Hoover Answers Hoover
President9* Address to Welk* Fed indiana 4 t t a f i ^ veals the Helens* in His '21 Boost* ^ i^hocsand people eating chicken, that fowl i n the pot pronnsed to all ia Hga^ chiefly by Republican...
...F o r e: ample, judges a r e agencies throug which Hoover's righteous arbitri t o r makes bis decisions...
...Our readers will re member his idea...
...On the other hand insurance by labor in "cooperation" with the employing class generally means the company union and the fostering of serfdom in the great industries...
...seek t o abolish th< Reserve Officers' Training Corpi in high schools and colleges...
...They will organize to deprive our fat usurers of their dole and proceed to d o something for themselves...
...They were starving while working f o r the slave pay of the companies and they are now on strike...
...A NUTSHELL Calvin Cooudge will t a k e a vacation from Jury to September...
...The Smt???ml Gnsx Federation sponsors the idea said to be sufwested by its distinguished president, Mr...
...Agnew was impressi with t h e enthusiasm of t h e Ame lean people, and believed t h a t tl Socialist movement h a d g r e a t o p o r t u n i t y of utilizing t h i s entbui a sm for t h e cause of Socialism ; the future...
...It is action that cannot be neglected...
...uphold t h e effort tc negotiate conciliation and arbitration t r e a t i e s with all other nattons...
...Without the war «*j no such depression . . . If, a s many believe, we have pensa of this storm, f a t a r e months wul s * | If we shall b e called upon t e mutons sj period, we m u s t gird ourselves to Mod t o fall a t n o point where humanity a h can Ideals a r e in Jeopardy...
...Our survey of trade union papers in quite a number of cities in a dozen or more states also show that organized workers are receptive to such a program...
...Therefore, we shall have the former Hoover face the presta] an accuser...
...I t hi a program that may b e thorough enough t o prevent a specific war in t h e n e a r future...
...That statement is being sent to labor publications and labor organizations throughout the nation...
...Bat w e dad more, we produced a fundamental p r o g r am which made this r e s t o r e d employment secure on foundations of prosperity . . I t i s n o accident which h a s b r o u g h t about this unique situation ht t h e United States...
...e e • Millions of newspapers definitely hostile t o Labor circulate every d a y because they are bought by working men who have not yet acquired t h e habit of spending their money on e friend t"sfed of e n enemy.—J...
...WE direct special attention of our readers to the statement of the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party which appears on the first page of this issue...
...Hoover's speeches show that starving farmers and workers who may have hoped for relief from that quarter are doomed to disappointment This smug politician offers sentimental drivel as a substitute for jobs and bread...
...It is service to our ruling bankers and capitalists that is contemplated...
...Thus a ton of pig iron is of more concern to the Great Engineer than the jobless and homeless...
...Many causes were a t play before t h e l a s t war...
...reveal t h e menace a chauvinism...
...That is all...
...Among its achievements w a s serving a s a s p y for the United States Steel Corporation in the steel strike of 1919 and helping t o break that s t r i k e . We may be sure That an industrial conference under its auspices will safely guard the interests o f the ruling corporate groups whose system i s half wrecked and who want to preserve it...
...Things like t h a t don't happen...
...Judicial interest in politica, an contributions to political partie t o insure that the Umpire woul make the r i g h t decisions...
...advocate the establishment of a national peace department in the Federal goveminent...
...Matthew WolL Brother Labor and Brother Capital ate the two leading relatives that are summoned to t h i s task...
...Men, women and children are in rags...
...We cannot resist admiration for atta* c i ty brought him to ( his cattle kingdea h we may be opposed tern that makes Bis I Which reminds s a fl who contributes to monthly, "The Man* a radical amalgam < is poured by serico* 1 pies each month, tata for what I said to » regarding the ckenh aristocratic culture I try...
...N o runner is p e r mitted t o slug another...
...B what magic did . t h i s meat carve acquire his v a s t principality...
...Later tht at s i t t i n g in a saloon 4 of roughnecks en tersi ognized one of thecal Miller rose, runs 4 "walked across at touched the n a n m sad, a s t h e man tas a fight if seceaaaryj greeted him...
...T o t h a t conference would come the a n t i - u n i o n and company union chiefs of the nation, those upper class oligarchs who have about as much use f o r democracy in industry as Mussolini has...
