The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-07
10000 CHEER
THOMAS; FLAvS
MAJOR PARTIES
Socialist Candidate for
President Draws Throng
to. Tabernacle.
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the relief Of unemployment. Wat
son talked like one Of the old Bour-
bon kings Of France at the end Of
feudahsm.
Il thought I was listening to
Louis XVI in modern dress and an
Indiana accent.
And why not, for capitalism, like
feudalism at the end Of the eight
zenith century, has run its course
and nears the end which its own
inherent contradictions, It's cruelties
and its follies have imposed upon it.
People Are Awakening
The patience or the apathy Of
our people has been marvellous to
behold, but they are awakening-al-
ready you can hear the distant
rumbling of thunder, 100000
American workers, perhaps twenty
by next winter, will remain starving
to help Hoover or Roosevelt balance
the budget.
The country where 100000 boys,
fifteen and upwards are homeless
vagabonds, is not a land Of security.
Not much longer will the masses
go cold and hungry in the midst of
actual or potential plenty. The
march Of the Bonus Army, which in
the end was answered by bullets and
not by bread was portent. So is
the astounding spontaneous strike
Of farmers in Iowa and Nebraska.
or consider the misery and the
smoldering civil war Of the soft coal
fields including Indiana Consider
the march of the miners in Illinois,
who apparently were led into a
machine gun nest. 1 welcome these
signs that the workers are awaken
ing, although do not always well
come the direction that their activ-
tiles take
Flags John L. Lewis
"A farmers strike can not break
the chains of debts, improper taxes,
fantastic tariffs and a crazy price
and marketing system which hold
our farmers in virtual slavery. A
strike of Illinois coal miners, how
ever heroic, and justified by the
conduct not only of employers, but
by the leadership of John l.. Lewis
which has done so much to under
mine the confidence of American
workers in the integrity and intelli-
gence of q labor movement ~hish is
essential to their well being, can not
of itself socialize coal.
And without the Specialization of
coal, there is no answer to the des-
perate sickness of a chaotic over
developed industry.
Il am not expressing an opinion
of the policy of the strike or the
wisdom of new dual union I am
expressing my Socialist convictions
that the problem of unemployed
miners concerns us all and that
there can be no progress where the
spirit of revolt has completely died
among the exploited.
Il plead, however, at this time
for turning that spirit Of revolt into
channels of we'll thought out polit-
ical action. Only the capture of
the political power in state and ma
ton will enable us to strike at the
heart Of the problems either of
farmers or industrial workers.
1--WE Socialists still believe that
there is yet time for a strong, we'll
organized political movement, sup
plemented by labor unions and
farmers organizations and Coop
eratives, to bring about social own
ership by a society of workers of
head and brain Of natural resources
and the great means Of production,
emphatically including banking and
our public utilities and the man
agement of all this for the use of
the human family and not for the
pride and profit of an owning class
over and over we have Chal-
lenged the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties to meet Our argument
and they are silent. They try to
deafen you by ballyhoo or bride you
with little favors.
But Mr.. Hoovers record speaks
so loud that we can not hear his
words. Walter Lippman says that
Hoover at least has saved our bank
ing system. Perhaps. But not one
of the fundamental economic prob
lens has he touched.
Doles to Business
He has given doles like water to
private business in the name of
ragged individualism" - while he
has denied federal responsibility for
nation wide unemployment.
Mr.. Roosevelt Is a gentleman of
amiable intentions who leads which
ever way the wind blows. He wrote
the constitution which American
marines imposed by bayonets on
Hayati, but has denounced Repub-
hcan imperialism.
He has been for and against the
League of Nations. His answer to
economic problems, which he has
done so little to help in New York,
appears to be a vague and weak
control over Wall street, a control
which he never has tried to es-
tablish as Governor, but promises
as President.
Roosevelt's party is party of in
compatibles bound together only by
hanger for public patronage, 4"
Thomas charged
Again we repeat our challenge:
Only Socialism can save us; only
GOcia ism ran mako naphirerv O
blessing and not a curse; only So
cialism once and for all can con-
quer the dark dominion of poverty.
What we mean to do we have
set forth plainly in our platform.
We have given our program for re-
pealing unemployment and helping
the working farmers-absente land
lords in country or city, we have no
intention Of helping"