The daily worker., 1924-04-18
Opp. A. Aids Communists.

The Conference For Progressive Political Ac-
ton thru its official organ, Labor is waging
war on the June II Farmer-Labor convention to
be held in st. Paul.
It warns its readers that June IL is care
fully baited trap set for the unwary workers
and farmers by the Communist ogres and, that
once in, the hapless wights will be devoured
The June IL convention called by farmer-labor
parties representative of the movement in more
than half dozen western states is in no sense
a competitor of the July conference called by
the Conference for Progressive Political Action.
If the c. p P. A. had said that it was its in
tention to organize farmer-labor party or II
any of it's acts and utterances could be so con-
strued, it could consistently denounce the June
II convention as dual movement and advise
the elements it can reach to stay away for that
reason.
The last thing in the world that the G. P. p. A.
wants. however is to be confused with the ele-
ments that desire the formation of a class farm
er-labor party; it does not even wish to sponsor
a heterogeneous third party dominated by
middle class groups; it has no intention OF crys-
tallizing the disgust with and dstrust of the two
capitalist parties into anything more than some
sort of an independent movement to back
LaFollette for the presidency. In the elections
for congressman and senators and state offices
it intends to back so-called progressive republi-
cans and democrats. 1t does not intend to es-
tablish any sort of an organization other than
the one it now has-a bipartisan voting ma
chine controlled by labor union bureaucrats and
labor union lawyers.
1t should be plain from the above facts that
the reason the c. P. p. A. fights the June IL
convention is not because the Workers (Com-
munist) Party of America will be represented
there by five delegates and that the Federated
Farmer-Labor party which includes Communists
in its membership will also be represented by
three or four delegates but because it is against
the organization of a class party OF any kind.
1t wants to continue the united front of bust
ness men, wealthy farmers, lawyers and small
manufacturers which allows nothing but middle
class views to dominate. 1t fears the rise of a
rank and file organization such as will in all
probability come out of the June IL convention.
What will be the result of the campaign of
sabotage carried on against the farmer-labor
movement by the c. p. P A?
The result will be one that will please the
Communists hugely - the frightening away
from st. Paul of any middle-class elements who
might have opposed with some effectiveness the
formation of class party. The c. P. P. A viii
not succeed in keeping away from st. Paul
those groups and organizations that really de-
sire to organize on a class basis and the only
consequence of its volunteer efforts will be to
make of the June IL convention exactly the
kind of gathering that the Communists desired
in the first place-representative of every
union, cooperative society, workingclass party,
etc, that is willing to sever all connection with
the parties of American capitalism and help to
build mass movement of workers and farmers.
The c. p. P. A. is certainly welcome to every
body who does not want to take this step in the
struggle that the masses are forced to wage for
the preservation of elementary privileges and
which will serve to consolidate their forces for
an offensive against American capitalism.