The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
WORKERS PARTY I
FIGHTING OR I
N. OAK. FARMERS
Class Party's Position
Explained
BY ALFRED KNUTsoN
Especial to The Daily Worker)

WILTON, N. D., Aug. 12.- Some
points were raised at the Workers
Party conference held here that re-
quire definite explanation. Every
comrade and party sympathizer in
North Dakota should study the situa-s
ton in the state carefully and remain
firm in the face of the sweep Of the
LaFollette illusion, when every pussy
footer, job hunter, Office seeker and I
politician is climbing aboard the
LaFollette band wagon. This is a
time when sensitiveness and lack Of
courage should not be mistaken for
good political tactics. Il
A few Of our comrades and sympa-1
thizers in North Dakota seem to think
that the Workers Party is struggling
to head off the La Toilette Illusion and
also that it is trying to prevent thej
formation of a Farmers-Labor Party
in the state. There is no truth in
either Of these assertions. -
Show Up Illusion.
The LaFollette Illusion will run it's
course and the Workers Party organ.
ization in North Dakota cannot stops
it, and is not endeavoring to do 500
However, as a revolutionary organiza-l
ton, looking after the welfare Of thes
tens of thousands of bankrupt farmers
in the state, it refuses absolutely TOT
deliver itself, body and soul, over tot
La Folletteism. The role of our party
fc IN ,,oirf .o,,f 20 tba far,,soyo .rd t1,,.I
workers that the La Toilette illusiona
is but an illusion and that their needs
and demands cannot be served
through any such movement. If wes
do not take an uncompromising stand
against the La Toilette illusion now,S
how do you think the masses soon VILE
regard us? VIII we be worthy OF
their confidence? Please remembers
that this La Toilette hysteria is bubJ
BILE that will soon burst, and them
what? Are we going to tell the farms
ers and the workers that we were too
cowardly, while the illusion was onG
to fight against it and advise them Of
the betrayal by La Toilette? No Cons
munist, worthy of the name, can take
such a humiliating position
AS to the organization of Farmers
Labor party in North Dakota, it
should be pointed out that the Work.
ers' Party took the leadership in gete
ting such party started in the state
and for the purpose spent hundreds
Of dollars of the party funds Il has
not now abandoned the fight for al
Farmer-Labor Party in North Dakota
and it is not now making any effort
whatsoever to hinder the organizations
of this party in the state. Quite the
contrary. 1t is ready and willing at
any time to go with any group Of
break with bourgeois political parties
and organizations and build a class
party Of farmers and workers. -
w. p, only For Farmer. 1f
However, at the present time, out.
side the Workers Party membership
rand close circle of sympathiEerss
there is no Farmer-Labor Party or
ganization in North Dakota. This
states the actual situation in the state
today, and if the Workers Party now
is considering the matter of participate
ing in the state election campaign
under its own name, it is for the
reason that there is no other party in
the state today that has the courage
to fight against the pussyfooting tao
tics of the Nonpartisan League politi-
clans and on the side of the bankrupt
farmer.
To those who are now clamoring
for the organization of a Farmer-La-
Dor Party in North Dakota we want
to say that we will go down the line
with them for the organization of
such a party Immediately, provided
they break absolutely with all league
politicians and are not afraid, when
the situation demands it, to point out
that the LaFollette movement is
betrayal of the fundamental interests
Of the farmers and the workers of
the state, and also that they, thru
such a party, carry on an education
among the farmers and the workers
against the system of capitalism.
If we are going to serve the vital
needs and demands of the farmers
and the workers of North Dakota, it
is utterly impossible for us to con-
slider the personal gains and fortunes
in the present political campaign in
the state Of either LaFollette or Of
Sorlie and company.
New Typo Scale.