The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-03-05
yellow international: Specialization VS.. Communism
By F. Burns.

BY F. Burns.
At the London meeting last November OF (he Amsterdam
International resolution the SccialsaoH OF tne Means
of Production was carried unanimously The resolution was
very aggesSive-very aggressive indeed IL Sta4u ou'"
"This Congress condemns the Capalsl system OF FRO
duction which operates to the injury OF he gleaV MASS
of the population"
Then it began to thk what this meant AND 1t went on
Taking into consideration the high coEt Oh HVhg..'
and moreover the accumulation of enormous proS.'
and in further consideration of the scarcity Oh the nece
ooos Of life and the action of capitalist employers
in certain industries who curtalng pfoducuoh ..'.
WE'LL having taken all this into conslderatPn nc" oo Tile
Congress act? 1t 1oundy declared:
This Congress- is of the opinion that aD available neces-
sares of life should marketed at lowest prices possible
Truly tremendous effort of thought must pave oee ieceS
arv for the Congress reach that concuson ote the lowest
prices possible. Possible for whom?
However, having delivered itself OF this poHentouS opinion
the Congress- went on demand in the mtHest OF society,"
the Sociazation Of the of production ~ be accomplish
ed in manner which will provide that control f sociallsed III
dusrv shall be democratic bodies elected by the entre
uopuaCn and not made subservlent TO the VI c"
tast States The Congress regards it as essential mat COM
mencenent should be made forthwith on tRe Socsaoh o
mneras-coas salt phosphate, etc-and OF all transport
Undertakings and that in nonsociaIsed industries legal provision
shall he made giving the workers the right OF
in the regulation of production on MAKING le p'e"H"le' "
Sociaizaou.
In this section of the resolution we have the spnmngup
isa+on of industry is to he accomplished in manner which
will rode that control of socased industry shall De vested III
"a democratic body elected by the entire population III the a
aoa which the leaders Of the Amsterdam international uS9
arlanen democratic body elected by the entire popa
on And il is little difficult to understand how conol oy
cb "den,ocatic bodies" will prevent socased industries IRON
being made subsevien the organisation of Capitalist states
For Parliament of the most important parts III inc os"
saton of Capast States And If the Amsterdam mtef-
national meant democratic body solt o uus'"
parliament it is perfectly obvious that any democratic body
elected by the entire population would possess al e co'
cs of Parliament and contain practically b same type of
person Sir Edward Carson, Winston andoauo Bot
omev and Lloyd George would all Labor mi democratic
body to run ocialised industry" i must watold be no
essential difference between that and the faaHt ana '
organisation of the capitalist Satepoice press pupil lay"
onrts soldiers tanwoud be called into play when necessary
INST as thev are now The democratic body elected by the en
popuaon would control sCcaed industry in such way Una
tbe more things changed tie they would be the same M
workers wod be wage slaves the democratic body ana t
nos would 90 to the capitalist class Just as they 90 To-Day
though the commouflage might be little more thcky aio OIL
And not word is said as to the position OF the workers Int
Amsterdam International presumably wants "a democauc ooo
ead bv the entire population to control ocased industries
~; order 70 Ooect that mythical object "the community NOV
bo whole machinery of democracy, with its elections by Tn
entire pouation and all the rest OF it, is undoubtedly the Ve
hest machinery for the proecton OF the community Oh cap
taist politicians and shareholders and protects the o
bo workers. as we have seer in the railway STRIKE the Goa
strike and all the anti-Labour organisation which the csptas
State (elected bv the entire popuaon) has developed In
Amsterdam International in asking for democratic pooy
control socased industries asking for machinery to MAINTAIN
the interests of capital and TO continue the EXPLOITATION Vi "
t workers.
And having laid down that policy as the supreme aim