San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-21

The announced program of the Work
ers' party, made public after the recent
convention in New York, brings general
condemnation from editors generally.
For the most part il is accepted the
arguments and claims Of the organiza-
ton are absurd on their face but con-
certed warning is sounded against hold
ing this line OF agitation too cheap.
The Dayton News emphasizes this
movement must not be confused with
the American Federation of Labor, de.
claring sit goes without saying, we be-
lieve, that in so far as the Workers
party hopes to bore from within in the
labor unions of the country its purposes
are doomed to defeat. The American
workingman is not so easily fooled by
promises of the Utopian Age which
these rascals predict will be ushered in
with the balance of political power in
their hands. 1t takes lot of nerve.
backed, of course, by sheer ignorance
on the part of the Soviets to attempt
to invade the ranks Of patriotic work
ingmen in America. IL they possessed
average intelligence these Soviet pro-
pagandists wouldn't even attempt such
movement" This is very much the
opinion of the New York Post which
also calls attention TO the fact that "Ku
klux and Communism stand side by side
on the front page today and the connec-
ton between them is something much
more real than the break of the news"
and, in closing argues they "are as one
in rejecting the principles and proce-
dure of Democracy. They are both for
the rule of force as practiced by a min
ority. Ku Klux in Louisiana and die
tatorship of the proletariat in Russia
agree in showing what happens when a
self-constituted minority sets out to
save the masses against their will. The
first thing that happens is terror. The
second thing that happens is the emer-
gence of ignoble motives. The supposed
beneficaries of Khan activity or Com
munist activity become its victims"
Trying to Fool Farmers.
The fact that the leaders are out
spoken as to their plans causes the De-
troit Free Press to suggest that "the
country will know how to deal with
this particular Workers party if it ever
sees fit to translate its written pro-
gram into action. It will hardly know
what to think of them, however. when
they talk. as they do. about enlisting
the American farmer in their cause. If
tuVAt 10 OHt NNDllbIlW uOtlElHt tIldI lnt
American farmer believes in more than
another il is his right to his farm and
any profit he may make for himself and
his posterity. He does not believe that
anyone on earth has a right to take his
land away from him or to seize the
crops that he raised on the land and if
the Workers party does not know that
it has great deal to learn" II is "rev-
olution that Is their aim" and "small
army and navy agitation fits in well
with their plans in the opinion of the
Lowell Leader which feels convinced
that "when the Reds begin to throw off
their mask rs they did in the New York
convention it is time for loyal Ameri-
can labor and for every good citizen
to dig in" However, "the prospect for
the future is not encouraging. even TO
the Reds" as the Utica Press sees it,
while the Portsmouth Star warmly en-
dorses the denunciation Of the party
voiced by Samuel Gompers. president Of
the American Federation Of Labor who
pledged labor to combat its policies.
No Danger Threatened.
There is "no political danger threat
ened" from the Workers party, the
Atlanta Constitution feels. but it does
think American citizens SHOULD keep