The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-29
Labor must Conquer
Both Car Morgan
and the LaFoIlettes
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.
TO-DAY, the words of the Chicago banker Richard W.
Wolfe spoken at Sundays gathering Of the Illinois forces
of the Conference for Progressive Political Action keep ring
ing in my Banker Wolfe said
"ad Russia listened
family
Of the murderOus firing squad"
That means, if it anything, that Banker Wolfe
would choose to have still rule all the Russas
1t -means if it means anything, that Banker Wolfe
would choose to have kaiser rule Germany and he is
with the rule of Gar Morgan in the United States
All Banker Wolfe would have Gar Morgan do would be
to accept the "counses of and patriotic men, and
Banker Wofes idol right is Robert Marion LaFoette
whom he calls "a cautious prudent and constructive states
man."
Banker Wolfe also says that 'NNhoever owns or con-
trolls the money and business of country in control of
the government of the country But Wolfe does
the masses the workers farmers control money
and business they control the government No. in
his own words, he is content with the rule of Gar
will only accept the kind counseIs of LaFoIette And
WoIfe's' ideal LaFoIette who would only have the
greed OF business restrained
The tragic joke of all is that men like Sidney Hill
president of the Amagamated Clothing Workers of
America, sits thru this kind OF gathering that not only
toerates but applauds such ideas.
For Sidney HiIman knows that if LaFoIIette were
elected to the White House, and given majority of the
ate and the house of representatives to boot Morgan and
Rockefeller and Gary and Schwab would spit in his face
would organize their forces and him and his crowd out
of office the point of bayonets, and put in their
when MussoIini took power in Italy. 1t old as
the world In the final struggle of the dictatorship of greed
with the beang dictatorship of the oppressed the LaFo
ettes always the side of the cars the kases the
emperors
This LaFoete of Banker Wolfe gives voice another
related hypocrisy THAT unateraby opposed any
Of DooraoV or the doatosh % the
But how does this work out in practice? EngIands
G o LGyd osOgS waged the WAR on osat
Macdonald is just much opposed to the dictatorship of
the proetaria Banker Wolfe and Mr. LaFoIette, but
he uphod the dictatorship of capitalism turnout the British
Empire at tremendous in human lives and suffering
Witness the murders of many in India, Ireland and
many other British possessions:
Macdonald in England; Herriot, in France; Ebert and
Scheidemann in Germany would rather destroy the
ers and farmers hopes of successful revolution thru
Soviet Rule than destroy the capitalist system under which
they permitted to rule.
In this way they become the best allies of corrupt
business" They lead labor into shambIes.
Communists say tear the Dawes plan to shreds. The
Ebers Herots and MacDonads tell the workers accept
it, in the name of peace of democracy when in fact it
The IaFoIettes once they get power, cease promising
to give wise counsel the mperast rulers capitalist
masters Instead they begin soft soapng and betayng
workers. That the dirty job of Kerensy, in Russia of
the n % n e. now Of nst in
of LaFollette in the United States.
The Russian had plenty of 'wise and patriotic
to shake e e ali o backs IN TO na
Big business does not lack LaFoIettes in Germany, in
France and in England. Labor will have to dump them
both in all these countries before follow in the
steps of the Russian victory.
1t will be different in the United States In the final
struggle LaFoette and his big business hackers Rawegh
and Spreckes and his little business supporters like
the Chicago banker Wolfe, will all be the side Of the
black hundreds of corrupt business.
And labor officials Of the type Of Sidney Hman prss
helping give prestige to the present Inauguration Of this
betrayal.
"How do you feel In this crowd?' asked Max
Schwen, youthful enthusiast In the socialist party
fought the Johnston-Sto machine singehanded,
Cleveland gathering Of the Conference Progressive
Political Action in his successful effort put an
mitarst resolution.
ITS hell" he said but we got to go along" vocng