The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
Farm-Labor Party Has Record
Of Support Of Var Bills, NRA
Farmer-Labor Congressman Supported the War
Budget; Make Deals With Democrats, Republicans

Editor's Note:-This Is the second
Of series Of three articles on the
role Of the Farmer Labor Party
leadership In opposing the demands
Of the unemployed workers. The
first article gave the record of the
r. L. P. leadership in fighting
against the Workers Unenploy-
nent Insurance Bill. The Mime
sofa state leadership Of the F. LIP,
The article showed, opposed the de-
n1ands of the unemployed workers
who visited the state house a num-
Der Of times. Governor O!son's Bill.
introduced in The state legislature
by the r. L. p. leaders was not a
real unemployment insurance bill,
but barred those now unemployed
from any benefits. Only the mass
pressure Of the Minnesota workers,
led By the Unemployed Councils
forced Congressman Lundeen to
give support to the Workers Unem-
pIoyment INSURANCE BIZ.
BY WILLIAM sCHNEIDERafAN
Article 2.
We have already dealt with the
manner in which the Farmer-Labor
Party supported" Unemployment in
Stirance in the Minnesota State Leg
1slature. The record Of the Farmer
Labor Party representatives in Con-
gress will show just how we'll the
workers and farmers of Minnesota
are represented" by Lundeen, Shoe
maker, Kvale, Arens, Magnus John
son and Shipstead at Washington.
The Farner-Labor Party tells the
workers in Minnesota that the five
Farlner-Labor congressman and the
lone Farmer-Labor senator are carry
ing on heroic and sing1e-handed
fight against odds for 8, new social
order" but that the big bad Repub-
leans and Democrats stand In the
way. The same argument is used to
explain why the Farmer-Labor Party
does not carry out it's election prom
ises in the Minnesota Legislature.
although one house is controlled by
the Farmer-Labor- Progressive block
Shipstead Supported Hoover
An examination Of the actual
facts, however, will show that the
Farner-Labor Party is nothing more
than third party Of capitalism
distinguishable only from the Repub-
hcan and Democratic parties by the
use Of more radical phraseology and
more subtle methods Of decefving the
masses into supporting the capitalist
way out Of the crisis at the expense
OF the workers. 1t Is well known
that Senator Sl1ipstead during the
Hoover regime was one Of the fore
most supporters Of the Republican
administration, and as q member OF
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee waS an enthusiastic supporter
Of Hooyers imperialist foreign policy
particularly In Nicaragua and South
America. Shipstead received Repub-
ncan support in the elections, and il
is commonly known that If he is not
nominated by the Farmer Labor
Party, due to inner-party quarrels
over spells, he will run as an ''inde-
pendent" Republican.
Today. StipStead is just as ardent
a supporter Of the Democratic adj
rninistrstion in power as he was g.
i1ierly Of the Republican, III past
election campaigns, 1t was common
practice Of the Farmer-Labor Party
to form election alliances with the
Democratic Party, making agree
n1entS to support certain Democratic
candidates in return for Democratic
support 10 Farmer-Labor candidates.
In municipal elections in Minnesota,
the Farr1ler-Labor Party does not
hesitate to support Republican or
Democratic politicians who run on
the Farmer-Labor ticket, after an
agreement is made about the divi-
sci Of the spoi's among them.
Roosevelt BudTst Supported by
w. ~--t~'-cr P~rty
The recent approval of the Rocse-
-, 0 war budget Of the
bcr zeT5 in Congress was supported
b. The Farner-Labor blcc in wash
ingtoa. not one of whom raised a
voice against it. According to the
latest reports, the bills for naval and
army appropriations Of hundreds Of
millions of dollars for a hundred