The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-16

rapist made deal and that is the
reason why he maintains silence. If
the present Hoosier administration
manages to hold office Stephenson
may be turned loose. A little talk
was velvet for Stephenson last week
but now his silence is golden.
THE American Federation of Labor
4 INDUCED in It's annual outburst
against the Soviet Union. but Timothy
Healy, Of the stationary firemen, sug-
gested that Russia would be recog-
nlEed if for no other reason than be-
cause Wall Street is beginning to
favor it. And Tim can bet his necktie
that just as soon as Wall Street de-,
cides to recognize Russia, William
Green will be able to find conve-
nient excuse for changing his mind.
THHE A. F. OF L. offlcialdom follows
4 the United States governments
foreign policy very much like a tail
follows a dog. Had Wall Street sup
ported the vatican In the Mexican
religious trouble, in all probability
Green and his tuchuns would do like
wise. But it did not happen to be in
the interest Of American imperialism
to come to grips with Mexico just now
SO the dutyful Mr.. Green rolled over
and followed suit The influence of
the officials Of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor on political thought or
action is overestimated. The masses
have no faith in them and the capital
tst politicians know that they are
bunch Of crooks who are knocked
down TO the highest bidder.
sss
ysHERE are people IN the radical
4 movement. naive enough to think
that a trace OF honesty stu remains
in the systems OF the labor takers.
There are some radicals (the word
should be in quotes) who think that
alleged liberals, who are reactionary
in public, but radical in private. can
be used to further the workingclass
movement Karl Marx knew what he
was talking about when he said that
diplomacy never was and never could
be a weapon of the workingclass. The
kind of diplomacy that leaves the
lever In the hands of the fake liberal
or the private radical is the bunk.
Il is a stepping stone to disaster.
THERE are no short cuts to revolu-
4 ton. One cannot conceive of
revolutionary movement arriving at
its destination unless it Is founded on
the support of the masses, the people
who have a bread and butter inter
est in seeing it succeed. For this
reason the Communists are not in
favor of helping ono gang OF adven-
turists to get into power in the A. F.
of Ia at the expense Of the present
ofice holders. In the long run, indus
trial conditions will force the workers
to move forward, but It is always
necessary to point the way and or
Eanize for the march. 1t is much
better to lose in an honest fight than
to win victory that really succeeds
in fooling the victors.
THoR the one thousandth and ninety
Il ninth time the Chicago police
force have announced their intention
to crush gangsterism. And for the
same number Of times the attempt
will end in bluff The police force Is
run by politicians and so are the
gangsters. Just as soon as the pub
licity resulting from the latest batch
of murders dies out In the press,
everything will proceed normally, and
fatally.
THE following Washington dispatch
4 should prove instructive:
with the state department refus-
ing to invite Russian soil experts to
the fifth international conference OF
soil science here next June, agri-
culture department officials said to-
day II would be futile to hold such
a session without Soviet government
representation.
"Russia has many leading scien-
lists In SOIL DR.. w. w. Weir, soil
technologist Of the agriculture de-
partment, said. Without Russia the
conference would be incomplete.
Russia Is the second agricultural
country In the world, and second only
10 the United States In soil science
Many now conceptions OF soil have
come from Russia. Without that
country participating the conference
could hardly be success
while America cannot invite Sow
let representatives, as Russia is not
recognized by the United States,
pressure is to be brought on the state
department to have Soviet delegates
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