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statement contained in the manifesto of
the [. ]. I. Internationale under the
heading The Way to Victory is the fol-
lowing:
''The revolutionary era compels the
proletariat to make use of the
means of battle which will concentrate
Its entire energy, namely, mass action,
with its logical resultant direct con-
hict with the governmental machinery
to open combat. All other methods
such as revolutionary use of bourgeois
parliamentarism will be of only Sec
ondary significance.
Object to Destroy State
1t is not necessary for me to further
point out the ideas that permeated the
minds of the persons attending the con
ference at Moscow to indicate that their
sole and ultimate aim was to accomplish
not only the conquest, but the destruc-
tion of the ideas of the state. as under
stood by loyal American citizens. This
destruction was not to be accomplished
by parliamentary action, for it is specii-
cally stated that it is to be by armed
conflict with governmental authority.
1T is this manifesto which was
adopted by the Communist parties in the
United States as their program of ac
tlph duN on Tie membership CuGu VI llt
Communist party of America there is
printed the fact that that organization
is affiliated with the /. |. I. Interna
tionale; however. the mere statement of
attiliation was not the principal reason
for the stand taken by this department
against the Communist parties in this
country.
Not satisfied with the statement of
atfiiation with the |. |. |. lntcrnationale
at Moscow, the Communist parties in
this country adopted in addition separate
and distinct programs of action. In the
program of the Communists in the Uaited
States we find such statements as the
| following:
Communism rejects the conception
OF the state. 1t rejects the idea of
class reconstruction and the parlia
mentary conquest of capitalism. The
Communist party alone is capable of
moblllzing the proletariat for the
revolutionary mass action to con-
| quer the power of the state.
Would Fan Unrest Flames
| Il also find enunciated in the pro-
gram of the Communists the statement
that they will endeavor to make the in
dustrial unrest of this country more
| general and militant. We thus find one
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unrest among the industrial workers in
this country during the past several
months, an unrest not sincere but
caused by paid propogandists aiming at
the overthrow of the government of the
! United States by force and violence in
the accomplishment Of an international
idea of comr. .unism which holds no con
ception of state and recognizes no
rights of propart-.
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We also find the following statement:
1T is a political struggle in the
sense that its objective is political
overthrow of the political organiza-
tions upon which capitalist exploita-
tion depends and the introduction of
proletarian state power. The OBJ
iective is the conquest by the proc-
tariat of the power of the state.
Communism does not propose to cap
ture the bourgeois parliamentary
state, but to conquer and destroy it.
We thus find stated in very clear
and plain language the fact that the
aim of the Communists of America is
for the destruction of the government.
The above statement taken in conjunc-
tiOn with the fact that the manifesto
oil the III Internationale at Moscow
specifically mentioned the United States
of America and that the terms 'bour-
geois governments and capitalist gov
ernmentS' are intended as synonymous
with the popular conception of state
as it now exists, show clearly that the
organizations of Communists in this
country aim not at the change Of the
parliamentary or political methods. but
in the overthrow and the destruction OF
the same by mass and direct action. by
force and violence.
Plan to Destroy A. r. of l..
Another point of particular siguif
canoe which | feel | should call to youI
attention is the fact that the organi-
cations of Communists in the United
States are pledged to destroy the great
and loyal labor organization of Amer
lea. namely the American Federation OF
Labor, which. according to the Com
munist party of America. is considered
TO be reaCtionary and bulwark of CAPT
talsm. Another particularly significant
pledge of the Communists of America Il
to carry on agitation of the negro work
ers of America. This has been quite
evident in its type of propaganda anf
has been resultant in the widening Oi
the racial differences which so unfor
tunately has risen in the United State.
within the last several months.
"In addition to the issuance Of thr
manifesto and platform from which the
above quotations have been taken tn,
Communist parties in America embarked
upon an extensive campaign of prOpa
ganda resulting in the enlistment Of Z
large number of members, particularly
aliens. into whose minds were inStiIleo
dissatisfaction with the institutions o
the United States. Certainly an organza
ton of such a nature as the Communis
! party of America and the CommuniS
Labor party cannot be construed 10 fal
. within the same category as the So
cialist marty of America, which latteI
organization is pledged in the accom-
plShment of changes of the goyernmen
by lawful and rightful means.
Overthrow of Government Only Purpose
II feel that any person who carefully
: reads and studies the communistiC move
nent, tracing its growth from the out,
laws of Russia through the assembl!
J at Moscow and then down to its spreaC
! in the rest of Europe and in the United
States, can come to but one conclusion
namely, that communism as enunciatet
, by the Communist parties of America i
, pledged to the sole purpose of obtaining
2 the overthrow of the government of tn
United States by force and violence
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