The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-09

Herbert Hoover lifelong technical employee of big
TONS and Alfred Smith, lifelong political servant OF the Dig
fnancier within their home in New York statetnese
ahead the stage of the run for republican
and democratic nominations for the presidency.
To remarkable degree of exactness Smith and Hoover from
opposite political parties from opposite kinds Of employment
represent the financial and industrial magnate VI course
would be ridiculous contend under the conditions OF today
that of New York who is universally hed IN esteem
by all of the organs of capitalism the great financial center
other than favored representative of the topmost group OF
finance capital represented in Wall Street 1t would be equally
ridiculous contend that member of the CoodgeMeon cab
met who publicly supported by three of Coodge cabinet
and sempublcy by Coolidge las cholce second 10 nSe Is
of the financial ogarchy which finds
political expression in the present administration
victory for either Smith Hoover would be the continue
ton of the control government victory for Smith
would change the of the bureaucracy through
which the ogarchy in power would continue to rule
Throughout years the hackers of Al Smith have
intensive and well studied efforts to build for the Tam
MANY servant of Wall Street Labor reputation Tammany Hall
become the New Tammany which reacts without friction
the highest and Al Smith the
last and most complete expression of this development
anany through the old cadre of corrupt labor bureau
crazy the effort hold the official trade union movement tied to
the tail of the capitalist class is intensified.
At this the political situation in the United States
presents the eyes the world the most singular anomaly The
labor of the country is in the biggest crisis of its
tire life The attack by big capital to the most extreme degree
bound up IN unity OF mergers and OF political accord deVeopes
into the gigantic drive for the destruction of trade unions
this moment the trade union movement through its
official leaders being hoged and prevented from forming its
political movemen-and delivered active
force strengthen the political machines of the biggest finance
capital
With every political power whole power government
the scales for the destruction of the trade and
The establishment of the universal scab shop the trade union
is still able to influence the organized workers
powerfully the direct support that candidate of finance
capital and the shop Smith, that other candidate Of
the same basic interests, Herbert Hoover.
These trade union bureaucrats divided between
the political parties of the biggest capital Some will pull
sections of the upper strata of the working class toward the
pubcanpa others toward the democratic party of Al Smith
The socialist party of Hqu and Berger to the extent of its
weak powers does its part by aboagng the formation of labor
party and by spreading the illusions of capitalist democracy
by which Illusions has already trained large part of its
bershp quite logically accept Al Smith instead of Hqu
This high point of treason of the trade union bureaucracy
cannot permanently be maintained.
The for Independent political action of the working
class from the who most severely suffering
from the antabo offensive The breaking of the working class
from their beayers the Green's the VOLS the Lewses
will come like avalanche when it
The treason of the trade union bureaucracy using
device hold the workers political bondage the forces which
the fact that the Workers Commun) Party is the political
force fighting for the interests of the working today
The Workers (Communst Party the revolutionary class
party of the working class AS such
the working cass and leads the struggle through
which the working class in alliance with the exploited
will become the ruling class and will higher
order of society Also SUCH fights every step of the way
for the interests of the working in the to-day struggle
with the capitalists for instance in the present titanic struggle
Of the coal miners
1t is this party which throws itself the front now more
than lead the fight to draw the working
the political parties of its enemies party
The Workers Communs Party will in the 1928
elections in sharp relief the only champion the
workers against the parties of big capital This will be true
whether the cryazaton of the party can be a
complished before the 1928 elections.