The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-15
Iowa Must Fall in Line
With Demand for Party
of Workers and Farmers
THERE were 1000 votes cast for the presidential tickle
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

THERE 1000 for the presidential ticket Of
the Workers (communst) Party in Iowa in 1924
This Is strong nucleus for the building of powerful
labor party against the two capitalist parties This favor
able condition only enhanced by the unrest the
growers which In this state but by the dscon
tent among the railroad workers. who influential fac
tor among the industrial workers.
This said in view of the Coolidge gang In
the United States senate has fit to GUST Senator Smith
WiIdman Brookhart and the democrat Capt Dan F.
seck This that BroOkhart is returning Iowa with
the intention of entering the June republican primaries
candidate against Senator Cummns, who Is for reeec
tion Brookhar Will continue to pose as progressive"
He will continue to fight in the future however, he has
In the past against every effort of the workers and farm
ers to build taeir own class power.
Hundreds of thousands of workers and farmers rallied
in support of Brookhat against the landlords the bankers
and the food gamblers Yet of the staunchest support
of capitalism the political agents of Wall Street the
senate like Curtis of Kansas; Smoot Of Utah. and JONES'
Of Washington voted keep Brookhart In the Even
the orders Of Coolidge and Dawes couldn't hold them They
were willing to overlook the fact that Brookhart had de-
manded that Dawes be stricken from the republican ticket
In 1924 They anxious to forget that BroOkhat had
supported LaFoIette. They afraid of him as
champion of the workers and farmers Perhaps they
mebered that Brookhart had refused speak the
platform with militant coal MINER Alex Howat In Spring.
field, Illinois, The miners held their meeting without him.
SENATOR steck makes this interesting declaration
about the state of Iowa:
only question to be
represented by radical assueradlns 40 republican or BY con-
servaV democrat Iowa radical belief
Iowa will
true representative Of the sentiment Of Iowa"
6ur the 4UUO Communist votes IN 1924 constitute
hcient answer to such ple. Another is that poll
tcians seeking high office in the capitalist government
always parade before the Iowa radicals and
progressves in order win election This true of
Albert B. cummns ranked for years with the insurgents"
who gained his reputation fighting the railroads United
States senate Ten and 20 years ago cummins the
mask that Brcokhart is wearing today.
1t Is declared that Brookhart will defeat Cummins
fall elections That may be true But Brookhart 90
the same way Cummns did will advance the struggle
of Iowa labor The Iowa farmers have learned that they
cannot feed their families their cattle, gas up their
ers and tractors with the speeches pedded thru the
gressonaI record.
The whole fight against Brookhart, including the
taken on Monday in the senate shows the which
fences broken down between the republicans and demo-
Gratis The republican organization in 1924 openly supported
Steck, the democrat against Brookha who had won the
nomination in the republican primaries. The senate demo-
Gratis on Monday gave the CooIdge-Dawes gang sufficient
votes to throw out Brookha the republican, If Brookhat
again wins in the June primaries the regular republican
machine will no doubt again rally in support of demo-
cat even tho may endanger the republican majority in
the senate.
Such confession of the dollar control of both the
old parties should convince all workers farmers of the
futty OF functoning politically except thru labor party
Iowa must fall in step with the march toward independent
political action for Americas working class.