The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06

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ty would be part, is not adaptable
to the present period"
Now, let us compare and analyze the
two declarations:
The c. E. C. does not say that they
oppose a formation of farmer-labor
party. They only declare that such at
tempts are mot adaptable to the
present period" 1t follows that they
are for It in principle, but aginst it
in practice. And this is a sign Of OPP
portunism.
Our program declares that the for
nation Of labor party is being made
possible because of complete CEN
trSiization ofpower of government IN
to the hands Of capitalist class, and
the relentless use Of that power
against the working class, on one side,
and because Of the growing uniformity
Of the working class (their wages,
conditions of living, miseries, oppor-
tunities and interests), on the other
side.
The C. e. c., on the contrary, does
not touch the fundamental conditions
(which by the way, elections can
not Destroy. They tell us that the
demonstrated weakness of the La
Toilette movement makes a general
agitation campaign for a farmer-labor
party Improbable. They talk as if
the party had or was ready to base
its policies on changing sentiments Of
middle class, instead of on solid econ
omic and political foundations. Be-
sides, they completely overlook the
fact that our campaign for a farmer
labor party, and our election campaign
(the piles of leaflets, the thousands of
meetings) destroyed the LaFollette
illusion in the minds of masses of
voters and they stayed away from the
polls. This is indicated by the cleo
ton figures. In spite of the fact that
all capitalist press made the greatest
possible drive for a big vote, only
30 million of 60 million voters (Cen-
sus Bureau estimate) took a part in
the elections, while in 1916 more than
10 per cent voted.
The election statement says that
the demonstrated weakness of the
LaFollette movement completely elm
mates the immediate possibility Of the
growth of a mass farmer-labor party.
Suppose LaFollette movement was up
to all prediction estimates."-
Would that be a sure barometer for
finding that there is enough pressure
behind the Immediate possibility OF
the growth" of the kind of a farmer
labor party that our program stand
for?
The Party Program Misrepresented
Besides absurdities, the paragraph
quoted from the election statement
also contains a condemnable mis-
representation of the party program
Our program entertains no Illusions
about an immediate possibility of
| the growth of a mass farmer-labor
party. What the program says is
absolutely beyond any possibility OF
such an opportunistic Interpretation,
The program says that we shall moi
ignore the already evident and on
coming trend for a formation Of a
farmer-labor party, and that it is our
duty to see that class farmer-labor
party, of which we are a part, results
from the farmer-labor movement. The
program declares that:
"A real labor party cannot be
formed without the labor unions and
organizations of exploited farmers
tenant farmers andm farm laborers
must be included. The Workers Par.
ty will direct it's propaganda and ed.
ucational work to the end of arousing
a mass sentiment of the labor party in
the labor unions to secure the forma.
ton of such a party"
This paragraph ought to convince
even the most suspective opponents
that no immediate formation of a