The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-02
Fascist Groups
Recruit From
Army Schools
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po-atiOn: There should be SCme
very definite organization that
would come out openly with some
plan for educating the people to
the value Of encouraging people
to work; encouraging people to
get rich; showing the fallacy Of
Communism in its efforts to tear
down our capital structure, etc"
Urged Definite" Fascist
Organization
Raskob made an indirect proposal
that Carpenter "take the lead" He
wrote: you haven't much to dc
and I know Of no one that could
better take the lead in trying to
induce the dupont and General
Motors groups, followed by other
big industries, to definitely organize
to protect society from the suffer-
ing which it is bound to endure il
we allow Communistic elements 70
lead the people to believe that all
business men are crooks, not to be
trusted, and that no one should be
allowed to get rich"
Notice, Raskob wanted "a def
mite organization" not only to conf
bat Communism, but for "educat-
ing" the people and encouraging
people to get rich" He was an
moved at the Communist effort to
do what he called tear down our
capital structure"
Such education" and "encour-
agement' could only be spreading
demagogy-for, as the people are
fast learning there is no earthly
way for the majority of the people
to get rich" under the capitalist
system.
This letter was dated March 20,
1884 Late in August, the forma-
ton of the Liberty League was an
nounced. It is seeking a member
ship Of 1000, 600. However, because
it was announced that its leader
ship included such big business
figures as Raskob. the duPonts, and
AL Smith, the Liberty League was
identified as a Big Business outfit;
even the capitalist press indicated
this.
Keep Wall Street Names Hidden
Many of the same capitalists who
went into the Liberty League
Joined the National Advisory Coun-
Gil of The Crusaders, as shown by
the leaflet reproduced with this
article. Since then they have quietly
withdrawn their names from The
CRUSADER roster. and this organiza-
tion is Incorporating under Il
7linois laws.
The new trustees of The
Crusaders include not one single
universally known lieutenant Of
the Morgan Rockefeller Hearst
CLIQUE! But it does contain sew
eral military business men who,
unknown to the workers and lib
erals, might be tricked into such
an organization by demagOgy only
to be delivered up to Fascism
later, are closely connected with
the most reactionary forces in the
country! Let me identify them
at once:
There is Col. Walter C.. Cole,
who, as Commander Clark con-
fessed to me, has been fighting
'subersive" movements in Mich
igan "fOr about IL years" In ad-
dition, Cole is a professional lingo,
and member of the national de-
Tense committee of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States.
Big Business most powerful anti
labor organization, which recently
recommended "citizen's army"
something that obviously could he
nothing but a fascist strike
breaking force to begin where the
police and National Guard fail.
Cole Is also a key military man
colonel in the Air Reserve, q. S.
A., formerly in the Specialists
Reserve Division; national presi
dent in 1929-3O Of the Reserve
Officers Association; and general
chairman of the committee on ma
tional defense of the Michigan
department of the American Lee
gion. Tt was the American Lee
gion to which MacGufre wanted
General Butler to speak before in
connection with his Fascist army
plan. TO man of this type Sub
versive" obviously would cover
liberal and all labor activity.
There is R. Douglas Stuart, Chi
cago, vice president of the big
Quaker Oats company.
There is James F. Bell, Minnea-
~,
of General Mills.
There is Elton Hoyt, Cleveland.
of the firm Of Picanes Mather and
Co, operators of mine properties
for iron and steel companies.
Crusader" Head LaEds Hitler
Crusader Commander Clark him
self, refusing to explain his organ
ization's financing but admitting
that it received so national broad
casting periods gratis from the big
Columbia Broadcasting System, now
e Spiritedly berates the big business
fellows" in the Liberty League. but
admits he thinks Hitler did a great
thing for Germany if he saved it
from Bolshevism" He hedged on
the question of the strike and
tinionisfn.
Clark is the kind of fellow who
would say all this to me, knowing
was a reporter, but never ask what
: newspaper I represented. It takes
. just that kind of man to be q
front" for an organization such as
the Crusaders, especially to draw in
100000 members hard-hit for
: mer steel company owner who can,
: at once, profess liberalism, diseon-
Z tent and desire for reform" and
! hedge on the issues on which the
2 immediate fight against fascism
> hangs the fundamental civil and
: trade union rights of the people.