The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-09

venture. Their permanent alliance"
with the LaFollette movement is
already being rocked to it's foundation.
Then, it is not true that the labor
bureaucracy has allied itself as unit
with the LaFollette movement. The
election results show that no one can
dismiss with wave of a hand the role
of the Lewises, the Hutchesons, and
Berrys in the last campaign. AS we
have seen, even that section of the
labor bureaucracy which supported
LaFollette is today less than ever
homogeneous in its immediate politi-
cal outlook and policy.
Assume, for the sake of argument
only, that the political hold Of the
bureaucracy on the masses is as firm
as ever. Does that mean that we
should not challenge it politically in
every effective manner? Does that
that mean that we must surrender
the field of leadership Of the masses
completely to the Pankens, Kirkpat-
ricks and other socialist party spokes-
men in the campaign of agitation for
united front Of the workers and poor
farmers thru farmer-labor party?
Role Of Labor Lieutenants Of Capital
Besides, since when are the eco
nomic mass organizations Of labor not
compelled to join. hands for independ-
ent political action simply because
their misleaders are attempting to
pervert and undermine the aspirations
of the rank and tile of the working
masses? When we win examine the
present economic situation in a subse-
quent article of the series we will see
how ridiculous such an attitude is.
To the extent that the working masses
in this country have resorted to indie
pendent working class political action,
they have done so despite and not
because of the trade union bureau
cracy.
The trade union bureaucrats are to-
day more likely than ever to redouble
their efforts to uproot all united front
farmer-labor sentiment, to undermine
all sentiment for independent working
class political action. These very
facts are an added challenge to the
Communists to intensity their cam
paign for such political action by the
workers The very fact that the So
cialist party is trying to establish
itself as the leader of the masses in
the movement for farmer-labor party
is only an additional reason for the
Workers (Communist) Party assum-
ing with full vigor the campaign for
a political united front of our party
with the organizations Of the non-Com-
munist workers and poor farmers,
thru class farmer-labor party
These conditions. are only additional
reasons for the. Communists seeking
to become the leaders and the dyna-
mic force Of such united front move
ment
The Role Of the Communist Party.
The task of Communist party is
not merely to analyze the objective
conditions correctly Comrade Heinz
Neumann, in discussing the achieve
ments of Marx in a recent number of
the Communist International, de-
clared:
HE Marx was strong oppo-
nent of all mechanical collapse
! theories and Of the consequent
childish belief in the 'spontaneity
of the Masses knowledge of our
objective material conditions on the
basis of which our policy is built
up and which is only the PRE-
REQUISITE OF our strategy, is not
enough to lead revolution to victory.
It is not analysis Of the objective
situation which Is decisive, but con-
scious Intervention OF the sublec-
tive factor. the leading party. The
task Of the latter does not consist
only in right appreciation Of the
general trend Of development, but
rather in its acceleration. The task
OF the party is--to make the best
possible tactical use OF every con-
stellation, to seize consciously all
portunities accidentally provided
by history, to make well-consid-
cred use of all accidentally weak
points of the enemy class. In
word, the task OF the party 10 the
AccELERATioN OF the revoIu-
ton by conscious leadership and
application Of all tactical 'maneu.
vers from the viewpoint Of uniform
revolutionary class strategy" (Our
emphasis)
The Conditions We Face.
Above all. since when are the mass
organizations Of the workers and the