The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-07
Borah Should Stick to
His Logical Arguments
for Soviet Recognition
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY the tug-of-war Washington the question
of American recognition of Soviet Russia develops in
intensity SIent Cal" for the steenth time that
he hasn't changed his mind the subject while Senator
Borah the country making speeches and giving
interviews demanding that Soviet rule be recognized Every
time that Coolidge declares he has changed his mind
the capitalist press restates its claim that the president is
hostile to Soviet recognition. But Borah is the head Of
the senate foreign relations committee which has lot
about this question: in fact often speaks louder than
the White House tenant.
Borah has just finished making two speeches; at Bridge
port Conn., and Chicago The stressed the ecog
milton his address advancing however,
new reasons for desiring to deal with the workers and
peasants government at Moscow He said:
a recognition
destroy
those people goshevs an economic disease The only v TO
get rid of to policy bring condition
Of affairs which will bring prosperity and of conduct
14o,oooooO people,"
Perhaps Borah thinks that is good way of breaking
down the preudces Of great financial interests and winning
their political ackeys in Washington It is not
cevabe that he believes what he says If he did, he would
naturally have something offer the workers and peasants
of Russia in return for the surrender of their power
Borah is great believer in America i'm American
patriotism. He is one of the oudest America First!
statesmen in Washington He opposed to the world court
He thinks that the Morgan Dawes plan "a godsend
Europe remsdyng all the evils of the Versailles peace He
kids himself into believing that the disarm-
ament conference brought peace little closer the world
So he wants another conference.
But all this is poor bait for the Russian They
know that America Frst" 1.-THE Dollar Frst that
the Morgan Dawes plan slave plan for the German
workers. to be foug by everywhere that disar-
conferences will continue to be standing jokes
long imperiaIist ambitions strive for world rule
Borah speaks of the American capitalist state that he
would offer the Russian workers for their Soviet rule, as
follows:
Of organized propaganda
political the other building
up
arbitrary
far TO TORTURE THE
HUMAN FAMILY
Then the following:
charged a conspiracy
country subty active this
ment and
ton of great wealth." s5
It easy to laugh in the face of the Idaho
he tries cloak that charge that capitalism rules in WASH
ington, in mantle of mystery He would almost have
believe seems that the whole Teapot Dome scandal pas
sed entirely his head just to mention chapter IN
Washington's dollar craftsmanship.
Borah had better stick to his other ogical
gun1ents recognition of Soviet Russia and there
plenty of them There is nothing in the whole Amer
lean capitalist SYSTEM in the grip of the Wall Street pro-
teers that appeals to the Russian All that Borah
charges against American capitalism true of Russian
czarsm,-BUREAUCRATIC, BURDENSOME, INEFFIC
EMIT, MISUNDERSTANDING Russian labor 1t fell
Soviet rule took its place:
Of course the Russian peasants desire ecog
milton of Soviet Republic by the American cap
itast government But there something they would like
Recognition by Wall Street and Washington of the stability
of Soviet Moscow will not alter by the smallest ota
the Russian desire for Soviet America.
American capitalism has nothing worthwhile to offer
the worlds but invitation for its destruc
ton Soviet other hand leads the way for
liberation of labor in all lands.
ornIVlMn cunc Hindenbure, Ebert's