The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-16
Chicago, July is, 1924

EUGENE v. DEBS: = Your statement in support of La
FoIete which appears today in the capitalist press, is
astounding document In spite of the indications pre-
viousy given that you would allow HIqut to carry the
socialist party the camp of the Wisconsin senator your
complete capuIaton to this petty bourgeois reformer will
come shock to thousands of workers. who look
upon you enemy of the capitalist system.
But what will the workers. who have followed you for
many years in building up sembance of independent
political action think when you abandon all and give
your unqualified endorsement to the personal campaign of
individual who is not only NOT Socialist, but is
avowed antisociast? What will they think when they
this candidacy with your endorsement destroying
all the of independent political organization built up
thru years of painful effort?
You believe that La Toilette will in some inspect
fled future help you build labor party Did he give any
signs of such intentions Cleveland? Decidedly not He
did not allow the convention write word of his program
to have word to say candidates. the
presidential candidacy He acted thr part of
dictator He is pledged to align himself with old party poti
clans Of both the capitalist parties He death blow at
the great rank and file labor party convention
already he setting up his machinery in the various states to
destroy and wipe budding labor parties that were
being built substituting therefore parody of the old parties
with lawyers, preachers, and professional politicians his
henchnen Nowhere is the La Toilette candidacy in the
hands of labor party" elements Minnesota his
preventative is the banker Sinclair You may assured
that real party Of industrial workers and exploited farmers
be built only the fare of La Toilette opposition
When Hiqut was making his glowing eulogy of La Fol-
ette at Cleveland the outstanding champion of the
oppressed thot YOU wondered what had become of
the old Warhorse who had fought for long break the
ing wondered why the euogy should go to petty bour-
geos Politician who has fought against socialism all his fe
and that the workng-class mitants forgotten in
supreme moment in the political life of the workers! Very
few will be surprised at Hiqut He is already we'll known!
But that you should without qualification fall into step be-
hind him comes something of shock.
You have occupied position of leadership before the
evolutionary workers OF America and thereby you
cepted responsibility toward these workers. Thousands of
them will join in saying that this golden opportunity"
which you have embraced on the advice of Mr. Hqut
opportunity only for the eneme of working action on
the political field For the workers stands the height
of stupidity and folly and depth of deserton betrayal
action and to submit Internationally the whs of poll
tca who not even yet outside of the Republican Party
of Calvin Coolidge Charles G. Dawes and j. p Morgan.
The petty bourgeois united front is complete from
Hearst to Debs The Socialist Party qudated, together
with its last remnants of leadership, which were in YOUR
hands, and which you voluntarily surrender to La
Foette.-WLLIAM z. FOSTER.