The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-05
We Stand Not Corrected

Many comrades-and good ones, too-wr1te Ia
telling us how to run this column, and that also
is a good thing Without this touch with the
workers might be writing blindly. But just
as there is good advice, SO there is the bad.
And often it is mixed.
One such, signed by Comrade B. Stein, who
omitted his address and left, therefore, no way
to answer but through the column, Is ex-
ample. He writes in SO serious vein that we
might doubt whether he is English or whether
our column has lost its humorous flavor. He
says, in part:
"Comrade-Today say comrade year
ago could not. Little paragraphs in the Daily
Worker, little paragraphs from the mouths OF
Communists, all similar to one OF yours in yes
terday's (Oct 29) Daily Worker kept me away
II desired socalized world intensely; the
proper approach was not clear to me. 1 knew
Communists; I knew socialists knew liberals
And so many Communists would, alas! echo you:
"A liberal is jackaSs in an Arrow collar and
golf pants
ct failed to see-and still fail to see-pre-
cisely how taste in haberdashery can be used
as criterion for the truth falsity OF per-
sons political and economic views. In time
independent reading and chance meeting with
a few comrades who tried to proceed nationally
rather than emotionally in their augmentation
brought me to an acceptance of the Communist
position"
The rest OF it, to save space, was the con-
clusion that we should leave irrelevant emotion
and name calling out. What was this all aboutF
We said: 1.-THE definition of liberal is jack
ass in Arrow collars and golf pants" was proven
by the qualification" Of the Nation over HOO
vers stand" in the sham battle OF Hoover and
"high officials of the navy" over the naval bud
get
We specified Arrow collars and golf pants as
defining the class category OF the liberal Be-
cause it is obvious that liberalism Is NOT natural
to the proletarat any more than golf pants are,
and where the proletariat is affected by it Gas
Comrade Stein clearly Isl it is imposed upon
them by petty bourgeois influence.
Leave aside the Arrow collars and golf pants,
however and the jackass remains. And This Is
where Comrade Stems real protest lies. We
called petty bourgeois liberal a jackass ana
cited the evidence Comrade Stein must quarrel
with that evidence. He dsagrees with our idea
that the naval mutny" against Hoover is a
fake.
1t was said too briefly without explanation,
and seems to have put too much strain on Com
rade STEMS political understanding. We must
explain more, although we did mention that
Hooyer's navy CUT resulted in signing contracts
for five more destroyerS. Comrade Stein is I'M
convinced that it was fake, and with the Ma
ton seems to be "gratifed" with Hoover.
Had Hoover's policy been really to cut the
budget, we would be outraging truth to say that
only jackass would conclude from this tnat
Hoover is for peace. Absolutely not Hoover Is
not above having the Navy make big budget
estimate, and then gaining fame as pacifist
for cutting" off what he had put on.
And the pact with France as against England
was Immediately followed by Hoover saying that
the navy is NOW big enough. Hoover might
afford small cut if he can gain support OF
pacfist jackasses and have cheaper war, or
rather one not so expensive-because we must
remember that any possible cut Is OIL pro-
gram to BUILD warships.
Another most decisive reason for all this stage
tempest between the high naval officials and
the Navy League one side as againstL'
Hoover Is the angry demand OF the starvirfR
masses for food, Winter Relief and Unerarlnsis.
mert Insurance Hoover cannot publicly pre-
tend to Justify refusal OF the National
Hunger f-1rchers on grounds OF economy"
without showing flight" for economy" on
other demands of other "oppositions." 1t Is
against the Hunger March this so-called flight"
with the Navy League
But it's fake fight and anyone who thinks
it isn't rs jackass. If they understood 1t was
call them scoundrel-and be using good Lem
mist language, too. Comrade Stein is the VIC
tim Of emotion not us, and he is also little
to the right" of accepting tho Communists
position" 80;