The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-16
Told You So


al Committee by unanimous vote
There is no doubt that Al Smith is
one of the two darlings of big bust
ness. The House of Morgan is be-
hind General Motors, so in case al
gets licked the House of Morgan
will have Hoover. Heads, Wall
Street wins; tails, the working class
loses.
THE fiction prevailed for long
time among the workers that
the G. o. P. was the party of big
business and that the jackass party
was the party of the working class.
Without doubt the G. 0. P. was
the favorite party of big business
until the world war chop-sueyed lots
of things. The south was the vir-
gin base of the democratic party
but the exigencies of the great con-
flict opened up the south to indus
try. Now the pope-hating southern
democrat and the pope-hating north
ern democrat can sit over the loving
cup together and drink toast to
four years of footing under the aus
pices of the Tammany Tiger.
How lightly party badges sit on
the chests of capitalist leaders is
proven by the election of Raskob as
chairman of the Democratic Nation
al Committee. Raskob used to be
republican. Four years ago he
voted for Calvin Coolidge. But he
also voted for president Wilson. He
is quite impartial. The workers
who vote the democratic ticket be-
cause their grandfathers voted for
it should take lesson from Ras-
kob.
Apparently Tammany is sure of
the support of the trade union bu-
reaucrats so it is using all its ener-
gies to convince big business that
it will do the right thing by it.
Tammany leader George w. Olvany.
said in comment on the election Of
Raskob: 81 think it was very good
selection. 1t will show the people
throughout the country that Big
Business need not be afraid. of the
Democratic Party when the party is
willing to leave its affairs in the
hands of a man conspicuously iden-
titled with one of the biggest bust
ness corporations in the world"
pASKOB is the responsible repre-
~ sentative of the Du Pont powder
interests in General Motors. The
manufacturers of munitions of war
cannot be expected to visualize a
state of society where the dove of
peace will take the place of the war
eagle. Should war be "outlawed'
as the sappy liberals would have it,
Du pont would have to scrap his war
making machinery and turn to the
manufacture of ginger ale. AL
Smith as president, will order the
battleships to Latin America to col
lect interest on Morgan's loans and
many Smith boosters will leave their
bones to pulverize on South Ameri-
can battlefields for the profit of the
Du Pont powder interests and the
glory and profit of Tammany Hall.
WITH Raskob as it's national chair
w man the democratic party should
have no difficulty raising an effec-
tive campaign fund. The manipu-
lation of the stock market by an in
slider should prove an easy way out
of financial difficulties. The aver
age 100 per cent American is willing
to sell his vote for anything from
ten dollar bill to thousand. The
price depends on what he is able to
deliver. Already Tammany touts
are canvassing the city for willing
young men who are ready to park
their scruples in return for prom
Use of job should Smith win.
THOSE of you who are weary and
- heavy laden with financial
worries should take heart from the
experience of John j. Raskob, Cen
eral Motors official. His first job
paid him $3.50 a week. See where
he is today. He worked as a stem
ographer in public works to sup
port his mother, two sisters and
brother. Virtue is supposed to be
rewarded. Raskob was blessed by
the pope last April. What more
could a man ask for?
WILL Rogers the imperialist
" clown, comes out against politi-
cal conventions. One would have
expected something better from a
professional humorist. There is
more material for the kind of non
sense that brings home the bacon
for capitalist columnists in capital
list conventions than even at dance
marathons. Will should not kill the
goose that lays the golden eggs.
While the two capitalist parties
are insisting that they do not in
tend to buy all the votes that are