The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-28

MS own independent state tickete, or,
which is worse, endorsing so-called
progressives on the tickets of the
Republican and Democratic Parties,
and generally destroying the indepen-
dent political organization Of the
workers and poor farmers.
On the other ,hand-Socialism. In
our conception this stands for the
revolutionary class struggle, for the
seizure Of power by the working class
and for the establishment of the pro-
letarian dictatorship. This is not
the conception of your party.
But there is one principle in 1t to
which even your leadership had been
paying homage on occasion. This is
the principle of the class struggle,
which means first of all political in
dependence of the working class.
Between this principle of Social
ism, on the one hand, and LaFollette-
ism on the other hand, there can be
no peace, no understanding, and no
compromise, except on one condition
and one condition only. That the
petty bourgeoisie led by LaFollette
must sever connections with and de-
clare war against Big Capital, and in
this war accept the leadership of the
working class.
Only il this condition is satisfied
can an alliance between the workers
and the petty bourgeoisie be of any
use to the working class. This con-
dition your leadership sacrificed,
thereby betraying the very life inter
ests of the working masses of Amer
lea. BY refusing to stand by the
class struggle and the political in
dependence Of the workers your lead
ers have permitted and assisted the
LaFollette petty bourgeois movement
to swallow the politically awakening
sections of the American workers.
and to exploit their power in the in
terests Of the petty bourgeoisie, the
labor bureaucracy, and small group
Of labor aristocrats. The interests of
the working class as a whole. which
it is the sacred duty Of Socialism al
ways to stand by, have been sacri-
feed and betrayed.
The promise" Of a Labor Party.
The justification for this black be-
trayal is to be found, according to
your leaders, in the future Labor Par
ty that is supposed to result out of
the Cleveland surrender to LaFol-
letteism. This is sheer nonsense. If
LaFollette is successful, even to the
extent of rolling up a big vote for
himself, and electing number of so
called progressive Congressman, the
only party that will result will be a
LaFoIIette party a new capitalist
party representing the interests Of
the rich middle class and exploiting
for itself the political power of la
Dor.
I And if LaFollette is not success
full, even to the extent described
above, nothing will result Of the
Cleveland surrender, except disap-
pointment and decentralization In the
ranks of labor and the breakup even
ofsthe. c. p. P. A. In neither case
the workers will have paid IN sweat
and blood for the Cleveland betrayal.
The Workers Party and LaFoIIette.
The Workers (Communist) Party
refuses to surrender to LaFollette-
ism and betray the class struggle.
The Workers Party nominated its
own candidates and will cdnduct its
own campaign for working class poll
tical independence and for a work
ers' and farmers government
AS you are well aware, the Work
ers Party mas been engaged for the
past two and half years in pro-
noting the idea OF Labor Party.