The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-02-19

adopted at the Second World Congress the nena
tona points outth proper tactics Placing the object and the
of labor organizations before Them Communists ought
hesitate before split in such organizations refusal to spill
would abandoning revolutionary work in the trade
giving the attempt make of them instrument of
utonay struggle the attempt to organize the 9s exploited par
of the poetara But if such split sho be necessary
must be carried into effect only at time wh{ Communists
have succeeded by ncessant warfare against h ppost lead
and their tactics by their most active patc on the
omc struggle persuadng the wider that the
split occurring not because of the remote and Incompetent
Sbe aims of the revolution but account OF ncree mmed
interests of the working class the developing of its
struggle Communists in necessity for pitt arises must
continuously and attenvey discuss the ques to whether
such split might not lead to their isolation the working
mass When bodies of militant workers o out of the old
unions by the eacionary ocadom, Commun bound to
support them
The United Communist Party must work vii the industrial
unions of the w. where these unquestb by established
and must give Communist support its revo rank and
file especially during strikes and movemff At the
time yndcalStc teachings in oppot to the violent
overthrow of capitalism and the dictatorship " the poetaat
must be discouraged and combatted
The United Communist Party confirms the present necessity
of militant workers remaining with the large of organized
workers. regardless declared reaconay of these unions
and by determined and coonated strength turning those unions
revolutionary The United Communist Party section of
the Communist International the instrument for that coodna
ton of revolutionary work within the uions
Militant workers remember that the fabric of labor
ganzatons undergoing change improvements the machine
process throwing the burden of production and more
the unskled worker breaking down the asoac power of the
highly skilled craftsman which has frequently led him to form
tight little unions enjoying the special favor of employers and has
often mpeled him to return to work the midst of strike on
the plea of keeping contracts Great of smskled work
flooding into unions formerly reserved the skilled They
driven there quest relief from the pressure of coapsn
capitalist economy Since the skled semisked able o
perform the machine tasks the unions compelled to admit
them in sefotecon In this way the substance the unions
changing in character,
At the time mperast capitalism with its increasingly
powerful coordination and control of exploitation able to de-
feat strikes defeae the workers victories all value The
lessons of defeat and of sterile victories alike the workers
minds to restless thoughts of methods Such pppoune o
open the minds of the mass of organized must not bel
wasted by Communists WhdaWng from the mass into ST1a
revolutionary unions
militant union preamble will not suffice as substitute for
membership 1t is demonstrated that labor uncn craft indus
trial. cannot fulfill the task of political party labor union must
IN order function ALL take every worker the Job regard
less Of his political social opinions Obviously many nonrevo
onay workers must be taken into the most Revolutionary o
unions, even compelled to join against their Wills
The principle in regard labor unions is exactly the opposite
OF that of the revolutionary political party revolutionary pol
ca party must conne its membership workers absolutely
known revolutionary devotion and clear understanding Labor union
membership must be spread to the boades possible Masses
revolutionary political party must function at least party un
degound and secretly labor union can function efficiently ONLY
in the Open
tange between these two principles has brought the w
w. to much trouble and hampeed its growth Trying to function
as revolutionary propaganda body e. political party whether
admits the term no and the time as an open union
the w. has waveed between propaganda too revolutionary
for an organization and moderate for revolutionary
purpose.
Inc remedy for this is clear distinction between the political
party and the labor union The labor union should function in the
open as must The revolutionary political party should function
under the protection secret membership thus give the work
es through its underground press full understanding of the
science OF revolution which the workers can never get until the
propaganda Is made without reservation caoufage levou
onaiy party must discard all camouage and cloudy ccumven
on and say what meansthat the workers must prepare for
armed nsulTection
Members Of the United Communist Party will form the ievou
ona group within each unon regardless of what kind of union
may be- The United Communist Party caucses within the unions
shall have the power of discipline compel Communists regularly
10 attend union meetings They shall by discipline regulate the ac
vtes of Communists upon the floor and in voting in the union
assembly Upon every important question affecting the welfare of
the union and labor general the shall formulate policy
and all members shall strictly adhere to the decision
In all ndustray developed countries the increasing pressure
Of the class struggle compes action of all the workers in