Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
COMMUNIST PARTY.
IS REVOLUTIONARY.
U. S. OFFICIAL RULES
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through which the government may
be conquered and destroyed. A few
excerpts from the communist party
and communist international mani
festees will make these statements
evident.
Thus on page 10 Of the manifestees
and program of the communist party
of America is the following:
THE conquest Of the power OF the
state IL accomplished by the mass
mass strikes are a vital factor in de-
veleping this mass power. preparing
the working class for the conquest
Of capitalism. The power Of the pro-
letariat lies fundamentally In its con-
troll Of the industrisl process. The
mobilising Of this control against
capitalism means the initial form Of
the revolutionary mass action that
will conquer the power OF the state.
And again. on page IL Of the same
document:
Mass action is industrial in its orr
gin. but it acquires political chafac-
ter as II develops fuller forms. Mass
action in the form OF general poltti-
cal strikes and demon ra tons. unites
the energy and forces Of the prole-
tariat. brings proletarian mass press
ure upon the bourgeois state. The
more general and conscious mass ac-
tion becomes the more 1t antagonists
the bourgeois state. the more it be-
comes political mass action. Mass
action is responsive to life itself the
form of aggressive pfo1etarian strus-
gle under imperialism. Out Of this
struggle develops evolutionary mass
action. the means for the proletarian
conquest of power"
Process Of RevOlutlen.
And further on page IL, the same
document:
Strikes Of protest develop into gem
eral political strikes and then into
revolutionary m ass action for the con :
quest of the power of the state. Mass
action becomes political in purpose
while ra-parliamentary in form, II
Is equally a pr6eess Of revolution and
the revolution itself in operation"
Then on page 10:
The communist party shaH partie-
ipate in mass strikes not only to
achieve the immediate purposes OF the
strike but to develop the revolution
airy implications Of the mass strike.
And then making the purpose still
more clear. We have the following
Communist international. with which
the communist party Of America IL
affiliated and whose manifesto Is &C
cepted as part Of the policy OF the
party:
Of battle which will concentrate its
entire energies. namely. mass action
with it's logical resultant. direct con-
fiict with the governmental machinery
in open combat. All other methods'
such as revolutionary use OF bourgeois
parliamentarism. will be of only Sec
ondary Significance"
seeks 10 Conquer Aad Destrey.
From these quotations and numerous
other staten ents in the manifesto. not
here quoted. 1t is apparent that the
communist party Of America In not
merely a political party seeking the
control Of affairs Of state, but revo-
Iutionary party seeking TO conquer
and destroy the state in open combat
And the only conclusion Is that the
communist party Of America LIZ an or
ganization that believes in. teaches
ana advocates the overthrow by force
or violence Of the government OF the
United states.
1t does not devolve upon the Secre-
tary of Labor officia1ly to determine
whether Congress was wise in Great
ing the law or the communist party
wise in creating the facts. 1t 10 his
duty to apply the law to the facts az
him to take into custody aliens who
are members Of this organization and
deport them in the manner provided
for in the immi grafton act OF Febru-
AIRY 8, 1917.
Your memorandum Of January H.
1920, recommending that the depart.
ment issue It's warrant for the deporta.
| ton Of Englebrart Preis. such dsportA
ton TO be 20 Austria, at governme nt
(signed5 ". 3. WILSON.
Secretary