The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-24
Politics Links Steel
Trust to Offcialdorn
of Labor in Illinois
TODAY, than ever, politics makes strange bed
fellows"
This is particularly true Of Illinois.
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL

This is particularly true OF Illinois.
News comes from downstate that "charey" Deneen,
ex-governor candidate for United the
republican ticket opening his campaign Eastern illinois,
At Danvie in the heart of coal mining center Deneen
is the guest of honor luncheon given by Thomas Noses
general superintendent of the United States Fuel Company
Mr. Moses also the representative of the United States
Steel Corporations Of which the fuel company subsidiary
in the Danvie district.
corporations should associate with the officials of the Steel
Trust to be expected That his role in politics and he
makes no effort to hide it.
Deneen the bedfeIow in politics of Governor
Len Small who endorsed for reelection by the Of
fcialdom of Illinois labor including Frank harrington, pres
ident Of the Illinois Miners Union and John X Walker
president of the illinois Federation of Labor This is the
Walker who acted chairman Of the LaFoette Wheeler
mass meeting in Chicago last Saturday night Len Small
the LaFOlette candidate for governor in Illinois.
Harrington endorses the republican candidate, Len
Steel Trust
it is charged that it was the steel trust that stood back
of the Herrin open shop mine their the
Miners Union in Williamson County. is charged that the
the steel trusts shop against organized labor thru
out the entire country The miners officials themselves
Yet Harrington, the president of the Miners Union,
shakes hands thru his political alliances with all these anti
politicians Of the Steel Trust He IS in the same nest with
the open shoppers.
Walker from Danvie of reaction that
sent "UncIe Joe" Cannon to Washington congressman
do the bidding the biggest business interests until he be-
came to make the trip national capital Walker
a socialist often campagned for congress- the DanvIe
district the socialist candidate, against the Cannon
publican machine
But Walker turned renegade the socialist party,
and is in the republican camp. Walker denounces
the radicals especially the Communists, the time
building his alliance with Len Small, the political ally of
Deneen.
1t is not difficult to see how Walker like harrington,
dabbng in Wall Street politics, becomes another hangan
of the workers. just much the eactonares
much Deneen the professional poticanawyer of the
moneyed interests.
harrington and Walker may sleep the left side of Len
Small but in the political bed the right side sleep
very comfortably indeed the Deneens and the Bundages
with their steel trust friends.
strong chain, that loops about the neck of the whole
working class from the Steel Trusts banquet to
Deneen Danve to the LaFoette meeting addressed by
Wheeler in Chicago.
1t is strong chain, powerful in every link, that labor
only break when decides to into class politics for
ITSELF working class politics.
Capitalist politics. the struggle for the maintenance
the capitalist social ORDER unes all capitalist poll
tcans-CooIidge, Davis and LaFolIette Deneen, Small,
harrington and Walker.
Working class politics, the struggle for Soviet Rule
unite the workers and farmers under the Communist
ards carried aoft in this campaign by the candidates of
Workers Party, William z. Foster, for president Ben
amin GtoW, for vice president
All workers and farmers must oppose revolutionary
working class political action to the traitor alliances of
reactonary officials with capitalist politics.