...Hoover went on h i s mid-west tour this week a nd s t r u c k a note of optimism in Indianapolis but i t is reported t h a t the n o t e cannot be cashed for enough t o feed one of his "rugged individuals'' in the breadline...
...The pacifist must answer the demand for n a tional security...
...In abnormal periods like the present most of these union insurance funds are likely to be wrecked...
...It raises a danger signal It calls attention to the dangerous drift of capitalism, the situation that will face the working class next winter, and the urgent need of intelligent action...
...So our h e r o i properly introduced Treasures t California were more interest in to him t h a n treasures in heave...
...They are tired of drivel ; a program and action will appeal to them...
...Th Umpire, to be sure, often appear on the scene but the decision were s o often in favor of t h e Gei man butcher that we a r e sur other players in t h e game felt Ilk throwing their bats at him...
...He declared his opposition to unemployment insurance legislation, adding...
...His p a r t y h a s given million» of workers a n d f a r m e r s a vacation which has continued into t h e t h i r d year...
...The f i r s t of these -is a new line of a t t a c k for peace workers...
...w a y of appreciation...
...We hope that they will rise to this responsibility with intelligence, zeal and enthusiasm...
...Calvin Cooudge says t h a t "The brains of t he country" need a rest...
...The Urgent Need for a Defense Against > A Pence Program for Socialists By Abraham Kaufman k * which calls for more, t h a n a Just social order...
...Recently Governor Pinchot issued a l e t t e r instructing local authorities t h a t peaceable assembly a n d marches should be permitted without interference...
...California provides an interest ing study of this Hoover myth ology...
...Well groorncd and well fed ladies aataj joyed a feast while out in the states some twenty millions of human beings face stark as| The scene recalled another one...
...National Defense," by Kirby Page, ( F a r r a r and Rlneh a r t , New York, $3.00) offers us a well-documented impressive and r a t h e r thorough account of t he l a s t great war, i t s causes, both basic and Immediate, and i t s r e s u l t s . The author then examines t h e present world situation in t h e l i g h t of these same causes in an a t t e m p t t o see how f a r we have moved in eliminating them, stood still, o r r e t r a c ed our steps by more numerous and newer, though no b e t t e r forms of nationalism, milit a r i sm and imperialism...
...Agnew was pessimistic about t h e growth of t h e Labor P a r t y in I r e l a n d in t h e f u t u r e in v i ew of t he religious prejudice and animosity between Catholics and P r o t e s t a n ts which keep the workers divided in t h a t country, and due a l so to t h e general conservatism of Ireland...
...Post-war Europe was ia i a her misery did not prevent the Republican Party from doing these blessed things...
...E n r o u t e fret New York t o California Mille became interested in a dlscussio between ** Spanish priest and lauding t h e achievements of th old Spanish regime in Calif o r n i and t h e second deriding them...
...With it will go a prnsrram of democracy in industry...
...This examination of causes, r e sults and t h e present-day situation leads one, without attempting to Judge too hastily, to t h e acknowledgement of two trends* in the fight for peace that have here been well stressed and to a third one rather inadequately brought forward...
...advocate t h e recognition of Soviet Russia b y the U n i t e d S t a t e s ; urge t h e partici p a t i o s of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s ht i new conference e a r e p a r a t i o n anc war debts...
...R. Crynea...
...His speech was a kick in the face of the jobless and the starving...
...He then leads to t h e second trend or keynote...
...Page: "Seek cleaser understanding anr keener appreciation of t h e people of other lands...
...five nrilHons af unemployed walked t h e s t r e e t s. Discontent a n d a g t t a t t o o a g a i n s t e a r democracy were r a m p e n t . Fear for t h e future haunted every heart . . . Commerce end Industry revived . . . The purchasing power of wages has s t e a d i ly Increased . . . The hours ef labor have decreased . . . I would noe m y office and Influence t o g i v e t h e farmer t he full benefit of our h i s t o r i ? tariff poney...
...Fortunately Hoover's Umpire was on h a n d a a t h e German butcher prospere mightily...
...No longer do t h e y face the problem of the desirability of ending war...
...It is a call to action directed to Labor and Socialist organizations...
...m m m Judge Seabury h a s decided to peer into all municipal, borough and county bureaus in a big clean-up drive...
