The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-28
Farmer Labor
Supports NRA
In Minnesota
BY ]. CARSON

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn-The pri-
mary congressional and state cleo
tons are drawing near. The
Farmer-Labor Party has already
held its state convention, made its
nominations with Olson and Ship
stead leading their ticket, and
adopted a highly demagogic plat
form to trap the workers in the
coming elections. The Republicans
have already opened their pre-
election blast against Olson and the
Farmer Labor platform and are
calling upon the Democrats for a
fusion ticket to defeat Olson.
What is the main issue the Re
publicans use against Olson and
the FarmerLabor Party? They
use the Red Scare" They brand
the Fsrmer-Labor platform as so
cialistic" and "Communistic." And
Governor Olson does everything in
his power to prove that he is a
bitter enemy of Communism and
that his platform is of the same
character as the ideals of President
Roosevelt and that of Pope Plus XII
Uphold Roosevelt N. r. A.
Olson declares that the Farmer
Labor Party believes in the SINGER
ity of President Roosevelt, admires
his courage and his willingness to
experiment. He declares: I'VE adj
mire him (Roosevelt) most of all
because of his desire to bring about
new social order. And in our
(Farmer-Labor Party platform and
in our endeavors in the sdministra-
ton Of affairs of the state govern
ment we are unfolding him and
cooperating with him"
Here, in the above quotation
Olson speaks quite bit of truth.
The Farmer Labor Party has done
all in its power to put over the
New Deal" program of Roosevelt.
Did not Olson himself turn over the
Austin clearinghouse strikers to the
N. R. A. Board, where the workers
were sold out? Have not his col
leagues in Minneapolis done the
same to the upholsterers and to the
coal and ice drivers? Has not Oh
son praised the N. R. A. and even
the R. W. A. forced labor as a
blessing for the workers and steps
in the direction of a new social
order?"
Yes. He and the other Farmer
Labor Party leaders have done all
the above More than that, Olson
is in agreement with the stoppage
of the G. w. A. and the introduce
ton of the forced labor schemes of
the r. w. A., against which IS 900
Minneapolis workers stormed City
Hall on April g.
He shows this agreement by
slandering the militant leaders of
the April 6 demonstration, by his
promise. of no interference against
police attacks on workers on that
day; by his agreement with the
smashing of the workers rights.
This is what the Roosevelt New
Deal" program provides for; this is
what Olson and the Farmer-Labor
Party admire.
What is the New Social Order"
that the Farmer-Labor Party plat
form has adopted? Olson explains
that very clearly that it is the same
New Social Order" which Presi-
dent Roosevelt desires to bring
about the same which the New
Deal is preparing. What are the
elements of this New DEAL which
Olson incorporates into his New
Social Order?" They are: Concen-
tration of power in the hands of
the President and the executive
apparatus; breaking strikes through
government DEGREES and by setting
up special government Labor Boards
to break strikes in the future;
militarization of the youth through
the c.. G. G. camps; Hitler forced
labor camps for the unemployed
drawing the A. F. of L. leaders into
the N. r. A. and Labor Boards ap-
paratus intended to tie the hands
of the workers; the intensive war
preparations of the Roosevelt adj
ministration. Realizing this we can
clearly see how rapidly the New
Deal is driving toward Fascism in
the United States. We can then
clearly see how under the radical
phrases of Olson and the Farmer
Labor Party platform lie hidden the
supports for Fascism.