The daily worker., 1925-01-12
Hughes Makes His Exit

One of the worst enemies of Soviet Russia in the
Coolidge administration at Washington is getting
out Charles Evans Hughes, secretary of state
has handed his resignation to the president Sam
Gompers, the late head of the American Federation
of Labor ally of Hughes against the First Workers
Republic, was removed by death Hughes retires
to make money as corporation lawyer. The out
look for the recognition of Soviet Russia grows
brighter.
Coolidge has picked another corporation lawyer,
Frank B. kellogg, to succeed Hughes. Kellogg and
Hughes are two lawyers of the same stripe. They
both won political prominence thru fooling the
voters
Hughes attacked the big insurance companies
and became governor of New York state. But
later he was considered "safe" enough to go on
the United States supreme court, and in 1916 he
was the republican candidate for president. Altho
Hughes was defeated Harding, four years later,
made him secretary of state; perhaps the best
agent American Imperialism has ever had. He was
better known as the secretary of OIL"
Kellogg also carried on a fake attack against
big business. He was a ''trust buster" under
Roosevelt The popularity he won as would-be
smasher of big business combines sent him to the
U. S. senate But the workers and farmers in Min
nesota woke up sufficiently to retire him and elect
farmerlaborite in his stead. Big capitalism takes
care of its servants however. kellogg was sent
as American ambassador to London. and now he
is to be secretary of state.
kellogg will be a good secretary of state for
American Imperialism. If kellogg is told to con-
tnue the Hughes policies against Soviet Russia
he will do so, like any good office boy of the big
business interests. If Wall Street feels that it is
losing out to western Europe in capturing the trade
Of the First Workers Republic then Kellogg will
did, with Senator Borah, head of the foreign rela-
tions committee, who has been an ardent advocate
of the recognition of and the opening of trade rela
tions with Soviet Russia.
Borah has his own ideas about what the foreign
relations of the United States should be- Big bust
ness isn't worried that Borah has an opportunity
to give voice to these ideas the floor of the
senate 1t has the secretary of states Office, which
carries policies into effect, in its own grip.
All of which shows what a cleverly arranged
organization the American capitalist state really
is. Hughes is defeated for president. But for four
years he has been of the most powerful figures
in the capitalist state. Kellogg was overwhelming
ly repudiated by the workers and farmers of his
own state. But now he rises to position, third in
line for the presidency. If President Coolidge and
Nice-President Dawes should die, or become in
capacitated Kellogg would become president An
other similar instance is that of William Howard
Taft, chief justice of the United States supreme
court Taft suffered crushing defeat for the presi-
.dency in 1912, carrying only two states. But he
raised to a position where he now has a veto
power over the acts of congress itself.
With these changes made in the presidents cab
met the exploited workers and poor farmers every
where must intensity their agitation for full recog
milton of Soviet Russia; for the opening of trad
relations with the First Workers Republic. But
this struggle should also teach all labor that com
plete victory finally comes only thru the abolition
of the capitalist state, and the creation of Soviet
rule in its stead. In place of the Wall Street rule
of Coolidge, Hughes and Kellogg the liberating
rule of the whole working class.
President John i. Lewis can read the handwrit-