The daily worker., 1930-10-18
FASCISM OR COMMUNISM
HOOVER'S CHALLENGE

The whole Hoover-A. F. Of L. speech was
pre-arranged concoction, gotten up between
Green aAd Hoover as shown by the preim-
mary releases of that speech. 1t was full of
lies, full of oily praise for the A. F. of L.
leadership, and promise of increased speed-up
and wage cutting for the workers
Hoover, Green and WolI agree perfectly on
the idea of protecting the bosses profits
against the demands for unemployment insur-
ance by the workers.
Rushing to War.
At the Legion convention, Hoover made an
open war speech. He drummed the war-spirit
of the hard-boiled officers who compose the
bulk of the Legion delegates. He warned them
about the growing revolutions throughout the
world in the fact of the present world crisis
of capitalism. He referred to the Soviet Union
NOT by name-but as part of the revolu-
tionary masses who had destroyed capitalism.
even today" Hoover told the Legionnaires,
NEARLY one-half of the population of our globe
is in a state of great unrest or a state of
revolution" What should be done about it?
Prepare for war, was Hoover's answer.
Yes, he had his usual crap about "main-
tanning peace" shot through the speech. But
it was less than usual There was less than
when the London Naal Conference provided
for billion dollar war expenditure by U. S.
imperialism.
He talked more about military training,
naval armaments, the necessity of being on
the alert. eve have to remember that dur
ing the great Var we demonstrated not only
our military power, but also our ability to
quickly organize it and the valor to use it," he
said to the Legionnares.
ITO Quickly Organize Iti'
The conclusion of this should be plain to
every worker. "To quickly organize it,"
Right new the bosses are organizing for war,
and they are doing it quickly. He tells the
officers of the Legion they better prepare for
war Quickly It's coming. He even tells
them why:
"Our national income has expanded (for the
bosses, of course) to embrace more than one
third of the whole commercial world. AS
result we have become dominant economic
power. Our citizens have spread their trade
and finance into every corner of the earth"
Then he goes on to tell them, 'SWe have as
sured the maintenance OIL an efficient navy
as the first line of defense. The nation
needs regular, army, highly developed in
training and technical services, as the nucleus
for the training of citizen soldiers and to lead
them in times of emergency" "In time of
emergency That's new word for war!
Hoover tells the Legionnaires that American
imperialism has spread fast. 1t must win more
trade. The conflict of world imperialism is
growing bigger. eve need big navy. We
need big army. We need to be able to
mobilize quickly for war" This is the gist of
what Hoover says. And then he goes on to
tell the Legion "Your association has taken
large interest in provision for better industrial
mobilization" Organize the workers on the
job for war. Prepare the factories and war
industries for the war that is coming.
Hoover's Legion speech is war speech. This
should be made plain to every worker. The
bosses are mobilizing for war, and they are
doing it quickly" They are utilizing the A.
F. of L. to disorganize the workers, render
them impotent against the boss attacks. Hoo
yer, the imperialst, gives the Legion lesson
in the necessity of war to extend the imperial
ist power of Wall Street.
He tells the Legion they must keep the "bal-
lot box pure" That is, they must see that
the boss parties win the election. Don't let
the workers Vote Communist, or fight under
the leadership of the Communist Party and
the revolutionary unions against the boss at
tacks and against the irnperialist war prepara-
tions, says Hoover, as one-half of the globe is
now in revolt against capitalism.
The workers answer must be decisive. It
must be given Quickly" as the bosses are los
ing no time in their war preparations. Vote
Communist! Fight against the boss war prep
arationsi Defend the Soviet Union!