro- ceeded to make a nomination speech for LaFollette. In fact, every one who spoke made nomination speech- es for LaFollette. “I challenge any one to prove a single case of corruption betrayal or cowardice in the forty years of serv- ice of Senator LaFollette,” shouted Johnston. “There is no reason why we can- not support independent candidates for president and vice-president while at the same time we support those who are our friends, no matter on what ticket they appear.” ‘When the keynoter finished one had the feeling that it was time for the convention to adjourn and the dele gates to go home, Everything hac been settled. lette had beer nominated as an independent, the plat form outlined, the policy of rewarding “good” republicans and democrats running for other offices, stated. At this point, however, the chair- man bethought himsélf and named the convention committee, on rules, or- ganization, resolutions and finance. The balance of the day, until Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. brought in his fath er’s letter to the convention, was giv- en over to speeches. Senator Ship- stead, Representative Nelson, and oth- ers spoke—all throwing in liberal quo- tations from the Declaration of Inde- pendence, Lincoln, Jefferson and Washington. LaFollette’s Announcement. Senator LaFollette followed the ex- pected course. He did not accept a nomination from this convention. He announced himself as a candidate for the presidency as an “independent progressive” and his platform as the Wisconsin republican platform. An attempt to stage a demonstra- tion when the decisive words in La- Follette’s statement was read failed. There was applause and cheering for two or three minutes. A few strag- glers got into the aisles and started to march, but they soon gave up and the “demonstration” was over. “I would not, however, accept a nomination or election to the presi- dency if doing so meant for progres- sive senators and representatives and progressive state governments the de- feat which would inevitably result from the placing of complete third party tickets in the fleld at the pres- ent time. “The organization of a national party among ong hundred and ten mil- lion people scattered over forty-eight states is a task of such magnitude as to requirements of labor anu iarge ex- penditures of money. We are con- fronted with the practical difficulties that there is not sufficient time be- fore the election in November for ade- quate organization of such a party.” Try to Railroad Endorsement. At the finish of the reading of Sena- tor LaFollette’s statement, Delegate Wills of the Engineers, was on the floor with a motion “That the conven- tion endorse by acclamation the can- didacy of Senator LaFollette.” This motion was too much for the delegates who want a third party, for it meant swallowing LaFoftvite’s run- ning as an “independent progressive” on his own platform. | Morris Hillquit, hig face sq ashen that it was noticeable a hundred yards away, secured the floor and made an earnest plea that the conven- tion take no hasty action, but await the report of the committees. Delegate Connors moved to defer action on the motion. Another dele- gate secured the floor and raised the point of order that the convention had not yet been organized and the dele- gates were not seated and therefore could be transacted. served in Leavenworth prison tor his | Chairman Johnston ruled the point of order well taken, “POLICE!” YELLS C. P. P. A. GUARD IN PANIC AS COMMUNISTS ENTER GALLERIES TO WATCH THE SHOW By C. E. RUTHENBERG. CLEVELAND, July 6.—‘The spectre of Communism” which three-quarters of a century ago Marx wrote was haunting Europe haunted the leaders of the C. P. P. A. convention. For several days the members of the credentials committee and the sergeant-at-arms of the convention were announcing the precautions being taken against the Communists. No Commun- ist could be seated as a delegate in the convention, no matter Qc ener ND whom he represented, was the ruling, and further, no Com- munists would be granted tick- ets of admission to the conven- tion galleries. To ensure the en- forcement of these rules a cor- don of police guarded every en- trance to the building. Communists Given Tickets. How the rules worked was illustrat- ed in the experiences of William Z. Foster and myself. Having supplied ourselves with proper tickets of ad- mission with our names duly written thereon, we walked into the entrance leading to the balcony. We passed the guards and police at the entrance without casualties, evi- dently unrecognized. Arriving at the section to which our tickets assigned us, we asked directions of the ser- geant-at-arms, He glanced at us and a look of horror appeared in his face. Throwing up his arms to make impos- sible our passing him, he shouted to his assistants: Call the Police! “Call the police!” - We inquired what it was all about, and he informed jus that he and all other sergeants-at-arms had been given instructions to keep us out of the hall. We mildly asked why all the excite- ment, and after some urging, got the news that we were expected to try to capture the convention and the lead- ers had determined that we should not. The police had not appeared up to this time, and after we assured the gentleman that we hadn't any interest at all in capturing conventions of this character, he softened a bit and in- formed Foster, evidently to clear him- self, “I voted for Ruthenberg for mayor and went to school with him. I wouldn’t do this, but I’ve got to carry out instructions.” In the Spirit of '76. The police were slow in coming, so we suggested going down to see the convention officers. Closely guarded by our sergeant-at-arms, lest we should walk into the convention