The Bismarck tribune., 1922-04-27
ELEMENTARY
RIGHTS HAVE
BEEN INVADED
Postwar Reaction Undoubtedly
Responsible, According To
The Socialist Party
CONVENTION APRIL 2
Says Propaganda of 'Open
Shop" Is An Assault on Free
dom of The Wage Workers
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

" SSSS~sN ss~~~
Cleveland, o., April 27.-That "el2-
mentary rights won by centuries OF
sacrifice have been invaded by post
war reaction" is contended in a Con-
gressional program which, according
to preliminary agenda issued from ma
tional Socialist headquarters at Chi
cago by Otto Brandstetter, executive
secretary, will be presented here at
the Socialist Party convention April
20. The preamble to this program az
firms the Socialists ultimate aim OF
public ownership and democratic con-
troll Of the great industries, but adds,
while preparing for this fundamental
change and working toward It as .
final end, we realize questions Of
grave immediate concern face US to-
day."
"The post war reaction has chosen
the organizations Of labor for the prin-
cipal object OF its attack" the pro-
posed program states. "The propa-
ganda Of the open shop Is an assault
upon the freedom Of organization OF
the wage workers.
,"The Kansas Industrial Court with
its prohibition of strikes is the logi-
cal result of this nation wide prop
aganda. Already bills have been in
troduced in a number Of states and In
congress embodying this vicious idea.
Anti syndicalist laws have been
passed in many states which threaten
to restrict or abolish the workers
right of organization"
The agenda also contained the fol-
lowing statements: within twenty
years the foreign policy Of the United
States has witnessed radical and
alarming change.
The system of shameless profiteer-
ing continues unabated.
''Human life and health are still
sacrificed for the gains Of the mas
ters of industry"
widespread and inhunlan child la
Dor still curses nation that boasts
of its civilization.
"Organizers Of the trade unions have
been mobbed and driven out OF some
communities. In the areas OF the
steel trust union meetings have also
been suppressed. These invasiOns Of
the most elementary rights won by
centuries of sacrifice cannot be, per-
mitted to continue without effective
protest.
'In this period of widespread unem-
ployment and general distress caused
by the greed, planlessness and reck-
lessness of the capitalist privateers,
tho governing parties have shown a
callous Indifference to the wants and
needs of millions Of workers"
Socialist Platform Interpreted
The theory and principle underlying
the ultimate aim of the party is
briefly explained in the preamble,
which refers to the Socialist plat
form as "an Interpretation of society
and forecast of! what humanity must
do to avert the collapse or the de-
struction of the modern nations. 1t
asserts that 'lprivate property In the
resources of nature, the great plans
of production, the means of transpor-
tation and communication, are rapidly
becoming tho corporate property Of a
clase.
"This rapidly centralizing owner
ship" it continues, "is not due to the
malice Of the owners. The great dis
coveries and inventions Of the past
and present centuries have Increased
our power to produce wealth. To fully
use this power great organizations OF
capital have resulted. The small
plant and small industry must give
way to the large one. Competition
slowly gives way to corporate organ
ization and control. This tendency Is
inevitable in an age of machinery,
steam and electric power, and organ
ization.
But corporate ownership and con-
troll enables class to monopolize the
chief benefits OF industrial progress.
Enormous incomes flow into the laps
of the great masters Of our industrial
life. A struggle ensues between the
owners of industry and the masses
who work In the industries.
Modern industry breeds this ire
pressible conflict Socialism will end
it. The great industries must pass
out OF the hands Of a small minority
of the population into the hands OF
the nation, organized and administered
by the masses and representing the
will Of all"