The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-28

ton, which protected the property
righs Of the owning class, big and
little, was in danger, It was able to
mobilize the strength Of most OF the
property owning classes in the United
States. While maintaining its posi-.
ton as the expression Of the ruling
class Of the South, the democratic
party suffered great losses thru petty
bourgeois desertion in the east and
west and desertion of labor elements
in the northern industrial states. Al
tho the LaFollette progressive move
ment polled more than four million
votes, its petty-bourgeois leadership is
showing the usual hesitancy and vacil
lation Of the petty bourgeoisie, and It
is still an open question whether this
movement will crystalline in a petty.
bourgeois third party. It is fact of
great. Importance. however, that in
the election between four and five
million voters cast their votes against
the two old parties. Among the voters
there were several million workers
and poorer farmers who have become
sufficiently conscious OF their inter.
ests to refuse any longer to support
the old capitalist parties. These work
ers and poorer farmers are the mater
ial for the development of q class
party fighting the battles OF these
two economic groups. The fundamen
tai conflicts between the interests of
the labor elements as against the
small capitalists, well.to-do farmers
and professional groups, expressing
the capitalist interests, make a per-
manent alliance of these groups i'm.
possible and furnishes the basis for
our campaign TO split this alliance.
Gompers has already deserted the
LaFollette movement. He contends
that the endorsement OF LaFolIette
was an expression OF the non-partisan
policy Of rewarding the friends and
Furnishing the enemies of labor and
proposes to continue this bankrupt
policy. The disappointment of the
prediction high hopes of the LaFol.
lstte movement has dampened the ar.
sor OF some elements, and there ia
also tendency In some quarters to
look to the new struggle for petty.
bourgeois control OF the democratic
party as a medium OF expressing the
political interests Of this group.
The Workers Party participating
for the first time IN an election cam
paign gained political experience, but
did not take full advantage of the
opportunities offered by the campaign.
It was one OF the errors Of our cleo.
ton campaign that we did not apply
the United Front tactic in conducting
our campaign in support OF the i'm
mediate issue OF our party platform.
While we carried on propaganda on
such issues as unemployment, recogni.
tion OF Soviet Russia, etc. we made
no EFFORT to draw the workers into n
United Front movement in support of
our proposals, thus lifting our cam.
paign out OF the realms of mere pro.
paganda into the actual life struggles
Of the workers.
4. Summary Of Economic and PoIit.
lcal Conditions which Must Guide
Our Policy.
1. To safeguard and increase their
profits in this period OF the decline
OF capitalism, the capitalists concen.
trate their EFFORTS on an intensified.
ton OF exploitation. Even when there
is no decrease In the output of pro.
duction, the Industrial reserve army
tends to increase. This army is
marshalled the army OF the employed
and general campaign OF wage re-
duction and deterioration OF condi-
tioas OF labor results therefrom.
Tn immediate economic crisis az
gravates this tendency. The work
er win be forced to meet the general
oIonafvo Of oanffal with dafanafva