The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-02
Men Act to Unite Pro>Fascist Groups

4 to strike while Fascism and Com.
munism threaten it. And, on the
other side of the same Ieafiet the
Open-shop declaration under which
the Chamber Of Commerce and the
National Association Of Manufac-
tureTs are demanding universal
company-unionism. Clark, when
asked how he would defend the
right to strike, forgot about the
Rights of the Common Man" and
said only he was for "collective-
bargaining without coercion from
any source"-the Open-shop slogan
Similarly, when asked about I'M
employment insurance, Clark told
a sad tale about union musicians
who could" get work and would
love to play for less than union
wages'-if only the union didn't
make them demand the scale.
The "Call to Aotionl" of The
Crusaders, entitled (which Way
American" says: America is now
engaged in a great test of its rep
resentative form of government and
| its free institutions" and continues
with discussion implying that it is
for Sound government" It's third
principle is "We are opposed to a
so-ealled planned economy .
whether this be called Fascism, So
cialism, OF Communism" Beyond
this characteristic effort to conceal
the advance of Big Business toward
greater and greater fascist oppres-
sion, along with the building of a
Fascist army for the day of need,
The Crusaders fatty declare for "a
balanced budget"-the cry of the
most reactionary-and adds: 1--WE
believe that sound conservatives
and sound liberals are in substan-
tial agreement as to what consti-
tutes good government. We stand
squarely behind the Constitution of
the United States"
Long List of Backers
Crusader National Councillors who,
according to Clark, have now with
drawn" include the following, in
addition to those I named yester-
day, such as S. Clay Williams, to-
bacco king and head of the National
Industrial Recovery Board;
Wallace Nick. Alexander, San
Francisco; Hawaiian sugar plant
err, and vice president of the Mat
son Navigation Company, severely
affected by the San Francisco
General Strike; trustee Of Stan
ford University.
Fred /. Kent, vice president
Bankers Trust Company; deputy
governor of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York in 1917; officer
of the U. s. Chamber Of Com
merce; advisor to Harding, Cool
idge and Hoover and close enough
to President Roosevelt; president
of the Council Of New York Uni
versity, where student anti-war
and anti-fascist demonstrators
have been sammariIy dealt with;
George G. Allen, New York,
chairman of the beard Of the Duke
Endowment, which supports tie
big southern university; director
Of the American Cyanamid Co,
Guarantee Trust, Texas Corpora
ton, and Imperial Tobacco Co. of
Canada;
Sewell L. Avery, Chicago, direc-
tor of the Chicago Daily News,
United States Steel, ETC.; trustee
Of the University of Chicago;
member of the Chicago Crime
Commission and of the Illinois
Manufacturer Associations
Col. Leonard P. Ayres, Cleve-
land, director of statistics for the
War Industries Board during the
World War; director Of the Coun-
Gil of National Defense; colonel on
the wartime General staff, chief
statistical officer of the A. E. F.,
member of the Dawes Plan Com
mission and the American Peace
Commission, now colonel in the
Officers Reserve Corps.
Henry M. Dawes, Chicago for
mer Comptroller of Currency,
brother of Rufus. etc.
Charles F. Thwing, officer Of the
honorary scholastic society, Phi
Beta Kappa, president emeritus
Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, former secretary of the
board of the Carnegie Foundation;
E. L. Ryerson, Jr.. president,
Joseph T. Ryers0n and Co. (steel),
commanding captain of the r.. NJ.
A. Air Service, U.S.A., trustee of
the University of Chicago;
Albert d. Lasker, Chicago;
former Chairman of the United
states Shipping Board, lawyer
close to Tammany Hall. placed
Alton B. Parker in nomination for
President at Democratic COnven-
ton In 1904;
Lee w. Maxwell, president of
j. P. Morgan's CroweIl Publishing
Company The Saturday Evening
Post, with its vast circulation, is
Crowell's); organizer of the Lib
erty Lean drives and for the Red
Cross during the Werld War;
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president
General Motors and director of
ROckefeller's Chase National
Bank;
Cleveland E. Dodge, New York,
vice-president of huge copper
company; Phelps Dodge Co.. di-
rector Old Dominion (steamships)
company. army officer during
1s17-1S, president now of the YIN.
CA. Of New York, chairman of
the board Of Teachers College,
Columbia University.
Admitted Contribution
Some time after I interviewed