The Washington times., 1936-08-01

1910.
It is common Edwin c. Hill
gossip in the backstairs Of politics
that Lewis and some of his lieu
tenants in the "One Big Union"
campaign are looking ahead to
1910, with the purpose of running
a Labor party candidate for Presi-
dent.
Already they have entered a
ticket in New York State, which
fact should provide plenty of food
for thought to those who are op-
posed to class warfare in the
United States and to those who
want to maintain the American
system of keeping our national
politics free from rule by class.
1t is just another move in the
direction Of alien and European
ideals and ideas. England had a
labor government, Russia's gov
ernment is supposed to be labor
one, as is Frances. New Zealand
made such an experiment, which
embodied most of the Roosevelt
administrations philosophy, and
it brought New Zealand to the
brink of ruin.
NEW MOVEMENT
I wonder what the statesmen
and politicians in the different
States and cities think Of this
new movement.
If it is carried forward under
the guise of a movement to re-
elect Roosevelt, and if it has any
success. we may look for the day
when our supposedly elected rep
resentatives will be taking their
orders from those who can seize
the reins in labor circles.
Lewis has the reputation Of be-
ing a fire-eater. At a recent labor
convention he had a fist fight
with the chief of the Carpenters
Union.
Lewis, a Republican for a long
time, had some remarks to make
about AL Smith when Smith an
nounced that he could not and
would not support the present
Administration. 1t never seemed
to occur to him that he, Lewis,
was leaving his party because he
preferred the Roosevelt way of
doing things.
While Lewis had a reputation Of
being a foe of the radical and
Communist elements in labor, he
does not seem to be throwing aside
their support in his "One Big
Union" campaign.
Lewis likes to make messages,
envisioning the American workers
as poverty-Stricken wage slaves. It
is true that the unemployment
among miners is very high. Yet
Lewis salary was raised recently
to $25, 900, and he has war chest,
supposedly of $500,000 for the
unionization of the steel workers.
DR.. Tugwell may not go in for
fiSticuffS, but seldom, If ever in
America, has there been made such
a communistic speech as he de-
livered in California to the Demo
Gratis Of that State, an official
speech to the official members of
the Democrtic parry.
That was the speech in which
Tugwell, the ruling philosopher of
the Roosevelt administration, laid
down the purposes of the Admins
tartion and the line along which
it was marching.
Without mincing word, Tug
we'll told how the New Deal aimed
at a coalition of farmers and labor
to overthrow the present economic
and political system of the United
States.
DR.. Tugwell made no bones
about the issues of class war and
class hatred. His candor was as
refreshing as his remarks were
revolutionary.
AN ADMONITION
The struggle was coming, said
the doctor, and it would not be
a pleasant one. However, it was
the duty of this New Deal army
to prevent bloodshed, if possible,
in tearing down the economic sys-
tenn.
It has occurred to me always
that the Golden Rule is not only
il1culcated in the young Of this
country, but that also it is prac-
ticed very widely among our peo-
pie. do unto others as you
would have them do to you" is, I
think, the guiding light for most
of us. DR.. Tugwell doesn't think
so.
In that speech he pictured US
as a scnemil.g. greedy pack at
each others throats and in need
of a Government such as DR.. Tug.
we'll would design to keep us from
preying upon one another.
Thus we had the doctors ad-
mOnitiOn that "if we confuse
the Ten Commandments or
Christianity with this New Deal
war for some sort of a SOcialized
state, the New Deal didn't want
us on its side"
Don't forget that the Doctor
warned you
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