The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-05
The Socialist Leadership of the
NeW York Times

An amusing editoria-and certain instructive
oneappeared in the New York Times last Tuesday While this
authoritative newspaper the New York bankers precisely
socialist party nevertheless descended just for
moment to fill the function of Comrade Oneas New Leader
The editorial starts off,
among working 0 Europe of
higher than before the according conducted by
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace"
then quotes "Comrade" Sidney Webb for tes
tmonia in testimony for the magnificent hepuness gem
crosby of capitalism working then scod
ing of other British labor unonsts and Socialists who
though minority find hard that capitalist devil
not quite black they believe Karl Marx painted him.
The Times merely stepping into that necessary backyard
of capitalist political activity which called Socialist
ment to apply little discipline The Times plainly that it
wants its socialist hearen their fight opporun
list revsionsm their fight against enemies the
Communists The Times continues:
thirty years since the German Rev-
onist Socialists increasing
poverty the under capitalism Today is only the fanatics
dogma working deeper deeper detuton
Carnegie pro-
claim that life has been growing easier and fuller for the
anee Larger te @O fr reat m u Oh social m e
every country MARKHAM
truths of 1854 stand need of serious revision
troll Of Industry F' ''S' ana democratic con-
So the New Times was Socialist organ Tuesday
On Wednesday it back to the Republican Democratic fold
after the little excursion into its servants hall"
Is there single honest in the Socialist" party
that cannot learn from this that the Revsonsnhich
say the of Hqu Berger Onea and Maurer
lis the of capitalism advocated within and on the
nges of the working CLASP In other words socaed So
caist party has precisely nothing in with Socialism
nothing in with Marx nothing with cause
of the working class The Times defends the responsible in
tegent socialists who take the position the
MARKHAM truths of 1864 stand in need of And
the Thomase and Maurers turn defend the democracy by
which bankers rule.
The of socialism represented solely by the party
which struggles to make the working class the ruling class
only after the establishment Of the rule of the working
becomes possible to begin the building of socialist society
only party that fights to establish the rule of the working
Is admittedly the Communist Party while the party
fights for the continuation of the
OF capitalist democracy eminenty satisfactory to the
York Times and finance capitalism.
When the socialist partys candidate for the presidency
Comrade Reverend Norman Thomas openly writes organ
of the socialist party that he is Orthodox MARKHAM
cannot be disputed that his he and
his party the Revonsts of whom the Times with
such approval
Workers who hold the Engels and want
to fight for Socialism have precisely way realize
their hopes They must join the party enn the
Workers (Communist) Party.
Let this red election campaign result drawing many thou
sands of members into the Workers ommuns) Party
American section of the world party which fought estab-
ished the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics.
Or you Socialist" the kind approved by the New
York Times organ of Wall Street?