The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-29
Socialists Go to Norris,
Republican, for Their
Coal Problem Remedy
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY workers and farmers are given another insight
into where the socialist party goes for its peculiar brand
American Appeal which is the official organ of the socialist
party Senator George W. Norris Of Nebraska presented
having the true coal remedy which is therefore, offered
as the party's remedy.
Senator Norris a republican. He makes no pretense
to socialist eanngs He has followed in the wake of Sen
ator Borah and the late Senator LaFoIstte The ahng
of discomfort among the Nebraska workers and farm
have been able to force Norris to quit the epub
ican ranks
Senator Norris is lawyer, therefore the same kind of
politician as Borah is and was He was prosecut
ing attorney for terms in Nebraska, which that
he invoked capitalist law against the workers and farmers
of his district He for five terms member OF the house
of representatives and he in the senate yet the pre-
datoy interests have had to tebe at any of
his utteances He excellent safety
to head off the drive of Neraska labor toward independent
political action.
Yet is this republican politician the editor of
the American Appeal who happens to be other than
remedy and gets it. Even Victor Berger the socialist par
TVS congressman and Morris Hqut, who first
hand opportunities to get acquainted with the coal problem
Norris is of extreme ndivduaIistic type. He comes
from state where coal is mined where there
coa interests 1t is, therefore easy for him to offer ma
tonalizaton Of the mines remedy But he does not
even do that He says:
coal question must
be by the taking
operating them"
This is the remedy of the indivdualst The govern
ment should take few of the Mines operate them
competition with the privately owned mines and thus
SOCIALISTS
cept this oversight that the government is capitalist
in the hands of the private Of property
with whom Norris would have the capitalist compete
Some western governors notably the governor of Nebraska
apotca bedpartner of Norris tried to sell gasoline
petition with the Standard Oil Company They learned it
couldn't be done. Rockefeller than OIL He is
part owner OF the government.
In his "coa remedy" as published in the American APP
peal Norris does not present single provision for
workers. participation in the control of the partially
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS industry.
Somewhere however, he has heard of the scheme Pres
dent Frank Farngton of the illinois coal miners union is
offering to Illinois miners cue-a for their woes. 1t is
proposed to furnaces the mine mouths to produce
electricity for the power age" There great
obstacle however, and that is that waterpower cheaper
than power secured from coal. So this hope fades.
This is merely cited in brief to show the absolute bank
ruptcy OF the socialist party when it espousng
definite working class principles. 1t has again that #
gets its political direction from irresponsible middle class
politicians.
The true coal remedy" will be found when the work.
ers take over all industry thru their Soviet power Until
then they will fight for every advantage conduct of
privately owned industry, or industries conducted by
the capitalist state.
They will refuse to accept any fake cure-a as final
solution OF their problem which is the absolute abolition of
private ownership in property the wping of capitalism
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