The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-16
Mr.. Matthew WOll Is Solicited

than individual
down policies Federation Trade
unionists determined by what
the A. F. of L. conventions and what out
decided by wo NoU beginning to hare doubts to
ayheher been leading fairly"
These words about Matthew Wol vicepresdent of the
American Federation of Labor and acting president of the
big openshop employers National Civic Federation
produced with ephasis) from the little yellow weekly
organ of the socialist party. They to show with re-
marabe clarity the changes in that commercial field which
might be called the abor-brokerage business.
The American Federation of Labor has become part
of the mperast apparatus; its conventions have be-
orgies of mperas jingosm in which not even lip
service the working class paid the fiat boys dsdan
even wear the eformst mask but stalk before the world
in the livery of finance-capita.
But what of the socialist party? Is the socialist party
less mperast than the A. F. of L. bureaucracy Absolutely
no. Not in any essential way. slight difference of
language due only to variation of origin It's leaders
port the imperas preparations with thin pacfst
make the support effecve its great
Charles Edward RUSSELL for insancel write of the The
Navys Heritage of Glory its political candidates endorse
the murders by our marines in Nicaragua with only the
tmd suggestion that the rape of Nicaragua should be legal
ized and praise the genuine triumph of the criminal i'm
perialist Pan-American conference
The socialist party every without exception throws
its full weight upon the side of the tradeunon bureaucra
agents OF employers, against the WOrkerSaS
recently in the coal strike the textile strike and the
needle trades struggle The socialist party party of the
police it is party of middle class support to the imperialism
of fnancecapita Just the A. F. of L. represents the
support of bureaucrats and the upper strata
the labor arstocracy, of the working class
But the socialist party is pouting Mathew Woll the
bureaucrat par excellence.
Why? The quarrel is based upon VOLTS action in having
the A. F. of L. convention condemn the socialist partys
favore nstuonhe school of class collaboration corrup
ton, Brookwood Labor College Brookwood Labor College
teaches workers to support Mr. Wo and the tradeunion
bureaucracy Through Brookwood college the socialist party
and its bloodbothers the bourgeois reformists do
all in their power to train young workers who usually
with tendency to vague radicaism) be reasonable"
to see the other the capitais side and to find radical
reasons for supporting reaction.
The socialist party caresses Mr. Wo but Mr. Wo spurns
her Therefore the socialist party beginning to
have doubts to whether Vol has been leading fairly
The dirty little S.P. organ writes literally:
"a to you directly Brother VOL:
You can judge that deeply perturbd by develop
ent You have ability You digent But you
the track?"
1t then proceeds to threaten let the secrets of the
sordd menage which it has maintained with Wo Sigman
Kaufmann Lewis Mcmahon and their like during the coal
mining, the textile and the needle struggles Like scold
ing mistress it nags Mr. VOL with questions such as s it
true that you tried to defeat the Passac textile strikers
Is it true that you acted nformer the police
on the Communist leaders of the fur strike of 1926 -
etc. ETC. Of course in most of the crimes she mentions
the two cite here the socialist party equally guilty.
or as nearly so as her position permitted.
What is the for this limited this hestant this
loveladen scolding of Vol by the socialist party?
Well MIR. VOL and the bureaucracy he represents think
they don't need the socialist party think they greater
responsibility in public dissertation from the miserable So
ciast party.
And the miserable socialist Party is haggling on the
street with Mr. Wo whom she has served WELL to return
to the menage by daylight, before the whole world
But whether Maty Wo accedes to the solicitation or not
the socialist party scoding and whining will nevertheless
thrust her affections upon him.
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