and capture it while he was not looking, we proceeded to the main lobby. There we found the chief guard. Our Bergeant-at-arms properly introduced us to him and asked, “What shall I do with them?” “Have they got tickets?” inquired the chief guard. Upon being informed that we had, he ordered, “Oh, let them in.” ‘ And all this happened in the conven- tion of the liberal-progressive forces who are going back to the Declaration of Independence and are going to re- establish democracy in this country! ———— eee DEBS FORGOTTEN AT CLEVELAND — (Continued from page 1.) zation day, set for Sept. 12th by Presi- dent Coolidge. The resolutions and platform committee didn’t seem to re- member it and the delegate moved that the resolution be adopted, making an eloquent plea against the mobiliza- tion as part of the militarization of the country. The delegates were evidently in a mood for a last moment vindication of their right to have something to do with the proceedings of the conven- tion, showing it by their applause, and Chairman Johnston was obliged to ‘ecognize the motion and it was adopt- od by an overwhelming vote. A resolution denouncing the Ku ‘lux Klan was submitted to resolu- ions committee by a group of labor jelegates, but was smothered in the committee. Mahoney Is Excluded, Earlier in the day the credentials committee completed its report. Ap- proximately 650, delegates were seat- ed, more than half of whom represent- ed the 16 standard railroad unions. The committee brought in a report refusing a seat in the convention to William Mahoney, the delegate from the Farmer-Lahor Federation of Minnesota. The report read: “The Farmer-Labor Federation of Minneso- ta is entitled to representation, but considering what happened in St. Louis, where Mr. Mahoney was invit- ed to become a member of the Nation- al Committee of the C. P. P. A. and considering what has happened at St. Paul, your committee does not con- sider Mr. Mahoney a fit person to sit as a delegate in this convention.” Chairman Johnston railroaded thru an approval of the report of the com- mittee. When Delegate Gippel, of Minnesota, protested and asked re- consideration he was ruled out of or- der. Delegate R. D. Cramer, of Min- neapolis, met the same fate, and Ma- honey was ousted from the conven- tion. Business Man Speaks. One of the events of the day was a speech from the business man’s sec- tion of the convertion. Frank D. Matthews, of Freeport, Ill., was invit- ed to tell what the business men thot of LaFollette. He did, in this fash- ion: “The best proof that Senator LaFol- lette is not a radical is to be found in his legislative record. In place of being found a radical, Senator LaFol- lette will become known as the most careful and conservative statesman of our generation.” He continued his speech with a long argument for the re-establishment of free confpetition in industry, to such an extent that the tired delegates ap- plauded in order to drown him out and finally drove him from the platform. Thank the Police. The greater part of the day was spent in speeches by celebrities and in singing hymns, as on the day be- fore. The business of the convention was being decided in, the committees and it was apparent that the machine in control didn’t want any discussion of the reports, so held them back so that.they could be jammed thru with- out the delegates having anything to say about them. So far as the six hundred delegates who sat on the floor of the convention are concerned, they might as well have stayed at home and let the national committee run the show. Their only consolation was the series of platitudinous speech- es, which followed one after the other. The convention closed with a vote of thanks to the police for the care- ful guarding of the doors and ap- proaches to the convention hall. WORKERS IN HARVESTER GRIP (Continued from page 1.) ens of goods not made by them, the International Harvester company can dictate prices on every agricultural machine from a plow to a thresher, at home and abroad. Prison Goods, Pauper Wages. “This monopoly controls the bind- er twine market of the world, and not only sells its own, but prison made goods.” “The majority of its thirty thou- sand employes are employed at paup- ers wages.” “There is not an agricultural ma- chine on the market that the Inter- national Harvester company do not control, either directly or indirectly.” ‘After a commission ordered by con- gress to investigate unfair practices had conducted an exhaustive invest- igation, they concluded in their writ ten report, “It appears therefore that the International Harvester company's position in the industry is chiefly at- tributable to a monopolistic combina- tion in the harvesting machine busi- ness certain unfair competitive me- thods, and superior command of cap- ital.” Worst Trust. “The harvester trust is perhaps of all trusts, most obnoxious and notori- ous. Many state legislators have de- nounced this trust, and many state courts have convicted and punished or attempted to punish it violating state laws, including Kansas, Texas, Mis- souri, Ohio, Arkansas, Kentucky and Montana.” When formed the International Har- vester Company had 90 per cent of ‘wip and 80 per cent of the mowers, which are the two chief kinds of harvesting machines. Monster Profit. Another report of a congressional committee, which was at first su- pressed, and later printed in contract- ed form, declares, “The policy of the company in crushing competition by unfair methods, dismissing employes, and ine: jing prices has resulted in an enormous increase in the profits of the trust. Starting with a profit of five or six million dollars a year, the trust steadily increased its profits to ten million dollars in 1908, and to sixteen