The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-05
Workers Must Array
Their Strength Against
the Acts of Congress
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY congress returns to work at Washington after its
holiday and the stock exchange opens for another
year egazed robbery the days ahead the identity of
interest between the two will be clearly established
than The stock gamblers will make merry prices
will rise hosted by the prospect of greater profits, favor
able legislation goes thru the law making mill at the nations
capital Nowhere the horizon does the capitalist press
see any prospect that the laws be adopted will not be ex
tremeIy favorable to its bandit class.
Most attention will be given during this session of
gress to ID American adherence to the socalIed perma
of international ustice (2) revision down.
ward ~ promises of agricultural relief and (4 changes
in the present tariff law
All of these questions of extreme interest and
the American working class the cities and
land Yet the organizations of labor they do openly
eouse the cause of the Bosses uescent these vital
problems an1ai9
the American Federation of Labor under its pres
ent leadership, openly allies itself with Wall Streets imperial
st ambitions when it champions the world court the point
at which the United States enters the league of nations The
Gompers policies in the A. of L. being by
Green, Duncan VOL and Others makes harspttng dis
tnctons between the court and the league These policies
stand 100 cent for the Wsonn program that sought
enmesh this nation in BOTH The democrat Wilson, political
agent of the House of Morgan failed but has remained for
the republican, Coolidge under the tutelage of the
ringmaste Colonel NJ House. to succeed in winning the
senate for the American dollars ambitions in Europe
1t is the duty of militant labor expose untiringIy be-
fore the whole American working class the mperiast role
the present A. F. of l. regime playing regard to the
world court and the league.
While congress goes ahead shifting the tax burden more
and from the rich to the shoulders of oveburdened
labor the labor officadom continues developing its
collaboration schemes The tax bill passed the house of
resentatives with hardly whmper against it. 1t will go
thru the senate with little opposition atho President
Green and his associates claim they have large numbers of
friends in both houses of congress Wages will be to
the extent that taxes taken from workers increased And
the labor officiaIdom remains silent.
Similarly with regard to the agraan crisis No effort
comes from the A. F. of l.. under Green build the sodar
y OF the city with the land workers. Thus the Chicago
Tribune on the eve OF the reassembng of congress- pub
fishes cartoon showing labor fat and satisfied sitting
down to boundless prosperity banquet with corpuent
figures representing manufactures banks realtors industry
brokers and middemen, all prosperous gentlemen while the
farmer-agrlcuture and hungry dubbed "the poor
relation The poor farmer easily convinced that this is
true as he reads of labor officials speaking at the affairs
OF the chambers OF commerce and inviting the cooperation
OF the enemies of the farmers cities who are no less
the foe of city workers.
Then the tariff When the Gompers regime firted with
the democratic party, placed in fake opposition to
the great industry, while increasing the of living for
the workers.
The tariff offers problem for the present congress
ne myth that the tariff protects the wages the workers
VIII nor be exploded by the Green regime. 1t will only be
exposed by the more conscious elements among the workers.
he democrats may assai the tariff but it will ony be to
WIN concessions for the democratic sections of the nation
Peciay the South the ndustrazation of which grows
daily accompanied by increasing oppression of the whole
working class.
Capitalism has chosen it's issues to come before
TINS session OF congress- The city and land workers can meet
tne explorers even these issues They can make an eff
fectve tight however, only thru organization built for in
aePenoen class political action The fight against the capt.
tast congress- in session. the present basis for +ha
creaon OF the labor party Even while its enemy feels most
secure the working class make progress now nv
ing completely with Wall Streets twin puppets the renuh
hcan and democratic parties.