The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26
Labor Must Profit By
Defeat of Coolidgeisrn
In Election Campaign
BY j. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

CToRMY developments are indicated on every hand in the
- congressional campaign this year that is merely
tain raiser for the 1928 presidential struggle
CooIdges overwhelming majority in 1924 stunned the
opposition camps developing defeatst psychology
among the militant sections of the LaFolette
ment resulting in its complete disintegraon. Young Bob"
LaFoete dr. has comfortable seat the step
OF the Coolidge bandwagon
But the placid sea of capitalist pahiamentarsm, that
progessves in congress seeking protection under the
welcoming fold OF reaction and that witnessed the third
party" railroad brotherhoods uniting with Coolidge Wat
and Parker to get the legislation they desired only
the calm that preceded the brewing storm
There nothing be Stunned like the politician losing
port Of coodges policies wins instant Condemnation from
the Of This shown the defeat Nc
Kney in Illinois, Pepper in Pennsylvania and StanfieId in
Oregon all Coolidge supporters At the same time oppo
nents to the Coolidge policies win instant approval in the
first primary OF the present political season. when Norbec
nominated for reelection the Coolidge entry in
South Dakota.
That the Coolidge forces in panic shown by the
hurried conferences of the high priests of the republican
party being held in deep secrecy at the White House.
declared that Coolidge must take definite action What
he can really do, nobody seems to know The adnistra
ton has taken its stand the world court the agraran
crisis the debts the and dry and host of
other questions. has, without exception, taken stand
directly contrary to the expressed popular will.
The Coolidge crowd has little time to act The Iowa
occur on June T. and others will take place as follows:
North Dakota June 3d. Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma on
August g. with Kentucky at the polls August In practical
y all of these states the outlook is dark for Coolidge
MelIOn-suter regime in Washington
But this shifting of forces offer but little consolation
to the of workers and farmers they the
greatest possible advantage of this very favorable situation
The nomination of Congressman Ware in Pennsylvania
IN place OF the CoodgeMeon candidate Senator George
Wharton Pepper did not improve the situation of the pro-
ducng many Ware the of the worst political
bosses who have ruled the state years past for the
steel and transportation baons He has stepped into the
place vacated by such notorious politicians for profit as
Quay and Penrose
In Indiana, Senator Jim Watson won the support of both
the Ku Kux Kan and the Catholic church. With the usual
Hooser political fakesm he also able get the sup
port OF the Negro workers. which is considerable The
story is repeated for other states.
With the electorate in fx the advance section of labor
must rally its forces to take every possible advantage of the
situation Masses of workers and farmers drifting away
from Coolidge must be for independent political action
against all factions in the old parties The march of the
workers in the political readustments must be toward
the labor party