The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-04

OF MS part IN the teapot leases,
and because of his sending
marines to clear the naval oil
reserve area for Mr.. Sinclair.
But, M. Dill has found it ad-
viseable to desert Washington
for speaking trip in the West
right after he introduced his
resolution. Mr.. Dill has per-
nitted his resolution to be laid
on the table.
Senator Mcclellan has proposed
that Melons financial connections be
investigated, in view of the charge
that he is holding the office of the
Secretaryship of the Treasury in vio-
lation Of the law which incapacitates
anyone who has interstate commerce
financial interests from holding this
cabinet post.
But, Mr.. Mcclellan, who always
prides himself on being one of the
vigorous" democrats in the capitol.
has allowed his resolution to go the
regular route of the Senatorial legis-
lstive calendar. This means that Nc
Kellar has signed the dead warrant
of his newly born political babe.
Democrats and Progressives Quitting.
Why this right-about-face on the
part of the democrats and such So
called progressive as Wheeler, Dill
and Brookhart? Why are these men
not fighting for the vigorous contin-
uation of the investigations of big
business control of government?
Why is Wheeler doing nothing to
turn the searchlight on the criminal
strike-breaking activities of the De-
partment of Justice and the Burns
Agency against the trade unions and
working class political organizations?
The story of the high-handed con-
duct of Burns and Daugherty in the
last railway shipments strike alone is
sufficient to put them behind the bars
for scores of years, even on the basis
of the present capitalist law. Yet,
Messrs. Brookhart and Wheeler have
done nothing to bring this informa-
ton before the country.
Why is it that the regular and
irregular democrats of all stripes are
showing signs of wearying of the in
vestigations and falling for, what
they know very well to be Just plain
rot and buncombe, the appeal for
getting down to business and legis-
lating?"
Why are these democratic hawks
and eagles of yesterday becoming
owls so soon and refusing to go ahead
with the charges against Mellon,
Hoover, Hughes and other cabinet
members?
All Serve Same Masters.
There is but one answer to all these
questions. The progressives, demo-
Gratis, republicans and capitalist poll
ticians of all stripes regardless Of
how radical the phrases they mouth
may be, are first and foremost con-
cerned with the preservation of the
fundamental interests of the employ
ing class. The danger signal for the
capitalist class is the sign for their
these Investigations. The
revelations have already gone too far
in shaking the confidence of the
masses in the government.
The big employers Of labor have
felt that these Investigations are 60
ing just a bit too far. For some
time they have exercised heavy pres
sure to put an end to the senatorial
exposures. Now they are beginning
to get results. The worm is be-
ginning to turn. The democrats are
making common cause with the re-
publicans in organizing for more
laws, in organizing to get what their
masters have denounced only yester-
day in the most bitter terms. The
so-called progressives, the jellyfsh
backboned radical wind-jammers are
now giving into the demands of the
big interests. Of course, their surrend-
err is not as openly abject and not as