The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-18
FOSTER FLAYS
MORGAN TWINS
IN FIRST TALK
LaFOIIette Gets His In
Youngstown Meeting

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Aug.
1.-THE evils under which the
workers suffer can only be aboI-
ished with the abolition Of the
capitalist system, the substitu-
tion of the capitalist dictator
ship with the dictatorship of
the workers and poor farmers,
with the establishment of the
Soviet Republic of America"
said William z. Foster, presI-
dental candidate of the Work.
ers Party in the opening speech
of the campaign here today.
Steel Slaves Attend.
| The meeting, held on the an
Iniversary Of the alleged intro
duction of the 8-hour day in the
steel industry, was attended by
masses of steel workers from
the heart of Mahoning Valley.
Fosters speech. which was
listened to attentively by the
men he led in the great steel
strike of 1919, was frequently
interrupted by prolonged ap-
plause.
Fosters speech. in part, is as fol
lows:
The acceptance speech of Calvin
Coolidge delivered in the corrupt po-
litical atmosphere Of Washington, is
typical of the philosophy of modern
American capitalism. 1t flagrantly
denies the corruption of the govern
ment and ruthless exploitation of the
working class.
Coolidge on Unemployment.
Speaking of the period when his
administration took Office. Coolidge
says: "A great revival of industry
took place, which is now spreading
to agriculture. Complaints of unem-
ployment have ceased, wages have in
creased"
This is bunk. Millions of workers
are unemployed and still further mil
lions are being driven from the land.
The relief for agriculture which Cool
idge speaks Of, is mo relief to the
farmers. The millions in credit sup
posedly to help the farmers will in
reality, help the agricultural bankers.
An apologize note creeps into Cool
idge's speech when he speaks Of the
oil scandals. He says, 1.-THE people
of this country hate corruption. They
know my position. They know the
law will be enforced" All that the
workers know about law enforcement
under Coolidge is that he cringed in
the face of the defiance of the crook,
Daugherty. 1t was not Coolidge who
drove Daugherty from Office, but the
sheer weight Of Daughertys crimes,
which still go unpublished. Coolidge
stands for law enforcement-the en-
forcement of law against the work
ers. Coolidge will smash their strikes
with bayonets, if necessary. His New
England record proves that
The Morgan Twins.
The speech of Coolidge and the 9TH
er acceptance speech by that other
twin of the House of Morgan, Mr..
Davis, delivered at Clarksburg, West
Virginia, can both be classed as clear
cut programs for the unqualified con-
tinuation Of capitalism and the ex-
ploitation of the working class.
And Mr.. LaFollette, too, In what
ever speeches he will make, will
stand also for the present system of
capitalism. Perhaps Mr.. LaFoilette
wants capitalism, and its wars, and
industry, somewhat purified, but Just
the same, he stands four-square for
the present system of exploitation as
stand Coolidge and Davis.
The Workers Party is against CAPT.
talism. We will tell the workers and
poor farmers in the present election
campaign that the cause of corrup-
ton, the cause of the Republican oil
scandal, the cause of the Democratic
acroplane scandal, are all common
cause-capitalism
For Soviet Republic.
We will tell the workers that the
recurring unemployment periods are
but symptoms of the capitalist sys-
tenn under which they live. We win
tell them that unemployment, misery.
starvation, and all the evils under
which they suffer can only be abol-
ished with the abolition of the CAPT.
talist system, the substitution OF the
capitalist dictatorship with the dicta-
torship Of the workers and poor farm
ers, with the establishment OF the
Soviet Republic of America.