The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-27

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munists, against the organization O.
the unorganized millions, against
militant class struggle. 1t pay:
young Vanderbilt Field and the otheI
rich young idlers to support the so
cialist party as the most clever de
fender of their capitalist property
But his money is not the only gift
young Vanderbilt Field offers hi.
new fiancee, the old prostitute, tn,
socialist party, He brings along
with him at least-Mr. Coleman as
sures us-the best traditions of thu
late William Vanderbilt:
In the manner with which he
is pitching in, there is something
of the old capitalists and finan-
cier's swift-paced organizing abil.
ity."
is a spectacle for the gods
the socialist party as the heir of the
best robber traditions of the most
notorious financier and railroad
magnate in the history of American
capitalism!
Professors, ToOl
There is a true renaissance of the
socialist party. Not only million.
aires but professors-entirely re.
spectacle, law-abiding, God-fearing
regular professors-are beginning t.
realize that their place is in the so.
cialist party. The millionaires are
attracted by the fact that there are
very few workers in the socialist
organization, and there is not a very
big danger that many needle trade
workers and house painters and ma.
chlnlsts will address them as "com.
rades."' The professors, on the othe,
hand, are attracted by the fact that
the socialist party has abandoned
the very last remnants of revolu.
tionary Marxism.
A Chicago professor, Paul H
Douglas, has contributed an article
to the October oath issue of the New
Republic, in which he explains "Wh,
| Am for Thomas" The main reason
he gives is the stripping off OF
Marxism from the theory and prac
tice of the socialist party:
Many liberals have in the past
been deferred from supporting it,
because in so doing they were re-
CURED to support dogmatic
Marxism The present plat
form, however. wisely dispenses
with all this economic theology.
and bases its program solely upon
realities"
Professor Douglas is a well-knowr
liberal. He is professor Of politica
economy; therefore, an expert ex.
officio on economic theories. He has
his own economic theories of 1Vulga,
truisms, and there is no reason t.
dlsbelieve him when he says that the
present socialist party has nothing
at all in common with Marxism
which he calls with the brazen pre-
tentions of a capitalist professor
economic theology"
And Professor Douglas is not ar
isolated phenomenon. In the Ma.
tons straw vote no less than 2,54z
prosperous intellectuals and small
business men expressed their en-.
dorsement of Thomas as against e.
526 for Hoover and 6,317 for Al
Smith.
Mr.. w. E. Woodward, the well.
known novelist and cheap human.
izer" of George Washington and
General Grant, confesses that he is
"a socialist of the deepest dye" de.
spite the fact that my books are
read in the Most respectable homes
Even members of the stock exchange
write me nice. admiring letters" Mr.
Woodward, who is not only writer
but very well-to-do exclusives
man, gives his own reasons for sup
porting Thomas, characterizing hin
in the following way;
Proietariat' and 'bourgeoisie'
are words that rarely appear in his
speeches. He has somehow got
hold of the idea that farmers in
Iowa, and workers in Detroit fac
tories, ere bit uneasy when they
are addressed as the oppressed
masses Re refuses to talk to
them about their troubles in the
manner of Marx preparing 'Das
Kapital' in the British museum in
1867"
This statement by Mr.. W. E
Woodward appeared in the officia
campaign book of the socialist party
Charley Russell Back Againl
And if there are still "doubtine
Thomases" who don't believe thai
the socialist party is facing a veri
table renaissance, they ought to be
convinced by the fact that Charlie,
Edward Russell has reio;ned the so
cialist party. Yes. the same Edward
Russell who left the socialist part,
during the war. because the social
ist party at that time did not servt
the imperialist masters obedientl,
enough. Yes, the same Mr.. Russell
who served as a member of the in
famous special mission which Presi
cent Wilson sent to Russia in 1911
In an attempt to keep Russia in tn,
camp of the allies. Russell, the Will
sonian lingo, considers the socialis
rarty as it is today iingoistic enough