The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-13
COMMUNIST QUIZ
UNWEL COME TO
LA Toilette, JR.
Workers Party HeckIer
Sturnps Speaker
BY a. S. sHKLAR.
Especial to The Daily Worker)


MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. r.
There is no place in this country for
q party of class action; the LaFollette
movement is based upon a much
broader basis Of democracy" declared
Phil LaFollette, son Of Robert M. La,
Toilette at the open forum lecture, on
"Rich, Poor and my Father" delivered
by Bob's son on Dec. 8.
In a sentimental appeal to group
of intellegentsia to gather courage
and militant spirit in a crusade fol
the principals of democracy, district
attorney Of Dane county denounced
the dictatorship Of the rich and the
workers dictatorship and pleaded for
the group 'in between" standing for
the spirit of 1915 and the true spirit
of democracy.
Wisconsin Humbug Cited Ideal State
Mayor Hoan, acting chairman of the
meeting, sat silently while Bob's son
cited Wisconsin as an ideal state.
Mayor Hoan is the author Of a book
written in 1914 on the failure of regu-
lation in which he proves that the
LaFollette management had the ef-
feet of Strengthening the grip of
monopoly and corporations on Wis.
consin industry and Wisconsin rail
roads.
LaFollette's boy was very much
embarrassed when we confronted him
with questions whether the C. P. P.
A. intends to form third party and
whether it will be a farmer-labor
party, a liberal party or no party at
all. AS the local paper describes it:
"Mr. LaFollette blushed, grinned and
did not answer for more than min
ute. Then he replied: I'd rather not
answer that question and then he
blushingly added: There are toe
many reporters in this ROOM You
understand / am my fathers SON.
When confronted with the same ques-
tion from the other corner of the hall
Philip again declined to answer.
Sham Of Courage and Democracy.
The representative of the Worker
Party rebuked LaFollette, Jr for lack
of courage to answer the question or
organization of the third party, after
delivering a fifteen minutes Grafton
on the necessity of courage and fight
ing spirit. His eulogizing of den1oc
racy was also exposed when it was
pointed out that while he was opposed
~ r,,1o oil
his father did not hesitate to set him
self up as a dictator over the pro
gressive movement.
Workers Party Only Leader of
Workers.
The fact that Mayor Hoan presided
at the LaFollette meeting assumes
considerable significance since he was
the bitter opponent Of the LaFollette
alliance.
1t appears that the so-called left
wing of the socialist party is willing
to go the right wing one better. While
the right wing is holding conference
with the left wing of the republican
party the other group is willing to &C
all the way towards the alliance with
real reactionaries of the republican
camp headed by Governor Blaine, who
was officially endorsed by LaFollette
With the destruction of farmer-la
Dor party movement and the democrat
ization of the socialist party following
the LaFoIlette swoop-the Worker.
(Communist) Party holds the most
position in Wisconsin a.
the only party of revolutionary class
struggle. In opposition to Coolidge
and LaFollette dictatorship the Work
ers Party raises the slogan of prole
tartan dictatorship.