The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12

of the average American worker. The
masses d sbelieve prediction prom
lses of the old parties yet they have
not realized the necessity of found
ing their own party. Instead, they
look with contempt upon all parties,
believing that the workers can
stand aside from the parliamentary
strife. The example of the socialist
party which even in times of its
marked growth only followed in the
footsteps of the capitalist parties,
solicitating votes thru prediction
promises which it could not fulfill and
working thru a machinery of party
politicians who were not of the cork
ing Class, only aided =. .Ie disap-
pointment of the labor masses in
political action,
Under such conditions, only a clear
cut party of labor and exploited farm
ers controlled by organized labor and
farmers, acting thru representatives
of workers and farmers, and nomin-
ating its own candidates on a definite
class program of labor and exploited
farmers, can dispel the mistrust of
the labor masses, destroy their polit-
/ ical inertia and make them fight CAPT.
ta'ism thru political weapons with at
least the same determination as they
have hit<rto fought capitalism with
the weapons of strike and boycott.
E. No Mass Revolt in 1924.
The political strategy of the
Workers Party in 1924 will be great
ly impeded by the absence of a
sweeping national issue which would
stir the laboring masses and lash
them into spontaneous mass revolt in
| the political field. The economic sit
uation is gradually approaching a
crisis. Economic depression has
been on the increase thruout the lat
| ter part of 1923. Yet there has been
no rapid and alarming falling off on
production and transportation, and
there is no state of panic. Unem-
ployment is evident in various parts
of the country, notably in the mining
and clothing industries, but it has not
assumed and will not assume in the
coming few months such proportions
as to awaken the working masses to
the realization of imminent danger.
There is no atmosphere of deep un-
rest in the industrial centers. There
are no signs of political upheavals
Only in large sections Of the farming
districts is there profound dissatis-
faction due to an acute crisis in agri-
culture. The millions of farmers
who are bankrupt or facing bank.
ruptcy have gwen rise to a vanguard
of radical groups who voice the i'm
minence for the farmers to influence
legislation in their own interest and
thru their own spokesman. This
been witnessed in America in former
decades, is here and there seeking ar
alliance with organized labor, vel
it is just as eager to form affilia-
tions with the lower strata of the city
bourgeoisie wherever the latter are
opposed to the dictatorship of big
capital. and willingly submits to the
leadership Of liberal politicians. The
farmer movement is typical petty
bourgeois movement, and while al
present a portion of the dispossesseC
farmers are deeply stirred the farm.
ers en- masse will naturally gTavitats
towards a liberal bourgeois party
rather than towards class labor
party.
All these circumstances are OBJ
stacles on the path of the Worker,
Party towards its historic task o.
utilizing the coming elections to or
ganize the working class, sharpen it,
class consciousness and deepen its wal
against capitalist dictatorship.
On the other hand, there are a mum
Der of circumstances which augu
well for our campaigns in the com
ing elections and which, when prop