The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-13


bankers and manufacturers.
THERE are always plenty of dark
horses in the capitanst political
stables. But Hoover now seems to
be the blacklist of them all. He stands
the best chance of receiving the Re-
publican presidential nomination.
Hoover has even received the blessing
of the liberal New Republic. He is
being touted as the symbol of Ameri-
can efficiency, mass production, and
scientific management. Hoover is
being hailed as the one who stopped
the Mississippi flood. Rest assured
that the New Republic will yet tell
us that Hoover saved the Russian
Revolution in the famine days.
This is the same Hoover who is the
father of the Lever Act which served
as the basis for the paralyzing in
junction issued by the notorious
Palmer against the striking coal
miners in 1919. Governor Fuller, who
murdered Sacco and Vanzetti has en-
dorsed Hoover and is being boosted
as Hoover's running mate. The multi
millionaire, Senator Edge, of New
Jersey, brother-in-law of Walter
Teagle, President of the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey, is an ener-
getic supporter of Hoover's candidacy.
Who makes Americas presidents :?
Ask Standard Oil!
one of the most hopeful signs in
the labor movement is the recent
conference of 125 progressive mill
tant miners in Pittsburgh. Our coal
diggers are displaying the highest
type of heroism and self-sacrifice
that has been seen in the ranks of
the American workers. Hounded by
the special State strike breaking for
ces of sheriffs, spies and Injunction
judges; evicted and starved by the
private armies of unauthorized CAPT.
talist gunner; abused and misrepre-
scented by the press, Church and Uni
yersiey; and betrayed by their official
labor leaders-yet, they, the coal
miners of Pennsylvania and Ohio,
have enough courage, fight and class
vision in them to know what's to be
done, to want to do it, and even to
be able to see how it is to be done
and done speedily.
The miners, being the backbone of
the American trade union movement,
are fighting the battle of all labor.
More such clear vision and left wing
militancy, added to their magnificent
record to date, and the miners union
will yet be saved and possible dis
astrous defeat certainly turned into a
smashing virtory.
THIS is the season for prosperity
prophecies. Yet, in the prosperity
which we are promised for tomorrow
we are beginning to learn that the
country has been going thru a recess
sion. onlN yesterday, this wa
vehemently denied by all the market
and economic experts of the owning
class.
Surely, we can count on all sorts of
artificial and strained efforts being
made to keep things going at least
over the election period. That is why
the silent" Coolidge now talks SO
much about optimism and prosperity.
Tho Wall Street is long and strong
on memory, still no one can recall a
single instance where the president Of
the United States thought it necessary
to issue outright, technical state
ments on financial matters of such
general intricacy as brokers' loans in
order to buoy up the market.
The executive power of the central
lied government is growing by leaps
and bounds. More and more the presi-
dent works openly as the chairman
of the executive committee of the
capitalist class. For the profit
takers, the exploiters, this is an ex-
cellent arrangement. For the work.
ers and the exploited formers, Cool
idge's power and optimism mean
poor-houses, bankrupt farms, growing
unemployment, smashed unions, in.
/. functions, crushing mortgages. waR