The New York herald., 1922-12-08

tering and unclear, as being hopelessly
and permanently under bourgeois u
fluence. The general elections. il
which hundreds of thousands of work
ers take part. cannot be rejected a
being merely a peaceful movement
with which the Communists will hav
nothing to do. Further. certain mass
organizations which.not only are no
communistic but are not proletarian
in composition, must be utilized by
Communist strategy for the benefit of
the proletarian class struggle.
"As. for instance. the existing mass
movements OF small farmers (who are,
in a sense, semi -proletarian). and even
movements of middle class farmers
under some circumstances. Another
instance is the negro mass movement
Tor racial betterment. which move
ment often attempts deliberately to
avoid proletarian class character but
must include great masses of toilers.
Communist strategy must utilize these
movements as auxiliary forces or. at
least, must win them TO benevolent
neutrality in the class war.
~
"a. In the present period of the
dissolution of the capitalist sys-
tenn. the most important tasks of the
Communists of all capitalist coun-
tries is the revolutionizing of the pro-
letarian class struggle. The fighting
proletariat is to be led from one stage
to another In the revolutionizing proc
ess by means of suitable slogans. They
must help the proletariat to free itself
from the illusions and false traditions
that limit its vision and fetter its ac-
tivities and to counteract the foesiliZ-
ing influence of the trade union bu-
reaucracy One must organize the
proletsriat for the historic training
school, in which it Will learn to become
the conqueror of capitalism.
"Only The. Communist party can do
this. The organization and training
of the Communist party as leader of
the revolutionary movement is, there
fore. the fundamental task of the
Communists.
"The Communists must now take
the lead in the struggle against the re-
duction of wages, This struggle in Its
various forms is especially adapted
for uniting the largest masses OF
workers in one organization for the
common struggle. The conservative
labor leaders will find themselves
placed in most difficult position
through this struggle where they will
soon be forced to plainly unmask their
cowardly wobbling and their treacher.
Gus role, and where they Will bring
upon themselves the wrath of the
struggling workers. In America al
most nothing has been done so far in
this direction, but it must be done
thoroughly before one can even think
of the victory OF the working class in
the revolutionary struggle.
Types Of Demands Sugpested.
"The organization of the unem.
ployed is an equally important and
difficult task. In this movement, just
as much as in all other minor battles.
the Communists must select their slo-
gans according to the circumstances
and intensity them as much as possi-
BILE from the immediate needs OF the
day to the general workers control of
capitalist industry. Right now they
must make a special demand for State
support of the unemployed out of the
military budget.
''The Communist Party Must Re-
member That 1t Is Not Its Purpose
To Reform The Capitalist State! The
purpose of the Communists is, on the
contrary, to Cure The Working
Masses of Their Reformistic Illusions