The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
Not Hillquit Alone---But the
Socialist Party

COulQ anything De SalQ more plainly 10 pro-
woke war for civilization" against barbarism
departure from Socialist party principles and
practice for HIlquit to take up this case?
To all three we answer No. Hillquit, Thomas,
the Socialist party and the Second International
are all united in one position against the Soviet
Union. This we will now prove. Hillquitian
leadership and Socialism" is the Socialist party,
whether Hillquit is there or not.
Does Hillquit's action in the oil case constitute
a change of position for him? 1t does not. On
November %, 1880, a banquet for socialist Of
ficiaIs was given in the Pennsylvania Hotel to
help the activity of the dirtiest counter-revolu-
tionary that ever disgraced this earth Abra-
movitch At that affair stronger stuff than
water must have flowed for the orators threw
all their habitual caution to the winds Hill
quit for example declared:
Russia today is a government of a small
Lawyer HiIlquit continually exposes Chairman
Hillqut. If Hillquitian leadership and Hill
quitian Socialism cannot be repudated by the
Socialist party, 1 call upon all workers and
former comrades to leave party which sup
ports such misIeaders and betrayers."
Are there really such conflicts existing? Let
us consider the oil case (Comrade Henderson
properly calls it the oil scandapD, was there
any conflict between Lawyer Hillquit and Chair
man Hillquit when he decided to take up the
suit? And further, was there any conflict be-
tween the position of Hillquit and Thomas in
their attitude on the question or between Hill
quitian Socialism" and the Socialism" of the
Socialist party? And still further, was it a
and the Soviet government? And who do you
think said this?
The methods of the Communist govern
ment hurt us because are connected his
tOrically with the beginning of their movement
and it is up to us to force the Communists
to clean house.
Our present attitude (non-recognition of
the U.SS.R. by the us. Government) pushes
the Communists back among themselves and
denies them the civilizing influence we could
exert through trade relations.
Sounds like Spargo Or if one considers the
second paragraph alone it is the voice of the
Standard Oil Co. or Hartman National Bank.
But it is in reality Morris Hillquit speaking at
the very same banquet. Hillquit is undoubtedly
astonshed that anyone should worry about
simple oil suit when he already got away with
urging force" to change a government of ''ter-
rorism.. reign Of blood" and barbarism.
Did the snivelling preacher Norman Thomas
separate himself from Hillqut's position? Quite
the contrary. Because he couldn't attend per-
sonally he went out of his way to send a let
ter to this banquet fully endorsing everything
that took place. How about the rest of the
Socialist party? Algernon Lee presided. And the
New Leader carried detailed stories with glow
ing accounts of the glorious doings. Every i'm
portant member of the National Committee of
the Socialist party was either present or sent
supporting messages
Abramovitch was not to be outdone by Hill
quit On one occasion he let the cat out of
the bag when he said:
The Labor and Socialist (2nd) International
will not cease from attacking this system CU.
S.S.R.) until the chains have been broken and
freed the victims of the cruel terror which has
lasted in the Soviet Union for IL years and
is now tending towards a new climax.
There is the whole coterie-the Second Inter
national, the American Socialist party, with its
National Committee, the alleged left wing of the
Socialist party, all represented respectively by
Abramovitch, by Hillquit-Lee-New Leader and
by Norman Thomas.
Both Hillquit and Abramovitch were even
more outspoken on other occasions In June
1929 Owen D. Young had just returned from in
flicting the infamous Young Plan, which even
the imperialistS subsequently suspended and
which was aimed at lining Germany up in the
anti-Soviet front Hillquit sent wire to the
then N. Y. Telegram in which he publicly con-
graduated Mr.. Young on his good work The
following is the text:
Mr.. Young has rendered signal service in
international relations conducive to peace and
good will among nations. I believe that per-
who perform such public services should
be honored by their fellow citizens.
Only few months before the Russian Men
sheviks were caught at their sabotage in the
Soviet Union and at the very moment which
the prisoners later declared intervention headed
by Poincare and Hoover was being organized,
Abramovitch again loosened his boasting tongue
In January, 1880, while soliciting funds for an
illegal paper to smuggle into the Soviet Union
Ghe Forward alone gave him $4,000 for this)
he declared:
The next year will bring great sur
prises to those people who have become per-
suaded that the BoIsheviks will remain in
power forever
Ito Be Concluded