The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-27
LA TOILETTE and
The COMMUNISTS

have Just finished reading the
press reports of the Farmer-La0or |
convention and l am mighty well |
pleased with the results.
The very reasonable, fair and I'M
selfish position taken by the Com
munists in the face of the brutal and
uncalled for attack by La Toilette, !
was one of the finest things connect
ed with the whole proceedings: IN
fact there is nothing like 1t IN the
political history of America. We all
hold the right to differ in our opinions
and freely grant this right to others,
but La Toilette attacked the motives
of the Communists which is not his
or any other mans right. Any group
of men have a perfect right, under
our Constitution. to advocate ana
work for any form eff government
under the heavens, so long as they
go about it in a lawful manner. That
was brought out very forclbly by
! Senator Reed of Missouri In his ans
wer to Senator Walsh of Montana,
on the floor of the Senate during the
war.
The Convention acted wisely in
! leaving the way open for La Toilette
to lead the united progressive forces
of the nation should he so desire. 1t
is now up to La Toilette to determine
whether or not the progressives shall
enter the fight this fall, with a united
front, or split up into a number of
factions. The responsibility now
rests wholly upon him. In the inter
ests of unity will he go one half as
far as the communists did at St.
] L 30,
become a part Of large national
movement, and insists upon a little
movement of his own, he will there
by do more to insure the election OF
Coolidge and the perpetuation OF our
present bankers soviet government
than all the efforts in that direction
of Mr.. Henry Ford. The progresslves
of the nation are 2Gt anxious to re-
peat the Bull Moose blCnder, by at
tempting to build up a party around
popular hero, but they are deter
mined to organize a great mass move
ment for purpose OF destroying gov
eminent by monopoly and freeing
themselves from the tyranny and
slavery of the powerful, organized,
inhUman immoral and debasing blight
and curse of the Money Trust, and
establishing once more in this cOun-
try a government by and for the
people,
This fight will not be won by weak
lngs or by those who place a greater
value upon a reputation for respec-
liability and regularity than they dc
upon great ideals and convictions, MOI
yet by men who are quickly won away
from the toiling and exploited masses
by cheap fiattery and the favor Of
social position and power Men whC
think it a disgrace to go to Jail fOl
honest convictions, and senators whC
go over tc the enemy. while the smell
of the cow stable is still upon them
/ will be of little use in this fight.
i / do not wish in any manner to de
tract or belittle the splendid recor,
OF La Toilette during the many year
that he stood almost alone fighting
organized greed and single handed de
| flying all the powers Of the exploiter
even to the point Of endangering hi
| life, but l do deplore his attitude to
wards the ST. Paul Convention, whicl
IN my judgement is the greatest mis-
take Of his life. That La Toilette wa
mlslnfOmed concerning the move
| ment by some western senators VIII
J feared the movement, probably influ
/ enced him greatly and was largely re
| spOnsible for this blunder. 1t ough
/ to be apparent to all that the fight
between the exploited and the ex
/ ploiters. The exploiters are unite
and own and control both the old pc
litical parties-The exploited are di
Wded and can never win until the
unite. All the exploited, regardles
Of their isms, must unite in self de
fence. The communists must not b
put out and they must not drive GU
any other group Regardless of a
minor differences the exploited mus
unite. At the present moment La
Toilette holds the key. In all hi
eventful life he never faced a create
crisis nor one frought with create
possibilities-Upon his decision hing
es the outcome of the coming electio
with all that means to the enslave
masses of the people.
J. w. ANDERSON. Sidney, Mon