Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-25

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militant, and efforts made to dupli-
cate their revolutionary complica-
sions. The strike is to be used not
simply as a means to secure redress
of economic wrongs, but as q means
through which the government may
be conquered and destroyed. A few
excerpts from the communist party
I.and communist international mani
festos will make these statements
evident.
"Thus on page 10 of the manifesto
and program of the communist
party OF America is the following:
"'Thc conquest of the power OF
the state is accomplished by the
mass power of the proletariat. Pc
Iitical mass strikes are vital factor
| in developing this mass power, pre-
pairing the working class>for the con-
quest of capitalism. The power Of
the proletariat lies fundamentally i'll
its control Of the industrial process.
The mobilizing of this control
against capitalism means the initial
form of the revolutionary mass ac-
ton that will conquer the power of
the state. >r
Mass Action Industrial,
"And again, ON page II, of the
same document,
"Mass action is industrial in its
origin, but it acquires political char
acter as it develops fuller forms.
Mass action. in the form of general
political strikes and demonstrations,
unites the energy and forces of the
proletaFiat, brings proletarian mass
pressure upon the bourgeois state.
The more general and conscious
mass action becomes, the more it
antagonizes the bourgeois state, the
more it becomes political mass ac-
tion. Mass action is responsive to
life itself the form of aggressive
proletarian struggle under imperial
ism. Out of this struggle develops
revolutionary mass action, the means
for the proletarian conquest OF
power .
"And further. on page II, the same
document:
"'Strikes of protest develop into
general political strikes and then
into revolutionary mass action for
the conquest of the power of the
state. Mass action becomes politi-
cal in purpose while extra-parlia-
mentary in form; it is equally proc
ess of revolution and the revolution
itself in operation
Shall Participate in Strikes.
Then on page 10:
The communist party shall par
ticipate in mass strikes, not only to
achieve the immediate purposes of
the strike. but to develop the revolu-
tionary implications of the mass
strike ,.
"And then. making the purpose
still more clear, we have the fol-
lowing from page 80 of the manifesto
of the communist international, with
which the communist party of Amer
ica is affiliated and whose manifesto
is accepted as part of the policy of
""The revolutionary era compels>
the proletariat to make use of the
means of battle, which viii con-
centrate its entire energies, namely,
mass action, with its logical re-
sultant, direct conflict with the gov
ernmental machinery in open COM
bat. All other methods, such as
revolutionary use of bourgeoise
paliamentarism, will be of only
secondary significance ,"
No Merely Political.
From these quotations and num-
erous other statements in the man
ifesto. not here quoted, it is ap-
parent that the communist party
of America is not merely political
party seeking the control of affairs
of state, but revolutionary party,
seeking to conquer and destroy the
state in open combat. And the only
conclusion is that the communist
party of America is an organiza-
tion that believes in, teaches and
advocates the overthrow by force
or violence of the government of
the United States. 1t does not de-
NoAtc upOl tliC SCSiCtdl VI ldDOl
officially to determine whether con-
gress was wise in creating the law
or the communist party wise in
creating the facts. 1t is his duty |
to apply the law to the facts as he |
finds them. 1t is mandatory upon
him to take into custody aliens who |
are members of this organization |
and deport them in the manner
provided for in the immigration act |
of February S, 1917.
"Your memorandum of Janu-
ary II. 1920, recommending that the
issue its warrant for
of Englebert Preiz,
such deportation to be to Austria,
1t government expense, is hereby !
approved.
"(Signed) w. B. WILSON, sec