The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-31


Won't Name His Paymaster
He is trying to turn the Veterans
Voters League into a Farmer
Labor-V Veterans political party with
a platform excluding every tradl-
tionaI specific demand of organized
labor. and including monetary "re-
form" such as has been publicly
persistently demanded by-Mr
Vanderlip!
He evaded the question of who Is
financing his national organiza
tional expenses. The members pay
no dues.
He hedged on every issue related
to the Fascist offensive of the big
bankers. And he declared;
Il hope we can form a third party
this Spring. But Congress will de-
eide that. If they fall in with the
bankers and don't give us credit
and currency, that1l be the end OF
it. We have got to unite with
farmers and laborers, that is, If the
country is still in a parliamentary
mood. It may be that in the next
three to six months, or longer, the
futility and delay in forming third
party may make it appear too triy-
olous. and the people may seek tc
bring about a change by force
The people'-led by whom? The
Communists"
Not by Communists" he ex-
claimed. There are no Comn1u-
nists in this country. The American
PEOPLE are individualistic."
We'll, whom would they follow IN
this change by force you predictP
Oh-hotheads," he answered i'm
patiently.
A Fascist Reservoir
The Fascist threat in DR., Cur
rams organization is clear, The sig
nificance lies not so much in the
present organization, but in the
garbled, psuedo- popular program fol
q mass political party. This is pre-
cisely the type of mass organiza-
tion which. after gathering strength
and developing military aspect, Is
snapped up by the financiers ano
industrialists for storm troops. Del
mite military potentialities exist If
this organization, as we shall see
DR.. Curran is typical of the discon-
tented middle-class leader" who
opposed to working class leadership
ran be taken over by powerful back
ers. He is a minor Father Charles
f. Coughlin. He claims to have
following of millions. Established
veterans leaders estimate it around
1000 GOO. 1t was just this type Of
military-popular organization anc
leader that we're tried out for years
and then taken over for storm
troops by Thyssen and Krupp. This
series has already proved that anti
union businessmen are seeking tc
develop specific Fascist and other
"veterans organizations" in the
United States.
Fascist Constitution
From the point of view Of f1nan
ciers who, according to the ofhcla
record of the observation-disclosures
Congressional Committee, have beer
! looking toward veterans organiza
tons especially, in connection witt
4 efforts to form a Fascist army, ther'
is nothing "hotheaded'' about tn
Constitution of the Veterans Voter
League. Approved by DR.. Currar
Just about a year ago, this instru
ment calls upon members to con
form to a number of familiar F'as
cist regulations. 1t devotes a who'll
article to Uniforms" the wearing
of which it calls for ION all V. V. L
occasions" 1t makes the wearing
of overseas caps mandatory" An
other article of the constitution
provides for segregation Of minorit!
racial groups because "the influences
of consanguinity Or other racia
attributes may not be evadeC
or denied" In other words, jim.
Grow. While the objects Of the or
ganization are stated to be "for TIL
good that we can do; for the needy
for the helpless; for the oppressed,
the constitution stipulates that of
ficers Of the organization be 20
some substance and above want