The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-24
Foster Also Runs =


In the hustle and excitement OF the campaign
most of us had forgotten that Hoover and Smith are
not the only presidential candidates
There is for example, William z. Foster candidate
of the Communist party, whose appearance III
washington last night reminded us that his cam
paign. as he says, is "a tremendous demonstration
for workers and farmers government and tcr q
Communist society"
Tn other words Foster and his Communist fol-
lowers would make ours class government coun-
try in which only one group of people would be per-
mitted to live and from which all others would be
driven.
Foster and the Communists OF course, IKE Cne
rest of lis are entitled to their opinions but for our
part the red bugaboo leaves us unperturbed Their
creed hardly will make many converts.
The United States government is not perfect. NO
one pretends it is No government is, certainly not
the Soviet republic, But nowhere else in this vide
world including Russia have ell the people, big and
little of all the races and all the creeds the chance
in life that they have right here in our own country.
Yesterday Henry Ford was poor, hard-worklng
mechanic Today he is Millionaire, making it pos
sble for tens of thousands of other workers to own
their own homes automobiles, radios and whatnot,
with time and money to enjoy them, along with base
ball, movies and other amusementS.
Yesterday AL Smith was common laborer, walk
back and forth from his job in the fish market, and
ing the sidewalks of New York's tenement district
Herbert Hoover was struggling engineer. Today
both men are on top Of the world and one OF them
Is destined to be the next president of the United
States.
Today's milonaires are the poor boys OF yester-
day Today's leaders of business, industry, art,
science, the professions and the government were
born. nine times out of ten, either on farms or in
cJINhQ S
we have, is almost exclusively of hammer and sickle
origin
The Russian idea or the Communist society which
Foster would substitute for own, can't hold a
candle to ours for equality of opportunity.
Lord Melchett formerly Sir Alfred Mond, Is now
In the United States talking about what in England
is called Mondsm. Mondisn is nothing more or less
than cooperation between capital and labor, an In"
creasngly common practice in this country. In time
it probably is destined to become more or less uni
yersal in America where labor and capital are be-
coming more and more aware of their mutual de-
tendency and of the dependency Of the general pros
perity upon partners 1t is in this direction
rather than In the direction of Communism, that
America seems to be moving.
And why not? That sort Of cooperation hardly
can fail to lift all concerned-and all Of us are con-
cerned-to even still higher standards of living and
human happiness.
On the other hand, the Communist society which
Foster would import for us FROM Moscow tends to
destroy all but one group of citizens then harness
them all to the same monotonous treadmill from
which there is no escape
Yes Foster also is running for president, as he
has perfect right to do. And people will vote
for him. as they have a right to do. But we refuse
to lie awake with those who live in terror of seeing
one day the red flag above the White House.