The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04
SPARKS
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PRESIDENT COOLIDGE has now

IDRESlDENT COOLlDGE mas uVW
and then come out against the de-
mands of certain sections OF the mouse
for big naval appropriations. we
have always maintained that this IS
that much camouflage on the part OF
the president in order to hide the
| imperialist threat of the American 4
ruling class. In his speech on the buds
get, the president made another att
tempt in this direction to picture thes
United States as a lly-white apostler
of peace. The president declared that
he would construct warships "as fasti
as possible" and also if the conditions
of the treasury balances permit.
This is very simple. America is In
period in which it is able to manu-
facture and work fast. Secondly, to-
day the United States treasury Is IN
good shape and the outlook is that for
few years it will continue so. Thus
we note that the two obstacles placed
by the president to hide the war plans
of the Yankee imperialists are not
really obstacles but ARE forces of ire
mendous strength for the building Of
navy second to none.
No. Neither the president nor his
cabinet nor congress nor even the
press and the church can hide the i'm
perialist steps being taken by Wall
Street. The president can talk about
I'll oh nthnY~
limitations but neither his eloquence
nor silence can change the facts. The
race between Great Britain and
America for the supremacy of the
seas is only phase of the fight for
imperialist domination between these
two capitalist giants. There lies the
danger! This is what the workers
must take note of. This is what the
workers must fight against with all
weapons at their disposal and with
those that should be at their disposal,
which they must secure thru organ
izing their class power.
THE workers should begin to save
their pennies to contribute to
monument to be set up to Mr.. Matthew
Woll. Mr.. Woll, who is corporation
lawyer, is laboring overtime to hit
the workingmen daily. Mr.. Woll Is
treated as an idealist. He Is now at
tacking those who are carrying on
commercial relations with the Soviet
Union. He says that they are selling
themselves out. Mr.. Woll ought to
know; he has plenty of experience in
selling out workingmen. Apparently
he is not objecting to selling out on
principle. 1t is only the question as
to who sells out and to whom the
sell-out is made.
We have no doubt as to the fact
that the commercial institutions in
the United States or anywhere else
that are doing business with the Sow
let Union, are acting in order to get
profits. But why is Mr.. VOL so en-
ergetically opposed to this? He GER
tainly is not opposed on principle to
profits. There is only one reason.
Such commercial transactions with
the Soviet Union indicate the grow
ing strength of the Soviet Union.
Any indication of the growing
strength of the Soviet Union will
have an. effect of stimulating and
strengthening the constructive, pro-
gressive forces in the labor movement
of the world. Such strengthening
means that all pus, germs, bacilli,
infesting the labor movement, will be
destroyed.
Mr.. Vol is fighting for his life.
Mr.. Woll is not lighting against any
sell-outs by the American capitalists
of their ideals" First of all, their
ideals are to smash labor and against
such a sell-out, Mr.. Vol is certainly
not tlgnting in this instance. Sec
ondly, there is only cold cash in
volved here. Certainly Mr.. Vol is
not unduly excited about that. He Is
used to that. Mr.. Woll is an enemy
of the Soviet Union because he is an
enemy of the American workers.
JAY LOVESTONE.