The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12

and not as lighters for the cause of
the workers.
(5) We view our participation in
the election campaigns as one Of
many occasions for spreading a
propaganda of class struggle, for
arousing the working cass to politi-
cal activity, for organizing the
working class into political party;
we do not view it, however, as a
means to achieve immediate and i'm
portant changes in the American
system of legislation. We fully
recognize the importance of the par
hamentary tribune for the class
enlightenment and consolidation of
the working people, we do not, how
ever, strive for parliamentary seats
at the expense of our class position.
We hold the same true for the
working class as a whole.
TO- We aim at strengthening the
Workers Party and putting it on
the political map as the most radi-
cal and most consistent leader of
the working masses.
III. Our Line Of Action
Based on these principles we pur-
sue in connection with the coming
election the following line Of acton:
A. Before June II
(1) We make a many sided and
vigorous campaign for participation
at the June II convention. The
Central Executive Committee of the
Workers Party and every party
unit carry the campaign into every
accessible labor and farmer organi-
cation, the aims being:
(a) To enlighten the workers
and poor farmers as to their position
in capitalist society and the only
way Of liberation.
(b) To induce the workers and
farmers organizations to form state
and city labor farmer parties which
would appeal to the votes of the
laboring masses in time of election.
(c) To induce the newly organic
ed labor-farmer parties to affiliate
with the Federated Farmer-Labor
Party wherever such afihation does
not threaten to disrupt the local
labor-farmer forces.
(d) To induce each labor ana
farmer organization and each local
branch of the Federated Farmer
Labor Party to send delegates to
the June II convention.
(2) We carry on a systematic
propaganda not only against the old
capitalist parties but also against
the third bourgeois party which is
in the process Of birth We point
out the bourgeois character of the
coming party, using particularly the
frankly and openly capitalistic ma
ture of the insurgent groups activi-
ties in the present congress. We
brand the labor officials who wish to
make the workers an appendix to
third party as betrayers of the
working class striving to establish
political peace with the bourgeoisie
where war must be the rule. We
point out that delivering" labor to
third bourgeois party is no. less re-
dictionary than delivering 1t to the
old capitalist parties.
(3) We do not conceal from the
workers and farmers that we are
Communists; we make It clear to
them what Communism is; we do,
however, state that even those
workers who do not agree to the
methods and aims of Communism
must take their fate into their own
hands without relying on their enc
mics of the other classes.
(4) We make vigorous propa-
ganda in favor Of the formation of
a mass party of workers and ex-
plotted farmers at the June IL con-
vention.
B. At the June IL Convention
(1) Whatever the number of our
members and sympathizers at that
gathering may be we fight for the
formation Of party of labor and
exploited farmers on the following
basis:
(a) The party is to be composed
of organizations of hand and brain
workers and exploited farmers; it
does not admit organizations of
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