The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-05

tention to put UP candidates on the
Farmer-Labor ticket who are
avowed Communists, and on Com
munist platform, and seek to have
them nominated; but if defeated
will support in the election the
choice Of the majority. This is done
with the idea that the Farmer-La-
Dor party must, by the very nature
of its elements and constitution,
promote the interests of the wealth
producers, and hasten the over
throw of the economic and political
domination of the capitalist class"
In other words, the Communists sup
port the Farmer-Labor party because
they believe that in so doing they are
promoting "the interests of the wealth
producers" /. e., the masses as against
the exploitation Of the capitalist class
And to substantiate the same fact,
just one more quotation:
1.-THE members of the Workers
party have issued statement re-
Gently relative to the candidates
seeking nominations in the Farmer
Labor primary, and have selected a
list of candidates, most of whom
have not been consulted and sup
ported, not because they are Com
munists, but because it is believed
these candidates will best promote
the interests Of the producers. A
few Of the list are avowed Commu-
nists and are so designated"
Which proves again that the Com
munists are in the farmer-labor move
ment to serve and promote the inter-
ests of the producers"
Mahoney versus Mahoney.
BY this time, we are aware, the
reader must be very impatient to
learn the identity of the authority
whom we have been quoting. Well,
the name Of the man is William Ma
honey, editor of the Union Advocate
of st. Paul, Minnesota. And the quo
tations cited we're taken from the
same editorial in which the question
is raised as to the wisdom of tolerat-
ing the activities of the Communists
in the farmer-labor movement. 1t is
a peculiar case of William Mahoney
versus William Mahoney-the same
day (May 29), the same newspaper,
the same editorial.
We are perfectly satisfied as to
which of the two is right, but we re-
greet exceedingly that William Ma
honey himself is not yet sure about
it. For he proceeds to say:
''It would seem that the best way
for the Communists to promote
their views is to join with other
members of the Farmer-Labor
movement to promote the party
principles and organization; or to
withdraw altogether and carry on
an independent campaign of educa-
ton"
We will refer William Mahoney to
William Mahoney himself, and by this
we will prove that the only two things
the Communists have been doing since
they came into the farmer-labor move
ment were the following:
1. Promote their own views.
2. Promote the principles and or
ganization of the farmer-labor move
ment.
This being the case, then why
should the Communists withdraw?
No Splits In the Left Wing.
In the same issue of the Union Ad-
vocate from which the above quota
tions are taken, is another editorial
entitled: Senator LaFollette Infiu-
enced by Special Counsel" There we
find the following sentence: LA Fol-
lette may not know it, but If the June
II convention can be killed. it will be
an easy matter for his enemies to
handle the Cleveland convention Of
July A." With a little retouching this
sentence would fit our own occasion
excellently.
And so we shall conclude. William
Mahoney may not know it, but If the
VVorlxarc (Commuuiatl marty c0uld