The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-22

unsuccessful opponent IN the repub-
lican primaries, and money to the
democrat who was to run against
whoever carried the republican prim-
airy election. If there had been two
democratic candidates in the priin.
aries, insult would have thought of
both of them. His stakes were not
Teapot Dome, but such little tidbits
as Muscle Shoals and super-power.
Harvey Havermeyer, of the sugar
trust, who is specially interested in
sugar tariffs, was once called before
the senate and asked to explain his
campaign contributions. In response
to questions he replied: "In repub-
lican states we contribute to the re-
publican party and in democratic
states to the democratic party" And
when senator asked: "But Mr.. Hav-
ermeyer, what do you do in the doubt
full states?" he said calmly: "Why,
in that case we contribute to both
parties"
Where the Money Goes.
| In the presidential election Of 1924.
the republican national committee
confessed to spending, without count
ing local funds, secret funds, etc., %
cents apiece for every one of the 20
million votes cast in that election.
They spent it on buying newspaper
space, on supplying publicity material.
on touring speakers, on printing
pamphlets, leaflets, ETC., and on many
other things that they are not so
anxious to make public. However, on
these things, which they have made
public, it is interesting to note that
they are precisely the things that the
Workers (Communist) Party needs
to spend money on--with the excep-
ton of buying of newspaper space in
the sense that they buy it. We have
to spend money on spreading our
press to new readers, on touring
speakers, on printing leaflets and
pamphlets, and from one-quarter to
a half of the fund of 100000 that
we intend to raise, on a job that the
republican and democratic parties do
not have at all-namely, the task of
getting the Party on the ballot in the
various states.
Where the Money Comes From.
1t is also interesting to note that
in spite of appearances, the republican
and democratic parties, in the last
analysis, really get their money from
the same sources as the Workers
Party campaign fund-namely, from
the American workers. The only diff
ference is that the Workers Party
pursues the method Of "direct taxa
ton" and the republican and demo-
cratic parties the method of "indirect
taxation" 1t is true that the Nor
gans and MELONS, the Guggenheimers
and Youngs, the Ryans and Rookie
fellers, and the like, give the funds
that the republicans and democrats
use in the electoral campaign. But
these funds are only part Of the ire
mendous profits that they wiring out
Of the American workers by the sys-
tenn Of capitalist exploitation. Thus
the workers are forced to make up
these many millions Of dollars Of
campaign funds by their sweat and
toll as a small part Of what they give
to their masters in Wall Street. II
is not surprising, therefore, that the
awakened workers prefer to give
their funds, insofar as it is in their
power, to the Communists, for
struggle against Wall Street and the
whole exploitation system.
In the next article, we will take up
the question of what the bankers and
corporations of Wall Street get from
the republican and democratic par
ties that makes it worth their while
to contribute these huge sums, and
/ in passing we will have few words
to say on what the workers of Amer
lea will get in return for the 100000
that they are preparing to raise for
the campaign of the Workers Party.