...I n t o this romance has bee woven the story of swamp a c t of court decisions, control of va uable water sites, crooked lan offices, settlers whose*tabor pave t h e way for t h e c a t t l e kings...
...The Socialist movement that does not recruit t h e working class may be a movement but i t cannot be Socialist without t h e class t h a t has made t h a t movement all over t h e world...
...In other words, the manufacturing class receives doles from the masses because of legislation...
...Gird ourselves" to want and destitution and pesai» will pass some rime...
...Bourbon was sure that the ancient order which had brought misery to millions of sciata must go on in its ancient ways...
...Hoover and the Dole " \ _ 7 E pay our respects to Mr...
...A Pittsburgh judge has issued what is reported t o b e the "most drastic injunction" ever issued in this region...
...New York: the Macmillai Company, S3) is available fo those who a r e interested in Hoov erian folklore...
...President9* Address to Welk* Fed indiana 4 t t a f i ^ veals the Helens* in His '21 Boost* ^ i^hocsand people eating chicken, that fowl i n the pot pronnsed to all ia Hga^ chiefly by Republican editors and polinasm...
...Unless they organize and formulate programs to avert the yawning hell of next winter no one can predict what will happen...
...Just "endure" it...
...The author may be right when he says: "It is not economic competition a s such that produces war, b u t r a t h e r economic competition plus — plus the emotions and dogmas of nationalism...
...The former Hoover aokl4| capitalist system to a large majority of the voters on the ground that it was a Utopu of « increasing leisure for all...
...Seized whi making a vigorous s t r e e t addre in behalf of Tom Mooney, impri oned labor leader, William > Stone, State Secretary of t h e S cialist Party, end H a r r y Meyer of the Mooney Defense Commi tee, were arrested here and fini J100 each...
...H a d he lived int 1938 we a r e s u r e that Hoover s t o r y of t h e righteous Umpire ws watches over a s would have move him t o t e a r s and t h a t a substsi t i e ! check would have been set t o the Republican National Con mittee by...
...Congressmen and Senator becoming their feudal retainers One of t h e o u t s t a n d i n g figures t t h i s J u n k e r Kingdom was H e nr Miller whose biography ("Th Cattle King," b y E d w a r d F . Tread well...
...The p r o g r am outlined by t h e author, "A Twentytwo Point P r o g r am for P a t r i o t s ," Is about aa broad and comprehensive, a a one could expect to have presented t o a public accepting t he present economic order...
...HOOVER AT DOEUIUFQ The tsaaeosa depression is the em Ject before t h e country s a d the weaVl blight sUetches from all seal liai «r % every baslneea place and every cathj oar land . . . As we look beyond the horia— i troubles end consider the eventi a « we know t h a t t h e main ceases et tas aj lenee of t h i s depression came net frasi from outside t h e United States . . 7 | A large p a r t of t h e forces wbseVj our shores from _ abroad are the sal tances In Europe of t h e Omet " T I T j j ias mounting armament, its riattisi] instability, i t s disruption ef scossesi new boundaries...
...u r g e the adoption of text books which promote peace r a t h e r than war...
...In the modern period i came the nearest to c r e a t i n g th Prussian Junker type of a n y o t he s t a t e . I t s land and c a t t l e baron and its glorified railroad thieve owned t h e s t a t e a s a pocket b o : ough...
...It had the vision and statesmanship to provide work for the jobless, giving tht ft full benefit of our historic tariff policy," and produced a "'fundamental program" van stored employment on secure foundations of prosperity...
...To t h i s extent i t deserves our s u p p o r t That support should n o t b e given, however, without the realization of i t s inadequacy due t o t h e l a c k of provision for t h e end of e system that the author acknowledges t a r nishes ever present causes for fut u r e wars...
...As for insurance through trade unions, it may be said that it may be helpful in normal periods but even then it is confined only to members...
...godly virtues win t h e prizes...
...Outside was a sea of misery...
...I n r e g a r d t o t h e Labor P a r ty in England, while h e expected t h they would soon be voted out i office, be h a d g r e a t hopes for tl ultimate triumph of labor and S cialiam in England...
