This does not absolve the McNamaras, but it shows that the Socialist way is the only way to end war and murder.
The capitalists boast that the McNamara confession defeated the Socialists in the Los Angeles election. With 53,000 Socialist votes in that city, the Socialists can well afford to laugh at such a defeat. The McNamara case will help our cause. It demolishes for all time the utility of such tactics.
The rank and file of the labor unions will follow the example of their brothers of Europe and go into politics. They will find their political home where they belong, in the International Socialist Organization.
The longer they delay this, the more galling will be the chains that bind them.
Everything these good days works for Socialism—for the glad time coming when Waves of Horror will not sweep over the land any more, when the desert shall blossom as the rose and peace shall flow as a river; when the seed of the woman shall bruise the Serpent's head, and swords shall be beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks.
It is written that War shall be no more.
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