The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02
PrOfnen Asks W. W. to Send Delegates to 3rd Congress

should be erased by unconditional
Reinstatement.
To the class conscious workers of
America, and even to those who are
yet selfish and backward, unity with
other and wider organizations will be-
come ever more pressing. The NOR
malcy" of the pre-war wage slavery
is never to come again. America has
been, since the war, in a more favored
economic position than other coun-
tries, and its workers better material
conditions are the cause of. their in.
difference to the call of the world
class now fighting against starvation
by capitalism in revolutionary strug-
gle for power. Also, these conditions
are the cause of the incomprehension
Of the growing need for the United
Front, the only hope of the workers
when confronted by a bloodthirsty
bourgeoisie which feels itself pressed
to the final struggle.
Soviet Interests Are Workers In
terests.
The r. /. L. U. points out that cap
italism is in a historical state OF de-
cline, but that it dies slowly and fight
dng murderously against the rising
rule of the workers. The great Rus
sian revolution is the first victory of
the proletariat in establishing itself
as the ruling class. The victories of
the revolution, consolidated in the
Soviet power Of the Workers and Peas
ants Republic, constitutes a fortified
outpost of proletarian revolution in a
world Of capitalist opp ssion and op-
position. If this outpost were de-
stroyed, a tidal wave of white guard
butchery would sweep the whole
world and crush even the mildest Of
reformist unions. Even the reformists
recognize this fact. Hence, a primary
task of the workers in the R. /. L. u.
has always been to defend the Soviets
against all enemies. But it is calumi-
nous to state, as some have stated,
that the r. !. L. U. favors Russian
governmental interest as against the
interests of the world proletariat. The
two interests are the same, and no
worker can make an intelligent dis
tinction, neither can caluminators Of
fer plausible proof of any divergence
in the interests of Soviet Russia from
the interests of the world proletariat
That growing bodies of workers every
where, faced with stern reality in the
fight for life and power, recognize the
Soviet republic as a towering symbol
Of proletarian revolution, is testimony
to the strength of the r. /. L. U. posi-
ton.
The ferment which today you wit
ness in Europe, is coming ever nearer
to America. Unemployment and crisis
will become chronic as in Europe.
Unions will crumble and be crushed
by the capitalists who are already
preparing to eclipse all past oppres-
sion with ruthless butchery if need
be to extend their lease on exploita-
ton. The minute men of the Constitu-
ton, the American Legion, the Ku
KIux Khan, the Four LIS, and other
fascist elements are being openly
armed and encouraged by the govern
ment
Unity or pefeat-Which7
These forces are united to crush the
l. W. w. and other militants. The
blacklist is beginning to thin the
ranks of the Lumber Workers Indus
trial Union and the Marine Transport
Workers as well. The growing bank
ruptcy of the poorer farmers has sent
nearly two million of these impover-
ished farmers into competition with
migratory and other wage labor as
unorganized workers. Repressive
laws, as in California and Michigan,
and white guard violence as in Cen
tralia, have made the prisons into in
ternment camps for proletarian pris-
oners of the class war. Communists
and militants of the left wing in the
craft unions are sharing with the /.
w. w. the wrath Of reaction In Los
Angeles raids are made simultaneous
ly on the /. w. w. and the Commun-
lists. In the crisis which is coming, in
the great strikes and defensive bat
ties which are. already upon us, can
the heroic members of the l. w. w.
find no other bond between them
selves and the workers who adhere to
the r. ]. L. U. but the handouts of
the police and the jailer's key?
Delegates Invited to July Congress.
The Executive Bureau of the Red
International of Labor Unions is GER
tain that there is a better and a no
bier answer. IL invites the whole
membership OF the l. w. w. TO coop
crate with the militants in the trade
unions and the Communists in the
Workers Party on the specific point
OF defensive and aggressive struggle
in united front against reaction. The
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