Evening star., 1923-01-10
Communist Program of New Work
ers' Party Spells Failure.

The announced program of the
| workers party. made public after the
recent convention in New York,
brings condemnation from editors
generally. For the most part it is ac-
cepted the arguments and claims of
| the organization are absurd on their
face. but a concerted warning is
sounded against holding this line of
agitation too cheap.
The Dayton News emphasizes this
movement must not be confused with
| the American Federation of Labor de-
! claring cit goes without saying, we
believe. 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 utoplan
age which these rascals predict VIII
be ushered in with the balance of po-
litical power in their hands. 1t takes
a lot of nerve, backed. of course, by
sheer ignorance on the part of the
soViets to attempt to invade the ranks
of patriotic workingmen in America
If they possessed average intelligence
these soviet propagandiSts wouldn I
even attempt such movement. This
is very much the opinion of the New
York Post which also calls attention
munism stand side by side on the
front page today and the connection
between them is something much
more real than the break of the
news" and, in conclusion. argues they
ARE as one in rejecting the principles
and procedure of democracy. They
are both for the rule of force as prac-
ticed by minority. ku klux in
Louisiana and distatorship of the pro-
! letariat in Russia agree in showing
what happens when 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 emergence
of ignoble motives. The supposed bene-
ficiaries of khan activity or communist
activity become it's victims"
The fact that the leaders are out
spoken as to their plans causes the
Detroit 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 writ
ten program into action. 1t will
hardly know what to think of them.
however, when they talk, as they do,
about enlisting the American farmer
in their cause. If there is one eco
nomic doctrine that the American
farmer believes in more than another,
it is his right to his farm and any
profit he may make for himself and
his posterity. He does not believe
that any one on earth has 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 II has a great deal to
learn" 1t is revolution that is their
aim and small army and navy agi-
tation" 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,
! as they did in the New York conven-
ton. it is time for loyal American la
Dor and for every good citiZen1 to dig
in" However, 1.-The prospect for the
future is not encouraging, even to the
reds" as the Utica Press sees II, while
the Portsmouth Star warmly indorses
the denunciation of the party voiced
by Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, who
pledged labor to combat it's policies.
There is mo political danger threat
ened" from the workers party, the
Atlanta Constitution feels, but 1t does
think American citizens should keep
it's members personally under surveil-
lance to guard against the commits
sion of overt acts In doing this it
also is WELL. the Binghamton Press
argues, to remember 'the party is a
child of the political ambitions of
Lenin," but las long as the scum of
foreign lands is permitted to come
here we might as well make up our
minds to be prepared for all the trou-
BILE and annoyance it can make Un-
til the stomachs of Americans are
empty. and honest labor is impossi-
bic, the Baltimore American suggests
nthe workers. party might as well
save its breath. The man with full
stomach is ungratefui for salvation