The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-21

question Of Bolshevism. It was
Hoover who used the allied relief
supplies to finance the counter-revo-
luton in Hungary and it was his per-
sonal assistant who carried out the
policy that was consummated by the
invasion by the Rumanian army and
the slaughter of thousands Of work
ers and peasants.
No capitalist statesman speaks
more firmly against Communism than
Hoover and none is regarded higher
by the official labor leaders who hate
and fear revolutionary workingclass
theory and practice to the exclusion
of all hatred of capitalism.
"Peace" Conferences.
Hoover's industrial and commercial
conferences have been the meeting
ground where bankers, businessmen,
labor bureaucrats and fake farmer
leaders gathered on a basis Of COM
mon support of American capitalist
democracy" and their fear of mill
tant mass movements. Hoover's cam
paign for efficiency in industry
more and cheaper production-meets
with the approval of the bankers, the
business men, the wealthy farmers
and the Greens, VOLS and Lewises.
Herbert Hoover is the finest type of
imperialist leader in this field-he
typifies the united front between out
right imperialists and imperialist-
minded official leaders of mass or
ganizations on a class peace basis.
Union 0fficials-The Labor Party.
Here arises the question of labor
party. 1t is obvious that with Hoover
bearing the stamp of approval of of
ficialdom as republican party can
didate and Smith endorsed by the
same element as the democrat party
candidate, the masses of workers and
exploited farmers, lacking a mass
party of their own, are caught be-
ween the pincers of the two parties
of imperialism. The betrayal by la
Dor officialdom is the worst in
American Labor History.
Popularizing Imperialism.
Wall Street ownership of both
democrat and republican parties and
the lack of a labor party assures an
imperialist as the next president in
a period when it is driving for world
conquest. These two men are the
choice of the Morgans and Rookie
fellers, but Hoover has first prefer
ence. The smaller fry-"the Ohio
gang"-who were modified for the
LJAV campaign have been put in their
places. Their brief activity produced
Harding and a Coolidge-medio-
critics both-but today imperialism
demands a higher standard. 1t wants
imperialism glorified and popular
lied, it wants the empire concept to
be dominant in the minds of the
masses, it wants not grudging but
enthusiastic support for its program
of conquest from all sections of the
population.
Hoover-Imperialis Salesman.
To take the lead in a campaign to
popularize the American empire and
to break down resistance to such i'm
perialist adventures as the invasion
of Nicaragua, to ''sel' imperialism to
the American masses a far more
sl1illful and romantic figure than the
drab Coolidge is needed.
Hoover fills the bill. He has been
Amounted with refined oil but not
smeared with the crude seepage from
Teapot D ONE and the publicity
agents of finance capital are now
busy gliding halo for him.
Standard Oil and the house Of
Morgan have dumped the "Ohio
gang" and have picked republican
candidate who will not embarrass
the major imperialist program by
stealing the White House ornaments,
who will follow efficiently the main
line toward world conquest and who
represents the primary interests Of
big capital.
Not Liberalism But Reaction.
The swing from Coolidge toward
Hoover is not ''liberal" manifesto
ton. 1t is an important indication Of
desire for a better organized and
DeCCer leu movement OF reacClOn on
the part of the most powerful section
of the rulingclass.
Prepare For Attack
The working class can expect far
more vicious attack on it's organiza-
tions and living standards and must
prepare to meet it.
The slogans of our party-organi-
"a ion of the unorganized, a labor
party, work or relief based on union
wages for the unemployed, struggle
against the imperialist war danger,
etc.-will have far wider application
and appeal as the real meaning of the
Hoover candidacy becomes clear ia
the masses.