The Washington times., 1924-05-28
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NORTHWEST
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La FoIIette's Blow at Reds
Knocks Out Magnus john
son, Views Held Here
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skaters that whole prospect. He
declares that where communists are
admitted he will not come. He de-
clares that the 'progressives," in
GLIDING himself, as believers in dem.
ocratic popular government, can
have no dealings with communists
who believe in substituting for dem.
ocratic popular government a. soviet
form Of government and q dictator.
ship by the proletariat.
1t IL believedV that no greater
blow has ever been given to com.
munism in America than this one
by La Toilette.
It is believed that when he,
the favorite hero Of all the radicals,
sets his face so sternly against
communism that he will accept no
dealings whatsoever with any con-
vention in which there IL even a
trace Of communist influence, the
boring from within" by communists
into the radical ranks in the North.
west will be brought to a sudden
and sharp halt.
It Is accordingly felt that this
declaration by La Toilette is of
primary Importance in ShapinR the
Development Of progressive radical
politics In this country I'm the inn.
mediate future. The communists
nave already been accommodated
from the labor movement by Samuel
Gompers. Now they are excOm.
inundated from the- progressive
political movement by La Toilette.
hereafter they are likely to have
70 stick to their own movement.
Likely To Be Shadow.
IT IL believed that when the con.
vention Of June IL in st. Paul comes
70 order, 1t win be q mere shadow
OF what 1t could have been from tie
standpoint Of prestige and power,
Attention, therefore, IL now con.
centrated on the convention called
oy the Conference for Progressive
Political Action" which will meet Il,
Cleveland ON July 4. La toilette
VIII not repudiate this latter conven.
ton. It has been called especially
by the railroad trade unions. It will
be largely dominated by the railroad
trade unions. No communist has
been invited to it. Any communist
VINO tries to attend it Is likely to
11nd himself made into q martyr by
being thrown out onto the sidewalk
on his head.
So far as actual effective La Fol.
Iette progressive" politics IL con-
cerned, the June II st. Paul con.
vention Is dead and the July 4
Cleveland convention is its heir, and
becomes the owner Of the whole in
dependent political progressive
movement, which plans to support
La Toilette for President this fall
II the circumstances favor his run.
ming. and II he decided to, run.
Sides With Unions.
The railroad trade unions had
already refused to attend the June
II convention. La Toilette now
hurls that convention away from
him and sides with the railroad
trade unions definitely and en-
phatically.
1t is believed further that Senator
Shipstead Of Minnesota is in thor.
ough agreement with La Toilette.
His colleague, Magnus johnson, IS
believed to have f1irted with the
idea OF attending the June II st.
Paul convention. Shipstead is be.
lieved to have been against that
convention from the start.
He and La Toilette in these mat
tiers are believed to be absolutely to-
gether and seeing eye to eye. It is
believed. accordingly that the follow
Ing results emerge from La Fol
lette's epoch-making declaration:
The effort by communism to
penetrate and color American
northwestern rural radicaIism has
been stopped at the source.
The leadership Of the elements
supporting La Toilette this fall
has been shifted from the i1nme.
date northwest to the national rail-
road organizations, which have
thier principal headquarters in
Ohio at Cleveland.
The ultimate leadership of the
northwestern progressive radical
movement has been lost to Mag.
mus johnson and through cOOpora-
ton with La Toilette will 60 IN
time firmly and fully to Henrik