The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-05
EDITORS NOTES

much. Labor did not figure at all in the deiibera-
tions of the last session of congress And the
reason for this that labor as a class failed to
struggle politically
Primitive the farmers struggles were, in
sufficient as was their program and the basically
wrong tactics of the Farm Bloc, yet on the whole
they waged political fight which at least COM
PEELED attention. What has the official labor lead
ership accomplished during the same period?
1t is true that the McNary- Haugen bill, which
was the bone of contention in the last congress- is
totally inadequate to meet the present needs of the
toilng and poor farmers. At best the measures con-
tanned in the bill would relieve somewhat the pres
sure upon the well-to-do farmers LEAVING the ex-
plotted mass of them precisely where they were
To really improve the conditions of these masses
much more sweeping and radical measures would
be necessary, and for these the farming masses
must organize to struggle.
1t is also obvious that the tactics of the farm bloc
in congress were basically wrong. The alliance be-
tween the farm bloc and the elements representing
the bankers and fnanciers carried over the top the
MeFadden bill in which the bankers were inter-
ested, but failed to get Coodges signature for the
McNary-Haugen bill in which the farm bloc was
Interested. In plain language, the leaders of the
farm bloc were fooled They showed lack of no
htcal maturity and completely wrong outlook when
they based their tactics the expectation that the
ures to the end
The alliance that will help the farmers is an
alliance with labor AGAINST banking capital in
stead of with it. Herein lies the lesson of the farmer
bloc's recent experience
However, there is lesson in this for labor also.
The first question that forces itself to the front Isl
Where is the labor bloc in congress? Why hasn't
the working class and the labor movement a group
OF senator's and congressman to function as a bloc
IN the name and in the interests of labor?
We do not mean to imply by this that the present
farm bloc is all that the farmers need Nor are we
OF the opinion that the present policies and tactics
OF the farm bloc in any way ADEQUATE really to
serve the interests of the toing and poor farmers
Far from that. To become truly representative of
the farming masses, the farm bloc must thoroughly
radcaze its program, break with and wage real
struggle against the old capitalist parties and orien
tate itself definitely alliance with the working
class But with all this in mind we still maintain
that the so-called crowned and official leadership
OF our labor movement is even more backward than
the official leadership of the farmer movements
And we therefore continue to press the question:
Where is our labor bloc in congress?
About the only willing concession that big capital
would make the farmers if the latter press hard
enough is to sacrifice Coolidge. Lowden and vice
president Dawes already in the offing Both
OF these worthless have been trimming themselves
Tor the republican nomination. Both have "cham-
ploned" the McNary-Haugen bill, and Lowden even
LOOK trip to Scandinavia to study agricultural con-
ditions there.
We know of nothing that would recommend either
Oh these two gentlemen as friend of the farmers
any more than we could recommend Coolidge despite
the fact that Lowden is supposed to be "drt"
FARMER and Dawes is known to be "drt" some
thing else. However, the boom is on and VINO will
undertake to forecast the result One thing is GER
tain that If the tide too high against Coolidge
big capital will not hesitate minute to throw him
overheard, since there are many others willing
to serve who could be used more conveniently to
fool and exploit the masses.
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