The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-24
Another Taste of Socialist Lawyers
and Bureaucrats

Company
The Socialist Party long ago ceased to have any
necton with the working class except as breaking
organization party of pettybourgeois Adventures,
lawyers few liberal protestant preachers and layer of
hghsalared trade union officials engaged in fighting The
workers in their unions the remnants of unions
they in the act of destroying in collision with the police
and bosses.
The Socialist Party being a party of capitalism,
stanty funconing defender and constructive force
for the capitalist SYSTEM inevitably develops capitalist
ideals among its leaders. Sworn to defend capitalist
democracy against Bolshevsm both in the trade unions
and in the struggle generally inevitably the great
ponents of the Socialist Party practice the ideals of the
system it defends.
And the ideal of capitalism is: Get rich
The supreme characteristic of its leaders is the feather
ing of their nests the enrehng of their
Leaders of capitalists parties always careeris and it
that they should be In country of
the world is universally true that the leaders OF the Social
Democratic parties careerists.
But just as inevitably the parties of capitalism have
their Teapot Dome episodes in the of their Hardng
their Coodges their Albert Falls their Melons andyes
also their Hilquits!
Less than three years ago the press teemng with
Barmat scandal in Germany "Comrade" julius Barmat,
shady contractor of foodstuffs and member of the
Democratic Party of Germany together with Com
rade Fritz Ebert and whole galaxy of the leading lights
of the German party caught in the
colossal swnde that draining the treasury for the
richrent of the Comrades 1t perfectly natural
which had become the staunches buwark OF German cap
taism against the working class. as % '3ss s*-t
So now when find "Barmat' scandal in the
Socialist Party of the United States should not be
prised,t E.ass 1& ssse4 7s
The disgusting scandal turned up in New York has its
pecuarities. is essentially first of all monstrous
robbery committed against the needle trades
workers. the oong of the organized cloak and dress makers
by the they had formerly trusted their leaders The
manipulation of hundreds of shares of the stock of the
of the cloak and dress Makers not solely and simply
passing into the hands of Morris Hqut and others
of tremendous bargain The sale of hundreds OF shares
of stock than 1910 share the socialist lawyer
for 5000 share providing 900 velvet only
phase the steal The most interesting aspect is that the
monsrous fraud based more than the motive OF
enrichment of the Comrades 1t especially and with
endsh ingenuity devised also of impoverishing
organization of the rank and file workers of the needle
trades to force from their hands the buildings belong
ing to the union. III IF
So the workers of the entire country look upon
the socialist party in all its glory. s.
The mean sneaking thievery of renegadecareersts in
the labor movement always uger than even the rot
corruption of the big capitalist gentlemen thieves An
honest worker cannot hate anything than professional
traitor the working cassa careerist who his
into the workers confidence only to betray their
The Daily Worker accepts the task of peeng the masks
from the faces of the Hilquit, Schlesnger and Sgman
traitors who in the of socialism smash the organza
tons of the working class and wipe out working standards
bought with working class blood.
With the greatest joy do greet the that the
socialist Hquit plans to bring libel suit against the
Daily Worker and against the Jewish language of
Party "The Frehet" When the is heard, will be
able expose facts about the scandaous hevery of
the workers funds.
We also recognize that Hilquts running to capital
list with libel suit is not answer to the charge
Suit will be brought several years will the socialists
hope the workers will forget and in the time the
ber of the executive committee of the yellow second inter-
national will have made gesture of defense gesture
only for his statement in the Jewish
the forward is denial because if they had facts
for a denial they would deny and then bring suit
The filthy job of Hlquit Sgman and Co. must be laid
open fully the eyes of the workers. not only of the needle
trades but of all the American working class!
Workers! Learn what the Socialist Party is!
party of the BOSSES party of the strike breaking
agencies party of the gunman-fohre party of the
down preachers party Of the petty courthouse shapers
party of the police and the union-smashers!
The workers of the needle trades will unquestonab be
stirred to still holder and energetic work in building
their great National Needle Trades Industrial Union
The yellow traitors must be driven from the labor movement
Kick out the professional strike-breaker party!