...Following the methods of a t t a c k laid down by the author himself, it seems tc your reviewer, that an adequate program would have to contain provision not only for machinery for settlement of International disputes of a n economic nature, but for the end of the profit system itself and for a new social order Let us, in conclusion, then look at t h e program as summarized by Mr...
...In either case trade jnion insurance does not and cannot provide for more than a fraction of the working population...
...support the movement tc induce our government to s i gn the optional clause of t h e World Courl protocol...
...attempt ti remedy such acts of Internationa injustice aa t h a t perpetrated bj saddling Germany with sole gull in causing t h e World War...
...I n t h e same light would be placed a solution based on a n y one approach to the problem of n a tional defense...
...Henry waa a* right-thinker 1 politics for we a r e informed thi he voted f o r every Republican cai didate for President from John ( Freemont In 1856 to William Hov ard Taft in 1912...
...With this romantic s e t t i n g th epic of t h e "poor boy w h o mad good" begins t o unfold and i ta en reveals a cattle king who coul ride from t h e Mexican border t t h e northern boundary of Orego without leaving his estates...
...It is not the insurrections of Ignorance that a re dangerous t o existing governments but t h e revolts of Intelligence.—Lowell...
...This action has already been taken by Socialists in some cities, especially in Pennsylvania...
...A little over 140 years ago powdered geraJcamjaa raffles and silver buckles, with their fine ladies, sauntered through the magnificent remga ace of Versailles...
...providing t h a t Henry Miller be came God's heir...
...Workers who know their interests will not be patient with the smug Hoover...
...Is it net I this feudal ruler ? recognized in tht M soulmate In the fans treasures while ne r o o d ? There eertaht, t a in measure of si Miller for a pal e l turn one of the profs: wilderness to star...
...Among the interesting storie told ef e a r hero by the author 1 t h e following: Oa i Miller was travehaf siderable sum ef a saddle bags when I fronted by a bancs b a n d The bandit s i his cash...
...If Pinchot does n o t defy that judge h e will w r i t e himself down a s an accomplice i n a revolting act against starving men, women, and children...
...A grave responsibility rests upon our membership and sympathizers...
...They fear a Socialist trend...
...Moreover, the Hoover of 1931 forgot the Hoover of 1928...
...The evidence seems t o be overwhelmingly stacked against pursuers of t h i s o r t h at one cause a s the reason for t he war...
...It is as though he had tied them all with a rope and placed a gag on their lips, for the injunction leaves them nothing that they can do o r say without offending his Robed Majesty...
...Despite those inheritances Hoover datai dn year his party had wrought a miracle in this country...
...Socialists Jailed In Mooney Protest...
...that T h e moment the government enters into this field it invariably degenerates into a dole...
...This chepp?* • contribution as a P " that this ancient a had passed and as » will return...
...Of eces perversion of tht Bolshie dandies e a aj our interest te certa the past when cessai swinish phases t h a t" They cannot uadeisa In which they BV* • pastHere is a charade* of Hoover's folk b » modems to aederi»" malice and fear fa» ruling cliques of Qm psychology to "JR whose ideal to S[9n ants and amctofilM question but ahardll...
...I t includes a warless world community...
...Here are the two men facing each other...
...Gagging Starving Miners XT is agreed b y a l l observers that the conditions facing tens of thousands of miners in Weste r n Pennsylvania are the most horrible ever known t o that region...
...The b r a i n s of millions have been at rest and m a n y have been buried since he began serving his dally mush...
...We are in the third year of arpa and no "fundamental program" has emerged from this great mind...
...We therefore particularly welcome a chance t o examine a new study t h a t comes to the fore dealing with this p a r t of our general program...
...Miller w a s a German lmmigran of little education who a r r i ve when t h e pickings were good...
...The moment that tariff rates are raised higher than revenue considerations it is government nursing of capitalist enterprise...
...Latest reports from Washington bring t h e happy news t h a t President Hoover is heroically following his advice given a t Valley Forge...
...H a be arrived twenty years late somebody else would have ac quired b i s kingdom and h e wool have ended life where he bega it—a butcher carving meat aa peddling sausages...
...It shelters a class behind walls raised by the government and compels the population to pay prices for commodities in excess of what competition would regulate...
...If we shall be called upon to endure more of ?ipahd, gird ourselves to steadfast effort," said Hoover...
