The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-31

Now II is all clear. The Ameri'
can Labor party which was or
ganlzed to provide this country a
labor party aki'. 10 the British
one, has now been taken over by
the communists. The A. L. p. new
err got beyond the state OF New
York and there only garnered
enough votes to blackmail both the
Republican and Democratic parties
into putting some of its members
on their tickets in return for en-
dorsement OF the older parties can
didates. And there have been 9th.
er considerations for these endorse
ments not openly negotiated or
publicly discussed. But now that
era is ended because the Com
munists have taken over. They
won at a primary election; their
ownership OF the A. L. p. is legal.
ANY Republican or Democrat who
accepts an A. L. p. endorsement
accepts a Communist endorsement
and stands forever marked. for
better or for worse, as satisfactory
to the Communists. II Is all clear.
This transaction was put over
by the Machiavelli OF the New
Deal, Sidney Hillman. in partner
ship with Earl Browder, leader OF
the Communist party, and Fiorella
LaGuardia, mayor OF New York
and master OF widespread political
influence and even patronage. Also
in the band is Vito Marcantonio.
Communist party-llne follower in
Congress. LaGuardia whose poll
tics is OF the hop-skip-and jump va
riety, he having belonged to even
more political parties than Wendell
Willkie. may have outsmarted him
self. He holds Office by virtue OF
a coalition between the Republi-
cans and the American Labor par
ty. a political shotgun marriage.
Now that he has subjected him.
self TO the Browder-Hillman coali-
ton, the Republicans cannot &C
cept him. In fact. there is renew.
ed talk in this town OF a Republi'
can. Democratic coalition for mayor
in the hope that the citizens might
get one who does not present the
communist minority.
The most amusing phase OF this
situation Is that the Communists
have now gone conservative, leav'
ing their liberal pals on a sawed-otf
limb. The official belief OF the
Communist party is that the status
quo Is all right about everything.
In fact, Browder is more reaction
airy than the stuffiiest director OF
the National Association of Manu-
facturers; so much so, that | am
looking forward to love feast
between the Communist hierarchy
and some OF the more stupid bust
ness men who will believe that they
have put something over on Browd-
er and that he means what he says
for some prolonged period. Browd.
er is. OF course, only a supporter
OF the status quo as long as Rus
sia's duration OF the war. He will
then gyrate as Stain Gyrates
which may be good or bad, depend
ing upon the necessities not OF the
United States but OF Soviet Rus
STA.
In all this. Sidney Hillman plays
his usual role OF a New Deal op
portunistic hatchet-man who does
what he Is told to do, which In
this case was to try to fix 1t Sc
that 100000 or 100000 votes that
the A. L. P. has developed In these
parts can be held In line for Mr.
Roosevelt for a fourth term. II he
can dc that in the election. It will
be very helpful. Hillman, how
ever. is so foxy In his manlpula
tions that even when he comes
clean. he is suspected OF typical
strategy. He won the primaries
it is true, but he has left behind
him enough agony and anger that