The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-09
Berger's Milwaukee Brand of Socialism

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THE death on Wednesday of Victor Berger removed from
political activity the man who, more than any other
personed that spurious, emasculaed socialism that grew
p as the left wing of the popust movement in the middle
west in the nnetes the last century and the first decade
of this century.
Berger was the leader of the attempts to make the
ast movement a tail end of the kite of Bryan At all
times fighting with the tenacy of bulldog against unity
of the working forces and always in the lead in
paigns expe militant workers from the socialist party
Berger never missed opportunity to fawn in the most
vile manner before every political movement of the small
CAPITALIST class advocate unity of the socialist party
with such elements.
He built up political machine in Milwaukee that when
in office could in be distinguished from the old par
ties Working class speakers arrested and thrown into
ia for using the streets the under any avowedy
anti-labor administration
His one public act in behalf of the workers when
he introduced in congress motion to investigate the Law
renee strike in 1923 This done under pressure of
the militant section of the socialist party membership
the time Berger Hiqut and company in control OF
the socialist party machinery preparing to eXpel Will
liam D. Haywood from the organization for violation OF the
Infamous and provocative Article H. Section g. of the social
s party constitution which stipulated that advo
eating violence in labor disputes interpreting political &C
ton anything other than voting at the polls shall be
PEELED
During the world Berger used his paper the Mil
waukee Leader the official in the United States of
Phillip Schedeman, Frederick Ebert and the other Kaiser
socialists who betrayed the German workers into the I'M
perast slaughter house Like Morris Hiqu the leader
the socialist party in the East Berger defended the ma
orty socademocrats of Germany for voting the cred
its asked by imperial government He published articles
bitterly assaing Karl Lebknecht for breaking with the
ca patriots and repeated the Schedemann ISLANDERS that
Iiebnecht exactly in his right mind when he with
Franz Mehg and Rosa Luxembourg referred to the Schede
MAINS Sinking carbon and to Karl kautsky pros
titute" of Imperialism
Had the United States entered the on the side of
Central Powers instead of against them there not the
slightest doubt that Berger would have been bowling pa
triot.
Interesting indeed in this connection is the comment
of Ludwig Lore "New Yorker Vokzetung which yester
day morning published long editorial prasing Berger and
concluding follows:
And when class conscious workers in and out of the United
its outstanding leaders, the Vokzetung
the Red Flag sincere mourning before the bier of its
eo-fighter."
For the Volkzetung speak of the Red Flag to ira
duce the revolutionary movement. Long lowered the
Red Flag of revolution and substituted therefore the white
flag to the capitalist class he lifelong emblem
of ge) and has since waged struggle against the work.
ing class and its vanguard the Communist International
"a much more correct estimate of Berger from
another of journalistic admirers of years. the
New York Times which praises Berger sensible capital
list politician when it says:
Mr. Berger sstus cold politician of hard sense and and
theories, he played good American politics"
The Times ideal of good politics being is well known
the game conducted by Tammany Hall.
1t was just politics that played by Berger and
when almost ten they called the Chicago
police force to evct from the convention hall the duly elected
left wing delegates who majority at that convention
and who had mandates from the membership to take the
socialist party of the hands of the Bergers Hquts ETC.
The political and organzational decadence of the
cast party since these events is indicated by the fact that
when the Milwaukee machine politician died he held the
title of national chairman of the socialist party
working class of the world and the workers and pea
SAINTS government of the Soviet Union has lost in the
death Berger its most bitter enemies and capitalism
has lost good and faithful servant
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