The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-09
The Tempest Bursts
Out of the Teapot
By JOHN PEPPER.


The indignation the against the corruption of the
highest officials growing and bitter
nvesg is in fact only beginning but already voices
arise everywhere in the capitalist for closing the nves
CATION.
Washington is pancstrcken Everybody suspected and
justly Nobody knows today who will be involved in the
scandal Democratic politicians began the nvestga
ton with the intent of having good election issue against the
Republican leaders But the second step OF the nves
CATION followed quickly after The Republican politicians
their exposed the Democratic leaders Today have the
situation where both Republican and
leaders of the nation stand before the nation with
their clothing of patriotism and responsibility torn off and the
masses with horror their naked uglness and shame
1t is unexampled political schooling for the
The scandal big The beginning realize
that it is not accidental corruption of kept in the
but that the sickness in the system ITSELF and that
the United States has kept government The New York lines
spoke in the of the whole capitalist class when declared
that the Madison Square Garden of tens of
thousands of Communist workers dangerous ITSELF but
becomes dangerous thru the in Washington that
the real danger lies the that the losing
their faith in the present system of government.
And the New York Times is right The happenings in
Washington, the dsngratOn of the old capitalist parties the
establishment of the workers and farmers sacred Amer
democracy gives significance the Communist demonsta
on the Communist vanguard of the working class with
the hitherto backward masses of the working class.
The Teapot Dome scandal will advance the dis
Indignation of the old capitalist parties The Third
Party movement has received impetus The spokesman
of the lower middle class utilize the dcredtng of the political
leaders of the big capitalists snatch the farmers small bust
and workers from the old politicians and
to unite them in Third Party Hearsts New York American
writes in connection with the oil scandals n fact the public
mind in such that if the predatory financial
safe candidates, NOTHING WOULD STOP THE POPULAR
REVOLT AND THE ELECTION OF AN INSURGENT THIRD
PARTY CANDIDATE Victor Berger the petty bourgeois
Socialist has made public appeal to LaFoette calling
him form Third Party promising that Victor Berger and all
other petty bourgeois elements would follow him.
1t undisputed fact that millions of farmers
middle class elements today longer belong the old capital
list parties If the consolidation these elements Third
Party advances slowly the chief for apart
inertia is the betrayal of the progressive politicians Con-
who still sticking the old capitalist parties We
forget that as long as these socaled
unity the capitalist class against the workers. they
the capitalists the necessary mass support by keeping in the
of the old capitalist parties only millions of farmers
but also millions of workers. We therefore, utilize
Teapot Dome scandal to denounce all these proUreve
and representatives before the traitors
indirect accOmplces of the capitalist politicians long
they remain in the Republican and Democratic parties
must help stir indignation which will force the La
and Wheeers step out of the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties.
But main task-as stated my previous article on
the Teapot Dome scandals deepen the wrath of the work.
and exploited farmers and to into opposition
the capitalist governmental system.
We show the workers and farmers our democ-
racy is nothing but the rule of finance capital
We that this scandal is accident is
of the of the present system owned by
capitalism We show that remedy the
corrupt Statesmen and "honest statesmen
If is impossible TO separate cornton and xnIo;ts &c .I
masses from the capitalist governmental system.
opportunity presents showing the masses
the only remedy-their rule, the farmers
for fahiOning the instrument this goa-he independent
class party OF farmers and workers WE MUST TIE UP THE
LESSONS Or IHE TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL WITH OUR
CAMPAIGN FOR THE CONVENTION OF THE FARMER
LABOR MOVEMENT ON MAY 30, IN ST. PAUL
An active political party of the farmers
possible only if succeed focusing the
of the workers and farmers upon and Congress-
is the most important Communist duty do that;
end must utilize of political e every
trial strgg of workers. every strike of unions
every misfortune of bankrupt farmers Seldom before pot
cal history offer better opportunity for doing this.
Senator Reed characterized the Sinclair Doheny
THE most gigantic steal of history cried out with
fears The federal has often faced great
al che
utilize the gigantic history to set in motion
the most gigantic workers and farmers his
tory The great indignation of the against the great
national shame must be converted into solid We
do utmost to have the capitas