The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-24
Hoover's Drive Against Labor

The Sunday capitalist papers prominently feature
story from Washington to the effect that the Hoover admin
istration leaders have launched nationwide drive on
Reds This is to take the form, at first of publicity
campaign" behalf of the principles of sound
ment." The National Republican, monthly magazine,
which for years has been the spokesman for the most
tonary section of the republican party is to be the official
organ of the administration in the drive This reaconary
magazine maintains special press service that boasts of
supplying information to than 5000 editors of
throughout the country.
That the biggest and most reactionary sections of the
capitalist class of the present movement of the
whole working class toward offensive against the CAPT
tast plainly revealed by the fact that the main
emphasis in the campaign is to be the necessity of
batting the Communist Party the vanguard of the working
class 1t accident that this announcement of
campaign directed from official Washington against the
Communist Party of the United States follows closely upon
the heels of the Gastona rameup to railroad to the electric
chair men, and youth because the strikers in the
tent colony defended themselves from wholesale slaughter
at the hands of the agents of the mill owners
The official character of this latest antabor drive is
proved by the fact that its chief Dr. Work.
chairman of the republican national committee; Senator
Watson of Indiana majority leader of the senate and Sen
ator Burton of Ohio of the chief spokesman of the
Hoover administration.
DIR. Work asks for funds support the National Re-
public and promises fight against destructive propa-
ganda Jim Watson, of Indiana for years of the lead
ing reaconares in every shady deal put Washing
ton from the Newberry bribery of the republican of
the state of Michigan in his stealing of seat in the senate
to the Teapot Dome scandals contributes to the campaign
by observing:
"The forces of discomfort radcaism active
multiplying They circulating of publications with
circulation of millions of weekly The
National Republic the most effective of edu
eating behalf of American principles
and against socialism Communism revolutionary radcasm
and should have the active cooperation assistance
of patriotic Americans everywhere"
Burton of the notorious Ohio gang that placed
Warren G. Harding Harry NJ Daugherty, Albert B. FALL
Charles DENLY and associated crooks at the head of the i'm
perialist government at Washington joins in the anvil
chorus against the advanced section of the working class
This is part of the preparations of the United
Statesan attempt to consolidate all the forces of capitalism
in support of the ntabor policies of the Hoover
ment cannot be separated from the campaign of fright
fitness launched against the working class in the South and
the drive against the labor general that being
oiciadom of the American Federation of Labor the So
cast leaders and the socaled progressive group of
Music & Co.
The movement directed from official Washington is
however tribute to the effectiveness of the Communist
movement in this country Watsons alarmst declaration
regarding the power and influence of revolutionary press
should be pondered readers and supporters who realize
the difficult financial condition facing the Daily Worker
of the role have played in developing the class
struggle in America to the point where the mperas gov
eminent finds necessary endeavor to mobilize whole
capitalist class behind the National Republican in order to
strengthen the directing center for nationwide campaign
against
Our reply to this publicly announced organized drive
against the revolutionary be the strength
ening of the Daily Worker expose before
hundreds of thousands of workers the real role the gov
eminent at Washington strikebreaker, and war
monger.
Rally to the support of the Daily Worker!