The daily worker., 1930-10-18
By HARRY CANNES.

In his fourth speech during the period of
one week. Hoover wound up with an attack
against Communism. 1t was logical conclu-
sion to his series of war-mongering and fas-
cist outbursts.
For long time the imperialist chief was
Z Silent He was becoming discredited with the
great mass of workers. He had lied in season
and out. His ''niagic sixty day" statement
went down in the ruin and wreckage of more
drastic crisis, increased unemployment, and
crescendo of wage cuts.
Elections were coming on the class struggle
was growing sharper, so Hoover decided to
speak. His four speeches are unit. All OF
them are a direct challenge to the workers.
They were open class proclamations
His last speech, at Kings Mountain Battle
field, South Carolina, on the occasion of the
150th anniversary of a revolutionary battle was
aimed against the Communist Party, and the
100000 unemployed who demand relief 1t
was a defense of capitalism. Hoover clearly
senses the crumbling of capitalist stabilization
going on throughout the world. Yet he tells
the workers that the present crisis is symp-
tom of growth" Their starvation is bind
ing spiritual heritage" He sounded the slo-
gan: Fascism or Bolshevism. A boss dictator
ship with its increasing exploitation for the
workers with its growth of unemployment and
the destruction of the rotten capitalist sys-
TEN and the building up of socialism in the in
terest of the broad working masses. This was
the perspective that Hoovers speech brought
before the workers. He must be answered by
the workers.
"The world about us is tormented with the
spiritual and economic struggles that attend
changing ideals and systems" declared Hoo
yer. What does he mean? Over 4,50o,0oo
votes for Communism in Germany; the sue
cessful advance of the Five-Year Plan in the
Soviet Union; the revolutionary struggles in
India; the advance of the Red Army in China;
the mass rumblings in the "revolts" in Latin
America; the growing militancy of the Amer
lean workers
The Bankers First.
As is fitting Hoover spoke first to the Amer
lean Bankers Association Convention in Cleve-
land on Oct 2. His words were mingled with
the cries and shouts of 5000 unemployed bat
Ting the police. Unemployed workers blood
flowed freely at the very portal of the hall in
which Hoover spoke. Soldiers, motorcycle and
mounted cops, with drawn clubs guarded the
auditorium. Divested of its grandiose phrases,
Hoover's speech was an open class challenge
to the workers that capitalism would ride
through the economic crisis over the bodies
of 100000 starving unemployed, and would
clear the road with slashing wage cuts.
Hoover went back to Washington with the
din of the unemployed workers slogans echo
ing in his ears: "Give Us Jobs or Bread!"
sTo He'll With Hooer!" and the chilliness Of
what the capitalist press admitted was the
coolest reception ever accorded a president of
the United States.
Then he went to Boston on Oct. to speak
to the collection of the fascist leaders of the
A. F. of L., who are holding their 50th annual
convention. He also talked to the American
Legion. To the Legionnaires he said plenty.
To the fascist strike-breakers he brought
praise for their assistance in wage-cutting and
scabbing.
"For the first time in more than a century
of these recurring depressions we have been
practically free of bitter industrial conflict"
said the Wall Street president, individually
thanking William Green, president of the A.
F. of L., and his cohorts for keeping the work
ers from striking against their lowering stand
ard of living.
More Speed-Up.
He said Green and the A. F. of L. was help
ing the bosses speed-up the workers. He
thanked the labor misleaders for forcing the
workers to give their "full and unrestricted
efforts to reduce costs by the use of these
machines and methods"