The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-07
THE SOCIALISTS ARE THE
ENEMIES OF WORKERS

socialist party is member OF the board or
directors of the International Union Bank,
which once belonged" to the international La
dies Garment Union and was transferred in
1897 to a group of capitalists, Hillquit amongst
them. Probably the only thing that dis
tinguishes this bank from the average capi-
talist bank is that the Hlquit concern en-
cages rather heavily in specializing, beg par
don-"investing."
This capitalist role of the guiding spirit Of
the American Socialists" and of the Second
International was only part Of his role as a
lawyer for the bosses in all their fights, in
Guiding their fights against workers. In 1927
when LEGAL % of the International Fur Work
ers Union, bona fide A. F. of L. local in
Newark, was having fight with the CONSOLE
dated Rabbit Dressing Manufacturers, the
workers discovered that Morris Hillquit was
behind the bosses, as their lawyer and guiding
spirit (for good non-spiritual pay, of course).
The Communist Freihet had demanded that
Killquit explain that matter to the workers,
but it seems that here, too, like the leader of
Tammany Hail. the leader of the Socialist
party felt "insulted" He did not explain. 1t
was unnecessary. The matter was too clear.
A man with such a variety of activities
could not have stayed away from the under
world. The relations between Socialism" and
the underworld will be dealt with in separate
maker Hillquit, he simply could not have
stayed away from source which supplies so
much "easy money" racketeering.
The Daily Worker last Thursday has pointed
out the honorable mention Hillquit is recev-
ing in Courtney Terret's book on racketeering
in the United States, "Only Saps Work" 1t
appears from pages 107-10S of that book that
Hillquit was the lawyer for the chief racketeer
in the glazing trade in New York, William
Ellinger, after he (Ellinger) had shot and near
ly killed one of the small dealers of that trade,
Joseph Okonovitz. Ellinger was found guilty
and sent to Sing Sing, but that did not stop
Hillquit from acting as his lawyer before the
Court of Appeals-for fat retainer, of course
(the racketeer went to Sing Sing and Hilquit
was left with the money obtained through
racketeering).
Courtnay ferret, in his book on racketeering,
is trying to shield the Socialists" and the A.
F. of l.. leaders. Morris L. Ernst, Socialist"
campaign manager for Haywood Broun, wrote
the preface to Terret's book and probably took
care to protect his party-colleagues. HillGuit's
name was left because Ernst himself is law
yer and does not find anything wrong in acting
for the underworld, for a good retainer, or may
be he wanted to show up competitor Any
way Hillquit was properly placed in the
Rogue's Gallery of Racketeering Land
All that is probably enough of a record for
the leader of the socialist" party, but Hill
quits attitude towards immigration and race
equality must be mentioned here, being that
persecution of the foreign-born and of colored
races are burning issues in this campaign.
The socialist" party had long ago tried very
hard to elect Morris Hillquit to Congress. In
1908 Hillquit ran in the old 18th Congressional
District afterwards Meyer London's consti-
tuency) and was NEARLY" elected, if something
hadn't snapped. That something" was his
stand on immigration at the international So
cialist Congress in Stuttgart, Germany, the
year before. At that congress Hillquit fought
for the right of socialists" in America to op-
pose immigration of colored races-Japanese,
Chinese, etc. When Tammany Hall sprang that
thing few days before elections, the bottom
fell out of Hillquits campaign in that imm-
grant district which was subsequently turned
to Meyer London.
To be sure, Hilquit is an immigrant himself.
The fact that he changed his name from Hill
kovitz to Hillquit adds another laurel to his
character. But Matthew Vol and James Davis
are immigrants, too This does not prevent
them from being the most bitter Immigrant
baiters and to demand passports and finger
printing for foreign-born. Because VOL and
Davis are servants of capitalism, capitalists
themselves, and immigrant batting and persecu-
ton of "other" races, race-hatred in general,
constitutes capitalist policy, means of divid-
ing and subjecting the workers. Hillquit
capitalist, servant of the bosses in ALL mat
tiers, "ein Maedchen fuer Alles," is for that
policy.
Enough. The face of the Socialist party
is "clear."
Can any worker vote for the party of Hill
quit-millionaire, banker, SPECTATOR, boss-law-
yer, Burns Coal Trust shareholder, Racketeer,
ETC., etc.?
"The socialist" party is an ENEMY of the
workers just as the Democratic and Repub-
lcan parties The workers have but one party,
their OWN party to vote for, the COMMU-
MIST Party Vote COMMUNIST on Novem-
Der a.