The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-01
Told You So

How lightly the imperialists take
their political Convictions! And
there is a reason. There is no more
difference between Al Smith and
Hoover as far as their attitude Ia
wards Big Capital is concerned than
there is between the two gentlemen
known as Messrs. Tweedledum and
Tweedledee. Wall Streets job is to
keep the heads of both parties in
formed and to see to it that they do
the right thing by big biz. Cochran
will probably be attached to the
Hoover wing of the House of Nor
gan, while some other member will
park himself at Smiths elbow. As
matter of fact, Raskob is a House
of Morgan man, since the blouse"
is back of General Motors. In this
election toss-up its tails the working
class loses and heads the capitalists
win.
This will be the case as long as the
workers support the capitalist par
ties or any other party except the
Workers (Communist) Party. And
we do not mean support" in the
socialist sense of merely voting the
Communist ticket. We mean in the
sense of organizing around the pro-
gram of the Workers (Communist)
Party, which deals with every phase Z
Of the class struggle and purposes to
mobilize the masses against capital
ism. 1t makes no difference whether
Al Smith smokes cigars or wears
brown derby or whether Hoover's
face looks like a miniature Of Stone
Mountain; both are servants of the
enemies of the working class, and
the only relief the workers will ever
get from either of them is probably
the letting of a little fresh air into
thei- skulls by means of policemen's
clubs when they go on strike.
Chairman John J. Raskob of the
Democratic National Committee de-
clared that, even tho no bootleggers'
money would be contributed to the
Smith campaign, Al would not run
short of funds. The ward captains
will take good care that the boot
leggers will not have much money to .
give anybody between now and No
vember. The ward captains will
take it from the bootleggers, with
the understanding that after Al is
elected the money will come back
like bread cast upon the waters.
And then, the bootlegging industry,
prosperous and furnishing tho it is,
cannot yet hold candle to the auto
mobile industry.
Chairman Raskob informs us that
the executive committee of the
Democratic campaign committee has
not yet got down to final considera-
ton of plan for the appeal to the
"disgruntled" farmers in the Corn
Belt. This means that the best
minds in the Democratic Party are
sweating over a plan to fool the
farmers. The farmers can howl
their heads off between elections and
are given the deaf ear by the capital
its politicians. But they have votes,
and when these votes are needed
the capitalist politicians are willing
to go to the trouble of giving them
some encouragement to keep theme
in the traces until after the elections
are over.
The program of the Workers
(Communist) Party offers the far
mers the only solution for the
problems that confront them. This
solution is contained in the National
Platform now ready for distribution
Besides the demands for mora
forum on farm debts, protection
against exploitation by railroads,
meat packers, milk trusts and grain
elevator combines, abolition of all
federal and local taxes on working
and tenant farmers, and other de-
mands, the poor farmers are urged
to unite with the exploited industrial
workers and with the agricultural
workers in a struggle against the
common enemies of both; against
big business, against the trusts, and
against the capitalist government.
A copy of the National Platform of
the Workers (Communist) Party
should be in the hands of every poor
farmer and industrial worker. 1t
sells for ten cents, and can be Sc
cured at the National Election Cam
paign Headquarters, 43 E. 125th st.
New York City. i