The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-04-02
Facing The Foc+s
With PHILIP PEARL


This war is no exception. 1t may bring
about political revolutions not only in
foreign countries, but right here in the
United States.
The political set-up i'm the United
States today is antiquated. 1t dates
from the Civil War. 1t is unwieldy, il
logical and confused. Thus we have in
the Democratic Party the liberal New
Dealers side by side with the reaction
ary Southern Democrats. And in the
Republican Party we find an impos-
| sible conglOmeration of Western Pro
gressives and rock-bound conservatives.
The last World War brought Com
munsm to Russia 1t brought Social
ism and finally Fascism to Italy. 1t
wound up with NaZism in Germany. In
America it finally hatched the New
Deal
What is going to happen after this
war? There is no question in our minds
that America and her Allies will win
this war. But at what price? What
will the aftermath of the war do to
| America? Will it bring about political
revolution?
A Glimpse Into the Future
These are questions to which we
must give serious thought right now.
Great Britain, it seems to us, is head
ed toward Communism, or some modi-
fled form of ii. The same trend, at Il
somewhat slower pace, is discernible
already i'm America.
Now irrespective of the weaknesses
and contradictions inherent in Amer
ica's present political structure, we find
it vastly superior to any form of Com
mlIniSm or FaSciSm we have yet seen
in operation. But will it Withstand the
} pressure of postwar upheavalS?
The best thing that could happen to
the American two-party system after
; the war would be Il re-alignment of the
two parties into one which would be
frankly liberal and another whicI!
would be Steadfastly conservative. This
is the best development we can look
forward to and ii would be an improve
ment over the present set-up. But viii
we get it? viii the system of private
enterprise, private capital and private
profit survive?
Not if it continues to pursue its pres
| ent, piggish, uninteligent policies.
Private industry and private capita
today are doing everything within theil
power-albeit unintentionally-to drive
this country to Communism.
This is !; serious charge, but we hav,
facts with which to back it up. W,
are making these statements not rs {;
prophet of doom but in the hope tha,
it will wake UP American businessmen
to the danger of their present courS;
and influence them to change thei!
stupid, suicidal policies Immediately.
The Suicide Squads
The American Federation of Labor
since the turn of the century, has beel
America'S most formidable barrier
against the inhltraton of Communism
. The AI'L has fought and stamped on
Communism wherever it has reared it,
= head within the movement. 1t has con
Stantly preached the affinity of intcrcS
between employer and employc IT ha!
,. vigorously combattcd phoney class
;. consciousness. 1t has opposed punitive
taxation and legislation which wouIo
cripple business. II has sought To col
laborate with business ON II fricndl.
basis. 1t has always defended tn,
, profit motive.
= Yet now private business is doing it.
best To drive the American Federation
. of Labor into the camp of the Com
muniStS. BY its own actions it is sub
Siantiatin% practically every charE
=, made by the Communists against pri
), vatc capital. 1t is trying to tax" ad
!, vantage of the most dangerous wa
America ever has faced to beat labo
J. down to its knees. II seems more anNi
:, Gus to weaken and destroy organiHc'
, labor than to defeat Hitler.
The newspapers day in and day on
are sub jccti ing labor To the cIucIcSl
most uniuSliicd public whipping il
history. The only two newspaper
which have evidenced amy degree o
fairness toward labor are the Dahl.
, Worker and PM, which has some
what sunset hue
HOW long, Go YOU suppose, are
American workers going to take Sucl
treatments? Where are they going t'
turn after the war when jobs brcom,
scarce and suffering becomes acute?
Before ii is too late, we warn Amer
lean business and the American pres
To gel wise To themselves. The Amcri
can Federation of Labor dctcStS Com
munSm with every fiber of its being
1t will fight Communism in America (,
the last ditch. Bul will il be able t,
stem the tdcS of class hate now bcin.
whipped up by the suicide squads o
American business?