The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-31
WHAT SORT OF AN ANIMAL ISA
FARNER-LABOR PARTY ANYHOW?

ately, no samples left. If you could
see one of these queer animals that
we were building right and left only
few months ago, you wouldn't speak
Of the united front in the same breath
that you speak of a F. L. P. But, isn't
it strange comrades, how these mass
class parties disappeared when we de-
serted them for just few short
months to carry on the Communist
campaign?
It is interesting to analyze the line
up in this controversy; the comrades
who claim to be the "theoreticians"
and the "Marxians" of the party, with
few exceptions. want farmer-Iabor
party dead or alive" and the com
rades fighting against it are the crud-
er proletarian elements to whom the
class struggle is a hard bitter fact,
who bear the scars Of many battles
against the bosses and the mislead-
ers of labor, and incidently, the com
rades who made possible the labor
parties that we had. To those COM
rades of the minority who are in
the unions, just want to say; after
reading all these articles take an eve
ming of to visit your union and raise
the question there, and you will dis
cover that these strange people will
not listen to you, they are too busy
trying to prevent the impending wage
cut, or planning an organization drive
to strengthen the union or else dis
cussing the problems of unemploy-
ment as they effect the local union.
Also, remember that the trade un-
ions after all, Quitting aside the sick
and death benefit societies for mo-
ment) are the basis, the raw ma
terial, from which any labor party
is to be built. Let us not pay too
much attention to the panicky fear
of isolation" A good percentage Of
our membership is in the unions, and
we couldn't isolate them if we try.
We are part of the masses, and
we fought on the united fronts against
the masters before the slogan was
issued. This is the most hopeful sign
in our party. II is the iron fact
that will always guard our party from
isolation. That will keep it healthy
and in direct contact with the mass
es. And if our non-union comrades
would utilize the splendid energies
they are displaying in this discus
sion, towards organizing the workers
in their trades, there would be no
need for them to grow panic strick-
en- about isolation.
We have limited number Of com
rades In the unions, with a limited
amount of time and energy at their
disposal, and we want to utilize this
most effectively by fighting for lead
ership as Communists on the burn
ing issues confronting the workers
now and not by yelling about arti-
fetal slogans and movements. AS
Communists we are fighting today
and we will continue doing so and
lead our followers into the political
party we represent and typify, the
Workers (CommunisD Party.
III" Wouiu iiht 70 put SOIut Oh
our college graduates into the unions
for while and make them fight there
not just listen and watch us fight
ing.
Our district organizer writes a bril-
liant article on Words and Deeds"
but for four months battles ragged in
his union on important issues and
we could get neither words nor deeds
from him, he sat quietly, philosophic.
ally observing our "syndicalists" car
rying on the fight.
Go to the massesi We are there
comrades, and we couldn't separate
ourselves II we try, but we will lead
the masses into our party. PhiladeI-
phla comrades should remember that
during the four months OF our local
?. |. p. campaign we gained 81 new
members and during the four months
Of the Workers Party campaign we
gained f26 now members and four