million dollary in 191 Subsidize Farm’ Papers. The Harvester trus€ controls the editorial policy of the trade and farm Papers towards itself. “Ninety-five per cent of the farm papers, ninety- per cent of the trade papers and a considerable portion of the daily press are subsidized by the extensive ad- vertising contracts, so that no un- favorable reference is ever made to the Harvester Trust, says the con- gressional evidence. In a few years after its formation, over forty independent agricultural im- plement concerns were entirely wiped out or failed “On account of the me- thods pursued by the Int@rnational Harvester company, in direct violation of the Sherman law.” The International Harvester com- pany controls besides the five original members of the trust, the D. M, Os- borne company at Auburn, New York ——& prison town—which concern ad- vertized as an independent concern tor two years after it was bought out by the trust. Page Three SOCIALIST PARTY IN BIG DILEMMA IN CLEVELAND, 0. Not Easy to Mix with Labor’s Aristocracy By MAX SHACHTMAN (Staff Writer of the DAILY WORKER.) CLEVELAND, July 6.—The Social- ist Party is in a pretty fix at the con- vention of the C. P. P. A. here. It was already well known last Friday, that the convention would endorse LaFollette for president, on his per- sonal ticket and platform, with no organizational control, and without the formation of either state or national parties of any permanence to carry on the campaign. The “S. P.” prophets were desirous of having a party of which they could be a part and work from within, in order to recuperate the political fortunes of their corpse, and which would cate gorically exclude the Communists. Hillquit on the Job. Thus, when Brother Herman J. Wills, vice-president of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers rose in a burst of enthusiasm, after the read- ing of LaFollette’s communication, to move that the convention nominate the senator by acclamation, our good “Comrade” Morris: Hillquit took the floor and pleaded that the motion be voted down since the committee on organization and campaign was to bring in a report which would cover the entire subject. He was ably sec- onded by the anti-Communist expert from New York, Judge Jacob Panken, who raised the point of order that the nomination could not be made since the convention had not been duly organized by a report of the credentials committee. Is Hillquit trying to work out some plan whereby a semblance of a party will be organized at Cleveland? No! But he is undoubtedly trying to lay the foundation for such a party “to be organized with patience, wisdom and discretion” in the dim future. Pretty Long Bone to Swallow. It will be a pretty long bone for the socialist party to swallow if it goes along with the C. P. P. A. in support- ing the presidential candidacy of La- Follette without a party to back it up substantially. It affects them lo- cally even more. In Pennsylvania, for example, the “S. P.” is in a quan- dary. The only political movement of the workers and poor . the Farmer-Labor Party of Pernsyl- vania, which, unfortunately for the socialists, includes Communists. If the “S. P.” is to maintain any stand- ing at all in the Keystone state it must go along with the Farmer-Labor Party. If it wants to continue to go along with the C. P. P. A. and sup- port LaFollette without a party, it must maintain no connections with the Pennsylvania party. But they still have hopes |that the $10,000 a year labor pape at the head of the C. P. P. A. will) organize a party. They are in that with both feet. Their leaders are appointed to all the committees. They are actual- ly cheered when they appear on the platform. They even get big delega- tions from their non-existent consti- tuencies. Thus, the socialist party of Pennsylvania gets a delegation to the conference on the basis of 70,000 so- cialists in that state, a most lau able basis for calculations to one who knows the “S. P.'s” condition. S. P. not Big Factor. The impression must not be got, however, that the “S. P.” is a big fac- tor. Due to the cunning methods of representation they could be out- voted by at least fifty to one. The Boilermakers’ International Union, gets representation not only from the international union, but from its dis- tricts. The same holds true of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, the Brotherhood of Railway and Steam- ship Clerks and numerous others, all of which also get representation on a basis of a membership which is grossly exaggerated. The labor fakers of the C. P. P. A. need the “S. P.” because of the Jew- ish Daily Forward, which controls most of the needle trades unions, and for calumnious attacks against Com- munists, And the “S. P.” shameless- ly hangs on in the hope of ingratiat- ing its leaders with “real bona fide trade union) chiefs.” Here’s Outfit Analyzed. In her speech to the convention, Mrs. Edward P. Costigan sweetly stated, “The Conference for Progres- sive Political Action is an association of free men and women, progressive republicans, independent democrats, socialists not bound by party tradi- tions, independents wearing no party labels of any kind, patriotic citizens loving their country and its people so well that they are willing to ignore their differences.” There is more truth than poetry in the lady's temarks. The socialist party has at ‘last arrived in good s0- ciety, nice, respectable, patriotic, country-loving citizens. Whatever “party traditions” or class conscious tehdencies it ever had have been sunk “for the good of the people” and its difference from progressive re- publicans and independent, democrats have been “ignored.” How many nike read THE DAILY WORKER. Get mat them to subseribe today. ——s