The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-03
FOSTERS TOUR
MAKING LABOR
SKATES UNEASY
Fake ProgressiUes Are
Placed in Pillory
Especial to the DAILY woRKER)

| NoPecldl 70 tne DAlLr WOHKEH)
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. g.
William z. Foster, Communist
candidate for president, arrived
here today after delivering a
Labor Day speech in Kansas
City, Mo. He will speak tonight
in Triangle Park, South Broad
way.
Fosters speech, in Omaha,
Nebr., received considerable
publicity and his appearance
was a bombshell in the camp
of the fake progressives who
are SO anxiously trying to be-
tray the workers and poor
farmers for their own oppor-
tunist, material gain.
Progressives DisiIIusioned.
The progressive party of Nebraska,
which for some time was a thorn in
the side Of the old party politicians
like Bryan, has been almost destroy
ed by some of the weakened Farmer
Laborites in it. The genuine prog
ressives are very much disillusioned
by the action of LaFolIette's agents
and some are unwilling to join with
them in the rank betrayal of an in
dependent party Of the producers.
Now, more than ever, many of
these genuine progressives are begin
ming to realize the correctness of the
view expressed by the Communists.
who said to them months ago at their
former conventions that LaFollette
would betray them.
Dawes Would Fool Farmers.
Into the midst of this confusion
now comes Dawes with his famous
plan, which he and Mr.. Hoover and
the entire republican party say will
help the American farmer by bringing
about great exports of Anglican agri-
cultural, particularly animal, products.
This will be Dawes big appeal to the
farmers. In reality it means that, by
declaring the German nation bank
lrupt, appointing the House of Morgan
as receiver and fastening upon the
German people debt which they can
never pay, Morgan will gain a few
billion dollars, very small portion of
which may be used to purchase Amer
lican products.
| This cold-blooded exploitation of
the German nation might make some
appeal to few retired" farmers, but
the tired" farmers of Nebraska are
beginning to realize that to force the
Dawes plan upon the German work
ers' may mean another imperialist
war. They are in no mdod in
Nebraska for war, and every day they
understand more clearly these DOS
sible eventualities, and have a keener
sympathy for the Communists and
their program.
Worried About Foster.
On Sunday, August 81, William 2.
Foster Communist candidate for Presi-
dent, spoke in Omaha. Fosters ap-
pearance in Omaha caused consterna-
ton. among the various tabor takers
who are anxiously climbing on the
band wagon piloted by LaFolIette and
Charley Bryan. Foster ruthlessly ex-
posed all the capitalist politicians and
their various nostrums-Dawes with
his plan, Bryan with his fake paci-
hsm, and LaFollette with his oppor-
tunist, horse-trading politics, masked
with the name of "progressivism."
Foster, fresh from his recent trip
to Europe and Russia, showed how
the workers and poor farmers of those
countries are led by the Communists
in opposition to the imperialist bank
ers, headed by Morgan and his handy
man, Dawes. Foster told his audience
about the tremendous possibilities of
a rehabilitated Russian agriculture.
which, when operated with modern
agricultural machinery, will enable
the workers and peasants govern
ment Of Soviet Russia to smash the
international markets of Europe.
This meeting was a bombshell in
the camp of the fake progressiyes
who are so anxiously trying to betray
the workers and poor farmers for
their own opportunlst, material gains"