The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-30
"7nsmrgents''
Go Easy

The republican insurgents in congress
have failed to secure any kind of sat-
isfactory answer on their program
from the republican caucus in the SEN
ate. This was only to be expected.
On the eve of the opening Of the
10th Congress, Senators Lynn ].
Frazier, Henrik Shipstead, Robert M.
LaFollette, Jr., Gerald P. Nye and
j. ]. Blaine have addressed letter
to Senator Curtis, republican leader
Of the United States Senate, in which
the insurgents request" definite as
surance from the republican majority
in congress that there shall be final
vote in the senate before the adjourn
ment of the first session of the 10th
Congress, upon the following meas
ures:
/. Adequate farm relief legislation
on the basis of the McNary- Haugen
bill, to be reported from committee
on or before February 1.
2. A bill to limit the power of the
federal courts to issue injunctions.
8. A resolution for thorough in
vestigation of the policy of the United
States in Central and South America.
Replying to this request" of the
insurgents, Senator Curtis pointed
out that "the chairmen of the three
committees which would handle the
measures and the insurgents program
are all members of the insurgent
group"
Not Satisfactory.
This reply, which constituted In fact
rejection of the request of the In
surgents, failed Of course to satisfy
the latter.
Consequently, the insurgents adj
dressed another communication to
Senator Curtis in which they reiter-
ated their request for vote on the
three measures of their program, and
proposed that SIN order that we may
be assured that the committees to
which these measures will be referred
will report upon them to the senate,
we request that you obtain an assur-
ance from the republican members of
the foreign relations, the judiciary
and the agricultural committees that
they will assist in reporting to the
senate the three measures mentioned
above"
Caucused On Rebels. Is
The proposal for ans investigation
Iof @In 6 @h1 Tao1;I1-1 ,s~,
istration in Nicaragua drew forth a
reply from the republican senatorial
caucus that the republican regulars
were not going to sanction San at
tack on the conduct of our foreign
relations"
Assault On Courts"
The second proposal of the insur-
gents, to consider bill forbidding the
i. federal courts to issue injunctions in
labor disputes, brought forth the an
swer from the senatorial caucus that
this proposal constitutes San assault
, on the courts and that the republican
regulars Cannot stand for that" AS
, for the third demand, which called for
! consideration of the farm relief pro-
gram with the McNary- Haugen bill
principles, the republican caucus took
the following position:
They told Senator Nye that there
, would be farm legislation and that
the whole subject would have a thor
ough airing. But, according to the
report in the Times, the republicans
would not make any promise that
committed them, even by implication
to the principles of the McNary-
Haugen measure"
The upshot of this caucus was an
instruction to Senator Curtis to con-
tinue his negotiations with the insur-
+ gent group.
Practically Surrender.
AS a result of the negotiations
which Senator Curtis carried on with
: the insurgents, the latter seem to
have surrendered completely to the
republican machine, to the extent Of
assisting the regular republicans to
organize the senate and to gain con-
troll of 1t.
Prove Insurgents Fail.
1 The farmer-labor movement of the
i northwest, as well as the labor party
movements among the industrial
1 workers, are thus given an oppor-
} tunity to convince the masses Of
I workers and poor farmers, who st,ll
have illusions as to the ability of The
I "progressives" in congress to do
: something for them, that these insur
t gents cannot be relied on to lead the
4 militant struggle for the interests of
the exploited masses, and that the
only solution in the present situation
is the further and more intensive do
+. velopment of the movement for 4
labor party.
t NIT them to unionize his employees.