...HOOVKK IN 1VZS The Republican P a r t y «amo Into authority n e a r l y eight y e a r s a g e . . . A g r i c u l t u r e wee prost r y were s t a g n a t e d ; our foreign t r a d e ebbed away...
...s t r i v e to secure t h e earlj entrance of t h e United S t a t e s in tc t h e League of Nations...
...htnfrf dollars and said, 1 t w e n t y douars yea m ed me.' and bowed a The author remar» "never forgot a fate a voice...
...Mysterious as the Woll lingo is it plainly points t o opposition t o anything that suggests social control o f industry for the common good...
...However, is i t not r a t h e r dangerous to p u t too much f a i t h i n drastically changing "the emotions and dogmas of n a t i o n a l i s m ? " Does not a long-range p r o g r am have to demand consecration in working on every cause...
...support a n agreement t h a t in t h e event of a violation of t h e Briand-Kellogg Treaty t h e signatories of t h e p a c t will ent e r into conference'as t o t h e kmc of non-warlike action demanded by t h e crisis...
...It is this sort of "insurance," often coupled with "welfare plans," that has made many of our industries little feudal despotisms...
...Thai he gave his blessing t o t h e capi t a l i s t ic dinosaurs who rule Ameri can life...
...Socialism aloof i m e n t a l n r n c r i m . It a l o n e ooints to the road that leads to nower and e m a n r i m r i rm A Danger Signal...
...The working class must rely on itself...
...Sometimes decisior went against him b u t there wt t h e supreme Umpire in Waahini ton, the United States Supreno Court, and i t r a r e l y failed him...
...If Hoover's ear in every g a r a g e had a s much g a s i n i t a a h e I s releasing on h i s t o u r i t would have sufficient power t o m a k e a long trip...
...That's nothing...
...Louis XVI stood pat at Versailles and Herbert Hoover did likewise at In&amreJeh...
...go oi record now a s s t a t i n g your pr?s e a t purpose not t o sanction an] future war nor p a r t i c i p a t e in w a r f a r e as armed c o m b a t a n t" A Hoover FoUttale TT^RESIDENT HOOVER'S owl if State of California man: years ago presented t h e nation e classic example of what he 1: pleased to call the "Umpire o Fairness...
...Matthew Woll la out w i t h a ten-year plan to stabilize capitalism and a f t e r the t e n y e a r s a r e u p probably h e m a y t a k e a modest Interest in organizing the workers of t h e nation...
...All that it will ever get from tha ? head is smug words...
...The a t t e m p t t o balance production and consumption under t h e c a p i t a l i s t system is certain t o prove abortiva so long a s workers a r e compelled to sell labor power t o a n **T-*"rM™g class...
...It remains t o b e seen whether t h e Pittsburgh popinjay can also strike down the s t a t e executive...
...Who is aatf Great Engineer ascribes it to "the malign inheritance in Europe of the Great Wstf | But those "malign inheritances" were as active and even more rife in the rea osi end of the war than in the past few years...
...Fo some reason the facts do n o t coi r e l a t e w i t h t h e Hoover fiction...
...When w e assumed direction of t h e government in I M I t h e r e were five t o six mimons unemployed upon, our s t r e e t s . Wages and salaries were falling . . . Within e y e a r we restored these five million workers t o employment...
...It is the same advice given by another Bourbon of another day...
...Woll's Plan "**Lh7ELL, we may get a national industrial congress to plan for a "readjustment" of the capitalist system so that it will work satisfactorily to ali...
...The r u le a r e fair to all and t h e umpin sees to i t t h a t only those wit...
...Judges, Governors, Legista ture...
...F l a g day waa generally celebrated except in t h e breadlines where, for some reason, i t w Religious Differences of Irish Retard S o c i a l i st Growth, Minister Says Rev...
...Arthur L. Agnew, VicePresident of t h e Belfast Branch of t h e Labor Party, gave an i n t e r e s t i n g address on t h e "Labor P a r t y i n Ireland'' before a group of Socialist P a r t y leaders and sympathizers in t h e home of J e s sie Wallace Hughan, on Friday evening, J u n e 12th...
...work foi t h e e a r l y independence of t h e Phil, ippine Islands...
...Agnew also visited the Jul meeting of t h e C i t y Central Cox mittee, of t h e Socialist p a r t y , la Wednesday, and made a short, bi i n t e r e s t i n g talk before the can rades...
