The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-04
The Line of the Class
Struggle Becomes Ever
Clearer to the Workers
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY the workers and poor farmers have another OPP
Potuniy to study the bubble character Of the so-caed
LaFoee third party movement in the results of the me-
mortal demonstration long planned and just held in Chi
cago.
of the Progressive (Thrd) Party in illinois long before
LaFoete died. When the Wisconsin senator passed away
the outing at RiverveW Park converted into emor
ia that to carry on nevertheless just energetic
ally for the revolt against the old parties But
handful of men, and children hardly than
hundred appeared mostly children attracted by the
ments The memorial" featured by dancing by
celebrity from one OF the loop musical shows.
Perhaps gathering Of 100 people has ever carried
with the significance that this did, 1t
mony that the ured away from Independent class
political aconnto support Of the Observation-Disclosures ticket
last fall had finally realized how badly they had been duped
Senator Burton K Wheeler, of Montana, widely ad-
vertsed up to the very last minute especially thru the
capitalist of the speakers at the emor
a did not appear The vice presidential candidate of
year remained in Montana not sukng in his tent to be
Tamn,any Hall, John "WaIstreet Davis and the late Will
liam Jennings Bryan, that left LaFoettes death
did not take him out of the third party any
completely than has the deserton Of Senator Wheeler
Neither Robert LaFoIIette, Jr- there He took
prominent part in his fathers campaign last year and
Madison, Wise, his home, many hours away. La
Toilette J talked long and loudly last of the break
the prince Of Wisconsin capitalist politics is
busy in riding the hearse Of the funeral procession
vacant in the United States senate 'A''
Neither were the hosts of Chicago labor officials present
VINO climbed aboard what looked like Lar GILLETTE trumphal
bandwagon last year They were all far away, acting in
other fields of class betrayal with the lone exception Of
Charles j. MACEDONIAN state chairman of the progressive
party But Napoleon in the days of his exile could
been isolated at ST. Helena than MacGowan who found
himself thoroy alone at Riverview Park
1t is we'll to remember that this third party progressive
movement that has lost all contact with any numbers is
the headed nationally by William H. Johnston president
OF the International Association of Machnists, who
launched an expulsion drive against the nlants of this
union. z5 ss
1t was Johnston, LaFoIette, Wheeler Compers with
the Magnus JOhnsons and the Hendrck shpsteds with
others of their kind but of lesser Importance who led in
the attack last year working class political action de-
nouncing the usual Communist plot engineered from
Moscow. They offered the LaFoIette progressive ove-
ment that not third party against the class
party OF the workers and farmers They did considerable
damage by misleading labor, in the cities the land
for time But the workers getting back their feet
and thinking straight again. putting the traitors where they
belong either forcing them into complete isolation or drv-
ing them back into the Wall Street parties with their masks
completely torn away
Experience is showing daily that the Johnstons and
Signans have just small a following in the unions
among the rank and file for their expulsion policies part Of
the DISQUALIFICATION effort to betray the workers into the
hands OF the employing class Is
In Chicago, the lawyer Joseph c. Crossburo told the
little RNerView gathering that LaFoette was irving 70
the nation from cruel feudaI ndustrasno on the
one hand and communistic PROPAGANDA on the other
But the workers learning mat such trimmers in the
trade unions and in the parliamentary arena are the best
allies of the great expotes The line of the class STRUGGLE
that leads to complete victory pIunderes of man
kind becomes ever clearer to of workers and
poor farmers w