...We are not surprised that Hoover recommends this...
...What impresses us is that the Ci vie Federation, the Black Guards o f reaction in t h is country, takes this initiative...
...What does he advise...
...Hoover is bans his party...
...Three years later the same Hoover with five thousand of the faithful enjoy t d i and all these alleged achievements have collapsed in ruin about their heads...
...His a s s i s t a n t s should be supplied with gas masks t o protect t h em from t h e Tammany odors...
...The fact is that mis is another attempt t o divert attention from the real job that faces the workers of this country...
...pour out t h e p e r i l s inherent in t h e Citi zens* Military Training Campa stand like flint against high t ar iffs...
...emphasize the fella d e e a n d parila of the military philosophy...
...recognize t h e value of membership ht the International Leber Organizsilo» by t h e United States...
...F r om North Bergen, N . J., comes t h e news t h at leaders of the old Democratic administration r e ceived a n a v e r a g e of $1,500 f o r e a c h appointment of e policeman and, a fireman t o a j o b . A "high s t a te of efficiency" a s t h e Tammany officials of o u r Cent r a l Trades and Labor Council would say...
...It is in keeping with a mind* that thinks in terms of capitalist interests more than anything else...
...He favors unemployment insurance by labor itself or in cooperation with the employing class...
...Miller sank for enough money toi t h e robber handed I dollars...
...H e r e is a direct conflict between t he Governor and t h e judge...
...Woll's smtemrnt of the proposal includes the following mysterious words: "to seek coordination for the promotion of i n d u s t r i a l balance, and to begin that march toward permanence of aaaclntaetj without which we cannot i n f u s e into i n d u s t r y that democratic urge and a u t h o r i t y «hai to its life as g field of human endeavor and vital to its salvation from an onslaught of Stabs political control that cannot be avoided in the absence of self-control.'' « We do n o t have the secret cipher which is necessary to interpret these words but we will let that pass...
...Without aid they would starve...
...He i s preserving his character in t h e hope that the s t a r v i n g will follow his example...
...At Indianapolis another Bourbon echoed the senrimena s? ruler who today is regarded as the world's greatest example of folly and stupidity...
...Th author observes t h a t Miller, beinj a Protestant, "was not particular ly a t t r a c t e d by t h e religious vie* of the m a t t e r , and t h e Tanke point of view t h a t farms, housei c a t t l e and cities were more lm p o r t e n t than missions strong...
...So Hoover m 1928 credited the Republican Party with fine deeds since io accession s 1921...
...If the l a t t e r can be changed drastically it may b e possible to prevent war even though many decades a r e required for t h e pacific transformation of capitalism into a more ideal economic order...
...Militarists a t this point give quite enough lip-service to make that unanimous...
...strive t o avoid racial diacrim ination in our immigration anc naturalization laws...
...Our governmen has always been such a n umpire We all s t a r t in t h e race of lift and government watches over ui while we run...
...appealed to him...
...Around a pudgy king with smug aaanke, these parasites...
...roll u p a tidal wave foi the public support of t h e BriandKellogg Treaty...
...The a u t h o r leaves no task undone in showing how the paths that led t o the World War do not offer security...
...Perhaps...
...Fined $100 in Pnebl (By A New I M I « C i r m p • • • • • !) PUEBLO, Colo...
...Agnew came t o America a few weeks ago a t t he invitation of t h e American Unit a r i a n Association and h a s been speaking in Unitarian churches throughout America, Besides his position in t h e Labor P a r t y , h e is t h e Minister of t h e l a r g e s t liberal congregation in Great Britain, composed mainly of Socialists...
...Hoover in an' w * other place on this page but there was another statement in his Indianapolis address which is worthy of attention...
...If ov hero did not like a particular Judg to sit ut a particular case Henr would occasionally reach up to t l bench and a dd h im t o h i s personi possessions...
...We earnestly appeal to our readers in every locality to take up this matter...
...I t Is n o t chance t h a t has brought this added employment for American workmen, and added m a r k e t s for American farmers...
...I a the first place a protective tariff is a dole ha tat capitalists...
...struggle to obtail endeavor t o secure the abandon ment Of armed intervention ii other lands...
Vol. 12 • January 1931 • No. 25
